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COMPOSITES EUROPE 2013 with strong growth spurt
COMPOSITES EUROPE 2013 with strong growth spurt
- 9,171 visitors (plus 30 percent)
- 406 exhibitors (plus 26 percent)
- Markets for composite materials continue to pick up speed
- Successful trade fair premiere of HYBRID Expo parallel to COMPOSITES EUROPE
Lightweight construction is today's priority, and composite materials are the necessary key technology. The impending boom of these innovative materials was also reflected at COMPOSITES EUROPE 2013 which set new records with a clear increase in exhibitor (26 percent) and visitor figures (30 percent). 406 exhibitors (previous event in Stuttgart 2011: 322) from 28 countries and 9,171 visitors (2011: 7,080) came to the Stuttgart Exhibition Centre from 17 to 19 September.
"With these figures, COMPOSITES EUROPE has now definitely established a firm position for itself among European lightweight construction fairs", says Hans-Joachim Erbel, CEO with trade fair organizer Reed Exhibitions Deutschland GmbH. The leading producers and processors of composite materials, mechanical engineering companies and research institutions had come to Stuttgart for the eight edition. The focus of the trade fair, the lecture programme and the accompanying AVK conference this year were new materials systems, integrated production technologies and innovations for the application markets.
"Composites are a key technology for Germany as an industrial location. That is also evident at COMPOSITES EUROPE", says AVK Chairman Dr. Michael Effing. The significance of Germany as a location for the composites industry and its application sectors is also reflected in the strong participation of international key players in the trade fair. The large national pavilions with leading companies from France, Italy, the Netherlands, the USA and China emphasize the international importance of COMPOSITES EUROPE.
Being held at the trade fair location Stuttgart - in the heart of Southern Germany, Europe's largest market for lightweight construction - COMPOSITES EUROPE is closer to its application markets than any other event. One in two trade fair visitors came from the automotive sector, followed by the aviation and mechanical engineering segments.
Composites market continues to pick up speed
The mood at COMPOSITES EUROPE demonstrated: the sales markets for composite materials continue to pick up speed. The future prospects for the industry, while varying according to sector, are generally good. This is evident from the Composites Market Report 2013 published jointly by AVK and CCeV. In the largest segment - glass-fibre reinforced plastics - experts expect a slight growth of 1 percent in Europe. "The trend is in keeping with the overall economic situation", says AVK Managing Director Dr. Elmar Witten. With respectable increases, Germany is the largest market and driving force in this field and has now for the first time become the largest producer in Europe, he says.
Prospects for the CRP market are promising, according to the Market Report: here the experts of the Carbon Composites e. V. (CCeV) industry network see a sound market with minimum annual growth rates of 13 percent. Currently, the potential for growth is in the large mass segments of wind power plants, aerospace and sports, as well as in the automotive segment which is considered the strongest driving force with the highest potential.
As a result, companies have a positive view of the future. When asked about the perspective for business developments in their industry, 80 percent of the exhibitors expressed the expectation of a light to strong upward trend in the market.
Advances in automation
Automation of processes for the mass production of composite components continues to be the precondition for the success of composite materials in the application industries. At COMPOSITES EUROPE, composite application markets such as automotive, aviation, wind power as well as the building sector were the primary focus of the fair. The growing number of exhibitors from the mechanical engineering segment confirms the increasing significance of COMPOSITES EUROPE: "Most of the exhibiting VDMA member companies are highly satisfied and express gratification at the increasingly internationality of trade visitors", says Dr. Walter Begemann of the VDMA Forum Composite Technology. "We see fibre-reinforced composites as having great potential. We therefore feel we are in the right place at COMPOSITES EUROPE", adds KraussMaffei's Sebastian Schmidhuber.
Evonik's Martin Risthaus on the other hand attests to the high visitor quality at COMPOSITES EUROPE: "Here at the trade fair, we meet all the people we need to talk to to get new projects rolling." Kerstin Streuber, 3D|Core / Extended Structured Composites confirms: "At COMPOSITES EUROPE we have encountered a highly qualified public - including, among others, the large companies from the automotive and aviation sectors."
HYBRID Expo: Successful trade fair premiere accompanies COMPOSITES EUROPE
A premiere with good prospects: For the first time, COMPOSITES EUROPE was complemented by HYBRID Expo. The new trade fair for hybrid components, related technologies and applications is also organized by Reed Exhibitions. 33 exhibitors displayed multi-material solutions, automated processing methods, machinery and tools. Compared to the size of the event, the echo from the industry was considerable: 1,760 trade visitors attended the initial event.
COMPOSITES EUROPE 2014 back in Düsseldorf
The next COMPOSITES EUROPE will take place from 7 to 9 October 2014 in Düsseldorf - at the same time as the ALUMINIUM World Trade Fair. According to schedule, COMPOSITES EUROPE will then return to Stuttgart in 2015, where it will again be accompanied by HYBRID Expo.
About COMPOSITES EUROPE:
After eight successful trade fairs, COMPOSITES EUROPE has proved the leading force in the German trade fair market for fibre-reinforced plastics. It alternates every year between Stuttgart and Düsseldorf, where it will again be held parallel to the ALUMINIUM World Trade Fair in 2014. COMPOSITES EUROPE is organized by trade fair organizer Reed Exhibitions in cooperation with the European industry association EuCIA, AVK, the VDMA Forum Composite Technology and the international trade magazine Reinforced Plastics.
Visitor, exhibitor and surface figures of this trade fair are determined and certified according to the uniform definitions of FKM - Society for Voluntary Control of Fair and Exhibition Statistics.
Exhibitors' and partners' comments
"As co-founders of COMPOSITES EUROPE we are proud of its development. The concept of a trade fair for the users is a great success."
Volker Fritz, President EuCIA
"Composites are a key technology for Germany as an industrial location. That is also evident at COMPOSITES EUROPE."
Dr. Michael Effing, Chairman, AVK - Industrievereinigung Verstärkte Kunststoffe e.V. / Federation of Reinforced Plastics
"Most of the exhibiting VDMA member companies are highly satisfied and express gratification at the increasingly internationality of trade visitors. Together with its partners, the VDMA Forum Composite Technology will continue to do its best in support of the trade fair."
Dr. Walter Begemann, Project Director, VDMA Forum Composite Technology
"Here at the trade fair, we meet all the people we need to talk to to get new projects rolling."
Martin Risthaus, Global Business Manager Lightweight Design, Performance Polymere, Evonik Industries AG
"At COMPOSITES EUROPE we have encountered a highly qualified public - including, among others, the large companies from the automotive and aviation sectors. We will again take part in Düsseldorf in 2014."
Kerstin Streuber, 3D|Core / Extended Structured Composites GmbH & Co KG
"We see fibre-reinforced composites as having great potential. We therefore feel we are in the right place at COMPOSITES EUROPE. Some of the trade visitors we met here approached us with concrete project ideas."
Sebastian Schmidhuber, Development, KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH
"We had a continuous stream of visitors at our stand. I am certain that many of the discussions will bring results during the follow-up ".
Frank Goetz, Senior Technical Sales Manager, Dassault Systemes Deutschland GmbH
"Automation in the composites industry must advance further. For us, COMPOSITES EUROPE is the right event for that. We had many good discussions at the trade fair."
Robert Neubauer, Head of Sales, Stäubli Tec-Systems GmbH
"We have come to COMPOSITES EUROPE for the fourth time already: The run on our stand this year just about bowled us over. In the field of composite materials, COMPOSITES EUROPE is the most important event for us. I also get the impression that the trade fair has become more international."
Jörg-Henry Ehlers, International Sales Manager Composites, Münch Chemie International GmbH
"We met many important customers at COMPOSITES EUROPE, and we are also very satisfied with the visitor quality. After now having presented our company twice at the pavilion for young innovative companies, we will take part in the fair with a stand of our own for the first time next year."
Daniel Driemeier, Head of Marketing, DD Compound
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I asked Joe Lavine, the Grady High School student who photographed the gun that may have been used in yesterday's shooting at the APS school, to tell us how he happened upon it. The photo has appeared in the AJC and on TV.
There was a concern on the blog that a student photographer was "roaming" the Grady campus in the midst of a lockdown after a 17-year-old girl shot herself accidentally in the leg Wednesday morning in a school courtyard.
I had suggestedthat the student photographer may have been crossing the courtyard en route to class.
Joe Lavine is senior sports editor of the Grady High Southerner, which is a nationally acclaimed student publication.
Here is his response to how he got this photo:
I would love to clear some things up. Here's what happened. I walked out into the courtyard, and the first person I saw was the girl, limping in obvious pain, toward the door that I had just exited. I assumed she had twisted her ankle… I asked if she was OK and she didn't respond. She proceeded to rush through the door, and a custodian followed behind her to assist in escorting her to the nurse/ambulance.
The courtyard was occupied by only several groups of students who were all in gossip mode. From eavesdropping, I soon discovered that she had accidentally shot herself. I proceeded to walk toward my class, across the courtyard. Keep in mind, this is all within 10-15 minutes after the incident, before administrators even were aware, so obviously before the lockdown. Thank you for not jumping to conclusions; you were correct that it was during a class change.
I saw a crowd gathering on the edge of the pathway. They were all gazing down toward the gun, which was about 15 feet down a hill of monkey grass. Everyone was being cautious, remaining on the pathway; they had heard that the gun shot was an accident, so people were wary of the possibility that the gun was faulty. Then, I walked down and took the picture. The custodians were in the area and, from what I could tell, they began handling the situation (making sure students didn't approach the gun, finding administrators).
I was impressed by this comment on your blog, which is almost entirely accurate: "The shooting happened in an outdoor area between buildings and kids were moving from place to place between classes. The photo was taken immediately after the shooting, before the lockdown as custodians were securing the area and notifying administrators."
The only thing I would specify is that the photo was taken between five to 10 minutes after the shooting. I don't think that quite constitutes "immediately."
Though I understand it is important that I cleared this up, I think it is more important that we move on from my story and focus on the real issues at hand. Why did the student feel the need to bring a gun to school?
Is it possible to prevent these incidents without making the school a fortress? How can we use this incident to unify Grady students and cross racial boundaries?
What can we do to prevent teen gun/gang violence when that is all that many kids have grown up around?
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
February 28th, 2013
9:14 am
Smart kid. Kinda helps to balance out the ones that accidentally shoot themselves.
February 28th, 2013
9:22 am
Mr. Lavine should be considered for scholarships by UGA's Grady school of Journalism. Great work.
February 28th, 2013
9:28 am
"Why did the student feel the need to bring a gun to school?"
Good question. Good unanswerable question. The girl is not going to tell you the truth (especially if she brought it to school in oreder to commit murder).
Other questions include:
Where did she get the gun?
How did she get the gun?
Was the gun secured?
Was the gun legally obtained (not by her – by whoever she got it from)?
Was she aware of the seriousness of bringing a gun into a school?
Had she been bullied?
February 28th, 2013
9:30 am
"How can we use this incident to unify Grady students and cross racial boundaries?"
There are racial boundaries at Grady? NO!
February 28th, 2013
9:41 am
If only she had a gun, she could have defended herself from herself.
February 28th, 2013
9:50 am
Joe Lavine will definitely do well in whatever his chosen field. He's a senior so he's likely already written all of his college essays. Too bad, he'd get a ton of mileage out this.
February 28th, 2013
9:53 am
10 – 15 minutes that is a long time for a class change. High Schools allow 5 to 7 minutes to change classes depending on the school. Either way he and the other students was outside of the classroom during instruction time. And for the Administrators not to be aware of a shooting for 10 15 minutes is also unacceptable. 10 – 15 minutes is not a short period of time for students to be unaccounted for during a school day. What if this student didn't shoot herself but were instead shooting at other students would 10 – 15 minutes still pass before an administrator would be aware?
February 28th, 2013
9:53 am
Commendation to student Joe Lavine for excellent report / writing. Impressive, honest, direct, sequential, good energy. Good luck on a great and successfully future doing good work. You're "got it."
February 28th, 2013
9:58 am
ND, There is at least one website on the net where the participants have a particular genius for snide rejoinder to a terrible situation, if not linked threads of this mayhem. Your comment is hilarious.
Let's hope the young lady's injury is not serious and does not cripple her long term with lingering effects from injury. Poor kids, their minds are not yet matured. A lot of crazy stuff seems perfectly reasonable at her age, I well recall.
February 28th, 2013
10:08 am
Mountain Man, She bought the gun at a gun shop in Cherokee County. (not really, that's a jab).
Who cares where she got the gun. When I was a teen, my friend brought a gun to school. It was not loaded. It was pretty hilarious in that what happened is that after he showed the gun to the person who was bullying him and scared them, it was reported. Seemed to do the trick to fix the bullying. The headmaster called him into the office, had a talk with him, and told him to take the gun home. (ha!) No police… no swat team… no nuthin. My friend didn't last too long at the school after that, quietly transferred to the lesser school next to a river. He liked to smoke pot. His mom created huge amounts of stress at home, too. There was probably something wrong with her. She was an irrational stress machine. Where did the gun come from? It came from home. Where do you think it came from. As far as the Grady HS Probably some boy gave it to her.
ND – let's not forget Gady HS next to one of the best gun shot trauma treatment units in the world – at Grady Hospital. They might not know how to do many things there – you know, like the rest of the USA, like regular healthcare? Hello? But they're specialists in gun shot trauma treatment.
February 28th, 2013
10:10 am
Is shooting a photo of a gun that was involved in a shooting a violation of the zero tolerance rule by proxy? If students can be suspended for using their hands as guns in play during recess, then by all means this is an egregious violation of the zero tolerance rule. I think we need to reassemble the Dekalb School Board and get a valid opinion on this as soon as possible. The photographer belongs behind bars. The victim of the shooting needs reform school. And any and all parents involved need a few hours of watching a "scared straight" tv marathon to learn how to deal with savages and miscreants.
Problem solved in one tweet.
February 28th, 2013
10:23 am
If you are going to shoot yourself in the leg, there's probably not a better place in the world to do it than right next to Grady Hospital. Let's hope and pray for the student's full recovery and maybe some of her peers will see that "guns are dangerous." She may have inadvertently made a valuable object lesson to her follow students.
February 28th, 2013
10:26 am
"She said she didn't know it was in there in her pocket because she just grabbed her jacket and didn't know that it was in there," Tukes' mother said on Fox news.
February 28th, 2013
10:31 am
AJC.. hire this guy! great investigative reporting~
February 28th, 2013
10:50 am
I don't buy that she didn't know she had the gun. She meant to hurt or scare someone. I hope she gets some serious jail time for this. The parent should also get jail time.
February 28th, 2013
10:50 am
Very impressive writing young man.
February 28th, 2013
10:53 am
Her mother is arguing that she should not have any consequences that would hurt her chances at college.
February 28th, 2013
10:55 am
Look at that face. She could never lie.
February 28th, 2013
11:06 am
Sounds almost like a Law n Order episode. On it, a guy shoots and kills kids but he had told an aspiring journalist to be ready for something big to happen so the photojournalist was there with the camera and got it on film.
February 28th, 2013
11:09 am
Maybe her mom wore her jacket the night before and left the gun in the pocket.
February 28th, 2013
11:13 am
Great reporting work by Joe Lavine, who is an outstanding young man and a credit to Grady High School.
February 28th, 2013
11:13 am
So what will be the outcome of this situation? Given that boys are getting suspended from elementary school for pointing their index finger and saying pow, one would hope that a commensurate response would be made in this case.
Don't forget that Plaxico Burress spent two years in prison after he shot himself in the leg with his own gun:
February 28th, 2013
11:14 am
She didn't know it was in her jacket?
Then the greater question is why was there a gun in her jacket, mom?
Sounds like a couple of morons at best.
February 28th, 2013
11:15 am
Good posts, but I just wanted to correct one misconception that seems to be a bit of a trend here – Grady High School is not located next to Grady Hospital – at all. They are in completely different areas of the city – about 2.4 miles apart (thanks Google). Grady High School is in the Midtown/Virginia Highland area – along the southern border of Piedmont Park, and the hospital is farther downtown – near the Edgewood/Sweet Auburn area.
February 28th, 2013
11:16 am
Don't know why he'd want to go to UGa's journalism school when he's getting a real-world education here in Atlanta. He should go to GSU and learn to become a real journalist.
February 28th, 2013
11:22 am
The clumsiness of this student might make one question the precision required for the Sandy Hook exploit in the country that is internationally famous for attacking itself, as is commented outside of the USA on the interwebs.
February 28th, 2013
11:25 am
Anytime is a good time for attending a good solid forgiving community college, paying cash for tuition – no debt, and building a track record and grade point average before applying to the college / university of choice.
February 28th, 2013
11:32 am
BillyRay, Both UGA and Georgia State will required him to take the "Regent's Test" to prove he can write a 5 paragraph essay, something unique to Georgia. I guess the rationale was to head off the embarrassment of the state giving awarding a 4 year degree to a student that can navigate scan tron tests. So they use the force of law to require every student to prove that they do not need remediation. If you have a 4.0 GPA, a 1600 score on the SAT, and are in the honor's program, you still have required to prove you can write a high school essay. In my opinion, it an error to apply this requirement to every college student in the Georgia University System. It is basically a form of harassment to highly functioning students who have already documented their proficiency.
February 28th, 2013
11:35 am
@Private Citizen
Not all college students in GA take the Regents Exams. My daughter was exempted from them, I believe it was due to her SAT scores, but it may have been a combination SAT and GPA.
February 28th, 2013
11:45 am
ReDux, Someone should clean the hill-Billies and hill-Betties out of the upper policy reaches of the Regent's University of Georgia system, and strap that Regent's 5-paragraph Essay Test onto their back like a rock and make them carry it out the door and throw it back into the fishing pond where they brought it from. If you need an essay test, put it on the exit out of high school. You've got no business harassing university students with this high school activity. No one else does it anywhere. and if you don't take their sacred "Regent's Test" they'll cancel your class registration. Morons in Georgia absolutely live to cover-their-ass CYA – pardon me – and harass people instead of having intelligent policy.
I mean really, I must be losing some marbles. Do undergraduate students at Georgia Tech have to take this "Regent's Test" and show they can write a 5 paragraph high school essay? Taking Differential Equations and AutoCad on the one hand, and having to do the BIG TEST and write about "Assigned Persuasive Essay" on the other? Does anyone know? Do Georgia Tech students suffer this harassment, too? Apparently it applies to all undergraduates in the Georgia University System and the name of this potato blight is the "Regent's Test." http://lmc.gatech.edu/regents/
If you ever are making the decision, "Should I leave Georgia?" "Should I attend a university outside of the Georgia government system?" boy, have I got some news for you: http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwrtp/essrated.htm
February 28th, 2013
11:46 am
repost part 1 (pardon)
ReDux, Someone should clean the hill-Billies and hill-Betties out of the upper policy reaches of the Regent's University of Georgia system, and strap that Regent's 5-paragraph Essay Test onto their back like a rock and make them carry it out the door and throw it back into the fishing pond where they brought it from. If you need an essay test, put it on the exit out of high school. You've got no business harassing university students with this high school activity. No one else does it anywhere. and if you don't take their sacred "Regent's Test" they'll cancel your class registration. Morons in Georgia absolutely live to cover-their-ass CYA – pardon me – and harass people instead of having intelligent policy.
I mean really, I must be losing some marbles. Do undergraduate students at Georgia Tech have to take this "Regent's Test" and show they can write a 5 paragraph high school essay? Taking Differential Equations and AutoCad on the one hand, and having to do the BIG TEST and write about "Assigned Persuasive Essay" on the other? Does anyone know? Do Georgia Tech students suffer this harassment, too? Apparently it applies to all undergraduates in the Georgia University System and the name of this potato blight is the "Regent's Test." http://lmc.gatech.edu/regents/
February 28th, 2013
11:48 am
report pt. 2 (pardon)
If you ever are making the decision, "Should I leave Georgia?" "Should I attend a university outside of the Georgia government system?" boy, have I got some news for you: http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwrtp/essrated.htm They treat you like a little kid in college here, too.
February 28th, 2013
12:01 pm
mystery poster, Not all college students in GA take the Regents Exams.
Thank you. news to me. Maybe there is an exemption, but on the Georgia Tech page is says, "To establish eligibility for an undergraduate degree, every student in the University System of Georgia must pass the Regents' Test, a two-part examination designed to measure proficiency in reading and English composition." http://lmc.gatech.edu/regents/
So either, you're right – and you must be, or the thing is so messed up that they have published misinformation on the topic. It is definitely an authority exploit and abuse of student's time, at least when applied to the majority of students. In other words, "We want to know if you can read and write." This sort of thing does not belong in a research university or top level school with selective admission.
Someone should make a "Regent's Test" for ethics and make the governing people take it.
February 28th, 2013
12:02 pm
When photographs of guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have photographs of guns.
February 28th, 2013
12:05 pm
Look, all of the plebes questioning why this photo occurred finally have an explanation. Guess that would have happened by asking the question in the first place. Now you look like true dolts for assuming rather than asking.
As for you Mountain Man, please stay in the backwoods and don't bother coming down to the city. We really could care less about your stereotypical views of urban schools. In fact, please dig down deeper into that hole where you obviously live.
As for the student, sorry but the claim of ignorance won't work. Accept the consequences of your actions but I don't believe her life should be ruined by this incident. In general the students were safe due to quick action by the staff. There's no possible way to completely prepare for every scenario, and if you know the layout of the school you'll understand the amount of resources needed to cover every single entrance and exit. With budget cutbacks to schools, specifically in regards to educational support, do you really think that money will be shifted for increased security? There are classes that haven't even been able to get the materials they need to teach the class. We need to shift our priorities into solutions rather than complaints and make demands to reach the goals of all of our students, not just the ones that come from good families, are college bound, or have what is considered a viable plan.
February 28th, 2013
12:05 pm
Hi. Nice to meet you at the little party here. Oh? You went to college in Georgia, yoo? Did you earn a 1, a 2, or a 3 on your Regent's Test? I had such a nice time attending college here in Georgia…
February 28th, 2013
12:08 pm
Read the comments by parents with kids at Inman
and ask yourself, is Inman next? The loaded gun sat on the ground at Grady for 5-15 minutes. What do you think would happen if a loaded gun were lying around on the ground for that amount of time in a school with 11-14 year old boys?
BB guns in school, knives in school, unsupervised students, attacks that seriously injure the victim, fights so bad that teachers and administration can't separate the students and the cop feels called upon to use a taser, assailants being given no effective consequences, victims not being protected, calls for us of "conflict resolution" but only after something really happens, inadequate counseling staff for the number of students and severity of their problems. Not to mention classes continually disrupted – are students supposed to be actually learning, in addition to trying to stay safe? And now an actual shooting at the high school. Wake up, people. You are the proverbial frog being slowly cooked. When will you notice the temperature is getting too hot and demand change?
The purpose of these comments is not to alarm the community unnecessarily, or to disparage the schools, or the students or teachers or even the administrators as a whole. Nor is it to deny that Inman has had good CRCT scores in the past, and Grady has some phenomenal activities and teams and some academically stellar students, which isn't really relevant on the issue of school violence and school climate. If you don't know what's going on, and many may not, until something horrific happens, you can't work to fix it. The Southerner has been reporting for years how easy it would be to bring a weapon into the school in various ways. And just now everyone is saying, "now we know it can happen here!"??? Do you really want to try to minimize even this latest "incident" (as APS calls it). Do you really have to wait until something even worse happens, and then say, "now we know this can happen here too"?
February 28th, 2013
12:17 pm
@Private Citizen — you do realize that Grady High School is not next to Grady Hospital, right? in fact it is about as close to Emory University Hospital as it is to Grady. the high school is at 10th and Monroe right next to Piedmont Park. Grady Hospital is downtown next to Ga State.
February 28th, 2013
12:19 pm
The staff of the southerner deserves great credit for their reporting on this case….it's a better newspaper than most professional ones in the state — http://thesoutherneronline.com/
February 28th, 2013
12:39 pm
Sounds like the mom doesn't know her daughter as well as she thinks she does. It is rather far-fetched to think someone planted a pink gun in her jacket as a joke.
February 28th, 2013
12:52 pm
"Mom said in TV interview that the family had no guns.
Maureen –
What did her dad say?
Interfere with getting into college? I hope it doesn't interfere with her getting into college, either, when she is 27 – if they let convicted felons in.
February 28th, 2013
1:20 pm
@Private Citizen:
This article from the AJC outlines Regents Exam exemptions. It is from 2010, though.
February 28th, 2013
1:59 pm
The picture was taken prior to the shooting, and clearly staged. Mr. Lavine managed to get the gun's good side, and even the lighting is perfect. This kid deserves no accolades. I see him as more of a Tech guy.
February 28th, 2013
2:01 pm
mystery poster, Thank you. They sure needed this adjustment. I wonder why the university system, GA Tech, is not a little more forthright about it. It is like they are scared of being directed about the cut-off scores and haves and have-nots or somesuch. I mean, that would be typical, got to play-act that everyone is equal, or mis-apply the idea. I mean, fact is, to my read, the official GA Tech does not include this information in the Regent's Test page. Seems like the people testing people for writing need to learn how to write clearly. Old story, that. I could research it more, but I've got other things to do today. It is good that they have done something to modify what is harassment of the higher performing students in the Georgia University System, basically a misapplication of remediation mentality having gotten out of the Jack-in-the-Box. Thank you for the information.
February 28th, 2013
2:07 pm
I still remember too well all of that, checking the postal mailbox and holding honors letter in one hand and "Regent's Test requirement" letter in the other hand and just sputtering and going, "%$% pp45432 $%$% puh puh puh You Require Me to Do What?!!!" Talk about a bad day in Georgia-Town, when the state bosses want to treat adults like children and throw some "make work" into the plantation equation and no doubt think of themselves as producing.
February 28th, 2013
2:14 pm
This young man has done an excellent job with this article. Please keep up the good work
February 28th, 2013
2:49 pm
@Private Citizen,
It sounds like the requirement to take the Regent's exam is the worst thing life has ever thrown at you. Get over it.
February 28th, 2013
3:14 pm
As for "Why?" … look closely and you'll note the gun is stamped "Property of a welfare system which marginalizes the value of fathers, hard work and self-responsibility."


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Vivlamore reporting.
Just a quick blog with some notes about last night's 102-98 preseason loss to the Pacers before I head to practice this afternoon.
* As I reported Monday, Devin Harris did make his preseason debut against Indiana. The guard was in the starting lineup and scored 11 points with five rebounds and two assists in 23 minutes.
* The rest of the starting lineup was Kyle Korver, Anthony Tolliver, Zaza Pachulia and Jeff Teague.
* Josh Smith and Al Horford were inactive. Both played in Memphis on the first leg of the trip. Carldell Johnson, Johan Petro and DeShawn Stevenson (knee) did not play as coaches decisions.
* The Hawks were held to 38.7 percent from the field (36 of 93). Lou Williams (18 points),Tolliver (14), Korver (13), Ivan Johnson (12), Harris (11) and Teague (11) were all double-digit scorers.
* The Pacers shot 44.6 percent from the field (33 of 74), making three less field goals in 19 fewer shots than the Hawks.
* The Hawks have allowed more than 100 points in each of the past three losses.
* The Hawks had 19 fast-break points and allowed the Pacers only seven.
* The Hawks shot 37.5 percent from 3-point range (9 of 24).
I will report on what coach Larry Drew and the players had to said about the game following practice. I would imagine that defense will again be at issue. We'll also look ahead to Thursday's home game against the Hornets. The Hornets game has been added to the radio broadcast of 680 AM. They will air the final three preseason games.
Finally, I would expect another round of roster cuts at some point, maybe even later today. The Hawks probably want to play their final preseason games with a roster close to what they will carry in the regular season.
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* Return of Harris gives Hawks more flexibility at guard
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* Hawks report: More defense, tweets
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* Practice report: Defense, cuts and tweets
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October 17th, 2012
9:29 am
October 17th, 2012
9:31 am
I think Thursday we will see the actual lineup Coach Drew plans on using in the regular season. I'm thinking:
PG – Teague
SG – Harris
SF- Korver
PF – Smith
C – Horford
October 17th, 2012
9:42 am
I think if you are starting Korver, you have to start Stevenson. That way, Korver guards the 2 if it is a big physical 3 and Stevenson guards the 3. That way Harris and Williams off the bench is a very potent combo. Or Teague and Williams off the bench.
October 17th, 2012
10:04 am
Despite LD's cry for defense, I think the Hawks will 1) consistently try and win games 108-104 instead of 96-92 and 2) Will be top 10 in the league in 3-pt FGA per game and 3) will die by the jumper
October 17th, 2012
10:14 am
When JJ decided to go ISO, everyone had to clearout to provide enough space so he could pound the ball until he got his defender leaning. Then so he would go by him only to end up shooting a floater rather than finishing at the rim. He seldom dished once he got into the lane because everyone had cleared out to the perimeter.
With the ball being primarily in Teague's, Harris' and Williams' hands, there will be no need for clearouts when they decide to penetrate. That means Josh, AL, Ivan, Zaza, and James can remain near the lane, or get into position close to it, to receive pass offs when these players decide to penetrate. I don't know about everyone else, but I seeing both OFF and DEF improvement each gm.
They might not be where they want to be at this point, like holding their opponents to 41% shooting, but the overall DEF effort is improving, as evidenced by our improved rebounding, steals and turnovers. We did an excellent job of rebounding against a much taller and bigger team, even though we were without our 2 top rebounders(Josh and AL).
We actually lost last nights gm because we allowed them to get several very key 4th quarter OFF rebounds. I saw 2 put backs, and 3 that ended up in FTs attempts, with 1 of them being an and 1. If we had secured just 2 of those rebounds, we likely win the gm. Tyler Hansbrough was the player who did the most damage in that area.
October 17th, 2012
10:58 am
When has Jeff Teague penetrated and dished to anybody? Besides Al and Josh, this team is a bunch of cast offs, you cant expect anything other than what they are, they will not improve. Blame JJ for ISO, that was the offense, LD sent no cutters, when JJ did drive there were no shooters to dish to.
The roster was flawed before and it still is, to many players have similar skills, the guards are small, and there is no threat in the post to open up the shooters, no one will leave Korver open, he has to play with great players to get shots.
The scapegoat is gone….and no franchise in their right mind will make Josh the face of it, he still hasnt grown up as a player or individual, as soon as things go south or he doesnt get to take the last shot, he will pout. Watch footage when he air-balled that last shot that was supposed to go to Joe, look at Al Horford's face, like "dude, that wasnt the play, what are you doing".
October 17th, 2012
10:59 am
I was referring to the game against Boston.
October 17th, 2012
11:16 am
I would start Teague, Stevenson, Korver, Smith & Horford, and then start your guard rotations with LouWill & Harris at about the 6 minute mark. I think Stevenson should start the 1st & 3rd quarters (12-15 minutes a night) as long as he can hit his 3's & defend.
This way as you start bringing in your scoring guards (Williams, Harris & Morrow), they'll be matched up with the more physical (but offensively challenged) substitutes up front like James, Ivan & Pachulia.
Unfortunately, I don't think John Jenkins gets much run until closer to mid-season. Maybe after a trade or a key injury has gone down.
Start the game focusing on Teague/Horford/Josh, and then as the other team starts making subs, run Harris/Williams at them while James/Ivan/Pachulia throw their bodies around.
October 17th, 2012
11:17 am
Third straight loss for the Hawks? We better get use to that. But I must say that I like the moves we have made thus far in dumping salary and unproductive players. We are headed in the right direction, but I don't expect much from the Hawks this season.
October 17th, 2012
11:20 am
It'll be a rough season, but the future will be much better. Korver isn't the SF of the future, and a defensive liability. Watch LD go offense defense substitution during the whole game, with Stevenson and Korver. That'd be hilarious.
October 17th, 2012
11:25 am
I'm choosing to believe that Drew hasn't implemented his "Princeton" offense yet cause I have yet to hear Chris V, Brandon Leak, or any follower of the Hawks mention any so call ball movement thus far, leaning me to conclude that he hasn't finalize his complete roster yet. Which makes HUGE SENSE. WHY SHOW PLAYERS OUR PLAYS WHEN THEY WONT BE ON THE TEAM? Now once he has his final crew, THEN when we shall see EXACTLY what Drew, Danny and all us Hawks fans has been waiting to see, and thats BALL MOVEMENT GALORE. If the vava74's, the slimjr's, and the steven a smith's of this blog are expecting for all out wins and/or blow-outs at this point of the season when Drew is ONLY seeing who really wants those 2 final spots, then U ARE LIVING IN LALA LAND, (and I dont mean Melo's wife).
I guess we want the best for our Hawks team that we as fans can be alittle too critical and strict but to be THAT hard on them right now being 1-3 in freakin PRESEASON with basically a WHOLE NEW TEAM, is just wayyyy toooo muchhhh!! In these past 3 games, they basically have had no offensive plays yet cause Drew is trying to get all these offensive-minded players to be more concern with defense!! There is NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT!! Yea, I know Horford is ready for offensive plays to now be included with practice but based on these last 3 games, defense needs to be in the minds of EVERYONE RIGHT NOW, offense is there, NOW BRING ON THE DEFENSE HAWKS!!
October 17th, 2012
11:28 am
I think our starting lineup will be: Teague/Morrow/James/Smoove/Al with the intention of trading Morrow before February. I don't think Stephenson wll get much playing time, let alone be a starter. If the starting lineup has Korver, then we know DFerry will try to trade Korver instead of Morrow. Just my opinion…
October 17th, 2012
11:31 am
Can we really expect this team which doesn't have much height or length to be a good defensive team? I think the Hawks may have to win with offensive shootouts versus defensive battles.
October 17th, 2012
11:32 am
this team may or may not win a lot, but, will be athletic, and interesting to watch.
October 17th, 2012
11:33 am
I definitely agree that if you start Korver, you almost have to pair him with Stevenson. From the limited amount of the games i have saw this preseason, Korver is definintely a liability and teams will go right at him. At least if you have Stevenson in the game,on the wings you can let him check the slasher and let Korver check the shooter.
October 17th, 2012
11:33 am
pacers won that game from all the free throws tbh
October 17th, 2012
11:49 am
i watched the entire game on directv. i'm still not too pleased with the offense. i know we have a ton of shooters–but you can get a "good" outside shot or a "bad" outside shot–and last night ivan and zsa zsa took some very BAD jump shots. it's time for drew to call a meeting and tell everyone who the shooters on this team are: rule number one if josh, ivan, pachulia shoot any thing over 15 feet they come out! there is no reason for these guys to be shooting those shots–pachulia and ivan shot it as if they were larry bird or something and early in the shot clock as well. korver definitely wasn't afraid to let go last night either-i think he has to be a little more selective as well.
another problem i've always had with our hawks is that if a man gets it going–get him the ball. the first two times down the court last night korver hit jumpers–so if i were running the point–i would immediately run another play for korver, instead our point guard (teague) who i like a lot comes down and shoots a quick jumper…basketball is pretty simple folks, if you play smart you can win a lot of games in the nba–if you play dumb like we tend to do it's hard to win.
i do like the makeup of the team–we are going to struggle a lot but i'll still be watching! realistically i'm hoping for .500 but wouldn't be surprised at all if we win between 30 and 35 games. i hope i'm wrong but after 4 preseason games i'm still watching the same mistakes: no offesive plays, no one in position to offensive rebounds, no boxing out, no extra passes, and a coach that continues to let these lazy things happen without any consequences!!!!
October 17th, 2012
11:57 am
if LD goes into day one with a line up of Teague, Harris, Korver, … he will be fired within 2 weeks.
So… let's hope that he does start that line up
October 17th, 2012
12:05 pm
How can you pair me with stephen a smith and slimjr?
Good grief! Not only you are the perpetual optimist, unable to distinguish between constructive criticism and pure unfiltered vitriol, you also hold grudges if someone attacks your "loved ones"… How womanly of you
Would it improve my position if I told you that I am a fairly handsome 30 something?
October 17th, 2012
12:08 pm
Why didn't you include Big Ray on that list? Surely you have noticed that BR has came forward with exactly the same criticism about Horford that I did.
October 17th, 2012
12:19 pm
Some excerpts about the game from Peachtreehoops.com:
"Anderson went scoreless in 12 minutes against Indiana and looks like he could be in some trouble as the Hawks get closer to cut day.
Other observations from Tuesday night's loss:
Mike Scott got considerable playing time against the Pacers and finished with four points and five rebounds in 24 minutes but had a tough shooting day going 2-9.
Damion James played just under 12 minutes on Tuesday but led the Hawks in rebounding with eight. With each game I am growing more and more convinced that not only is James going to make this team but he is also going to receive some playing time.
Anthony Morrow and John Jenkins are two players that I am wondering where they will fit in the rotation once the regular season arrives. Morrow and Jenkins finished with two points each with Morrow going 1-3 and Jenkins 1-4 from the field."
Yes agreed (at least) both Anderson and "Squeaky" will be cut (as if they don't already know it).
Have our two rookies hit "the rookie wall" before the season started? I hope not but they're playing "subpar-like" than the summer league. That's expected to some degree but I'm sure LD is looking for signs in their basketball DNA that he can feel good about and leverage. On paper, they're both building a case to join a D-league team to get more seasoning and exposure to a tougher defense than what they saw in college.
With an abundance of SGs and LD's deployment of PGs at SG position, Anthony Morrow may find himself wearing suits often if he isn't producing more than spotty inconsistent offense. He must find a way to impact the game other than a jump shot.
October 17th, 2012
12:21 pm
Folks – Horford & Smoove didn't play last night. No need to freak out over losing by four to the Pacers on the road in preseason.
October 17th, 2012
12:27 pm
Thats where having a smart experience coach comes in handy. When u see Korver, Morrow, Jenkins obviously hot, a smart coach will make sure those guys get the ball RIGHT back. Drew will say nor do anything about Josh, Teague, or even Lou taking matters into their own hands at a time when feeding the hot hand would be the smarter idea. You are very correct, "basketball is pretty simple folks, if you play smart you can win a lot of games in the nba–if you play dumb like we tend to do it's hard to win." RIGHT ON POINT!!
October 17th, 2012
12:29 pm
Ikr people being so negative when the main faces of the team were inactive.
October 17th, 2012
12:38 pm
Kevin, I don't agree with you at all. This is the Hawks 3rd straight loss to go 0-0. These games, as far as winning and losing, do not mean anything. I still think this team has a great shot at landing in the top 4 of the Eastern Conference.
I would think we have to assume that James and Tolliver are in a battle of the final two spots? Also, does it not seem like the Hawks will keep 15 guys? I figured they would keep at least one spot open for flexibility purposes.
Looking forward to the game tomorrow. But, am ready for the preseason to be finished. Ready for the real games to begin.
October 17th, 2012
12:39 pm
no big deal, this is the preseason.the hawks will dominate when it counts for real.
October 17th, 2012
12:39 pm
Sorry vava74, yea pretty hash adding u in a list with slimjr and steven a smith but it just looks like u guys love finding ways to be negative about a team who is obviously with very new pieces without effective offensive plays at the moment!! To be negative about ANYTHING at this moment is just plan LUDICROUS..its PRESEASON. Now, once Drew has installed his Princeton offense to everyone and gotten their minds to think think think defense, THEN would be the time to see where this team is going.. wither they are a playoff team or if Drew is handling this kind of team the way Danny had envisioned it, and or who we could get by trading Petro and or Morrow or even Josh, if he shows in his actions that he too doesnt want to be here any longer. We have PLENTY of time to see how this team is expected to look in about 2 years from now!!
October 17th, 2012
12:41 pm
Who me, hold grudges??? NAWWWW!! Never that..not in my blood line!!
October 17th, 2012
12:47 pm
Chicago(With or Without D-Rose)
Which one are the Hawks better than?
October 17th, 2012
12:56 pm
Lets go further:
Which one are the Hawks better than?
October 17th, 2012
12:57 pm
I agree that Korver does not start without Stevenson in the lineup. Korver guards whichever of the 2 or 3 positions is less likely to burn us, and Stevenson locks down the scorer. And ignoring Stevenson's 3-pont percentage in NJ, the guy's a knock down shooter. This whole Teague-Harris sharing the back court business cannot happen for the bulk of the game against legit teams.
October 17th, 2012
12:57 pm
MsDee, I think you wrong about the hot hand comment with Josh. Because Josh has always been the one who wanted to feed the hot hand, rather it was Pargo, Crawford, Horford, or even Marvin. However, it was Joe who would come in after Josh had scored 3-4 buckets in a row, and immediately go back to his dribble routine. Josh (with exception of T-Mac) was the best passer out of a double team on the roster. Joe either always passes the ball too late, or ends up taking an awkward shot when double team. The difference this season is the passes in the corner that Josh used to send to Marvin or at the wing to Joe, will now be caught by Morrow or Korver instead, or under the basket by Al and not Zaza (who catches like he's playing with boxing gloves).
October 17th, 2012
12:57 pm
LD is not the man to get anything out of this group. I am not sure if you remember "Scarface", with Robert De Niro?
Remember the last scene? That's LD with this group and unless Ferry takes matters to his hands and kicks him out after 2 weeks, then "midrange shawty" will quickly be "long bomb shawty"… and Horford will follow.
(by the way, I am liking some things that I've been seeing from Horford this year, in particular the 4 blocks against MIA, the block and the dunk on Gasol, …let's hope that its a sign that he will embrace HIS position)
October 17th, 2012
1:00 pm
It will come down to:
Bucks (Beast backcourt)
Wizards (We cant handle their point guard or center)
Sixers (A lot of size and a good point guard in Holida)
Hawks have to battle these for one of the last two spots
October 17th, 2012
1:06 pm
pls. note: 6′1 guys cannot defend 6′6+ guys…
October 17th, 2012
1:11 pm
If Larry Drew wants to address defense first then he needs to start this line-up;
PG- Jeff Teague
SG- DeShawn Stevenson
SF- Josh Smith
PF- Al Horford
C- Zaza Pachilia
Once the defensive rhythm is in place, the offense will come. We have so many shooters on our team, Joe Johnson will probably wont even be missed. And with the center position, Ivan Jonson, Johan Petro, and sometimes Anthony Tolliver will leave Al Horford and Josh Smith to finally play at their normal positions, PF/SF respectfully.
October 17th, 2012
1:11 pm
The Hawks cant handle the Wizards point guard? Seriously did you watch any games last year against the Wizards.. And the Bucks are not better than the Hawks.
Looks like some watched a different game than I did last night. In fact the pg did get Korver the ball when he started off hot. Korver took the first few shots last night. He hit his first few then missed a couple.The Pacers announcers even commented on the number of shots Korver was taking The one thing I will agree with is guys who shouldnt be taking jumpers taking them.
And I still say Perry Jones should have been the pick over Jenkins. I didnt like the pick on draft night and I still dont like it. Ill root for the kid because he is a Hawks player now but I thought Jones was a better player and a better fit. I thought Jenkins was a reach and didnt do much other than shoot.
October 17th, 2012
1:12 pm
rajon rondo is 6″1 he can defend small forwards so what u saying?
October 17th, 2012
1:12 pm
Hard to make an accurate prediction about the Hawks. We simply don't know how they will produce on the court at full capacity against other teams IMO. Realistically, this team could finish anywhere from 3 to 9.
October 17th, 2012
1:13 pm
Our success will probably depend more on coaching now than it has in recent history.
October 17th, 2012
1:16 pm
JUST JOE-Why would you suggest starting Stevenson when he might not even make the team, since he's yet to participate in a practice? If you want your best player at each position, why suggest starting a player that's regressed to the point where his stats last yr as a starter are more suggestive of a fringe player that sits near the end of the bench?
Everyone seems so focused on how he played against LeBron in the championship series when Dallas won the title, that they can't bring themselves to realize that he's since proven himself to be a shell of what he was, both on OFF and DEF. Starting Korver, who's a DEF liability and poor rebounder, would put undue rebounding and DEF pressure on Horford and Josh.
Starting DJames at SF would definitely help our rebounding and DEF, which are areas of expertise Ferry said he was looking for in his starting SF. Korver would be far more effective in the role he's best suited for, and that's coming off the bench. With James being the likely starter at SF, we'd need a capable shooter at SG to balance the starting lineup out offensively.
The logical choice at this point would be Morrow, but if Jenkins can get into playing shape by the end of exhibition season, he could be Drew's choice. The combination of Teague and Harris, who are both 6′3″, would be about the same, height wise, as the combination of JDumars and IThomas or Milwaukee's backcourt combo.
It's going to be very interesting to see who ends up making up the 12 man active roster. DStevenson's production as a starter in New Jersey, plus his inability to participate in any practices so far as a Hawk, doesn't bode well for him even making the team, let alone starting. With CJohnson being an almost certainty to be cut, and the likelihood of DStevenson as well, it looks like our 15 man roster is set, assuming we maintain a 15 man roster.
October 17th, 2012
1:22 pm
Ken, stevenson doesnt have to make the team if hes under contract with the team..
October 17th, 2012
1:22 pm
The backcourt of Teague and Harris wasn't bad defensively at all to me. The problem was more Korver. He should come off the bench. I would actually start James at the 3. Dude rebounds the ball well and is solid defensively. He moves his feet very well. I would start Teague,Harris, James, Josh, and Al.
@Ken. Im sorry but I don't see Jenkins or Morrow as starters.
October 17th, 2012
1:23 pm
@cp, watched the games with the Wizards, John Wall has dominated the Hawks since Mike Bibby and Teague was no different, he made the comment "its hard to guard a guy that has freedom like that", he torched us. We can not handle Milwaukee's backcourt, Ellis and Jennings are nightmares, we beat them because JJ could take Ellis in the post.
The game is not all about scoring points, where players like Joe make their money is he's a match up nightmare, 6′8, can shoot, defend three positions.
@soulstar top 5 is not realistic, If this team makes the playoffs you will get bad draft picks, will not be in the lottery. Ferry wants this team in the lottery, thats the only way you rebuild on the cheap, I don't care how much cap space he has because:
Dallas – Lots of cap, great owner, no state taxes in Texas.
Orlando – Great weather, no state taxes.
At best ATL is 3rd on the free agent list.
October 17th, 2012
1:25 pm
I know u were speaking to section 303, but I just HAVE to add my 2 cents (of course ), but I say and YES vava74, call me "perpetual optimist" or whatever u like but I say we are better than Chicago, Brooklyn, Pacers and the old men Knicks! Of course, this is AFTER Drew installs his Princeton offensive and these guys see how open they are because of ALL THE BALL MOVEMENT and cuts to the baskets. I was so looking forward to his offense when Drew 1st got hired. It actually looked great the 1st few games til u know who (ISO Joe) slowed it down til it became non-invoid. Look, our team WILL surprise a lot of u guys..just watch and see..
Oh and did I JUST read that vava74 actually gave props to my boy Horford?????? U haven't seen nothing yet!!!!
October 17th, 2012
1:28 pm
Chris Vivlamore @ajchawks
#Hawks likely starters vs. Hornets Thursday: Teague, Harris, Stevenson, Smith, Horford
October 17th, 2012
1:29 pm
Stevenson has a guaranteed contract this year, team option for the 2nd and 3rd years.
October 17th, 2012
1:30 pm
Oops, should've refreshed before I posted that.
October 17th, 2012
1:37 pm
Last Season around this same time;
OKC disposed of a serviceable young Big [BMullens]
to Charlotte for a 2nd round pick.
I [wonder / wish] [if / for] DFerry [would / to]
check on the availability of Cole Aldrich !
Hi Side
Now that`s how one who has mastered the use of brackets,
paints his masterpiece.
October 17th, 2012
1:39 pm
is under contract for 3 yrs – is he not ?


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For PS3 owners, Sony's Resistance franchise has been one of the glowing standouts in the system's library. The series, which provides an alternate history approach to WWII (where hostile aliens dropped down in the middle of the war, forcing us to advance in certain ways technologically to deal with the new threat), has been an intriguing and fun series for shooter fans, as well as one that has done well critically. Now, Sony is looking to bring the franchise to the PSP with their upcoming third-person action entry, Resistance: Retribution.
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As controls are often a sore spot for many PSP games (largely due to the single and somewhat overly-sensitive analog nub), Sony's Bend Studio has done a lot to try to keep this issue from bogging down the gameplay in Retribution. The default control option lets you control Grayson's movement with the analog nub and aim with the face buttons (par for the course for most PSP action games). What sets Retribution apart from other PSP titles is the fact that the game also blends in a handy auto-aim function that will automatically single out enemies within your targeting box, saving you from trying to focus in on a certain enemy and allowing you to take them out a lot easier. While only certain weapons allow you to do this (you'll still be required to manually aim for sniper rifles and grenade launchers), this is a great improvement to an often overlooked issue with the system. Additionally, Grayson will take cover automatically should cover present itself, which is also a nice move to streamline the controls.
One big feature is the new PSP Plus element, which actually allows you to interface your PSP with your PS3 and play the game using a DualShock 3 controller (this requires a copy of Resistance 2 for PS3, as well). Although this sounds like a great touch, it was unfortunately not available in the demo.
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Resistance: Retribution is shaping up to be a very worthy entry in the franchise, standing not only as a fine handheld entry, but also one that stands tall with the PS3 titles. After some time with the demo, it's safe to say that Retribution will definitely be a title that PSP owners should be excited for.


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By Josh Zuckerman '16
It would not be absurd to assume that the vast majority of civilized peoples do not approve of whaling. Personally, I find the practice disgusting, abhorrent, and barbaric. This is not because I am an animal-rights activist or have any specific penchant for whales, but simply because I oppose the slaughter of an endangered and intelligent species for something as unnecessary as overpriced delicacies. That being said, I find myself today in the unlikely position of having to adamantly defend Japanese whaling against an even more despicable product of so-called civilization—the International Court of Justice.
On March 31, 2014, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Japan to immediately cease its whaling operations in Antarctic waters. Simply put, this ruling infringes upon Japanese sovereignty. In order to understand why opponents of the international, global order should support Japan despite its fondness for harpooning our blubbery friends, a brief overview of the ICJ is necessary. Established in 1945, the Court's mission "is to settle, in accordance with international law, legal disputes submitted to it by States." In addition to dealing with one of the problematic and perennial questions of international relations—how (and if) international law can truly exist—the Court must also navigate contentious issues regarding its jurisdiction. The United States, for example, wisely refuses to acknowledge the Court's jurisdiction; after losing the case Nicaragua v. United States, the US withdrew from the Court's jurisdiction and used its Security Council veto to prevent implementation of the ruling.
Japan's defeat is truly terrifying primarily because the Japanese contested the jurisdiction of the Court. The legal nuances of the Court's jurisdiction are rather subtle. Generally speaking, it "can only deal with a dispute when the States concerned have recognized its jurisdiction." The full ruling with regard to jurisdiction is difficult to decipher without expertise in international law and the history thereof. However, the important part is that the Court denied Japan's request that it "adjudge and declare that it lacks jurisdiction over the claims brought against Japan by Australia."
This brings up yet another interesting point—how does Australia possibly have legal standing to sue Japan over its whaling activities? The whales do not belong to Australia; no property of the nation or its denizens is being injured. At issue is a 1946 treaty called the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, which limits most forms of whaling that are conducted for non-scientific purposes. Japan and Australia are both parties to the treaty. Is Japan violating the treaty? Probably—although it insists its whaling activities are conducted for scientific purposes, this claim is dubious at best. As a fellow party to the treaty, Australia has every right to express consternation with Japan and to seek redress for its grievances. However, the notion that such redress can come from the ICJ is outrageous.
The idea that a supranational and objective body can peacefully solve all disputes that arise between nations, while comforting given the postwar context of the ICJ's creation, is rather naïve. Ideological defenders of the ICJ will make an argument that sounds something like this:
Premise 1: Nations do not always abide by treaties.
Premise 2: When a nation violates a treaty, it generally hurts the other nations that have signed the treaty.
Premise 3: A nonviolent mechanism to enforce treaties is necessary.
Premise 4: Nations are biased in favor of their own self-interest.
Conclusion: Because nations are biased and cannot be trusted to meet their treaty-driven obligations, an institution like the ICJ is needed to compel nations to fulfill their promises.
I do not dispute the premises, only the conclusion.
Given that these premises are true, how does it follow that the creation of the ICJ is foolish? As I have previously mentioned, it constitutes a major violation of national sovereignty. Forcing Japan to amend its own laws, given the absence of any human rights violations, is despicable and intolerant of a foreign culture. Consider a similar case in which the ICJ ruled that Texas's gay marriage ban violated human rights or that the United Kingdom has no right to maintain its current lack of separation of church and state. As one can clearly see, the ICJ has no moral right to force a nation to alter its domestic laws.
Furthermore, the ICJ is laughably dumb from a realistic or pragmatic standpoint. The whole point of a court system is to force an unwilling party to abide by the law. In order to force someone to do something, coercion is obviously needed. This is why national court systems work; they have coercive power. If a Japanese woman breaks Japanese law, a Japanese court can throw her in Japanese prison. Whaling is not against Japanese law. I am no expert on the Japanese legal system, but the Japanese have clearly interpreted the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling in such a manner that permits its citizens to hunt whales.* What is the point of a justice system that cannot enforce its decisions? The UN, thank God, has no army, police force, or prisons; UN peacekeepers in the light-blue helmets will not sail the seven seas arresting Japanese whalers. Therefore, the UN cannot possibly compel Japan to abide by its decision. Japan, of course, may abolish its whaling program at any moment it wishes.
*—Shameless moment of self-promotion: In American law, treaties are not binding upon citizens unless enforced by a subsequent domestic law. See my article in the December 2013 Tory for more on this point.
This brings up an important question and brief digression—why does national sovereignty even matter? This is not the forum to answer this question from a normative standpoint. A pragmatic approach will therefore suffice. The alternative to national sovereignty, of course, is international sovereignty, a system in which a supranational organization such as the UN or EU makes decisions for each of its member states. These institutions are designed to be far more culturally, economically, and politically heterogeneous than their constituent nations. They therefore lack expertise regarding specific nations or cultural ties to specific people. The problem this creates is best illustrated with a specific example. Although utterly inept and hopelessly incompetent, our current Congress is far more capable of ruling the United States than the UN General Assembly is. At least Congress is familiar with America, its laws, its economy, its people, and its political tradition. While the EU, if in charge of the US, would immediately disregard the cultural importance of the Second Amendment, the majority of Congress would not. Similarly, Congress would act to ban whaling, but the Japanese National Diet has no desire to do so.
However, if Japan does not want to abide by the treaty, who can possibly force it to do so? What alternatives to the ICJ exist? Australia clearly wants Japan to cease whaling. If it is passionate enough, it can always resort to economic sanctions or military force, both of which would be extreme overreactions given Japan's economic prowess, commitment to democracy and human rights, and status as a key ally of the West. The best alternative to the ICJ (and most other governmental actives), therefore, is the free market. If nations or their citizens are sufficiently appalled by whaling, they can boycott Japanese goods in order to bring about change.
Australia is clearly unwilling to take matters into its own hands, and rightfully so, given that there is no rational way to coerce Japan into a cessation of its whaling activities. It is utterly shameful that our friends down under have resorted to the ineffective and immoral ICJ in order to attempt to exert its will. Japanese whaling will end if and only if the Japanese people willingly decide to abandon the hunt for moral or economic reasons. Until then, I can only hope that whales will swim quickly.


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Interested in starting a club or recruiting new members? Sign up for Club Fair. Club Fair takes place in the Stevenson Union Courtyard on Thursday, October 2nd from 11am-2pm.
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Club Training will take place during the second ICC meeting, Wednesday, October 8th from 4-5pm.
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