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The MoveOn contest garnered about 1,500 submissions and picked a winner that depicted children doing menial jobs with a graphic tag line that read: "Guess who's going to pay off President Bush's $1 trillion deficit?"
But the ad didn't get its Super Bowl airing. CBS rejected the spot, saying it didn't meet the network's standards. The ad ran on cable news networks around the time of the President's State of the Union address instead.
And cable network featherweight CurrentTV, which is seen in about 30 million homes around the country, has a similar commitment to user-created ads.
Starting in the spring of last year the channel launched its VCAM (Viewer Created Ad Message) program, inviting budding ad pros to shoot ads for big brands that would air on the network -- with the reward of $1,000 for each ad that airs.
The channel has already aired ads for Toyota, Pop Secret Popcorn, Sony and Mountain Dew.
Letting the patients run the asylum is certainly a hot trend, but the real test will be finding out whether it works. The average Joe concept is a fun hook, but will these ads sell people on the products they are pitching?
"I think the jury's out as to how much a staple this is going to end up being in on-air advertising," said Linda Kaplan-Thaler, CEO and chief creative officer of ad firm Kaplan Thaler. "I say that only because, looking at these consumer-generated ads, they're not knocking my socks off."
Kaplan-Thaler said that, despite the fact that there's a significant cost savings with user-generated ads -- $150 for the average viewer-created ad as compared to the million-dollar budgets for agency-generated Super Bowl spots -- it's just not worth it for most advertisers.
"I don't think they're as entertaining as a lot of the ads that I saw last year which were created by good old ad agencies with people who are well steeped in the clients' needs and who spend their days and nights doing this," said Kaplan-Thaler.
No matter what the professionals think, Joes and Janes are certainly going to get their chance at Super Bowl fame this year. Even if the ads are bad, they'll be talked about, which is exactly why companies shell out the big bucks for a few ticks of the clock on Feb. 4.
For the contestants, a good rule of thumb is to keep in mind that you're only as good as you think you are.
"I don't think I'm better than the Madison Avenue ad guys, but I think I give them a run for their money," said Jared Cicon.
Come Super Bowl Sunday, about 90 million people will be able to see just how good Jared and his amateur ad peers are.


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French composer, organist and conductor Gabriel Pierne, who was born in Metz in 1863, distinguished himself in all genres, including of course Opera. He thus completed a light opera in one act in 1926 - 'Sophie Arnould' - based on the text of the play in verse by his friend Gabriel Nigond. 'Sophie Arnould' was probably the most famous and adulated prima donna of the second half of the 18th Century. A great performer of Rameau's work, she also did a lot to help Gluck stand out in Paris.
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Live from Baltimore, Maryland this is the Raw Deal for episode #1076. Follow me on Twitter @johnreport.
It's Old School Raw. The old Raw set is in place. The ring looks like the old ring with blue posts. The first man on the show? Woo! Ric Flair. Big ovation for the WWE Hall of Famer. They showed clips of Flair talking to the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday. They won their playoff game on Sunday, so it worked.
Flair mentioned he's had some fun in Baltimore and then he got his catchphrases going. He spoke about legends being there. He did the Nature Boy strut. The music of Randy Orton started up and out walked the WWE World Heavyweight Champion with both championships. Orton gave Flair a hug.
Orton said tonight isn't about the legends and Hall of Famers, it's about him. He claimed that he was the greatest superstar of this generation and any other. Orton said he respected Flair, but he asked him to step aside because Orton had something to get off his chest. The crowd chanted "no" while Flair stood in the ring. Orton talked about the Rumble match versus Cena by saying he didn't like that The Authority is giving Cena a title match. He claimed he had nothing left to prove, so he asked The Authority to reverse their decision because he's proven that he's the man.
Flair said he isn't sure Orton is the man because when he competed he performed every night. That's why he has two Hall of Fame rings. Flair said all Randy does is cry about the rematch, so Flair told him to wrestle the man again. Orton mentioned that Flair had people watching his back the whole time.
Orton called Flair the most overrated superstar in history. The crowd didn't like that. Orton asked him to leave the ring. Flair said he's not leaving and Orton has to listen to him. He mentioned Orton was the most physically gifted young talent that came around in years, which is why they picked him for Evolution ten years ago. Flair basically told Orton to prove himself. Orton said he could go old school on Flair right now.
John Cena made his way down to the ring. He had jean shorts on because that's old school for him. He gave Flair a hug. Cena congratulated Orton for sinking to a new level of scumbag every time he opens his mouth. Cena didn't like that Orton was taking out his frustrations on Flair. Cena hyped up Flair's accomplishments. He suggested a fight with Orton. "If you're feeling froggy, jump, cuz I say let's dance Randall." He busted out the Randall for him. Orton left the ring. Cena hugged Flair to end the segment while Orton walked away holding both of his titles.
Analysis: It was nice to see Flair open the show because we don't see him too often, so it felt fresh. Orton's interaction with Flair was good for the most part. I like that they touched on history the way they did. Cena's involvement was fine. I figured that segment would lead to something like a tag match with Flair in Cena's corner or something like that, but no sign of a match for them.
The announcers for the show are Michael Cole and John Bradshaw Layfield. JBL had a bright red jacket while Cole had a beige one. They're old WWF/E jackets. They mentioned that Jerry Lawler wasn't there because he's ill. His heart is fine. He's just sick. There were online reports that he went to the hospital, but it turned out to be nothing major. Good to hear that.
There was a video package to show how Daniel Bryan felt like he couldn't fight it anymore, so he joined the Wyatt Family. Up next we'll get more about this story when Bryan teams with Harper & Rowan.
I love that they have the old Raw theme song for this episode. It's a nice touch. All of the old graphics are there too.
Plug time: On Monday we posted a TJRWrestling staff predictions column featuring five predictions from all of our writers. We predict some good things for guys like Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn among others while I have a prediction about John Cena's title reigns this year. Be sure to check it out!
There was a "Did You Know" that told us that Roman Reigns was 7 years old when Raw debuted in 1993. I was 12. If that matters. Reigns is in the main event versus CM Punk later.
The Usos and Rey Mysterio were in the ring for a tag match. They're facing Luke Harper, Erick Rowan and new Wyatt Family member, Daniel Bryan. They were led by Bray Wyatt of course. Bryan had on a grey full length outfit. I think he borrowed it from Duke "The Dumpster" Droese.
Luke Harper, Erick Rowan & Daniel Bryan (w/Bray Wyatt) vs. Rey Mysterio & The Usos
Harper started for his team, but then he tagged in Bryan, who reluctantly went at it with Mysterio. He was very aggressive while Bray was laughing from the rocking chair. Bryan gave Rey a waist lock and Rey sent Bryan out to the floor for the vintage floor to commercial break.
Back from break, Rowan hit Jey Uso with a fallaway slam. Bryan got some more offense in. It's a weird dynamic in this match with the fans still supporting Bryan even though he's teaming with the heels. Jey hit a superkick on Rowan and tagged in Mysterio. Rey hit a headscissors on Rowan and then he countered a power move into a hurricanrana. 619 by Mysterio on Rowan and Jimmy tagged in for a big splash, but Rowan moved out of the way. Bryan tagged in. Then Harper tagged himself in before Bryan could do anything. Harper went for a suplex on Jimmy, but Jimmy rolled through and covered Harper to win the match for his team. It went 9 minutes.
Winners by pinfall: Rey Mysterio & The Usos
Post match, the faces left the ring while the Wyatt Family were mad about what happened.
Analysis: **1/2 The finish was a bit off because when Jimmy rolled up Harper it wasn't perfectly done. It was fine, though. There wasn't a big crowd response for it because it came out of nowhere and it was a counter move rather than something Jimmy did on his own. It got the job done in terms of telling the story that the Wyatt Family may have a flaw with Bryan in it because Harper tagged himself in even though Bryan wanted to get in the match.
Later tonight it's Piper's Pit with Roddy Piper hosting The Shield. Also CM Punk vs. Roman Reigns
The announcers informed us that Batista is back on Raw in two weeks and he's also in the Royal Rumble match.
Raw GM Brad Maddox set up a rematch of Damien Sandow vs. Great Khali because Khali's shoulder was up last week. He set up a fan vote on the WWE App with one of these legends as the selection: Bob Backlund, Arn Anderson or Sgt. Slaughter. I'll download the App if I don't have to see Khali wrestle.
Director of Operations Kane showed up to Maddox questioning what Maddox said about him last week when he criticized him. Kane said if he laid his hands on Maddox he'd be fired, but if he did that then Kane would make sure Maddox wasn't seen or heard from again. If Kane got fired as DOO then he'd put that mask back on and make sure Maddox wasn't seen or heard from again.
Analysis: The WWE App vote isn't that interesting. I don't want another Khali match. Can I vote against that? Kane's segment with Maddox was fine. As I say every week, there are way too many people in charge of this show that it's become very confusing for the viewer.
Backstage, Big E Langston was waking with the IC Title on his shoulder. Nikolai Volkoff was singing, Ted Dibiase was shown with the Million Dollar Title (Aksana was there flirting with him) and then IRS showed up to tell Langston to pay his taxes.
Analysis: Nice cameos there. Of course, IRS has worked there since he retired and his sons Bray Wyatt & Bo Dallas have bright futures in the company.
On Wednesday night at 9:30pmET it's a big announcement by WWE that you can watch on WWE.com. It's expected that it will be the official announcement for the new WWE Network.
Big E Langston vs. Curtis Axel
Ryback joined commentary for this one. He apologized for his hoarse voice by saying he was hanging out with Lilian Garcia. The joke is that HHH once called her a horse (said she looked like one) so he was making that joke. It's in poor taste. Average fan won't know what it means, though. I saw this match at Smackdown, but here we go again. Curtis hit the Mr. Perfect-like flipping snapmare. Cole asked how the name Rybaxel came about and Ryback said they combined their names. Hard hitting questions by Cole! Axel hit a back elbow. They went outside the ring with Langston regaining control. Ryback distracted him a bit, so Axel got a rollup for two. Langston hit his leaping clothesline and then the Big Ending for the win after 3 minutes.
Winner by pinfall: Big E Langston
Analysis: * It was similar to the match they had on Smackdown. Clean win for Langston. He's a midcard champion that doesn't lose non-title champions, so that's good for him. Ryback's commentary was pretty average. I'm not sure if this is leading to Langston vs. Ryback or where they are going with it.
Roddy Piper was walking backstage for Piper's Pit at the top of hour two.
When they came back from break they showed a shot of Baltimore from the 1970s.
The WWE Hall of Famer Roddy Piper entered for Piper's Pit to a very good ovation. He's one of the best talkers ever. Also one of the best heels ever. As a legend here he's a face, but his heel moments were my favorites.
Piper's Pit with The Shield
Piper said he was old school before old school was cool. Piper wanted to tell a story, but before he could talk the music of The Shield started up, which meant it was time for Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns to make their entrance through the crowd.
Ambrose wondered who gave the old man a live microphone. He told Piper that if The Shield was around in Piper's prime he wouldn't have made it to 112 years old. Roddy said it was Piper's Pit not Ambrose's Alley. Piper spoke about how he's been beat up, but his mind is fine. There's only one guy that can match him on the microphone: CM Punk. That led to a big "CM Punk" chant. Ambrose warned him to tread lightly. Rollins said it wasn't 1985 and that The Shield is too smart for his tactics. He figured that Piper was jealous of them because Ambrose is a better US Champion than Piper was.
Piper said he was sure that Rollins and Ambrose can't beat Punk. He focused on Reigns and even pinched his cheek. Piper wondered that if Reigns beats Punk then does that make him better than the others? The crowd chanted "yes" to that. Reigns stood up to say that he was going to beat Punk. He warned Piper by saying if he touched him again he would beat him down. CM Punk's music started up as The Shield focused in on Piper.
Punk ran out along with the Road Dogg and Billy Gunn aka the New Age Outlaws. Huge pop for that. The crowd went wild for it. Punk and the Outlaws cleared the ring of The Shield. Piper's music played to end it.
Analysis: That was a good segment with Piper wondering if Reigns is the best one should he beat Punk. Piper saying he was one of the best talkers ever with Punk as a guy on his level was cool to hear. It puts over Punk. I like that. That segment was a smart way to continue to angle where there are issues within The Shield. Seeing Punk run out there with the New Age Outlaws was unexpected, but a really nice surprise. It fits the theme of this show. No promo from the Outlaws was a bit disappointing. Perhaps it's coming later.
A video aired from last week that focused on the return of Brock Lesnar with Mark Henry on the receiving end of a Lesnar beating. Lesnar will be on Raw later.
Sin Cara vs. Alberto Del Rio
The viewer asks: "This match again?" Me: "Yes it is." They showed some wins that Sin Cara (the former Hunico) has over Del Rio in the last month. The Sin Cara lights are still around in 2014. Can I vote against those on the App? Sin Cara with the headscissors. Do I have to say it's Hunico as Sin Cara? The other guy isn't coming back. Kick to the head by Sin Cara, but his Swanton off the top missed because Del Rio moved. Hard side kick to the head by Del Rio. That was enough for the win after about three minutes.
Winner by pinfall: Alberto Del Rio
Analysis: * It was a short match that felt rushed. Del Rio rarely wins matches using the side kick to the head, but he did here.
Post match, Del Rio did a promo about the Royal Rumble match. He mentioned Batista and said he would throw him over the top rope. Then everybody will be talking about the Royal Rumble match winner: Alberto Del Rio.
Analysis: He's not winning. It's nice to see people doing promos about the Rumble match, though.
They reminded us to vote on the ref for Sandow vs. Khali. Plenty of WWE superstars are on Twitter suggesting fans vote for Arn Anderson. He's worked in WWE as an agent since WCW ended, so obviously he's a favorite of many current WWE stars.
Cole let us know that Lawler had a stomach illness and was watching Raw backstage with the other legends.
Backstage, Daniel Bryan talked to Harper & Rowan. He wanted them to let him contribute and suggested he teams with one of them. Wyatt showed up to say that Bryan will be teaming with Wyatt next week.
Analysis: Did Wyatt's dad Irwin R. Schyster book that for him? What a nice guy. Hopefully Bray pays his taxes.
Cody Rhodes & Goldust vs. Antonio Cesaro & Jack Swagger (w/Zeb Colter)
This is non-title. Zeb Colter's sign said "the best defense is a fence." Prevent those jumpers. Double front suplex by the Rhodes brothers. The heels isolated Goldust while Cole wanted JBL to bust out "the boyhood dream has come true" line that Vince McMahon used about Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 12. Goldust made a comeback with the Goldi-rana on Cesaro before bringing in Cody, who got a dropkick for two. Disaster Kick by Cody on Swagger, but then he walked into a Cesaro uppercut. They went to break there.
Back from break, the Cesaro Swing happened on Cody during the break as the heels worked him over in their corner. Cody hit a kick on Swagger and dumped Cesaro over the top rope. Cesaro booted Goldust before Cody could tag him in. Cody tried to tag in his brother, but he was down. Cesaro hit an uppercut and then he missed a corner charge. Swagger tagged in, applied the Patriot Lock and Cody tried to counter it. Swagger wouldn't let go. That was really well done. Goldust saved his brother with a big boot to Swagger's face. Hot tag to Goldust, who had clotheslines for Swagger along with a Spinebuster. Top rope cross body by Goldust on both Real Americans. Powerslam on Swagger for two as Cesaro made the save. Cesaro was sent outside the ring. Swagger rollup for two. Goldust came back with the Final Cut for the win after 12 minutes.
Winners by pinfall: Cody Rhodes & Goldust
Analysis: *** I thought this might be an opportunity for the challengers to get a win to earn a tag title shot at the Royal Rumble, but it didn't happen. I'm actually surprised that champions won a non-title match since that seems to be so rare in WWE lately. The action was very good as expected. Four good workers that know what they're doing and they've wrestled a bunch, so the chemistry is obviously there. My favorite part was how Cody kept fighting out of the Patriot Lock, but couldn't get it. It's a good thing that he was selling during it rather than simply taking the move. I'm not sure what team will get the next tag title shot and that's okay because the tag division is on fire.
Back in the locker room, Diamond Dallas Page & Booker T were talking with DDP talking about his yoga program. He tried to teach Booker some yoga. Booker said he could do his own yoga and tried to lift his knee up, but he pulled something in his back. Ron Simmons showed up. "DAMN!"
The app results for guest ref are coming up.
Damien Sandow was in the ring. The Great Khali was led to the ring by Ranjin Singh because Khali with his former manager is a considered old school. He works for the WWE creative team if you don't know. WWE App results for referee: Slaughter 55%, Anderson 30%, Backlund 15%. I'm sure some don't like that result. I can't say I've ever cared about any WWE App vote because they're all predictable.
Damien Sandow vs. The Great Khali (w/Ranjin Singh)
Sandow was bumping his ass off for Khali's boring offense. A couple of clotheslines and a big chop to the head by Khali earned him the win. There was a problem, though, because Sandow's foot was on the bottom rope. The "match" went about two minutes.
Winner by pinfall: The Great Khali
Post match, Sandow argued with Slaughter. He went for a punch, Slaughter avoided it and applied the Cobra Clutch to choke out Sandow. Slaughter danced with Khali and Ranjin while the announcers loved it. Of course they did. Old white guys dancing is hilarious to people who are unable to write good comedy.
Analysis: Poor Sandow being stuck in a feud with Khali. That whole thing was done to get the pop for Slaughter.
Brock Lesnar was shown walking backstage with Paul Heyman. Lesnar's shirt said: "Eat Sleep Conquer Repeat." That sounds like a plan.
Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman made their way down to the ring near the top of hour three. Heyman introduced himself as well as Brock Lesnar, who is the self proclaimed #1 contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Heyman said Lesnar didn't think old school meant that they should trot out legends. According to Lesnar, old school is when one man reigns supreme and every member of the locker room challenges that champion. Heyman mentioned guys like Bruno Sammartino, Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin (biggest pop of the bunch) as men that reigned supreme. That's old school according to Lesnar and Heyman. Heyman mentioned that after the Royal Rumble, it doesn't matter if it's Orton or Cena that's WWEWHC because Lesnar will be coming after that man. Heyman said that last week Lesnar gave Mark Henry the biggest beating of his career. Whoever goes up against Lesnar will end up being a loser according to Heyman. He pointed at Lesnar's t-shirt: "Eat Sleep Conquer Repeat." Heyman said it a few times.
Mark Henry came out to face off with Lesnar again. They started brawling with Lesnar hitting some knee attacks to the ribs of Henry. He applied the Kimura Lock on Henry's left arm. Then he "broke" the arm. That's the assumption anyway. Lesnar wanted to do more, but Heyman called him off. Doctors went into the ring to tend to Henry.
Analysis: That "broken arm" angle usually means somebody is out for a couple of months, so perhaps Henry has some kind of injury again that will keep him on the sideline. I'm not sure what's up with Henry. I like that angle as a way to make Lesnar look like more of a beast.
As Lesnar was making his way towards the back, Big Show's music started up. Show walked towards Lesnar, who moved backwards towards the ring. Lesnar went into the ring. When Show went into the ring, Lesnar bailed to the floor. Show had a serious look on his face as he stared at Lesnar. Heyman tried to distract, but Show was ready when Lesnar went at him. Show tossed Lesnar across the ring. Lesnar and Heyman left the ring. Show kept staring without cracking a smile.
Analysis: That was an awesome segment with Lesnar retreating, which is not something we usually see from him. I'm a fan of serious Big Show whether it's as a face or heel. He got one move in on Lesnar as a way to get the advantage. I know Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer mentioned Lesnar vs. Show as a possibility at the Royal Rumble, so it looks like that's the plan. I would assume Lesnar gets the win there. It would be a credible win against a guy like Show. They also have a history that dates back to 2002. Of course their most famous moment was when the ring collapsed on Smackdown on their superplex spot. Seeing Show like this is much better than seeing him dancing in a diaper like he was two weeks ago.
There was a recap of the Flair/Orton/Cena segment from earlier.
This week on Main Event it's R-Truth & Xavier Woods vs. The Real Americans. Usually they don't even mention Main Event matches.
Nikki & Brie Bella vs. Aksana & Alicia Fox
Nikki hit a monkey flip on Alicia and then Alicia yanked Nikki outside the ring, which led to Nikki selling a knee injury. Aksana tagged in to work on Nikki's knee. The crowd didn't care about this at all. Nikki made the hot tag to Brie, who hit some dropkicks and a running knee on Aksana. Brie yells a lot on offense. Brie missed a missile dropkick off the middle rope and Aksana covered her. That's the finish? Apparently. It went four minutes.
Winner by pinfall: Aksana & Alicia Fox
Analysis: 1/2* That was pretty boring. I think Brie only sold one move and she got pinned by it. When do you see somebody lose a match on a missed dropkick? I'd rather see Aksana hit a move before the pin because then at least she looks better while getting the victory. I'm not sure where things are headed in the divas division. There's no clear contender for AJ's Divas Title and this is the second Raw in a row with an Aksana win (Nikki beat her on Smackdown).
In the backstage area, we saw Rikishi, Grandmaster Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty walking to the ring. It's Too Cool set for action.
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It's time for some jobbing with 3MB in the ring. They're up against Rikishi & Too Cool.
Rikishi, Scotty 2 Hotty & Grandmaster Sexay vs. 3MB (Heath Slater, Drew McIntyre & Jinder Mahal)
Rikishi is wrestling with an Usos shirt on, which is for the best and he supports his sons. Scotty & Grandmaster look to be in pretty good shape. Bulldog by Grandmaster, who is of course Brian Lawler the son of Jerry Lawler. McIntyre missed a corner charge so Scotty did a facebuster. He made the crazy eyes, which set up the Worm, which the crowd loved. McIntyre came back with a boot to the face. 3MB isolated Scotty in their corner. Cole asked JBL if he ever received the Worm or Stinkface, but JBL wasn't answering. Rikishi received the hot tag and he cleaned house. A side kick got two on Mahal. Double clothesline by Rikishi on McIntyre & Mahal. Grandmaster hit the Hip Hop Drop top rope leg drop. Jinder went for a sunset flip on Rikishi, but Rikishi sat on him and that was enough for the win. It went 6 minutes.
Winners by pinfall: Rikishi, Scotty 2 Hotty & Grandmaster Sexay
Post match, the winners danced.
Analysis: * It was a fun match for nostalgia sake. No stinkface for Rikishi, who wrestled in a t-shirt and leather pants. I'd say he made the right wardrobe choice. Maybe 3MB will win a match in 2014. Maybe not.
CM Punk vs. Roman Reigns coming up later.
Next week on Raw it's The Usos vs. Bray Wyatt & Daniel Bryan.
The WWE legends walked out including The Godfather (with no girls because it's PG) and all of the ones that were on the show earlier. They stood by the entrance ramp. Here's the rundown in order of introduction by Justin Roberts: Scotty 2 Hotty, Grandmaster Sexay, Booker T, Rikishi, Nikolai Volkoff, Sgt. Slaughter, Irwin R. Schyster, Bob Backlund, Ted Dibiase (he laughed of course), Arn Anderson, Roddy Piper, Ron Simmons, Diamond Dallas Page, The Godfather and Ric Flair. Flair got the biggest ovation of course.
With all the legends still out there, Wade Barrett showed up for some bad news. He ripped them for not being at a flea market to sign photos of themselves from 25 years ago. He said he would forget their names and so would the WWE Universe. That was it.
Analysis: I think the Bad News Barrett gimmick has really good potential, but what they're doing with it isn't working. It's cheap heat. I think they should mix in some comedy once in a while for it. As for the legends that were there, most of them work in WWE still or get called when WWE needs something, so it's not like it was a unique group that we rarely see.
CM Punk vs. Roman Reigns up next.
Batista is back on January 20th, so they showed a video about him.
This week on Smackdown it's Randy Orton vs. Big E Langston.
The WWE Hall of Famer "Mean" Gene Okerlund showed up for a promo by the entrance. He shilled his hotline like in the old days. "It's only $5.99 per minute." It was a nice flashback to Mean Gene especially in WCW. He introduced the New Age Outlaws.
Road Dogg did the full entrance for the Outlaws. I mentioned it earlier, so here it is in full. It's still one of the best entrances ever. They were at the Slammys and they're here because they both work for WWE (Road Dogg is on creative team, Gunn is a trainer at NXT). Road Dogg introduced CM Punk for the main event. Very cool to see CM Punk enter in a Ribera jacket, which is from Japan. That's pretty classic.
CM Punk (w/New Age Outlaws) vs. Roman Reigns (w/Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins)
The story is that Punk has the Outlaws in his corner as backup to prevent interference from The Shield. Slow start. Shoulderblock by Reigns. He was in control as they went to break about two minutes into it.
Back from break, Punk was thrown into the ring post and landed hard outside the ring. Reigns worked over the ribs of Punk, but Punk hit a cross body block off the middle rope. Reigns came back with a bearhug and when Punk fought out of that, Reigns hit a Samoan Drop for two. Reigns went for the Superman Punch, but Punk rolled out of the way and hit a roundhouse kick. Jumping side kick by Punk, clotheslines and a neckbreaker for just one. The running knee in the corner by Punk for two and a second one got another nearfall. They battled on the turnbuckle, which was a battle Punk won and that led to the flying elbow off the top rope. Cole said "right on the chest of Ambrose." Wrong guy, Mike. It's Reigns. Ambrose jumped on the apron, so Road Dogg went at him, but Ambrose threw Dogg into the steps. Gunn hit a clothesline on Ambrose and then Rollins threw Gunn into the post. Punk hit a dive outside the ring on Rollins. Punk went to the top for a springboard attack, but Reigns drilled him with the Superman Punch. Punk kicked out at two. I thought that the finish. Awesome nearfall right there. Punk avoided the Spear and hit a rollup for two. Roundhouse kick for Punk got two. Punk went for the GTS, but Reigns slipped out. Running knee by Punk. He wanted the bulldog, but Reigns shoved him into Ambrose, who had jumped on the apron. When Punk turned around Reigns met him with a Spear and that led to the pinfall win after 16 minutes.
Winner by pinfall: Roman Reigns
Analysis: ***1/4 The action was really slow early on and in the first ten minutes, but the last five minutes were excellent. They had some really good nearfalls in there with Reigns hitting that Superman Punch and Punk kicking out. Obviously the big story is that Reigns is the only member of The Shield that was able to beat Punk. Reigns is going to be pushed as a big star sooner rather than later, so it makes sense. Technically the win wasn't that clean since Ambrose jumped on the apron, but I don't mind it at all. It fits with the story. Punk can afford to lose once in a while. It's about making Reigns into a bigger deal, so in that sense it worked. Way to be helpful, Outlaws. They didn't offer much assistance.
Post match, Jake "The Snake" Roberts made his return! Awesome! I didn't expect that. He's in much better shape after dedicating himself to DDP Yoga and not drinking alcohol anymore. It's great to see him in a WWE ring again. He had a bag with him. The Outlaws and Punk dumped the heels from the ring. Punk gave Ambrose the GTS to knock him out in the ring. The crowd was chanting for a DDT, but instead Roberts dumped his snake from the bag. He put the snake on Ambrose, who had his eyes closed and sold it like he was out. He actually had a bit of a smirk on his face too. If it was me I'd be freaking out, but Ambrose didn't seem to mind. Jake put the head of the snake right on Dean's face. Raw ended with the babyfaces celebrating in the middle of the ring.
Analysis: That was a nice surprise. Roberts has been on Twitter for months talking about how he wants to be in the Royal Rumble match. I had no idea that he was talking to WWE or that he would return on this show, so when I saw him I was very happy. If he does return in the Rumble match the surprise is ruined a bit because he was on this show, but I don't mind one bit. I hope they put in the Rumble. It would be cool to see him hit a DDT again.
Three Stars of the Show
1. Roman Reigns
2. CM Punk
3. Jake Roberts - It was great to see him in a WWE ring again looking in good shape considering how things were for him before.
The Scoreboard
6.5 out of 10
Last week: 7
2013 Average: 5.87
Last 5 Weeks: 7, 5.5, 8, 7, 5.5
Final Thoughts
It gets a 6.5 out of 10 for having some pretty good matches and some nostalgic moments that were fun.
There were many points in the show where it was really dragging. Part of it is because they're really not going to push too many matches at the Rumble, so they're just filling time because they have to.
I'm shocked that Cena and Orton were barely on the show. They weren't on last week. I figured we'd see one of them in a match and they'd have some kind of brawl. Instead we got nothing. That surprised me.
You know who I didn't miss? Triple H and Stephanie McMahon. I'm glad they weren't on.
The Baltimore crowd wasn't very good. They were pretty dead in certain spots.
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A semi-conductor decoder circuit includes 2N-1 circuits each formed of transistors vertically arranged in N stages, with the transistors of 2N-1, 2N-2 . . . 21, 20 number being disposed sequentially from the output stage in N stages in a tree structure. The gate width of the transistor at each stage is expanded as a distance from the output stage is increased so as to prevent an increase in ON resistance of the circuit and also to achieve a high speed operation.
1. A semiconductor decoder circuit comprising:
2N-1 number of NAND gate means, each having N inputs and collectively developing an output, where N is greater than 2, each said NAND gate means including;
N first transistors, each having a control terminal coupled to receive one of said N inputs and first and second controlled terminals, said first controlled terminals being commonly connected together to said output, said second controlled terminals coupled to receive a supply voltage; and
a unique path of at least N-1 second transistors, said second transistors each having an input gate coupled to receive one of said N inputs and third and fourth controlled terminals, said N-1 second transistors in said unique path being serially connected together by their respective third and fourth terminals to form N-1 stages between said commonly connected first controlled terminals and a reference node;
said unique path between each of said 2N-1 number of NAND gate means and said reference node sharing at least some of said N-1 second transistors with the unique path of others of said NAND gate means,
said N-1 second transistors of all of said 2N-1 number of NAND gate means being connected in a cascade arrangement with said said unique paths intersecting to connect the N first transistors of each of said 2N-1 number of NAND gate means to said reference node at a single point;
each gate of one of said N-1 second transistors in the N-1 stage having a gate width inversely proportional to the number of transistors in said N-1 stage to thereby make the total gate width of all of said second transistors at each said stage substantially constant.
2. The decoder circuit of claim 1 wherein said first transistors are PMOS field effect transistors.
3. The decoder circuit of claim 1 wherein said second transistors are NMOS field effect transistors.
4. The decoder circuit of claim 1 wherein said at least N-1 second transistors of each unique path comprise N second transistors.
The present invention generally relates to a semi-conductor decoder circuit and more particularly, to a decoder circuit for a memory circuit constructed with CMOS (complementary metal oxide semi-conductor) transistors.
Following the recent rapid progress in processing techniques, there has been a marked increase in the memory capacity of a semi-conductor memory, while memory cell size has tended to decrease in inverse proportion to the memory capacity owing to the restriction in the chip size.
Generally, in an asynchronous CMOS memory, the decoder section is constituted by NAND circuits as shown in FIG. 1, and for the NAND circuits of this kind, there are employed circuits constructed of NMOS (n-channel metal oxide semi-conductor) transistors connected to each other so as to be vertically arranged. However, the NAND circuit construction as described above has such a disadvantage that its ON resistance is undesirably increased, with a consequent prolonged discharge time. Moreover, following the reduction of the memory cell size owing to the reason described earlier, the gate width of the NMOS transistor becomes still smaller in an ordinary layout system, and therefore, the inconvenience that the discharge time is prolonged still further, can not be avoided.
More specifically, in the decoder section of the asynchronous CMOS memory as illustrated in FIG. 1, although there are provided the NAND circuits respectively applied with N inputs of A'1 to A'N, these N input NAND circuits NAND 1, NAND2, . . . and NANDK present an obstacle for high speed operation, and therefore, various proposals have been made up to the present time to modify circuit construction and layout systems in order to eliminate the disadvantage as described above.
In FIG. 2, there is shown the simplest construction of a CMOS N input NAND circuit conventionally employed, in which N number of PMOS (p-channel metal oxide semi-conductor) transistors PT are connected in parallel to each other, while N number of NMOS transistors NT are connected to be vertically arranged in series with each other between a common junction j of said PMOS transistors PT and the ground, with input signals A'i /A'i (i=1 through N) being applied to respective gates of said PMOS transistors PT and NMOS transistors NT so as to function as the NAND circuit.
In FIG. 3, showing a layout pattern of an arrangement of the above NAND circuits, for example, NAND1 and NAND2, regions surrounded by solid lines are diffusion areas 1 and 2, and 2N pieces of signal lines A'1, A'1 ... A'N, A'N are formed by Al wiring, while polysilicon layers 3 (shown by hatched lines) are further formed on gate insulating films forming the NMOS transistors NT so as to overlap the Al wiring. In FIG. 3, marks ○ represent contact holes for establishing connections between the Al wiring and the polysilicon layers 3 of the NMOS transistor gate electrodes, and marks x show connections between the Al wiring and the diffusion areas 1 and 2. In the circuit arrangement of FIG. 3, N pieces of NMOS transistors NT are employed per one NAND circuit, and the gate width of each transistor must be accommodated within a memory cell length LMC. On the assumption that the gate width of the NMOS transistor equivalent to the memory cell length LMC is denoted by WM, the substantial gate width W1 for the NMOS portion which must be vertically arranged is represented by an equation, ##EQU1##
Subsequently, FIG. 4 shows an improved circuit of the conventional circuit of FIG. 2, while FIG. 5 represents a layout pattern thereof. In FIG. 4, (N+1)/2 pieces of NMOS transistors NT are employed for one NAND circuit, and the gate widths of the transistors having A'2 /A'2 to A'N /A'N as the inputs can be expanded to a value equivalent to 2LMC. Although the MOS transistor having the gate width larger than that in the conventional circuit of FIG. 2 may be obtained by the above arrangement, the substantial gate width W2 in this case is merely one represented by an equation, ##EQU2## and it can not be said that a fully satisfactory improvement has been achieved, even with respect to the circuits vertically arranged in multi-stages, and thus, a sufficiently high speed operation has not been achieved as yet by any of the conventional systems due to the hindrance resulting from the vertically staged connection of NMOS transistors.
Accordingly, an essential object of the present invention is to provide a semi-conductor decoder circuit in which multi-staged NMOS transistors are connected to each other into a tree structure, the tree structure being so arranged that the gate width is increased to be equivalent to one, two, four times ... and so forth of the memory cell length, starting from the transistor at the side closer to the output stage for the expansion of the gate width, thereby prevents an increase of ON resistance of the circuit and also, to achieve a high speed operation.
Another important object of the present invention is to provide a semi-conductor decoder circuit of the above described type which is simple in construction and highly reliable in operation, and can be readily incorporated into various electronic circuits at low cost.
In accomplishing these and other objects, according to one preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a semi-conductor decoder circuit which includes 2N-1 circuits each formed of transistors vertically arranged in N stages, characterized in that the transistors of 2N-1, 2N-2 . . . 21, 20 pieces are disposed sequentially from the output stage in N stages in a tree structure, with gate width of the transistor at each stage being formed to be expanded as a distance from the output stage is increased.
By the circuit construction according to the present invention as described above, an improved semiconductor decoder circuit has been advantageously presented, with a substantial elimination of disadvantages inherent in the conventional circuits of this kind.
These and other objects and features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the preferred embodiment thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which;
FIG. 1 is a block circuit diagram showing the construction of a decoder section of an asynchronous CMOS memory (already referred to),
FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram showing the simple construction of CMOS N input NAND circuits conventionally employed (already referred to),
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a layout pattern of the conventional circuit of FIG. 2 (already referred to),
FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram similar to FIG. 2, which shows a conventional improvement thereof (already referred to),
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a layout pattern of the conventional circuit of FIG. 4 (already referred to),
FIG. 6 is a circuit diagram showing the construction of a semi-conductor decoder circuit according to one preferred embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a layout pattern of the semi-conductor decoder circuit of FIG. 6,
FIG. 8 is a graphical diagram showing the relation between the number of inputs for NAND gate and substantial gate width for comparison of the conventional circuit with the embodiment according to the present invention, and
FIG. 9 is a diagram similar to FIG. 6, which particularly shows a modification thereof.
Before the description of the present invention proceeds, it is to be noted that like parts are designated by like reference numerals throughout the accompanying drawings.
Referring now to the drawings, there is shown in FIG. 6 a semi-conductor decoder circuit according to one preferred embodiment of the present invention. The decoder circuit of FIG. 6 is formed of CMOS transistors and generally includes PMOS transistor sections P1 to P2 N-1 which each include, with respect to N inputs A'1 to A'N, N number of PMOS transistors PT. These PMOS transistors have applied, at their gates, inverted or non-inverted inputs which are respectively connected in parallel to each other. The decoder circuit generally further includes NMOS transistor sections in which NMOS transistors NT are connected at subsequent stages of the .sub. 2N-1 number of PMOS transistor sections P1 to P2 N-1 in the form of a tree structure as illustrated. In the NMOS transistor sections, the tree structure is so constructed that the transistors NT are connected to each other, in vertical stages, by successively being reduced in the number thereof in such an order as 2N-1 number of NMOS transistors NT applied with inputs A'1 /A'1, and then, 2N-2 number of NMOS transistors NT applied with inputs A'2 /A'2 up to one NMOS transistor NT applied with inputs A'N /A'N at the final stage.
FIG. 7 shows a layout pattern of the NMOS transistor section as illustrated in FIG. 6. More specifically, on the assumption that a gate width of the NMOS transistor NT applied with the inputs A'1 /A'1 is represented by one memory cell length LMC, the gate width of the NMOS transistor NT applied with the inputs A'2 /A'2 becomes 21 xLMC, the gate width of the NMOS transistor NT applied with the inputs A'3 /A'3 is 22 xLMC, and the gate width of the NMOS transistor NT applied with the inputs A'i /A'i will be 2i-1 xLMC. In such a manner, the NMOS transistors NT included in 2N-1 number of NAND circuits are collectively formed to provide the gate widths and diffusion areas meeting the dimensions as described above. In other words, in the tree structure for NMOS transistor NT of N stages, the gate width is increased as a distance from the output stage is increased.
In the above layout pattern of FIG. 7, although the gate widths are similar to those shown in the conventional circuit of FIG. 4 with respect to the NMOS transistors NT applied with the inputs A'1 /A'1 and A'2 /A'2, the gate widths may be expanded in such a manner that 4LMC, 8LMC, . . . and so forth with respect to the inputs A'3 /A'3 and thereafter, and the substantial gate width W3 may be represented by, ##EQU3##
Referring also to FIG. 8, there is shown a graphical diagram representing the relation between the NAND gate, number of inputs in the foregoing equations (1), (2) and (3) and the substantial gate widths. As is seen from FIG. 8, it has been found that, although the gate widths W1 and W2 are rapidly decreased as the number of inputs to the NAND gate is increased, the gate width W3 is hardly changed in the circuit construction of the embodiment according to the present invention in the case where the number of stages N is in the relation N≧4. The above finding shows that the feature of the present embodiment is more clearly displayed with an increase of the memory capacity.
Referring further to FIG. 9, there is shown a decoder circuit according to a modification of the present invention, which is more specific than the embodiment of FIG. 6. In the modification of FIG. 9, it has been so arranged that each NMOS transistor TNO at the output stage side has a gate width equivalent to one memory cell, each NMOS transistor TN1 at the subsequent stage has a gate width equivalent to two memory cells, and NMOS transistors TN2 and TN3 are provided with gate widths equivalent to four memory cells.
The substantial gate width W4 in this case is represented by ##EQU4## as denoted by a mark ○ in FIG. 8.
In the present embodiment, the reasons why the tree structure for the NMOS transistors is limited to the three stages without extension to four stages, with respect to the decoder circuit of four inputs, are:
(1) Since the number of inputs for the NAND gates is small at four inputs, the substantial gate width is hardly affected even if the tree structure is formed into four stages.
(2) In the case where the tree structure is formed into four stages, there is such an undesirable possibility that in the present embodiment in which the memory size is not so small, areas at the source side of the transistor TN3 and at the drain side of the transistor TN4 are increased, with the influence of junction capacitance at that portion beginning to be noticed.
However, when the number of stages for the tree structure is increased by the contraction of the memory size through a further advance towards a large memory capacity as in a VLSI (very large scale integration) in recent years, a combined effect with the increased number of inputs for the NAND gates may be expected, since the influence by the above junction capacitance can be reduced.
As is clear from the foregoing description, according to the present invention, even in a circuit in which a large number of MOS transistors are to be vertically connected in stages to each other, it is possible to prevent the undesirable increase of the ON resistance through expansion of the gate width, and thus, a high speed functioning can be achieved. Particularly, the present invention provides a remarkable effect when applied to a high density memory circuit in which contraction of cell size can not be avoided.
Although the present invention has been fully described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be noted here that various changes and modifications will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Therefore, unless otherwise such changes and modifications depart from the scope of the present invention, they should be construed as included therein.
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Year 2 in system's big for junior QB
"He understands the concepts of being a quarterback and the kind of leader you have to be," said head coach Brady Hoke, entering his second season with the Aztecs. "It's a maturity issue. He's done a good job of handling that."
Entering the season, Lindley is tied for sixth in school history in all-time passing yards. Ironically enough, his 5,707 yards are tied with his position coach — who will be his biggest fan.
"He's at a whole new level of comfort," Sipe said. "That's what's immediately apparent to me. That just comes with reps."
Kicking game
With punt returner Preston King out for an extended time with an undisclosed medical condition, Hoke started evaluating options for punt returners. He said freshman defensive back King Holder and freshman running back Ezell Ruffin looked "very comfortable" judging kicks. Ruffin — originally recruited as a wide receiver, was switched to the backfield for the start of camp.
Sophomore defensive back Leon McFadden, Brown, Sampson and sophomore wide receiver Dominique Sandifer are also options.
"We'll keep evaluating and see how they judge and field balls," Hoke said. "Hopefully we'll know more in a couple of weeks."
New digs
Andrew Preston's switch from linebacker to the Aztec (hybrid safety) position is already paying dividends. During a 7-on-7 drill, he recorded the first interception of the year when a Lindley pass deflected off the hands of running back Davon Brown. Preston snatched the ball out of the air and — had it been a game — would have scored an easy touchdown.
"I'll take whatever I can get," Preston said. "Even though it was a tip and it was pretty easy, it felt good to get one the first day."
One concern: "Let's hope I get more, but it's not Ryan who's throwing them."
New face
Former NFL offensive lineman Mike Goff, who played five seasons with the San Diego Chargers, has joined the staff as an unpaid staff assistant.
Dressing easy
The Aztecs will work out in shorts, shirts and helmets again Tuesday. They'll work in shoulder pads on Wednesday before going to full pads on Friday.
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May 22nd, 2014 #1
Miles to go before I....paint good. Critiques/tips/criticisms please!
Some context: I used to spend a lot of time here years ago, taking my first shaky steps away from just being a guy who could draw well to someone who could confidently paint and concept imagined subject matter. Then I landed a storyboarding gig, and let's just say that getting paid well to churn out sketches stopped my artistic progress dead in its tracks. So here I am, 7 years later, at basically the same level. This time I'm sticking with it.
This is my first attempt at a finished painting. The challenge I gave myself was to have no lines, have everything completely from imagination, and light it and color it in a halfway convincing way. I definitely have a ways to go.
I am still, as we speak, practicing light and shadow (my weakness) and trying to understand more about how to successfully use color - so these are the things that I'd like to focus on here. But really, any tips, weak points, really just any thoughts that anyone has that I can use to make my next painting better are completely welcome and much, much appreciated.
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I'm not too sure about painting completely from imagination. Everyone who wants to produce proper results will be looking for references. That being said, you are right about lighting, values actually. You need to use values to build forms and shapes, which you've done a bit randomly. But your compositions need much more work. It's just a dinosaur crammed into a canvas and nothing else. There are no focal points, no movement, nothing to really get us to look around the painting and tell a story. Correct me if I'm wrong but storyboards require thinking about how to tell a story from the image, not only in terms of facial expressions and text, but placement of characters, how each scene is linked to the next and so on. Similar rules apply to painting. So I'm quite sure you've learned more from storyboards than you actually think.
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paid well to churn out sketches stopped my artistic progress dead in its tracks
..dude that doesn't make sense.
Not doing preliminary sketches is disastrous.
Will you be doing the end elevation next
May 22nd, 2014 #4
First of all thanks for taking the time and the words of wisdom.
I definitely concede that I paid zero attention to composition, and was more going for a test of my values and modeling form abilities - but you're right, there's no reason to ignore that aspect of art even if it's just practicing.
That being said, you are right about lighting, values actually. You need to use values to build forms and shapes, which you've done a bit randomly.
If it helps, this is how it looked before I colored it.
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Hello Brad!
Let me say that first I like the subject matter quite a bit, Dinosaurs are a favorite because of the child in me, so I want to encourage you on your course.
What jumps out to me is that there is no action. The Dinosaur is just standing there, and I think it would add to your painting to give the triceratops something to do, like eat something, bathe, charge, or just generally act like a dinosaur in movement. James Gurney, a master at dinosaur painting and art in general has many, many good examples of dinosaurs in action that tell a story.
I am sure you have some great story to tell as well!
Secondly, and I agree, there is no focal point. While you are showing blurring in the foreground I think the main focus, and the main detail should be on the triceratops and whatever it is doing. Also, I think you could get more interest if you have your dinosaur in a different view, say three-quarters or at a different rotation. That is not to say you cannot make it work completely horizontal, I am sure you can, it is just my thoughts on the matter.
Finally time of day, looks like the sun is setting, perhaps some sunset colors to add to your composition?
I hope this helps Brad, and looking forward to seeing your progress.
On that great road, always and forever journeying forward to that shining city on the hill.
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May 22nd, 2014 #8
Well the dinosaur looks like he's a bit flat, and like you've spent more time on building each detail rather than the whole structure. For example, the tail is completely flat and has absolutely nothing suggesting it might be round. Some aspects are done much better like near the front legs. Which is why I said randomly, you aren't getting them all wrong, it's just that they need a bit more consistency.
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May 23rd, 2014 #10
Well, I do see some action in this piece. The raptor in the background is going to attack the triceratops? Perhaps you could emphasize that drama some how.
No matter how much critique you get, please keep in mind that a painting like this is never a waist! You properly learn a lot of cool stuff by painting it!
Happy painting!
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May 23rd, 2014 #11
Ranunkel: Definitely! I can only get better, so I'm really happy to have people point out flaws that I can focus on improving instead of just blindly going at it again and again.
May 23rd, 2014 #12
If you want to learn about colour, values, light and depicting threedimensional forms, study the real thing. Paint as much as you can from life. Trying to understand these concepts in theory and only applying them from imagination won't help. You have to see, analyze and replicate reality to really understand and reach proficiency.


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Originally written on Fox Sports Kansas City | Last updated 5/6/13
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Jordan Danks atoned for a baserunning blunder in the ninth inning by hitting a solo home run in the 11th that lifted the Chicago White Sox over the Kansas City Royals 2-1 Monday. Danks connected with two outs off Kelvin Herrera (2-3) for his first homer of the season. The White Sox avoided a three-game sweep. Down 1-0, the White Sox loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth. After Paul Konerko grounded into a home-to-first double play, Danks entered as a pinch-runner at second base for Adam Dunn. Conor Gillaspie was intentionally walked to load the bases. Alexei Ramirez followed with an infield single up the middle that made it 1-all, but Danks was caught in a rundown between third and home and tagged out, ending the rally.
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