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FRAMINGHAM, Mass. August 14, 2014 – The worldwide smartphone market reached a new milestone in the second quarter of 2014 (2Q14), moving past the 300 million unit mark for the first time in its history. According to final data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 301.3 million smartphones worldwide in 2Q14, up 25.3% from the 240.5 million units shipped in the second quarter of 2013.
The dominant smartphone operating systems (OS), Android and iOS, saw their combined market share swell to 96.4% for the quarter, leaving little space for competitors. Android was the primary driver with its vendor partners shipping a total of 255.3 million Android-based smartphones in 2Q14, up 33.3% year over year. Meanwhile, iOS saw its market share decline despite posting 12.7% year-over-year shipment growth. While Android and iOS both realized gains from a year ago, the rest of the market recorded losses.
"With many of its OEM partners focusing on the sub-$200 segments, Android has been reaping huge gains within emerging markets," says Ramon Llamas, Research Manager with IDC's Mobile Phone team. "During the second quarter, 58.6% of all Android smartphone shipments worldwide cost less than $200 off contract, making them very attractive compared to other devices. With the recent introduction of Android One, in which Google offers reference designs below $100 to Android OEMs, the proportion of sub-$200 volumes will climb even higher."
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Android reached a new record for market share during 2Q14, nearly doubling its share from just three years ago. Samsung once again led the charge, accounting for 29.3% of all Android-powered shipments, down from its 40.0% share of two years ago. Since then, competitors including Coolpad, Huawei, Lenovo, LG, Xiaomi, and ZTE have all grown their respective volumes are jockeying for position in the rankings behind Samsung.
iOS may have reached its lowest quarterly volume for the year, if history is any indication. For the past two years, third quarter volumes received a boost from shipments of its new devices towards the end of the quarter, resulting in slightly higher volumes compared to the second quarter. Whether or not this happens again this year remains to be seen, especially with the anticipated arrival of large-screen iPhones.
Windows Phone volumes declined from a year ago, but compared to the previous quarter, it showed slight improvement, making it the clear number 3 smartphone platform. The list of OEM partners has not changed significantly from a year ago, but that could start to change during the second half of 2014 when numerous vendors within key emerging markets come on board, including BLU, Micromax, Prestigio, Yezz, and others. These join Foxconn, Gionee, JSR, Karbonn, Lava, Lenovo, LG, Longcheer, and ZTE.
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Operating System | 2Q14 Shipment Volume | 2Q14 Market Share | 2Q13 Shipment Volume | 2Q13 Market Share | 2Q14/2Q13 Growth |
Android | 255.3 | 84.7% | 191.5 | 79.6% | 33.3% |
iOS | 35.2 | 11.7% | 31.2 | 13.0% | 12.7% |
Windows Phone | 7.4 | 2.5% | 8.2 | 3.4% | -9.4% |
BlackBerry | 1.5 | 0.5% | 6.7 | 2.8% | -78.0% |
Others | 1.9 | 0.6% | 2.9 | 1.2% | -32.2% |
Total | 301.3 | 100% | 240.5 | 100% | 25.3% |
Source: IDC Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, August 14, 2014
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You will find that most klingon cruisers run beams... you are right you gain a nice bonus on the alpha. However what balances it out very well is the MUCH higher sustained dps from a fed beam ball. Teams that survive or mostly survive the alpha are in a very good position.
Too your point the one thing the massive Klink Alpha does is it COMPLETELY Destroys the average fed pug willingness to fight. If we decloak and in very short order run the score to 5 to 0. Most fed pugs and some inexperienced teams fall apart.
I have seen a lot of fed pugs that will have one good regular fed pug player (Ala Mr. Hale for instance) who will pull them together and make it anything but a face roll.
Maybe it's just me, but it seems like the overall nerfs to DPS have reduced amount of cross-healing seen in PUGs. Months ago a PUG team *had* to heal to be successful; there was simply no way they could win if someone didn't put ES on whichever escort turned out to be the focus target.
Now it's a lot easier for *everyone* to survive without support, so fewer people play a support role and fewer people know how to be supported. The lack of team support pushes people even more into playing solo ships and builds; it's a vicious circle.
The solution is as always: teamwork.
The easiest fix I could think of would be forced teaming for PvP matches. When you enter a match, you are in a team with everyone else on your side, and have no option to leave it. It wouldn't force the antisocial noobs to cooperate, but at least you could talk to one another, see where the team is when they respawn, and watch to see who's taking fire. You'd also see who is hiding out AFK, which I imagine is why people refuse team invites to begin with.
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Carolyn Staab Carpenter, 70, of Colorado Springs, CO, died Wednesday, December 4, 2013, in her home.
Carolyn was born August 22, 1943, in Hays, KS, to Alex L. and Gladys A. (Ross) Staab. In 1961, she graduated from St. Mary's High School in Colorado Springs and married Merle Max Carpenter. She earned her bachelor's in 1989 and MBA in 1991.
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This study is designed to assess the effects of two doses of FTY720 on lung (pulmonary) and cardiac (heart) functions in healthy volunteers.
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Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Pharmacokinetics/Dynamics Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Double-Blind Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | A Randomized, Parallel Group, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled, 14 Days Multiple-dose Treatment to Assess the Pulmonary and Cardiac Pharmacodynamics of FTY720 (0.5 and 1.25 mg) in Healthy Volunteers |
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I could recall I took hours to defeat belial, even search on youtube for better methods of surviving. Today, just for the fun of it, I put the game to mp0 and used arcane destruction and one-shot belial and azmodan for like 5.8mill.
edit: I just did a quick calculation of my possible max dmg. If given atk speed is removed and the skill should only give 16x your weapon dmg, my absolute damage should be only 4.37mill per hit. I thnk it counts 16x your sheet dps instead
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Good old days b4 they nurfed game for babies. Wish it was that hard and even harder cos now we have better gears. enrage, hard reflect, more damage.shots etc bring it all back
The only way for me to beat the game back then was to do it in party. Like I needed barb warcry and DH DPS to get the job done.
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i feel so honored i beat inferno on 1.03 patch :D
Belial was da man... or monster. He almost made me throw my mouse through the screen. lol
My only regret is not being able to finish the game in Inferno.
Though, I will take it that I defeated Belial pre 1.0.3.....got up to Azmo and the patch hit. |
It was tough even getting to fight his final form. Half a day to beat belial!
I spent an entire day trying to find a loadout that I could beat him with (mostly involving sitting in a corner w/ slow time and thrown blades and dskin) then popping slow time archon to burn down his second form. I could never beat his final form until 1.03 though :(
There are some things I miss about those days, but overall I don't wish for them back. Eternally farming A1 and spending 20 minutes in town IDing 100% pure unmitigated garbage was a truly hopeless feeling, I was really proud of myself when I worked up to the point of just being able to "farm" A2 VotA at a semi-reasonable pace. These days I'd say HC is where it's at if you want to recapture some of that old excitement. Even the bump from mp0 to mp1 is quite a step up in challenge (assuming you even survive long enough to get mp0 on lockdown) |
I had inferno beat pre 1.03 and I even remember my dps: 50k! Haha that was fun as hell and no one seemed to know exactly what to do. I couldn't have done it without my friends :)
It took me hours and a group to take down belial . Only once ... Then I never played him again lol
Got to ghom when he had his smog gas fillIng up the room. Remember when I was blizz hydra looking for that little bit of un-gassed space. So hard. YouTube is best friend though. |
1.02 Belial made me a pro at dodging his poison pools. Azmo wasn't too tough tho.
Keep in mind that if inferno was still pre 1.03 difficulty it's more than likely we wouldn't have the gear we have. I personally liked post 1.04 |
^ Considering that the only ways to acquire items in 1.02 were tyreal exploitation, vase exploitation, goblin exploitation, and AH flipping, I would tend to agree. If you weren't participating in one of those activities, you were getting nowhere. Elite phasebeasts, soul lashers, etc were essentially impossible because you had to farm A3 to get the gear to kill them. I know kripp beat the game on HC but he's a streamer with unlimited resources, so that's a different story. I wanted to play Diablo 3, not God of War 3 on impossible mode so the nerfs were justifiable.
Some of the nerfs. Reflect damage should not be nerfed. Monster power 0 should not be so easy. Elites should still heal. Legendaries should not drop as much as they do. And ww and sc should still proc at .5 :-)
Meh, they should have just stuck to the D2 method of mobs healing. All mobs have slow % based life regen at all times. I'm fine with current drop rates because even if you get a legendary, it's probaby just a brimstone anyway. Also fine with the current proc rates on twisters. If the game had launched with the 1.05 or 1.07 loot system and skill buffs, they wouldn't have had to nerf inferno at all because the intended progression (i.e. farm lower acts to get to higher ones) would have been feasible for the dedicated player. Unfortunately for Blizz, people saw right through the pay2win scheme they were trying to pull off in 1.02.
I don't remember much from Belial, just venom hydra for the win.
I felt Ghom was much worse with so much gas in the room and running out of space except for the tiniest corners. I died more to that Ghom than to anything else. Worst kitefest ever. Hydra ftw. |
Was it 1.03 Ghom that was bugged / perma enraged? Whatever patch that was, I built an entire gearset devoted to him (for my WD at the time) and pulled everyone I knew through that fight. Something like 1150 resist to poison. If it was dex instead of int, it would have been one hell of a tank kit for a monk with OWE.
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Prediction of raceway shape and size has always been a challenging task. Based on the previous finding that raceway boundary is an iso-stress boundary, its shape and size has been predicted using a continuum approach. A relation has also been developed to get the stress at the raceway boundary at different blast velocity. Predicted raceway boundary is compared with the experimental raceway boundary/shape and size along with the comparison of theoretical and experimental pressure distribution. A reasonable agreement between the theoretical and experimental raceway shape and size is found. Extension of the work in real blast furnace case is also discussed.
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Keywords: | Ironmaking; Raceway shape; Mathematical modeling; Iso-stress; Raceway size; Cold model |
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Date Deposited: | 14 Feb 2008 |
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A gifted singer, songwriter and musician whose small-town roots – Coal Valley, Illinois, run deep, Ryan's songs strike a chord with lovers of all types of music. His solo-write, He Rules the Roost was a multiple award-winner in the international Unisong Competition, and the deeply moving song "She Could Have Been Beautiful," co-written with wife Jennifer, won the People's Choice award in that competition's "Social/Politcal" category, no doubt chosen by listeners who share Ryan's views on family, life and love. It most recently was awarded as Top Ten Finalist in the NSAI/CMT song contest. Some of Ryan's other favorite songs have also been recognized in competitions sponsored by CMT (Country Music Television) and NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International).
Also included on the If I Was A Song CD are such standout tracks as the touching "His Heart Remembers" (co-written with his mother Mary about his grandparents); "Star Stuff," written for his young daughter, Taylor, who seems bent on stardom with her talent and precocious nature; and the family man anthem "Big Spender," which leaves no doubt about what comes first in Ryan's life: the people he loves. These songs reflect who Ryan is, and will always be, even with his ever-growing success – a middle-class man who loves God, his family, his country, and his music.


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"He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye."
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Peyton Smith has recently joined SouthGroup Insurance Services, headquartered in Ridgeland, as an agent and risk adviser. He assumes responsibility for developing business opportunities in commercial insurance and risk management as well as SouthGroup's Personal Insurance Private Client Group. Most recently, Smith was president of Insurance Professionals of Mississippi. Prior to entering the agency side […] [...]


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As a former hippy of the early seventies I can only say that the "hippie movement" back then was destined for failure. The ideology of love and peace was too far from the mainstream. And there wasn't alot of cohesion or Ieadership. I don't really believe you can label the drugs of choice back then as "Us" or "Me." I frequently tripped on LSD isolated in my upstairs bedroom with Black Sabbath wailing and my eyes locked on the vivid black lite posters. But I also enjoyed dropping acid or psilocybin mushrooms with friends.
My part of the Ozarks still has a large population of hippies who migrated here in the seventies. We remain laid back and can still appreciate the effects of a good high. Only now moderation seems to be the key.
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Ops | Comms | Services | Owner | Runways | IFR Procs | Current NOTAMs | Remarks |
FAA Identifier: | 40NR (Four-Zero-November-Romeo) |
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35.0983333333, -80.9933333333 35-05-54.0000N, 080-59-36.0000W Estimated by OWNER on 05/12/2010 |
Elevation: | 613 feet Estimated by OWNER on 05/12/2010 |
Magnetic Variation: | [-8W (2015)] |
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CONDITIONAL Provided VFR Operations and Pvt Use only; Takeoff/Landing Area Marked; All Approach/Departures Arrival and Depart out of Ground Effect Using Confined Area Maneuvers, Using Lead in Lights; No Over Fly of Buildings During Hops Unless Nec for Wind Conds. |
Ownership: | Privately owned |
Activation: | 03/2011 |
Attended: | Continuous |
Control Tower: | no |
ARTCC: | Atlanta (ZTL) Atlanta Center (ZTL) |
FSS: | Raleigh FSS (RDU) |
Wind Indicator: | Unlighted |
Lights: | for Peri Lights Call 704-512-5500. |
Landing Fee: | no |
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60 feet by Owner on 05/12/2010 |
Width: | 60 feet |
Surface: | Porland Cement Concrete, Good Condition |
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WASHINGTON — House Republicans controlling the Transportation Security Administration's purse strings are moving to cut off new funding for those advanced airport scanners that have sparked outrage over their revealing images of travelers' bodies.
Draft legislation released Thursday by the Appropriations homeland security subcommittee denies the Obama administration's $76 million request for an additional 275 of the scanners, which many travelers dislike because TSA scanners can view full body images of travelers.
The GOP move wouldn't affect the 500 or so machines already in place at the nation's 450 airports or the 500 just funded in a recent spending bill. Efforts are under way to solve the privacy concerns with new computer software. TSA currently gives passengers the option of a pat down in private – a choice that most people find even more intrusive.
Panel chairman Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., said his move was sparked by budgetary factors rather than protests from privacy advocates. And it comes as the TSA is trying hard to modify the machines so that they won't produce revealing images. Instead, the agency is trying out new software that would have the machines read the images and alert airport screeners when there's a potential weapon or other threat. The screener would then see the location of the threat is shown on a stick figure of the body.
That technology hasn't been proven yet, and with the new privacy software showing uneven results, Aderholt is refusing the fund additional machines.
"We don't want to skimp on security but we want to make sure that where we can make smart cuts, we do," Aderholt said.
The machines are aimed at detecting things like explosives and other threats that don't set off metal detectors. They follow an earlier generation of machines that puffed air at passengers that proved to be too fragile and expensive to maintain.
Opponents of the machines took heart in the panel's decision.
"They're a nuisance. They're slow. And they're ineffective," said Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a longtime critic, adding that the machines aren't not used to screen visitors to high-profile targets like the White House or the Capitol. The bottom line is that ... they're just not as effective as a good ol' German Shepherd."
Chaffetz won a 310-118 vote on the House floor last year to cut off funding for the machines but the administration and the Senate refused to go along. The likelihood of a similar outcome this year may have reinforced the decision to withhold the funds.
But advocates of the full body technology say that the alternative to the machines are even more intrusive pat downs – including recent high-profile incidents in which a baby was patted down at the Kansas City airport and a six-year-old was upset after being frisked at the New Orleans airport. They say people far prefer the full body screenings than a hand-on pat down.
"Now they will have to hand search more people. More hand search means a lot more expense than using the technology," said Peter Kant, Executive Vice President of Rapiscan Systems, one of the two companies that makes the machines. "Ninety-five-plus percent of people would rather be scanned than go through a pat down."
The government has already spent about $1 billion on the machines. That big an investment ensures they probably aren't going anywhere.
And the machines have powerful advocates like Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi, the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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Rearend swap for 55 GMC Truck?
I have a 55 GMC that I am installing a 455 ci Olds in, with an AOD.
When I go into the truck rearend, if I find serious issues; am I better off to replace it with a limited slip from a car (rather than rebuild it)? Any ideas which GM rearends would bolt under the earlier truck? Thanks! |
I don't think you will find any rear end that will bolt in. You will have to weld spring perches to any rear end that you find. You need something that is the correct width that you can put spring perches on. The Nova and 1st gen Camaro rear ends are usually about right for this swap.
Thanks. I've done the spring perch thing before. Putting a 96 Cobra rearend under a 67 Mustang.
73-87 chevy truck bolts in. THe perches are almost perfect. Just 1/4 inch difference in overall width.
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