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i shot a lot last year, all was good. late season, about 20 degrees out, couldn't pull back on a doe, too cold, too many clothes, etc.
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quote arohideep13Thanks for my welcome...I enjoy games with their story and sound track. I like Call of duty very much. But in honestly i don't like its sound track. What is your opinion about its sound track ??
quote arohideep13While plying this game am feel very exited because4 its my one and only favorite game.Me and my friends totally crazy for this game.Realism of Call Of Duty is a awesome game for the game fans
quote HorseYou didn't even mention that music plays in the background Should have been number one on the list.
quote blackomega34I also find this game very unrealistic, I can write a few reasons withing multiplayer ONLY. I can only write so much..50 Cal bullet (from M82) does not even rip off a limb if it hits oneStab someone's small toe, he dies.Any bullet not being able to kill someone in 1 hit to the head.A dragunov shot to the heart does not kill.People can reload at the speed of light.A sniper rifle bullet escapes the barrel 50 degrees to the left, or right, or anywhere.Someone's wrist not breaking of firing a .44 Magnum 500 rounds a minute.Someone can sprint for hours at a time.Sides have a 'commentator' People stealing their enemy's flags for victory.People who throw axes into the air hoping to kill something.Axes and knives killing someone when they hit his toe or finger.People gold plating their guns for teh lulz.People being able to reload two guns at a time.I can go deeper, but I get bored.
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In President Barack Obama's two presidential campaigns, his predecessor loomed large; Obama and Democrats regularly laid the blame for the downtrodden economy at George W. Bush's feet.
When pressed on their pledge to turn the faltering economy around, Obama and Democrats often pointed out that they had inherited the product of the Bush administration's policies.
Bush, however, in his limited public appearances has stayed mute about his successor, maintaining a custom among former presidents that dates back decades. While not all presidents have adhered to the practice, it has created a mostly amicable brotherhood of former presidents.
"George W. Bush is a traditionalist," CNN Senior Political Analyst David Gergen said. "I think he holds to an old-fashioned standard that the presidency is one of the world's greatest fraternities and its members don't criticize each other."
After leaving the White House, Bush made it clear that he was finished with the public stage. Although he has been more public since his presidential library opened in April, Bush has maintained that he will not criticize Obama.
"I don't think it does any good," Bush said Monday in an exclusive interview with CNN's Robyn Curnow in Zambia, where he was helping to renovate a women's clinic. "It's a hard job. He's got plenty on his agenda. It's difficult. A former president doesn't need to make it any harder. Other presidents have taken different decisions; that's mine."
In "The Presidents Club," a book by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy about the fraternity, a Bush adviser says the most the former president will say about Obama's decisions is, "Well, I might have done it differently."
In public, though, Bush has refused to comment on Obama.
"He deserves my silence," Bush said in a March 2009 speech. "There's plenty of critics in the arena. I think it's time for the ex-president to tap dance off the stage and let the current president have a go at solving the world's problems."
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Gergen said he feels Bush's silence about Obama stems from how Bush was treated in his last few years in office.
"There was a sense among the Bush people that a lot of this criticism was gratuitous and ill-informed and painful," Gergen said. That could be "part of his staying away from issues with Obama."
When you are president, there are literally only a handful of people in the world who can relate to the pressure, the commitment, the arduous decision making. This unique understanding has led many presidents to rely on one another after leaving office.
Some of these relationships have led to unexpected political friendships.
Despite the fact they faced off in the 1992 presidential election, the relationship of Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush has been described as father-and-son-like. They are so close that Clinton joked at the opening of George W. Bush's library that he "had become the black sheep son" of the Bush family.
He even jokingly referred to former first lady Barbara Bush as his "mother."
Other presidential relationships have been similarly close. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford, opponents in the 1976 election, grew close in their retirement and worked together on a number of international issues.
President Harry Truman also befriended a predecessor, Herbert Hoover. After working together to restructure the executive branch, Truman called Hoover "the best man that I know of" and an appreciative Hoover wrote Truman to say, "For all of this and your friendship, I am deeply grateful."
Gergen, who served in the White House in four administrations, said that once in the Oval Office you appreciate the "continuity of the office."
"You form part of a chain and each link is important. You almost have a sacred responsibility to keep the office strong," he said.
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Not all former presidents have held their tongue.
Democratic President Jimmy Carter, who served one term in office, has a history of biting criticism of those who followed him in the White House.
In 2007, Carter delivered a blistering critique of the Bush administration, telling the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette "as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history."
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Posted: 02/08/2013 - Tom Clay keeps you up-to-date on some of the things you can be doing in the outdoors during the winter months.
This weeks Great Outdoors takes the kids catfishn'.
Posted: 02/08/2013 - Tom Clay keeps you up-to-date on some of the things you can be doing in the outdoors during the winter months.
Posted: 02/08/2013 - Summer Camp is just around the corner and now is the time to sign up.
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Posted: 12/20/2012 - There are too many advantages to have a raised bed over a level garden area.
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Posted: 08/02/2011 - Our home and garden expert John Marra went to the Central City Farmer's Market in Huntington to show some tips on picking produce.
Posted: 05/17/2011 - Keeping your "green thumb growing" can be quite a challenge with all of the rain we've been getting lately.
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More of LTTE brutality: Fleeing civilians shot and hacked to death |
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"We heard gunfire and we knew we were surrounded. Two boats with several dozen people were fleeing from the area and our boat was the third. They (LTTE) came running and directing small arms fire towards us from the coast. Several people fell overboard receiving gunshot injuries, may be they were killed on the spot or drowned. I don't know, but I saw one boat spiralling on the water and within minutes its engine died-off. They are killing us and killing at will". This was what Soosai Jeyamarasa Jenistan, 20, had to say after being rescued by Security Forces in the shallow waters North of Chalai, while desperately fleeing from LTTE. He now feels fortunate to have defied probable death, hopes to start a new life and return home once LTTE is wiped. Jeyamarasa, his 48 year old father Isador Soosai and the Principal of the Therumurikandy Government School Asirwadan Soosainadar, 42, are among the many others who sought protection with Security Forces on 6th March, 2009. This is just a glimpse of what is actually happening in the non-liberated territory under LTTE occupation. "People are held forcibly against their will in the largest hostage taking of any kind in recent history", a defence observer told our Wanni correspondent. The crimes perpetrated by LTTE against civilians held captive in this narrow land stretch has gone un-noticed according to what is revealed by those who were fortunate to flee the LTTE clutches. Girls and boys are dragged from temporary shelters to undergo a crash course of combat training and explosives use and turned into suicide bombers, in what LTTE sees as its last line of defence against the advancing security forces. Men, women and even the elderly are not spared by them. While, children are turned into human bombs their parents are drawn into the forefront armed with clubs, T-56 assault riffles and grenades to shield the rear assault waves of LTTE hardcore cadres. What is more staggering is the blood tax that these innocent people have to pay for this most ruthless outfit of modern times. The food, rations, medicine that are been sent for the stranded civilians by the Sri Lankan government and aid agencies are being forcibly taken by the LTTE. Only a few sacks of grains, flour and a little clean water is left for over 40,000 people who have to struggle with each other for what is left. "These people are denied of their freedom of choice and taken to the edge of suffering any human can undergo", an aid worker at Vavuniya revealed, commenting on the ground realities in the non-liberated land territory with over 40,000 people hostage. Continuing with his share of experience of near death from LTTE, Mr. Jeyamrasa said, "It was around 11.30 p.m., on 6th March, when around 300 of us prepared to flee towards safety from the LTTE in 50 boats. There were many LTTE cadres on guard surrounding the confinement camp. As we outnumbered the guards we made a desperate flee towards the shore and it was at this time LTTE started firing at us indiscriminately. I managed to get onboard a boat along with my family and my brother's. We heard gunfire and we knew we were surrounded. Two boats with several dozen people were fleeing from the area and our boat was the third. They [LTTE] came running, directing small arms fire towards us from the coast. Several people fell overboard receiving gunshot injuries, may be they were killed on the spot or drowned. I don't know, but I saw one boat spiralling on the water and within minutes its engine died-off. They are killing us and killing at will. Then they [LTTE] started firing at our boat. My brother's son fell inside with a gunshot injury. We stretched as much as possible and started screaming feeling this was the end. We knew what the LTTE would do to us. They did no stop firing. My brother had stopped the engine after his son got wounded. Our boat was drifting and we were awaiting a brutal death from LTTE. This is what they do once you get caught escaping from them. They strangle you to death and make an exhibit of you, triggering fear among others of similar reprisal. With no option left, we all urged our brother to start the engine and make at least an attempt to flee. He (brother) started the engine and we were on our way. At this moment, LTTE had launched a boat into the waters in pursuit of us. Luckily, our engine was good and we passed even the first boat that took off from the coast. Still we could here gunfire from distance," Jeyamrasa further said. "As the gunfire sound faded we looked back and saw LTTE boats approaching and slaughtering the rest of the people. The people were fired upon directly. Many jumped overboard into the water. They were pleading for their life but LTTE did not stop firing. They also fired at the people who were along the coast. I've lost count of the people attacked but surely they are not alive by now. It was such a frightening scene to witness. My children are caught in trauma and I don't know how they will recover from witnessing people been killed with such brutality", Mr. Asirwadan also said speaking with our correspondent. "After fleeing for over 5-6 kms from the LTTE killing range, I looked at my brother's son and he was bleeding severely. A bullet had pierced through his abdomen and the boy was is in extreme pain. Fortunately, we were saved by the military while drifting in the waters off Talaiady and brought to shore and the wounded attended to immediately. We can now make a sigh of relief, but what we experienced back there will haunt us forever. We are in safe hands now and all we want is to go back and start our lives again, after the LTTE deprived us of all", Jeyamrasa further said. This is just a glimpse of the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the non-liberated territory. LTTE terrorists will continue perpetrating such crimes until it is stopped forever. This is what the so called saviours of 'Human rights', 'unbiased media' outlets and the patrons of the "victim industry" are trying to hide by drawing international attention away from the reality of the LTTE, a defence observer said. Astonishingly, these media barons and HR saviours have shied away from reporting the status of the 15 UN aid workers and their families still held captive by the LTTE through sheer intimidation. Working hand in hand with LTTE propaganda fronts, these 'un-biased' international and local reporters are making virulent efforts to throw a life line to LTTE now facing its endgame after three decades. This unholy nexus is also making all attempts to scuttle the present military surge with contradictory reporting and fear-mongering about battle and civilian casualties, and all the while concealing what the LTTE does to civilians it is holding by force the 40 sq km it is confined to now. Courtesy:defence.lk |
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Instead of ignoring early adopters of the Lytro light-field camera, the company continues to reward them with new features brought to life through occasional software updates.
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That was after the Surface Pro commercial last night. - 02-11-2013, 02:53 PM #2
It's right above #followmejustinbeiber. I won't take it seriously.
...and then God said, let there be a search button and there was a huge one on top right!
It sure did in my eyes.
I was a lifelong Microsoft hating Apple fan for years.
Microsoft Office 2004 for the Mac, Zune and the Xbox were the first things I ever saw Microsoft do that I didn't think completely sucked.
Then Windows 7 came out and I really began to see that Microsoft was capable of making efficient, attractive and easy to use software. I never imagined it was possible after years of suffering through Windows 95, 98 and XP (my apologies to those of you who liked those OS's)
I bought a Lenovo ThinkPad with Windows 7 to complement my Mac (the only PC I've ever bought aside from an earlier ThinkPad running XP that turned out to be a bad experience)
I loved Windows 7. Still do.
I also noticed Windows Phone around the same time and I took a shine to it immediately. I was in the market for a phone for a while and I kept coming back to the store and playing with iPhones, Androids, Palm WebOS and the Windows Phones. The Palm WebOS phones and Windows Phones were the most appealing to me by far.
WebOS's future was in doubt then, so I was iffy about committing to it (I still haven't forgiven HP for running such a great platform into the ground)
Before Mango I wasn't ready to jump on board with no copy/paste. Once Mango came, I looked again... I still loved Windows Phone, but none of the hardware really excited me. Then I saw a rumor about a Nokia phone codenamed Stingray (this became the Lumia 800) and I fell in love with the design immediately.
I was sure that would be my next phone....So I waited and watched for a year.
Then one day the Lumia 900 appeared and I heard angels sing, and I've been here ever since. - 02-11-2013, 04:41 PM #6
lol...it didn't have all sorts of **** (Slingplayer was the breaking point...despite it being a launch announcement/patner, it never came), so I jumped, begrudgingly, to iOS. Now I sit with WP8, in a slightly better app situation, but still hoping for some other big players to come around. It wasn't a huge hit for me as I swapped my iP4 to my business line and dumped by BB Bold 9800. So any apps I am missing on my personal WP8 phone, I keep around on my business iP4.
Yes... I loved Palm devices since my Palm III back in 1998 or so. They've always done a brilliant job of designing a clear and attractive UI that is quite natural to use.
I loved WebOS when I saw it. Finally Palm had a worthy successor to Palm OS and it was superb, really made everything else seem rather ugly and limited by comparison.
I still feel my heart sink a little when I think about what has been lost there. Such a shame... I really hope the open source WebOS amounts to something and it lives on...
I remember seeing people buying up the heavily discounted HP TouchPads and then hacking them to install Android and I wanted to smack them.
The OS was the best part of the device and all they wanted to do was wipe it out so they could install ANDROID??? Really. Ugh...
Anyway, WebOS is effectively gone unfortunately, unless the open source version picks up and maybe by some miracle another OEM picks it up and decides to build new hardware around it. I'm not holding my breath though :/
I have to admit, there is a lot I liked about WebOS versus Windows Phone. I'd like to see Microsoft "borrow" some of their better ideas. - 02-11-2013, 10:33 PM #9
I'm another ex webOS'ian who now loves WP. I've always liked Microsoft tho. I've always hated Apple/Mac and Android.
Sprint (9 1/2 years) - Samsung SPH-A460, Sanyo PM-8200(S), Samsung A900 "Blade" & Samsung SPH-M620 "Upstage" simultaneously (2 lines), Samsung Instinct & Samsung Upstage simultaneously (2 lines), Palm Pre & Palm Pixi simultaneously (2 lines), HTC Evo, HTC Arrive:::::. Verizon (since March 2012) - iPhone 4s, HP Pre3...........Looking forward to going backFinally back to Windows Phone with the HTC 8x (iPhone 4s as work line, HP Pre3 to play with). - 02-12-2013, 02:08 AM #11
Mobile Nations has a site called webOS Nation. They have forums too, like WPCentral. I'd recommend checking them out, even if you're not getting a webOS device. They have some friendly folks there. http://forums.webosnation.com/
Just to point out, while we've all decided to go off-topic anyway, Palm-Pre had universal search! WP7 had it. 7.1 to 8.0 doesn't have it.
...and then God said, let there be a search button and there was a huge one on top right!
The New Microsoft is absolutely much better!
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This very bright and spacious townhouse has been totally renovated according to architectural design and has a magnificent laid out garden. The house consists of 8 large rooms, 3 bathrooms and a luxurious live-in- kitchen
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The Firday Times (Pakistan)
July 20, 2012
by Aparna Pande
Earlier this week, Pakistan's Defense Minister Syed Naveed Qamar argued that "discriminatory" nuclear policies followed by the international community would lead to a "strategic imbalance" in the region. For those who are new to South Asia, "strategic imbalance" is Pakistan's way of seeking parity with its much larger eastern neighbor, India. Mr Qamar is not the first Pakistani official and he will not be the last.
In July 2009, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani stated that any internal instability in Pakistan could prompt an Indian attack on Pakistan. "When seen with the widening force differential between ours and Indian armed forces, it explains to us New Delhi's emboldened posture and its urge to find space for a conventional war." Three months later India launched its first indigenously-built nuclear submarine INS Arihant. Pakistan's reaction was to term the Indian move as "detrimental" to regional peace and need to take "appropriate steps" to maintain a "strategic balance." Within a few days close ally China delivered the first of four state-of-the-art F-22 P frigates to Pakistan ostensibly to help repair the imbalance.
As I have argued in my book Explaining Pakistan's Foreign Policy: Escaping India (Routledge, 2011) a key underlying driver of Pakistan's foreign policy has been a desire for parity with India. The desire for parity dates back to the pre-Partition era when the Indian Muslim League sought parity with the Indian National Congress.
It was reflected after Independence in Pakistan's desire for parity in all arenas with India and has had an impact on Pakistan's external relations, especially its ties with the United States and Afghanistan.
Pakistan's leaders have consistently argued that the only way for Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir dispute would be if Pakistan achieved some form of parity with India. As early as 1954 Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Ali Bogra stated: "When there is more equality of military strength, then I am sure that there will be a greater chance of settlement." Most of the India-Pakistan conflicts on Kashmir have taken place at a time when the Pakistani military and often civilian establishment believed that if they did not act at that moment India would surpass Pakistan in military strength.
Pakistan's military establishment has always sought parity with India. The military's championing of the concept of "strategic depth" and close Afghan-Pakistan ties reflect the fear of a hypothetical two-front war if India and Afghanistan build close ties. At the core of Pakistan's relationship with the US and the rationale behind the frequent tensions between the two countries lies Pakistan's desire for parity with India. Right from 1947, Pakistan's leaders looked to the US as a superpower who would help build Pakistan's meager resources so that it could stand up to India. Hence, the oft-repeated refrain from Pakistan's leaders that the US must be fair, must treat both countries equally and should not become too close to India. Pakistan preferred the offshore balancer role that the US played in South Asia during the Cold War to the post-Cold War closeness with India.
Soon after the 1971 war, Pakistan's army chief argued for American aid in order to maintain his army "at pre-war size." When asked by the Americans if this would be possible keeping in mind both the reduction in size of the Pakistani territory and elimination of the need to now maintain a force in East Pakistan Lt Gen Gul Hasan's answer was that "a credible force would still be needed to serve as deterrent against any hostile intentions by India." The civilian bureaucracy and politicians have generally preferred to adopt rather than contest this view.
The support for non-state actors as well as the move towards nuclear weapons especially after 1971 was undertaken because Pakistan's leaders and strategists believed that conventional military parity with India was becoming difficult to achieve. Pakistani strategists like Aslam Siddiqui, author of Pakistan Seeks Security (Longman & Greens, 1960) had argued from the 1960s onwards that though Pakistan needed external aid to build up its military strength yet Pakistan should be ready for the day the "marriage with the West" dissolves. The argument ran that Pakistan had an ideology and manpower and that in parts of Pakistan (like Balochistan and the Frontier areas) there was a tradition of irregular warfare which could be harnessed by the state. Unlike a regular army, irregular forces (read jihadis) were not a burden on the treasury and since they were independent entities the state could disclaim responsibility from any action they undertook.
For Pakistanis, leaders as well as general public, Pakistan's nuclear weapons are seen as the panacea. It was thought that nuclear weapons would make Pakistan India's equal, guarantee territorial integrity even without the support of allies and also give Pakistan respectability in the Muslim world as the first Muslim country with nuclear weapons.
That Pakistan's leaders have sought nuclear parity and not simply nuclear deterrence is evident from the continuous build-up of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal. According to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists 2011 report Pakistan's nuclear arsenal is now the fourth largest in the world and ahead of countries like the United Kingdom. Pakistan has also consistently refused to sign the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) because of the notion that signing the treaty would result in Pakistan having a smaller arsenal than India.
Pakistan eternal search for military parity or "strategic balance" with a much larger neighbor has drained most of its resources without providing the security Pakistanis crave. Instead of this eternal quest, Pakistan and Pakistanis would benefit from a refocus on Pakistan's core strategic interests: a stable polity, a growing economy and civil-military balance.
Aparna Pande is a Research Fellow at Hudson Institute.
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EA has released a new FIFA 13 trailer just in time for gamescom.
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EA "working very closely with Microsoft" on bringing games to Windows Phone
EA are partnering up with Microsoft to bring a host of games to the Windows Phone.
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 | 12:03 BST
Remember Me: Screenshots unleashed
Capcom has released a number of screenshots for the title that was showcased at Gamescom earlier today.
Thu, Aug 02, 2012 | 13:20 BST
Gamescom 2012: Win your way to the show with Sony
Sony and Sony Access TV are giving one gamer the chance to head to Gamescom and cover the show for them. All you have to do is make a video to show you have what it takes. Simple no?
Fri, Aug 12, 2011 | 10:30 BST
gamescom 2011 to feature 550 exhibitors
It's gut check time. Koelnmesse's announced this morning that next week's gamescom will feature 550 exhibitors from 40 countries. The numbers are an increase of last year, with the number of countries going up by seven, with the exhibitor figures being a ten percent increase on last year. The show's project manager Tim Endres said he was "delighted with this result above all for our visitors from Germany, Europe and the world."
gamescom takes place from August 17 – the first day being a media-only day – until August 21. Read our preview of the show here. Thanks, MCV.
Fri, Jun 17, 2011 | 08:14 BST
Sega, Capcom, Valve confirmed as gamescom exhibitors
Organisers for gamescom have fully announced this year's attending publisher line-up, with several making a return to Germany after missing out last year.
Tue, Apr 19, 2011 | 13:30 BST
Gamescom 2011 exhibitor numbers up 20% on 2010
Gamescom's organiser has said the current number of registered exhibitors for this year's show is up 20 percent on the same point last year. Plus, the trade and consumer event will welcome Mexican exhibitors with a new country-specific pavilion.
Fri, Apr 15, 2011 | 10:21 BST
Games Convention Online is no more
Previously known as The Leipzig Games Convention and Europe's one-time largest games event, the trade-only GCO has been forced to shut its doors, citing a 'lack of funding'.
Mon, Mar 21, 2011 | 17:58 GMT
gamescom 2011 tickets go on sale
As of today, Koelnmesse has kicked off ticket sales for this year's gamescom in Cologne.
Thu, Feb 18, 2010 | 08:05 GMT
GDC Europe to take place between August 16-18
Its been announced that GDC Europe will run from August 16-18 in Cologne.
Wed, Aug 19, 2009 | 20:47 BST
Cage: Heavy Rain's "not really a videogame anymore"
Are you drunk on David Cage yet? Of course not! You need one more shot of his strongest words, and we're here to provide that for you.
Speaking at GamesCom, Cage told VG247 that Heavy Rain's gone beyond the limits of what you'd typically call a "videogame."
"[It's] something that is not really a videogame anymore. It's fully interactive; I'm not talking about that. But in the matter of format, objectives, and the way it works, it's not really a videogame anymore," he said.
"So all the rules that have been defined by this industry to promote games, like trade shows and demos, you have to ask yourself if it's really the type of thing worth doing."
Well, that's enough Cage for us. We're off to lose our last three day's worth of lunches behind a dumpster now. But we're lightweights. You, though — you want more. We can see the look in your eyes, the fire. Go read the rest of the interview. Do what we couldn't.
Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | 17:39 BST
GamesCom: Sony Press Event liveblog
Sony's GamesCom presser's approaching like a tidal wave. But while other sites cower in fear of the towering newsmass, we embrace it. So we'll be liveblogging it, because we love that sort of thing.
The conference begins at 6.30pm CET (5.30pm BST, 12.30pm EST, 9.30am PST).
Jump past the break for all the updates!
Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | 16:22 BST
EA's GC Press Event: Dante's Inferno releasing in February
EA's just announced that Dante's Inferno's coming in February. February 9 for the US, February 12 for Europe. Righteous.
There's more over on the liveblog
Mon, Aug 17, 2009 | 19:17 BST
Rumor: GamesCom document reveals new PS3 SKU
PlayStation LifeStyle's gotten its hands on some very juicy — sumptuous, even — gossip, in the form of an alleged Sony GamesCom document. This telling piece of intel reveals, among other things, a new PS3 SKU, which is apparently set to be announced during Sony's GameCom presser.
Click through the link to see the full document for yourself. Honestly, though, the info looks a bit dodgy to us, so we're taking this one with a grain of salt. Plus, it's a document. We could whip up a document right now that says Sony's announcing the PS4 tomorrow, with a new Ridge Racer and an even more historically accurate Genji game set on the moon.
We've asked Sony for comment, so hopefully we'll hear back on this soon.
Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | 17:23 BST
Frank Sliwka takes helm at gamescom dev conference
Frank Sliwka, the boss of Leipzig's GCDC up to this year, will head up the gamescom developer conference in Cologne as of 2009, Koelnmesse's confirmed.
"We are delighted to be working with Frank Sliwka and Global Games Media. Their choice of Cologne and their confidence in the new trade fair location show us that we are on the right track and can establish gamescom as Europe's trade fair and event highlight in a very short space of time", said Oliver Kuhrt, Koelnmesse MD.
Press release after the link.
Tue, Feb 26, 2008 | 19:12 GMT
Leipzig plans Games Convention for 2009
Games Convention owner Leipziger Messe has confirmed today that the show is still scheduled to happen in Leipzig in 2009. The news comes in the wake of an joint announcement from the BIU [Germany's answer to ELSPA or ESA - Ed] and Koelnmesse that a new event, GAMESCom, is to be held in Cologne in September next year.
It had been thought that the Games Convention IP may have been licensed to the new showground for a sizeable sum, but in essence the BIU hung Leipziger Messe out to dry, dragging Germany's main show to a new location and refusing to take any tie of the Games Convention brand with it. On the surface, this leaves Leipziger Messe, owner of the biggest games show in the world, with nothing after building up an annual audience of almost 200,000.
Leipziger Messe, obviously, isn't entirely pleased about the events of the last 24 hours, saying it is disappointed with the decision and today telling Eurogamer.de that it doesn't believe the BIU understands the concept of Games Convention or its sister trade event GCDC.
Games Convention 2009 is, therefore, on. Whether or not the BIU has just made the biggest booboo in European gaming history remains to be seen.
Tue, Feb 26, 2008 | 17:40 GMT
Confirmed: Games Convention moved to Cologne, renamed GAMESCom
Breaking news from the Leipzig press conference. Leipziger Messe has just confirmed that Games Convention as we know it is no more, and that the event has been moved to Cologne for 2009. Its new name is GAMESCom.
Update: Eurogamer.de's just published this. The new show is being moved from August to September. Better travel links and 80,000 hotel places in the Cologne area are being mooted as the main reasons for the move. Both the German TV station RTL and the 2009 World Cyber Games are based in Cologne. The organisers have said the new show will work closely with both.


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Good news: Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD) is far less frightful than its name. Though it's one of the most common causes of knee pain in adolescents, it's really not a disease, but an overuse injury. OSD can be quite painful, but usually resolves itself within 12 to 24 months.
Osgood-Schlatter disease is an inflammation of the bone, cartilage, and/or tendon at the top of the shinbone (tibia), where the tendon from the kneecap (patella) attaches. Most often only one knee is affected.
OSD usually strikes active adolescents around the beginning of their growth spurts, the approximately 2-year period during which they grow most rapidly. Growth spurts can begin any time between the ages of 8 and 13 for girls, or 10 and 15 for boys. OSD has been more common in boys, but as more girls participate in sports, this is changing.
Teens increase their risk for OSD if they play sports involving running, twisting, and jumping, such as basketball, football, volleyball, soccer, tennis, figure skating, and gymnastics. Doctors disagree about the mechanics that cause the injury but agree that overuse and physical stress are involved.
Growth spurts make kids vulnerable because their bones, muscles, and tendons are growing quickly and not always at the same time. With exercise, differences in size and strength between the muscle groups place unusual stress on the growth plate at the top of the shinbone. (A growth plate is a layer of cartilage near the end of a bone where most of the bone's growth occurs. It is weaker and more vulnerable to injury than the rest of the bone.)
Most parents call the doctor after their child complains of intermittent pain over several months. The pain may be anywhere from mild and felt only during activity to severe and constant.
Other symptoms may include:
Symptoms that aren't typical of OSD include pain at rest, thigh pain, or very severe pain that awakens kids from sleep or makes them cry. If your child has any of these symptoms, talk to your doctor.
OSD usually goes away by age 18 or when a teenager's bones mature. Until then, only the symptoms need treatment. Rest is the key to pain relief. Parents find it a cruel irony that the most active kids are most likely to get OSD — and also the ones least likely to rest the affected area.
In mild cases, doctors advise that kids limit the activities that cause pain. They might be able to continue their sports as long as the pain remains mild. When symptoms flare up, a short break from sports might be necessary.
After your child gets back in the game, shock-absorbent insoles can decrease stress on the knee. Applying moist heat for 15 minutes before or icing for 20 minutes after activity can minimize swelling. Wrestling gel pads and basketball knee pads (available at sporting goods stores) can protect a tender shin from bumps and bruises. A good stretching program, focusing primarily on the hamstring and quadriceps muscles, before and after activity is important. Your doctor might also suggest over-the-counter pain medicines, such as ibuprofen, or prescription anti-inflammatory medicines.
More severe cases require more rest, usually a total break from sports and physical activities. Active kids may find this very difficult, but the knee cannot heal without rest. Some teens wind up with a cast or brace to enforce the doctor's orders. After a prolonged time off, kids will need to ease back into activity carefully, usually with physical therapy to learn stretching and strengthening exercises.
Long-term consequences of OSD are usually minor. Some kids may have a permanent, painless bump below the knee. In rare cases, they may develop a painful, bony growth below the kneecap that must be surgically removed. About 60% of adults who had OSD as kids experience some pain with kneeling.
Sports and exercise offer many benefits, but also the risk of injury. According to the National Youth Sports Safety Foundation, sports activities are the second most frequent cause of injury for both male and female adolescents.
Although OSD cannot be prevented, its impact can be minimized by following sports safety guidelines:
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As Mayor of New York, the late Edward Koch famously asked constituents, "How'm I doing?" He got an earful. But he valued the instant feedback and even adjusted occasionally. As we commemorate Earth Day, we might ask the same question of ourselves -- but on a planetary scale. When it comes to addressing the world's gravest ills, how are we doing?
Not so well. That is the big takeaway from the first Global Governance Report Card, released today by the Council on Foreign Relations. Designed in the old grade school style, Report Card grades the international community and the United States on how they are responding to six big challenges: global warming, nuclear proliferation, violent conflict, global health, transnational terrorism, and financial instability. The grades, available online, reflect input from fifty prominent experts.
Beyond assigning letter grades for each of the six "subject areas," the Report Card evaluates performance in specific sub-categories. Thus for climate change, it evaluates global progress in critical objectives like curbing emissions or using carbon sinks. It also singles out countries or organizations deserving praise as class "leaders," as "most improved," or worthy of a "gold star." Finally, it calls out actors who undermine global solutions, labeling them "laggards," "truants," or (in the case of North Korea on the nuclear issue) "in detention."
The grades range widely, but two lessons are clear: First, the gap between the demand for and supply of effective multilateral cooperation is a yawning one. Second, the United States remains an inconsistent global leader.
This is most obvious in the slow-motion catastrophe of global warming, for which the world and the United States receive their worst marks (D and C-, respectively). After 18 annual conferences of parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, the futility of seeking comprehensive agreement among 193 U.N. member states is self-evident. Ideally, a breakthrough might be possible in a smaller, informal venue like the Major Economies Forum (MEF), which gathers the world's 17 top greenhouse gas emitters. Alas, the MEF has been unable to translate the principle of "common but differentiated responsibility" into binding emissions reductions by developing countries. Meanwhile, the abject U.S. failure to pass climate change legislation, much less institute a domestic "cap and trade" system, deprives the United States of leverage to get China to do more.
The upshot? There is a 90 percent probability that the average temperature on Earth will increase between 3.5 and 7.4 degrees Celsius by 2100. The ensuing parade of calamities will include melting polar ice caps, rising sea levels, collapsing coral reefs, extreme weather events, desertification and fresh water shortages, famine and mass migration and, conceivably, violent conflict. Avoiding the worst consequences of a warming planet will require both dramatic cuts in greenhouse gases and major investments in adaptation -- neither of which is on the horizon.
Things are slightly better when it comes to nuclear proliferation -- the greatest near-term threat to global security. Today, there are only nine known nuclear powers. But we could be approaching a tipping point. The ongoing defiance by North Korea and Iran, Pakistan's growing nuclear arsenal, the spread of dual-use technology, and glacial progress towards nuclear disarmament are all eroding the foundations of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Today, 49 nations could produce nuclear weapons if they wished, and terrorists are seeking such capabilities themselves. All is not lost -- yet. Two Nuclear Security Summits inspired by the Obama administration have helped lock up much of the world's fissile material from diversion, and the United Nation has adopted resolutions to penalize illicit transfers to non-state actors. For their efforts, the international community merits a C (and the United States a B, for keeping Iran's feet to the fire and signing the New START agreement with Russia).
Things are similarly mixed when it comes to advancing global health. First the good news: in recent years the world has showered unprecedented attention and resources on global health initiatives. New public-private initiatives have sprung up, involving not only sovereign governments and formal bodies like the World Health Organization but also private corporations, and philanthropies like the Gates Foundation. Thanks to innovative financing mechanisms like the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria, as well as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations, both child and adult mortality have declined, and life expectancies have risen. But all is not rosy. Most donors prefer disease-specific interventions rather than strengthening developing country health systems. And financing, once flush, is drying up as austerity policies take hold in cash-strapped countries. Lastly, the developing world faces a new epidemic of non-communicable diseases like diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. As the global health leader, the United States merits a B, but the world earns just a C.
Stopping violent conflict, meanwhile, remains a constant struggle. The United Nations, created "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war," has made decent strides towards this goal. War between nations is now extremely rare. Perhaps more surprisingly, over the past two decades the average number and intensity of civil wars has also fallen steeply, notably in sub-Saharan Africa. One big reason is a surge in U.N.-mandated peace operations and special political missions. More negatively, the U.N.'s Department of Peacekeeping Operations as well as the African Union, continue to be given unrealistic mandates without the resources or political support to implement them. And global efforts to prevent -- rather than simply respond to-- -- violence remain desultory. Finally, blockages in the U.N. Security Council can stymie action even in the face of mass atrocities -- as we witness every day in Syria. Given these shortcomings, the international community earns only a C+, the United States a B-.
The biggest unsung triumph in global cooperation may be counterterrorism (CT). To be sure, there have been many excesses -- from arbitrary detention to torture to assassination. But, overall, the world has shown tremendous solidarity. After 9/11, the Security Council passed Resolution 1973. It required all countries to criminalize terrorism, created a new Counterterrorism Committee, and established a CT Executive Directorate to provide technical and financial assistance to fill national gaps. The Financial Action Task Force, created to combat money-laundering, was pressed into service to crack down on terrorist financing. Finally, the Security Council extended Resolution 1540, prohibiting the transfer of nuclear materials and technology to non-state actors. Al Qaeda is not dead yet, as events in Mali and elsewhere underscore, but the network has been deprived of reliable havens, financing, and ideological support. For their efforts, the world earns a B, the United States a B+.
But the most impressive recent example of international cooperation has been progress in restoring financial stability since the global credit crisis hit in 2008. After looking into the abyss, the world's major economies avoided another Great Depression by coordinating their policy responses. They elevated the G-20 into a leaders-level forum in which advanced and emerging powers could respond to crises. The G-20 injected trillions of dollars into the world economy, revived and expanded the coffers of the International Monetary Fund, created a Financial Stability Board to regulate cross-border financial institutions, mandated new capital requirements for big banks, negotiated governance reforms to the IMF and World Bank to benefit rising powers, and avoided 1930-style descent into tit-for-tat protectionism. To be sure, the G-20's momentum has slowed, accusations of currency manipulation persist, and the Eurozone crisis trundles on, roiling financial markets. But the positive overall picture earns the international community a B -- and the United States a B+ for leadership for firm leadership.
If the climate change picture provides ample cause for despair, the effective response to the global financial crisis offers grounds for hope. It demonstrates global institutional reform and effective multilateral cooperation is possible. The two critical ingredients are a compelling sense of crisis and vigorous U.S. leadership. Here's hoping that by next Earth Day, the existential threat posed by global warming will finally persuade the U.S. Congress to join the White House in taking the dramatic policy steps needed to persuade China and other major emitters to respond in kind.


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Phonebloks had showed how much idealistic and unworkable it was. Last year, it had turned out Motorola to work on an identical project, known as Project Ara. Motorola is not taking Phonebloks vision along with its developer community for making a modular phone. Motorola will be sooner seeking input from Ara Scouts.
This would assist the Google subsidiary for shaping the future of Project Ara. In some months, Motorola would start inviting developers for designing modules for the platform of Ara. It is Module Developer's Kit (MDK) which would be readily available in winters. An undeniable fact is that Motorola along with Google's backing can make the project work. It can be an honest-to-goodness revolution within the smart phone industry.
Many people wish for a good camera and not much storage. One can spend great money on cheap-out on NAND and image sensor. If the speaker on the phone gets damaged, then a new module can be added by disconnecting it. Instead of it one can purchase an entire new phone and upgrade the components. Thunderclap campaign for Phonebloks is a worthy one, which takes place for approximately 9 hours. However this idea sounds very insane, but can show its real magic.