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How to Install WordPress With Nginx and Redis cache on a VPS
You have buy a VPS to speed up WordPress, but you are using a control panel and it's not faster than before ? In this tutorial, you will learn how to setup a Blazing fast WordPress with Nginx php7 and redis cache.
This will require to use the the command linux via SSH. Yes I know, it's less user friendly than a control panel.
But it will not require any resources after the install and we have an amazing tools to help us : EasyEngine
So, first we will talk about what we are going to install and why it will make WordPress faster.
Nginx : To pronounce "Engine X", it's the web server created in 2002, created to handle high traffic with a low memory footprint. And this is the reason which explain why Nginx is so popular at the moment. It can also be used as a reverse proxy or as a load-balancer, which means if you have few small VPS, you will be able to create a stable and reliable platform to host your website.
php7 : I will not explain what is the php but more about the difference between the 5.6 and the 7. It's the performance and there is nothing better than a small graphic to compare them. And WordPress is fully compatible with the latest version of php.
MariaDB : If you haven't already used it, MariaDB is a fork of Mysql from his creator, and it's an open-source solution which is currently faster than Mysql with a lower memory and processor footprint. So no need to hesitate, if you are still using msql, even in 5.7, it's time to move !
Redis : What is Redis ? It's a remote dictionary server, which will manage your database and store the values in the memory. It's a "NoSQL" solution as Redis can be used as a database by writing data on your hard drive SSD. For WordPress there is no faster solution as it will eliminate the queries to your database, and even if you are using Mariadb, it will be faster and using less resources.
But you are maybe thinking it will be very hard to configure all that stuff properly. No, you will be able to do it in less than 10 minutes ! Because we are going to use EasyEngine, the most powerful tools to create an optimized WordPress website.It's a command line tool to create install and configure a complete web server with Nginx, PHP, MariaDB and Postfix in a single command.
It also provide you the ability to manage properly your virtualhosts with Nginx and make it easy with simple command to use.
So to start you need a VPS with Ubuntu 16.04. EasyEngine is also compatible with debian 7/8 and Ubuntu 14.04.
But as EE has been build at first for ubuntu, it's the most stable solution.At first we need to install EasyEngine.
Code:wget -qO ee rt.cx/ee && sudo bash ee
Done, EasyEngine is now ready to install what we need. So we are looking for WordPress with nginx, php7, redis and as it will not be harder, a SSL with let's encrypt. But you have the choice with EE :A simple website for html :
Code:ee site create example.com --html
A website with php :
Code:ee site create example.com --phpCode:ee site create example.com --mysql
A website with SSL by let's encryptCode:ee site create example.com --letsencrypt
And for WordPress ? You just have to choose :
Code:ee site create example.com --wp # install wordpress without any page caching ee site create example.com --w3tc # install wordpress with w3-total-cache plugin ee site create example.com --wpsc # install wordpress with whisp-super-cache plugin ee site create example.com --wpfc # install wordpress + nginx fastcgi_cache ee site create example.com --wpredis # install wordpress + nginx redis_cache
So for my example, I will use :Code:ee site create yourwebsite.com --wpredis --letsencrypt --php7
You will have to enter Yes to the EE questions, and yes your wordpress with redis php7 and SSL is already installed and configured. You also have two plugins in WordPress :
- Nginx Helper to clear the cache
- Redis Cache : To connect WordPress with Redis and to clear the cache
But you will maybe ask how you can connect to the database, what is the user of mysql and wordpress ?
You can use a custom user during the install process by using–user=admin and -pass=password to set WordPress login details.
But you can also look at the install log to find them as EE display it in the console :
Code:nano /var/log/ee/install.log
To see all the commands available with the websites :
Code:ee site
If you want to edit some default configuration (database, user etc) :Code:nano /etc/ee/ee.confCode:ee secure --authCode:ee secure --portCode:ee site info yoursite.comCode:ee stack install --adminerCode:ee stack install --phpmyadminCode:ee stack install --phpredisadminCode:ee stack install --admin
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Great article and thanks for sharing us!
If I installed Redis cache on my VPS, can I install other caching systems like Memcached, Memcached for php, Zend OPcache or APC? or just Redis is enough for whole VPS?
06-26-2016, 01:43 PM #4First off, I know that Wordpress is fully supporting php7 but for any custom sites that I am having, they didn't completely support PHP7. So it is possible to install Redis cache?
Is this guide just for Nginx? more people are using Apache then how?
If I installed Redis cache on my VPS, can I install other caching systems like Memcached, Memcached for php, Zend OPcache or APC? or just Redis is enough for whole VPS?
For any website which us a database it's really awesome. But you can try with the others too. With plesk i'm using opcache, but it"s more because I haven't integrate redis ^^
This is a great article but I could not install it because I am using Apache on Centos 6
How to change your commands and is there a way to install Redis on Centos 6 or 7?
Redis can be install on Centos, but easyengine are not in love with Centos and so do I ^^
You should really try debian
More seriously have you a particular reason to use Centos ?
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Quick Question:
Lets say I have a VPS server running cPanel and another cluster running Redis. Do I have to connect/point to the Redis on a cPanel level/system level or do I just point the application that wants redis directly to use the redis cluster?
blog post that explained and simplified cached in easy to understand layman terms. Redis, like Memcached acts as a key/value data cache store (actually Redis does much more). Basically it caches DB queries and objects. Zend OpCache is a bytecode compiler that caches PHP once executed so the same PHP script doesn't have to be parsed each time. OpCache should work out the box for all PHP code and is part of PHP 7 core. Memcached (and Redis) require extra configuration in your app (e.g. WP, Joomla, Magento). Just installing Redis or Memcached does nothing.
You can read more in the magento documentation : Why Redis is better
And it will require to add PHP extensions and a plugin for WordPress : Redis-Object-Cache or a configuration with Magento .
OpCache and Redis/Memcached are totally separate and cache different things. OpCache is a bytecode caching engine. It caches executed code so it doesn't have to be parsed each time the code is called. It's the only front-end caching system you need.
I agree that Redis is better than Memcached for Magento but with WordPress they are virtually identical.
For memcached, that's not totally true, because it require to use full-page caching, when Redis only make cache for the database transaction to make them faster.VirtuBox- Managed VPS Hosting
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I found one plugin that uses Memcached SOLELY for Page Cache (Batcache).
Again, you simply don't understand caching. A Page Cache is not an Object cache. Memcached IS an object cache although it can be used to cache ANYTHING. Even in W3TC you can set Memcached as the Page Cache because it can. Redis can be an Object Cache. Memcached can be an Object Cache. I can even set Redis to Page Cache. Is Redis then only for Page Caching? C'mon man, gimme a break.
With W3TC, there is no reason to use Memcached only for object-cache. The proper settings will always include full-page caching using disk storage, and database caching.
I'm not trying to say if it's possible or not, I just give informations from my experience. And using memcached in 2017, doesn't make sense.
Your experience is obviously very limited. Sorry, not trying to be belligerent but you've got it backwards. The database cache in W3TC is redundant. The queries are already cached by MySQL's native function (query-cache). But query-cache is limited because changing a row in a database invalidates all queries to the whole database that reside in the cache. That's why you want to cache the whole result set - the objects. That's what an object cache does. It caches the result set so unaffected queries can still be pulled from the object cache. This is called "stale data" and it's one of the reasons that object caches exist.
Even EE (the basis of your thread) say the database cache in W3TC is redundant. You want a server side cache (Nginx), a full page cache and an object cache.
From the author of EE:
Database Cache
Not needed IMHO. MySQL query cache is there. WordPress object-cache is also there.
Also for every wordpress request there has to be atleast one mysql connection from wp-load.php so no database cache plugin can save 100% of mysql requests.
A cache argument. At least no one here mentioned caching a cache that was already cached...with a larger cache!!!!
As nonsense as that sounds...search around and you will find blog posts that basically describe how to do this...and others that will say adding too many things to an account is just a recipe to a long list of troubleshooting when things do fail.
But it seems you haven't understand properly what I mean (by reading my previous post, I agree about the fact it's not the clearest answer I have wrote.)
About EE, yes the settings for W3TC are :
Page Cache: Disk Enhanced Database Cache: Memcached Object Cache: Memcached Browser Cache: Disable
In my tutorial with redis-object-cache plugin, there is no full-page caching. I can edit something on a page without having to purge each time the cache.
And the main difference between redis and memcached, is about performances to store and deliver queries.
Wordpress with redis caching is fast. I wrote a wordpress auto installer for my Centmin Mod LEMP stack with can choose between
1. redis nginx level full page caching
2. keycdn cache enabler for full page static caching
3. wp super cache for full pag static caching
I have a CentOS 7 + PHP 7 based demo http://wordpress7.centminmod.com/
I think folks here are confusing redis cache options, there's various redis cache options available to wordpress discussed in this thread.
1. redis object cache wp plugin is for database level
2. redis cache at nginx level leverage nginx modules ngx_http_redis and openresty nginx modules for redis2-nginx-module, srcache-nginx-module, headers-more-nginx-module and set-misc-nginx-module which are not standard out of box nginx modules included in most distros native repositories.
Both of these can be combined if you want though redis object cache can be problematic as wp-admin settings level changes might not be real-time.
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— Melaine to Nynaeve in tel'aran'rhiod
External summary
|<<< Meetings >>>
|Setting: Tel'aran'rhiod
Point of view: Nynaeve al'Meara
Nynaeve appears in the Heart of Stone as she enters tel'aran'rhiod. She calls to Birgitte, who appears but without Gaidal Cain this time. Birgitte believes Gaidal may have been born in to the real world again, which means she will be also within a few years. Birgitte is trying to keep an eye on the Forsaken in tel'aran'rhiod and reporting to Nynaeve or Elayne. There has been no sign of Moghedien, the spider, since Nynaeve fought her in Tanchico. She may be avoiding tel'aran'rhiod or she may be able to hide from Birgitte. Nynaeve wants to tell Egwene and the Wise Ones about Birgitte and what she has found, but Birgitte says she must hold to her promise to not tell anyone.
Egwene arrives while Nynaeve is viewing herself in provocative dresses in a mirror, startling her. Nynaeve informs Egwene and Melaine that they are in Sienda. Nynaeve tells about the strange message from Ronde Macura and that she tried to drug her and Elayne, then feels guilty over not admitting that they were drugged. Egwene tells of the Aiel heading for Jangai pass, following Couladin and the Shaido. Also that Rand is ordering around Moiraine and she obeys.
- Elayne
- Rand
- Verin
- Moghedien
- Gaidal Cain
- Rogosh Eagle-Eye
- Thom
- Juilin
- Lanfear
- Rahvin
- Sammael
- Graendal
- Demandred
- Semirhage
- Lan
- Siuan Sanche
- Berelain
- Couladin
- Ronde Macura
- Moiraine
- Asmodean

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Samsung unveils delicious looking 7″ Android tablet
The tablet dubbed Samsung Tab GT-P1000 only weighs 380g but packs a 7″ LCD screen with near-iPad resolution of 1024 x 600 a 1GHz Cortex processor 512MB memory 16GB inbuilt flash and a card slot for up to 32GB more and many features similar to the iPhone such as a 1.3MP front-facing and 3MP rear-facing camera and the ability to make phone calls and send/receive SMS/MMSes.
It will be released before Christmas Samsung says. It's not clear what networks will carry it however it does support an impressive array of frequencies — though the published specs do not include 850MHz 3G which counts out Telstra Next G. (On the other hand Samsung may well make a version that supports 850MHz rather than the 900MHz frequency in the version being unveiled today.)
It runs Android 2.2 "Froyo" with Flash 10.1 support built-in. It'll also come with a Samsung e-reader app called "Readers Hub" which will provide access to a digital bookstore as well as displaying standard eBook formats. Samsung says it will support purchasing from Kobo (books) PressReader (newspapers) and Zinio (magazines).
There's an app called "Social Hub" which will presumably draw together updates from multiple social networks.
The tablet also packs 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 3.0. Samsung says it'll be perfect as a desk speaker phone or as a video conferencing-device — though given the paucity of good video chat software on Android we'll certainly be looking for more detail on what Samsung is bringing to the table here.
You'll also be able to play all your downloaded HD videos Samsung promises with support for DivX XviD MPEG4 H.264 and more.
It'll also come with Thinkfree Office for working with documents and Swype — the text entry method where you slide your finger round the on-screen keyboard rather than tapping at the screen.
Like Huawei's IDEOS phone announced today the Tab has full access to Google Mobile Services such as Google Maps turn-by-turn GPS Navigation and Google Goggles — search by pointing the camera at the thing you want to know about!
It comes with a monster 4000mAh battery (the iPhone only has a 1420mAh one) which Samsung claims will be good for seven hours of continuous HD movie playback.
Sensors include gyroscope gravity accelerometer and light sensor.
Physically it'll measure 190x120mm with a 12mm thickness. That's a bit bigger than the 5″ Dell Streak which measures 153x79mm with a 10mm thickness.
Interestingly the specs say it has a "30 pin connector" which certainly isn't standard USB and sounds awfully similar to Apple's iPod 30 pin connector.


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Tea is a fascinating plant — its aromatic leaves are highly revered throughout the world, yet few are aware of the process it takes to cultivate and harvest the prized greens. Take this quiz to test your knowledge of tea and learn some fascinating facts about the astringent brew in your cup.
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Dual Band Stacked Microstrip Antenna for Wireless Applications
In this paper stacked configuration of microstrip antenna is used to produce broad dual band which is suitable for various wireless applications. Using triangular slot and stacking of foam substrate of dielectric constant 1, two bands of bandwidth 18.10% and 6.20% is obtained. The antenna is fed by coaxial probe feeding technique. The proposed patch antenna is designed on the foam substrate and simulated on the Zeland IE3D software. The antenna parameters such as return loss, impedance bandwidth, VSWR and radiation characteristics such as gain, radiation efficiency and radiation patterns have been studied.
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OK, sorry if I'm posting this too early, but it's been rumoured and "confirmed" by the same spoiler who correctly spoiled Survivor Samoa and Survivor: Heroes vs Villains that Survivor 22 will be....wait for it....:
Survivor 22: Russell Hantz vs Rob Mariano
Ridiculous right? And no possible way it can be true? Think again. Russell Hantz and Rob Mariano are returning for Season 22 according to a very credible spoil-er, and apparently confirmed by Lynne SPillman that Russell will be back this season.
All I can do is
Russell wrote on his facebook that he retired from Survivor after these rumors came afloat, but apparently he was supposed to say this to keep the rumors down for the "surprise" factor. Besides, we all know Russell doesn't tell the truth


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Child Abduction Attempts Prompt Stranger Danger Classes
Reports of two attempted child abductions in Champaign last week hit close to home for the Champaign County chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters. The child involved in one of the incidents happens to be a participant in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. That's prompted the organization to sponsor two classes on "Stranger Danger" for the public, next month at the Champaign Public Library.
Eric Batsie of Big Brothers Big Sisters says the half-hour classes provided by the Central Illinois Red Cross provide practical information on what to do to stay safe in a potential abduction situation.
"I never realized that a young girl should not have her hair in a ponytail, because that just makes it much easier for someone to grab that ponytail", said Batsie. "You know, a kid should always know a password. That way, if anyone says, oh I'm here on behalf of your mother who fell or something. … If the person doesn't know the password, the person obviously is not there from the mother, because the mother would have given them the password."
The program is led by Kelly Formoso, who teaches the "Stranger Danger" course for the Red Cross' Central Illinois chapter. She says she usually finds a receptive audience in the children who take the course. Formoso says her goal is teach children what to do if a stranger approaches --- without being frightening, "because that won't help them, if that situation does occur".
The half-hour "Stranger Danger" classes will be held on Monday, September 17th at the Champaign Public Library. There's a 6 PM session for pre-schoolers and a 6:30 session for older children. Parents and adult guardians are encouraged to take part on the class.
For free reservations, you can call Big Brothers Big Sisters at 217-355-2227. For information on other "Stranger Danger" classes, contact the Central Illinois Red Cross at 217-351-5861.


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According to the Local shop, the owner went out of business due to ill health caused by the materials used in building the pilots.
Tim, youre sadly right about shops now. Its the same here. Luckily my local shop and club still has a healthy group of model builders to support so you can find pretty much all the bits you need. I dont wish to push my views on anyone and I still treat everyone equal but its a shame to see so few built models. I regard building models as part of the whole experience. Thats why I admire you and erich for your efforts. Sure it costs more than ARTF, involves though and consideration but the finished article is your work and totally unique. I like to think that every dodgy bit of covering, every errant blob of glue is a expression of freedom from ARTF . I also get huge pride from seeing my creation get airborne.
Last week my club was full of crappy box trainers and screemin 2 strokes. Sitting proudly in between was my pup, hannibal and my vintage floater. The older modellers make a beeline for you and cant resist asking about them. I have to admit there were a few times when building the hannibal at night in a freezing garage that I thought, why not just buy a ARTF? The truth is , I love the thought processes involves in building, the trial and error, the way the anticipation builds as you see it come together.
I got into a real argument with our club chairman once when he advised a newbie to sell there lovely home built flair magnatilla and buy a crappy trainer to learn to fly on . The guy had done an A1 job on building it and it would make an excellent basic trainer but wit a difference. Why push someone to do that? I got the impression some people are intimidated by home built stuff either because they cant or are unable to build.
Frankly, even if someone turned up with a poorly built home built model , Id show them more respect than if they just bought something off the shelf....
Viva la difference!!!!!
Adam :
I agree with you, the funnest or best part of the hobby is building.
I dont feel agrivation towards the ARF people, I kinda feel they are missing out.
I hope I dont disapoint you but I have a couple of ARF's.
They were some that I just thought was neat and got them to play with but they arnt considered my "Pride and Joys". They are my ARF planes.
Im trying to deside what to build now after I finnish my Bristol.
I think Ive narrowed it down now to two possably ????????
The Curtis Jenny Jn4
and the Avro 504 K
I know they are a little exspensive but they come with everything in the kit except for covering so when you think about that its not bad at all.
I have about $800.00 in my Bristol and thats with me having to shop around at all the craft stores several different times to get ideals for how to make something and with these kits everything is threre.
Except I dont think the wire wheels come with the Curtis Jenny Jn4.(I have to email them about that )
The Curtis Jenny is 87" wing span which is a nice sizes but $100.00 more and the Avro 504 K is 110" wingspan.
But at the same time I have to be realistic, I dont know if I have anywhere to put the Avro 504 K after I build it.
So I have quite a decission.
The Curtis Jenny is one Ive wanted to build for years and years !!
But the Avro 504 K is so much plane and all the scale parts to build a completely scale plane for $750.00 + $35.00 shipping.
What do you and Erich think ????
I definitely think you should build the Flair Tiger Moth. Because I'm going to do up that Jenny one of these days. They're both beautiful (Tiger, Jenny). The Avro looks good too, but a little like a Pup. 100" span is awfully big, like you said hard to store or even haul around. Had a Proctor kit (parasol), many years ago. They're worth the price.
Erich :
Ya I love that Jenny, I really think I'm leaning towards it.
Sorry but we live far apart anyway so it wont be like we are at the field at the same time
But that would be cool anyway !!!!
Im limited by weight for club reasons so have little experience of big models. The 504 gets my vote though to make the decision harder!!! Ive personally got my heart set on a big 1/3 rd scale pup from balsa usa. Now that gets the blood pumping.
The flair tiger moth is lovely and Ive seen a few examples up close. I like the way the wings are detachable each side in one unit, rigging inc, so no complex rigging other than inserting the wings into alu tubes.
Thats the one problem with biplanes, the rigging.
Ive had a few ARTF in my time, mostly as the result of a rash purchase off ebay. Some performed very well, some were poorly made and some excellent. My dads got a hanger 9 cub thats fantastic quality and on my list once Ive saved up.
Hey maybe we could post builds at the same time. Sorta like "Dueling Jenny's" Can't you just hear the theme song.
Just a word about ARF's. They do serve a purpose. Lotta people just don't want to build, so for them these are great. However if one does have any affinity to making things, a kit is by far the more satisfying. A personal observation: making up an arf is sorta like having a baby without the sex. Works.....but not as much fun.
Last edited by erich; Jun 03, 2007 at 12:56 PM.
Erich :
That was a very good way to exsplain ARF's and I dont have anything against them eather but I just enjoy building which I am just repeating myself now I guess !
Adam :
Yes I know exactly what you mean as far as sizes of these planes
The Proctor Curtis Jenny has the plug in wings also and they stay rigged as well.
The Duelling Jenny's do soud cool !!
SEEYA, GUY's
Vertical Stabalizer
H. stab came out so well, decided to put on V. stab. This was a little easier as the reference points are more obvious. Fin needs to be vertical to wings,which is easy to check visually. Plus needs to be on a straight center line. Used 3' steel ruler to align with center point on cowl. Also used a small triangle to check squareness to H. stab. Used a straight spruce stick taped to fuselage to keep back of fin even with back of fuselage. Again used 30 min epoxy.
Erich :
I dont think you could have gotten it any straighter than that.
Not sure about that, but it's done now, so it's stayin where it is. Did it mostly by sight. You know the tried and mostly true...TLAR...method. Went out and bought an APC prop, had to get a wooden one too, they look a lot better. In fact the APC props were the ugliest in the store. But if they give that much extra power, I want it on for the first flight.
Just in case you didnt know, dont leave wooden props attached to the engine after flying as it compresses the wood and eventually bottoms out the lock nuts. Ive had to cut one off before to free it.
The APC props look evil but will give you 20% + more power.
Not knocking ARTF , just noting its sad not to see homebuilt models anymore. I like erich description of ARTF v Building! At least it lasts longer and cost less! I have one of both!!
Control surfaces
Glued in elevator and rudder hinges using 30 min epoxy thickened with cabosil. Used tape to hold em tight against fin and h. stab, to keep gap to minimum. Once glue had set went about stringing the controls. Was in too much of a hurry to get this done, forgot to take pics of rudder and elevator, after gluing them on. Setting up the controls at the servo end was no problem. Used the parts that came with the pull-pull kit (Sullivan). Threading the elevator string through fuselage was fairly easy. BUT had now way of getting string through the rudder exits, as they were too far in the partially covered fuselage. Sooo...pushed in a 8" piece of kevlar string from outside to inside of fuse, then CA'd this to control kevlar line and pulled through. Used 3 simple hitches (with some tension on strings) to tie strings to control horns, then added a drop of thin CA. Had the battery charged up to test em. THEY WORK.
Erich :
Your "non-scale way of upper control line clearing h. stab", looks fantastic.
I like it !!
I dont know how the APC props give more power but they do.
Its something to do with that twisted looking shape they have.
I seen a documentary type show once exsplaining how they made a fan blow with much more force by changing the shape of the blades to a somewhat tear drop shape and I guess these APC props are along the same lines as that.
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by Portfolio Grader | January 10, 2013 9:00 am
This week, the overall grades of four Restaurant and Resort stocks are lower, according to the Portfolio Grader[1] database. Each of these rates a "D" ("sell") or "F" overall ("strong sell").
Tim Hortons (NYSE:THI[2]) is on the decline this week, earning a D ("sell") after receiving a C ("hold") last week. Tim Hortons operates a chain of fast-food restaurants in North America. To get an in-depth look at THI, get Portfolio Grader's complete analysis of THI stock[3].
MGM Resorts (NYSE:MGM[4]) earns a D this week, moving down from last week's grade of C. MGM Resorts operates gaming, hospitality and entertainment resorts. The stock gets F's in Earnings Momentum, Earnings Revisions, Equity, and Margin Growth. For a full analysis of MGM stock, visit Portfolio Grader[5].
Slipping from C to a D rating, Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI[6]) takes a hit this week. Darden Restaurants operates franchised restaurants, including Red Lobster, Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, and The Capital Grille. The stock also rates an F in Earnings Surprise. For more information, get Portfolio Grader's complete analysis of DRI stock[7].
International Game Technology's (NYSE:IGT[8]) rating weakens this week, dropping to a D versus last week's C. International Game Technology designs and manufactures computerized casino gaming systems. For a full analysis of IGT stock, visit Portfolio Grader[9].
Louis Navellier's proprietary Portfolio Grader[10] stock ranking system assesses roughly 5,000 companies every week based on a number of fundamental and quantitative measures. Stocks are given a letter grade based on their results — with A being "strong buy," and F being "strong sell." Explore the tool here[11].
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Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced his legislation to provide state law enforcement agencies with incentives to require mandatory DNA fingerprinting for anyone who was arrested for a violent crime was included in the must pass "Justice For All Act." The JAA is the main vehicle for funding federal programs that help states with DNA and other forensic evidence, and is set to pass this summer. The law would help states cover the cost of this technology. Currently, the federal government and 23 states use DNA to identify persons arrested for violent crimes; New York, however, is not one of those states. The legislation will provide financial incentives for states to utilize more sophisticated crime fighting tools to bring to justice killers and violent offenders who, though apprehended, may go undetected for earlier crimes.
"DNA testing has proven to be accurate and effective, and giving police officers, detectives and investigators access to vast resources will help put violent offenders behind bars and off the street," said Schumer. "By spreading this technology to states across the country, we can make the streets of our cities safer for our families, and dramatically reduce the cost of fighting crime. Getting our legislation into the Justice For All Act is a tremendously important step towards Katie's law getting on the books."
The Katie Sepich Enhanced DNA Collection Act is named after Katie Sepich, a young woman from New Mexico was raped and murdered by a man who was caught for another crime just three months after Katie's murder, but was let go by authorities who did not have any evidence of a connection. Had DNA been obtained from the suspect, he would have been immediately connected to Katie's murder, instead, we was released and not brought back into police custody for another 3 years. The legislation was introduced last Congress by Senators Jeff Bingaman, Michael Bennet, Daniel Inouye, Tom Udall and Charles Schumer and has bipartisan support.
DNA finger printing also could have helped stop a 2006 crime in Onondaga County. Glen Shoop was arrested in Onondaga County after raping his estranged wife, and a DNA sample was taken. Detectives noticed similarities to an unsolved case from East Syracuse six years earlier and proceeded to compare his profile to the DNA from the previous case file. Prosecutors were constrained by evidence procedures so they could not use the DNA to tie him to the 2000 murder based on this comparison, and had to wait until he had been convicted in the 2006 case before officially comparing the profile in the 2000 case. Due to this obstacle, Shoop was able to plead guilty to a lesser charge of imprisoning his wife and was free on bail when he failed to appear for sentencing. He then proceeded to sexually assault and murder a sixty-five year old woman. Had Shoop's DNA been available in a database, a strong conviction and harsh sentence would have put him behind bars earlier, stopping the rape and murder that eventually warranted a 40 year sentence.
The bill would incentivize states to meet minimum standards for arrestee DNA collection. The minimum standard asks states to collect DNA samples from those arrested for, indicted for, or charged with certain violent felonies and compare these samples with pre-existing records in the national DNA database. States that comply with this minimum standard or implement a stricter enhanced standard will be eligible for additional federal assistance equivalent to the first year costs associated with the improved collection process.
"Too many families in Syracuse and other cities have answered the door bell to see police officers waiting to inform them that a loved one had fallen victim to a violent crime," continued Schumer. "This law will help local and state law enforcement combat the growing violent crime problem here in Syracuse and in communities across New York."
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An amendment to the House's farm bill (H.R. 2419) would extend Davis-Bacon Act wages, which are set far above average market wages, to workers building new ethanol plants. Labor unions favor Davis-Bacon mandates because they block price competition from nonunion competitors, but the higher wages bring no public benefits and actually harm taxpayers by increasing the costs of covered projects. In this case, Davis-Bacon wages would raise the cost of producing ethanol, in turn raising the price of ethanol-blended gasoline. Congress should not add a Davis-Bacon provision to the farm bill.
Davis-Bacon Raises Costs
Congress passed the Davis-Bacon Act in 1931 to protect unionized northern white workers from competition from nonunion southern blacks who were moving north to work on construction projects.[1] It serves a similar purpose today, shielding unionized construction firms from nonunion competition.
Davis-Bacon requires contractors on federal construction projects to pay workers a federally defined "prevailing wage." The methodology used to calculate this prevailing wage sets it close to union wage scales and well above average wages. Davis-Bacon requirements help unionized construction firms to win federal construction contracts--even though they pay above-market wages--because their nonunion competitors must also pay inflated union wages.
Davis-Bacon coverage raises the price of construction projects dramatically. Table 1 shows Davis-Bacon wages and average market wages in several U.S. cities. Davis-Bacon rates are typically 15 to 40 percent higher than average wages for the same job. In some cases, Davis-Bacon rates more than double the competitive wage.
Taxpayers foot the bill for these inflated wages when contractors pass on the cost of higher Davis-Bacon wages to the federal government. The Government Accountability Office found that Davis-Bacon increases federal contractors' costs by over $1 billion per year.[2] The Davis-Bacon Act is a classic example of a Washington handout that sends tax dollars to a special interest without providing any public benefit.
Farm Bill Extends Davis-Bacon
The Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007 is filled with provisions to direct taxpayers' dollars to politically connected special interest groups. For example, the bill would give agribusiness corporations hundreds of billions of dollars to farm their land in some cases and not to farm their land in others. Congress is poised to add another special interest handout to the bill by extending the reach of Davis-Bacon.
The farm bill provides government loan subsidies for the construction of new plants that convert corn into ethanol. This itself is an unjustifiable special interest subsidy, because even without the subsidies, businesses would build ethanol plants to meet the new federal fuel requirements. On top of this handout, Congress appears ready to add another: A widely supported amendment to the Farm bill requires contractors building plants backed by these loan guarantees to pay Davis-Bacon wages.[3]
This provision would make it more expensive to build ethanol plants in the United States, raising the price of ethanol in the process. Ethanol producers must recoup the cost of their more expensive plants, so they will charge more for the ethanol they produce. More expensive ethanol means more expensive gasoline prices, because the law also mandates the use of ethanol as a fuel additive.
Workers--whether union or nonunion-should earn their livings through honest work, not through a congressionally mandated 30 percent wage hike coming out of drivers' pockets. Congress should strike every special interest handout from the farm bill, starting with the expansion of Davis-Bacon Act coverage.
The Davis-Bacon Act makes federal construction projects much more expensive by requiring contractors on those projects to pay union wage scales set well above average wages. Unions naturally support this, but these above-market wages provide no benefit to the public. Congress should not extend this mistaken policy to the construction of ethanol plants. Doing so would only increase the already high price that Americans pay for gasoline.
James Sherk is Bradley Fellow in Labor Policy in the Center for Data Analysis at The Heritage Foundation.
[1] David Bernstein, "The Davis-Bacon Act: Let's Bring Jim Crow to an End," The Cato Institute, Briefing Paper No. 17, January 18, 1993, at http://www.cato.org/pubs/briefs/bp-017.html.
[2] General Accounting Office, "Budget Issues: Budgetary Implications of Selected GAO Work for Fiscal Year 2000," at /static/reportimages/CE0A37E1BD06686E6CB92D3CA4300EA0.pdf.
[3] En Bloc Amendment to Chairman's Mark of H.R. 2419, at /static/reportimages/CB5030FB55D1D49EC781A51D06E31A91.pdf.


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Neurontin Suicide Lawsuit Settled by Pfizer
The wife of a man who committed suicide on Neurontin, an antiseizure medication manufactured by Pfizer, has settled her wrongful death lawsuit against the drug's maker.
Linda Shearer, of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, brought the Neurontin suicide lawsuit against Pfizer after her husband, Hartley Shearer, died in 2002. Shearer's lawsuit alleged that Pfizer's Warner-Lambert subsidiary failed to properly warn patients and doctors about the increased risk of suicide from Neurontin side effects.
While details of the Neurontin settlement remain confidential, Bloomberg News reports that the Pfizer agreed to pay about $400,000. Trial in the case was already underway in the U.S. District Court in Boston when the deal was reached.
Neurontin (gabapentin) is an epilepsy medication approved by the FDA in 1983, which generated $387 million in sales for Pfizer in 2008.
There are currently about 1,200 Neurontin lawsuits pending against Pfizer, most of which have been brought by plaintiffs who say that Neurontin increased the risk of suicide. In 2008, the FDA required Neurontin and similar epilepsy drugs to begin carrying label warnings alerting users to the risk of suicidal thoughts. All federal lawsuits over Neurontin have been consolidated before U.S. District Judge Patti B. Saris.
The Shearer settlement came just days after another federal jury in Boston found Pfizer of guilty of illegally promoting Neurontin for off-label uses, and hit Pfizer with $142 million in damages in a case brought by the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc., a subsidiary of Kaiser Permanente. Shearer's lawsuit also claimed the company had promoted the drug for off-label uses in her lawsuit.
While doctors are free to prescribe drugs for uses not approved by the FDA, manufacturers are prohibited from marketing the drugs for such uses that they have not established are safe and effective.
In 2004, Parke-Davis, a division of Warner-Lambert that was acquired by Pfizer, paid $430 million to the U.S. Justice Department over claims that they were illegally promoting Neurontin for off-label uses, including control of mood swings. Last fall, Pfizer paid the Justice Department $2.3 billion to settle a number of off-label marketing claims which included its marketing of Neurontin.
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Dope - No regrets. Just got it about 2 hours ago. So far I absolutely love it. Going to review it in about 2-3 days. Think i'm really going to enjoy writing this since Dope's previous albums are not very loved in here but this is so different and totally slays.
You writing anything new any time soon?
I never really looked too heavily into Nasum, but I will now. Nice job
awesome will be keeping an eye out
ariel pink's haunted graffiti - the doldrums is up next
I'll be sure to keep an eye on that also. BTW what kind of a band is it?
psychedelic indie folk kind of
joshuatree reviewed a more recent album of theirs i think
this rapes my face.
To gaslight
well probably not my cup of tea, but I shall read the review anyway and if I find it interesting(like this one here, going to download it after I have filled my musical need for Dope) then I'll check it out.
most people who's cup of tea it is don't even like it so :-/
i however love it aha
Going by your review Kane, I think this could be the worst thing I ever hear… That is, if I happen to wander past someone listening to the album.
I've never been a fan of the genre and think this band in particular are kind of noise, but I won't say they're bad because they're part of a genre I don't like anyway. Good review though.
Digging: Adimiron - Et Liber Eris
Album Rating: 4.5Did you just say this was noise? As far as grind goes, this is chock full of memorable melodies and hooks. That's what makes it so incredible.
I can't say what album I heard, apparently not this one if you're saying it's full of memorable melodies and hooks.
Album Rating: 4.5Nasum is a relatively melodic band as far as grind goes anyways. I think this warrants a second look. Are you sure you didnt hear Noism or something and get disoriented?
Well, shit. I very well could have heard Noism because that sounds familiar too. The only grind band I've ever really enjoyed is the debut from Disharmonic Orchestra. I'll give this a second (possibly first) look though.
Nasum is a relatively melodic band as far as grind goes anyways.
yeah this is like super melodic when it comes to grind.
Even my nan listens to this kind of grind
love this album
Album Rating: 3.5Nasum rocks hard.
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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Dodgers vs. Pirates Free Pick
PITTSBURGH, PA (ATS Consultants) – The Pirates will look to avenge their loss from Monday night when they host the Dodgers again tonight at PNC Park.
ODDS: According to oddsmakers from online sports book BetDSI, the Pirates are -118 money line home favorites versus the Dodgers, who are +109 money line road underdogs. As for the total, it's currently sitting at 8 runs for this 7:05PM ET start time.
LINE MOVEMENT: The Pirates opened as -108 money line favorites but their odds have jumped to -118, while the Dodgers' odds have gone from +100 down to +109. The total opened at 8 and that's where the number currently sits at the majority of online and Vegas sports books.
PITCHING MATCHUP: The Dodgers will start Josh Beckett, who is 6-5 with a 2.26 ERA, while the Pirates will throw Vance Worley, who is 2-1 with a 3.38 ERA. Los Angeles is 56-45 overall and 31-21 on the road this year, while Pittsburgh is 52-47 overall and 32-21 at home.
MLB FREE PICK: Take Pittsburgh. According to latest MLB trends, the Pirates are 6-1 in their last seven home games, with last night's loss being the team's lone defeat in its last seven home contests. They're also 8-2 in their last 10 games following a loss, 12-4 in their last 16 games versus the NL West, and 20-8 in their last 28 home games versus right-handed starters. On the other side, the Dodgers are 2-5 in Beckett's last seven starts as an underdog, 1-4 in his last five road starts versus a team with a winning record and 2-7 in his last nine starts versus a team with a winning record.
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A man infamous in New York for posing as a transit worker on dozens of occasions has been arrested again on charges he stole a coach bus.
Police say 45-year-old Darius McCollum was arrested Tuesday morning in Queens on charges of grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property. He was awaiting arraignment and information on his lawyer was not immediately available.
The empty New York Trailways bus was reported stolen Tuesday morning, taken from a maintenance facility in Hoboken, N.J.
McCollum has been arrested at least 23 other times and served jail time for posing as a transit worker. Over the years, he has donned MTA uniforms and cheerfully collected fares, cleared trash from tracks, and put out underground fires.
He became a New York sensation when he commandeered a subway at age 15.


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Thank you, Tampagirl. Jigidi turns out to be a good place to learn things :)))
Thanks oddio and schutkleur. Schutkleur, this type of corn is an "ornamental" corn used for decorating during the fall and not generally consumed.
I`ve never seen these. We don`t eat much corn overhere, and I`ve only ever seen the big golden ones. These pretty things look smaller, but maybe the photo is deceptive?? You eat these as well??
Nice photo, TampaGirl, and it makes a good puzzle. Thanks.
Don't you just love these! The colors are so amazing. Thanks so much, TG!


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3p is proud to partner with the Presidio Graduate School's MPA Curriculum on a blogging series about "Sustainable Development." This post is part of that series. To follow along, please click here.
By Jenny Sant'Anna
Guayakí, the Sebastopol, CA based yerba mate and energy drink company, is more than a beverage company; it is a social enterprise with a mission to protect and restore South American rainforests and native communities. Alex Pryor, one of the Guayakí founders, shared that importing yerba mate to the U.S. is just an excuse for helping indigenous communities in Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina. But it is, of course, more than that. The sale of Guayakí Yerba Mate in the U.S. is the "market" in Guayakí's innovative market-driven restoration model. Guayakí develops the U.S. market for shade-grown, organic yerba mate, and sources the product from communities in South America; thereby tying U.S. customer purchases directly to South American forest communities. The renewable income allows native communities to replant trees in their forest homes and improve their lives as well.
What exactly is Yerba Mate?
Yerba mate is neither coffee nor tea, it is, well, yerba mate, the leaves from a small holly tree (Ilex paraguariensis) that grows in the Atlantic rainforests of South America. Yerba mate is traditionally served, or rather shared, in a gourd with a bombilla–a metal "straw" with a filter on the end. Guayakí describes yerba mate as having the "strength of coffee, the health benefits of tea, and the euphoria of chocolate all in one beverage."
This summer, a team of graduate students from the Presidio Graduate School worked with Guayakí on an experiential learning project (EL) where we had the chance to delve into the work Guayakí is doing with an indigenous forest community in Brazil. EL projects are beneficial to graduate students because they allow us to see and experience the concepts we read and study about in class. We finished our EL project with a greater appreciation for the importance of genius loci, spirit of place.
Guayakí is developing a new relationship with a community in Brazil, and is discovering how different their situation and forest home is compared to the community Guayakí works with in Paraguay. Additionally, we heard numerous examples of what Guayakí has done and will do to obtain and enhance its social license to operate in these regions. Guayakí approaches its work with an incredible ethos of caring and patience. The effectiveness of many of the approaches and techniques we read about and discussed in the Presidio framework are put into action by Guayakí including acknowledging locals as experts, asking, instead of telling, how they can help, taking the time to understand the genius loci, and the importance of being humble in sustainable development work.
Guayakí has apparently impressed the judges of the BBC World News and Newsweek's World Challenge as they have recently been chosen as one of twelve finalists. World Challenge is a contest that recognizes and features sustainable enterprises working at the grassroots level to develop innovations to address global issues of social justice and inequality. The contest is open for public voting until November 11th. For a truly inspiring ten minutes, visit the World Challenge website to watch all twelve of the finalists' one minute videos. Be sure to check out Guayakí's entry!
BBC World News and Newsweek's World Challenge Finalists:
- Guayakí is using market-driven restoration to improve eco-systems and help communities thrive in South American Atlantic rainforests
- Hand to Hand is turning trash into gas and compost in India
- UgaStoves helps make cooking more efficient and cleaner in Uganda
- Recycla is safely recycling e-waste and employing ex-prisoners in Chile
- El Nafeza Foundation in Egypt makes paper using traditional methods while employing women, many of whom are deaf and mute.
- Shunran-no-Sato offers eco-tours to the Japanese countryside where young urbanites can come to reconnect with the land and traditional culture
- Brooklyn Grange Farm is growing organic produce, raising chickens, and beekeeping on a rooftop in Queens
- Snow Leopard Enterprises trains and equips women in Central Asia to make wool products such as felt as an alternative income source, helping reduce the incentive to poach snow leopards
- Shiv Forestry helps keep rhinos from destroying crops by planting pungent herbs while also providing a cash crop for local communities in Nepal and India
- Giveacar recycles donated cars in the UK and gives the money raised to the donor's charity of choice
- Vava Coffee works with small farms in Kenya to produce ethically sound and environmentally friendly coffee
- Funky Junk created a market for the plastic bags blighting the country of Cambodia. The bags are crocheted into fashionable home goods and accessories
Jenny Sant'Anna is an MPA candidate in Sustainable Management at Presidio Graduate School. Jenny is interested in all issues concerning ocean health. You can follow her Twitter account, Merbleue2050, or read ocean news, information and discussions at http://www.reddit.com/r/oceans. She enjoys a daily yerba mate, this week her favorite is Guayakí Mate Chocolatté.


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Cruelest Month update
If April had Ides, they'd be today, and the 15th of April has not been the happiest of days in world history, quite apart from the fact that if you're in the States, your income-tax return is probably due today. For example:
1865: Death of Abraham Lincoln.
1912: Sinking of RMS Titanic.
1927: Beginning of the Great Mississippi Flood.
1936: Arabs in Palestine revolt.
1989: Tiananmen Square protests begin.
2013: Whatever it was that happened in Boston today.
Perhaps a happier moment, from 1930: the birth of Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, fourth president of Iceland, and the world's first democratically elected (as distinguished from, say, the accession of Eva Perón) female head of state.
Vigdís was elected to her first term in 1980, and served until 1996. In this 2011 picture, there's a lovely serenity to her, no doubt attributable to having governed a literal volcano of a country for sixteen years.


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Prebble has the firepower to bounce back
It is very hard to beat the Jockey Challenge oddsmakers, but if you can't beat them, join them, and hammer $2.10 favourite Brett Prebble for every last cent.
The wheels fell off the Prebble bandwagon at Sha Tin last Saturday and favourite backers were left without a chance after a quartet of winners from Darren Beadman put the Challenge to bed by race six.
Prebble can bounce back to form tonight, however, and driven by his determination to put a gap on suspended equal premiership leader Douglas Whyte, has the firepower to claim the point-score challenge.
His main rivals include Howard Cheng Yue-tin ($6) and Olivier Dolueze ($6.50), but they have also been well found by the bagmen and look only outside hopes of knocking over the favourite.
Prebble starts with a winning chance in Gouf, who is a likely improver on the all-weather track for the first time from the ideal barrier three.
Supreme Commander will have his work cut out from barrier 11, but if Prebble can secure the in-form galloper a good trail into the race, he is a live chance.
Loads Of Joy, Sabina, Precision Magic and Flying China are all excellent chances for Prebble.
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"I was very much afraid that by coming forward it was going to affect my career. That's what I was worried about. And that's exactly what happened."
"I would not have become public had I not known that there was an unscrupulous person working in the medical industry who was prepared to sell information about me to a tabloid that probably would have put it on the front cover."
"[So Montel's trilingual-ish. But some of you may have already known about his stint in the military -- yet his free time is still a bit shrouded in mystery. Here's a tidbit:] I'm an addicted snowboarder -- I snowboard about 110 days a year, ... I mostly snowboard out west -- I'm a Champagne snowboarder."


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I want to thank everyone for their suggestions as to what to do with this UFQ. I laughed at some (throw it away) and believe me I was tempted. I could not put the time and more fabrics into something I would never use. I did however make a place mat for my GD'S dog Sierra. I think she will like it. I could not make this ugly FQ into a beautiful swan! LOL I did complete the challenge though. TY again for your suggestions!
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Leaking Llano and Bulldozer prices
Subject: General Tech | May 23, 2011 - 05:01 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: llano, leak, bulldozer, amd
We now know what to expect from AMD's Llano, as far as pricing and initial model numbers. None of the Llano chips top $200 which is good as the Intel models that they will be competing against are also in that price range. Bulldozer is a little more expensive, with the lower end quad-core running $220 up to $320 for the high end octo-core, again bang on with Intel's competing Sandy Bridge parts. It is a question of the performance gap between Intel and AMD, which unfortunately remains unanswered for now.
"AMD has started shipping its Llano APUs to notebook clients and will begin to market the APUs to channels in July 2011, according to sources from notebook makers.
AMD targets to ship one million notebook-use Llano APUs in June, 1.5 million in July, and a total of 8-9 million for the whole of 2011, revealed the sources, citing AMD's internal estimates.
If the shipment goals are realized, AMD will be able to boost its share in the notebook CPU segment to 15% by the end of the year, the sources commented."
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- Run Chrome OS From a USB Stick or as a Virtual Machine @ Techspot
- Wacom's Intuos4: A Photographer's Perspective @ Techgage
- Canon PowerShot A800 Review @ TechReviewSource
- Tweaknews Month 4 (May) 10 Year Anniversary Contest
- DCC MEA: SteelSeries 2011 products showcase @ t-break
- DCC MEA: Parrot AR.Drone live demonstration @ t-break
- DCC MEA: Interview with Kaspersky @ t-break
- Memorial Day Game Giveaway Week @ Benchmark Reviews
AMD discusses "Heterogeneous Computing"
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards, Processors | May 22, 2011 - 11:04 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: fusion, amd, AFDS
In a little over three weeks' time AMD will host their AMD Fusion Developer Summit 2011 (AFDS): a three-day conference with the hopes of promoting heterogeneous computing amongst developers. We have increasingly seen potential applications of using the parts of your computer outside the standard x86 core over the years though much of it was through NVIDIA's brand. Building up to the summit, AMD's DeveloperCentral talked with Lee Howes, parallel computing expert and Member of Technical Staff for Programming Models at AMD, about his upcoming session at AFDS.
I can't get over how much AFDS looks like a diagnosis.
In the short five-question interview, Dr. Howes outlined that the goal of his session is to show developers what to expect, good and bad, from developing for a heterogeneous architecture such as that of an APU. The rest of the interview was spent discussing how heterogeneous computing is currently and will eventually look like. Topics spanned from the slow perceived uptake of parallel computing in the home to the technological limitations of traditional CPUs that APUs and other heterogeneous computing systems look to bypass.
While AFDS is (by its namesake) a developer's conference it is very much relevant to peer at for the end-user. The support for developers of newer computing architectures will help fuel the cycle of adoption between software and hardware which ends up with a better experience for us. What tasks would you like to see accelerated by heterogeneous computing? Let us know in the comments below.
PCPer v4.0 Giveaway: ASUS GeForce GTX 570 DirectCU II Graphics Card
Subject: Editorial, General Tech, Graphics Cards | May 22, 2011 - 09:16 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: gtx 570, giveaway, contest, asus
As you can no doubt tell, PC Perspective got a HUGE and much needed facelift recently to what we are internally calling "PC Perspective v4.0". I know there are still some kinks to work out and we are actively addressing any feedback from our readers in this comment thread.
But we want to celebrate the launch of the new site in style!! Some of our site sponsors have very generously offered up some prizes for us to give out throughout the coming days...
The tenth (!!) prize is a wicked ASUS GeForce GTX 570 DirectCU II card that is a triple-slot design and that supports 3D Vision Surround out of the box!
What do you have to do to win this wonderful piece of hardware?
Couldn't be easier: post a comment in this post thanking ASUS for its sponsorship of PC Perspective as well as what feature in a graphics card you would most like to see in the future. Be creative! You should probably have a registered account or at least be sure you include your email address in the appropriate field so we can contact you!
MeeGo to 1.2, YouGo to download?
Subject: General Tech, Mobile | May 20, 2011 - 02:04 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: meego
For those who desire an alternative to Windows 7 in their netbooks or Android in their tablet: The Linux Foundation, Intel, Nokia, Novell, and AMD are continuously developing an alternative mobile operating system based on Linux. While there are currently large doubts about how many participants are still active members in this project there must be someone still coding away because version 1.2 was released to the public.
- An updated Netbook "User Experience"
- An updated in-vehicle "User Experience"
- Developer preview for those wishing to install MeeGo on tablets
- And of course an updated SDK
PC Perspective Podcast #155 - MSI GT680R Notebook, Corsair 650D chassis, VIA Nano Quad Core and more!
Subject: Editorial, General Tech | May 19, 2011 - 03:24 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: pcper, podcast, msi, VIA, Nano, quad core, corsair, 650d, Intel
PC Perspective Podcast #155 - 5/19/2011
This week we talk about the MSI GT680R Notebook, Corsair 650D chassis, VIA Nano Quad Core and more!
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- 02:14 MSI GT680R Notebook Review: Sandybridge for Gamers
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- 06:20 VIA Nano Quad Core Preview
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- 42:40 Closing
ARCTIC drops the Cooling from its name and gets into audio
Subject: General Tech | May 19, 2011 - 11:54 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: arctic, audio, headset, headphone
ARCTIC Cooling is no more, they've rebranded themselves and joined the rest of the industry in providing fragmented product lines. They'll still make heatsinks for CPUs but are also going to be pushing a line of headsets for a wide variety of uses; they are currently peddling 20 different models. [H]ard|OCP received three to review, ear can style headphones for listening to music, a Bluetooth set for those on the go and a 5.1 surround gaming headset with mic. Only one received a recommendation from them, head on over to find out which.
"ARCTIC is well known for its processor air coolers and its fans alike. In the last couple of years it has greatly diversified its product line to include products from remote control toy cars to computer audio headphones. Today we look at three of its headphone and headset products and let you know the value of those."
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- Creative Labs Sound Blaster Tactic3D Sigma Gaming Headset Review @ Tweaknews
- Razer Chimaera 5.1 X360 Headset Review @ t-break
- Plantronics Audio 995 Digital Wireless Stereo Headset Review @ eTeknix
- Steelseries Siberia V2 Gaming Headphones Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Head-Direct HiFiMAN HE-6 Headphones @ techPowerUp
- Sharkoon X-STATIC SP Gaming Headset Review @ HardwareHeaven
- Genius SW-G2.1 1250 4-Piece Gaming Speakers @ Pro-Clockers
- Hands On With Google Music Beta @ TechReviewSource
- Plantronics Gamecom X30 Xbox @ XSReviews
NVIDIA drops $163 million in generated revenue
Subject: General Tech | May 19, 2011 - 11:35 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: nvidia, quarter, income
We have been discussing the changes to the graphics market on the front page and on the Podcast, and as expected NVIDIA's income has shrunk. Last year NVIDIA was generating $800 million but saw revenue drop bu over $100 million, in perspective SemiAccurate pegs their professional graphics division at about $200 million. If NVIDIA is going to be able to keep their R&D team working on chips several generations ahead of the current products on the market, which they need to in order to be competitive, they had better hope that their foray into the mobile chip market is lucrative enough to pay the bills.
"Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) published their results last Thursday topping analyst estimates and six days later the stock was down 10%. What happened?
The numbers were pretty good. Revenue was up and Tegra™ finally started to get traction, more than 3 times up but there are some red lights. First their revenues are down YoY. Second, their GPU business is down YoY and last, but not least, their professional business revenue is more or less flat for the last quarter."
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- Intel's 2011 Investor Meeting - Intel's Architecture Group: 14nm Airmont Atom In 2014 @ AnandTech
- Google rolls out fix for Android security threat @ The Register
- Cisco refuses to deny it will sell off Linksys @ The Register
- Red Hat releases Enterprise Linux 6.1 @ The Inquirer
- Open-Source AMD Fusion Driver Stabilizes @ Phoronix
- Clash of the Sumo Titan bean bag chair @ The Tech Report
- Win a Blackberry Torch 9800 [Red] @ t-break
Intel Talks Finances And Growth At Investor Meeting 2011
Subject: General Tech | May 18, 2011 - 05:29 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: revenue, Intel, cagr
Intel held its annual Investor Meeting today, where the chip maker talked software, the state of the business, as well as new hardware and leveraging microarcitecture leadership. This installment focuses on the business growth and financial aspects.
With 43,905 United States employees and a rank of 62 on the 2010 Fortune 500 list, Intel is a huge company. And with an over $10 billion dollar Q1 2011, Intel is doing quite well.
During the investor meeting, Intel's CFO (Chief Financial Officer) Stacy Smith took the stage to talk about the company's financial performance and how the company is growing. One of the first points that he talked about was Intel's design and manufacturing advantages. Intel spends a great deal of it's capitol on R&D (research and development). and this investment in itself and the amount of research that is completed, allows the chip maker to maintain it's x86 market leadership. The company has also started acquiring other companies in an effort to differentiate itself from its competitors. For example, the recent McAfee acquisition has brought security and software engineers to Intel's portfolio, and will allow them to create security software solutions that can easily be paired with their hardware.
Intel also stated that it is growing, and expects to sell even more hardware thanks to emerging markets and the rise in "cloud computing" requiring larger and more numerous data centers. The chart above shows Intel's CAGR (compound annual growth rate), which is a number created by taking the nth root of the total percentage growth rate with "n" being the total number of years calculated. It is a way for companies to describe the rate of investment growth if it grew at a steady rate (which is unlikely to happen in real life due to a dynamic and constantly changing market). Including the company's projections for 2011, Intel is looking at a 12% CAGR for revenue and a 35% CAGR in EPS or earnings per share.
Paul S. Otellini, who is the President and Chief Executive Officer for Intel reaffirmed Intel's growth by stating that 74.5 quintillion transistors shipped in 2010. This rapid rise in growth can be attributed to cloud computing demands for more data centers, emerging markets adopting more computers, and Intel's interest in the mobile market.
The historic part of the graph above shows the rise in traditional servers from 1995 to its highesd point in 2010 as the Internet becomes further adopted and more and more applications execute server side. The right side of the graph; however, shows Intel's projections for the future from 2010 to 2015. They expect to see a massive increase in processor growth for data center market thanks to an influx of new cloud computing applications and networked storage. Intel also stated that the company's latest Xenon processors are no longer second to Itanium for mission critical applications, and thus Intel expects a rise in Core processors for mission critical servers. In 2010 alone, the company had $8.4B in revenue and $4.4B of operating profit. In 2013, Intel forecasts a 15% growth in revenue with operating margins at ~50% for the data center group.
From the PC Client Group, which encompasses both desktops and laptops, Intel had almost $7 million dollars for Q1 2011 revenue, which is at least $1 million more than Q1 2010. Further, their reported Q1 revenue for 2011 is the highest that it has ever been between Q1 2008 and Q1 2010. Their operating margins have also increased compared to 2008, with a 17% CAGR. Intel also revisited the issue of high R&D budgets, and showed that the overall cost across platform segments have declined since 2008. As research cost for new technologies increase, the cost to make wafers decreases. Intel forecasts that for the Performance, Mainstream, and Atom platforms, the costs will continue to decrease into 2011 and 2012 while the Value platform will see a slight increase in 2011 and remain stable into 2012.
Emerging markets are also responsible for the company's growth. Intel stated that "you will see a rapid increase in PC penetration rates in China, Latin America, and Eastern Europe." Both Brazil and Eastern Europe are projected to reach 80% PC penetration in 2015, for example. China is expected to attain a 40% penetration rate, while India will have 10%. Intel stated that this is possible thanks to falling prices in computers along with rising incomes worldwide. Once a country's incomes reach a level where 4 to 8 weeks is enough to purchase a PC, the penetration rate sees a rapid increase. Currently, Intel has determined 4.2 WOI (weeks of income) are necessary to purchase a PC worldwide, which is much lower than the 9.9 weeks of income necessary the previous year. In 2014, Intel projects that only 2.3 weeks of income will be necessary. Inside the worldwide WOI spectrum, North America has the lowest WOI each year, followed by Japan and Western Europe. India and China have historically had the highest WOI; however, Intel projects that by 2014, the countries will have greatly reduced their WOI at 10.3 and 2.6 respectively.
While data centers, emerging markets are responsible for the majority of Intel's projected growth, Intel also has both the embedded and software and services group. On the embedded side, Intel is expecting a 11% CAGR between 2010 and 2013. In 2010, the embedded group saw $1.5 billion dollars in revenue, and Intel projects almost $2 billion dollars in revenue in 2011. Intel has stated that they are "making significant investments in SoC, tablet, and smart phone R&D" and that they "expect market segment share gains and growing businesses in tablets, smart phones (application and base band processors), and connected CE (consumer electronics) devices."
The Software and Services Group also accounts for a small portion of Intel's revenue. The company's software acquisitions include McAfee, Wind River, and Havok among others. The group is a rapidly growing part of Intel, with a projected $3 billion dollars of revenue in 2013 compared to $330 million dollars in revenue in 2010. The group is an "upside opportunity as we embed additional security features into hardware and software," according to Intel.
Further, Intel showed a glimpse of it's NAND Solutions Group, and indicated that it forecasts a slightly increased operating profit for 2011 which coincides with Intel lowering the Cost/GB of NAND based devices (such as SSDs) compared to the industry leader.
As a company that diversifies it's products, leads the x86 markets, and invests heavily in itself with acquisitions and R&D, Intel is a profitable company that shows no signs of slowing it's growth.
Rumor: More details on Amazon tablets, yes: plural
Subject: General Tech, Mobile | May 18, 2011 - 05:05 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: tegra, nvidia, kal-el, amazon
At the beginning of the month we reported that Amazon seems to be moving into the tablet space with an order for hundreds of thousands of touchscreens per month. There is now more evidence that the Kindle manufacturer is looking specifically to do an Android tablet due to the processors rumored to be included. We think you will be smiling very soon.
Roadrunner Stew: Water, Roadrunner, Diced Apple
Call it Xenonauts if you want, it's still X-COM done the right way
Subject: General Tech | May 18, 2011 - 12:13 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: gaming, x-com, mod
It has been a first person shooter, a flight simulator and a turn based strategy game in a world where even a glass window is utterly impervious to nuclear weapons, but never has X-COM UFO Defense been properly remade or reimagined. It looks like an indy company will beat everyone else to it with their soon to enter beta testing Xenonauts, which keeps the style of the original, admittedly aged game, and more importantly includes destrucatable terrain! No word yet on if you can fund your extermination efforts by selling equipment you made from alien tech to world governments but there is a lot of info on the game over at Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN.
"It's been a bit all-quiet for the Cold War-set X-COM reimagining Xenonauts for the last few months, but creators Goldhawk have finally broken cover to show how the major element – the ground combat – looks in action. The answer, you may not be terribly surprised to hear is "quite a bit like X-COM", but clearly that's exactly what we want. Higher res and detail is a fine thing, but it's especially pleasing to see that destructible scenery, something so bafflingly absent from many of the commercial X-COM remakes, is present and correct."
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- PES 2012 - Xbox 360, PS3, PC @ HEXUS
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Album Rating: 5.0first proper day of spring in melbourne today. sun's out everything's glorious. gonna jam this real good
Album Rating: 5.0tbh it's probably either the shit that you hate or felt just like vacation
or syke
or side projects
or maybe they were trying to write every song they released???
Album Rating: 5.0oh hey just got an email from jeff rosenstock yeww
When's Jeff solo album gonna be released I've been hearing about that for months
Album Rating: 5.0spare 5 finally someone else who knowz
Album Rating: 5.0ofc dood
look at my lastfm
Album Rating: 5.0rank btmi + three cheers gogogo
Album Rating: 5.01. vacation / scrambles
2. goodbye cool world
3. adults
4. i look like shit
5. three cheers
6. get warmer
7. album minus band
8. to leave or die
silly to rank these things though. btw new jeff song is fucken awesome
Album Rating: 5.0is it anything like eastern coast cause that's been my fav of the new tracks so far
(also nb ranking i'd put to leave or die and three cheers higher tho)
Album Rating: 5.0but if i put things higher that means other things have to be lower!
also it's like an album minus band-esque song but posi af it's great
Album Rating: 5.0sweeeet i was hoping he'd do more of super fast upbeat synth stuff like their first few albums on the new one
from what i've heard so far it's pretty varied cause there was that one song about the end of summer (forgetting the name???) that was super chilled out and there was another that was a cover that felt more like the more indie influenced stuff on this one idk i'm just super pumped and i want to hear it already fuckkkk
Album Rating: 5.0i don't think it's really a thing per se it's just people who bought the 7inch are getting these 7 songs over a period of time?
Album Rating: 5.0yeah no i got that i think i just worded that poorly lol
excited 4 the new song tho
Album Rating: 5.0god the bridge in can't complain
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound OffNEW SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG
Album Rating: 5.0shh
They love you but they're always breathing down your neck. But every now and then somebody calls you
up and says "I'm coming back!"
let's just talk about everybody that loves you guise
and hey hanson's review is flagged again coo
Album Rating: 5.0you must rate vaca a 5 to post on this page
c'mon dimsim
Well he wrote the (thus far) only 5 review for this album (and band) so i'd say that's enough lol
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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Can anyone who is familiar with these two fine rods give me a feel for them and their differences?
Can anyone who is familiar with these two fine rods give me a feel for them and their differences?
Yeah the T&T feels like a log compared to the b3x. I own a b2x and do like the b3x a little better.
Bear, what would you describe the action of the B3X compared to the B2X as?
I have no experience with the BIIIX, but do have experience with the T&T and the BIIX...
Neither rod is a bad rod persay, the Horizon II is definitely a faster/stiffer rod than the BIIX...
I will say this, while in Louisiana last week I had my Scott S4s 8 weight with me and I cast it side by side with my Friends BIIX 8 weight, the Scott was a lot lighter in general and especially in the tip, the swing weight of the BIIX was much much higher and I really disliked it when casting the two side by side. It's also a much lighter rod than the T&T I once owned and just as powerful...
What type of fishing are you trying to do with these rods, would make a difference in which one you would probably like more...
Last edited by kwb; 10-19-2011 at 08:40 AM.
The Scott S4s is a special rod with lots of feel, very well designed and built. T&T is under brand new ownership and is currently rolling out new graphite models in both salt, the Super fast TNT and sweet, the also potent NS. I do not have any personal experience with these new rods but respect the people involved with their development. Both will have more powerfull tapers than the fast for Winston but medium by other standards BIIIx.
Note to Winston fans: have you checked out Sweetgrass Rods? A former co-owner of Winston along with Tom Morgan, Glenn Bracket, started this company to build cane rods and Winston's graphite rod designer, Sam Druckman (originator of the Bx series), left Winston to join Sweetgrass and is rolling his own graphite rods up at the other end of Twin Bridges from Winston. This is a group of top-notch, no-compromise craftsman that don't advertise much and deserve a serious look....Oops! I was just going to insert their link here only to learn the Druckman has left Sweetgrass to start a new company, speaking of fast action:
Graphite Rods
Sam Drukman has recently left Sweetgrass to join a startup rod-building company called Freestone Rods. While we will miss his contributions to Sweetgrass, Sam has graciously agreed to handle repair work for any Sweetgrass graphite or fiberglass rods that are already in use. You may contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Life is not like a bowl of cherries. It's more like a jar of ghost peppers. What you eat today might burn your ass tomorrow...
Sory for lack of clarity, Mojo. It was Morgan and Bracket who owned Winston together. When they sold to the current owner Tom Morgan started his own Tom Morgan Rodsmiths with his wife and Glenn Bracket stayed on to run the Bamboo shop in the old building for Winston. Ultimatly, circumstances led to Glenn, Jerry Kustach and the "Boo Boys" to depart Winston and start Sweetgrass...Tom Morgan was never a part of this new company. My central point above was graphite oriented, hence my point that Winston's graphite designer of note, Sam Druckman, left the new Winston to work with the much revered, Bracket. Now Druckman is entering into a new rodmaking venture with three other noteworthy rod men called "Freestone" and their web site should be up and running in the near future I am told. They will design and hand-build cane and carbon rods using state-of-the-art technology and artistic craftsmanship (in the USA of course).
Mojo, from your other posts I gather that you pay a lot of attention to the finer points of graphite rods, who is building them and where. Do you (or anyone else) know who has taken over for Druckman at Winston? I have a sinking suspicion they don't have a Rod Designer and are simply mutating tapers and technologies introduced by previous creative minds. I also have noted that their once vaunted tread wraps have deteriorated to "industry standard" with a single glop of viscus finish overlaping onto the blank. Winston has a great history, great facility and a great shade of green but seems unable to hold on to their best people.
As for the bamboo rods, who in the hell would pay $2700- $3000 for a bamboo rod some gal (that had a 3 month or so apprenticeship from Brackett) made. Sweetgrass' rods are 2 grand to $2500 depending on tips. Who would you order from. The current owner Ojdenge or whatever the hell his name is, should sell Winston to someone who cares about the company. He bought ot from Morgan and Brackett in the '90's and it's gone down hill the past 5 years. It's all about the might buck.
I hope that T&T has some new owners that care so it can continue it's legacy.
Sorry for the hijack.
Now getting back to the op's original question- what exactly are you fishing for?
You've been asking questions about x vs. y rod, how a compares to b rod. So on and so on. And now this. What do you want. Very fast rod, medium fast rod, medium rod, slow. From your posts, you're into the upper end medium fast to fast.
What are you using now and do you like it. Is this a rod to take it's place or just
Another to add to your quill?
In the end it's up to you. Sorry for ranting, but we can't help without more info from you.
Life is not like a bowl of cherries. It's more like a jar of ghost peppers. What you eat today might burn your ass tomorrow...
Not a hijack in my opinion, Mojo, but rather, this thread has morphed into something more interesting than the original question which was a bit apple and orangeie. Maybe it is time for a new thread...


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AUGUSTA, Ga. - The list of contenders has rarely been this strong. The credentials are as impeccable as ever. Indeed, the competition is more wide open than ever at the Masters.
Only it's not just about the green jacket.
It's a label - best to have never won a major championship.
And it's a long list these days.
Much of the attention is divided between Luke Donald, currently No. 1 in the world, and Lee Westwood, a former No. 1 who has finished among the top three in six of his last 14 majors, including being the runner-up at Augusta National two years ago.
But the list is deeper than that.
Going into this year's Masters, six of the top 10 players in the world - and 18 of the top 25 - have yet to win a major.
Phil Mickelson remembers what it was like to be tagged the "best to have never won a major." He carried that burden - and with his talent, it was an enormous burden - for some seven years before he drained that 18-foot birdie putt in 2004 to win the Masters. From that point on, he drove down Magnolia Lane with more joy than trepidation.
"After winning in 2004, the pressure has not been the same," he said. "Because there was this burden of having never won a major. There was this burden of wanting to win the Masters so bad and being a part of the history of the tournament. When I won in 2004, it was no longer pressure I felt. It was excitement."
That might explain why he came close to winning the next three majors, why he won the PGA Championship the following season, another green jacket in 2006, and why he likes his chances of joining Tiger Woods and Arnold Palmer as a four-time Masters champion.
Mickelson was easy to identify on that dreaded list. Ditto for a half-dozen others before him - David Duval, Mark O'Meara, Davis Love III, Corey Pavin, Paul Azinger and Tom Kite. The missing major was more obvious because of their world ranking, money titles, close calls in the majors, number of wins, or a combination of those measures.
That's what makes this list as strong as it has been in years.
Donald was asked Tuesday how he would define the best player to have not won a major, and once he settled on a definition, whom he would rate at the top of the list.
"That's a tricky question," he said. "Obviously, my name would be in the hat. Lee has been around quite a bit, and he's obviously had probably more opportunities that I have to win majors."
Who else?
Sergio Garcia soon came to mind, as did Steve Stricker, who has reached No. 2 in the world and for a short time was the highest-ranked American. That distinction currently belongs to Hunter Mahan, who won for the second time this year at the Houston Open on Sunday.
Dustin Johnson is working his way onto the list, though he won't have a chance this week because he withdrew with a sore back. Justin Rose is forcing his way into the conversation, with four wins in the last four years, including a World Golf Championship at Doral last month.
Darren Clarke could be considered the last player to remove his name from the list. He won the British Open last year at Royal St. George's, but much like O'Meara in 1998, most thought his best years were behind him. That was a pleasant surprise.
Before that was Padraig Harrington at Carnoustie in 2007, when he overcame a double bogey on the 18th hole and beat Garcia in a playoff. It looked then, as it did eight years earlier, that Garcia's time was coming.
But it hasn't. There is no guarantee it will.
Garcia went two years without winning anywhere until back-to-back wins in Spain which brought him back into the top 50. He is No. 21 now, and he has finished among the top 12 in the last three majors.
No one has more scars from major chances - twice in the final group with Tiger Woods (U.S. Open at Bethpage, British Open at Hoylake), the runner-up finish at age 19 at Medinah, in a playoff at Carnoustie in 2007, and a runner-up finish to Harrington again at Oakland Hills in the 1998 PGA Championship.
But it's all about the now, which puts Donald and Westwood at the top of the list. They are the only two players to have been No. 1 without ever winning a major.
"Over the last couple of years, his performance has gotten stronger and stronger," Nick Faldo said of Donald. "Now he's climbed to No. 1, and he's looking at the next rung on the ladder, which is being a major champion."
The last year should serve Donald well, not just because he has won five times in the last 14 months, but because he realized he only played truly great golf in one of those wins - the Match Play Championship a year ago.
"I've been able to win tournaments without playing my best golf, and I think majors are a similar deal," Donald said. "I think a lot of people put too much pressure on yourself, and you go out there and you press a little bit too hard, and suddenly you're a few shots back and trying to play catch up.
"Know that just playing my game is good enough is a good thought to have for me."
Memories from last year won't hurt. Donald was in the thick of contention until he pushed his 8-iron ever so slightly on the wrong hole - the par-3 12th - and it went in the water for double bogey. He rallied strong, though, chipped in for birdie on the 18th for a 69 and wound up in a tie for fourth. He knows his game will work here.
Ditto for Westwood, who did little wrong with a one-shot lead going into the final round at Augusta in 2010. Trouble was, Mickelson did everything right, including that sensational shot through the trees on the 13th.
"It's quite frustrating at a time when you keep coming close," Westwood said.
It can make for a frustrating four weeks out of the year - unless, or until they win.


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