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Ash's Leavanny
Ash's Leavanny (Japanese: サトシのハハコモリ Satoshi's Hahakomori) is the sixth Pokémon that Ash obtained in the Unova region.
Leavanny first appeared as a Sewaddle while Ash and his friends were in Pinwheel Forest. He randomly attacked Ash's Pikachu, and Ash tried to catch him, but was not successful, since Sewaddle ran away. He later reappeared and knocked Ash to the ground when the trio met Burgh, the Gym Leader of the Castelia Gym, who revealed that he was accompanying Sewaddle through the forest, even though he was not his Pokémon. When Ash and his friends tried to say hello to Sewaddle by using the two sensory knobs on the top of his head, he Tackled Ash, while he kindly said hello to Iris, Pikachu, Axew and Burgh. Ash, Iris and Burgh then followed Sewaddle throughout the forest, watching him eating, as well as watching his sleeping habits.
When Sewaddle started eating some fruit, two Woobat started to attack him. Ash protected Sewaddle from an Air Slash attack. Pikachu and Sewaddle then scared off the Woobat. Sewaddle then offered Ash some fruit, showing that he was slowly beginning to like him. Later that night, Sewaddle even went into Ash's sleeping bag with him. The next day, a Patrat kidnapped Sewaddle in order to heal its sick friend, as a leaf from a Sewaddle has healing properties. However, Sewaddle got away, just to get stuck on a Deerling's neck, and to get thrown over a cliff into a river, with Ash diving in to save him. Burgh then used his Leavanny to save both Sewaddle and Ash from going over a waterfall. Sewaddle was very thankful, but his "clothes" got messed up during the fall. However, Burgh's Leavanny made him new clothes. Ash asked Sewaddle if he wanted to join him, and Sewaddle happily allowed Ash to capture him. But once he was captured, his Poké Ball became sealed, as Ash had seven Pokémon on him at the time. This meant Ash had to send over one of his Pokémon to Professor Juniper in order to retain Sewaddle in his party, to which he chose his Pidove.
In A Connoisseur's Revenge!, Ash wanted to have Sewaddle examined by a Pokémon Connoisseur so he would know how compatible he was with him. He showed him to a C-class Connaisseuse by the name of Burgundy. She confirmed that his Ability is Swarm, which she thought was a bad thing, as she thought Ash would be better off with a Sewaddle with Chlorophyll, not doing anything to support her claim. When she said he should replace Sewaddle, he fired a String Shot at her in anger.
In Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!, Sewaddle was boldly sent out to fight Burgh and his Dwebble, after Tepig had already been defeated. Like in Tepig's battle, Sewaddle's attacks were all countered by Dwebble's Protect and he got hit with a powerful X-Scissor attack. Faced with an approaching Rock Wrecker, Sewaddle used String Shot to dodge by pulling himself towards the ceiling along the thread. After using String Shot to redirect another Rock Wrecker from his path, Sewaddle met another X-Scissor attack with Tackle and knocked Dwebble out of its rock. While Dwebble wasn't able to defend itself, Sewaddle hit it with a powerful Razor Leaf, Tackle and a second Razor Leaf, defeating Dwebble. Sewaddle stayed in the battle to fight Burgh's Whirlipede next. He continued to make use of his dodging technique with String Shot and the wrapped Whirlipede up in the thread. However, Whirlipede effortlessly cut through the thread and hit Sewaddle with a strong Steamroller attack twice in a row, tearing through Razor Leaf in the process. Sewaddle next attempted Bug Bite but was knocked back by Iron Defense and hit by yet another Steamroller attack. Sewaddle was next hit by Whirlipede's SolarBeam, which seemed as if it would defeat him until Sewaddle evolved into Swadloon. Swadloon wrapped Whirlipede up with String Shot as it did before, however, despite the move appearing much stronger than before, Whirlipede was still able to cut through the thread and attack. Swadloon attempted his dodging technique once more but Whirlipede cut through the thread attached to the ceiling, letting Swadloon fall. Swadloon was still able to stop Whirlipede's attack with his newly learned Energy Ball and finish it of with Tackle. Swadloon's third opponent was Leavanny and he was wrapped up in a very think String Shot. Ash cleverly told Swadloon to hit himself with Razor Leaf, damaging himself but freeing him from the thread. However Swadloon was quickly defeated by powerful Leaf Storm and Hyper Beam attacks.
In Battling the Leaf Thieves!, Swadloon battled against Iris's Emolga in a training battle. After being hit hard by a Discharge attack that Emolga sent down the thread of Swadloon's String Shot, he perked up and evolved into Leavanny. His innate caring nature came to force right away and Leavanny made leaf hoods for the young Axew and Scraggy, who were very pleased with them. Leavanny then noticed three wild Sewaddle who all had withered hoods. Not giving it a second thought, Leavanny made new hoods for the three Sewing Pokémon. After making more hoods for Pikachu, Oshawott, Tepig, Snivy and Emolga, the gang sat down for a nap. While sleeping a group of wild Durant came across the gang and took the leaf hoods for food as well as Axew, who was still wearing his outfit, because their poor eyesight led them to believe he was a pile of leaves. When the gang awoke, Leavanny helped search for the missing Pokémon. After Emolga led the gang to the entrance of the Durant's maze, Leavanny cleverly lined the cave with thread behind the group to mark the way out of the maze. Once they found the Durant's nest, Leavanny created leafy cocoons for Ash and Scraggy so they could retrieve the still sleeping Axew. Leavanny joined the others in fighting the Durant after Ash revealed himself, however the team's moves were all blocked by Protect. After Pikachu, Scraggy and Emolga managed to defeat the swarm, Leavanny led the gang back through the maze and to safety.
Personality and characteristicsEdit
As a Sewaddle, Leavanny was childish, often doing things without warning when Ash first met him, such as attacking Pikachu for no reason other than to battle. He was stubborn, and wouldn't admit to his feelings for Ash right away, but after he had been saved a few times, he became more comfortable with Ash, and snuggled up to him. Since then, he had been very caring towards his Trainer, even to go so far as to wrap Burgundy's head in a String Shot web when she suggested Ash get rid of him.
As a Swadloon, Leavanny had also been competitive since his debut, and has a strong passion for battling. He always tried his hardest, even when he was at a strong disadvantage during his battle against Burgh's Whirlipede, where he still refused to give up, and eventually evolved. Since he has evolved, Swadloon is a bit more mature, although he still got a bit childish when he believed Oshawott, Tepig and Scraggy took his food in Emolga and the New Volt Switch!. However, he still has a passion for battling. Swadloon also has some sewing skills, as seen in Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"!, where he helped make costumes for Luke's movie with his Leavanny.
After evolving into Leavanny, he adopted a more caring nature and acts like a parent to the other Pokémon. He also became very independent, prancing off on his own to find leaves to use for clothes, taking a lot of pride in his work. He is also able to make good use of his newly acquired skills, cleverly lining the Durant's maze with thread to mark the way out without being commanded to by his Trainer.
Moves usedEdit
|A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.
Moves ImprovisedEdit
- String-Razor Leaf: Swadloon uses String Shot to wrap its opponent and sends a Razor Leaf via the line to ensure the hit.
- String-Energy Ball: Leavanny uses String Shot to wrap its opponent and sends a Energy Ball via the line to ensure the hit.
- Leavanny is Ash's first Grass-type Pokémon that is not a starter Pokémon.
- Leavanny is the first of Ash's Pokémon since his Krabby which he caught when he already had a full party of six Pokémon.
- It also marks the first time Ash has rotated his seventh Pokémon into his main team.
- As a Sewaddle, Leavanny was the first Pokémon in the anime to have his Ability confirmed without using it.
- Leavanny, upon evolving from Sewaddle to Swadloon, is the first of Ash's Pokémon to evolve during a Gym battle.
- Swadloon's evolution into Leavanny was first revealed in the Japanese ending Seven-colored Arch.
- Leavanny is the first Pokémon Ash has owned to have evolved via friendship.
Related articlesEdit
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Sewaddle, Swadloon, and Leavanny.
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LSU Season Ticket Electronic Forwarding
April 01, 2014, 12:00 AM (CT) Updated: April 22, 2014, 02:10 PM (CT)
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LSU Football, Men's Basketball and Baseball season ticket holders who can't make certain games may electronically forward their tickets to other fans easily and securely by logging in to their online season ticket account. Please follow instructions below to forward your tickets or accept forwarded tickets.
Forwarding tickets:
- Login to your account at LSUsports.net.
- If you have already activated your account with LSUtix.net, login to your account with your customer number and password. If you have not yet registered or activated your account with LSUtix.net, please do so by clicking on the appropriate options to activate your account with your customer number and PIN.
- Once you have signed into your account, click on the "My Account" button on the gold bar near the top of the screen.
- Click on the "Ticket Forwarding" link under the heading "Manage My Tickets".
- You will see each game that has tickets available for forwarding. Click on the "Forward Tickets" link under the game of your choice.
- Under the "Seating Information" section, check the "Forward" box next to each ticket you would like to forward.
- Under the "Recipient Information" section, fill in the information of the person you will be forwarding your tickets to (case sensitive). Choose who will pay the $4 forwarding fee - you or the recipient - and check the appropriate button.
- If you will pay the fee, fill in the Credit Card Information section. If the recipient will pay the fee, you can leave this section blank. Click the "Submit" button at the button of the screen.
- Confirm the information listed on the Confirmation screen is correct, and then click the "Yes" button at the bottom of the screen.
- If you would like to forward additional tickets, click on the "Continue to Ticket Forward List" button at the bottom of the screen. If you are finished, click the "Sign Out" button on the gold bar near the top of the screen to complete the transfer.
- The recipient has 24 hours to claim the tickets and accept the forward invitation. Once the tickets are accepted, rejected, or go unclaimed you will receive an e-mail. When the tickets are accepted by the recipient, the season ticket holder should destroy the original tickets as their barcode has been deactivated and the tickets are no longer valid.
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- Ticket forwarding recipients will receive an email from email@example.com with the subject line "LSU Ticket Forwarding Invitation." Once you find and open this email, click on the "Accept" link at the bottom of the email to proceed.
- At the bottom of the screen, enter in the email address where you received the invitation and click "Accept".
- If you already have an online ticketing account should sign in as a Returning Online Customer using your email address or account number and password.
- If you do not have an online ticketing account you must create one by clicking the "Register" button in the New Online Customer section and filling in your contact information.
- Once you are logged in to your account, the forwarded tickets will appear in your shopping cart. Select the Delivery Method which you would like the tickets delivered and click on the "Check Out" button at the bottom of the screen.
- If you are paying the $4 Forwarding fee, fill in your Credit Card information. If the person forwarding the tickets has already paid the fee, you can leave the Credit Card Information blank. Click the "Submit Payment" button at the bottom of the screen.
- You will then receive an email containing the forwarded ticket(s) attached in the form of a "Print-at-Home" PDF document. Open this email and print out your ticket(s).
- The recipient must claim the tickets within 24 hours of the invitation being sent. Season ticket holders can forward tickets up to one hour prior to game time, but the entire forwarding process (offer and acceptance) must be completed one hour prior to game time.
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- Be careful when printing multiple seat locations that you print just one ticket per seat location. Multiple copies of the same seat location will not be admitted; the first printed ticket scanned at the door will be the only valid ticket for that seat location.
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Topic: Update on my husband
Well since I last posted my husband has started falling a lot. He is now in a wheel chair. Since last Thursday evening he's been running fevers during the night. He gets the chills really bad. When the fever kicks in he can't seem to stand at all and has a grad time setting up also the confusion gets really bad.
He's down to 118 pounds. He gets the hiccups nonstop. Sometimes they last over an hour they go away for an hour and they're right back. This can happen with an enkarged liver. They say it presses on a nerve and it will cause the hiccups.
I feel so bad setting here watching him suffer. He looks so sad all the time. He still wants out of bed to set in his recliner which is nice.
It's really sad how much suffering one goes through. Just don't see the fairness in it all
As for me i am lucky if i get 2 hours a sleep a night. Always on guard making sure he's not trying to get out of bed on his own. Or around midnight is when he will spike a fever. They have been about 102. So far Tylenol is helping break his fever. Also rotating cold wash clothes every 10 minutes helps a lot too.
Hospice told me Thursday he probably had a few days til a week left ut they said with him being so strong willed its hard to tell. He sure is a fighter.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Robert Guerrero are set to square off in the ring on Saturday night, and there has been no shortage of drama leading up to the fight. Guerrero has been given the chance of a lifetime, but at Wednesday's pre-fight press conference it seemed like his father was more anxious for the fight than he was. Ruben Guerrero, who is also Robert's trainer, took the podium very briefly before he was basically pried away by Oscar de la Hoya. "May 4th, baby, you guys are gonna find out," Ruben began. "My son's blessed. I'm blessed, no matter what I am. I am what I am. I'm the real deal. I don't talk s***, man. I back it up. Anytime, anywhere, like I said. "And we're gonna beat up that woman beater. The one that beat up his wife, man — his wife in front of his kids! You guys like that s***? You like this guy, (the) woman beater? He must have learned that from his dad. We're gonna beat that woman beater! He's gonna get it from a real man! Damn woman beaters. We're gonna beat that woman beater down!" Mayweather simply kept his head buried in his cell phone and chuckled most of the time, although his face did turn a bit serious when Ruben first brought up his checkered past. As many of you know, Mayweather has been in trouble with the law several times regarding instances of domestic violence. He served a county jail sentence from June 1, 2012 until August of 2012 after pleading guilty to misdemeanor battery. Earlier this week, Robert Guerrero released a video stating he is going to pull a Buster Douglas on Mayweather. If Floyd doesn't watch his back, Ruben may try to Buster Douglas him before Saturday night even rolls around.
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6 Ways To Earn an Income a.k.a Make Money
Since categorizing myself as a work-at-home mom/wife/homemaker, empowering women in their quest toward becoming grass-roots entrepreneurs is something I am sincerely passionate about.
Women all over the world are beginning to leave the industrial workforce in order to rediscover the joys of keeping the home. We are in the early stages of witnessing homes returning to their rightful places as units of production. With that said, I strongly believe stay-at-home moms will continue to play a vital role as financial contributor to the family by:
- working hard to saving money.
- looking for creative ways to earn money from home.
- rearing children that are emotionally filled to the brim and therefore content with less.
There are so many different avenues for women to generate income without having to neglect their highest priorities of being a wife and mother. Listed below are just a few sustainable ideas. Most of these I have personally found to be profitable in the past, or I am currently seeking out as possible ventures for the coming year.
6 Ideas For Generating Income From Home
1. Grow and sell fruits, vegetables, and herbs. Not only will growing your own groceries save on super-market purchases, but it has the potential to generate a bit of income during the growing season. Selling at local farmer's markets and to your spouse's co-workers can easily cover the costs of growing the produce and put a few extra dollars in your pocket.
2. Raise your own chickens and sell the eggs. 12-15 backyard hens could give you a couple dozen extra eggs each week, over what your family can consume. Free-range eggs are selling for $4-$5 dollars a dozen in my neck of the woods, this could potentially add $60-$100 per month to our budget. Obviously, the more hens you have the more money you make; and, if you are lucky enough to have a large grassy area, your cost of feed will be dramatically reduced.
3. Start plants from seed. This growing season it is my goal to start plants from seed and sell the transplants to neighbors, co-workers, and at my local farmer's market. Growing and selling organic, heirloom plants can bring in $2-$3 per plant, effortlessly covering the cost of a packet of seeds. Depending on the market in your area this can generate a lot of money come spring.
4. Begin making and selling herbal remedies. Start now planning your medicinal herb garden. Keep it small and manageable, growing those herbs that you are interested in. Learn to make tinctures, salves, and syrups. In mid-summer start asking family and friends if they will consider hosting herbal remedies parties for you (think cookware parties and jewelry parties) and start your own herbal remedy party business. See my inspiration for this here...
5. Blog. If you are passionate about something and have a lot to say about it, you should consider blogging. The Internet is massive and there is a niche out there perfect for you! Sure...there is a risk in blogging, isn't there in everything? I can tell you this, blogging has been one of the easiest, most difficult things I've ever done (Wait, did she just say easiest, most difficult? Okay, just making sure!) I have only been blogging for 3 months, so I am by no means qualified to give you advice; but here are a few people that I really respect who have a lot to say on the topic:
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6. Sell your stuff. Declutter, down-size, reorganize, whatever you call it, just get rid of the excess. Here are a few tips for profiting off of your stuff:
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- Sell your books
- Sell your clothes to the consignment store and get an in-store credit so the next time you need clothes they'll be free. I love Kid-To-Kid. See if there's one in your area.
- Sell your crafty creations on Etsy!
- Collect and cash in your loose change.
- And who can forget Craigslist.org or ebay.com
One last word of caution. During desperate times we can become hasty in our decisions. There are a lot of evil people trying to make a buck on offering stupid work from home opportunities. Unfortunately, I've learned that there aren't many sustainable get-rich-quick options out there. Don't fall victim to their scams!
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If you haven't heard of either of these features in Flex 4.5, here's a quick summary:
- CSS Media Queries – Conditionally apply styles at runtime based on the DPI and/or OS of the target device
- Application Scaling – When the application specifies an applicationDPI value, Flex applies a scale factor to the root application. The result is an application designed for one DPI value scales to look good on another device with a different DPI value.
The Flex 4.5 reference covers the differences in the two approaches to adapting a mobile application based on DPI. The documentation also spells out the steps it takes to implement each approach.
Testing both approaches is also straightforward. Flash Builder 4.5 can simulate screen resolution and DPI when you run your application in ADL on your PC. However, it's not the same as seeing the results on an actual device at the real physical size.
I've put together some quick examples to demonstrate each approach and I've taken a few photos of actual devices to see the final result. I have 3 devices, going left to right:
- Motorola Droid Pro, 320×480, DPI Classification = 160
- HTC EVO, 480×800, DPI Classification = 240
- iPod Touch 4th Gen, 640×960, DPI Classification = 320
The picture below shows 3 different applications:
- Application scaling is turned ON (applicationDPI=160) in the main Application tag. What this means is that I've designed my application with 160 DPI devices in mind. Flex will scale the entire application by a scale factor based on the runtimeDPI classification. From left to right you can see 1x, 1.5x and 2x scaling.
- Application scaling is turned OFF (applicationDPI is not set). At each DPI, I've adjusted my slider to a fontSize value that is readable based on the runtimeDPI of the device.
- Application scaling is turned OFF (applicationDPI is not set) but I've set single explicit fontSize value that is used for all 3 DPI classifications. Do not do this. As you can see, if you set an explicit fontSize for all 3 DPI classifications, you'll run into issues at one end or the other. In this case, fontSize 16 is far too small on the iPod Touch.
What I should have done in the last scenario is define CSS style rules with media queries that select a proper fontSize based on the DPI of the device. I'll use a simple label as my next example. The code below has scaling turned off, but this time I've defined a stylename with different fontSize values per-DPI classification.
In my ViewNavigatorApplication, I've turned off scaling:
<s:ViewNavigatorApplication> <!-- scaling is OFF when applicationDPI is not set--> ... </s:ViewNavigatorApplication>
And in my View, I've defined a stylename with bold and italic styles that apply at all DPI classifications. After that, I've defined overrides using CSS media queries. Notice that I only supplied a new fontSize value for 240 and 320. The first rule is applied at all DPIs. I'm able to omit a 160 DPI-specific rule because it gets it's fontSize style from the first rule.
<s:View> <fx:Style> @namespace s "library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"; /* applies to all DPIs */ .heading { fontSize: 18; fontWeight: bold; fontStyle: italic; } @media (application-dpi: 240) { .heading { fontSize: 28; } } @media (application-dpi: 320) { .heading { fontSize: 36; } } </fx:Style> ... <s:Label text="Heading Style, fontSize={fontSize}" styleName="heading"/> </s:View>
The photo below shows my app running on all 3 devices. The Label with the "heading" stylename shows the correct DPI-specific fontSize on all 3 devices.Share on Facebook


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Starting this September, all Macy's employees will be required to wear black clothes to work. The dress code, which is designed to help customers identify apparently-elusive sales associates, is already in effect in east coast stores, but will be expanded to the 113 stores composing the midwest division. While consumer behavior specialists rave about the change, union officials have filed a grievance against Macy's for requiring workers to purchase new clothes. Do employee uniforms improve your shopping experience? Tell us after the jump.
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Son of James Chamberlain (1809-1889) and Sarah Runnels Barton (1824-1905), of Burnet Co., TX. Husband of Martha Jane (Matt) Kincheloe. J. T. and Martha were the parents of six children: Margaret Louisa (Lou); Louis Coleman; Jas. Hardee; Chas. Ninian; Wm. Lawson (Will); and Sarah Frances (Fan). During the Civil War, John fought in for the Confederacy. Later, he served for a number of years as Burnet Co. clerk.
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Dan Hopkins
So you want to know about me, huh? Well, I've lived here in Greater Danbury all my life, born and raised baby! I got into radio because I always liked music and loved helping my pops fix his Wurlitzer jukeboxes when I was really little. Okay, I'm a big radio nerd, who's kidding who here! Over the past decade I've worked in various parts of the radio station, but programming is by far my favorite and most fun. I also DJ at lots of local events and bars throughout the year so you might recognize me from outside the radio station. I don't have lots of free time, but when I do I spend it in the gym, as it keeps me out of trouble! And of course, I listen to country when I workout, the best music there is! You might also find me out on Candlewood Lake during the summer months soaking in the rays. Thanks for tuning in every afternoon here on KICKS 105.5!


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Julia Gillard personally intervened to ensure her department spent taxpayers' money to fly two mid-level union officials to G20-related meetings in Moscow.
The former prime minister, who relied heavily on the union movement to fend off relentless leadership pressure from Kevin Rudd, charged taxpayers more than $15,000 to fly the unionists to the G20's related trade union conference, the L20.
The release of Senate documents showing the trip's cost comes at an inconvenient time for the union movement. The Abbott government has ordered a royal commission into union corruption - a move Labor shadow ministers have called politically motivated malice.
The Gillard government paid for flights and accommodation for an ACTU official to attend the L20 summit in Moscow in July and another ACTU official for G20 meetings in September.
The decision to send the unionists to Moscow was Ms Gillard's, according to documents released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to the federal Senate.
Under orders from the prime minister, the department entered into an agreement with the then Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations under which the department would be given $50,000 ''from which it could draw funding to reimburse the ACTU for the costs of attending meetings covered by the then prime minister's decision''.
Only $15,108.60 of the $50,000 contract was used. The remaining $34,891.40 was returned to PM&C.
An ACTU spokeswoman said there was nothing unusual about this arrangement. ''There is a long-standing precedent for governments of all persuasions to support representatives of government, business and civil society, including trade unions, to attend joint international meetings where there is a formal role for non-government parties,'' she said.
A spokesman for Ms Gillard declined to comment.
A Labor frontbencher said it did not surprise him that Ms Gillard had billed taxpayers for the union travel, as she was trying to secure her union support while Mr Rudd and his supporters circled.


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KALIDA — Linda Schulte said she cried when she found out there may be a way that she could "see" once again.
65-year-old Kalida woman was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa when
she was in her forties. Retinitis pigmentosa is an inherited retina
degenerative disease that causes slow but progressive vision loss due to
a gradual loss of the light-sensitive retinal cells. Patients with RP
experience loss of side and night vision, and later central vision,
which can result in near blindness.
Schulte said she initially heard about the process as a member of the Foundation Fighting Blindness.
in February 2013 she heard a news item that the process known as Argus®
II Retina Prosthesis System, developed by Second Sight Medical Products
Inc., of Sylmar, Calif, had received FDA approval.
Once she heard
this, Schulte was anxious to see if she qualified for the implant.
Contacting the California company she learned 10 sites in the United
States had been approved to do the implant.
"They recommended the
Cleveland Clinic since I live in Ohio," Schulte said. "But when I
contacted them I waited and waited and never heard back."
Schulte then contacted
the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center in Ann Arbor, another
approved site. "They called right back and were excited," she said. Once
the process began, Schulte discovered she had to have patience to
endure the many steps and setbacks on her road to receive her "bionic
eye." She had her first appointment in Michigan on Sept. 23, 2012.
Her initial exam revealed she had cataracts.
"They decided to have the cataract taken out of the right eye, since they thought this was the better eye."
had the cataract removed in Lima and then returned to Michigan for an
exam. During the exam it was discovered there was a mole on the back of
the eye making it not good for the implant.
"I was depressed at
that point," Schulte admitted. She returned to Michigan to have the
cataract taken out of her left eye. The doctors in Ann Arbor determined
this eye would qualify for the implant.
"Then we set up to have
the surgery on January 2," Schulte said. "We had to cancel because there
was a blizzard and we couldn't get to the hospital." The surgery was
rescheduled for Jan. 16, 2014. Dr. Thiran Jaysunder was her surgeon.
doctor offered to pay for my hotel room if I would come up the night
before," Schulte said. "He wanted to make sure I was there for the
scheduled surgery."
Schulte was the first patient in the United
States to have the Retina Protheses System implanted after the system
received FDA approval. Schulte said there were doctors from all over the
world present at the surgery along with representatives from the Second
Sight Medical Products company.
The surgery to put in the implant
took four and a half hours. Schulte had the surgery on a Thursday and
came home on Saturday. The Schultes had to rush back to Michigan on
Sunday when Linda's eye began to seep. She had to have followup surgery
on Feb. 6 when it was determined she needed another stitch.
"I had to wear a big eye patch all this time," Schulte said.
Feb. 25, the Schultes returned to Ann Arbor for an appointment where
Linda was given her new glasses to go with her bionic eye. She was
instructed to wear the glasses so she could get used to them.
Schulte had sufficiently recovered from her surgery the retinal
prothesis was activated. Training then began for Schulte to adapt to the
new vision.
Schulte's glasses are equipped with a camera that
captures images and converts them into a series of small electrical
pulses. The pulses are transmitted wirelessly to the prothesis and the
numerous electrodes on the surface of the retinal. These pulses are
intended to stimulate the retina's remaining cells, resulting in a
corresponding perception of patterns of light in the brain.
She is
having to learn to interpret these visual patterns. She has three or
four more visits for her training to adopt to the new way of seeing.
Schulte understands she will not have 20/20 vision or be able to
distinguish faces, but will be able to recognize dark and light shapes.
saw my grandson playing basketball," she said proudly. She was outside
when he was playing wearing a shirt with a white stripe on it. "I could
see the flashes for the stripe and hear the basketball and knew I was
seeing him play basketball."
Another time she was baking cookies
and saw the gallon of milk through flashes on the counter. "It kept me
from knocking the milk on the floor," she said.
Schulte said she
and her husband "Smiley" have really appreciated the support they have
received from the community. "They have been so good with their support
and prayers," she said.
"I couldn't have done this without my
husband," she added. "He has been supportive and driven me back and
forth for all the appointments."
Since her surgery, four other
patients have received the implants and another man is scheduled to have
it. Schulte has been in touch with two sisters who had the surgery and
the man who is going to have the surgery.
"They want us to get together so we can share our experiences," she said.
said if a person is considering the implant they need to have one or
two people who are able to make the many trips to the hospital that are
"You also have to understand you won't get back things like being able to drive or read, but will experience some of the great little things like getting to see your grandchildren run around the yard."
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The latest reviews from Kevin Bryan.
"String Driven Thing" (Esoteric ECLEC 2358)- Esoteric's latest CD re-issue focusses attention on the impressive 1972 debut album from Scottish prog-rock outfit String Driven Thing. The classically trained Graham Smith's fluid and inventive violin work swiftly established itself as the most attractive feature of the quartet's rather portentous and doom-laden sound and the recently recruited fiddler was in particularly fine fettle here , expertly underpinning frontman Chris Adams' vocal exploits on stand-out tracks such as "Jack Diamond," "Circus" and "Easy To Be Free."
Del Shannon,"Home & Away" (Cherry Red / Now Sounds crnow 40)- Rolling Stones producer Andrew Loog Oldham apparently conceived this mildly psychedelic 1967 extravaganza as Britain's answer to the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds," bringing over faded American pop balladeer Del Shannon to work with some of the homegrown performers who were signed to his Immediate label at the time, including Steve Marriott and Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones. The venture wasn't an unqualified success and "Home & Away" actually had to wait more than ten years before it was released in its entirety, by which time the contents had acquired the winsome period charm which is such an appealing feature of tracks such as "Led Along" and "Mind Over Matter."
Wilton Felder,"We All Have A Star / Inherit The Wind" (Cherry Red / Robinsongs CDMRED 536)- Houston born sax player and bassist Wilton Felder is best remembered these days for his work with jazz/funk fusion specialists The Crusaders ,but he was also in great demand as a session musician, working with everyone from Joan Baez to John Cale and the Jackson 5. These skilfully crafted solo albums date from 1978 and 1980 respectively and provide ideal vehicles for Felder's free-flowing ,jazzy style, with vocals supplied by soul luminaries such as Bobby Womack and "Swing Your Daddy" hit-maker Jim Gilstrap.
Mighty Mojos, "Hook Line and Sinker" (Available from www.MightyMojos.com)- The debut album from Ulster based blues band The Mighty Mojos is a compellingly gutsy and powerful affair,blending some strong original material with energised covers of songs made famous by the likes of Robert Johnson,Muddy Waters and Tampa Red. Their approach to music-making may not offer too much in the way of originality or innovation but the finished product should still be required listening for blues enthusiasts everywhere, with slide guitarist David McClean meriting a special mention in dispatches for his stunning contribution to the proceedings.
"Constant Sorrow : Bluegrass From Root To Flower" (Fantastic Voyage FVTD 073)- This fascinating 3 CD set traces the inexorable rise of bluegrass from its rural roots in the mid twenties to acceptance as a mainstream musical form in the late fifties,drawing on archive recordings from leading lights of the genre such as Bill Monroe,Mac Wiseman and The Stanley Brothers. Ralph and Carter Stanley went on to become popular performers on the American college circuit during the sixties folk boom,,and their soulful sound is well represented here by classic tracks such as "I'm A Man of Constant Sorrow" and "Angel Band."


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Admissions Events Calendar
Thursday, March 21, 2013
CollegeWeekLive.com Event Time: 10:00a - 10:00p Location: Online Details:
A free virtual college fair where Mount St. Mary's hosts an information booth similar to a real college fair. If you are unable to make a campus visit, this is a wonderful way to get to know the Mount from the comfort of your own home. You may register forthis event by visiting the Admissions Visit page or click the link below.


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Honda recently awarded an all-new 2010 Honda Insight hybrid to Nehal Sanghavi of Austin, TX, as the winner of an environmentally-focused contest at the October 2009 Austin City Limits music festival. Sanghavi, along with thousands of other festival attendees, participated in the 'Rock & Recycle' program, which aimed to promote recycling and eco-friendly transportation.
American Honda Motor Co., Inc., worked with C3, the promoter of Austin City Limits, as an official Eco-partner for the event. Honda's support as an Eco-partner on-site in Austin included integrated "green" activities, hybrid-vehicle displays and the giveaway of the all-new 2010 Insight hybrid car.
"Austin City Limits made helping the environment fun through the Rock and Recycle program," said Tom Peyton, senior manager of Honda national advertising. "Where else can you see terrific, diverse artists play, do a little recycling and win a new Honda Insight?"
Honda is continuing its industry-leading efforts to address the environmental challenges of global climate change, emissions reduction and energy sustainability through a comprehensive approach that involves further improvements to gasoline-engine fuel efficiency; the development of real-world alternatives to gasoline, including natural gas and the hydrogen-powered fuel cell car; and technology for refueling alternative fuel vehicles. In 2007, Honda was named the "Greenest Automaker" by the Union of Concerned Scientists for the fourth consecutive time.
For more information or downloadable high-resolution images of Honda vehicles, please visit www.hondanews.com. Consumer information is available at www.honda.com. Information about Austin City Limits can be found at www.aclfestival.com.


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ROYAL OAK, Mich. - The city of Royal Oak is considering an ordinance which would make it illegal to discriminate against gays in the city.
Those who spoke at the City Commission meeting Monday night were largely in support of the ordinance which would ban anti-gay discrimination in housing and employment. Royal Oak could be steps closer to joining its neighbors to the north and south in protecting gays.
While voters in the city rejected a similar human rights ordinance in 2001, the people who live and work in the city say they think this time it will happen.
Cloverleaf Fine Wines fits the Oakland County city's fashionable sense. It is a special, intimate place with nothing "cookie cutter" about it.
"You get a way more unique product," said Cloverleaf owner Kyle Evans. "You get people who are super passionate about what they're doing and people who are passionate about it in the store everyday."
The decision Evans and fellow owner Michael Checutti made to locate their wine store in Royal Oak had to do with the city's reputation as a fashionable destination in Metro Detroit. They work long hours but still made time to get to the City Commission meeting on Monday night.
"The issue of human rights is very important to a lot of the city commissioners. It's very important to the mayor and we want to be there to support them," said Checutti.
Among the residents who spoke at the meeting, one man stood out.
"To actually be honest with you, I am bigoted. I really am. I don't like white trash. I don't like black trash. I don't like homosexual trash and I don't like heterosexual trash. That's the only thing I'm against. So as long as you move into my neighborhood and you pick up your damn yard, I don't care what you do. Thank you very much," the man said.
Has 10 years time changed attitudes in the city?
The city will have to draft the ordinance followed by meetings and public hearings before anything gets going.
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Joe turned to the little girl and asked her her name. She said, "I have the same name as my mother."
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At least that's the way it looks right now. According to the Clayton Daily News in Jonesboro, Ga., Rashad Canty, who made a verbal commitment to attend Appalachian State University back in June, has apparantly changed his mind.
But the 6-foot-4 wide receiver from Riverdale High School in Riverdale, Ga., hopes to settle the issue by the end of the week. Following a recent visit to Wake Forest University this past weekend, Canty, who is listed as a two-star recruit by Rivals.com, was guaranteed a roster spot, if I be faithful to them and committed to them, they will be faithful to me.
But a pair of Southeastern Conference schools, Missouri and Vanderbilt, are still in the running. And Canty, whose had more than 20 offers from schools around the country, including some in the Atlantic Coast Conference, SEC and Big Ten Conference, has received scholarship offers from App State, Wake Forest and Minnesota.
Canty caught 34 passes last fall for Riverdale for 535 yards and five touchdowns for a team that went 4-6 last fall. His best game of the season came against against Grady, where he caught ten passes for 166 yards and a TD in a 35-34 loss.
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ATI Radeon X800 XL - A $299 6800GT Competitorby Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/15/2004 9:00 AM EST
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Some Guy - Monday, February 13, 2006 - linkI'm satisfied with X800 XL card for playing the game America's Army, very smooth graphics even with 3D settings cranked up to the highest level at 1024x768 resolution. With my previous ATI All-In-Wonder 9600 XT AGP card the game was unplayable, I was "stuck in the matrix" so to speak even when no network lag present. I replaced with ATI All-In-Wonder X800 XL PCI-E, and now I get amazing results, great fun!
I'm disappointed with the TV Tuner, ATI screwed things up big time. With my old 9600 AGP card I could repeatedly press the arrow up or arrow down keys on my keyboard to switch channels instantly with no problem. Now with my new X800 XL PCI-E card I press the arrow key and it takes 1 second before changing to next channel, then once it switched channel I lose sound for 1 second and then it come back to normal. Problem persists whether activating onboard audio or installing PCI Sound Blaster card.
With the X800 XL card I have to reboot my computer every time I want to open the TV Tuner, otherwise I get dangerously loud white noise in my headphones, around 110 dB I think. Considering the earing damage limit is 85 dB, are ATI trying to make my ears bleed or something?
While watching TV the image freeze frequently, the TV Tuner won't respond anymore so I have to reboot my computer. Also I must point out that I'm not dealing with a cheap no-name motherboard here. I'm using the ASUS A8R-MVP with the ATI CrossFire chip integrated onboard, this motherboard was supposedly designed specifically for ATI video cards, one would think they figured how to build stable drivers on their own hardware.
Don't bother with X800 XL if you plan on watching TV on your computer, this card is pure crap. Sure it does works fine for gaming, but this makes no sense, for a comparable price why not buy a better standalone graphic card specially for that.
Gerbil333 - Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - linkPerhaps the $299 price is correct. It may be a matter of supply and demand. Resellers could be making a huge profit on the cards they do have, and within a few months the prices will deflate to the correct MSRP. That's how it always goes. Or, maybe ATI changed their mind... Reply
deathwalker - Friday, February 04, 2005 - linkWhen are these flagrent B/S articles going to stop. I am tired of reading reviews on both Anandtech and Tom's Hardware based on mis-information and hear say. Lets get the research done properly before going to press!!...$299 my butt!!...at a minimum be more objective in your expectations concerning pre-release misinformation that these graphics card developers always love to pump you guys up with just to get you to hype there products....grrrrr Reply
bupkus - Thursday, January 20, 2005 - linkHere it is January 20th and the only store that lists the X800XL is Allstarshop.com for $449.
Puuulease. Reply
coolme - Sunday, January 09, 2005 - linkHow did you guys measure the wattage of these cards?
You guys did a review before : http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?...
and the wattage numbers on both of the reviews don't look right at all... after all, the AMD processor case could only dissapate just below 200 watts. Reply
T8000 - Saturday, December 18, 2004 - linkHow about the 6800GT 128MB? That AGP card does sell for about $300 today and it seems to perform close to the 256MB version in todays games.
So the available 6800GT 128MB should perform about the same as the unavailable X800XL. Reply
TinyTeeth - Friday, December 17, 2004 - linkThat HL2 runs slowly on FX cards doesn't necessarily mean that Valve intentionally wanted it to. I think it has to do with the failures in the FX design. I see no reason why Valve should optimize the game for DX8.1 graphics processors. Reply
GTMan - Thursday, December 16, 2004 - linkThe graphs show the ATI part using more power but in the text you say ATI has the advantage in power consumption??? Reply
quanta - Thursday, December 16, 2004 - linkHalf-Life 2 should not be used for benchmarking. There is growing evidence that Valve crippled NVIDIA cards to make ATI cards to run faster[1]. Although this affects more to GeForce FX cards, the extra bandwidth incurred for using 32-bit shaders vs 16-bit could make a difference on frame rates. Regardless of who is at fault, unless the situation is resolved, Half Life 2 is deemed unsuitable for benchmarking purposes.
[1] http://www.punkassfraggers.com/cgi-bin/datacgi/dat... Reply
Executor6 - Thursday, December 16, 2004 - linkGood review. I'm particularly grateful for the inclusion of non-standard games like Bloodlines and Pirates. Most of the games I play do not have Doom or Half-Life or Unreal in their name, and its nice to be able to gauge the performance of a card in games that Nvidia and ATI have not bothered to optimize their drivers for. Reply
Keyser0804 - Thursday, December 16, 2004 - linkI just thought the 6800nu should be compared because of the pricing, even if it is a weaker card. Nividia will probably drop prices to compete, right? Reply
DS Delaroca - Thursday, December 16, 2004 - linkim yet to see an ATI/Nvidia high end card on the shelf or online for the 499.99 to 599.99 if at all, this paper lauch crap needs to stop its misleading and LUDACRIS. Reply
DS Delaroca - Thursday, December 16, 2004 - linkwho cares about doom 3, i care more about real games like Far Cry, HL2 and EQ2, doom3 was to me nothing more than just a demo, besides i have not see any companies picking that engine for next gen. games, i have see people talking more about HL2 and the unreal 3 engine than D3. Reply
Filibuster - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - link>Anand, thanks for the great review.... Do you have any knowledge or hints as to when the pci-e 6800gts are going to start showing up in more volume?
I second that!
Please look into this!
If its something you can't say then at least say that you can't say. :)
Thanks. Reply
Gaia Hunter - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - link6800nu and 6800LE are excellent choices for those AMD users that want to wait for PCI-e motherboards for AMD, without wasting $400+ in a card that will after be obsolete (AGP 6800GT/ULTRA and AGP X800PRO/XT).
Those users will also have a good choice of being able to unlock their cards to 16/6(pipelines/vertex) in a Vanilla or 12/5 in a LE (some get 16/6 also in LE).
Those that cant unlock, will generally be able to do some good overclock, unless they're extremly unlucky and got a very bugged "ULTRA" core!!!!! Reply
mczak - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - linkisn't the 6800nu more a competitor to the X800 than the X800XL? The 6800nu is usually just slightly faster than a 6600GT, ans since the X800 beats the 6600GT, it ought to be a close call performance wise (other than doom3). IIRC the 6800nu is downgraded compared to 6800GT pretty much the same as the X800 compared to X800XL is (128MB instead of 256MB ram, ~70% memory clock, ~3/4 pixel fill rate). Reply
DerekWilson - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - linkAs per the vanilla 6800, we had not been able to find a PCI Express 12 pipe card either from a vendor or on the street until now.
This week we noticed one on newegg from MSI for $339. That's the only one we've seen, and we haven't gotten any in our labs yet. Last week, there weren't any to be had in the USA for as much digging as we did.
With the new pricing and knowing the performance of the 6800 GT vs. the 6800, one can extrapolate that the X800 XL will certainly out perform the 12-pipe 6800 part in price and performance. Our recommendation (if the X800 XL sees the light of day) will be with the ATI part at $299 if the standard PCIe 6800 cards available today stick at $40 more.
On the AGP side, ATI won't talk about what they are and aren't bridgeing back until they finish their bridge. We won't know if the vanilla 6800 AGP is safe at it's $275 street price until we hear more on that front.
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ViRGE - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - link#20, they can't compare it to a 6800NU because they don't have a PCIe 6800NU, it doesn't exist yet. This is a PCIe-only test, so everything tested needs to come in a PCIe variety. Reply
shabby - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - linkVery nice, but pci express my ass, the x800 is agp based sp why did they switch to pci-e? Reply
Questar - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - link>>>
Unfortunately, we could not test the overclockability of our X800 XL sample as none of the available tools would recognize, much less allow us to adjust the clock speed of the GPU
Didn't have a copy of Powerstrip around eh? Reply
Questar - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - linkHey nVidia fanboys that want to compare this card to a 6800NU.
How bad do you want to lose? That's a 12 pipe card. Reply
flexy - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - link21:
The only silicon parts available for my system are the AMD 3500+ and OCZ Platinum memory.
same here :) Reply
flexy - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - link#16:
Another famous hardware review site with the name tom in it has taken a stand for several months now, refusing to review non-existing products. You should elevate yourself to their level in that regard; everyone will respect you for doing so.
i might agree with you there !
This reviewsing of non-existant products ALSO will greatly contribute to the price-hiking which we see right now. X800XT PE card for $899, anyone ?
Also...recent reviews (eg: Nforce 4) VARIOUS sites, not only AT, reviewed it based on Beta bios which did NOT even yield information about
all these reviews were based on such early products that for the enthusiasts it still remains to guess whether these products actually meet their expectations.
IRONOCIALLY, people seem to be willing to spend $350 on MSRP $180 boards (say: ASUS NF4 SLI)....not even knowing whether these boards, for example, would even be capable of providing a stable FSB/HTT over 217. (If you want these boards to overclock).
From this point of view these reviews are really *worthless*. I could get the same information off a nvidia press-release, just reading the advertized specs.
Aquila76 - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - linkThese friggin' paper launches are killing me. I want to build a nForce4 SLI with twin 6800GT's. I was hoping to have some of my wishlist of parts 'Christmased' to me, but looks like that ain't gonna happen. The only silicon parts available for my system are the AMD 3500+ and OCZ Platinum memory. What's the point of there's nothing to plug them into?
My other question on this is how are these companies keeping on track for their fiscal projections if they have no available new products? Reply
Keyser0804 - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - linkHow come they did not compare it against the 6800 vanilla? Isn't that the competitor or am I missing something? Reply
Momental - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - linkHas ATi ever given a reason as to why their cards are in such short supply? Is it really just a matter of, "the demand far exceeded our production schedule!"? It's not like they, or nVidia, are new to the whole phenomenon of people like us clammering for their product.
It just seems as if this time around, both companies have completely dropped the proverbial ball when it comes to making GPU's available to us. Susan, back over to you in the studio. :) Reply
cnq - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - linkYeah, you're right. But the tom folks at least kept their original stand, which was not to review the nvidia 6200 when it was paper launched.
LoneWolf15 - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - linkNote that the "famous hardware site" that took the stand is reviewing the same ATI products today...and like Anandtech, they left the vanilla nVidia 6800 off the benchmarks.
It seems that everyone who wishes to "take a stand" does so with words...but their actions fail to back them up. Reply
cnq - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - linkAnand,
Congrats on your intro. It's ABOUT TIME you took a stand against paper launches. But then, you didn't take a stand, did you? You still did the review on a non-existent product, with bugs everywhere (couldn't overclock). This does the buyer absolutely no good.
Another famous hardware review site with the name tom in it has taken a stand for several months now, refusing to review non-existing products. You should elevate yourself to their level in that regard; everyone will respect you for doing so.
DeathByDuke - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - linkX800 at $200/£170-200. killer. specially GF6600GT killer... be prepared to watch 9800 Pro/XT prices skydive when AGP X800 comes out in Jan (a few other sites stated that fact). most are still near £160-200. oh, yeah, I bet nvidia panic price drops as a response if they _did_ cancel NV48. If they didn't, well.... gotta love compettition ;) Reply
DeathByDuke - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - link#3 nvidias response is rumoured cancellations of NV48 and NV50(GF7?), its NV40-NV44 refresh. then again noone else has said anything about that other than The Inquirer..... *rolls eyes* nvidia has a knack for surprising though. Reply
Avalon - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - linkAn X800 XL for $299 and an X800 for $199...once the cards actually hit the shelves, it appears that ATI will have the mid-range in their grasp. The only thing worth going up against them is gambling on a $250 softmoddable 6800NU (which I had no problem doing, and am quite happy).
:P Reply
flexy - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - linkfinally i hear some "official" rant regarding the recent delays/misleadings/paper launches and all that. I totally agree with all you said there. This was a horrible year.
But also realize that you as "famous" hardware
reviewers are probably still in the best possible situation - because (even with shortages without an end) the vendors probably beg you to send you their stuff...eg. nForce 4 boards and all the nice things.
Imagine "us", the common people...we can only dream of getting ahold of pre-releases. All "we" have is your pre/reviews because noone sends us the nice stuff to review :) Reply
Phantronius - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - linkI'll stick with my eVGA 6800GT for awhile, maybe next time ATi. Reply
eRAZOR2007 - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - linkFor gods sake stop reviewing (graphics) hardware that is not available like THG does. Reply
Houdani - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - linkSome minor corrections...
Page 1, Table: Add the X800 XT to the list, please.
Page 1, Table: Change price of the X800 XL to $299.
Page 1, Table: Change the "memc" for the X800 to 0.700 (instead of 700).
Page 1, last paragraph: Change the "$50" to "$100" to reflect the change in price of the card.
I think all other references to price in the article are correct. I only noticed the two spots on the front page which referred to the original $349 price.
Much obliged. Thanks for the review. Good read. Reply
LoneWolf15 - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - linkP.S. To #6, I agree that the 6800NU is the price point ATI is truly competeing against, and it costs less than $299 easily, so ATI should think hard on their pricing scheme. Though I've seen perhaps a 50-50 success rate on unlocking them so far, so I wouldn't tout that as a feature. Mine didn't unlock, but I'm okay with that. Reply
LoneWolf15 - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - linkQuote:
>Despite all of the issues with availability, about >a week ago, ATI fired us off an email saying that >we should expect a Radeon X800 XL at our doorsteps.
Perhaps you should have sent a note back saying "You should expect a review right around the time this card is available to the public."
Problem with paper launches is, they still get press. Hardware sites still publish reviews of hardware not available to the public because they're afraid someone else will scoop them on it, which perpetuates more paper launches. I'd love to see an alliance of the major hardware sites on the net join together and send a note to ATI and nVidia stating that "If you cannot make a product available in reasonable quantity to consumers, we will not review it". Reply
mongoosesRawesome - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - link"If you are looking for an AGP card, your only option at this price point is really the 6800GT. There are cheaper alternatives, but not better performing AGP alternatives at $400 or less."
Umm.. how about the 6800NU? I've seen some sold at 200 dollars. Throw on a arctic cooling heatsing for 25-30 bucks, unlock those pipelines - and you've got yourself a 6800GT, minus the extra memory bandwidth and 128 MB of ram. For 200 to 250 dollars less than the GT, I think that is the AGP deal here. At least until ATI comes out with an AGP version of the X800 XL. Reply
davidos - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - linkAnand, thanks for the great review.... Do you have any knowledge or hints as to when the pci-e 6800gts are going to start showing up in more volume? Reply
R3MF - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - linkindeed, we can but hope for £300 GT's to show up. Reply
Chuckles - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - linkDie Size:
Pro > XL
Now it does.
It will be interesting to see nVidia's response. Reply
gordon151 - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - linkX850 Pro will probably have more value to the enthusiast crowd as I presume it might have some form of overdrive and will scale better in terms of overclocking. Reply
tfranzese - Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - linkPerformance:
XL > Pro
Pro > XL
Makes sense, right?
Thatguy97 - Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - linkI'M FROM THE FUTURE THERE ARE STREAM PROCESSORS NOW Reply


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MINNEAPOLIS - James Harden scored 17 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter, and the Houston Rockets rallied to win their fifth straight, 87-84 over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night.
Harden's drive to the basket gave Houston (16-12) an 85-84 lead with 39 seconds left. He drove again to make it a three-point lead with 11.7 seconds to go and scored 15 of the Rockets' final 17 points.
Omer Asik added nine points and 17 rebounds for the Rockets, who edged the Wolves after beating their previous three opponents by at least 22 points.
Alexey Shved shot an airball on a 3-point attempt at the buzzer that could have tied it for the Timberwolves.
J.J. Barea scored 18 for Minnesota (13-13), and Shved added 16. Kevin Love had 12 rebounds, but scored just seven points on 3 of 14 shooting. He missed all seven of his 3-point attempts.
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Jimmie Johnson dominated the final laps at Martinsville Speedway in route to his 62nd NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win and his eighth at Martinsville Speedway. The victory placed him third all-time in the track's history, but it was his car owner that set the record.
Hendrick Motorsports' owner Rick Hendrick has had a lot of success and sorrow at Martinsville, VA. However, on this day, his team's victory moved him past Richard Petty and made him the car owner with the most wins at the paperclip-shaped race track.
"That's awesome," said third place finisher Jeff Gordon of his boss' accomplishments. "I'm so proud to be a part of Hendrick. They've got an awesome organization and work very hard at. It's great to be a part of that."
The always humble Hendrick tries hard to keep out of the limelight when it comes to accomplishments for his organization. However, it was evident that this win was important.
"We've been very fortunate to have some great drivers, and this track has been awfully good to us," said Hendrick about the day's success. "I knew we were tied with Petty, and he's dominated this place for so long. But I'm really proud of these guys and proud of the organization because they all ran good today."
The No. 48 team was the best car in the Hendrick stable, and the team owner pointed out that he was impressed with how Johnson has seemingly come to a point of mastering the place.
"I watched him today," said Hendrick of his star driver. "I like to go to the front stretch and watch the cars come off the corner nice and straight and don't bobble, and he does an excellent job with the throttle."
Johnson now stands behind Petty and Darrell Waltrip in all time wins at Martinsville, but it was teammate Gordon who taught him how to go fast around the flat, sharp-turned race track.
"We hit on some things years ago for us here," said Gordon on sharing his past Martinsville secrets with Johnson. "I think the 48 has been able to take that success that we had and really build on that."
Johnson might have figured it out for now, but it is the Hendrick organization that turns good drivers into dominators. With three of their four teams finishing inside the top five, HMS is showing that their domination will continue for years to come.
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Two longtime Republican lawmakers competing for a hotly contested congressional seat will face off at a forum on Wednesday in this city.
State Sen. Bob Dutton, R-Rancho Cucamonga, and Rep. Gary Miller, R-Brea, are vying to represent the new 31st District Congressional District, which covers Rancho Cucamonga, a part of Upland, Redlands, Colton and surrounding areas.
Miller said he looks forward to listening to voters in the 31st District and sharing his views on how to get the Inland Empire economy moving again.
"The Inland Empire is still recovering from the largest national downturn since the Great Depression, and with California unemployment still hovering above 10 percent, we need effective leadership and a serious plan to bring back lost jobs," Miller said in a statement.
The lawmaker recently moved to a home in Rancho Cucamonga.
"My No. 1 priority in Congress will be to use my seniority and experience, as I have in the past, to turn our economy in a positive direction so as to create new jobs and keep food on the tables of hard-working families throughout our region," Miller said.
While Miller touts his seniority in Congress, Dutton has painted his opponent as both a Washington insider and a local outsider.
"The real difference is he's an out-of-towner," Dutton said.
"He's from Diamond Bar and represents Orange County, and, for the past 10 years, he's tried to claim he's been involved in San Bernardino. Just here in the last couple of months, he never knew anything about the Ontario airport, and now he wants to get involved. I've been working on that for the last two years in the Legislature, trying to bring that to the table. The fact is, I've lived in the district. What people are going to decide is do they want somebody moving in from the outside."
Miller's campaign manager, Chris March, said Miller has long been associated with this area.
"Gary Miller is not an outsider. He's represented San Bernardino County for 14 years as a member of Congress and has spent 40 years building homes in the Inland Empire," Marsh said.
On Thursday, Miller is hosting a House subcommittee hearing to discuss the issue of local control for L.A./Ontario International Airport. Ontario officials have been trying to get local control of the struggling airport for years.
Miller will be joined at the hearing by Rep. Joe Baca, D-San Bernardino. Baca has not officially endorsed Miller, but his cross-party support for the fellow House incumbent is clear.
"I think Gary Miller has been and will continue to be a great asset to the Inland Empire," Baca said.
"He knows the area and he has a lot of experience and seniority, which is very important when it comes to getting things done in Washington. He sits on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee as well as the Financial Services Committee, which deal with critical issues impacting our communities. Gary and I are two senior members of Congress. We have the combined experience and ability to work together on a bipartisan basis to continue to help improve the quality of life for people in the Inland Empire."
Dutton said Miller has outspent him in the election 11-to-1.
Dutton said the amount of money being spent on behalf of his opponent indicates concern from Miller's supporters of his chances.
"I feel thrilled that I must be a real threat," Dutton said. "The Realtor association spent over a million dollars, and, frankly, as somebody who works in real estate, if they've got that kind of money to burn, maybe they should start reducing commissions. They obviously have more money than they know what to do with. It doesn't surprise me. It's a good-old-boy network. This is basically the power brokers from D.C. wanting to keep a member of the good-old-boy club in. That would be one of the things we end up debating about. I don't want D.C. telling the people who should be our representative."
The debate is at Magic Lamp Inn, 8189 Foothill Blvd.
Registration is at 5:30. Dinner is $25.
Reservations are recommended by calling at 626-335-9351.
Reach Neil via email, call him at 909-483-9356, or find him on Twitter @InlandGov.


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This article was published 3/5/2013 (1572 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
THERE are historical novels and there are historical romances.
Canadian author Oakland Ross holds out the promise of the former, but delivers a story akin to the latter.
The Empire of Yearning is the second volume in a projected trilogy set in Mexico. The Toronto journalist's first novel in the series was The Dark Virgin (2001), a tale about Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes's conquest of the Aztecs.
This book skips ahead three centuries, to the 1860s, and finds Prince Maximilian of Austria as Mexico's newly crowned emperor.
He's kept on the throne by dint of an occupying French army that recently defeated the forces of elected liberal president Benito Juarez, who's now in exile in northern Mexico.
The initial storyline is pretty anemic. However, it gets more robust as the narrative progresses. And the plot, once it finally starts to unfold, clips along nicely.
The main character is Diego Serrano, a bookish, one-armed anti-monarchist, whose lifelong friend, Baldemar Peralta, is in jail and due to be executed for his failed assassination attempt on a general of the ruling imperial regime.
Peralta's beautiful sister, operatic singer Angela, has tasked Serrano with somehow freeing her brother.
Serrano's a tongue-tied goof around Angela, clumsily trying to mask his romantic desires, even as he conspires with her to free her incarcerated brother.
In circumstances that defy all odds, and strain credibility, republican Serrano eventually ends up private secretary to the emperor. He finds he quite likes Maximilian, which leaves him conflicted, personally and politically.
Equally hard to credit, Peralta and a gaggle of his confederates are freed by the emperor in an amnesty.
In gratitude, Peralta engages in guerrilla warfare against the emperor's forces, while Serrano tries to work both sides of the fence.
Along the way there's a melodramatic little subplot which sees the childless, and therefore heirless, Maximilian try to forcibly adopt Angela's fatherless son.
Yet another subplot sees Serrano journey to Washington, New York and Franklin, Ariz., where he secures guns and ammunition for the republicans, and briefly meets the exiled Benito Juarez in his border enclave.
In the end, except for Serrano and Angela, nearly everyone -- Maximilian, Baldemar, the child -- ends up dead, in ways predictable and not.
But the forces of darkness (the conservatives and the French) are vanquished or vamoose, and Juarez and his republican forces restore democracy, at least for a moment in time.
And like any good romance, we're left with a sense the hero has surmounted all obstacles, and a pastoral peace is his due reward.
The novel has decent plotting, and a great eye for Mexican landscape and cityscape. But it's lousy at both developing characters and character development.
You never fully inhabit the minds of the principal players in the story. Their motivations are mostly worn on their sleeves. Involved exploration of inner lives is totally absent.
The meanderings of mid-19th-century Mexican history are nicely on display here.
But the inventive blending of fact and fiction that's the hallmark of a good historical novel, isn't.
Douglas J. Johnston is a Winnipeg lawyer and writer.
The Empire of Yearning
By Oakland Ross
HarperCollins, 340 pages, $22


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Hi Folks,
I thought I would share this with anyone interested. I tried BT3 on the following computer. It worked fine in the end, but there were some issues initially.
Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pro V2055 Laptop
Phoenix BIOS V1.0F-2A16-8A20
Intel Celeron-M 420 1.6GHz Processor, 533MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache
VIA VN800 Chipset
15.4" WXGA TFT Display
Video Processor: VIA Unichrome VN800
Intel Centrino Mobile Technology
The BIOS didn't like booting from USB no matter what I tried. I moved both USB options (USB Storage Disk, and USB Floppy Drive), to top priority in the BIOS, and nothing worked. I burned a BT3 CD, and that booted up fine of course.
Booting into BT3 Graphics mode (KDE), was ok until loading the desktop, and then everything stopped there (Black Screen).
I booted the 2nd time using BT3 Graphics VESA mode (1024x768), and that worked great.
I'm not expecting much from the Centrino Wireless Chipset (At least from what I've read so far lol).
A BIOS update might fix the USB issue, but I've not had a chance to try that yet. As soon as I get a chance though I will, and I can post back then if you like.
Thanks for a great Forum and Distro!
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HOUSTON - Representatives from the FBI's Houston office, Harris County Sherriff's Office and Houston Police Department said their agencies are prepared to handle "active shooter" scenarios similar to the one in Manhattan on Friday.
"All HPD officers receive training in active-shooter scenarios year round. In addition, we have tactical teams equipped and prepared for any scenario in our city," a message from the Houston Police Department read.
The Harris County Sheriff's Office also trains all of its deputies to engage "active shooters."
Both HPD and the Harris County Sheriff's Office also have specially-trained response teams to deal with emergency situations that happen over an extended period of time.
"If a situation develops where a shooter was to become barricaded or have an assault rifle, we would start deploying," Capt. Paul Cordova said.
Cordova is in charge of Harris County's High Risk Operations Unit, which is comprised of eight SWAT-like officers, a coordinator/negotiator and a medic, he said.
The FBI Houston field office annually, and sometimes more often, practices real and "tabletop" scenarios with their agents and other Houston-area law enforcement.
"It's tough to be prepared for every single scenario, but we sure do go through a lot of scenarios," FBI Special Agent Shauna Dunlap said.
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Check out this Prezi created by former student, Jill Carlson, that helps explain some of the background and objectives of the Sustainability Plan and the Climate Action Plan.
Ohio University submitted its first Sustainability Plan Report to President Roderick McDavis in Fall 2012. All future reports will be submitted on a similar timetable to offer consistency in reporting. As this is an evolving process, anyone is invited to offer feedback regarding reporting structure by emailing email@example.com.
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In the near future, we hope this site will serve as an online reporting tool for the various campus constituents who assist in sustainable reporting at Ohio University. In the meantime, if you are listed as a "Responsible Reporting Party" in the Sustainability Plan or Climate Action Plan, you may submit your data via email to email@example.com.
Additional Documents:
Sustainability Plan, Version One (Summer 2011)


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AN NHS business intelligence developer who reported an innocent couple to the NSPCC and told Crimestoppers they were plotting heroin smuggling, has been spared immediate jail.
Matthew Sundhu, 31, had claimed to the charity that their children were being beaten and left to fend for themselves.
He had then made a fake complaint to the police, alleging the couple were planning to go to Saudi Arabia and swallow drugs to get them into this country, Burnley magistrates heard.
The hearing was told how, as a result, two social workers turned up at the family's home in Nelson to see if the youngsters were being ill-treated.
The couple were investigated as suspected criminals and the father was confronted by customs officers and interrogated about his trip, his finances, drugs and the contents of his luggage in front of his wife and children when they landed at Birmingham airport after a holiday in Dubai.
Baggage was searched and swabs for drugs taken.
No illegal substances were found.
The couple, the court was told, had not been physically abusing their children. They had no connections with drugs and were totally law-abiding.
They were put through many sleepless nights and were left traumatised at Sundhu's hands, simply because there had been a family fall-out.
The defendant, a voluntary youth worker, had started his campaign with a threatening text message, telling the victim he was an idiot.
Sundhu had been given a police warning, but carried on.
The defendant, of Reedyford Road, Nelson, admitted harassment of the couple, on or between July 29 and August 10, last year.
He had no previous convictions.
Sundhu received eight weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months, with 150 hours unpaid work and must pay £85 costs, a £60 victim surcharge and £200 compensation to his victims. The bench, who told him his conduct had caused significant distress to the family, also imposed a year-long restraining order.
Graeme Tindall, for the defendant, handed the bench 'glowing references' on Sundhu's behalf and said he was normally a responsible, God-fearing young man doing good in his family and the community.
Mr Tindall added: "This is an offence which is completely out of character and highly unlikely to occur at any stage in the future."


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Canada made it a clean sweep at the ICC America's T20 Championships in Florida on Saturday brushing aside a spirited Suriname team. Showing no let down after defeating the USA in a big match on Friday, Canada ammassed a total of 138-4 led by a brilliant batting display by Khushroo Wadia (75*). Wadia and Parveen Saroye (35) put on 87 runs for the second wicket to set the stage for the match winning total.
In reply, Suriname were never able to get going, Satsmaranjit Dhindsa (2-8) set them back and a chase never really materialized. Suriname ended the match on 77-7 in 20 overs.
Canada were by far the class of the tournament and while not much was known about the young squad that went to the tournament, the depth of talent right across the country was showcased this week in Florida.