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hexus.net has posted an interesting article worth a read if you have some time to kill. the interesting section comes in the middle, where the author, rahul, writes about his predictions for amd in 2007. he writes:
intel's sudden onslaught of technology caught amd by surprise. there is no way that amd expected intel to come across with such aggressive technology so quickly. amd needs to clean house, make changes soon. they need to get ati integrated into the machine as quickly as possible. the sooner ati and amd "fuse" the sooner they will create new and innovative technologies that everyone needs. margins will eventually go back up and revenues will be strong &ndash but until then we'll see amd margins drop. i don't think it's a pretty situation for the short term &ndash and i'm really looking on the horizon for amd to do something spectacular again...
i could not agree more, especially with the assessment that amd was caught with its metaphoric pants down regarding the processing power and prowess of intel's core 2 architecture. (intel was as well, as is evident by the quick renaming of its existing pentium-m product architecture to "core," followed almost immediately by "core 2" at its soon thereafter release.)
in any event, amd is undoubtedly in catch-up mode following intel's unexpected and significant release of core 2 and all of its power. had intel come forward with something that was only 15% or 20% faster, amd would still be handily competitive at the high-end on 65 nm and much closer on 90 nm, which is i'm sure what amd was expecting to happen with core 2.
read more at hexus.net, and post your thoughts below.
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|re: "i could not agree more,.." (3:06pm est tue jan 02 2007)
we all recognise the resident amd fan guy at geek.com, but is there a resident intel fan guy at geek.com to provide a balance? if not, there should be imo.
– by nobody_special
|nobody_special (3:52pm est tue jan 02 2007)
there are quite a few intel fanatics who make their voice known here.
i'll say it again: i like amd because of their vision. i'd like to see fusion and apus come into reality, and soon.
– by rickgeek
|fanatics… (4:28pm est tue jan 02 2007)
"fanatics" don't provide a proper balance. they don't tend to be very rational or logical. we seem to get a lot of that here.
but on topic…
my reading of the hexus.net article is not that they are predicting great things for amd in 2007. to me they are saying that in order to have great things happen in 2007 there are some things that need to happen very soon, such as the integration of ati's technology into the amd vision, etc. their predictions for intel, by contrast, say very specifically that they anticipate great things.
i think they pulled their punch a bit. they could have been a bit more staunch in their support of amd. instead of essentially saying "amd will achieve great things if the stars align", which is basically what they did, they could have come right out and stated what they expect to happen. i'm not sure why they didn't.
i fully expect some good stuff out of amd this year. for their sake i hope they can turn their vision into reality. – by olmy
|re. 2007 (4:54pm est tue jan 02 2007)
i don't mean to burst anyone's bubble but don't expect much integration between ati and amd tech during this calendar year. the simple fact is this sort of thing takes years to manifest, not months.
that being said i hope and trust that amd will be competitive with intel because the competition benefits all of us.
my .02 – by geekthebarbarian
|re.2007 (5:07pm est tue jan 02 2007)
i for one am slightly disturbed at this news, i am planning a new pc to be built early this year but am eager to wait to see what rumours start to build and see if they can persuade me to hold on to my cash for a little longer.
granted the development of new technology is a slow and painful process however i feel that the obvious necessity for a new product coinciding with a longer relationship between amd and ati than most are aware of will increase the creative spur of both companies.
amd and ati seem to have forged a recent official partnership however i feel for some time now there has been an unspoken rift between the four super powers of new technology like this.(intel+nvidia vs amd+ati) so i feel something might be on the ropes quicker than we might think. – by fishing4ducks
|too all geek (5:22pm est tue jan 02 2007)
something we all have to understand about supply and demand chain, "normal" consumer behaviour (and not geek, geek is only 90%) can't see the performance different between amd "not so brillant" product and intel core 2 based on "normal" applications -i.e. window xp, word, playing movie, email, editing movie, pic, simple gaming for "normal" people. the "normal" people will buy any pc that can run those "normal" application as far as the price is "right". this mean amd only need to drop the price to compete with intel
we all know amd can't produce the product cheaper than intel and selling cheap also means amd are not making much money, but i think amd just don't care as far as they can break even and gain market share with the expense from intel (as well as to sabotage intel indirectly). this explain why amd continue to gain market share despite their inferior product, and why dell still selling amd pc.
what will be the big change – if a "killer application" come out sometime next year that a "normal" people can clearly see a performance different between intel or amd cpu, then you will begin to see amd slip and loss market share (and dell most likely will dump amd then), until this happen amd will continue gaining market share with the expense of intel.
another possible way for intel to take back market share is to drop the price to the level that amd can't afford anymore to compete , but this will also hurt intel revenue and may generate very angry share holder.
also, amd may also make some serious mistake in future (i.e. gpu decision, who know) as what intel did in netburst era, and if this happen, this surely will hurt amd as much as what had hurt intel previously. – by supportgoodcpu
|to all geek (5:29pm est tue jan 02 2007)
"something we all have to understand about supply and demand chain, "normal" consumer behaviour (and not geek, geek is only 90%) can't see the "
typo error –
something we all have to understand about supply and demand chain, "normal" consumer behaviour (and not geek, geek is only 5% of total consumer). normal consumer can't see the performance different between amd "not so brillant" product and intel core 2 based on "normal" applications -i.e. window xp, word, playing movie, email, editing movie, pic, simple gaming for "normal" people. the "normal" people will buy any pc that can run those "normal" application as far as the price is "right". this mean amd only need to drop the price to compete with intel
|hardware comes and goes… (5:51pm est tue jan 02 2007)
hardware comes and goes… a good database lasts forever…. :)
last year when you rolled out a bunch of new workstations, the athlons were your best bang for the buck.
this year when you rollout new workstations they all have e6300s for the worker drones and e6600s for the upper echalon types.
maybe this changes in late 2007 or 2008, maybe it doesn't.
we are talking silicon here folks, it's not like it really matters.
if shell gasoline cost 25% less or went 25% further on a gallon we would all by shell, and if next year exxon was 25% better we would all buy exxon.
all this amd/intel loyalty is deeply misplaced.
computing power is a comodity, like rice, and oil, and pork bellies. we get the most we can for what we have budgeted to spend.
– by vorlon
|i've been accused of being an intel fanboy (6:02pm est tue jan 02 2007)
i'm not, because i think all corporations are pretty much the same kind of animal and not good animals either. these animals eat their own young on a regular basis, so i'm not exactly a fan of either.
but amd has already taken far more from intel then intel could ever take from amd. intel's x86 microcode, many of their engineers, and whatever market share went with. no company has ever been given a bigger jump start into a market then amd has. all by the hands of their lawyers, not their geeks.
it worked for amd too, while sun, dec, and several other much superior cpu architectures withered and died due to a lack of market share. amd rode intel's coat tails through the field of burning dead bodies. filing antitrust lawsuits every chance they got. look up the amd -vs- intel lawsuit history, there are dozens.
imagine where sun would be today if they had sued intel for it's microcode back in 1994 instead of pumping billions into their sparc cpu's trying to unseat them with a superior product.
amd never wanted to develop their own market, innovation was never their primary goal.
they wanted a piece of intels huge market and they got it by using the legal system, not the patent system which is what most amd fanboys believe.
maybe you think this anti-monopoly system is a good thing, maybe you are correct. but what it is not is innovative and i get so tied of hearing what a tech powerhouse amd is when they are really just the ultimate copycats.
don't kid yourselves, amd's lawyers have more to do with where they are today then their engineers do.
amd is not exactly the bunch of boyscouts the fanboys think they are either
i have also made some predictions for amd in 2007. 1st and formost that ruis will eventually loose his job in 2007. often following any "caught with pants down" event there is eventually a substancial "corporate re-organization".
one in which the unacheiveing ceo is usually replaced by a "hatchetman" ceo who is brought in to hack out everything that isn't making enough money.
sometime late this month or early next month the year end numbers are going to be reported. most everyone who knows anything expects amd/ati's 1st joint earnings report to be a bloodbath. with some fair market share losses thrown in for addded effect.
earnings & market share bloodbaths are almost always followed by employment bloodbaths.
so in short, my prediction for amd/ati is that it's going to get a whole lot worse before it gets any better. pink slips will be handed out and the current ceo's name will be on one of them.
amd wanted to get intel's attention, they got it. intel is now going to outspend them by 4x-5x, biuld 3-4 fabs to amd's one, and opperate at a loss if they have to just to rub it in.
|vorlon (6:03pm est tue jan 02 2007)
agreed with you ! cpu is only a comodity – we go for the most that we can afford.
supply & demand are the key . – by supportgoodcpu
|amd's vision — what bs (6:26pm est tue jan 02 2007)
just to be crystal clear—-
amd's main vision was having the forsight to sue intel in may of 1994 for the use of their microcode.
at the time the cpu world's idea of vision was the dec alpha and other risc based cpu architecture. sun had some pretty good vision at the time as well. so did hp, their machines where the hot rods of the day. all of their cpu's were regarded as superior to the intel x86's and they all died do to a lack of market share.
amd sued it's way into intel's market share and that was the best "vision" they have ever had prior or since.
i'm not sure what your idea of "vision" is rickgeek. but if you think amd has more of it then intel does you need some perspective.
intel has been making derivatives of their original x86 for more then 25 years. there is even one attached to the voyager space probe as an example of earth's technology of the day. this was all done long before amd was even thinking about their own x86. their 1st x86 was an exact copy of intel's 80486 released in 1995, only about a decade ago.
when you take in the whole of the x86 history intel has contributed 10x as much to what it is today then amd has. in fact amd's contributions have been few in comparison. but because they have been very recent, your myopia has you believing they are the most significant, they are not. in fact their was a time when x86 cisc fans were concidered complete cpu morons.
amd rode intel's coat tails through the cpu battlefield in order to succeed.
they didn't inovate their way into this market. they sued their way into it.
had sun, dec, apple and a few others did the same, they'd have a piece of intel's market share today as well instead of having to choose between them as a cpu vendor.
you need to lay off the coolaid and wieght all of the historical events. not just the ones that support your incredibly biased opinion.
root for the underdog if that's your politcal persuation. but your underdog hero started out as nothing more then a copycat. hardly something a true technologist would deem "visionary". – by ee92
|just a new year's word or two… (7:51pm est tue jan 02 2007)
happy new year, folks.
as to the amd "fusion" of ati compute technology and the mainstream processor, again i need to point out that such an on-silicon merger is going to be fraught with problems:
1. the line of "fusion" chips becomes an anomaly in the market. intel doesn't have them, no one else supporting them, and therefore the gamer community shrugs, and sticks to sse3 or whatever other tricks they have up their sleeves for maximum cross-platform compatibility
2. the fusion of ati "cell like" computing with the cpu isn't going to appeal to the server market either: except for the specialized compute-intensive markets such as chip validation compute farms, or genome research, or other "uber-computing" domains, the other 99% of the server market won't give a hoot. compatibility, again.
3. worse, the fusion will increase chip area, for a unit that won't see much use nominally, increasing price of the thing.
4. and necessarily, to keep it as cost effective as possible, the cell 'trick' will be deployed: making the main cpus smaller, yet 'lighter' or less capable, to give square millimeters for the fusion vision.
but if you are not using the tech… then that becomes a performance hit, not a bonus.
now, maybe the folks at amd see the smoke – let's assume they do. what then could they do with their ati partnership that would yield real gains, without massively rewriting all the software on the planet to take advantage of the new hardware?
well, i know it sounds simplistic, but i'm thinking that (i wish there was italics here), i'm thinking that amd could really press forward in a startling and compelling way by going much further in the direction that intel has apparently abandoned: massive "hyperthreading" type parallelism.
think about it: ati has risen to the top of the 3d gpu arena precisely because they have learned to tame dozens if not hundreds of parallel computing units into both-wide-and-long pipelines for specific algorithms. they've tamed the queueing and buffering issues, they've come to grips with the power-versus-performance issues, and the tricksy problems of competing memory bandwidth.
i think the merger could do the same for "hyperthreading".
for i see no intrinsic reason why a chip couldn't be made that sports 16 or 64 simultaneously executing threads – if there are enough integer, floating point, complex and other math units available to get the work done. it really begins to feel like a "super gpu/cpu" when you think of it that way.
and, if one simply plots the moore's curve, even if the chips are big old silicon pigs in 2007-2008, well, no matter, eventually tighter design rules and newer physics will yield very much smaller chips. then amd can release "multi-core" as well.
anyway. there's the goat's vision for jan/2007.
happy, happy … joy, joy.
– by goatguy
|biggest things for amd… (8:18pm est tue jan 02 2007)
the biggest thing will be the when they annouce barcelona and what the benchmarks are, but that will be a huge dissapointment to the rickester! will it close the gap completely to to core2 or leapfrog it? if it only closes the gap or comes close but doesn't beat intel, then amd is finished in its hope to grow anymore market share. amd can resign itself to being second fiddle and boucing between 15-25%. but don't dispair.. the rickester in all his bias will still have amd to root for. the market will always find an excuse to buy just enough amd to keep it alive to keep intel honest but they will soon be of little technology relevance.
barcelona fate is already cast, what it is is what it is. if amd executes validation, stepping fix for bugs and 65nm turns out healthy and ramps flawless then it is what they concieved 2 years ago. since they were surprised and caught with their pants down by core2 i suspect that barcelona was concieved in that same mindset and thus i expect it will be a significant step up from amd's current offering but will fall way short of beating the pants off core2 and the upcoming 45nm penrym.
thus amds only big thing is really in intel's hands. if intels 45nm and penrym and 45nm follow-on nehalem were bungled in definition or execution is amd's only hope of maintaining the momentum the got in 2005-2006. i doubt that as both were developed already with the painful scars of netbust and prescott in mind. i predict 2007 will be the beginning of the end of amds short ride on top and the begin of the long time down to back of the line. amd lost the once in a lifetime opportunity during 2003-2005. during that time they should have doubled down and done 300mm, pulled in 65nm and leverage the whole company. the 45nm pull-in, ati purchase are all too little to late. sorry hector you're party is over!
rick likes to play favorites, but if roles were reversed and amd had 85% and intel had 15% intel would be precieved as the innovator, and intel would be his blind favorite. it has nothing to do with the players but more to do with the situation of the player. put diffrent people in similar situation and most logical people will fall into the same thing. the small differences will be in execution and tangential activities. examples of tangential activities are intel's missguided itanium, communication diversions, and long in tooth advocacy of meghz. amd's missguided ones are ati and fusion.
in the end it not matters what amd does, but what intel doesn't. intel has equal engineering talent and far superiour resources, silicon capacity, and technology. those are just too much for amd. of course intel could piss it away like they did for the past 3 years, but all readings say they have righted the the ship.
i could be wrong, but like the amd fanboy has often said, i suspect i'm right! – by lexington_steele
|barcelona (10:10pm est tue jan 02 2007)
~~assuming~~ all the rumours are true, a huge assumption but somehow most of the time folks like the inquirer etc are +/- in totality basically correct…
barcelona will have a single clock cycle sse (same as core2)
barecelona will be 4 issue/retire wide
barcelona will be at 2.7 ghz +/- a speed bin or so.
bottom line?
intel comntinues to lead up to 2 sockets/4 cores.
2 sockets/8 cores will be very close, depends if intel can move to 1333 fsb in bulk.
amd will retake the lead above 2 sockets/8 cores.
just after barcelona, peryne (sp) will release (45 nano, 6 megs unified cache, sse "n+1", (aledgedly) hyperthreading the works – (note to intel, see sun microsystems)
if intel is well over 3 ghz, they stay ahead, if not, then not :) – by vorlon
|vorlon got it right (11:13pm est tue jan 02 2007)
its intel to lose. i fully expect a couple more speed bins from core2 on 65nm thru 2007, then end of 2007 45nm will take over. if 45nm offers similar performance 20-30% over 65nm then its all intel's to lose.
amd has no viable survival plan beyond hoping intel miss-executes.
i'm open to hear how amd beats intel, how they will pull in 45nm with ibm. how they have another design coming in early 2008 to compete on 65nm… – by lexington_steele
|desperation (11:37pm est tue jan 02 2007)
forget nessesity, desperation is the mother of invention… (actually, frank zappa was the cause of the mothers of invention, but that's another story…)
18 months ago intel was a dying giant -prescott was a total dog, and athlon was kicking butt.
intel had two choices – something amazing, or death.
intel was lucky in that pentium m (tualatin ii + quad pumped fsb + sse) was floating around.
in about a year intel managed to widen the execution path from 3 to 4 wide front to back, add single step sse, bulk up the fpu massively and solve cache coherency issues to allow for shared l2 (something amd has yet to solve i might add) – this is, franky, a stunning speed to get that much design, validation, and process work done.
as winston churchill put it, "nothing is more invigorating that being shot at… and missed…"
intel has been, and still is, the 800 lb gorilla.
amd was very smart, very clever, and when intel fell on it's own sword amd was fast enough to steal enough of the gorilla's bananas to get the gorilla really really mad.
now the gorilla is mad, and amd is staring down the barrel of a none too happy ending… so amd will inovate and adapt, or they will die.
welcome to capitalism.
8 months ago the fastest cpu you could buy was an fx-62 that cost $1000+.
today you can by an e6600 that is faster, overclocks better, uses less power, and has a better upgrage path for 70% less money – now that is what i call progress!
next year at this time, i hope k8l (or whatever) is faster than a qx6700, and costs $300 too…
|goatguy: note about amd fusion and the server (12:09am est wed jan 03 2007)
i assume (ahem) that amd/ati will be intelligent enough to make the planned extensions to cpu architecture useful for more than just maths, capable of performing a large number of linear/matrix structured operations in parallel (without the usual branch prediction mechanisms in place). whether the data is for some esoteric scientific calculation, game 3d rendering or database manipulation should be immaterial. – by davethejackal
|rants (1:35am est wed jan 03 2007)
ahhh, the ever ragging battle of two chip behemoths. around them stand the hordes muttering and stomping their feet as if possessed, eagerly awaiting the moment when one of the contestants in the battle they crave is struck with a mortal wound.
who will win, who will break the others defenses and cut their adversary to the heart thus sending the throngs into a frenzy? who shall emerge as champion of the people, of the earth!!!
who the hell knows honestly.
unfortunately for the seething throngs, the slobbering beasts who wail impetuously at the spectacle before them, it really isn't much of a spectacle at all.
in fact its more of a chess match really. i sense a lot of strategy on amd's part. they had 65nm and they didn't tell anyone. they haven't rushed out a "me too" new core to counter intel, which perhaps they could have done. instead they've apparently gone back to the drawing board and are planning to lay waste to intel.
thats my prediction for 2007, amd lays waste to intel. truth be told!
– by mayaman
|amd vs intel (8:04am est wed jan 03 2007)
personally i don't want amd to lay waste to intel or vice versa. i'd much prefer them to have pretty much equal market share (say 30-40% each) with 3rd, 4th, 5th… etc place vendors snapping at their heels, keeping them on their toes. – by davethejackal
|rahul sood not hexus (3:01pm est wed jan 03 2007)
"today seems like a good day to talk about predictions for 2007. voodoopc's rahul sood shares what he thinks will happen over the next 12 months."
give credit where credit is due. – by trico
|amd vs intel (davethejackal) (3:08pm est wed jan 03 2007)
don't worry – amd will hit ~30 to 35% market share next year, before they begin slip back again. lol – by supportgoodcpu
|can't wait to see the earnings numbers (5:42pm est wed jan 03 2007)
at which point i'm sure all amd fanboys bravado will turn into more lame excuses and essoteric gibberish about their "vision"… – by ee92
|lol…….. (1:39am est thu jan 04 2007)
let's see what analysts are saying about amd vs intel as of this moment:
also in 2007, the fight for market share between intel and rival advanced micro devices (amd) will remain as nasty as ever. intel, it seems, will look to holds its own against an increasingly aggressive amd. in a dec. 6 research note detailing a survey of the pcs and servers built by hewlett-packard (hpq) and dell (dell), analyst chris danely of jpmorgan observed that intel's share of this business is shrinking. "we estimate intel's average share of the pcs fell from 81% in august to 76% in december, driven by share loss at dell. dell notebooks with amd processors rose from 0% in august to 11% in december, and dell desktops using amd processors rose from 0% in august to 21% in december," danely wrote. the situation with server computers is similar, he reported.
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now it looks like the chimp continues to steal the bananas from the 800 pound gorilla, and the gorilla doesn't know how to stop it….
now this is my favorite part:
"in a dec. 6 research note detailing a survey of the pcs and servers built by hewlett-packard (hpq) and dell (dell), analyst chris danely of jpmorgan observed that intel's share of this business is shrinking. "we estimate intel's average share of the pcs fell from 81% in august to 76% in december, driven by share loss at dell."
it's interesting to know how some "experts" in this forum continue to predict doom for a company that every second is gaining market share and is giving intel the biggest run for its money ever, and…and this is a big and,with an almost four year old technology…i can only wonder what is gonna happen when barcelona arrive, what is intel gonna do?….
now the irony here is that some of the people predicting doom for amd, have seen chimpzilla year after year steal the bananas from the big gorilla,and they refused to accept what their eyes are reporting to them: "meaning intel market share loss". this people would argue how core 2 owns a64, how intel is always a year ahead in their processess and so and so….and i have to ask: so what? did all those things stopped amd from taking the market share? are those things stopping amd now from taking still more market share?
– by arhat45
|arhat45 (4:19pm est thu jan 04 2007)
i never say intel win in this game yet, indeed, i keep on saying (see all my post in here)amd is continue to gain market share with the expense of intel. i even predict amd will continue to gain market share to 30-35 % this year.
the sad thing is that intel sales person still keep on asking the "not too smart" question – why we are still losing market share to amd although no doubt we have a better product ?
the reasons are simple (and i know it is hard for intel fan boy to swallow)
– for "normal" consumer (and i repeat again – normal consumer and not chip geek), there is no different in the performance between amd and intel based pc for "genaral" application such as email, surf net and etc..this is similar as normal people don't mind to get gas from either shell or essoas far as the price is ok.
amd is no longer an inferior or 2nd class product to intel as it was a few years ago- intel can only blame itself as they are the one who gave amd an opportunity to sneak from the back door during p4 era.
morever, cpu become more and more like dram, you can't tell the real different from the one made from samsung, hynix or some taiwanese company.
the turning point will be if there is a killer application that make the normal customer observed a clear performanec different between intel and amd based pc, then you begin to see the change in the trend. sadly is that we can't see any of such application in the near future, but who know, may be vista and office 07 will be the one ?
another thing is that amd may also make some silly mistake or judgement in future- may be gpu thing ? and this definitely will hurt them and bring down the market share
but regarding the earning- both company are loser, revenue from intel will go down due to the loss of market share, amd won't earn much due to the price war with intel, indeed, i personally think amd don't really care in making money (as far as they can break evan), they are more concern to steal market share from intel and sabotage intel due to the "historical hated" toward intel. but this action may piss off intel and cause intel to move to the last resort – drop the price to the level that amd can't compete anymore (amd still can't make the product as cheap as intel due to their manufacturing capability)- gorilla may rather throw away all the bananas to the river so that chimpzilla can't steal any more from him, and obviously gorilla can survive longer due to the big stomach ! ..but this will hurt both company-beauty of competition, right !
– by supportgoodcpu


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One stands on golf's biggest stage, taking aim at the sport's fourth major, while the other is a press conference away from standing on top of the world.
Stephen Ames and Owen Hargreaves -- two Calgary athletes whose rise to prominence has sparked debate over which local's accomplishments are more impressive: The 42-year-old Trinidad native, who has won two PGA tour events despite living in wintery climes, or the mop-topped 25-year-old, who became one of England's top soccer players despite spending his first 16 years on Calgary's frozen fields.
With all due respect to Ames' 13th-ranked earnings this year ($2.3 million), the debate will be laid to rest when Hargreaves signs with Manchester United -- the New York Yankees of soccer.
Reports yesterday indicated the English super club is on the brink of getting its man, as it almost always does.
Officials from Manchester United and Bayern Munich are scheduled to meet Sunday to determine the structure of the transfer fee, reported to be 17 million pounds ($36 million Cdn), but sources say the deal is imminent and Hargreaves has already approved the terms of a new five-year contract.
The signing is expected to be made official within days.
The simple notion Man U manager Sir Alex Ferguson had summoned the midfielder, who attended Lord Beaverbrook high school, puts him in an echelon no Canadian soccer player has dared dream.
Ferguson is banking on Hargreaves and Michael Carrick, recently signed from Tottenham Hotspur, to transform the team's midfield.
Tottenham and Arsenal also were apparently keen on the Calgary kid, which made the timing right for Hargreaves to demand a move from the German club that brought him overseas to mould his skills.
"They don't want him to leave," Hargreaves' agent Roman Grill said of Bayern Munich, "but on the other hand, the player wants to talk. He wants to tell the club how he sees his future."
And his future is undoubtedly in Manchester.
While the quiet Calgarian had entered the recent World Cup appreciated solely by his British-born father and English coach Sven-Goran Eriksson, he emerged from the Three Lions' quarter-final loss one of the brightest lights on the Isle.
Named man of the match and the only player to score in England's tourney-ending penalty shootout against Portugal, Hargreaves has since been voted the team's top player at the 32-team spectacle.
Touted as the future of English international soccer by incoming coach Steve McClaren, Hargreaves responded by being man of the match again Wednesday in a friendly against Greece, starting as a defensive midfielder and controlling the game in a 4-0 win.
And now he fulfills a dream by heading to Man U.
It doesn't get any bigger.
Suffice it to say, if Man U wants you to wear its strip, you have arrived.
Factor in Hargreaves' age, almost three dozen international caps, a Champions League title and four Bundesliga titles and it's clear he's now amongst the very elite the world's most popular game has to offer.
Perhaps what's most impressive about Hargreaves is the former European under-21 player of the year has made his way to the hearts of British fans and officials with little more than skill and heart.
He's the only man ever to play for England without having played or been born there, meaning he had no political backing whatsoever.
The only way Ames could come close to approaching Hargreaves' accomplishments would be by winning a major or two, like this weekend's PGA Championship.
Otherwise, Hargreaves is on his way to becoming the greatest pro athlete Calgary has ever produced.
Eat your Hart out, Bret.

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A PERHAM PREMIERE FOR NEW SPORTS DOCUMENTARY: Gabbard excited by debut of 'For Three'
PERHAM - While the rest of the world obsesses over Harry Potter, folks here care about another teenage boy on the big screen.
Zach Gabbard doesn't use a magic wand to defeat villains or anything like that. No. His story -- in many minds -- is far greater than that of a teenage wizard.
Gabbard's story is real.
"I am very excited," Gabbard said. "I am super excited."
He had reason to be excited. Thursday was the debut of "For Three," a movie about the Perham boys basketball team's state title-winning season last spring following Gabbard's collapse at a game earlier that season.
Gabbard collapsed in a January game against Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton after suffering a cardiac arrest. While Gabbard recovered in a Twin Cities hospital, his teammates went on to win the first state basketball title in school history.
"To think about what happened to him and think about where he's at now is amazing," said guard Jordan Cresap, who replaced Gabbard in the starting lineup. "It really is something you'd see in a movie."
The anticipation surrounding the movie, which was produced by Perham assistant coach Brent Hanson, made its way through town.
On Facebook, people were talking about watching "For Three." Across the street at a local diner, it was a conversation topic for others.
Inside the Comet Theatre were autographed portraits of showbiz legends such as Sammy Davis Jr. Outside the building on the marquee was a sign touting the new Harry Potter movie, which was playing at midnight.
But on this night, the Rat Pack or a wizard played second fiddle to the local kids that did good.
"This is the first opportunity we've had for something like this," said Jo Waschle, a Comet Theatre co-owner since 1972.
"It doesn't surprise me one bit about this community to see them come out and support this benefit."
The movie is also being used as a dual fundraiser for the Perham basketball team and to help pay Gabbard's medical expenses.
As for Gabbard, he was like anyone waiting to watch a movie. He goofed off with his friends, ate popcorn and had his soda in hand.
Gabbard said he was looking forward to the movie because it would give him a chance to see how the season went given how much time he missed.
Gabbard said that his daily rehab is going well. As for when he would return to basketball, that's still up in the air.
"Right now, I don't know," Gabbard said.
Jordan Hein, who plays on the basketball team, said every player on the team was happy to have Gabbard at the film and they were excited to see how it turned out.
Hein said sharing the movie experience with his teammates is something he'll cherish for a while.
How can he not? It might be the greatest story ever told in Perham.
"It's a miracle to see him walking and communicating with everyone," Hein said. "He likes it, he likes all the attention. We're all cool with it."
Well, everyone except for Mr. Potter that is.


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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei, May 16 (UPI) -- Communications equipment manufacturer Harris Corp. received a $40 million order for Falcon tactical radios from the Brunei armed forces.
Several different models from the Falcon III series will be provided and form part of a broader tactical communications system, a statement from Harris said.
The radios provide high-performance, line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight voice and data communications, including wideband networking.
The order, which includes logistical and field support, was received in the third quarter of Harris's 2013 fiscal year, the statement said.
"Harris radio systems will establish a secure communications backbone for the Royal Brunei Armed Forces and its modernization program," Brendan O'Connell, president of international business at Harris RF Communications, said.
"These tactical systems will enhance situational awareness and speed decision-making."
Brunei, with a population of just more than 400,000, is on the north coast of the island of Borneo and has a coastline on the South China Sea.
The sultanate occupies around 1 percent of the island and is surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak. It also is separated into two parts by the Sarawak district of Limbang.
Indonesia occupies almost 75 percent of Borneo, to the south of the Malaysian state.
Other recent Asian orders for Harris's Falcon III radios include a $29 million deal from an undisclosed country for its wideband manpack version, announced in early April.
"The nation is acquiring the company's new RF-7800H high-frequency wideband manpack and RF-7800W high-capacity line-of-sight radios," a statement from Harris RF Communications said.
Harris said the RF-7800H is the world's first HF radio with high-speed wideband data capabilities that allows users to efficiently transmit large data files such as images over very long range beyond-line-of-sight links.
The RF-7800H also is 20 percent smaller and lighter, Harris said.
Harris also received a $23 million order from Australia for software upgrades, the company's fiscal 2013 third quarter results statement said.
Harris Corp., which has headquarters Melbourne, Fla., also reported group revenue in the third quarter of fiscal 2013 of $1.2 billion compared with $1.37 billion for the same period 2012.
Revenue in the third quarter for Harris RF Communications division, which makes the Falcon III, was $418 million compared with $538 million in the previous year. Sales of tactical communications were $276 million, a 31 percent drop, and sales of public safety radio equipment totaled $142 million, increasing 2 percent.
Harris operates in more than 125 countries employing about 15,000 people and has annual revenue of around $5.5 billion.


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Either Detroit-based R&B performer Dwele likes to rely on old standbys -- or he's just one lazy bastard. Subject -- his major-label "debut" album -- is actually a revamped version of his original debut, the self-produced, self-distributed 1998 release, Rize. Just as Evil Dead 2 was really director Sam Raimi's attempt to retweak his original, Subject finds the former MC-turned neo-soul neophyte revisiting his most memorable tunes from Rize and throwing in some new stuff.
Having the older stuff re-sequenced and spread out robs Subject of the erotic, stream-of-consciousness flow of Rize, but still, the Rize songs never lose their enticing impact. "Truth," has a bountiful, bass-heightened rhythm that makes you forget that Dwele is singing about breaking up with a woman because their relationship is built on lies. "Lady At Mahogany" finds Dwele the studly hero waxing humorously regretful over a night on the town, one in which he finds his attempt to pick up a boho poet at a cafe cockblocked by a former conquest. ("Why is it that my ex-girl's all up in my grill? / Must be the new Colgate.") But "Kick Out Of You" is the sickest track on the album, an addictive, jazz-heavy excursion into pure mellowness highlighted by Dwele's dulcet, coy vocals. If this track ever becomes a single, it's a surefire babymaker classic.
The new stuff, on the other hand, feels too polished, as though Dwele felt obligated to use all the fancy toys a big budget can bring. While the Rize tracks sound like Hennessy-fueled, jazz-club jam sessions, the Subject tracks are nothing better (or worse) than familiar, MOR adult soul. They are neither mainstream nor underground, which isn't to say they're all lame. "Hold On" has a flourishing finesse, and the party furniture-mover "Sho Ya Right" subtly reveals Dwele's musical mission: "Just know that you've got to move to / This neo-house and soul." The title track displays the poetic flair of the Rize tracks, as he longs for a muse with all the features -- "Your bellybutton, abs, your thighs, your lips " -- he needs in order to be a proper soul artist. So all's not lost on our boy after all, even if he's wallowing in the joys of a big production budget.
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Sure, you could call Dwele another D'Angelo rip-off, just as many of you said the same of Remy Shand last year and Bilal the year before. But if you're looking for a quick neo-soul fix to tide you over until D'Angelo finally releases another album -- which will probably be in the coming, um, decade -- you won't go wrong copping this.


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Learn and do!
Describe myself?
I don't like to watch the trailers of the movies because when I see it I want to be surprised.
So, same logic applied to myself, better to get to know me.
Even harder than describing yourself, it is describing my way of thinking and acting.
Besides, I keep always changing my mind, so there we go... constant movement!
Still life is nice in drawings but movement is healthier!
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I joined CS a couple of years ago.
At the beginning I was not that active, I couldn't (and still can not) host people at home... but the past year I have more like an outdoor host, I hike the HK ¨mountains¨, attend some of the weekly meetings and I have organized some events.
Nice sharing experience.
So far it has been great! I must say that every time I have enjoyed it a lot :)))
Right now I can not offer a couch, but if you come around Hong Kong we could go out to the city, coffee, hike, beer, dinner...
Films, Literature, Photography and Linguistics.
Music, Movies, and Books
Last book I read: Red Dust, Ma Jian.
Book reading: Nothing to envy.
Last movie: Somewhere I have never traveled.
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Incredible nice things are out there to be seen everyday!
Teach, Learn, Share
Well, I am a language teacher during the day and although I really enjoy it I would like to share something different during my free time.
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VW L1 concept news - Frankfurt show: VW L1 concept - 2009
This is the L1 Concept, VW's streamlined vision of
the future. It's an 800cc diesel-electric hybrid made from half a Golf
Bluemotion engine, wrapped in aluminium and carbon fibre. The electric motor
fires up to help the diesel under acceleration, shoving an extra 40 per cent
torque to the wheels.
The whole thing weights just 380kg (that's without any fatties on board) and is
just over a metre high - that's about the same as a Murcielago.
Its centreline seating layout puts passenger behind driver, presumably so the
person driving can massage his mate's knees as they straddle his torso. It also
makes the car thin like a bullet, so there's less drag. That means it can hit
an incredible 189mpg and go 416 miles on just ten litres of diesel.
Our spy on the ground at Geneva just had a sneaky word with a VW source, who
suggested that the car is, essentially, ready to go. So perhaps we can expect
to see one on the road in the next couple of years.
Kind of reminds us of that weird Carver thing. OK, so the VW doesn't tilt, but we'd like to see Jeremy squeeze himself into one…
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trafd is a superset of trafshow, and extends it by adding a daemon
which collects data about network connections (src, dst, protocol
and length). The resulting data can be dumped to a file for later
Read /usr/local/share/doc/trafd/README after installation for more
To use trafd, your kernel must be rebuilt with the following line
added to your kernel config file (/sys/i386/conf/<YourMachine>):
pseudo-device bpfilter 4 # Berkeley packet filter
The number after bpfilter is the number of interfaces that can be
examined simultaneously. See section 6.1 of the Handbook for details.
On FreeBSD 4.0 or later versions, use the following line instead:
pseudo-device bpf 4 # Berkeley packet filter
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Approved and reviewed by: marcus
Say hello to the new "net-mgmt" category. There are probably more
ports that belong here than the ones I have identified and moved in
this, first, pass.
Approved in principle by: marcus
Whoops. Add the rcNG script itself.
Add an rcNG script to this port, allowing trafd to be invoked more easily
during the boot process.
Sponsored by: The Paper Street Soap Company
I'll take ownership of this port if no-one minds as I plan to do some
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Prince O3 Speedport
This racket is all about effortless power and control. Its lightweight aerodynamic design and cushion grip handle help players with moderate to full strokes hit their best shots. We've used the Silver and Blue O3 Speedports and can say that the Red is far easier for the moderate speed strokes most of us swing.
- Power Level: 1100
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High Blood Pressure: Checking Your Blood Pressure at Home
What is an Actionset?
Blood pressure is a measure of how hard the blood pushes against the walls of your arteries as it moves through your body. It's normal for blood pressure to go up and down throughout the day, but if it stays up, you have high blood pressure.
Blood pressure is recorded as two measurements:
Blood pressures are measured in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg). Systolic pressure, the higher of the two readings, is measured first. Diastolic pressure is the lower reading. For example, if your systolic pressure is 120 mm Hg and your diastolic pressure is 80 mm Hg, your blood pressure is recorded as 120/80, or "120 over 80."
Test Your Knowledge
Many people who have high blood pressure don't know it, because it usually has no symptoms.
When you take your own blood pressure, you can do it at different times and in different places, such as at home, at work, and when you travel. You can partner with your doctor to:
Some people have a big rise in blood pressure only when they are in a doctor's office. This is called "white-coat hypertension." It might be caused by worry about the doctor visit. By checking blood pressure at home, these people can often find out whether their blood pressure readings generally are lower when they are not in the doctor's office.
Test Your Knowledge
If I take my blood pressure at home, I can help my doctor find out if I have high blood pressure. And I can keep track of how well lifestyle changes and medicine are working to lower my blood pressure.
Blood pressure monitors
There are two types of blood pressure monitors:
Buying and maintaining a monitor
When you first get a blood pressure device, check its accuracy. Do this by comparing its readings with those you get at the doctor's office. Ask your doctor or nurse to watch you use your device to make sure that you are doing it right and that it works right. It's a good idea to have your device checked every year at the doctor's office.
The size of the blood pressure cuff and where you place it can greatly affect how accurate your device is. If the cuff is too small or too large, the results won't be right. You may have to measure your arm and choose a monitor that comes in the right size.
A monitor that measures blood pressure in your arm is recommended for most people. Blood pressure monitors used on the wrist aren't as reliable as those that use arm cuffs. Wrist monitors should be used only by people who can't use arm cuffs for physical reasons. And devices that use finger monitors aren't recommended at all.2
Check your blood pressure cuff often. Make sure all of the parts of your monitor are in good condition. Even a small hole or crack in the tubing can lead to inaccurate results.
Getting ready
Before you take your blood pressure:
Remember that blood pressure readings vary throughout the day. They usually are highest in the morning after you wake up and move around. They decrease throughout the day and are lowest in the evening.
When you first start taking your blood pressure at home, always take your blood pressure 3 times. Wait 1 to 2 minutes between recordings to let the blood flow back into your arm. After you get better at doing it, you probably will need to do it only once or twice each time.
Using an automatic blood pressure monitor
Using a manual blood pressure monitor
If you're not familiar with using a stethoscope, you may want to get help from someone who is. The accuracy of a blood pressure recording depends on putting the stethoscope in just the right place.
Keep a blood pressure diary
Keep a blood pressure diary. Your records may help explain changes in your blood pressure readings and help your doctor make sure you get the right treatment.
Everyone's blood pressure changes from day to day and even from minute to minute sometimes. Blood pressure tends to be higher in the morning and lower at night. Stress, smoking, eating, exercise, cold, pain, noise, medicines, and even talking can affect it.
Record your blood pressure numbers with the date and time. You might use a home blood pressure log(What is a PDF document?) or a spreadsheet on your computer. Your monitor might have a feature that will record your numbers for you. Some monitors can transfer this information to your computer.
Also record your daily activities, such as the time you take medicine or if you feel upset or feel stressed.
Test Your Knowledge
The size and position of the blood pressure cuff can affect the reading. I should check my blood pressure while I am seated in a comfortable position.
Talk with your doctor
If you have questions about this information, print it out and take it with you when you visit your doctor. You may want to use a highlighter to mark areas or make notes in the margins of the pages where you have questions.
If you would like more information on taking your blood pressure, see the topic Home Blood Pressure Test.
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Why me to the moon
Red White and Pink
Mr. Pink
Six Degrees
The Immaculates
The Immaculates
Two local swing records in a month's time: First Johnny Reno puts on his Red Jacket and plays lounge lizard, and now Mr. Pink's sipping martinis while Frank and Dean do their ring-a-ding-ding at the Sands on Lower Greenville. And yeah, it all smells a bit behind the times--40 years or four years, depending upon your generosity. In a simpler world, both Reno's and Mr. Pink's sharkskin fantasies would be easy enough to dismiss, to put in the same sell-back pile as anything by Royal Crown Revue or Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. It all hints at the unspoken, deep dark truth that it's easier to cash out than keep rolling the dice. Just ask Brian Setzer, who was a VH1 special away from total obscurity before he raided Louis Prima's coffin. Swing has swung, baby; time to break new ground. Disco, anyone?
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But it ain't that simple, at least not when Reno's long on chops and Mr. Pink boasts a hellfire guitarist and songwriter in Bill Longhorse--and why the hell doesn't he sing while he's at it? Oh yeah, because this isn't his band, not really. Mr. Pink is, for better or worse, defined by singer Jefferson Stewart, who no doubt dreams of Dean when he sleeps but sounds like Mel T. when he's wide awake. So Longhorse is left writing the songs (three this go-round, plus one co-write with Stewart) and playing guitar in the shadows, reduced to sideman after years of being the indefatigable frontman with Rumble and Sixty-Six.
Longhorse's deep and ominous "Babylonian Babe" is by far the best original on a record dotted with standard retreads ("Luck Be a Lady" and "Sing! Sing! Sing!" among them) and obscure nuggets (including a muted version of Link Wray's "Marianne"). Only Stewart doesn't sing the tune; he smarms it--dude's all Brylcreem smirks and Sinatra (Jr.) sincerity. Fact is, it would be far more interesting to hear Longhorse's gutter growl fronting a swing band than one more guy who'd give anything to be Joey Bishop, much less the Chairman. Hate to hear one of this town's most valuable players reduced to an echo.
At least Longhorse has his side projects to keep him busy: The four-song EP from the Immaculates--featuring ex-Daisy drummer Bryan Wakeland, bassist Greg Prickett (also of Mr. Pink), and singer Anna Brownsted--is loooooong on vibe, loaded up with wah-wah distortion and sinister deadpan vocals about something or other. It sort of recalls rubberbullet (which Longhorse played with till the bitter end) on a bar-band Portishead trip, and four done-on-the-cheap songs aren't enough to make you love or hate the band either way. It only makes you want to hear more, which just has to be a good thing. And no Sinatra songs--bonus.
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Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini has denied suggestions he spat at Sergio Aguero in the Manchester derby.
Sky Sports pundit Matt Le Tissier believes Manchester United striker Robin van Persie is a player in decline.
After watching Manchester United's defeat to rivals Manchester City, the Super Sunday panel feel that they have big problems at the back.
Louis van Gaal has defended Marouane Fellaini against suggestions he may have spat at Sergio Aguero.
Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has confirmed Marcos Rojo suffered a dislocated shoulder in the defeat to Man City.
Graeme Souness told Sky Sports Manchester City are underperforming and not playing like a 'big team'.
Encouraging signs for Louis van Gaal undermined by defensive ill-discipline, writes Adam Bate.
Former Manchester City player Paul Lake takes a trip back to Maine Road to reminisce over his memories of playing in one of the country's fiercest derbies.
Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal insists he has no reason to be jealous of City's squad ahead of Sunday's derby.
Manuel Pellegrini has denied feeling the pressure from recent bad results as City prepare for Sunday's Manchester derby.
Louis van Gaal has called Sunday's Manchester derby the biggest of his career. Wayne Rooney is back for United after his three-match ban but Radamel Falcao is still unavailable.
Louis van Gaal has confirmed Wayne Rooney will play and will captain Manchester United in Sunday's derby against City.
Manuel Pellegrini has revealed that Manchester City's David Silva will be out for three to four weeks following a clash with Ryan Taylor in the defeat to Newcastle.
David Silva will miss this weekend's Manchester derby after being ruled out for three to four weeks through injury.
Former Manchester City midfielder Elano admits he would relish a return to the Premier League this winter.
Jamie Redknapp joins Ed Draper to preview Manchester City's game with Manchester United.
Joe Hart insists he is not feeling the pressure as excitement builds in Manchester ahead of Sunday's derby.
Another chance to see Manchester United's victory over Manchester City at Maine Road from April 1996, with Ryan Giggs providing a last minute winner.
Joe Hart insists Manchester City will recover from their dip in form, if they trust in manager Manuel Pellegrini. The Champions haven't won any of their last 3 games and up next, it's the Manchester derby on Sunday.


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Some famous people who overcame failure:
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln is widely considered one of America's greatest presidents. He oversaw a bitter civil war, where he strove to maintain the union and end slavery.
Yet, Lincoln failed many times before he succeeded. At every step of the life he had to overcome great difficulties.
Winston Churchill
Many may be surprised to know how many times Winston Churchill failed. During the First World War, he was in charge of the disastrous Dardanelles campaign which resulted in his resignation.
As Chancellor he presided over the disastrous economic policy of keeping Britain in the gold Standard which led to deflation and high unemployment. For much of the 1930s, Churchill was a loner in British politics, languishing on the back benches, he spoke frequently about the need to rearm and combat the growing Nazi menace, but the prospect of ever returning to government looked slim until the crisis of 1940, when he made a remarkable comeback to lead Great Britain in war.
Benjamin Franklin


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Hush and OneThirty3 Projects' installationDecember 11th, 2011 | By Caroline Caldwell | No Comments »
Earlier this month, Hush and OneThirty3 Projects held an installation at Hush's OneThirty3 space in Newcastle, UK. The show featured a new installation by Hush and the works of photographers and film makers documenting previous installations in the space by artists such as Titifreak, Paul Insect, Sickboy, Herakut and Gaia.
Photos courtesy of Hush and OneThirty3
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"Enhancing Environmental Quality through Property Rights and Markets"
Co-Sponsored with Liberty Fund, Inc.
June 12 - 17, 2017
Bozeman, Montana
As a college student, you have immeasurable power to make a difference in preserving our natural resources. News and advertisements, for the most part, paint a dismal picture of the sustainable future of the environment and our natural resources. Aren't there laws and policies in place that guarantee the sustainability of wildlife, water, trees, and other resources? If this approach isn't working, what will?
PERC is pleased to announce a co-sponsored program with Liberty Fund, Inc. for distinguished undergraduate and graduate students. PERC will provide a full scholarship to cover tuition, meals, lodging, and a stipend of $500 for each student's travel expenses. The colloquium is limited to 24 students and the application process is competitive.
The program is designed to introduce students to a property rights and market approach to environmental issues. An understanding of these approaches will be invaluable to anyone who cares about the environment; particularly those who will choose career paths that include environmental law, environmental sciences, public policy, economics, and teaching.
A theoretical framework about liberty and markets will be presented. Experts in the field will then demonstrate applications. Click here to read the faculty bios.
This colloquium begins with an opening dinner on Tuesday evening and concludes with a closing dinner Saturday evening. The daily schedule consists of two sessions each morning and two sessions each afternoon. The colloquium is a combination of lectures and Socratic style discussions of assigned readings of about 300 pages that address specific themes. Click here to view the preliminary agenda.
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Embracing SLR Cameras
by Tom Munro, CEO
With the holidays just around the corner, many of us will be eager to capture special moments by taking photos of friends and family. And with the popularity of SLR cameras on the rise, I thought I would provide a few tips to help you get started. Even though most SLRs feature preset shooting modes, transitioning from a point-and-shoot can still be quite overwhelming. Despite this learning curve, the results can be very rewarding, so just take it slow and be patient. You will love the pictures you can take!
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A "screen defense" was a starfighter combat tactic used by various fleets and squadrons to defend friendly assets during space battles by having the starfighters stay close to the capital ship and only firing on enemy ships that got too close, effectively forming a defensive screen around the capital ship, or parts of it.
The Battle of CoruscantEdit
During the Clone Wars, the Trade Federation used vast numbers of Vulture-class droid starfighters to engage Republic starfighters that drew too near to CIS capital ships.[1]
The Thrawn CrisisEdit
During the Thrawn Crisis, New Republic Commander Wedge Antilles of Rogue Squadron devised a screen formation tactic allowing a minimum of fighters to protect a lightly defended spaceship. Forming an intricate "sphere" around the defended ship, the starfighters would regularly swap positions within the screen, forming a weaving pattern that made targeting any one vessel difficult.
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Magee aiming for a hat-trick in Kessler showdown
Brian Magee has sealed a massive showdown with Mikkel Kessler for the vacant WBA World super-middleweight title.
Lisburn man Magee, the holder of the interim belt, will receive one of his biggest pay-days when he travels to Denmark to take on former WBA and WBC champion Kessler who landed the WBC light-heavyweight title in his last fight, stopping Allan Green in May in four rounds.
But Kessler has always been a natural super-middle and for the best part of a decade the 33-year-old Dane has been seen as one of the premier fighters in the 12st division — losing narrowly to Joe Calzaghe in 2008, while in 2010 he landed the WBC belt with a points win over Carl Froch — the current IBF champion.
With a record of 45 wins and only two defeats, Kessler will start favourite against Magee, particularly as the fight — expected to take place late November or early December — will be held in Denmark, most likely Copenhagen before a crowd of around 12,000.
But 37-year-old Magee — enjoying by far the best period of his career — is relishing the opportunity to make it a hat-trick of victories over top Danish fighters, having previously stopped Rudy Markussen and Mads Larsen.
Magee said: "I am ready for the hat-trick of KOs.
"I've stopped Larsen, I've stopped Markussen and now it´s Kessler's turn. He's a great fighter, no doubt about that, but I have the tools to break him.
"He ran from a fight earlier in the year after he was ringside and witness to the destruction of Markussen but now I have him and he will go the same way.
"I have already commenced early training and I am working on a fight plan with my coach Bernardo Checa.
"Denmark has been good to me and I am happy to be going back."
Manager Pat Magee has once again pulled off another money-spinning coup for his fighter and he doesn't expect it to end when the Lisburn man clashes with Kessler.
He said: "This is a great fight for Brian, it's a fight that we have wanted for some time and the negotiations have been tough. Kelly Pavlik's people also wanted the fight and we were prepared to go to America but Kessler's people came in with a very good firm offer and it makes sense for Brian.
"It's going to be pay-per-view in Denmark, there's going to be UK and Ireland coverage, it's a huge fight for Brian and a win over Kessler leads to more big fights — who knows, maybe a re-match with Carl Froch.
"It would have been nice to have had the fight in Belfast we know that there simply isn't the money here to make these kind of fights and it's not a problem for Brian to travel to Denmark again. I've no doubt he'll do it."
Kessler's promoter Kalle Sauerland believes Magee can expect a hot reception when he arrives in Denmark, where Kessler is a big celebrity.
"This will be a massive event, I believe the whole country will get behind Mikkel," said Sauerland said.
"He can become world champion for a record fourth time and restore the Danish boxing pride by avenging the bitter KOs of Rudy Markussen and Mads Larsen. It's taken a while but now all is signed and sealed.
"Magee will feel the wrath of the Viking Warrior. It's a question of honour."
Former champion Kessler added: "I look forward to fighting Magee. He's a good boxer with a lot of heart. It takes something to come to Denmark and knock out both Mads and Rudy.
"But his winning streak will end when we meet. I am very keen to be world champion again and Magee cannot prevent this from happening.
"It will be interesting as I think it will be a little like a national team match, I am a proud Dane and this guy will take a beating for having knocked out my countrymen."
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Chapter dedicated to Britt for everything she's been through. I love you girl!!!
Youd think Id have learned my lesson by now. After all, I was the smartest witch of my grade, even if that was just last year. Youd think, naturally, that I would have carried over my common sense with me into the real world. But apparently, something happened in between all of that. Yes, thank you, I know we did defeat Lord Voldemort. But that was two years ago they made everyone repeat that year. Talk about aggravating to be turning 18 and still in 7th year. And 1st year was TWICE the size, and will be for a while. But thats not what is important in my ramblings at the moment. The important factor I am trying to get across I went stupid. Beyond stupid, I entered insanity.
So should I be telling you what happened? I suppose Im completely new to this sort of thing. But with everything that happened, Id really rather not have to tell anyone in person. As it is right now, Im in hiding till everything blows over somewhat. Ginny knows where I am and what Im doing, so shell hold Harry and Ronald at bay. But Ive got to let the rest of the wizarding world get used to everything. I mean, Im only getting married. But apparently, I choose the wrong guy. But that doesnt explain why I entered insanity no, that wont explain any of it at all. Until I tell you the name of the guy.
But I really had a good reason to fall in love with him. Even if everyone else refuses to see it, there was an excellent reason behind it all. Hes amazing. He can keep up with me in conversations, actually dares to argue with me, and wont let me always have my way. Sure, at the time it is quite aggravating. But in the end, I love it. I love him. I love the way he smiles when Im doing something wrong and refuse to admit it. I love the way he runs his fingers through my hair when were alone. I love the way he rubs my hand when were surrounded by people and we cant do much more weve already freaked them out enough. I love the way his voice raises when hes angry. I love the past weve had. It isnt perfect and thats what I love so much. Not like if Id ended up with Ronald. We would never have any bad memories, truly bad memories, to reflect upon and laugh on in the future but with him we have oh so many its funny.
I suppose Im really not doing what I promised to do though tell you who it is. I suppose Ill do a little recap before I tell you. Back to that day we met after school, about two months after graduation actually. I was preparing for my long sketch of limited life as I trained to be an auror. So, out on the town I was. And of course, you should know that out on the town for me meant a long day in a bookstore or library. In this case, it was in a muggle library of all things. At the time, I couldnt fathom why he of all people would be there. But he was there nonetheless.
So there I was, finishing a classic, though at the time I forget the name, and was searching for Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice. I remember which book I was looking for, because I had just asked the clerk to help me find it, unsuccessfully. I dont know if he had heard me asking the guy, or it was just chance that he happened to have it in his hand when I bumped into him. But there I was, making my way up and down the long aisles, when I turn a corner, there he is and he thrusts the book into my hands, then turned on his heel and hurried off. He didnt even say a word to me. At the time, I was confused, the image of his face burned into my brain.
His eyes had seemed so real an image I wasnt used to seeing. His blonde hair was as perfect as always, a few pieces of hair hanging in front of his eyes. But the smirk was missing; he seemed to be searching for something, leaving a worried crease across his eyebrows. Ill admit, I didnt think much about it. I went and read the book before heading home. But home alone the thoughts plagued me endlessly. Why was he even in the muggle world? Why did he happen to know exactly what book I wanted? What was the point of it all? I knew it couldnt be for nothing.
After a while, I did forget about it. Till he showed up again. This time I was grocery shopping, I still preferred food the muggle way. And he showed up, helping me place items in my cart. The entire time we were silent. He simply would look over my shoulder at the list, walk off and grab the item before placing it in my cart. Eventually, I just handed him the list and followed him with the basket. It was faster to let him do that. He didnt leave when I went to check out, he reminded me of a lost puppy. He paid for my groceries and began to push my basket to my car. (How did he know which car was mine?) I followed him and helped him place everything in the back; once again, neither of us said a word. But right when he was about to walk off with the basket, I placed my hand on his arm, and forced him to look at me. Then, I asked a question in a quiet voice, my eyes peering intently at him. A question that changed the course of our lives forever.
What are you doing here Draco Malfoy?
Author's Note: So, I saw this banner mrdarcy on the DA made and I fell in love with it. Luckily for me, the banner was UFG. And then BOOM. There goes a story inspiration. I know I said I'd work on my other stories...but when the banner gets up, I promise you guys will see why I fell in love with it. Until then, R&R. Opinions are loved. Love ya guys ^_^
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Big first inning costly for Tomlin, Tribe in loss to Rays
Big first inning costly for Tomlin, Tribe in loss to Rays
The way Tomlin saw things, the damage done by his missteps in the first inning was what sent the Tribe tumbling to a 4-2 loss to the Rays at Tropicana Field. A good starter never blames the hitters for a lack of support, and Tomlin was not going to be the one to break that code among ballplayers.
"Those mistakes that I made early on in the game ended up beating us," Tomlin said.
That was true only in the sense that Tomlin surrendered more runs that the Indians (46-44) could score, sending the club to the loss column for the fifth time in eight games. The real issue, however, was that the Tribe's lineup ran into an unfortunate case of deja vu by falling short again with the bases loaded.
It has been an ugly trend for Cleveland this season. On Monday night, the Indians pulled off a 3-2 win over Tampa Bay, despite coming up empty in a bases-loaded situation with no outs in the fourth inning. As fate would have it, Cleveland was given an identical situation in the same inning on Tuesday night.
The Indians scored a run this time, but that provided only a sliver of solace.
"We just, unfortunately, couldn't do much offensively," Indians manager Manny Acta said. "We just couldn't get that hit to get us over the hump."
Cleveland certainly had its chances.
With Tampa Bay (47-44) holding a 3-0 lead in the fourth, Rays lefty Matt Moore yielded a leadoff single to Asdrubal Cabrera before issuing consecutive walks to Jason Kipnis and Michael Brantley to load the bases. Jose Lopez followed with a sacrifice fly, putting the Indians on the board.
From there, though, Carlos Santana struck out and Shelley Duncan flew out to center field, ending Cleveland's short-lived rally. In the fifth inning, Kipnis came through with an RBI single, but Lopez ended the frame with a flyout to left field -- again with the bags full.
On the season, the Indians are now hitting .195 (16-for-82) with the bases loaded and just .114 (4-for-35) with the bases loaded and two outs. Over the past three games, Cleveland has come up with just three hits in 27 at-bats (.111) overall with runners in scoring position.
"Everybody is going to home plate trying to bring the guys in," Lopez said. "If it doesn't happen, it's part of the game. Every time we get bases loaded no outs, we get a chance to score a lot of runs. For the team, it's not happening right now. We'll keep pushing."
Such offensive struggles tend to magnify other miscues (such as Tomlin's in the first inning), as well as missed calls (Acta felt umpire CB Bucknor made a costly ruling in the sixth).
After reaching on a fielder's choice grounder, Tampa Bay's Desmond Jennings stole second base with two outs. On the play, which was extremely close, Cabrera felt he applied the tag in the nick of time. Bucknor disagreed and called Jennings safe, infuriating the shortstop and forcing Acta from the dugout for a brief argument on the field.
Jose Lobaton followed with an RBI single to right field to put Cleveland behind, 4-2.
"It's unfortunate," Acta said. "It's part of the game, but [Tomlin] got out of the inning. The guy was out at second base. But what are you going to do? You can't blame it on the umpire, but he was out. I just didn't find anything tricky about the play. The throw beat the guy. Clean tag. Out. [Bucknor] didn't see it that way."
Tampa Bay's two-run cushion was enough for the team's bullpen to use to its advantage. Following Moore's five frames, in which he gave up two runs on three hits with five walks, the Tribe's bats were quieted down the stretch. Rays closer Fernando Rodney picked up his 27th save by slamming the door in the ninth.
Tomlin (5-6), meanwhile, absorbed the loss after recovering from a rocky opening frame en route to 5 2/3 admirable innings for the Indians. The Rays went 4-for-19 against the right-hander after coming out of the gates with a 3-for-5 showing in the first.
B.J. Upton led off the first inning with a single and Carlos Pena followed by ripping a 1-1 fastball from Tomlin into the right-field seats for a home run. Late in the inning, Luke Scott yanked a pitch into the corner in right for a run-scoring triple.
That swift three-run deficit proved to be too much for the Indians to overcome.
"It's tough putting the guys in a hole like that," Tomlin said. "It's tough to battle back from that. I've got to do a better job of limiting the damage right there."
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Using stated-preference data to measure the inconvenience cost of spam among Korean E-mail users
E-mail is an efficient communication tool, but at the same time it is an efficient vehicle for Internet pollution in the form of spam—unsolicited, bulk e-mailings. Spam is a global phenomenon, and debate about possible means of controlling it is lively. Spammers impose a negative externality on users. The volume of spam-type e-mail sent is above the social optimum and thus produces dead-weight. To solve the spam problem and evaluate spam-control measures, one needs to measure the disutility experienced by e-mail users who receive spam. The current study employs conjoint analysis of stated-preference data to estimate e-mail users' overall inconvenience cost attributable to spam. The results show the inconvenience cost of spam to be about 3.067 won (US$ 0.0026) per spam message.
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Attack the Messenger: How Politicians Turn You Against the Media
In 1988, Vice President George H.W. Bush successfully evaded Dan Rather's questions about his Iran-Contra affair involvement by going on the attack in a live interview on CBS. Crawford, a TV pundit and Congressional Quarterly columnist, identifies this event as the turning point in the media's relationship to both politicians and the nation. In this impassioned dissection of the rapid devolution of the media's power in today's political environment, he asserts that the public's distrust of the news media has reached at a high point, an issue he considers one of "the most hazardous political challenges now facing Americans." Politicians—liberals and conservatives alike (though Republicans bear the brunt of Crawford's ire)—have deflected criticism and convinced the public to blame the media. Though Crawford makes no startling observations or conclusions, he marshals convincing evidence for his argument, from the decline of PBS's editorial independence to the "televised smack-downs" between reporter Helen Thomas and former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer during the lead-up to the Iraq War. Slim as Crawford's book may be, it does a decent job of pulling together the principal moments of the ongoing struggle between the press and the government. (Oct.)
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TWELVE months ago Sunderland started the new year with a result that was about as good as it gets.
If that particular win over Manchester City will be remembered for all the right reasons, this trip to Anfield in early 2013 is one to forget.
Sunderland fans were subjected to a sorry showing and left wishing they had the attacking prowess of Liverpool's Luis Suarez to watch every week.
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After the morale-boosting Boxing Day victory over champions Manchester City, the Black Cats have ended the festive season with back-to-back defeats following a night to forget in Liverpool.
Sunderland have not had the best of times at Anfield over the years – it will be 30 years in October since they last won in front of the Kop – and this latest trip was not worth remembering either.
Suarez, displaying all the quality that has had many already tip him as a footballer of the year contender, was at his best against a Sunderland defence pretty much at its worst.
The Uruguay international sensationally laid on the first of the night for Raheem Sterling and added a second himself when he left Carlos Cuellar sprawled in a heap.
After half-time Suarez, despite Martin O'Neill's attempts to salvage something, burst through unattended to slot in his 15th Premier League goal this season.
O'Neill has plenty to ponder in this month's transfer window.
There is a desperate need to have pace, but quite where the priority is up for discussion.
Defensively there is a need for reinforcements, but the squad could do with a lift in midfield and up front before the Premier League returns.
It was always going to be a night when the spotlight would be on the heart of the Sunderland defence. In the absence of John O'Shea, who is sidelined again with hamstring trouble, Matt Kilgallon was preferred to Titus Bramble alongside Cuellar.
With Steven Fletcher asked to play on his own up front, the centre-back pairing certainly had enough navy and green shirts back to help out.
Or they should have done.
The danger signs had already been there when Sunderland failed to stop Liverpool switching play twice before creating an opening for themselves; even if the outcome was a high drive from Andre Wisdom when Steven Gerrard laid it off.
Sunderland had their moments going early on, particularly a Kilgallon back post volley from Adam Johnson's cross ten minutes before halftime, but Liverpool were already clear by then.
Sunderland keeper Simon Mignolet had been forced down to thwart a dangerous Stewart Downing free-kick before the breakthrough arrived in the 19th minute.
When Gerrard's header bounced off the chest of Suarez on halfway there was no sign of what was to come.
The South American's speed got him to the ball ahead of Sunderland and he hooked a pass behind the defence.
Kilgallon had been sucked in, full-back Danny Rose out of position, and Sterling was left with Mignolet to beat – and he did so with a deft lob.
After McClean had somehow missed a fantastic chance to level moments later after a neat wall-pass with Fletcher, Liverpool added the crucial second in the 26th minute.
This time Sterling turned provider, with his presence somehow beating Kilgallon in the air and the ball ran kindly for Suarez. The former Ajax man stayed on his feet when he could have won a foul for a shove from Cuellar, darted towards goal and tucked a finish inside Mignolet's near post.
It was already job done for Liverpool, although Sunderland went in to half-time cursing two fantastic chances by James McClean and Kilgallon.
Sunderland had not been outclassed, but the difference was in the final third. Without a player possessing Suarez's quality, O'Neill had conjure up a way in the second half of posing more of a threat.
The Northern Irishman, completely changed the way his team set up for the second half. In replacing Stephane Sessegnon with Fraizer Campbell, he switched to two strikers up front.
But in a bid to create more chances he called for Seb Larsson to move out on the right, switched McClean inside and asked Johnson to head to the left flank. Despite the changes, Sterling should have soon added to the lead.
Unlike his first half finish, however, he lacked the same composure and his chip over Mignolet was rolling wide when it was intercepted.
That third goal did arrive.
There was no sign of any of the defenders tracking Suarez's run seven minutes after the break as he latched on to Gerrard's long pass.
The Liverpool striker's first touch was a chest control and his second was a side-footed underneath Mignolet when the travelling support must have started to fear more goals were to come.
Mignolet somehow tipped over a Gerrard volley from Downing's cross which took a deflection off Johnson, then the Belgian denied Suarez a hat-trick when Joe Allen had picked him out.
This was a night to forget for Sunderland, hopefully the January transfer window won't be.


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NEW YORK, June 4 (UPI) -- NFL officials had the legal right to suspend players involved in what the league called a bounty program, an arbitrator ruled Monday.
Special master Stephen Burbank said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was within his powers when he ordered four players suspended for at least part of the 2012 season.
The players were all members of the New Orleans Saints in 2009-11 when a program offered cash payments for big hits that forced opponents from the game, an NFL investigation found.
New Orleans linebacker Jonathan Vilma was suspended for the entire 2012 season while defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove, now with Green Bay, was benched for eight games; Saints defensive end Will Smith was suspended for four games; and linebacker Scott Fujita, now with Cleveland, for three games.
All have appealed the disciplinary action.
The NFL Players Association filed a grievance, saying actions prior to the current collective bargaining agreement aren't subject to league discipline.
Burbank, however, upheld Goodell's authority in the actions. The NFLPA issued a statement saying none of the players have seen the NFL's evidence of wrongdoing.
In addition to the players, former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams was suspended indefinitely for his lead role in the program. New Orleans Coach Sean Payton was suspended for the 2012 season and General Manager Mickey Loomis was suspended for eight regular-season games.