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Sixteen nations begun the week in Wuhan but come the weekend, only two remain. China and Korea will fight it out for Uber Cup glory on Saturday, then once more for the Thomas Cup on Sunday.
Thomas Cup
Korea's hopes this week fell on a squad without Jung Jae Sung, but Lee Hyun Il gave them the perfect start with a victory over Peter Gade, whose form recently has been far from the heights of even a year ago. Boe and Mogensen ensured parity after 2 matches with a convincing two game victory over Ko and Yoo. Then came the between the world number 13 and 14 for a chance to put their nation within a match of the Thomas Cup final. Shon Wan Ho defeated Jan O Jorgensen in three games to put Korea on the brink of the final. 73 minutes later, they were in the final as Lee and Kim defeated Rasmussen and Fischer Neilsen to ensure Korea's place in Sunday's final. For Denmark, it was a stunning loss that could have been avoided had Gade not lost his opening singles, with Viktor Axelsen waiting in the 5th match to take on the world number 166 Lee Dong Keun.
China needed just 3 matches and 6 games to book their place in the final. Lin Dan started the semi final with a two game victory over Sho Sasaki, soon followed by Cai and Fu winning their doubles. Chen Long completed the task against Kenichi Tago in an hour to book China's place in the Thomas Cup Final.
Uber Cup
It was a pair of one-sided finals in the Uber Cup, with Korea defeating Japan 3-0 with the loss of just a single game but the story this week has been the dominance of the Chinese. Wang Yihan started with a two game victory over Inthanon Ratchanok, then the world number 1 pairing of Wang and Yu put China within a match of the final but the most impressive performance was left until last. Wang Xin's stunning 21-17, 21-2 victory over Porntip Buranaprasertsuk was a message of intent after their stunning 2010 loss to Korea in the Uber Cup final.
Three powerhouses in world badminton have all safely progressed into the semi final stages of both events, with Denmark and Thailand hoping to claim at least one title in Wuhan this week.
Thomas Cup
China's 3-0 victory was a foregone conclusion without the presence of Lee Chong Wei, Daren Liew gave them a brief moment of hope when he surprisingly took the opening game against Lin Dan, only for the world number 2 to fight back to win the next two dropping just 14 points. Cai and Fu doubled the advantage with a two game victory over Koo and Tam before Chen Long sealed the 3-0 win in two games. Their opponents in the semi final will be Japan, who needed all five games to seal their place in the last 4 against Indonesia. Santoso gave Indonesia a 1-0 lead before Kido and Setiawan once against lost to a lower ranked pair and have been the weak point of the Indonesian team this week. Kenichi Tago defeated Taufik Hidayat to put Japan on the brink of the semi final, only for Ahsan and Septano to win a vital elimination match to take the rubber to the final match. Takuma Ueda stunning victory over Dionysius Hayom Runbaka gave Japan a 3-2 victory and a place in Friday's semi final.
Korea and Denmark meet in the second semi final, with both nations progressing 3-0. Denmark were too strong for Russia, as they dropped just a single game on route to the last 4. Korea also only dropped a single match on route to the last 4 and both nations will be pleased to have missed China in the semi finals.
Uber Cup
China were simply too strong for a German squad without Juliane Schenk to lead the line, the 3-0 victory was an accurate result given the gulf in class between the two nations. China's opponents in the semi final are Thailand, who defeated Denmark 3-1 in their quarter final. Denmark were always going to need two special performances to have any chance against the Thais, but Tine Baun's sole victory in the opening singles was all that they could get as they fell in 4 matches.
The current Uber Cup champions Korea were one game away from elimination, down 2-1 and level at one game all in the 4th match of their rubber against Chinese Taipei. The world number 3 pairing of Ha and Kim lost their match, as well as the world number 13 Bae Youn Joo after Sung Ji Hyun's opening victory. Kim and Jung won the 4th match in three games to take the game to a 5th and deciding match, where Hwang Hye Youn won the 3rd singles match to ensure Korea's qualification into the last 4 in a quarter final that should have been a routine victory. Japan made hard work of their quarter final also, squandering a 2-0 lead after Eriko Hirose and the world number 7 pairing of Niato and Matsuo also failed to win their matches to make the score 2-2 going into the final match. Minatsu Mitani saved Japan's blushes with a two game victory to reach the semi final stage, with both nations supposed stronger players failing to perform on the day.
The 2012 Thomas and Uber Cup Finals have seen their fair share of shock results, but the biggest scare of the week so far is Lee Chong Wei's ankle injury sustained in his match against Peter Gade.
Thomas Cup
The host nation China had little trouble in winning Group A, with a pair of 5-0 victories over Indonesia and England with the loss of just one game in the 10 matches. Indonesia claimed second place in the group with a 4-1 victory over England to reach the quarter final stage. Japan topped Group B with a perfect record of 10 victories without the loss of a single game, defeating Russia and New Zealand 5-0. Russia claimed the second place in the with their own 5-0 victory over New Zealand to reach the last 8.
Denmark topped Group C after defeating Malaysia in a tight 3-2 victory, but only due to Lee Chong Wei's retirement in the opening match against Peter Gade. Leading 2-1 in the opening game, the world number twisted his ankle awkwardly attempting to play a routine drop shot and was forced to retire from the match. The estimation of his layoff is set to be 3-4 weeks but other sources claim that the ankle injury is much more serious and the chances of making the Olympics are unlikely. Denmark claimed both doubles matches to ensure a 3-2 victory and top spot in the group whilst Malaysia progress to the last 8 but will be without Lee Chong Wei for the rest of the event. Korea top Group D with a narrow 3-2 victory over Germany as both nations reach the last 8 with both Korea and Germany defeating the US.
Uber Cup
China also topped Group A in the Uber Cup after a both of withdrawals in their final match against Indonesia ensured a second 5-0 victory in the group. Indonesia will also go through to the last 8 after defeating South Africa earlier in the group. Thailand and Chinese Taipei go through from Group B, with both nations losing a match in the group stage, the Netherlands shocked Chinese Taipei in the opening match of the group whilst Thailand defeated Netherlands 5-0 before going down 3-2 to Chinese Taipei, meaning the group went down to matches won.
Korea safely progressed without the loss of a match in Group C as Germany's singles players ensured their place in the last 8 with a tight 3-2 win over Australia to ensure their qualification. Japan edged out Denmark for top spot in Group D as the Dane led Japan 2-0 in the final group match, only for the Japanese to win the next three games and win the rubber as well as the Group.
Peter Gade's last run at the European Championships ends with a quarter final defeat to Sweden's Henri Hurskainen as several Danish seeds crash out at the last 8.
Axelsen and Jorgensen Keep Danish Dream Alive
With Henri Hurskainen's shock victory over Peter Gade, the hopes of a nation rested on Jan O Jorgensen and Viktor Axelsen. The 7th seeded Axelsen set up his semi final against Hurskainen with a two game victory over Dieter Domke whilst Jan O Jorgensen ensure there wouldn't be another upset with his own two game victory over Mattias Wigardt. Jorgensen takes on the 4th seeded Marc Zwiebler after the German defeated Rajiv Ouseph in the only quarter final to have a pair of seeds play one another.
Tine Baun is also into the semi finals to keep the hope of five Danish titles alive. The top seed defeated Carolina Marin in three games to set up her semi final with the 7th seeded Linda Zechiri, who defeated Kristina Gavnholt to end the unseeded players run in the event. Jie Yao ensured there wouldn't be two Bulgarians in the last 4 with a three game victory over Petya Nedelcheva to set up a semi final against Germany's Juliane Schenk. The second seed defeated Sabrina Jaquet in her quarter final to set up her semi final with the 5th seeded Jie Yao.
Danish Dominance In Doubles
Boe and Mogensen reached the last 4 over Ivanov and Sozonov in two games to set up a semi final against Adcock and Ellis of England, who defeated the 3rd seeded Kindervater and Schoettler in a tight three game match to ensure Chris Adcock's excellent week continues. Fuchs and Roth ensured at least one German presence in the last 4 with a victory over the 4th seeded Cwalina and Logosz and set up a semi final against the unseeded Danish pair of Bonde and Kristiansen who defeated Quere and Ronan of France.
Pedersen and Rytter Juhl relentless run to the last 4 continued with a 21-8, 21-7 victory over the on-form Piek and Tabelling and set up a semi final against Michels and Marinello of Germany who ended the run of Sweden's Lennartsson and Wengberg in a two game quarter final. The other semi final sees Damkjaer Cruse and Roepke taking on the 2nd seeded Vislova and Sorokina, with the Russian pairing needing three games to progress against the 6th seeded Agathangelou and Olver of England.
The big shock in the mixed doubles was the loss of the top seeded Fischer Neilsen and Pedersen, after they crashed out to the 7th seeded Mateusiak and Zieba in two games. The Polish pair take on Adcock and Bankier, who saved a match point in the third game to eventually come through their all-British clash with Robertson and Wallwork to reach the last 4. Laybourn and Rytter Juhl take on their team mates Pieler Kolding and Houmann to ensure a Danish finalist in the mixed doubles with the 8th seeded Danes defeating the 3rd seeded Nikolaenko and Sorokina in three games to advance to the last 4.
Two of the Dutch seeds in the doubles both crashed out earlier today as there were shocks throughout the draw in Karlskona.
Two Swedes Into Last 8
Henri Hurskainen and Mattias Wigardt are both into the last 8 to the delight of the home crowd but face their toughest tests of the week as they take on the top 2 seeds in the draw next. Hurskainen defeated Lukas Schmidt and Ivan Sozonov, who defeated their 5th seeded Pablo Abian in his second round clash but the Swede defeated the Russian in two games to set up his quarter final against Peter Gade. The top seed defeated Ville Lang in his second round clash and defeated the Ukrainian Valeriy Atrashchenkov in two games to reach the last 8.
Mattias Wigardt takes on Jan O Jorgensen after wins over Stilian Makarski and Vladimir Ivanov to reach the last 8. Jorgensen defeated Kari Gunnarsson and Eetu Heino in straight games to safely progress into the quarter finals. The other two quarter finals sees the 7th seeded Viktor Axelsen take on Dieter Domke, who ended the run of the 3rd seeded Hans-Kristian Vittinghus on route to the last 8. The only quarter final with two seeds involved is between the 4th seeded Marc Zwiebler and 6th seeded Rajiv Ouseph, with both players not losing a game on route to the last 8.
Two Seeds Gone In Women's Singles
Pi Hongyan was the biggest casualty in the women's singles, losing her opening match to Germany's Karin Schnaase before losing out in the next round to Kristina Gavnholt. The unseeded Czech takes on the 7th seeded Linda Zechiri who progressed without the loss of a game. Tine Baun set up her quarter final against Carolina Marin with two solid performances against two past Scottish Open winners in Judith Meulendijks
and Elizabeth, whilst the 6th seeded Marin defeated Tatjana Bibik and Neslihan Yigit to reach the last 8 in impressive fashion.
Jie Yao has been clinical in reaching the last 8, defeating Ellinor Widh and Kirsty Gilmour with the loss of just 40 points to date. Her opponent in the quarter final, Petya Nedelcheva as dropped just 35 points as the 3rd seeded Bulgarian reached the last 8 with little resistance. The last quarter final sees Juliane Schenk take on Switzerland's Sabrina Jaquet, who defeated the 8th seeded Agnese Allegrini in two games to set up her quarter final against Schenk.
Double Disappointment For The Dutch
8th seeded Bosch and Ridder crashed out to the French pairing of Quere and Ronan in the third round, with the French pair being rewarded with a quarter final against Bonde and Kristiansen of Denmark who defeated their team mates and 2nd seeds, Conrad-Petersen and Rasmussen to reach the last 8. Boe and Mogensen are safely into the last 8, where they take on the Russian pair of Ivanov and Sozonov in their quarter final matchup.
Piek and Tabelling are one success story for the Dutch, reaching the last 8 after a third round win over Cooper and Gilmour of Scotland to set up a quarter final against the top seeded Pedersen and Rytter Juhl. However, there was disappointment for the 5th seeded Van Dooremalen and Jonathans as they lost out to Augustyn and Wojtkowska of Poland in two games, with the Polish pair taking on Damkjaer Cruse and Roepke in the their quarter final.
The mixed doubles got underway today, with all 8 seeds progressing into the quarter finals. The top seeded Fischer Nielsen and Pedersen take on the 7th seeded Mateusiak and Zieba after two straight forward victories. The 2nd seeded Danes Laybourn and Rytter Juhl take on Fuchs and Michels of Germany in their quarter final, with both pairs progressing without the loss of a game. The third Danish pair, 8th seeds Pieler Colding and Houmann take on the 3rd seeded Russian pairing of Nikolaenko and Sorokina, with the 3rd seeds needing just a single victory to progress into the last 8 after the withdrawal of Careme and Fontaine.
The last of the quarter finals is an all-British clash between the 4th seeded Adcock and Bankier against the 6th seeded Robertson and Wallwork. Whilst no ranking points are on offer this week, it is still a massive match with the Olympics just 100 days away. They are separated by just 10 spots in the world rankings and both pairs have taken a match in their two encounters previously this year.
Play began on Monday evening in the Telenor Arena in Karlskrona with a single match with resulted in a win for Sweden's Magnus Sahlberg. The first full day of action seen just a sole seed crash out of the five events.
Dane Loom Large
The full compliment for the second round was completed today after Sahlberg's win on Monday evening with four Danes in the draw. The top four seeds begin their campaigns tomorrow, with Peter Gade taking on Ville Lang whilst Jan O Jorgensen takes on Iceland's Kari Gunnarsson. Hans Kristian Vittinghus is the 3rd seed this week and takes on Dieter Domke of Germany whilst Domke's teammate, Marc Zwiebler takes on Petr Koukal of the Czech Republic after both Domke and Koukal defeated Scottish opponents in their opening round.
Viktor Axelsen completes the four, with the 7th seeded taking on Eric Pang who defeated France's Brice Leverdez in one of the tightest games of the day, with the Dutchman taking the deciding game 23-21 after saving two match points.
The men's doubles is a similar story with three Danish pairs into the last 16. Boe and Mogensen were relentless in their 21-5, 21-4 victory over Charalambidis and Orlis of Greece and take on the Polish pair of Moren and Szkudlarczyk in the 3rd round. The other two Danish pairs play against one another as Bonde and Kristiansen take on the 2nd seeded Conrad-Petersen and Rasmussen with a likely match against the 8th seeded Bosch and Ridder awaiting in the quarter finals.
Last week's Dutch Open runners up De Ruiter and Khodabux take on the 5th seeded Ivanov and Sozonov of Russia in one of the matches of the day whilst another Dutch pairing in the last 16, Arends and Jelle taking on Fuchs and Roth of Germany, seeded 7 this week.
White and Wallwork Out
The only seed to crash out to date is the 8th seeded Wallwork and White in the women's doubles, defeated by Piek and Tabelling who came within 2 points of winning the Dutch Open last week. The Dutch pair take on the Scottish pair of Cooper and Gilmour in the second round after coming through against their Estonian opponents Margus and Talviste 21-10, 21-8. The top seeded Pedersen and Rytter Juhl progressed safely into round 2, as well as the second seeded Russian pair of Vislova and Sorokina who set up a second round clash with the Swedish pair of Ekberg and Hogstrom.
The eight seeds in the women's singles start their campaign tomorrow, with Tine Baun starting with a potentially tricky encounter with Judith Meulendijks whilst the second seed Juliane Schenk also has a tough opener against Denmark's Line Kjaersfeldt. Karin Schnaase takes on the 4th seeded Pi Hongyan in another exciting second round encounter, whilst the 3rd seeded Petya Nedelcheva faces a tough last 16 clash against Karina Jorgensen or Anastacia Prokopenko should she defeated Slovenia's Spela Silvester in her opening match of the week.
From 10am on Wednesday, all the way to Wang Xin's entrance onto court at 2.15am local time that topped one of the longest and most dramatic days of badminton in recent memory.
Gade Crashes Out
Peter Gade walked onto court at 1.15am local time, 5 hours later than scheduled and after claiming the first, the 4th seed hoped to get off court in double quick time. Rajiv Ouseph took the second game and with it came the realisation that the end of Gade's history at this event was coming to an end. After going 12-1 down in third, he mounted three minor comebacks before losing the deciding game 21-14.
The likes of Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan were most likely asleep whilst play ended, with both securing a place in the second round tomorrow with routine two game victories. Kenichi Tago defeated Viktor Axelsen in two games in a match that could be repeated countless times in the next decade, with these two players highly regarded as the future of the game. Tago takes on Kazushi Yamada in an all-Japanese second round match. Taufik Hidayat takes on Chen Jin in the second round in one of the matches of the day, with both players progressing in two games today.
5 From 16 For China
Am almost full compliment of Chinese players reached the last 16 in the women's singles, with Wang Yihan and Wang Shixian booking their places in the second round. Juliane Schenk, Tine Baun and Saina Nehwal leading the non-Chinese charge with Schenk and Nehwal needing three games to progress and the 8th seeded German finishing her game just before 2am local time.
Wang Xin was another big name casualty today, arriving on court at 2.15 local time against Sung Ji Hyun of Korea and failing to produce anything like her best in a 21-8, 21-13 defeat to the world number 12. Li Xuerui is the only Chinese player left in the bottom half of the draw, after battling back from a game down to defeat Bulgaria's Linda Zechiri.
Bankier and Adcock Strike Again
Ko and Yoo were another big name to crash out on the opening day, with the Korean 4th seeds losing out to Fang and Lee of Chinese Taipei in two games. Lee and Jung had little trouble in reaching the second round, neither did Cai and Fu in their straight forward win over Liu and Ng of Canada. Boe and Mogensen are the main European threat this week and progressed to a second round meeting against Kido and Setiawan tomorrow. Adcock and Ellis kept local interest alive in the competition with a opening round win, but take on the 2nd seeded Lee and Jung in the second round tomorrow.
Wang and Yu made light work of Wallwork and White in their return from a 2-month hiatus, whilst their team mates Ma and Zhong surprised the 4th seeded Fujii and Kakiiwa with a three game victory. The third Chinese pair through is the unseeded pair of Huan and Tang, the German Open winners set up a second round match against Chien and Cheng of Chinese Taipei after their three game victory in the opening round. The fourth Chinese pair are the 2nd seeded Tian and Zhao, who defeated Chin and Wong of Malaysia to reach the second round.
Adcock and Bankier defeated Zhang and Zhao for the second time this year to reverse the result of the 2011 world championship final. A stunning three game victory sees them topple the world number 1 pairing in both Super Series Premier events this year and set up a second round clash with Yoo and Jang of Korea. Lee and Ha were another seeded pair to crash out today, with the 7th seeds losing out to Sato and Matsuo of Japan in two games. Ma and Xu cruised into the second round as one of only two Chinese pairs left in the draw, with He and Yixin defeating Fuchs and Michels of Germany to also reach the last 16. Robertson and Wallwork are also into the last 16, where they will take on the 5th seeded Chen and Cheng of Chinese Taipei as they battle with Adcock and Bankier for the GB spot at the 2012 Olympics.
The world's elite descend on Birmingham for the last Premier event of the Olympic qualifying year and also the last visit for some of the world's greatest players set to retire in London in less than 6 months time.
Gade's Last Run
Gade confirmed on Sunday evening that this would be his last All England as a player. The 4th seed starts with a first round match against his opponent at the 2011 World Championships, England's Rajiv Ouseph. Gade has won the previous 7 encounters against Ouseph, all in two games. Top seed Lee Chong Wei is also in Gade's half of the draw, taking on the dangerous Wang Zhengming in his opening round match but the world number 1 has won all four of their matches in two games also.
Lin Dan enters the tournament as the form player with his fantastic run in Germany last week, he takes on India's Ajay Jayaram in his opening round match for their first meeting. The bottom half of the draw is loaded with Chinese threats with Chen Jin and Chen Long all likely to make deep runs this week. Taufik Hidayat has dropped to 12th in the world rankings and has been displaced as Indonesia's #1 player by Simon Santoso. His status as Indonesia's number 2 should remain unless Tommy Sugiarto defeats Chen Jin in his opening round match, with Hidayat taking on Guatemala's Kevin Cordon in the first round.
Chinese Strength On Show
China have only brought a mere 6 players for the women's singles, with all of them ranked inside the top 10 in the world. Liu Xin is the only unseeded of the six and takes on Michelle Li of Canada before a likely second round match against top seeded Wang Yihan.
Should the Chinese team allow their players to play one another, this could be a fascinating week of play with six players attempting to qualify for potentially three spots in the Olympics. Wang Xin and Wang Shixian hold the other two qualifying places and both have tough openers. Wang Xin takes on the world number 12 Sung Ji Hyun of Korea whilst Wang Shixian takes on the world number 10 and world silver medalist
Cheng Shao Chieh.
Tine Baun and Juliane Schenk lead the European charge, with Baun taking on Fu Mingtian of Singapore in her opening round match whilst Juliane Schenk takes on the world number 13 Bae Youn Joo in her opening round match. The sub-plots begin on Tuesday when qualifying takes place with Susan Egelstaff and Elizabeth Cann fighting for the GB spot at the Olympics, both have been in poor runs of form but could play each other in the final qualifying round on Tuesday night in what could be a decider for the Olympic spot.
China The Nation To Beat
China hold the top seed in all three doubles events, with Cai and Fu on route to take on Lee and Jung for their 21st encounter. Last week's winners Hong and Shen are in Lee and Jung's half of the draw also as well as Boe and Mogensen of Denmark. Cai and Fu's main threat in their half in the Korean pair of Ko and Yoo, their world championship opponents.
Wang and Yu have been off the radar for almost 2 months after their stunning loss to Ha and Kim in Korea, they still remain the top seeds in the women's doubles and will face a qualifier in their opening round. Their main rivals Tian and Zhao start with Chin and Wong of Malaysia, the world number 14 pairing. Ha and Kim are the 3rd seeds this week and are in the bottom half of the draw and have a rematch of their opening round in Germany last week against Sari and Yao of Singapore who defeated them in three games.
The mixed doubles offers another Zhang and Zhao against Adcock and Bankier rematch in the first round, after meeting in the first round in Korea with the British pair coming up on top. Adcock and Bankier are also in a tight qualification fight against Robertson and Wallwork who take on the world number 11 Thai pairing of Anugritayawon and Voravichitchaikul in the opening round. Xu and Ma are the second seeds this week and start with under the circumstances an "easy" game against the world number 31 pairing of Kim and Jung of Korea. The Danish contingent could face off in the quarter final, but the 3rd seeded Fischer Neilsen and Pedersen take on the new Chinese partnership of Jiaming and Huan. Last week's German Open winners Laybourn and Rytter Juhl await a qualifier in their opening round.
After Lee Chong Wei's 24th and 25th Super Series titles in Korea and Malaysia, the world number 1 is the undoubted front-runner for the Olympic title. Compounded with his victory over Lin Dan in Seoul, followed by a defeat by the Olympic champion to Jan O Jorgensen in Malaysia this week. The first two Super Series titles have given us plenty of questions as well as definitive answers.
Lee Chong Wei is #1
His victory over Lin Dan re-asserted his place at the top of the world game whilst his win over Kenichi Tago showed just how far the gap is between himself at most of the field in Malaysia. There was an arrogance and a knowledge that he was the best player in the world in the Malaysian final whilst at the same time Kenichi Tago knew that he was never going to beat the Malaysian before eventually losing for the 11th time to Lee Chong Wei.
Lin Dan needs to improve
A stunning statement to make, but Lin Dan is the favourite for every event that he plays, regardless of his seeding. His defeat to Lee Chong Wei could be put down to lack of match practice or testing out new tactics ahead of the Olympics. His defeat to Jan O Jorgensen is much less forgivable, as well as dropping games in four of his five matches in Korea the week previously.
Chen Long is a legitimate #3 in the world
With the conspiracy theory that China is trying to create a false ranking for some players, Chen Long is a genuine threat in every tournament now. His retirement in Korea seemed to be an actual injury before returning to action and giving Lee Chong Wei a scare in the semi finals in Malaysia. He is perhaps a bigger threat than Lin Dan is at these events and his attendance at the final in Malaysia with no other Chinese presence with him was a telling sign in his commitment to succeed in the coming months and years. He seems to be a student of the game rather that a player engineered to win.
Gade's schedule will be his downfall
Two early defeats in Korea and Malaysia is a unwanted parallel to Taufik's demise in Denmark and France last year. He claimed to be fatigued after a busy schedule of the past 4 months but this is his own doing. He claimed that the Olympics would be his final tournament and has attempted to play almost every tournament since the world championships. Should he play the European Team championships in February, it would also definitely hinder his chances at the All-England Champions in early March. Gade needs to have a 6-week lay off before his final push for Olympic success.
Hidayat still competitive
His victory in India before the turn of the year propped him back into the top 10, then a victory over Tien Minh Nguyen saw him reach the last 8 of a Super Series for the first time in recent memory. A 6-week break ahead of the All-England could be just as important to Hidayat as it is to Gade.
Jorgensen's stock is on the rise
With all the talk of Viktor Axelsen, it has perhaps motivated Jan O Jorgensen more in the past 2 weeks. After seeing his teenage team-mate lose in the opening round in both events, Jorgensen reached the semi finals in Korea and the quarter finals in Malaysia, defeating Lin Dan in the second round. Expect Jorgensen to play most of the European Team Championships as Denmark's #1, a position that might be his on merit soon enough.
Tago needs to build on his success
After defeating Peter Gade in the second round in Malaysia, the 22-year old defeated Simon Santoso in the quarterfinals and eventually reached the final in Malaysia, before being outclassed by Lee Chong Wei in the final. His performance against Lee Chong Wei in Korea is one that he has to study, taking the Malaysia to two tight games with just a few more points needed to break the 11-match losing run he has against the world number 1.
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Apple's CFO Fred Anderson highlighted the company's financial performance during Apple's fiscal year Q1 2004 quarterly conference call. Anderson said that Apple had a strong quarter with revenue of just over $2 billion, its highest revenue in 4 years and "blow-out" sales of 733,000 iPods and strong peripheral and software sales (Panther upgrades). Apple also highlighted its record PowerBook sales and a strong performance in its retail segment during the December quarter.
Investor's Business Daily comments on Apple's future strategies in consumer entertainment that will enable it to continue growing. With that segment becoming a large portion of the PC industry, Tim Bajarin of Creative Strategies says "the next big battle is for the hearts and minds of consumers in the living room. Apple is going to have to find a way to extend the Mac into the living room and connect it to the TV."
Apple today announced a net profit of $63 million, or $.17 per diluted share, beating consensus estimates of $.14 per share. These results compare to a net loss of $8 million, or $.02 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenue for the quarter reached a four-year high of $2.006 billion, up 36 percent from the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 26.7 percent, down from 27.6 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 44 percent of the quarter's revenue. Apple said it shipped 829,000 Macs during the quarter, up 12 percent from the year-ago quarter, as well as 733,000 iPods, up 235 percent from the year-ago quarter.
Pound Hill Software last week announced Catalyst 1.1, its tool for creating plug-ins to capture and embed metadata. Users can specify both the metadata embedded in graphic arts documents and the look-and-feel of the dialogs that collect the data. In addition, enterprises can generate their own plug-ins for applications such as Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat and QuarkXPress. Version 1.1 supports Panther, QuarkXPress 6.x, Adobe XMP, and Adobe CS. Pound Hill's MetaLab is a free cross-platform tool for defining and adding a new XMP metadata panel to the File Info dialogs in Adobe CS applications.
oXygen XML Editor 3.0 adds an automatically synchronized tree-based outliner, bookmark support and global transformation scenarios as well as Namespace Routing Language (NRL) schemas and Japanese localization. oXygen XML editor offers support for any XML document, working with XML Schemas, DTDs, Relax NG schemas and NRL Schemas. It can edit XSLT and XSL-FO documents and create desired output formats, such as HTML, PS, PDF, etc. oXygen can also edit files over FTP, HTTP/WebDAV, and HTTPS/WebDAV. A 30-day demo of the $75 application is available.
Aspyr is now taking pre-orders on its new SimCity 4 Rush Hour expansion pack (EP), which it announced last week: "Your City is on the move! Take complete control of your city's transportation system including roads, rail, air, and waterways. Watch you approval rating skyrocket as you get your Sims on the go..." It will run on Mac OS X 10.2.3 or later and requires a 500MHz processor as well as SimCity 4. Pre-orders are available for $30.
FireWire Depot today introduced its TITAN 5.25" FireWire-only ($90) and FireWire/USB2 Enclosure combo drive ($100) enclosures. The TT-335 Series enclosure, expected to ship next week, is designed for any 5.25" IDE storage drives, features a rugged aluminum body, supports for 137GB or larger ATA-6 drives. VENUS is a 3.5" version of the same drive available for the same price. FireWire Depot also introduced its 1394b QUAD5 LCD RAID 5 enclosure ($1,300) with an LCD panel for RAID setup and management. It offers FireWire 800 connectivity, five hot-swappable ATA-133 drive bays, and RAID level 0, 1, (0+1), 3, and 5 support.
MacNN readers report receiving confirmation of shipment of iLife '04, which includes the GarageBand music studio application; new versions of iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD; and iTunes. The $50 suite is expected to available on January 16 (and is available for Jan 16 delivery). An $80 iLife '04 Family Pack version offers installation on up to 5 computers in a single household, while Apple's iLife '04 Up-to-Date program offers the suite for $20 to those who purchased a Mac (without iLife '04 pre-installed) after January 6. Apple notes that a DVD drive is required to install GarageBand and iDVD.
PrintUlike 3.0 is an online system designed for printing companies to work as remote printing locations, manage printing orders and files, and offer remote access to clients. The software is aimed at service bureaus and companies that offer large-format printing services, while users can sign up for accounts starting at $3/month. Companies can list their printing services on the site or can create custom website(s) under the their own domain. In addition, PrintUlike allows users to create private and public photo galleries with basic photo manipulation functions.
�In addition to enhancements to Entourage X (including the new Project Center reviewed yesterday), Microsoft will deliver upgrades to other applications in its productivity suite. Word 2004 offer a new Notebook Layout View and voice recording functions, while Excel will feature a new Page Layout view. In addition, suite will feature new Compatibility Reports to help users share documents with other users who use older Mac or Windows versions of the product.
Apple today announced the Grand Opening of its Apple Sotre La Encantada in Tucson, Arizona. The opening will take place on Saturday, January 24 at 10 am. La Encantada is located on the northwest corner of Skyline and Campbell. The Apple Store is located on the lower level next to Victoria'ss Secret. Meanwhile, David Pogue will host an "Insider Panther" session at the Apple Store SoHo (NYC) at 6pm on January 17: "Witness a parade of undocumented shortcuts, decipher the unfamiliar Mac OS X folder structure, and discover the power of the Unix system that powers the whole thing."
Apple release its FYQ1 financial results today after the markets close and will offer a QuickTime audio broadcast of its conference call discussing the results at 5 pm ET: "Analysts say the company is on track to report healthy growth when it reports December-quarter results after the bell, courtesy of a refreshed computer line with faster processors from IBM and updated Mac OS X software, as well as surging sales of iPods. Sales should total around $1.93 billion, up 12% from the prior quarter on the heels of a fat Christmas season, with earnings of 14 cents, according to consensus estimates."
The La Jolla Underground today announced ResFool, a native Mac OS X resource editor with full ResEdit template support. ResFool includes 100 included templates to edit existing resource types; can edit and create data-fork based resource files in addition to old-style resource forks; offers custom editors; and can preview media files directly within the application. ResFool can also edit (though not create) Bundle folders (such as .app and .rtfd folders). It runs on Mac OS X and is available for $20.
Booq has quietly introduced its new Mamba.XS, a new carry case designed for 12-inch PowerBooks and the iBook. The case sports a versatile strap design that "lets you wear the bag however you like: across your chest, over one shoulder, and - you guessed it - even backpack-style." Made from tough and weather-resistant 1680D nylon, it features padded accessory pockets, removable 2-inch seatbelt-nylon shoulder straps, an internally zippered, weather-protected laptop compartment with non-scratch lining, and movable, custom-molded shoulder pads and back padding. It is available now for $70.
Apple's new Xgrid application, launched last week, is aimed at scientific applications, according to Computerworld's first look at the software: "Think of Xgrid as a customizable SETI at Home software package for serious computing folk. The Xgrid software allows you to tie together any number of desktop machines (Apple suggests using those with G4 and G5 processors) to work as a single machine to process a job. When one of the computing hosts is idle, it can join the 'hive' and process part of the currently running job."
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By CLAIRE ST. JOHN
Rob Smittle has a passion for performance.
Tyler Goldemberg prefers to stay in the shadows, providing light for the more dramatically inclined.
Although their interests follow different paths, the two Sonora High School seniors will do their final performance together.
Smittle, who will attend the American Musical and Drama Academy to study acting on film next year, did magic tricks on the streets of San Francisco for his high school senior project. He spent three days in different locations in the city, confounding anyone who would watch with his nimble fingers and slick deck of cards.
"It's just looking for people who would watch," Smittle said, twisting cards over the fingers of one hand.
Two friends made a DVD of Smittle performing and dealing with a police officer who asked for their filming permit.
"We actually filmed him talking to us," Smittle said. "I guess you can't make a movie on Pier 39."
Goldemberg's senior project focuses on lighting. He wrote his senior paper on aspects of lighting design, and he served as the lighting technician for Sonora High School's production of "Inherit the Wind."
Goldemberg has done a little bit of lighting over the past few years, he said, but since researching the subject, he plans to work in lighting at Sierra Repertory Theatre over the summer and eventually get a degree in lighting design and a degree in business law from Carnegie Mellon University.
"If I ever have a theater drop on me, I ought to know how to run it," he said of his aspirations. "I'm not the kind of person who leaves things to chance."
Smittle and Goldemberg will combine their talents for a panel of senior project judges that will score their long-labored efforts.
"I'm going to start with some flourishes " Smittle began, "And I'm going to do some light tricks," Goldemberg finished.
Although it might be an extra strain on the judges to pay attention to magic tricks and creative lighting at once, Smittle and Goldemberg both passionate about their skills plan to make the presentation perfect.


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Donations from Bon Air students help kids get through weekend
When Burrell Principal Amy Lenart learned of a local project to ensure children didn't go hungry on weekends, she thought it would be a perfect community service project for her elementary students.
Even if they were in a different school district.
"What's better than kids helping kids?" asked Lenart.
In three weeks, her Bon Air Elementary students raised $1,060 and donated enough nonperishable food to fill two dozen boxes for Project SEED. An acronym for Something to Eat Every Day, it's a pilot initiative in the New Kensington-Arnold School District.
"This and a couple other huge donations in the last week put us over the top," said Joanne Cecchi, a retired New Kensington-Arnold administrator who cofounded Project SEED last summer with Ruth Carson.
The women said they've now raised the $18,000 needed to send home a bag of food every weekend this school year for each of the 150-or-so Fort Crawford Elementary students who are participating.
That doesn't mean they can rest on their laurels until summer, though.
"We're already thinking of next year," said Carson, also a retired New Ken-Arnold administrator.
They would like to expand the weekend food program beyond Fort Crawford, which was chosen for the pilot because of the high percentage of children who qualify for free or reduced-price lunches.
Cecchi said they have been approached by other school districts interested in starting similar programs.
Cecchi and Carson said they are very thankful for the donors and volunteers who have made the project work.
Cecchi said donations of all sizes have come from about 175 sources — individuals, businesses, nonprofits, churches, and school and youth groups such as Scouts and the Valley High School JROTC.
"It's coming from friends and neighbors," she said.
"Our volunteers are outstanding," Carson said, noting that helpers came to the Alle-Kiski Valley Adult Activity Center in New Kensington to pack the food even on cold, snowy days when the center was otherwise closed.
Cecchi said New Kensington donated the time and equipment for the city's public works department to pick up the food and deliver it to the school every Friday morning.
Teachers hand out the bags; Cecchi said extras usually are available that can be given to students who may have hungry siblings at home.
Each bag provides enough food for a child to have two breakfasts and two lunches. Provisions may include cereal bars, fruit cups and snacks, sandwich crackers and microwavable meals such as macaroni and cheese and soup.
As Cecchi and Carson picked up the boxes from Bon Air, she noted all the packages of macaroni and pasta: "They brought in things they know kids like to eat."
Lenart said her students really seemed to enjoy the project, and not just because donors got to wear pajamas to school one day as a reward. She mentioned one kindergartner, Hailey Brockett, who emptied her piggy bank for the cause.
"That they're helping someone else — they get it," Lenart said. "They absolutely get it."
Liz Hayes is staff writer for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 724-226-4680 or email@example.com.
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Textile Association Sees Surge In Chinese Imports
James A. Morrissey, Washington Correspondent
The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) says trade data released by the Department of
Commerce (DOC) this week show a sharp increase in imports of some apparel products released from
quota control last January 1. NCTO says imports of Chinese trousers, underwear and shirts increased
by 36 percent in January 2009 over January 2008 in spite of a declining market for those goods in
the US market.
Noting that 20,000 textile jobs were lost during the first two months of this year, NCTO President Cass Johnson called on the Obama administration to begin monitoring imports with the thought that the information could lead to anti-dumping or other actions against Chinese imports. NCTO claims it has documented 63 examples of Chinese import subsidies that are in "direct contravention" of China's statement that it would not introduce new "predatory measures."
There are two textile and apparel import monitoring efforts in play at the present time.
Last October, the House Ways and Means Committee directed the International Trade Commission to begin monitoring imports in the 34 product categories that previously had been under quota control in order to determine whether there might be an import surge when the quotas were removed. Johnson says the increasing imports "are a sign of a building surge of subsidized imports."
Meanwhile, Congress, in appropriating funds for the DOC for the remainder of this fiscal year ending in September, called for broader monitoring of all apparel imports from China and Vietnam. A report accompanying the appropriation says: "The International Trade Administration (ITA) is expected to undertake apparel monitoring focusing on prices of imports from China and Vietnam and whether their state-run industries are illegally pricing products and dumping them in the US market." If dumping appears to be happening, the DOC could self-initiate an anti-dumping case.
Another part of the Appropriations Committee report calls on the ITA to implement "pro-active trade enforcement activities including safeguards with respect to China's World Trade Organization accession agreement."
The import monitoring programs are strongly opposed by retailers and other importers of textile and apparel, who contend that the very existence of the programs creates sourcing problems. In a letter sent to the House and Senate leadership when the DOC appropriation for monitoring was pending in Congress, the National Retail Federation, American Apparel and Footwear Association, Retail Industry Leaders Association and the United States Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel urged Congress not to approve programs that create uncertainty in the marketplace "when consumer prices are increasing and businesses are struggling to make ends meet and keep their workers employed." They also were critical of spending taxpayers' money on what they say are "unnecessary and redundant programs that are inconsistent with US law and international obligations."
If, when and how the Obama administration will act in these areas is up in the air, as the top political appointees at the DOC and the office of the US Trade Representative are not yet in place, and they are not expected to act until they conduct a thorough review of US trade policies.
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Album Rating: 4.5I think Dark Ages is definitely their best, but this one is still very close to that quality.
Album Rating: 4.0pleasantly surprised with this album....was almost gonna give up on these guys
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Succinct Summations of Week's Events 8/8/14
Posted By Barry Ritholtz On August 8, 2014 @ 3:30 pm In Markets | Comments Disabled
Succinct Summations week ending August 8th
1. AAII bearish sentiment rose to its highest levels since August 2013, people still are so quick to call a top for this bull market.
2. Chinese exports increased by 14.5% in July, the biggest increase since April 2013
3. Initial jobless claims came in at 289k vs 304k expected, the 4-week moving average fell to the lowest levels since '06.
4. ISM service index came in at 58.7, up from 56 in July and better than the 56.5 estimated.
5. Factory orders came in better than expected, grown 1.1% m/o/m vs 0.6% expected
6. The petroleum deficit fell in June to its lowest level since 2009.
7.MBA refinancing applications rose 3.8% w/o/w.
1. After having its worst week since '12, U.S. stock funds suffered their largest weekly outflow in six months.
2. U.S. 10-year yields fell to their lowest level in 14-months as investors flocked to safety.
3. Italy reported a 0.2% q/o/q drop in GDP, their stocks are off 10% in just the last week and a half.
4. The Nikkei closed down 3% on Friday, its worst session since February.
5. The Dax is in correction territory; down 10% from its July highs.
6. MBA mortgage applications fell to their lowest level since February.
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A new guideline for triaging mass casualty victims has been recommended by a federal emergency medical services agency for use by all state and local EMS groups.
The Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services has recommended that state and local EMS agencies improve their mass casualty triage capabilities by adopting the new guideline and released an implementation plan for meeting that recommendation nationally.
The guideline, dubbed the Model Uniform Core Criteria, or MUCC, identifies the key features that should be included in a mass casualty triage system and is designed to standardize the process and improve interoperability between agencies when they respond to an emergency with multiple casualties. One of the guideline's key recommendations is to quickly identify those with life-threatening injuries and provide immediate lifesaving interventions, such as placing a tourniquet to stop a victim from bleeding to death.
"Having a national standard for mass casualty triage means that all responders in these chaotic and rapidly-changing situations will be operating from the same sheet of music. This will help to ensure that as many lives as possible are saved," said E. Brooke Lerner, Ph.D., professor of emergency medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and deputy director of MCW's Injury Research Center.
"Based on the lessons learned from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, the MUCC ensures that critical patients with potential for survival get immediate help by incorporating quick lifesaving interventions, such as a tourniquet or opening their airway. The lifesaving interventions are integrated directly into the triage protocol," said Dr. Richard Schwartz, chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine and Hospitalist Services at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University in Augusta.
Dr. Schwartz was principal investigator on the grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that enabled broad-scale assessment of existing military and civilian triage protocols. Dr. Lerner led the 30-member multidisciplinary working group representing federal and academic institutions that developed the MUCC guideline.
"Most triage protocols used in the United States today do not include lifesaving interventions," Schwartz said. "This guideline will ensure that all responders to a mass casualty incident are providing lifesaving interventions that only take seconds to do then quickly moving to the next victim," Schwartz said.
The Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical represents the Department of Transportation, Department of Defense, Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Communication Commission. The committee has indicated federal dollars may be available to help implement the protocols across the nation.
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Corel's CorelDraw Premium Suite X5 is a package that bundles CorelDraw X5 graphics software, Corel Web Creator, Corel VideoStudio Pro X3 video editing software, and other useful content creation packages such as SWiSHzone's Swish Max3 Flash animation package.
The bundled package is intended to provide an end-to-end system for the creation and editing of graphics, video and audio content for user-created web sites or optical discs, including the CD, DVD and Blu-Ray formats.
Corel Web Creator is not Corel's own software, but a version of the NetObjects Fusion web site design package, with a re-branded user interface.
The web and disc HD video and audio creation package, VideoStudio Pro X3, was developed on the back of Corel's acquisition of optical disc specialist InterVideo and video specialist Ulead in 2006.
Premium Suite X5 is only available as a boxed system, costs £579 + VAT, and contains two DVDs, one CD, a 315-page hardback manual, and a keyboard shortcuts card.
We installed the full set of Premium Suite X5 applications on our Intel 2.25GHz Core 2 Duo test Labs laptop, which has 2GB of system memory and runs under Windows 7 Ultimate, in around 80 minutes.
The first DVD contains CorelDraw's X5 Graphics Suite, a copy of SWiSHzone's SWiSH miniMax2 Flash animation package, a copy of the GPL Ghostscript package (v8.64) to give CorelDraw PostScript level 3 support, and 32 premium fonts from Linotype.
Users can opt to install these extra fonts, as well as clipart images, royalty-free photos, full-colour fills and other artistic media.
CorelDraw Graphics Suite X5 includes CorelDraw, Corel Photo-Paint, Corel Capture, Corel Connect, and Bitstream Font Navigator.
The second DVD contains Corel VideoStudio Pro X3. The CD contains Corel Website Creator X5, SWiSH Max3, and WinZip 14.5 Pro – software that Corel acquired in 2006.
The package supports 32- and 64-bit editions of Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. Users wishing to use Visual Studio (VS) 2008 to program Corel APIs to drive hardware other than printers will need VS 2008 service pack 1 installed.
CorelDraw X5 Graphics Suite new features
Corel Connect
The main new feature in X5 is the media content search tool Corel Connect. Connect enables users to access content across all attached storage devices, and across network accessible storage using Microsoft's desktop search.
Connect also aggregates any content that you install when you install Premium Suite. It also provides access to the web media content archives on three web sites – Flickr, Fotolia and iStockphoto.
We found Corel Connect easy to use. The search bar pulled content straight from these three web sites and from other folders on the network into the main viewing screen.
When a user wants to view content, Corel Connect opens up the program in which the content is stored. For example, if you select a .PS file, Connect automatically starts Adobe Photoshop CS4, importing the content into the program ready for editing.
But this does not apply to all content types. For example, we couldn't click on an MP3 file or import other sound files or video content directly into Premium Suite's VideoStudio Pro X3.
This differs from CorelDraw, where users can easily fire up Corel PhotoPaint if they need to edit or re-touch bitmapped content.
So for web site elements created using CorelDraw, users will have to export content, fire up WebSite Creator and then import that content manually. You can, however, cut and paste text or graphics into the various web site elements.
Colour management
One big criticism levelled at CorelDraw since the first version was released was its lack of professional colour management – that is, its inability to ensure that the colour you saw on screen matched the colour on the final printed product. Corel has fixed this major omission with X5 by completely rewriting the colour management engine.
Corel has also added workflow improvements. For example, it allows users to automatically set up colour profiles for the documents they are working on. This means printer profiles can be docked into the workflow and documents can be live-proofed. This cuts out the need for users to make site visits to print houses to check that colours are printed correctly.
Integration with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
CorelDraw can be adjusted to meet the needs of companies that run big printer systems that require graphics content, such as engraving or embroidery machinery, because it integrates with Microsoft's Visual Studio 2008 integrated development environment (IDE). The graphics content can be pulled into the IDE.
VideoStudio Pro X3
VideoStudio Pro X3 allows users to create video content for both web and disc, and export that content to devices and standard disc formats like DVD, AVCHD and Blu-Ray. However, there is currently no support for 3D content.
Corel Web Site Creator
Web site creation can be divided into two: the look and feel of the web site and how users interact with the site; and the coding of the web site through which that look and feel is achieved. Web Site Creator deals with the coding phase competently, but does not enable users to design the look and feel of the site.
A very good attempt at an all-in-one web design system, limited slightly by lack of workflow integration between the three packages.
Despite this, the package is effective and much more affordable than rival packages, such as Adobe's Creative Suite 5 Master Collection.


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This policy was adopted by the Information Technology Governance Committee on August 10, 2004.
As email has become an integral part of the academic process, confidential information about ETSU students is being transmitted, including evaluations, grades, and financial information. Faculty, staff, and students must recognize that although there is an expectation of privacy, unencrypted email is not a secure means of transmitting information. While this policy does not prohibit student information from being transmitted by email, caution must be exercised regarding the content of messages.
ETSU provides each student, faculty, and staff member with an official university-assigned email account. All official university communications will be sent to the university email address. Faculty, staff, and students may assume that official ETSU email is a valid communication mechanism. Therefore, the university has the right to send communications to students, faculty, and staff via email and the right to expect that those communications are received and read in a timely fashion. Although students may choose to forward university email to an external email account, he or she is responsible for all information, including attachments.
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(WIZARD) A New Way To Look At YouTube
I was teaching the third day of a three-day class. A hand went up in the second row.
Whats the next big thing?
The answer leapt from my mouth before he had even finished the question.
Everyone laughed. This confused me until I realized the class thought I was trying to be funny. Yes, of course, YouTube was already big.
But not in the way I meant.
Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim founded YouTube in February 2005. Google purchased it the following year for $1.65 billion.
YouTube was an idea whose time had come.
During the 365 calendar days of 2011, YouTube delivered more than 1 trillion views. Viewership in 2012 was up by more than 40 percent: 1.46 trillion views.
One million seconds is about 12 days.
One billion seconds is nearly 32 years.
One trillion seconds is 31,688 years.
A trillion is a lot.
The statistics page at YouTube currently says the number of views delivered in 2013 was 50 percent more than last year. This means theyve jumped from 1 trillion views per year to over 2 trillion views per year in just 24 months. It would appear that you and I and the rest of the world are watching a lot of online video.
Sometimes a prospective client calls your station to ask you a question. You answer. Occasionally they walk through your door. You greet them. But as Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak wryly observed in 2010, We used to ask a smart person a question. Now who do we ask? It starts with G-O, and its not God.
Prospective clients are gathering information about marketing through Google and YouTube. This means your station website and your online, informational videos are vital new half-steps that fall between prospecting and face-to-face selling.
Are your prospects finding the information they need online?
Im not talking about search engine optimization. Im not talking about responding to customer queries made by e-mail. Im talking about crafting an informative answer to the question you believe your prospect will ask and then posting that answer in a video on YouTube. You can also embed that video on a special website designed to teach advertisers about radio: how it works, what to expect, how long it takes, the importance of a strong message, the importance of frequency.
How many questions can you answer intelligently? Thats exactly how many YouTube videos you should create.
Yes, Im being serious.
YouTube is often called social media. This is unfortunate because we tend to see social media as cotton candy that offers little real nutrition. Entertainment value is measured by the number of views a video receives. I am not suggesting that you should entertain the public, but rather that you should inform them. Information value is measured by how well you anticipate and answer your customers not-yet-asked question.
YouTube delivers entertainment when we want to be distracted, but it also delivers information when we are seeking answers.
Google and YouTube offer your prospective clients unprecedented access to information, 24/7. This is changing the nature of selling. As Steve Wozniak pointed out, were no longer seeking the opinions of experts face-toface, were seeking them face-to-computer-screen.
This is not how the world functioned a short decade ago.
Welcome to 2014.
Good video doesnt require a lot of money. But it does require a lot of thought, a lot of time, and a lot of followthrough.
Youre full of valuable information, insight, and experience and you can tell amazing stories. Online video allows you to be everywhere at once, 24/7. The perfect explanation, delivered perfectly, every time.
Youll find online video to be an amazing time-saver. Youll find it to be the ultimate sales aid. Youll also find it to be the best quality-control insurance money can buy because you no longer have to say the same things over and over, one client at a time. You just e-mail your clients the link to your latest video. Be the person on the screen.
Your prospects are gathering more and more information from online video. Why not let them gather it from you?
The most common mistake is making videos too long. Break complex ideas into bite-size chunks. Shoot for 60-second videos. These are devoured like potato chips: Just one more. One more. One more. OK, one more. One more.
Make a 90-second video only when it cant be avoided.
Yes, this means youre going to have to script your videos and read them from a prompter, just like a network newscaster. The outcome will be you happy you looking directly into the eyes of the viewer. Screen text and graphics are easily added.
So what are you waiting for?
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Those models are so rad! awesome detail man.
Those models are so rad! awesome detail man.
hmm well first of all, I noticed that the soldier you drew with the star tattoo (hey, that rhymed^^) has the tattoo as an inconsistancy. the tattoo is close enough to the front that the three quarter view you made would show it peeking out at least.
As for the alien, the 3D models are great, however I am unclear how the skirt.. or pants.. or loincloth is acutally staying on...
The stressed par of the loincloth looks too small to actually make a grip on the alien and the curved area indecated shows that there is no band arround him that is holding it up. The loose part starts too high so all in all. it seems to me like the minute your alien guy takes a step, he's going to end up pantsing himself...
I am sorry if this is wrong of me to say, but it's actually peaking my curriocity, so could you please tell me how he is keeping it up?
PS: this is not a critique... strictly I am confused... and currious
@Cloudy: Thnks :] You know I'm a sucker for detail, lol.
@Sy: Maybe, maybe not...I never did like polypainting.
@MaxW: The soldiers were strictly doodles, taking about 2mins each, so I dunno, I was just messing around, added in the tattoo cause I was bored.
As for the model, I have no idea how the cloth is staying on. I too have wondered that, but hell, who knows, I sure don't haha, it's simply there for designs sake...and just because it was in my original doodle. Although if I ever get around to it, I may just add in some extra pieces so it looks like it's supported by something. But for right now, curiosity will have to work. Thanks for noticing, lol.
You could make textures for the models right? I dunno what poly painting is lol..
Polypaint is a feature in Zbrush that allows you to color and texture your models directly on the surface. I rarely use it though, I lose interest, and it's not the most friendly interface, lol.
haha like I said, it wasn't any critique.. however it would be awesome to see him in the next Star Wars saga
Polypaint is fantastic... if you have an exemplary system. Using Photoshop and a 3D modeling program such as Blender or 3ds Max is recommended, since I mean whose system can't handle just a big picture
This is what I'm doing for my final assignment in my art class.
Decided to just take a cam pic instead of scanning it, cause the paper is pretty big, and I didn't feel like fitting it on my scanner... anyways.
I'm gonna re-position skinny dude's head so his body seems more upright, do something else with his left arm (maybe have it dangling down,) and work on the right foot of the big guy. This is traditional, so it's gonna be a task.
Anyways, I wanted to make this like a second tribute to Clemente Suave, as his style has heavily influenced my own ever since I discovered his work.
This dude wrestled line and form like and made them all his bitch.
How are you going to be able reposition them at all!?
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San Francisco 49ers: Clearing Up The Safety Position
Free agency is set to begin Tuesday morning and there are already an assortment of rumors swirling around one of the San Francisco 49ers that are scheduled to become a free agent. That player is Donte Whitner. Last year Dashon Goldson moved on as he signed a big contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. As a result, the 49ers traded up to draft Eric Reid in the 2013 NFL draft. This decision worked out for the 49ers as Eric Reid actually had a better season than Goldson. This year the 49ers may be presented with the same situation once again.
The safety edition of the free agent carousel may get off to a fast start on Tuesday. Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that the Cleveland Browns have "considerable interest" in adding Whitner. This is a good match for both parties. The Browns are in need of veteran leadership and the physical play that Whitner brings would fit right into the tough AFC North division. Whitner was born in Cleveland and went to high school in Cleveland as well. He played his college football at Ohio State University so his roots run deep in Ohio.
The Browns, Chicago Bears and New York Jets are all prospective suitors for Whitner according to Eric Branch of the San Francisco Chronicle. Whitner would replace T.J. Ward in Cleveland or Major Wright in Chicago, both of which are free agents. There has been some talk that the 49ers may be interested in Ward which would be a homecoming also. Ward was born in San Francisco and played his high school football at De La Salle.
As per sources, the 49ers do still have interest in retaining Whitner. If they are not able to do so, the best move for the 49ers would be to turn to the draft and select a safety early because he would need to be a starter right away. They had a formal interview with Louisville safety Calvin Pryor. Pryor may be there for them when they pick at the 30th slot. Pryor told me that he met with Defensive Backs coach Ed Donatell and that he really likes the aggressive style of play that the 49ers have on defense. He also told me that he would love to get the chance to play along side Eric Reid.
Two other safeties that could come in and start early would be Jimmy Ward from Northern Illinois and Deone Bucannon from Washington State. Ward is probably the best cover safety in this draft class. He can drop down in the box and cover receivers with ease. Just watch his 2012 game against Florida State for evidence. He covered Kelvin Benjamin in the slot and did the same against Rashad Greene.
Bucannon is my top rated safety in this draft. He is a gold helmet player and would mesh perfectly with Reid. I talk to Bucannon often and every time we talk about football, I can feel the love that he has for the game. Bucannon hits as hard as any safety in this draft yet he can cover well also. Take a look at his combine results and you will see that he tested better than Ha Ha Clinton Dix. He was highly productive over his college career at Washington State. Bucannon had 15 career interceptions, 13.5 tackles for loss and 270 tackles. The 49ers have not been in contact with him at this point but that doesn't mean he has no chance of becoming a 49er. He was born in Oakland and played high school football at Vanden High School in Fairfield.
The 49ers already have a significant amount of money invested in the defense and that will only increase with the upcoming deal for Aldon Smith. The safety position is one that the 49ers can fill through the draft. This will allow them to still get good play from the position but at a deep discount. They will need as much roster flexibility as possible because they have to worry about the Michael Crabtree and Colin Kaepernick contracts on the other side of the ball. The window of opportunity is still there for the 49ers as they still have their core players in tact.by


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I've been asked several times over the last few weeks for an example corrupt database to play with, and for testing logic built around DBCC CHECKDB. The attached WinZip file contains a backup of a simple 2005 database called 'broken' (I can do a 2000 one too if there's enough demand). It has a simple...
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Paul Randal - MSFT
Funny how a bunch of people all seem to have the same problem at the same time. Maybe it's just that people don't want to talk about corruption until someone else does – it's like a dark secret that once let out of the bag – everyone talks. The common HA/DR issue over the last few days on the newsgroups...
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How long does *your* CHECKDB take?
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Following on from my post a couple of weeks ago ( https://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverstorageengine/archive/2007/01/24/how-long-will-checkdb-take-to-run.aspx ), I'm very interested to know how long it takes for your CHECKDBs to run, so I can get an idea of the distribution of run-times on various kinds of...
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CHECKDB (Part 8): Can repair fix everything?
Paul Randal - MSFT
I was teaching at a Microsoft-internal class last week and there was a discussion on what corruptions can't be repaired using DBCC. At the same time, several threads popped up on forums and newsgroups with people hitting some of this unrepairable corruptions so I thought that would make a good topic...
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CHECKDB (Part 7): How long will CHECKDB take to run?
Paul Randal - MSFT
This is a question I see every so often and it cropped up again this morning so I'll use it as the subject for this week's blog post. There are several ways I could answer this: the unhelpful answer - I've got no idea. the almost-helpful answer - how long did it take to run last time and...
24 Jan 2007
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Fixing damaged pages using page restore or manual inserts
Paul Randal - MSFT
Here's an interesting scenario that cropped up today. You have a database on a RAID array that failed and has zero'd out a page. How can you get the data back? There are two ways to do it, depending on the database recovery model and version of SQL Server - single-page restore or manual insert/select...
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More undocumented fun: DBCC IND, DBCC PAGE, and off-row columns
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(Final blog post of the year for me. Its been a bit of a wild ride the last 6 months - 7 TechEds on 3 continents, 46 blog posts and some major life changes - but now things have calmed down and I should be back to more regular posting in 2007. Tomorrow I fly out to Wakatobi in Indonesia to go diving...
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CHECKDB (Part 6): Consistency checking options for a VLDB
Paul Randal - MSFT
(Yippee - just finished my certification dives and got my PADI Open Water certification - just in time for our dive trip to Indonesia in December :-) This is a question that comes up a lot - in fact 3 times this week already - most recently during a guest lecture I did on DBCC for one of Kimberly...
19 Oct 2006
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CHECKDB (Part 5): What does CHECKDB really do? (part 4 of 4)
Paul Randal - MSFT
(Another airport, another blog post - I really must make an effort to come up with more original banter - I'm sure I've used that line before. TechEd Guangzhou has finished and I'm on the way to Beijing for TechEd #3. Checking in and getting through security were challenging to say the least this morning...
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CHECKDB (Part 4): What does CHECKDB really do? (part 3 of 4)
Paul Randal - MSFT
(OK - I was wrong about the posting frequency - events overtook me and I got bogged down preparing for these TechEds. China is an amazing place and I wish I had more time to soak up some of its culture while I'm here but with the TechEds being so close together there's little time for anything except...
18 Sep 2006
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Don't try this at home kids... (data recovery using DBCC PAGE)
Paul Randal - MSFT
Time to cough up a real-life data recovery scenario to temporarily stop those people who badger me relentlessly for scenarios... We have a situation currently with a customer who managed to delete all their data during a SAN reconfig and then found out that their tape backups hadn't been working properly...
9 Aug 2006
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Poking about with DBCC PAGE (Part 1 of ?)
Paul Randal - MSFT
(It's been a while since I last posted - summer fun's been in the way obviously and I've been busy picking up some new and exciting (for me) SQL skills, partially to help with four upcoming TechEds I'll be doing in China and Hong Kong. The posting frequency should increase towards the end of the week...
8 Aug 2006
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Can't I ever get a guarantee?
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I've been sitting and thinking a lot about guarantees this morning while drinking coffee in the debilitating heat here (85 degrees at 11am) and things get more complicated the more I think about it, so time to stop and post some thoughts. Over the last few days, the question of guarantees has come...
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CHECKDB (Part 3): What does CHECKDB really do? (2 of 4)
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In the previous post of this series, I covered the system table checks that have to be done before anything else can be checked by CHECKDB. Now that I've described pages , extents , IAM chains/allocation units and the major allocation bitmaps , in this post I'll cover the allocation checks. 1. Primitive...
18 Jul 2006
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CHECKDB (Part 2): What does CHECKDB really do? (1 of 4)
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Hmmm - I sat for 5 minutes thinking of something amusing to say to start this one off and nothing came to mind, so I'm afraid this will be a humor-free post. Maybe I'm jet-lagged from being on the East coast all last week. As with all things related to DBCC, this topic has its share of misinformation...
18 Jun 2006
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Ta da! Emergency mode repair
Paul Randal - MSFT
Emergency mode repair? In a couple of previous posts I explained how the two worst things you could do to your database are rebuilding your transaction log and running REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS . Well, in SQL Server 2005, we combined them into a new documented feature! Are you off your head, I hear you...
18 Jun 2006
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Do you need to run CHECKDB because of SQL Server?
Paul Randal - MSFT
I was asked this several times at TechEd so I'd like to answer it publicly. It's kind of complicated to explain so bear with me as I do it. Basically, NO! Earlier versions of SQL Server (for example, 6.5) had their problems but from 7.0 the storage engine has gone from strength to strength and...
18 Jun 2006
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Which part of 'REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS' isn't clear?
Paul Randal - MSFT
In my chalk/talk at TechEd yesterday, I asked the crowd "what's the purpose of repair?" One person got it right. The purpose is not to save data. Surprised? The purpose is to get the database back to a structurally and transactionally consistent state so that processing can safely continue. We chose...
15 Jun 2006
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When should you rebuild the transaction log?
Paul Randal - MSFT
10 points if you answered "don't be daft, never! " and minus several million is you answered anything else. Yes, if you have no backups and your hardware has corrupted your transaction log then you have no choice but to rebuild it, but this should never happen because you all have backup strategies,...
15 Jun 2006
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Here's a good reason not to run SHRINKDATABASE...
Paul Randal - MSFT
.. this is an old one, but its poorly understood and it just surfaced again today so I thought I'd share it. Situation: customer keeps his indexes nicely defragemented during the day so that his range scan queries perform well. Every morning, he comes in to find the logical scan fragmentation up around...
12 Jun 2006
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How to use DBCC PAGE
Paul Randal - MSFT
Yes, finally I come clean and tell all. It's an open secret that there's an undocumented DBCC command called DBCC PAGE that you can use to look at the contents of database pages. I've recommended in forum postings that people use it and Product Support also asks customers to use it during various investigations...
10 Jun 2006
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CHECKDB (Part 1): How does CHECKDB get a consistent view of the database?
Paul Randal - MSFT
As you can guess from the title, I'm planning a long series over the summer to go into the guts of how CHECKDB works (both the consistency checks part and the repair part). And as you can guess from 'CHECKDB', I'm already bored with putting DBCC in front of it all the time and changing the font to Courier...
8 Jun 2006
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Common bad advice around disaster recovery
Paul Randal - MSFT
I've just been itching to post this one. I'm doing a chalk-talk (AKA cabana session, this year AKA Technical Learning Centre session) at TechEd next Wednesday (8.30am 6/14) called 'DBCC CHECKDB: Magic, Monsters, and Myths'. A lot of the material in this will be included in the mega-whitepaper on DBCC...
7 Jun 2006
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Repair vs Restore Dilemma
Paul Randal - MSFT
For some reason The Clash's 'Should I Stay or Should I Go?' has been going round in my head today - 'Should I RE-pair or restore? Nah nah NA-na nana nah' - must be something to do with Redmond's good weather. Anyway, I get asked for help with this a lot - more so it seems over the last year or so...
7 Jun 2006
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