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"Certainly PC gaming is in retreat in most areas," Simon Bradbury, co-founder of Firefly Studios and designer on the PC exclusive Stronghold series and upcoming PC and Xbox 360 third-person action game Dungeon Hero, told me recently. "But for us, clearly a third person game would have to be multiplatform, absolutely no bones about it. But a first person shooter game, Crysis? That game was a very expensive big game and piracy hits them quite hard. It's a short shelf life title that flies off the shelf.
"Strategy games are probably the last bastion of the PC because they're games that suit the PC really well. The mouse and keyboard control, the fact that you load and save half a dozen billion of them. They're involved games, they need a lot of patching, upgrades, DLC, the Internet, all of those things still work well on PC. Strategy games have never been a brilliant one on consoles. It's just not suited to it. Especially builder games. We're safe. God only knows if we'll still be safe five years down the line, but right now strategy games are safe, partly through the interface and partly through the people who like to play them and the nature of the game. Anything else beyond that I think you're right, it's a bit scarier and you've got to really put it on consoles."
Simon's words will worry many PC enthusiasts, but he's just being realistic. As a PC-only developer for many years, Simon's been one of the standard bearers for the platform. But even he realises things change. The fact that Dungeon Hero is coming to the Xbox 360 as well as the PC, that it has to, is evidence of that. So, PC gaming is changing. But that doesn't mean that it's dying.
"In some ways the market is getting so big that there's going to always be room for PC," reassured Simon. "Perhaps it will become the scruffy relative of the gaming world, which has got these nice, big shiny cheerleaders out in the console world! But the PC will be the nerdy guy in the corner, as it always was, and there's still that place for them I think. Perhaps the delivery method will change. If you get to the point where as a developer you can put stuff out on the web yourself you could get a lot of garage developers going back to those smaller bedroom coder things. So I see that as a really positive thing. It's just the big blockbuster epics will probably not be on the PC."
"The big blockbuster epics will probably not be on the PC." Ouch. Well, not exclusively anyway. Look at Epic with Gears of War and Bioware with Mass Effect, these games come to console first and then to the PC, not the other way around. You might say Valve is as much an Xbox 360 developer as it is a PC developer. Who knows? Perhaps the next Crysis will come to console before it comes to PC. PC gaming isn't dying. It simply has to get used to its new, readjusted, place in the world.
There are market conditions at play here, but there are also other, more obvious reasons for going multiplatform, especially when it comes to releasing games on PC and Xbox 360 - they're just so similar.
This is exactly why Valve's upcoming cooperative zombie-fest Left 4 Dead is coming to the Xbox 360 as well as the PC, because, as Chet Faliszek, project manager and writer at the studio told me recently, "it would just be stupid if we ever don't do a 360 version of one of our games".
When I asked him why they weren't doing a PS3 version of the game, he said: "It just really comes down to the 360 is really easy for us to do. We developed the PC and 360 version almost simultaneously. They're like a day off kind of thing where we build the next stage of the 360 version, but the Source Engine lets us just develop at the same time both the games. It just makes it really easy and simple, to the point where it would just be stupid if we ever don't do a 360 version of one of our games."
So, we shouldn't take this multiplatform approach as a sign that PC gaming is going down the toilet. For me, there's no reason why the two cannot coexist in a happy happy joy joy video gaming utopia. And, when you think about it, most PC versions of multiplatform games are the best. Both Epic and Bioware have admitted as much regarding Gears of War and Mass Effect respectively. PC gamers might have to wait a little longer these days, but, if they have decent hardware, they'll always get the best experience.
Having dug a little deeper I'm somewhat reassured, cautiously optimistic, you might say, that PC gaming is not dead. But on this journey of discovery I have happened upon a surprise realisation: what we should be concerned about is not that games are coming to consoles as well as PC, we should be concerned that the that developers will no longer view the PC as a viable platform for innovation and the place where they can push graphical boundaries. I don't believe that this has happened yet. But if it does, then we really will have something to worry about.


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It means chill out about going super low carb for extended periods of time.
Someone mentioned TWD in a thread on IF, and it intrigued me, so I Googled it. The following is an extract from Ori's Top 10 Diet Myths list. I'm not sure I understand it - I thought it had been decided that carbs were responsible for obesity...? It uses big words, and I don't do big words when me brain's addled...
Diet Fallacy #5: CARBS Are Your Enemy
Carbs are currently regarded as the culprit for the on going epidemic of overweight, obesity and their related disease. It has been commonly assumed that carbs are not essential nutrients and therefore could be severely restricted or even spared. Low carb diet advocates argue that insulin is a fat gain promoting hormone and therefore should be tightly controlled by chronically restricting carbs. Due to the current popularity of low carb diets, it seems as if carbs are the enemy. But are they? As you'll soon see, nothing could be so far from the truth.
Let's examine the assumption that carbs are not essential nutrients. This assumption literally fails to recognize the two most critical biological functions of carbs (besides being a fuel):
- The activation of the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP)
- The finalization of growth hormone (GH) and insulin like growth factor (IGF1) actions, as well as the enhancement of androgens actions.
Let's cover briefly the importance of the above functions. The pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) is a critical process that is responsible for the synthesis of DNA, RNA and all energy molecules including ATP and NADPH, needed for all metabolic functions in particular, recuperation (healing of tissues), immunity and growth. In addition, the PPP is a precursor for another metabolic pathway-(i.e. the uronic acid pathway) responsible for steroid hormones transport, production of proteoglycans (essential for connective tissue and cellular signaling), synthesis of spingolipids (lipids that are necessary for neural protection) and over all detoxification. The pentose phosphate pathway, which occurs mostly in the liver, is derived from glucose (i.e. carb metabolism). Now, here is the problem...
In times of a desperate need for energy, such as during prolonged starvation or due to chronic severe restriction of carbs, the PPP would shut down its main function and instead switch into sheer energy production. It is likely that energy demand is a top priority for the body and therefore, in times of a desperate need for energy, the body would suppress certain important metabolic function (such as the PPP) to accelerate immediate energy production. Note that 30% of glucose oxidation in the liver can occur via the PPP.
One may argue that glucose can be synthesized from fat or protein. Yes, but not enough! Since the synthesis of glucose from fat or protein (gluconeogenesis) is actually a very limited metabolic process that occurs mostly in the liver, any severe restriction of carbs, in particular for active individuals, may adversely suppress the PPP critical functions; due to insufficient glucose supply during an increased energy demand.
The PPP actions also decreases with age, a fact that may contribute to the decline in steroid hormone production and the typical muscle waste, that is associated with aging.
To sum up this part, dietary carbs are necessary for the full activation of the PPP and its critical functions. Severe chronic carb restriction (below 70g-100g for an active individual) may lead to an adverse suppression of PPP, with an overall decline in sex hormones, compromised immunity, impaired growth and accelerated aging.
As noted, besides playing a vital role in the activation of the PPP actions, dietary carbs also help finalize the actions of the most anabolic agents including growth hormone, IGF1 and the sex steroid hormones.
Studies at Stanford University in CA and Helsinki University in Finland revealed that insulin is a potent promoter of IGF1 and the sex hormones action. Researcher found that insulin help finalize the anabolic actions of GH, IGHF1 and androgens by down regulating certain proteins that suppress both IGF1 and androgens action, in particular in the muscle tissue, (i.e. IGHFBP-1 and SHBP, respectively). A recent study at the University of Texas, indeed proved that post exercise carb supplementation together with essential amino acids profoundly stimulates net muscle protein synthesis.
Interestingly, simple carbs had a more profound effect on enhancing anabolic actions after exercise than complex carbs. Nonetheless, as a general rule, our body is better adapted to utilize complex carbs than simple carbs. Again, it is when you eat that makes what you eat matter.
In conclusion, dietary carbs biological functions go far beyond just sheer energy production. Chronic carb restrictions may lead in the long run to total metabolic decline with severe consequences on survival (i.e. capacity to regenerate tissues and procreate). Carbs are not the enemy, ignorance is. Top
La tristesse durera toujours...
It means chill out about going super low carb for extended periods of time.
Ah right. Gotcha. It woz all those long wordy things which got me. I don't do long wordy things. Bear of little brian me...
La tristesse durera toujours...
POW! Right in the kisser.It uses big words
I'm an advocate of moderate carb intake, but I still think there are some holes in this text. Inuit eskimos have lived on basically zero carb for extended periods of time. Ok maybe not 0 carb, but with just trace amount of carbs.
Also: "The pentose phosphate pathway, which occurs mostly in the liver, is derived from glucose" it appears the author is implying one cannot produce glucose without consuming carbohydrates, which is blatantly false. It may not be beneficial to derive glucose from protein, but it's darn well possible.
Last but not least: "insulin help finalize the anabolic actions of GH, IGHF1 and androgens" proteins also spike insulin, especially beef and dairy proteins. I'm also sure insulin levels arent going to be 0 on a 100% fat diet, because they aren't 0 when fasting either.
It is very commonly known that carb + protein stimulates muscle growth pwo, and indeed more than protein alone. You will probably be just fine on only protein, and the entire debate might be irrelevant if your main focus is trying to lose weight, which is the case most people pursuing a ketogenic diet, instead of focusing on muscle gains.
The last comment about ignorance just makes me want to punch the author in the face for having such a superior attitude.

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Here's more proof that puppies are the cutest things around.
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In a very official statement, the White House has welcomed the newest member of the first family: Sunny.
Natura Pet Products issued a pet food recall after the FDA found salmonella in one of their products!
If you're trying to keep cool this summer, being stuck inside a car is definetely not the place to be.
A dog's sense of hearing is significantly greater than a human's. Studies have shown that dogs are capable of perceiving frequencies about twice that of a normal human and can pick up and distinguish sounds roughly four times that of humans. This means that dogs can hear many sounds on frequencies that humans cannot even begin to detect and what a human can hear at 20 feet a dog can hear at roughly 80 feet.
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Imagine how loud a simple firecracker is to our furry little friends. Please remember: Pets and fireworks don't mix.
If you've spent more than 30 seconds online in your life, you know the internet is chock full of cats and selfies. It's about time someone combined the two.
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This is by far my favorite so far!
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) has filed a police complaint seeking a probe into the alleged bungling of its funds, amounting to several crores of rupees, which was detected recently, an official said on Saturday.
JKCA chairman Mohammad Aslam Goni told media persons here that the association had lodged a report at the Ram Munshi Bagh police station in Srinagar to investigate the case of "embezzlement" of crores of rupees by JKCA officials.
Goni, who is also political advisor to National Conference President and union minister Farooq Abdullah, said: "Bogus accounts have been detected in the bank through which about Rs 20 to 25 crores are suspected to have been siphoned off."
Opposition parties, however, allege that about Rs 50 crores have been bungled.
The issue of the multi-crore-rupee embezzlement has been taken up strongly by opposition parties in Jammu and Kashmir including the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other groups. They are demanding FIRs against Dr Farooq Abdullah and Goni for "this huge bungling".
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti strongly demanded a CBI probe into the matter. She said: "Why double standards? If you can book Suresh Kalmadi, why not here? It calls for that (CBI probe)."
JKCA had earlier dismissed its general secretary Ehsaan Mirza and chief administrative officer Saleem Khan to which the opposition's reaction was: "These people are being made scapegoats. Action needs to be taken against Dr Farooq Abdullah, the president of JKCA, and Aslam Goni."


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ANTI-poverty organisation Oxfam International's call for an end to extreme wealth and inequality is backed up by solid evidence, starting with the World Economic Forum's highlighting of inequality as one of the top global risks for this year.
To do this, Oxfam says, the world has to start with "decent work for decent wages".
It's hard to argue with that in principle, but easy to vote against it in practice when you stand there, money in hand, and weigh up the cost of the Fair Trade chocolate over the ordinary type. That is, of course, if the size of your wallet allows you to consider the chocolate in the first place.
It's pretty easy, as a "have" (and no matter how much of a "have-not" you consider yourself, if you are reading this you are highly likely to be a have), to pony up the extra cash to pay for goods, from jeans to coffee, that are produced by people who are well rewarded for their efforts. It's not so easy when you really need that coffee (and who doesn't?) and you have to feed your family on a meagre salary.
However, if you do have the luxury to pay for the Fair Trade jeans and the warm fuzzy feeling that goes with it, it is likely, argues Oxfam, to repay you, or at least the economy in which you exist, in cold cash. If more people are paid more, then there will be more people with more money able to buy more things. The economy will grow.
To do this, however, the NGO argues that the super-wealthy will have to be paid less. I suppose that depends on whether you believe there is a finite economic pie from which to slice.
It is, however, hard to argue against the vast amounts of money paid to those at the very top. If this doesn't shock, then nothing will: the top 100 billionaires in the world last year added $240bn to their wealth — enough to end world poverty four times over.
There is a finite amount of natural resources, from potable water to the minerals we dig from the ground and the oil we pump. That is not theory; that is reality. For starters, yes, the largest part of the Earth is water (about 70% of the planet's surface is covered in water), but something like 0.1% is safe for humans to drink. This, say scientists, is well-established.
Across the world, ordinary people are beginning to question the economics by which the majority of the world is run. It is there in the Occupy movement, in the move towards sustainability — now less a "tree hugger" ideology, more a business one. In South Africa, we are confronted right now with a very tangible practical example: the riots in the Western Cape's fruit-growing region.
It doesn't really matter, in this instance, whether you believe those riots to be purely about whether it is fair that farm workers are paid less than R150 a day, or more about politics and destabilising South Africa's only Democratic Alliance-run province. The fact remains the situation was ripe for exploitation — economic or political.
Few South African farmers can be accused of living in opulence, but South Africa's Gini coefficient was 0.63 (2011) — a coefficient of zero means a country has complete equality in terms of salaries. There is no way this wage gap is sustainable. The Western Cape farmers are simply the latest target, and admittedly an easy one.
Even the country's solidly middle-class citizens, in South African terms, have vastly more than the have-nots.
I remember a short period of personal unemployment and the emotional and psychological turmoil it inflicted on me — and I had no children and the back-up of a reasonably secure family background. Although I did not call on it, I had that safety net. I also had a good education and skills.
How dreadful it must be to be unemployed, young, lacking skills and unemployable. That is the situation in which many of our youth find themselves. Youth unemployment is about 70% (not all of these people are without skills and uneducated, but many are).
It is easy to imagine their feelings of hopelessness, disaffection and anger. Not a large step from there to rioting.
Opulence amid extreme poverty and inequality is what the French Revolution was all about, and we all remember how that one ended for the top dogs.
Here are some other things to think about, from the Oxfam document, which is not long and worth a read:
• Unequal societies are a meaningful threat to democracy because big money buys big influence. We don't have to look far to see that.
• If rich elites use their money to buy services such as private schooling and healthcare, they have less interest in public services or paying the taxes to support them. We don't have to look far to see that either.
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Flu death toll up to 35 in NH
Published 9:53 AM EST Jan 30, 2013
A child has become the latest victim of New Hampshire's flu outbreak.
The health department hasn't released many details, but confirmed the child who died was younger than 5 years old.
It also says child deaths from the flu aren't very common in the Granite State.
So far, 35 people have died from the flu this season in New Hampshire, which is the state's worst outbreak in 16 years.
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July 14, 2000
The U.S. Import Price Index increased 0.8 percent in June. The increase was attributable to a rise in petroleum prices; prices for nonpetroleum imports were unchanged in June.
The 0.8-percent increase in import prices in June—the 11th increase in the past 12 months—followed a 0.3-percent rise in May. The June rise was attributable to a 7.0-percent advance in petroleum prices, which increased 4.8 percent in May after dipping 11.8 percent in April.
Over the past 12 months, the petroleum index was up 80.2 percent.
These data are a product of the BLS International Price program. Learn more in "U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes - June 2000," news release USDL 00-201. Note: import price data are subject to revision in each of the three months after original publication.
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By the time Thursday rolls around, the Curve will have played 45 games, with a whopping 17 of those against one team - the Akron RubberDucks.
Even by traditionally quirky Eastern League scheduling standards, that can only be described as excessive.
"It's less than ideal," EL president Joe McEacharn acknowledged Sunday night during a visit to Peoples Natural Gas Field.
"We have a list of scheduling priorities," he added, "and we have an obligation to meet those priorities."
It's not atypical for Altoona to play one or more teams - usually closer foes such as Akron, Erie, Harrisburg or Bowie - a bunch of times early in a season. Not only have the Curve already played Akron 13 times, with four more coming this week, they've also now played Richmond 10 times in the first 41 games.
The Flying Squirrels pounded Altoona on Sunday, 8-2, before 3,024 fans at PNG Field. Richmond has owned the season series, improving to 7-3 against the Curve.
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Pitchers: Curve LHP Joely Rodriguez (1-4, 4.98) vs. RubberDucks RHP Gabriel Arias (5-2, 3.65)
Record: 16-25
Altoona also is just 3-10 against Akron - including losing nine in a row at one point - so it's a total of 6-17 against those two teams alone.
Those just so happen to be the two best teams in the Western Division so far, making it tough to gauge if the Curve, who are nine games below .500, really are that bad or if they're just not up to par against two of the league's best.
It might appear Akron is far superior to Altoona, but that hasn't been the case. Of the Curve's 10 losses to the RubberDucks, five have been by one run and four by two runs.
"It's not like we lost by big margins with them," Curve manager Carlos Garcia said. "It's not like they slug us. We make a lot of mistakes when we play them, simple as that."
But why have they played so much already?
"Every year there are teams that play each other a bit more earlier in the year," McEacharn said.
Two of the main reasons for the bizarre scheduling, the EL president noted, are weather and how spread out the league is geographically.
There are so many rainouts in April and May around the EL, so to make sure those games eventually get made up, the early season games have to be against teams that play a lot throughout the year. That way there's plenty of time to schedule doubleheaders.
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Put those two elements together, and the result is that some teams will see each other early and often the first couple of months.
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Farm directors from every organization sign off on the schedules each year, and McEacharn said that while some might express concerns over certain issues, ultimately the schedules are approved.
One positive aspect of playing a very good team such as Akron so many times in a short span is that a team like the Curve will have to learn what it takes to beat a quality opponent.
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The Curve competed with Richmond for six innings Sunday, trailing just 3-2, before the Flying Squirrels pulled away with three runs in the seventh and two in the eighth. Reliever Tyler Sample gave up all five runs after starter Zack Dodson (0-2) allowed three runs - two earned - in five innings.
Richmond starter Jack Snodgrass (4-0) gave up two unearned runs in five innings and remained unbeaten.
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C Kawika Emsley-Pai was brought up from low-A West Virginia to fill Altoona's backup catcher spot. He was hitting just .185 (5-for-27) for the Power.
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Key play: SS Matt Duffy's two-run double in the seventh helped the Flying Squirrels break open the game with a 5-2 lead.
Key stat: Akron is back in town tonight, and the Curve will play the RubberDucks 17 times in the first 45 games.
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Bottom 2nd: Diaz singled, scored on Maggi single (1-2); Cunningham walked, scored on Dodson sacrifice bunt (2-2).
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March 11, 2006, 12:17 AM
Anyone know. I know it used to be done in the millitary, but thats it.
It just feels weird to me. Like my form is way off.
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March 11, 2006, 01:05 AM
There are as many answers to your question as there are lefties. :)
At the very least you'd need to develop strength and muscle memory on the other side of your body, for things like holding your body and the gun steady, and trigger control. Depending on your eye dominance, getting used to acquiring the target with your other eye might be a very difficult problem to overcome. I'm not sure about rifles, but with pistols I'm able to shoot nearly as well right handed as left handed -- and I'm very left-side dominant. It feels awkward shooting with my right hand, but it works well.
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March 11, 2006, 01:15 AM
I would think it would take as long as it would for a righty to learn to shoot lefty.
March 11, 2006, 01:30 AM
I doubt Hillary could ever learn to shoot well.
Actually, while I am right handed, I'm left eye dominant. For pistols, this is not a problem, but I shoot rifles right handed. I've been told I'd be better off learning to shoot left handed, but it feels so crappy it's never gonna happen.
March 11, 2006, 02:45 AM
concentrate on one thing and one thing only: cheek weld/sight picture. keep shooting , over and over, concentrating just on this. Suddenly , one day, 2 months ,6 months from now , you will suddenly realize that you are comfortalbe, and you are working on some other shooting techniques. i shoot lefty myself , and do it very well , thank you much.
March 11, 2006, 02:51 AM
I'm almost ambi, but have always shot right handed (much more right eye dominant then hand) and my biggest problem learning to shoot rifle ambi was just learning to cycle the bolt on a right handed rifle with the "wrong" hand. I can shoot with both eyes open righty, but lefty I *MUST* close the right eye. It all depends on your particular style. If you're shooting a bolt action rifle, buying a gun designed for lefties definatly helps.
March 11, 2006, 08:00 AM
I suspect that it will depend upon how long you've been shooting left handed. I'm ambidextrous, and was real confused about ths whole "left-right" thing when I was growing up, as I tended to do some things with one hand and some with the other. Whne I first started shooting, my natural predisposition was to shoot left handed. But because there were and are few left handed guns available I quickly switched and have shot right handed ever since. In short, it didn't take me very long, but I hadn't developed the "habit" of shooting lefty for very long, either.
March 11, 2006, 08:11 AM
my biggest problem shooting my long guns right handed is getting a decent mount. on the left side, it's completely natural. on the right, it just feels wrong, which is reinforced when cycling a lever causes it to drop off my shoulder.
more broadly (so as to include handguns), i guess it's just a matter of finding a natural, intuitive and repeatable grip. i've never had much trouble with controls (though i do stick to rather ambi firearms).
March 11, 2006, 08:25 AM
I'm left-handed, and I tried and tried, and never got the hang of shooting a right-handed rifle from a left-handed position; I can't imagine shooting right-handed.
March 11, 2006, 08:26 AM
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March 11, 2006, 09:04 AM
My question is, why?
I mean, I practice off-handed shooting. But being left-handed and left-eye dominant, I see no reason to handicap myself by shooting from the weak side.
The military used to do that in the name of senseless conformity. Such things, happily, aren't done anymore. (Heck, looking at the troops in Iraq, configuring their personal gear however best suits them, I have to look back and smile at the hooplah I went through trying to get my sergeant to let me put my first aid pouch on the right shoulder of my LBE instead of the left, because I'm left-handed...:rolleyes: )
But, as has been said, learning to shoot weak-sided is an individual proposition. Some will adapt quickly, others might never get the hang of it.
March 11, 2006, 09:14 AM
There are as many answers to your question as there are lefties.
The above sums it up pretty well. The one factor that may be the toughest to overcome, is when you fist pick the gun up to shoot. Your first reaction is always going to be to the left. How long that takes to re-learn refers once again back to the above post, which I agree.
I have been trying to work out shooting lefty, and that has been the toughest part for me.
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March 11, 2006, 09:17 AM
I practice both hands. The weak hand just a little. I guess it depends on how much you practice. You will see a improvement each time you shoot.
March 11, 2006, 09:33 AM
I am right handed but left eye dominant. So stance and trigger control isn't the issue for me. Such things might actually improve from me shooting right handed. The problem for me is that I seem to be physically incapable of closing only my left eye. So I could shoot a pistol or a rifle with a red dot scope right handed, but it doesn't matter how long or loudly you scream in my ear, if you want me to look through a small apature sight or a magnified optic, you're probably SOL. I've spent hours looking in a mirror trying to close only my left eye so I could accomplish such feats. I contort my face some pretty weird ways, but never get the desired effect.
March 11, 2006, 09:46 AM
Many rifles have a provision to vent off gas if something goes wrong. Like the three holes in the bolt of a Weatherby. If this happens when you are shooting a right handed rifle left handed it will vent into your face. :uhoh:
If you are left eye dominant it will be very difficult to learn to shoot a long gun right handed, and vice versa.
March 11, 2006, 10:06 AM
I am lefty... I shoot lefty, except when my shoulder gets tired of shooting my AK(many rounds) I can shoot the AK pretty good right handed, it doesn't feel natural. I still don't like shooting scoped guns right handed though. I guess it just takes a lot of practice
March 11, 2006, 10:19 AM
I am right handed, left eyed! I shoot handguns right handed, long guns left handed. No problems, with M14 type, AR15 type, Mossberg shotguns, or other shotguns that are safety switchable. Lever guns, or Ruger #1's are good, too.
If I bought a bolt gun, it would be a Savage LH.
March 11, 2006, 10:47 AM
I'm left handed and learned to shoot right handed while in the Army, not because anyone said I had to but after getting hit in the face with spent brass a couple times (boy does that leave a mark), I decided to shoot my M16 and later an M60 the way they were designed. It's not that big of a deal for me except as others have said with a bolt action.
March 11, 2006, 10:48 AM
+1 to Nightcrawler. Why? Or; how many masochist's does it take to feel another one's pain?
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March 11, 2006, 11:04 AM
IMO, sorting out your eye dominance is going to be the tough bit.
Having at least minimal skill with your weak side is a good idea.
That being said, treat shooting from each side as a completely separate thing. The biomechanical shooting machine that is you and your gun will work a little differently, therefore it will FEEL different, and the results will be adequate, but not exactly the same.
If you approach the excercise expecting the same biological feedback cues from each side, you'll wind up barking up the wrong tree.
By way of explanation, as we learn our shooting skills, we amass a checklist of physical sensation cues that tell us when we're doing things right. Arm position here, pressure in cheek there, shoulder here, visual picture thus, etc. When something's not checked off on the list, we automatically compensate until they are. Your "other" side shooting checklist will be DIFFERENT.
March 11, 2006, 12:26 PM
I'm a lefty that learned to shoot righty as a kid. So it will take you some time less than 30 years to learn to shoot the other way. Could be a long time or a short time. :)
I can shoot lefty with a pistol okay, but I have never tried it with a rifle.
Spec ops Grunt
March 11, 2006, 03:52 PM
I honestly have no idea why I want to know.
Probably so I won't be so uncomftrable with bolt guns.
March 11, 2006, 04:32 PM
My solution? Buy a left-handed bolt gun. Granted, there aren't that many out there. Nevertheless, don't conform to the machine, make the machine comform to you! A lefty using a wrong-handed bolt action rifle is like wearing shoes that aren't the right size.
Now, if you're into shooting milsurps, take heart. I found with my former Mosin-Nagant M1944 that, with the straight bolt handle, I could easily cycle it from the left shoulder.
March 11, 2006, 09:13 PM
My question is, why?
Your question really doesn't help him answer his question, so I'll answer your, then answer his.
I'm left-handed and right-eye dominant. I with pistol, I practice with my right hand just because it is required in some IDPA stages, with and without a support hand.
What is more important is scoped rifle shooting. I get eye-fatigue because I have to close my dominant eye when I shoot as a lefty or I won't be able to see through the scope (be it conventional or scout -- reflex sights are less of a problem but still a problem).
I practice on both sides and have been doing so at a low level for about six years, prone, seated, off-hand. I don't think it's working. :)
March 12, 2006, 07:42 AM
Spec Ops;
Another +1 to nightcrawler! I may have to start a fan club, geez!! I've quit buying right handed guns, period. No better way to force the companies to do what I want than witholding funds. Of course I do pass on messages as to why I'm not spending money on the latest offerings. Slowly but surely, I'm getting my LHB collection built up.
The only truly backward company these days seems to be Beretta. Hmmm, I think I'll start a thread on that.
Tony Williams
March 12, 2006, 09:28 AM
In the British Army all soldiers are right-handed ;) That's because the SA80 can't be shot any other way.
Like some others here, I am naturally right-handed (for everything except archery, for some obscure reason) but have a left master eye, so learned to shoot iron-sighted target rifles left-handed. Which left me feeling not very comfortable shooting a rifle with either hand...
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March 12, 2006, 10:29 AM
I am right handed. I grew up my whole life hunting and shooting long guns right handed. I was always a terrible shot and I would have a hard time getting a good sight picture. This was untill one day I learned of this whole EYE DOMINANCE thing. I am left eye dominant. After I learned this it took no time at all to learn to shoot lefty. I practiced before I went out into the field getting the gun up to my shoulder. It felt weird for a while but by the time for my first hunt with my new left handed longguns it came naturally.
March 12, 2006, 05:24 PM
I'm lefthanded. Through the iron sights of my CAR, I can see the whole ring when I look through my left eye. When I try to shoot from the right side, the ring becomes an elongated circle leaning to the left and obscures the front sight post. I'm a one-eye-closed shooter (no razzing, now...), so even trying to shoot RH is not an option. I can't close my left eye nor keep it closed for beans and eyepatches just don't feel right for me.
There are so many choices available nowadays, just go buy a LH rifle. Remington makes more of them than Winchester and Savage is a really good place to start.
If you're really serious, secure a 10/22 and start your education there.
March 13, 2006, 11:47 AM
I switched from right handed to left handed due to eye issues. I dryfired 3-4 times a week for 3 weeks before I shot my first match. My aggregate for that match was equal to my best score shot right handed (mid 480's if it means anything to you--a stong Master category score). My offhand average for left handed is maybe 2-3 points lower.
If you make a commitment to switch over and make an effort to actually practice it doesn't take long at all. Showing up to the range unpracticed and firing 15 rounds before giving up isn't what I mean by commitment.
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First and foremost: EVP is not cheap. To make full use of it, you will not only need to purchase the software suite, but there is a membership add-on that you'll want to sign on to as well. The software itself is currently selling at an introductory price of $97. The membership will cost another $37 per month. So, our warning to you is simple: if you're not going to use the software, don't buy it! This is not something to buy if you're not actively doing video marketing and a lot of it. Your money would be better spent elsewhere.
First, let's reiterate: don't buy this software if you're just going to save it on your disk and not put it to use. It's a pricey tool, and if you aren't going to use it, save your money. However, if you are doing any serious video marketing, or have solid plans to do so in the near future, you will want this software very soon.
When we think of all the video squeeze pages that we could have put together, and how we could have put our opt-in forms right into the video instead of having them sitting alongside it in a dead little HTML form, we almost want to cry. Plus, all the cool little bells and whistles like hiding and showing buy-now buttons and auto-redirection at the end of the video have so many uses that it will take a whole extra post just to list them.
Stop back by sometime soon; we'll probably have that post up within a few weeks. Or join our mailing list and we'll notify you when it's up!
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After playing one of the ugliest non-conference games in some time Tuesday night (as in a loss to Samford in a game in which 10 players were hit by pitches), Auburn played a real baseball game in happy way against its biggest rival Friday night in Tuscaloosa.
Brian Fletcher's 3-run homer in the sixth inning propelled the Tigers to a 5-4 victory over Alabama in a game, fittingly, that ended with the tying run on base.
``I really didn't expect it to go out,'' Fletcher said.
Auburn and Alabama, two teams that look a lot alike, left the field with identical 8-11 SEC records. Everybody is trying to finish in the top eight in the SEC in order to qualify for the conference tournament. There are plenty of teams jockeying for position.
Auburn and Alabama are tied for second in the SEC West within striking distance of first-place Ole Miss. There are still 11 SEC games to go for each team, including Saturday's 3 p.m. game and Sunday's 2 p.m. series finale.
Auburn improved to 24-19 overall. Alabama fell to 23-21.
Grant Dayton also deserved a tip of the baseball cap. Dayton improved to 6-1. Five of those wins have come in SEC games.


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Nicole Rister, Robert Donikowski
Ms. Gezelawa Dreywood of Brockport, N.Y., and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Rister of Rochester, N.Y., are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Nicole Lorraine Rister, to Robert Perry Donikowski, son of Karen and Anthony Donikowski of Edinboro.
The bride-to-be is a graduate of Edinboro University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary and Special Education as well as a graduate of Gannon University with a Master of Education degree in Curriculum and Instruction. She is an elementary school teacher with the Millcreek Township School District.
The future groom is a graduate of General McLane High School. He has a certification in Construction Management. He is the Operations Support Manager for Chivers Construction in Fairview.
A Dec. 14, 2012, wedding is planned by the couple.


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Scotiabank® Skaters
Join the Senators pre-game ceremony courtesy of Scotiabank!
The Scotiabank Skaters Contest provides the opportunity for Ottawa and Gatineau-area minor hockey players to skate on the ice with the Ottawa Senators. Winners will lead the Senators onto the ice by carrying the Sens flag before the start of the game and stand alongside the players on the blue line for the national anthem(s).
Each winner receives:
- Four tickets to a 2015-16 Sens game
- One replica Sens jersey to keep as a souvenir of his/her experience
- Opportunity to carry the Sens flag onto the ice before the game.
Watch highlights from a Scotiabank Skaters experience on Sens TV.
Contest is closed for 2015-2016 season. Thank you to all participants.


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Within the past five years, every article about a move the New York Knicks could make dealt with superstars. There were rumors about LeBron James, Joe Johnson, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and Amare Stoudemire all coming to New York at some point, and now those rumors will give way to Deron Williams and Chris Paul.
Let's take a moment to be realistic.
Not every team will be the Miami Heat, and not every superstar will take less money to be a superstar trio. However, there are a few small moves the Knicks could make to go deeper in the playoffs and not break the bank.
Here are some suggestions.


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It's back!
Olympic diver Tom Daley is set to hit our screens tonight in his tiny trunks as he fronts a show in which a host of stars will throw themselves off a diving board and into a pool for our viewing pleasure - what more could we ask for on a Saturday night?
While Tom is on hand to offer his wisdom, Vernon Kay and Gabby Logan will present the show in which Michaela Strachan, Diversity dancer Perri Kiely, TOWIE's Gemma Collins, former EastEnders actor Ricky Groves and Hollyoaks actress Gemma Merna will be appearing.
So join us here at 7:20pm when all the action kicks off!
It's show time! The screams for Tom Daley are enough to make even One Direction deaf. Almost.
Luckily the audience do not force his tiny trunks off with the force of their wall of noise, giving Tom enough time to dive in.
And didn't he do well.
With that and the introductory show dance, I can't help but feel they are TRYING to make the celebrities look bad.
Jo Brand has already made us laugh twice by calling herself a professional model and suggesting she took part in the show dance.
Let's hope the comedian is on top form again this year.
But enough of laughing. Silly silly laughing. It's time to begin... THE DIVING! (That was said in a Peter Dickinson style voice if you hadn't noticed)
They've already said the top board is the height of two double decker buses. That's TWO DOUBLE DECKER BUSES.
This is going to become the Splash equivalent of Louis Walsh telling viewers Nicholas McDonald was Scottish and young every week on X Factor.
And now it's time for Michaela Strachan.
I was under the impression she was good with wildlife. Where is the following of woodland creatures to accompany her in her dive? WHERE?
So before we get to see Michaela try her very best at diving and basically failing, we get to see Tom showing us how it SHOULD be done.
And guess what, hers doesn't look like Tom's.
She sets off well but landed in a way that looked like she was attempting to hug the water. By which we mean face first.
The judges are all very lovely to lovely Michaela, though and she gets 21 from the judges.
In other news we can confirm she didn't damage her neck with her weird landing, because she was able to look up at Vernon Kaye.
While the adverts are on, it's time for a recap on how the show works.
(Not that seeing a GIANT Mel B selling bingo isn't entertaining.)
In each heat, the celebrity with the most public votes will automatically win a place in the semi-final.
The next two top vote-getters then go head-to-head in a 'Splash-off', with the panel deciding who should advance.
Last year Eddie the Eagle clinched the coveted title.
Next up is EastEnders' Ricky Groves in some DELIGHTFUL fishy swimming trunks.
By which we mean they have pictures of fish on, not that he is trying to become more aquatic by dressing as a fish.
Despite some dodgy training clips, he does a pretty good job other than a bit of over-rotation (ooh look at us with the lingo).
The judges are again being very nice (boring) and award the actor 21, like Michaela, which seems fair.
Oh no oh no. Gemma Merna's three second dancy introduction makes me want the ground to swallow me and I'm not even the one doing it.
With a slightly nervous look to camera she sheds her robe and does a little shimmy.
Gem then reveals a cozzie that 'Beach Party Barbie' (if such a thing exists) would be proud of. Glittery and pink, that is.
Other than the fact she has worn her clubbing outfit to the pool by mistake, she looks great.
Gemma's dive is a little less exciting than Michaela and Ricky's but she looks a lot more graceful.
"That is as easy as it gets" says Leon.
Despite some mediocre feedback, she gets 18, which isn't TOO bad.
"Scores are irrelevant," says Vernon to Tom.
It's a nice thought, but entirely untrue, what with the scores being entirely relevant and affecting the result and all...
Diversity's Perri Kiely is next and he's the current favourite to win according to the bookies.
"Perry has got so much potential," says Tom.
Other than the small issue Perry raises that he can't see anything when he takes his glasses off and so can't even see where the water is.
But WOW. He pulls out an amazing dive, back-flipping into the water with almost no splash from the 10 metre board.
The Diversity boys in the crowd go bonkers and for good reason.
Perry gets a few comments about the dive being too easy (er, yeah right), but the judges still award him 25 - the highest score so far.
Gabby tries to make a Dive-versity joke. It falls flatter than Perry's hair when he gets out of the water.
If that was Perry's first dive, it's hard to imagine what he might pull off in the semi-finals, if he gets through.
It's TOWIE time, as Gemma strips off her robe. And she looks pretty darn good in a black costume with a little diamante sarong.
"Three metres is the height of a house isn't it?" says Gemma in training. Well, not unless it's a house for storing three metre-long rulers end on end.
Poor Gemma is shaking with fear before her dive and displays her boobs, which are horrifically bruised.
She gives her dive all the drama of a scene in TOWIE and does a very commendable job. WELL DONE.
Andy is scaring us a bit tonight.
Not only has he called Perry's dive "sick" but has just done an impression of what I presume is 'generic TOWIE cast member." Make it stop Tom.
Gemma gets 18.5 which is a little surprising as it's more than Hollyoaks' Gemma Merna.
This leaves Perry at the top of the leaderboard, with Michaela and Ricky joint second, followed by Gemma Collins who JUST edges it over Gemma Merna by 0.5
Lines are almost closed to vote, which means it's time for a professional dive 'routine' to Madonna's Vogue. Of course.
The divers are all very well dressed in floaty skirts and suits. It looks a bit like a perfume advert on a £50 budget and with more disco lights.
The music switches to Lady Gaga's Born This Way and at that moment Tom Daley makes his appearance at the diving board, before jumping in.
He might not have alluded to his recent YouTube video directly, but the moment feels a fitting reference.
The results are in! The diver with the highest score going straight through to the semi-final is Perry. No surprise there, then.
Michaela Strachan and Gemma Collins are runners-up and will now compete in the Splash-off, to see who will join Perry.
This means Gemma Merna and Ricky Groves are leaving the competition.
It wasn't exactly the most tense reveal of votes though, as Vernon made a MASSIVE error, announcing that Gemma was going through by mistake, before the results had been announced in full.
Michaela does a decent job of her dive again, slightly improving the second time around.
Gemma does a good job too, but didn't quite match the standard of her first dive.
Jo votes to keep Gemma in, but Andy and Leon vote for Michaela.
She's the better diver, but it's a shame to see Gemma leave. Although we sense she is quite happy about it.
We say "sense," she says with glee: "It's the best news I've had all day!"
That's it folks, until heat 2, which takes place next Saturday at 7pm on ITV.
The next show will see Jonathan's brother Paul Ross, Boyzone's Keith Duffy, TV presenter Anna Williamson, singer Toyah Willcox and rugby player Martin Offiah compete.
We'll have to wait a few more weeks before we see Perry and Michaela show us what they've got in the semi-final.
But before we leave you, a parting thought - how DO Tom Daley's tiny trunks stay on when he dives into the pool?
Please feel free to share your theories on this perplexing matter by leaving a comment at the bottom of the story or tweeting us @MirrorTVNews.