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That Jordan has some front ... Here is Katie Price taking over a disabled parking place with her Range Rover in hard-to-miss garish pink, the Sunday People has reported .
Her shopping need must have been desperate for her to risk distressing a motorist with a disability.
But the glamour model, 34, had the perfect answer for traffic wardens.
In the windscreen was a blue permit issued because her son Harvey is severely handicapped with autism and rare septo-optic dysplasia.
Katie qualifies for the badge because she is his registered carer.
The 10-year-old was not by her side when she was snapped after parking in Wimbledon, South London, for a shopping and lunch trip last week.
Nor was her other son Junior, seven, or daughter Princess, five.
Badge holders can be fined £1,000 for using it with no disabled person.
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In 2011 Victoria Beckham apologised after her chauffeur parked her Jag in the last free disabled space outside a toy shop in Harlow, Essex.


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Finger Lakes Community College is among the SUNY campuses gearing up to host new businesses under the STARTUP New York economic development program. Joseph Nairn, Executive Director of Advancement at FLCC says the program's guidelines are a good fit with what the college is already doing in terms of preparing its graduates to enter the workforce.
Nairn says in addition to the main campus, there are five other FLCC locations that qualify as STARTUP New York locations.
Nairn says new business recruitment efforts are underway, with announcements of new businesses coming as early as this spring. Nairn was a guest on our Scholastically Speaking segment on the Finger Lakes Morning News. You can hear the full conversation here.

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Hi all,
I am using the -vec- command to estimate a VECM with 4 variables and I =
am trying to test for weak exogeneity of a variable (US3M in the =
At the moment I am using:
constraint 1 [D_US3M]L._ce1 =3D 0
constraint 2 [D_US3M]L._ce2 =3D 0
constraint 3 [D_US3M]L._ce3 =3D 0
vec US10Y US3M EU10Y EU3M if tin(1985m1,2010m12) , trend(rconstant) =
rank(3) lags(4) dforce noetable aconstraints(1/3)
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Can you give me a site to message Sony? I would rather not call them if possible.
You used to be able to email Sony directly, but that option appears to have been taken away, so telephoning or snail mail are your only options right now.
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Hi Sony.. I don't even think this is the right palce to go for help but I was just wondering.. Is it possible to remove a few photo's from someone's profile on LittleBigPlanet 2? I have been banned on an account for about 2-3 weeks now and recently I think I've been 'hacked'. Someone, somehow, got pictures of me onto my profile a few days ago. If someone hadn't told me I wouldn't have known at all! These pictures aren't appropriate for an E rated game and are definitely embarassing. I hope something can be done.
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10/22/2010 / Bible Studies
I can see a playground teeter-totter and the fun we used to have at recess going up and down. Picture that as you and a friend or you and the team you minister with and the Lord in the middle having a good time with you. See the grins of all involved and the fun of the moment within the parameters of the play equipment and with the Lord right in the middle.
The definition of balance is equality in amount, weight, value or importance as between two things or parts of things. It is to compare as to relative importance and bring into proper proportion. The opposite of "balance" is extremism in anything. Balance is not "even Steven". Balance has to do with harmony and value.
Finding "balance" affects our whole priority system, TIME priorities.
Self hate is imbalance with that we have a difficult time getting to know the Lord Jesus.
Imbalance = sin = missing the mark.
God is not interested in the times we fail but rather when we finally make it! He is rooting for us all the way and gives us His hand when we need it.
The other side of imbalance "I can't think of anything I ever did wrong."
Self consciousness and self righteousness will keep us from finding and knowing the Lord Jesus Christ.
The right balance is difficult to discover and maintain but definitely not impossible.
Why is the right balance a problem? It demands discipline. I know, we need to pass out the Benadryl before we break out in hives. Actually discipline is not a dirty word, nor a difficult word.
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. (NKJV)
Let's put this promise to the test!
Discipline is that which I demand of me to get desired results and it is not bondage it is freedom. Discipline is not something we're taught it is something WE DO. Discipline ourselves and do it or miss what God has for us.
Isaiah 32:9-12 (New King James Version)
Consequences of Complacency
9 Rise up, you women who are at ease, Hear my voice; You complacent daughters, Give ear to my speech. 10 In a year and some days You will be troubled, you complacent women; For the vintage will fail, The gathering will not come. 11 Tremble, you women who are at ease; Be troubled, you complacent ones; Strip yourselves, make yourselves bare, And gird sackcloth on your waists. 12 People shall mourn upon their breasts
For the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
Israel took forty years to learn:
#1 God is the God of preparation
#2 God is the God of provision
#3 God is the God of protection
#4 God is the God of prosperity
Israel went from the extreme of miracle to the extreme of defeat
Israel did not learn to be strong for themselves or each other.
Every leader wants to please the people WATCH OUT for this tendency if you are in leadership.
Israel only learned responsive praise rather than spontaneous praise. God is worthy to be praised PERIOD.
God is the God of stability and infinite variety.
Psalm 56:3 (New King James Version)
3 Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.
Do not lie regarding being afraid or you cannot have the remedy or the peace. You have to admit you are afraid before God can give you the answer or solution.
Let's go over the list of who God is again:
#1 God is the God of preparation
#2 God is the God of provision
#3 God is the God of protection
#4 God is the God of prosperity
Progress from #1 through #4 and KNOW HIM.
#1 Preparation empty our hands of what we grasp and hold out our hands, empty, for God to fill.
#2 Provision -
Malachi 3:10
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. (NKJV)
This is a challenge and a promise. Our God is faithful!
#3 Protection from people, in spiritual warfare and situations. Do not desire to build SELF up but to rely on God.
#4 Prosperity
3 John 1:2
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.(NKJV)
Give Him our sins, failures, SELF righteousness, our lusts and strong desires. Confess our extremes, our undiscipline and die to what people think. (Fear of man).
DO IT! Listen to and seek His opinion, not that of others.
(I am speaking to myself here before any readers)
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The chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, John Mica, said airports that switch from all-federal security screening to private run security could save tax payers millions of dollars.
His remarks came in a press conference at the Orlando area's Sanford Airport.
Mica said this week the newly enacted Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act should streamline the process for airports that want to contract with private security screening firms instead of relying on Transportation Security Administration run screening.
The Winter Park Republican said that, in the decade since it was created, the TSA has ballooned into a "mammoth agency that attempts to intimidate small airports that are efficiently run."
He said switching the 35 top airports in the nation to private security screening would save tax payers one billion dollars over the next five years.
Mica said the TSA rejected some airports which applied to contract with private security because it said that would cost more.
But he said the agency's reasoning was not backed up by a Government Accountability Office report.
"GAO said that TSA cooked the books, that they added costs in," he said.
Sixteen of the nation's 457 airports currently run private security screening, and there are others that want to do the same, like Orlando Sanford International Airport.
Sanford already tried to opt out of all-federal transportation screening, but was rejected by the TSA last year.
The airport's president, Larry Dale, said opting out of TSA run screening is about more than saving money.
"We're already responsible for security here," Dale said. "If things screw up we get the blame. We want to have a part and a say in the security of this airport."
Airports which opt out of all-federal screening will get to choose who screens their passengers, but security firms would still have to meet federal approval and operate under TSA guidelines.
Sanford could hire its own agents to run security screening, but it's more likely to contract with a private firm.
"We're not going to go out and do it ourselves like Jackson Hole (Wyoming) does, as a much smaller airport," Dale said.
Sanford has reapplied to opt out, and Dale hopes to have an answer from the TSA within months.


text: Bloomberg National Poll: Americans Disapproving Obama Policies Poised to Enable Republican Gains Almost Two-Thirds Say Nation Headed in Wrong Direction, Even More Sour Assessment than in March Among Most Likely Voters, Republicans Favored over Democrats 48% to 40% President Obama Remains More Popular Than Any of the Republican Figures Tested in Poll; Topped Only by Secretary of State Clinton and General Petraeus Business Wire NEW YORK -- July 15, 2010 Americans disapprove of U.S. President Barack Obama's handling of almost every major issue and are deeply pessimistic about the nation's direction, offering a bullish environment for Republicans in the November congressional elections, a Bloomberg National Poll shows. A majority or plurality disapproves of Obama's management of the economy, health care, the budget deficit, the overhaul of financial market regulations and the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a Bloomberg National Poll conducted July 9-12. In addition, almost 6 in 10 respondents (58%) say the war in Afghanistan is a lost cause. Almost two-thirds (63%) say they feel the nation is headed in the wrong direction, an even more sour assessment than in March when 58 percent felt that way. Two-thirds of independent voters (68%) are pessimistic, while just 56 percent of Democrats offer a vote of confidence. "They don't see any solutions in sight," said J. Ann Selzer, president of Selzer & Co., a Des Moines, Iowa-based firm that conducted the nationwide survey. "They have been hammered by the economy and there is a disconnect between the lives Americans are living and Washington. They seem to have lost hope." Poll respondents are divided on their congressional preference between Democrats and Republicans, with both sides getting 43 percent support. Among those who say they are most likely to vote, Republicans are favored, 48 percent to 40 percent. The Republican advantage is even greater among likely voters who view the election as exceptionally important, with Republicans beating Democrats 56 percent to 34 percent. The story is on Bloomberg.com at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-14/americans-disappoving-of-obama-policies-poised-to-enable-republican-gains.html Control of Congress For the Democrats, who control Congress and the White House, the survey shows the potential for losses in November, when voters will fill all 435 House seats, 36 Senate seats and 37 governorships. The outcome could affect Obama's ability to move his agenda through Congress for the two years leading up to his own 2012 re-election bid. The fate of incumbents will depend to some extent on what happens to the economy in the next four months and whether unemployment drops much from its current 9.5 percent. A rising stock market could help as well. So far this year, the S&P 500 stock index has declined 1.8 percent. The public's disenchantment with the president's policies doesn't extend to voter feelings about Obama himself, as he gets a job approval rating of 52 percent and personally is viewed favorably by 55 percent. Obama, 48, remains more popular than any of the Republican figures tested in the poll and is topped only by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and General David Petraeus, the new commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, among a list of 15 people and political parties reviewed. Republican Leaders The only bright spot for Republican candidates is for Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who gets a 32 percent favorable rating and an 18 percent unfavorable grade. Better-known party leaders such as former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich both have negative ratings that outweigh the positive views. Although turnout in midterm elections is historically lower than in presidential races, the electorate is interested. Four- fifths of Americans (82%) who plan to vote say November's election is very or exceptionally important. The likelihood to vote is strongest among older voters, Republicans and those with the highest incomes. Among those 55 and older, three-quarters say they will definitely vote, compared with 48 percent of those younger than 35. Four-fifths of Republicans say they will definitely vote, compared with 65 percent of Democrats and 62 percent of independents. Referendum on Obama Seeking to capitalize on the intensity expressed by voters, Republicans want to make the election a national referendum on Obama and the party in power, while the White House and Democrats argue it is about going forward, rather than backward to failed policies. The challenge for Democrats will be to translate their vision of a better future into more positive feelings about the economy among voters. In the poll, Republicans have the advantage among the independents often critical to winning elections. Among independents likely to vote, Republican congressional candidates are preferred to Democrats, 50 percent to 29 percent. "Anything that has been tried hasn't resulted in making anything better in the world where ordinary people live," Selzer said. "That's a bad scenario for incumbents of the majority party." Incumbent Disadvantage A third of poll participants (34%) say they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who has served in Congress for many years. About one-fifth of likely voters (21%) say the election is more about sending a message, while three-quarters (75%) say it is about picking the party that has the best ideas. The proportion who feel the nation is headed in the wrong direction is about the same as at this point in 1994, when Republicans took control of Congress, and 2006, when Democrats took over. The public also has soured on Obama's foreign-policy priority, the war in Afghanistan. While the president has ordered an expansion of forces to turn the tide in a conflict where he says the U.S. has a critical stake, 58 percent say it is a lost cause, compared with 36 percent who say it can still be won. A slim majority of Republicans -- 52 percent -- say the U.S. can still win in Afghanistan, while 71 percent of Democrats say the conflict is lost. Afghanistan Withdrawal Six in 10 Americans (60%) say it would be best to stick with Obama's plan to start withdrawing forces in July 2011, while one-third (37%) say they remain open to keeping the same number of troops there, or even adding additional forces. Reflecting the belief among many that the war cannot be won, a third of Americans (34%) say they have become less supportive of the effort there in recent months. Obama Visit One signpost for Democrats in the poll is the finding that just 26 percent of Americans say it would help a Democratic candidate in their area to get a visit from Obama, while 20 percent say it would hurt the candidate and 54 percent say it wouldn't matter or they don't know. Obama's worst ratings are for his handling of the budget deficit, where 59 percent disapprove and 37 percent approve. It's his worst grade for that subject in any of four Bloomberg polls taken since September 2009. Economy, Health Care Slim majorities disapprove of Obama's handling of the economy and health care. When it comes to creating jobs, he gets 46 percent approval, addressing problems on Wall Street, 42 percent support, running the war in Afghanistan, 46 percent approve, and managing the BP Plc oil spill, 46 percent support. Forty-five percent say they have become more supportive in recent months of tougher regulations for Wall Street. The momentum is heading in the opposite direction from the White House and Democrats on most other issues. Almost half (48%) say they have become less supportive in recent months of federal money being loaned to automotive companies to help them stay in business, while 37 percent have become less supportive of the health-care overhaul passed by Congress earlier this year. A majority, 61 percent, say the nation should wait and see how the health-care legislation works or leave it alone, while 37 percent want to see it repealed. Arizona Immigration Law Almost half of Americans (48%) say they have also grown more supportive of allowing local law enforcement to detain anyone who can't produce proof of citizenship when stopped for an offense, as is contemplated in an Arizona law. Obama has criticized the measure and the Justice Department has announced it plans to sue Arizona. At least half of respondents (51% and 50%) also say they would be less likely to support candidates who voted to give financial assistance to the banking or automobile industries. Americans are roughly divided on whether they would be more or less likely to support a candidate who voted against extending unemployment benefits because of concern over the cost. A measure providing such support worth $34 billion is stalled in Congress. Clinton Popularity The disaffection with Obama and Democrats doesn't carry over to all Democrats. Hillary Clinton, 62, is viewed favorably by 61 percent of respondents and a quarter of Americans, including 30 percent of Republicans and 21 percent of Democrats, say the nation would be in a better place if she had been elected president. The Tea Party movement, which has been mainly associated with Republicans, has lukewarm support in the poll. A majority (58%) of all respondents says it would make no difference to them if a candidate was backed by Tea Party activists, while a third of Republicans (34%) say that kind of backing would make a candidate more appealing to them. Those who are more likely to think the Tea Party is a simplistic and misguided movement -- 44 percent of all respondents -- include Democrats, 65 percent, and those with the highest incomes, 52 percent. Independent voters are divided on whether it is misguided or has rightly identified that the nation would be better served by reduced federal government, compared with 39 percent overall. Methodology: The Bloomberg National Poll is based on interviews with 1,004 U.S. adults ages 18 or older. Percentages based on the full sample may have a maximum margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. Contact: Media Contact: Bloomberg News Kristin Swenson, +1-212-617-4264 Ty Trippet, +1-212-617-2443


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19. Eunice's Diary
When people are interested in some event that is coming, do they find the dull days,
passed in waiting for it, days which they are not able to remember when they look back?
This is my unfortunate case. Night after night, I have gone to bed without so much as
opening my Journal. There was nothing worth writing about, nothing that I could
recollect, until the postman came to-day. I ran downstairs, when I heard his ring at the
bell, and stopped Maria on her way to the study. There, among papa's usual handful of
letters, was a letter for me.
. . . . . . .
"Yours ever truly."
I quote the passages in Philip's letter which most deeply interested me--I am his dear
miss; and he is mine ever truly. The other part of the letter told me that he had been
detained in London, and he lamented it. At the end was a delightful announcement that he
was coming to me by the afternoon train. I ran upstairs to see how I looked in the glass.
My first feeling was regret. For the thousandth time, I was obliged to acknowledge that I
was not as pretty as Helena. But this passed off. A cheering reflection occurred to me.
Philip would not have found, in my sister's face, what seems to have interested him in my
face. Besides, there is my figure.
The pity of it is that I am so ignorant about some things. If I had been allowed to read
novels, I might (judging by what papa said against them in one of his sermons) have felt
sure of my own attractions; I might even have understood what Philip really thought of
me. However, my mind was quite unexpectedly set at ease on the subject of my figure.
The manner in which it happened was so amusing--at least, so amusing to me--that I
cannot resist mentioning it.
My sister and I are forbidden to read newspapers, as well as novels. But the teachers at
the Girls' Scripture Class are too old to be treated in this way. When the morning lessons
were over, one of them was reading the newspaper to the other, in the empty schoolroom;
I being in the passage outside, putting on my cloak.
It was a report of "an application made to the magistrates by the lady of his worship the
Mayor." Hearing this, I stopped to listen. The lady of his worship (what a funny way of
describing a man's wife!) is reported to be a little too fond of notoriety, and to like
hearing the sound of her own voice on public occasions. But this is only my writing; I
had better get back to the report. "In her address to the magistrates, the Mayoress stated
that she had seen a disgusting photograph in the shop window of a stationer, lately
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"Good morning, everyone.
"It's a pleasure to be surrounded by so many fellow business owners. I know that the economic downturn has challenged everyone here. And that's why we're working so hard to strengthen our small businesses, and invest in our city's future.
"A big part of that work is ensuring that everybody has an opportunity to compete for City contracts. That's what today's event is really all about.
"Earlier this year, our Administration launched a Five Borough Economic Opportunity Plan to pull our City's economy out of the recession as quickly as possible and create and preserve some 400,000 jobs over the next six years.
"Your businesses are key to helping us realize those goals. In manufacturing, in construction, in retailing and in so many other industries, your businesses can create jobs for those hardest hit by the recession. You hire New Yorkers. You buy from New Yorkers. And you serve New Yorkers. We want you to succeed. And that's why we've worked to overhaul the City's M/WBE program – and make it a more effective tool to help your businesses compete for and win City contracts.
"In 2005, we institutionalized that commitment by establishing a law which set targets for M/WBE participation in City procurement. We knew back then that those targets were ambitious, and that it would take some time – and a lot of work – before we could begin meeting them.
"But I've always believed in setting the bar high. And although we still have a long way to go, I'm pleased to report that we've made significant progress.
"For instance, we've been able to certify a record number of businesses: there are 2,200 M/WBEs today, compared to 760 early in our Administration. Together, those businesses have received close to $900 million in contracts over the past two and a half years. And in certain areas, such as construction subcontracting, City agencies have made excellent progress in awarding M/WBE contracts that approach the participation goals outlined in 2005.
"It's also worth noting that the businesses that participated in the first two Citywide Procurement fairs were awarded nearly 4,300 contracts totaling more than $58 million. That shows that events like this really do make a difference. They provide invaluable opportunities to learn about City contracting and to meet the staff at our agencies face to face.
"Commissioner Rob Walsh and his team at our Department of Small Business Services have done a terrific job of putting this fair together, and I encourage you to make the most of the day.
"I'd also like to tell you about two more ways we're working to help your businesses compete for City contracts.
"First, we just amended the City's contracting rules to make it easier for M/WBEs to compete for contracts under $100,000 – which make up nearly 44 percent of the contracts covered by the M/WBE program. For small purchases such as these, agencies solicit bids from a short list of vendors, randomly drawn from the Citywide bidders list.
"A few years ago, we took steps to ensure access for M/WBEs, by guaranteeing that for every five vendors that were randomly drawn, the software would also generate five M/WBE vendors. But, as we looked at the results, we realized that even though M/WBEs made up 50 percent of the bids – they were not winning anything close to 50 percent of the contracts. That's because the old system allowed agencies to add extra vendors to their random lists. And too often those extra vendors won.
"A rule change that just took effect this month prevents agencies from adding their own vendors and requires them to choose among the randomly-drawn list – half of which will be M/WBEs. This will ensure objectivity and compel agencies to do business with companies that are new to them and can supply quality goods and services at competitive prices. And it will help new competitors, particularly M/WBEs, get that first opportunity to do business with the City.
"The second way we're going to continue strengthening our M/WBE program is by making our agencies more publically accountable for their progress. The Mayor's Office of Contract Services already tracks the progress of M/WBE contracts and reports back to the City Council bi-annually.
"Now, we're going to increase transparency even further by publishing these results on easy-to-read score cards that will be available on the agencies' websites this fall. Every City agency that contracts for goods and services will be evaluated in key categories, such as micro purchases, small purchases, and sub-contracts. And every member of the public will be able to see whether or not the agencies are meeting the M/WBE participation goals in these areas.
"In addition to these new reforms, we will continue to work with the M/WBE advisory board. The board is made up of leading business men and women from a broad range of industries – and together we will do everything we can to help you succeed.
"That spirit is what fills me with optimism about our City's future. I know we face some tough challenges on the road ahead, but we've been through tough times before – and we've come out stronger than ever. Now we're going to do it again.
"Thank you so much for being here today. Enjoy the rest of the fair."


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We've been tracking NVIDIA's G-Sync for quite a while now. The comments section on Ryan's initial article erupted with questions, and many of those were answered in a follow-on interview with NVIDIA's Tom Petersen. The idea was radical – do away with the traditional fixed refresh rate and only send a new frame to the display when it has just completed rendering by the GPU. There are many benefits here, but the short version is that you get the low-latency benefit of V-SYNC OFF gaming combined with the image quality (lack of tearing) that you would see if V-SYNC was ON. Despite the many benefits, there are some potential disadvantages that come from attempting to drive an LCD panel at varying periods of time, as opposed to the fixed intervals that have been the norm for over a decade.
As the first round of samples came to us for review, the current leader appeared to be the ASUS ROG Swift. A G-Sync 144 Hz display at 1440P was sure to appeal to gamers who wanted faster response than the 4K 60 Hz G-Sync alternative was capable of. Due to what seemed to be large consumer demand, it has taken some time to get these panels into the hands of consumers. As our Storage Editor, I decided it was time to upgrade my home system, placed a pre-order, and waited with anticipation of finally being able to shift from my trusty Dell 3007WFP-HC to a large panel that can handle >2x the FPS.
Fast forward to last week. My pair of ROG Swifts arrived, and some other folks I knew had also received theirs. Before I could set mine up and get some quality gaming time in, my bro FifthDread and his wife both noted a very obvious flicker on their Swifts within the first few minutes of hooking them up. They reported the flicker during game loading screens and mid-game during background content loading occurring in some RTS titles. Prior to hearing from them, the most I had seen were some conflicting and contradictory reports on various forums (not limed to the Swift, though that is the earliest panel and would therefore see the majority of early reports), but now we had something more solid to go on. That night I fired up my own Swift and immediately got to doing what I do best – trying to break things. We have reproduced the issue and intend to demonstrate it in a measurable way, mostly to put some actual data out there to go along with those trying to describe something that is borderline perceptible for mere fractions of a second.
First a bit of misnomer correction / foundation laying:
- The 'Screen refresh rate' option you see in Windows Display Properties is actually a carryover from the CRT days. In terms of an LCD, it is the maximum rate at which a frame is output to the display. It is not representative of the frequency at which the LCD panel itself is refreshed by the display logic.
- LCD panel pixels are periodically updated by a scan, typically from top to bottom. Newer / higher quality panels repeat this process at a rate higher than 60 Hz in order to reduce the 'rolling shutter' effect seen when panning scenes or windows across the screen.
- In order to engineer faster responding pixels, manufacturers must deal with the side effect of faster pixel decay between refreshes. This is a balanced by increasing the frequency of scanning out to the panel.
- The effect we are going to cover here has nothing to do with motion blur, LightBoost, backlight PWM, LightBoost combined with G-Sync (not currently a thing, even though Blur Busters has theorized on how it could work, their method would not work with how G-Sync is actually implemented today).
With all of that out of the way, let's tackle what folks out there may be seeing on their own variable refresh rate displays. Based on our testing so far, the flicker only presented at times when a game enters a 'stalled' state. These are periods where you would see a split-second freeze in the action, like during a background level load during game play in some titles. It also appears during some game level load screens, but as those are normally static scenes, they would have gone unnoticed on fixed refresh rate panels. Since we were absolutely able to see that something was happening, we wanted to be able to catch it in the act and measure it, so we rooted around the lab and put together some gear to do so. It's not a perfect solution by any means, but we only needed to observe differences between the smooth gaming and the 'stalled state' where the flicker was readily observable. Once the solder dust settled, we fired up a game that we knew could instantaneously swing from a high FPS (144) to a stalled state (0 FPS) and back again. As it turns out, EVE Online does this exact thing while taking an in-game screen shot, so we used that for our initial testing. Here's what the brightness of a small segment of the ROG Swift does during this very event:
Measured panel section brightness over time during a 'stall' event. Click to enlarge.
The relatively small ripple to the left and right of center demonstrate the panel output at just under 144 FPS. Panel redraw is in sync with the frames coming from the GPU at this rate. The center section, however, represents what takes place when the input from the GPU suddenly drops to zero. In the above case, the game briefly stalled, then resumed a few frames at 144, then stalled again for a much longer period of time. Completely stopping the panel refresh would result in all TN pixels bleeding towards white, so G-Sync has a built-in failsafe to prevent this by forcing a redraw every ~33 msec. What you are seeing are the pixels intermittently bleeding towards white and periodically being pulled back down to the appropriate brightness by a scan. The low latency panel used in the ROG Swift does this all of the time, but it is less noticeable at 144, as you can see on the left and right edges of the graph. An additional thing that's happening here is an apparent rise in average brightness during the event. We are still researching the cause of this on our end, but this brightness increase certainly helps to draw attention to the flicker event, making it even more perceptible to those who might have not otherwise noticed it.
Some of you might be wondering why this same effect is not seen when a game drops to 30 FPS (or even lower) during the course of normal game play. While the original G-Sync upgrade kit implementation simply waited until 33 msec had passed until forcing an additional redraw, this introduced judder from 25-30 FPS. Based on our observations and testing, it appears that NVIDIA has corrected this in the retail G-Sync panels with an algorithm that intelligently re-scans at even multiples of the input frame rate in order to keep the redraw rate relatively high, and therefore keeping flicker imperceptible – even at very low continuous frame rates.
A few final points before we go:
- This is not limited to the ROG Swift. All variable refresh panels we have tested (including 4K) see this effect to a more or less degree than reported here. Again, this only occurs when games instantaneously drop to 0 FPS, and not when those games dip into low frame rates in a continuous fashion.
- The effect is less perceptible (both visually and with recorded data) at lower maximum refresh rate settings.
- The effect is not present at fixed refresh rates (G-Sync disabled or with non G-Sync panels).
This post was primarily meant as a status update and to serve as something for G-Sync users to point to when attempting to explain the flicker they are perceiving. We will continue researching, collecting data, and coordinating with NVIDIA on this issue, and will report back once we have more to discuss.
During the research and drafting of this piece, we reached out to and worked with NVIDIA to discuss this issue. Here is their statement:
"All LCD pixel values relax after refreshing. As a result, the brightness value that is set during the LCD's scanline update slowly relaxes until the next refresh.
This means all LCDs have some slight variation in brightness. In this case, lower frequency refreshes will appear slightly brighter than high frequency refreshes by 1 – 2%.
When games are running normally (i.e., not waiting at a load screen, nor a screen capture) - users will never see this slight variation in brightness value. In the rare cases where frame rates can plummet to very low levels, there is a very slight brightness variation (barely perceptible to the human eye), which disappears when normal operation resumes."
So there you have it. It's basically down to the physics of how an LCD panel works at varying refresh rates. While I agree that it is a rare occurrence, there are some games that present this scenario more frequently (and noticeably) than others. If you've noticed this effect in some games more than others, let us know in the comments section below.
(Editor's Note: We are continuing to work with NVIDIA on this issue and hope to find a way to alleviate the flickering with either a hardware or software change in the future.)
It has become increasingly apparent that flash memory die shrinks have hit a bit of a brick wall in recent years. The issues faced by the standard 2D Planar NAND process were apparent very early on. This was no real secret - here's a slide seen at the 2009 Flash Memory Summit:
Despite this, most flash manufacturers pushed the envelope as far as they could within the limits of 2D process technology, balancing shrinks with reliability and performance. One of the largest flash manufacturers was Intel, having joined forces with Micron in a joint venture dubbed IMFT (Intel Micron Flash Technologies). Intel remained in lock-step with Micron all the way up to 20nm, but chose to hold back at the 16nm step, presumably in order to shift full focus towards alternative flash technologies. This was essentially confirmed late last week, with Intel's announcement of a shift to 3D NAND production.
Intel's press briefing seemed to focus more on cost efficiency than performance, and after reviewing the very few specs they released about this new flash, I believe we can do some theorizing as to the potential performance of this new flash memory. From the above illustration, you can see that Intel has chosen to go with the same sort of 3D technology used by Samsung - a 32 layer vertical stack of flash cells. This requires the use of an older / larger process technology, as it is too difficult to etch these holes at a 2x nm size. What keeps the die size reasonable is the fact that you get a 32x increase in bit density. Going off of a rough approximation from the above photo, imagine that 50nm die (8 Gbit), but with 32 vertical NAND layers. That would yield a 256 Gbit (32 GB) die within roughly the same footprint.
Representation of Samsung's 3D VNAND in 128Gbit and 86 Gbit variants.
20nm planar (2D) = yellow square, 16nm planar (2D) = blue square.
Image republished with permission from Schiltron Corporation.
It's likely a safe bet that IMFT flash will be going for a cost/GB far cheaper than the competing Samsung VNAND, and going with a relatively large 256 Gbit (vs. VNAND's 86 Gbit) per-die capacity is a smart move there, but let's not forget that there is a catch - write speed. Most NAND is very fast on reads, but limited on writes. Shifting from 2D to 3D NAND netted Samsung a 2x speed boost per die, and another effective 1.5x speed boost due to their choice to reduce per-die capacity from 128 Gbit to 86 Gbit. This effective speed boost came from the fact that a given VNAND SSD has 50% more dies to reach the same capacity as an SSD using 128 Gbit dies.
Now let's examine how Intel's choice of a 256 Gbit die impacts performance:
- Intel SSD 730 240GB = 16x128 Gbit 20nm dies
- 270 MB/sec writes and ~17 MB/sec/die
- Crucial MX100 128GB = 8x128Gbit 16nm dies
- 150 MB/sec writes and ~19 MB/sec/die
- Samsung 850 Pro 128GB = 12x86Gbit VNAND dies
- 470MB/sec writes and ~40 MB/sec/die
If we do some extrapolation based on the assumption that IMFT's move to 3D will net the same ~2x write speed improvement seen by Samsung, combined with their die capacity choice of 256Gbit, we get this:
- Future IMFT 128GB SSD = 4x256Gbit 3D dies
- 40 MB/sec/die x 4 dies = 160MB/sec
Even rounding up to 40 MB/sec/die, we can see that also doubling the die capacity effectively negates the performance improvement. While the IMFT flash equipped SSD will very likely be a lower cost product, it will (theoretically) see the same write speed limits seen in today's SSDs equipped with IMFT planar NAND. Now let's go one layer deeper on theoretical products and assume that Intel took the 18-channel NVMe controller from their P3700 Series and adopted it to a consumer PCIe SSD using this new 3D NAND. The larger die size limits the minimum capacity you can attain and still fully utilize their 18 channel controller, so with one die per channel, you end up with this product:
- Theoretical 18 channel IMFT PCIE 3D NAND SSD = 18x256Gbit 3D dies
- 40 MB/sec/die x 18 dies = 720 MB/sec
- 18x32GB (die capacity) = 576GB total capacity
Overprovisioning decisions aside, the above would be the lowest capacity product that could fully utilize the Intel PCIe controller. While the write performance is on the low side by PCIe SSD standards, the cost of such a product could easily be in the $0.50/GB range, or even less.
In summary, while we don't have any solid performance data, it appears that Intel's new 3D NAND is not likely to lead to a performance breakthrough in SSD speeds, but their choice on a more cost-effective per-die capacity for their new 3D NAND is likely to give them significant margins and the wiggle room to offer SSDs at a far lower cost/GB than we've seen in recent years. This may be the step that was needed to push SSD costs into a range that can truly compete with HDD technology.
Video Perspective: Computer Hardware Myths Exposed
Subject: Editorial | November 25, 2014 - 07:44 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: video, hardware myths
All processors are the same.
Following Up with Wyoming Whiskey
Subject: Editorial | November 12, 2014 - 06:58 PM | Josh Walrath
Tagged: Wyoming Whiskey, Whiskey, Kirby, Bourbon
Last year around this time I reviewed my first bottle of Wyoming Whiskey. Overall, I was quite pleased with how this particular spirit has come along. You can read my entire review here. It also includes a little interview with one of the co-founders of Wyoming Whiskey, David Defazio. The landscape has changed a little throughout the past year, and the distillery has recently released a second product in limited quantities to the Wyoming market. The Single Barrel Bourbon selections come from carefully selected barrels and are not blended with others. I had the chance to chat with David again recently and received some interesting information from him about the latest product and where the company is headed.
Picture courtesy of Wyoming Whiskey
Noticed that you have a new single barrel product on the shelves. How would you characterize this as compared to the standard bottle you sell?
These very few barrels are selected from many and only make the cut if they meet very high standards. We have only bottled 4 so far. And, the State has sold out. All of our product has matured meaningfully since last year and these barrels have benefitted the most as evidenced by their balance and depth of character. The finish is wickedly smooth. I have not heard one negative remark about the Single Barrel Product.
Have you been able to slowly lengthen out the time that the bourbon matures til it is bottled, or is it around the same age as what I sampled last year?
Yes, these barrels are five years old, as is the majority of our small batch product.
How has been the transition from Steve to Elizabeth as the master distiller?
Elizabeth is no longer with us. She had intended to train under Steve for the year, but when his family drew him back to Kentucky in February, this plan disintegrated. So, our crew is making bourbon under the direction of Sam Mead, my partners' son, who is our production manager. He has already applied his engineering degree in ways that help increase quality and production. And he's just getting started.
What other new products may be showing up in the next year?
You may see a barrel-strength bourbon from us. There are a couple of honey barrels that we are setting aside for this purpose.
Wyoming Whiskey had originally hired on Steve Nally of Maker's Mark fame, somehow pulling him out of retirement. He was the master distiller for quite a few years, and had moved on from the company this past year. He is now heading up a group that is opening a new distillery in Kentucky that is hoping to break into the bourbon market. They expect their first products to be aged around 7 years. As we all know, it is hard to keep afloat as a company if they are not selling product. In the meantime, it looks like this group will do what so many other "craft" distillers have been caught doing, and that is selling bourbon that is produced from mega-factories that is then labeled as their own.
Bourbon has had quite the renaissance in the past few years with the popularity of the spirit soaring. People go crazy trying to find limited edition products like Pappy Van Winkle and many estimate that overall bourbon production in the United States will not catch up to demand anytime soon. This of course leads to higher prices and tighter supply for the most popular of brands.
It is good to see that Wyoming Whiskey is lengthening out the age of the barrels that they are bottling, as it can only lead to smoother and more refined bourbon. From most of my tasting, it seems that 6 to 7 years is about optimal for most bourbon. There are other processes that can speed up these results, and I have tasted batches that are only 18 months old and rival that of much older products. I look forward to hearing more about what Wyo Whiskey is doing to improve their product.
PCPer Live! Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Game Stream Powered by NVIDIA Part 2!
Subject: Editorial, Graphics Cards | October 21, 2014 - 07:45 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: video, pcper, nvidia, live, GTX 980, geforce, game stream, borderlands: the pre-sequel, borderlands
UPDATE: It's time for ROUND 2!
UPDATE 2: You missed the fun for the second time? That's unfortunate, but you can relive the fun with the replay right here!
I'm sure like the staff at PC Perspective, many of our readers have been obsessively playing the Borderlands games since the first release in 2009. Borderlands 2 arrived in 2012 and once again took hold of the PC gaming mindset. This week marks the release of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, which as the name suggests, takes place before the events of Borderlands 2. The Pre-Sequel has playable characters that were previously only known to the gamer as NPCs and that, coupled with the new low-gravity game play style, should entice nearly everyone that loves the first-person, loot-driven series to come back.
To celebrate the release, PC Perspective has partnered with NVIDIA to host a couple of live game streams that will feature some multi-player gaming fun as well some prizes to giveaway to the community. I will be joined once again by NVIDIA's Andrew Coonrad and Kris Rey to tackle the campaign in a cooperative style while taking a couple of stops to give away some hardware.
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Game Stream Powered by NVIDIA Part 2
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Apple Announces New Mac Minis with Haswell. What?
Subject: Editorial, General Tech, Systems | October 17, 2014 - 03:22 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: Thunderbolt 2, thunderbolt, mac mini, mac, Intel, haswell, apple
I was not planning to report on Apple's announcement but, well, this just struck me as odd.
So Apple has relaunched the Mac Mini with fourth-generation Intel Core processors, after two years of waiting. It is the same height as the Intel NUC, but it also almost twice the length and twice the width (Apple's 20cm x 20cm versus the NUC's ~11cm x 11cm when the case is included). So, after waiting through the entire Haswell architecture launch cycle, right up until the imminent release of Broadwell, they are going with the soon-to-be outdated architecture, to update their two-year-old platform?
((Note: The editorial originally said "two-year-old architecture". I thought that Haswell launched about six months earlier than it did. The mistake was corrected.))
I wonder if, following the iTunes U2 deal, this device will come bundled with Limp Bizkit's "Nookie"...
The price has been reduced to $499, which is a welcome $100 price reduction especially for PC developers who want a Mac to test cross-platform applications on. It also has Thunderbolt 2. These are welcome additions. I just have two, related questions: why today and why Haswell?
The new Mac Mini started shipping yesterday. 15-watt Broadwell-U is expected to launch at CES in January with 28W parts anticipated a few months later, for the following quarter.
Intel Announces Q3 2014: Mucho Dinero
Subject: Editorial | October 15, 2014 - 12:39 PM | Josh Walrath
Tagged: revenue, Results, quarterly, Q3, Intel, haswell, Broadwell, arm, amd, 22nm, 2014, 14nm
Yesterday Intel released their latest quarterly numbers, and they were pretty spectacular. Some serious milestones were reached last quarter, much to the dismay of Intel's competitors. Not everything is good with the results, but the overall quarter was a record one for Intel. The company reported revenues of $14.55 billion dollars with a net income of $3.31 billion. This is the highest revenue for a quarter in the history of Intel. This also is the first quarter in which Intel has shipped 100 million processors.
The death of the PC has obviously been overstated as the PC group had revenue of around $9 billion. The Data Center group also had a very strong quarter with revenues in the $3.7 billion range. These two groups lean heavily on Intel's 22 nm TriGate process, which is still industry leading. The latest Haswell based processors are around 10% of shipping units so far. The ramp up for these products has been pretty impressive. Intel's newest group, the Internet of Things, has revenues that shrank by around 2% quarter over quarter, but it has grown by around 14% year over year.
Not all news is good news though. Intel is trying desperately to get into the tablet and handheld markets, and so far has had little traction. The group reported revenues in the $1 million range. Unfortunately, that $1 million is offset by about $1 billion in losses. This year has seen an overall loss for mobile in the $3 billion range. While Intel arguably has the best and most efficient process for mobile processors, it is having a hard time breaking into this ARM dominated area. There are many factors involved here. First off there are more than a handful of strong competitors working directly against Intel to keep them out of the market. Secondly x86 processors do not have the software library or support that ARM has in this very dynamic and fast growing section. We also must consider that while Intel has the best overall process, x86 processors are really only now achieving parity in power/performance ratios. Intel still is considered a newcomer in this market with their 3D graphics support.
Intel is quite happy to take this loss as long as they can achieve some kind of foothold in this market. Mobile is the future, and while there will always be the need for a PC (who does heavy duty photo editing, video editing, and immersive gaming on a mobile platform?) the mobile market will be driving revenues from here on out. Intel absolutely needs to have a presence here if they wish to be a leader at driving technologies in this very important market. Intel is essentially giving away their chips to get into phones and tablets, and eventually this will pave the way towards a greater adoption. There are still hurdles involved, especially on the software side, but Intel is working hard with developers and Google to make sure support is there. Intel is likely bracing themselves for a new generation of 20 nm and 16 nm FinFET ARM based products that will start showing up in the next nine months. The past several years has seen Intel push mobile up to high priority in terms of process technology. Previously these low power, low cost parts were relegated to an N+1 process technology from Intel, but with the strong competition from ARM licensees and pure-play foundries Intel can no longer afford that. We will likely see 14 nm mobile parts from Intel sooner as opposed to later.
Intel has certainly shored up a lot of their weaknesses over the past few years. Their integrated 3D/GPU support has improved in leaps and bounds over the years, their IPC and power consumption with CPUs is certainly industry leading, and they continue to pound out impressive quarterly reports. Intel is certainly firing on all cylinders at this time and the rest of the industry is struggling to keep up. It will be interesting to see if Intel will keep up with this pace, and it will be imperative for the company to continue to push into mobile markets. I have never counted Intel out as they have a strong workforce, a solid engineering culture, and some really amazingly smart people (except Francois… he is just slightly above average- he is a GT-R aficionado after all).
Next quarter appears to be more of the same. Intel is expecting revenue in the $14.7 billion, plus or minus $500 million. This continues along with the strong sales of PC and server parts for Intel that helps buoy them to these impressive results. Net income and margins again look to appear similar to what this past quarter brought to the table. We will see the introduction of the latest 14 nm Broadwell processors, which is an important step for Intel. 14 nm development and production has taken longer than people expected, and Intel has had to lean on their very mature 22 nm process longer than they wanted to. This has allowed a few extra quarters for the pure-play foundries to try to catch up. Samsung, TSMC, and GLOBALFOUNDRIES are all producing 20 nm products with a fast transition to 16/14 nm FinFET by early next year. This is not to say that these 16/14nm FinFET products will be on par with Intel's 14 nm process, but it at least gets them closer. In the near term though, these changes will have very little effect on Intel and their product offerings over the next nine months.
PCPer Live! Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Game Stream Powered by NVIDIA
Subject: Editorial, Graphics Cards | October 13, 2014 - 10:28 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: video, pcper, nvidia, live, GTX 980, geforce, game stream, borderlands: the pre-sequel, borderlands
UPDATE: You missed this weeks live stream but you can watch the game play via this YouTube embed!!
I'm sure like the staff at PC Perspective, many of our readers have been obsessively playing the Borderlands games since the first release in 2009. Borderlands 2 arrived in 2012 and once again took hold of the PC gaming mindset. This week marks the release of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, which as the name suggests, takes place before the events of Borderlands 2. The Pre-Sequel has playable characters that were previously only known to the gamer as NPCs and that, coupled with the new low-gravity game play style, should entice nearly everyone that loves the first-person, loot-driven series to come back.
To celebrate the release, PC Perspective has partnered with NVIDIA to host a couple of live game streams that will feature some multi-player gaming fun as well some prizes to giveaway to the community. I will be joined by NVIDIA's Andrew Coonrad and Kris Rey to tackle the campaign in a cooperative style while taking a couple of stops to give away some hardware.
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World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Requirements Listed
Subject: Editorial, General Tech | September 24, 2014 - 03:55 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: wow, blizzard
When software has been supported and maintained for almost ten years, like World of Warcraft, it is not clear whether the worst compatible machine at launch should remain supported or whether the requirements should increase over time. For instance, when Windows XP launched, the OS was tuned for 128MB of RAM. Later updates made it be highly uncomfortable with anything less than a whole gigabyte. For games though, we mostly pretend that they represent the time that they were released.
That mental model does not apply to World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor. While technically this is an expansion pack, its requirements jumped again (significantly if compared to the original release). Even the first expansion pack, Burning Crusade, was able to run on a GeForce 2. Those cards were bundled with the original Unreal Tournament, which was a relatively new game at the time that the GeForce 2 was released.
Now? Well the minimum is:
- Windows XP or later.
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom X3 8750
- NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, AMD Radeon HD 4850), or Intel HD Graphics 3000.
- 2GB of RAM
And the recommended is:
- Windows 7 or 8 (x86-64)
- Intel Core i5 2400 or AMD FX-4100
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 or AMD Radeon HD 5870
- 4GB of RAM
World of Warcraft, and other MMORPGs, might get a pass on this issue. With its subscription model, there is not really an expectation that a user can go back and see the game in the same state as it launched. It is not a work, but a service -- and that does not devalue its artistic merits. It just is not really the same game now that it was then.
World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor will launch on November 13th.
Investigating the issue
** Edit ** (24 Sep)
We have updated this story with temperature effects on the read speed of old data. Additional info on page 3.
** End edit **
** Edit 2 ** (26 Sep)
New quote from Samsung:
"We acknowledge the recent issue associated with the Samsung 840 EVO SSDs and are qualifying a firmware update to address the issue. While this issue only affects a small subset of all 840 EVO users, we regret any inconvenience experienced by our customers. A firmware update that resolves the issue will be available on the Samsung SSD website soon. We appreciate our customer's support and patience as we work diligently to resolve this issue."
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** Edit 3 **
The firmware update and performance restoration tool has been tested. Results are found here.
** End edit 3 **
Over the past week or two, there have been growing rumblings from owners of Samsung 840 and 840 EVO SSDs. A few reports scattered across internet forums gradually snowballed into lengthy threads as more and more people took a longer look at their own TLC-based Samsung SSD's performance. I've spent the past week following these threads, and the past few days evaluating this issue on the 840 and 840 EVO samples we have here at PC Perspective. This post is meant to inform you of our current 'best guess' as to just what is happening with these drives, and just what you should do about it.
The issue at hand is an apparent slow down in the reading of 'stale' data on TLC-based Samsung SSDs. Allow me to demonstrate:
You might have seen what looks like similar issues before, but after much research and testing, I can say with some confidence that this is a completely different and unique issue. The old X25-M bug was the result of random writes to the drive over time, but the above result is from a drive that only ever saw a single large file write to a clean drive. The above drive was the very same 500GB 840 EVO sample used in our prior review. It did just fine in that review, and at afterwards I needed a quick temporary place to put a HDD image file and just happened to grab that EVO. The file was written to the drive in December of 2013, and if it wasn't already apparent from the above HDTach pass, it was 442GB in size. This brings on some questions:
- If random writes (i.e. flash fragmentation) are not causing the slow down, then what is?
- How long does it take for this slow down to manifest after a file is written?
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PICK UP TRUCK: NASCAR driver Kyle Busch Friday formally announced plans to launch Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM), which will field two full-time Camping World Truck Series entries next year "with Tayler Malsam driving the No. 56 Toyota and Busch and Brian Ickler splitting the No. 18." KBM also "would like to field a Truck for former series champion Johnny Benson, but the organization hasn't been able to obtain sponsorship" (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 12/12).
MAKING A COMEBACK: In L.A., Jean Yung profiles Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang, who is "back on his feet" after being unable to compete in the '08 Beijing Games due to an injury. After his injury, the estimated $2M fee "per endorsement Liu reportedly earned from sponsors such as Nike, Coca-Cola, Cadillac, China Mobile and Visa shrank to $200,000." But this October, Liu "sprinted to gold in the most-watched 13.34 seconds of China's National Games," and the "level of adoration is approaching pre-Beijing highs." Nike "ran a commercial celebrating Liu's recovery and return so many times that the same ad played every few minutes and sometimes back-to-back during the event" (L.A. TIMES, 12/14).
THIRST QUENCHER: Bills WR Terrell Owens has signed an exclusive deal with Blue Gem Enterprise to endorse its Title Sports Drink. The deal includes TV commercials, public appearances and product placement. Owens and the company agreed to delay active endorsement until after the NFL season (Blue Gem Enterprise).


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There are a crew of lawyers working the case for hingham he owes around 180 K to various contractors I am due in court on May5th for the bond contact me (((REDACTED))) Chip
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I have also done work for JJ Welch and they refuse to pay anything. There have been zero complaints from the on site super, in fact he seems to be very happy with my companies work and the fact that I was able to step up when the other siding contractor walked off the job. We completed a 40 square siding job during the coldest months this area has seen in 40 years and the only thing that was left to be completed was caulking which as anyone knows cannot be don't in sub zero temperatures. The caulking has since been completed (except 2 windows due tobot enough caulking ordered by JJ Welch as this was a labor only project and JJ Welch was to provide all material and was was to provide labor only). Liens do nothing so my next step is to decorate my van with signs stating JJ Welch refuses to pay their sub contractorS and drive up and down congress st in Salem. If any other subs care to join me in this endeavor please email me at (((redacted))) The job I completed was part of pres obamas putting America to work program. It was a prevailing wage job and my employees have all been paid the appropriate wage. It seems that Mr Welch thinks its ok to take tax payer dollars to line his pockets while at the same time refusing to pay his sub contractors. JJ Welch seems to hire only smaller contractors and then refuse to pay. As a small contracting company I cannot afford to hire and attorney since attorney fees come out of my pocket yet if I don't get paid my business will go under. JJ Welch has been very clear to me that this doesn't concern them. In fact I think it may benefit JJ Welch if I do go bankrupt. I'm guessing this is JJ Welchs philosophy, get rich while screwing the little guy.
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Last Friday, Marten Gasparini went 0 for 2 with two errors in the Burlington Royals' season finale.
Fortunately for Gasparini, this wasn't his last game.
The 17-year-old Italy native traveled from North Carolina to Idaho Falls and played in the Chukars' final five games. He saved his best for last, going 3 for 3 with a three-run home run in Idaho Falls' 8-3, season-ending win over the Ogden Raptors at Melaleuca Field on Thursday night. The game was a satisfying end to a mediocre season for both Gasparini and the Chukars (38-38).
"I'll go into (Fall Instructional League) with a much better mindset," Gasparini said Thursday.
Gasparini sparked the Chukars' first rally with a one-out single in the first inning, and he moved to third on Samir Duenez's single the following at-bat. On a 1-1 count with two outs, Duenez took off for second. Odgen's catcher threw to second in attempt to catch Duenez stealing. Meanwhile, Gasparini sprinted toward home. The throw took one hop in front of the second baseman, who bobbled the ball, allowing Duenez to notch the steal and Gasparini to score.
The Raptors struck back in the third. With two outs and a runner on first, Cody Bellinger blasted a triple into the left center field gap. Gasparini handled the relay but his throw to third was off line and bounced into Odgen's dugout. The error allowed Bellinger to score, giving Odgen a 2-1 lead.
Idaho Falls answered in the bottom half of the inning, with Gasparini leading the charge again. He hit a two-out single and scored the next at-bat on a double down the left field line by Duenez.
Idaho Falls' Jecksson Flores hit a one-out single the next inning and moved over to third on a single by Cesar Gonzalez. Desmond Henry walked to load the bases and Brandon Downes drove in Flores with a sacrifice fly to deep right.
Next up was Gasparini, who crushed a three-run home run to right, putting the Chukars up 6-2 and essentially sealing the victory.
"He's still young, still learning, but it's exciting to watch him play," Chukars manager Omar Ramirez said of Gasparini.
Chukars first baseman and Pioneer League MVP Ryan O'Hearn lauded Gasparini's defense, in addition to his offensive firepower.
"I sure wasn't that good when I was 17," O'Hearn said.
Gasparini battled injuries throughout his season with the Royals, causing him to miss several games (he had 65 at-bats) and likely hurting his production (he hit .191).
Gasparini's first game with the Chukars came Aug. 31, the day Idaho Falls was eliminated from the playoffs. While he made only 15 plate appearances for Idaho Falls, he's grateful for the opportunity he received. His huge performance Thursday night was just gravy.
"That what's great about this sport," Gasparini said. "It really makes me feel great about what I'm doing in this moment of my life."


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Nu Skin, Herbalife Continue Sliding After Barron's Story
Herbalife (HLF) and Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) run multi-level marketing networks designed to coax people into selling each other the companies' health products.
But many of the people who distribute products for the two companies make little or no money, and the companies have high turnover rates among its distributors, Barron's Senior Editor Bill Alpert wrote in this week's magazine ("Where Beauty is Skin Deep").
The companies' stocks have fallen hard in recent weeks, after Greenlight Capital's David Einhorn began asking questions about the model on a conference call with Herbalife. But today the stocks are both falling further. Nu Skin was off 4.2% and Herbalife dropped 5.4%.


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Interactive Photo Display on Malnutrition: Coming to a City Near You
Posted by Holly Hughes on Tuesday September 13, 2011 | Photojournalism, Photos In The News
Posted by Holly Hughes on Tuesday September 13, 2011 | Photojournalism, Photos In The News
Commuters and shoppers passing through New York's Union Square on Tuesday were presented with information on the fight against malnutrition in an unusual way: At an outdoor exhibit of photographs displayed around a field hospital set up by Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The photos, as wells as videos shown on monitors inside the hospital tents, were created by photographers with VII Photo Agency as part of Starved for Attention, the global multimedia and online campaign created in association with MSF.
MSF doctors and nurses gave tours of the hospital and describe their work in the field; VII photographers Jessica Dimmock and Ron Haviv were on hand to answer questions about their photo projects. Union Square was the first stop on an exhibition tour that includes Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington.
None of the photos in the exhibit, taken in Burkina Faso, India, Bangladesh, Congo and elsewhere, show the now familiar images of starving children with bloated bellies, Haviv notes.
"Most people hear 'malnutrition' and their minds go to 'famine,'" he says. "The larger tragedy of malnutrition is that kids can't go to school, or they're fainting in class. More importantly, kids who are malnourished cannot grow up to be productive citizens." The outdoor exhibition "makes people stop," says Dimmock. Passers-by can then learn more about each of the stories told in the photos by viewing videos or reading the text displayed inside the field hospital.
Jason Cone, director of communications for Doctors without Borders conceived the Starved for Attention presentation with photographer Ron Haviv and VII managing director Stephen Mayes. "The photos are a way to bring people back into a story that people think they already know," he says.
Cone notes that there's been a revolution in the treatment of acute malnutrition, thanks to the production of easily stored, easily transported, ready-to-eat nutritional supplements such as Plumpy Nut. Now, Cone notes, mothers are given the supplements so they can treat their children at home, and only the most severely malnourished or dehydrated need hospitalization.
As a result, the numbers that MSF can treat in the field have grown exponentially. However, the US, the world's largest food aid donor, supplies nutrition programs around the world with bags of fortified flours made of corn and soy, which is inadequate for infants and children. The MSF field hospital replica offers visitors the chance to sign a petition urging governments of the largest donor nations to make sure their food aid meets certain nutritional standards.
Not all the photos in the exhibition feature the work of MSF. In Mexico, for example, where the government has made childhood nutrition a part of its anti-poverty programs, John Stanmeyer photographed mothers in a remote rural area receiving ready-to-eat food products during an annual checkup. In Pennsylvania, Dimmock photographed mothers enrolled in the federal Women and Infant Children program (WIC), which provides mothers with vouchers to purchase certain nutritious foods, such as eggs, fruit, and milk, in contrast to the unnourishing food the US sends to mothers in developing countries.
Viewers can get an Action Kit, which includes a classroom curriculum and slide show, and sign the MSF petition, which can be found at www.starvedforattention.org/take-action.php.
The exhibition and feeding station will next be staged in Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza September 14-16 and September 21-23, then move to Philadelphia's Independence National Park September 30 to October 2, followed by Baltimore's Pulaski Monument Area and Washington's John Marshall Park.
Posted by Holly Hughes on Wednesday May 24, 2017 | Photojournalism
Photographer Mathias Depardon, who was arrested and detained by Turkish police on May 8, has begun a hunger strike to protest his detention, Reuters and other news outlets report. Depardon, a French citizen based in Istanbul, was arrested while on assignment for National Geographic photographing in the town of Hasankeyf. An order for Depardon's deportation... More ›
Posted by Conor Risch on Tuesday May 9, 2017 | Photojournalism
Photographers and filmmakers looking to partner with nonprofits shouldn't count on funding from those organizations, a new survey of nonprofits by Blue Earth Alliance suggests. According to the survey, many nonprofits hire professional photographers infrequently, relying instead on images made by staff and volunteers, or on images donated by professional photographers. The survey was released... More ›
Posted by Holly Hughes on Thursday May 4, 2017 | Photo Manipulation, Photojournalism
Yesterday, photographer Souvid Datta was accused of having manipulated a photo he took in 2013 at a brothel near Kolkata, by Photoshopping into his photo a a section of an iconic photo by Mary Ellen Mark. After the accusation was published yesterday on PetaPixel, editors at PDN reviewed the portfolio he submitted to PDN's 30 which we... More ›


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About the Hotel
Property Location
With a stay at Crowne Plaza Guangzhou City Centre, you'll be centrally located in Guangzhou, steps from Bosi Building and minutes from Guangzhou Friendship Store. This 4.5-star hotel is within close proximity of Luhu Park and GuangZhouShi QingShaoNian KeJiGuan.
Make yourself at home in one of the 460 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and iPod docking stations. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary, while 42-inch flat-screen televisions with satellite programming provide entertainment. Private bathrooms with separate bathtubs and showers feature deep soaking bathtubs and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include safes and desks, as well as phones with free local calls.
Relax and unwind with massages, body treatments, and facials. You're sure to appreciate the recreational amenities, including a health club, an outdoor pool, and an outdoor tennis court. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and babysitting/childcare (surcharge). Getting to nearby attractions is a breeze with the complimentary area shuttle that operates within 7 km.
Enjoy a meal at one of the hotel's dining establishments, which include 3 restaurants and a coffee shop/café. From your room, you can also access 24-hour room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are available for a fee.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, a business center, and limo/town car service. Planning an event in Guangzhou? This hotel has 10603 square feet (985 square meters) of space consisting of a conference center and meeting rooms. A train station pick-up service is provided at no charge (available on request), and self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Babysitting or childcare
- Outdoor tennis court
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Free train station pickup
- ATM/banking
- Garden
- In-room accessibility
- Wedding services
- Roll-in shower
- Free WiFi
- Business center
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Tennis on site
- Elevator/lift
- Shopping on site
- Tours/ticket assistance
- 24-hour front desk
- Bar/lounge
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Number of meeting rooms - 11
- Number of floors - 63
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Express check-in
- Health club
- Number of restaurants - 3
- Coffee shop or café
- Accessible bathroom
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free area shuttle
- Concierge services
- Outdoor pool
- Terrace
- Sauna
- Conference center
- Porter/bellhop
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Year Built 2011
- Conference space size (feet) - 10603
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Conference space size (meters) - 985
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Grocery/convenience store
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Conference space
- Total number of rooms - 460
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Meeting rooms 2
Room Facilities
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free local calls
- Slippers
- Refrigerator
- Hair dryer
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- iPod docking station
- Room service (24 hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Pillow menu
- Desk
- Flat-panel TV
- In-room safe
- Private bathroom
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Daily housekeeping
- Free WiFi
- Free toiletries
- Minibar
- Satellite TV service
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Phone
- Pay movies
- Air conditioning
- Free bottled water
- Free newspaper
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Iron/ironing board
- Bathrobes
- Separate bathtub and shower
Hotel Policy
National Rating
For the benefit of our customers, we have provided a rating based on our rating system.
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- This property offers transfers from the airport and train station (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details 24 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
- Reservations are required for massage services. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
- One child 12 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
- Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
- The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Fee for buffet breakfast: CNY 181 for adults and CNY 90.5 for children (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: CNY 19 per person (one way)
- Self parking fee: CNY 100 per night
- An early check-in fee will be charged
- Late check-in fee for check-in after 5 PM (amount varies)
- Rollaway bed fee: CNY 312.5 per night
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