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Dear Colleagues:
It is with great pleasure that I announce the winners of the 2012 Presidential Awards:
- John Barbato
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Operations Group
UMUC Europe - John Beyers, PhD
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The Undergraduate School–Stateside - Monika Denburg
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UMUC Europe - Michael Logan
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UMUC Asia - Bernadette Marquez
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UMUC Asia - Ronald Schlundt, PhD
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UMUC Europe
These individuals are being recognized for their exceptional service and dedication to this university and its students. Each exemplifies the extraordinary leadership, unwavering commitment, and service excellence that have always been the hallmarks of UMUC's success.
This year, the Presidential Awards were revamped, and a new process for nominating colleagues was introduced, based on the university's core values. The number of awards was also expanded from three to six, with at least one award reserved for each geographic division. A committee that included staff and collegiate faculty representatives from UMUC Stateside, Europe, and Asia selected the recipients, who will receive both a monetary award and a decorative plaque.
The awards will be presented at the 2012 Service and Achievement Awards ceremony, scheduled for Monday, December 3, 2012, at 1 p.m. at Martin's Crosswinds. The ceremony will also be recorded and available on the intranet, allowing our overseas employees to join in celebrating our many faculty and staff achievements.
In the meantime, please join me in congratulating our distinguished Presidential Award recipients.
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Chief Operating Officer news and technical articles from Oil & Gas Journal. Search Chief Operating Officer latest and archived news and articles
By OGJ editors HOUSTON, Jan. 28 -- Linn Energy LLC has named Arden Walker as senior vice-president and chief operating officer . Walker has served as senior vice-president, operations, and chief engineer since February 2007. Walker
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By OGJ editors HOUSTON, July 15 -- Index Oil & Gas Inc. appointed Ronald Bain as chief operating officer effective July 1. Bain joined the company as senior vice-president of exploration and production on Feb. 1. He has over 34
By OGJ editors HOUSTON, Apr. 17 -- Calvalley Petroleum Inc. has appointed Memet Kont as chief operating officer . Before joining Calvalley, Kont held positions at UBS Securities, Jennings Capital, McDaniel & Associates, and Geological Survey of Canada.
By OGJ editors HOUSTON, Nov. 6 -- Madagascar Oil Ltd. (MOL) has appointed George B. Nilsen chief operating officer . Nilsen has more than 28 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, spending more than half of his career
By OGJ editors HOUSTON, Apr. 10 -- Antrim Energy Inc., Calgary, has appointed Kerry Fulton chief operating officer . Fulton will oversee all technical aspects of Antrim's international exploration and development activities
By OGJ editors HOUSTON, Aug. 21 -- Steve Littell , a 20-year oil and gas veteran, has been named chief operating officer of independent Petrol Oil & Gas Inc., Overland Park, Kan. During the past 10 years, Littell has served in
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Finding your league's position and scoring settings
How to find what roster positions and scoring categories are being used in your Fantasy Sports league.
In order to view the scoring and roster configurations that apply within your league, please follow these steps:
- Make sure you are signed into Yahoo! Fantasy Sports.
- Select on your league name from the list on the right-hand side.
- Select the League tab.
- Select Scoring & Settings.
The "Roster Positions" section displays the starting roster configuration, as well as any bench or DL/IR positions, selected by the commissioner.
Each scoring category in your league is also displayed, as well as the point value (in points-based leagues) assigned by the commissioner.
Please Note:
- Bench "BN" positions do not count in fantasy scoring, and may be occupied by players from any position.
- All public leagues (including Pro Leagues) use the same default scoring and roster configurations.
- For Hockey, Basketball, and Baseball, point scoring is for "head-to-head - points" or "points only" leagues and not for "head-to-head" or "head-to-head - one win" leagues. Head-to-head leagues will not to see points settings. They will only see stat categories. In head-to-head leagues, you get a single win for things like most goals, assists, power plays, etc.
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In response to a request for public comment by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the staff of the Federal Trade Commission filed a comment on December 1, 2003 regarding direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription pharmaceuticals. The staff's response analyzes the overall economic effects of such advertising and provides the FDA with a number of suggestions about how its regulatory scheme for DTC advertising could be modified to communicate information to consumers in an easy to understand and accessible way.
According to the staff's comment, which can be found as a link to this press release on the FTC's Web site, "Empirical evidence suggests that the FDA's current approach to regulating DTC advertising generally benefits consumers." Survey evidence suggests, according to the staff, that "DTC ads have provided consumers with useful information about the drug options open to them," and this has "empowered consumers to interact with physicians more effectively." The comment further states that the available evidence does not support concerns that DTC advertising has increased the sale of inappropriate drugs or led to increased drug prices.
The staff comment also makes the following suggestions regarding how the FDA's DTC advertising regulatory scheme could be modified to communicate truthful, non-misleading information in a way that is easier for consumers to understand and use:
In concluding its comment, the FTC staff writes, "DTC advertising can play an important role in providing information about prescription drugs that may spur consumers to seek help for a previously untreated condition, encourage them to talk with a doctor about a new drug, or otherwise take a more proactive role in minding their health. We therefore encourage the FDA to examine ways to facilitate the flow of truthful, non-misleading information in DTC advertising in a manner that is easy for consumers to understand and access."
The Commission vote authorizing staff to issue the comment in response to the FDA's request was 5-0.
NOTE: The views expressed in the letter are those of the staff of the FTC's Bureaus of Consumer Protection and Economics and the Office of Policy Planning, and do not necessarily represent those of the Commission or any individual Commissioner.
Copies of the comment to the FDA are available from the FTC's Web site at http://www.ftc.gov and also from the FTC's Consumer Response Center, Room 130, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580. The FTC works for the consumer to prevent fraudulent, deceptive and unfair business practices in the marketplace and to provide information to help consumers spot, stop and avoid them. To file a complaint, or to get free information on any of 150 consumer topics, call toll-free, 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357), or use the complaint form at http://www.ftc.gov. The FTC enters Internet, telemarketing, identity theft and other fraud-related complaints into Consumer Sentinel, a secure, online database available to hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad.
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It's really neat to be a player in it, especially being such a famous game, such an iconic game. Being able to be able to be a player along with Sonic the Hedgehog and all the other All-Stars is very flattering and it's very cool. It comes full circle.
How does this compare to seeing yourself in NASCAR games?
NASCAR seems like it's kind of a shoe-in for me. So to be in something like a Sega game is to me more cool because it's something that's not common, and it's not given that I would be in those games. So I actually like it better.
What tips or strategies would you give to anyone who is going to play "Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed?"
My suggestion would be to first off, pick me to play me because I'll be a really good one to choose. I'll be fast and I have lots of skills and talents and I shoot balls of flames. It disables cars and allows you to be able to get by them. I think you need to find out for yourself how awesome I am in the game.
How popular are video games in NASCAR?
Video games are pretty popular, for sure. I think given the fact that we're in a racing environment, racing games tend to be something that's obviously really common, so growing up I've played them and some people continue to play them and I think it's a good fit.
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Forts from the prehistoric age are not as rare in Ireland as one might think, some are in near perfect condition, even some of those that were constructed thousands of years ago. Here are some of the best ones that we have come across:
Dun Aengus, Aran Islands
Dun Aengus is a fantastic example of a stone fort which is thought to be over 2000 years old! It is perched on top of a cliff edge about 300 ft above the Atlantic Ocean.
The fort is said to have been built by Aenghusa who was a chief of the Fir Bolg – so it translates as the 'Fort of Aenghusa'.
The impressive stone fort has three enclosures to defend against the enemy. If you look closely enough at one of the walls you will notice vetical, jagged rocks pertruding at an angle. This type of wall is called a chevaux-de-frise and is designed especially to trap the enemy.
The attraction affords magnificent views of the island and the Connemara coastline. It's open all year round and there is a small fee. (The fort is accessed by foot through some uneven terrain so it might not be suitable for the elderly, children or people with disabilities).
Dunree Fort, Donegal
Dunree Fort is now a military museum. It was established at the end of the eighteenth century during the Napoleonic wars and maintained as a fort until about a decade ago.
This fort has attracted visitors from all over the world. They are many facilities at the Fort of Dunree for you to enjoy, such as; Scenic Walks, The Guns of Dunree Exhibition, The Rock Hill Collection, Cafe and much more.
Aughrim Ringfort, Galway
Aughrim, just off the main road to Galway, and 8km from Ballinasloe was the scene of the Battle of Aughrim on 12th July 1691, which largely decided the outcome of the course of Irish History.
Here the Williamite forces defeated the mainly Catholic Irish and French forces under the leadership of the French General, St Ruth, who was killed in the battle. There are two ringforts situated here each with a diameter of about 100 feet and surrounded by a six foot high bank.
Cahermacnaghten, Lisdoonvarva
Although ring-forts of earth and stone had their origins in pre-history, possibly in the Bronze Age, this type of enclosed settlement continued in use for a very long time and became very numerous in the early Christian period. Some, indeed, were rebuilt or extended in the Middle Ages as defensible homesteads even though by that time mortared castles and tower-houses dominated the countryside. Cahermacnaghten, 4 miles east-north-east of the spa resort of Lisdoonvarna, was occupied as late as the end of the seventeenth century and for some time previously had been the teaching centre of a celebrated Gaelic law school conducted by the O'Davorens.
A deed of 1675 shows that it was then inhabited and lists the dwellings standing inside the cashel, which has a diameter of just under 100 feet, as well as other property outside the wall. Of these structures only unintelligible fragments remain, but the well built cashel is substantially intact and has remains of an interesting late medieval two-tiered gateway.
Staigue Fort, Sneem
Located on the beautiful Ring of Kerry is Staigue Fort. It is not known for what the fort was used but Staigue Fort represents a considerable feat in engineering and construction. It was built without the use of mortar, using just stones placed at a slight angle, lower on the outside than the inside to allow water to run off.
Most famous of the great circular stone cashels, Staigue is also one of the best preserved and conveys a fair idea of how the larger Iron Age fortifications must have looked in their day. A building combining exceptional strength with unexpected architectural flair, it was plainly more than a vernacular ring-fort.
It invites comparison with the Grianan of Aileach in Donegal, with which it shares certain features, and like it may have been a royal residence in the last pre-Christian centuries. Its secluded situation, ringed by a ridge of hills at the head of a narrow valley with a view south to the coast, is very beautiful.
The cashel wall is notable for its uniformity and there are many interesting features for you to see.
Charles Fort, Kinsale
The famous star shaped fort can be found 3km from Kinsale. As one of the largest military forts in the country, Charles Fort has been associated with some of the most significant events in Irish history. The most momentous of which includes the Williamite War in 1690 and the Irish Civil War of 1922-23.
The fort has two enormous bastions overlooking the estuary, and three looking inland. Within its walls were all the accommodation requirements for the garrison of the fort and their families. To see how they lived really is a worthwhile experience. Why not visit the exhibition that's on site too?
Navan Centre & Fort, Armagh
The Navan Centre interprets one of Ireland's most important ancient monuments, Navan Fort. The Ancient capital and seat of the Kings of Ulster. From the 'Real World' of archaeology travel to the 'Other World' to hear legends of the Ulster Cycle. Visit the unique Iron Age/Early Christian period dwelling and, through Living History interpretation, learn about a past life. Finally, walk the path of history to the Navan Fort, the Ancient Seat of the Kings. Exhibitions are multilingual.
Summer Opening: 1st April – 30th September, Monday – Sunday 10.00am – 7.00pm, last admission @ 5.30pm.
Winter Opening: 1st October – 31st March, Monday – Sunday 10.00am – 4.00pm, last admission @ 3.00pm. Other times by arrangement for Tour Groups or Educational visits.
Admission Rates 2011
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Baltinglass Hill Burial Mound and Hill Fort
On top of the hill there is a double ring of stones which once retained a mound of stones. At the most northerly point of the ring there is a Passage-tomb with short passage, and a stone basin bearing faint decoration. Towards the south-south-west of the ring there is another Passage-tomb, this time with five recesses off a central chamber, and two stones decorated with spirals. The third and earliest grave is in the north-western portion of the ring, overlain by the stones of the inner ring. There are also other minor structures. The passage-tombs were built in the Late Stone Age, but in the Early Iron Age (500 B.C – A.D. 500?) surrounded on the outside by a large defensive stone wall, while further down the hill-slope are two further concentric stone walls which probably also belong to the Iron Age fortificatory system.


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Immediately after the death/sucide of Jeremy Blake was announced there was a spike in readers brought to the blog by search terms such as "buy jeremy blake", "buy blake prints", "jeremy blake prices" etc.
At cocktail parties I've heard from amateur specullectors that an artists' death is the easiest way for their art collections to appreciate. While basic Keynesian theory supports that, it's not always the case. Thus, the following information may be disappointing to some, but I promise it is true and common practice:
Jeremy Blake, whose suicide last summer was all but incomprehensible to the career-obsessed art world, has had his beautifully mounted retrospective homage at Kinz, Tillou and Feigen Gallery [his dealers] … Fans may be slightly daunted however by the fact Blake did not often sign his digital prints, they have no edition number and, choicest of all, there are no actual, vulgar prices given for any works. Instead you have to leave your name and contacts and wait to see if you are deemed suitable. It's an elegant system that keeps collectors on tenterhooks.
Don't Call Us, We'll Call You by Adrian Dannatt – The Art Newspaper, Jan 08, p. 36
Luckily there is still a way to enjoy Blake's work where right of entry does not rely on pedigree or contacts. Check out Wild Choir: Cinematic Portraits by Jeremy Blake at the Corcoran Gallery of Art through March 2nd.
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In light of the recent Facebook Deals launch, the world is now fully awake to the "group discounting" fad. It seems this service (product) category has quickly reached maturity, with a proliferation of these websites. Although I adore discounts, I must add myself to the list of skeptics on this one.
Using Groupon, Living Social, and similar sites have greatly raised my expectations of what I can get at a bottom-feeder price. Now, I put off going out to eat or leisure activities, and wait until they're on Groupon. Surely Groupon saw this coming, but I doubt the local business owners did. Although I've also bought from discount stores a lot less, because I can find higher quality at the same price with coupons.
I also think that deals sites have had a more profound affect on our concept of pricing. Growing up in the United States, my idea was that prices are set in stone (by retailers). Trying to name my own price would leave me goods-less. Now, I've seen that local businesses have flexible pricing after all! Bargaining, apparently, is back on the table.
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A protester threw an athletic shoe at the Chinese prime minister, Wen Jiabao, during his speech at Cambridge University's concert hall on Monday, seven weeks after a similar incident involving President Bush in Iraq.
With a SECOND shoe now thrown at a Head of State making the MSM, you can be almost assured that whenever a Politician running one of these failing states (all of them) speaks in public, SOMEBODY is going to hurl footwear. LOL.
What is the solution to this problem for TPTB? Will all Press Conferences be Barefoot in the future? "Shoes must be removed before entering the Briefing Room." LOL.
You I trust read they took down the Shoe Statue erected in Iraq in honor of the Iraqui Journalist who Pitched his Shodding at Bush a while back. This statue is probably worth millions at Sotheby's now.
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Holy failed patch Batman!
Subject: General Tech | December 14, 2011 - 12:42 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: gaming, dx11, batman arkham city
Batman makes it three for three as far as failed patches go for the current major releases. Battlefield's patch was probably the best of the three, Skyrim being the worst with Batman's simply failing to deliver what it promised ... improved DX11 performance. [H]ard|OCP recently reviewed the original game and now has published the results of their testing with the new patch. The good news is that most of the stuttering and crashes have been fixed, leaving only significantly lower performance when in DX11 mode compared to DX9. Originally you could expect a 50% reduction in fps when enabling DX11 and NVIDIA users can expect the same results at this point, AMD users will see their performance reduced by even more than pre-patch though the game its self should be more stable. If you want to run Batman Arkham Asylum at high resolution, you better have two GPUs.
"Days after our Batman: Arkham City Gameplay Performance and IQ review was published, the game was patched. The patch was ostensibly reported to fix DirectX 11 performance problems plaguing the game, but does it really do the trick? Where do our DX11 video cards stand now?"
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- World of Tanks NVIDIA 3D Vision Game Review @ Benchmark Reviews
- Serious Sam 3: BFE @ kitguru
- Alan Wake PC: The First Interview @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Hands On: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Browse'n'Bash: C&C Tiberium Alliances @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Nuclear Dawning For Free This Weekend @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Star Wars: The Old Republic @ HardwareHeaven
- Batman: Arkham City Performance After The DX11 Patch @ Legit Reviews
- Valve, Half-Life 3 release date, and that t-shirt logo @ HEXUS
- More Details about South Park: The Game @ Kitguru
- Ninjalane Podcast - HWBot Country Cup 2011 Our Best Games of the Year
- Assassins Creed: Revelations PlayStation 3 @ Tweaktown
Batman can clean up everything in Arkham City except for the new villain that goes by the name of DX11
Subject: General Tech | December 7, 2011 - 12:57 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: dx11, batman arkham city, gaming
We have seen previously that at the time of release, Batman Arkham City was not really a DX11 game. Sure you could enable DX11 but it would make the game unplayable. [H]ard|OCP were one of the first to complain about the performance and recently they revisited the game now that we have some new drivers ... and were disappointed again. Right now the best experience you can have is with a GTX580 and with DX11 effects disabled. [H] feels this is truly sad as tessellation would bring a lot to the atmosphere of the game but until DX11 is fixed you simply won't be able to see the game as it should be. Their recommendation is to hold off on purchasing this game until they have fixed it.
"The Caped Crusader has returned to crack more skulls on the streets of Arkham City. Rocksteady has enhanced the venerable UE3 engine with DirectX 11 and PhysX support, but can this aging graphics engine really handle such large, richly detailed outdoor areas? You might be surprised."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Serious Sam 3 BFE @ HardwareHeaven
- Batman Arkham City Review: PhysX and 3D Vision 2 Experience @Hi Tech Legion
- Surprise! A New X3 Expansion Beams In @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Flatout 3: "20,000 Fully Destructible Objects" @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Back To Front(ier): Pioneer @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Need for Speed: The Run (PS3) @ HEXUS
- Super Mario 3D Land Nintendo 3DS @ Tweaktown
- Rayman Origins (XBOX 360) Game Review @ HardwareHeaven
So you want to play Batman? Dump the DX11!
Subject: General Tech | November 30, 2011 - 12:51 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: gaming, batman arkham city, dx11, oops, consolitis
Just in case you were under the impression that Ryan was the only one having issues with DirectX 11 in Batman Arkham City, check out the problems [H]ard|OCP had. DX11 was essentially unplayable even on multi-GPU systems, with NVIDIA handling the game a little better than AMD. Using DX 11 in the game enables HBAO and tessellation as well as something new for NVIDIA users called Multi-View Soft Shadows, which do add to the visual quality of the game, if you are willing to live with an average 30fps or so ... with bonus stuttering. Even better, this is yet another example of a game with its frames capped by default, not quite as bad as Need For Speed The Run but it is still limited to 24-62fps until an .ini file tweak is performed.
"Batman: Arkham City is upon us, and we wanted to give you a preliminary look at how performance is stacking up. We've found some issues running in DX11 that seem to be a detriment to gameplay. DX11 may not be the best option, at this time, for this game, our performance data and feedback explain why."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Battlefield 3 Mini Tweak Guide for Latency (ping) and more @ Tweaktown
- Batman: Arkham City Performance Analysis @ Tweaktown
- The Lord of the Rings: War in the North (PC) Game Review @ HardwareHeaven
- Batman: Arkham City (PC) Game Review @ HardwareHeaven
- Jagged Alliance: Not Yet Back In Action @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Major Skyrim patch released for Xbox 360, PS3, PC @ HEXUS
- Need For Speed: The Run @ kitguru
- Saints Row: The Third (Xbox360) @ HEXUS
- Tekken Hybrid (PS3) Game Review @ HardwareHeaven
- Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Game Review (XBOX 360) @ HardwareHeaven
- Need for Speed: The Run (XBOX 360 / PS3) Game Review @ HardwareHeaven
Batman: Arkham City DX11 Stuttering Issue
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards | November 23, 2011 - 03:50 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: dx11, batman
We have been waiting for Batman: Arkham City for quite some time on the PC, and after weeks of delays, the game was finally released this week, to quite a bit of fanfare. NVIDIA has been touting the game as the poster child for several technology features like DX11, 3D Vision, PhysX, etc. It appears that the developers have had some issues though with the release - DX11 features are causing significant stuttering even with high end hardware.
Batman doesn't like it when his games are late...and broken.
I put together a quick video comparing the gameplay experience with and without DX11 enabled; you can see it below. The system specifications for our test bed for this video were:
- Intel Core i7-965
- Intel X58 motherboard
- 6GB DDR3-1600 memory
- GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB graphics card
- Driver version: 285.79
- Windows 7 SP1 x64
The DX11 settings that are causing the issues are tessellation, ambient occlusion and a new type of soft shadow rendering. When these features are enabled the game experiences noticeable, repeatable and quite annoying stutters both in the actual gameplay and during the integrated benchmark.
In our video below you can clearly the see the phenomenon in action.
On the official Batman: Arkham City forums, the publisher gave the following statement, confirming the broken DX11 implementation.
PC DirectX 11 Issues Please Read
We have received reports of performance issues from players of Batman: Arkham City on PC. After researching the matter, we found that running the game with DX 11 is causing the performance issues. We're working on a title update to address this matter and expect to make it available in the near future.
In the meantime, a workaround for this issue is to run the game with DX 9 instead of DX 11. Instructions on how to turn off DX 11 are listed below.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience with your gameplay experience and thank you all for your patience as we work to resolve this issue.
While we love to see new technologies implemented in games that improve our gameplay experience, we HATE it when it delays games or causes issues like this when released. Here is hoping that the developer, publisher and driver teams from AMD and NVIDIA can fix this quickly.
Never mind the barrier, we even tessellated the water table!
Subject: General Tech | August 17, 2011 - 02:56 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: crysis 2, dx11, tessellation
The Tech Report took an indepth look at the "Enhanced, bionic Jersey barrier in DirectX 11" recently. The original Crysis is still famous for its ability to crush even the best GPUs that were available when it was originally released and its continued ability to do so at very high resolutions. Now that Crysis 2 has power slid out of it's console roots and we PC gamers received not only support for DX11 but also a high resolution texture patch which helped the game with its visual impact, it seemed worthwhile to investigate the actual changes to the process used to draw images in Crysis 2. That lead to the discovery of not only the world's most detailed concrete barriers but also the realization that whether you can see it or not, water is being rendered in painstaking detail.
A hydrologist's dream
"When we fired up Crysis 2 in its DirectX 11 "ultra" quality mode, we saw that some obvious peaks were related to the creation of tessellated objects. Not only could we see the hull shaders used in the first stage of tessellation—proof that tessellation was in use—but we were also able to see the polygon meshes output by the tessellation process. We noticed some of the same things Damien pointed out, along with a few new ones, including one of the true wonders of this game's virtual world."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Contemporary Graphics Cards in Crysis 2 DirectX 11: Crysis 2 Revisited @ X-bit Labs
- PC Age of Empires Online review: give nothing, take from them everything @ Ars Technica
- Section 8 Prejudice Review @ HardwareHeaven
- Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition: 3D Vision Tested on all NVIDIA GTX 500 Series Video Cards @Hi Tech Legion
- Minecraft Pocket Edition Brings Indie Game to Android @ Wired
- Serious Sam 3 PC hands-on: constant, awesome chaos @ Ars Technica
- Counter Strike back with Global Offensive @ HEXUS
- Modern Warfare 3 To Have Dedicated Servers @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- RageGage Desktop Computer Gaming Toy @ TechwareLabs
- iPhone App of the Week: Zombie Gunship @ t-break
- Catherine PlayStation 3 @ Tweaktown
Podcast #160 - Lenovo ThinkPad X1, OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2, Crysis 2 DX11 update, Llano preview and more!
Subject: General Tech | June 30, 2011 - 02:50 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: podcast, X1, Thinkpad, revodrive, ocz, nvidia, llano, Lenovo, Intel, dx11, crysis 2, amd
PC Perspective Podcast #160 - 6/30/2011
This week we talk about the Lenovo ThinkPad X1, OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2, Crysis 2 DX11 update, Llano preview and more!
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MSI Computer , and their all new Sandy Bridge Motherboards! - 0:25:00 Crysis 2: DirectX 11 free update released
- 0:31:45 NVIDIA Releases GeForce GTX 580M and 570M, Brings Optimus to Hardcore Gaming Laptops
- 0:34:10 Badaboom, the once NVIDIA only transcoding accelerator, now works with Sandy Bridge
- 0:38:40 Llano's dance card is available, pick a date with your favourite new AMD APU tomorrow
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- Ryan: Bitcoins? Ken is testing a LOT of GPUs for this!
- Jeremy: I guess I'll shout out to Might & Magic entertaining me for 25 SMEGGING YEARS!
- Josh: Eyefinity! It is a lot of fun. Surprising capabilities from many modern applications. Even a lot of older ones...
- Allyn: RevoDrive 3!
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Crysis 2: DirectX 11 free update released
Subject: Editorial, General Tech, Graphics Cards | June 27, 2011 - 04:44 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: dx11, crysis 2
Last Wednesday we reported on the announcement of the Crysis 2 DX11 patch and high resolution texture pack upcoming for the 27th of June. Looking at the calendar it appears as if your graphics card just ran out of time to rule the roost. Clocking in at 546 megabytes for the DirectX 11 update and 1695 megabytes for the high resolution texture pack the new updates are not small especially since that does not include the size of the 1.9 patch itself. The big question is whether these updates will push the limits of your computer, and if so, is it worth it?
Can you run me now? … Hello?
VR-Zone benchmarked the new updates on an Intel Core i7-965 system paired with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580. We believe they accidentally mislabeled their Extreme Quality benchmark with their Ultra Quality benchmark as the ultra is the more intensive of the two settings; also, ultra should have the biggest difference between DX9 and DX11 settings as DX11 effects are not enabled at the extreme settings. ((Update: 6/28/2011 - That's exactly what happened. VR-Zone fixed it; it is correct now.)) Under that assumption you are looking at approximately 40 FPS for a 1080p experience with that test system and all the eye-candy enabled. That is a drop of approximately 33% from its usual 60 FPS under extreme settings.
But how does it look? Read on for all of that detail.
Crysis 2: Cry Harder (with DX11 and High Res textures)
Subject: General Tech | June 22, 2011 - 10:31 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: patch, dx11, crysis2
"Yeah, but does it play Crysis 2 now?"
Crysis 2 has shed the resource hog reputation of its predecessor while simultaneously shedding its reputation as a game to show off your computer with. There was also a lot of ranting in the forums during it and its demo's releases about how good of PC game it was altogether. Coming on Monday, Crytek is setting to release their anticipated DirectX 11 patch along with a higher resolution texture pack for those with computers that scoff at Crysis 2 in its current state.
Can you run me now? Good.
(Image from Crytek, modified)
The change list for patch 1.9 includes a set of notable additions:
- DX11: Tessellation + Displacement Mapping
- DX11: High Quality HDR Motion Blur
- DX11: Realistic Shadows with Variable Penumbra
- DX11: Sprite Based Bokeh Depth of Field
- DX11: Parallax Occlusion Mapping
- DX11: Particle Motion Blur, Shadows, and Art Updates
- DX11: Water Rendering improvement using Tessellation and Displacement Mapping
- Realtime Local Reflections
- Added support for Higher Resolution Textures Package
- Improved advanced video settings menu
- Improved Tone Mapping
- (And the usual bug fixes and such)


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The remains found by hunters in Rosewood Jan. 18 have been identified as Deanna Lee Stires, 18, of Hernando County. Detectives from both Levy and Hernando are working to determine the cause of death.
Final Candidates for Williston City Council: Jack Screws - Group A Elihu Ross - Group B Cal Byrd - Group C
Debra Jones withdrew Thursday. The election is cancelled due to lack of opposition.
It was a bad night for the Dixie County Bears, starting with the JV Bears being a no show, as a quick call to the Bears JV coach, found he couldn't follow his schedule of the scheduled game against the Red Devil JV team.
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Millions of dollars could be funneled toward springs protection and restoration projects in the state if approved by the governor later this year.
The Levy County Schools Foundation (LCSF) will host its annual Gala Saturday, Feb. 2 at 6 p.m., (doors open at 5:30) at the Bronson High School.
Norm Fugate's political career was short-lived–less than two years–but according to the former Williston councilman, it was never intended to be something to carry into the retirement years.
It's been a month since a shooter entered the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. and forever changed the lives of the town's 27,000 residents and the nation that felt its pain.
This Saturday, Jan. 19 people will gather in Williston's Heritage Park to honor and pay tribute to the 27 victims during a candlelight vigil at 7 p.m.
Participants are asked to bring their own candles and to wear green and white, the school's colors, for the vigil that is expected to last less than an hour.
By Friday at noon, Williston residents will know their choices for the 2013 city council election.
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