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Anyone got their Chromecast yet and can post impressions? My order is pending and 3-4 weeks out last time I looked. I am specifically interested in anyone who is using it with an AV receiver. I have a Pioneer receiver under the front panel that opens there is an array of ports including an HDMI and USB. I'm anticipating I can just plug it into that and then get full surround sound just like I do with Apple TV. I'm excited about this because I like the idea of controlling it with my new Nexus 7.
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Friday, November 22, 2013
The Georgetown County Sheriffs Office says two teenagers arrested this week are responsible for several burglaries that have occurred in the Murrells Inlet area.
Sheriffs Office spokeswoman Carrie Cuthbertson says Nances Creek Front Restaurant located at 4883 Highway 17 Business and the Hot Fish Club located at 4999 Highway 17 Business - as well as and two residences located on South First Street - were burglarized in a two week period.
As part of an ongoing investigation conducted by Sheriffs Investigators, Patricia Elizabeth Blair Hemlepp, 17, of 4999 Highway 17 Business in Murrells Inlet and Brian Scott Perry, 18, of 4999 Blue Heron Circle in Murrells Inlet were arrested.
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If you were ever going to eat a sorbet for breakfast and not feel one bit guilty about it, this would be it. It's essentially just pureed melon with a little bit of agave nectar to sweeten it (and if you want, vodka for a less icy texture). It's also a refreshing treat during a brutally hot afternoon, like say, every day this week. Not surprisingly, it tastes just like honeydew. And that's the beauty of it.
Make sure your melon is ripe for optimal sweetness.
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Samford at Chattanooga
McKenzie Arena - Chattanooga, Tenn.
Monday - Feb. 11, 2013
- The Mocs improved to 10-15 overall and 5-7 in SoCon action with a 62-59 overtime win over Samford...the Bulldogs dropped to 8-17 and 6-6 in league play.
- UTC completes the season sweep over Samford...the Mocs have won five of the last six in the series.
- Samford started the game 7-8 from the field, opening a 17-6 lead in the first six minutes of action.
- UTC was 0-7 from 3-pt. range in the first half...finished a season-low 1-14 (7.1%) from behind the arc.
- Neither team had more than a five-point advantage after the 18:00 mark of the second half.
- The Mocs are 2-0 in OT game this season.
- UTC trailed 32-25 at the break...the Mocs are just 3-14 when behind at halftime.
- Mocs were up 51-48 with five minutes left to play...UTC is 8-0 on the year and 126-10 under Shulman when holding a lead with five minutes left in the game.
- Chattanooga dominated the glass, 43-22...UTC had 17 offensive rebounds and 14 second-chance points compared to four offensive boards and two second-chance points for the Bulldogs...fewest second-chance points the Mocs have allowed in SoCon action.
- Tonight's game featured nine ties and four lead changes.
- Samford had a season-high 10 steals in the game.
Z. Mason (Jr. - F)
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- Team-high nine rebounds.
- Added seven points.
Gee McGhee (Fr. - G)
- 14 points on 4-10 shooting, 1-4 from 3-pt. range and 5-6 form the FT line.
- Added three assists.
- 7th straight game in double-figures...16th this season.
Lance Stokes (So. - F)
- Career-high 13 points.
- 6-10 shooting and 1-6 from the FT line.
- Added four rebounds.
- First game in double-figures this season.
Ronrico White (So. - G)
- Tied a career-high with six assists.
- Added eight points and five boards.
Drazen Zlovaric (Sr. - F)
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Former Stratford High School and CSU baseball standout Bobby Ison has hit safely in five straight games, including three with two hits, in the Arizona Rookie League.
He was just drafted in June in the 21st round by the Cleveland Indians.
Ison, an outfielder, is 8 for 23 during the five-game stretch with a double and two stolen bases.
On the season hes batting .254 with four RBIs, seven walks and four stolen bases in 18 games.
Isons team leads its division with a 23-11 record.
Tacoma Rainiers first baseman Justin Smoak (Stratford/USC) has hit safely in six of his last seven games for the Seattle Mariners Triple-A affiliate.
After going 1 for 3 on Monday, hes 9 for 28 during the stretch.
Smoak has played 69 games with the Mariners this summer and 34 in Tacoma.
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|Associate Director of Athletics for Sports/Compliance and Director of Compliance
A member of the Tech Athletics staff for more than three
decades, Frank Harrell is now in his 35th year as a member of the
department's administration. He holds two distinct titles -
Associate Director of Athletics for Sports/Compliance and Director
of Compliance.
Harrell is involved in every aspect of the department from budgeting to gameday operations. He also serves as the director of the Athletics Association and has served as director of the hugely successful Golden Eagle Scramble summer golf tournament.
As a senior administrator, his responsibilities include overseeing the operations of each of Tech's 14 teams as well as handling the university's efficient structure to ensure compliance with NCAA rules. As director of compliance, Harrell is responsible for seeing that the Tech Athletics staff is up-to-date and in line with the ever-changing NCAA rules. He joined the Golden Eagle basketball coaching staff in 1980 as an assistant coach, and was named head basketball coach in December 1988. He took on an administrative role in 1990 when he was called upon to oversee the department's fledgling compliance efforts. He worked in the dual role of compliance coordinator and head basketball coach until he stepped down from the coaching ranks in 1998.
Harrell was associate head coach for nine years and head coach 10 seasons. He was named Coach of the Year in 1991 by the Tennessee Sportswriters Association and compiled a 128-154 career record. His teams had the second-best conference record during his seasons as head coach.
He was named interim athletic director in 2004, a position he held for six months until the university's search for a full-time A.D. brought Mark Wilson to the program. On July 1, 2004, Harrell returned to his role as associate athletics director.
Harrell, as the Athletics Association director, initially was
responsible for getting the Association on solid ground, seeking
dramatic growth. Harrell still serves as its director, with the
Association experiencing great growth in fundraising through the
main efforts of D or A Mark Mark Wilson and Asst AD for Development
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A native of Ray City, Ga., Harrell, 64, received his bachelor's degree in 1972 from Georgia Southwestern and a master's degree in 1977 from the University of Tennessee. Frank has one grown daughter, Lisa Cobbs, and one granddaughter, Katie.


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Saturday, April 6, 2013
Where one sits in a car or on the bus has long been an issue. Some people want to sit in the front seat, some people want the back seat and some middle school kids have claimed stake to certain seats on their school bus. In fact, according to a police report, one girl got extremely mad at another student for "sitting in her seat." Now there are no assigned seats on this but, and at the end of the day, who cares where you sit? But the girls got into an argument because one wouldn't move.
Then on the way home from school, the seating arrangement repeated itself. But this time, the girl who staked claim to the special seat originally, jumped over the girl in question and tried to shove her out of the seat entirely. This led to a shoving match. Both girls then had to go to see the principal and were punished for poor behavior.
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On January 18, 2013 the Yadkin Valley Sewer Authority had a sewer overflow of 10,000 gallons from the excessive amount of rain, said the authority in a press release.
The untreated wastewater reached the Yadkin River of the Yadkin River Basin. The spill was reported to the Department of Water Quality, according to the release.
"The manhole behind the regional pump station backed up," said Nicole Johnston, executive director for the Yadkin Valley Sewer Authority. "We've had so much rain from the storm that hit our region that our pumps were on overdrive.
"We dispatched our crew and discovered the spill," Johnston indicated.
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Yeah #3s don't tend to get picked very high (if at all). There are some exceptions, though (Packers WRs, for instance).
Wilson will probably be a sub 4th-rounder, and Brown, a sub 5th.
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39 pancake blocks
50 tackles 3 sacks (3 td saving tackles including final tackle as time expired to clinch win, hit of the game 9/14 & 10/26 )
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iOS 7 blue screen of death caught on video
I've heard of this happening on rare occasions before, including to our own Nick Arnott a couple times while tethered to Xcode, but this is the first time I've seen the iOS 7 blue screen of death captured on video in the wild. It's rare, but given the history of the BSOD, it's also glorious. Bradley Miller grabbed the Vine:
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iOS 7 blue screen of death caught on video
It's happened a couple of times on my 5s.
Those teeth would cause any electrical device to reboot. dear lord.
It's no biggie, right?
I have the iWork apps on my iPad 2 which was updated to 7.0.2, still no issues at all. Since my iPhone 5 is a 16GB model and on such a small display, using those apps is rather trivial. Just one modern game eats a huge chunk of storage in comparison to my iPad which is a far more useful 64GB version.
Took my 5s to apple yesterday because of bsod and lots of low memory. They replaced it. Wasn't sure what was going on because I have never had this happen on my previous devices.
Happened to me on 2 different 5s'. Went back to the apple store they said I had corrupt data. Still happening every time I charge my phone. Going back again today to *hopefully* get it fixed. :/
Keep us updated. I have the same issue. Loaded as a new phone, and the crashes are happening from all apps, Even from the main screen. About 3 a day.
Is your "my photo stream" on? That was my problem. I switched froma 4s and apparently the photo data got corrupted while transferring. Apparently the data was so corrupted that any time my phone was functioning and tried to go down a path that had bad data it would just shut down. I finally had to restore start as new iPhone and turn "my photo stream" off. Working perfectly now. Also the apple technician mentioned if my iTunes wasn't up to date on my MacBook then that could be causing the corrupt data to transfer onto my new phone. Hope this helps!
I have never seen it, tried some of the Numbers things and can't replicate it either. 7.0.2 on and iPhone 5.
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This happens to me on my 5S whenever I switch away from an open iWork document (at least in Pages and Numbers; haven't tested Keynote); if I press the home button, tap on a banner notification, click the power button, call up the multi-tasking menu—anything that takes me away from the open document, it crashes. It's perfectly reliable: I get a blue screen and the device reboots. If I'm in iWork but don't have any documents open, no problem, so the workaround is to exit documents before you switch away from iWork apps. I use iCloud for my documents; don't know if that's relevant.
I have iphone 5s, also seen this when in numbers. Happened several times now. I've just stopped using numbers.
Yep...a week ago my 5S went into an infinite reboot cycle. 1) Apple logo boot screen, 2) spinning white spoke wheel for about 2 min, 3) bright BSOD for about 1 second followed by #1....rinse and repeat. I could not shut down. I could force a reboot, but it just repeated the above sequence. Connecting to iTunes showed the phone in iTunes and it's music, apps, etc., but would not allow a restore. Called AppleCare+ and they had me try a few things. Finally they determined it was hardware and scheduled a Genius Bar visit. I kept messing with it and later connected to external charger. This brought up a screen that indicated it needed connected to iTunes. After that it allowed a full restore. It's been Ok since then, but it was a time consuming and annoying experience. I was using Waze and Instacast when it started behaving erratically...nothing unusual. It was dropping the cell signal every few seconds. I tried to shutdown and restart, which caused the above reboot loop.
OK, after reading this, I tried opening a Pages document on my 5s (something I have not done since getting it on launch day). I clicked the Home button to get out of the app and, yup, I got the blue screen for a second. Then the 5s rebooted.
Another problem I've been having is with the voicemail: the phone app has been showing voicemails with "0:00," i.e., nothing in them. Suspicious, I rebooted the phone and then the voicemail apparently downloaded the message. This is very annoying: I cannot afford to miss important business voicemails!
I haven't seen the blue screen. But I have seen my phone lock itself and reboot.
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Mine crashes commonly, however I've never seen the 'blue' screen of death. I've had to hard reset a few times as well to get my phone to respond again ...
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You can get it if you don't close a Pages document before exiting the app. But beware, this may delete documents off iCloud. I lost a bunch a few days ago, and Apple is trying to find the documents in an Apple backup on their servers to restore for me. This is a known problem. The workaround is to make sure you close a document before exiting the app.
LMBO. Now isn't that karma. lol!
Apologies for joining this issue late, just encountered the blue screen. Unable to fix it, is there anyway of getting the iPad up and running again without losing any data on the device. Yes, stupid but no backup ! ...
Any help appreciated
This indeed is a very complicated issue..It definitely helps...Thank You Very Much..I have seen one more source for solution to this problem..Hope this too helps..http://www.iphonebits.co.uk/iphone-5s-blue......You can also find all kinds of iPhone solutions here..http://www.iphonebits.co.uk/iphone-repair-belfast


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i,m quite happy with the community..what i mean by that is that you rarely see any chat on my server..it maybe just my lvl and the areas i,m in..my max lvl is 48 elementalist.i have noticed its extremely quiet but i thoroughly enjoy the game.and for a B2P game its great.a game is what you make it ..it does help if the community is great but has i say i dont have a problem with that atm
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Joined: 12/29/02
"Free to play, pay to win""
I quit after a month because: SURPRISE!!!! I'm all burnt-out at MMO's. I really wanted for GW2 to bring the change, and it did for a while. But sadly, I was left with that same bad taste in my mouth like all the other MMO's.
So I'm sticking to EvE Online and Planetside 2. The former always beckons me, so it must be doing something right, the latter because........well, I find it bloody awesome.
Between the two, I don't have any more time to play something else.
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Joined: 5/07/11
Originally posted by Fearum
This. Not saying GW2 is a perfect game - I doubt it has longevity, but it's a one time purchase so I'm not bothered by that. But taking to heart what most say on MMO forums is just asking for the game to be ruined.
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Originally posted by NorseGod
1. I hit a wall at level 48ish. It felt like the samething over and over. I looked the same as I was when I was 14, I was fighting the same things, srits and cenitars over and over, and it felt like the cash shop was constantly tugging at my pocket.
The cash shop isn't like the WoW, or TSW cash shop or even the PS2 cash shop. In WoW and TSW, you never in the slightest feel that you need or even that it would be benificial. The PS2 cash shop, you want to buy, not that you need to buy, or should by. The entire in game economy in GW2 is set up to keep you broke (sub 80) and to incourage you to buy gems.
2. Pop was great for the first 3 weeks 200+ Spvp matches going and WvW servers full. Now there's never more than 20 Spvp matches running and WvW never has a queue.
3. Looking at every indicator with a number associated with it show that the game has lost a large portion of the players.
4. Even more so in GW2. Level in 4-5 days, then buy some gems, then buy your armor, or just buy it.
5. No the CC is extremely limited, and so are the strats. You wont see any RMP, or LSD in guild wars 2. Nothing close.
I bought the game for the Spvp. I ended up playing more WvW because Spvp was the most pointless battleground system I have ever played. All battle grounds are pointless, but in every other game I played, you atleast got stuff you could use, and built a hatred of the other faction. In GW2 everything you earn in Spvp is completely worthless outside of the mist (mist is the pvp lobby, about the size of a match book.) You can't even equip what you earn in the real game world. No factions, no rewards limited )if any) strats = no good
WvW was awesome for about 3 weeks. That's when I realized it was part of the gold sink- incourage you to by gems system. Sub 80 seige equipment is expensive. You will go broke if WvW is all you do. You'll end up buy siege equipment hoping to make you money back.
WvW quickly became a circle zerg too with no room for smaller groups or solo players. If 3 faction pvp is what your looking for play Planet Side 2.
No bro your not missing a thing. It is exactly what you think it iis. The casual mmorpg pve/pvprs dream game. IF that's what your looking for, there is no more streamlined, no threat of losing game on the market.
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The main reason I left the game was for the ascended gear being introduced, it represented grindey vertical progression and that isn't for me. It's what I believed the game not to be.
Since leaving I can name all the flaws that I overlooked as long as I thought they had that core value.
Things like noone talking unless you were in wvw. Out in the world the only real chatter was about when the next dragon was up or drop rates (a sign to me again that the game has gone grind).
I was always broke, pvp costs money and other than dungeons, you don't make much just doing random events. Some say money was in dungeons - that's nice - I don't run dungeons anymore, I don't like them and I shouldn't have to be forced to do them. If you bare down and farm the events in Orr people claim you make money but again, following the herd and grinding the same things over and over again isn't what I imagined my end game to be. Bottom line, I had to PVE to afford PVP. I didn't do the PVP zerg nonstop so money wasn't rolling in and I bought siege equipment because the zerg wouldn't, further depleting me constantly. At best I could make 2g a day -- an entire day... so it was one day of PVE to one or two days of PVP. The bad part about this is that the PVP maps don't stop for "regulars" to go farm PVE. Everytime I was in PVE land I felt like I was letting down the people in PVP because I couldn't participate and had to be "at work" (in pve land).
Crafting I like to make profit from - good luck, undercutting is horrible in the game and if something isn't the max lvl item it rarely sells for over 1 copper above vendor cost. I could go on and on about the food prices. See, one time they found out that people were making a profit vendoring food. So, they took off the ability to vendor food at all until they could fix it. That was about the first month in the game. Since then they have never revisited the issue and food drops to crazy low prices on the trading post because there is no vendor price buffer to stop how low it can sell for. The trading post takes 15% of your money also, 5% when you post an item and 10% when it's sold, people putting things up for 1 copper above vendor cost actually lose money when they could just vendor the item but it doesn't stop them. I'm not even certain that there isn't manipulation behind the scenes because there are no names on any auctions, they are just all clumped together and all you see is quantity. For all I know, they have a script running that undercuts everyone every 4 hours. I have no proof of this but I do find it shady that the prices would drop to vendor cost and no one factor in the 15% they are losing constantly. I am saying from a standpoint of watching items drop as low as 1 copper to buy and I know that it costs 1 copper to list an item, I don't see why someone would even waste their time posting something.
All the events were tied into "magical boxes of random chance" which could be bought from the cash shop. That should give you an idea of what the intention was there, blow money on a chance at something with a limited time banner indicating scarcity. I did not participate in those gambling games but I saw plenty of people on the forums crying when they did and had bought hundreds of the items and not even had 1 item of rare event nature be found. I felt sorry for them and I knew that the game I was playing brought that sorrow to them and myself watching. People don't mind chance at a reasonable rate but something with real money involved that is also subject to low chances just seems like they are taking advantage of people with gambling addictions.
I'm pretty tired from a huge shopping trip so I'm not going to sit here and list every complaint but those would be the largest that if I was talking to a friend I would tell them before they jumped in. I can't guess population because I'm not there, when I left it was lower than normal and people were still mad about ascended gear. Did they stay gone or return - really don't care either way, I know I'm not going back.
I believed in their rabble about making a new kind of game at one point and while I can say I got my money's worth, it was only because I blindly believed their manifesto thinking that they wanted the game to be what I wanted. That's when I enjoyed the game, when I thought it was going to be different and no one would change or deviate from the grand manifesto. I rode the rainbow and for that I was entertained, when the balloon I was holding popped, on my way down I could see all the issues I was overlooking just because of their supposed ideals. They weren't real, so chalk it up to another lie from human lips. I shouldn't be surprised over 30 yrs old but I was.
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Originally posted by NorseGod
Another one of these threads. what is with the people in these forums?
Hey, I'd like to have a thread where people complain! Lets make a thread asking everybody to complain! I don't like the game, so I want to hear people complain,
All of my posts are either intelligent, thought provoking, funny, satirical, sarcastic or intentionally disrespectful. Take your pick.
I get banned in the forums for games I love, so lets see if I do better in the forums for games I hate.
I enjoy the serenity of not caring what your opinion is.
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I was going to write about how silly it is to not play a game because of crappy forums. But then I realized I dont buy apple products because of those pretentious commercials so I guess I have no footing there.
Still, I think the worst forums ever was SWG and that was my favorite mmo. So you never really know for sure.
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Originally posted by eyelolled
Thanks for your post. I've gotten exactly what I was looking for. Consistant answers to all of my assumptions.
Seriously, to everyone. Thanks for your input.
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Originally posted by NorseGod
No doubt you did. This forum is the best place to come to when you look for a crowd to validate your hatred of GW2, or actually, to be fair, of any MMORPG. That's pretty much why less and less people who really enjoy those games post here.
Now up to you to let some unknown people on a forum decide for you what you enjoy or not, or to make up your own mind by ignoring them and trying the game yourself.
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Originally posted by The_Korrigan
This forum is also a great haven for people who seem to take great offense when others don't like their favorite game, and invalidate their opinions on why they didn't like it, sometimes strictly because they came to this site to share them.
The "truth" is, these "haters" all feel the way they do for the reasons they have stated. What the OP has to do is determine if these Issues they raise are important or not to him/her and what they are looking for in a new title.
And no, one does not have to try evey game to determine if they like it or not, but if you want to go down that road then better wait for a free trial.
Although, they've been really generous with their refunds, you could buy it from them directly and they'll give you your money back months later if you decide you don't like it. I just don't really feel that tactic is very sporting, but others don't seem to mind.
In my day MMORPG's were so hard we fought our way through dungeons in the snow, uphill both ways.
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Originally posted by NorseGod
I'm still playing the game without any pauses...
The world is actually really populated still, I came across less players than I did when the game launched (which is expected) but there's still MASSIVE amount of players. Whenever I go into a dungeon there's tons of people standing outside the dungeon getting their groups together.
SWTOR was just a big massive dissapointment, to me atleast, and I still can't believe what €A did to that poor game which could've been such a huge success (if not in the hands of €A it would've been). Tho I heard it's much better now, but with current freemium model it's just waging to be P2W for subscribers (so I've heard - check the forums for details I guess). The game didn't even last me long enough to get max lvl char... -.-'
PvP is like nothing I've ever experienced before. Not to mention the WvWvW is really fun (if you have a commander present or a few people who can actually get the server organised, but if that's not the case it's still fun tho you'll die a lot more :) ). PvP is really balanced and you can counter every class if you know how to play it, some classes are harder to master than others but you'll get the hang of it pretty quickly but you'll have to play alot of pvp to get the skills to actually be good enough for tournaments. It's really nothing you can spamm in PvP since your skill build is limited to number of skill slots (which is actually pretty awesome - if you set up the build to your gaming style).
Dungeons are really difficult on explorable if you don't know what you're doing or if someone in your party doesn't know what to do.. But they said they're patching the dungeons to balance them out (because smoe dungs are too hard, while some are just too easy).
The game just had patched content not long ago and we recieved a new area, we had 1 time only events where we had to prevent Karkas from taking over Lion's Arch (the worlds Capital city - so to speak) and then we had to push them back and finally kill their main leader... The event lasted around 3 days and it was pretty cool, but the lagg was really hiddeous sometimes.
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Originally posted by NorseGod
I simply just did not feel the drive after some 3 weeks or so. I didnt have motivation to continue. The combat alone wasnt interesting enough to keep me going, the story was something I cant really even remember. The events were a fun change compared to questing, but they too werent really anything memorable and they are also just a repeat of the same event in the same spot mostly.
As far as I know there is not even a chance for interesting miscellaneous drops in this game, I could be wrong though, but it was one of the reasons I left, the drops felt very generic basic stuff that you simply need to get past an area, no transmutation stones or such.
No competition, no rivalry, no need to group up for anything else than dungeons which are so chaotic that I really didnt enjoy them so much. Same races on enemy side on PvP so there's not really any kind of factional pride, no interesting mechanics in W v W v W for conquering other realms areas.
The whole time I played people never asked anything the area chat, which indicates quite clearly that there is nothing interesting or difficult that stands out in an area, and quickly when you enter a new area you already expect that there's nothing else extraordinaly interesting in that area except the area specific jumping puzzle.
I guess the game is simply way too carefully crafted for my tastes. It looks great, it runs smooth, there's very few bugs, everything is fine on paper... It's just not that interesting on a long run.
The single greatest feature of the game is in my opinion the gear-less arena PvP, I'm going back for that as soon as I finish some other games I have on a list and when I loose my interest in PS2. Also for just a box price I recommend to try the game, I've already put hours into GW2 more than I put on 4 full priced single player games, it's certainly not a waste.
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I think you can buy the game by 50$, and its is value.
You will enjoy the game if you get a nice guild, if you not, you still have the map and its features to enjoy for a while. Story mode with whispers its the best one, but in the final part all are the same (around L60), but to made 1 time its ok.
Gameplay its one of the best geatures, as soon as you get it's makes you fill strange if you try again another MMO.
Puzzle jumps, vistas are nice features on this game, Hearts and skill points not, (i would like much more a system as in GW1).
sPvP, it gets boring fast as it is, WxWxW its a money sink but very enjoyable and addicitve,
Class balance its one of the best out there, if you have fingers you can do wonders with your not so good class.
Dungeons , i dont like dungeons on any MMO and i try to avoid then as much as possible, but i tried on GW2 and they are a bit hard for WoW standard, but im doing story mode on all (difficult to get group).
Max gear its very easy to get it. dont need dungeons at all.
Right now im trying to complete 100% the map with my 2 L80's, and still enjoying cause i play with RL friends and its far better experience.
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I like games.
My recommendations for enjoying guild wars 2 as i have.(600 hours played)
1. Join an active guild with friendly and helpful players to show you the depth of things as well as have something to do stuff with, from beginning to endgame.
2. If you can, start playing the game with a friend, or make some right away. Try to level a set of characters together. Learning how your combo fields/finishers work with another class and owning content/pvp/wvw or w/e you like together can make a huge difference in how much you enjoy the game and how much you want to log in.
3. Try everything. That means exploring, De's, Hearts, Crafting, Spvp, WvW, dungeons, exp modes, Tournaments, Mini games, etc. If you do this I'm 95% sure you'll find more enjoyment then a person who jumps in, tried on or two things of the above and then says "oh this sucks /ragequit"
4. Remember that the purchase of 60$ grants you unlimited access to a AAA mmorpg that is, in most ways, different from the others, and most definatly not a WoW clone like the genre has been full of.
5. Remember that this is NOT WoW. Do not expect to play it like WoW. Gw2 really does require a different mindset then other theme-park mmo's. For example. No kill stealing/node stealing means you can safely play with other people you encounter without raining on their parade. Therefore, you start to feel less threatened by other players and actually welcome them. Note that in alot of cases people Want to play by themeselves and you may be one of them initially, however after the "newness" passes, you'll find there are plenty of people who want to group up for zone clearing, champion mobs, jumping puzzles, and a myriad of other activities that are just more fun with other people around.
6. Finally, just try it, theres no better value for your money on the MMO market today. Yes the forums around different websites may be littered with trolls and the like. However once in the game, at least on my server (Darkhaven), I find it very difficult to find people who arent helpful or fun. Let me give an example to close: In WoW, out of 10 players, 6 of them will be trolls whom would rather troll you then help you. 2 of them will be friendly, and 2 of them will be silent. In Gw2, 6 of them will be friendly, 2 of them will be Trolls, and 2 of them will be silent. At least that is my experience in Darkhaven as i've leveled up and even at Endgame.
Hope this helps would be Gw2 players and/or existing players.
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Originally posted by Foomerang
I don't buy apple products because I like other products better and I don't like the apple ecosystem. I like my network to be a windows ecosystem. The most acerbic forum community is probably this one followed by rift and lotro. The latter two forum communities have gone to hell in a handbasket. Their in game communities don't really mirror the forums at all.
OP - never play a game based on what you read in forum pvp. Wait until there is a free trial and check it out then. That is what I recommend for any game. If you really want to try the game you can check out their return policy (it's in the GW2 support website) which they sill offer.
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played a million mmo's
you can roll in combat, other than that the game wasnt fun.
played a million mmo's
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I really dont visit official forums for any game I enjoy mainly because they ultimately taint the game for me. Its like you're having a good time so you visit the forums only to find that you're not supposed to be enjoying this pos and should be outraged about all kinds of things you havent really given much thought about.
These are the only forums I frequent. And I hate myself for it haha!
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Joined: 11/07/11
Any fool can know. The point is to understand.
I think there are population spikes during the monthly events. I've said it many times before but I still think that they are working on making the technical content to finish the game. I mean observer modes, guild halls and whatnot.
Play for fun. Play to win. Play for perfection. Play with friends. Play in another world. Why do you play?
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I'm pretty neutral about the game, I enjoy my time in it, and for now it's the best thing I have found to play with little time investment, and no monthly money sinks.
I mean if something I liked better was to come along I would snatch that up to try, but as of now it's hard for me to enjoy other games with stingy old school game mechanics, like kill stealing, mat camping, quest clicky races, or power up ganking.


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It's probably not a good idea to get too paranoid about it and start doing stuff like keeping a loaded gun next to your bed - you read about tragic accidents that have occurred because someone has done that and a kid has gotten hold of it, or someone has picked it up and shot someone else/put the gun to their own head in a fit of pique during a domestic...
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I keep my judge loaded in the locked gun safe about 5 foot from the bed. Not totally restricted access but enough that I have to be coherent enough to push 4 digit code before I am locked and loaded and I have taught my kids to go ahead and wake me up if it's late or at night when I say hello they answer me.
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I know which areas are a really bad idea to live in but the areas undergoing gentrification are a grey area. Lots of young families, professionals, older folk but we do have a small pocket of vagrants who commitattempt a number of petty thefts (junkies) in day time B&E's (the story of my water heater, remember?).
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I wouldn't keep it next to my pillow or on the floor next to my bed with a round chambered or otherwise leave it lying around - but it would definitely be somewhere where I could get ahold of it quickly (a-la Drake), if the need arose.
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Rated 5 out of 5Â by joydaroy Amazing boots - get them If you are considering these boots, get them! I wouldn't have paid full price for them, but at $230 I think they are worth the money. I am 5'3" and 115lbs, I'm pretty petite but not crazy skinny or anything (although I wouldn't say I have athletic legs either), and these boots fit me exactly as pictured. For you ladies who are used to high heels, these are fine to walk in. I would say they are only impossible to walk in if you are unaccustomed to wearing heels over 3" tall. I found them to be comfortable since they have a hidden platform. In flats/sneakers my size is 6.5 and in boots I always buy a 7, and these 7's fit perfectly so I would say they are true to size. They are lightweight (I hate shoes that are uber heavy) and gorgeous in person. I also read in another review that the calf bulge is weird but if it doesn't bother you in the photo it won't bother you in person, they are exactly as pictured. 12.10.2012
Rated 5 out of 5Â by Mikalah I have no problems with these boots I'm going to be the odd one out and say that I have had no problems with these shoes other than compliments. I'm not sure why people are saying the quality is bad. I was surprised by the thickness of the leather and sturdiness of the material, so I don't find quality to be an issue. I will admit that the soles themselves are thin, could use some traction, and they could have used a bit more arch support for the price. Since I had to hunt these down by calling actual FP locations, I went with an 8, hearing that JC boots tend to run on the small side. Having said that, I could have gone with a 7, as there is some roominess in the heel as another reviewer said, but that's more of a personal fit issue than a boot issue. It definitely does make walking feel different, but I wouldn't say it makes them hard to walk in, as I've survived 8 hour work days and walks through malls with these babies. In regards to the thighs, I'm 5', and I don't have the thinnest thighs on the block, but I found no issue with where they hit me above the knee. All in all, I'd say these boots are well-made, and will be instant show-stoppers, but I will agree that the price is a bit nuts. 1.14.2012
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Southern California tennis legend Jim Buck enters his second season as the volunteer assistant coach for the Cal State Northridge women's tennis program in 2013-14.
A longtime Trojan who graduated from USC with bachelor's (1960) and master's (1961) degrees in education, Buck's tennis background is both diverse and extensive.
In his playing years at USC, Buck helped lead the Trojans to the 1959 national championship while serving as team captain. For his performance, he was named an honorable mention All-American.
Following graduation, Buck continued to play local professional tournaments through 1964. In 1963-64 he served as captain of the Junior Davis Cup team which featured former USC standouts Stan Smith and Bob Lutz. During this time, he also began his teaching career at LaConte High in Hollywood, Calif.
In 1965, Buck was named the boys and girls varsity tennis coach at Van Nuys (Calif.) High. He coached the team for 33 years before retiring in 1998. Buck also has been involved with various tournaments and organizations. He coached the men's team for the Italia Cup for 10 years from 1983 through 1992. He continues to coach the Southern California boys team for the yearly Maze Cup and in the past 23 years of coaching, his teams have lost only once.
Buck is a founding member of the San Fernando Valley Tennis Patrons and a current officer of the SCTA Southern California Board of Directors. He is actively involved with the Wheelchair Tennis Program and is the Tournament Director for the U.S. Open (wheelchair event). Playing occasionally, Buck was ranked No. 1 in Southern California in the 60-and-over division in 1996 and 1997.
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Dark Souls doesn't tell a story; it asks you to dig its story from the ruins and learn it on your own.
"The truth I shall share without sentiment.
After the advent of fire, the ancient lords found the three souls.
But your progenitor found a fourth, unique soul.
The Dark Soul.
Your ancestor claimed the Dark Soul and waited for Fire to subside.
And soon, the flames did fade, and only Dark remained.
Thus began the age of men, the Age of Dark."
~ Darlkstalker Kaathe, from Dark Souls
"Thou will understand, one day."
~ Hawkeye Gough, from Artorias of the Abyss
More Human than Human
Perhaps the most incredible thing about Dark Souls is its lore—lore that I am still learning, questioning, and discovering even now. Take the quoted passage above. The serpent Kaathe tells you that it was not until "your progenitor" found the Dark Soul, and then waited for the Age of Fire to end, that the age of men began. The age of Dark.
If you've played Dark Souls through and experienced the Dark Lord ending, you'll realize that you just played not as the game's hero—the Chosen Undead—but as the Dark Lord in the making. The game's villain, in other words. If you've played the Artorias of the Abyss DLC and spent time killing some of the NPCs in Oolacile, you will have heard them dismiss you as "human."
For instance, if you attack Lord's Blade Ciaran, one of the Knights of Gwyn, she will say: "Hmph, you humans…always taking what you please. Then, I shall do the same."
And when you attack the giant Hawkeye Gough, he exclaims: "Ahh, so this is true human nature. Artorias is in your debt, but thou leavest me little choice…May you perish, for the good of all!"
YouTube user HazeIrahFirefly has an interesting take on all of this:
If you don't have time for the video, it basically boils down to this: Manus was once human (as his soul description states) but was corrupted. It's likely that he was the pygmy, your "progenitor" who discovered the unique fourth soul, or Dark Soul, which gave rise to the Abyss. It's possible that Kaathe acts as a Satan figure, tempting Manus and ultimately corrupting him.
This then gives rise to the age of men, the Age of Dark. The theory is that humanity is born out of the abyss itself, that it is intended to spread and pave the way for the eventual rise of the Dark Lord. Human beings are born out of the shapeless Humanity itself, and are inherently destructive and evil.
Here's more of Kaathe's dialogue:
"Lord Gwyn trembled at the Dark.
Clinging to his Age of Fire, and in dire fear of humans,
and the Dark Lord who would one day be born amongst them,
Lord Gwyn resisted the course of nature.
By sacrificing himself to link the fire, and commanding his children to shepherd the humans,
Gwyn has blurred your past, to prevent the birth of the Dark Lord."
I'm not sure that humans are born out of the Abyss, but I think the Dark has corrupted Humanity and humankind, making the age of men and the Age of Dark synonymous. If all humans have become tainted, and if one will someday become the Dark Lord, no wonder Gwyn fears them.
Gwyn and his followers are directed at two tasks now that the first task of defeating the dragons has ended and the Abyss has begun to spread: first, preserving the Age of Fire and holding back the Abyss—something the Knight Artorias fails at, and that even the flooding of New Londo and destruction of Oolacile would not bring about—and shepherding the humans, which I take to mean protecting and watching over them to seek out the Dark Lord. These tasks also entail the preservation of the bonfires.
Here's the opening cinematic:
I wonder if the Age of Ancients is what the primordial serpents are attempting to regain. An end to Disparity, the duality of heat and cold and life and death and dark and light that was brought about by the Age of Fire. In other words, is the Age of Dark really different from the Age of Ancients? Is Kaathe attempting to bring about Unity through Dark and put an end to the Disparity of Fire which he refers to as resisting "the course of nature."
Here's EpicNameBro on the Artorias expansion:
It's all brilliant stuff as usual, though his question at the end is what resonates with me. How can anyone say this game doesn't have a great story?
"Thou will understand, one day."
It's rhetorical, but I think I know why some may miss out on the depth and power of Dark Souls lore.
Discovering the story and history and mythology of this game is sort of like an archaeological dig. You dig up the buried ruins of Lordran, Oolacile, and the figures who give life and meaning to these places. But you dig them up in little, obscured pieces. You discover the world and its past through the opening cinematic, through brief snatches of dialogue with NPCs (some of whom you may never encounter on your first playthrough) and in item and spell descriptions.
It's inscrutable and wonderful and perhaps it inspires curiosity and a sort of exploration of story that no other game really possesses. Like the rest of the game's secrets, you will be hard-pressed to understand or even ask the right questions about the game's lore if you don't occasionally delve into these YouTube musings or hop aboard a forum or wiki. What other game requires this much collaboration in order to simply parse out its story? None that I can think of.
This means that revelations are constant, and that when DLC like Artorias comes out, new revelations help reveal clues that may temper, enforce, or change entirely our previous theories.
Of course, this also means that many players will never be privy to the game's deeper story, that they will struggle through the combat and the brutal levels and reach the end pick an ending and think to themselves: "What the hell just happened?"
And I think this is why the directors of Dark Souls 2 have mentioned that they want the next game to be more "straightforward."
I think there must be a sense that all this great storytelling is simply going over everyone's head, and that it would be good to convey more of it within the game itself, to give players a somewhat clearer picture of what the hell is going on. I'm of two minds on this. I think it's a tricky balance, and I think the formula now is so close to perfect that any straying from said formula could result in disaster.
That being said, I do think there's room for more of the story to come through for players without breaking that sense of mystery and inscrutability that the game's storytelling creates, but I think it would be very easy to tip the scales too far. This could be a far more damaging thing than adding an Easy Mode to the next game.
As much as I love the difficulty in Dark Souls it's that sense of exploring a real fantastical world rich with things long forgotten that makes Dark Souls such a brilliant piece of art. Unlike most fantasy in any medium, in Dark Souls the world is fed to us with little hints. The world building is deep and profound but it's never obvious, and I love it all the more for that, especially as someone who has been spoonfed far too many high fantasy tropes over the years.
I hope that we do learn more about all of this, of course, and that more of our questions are answered (and new ones raised) in Dark Souls 2. But I hope we're made to work for it, to look closely and carefully at every clue, just like we have to work to succeed at combat.
I think Gough's comments about someday understanding should be taken as a promise to gamers that someday we will understand what all this means. Perhaps it was a hint at the next game, a hint that we will learn more about the Dark Soul and about its corruption of Humanity and Manus and the role of the serpents in bringing about the Age of Dark.
I'm deeply excited about that prospect, but like everyone else, I'm also deeply worried. My optimistic side is winning out at the moment, however, because From Software has already created two of the greatest video games of all time in Demon's and Dark Souls, and I have no reason to believe they'll destroy such a winning formula, even if they do tinker with it some.
As a final note, the new Dark Souls 2 trailer shows a woman handing over what looks to be a hawk feather. The only place in the game where I've seen a similar feather is in the Feather Arrows, described as:
Red feather arrows of the Lord's hunters.
Their long rage makes them effective for sniping.
Not sure if that's important, but there it is.
Also, if we are looking out at Anor Londo, then I think that points to a definite prequel since the sunlight over Anor Londo in Dark Souls is an illusion. It's also possible that the bridge that looks so much like the bridge leading to the Painted World leads to what the Painted World used to be prior to its becoming a prison.
Of course, there are many lands beyond Lordran, from Balder to Catarina, so hopefully if this is a prequel we're given more of a glimpse of these civilizations as well.
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The SEVIS fee is a U.S. government fee that supports the operation of the Student Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS). SEVIS is the government database designed to allow various U.S. government agencies to see up-to-date information about F and J students, their academic activities, and their accompanying family members.
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NYU has officially adopted the following definition of "international student" not only pertinent to the International Student Fee, but also for purposes of accurate data collection related to the NYU international community:
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The 2012 BMW 7 Series is a 5-passenger luxury sedan available in five trim levels, including three Li designations for an extended-wheelbase body style. Standard features include 18-inch wheels, adaptive suspension dampers, front and rear parking sensors, adaptive Xenon headlights, and fog lights.
Interior Features
Standard equipment on the 2012 BMW 7 Series includes a rearview camera; sunroof; auto-dimming mirrors; heated power-adjustable front seats; driver memory functions; power tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel; 4-zone climate control; leather upholstery; keyless ignition; and an infotainment system featuring navigation system with real-time traffic, emergency telematics, Bluetooth connectivity, and a 12-speaker audio system.
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Most options for higher trim levels are bundled into groups. The Premium Sound package upgrades to a 16-speaker sound system and adds satellite radio, among other features. The Cold Weather package includes a heated steering wheel. The Driver Assistance package adds lane-departure warning and blind-spot monitoring systems, among other options.
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The 2012 BMW 7 Series is offered in a variety of powertrains. The 740i and 740Li are powered by a 3.0-liter, twin turbo, inline 6-cylinder engine, rated at 315 horsepower, that is mated with a 6-speed automatic transmission. The 750i and 750Li are fitted with a 4.4-liter, twin turbo V-8 engine delivering 400 horsepower that is paired with a 6-speed automatic transmission as standard. The 750 models can be equipped with optional all-wheel drive. The 760Li has a 6.0-liter, twin-turbo V-12 engine that generates 535 horsepower that is mated with an 8-speed automatic transmission.
The 750i and 750Li models are available in hybrid versions. The ActiveHybrid 7 Series is powered by a hybrid powertrain including a 4.4-liter direct-injected and turbocharged V-8 engine delivering a combined 455 horsepower.
BMW emphasizes the performance of the 7 Series with such features as Driving Dynamics Control, which allows the driver to choose among four settings that calibrate the transmission, suspension, and other components.
Fuel Economy
EPA fuel-economy figures for the BMW 7 Series are:
- 7 Series with 3.0-liter engine: 17/25/20 mpg (city/highway/combined)
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Standard safety features on the 2012 BMW 7 Series include stability and traction control and a battery of air bags, while optional features include adaptive cruise control and infrared night vision with pedestrian detection.
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Lobster Newburg debuted at the legendary Delmonico's restaurant in the 19th century, and it's been a classic for special-occasion dining every since. Our updated version is made by a New England family seafood company, whose award-winning chefs combine sweet, tender chunks of fresh Maine lobster with a rich sherry cream sauce. We've also included buttery puff pastry shells, ready to bake in the oven.
- 1 qt. Lobster Newburg; eight 4"-diam. pastry shells.
- Shipped frozen.
- Made in the USA.
- A Williams-Sonoma exclusive.
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Receiving Instructions
- The lobster Newburg ships frozen with dry ice. Please take care not to touch the dry ice with bare hands.Refrigerate or freeze upon receipt. The lobster Newburg keeps up to 4 days refrigerated or up to 3 months frozen.
Cooking Instructions
- 8 frozen sheets of puff pastry
- 1 egg beaten with 1 tsp. water
- 1 container lobster Newburg, thawed overnight in the refrigerator
- Preheat an oven to 375°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Generously prick the tops of the frozen puff pastry with the tines of a fork or toothpick. Brush the tops with the egg mixture. Place the pastries on the prepared baking sheet, spacing them evenly apart. Bake until the pastries have puffed up, are golden on the tops and bottoms, and are firm along the sides, about 30 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely. Using a sharp paring knife, cut out the inside round of each pastry; reserve both pieces.
- Put the thawed lobster Newburg in a saucepan, set over medium heat and cook, stirring, until warmed through, about 15 minutes. Set the puff pastry rims on a plate and spoon the lobster Newburg into the pastry shells. Cover each with an inside round. Serve immediately.
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- Ingredients
- Lobster Newburg: Heavy cream, lobster, whole milk, water, modified food starch, butter, lobster base (cooked lobster, salt, maltodextrin, tomato paste, flavor [autolyzed yeast extract, corn syrup solids, salt, citric acid], natural flavor, cod liver oil, butter, sweet whey, onion powder, dextrose, oleoresin paprika, flavorings) tomato paste, sugar, paprika, nutmeg, black pepper.
- Pastry shells: USDA grade AA butter, unbleached flour, water, salt, lemon juice.
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Before the advent of sophisticated digital and online technologies, tracking of marketing campaigns was easier. Television, newspapers, magazines and radio were primary media channels and when consumers came directly to a store or ordered from a catalogue, it was simple to trace their purchase path. With a proliferation of technologies, customers now reach sellers through a myriad of sources – organic search, PPC, social media, email campaigns, media partner sites, QR codes, TV ads, group buying sites and display ads. In this era, therefore, attribution reporting is used by marketers to comprehend the miscellaneous touch points that customers have with their brand.
Instead of focusing on the last click – the click that brings conversions, such as a customer signing up for newsletters or finalizing a shopping cart purchase – attribution reporting assigns partial values to various and overlapping marketing touch points that customers interact with during the sales process as they move from awareness through to conversion. While statistics show that paid search advertising and search engine optimization still have a major share of online marketing budgets, customers also get influenced by a combination of social mentions, display ads, offline marketing, promo codes and traditional marketing channels, such as TV and Radio. Read more »


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Qualcomm's 1Q Sees Revenue, Chip Shipment Growth
Qualcomm started its fiscal 2014 with both revenue and MSM chip shipments up.
First quarter revenues hit $6.62 billion, up 10 percent annually. The mobile chip giant reported moving 213 million units during the quarter, marking a 17 percent annual increase.
Device sales for the quarter reached $61.6 billion, a 16-percent annual increase, with 3G/4G device shipments totaling approximately 276 to 280 million units.
Revenue got a $665 million boost from Qualcomm's sale of Omnitracs. But that was offset somewhat by a $444 million impairment charge the company incurred on property and equipment associated with the company's QMT division.
Despite the boost in business, Qualcomm reported lower profits. The $1.88 billion in first quarter net income was down two percent annually.
Looking ahead, Qualcomm estimated $6.12 billion in revenue for the second quarter, sitting at the low end of its quarterly guidance range of $6.1 billion to $6.7 billion.
"Looking forward, we expect our performance to reflect the continued strong global growth of smartphones," said Paul Jacobs, chairman and CEO of Qualcomm.
With the hire of new CEO Steve Mollenkopf in December, this quarter is the last with Jacobs at the helm. Jacobs will stay on as an employee and executive chairman of the company's board.