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May 3, 2005 4:00 AM PDT
Microsoft gunning for Adobe's PDF format?
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Indeed, there's plenty of overlap between Adobe's popular Portable Document Format and what Microsoft is planning to include in the next version of Windows. Metro is designed to do things PDF already does, namely to allow for the creation of files that can be printed, viewed or archived without needing the program that created them.
It's that omnipresence, analysts say, that Microsoft covets, laying the groundwork for a significant battle between the two formats.
What's new:
Microsoft's new Metro format, due in the next version of Windows, is designed to do things Adobe's popular Portable Document Format already does--namely to allow for the creation of fixed-format documents that can be viewed, printed and archived on many types of computers, without needing the program that created them.
Bottom line:
Some analysts see a struggle brewing, but the companies are downplaying such a scenario. Microsoft says Metro is designed to do only a fraction of what PDF can. Adobe says it expects that operating system makers will eventually move into areas once handled by third-party software but that there will still be room for different products.
However the two companies have sought to downplay the competition.
"There is a crossover at the very basic scenario," Gregg Brown, lead program manager for Microsoft's digital documents unit, said following a presentation at Microsoft's annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Seattle last week. Brown said that if what someone wants to do is create a document and send it to someone else for viewing, both Metro and PDF offer similar abilities. But, he said, "PDF does an enormous amount more than that. We are focused just on that scenario."
With Metro, Microsoft basically wanted to create a file format that would handle two specific tasks. First, the software giant wanted a way to save files from within any Windows program that could then be opened, viewed and shared without needing the specific program that created it. Second, Microsoft wanted to use the same method for sending data to a printer that it uses for displaying data on screen. So Metro uses the same method for describing and understanding graphics and text that Longhorn's Avalon graphics engine uses.
But that is where Metro's ambitions end, Brown said, pointing out that PDF is useful for entirely different kinds of documents, such as multimedia files or electronic forms.
Adobe's Pam Deziel, director of product marketing for the company's Acrobat product line, agreed that PDF offered capabilities far beyond Metro's, describing the Microsoft format as a way to update the current Windows print architecture, which has become "a little long in the tooth."
But Gartenberg said Microsoft faces challenges even if it seeks only to supplant PDF as a way to view, share and print basic documents.
"The real question is why would someone do that as opposed to using PDF?" Gartenberg said.
The battle is an interesting one. Gartenberg noted that whenever Microsoft builds something into the operating system, "It's got a home-court advantage." However, PDF has been on the market for years,
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- Dumb
- What's the point? A castrated proprietary PDF? It
probably goes without saying that Linux (and
presumably Mac OS/X) use PDF precisely the way
Microsoft is intending to use Metro. Any
application can generate PDF output, and that can
be printed.
What's so difficult about writing out PDF through
the printing subsystem and using that to
rasterize the image later (perhaps for the
printer)? Nothing at all.
So where's the value in a proprietary alternative
that isn't as flexible, doesn't have an existing
base of tools to deal with it, is encumbered by
onerous licensing and patents, and isn't already
cross-platform? None at all.
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- Now that's unfair
- Microsoft is saying specifically that it's not trying to supplant PDF. It's silly to insist that's what they're doing and then call it dumb.
As far as I can, Metro is meant as a replacement for the ancient meta file format. It will not only improve printing on Windows, but also clipboard operations. Right now there is no decent way of copy-and-pasting vector graphic between programs. You know what I mean if you've ever tried copying something from Powerpoint into Word.
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- Never could understand....
- ... why it took a 60 MB program (Acrobat) to read a 10 KB PDF file.
I'm not too sure that I really like to see MS gaining control of more
of the computer environment, but I have had it with Adobe's
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- Well if you use adobe...
- Under linux I use xpdf a 870kb program. An here is the crux of the problem, PDF is an open standard (not open source but open as in easy to create).
Now then with the doc and xls formats microsoft had the advantage since everyone was using them but with this new format I see no urge to dump PDF even more so since I doubt Microsoft will release any viewers for alternate platforms. We now live in a world where you can create pdf with one click of a button in openoffice without the need for any additional software, you can create pdf from within php, you can even use virtual printers to create pdf. Besides what can Microsoft offer that could persuade users to use it (besides bribes which Microsoft is good at).
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- Stealing ideas again ...
- ... and from everything they steal, comes an alterantive that's worse (for [L]users), not better (except, of course, for Microsoft)
From TFA:
"With Metro, Microsoft basically wanted to create a file format that would handle two specific tasks. First, the software giant wanted a way to save files from within any Windows program that could then be opened, viewed and shared without needing the specific program that created it." ...
This isn't an issue, if one uses open file formats. Just uses whatever program you want, not one that's being crammed down your throat, and only works on Windows.
..."Second, Microsoft wanted to use the same method for sending data to a printer that it uses for displaying data on screen. So Metro uses the same method for describing and understanding graphics and text that Longhorn's Avalon graphics engine uses."
Sounds like reinventing PostScript to me. Remember? PS was originally a display technology.
I'm still waiting to hear what Metro does that PS/PDF DOESN'T do, except cut off Adobe's air supply.
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- Not really
- Windows has always used this technique under the hood in printing. Its nothing new. Sounds like they're just updating their approach.
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- Basic Technology not created at Adobe
- As is the case with many technologies, page description languages were developed and implemented at Xerox long before Adobe came along.
Adobe certainly advanced the technology, but it's no more appropriate to suggest that Microsoft is stealing Adobe's ideas than to say that Adobe stole Xerox's.
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- Microsoft Bully
- Here is MS pushing everyone who do not use MS being forced to
using MS. Just because they think they are the big kids on the
block, they think they can transform how the world works for
Why couldn't MS incorporate the already standard Adobe PDF
format in to the already LONG over due Long(moo)horn? Apple
did... Years ago! I don't know what to say! MS = Bully!
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- If it works don't mess with it!
- Microsoft should concentrate on writing an effective secure OS instead of trying to recreate something that already works.
Also I don't need to clutter my harddrive with another bit of software that only tries to duplicate something that already works.
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- Thats the M$ way
- They did it with the browser and look what happened. It killed all the competition, then forgot about IE. Leaving it open to all kinds of hacks and spyware. IT would stay that way too, but thanks to the Mozilla orgination, the product will now be updated.
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- Eight years too late?!?!?
- I looked at my clock to make sure I hadn't time warped back to 1997. They were too busy trying to product their .doc format that they fell asleep. Microsoft could have easily made .doc what PDF is today by opening up their spec but they didn't. What's worse is that they probably won't open up the spec to Metro or at least as much as Adobe has done. What's next? A Google killer? Ooops! They tried that too! I think they should stick to operating systems and video games.
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- Some competition will be good
- as Acrobat is expensive.
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- Nitro PDF - $99
- The competition has already arrived :-)
http://www.nitropdf.com/
- Chris.
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- I love PDF but see nothing wrong with Microsoft's effort
- I love PDF and use it everyday for web and offset printing. PDF is loaded with all types of features that work great with Adobe and other software. I does so much that I don't see Microsoft hurting marketshare much. Microsoft has a lot of work to do to directly compete with all that PDF does...and now that Adobe has Flash...MS can't touch that
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- Maybe that's the explaination....
- ... why Adobe bought Macromedia - to beat MS's latest move. Sort
of a decision to retain market share rather than to extend it. It does
seem to fall into place, and I'm sure that Adobe may know more
about MS's plans than MS does..... ;-)
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- Why are we hearing about this now?
- How do we know this is not one of the items that will be pulled
from Longhorn in order for Microsoft to make its new "for
certain" shipping date?
MS has dropped several core technologies from Longhorn over
the last 9 months in order to get it out the door in the next 18
-19 months. (Ballmer has stated MS will do whatever it takes to
make certain Longhorn ships no later than 31 December 2006.)
This could be another candidtate to be dropped.
We should be hearing about this next spring when it will be
fairly certain what will and will not be shipped with Longhorn.
Reporting on it now is just being a shill for Microsoft. It is a way
for Microsoft to hype the vaporware of Longhorn even though it
is well over a year away and may not be the OS currently being
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- The Other Alternitive PDF's
- I don't think everyone realizes how many "alternitives" to pdf are out their. They are not direct competetors to PDF, but a nusiance all the same. My point here is that the world doesn't need more way to show a document. It needs one standard way with many different way to create and view them.
I think Microsoft would better benefit from creating a better publisher and viewer for the PDF format. They could also, with others, push adobe to let loose of the PDF standard and move it to an open working group that could control the PDF standard like W3C does with HTML.
Although Microsoft has every right to bring a competing document format to the table it doesn't benefit the end user that much. All it does it create more problems for the end user. They will be no different than all those other half baked alternitives to PDF except that Microsoft will be backing it. I have no doubt that they will at some point get rid of PDF export from Office and use only thier format. Creating more problems for those that choose to use better office application.
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- Free vs. $299
- There are a lot of folks who would like to be able to distribute portable documents but don't want to spend $299 for Acrobat. This is particularly the case for home users, small businesses, education, and non-profits. Metro will offer a free, simple solution for these users. Many do not need all the bells and whistles in Acrobat. Once Longhorn is released and gains momentum, I expect that Adobe will attempt to counter by offering a lower-end version of Acrobat aimed at these markets. Of course, it will be too little, too late, a defensive rather than offensive strategy. You could make the case that buying an upgrade to Longhorn, at let's say $149, is half the price of Acrobat alone, and all the other benefits of Longhorn are included for free.
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- The cost of free can be high
- Especially if it is not cross-platform. What happens if people on other platforms need the document? How much money did you save now?
Not too mention all the security vulnerabilities that they will likely add, to increase its "value".
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- Create PDF documents for free ...
- You can already create PDF documents for free.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
PDF Creator is setup as a PDF printer. It's both fast and stable and creates PDF just as good as those made using Adobe tools.
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- Free
- There are a lot of free or very cheap alternitives to Acrobat. Some may not have all the functionality of Acrobat, but for the common user it's probably just fine.
We don't really need another portable document format. The PDF standard needs to be seperated from adobe and others need to build publishers and viewers for PDF.
I don't know if people really get this concept, but we don't need more document formats we need better software to create and view one document format. Unfortunatly, like Sun and Java, I don't think adobe is just going to let go of the PDF format to a standards body. However, that is exactly what needs to be done.
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- Missing the point
- If Microsoft just wanted to provide a value service to their customers, they would, add to Office, the option to "save as PDF".
But what's in it for them? Other than to cut Acrobat sales in about half. It would put a big hurt on Adobe. But PDF would still be the prevelant document exchange format.
No, what frosts Bill's @$$ is that PDF is so widely used and he doesn't own it.
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- Silly.
- I'd point out that Acrobat is not required to
produce PDFs. First, you can use Adobe's web
service to conver MS Office formats to PDF.
Also, non-Microsoft software that can read/write
Office documents frequently supports PDF
natively (e.g., OpenOffice and StarOffice).
Non-Microsoft operating systems like Linux and
OS/X can generate PDF documents from any
application with no additional software (using
the same mechanism as Acrobat in Windows, as a
matter of fact).
The point it, PDF is a very open and simple
format. It's widely deployed and there are
already reams of code for working with
PDF-formatted documents. Microsoft could easily
permit all applications to write PDF (even
import text from PDF) and write a PDF viewer of
their own (heck, there are at least 6 I know of
for Linux).
Grandma only has to pay money because MS needs
to pay someone to reinvent the wheel.
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- Reply
- There are other applications that can create PDFs and many of them are free. Open Office for example can export any document to PDF. The advantage of PDF is that's it's cross platform and the format has been published and is freely avaliable to anyone interest in developing software that works with PDFs. Then there is the fact that there is a ton of content out there already in PDF format. I really don't see any point in Microsoft reinventing the wheel here.
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- Nitro PDF - $99
- Hi,
I read your comment and thought you might like to download the evaluation for Nitro PDF. We're looking to provide an alternative to Acrobat for users who just find it cost prohibitive.
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- Re: Free vs. $299
- Correct. Free.
What about OpenOffice? http://www.openoffice.org
An excellent opensource suite, it has PDF Export as one of its features, can read MS Word/Excel documents, and lots more...
There are a number of other free pdf writers out there. Just do a google search on "free pdf" and you'll get a number of hits...
Disclaimer: I am not associated with any of these products...
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- Read carefully -- there is a low-cost Acrobat alternative available now
- As mentioned in the article itself, Nitro PDF is the first true alternative to Adobe Acrobat, priced at $99 USD.
It allows you to create, comment (add sticky notes, draw on document), secure, search, create forms and a whole lot more. Just like in Acrobat.
- Chris.
Chris Dahl - Chief Technology Officer
http://www.artspdf.com/
Official PDFlib Global Integrators
The Acrobat® alternative is here... Try Nitro PDF" now:
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- Adobe needs the competition
- First off, PDF is great. It makes a great way to cut document size and still keep the look and feel of the original. And online forms are so much easier than having to print and fill in the blanks. But some of their install configuration leavs a lot to be desired. When I do an upgrade on a product, I want it to upgrade...Not add another version which seems to be the way Acrobat reader behaves. PDF is great but if Microsoft gets it right...
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- I agree...
- somewhat. Competition is good. However, we don't need another "portable format" we just need better ways to access one format. Competition based on on the software not on the format. However, like sony, Microsoft sounds like they want to compete for the format over the software. I'm sure that they could make a format that is better or equal to PDF, but the end user just ends up with more headaches. I hope Microsoft understands this, but given their past recored on competing I doubt it.
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Foxit PDF Reader is extreamly easy to use, just double click it to start and then click open button to open your PDF document.
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- Mac OS X Already Made This Ancient History
- Why is this even a news item?
Mac OS X's Quartz Extreme rendering engine has been based on
PDF technology from the get go. By the time MS gets LongYawn/
Metro out the door, Mac OS X will have had PDF as part of the
Print dialog for over 1/2 a decade!!
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- Tactical first move
- I feel it is a very strategic first step in attacking PDF - initially providing the basic technology FREE with Longhorn. Adobe would be definitely alarmed by this move. Would this lead to another (mini) browser-war kind or probably is it too early to speculate anything?
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- cross platform
- since when has cross platform been a M$ objective. They only
go cross platform to spoil, JAVA, Mpeg4, HTML
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- Quicktime
- unfortunately some of the codecs used in QT are not free. So
the ability to author into them comes at a price. If what you are
say were true the Microsoft publishing department wouldn't have
had a whole van load of MAC G5's delivered.
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- Macintosh Dominates Publishing
- Macintosh computers dominate the publishing world and for
that reason alone the PDF format will stay firmly entrenched in
the business. The use of PDF workflows has grow
tremendously in the last couple of years. Microsoft has been
promising Longhorn for a long time now. Mac OSX is in its 4th
generation now and left Windows in the dust a long time ago.
The Macintosh INSTALLED base may only be around 10% of total
market share but in the publishing world it is near 80%. All the
numbers the media keep posting about the Macintosh having
only 3% market share are based on new purchases (which
include terminals at every checkout at Wal-Mart etc..) not
installed base.
My two cents
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- Remember Adobe ATM?
- That was toast when Windows 3.1 came along. I project this will hurt Adobe in the long run. That is probably why Adobe is licensing the pdf framework.
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I hate Adobe ... And I don't see the point in using it, If Microsoft uses a free service I'm for it, tho I do Agree that we need to move away from Microsoft dominated WORD and such
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Production designer
In film and television, a production designer or P.D is the person responsible for the overall look of a filmed event such as TV program, video game, music video or advertisement. Production designers have a key creative role in the creation of motion pictures and television. Working directly with the director and producer, they must select the settings and style to visually tell the story. The term "production designer" was coined by William Cameron Menzies while he was working on the film Gone with the Wind.[1] Previously (and often subsequently) the people with the same responsibilities were called "art directors".[2]
From early in pre-production, the production designer collaborates with the director and director of photography to establish the visual feel and specific aesthetic needs of the project. The production designer guides key staff in other departments such as the costume designer, the key hair and make-up stylists, the special effects director and the locations manager (among others) to establish a unified visual appearance to the film.
The "art department" is a group of people who work with the production designer to implement the scenic elements of that vision. The art director, as the production designer's lead manager carrying out designing, supervises set designers, model artists, computer designers, graphic designers, set and storyboard illustrators, and assistant art directors. Within the art director's budget jurisdiction is wall to wall carpeting, stage/set floor covering (hardwood, linoleum, tile, etc), wall coverings, finishes, wallpaper, etc. The art director deals with specific budget accounting for all charges related to the construction and finishing of both stage and location sets. The art director also supervises set construction and painting, as well as modifications to existing locations, such as changing signs or installing new carpet. An art director has myriad specialists reporting to them including the construction department, which includes carpenters, painters, plasterers, riggers and other trades, propmakers, green men (landscapers), sign painters, and scenic artists, and drapery departments. A production illustrator, such as Mentor Huebner, provides pre-production concept art and storyboards. The set decorator, often someone with experience in interior decoration, finds, shops, selecting set dressing from prop furniture rental houses - decorative items for the sets such as furniture, knick-knacks and lighting fixtures. The decorator is responsible for area rugs. Wall to Wall set carpeting is the art director's jurisdiction and part of his budget, which the art director selects. The set decorator must coordinate with the prop master any actor's hand props which is used in specific settings. Working under the decorator are buyers, as well as a crew of set dressers who bring the items to the set, arrange furniture, hang curtains (drapery department lead) and "dress" the set. A property master coordinates with the production designer, but also works closely with the director and actors to provide the items handled directly by the actors such as newspapers, weapons, musical instruments and food. For the most part, the prop crew, along with an on-set dresser, maintain the integrity of the production designer's vision during the shoot and manipulate the items for the camera.
Since 1929 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences grants and Art Direction Award to an outstanding Production Designer. An Art Director may only be considered eligible for an Oscar when there is no Production Designer credited. IATSE #800 Board of Directors must approve any Production Design request for this credit, which must be submitted to the union for approval. In 2012, the Art Direction Branch in the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Academy was designated The Designers Branch. This branch includes members as art directors, assistant art directors, set decorators, costume designers, illustrators, research historians, and applicants related with the art department.
Some of the crew who work in the art department under the production designer include the art director, set designer (draughtsman), set decorator, costume designer, property master, concept artist, graphic designer, and model maker.
Societies and trade organizations[edit]
In the United States and Europe as well as Mexico, production designers are represented by IATSE local 800; the Art Directors Guild. The production design credit must be requested by the producer, prior to completion of photography, and submitted to the Art Directors Guild Board of Directors for the credit approval. In Canada, production designers are represented by the Director's Guild of Canada, except in British Columbia where they are represented by IATSE.
Noted production designers[edit]
- See Category:Production designers, Academy Award for Best Art Direction and Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame
See also[edit]
|This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. (March 2011)
Specific references:
- ^ Cairns, David (March–April 2011). "The Dreams of a Creative Begetter". The Believer. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
Menzies was an art director, production designer (a title he invented himself), producer, and director, the man who created the look of Gone with the Wind, unifying the work of a posse of directors.
- ^ Preston, Ward (1994). What an Art Director Does. Silman-James Press. p. 150. ISBN 1-879505-18-5.
General references:
- Barnwell, Jane (2004). Production Design: Architects of the Screen. FWallflower. ISBN 1-903364-55-8.
- Block, Bruce (2001). The Visual Story: Seeing the Structure of Film, TV, and New Media. Focal Press. ISBN 0-240-80467-8.
- Ede, Laurie N. (2010). British film design: a history. I.B.Tauris.ISBN 978-1-84-885108-5
- Hans-Jürgen Tast (ed.) ANTON WEBER (1904-1979) - Filmarchitekt bei der UFA (Schellerten 2005) ISBN 3-88842-030-X;
- Katz, Ephraim (2005). The Film Encyclopedia (5ed). Collins. ISBN 0-06-074214-3.
External links[edit]
- Art Directors Guild, IATSE Local 800 Union local representing Art Directors and Production Designers
- ADG Art Direction Wiki Online community and knowledge base relating to film design
- British Film Designers Guild
- The Austrian Filmdesigners Association (VÖF - Verband Österreichischer FilmausstatterInnen).
- Production Design Training Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School
- Production Design training in Auckland NZ at Unitec Performing and Screen Arts


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Chow, A.H.F.; (2006) System optimizing flow and externalities in time-dependent road networks. In: Wong, S.C. and Hau, T.D. and Wang, J.J. and Chau, K.W. and Ho, H.W., (eds.) Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies, Hong Kong, 9-11 December 2006. Sustainable Transportation. (pp. pp. 138-147). Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies: Hong Kong, China.
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This paper develops a framework for analysing and calculating system optimizing flow and externalities in time-dependent road networks. The externalities are derived by using a novel sensitivity analysis of traffic models. The optimal network flow is determined by solving a state-dependent optimal control problem, which assigns traffic such that the total system cost of the network system is minimized. This control theoretic formulation can work with general travel time models and cost functions. Deterministic queue is predominantly used in dynamic network models. The analysis in this paper is more general and is applied to calculate the system optimizing flow for Friesz's whole link traffic model. Numerical examples are provided for illustration and discussion. Finally, some concluding remarks are given.
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IT IS the planetary system that gives two for the price of one. The star Kepler 62 hosts a pair of planets roughly the size of Earth. Both are orbiting in the star's habitable zone, the region where temperatures should be neither too hot nor too cold, but just right for liquid water to exist (see diagram).
Known as Kepler 62e and Kepler 62f, these worlds are being hailed as the most life-friendly planets yet seen outside our solar system. But that doesn't mean they would support life quite as we know it.
For one thing, the star is smaller and cooler than our sun, so at least one of the planets would need a potentially toxic atmosphere to keep warm. For another, some models suggest that the planets are covered in water, hinting that, if there are extraterrestrials, they might have evolved almost entirely in marine environments. ...
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COLUMBUS, OH – Nearly 60,000 Ohio children received a free meal each day last summer through the Summer Food Service Program. More than 3.7 million meals were provided for children during the summer, an average 59,924 Ohio children per day. This year, the Ohio Department of Education wants to increase the number of children served and is looking for local sponsors and sites to operate the program.
Nonprofit organizations offering summer activities for low-income youth or children living in low-income areas are encouraged to apply for the 2014 program.
The Summer Food Service Program was created to ensure that children between the ages of 1 and 18 can continue to receive nutritious meals during the summer school break, when they do not have access to school lunches or breakfasts. Children with disabilities who have an approved Individual Education Plan (IEP) may participate through age 21.
"It is important to ensure that Ohio children receive a nutritious meal each day even when school is not in session," said Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Richard A. Ross. "Children must have the proper nourishment to learn, play and grow."
Last summer, the program served children at 1,454 locations with more than 190 sponsors participating in the program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Sponsors receive reimbursements to provide nutritious meals to children at eligible sites.
Schools and nonprofit organizations may qualify to participate in the Summer Food Service Program if their program sites are in areas where 50 percent of children qualify for USDA free and reduced-price school meals. All new sponsoring agencies will be required to attend a training program in March and complete the application process by April 18.
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Bracknell Forest Council's Hospital 'in-reach' team was named the Team of the Year, Adult Services prize in the Social Worker of the Year Awards.
The team - which works with up to 100 older and vulnerable patients at any one time - helps patients when they leave hospital by providing care for them in their own homes, rather than leaving them in hospital longer than they need to be.
The judges praised team members Helen Ma, Luisa Thomas, Sarah Nixon, Charlotte Blackburn and Alex Stevens for their passion and enthusiasm and their willingness to go the extra mile.
Assistant care manager Sarah Nixon, said: "We're so thrilled to receive this award.
"We're very proud of the work we do for some of the most vulnerable people in our community and we're pleased our efforts have been recognised by our peers.
"It was an incredibly exciting evening."
Cllr Dale Birch, the council's executive member for adult social care, health and housing, said: "Many, many congratulations to the team on this very prestigious and very well-deserved award.
"The team is a vital part of the community. Although it's a small group, these dedicated professionals have successfully supported large numbers of people through the hospital discharge process.
"The service provided by the team is well received within the community as it it is a vital part of our integrated approach and helps to stop delayed discharges from hospital, allowing residents to go back to their own homes as soon as possible."
The team collected its award at a ceremony at the Lancaster Hotel in London.
Glyn Jones, the council's director of Adult Care, Health and Housing, said he was delighted for the team.
He said: "These awards are about recognising the best work in the profession and to win is an outstanding achievement.
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G. Granucci, A. Airoldi, E. Barbato, A. Bruschi, A. Cardinali, C. Castaldo, R. Cesario, S. Cirant, B. Esposito, D. Farina, F. Gandini, G. Giruzzi, C. Gormezano, M. Leigheb, M. Marinucci, F. Mirizzi, S. Nowak, L. Panaccione, V. Pericoli-Ridolfini, S. Podda, G. Ramponi, G. L. Ravera, A. N. Saveliev, A. Simonetto, C. Sozzi, A. A. Tuccillo, F. Zonca
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This chapter reports the main physics results obtained with three radio-frequency-injection systems. The frequency of 8 GHz for the lower hybrid (LH) current drive (CD) (LHCD) system was chosen to explore CD at high density: full CD has been demonstrated for central densities up to 1.4 × 1020 m-3 at 0.5 MA with an applied power up to 2.0 MW. The Frascati Tokamak Upgrade (FTU) database shows CD efficiencies from 0.1 to 0.3 × 1020 AW-1 m-2. In combined experiments with electron cyclotron (EC) waves (140 GHz, up to 1.2 MW), a suprathermal absorption by the fast electron tail generated by LHCD has been observed in both downshifted and upshifted interaction regimes, with the resulting electron cyclotron current drive (ECCD) ranging from 20 to 100 kA, depending on experimental conditions. With pure EC resonance heating, the narrowness of the radial power deposition profile has been exploited, resulting in strong local electron heating. Results in high-density regimes are also presented. The third system (433 MHz, 0.5 MW) is the first to test ion Bernstein wave (IBW) coupling with a waveguide antenna. The experiment operates at high frequency, avoiding the occurrence of nonlinear phenomena at the edge. Improved confinement regimes resulting in a central peaking of the pressure profiles have been achieved with PIBW up to 0.4 MW. Modeling and experimental results are summarized.
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Jules Verne would have been proud, but also amazed, at the new world record for a sailing (or any) voyage around the world, done by a Frenchman. Yes, it's official. The crew of the maxi trimaran Banque Populaire V, skippered by Frenchman Loïck Peyron, completed the journey of 29,002 nautical miles around the world in a time of just 45 days, 13 hours, 42 minutes and 53 seconds.
Banque Populaire V in action
The record has been confirmed by the World Records Academy (www.worldrecordsacademy.org). The world record was previously held by France's Franck Cammas who travelled the globe in 2010 in 48 days seven hours and 44 minutes aboard the Groupama III.
The Guinness world record for the Fastest circumnavigation by a powered boat was set by Earthrace, which was granted the Union International Motonautique (UIM) record for the fastest circumnavigation by powered boat. Its journey was slower - 60 days 23 hrs 49 mins.
The fact that they also won the Jules Verne Trophy at an average speed of 26.51 knots is almost incidental.
'There was a time when one couldn't imagine doing it in less than 80 days. It was thought a crazy thing,' Mr Peyron, 52, said after completing the journey.
Banque Populaire V crew
'Now, a few years later, it's 45 days, and in a few years it'll be less. Even this boat is capable of doing it in less, with slightly better weather conditions to shorten the distance.'
Helped by onshore weather forecasters using satellite imagery, and the development of lightweight multihull boats that travel as fast as petrol-driven speedboats but use only the wind, sailors such as Mr Peyron have sharply reduced the time taken to go around the world by sea in recent years.
Mr Peyron called the voyage '45 days of beautiful adventure' despite his worries about the risk of hitting an iceberg.
'To sail around the world in 45 days you've got to be at your limits very often,' Peyron, 52, told reporters. 'It's liberating. You feel emotion, the satisfaction of a job well done,' he added.
Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the Fastest circumnavigation by passenger aircraft was set by by an Air France Concorde (Capts. Michel Dupont and Claude Hetru) who flew from JFK airport in New York, USA eastbound via Toulouse, Dubai, Bangkok, Guam, Honolulu and Acapulco in 31 hrs 27 mins 49 secs.
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April 3, 2013
STILLWATER, Okla. - The Oklahoma State football team held a 115-play scrimmage in the rain Wednesday in Boone Pickens Stadium. Prior to the scrimmage, coach Mike Gundy and several members of the team visited with the media. Their comments:
Coach Mike Gundy
On transitioning players to a different position:
"First thing I visit about is, "Why?" I talk to the coaches from whatever side of the ball, and if they feel like it's a move that they approve or validate it then we'll move forward and give it a shot. That's how the process went through with Lyndell Johnson."
On what he looks for in hiring coaches:
"I think stability is a strength, but I think there's also some positives with new blood and ideas. One of the areas I look at when hiring coaches is what can he bring to the staff, not just his position or just one side of the football. For example, with Job Bob Clements, what can he bring to the staff that he and Coach Bill Snyder did and so on. I think at times it's good to have some new guys."
On defensive line coach Joe Bob Clements:
"He's very enthusiastic - an intelligent football coach. He has a great relationship with his players and K-State has always traditionally played better than what they have based on their personnel, which is a compliment. We try to bring guys in who will get their guys to overachieve."
On the quarterbacks:
"Clint Chelf is our starter, he takes all the reps with the ones right now. The other guys compete out there, but I don't necessarily feel like there's a battle out there to start in the first game. I think with the way that he performed and the way J.W. Walsh performed in certain situations, it's their job to lose with whatever situation it is on the field. Wes Lunt continues to get better, and Daxx Garman gets reps for us. We're in an unusual situation and I'm not sure we have all the answers or the right way to handle it but we do get a lot of reps in practice and they're getting quality work."
On Lunt's attitude:
"They're all good kids, and most of the guys that are on this team are good kids. These guys are quality guys and Wes is the same way. It's not easy to be put in a situation where you have to compete as a true freshman, especially at the quarterback position and especially from a team that just came off a BCS bowl win. And being magnified with the type of success we've had over the last four or five years, so he's been impressive with the way he's handled himself."
On Clint Chelf:
"Clint is very experienced from years, but he's really only played in about seven or eight games. We're really excited about him improving each day because the strength of our offense is based on our quarterback. We don't have very many plays and our scheme stays the same. Our offense moves very fast and we try to get the ball in the players' hands."
On the tempo of the offense:
"Mike Yurcich's philosophy is speed. When I studied potential coordinator candidates on tape and studied Shippensburg on video, I noticed the majority of the time when they got a first down, the ball was snapped before the chains were set. I don't know what type of chain gangs they have in that league, not to knock that league, but they must have been moving pretty fast for that to happen. So, I would say the speed of our offense has increased this spring. I looked at several potential candidates and thought they fit what we were looking for, but I didn't think they played fast enough. I'm not sure that's something you can teach, but something you call and feel. We wanted to bring a guy in here that understood our offense."
On transition between offensive coordinators:
"It really runs itself. We have a set of plays and our quarterbacks run the system. They do it on their own. We just feed them the information and they execute. The transition works pretty smooth. When I got into it for the bowl game, I had two weeks to pick the system and learn it enough to call plays, it's not really that hard. I think the transition has been smooth and I think it will continue to get better as Mike gets adjusted to it and the speed of our players."
On having high-quality quarterbacks:
"We're blessed to have these guys and we're lucky that we have them here and they're all good kids. It's difficult to play that position and we're in some uncharted waters based on reps and how we distribute reps. I'm not sure we have all the answers because we have the responsibility to get them all ready to play because they've certainly proven they are good enough to compete in our conference. So we do the best we can to make sure they are ready to play and to make sure our team is ready to play and give them the best chance to win."
On quarterback play in the Big 12:
"It's strange, we've gone over a stretch of three or four years where quarterback play has been tremendous. We have three or four guys playing in the NFL right now and there were some good ones last year that aren't in the NFL but were tremendous college players. I think the one thing that's most impressive to our staff is that we're lucky to have good kids. They don't come and sit in my office and complain about getting starting time because we don't really have those answers right now. It's simple when you look on paper, you have a quarterback playing really well until he went out, then we have another one that played well statistically until he went out and we put another one in and he played and then he went out and put another one in and he played well. It's really unusual that you have that many guys that played well, got injured, got healthy and then couldn't necessarily get back in the game because the others were playing well."
On if the team had to play the first game today:
"I feel good about our football team, I feel good about our program and I've said that the last two or three years, we're pretty far along as a football team right now. We're going to play two groups in our scrimmages and practices that function pretty well. That's not always easy to do in the spring when you're down 25 guys. We have some guys right now that haven't played at all and they may rotate in. There's strength in the depth, maturity and experience of our football team. We certainly have a lot of work ahead of us and our defense is getting adjusted to the new scheme, principles and thought process and that takes time. We're going to be as competitive as anyone in the country. I don't know that there is anyone out there that if we didn't play well and take care of the football that we couldn't beat. That's our goal at the end of the day."
Defensive Line Coach Joe Bob Clements
On practice so far:
"I think it's gone well. We have an eager group of guys, and I've enjoyed the intensity of practice, and the violence with which we get after it. My guys have done well thus far."
On working with inexperienced players:
"To me, that's the most fun part. It's challenging, in a sense, where they're going to make mistakes quite a bit, but it's enjoyable when you see them correct those mistakes they've made. You watch them do it wrong one day, or one snap, and then the next snap you watch them do it right. I get satisfaction out of that."
On Freshman DE Trace Clark:
"He's doing well. Trace is a lot more mature than what you might find in a lot of guys their freshman year. He played a little bit this past fall so he'll be going in as a sophomore. He's probably more mature than your average freshman, because he played the game for so long with his father [Steve Clark, former Kansas State & New England Patriots DE] and his brother [Zac Clark, former Oregon DT]. He's done really well for us right now."
On junior college transfer DE Sam Wren:
"Sam's doing well. I had a talk with Sam today. If we had to play this Saturday, I don't think we'd be ready. But we're making progress to get him there. The importance from now, for the rest of spring ball, is that you continue that process so that when spring ball is over, I can look at him and he can look at me and we can say he's ready."
Receiver Josh Stewart
On how spring practice is going:
"Spring's gone really well. We have a lot of talent everywhere on the team. We have a lot of speed. We're working right now as an offense to be real physical and move fast and just change the tempo of our game. We're just working hard and trying to get better as a team."
On speeding up the offense's tempo:
"We're real quick. We're doing a lot of things as fast as we can and as fast as possible. We're trying to line up and get the plays going and not give the defense a lot of time to react and do what they want to do."
How upping the tempo will benefit the receivers:
"Usually when you're running plays faster it's harder for a defense to see where players are on the field and it opens up a lot of opportunities for the receivers to be open."
On the team's ultimate goal:
"Our goal is to win the Big 12 Championship and take it all the way. We're just going to take it game-by-game and see where we go."
Defensive Tackle Calvin Barnett
On Joe Bob Clements:
"He's getting after us. It's good. I wouldn't say we were a mediocre d-line, but obviously we weren't the greatest as a unit. Any coach that wouldn't accept that is what we need."
On changes Clements has made:
"He makes sure everything from a small step to a small hand placement or something really small that last year we didn't realize was important, now it's magnified. The little things are magnified. It makes us focus more and keep our shoulders square."
On competing for a starting spot again:
"I don't want to get too comfortable. If I stayed the same, my performance would decrease. I have to work hard and earn my spot, which is a good thing for me and my line to turn the level of competition up again."
Quarterback Clint Chelf
On the struggles of simultaneously being a starting quarterback and a college student:
"Time management is definitely the biggest issue. We have practice here from around one to six, with classes in the morning. If we have tests or have to write papers, that's all done in the mornings. The guys in the Academic Center do a great job with us, especially with managing our time. That's one of the main things that I try to tell the younger guys, is that they have to manage their time well and not waste any of it."
On what he does to successfully manage his time as a student athlete:
"I have learned to be resourceful. If I have an hour to study, I have to take advantage of it. When I was an undergrad, we didn't have any time to get any studying done during the day, so we had to take advantage of our time at night. Being resourceful is probably the biggest key to managing my time."
On how his play on the football field translates into classwork:
"There are definitely times when you struggle in practice or struggle on the field that are pretty similar to struggling in the classroom. It's luckily one of those things where we have the Academic Center to help us out and get us back on track if we ever get behind in the classroom. I've been fortunate to be able to get ahead with my academics, but there are definitely times when my time on the field is similar to being in class."
On how he is preparing for a career if football is not an option:
"You always kind of have to keep an open mind. Like I said, I have been able to get a majority of my academic career behind me, so right now I'm focused on the team. I'm extremely grateful for what I've learned here at OSU through my degree, though, and I'm extremely proud to be a student-athlete here."
Quarterback J.W. Walsh
On how the spring is going:
"It's going really well. We've got a lot of work in so far and the reps we've got in have been really good reps. I think that as an offense we are now starting to click really well."
On the transition to Mike Yurcich:
"I think the transition has gone really well. With the way he coaches and his philosophy we realized that he's a great coach and has some great things for us on offense and we're really excited."
On the difference between Yurcich and Monken:
"Some of his philosophy is different and his play-calling is a little different. His temperament is a lot different. He's all about tempo and going a lot faster. He keeps his cool. It's two different coaches and two different styles. It's all about transition and starting to figure out how to adapt to coach Yurcich."
Running Back Jeremy Smith
On thriving in the spotlight:
"When it's time to grind, you have to grind. Each week you have to choose how you want to go about that game, and that's just pretty much how I go about it. You've got to pick the intensity up every week, and that's what I did. You want to be that go-to guy that they can rely on, and that's the kind of guy I want to be."
On playing so close to his hometown, Tulsa:
"It's a good thing. I have family at all the games, even when we travel. The whole fan base is still here, and it's great."
On his spring performance so far:
"Spring time is pretty much a huge mental thing for me, to make sure I get everything down pat. You want to get a feel for the guys, and get those mental reps in, and make sure they're good to go and I'm good to go."
On the competitiveness of the game:
"Every day is always a competition. You can lose your job in a matter of minutes and days. That's why you always have to work hard and set goals."
Safety Lyndell Johnson
On the heated competition of spring practice:
"Coaches want the competition because it brings out the best in everybody. Day in and day out, coaches know when you're taking plays off and you're not going hard. There's always someone either in front of you or right behind you, so it pushes you to have the mindset of going hard every day. Competition is just fun. It makes you work hard."
On the adjustments of moving from linebacker to safety:
"We actually just talked about this yesterday. The coaches have been telling us that we need to concentrate as hard as we can on what we're working on. It's a big move back, though. At safety, compared to linebacker, you have to cover so much more space. It's more man-to-man coverage, you're deep and you're not as close to the line as before. When you're back at safety, it's really more about technique, having confidence and believing in yourself. I just have to believe in my speed and concentrate."
Linebacker Shaun Lewis
On the mentality of the linebackers in spring practice:
"It's going well. It's easier to smile when everybody is doing what they're supposed to be doing, though. It takes the stress off of those other 10 guys when every one guy is doing what he needs to do. There's a lot more of that going on, as well as everybody rallying to the ball and having fun."
On the tendency to give up big plays last year:
"We're trying to eliminate giving up big plays, period. We don't want to give up big plays and we don't want to give up first downs. I think the way to do that is to be aggressive. When they're trying to get those big plays, we need to get pressure on the quarterback. Either way, we're working together to find ways to eliminate those big plays."
On finishing tackles:
"It is hard for someone like me because I'm in the open field so much. It's hard to square up on a guy in the open field, but it makes us better when we work on it. It definitely challenges us."
Quarterback Wes Lunt
On returning from his first injury:
"Games are a lot different from practice, obviously. I just had to have the confidence in my knee and in my foot, so that's what, in the first and second half, kept me comfortable."
On the K-State game last season:
"It was awesome, it was on national television. Kirk Herbstreit was calling the game, and growing up as a kid you never thought he would be broadcasting your games. It was definitely surreal, but the crowd didn't really get to me. Wherever the game is played, it's still football, but it was an amazing atmosphere."
On his experience from his first season
"As a freshman, you know you're going to have ups and downs, everyone does it. Coming in and playing right out of high school I was expecting that some, but the people all around me continued to give me support, which was incredible."


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Willi Miller: Theater, music and woodcarving on tap this weekend
Those who took time to vote at BroadwayWorld.com a couple of weeks ago will be happy to know their votes counted. Riverside Theatre's production of The Producers received five 2011 Florida awards, including Best Musical. Congratulations, all.
On the Waxlax Second Stage through this weekend is the music of Kander and Ebb in "The World Goes Round." Kander and Ebb were responsible for much universally recognizable music for stage, film and television: Cabaret, Chicago, Flora the Red Menace, Kiss of the Spider Woman and a lot more.
Across the driveway, at Riverside Children's Theatre, "The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley" is running through Feb. 26, directed by another award winner, instructor Kevin Quillinan.
Carving on display
The Indian River Wood Carvers' annual show Feb. 11 will be the place to see demonstrations of wood turning and wood burning as well as traditional carving.
A Tiki carver will be wielding his chain saw in the yard of the Moose lodge on 43rd Avenue, Vero Beach, and inside the building the Purple Heart Project canes carved for veterans will be on view.
There's no admission charge, but a donation earns a ticket for hourly drawings.
Bone up on history
Dennis J. Stanford, head Smithsonian Institution archeologist, is the Florida Humanities Series speaker Feb. 16 at the Emerson Center, 1590 27th Ave. in Vero Beach. Stanford will talk about the engraved bone found in Vero Beach several years ago. This 7 p.m. talk is free and open to all.
Music around town
The Indian River Symphonic Association brings the Wroclaw Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra to Community Church, 1901 23rd St. in Vero Beach, at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 11 with featured soloist Garrick Ohlsson. The church ticket office at 772-778-1070 has information on available seating. For the symphonic association's full schedule, visit www.irsavero.com.
Organ enthusiasts can hear a debut public performance of Alfred Fedak's "A Mohawk River Suite" at 3 p.m. Feb. 12 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 2365 Pine Ave. in Vero Beach. Organist Donald Ingram is joined by local performers Marjorie Fulmer, Megan Mash, Jason Hobratschk and Ryan Kasten. A freewill offering benefits the music series at the church.
Almost forgot Valentine's Day this week! Pianist Bob Milne plays Rags, Romance and Roses in a special holiday performance at The Emerson Center, 7 p.m. Ticket information: TheEmersonCenter.org.
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By: Rebecca Fath
There is a new proposal to house the children of illegal immigrants in our area. This time, the former Blossom South nursing home on Monroe Avenue in Rochester is being considered to house the undocumented children.
In the Upper Monroe community, Gillian Clykendall says there are people from all walks of life.
Gillian Clykendall, Rochester resident, said, "We have a really eclectic group here anyway and we are very accepting of pretty much anybody. These kids need shelter, they need safety, they need security and if we can offer that, I can't imagine why we wouldn't."
Others feel Rochester's own homeless community needs to be the priority. One viewer called the idea "ridiculous", saying "what about our children who have no food, let's take care of our own."
Some feel the whole community will benefit from getting the kids into a more stable living environment.
Larry Berger, Rochester resident, said, "If they're coming here, we got to put them some place. There are a lot of people who think we need to focus on our own homeless people. Okay well, why can't we focus on all of them?"
Hoping if it happens, it's done properly.
Clykendall said, "I'd like to see organizations that are looking to not just be stagnant and have them stay here and sit in the situation, they need to move them into the community, move them into situations where they have jobs."
News10NBC spoke with the mayor's office Monday and then insisted this is just based on one phone call, and the details are slim at this point. They say the mayor is simply considering the concept.
According to statement from City Hall, members of Warren's staff were contacted by representatives of the owner of the former nursing home. They asked if the city had any interest in getting behind an idea to turn the complex into a home for kids in the U.S. illegally and without their parents.
This comes less than a week after Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner officially announced her support for a similar plan in that city.
When Mayor Warren was asked about the issue last week, she said she was open to the idea. She said Rochester is a city of great culture enriched with many refugee and immigrant communities.
An empty warehouse in Greece and a former Walmart in the Town of Sweden were also up for consideration but have since been taken off the table.
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One of the winners of 2010's Dream Build Play competition, ARES: Extinction Agenda has now been given the opportunity of a release on Xbox Live Arcade. The game might be a little way off completion, but we went hands on with the demo to take a first look at the title and a little sneak peak as to why the game won against such stiff competition.
Set in the distant future, the game places the player in the role of the combat robot ARES, sent to free hostages from a group of renegade robots on a crashed ship. At this point you're probably thinking "so far, so Mega Man" and while the theme is slightly similar, knee-jerk comparisons with Capcom's Blue Bomber won't just end with storyline.
A rich looking 2.5D platformer, ARES even has that same feel about his armour that you get from a Mega Man Zero character. That's definitely no bad thing, especially when combined with the same Manga-lite style which the Zero series of titles also utilised so well. Where ARES excels though, is in it's game world of broken spaceships and out of control robots, managing to be very appealing visually. What's also impressive is ARES, his robot enemies and the environments are all extremely detailed and well animated, making it a lovely piece of eye candy.
The end result is something very contemporary and given that Capcom seem to be struggling to fit their creation into the modern gaming scene, it's interesting that the approach taken by Extinction Agenda makes it feel much more in line with the expectations of modern gamers.
The gameplay elements in the demo we played were quite simple and worked well for the most part. By using both analogue sticks the game allows shooting and movement at the same time, with a nice big reticule to show you where you're firing. This is handy for being able to dodge enemies and their fire but, despite feeling responsive for jumping and getting around, there were times when the shooting mechanic felt like it could use a little fine tuning. Very occasionally we found ourselves running in one direction to avoid an enemy, but being unable to shoot at anything other than the ground. Hopefully this is something that will be rectified by the final release.
Dispatching enemies as you traverse the sectioned off level allows you to gather up scrap which can be used to build items like health packs and grenades, as well as upgrading weapons. This means there's a fine balance to picking the right resources and upgrades, something which will probably be essential given the size and ferocity of some of the huge towering bosses the game will feature. The final release promises to allow you to revisit areas to mine scrap from enemies, hinting at a solid potential for re-exploration of areas with new abilities, in a similar vein of a Metroid-esque adventure.
The game already includes a range of new power-ups and upgrades which are unlocked as you progress, including being able to call in aerial bombardments when your charge bar is full. As visually impressive as this smart-bomb appeared, it did feel a little unbalanced in the context of the game since enemies never swarmed you like a traditional shooter.
There's also additional items such as the grenade attack which can clear wreckage in the scenery, allowing the player to progress. The core ingredients are certainly there to have the player seek out extra health and more powerful upgrades to increase their chances, and although the demo level was quite short and geared more towards action rather than exploration, we're hoping that latter element hasn't been overlooked and will come to the fore in the finished product.
We'd have no hesitation in saying that even if it hadn't won, it would have been remiss of someone, somewhere to let ARES: Extinction Agenda never see the light of day on XBLA. The game is showing a lot of potential and from the minute you start playing it feels like something which would be totally at home on the platform; something which captures that ethos of what the Arcade should still be about, and which is currently being diluted as larger developers try to muscle in.
Hopefully Extend Interactive will be able to capitalise on the very solid foundation that the game is built on and produce a must play title.


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