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Cyberlink's PowerDirector 11 Impresses on Desktop, Misses on Mobile
As I've been spending lots of time with Windows 8 and Windows RT lately, something that intrigues me is how applications are adapting to fit in the new user interface. One question is traditional tablet applications, but another is how the kind of things we're used to as desktop applications make the move toward the new Windows 8 user interface. It's interesting to consider Cyberlink's PowerDirector video editing tools. The company recently shipped both an upgrade of the desktop version (it runs on the last few versions of Windows as well as Windows 8), and new versions for the Windows 8 "modern" interface and the difference is instructive.
PowerDirector 11 is the upgraded desktop application and is designed to be more powerful than previous versions. As before, it has a timeline view that lets you import and produce media from a wide variety of formats, edit the clips, and add all sorts of transitions and effects. It's long been a terrific video editor and the new version is supposed to be up to 30 percent faster, in part because of better support for GPU computing. Other new features include fresh templates, 3D and progressive format support, and additional style designs.
I don't personally do very much video editing, so I'll let others compare this with the rest of the market, but I've always liked PowerDirector. The new version looks like an even better take on the previous, which was already a PCMag's Editors' Choice in the category. I've spent a bit of time working with the new version on a couple of machines (running Windows 7 and Windows 8) and it seems quite fast, easy enough to use (especially given all the options), and full-featured.
It is available in a number of different packages, from a Basic version ($69.99) to an Ultra version ($89.99) to a Suite ($249.99). Ultra has a faster rendering engine, "content-aware editing," and support for 3D and 2k and 4K formats while the Suite adds Color Director for managing color, Audio Director, and a raft of new design packs with content and transitions. For what I do, the Ultra version is probably enough, but professionals or serious amateurs may want the Suite.
For Windows 8, the company also offers PowerDirector Mobile (above), which is optimized for touch and new Windows 8 user interface. This is designed to take simple videos, edit them, and then share them using a more limited set of templates. (As is nearly always the case, the regular Windows version runs on Windows 8, just in the desktop mode.)
If you go to the store, you can download PowerDirector Mobile for Ultra/Ultimate for free, but you essentially get a way to combine some photos into a basic slideshow without any of the video editing features. This seems like a bit of a cheat; while I don't expect free applications to have all the features, I would have expected at least the basic ability to import videos and do some very simple editing. Instead, you get mostly an ad for the full app called PowerDirector Mobile. It's reasonably priced at $14.99, but I wish Cyberlink was clearer about the very limited features in the free version.
PowerDirector Mobile seems useful though much more limited than the desktop version, and it just doesn't seem quite ready yet. It's designed in a quick format. You import the videos or photos you want, edit the clips, insert them into a style or template, preview your video, and then produce it and upload files to Facebook or YouTube.
It all seems sufficient for a simple video, as long as you like one of the five basic styles the program comes with, but there are many things the mobile version lacks that are in the desktop version. For instance, Mobile has much more limited video import features; it worked with AVI, MP4, and WMV files but didn't recognize MTS or MOV format videos taken with some current cameras or the iPhone. (It worked with the MP4 videos that the Windows 8 camera and many current phones support.) The actual video editing features are pretty limited, too; you can only trim videos, not even split them. You can, however, add background audio and control the balance between that audio and the audio within the video itself (though only for the whole video, not varying this at different places as in the desktop version). You can't add transitions or put in a title slide.
It's certainly easy enough, but it's nowhere near as powerful as the full desktop version. On the other hand, because it is so simple, I found it very quick to produce a simple video. You can output the results in 1,920-by-1,080, 1,024-by-768, or 640-by-480 resolution in MP4 or WMV formats. There aren't nearly as many options as the desktop product, but enough for mobile use. Only one of the templates actually lets you put in starting and ending titles, and it took a lot of work to find the right Intel HD 4000 driver to make it actually work. (With older drivers, I got a transcode error.)
If you're serious about doing more editing, you can save it in PowerDirector's native format and then edit in the desktop product. I can't recommend the mobile product now as it's too limited for my tastes, but it did let me combine and trim videos, which might be useful in some tablet scenarios. My guess is that most people won't be happy with it unless they also use the desktop version.
That pretty much sums up the different between the mobile version and the desktop version, and perhaps between Windows 8 or "modern" apps and their desktop counterparts in general. Touch-screen-enabled apps are for rather simple editing while the desktop mode and mouse and keyboard are for more complex work.
On some level, that makes a lot of sense and being able to move back and forth between the two modes on a single machine would add a level of convenience. Still, I can't help but wonder if the mobile versions shouldn't be able to do more.


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Tour tech: Personalisation for the big guns
Paintjobs, jerseys, straps and shoes
One of this year's top favourites for the Tour is Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) who won the first stage into Plumelec and earned the first yellow jersey of this year's Tour de France. To go along with his new maillot jaune, Valverde's team also equipped him with a specially finished Pinarello Prince FPX.
Technically speaking, there is nothing unique on Valverde's bike as compared to those of his Caisse d'Epargne teammates. However, it couldn't be more different visually with its bright yellow and red paintjob to match his national flag and the words, 'Don Alejandro' and 'Prince of Spain' boldly emblazoned on the top and down tubes. The Treviso company even supplied a yellow version of its MOst Talon integrated bar and stem, as well as a red-topped carbon MOst Tail seatpost. Campagnolo joins the party with yellow-finished Record D-Skeleton brake callipers and Elite has also chipped in with a matching pair of red-trimmed carbon Patao bottle cages.
It's difficult to say whether his new bike makes Valverde go any faster, but when viewing the race for stage one's finish line in Plumelec this week it certainly made him easier to spot.
Even before donning the maillot jaune, though, the recently crowned Spanish champion was already wearing special colours. Unlike previous champions of his nation – such as team-mate Jose Iván Gutiérrez – the Bala Verde's jersey is not simply a Spanish flag with sleeves But rather more closely resembled a standard team jersey trimmed with Spanish stripes. The design – approved by the Spanish Federation – was apparently intended to be a little more stylish and elegante.
Special jersey or not, if Valverde and his Caisse d'Epargne team have their way he won't be wearing it again until after this year's Tour de France wraps up in Paris. No rider has held the lead from start to finish since Jacques Anquetil in 1961 but the team said they plan to change that this year.
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Current ProTour leader Damiano Cunego (Lampre) – as an Italian man – likes to look good. Although he won't be wearing the white jersey at this particular race, he has had his new Wilier Triestina Cento Uno painted to match. To emphasise that the white, black and silver colourway is a total one-off for the Piccolo Principe, it also bears his name on the top tube. Sure, everybody has their name on their bike, but this is no decal or sticker: the word "Cunego" sits proudly beneath the surface lacquer.
Garmin-Chipotle sprinter Julian Dean is also riding a uniquely finished Felt F1 in this year's Tour, this time in a contrasting black and white finish to celebrate his status as champion of New Zealand. The black and white argyle on his frame also nicely compliments the black and white silver fern on his chest.
Dean's teammate David Millar is also champion of his respective United Kingdom (in the time trial discipline) and conveniently, his Felt DA time trial rig provides a far bigger canvas for a little artistic freedom. The frame is standard-looking enough but plastered on the rear disc and deep-section front wheel are enormous Union Jacks. Even if you aren't astute enough to recognise Millar's distinctively fluid form and style from afar in the upcoming time trial, the swirling red, white and blue will leave little question as to who's approaching.
Perhaps the prize for most beautiful frame should go to Filippo Pozzato of Liquigas. Pippo's Cannondale SuperSix carries another paintjob by Barza Designs – the
The Cannondale's tubes are coated in a two-tone metallic green, which changes colour depending on the way the light hits it and carries a set of gold graphics that commemorate this year's Tour de France. We managed to get it to one side for a few minutes – although we sadly had to give it back – so look out for a full Pro Bike feature in the coming days.
More subtle touches by riders to personalise their bikes are in evidence all over the peloton. Perhaps one of the nicest is the stars on the seatpost and rear monostay of Alessandro Ballan's Lampre Wilier Triestina Cento Uno. These are put there by Ballan to celebrate his daughter, Stella (Italian for star).
Custom kicks abound in France
An increasingly popular method of personalisation in recent years is to have a custom pair of shoes made. Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) has cranked the Aussie handle a couple more turns with his new Gaerne G.Air Kangaroos that feature a bunch of the silhouetted marsupials hopping across a yellow background.
Alternatively, David Millar and Silvain Chavanel (Cofidis) both have their footwear provided by Specialized and both have a pair of the company's S-Works Body Geometry shoes in custom designs: Millar's are a rather nice blue with a Union Jack heel detail, but Chavanel seems confident about his chances in this race with a yellow pair – instead of his previous pink ones.
National champions have flags on their shoes in abundance as usual: Nicolas Vogondy's (Agritubel) Adidas shoes have tricolore straps – Christophe Moreau's Shimano shoes do, too, even though he lost the jersey to his teammate last month.
It takes a lot to beat Pippo in any contest related to style, though. He grabbed our attention earlier this year with his special Milano-Sanremo pair of flowery Sidi Ergo 2s. This time, Sidi has provided him with a slightly more subtle pair in iridescent green to match his frame. Nice one, Pippo.

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By Marc Normandin
"King Felix" was a title bestowed upon Felix Hernandez, like so many kings before him, before he actually earned the moniker. Now, though, about to ink a seven-year, $175 million contract that makes him the richest pitcher in the history of baseball, it's clear Felix's achievements have earned him that crown, dominion over Seattle and all the wealth that comes with it. As one of the great stand-up philosophers of our time once mused, it's good to be the king.
His people love him, in a way that comes off as extreme even for the fan base of a professional sports team. It's understandable, though: he was presented as a savior at the tender age of 19, and followed through on that promise immediately by posting the best ERA+ of any 19-year-old ever with at least that many innings (84) notched. He's continued that excellence to this day, as he's one of just 10 starters with at least 1,000 innings and a 125 ERA+ since 2005, and the only one of the bunch still in his 20s. His mid-20s, if you really want to rub it in to old men Justin Verlander and Jered Weaver, both of whom will be 30 years old in 2013.
All the while, the Mariners have been terrible. The highest they've placed relative to their competition in the last five years came when Fangraphs erroneously awarded them the title of the sixth-best organization in all the land heading into 2010, and the only reason they're unlikely to finish in last in 2013 is because the league brought the worst team in baseball, the Houston Astros, in to the AL West fold. If anything, this only increases the adoration Mariners fans have for Felix: set adrift in a sea of hopelessness, Hernandez has been a shining beacon to show them the way every five days. The problem being, of course, that having hope only every fifth game tends to result in last place finishes.
That's the past, though, and what a seven-year contract means for both the Mariners and Hernandez is a shared future. This leads to the obvious question: was this the right deal for the Mariners to make?
You can make a case convincingly in either direction, but the short answer -- as crazy as it might seem to lean in favor of a long-term, record-setting pitcher contract given all that could go wrong -- is yes. Mariners fans haven't had much to smile about since nearly a decade ago, when they finished at 93-69 and in second place in the AL West. Since then, they've compiled a .443 winning percentage and lost over 90 games five times in nine attempts, with two of those years clocking in at over 100 losses. Prospects have continually disappointed; the young players acquired in trades, like Justin Smoak, have failed to develop; and while the farm system is in good shape, that's a tough sell for a fan base that's expectation for underachieving is essentially Pavlovian at this point.
Retaining Hernandez is a simple way to bring joy to the masses, and, given his relative youth and level of excellence, it can be described as a sound baseball decision as well, rather than just as a crowd-pleasing job saver for general manager Jack Zduriencik, who is in the final year of his deal. That's not to say the latter doesn't play at least a small part; it's much easier to sell the fans -- as well as potential free agent signings -- on the team's future with Hernandez than without him.
There are two significant reasons why prettying the place up for free agents matters. For one, the Mariners struck out on every free agent of consequence this off-season, despite interest in the likes of Josh Hamilton, Mike Napoli and Nick Swisher. Pulling in the fences wasn't able to counter what we can only assume is Adrian Beltre's telling of anyone who would listen not to sign on for long-term deployment in the hitter's hell known as Safeco, and until players start to produce there with some regularity, that's unlikely to change.
That's one reason why the Mariners bothered to bring in Michael Morse and Kendrys Morales via trades, as, even though the two are in town for just a year, they can prove the environment has changed with strong offensive campaigns. Combine that with the knowledge that Felix is going to be around for six more years after 2013, and all of a sudden, Seattle's money starts to look a little less dirty to worthwhile free agents.
The second reason is that the Mariners just haven't been able to develop any of their own hitting talent. Smoak has been a bust. Dustin Ackley has yet to show he's much of anything against major-league pitchers. Jesus Montero might end up becoming a legitimate bat, but he might also be a designated hitter -- and if that's the best they can do, then the issues aren't going away anytime soon. There are plenty of pitching prospects on the way, and some new position player prospects to throw against the wall, but with the way things have gone as of late, the Mariners need to keep that free agency window open wide if they plan on hitting in the near future.
They'll be able to afford Hernandez, additional free agents and extensions for their own hitters in the future if it comes to that, though, as the Mariners are in line for their own new television deal by 2015, thanks to an opt-out clause. Hernandez still had two years remaining on his contract before signing this new one, and the upgrade to the seven-year iteration only cost the Mariners $11 million in the interim, assuming the average annual value is a static $25 million per year throughout. From 2015 onward, they can pay his way with glorious television money, which, if the deals of the Angels, Rangers, Padres, Dodgers and so on are any indication, there will be more than enough of.
$175 million, and $25 million per year, seems like a ton of money on the surface. Here's the thing, though: Hernandez's deal, while a record for a pitcher, is only the ninth-highest total of guaranteed money in the game. At "just" seven years, it barely enters the conversation for what long-term, elite-level contracts amount to these days. In a world where players in their 30s like Albert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez are getting 10-year deals, and catchers and shortstops with injury histories like Joe Mauer's and Troy Tulowitzki's are also involved in that game, seven years for one of the game's greatest hurlers doesn't seem so crazy, especially given his durability, youth and the importance he has to a franchise that can afford to splurge.
Salaries are ever-escalating, too, in no small part thanks to Major League Baseball making more and more money with each passing season, and clubs inking those lucrative television deals. The new collective bargaining agreement, with its emphasis moved even deeper into the pockets of union members in the majors rather than on the draft and international signings, encourages teams to spend and spend on proven products. Throw in that the cool (and smart) thing to do these days is to lock up your best young players long-term before they can leverage free agency against their clubs, and Hernandez's deal, contextually, makes sense all around.
Evan Longoria, David Wright, Ryan Braun and the aforementioned Tulowitzki and Mauer all could have signed for much more money had they held on for free agency. But that's assuming things would have worked out: they all gave up potential money for guaranteed money, much like Hernandez likely gave up his chance to be baseball's first $200 million arm by signing now. On the other hand, he's going to get $175 million even if his arm falls off before he hits 2,000 career innings, so you can see where this theme still benefits the players.
Is it a risk? Absolutely: pitchers are fragile creatures, and while past durability can be a positive, it can also be viewed negatively. The cynic in every baseball analyst and fan can see this as the time bomb that is starting pitcher Felix Hernandez just having a longer fuse than most of his peers.
Here's the thing, though: Trying to limit risk doesn't mean you can never take any, and the Mariners are well past the point of playing it safe. Signing Hernandez, even if it seems regrettable by the start of the next decade, can do a lot of good for this franchise in both the short- and long-term. That makes the question of whether it's justified simple to answer.
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Marc Normandin writes and edits for Over the Monster, a Boston Red Sox blog, and also contributes to Baseball Nation. He's one of many behind the e-book "The Hall of Nearly Great," and has written for Baseball Prospectus, ESPN and others. You can follow him on Twitter @Marc_Normandin.


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Assuming you've read our reviews of the past three episodes of Telltale's adaptation of Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead, you're aware that we're big fans of this game. Episode 1 was a wonderful surprise, Episode 2 was even better, and Episode 3 somehow topped both of its predecessors, both from a storytelling perspective and in the gameplay options it offers players. Fans of the original comic book series should be delighted by how excellent and source-accurate this game has been so far, but to be honest with you, I'm running out of ways to praise The Walking Dead. The newly released Episode 4, dubbed "Around Every Corner," does nothing to change that; Like Episode 2 and 3 before it, Episode 4 is the finest entry in the series to date.
While the story of Lee and Clem's survival amidst the zombie apocalypse in the American Southeast remains the key focus here, there is one big difference that sets Episode 4 apart from its forebears: This episode was written by Gary Whitta. If that name sounds familiar, it's because Whitta spent years as the Editor In Chief of PC Gamer magazine before leaving to write scripts for Hollywood. To date his biggest film has been 2010's The Book Of Eli, a dystopian action flick starring Denzel Washington. While Whitta has been involved in Telltale's The Walking Dead since the beginning, his role has largely been that of a supervisory position over the game's writing team. In the case of Episode 4 however, Whitta has been tapped to write the episode himself.
This is probably where you'd expect me to detail all the new, interesting elements that Whitta brings to the story, but honestly that's not at all the case. Given Whitta's previous involvement with the series, it makes sense that he would want to seamlessly blend his episode with those that came before it, and in that regard he was very successful. If anything, Whitta's writing gives players more of the same — excellent characterization, a bleak atmosphere and poignant moments that are genuinely emotionally resonant — and while I generally thrive on novelty, "more of the same" is exactly what I wanted to see from this episode.
Of course, that's not to say that Episode 4 doesn't bring anything new to the table. If you've played through the past three episodes of The Walking Dead, you're well aware that over time the story in the game, regardless of your decisions, has grown increasingly dark. Death has been a constant companion on this journey since day one, but by the end of Episode 3 most players were likely wondering how many more characters they could stand to see snuffed out before bursting into tears or heading down to the local pub for a stiff drink. Assuming you enjoyed all of that morbidity, I've got great news: The ongoing trend of making each episode darker than the last continues in Episode 4. I refuse to drop spoilers for this game, but let's just say that no one is safe in Telltale's version of The Walking Dead.
Well, actually, scratch that. I will disclose one minor spoiler. That's about to happen, so those of you who want to go into Episode 4 totally fresh might want to skip to the next paragraph. Alright, now that they're gone I can point out one excellent early-game example of the tone of this episode: A few minutes into the game your group is trapped in the backyard of a huge house. You're trying to get inside but the doors and windows are firmly boarded up. You discover a shovel, but this doesn't seem to help your situation until you discover that the pet door can be unlocked by a chip in the family dog's collar, and then notice that there happens to be a freshly dug grave next to a nearby doghouse. Being the problem solver that he is, Lee opts to dig up the dog's corpse, and once the thing is unearthed it's just disgusting. Imagine those dogs from Resident Evil, except without any skin at all (yet a horrible, biologically-improbable case of mange). As if that wasn't enough, while trying to get at the dog's collar the thing's head falls off.
That moment I just outlined serves as a succinct description of Episode 4 as a whole. This episode is gorier than its predecessors, darker than its predecessors, yet at the same time it amplifies the humor that first became apparent in Episode 3. Granted, it's dark humor, but it still provides a nice contrast for a game that is otherwise eternally focused on morbidity and our characters' lonely struggle.
Mechanically speaking, Episode 4 tops its predecessors as well. Instead of recycling concepts for the various action-focused segments, Episode 4 offers completely new ones. I can't objectively say that these new mini-games are better than what we've seen in past episodes, but I can say that they seem more numerous in Episode 4. If nothing else, this kind of novelty signals that the developers aren't resting on their laurels, and want to make each episode a unique experience, despite the overarching storyline.
I'd like to echo a sentiment that I first described in my review of The Walking Dead: Episode 3: After witnessing the events of Episode 4, I'm genuinely concerned that the only way for Telltale to continue topping itself is for the game's protagonists to meet a horribly bleak, depressing end. Mass suicide? Being torn apart by the undead? Starvation in a dank basement? Whatever the end result, I don't see a rosy future for these characters.
Why is this a part of my conclusion? Because it's the highest praise I can pay this game. Though I predict horrors for everyone involved in this virtual situation, it absolutely kills me to think about it. Over the course of these episodes I've grown intensely fond of these characters, and feel real, legitimate anger and sadness whenever one of them dies. Given the adventure game genre's reliance on quality storytelling, it should be seen as a massive compliment that Telltale is able to create this level of emotional attachment between a real person and one comprised of pixels.
Now let's just pray that Episode 5 arrives as soon as possible. Grisly as it might be, I can't wait to see how this story ends.
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Boulder-area residents between the ages of 30 and 65 who have never been diagnosed with cancer are being encouraged to enroll in a new American Cancer Society study aimed at unlocking possible keys to prevention of the disease.
Officials from the American Cancer Society and Boulder Community Hospital joined University of Colorado men's basketball head coach Tad Boyle on Tuesday for an event at the hospital's Foothills campus announcing the study and urging people to participate.
Volunteers have four opportunities next month to enroll in the unprecedented national study, and getting involved will only take about 20 to 30 minutes, officials say.
"Not everyone is in a position to write a check ... but who can't take 20 to 30 minutes out of their life to fight cancer?" Boyle said. "Research and prevention are some of the best things you can do."
Karen Hill, regional vice president of the American Cancer Society, noted that studies launched in the 1950s helped establish the link between smoking and cancer, and studies in the 1970s helped uncover other valuable knowledge used to fight the disease every day.
The new study, Hill said, will focus on the lifestyles, family history and environmental factors surrounding those who have not had cancer, in hopes of determining factors that cause or prevent the disease.
"We talk about how (fighting cancer) takes a village and is about the journey," Hill said. "It takes a village to prevent cancer, too."
Qualified volunteers -- those who have been diagnosed with basal cell or squamous cell skin cancers are still eligible -- will be asked to complete a survey, provide a waist measurement and a blood sample, officials say. After enrollment, they will be asked to fill out a more comprehensive survey at home regarding their lifestyle, behavior and other health-related information.
The American Cancer Society will then contact participants every few years via mail or email with a follow-up survey, for up to 20 years.
About 100 people from the Boulder area have already scheduled an appointment, Hill said. Officials hope to sign up 500 participants in the Boulder area, 2,000 in the Denver metro area and as many as 500,000 nationwide.
Boyle and his wife, Ann, signed up to be part of the study Tuesday. At the event, Boyle discussed losing his grandmother to cancer, and how his college roommate was diagnosed with bladder cancer 25 years ago. While his friend survived his illness and now leads a healthy life, Boyle said the thought of remission is always on his mind.
The coach earlier this year traveled to Washington, D.C., to lobby for cancer research funding as part of the Coaches vs. Cancer project.
Connie Holden, the hospital's director of oncology services, will participate in the study. Her father died of laryngeal cancer related to smoking.
"I think it is our civic duty to try and find the keys and answer some of the questions of what causes cancer," Holden said. "If there can be some revelation that comes out of this study, I think we owe it to people who have died from cancer and people who are living with cancer."


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It isn't uncommon for cyclists and motorists to clash on the roads in Boulder County, but now the conflict moves to the courtroom as the driver of a dump truck who struck and killed a cyclist in Lefthand Canyon in 2011 goes on trial beginning Tuesday.
Christopher Loven, 47, of Boulder, is facing one count of careless driving resulting in death -- a Class 1 traffic offense -- after prosecutors say an investigation showed his lack of "due regard" caused the accident that killed Eugene "Phil" Howrey, 73, of Boulder, nearly two years ago.
If convicted, Loven could face a possible sentence of up to one year in jail and up to a $1,000 fine.
According to an investigation by the Colorado State Patrol, Loven was driving a Kenworth W900 dump truck hauling a trailer with construction equipment west on Lefthand Canyon Drive on June 17, 2011, when he turned left to go south on Olde Stage Road.
Howrey was headed east on Lefthand Canyon Drive.
According to the report, both Loven and Howrey tried to brake, but Howrey hit the right front end of the truck and was thrown 39 feet. He died at the scene.
The report said Loven was driving about 20 mph, while Howrey was riding between 25 and 35 mph. The speed limit in the area is 35 mph. The State Patrol investigation concluded that no drugs, alcohol, speeding or aggressive driving were involved in the accident.
The Colorado State Patrol gave the findings to the Boulder County District Attorney's Office, which pressed charges against Loven in November 2011.
Careless driving resulting in death is the lowest-level charge that can be levied against someone accused of killing another person in a traffic accident, according to former Boulder prosecutor Trip Demuth.
Careless driving resulting in death means a driver was guilty of "failing to observe due care to all the attendant circumstances," whereas reckless driving resulting in death -- a more serious charge -- requires proof that the driver consciously disregarded a "substantial and unjustifiable risk."
Demuth said it is not simply a matter of who had the right of way, but also facts specific to the accident.
"It all depends on the circumstances," he said. "I don't think the analysis ends at who has the right of way."
In this case, the State Patrol investigator concluded that Loven should have been driving more slowly to account for the road conditions and the difficulty of maneuvering the large truck and its loaded trailer.
"Although Christopher G. Loven was not legally required to stop before turning left onto Olde Stage Road, he was required to yield the right of way to oncoming traffic," the report said. "In this case, he should have stopped or made that turn at a lower speed. If he had shown due regard for the road and traffic conditions, the crash would not have happened."
The report stated that if Loven had been traveling just 5 mph slower, he would have been able to stop in time to avoid the accident.
Loven's attorney, Paul McCormick, said during a prior hearing in the case that he also commissioned an accident investigation team that wrote its own report and made an accident reconstruction. McCormick, who is expected to present findings of that investigation during the defense's case at trial, could not be reached for comment.
But Demuth said jury members will have to consider more than the two accident reconstructions.
"Juries are required to exercise their judgement and considered their life experiences," Demuth said. "Certainly accident reconstruction is important, but so are statements by witnesses or a defendant if he chooses to testify."
Demuth said both prosecutors and Loven's attorneys will have to be careful during jury selection that potential jurors don't feel too strongly either way about cyclists on the road, a subject that has long been a contentious issue in Boulder County.
"The attorneys on both sides will want to find a jury that doesn't hold any sympathy or prejudice regarding cyclists on the roadway or at least find people who can disregard that sympathy or prejudice."
Loven's case is one of two careless driving cases involving bicyclists scheduled to go to trial in 2013.
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Dude, knock it off. You haven't noticed all of the men posting here as opposed to the no boys allowed group? Come on.
I know that this is your playground, and that you enjoy seeing who you can get into an argument here, but come on. Surely you can come up with a better thread to start a fight in.
If you enjoy baiting communists and libertarians, to you weigh in on the thread by the "Reactionary Atheist"?
I replied a few times, but then realized that I was wasting my time with a guy who's ideology was so whacked out that it had a total world-wide membership of one.
Which one is that? I don't remember him by name. The only name sticking in my head right now is Sodero Rojo, or something to that effect ... although I've seen one or two others, around and about, in other groups.
The libertarians are more numerous but no less dogmatic.
Here's the link, Joseph.
If you missed this guy's odd ideology, you missed a real jaw-dropper.
Wow, that idiot reminds me of S.E. Cupp. Atheist, but admiring of religion. That's so foolish. Of course, that's assuming that S.E. Cupp is even an atheist.
I dunno, I guess this guy lends credence to the reality of her non-belief, assuming he's for real, too.
- Men can use violence to defend their property, including their wives.
- Women are expected to be virgins at marriage.
- Prostitution is widely available.
- Women don't vote.
These four middle bullet-points are psychotic. I don't have a problem with prostitution, specifically, but it's completely at odds with every other stance he has about women. Very "I love sluts, but my wife and daughters won't be like that." Very schizoid.
I love how he filed wives under property.
I love how he filed wives under property.
Yeah, I am surprised that the women on that thread didn't jump on that one.
Speaking of psychotic, this was on his profile: I am a reactionary who recently joined Orthodox Judaism to escape from liberal society. And of course I am atheist.
This thread is more active: http://www.atheistnexus.org/forum/topics/i-m-a-reactionary-atheist?...
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Welcome to the Asia Markets live blog, a running account of what the region's stock markets are doing, along with other news. Today, Japan posts its widest trade deficit in history as export growth underwhelms, while HSBC\'s early China manufacturing report prints painfully weak.
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- 7:37 pm
- Happy earnings from sunny Australia
- by Mike Kitchen
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The stocks are up in Sydney, with the latest earnings results again proving more of a boost than a drag.
The ASX 200 is currently up 0.2%.
Among Thursday's earnings-driven movers: AMP is up 7.1%, Leighton Holdings is up 6.6%, and Fairfax is way up 22%. But poor Origin Energy is down 2.1%, though it's still a bit over 3% higher for the year to date.
But regardless of these early moves, the market may dance to China's tune once HSBC unveils the early results from its monthly Chinese manufacturing survey later this morning.
- 7:58 pm
- Japan stocks down after data disappointments
- by Carla Mozée
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Investors in Japanese stocks are still chipping away at that 3.1% rally the market posted two days ago. The Nikkei Stock Average nearly an hour into Thursday trading was down 0.7%. A loss today would build on Wednesday's pullback of 0.5%.
The session opened with downbeat domestic trade data, which came on top of figures earlier in the day showing a bigger-than-expected decline in U.S. home construction last month. Coming up later in the session: a preliminary monthly reading of the Chinese manufacturing sector from HSBC.
- 8:04 pm
- Japan's monster trade deficit
- by Mike Kitchen
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Biggest. Trade. Deficit. Ever!
What with the weak yen and a costly energy bill, January imports grew 25% (from a year earlier) just as they did in December. Exports, however, slowed to a 9.5% increase after bounding more than 15% higher the previous month, missing a 12.5% forecast rise.
The result: Japan's trade gap ballooned to ¥2.79 trillion ($27.2 billion) from December's ¥1.30 trillion, the largest in the data set's history.
Noting that weakness in the trade account ate about half a point from Japanese GDP in the last two quarters of 2013, Capital Economics said the future doesn't look so bright:
"With domestic demand surging ahead of the consumption-tax hike, the monthly numbers may get worse before they get better," they said, referring to purchases of imported good ahead of April's planned increase in the national sales tax.
But wasn't it all seasonal? No, says Capital Economics: "While the deficit tends to surge in January for seasonal reasons, the seasonally adjusted trade deficit reached a record high as well."
The yen wasn't quite sure what to do with the news. First it fell, with the dollar rising to ¥102.40 from ¥102.30 pre-data, but now the greenback is down to ¥102.24. Not huge moves in any case, and certainly related to the current losses for Japanese equities.
- 8:07 pm
- Markets check -- 10:07 a.m. in Tokyo
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Japan (Nikkei Average) down 1.1%
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) up 0.3%
Seoul (Kospi) down 0.5%
- 9:25 pm
- China manufacturing: The light dims
- by Mike Kitchen
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Even judging by recent, substantially reduced expectations for the Chinese economy, today's preliminary read on HSBC's monthly manufacturing survey was weak.
The headline number for the February Purchasing Managers' Index was at a seven-month low of 48.3. A Bloomberg survey showed economists expecting the index to hold steady at 49.5, which is still below 50 (meaning a contraction).
Meanwhile, the closely watched subindex measuring employment in the sector marked the fastest contraction since 2009. (Read more details here.)
Markets did not like this, not one bit. Hong Kong's Hang Seng is now down 1.4% after showing a slim 0.1% gain ahead of the numbers. The Shanghai Composite, which was up a bullish 1.5%, is now up just 0.1% and falling. The Australian dollar lost about half a U.S. cent within minutes. (See more on early China stock trade here.)
Among early reaction to the numbers, Kim Eng Securities strategist Andrew Sullivan urged a bit of caution:
"We need to remember that there is still an element of the Chinese New Year playing out here. This is the flash number and the final number comes out on March 3," he wrote.
PNC senior international economist Bill Adams said that the report, bad as it looks, isn't much worse than what we saw last year:
"The level of the HSBC manufacturing PMI is close to where it spent much of 2013, a year in which real GDP growth averaged 7.7%. After an above-trend fourth quarter of 2013, real GDP growth is likely slowing in early 2014, in line with a year of real GDP growth of about 7.5%," he wrote.
- 9:32 pm
- Markets check -- 10:31 a.m. in Hong Kong
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Japan (Nikkei Average) down 1.7% (at break)
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) down 1.3%
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) up 0.4%
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) down 0.1%
Seoul (Kospi) down 0.5%
Taipei (Taiex) down 0.3%
- 11:33 pm
- Uh-oh: China central bank drains cash, again
- by Laura He
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What a bad day for Hong Kong investors.
After the preliminariy reading of China manufacturing data from HSBC spooked investors, the market got hit by another piece of news: China's central bank drained more funds from the system.
The People's Bank of China on Thursday morning withdrew another 60 billion yuan ($9.9 billion) from money markets through bond repurchases, reported Xinhua08.com, a financial-services site run by state news agency Xinhua.
The monetary authrotiy has already sucked $17.8 billion out of the banking system this week, aiming to "balance the abundant liquidity" due to a backflow of funds after the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday, Xinhua08 said.
Major developers reacted to the news with a broad decline across the sector in Hong Kong. Evergrande Real Estate /quotes/zigman/41242/realtime HK:3333 sank 3.6%, Sino-Ocean Land Holdings /quotes/zigman/39922/realtime HK:3377 fell 2.7%, Shimao Property Holdings /quotes/zigman/36732/realtime HK:813 lost 2%, and China OVerseas Land & Investment /quotes/zigman/13931/realtime HK:688 gave up 1.9%.
- 11:37 pm
- Markets check -- 12:37 p.m. in Hong Kong
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Japan (Nikkei Average) down 2.2%
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) down 1.1% (at break)
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) up 0.7% (at break)
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) down 0.1%
Seoul (Kospi) down 0.6%
Mumbai (Sensex) down 0.5%
Taipei (Taiex) down 0.5%
- 12:20 am
- VIDEO: American shows are hot in China
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- 1:09 am
- Markets check -- 3:09 p.m. in Tokyo
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Japan (Nikkei Average) down 2.2% (closed)
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) down 1.1%
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) up 0.5%
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) up 0.1% (closed)
Seoul (Kospi) down 0.4%
Mumbai (Sensex) down 0.5%
- 1:45 am
- Japan stocks dashed after data
- by Carla Mozée
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No win for Japanese stocks, where the market felt the blow of both lackluster domestic trade data and weak manufacturing figures from China. The Nikkei Average /quotes/zigman/5986735/realtime JP:NIK dropped 2.2% to end at 14,449.18.
The decline, combined with Wednesday's loss, nearly erases the index's leap of 3.1% it logged on Tuesday.
Earlier, Japanese government data showed exports in January rose by a slower-than-expected rate of 9.5% from a year earlier, and the trade gap widened to a record ¥2.79 trillion ($27.2 billion). Meanwhile, contraction in China's manufacturing sector "is reminder that China is unlikely to power Japanese exports," in the first half of this year, said HSBC Japan economist Izumi Devalier in a note.
- 3:13 am
- Markets check -- 4:12 p.m. in Hong Kong
- by Laura He
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Japan (Nikkei Average) down 2.2% (closed)
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) down 1.2% (closed)
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) down 0.2% (closed)
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) up 0.1% (closed)
Seoul (Kospi) down 0.6% (closed)


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The next blog in our January Circle is Kim Hildebrand- Seattle infant, child, and family photographer Kim Hildebrand of Kim Hildebrand Photography.
| The first 2 of the colorful Nandina with water drops were done with the Composer Pro with Macro Kit. The
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WOW! I cannot believe I've neglected the blog for so long. Between family, school, trying to keep up with 2 shops, and starting my own photography business I have nearly forgotten about this blog, but here I am trying to remedy that.
The news is ScrapMatters has a new owner! You can read all about it here. I'm excited to see where this will take us. In honor of the big news the entire shop is on sale for 30% off!
Also it's July 1 and that means it is time for Mix a Kit at ScrapMatters! I've got a little red, white, and blue collection that is just perfect for all of the festive photo ops that you'll encounter over the coming holiday and beyond!
Here is what it looks like all put together:
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Injecting drug use among Aboriginal people in New South Wales
The National Centre in HIV Social Research and the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW announce the release of an updated jointly produced research brief: Injecting drug use among Aboriginal people in NSW.
This research brief describes patterns of injecting drug use and blood borne virus (BBV)-related risk practices among a sample of Aboriginal people who inject drugs (PWID) who were recruited from pharmacies in NSW. Compared to non-Aboriginal respondents, Aboriginal respondents had significantly more risk factors for the acquisition of hepatitis C, including being more likely to have been in prison in the previous year, inject on a daily basis, share ancillary equipment, and have poorer hepatitis C-related knowledge. Importantly, Aboriginal respondents were no more or less likely to have used services such as hepatitis C testing and drug treatment.
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The Machine Tools Division of Fair Friend Group was established in 1985. The main products during its beginning stage were Sawing Machines and Grinding Machines. Realizing the industry trend toward high automation and unmanned operations in the machine tool industry, the development in CNC Machine Tool was launched in the same year, and the brand name FEELER was established for the overseas marketing. In 1986, the first moving column vertical machining center in Taiwan was built and it was highly regarded by the market. After this success, the development of CNC Lathes was launched in order to complete the FEELER product line.
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Will you still need me when I'm sixty; four generations of mid ranged GTXes on Linux;
Subject: Graphics Cards | July 21, 2016 - 02:04 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: gtx 460, gtx 760, gtx 960, gtx 1060, fermi, kepler, maxwell, pascal
Phoronix took a look at how NVIDIA's mid range cards performance on Linux has changed over the past four generations of GPU, from Fermi, through Kepler, Maxwell, and finally Pascal. CS:GO was run at 4k to push the newer GPUs as was DOTA, much to the dismay of the GTX 460. The scaling is rather interesting, there is a very large delta between Fermi and Kepler which comes close to being replicated when comparing Maxwell to Pascal. From the looks of the vast majority of the tests, the GTX 1060 will be a noticeable upgrade for Linux users no matter which previous mid range card they are currently using. We will likely see a similar article covering AMD in the near future.
"To complement yesterday's launch-day GeForce GTX 1060 Linux review, here are some more benchmark results with the various NVIDIA x60 graphics cards I have available for testing going back to the GeForce GTX 460 Fermi. If you are curious about the raw OpenGL/OpenCL/CUDA performance and performance-per-Watt for these mid-range x60 graphics cards from Fermi, Kepler, Maxwell, and Pascal, here are these benchmarks from Ubuntu 16.04 Linux." Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
- ASUS ROG STRIX-GTX1070-O8G-GAMING: GTX 1070, Strix Style! @ Bjorn3d
- MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming X Review @HiTech Legion
- EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC Gaming ACX 3.0 Review - Affordable Enthusiast Gaming @HiTech Legion
- Radeon RX 480 performance revisited with AMD's 16.7.1 driver @ The Tech Report
- AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB CrossFire @ [H]ard|OCP
Deal for August 7th - EVGA GTX 460 2Win for $169
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards | August 7, 2012 - 01:15 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: deal of the day, evga, gtx 460, 2win
Do you remember when we posted our review of the EVGA GeForce GTX 460 2Win graphics card? Just last year it retailed for $409 and rivaled the performance of the GTX 580. Well now you can pick one up for just $169 after a mail-in rebate!
This card features a pair of GF104 GTX 460 GPUs on a single PCB running in a semi-permanent SLI configuration. And considering a GTX 580 card will still cost you over $400 online today, the GTX 460 2Win from EVGA for $169 is a fantastic deal!!
Click here to get the EVGA GTX 460 2Win for $169!!
Mid-range cards take on snow and fire in Skyrim
Subject: Graphics Cards | November 25, 2011 - 12:55 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: sky, elder scrolls V, gtx 460, hd6850, GTX 560, hd6870, GTX 560 Ti, hd6950
The Tech Report, who hasn't been having a problem with Skyrim on their i5-750 system, tried out six mid-range cards to determine the best settings to provide decent performance. Following their new practice they do not measure frame rate but rather frame time, to find a level of performance where the frames are drawn in a consistent manner instead of varying from 100ms for one frame to 5ms for the next. Take a look and see how well these mid-range cards can manage the latest Elder Scrolls game.
"We've followed up our look at Battlefield 3 performance with a similar comparison of mid-range graphics cards in The Elder Scrolls V: Skryim."
Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
- ASUS Radeon HD 6950 DirectCU II Video Card @ Pro-Clockers
- Eyefinity Examined with Sapphire HD 6970 x4 and Core i7 3960X @ Tweaktown
- X79 / Z68 / 990FX CrossFireX HD 6970 x3 Performance Analysis @ Tweaktown
- Core i7 3960X with 4-Way CrossFireX HD 6970 Performance Analysis @ Tweaktown
- Sapphire HD 6970 FleX Battlefield 3 Edition Review @ OCC
- VTX3D Radeon HD 6850 X-Edition Graphics Card Review @ eTeknix
- HIS 6950 IceQ 2GB @ XSReviews
- PowerColor DEVIL 13 HD 6970 2GB @ Tweaktown
- Sapphire HD6670 (low profile/single slot cooler) @ kitguru
- HIS HD6950 IceQ Crossfire @ OC3D
- Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide @ TechARP
- ARCTIC Accelero Xtreme Plus II @ Phoronix
- Koolance VID-NX580 GeForce GTX 580/570 Water Block Review @ Legit Reviews
- MSI N580GTX Lightning Xtreme Edition 3 GB @ X-bit Labs
Battlefield 3 (BF3) Beta Performance: Quality Preset and SLI Scaling
Subject: Editorial, General Tech, Graphics Cards | October 1, 2011 - 01:49 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: sli, gtx 570, gtx 460, bf3, battlefield 3
I know, we've been talking a lot about Battlefield 3 this week, but I have yet another set of numbers and results that I think you guys will want to see. Previously, all of our BF3 benchmarks have been run under the Ultra quality presets but it is obvious that not all GPUs or gamers are going to want to target the highest settings the game can accomplish. With that in mind I decided to test a couple of cards at Ultra, High, Medium and Low presets in order to guage how well the game scaled based on image quality.
For this round I wanted to use a high end card as well as an older, much more popular (and currently low cost) card; the result is tests on the GeForce GTX 570 1.25GB and the GeForce GTX 460 1GB reference platforms. We used the Operation Metro map and the initial outdoor section for our testing as it was the most strenuous in the beta thus far.
As a side note, if you want to see how the image quality actually changes from the Ultra, High, Medium and Low presets, check out this page of my previous performance article that included screenshots and even some animated GIFs as demonstration.
Here are the results:
On the more powerful GTX 570 you can see that BF3 scales pretty well from the Ultra settings through the Low options in even steps. By moving from Ultra down to High a gamer would see about 34% better performance and 22% better minimum frame rates. The jump to Medium gains another 41% while the move to Low gets another 25% on top of that. The gap between Low and Ultra is about ~2.3x.
The GTX 460 sees similar levels of performance grades though the move from Ultra to High only gains you about 28% and averages of 33.8 FPS or so. I would still consider that on the low side of a good game play experience and thus the move to Medium (which is 82% faster than Ultra) seems like the sweet spot for BF3.
I know we also had some requests for SLI scaling performance and, in particular, with the GTX 460 1GB cards. Since this card has been so incredibly popular we thought this would be the perfect candidate for the "SLI Upgrade Path" option and you can pick one up for $150 (or less with rebates). Let's see how well Battlefield 3 scales with multiple GPUs.
At the Ultra quality settings we saw a 60% scaling capability by adding in a second GTX 460 at stock speeds while at High settings we see that rate increases to 84%! That is pretty impressive and for the cost investment of a second GPU it looks like you are going to see better than average scaling. Considering this is with the first driver release and with a beta version of the game, I can only see multi-GPU scaling rates going up as the full retail release hits.
With these results and some others we have done through the week we are ready to put together our Battlefield 3 system build guide. Stay tuned!
More Battlefield 3 Beta Performance Results: GTX 460, Radeon HD 5850 and 9800 GT!
Subject: Graphics Cards | September 29, 2011 - 05:54 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: bf3, battlefield 3, nvidia, amd, geforce, radeon, gtx 460, hd 5850, 9800 gt
I just wanted to drop a quick note here on the home page to let you know that we haven't been just playing around on Battlefield 3 all day - instead we have been playing around on BF3 all day in order to bring you some more information about performance in the game! Earlier this afternoon I updated my Battlefield 3 Beta Performance article with a new page that focuses on results from the GeForce GTX 460 1GB, the AMD Radeon HD 5850 1GB and the GeForce 9800 GT 512MB card for those of you that are really behind the curve in the upgrade cycle.
What's this? The Caspian map? Performance results soon!
I would recommend you check out that new content to see where you hardware might fall and hopefully over the weekend we are going to be putitng together a system guide similar to our own Hardware Leaderboard but targetted at the BF3 gaming experience. Stay tuned!!
Podcast #152 - ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Motherboard, EVGA GTX460 2Win, NVIDIA Synergy and more!
Subject: General Tech | April 28, 2011 - 12:22 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: synergy, sony vaio, podcast, nvidia, gtx 460, asus, asrock, amd
PC Perspective Podcast #152 - 4/28/2011
This week we talk about the ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Motherboard, EVGA GTX460 2Win, NVIDIA Synergy, AMD quarterly earnings, Viewer questions and more!
You can subscribe to us through iTunes and you can still access it directly through the RSS page HERE.
The URL for the podcast is: http://pcper.com/podcast - Share with your friends!
- iTunes - Subscribe to the podcast directly through the iTunes Store
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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom, Josh Walrath, and Allyn Malventano
This Podcast is brought to you by MSI Computer, and their all new Sandy Bridge Motherboards!
Program length: 1:09:40
Program Schedule:
- 0:00:45 Introduction
- 1-888-38-PCPER or email@example.com
- http://pcper.com/podcast
- http://twitter.com/ryanshrout and http://twitter.com/pcper
- 0:01:50 We have a new site!
- Call for writers!
- 0:04:14 Sony Vaio Y Series Review: Proving Fusion's Potential
- 0:06:46 ASUS Eee PC 1215N Review: Atom and Ion, Back Together Again
- 0:08:11 AMD Fusion Speculation for Ontario/Zacate
- 0:11:52 ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional LGA 1155 Motherboard Review
- 0:16:29 This Podcast is brought to you by MSI Computer, and their all new Sandy Bridge Motherboards!
- 0:17:20 EVGA GeForce GTX 460 2WIN 2GB dual-GPU Graphics Card Review
- 0:24:01 Just Delivered: Thermaltake Headphones
- 0:25:54 Next gen SSD controllers pushing for TLC flash
- 0:31:45 The year is looking bright for AMD
- AMD's been having a very busy start to the year
- 1Q Results generally positive, showed some good growth, and no loss
- 0:40:03 OCZ Technology Announces Vertex 3 Max IOPS Solid State Drives
- 0:43:07 NVIDIA Synergy will offer discrete and integrated GPU support on Sandy Bridge
- 0:48:40 Email from Bavarian Barbarian
- 0:53:30 Email from Josh
- 0:56:33 Email from Arkanic
- 0:59:15 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
- Ryan: 16 cores and 24GB of memory OR Quiet computers (next to me this whole time!)
- Jeremy: Better Privacy Firefox has been killing LSOs (SupaCookies!) for over a year ... HackerTyper is amusing too but overloaded
- Josh: 2TB for $109
- Allyn: 2TB 5400 RPM (or cool 7200 RPM) / iPhone GPS tracking cache thing...
- http://pcper.com/podcast
- http://twitter.com/ryanshrout and http://twitter.com/pcper
- 1:08:20 Closing
A Card Unlike Any Other
In all honesty, there aren't many graphics cards that really get our attention these days. There are GPUs that do that - releases like the Radeon HD 6990 and the GeForce GTX 590 get our juices flowing to see what new performance and features they can offer. But in terms of individual vendor-specific designs, there are very few that make us "perk up" much more than just seeing another reference card come across the test bed.
The ASUS ARES dual-5870 card was probably the last one do to that - and for $1200 is better have! EVGA is ready with another card though that definitely made us interested, and for a much more reasonable price of $419 or so.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 460 2WIN is a custom built card that combines a pair of GTX 460 1GB GPUs on a single PCB to create a new level of performance and pricing that we found was unmatched in the market today. And even better, the features improved as well by utilizing the power of both GPUs in an SLI configuration.
Read on and see why the GTX 460 2WIN might be my new favorite graphics card!


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Craig MacTavish season wrap up, plus our playoff predictions, and more
Craig MacTavish season wrap up
So let's start with a summary of MacTavish's season wrap up…
– Overall team strength and depth and competitiveness needs improvement.
– Says these will be addressed, through a large degree, through personnel changes (i.e. waiting for the current guys to get bigger, or stronger isn't going to help)
– Needs core guys to be better defensively and without the puck. Need structure in their game to have success.
– They need to add some specific role players that have a threat to score, even marginally. He says their current role guys, the best they were ever going to be on a given night was a "non factor". Not a lot of upside in their current group.
– Says the few times that the role guys had an impact, they ended up winning games.
– Defense needs more foot speed to play a style that best suits the skill set this team has. The defensemen have to be able to Continue reading 'Craig MacTavish season wrap up, plus our playoff predictions, and more'»


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Author Notes: Classic and time honored French veggie casserole with summer vegetables. I like to call it crustless pizza and as the summer passes and the veggies get to be better quality this dish only gets better. I used a mandoline to cut the veg but you can certainly use a knife just try to cut all the same thickness so they cook the same. Traditionally this would have eggplant in it and no fennel but I like the flavors better this way. - thirschfeld Originally I submitted this with mozzarella but in reality I like it best with comte. —thirschfeld
Food52 Review: This wonderful, layered casserole will be familiar to lovers of Ratatouille. The thin slices of summer vegetable soften and melt into a wonderful dish. The top layer of cheese is melty and bubbling, with just a few tasty brown bubbles. Fennel is a wonderful addition to the classic zucchini, summer squash, tomato and onion. Just a touch of thyme completes the dish. You will flash back (or forward) to a warm summer in Provence. - Stephanie
—The Editors
Serves: 4 to 6
small zucchini, slice 1/4 inch thick
small yellow summer squash, slice 1/4 inch thick
fennel bulb, outer layer and core removed, thinly sliced
onion, peeled and thinly sliced
cloves of fresh garlic, peeled and minced
teaspoons fresh thyme, minced
roma tomatoes, sliced 1/4 inch thick
1 1/2
cups comte cheese , grated
kosher salt and fresh ground pepper
extra virgin olive oil
tablespoons unsalted butter
- Toss the zucchini and yellow squash with a couple of healthy pinches of salt and set them in a colander placed in the sink. Let them drain for 20 to 30 minutes to get rid of excess moisture. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Meanwhile lightly coat the bottom of a casserole or gratin dish with some olive oil. Layer the onion and fennel in the bottom. Sprinkle the garlic and season with salt and pepper.
- When the zucchini and squash are ready layer them with the tomato sprinkling them with the thyme.
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Wiz Khalifa Dropping 'Cabin Fever 2′ Mixtape
Before Wiz Khalifa drops his second album 'O.N.I.F.C,' he will drop another mixtape for his Taylor fans. The 'Cabin Fever 2′ mixtape is 14 track of songs that should garner a buzz for his upcoming full-length LP.
The artwork is rather simple just the number "2″ behind a fading image of burnt-out weed roaches in an ashtray. The second image is the complete track listing.
The standout thing on the 'Cabin Fever 2′ track list is that rapper Juicy J appears on five out of the 14 tracks. In addition, French Montana makes a cameo on the song 'Nothin Like the Rest.' Also, Taylor Gang member Chevy Woods jumps on a track called 'Thuggin.' With tunes like 'Smokin Drink,' '100 Bottles' and 'Tweak is Heavy,' you can bet that Wizzy and the gang are getting "turnt up" on them.
According to HipHopDX, the 'Cabin Fever 2′ mixtape is due to hit the Internet on Tuesday (Oct. 16) at 3PM EST. Don't forget to cop Wiz's 'O.N.I.F.C.' on Dec. 4.
Wiz Khalifa's 'Cabin Fever' Track Listing
1. 'Bout Me' (Feat. Problem and IamSu)
2. 'Fucc Shit' (Feat. Menace)
3. 'M I A' (Feat. Juicy J)
4. 'Pacc Talk' (Feat. Juicy J and Problem)
5. 'Ridin Round' (Feat. Juicy J)
6. 'Smokin Drink' (Feat. Problem)
7. 'Stu' (Feat. Juicy J)
8. 'Bout That'
9. 'I'm Feelin' (Feat. Problem, J.R. Donato and Juicy J)
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There are Windows 8-specific features, though. These include support for Microsoft's new Early Launch Anti-malware (ELAM) feature, which means the program is launched before other boot drivers and can vet them for safety. The program can also analyse your Windows 8 apps for security problems, and integrates with the Windows 8 Security Center to keep you in touch with your system's status.
And all this is wrapped up in a revamped interface. It's not a Metro/ Modern UI app - clicking the Bitdefender tile will still switch you to the desktop - but this then organises the program's functions into various areas, and you can view their status, change settings and more in just a click or two.
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With all the talk going into the weekend about the vote in Greece and its effects on Gold, today it seems the answer is still unclear. The initial reaction caused the Gold price to drop, however as reports point to a lack of planning for the eurozone's future and the talk of quantitative easing here in the United States, Gold rebounded. "The fact that risk appetite has not rebounded more decisively after the Greek elections may suggest that the markets will push for a broader solution for the euro zone, one that would remove the contagion risk from Spain and Italy in particular. Gold seems to be waiting for the Fed meeting on Wednesday. It is more sensitive to central bank action than to variations in risk appetite." BNP Paribas analyst Anne-Laure Tremblay said.
Worldwide there has been a close eye kept on the economic turmoil in Europe and for good reason. When the future of one of the larger global markets is in question, all global markets are at risk. Every American exporter from chemicals to computers is expecting a drop in the next few months. "The decline in Europe will weaken our exports over the long term," said Michelle Meyer, a senior U.S. economist at Bank of America Corp. in New York. "We look for the trade deficit to widen not only to the eurozone but developing economies as well."
The focus of the precious metals market and many others are set on the Federal Open Market Committee and the comments of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. After three years of trying to jump start America's economy, the same issues continue to arise. Employment, inflation, and consumer confidence are at the forefront of issues that hinder the United States economic recovery. There will be many questions asked on Wednesday and all involved are eager to hear the responses.
At 12:27 p.m. (EDT), the APMEX precious metals spot prices were:
- Gold – $1626.20 – Down – $2.40
- Silver – $28.76- Down – $0.08
- Platinum – $1486.10 – Down – $3.10
- Palladium – $634.10 – Up – $2.70


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College women's cross country squad enters 2011 with high hopes as they return eight runners from the 2010 squad. They look to carry the momentum from their ninth-place finish at the NCAA Southeast Regional into this season.
"This women's squad is one of the deepest we've ever had," said head coach Joe Samprone. "In cross country, the team is only as good as it's fifth runner and we've got some very strong runners in that area."
Karissa Ekstrom (Alpharetta, Ga.) ran in all eight of GC's races last season, earning three top-10 finishes among her seven top-20 slots. Ekstrom posted a season-low 5K of 19:40, finishing ninth at the ASU Tri-Meet. This was also good for second all-time in GC history. She also placed 16th at the PBC Championships with a time of 25:44. Ekstrom should challenge for a top-two spot.
Emily Cary (Snellville, Ga.) returns after running in four of the team's eight meets in 2010. She posted a season-low 5K of 20:51 at the ASU Tri-Meet, taking 24th overall. Cary also earned a spot on the PBC Silver Scholar list. Cary is in her second year with the team and is getting better with every practice.
Also returning for her senior season is Victoria Dobson (New Hamburg, Ontario), who suffered a season-ending injury in the first meet of the 2010 season. Dobson enjoyed an outstanding sophomore season, earning PBC All-Academic Third Team honors. Her best finish came in the Southern Challenge where she took 11th place with a 5K time of 21:50. Dobson has "responded well" after sitting out the entire 2010 season.
Courtney Timmerman (Dearing, Ga.) enjoyed a solid rookie campaign in a fifth or sixth slot in her first season for the Bobcats. After not running in 2009, Timmerman ran in four races last season posting an impressive 6K time of 27:34 at the PBC Championships in Evans, Ga.
Newcomer Lauren Davidson (Alpharetta, Ga.) looks to provide depth for the Bobcats in 2011, after joining the team in the fall. Davidson also competes on the Georgia College cheerleading team. Davidson is working to increase her distance.
Allison Lones (Kathleen, Ga.) provided a bright spot for GC in 2010, serving as the team's top runner the final six races of the year. Her performance at the PBC Championships earned her All-PBC Second Team honors, as she took 12th with a time of 25:30. She also owns two school records, the first with a 5K time of 19:13 at the ASU Tri-Meet and the second with her 6K time of 24:00 at the NCAA Southeast Regional. Lones looks to anchor the 2011 squad despite having three years left to compete.
"Allison had an incredible year," said Lones. "Once she got out in front of the pack, she tasted success and doesn't want to give it up."
The future looks bright as fellow classmate Andrea Byrnes (Snellville, Ga.) provided solid depth for GC in 2010. Running in all eight races as a true freshman, Byrnes earned one top-10 finish among her four top-20 races. Byrnes also earned PBC Bronze Scholar honors. "Andrea had a rock solid freshman year," said Samprone. She'll hang near the top and be a threat."
A PBC Gold Scholar herself, Ashton Passino (Alpharetta, Ga.) posted a pair of top-20 finishes, despite running in just five races. Her season-low 5K of 20:37 at the ASU Tri-Meet earned her 19th place. Passino has shown some of the best improvement of any Bobcat this preseason and could jump into a top three or four role.
Madeline McCane (McDonough, Ga.) ran in four races as a freshman, taking sixth at the ASU Tri-Meet.
Helen Harris (Sandersville, Ga.) comes to the Bobcats from nearby Brentwood High, where she lettered in both cross country and track. She earned multiple honors in high school including 2010 Most Valuable Runner and Region Champion in cross country. Ellen Osment (Atlanta) graduated from St. Pius X where she lettered in cross country, swimming and track. Both of these two have the skills and now it comes down to training to shave off time.
Also looking to make an early impact is Rebecca Shane (Lilburn, Ga.), a graduate of Parkview High. She took home a number of awards in 2010 including Gwinnett County Runner of the Month, Gwinnett All-County and Scholar Athlete of the Year.
Rounding out the freshmen is Catie Tinker (Dallas, Ga.), who graduated from East Paulding High. During her tenure she lettered three years in cross country, serving as captain her final two. Tinker has been injured and may become more of a factor as the year goes on.
The Bobcats get the season started at home in the Bobcat Invitational Friday, Sept. 2 at 6:30 p.m.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Your trouble zones are toast with these lab-tested ab, butt, and thigh toners.
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Bicycle Roll Up
What you'll need: a pair of 5- to 10-pound dumbbells
Targets abs and obliques
- Lie faceup with arms crossed, legs slightly bent, heels on floor.
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- Stand with feet shoulder-width apart and place right hand on a wall or chair back for support, left arm extended out to side at shoulder level, palm down.
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- Stand with feet together, heels touching and toes pointed out, holding ends of a single dumbbell with both hands. MAKE IT EASIER: Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, keeping heels on floor when you squat.
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- Squat, extending right arm behind you as you twist torso to right to bring left elbow toward right knee.
- Return to start, then repeat to left side.
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Hip Circle
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- Lie faceup, legs slightly bent, heels on floor, and prop up torso 45 degrees by resting on forearms.
- Keeping legs straight and together and pointing toes, raise legs about 45 degrees.
- Trace a figure eight pattern with feet: Draw a large counterclockwise circle to left, return to center and then draw a clockwise circle to right to complete 1 rep. Do 3 sets of 18 reps.
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United States Attorney For Western District Of Oklahoma Involved In Collecting Over $701 Million In Fiscal Year 2013
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, announced today that his office was involved in collecting a total of $701,879,812 in civil and criminal cases and through asset forfeiture in Fiscal Year 2013.
The Western District of Oklahoma collected $177,335,420.48 in criminal and civil actions FY 2013. Of this amount, $163,574,529.60 was collected in criminal actions and $13,760,890.88 was collected in civil actions.
The Western District of Oklahoma also worked jointly with other U.S. Attorneys' Offices and components of the Department of Justice to collect an additional $446,231,873.45 in other civil cases pursued jointly with these offices.
Finally, the Western District worked with partner agencies and divisions to collect an additional $78,336,320.00 in asset forfeiture actions in FY 2013. Forfeited assets are deposited into the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund and are used to restore funds to crime victims and for a variety of law enforcement purposes.
Attorney General Eric Holder announced on Thursday that the Justice Department collected approximately $8.1 billion in civil and criminal actions in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2013. The more than $8 billion in collections in FY 2013 represents nearly three times the appropriated $2.76 billion budget for the 94 U.S. Attorney's offices and the main litigating divisions in that same period.
"The department's enforcement actions help to not only ensure justice is served, but also deliver a valuable return to the American people," said Attorney General Holder. "It is critical that Congress provide the resources necessary to match the department's mounting caseload. As these figures show, supporting our federal prosecutors is a sound investment."
"These significant recoveries highlight the remarkable work done by the talented women and men in the U.S. Attorney's Office, particularly in our Asset Recovery Unit," said U.S. Attorney Coats. "These collections are more important than ever and we are committed to recovering the financial losses suffered by victims of crime and money obtained by fraud on the government. The U.S. Attorney's Office is dedicated to protecting the public and recovering funds for the federal treasury and for victims of federal crime. We will continue to hold accountable those who seek to profit from their illegal activities."
Significant Cases in the Western District of Oklahoma
In July of this year, the Western District of Oklahoma, in collaboration with the Civil Division of the Department of Justice, announced the resolution of parallel criminal and civil cases against Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., for the unlawful "off-label" marketing of the prescription drug Rapamune for uses not approved as safe and effective by the FDA. The case concluded with a joint resolution of criminal liability and two civil qui tam cases where Wyeth pled guilty to a criminal misbranding violation under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and paid $490.9 million to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the qui tam and criminal cases. The settlement included civil settlements totaling $257.4 million, a criminal fine of $157.58 million, and forfeiture of $76 million.
In April, the Western District of Oklahoma recovered $11,000,000 from CVS Pharmacy, Inc., and Oklahoma CVS Pharmacy, L.L.C., for alleged record-keeping violations under the Controlled Substances Act. The government alleged that CVS (1) used invalid "dummy" DEA registration numbers of prescribing practitioners on dispensing records, (2) filled prescriptions for certain prescribers whose DEA registration numbers were not current or valid, and (3) maintained dispensing records using the DEA registration numbers of non-prescribing practitioners substituted for the actual prescribing practitioners. Accurate prescription records provided to state prescription drug monitoring programs play a vital in ensuring the appropriate handling, accounting, and distribution of controlled substances.
The U.S. Attorneys' Offices, along with the Department's litigating divisions, are responsible for enforcing and collecting civil and criminal debts owed to the U.S. and criminal debts owed to federal crime victims. The law requires defendants to pay restitution to victims of certain federal crimes who have suffered a physical injury or financial loss. While restitution is paid to the victim, criminal fines and felony assessments are paid to the Department's Crime Victims' Fund, which distributes the funds to state victim compensation and victim assistance programs.
The largest civil collections were from affirmative civil enforcement cases, in which the United States recovered government money lost to fraud or other misconduct or collected fines imposed on individuals and/or corporations for violations of federal health, safety, civil rights or environmental laws. In addition, civil debts were collected on behalf of several federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, Internal Revenue Service, Small Business Administration and Department of Education.


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Top scorers meet Penguins visit Bluesby Matthew Mankiewich
PENGUINS (11-5-0) at BLUES (10-2-2)
Last 10: Pittsburgh 6-4-0, St. Louis 6-2-2
Season series: It's the first meeting between the teams since Jan. 24, 2012, when the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the St. Louis Blues 3-2 in a shootout at Scottrade Center. The Blues won the two previous meetings between the teams in overtime. They don't meet again until St. Louis comes to Consol Energy Center on March 23.
Big story: The Scottrade Center crowd is in for a treat, as the NHL leader in points faces the League leader in goals. Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby holds the edge in scoring with 23 points despite being kept off the scoresheet Wednesday night in a 5-1 road loss to the New York Rangers. Blues forward Alexander Steen is tops with 14 goals, one more than of Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals -- and six more than Crosby. It's a goal-a-game pace that evokes memories of Brett Hull's 1990-91 season, when he scored 16 goals in his first 14 games and finished with 86 goals in 78 games for the Blues.
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Penguins: Crosby is used to it by now. As one of the top scorers in the League his entire career, he sees the opposition's best every night. And when a team can put together a high-powered line like the Blues can with Steen, T.J. Oshie and David Backes, Crosby relishes the challenge.
"I think it's a different look," Crosby said at practice Friday. "I mean, some guys are looking to shut you down when you go against them, other lines are trying to outscore you so it's kind of a different lineup, but those are all competitions or games within the game. I think that's what you get excited for every game. In this case, he [Steen] takes a lot of pride and you have to be ready to compete, but on the flip side you get excited for that."
Blues: There was a lot to like in the Blues' 3-2 win against the Calgary Flames on Thursday night, at least through the first two periods. But after the Blues controlled the play through 40 minutes, penalties sapped their momentum in the third, allowing the Flames to make it interesting. That's what caught coach Ken Hitchcock's attention the most, especially considering the top teams coming up on the Blues' schedule.
"We took some penalties today that were undisciplined." Hitchcock said. "It's not the penalties that you take, it's who you take out of the game. All of a sudden your top players are killing all the penalties, young players who are playing really well, it took 9 [Jaden Schwartz] and 91 (Vladimir Tarasenko] out of the game because they didn't get the ice time they deserved based on their play. We have to find a way to include more people and part of that is remaining disciplined and working. We reached in three times and took penalties, and you don't want to see that.
Three of the NHL's best teams, the Penguins, Phoenix Coyotes and Colorado Avalanche, come to Scottrade Center in the next six days. Hitchcock said he's looking forward to the challenge.
"I think quite frankly that who we play is going to give us no choice," he said. "I think when you're scared, you get scared straight. And I think when you've got a team like Pittsburgh coming in, if we don't play on the mark every shift, they're going to beat us, and I think our players are going to look forward to games like that, ones that are coming up here, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, Colorado, these are going to be fun games and we're going to have to be on top of every part of our game to win them. We need that challenge right now, and I think we'll respond."
Who's hot: Crosby had a four-game points streak stopped by the Rangers, and Chris Kunitz's four-game goal-scoring streak also ended. However, Kunitz picked up an assist to extend his point streak to five games. Evgeni Malkin hasn't scored a goal in three weeks, but he has logged assists in his past three games. … Steen's stunning productivity has been fueled by his shooting efficiency. He has found the net 14 times in 49 shots on goal, compared with Stamkos' 13 goals on 54 shots or Ovechkin's 13 on 84. Goaltender Brian Elliott earned his 100th NHL victory Thursday. His shutout streak ended at 111:35 on Tim Jackman's goal 4:41 into the third period.
Injury report: Penguins forward Pascal Dupuis left the game in New York with an undisclosed injury but is probable for Saturday. Forward Beau Bennett (lower body) has been practicing and is questionable. … Blues forward Brenden Morrow (upper body) was placed on injured reserve and will not play, while forward Magnus Paajarvi (upper body) also remains on IR.