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7 Year Old Girl Saves Family
OAK GROVE, Ore. (AP) — A 7-year-old Oak Grove girl is credited with helping her family escape a house fire. KATU says Alexus Osburn woke her family when their home filled with smoke at about 2 a.m. Saturday. There were no injuries and the family escaped, and so did their dog. The girl's father, Bill Osburn, called 911. The girl says she woke up to use the bathroom and saw the smoke, then woke up her brother, father and his girlfriend. There were no working smoke alarms inside the home. Bill Osburn says he turned them off because he was heating the home with a wood stove. Damage from the blaze was estimated at $20,000.


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VIDEO BLAST: See all the PS4 games in action here
Last night's PlayStation 4 reveal in New York gave us the first glimpse of what the next generation of gaming will look like.
Sony showed off glossy first-person shooters and first-person racers, smoky superhero action games, dark RPGs, vibrant puzzle games and platformers – meaning there will be something for everyone when the new console arrives.
Below, we've compiled all of the official trailers from Sony's showcase.
Killzone: Shadow Fall
Sony's flagship sci-fi shooter returns and puts players in the role of a Shadow Marshall, the only soldiers capable of keeping the peace between two warring factions. Read more here.
MotorStorm developer Evolution Studios released the first details of its new first-person racer, which focused on team-based gamplay and social media features. Read more here.
InFamous: Second Son
Sucker Punch's superhero series reinvents itself with a new smoke-powered protagonist and a real world settle in the fortified city of Seattle. Read more here.
Deep Down
Capcom's Yoshinori Ono leads work on brand new RPG IP Deep Down (working title), which is the first title to be created with the firm's Panta Rhei engine. Read more here.
Watch Dogs
The acclaimed new IP from Ubisoft is heading to PlayStation 4, and it will be available at the next-generation console's launch. Read more here.
Bungie's new sci-fi shooter has been confirmed for both PS3 and PS4, and the developer is currently working on exclusive content for the PlayStation versions.Read more here.
PlayStation 4 lead architect Mark Cerny heads up development on this new platformer that is, in Cerny's words, "part Crash Bandicoot, part Katamari Damacy".Read more here.
The Witness
A new indie game from notable developer Jonathan Blow, creator of Braid. Players explore an open-world island where devious puzzles are found everywhere. Read more here.

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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (March 28, 2010) - After losing at home to instate rival Middle Tennessee State last spring the No. 60 ETSU men's tennis returned the favor to the host Blue Raiders this season as the Bucs dropped MTSU 4-1 Sunday afternoon at the Buck Bouldin Tennis Center in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
With the win ETSU improved to 11-7 overall, while the Blue Raiders fell to 4-15.
"This was a great win of us today," said head coach Yaser Zaatini. "MTSU is a great program every year and it was nice to see our guys come through with a quality road victory. It seems like every season we play each other, the team that is on the road wins, so I'm glad after we lost a year ago that our players were able to come back today."
ETSU opened play by winning two out of three doubles matches. After juniors Grega Teraz (Mojstrana, Slovenia) and Charles Bottoni (Bois Guillaume, France) lost to Kyle Wishing and John Peers 8-4, the Bucs rolled past the Blue Raiders the remaining two doubles contests.
As singles competition got underway Peers - who is ranked 40th in the latest ITA rankings -- tied the match at 1-1 as the MTSU senior defeated Teraz 6-3, 6-4 at the No. 1 position.
"MTSU is a great team at the top of their lineup so it was important after Grega lost for the rest of our guys to play well," said Zaatini. "That being said, I thought Grega had a chance against Peers, but this afternoon Peers' serve and volley was just too much for Grega's good return game."
The Bucs quickly jumped back on top as freshman Jesus Bandres (Caracas, Venezuela) halted the MTSU momentum with a 6-3, 6-2 win at the No. 6 slot, while sophomore Sander Gille (Kuringen, Belgium) kept his winning streak going with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Victor Melo at the No. 2 position.
"Jesus and Sandy kept us in the match today," said Zaatini. "At the time when Grega's match ended Danny (Daniel Isaza) was down to match point at No. 3, so it was great to see Jesus and Sander to come through when we needed it. When that happened Danny was able to stay alive against Cowder. That kept the score at 3-1 and gave us a chance to keep on rolling with Charlie and Juan winning their first sets."
Needing only one more point for the victory Charles Bottoni then rallied off his fourth straight win with a quick 6-0, 6-1 triumph over Matthew Langley.
With its three-match sweep in Middle Tennessee the Bucs return to the Tri-Cities for their final homestand of the season as they host Jacksonville with a 1 p.m. contest Friday at the Buddy Hartsell Tennis Center.
Peers/Wishing (MTSU) def. Teraz/Bottoni (ETSU), 8-4
Gille/Bandres (ETSU) def. Langle/Melo (MTSU) 8-3
Akser/Isaza (ETSU) def. Waters/Cowden (MTSU), 8-3
Peers (MTSU) def.Teraz (ETSU), 6-3, 6-4
Gille (ETSU) def. Melo (MTSU), 6-4, 6-4.
Isaza (ETSU) UF Cowder (MTSU), 3-6, 7-6, 4-4 UF
Bottoni (ETSU) def. Langley (MTSU), 6-0, 6-1
Ramirez (ETSU) UF Waters (MTSU), 6-3, 1-4 UF
Bandres (ETSU) def. Wishing (MTSU), 6-3, 6-2
For more information on the ETSU men's tennis team please visit www.ETSUBucs.com.


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Drew Rosenberg became a victim of San Francisco's sanctuary-city policies Nov. 16, 2010. The second-year law student was riding his motorcycle in rush-hour traffic, when a car driven by an unlicensed driver made a left turn and hit him. That evening, Don Rosenberg of Westlake Village received the phone call every parent dreads. His precious son was dead.
Then another nightmare unfolded.
As Rosenberg investigated driver Roberto Galo's background, he discovered that San Francisco's sanctuary-city policies have served as an enabler for dangerous drivers.
Rosenberg sees his son's death as highly preventable. Five months earlier, San Francisco police stopped Galo for driving the wrong way on a one-way street and driving without a license. The city even impounded his Chevrolet – the car that later would kill Drew Rosenberg – which a friend recovered and then released to Galo.
I write "even impounded" because, though it is illegal to drive without a license, in 2009 then-Mayor Gavin Newsom implemented a policy to allow unlicensed drivers stopped by police to avoid an automatic impoundment of their cars if a licensed driver could drive them away. Police Chief (now the district attorney) George Gascon told the San Francisco Chronicle's Phil Matier and Andrew Ross, "We recognize that this is a problem within the Hispanic community, where people working here can't get a driver's license because of their immigration status."
At the time, Gascon told me the policy should not be seen as a get-out-of-jail-free card, because "we're stopping them from driving." The policy, he argued, replaced unlicensed drivers with licensed drivers. And it would prevent unlicensed drivers from trying to flee the scene of an accident.
That's an important point. The district attorney's office charged Galo for driving without a license and felony negligent homicide – a felony because witnesses testified that, with his wife and kids in the car, Galo had backed over Drew Rosenberg's body.
In 2009, Gascon also told me that Newsom's policy was put in place not to help illegal immigrants, who are ineligible to get a license, but to help all residents who cannot afford to get a license or driver's training. The idea was to help all unlicensed drivers.
A 2008 study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that 29 percent of fatal crashes in California from 2001 to 2005 involved unlicensed or improperly licensed drivers. So – why?
It turns out that as a legal immigrant with "temporary protected status," Galo was eligible for a California driver's license. He just never got one. After his car was impounded, he paid a $220 fine and walked away. That's chump change. The fine for driving illegally in a car pool lane is $481.
More proof the city doesn't take driving without a license seriously: A judge reduced the felony manslaughter charge to a misdemeanor. A jury found Galo guilty of manslaughter and driving without a license. His sentence: six months in prison, three years probation.
Rosenberg told me, "(By that time), my wife and I really didn't care if he was sentenced to a day. Our focus became: Convict him of the two misdemeanors, and deport him. That's a worse punishment than whether he spends a couple of months in jail." In that Galo returned American hospitality with a readiness to flout American law, deportation seemed both just and in the interest of public safety. Then came the next body blow. Rosenberg asked Rep. Henry Waxman's office to make sure Galo would be deported. Waxman aides tell me that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told them that Galo was guilty of only one crime of moral turpitude – manslaughter.
Rosenberg fears ICE is going to let Galo stay.
There's "no question that what happened to the Rosenberg family was tragic," Public Defender Jeff Adachi told me.
It's more than tragic. Rosenberg sees the city's policy as a green light for bad drivers. He believes that Gascon has more zeal for throwing the book at offenders who deliver positive headlines and less zeal when lawbreakers are immigrants.
Gascon spokesman Alex Bastian responded: "Many drivers make bad decisions. Some are licensed, and some are unlicensed.
Unfortunately, in this tragic situation, someone died, and as a result, we prosecuted the defendant for it. We took the case to trial and secured a verdict of guilty, and the defendant was sentenced to jail as a result."
Thing is, an unlicensed driver, by definition, is more culpable – and more dangerous.
"Not that I would agree that 'driving without a license isn't a big deal, so you shouldn't get deported,'" Rosenberg exclaimed, "but in this case, someone killed someone – and you don't think it's a big deal?"


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Heartbreaking, haunting and unexpectedly heartening, "First Cousin Once Removed" is an uncommonly moving documentary portrait of a mind in disarray. Its unblinking look at a once-formidable intelligence descending into the abyss of Alzheimer's succeeds because of a fusion of subject and filmmaker that is transcendent.
That filmmaker would be Alan Berliner, whose decades of intensely personal essay-type films such as "Wide Awake," "Nobody's Business" and "Intimate Strangers" have been the perfect preparation for this artful, poetic piece of work.
Berliner's films invariably involve his family, and in "First Cousin Once Removed," he focuses his lens on the impressive Edward Honig, his mother's cousin and a man who's been very much of a mentor to the filmmaker. It's easy to see why.
Celebrated as a poet, translator, critic and professor at Harvard and Brown, Honig had more than 20 books published in his day. He translated works by Lorca, Calderon and Cervantes and was knighted for his efforts by both the king of Spain and the president of Portugal.
But, as this film's title elegantly suggests, Honig is now increasingly distant, no longer the man he once was. Someone whose whole life was words is now forgetting them all, one by one, letter by letter, finally making only sounds.
But even as Honig is going away, "First Cousin" captures him in a sense railing against the darkness, still capable of rousing himself and saying simple things that come close to sounding profound. "The mind can be blank and still be going," he says at one point, and we come to see just what that means.
What enables a project such as this to succeed is the artistry of Berliner's filmmaking, the delicate way he structures clips from frequent interviews recorded over a five-year span (Honig died in 2011 at age 91) with abstract nature imagery and creative techniques like words appearing on-screen, one typewritten letter at a time.
"First Cousin" begins with a glimpse of the wordless Honig, simply making sounds, and an interview with his sister Lila underlining that we're seeing "the unspeakable, the unseeable, the unsayable... People want to see it and don't want to see it."
Then we go to a montage of clips from numerous Berliner visits, first to Honig's Providence, R.I., apartment and then to a nursing home, showing the man increasingly unsure of who his visitor is. "How do I know you?" he asks at one point. "You look familiar, and I don't know anything else," he says at another; "It troubles me that I cannot remember you after all these years" at a third. One can literally watch Honig's mind slipping away, bit by bit.
Honig agreed to this project while he was lucid but knew what was coming. He has some really striking things to say about the whole subject of memory, in his own surprising way.
"What I can't remember is what it feels like to remember," he says one day, while on another he notes, with a touch of wonder, "I know there is a past and I lived in it, but I gave it away. I live only in the present."
Much of "First Cousin" is occupied with investigating that past, in hearing other people, friends, students, family, talking about how they remember Honig. The professional colleagues are admiring, the family members noticeably less so, with Honig's sons recalling a father whose comments could cut to the heart.
We also see old photographs of people that Honig gradually ceases to remember, including one of himself. "He's the man you once were," Berliner helpfully prompts him, to which the poet startlingly replies, "I met him first."
The most remarkable parts of this story are Honig's unexpected comments, his ability to say deft things when you think hope of any kind of language is gone. Near the end, out of nowhere, he rouses himself and tells his cousin: "Just forget me. I'm here and that is all."
Moments like that allow this intensely personal project to resonate with potent universality.
'First Cousin Once Removed'
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Running time: 1 hour, 19 minutes
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Santa Cruz, Kern Agree To Improve Poll Site Disability Access
SACRAMENTO - Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today released the details of a settlement that requires Kern and Santa Cruz counties to improve accessibility to polling places. Each settlement requires the counties to upgrade polling facilities, employ an architectural consultant, and provide additional training to employees who select and setup accessible polling sites on election days.
These settlements resolve complaints filed by the Attorney General's Office in 2005, after the state discovered that polling sites surveyed in Kern County and Santa Cruz County had barriers that could make access to the polling site difficult, hazardous or impossible for voters with disabilities.
Such barriers include: polling sites that had excessively steep slopes or other obstacles in the path of travel to the polling site, abrupt level changes in the walkways leading to the polling sites, accessible parking spaces that were not wide enough to accommodate vans and access ramps leading to polling sites that lacked handrails.
The settlement, which remains in effect until March 31, 2011, ensures polling sites in Kern and Santa Cruz will comply with state and federal architectural accessibility standards. Under the settlement, the counties must:
• Hire an architectural accessibility consultant who will inspect polling sites to ensure they conform to federal and state law.
• Hire experts to further educate the elections personnel who select polling sites.
• Create a committee to involve community members in the selection and location of accessible polling places and to encourage businesses to offer facilities for use as polling sites.
Counties will remedy any violations by either selecting more accessible polling sites or purchasing temporary accessibility measures such as temporary ramps.
During the 2002 March and November statewide elections, the attorney general, in conjunction with several independent living centers, found the polling site accessibility violations. The attorney general attempted to resolve these architectural accessibility violations, but follow-up surveys during the 2004 March and November statewide elections exposed more violations.
During the 2004 elections, the attorney general's office surveyed 83 of Kern's 146 polling sites and found at least one accessibility violation in 94 percent of the sites surveyed. A similar survey in Santa Cruz County, found that the 72 percent of the sites contained at least one significant accessibility violation.
The state alleged that these barriers violated the federal American with Disabilities Act (ADA) that requires polling sites to be accessible for voters with disabilities. California law requires that local governments select polling sites that comply with state and federal laws requiring easy access for voters with disabilities.
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Friday, February 24, 2012
It's a Bird, It's a Plane....It's a Plane Quilt
About three weeks ago, I was reading a quilting blog that I enjoy and the writer referenced a Flickr photo she had seen of a quilt that was displayed at the Tokyo International Quilt Show--all she wrote was '81 airplanes'. Immediately, I clicked and fell in love with this quilt. You see, we have an airplane lover in our house--actually, lover is not a strong enough word--perhaps obsessed or fixated gives a better picture of my son Isaac's fascination with airplanes. He was pointing out flying things in the sky long before he could talk or walk. Currently, at 8 years of age, he studies a 500 page book on classic military aircraft and is involved in an 'identify this airplane' game with his grandpa over e-mail.
So yes, I had to make this quilt. About 12 hours after first seeing the quilt from the Tokyo show I began sketching my own block. I decided upon a 9 inch block--and calculated I would have to make 63 blocks.
Here is my sketch that I cut up to make my templates--I glued the paper pieces to the cardboard so I could place my fabric pieces there until they were ready to be sewn---with 16 different pieces to each block and I was quite certain if I didn't organize it this way I would be mixing up pieces and frustrating myself.
I dug through all of my fabric scraps first--I wanted to use as many of those as possible--and then I went for solids and other prints that I had yardage of. I had so much fun putting the 63 blocks together. Each block took on average 30 minutes to cut out (by hand), sew, press, and trim. That is at least 31.5 hours of quilting. As I laid in bed last night I told my husband that I can't believe I finished this quilt top in less than 3 weeks. I thought it would take me months--it turns out that quilting gives me super-natural powers :)
And so here it is--Isaac's airplane quilt--with one piece of border missing--it's on order and should arrive next week. When I asked Isaac what he thought of it he said "Totally awesome." A high compliment as any mother of an 8 year old would tell you!
By the way, the border and tiny one inch squares separating the blocks is Yarn Dyed Essex Linen and Cotton blend fabric from Robert Kaufman Fabrics in Denim--it is a joy to work with and gives the quilt that boy feeling I was looking for. I found mine here.
So, my next step is finishing it off---I am in need of some advice---has anyone out there ever sent a quilt to the Amish to be hand-quilted? What kind of cost are we talking for a twin size quilt? I would like to try it--I have Googled it but I would like to have a personal recommendation if possible.
I am linking up to Amanda Jean's 'Finish it Up Friday'.
Have a great weekend--I will be dreaming up my next project......
30 comments:
- Dara said...
- February 24, 2012 at 6:28 AM
- Emily {Creative Chicks} said...
All I've ever heard is thst it's expensive $300-400, but of course beautifully done. I have a lady that does my machine quilting fairly inexpensively. Email if you are interested.
- February 24, 2012 at 6:33 AM
- Emily {Creative Chicks} said...
BTW, ridiculously awesome quilt!!!
- February 24, 2012 at 6:34 AM
- Diane said...
This is wonderful!
- February 24, 2012 at 6:38 AM
- February 24, 2012 at 7:02 AM
- Lynn said...
Wow!! What a wonderful quilt, really impressive, I agree with Issac, awesome. Not just a quilt for your son, but a keepsake too. I bet no matter how old he is he'll remember the airplane quilt his mom made for him.
- February 24, 2012 at 7:16 AM
- Paskiaq said...
I love it..and I can't believe how fast you got it done!!!
- February 24, 2012 at 7:16 AM
- Marsel said...
- February 24, 2012 at 7:29 AM
- beth said...
Whoa! YOu are amazing! This is a REAL treasure. ;)
- February 24, 2012 at 8:01 AM
- SherryB said...
Oh wow...you are SO driven! That is one awesome quilt...I would have probably only made 9 or so planes and put borders around it, but you went all the way! YAY for you! Love, love the planes; I'm sure Isaac will treasure it. I've never used Amish handquilters so can't help you there. Love your creativity and your enthusiasm (and your fabrics)!!
- February 24, 2012 at 8:30 AM
- Pieces of Cotton said...
What a labor of love - that's awesome!
- February 24, 2012 at 9:31 AM
- Melanie said...
Oh Wow! This is amazing! All three of the men in my life are airplane lovers, so I know this would be popular in our house! Sadly, I don't have your skills. Good luck finding the right quilter!
- February 24, 2012 at 9:37 AM
- Sandra said...
What a fun quilt! Great job on creating the pattern from scratch:)
- February 24, 2012 at 3:42 PM
- Jennie said...
You are a truly amazing mom. I'm working on quilts for all my boys. My oldest asked for an R2D2 quilt and it's ready to be quilted. It's the C3PO one that I'm struggling with.
Love love love the quilt. So perfect.
- February 24, 2012 at 4:54 PM
- J said...
What an amazing quilt! So, so beautiful. Well done. Your son will love and cherish this forever.
- February 24, 2012 at 7:12 PM
- Kathy said...
You did a fantastic job on that quilt! Love all the detail and fun fabrics in those little airplanes!
- February 25, 2012 at 8:38 AM
- Betty said...
Love this quilt!
- February 25, 2012 at 1:10 PM
- Heather said...
Fantastic! I can just imagine how much he'll love that quilt. Great job, Mama! :o)
I have a smaller airplane quilt in my future. Haven't started cutting yet, but soon... my niece is expecting a baby boy in June, and both she and her husband are Air Force pilots. It HAS to be an airplane quilt for that baby, right? lol
- February 25, 2012 at 6:21 PM
- hoekstra family said...
Carin - wow! I am so impressed and I LOVE the detail. I am also smiling everytime I think of Isaac with his airplane quilt, what a joy.
- February 25, 2012 at 7:28 PM
- Leah said...
Great job on the quilt! I love airplanes too
- February 25, 2012 at 8:12 PM
- Denice said...
This is a GREAT quilt! Love the colors and the blocks.
- February 26, 2012 at 6:41 PM
- amandajean said...
Carin, it's absolutely wonderful!!!! you are such a thoughtful mama!!!
were the blocks hard to put together? did it involve y seams? i would have thought it would be a good candidate for paper piecing. but maybe not?
- February 27, 2012 at 4:32 PM
Wow Carin, beautiful quilt. I can't believe you cut all those pieces. I had a thought while looking it over. How about a paper piecing block? You could sell them to help raise $$ for Margaret's Hope Chest. Just a thought noisy me thought to pass on.
blessings, jilly
- February 28, 2012 at 9:37 AM
beautiful plane quilt! thanks for sharing. Here is a link to information about having it handquilted by Amish - here in Etheridge, TN
http://plainandsimplequilts.com/customhandquilting.htm#Hand Quilting Service
- February 28, 2012 at 9:55 AM
- KaHolly said...
OMG! You ARE a super-quilter. I am so amazed!!
- March 2, 2012 at 6:50 AM
- Florence said...
what a gorgeous quilt,,,,,:))
- March 5, 2012 at 9:37 PM
oh my word...
I totally adore this lovely quilt. My little man would love it. Unfortunately I am not so seasoned when it comes to paper piecing... But maybe I could do a throw pillow???
Thanks for the inspiration.
I LOVE it...
- March 9, 2012 at 5:05 PM
- Monique said...
Do you have a pattern to share? :o) I want to make one for my future son's room because his father is in the aerospace industry and I have been searching everywhere for a pattern that I love.
- October 24, 2012 at 11:28 AM
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- November 21, 2013 at 1:15 PM
Thanks for sharing. My four-year old grandson is as obsessed with planes as your son seems to be. This will be on my Christmas list. Of course, then is older brother will need one with baseball bats!
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Many U.S. children living in poverty are further penalized by struggling public schools. Nicole Baker Fulgham, former vice president of faith community relations at Teach for America, offers passionate, practical solutions in Educating All God's Children: What Christians Can—and Should—Do to Improve Public Education for Low-Income Kids. Brazos Press
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The documentary Bidder 70 tells the story of a different kind of civil disobedience: Tim DeChristopher helped save 22,000 acres of Utah wilderness by outbidding industry figures at a disputed Bureau of Land Management oil and gas lease auction, with no intention of paying or drilling. www.bidder70film.com
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In Just Spirituality: How Faith Practices Fuel Social Action, author Mae Elise Cannon profiles how the activism of seven Christian leaders was shaped by their practice of specific spiritual disciplines and offers ways to apply those disciplines in our own lives. IVP Books
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Pastor and anti-poverty worker George S. Johnson's self-published anthology, Courage to Think Differently, testifies to, as Walter Brueggemann writes in the preface, "an awareness that the gospel pertains to every public question among us." Includes essays by Frances Moore Lappé, Shane Claiborne, Elsa Tamez, and many more. www.adventurepublications.net


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Intel's 2019 forecasts signal slowdown after data-centre surge
By Bloomberg | 25 Jan 2019 at 16:38hrs
Intel Corp.'s first forecasts for 2019 sent a signal to investors that a torrent of spending on data centres, which has nourished sales and earnings growth for years, is beginning to dry up.
The chipmaker's revenue and profit projections for the current quarter and the year fell short of analysts' average estimates, sending shares tumbling in late trading on Thursday. Intel, whose processors are the main component in most of the world's personal computers and servers, cited a slowdown in spending at large cloud-computing customers, softness in China and the impact of geopolitical concerns.
The lackluster outlook marked a change from recent quarters, when Intel has posted robust growth in its data-centre unit as the biggest companies in technology, such as Amazon.com Inc., Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Microsoft Corp., expanded their cloud offerings. Those clients have accumulated inventory and are now cutting orders while they work through their stockpiles, Chief Financial Officer Bob Swan said in an interview.
"Weakness within data centre was a surprise as this has been a consistent growth driver for the company," said Logan Purk, an analyst at Edward D. Jones. "We believe demand has cooled following a significant ramp in spending last year."
Sales in the December quarter were $18.7 billion, short of the average analyst estimate of $19 billion. Net income came in at $5.2 billion, or $1.12 a share, while analysts projected $1.17 a share. Revenue in the current period will be about $16 billion and profit will be 81 cents a share, Intel said Thursday in a statement. Analysts polled by Bloomberg had estimated sales of $17.3 billion and earnings of 96 cents a share.
For 2019, Intel predicted revenue of about $71.5 billion, missing average projections of $73 billion. While that would be a record for the company's sales, it would represent the slowest annual growth rate since 2015.
Intel has a market share of about 99 percent for chips that run servers, the machines that provide the backbone of the internet and corporate networks. In the fourth quarter, revenue from that business division rose 9 percent, a steep deceleration from the third quarter, when that unit's sales notched up 26 percent. Aaron Rakers, an analyst at Wells Fargo, was looking for sales growth of 13 percent for the data-centre group in the recent period.
The chipmaker's shares dropped 6.8 percent in extended trading. They closed at $49.76 in regular New York trading. The stock rose 1.7 percent in 2018, a better performance than the benchmark Philadelphia Stock Exchange Semiconductor Index, which slid 7.8 percent for the year. That index had gained 5.7 percent on Thursday before Intel's report after better-than-expected results from chipmakers Texas Instruments Inc., Xilinx Inc. and Lam Research Corp.
Global shipments of personal computers, the market that provides Intel with the majority of its profit, declined 4.3 percent in the fourth quarter, according to Gartner Inc., as political and economic uncertainty reduced consumer demand, even during the holiday season.
Still, Intel's division that makes PC processors saw sales improve in the period, even in a slowing market. Revenue rose 10 percent from a year earlier to $9.8 billion. While volumes were down, average selling prices rose for both desktop and laptop parts.
The company has recently struggled to transition its factory network to more advanced techniques. That left Intel short of capacity last year. In response, the company prioritized chips that it can charge more for — server and high-end desktop processors — causing shortages in some areas. That may have helped boost profit margins and caused customers to over-order, according to Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Stacy Rasgon.
Intel initially sparked concern last year that it may be losing its edge in manufacturing when the Santa Clara, California-based company confirmed that it won't mass-produce chips made with 10-nanometer technology until later this year. That revised schedule may put it behind rivals such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
Intel's manufacturing lead has helped relegate Advanced Micro Devices Inc., its only remaining competitor in computer processors, to less than 20 percent of industry revenue. AMD, which now outsources production to TSMC, promised 7-nanometer server chips this year, a timeline that would give it a lead over Intel in that metric for the first time ever. Better production, achieved by shrinking the tiny circuits that give processors their functions, allows chips to count faster, use less energy or be produced more cheaply.
Intel is also still searching for a chief executive officer. Swan has been serving as interim CEO since the departure of Brian Krzanich, who was removed in June after the chipmaker learned he'd had a relationship with a subordinate. Swan said the board is continuing its search with a sense of urgency.
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'''Protagonist''': [[Tommy Vercetti]]
'''Group''': [[Vercetti Gang]]
'''Group reason''': Tommy founded the Vercetti gang [[Rub Out|after taking over]] [[Ricardo Diaz]]'s empire in [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]]. The actual name "Vercetti Gang" spawned when Tommy bought [[Kaufman Cabs]] and [[
'''Protagonist''': [[Tommy Vercetti]]
'''Group''': [[Vercetti Gang]]
'''Group reason''': Tommy founded the Vercetti gang [[Rub Out|after taking over]] [[Ricardo Diaz]]'s empire in [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]]. The actual name "Vercetti Gang" spawned when Tommy bought [[Kaufman Cabs]] and [[]] tells the employees that the "Vercetti Gang" owns it now. She came up with it as an impromptu excuse because the firm apparently has been owned in the past by other gangs & that's all the firm knows (possibly the Mafia or Cartel, as named by Delores) then the name sticks.
Revision as of 22:43, 18 September 2013
The protagonist is the main character of a story, and the main playable character in the Grand Theft Auto games.
Traditionally, a protagonist is the main figure of a piece of literature or drama and has the main part or role. Alternatively, the phrase denotes a primary advocate of or proponent for a cause or movement. The main character can be a hero or a villain in a story - it is just the character with the lead role. In literature, the protagonist is characterized by his/her ability to change or evolve.
It should be pointed out that the protagonist is not always the hero of the story, as implied in the Grand Theft Auto games. They may commit crimes of some sort, (which the protagonists of the GTA games certainly do) but he/she is still considered the lead character, and is known to help out his/her friends, allies or close associates.
The protagonists between Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto IV share similar qualities. Most protagonists are new to town, either returning after a long time gone (such as Carl Johnson and Toni Cipriani) or have never been to the city before (such as Claude, Tommy Vercetti, Victor Vance and Niko Bellic). The protagonists usually start with nothing, with minimal influence and reputation, having to do odd jobs around for various small-timers, gaining friends and allies (like Asuka Kasen, Avery Carrington, Wu Zi Mu, and Little Jacob) before moving up the social and economical ladder, attempting to rise through the criminal underworld, although their motives for doing so vary in each game. They eventually start establishing a name for themselves in the town, doing real jobs, making bigger and more powerful friends and business partners, and cutting real deals as their prominence, respect, money, and reputation begins to grow, until they end the game on top of the city, or at least with some powerful business and/or friends. Abnormal protagonists would be Luis Fernando Lopez and Johnny Klebitz who have always lived in Liberty City or Alderney and have already established their name, powerful friends, and high social and economical standing at the start of the game and must defend it from competitors. Most protagonists have a consistent distaste of drugs, and while deal and work with them, never use them. The protagonists of Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online also have lived in Los Santos for at least a little while before the game begins.
The opposite of a protagonist is an antagonist, which is the main person working against the protagonist and his actions. Again, this can be a villain or a hero, though usually a villain.
The main antagonists of the Grand Theft Auto games are usually introduced very early in the story, usually as the protagonist's friend or acquaintance until a major, personal betrayal (like Catalina, Sonny Forelli, Frank Tenpenny, Jerry Martinez and Dimitri Rascalov) and are usually seen, heard, or mentioned throughout the game, moving against the protagonists' plans or goals, until they are finally confronted in some large-scale showdown by the protagonist at the end of the game. An abnormal antagonist is Massimo Torini; he makes less appearances than all the other antagonists in the other games (only 2).
Current list of GTA protagonists
List of Ally Groups
Protagonist: Claude
Group: None
Group reason: While Claude does maintain a close friendship and working relationship with the Yakuza over the course of the game, he always acts freelance and never makes a commitment to any gang.
Protagonist: Tommy Vercetti
Group: Vercetti Gang
Group reason: Tommy founded the Vercetti gang after taking over Ricardo Diaz's empire in Vice City. The actual name "Vercetti Gang" spawned when Tommy bought Kaufman Cabs and Doris tells the employees that the "Vercetti Gang" owns it now. She came up with it as an impromptu excuse because the firm apparently has been owned in the past by other gangs & that's all the firm knows (possibly the Mafia or Cartel, as named by Delores) then the name sticks.
Protagonist: Carl Johnson
Group: Grove Street Families
Group reason: CJ's brother, Sweet was a leader of the gang and therefore makes CJ the underboss. CJ has friendly relationships with the Triad leader Wu Zi Mu, and Varrios Los Aztecas leader Cesar Vialpando.
Protagonist: Mike
Group: None
Group reason: Mike, like Claude, also maintains close friendships with some gangs yet has never made a commitment to one. He is first seen working for the Mafia, yet is allied with Cisco, the leader of the Columbian Cartel.
Protagonist: Toni Cipriani
Group: Leone Family
Group reason: Toni's parents possibly were in the Leone Family (as hinted by his mother in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories), but it is never given how he joined the family. He is close friends with Don Salvatore Leone and is made Caporegime later in the game and keeps his position well into GTA III.
Protagonist: Victor Vance
Group: Vance Crime Family
Group reason: After leaving the Trailer Park Mafia Vic and his brother Lance, who would become Vance Crime Family Underboss, started the gang to make money for their asthmatic brother Pete.
Protagonist: Niko Bellic
Group: None
Group reason: When Niko came to Liberty city, he has to help Roman with his Taxi firm. The Jamaican Posse and the McReary Mob have and will always be allied with Niko due to his friendships with Little Jacob and Patrick McReary. Niko can also have connections with the North Holland Hustlers, if the player chooses to kill Playboy X instead of Dwayne Forge
Protagonist: Johnny Klebitz
Group: The Lost Brotherhood
Group reason: Johnny is the Vice President of The Lost biker gang, and is a full on member as well. He also is/was best friends with Billy Grey, the President of The Lost, until the latter was imprisoned and the presidential torch passed to Johnny.
Protagonist: Luis Fernando Lopez
Group: Northwood Dominican Drug Dealers
Group reason: Luis works for Anthony Prince, who isn't a part of any specific organization. He is also friends with the Northwood Dominican Drug Dealers' members Armando Torres and Henrique Bardas, and depending other the player, can spend time building up their drug empire.
Protagonist: Huang Lee
Group: Algonquin Triads
Group reason: Huang's father was head of the gang before he was killed for the Yu Jian Sword.
- 3D Universe
Claude, the protagonist of Grand Theft Auto III.
Tommy Vercetti, the protagonist of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
Carl "CJ" Johnson, the protagonist of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Mike, the protagonist of Grand Theft Auto: Advance.
Toni Cipriani, the protagonist of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.
Victor "Vic" Vance, the protagonist of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
- HD Universe
Niko Bellic, the protagonist of Grand Theft Auto IV.
Johnny Klebitz, the protagonist of The Lost and Damned.
Luis Fernando Lopez, the protagonist of The Ballad of Gay Tony.
Huang Lee, the protagonist of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.
Franklin, Trevor Philips and Michael, the three protagonists of Grand Theft Auto V.
- The four GTA IV Era protagonists (Niko, Johnny, Luis and Huang) have criminal records in the LCPD Database, and each have the crime "Grand Theft Auto" listed.
- From GTA III until the GTA IV base game, every protagonist begins the game either new to the specific location, or has returned after a long time away, usually relative to the player.
- Carl is returning to Los Santos after a five year absence (1987 to 1992)
- Toni is returning to Liberty City after a four year absence similar to the player (1994 to 1998).
- Tommy Vercetti goes from Liberty City to Vice City (GTA III to GTA Vice City)
- Claude and Niko have just entered the city as the player has entered the era (GTA III Era and GTA IV Era)
- Niko, Claude, and Mike are so far the only protagonists of any GTA game to work freelance (not a member of any particular organization). However at some points Luis Lopez, (after leaving North Dominican Drug Dealers) and Vic Vance (before starting the Vance Crime Family) worked freelance as well.
- Every GTA IV Era protagonist has long sleeved shirts/suits/jackets and cannot have a short sleeved shirts mostly because of the season the game takes place in.
- 2D Protagonists, Mike, Johnny Klebitz, and Huang Lee were the only protagonists to not change their clothes in the entire game.
- In the original Grand Theft Auto, GTA: London 1969, GTA: London 1961, and GTA Online, the player can choose the protagonist, and GTA 1 and GTA O are the only games in the series to feature the possibility of female protagonists.