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G.fast Bridges the Annoying Gap for Fiber Internet
Subject: General Tech | December 15, 2013 - 03:02 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: itu, gigabit broadband
And now for something a little different from what we normally report on. G.fast is a telecom standard which allows really fast (capable of over a gigabit) communication over moderate distances (~a quarter of a mile) using standard telephone cable. The point of this standard is to avoid installing infrastructure between the end of a fiber roll-out to the neighborhood and the insides of every individual home.
Eh, it looks enough like a phone cord.
The hope that it will trigger another wave of infrastructure improvements for upcoming "Ultra-HD" (4K and 8K) video services and online storage solutions. Installing fiber seems to be treated more like self-obligation than a necessary upgrade. This solution would not even require a technician to enter the home much like we currrently have with ADSL2.
I do have lingering concerns, however, with the reliability of fiber-optic networks. Copper infrasturcture was designed to be resilient. I wonder how reliable G.fast will be compared to this legacy network in areas prone to natural disaster. It sounds like standard telephone services will, unlike a fiber-to-the-home solution, function in a power outage at least at the home level but what about one localized to that neighborhood? Then again, this is definitely not an area of my expertise.
The ITU wants G.fast to be finalized "as early as" April 2014.
Intel Broadwell to Reach 3.5W and Other Details!
Subject: General Tech, Processors, Mobile | December 14, 2013 - 04:07 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: Intel, Broadwell
This leak is from China DIY and, thus, machine-translated into English from Chinese. They claim that Broadwell is coming in the second half of 2014 and will be introduced in three four series:
- H will be the high performance offerings
- U and Y have very low power consumption
- M will fit mainstream performance
The high performance offerings will have up to four CPU cores, 6MB of L3 cache, support for up to 32GB of memory, and thermal rating of 47W. The leak claims that some will be configurable down to 37W which is pretty clearly its "SDP" rating. The problem, of course, is whether 47W is its actual TDP or, rather, another SDP rating. Who knows.
The H series is said to be available in either one or two chips. Both a separate PCH and CPU version will exist as well as a single-chip solution that integrates the PCH on-die.
There is basically nothing said about the M series beyond acknowledging its existence.
The U and Y series will be up to dual-core with 4MB L3 cache. The U series will have a thermal rating of 15W to 28W. The Y series will be substantially lower at 4.5W configurable down to 3.5W. No clue about which of these numbers are TDPs and which are SDPs. You can compare this earlier reports that Haswell will reach as low as 4.5W SDP.
Hopefully we will learn more about these soon and, perhaps, get a functional timeline of Intel releases. Seriously, I think I need to sit down and draw a flowchart some day.
TSMC Begins 16nm FinFET-based 3D Chip Production
Subject: General Tech, Processors | December 14, 2013 - 03:08 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: TSMC, process node, 16nm
Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) is one of the few chip fabrication companies in the world (especially when you omit the memory producers, etc.). Their customers include: AMD, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Broadcom, and even a few Intel Atom processors have come out of their lines at one point. They will take money from just about anyone who wants a chip.
According to Bit-Tech, a few customers will even have access to 16nm before the end of the year.
The catch, which of course there is one, is that production runs will be very small. We would love to see a gigantic run of new AMD or NVIDIA GPUs based on 16nm but that will not be the case (and not just because Volcanic Islands and Maxwell are both 2Xnm products). The first customers, while otherwise anonymous, will be interested in mobile systems-on-a-chip (SoCs).
On the plus side, when future 1Xnm designs come out, TSMC's production could be reasonably caught up to make a smooth launch.
Intel, the current leader in the fabrication world, targeted a slightly smaller 14nm process and have already begun producing a few odds and ends at that level. Full production has not even really started yet.
Just so you can get an idea of the complexity we are dealing with: 16nm fabrication creates details that are just ~32 atoms in width.
VR-Zone Has, Well, A Haswell-E First Look
Subject: General Tech | December 14, 2013 - 02:01 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: Intel, Haswell-E
Here's the short version: X99 chipset, quad-channel DDR4 (2133 MHz), 6 or 8 cores with Hyper-Threading, up to 3 GHz, up to 140W TDP.
Haswell-E, the replacement for recently launched Ivy Bridge-E, will hit in Q3 2014. VR-Zone China has already got their hands on an engineering sample but has yet to do any form of benchmarking. I went enthusiast and all I got is this lousy picture.
Image Credit: VR-Zone
Well, they also got the slide embedded above. Apart from the specifications that were highlighted above, the slide also claims that both the X and K series will be unlocked for overclockers. Especially given how resilient modern processors are, it makes sense to allow all enthusiast-branded parts to be pushed over stock settings.
Of course Haswell-E should also bring the long-awaited boost to single-threaded performance without compromising on the core count. It is expected to launch Q3 2014.
AMD Seattle: 64-bit ARM for the Data Center in 2014
Subject: General Tech, Processors | December 14, 2013 - 01:55 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: opteron, arm, amd
The ARMv8 architecture extends the hardware platform to 64-bit. This increase is mostly useful to address massive amounts of memory but can also have other benefits for performance. I think many of us remember the excitement prior to x86-64 and the subsequent let-down when we realized that, for most applications, typical vector extensions kept up in performance especially considering the compatibility issues of the day. It needed to happen but it was a hard sell until... it was just ubiquitous.
AMD has not kept it secret that they are developing 64-bit ARM processors for data centers but, until this week, further details were scarce. Under the codename, "Seattle", these processors will be available in four and eight cores. The Opteron branding will expand beyond x86 to include these new processors. The pitch to enterprises is simple: want both ARM and x86? Why bother with two vendors!
Seattle will also support up to 128GB of ECC memory and 10 Gigabit Ethernet for dense, but power efficient, compute clusters. It will be manufactured on the 28nm process.
The majority of AMD's blog post proclaimed its commitment to software support and it is definitely true that they hold a very high status in both the Linux and Apache Foundations. ARMv8 is supported in Linux starting with kernel 3.7.
Seattle is expected to launch in the second half of 2014.
A Few More Haswell Refresh (2014) Details
Subject: General Tech, Processors | December 13, 2013 - 08:49 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: Intel, haswell
Intel will begin to refresh their Haswell line of processors, according to VR-Zone, starting in Q2 and continue into Q3. This will be accompanied by their 9-series of motherboard chipsets. The Intel Core i7-4770 and Core i7-4771 will be replaced, not just surpassed, by the Core i7-4790. That said, the only difference is a 100MHz bump to both the base and turbo CPU frequencies.
The K-series processors will come in Q3 and are said to be based on Haswell-E with DDR4 memory. I find this quite confusing because of previous reports that Broadwell-K would appear at roughly the same time. I am unsure what this means for Broadwell-K and I am definitely unsure why some Haswell-E components would be considered part of the Haswell refresh instead of the Haswell-E launch.
My gut instinct believes that VR-Zone is simply confused or that Microsoft and Google Translate are both terrible at understanding this article.
SteamOS is here ... well more here than Half Life 3 anyways
Subject: General Tech | December 13, 2013 - 06:59 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: valve, steam os, Gabe Newell
Well it is December 13th and as promised you can get your hands on Steam OS, more or less. We've tried starting the download a few times here at PC Perspective and are running into a few difficulties but maybe you will have better luck. Click onto this link to head to the SteamDB site and you just might be able to get your hands on Valve's new operating system. We have been lead to believe it will bear a lot of resemblance to the already familiar Steam Big Picture though as we have yet to get a working image to install on a machine that is hard to verify. There is a secondary repository you can try as well.
And a new magnet link torrrent just popped up which should help you a lot! Magnet link for torrent download.
As they state on the page "Valve is having server issues (no wonder), download will probably fail." but you probably expected that anyways. Of course you will not be able to download a Steam Machine, unless you are one of those lucky so-and-so's who got in on the beta. Once we have succeeded in installing Gabe's new plaything on a machine you can expect an update but until then why not try it on your own. No word on if this will support badgers or not.
Monster Madness: A First For Web Standards
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards | December 13, 2013 - 05:43 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: webgl, ue4, UE3, asm.js
asm.js is a special division of Javascript, for numerical calculations, which can be heavily optimized and easily output by compilers for other languages such as C++. Both Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome optimize asm.js code albeit there are differences in their implementations. In both cases, performance has become very close to the same applications compiled into native code for the host operating systems.
Its shortcoming is the difficulty and annoyance when hand coding (without compiling it from another language). The browser is used more by encouraging the adoption of web standards through discouraging the usage of web standards. You can see where the politics can enter.
Still, it makes for great demos such as the cloth physics applet from James Long of Mozilla or, more amazingly, Unreal Engine 3. The upcoming UE4 is expected to be officially supported by Epic Games on asm.js (and obviously WebGL will be necessary too) but, of course, Epic will not prevent UE3 licensees from doing their own leg-work.
NomNom Games, a group within Trendy Entertainment (Trendy is known for Dungeon Defenders), became the first company to release a commercial 3D title on these standards. Monster Madness, powered by Unreal Engine 3, runs in web browsers like Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome without plugins (although it will fail-down to Flash 11.6 if your browser is unsupported for the web-native version). Monster Madness is a top-down cell shaded shoot'em-up.
You can play, for free, with an anonymous token here. You can also visit their website to learn more about the closed beta for registered accounts. It is natively supported on Firefox, Chrome, and Opera. I am not entirely sure why IE11 is not supported, now that Microsoft supports WebGL, but there is probably a customer support or performance reason for it.
Dell XPS 15 Core i5 1080p with GT 630M & Windows 7 @ $750 with Free Shipping
Subject: General Tech | December 13, 2013 - 01:15 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: deals
Today's deal is a Dell XPS 15 running Win7 and featuring a Core i5-3230M, 6GB RAM, 500GB 7200RPM Hard Drive with a 32GB mSATA SSD and a 1GB GeForce GT 630M. The screen is a full 1080p and the aluminium machine weighs a mere 5.8lbs for extra portability.
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- Fab Boombox Mugs (Set of 2) for $12.00 with free shipping(normally $20.00).
Mobile gaming gets a shot in the ARM
Subject: General Tech | December 13, 2013 - 01:08 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: arm, mobile gaming, geomerics
Geomerics may not be a name that springs immediately to mind when you think of gaming but they are the ones behind the lighting effects in the last two Battlefield games as well as Medal of Honour. Today we hear that ARM has just bought that company lock, stock and barrel which could mean very good things for gaming on mobile devices using ARM processors. The company should be able to optimize high end tricks like global illumination and reflections for ARM processors to give the next generation of games impressive visuals without too much of a hit on performance. As The Inquirer points out, the most popular mobile game remains Angry Birds; maybe the next update will feature god rays.
"ARM bought Geomerics, which specialises in lighting for the games development industry, for an undisclosed sum with a view to adding further to its mobile development capabilities."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Valve releases its Steam operating system (sort of) @ The Inquirer
- Wikipedia's Lamest Edit Wars @ Slashdo
- TSMC moves 16nm FinFET to risk production @ DigiTimes
- Ghosts of Christmas Past: Ten tech treats from yesteryear @ The Register
- A Look at Mac Hypervisors: Parallels Desktop 9 & VMware Fusion 6 @ Techgage
- SCREEECH! Dell spins in public cloud U-turn – now it'll resell Google, Azure @ The Register
- Win a LSI Nytro™ MegaRAID® 8120-4i PCIe 3.0 800GB Card @ SSD Review
Sapphire's custom cooled R9 280X
Subject: General Tech | December 12, 2013 - 02:52 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: SAPPHIRE TOXIC, r9 280x
Changing up the reference cooler on an R9 280X is bound to have an effect on both the noise produced as well as the temperature of the GPU and hence the frequency that the GPU runs at. The reported 'base clock' of the GPU is 1100MHz with a top speed of 1150MHz and an effective memory speed of 6.4GHz with controllable voltage to ensure that enough juice is getting to the GPU. [H]ard|OCP saw a significant decrease in the temperature of the GPU and when they overclocked the card they did see an increase in performance, you can see exactly how much in the full review.
"The SAPPHIRE TOXIC R9 280X is here and is screaming to be overclocked. This bad boy is suited with the new SAPPHIRE Tri-X cooling system, a hefty factory overclock, and is built to push overclocking to the next level. It will have some fierce competition going head to head with the ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II and its overclocking ability."
Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
- VisionTek Radeon R9 270X 2GB Gaming Graphics Card @ TechwareLabs
- HIS R7 250 iCooler Boost Clock 1GB GDDR5 Video Card Review @ Madshrimps
- NZXT Kraken G10 GPU Water Cooler Review on a Radeon R9 290X @ Legit Reviews
- Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X OC Video Card Review @ Legit Reviews
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti vs AMD Radeon R9 290X at 4K Ultra HD @ Legit Reviews
- PowerColor R9 270X PCS+ 2 GB @ techPowerUp
- PowerColor R9 270X 2GB Devil Edition Video Card Review @HiTech Legion
- ASUS R9 270X DC II TOP 2 GB @ techPowerUp
- Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X WF OC (GV-R927XOC-2GD) Video Card Review @ Madshrimps
- XFX R7950 Double Dissipation Video Card Review @ Legit Reviews
- 21-Way Open-Source AMD/Intel/NVIDIA GPU Benchmarks On Linux @ Phoronix
- 27-Way NVIDIA & AMD Graphics Card Benchmarks On Linux @ Phoronix
- Ultra HD 4K Linux Graphics Card Testing @ Phoronix
- Are retail Radeon R9 290X cards slower than press samples? @ The Tech Report
- MSI GTX 780 Lightning 3GB @ eTeknix
- Gigabyte GTX 780 Ti GHz Edition Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Palit GTX 780 Ti JetStream 3 GB @ techPowerUp
Touchscreen laptops fail to attract anything but fingerprints
Subject: General Tech | December 12, 2013 - 02:05 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: win 8.1, touchscreen, notebook, fail
It is going to be hard for Microsoft to flog its new OS when notebook manufactures are not interested in selling touchscreen notebooks. Apparently the idea of greasy fingers obscuring your view of Metro just hasn't caught on as was predicted by the GUI geniuses behind Win8. Though DigiTimes does not specify which vendors are abandoning touchscreens, first tier vendors include all of the names you are familiar with. The decision is financial, not spiteful, as a touchscreen does add around 10% to the cost of producing a notebook and as no one is buying them it is foolish to continue to produce them.
"Some first-tier notebook brand vendors have recently adjusted their notebook roadmaps for 2014 and will delay the releases of touchscreen conventional notebooks to focus on non-touchscreen models, which have a pricing advantage, according to sources from the upstream supply chain."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- The TR Podcast 147: Amazon airlifts, 4K goes mainstream, and 290X goes wobbly @ The Tech Report
- Rambus versus Micron FINALLY OVER @ The Register
- Just when you were considering Red Hat Linux 6.5, here comes 7 @ The Register
- TSSDR Holiday Giveaway – Win Crucial M500 240GB, 480 and 1TB SSDs
Podcast #280 - NVIDIA GRID Beta, R9 290X Custom Coolers, 2TB SSDs and more!
Subject: General Tech | December 12, 2013 - 01:35 AM | Ken Addison
Tagged: z87, xfire, video, shield, R9 290X, podcast, pcper, nvidia, litecoin, grid, frame rating, eyefinity, crossfire, amd
PC Perspective Podcast #280 - 12/12/2013
Join us this week as we discuss the NVIDIA GRID Beta, R9 290X Custom Coolers, 2TB SSDs and more!
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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Josh Walrath, Allyn Malventano and Scott Michaud
Week in Review:
News items of interest:
0:42:50 PiixL Jetpack Mounts To Your TV
0:47:00 ASUS Teases R9 290X DirectCU II
Hardware/Software Picks of the Week:
Ryan: Google Glass (kind of)
Allyn: Windows 8.1 tweaks at WinAero.com
Scott: LibreOffice
AMD Expects Beta Eyefinity Fix in January
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards | December 11, 2013 - 05:58 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: frame pacing, frame rating, amd, southern islands, 4k, eyefinity, crossfire, microstutter
The frame pacing issue has been covered at our website for almost a year now. It stems from the original "microstutter" problem which dates back over a year before we could quantify it. We like to use the term "Frame Rating" to denote the testing methodology we now use for our GPU tests.
AMD fared worse at these tests than NVIDIA (although even they had some problems in certain configurations). They have dedicated a lot of man-hours to the problem resulting in a driver updates for certain scenarios. Crossfire while utilizing Eyefinity or 4K MST was one area they did not focus on. The issue has been addressed in Hawaii and AMD asserted that previous cards will get a software fix soon.
The good news is that we have just received word from AMD that they plan on releasing a beta driver for Southern Islands and earlier GPUs (AMD believes it should work for anything that's not "legacy"). As usual, until it ships anything could change, but it looks good for now.
The beta "frame pacing" driver addressing Crossfire with 4K and Eyefinity, for supported HD-series and Southern Islands-based Rx cards, is expected to be public sometime in January.
How shiny will your gaming be on an SSD
Subject: General Tech | December 11, 2013 - 02:19 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: gaming
Sure, it is obvious that an SSD will speed up your boot time and the loading speed of programs but will it actually make your in game experience better? [H]ard|OCP tested a Western Digital 640GB Black Edition HDD against a Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB in five different games. The results are as you might expect; consistency, framerate and gameplay performance differences all fall within the margin of error showing that in game the SSD will not have much effect. On the other hand load times for both the game and saves are vastly improved.
"We've upgraded all our video card test systems to SSDs recently. But does it actually make a difference in real world gaming performance? Today we are going to test the claim that an SSD will improve your gameplay experience compared to a spinning hard drive. We test several games apples-to-apples on our video card test system."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Brawling my way through Batman: Arkham Origins @ The Tech Report
- More-o-wind: Skywind Puts Morrowind in Skyrim @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Interview: No Man's Sky And Procedural Generation @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Review @ Techgage
- Sharper Shadows: Thief Gold HD Mod Released @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Q&A: Doom's Creator Looks Back on 20 Years of Demonic Mayhem @ Wired
- 1 Game 1 Cup: New South Park: The Stick Of Truth Trailer @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Xbox One vs PS4 head to head @ The Inquirer
Dell XPS 12 Convertible 1080p Touchscreen Tablet @ $850 with Free Shipping
Subject: General Tech | December 11, 2013 - 01:21 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: deals
Just look at that elegant flip-hinge design on the new Dell XPS 12 with it's 1080p touchscreen for use with Windows 8. It is powered by an i5-3317U, 4GB DDR3-1600 and a 128GB SSD which will be perfect for mobile usage. Plenty of wireless connectivity is available and if you wish you can upgrade to a more powerful model.
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Stop teasing and give us our flying cars already
Subject: General Tech | December 11, 2013 - 01:12 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: flying car, e-volo, octadecacopter
You may remember a video featuring an unholy combination of an excercise ball and a quadrocopter from a company called e-volo. Over the past two years they have made a lot of progress towards creating a real electric flying car by teaming up with a variety of companies each with their own technical specialties. The carbon fibre composite frame and props were developed by an established sail plane company while the fail safe ballistic parachute was designed by a German aviation company. Many other companies have tried developing everything in house which is likely why you don't see M400X's everywhere by now. As you can see by the design the VC200 is similar to a scaled up quadrocopter with brushless electric motors powering the 18 props; far more than are actually needed so that you will remain in the air even if some fail. Other safety features include a backup battery which can only be used to land and the aforementioned parachute which does not have to worry about rotor placements like on a traditional helicopter. You can see some of the development history at Hack a Day.
"The e-volo VC200 has made it's maiden unmanned flight. Does the craft above look a bit familiar? We first reported on the e-volo team back in 2011. Things have been going great for the team since then. They've created an 18 motor (Octadecacopter?) prototype dubbed the VC200."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Intel Labs cooperates with Asustek to improve cloud computing storage @ DigiTimes
- Xbox One Headset 2.5 mm Plug Adapter @ Hack a Day
- Exploits no more! Firefox 26 blocks all Java plugins by default @ The Register
- How's it going, Microsoft users? Patching your PCs? You SHOULD be @ The Register
- Nvidia ShadowPlay Gameplay Recording Software @ eTeknix
ID@Xbox Has Strings... Go Figure.
Subject: General Tech | December 10, 2013 - 08:59 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: microsoft, consolitis
This is why certification is bad, folks.
How bad? In this specific case it is not too annoying but it does limit both freedom of expression as well as business opportunities. On the Xbox 360, indie developers were required to be published by Microsoft and give their console exclusivity or launch date parity. Things are a bit more relaxed on the Xbox One with ID@Xbox permitting self-publish releases. Microsoft will work "on a case-by-case" for games that have already been released on other platforms.
But Australian developer, Witch Beam, is unable to launch on the Xbox One. They had enough resources for a PC release in January followed by PlayStation 4, Vita, and WiiU. They did not have enough manpower to include Xbox One in that second window. As such, unless Microsoft gives them a waiver based on press attention, "Assault Android Cactus" will not appear on the Xbox One.
Microsoft has been improving their policies since the Xbox 360. Still, because of the precedent they set, they can always change their agreements at any time. Retail certification? Yeah, that can be useful for end users. Platform certification? Big problems.
(HCW) AMD A10-6790K APU Review and Benchmarks
Subject: General Tech, Processors | December 10, 2013 - 06:56 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: Richland, amd
AMD has been heavily promoting their Kaveri platform leading up to its January launch. This new generation of parts should slowly replace Richland with faster and HSA-compliant silicon. AMD added a new member of the Richland family on October 29th, however, called the A10-6790K. With a base frequency of 4.1 GHz (turbo to 4.3 GHz) and 384 shader cores clocked at 844 MHz, it has a maximum theoretical compute power of 779 GFLOPs.
Image Credit: HCW
Carl Nelson of Hardcoreware (HCW) picked one of these APUs up and tested it against a number of metrics (including OpenCL performance) and four similarly priced competitors. Specifically, he found Battlefield 4 playable on low (~35 FPS) at 720p without a discrete graphics solution especially for a home theater PC (HTPC).
Even though better things are on the horizon, you may want to check out his review if only as comparison to what will arrive next month. Who knows, maybe this fits your $120-130 price point.
Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" 1920 x 1200 IPS LCD @ $250 with Free Shipping
Subject: General Tech | December 10, 2013 - 12:46 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: deals
Dell's UltraSharp U2412M is a 16:10 format 1920x1200 24" IPS display with a response time of 6ms which makes it quite acceptable for gaming duties. The colour gamut is good enough for some professional work and is quite good for the asking price. It also comes with a 3 year warranty which might make it more attractive than ordering a display from Korea for anyone worried about dead pixels or other possible issues.
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Last night Didi Gregorius led the way offensively with three hits including a home run and four RBI. The athletic shortstop is a consensus top-10 prospect in the Reds system. Coming into the season there were concerns with his plate discipline and consistency with the glove. Thus far in 2012 he's shown improvement in both areas.
Pensacola lost leads of 2-0 and 4-3 before scoring three in the sixth inning to win 7-5 at Jacksonville. The Wahoos got the scoring started with a two-run homer by
Didi Gregorius
, his first longball of the season. They added two more in the fourth which included a solo homer by
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and a double by
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. Their final two runs were plated by a two-RBI single by Gregorius. The shortstop finished the day going 3-4 with a homer, triple, and four RBI. Fellhauer added two hits to the attack.
On the mound starter
Kyle Lotzkar
only finished four innings while allowing five runs on six hits.
Mark Serrano
relieved him and threw one scoreless inning for the win. The bullpen combined for five scoreless on one hit with
Curtis Partch
pitching the ninth for his fifth save. Pensacola won the series two games to one and will return home on July 4 to open a three game set against Birmingham.
The three hit game lifted Gregorius's average to .281 with a .354 on-base percentage. Coming into the season he was a consensus top-10 prospect among those remaining in the Cincinnati system. He started out the season on fire hitting .333 over April. His bat cooled off since then but he's still managing to put up good averages at the top of the Pensacola lineup. He came into the season with two items high on his agenda for improvement: plate discipline and consistency with the glove.
Last year Gregorius walked 19 times in 363 plate appearances (5.2%) while splitting the season between high-A and AA. That rate qualified him for the "I never met a pitch I didn't like" club. It also left some doubts about his projection as a top-lineup hitter at the MLB level. Thus far in 2012 he's drawn 29 BB in 327 PA (8.9%) which is a significant improvement. The extra patience did not come at the expense of his exceptionally low strikeout frequency. This season he's only fanning 13.6% of the time or fewer than once every 7 plate appearances.
When checking out attributes of Gregorius's game one of the first things noticed is his exceptional arm. That with his athletic ability allows him to go deep into the hole at shortstop and make the highlight play. There has been a knock on the consistency of his hands. Last season he was charged with 21 errors in 80 games (1E/3.8G). This season he's reduced that to 14 in 75 games (1/5.4G) or about a 40% lower frequency. His fielding percentage (.953) has remained about the same and his range factor per game (Assists+PO per game) declined from 4.71 to 3.55.
Many analysts expect that one day Gregorius will battle
Zach Cozart
for playing time at shortstop at the major league level. If that indeed happens, it will be a case of a higher potential/higher risk rookie versus better consistency offered by the current Red. Offensively he does not have as much power as Cozart, but his contact would project him as a classic number two hitter if he can maintain his on-base skills. He is on the Reds 40-man roster making him available for a call to the bigs this season, perhaps a cup of coffee after roster expansion. However, it would seem more likely that his next promotion will take him to his first action at AAA.
Now 22 years old, Gregorius is making the Reds feel very good about their $50,000 investment to sign him as a free agent out of Curacao (Netherland Antilles) in 2007. After last season he started at shortstop for a Dutch national team that won a World Cup in Panama. His skills provide a legitimate reason to get excited when projecting him as a major leaguer. He's not been a base stealing threat which is odd considering speed. Should he manage to add that to his repertoire it would make him an even more attractive action at the top of a lineup. As for right now his walks are increasing, errors are decreasing, and the Reds are smiling.
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Louisville lost 7-3 as Indianapolis finished off a four-game sweep at Louisville Slugger Field.
Dioner Navarro
had three more hits. The veteran catcher is now hitting .421 over his last ten games and raised his overall average to .349 on the season.
Sean Gallagher
was charged with five runs in five innings for the loss. The two teams will resume playing each other for two more games at Indy.
Lake Elsinore poured it on visiting Bakersfield with a 10-0 win. A ninth inning double by
Kurtis Muller
prevented the Storm from throwing a no-hitter. Starter
Daniel Renken
took the loss. He was roughed up for five runs in the first inning and was replaced to start the second.
Billy Hamilton
Theft Watch:
Hamilton failed to reach base safely on the evening and still has 100 SB in 79 games.
Dayton lost the rubber game of their series at Bowling Green by a score of 5-1.
Sean Buckley
was the only Dragon with two hits.
James Allen
allowed three runs in five innings for the loss. Billings scored six in the fourth and cruised to a 10-4 win at Missoula. Beau Amaral,
Jesse Winker
Spencer Dickinson
, and Robert Maddox had two hits each. Maddox tripled, drove in three and scored twice.
Joel Bender
pitched the first four innings and allowed three runs on three hits.
Jimmy Moran
did not allow a run in 1 2/3 innings and picked up the win.
Sean Lucas
threw 2+ scoreless for the save.
The AZL Reds dropped a home game to the AZL Rangers 7-4. Argenis Aldazoro had two hits and scored a run. St. John's basketball player Amir Garret got the start and allowed on in less than an inning pitched. Jose Williams relieved him and took the loss.
The DSL Reds scored five in the fourth and eight in the sixth while winning 14-4 over the visiting DLS Cubs1 team. Kevin Garcia had four hits and drove in three. Jose Duarte and Miguel Mendez had three hits each. Jesus Parra threw 2+ scoreless innings of relief for the win.
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[JURIST] The US Second Circuit Court of Appeals [official website] Thursday upheld [opinion text, PDF] the constitutional authority of the US president to regulate financial transactions with foreign countries involving the United States. The court rejected a claim by a Jordanian man, Osameh Al Wahaidy [profile], that former President George H.W. Bush [official profile] improperly invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act [PDF] to enforce a series of executive orders after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. The orders made it illegal for a US person to transfer funds [JURIST report] to anyone in Iraq. Wahaidy argued that the power to create new criminal offenses belongs to Congress alone. In 2003, Wahaidy pleaded guilty to willfully trying to violate and evade executive orders by sending $100,000 to Iraq [US DOJ press release] in October and November 1999 and in February 2000. He did, however, reserve the right to challenge the statute's constitutionality. Wahaidy claimed he was donating the money to a Syracuse-based charity called Help the Needy, but officials believed the money was being used to support terrorism; the founder of the organization was later sentenced to 22 years [JURIST report] in prison for funneling donations to Iraq.In Thursday's decision, the court wrote, quoting a 2003 Second Circuit ruling:
The Constitution vests in Congress the legislative power to define criminal conduct; but "our jurisprudence" has reached "a practical understanding that...Congress simply cannot do its job absent an ability to delegate power under broad general directives." Delegations of congressional authority are upheld "so long as Congress 'shall lay down by legislative act an intelligible principle to which the person or body authorized to [exercise the delegated authority] is directed to conform.'"
[JURIST] British police [London Metropolitan Police Service website] charged 24-year-old Umair Hussain Thursday with failing to disclose information that could have prevented a terrorist attack, specifically an alleged plan [JURIST report] to blow up US-bound planes over the Atlantic. Hussain is the 12th [list] suspect charged [JURIST report] in connection with the reportedly-thwarted plot. Crown prosecutors charged [press release] eight British Muslims Monday with conspiracy to murder and preparing acts of terrorism. Also, a 17-year-old was charged with possessing items useful to a terrorist and two other suspects were charged with failing to report the plot.Police have until Wednesday to question eight more uncharged suspects currently in custody since a High Court judge in London granted a police request to extend their detentions [JURIST report] for the second time. The Terrorism Act of 2006 [PDF] permits detention without charge for up to 28 days. The reasons for detention are kept secret, though one detainee has petitioned the High Court to compel disclosure [JURIST report] of the reasoning behind his detention. Additionally, an estimated 17 people, including two British nationals, are being held in Pakistan for reasons related to the plot. Reuters has more.
[JURIST] A Burundi politician whose statements about an alleged coup plot [JURIST report] to overthrow the African nation's government led to a security crackdown told radio stations on Thursday that he was tortured by the Burundi police and intelligence bureau Documentation Nationale and threatened with death if he did not tell the intelligence service that a coup plot existed. Alain Mugabarabona, the leader of the small National Liberation Forces (FNL) Hutu political party, has been accused of masterminding the alleged plot [IOL report] and was among a group of suspects arrested in August [JURIST report]. Mugabarabona says he was coerced into making false statements to Documentation Nationale officials about other alleged conspirators, including former President Domitien Ndayizeye [Wikipedia profile] and former Vice-President Alphonse-Marie Kadege, and that a coup was never planned. Family members of those arrested have previously accused Burundi authorities of abusing the detainees [JURIST report] by on local radio broadcasts. Violence between the majority Hutus and minority Tutsis has wracked Burundi since its 12-year civil war [Global Security backgrounder], which was sparked by the assassination of the country's first democratically elected Hutu president in 1993. BBC News has more.
[JURIST] A judge in Kentucky [JURIST news archive] Thursday dismissed with prejudice charges against Gov. Ernie Fletcher [official website] in the wake of a settlement agreement, meaning that prosecutors are barred from continuing the criminal case against Fletcher in connection with alleged corrupt hiring practices. Fletcher pleaded not guilty [JURIST] in June to charges [indictment, PDF; JURIST report] of criminal conspiracy, official misconduct and political discrimination stemming from an investigation into the governor's hiring practices [timeline]. Under the agreement, four of Fletcher's appointees must resign, and though the judge wrote that the evidence weighs strongly against Fletcher's innocence, he will not be required to admit wrongdoing. Last year, Fletcher issued a blanket pardon protecting all administration officials from criminal prosecution arising out of the hiring scandal.The indictment alleged that Fletcher and other members of his administration based hiring decisions on past political affiliations and financial contributions of government job candidates, rather than basing hiring practices on merit as required by state law. Earlier in August, the judge ruled that Fletcher was immune from prosecution while in office [JURIST report]. AP has more.
[JURIST] South Africa's cabinet on Thursday sent a civil unions bill to the parliament that would place same-sex partnerships on equal footing with traditional marriages. The parliament is expected to approve the bill, which was mandated by a December 2005 ruling [judgment,PDF; summary] of the South African Constitutional Court [official website] holding that the 1961 Marriage Act [1997 extension text, PDF] prohibition against same-sex marriages violates the South African Constitution [text]. The Constitutional Court set a December 1 deadline [JURIST report] for the laws to be changed. Last week, a spokesperson for the South African Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs [official website] announced opposition to a constitutional amendment [JURIST report] authorizing same-sex marriages, but indicated that parliament is ready to approve the bill. Canada, Belgium, Spain, and the Netherlands are the only nations that currently recognize full same-sex marriages [JURIST news archive]. The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) [official website] announced dismay at the cabinet's approval of the bill, which would make South Africa the first African country to endorse same-sex partnerships, and has called for a constitutional amendment to define marriage as between a man and a woman. Reuters has more. The Advocate has additional coverage.
[JURIST] Negotiators for Maoist rebels in the Nepal constitutional talks expressed reservations Thursday that the draft interim constitution, to be presented Friday, does not address the key issue of whether the new government should retain elements of the former monarchical system. The six-person Interim Constitution Drafting Committee (ICDC) was formed in July in an historic contract [text; JURIST report] between the interim civilian government and Maoist rebels, and is charged with drafting an interim constitution primarily aimed at delineating the procedure and substance of the upcoming constituent assembly elections. Once a new representative body is in place, the new representatives will draft a permanent constitution. Representatives of the Nepali Congress Party [party website], Nepal's largest political party, say the monarchy issue should be decided when the permanent constitution is drafted. The landmark constitution-drafting deal between Maoist rebels and the interim government also dissolved the parliament which was reinstated after pro-democracy rallies [JURIST news archive] against the direct rule of King Gyanendra [official profile] in April. Also on Thursday, Finance Minister Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat said the King was stripped of even his ceremonial powers [eKantipur report] when Nepal's reinstated parliament approved a House of Representatives Proclamation [JURIST report] adopted on May 18 that recognized the Nepali people as the source of state power. AFP has more.
[JURIST] The UK Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) [official website] ruled Thursday to uphold the deportation order of an Algerian citizen known to the court as "Y," finding that Algeria has improved their human rights record so that the deportee's human rights would not be put in jeopardy, and that "Y" is a danger to national security and should be deported. The SIAC, which can take secret evidence in closed session, hears appeals of deportation orders [backgrounder] when the decision to remove someone from the UK involves national security or other sensitive information. Its latest ruling is seen as a victory for the British government, which last August unveiled a new deportation strategy [JURIST report] in the wake of the July 2005 London transit bombings [JURIST report]. Algeria and the UK reportedly negotiated [HRW backgrounder] a safe return agreement - a so-called Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) [Amnesty International backgrounder] - earlier this year, which assures the UK that Algeria will not torture or otherwise harm the deportee upon return. Amnesty International has already condemned Thursday's ruling [press release] and criticized the SIAC for denying "Y" due process of law by preventing "Y" from presenting the court with evidence to refute the government's case that "Y" is a national security risk. The Home Office said that "Y" could not present evidence during the SIAC appeal because the SIAC hears questions of law, while questions of fact are left to the lower immigration commission. "Y" was acquitted by a UK court last year for an alleged terrorist plot to manufacture and distribute the poison ricin [BBC backgrounder], while one suspect was convicted [JURIST report] in the case. Reuters has more.
[JURIST] Government-sponsored mortgage dealer Fannie Mae [Federal National Mortgage Association website] announced Thursday that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has discontinued its two-year investigation [press release] into alleged accounting violations, though criminal prosecutions could still be brought against individual employees. Fannie Mae was notified by the US Attorney for the District of Columbia [official website] that "it does not plan to file charges against the company." In May, regulators at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) [official websites] announced a $400 million settlement [JURIST report] with Fannie Mae over alleged violations of the reporting and accounting provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [text] and anti-fraud provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 [text]. Specifically, Fannie Mae was accused of fraudulently reporting future earnings so that top executives would receive maximum performance bonuses. MarketWatch has more.
[JURIST] Members of the Philippines House of Representatives [official website] on Thursday voted 173-32 [press release] to uphold a decision [JURIST report] last week by the House Committee on Justice [official website], defeating impeachment proceedings against Philippines President Gloria Macapagal [official website; BBC profile] and preventing a trial in the Senate. Macapagal has been accused of vote rigging, bribery, graft, corruption, human rights abuses and violations of the Philippines Constitution [text].Opposition leaders cautioned that dismissing the impeachment case would continue the nation's political impasse. Macapagal has four years remaining in her six-year presidency. Since her election in 2004, she has overcome a previous impeachment campaign last September, allegations that she rigged the presidential campaign, death threats, and a coup plot [JURIST reports]. AP has more. The Manila Times has local coverage.
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Wednesday urged [press release] the adoption of an increasingly-problematic draft of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities [official website; JURIST report], a proposed treaty to protect the rights of the disabled. Arbour said the agreement would "address the stereotypes and prejudices that deny persons with disabilities enjoyment of their human rights."By Tuesday, the UN General Assembly Committee drafting the treaty had agreed to many of the less contentious provisions, roughly one-third of the articles, but it is now discussing more controversial issues [press release]. Issues that still must be resolved include the definition of a disability [DOC text] and the inclusion of the phrase "sexual and reproductive health and services," which some interpret to include abortion. The US is opposed to the convention in general [JURIST report], arguing that such an agreement could have a confusing or negative impact on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) [DOJ materials; text]. The committee is scheduled to conclude negotiations on Friday. Ambassador Don MacKay [official profile] of New Zealand, the Chair of the Committee, called on the drafting delegates to be flexible and make concessions that would allow negotiations to proceed, saying "if we don't grasp it now it will have an effect on persons with disabilities around the world." UPI has more. The UN News Centre has additional coverage.
[JURIST] The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) [official website] on Thursday approved the over-the-counter sale [press release] of the "morning after" or Plan B emergency contraceptive pill [product backgrounder], to women 18 and over. A controversial provision of the FDA's approval requires a doctor's prescription for women under 18 years old. The drug's manufacturer, Barr Laboratories [corporate website], will be responsible for tracking whether pharmacists are enforcing the age restrictions. Barr has also agreed not to sell the drug in gas stations and convenience stores, as these outlets may be less likely than pharmacies to enforce the age restrictions.The morning after pill was approved by the FDA for prescription sales in 1999. Since then, critics have argued that the delay in approving over-the-counter sales was politically motivated [JURIST report]. Former FDA chief Lester Crawford [official profile] resigned [JURIST report] after only three months in the position, but during his confirmation hearings [JURIST report] in July 2005, Crawford was criticized for dragging his feet while serving as the FDA's acting commissioner on making a determination about the over-the-counter sale of Plan B. A high-ranking FDA official resigned in protest [JURIST report] last year over the agency's continued delay in deciding whether to approve the contraceptive pills for over-the-counter sale. The FDA announced last month that it would reconsider allowing some over-the-counter Plan B sales, prompting criticism [JURIST report] from Democrats in the US Senate because the announcement came just before a Senate confirmation hearing [committee materials] for Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach [official profile], the acting FDA commissioner and President Bush's nominee to lead the agency permanently. Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and Patty Murray (D-WA) [official websites] had previously threatened to block von Eschenbach's nomination, but said Thursday that they will now drop their opposition [Reuters report] to the nomination. AP has more.
[JURIST] Chen Guangcheng [HRW case timeline], a blind Chinese human rights legal activist, was sentenced Thursday to four years and three months in prison for damaging property and "organizing a mob to disturb traffic." Chen supporters have said, however, that the charges were fabricated and he was actually arrested for reporting complaints of government mandated abortions and forced sterilizations [TIME feature] to comply with the country's one-child policy. Chen was tried without the assistance of his team of prominent Chinese lawyers, who were arrested during the trial [JURIST report] on charges of stealing a wallet. The US State Department has condemned [press briefing text] the arrest of the lawyers. AP has more.
[JURIST] A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to conduct an investigation into how CBS News and other media outlets learned of a criminal investigation into the activities of two pro-Israel lobbyists before they were formally charged. In an opinion released Tuesday, US District Judge T.S. Ellis III declined to throw out the evidence against Steven Rosen and Keith Weissman, former lobbyists for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) [advocacy website]. Defense lawyers argued that the government did not follow proper protocol to obtain a warrant for surveillance and that the leaks violated their clients' rights and could prejudice potential jurors. Ellis requested the Justice Department prepare a sealed report by September 15.Rosen and Weissman have been indicted [PDF text; JURIST report] under the WWI-era Espionage Act [18 USC 793 text; Wikipedia backgrounder] for allegedly obtaining classified information about potential attacks on US forces in Iraq and disclosing the information to a diplomat, the media, and several foreign government officials. First Amendment advocates and members of the media have raised concerns about the law because it could also be applied to journalists who report on classified information. The Washington Post has more.
[JURIST] A lawsuit filed by the United Mine Workers of America [union website], seeking to compel the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) [official website] to perform periodic checks of "self-contained self-rescuers" oxygen units and lead mandatory emergency training for all mine workers, was dismissed Wednesday. The claim was filed in June in response to Congressional changes to mine safety rules following the Sago Mine disaster. US District Judge John D. Bates [official profile] dismissed the case [opinion, PDF] because federal law allows the MSHA discretion in setting safety standards. Bates wrote that "the loss of lives, and the risks miners presently face, weigh heavily in public discourse and are taken seriously by this court. But the tragedy of those events, and the need for greater protection described by plaintiff, cannot substitute for the requirements of the law." AP has more.In related news, Randal McCloy [Wikipedia profile], the sole survivor of the Sago Mine disaster [ABC News backgrounder], and the families of two other victims, filed suit against the mine operator and five other companies Wednesday, alleging their negligence led to the tragedy. The suit claims International Coal Group (ICG) [corporate website] and Wolf Run Mining created unsafe working conditions for employees and that several companies supplied safety equipment that failed to protect the workers. The suit also blames ICG for recklessly failing to control the flow of information following the accident. AP has more.
[JURIST] The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Tuesday that former presidential candidate Ralph Nader [CNN backgrounder; personal website] and his running mate Peter Miguel Camejo [PVS profile] must pay more than $80,000 in expenses for a lawsuit challenging Nader's petition drive and nominating papers to appear on the 2004 Pennsylvania ballot. A group of voters filed a lawsuit challenging the documents, and the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court found "fraud and deception" and widespread irregularities in the Nader petition drive, disqualifying [JURIST report] more than 2/3 of the 51,000 signatures necessary to be placed on the ballot. The Commonwealth Court described the signatures [opinion, PDF] as "the most deceitful and fraudulent exercise ever perpetrated upon this court."The lower court required Nader and Camejo to pay expenses associated with the lawsuit, and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld that decision Wednesday, saying that the decision was appropriate in light of the "magnitude of the fraud and deception implicated in [their] signature-gathering efforts." Basil C. Culyba, the attorney for Nader and Camejo, disagreed with the decision saying it forced third party candidates to decide "whether or not he wants to bet his family home in an effort to have his political views heard." AP has more. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has local coverage.
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As a cold front / dry line combination moves through Texas and towards the Brazos Valley, a chance of showers and thunderstorms is in the forecast this Tuesday. By late this afternoon / early evening, a few thunderstorms could bring a brief round of severe weather.
Through 10am:
20% chance of light showers passing overhead, otherwise cloudy, breezy and muggy.
Noon to 3pm:
30% chance of isolated showers and a few thunderstorms -- mainly across the Northwestern and Central Brazos Valley. Best bet for activity will be across Milam, Robertson and Leon Counties along with a line from Hearne to Bryan / College Station to Hempstead and points west.
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- Originally: Jonathan Michael Francis O'Keeffe
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Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers was born July 27, 1977 in Dublin, Ireland. In 1996, his portrayal in Michael Collins earned him notice. He also received praise for his roles in The Governess and Velvet Goldmine. During the 2000s, he continued to shine in a wide array of film genres. In 2005 the actor won a Golden Globe for his starring turn as Elvis Presley in the CBS miniseries Elvis.
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Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers was born Jonathan Michael Francis O'Keeffe on July 27, 1977, in Dublin, Ireland. After being kicked out of school at 15, Rhys Meyers worked on the streets before becoming an actor. In 1996, his portrayal of the assassin in director Neil Jordan's Michael Collins earned the young actor his first substantial notice. He also received praise for his first period drama, 1998's The Governess, as well as his campy portrayal of fictional '70s pop star Brian Slade in Velvet Goldmine.
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A ring of mushrooms or one of dark green grass is a sign fairy ring disease has moved into the lawn.
The fairy rings can vary from a few inches to a few feet in diameter. This fungus feeds on old roots, thatch and stumps not the grass. It can, however, cause droughty patches in the lawn. The thick fungal mass prevents water from reaching the grass roots.
Living with the problem is the easiest solution. Water infested areas slowly, thoroughly and often enough to penetrate the fungal mat and combat drought stress. Rake or mow to destroy the mushrooms as they form to improve the appearance and reduce the temptation to kids and pets.
Determined gardeners can remove infested soil and replace with fresh disease-free topsoil. Carefully remove the soil 12 inches below and slightly wider than the ring being careful not to drop any infected soil on the lawn.
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The name fairy ring is the results of many folktales and lore. Some cultures believe the fairy rings mark the spot where fairies danced while others believed there was a connection to witch dances and the devil.
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2011 City and Regional Magazine Survey
The market consolidates as the recession takes its toll.
When the mass market magazine industry plunged into recession in 2008, city and regionals were an oasis in the waste land of magazine advertising, thanks in part to a clientele that wasn't as eager as national advertisers to jump into digital.
However, by 2009-2010, city and regional magazines were no longer immune. Historically, the ideal target margin for a city and regional magazine was around 20 percent. That's shrunk in recent years (along with revenue and staff).
The majority of respondents (39 percent) to the 2011 FOLIO: City & Regional Magazine survey are single title publishers; 15 percent publish two titles while 10 percent publish seven or more [Chart 1]. Another 15 percent offer four to six titles, while 11 percent publish up to three magazines.
The majority of respondents (33 percent) describe their circulation as paid with newsstand sales, while 22 percent are controlled, not requested [Chart 2].
Most respondents (a combined 26 percent) identify their magazines as serving the luxury lifestyle and tourism/travel categories, with 7 percent focused on daily news and 5 percent targeting business. Other categories represented included family/parenting, arts/entertainment, shelter, bridal and food/drink.
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In 2010, the city and regional magazine market experienced a flurry of ownership changes: CurtCo Publishing divested its regional magazine stable by selling San Diego to Desert Publications as well as Sarasota and Gulfshore Life back to former owner Dan Denton. Zivyak Media Group, publisher of three titles—Berkshire Living, Home & Garden and BBQ: Berkshire Business Quarterly—dedicated to an area of western Massachusetts, expanded cross-country with the acquisition of the assets of defunct San Jose Magazine, which it intended to re-launch in 2010.
Even the biggest players were affected, with Emmis Communications Corp. CEO Jeff Smulyan attempting to acquire the regional magazine publisher and broadcaster with plans to take it private (that deal fell through).
In 2011, the nature of M&A within the city and regional market is changing. As the recession continues to take a toll, many publishers are buying out the competition and eliminating those brands. In April, Denver, Colorado-based regional magazine 5280 acquired the intellectual property of its main competitor, Denver Magazine, including Federal trademark of the brand name, Internet domains and Denver's Twitter account and Facebook pages.
Meanwhile, Denver Magazine, which launched in February 2008, folded. 5280 (which refers to the city of Denver's elevation of 5,280 feet above sea level) did not assume any of Denver's liabilities or obligations. Sandow Media bought 944 Magazine (publisher 944 Media filed for bankruptcy last year), ultimately folding the title in June.
Other city and regional publishers are seeking new investment. Zivyak Media suspended publication of its three titles in late 2010 and started negotiating with Today Media, which publishes titles such as Westchester, Hudson Valley, Main Line Today and Delaware Today. That deal fell through. Â
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Most respondents to the 2011 City and Regional Survey (26 percent) say the total projected revenue for their organization is between $1 million and $2.9 million in revenue this year [Chart 3]. On opposite sides of the spectrum, 1 percent of respondents say their organization will do $25 million in revenue this year while 12 percent say they'll do less than $250,000. Ten percent are producing between $10 million and $24.9 million, while 12 percent see between $3 million and $4.9 million.
When it comes to individual magazines, 26 percent of respondents say their largest publication generates between $1 million and $2.9 million in revenue, while the next biggest group (12 percent) say their largest magazine generates between $500,000 and $749,000 per year. Three percent of respondents say their largest publication generates $10 million or more in annual revenue while at the opposite end of the spectrum, 9 percent of respondents say their largest magazine will produce less than $100,000 in 2011.
Print advertising remains the dominant revenue stream for city and regional publishers, more so than for publishers in the broader consumer and b-to-b categories. In 2010, print advertising accounted for about 76.9 percent of total revenue; in 2011, print accounts for 76.1 percent of total revenue for city and regional publishers.
The second largest revenue stream is paid subscriptions, which fell from 12.3 percent of total revenue for city and regional publishers in 2010 to 11.6 percent in 2011. E-media accounts for an average of 5.1 percent of total revenue for city and regional publishers in 2011. While that's up from 3.1 percent of total revenue in 2010, it's still dwarfed by the 15 to 25 percent average e-media accounts for at mass market consumer and b-to-b publishers.   Â
But where to invest? Style Media is a regional publisher targeting three exclusive markets near Sacramento, generating between $2 million and $5 million in revenue. The publisher offers online products such as Two Clicks to Save and the Style Savings Guide.
"Anybody getting into this now has to be multi-platform," CEO Terry Carroll told FOLIO:. "If you think you can make it on print alone, it's tough. If the only way you can compete is by cost and price breaks, you don't belong in the market. You need to offer value."
However, print continues to hold strong for many publishers. Regional title Hamptons Magazine claims its July 4 issue was the largest not only in the magazine's history but also the largest in the history of publisher Niche Media, with advertising up 25 percent.
For smaller publishers like Berkshire HomeStyle, focusing on print (while keeping an eye on digital) is still the best bet.
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