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The argument about PC graphics being better than console graphics is an unwinable war for either side. PC gamers say their games will always look better, while console gamers try to come up with poor objections that we all know do not suffice. However, is there a bigger issue regarding the PC and console relationship? Could it be an issue PC gamers are neglecting and console gamers do not care about? I think it is. I bet you are wondering what world ending catastrophe I am talking about? It is the idea that the quality of PC games are affected by their console counterparts.
I am sure most of you have seen the trailers for next-generation games from Sony's PlayStation 4 conference. I am also sure most of you will acknowledge that the graphical quality of most of those games looks spectacularly better than anything we have seen on the 360 or PS3 (Yes, even better than BioShock Infinite, and maybe Crysis 3). If you have a PC, you may have also observed that the trailers look much better than anything you can get on a PC at the moment (mods excluded), but that should not be the case. According to a lot of tech aficionados, the PS4's specs are not real high-end (Nvidia link, Tom's Hardware forums link), but they are not low end either by today's PC standards- they land somewhere in the middle, depending on where you read. However, Quantic Dream co-CEO Guillame de Fondaumiere believes the PS4 is more like "the PC of the next year or two years." Looking at the scarce specifications, my PC can probably match the PS4, but I have never seen anything running on my PC like the clips from the PS4 game trailers.
Take the Deep Down (working title) trailer, from Capcom, as an example. While at first it looks like we are seeing some kind of CGI trailer, a HUD proves the footage is running in-game. I have never seen anything like that on a PC or console, ever.
That is because game engines have been created to run on current-gen consoles. Unreal Engine 3, CryEngine3 and Frostbite 2 are some of the best engines, graphically wise, currently available and they are all used on current-gen systems. However, Unreal Engine and Frostbite both have upgraded versions coming to next-gen games and consoles- Unreal Engine 4 and Frostbite 3 respectively. In saying that, because the next-gen consoles are being built to match mid-tier PCs, PCs should be able to run Unreal Engine 4 and Frostbite 3 now. However, because current-gen consoles do not have the power to run 'next-gen' technology, PC users are missing out on some amazing looking games. PC gamers have to wait until their console brethren catch up and stop using modified engines that have been around for as long as seven years (Unreal Engine 3) instead of receiving it now. Consoles are affecting PC games because consoles can not handle updated engine capabilities.
"We like 360 and PS3, but their specifications are over five years old now and that's a lot in computer years. The kind of tricks we'd have to perform to get this game working on those platforms are such a lot of work that to port it over at this point is just not worth it for us."- Jonathan Blow on The Witness and current-gen consoles
On the contrary, I would like to highlight the 'Samaritan Real-Time Demo' which runs on Unreal 3 (a current-gen engine). While current-gen consoles can use Unreal 3, the Samaritan tech demo showcases features current consoles cannot utilise, like DirectX 11. The Samaritan demo looks stunning and like nothing we have seen on consoles or PC so far. So, in theory, there is nothing outdated about Unreal Engine 3, there is something outdated with the consoles. Of course, this is to be expected from tech that was released seven years ago and a console generation that has lasted longer than usual. In addition, some developers do not have the time to implement Direct X11 or other PC only features. That is unfortunate because it means PC gamers are missing out on modern features consoles cannot yet access.
Further supporting the argument that the consoles are at fault and not the game engines is BioShock Infinite (no spoilers, I promise). While the game looks amazing on consoles, the PC port of the game looks better. This is because BioShock Infinite makes use of higher resolution textures PCs are capable of displaying instead of using console textures. I am not talking about screen resolution here(though the ability to play games on a 1920×1080 monitor is wonderful), I am talking about the developers taking the time to create more detailed textures that PCs can handle. BioShock Infinite also utilises some Direct X features that consoles cannot. The first minute of this video shows what I mean.
Is it really a game engine or console's fault or should we be placing the 'blame' on developers? I do not know the workings of game development and how hard it is to create games for consoles and PC, but if Irrational can take the time to create a PC port that uses DirectX 11 and higher resolution textures, why can't other developers do the same thing? Is it a problem regarding time restraints and publishers wanting the game out as quick as possible, or is it developers disregarding the power of PCs? Or is it both?
The Witness is a game coming to PS4 and PC (and IOS). In an interview with Edge, developer Jonathan Blow commented (according to a boxout on page 69 of GameInformer #39), "We like 360 and PS3, but their specifications are over five years old now and that's a lot in computer years. The kind of tricks we'd have to perform to get this game working on those platforms are such a lot of work that to port it over at this point is just not worth it for us." This represents a view on the current gen consoles, from someone developing for next-gen and PCs. While he and his team at Thekla, Inc. have created a game for PCs, that happens to be able to run on next-gen consoles now, other developers have been developing games for current-gen that are playable on PC, too. Maybe with the upcoming next-gen consoles, we will see developers finally pushing the boundaries of both PC and console.
Quantic Dream is one development studio pushing the boundaries of the current-gen consoles. While they only develop for PlayStation, the 'Kara' tech demo from last year showcased what the current-gen consoles are still capable of. It was running in real time and, while not looking as good as the PS4 trailers, looks phenomenal on a seven year old system. That is not all Quantic Dream have been up to. Beyond: Two Souls releases later this year and looks to be, once again, attempting to push the boundaries of the PS3. We saw motion capture taken to a new height with LA Noire, but Beyond: Two Souls looks like it is trying to go a step further. Lighting and character animations should be highlighted when talking about what has been seen of Beyond: Two Souls. Environments are lit up perfectly and light shines and reflects the way you would expect it to. Furthermore character animations look amazing. Now, emotion can be represented by using more than just great dialogue. Facial expressions can be used to create a more powerful image, especially when different camera angles can be used to manipulate the shadows created from lighting effects.
With all of this impressive tech pushing the limits of the PS3, you can start to see where that limit truly lies. In an article about Beyond: Two Souls, Eurogamer's Richard Leadbetter talks about the drops in frame rate that were constant during a demo for the game, "In the action clips we have that represent gameplay, we see frame-rate change radically with highly detailed effects work producing sustained drops down to 20FPS." *It is worthwhile to inform you this was from an article published in June, 2012.* Quantic Dream shows there are developers out there who are trying to push the boundaries of console technology, but they only develop for consoles, not PCs as well.
Let's examine another factor dealing with consoles and PCs, the control scheme. If I asked you to put any game you wanted into your console, and that same game into a PC, what would you notice about the menus? They are exactly the same (minus more options for graphics on a PC). This problem coincides with the time constraint problem I flew over earlier. While a mouse and keyboard control differently to a gamepad (controller), menus are not created to take advantage of either device on their respective platforms, rather the menus have been created so both control methods can work with the same layout. Sure, a mouse and keyboard works when you design menus for a gamepad, but it often feels like- as is often the case- little to no thought has gone into figuring out how to optimise the menus for a PC which uses mouse and keyboard.
For example, in the recently released Poker Night 2, I am quite sure the keyboard and mouse has been completely forgotten about. Sure, poker seems simple enough, you would only need a mouse to click 'check' or 'fold' or 'bet', but I have a problem with the lack of keyboard usage. When it comes to placing bets, you have to use the mouse to slide the bar left and right, depending on how much you want to bet. It is clear Poker Night 2 has been created with a controller in mind first because there is no option to use the keyboard to move this bar, or to type in a set amount (which would definitely be easier), or to select fold/call/bet.
It does look like a minor problem, but when nearly every game is styled the same way, placing mouse and keyboard secondary, even on a system in which the mouse and keyboard is the native method of control, the problem starts to become more noticeable and a nuisance.
While it is understandable that developers are focused on creating a game that works adequately with both control methods, how about including special features for the keyboard? Remember the days of text based adventure games? That's good because I don't. Anyway, why not have the next version of Mass Effect on PC use the keyboard for speech? It would definitely take a while to implement, but it would garner some interesting responses that developers might not expect in certain situations. It would also revolutionise the way modern games with speech are played on PC.
While the issue at hand only affects gamers who have a PC, it should not be pushed aside. PC players fork out the money to buy a PC so they can experience exclusive titles, use a keyboard and mouse, and so they can play with graphics consoles cannot match (for now). We pay all this money for our machines, so we should be able to utilise their enhanced capabilities within a video game, not to be held back by consoles and gamepads. However, all gamers should also be grateful that there are developers out there creating great games for all consoles, allowing as many people as possible to have access to the wonderful medium we call video games.
Note from the author: Just with every feature and opinion piece on Analog Addiction, this is the writers opinion. You may disagree with it, and that is fine. All comments are acceptable, as long as they can be justified. I did not create this piece to 'have a go' at developers, I just happened to use certain games to emphasise my point. Oh, and before you start using the "PC fanboy" comment, I do own an Xbox 360, Xbox, and a couple of the older consoles.
Nathan Manning is an Editor for AnalogAddiction. He loves all video game consoles equally. You can find him on Twitter and AnalogAddiction there as well.
Categories: Features, PC features, PS3 features, PS4 features, Xbox One features, Xbox360 features


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"Able to function despite imminent catastrophe"
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started running @ age 48 [lost 70#+, quit a 30 year pack/day habit>> ran HM] Ran a few years then quit. Gained 70#+ back and smoking like before. Time to get healthy again @ 52 years over with the C25K program and beyond again. RE-start date 1-13-14
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Apparently a dead guy in England has died, named me as his next of kin, and some barrister wants to give me all the money! Sweet.
Running ... just keep running! Fancy a holiday running in the French Alps?
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I have become Death, the destroyer of electronic gadgets
"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
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"Enlarge your ...." Clearly the most ridiculous of them all! I mean - have they not seen me?
I fly.
Bring it on.
I love the ones that say that "I'm the last living relative" so I get the estate - I wonder how my brothers feel about that (oh and my parents since they are alive too).
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Phoenix Suns issue players Android powered playbooks, marks the beginning of a new era in the NBA
Tablet computers have become popular among professional sports athletes, but you have probably never seen one on the sidelines during an actual game. That will change soon because the Phoenix Suns, along with Verizon Wireless and Samsung Mobile, just announced that they integrate the LTE Galaxy Tab 10.1 across all company operations.
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WizardInternet Connection Setup Wizard - This page is used to set up the DCS-930L using the Wizard to walk you through setting up the camera for your network. This can be done manually using the static IP, automatically using the DHCP client (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is a networking protocol that will allow leasing of an IP address by the client from a server for a specified amount of time.) or PPPoE.
PPPoE - (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) If you use the DCS-930L to connect directly to the Internet you will need to put in the user name and password that was given to you when you set up your account with the Internet Service Provider in these fields.
DDNS - (Dynamic Domain Name Server) If you have set up the DDNS service you will need to put in your user name and password in these fields if your DCS-930L is using a public IP Address. This will allow the DDNS to track your IP Address even if it changes.
Network SetupLAN Settings - This can be done manually input a fixed IP or automatically using the DHCP Connection (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is a networking protocol that will allow leasing of an IP address by the client from a server for a specified amount of time) or PPPoE.
PPPoE(Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) - If you use the DCS-930L to connect directly to the Internet, you will need to enter the valid user name and password that are provided by your Internet Service Provider.
DNS (Domain Name System) server is an Internet service that translates domain names (i.e. www.dlink.com) into IP addresses (i.e. 192.168.0.20). The DNS IP address can be received from your ISP.
Port Settings - Most ISPs do not open port 80 (a DCS-930L default video transfer port) for their residential customers, the DCS-930L has the ability to use a different port by enabling the second http port for its video streaming. Any unused ports can be used such as port 800, 801, etc. Remember that if the DCS-930L was behind a router, you would need to forward that port to the DCS-930L's IP Address. When accessing the camera, you would need to type the camera's IP Address and followed by the port number (for example http://192.168.0.20:800).
UPnP Settings - UPnP is short for Universal Plug and Play, which is a networking architecture that provides compatibility among networking equipment, software, and peripherals. The DCS-930L is an UPnP enabled Internet camera that will work with other UPnP devices. This function is enabled by default. If you do not want to use this feature, you may disable it by selecting Disabled.
UPnP port forwarding - UPnP port forwarding will allow a IP camera to communicate with a UPnP compatible network router for simplified local network device access as well as remote access via the Internet. In order to allow for UPnP port forwarding you will first need to ensure that UPnP is supported and working on your router. Once this has been confirmed you will then need to enable UPnP port forwarding on your IP camera. If the defaults ports used are free for port forwarding or if you will need to change the HTTP ports that are in use to allow for proper UPnP port forwarding. After the proper network ports have been assigned to your IP camera you should then be able to access your IP camera over the Internet.
Wireless SetupSSID - This is a unique identifier for the wireless network.
Channel - Any channels can be selected for your network. You may always change the channel if there is a lot of interference on a certain channel.
Connection mode - Infrastructure connection is a wireless connection using an access point as a transmission point for all wireless clients. Ad-Hoc connection is a wireless connection used without an access point while the camera is directly connected to the PC.
Site Survey - A pop-up window will be displayed to allow you to select a wireless network for the connection.
Wireless Security Mode -
|None - No encryption setting.
WEP Encryption - Wired Equivalent Privacy, 64-bit and 128-bit in HEX (0 - 9, a - f) or ASCII (text) format.
64 bit -> 10 in HEX or 5 in ASCII
128 bit -> 26 in HEX and 13 in ASCII
|WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK - Wi-Fi Protected Access with Pre-shared Key, the key field needs to be filled out. TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) and AES are supported.
Dynamic DNSDynamic DNS(Dynamic Domain Name Server) - It automatically synchronizes the public IP address of the modem. Every user can connect to your camera using the Host Name you have purchased from your ISP. The user name and password are required when using the DDNS service.
Server Address - The address of your DDNS. You may enter the address manually or select a DDNS server from the drop-down menu.
Host Name - The domain name you have applied from DDNS service.
User Name - The account name of the DDNS service.
Password - The password for the account of DDNS service.
Timeout - It is time interval for DDNS to re-initiate the connection.
Image SetupAnti Flicker - This feature will help to offset the interference of the lighting system and avoid the video flicker issue. ONLY use this option when it is necessary.
Flip Image - Flip the image vertically.
Mirror - Flip the image horizontally.
Brightness Control- There are eleven settings for brightness control. (-5 to 5) -5 is the lowest brightness level and +5 indicates the highest brightness level.
Contrast Control- There are eleven settings for Contrast control. (-5 to 5) -5 is the lowest Contrast level and +5 indicates the highest Contrast level.
Saturation Control- There are eleven settings for Saturation control. (-5 to 5) -5 is the lowest Saturation level and +5 indicates the highest Saturation level.
VideoResolution - 3 settings are available.
|@ 160x120 - Usually used for display on handheld devices.
|@ 320x240 - Standard resolution for mobile phones, and PDAs.
|@ 640x480 - Standard resolution for computer display.
FPS (Frames Per Second) - Highest FPS represents highest refresh rate of a picture is updated on screen every second, and provides better quality of video.
Jpeg Quality - Choose your preference of choices.
View Mode - Determines whether use ActiveX viewer or Java viewer to view video images or still images are displayed.
Light Frequency - 2 options, 50 or 60 Hz.
AudioAudio Settings - Enabling this feature to hear audio from the IP Camera's microphone.
Volume Settings - You can adjust the IP Camera's microphone volume using the volume level setting.
Motion DetectionMotion Detection - When set to "ON", the motion detection is turned on. When set to "OFF", the motion detection is turned off.
Sensitivity - Determines how easily the camera detects motion. Lower sensitivity means the camera is less likely to detect motion. Higher sensitivity means the camera is more likely to detect motion.
Detection Areas - The screen is divided into blocks of 25 (horizontal) x 25 (vertical). Specify the detection area by left-clicking the mouse on the blocks of preview screen. The area valid for motion detection is displayed in blue.
Sender E-mail Address - This is the email address of the person sending the camera images.
Receiver E-mail Address - This is the email address of recipient for the SMTP server.
User Name - The user name of the email account.
Password - The password of the email account.
Use SSL-TLS/STARTTLS - Select SSL-TLS or STARTTLS if SMTP server requires TLS authentication.
Enable emailing images to email account:
- Select Always to enable camera sending images to the recipient's email account.
- Select Schedule if you like to specify the time and day when the camera to start and stop sending images to the recipient's email account. The interval of the snapshot can also be configured from 1 to 65535 seconds.
- Select Motion Detection if you would like to camera sending image to the recipient's email account when the motions are detected.
Test email account -
This will send a snapshot to the email account that you have configured. If you have configured the SMTP account correctly you will be able to send a test file to the email account of the recipient.
FTPHost Name - This is the IP address of the FTP server that you will be connecting to.
Port - Default is port 21.
User Name - The user name that required accessing the external FTP server.
Password - The password that required accessing the external FTP server.
Path - Specifies the destination folder in the external FTP server.
Passive mode - Enabling passive mode will allow access to an external FTP server if your camera is behind a router protected by firewall.
Enable uploading images to the FTP server:
- Select Always to enable camera uploading images to the FTP server.
- Select Schedule if you like to specify the time and day when the camera to start and stop uploading the images to the FTP server.
- Select Motion Detection if you would like to camera uploading images to the FTP server when the motions are detected.
Image Frequency - User can choose and define the numbers for both Frames/Second (refresh rate) and Seconds/ Frame.
Base file name - The name that contains the time stamp information, for example 9202005072116425101.jpg. This means that the camera took a snapshot in the year 2005, July 21 at 16:42:51 (hour:min:sec) and 01 represents the 1st picture.
File - Select Overwrite and there will be only one images that are constantly refreshed. Select Date/Time Suffix and the pictures will be named with a date and time (may refer to Base File Name). Enable the Create subfolder function, the system will auto create the subfolder by 0.5 hour, 1 hour or 1 day. An example of this can be seen above under the Base file name category. Select Sequence Number Suffix up to 1024 and all the pictures will be numbered from 1-1024. The total amount of pictures can be configured up to 1024 pictures.
Test FTP server
An image file will be sent to the FTP server after you have clicked Test.
Time and DateTime Zone - The geographical zone for the local time setting.
Automatic Time Configuration - With the option selected, the camera will synchronize the time settings with the NTP server over the Internet whenever the camera starts up. If the timeserver cannot be reached, no time settings will be applied.
NTP server - The IP address or domain name of the Time Server.
Set the Data and Time Manually - Manually adjust the date and time by the administrator.
Copy Your Computer's Time Settings - To synchronize the date and time of your camera with your computer.


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Police said the boy was found unresponsive Wednesday night in the pool at The Ridge at Searcy apartment complex. Authorities said the child was taken to White County Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Searcy Cpl. Steve Hernandez said police are trying to determine whether the child was supervised at the time of his death. Hernandez told The Daily Citizen the death appears to be an accident.
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There are major changes in the works for the AllCampus Network. On January 7, 2004 the AllCampus Network will implement several important changes, including new AllCampus Cards and a new software system that will allow new features.
To improve the security of personal data, the AllCampus Network system will no longer use the Social Security Number as the identifying number or issue AllCampus Cards that contain that number in any form. In addition, a new agreement with Wachovia will allow you, if you choose, to use your NCSU AllCampus Card as an ATM card, linked to your Wachovia accounts.NCSU and the All-Campus Network Office will issue new AllCampus ID cards to all faculty and staff, students, visitors, gym users, affiliates, contractors and others who require on-campus identification beginning Dec. 11. The newly designed AllCampus ID Cards will replace current ID cards on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004.
At the start of business on that day, old ID cards will no longer work. The ID cards currently in use will not be recognized by the new system, so a new AllCampus ID Card is mandatory for everyone. You may continue to use money for the library copier program at DH Hill Library stored on the "skinny" stripe of the old ID card until depleted.
For more information about the new AllCampus ID Card, visit the AllCampus Network Web site located at www.ncsuallcampus.com, which includes a "frequently asked questions" section. See also http://www.ncsu.edu/BulletinOnline/12_03/newidcards.htm. For more information about the partnership with Wachovia and how the card works as an ATM card, visit www.wachovia.com/campuscard.


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Qualcomm to Lead ARM in War Against Intel With New Laptop Chips
Jason Mick
January 3, 2012 10:30 AM
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Meanwhile Intel strikes back with smartphone chips
The war between Intel Corp. (
) and the alliance of chipmakers using ARM Holdings, Plc.'s (
) titular core designs is heating up. Intel is the world's largest personal computer CPU maker, while ARM Holdings is the largest core licenser on the general CPU market, which includes everything from the chip in your dishwasher to automotive CPUs. The stage is set for the pair to duke it out at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show.
I. Intel Bets on Its Process Technology
At CES the hot topic for Intel will be
is Intel's crack at an ultra-mobile x86 system-on-a-chip, a type of design that incorporates a CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O controllers all into a single die. Intel's hope is to eventually
cut the platform's power consumption low enough
to put it on smartphones [
Intel CEO Paul Otellini is expected to unveil smartphone designs in his keynote on Jan. 10. The pressing question is whether this technology is production ready, or still in the prototype phase.
Even if it doesn't achieve the goal of production smartphone chips in 2012, it has a good shot at achieving it in 2013 when its
22 nm 3D FinFET transistor technology
brought onboard Medfield's successor
Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist for research firm In-Stat, in
an interview
emphasizes how critical this push is for Intel, stating, "For Intel, it's a 'we have to be there.' Never bet against a computing device that fits in your pocket. I do more on my smartphone than any other device."
Intel's x86 is a complex instruction set computer (CISC) architecture. Intel has struggled to match ARM -- a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) architecture -- in power efficiency.
Intel's first foray into the mobile space -- tablets based on its
(Android-aimed) and
Oak Trail
(Windows-aimed) -- was largely a flop with very low sales over 2011.
But Intel looks to be much more competitive soon. Two things have become increasingly clear in this more competitive market. The first is that despite all Intel's work ARM is likely to maintain a slight power edge due to advantages of its architecture. The second thing is that Intel is on the verge of gaining a substantial an edge of its own, through its dedication to developing the best process (chip manufacturing) technologies on the market (e.g. 3D FinFET).
In the world of computer chips smaller transistors means less power, so it's a big deal that Intel is about to unleash 22 nm, even as its competitors reportedly are struggling with the transition to 28-32 nm. When you add in the proprietary power-sipping "fin" gate design, in theory Intel could compensate for its architectural disadvantages and beat ARM at its own game.
II. For ARM it's All About Sticking to its Guns -- Architecture
For ARM chipmakers like NVIDIA Corp. (
) and Qualcomm, Inc. (
), there isn't the luxury of coasting on a process lead. For them it's all about the architecture. While much of the architecture's baseline performance is dependent on the designs produced by ARM, a fair amount of the performance also falls on the partner's ability to tweak and maximize its finished die.
The ARM alliance isn't exactly resting on their laurels. According to a report by
, Qualcomm earlier on Jan. 10 will show off its counterstrike against Intel -- high-end ARM CPUs aimed at laptops.
toyed with this idea
in the netbook realm as early as two years ago. But it lacked the powerful CPUs that people expected of full-sized laptops. Now that it's got those CPUs, it's waiting on the second key part of that equation -- support from most peoples' OS of choice -- Windows.
Windows 8 is finally supporting ARM chips, as shown here in this CES 2011 shot -- Qualcomm is expected to unveil some powerful notebook at CES 2012. [(c)
/Jason Mick]
That support has arrived with Windows 8, currently in its beta phase. Finally breaking its "Wintel" tradition -- of targeting Windows primarily at Intel chips, Microsoft is throwing its weight behind ARM as well.
Windows 8 offers full support for ARM CPUs, although legacy software products will have to be recompiled to work on the new architecture. Given Windows' shift to app market software distribution model, though, legacy software may be less of an issue than some have previously speculated.
Even analysts who are mildly optimistic about Intel's mobile prospects are concerned about this fresh blood in the laptop space. Daniel Amir, an analyst at San Francisco, Calif.-based Lazard Capital Markets estimates that Intel will reach around 13 percent share in the smartphone market by 2015, of an estimated total market of 1.1 billion devices that year (2011's market was 300 million devices).
But he also estimates than ARM's purpose-driven designs will steal a third of the mobile computer (laptop/netbook) market by 2015, up from 8 percent in 2011. That market is expected to also see growth, expanding from 275 million units in 2011 to 340 million units in 2015.
The key problem for Intel, though, says Mr. Amir is that laptop chips fetch a higher price -- around $107 USD on average -- where as smartphone chips are typically priced around $20 USD. In that sense Intel has more to lose in the laptop market where it currently has an 80 percent market share. Mr. Amir states, "[Intel] needs to be sure that [they're] not losing the notebook."
He predicts $2.2B USD in lost sales for Intel by 2015.
Qualcomm and others still have a lot to prove, however. Much like Intel must prove that it can scale its powerful chips to smaller, lower-power smartphone designs, Qualcomm must prove that it can scale its smaller, lower-power chips to higher power laptop designs.
The first major test for Qualcomm will come with its Windows 8 laptop and tablet developer platforms, which it plans to release shortly. In a bit of a sign of favoritism to its traditional x86 partner, Windows 8's reference tablet and notebook designs are still sporting Intel chips. But Qualcomm isn't concerned about this, saying that it's ready to put its own reference designs in competitors' hands.
III. Servers -- the Third Tier
With ARM invading the laptop space and x86 invading the smartphone/tablet space, it's easy to forget that there's four pillars of the modern computing chip market:
Mobile Devices
Personal Computers
While Intel hasn't shown much interest in squeezing x86 into the low-volume embedded market, the third tier -- servers -- is a crucial bread and butter sector of Intel's business. Intel can sell server chips to businesses at much higher prices than its consumer chips command.
But ARM is
preparing to invade this market
as well. Hewlett Packard Comp. (HPQ) is working on the world's first mass market server chip designs. We may not see these designs at CES, or at least not on prominent display. But keep this final frontier of the conflict in the back of your mind.
[Image Source: Calxeda/ARM Holdings/HP]
If ARM penetrates the server market -- another power consumption sensitive application -- Intel may be impacted far more severely than if ARM penetrates the slightly lower margin laptop/netbook market.
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A whopping 77 tax deductions, tax credits and other tax-saving laws expired on Dec. 31, 2011, according to a tally by the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation.
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This hodgepodge of individual and business tax breaks -- some of which apply to large groups of taxpayers, others that are much more specific -- have been on the books for years.
But technically these laws are temporary.
Each has a specific end date, typically the conclusion of a tax year. For the most part, Congress has extended them year after year. That's why the collective bunch is referred to as "extenders."
Individual filers have seen extenders for years on the various tax forms they file at tax time. They range from a few hundred dollars in tax savings for teachers to thousands added to Internal Revenue Service bills because of the alternative minimum tax system.
|Tax benefit
|Type of tax break
|State and local sales taxes
|Private mortgage insurance premiums
|Educators' out-of-pocket expenses
|Higher education tuition and fees
|Residential home energy improvements
|Rollover of IRA distribution to a charity
|Income exemption
|Employee mass transit fees/parking costs
|Income exemption
|Alternative minimum tax
|Increased income exemption amount; allowance of certain tax credits
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Companies, too, are bemoaning the loss of several business tax breaks at the end of 2011. They include the 100% bonus depreciation option, a larger Section 179 write-off for some equipment, larger deductions for certain business charitable donations, research and development tax credits, and work opportunity tax credits.
Why Only Temporary?
A key reason behind the temporary nature of these persistent tax breaks is how they are accounted for in the federal budget. Rather than factoring in the many tax provisions' long-term costs, lawmakers opt to deal with the legislative continuances on a short-term, and therefore relatively less-expensive, basis.
Individually, many of the extenders are not that large of a cost in the overall federal budget scheme, but members of Congress regularly cite some of the more arcane tax breaks as examples of government waste.
And this election year, with the added attention on the federal deficit, the costs of each tax break could be in for more scrutiny than ever before.
Retroactive Laws Tricky for Tax Planning
Then there is Congress' penchant for procrastination.
The House and Senate tend to let legislation pile up, often running out of time at the end of a session to complete it. In those cases, Congress can reauthorize the tax deductions and credits with a retroactive effective date.
That means that while a law might not be approved until the end of a tax year, once it is finally enacted it's as if the tax break had been in effect for the full 12 months.
On one hand, that's good. At least the tax benefit eventually is available.
However, when it comes to making effective year-round tax plans, such late laws cause headaches for taxpayers and tax professionals.
"Congress has extended them as a group and likely will do so again," says Janet Moore, CPA, co-manager of the tax department at the Tuscaloosa, Ala., accounting firm JamisonMoneyFarmer PC."We have to plan assuming that those items will be extended. That means we watch very closely as the legislative process proceeds to determine what will happen."
2012 Timing
The big question posed by Moore and other Capitol Hill watchers regarding eventual enactment of the lapsed tax extenders is: "When?"
Currently, the top task facing Congress is the payroll tax cut for employees. Just before last Christmas, this temporary 2 percentage point reduction in Social Security taxes withheld from workers' paychecks was renewed for two months. Senators and representatives have until Feb. 29 to make sure it remains in effect through all of 2012.
Initial speculation was that Congress would tack the extenders onto the final payroll tax bill. Some lawmakers reportedly still want to do that.
However, conventional wisdom is there isn't enough time to agree on everything. So the payroll tax and extenders likely will be dealt with separately and many months apart.
"I'm not very optimistic that anything will happen (with extenders' renewal) until after the election, and then probably not until the end of December," says Moore.
That means the only thing taxpayers and tax professionals can plan on in 2012 is continued tax uncertainty.


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Holiday Season
As we're talking O2, I'd be right to assume we're using the proper definition of holiday season, ie Summer, rather than the transatlantic November-Christmas one wouldn't I?
The answer would help me choose the appropriate icon!
Last week's Mobile World Congress reinforced the trend for smartphone capabilities to migrate down the food chain in to low cost handsets, spreading the mobile internet to wider user bases. Phones like the HTC Smart are leading the way, and the operators are coming up with consumer propositions to match - often involving their …
As we're talking O2, I'd be right to assume we're using the proper definition of holiday season, ie Summer, rather than the transatlantic November-Christmas one wouldn't I?
The answer would help me choose the appropriate icon!
"lower end users are more likely to be hooked into operator controlled experiences, since they are less web-savvy" - and they're going to base these handsets on Android. Greedy corporates making money out of stupid people isn't really what LINUX was supposed to be about, was it? So what they're saying is that they can use Android to drive down the initial cost of the handset so that it's within the reach of the unwashed masses, and then offer them premium priced ringtones, wallpapers and games that they could obtain for free elsewhere if they only knew how.
Still, was only a matter of time before some greedy feckers took an excellent codebase (developed largely for free by people with a sharing mindset in their spare time) and used it to rinse the proles out of their pennies. If I was one of the developers that spent so much free time working on the kernel in it's formative stages I reckon I'd be pretty upset that the fruits of my labour were about to go to the shareholders of big telcos.
For example, if visitors to UK already have an unlocked 3G phone+Wifi or modem, where can they buy a data SIM on monthly PAYG ? You walk into any high street shop, eg Vodaphone, and you are told you MUST buy their USB modem just to get their SIM - and if you don't return to UK within 3 months, you must buy another Modem+SIM, as they will disable the one you 'bought' [in order to fatten their profits and do their bit for landfill and global warming].
Where is there a non-telco controlled website that points to hardware-free low-cost Data SIM PAYG and similar intelligence on actually using your modems/handsets to the full ?
When you quote prices, please don't quote "prepaid" and "subscription" deals, as these typically hide a large fraction of the real price in inflated usage costs.
if they're not perfect according to release reviews then don't bother, because they don't ever seem to get updates :/
http://www.xda-developers.com/ - how many updates do you need?
One of the few positives of WM based handsets is that you can install what you like on them including any iteration of the OS (not to mention Android) rather than being locked into anything.
just buy a nearly-new G1 from a well-known online tat bazarre for around £150.


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What are the job responsibilities of an Explosives Worker, Ordnance Handling Expert, and Blaster? What does an individual in this position get paid in Georgia?
Here is the position summary for Explosives Worker, Ordnance Handling Expert, and Blaster as found in BLR's Salary Finder:
Place and detonate explosives to demolish structures or to loosen, remove, or displace earth, rock, or other materials. May perform specialized handling, storage, and accounting procedures. Include seismograph shooters. Exclude "Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas" (who may also work with explosives.
In Georgia, the midpoint of salaries reported for the position (50th percentile) is $37,632. The 75th percentile (the rate below which 75% of salary data falls) is $46,137. The 25th percentile (the rate below which 25% of the data falls) is $35,518.
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Compensation.BLR.com, a leading provider of compensation data, scores this job as nonexempt (entitled to overtime). According to Compensation.BLR.com's rate ranges, grade 9 has a minimum of $30,050. The midpoint is $40,073, and the maximum is $50,096.
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text: We're supposed to believe a huge Federation starship can come down through a planet's atmosphere, descend into a large body of water and submerge itself completely? And remain functional? And then just rise up into space again?? This is completely contrary to anything in established Trek history. Starships go in SPACE, they're not submarines. Only an idiot would think a starship could pull a stunt like that and not be CRUSHED by the crushing forces of H20, nature's deadliest liquid. Every ship that ever sank did so in WATER! And they were built for it! Look what happened to the Klingon ship in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home for more proof! The Trek I knew is dead, replaced with this unjustified nonsense. Star Trek: Insurrection is not true Star Trek. Screw Rick Berman and his idiotic "kewl" popcorn-movie stunts. Gene Rodenberry would be rolling in his grave. I'm through with Star Trek


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Howard's second grand slam of the year help to propel the Phils to a 6-1 win over the Cardinals.
Ryan Howard hits his second grand slam of the season, which placed him in a first place tie with Mike Schmidt for the most career grand slams hit by a Phil with seven each, help propel the Phils to a 6-1 win over the Central Division-leading Cardinals, as Joe Blanton collected his first victory of the 2009 season.
The Cardinals took a quick 1-0 lead in the third, as, with a runner on second, and two outs, Joe Thurston hits an RBI ground rule double, scoring Cardinals' starter Kyle Lohse, who had earlier reached first base after being hit by the pitch, and had moved on to second on Skip Schumaker's ground out, 1-3. The Phils took in the lead in the fourth, as, with one man on, and nobody out, Jayson Werth hits a two-run home run, his third home run of the year, knocking in Ryan Howard, who had earlier singled, making it 2-1 Phillies. In the fifth, with the bases loaded, via singles to Jimmy Rollins and Shane Victorino and Chase Utley being hit by the pitch, and with only one out, Howard drilled a 1-1 slider into right field for a grand slam home run, his fifth home run of the year, his second grand slam of the season, and the seventh of his career, knocking in Rollins, Victorino and Utley, as the Phils took a 6-1 lead. The Cardinals would threathen to get back into the ballgame in the bottom of the sixth, as they loaded up the bases via a walk to Ryan Ludwick, Rick Ankiel being hit by the pitch and Yadier Molina reaching base on a fielder's choice grounder to Pedro Feliz, who was unable to throw out Ankiel at second base, with only one man out. But Blanton would get out of the jam by first striking out Tyler Greene swinging on a 3-2 fastball for the inning's second out, and then getting pinch hitter Brian Barden to hit into a 6-4 force out at second base, wiping out Molina. That would be it for the Cardinals as the Phillies' bullpen would take over and allow only two Cardinals' batters to reach base during the last three innings. Meanwhile, in the eighth, Ankiel would be taken out of the game, after having make a catch of a fly ball hit by Feliz, as he tripped on his feet and ended up slamming into the outfield wall, head first. He would be driven out of the ballgame, giving a thumbs up to the fans signalling that he was okay. Hopefully, he is, as X-rays and a CT scan taken later has both proven negative.
Joe Blanton took the win, as he pitched six strong innings, giving up a run on four hits, two walks and two hit batters, while striking out three. His record is now 1-2 with an ERA of 6.84. Scott Eyre, Ryan Madson and Chad Durbin then came in to pitch three scoreless innings, giving up only one hit (Eyre) and a hit batter (Durbin). Kyle Lohse took the lost, as he was able to go only four and a third innings, giving up six runs on seven hits, two walks and a hit batter, while he struck out four. His record is now 3-1 with a 3.22 ERA. Trever Miller pitched a third of an inning, giving up no hits, while he struck out a batter. Blaine Boyer pitched a scoreless inning, striking out a batter. Denny Reyes pitched two-thirds of an inning, giving up a hit, as he struck out two. Kyle McClellan pitched a third of an inning, striking out the only man he would face. Ryan Franklin and Brad Thompson would each pitch a scoreless inning, with each pitcher striking out a batter.
The Phillies had eight hits in the game, with Jayson Werth and Ryan Howard both leading the team with two hits each. Werth's hits would be a double and a two-run home run, raising his batting average to .262, while Howard's hits would be a single and a grand slam home run, raising his average to .293. Jimmy Rollins, Shane Victorino, Chase Utley and Carlos Ruiz would get the other four Phillies' hits, all singles. Werth (2) and Howard (4) would collect the Phils six RBIs.
The Phillies (13-10, 2nd National League East) will conclude their two-games series with the Cardinals (17-9, 1st National League Central), in St. Louis. The game will be played tonight at Busch Stadium (III) and will begin at 8:15 pm Eastern (7:15 pm Central). The Phils will send to the mound Brett Myers (1-2, 4.83), who is coming off a lost to the Nationals on April 29, where he went six innings, giving up three runs on eight hits and three walks, while striking out three, in the Phillies' 4-1 lost. He will be trying to even up his record, while also going for his fourth straight quality start. His opponent will be Adam Wainwright (3-0, 2.76), who is coming off a win against the Braves, also on April 29, as he pitched six innings, giving up just two runs on seven hits and five walks, while striking out two, in the Cardinals' 5-3 win. He will be going for his fourth win of the year. The Phillies will be trying to leave St. Louis with a series sweep, before going on to New York for their first visit to the new Citi Field.


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February 2, 2012 – Carolynn Tomin, CFP® , has been appointed to serve as the 2012 Chair of the Council on Education, bringing with her expertise as a financial planning educator, currently serving as the program director for Boston University's Programs for Financial Planning.
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Tomin has taught estate planning courses and exam reviews for 18 years at universities in Massachusetts and Florida, as well as for many banks and financial service companies in both states. As co-founder of Beacon Hill Financial Educators, she presented continuing education courses to many financial firms, the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) and the Financial Planning Association (FPA).
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text: The guy is timeless, over 50 and still bringing it. Hitting with all the youngsters And very rarely injured. How does he do it? He looks fitter now than he did when he played in his prime. I would love to see a DVD with his support team or maybe he doesn't even have one. :shock:


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I'll start by saying I know virtually nothing about Javascript, beyond a broad idea of where it goes and what it does.
I have a small problem in terms of getting a form submitted to my action page (which, if relevant, is programmed in Coldfusion). The text field may contain certain characters that I need to replace before they hit the action page. For example, the user may enter something like 'Save £5.00'. I therefore need to change the '£' to '£' - but I need to do this before the form is submitted.
My gut feeling is this is a job for Javascript - can anyone enlighten me please?
I'd use PHP for this, it's much faster and server side, so people can't mess with that anymore:
$field = $_POST['NameOfInput'];
$field = str_replace('£', '£', $field);
Thanks, but as mentioned it needs to be done client-side and before it hits the action page. I can do a replace with Coldfusion, but something strange is happening with the way the character is being transmitted between the form and the action page - hence the need to change it client-side.
Then you should look into that, instead of validating data client-side a visitor or user can enter. This could be a potential security risk if this situation occurs with other characters like quotes.
On client side you can use String.replace method.Your Javascript code will be like
var s = document.NameOfForm.NameOFInput.value;
s = s.replace( /£/gi, '£' );
But the others are also right, you should better do it on a server-side.
Thanks f0kin, I appreciate that server-side is a better method, but in this instance the form isn't public anyway, so a hack isn't as much of an issue (and I've already spent several days trying to figure out what's going wrong).
I've tried the code you give, however I'm struggling to get it to work. Not getting any error messages or anything else, but I suspect my extremely limited JS knowledge is the problem. This is what I have at the moment;
<script language="javascript">
function stringReplace(addcode) {
var s = document.addcode.getsyou.value;
s = s.replace( /£/gi, '£' );
<form method="post" action="a_addcode.cfm" name="addcode">
<input type="text" name="code" />
<input type="text" name="getsyou" onblur= "stringReplace(this.form)" />
<input type="text" name="notes" />
<input name="submit" type="submit" value="Add" />
<script language="javascript">
function stringReplace(addcode) {
var s = document.addcode.getsyou.value;
[B]document.addcode.getsyou.value = [/B]s.replace( /£/gi, '£' );
mey be so...? (i haven't checked)
Nope, doesn't seem to have made any difference (using FF on a Mac, if that's relevant). Thanks for your input though, much appreciated.
I don't think it is about FF or Mac. £ - is a char not from standard ascii table.Ensure that you have UTF-8 encoding, and everything must work fine (I've checked :)).
btw, doing this action on blur is not elegant, you should do it "onsubmit" (in form attributes)


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Corneal Ulcers
- Jan 1, 2011
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Q:I was wondering about corneal ulcers. I have a 30-year-old horse that has lost eyesight in one eye from age, and I am treating him now for a corneal ulcer. I read your article on eye problems (November 2010 issue) and was wondering what medications are usually used for treating this problem. I know I am using (antibiotics) neomycin and polymyxin B and bacitracin, zinc ointment, and atropine sulfate. He is doing great, but I rarely read much about treatment for this problem.
Lucy Smith, via e-mail
A: Once a corneal ulcer is diagnosed, the therapy must be carefully considered to ensure comprehensive treatment. Medical therapy almost always comprises the initial major thrust in ulcer control, albeit tempered by judicious use of adjunctive surgical procedures. This intensive pharmacological attack should be modified according to its efficacy. Subpalpebral (beneath the eyelid) or nasolacrimal (tear drainage) lavage treatment systems can be employed to treat a fractious horse or one with a painful eye that needs frequent therapy. The clarity of the cornea, the depth and size of the ulcer, the degree of corneal vascularization (blood supply), the amount of tearing, the pupil size, and the intensity of the anterior uveitis (inflammation of the iris and ciliary body, which is a muscular ring located in the front part of the eye) should be monitored. Serial fluorescein dye staining of the ulcer is indicated to assess healing. Self-trauma should be reduced with hard or soft cup hoods (that protect the eye).
Bacterial and fungal growth must be halted and the microbes rendered nonviable. Broad-spectrum topical antibiotics are usually administered with culture and sensitivity tests aiding selection. Topically applied antibiotics, such as chloramphenicol, bacitracin-neomycin-polymyxin B, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin, cefazolin, or tobramycin ophthalmic solutions, may be used to treat bacterial ulcers. Voriconazole, miconazole, and natamycin are often used for topical treatment of fungal ulcers.
Severe corneal inflammation secondary to bacterial (especially, Pseudomonas and beta-hemolytic Streptococcus) or, much less commonly, fungal infection may result in sudden, rapid corneal liquefaction and perforation. Activation and/or production of proteolytic enzymes by corneal epithelial cells (those in the lining of blood ves-sels), leukocytes (white blood cells), and microbial organisms are responsible for stromal collagenolysis or "melting." Autogenous (generated in the body) serum administered topically can reduce tear film and corneal protease (which breaks proteins down into amino acids) activity in corneal ulcers in horses. The serum (which is produced by spinning down the patient's own blood) can be administered topically as often as possible and should be replaced by new serum every five to 10 days. Five to 10% acetylcysteine and/or 0.05% sodium EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetate) can be instilled hourly, in addition to the other indicated drugs, for anti-melting effect until stromal liquefaction (melting) ceases.
Atropine sulfate is a common therapeutic agent for equine eye problems. Topically applied atropine (1%) is effective in stabilizing the blood-aqueous barrier (that prevents exchange of materials between the chambers of the eye and the blood), reducing vascular protein leakage, minimizing pain from ciliary muscle spasm, and reducing the chance of synechia formation (a disease of the eye in which the iris adheres to the cornea or the capsule of the crystalline lens) by causing pupillary dilation.
Systemically administered NSAIDs such as phenylbutazone (Bute) or flunixin meglumine (Banamine) can be used orally or via injection and are effective in reducing uveal exudation (oozing) and relieving ocular discomfort from the anterior uveitis in horses with corneal ulcers.
Horses with corneal ulcers and secondary uveitis should be on stall rest until the condition heals. Intraocular hemorrhage and increased severity of uveitis can result from overexertion.
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Dennis E. Brooks, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVO
Dennis E. Brooks, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVO, is a professor of ophthalmology at the University of Florida. He has lectured extensively, nationally and internationally, in comparative ophthalmology and glaucoma, and has more than 140 refereed publications. He is a recognized authority on canine glaucoma, and infectious keratitis, corneal transplantation, and glaucoma of horses.
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Rafael Nadal beats Novak Djokovic to claim ninth French Open title
Paris: Rafael Nadal overcame a slow start against Novak Djokovic to win a record-extending ninth French Open title.
The top-seeded Spaniard beat the No. 2 seed from Serbia 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 on the main Court Philippe Chatrier at Roland Garros in Paris.
Nadal celebrated and then embraced his long-time coach and uncle, Toni Nadal, after Djokovic double-faulted on match point.
The win, which extends his win-loss record at the French Open to 66-1, guarantees Nadal the top ranking in men's tennis. Djokovic would have knocked him from the post if he'd won his first French Open championship.
The win broke more records for Nadal, too. He's the first man in tennis history to win five consecutive Roland Garros titles, and is now tied with Pete Sampras with 14 major championships.
The 28-year-old left-hander has dominated the French Open since he won the title in his first appearance in 2005. His only loss came in 2009, when he struggled with a knee injury and lost in the fourth round to hard-hitting Swede Robin Soderling.
Nadal had come to Roland Garros with concerns about his performance and confidence after he'd had his worst warm-up on European red clay in a decade. Instead of his usual two or three tournament victories, he'd only won one tournament ahead of Paris. He'd also lost to players he normally brushes aside on red clay, such as fellow Spaniards David Ferrer and Nicolas Almagro.
Even though Nadal said he'd been forced to take some pace off his serve in the first week because of back pain, he'd approached his best form at the end of the tournament, granting Wimbledon champion Andy Murray only six games in the semifinals.
A slow start in front of tennis royalty
Watched by former champion Bjorn Borg from the presidential box, Nadal had a slow start. Exploiting the space Nadal tends to leave in his forehand corner as he runs around his backhand, Djokovic got the first break of the match in the eighth game. Serving for the first set, Djokovic saved two break points on two mis-hit forehands. An inside-out forehand gave Djokovic the first set.
In the second set, Nadal got to his first break point of the match as he surprised Djokovic with a slice backhand. It looked like the Spaniard had got the break with a backhand that seemed to have touched the line, only for the umpire to call the shot out. Nadal stayed calm, and converted his second break point as he drilled a forehand deep inside Djokovic's forehand corner. Serving at 4-2, Nadal played a sloppy service game, double-faulting at 30-all and losing the game on a forehand error.
Serving to stay in the set at 6-5, Djokovic's inside-out forehand that had so bothered Nadal sailed wide to gift his opponent two set points. Nadal screamed 'Vamos' and as he evened the match with a forehand winner.
Struggling in the French heat
The match turned in the third set as Djokovic's form dipped. The Serb let his head hang when he got broken on a backhand volley error off a high defensive return. Djokovic, who had also struggled in the heat during his semifinal, nearly slumped off his chair when he sat down after going down 3-0.
After squandering a break point at 3-1 down with a backhand error, Djokovic slammed his racket on the clay following another mistake in the seventh game. Trailing 4-2, Djokovic failed to convert two more break points and looked at his box in disbelief when he lost the game on a netted backhand in front of an almost open court. Nadal took a two sets to one lead as Djokovic struck a forehand long, his 14th error of the set.
In the fourth set, Djokovic got sick on the court as the match entered its fourth hour. As clouds started to roll in, Nadal broke for a 4-2 lead on two backhand errors. Serving for 5-2, Nadal let Djokovic back in the match as he missed a smash and got broken on a cross-court backhand.
Serving to stay in the championships, Djokovic handed Nadal a match point with a forehand error and lost the match as he double-faulted after a spectator shouted out during his ball toss on his second serve. He held his thumbs up as he walked to the net to shake hands with Nadal.
89-1 record on clay over five set
The best clay-courter of his generation with 45 titles, Nadal now has a win-loss record in best-of-five matches on the slow surface of 89-1.
It was the 42nd time Nadal and Djokovic had played – the most in the Open era on the men's tour – and the seventh time in a Grand Slam final. Before today, Djokovic had won their last four meetings, including in the finals of Rome the week before Roland Garros.
Djokovic, a four-time Australian Open champion who has also won Wimbledon and the US Open, had made Roland Garros his main goal of the season after adding former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker to his coaching team at the start of the year. Djokovic, 27, has now been stopped by Nadal at Roland Garros six times, including in the finals two years ago and in last year's semifinals.
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Discussion in 'Gaming' started by PKerr, Jul 17, 2009.
I think I'm gonna get this. On Amazon you can get Bulletstorm, which comes out tomorrow, for $59.95 but it comes with a $20 Amazon credit and a free upgrade to the Limited Edition! This deal expires tonight.
Does anyone know if this game has difficulty settings?
Yep, the campaign has five options for difficulty:
Very Easy
Very Hard
Thank god.... I hate hard games! Hell I'm playing Halo Reach for the first time finally and kinda getting my ass kicked just on Normal!
I don't know if this counts as a "deal" but if you don't have Gears of War 1 and are thinking of buying it off Amazon the 2 disc edition is half the price ($20) of the original single disc edition ($40).
Hey guys! Check out Steam this week. They are offering some completely insane deals. For instance, there's a 2K Games pack that includes Civ III, IV, and V, plus Bioshock 1 & 2, plus Borderlands, plus Duke Nukem Forever, the entire X-COM series, a bunch of Civ IV and V expansions/DLC, the Stronghold series, the Mafia series, and more... for $79.99.
There's also a complete Valve pack for $49.99, and several other packs where you are getting literally hundreds of dollars off the regular total price.
Looks like they are doing different packs every day this week, so get 'em while they're hot.
I'm not a huge gamer, but yeah some of the Steam deals are amazing. A lot of great deals for less than $10.
I've been good though. I've managed to limit myself to Bioshock 2 for $5, and a arcade shooter called Beat Hazard for around $3. Good times.
Amazon currently has L.A. Noire on sale for $37. Fantastic game.
All of Amazon's Gold Box deals today are video games.
Kasumi & "Stolen Memory," "Lair of the Shadow Broker" and "Arrival" for Mass Effect 2 are all 50% off as the XBL Marketplace Deal of the Week.
That is one hell of a deal if you haven't gotten the on the ME2 DLC train yet!
Team Fortress 2 is now free via Steam, for anyone who's interested.
Whoo! Weekend Steam sale time again! Just picked up Fallout New Vegas for $6. I've been wanting that one for about a year now.
I was just at the Wal-Mart in London doing some Christmas shopping and stumbled on Duke Nukem Forever for the XBox 360 for only $10
I'm going to steal this from Wario64 on GAF because... well, laziness. Lots of good deals to be had though:
And this is from Jouvert over on CAG:
In case nobody noticed, steam are doing their usual massive Christmas sale again, though this time with a little twist. They're giving away gifts (or coal) to anyone that completes certain achievements. I just reinstalled Psychonaughts just to set a few innocent woodland animals on fire (fortunately I backed up my old saves!) and got a free copy of The Witcher for my troubles....which was nice.
At Target on clearance I just got Red Dead Redemption for $6.04!!!!!
This week at Target you can get Skyrim for $40 (it's $60 with a $20 gift card). I bought it and got instantly hooked. It's just like Fallout 3 but in a fantasy world!
It has begun.
The first episode for The Wolf Among Us, the Telltale Games prequel to comic series Fables, is currently free on Xbox Live. I don't know how long this is slated to last.
Zelda Four Swords Adventure is free this weekend on the Nintendo eShop but only if you have a 3DS, 3DS XL, or 2DS.
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Colin Kaepernick and the San Francisco 49ers' offense present a laundry list of issues for the Atlanta defense, not the least of which being Kaepernick's dual-threat abilities -- Falcons' defensive coordinator Mike Nolan called him "a game-wrecker" this week.
But a potentially big problem arose for the Falcons in their win over Seattle: an inability to cover tight end Zach Miller.
Miller finished last Sunday's game with eight catches for 142 yards (a 17.8 per-catch average). He also caught a wide-open 3-yard TD pass in the fourth quarter, as part of Seattle's rally from 20 points down.
The Seahawks and 49ers do not run the exact same offenses, but the basics are similar. Like Seattle, San Francisco utilizes the pistol, some zone-read looks and relies on Kaepernick's run/pass combo abilities to create plays. Atlanta struggled with Russell Wilson's comparable skill set last week, especially during the second half.
And because of the extra attention the Falcons paid to Wilson, Miller continued to find cavernous gaps in the Atlanta defense.
San Francisco's Vernon Davis had to be licking his chops while watching that -- Davis made just 41 catches during the regular season (his lowest total since 2008), but he remains one of the most dangerous tight ends in the league.
Our first conference finals "Break It Down" looks back at how Miller hurt the Falcons, and how the 49ers and Davis might be able to take advantage of Atlanta, too.
Were it only so simple for Atlanta to point to Seattle's pistol, zone-read looks and say, "OK, let's adjust our tight end coverage there" ...
But the truth is that Miller burned the Falcons' secondary out of a variety of formations. On this first play we'll look at, for example, the Seahawks lined up Wilson under center, with two tight ends (Miller and Anthony McCoy) plus WR Sidney Rice to his left.
The Falcons countered with a look they showed a lot Sunday. It was a 4-3 in personnel that looked a lot like a 5-2 set -- linebacker Stephen Nicholas moved up tight to the right side of Atlanta's line, while safety Thomas DeCoud (circled) dropped down to give the Falcons eight players within five yards of the line of scrimmage.
Miller and Rice ran routes (Miller being the inside one), while McCoy shot across the line to pick up John Abraham. The use of McCoy there is similar to how the Vikings distributed players out of a trips (three-receiver) formation to run the zone-read vs. Green Bay. By doing it here, Seattle had Wilson protected after he faked a handoff to Marshawn Lynch and rolled to his right.
The difficulty for Atlanta, even though this play did not come out of the pistol or utilize the zone-read, is that the Falcons had to respect both the Lynch run and a potential Wilson rollout.
As a result, Miller was able to slip into the gap between the linebackers and deep safety William Moore. Miller then ran his route to the sideline, where Rice had cleared out the remaining Atlanta defender.
Over and over again, Miller shot into vacancies created either by Atlanta's commitment to stopping the run or by a Falcons blitz. Here, the Seahawks again showed a run-heavy formation -- three tight ends overloaded to the right side, with Lynch in a single-back set behind Wilson. Just as on our first example, Atlanta had five on the line and three in the traditional linebacker spots.
Even with Lynch breaking out of the backfield immediately, Akeem Dent and Sean Weatherspoon froze, wary of Wilson's ability to escape the pocket.
As they did that, Miller again cleared that linebacker level and shot free into the secondary. Wilson hit him for a 34-yard gain.
Miller had multiple catches with Wilson in the shotgun with an empty backfield, too. There, the only ground threat was Wilson himself, yet Miller on at least three occasions found himself wide open immediately at the snap.
Even though most of Miller's action came with Seattle in sets other than the pistol, the same deceptions were there the majority of the time. So long as the play-fakes, misdirection and potential of a QB run are prevalent in the defense's mind, offenses can take advantage.
One more example, off a play-fake to Lynch. Wilson held the linebackers, a wide receiver cleared one side of the field and Miller sprinted to the opening.
With the threat of a Kaepernick run in their back pockets, the 49ers also like to move Davis around.
The 49ers do use the pistol a great deal. Green Bay tried to counter it early in the NFC divisional round with a look similar to what Atlanta used vs. Seattle -- five on the line, two linebackers five yards deep and a safety dropped down. The Packers did this out of their 3-4 personnel with Clay Matthews to Kaepernick's blindside and another defender on the opposite side of the line.
But on pass plays, be it out of the pistol (as seen here) or another formation, that left Davis one-on-one.
That's Tramon Williams with the red X there. He shifted out to cover a motioning Bruce Miller out of the backfield, leaving LB A.J. Hawk responsible for Davis on a pass.
Hawk actually did a decent job recognizing the play-fake Kaepernick made to Frank Gore, allowing him to stay with Davis early as Kaepernick completed a pass to Michael Crabtree instead. However, Davis had Hawk beaten deep in that hole between the linebacker and deep safety -- exactly where Miller did most of his work last week vs. Atlanta.
The 49ers will also slide Davis out to a flanker spot, if the matchups arise. With Green Bay blitzing Kaepernick, on the play pictured below, Davis drew a holding call on Williams.
Davis' one catch against the Packers was a 44-yard, on a deep ball from Kaepernick. Again, the 49ers lined up in a pretty traditional single-back set, while the Packers countered with that eight-up look.
This left the Packers with a two-pronged problem when Kaepernick dropped to throw:
1. Davis had a juicy matchup with a linebacker again, which he exploited to make a play downfield.
2. Kaepernick had a clear running lane, if he had chosen to take it, because the Packers' front five did not get home with pressure and the back six had to drop quickly in coverage.
And lest you think we've forgotten about the zone-read: It will be there for the 49ers, though they most often use it as a run, as opposed to a play-action decoy. But the play-action might be there Sunday, if the 49ers opt to use it.
This is a shot from Kaepernick's 56-yard TD run against the Packers. Miller came across to block the weak side -- as McCoy did for Seattle above -- while Davis stayed home to block. Had the 49ers adjusted their line assignments and used play-action here, though, Davis easily could have darted behind the linebackers for a substantial gain.
The long and short of it is this: San Francisco's offense, as Seattle's did, will create mismatches against the Atlanta defense. The Seahawks were able to turn those mismatches into a big day for Miller.


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While Black Friday shopping has traditionally started before dawn on the day after Thanksgiving, big-box retailers nationwide are now opening even earlier, hoping to maximize holiday sales by opening as early as 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving.
In Maine, shoppers will still have to wait until Friday. Or midnight Thursday, to be exact.
Although L.L. Bean keeps its store in Freeport open 24 hours a day, year-round, most stores larger than 5,000 square feet are prohibited by state law from opening on Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.
Stores that do plan to open at the stroke of midnight are likely to see cautious shoppers who plan to target only the best deals and spend only slightly more than they did last year.
Krysty Woodcock of Augusta said she's planning to brave the midnight sales at Best Buy and Walmart to hunt for a deal on a television for her family.
"I'm doing all the crazy ones," Woodcock said. "There are pretty good sales. It's worth it."
The town of Freeport plans to turn Black Friday shopping into an event. Santa will arrive just after 11 p.m. on Thursday, riding into town on Amtrak's Downeaster train.
He'll lead a "fun run" on a Harley-Davidson just before stores open at midnight.
At the Maine Mall in South Portland, 51 stores ranging from Best Buy and Build-A-Bear Workshop to Macy's and Yankee Candle will open at midnight. The entire mall will open at 6 a.m. Friday.
"Black Friday is a crucial part of the holiday, but starting as early as mid-October retailers begin to see holiday sales," said Curtis Picard, executive director of the Retail Association of Maine. "Retailers look at more than just one day or just one weekend for sales."
Across the country, as many as 147 million people are expected to shop during Black Friday weekend, down slightly from the 152 million who planned to do so last year, according to the National Retail Federation.
Last year, an estimated 220 million shoppers visited stores and websites over Thanksgiving weekend, the retail group said.
While stores in Maine won't be able to open until midnight, employees of those stores will likely have to work on the holiday, stocking shelves or doing inventory. The state Department of Labor said there's no law restricting work hours on a holiday.
That means the stores that open at midnight can have employees work on Thanksgiving night to prepare for shoppers.
Even with the allure of midnight madness sales, some consumers prefer to shop early and avoid the crowds.
"There's nothing that important that would make me deal with lines, parking and the crowds to maybe save $20," said Susan Perkins of Fairfield on Tuesday. "By shopping today, I avoided the crowds. There's already great sales. There's half-off at some stores already."
Stores have been holding sales earlier and earlier in the season. Holidays such as Veterans Day have become an increasingly important part of the overall holiday shopping season, Picard said.
Veterans Day coincides with Remembrance Day in Canada, drawing shoppers from the north to stores in Maine, Picard said.
Not since 2007 has Black Friday fallen this early in the year, so shoppers have a little extra time between Thanksgiving and Christmas to finish their lists. Those extra days may not translate into blockbuster sales growth, retail experts said.
Total holiday sales, which typically account for more than one-third of retailers' annual revenue, are expected to increase 4.1 percent this year, compared to 5.6 percent a year ago, according to the National Retail Federation. The Retail Association of Maine does not forecast results for the state.
Sales for some items are expected to be brisk, even among cautious shoppers.
The hottest toys this year include LeapFrog Enterprises' $99.99 LeapPad 2 Explorer tablet, MGA Entertainment's Lalaloopsy dolls, Mattel's Monster High Ghouls Rule dolls and Mega Brands' Mega Bloks Skylanders construction sets, according to TimetoPlayMag.com.
Also likely to sell well are flat-screen televisions, such as the 32-inch Emerson for $148 at Walmart, and other electronics such as Apple's iPad.
Analysts also expect luxury brands to sell well.
"Last year, we saw a return to more higher-end purchases and more luxury brands. During the recession, that had disappeared," Picard said. "We're seeing the economy improving baby step by baby step."
Stores have put more emphasis on layaway plans this year, and have increased their use of technology to keep shoppers aware of deals through Facebook, Twitter, blogs and online advertising.
The days of waiting for sales promotions in the daily newspaper on Black Friday are over, as retailers telegraph weeks in advance what their holiday promotions will be, analysts said.
"It's critical for retail companies to constantly evolve as consumers do, and right now shoppers want great deals, good value, and convenience — exactly what we're seeing with this season's late and early openings, price-matching, layaway, and mobile offerings," said National Retail Federation President and CEO Matthew Shay.
Layaway has played a bigger role in retailers' holiday strategies, with Walmart cutting its layaway fee from $15 to $5 to compete with rivals that offer lower-priced layaway plans.
Toys R Us waived its layaway fee on purchases made by Oct. 31, and Kmart cut its layaway service fee from Sept. 7 to Nov. 17.
Even with the slowly improving economy, shoppers are paring their lists and checking prices.
"You can't buy gifts for everyone," said Perkins, from Fairfield. "Each year, the list gets a little smaller. Just family."
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Dardanelle (6-1-1, 4-1 4A-4) ran only two plays on offense in the first quarter. However, the Junior Sand Lizards led 20-0 going into the second.
Dardanelle did not face second down until 5:59 was left in the second quarter. The Junior Sand Lizards did not face a single third down for the entire game en route to a 35-0 halftime lead.
Dardanelle began the scoring on the first play of the game as Dakota Rowland took a handoff from Bryland Young 80 yards on the opening kickoff for a touchdown. Marvin Hernandez's successful point-after attempt gave the Sand Lizards a 7-0 lead only 12 seconds into the contest.
After a three-and-out by Fort Smith Trinity, Young recovered a blocked punt and returned it 20 yards for a touchdown. The second special-teams touchdown of the evening gave Dardanelle a 14-0 lead with 5:47 left in the first quarter.
The Sand Lizards took only two plays to score on their first offensive possession as Rowland made two nice cutbacks on his way to a 28-yard touchdown run. A high snap resulted in a failed two-point conversion attempt and held the Junior Sand Lizards lead to 20-0 with 2:23 left in the first quarter.
Following another three-and-out by the Buffaloes, Kyle Smith sprinted around the left side for 51 yards on the first play of the drive for a touchdown. Hernandez sent Dardanelle's lead to 27-0 with 7:41 left in the second quarter.
Trinity proceeded to drive to the Sand Lizards 41 before Elyas Carter intercepted Parker Wright's pass.
Dardanelle took advantage of the turnover and drove 57 yards in five plays for a touchdown. Carter hit Sean Via for the two-point conversion to extend the Junior Sand Lizards lead to 35-0 with 4:40 remaining in the half.
The Buffaloes put together their best drive of the half as they drove to the Dardanelle 1-yard line, but Wright's pass fell incomplete on fourth-and-goal to end the drive.
The Junior Lizards added one more score to its total in the second half as Carter Chandler found the end zone from one yard out to extend the Sand Lizards lead to 41-0 with 6:07 left in the fourth quarter.?
Dardanelle's Kyle Smith rushed one time for 51 yards and one touchdown. Rowland finished the game with 41 yards rushing on three carries and one touchdown.
Chandler had 39 yards rushing on two carries and one touchdown while Via had 35 yards on four carries. Nick Kuras had two carries for 22 yards while Carter was 1-of-1 passing for 17 yards.
The Buffaloes were led by Wright, who completed 9-of-17 passes for 59 yards. Brenden Ulrich finished the evening with nine carries for 30 yards while Heabren Ulrich had 21 yards rushing on four carries.
Sand Lizards coach Shawn Walter was impressed with his team's blowout victory.
"We came out with good intensity tonight," Walter said. "I am really proud of our special teams. That was one of our goals over the summer to get scores with our special teams, and we have done that."
Walter also gave his defense credit with its goal-line stand to end the first half.
"You could tell that they wanted that zero on the board. That was really good effort," Walter said.
The Sand Lizards will travel to Clarksville next week for a 7 p.m. kickoff.


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UPPER MONTCLAIR, N.J. –LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena has seen many of his former assistants or players take full-time head coaching gigs and the latest is New York Red Bulls boss Mike Petke.
It was Arena, who gave Petke his first of two national team appearances in 2001 while the Galaxy boss was the coach of the U.S. National Team. Arena also faced off against Petke multiple times during his coaching tenure in MLS and will take on his former player when the Galaxy meet the Red Bulls meet on Sunday.
True to his role as the standard-barer for American coaches, Arena admitted that he was pleased Petke became the head coach at Red Bull Arena.
"It's great to see some of our former players in the league in coaching positions," Arena told reporters following LA's training at Montclair State University on Friday. "Mike is basically a hometown boy, so it's great to see that the Red Bulls have one of their own coaching the team."


text: The mystery continues. Who are these creatures and could they be related in any way to the Quagaars ... I mean Builders? And what exactly is this place made of that the landing parties' weapons won't even scratch the plaster? Reed is right to try and rein in the captain but it's going to be an uphill battle. Archer, like most starship commanders, doesn't like being told what to do. And know they gonna go after those things? That may not be Reed's greatest idea yet.


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Japan worried about fair hearing in whaling case
Japan is said to be deeply concerned about obtaining a fair hearing in the whaling case brought against it by Australia at the International Court of Justice.
The Japanese government says "serious anomalies" arise from the admission of New Zealand as an intervenor in the case on Australia's side, as both anti-whaling countries will have judges on the bench.
The sole Japanese representative on the bench, Justice Hisashi Owada, took issue with the court's decision to confirm the intervention, according to a statement released by the court in The Hague on Thursday.
"Judge Owada notes that, although Japan does not raise a formal objection to the intervention, it seems evident that it is deeply concerned that New Zealand's intervention could have consequences that would affect the equality of the parties to the dispute, and thus the fair administration of justice," the statement said.
Australia is taking Japan to the tribunal over its Antarctic whale hunt, claiming the Asian power's so-called scientific whaling in fact breaches of a global moratorium on commercial whaling.
The case is to be heard by a 16-person bench that already had NZ's Sir Kenneth Keith as a member, and was joined by the ANU's Professor Hilary Charlesworth, who was appointed as a judge "ad hoc" in 2011.
In November, NZ applied to intervene in the case – a decision that Japan said meant the anti-whaling countries could "avoid some of the safeguards" of the ICJ's procedural equity.
The tribunal's rules exclude the possibility of appointing a judge "ad hoc" when two or more parties have the same interest, and one has a member of the court of the same nationality.
The court unanimously approved New Zealand's intervention and rejected Japan's claim, saying NZ was not a full "party" to the proceedings, but could only make limited observations.
"It therefore considers that such an intervention cannot affect the equality of the parties in the dispute," the statement said.
Although Justice Owada voted in favour of New Zealand's intervention, he said he wished to place on record his "serious reservation" about the court's approach to the issue.
He also said it was regrettable that the anti-whaling countries appeared to be actively collaborating in their litigation strategy to promote their common interests.
The ANU's international law professor, Don Rothwell, said the debate over NZ's approval by the court was an important step.
"It gives the first real sense of some issues Japan may be seeking to raise with the court," Professor Rothwell said.
He said the case appeared to be proceeding smoothly for Australia and New Zealand, and it was likely to be heard in the second half of 2013.
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March 13, 2010
Runaways Premiere After Party Pics - With Taylor Too :)
Whoohoo, found Taylor - and some more with Joan and Floria.
So sweet of Taylor to come support The Runaways... although, what must it be like watching two of your best buds on screen get it on? Awkward! Just sayin' ;)
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Too Cute ^.^ReplyDelete
I think KStew changing into casual clothes at after party's will be her 'thing' from now on.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 13, 2010 at 12:49 PM
who is the woman in white with the long dark hair?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 13, 2010 at 1:24 PM
it's floria, she is the director of the runaways.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 15, 2010 at 4:28 AM
So I think that those KStew feeling on Tay pictures where taken after KStew had at least one drink and I think that based on how she's looking at the camera, she's really just playing a joke on Rob. In all, I find Taylor's "oh-man-Rob's-gonna-see-this-pic&kick-my-ass" expression hilarious!ReplyDelete
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