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The Rio Rancho Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department's annual children's Halloween carnival will take place on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Star Heights Recreation Center, 800 Polaris Blvd.
At this event there will be games, a cake walk, costume contest, piñata bust, and much more. This is a fun and safe alternative to trick-or-treating. The price of admission is $4 for ages 1 to 12.There is no admission fee for ages 1 and under, or for parents and guardians.Ages 12 and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
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PARENT Paul Stratford attacked the headteacher of Seven Fields Primary School after his eight-year-old son was suspended for allegedly swearing and racially abusing another pupil.
The 30-year-old pushed Zita McCormick in the chest in the foyer of the Penhill school in front of staff during a heated altercation on June 22.
Stratford, of Beaulieu Close, Toothill, pleaded not guilty, saying he was protecting his son, Brendan. He said he did not push her but only grabbed and gently pushed away her wagging finger from his son's face, as he feared her long nails could blind him.
But Swindon magistrates yesterday found him guilty as they believed the headteacher's evidence.
They released him on unconditional bail for sentencing on December 5.
Mrs McCormick said she had decided to exclude Brendan for the rest of the day because he had sworn in front of a group of visitors from Spain – the third incident that week – and had also been involved in racially abusing a Somali boy.
She called his mother to collect him, but his father arrived and demanded to see her. She said she tried to explain the situation and calm him down, but he was very angry, waving his arms around, saying "You called my son a ****ing thug".
"Mr Stratford made two huge steps and actually punched and pushed me and said 'Don't tell my son off'", she said. "The punch came first and then it was a push. It was almost like a fist and a hand and I came backwards.
"I said 'Don't hit the headteacher'. It's quite shocking and it's very frightening."
Stratford said he was concerned because Brendan was crying and claimed the headteacher had pushed him against a door while he was trying to put on his trainers and called him a thug because of his haircut.
Stratford said he asked her repeatedly why she had called him a thug, but she would not answer, instead wagging her finger inches from Brendan's face and accusing him of swearing.
Her finger was so close he was forced to put his head down to avoid being caught in his eye, and after repeatedly asking her to stop, Stratford said he took action.
"When she did it for the fourth time, I felt to protect my son I had to take direct action," he said. "She was uncontrollable, she was close to his eye. I was worried about her pointing him in the eye and blinding him. And that's when I thought I needed to do something to protect my kid.
"So with my left hand on the right hand she was pointing with, I grabbed her fingers gently and pushed her backwards."


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After years spent committed to her sport, Andover gymnast Jenna Barrett has had her huge efforts rewarded with selection for the Great Britain junior tumbling squad.
This is a huge achievement having spent six months injured and ill last year which saw her miss the British Championships for the first time in six years and the World Age Championships in Bulgaria.
Jenna will join the team at a number of training camps, including an international camp in Denmark.
Her first selection for the GB team was at the age of 11 in 2009 and on hearing the news this year she said: "I was immensely proud when I found out I had been selected and extremely happy to know that training five times a week and making lots of sacrifices was worth it." Since making the squad Jenna has been solely focused on being selected for the European Championships in April which are being held in Portugal.
She is one of only four girls, aged 13-17 years selected and she will be competing at European level for the first time in her career.
Following this, in September Jenna will be competing on home turf at the British Championships in Liverpool. "Before my career ends" says Jenna, "I would love to become British Champion. I am going to continue with tumbling gymnastics for as long as I am physically able to."
Jenna first started training at the Salto Centre in Andover as a tumbling gymnast when she was seven years old and trains five times a week. Now 16, she has competed on numerous occasions including three World Age Championships and the British Championships. In 2011 she won bronze at the sport's biggest event, the World Age competition, and in 2012 took silver in the British Championship.
Jenna's gymnastic skill and knowledge is making a positive impact on her studies at Harrow Way. She says: "Being a national gymnast has helped me gain a good understanding of the human body and sport in general which is really useful with regard to my GCSE PE course. 'Collectively my studies and my sport means I have in-depth biological knowledge coupled with practical skill-related exercise experience."
Harrow Way head of PE, Richard Peters said: "To compete at this level Jenna has to train incredibly hard. 'We ensure that she stays on track with her studies by offering support and being accommodating but never at the expense of her education."


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In an intimate breakfast setting at New York City's Trump International hotel, Melania Trump, aka Mrs. Donald Trump, previewed her new skincare collection, Caviar Complexe C6. The collection consists of six sweet beauty essential that will bestow upon you a fresh face and natural glow just like Melania's.
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After chatting with the girls and breakfasting at tables of four, Melania rose to give an in-depth presentation of Caviar Complexe C6. She revealed that Caviar Complexe C6 is a part of her daily regime and credits her mom, Amalija, as the inspiration behind it. Her mother raised her to be happy with her face as it is and urged her to take care of it without going under the knife. In fact, Melania stated that Caviar Complexe C6 is for "modern women [ages 30 and up] on the go that don't want to go under the knife." Sounds fabulous to us!
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To encourage the "Spirit of Giving" during Actors' production of A Christmas Carol, the Musical, Actors' Playhouse will give every child who brings a new, unwrapped toy to donate during a performance one free Flexible Anytime Ticket good for any remaining show in the Musical Theatre for Young Audiences 2014-2015 Season.
Last day to donate toys will be on Saturday, Dec. 6. All donations will be delivered that evening to Neighbors 4 Neighbors for distribution to families in need.
Based on the novel by Charles Dickens, Tiny Tim and the entire Cratchit family join three unearthly "Spirits" in trying to convince Ebenezer Scrooge to change his "Bah-Humbug" ways in A Christmas Carol, the Musical.
The play runs through Dec. 21. Tickets are $23 for adults and children. To purchase tickets, call (305) 444-9293 or visit www.actorsplayhouse.org
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Kouzmanoff, Rangers rally past A's in series opener
AL Player of Week doubles, scores on Murphy's go-ahead single
OAKLAND -- This is only April but the Rangers are playing the team with the best record in the American League in their own park. They are also playing the team that took the division title away from them the past two years, so games against the Athletics even this early have a pennant race feel to them.
That's why the Rangers were feeling good about themselves after coming back for a 4-3 victory over the Athletics in the first of 19 games these two teams will play against each other over six months. The Rangers were 17-21 against the Athletics over the past two seasons.
"It was a huge win, especially at the start of a road trip," shortstop Elvis Andrus said. "Every game is tough, especially here. We haven't had a lot of luck here so it means a lot to come in here and get that first win. But we have to continue to play good baseball."
The Rangers, with Yu Darvish on the mound, trailed 3-1 after two innings. But Darvish and four relievers kept it close while the Rangers battled their way back against starter Dan Straily and the Oakland bullpen.
This one came down to the Rangers going 3-for-10 with runners in scoring position while the Athletics were 1-for-10. Each team hit a solo home run leading off an inning, so those two extra hits with runners in scoring position made the difference for the Rangers.
"Any time you can get a win like that against this team it's good," first baseman Prince Fielder said. "You're not going to mash the ball every day so we just have to play good baseball, get runners over, play situational baseball and get runners in."
Kevin Kouzmanoff, just hours after being named the American League Player of the Week, had one of the big hits with runners in scoring position and also had a double to lead off the eighth in a tie game against reliever Sean Doolittle. Mitch Moreland bunted him to third and Donnie Murphy lined a single to bring home the go-ahead run.
"Any time you hand it over to our bullpen, we feel like we're going to be able to hold them and it's only going to be a matter of time before our offense finds a way to push across a run," Doolittle said. "I've got to be better than that. That can't happen."
Neal Cotts earned the victory in relief with Joakim Soria earning his fourth save. The Rangers are now 6-2 in one-run games.
The Rangers also won on a night when Darvish wasn't at his best. He gave up three runs in the second and lasted just six innings while throwing 116 pitches. But he was still able to hold the Athletics down after the second inning and the game was tied after he was done for the night.
"I think I had to battle mentally and I had to battle on the mound as well," Darvish said.
"He wasn't at his best but after that one inning, he began to make pitches," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "He wasn't at his best but he was good enough to keep us in the ballgame."
Shin-Soo Choo, who left the game in the seventh with a sprained left ankle, gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead in the first with his first leadoff home run of the season and 12th of his career. The home run, off Straily, marked the first time Darvish has pitched with a lead this season. But it didn't last long.
Brandon Moss led off the second inning with a home run, his fourth in 16 career at-bats against Darvish. That ties him with Mike Trout for the most by an opponent. Darvish then walked Josh Reddick with one out, struck out Daric Barton and gave up a double to Eric Sogard.
That put runners on second and third, and Coco Crisp gave the Athletics a 3-1 lead with a two-run single to left. But that was the Athletics' only hit in eight at-bats with runners in scoring position against Darvish. They were also 0-for-2 off Soria in the ninth.
"We had him [Darvish] on the run a little bit early but he recovered well enough to keep him in the game and go deep enough in the game where they could go to their key bullpen guys," Athletics manager Bob Melvin said. "We've played many games very similar to that one the past couple of years."
The Rangers picked up one run in the fourth when Fielder led off with a double and scored on a single by Kouzmanoff. They tied it up the following inning on three straight two-out singles from Andrus, Rios and Fielder. The last hit snapped an 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position for Fielder.
"The A's grinded out their at-bats but fortunately we were able to grind all night," Washington said. "We were able to fight and put some runs on the board. I was very happy with our offensive execution."
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A sweeping new farm bill that includes big cuts in subsidies but expands the costly crop insurance program cleared the U.S. Senate on Thursday, but the bill faces an uncertain future with time running out on the legislative calendar.
The $498 billion bill would save $23.6 billion with big cuts in farm subsidies over the next 10 years. It would also enshrine a new crop insurance program that has been criticized for being too generous to farmers and private insurance companies.
Senate passage was a big step toward enacting a farm bill this year, but the House was not expected to begin work on its version until July. Analysts say election-year pressures are likely to delay the farm bill into later in the year or early 2013.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack urged Congress to keep the bill moving forward.
"Swift action is needed so that American farmers and ranchers and our rural communities have the certainty they need to continue strengthening the rural and national economy," Vilsack said in a statement.
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ROYAL OAK, Mich. - The principal of Royal Oak High School, Michael Greening, was arrested and arraigned Friday on charges of embezzling money from various student activity accounts.
The charges come months after an investigation into the accusations which began in December 2010.
Greening surrendered himself at the Royal Oak Police Department around noon on Friday. He was accompanied by his attorney.
Charges against Royal Oak principal:
He is charged with two counts of embezzlement ($1,000 or more but less than $20,000). The penalty, upon conviction, is up to five years in prison and/or a fine of $10,000 or three times the amount embezzled, whichever is greater.
Greening was booked and arraigned in front of the Honorable Terrance Brennan of the 44th District Court.
Greening stood mute and was given a $50,000 personal recognizance bond. A preliminary examination is scheduled for April 27.
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D-backs halted as Collmenter gets chopped by Braves
Righty succumbs to early woes while lineup remains cold
ATLANTA -- After two doses of the D-backs over the last month, it seems Arizona is the cure for Braves right-hander Ervin Santana's mid-season ailments. Following 7 1/3 innings of two-run ball on Friday night, he owns a 1.26 ERA in 14 1/3 innings against the D-backs this season.
Santana's gem was more than enough to overcome a respectable turn from Josh Collmenter as the Braves defeated the D-backs, 5-2, on a windy Independence Day night in front of a sellout crowd of 48,815 at Turner Field.
The defeat dropped the D-backs to a season-worst 16 games under .500.
Arizona is 8-15 since taking two of three from Atlanta in early June, a series that improved its record to 28-37. The D-backs again reached nine games under .500 two days later on June 10, but have failed to come that close to a winning record since.
In 10 outings since beginning the season 4-1 with a 1.99 ERA, Santana has struggled, compiling a 3-5 record with a 5.20 ERA. Take away his two strong showings against the D-backs and those numbers slip to 2-5 with a 6.38 ERA in eight games.
"He has a good slider -- hard to see, hard to pick up. It has a real tight spin on it," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said. "He throws his changeup effectively as well. And he moves the ball around."
Martin Prado added: "He was commanding his fastball -- he's that kind of guy -- and using his secondary pitches to get you to reach and chase pitches, so I felt like we didn't have a big opportunity to score."
Although Arizona rallied back for a 4-3 victory in 11 innings when Santana turned in a dominant effort against them on June 7 at Chase Field, Friday's score was too much for the D-backs' lineup to overcome.
Collmenter put Arizona in an early hole as his first-inning struggles this season continued. After giving up two quick runs on Friday, he now owns a 6.00 ERA in the game's first frame, surpassing the third inning (5.40) as his most troublesome.
B.J. Upton started the damage by smacking a leadoff single to extend his hitting streak to career-best 10 games. He then stole second, advanced to third on an Andrelton Simmons bunt and scored on a Freddie Freeman single.
Freeman came home next courtesy of a Justin Upton double and a Jason Heyward groundout, but Collmenter got out of the inning with a manageable 2-0 deficit.
Arizona got a run back in the top of second when Prado reached base with a leadoff single before ultimately scoring from third on a wild pitch. Prado's 377 hits at Turner Field are the most by any player at the venue since 2008.
But Collmenter gave that run back and then some in the bottom of the second, letting the first five hitters he faced to reach base in a second straight two-run frame.
"There's been a couple of starts where I've struggled out of the gate for whatever reason, rhythm and everything feels choppy," Collmenter said. "Then everything finally smooths out at a certain point. I kind of slow everything down. I was able to do that about the third into the fourth inning and have some quick innings."
The right-hander was on cusp of getting out of the second inning with only run allowed before he issued a two-out walk to Justin Upton with the bases loaded to bring home another run. Collmenter believed the pitch was strike, but he did not want to show up home-plate umpire Jeff Nelson.
"You can't really blame anything on the umpire," Collmenter said. "You've got to make pitches and at that point, I had already put myself behind the eight ball."
Gibson added: "I said a few things early on, but overall I think [Nelson] was pretty consistent both ways. The umpires are not going to be perfect."
Collmenter allowed another run to cross in the seventh before exiting, but the D-backs did their best to get their starter off the hook for a loss. They plated a second run against Santana and the Braves' bullpen before going down quietly in the ninth.
Aside from Thursday's 10-2 win against the Pirates, Arizona's bats have been quite silent recently. Including their 10-run outburst in Pittsburgh, the D-backs have scored only 22 runs in their past eight games.
"[Collmenter] actually settled down and gave us a chance to win the game," Gibson said. "Other than the last game, we haven't been scoring a lot of runs, so it makes it tough when your offense isn't producing runs either."
Joe Morgan is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Simple Hedonisms Visits Oregon and pioneers Beer Spitting, plus IPNC Coverage #OBF
Oregon Brewer's Festival
The Oregon Brewers Festival is one of the nation's longest running and attended beer festivals. Situated on scenic bank of the Willamette River, with Mt. Hood as a backdrop, it is the ideal venue for anyone who loves craft beer. Featuring a laid back attitude and plethora of award-winning beers, the festival reflects the essence of the city of Portland.
The Oregon Brewers Festival exists to provide an opportunity to sample and learn about a variety of craft beer styles from across the country. Eighty craft breweries from all parts of the nation offer handcrafted brews to 70,000 beer lovers during the four-day event.
Serious beer geeks and tasters, get there early Thursday and Friday. By late afternoon, especially Friday, the lines become long and the event transforms from beer geeking to a mass party Downtown comes alive each night as revelers move to other venues.
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Talk to serious pub staff and beer drinkers in Portland, and you hear some of the same words wine geeks use,such as "flavor profile." It dawned on me, that attending previous big microbrew events, especially the massive Great American Beer Festival in Denver, you can't get down two of the 20+ aisles, even with 2 oz pours without getting schnockered.
Given that Thursday night I am headed to a pre IPNC event at Anne Amie, my same wine tasting rules apply – simply, I need to spit some of the beer, or just reduce Thursday night to a giant party, not a wine tasting. It seems for microbrew TASTING, the same tasting principles apply; after a small amount of alcohol, sensory perception is distorted, so why not use this same principle and spit? Doubly so since I love Belgian triples, and other high gravity ales, that often top 7-10% alcohol, and quickly take affect.
I have gotten used to attending weekend wine passport events and getting stares for my spit cup; last week I got razzed by a flight attendant for a Riedel O (stemless glass) I carry; I see no point to not continue to blaze forward and be the only guy carrying around a spit cup! (Maybe others practice this in the beer industry, but I have never seen it at Brewers Fest.)
Festivities start tonight with the sold out S.N.O.B. (Supporters of Native Oregon Beer) pre-event dinner, and special beers you may not see other days. Thursday opens with a parade and (sold out) brunch. I am attending a media tour/tasting Thursday afternoon, then enjoying some time on the scenic riverfront before taking the bus out to Anne Amie winery for the (also sold out) Counter Culture Pre-IPNC event.
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Friday afternoon I am touring a few Willamette wineries, (still picking, feel free to suggest, lobby) and then attending an IPNC tasting and dinner. More on IPNC in a seperate post.
Saturday I jet back to North Sonoma to attend a special winemakers dinner and vineyard tour. (Not allowed to disclose until after.)
Sunday is a mini trip to Spain at the marvelous Gloria Ferrer Catalan Festival.
Monday I think I will rest!
I will be actively tweeting tasting notes, and profiles at both events. Hash tag for IPNC is #IPNC2010 (many still using just #IPNC) and for the Oregon Brewers Fest is #OBF. Will tweet and cross post pictures on Facebook, time, battery, and AT&T cell permitting!
Have a great weekend, cheers!
2 Responses to "Simple Hedonisms Visits Oregon and pioneers Beer Spitting, plus IPNC Coverage #OBF"
Man, I would love to attend the Brewer's Festival sometime, it sounds like a great event. I think you have a wise plan with the spitting. I don't see how you can really evaluate that many brews without holding back on the drinking a bit.
Say hello to the Willamette Valley for me, and tell her I miss her.
Quite the busy weekend you have planned. Have a great time at two fantastic events here in Oregon! Pre-IPNC dinners are always fantastic!!!
And I completely agree with your assessment on San Francisco vs Portland. That is the primary reason we moved from SF to Portland. The cities were similar in my book, but Portland was much less crowded, more spread out, (and less expensive).


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RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- Funeral services are Friday for sheriff's homicide Detective Martin Landaeta, who was killed in an off-duty car crash in Needles.
Services will conducted at 10a.m. at the Abundant Living Church, 10900 Civic Center Drive.
"He had a personality that was magnetic," said San Bernardino County sheriff's Capt. Tom Neely. "He always had a smile for you."
Landaeta, 41, of Rancho Cucamonga, died Saturday while heading to Laughlin, Nev., with his wife and another deputy for River Daze, a two-day barbecue hosted by the sheriff's Colorado River station.
He was behind the wheel of a 2012 Dodge Charger when a tractor-trailer overturned in front of him on the eastbound 40 Freeway east of the Broadway Avenue off-ramp. He tried to avoid the crash but struck the back of the semi with the driver's door, sheriff's officials said.
Landaeta began his law enforcement career with the Los Angeles Police Department and joined the Sheriff's Department in 1998. He spent most of his career patrolling for the Chino Hills station.
Through his work there, he received a number of awards, including the Frank Bland Medal of Valor for his actions during a 2004 stabbing, sheriff's officials said.
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Hot, dry conditions last year sharply reduced crop, pasture and hay production, leading to very high feed costs, Plain said. "For a lot of producers, this designation gives them the opportunity to get some low-interest financing so they can carry their herds through the winter."
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NVIDIA's CK8-04; The Best K8 MCP (On Paper)by Kristopher Kubicki on 8/20/2004 3:50 AM EST
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langles - Tuesday, October 19, 2004 - link#46
Nope. It's not TCPA.
Press release day is here:
It seems to be a few steps in the direction I was wondering about. But no details yet on whether or not it supports IPSEC offloading. Reply
quanta - Friday, October 08, 2004 - link#45, I believe the 'Secure Networking Processor' is just another fancy name for the TCPA, which has nothing to do with protecting owner of the machine. See http://www.notcpa.org/faq.html for details. Reply
langles - Saturday, September 18, 2004 - linkRegarding this part of the original article:
"... and an obscure device called the Secure Networking Processor. NVIDIA claims the "processor" enhances networking security, reduces CPU overhead and contains specialized features that defend against hacker attacks. Although we will have to see it to believe it, this journalist suspects it is probably nothing more than a tweaked ruleset for QoS and *maybe* some denial of service protection (hopefully outbound as well as inbound)."
IF this version of NForce incorporates the EtherMax technology from IReady which they acquired in April, then it could do all that and more. (That's what I would wish for!)
But I would speculate that it's too soon for this version of NForce to have incorporated technoogy from IReady, unless NVidia had already begun this process before the acquisition occurred.
Myrandex - Monday, September 13, 2004 - linkalso gtech, whats up with 'raid using morons'? Is having faster performance that bad of a thing? Or is having increased drive security bad? I personally use raid, and I have enjoyed every moment of it. Reply
Myrandex - Monday, September 13, 2004 - linkReflex, it would be a pretty dumb idea to remove PCI altogether. No one would want to have to buy all new stuff just because PCI wouldn't be supported anymore. I wouldn't want to go out and buy a new TV tuner card, and a new Creative Audigy 2 sound card. Yea I think there needs to be less PCI slots, but not elimination altogether. Reply
KristopherKubicki - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - linkthebluesgnr:
1394 can still be implemented by the manufacturer. All these documents say here is that it isnt integrated onto the core logic chip.
Kristopher Reply
ceefka - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - link#39 Why? Please elaborate. An additional FireWire PCI-card would of course be possible.
Does an add-on FireWire chip also use PCI-bandwith? If not, well great, if so then I still would not want a 1394-PCI card sit in a slot that I'd like to use otherwise. If in fact USB 2.0 would do the trick for me, I'd be OK, but it doesn't. I've been told however that USB is heavier on the CPU than 1394a/b. So if this is true, 1394a/b is still a good feature to add-(on). With or without it, the CK8-04 looks like a smash.
In the end it all depends on your priorities. I wouldn't choose PCI-E over 1394b though I would gladly accept PCI-E if it came with 1394b on a new 754/939 mobo. Let's just bring it on nVidia! Reply
TimTheEnchanter25 - Monday, August 30, 2004 - linkI wanted to upgrade my system last October, but decided to wait when I read early reports of socket 775 and pci-e. Unfortunately when these boards finally arrived their performance didn't compare to amd 64 boards. So, I decided to wait for socket 939 boards, only to be disappointed in the lack of pci-e. I can't justify buying an AGP card today, knowing that there won't be a slot for it if I update my mobo later. The exciting thoughts of SLI make pci-e all the more attractive to me.
Nforce 4 is finally what I've been waiting almost a year for and more (I didn't even dream of SLI), but here I am a year later, still waiting.... My computer isn't going to be able to run Doom3 or HL2. I don't know how much longer I can wait to upgrade after HL2 is released (assuming it really will happen)!!
If the Nforce4 boards are really out by the end of Q3, I would be happy. But, a recent post in the ABIT forums by their marketing team isn't as optimistic:
"NF4 Fatal1ty board will be available late this year or early next year depends on when the chipset is available. And yes it will have PCI-E, SATA 300 and other ABIT innovative features that I can not talk about right now."
Kris, is the Q3 info reliable enough to convince me to wait another month?? Or, should I just give up and go with the msi neo2 now and be stuck with an AGP card?
Thanks Reply
thebluesgnr - Saturday, August 28, 2004 - linkWith PCIe the lack of 1394b support is no big deal.
ceefka - Friday, August 27, 2004 - link#36 Marlin1975: So no point in adding something most will not use.
So most DV-camera's, TC FireWorks, RME Fireface and outboard FireWire HDD will be obsolete? Are you unaware of 1394b? IEEE1394b = 800Mb vs USB 2.0 = 480Mb. Then why the hell would they even invent that? Maybe average househould PC's do not rely on FireWire. For audio/video people it's a different story.
Oh well, this is just the chipset, right? 1394b will probably come on a Texas Instruments add-on chip then.
37 I'd be dissapointed if it weren't. Reply
RyanVM - Thursday, August 26, 2004 - linkSo is this audio controller Soundstorm2 or not? Reply
Marlin1975 - Tuesday, August 24, 2004 - linkSeems less and less companies are making items for firewire and most people buy items with USB2.0 now. So no point in adding something most will not use.
BUT GOOD sound, Sata, ethernet, etc... are things everybody can use. Reply
ceefka - Tuesday, August 24, 2004 - linkNo IEEE 1394?? Maybe I'm ignorant and those always come with add-on chips. Wouldn't this be a great opportunity to integrate IEEE 1394 a/b? Reply
ceefka - Tuesday, August 24, 2004 - link7.1 audio : onboard 96KHz or 192KHz /24bits ? Reply
gtech41 - Monday, August 23, 2004 - link32 - You don't need to install the IDE drivers as part of the nForce package if you don't want to. Non-MS IDE drivers have been problematic for everyone, regardless of the chipset. Even Intel gave up on the regular IAA last year. Reply
Anemone - Monday, August 23, 2004 - linkFirst off using the default MS IDE drivers can only be done if skipping the Nforce drivers, seems to me that would be kind of a bandaid since you'd be sacrificing performance to fix a basic problem.
Not having heard of Iwill? Well in the server world they are rather large.
If you click on the link for the Google search you'll find that some of the links refer to this commentary going on in AT forums. I'm not sure how much more major or close to home the issue has to get. Maybe a search on said forums would be a good idea.
Can AT reproduce the problem? Has it been tried? Is AT using the MS IDE drivers to avoid problems?
Curious - thought there would be more mental curiousity on this one rather than a "no that couldn't possible be true" responses. But I'll take your thoughts in since maybe you are correct.
KristopherKubicki - Monday, August 23, 2004 - linkThe Iwill board is real, i saw it at Computex. Iwill is pretty large in Taiwan, i think they made the dual opteron CK8-04 reference board.
But anyways yeah that raid thing is kind of dumb.
Kristopher Reply
danidentity - Monday, August 23, 2004 - linkFirst off, I've never even heard of that review site (Burning Issues). Second, they're reviewing an IWill board, not exactly a large and well known mobo manufacturer.
I haven't heard of any nF3 issues based on reviews of boards by Asus, Abit, MSI, etc. on well-known review sites. Reply
gtech41 - Monday, August 23, 2004 - link#28 - That review is incorrect. nForce3 supports parallel emulation of SATA drives, so as long as you're not a RAID-using moron you can use the default MS IDE drivers. It works the same as on an Intel platform. Reply
Anemone - Monday, August 23, 2004 - linkCheck the review for details and link to a query showing a broader view of the "issue".
btw the note on it is on pg 4 and links to a google search for more details :)
danidentity - Sunday, August 22, 2004 - linkAnemone, what issue would that be? Reply
Anemone - Sunday, August 22, 2004 - linkPlenty of hints exist that both the GPU's and the chipsets will become available around the same time. And by GPU's I mean ones worthy of the reason you'd be buying a A64 and the CK08 in the first place. Via too, is planning to be in on this Pci-e chipset stuff too I think.
Big thing from a go forward standpoint is will the CK08 have the same 'issue' with PATA and SATA and optical drives and so forth that the NF3 does...
KristopherKubicki - Saturday, August 21, 2004 - linkdanidentity: True, although the 6600 is showing up now and i just dont have it in the engine yet.
Kristopher Reply
zakath - Saturday, August 21, 2004 - linkWoW!!! More paper-tastic goodness from nV! (to steal a phrase from Ars Technica) Reply
danidentity - Saturday, August 21, 2004 - linkKristopher,
The best cards available in PCIe are the ATI X600 and the NVidia 5900. Both of those cards are from the last generation. The X600 is basically a 9600 in PCIe.
When I made that comment I was wondering if NVidia 6800's in PCIe would be available when the CK8-04 is released. ATI's X800 is also nowhere to be found in PCIe at the moment.
Dan Reply
PrinceGaz - Saturday, August 21, 2004 - linkThis is good news, one of those nForce4 Ult, oops sorry I meant CK8-04 Ultra will be just what I was after (I've no use for SLI as theres no way I'd waste money on two gfx-cards of the same generation). I just hope AMD manage to get the 90nm process churning out nicely overclockable A64s before the year is out (or very early '05). Reply
Anemone - Saturday, August 21, 2004 - linkBuy a new cpu? If you don't already own a 939, then changing over to it, should be an expense you expected anyway, imo. The decision on when to do that switch is up to budget of course.
I was referring to a large amount of people who currently own 939 A64's and have wanted pci-e for a while (yes the videocards will match the release of the boards from looking at news on both), or those who have been waiting to dive into 939 until they could get pci-e. That is a large amount of folks, honest.
Waiting 2 months? You still need bios revisions and the like, but the days of having to wait for hardware changes to get refined over time for Nvidia chipsets are 'mostly' behind us. In fact, if you think about it, this is really building on the NF3, which is a well working chipset, as you know. If you want to wait till January, super, then I won't be competing with you to get my board :)
Budgets are what they are, and I am not saying that it'll be an easy thing to go out and buy tons of stuff to start using the CK08's, but I do think a great many folks have been avidly awaiting this board or a similar NV board with pci-e and 939, and I think those folks are going to be buying a lot of these boards.
KristopherKubicki - Saturday, August 21, 2004 - linkFalco.: It does not say, although i would assume so.
danidentity: PCIe is here....
Kristopher Reply
danidentity - Saturday, August 21, 2004 - linkIf boards with the CK8-04 will be out by the end of Q3, does that mean NVidia's video cards will be available in PCIe at the same time? The boards sure aren't going to sell very well if PCIe video cards aren't available. Reply
AtaStrumf - Saturday, August 21, 2004 - linkI don't think these boards will be selling like crazy, because with a board like this, you'll have to change the CPU and GPU at the same time. That's a huge expense, considering that you will most likely be buying a high performance CPU and graphics.
Personally I'm still figuring out how the hell I'm gonna pull it of, because god knows I want to, but I just don't know how.
And I wouldn't suggest you buy right away, since new MOBOs are well known for having all sorts of problems. Wait a month or even better two. I know I'll definately wait untill early next year for my A64/GF6800GT/CK8-04 combo :'( Reply
Falco. - Saturday, August 21, 2004 - linkdoes " with the addition of 7.1 high definition audio " = soundstorm or just regular onboard audio ?? Reply
Anemone - Friday, August 20, 2004 - linkI think Nvidia will be floored by how many of these boards fly off the shelves. Tons of folks at least that I've been reading, have been holding for pci-e on A64's, and to offer them that plus SLI, will be quite amazing to watch the sales.
Even just upgrading the mobo, lots of folks will be doing. These things are going to sell like crazy.
danidentity - Friday, August 20, 2004 - linkBoards on shelves by the end of Q3? If that's true, you just made my day. I've been waiting for this for so long, and it looks like it's right around the corner. WOOHOO! :) Reply
johnsonx - Friday, August 20, 2004 - linkOK, now that we're being picky about all of this, I don't think Half-Duplex is quite the right way to describe AGP.
Half-Duplex usually describes a link that can be used full speed in either direction, but only one way at a time, such as Ethernet when used with a hub rather than a switch.
AGP doesn't work this way. The 2.1GBps is downstream (from the host bus to the 8xAGP interface on the graphics card). Upstream, which isn't used for much at all, is standard 66Mhz PCI signalling, or only 266MBps. So it's assymetrical. I guess it is still half-duplex from the point of view that the link can still only be used one way at a time.
Of course, as in many things (everything according to my wife), I could be wrong here...
KristopherKubicki - Friday, August 20, 2004 - linkIve been here 20 some years and im still having trouble with the language :'(
Kristopher Reply
johnsonx - Friday, August 20, 2004 - linkKristopher: Fair enough ;)
Mino: Your grammar is pretty good. You're far easier to read than half of the supposedly educated Americans that post online.
p.s. No, that isn't America(n) bashing. I am one, and proud of it. I'm bashing the general lack of grammar used in online posting, which becomes particularly evident when a foreign speaker shows better English skills than most of the 'natives'. Reply
KristopherKubicki - Friday, August 20, 2004 - linkFixed the numbers, i already wrote 3 other articles about PCIe so i dont know how i managed to mess that up other than lack of coffee.
Kristopher Reply
Anemone - Friday, August 20, 2004 - linkPut a CK8 ultra on the shelf from a major board maker, and I'll be buying it. I've waited a long time for these to arrive and was losing faith that they were ever going to arrive.
The use of a chip to interpret 1 slot 2 slot SLI capable systems is extremely helpful, since I won't initially commit to SLI, but a second 6800 ultra would make a nice self present down the road a bit.
If these chips were sitting in boards right now, I'd own one.
mino - Friday, August 20, 2004 - link#7 You're 99% right.
I have no idea how could chipset support defined amount off A64's since the hypertansport interface DOES NOT make difference betwen CPU, NB, SB or any other HT device. therefore it should not depend on desing of NB wheter it supports multi-CPU systems. As I see it only way it may be incompatible with multi-CPU systems may be driver issue even which is highly unlikely.
I suspect they just are not targeting CK4-08 to these markets. Reply
themelon - Friday, August 20, 2004 - linkSorry, I mean the SLI version... Reply
themelon - Friday, August 20, 2004 - linkI can confirm that the Ultra will infact support more than 1 Opteron. Infact I believe it will support up to 16. Reply
mino - Friday, August 20, 2004 - linkbunbers ... LOL
Actually k(ilo), M(ega),G(iga), T(era) should ALWAYS be written the way a did in this sentence, since they are from SI-units convention about metric measurements.
B(Byte) should be as far as I know ALWAYS in capital to avoid misinterpretation with b(bit).
However in recent years I frequently see "b" meaning bytes and in the same article "b" meaning bits. It is usually caused by people who are lacking even basic education about computer science. Also they are in many cases wery skilfull in hardware topic, they lack some theoretical background.
Please excuse my grammar since I'm Slovak and I hated English classes during my high school;) Reply
johnsonx - Friday, August 20, 2004 - linkto mino,
yeah, I was thinking when I read that "no way does a SINGLE PCIe lane have as much bandwidth as 8x AGP". I didn't have the exact numbers in my head, but I was thinking that 8x PCIe and 8x AGP have about the same bandwidth, and you've shown that to be correct.
At one time, I think the convention was that when abreviating computer capacities and speeds, a small leading letter (i.e. kbps, mbps, gbps) meant bits, while a capital leading letter (i.e. Kbps, Mbps, Gbps) meant bytes. Now I often see the 'B' itself small or capital to denote bits and bytes, which is more intuitive I admit, but I don't think that's correct. That said, to be on the safe side I often use all letters small for bits (i.e. gbps) and the first two capital for bytes (i.e. GBps).
BTW, I knew it was a typo, but I thought 'bunbers' was actually kind of appropriate. New definition:
bunbers = bungled numbers
mino - Friday, August 20, 2004 - link#3 some minor correction:
Therefore your conclusion that SLI PCI-E cards will not be limitted by PEGx8 in bandwidth are correct, but Your numbers presented are COMPLETELY wrong !
sorry for little typo ;) we're all human... Reply
mino - Friday, August 20, 2004 - linkKris: You stated for instance:
"8X AGP solutions run at 2.1Gbps ..."
Which is definitely wrong since AGP supports 32bit*66MHz*8transfers/s = 17066 Mbps which accounts to 2.1GB(bytes)ps or 17.1Gb(bits)ps if you like bits.
All numbers are HALF-duplex naturally.
PCIE supports 2Gbps per lane FULL duplex which is 250MBps and your 2.5Gbps is again out of reality.
16xPEG means 4GBps(GigaBytepersecond) FULL DUPLEX
8xPEG means 2GBps FULL DUPLEX
and APG8x means 2GBps HALF DUPLEX
Therefore your conclusion that PCI-E cards will not be limitted ina bandwith ai correct, but Your bunbers are COMPLETELY wrong !
Kris please correct your nubers as qiuckly as possible to avoid misinterpretation amog your less informmed readers.
Best regards. Reply
thatsright - Friday, August 20, 2004 - linkUhh, and when would we actully see retail boards based on this chipset. The article left this a bit unclear. Reply
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Great win by the Pacers, finally we got to see some offense, good job Pacers.
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Great win by the Pacers, finally we got to see some offense, good job Pacers.
That's the worst I have seen Boston play in a long long time. Part of it was good D by the Pacers, but they were awful.
Defense wins games - our D was awesome at the end to wrap up the W - loved the intensity
I would also like to mention that Tyler scored 4 out of 7 shots take that Mackey
This box score might confuse some detractors: A.J. Price played 14 minutes and only took 1 shot.
6 guys in double figures, very nice to see!!
Hibbert, Granger and West still can't hit the broad side of a barn and the Pacers handle a solid team on the road. Bench play, defense and rebounding were very good, and excellent shooting from deep kept this game pretty smooth.
Beating teams before everything comes together is very encouraging. The starters can only get better at putting the ball in the hoop.
Tonight's performance shows we are competitors.
Great win tonight. Well played.
I feel like this is an unofficial passing of the torch... We sincerely looked like a solid team, and we just beat what used to be the best team in the game on the road.
Not everyone played well, but the demeanor and feel of the team was just talented.
Big steals by Granger. And it's good to finally see George Hill produce.
This win makes up for the Detroit loss.
To be 5-2 with only TWO home games is impressive.
Now the Pacers need to follow up this performance with a win over a bad Charlotte team tomorrow. Let's keep the momentum going!
and this is why knee jerk threads should not be created.
Defesively this was the best I have seen the Pacers this year. Danny slipped slightly in the 3rd, but locked it down in the 4th.
Darren Collison was the MVP of the game. He only had 4 assists, but he pressured their defense. He has been solid this year.
George Hill was great. The step up jumper after a ball fake is a stellar move that you do not usually see at this level.
Foster's numbers do not tell the tale. His +/- has to be incredible. He sets the best pick out there.
That said I do not think we know how to utilize West yet on the pick and pop. But PG's 3pt% is indicative of he and Tyler spacing the floor.
What a ridiculously premature notion.
LOVING the Price/Hill backcourt and the Hansbrough/Foster tandem. Our bench came up huge for us in this game. The Celtics' bench had yet to be outplayed this season, but we outdid them tonight.
A preseason away from JOB/month with Shaw, healthy body and someone to pass the ball to...that can actually score.. will do wonders. That's what a point guard looks like. And I love that his stats don't suggest he did much, but anyone who watched knows he did.
I think the team played well, and I was glad to see bouncing back from the Miami game. The hustle from Paul George, the defense from Danny Granger (the made shots by Tyler. ) Nice all around game.
Also loved seeing Foster back. I'm all for keeping him healthy for the playoffs though. He's at that age, but when he plays..he's so important to the team.
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Also, the psychological aspect of Danny's game is different... Instead of taking an open shot that he would have forced last year, he passed it off to DC who sealed it. Pretty legit stuff, and a lot of growth there.
thought AJ and jeff foster raised the collective BBIQ of the team. thought is showed in much better play.
Can't tell you how good that win feels! Let's keep it up
danny had a top of the key midrange. it was also a good shot to take, i just think he lacked confidence to make it and made the safer play.
A win on the road in BOSTON is definitely something to be HAPPY about!!!
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I loved how he was directing traffic on the floor.
I continue to be hopeful for Stephenson, but I'm ready to see AJ get more time at the point, and Hill get his at the 2.
This space for rent.
I really like seeing PG leaving the floor first and then coming back in for DG33. That means he, Tyler, and GH are our offensive weapons.


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Some content in this article is derived from information featured in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and, as such, spoilers will be present.
- "Oh you may not think I'm pretty, but don't judge on what you see, I'll eat myself if you can find a smarter hat than me."
- —The Sorting Hat's opening lines of the 1991 Sorting Hat's song[src]
The Sorting Hat is a sentient hat at Hogwarts that magically determines which of the four school Houses each new student belongs most to. These four Houses are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. The Sorting Hat originally belonged to Godric Gryffindor, one of the founders of Hogwarts. It normally stays in the Headmaster's office until it is needed.
The famous Hogwarts Sorting Hat gives an account of its own genesis in a series of songs.[1] During the opening banquet at the beginning of each school year, the first-year students are lined up and their names read aloud alphabetically. Each then takes a seat on a stool and the hat is placed on her or his head.
The hat is battered and old; it's patched, frayed, and extremely dirty. In order to speak and sing, a tear along the brim opens like a mouth. It speaks to the wearer inside of the hat with a small, quiet voice, using Legilimency to interpret their thoughts and respond to them.[2] After a time of consideration, the hat announces its choice aloud for all to hear, and the student joins the selected house. The moment of consideration varies in length, from over five minutes (known as "hatstall") to less than a second.
The Sorting Hat is notorious for refusing to admit it has made a mistake in its sorting of a student.[3] On those occasions when Slytherins behave altruistically or selflessly, when Ravenclaws flunk all their exams, when Hufflepuffs prove lazy yet academically gifted, and when Gryffindors exhibit cowardice, the Hat steadfastly backs its original decision. On balance, however, the Hat has made remarkably few errors of judgement over the many centuries it has been at work.[4]
Legend has it that the Sorting Hat was sewn roughly one thousand years ago and began as a normal hat belonging to Godric Gryffindor. When Gryffindor, along with Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff, wondered how they would continue to sort the students when the four were dead, Gryffindor pulled his hat from his head and, along with the other founders, enchanted it with their combined intelligence. All four founders wanted to ensure that students would be sorted into their eponymous houses, which would be selected according to each founder's particular preferences in students.[5]
The Sorting Hat, now animated, was able to sort and divide the students into the Hogwarts Houses, and continued to do so for a millennium, passed down to each new Headmaster or Headmistress of the school. When not in use, it is placed on a shelf in the current Headmaster's or Headmistress's office.
Godric Gryffindor's Sword, one of the founder's only other known relics, can be magically pulled out of the hat by any Gryffindor considered worthy, no matter how secure the sword's location. It is unknown why this is possible, but is linked to loyalty of the highest regard in relation to Hogwarts. There are two known instances of this happening within the seven years of Harry's adventures, once when Harry was in the Chamber of Secrets, and once when Neville refused to join Voldemort during the Battle of Hogwarts.
The hat continues to carry out its duty each September at the beginning of the start-of-term feast, when it is placed on a three-legged (sometimes four-legged) stool at the front of the Great Hall.
In 1858 Angus Buchanan an eleven-year old Scottish Squib managed to sneak into the feast with the help of his wizard brother and put the Sorting Hat on his head. The Sorting Hat then kindly said he was a good-hearted chap but no wizard.
The Sorting Hat's songs
Before sorting the students each year, the hat recites a new introductory song. These songs vary in length and content though they generally introduce the hat and its role in sorting new students. Ron Weasley expressed the opinion that the Hat spends the entire school year making up its next song.
They also occasionally warn of danger to come, as in its 1995 song, though it is not known how the Hat is aware of upcoming events. It was suggested that the Hat picks up some of its information from Albus Dumbledore, though it is not known whether it would have done so before such an influential figure in the wider wizarding world was in office.
|1991 Song
Oh you may not think I'm pretty,
|1994 Song
A thousand years or more ago
|1995 Song
In times of old, when I was new,
Good Hufflepuff, she took the rest
|2017 Song
I've done this job for centuries
|2019 Song
Are you afraid of what you'll hear?
The Sorting Hat and Students
Harry Potter
- Sorting Hat: "Hmm. Difficult. Very difficult. Plenty of courage, I see. Not a bad mind either. There's talent, oh my goodness, yes — and a nice thirst to prove yourself, now that's interesting... So where shall I put you?"
- Harry Potter: " Not Slytherin, not Slytherin."
- Sorting Hat: "Not Slytherin, eh? Are you sure? You could be great, you know, it's all here in your head, and Slytherin will help you on the way to greatness, no doubt about that — no? Well, if you're sure — better be GRYFFINDOR!"
- — The Sorting and Harry discussing the latter's future house[src]
The Sorting Hat appeared to have a difficult time in the sorting of Harry Potter. It suggested that Harry would have great fame and glory by joining Slytherin House. As Harry possessed Slytherin qualities such as, cunning and determination. Harry requested specifically to be spared that fate. Instead, based upon this choice, the Hat placed him in Gryffindor, where both his parents had also been Sorted. When Harry spoke to the Hat in his second year, it repeated its earlier declarations - that Harry would have done well in Slytherin. This is thought to be due to the fragment of Voldemort's soul which lived inside Harry during his sorting; the hat would have registered its presence, as well, noticing Harry's potential.
In the next year at Hogwarts, the Hat also played a critical role in Harry's success against the Basilisk. Fawkes had brought the Sorting Hat to Harry's aid in the Chamber of Secrets.This provided him with Godric Gryffindor's Sword, which Harry used to slay Slytherin's Basilisk. The sword and hat together are the only two known relics of that wizard.
Almost two decades after the Battle of Hogwarts, Albus Severus Potter expressed worry over his own Sorting. He indicated that the Sorting Hat might put him in the Slytherin House, and that its judgement may be faulty after being repaired. However, as the hat is said to be old and patched from its first appearance, it would seem this worry is needless.
Hermione Granger
- "Ah, right, then. Hmm, right. Okay. GRYFFINDOR!"
- —Hermione sorted into Gryffindor house[src]
The Sorting Hat also appeared to have had a disagreement in the sorting of Hermione Granger, as her expansive intelligence made her well suited for Ravenclaw. However, it can be argued that Hermione saw a greater challenge in herself in becoming bold and courageous, some of the traits of Gryffindor House. This can be clearly seen when Hermione doubts books and cleverness as the traits of a great witch and instead shows that friendship and bravery are more important. Hermione also stated that she thought Gryffindor House was by far the best of the four.[6]
Ron Weasley
- "Ah, another Weasley. Well, I know just what to do with you. GRYFFINDOR!"
- —Ron sorted into Gryffindor house[src]
It was not hard for the Sorting Hat to place Ron Weasley, as all the Weasley family have been placed into Gryffindor House. Ron was afraid that he would be the only Weasley not to make it into Gryffindor. Mere moments after the Hat touched his head it announced his house. A year later his little sister Ginny was also sorted into Gryffindor.
Draco Malfoy
The moment the Sorting Hat was placed on Draco Malfoy, the hat instantaneously declared Draco would become Slytherin. In addition to being selfish and cunning, Malfoy is a pure-blood, like most Slytherins. Almost all of his family was sorted into that house, including his parents Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy, and his aunt Bellatrix Lestrange. As well as a long line of his ancestors from the House of Black.
Tom Riddle
According to Albus Dumbledore, the Sorting Hat declared Tom Riddle a Slytherin almost instantly after it touched his head. He had many of the qualities associated with the Slytherin house, and he was the last surviving descendant of Salazar Slytherin.
Neville Longbottom
The Sorting Hat took a long time to decide upon where to put Neville Longbottom. During his sorting Neville Longbottom argued with the hat, saying he was best in Hufflepuff. The Hat argued otherwise, and declared Neville to do greatly in Gryffindor. Neville was intimidated by Gryffindor's reputation, however his persistence did not work and the hat successfully sorted him into Gryffindor.[7] Considering the bravery Neville showed in his seventh year, and standing up to Draco, Harry, Ron, and Hermione in his first year, this choice is not regretted.
During the Battle of Hogwarts, Neville was able to draw Gryffindor's sword from the Hat, despite Voldemort attempting to destroy it and then used it to behead the snake Nagini.
Minerva McGonagall
Minerva McGonagall was what is considered a Hatstall, meaning the Sorting Hat took over five minutes to decide where to put her. Hatstalls are very rare. The Sorting Hat considered sorting Minerva McGonagall into Ravenclaw before choosing Gryffindor. Later, she became a teacher at Hogwarts and head of her old house. It is her job to place the Sorting Hat on the heads of new students.
Filius Flitwick
The Sorting Hat considered Sorting Filius Flitwick into Gryffindor before choosing Ravenclaw. Later, he became a teacher at Hogwarts and head of his house, and joked with Minerva McGonagall about the fact that they had the opposite experiences and if things had gone another way, they could have had each others' jobs.[citation needed]
Gilderoy Lockhart
The Sorting Hat considered Sorting Gilderoy Lockhart in Slytherin, but, in the end, decided to place him in Ravenclaw.
Peter Pettigrew
The Sorting Hat needed more than five minutes to decide if Peter Pettigrew should be Sorted into Slytherin or Gryffindor. He was, thus, a true Hatstall. It chose Gryffindor. This decision was considered a mistake by many, though the Sorting Hat itself never considered it a mistake afterwards.
Personality and traits
Though it's a hat, the Sorting Hat is sentient and has its own personality. At the beginning of every term, the hat sings a new song (which Ron Weasley speculated it spent the rest of the year thinking up) describing each of the four houses of Hogwarts. Despite its use in the purposes of "sorting," the Hat has been known to urge students to maintain a united front in the face of adversity and danger. Its songs can be used in warning of troubles to come, and ultimately the hat represents the unity of the four houses under the Hogwarts school.
That hat also appears to have a sense of humour and expansive memory (as in the cases of the Weasleys all being in Gryffindor, and the Malfoys all being in Slytherin).
The Sorting Hat on Pottermore
The Sorting Hat on Pottermore uses a set of question to determine the house of a user. The questions vary in style and do not necessarily have four answers (one for each house). There are 27 questions in all, and each user can be asked a maximum of 7, or 8 if the hat can not decide between houses and asks your opinion. Generally, a set of a few questions can be given to a user for each question, there are, of course, occasional exceptions to the order.
Which of the following would you most hate people to call you?
- Ordinary
- Ignorant
- Cowardly
- Selfish
After you have died, what would you most like people to do when they hear your name?
- Miss you, but smile
- Ask for more stories about your adventures
- Think with admiration of your achievements
- I don't care what people think of me after I'm dead; it's what they think of me while I'm alive that counts
Given the choice, would you rather invent a potion that would guarantee you:
- Love?
- Glory?
- Wisdom?
- Power?
How would you like to be known to history?
- The Wise
- The Good
- The Great
- The Bold
You enter an enchanted garden. What would you be most curious to examine first?
- The silver leafed tree bearing golden apples
- The fat red toadstools that appear to be talking to each other
- The bubbling pool, in the depths of which something luminous is swirling
- The statue of an old wizard with a strangely twinkling eye
What kind of instrument most pleases your ear?
- The violin
- The trumpet
- The piano
- The drum
Four boxes are placed before you. Which would you try and open
- The small tortoiseshell box, embellished with gold, inside which some small creature seems to be squeaking.
- The gleaming jet black box with a silver lock and key, marked with a mysterious rune that you know to be the mark of Merlin.
- The ornate golden casket, standing on clawed feet, whose inscription warns that both secret knowledge and unbearable temptation lie within.
- The small pewter box, unassuming and plain, with a scratched message upon it that reads 'I open only for the worthy.'
Four goblets are placed before you. Which would you choose to drink?
- The foaming, frothing, silvery liquid that sparkles as though containing ground diamonds.
- The smooth, thick, richly purple drink that gives off a delicious smell of chocolate and plums.
- The golden liquid so bright that it hurts the eye, and which makes sunspots dance all around the room.
- The mysterious black liquid that gleams like ink, and gives off fumes that make you see strange visions.
Once every century, the Flutterby bush produces flowers that adapt their scent to attract the unwary. If it lured you, it would smell of:
- A crackling log fire
- The sea
- Fresh parchment
- Home
A troll has gone berserk in the Headmaster's study at Hogwarts. It is about to smash, crush and tear several irreplaceable items and treasures, including a cure for dragon pox, which the Headmaster has nearly perfected; student records going back 1000 years and a mysterious handwritten book full of strange runes, believed to have belonged to Merlin. In which order would you rescue these objects from the troll's club, if you could? Select order:
- Merlin's Book/Student Records/Dragon Pox Cure
Which would you rather be:
- Envied?
- Imitated?
- Trusted?
- Praised?
- Liked?
- Feared?
Which of the following do you find most difficult to deal with?
- Hunger
- Cold
- Loneliness
- Boredom
- Being ignored
What are you most looking forward to learning at Hogwarts?
- Apparition and Disapparition (being able to materialise and dematerialise at will)
- Transfiguration (turning one object into another object)
- Flying on a broomstick
- Hexes and jinxes
- All about magical creatures, and how to befriend/care for them
- Secrets about the castle
- Every area of magic I can
If you could have any power, which would you choose?
- The power to read minds
- The power of invisibility
- The power of superhuman strength
- The power to speak to animals
- The power to change the past
- The power to change your appearance at will
Which of the following would you most like to study?
- Centaurs
- Goblins
- Merpeople
- Ghosts
- Vampires
- Werewolves
- Trolls
One of your house mates has cheated in a Hogwarts exam by using a Self-Spelling Quill. Now he has come top of the class in Charms, beating you into second place. Professor Flitwick is suspicious of what happened. He draws you to one side after his lesson and asks you whether or not your classmate used a forbidden quill. What do you do?
- Lie and say you don't know (but hope that somebody else tells Professor Flitwick the truth).
- Tell Professor Flitwick that he ought to ask your classmate (and resolve to tell your classmate that if he doesn't tell the truth, you will).
- Tell Professor Flitwick the truth. If your classmate is prepared to win by cheating, he deserves to be found out. Also, as you are both in the same house, any points he loses will be regained by you, for coming first in his place.
- You would not wait to be asked to tell Professor Flitwick the truth. If you knew that somebody was using a forbidden quill, you would tell the teacher before the exam started.
You and two friends need to cross a bridge guarded by a river troll who insists on fighting one of you before he will let all of you pass. Do you:
- Attempt to confuse the troll into letting all three of you pass without fighting?
- Suggest drawing lots to decide which of you will fight?
- Suggest that all three of you should fight (without telling the troll)?
- Volunteer to fight?
Which road tempts you most?
- The wide, sunny, grassy lane
- The narrow, dark, lantern-lit alley
- The twisting, leaf-strewn path through woods
- The cobbled street lined with ancient buildings
Which nightmare would frighten you most?
- Standing on top of something very high and realising suddenly that there are no hand- or footholds, nor any barrier to stop you falling
- An eye at the keyhole of the dark, windowless room in which you are locked
- Waking up to find that neither your friends nor your family have any idea who you are.
- Being forced to speak in such a silly voice that hardly anyone can understand you, and everyone laughs at you
Late at night, walking alone down the street, you hear a peculiar cry that you believe to have a magical source. Do you:
- Proceed with caution, keeping one hand on your concealed wand and an eye out for any disturbance?
- Draw your wand and try to discover the source of the noise?
- Draw your wand and stand your ground?
- Withdraw into the shadows to await developments, while mentally reviewing the most appropriate defensive and offensive spells, should trouble occur?
A Muggle confronts you and says that they are sure you are a witch or wizard. Do you:
- Ask what makes them think so?
- Agree, and ask whether they'd like a free sample of a jinx?
- Agree, and walk away, leaving them to wonder whether you are bluffing?
- Tell them that you are worried about their mental health, and offer to call a doctor.
Dawn or dusk?
- Dawn
- Dusk
Moon or stars?
- Moon
- Stars
Forest or river?
- Forest
- River
Black or white?
- Black
- White
Heads or tails?
- Heads
- Tails
Left or right?
- Left
- Right
QUESTION 8: (in case of a hat stall)
Which House would you rather belong to?
- Gryffindor
- Ravenclaw
- Slytherin
- Hufflepuff
Author's comments
- In an interview, when asked about the Sorting Hat, Rowling stated that it had never been wrong and asked for theories, though no specific character was mentioned.[8] In exclusive content released for Pottermore, however, she was a bit more shrewd, stating that it "has made remarkably few errors of judgement over the many centuries it has been at work." She also stated that in those cases where students did not exhibit the qualities traditionally associated with their house, or were noted for those associated with others, "the Hat steadfastly backs its original decision."[2]
- According to J. K. Rowling, Sorting Hat wasn't her first idea of how new Hogwarts student shall be sorted into Houses. She wrote:
- "The Sorting Hat does not appear in my earliest plans for Hogwarts. I debated several different methods for sorting students (because I knew on early from that there would be four houses, all with very different qualities). The first was an elaborate Heath Robinson-ish machine that did all kind of magical things before reaching a decision, but I did not like it: it felt at once too complicated, and too easy. Next I placed four statues of the four founders in the Entrance Hall, which came alive and selected students from the throng in front of them while the school watched. This was better, but still not quite right. Finally, I wrote a list of the ways in which people can be chosen: eeny-meeny-miny-mo, short straws, chosen by team captains, names out of a hat - names out of a talking hat - putting on a hat - the Sorting Hat!"
- —J. K. Rowling's thought.[src]
Behind the scenes
- It seems that the Sorting Hat tends to place students based on qualities they value rather than qualities they personify. This is never more apparent than with Peter Pettigrew, who was Sorted into Gryffindor but ultimately turned out to be quite cowardly, self-serving and corruptible. He was probably placed there because at the time, he admired strong, brave individuals like James Potter and Sirius Black. Though it is possible Pettigrew was placed in Gryffindor because he aspired to these qualities.
- The Sorting Hat can detect nascent qualities in a student and place them in the House that will challenge them the most and put their character to the test. Case in point, Neville Longbottom is Sorted into Gryffindor because the Hat sensed that he was capable of demonstrating bravery and leadership during his time at Hogwarts. However, these qualities do not fully surface until he learns to believe in himself.
- The Hat also appeared to take each student's wishes into account. Just because someone is placed in a certain House does not mean that they can not possess characteristics of other Houses. Dumbledore claimed that choices can show just as much, if not more, about who someone is as their abilities. Harry Potter, for instance, embodies many of the traits that are appreciated by Salazar Slytherin. He is clever, resourceful and cunning, yet the Sorting Hat made him a Gryffindor because he didn't feel like he belonged there. However, the hat denied Neville from being in Hufflepuff even though he begged for it.
- Another prime example of this happening is Severus Snape. At one point, Albus Dumbledore said that his loyal, courageous nature was much more befitted to Gryffindor. However, as a child, Snape's ambition, social-climbing behaviour and secret inclination towards sadism made him an obvious Slytherin when he first came to Hogwarts.
- In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the Sorting Hat appears to speak so all the students can hear, whereas in the book the Sorting Hat speaks so only the wearer can hear.
- In the first two Harry Potter films, it is voiced by actor Leslie Phillips.
- Songs are only featured in books 1, 4, and 5, and are omitted entirely from the films.
- Harry was not physically present for the Sorting Hat's songs in books two, three, six and seven. Harry was, however, present for the song and Sorting ceremony in the third movie.
- In the American edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry saw that "there were only three people left to be sorted," but then Professor McGonagall read off four more names (Dean Thomas, Lisa Turpin, Ron Weasley and Blaise Zabini). Dean Thomas did not appear in the British edition. It is possible, however, that Harry did not see one of the first-years ahead of him.
- The Sorting Hat bears a certain resemblance to The Archchancellor's Hat from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel Sourcery
- A LEGO version of the Sorting Hat was released, entitled 4701 Sorting Hat. It featured a dial with the four house symbols on it that could be spun to land on one and sort the figures.
- One of the possible choices on the W.O.M.B.A.T. aptitude test was that the hat was stolen and substituted by delinquent students in 1325, and the whereabouts of the real hat remain unknown.
- One can purchase a copy of the Sorting Hat at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
- Prior to creating the Sorting Hat, Rowling considered using a Magical Gateway, founder statues, a Ghost Court, or a Selection Committee.
- However, the idea of the founder statues were recycled into the Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry sorting.
- Just before the Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey ride at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, the Sorting Hat makes an appearance and delivers a final safety spiel, in the manner of one of his Sorting songs:
- "Your journey is about to start, but safely you must go,
- And so the Hogwarts Sorting Hat tells all you need to know.
- These benches are not safe for you if you are still too small.
- You must be more than goblin-sized, 48 inches tall.
- Now rid yourself of objects that might poke or scratch or fall.
- Take jewellery, cell phones, all loose change and stow them, one and all.
- To keep your treasures safe and sound, Smart Lockers are supplied.
- Gringotts-made and wizard-proofed, for all you need to hide.
- And now, a warning; do not ride if flying makes you queasy.
- If pregnant or else sore in back or neck, then leave, it's easy!
- You've travelled far, you're very near, the waiting's been long,
- But smoking, drinking, eating, one and all, are very wrong.
- Now thank you for listening. My safety lesson's done.
- We hope you live to tell the tale, and most of all, have fun!"
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Voice only)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World
- LEGO Harry Potter
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
- Harry Potter: Spells
- LEGO Harry Potter
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game
- Pottermore
- Harry Potter for Kinect
- Harry Potter: The Character Vault
- Harry Potter: The Creature Vault (Mentioned only)
See also
- Godric Gryffindor's Sword
- Helga Hufflepuff's Cup
- Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem
- Salazar Slytherin's Locket


text: Today I remembered the time we were building a fort of those old refrigerator boxes, stopped to take a dinner break and something funny happened... you laughed so hard a ramen noodle came out of your nose! Or was that me? Either way, we were in tears laughing so hard.