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Inflation is too low; how does it get too high?
ŌĆ£Inflation can be too low as well as too high.ŌĆØ That was Fed governor┬ĀJerome PowellŌĆÖs warning back in June. The data show that, based on the FedŌĆÖs own target of 2%, inflation is too low:
An interesting question is why post-crisis inflation has been so low, and what causes high inflation. HereŌĆÖs a rundown of some of the debate.
Low inflation doesnŌĆÖt seem to be for lack of effort
Mike Konczal made an┬Āimportant point in June. ŌĆ£Inflation is collapsing in 2013ŌĆØ, he wrote, despite the fact that ŌĆ£the Federal Reserve took extraordinary actions at the end of last year to hit its inflation target… The fact that inflation is falling even when more action is being taken should have us questioning whether a 4% move would have any tractionŌĆØ.
With that for context, thereŌĆÖs been an interesting debate over the last week about the origins of inflation in the 1970s, a time when 4% inflation would have been joyously embraced (instead it whipsawed from the mid-teens to mid-single digits and back again).
What if inflation is caused by factors the Fed canŌĆÖt address?
Steve Waldman┬Āstarted the debate by asserting that ŌĆ£the great inflation [of the 1970s] was not at root a monetary phenomenonŌĆØ:
The baby boom came of age at the same time as shifting norms about women and work dramatically increased the proportion of the population that expected jobs. The ŌĆ£malaiseŌĆØ of the 1970s was not a problem with GDP growth…. It was the people wut done it, by being born and wanting jobs.
Counterpoint: central bankers can screw up and cause too-high inflation
Scott Sumner┬Āobjects to the idea that demographics caused 1970ŌĆÖs inflation and writes that, in his view, the Fed allowed ŌĆ£pointless inflation that doesnŌĆÖt lower unemployment at allŌĆØ and stands firmly by the idea that central bankers werenŌĆÖt circumscribed by population factors beyond their control. Instead, they simply made errors and ŌĆ£were often cluelessŌĆØ.
High inflation can be the best-of-the-worst choice
Karl Smith┬Ātakes a look at the actions of Arthur Burns, the man who ran the Fed in the 1970s, and concludes that he was actually very clued-in:
His general take seemed to be that unemployment was poisonous to the social fabric and that the social fabric was already strained, most notably by race relations. Further he felt that efforts to restrain inflation would be useless unless the power of the labor unions was broken. However, most of all he seemed to believe that the effect of monetary policy depended on the institutional framework of the nation and that this was in flux. Reading somewhat between the lines it seems he felt the worst of all possible outcomes would be that a leftist government would come to power and then render any attempt to control prices or sustain business confidence untenable.
ThatŌĆÖs a fascinating view of monetary policy as being informed by a deep understanding of long-term cultural and social changes as much as economic data. (Relatedly, hereŌĆÖs the┬Āacademic paper┬Āthat jumpstarted SmithŌĆÖs post).
Maybe growth and inflation seem to go together
Tyler Cowen┬Ālooks globally and finds evidence that high growth and high inflation seem to appear in tandem, because inflation isnŌĆÖt unpopular when wages are increasing, and because the credit supply is linked to future, not present, growth.
And back to demographics: old people love low inflation
Ryan Avent┬Āthinks that itŌĆÖs difficult to separate cause and effect when looking at demographics and inflation, because ŌĆ£causation runs in both ways… and the key takeaway is the relationship between ageing and (dis)inflationŌĆØ:
I'm a bit taken with the idea of high inflation as the fruit of a young, optimistic economyŌĆöand of low inflation or deflation as the choice of economies in the twilight of life, excessively cautious, with an eye on the past rather than the possibilities of the future… One starts to wonder whether a society, or a monetary regime, that always advantages the economic interests of the young isn't preferable to one that simply caters to the modal generation across its life-cycle.
From that perspective, maybe low inflation is a greater threat to AmericaŌĆÖs future than┬Āthe national debt.
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In 2012 we saw a resurgence of boy bands with One Direction and The Wanted taking over every pop chart in the world. The boy band domination shows no signs of slowing down in 2013 and we can't wait to for the screams! Today we're counting down the five biggest boy bands in 2012.
Click here to see all the amazing specials, blogs, galleries, countdowns and more that are part of this year's Holiday Wrap.
5. Emblem 3
When these three LA natives auditioned on X Factor with an original song, most people watching at home did a pre-emptive cringe. But seconds into the trio's first audition, it was clear that Emblem 3 had something special. Fast forward to the final weeks in this season's X Factor, and the boy band was still hanging tough in the competition. Now with rumours that X Factor judge and One Direction mentor Simon Cowell has signed Emblem 3, you can be sure that their rise to fame is about to get a lot faster.
4. Union J
With the huge success of One Direction, The Wanted and Ed Sheeran in 2012, North American fans are eager for more pop acts to cross the pond. X Factor UK finalists Union J are already rumoured to be stiff competition for the untouchable One Direction boys, and their recent signing with Sony Music means that they'll get the international push they need to possibly become the world's biggest boy band.
3. The Jonas Brothers
The Jonas Brothers have been very vocal about their return to the studio as a trio, even scheduling performances before their new album is finished. Nick Jonas made headlines earlier this year when he and his brothers performed a track that even Miley Cyrus admitted was aimed at her, with the young Jo Bro singing about his regret over losing his teenage girlfriend. If the new disc contains a song by Joe Jonas singing about his ex Taylor Swift, you can bet this disc will be a best seller.
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From their Twitter beefs with One Direction to their 'Free Lindsay' t-shirts in support of Lindsay Lohan to their bra-flinging performance at The Big Jingle, we can't get enough of The Wanted. Their first North American album is set to be released early in the new year and is sure to be the biggest threat to One Direction on the charts.
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The seemingly untouchable One Direction have had a year that most singers can't even dream of. Their sophomore album Take Me Home flew up the charts, their upcoming tour sold out in minutes and required extra dates added, and their romantic lives seem to be strong (Haylor 2013, y'all). While a new crop of boy bands will be nipping at their heels in 2013, it's difficult to believe that anyone will be able to touch the success of One Direction.
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Can anyone help please ? My Sony laptop has developed a fault Windows Updates fail Have tried everything - but all attempts to fix fail. Have looked on-line - there is a REGCURE fix - but don't know if this is reliable or not Cheers RAFMAN7
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Forget reg cure it can do more harm than good.
Maybe try this.
If that does not work switch off automatic updates reboot and switch it back on and see if that helps.
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Try the windows update fixit tool from Microsoft, if that fails try installing the update manually
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Thanks to those who answered my call for help with windows update RAFMAN7
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Had this problem on my daughters HP Pavilion for 3 months, couldn't install all updates and then could not configure those it had installed and telling me I had the same updates awaiting when I logged on. Tried most things I found on the internet including windows fix it, none worked and I was almost at the stage of returning to factory settings, but decided to try one last thind and finally cracked it today, ran Chkdsk from the Run command, took about three hours but found some bad clusters which it then fixed and on restarting, all the updates sailed through. Not sure if this is the answer to your problem, but worth a try and no re-installation required.
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Photo gallery: Gary Russell Jr.-Jhonny Gonzalez, Jermell Charlo-Vanes Martirosyan
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Ringside action photos of Gary Russell Jr.'s title-winning stoppage of Jhonny Gonzalez and Jermell Charlo's unanimous decision win over Vanes Martirosyan.
The second time was the charm for Gary Russell Jr., who won the WBC featherweight title with a fourth-round stoppage of Jhonny Gonzalez on Saturday in Las Vegas. The new beltholder says he was better prepared for Gonzalez than he was for Vasyl Lomachenko, who he lost a decision to last year in his first title bout.
Undefeated junior middleweight contender Jermell Charlo won a close unanimous decision over Vanes Martirosyan in the 10-round co-feature to the Jhonny Gonzalez-Gary Russell Jr. featherweight title bout on Saturday in Las Vegas. Charlo out-pointed the former title challenger by scores of 97-93, 96-94, 96-94.
Undefeated IBF welterweight titleholder Kell Brook showed no ill-effects from the machete stab wound to his leg suffered seven months ago as he made quick work of Jo Jo Dan on Saturday in Sheffield, England, dropping his mandatory challenger four times before the fight was stopped after four one-sided rounds.
In what amounted to target practice, Kell Brook made the first defense of his IBF welterweight title with a four-round stoppage of woefully ill-equipped mandatory challenger Ionut Dan Ion on Saturday in his native Sheffield, England. Brook dropped Ion four times before the challenger's corner kept him on his stool after round 4.
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Masters Live Blog: Round 4
Throughout this week, ESPN.com golf editor Jason Sobel will be live blogging from the Masters, bringing you inside information and analysis from Augusta National Golf Club. Refresh this page often to keep track of all the entries during each round.
Have a question or comment for Sobel? E-mail him at email@example.com.• Round 3 blog
• Round 2 blog
• Round 1 blog
• Par 3 blog 7:30 p.m.: Assuming Immelman doesn't pull a De Vicenzo, that'll do it from Augusta. Thanks for all of the questions, comments and, yes, even the poetry this week. I received more than 2,500 e-mails, so thanks for that. Take the day off tomorrow, too, to celebrate Immelman's win. You deserve. And with that, I've hit my 39,143 word limit over five days (37 total hours) of live blogging. That's all from Augusta. See you with the next Live Blog in Torrey Pines. Until then, hit 'em straight 7:25 p.m.: Trevor Immelman is the newest Masters champion. I think this calls for a haiku. From Bo in Philadelphia:
- Trevor Immelman
Tan pants, black shirt, green jacket
Masters champion
- His jacket size is on his caddie's jumpsuit. It's a 38.
- Nice job on the pre-tournament picks.
Sure, Tiger didn't win, but he's in a share of second place.
Stewart Cink you had ninth; he finished in third.
You called Gary Player finishing last and Paddy Harrington taking fifth. Phil
Mickelson is going to finish fifth when you picked him for sixth.
Here's what you wrote about Snedeker: "The stats say Snedeker doesn't do anything all that well, but he knows how to get the ball into the hole and post a decent score. Might still be a few years away from making a serious major run, but it'll happen at some point." I think that about summed up his week here.
Oh yeah, and that Immelman guy:
66. Trevor Immelman (T-5) - "Myriad injuries and illnesses have befallen Immelman in the past year, adversely affecting his game. He'll still contend for majors during his career, just not this week."
- So
how many emails did you just receive saying you made the blog jinx of all blog jinxes?
- I am sitting in Cape Town, South Africa, screaming at my television in a mixture of Xhosa, English and Afrikaans at 1 a.m. You must understand that Trevor is a true South African athlete, and as such will make every effort to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory; and that is precisely why that shot [on 16] was dumped into the pond. I have faith. Ons sal wen.
P.S. Immelman will carry on where Els has left off. South Africa will continue its proud history of punching above its weight in the golfing world. Tim Clark, Immelman and the always arrogant Sabbatini are the new guard for South African golf, one that we must look forward to.
• His previous best finish in a major was T-5 in the 2005 Masters.
• He's the fifth South African-born player to win a major and the second to win the Masters, joining his idol Gary Player, who claimed three green jackets.
• He's the first to win the Masters when holding at least a share of the lead after every round since Seve Ballesteros in 1980.
• He's the first to win the Masters when holding at least a share of the first-round lead since Ben Crenshaw in 1984.
• He's the first player born outside North America to win the Masters since Vijay Singh in 2000.
• Winner comes out of Sunday's final pairing for the 17th time in the past 18 years.
• He entered as 29th-ranked player in world.
• He had one win in 95 previous PGA Tour events (2006 Western Open).
• He had missed the cut in four of eight PGA Tour events this season; best finish was T-17th at WGC-Accenture.
• He had broken par just once in 16 Masters rounds before this year. 6:56 p.m.: E-mail from Edward in Greensboro, N.C., who takes offense to Michael's insinuation:
- Trevor Immelman a one-hit wonder? Come on. He's ranked in the top 30 in the world right now, and he's barely even played in the last season because of the parasite and then the tumor. He's in his late 20s. And he's finished in the top 10 in majors before -- I'm pretty sure he even has a top five at the Masters. He's also been on two Presidents Cup teams.
Immelman isn't even close to being someone like Ben Curtis or Shaun Micheel who came out of NOWHERE. I think most people who have followed golf for the past few years know who Immelman is, and that he's one of the top 10 players under 30 in the world.
- Immelman has played brilliantly this week, but I think this was a big fluke. He will join Ben Curtis, Shaun Micheel, Rich Beem and perhaps Zach Johnson as one-hit wonders.
- You insinuated early in the blog that Tiger wasn't being cocky, because he said winning the Grand Slam was "easily within reason" and not "easily within reason for me." However, he followed that statement up by saying, "I've won 5 tournaments in 12 of my seasons. I just need to win the right four," or something to that effect. Clearly he meant it was within reason for him to win the Grand Slam, unless you know of someone else who has repeatedly won five tournaments? Karma has come back to bite Tiger.
- At 5:57 p.m., your watch read "five minutes to never."
Time to get it fixed
it is definitely running slow.
• Driving accuracy: 86.5 percent. (Rank: 1)
• Greens in regulation: 73.13 percent. (Rank: 1)
• Total putts: 1.55 per hole. (Rank: 4) Quite honestly, I don't think I can remember a time when one player ranked in the top four in each of these categories at any tournament, let alone the Masters. If he had these numbers and didn't win, there should be an investigation. 6:14 p.m.: Trevor Immelman makes birdie. He's up five with five to play. Only two things can happen now, folks. Either Immelman will own a green jacket pretty soon or we'll see the greatest collapse in Masters history. I say he strolls to an easy win from here. 6:08 p.m.: Unreal wedge shot from Immelman on 13 to within two feet and this could turn into a coronation over the final six holes. If the blog jinx is ever going to rear its ugly head, it'll be now. But let's hope not, for Immelman's sake. 6:05 p.m.: Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Or something like that. Brandt Snedeker pushes his second shot into the creek on 13, just as he did in Round 3, and that one's going to be costly. 5:57 p.m.: Tiger Woods misses a 10-footer for par on 14, will fall to 4-under, five behind Immelman with four to play. I know I said "never say never." Well, my watch says it's about five minutes to never right now. 5:53 p.m.: Brandt Snedeker drains a long birdie putt at 12 to move to 6-under, while Immelman makes bogey. The lead is down to three. 5:47 p.m.: Trevor Immelman has now played a total of 37 par-4 holes this week. His tally: 11 birdies, 25 pars and just one bogey. Wow. Leads to this e-mail from Dave the former ESPN golf researcher:
- Here are the players who have fared the best on the par-4 holes since 1997:
• Tiger Woods, 2001: 8-under
• Davis Love III, 1999: 7-under
• Mark Calcavecchia, 2001: 7-under
Zach Johnson was 9-over last year on the par-4s; Phil Mickelson was 7-over in 2006.
- Now the tournament has started. Flesch drops two strokes at 12, Snedeker is playing with three arms (two wrapped around his throat), and Immelman half-duffs a chip on 11.
- Five back with five to go, even on the day and you damned kool-aid drinkers STILL hold out for a Tiger win.
- Good lord, put it to bed already. Tiger Woods will not win the 2008 Masters.
• Hole 13: one eagle, seven birdies
• Hole 15: two eagles, nine birdies Just because they're par-5 holes doesn't mean they're birdie holes. 5:19 p.m.: Spy report from my man on the course, Lanier:
- Just ran into Steve Flesch coming into restroom! I was leaving and he's jogging in! Is he e-mailing you, too?
- Looking at Immelman's card, he has yet to make a bogey on the back nine for the week. Suffice it to say, no bogeys on this back nine today would win
Is 9-under the number?
5:07 p.m.: We actually haven't talked much about Steve Flesch today, but at 8-under, he's just two behind Immelman and two clear of Snedeker. Very un-Flesch-like round so far, with a birdie, a bogey and eight pars. Entering this round, he had an eagle and 11 birdies in 54 holes.Then again, eight more pars could be enough, depending on how Immelman plays down the stretch. 4:59 p.m.: ESPNEWS interview. Back in a few minutes 4:57 p.m.: Spy report from Lanier on the course:
- What a great exchange Bones and Phil had before Phil's second shot on 15. Bones tried to talk Phil into laying up. Phil said, "This is Sunday at Augusta and I'm playing to win." Then he takes out a wood and hits it into the patron's stands!
- Trevor Immelman has a library of every major championship since
1984? Let's hope he threw out the 1996 Masters.
- Ian Poulter birdied the first two holes to get to 4 under, but since then has four doubles, two bogeys, and one birdie in the last 11 holes. Can we start calling him No. 32 (his current standing) instead of No. 2?
- The Englishman, asked by the magazine to predict the winner of the first major of the season at the Masters in April, replied: "Put Tiger down for that one."
For the year's second major at the U.S. Open, he said: "You can put me down for that one."
- Since no one else will say it, I will. Tiger. Is. Done. (Especially after hitting that last shot high into the bunker.)
- Tiger's great and everything, but coming back like Jack in 1986? No way. Jack shot a 30 on the back side in 1986. I'm guessing the course was about 125,000 times easier then than it is now. Factor in the wind as well.
If Tiger shoots LIGHTS OUT on the back side, he'd shoot a 31 or 32.
- Nice call yesterday on Casey. Doesn't look like he can hit the reset button now. He is going down in flames.
- "I can't wait to see the whole video of the tournament next week when I get a hold of that. But I said to my caddie coming up 16, I said, 'You know, all the Masters I've watched, I've always wanted to be in one of the final groups.' And I said, 'No matter what I do the rest of the week, this is the best day I've ever had at Augusta.'"
- Immelman and Woods are the only two in the top five with better scoring on the back nine than the front. Immelman is 3-under on the front, 8-under on the back; Woods is 1-under on the front, 4-under on the back.
- Tiger? Out of it? I don't think so. He's down only five with three relatively unaccomplished players ahead of him. In 1986, Jack Nicklaus was 5-6 strokes back with 10 holes to play, with major winners Seve Ballesteros, Tom Kite, Greg Norman, Nick Price, Corey Pavin, Bob Tway and Payne Stewart all in the hunt. Tiger has a ways to go, but this is how legends are made.
- Based on the wind and the fact it is Sunday at Augusta, can we set the winning score over/under at 8.5-under-par? It just looks like 9-under is going to be the number to hit.
- I can't believe those idiots out there who think Tiger is over-reading his putts. He almost knocked that snake in at 5, and his birdie putt at 6 was center cut. In the future, you should really be more judicious about the e-mails you post.
- Just wanted to point out what a 68 can do today. Miguel Angel Jimenez teed off in about 40th place. He is currently tied for 10th. I'm gonna take a guess and say he finishes in the top seven.
- Tiger coming to co-ed heaven number at No. 6.
Best place to be right now? A volunteer on one of the first three holes. One just told me their job is done for the week and now they get to watch the tournament and look forward to playing a round here at Augusta National in the coming days. What a nice fringe benefit!
- Tiger is over-reading almost every putt he hits this week. I can't count the number of times he's read too much break. It's already happened twice today, including the short one he just missed at 4. I'm shocked he hasn't compensated for this by now.
- I want to be the first in the blog to jump off the Tiger bandwagon.
- Tiger is TOAST! It is just not meant to be for him. He got all egotistical and said one of the hardest accomplishments in all of sports (winning the Grand Slam) was "easily within reason."
If that's his way of self-motivation, he'd better get a new one.
Masters Champions, Consecutive Years
• 1979-80: Fuzzy Zoeller/Seve Ballesteros (3)
• 1993-94: Bernhard Langer/Jose Maria Olazabal (4)
• 1990-91: Nick Faldo/Ian Woosnam (4)
>> Career wins at time of victory Of course, Seve, Langer, Ollie, Faldo and Woosie were all accomplished players on the international stage, so tallying their PGA Tour victories doesn't quite quantify the type of players they were considered globally, but at least this is a start. Let's look at this year's potential numbers (last year's champion, Johnson, had one career win when he won the Masters):
• Trevor Immelman has one career PGA Tour win
• Brandt Snedeker has one career PGA Tour win
• Steve Flesch has four career PGA Tour wins
• Paul Casey has no career PGA TOUR wins
If either Immelman, Snedeker or Casey wins today, it will be the lowest combined total of PGA Tour wins for consecutive Masters champions in Masters history.2:50 p.m.: E-mail from Matt in Covington, Ky.:
- I am a huge Steve Flesch fan (went to the same high school as him, although I am much younger). I'm a college student and I told a friend before the tournament started that if Fleschie won I would show up to class on Monday wearing nothing but a Masters hat and golf shoes. Should I be nervous?
- Something to watch today: I've known Brandt a long time and played a good bit with him in college, etc. He loves chasing the lead, but it's a lot tougher for him to protect a lead or a good round. He only knows one way and one speed.
- I told you, he was leading and made three straight bogeys, then got aggressive coming in trying to catch Trevor and turned it around again. Will be interesting to watch today if Trevor falters.
- Finally got to walk the course today. One thing I was wondering -- how do they decide who gets to be the marker when they have an odd number of guys make the cut? The guy they had with Sandy Lyle hit it to about 8 feet at No. 4 today. At some point if he's having a good round, do they whisper to him to not beat the pro?
- Nice to see Jeff Knox get called by name on 16 in the coverage on Masters.org. He played as a marker with Sandy Lyle. He's a very strong player. I wonder -- is his score made public?
- When do we get to start calling Tiger
the Best Player To Have Won Thirteen Major
Championships But Has Never Come From Behind To Win
Me: Hey, maybe you should write a book about Immelman! After following Woods from Torrey Pines to Dubai to Tucson to Orlando to Miami and now Augusta, I don't think Bob enjoyed that comment. He never texted me back. 2:09 p.m.: One other topic of discussion among the golf writers: If Immelman (or Snedeker or Flesch or Casey) wins today and is awarded the green jacket by Zach Johnson, it would make the most unheralded back-to-back Masters champions since when? Larry Mize to Sandy Lyle (1987-88) included one player (Lyle) with a British Open and a Players title already to his name. The trio of Gay Brewer to Bob Goalby to George Archer (1967-68-69) included a middle player (Goalby) who had won seven PGA Tour events at the time. Jack Burke to Doug Ford (1956-57)? Burke already had 10 career wins. Before that, well, there really isn't any two-year span that doesn't include at least one Hall of Fame champion, or close to it. Moral of the story: If Johnson is draping a green jacket over the shoulders of Immelman (or Snedeker or Flesch or Casey) in a few hours, let's just say there will be fewer flashbulbs popping than when Phil Mickelson did the same for Tiger Woods or when Woods returned the favor the next year. 2:03: OK, let's talk wind. I just took a 30-minute stroll around the grounds and would say there's about a two-club wind out here. But it's very sporadic, coming in brief gusts instead of steady breezes, meaning that sometimes it's a zero-club wind and sometimes I think it can get up to even as much as possibly a four-club wind. What does that mean? Lots of pressure on players to make solid decisions and lots of swings that start in a two-club wind but get knocked off track by a quick gust or a sudden calm. And as we all know, wind is the greatest determining factor when it comes to scoring -- much more so than rain or cold. (Earthquakes are, uh, sorta tough, too.) There are birdies to be made out here, but anything in the 60s will be a very good score. 2:00: Best day of the year in sports? You can have your Super Bowl or early-round NCAA tourney games. I'll take Masters Sunday, thanks. Somebody's going to have a brand new green jacket in a few hours and I have no idea who it will be. At dinner with a few fellow golf writers last night, the question was asked: "So, who's going to win?" A couple of guys abstained. (Weak!) When it came to my turn, I said, "Immelman," but it sounded more like your non-golfing buddy who asked which player was leading, then repeated the name as if he had never heard it before. "Immelman????" So yeah, the fact that I'm picking the guy to win today while adding a few question marks to his name doesn't exactly exude confidence in him. Cool note that a few ESPN researchers and I dug up this morning: Only one previous final four in the final round of a major (2007 British Open) has failed to include a major champion in two dozen tournaments, dating back to the 2001 PGA Championship, when David Toms and Phil Mickelson (neither with a major to his name at the time) played in the final pairing, with Shingo Katayama and Steve Lowery in front of them. What does that mean? Probably nothing. But I would limit the list of potential winners to the final pairing of Trevor Immelman and Brandt Snedeker, the penultimate pairing of Steve Flesch and Paul Casey, and the third-to-last pairing of Tiger Woods and Stewart Cink. For what it's worth, Casey agrees with me. Asked if the winner could only come from these three groups, he said, "Hmmm yes." That's right. Woods still has a chance to win this thing. But with a six-stroke deficit, he's hardly the favorite. It's gonna take something special -- depending on how much the 20-25 mph gusts affect play, "special" could be a 66 or it could be a wind-blown 70 (more on this in a minute) -- but we all know Tiger is capable of special. Anyway, less talkie, more bloggie. Hit me with lots of e-mails to the address above. And keep refreshing the blog as you watch the telecast. OK? Good. Let's get going Jason Sobel is ESPN.com's golf editor. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Call me Ishmael. Some years agonever mind how long preciselyhaving little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats offthen, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship. There is nothing surprising in this. If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.
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Do I have mistletoe?
I took a closer look at the maple tree in the back yard with its poison ivy infestation, and I saw something else.
It looks like it is growing right out of the tree, but the leaves are definitely not maple like the tree. Could it be mistletoe? Its leaves look kinda like it. If so, how cool!
I do believe you have mistletoe. I want to "plant" more of it around where I'm at. Found a cluster on the ground last year with seeds attached. Probably not viable now. But I might try anyway. I have it growing in a plum thicket no more than 6 feet off the ground. Dad used to shoot it down out of the tall trees at home with a shot gun.
Yes that is mistletoe.
Chris, look at the link below on "planting" mistletoe.
"Dad used to shoot it down out of the tall trees at home with a shot gun."
My Dad used a 22 rifle to shoot it down, He was a really good shot, no brag just fact!
Here is a link that might be useful: mistletoe
I thought mistletoe- if left to grow could eventually kill the host tree.
I have it growing on a hack berry tree and had planned on removing it this season to use for Christmas decorating.
If it will not hurt my tree, I will leave some of it and harvest it each Christmas season.
I don't think it will kill a healthy tree. Not for a long time, anyway. You can look it up.
Planting it is easy if you find the seeds. just tuck them in a crack in the bark somewhere. can secure with a little glue if need be. Or wrap with masking tape or something that won't keep the water out. I have wild Bradford pears that I want to get it going in.
Yes that is certainly mistletoe. I came from northern California where it ONLY grows on large deciduous oak trees. When I moved here nine years ago I was totally surprised to find a mini clump growing out of a hickory tree in my front yard at eye level. The mistletoe died a few years later. A local said it was common to see it in hickory trees here. I had no idea it would grow from other trees.


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When I moved into this house 14 years ago this Rose was old even then. This year I started using Rose Tone and put automatic sprayers under it and it started growing like a Rose Tree. Its about 10 foot high and I live in Northern California. It has a yellow flower on it that mostly blooms in early summer with a few flowers here and there the rest of the summer. What kind of Rose is it?
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COLOGNE, Germany - Netflix has started its Nordic expansion, rolling out a local version of its subscription video streaming service in Denmark and Sweden.
In Sweden, Netflix has teamed up with music streaming company Spotify, offering Spotify users free trial access to Netflix until year's end.
Netflix has stocked its Scandinavian service with Hollywood studio offerings via licensing deals with Warner Bros., Fox, Sony, Disney and CBS, but has also signed multiple content deals with local distributors, including Nordisk, Svensk, Scanbox and NonStop. It also has content deals with major independent suppliers, including BBC Worldwide and British commercial network ITV.
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The Nordic expansion follows Netflix's launch in Latin America last year and its bow in the U.K. and Ireland earlier this year. While the population of Scandinavia is small - there are less than 9 million broadband households across Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland - the region has a rich, educated and tech-savvy audience, making it an attractive territory for Netflix. By some estimates, the region is the fourth-largest pay TV market in the world.
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No, I never I expected us to win PC Game of the Year on Gamespot. Not in a million dreams. But I'm damn proud we did. It's the cherry on top of what has been a fantastic 2014 for Larian Studios and it's incredibly motivating for all of us to see that all that effort gets rewarded at the end of the day. I was a walking corpse by the end of development but given the amount of support we received, I'd do it again in an instant.
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On September 2, Erik Deri, former owner of Nationwide Moving Systems, LLC (Nationwide), Woodinville, WA, was ordered to pay $400,000; and two ex-foremen, Yosef Nahum and Yuval Derei, were ordered to pay $200,000 and $70,000 respectively by a U.S. District Court judge in Tacoma, WA for their parts in a scheme to defraud Nationwide customers. In December 2004, all the defendants were convicted by jury on charges of extortion and conspiracy in connection with a scheme to provide low-ball moving estimates and then hold goods hostage until customers paid inflated prices.
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A guide to problems, costs, maintenance and repair for your 2004 Chevrolet Express 1500
- Fan keeps running after the van is turned off, draining the battery
- My Van starting squealing constantly and my mechanic said it needs a power steering belt replaced. Does this sound right? I've looked around on the internet and most causes of squealing seem to be from misalignment of pulleys or tension problems.
- Why does Chevy Express van run hot when AC is on?
- y my van is backfiring???
- Where exactly is the draintube for the AC condensation&Is ther a cabin airfilter
- Oil Pan Reseal - Engine $420 - 599
- Coolant Leak Diagnosis $123 - 157
- Automatic Transmission Diagnosis $68 - 138
- Shock Absorber Replacement - Rear $179 - 348
- Head Gasket(s) Replacement $1,097 - 2,309
2004 Chevrolet Express 1500 Problems
It is common for the fuel level sensor in the fuel tank read the fuel level incorrectly. The sensor must be replaced to correct the condition. Our technicians recommend having the complete fuel pump module replaced on high mileage vehicles.
One or more fuel injectors may become stuck closed causing an engine misfire and the Check Engine Light to illuminate. Our technicians tell us that this problem can be caused by some fuel additives. There are special procedures which may be able to restore the affected injector. If this fails the affected injector must be replaced.
The tail light wiring harness in the cargo area is not protected very well. As a result it may become damaged due to normal wear a tear. This damage can causing some or all of the rear lights to stop working.
2004 Chevrolet Express 1500 Questions
Happens on every shut off
Have looked in every place Ive been told it should be but cant find it. I cant find any diagrams or video showing me EXACTLY where the drain tube is located.
Also wondering if theres a cabin air filter on the 04 Express van.
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2004 Chevrolet Express 1500 Recalls
On vehicles equipped with a left side cargo door, water and road contaminants may become trapped in the protective conduit that covers the fuel filler pipe, which can cause the pipe to corrode. Significant corrosion may allow fuel to leak during refueling, and in the presence of an ignition source, this could cause a fire. Dealers will install a new fuel filler neck to correct this concern. The General Motors recall number is 12166.
On certain vans, the front and rear seat belts will not latch or unlatch. In a crash, the risk of injury is increased if the seat occupant is not properly restrained. Dealers will inspect the seat belt buckles, and will replace the buckle assembly if the buckle is found to be inoperative. If the buckle is found to function, only the upper buckle cover will be replaced. The recall began March 15, 2006. The GM recall number is 05113.
On vehicles equipped with the Bosch hydraulic brake booster, the boost pressure accumulator may crack and break away from the hydro-boost assembly during normal operation. If this were to happen while the hood is open, fragments from the accumulator could injure people standing in the immediate area. The loss of fluid while driving would cause increased steering and braking effort and a crash could occur without warning. Dealers will test the hydro-boost assembly for function of the two-function valve. If the hydro-boost assembly fails the test, it will be replaced free of charge. The recall began March 23, 2005. The GM recall number is 05006.
2004 Chevrolet Express 1500 Reviews
i have over 500,000 on my 2004 chevrolet express and i am in desperate need of a drivers seat as this one is down to the springs. i love my van and hope to take it to a million!i take good care of it.


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The California Homemade Food Act, AB1616, may be a game-changer for entrepreneurs who want to cook in their kitchen and sell on the street.
Vendors who make breads, nut mixes, fruit butters, preserves and other foods that don't spoil at room temperature would be able to legally cook from home if the bill passes.
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Q*Bert Rebooted review
In "The Ultimate History of Video Games", David Thiel, the sound designer for Q*Bert, said: "We wanted the game to say, 'You have gotten 10,000 bonus points', and the closest I came to it after an entire day would be 'bogus points'. Being very frustrated with this, I said, 'Well, screw it. What if I just stick random numbers in the chip instead of all this highly authored stuff, what happens?'"
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ultimate-History-Video-Games/dp/0761536434/ref=sr_1_1 Reply +3
Video: Enjoy a slice of rage on toast with I am Bread
You don't actually need to use the toaster. You can turn on the oven hob and toast yourself on that. Dead easy.
Also, smash the jar of jam on the table at the start - being covered in jam makes you extra sticky so climbing is easier. Reply +3
EA execs off the hook in Battlefield 4 'you lied to inflate share price' lawsuit
@Shikasama "I don't really blame you, you're an advertising vehicle and you're utterly dependent on the companies that make the stuff you write about.
It's just irritating when you remember how obnoxiously plastered Battlefield 4 was all over the site."
Actually, I'm an independent freelancer who has no idea what the advertising plans are for the website when I write my reviews. Reply +3
@Shikasama "You wrote a Disaster Report on it after giving it 8/10 you knobbers.
Pass the Doritos"
I gave it 8/10 based on the game I played at the review event. Turns out, the game played very differently on live servers with lots of players.
That incident is why Eurogamer no longer gives scores for online-based games from review events, and only awards a score out of ten after the game has been played under normal conditions.
Also, at the review event, I stayed in a completely different hotel to the rest of the gaming press, paid for by Eurogamer and not EA, and did not attend any PR-paid meals or related social events. Nor did I accept the Battlefield branded controller that was offered as a gift.
You're free to agree or disagree with the score, of course, but it was given in good faith. If you think review events stink, guess what? I agree. The way games are released is changing, and so is the way we gain access to them for review. Eurogamer has been at the forefront of openly and honestly reacting to those changes. No Doritos required. Reply +4
Jade Raymond leaves Ubisoft after a decade
@dirtysteve "A Tony Hawk - style pure-parkour game would be what the sport needs. Has there been one?"
There was a PS2 game in 2007 called Free Running. It wasn't very good.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/free-running-review Reply +3
Dead Rising: Watchtower film will be "Indiana Jones with zombies"
"Another very cool element from the game is the zombies remember a little bit about their previous lives. There is something really haunting about seeing a zombie cop randomly firing his gun, or a zombie mum pushing a stroller."
As with most things zombie-related, Romero did it first. Reply +1
David Braben says The Outsider "probably is gone for good"
@Ceatlan Not to mention, simply releasing a console game can cost a ton of money. Different certification processes, localisation, plus marketing and PR so that people will find and buy it. Even if the game were finished, QA tested and ready to go, "just release it" isn't as simple as it sounds. It's not just a question of uploading it to the internet and waiting for the money to roll it. Reply +12
Sony confirms "reduction in workforce" at inFamous dev Sucker Punch
Seems especially weird given that there's a Sly Cooper movie coming in 2016. Reply +1
Sonic Boom has a release date on 3DS and Wii U
@Turbocharge "It looks like they've taken more than a little bit of inspiration from the Ratchet and Clank series - which can only be a good thing."
Big Red Button was set up by Bob Rafei, one of the original members of the Naughty Dog team. He worked on Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter, so that'll be the influence you're detecting. Reply +1
Video: Ian's about to tell you all about his favourite game
"Brilliant!" Reply +6
Video Games: The Movie review
@Guy.J. "Your use of "many" somewhat nullifies your point; rubbish is rubbish, whenever it was made. In my post, I said "the best of the modern world" not "the average" and certainly not "the worst"."
Well, my point was actually that rubbish is rubbish, whenever it was made, so it seems we agree? This documentary takes the approach that "good and new" is automatically better than "good and old", and that those old good games existed only to get us to Gears of War and similar.
"Cavemen once scratched pictures into rocks. You can look at one of those pictures and say it's amazing, and in a way it is, but at the same time it's just a fucking scribble. It's not Monet."
This is the thinking I have a problem with. By this logic, you could then go on to dismiss Monet by saying "It's not Damien Hirst", which is insane.
Art doesn't exist on a neat timeline that curves ever upwards and is constantly narrowing in on the perfect realisation of form. Today's US blockbusters are not the inevitable evolution of the early arcade games. They are one possible development of some of the core systems of those games. It's not a peak and it's not an end point. That's the part of Video Games: The Movie I have a problem with - the way its stupidly broad scope and pointlessly narrow vision combine to erase so much valuable stuff from the debate. Reply +3
"However, I can't help but wince a little when the article starts romanticising old games like they should be revered or something. It reminds me of when CDs came out and some people said vinyl is better. It isn't. By all means recognise older works as being important/impressive in their time, but please don't act like they should be taught in history class and certainly don't act like they can magically hold their own against the best of the modern world."
I don't think old games should be "revered" but I do think they should be respected, and not treated as footnotes that have now been overwritten.
The vinyl/CD argument doesn't really make sense because those are formats, not content. A more comparable argument would be to say that a music documentary should only reference The Beatles as the template that would evolve into One Direction. Or that we can skip past Kurosawa to get to Michael Bay.
Old games are still absolutely relevant. Not all old games are good, but nor are new games. Personally, I'd rather spend an afternoon playing Pac-Man or Legend of Zelda or Atic Atac than many modern games, because they're still amazing games, made up of tight, focused gameplay systems. The mistake Video Games: The Movie makes is to become so wedded to its timeline that it sees everything as building to a small subset of what games are today. It's a form of apophenia, the tendency to impose patterns and meaning on otherwise random data.
In time, tastes will move on again and we'll come to look at today's over-stuffed, feature-heavy yet gameplay-shallow blockbusters in much the same way we look at epic 29-minute prog rock tracks now. A capsule of tastes at a certain time, but not the end of the journey by any means. Reply +9
Somewhere in the multiverse exists a timeline where Mr Do! is as iconic as Mario
@kentmonkey "Do correct me if I'm wrong but if it was a ROM collection you played, have you just written an article based on playing pirated games?"
Not necessarily. Lots of arcade companies put out generic cabinets that could play multiple games. It allowed arcades with limited space to get more return per cabinet. Nintendo's PlayChoice-10 is the obvious example. Reply +9
Video: Let's Play Nekro
For future reference, the easy way to tell a bull from a cow is that one has a winky and the other has a foo-foo. Reply +2
Sniper Elite 3 review
Crytek UK exodus sparks concern over Homefront: The Revolution
@asphaltcowboy "30 staff leaving since 2011 is not big news"
Depends who the staff are, though. You'd expect a certain amount of churn in junior positions, but as the story says, "the list includes staff who held key positions in art, design and programming."
That amount of staff turnover at a team leader level or higher could wreak havoc on development. Reply +3
Video: Enemy Front live stream
It will, if nothing else, make for a hilarious video. Me and my son were in hysterics playing it yesterday. Reply +2
Head-swapping roguelike FranknJohn is now on Kickstarter
I'd prefer to see more games go to Kickstarter this deep into development. Being able to play a demo and see the shape of the finished game is really important. Too many game projects on there now are just "We've got this pie in the sky idea - give us some money so we can kick it around a bit and see if it'll work". Reply +2
Microsoft's free Xbox One Games with Gold promotion starts today
@Sapporodan "Just a thought but is there a chance this will damage the games retail industry? If we have so many free games every month why would people bother to go out and purchase anything."
This was the industry's concern back when Spectrum mags were giving away cover tapes containing free games - often seven or more. The big difference then was that the 8 bit computer era was on its last legs, and there were literally thousands of games to give away. Seeing the same mentality creeping in at the start of a hardware generation is very odd - though it's more about selling subscriptions than shifting units these days. Reply +6
The making of Match Day
Bear Bovver was my first ever Spectrum game! Reply +1
Video: Let's Replay Spy Hunter
I played this for about six hours straight on the Spectrum one Saturday afternoon, convinced that I'd reach the end eventually. My mum made me switch it off so she could watch Cliff Richard or something. Oh, how I raged. Reply +1
Psychedelic space shooter Futuridium headed to PS4
@Gambit1977 This basically is an updated version of Uridium, but done in 3D. The iOS version tips its hat to Andrew Braybrook in the credits. Reply +1
Game jam reality show cancelled as indies wouldn't put up with its s***
@DwarfyP @MrDurandPierre @The_B Jared Rosen did an epic write up over at Indie Statik, and from the timeline described there it seems that the contracts weren't even seen until the developers had arrived in LA, some of them having flown in from hundreds of miles away. Walking off under those circumstances is a big deal - I certainly don't blame them for sticking around and trying to make it work. Reply +7
Alien Isolation: "I didn't expect smiling and laughing"
Rampage review
You actually only get points for sets of coloured civilians.Racist. Reply +22
Betrayer review
Out There review
Heroes of Dragon Age review
@Widge "I'd be intrigued to hear how the F2P done right games fare in terms of revenue. I fear that what we deem as F2P done right may not actually earn the companies any money."
League of Legends made $624m in 2013. World of Tanks made $372m. Neither has a reputation for gouging players, and both have enormous and dedicated player bases. It can be done. Reply +16
Video: Let's Replay Crash Team Racing
This reminded me I need to download CTR onto my Vita. Which I am now doing.
Crash Team Racing had a better arena mode and better track design than Mario Kart (at that time). It also had a fun single player mode with an open hub area rather than selecting tracks through a menu.
Also, let the record show that if you'd invited me to take part in this video I would have CRUSHED YOU BOTH.
Just saying. Reply +20
Rovers Return: reinventing the ARG with Extrasolar
@jellyBelly "The first thing we do is reject you"... Reply +3
CandySwipe dev: King "taking the food out of my family's mouth"
@ShiftyGeezer "This isn't entirely King's fault. The IP system is like that - use it or lose it. If you don't defend a trademark, you lose the rights to it, which means the system requires companies to bully each other."
This is certainly true, and explains the "Saga" claim.
What has happened here is rather different though. CandySwipe predates Candy Crush, so King bought the rights to an even older game that happened to have "candy" in the title - Candy Crusher - purely for the purpose of nailing this indie developer. King can now claim it has prior rights to the "candy" name, even though it had nothing to do with the making of Candy Crusher.
It's gaming the system, in a pretty vindictive way, using King's wealth to retroactively invalidate CandySwipe's trademark. It's petty disgusting behaviour, directed at a tiny indie developer that posed no real threat to their business. Reply +6
Controversy over Bluetooth ZX Spectrum keyboard
First shots of the Sly Cooper film due 2016
Rainmaker Entertainment, the studio behind this, is best known for the absolutely wretched CGI Barbie direct-to-DVD movies, which feature some of the worst animation I've seen. Reply +6
Wintry survival sim Midwinter is getting a remake in 2015
Absolutely no plans to dumb down. If anything, we're going to be going deeper with the strategy aspects, character swapping etc. There's a lot that couldn't be done on the Amiga that we can do today. Reply +12
Do you have any idea how hard it is to freeze the whole of America as a viral marketing stunt? I'm knackered. Reply +25
Is 2014 the year of virtual reality?
@Spong " Not to mention it'll be no fun to watch as a spectator."
Not true. Watching someone play Dreadhalls is just as much fun as playing it yourself. People take turns to ride Rift rollercoasters, and part of the appeal is seeing your friends freak out while sitting in a chair. Just look at the popularity of Rift gameplay videos on YouTube.
To clarify, I'm not saying that VR is going to replace "normal" games or anything like that. Just that, right now, it's a far more interesting and exciting experience than waiting to see what the 2014 Assassin's Creed and Call of Duty games will be. Reply +5
Republique: Episode 1 review
Minecraft out on PS3 this week
@J.C Inevitably, someone has modded the PC version to run in Oculus Rift: https://share.oculusvr.com/app/minecrift Reply 0
Activision is "exploring ways" to resurrect Crash Bandicoot
I still expect him to turn up as a Skylander. Reply 0
Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON'T KNOW! review
Rockstar hopes new GTA Online patch out today
The update is live now. Reply +1
Warning! Don't stand your Xbox One vertically
They're worried that if you stand it vertically, prehistoric monkeys will touch it, learn how to kill each other with bones and the next thing you know, mankind is on a mission to Jupiter. Reply +189
Retrospective: Grand Theft Auto 4
@menage "So narrative disconnect is a positive now?"
I wouldn't say that disconnect itself is a positive, but it is an inevitable by-product of Rockstar trying to tell a more interesting emotional story in a genre driven by mayhem and excess, and I think that striving to create a more meaningful and dramatic experience using these tools is absolutely a positive step, even if it means a few noisy gear changes along the way. Reply +40
@MarketZero Ray Stantz? Reply +37
Disney Infinity review
@ZuluHero My little girl is 6, and currently crazy about The Incredibles, so she really enjoyed just running around as Elastigirl. That's about it though - she enjoyed running around in one section of the game.
She wasn't much bothered with doing any of the missions, and lost interest in the Toy Box creation stuff almost immediately. She didn't want to play Pirates of the Caribbean at all, and quite liked Monsters University until she said "This is the same as The Incredibles but without The Incredibles" and we had to switch back.
So I think kids will enjoy it, because there's a baseline "running around" level of fun inherent in the concept, but I'm not convinced kids will LOVE Infinity. It's more that they'll love some of the brands that are included in Infinity, so the game gets carried along on existing passion rather than creating any of its own. Reply +23
The Drowning review
"I would have liked this review to be more clear that it's not saying "micro-transactions are bad" but rather it's saying "the micro-transactions in this game are overpriced/intrusive etc".
You mean like perhaps pointing out that the game has a level that's impossible to beat without a certain weapon that it then tries to sell you after you fail? And maybe taking a screenshot of that intrusive micro-transaction to illustrate the point? Reply +11
"Adding in a level that you have to pay to beat seems reasonable. It means that everything up to that level is like a demo at the end of which you pay to continue."
No. No no no. Nope.
A demo which reached a certain point and then asked you to pay to unlock the rest of the game would be fine. That's how Doom worked, and it worked brilliantly. You know what you're paying for - the rest of the game.
That's not what happens in The Drowning. There's a level - very early on in the game - which is impossible to beat when you first play it. You're running around, shooting enemies to no effect, unaware that the game has no intention of letting you succeed at this point, no matter how well you play. That it's the set up for a very crude prod in the wallet - the vendor screenshot in the review is exactly what you see after you've failed that level - just makes it despicable, in my opinion.
And the problem with IAP like this is that it's not finite. It's a constant drip feed of resources running low, of progress being drawn out, not so that you'll pay once but so you will keep on paying. You don't know what you're paying for. How long until there's another level designed to cockblock the player, forcing them to fail so they spend more money?
How long before the currency systems are tweaked so that each IAP has less actual value than the one before? How long before getting four stars on a level is pitched just hard enough to make it impossible for X per cent of players? How long before the so-called "rare" items needed to progress increase in number and scarcity? It never ends. Once you've told the player that the experience can and will be made patently unfair just to try and sell you a sniper rifle, the contract is broken. There are dozens of ways in which The Drowning's gameplay and structure can be used to drive the player towards payment, not through choice but coercion.
That's the greediness that IAP encourage. Suddenly, the customer isn't just on the hook for the price of a game but, potentially, primed to pay far more than they ever would normally. That's when the gameplay design bends to accommodate the payment model. Why charge the player 69p a time to unlock ten levels, when you can design those levels so they end up paying much more, theoretically without end? It's gross.
"If you download a game like this, you should do so expecting to and being ok with paying for some micro-transactions, and if you review it you should review it in the context of what it is."
I don't mind paying for in-game content as long as I feel like it's my choice and that it enhances the experience. When it's blatant "you will keep losing or grinding until you buy something" pressure tactics then that, to me, is obscene and an abuse of the relationship between player and game.
The line about "all roads lead to micro-transactions" needs to be taken in the context of the whole review which, I think makes it quite clear that the model being used here is an unpleasant one. Reply +15


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Metroflor Hybrid Plus - any experience?
I live in a house with about 1000 sf on the ground floor, on concrete slab, and I have been planning to rip up the carpet/maple/tile/vinyl to install one material on the entire level. I visited an independently-owned flooring store today and spoke to the owner about what could stand up to my crazy family - two kids, a dog, a woodworker husband, and myself a gardener. Our floors are always dirty and they have to withstand a lot of carelessness.
She recommended Metroflor's new plank product - Hybrid Plus - which is a "faux" wood look accomplished in super durable vinyl mounted to a HDF core plank. It was amazing to touch, warm and quiet on the feet, and distressed in its finish. I liked it immediately.
Anyone here have any experience with this product? Thanks!
Here is a link that might be useful: Link to a an online store, as Metroflor doesn't seem to have this product on their website
The owner of the store said a powder room is okay but she wouldn't recommend using Metroflor in a bathroom because it needs to have a gap around the edges - it's a floating floor. You wouldn't be able to butt it right up against a tub, for example. For something WOW! I recommend a product we used in our master bathroom - Cerim Wood Collection Porcelain tile. You can see the Ellinton color in my bathroom:
Here is a link that might be useful: Gardenweb Gallery page
In the 4 months since I saw Metroflor Hybrid Plus, I have not been able to convince my husband to go to the flooring store to look at it. If I did return to the store, I would hope the owner could share some customer experiences with the product.
I hesitate to be an early adopter with any new technology. In my mind, the product would suit my needs perfectly but I would like to talk to at least one person who has taken that plunge ahead of me!
It's also a little weird that Metroflor hasn't put Hybrid Plus on their website yet. What is up with that?
I am planning on installing this in a 1,000 sf on a ground floor for the exact same reasons as the first post. I am confident that it will be amazing and the added bonus is that it is an eco-friendly product. As an interior designer I have been searching all over to find the best dark floor that is durable, warm to the touch and fade resistant. The African Ebony so far has been my favorite. I think this is a Chinese brand so perhaps that explains the lack of information in english. I found the website finally: thehybridfloors.com
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I just found this sub today, and it looks way cool. I record music and have done a little TV but not foley or dialogue dubs etc. Where do you guys get your libraries (of sounds)? And, is it like everything else, there is one library you all wish you had, but only three of you can afford it? (self.AudioPost)
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Data about <i>Eupoecila australasiae</i>
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Glossary for Eupoecila australasiae
- extant
- This taxon is still in existence, as opposed to extinct.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extant_taxon
- http://eol.org/schema/terms/extant
- extinction status
- Indicates whether a taxon is extant (living today) or extinct.
- http://eol.org/schema/terms/ExtinctionStatus
- garden
- An enclosure for displaying selected plant or animal life.
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000011
- habitat
- The natural environment in which an organism lives, or the physical environment that surrounds (influences and is utilized by) a species population.
- Habitat. (2013, August 9). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 19:01, August 14, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Habitat&oldid=567783959
- http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
- habitat
- A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- heath
- An upland moor or sandy area dominated by low shrubby vegetation including heather.
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000107
- island
- Area of dry or relatively dry land surrounded by water or low wetland.
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000098
- non-marine
- http://eol.org/schema/terms/nonMarine
- ocean
- Continuous saline-water bodies that surround the continents and fill the Earth's great depressions.
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000015
- soil
- Any material within 2 m from the Earth's surface that is in contact with the atmosphere, with the exclusion of living organisms, areas with continuous ice not covered by other material, and water bodies deeper than 2 m.
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00001998
- wood
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002040
- woodland
- Land having a cover of trees, shrubs, or both.
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000109
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