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Those are very reasonable specs for a mmofps
There are mmorpgs with similar specs - gw2, tsw
There are a whole host of fps with simmilar or higher specs
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Originally posted by alkarionlog
It's one thing to be able to put high end hardware to use and allow players with it to turn settings higher than those with mid-range hardware. It's quite another to say that people who don't have a high end system can't play at all, as opposed to being able to play with reduced settings.
Originally posted by Quizzical
Just because the ATI is technically a faster performing card, doesn't mean that that faster card is going to perform as well as an Nvidia card that is technically a slower performing card.
Notice how games now-a-days will have those littler blurbs "runs best on..."? That's usually because they have some form of partnership withthe GPU builders or because the game is specifically optimized for that brand card.
Have you never noticed that people will play a game with an Nvidia card, and tons of people playing the same game with an ATI card that is supposed to outperform the Nvidia cards people have no trouble with, can't seem to get the game to run on those ATI cards?
It's very possible that Nvidia is wroking directly with SoE to get better performance out of what are lower end cards compared to the ATI ones, and that SoE is specifically working to optimize the game towards Nvidia cards and not ATI. ATI and Nvidia do not use the same architecture in there their GPU's, and if a game is built with a specific brand in mind then it's going to run better on a lower end card for that brand then it is for a higher end brand of a card they didn't build the game for.
It's no longer as simple as "this card is 6x faster then that card". It's about what GPU manufacturer is the game developer working closest with, getting the most support from, or developing towards.
It's not incoherent at all. PS2 is obviously intended to "run best on Nvidia", why wouldn't a lower end Nvidia card be listed over an ATI card that is technically higher end?
PS: Case in point:
Scroll to the bottom of the page, you'll see the Nvidia logo listed there. When you see a GPU manufacturers logo, or any company logo outside of the developer and publisher of the game, it means they have a partnership with that company. In this case, SoE has partnered with Nvidia and both SoE and Nvidia are gearing PS2 to run better on Nvidia cards then on ATI.
This ATI's fault really. Nvidia does a good job of working with game developers to ensure that more games are built to run on their cards better then ATI. Coinsidentally, CPU's work very much the same way; afterall, isn't Nvidia associated with pentium and ATI with AMD?
Originally posted by Uhwop
Oh my. There is so much wrong there. Where to begin.
That Nvidia pays a company to put an Nvidia logo on the game is just a marketing expense. Expecting a game to run massively better on AMD cards as a result of marketing expenses like that is like expecting a product to be awesome because you saw ads for it on television. The marketing department might help with sales, but it doesn't make products better.
Yes, Nvidia does work with some game developers to help them optimize code through their "The Way It's Meant to be Played" program. AMD does the same, and calls their program "Gaming Evolved". That's taken into account when comparing the "average" frame rates of different cards among a bunch of different games.
There is some variance in which particular games run better on which cards for complicated architectural and driver reasons. But for one particular game to run even 20% better on Nvidia cards as compared to AMD cards than you'd expect from an "average" game is definitely an outlier. And remember that, by definition, the average is 0%. The only games I've seen show up much in reviews in recent reviews that favor one GPU vendor over the other by substantially more than a 20% margin are DiRT Showdown (maybe 40% advantage for AMD) and Civilization V (varies wildly with driver versions, as it was the first DirectX 11 game to implement multithreaded rendering and neither Nvidia nor AMD had drivers ready).
If Planetside 2 really does run more than 500% better on Nvidia cards than you'd expect from comparable AMD cards, then the game engine is completely broken. Apart from a simple bug (or several such bugs) that should soon be fixed, it's hard to imagine what could cause that short of deliberate sabotage. Even implementing proprietary Nvidia stuff like GPU PhysX just means that you turn that particular feature off when you're running it on an AMD card, and then it still runs fine.
And no, processors aren't the same way. AMD and Intel don't partner with game companies to get them to optimize games for their processors. Some games do favor one processor vendor over the other more than average due to complex architectural reasons, but for one game to be 50% more favorable to one vendor than "average" for a given number of cores would be an extreme outlier.
And no, Nvidia isn't associated with Pentium. That's an Intel brand name, and Nvidia and Intel don't get along with each other very well. Remember how they were suing each other for billions until they settled a while ago? The processors that Nvidia makes use the ARM architecture and Tegra brand name, and geared toward cell phones and tablets. They're irrelevant to GeForce cards at the moment, though ARM is trying to move up into higher power, higher performance markets--and Nvidia's upcoming Maxwell architecture will reportedly have ARM cores on board doing who knows what. The reason AMD is associated with ATI is that AMD bought ATI several years ago. That's kind of like saying that AMD is associated with SeaMicro or that Nvidia is associated with 3dfx.
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Originally posted by Quizzical
How can I be missing the point - when mine was the point being called into question? I already commented in the thread (Post #6) on how quirky and off the specs were. Even said that it's most likely a case they meant to say 8800 instead of 8600. That saying 256MB VRAM with a 4850 makes no sense since it's a 512MB min card.
My point (as should be obvious since I listed the specs for the other games) was the hardware level that TSW and PS2 are at in comparison to the other games - that the developers for the two are out of touch with what folks have. I've said that repeatedly. It's been questioned. I'ved explained it in the simplest terms that I can.
I can't be missing my own point - when I'm the one making it. And I'm not missing your point, because I made the same point early on in the thread. It's not the point that I'm focusing on...
...I mean, seriously - you think somebody would list all those other specs just to show that other companies can list specs that do not look stupid? No, it's to show how out of touch Funcom and SOE are...
...which is a case of others missing the point.
I mean, c'mon - it's the effin' topic of the thread. "Yet again soe made their game spec too high" - and tada, that's what I'm discussing. Not that they do not know how to list specs for a beta....
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Originally posted by Quizzical
No sir, it's not wrong. Those are partner logos, in the case of Nvidia it usually means they provide extra support for the specific game.
No the game engine isn't broken, it's the way game development has worked for quite a while now. The whole "plays best on" means that that GPU manufacturer provided added support to ensure that the game runs better on thier cards then their competitors.
And yes, Nvidia has an association with Intel in the way of a 1.5 billion dollar lisencing fee.
"Under the new agreement, Intel will have continued access to NVIDIA's full range of patents. In return, NVIDIA will receive an aggregate of $1.5 billion in licensing fees, to be paid in annual installments, and retain use of Intel's patents, consistent with its existing six-year agreement with Intel. This excludes Intel's proprietary processors, flash memory and certain chipsets for the Intel platform."
Nvidia also has a history of partnering with SoE. They did it with EQ2, SWG, and now PS2.
Nvidia was even giving away beta keys.
But please, feel free to tell people they're wrong about things you obviously didn't bother to actually look up first, it does wonders for your credibility.
A little bit of reading goes a lot further then behaiving like a know-it-all.
Originally posted by Uhwop
If a cross-licensing agreement is an "association", then AMD has an association with Intel, and AMD also has an association with Nvidia. Does that mean that you'd expect having an AMD video card in a system to increase the performance of an Nvidia card or vice-versa? Or that having an AMD processor in a system would increase the performance of an Intel processor or vice-versa?
Cross-licensing agreements are ubiquitous because you need patents from a bunch of different companies (not just AMD and Nvidia!) in order to develop a modern GPU. It's a mutually assured destruction scenario where if AMD and Nvidia don't cross-license each other's GPU patents, neither of them would be legally able to produce any GPUs.
TWIMTBP and Gaming Evolved "partnerships" aren't about making a game run better on your company's GPUs than on their competitors. Or at least, usually they aren't. The occasional exceptions of sabotage (anti-aliasing in Batman: Arkham Asylum is the only one that comes to mind) get a company so much public scorn as to not be worth the trouble.
Rather, the point is to help a company to make the game run better on your company's hardware than it would otherwise. It's one thing to make a game run better on your company's hardware, and then it runs however it runs on your competitor's hardware. That's perfectly clean. Sometimes it incidentally increases performance on the competitor's hardware because the programming is more efficient in general. Often it means that a game has additional graphical features that the game company wouldn't have otherwise known how to implement (or in the case of GPU PhysX, wouldn't have bothered because it's stupid). Sometimes a game that is sponsored by one GPU vendor incidentally runs better on the hardware of the other.
It's entirely different to go out of your way to insert code that will intentionally sabotage performance on your competitor's hardware. Speeding up performance on your own hardware by a factor of six is unheard of unless the program was previously incredibly inefficient. And if it was so inefficient, then fixing the inefficiencies will probably speed up performance on the competitor's hardware, too. If the game really does perform better on a GeForce GT 520 than on a Radeon HD 6850, then intentional sabotage is the probable culprit--and that's a huge story, and one that should be told to SOE's shame until they fix it.
But does a GeForce GT 520 really perform better than a Radeon HD 6850? I'd be strongly skeptical of that. I'd likewise be strongly skeptical that a GeForce GT 520 outperforms a GeForce GTX 480. Most likely, the official recommended system specs are simply stupid. It's much easier and more plausible that writing the official system requirements was delegated to someone who doesn't know much about computer hardware than that SOE put some code into their system to intentionally sabotage performance on AMD video cards. The latter would be suicidal, as it closes off your game to a substantial fraction of the people who would otherwise play it.
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In regard to the discussion about GPU sponsorship, it leads me back to the only nVidia card I've ever bought. It was for Neverwinter Nights...for the Aurora Toolset. It did not work with anybody but nVidia at release. No ATI, no S3, no etc. So I ran it on a separate box.
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The GPU spec is that they can support shader model 3.0.
For NVDIA that's the 8800... For ATI... who cares, ATI is awful. But... if it's something before 4850, then you get a cookie. Write a letter to Smedley and revel in your glory.
In any case - we're still talking about rigs that are going to be 5 years old at launch. I don't know what to tell you if that makes you unhappy/sad/mad. SOE is making an MMOFPS... it's going to have higher requirements than your standard MMOs.... and that's the game they want to make.
Originally posted by Quizzical
No, the 520 is a much lower grade of card then the 6850. However:
It doesn't matter if the ATI card is technically better or not. When the GPU manufacturer works with the game developer to help opitimize the game to run better on their card no amount of "the ATI card is better so the game should run better."
This is not new for either Nvidia or ATI, but Nvidia is much more active in doing this sort of stuff. Nvidia in particular has been doing this for many, many years. "Runs best on Nvidia" isn't just a blurb, it doesn't benefit the game developer in any way to simply put a splash screen up with the Nvidia logo on thier games. It has EVERYTHING to do with Nvidia providing support during development of the game to ensure that the game runs on thier cards.
If we both both build a GPU and the biggest difference between your GPU and my GPU is that I work directly with developers to ensure that their game runs on my card better then yours, guess who sells more cards.
There is a very good reason why Nvidia is the best selling GPU on the market, and why ATI cards have a tendency to give thier users problems.
AMD bought out ATI several years ago. Prior to that AMD and Nvidia worked very closely together. This is what lead to the cross lisencing deal between Intel and Nvidia. It would be foolish of Intel and Nvidia to not work together when Intels competitor buys out Nvidias competitor; especially when Intel and Nvidia are both interested in doing exactly what AMD-ATI are now capable of doing. Intel and Nvidia don't have to spend years developing their own technologies to do what AMD can with the buyout of ATI.
"The cross-licensing agreement allows Intel to integrate NVIDIA technologies and those that are covered by our patents into their CPUs, such as Sandy Bridge, for example," said Jen-Hsuan. "And a cross-license allows us to build processors and take advantage of Intel patents for the types of processor we're building—Project Denver, Tegra, and the types of processors we're going to build in the future."
There's a very good reason why when you buy an intel based PC it usually comes with an nvidia based GPU or integrated intel GPU using Nvidia architecture.
And SOE has been partnered with Nvidia for many years now.
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It has EVETYING TO DO with Nvidia providing the support needed to ensure that their cards work better with the game.
Blizzard did the exacts same thing with ATI:
However, that isn't the only measure that AMD is taking to gain ground on graphics-chip rival Nvidia. The semiconductor company also said today that it has entered into a partnership with Blizzard Entertainment, purveyor of arguably the most popular PC game in the world, World of Warcraft. As part of the development-partnership deal, AMD will also begin bundling unspecified Blizzard Entertainment games with all ATI Radeon graphics cards.
"Our collaboration with AMD is especially important to us because it provides us with early access to some of the latest graphics technology," commented Paul Sams, chief operating officer of Blizzard Entertainment. "Delivering a polished game experience is one of our top priorities, and this relationship helps us achieve that goal for Blizzard gamers who choose AMD graphics cards."\
Which is probably why ATI cards had fewer issues with WoW then Nvidia cards did. Go figure, you would think WoW would run on a voodoo card. Yet, ATI users had far fewer problems with performance then Nvidia users did. This was also the one and only time I ever purchased an ATI card, I got tired of dealing with trying to run the game well on Nvidia cards.
Once again, this is why older, less powerful cards are able to outperform newer, more powerful cards in individual games; as well as why you'll see a lower performing card listed for a game over another brand of card that actually benchmarks higher in the minimum requirements.
This is not an opinion, it is not information I'm pulling out of my ass, THIS IS EXACTLY THE WAY THAT IT WORKS.
The 4850 is coparible to nvidia's 9800/ 520 series.
The 8600 series, which is apparently what I'm seeing is the listed minimum for Nvidia cards, is actually comparible to the ATI 3650.
That huge gap has everything to do with the partnership, and support that SoE has and receives from Nvidia.
And the shader model 3 thing isn't right either, the ATI 4850 supports shader model 4.1.
"It doesn't matter if the ATI card is technically better or not. When the GPU manufacturer works with the game developer to help opitimize the game to run better on their card no amount of "the ATI card is better so the game should run better." "
Except that that isn't how it has worked in basically every other game ever made--certainly including all recent games. Sometimes one side will have fewer driver bugs relevant to a particular game, but not systematically run 6x as fast.
""Runs best on Nvidia" isn't just a blurb, it doesn't benefit the game developer in any way to simply put a splash screen up with the Nvidia logo on thier games."
That's like saying that the EVE Online banner near the top of the screen right now doesn't benefit MMORPG.com in any way. Don't you understand what advertising is?
"If we both both build a GPU and the biggest difference between your GPU and my GPU is that I work directly with developers to ensure that their game runs on my card better then yours, guess who sells more cards. "
To the contrary, if that's the biggest difference between our cards, then they're going to perform essentially identically in every single game.
"There is a very good reason why Nvidia is the best selling GPU on the market, and why ATI cards have a tendency to give thier users problems. "
Reputation from things that happened years ago, marketing, fanboys, and FUD. Speaking of which...
"This is what lead to the cross lisencing deal between Intel and Nvidia."
You fundamentally have no clue what a cross-licensing deal is. It's about patents, not working together.
Say Nvidia figures out a slick way to increase ROP performance. So they patent it. AMD figures out how to make a hardware tessellator more efficient. So they patent it. And so forth. All relevant parties patent tons of little innovations in their chips.
In order to get a patent, you have to explain exactly how what you did works. But then no one else can do the same thing unless they license your patent.
One problem is that it's far from clear what is patentable and what is not. You can't get a patent on things that are "obvious". But hardware patents are so technical that judges and juries tend not to understand them, so if you go to court to sue someone for violating your patents, you risk having the other side convince a jury that your patent was obvious and is therefore invalid.
But the bigger problem is that there are huge numbers of things that are patented. In order to make a working, modern GPU at all, you need to license patents from Nvidia and AMD and Intel and a bunch of other companies. If you don't license the patents, then it's illegal for you to build a modern GPU at all.
Cross-licensing agreements are the way around this. AMD and Nvidia sign a deal that says that they're both allowed to use all of the graphics patents of the other companies and won't sue each other for it. If they don't, then neither are allowed to produce any GPUs, so they basically have to.
Except that what sometimes happens is that the sides can't agree on the terms of the cross-licensing agreement. One side might argue that it has a lot more patents than the other, so the other side should have to pay them some money to get the deal. One side argues that it doesn't particularly need the other's patents, and so should receive monetary compensation rather than just getting to use the other side's patents. Patent trolls are companies that buy up a bunch of patents, but don't produce anything, and just sue everyone to try to get them to pay money for a license to use their patents.
For example, that's what Apple and Samsung are suing each other over. Both have a bunch of patents relevant to tablets, cell phones, and so forth. But they're unable to agree to the precise terms of a cross-licensing agreement, so they file a bunch of lawsuits against each other all over the world. At some point, they might agree to settle on a cross-licensing agreement that lets each use the other's patents for some number of years and maybe one side pays the other a fixed amount of money. Until that happens, both sides risk having judges rule that a bunch of their products cannot be sold in their particular country due to patent violations.
In the case of Nvidia and Intel, that was hardly the first cross-licensing agreement that the companies had signed. For example:
Basically, Intel needed Nvidia's graphics patents in order to produce integrated graphics. In exchange, they agreed to let Nvidia produce chipsets for Intel processors. When Bloomfield processors launched in 2008, Intel refused to let Nvidia make chipsets, arguing that the licensing agreement only allowed Nvidia to make chipsets for processors that used FSB, while Bloomfield used QPI instead to do the same thing, and that was fundamentally different. Nvidia argued that this was a breach of the previous cross-licensing agreement, which allowed Nvidia to make chipsets for any successors to FSB, even if Intel decided to call them something different. There were other claimed violations of the previous agreement, too.
They fought it out in court for a while, and finally agreed to a cross-licensing agreement in which Intel got to use Nvidia patents without Nvidia having the right to produce chipsets, but Intel would pay Nvidia $1.5 billion to compensate for this. That's the cross-licensing agreement that you cited. But you know who else Intel has a comparable cross-licensing agreement with? AMD.
So, incidentally, does Nvidia.
"It would be foolish of Intel and Nvidia to not work together when Intels competitor buys out Nvidias competitor; especially when Intel and Nvidia are both interested in doing exactly what AMD-ATI are now capable of doing."
Well yes, Intel and Nvidia both produce chips that have a CPU and GPU on the same chip. Intel calls theirs Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge so far, with Haswell coming. I think some version of Atom does the same. Nvidia calls theirs Tegra.
"Intel and Nvidia don't have to spend years developing their own technologies to do what AMD can with the buyout of ATI. "
To the contrary, Intel has had to develop their own GPU and write drivers for it. They have access to Nvidia's patents (and also AMD's, etc.), but that doesn't magically design the chip for them. What works for chip design depends on the process node you're using, and Intel is their own fab and has their own process nodes that are different from the TSMC process nodes that Nvidia and AMD build GPUs on.
Likewise, Nvidia is unable to get access to Intel's x86 patents. Instead, to make a processor, they've had to license ARM cores. But ARM basically exists to create low-power processor cores and related technologies and then license them to anyone and everyone.
"There's a very good reason why when you buy an intel based PC it usually comes with an nvidia based GPU or integrated intel GPU using Nvidia architecture."
You're wildly wrong. If you buy a computer with an Intel CPU, more likely than not, it has only Intel integrated graphics in it. There is no such thing as an "integrated intel GPU using Nvidia architecture", never has been, and probably never will be. Intel's integrated graphics use their own architecture.
"Once again, this is why older, less powerful cards are able to outperform newer, more powerful cards in individual games; as well as why you'll see a lower performing card listed for a game over another brand of card that actually benchmarks higher in the minimum requirements."
Okay, so you've bought the stupid fanboy FUD on The Way It's Meant To Be Played. Can you explain why a GeForce GT 520 meets the minimum requirements and a GeForce GTX 480 doesn't? They're both Nvidia cards, and both the Fermi architecture, even.
"The 4850 is coparible to nvidia's 9800/ 520 series. "
A Radeon HD 4850 is roughly comparable to a GeForce 9800 GTX+/GTS 150/GTS 250/whatever else Nvidia decided to rename it. Both cards are dramatically faster than a GeForce GT 520.
You don't understand how graphics cards work and the purpose of industry standards. Most of the code that makes a game run is done on the processor. It's written in C++ or Java or C# or whatever. I think C++ is by far the most common, but there's no rule that it's illegal to make games in anything else. That portion of the code mostly neither knows nor cares what GPU you're using, and will run at exactly the same speed no matter what video card you have.
In order to use the video card, there are graphics APIs. Most games use DirectX, but OpenGL is also used by some. An API has a bunch of different commands relevant to graphics. In order to claim compliance with some particular version of DirectX or OpenGL or whatever, a video card vendor has to write drivers that can make their video cards exhibit certain behavior when any particular API command is called. Drawing 3D graphics basically consists of sending a long sequence of API commands to draw this here, that there, and so forth.
Actually, the larger part of video card performance is probably shaders, which are programs that run on the video card written in HLSL (for DirectX) or GLSL (for OpenGL). But there are a number of fixed-function portions of the graphics pipeline in both cases, too.
In any case, in order to be compliant with the API at all, a video card has to be able to take any arbitrary API commands and shaders and draw something that complies with what the API specifies. In some cases, the specification says that you have to draw exactly this. In others, it merely says that it has to have several particular characteristics, but leaves some flexibility. In some cases, the specifications even say that a video card can do whatever it wants, but these are things that programmers are well-advised to avoid, such as taking the square root of a negative number.
Video card vendors are given flexibility in exactly how they implement various API calls and shader functions. When new drivers improve performance in a bunch of games, it likely means that they've redone the implementation of various things to get the same end result faster.
When AMD or Nvidia partners with a game company, they send someone to work at the company and help them code part of the game. They may advise doing something this way instead of that way because it's more efficient on that company's cards--and often because it's just more efficient in general. They may help the company implement graphical features that none of the company's own employees know how to implement.
A particular API call or HLSL function may happen to run better on one video card than on another. Some functions have performance mostly dependent on PCI Express bandwidth. Others rely on shaders. Still others rely on TMUs. Video memory bandwidth is a factor in many things, though some things are more bandwidth-intensive than others.
One game may be coded to do a lot of things by texture lookups that another game does by computing things in shaders. If card A has better texture performance while card B has beter shader performance, then the first game might run better on card A while the second runs better on card B. That can easily explain why a game might perform 20% better as compared to another than you'd expect from an "average" game. Different shader architectures between AMD and Nvidia can make it easier to put shaders to good use.
In the generations in question, AMD's shaders offered greater parallelism via VLIW5, but it was harder to exploit, as using all five shaders meant that you needed to have the same instruction used by five different shaders at once, but operating on different data. And perhaps more to the point, the GPU's scheduler needed to be able to find them and collate them without taking much work to do so. Some vector operations make this fairly trivial to do, at least 3- or 4-way, but often it can't.
But when you're comparing a Radeon HD 6850 to a GeForce GT 520, it's not a case where one card is better at some things and the other is better at others. The 6850 is vastly better at just about everything, and usually by a huge margin. The 6850 has nearly 10 times the theoretical peak shader performance, but even in a worse-case scenario where it isn't able to exploit VLIW5 paralleism at all, it still would have nearly double the shader performance of a GT 520. The 6850 has 6 times as many TMUs, and clocked only slightly lower than the GT 520. It has 8 times as many ROPs, and again, clocked only slightly lower. Parallelism to use all of the TMUs and ROPs is fairly trivial to do, too, so it's not a case of being unable to exploit them unless the card isn't meaningfully limited by TMU or ROP performance. The 6850 also has about 9 times the memory bandwidth.
Even if you were to try to cherry-pick API calls and shader functions that Nvidia's architecture handles much better than AMD's, you might have a hard time getting a GT 520 to outperform a Radeon HD 6850 outside of intentional sabotage (e.g., querying the GPU vendor and then calling a bunch of wait functions in the processor code if it's AMD). Your only real hope would be to find a flagrant bug in AMD's drivers and trigger it as often as you can. But if a game company figures out how to do that, the rational thing to do is to report the bug to AMD so that they'll fix it.
But really, this shouldn't just be an abstract argument. Claiming that the game runs better on a GeForce GT 520 than on a Radeon HD 6850 is an empirical claim. The way to test it is to try running the game on both cards and seeing what happens.
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It still has serious performance issues no matter what system you run this game on.
I own the minimum gpu needed to play PS2, the Asus 4850 1gb, and it just doesnt even look nice on high settings.
But even with every setting on low it stutters , its unstable , massive fps dips out of nowhere.
Cant wait to buy the new Aito 8xxx series when they come out, but untill then it seems my gpu fails to play this game and PS2 needs major performance increase.
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Well i preached on this for eq2 and will do same here if average gamer pc fails to handle it then it will struggle to do well.
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In the past few years, games has been released with realistic specs but when installing and running the game it says a different story, Crysis needed a beefy system (and even then a $4000 beefed up PC couldn't run it at max).
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Everyones a mmo vet these days :P
Originally posted by TeknoBug
More and more games now for the PC and starting to get into the quad core stuff and if you look at the specs for BF3 it is actualy higher then PS2 and yet , a TON of players play BF3 seems my system can handly PS2 with no issues what so ever, my specs
Windows 7
Asus GTX 670
12 gigs of ram
1 Terabyte mechanical hard drive
1000 wat power
Asus Sabertooth Main board
you don't need a $4000 system, hell even with a budget of 1200 bucks you could run this game no problem, what I do find funny is Everquest 2 runs like shit on my system but planet side 2 runs very very smooth even in huge battles with max settings I get 60-70 FPS.
Game studios can't always hold back on their progress because of afew people who won't upgrade their systems, I can understand where your coming from if you don't have the money , but it can be said if you don't have the money why would you buy more games in the first place that you can barely run because of your system specs?
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You are serious about that? It is most optimized engine i saw in last years. I have with 6850 ati, 8gb ddr3, quad core proc not a single frame rate issue even in big battles. It is time to gear up for you my friend
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Everyones a mmo vet these days :P
Originally posted by zomard100
I agree with you, but I put it alittle differently haha :P
It is one of the best mmo engines I have ever seen , not just because I am playing the game but because I have played 95% of the mmos out and not one comes to mind of a engine that can handle that many people in one tight area and have almost no FPS issues at all , I was amazed that my screen didn't turn into a slide show!
Now those damn vanu weapons are powerful!
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Too high to play in a WoW capable toaster?
It's been a while since developers actually develop with an eye to the future. I blame the lack of console hardware update for that. They seem to be the driving force in gaming these days and the lack of serious hardware updates hurt the long term technological advancement.
Which btw is another reason so many games look so similar nowadays.
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There's so much pressure on devs to make their games look good, that how they actually play falls to the wayside. It's just another symptom of the mass appeal mass produced corporate industry that gaming has become.
Ironically, the masses don't have great computers. They're just too stupid to know that, and will buy whatever looks awesome, anyhow.
When I want a single-player story, I'll play a single-player game. When I play an MMO, I want a massively multiplayer world.
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Theres already enough games out there that run on a tandy 1000 EX


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Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
It began as a test of military readiness. To prepare soldiers for service, someone put a bar between two poles and commanded the troops to jump over it.
Soon it turned to sport. More than likely it was at the ancient Greek Olympics that the first competitive high jump took place.
The first recorded high jump competition was in the early 19th century, and that unknown jumper cleared a height of 5'6″.
By 1895 the World Record stood at 6′ 5 1/2″. To get to that height, jumpers used a method known as the "scissors kick."
Approaching the bar backwards, jumpers would kick one leg up and then another, in a scissors fashion, to get over the bar.
But that technique had its limits as there was only so high you could go. So when the bar was raised, a new technique had to be developed.
Around the turn of the century, the "Western Roll" became the way to go. The jumper made a forward-facing approach, kicked his inside leg up, and then rolled over the bar belly first.
With the Western Roll, the World Record went up to 6′ 7″. But it too had its limits.
So when it was found that the bar had been raised once more, innovative jumpers modified the Western Roll by adding a bit of speed and developed what was known as the "Straddle Technique."
By doing so, by 1957 the World Record was quickly raised to 7′. Valeriy Brumel of the old Soviet Union was the master of the straddle. But it too had its limits.
There was only so high one could go using that particular technique. And the bar kept being raised.
So in 1967 an American named Dick Fosbury developed a most unusual, but very effective method of clearing the bar that has come to be called-quite appropriately-the "Fosbury Flop."
Running toward the bar, the jumper twists his body and arches his back as he goes over the bar.
Using the Flop, the World Record has been raised several times, and is currently held by Cuba's Javier Sotomayor. In 1993, he cleared an amazing 8'1/2″.
The history of the high jump shows an interesting trend. Every time the bar was raised, a new technique to get over it had to be developed.
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I am sharing this message with you, not because I want you to know the history of a sporting event, but because it speaks directly to you and everything about your life, career, family and legacy.
We are each called to "raise the bar" in our own lives. So make today the best, most productive day that you have had this year by finding new and innovative ways to creatively get what you want and need.
Don't hold back on your life, shoot for the stars and have fun while doing it.


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Preston defender Neill Collins is hoping for a permanent move to Leeds.
The 26-year-old, who has recently returned to Deepdale after a successful loan spell with the Yorkshire club, has a contract at Preston until 2013 but has been told he can leave.
He told BBC Radio Leeds: "Hopefully we are not far away from something happening. My agent will speak with Simon Grayson and we will find out where things lie. The good thing is Preston are looking to sell me. As long as it happens I will be happy."
He added: "I know I am on the transfer list and I am looking to move on. I had a great time at Leeds. I loved it and fell in love with the club and want more of it."
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Rapper Rick Ross is under fire for his new single, "U.O.E.N.O." which seem to brag about date rape using the drug MDNA, also known as "Molly." A women's rights group launched a petition asking Reebok to drop Ross as a paid spokesperson, but he claims the song has simply been misinterpreted.
The lyrics in question go like this:
"Put Molly all in her champagne, she ain't even know it. I took her home and I enjoyed that, she ain't even know it."
The organization UltraViolet says in their petition, "By holding Rick Ross up as something to aspire to, Reebok is sending the message that raping a woman is cool -- and that's a dangerous message to send the boys and young men that Reebok markets to." The petition has reportedly received more than 50,000 signatures.
Ross defends the lyrics to New Orleans radio station Q93, saying "I would never use the term rape in my records, in my lyrics. And as far as my camp, hip-hop don't condone that, the streets don't condone that, nobody condones that." He also has a message for his female fans. "I just want to reach out to all my queens that's on my timeline, all the sexy ladies, the beautiful ladies that have been reaching out to me with the misunderstanding: We don't condone rape, and I'm not with that," says Ross.
UltraViolet, however, says this is a pretty poor explanation. "Reebok devotes a lot of time, energy and money to marketing to women," the group points out in a statement. "And now they are paying a man who is literally bragging about raping us while absurdly insisting it can't possibly be rape if he doesn't use the word 'rape.'"
So far, the athletic apparel company has yet to respond. Ross inked an endorsement deal with Reebok in March 2012 worth an undisclosed amount of cash. In 2011, he released a remix track called "Reebok Back."
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The NFL offseason heats up on Tuesday when the free agency period begins and the NFL draft will take place next month. In anticipation of those events, blogger and reporter Matt Vensel will look at six key positions the Ravens might address in free agency and the NFL draft in the days leading up to the start of free agency.
The Ravens are heading into life without inside linebacker Ray Lewis, but they must also prepare for life without free safety Ed Reed, who is also expected to be patrolling the halls of the Pro Football Hall of Fame someday.
Reed is set to become an unrestricted free agent. He has also considered retirement during the past three offseasons. Plus, he doesn't have an agent and has spoken openly about possibly playing in New England, for noted Reed fan Bill Belichick, or in Indianapolis, for former coordinator Chuck Pagano. Then again, he has also been outspoken his desire to remain a Raven. So if you know what Reed is going to do, that makes one of us.
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But regardless of whether Reed returns, the Ravens will likely look for a long-term replacement in April's NFL draft. Depth is also needed at both safety spots, as James Ihedigbo and Sean Considine are also free agents.
Where they stand: Bernard Pollard is the only regular currently under contract. Second-year player Omar Brown is under contract, too. But with three unrestricted free agents at safety, the Ravens must retool at the position, though that isn't necessarily a bad thing as they ranked 17th in pass defense. Ihedigbo and Considine were important parts of the special teams unit, but they are not starting-caliber and each is approaching 30.
Who's out there: If the Ravens feel like spending on a new safety and can create enough cap space, there are some quality safeties in free agency besides Reed, led by San Francisco's Dashon Goldson and Detroit's Louis Delmas. Green Bay's Charles Woodson, Houston's Glover Quin, and New York's LaRon Landry will also reach free agency. The draft also has some nice options at the safety position, led by Kenny Vaccaro, but the Texas standout is expected to be long gone by pick No. 32. Other options in the draft include Florida's Matt Elam, LSU's Eric Reid, South Carolina's D.J. Swearinger, and Georgia's Bacarri Rambo.
Stat that stands out: six -- plays in which Reed was targeted in pass coverage during the playoffs, according to Pro Football Focus. He is often criticized for his declining play, particularly when it comes to tackling the guy with the ball, but Reed is still a plus player in coverage. No, he is not the same player he was when he was 24, but at 34, quarterbacks like Peyton Manning and Tom Brady were still trying to avoid throwing it his way.
What they might do: It would make sense if the Ravens could keep Reed with an affordable one- or two-year deal possibly sweetened with incentives. But if Reed is, as expected, allowed to dip his toe in the free-agent waters, he might make a splash by signing the Patriots, Colts or another team. The team could bring back Ihedigbo, Considine or both players. But even if they do, they need to get younger and more athletic at this position in the draft, perhaps taking two safeties like they did in 2008 with Tom Zbikowski and Haruki Nakamura.


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On Wednesday, South Africans went to the polls in six wards across four provinces. All of the seats were successfully defended by the incumbents: four by the DA and two by the ANC. It looks like local politics is pretty much back to business as usual. By PAUL BERKOWITZ and WAYNE SUSSMAN.
The 2014 national / provincial elections are over and the new parliament has been sworn in. South Africa is in a sweet spot now, in terms of productivity, stuck between the April holidays and the World Cup Final in June. After the disastrous contraction of the economy in the first quarter, it's hoped that the country will engage in some rolling-up of sleeves and actually do a bit of work.
There was some evidence in the May by-elections of politicians having to sing a bit more lustily for their supper. Although the wards were all retained by the 2011 winners, there were one or two near-upsets and high voter turnouts in two potential swing wards.
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The city is asking voters to continue the tax for 25 years to fund WAC renovations and a regional park project. Tuesday night was the first of two public meetings on the topic. The second meeting is Wednesday at noon at the Walton Arts Center.


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Gene Autry, Oklahoma: Gene Autry OK MuseumIt's a museum dedicated to all of the Singing Cowboys and B-Western heroes. Packed with memorabilia and photos. In a ghost town.
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In a ghost town 12 miles NE of Ardmore, Ok, off of IH 35, there is a museum dedicated to the Singing Cowboys and B-Western Heroes, from Tom Mix through The Virginian of TV Days. It has movie posters, toys, lobby cards, comic books; over 12,000 items and over 100,000 ft. of display cases. They say the museum has been open for over 18 years in the old school. Each year on Gene's birthday, on the weekend closest to the 29th of September, they have a three day film and music festival, on two stages, with continuous entertainment. Big names like Riders In The Sky perform on Saturday night. Actors such as James Drury, Dale Robertson, Robert Fuller and many more are there each year.
The museum is open year round five days a week. The theme for the festival we attended was "Keepin' The Memories Alive." It was a lot of fun and brought back a lot of good memories.[Ed Henderson, 11/01/2008]
The now-ghost-town of Berwyn changed its name to "Gene Autry" in 1941 when Gene bought 1,200 acres west of town to graze his rodeo livestock.
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In a blender or small food processor blend lime juice, water, soy sauce, garlic, gingerroot, sugar, and red pepper flakes until smooth and with motor running add 2 tablespoons oil in a stream, blending until sauce is emulsified.
In a bowl toss filet with 2 tablespoons sauce and remaining tablespoon oil and marinate 15 to 30 minutes.
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Snapshots – Underway Is The Only Way
Last week we got some photos from Jianna Lucia, who along with Maria Finna curated and organised the Underway Is The Only Way group exhibition at the Surf'n'ink exhibition on the Gold Coast.
The show itself went down really well and it was busy throughout the convention. Here's a great selection of pics from the show, the convention, and the artwork that was on display – total quality!


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Recommended by the Leadership Team of "Women Challenge US Policy" Campaign
Books: History of the Region
American Friends Service Committee. When the Rain Returns: Toward Justice and Reconciliation in Palestine and Israel. AFSC, 2004. Report of International Quaker Working Party on the region, peacemaking efforts, and recommendations for US policy.
Ashrawi, Hanan. This Side of Peace: A Personal Account. Simon & Schuster, 1995. An insider's look at several rounds of peace negotiations and the personalities involved.
Bennis, Phyllis. Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict. Trans-Arab Research Institute, 2003. Policy analyst answers common questions about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and proposed "Roadmap to Peace."
Chakour, Fr. Elias. Blood Brothers. Chosen Books, 2003. Unable to return to his family home, author peacefully struggles to restore Palestinian villages to their rightful owners.
David, Ron. Arabs and Israel for Beginners. Writers and Readers, 1993. Could be titled "The Middle East Conflict for Dummies." Extremely easy to read, slightly irreverent and intended to dispel myths.
Heller, Mark A. and Sari Nusseibeh. No Trumpets, No Drums: A Two-State Settlement of the Israeli Palestinian Conflict. Harper-Collins and Foundation for Middle East Peace, 1991. Jointly written by a Palestinian philosopher and an Israeli political scientist, this book sets forth one of many suggested frameworks for a two-state solution.
Hirst, David. The Gun and the Olive Branch. Macdonald & Co, London, 1983. Excellent historical account of creation of Israel by the Guardian newspaper Middle East correspondent.
McGowen, Daniel and Marc Ellis, eds. Remembering Deir Yassin: The Future of Israel and Palestine, Olive Branch Press, 1998. The authors researched events that led to the massacre by Israel of the Palestine village of Deir Yassin and acted to see that the villagers did not die in vain.
Sacco, Joe. Palestine. Fantagraphics Books, 2002. In comic book style. author ironically recounts experiences with people in the West Bank and Gaza.
Said, Edward. The Question of Palestine. Vintage, 1992. When first published in 1979, brought a Palestinian perspective on Palestinian self-determination into the American discussion of Middle East affairs.
Shlaim, Avi. The Iron Wall, Israel and the Arab World. W.W. Norton & Company, 2001. A study of the first fifty years of Israeli foreign policy, with a particular focus on Israel's relations with the Arab world.
Books: US Policy
Ball, George and Douglas Ball. The Passionate Attachment: America's Involvement With Israel, 1947 to the Present. W.W. Norton and Co., 1992. Former undersecretary of state shows how the U.S. has subordinated American interests to those of Israel in determining Middle East policy.
Chomsky, Noam. Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians. South End Press, 1999. A classic indictment of what the author refers to as the "disgraceful and extremely dangerous" role of the U.S. in the region.
Curtis, Richard and Janet McMahon. Stealth PACs: Lobbying Congress for Control of U.S. Middle East Policy. American Educational Trust, 1996. A review of AIPAC's many political action committee supporters and how they influence U.S. Middle East policy. Published by former U.S. foreign service officers.
Findley, Paul. They Dare to Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel's Lobby. Lawrence Hill Books, 1985. Congressman Findlay exposes pro-Israel forces in Congress, the White House, the Pentagon and academia that suppress free debate, compromise national security and shape American foreign policy.
Klare, Michael T. Blood and Oil. The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum. Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt & Co., 2004. Traces oil's impact on international affairs since World War II.
Zunes, Stephen. Tinderbox, U.S. Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism. Common Courage Press, 2002. Critically examines how U.S. policy has contributed to the rise of terrorism, although not excluding other forces that share responsibility.
Books: Women in the Middle East
Deonna, Laurence. The War With Two Voices: Testimonies by Women from Egypt and Israel. Three Continents Press, 1989. Women whose lives have been shattered by war give vent to their feelings. Book was made into a play and author awarded 1987 UNESCO Prize for Peace Education.
Fernea, Elizabeth W. In Search of Islamic Feminism: One Woman's Global Journey. Anchor, 1988. Answers complex questions about Middle Eastern women: their predicament, what feminism means to them, whether its ideas are helpful, and the alternatives in traditional societies. The last chapter is on Muslim women in the US.
Fernea, Elizabeth W. and Basima Q. Bezirgan, eds. Middle Eastern Muslim Women Speak. University of Texas Press, 1977. Autobiographical and biographical writings by and about M.E. women representing a wide range of occupations, points of view, and socioeconomic status.
Glick, Sherna Berger. An American Feminist in Palestine: The Intifada Years, Temple University Press, 1994. Of special interest is the author's realization that feminism takes a unique form during conflict.
Rosenwasser, Penny. Voices From A 'Promised Land: Palestinian and Israeli Peace Activists Speak their Hearts. Curbstone Press, 1992. Interviews give insider perspective on the intifada, Israeli peace camp, and Palestinian and Israeli women's peace movements.
Books/Articles: Anti-Semitism, Hate Crimes and Media Bias
American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) Research Institute. Post-9-/11 Report on Hate Crimes and Discrimination. ADC Research Institute, 2002. Detailed report on anti-Arab incidents in the first 6 months after 9/11. Physical attacks and other hate crimes, job discrimination, civil liberties violations, airline profiling, media bias and other problems.
Avneri, Uri. Anti-Semitism versus Anti-Zionism: A Practical Manual. Counterpunch 21, January 2004. www.countercurrents.org/avnery-210104.htm Veteran Israeli peace activist speaks out.
Findley, Paul. Silent No More: Confronting America False Images of Islam. Amana Pubs, 2001. Findley details his journey in correcting his own stereotypes; discusses civil liberties violations, misconceptions about Islam, biased "experts" on Islam, and the impact of discrimination on the American Muslim community.
Jewish Voice for Peace, editor, and Judith Butler, contributor. Reframing Anti-Semitism: Alternative Jewish Perspectives. Jewish Voice for Peace, 2004. www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org Writers respond to fears that challenges to Israeli government policies will be interpreted as anti-Semitic.
Plitnick, Mitchell. Myth and Reality: Jewish Influence on U.S. Middle East Policy. Jewish Voice for Peace Newsletter, May 2005. www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org
"One of the classic myths is that of the Jews manipulating governments...."
Said, Edward. Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World. Pantheon Books, 1981. Analysis of the media portrayal of Islam, and how it does not correspond to the varied life of the peoples within the world of Islam.
Books: Related Topics
Chacham, Ronit. Breaking Ranks: Refusing to Serve in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Other Press, 2003. Nine members of the Israeli Defense Force, dedicated to their country and its religious heritage, tell why they refused to serve on the West Bank and Gaza and outline their concerns for the future of Israel.
Halsell, Grace. Journey to Jerusalem: A Journalists' Account of Christian, Jewish and Muslim Families in the Strife-torn Holy Land. Macmillan Publishing Co., 1981. Halsell examines people and faiths of Jerusalem and seeks to understand them.
Lerner, Rabbi Michael. Healing Israel/Palestine: A Path to Peace and Reconciliation. Tikkun Books, North Atlantic Books, 2003. Rabbi Lerner outlines a way to be both pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian by being pro-peace.
Palestinian Environmental NGO's Network (Jerusalem,) editors. The Wall in Palestine: Facts, Testimonies, Analysis and Call to Action. Palestine Center, 2003. Documents the effects of Israel's "Security Wall" on the Palestinians by highlighting the destruction, devastation and socio-economic impacts. Includes removable map of the Wall in the West Bank.
Shahak, Israel. Open Secrets: Israel's Nuclear and Foreign Policies, Pluto Press, 1997. Drawing solely on the Hebrew press and working as an insider in his country, Shahak demonstrates Israel's covert role of expansionism as supported by the U.S. Jewish lobby.
Younan, Munib. Witnessing for Peace in Jerusalem and the World. Augsberg Fortress, 2003. Bishop Younan speaks of his experience and advocacy of nonviolence in the Middle East.
Newspapers and Journals
al-Ahram www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/
Arab Media Internet Network www.amin.org/eng
Ariga www.ariga.com
Bitter Lemons www.bitterlemons.org
Electronic Intifada www.electronicintifada.net
Ha'aretz www.haaretzdaily.com
Jewish Peace News www.jewishvoicesforpeace.org
Jordon Times www.jordontimes.com
Palestine Monitor www.palestinemonitor.org
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs www.wrmea.com
Videos and DVDs
Fadi Flies A Kite: One Boy's Yearning to Rise Above the Occupation. A gentle piece.
Contact: email@example.com or Philadelphia Yearly Meeting: 215-241-7220
Oasis of Peace (Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salam): About a village in Israel established jointly by Jews and Palestinian Arabs of Israeli citizenship who are engaged in educational work for peace, equality and understanding between the two peoples. Honest and hopeful. www.arabfilm.com/item/109/
Palestinian Democracy under Occupation: What next? A talk by Mustafa Barghouti with maps of Gaza, settlements, Security Wall, and Israeli encroachment. Contact: Palestine Office-Michigan, (313) 945-9660, email@example.com
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land: U.S. Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Media Education Foundation www.mediaed.org
Promises: Award winning documentary which interviews Palestinian and Israeli children. Uplifting and heartbreaking. www.promisesproject.org/help2.html
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee www.adc.org
American Friends Service Committee www.afsc.org/middleeast
Americans for Peace Now www.peacenow.org
B'Tselem www.btselem.org
Bat Shalom www.batshalom.org
Challenge http://www.hanitzotz.com/challenge
Christian Peacemaker Teams www.cpt.org
Coalition of Women 4 Peace www.coalitionofwomen4peace.org
Electronic Intifada www.electronicintifada.net
Gush Shalom www.gush-shalom.org/english
Hello,Peace! www.hellopeace.net
Hope Flowers Al Amal School www.mideastweb.org/hopeflowers
If Americans Knew www.ifamericansknew.org
Israel/Palestine and the Peace Process www.nswas.com/links/frames/Peace_local.htm Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information www.ipcri.org
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions www.icahd.org
Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace www.btvshalom.org/
Jewish Voice for Peace www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org
Jews Against the Occupation www.jatonyc.org
Jews for Justice in the Middle East www.cactus48.com/truth.html
Jews for Peace in Palestine and Israel www.jppi.org
Middle East Children's Alliance www.mecaforpeace.org
MIFTAH www.miftah.org
Not In My Name www.nimn.org
Oasis of Peace (Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salam) www.mpdn.org/neve_shalom.htm
Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group www.phrmg.org
Path of Peace www.projectredemption.org/id96.htm
Peace & Justice Support Network (Mennonite) www.peace.mennolink.org/articles/israelpeacegroups.html
Peace Child Israel www.mideastweb.org/peacechild
Rabbis for Human Rights www.rhr.israel.net
Refusers Solidarity Network www.refusersolidarity.net
Shemesh www.shemesh.org
The Other Israel http://otherisrael.home.igc.org
Tikkun Olam (Healing the Earth) www.tikkun.org
U.S. Campaign to End the Occupation www.endtheoccupation.org
Visions of Peace and Justice in Israel/Palestine www.vopj.org
Washington Report on M.E. Affairs www.wrmea.com


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BRIEFS: Tecumseh rolls over South Decatur, but Boonville falls
Jones, Grannon lead Tecumseh to victory
Spencer Jones caught three touchdown passes from Adam Grannon as Tecumseh rolled to a 30-19 high school football victory over host South Decatur on Saturday. Jones caught scoring passes of 4, 12 and 30 yards from Grannon, who added a 5-yard TD run. Grannon finished 21-for-37 passing for 281 yards and an interception. Andrew Morris led the Braves (3-2) on the ground with 70 yards on 14 carries while Jones finished with nine catches for 127 yards. South Decatur dropped to 2-3.
Broad Ripple rolls past Boonville
Boonville scored first, but host Indianapolis Broad Ripple scored the next 24 points en route to a 38-14 high school football victory on Saturday. Pioneers quarterback Evan Hendrickson scored the first touchdown of the game on a 31-yard run. Broad Ripple answered with a 66-yard scoring run by Camorrie Shittu, the first of two touchdowns by Shittu, who finished with 132 yards rushing on 13 carries while also completing 14 of 19 passes for 261 yards and two TDs. Jamonte Hampton — who finished with 166 yards on 10 carries — then put Broad Ripple ahead for good with a 30-yard TD run; he later added a 75-yard touchdown run as the Rockets raised their record to 4-2. Hendrickson paced Boonville (1-5), going 9-for-17 passing for 116 yards; he was intercepted twice.
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Ventura County Ballet preps for 'Nutcracker'
Ballet fans who attend an upcoming performance of the Ventura County Ballet Company's "The Nutcracker" are in for some special treats.
Three of the county's top student dancers – 15-year-olds Anna Miller, Victoria Smith and Madeleine Riddle — will take the stage with internationally known ballet stars for six performances accompanied by live symphony music.
The shows will be Saturday and Sunday at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center and Dec. 1-2 at Ventura College's newly renovated Performing Arts Center.
The second weekend of the company's shows at Ventura College will be headlined by Russian-born star Sergey Kheylik, who has danced with several major ballet companies internationally. Kheylik most recently performed with Rock the Ballet, which was featured in Sting's charity event at Carnegie Hall, performing with Elton John, Lady Gaga and Bruce Springsteen.
Aaron Smyth, a finalist in Australia's Got Talent in 2008 who is now with the Royal Ballet in London, will dance in the Oxnard performances. Both men play the role of the Prince.
The Ventura College Symphony Orchestra and the Ventura College Choir will perform at all six shows, adding a new dimension of live music instead of recorded music.
"It's just like going to Lincoln Center in Ventura County," said Kathleen Noblin, owner and director of the Ballet Academy Ventura and executive director of the Ventura County Ballet.
"To bring in the caliber of international stars that we bring in is just remarkable. For the students to have danced in a professional performance alongside stars of this caliber, it's an opportunity that many students do not get. The professionals push them to a new level," Noblin said.
For Anna, a Ventura resident, and Victoria, of Oxnard, this season's performances may be their last with the local company before they leave to dance on scholarship at top foreign ballet academies.
Beginning next fall, Anna plans to study at the Vaganova Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia, as she pursues a professional ballet career.
"It's one of the best ballet schools in the world. Baryshnikov studied there," said Anna, who is enrolled in Ventura's El Camino High School on independent study and Ventura College.
Ballet is Anna's passion and outlet.
"I'm shy in person, and when I dance I feel like I can let all of these emotions out. It's really, really special to me," she said.
Anna has been a national training scholar for the past three years with the American Ballet Theater. She's spent the past three summers with the ballet theater in New York, training intensively for five weeks and helping younger dancers for an additional two weeks.
Anna would like to join a European ballet company.
"I really want to explore and go to different countries. I really love Russian ballet," she said, noting that European and Russian ballet companies are starting to accept Americans as principal dancers.
Anna will dance the role of the Snow Queen and three other characters in the company's "The Nutcracker." She also continues preparing to dance in a pair of major student ballet competitions early next year. First, she'll be in the 2013 Youth America Grand Prix in February, the world's largest student ballet competition for young dancers. She placed third last year in the classical dance category for the junior age division. She also plans to perform at the Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Awards Competition in March.
Victoria, a sophomore at Saint Augustine Academy in Ventura, is dancing the role of the Marzipan Candy and is a demi-soloist in two separate numbers. She has received scholarships to the Rock School of Pennsylvania Ballet for the last two years. She attended a summer program two years ago and was offered a full-time scholarship but decided to stay local for now so she can study ballet later in Germany, where she was born. Victoria is also training to compete in the 2013 Youth America Grand Prix and the Music Center Spotlight Awards Competition. Companies from around the world attend the contests to scout for students, she said.
Victoria hopes to attend the Stuttgart Ballet's John Cranko Training Center in Stuttgart, Germany, in fall 2013. She will travel there to audition in December. Then she would like to join the Stuttgart Ballet or another major European company.
"I find the careers have greater longevity in Europe," said Victoria, who plans to pursue a business degree.
Madeleine, a sophomore at Foothill Technology High School in Ventura, will be the first dancer to play both the highly coveted role of Clara and Fritz in this season's production of "The Nutcracker" for the Ventura County Ballet Company.
"It's very challenging to switch. They both have separate personalities," said Madeleine, who aspires to become a teacher. Madeleine said she would like to attend UCLA after high school and earn a degree in the arts, dancing, music or literature.
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Did you hear? it seems to be offiial. Bruce Jenner was caught outside his home wearing a dress. OMG! http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/bruce-jenner-dons-dress-malibu-home-article-1.2193697
He has an interview with Diane Sawyer Friday night on ABC.Check out Keira Knightley's baby bump...probably weighs more than her!


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Anaktuvuk Pass is in the Brooks Range on the divide between the Anaktuvuk River and the John River, located at an elevation of . Anaktuvuk Pass is the last remaining settlement of the Nunamiut(People of the Land) Inupiat Eskimo in Alaska.
The community lies at approximately 68.143330° North Latitude and -151.735830° (West) Longitude. (Sec. 18, T015S, R002E, Umiat Meridian.) and located within the Barrow Recording District. The area encompasses 4.8 sq. miles of land and 0.1 sq. miles of water. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.9 square miles (12.7 km²), of which, 4.8 square miles (12.5 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (1.63%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 282 people, 84 households, and 57 families residing in the city. The population density was 58.2 people per square mile (22.5/km²). There were 101 housing units at an average density of 20.8/sq mi (8.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 9.57% White, 1.42% Black or African American, 87.59% Native American, 0.71% from other races, and 0.71% from two or more races. 0.71% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 84 households out of which 44.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.5% were married couples living together, 15.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.1% were non-families. 28.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.36 and the average family size was 4.26.
In the city the population was spread out with 38.7% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 17.4% from 45 to 64, and 5.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females there were 107.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 121.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $52,500, and the median income for a family was $56,250. Males had a median income of $42,500 versus $32,250 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,283. About 3.2% of families and 4.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.8% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those sixty five or over.
There was a nomadic group of Inupiat called Nunamiut that lived inland in northern Alaska and lived by hunting caribou instead of the marine mammals and fish hunted by the rest of the Inupiat, who live on the coast. The Nunamiut traded with the coastal people for other items they needed. A decline in caribou populations in about 1900 and in the 1920s caused many Numamiut to move to the coastal villages. In 1938, several families of Nunamiut moved back to the Brooks Range, around Tulugak and the Killik River. In 1949 the Tulugak group moved to Anaktuvuk Pass and later the Killik River group moved there also. Anaktuvuk Pass is the only Nunamiut settlement.
This settlement attracted Nunamiut from many other locations, and villagers today lead a somewhat more sedentary lifestyle than in earlier nomadic times. The City was incorporated in 1959. A Presbyterian Church was constructed in 1966.
A federally-recognized tribe is located in the community -- the Village of Anaktuvuk Pass (a.k.a. Naqsragmiut Tribal Council). The population of the community consists of 88.3% Alaska Native or part Native. Anaktuvuk Pass is a Nunamiut Eskimo community dependent upon subsistence activities. Sale, importation and possession of alcohol are banned in the village.
There is one school located in the community, attended by 94 students.
The only local health clinic is the Anaktuvuk Pass Health Clinic. Anaktuvuk Pass Health Clinic is a Primary Health Care facility. Anaktuvuk Pass is classified as an isolated village, it is found in EMS Region 6A in the North Slope Region. Emergency Services have access to the town via river and air. Emergency service is provided by volunteers and a health aide, there are no doctors on site. Auxiliary health care is provided by Anaktuvuk Pass Volunteer Fire Dept.
The Nanamiuts' culture is described and preserved through photos and artifacts at the Simon Paneak Memorial Museum in Anaktuvuk Pass.
Caribou is the primary source of meat with other subsistence foods include trout, grayling, moose, sheep, brown bear, ptarmigan and water fowl.
The Anaktuvuk Pass airport, consisting of a 4,800' gravel airstrip, is owned and operated by the North Slope Borough, and provides Anaktuvuk Pass with year-round access. A $3.4 million airport improvement project was completed by Fall 1999, allowing many air companies to provide passenger flight service to Anaktuvuk Pass. There is no road to Anaktuvuk Pass, but "Cat-trains" transport cargo from the Trans-Alaska pipeline haul road during winter months. Snow machines and ATVs are used for local transportation, though some standard vehicles are used.


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YIELD: Makes 8 to 10 servings
ACTIVE TIME: 45 min
TOTAL TIME: 15 hr
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Make crust:
Pulse flour, sugar, salt, and butter in a food processor until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add yolk, vanilla, and lemon juice and pulse just until mixture begins to form a dough. Spread dough with a small offset spatula or back of a spoon over buttered bottom of a 24-centimeter springform pan and prick all over with a fork. Chill 30 minutes.
Bake crust in a shallow baking pan (to catch drips) in middle of oven until golden brown, about 25 minutes, and cool on a rack.
Increase temperature to 375°F.
Make filling and bake cake:
Discard liquid and cheesecloth and force drained ricotta through sieve into bowl. Beat yolks and sugar with an electric mixer until thick and pale, then beat in ricotta, flour, and zests. Beat whites with salt in another bowl until they hold soft peaks, and fold into ricotta mixture.
Butter side of springform pan and pour filling over crust (pan will be completely full). Bake in baking pan in middle of oven until cake is puffed and golden and a tester inserted 1 inch from center comes out clean, about 1 hour.
Run a knife around top edge of cake to loosen and cool completely in springform pan on rack. Chill, loosely covered, at least 4 hours. Remove side of pan and transfer cake to a plate. Bring to room temperature before serving.
Cooks' note: Cheesecake keeps, covered and chilled, 3 days.


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Johnny Depp Confesses: "I'm a Belieber"
Johnny Depp may be the last person in Hollywood we would expect to know who Justin Bieber is, let alone to have met the mini-rock star. But, as he told David Letterman last night, he's secretly a "Belieber."
And it's all thanks to his 12-year old daughter, Lily Rose. As he told Dave, she was "desperate to go" to a Bieber concert, so, like any good famous father, Johnny arranged for the two to meet backstage. Do we see a future Hollywood It Couple in the making?
Anything's possible, especially since it sounds like Johnny has the uncanny ability to "summon him up" simply by saying the word "Belieber"! He tells Dave a story of the time he was doing a press conference for Rango and, after a reporter asked him if he was, indeed, a Belieber. As soon as Johnny said that he was, "to the right of the room, Justin Bieber entered...he was just there!"
Oh, if only Justin's millions of fans had that superpower!
Source: CBS
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Get an overview of this hotel3-star aparthotel with 1 restaurants and free breakfast
Situated near the airport, this aparthotel is 2.6 mi (4.2 km) from Miracle Mile and within 12 mi (20 km) of Dolphin Mall and Miami Seaquarium. Sun Life Stadium is 17 mi (27.3 km) away.
Property Features
This smoke-free aparthotel features 1 restaurants, an outdoor pool, and 2 bars/lounges. Free buffet breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, a free airport shuttle, and a free manager's reception. Additionally, a health club, valet parking, and a business center are onsite.
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All 163 apartments feature kitchens with refrigerators and microwaves, plus free WiFi and free wired Internet. Other amenities available to guests include sitting areas, cable TV, and minibars.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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Residence Inn by Marriott Miami Airport features an outdoor pool and a health club. Dining is available at one of the aparthotel's 1 restaurants. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of aparthotel's 2 bars/lounges. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast as well as a complimentary manager's reception (may not be available daily). A computer station is located on site and high-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities at this 3-star property consist of a business center and a meeting room. Event facilities measure 650 square feet (59 square meters). This business-friendly aparthotel also offers barbecue grills, multilingual staff, and gift shops/newsstands. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests at scheduled times. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
Residence Inn by Marriott Miami Airport is a smoke-free property.
- Free breakfast
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Free airport transportation
- Number of restaurants - 1
- Outdoor pool
- Number of bars/lounges - 2
- Health club
- Free reception
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Cruise terminal shuttle (surcharge)
- Shopping center shuttle (surcharge)
- Business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 650
- Conference space size (meters) - 59
- One meeting room
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- 24-hour front desk
- Computer station
- Express check-out
- Multilingual staff
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Television in lobby
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Elevator/lift
- Shopping on site
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Number of floors - 6
- Total number of rooms - 163
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- Kitchen
- Free Wi-Fi
- Outdoor pool
- Refrigerator
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- Laundry facilities
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Kitchen
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Separate sitting area
- Minibar
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- Cable TV service
- Pay movies
- Refrigerator
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- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Shower/tub combination
- Coffee/tea maker
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Down comforter
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Daily housekeeping
- Free newspaper
- Free local calls
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Free toiletries
- Phone
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Air conditioning
- Climate control
- Private bathroom
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast. The aparthotel offers a complimentary manager's reception on select days.
Cane Fire Grille - This restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the aparthotel include an outdoor pool and a health club.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
- Braille or raised signage
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
Pets allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
- Self parking fee: USD 17 per day
- Valet parking fee: USD 20 per day
- Pet fee: USD 100 per stay
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This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section).


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Teams in need of a closer soon may have a stunning new possibility to consider. The Texas Rangers have had internal discussions about trading All-Star right-hander Joe Nathan, according to major league sources. If the Rangers proceed, it would be with the idea of dealing from strength and exploiting a thin market for relievers, sources said. Nathan, 38, instantly would become the most attractive closer available -- ahead of the Phillies' Jonathan Papelbon, who might not even be moved. The Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers are among the teams seeking to upgrade their late-inning relief. Nathan is 32 for 34 in save opportunities with a 1.73 ERA this season, and also earned the save for the American League in the All-Star Game. The Rangers, frustrated by their attempts to land offensive help, could expand their trade possibilities by dangling Nathan. The team's situation is growing more urgent -- Texas has lost 11 of its last 14 games, and ranks ninth in the A...
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SGI members in Sierra Leone Organize Buddhist Seminars
From March 20-21, 2010, SGI members in Kenema, Sierra Leone, held a seminar on Nichiren Buddhism, with some participants traveling by bus for six hours from as far away as the capital, Freetown.
The meeting included a question and answer session that provided participants with opportunities to ask about the humanistic philosophy of Nichiren Buddhism and engage in dialogue.
The gathering also commemorated March 16, 1958. On that day, at a meeting with 6,000 young people, Josei Toda, the second president of the Soka Gakkai, conveyed his hope for the youth of the Soka Gakkai to advance the cause of world peace. Shortly after that memorable day, Mr. Toda passed away on April 2, 1958.
In 2009, SGI members organized three similar seminars in Sierra Leone. The first focused on the history of Nichiren Buddhism and the peace, culture and education activities of SGI. Some 30 attended. The second seminar, with 42 participants, explored Buddhist concepts such as the oneness of life and its environment, the ten worlds and the law of cause and effect, while the third, with 57 in attendance, looked at the relationship between the mentor and the disciple as it relates to the practice of Buddhism.
In response to reports on the successful seminars, SGI President Daisaku Ikeda sent his congratulations to the members for their dedicated efforts. SGI-Sierra Leone members are committed to advance in their practice of Buddhism and work for the betterment of society.
[Adapted from an article in the April 5, 2010, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, Soka Gakkai, Japan; photo courtesy of Seikyo Shimbun]


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Ordinary executives have ordinary desk-games to keep them from getting bored in between meetings and signing important pieces of paper.
Executive Makers need a Maker game to keep them from getting bored while they wait for soldering iron or glue-gun to warm up...
Step 1: Materials
This is one of those projects where a lot of materials and methods can be substituted without harming the final product.
I'm going to show you two versions, one made of coffee stirrers, one made with popsicle sticks (these are sticks sold for craft, not food use) and bamboo skewers.
You will also need string, and something to act as weights, such as modelling clay, scrap wood, or maybe those funny Chinese coins with a hole in the middle...
You'll need glue, and tools to cut or drill the sticks and stirrers.
Depending on your personal preferences, you may also want paints to make the finished set match your favourite executive's desk.
Step 2: The Coffee-Stirrer Frame.
Take two coffee stirrers, and cut notches in both. The notches need to go half-way across the stick, and be wide enough to slot another coffee stirrer into.
The exact position of the notches is not drastically important, as long as both sticks are identical. I cut the notches a quarter of the way along from the end that will be top, and a third of the way along from the end that will be bottom.
Take a second pair of coffee-stirrers, and make a single notch half-way along the stick.
The easiest way to make sure the cuts are in the same places on each stick is to cut both sticks together.
Take one two-notch stick sticks, one one-notch stick and a plain one, and lay them in a triangle. Make sure the two notches are facing outwards, the one-notch stick is touching the bottom end of the two-notch stick, with the notch facing the inside of the triangle and glue the ends together. Clamp (small bulldog clips are perfect), and leave to dry. Make a second triangle with the other notched stirrer, and glue-and-clamp that one as well.
Have you considered putting some of that webby looking non-slip shelf liner stuff under the edges? It might prevent slippage.


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Cast: Puja Gupta, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Ameesha Patel
Producer: Himesh Reshammiya, Susi Ganeshan
Director: Susi Ganeshan
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Release Date: 04 April,2013
Storyline: Shortcut romeo is an upcoming indian romantic thriller film to be directed and produced by susi ganeshan, under the banner susi ganesh productions. it is the hindi remake of the director's own tamil film thiruttu payale (2006), starring neil nitin mukesh in the title role with puja gupta as his love interest and ameesha patel in a negative character. the theatrical trailer of shortcut romeo was unveiled on january 25, 2013. Read on Wikipedia
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CMC Ludhiana Results 2014 MBBS UG, PG & Entrance- cmcludhiana.in:
Christian Medical College Ludhiana has been announced the CMC Ludhiana Results 2014 for B.A, B.Sc, B.Com, B.Ed, M.Sc, M.A, M.Com, M.Ed, M.Phil, BBA, BCA, MBA, MCA Degree Semester & Annual Examination at the Christian Medical College Ludhiana official website (www.cmcludhiana.in).
This time, Christian Medical College Ludhiana was conducted their Semester Exam and annual examinations on March & April and November/ December 2014 and students who took the CMC Ludhiana examinations 2014 can download their result from here itself.
Also for the Admission into the various courses offered by them which are categorized into regular private and professional courses, the Private Form, Back paper Examination form have been disclosed. The relative details about the Private Form, Back paper Exam form of B.A, B.Sc, B.Com, B.Ed, M.A, M.Sc, M.Com, M.Ed, BBA, MCA, MBA and various other degree courses.
Christian Medical College Ludhiana is expected to display CMC Ludhiana Results 2014 as soon as possible. Students need to select your name of the course and enter the Roll number or Registration number to see the marks by name wise and roll no wise from the listed below links.
For CMC Ludhiana Result 2014 :
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