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The inventor of the battery device used in General Motor's first electric vehicle says the new allure of electric cars is speed and performance, not just fuel efficiency.
John E. Waters said at the 246th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS) that recent advances in the engineering of electric vehicles are allowing the future road-dwellers to rival the speed and performance of cars developed by Porsche or BMW.
"Experimental electric cars already have achieved sustained speeds of more than 180 miles per hour, and established world speed records above 300 mph," Waters said in a press release. "Electric cars have inherent advantages in efficiency and torque over gasoline-powered vehicles. Energy storage-to-torque on an EV platform is above 90 percent efficient, compared to less than 35 percent for internal combustion engines. I have no doubt that battery-powered race cars will be attracting race fans in the immediate future."
Waters, who at one point helped set an electric vehicle world speed record speed of 183 miles-per hour, said electric race cars have a great capacity for speed because they utilize energy more efficiently than internal combustion engines.
Transforming gasoline into motion involves multiple steps, but in electric vehicles the conversion is a bit more direct. With gasoline, each step consumes energy before it can be applied as motion, or torque, to the wheels at less than 8,000 rpm, but electric vehicles can provide up to 15,000 revolutions per minute.
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We won't start the whole thing again. Boats sailed without engines for centuries. I wish you the best with it. They just didn't do it on the ICW with modern conflicting traffic.
Huh, it's not like that here on the Chesapeake at all. The barges and ships here will often stop to let smaller boats pass, and even with the occasional collision - the captains usually just shake hands and move on, leaving it unreported..
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William G. Christie, whose landmark research led to major reforms at Nasdaq, has been named dean of the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, Provost Thomas G. Burish announced Wednesday.
Christie, 44, a professor of finance and associate dean for faculty development at Vanderbilt, was named to succeed Martin S. Geisel, who died in February 1999.
"Bill Christie is an award-winning teacher, a scholar whose work has had enormous visibility and impact, and a person who is highly respected by his colleagues at Vanderbilt and afar," Burish said. "He has boundless energy, keen judgment, high standards and unfailing resolve. These and his many other positive attributes will help him lead Owen through the many challenges and opportunities it faces immediately and in the years ahead."
A 1994 paper co-authored by Christie led to a fundamental change in the way Nasdaq stocks are traded. In the past decade Christie also has been repeatedly recognized by Business Week as one of the top professors in business education and has won numerous awards at Vanderbilt for teaching excellence.
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Burish thanked Joseph D. Blackburn, who served as acting dean. "For the past 17 months, during a difficult time for Owen that began with the death of Dean Geisel, Joe Blackburn gave generously of his time, talent and ability. He approached issues head-on and always with the best interests of Owen at heart. He is an uncommonly selfless and committed person to whom much gratitude is owed."
Christie becomes only the fourth dean of the Owen School, which first opened its doors in 1969 with 10 faculty members and 10 students and has grown to become one of the nation's most prestigious business schools. A leader in the information technology and e-commerce arena, the Owen School was the first business school in the nation to recognize the importance of electronic commerce by establishing the first formal program in the emerging field. The school's eLab, which studies the marketing implications of commercializing the World Wide Web, has emerged as one of the premier research centers in the world for the study of e-commerce.
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Christie, who began his career as a financial analyst, joined Owen in 1989 after receiving his Ph.D. in finance and economics from the University of Chicago, where he earlier earned an MBA in finance. He graduated with a bachelor of commerce from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. His wife, Kelly, serves as associate director of academic affairs at Owen.
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By James Slater: Though fans, on this web site anyway, were divided over whether or not unbeaten 27-year-old Finnish big man Robert Helenius deserved rave reviews for his 9th-round stoppage win over Samuel Peter, Ring Magazine have rewarded the 15-0(10) contender with, well, contender status. This past Saturday in Germany, The Nordic Nightmare took out The Nigerian Nightmare with a win that so impressed the writers of The Bible Of Boxing they decided to place him at #9 in their heavyweight rankings.
Helenius, who also has a win to his name over another former champion in Lamon Brewster, is ranked a place above yet another Nightmare, in Chris Arreola. Some fans are sure to disagree with the Fin being ranked above the more-proven Arreola (for what its worth, even though I was impressed with Helenius showing against the dangerous Peter, I wouldnt make a case for rating him above the Mexican/American at this stage), but its certainly true that Helenius is proving himself again and again.
Talk now suggests Helenius may be steered into a match with reigning European heavyweight champ Alexander Dimitrenko, and if he can grab a win there, Helenius will no doubt go up a couple more places (Dimitrenko is currently ranked at #7 by Ring). A fight that really would prove attractive - to both men and to the fans - would be an Arreola-Helenius clash. Both men are looking for an eventual world title shot (a second shot in Arreolas case), and if the two fought, the winner would have a legitimate right to get one. Its doubtful this fight will happen, though.
Helenius, who is based in Germany, has fought only there, in Sweden and in the country of his birth. Arreola, who has a big fan base in the U.S, will probably stick to fighting there for everything other than that second world title shot. Helenius will hopefully make his U.S debut one day in the future, however - maybe after hes fought Dimitrenko. Can the 6.6.5 Fin defeat the 6.7 contender from Ukraine?
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Today the the Beara Peninsula was put on the SatNav. ALL top. And then the Healy Pass ... If you where riding the spectacular Trolstiggen in Norway, really. Even with fog and drizzle it's still beautiful. Before you ride the Healy Pass, the R573. Takes you off the main route, beautiful little coastal road. Totally top, can provide the *.gdb file if needed. After the Beara Peninsula we drove towards Kinsale, now slightly more inland. What an magnificent country Ireland is, truly beautiful. And what is it wonderful that the Irish on Sunday are all in the (Catholic) church ... the road is divine empty and fully to our disposal ;) .
Despite the heavy Catholicism in Ireland on Sunday all supermarkets are open. Where in the Netherlands politicians are debating endless on Sunday openings for shops, you can just pick up a fresh roll or do shopping across Europe. Would almost emigrate to a country where secular actually is explained ... as secular if it wasnt for the fact that living in The Netherlands is so amusing and pleasant... : P
Pics will follow ASAP. Tomorrow a rapid but winding 160/175 km (110 miles) ride to our next stopover. Then, on Tuesday, yet another highlight in Ireland will follow: The Wicklow Mountains and the Old Military Road just below Dublin. Ireland is GREAT. And the rain? It belongs to it. Proper tyres and proper clothing and it wont bother you for a sec!
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Cash-for-gold parties gain popularity as price of metal soars
At Fred and Danita McCall's Arlington home, the wine is out and the mood is festive as guests mingle in anticipation of learning more about a popular product.
At first glance, the relaxed gathering looks like a typical Tupperware, Pampered Chef or similar home-based shopping party.
Only in this case, the spotlight isn't on useful kitchen gadgets: It's on gold. And the guests aren't there to buy it; they're there to sell it.
"Gold parties" are the next evolution in the current cash-for-gold trend. As gold soars to the $1,000-an-ounce benchmark, jewelers and refiners are more than happy to take "junk gold" -- often in the form of lone earrings, broken chains and older unused pieces -- off sellers' hands.
"I'm seeing an increasing awareness that this avenue is out there," said Mike Flemister, 44, a Gold Party Online representative with Little Rock-based Braswell & Son, a collateral lender and estate jewelry dealer. "The economy has driven people to search through their jewelry boxes."
Recently, scrap gold sales have been centered around heavily advertised mail-in offers or direct dealings with a jeweler, but now gold parties are adding a social element to the transactions.
At the McCalls' home, Flemister and his father, Pat, 72, set up shop in the dining room. On the table, they arrange protective pads, measuring scales, jeweler's loupes, magnets, acid scratch tests and a few small tools. And then the fun begins.
Karen Roach, 36, of Bartlett approaches with a small plastic bag of jewelry odds and ends. Flemister examines her small collection of rings, tangled chains and other knickknacks for karat markings. Any gemstones are removed.
If a karat marking isn't evident, a simple test pinpoints whether her pieces contains 10, 14 or 24 karats of gold.
He then separates her legitimate items by metal type and karat amount and weighs them. About five minutes later, Roach walks away with a check for $143.
"This is my kind of party," she said, grinning. "And I was never going to wear any of that stuff again."
Flemister, who has held nearly a dozen gold parties in the Memphis area during the past four months, also buys silver and platinum, and he does not accept plated pieces.
He said many guests leave with $400 to $500, although some guests have left with checks for $4,000 and higher.
He has seen guests bring in everything from gold teeth to complete sets of silver flatware.
"We'll buy all of it, if it's genuine," he said. "We do emphasize that guests make sure they're selling items they no longer need or use, though." (He doesn't want people prying out teeth in front of him.)
The gold party hosts also profit from their guests' sales. A host makes 10 percent of the party sales profits, and the role of "host" isn't limited to a residential venue.
Businesses are hosting after-work parties for their employees, said Flemister, who recently held a party at a Memphis hair salon, and charities also use them as fundraiser tools.
McCall, 45, saw hostess potential when she first attended a gold party as a guest.
"I made $751 selling my gold at that party, and I had a great time," she said. "It's not like a pressure party where people come feeling expected to buy things, so I felt comfortable inviting a select group of friends to come try it at my home."
If the festivities sound a little too good to be true, some critics say they are.
An Internet search will produce pages of features and news reports on the rising "cash-for-gold scams."
The key to avoiding these scams is to approach the so-called gold rush armed with as much information as possible, said Jay Mednikow, president of Memphis-based Mednikow Jewelers.
"Yes, gold prices are at an historic high, so it's an excellent time for people to take gold they no longer need and convert it to cash," he said. "But when you're selling gold, put as much thought into who you're selling it to as you would into who you'd be buying it from. There needs to be a level of trust involved."
There will always be middlemen in the gold-buying process, he said. At a gold party, the facilitator, host, sponsoring company and refiner all make a profit off the sales, which will diminish that gold's worth to a selling party guest.
A jewelry store, on the other hand, has fewer middlemen.
"We send the gold straight to the refiner, and we also can educate the seller on whether a piece has more real value than melt value. We'll also buy the gemstones in the metal."
If a seller does prefer to attend a gold party, Mednikow advises guests to do some research beforehand.
Check the reputation of the company that is backing the party, and look for representatives who are invested in the community, he said.
He cites touring parties that set up shop temporarily in hotel convention rooms as an example of a possible red flag.
"Many of those buyers are just passing through town and have less incentive to offer sellers an honest deal."
Flemister said he had no reservations about working with Gold Party Online through Braswell & Son, an established local business with a current Better Business Bureau rating of A+. He lists several advantages to attending a gold party, particularly over conducting a mail-in transaction.
Guests enjoy a safe and comfortable environment in which representatives explain the gold evaluation process, as well as provide contact information for follow-up questions.
Obviously, the social atmosphere adds an element of fun and excitement. And don't forget the party favors.
"Right now, there absolutely is no other party like this, where most guests walk out the door with money in hand," he said.
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NBA scouts checking on Aztecs' Leonard
Leonard met with Fisher last spring to discuss his future, and Fisher advised him that his game wasn't ready. Leonard nodded and spent the summer in an empty gym upgrading his ball handling, the arch and range on his jumper, his free-throw accuracy and his help defense.
Check, check, check, check.
Leonard had a game-high 21 points and, most notably, all of his 12 rebounds in the second half in Saturday's season-opening win at Long Beach State. It did not go unnoticed. Scouts from 20 NBA teams were there, and another big turnout is expected for Tuesday night's game at No. 12 Gonzaga.
Fisher will meet with Leonard again after the season.
"I don't know everything, but I know more than most of the people out there," said Fisher, who had his share of NBA prospects in 15 years at Michigan, among them 1993 No. 1 pick Chris Webber. "I told Kawhi, 'Trust in me, and I'm going to give you the kind of advice based on fact.' There are a lot of people who think they know what they're talking about, and they don't."
Fisher's advice for a college sophomore: "If you're projected as a (top-14) lottery pick, I think you have to seriously consider going. If you're a first-round draft pick, you've got a decision to make. If you're not a first-round draft pick, I don't think you should go."
Leonard appears to be listening.
"He told me, 'When the time is right, you'll know,'" Leonard said. "I'm taking his approach. And I'm tuning everybody else out."


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Like all teams, the Baltimore Orioles have "media" (members) which are either employed by the team or by various networks which directly cover the team (Gary Thorne, Jim Palmer, Amber Theoharis, Joe Angel, and Fred Manfra just to name a few). When I say various networks which directly cover the team, I'm refering to MASN and WBAL. A radio or TV station in town may well employ a beat reporter to cover the O's for that outlet, however in a sense they don't cover the team for the team. Nevertheless, my personal opinion is that the "Orioles' media" does a good job of covering the Birds. There were many times this past season when they were forced to be critical of the team, and I feel that they did that to the best of their abilities. There were other times when the O's looked good, and they noted that also. However I suppose my question is should the media "demand" more?
Baltimore is far from the zoo that's seen in NY and Boston. Looking at other sports, we also see media circus' with teams such as the Lakers, Cowboys, Steelers, and Penguins. Media surrounding all of those teams can be relentless in pursuing their stories and in asking tough questions of players and coaches. And I'm not only talking about the team-employed media; the Boston Globe is nearly eating the Red Sox alive with regard to beer-gate. What do all of the above-mentioned franchises have in common? They're considered winners. So the question is whether or not that winning is at least partially media-driven.
First things first; no team wins or loses due to the media. It's ludicrous to suggest so. However let's dig a little deeper; the media is supposed to in essence be a liason so to speak between the team and the fans. So given that, could you also say that part of this has to do with those fan bases possibly wanting more? Again, no team wins or loses because of the fans. You win or lose based upon what happens between the lines. However I do think that there might be something to be said for wanting to win "for these people" in a sense. The Florida Marlins seem to routinely play in front of 3-4K people. So is there as big of an incentive to win for those people (most of whom probably only came because they got free tickets) as there would be to play in front of 40-50K at Yankee Stadium every night? Is there as big of an incentive to win when you know that a beat reporter is going to just ask you what happened as opposed to making you attest to it?
The correct answer is that there should always be an incentive to win regardless of what the media and/or the fans are saying. However, sometimes I wonder if things aren't always as they should be 100% of the time. So the real answer to the question with regard to the contemporary athlete is that yes there is more of an incentive to win if it seems that the media and fans are holding you accountable. We see this be the case in everyday life as well in offices around the country. Do you have the same incentive to do the same great job if you know you won't have to attest to your mistakes in front of the big boss? We would all like to think that we're doing more than just collecting a paycheck, however that extra push helps sometimes.
So with that said, can the Baltimore media need to do more? First off, there's a big difference between asking tough questions and flat out being a snake. I can remember when Norv Turner was the head coach of the Washington Redskins, and they posted an 0-8 home record one year. After the final home loss, a reporter asked Turner "how does it feel to go winless at home?" Turner responded by saying, "…how do you think it feels? It feels like s%*t!" Those aren't the type of questions which befit a professional athlete or coach, nor does it put the reporter in a positive light. I'm not suggesting that the Orioles' media can or should do more. Quite the contrary in fact; I think that they do a very professional and fair job of covering the team. And that word right there is partially what I'm all about; we owe it to ourselves and to our peers to always be fair in life. They say that life's not always fair, but we can certainly strive to do our part to make it as such. However if you think the Baltimore media can in fact do more (and that by extension the fans could demand more), perhaps you should also ask yourself why the pl;ayers are waiting to be prompted by the media to do more…


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Painkillers May Decrease Susceptibility To Recurring Urinary Tract Infections
American Society for Microbiology
Women plagued by repeated urinary tract infections may be able to prevent the infections with help from over-the-counter painkillers, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that inhibiting COX-2, an immune protein that causes inflammation, eliminated recurrent urinary tract infections in mice. COX-2 is one of the proteins blocked by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen.
"If we can confirm this link in clinical trials, many people potentially could benefit very quickly," said Thomas Hannan, who presented the research. "But for now, it's important to remember that urinary tract infections are serious, and antibiotic treatment is often necessary. Patients should not treat these infections on their own without help from a medical provider."
Scientists estimate half of all women will experience a urinary tract infection, which is the second-most common type of bacterial infection, at some point in their lives. Additional recurrent infections will affect 20 percent to 40 percent of these patients. If the infections spread to the kidneys and bloodstream, serious complications can result.
Hannan and his colleagues previously found in mouse studies that immune system overreaction to an initial infection may increase vulnerability to subsequent infections.
"We thought that the immune response was too weak in patients who kept getting urinary tract infections, but we are learning that an overly strong immune response can be just as problematic," Hannan said.
In the new study, the scientists found evidence in women and mice that immune cells, known as neutrophils, are significant contributors to repeat infections. In their eagerness to break into the bladder to fight infection, neutrophils leave tracks in the protective lining of the bladder's interior. Scientists believe that excessive damage may provide footholds that let bacteria grab hold of the bladder lining and begin to establish severe infections.
The researchers were able to manipulate the strength of the neutrophil response in mice to identify a "sweet spot" – not too much response and not too little – that eradicated urinary tract infection without increasing future infection risk.
The researchers found that mice with increased vulnerability to repeat infections had more inflammatory molecules in their bladder than mice that were resistant to repeat infections. When treated with COX-2 inhibitors, mice showed dramatically reduced susceptibility to infection.
The investigators examined the effect of COX-2 inhibition on the immune response in the bladder and found that neutrophils still came into the bladder in large numbers but caused much less damage to the protective lining. As a result, they believe COX-2 inhibitors are able to selectively target the detrimental effects of inflammation while maintaining the beneficial responses.
"These are encouraging results, and we hope to verify the potential benefits of COX-2 inhibitors soon in a large clinical trial," said senior author Scott Hultgren, who directs the Center for Women's Infectious Disease Research at Washington University.
The American Society for Microbiology is the largest single life science society, composed of over 39,000 scientists and health professionals. ASM's mission is to advance the microbiological sciences as a vehicle for understanding life processes and to apply and communicate this knowledge for the improvement of health and environmental and economic well-being worldwide.
This research was presented as part of the 2014 General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology held May 17-20, 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts.


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WASHINGTON, June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- BARI-2D is a useful and focused trial that builds on the body of scientific knowledge physicians use to provide the best possible care for diabetic patients with chronic stable angina and to evaluate their treatment options. The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) encourages healthcare providers to apply the findings of BARI-2D, when appropriate, to their patients, as studied in this trial. BARI-2D specifically applies to those with carefully controlled diabetes, multi-vessel but stable coronary artery disease (CAD), and few heart disease symptoms. This trial does not answer the question of whether all patients with diabetes and multi-vessel CAD might be better treated with optimal medical therapy (OMT) plus either percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or bypass surgery (CABG).
Since the BARI-2D study enrolled a very small subset of CAD patients with diabetes, SCAI looks forward to additional data from the upcoming FREEDOM trial, which may shed more light on revascularization options for this growing patient population.
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Asian stock markets tumble on Europe debt woes
SINGAPORE - SINGAPORE (AP) - Asian stock markets fell sharply Thursday as fears Greece's debt crisis will spread to other European countries and undermine the global recovery continued to rattle investors.
Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average plunged 3.3 percent to 10,698.87 as investors returned after the "Golden Week" holidays. Japanese markets were closed Monday through Wednesday.
South Korea's Kospi shed 2.4 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng was off 1.1 percent and Australia's benchmark lost 2.2 percent in a regionwide rout. Benchmarks in Singapore, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Thailand and mainland China also retreated.
Overnight on Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrials fell 0.6 percent to 10,866.83 as investors questioned whether a $144 billion aid package for Greece would be adequate to keep debt problems in Europe from spreading.
Analysts said some European countries may have to cut government spending to calm jittery markets, which could undermine economic growth and demand for Asian exports.
"On any further deterioration in this situation, emerging markets will be hit via rising risk aversion, weaker trade flows and falling commodity prices," Citigroup said in a report.
A drop in the euro and a rise in the dollar has also battered markets around the world. The stronger dollar hurts U.S. stocks by cutting into profits of U.S. companies that do business abroad. A higher dollar also hurts commodity prices by reducing demand from foreign buyers.
The weaker euro hurt Japanese companies who do significant business in Europe. Canon Inc. was down 3.3 percent, and rival camera maker Nikon Corp. fell 3.1 percent.
Financial issues declined across Asia, with Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. down 4.3 percent and South Korea's KB Financial Group Inc. tumbling 4.6 percent.
The euro was trading at $1.2821 from $1.2823 late Wednesday. The dollar fell to 93.78 yen from 93.89 yen.
Oil prices were up slightly after tumbling the day before. Benchmark crude for June delivery rose 5 cents to $80.02 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract lost $2.77 to settle at $79.97 a barrel on Wednesday.
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Sparky's Awards Extravaganza!
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Here at Sparky Industries, we've decided that merely producing a GOTY list would be just too normal. After reviewing all the games on my Games I've Played in 2011 List, I've decided to give each of them an award, possibly with runner-ups, possibly not. This list will be chock full of games from other years as well, as it's not just limited to 2011 games, but all the games I've played this year. Let's jump in, shall we? We shall.
Obligatory GOTY Award
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Skrim is stunning. It's exactly what I wanted out of a sequel to Oblivion, one of my most beloved games. It takes the open-world RPG formula, injects a good amount of steroids, and unleashes Skyrim on the world like some Hulkified monstrosity. There's so much to see and do in this game that it's staggering. Like I've said before, for every bug and rough patch, there are a thousand amazing things to easily make up for it. This is a grand adventure, one I'll likely revisit time and time again.
Dead Island, Portal 2
Best Adventure Game I Played This Year
Heavy Rain
Heavy Rain on paper doesn't seem to be very appealing as a game. It's mostly an interactive movie of sorts, set in various chapters with a small cast of interesting characters. But as a longtime adventure gamer, I thought I'd give it a shot and see what I thought. I was really glad I did, as Heavy Rain deserves to be a contender as one of the top adventure games ever. The story, while full of some very game-like holes and strange moments, is startling and intriguing, bringing a maturity to its approach that took me by surprise. And you can keep your LA Noire faces - this game has some of the best fully-featured actors and actresses I've seen. It's a gorgeous, fun game.
Back to the Future
Funniest Game of the Year
Portal 2
With sharp, clever writing and voice talent to match, Portal 2 is the easy clear choice in this category. Be it Cave Johnson ranting, GLADOS's quiet vitriol, or Wheatley's dumbassery, everyone is hilarious.
Back to the Future, Bulletstorm
Best Operation Babe Hunt!
Persona 3 Portable
It's true! Best Babe Hunt of the year goes to this gem! Never before have we seen such amazing Babe Hunt technology, brought to the palm of your hands! Wait. That came out wrong. Wait - THAT came out wrong. Ah, damn it.
A bar on Valentine's Day?
Best PC Game of the Year
Back to the Future
Remember, this is just for games that I played, and unfortunately, those were relatively sparse. I adored this game from start to finish. Hearing both Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox make returns to the movies that I love so much in video game format just tickled every pleasure center in my brain. Doesn't hurt that the gameplay was pretty solid for an adventure game, too.
Hector: Badge of Carnage, World of Goo
Best Weapons AND Use of Disco Balls as a Weapon
Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time
I still love the Ratchet and Clank formula, and this game was no different. Insomniac throws everything but the kitchen sink into this game, and it really works well. Not all the weapons are super useful, but all of them look great and have that sort of classic goofy feel.
Runner-Up (for Best Weapons, anyways):
Resistance 3 (no surprise, as it's Insomniac),Bulletstorm
Best FPS
Look, I get that people didn't like the over-the-top juvenile dialogue of Bulletstorm, but I absolutely loved this game. I thought it was a riot, and a hell of a lot of fun to play. The skill kill system adds a lot of replayability, and the guns feel appropriately badass. I really hope there's a sequel for this in the works. Note that the runner-up in this category, Resistance 3, is also really fantastic, but I think the addictive gameplay of Bulletstorm edges out in the end.
Resistance 3
Best Open World Game that Really Shouldn't Have Been an Open-World Game
Mafia II
Surprised? I was too. Mafia 2 is a surprisingly good game, with a solid (if cliched) story, solid characters, a great look, and really great gunplay. However, like the glaringly obvious runner-up LA Noire, the open-world elements just really should have been dropped or have more interaction and distractions (credit for that term goes to dankempster and his recent blog on GTA V). However, especially for the discount price, Mafia 2 should not be missed.
LA Noire
Best Team Brawler and the Biggest Asshat Move by a Publisher (aka The Sparky Raspberry Award):
Marvel vs. Capcom 3
I really enjoyed this fighting game, even if Mortal Kombat would eclipse it later in the year. However, I do not support Capcom's decision to add what amounts to DLC on a disc for stupid amounts of money. It's ridiculous, stupid, and incredibly asshole-ish. Thus, you, Capcom, get the Sparky Raspberry Award for the year. Piss off, you stupid jerks.
Best RTS
Starcraft 2
As much as I enjoy the Command and Conquer universe, Starcraft 2 has such an insane amount of polish and fun to it that this one wasn't even close. The campaign is brilliant and a whole lot of fun.
Command and Conquer 4
Biggest Disappointment
LA Noire
I've played far worse games this year (hang on for that one), but no game quite disappointed me as much as LA Noire. As a huge fan of Police Quest, I had a veritable nerd boner thinking that this would be a modern take on that classic gameplay. And it was... and you know what? It kinda sucked. I liked the investigations and the atmosphere. But the gameplay beyond the investigations was repetitive and boring. The open-world was something of a joke, but thankfully it could be skipped... which is perhaps the most damning part of this description. I shouldn't have wanted to skip a moment of this game, but I did.
None, really. This is perhaps the most surprising statement in this entire list.
Best Diamond in the Rough
inFamous 2
I'm not gonna sit here and tell you that inFamous 2 was perfect. The wave based enemies were annoying and, at times, frustratingly buggy. Traversing the world didn't feel nearly as smooth as the first game. Cole was "dumbed down" to be more family friendly and appeal to a wider audience. But even with all these negatives, inFamous 2 was a hell of a lot of fun. It didn't hurt that there was a great innovation in the user-made content and quests, which added a lot of fun ideas and really varied up the quests.
Bulletstorm, Trails in the Sky, Yakuza 4
Best 3rd Person Open-World Game
Just Cause 2
This game, man! This game! I don't think I've revisited a game so often this year, There's a ton of stuff to do, great weapons to play with, incredibly fun stunt gameplay, and a truly beautiful world. This also deserves huge props for being such an amazing step forward in the series. It fixes the mini-map issues of Just Cause and completely blows away the first in nearly every regard while still staying true to its goofy roots.
Mafia 2
Most Forgettable Decent Game
Crysis 2
Crysis 2 isn't awful, but it's a game that never really knows what it is. In its quest to appeal to a wider audience and be released on consoles, it loses the intriguing open-world elements of Crysis, loses the insane graphics, and manages to muck up a decent story written by none other than Richard Morgan. There are some great gunfights, there are some neat upgrade elements, and the latter half of the game definitely picks up. But overall, it's just forgettable, neither really good or really bad.
LA Noire
Coolest Indie Game
Terraria's sort of an odd little gem. It's not a particularly great game, but it is fun and bizarrely addictive. Seeing the work fellow Giant Bombers have done on the servers has been an amazing experience, even if I haven't been able to contribute anything beyond random signs with random quotes.
Hector, World of Goo, Zombie Driver
Most Surprisingly Great Game
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Up until the release of Skyrim, there was only one game that really hooked me enough to stay up until an absolutely stupid time of the night (morning?) to finish it. That game was Enslaved. I love this game. The story is excellent, the characters have a sharp, believable, and natural rapport, and the gameplay is so damned fun.
Mafia 2
Best Game I Should Be Ashamed of Playing
Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4
I liked the first few Harry Potter books, and I've liked each of the Lego games I've played. That's all I'm gonna say.
Best Game I Just Couldn't Get Into
Batman Arkham Asylum
Unlike its sequel, which will make an appearance later, this game didn't resonate with me. Part of that is my indifference towards most of the DC Comics universe, which I've never much cared about outside of Christopher Nolan's films. The gameplay was fine, and I thought it was a solid game. It just never quite clicked with me.
Crysis 2
Worst Game Ever
Record of Agarest War
I've played some shitty games, and I never thought anything could be worse than Metal Dungeon or Gods and Generals. But this game, besides being awful and absolutely no fun at all, is horribly, stupidly offensive. I might be a man, but even I was cringing at how goddamn sexist this game was. If there's a game that makes me embarassed to be a gamer, this is it. Avoid this one at all costs.
Best JRPG
Disgaea 4
If you haven't kept on my blogs recently, I've been doing a series of blogs on this game and its story. I adore NIS games. They're goofy, incredibly strange, childish, and the deepest damned RPG's you'll ever play. Disgaea 4 is far and away the best entry in the series, both in terms of plot and gameplay. Its upgrades seem small, but overall, if you want to get into a Disgaea game, you cannot go wrong with this one.
ZHP, Trails in the Sky
Most Internally Divisive Game
Yakuza 4
There are a lot of aspects of Yakuza 4 I can't stand, like its attitude towards women as subservient dress-up dolls, but there are a ton of aspects that I absolutely love. It's such a cool idea - an "open world" game within a relatively small section of a city, complete with a great amount of stuff to do. Two of the charactes are really solid too, and I wouldn't mind playing future games.
LA Noire
Best Use of Nolan North in an Otherwise Shitty Game
Alpha Protocol
Nolan North is one of the few great things about this otherwise crappy game. Remember kids, great ideas do not necessarily make a great game.
Best Arcade Racer
Burnout Paradise
I'm not sure how much I can say about this game that hasn't been said, but I'll say this - this is the first time I've gotten into this game, and I'm really liking it. It's aged well.
Best 2D Platformer
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Oh man, this game is one giant ball of awesomeness. It brings a welcome degree of familiarity, as it's only a light upgrade to the classic gameplay of its predecessors, while bringing in some damned gorgeous visuals, clever level design, and some real difficulty while allowing for options to make it easier on the player if they so choose. It's a jewel of a Nintendo game. I haven't played Rayman Origins, but it looks really great too.
Game I Loved Playing the Most in 15-Minute Spurts
Monster Hunter Tri
This game is really a hoot in small doses. I love popping it in for a few minutes at a time, doing a quest or two, and then calling it a day. There's not much of a story, and there are control elements that drive me crazy, but honestly, it's a distinctly Japanese game that I actually get. It's really well done.
Donkey Kong Country Returns, Forza 4
Best Racing Game
Forza 4
I love the Forza series for being incredibly accessible and forgiving, not to mention being fun and loaded with all the stuff I love about cars. The ability to rewind makes my eyesight problems moot, the cars are a great blend of classic and modern, and the career has become even better about keeping things varied and interesting.
Burnout Paradise
Best Use of Mark Hamill
Arkham City
Jokes aside, this game surprised me. I'm still not huge on DC comic characters, but the core storylines in this game are surprisingly good and actually drew me in. Hamill's performance as the Joker really is ramped up a notch, but so is everything else about this game.
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Best Atmosphere
Resistance 3
Resistance 3 is a great sci-fi shooter, but what really blew me away was the inherent bleakness of the world. Save for your protagonist, the people aren't bulked up warriors or heroes. They're survivors giving out a few grim gasps of life as they try their hardest just to cling together. Hope isn't dead - it's non-existent. No one is safe, anyone can die, and even once the game is finished, there's no guarantee that mankind's survival is assured. This is an amazing experience.
LA Noir, Mafia 2, Heavy Rain
Most Unique Story
Not only is this a great rogue-type game with some new, awesome elements to its gameplay (dying actually can be a positive), but the story is hilariously ridiculous and so goddamned Japanese that it's hard not to like. You play a guy who literally cannot die, fighting against a seemingly unbeatable boss who kills you time after time after... well, you get the idea. The real game, though, is in between these sessions, where you're essentially training to fight the boss again. This is NIS, so go in expecting all the great weirdness of their particular games. Oh, and it's insanely addictive too.
Disgaea 4
Most Room for Improvement in a Sequel I'll Inevitably Buy
Trails in the Sky
Trails in the Sky has a lot of good elements, namely in its combat and magic systems. Its traditional turn-based combat, with a lot of abilities to learn and destroy your enemies with. There's a godsend of an option that will "dumb" down difficult battles if you die repeatedly. There's an absolutely huge world with the potential to be great. But there's still a ton of room to improve things. While there are a handful of side quests, the game never takes advantage of blatant opportunities for some distractions or side-games/quests. A few more optional dungeons and areas would go a long ways towards increasing replayability, and for a game about airships, there is a distanct lack of them as your characters actually make a point of walking all over the place. It's a frustrating game, but it's also surprisingly decent at times.
Best Surprise of the Year
Dead Island
I absolutely love Dead Island. The combat feels great, I like the weapons and the upgrade systems, and the loot-based quest gameplay makes me wish I was playing it right now. If it weren't for Skyrim, this would easily be my game of the year. It matched and far, far surpassed what I hoped for out of it.
ZHP, Bulletstorm
Best Overall Fighting Game
Mortal Kombat
This is a return to form for one of my old favorites. The storyline felt right, the character choices were (up until the DLC) smart, and the combat system felt right. There was no 3D nonsense, no trying to beat the newest kid on the block, no introduction of stupid characters. This is classic Mortal Kombat in a shiny new package, and I love it for that. Plus? Stryker!
Best Combat Racer
Wipeout HD
This was a good year for PSN sales after the hacking debacle. Sony is still in full damage control mode, but this was a game that came up early as a "thank you" for users sticking with PSN. It doesn't come close to assuaging my doubts about Sony's security or, more importantly, their attitude towards their customers, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel a little bit grateful that I finally got to check this game out - and for free, too. It's not a game I'd have paid for otherwise, but as it stands, I really did enjoy it. There's an old-school simplicity in every aspect, from the tough-as-nails racing to the ship and level designs. It's got a great score, some great gameplay variants, and a nice sense of style.


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Joint EESS/GES Winter Seminar Series, Erik Sperling, Harvard University, "Signal and noise in the record of Neoproterozoic oxygenation", Abstract: Few associations in historical geobiology are more iconic or enduring than that between animals and oxygen. Specifically, a hypothesized oxygenation event near the Precambrian-Phanerozoic transition is generally considered a main driver in the evolution of large, ecologically diverse animals. And indeed, there is obvious volatility in marine geochemical proxy records during this time. Published evidence for oxygenation, however, spans ~200 million years of Earth history, calling into question the nature of oxygenation and the direct links to early animal evolution. Here the evidence for oxygenation is examined using a geochemical database of redox proxy data (utilizing both published data and de novo measurements), with a view towards distinguishing global signal from local heterogeneity. Statistical analyses of the current dataset support only a small rise in oxygen levels in the Ediacaran and Cambrian, if any. This suggests that if changing pO2 facilitated animal diversification it did so by a limited rise past critical ecological thresholds, such as seen in the modern Oxygen Minimum Zone benthos. Oxygen increase to modern levels thus becomes a Paleozoic problem, and one in need of better sampling if a database approach is to be employed.


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Posted September 13, 2012 at 3:24PM
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Posted September 14, 2012 at 12:51PM
Thank you for your response. I am fully aware that I am not in charge and I never said I was. You are correct that I have no experience in keeping your Magazines Free resource going 24/7 but I do have experience in setting up even bigger systems which ran 24/7, one of which carried life saving information so I do have some experience in what sorts of problems can occur and the time it can take to resolve even the silliest little thing. My experience goes back to the 1970's when we had to build air conditioned buildings to install our Leo 326 machines and all the paraphernalia which went along with them but despite there being a whole generation apart I'm pretty sure the problems when things went wrong are not too dissimilar and in fact are probably a little easier to resolve these days.
My comments were not thoughtless as I did think about them before I wrote them and I make no apology for making them as this is not the first time this year that the site has had troubles and indeed is still having this morning as it it still taking over 1 minute to change pages and also took me 2 hours to log in with constant "There is a problem With your request" messages. When these sorts of things are happening a lot then who do you look at other than "your development team" as surely they are the responsible ones?
This may very well be a free service to users but it is not a free service as your company is not in that business, so if it wasn't making money for the company it would not be here.
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Thank you for your response. I do understand what your problems might very well be and what you are trying to do. I also understand the problems many printed publications are having these days and the need for you to expand into a bigger on line presence. My working days are well behind me now so the views I give on this site are from a users point of view, the very users you need to survive these days. As a regular tester of Symantec products on this site, which is always a pleasure to carry out, we do comment on what they have to offer and whether they listen to these comments or not I have little idea, but at least they do ask. Do you ever think of asking the users of this site what they think of changes you propose before you make them? I also hear what you say about it being free but as I have already sad to the FE you are not in the "being free business" so you are not really being altruistic as your advertisers pay for it in the end and I'm not entering the long debate about adverts on the site.
I fully expected there to be problems during the iPhone launch, and there was, but I was able to watch it on several other sites without problems, so perhaps it was more than just a DDoS affect as you had almost the exact same problems with the launch of the SIII.
This morning it took me over 2 hours to be able to log in as I was getting the "There has been a problem with your request" message constantly and it is still taking over a minute to change pages, if it does change at all. As you say, I have been with you for some time, but not half as long as some, so I have seen many changes not only here but in the written work before I stopped getting it, and I seldom complain strongly about what you are doing. However from a user point of view these lapses are not doing your credibility as a "Computer Expert Site" a lot of good and I'm pretty sure you cannot be happy about them yourself. I was not out to cause offence by questioning the competency of your site developers as surely that is exactly what you should be looking at when problems such as this happen regularly as who else is there to look at?
Anyway I have made my point and you have to your credit allowed me to do so, so I will not say more on the subject.
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Posted September 14, 2012 at 10:22AM
I went with the don't care option, as I'm one of those strange people who just use a phone to make and receive phone calls.
As for 4G coverage, by the time it arrives in rural West Somerset, Apple will be releasing the all-singing, all-dancing iPhone 23!
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Posted September 14, 2012 at 10:48AM
Somewhat underwhelmed ... it's a new 'toy', most of the functions it (and other 'phones') have I don't use. Give me a a full-screen keyboard suitable for my thick fingers, and I might use it more. My main demand is for reliable network coverage everywhere in the UK, which isn't something a handset can make work better, so it's a just 'Mutton done up as Lamb'.
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Posted September 14, 2012 at 11:25AM
"I know if I was in charge I wouldn't be at all happy at what it is doing to the reputation of what is after all a PC magazine where people would I suspect expect better. Perhaps it is a time to be looking at who is doing the work and their competency."
You're not in charge however, and I doubt that you have much idea about what's involved in keeping a free resource like this going, 365 days of the year. Your thoughtless comments about the competency of our development team are offensive, and totally uncalled for.
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Posted September 14, 2012 at 11:54AM
Condom we've been getting twice the traffic we normally get, concentrated into a very small space of time. It's like being hit by a DDoS attack. I have aplogised before, and will gladly do so again, but there isn't a great deal we can do about it. We are, after all, in the business of attracting traffic!
As for 'constantly tinkering and never getting it right...' - here's a shot of the site from 2003 (coincidentally, when I started at PC Advisor): https://twitter.com/MattJEgan/status/246559531881078784/photo/1/large
The fact is technology evolves, as does the expectation of readers.
We are no longer primarily a print publication. We publish across multiple media to more than two-and-a-half million readers every month (and that's without iPhone launches). Honestly, if we didn't 'tinker' we wouldn't be in business, and you would have nowhere to post. We don't always get it right, and we do value the feedback of our users, all our users. We'd be foolish not to.
For instance: we're going to limit the social sharing bar in the forums in direct response to this thread. But - for context - the forum represents around 10 percent of all traffic to the PC Advisor website, so we simply can't base all of our design and UI decisions on the wishes of some forum members. We take all views on board, and try to make the best decision for everyone. Sometimes we get it wrong.
I hope this helps, but I have to say that I don't appreciate you commenting on the competancy of our hard-working development team (who are, for the record, on call whenever the forum is open - which is 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.) The PC Advisor forum is free for everyone that uses it, and all are welcome. Especially those such as you who have been long-term supporters. It belongs to you. But we provide this service free of charge, and while you are more than entitled to comment, you don't get to make cheap digs at the expense of people who are just - with respect - doing their jobs to the best of their considerable ability.
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Posted September 14, 2012 at 11:56AM
I was the first person at my university to get a mobile phone. As a consequence, I rarely used it, and because it was so heavy it lived in my room. My sister went to the same university five years later, and had a totally different experience - everyone had a phone, so in a sense she never left home.
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Posted September 14, 2012 at 12:18PM
"so in a sense she never left home."
When my youngest daughter made her first Hong Kong/Thailand trip she used to phone home every couple of days or so, and regale her mother with (sanitised)accounts of her trip. They talked for hours, and it wasn't until the day before she came home that it dawned on me that I was paying her mobile phone bill.
None of my children have a land line - they conduct their social and business lives on separate mobiles. The girls are iPhone addicts - my son couldn't care less, as long as his phone can make calls and handle email he's happy.
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Posted September 14, 2012 at 3:12PM
I'm a little bit underwhelmed by the new phone. I am due to change my phone at the end of the year but this hasn't made me say I will have an iPhone. I don't think I will see a real reason for it until 4G is available in my area and that may take some time. Everything Everywhere (EE) are rolling it out in just 16 cities initially and that doesn't include a city near me.
There appear to be some errors in the PCA reports and about EE and Orange and T Mobile. See Orange. The PCA report "iPhone 5 won't support O2 or Vodafone 4G networks" states "Orange and T-Mobile customers won't have the option for 4G either. However, since they are owned by EE it will be easy to move over to the new operator." The Orange site makes it clear that Orange and TMobile customers are being moved over to the EE network and so therefore will have the 4G option.
The review possible needs proof-reading and spell checking. "At first blush both new materials" was just one I spotted. I think that it means glance but blush may be appropriate!
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Posted September 14, 2012 at 6:25PM
Personally I thing the change to the docking system is going to tick off quite a few existing apple users. Will it be a deal breaker? For some, almost certainly. Will it be enough to impact on apples thinking? probably not. I think apple are in danger of loosing touch with its customer base and giving the public what apple thinks they should have, not the other way round.
I might add that I own no apple products at all, so I have no axe to grind on this.
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HDHacker is a stand-alone micro-utility that saves, visualizes, and restores the MBR (from a physical drive), the BootSector (from a logical drive) or any specified sector from any disk (even removable disks). HDHacker can be used, for example, to save and restore a particular boot manager (such as Linux's LILO) before a new Windows setup (which overwrites it).
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