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The Weekly Recap (July 17th-23rd)
Posted by Jay in Poll, Weekly Recap on July 24th, 2011
Despite Comic Con going on in San Diego right now, it's been a relatively slow week. Pedro put up an editorial about innovation in gaming (and I put up a poll using that as a basis). Speaking of innovation (or lack thereof), a new Zombie game is in the works, this one by Grasshopper Manufacture.
We had a few trailers this week. One for Starhawk (which was shown at Comic Con), as well as a Penguin trailer for Batman: Arkham City. We also got a sneak peak at some multiplayer with a new Battlefield 3 trailer as well.
We also had a few reviews this week as well. Puzzle Dimension, inFamous 2, and Patapon 3. Be sure to read those and leave comments!
With that out of the way, we still have a lot going on, so be sure to read the other tabs for details on giveaways and double points. I definitely suggest taking advantage of the latter to help you with the former.
[tab:Community News & Game Nights]
Nothing new this week community wise. We do, however, have double points active through the rest of July! With a good number of giveaways coming up, now is a good time to stock up on points!
And, as always, be sure to listen to our BlogCasts! You'll get plenty of laughs! For our newest one, be sure to listen to episode 10.
The winner of the Alien Zombie Megadeath giveaway has been chosen (as well as the winners of the Red Johnson's Chronicles giveaway, so congratulations to you guys!
We also have our ongoing E3 Swag giveaway, as well as a chance for you to win a blu-ray of the Tekken movie.
For major giveaways, we have also made it a lot easier for facebook users to enter them. To see what I mean, be sure to check it out here.
16 Articles // 9 QuickNews
Contributor of the Week
- EdEN – 7 Entries
QuickNews Contributor of the Week
- EdEN – 3 Entries
Most Liked
- Jay & Pedro (x2) – Official Review: inFamous 2, Is There a Place Left for Innovation?, & New Arkham City Trailer Shows Penguin – 1 Like
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- Pedro – Is There a Place Left for Innovation? – 14 Comments
Today was supposed to be our GT5 tournament, but since Pedro couldn't make it, and likely Baba won't either (leaving only 3 competitors), I have decided to postpone it until next weekend. Maybe I'll see if I can get more people to join us this week as well.
[tab:Gaming News]
Batman: Arkham City Collector's Edition Details Emerge
EdEN on July 18th, 2011 8 Comments
Is There a Place Left for Innovation ?
Pedro on July 18th, 2011 14 Comments
Rage Behind the Scenes: The Arsenal
Oly on July 18th, 2011 2 Comments
Activision Shafts PS3/PC Gamers…Again?!
Ace on July 19th, 2011 10 Comments
Fast Draw Showdown Out Today On The PSN
Tosh on July 19th, 2011 13 Comments
What is being worked on for PSN? Why, Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken!
EdEN on July 19th, 2011 2 Comments
Rochard: Releasing soon on the PSN Store!
EdEN on July 20th, 2011 2 Comments
Grasshopper Manufacture Reveals New Zombie Game
Sakinah on July 20th, 2011 11 Comments
Puzzle Dimension Review
EdEN on July 20th, 2011 4 Comments
BF3: Leaked Gameplay And a New Trailer
Ace on July 21st, 2011 4 Comments
New Arkham City Trailer Shows Penguin
Pedro on July 22nd, 2011 7 Comments
Resistance 3 Survivor Edition trailer
CHEETO on July 22nd, 2011 2 Comments
Official Review: inFamous 2
Jay on July 22nd, 2011 10 Comments
PSN Store and Blog Are Finally Official In Brazil
EdEN on July 23rd, 2011 3 Comments
PS+ Content for July 26 and August 2nd
EdEN on July 23rd, 2011 4 Comments
Patapon 3 Review (PSP)
EdEN on July 23rd, 2011 2 Comments
Child of Eden release date and price confirmed
CHEETO on July 18th, 2011 1 Comment
Battlefield 3: 'We can do earthquakes in multiplayer'
Ace on July 18th, 2011 5 Comments
Tekken Tag 2 – Mishima Family Combo Exhibition
Tosh on July 19th, 2011 6 Comments
Play Mortal Kombat as Freddy Krueger
Pedro on July 22nd, 2011 1 Comment
PSN Users Prove To Be Very Generous
Sakinah on July 22nd, 2011 1 Comment
ComicCon 2011: Starhawk Trailer
CHEETO on July 22nd, 2011 No Comments
PSN Plus 12 Month Subscription Now Only $39.99 (Limited Time)
EdEN on July 22nd, 2011 No Comments
Catherine Q&A with Atlus (@PS Blog)
EdEN on July 23rd, 2011 2 Comments
So I hear you like Comic Con Cosplay…
EdEN on July 23rd, 2011 2 Comments
[tab:Poll Results]
From the looks of it, you guys either spent a lot or didn't spend anything at all when the PSN came back, as tied for the number one spot are "Nothing" and the 20-50 range. One person did have to file for bankruptcy, though. There are still a few things I have to buy myself, but I am a bit low on funds.
[tab:New Poll]
Since there wasn't any valid poll ideas for this week, I decided to come up with one of my own. And I don't get points for my brilliant ideas :P. As usual, I like to base them off of something going on this week, so without further ado, this week's poll is based off of Pedro's article about innovation. The only thing is, I have a few things listed, and it's up to you to see what you think is most important for future titles.
The Weekly Recap (July 10th-16th)
Posted by Jay in Poll, Weekly Recap on July 17th, 2011
It seems like every time I get around to writing articles, the week always seems to be busy. Until I do the recap, and realize how little activity there actually was. As far as counted articles go (which doesn't include weekly posts like blu-ray releases, the podcasts, recaps, etc and posts about the site/community), we only had a total of 12 articles and 13 QuickNews.
What were some of this week's highlights, though? Well, I expressed my love for War of the Monsters and how it would be a perfect PSN game. I also posted the heart breaking news of Netflix changing up its subscription plans. Eddie also posted an article about Sony supporting smaller developers (and, apparently, dedicated $20 million to PSN game development).
A new Sanits Row 3 trailer featuring the pre-order bonus pack was released, and, as expected, it was ridiculously over the top. We've also had trailers for Batman: Arkham City and Driver: San Francisco.
As far as reviews go, EdEN had posted his for Alien Zombie Megadeath and Back to the Future: Episode 4. I also posted a review, this time for an active HDMI cable. I was trying to get my inFamous 2 review up last week as well, but personal life came up. I do have most of it written already, though, so expect that sometime this week for sure.
As always, be sure to read all of the recap. Maybe you missed something this week that might have interested you?
[tab:Community News & Game Nights]
Tosh has made it so anyone who participates in a BlogCast gets 200 points. If you want to earn points easily, that's a chance for you to do so! It's very casual, laid back, and conversational. Most of the time, we record on Wednesday night at 6PM, Pacific.
You can also earn 100 points for emailing us and 150 for leaving us a voicemail (@ PS3-888-BLOG – US number). We will read mail on air, as well as putting the audio from voicemails in there.
Be sure to listen to Episode 9 when you get a chance!
The Red Johnson's Chronicles giveaway ends tonight, so be sure to get your last minute entries in for this excellent title. There will be three winners.
If point and click mystery games aren't your thing, we also have a chance for you to win the far more frantic Alien Zombie Megadeath, which ends Thursday night. I'm not sure how many winners will be chosen here, though.
12 Articles // 13 QuickNews
Contributor of the Week
- EdEN – 4 Entries
QuickNews Contributor of the Week
- Sakinah & CHEETO – 3 Entries
Most Liked
- Jay – Remembering War of the Monsters – 1 Like
Most Comments
- Jay – Netflix Subscription Plan Update – 20 Comments
Earlier this week I had posted a reminder about our Gran Turismo 5 tournament, which is still scheduled for the 24th (one week from today). At this point in time, that is still the only game night we have planned unfortunately.
Of course, that's not to say you can't start one yourself! In fact, we have a site trophy you can get just for hosting your first one. The only thing you have to do is apply to be a writer and you can simply opt to just host game nights. You can also go into the Game Night Group and post there as well (I am going to try to find ways of promoting the Groups section so it gets more activity).
[tab:Gaming News]
Batman Arkham City "The Riddler Trailer"
Eddie on July 11th, 2011 6 Comments
Remembering War of the Monsters
Jay on July 11th, 2011 12 Comments
Back To The Future Episode 4 Review
EdEN on July 11th, 2011 7 Comments
SCE Chief Shuhei Yoshida Says Industry Innovation Will Stall Without Supporting Our Smaller Devs
Eddie on July 11th, 2011 18 Comments
Saints Row: The Third Platinum Pack & the Professor Genki Hyper-Ordinary Pre-Order Pack
CHEETO on July 11th, 2011 7 Comments
Netflix Subscription Plan Update
Jay on July 12th, 2011 20 Comments
Naughty Dog Says PS3/Vita Can Do What Wii U Does
Tosh on July 14th, 2011 19 Comments
Accessory Review: RedMere "Active" HDMI Cable
Jay on July 14th, 2011 11 Comments
Battlelog: First Screenshots Revealed
Ace on July 14th, 2011 5 Comments
House of the Dead: Overkill (Extended Cut) on October 2011
EdEN on July 14th, 2011 13 Comments
Alien Zombie Mega Death Review + Giveaway!
EdEN on July 14th, 2011 11 Comments
Coming Soon to the PSN Store – Carnivores: Ice Age (minis)
EdEN on July 15th, 2011 6 Comments
Medal Of Honor Cat
Sakinah on July 10th, 2011 5 Comments
Registration for identity theft protection extended
CHEETO on July 11th, 2011 3 Comments
Amazing Resident Evil Collection
Jason on July 11th, 2011 12 Comments
MK9 Rain Gameplay with a Peek at his X-Ray
Baba0Booey on July 11th, 2011 7 Comments
Who's Fighting Dirtier EA or Activision?? (Updated: Site registered to Godaddy.com)
Oly on July 11th, 2011 11 Comments
Welcome Back Program So Successful Even More People Are Downloading Games
Eddie on July 12th, 2011 9 Comments
Newest PS3 hardware to remove HD support over component cables
CHEETO on July 13th, 2011 11 Comments
Deus Ex: Human Revolution : Conspiracy trailer
Oly on July 13th, 2011 3 Comments
Konami Releases Beta Gameplay Footage of Famed Hero Simon Belmont from Castlevania Franchise
PAUL FIERCE on July 13th, 2011 2 Comments
Meet Some of the Stars of Driver: San Francisco
Jay on July 14th, 2011 1 Comment
Ubisoft's Uplay Passport
CHEETO on July 15th, 2011 3 Comments
Starhawk Will Be Playable At Comic-Con
Sakinah on July 15th, 2011 No Comments
Tekken: Blood Vengeance 3D Coming To Theaters For One Night Only
Sakinah on July 16th, 2011 1 Comment
[tab:Poll Results]
Not too many people voted this week, but from the results, most people think we're a**holes because those people have jobs. There are others who are getting fat. More so than those engaging in sports, or even gaming. Only a select few are getting sexified. There is also one person from the southern hemisphere who is currently enjoying winter, my favorite time of year.
[tab:New Poll]
This new poll idea is by way of EdEN, who will get the 200 points for the suggestion. We're asking how much money you've spent on the PlayStation Store since the PSN resumed service, in light of the post we had earlier in the week about how sales have been doing better since before the outage.
Since not everyone on the site uses the dollar, I included symbols for the pound and euro as well, and "etc" for any other denomination. Basically, it goes from the low-end amount to the higher end (so if you aren't familiar with those forms of money, anything over $50 is usually one of the full games or if you got a full year of PS+).
The Weekly Recap – Another Compilation
Posted by Jay in Poll, Weekly Recap on July 10th, 2011
Alright, I am on the verge of giving up on these things! Just kidding. Again, another late one, and, again, I apologize. It took a littler longer for me to compile this time because the formatting of my archives changed for some reason, so it's not a simple cut and paste.
It was an interesting past few weeks, with a large number of giveaways and reviews (and there are a whole lot more still in the works). I haven't had too much time on here myself, as my unemployment ran out (and no, none of the staff here gets paid for their time and work; we're just dedicated members), so I have been dedicating even more time to looking for work, and the Arizona heat isn't helping much with comfort level, either, because it's been in the 110s and we don't have air conditioning (and with monsoon season going on right now, that heat is mixed in with high humidity as well, so it is NOT a dry heat).
Anyway, the amount of news over the past few weeks wasn't all that much, but with the time of year being relatively dry right now anyway (kind of like a post-E3 drought), it's pretty much expected until the next big trade event and/or sudden news announcement. That's not to say we haven't forgotten any news. We can't cover everything all of the time, so if you want to help out, sign up to be a writer!
We have had a couple premier posts from new writers over these weeks as well, from Megafire123 and CHEETO. Thanks for coming aboard guys! Like all of our writers, I hope you stick around and post more!
With that said, be sure to check out the entire recap, as there are a lot of articles to go through, and you might have even missed out on something that interests you. Be sure to check out the Community News tab as well. Lots of contest coverage and a plug for my upcoming Gran Turismo 5 tournament.
[tab:Community News & Game Nights]
Not much in terms of new features, but I am proud to say that our site has been very active and love the fact that we seem to be getting a few more regulars as well!
We're still open to new writers and also have a new incentive to do so: writers get 2 points for every new comment on their articles (minus their own replies), and since a lot of our posts seem to have been getting over 20 comments, that's an easy 40 points!
We're always finding ways to get you guys points, which are integral to things like giveaways, or simply for bragging rights. I think Jason has gained points faster than any one else in a given period of time :lol:.
As far as the PS3BlogCast goes, during this time period, we have episodes five, six, seven, and eight! Be sure to give those a listen! We often have giveaways included within them, as well as a chance to double your entries in some contests!
This was actually a very busy period as far as giveaways go. First off, we had a LA Noire t-shirt giveaway for people who were able to find out clues hidden within the site. Some even did it just for fun, and it has gotten a lot of positive feedback. We will like to do something similar to that again!
We also gave away codes for Stardrone
; you can see the list of winners Winners of the StarDrone Giveaway">here.
For Uncharted fans, we had a giveaway for a copy of the GotY Edition of Uncharted 2, so congratulations to the winner! We also gave away codes for the creepy crawler kickback for the Uncharted 3 Beta.
Currently, we also have a giveaway for Red Johnson's Chronicles, a very well done point-and-click mystery game.
We also had a giveaway for the NormalTanks mini packed in with the review.
15 Articles // 6 QuickNews
Contributor of the Week
QuickNews Contributor of the Week
Most Liked
Most Comments
14 Articles // 10 QuickNews
Contributor of the Week
QuickNews Contributor of the Week
Most Liked
Most Comments
11 Articles // 16 QuickNews
Contributor of the Week
QuickNews Contributor of the Week
Most Liked
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20 Articles // 9 QuickNews
Contributor of the Week
QuickNews Contributor of the Week
Most Liked
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I'm still surprised we haven't really scheduled any Uncharted 3 beta game nights, but I do have a game night for another game scheduled myself. The Gran Turismo 5 Christmas in July tournament! This is actually our first tournament, and was named so because my PS3 on the originally scheduled tournament date died on December 25th, and that tournament was scheduled for the 26th. A lot has changed since then, so this one should be fun. It even has more prize cars!
[tab:June 12th-18th]
[E3 2011] Hands On – Ace Combat: Assault Horizon
Tosh on June 13th, 2011 7 Comments
Official Double Review: LA Noire
Jay on June 13th, 2011 12 Comments
Playstation Vita, The Meat and Potatoes.
Eddie on June 13th, 2011 23 Comments
Jack Tretton Sony C.E.O. Talks About Hackers & 3D Gaming
PAUL FIERCE on June 14th, 2011 9 Comments
[E3 2011] Hands On – Starhawk
Tosh on June 14th, 2011 12 Comments
[E3 2011] Hands On – Uncharted 3 Multiplayer / Co-op
Tosh on June 15th, 2011 14 Comments
DICE Responds to Battlefield 3 Controversy
PAUL FIERCE on June 16th, 2011 3 Comments
Puzzle Agent Review
EdEN on June 16th, 2011 11 Comments
Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta Info
Oly on June 16th, 2011 3 Comments
Black Ops Annihilation Map Pack Preview
Oly on June 16th, 2011 7 Comments
First Ever Battlefield 3 Gameplay on PS3
Ace on June 16th, 2011 4 Comments
Nicholson Electroplating Gets a Trailer
Jay on June 16th, 2011 3 Comments
[E3 2011] Journey Interview
Tosh on June 17th, 2011 10 Comments
[E3 2011] Amy Preview and Impressions
Oly on June 17th, 2011 8 Comments
[E3 2011] Missing In Action
Sakinah on June 18th, 2011 14 Comments
Diablo III Hiring PS3 Specialist
Pedro on June 13th, 2011 6 Comments
@PlayStation on Twitter Will Be Giving Away Tetris Codes for the PSN
Oly on June 14th, 2011 3 Comments
2K Games Fired Its PR Company Based on a Tweet
Oly on June 15th, 2011 6 Comments
Uncharted 3 On Jimmy Fallon
Oly on June 15th, 2011 3 Comments
Playstation Vita to Support DLNA and Skype
Eddie on June 16th, 2011 20 Comments
Red Johnson's Chronicles PSN Hack Launch Trailer
Oly on June 17th, 2011 4 Comments
[tab:June 19th-25th]
Resistance on the Playstation Vita Will Feature Online Competitive Multiplayer
Eddie on June 19th, 2011 8 Comments
PS3 Slim Goes On a Diet
Ace on June 20th, 2011 13 Comments
Jack Tretton Talks About PlayStation 4
PAUL FIERCE on June 20th, 2011 16 Comments
StarDrone Review
EdEN on June 20th, 2011 11 Comments
Amy "Zombification" Video
Oly on June 21st, 2011 9 Comments
Portal 2 Review
Oly on June 21st, 2011 8 Comments
PlayStation Vita Gets a Release Date?!
Ace on June 22nd, 2011 4 Comments
Meet Dead Island's Newest Character Logan
Oly on June 22nd, 2011 4 Comments
Are Video Games Causing Marital Trouble?
Tosh on June 22nd, 2011 19 Comments
Mortal Kombat: Skarlet Now Available (Win Her Here)
Oly on June 22nd, 2011 38 Comments
Back To The Future Episode 3 Review
EdEN on June 23rd, 2011 6 Comments
NHL 12 Cover Athlete: Steven Stamkos
MAINEiac4434 on June 24th, 2011 2 Comments
Saints Row the Third Gameplay Looks to be "Over the Top" Fun
Oly on June 24th, 2011 15 Comments
Collections Announced For Uncharted, R&C & Resistance
Sakinah on June 25th, 2011 13 Comments
Reminder: L.A. Noire Rockstar Pass
Oly on June 20th, 2011 2 Comments
Starhawk Official Box Art
Oly on June 20th, 2011 5 Comments
Binary Domain Story Trailer
Oly on June 20th, 2011 3 Comments
Amazon Gold Box Gaming Day (6-21-11)
Sinlock on June 21st, 2011 No Comments
RAGE Comic Issue #1 is Now in Stores
Oly on June 22nd, 2011 1 Comment
Fallout: New Vegas's: Old World Blues Available July 19th
Oly on June 22nd, 2011 3 Comments
Firmware 3.66 Inbound
Ace on June 23rd, 2011 3 Comments
inFAMOUS 2 Now Available for Download on PSN
Oly on June 23rd, 2011 12 Comments
19 Year Old Arrested For Using PlayStation 3 To Make Bomb Threats
PAUL FIERCE on June 24th, 2011 4 Comments
Online Beta Announced For Journey
Sakinah on June 25th, 2011 3 Comments
[tab:June 26th-July 2nd]
Play Uncharted 3 Muliplayer and Earn Rewards at Launch
Eddie on June 26th, 2011 11 Comments
PS Vita News Round Up
Eddie on June 26th, 2011 25 Comments
NormalTanks Review (minis) + Giveaway
EdEN on June 27th, 2011 22 Comments
Uncharted 3: New & Improved (Now With More Beta!)
FooBear408 on June 28th, 2011 37 Comments
PSP Remakes & What They Won't Feature
Jason on June 29th, 2011 15 Comments
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon – Close-Range Assault Gameplay
Ace on June 29th, 2011 6 Comments
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 gets real. So real you can touch it!
PAUL FIERCE on June 30th, 2011 14 Comments
HipHopGamer Claims BF3 is Outselling MW3
Ace on June 30th, 2011 31 Comments
RAGE Behind the Scenes: The Legacy of id 1 of 6
Oly on June 30th, 2011 8 Comments
Sackboy Is Sad
Sakinah on July 1st, 2011 18 Comments
Alice: Madness Returns Review
Jason on July 2nd, 2011 22 Comments
Star Wars Galaxies servers to go dark December 15
PAUL FIERCE on June 26th, 2011 2 Comments
Reminder: Sony Welcome Back Program Ending Soon
Sinlock on June 27th, 2011 5 Comments
COD: Black Ops Annihilation DLC Shangri-La Zombie Trailer
Oly on June 27th, 2011 3 Comments
Supreme Court Rules: California Can't Ban Violent Video Games
PAUL FIERCE on June 27th, 2011 4 Comments
Killer PS3 Deal until July 2nd
Jason on June 27th, 2011 7 Comments
PSP Dual packs are a steal
Jason on June 28th, 2011 5 Comments
Sniper Ghost Warrior PS3 Optimized
Jason on June 28th, 2011 3 Comments
Kenshi Arrives for 'Mortal Kombat' July 5th
CHEETO on June 28th, 2011 5 Comments
PlayStation Plus Birthday Bonus Offer
CHEETO on June 29th, 2011 4 Comments
PlayStation Home: Welcome Back Content for Europe
Tosh on June 29th, 2011 5 Comments
Official Batman: Arkham City Box Art Revealed
Oly on June 29th, 2011 10 Comments
Respawn Entertainment Launch
CHEETO on June 30th, 2011 5 Comments
PSN Cards 25% off until July 2nd
Jason on June 30th, 2011 10 Comments
LIMBO Headed To PSN & Steam
Sakinah on June 30th, 2011 8 Comments
Quadruple XP is Live in Red Dead Redemption
Oly on June 30th, 2011 4 Comments
WWE All Stars Upcoming DLC
CHEETO on July 1st, 2011 5 Comments
[tab:July 3rd-9th]
4th of July Sales!
Jason on July 4th, 2011 4 Comments
Final Fantasy VII, inFamous 2, Killzone 3 Costumes Coming To Little Big Planet 2
Sakinah on July 4th, 2011 5 Comments
Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon Review
Jason on July 5th, 2011 5 Comments
Skyrim: An E3 Preview and Analysis
Megafire123 on July 5th, 2011 8 Comments
Lord of the Rings: War in the North Collector's Edition and Pre-Order Bonuses Details
EdEN on July 5th, 2011 6 Comments
PS4 to be revealed in 2012?
CHEETO on July 5th, 2011 16 Comments
Uncharted 3 MP Beta: New Week 2 Content
EdEN on July 5th, 2011 6 Comments
Jane's Hotel Review (minis) + Giveaway!
EdEN on July 5th, 2011 12 Comments
White Knight Chronicles 2 Review
Jason on July 6th, 2011 12 Comments
Most Anticipated Games of 2011 to be present during the San Diego Comic-Con
PAUL FIERCE on July 6th, 2011 11 Comments
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Fan Interview
Pedro on July 6th, 2011 5 Comments
Naughty Dog Would Love Another Jak and Daxter
Ace on July 6th, 2011 6 Comments
Duke Nukem Forever Review, Got balls of steel?
Baba0Booey on July 6th, 2011 8 Comments
PSN Pass Announced
CHEETO on July 6th, 2011 19 Comments
PSN Summer Sale 2011: 30% Off 11 Games
EdEN on July 7th, 2011 13 Comments
RAGE Behind the Scenes 2 of 6: The Dawn
Oly on July 7th, 2011 9 Comments
Red Johnson's Chronicles: Episode 1 Review
EdEN on July 8th, 2011 5 Comments
PlayStation Vita Features Explained
Eddie on July 8th, 2011 14 Comments
PlayStation Plus Subscribers: here's your July content!
EdEN on July 8th, 2011 22 Comments
Bioshock Infinite Demo Footage
premiersoupir on July 8th, 2011 8 Comments
Sony Extends the "Welcome Back" Program
CHEETO on July 4th, 2011 6 Comments
PlayStation Network Services To Be Restored In Japan This Wednesday
Tosh on July 5th, 2011 7 Comments
Capcom Announces Finish Me Giveaway
Jason on July 6th, 2011 5 Comments
Dead Block Co-Op Detailed
EdEN on July 7th, 2011 8 Comments
Castlevania Harmony of Despair finally hitting PS3
Jason on July 8th, 2011 6 Comments
Uncharted Movie gets new director
CHEETO on July 8th, 2011 9 Comments
Pre-order Dead Island from Amazon and Get a Digital Art Book
Oly on July 8th, 2011 3 Comments
Great offer on pre-orders+ more
Jason on July 8th, 2011 5 Comments
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Move Bundle
CHEETO on July 9th, 2011 7 Comments
[tab:Poll Results]
Sorry about this long-running poll, but we did get a bit of feedback from those who voted (also, you get points for voting if you didn't know that). It appears a lot of people are going to pick it up eventually, while a few seem to want to get it now simply because of the price. 35 people aren't going to get it, though (split between a "No" and "Not into handhelds"), while a few were going to pick it up regardless of the system's price.
[tab:New Poll]
Summer has been going on for a few weeks (unless you live in AZ< where it has been going on for a couple months), so, thanks to Darklurkr23 (who will receive 200 points for the poll idea), we're going to have the poll reflect what you're doing this summer. Choices are open as well, so you do have the ability to add your own!
The Weekly Recap (June 5th-11th)
Posted by Jay in Poll, Weekly Recap on June 12th, 2011
For being a week that's supposed to be full of news pieces and articles, this E3 seemed rather uneventful. Personally, I think there's been a lot of missed opportunities, and we haven't had enough writers around to really keep up with what was going on. Maybe the guys who went to E3 will write up some hands-on reports?
Anyway, with that said, we did get a lot of contacts from the event, so, in theory, we should have more chances for giveaways and contests (or even press events for detailed hands-on reports). Remember, to have your chance at going to such events, you'll want to be an active writer, but normally, your activity directly affects your chances of doing so, so the more active you are, the better.
So, what big news did we get this week? Well, for one, the NGP/PSP2 is now officially called the PlayStation Vita (Latin for "Life"), and will retail for $250 ($300 for 3G), making the base model the same price as the competition. We've also posted a number of trailers, and even a hands-on of the device by Oly.
A number of trailers also sprung up during the event, which is no surprise at all, and is actually expected. The Team Ico collection has gotten a release date, and the God of War Collection Volume II will also be coming to the PS3 (which consists of the two titles on the PSP).
And the two last standouts: The MMO persistent shooter, DUST 514, has been announced to be a PS3 exclusive (due to the system's openness), and more details of its integration with players on EVE Online (though a lot of it is still a mystery). And finally, three of Anonymous' members (linked to the PSN security breach, among other things) have been arrested in Spain, which drives home the point no one can ever really be truly anonymous.
[tab:Community News & Game Nights]
Nothing much new, but we did have some live blogging taking place at E3. If you wanted to watch the event live, you could have done so here.
And don't forget, we still currently have Double Points going on for comments and posts (10 and 90, respectively; you also get double points for logging in as well), which should last until tomorrow morning. Too bad not too many people took advantage of it when it went live last week.
Sinlock managed to win the PS3Blogcast sound bite contest, with Grondimn coming in at a close second. Although Sinlock won the 150 points, since Grondimn was just seconds off, he had also received 100 points, so congratulations to you guys.
We also had a facebook and Twitter contest for Call of Duty: Black Ops' Escalation map pack, so congratulations to those winners as well!
19 Articles // 11 QuickNews
Contributor of the Week
- Jay – 8 Entries
QuickNews Contributor of the Week
- Jay – 6 Entries
Most Liked
- EdEN – [E3 2011] God of War: Origins HD Collection – 3 Likes
Most Comments
- Oly – PlayStation Vita Hands On and a Couple New Trailers – 16 Comments
[tab:Gaming News]
E3 2011: Twisted Metal 'Revenge' Trailer
Ace on June 5th, 2011 9 Comments
FIFA 12 Ultimate Edition – It's Definitely In The Game!
Madagasca on June 6th, 2011 5 Comments
Dead Island E3 Trailer
Pedro on June 6th, 2011 1 Comment
[E3 2011] Battlefield 3 Launches October 25th
Ace on June 6th, 2011 5 Comments
[E3 2011] Insomniac Multiplatform IP: Overstrike
Ace on June 6th, 2011 2 Comments
[E3 2011] NGP Named PSVita, Confirmed for Holiday 2011, Price Revealed
Jay on June 6th, 2011 8 Comments
[E3 2011] Uncharted 3, Oh My!
Ace on June 6th, 2011 6 Comments
[E3 2011] LittleBigPlanet and ModNation Racers on Vita: Perfect Match
Jay on June 6th, 2011 6 Comments
PlayStation Vita Hands On and a Couple New Trailers
Oly on June 7th, 2011 16 Comments
[E3 2011] New 3D Display and Accessories for PS3
Jay on June 7th, 2011 8 Comments
[E3 2011] Medieval Moves: Deadmund's Quest Announced
Jay on June 7th, 2011 4 Comments
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Located on the edge of the Dordogne, Bergerac is surrounded by prestigious vineyards, tobacco plantations, and fields of wheat and maize. Its old quarter has undergone significant restoration work which has highlighted its 15C and 16C buildings and their attractive and harmonious honey-coloured stone. This old town, which once derived its income from transport along the Dordogne, is now a tranquil base for pleasant excursions and fine dining.
Tourist attractions Bergerac : Things to see and do
Tobacco museum
Place du Feu F - 24100 Bergerac
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Musée du Vin, de la Batellerie et de la Tonnellerie
5 rue des Conférences F - 24100 Bergerac
The museum covers the development of Bergerac winemaking through the centuries and the different types of vineyard habitat, the activity of the «barricayres» or coopers, and canal transport using models of flat-bottomed barges with sails that used to..
Maison Peyrarède
place du Feu F - 24100 Bergerac
This beautiful town house dating from 1603 is also called the "Kings of France" house. It is home to a tobacco museum.
Hotels Bergerac
Inter-Hotel de Bordeaux
38 Place Gambetta F - 24100 Bergerac
The Hôtel De Bordeaux offers a warm welcome, comfortable rooms and an outdoor swimming pool. It is in a peaceful setting near Bergerac's historic old town. Guest rooms are air-conditioned and individually decorated. They include an en suite bathroom..
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49 avenue Marceau Feyry F - 24100 Bergerac
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La Table du Marché Couvert
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This elegant bistro has an open kitchen where you can watch the chef at work as he creates his inventive dishes that are full of flavour. Good "bistronomy" cuisine.
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In this medieval building in old Bergerac, the cooking is very much of the present! Regionally inspired flavoursome cuisine with a hint of exoticism. Excellent value for money.
Le Vin'Quatre
14 rue Saint Clar F - 24100 Bergerac
Crispy prawns with peppermint, beetroot guacamole and poitrine de cochon laquée au tamarin (lacquered belly of pork with tamarind), green Puy lentil stew... In this friendly little restaurant in historic Bergerac, the young chef turns his (bright) id..
La Flambée
49 avenue Marceau-Feyry F - 24100 Bergerac
This exceedingly inviting Périgord setting has exposed stone walls, beams and a fireplace. The food is of course regional... but also features fish.
Le Repaire de Savinien "Nouvelle Ere"
15 rue Mounet-Sully F - 24100 Bergerac
A 'new era' has come in this restaurant. It has been taken over by Vincent Lucas, the chef from the renowned La Gentilhommière in Sainte Sabine Born (30km away). A bistro version of fine cuisine? There is an element of that as you scan the blackboard..


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Action to strengthen international fishery management organizationsThe Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, and in cooperation with relevant fishery management councils and any relevant advisory committees, shall take actions to improve the effectiveness of international fishery management organizations in conserving and managing fish stocks under their jurisdiction. These actions shall include—
(1) urging international fishery management organizations to which the United States is a member—
to incorporate multilateral market-related measures against member or nonmember governments whose vessels engage in illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing;
to seek adoption of lists that identify fishing vessels and vessel owners engaged in illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing that can be shared among all members and other international fishery management organizations;
to seek international adoption of a centralized vessel monitoring system in order to monitor and document capacity in fleets of all nations involved in fishing in areas under an international fishery management organization's jurisdiction;
to increase use of observers and technologies needed to monitor compliance with conservation and management measures established by the organization, including vessel monitoring systems and automatic identification systems;
to seek adoption of stronger port state controls in all nations, particularly those nations in whose ports vessels engaged in illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing land or transship fish; and
(2) urging international fishery management organizations to which the United States is a member, as well as all members of those organizations, to adopt and expand the use of market-related measures to combat illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing, including—
import prohibitions, landing restrictions, or other market-based measures needed to enforce compliance with international fishery management organization measures, such as quotas and catch limits;
import restrictions or other market-based measures to prevent the trade or importation of fish caught by vessels identified multilaterally as engaging in illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing; and
seeking to enter into international agreements that require measures for the conservation of sharks, including measures to prohibit removal of any of the fins of a shark (including the tail) and discarding the carcass of the shark at sea, that are comparable to those of the United States, taking into account different conditions; and
urging other nations at bilateral, regional, and international levels, including the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora and the World Trade Organization to take all steps necessary, consistent with international law, to adopt measures and policies that will prevent fish or other living marine resources harvested by vessels engaged in illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing from being traded or imported into their nation or territories.
(Pub. L. 104–43, title VI, § 608, as added Pub. L. 109–479, title IV, § 403(a), Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3627; amended Pub. L. 111–348, title I, § 102(a), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3668.)
Section was enacted as part of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act, and also as part of the Fisheries Act of 1995, and not as part of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act which comprises this chapter.
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Home List of Titles Barbarity, civilization and decadence: meeting the challenge of creating an ecological civilization
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- Title
- Barbarity, civilization and decadence: meeting the challenge of creating an ecological civilization
- Author(s)
- Gare, Arran
- Abstract
- In 1984 scientists in the former Soviet Union called for an ecological civilization. This idea was taken up in 1987 in China by Ye Qianji (2). Subsequently the notion of ecological civilization was promoted by the deputy director of China's State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), Pan Yue, incorporated into the Central Commission Report to the Communist Party's 17th Convention in November, 2007, and embraced as one of the key elements in its political guidelines.(3) Characterized as the successor to agricultural and industrial civilization, it is now being promoted as a goal for the whole of humanity in order to avert a global ecological disaster. The success or failure of this project to create an ecological civilization could determine whether humanity survives. But what does it mean to create an ecological civilization? What does 'civilization'; mean, and then what would it mean to create an 'ecological' civilization?
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- Book chapter
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology
- Source
- Chromatikon V: annuaire de la philosophie en proces (Yearbook of philosophy in process) / M. Weber and R. Desmet (eds.), pp. 167-189
- Publication year
- 2009
- Keyword(s)
- Barbarity; Decadence; Ecological civilization
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- Presses universitaires de Louvain
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- English, French
- 9782874631917, 2874631914
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- Copyright © Presses universitaires de Louvain, 2009. Copyright © Diffusion universitaire Ciaco, 2009. Published version of this paper reproduced with the kind permission of the publisher.
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(KSDK Sports) - The Blues are hitting all the right notes and a the right time. Dating back to April 1, the Blues have won four in a row including big wins against divisional rivals, Chicago, Detroit and Columbus. Tonight they take on another divisional foe, Nashville, who is currently in last place in the division, but within striking distance in the conference.
Right now it appears the St. Louis Blues' multiple goaltending issues are working themselves out, as Brian Elliott appears to have resurfaced as the Blues number 1, and Jake Allen has become a rock solid number 2.
An injury to Jaroslav Halak led St. Louis to bring Elliott back from its American Hockey League affiliate in Peoria, where he'd been sent to get some playing time and hopefully work out the kinks that led to him posting a bloated 3.57 goals-against average and paltry .849 save percentage in his first nine appearances of the season.
It seems to have paid off, as Elliott hasn't lost since returning. He stopped all 28 shots he faced in Detroit on Sunday afternoon and made Chris Porter's second-period goal stand up as the Blues edged the Red Wings, 1-0.
"We've played a good past couple of games and we didn't see any movement in the standings because other teams were doing their jobs, too," Elliott said. "Obviously getting a win against these guys bumps us up and we have to keep building on that. We don't have much time left."
The Blues are riding a four game win streak, which netted them 8 important points as they fight to remain in the playoff hunt. Meanwhile the Predators are right on the heels of the Blues, five points out of the eight spot, with five other teams in their way and only eight regular-season games left.
"We've just got to play hard and see what happens," coach Barry Trotz said. "Chances are very remote, but you've got to play hard. You're not going to do anybody any favors if you don't. You just embarrass yourself."
Who's hot: Elliott has stopped 80 of 84 shots (.952 save percentage) since returning to the Blues. ... David Legwand has four goals and four assists in the past seven games for the Predators.
Injury report: St. Louis forward Andy McDonald missed Sunday's game with flu-like symptoms. Forward Scott Nichol (soreness) is also day-to-day. Halak (lower body) is likely out for several weeks. Forward T.J. Oshie (lower body) is on injured reserve. ... Nashville was without forwards Paul Gaustad (upper body), Gabriel Bourque (upper body) and Mike Fisher (hand) on Sunday. Forward Brandon Yip (lower body) is also day-to-day. Forward Colin Wilson (upper body) is on injured reserve.


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A Marine Corps aviator's children are getting an outpouring of help to ensure their future education after his death in Afghanistan.
The Jacksonville Daily News reports that the children of Staff Sgt. Thomas Dudley are scheduled to receive education bonds during a ceremony Monday at his home base, the New River Air Station.
The Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation will present the $30,000 bonds to each of Dudley's three children.
The 29-year-old Marine from Tega Cay, S.C., died July 7. He was a MV-22B Osprey crew chief.
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By Jérémie Bouchaud, Director and Principal Analyst MEMS & Sensors, IHS iSuppli
On March 11, Northern Japan experienced the nation's largest ever recorded earthquake. Given Japan's significance to the MEMS and magnetic compass industry—nearly a third of the MEMS in value were processed in Japan in 2010 and 97% of the digital compasses—IHS iSuppli's MEMS and Sensor analysts have assessed the status of key Japanese fabs and the implications for the world MEMS industry.
To summarize the findings, the supply of MEMS and compass remains only slightly affected by the disaster, first, because of the southern geographic location of most fabs, and second thanks in many cases to the responsiveness of the Japanese fabs, and finally because MEMS and compass suppliers have relied on multiple fabrication plants for manufacturing.
In some cases, MEMS suppliers with alternative technology may even make gains against entrenched technologies that have been hurt more severely.
In fact the main effect of the Japanese earthquake on the world MEMS and compass industry is not on the supply side, rather the demand side, as OEMs are in some cases more severely impacted than the sensor suppliers, or bottlenecks elsewhere in the supply chain affect the customers of sensors suppliers.
Japan: a strong manufacturing base for MEMS and Compasses
Caption: Share of world's MEMS and compass market in value in 2010 processed in Japan, either entire fabrication or part thereof (IHS iSuppli)
32.5% of the MEMS processed partly or entirely in Japan last year
IHS iSuppli has calculated that 32.5% of the value of MEMS sensors and actuators in 2010 were processed, either partly or entirely, in Japanese facilities. This corresponds both to revenues from Japanese MEMS companies and from foreign companies that have their MEMS processed in Japan.
Nine out of the top 50 MEMS IDM and fabless manufacturers worldwide are Japanese companies, including Canon, Panasonic, Epson (#5, 6 and 7 respectively) and Denso (#13) in order of size. Japanese companies sold $1.38 billion worth of MEMS in 2010—21.3% of the world market requirement.
- Japan commands a great share of the inkjet print head market. This category is the #1 MEMS device in terms of revenue in 2010. Epson and Canon held 36% of inkjet revenue in 2010. Panasonic is also producing professional print heads in smaller volumes (source IHS iSuppli Q1 2011 MEMS market tracker).
- A significant part of the world's automotive MEMS sensors market—23% in 2010—is in the hands of Japanese companies (source IHS iSuppli H1 2011 Automotive MEMS market tracker). Denso and Panasonic jointly lead followed by smaller suppliers including Murata (gyroscopes), Kyocera (Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems), Mitsubishi Electric (accelerometer and pressure sensors), Fuji Electric (pressure), and Nicera (thermopiles).
Not as obvious, Japan is also a strong manufacturing base for MEMS companies headquartered in Western countries. A number of non-Japanese companies including Freescale, Texas Instruments, Knowles, and Goodrich (Silicon Sensing Systems) have a large part of their wafers processed in the country. Major North American MEMS manufacturers depending on these fabs comprise:
- Texas Instruments (#1 MEMS manufacturer in 2010 with $793 million). IHS iSuppli estimates than over 50% of the CMOS wafers for the DLP chipsets came from TI's Miho fab (North of Tokyo).
- Freescale (#8 MEMS manufacturer in 2010 with $240 million): until recently, over 90% of the MEMS from Freescale came from the Sendai fab, the balance corresponding to some older generation pressure sensors manufactured at the Dalsa foundry in Canada. In 2009 Freescale announced that the 6'' Sendai fab would close in 2011, and that the MEMS production would be transferred to the 8'' Oak Hill fab in Texas. Prior to the earthquake, the closure of the fab was planned for December 2011.
- Knowles (#12 MEMS manufacturer in 2010, $189 million) dominates the MEMS microphone market with 87.5% market share in units in 2010 (source H2 2010 Consumer and Mobile MEMS Market Tracker). In 2010, one mobile handset in three was using a MEMS microphone from this company. Currently 100% of the MEMS wafers for Knowles are fabricated in Kagoshima in Japan at its foundry Partner Sony Kyushu Corp.
- Goodrich (#32 MEMS manufacturer in 2010): all the automotive and commercial gyroscopes from Goodrich (aka Atlantic Inertial or Silicon Sensing Systems) used for example at TRW or Mando for vehicle stability systems are manufactured in Amagasaki. The higher performance gyroscopes for defense applications are manufactured in Plymouth, UK.
- STMicroelectronics (#4 MEMS manufacturer in 2010) is fabricating all its sensors and lab-on-chips in house. However its emerging MEMS microphone business is depending on Japan as ST has co-developed the MEMS microphone dies with Omron and these are manufactured at Omron's fab in Yasu.
"Made in Japan": 97% of digital compasses
IHS iSuppli took a closer look at another solid-state sensor that is heavily dependent on Japanese suppliers: the digital compass. Global demand for digital compasses is exploding: 263 million units already shipped in 2010, up 354 percent from 58 million in 2009 (source IHS iSuppli H1 2011 Special Report Magnetic Sensors)! By 2015, shipments will rocket to an amazing 1.28 billion.
Digital compass deployments are growing quickly because this device is becoming a standard feature of tablets and cell phones equipped with the global positioning system (GPS) feature. These sensors were employed in Apple Inc.'s iPhone 3 and iPhone 4 brand phones, and can be found in virtually every Android mobile phone. The compass also is a mandatory hardware feature for devices using Microsoft Corp.'s Mobile Windows 7.
Likewise, digital compasses are starting to find their way into gaming—for example, in the Move controller and the upcoming Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) 2 from Sony Corp.
IHS iSuppli research indicates that 97% of all digital compass manufacturing worldwide in 2010 was conducted in Japan. The world's top four suppliers of digital compasses are the Japanese firms AKM Semiconductor, Yamaha, Aichi Steel and Alps. STMicroelectronics, Honeywell (for aerospace) and MEMSIC shared the remaining few crumbs last year.
Location of MEMS and compass fabs in Japan
The following map shows the geographic location of the 22 most important fabs for the fabrication of MEMS and compasses in Japan relative to the epicenter of the earthquake, the Fukushima nuclear plant and the power grid areas.
Damage report
Only three of the 22 fabs were directly damaged by the earthquake, although product delivery at the other 19 fabs could potentially be affected by the same logistical and power supply issues impacting all Japanese industries.
Four fabs are on the South Island Kyushu—sometimes called the Silicon Island—came through unscathed. These include the main fab of lead supplier for the fabrication of compasses AKM in Nobeoka, and the Sony Kyusgu Corp fab that manufacturers 100% of microphones for Knowles. AKM and Knowles both hold over 85% of the world production of digital compasses and microphones, respectively. Yamaha—in 2010 the world's second biggest compass manufacturer—and auto sensor maker Mitsubishi are also located on the island.
The remaining 18 fabs are located on the main island of Honshu. Noteworthy, there are two separate power networks on this island, as shown on the map. It more or less splits the island into two power zones with a border just south of Tokyo. The region of the earthquake belongs to the 50 Hz zone, and includes the Northeast of the island and Tokyo. The power outage paralyzed not only the fabs for several days but also the public transportation, making it hard for employees to get to work. Southwest of Tokyo uses a grid based on 60 Hz.
Eleven fabs are operating in the 60 Hz area, these are far from the epicenter and were not damaged by the upheaval. In addition these facilities were not affected by the power cuts that followed the earthquakes or the aftershocks. This region includes especially the fabs of the two leading Japanese MEMS sensor makers Panasonic (Fukui) and Denso (Kota) as well as the main plant for the fabrication of quartz gyroscopes at Epson Toyocom, located in Ina. Also Omron (Yasu) that recently started mass production of microphone dies for STMicroelectronics as well as Aichi Steel which is the fastest growing compass supplier in 2011 are also located in that area.
Seven factories are located on the Northeast side of Honshu. Two of these were unaffected:
- Fuji Electric reported issues in the Fukiage and Otawara factories, but not in Hino where the MEMS pressure sensors are manufactured.
- Alps reported issues at all its plants after the earthquake except the Nagoaka fab where the compasses are manufactured.
Caption: Major MEMS and digital compass fabrication facilities in Japan (IHS iSuppli)
Five of these have been affected:
- Freescale's fab in Sendai
- Canon's fab in Fukushima
- Texas Instrument's fab in Miho
- Seiko Epson's fab in Sakata
- Micronics Japan Corp's fab (MJC) in Aomori
Status at the 5 affected Northeast fabs
Freescale fab in Sendai
The Sendai fab is located 130 kilometers west of the earthquake's epicenter and approximately 25 kilometers from the Pacific coast.
As per the April 5th press release, the earthquake caused extensive equipment and infrastructure damage and ongoing safety concerns, while damage to infrastructure and other basic services in the region, compounded by numerous major aftershocks, prohibit Freescale from returning the facility to an operational level required for wafer fab production in a reasonable timeframe. Therefore, the company preferred to close the 150 mm fab in Sendai and to focus its effort on accelerating the transfer of MEMS production to the 200 mm Oak-Ill fab in Texas.
What is the effect on MEMS supply at Freescale?
– The effect is modest on the consumer MEMS business since all the new products introduced in the last 2 years were manufactured in Oak Ill on 8'', and not in Sendai.
– For automotive sensors which accounted for more than 75% of Freescale's MEMS revenue last year, the company had already built significant inventory in anticipation of the fab closure to support end-of-life products and the transfer of production to Oak-Ill. Freescale noted in its April 5th announcement that the buffer inventory was not stored at Freescale. Some products were also qualified in the Texas fab and the other automotive products were in the qualification phase at the time of the Earthquake. IHS iSuppli believes that this qualification with Freescale's automotive customers will now be accelerated to maintain the supply of sensors.
As a result, Freescale was lucky to have already scheduled the shut down of the Sendai fab by the end 2011. The company should be able to maintain its supply of MEMS without interruption for the vast majority of its devices.
Canon's fab in Fukushima
The factory that fabricates printers and the MEMS print head is in the city of Fukushima, 60 km from the devastated nuclear plant, outside the 20 km evacuation zone.
Production was halted after the earthquake and Canon reported significant damage at the Fukushima plant on March 13th. Rumors started to rapidly spread in various blogs about shortage of supply for inkjet cartridges and print heads. These rumors proved wrong; Canon was able to repair the damage very quickly so that the production of printers and printheads could resume just 11 days after March 22nd and by April 4th the facility was completely operational again.
As a result, the impact of the disaster on Canon's MEMS revenue over the full year 2011 should remain very modest.
Texas Instruments fab in Miho
The Miho fab is located 65 km northeast of Tokyo and was also damaged. More than a third of the factory's output consisted of CMOS wafers for DLP chipsets.
On March 27th the company had repaired the infrastructure systems for water, gases, chemicals and air and the cleanroom was re-certified so that initial production lines could resume by the middle of April. According to Texas Instruments full production will resume by the middle of July, though this will not transition to full shipment capacity before September 2011.
Fortunately, Texas Instruments was already using multiple fabs for the fabrication of DLP CMOS wafers chip prior to the catastrophe, including Asian foundries like Dongbu-Hitek (Korea) and internal fabs in Texas. Therefore, Texas Instruments should be in the position to rapidly increase the production at these other fabs to compensate for the disruption of production in Miho.
Caption: DLP chipset manufacturing process flow (TI)
One should also note that the micro-mirror super-structures are processed only in the Dallas fab by chance for Texas Instruments. Finding alternate production sites and transferring processes is relatively easy for the CMOS wafers, by the end of March the company stated it had identified alternate manufacturing sites for 80% of Miho's work process. It would have been much more challenging for TI if it had to transfer the process for the micro-mirror superstructure.
All in all, shipment of DLP chipsets should be affected in Q2 resulting in some revenue loss, but for the overall year 2011, the supply of DLP chipsets will be modestly affected thanks to the multiples sources already in place.
Seiko Epson's fab in Sakata
Seiko's Epson's Sakata fab is located approximately at the same level as the epicenter but on the West Coast of Honshu. This is the location for the fabrication of Epson's print heads but also for the MEMS foundry activity of Seiko Epson for InvenSense's 3-axis gyroscopes and Akustica's MEMS microphones.
The factory was not directly damaged by the quake, however the operation was suspended due to an associated power cut. Like its competitor Canon, Epson was able to rapidly resume production of inkjet print heads by March 28th according to a press release on March 31s. Production was halted again with the April 7th aftershock, but the company indicated that it resumed production for printer components in Sakata on April 11th.
The MEMS foundry activity may have been more affected, as Seiko Epson stated that it resumed only partial production for semiconductors on March 28th and April 11th following to the earthquake.
– Note that only the old generation Akustica MEMS microphones are produced at Epson in modest volume (< 5 millions units in 2010) and the company is currently focusing its effort on new generations introduced in March and manufactured at the mother company Bosch in Germany. Therefore Akustica should not be much affected.
– InvenSense's situation deserves a closer look, however. The start-up has won a number of design wins in tablets and handsets with its 3-axis gyroscopes over the last 6 months and is expanding production requirements rapidly. While IHS iSuppli believes that Seiko Epson was the #1 MEMS wafer supplier for its 3-axis gyroscope prior to the earthquake, InvenSense was already using TSMC and tMt in Taiwan as additional sources for these 3-axis parts. As a consequence, the company did not suffer any major supply interruption for its main product lines.
Micronics Japan Corp's fab (MJC) in Aomori
MJC is world's #2 supplier of MEMS based wafer probes for the test of semiconductors. Its fab is located on the extreme Northwest of the Honshu Island.
The facility and equipment was not damaged but the company had to stop operation because of the power cut after the earthquake. MJC resumed operation as early as March 13th. A new power cut due to the aftershock on April 7th resulted in another interruption of production for 2 days, and the company reported that it was back to normal operation on April 11th.
Given the very low volume in this segment – word market below 10,000 wafers per year – there will be no significant impact on MJC's MEMS revenue in 2011.
Limited impact on the MEMS and compass supply chain
Despite the fact that one third of the MEMS production depended on Japan fabs, and almost all compasses, the impact of March 11th's disaster will have a relatively limited affect on the world's supply.
The first reason is the geographic distribution of the key MEMS fabs as shown above.
The second is the company's responsiveness and their remarkable job in maintaining supply. Canon's example is impressive, the operation at their printer and print head fab in Fukushima resumed just 11 days after the quake and the fab was fully operational again less than a month after the disaster.
The companies also responded well in the face of the related logistic issues that resulted from the earthquake, the Tsunami and the power cuts. Yamaha for instance reported to IHS iSuppli that its compass factory was in Kagoshima factory on Kyushu Island and was not damaged but that it was addressing logistical problems by changing ports to locations that are not affected by the earthquake and electricity outages.
The fact that many sensor makers are using multiple fabs—internally or external foundries—has also helped mitigate the effect of the disaster. This explained why Texas Instruments, Freescale and InvenSense's MEMS supply will be relatively unaffected during 2011.
- AKM is also a good example. The company indicated to IHS iSuppli that it already uses multiple fabs, including one external source for the fabrication of its compass. The compass is fabricated using standard CMOS process and the production can easily be transferred to any CMOS foundry in the world.
- Also Epson Toyocom mentioned to IHS iSuppli that the MEMS gyroscopes are fabricated in the Ina fab in Japan (not damaged) but also in Thailand.
Finally, fate played in the hand of Freescale: it benefited from its decision to close the Sendai fab by the end of 2011 and had already built buffer inventory and begun transfer of production to its Oak-Ill fab in Texas. If Freescale had not taken this decision in 2009, the company and its customers would have been severely hurt.
MEMS may win share against alternative technologies following to the earthquake
The MEMS oscillator could be a beneficiary of the earthquake
Japan is the world's leading producer of quartz crystals and crystal oscillators used in clocks, radios, cell phones, PCs and wristwatches. Unfortunately, certain crystal and oscillator products in Japan are manufactured and produced in locations near the epicenter of the recent earthquakes. Two oscillator suppliers in Fukurawa and Kangawa have confirmed damage as a result of the event, as has a crystal producer for oscillator products.
According to IHS iSuppli Component Price Tracker (CPT)™, and while it is too early to assess the event's full impact, it is reasonable to assume that there will be a negative impact on this component supply and the overall semiconductor supply chain. As a result of the crisis, key Japanese suppliers including Epson, NDK and Citizen are expected to push out lead times by an additional 4 to 6 weeks on oscillator, crystal and filter products.
This could represent a boon for SiTime and Discera, silicon MEMS oscillators suppliers that are a credible alternative to crystal oscillators. Both have already grabbed market from the quartz oscillator markers in the past 2 years thanks to shorter lead times. SiTime also recently introduced MEMS resonators that can replace quartz crystals.
Non-MEMS Mass Airflow shortage reported
IHS Automotive analysts reported on March 25th on the shortage of Mass Airflow (MAF) sensors made by Hitachi Automotive Systems as a plant north of Tokyo was damaged by the quake. Hitachi supplies about a dozen auto makers and has 60% of the world market.
Car production was affected at GM, Toyota and Peugeot as a result of a shortfall in Hitachi's MAF sensors. Contrary to Bosch, Continental (former Siemens VDO) and Sensata, Hitachi does not use MEMS technology but platinum hot-wire.
The situation for suppliers in the automotive space of course cannot be compared to dropping in alternative oscillator part in a consumer product. IHS iSuppli does not believe that MEMS parts can be interchanged for hot wire sensors at short notice for reasons of qualification and the constraints of the higher levels of automotive packaging (2LP, etc), so this does not represent a chance for MEMS, or at best for makers of pin compatible hot wire sensors.
Japan's disaster will affect the demand for MEMS
While Japan will largely sustain the supply of MEMS and compasses, the MEMS industry will be affected to a greater extent on the demand side due to issues at the MEMS manufacturers' customers, either because the factory of the OEMs that use MEMS have been damaged or because of shortage of key components elsewhere in the supply chain, which may affect the OEM's production in 2011.
Losses in automotive
Caption IHS Automotive's disaster downtime analysis shows a cumulated drop in output of between 1.5 and 2 million light vehicles in Japan by the end of 2011 (May 21, IHS Automotive)
In the automotive sector, the OEMs in Japan have been severely hurt by the disaster. Honda has been hit by the impact on its many just-in-time manufacturing partners located the affected zone. Nissan's Iwaki engine plant has had to close and its reopening is not foreseen before May. Meanwhile Toyota's manufacturing plants in Japan are working at 50% capacity due to parts availability, which includes electronics. Toyota states it expects to be back to full capacity by year end.
IHS Automotive analysis shows that after an initial rapid lost volume due to damage and outages, stabilization will follow in May and lasting into July as the effects on fabrication plants in the supply chain are repaired or additional parts sourcing issues compensate.
In the second half of the year compensation of the production will stem losses to an extent, although cumulative lost output in Japan at domestic OEMs like Toyota, Honda and Nissan will end at between 3.2 million units by the end of 2011.
What does it mean for MEMS? The loss of nearly 3.2 million units roughly equates to a loss of $60 million for automotive MEMS sensors suppliers. Note that a majority of missing production of 2011 will be recovered in 2012. This will result in a lower automotive sensor growth in 2011 and a significant bump in revenue in 2012.
Consumer demand impact
The demand for MEMS in consumer electronics is also impacted.
– According to IHS iSuppli's consumer electronics analysts, Japan-based digital camera brands Panasonic, Canon and Nikkon have closed some production lines for DSLR cameras. This can have a temporary effect on the gyroscope demand for image stabilization.
– In gaming, Nintendo stated that it was not impacted. However, the situation is more critical for Sony with limited supply of Blu-ray drive pick-up heads due issues at Sony Shiraishi Semiconductor plant. Shortages may impact shipments of PlayStation 3 consoles in Q2 (source IHS iSuppli "Resident Technology", March 2011), and this would impact the demand for accelerometers and gyroscopes.
– Apple is not safe either. Sony's CMOS handset image sensors were impacted and this is likely to cause delays in the upcoming iPhone 5. This is noteworthy considering the considerable impact of each iPhone on the MEMS and sensor industry.
– While Texas Instruments manages to mitigate the impact of the earthquake on its supply of DLP chipsets, the company might suffer more greatly from damage at its Japanese customers that assemble the DLP chipsets into front projectors.
IHS iSuppli has taken into account the effect of the earthquake for automotive sensors and DLP in 2011 in its MEMS Market Tracker Q1 2011. The MEMS and Sensor analysts continue to monitor closely the impact of the Japanese crisis on the supply but also the demand for MEMS for the 3 upcoming H1 2011 market trackers focused on Automotive, Consumer and Mobile, and High Value MEMS.
The MEMS and Sensor team would like to thank its Japanese colleagues Hiroyoshi Takizawa, Akira Minamikawa and Yusuke Maruyama for its help in the preparation of this analysis.


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WASHINGTON – The National Park Service considered the possibility of using contraception to control the deer population in Rock Creek Park, but decided it was not the best choice right now.
Instead, a plan is underway to hunt the deer and cull the population throughout the next several years.
Deer kill opponent Anne Barton, who was once an EPA biostatistician, thinks the National Park Service is being unfair.
"For the contraception, they had these four or five criteria that they didn't have for any other method … and they decided that nothing met their criteria," says Barton.
According to the Park Service's Record of Decision on the deer management plan, those requirements are:
The National Park Service says it will consider birth control in the future if the requirements are met.
Only one contraceptive drug is EPA-approved for white-tailed deer, but it's difficult to use," says Rob Gibbs with The Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission Montgomery Parks.
"What I think a lot of people have in their mind for contraception is you put it in one of those dart guns that you see on all those outdoor TV shows and you dart the animal and it's taken care of. This drug can't be delivered that way," says Gibbs.
"You need to physically capture the deer and inject it by hand. You'll need to do that probably two years or three years later to that same deer over and over again. The cost of doing that is just prohibitive. It's not a tool that can be used in our park system right now," Gibbs says.
Contraceptives have been used to try to control deer populations with some success in places like Fire Island, New York and on the grounds of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg.
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The deer hunt in Rock Creek Park would involve highly trained sharpshooters using high powered rifles. They'd work mainly at night during fall and winter, when fewer people are in the park.
Although the hunt would be the first in Rock Creek Park, similar operations have been conducted for years in nearby places like Fairfax County, Va., and Montgomery County, Md.
Gibbs says in order to take part in operations like this and ensure everyone's safety, sharpshooters go through extensive training and testing and follow strict procedures.
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The National Park Service says sharpshooters in Rock Creek Park might occasionally work during the day. In "very limited" areas, such as near homes, and say bows and arrows may be used.
Bait will likely be used to attract deer to certain areas so they can be hunted more easily and safely, the National Park Service says. It says bullets will be fired toward the ground.
Despite these precautions, opponents are concerned.
"This park is used as Washington, D.C.'s backyard, and there is indeed a danger to people," says Carol Grunewald.
"I certainly would be terrified letting my children or my dogs or even cats out of the house. I wouldn't go out of the house if I knew an archer was hunting a deer very close to my house. I mean, this is frightening," Grunewald says.
National Park Service documents say if daytime hunting is needed in a specific area, that area will be closed to visitors, and the public will be notified in advance of park closings needed for deer hunting. There are also plans to have Park Police officers and other park employees patrol public areas to ensure visitors stay out.
Gibbs says he's not surprised some people are upset.
"People have legitimate concerns about safety. They may not be aware of all the different precautions that are taken to make sure that these are extremely safe hunts."
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For most new sites, the Joomla! 3 series is the preferred series and starting on it avoids a mini-migration from Joomla 2.5 later down the road. Starting on the Joomla 3 series for a new site, also provides you with longer backward compatible support (with one-click upgrades) than starting a new site on 2.5 right now, because support for 3.x ends in 2016.
When starting a new site, please plan ahead and check to make sure that any extensions (including templates) that you plan to use are Joomla 3 compatible. If not, then Joomla 2.5 still provides you a well supported option in the meantime.
Sites that are currently on Joomla 2.5 are encouraged to stay on 2.5, until Joomla 3.5's release, unless they need to be moved over sooner to take advantage of Joomla 3's new features. We've provided a one-click upgrade from Joomla 2.5 to any Joomla 3 version and you just have to make sure that all your extensions are compatible before upgrading.