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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Legislation to implement a major overhaul of Mexico's telecommunications industry will not be approved until early next year, pushing back a deadline set for December, two senior lawmakers said on Saturday.
The secondary laws set out the fine print for a telecoms reform promulgated in June by President Enrique Pena Nieto which gives regulators sweeping powers to rein in billionaire Carlos Slim's telecoms giant America Movil and dominant broadcaster Televisa.
The bill raised hopes Pena Nieto was serious about breaking the hold a select few have on much of the economy, but a pile-up of pending bills in Congress has made the December 9 deadline for the secondary telecoms legislation increasingly unlikely.
Federico Gonzalez Luna, a congressman who heads the radio and television committee in the lower house, told Reuters that to ensure the secondary laws were properly drawn up, they would now have to wait until 2014.
"There's no way of doing them earlier," said Gonzalez Luna, a member of the Green Party, allies of Pena Nieto's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). "The plan is to get them done as quickly as possible, but to do them well."
Efforts would focus on getting the laws passed in the next period of Congress beginning in February, he added.
A delay in the secondary laws could give America Movil and Televisa more time to prepare their defense against steps by the new regulator to reduce their dominant positions in Mexico.
For now, Congress is scrambling to pass an energy bill put forward by the president in August to open up the state-controlled oil and gas industry to more private investment.
Fraught with political risks in a country where the 1938 nationalization of the oil industry was a defining moment, the energy bill is a central plank of Pena Nieto's economic agenda.
But the energy reform has been bogged down in the Senate, and the government is insistent it should pass this year.
To do that, the PRI must first push through an electoral reform to win the support of opposition conservatives it is banking on to provide votes for the new energy law.
The electoral reform is moving slowly in the Senate and PRI party chairman Cesar Camacho said on Friday a plan was under consideration to prolong Congress to make sure the energy bill is signed off by lawmakers this year.
Hector Gutierrez de la Garza, a PRI lawmaker who heads the communications committee in the lower house, said Congress would aim to approve the secondary telecoms laws early in 2014.
"It needs to be in February because in March there's a deadline for the Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT) to issue various resolutions," he told Reuters, referring to the new telecoms regulator created by the reform.
There would be no penalty for missing the December 9 deadline because a transitory article in Pena Nieto's reform meant that current telecoms laws would remain in effect while Congress finalized the secondary legislation, he added.
Pena Nieto's reform gives the IFT the power to break up dominant telecoms companies, and the secondary legislation will set out conditions for the use of that option.
Alejandra Barrales, a member of the opposition leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution who heads the radio and television committee in the Senate, said she was opposed to delaying the approval of the secondary laws.
Because party leaders had so far not formally declared the laws would be delayed until next year, she would consider that December 9 remained a possibility, she told Reuters.
Still, pushing them back would give Congress more space to pass the energy bill, said Eligio Gonzalez of the PRI, a senior member of the lower house communications committee.
"Our thinking is that the Senate will be approving the energy reform around (December) the 14th. And for us to be meeting in an extraordinary session around the 19th-20th to pass it in the days before Christmas," he said.
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New Hampshire State Police say a tractor trailer truck hauling 65,000 gallons of milk on Interstate 89 slid off the road and rolled onto the driver's side, spilling much of the milk.
Police and Department of Environmental Services workers are at the scene of the accident in the southbound lanes in Sutton. The accident happened at about 3:35 a.m. Thursday. One lane is open as crews clean up the spill.
Police said 59-year-old Frederick Steinhour of Enosburg, Vt., was driving the truck, owned by McDermott's Inc. Steinhour wasn't hurt, but the milk tank was ruptured.
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The Cubs Might Be the Sixth Best Team Over the Next Five Years and Other Bullets
Football is officially back, with the Broncos stomping the Ravens last night – in Denver, since the Orioles/White Sox game in Baltimore booted the reigning Super Bowl champs westward. I'm glad that the baseball and football seasons are generally staggered – they are my two favorite sports to watch.
- ESPN once again ranked each of the 30 MLB organizations in an overall way that considers not only the makeup of their current team – the Cubs would not fare well – but also the state of their farm system, their finances, their management, and how much they could improve in the near-term. The rankings purport to be a "futures" ranking of the organizations best equipped to have success over the next five years. The Cubs came in at number 6, ahead of every team in the NL Central … except the Cardinals, who are number 1 overall. Naturally. The Cubs' ranking is particularly impressive when you consider that their present team is among the worst ranked on the list, and that is one of the most heavily-weighted factors. Picking nits? The Cardinals' minor league system is rated higher than the Cubs', and I don't think too many rankings services will be thinking that come the offseason. All in all, if the Cubs prove to be the sixth best team in baseball, overall, over the next 5 to 10 years, I think I'd be pretty happy with that. That's a whole lot of playoff appearances.
- … of course, ESPN might be a little generous in projecting the team's financial advantages in the next five years. (*ducks*)
- Marc Hulet at MLBTR put together a prospect all-star team, and, once again, the Cubs are nicely represented. Although they placed no pitchers on this one, Javier Baez took the spot at shortstop (over an absurdly talented crew at the position), Dan Vogelbach took first base (in part because of a lack of top prospects at the position), and Kris Bryant was mentioned as the likely successor at third base to Miguel Sano (though both could be in the big leagues by next year).
- Tom Ricketts must be checking out each of the Cubs' affiliates in the playoffs, because the Tribune caught up with him at AA shortly after the Sun-Times spoke with him at High-A. There's not really anything new in the Tribune piece, though I think it's nice that he's checking out the minor league teams this time of year.
- Javier Baez is the face of the Cubs' successful minor league development this year.
- Outfielder Dave Sappelt cleared waivers after being DFA'd this week, and was outrighted to AAA Iowa.
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World Christian Week
Thoughts from CIU Sophomore Jacob Given
World Christian Week is a big event here on the CIU campus. Every year, a week is devoted to hearing what God is doing among the nations. Various missionaries and alumni can be found on campus. Mission agencies have booths set up in the student center, and you can speak with a representative almost any time of the day. Needless to say, World Christian Week is a very special time.
This year, we had a chapel speaker named Steve Richardson, president of the mission agency Pioneers-USA. He is the son of Don Richardson, a famous missionary. Don Richardson is also the author of the popular mission book "Peace Child," – the story of how he and his wife Carol lived among, and shared the gospel with, the Sawi people of Indonesia – a tribe of headhunting cannibals.
The topic throughout the week was "The Journey of Obedience." Each day during chapel time, Richardson spoke about what it means to take a journey of obedience toward God, and what that looked like in his own life. He encouraged us as students to simply obey and trust God, and to always focus on the destination. Richardson also spoke of God's surprises. God works in surprising, and sometimes even humorous ways. I have found this to be true in my own life, so I definitely resonated with his perspective.
But above and beyond any specific detail, World Christian Week always gives me an overwhelming sense that we have a great God who is in control of all things. Seeing all of the missionaries and alumni visiting from their homes in remote nations, hearing what the missions agencies had to say, and being in chapel for great worship and encouragement all contributed to an assurance that God is in control of all things in every nation. Many nations were represented by the people attending World Christian Week, and each representative could vouch for God's providence in their respective area.
So what is my response to World Christian Week? Do I pack up everything and head for India? Should I leave everything and live in the Amazon among unreached peoples? Should I head to Africa and preach the gospel? The great thing about the body of Christ is that not everyone has the same function. Not everyone is called to do exactly the same thing. I don't feel that I am called to foreign missions, however after World Christian Week, I am far more aware of what is going on among the nations, and I am certainly not going to rule out participating in that area of God's work.
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Sony and IBM still together?
IBM still supports the CELL Broadband Engine, signed Sony Playstation! The official website continues to offer the chip created for the Playstation 3 and displays it proudly in the company's history with the symbols of buttons on the pad, and has signed also agreements with Toshiba (the CELL is present in his REGZA TV) and have achieved server supercomputer.
Not a chance.
No it wont happened, Sony already stated they are going with multi procesors, so no cell and to be honest im glad there is no cell on the ps4.
Cell is over rated imo, its only Sony fanboys cheer leading it, hell even Sony themselves have stopped.
Its a fact had Sony released the PS3 with a normal CPU and GPU like the 8800GTX, the PS3 would have easily been capable of running most of its games in 1080p @ 60fps.
While Cell is better than a standard CPU when it comes to doing graphics, thats because CELL was designed to do graphics a CPU isnt designed for that job. However against a real GPU Cell stands no chance. It would absolutely fail even against the RSX, let alone anything that was relevant at the time the PS3 was released aka the 8800GTX.
CELL tried to do everything at once CPU tasks and GPU tasks and ended up being bad at both of them. It cant compete with a Dual core CPU when it comes to general purpose tasks, while it absolutely gets devastated by 4-5 year old GPUs. Proof is in the pudding, With Sony running at the last moment to Nvidia for help. Had their been no RSX in the PS3 there was no way it was going to compete with Xbox 360 even with 2 cells on it.
Coming to the current time. It takes billions of USD to develop chips. IBM is no where near a contender in the graphics business. Even if they did update the CELL it wouldnt stand a chance against any of the current offerings from Nvidia or AMD. Hence it would be in Sonys best interest to go with a standard CPU and a good strong GPU from AMD.
AMD and Nvidia have put in years or work and billions of USD into these chips, there is no way IBM can compete in this department with either of them. Sony would be better of putting the extra money toward a better GPU than to invest in upgrading the Cells ancient design.
Here come the disagrees lol, for the disbelievers go ahead put together a 4 year old PC with a dual core CPU and a 8800GTX watch as it will play most console ports in 1080p. Something which PS3 will barely do in 720p, despite any sort of optimization from the Cell.
Hence for the PS4 it would be in Sony best interest to drop the Cell watch and see as thats exactly whats going to happen.
Maybe, if so then it will easy be backward compatible.
Still rumour, we should wait and see.
*sigh* decrypt, WHY are you comparing the PS3 to a graphics card that had cost $50 MORE than the whole console at launch?
@yewles do you have a time frame for your next video? I like them and your intros,going up and down my inner tubes.
@ decrypt : If you put an 8800GTX into a console the console would die within an hour because the 8800GTX got extremely hot. With the stock cooler it would reach up to 95 celcius.
Only reason I see is for PS3 compatibility for PS3 games. Which is very likely to be in at least the first wave of consoles.
Cell is not necessary anymore. Power series is a parallel or better to it now really. I personally believe Power7 is the successor to the Cell tech.
32 threads in 8 core Power7 Cell 2 was aimed to have 32 SPUs. What is the real difference between 32 SMT threads and 32 SPUs. Its possible the performance was equal or lesser than Power7 series CPUs that were coming out which could be the main factor in it getting canned.
Cell up to 256 Gflops.
Power7 264 Gflops and is more efficient at keeping that pace.
Power8 Could possibly stomp both of them, but doubtful Power8 is coming along side AMD APU, but it technically could. Just doesn't seem like enough room in the system.
2 things:
.CELL is dead as a viable chip
.Unless you want to buy a $599 console again and Sony want to be the laughing stock for another generation... it's just better to cut expensive PS3-BC and go for an affordable console that is easy to sell
Now, when Sony unveil the PS4 and tell there is no PS3-BC, people will RAGE! and XBX8 will have another advantage compared to PS4
Nope, the Cell Saga is over, folks. They're moving on to better, simpler things.
Unless you were expecting:
Sony: And now for our worst kept secret...the PS4!
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Sony: ...to be powered by the most advanced and most complex architecture ever put into a single chip. PlayStation fans, I give you the Cell 2!
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I hope Cell isn't returning for Sony's own sake. I want to see the PS4 flourish and be a serious competitor in the industry.
The industry needs it.
Enemy, you just stuck a red sign on your head, with the word "CPU clueless" on it.
The next gen platforms will probably have barely the performance of the Cell, when it comes to some tasks, like movie-quality animation, and good physics -- its a real shame, from a CPU and gamer standpoint, that we won't see a quad-core, 16-32 SPU Cell this next gen.
@nukeitall: BAHAHAHAHAHA! That was a good one. Oh wait, you're serious? Gee, what can one say to that. Hmm, well I guess the PS3 didn't have the best looking console games of the gen. Oh, it did? Well damn. I guess the PS3 didn't sell at a faster rate globally than the 360 (meaning it was more desired throughout the world) and has likely surpassed it now. Oh, they did that too? Gee, I wonder how anyone could come to the conclusion that the Playstation brand isn't flourishing. Oh, an MS fanboy? That explains a lot.
The Playstation brand is the weakest it has ever been as reflected by the marketshare of each respective company.
Seeing how I hurt your feeling with a pretty innocent comment, it is clear who is the real fanboy is!
It wasn't Cell that held back PS3, it was the RSX. CELL's cycles were used to make up for it (e.g. Vertex skinning on Xbox is usually done straight on Xenos, while for PS3, this had to be done on the Cell to get better performance.)
I hope PS4 has an butt-kicking graphics card where you can throw anything including aiding the cpu for some tasks, not like on Ps3 where it was the other way around. Then it can have whatever CPU they like.
although "SOME" people believe The Cell is the second coming, can cure Cancer, and get them a date with Megan Fox or Megan Good........
hate to bust your bubbles but the Cell is Dead!
. IBM has taken it's Cell Servers off-line
. Toshiba has no plans for the Cell in it's Next Gen TV's
. Sony has already said x86-64 for PS4
. Toshiba sold the Cell plant back to Sony and Sony will use the Cell manufacturing plant to make sensors for cameras and other parts but NO Cell manufacturing!
The Cell was a nice chip but it just doesn't fit in too nicely in a x86 world no matter how much power you give the PPE part of it!
True no PS4 News has been given but Sony saying NO to the Cell for the PS4 did slip out and you only have to read a SOny or IBM or Toshiba Financial report to know that Sony is not making any Cell Processors and Neither is IBM or Toshiba!
Yell Dead Cell!
(hope they get the reference)
Sony has not confirmed anything on the ps4. They where testing how much power it would take to run GT5 at 4k resolution and it took 4 ps3's to do so. So at minimum they need 4 cells which 1 new one blows the current cell out of the water. They need a minimum of 1 gig of vram and 1 gig of system ram to play a ps3 game at 4k, and atleast a 660 gtx or equal graphic card. We'll what Sony does though. This could help keep cost low for the next console.
I hope they stick with Cell, so the system will be backwards compat with the Ps3.
well if they do not go with the cell next gen than Gaikai could be used for backwards compatibility.
Yeah, but I have a collection of about 200 disc games. If they go cloud, they damn well better have a system in place where I can play the games I already paid for, for free or I'll be pi$$ed.
how about this... keep your PS3... when you're done with your PS3 sell it and all your games on EBay... till then keep it hooked up. It's not going to poison your PS4 because you play with it more. They are consoles, not women.
A while back I asked a question if Sony decided to use the cell chip with the supposedly graphics chip they implied from AMD. I received some various answers.
What if the APU is a custom chip using the cell technology (not necessarily the cell chip) with a weak GPU for the low end processing and an off the shelf high end GPU + APU (Previously mentioned) for high end processing. Do you think that will work.
Or what if they decide to use the cell chip as the main processor and the APU + GPU will be used for all game processing, of course in combination with the cell, could that work?
I hope so, the re-bought cell fabrics could consider this.
Cell2 FTW
Wouldn't it be better if Sony are indeed using a new Cell Processor?
Think about, BC and easier workflow for most developers, as they would not need to start all over again with some new hardware.
True some people are freaking out because they believe that CELL is difficult to develop for but the truth is that developers have had 6 years to program for the processor so its normal that they get used to it. I really dont see why sony cant use a better version of the cell processor.
Maybe they got tired of seeing their platform get the ass-end of pretty much every multiplatform game?
Use a more standard architecture: More happy devs, more happy players because multiplatform PS4 games don't look inferior to the same game on a next-gen Xbox.
I dont know what's been hated on more this gen the cell or the PS3.
After playing the GOW Beta and seeing those graphics I say keep the cell!
It's GOOD that Sony is not totally abandoning the cell tech entirely. The tech has astronomic capabilities and as long it's tech is used for SERVER and other broadband streaming tech purposes and NOT as a gaming solution, than fine, keep developing it to it's highest potential.
Just don't use it's tech for a Sony video-gaming platform AGAIN! At least until the vidgaming development society as a whole is way more better acquainted with it's unique technology.
1st party devs disagree with you. Last of us, GOW proves the cell is a very capable gaming solution
Cell is a very capable Vgaming solution, you say? then you should read this then. http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
Now on to my response,
Thats why I said "vidgaming dev society AS A WHOLE" I know 1st party devs got the cell processor figured out, but the "vast majority" of games coming out this gen and well as next-gen and so on comes from 3rd party devs and also will be multi-platform, not 1st party.
If you think that Sony going to win the next-gen console race by relying ONLY on 1st party titles, Then you haven't learned anything from this gen. Why the hell you think Sony had decided to dumped the cell for the orbis anyway? Sony needs all devs supporting it's system full tilt, 1st, 3rd & independent. And that how Sony may own next-gen.
Sony needs FULL 3rd party support more than ever next-gen not only so multi-plats games won't be inferior to neXbox's, cuz the neXbox already has one great advantage coming out the gate, "full backward compatibility to x360 games"! The general hardware code should be no different than the x360's, just up-graded. So I'm sure 360 games will work on the neXbox. The
orbis won't share that luxury this time. But with traditional x86 AMD PC-ish hardware Sony should have a much better chance at competing with Microsoft & maybe win back some of the dev support x360 took away from them this gen.
And how would they become acquainted with it's unique technology if there is no place for them to apply that knowledge in the meantime.
Seriously, the development community has had 6 years to become acquainted with it. If they haven't done so by now then nothing is going to change that. It's only going to happen if it is forced on them, similar to the way the Emotion Engine caught on because it was dominant in the PS2.
Major 3rd party developers aren't hacks. They are extremely talented and can figure this stuff out.
Now, all that being said, you are right on your main point. Given the trends in development today, it makes much more sense to go with what is easier for the devs.
However, the cell processor itself is a beast for doing things that are necessary for games. The current mindset of x86 is just to throw more power at it and make more efficient use of architecture to increase processing power. It will eventually come to a breaking point, at which time new things will be needed. The cell itself was designed to scale along this nature, thus it was set up to be a long term solution. Unfortunately it came out too soon, and had too much resistance among the community that it was supposed to help.
I want Skynet in my Playstation 4!
a cell / other cpu hybrid will ensure backward compatibility, and remember sony owns cell so to include it into ps4 wont cost that much extra. do it sony
The cell more ram and a better optimized graphics card would be a win win for sony and consumers. More processing power and cheaper development of the system due to already established architecture.
Didn't IBM stop making the cell? i thought they did
It depends. The idea of cell is still in use, and will continue to be. It's just moving more towards hybrid multi-core processing chips.
Cell in this instance is more of a concept rather than an implementation.
What you ask about was from a 2009 report, however IBM stated that they only stopped development of a particular chip (the 32 SPE model IIRC).
Incidentally, at that time IBM did state that they were working on the PS4 CPU. However that chip was supposed to be ready in 2011 I believe, and 2 years can change a lot of things. OTOH, if it was supposed to be ready at the end of 2011, then it's only been just over a year since it was ready. That would be about the right amount of time to design the rest of the system around it.
thought they were going with AMD for CPU as well as the GPU..? I would prefer for them to go with whatever makes it easier for devs to code for the platform.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo .
Just, nooooooooo.
Really, this is not happening. If anything defeated PS3 over the long term, it was not the cost or the late release, it was the absurd difficulty of taking advantage of the Cell. Sony would be insane to put Devs through an even more complex development pipeline to get games on their console next gen.
That's my 2 rupees at least.
Except that the PS3 isn't defeated in any way over the long term so your argument is kinda absurd.
Actually no, I wasn't making some fanboy remark about wining the sales race of this console cycle, I was talking about what made the PS3, apart from everything else, a tough sell, standing alone on it's own merits. I'm talking about it's inherent design flaws, not what makes it better than an XBox... something can be the best and still not be perfect ... in fact nothing is and it is 100% no question that Sony is looking at what caused their struggles this gen, and the main thing they will find is that the Cell processor took to much R and D time, causing them to come to market late, raised the price of the system to exorbitant levels at release, causing sales to suffer greatly, and was a nightmare for new developers to take full advantage of, causing AAA third party support to slow.
Say what you will, disagree, whatever, the above words are truth.
Some multiplats are better on 360, some are not.
Which does prove something I guess.
The main thing that let the PS3 down, was the RSX. Not the cell.
If the PS4 had the same cell now and 4gb ram and a hefty GPU. It would easily pump out some decent games.
Think about it, main thing that bottlenecked the PS3 was bandwidth of RSX, problems with foliage in games. Lack of AA because of bandwidth.
all RSX is 128bit 7800.
I'm surprised tbh that Sony did not carry on with cell. Hit the ground running.
We'll see in due course.
So why did Sony opt for the RSX if it was so bad? Why not just implement 2 Cells?
It was their own production, would have been cheaper in the long run. Why get a RSX from Nvidia if it was so bad?
Sony must have known something you dont to have taken the RSX from Nvidia despite Nvidia being so costly.
From my understanding it was a last minute thing,the intention for the ps3 was,for it to have two cell processor working together or something like that.
@elhe they were just rumors,it's unclear if they are using amd tech but before rumors started saying Sony was to use amd tech,there was one saying that they were going to use a updated cell and powervr series 6 gpu,it's interesting because it named the psvita before it was announced,the rumor is from late 2009,the title is Sony gets Unequalled Graphics.
what happen to the rumor about an AMD processor or an APU? I'm not saying the cell is bad or anything..
I'd say Sony going back with the Cell would be significantly more likely than going for an x86 AMD solution (which we've seen rumoured on N4G before).
The tools and technology should be there already. It would not require the massive R+D investment up front, which Sony can't afford this time around. It'd make backwards compatability a lot easier - which is going to be a bigger issue given how much stronger the PC space is right now compared to last time.
Isn't it already rumored that sony is going with AMD?
Cell Backwards compatibility on the ps4 via upgrade add-on - I'm calling it.
It makes perfect sense if Sony does it that way. Sony can keep the PS4's cost down and those that want BC can buy the upgrade. If I recall Sony had come out with a relating patent several years ago. Who knows what may come of it?
Even though developers got used to developing for the Cell processor they are still complaining that its a pain to develop games for it. I would think that sony should go with a CPU / GPU (Something like the Intel i series CPUs with built in graphics) or a half decent quad core CPU and half decent GPU. They could go with a high end GPU but that will only drive the cost of the console up and a lot of people dont want a very expensive console.
Well without knowing anything about what IBM and Sony are doing what's the point of discussing it? People here are making comments based on pr , not any actual knowledge.
This report is FALSE, Sony has already stated that it will be using common industry hardware to make its next console. So that developers have an easier tine games unike the barrier to entry the cell introduced in the PS3. This next gen is pretty much going to be all about services available on each console rather than the hardware specs.
What's to say the Cell isn't going to be used as a safety measure?...
It's a beast at crunching numbers, these same coded numbers that maybe have to run through as a "gate" (safety measure) in order to be read and processed by another processor set GPU/CPU, which in turn will make pirating PS4/Orbis games best impossible to play on EVERYTHING, that's not a PS4/Orbis...
But then again, I remember reading that its easier to daisy chain Cell processors, compared to standard processors, and if Sony decides to take the route of having a console that has always followed their trend of being 10 times stronger than its predecessor, then I can say there is absolutely nothing that I have to worry about for the next gen PlayStation Home Console....
Sony know more than anyone here what is best so whatever they go with you just gotta deal with.
Smh at some of these comments. PS3 and 360 fanboys need to stop going back and forth like bitter married people. It's really old now.
I doubt sony will go with the cell again. I have no doubt in my mind for the money they spent on the cell processor at launch i'm sure they could have put a cpu on the 360's level (if not better) and a gpu that would produce graphics on the ps3 level (again if not better)
You realize the cell is more powerful than xenos(Xbox 360 CPU)
Do you also realize xenos is based off cell right?
Yes i do, but some of the cell's power is used to produce graphics, which if they had a better gpu they wouldn't need that extra cpu power if they included a better gpu. If they would have gone with a tradition cpu, they could have put a better gpu in the console at the price point they sold the ps3 at.
" If they would have gone with a tradition cpu, they could have put a better gpu in the console at the price point they sold the ps3 at."
and if they did , How does that make your 1st party developer's ready for the new refinement's of the new cpu/gpu Hybrid chipset's that will or was coming out in the next 6-7 year's?
It does'nt. Take a look at 1st party effort's by Microsoft and take a look at 1st party effort's by Sony. out of both companies which companies 1st party effor's are better suited for Multi-core Hybrid chip development, to get the most out of the chip's.
Name a 1st party developer of Microsoft that really pushed the xbox360's hardware, for their 1st party development like the 1st party over at Sony has pushed the PS3 hardware. Its not just about sales. do you want your team of software engineer's to grow in skill or remain mostly static?
there is nothing wrong with the Quality of the xbox360 game's just like the PS3's quality in software that's not the point, its mostly about getting their software teams that are 1st party to offer them a better chance of being better software developer's, with cleaner code, you cannot do that unless their challenged!
@ Tsar4ever
" cuz the neXbox already has one great advantage coming out the gate, "full backward compatibility to x360 games"!
Hum..what? Did I miss some news here? How do you know that please?
Its a fact the nextbox will be "forward compatible"... This was announced back in 2009 by a source (cant find it unfortunately here on N4G) Meaning... Any 360 game that work on the current 360 will work on the nextbox as well, but thats not all!
When you play the current 360 game on the nextbox it will also improve the graphics too (or so the article claimed) seeing that the newer Xbox has an upgraded DirectX version (DirectX 11 maybe?) compared to the DirectX 9.1 the 360 has at the moment.
Meaning EVERy 360 game will have a slight face lift on new console.
When I first read this I was sceptical to see how MS were going to pull this off.. And as the new generation draws near one can do nothing but wait to see if its true!
You know nothing about Graphics APIs, you have to take advantage of DX11 features for it to make any difference at all. Even though some high end cards get better frames with the DX11 pipeline.
Oh hush Sally. Here are some links I provided below to prove my point. Just because you never read news about forward compatibility doesnt mean it doesnt exist... Dumb ass
SO you believe that because a graphics card supports an API all games created for the previous will use it. You also believe that the 720 will be able to detect the view distance variables and adjust them to make use of the extra power. Get real.
Forward Compatibility? Whats that LMAO. Your calling him a dumb ass and your saying Forward Compatibility.


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A 17-minute hat trick from Andre Schurrle saw Chelsea move four points clear at the top of the Premier League with a 3-1 win over Fulham.
The forward notched his second hat trick of the season, having achieved the feat for Germany against Sweden in October, and doubled his Chelsea tally to six league goals in 2013-14 following his second-half treble at Craven Cottage on Saturday.
Fulham had the better chances in the opening period but failed to take them and was made to pay as the Blues moved up through the gears after the break.
Schurrle, ably assisted by Eden Hazard and Fernando Torres, finished all three efforts clinically as Chelsea extended its unbeaten run to 13 league games, despite John Heitinga's late consolation.
The victory, combined with Arsenal's defeat against Stoke, sees Chelsea open up a gap at the top of the table, while Fulham remains rooted to the bottom after an eighth league game without a win.
Following the midweek Champions League trip to Turkey, Premier League leaders Chelsea took its time to settle into the game and was lucky not to be behind in the third minute as Clint Dempsey wasted a great chance.
Pajtim Kasami forced his way past Branislav Ivanovic on the left and drilled a cross into the penalty area for the unmarked American, playing the last game of his loan spell, but the 30-year-old could not direct his header on target from six yards.
Chances were at a premium for both sides in a half bereft of quality, with only Kasami forcing a save from either goalkeeper with a low free kick in the final five minutes that Petr Cech held easily.
Chelsea quickly put the poor first-half display behind it as Schurrle opened the scoring seven minutes after the break.
Hazard played a weighted pass over the top of the Fulham defense for the German to run onto, and he cut across Dan Burn before slotting past Maarten Stekelenburg from the edge of the penalty area.
Torres should have doubled Chelsea's lead just before the hour after more excellent work from Hazard, but the 29-year-old saw his header at the back post deflect off Kieran Richardson and away from danger.
With 65 minutes played, Schurrle added his second goal, with Hazard again involved. The Belgian escaped the attentions of Heitinga before rolling a perfect pass into Schurrle and he fired low beyond Stekelenburg.
Schurrle's hat trick was complete three minutes later as the forward made no mistake with a calm finish after being played in by Torres.
Fulham netted a consolation with 16 minutes to play as Darren Bent knocked down a Lewis Holtby corner and Heitinga poked the ball beyond Cech from close range.


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"I've watched as countless people around me spend the bulk of their lives pruning their dreams instead of living them." -- Christine Rogers
When Christine Rogers entered Valley Forge Christian College as a freshman she had some big dreams. She began her message to our students during Homecoming 2012 as the Young Alumnus of the Year with these words, "My stomach hurt for weeks before I left (for college) because I was so excited... I was hungry for change. Not because my past was unsatisfying, but because my dreams for my future that God had placed within me were beginning to grow."
As she continued speaking I knew all of us who were listening were in for a treat. And we were not disappointed. For the next 30 minutes or so she spoke of her journey as a student during those years on our campus to where she is now as a distinguished teacher at the Wilson Middle School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Her big dreams have helped her keep growing and growing. "Routine is one of the quickest ways to squish change. And as a teacher, "she observed, "I've had the same routine since I was five-years-old. Roads traveled too long soon become life's ruts."
In order to reach your dreams, Christine made three suggestions. First, she said Use Your God Given Talents. "Most people have a narrow view of what talents are and so, many people cut themselves short as a result of that view." Often teachers praise students who excel in math and linguistics but, as Howard Gardner says in his Theory of Multiple Intelligences, "...an individual who excels in math and linguistics is limited. His seven intelligences illustrate we may have numerous talents we don't even realize we have.
Albert Einstein once said, "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid."
Secondly, Happy is a Choice. Christine described an exchange she had with her favorite VFCC professor, Dr. Janice Gable. As a student, she was overwhelmed by her work schedule and her pressing class assignments and just a lot of life which "...had been filled with the dark blues of stress." In a brief exchange she had with Dr. Gable about these challenges, she described how her beloved professor looked at her with a smile and said I could either do the assignments or not do them. But if I was going to do them, I might as well enjoy it instead of wasting a beautiful afternoon worrying about it.
"Life isn't always a happy Facebook status," Christine said. "It has raw heartbreaking moments. After I left college, my dad was diagnosed with cancer... Dad didn't get better. Dad died." But with a perspective beyond her years she continued, "My motto is, if I'm not going to remember it in six years, I'm not going to get upset about it today."
And, finally, she told us to Continue to Dream. Carl Sagan said, "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. And we must always be careful we don't "prune back our dreams" because we may wait for a better time or when we have more money or when we are older. Any number of excuses can ruin our best dreams.
Christine met a handsome young man named Lee in Dr. Gable's English class. He is now her husband and together they made a family list of their individual dreams: hike the Scottish highlands; hike the Appalachian trail, see Stonehenge; find Nessie; travel by boat up the Amazon River; learn to scuba dive; be conversational in another language; walk the great wall of China; ride a camel; see the aurora borealis; own a Great Dane; learn to sail. Already some of those dreams are beginning to happen. We must never prune them back.
May we all heed Christine's challenge as we begin 2013.
Think about it.


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Dispelling all the misinformation in the world is a tough job when you're up against the biggest liars of all: everyone's parents. Let's face it, Mom and Dad mean well, but parenting is a tough gig. In his new book Because I Said So!: The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to Its Kids, Ken Jennings takes on generations of dubious parental wisdom on the dangers of gum-swallowing, knuckle-popping, post-meal swimming, and all the rest. And this month on Woot, Ken will be debunking four bonus parenting myths not found in his book. As we'll see, Mother and Father don't always know best.
Parental Myth #1: Drink Some Warm Milk Before Bed!
A glass of warm milk is an age-old folk remedy for insomnia. Mom's bedtime advice got a nutritional boost in the 20th century when science discovered that milk is a good source for something called tryptophan, an amino acid sometimes prescribed as a sleep aid because the brain converts it into the sleep-regulating neurotransmitter melatonin.
The problem is that, as we've seen in a past "Debunker" column, tryptophan doesn't work as a sleep aid unless it's taken on an empty stomach in dosages you'd never find in a glass of milk (or a serving of Thanksgiving turkey, or any of the other supposed tryptophan-rich foods sometimes recommended by Mom's mental storehouse of 1970s-era Reader's Digest articles). Milk is rich in protein, and a 2003 study at MIT found that protein inhibited the effects of tryptophan on the brain. Milk protein is also a good source of tyrosine, an amino acid often found in "mental alertness" supplements for its caffeine-like properties. And fully 60 percent of human adults are lactose intolerant, meaning that a bedtime glass of milk could lead to sleep-disturbing digestive problems for a majority of people worldwide. It's quite possible that a glass of milk before bed could perk you up instead of settling you down.
Of course, any hot beverage after Jon Stewart (or, if you're over forty, after Leno) will raise your body temperature and relax tense muscles. But the real reason why people swear by warm milk is probably psychological: the hot-milk routine soothes them, and they nod off because they think they will. But nutritionally speaking, a protein-rich snack like milk isn't the way to go before bed. Instead, try an evening meal with a high glycemic index. Your blood sugar will spike and leave you feeling sluggish hours later when it's time for bed. A big pasta dinner might not be great for your heart or your waistline, but you'll sleep like a baby.
Quick Quiz: As fans of the movie A Christmas Story know, what brand of milk flavoring, often drunk warm, used to sponsor the Little Orphan Annie and Captain Midnight radio shows?
Ken Jennings is the author of Because I Said So!, Brainiac, Ken Jennings's Trivia Almanac, and Maphead. He's also the proud owner of an underwhelming Bag o' Crap. Follow him at ken-jennings.com or on Twitter as @KenJennings.
Photo by Flickr user avlxyz. Used under a Creative Commons License.
why do they call it Ovaltine? the cup's not oval... the can's not oval. they should call it Roundtine!!
After Jon Stewart, I un-mute the TV and watch Colbert.
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Yeah I was wondering if you were of the opinion that it's mostly a placebo--kinda like with how we use comfort foods in a way. If people really *think* it makes them tired, their expectations will do the rest of the work for them.
Plus there's the obvious problem of drinking a large glass of liquid before going to bed -- having to pee 30 minutes later.
Of course, its not really the warm milk your parents gave you, but the 20cc's of codeine that they spiked it with that put you to sleep.
60% are lactose intolerant? Where. I need this debunked... I suppose if you count Asia and other places where they don't drink milk, but I can tell you for sure, the number of people I know that are lactose intolerant is far fewer than 60% of the people that I know.
That's why you add 6tblsp of MALT to your warm milk! It calms acid, delivers a nice protein reserve, and jacks the glycemic index through the roof, so soon after consumption you're out cold, and sleep more than the usual 2hrs. ;-)
Seriously. Add malt. You'll see.
sideshowmike wrote:why do they call it Ovaltine? the cup's not oval... the can's not oval. they should call it Roundtine!!
That's gold Jerry....GOLD!
All warm milk ever did for me was give me very bad nightmares.
I always assumed that milk is filling enough to calm some people's nerves (assuming they're not lactose intolerant), and doesn't have much to do with any nutritional impact. And it doesn't have a very strong flavor to distract.
The warmth could have a similar effect. Add those to a placebo effect, and you might have something.
But I'm not sure I can buy the proportion of lactose-intolerant people. It may have been a close number in the past, but I know a shocking number of Asians, South Asians, and Africans (the groups who traditionally don't carry the tolerance mutation) who drink milk with breakfast and dessert. Either they just didn't drink milk and we assumed it was medical or the mutation has recurred and is spreading.
Ralphie's Best line of the movie: "Be sure to drink your Ovaltine..? A crummy commercial?! Sonofab#tch!!"
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GOP rally in Manchester fires up party faithfulBy BILL SMITH
New Hampshire Union Leader
April 12. 2014 7:26PM
MANCHESTER - An A-list of national Republican figures who were in the city Saturday for an event dubbed the New Hampshire Freedom Summit found a receptive audience for criticism of President Obama, the Affordable Care Act and most things Democratic.
Arranged by two conservative political groups - Americans for Prosperity and Citizens United - the daylong meeting drew an estimated 700 people who, the organizers said, snapped up all the available tickets.
Participants included U.S. Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Mike Lee of Utah and Ted Cruz of Texas; U.S. Reps. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Louis Gohmert of Texas and Steve King of Iowa; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, business tycoon Donald Trump, Fox News television host Mike Huckabee and radio personality Laura Ingraham.
As the opening speaker, U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire urged the politically involved to work to return the Senate to Republican control in the November election.
While refraining from mentioning Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen by name, Ayotte called for New Hampshire Republican activists to work toward a Republican majority in the Senate.
"To repeal Obamacare, we have to win elections, and that starts with a Republican takeover of the United States Senate," Ayotte said. "When Republicans take over the Untied States Senate, (Majority Leader) Harry Reid will go, and that is a cause for celebration."
Ayotte laid out Republican complaints about the Obama administration, ranging from the Affordable Care Act to claims the IRS targeted conservative groups in its enforcement of the federal ban on the use of tax-exempt entities to finance political campaigns.
"Too often, the solution to every problem is bigger, more intrusive, more burdensome government," Ayotte said.
Ayotte also spelled out complaints she and many conservatives have with the Affordable Care Act, ranging from limited access to medical providers in New Hampshire to rules that she said are keeping people with cancer from continuing to see doctors at the famed Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
Sen. Paul, in a stump-style speech, called on the audience for action to displace the Democrats
"There comes a time when a country passes the time of no return; that time is near," Paul said. "Will you stand like men and women of courage and fight for your freedom?"
While Paul stressed many of his libertarian principles, he also called on Republicans to "branch out" and "become a bigger party and a party that can win."
But Paul's way to become a bigger party is not to retreat from core positions.
"Some say we need to dilute our message, be a little more like the Democrats," Paul said. "Hogwash. Our problem is not that we are too bold, our problem is that we are too timid ... we need to reach out to people who we have not been hitting."
But Paul cautioned that trading federal dollars for votes - whether through aid to the states or through personal entitlements - is not the way to build the party.
"You get free stuff, but you never get out of poverty; you get more benefits, but your groceries cost more and your gas costs more," he said. "The policy of the President to say, 'Hey, send me some of your money, I'll send it back later,' doesn't work."
Paul called for an economy built by entrepreneurs driven by a government that takes less in taxes, rather than targeting tax dollars to be spent on specific programs.
Paul was joined by Trump in advocating an approach to government that prefers a free market-approach to solving problems. Trump spoke about what he doesn't like about the Obama administration and how his entrepreneurial background could help make things right in the country.
"Obamacare is the single greatest lie I have ever witnessed, and I've been in politics and watching politics for a very long time," Trump said to a roar of approval from his audience.
Trump touched on unlawful immigration, saying, "I'm a builder. It'll be a wall they can't get over." He said the key to making America strong again is making America wealthy again.
"We don't need competent leaders, we need unbelievable, genuinely smart-as-hell leaders because we're no longer at the stage where we need somebody who is competent; we need a lot more than that."
Several allusions to a potential candidacy were made. Trump noted that his organization had recently bought a former U.S. Post Office building in Washington and was remodeling it as a hotel.
"It's right next to the White House," Trump said. "If I don't make one thing, I can have the other as a fallback."
But in a session with reporters, Trump said he probably won't make up his mind on whether to make a run for President this year and enter the lead-off New Hampshire primary, although he acknowledged its importance in the process.
"I have great support in New Hampshire. I love the people of New Hampshire," Trump said in response to a question from the New Hampshire Sunday News. "New Hampshire is a very, very powerful place to run."
Most of the speakers tried to equate a free-market economy with liberty and freedom.
Sen. Cruz told reporters that attendance at the conference was a clear sign of support for restraining government influence on the economy.
"I'm so encouraged to see hundreds of grass-roots activists standing up to take our country back," the Texas Republican said. "The American people are fed up with Washington, they're fed up with career politicians in both parties, and they want to get back to the free-market principles and constitutional liberty that have been the hallmark of our great nation."
However, Cruz appeared to dodge a question about whether Senate Majority Leader Reid should put to a vote the House-passed budget proposed by U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Ohio, and wouldn't say whether he would vote for it. Asked about Ohio's new voting rules that some say limit opportunities for some pro-Democratic voters, Cruz said it was a state issue.
Asked whether U.S. Senate candidate Scott Brown had staked out too many positions to the left of traditional GOP conservatives, Cruz suggested all that matters is that a Republican is elected.
"That's a question for the men and women of New Hampshire," Cruz said. "What I want to see from New Hampshire is a Republican representing New Hampshire in the United States Senate."
Gingrich was the elder statesman of the event. He predicted Democrats would "lose disastrously" in the 2014 midterm elections.
"We have bureaucrats who are not public servants, they are public overlords," Gingrich said. "I believe if we move from the right-left fights of the last 80 years and we set the tone and offer better ideas and better solutions, we're right at the edge of being able to say, 'Why do you want those prison guards to entrap you.'"


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LONDON (AP) — Britain's tallest building, the 2012 Olympic cauldron and a non-stick ketchup bottle are among contenders for a major design award.
London's Design Museum Monday announced nominees for the Designs of the Year prizes in seven categories including architecture, fashion, transport and digital media.
Architecture candidates include The Shard, a 1,000-foot (310-meter) tall London office building designed by Renzo Piano.
Digital contenders include the inexpensive Raspberry Pi computer and "Zombies, Run!" — a zombie-apocalypse-themed exercise app.
Among the finalists for best new product are Thomas Heatherwick's copper-petal Olympic cauldron, the Replicator 2 3-D printer and a ketchup bottle designed by MIT scientists that uses an edible lubricant to stop contents from sticking.
An exhibition of the finalists goes on display at the museum in March. Winners will be announced in April.


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Skip to comments.Court Rejects Davidian Claim Against U.S.
Posted on 07/16/2003 10:01:25 AM PDT by Dan from Michigan
Court Rejects Davidian Claim Against U.S.
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By ALAN SAYRE, Associated Press Writer
NEW ORLEANS - A federal appeals court rejected an attempt by survivors to collect damages from the government for the deadly 1993 confrontation outside Waco, Texas, between federal agents and members of the Branch Davidian cult.
Without dissent, a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (news - web sites) late Monday turned aside contentions that a lower court judge who ruled against the survivors was biased.
Scores of Branch Davidian members, including leader David Koresh, were killed in 1993 when government agents stormed their compound after a weekslong standoff. Survivors have been pursuing a wrongful death claim for years.
In September 2000 in Waco, U.S. District Judge Walter Smith rejected their lawsuit, backing the government contention that agents did not use excessive force in their tear gas assault on the compound. Smith found the Davidians themselves set the fire that killed nearly 80 men, women and children.
The appeal before the 5th Circuit basically dealt with one question: Was Smith biased against the Davidians because of remarks he made during the trial and his past relationships with government attorneys?
"We conclude that appellants' allegations do not reflect conduct that would cause a reasonable observer to question Judge Smith's impartiality," Chief 5th Circuit Judge Edith Jones wrote for the panel.
Attorneys for the survivors did not immediate return calls seeking comment Tuesday morning.
The Davidians had argued that Smith's comments on and off the bench showed "deep-seated antagonism" and "preconceptions" about the group, whose beliefs encompassed fierce hostility toward the government.
As an example, the survivors said Smith had called one Branch Davidian follower "crazy" and a murderer.
But government attorneys said Smith "displayed patience and diligence wading through enormously complicated legal and factual claims."
On Feb. 28, 1993, federal agents stormed the Branch Davidian compound looking for stockpiled automatic weapons and hand grenades. Four federal agents and three Davidians were killed in the clash.
For 51 days, the government attempted to get cult followers to leave the compound. On April 19, agents fired tear gas rounds into the compound and fire destroyed it.
Bottom line is that whatever you may think of the Davidians in general or Koresh in particular, these were a bunch of men, women and children who were minding their own business who in a short time, nearly all of whom wound up dead.
In an age where organizations lose lawsuits for serving hot coffee, not one single person has been held accountable at any time.
With every injustice the backlash will swell, as it should.
Especially since they could have nabbed Koresh while jogging.
Very sad case.
So many children gassed and burned to death.
There must be a better way to apprehend a guy while shopping at the local store or jogging the outside trails.
Especially too, since Koresh and his christian followers didn't have any illegal weapons, hadn't broken any laws, and had not abused any children.
It was pre-meditated murder, for no reason other than to publicize the "goodness" of the ATF, who were worried about losing some of their funding.
You're willing to believe that one of the people who participated in a mass-murder was really a good guy who failed in his attempt to defuse the Waco situation. I'm not able to believe that.
Combined with our highly professional lawmen "mooning" the Davidian family, killing the family dogs, playing dying rabbit screams, loud music, helicopter overflights, armored vehicles circling the home, strobe lights, and shooting into the house, having a negotiator break his word to Koresh fits easily into a plan to drive the "crazy" Davidians into losing control and doing something stupid, in order to justify, on film, having been attacked by our government in the first place.
It was a campaign to make the Davidians believe that they had nothing to lose, that they were all going to die. It was a strategy of intimidation, and the "good" negotiator was just as guilty as the rest of our heroic law enforcement men, all of whom participated in the mass murder of innocent American citizens.
And got away with it.
Reno is a flunky, with a true flunky's heart. There's no way she did this without permission.
Wait...wasn't the Clinton administration also on their "hate speech" and "anti-government militia" campaigns to prepare the public for the restrictive laws waiting to be passed?
The movies are fun at times, but propaganda movies are a sign of government tyranny.
This "ticked-off" negotiator participated in an action he could plainly see leading to the death of Koresh and his family, even if he didn't have advance knowledge that the Davidians were slated for death. After the killings, the negotiator's only complaint was in "procedural" differences between departments.
The negotiator didn't testify in support of the Davidians in court, and I don't believe that anyone who was there thought the Davidians were guilty of the crimes that they were accused of.
I also don't believe that anyone with experience (or reasoning ability) would believe that four attackers were killed in the first few minutes of a frontal assault, each being shot in the left temple by the exact same caliper weapon, in the middle of a furious firefight. Those four law enforcement men were executed by some of their companions, not shot by Davidians defending their home.
For the sceptics among you lurkers, remember that each one of those four dead officers had recently served on the exact same Presidential detail as bodyguards for President Bill Clinton, who is famous for having well-publicized murders, suicides, and accidents linked to his name.
The Davidians didn't kill anyone, not even in self-defence. I'm not saying the Davidians didn't try, but they did not kill any of their attackers.
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My goal of 400 posts a month has been in jeopardy with all the traveling I've been doing over the last two months. I was down to 309 this weekend (rolling 30 days) and get worried.
So I've been making an effort over the last 3 days and I'm back to 350. Not sure how many more I'll get with Thanksgiving coming up, but I'm going to keep chugging along through December. 4221 for the year, so I'm about 500 short right now. I need 150 more for Nov, which isn't looking good.


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Driver dozes, car wipes out Merrimack Chamber of Commerce information booth
May 26. 2013 12:11PM
MERRIMACK - A local man motoring on Daniel Webster Highway early Sunday morning apparently fell asleep and crashed his car into the Merrimack Chamber of Commerce informational kiosk, police said.
The accident happened shortly before 5:45 a.m. when a 2004 Acura driven by Matthew Jones, 22, of Merrimack jumped the curb on the northbound side of Daniel Webster Highway sliced between a flag pole and a hydrant before crashing into the information booth, taking out a support wall and leaving the roof pitched precariously over the ground.
The booth is located at the front tip of a large island at the point where Railroad Avenue meets Daniel Webster Highway.
Jones did not require hospital treatment. The accident is under investigation and police have asked anyone who may have seen the crash to call Merrimack Police Department at 424-3774.


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I have been researching my Harding line for quite some time now - I've followed them into Cornwall, South Wales, Australia, New Zealand, Canada & the USA.
However I have 1 brick wall - a Richard Harding (born 1750 Buckland Brewer, Devon the youngest of the 3 base sons of a Margery Harding or Hearding) who married a Joan Hedger in 1775 in the parish church of West Putford, Devon and then seems to disappear!
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