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JPR Releases Q1 2013 GPU Market Share Numbers, Good News for NVIDIA
Subject: Graphics Cards | May 20, 2013 - 12:54 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: VIA, Q1 2013, nvidia, jpr, Intel, gpu market share, amd
Market analytics firm Jon Peddie Research recently released estimated market share and GPU shipment numbers from Q1 2013. The report includes information on AMD, NVIDIA, Intel, and Via and covered IGPs, processor graphics, and discrete GPUs included in desktop and mobile systems powered by X86 hardware. The report includes x86 tablets but otherwise does not factor in GPUs used in ARM devices like NVIDIA's Tegra chips. Year over Year, the PC market is down 12.6% and the GPU market declined by 12.9%. It is not all bad news for the PC market and discrete GPU makers, however. GPUs through 2016 are expected to exhibit a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.6% with as many as 394 million discrete GPUs shipped in 2016 alone.
In Q1 2013, the PC market is down 13.7% versus last quarter (Q4 2012) but the GPU market only declined 3.2%. This discrepency is explained as the result of people adding multiple GPUs to a single PC system, including adding a single discrete card to a system that already has processor graphics or an APU. By the end of Q1 2013, Intel holds 61.8% market share followed by AMD in second place with 20.2% and NVIDIA with 18%. Notably VIA is out of the game with 0.0% market share.
In terms of GPU shipments, NVIDIA had a relatively good first quarter of this year with an increase of 7.6% for notebook GPUs and desktop GPU shipments that remained flat. Overall, NVIDIA saw an increase in PC graphics shipments of 3.6%. On the other hand, x86 CPU giant Intel saw desktop and notebook GPUs slip by 3% and 6.3% respectively. Overall, that amounts to PC graphics shipments that fell by 5.3%. In between NVIDIA and Intel, AMD moved 30% more desktop chips (including APUs) versus Q4 2012. Meanwhile, Notebook chips (including APUs) fell by 7.3%. AMD's overall PC graphics shipments fell by 0.3%.
In all, this is decent news for the PC market as it shows that there is still interest in desktop GPUs. The PC market itself is declining and taking the GPU market with it, but it is far from the death of the desktop PC. It is interesting that NVIDIA (which announced Q1'13 revenue of $954.7 million) managed to push more chips while AMD and Intel were on the decline since NVIDIA doesn't have a x86 CPU with integrated graphics. I'm looking forward to seeing where NVIDIA stands as far as the mobile GPU market which does include ARM-powered products.
Skip the Pi and go straight to cardboard computing
Subject: General Tech | January 17, 2013 - 01:56 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: cardboard, APC, ice cream sandwich, arm, Cortex A9, VIA
APC has released a version of their Rock PC called the Paper which comes in a recycled cardboard case which resembles a hard cover book. Powered by a Cortex A9 based Via Wondermedia chip running at 800MHz, 512GB of RAM and 4GB of NAND storage and sporting a pair of USB ports, ethernet and HDMI this Ice Cream Sandwich system is great for browsing the web. At an MSRP of $100 it is an interesting device, almost as expensive as a tablet but in a very different form factor, if it could be convinced to act as an HTPC you could hide it in your bookshelf and only the wiring would give it away as anything but another book. Check out more at The Inquirer.
"TAIWANESE TECHNOLOGY FIRM APC has shown off a PC that comes in a book-like cardboard case.
The firm calls its under $100 PC Paper, because it comes with a cardboard case that looks like a book. Inside Paper is the firm's redesigned Rock board. Both run Android and both are designed for mouse and keyboard inputs."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Applied Micro ARM servers all over Open Compute Project @ The Register
- AMD+friends forge 'Roadrunner' Open Compute server mobo @ The Register
- Lenovo reportedly to directly procure PCBs @ DigiTimes
- New Phishing Toolkit Uses Whitelisting To 'Bounce' Non-Victims @ Slashdot
- Apple's 10-Year Run: where they succeeded and others were too lazy to innovate @ Techspot
- CES 2013: OCZ Shows Off Epic Storage Z-Drive R4 @ FunkyKit
- TechwareLabs CES 2013 Coverage: Kopi
- CES 2013 Coverage Day 1: LG, Qualcomm, Samsung, NVIDIA, Intel, and Corsair @ Hi Tech Legion
VIA Launches ARMOS-800 Embedded PC
Subject: Systems | January 16, 2013 - 12:30 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: VIA, pico-itx, embedded system, cortex a8, arm
VIA has launched a new small form factor PC for embedded applications and powered by ARM hardware. The ARMOS-800 is ruggedized and low power. It features a fanless design with an aluminum chassis that can operate between -40 and 80 degrees Celsius.
Internal hardware includes a pico-ITX motherboard, and Freescale ARM Cortex A8 processor clocked at 800MHz. It also has two integrated GPUs capable of dual display outputs. Other specifications include 1GB DDR3 SDRAM, 4GB eMMC internal storage, and a microSD card slot.
IO options on the ARMOS-800 include a COM port, DIO port, CAN port, and three audio jacks (line in, line out, and mic in). Rear IO includes one VGA, one HDMI, one Ethernet jack (10/100), three USB 2.0 ports, and an optional VNT9271 Wi-Fi card attached via an internal USB header.
The ARMOS-800 PC uses an average of 3.14W during normal operation. It can officially support Android 2.3 or Embedded Linux 2.6. The PC measures 15 x 4.6 x 10.8 centimeters. The ARMOS-800 is available now. You can find more information on the VIA product page.
Podcast #231 - Intel NUC, AMD 8000M GPUs, Building a Hackintosh and more!
Subject: General Tech | December 20, 2012 - 03:16 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: video, virtu, VIA, tegra 4, Samsung, radeon, podcast, nvidia, nvelo, nuc, lucid, Intel, hackintosh, gigabyte, Dataplex, arm, amd, 8000m
PC Perspective Podcast #231 - 12/20/2012
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- 0:19:00 HP Z1 Workstation All in One
- 0:25:00 Building a Hackintosh Computer - A Guide
- 0:32:35 This Podcast is brought to you by MSI!
News items of interest:
- 0:33:30 Cutting the Cord Complete!
- 0:36:10 VIA ARM-based SoCs in upcoming ASUS tablet
- 0:42:00 Lucid MVP 2.0 will be sold direct
- 0:44:50 Samsung acquires NVELO SSD Caching Software
- 0:49:00 AMD announces mobility 8000M series of GPUs
- 0:54:15 Some NVIDIA Tegra 4 Details
- 0:58:55 NEC Unveils Super Thin Ultrabook
- 1:00:30 Win a Sapphire HD 7870 GHz Edition FleX!!
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ASUS Partners with VIA for Tablet SoCs
Subject: General Tech, Processors, Mobile | December 13, 2012 - 04:37 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: asus, VIA
We have not heard too much about VIA Technologies developing CPUs in recent history. They still hold an x86 license until at least some time in 2013. VIA also develops ARM SoCs, apparently, and have recently struck a deal to get in multiple 7-inch tablets by Asustek. These models will be exclusively sold to China.
ASUS set a goal of 12 million sales for tablet PCs for 2013 and one way to accomplish that milestone is to provide cheap but decent devices. This goal is firmly in the same order of magnitude as iPad sales. Still, ASUS already has a fairly big presence in the tablet market with its strong Transformer line and more notably Google's Nexus 7.
VIA will provide ARM Cortex A9 processors for the lower end of ASUS' product line. The model which they will be embedded in will retail for somewhere between $99-$149 USD. These devices will be available in China for the Lunar New Year season of 2013.
Interestingly Asustek has not contracted out Pegatron to manufacture the device, opting instead for Wistron Corp. to fulfill the order. The two companies, Pegatron and Asustek, were once one-in-the-same; founded by a businessman with a fascination for the Greek mythological Pegasus. The company changed with the climate like any other and Pegatron was spun off into its own independent entity. Since then, Pegatron has been hard at work developing laptops and tablets for ASUS as well as picking up orders from Apple and others.
The first shipment of 2-3 million manufactured devices is rumored to be delivered to Asus by the end of December. Perhaps these sales can help bolster VIA and their ability to develop CPUs once more?
Via Debuts EPIA-M920 Mini-ITX Motherboard
Subject: Motherboards | September 23, 2012 - 09:21 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: VIA EPIA-M920, VIA, mini-itx
VIA recently announced a new motherboard and processor combination meant for embedded systems like Point of Sale (POS) machines and digital signage. The EPIA-M920 is the company's first mini-ITX form factor board to feature its VXIIH chipset. VIA has packed a lot into this 17cm x 17cm motherboard, and the specs suggest that it is a capable machine. It can't match the NUC, but it should cost less -- and one SKU can even be run fanless. The EPIA-M920 comes in two iterations depending on the processor you select: the 12Q and the 10E. The EPIA-M920-12Q packs a 1.2GHz VIA QuadCore E processor, and requires a CPU HSF with fan. On the other hand, the EPIA-M920-10E is powered by a VIA Eden X2 dual core processor at 1.0GHz. The 10E version can run without any heatsink fans, and is passively cooled by two small aluminum heatsinks over the VXIIH chipset and processor.
The VXIIH chipset includes the Chromotion 5.0 video processor that hardware accelerates a number of video codecs includinig MPEG-2, MPEG-4, VC-1, and H.264. VIA claims that the graphics processor can handle videos with those codecs at resolutions up to 1080p (they did not specify bit rates, however) without affecting the CPU. Further, the GPU supports DirectX 11 graphics and stereoscopic 3D content.
The VIA motherboard can support up to 16GB of DDR3 RAM running at 1333MHz (via two SO-DIMM slots). Internal headers include:
- 2 x LVDS (Low Voltage Differential Signaling)
- 1 x USB 3.0
- 4 x USB 2.0
- 2 x SATA
- 3 x RS232 (congifurable: 5V/12V)
- SDHC card slot
- PCI-E x4 slot
In addition, the mini ITX motherboard will happily accept power connections from either an AC or CD power supply and is compatible with the slim, low wattage, DC PSUs though no specific recommended wattage was stated.
Rear IO on the motherboard is also fairly impressive considering the size. Via has packed in the following connectors.
- Dual Gigabit LAN ports powered by two VIA VT6130 controllers.
- 2 x USB 3.0
- 2 x USB 2.0
- 2 x HDMI
- 1 x VGA
- 1 x COM
- 3 x audio jacks (VIA VT2021 HD codec)
- 2 x PS/2 ports
The VIA EPIA-M920 motherboard supports Windows 7, but it is primarily aimed at embedded markets, and as such is compatible with the Windows Embedded Standard 7, Windows XP Embedded, and POSReady 7 operating systems. VIA intends for this system to be used to power digital signage, point of sale machines, ATMs, kiosks, embedded gaming platforms, and other digital media applications where low power flourishes. VIA Technologies Embedded Platform Division Head Epan Wu stated that "the VIA EPIA-M920 Mini-ITX packs in all of the latest technologies from VIA providing embedded system designers an ideal platform to create groundbreaking new devices."
Unfortunately, no pricing or availability information was stated in the press release. It should be available to system integrators soon, however. You can find more photos of the EPIA-M920 mini ITX motherboard in VIA's photo gallery.
Remember VIA Technologies?
Subject: General Tech | August 16, 2012 - 01:17 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: VIA, purchase
There was a time when VIA was a common name in computers for motherboard chipsets and low power processors, but it has been quite a while since they've been in the news. It's PC division has been having a very rough couple of years; only their telecom, USB and ARM branches have been bringing in money. They do however own quite a few patents which has attracted the attention of an unnamed China-based communications chip player who, according to DigiTimes, are looking to purchase VIA. This will likely have little effect on the North American market but could put them in much better standing in the Asian markets.
"In the first half of 2012, VIA suffered net losses of NT$1.86 billion (US$62 million) and compared to the same period a year ago, the amount increased 63% with EPS already at negative NT$1.89. Although the company achieved an on-month growth in July revenues, due to the weak global economy and strong competition in China's white-box market, market watchers are mostly conservative about its future performance."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Nokia Researcher Puts Firefox OS On Raspberry Pi @ Slashdot
- Blackberry 10 handsets will come with HD 720p screens @ The Inquirer
- Cray to plug Kepler GPUs into future Cascade supers @ The Register
- First tranche of Windows 8 released via MSDN and TechNet @ The Register
- Windows 8 vs. Windows 7 Performance @ Techspot
- Hands On With Windows 8 RTM @ TechReviewSource
- Intel Graphics Hit High Point With Linux 3.6 Kernel @ Phoronix
- Microsoft, Adobe throw fire blanket over blaze of security flaws @ The Register
- Visual Studio 2012 arrives in MSDN downloads @ The Register
- WIN A HIS HD 7770 iCooler 1GB GHz Edition! @ HardwareLOOK
VIA unveils the APC $49 Android PC
Subject: General Tech, Cases and Cooling, Systems | May 22, 2012 - 05:22 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: VIA, htpc, APC
VIA tops Gingerbread with a banana for some reason. They also unveil a $49 system powered by Android 2.3 which has been customized for mouse and keyboard support. The system draws between 4 and 13.5 watts (idle and load respectively) and can be mounted into any standard Mini-ITX or microATX chassis as well as chassis for the new Neo-ITX standard.
I guess VIA wants to be more than just Android-in-law to HTC.
It seems as though the low powered computing market is continuing to be eaten by ARM with devices such as VIA's just announced APC Android PC. The APC seems to be aimed at the home theatre and enthusiast markets. VIA also hopes that the low price point will introduce more people to computing.
Apparently VIA prefers bananas to Apples.
The APC is powered by an 800MHz VIA ARM11 system-on-a-chip with 512 MB of DDR3 RAM. 2GB of flash memory is embedded on the device which can be expanded by a microSD card slot. It may also be possible to install extra memory through one of the four USB2.0 ports on the device although that is not explicitly stated in the press release. Display output will be limited to 720p. Power usage will vary between 4 and 13.5 watts depending on load.
VIA is also promoting the device for its Neo-ITX form factor. The APC is 17cm x 8.5cm in dimensions -- which is just under 6 3/4" by 3 3/8" for you non-Metrics -- and can mount in Mini-ITX or microATX cases. It apparently is also smaller than a banana.
The APC is expected to ship this July for $49.
Have you ever wanted an audio codec decoder?
Subject: General Tech | April 16, 2012 - 02:45 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: VIA, Realtec, decoder, codec, C-Media, audio, Analog Devices
There are a wide range of audio coder/decoders on the market, from a variety of vendors providing codecs for both onboard audio as well as for discrete cards which can prove confusing to even veteran PC builders. With Analog Devices, Realtec, C-Media, VIA and several other smaller vendors providing a wide range of codecs and controllers you can easily be lost in the alphabet soup of model names. Perhaps you wish there was a handy reference that would give you a list of the basic capabilities of these codecs, like the Channels available, input and output resolution, the maximum sampling rates and the signal to noise ratio? Hardware Secrets has heard your plea and assembled a list of the more common codecs on the market today which you can refer to here.
"Audio codec is a small chip measuring 0.25 sq. in. (7 mm2) located on the motherboard in charge of the analog audio functions. Knowing the specs of a codec will permit you to compare the audio quality of different motherboards, allowing you to choose the right product for your needs."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Aperion Audio Zona Wireless Speaker System Review @ MissingRemote
- Auna PS-7801 Wireless Speaker System @ XSReviews
- Enermax DreamBass Genie Review @ HardwareLOOK
- ASUS Xonar Essence One DAC & Headphone Amplifier @ techPowerUp
- Corsair Vengeance 1300 Analog Gaming Headset Review @ Legit Reviews
- Cyborg F.R.E.Q. 5 Gaming Headset Review @ HardwareHeaven
- ASUS ROG Vulcan ANC Headset @ Pro-Clockers
- SteelSeries Fnatic 7H Headphones @ Kitguru
- Head-Direct HE-400 Planar Magnetic Headphones @ techPowerUp
VIA Announces World's First Quad Core Mini-ITX Boards
Subject: Systems | February 23, 2012 - 12:26 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: VIA, EPIA-M900, EPIA-M910, quadcore
Taipei, Taiwan--February 23, 2012 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announcedthe world's first quad core Mini-ITX boards featuring the latest VIA QuadCore E-Series processor. The VIA EPIA-M900 and VIA EPIA-M910 are the first two Mini-ITX boards to feature the 1.2GHz VIA QuadCore E-Series processor, offering enhanced multi-tasking and superb multimedia performance on the lowest quad core power budget for next generation embedded products.
The VIA QuadCore E-Series processor features a highly optimized, energy efficient multi-core architecture, which is natively 64-bit compatible and comes with a host of additional performance features including Adaptive Overclocking. To meet the low power demands of the embedded market, the VIA QuadCore E-Series processor offers industry-leading energy efficiency, with the VIA QuadCore E-Series 1.2+ GHz processor delivering a thermal design power (TDP) of only 27.5W. The distributed power of the VIA QuadCore E-Series processor makes it ideal for handling the most demanding HD video formats for immersive multi-display applications and environments.
"The VIA QuadCore E-Series processor delivers world class performance in the industry's leading power efficient package,"said Epan Wu, Head of the VIA Embedded Platform Division, VIA Technologies, Inc. "The high performance of the VIA QuadCore E-Series processor makes it the perfect platform for the creation of next generation digital signage displays and embedded projects."
Measuring 17cm x 17cm the VIA EPIA-M900 Mini-ITX board features the choice of a 1.2GHz VIA QuadCore E-Series processor or a 1.6GHz dual core VIA Nano X2 E-Series processor.Paired with the VIA VX900 MSP, supporting up to 8GB of DDR3 system memory and featuring the VIA ChromotionHD 2.0 video processor, the VIA EPIA-M900 enables the creation of a wealth of innovative next generation digital signage, POS, Kiosk, ATM, home automation, healthcare and media client system design applications.
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Rear panel I/O includes a Gigabit LAN port, HDMI port, VGA port, four USB 2.0 ports, one COM port and three audio jacks. An onboard PCIe x16 slot (with effective speed up to PCIe x8) and one PCI slot is accompanied with pin headers providing one dual channel 24-bit LVDS support (including backlight control), an additional three COM ports, a further four USB 2.0 ports and one USB device port, LPC support, 2 Digital I/O, SPDIF out and an SMBus header.
For more information about the VIA EPIA-M900 Mini-ITX board, please visit: http://www.viaembedded.com/en/products/boards/productDetail.jsp?productLine=1&id=1550&tabs=1
Paired with the VIA VX900 MSP, the VIA EPIA-M910 is available with a wide choice of VIA x86 processors, including the latest 1.2GHz VIA QuadCore E-Series processor, a 1.6GHz VIA Nano X2 dual core processor or a fanless 1.0GHz VIA Eden X2 dual core processor. Featuring one of the richest I/O sets available, the VIA EPIA-M910 is ideal for a wide range of embedded applications including ATM, kiosks, POS, digital signage, healthcare and digital media applications.
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Rear panel I/O includes dual Gigabit LAN ports, PS/2 support, one HDMI port, a VGA port, two RS-232 5v/12v selectable COM ports, four USB 2.0 ports and audio jacks. On board pin headers provide 2 x 24-bit LVDS support (including backlight control), two SATA ports, an additional six COM ports, a further four USB ports, Digital I/O, and a PCIe x4 slot. The VIA EPIA-M910 is available with support for either ATX or DC-in power supplies.
For more information about the VIA EPIA-M910 Mini-ITX board, please visit: http://www.viaembedded.com/en/products/boards/productDetail.jsp?productLine=1&id=1810&tabs=1
For more information about VIA QuadCore E-Series processors, please visit: http://www.viaembedded.com/en/products/processors/productDetail.jsp?productLine=5&id=1830&tabs=1
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To print this article open the file menu and choose Print. Click here to return to previous page Article published Jan 6, 2013 Mass. colleges, companies take plunge into big dataIndustry in state is growing
ECONOMIC DRIVER At Worcester Polytechnic Institute, professors are conducting studies on so-called big data processing that could result in programs to run an automatic trading system and detect medical fraud. In Marlboro, Sepaton Inc. provides data protection for large enterprises that manage massive amounts of data. The company sees its future mainly in industries such as health care, government, financial services, telecommunication and retail. In technology, big data, a new field of study, is used to describe the massive amount of data made available by the Internet that is too large and complex to manage with traditional data processing tools. Every minute, Twitter users send more than 100,000 tweets; Apple receives about 47,000 app downloads; and Facebook users share 68,4478 pieces of content. Big data comes from social-network websites but also from climate information sensors, cellphone GPS signals and even blood pressure records at Massachusetts General Hospital. Together, these sources create an amount of data that is so big that it becomes difficult to process and analyze but remains potentially very useful. According to IBM, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data were created each day in 2012, and 90 percent of the data in the world has been created in the last two years. To exploit this massive volume, Massachusetts has nearly 100 big data and analytics companies, ranging from multinational corporations such as EMC Corp. to growing younger companies such as VoltDB, ParElastic and Hadapt. Although most big data companies in Massachusetts are in or near Boston or Route 128, Central Massachusetts plays a role. Customers of Sepaton, from Massachusetts and across the country, are mainly corporations that need to protect large amounts of data, rather than small businesses that are looking for data processing solutions, according to SepatonÆs product manager Peter Quirk. Sepaton has 140 employees, and a large number of them are data engineers. According to a recent report issued by the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, the stateÆs employment in the big data sector may grow by 50,000 jobs in the next five years, and by 2018 there will be an estimated 120,000 jobs in the stateÆs big data industry. IBM Mass Lab, which opened in 2010 and is IBMÆs largest software development laboratory in North America, has already brought 3,400 jobs to Massachusetts. On March 29, the Obama administration announced a Big Data Research and Development Initiative. Six federal departments and agencies will commit more than $200 million to solve ōsome the nationÆs most pressing challengesö by ōimproving our ability to extract knowledge and insights from large and complex collections of digital data,ö according to the announcement. The day after the Big Data R&D Initiative was announced at the White House, Intel Corp. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology started a collaborative effort that focuses on processing and digesting data. According to MIT, the project, bigdata@CSAIL, will involve both the Intel Science and Technology Center and the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT. The Intel Center for Big Data will be led by MIT professor and principle investigator Sam Madden and Michael Stonebraker, an adjunct professor at MIT. The project will receive $2.5 million a year for up to five years from Intel. The project will involve 25 CSAIL professors and several undergraduate and graduate students at MIT. Researchers at MIT will be focused on using big data in finance, medicine, security and social media. As part of the Massachusetts Big Data Initiative, the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative will create a Big Data internship program for college students in the state. ōItÆs a good opportunity and a high demand for students with such kind of skills,ö said Elizabeth Bruce, executive director of bigdata@CSAIL. For college students in Worcester, opportunities in big data can be found on campus. According to associate professor Michael Radzicki at WPI, a new degree program on big data predictive analytic theory will be introduced at the school. The goal is to create data scientists, and graduates will be expected to get jobs in the data analysis area. The program is likely to be available at WPI in a year, said Mr. Radzicki. However, companies in Worcester still face some road blocks when it comes to big data. One of the problems, said Mr. Radzicki, is that Worcester does not have the sort of entities that will help businesses deal with data storage. WPI is considering creating a center where businesses could get help for big-data-related problems. ōItÆs one thing for Central Mass. to train people in big data or to be good at big data,ö Mr. Radzicki said. ōThe key is how to keep them here. If everything we do is big data, I donÆt think thatÆs going to change the employment situation in Massachusetts or in Central Mass. The business environment has to also be business and employee friendly, where companies and people want to stay here. It has to be relative to other states or other places that offer a better package of stuff.ö Order the Telegram & Gazette, delivered daily to your home or office! www.telegram.com/homedelivery Copyright Worcester Telegram & Gazette Corp. |


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cool. thanks. hey, you mentioned wanting to work with Wrek, you should send him an "Addrenaline" verse, no offense to Crooked I but that track is near flawless before his verse comes in and a remix wouldn't hurt...just sayin...but yeah, looking forward to some new JL.
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I'm using a number of CS6 applications on a mac (10.7.4, 2GHz Core i7, 8GB Ram) and am finding that my mouse cursor keeps disappearing.
I can hover over items and they react, I can select items, I just can't see the cursor unless I click outside the application, it appears again and all is normal.
It happens randomly and not too often. It would suggest that there is another application that might be interfering but I am now making sure that all other applications are not running when using CS6 (but it recurs).
I wanted to know if any other user is finding the same issue, I tried to find a general CS6 forum, but couldn't find one and as it's worst in InDesign, I am posting here.
I am currently using InDesign the most and have found this issue to be reasonably common. However is has happened in Photoshop and Premiere.
Any advice gratefully received.
Many thanks.
Since you're finding this to be a problem, and the vast majority of people aren't, it probably relates to the mouse you're using. What kind of mouse? Have you tried a different mouse? (For example, I'm using the same operating system in InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop on two different Macs with two different mice, and I have no such problems.)
Thank you for this link.
I had found this and indeed have found it a little sensitive, though I have learnt to control the movement better with the 'spacebar' shortcut to bring up the hand for moving around a document. I agree the magic mouse is far too consensitive.
As the issue persists, not just in InDesign, inclined to think it's a communication/ compatibility issue as you suggest. I have started to use another mouse to see if this helps.
I have the same problem. I don't have a magic mouse- I use a wacom intuos tablet. It is an old one, a GD 1, but it's been working well in Lion. The cursor disappears in Photoshop and Illustrator, but also when using non-Adobe apps. It seems to mostly affect the Adobe apps because that's where I usually am. It happened in CS5, too.
I run Lion in a 2.8 GHz QuadCore tower with 6GB memory. With two monitors, the cursor usually only vanishes from one. I click around both screens, in to and out of the app, and the cursor reappears. I have had it vanich while using a microsoft optical USB mouse.
This is a real pain, though I've been workig with it for a while and apparently will continue to do so.
I posted this on a separate thread.... Seem that this problem is more than just Magic Mouse related...
I completely relate to this issue and it happens to me while using both my mouse and pen and notice it the most while working in CS5 apps. The ones I use most often are inDesign, Ai and PS. At times I also loose the cursor on the desktop trying to go from one window on the left screen to another window on the right screen. I would LOVE to find the cause. Right now, the only way I get my cursor back is by clicking on the desktop and clicking back into the application.
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Wacom intuous 4 (mouse and pen) updated with Driver 6.3.2-4 for Mac OS X v. 10.7, 10.6 & 10.5 released July 2012
I have an Apple HD Cinema Display (older) as well as a Samsung screen at home.
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9 Meetup Groups match "Puppy" near King of Prussia, PA
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This group is designed to provide many things. First, all service dogs are welcome including service dogs in training. We will work on basic skills, tasks for disabilities, provide socialization, exchange information regarding Public Access Law. We will practice Public Access and the Good Canine Good Citizenship test. For puppies we will work on basic socialization, basic sit, stay, down, walking on the leash, In this group we will also provide educational material regarding service dogs, equipm …
A Social Club Exclusively For Toy & Small Breed Dogs Le Petit Chien ... the small dog! was created in 2007 to provide our tiny companions a Friendly Place to Socialize with other Dogs their Own Size. Our club WELCOMES ALL Toy and Small Breed Dogs including Mixed Breed Dogs. We just ask that your dog's adult weight does not exceed 20 lbs to participate in our events. We Also Offer Social Events JUST FOR CHIHUAHUAS! Paw Scouts Dog Training Classes Organized Trail Waggers Dog Walks Our FRE …
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Fido's Festival USA® is a two day festival for dogs and dog lovers! Dock diving, lure racing, agility, canine contests with prizes, expert presentations on topics pertaining to canine health, wellness, and safety. Meet-up at the festival each year and at sponsor locations throughout the year.
For fellow pet lovers & owners - bring your own dog to the Dog Park. Every couple of weeks we will visit different dog parks. It's always more fun with a group of pets!
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Calling on all Pitbull owners! Beginning Saturday, March 2nd, we will host our first dog walk with our pitbulls! Please come out and show off your Pittie. Dogs as young as 3 months may attend. We will not be walking far, this first meeting will be to get to know each other and our dogs. Pureheart Pitbull Lovers will start out small, just a dog walking group, but who knows where it could lead? My pitbull shelter puppy is 4 months old and I intend to make him a therapy dog, do agility and obedienc …
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If our dogs are wonderful in the public eye - the public will be more accepting of our dogs. Our goal is to include dogs into a more accepted part of life. Through learning, positive interactions, and proper socialization, we can achieve happy well adjusted dogs - welcome in any dog-friendly environment. The purpose of this group is socialization for dogs and dog lovers. If you are a dog lover who wants to socialize your dog and learn positive training methods - This Group is For You!!! There wi …
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We are a group of Bulldog enthusiasts and volunteers helping to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome bulldogs who find themselves homeless! We are a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and hold 3 fundraisers per year. We are also affiliated with the Bulldog Club of Philadelphia and sometimes join together for rescue events with puppy matches. We have lots of fun and tons of bulldogs join us! In addition to our 3 annual fundraisers (BullyFest in April, Octo-BULL-Fest in October, and Kissing Booth for …
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A place for Westville area people to plan walks and play dates with their dogs. Dogs must be UTD on vaccines and friendly towards other dogs.
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This group is to introduce owners of big dogs in order to schedule play dates to ensure proper socialization. I have a Dogue de Bordeaux puppy and I'd like for him to have friends that we know. At the public dog park, you just can't be sure that your dogs' friends are healthy and friendly. I'm hoping to have some consistent interactions with dogs that are similar in size to mine. Let's play!
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I was told you don't need international travel health insurance, because there is a code or treaty of some kind that a tourist gets free medical care anywhere in the world. Here in the states also, but you have to be a tourist.
- Lenny Sirago Surfside Beach, S.D.
"...the U.S. State Department recommends that seniors purchase additional health insurance when traveling internationally."
Let's face it — the international community hasn't been able to pass universal standards on high-priority issues such as climate change, so there's little chance that they would have been able to ratify universal health care for tourists.
Lenny, it's possible that your friend is confusing the provisions of the 1999 Montreal Convention, an international treaty that outlines an airline's financial liability for international carriage of persons, luggage or goods. Though it doesn't provide universal medical care, it does ensure that in the event that you and/or your cargo are lost, those who survive you will be justly compensated.
But your friend got part of it right: In most of the developed world, hospitals are legally required to admit you if you are near death or must deliver an infant. However, once you've been stabilized, you'll be hit with the medical bills. Depending on the type of treatment received, these could be astronomically high — and most domestic insurances, including Medicaid and Medicare, will not cover you abroad. For this reason, the U.S. State Department recommends that seniors purchase additional health insurance when traveling internationally.
Fortunately, buying coverage is easy, as there are many plans available (but definitely comparison shop for rates). Try providers such as Access America and HTH Worldwide as well as websites such as Insuremytrip.com and Squaremouth.com.
And don't worry about medical facilities abroad — AARP has partnered with Medjet Assist to offer its members an 18 percent discount on their services (AARP members up to age 75). If you become ill or injured while traveling more than 150 miles from home and require inpatient hospital care, you'll get transportation to the hospital of your choice. The annual membership fee is $215 for an individual or $325 for a family.


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Lawmakers, advocates introduce stun gun bill
MONTPELIER — A group of Vermont lawmakers and the heads of disability and civil rights groups are pushing legislation that would create new rules governing police use of electronic stun guns.
They held a news conference on Tuesday to unveil a bill that would set up statewide training and rules for law enforcement officers using Tasers and similar devices.
The effort follows the death last year of Macadam Mason, a Thetford man who died of a heart attack after a state trooper hit him with a Taser.
Attorney General William Sorrell and the Orange County state's attorney announced last month that Senior Trooper
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"We're still projecting 2018 to 2020 before we have to actively discuss this," Sheriff Todd Richardson told the Davis Chamber of Commerce recently.
"A bad economy usually spikes attendance" in jails as unemployment rises and crime tends to increase, the sheriff said, but that "push off" of six-eight years from now is still holding steady, he said.
"We were in that extremely high (overall) population growth from 2005 to 2007, and since then it's dropped off a lot," County Commissioner John Petroff said. He is the commission liaison with the Sheriff's Office. The Sheriff and Petroff agreed there could be other factors involved, as well.
Educational offerings have been increased, along with "job/service" options for inmates.
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San Francisco Giants Spring Training
Directions to Scottsdale StadiumDirections to from the 101: Directions from Sky Harbor Airport: Where can I park or catch the trolley?Parking Information Scottsdale's free trolleys will again serve Scottsdale Stadium during the World Champion San Francisco Giants Spring Training games this season. There are four different trolley routes to choose from:
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Wednesday-Centre Hall Lego/Duplo Club
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 3:00pm - 3:30pm
If you can imagine it, you can build it! Children are encouraged to build unique creations using legos or duplos.
October is FREE PLAY month. Let's see who can build the TALLEST project.
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So, I've been preparing lectures on A&P and pathophysiology for an EMT class, and it reignited something I've been chewing over for the past year or so. I've come to view EMS education (the…Continue
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Bout time you got on here!!! :)
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Honors Thesis
If you are an Honors Student, you are strongly encouraged to do your Honors Thesis in the Religion Department! The small size of our department, and our commitment to mentoring, makes the process simple: decide on a professor you would like to work with, and meet with them to settle on a topic. You must take TWO semesters of RELI 193 Honors Thesis.
Topics can vary widely. Some samples:
Rebecca Gianarkis (Spring 2013) [PDF]
Polls indicate that 18% of Americans identity as "spiritual but not religious." Rebecca Gianarkis' thesis gets behind the numbers! She conducted fifteen in-depth interviews, mostly with Hofstra students. Rebecca brings their different (and perhaps deliberately amorphous) experiences into focus by analyzing them as spiritual collectors: dissatisfied with established religion, they collect different ways of believing (for example, ways that include doubt), different places of encountering the sacred (from hiking in nature to the internet), and different practices. Rebecca took the lens of spiritual collectors from sixteenth century Wunderkammers or cabinets of curiosity. Just as these older collections were made possible by colonialism, so Rebecca ponders how today's practices of "spiritual" collection might also depend on injustice.
Kaylee Platt (Spring 2013) [PDF]
In her thesis, Kaylee grapples with the complex meanings (or semiotics) of veiling in Islam. Why is it that when Westerners see a woman wearing a veil, we think we automatically know what wearing a veil means to her? Looking comparatively across four different contexts – Iran, France, Canada, and the United States, Kaylee explores the power of this symbol: how Western discourses use the veil to not-see and not-hear Muslim women: to assume Islam is backward and oppressive of women, regardless of what women actually say, think, and feel about the veil. She asks: how can we be so sure we know how to read her – when we do not even know how to see her?


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Bergen County Residents Continue To Reflect On Mandela's Legacy Residents in Bergen County continue to reflect on Nelson Mandela's life and legacy. 12/08/2013 04:08 PM
Edgewater Seniors Celebrate Hanukkah With Young Performers Seniors at Sunrise Senior Living in Edgewater celebrated Hanukkah with a special performance. NY1's Joanne Santiglia filed a report. 12/05/2013 03:00 PM
Paramus Holds Vigil For Domestic Violence Victims Paramus held a candlelight vigil on Wednesday to remember four women who lost their lives to domestic violence. NY1's Joanne Santiglia filed a report. 12/05/2013 02:54 PM
Englewood Church Tunes Into Holiday Season Music is a big part of the enjoyment of the holiday season and on Saturday, December 7 a holiday Gala concert will be presented at the First Presbyterian Church in Englewood. 12/04/2013 03:46 PM
Locals React To Cyber Monday Deals Sales were going on all over the Internet as retailers lured in customers with enticing bargains Monday. 12/03/2013 04:17 PM
Jersey Drivers Call Port Authority's Toll Hikes 'Ridiculous' As the holiday weekend came to a close, new fares kicked in for E-ZPass users who cross Port Authority bridges and tunnels. 12/02/2013 04:01 PM
Nonprofit Provides Home-Cooked Meal On Thanksgiving For Englewood Seniors Hundreds of seniors and disabled residents living in Englewood enjoyed a home-cooked meal on Thanksgiving Day thanks to the local nonprofit The Bergen County Relief Center. 11/30/2013 03:49 PM
Clergy From Different Faiths Join Together At Interfaith Service In Leonia Holy Spirit Lutheran Church in Leonia celebrated an interfaith service that brought together clergy from religious institutions throughout the area. 11/27/2013 03:55 PM
Elwood, World's Ugliest Dog, Died On Thanksgiving The beloved New Jersey mutt crowned the world's ugliest dog in 2007 has died. He was 8 years old. 12/01/2013 01:07 PM
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I want to use iMessage on an old Macbook which cannot be upgrades past OS X 10.7. Apple provided an iMessage beta software, but it has expired and no longer functions. I'm wondering whether there is any way to keep using the iMessage service on the Lion OS?
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Commentary: A truly fascinating exploration: the Gospels
Story | Aug 23, 2013 | 1:04 PMIn the church we have liturgical seasons. We begin our year with the season of Advent. We celebrate Christmas and Epiphany, move into a bit of Ordinary Time, and then it's on to Ash Wednesday and the Lenten season. We celebrate Easter and its season.... -
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The venison donation program pairs participating hunters with MDA-authorized meat processors, who then pass along the processed venison to Minnesota food shelves.By: Wendy Johnson, Pine Journal
As hunters prepare to head into the woods for the start of this year's Minnesota Firearms Deer Hunting season this weekend, chances are not all of them will be anticipating the thought of a savory venison roast gracing the dining room table. Others may simply end up with more venison than they can use. A program developed through the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) makes it possible for hunters to donate their venison to help feed fellow Minnesotans in need of a little extra food on the table and more protein in their diets.
The venison donation program pairs participating hunters with MDA-authorized meat processors, who then pass along the processed venison to Minnesota food shelves.
Locally, state-registered processor Jim Gamache of Gamache and Sons Meat Processing in Esko has already had some 12-15 donated deer brought in for processing since the start of the archery season in September.
"Judging by that, I'd say we're pretty much on track for the year," he said.
When all is said and done, by the conclusion of the firearms season Gamache said most past years have yielded some 40 deer to be donated to the Northern Food Bank/Second Harvest program.
Gamache said donated deer must be legally harvested and properly field dressed. MDA guidelines state that the dressed deer should be dragged with the back or side down to minimize contamination of the meat, and the carcass should be kept cool during transport. If necessary to store it, it should be kept at a temperature of less than 41 degrees. The carcass should be rinsed with cold water prior to storage to remove debris and bacterial contamination, and when transporting the deer in a vehicle, the body cavity should be packed with ice to promote additional chilling. Hunters should allow for adequate air circulation around the carcass and keep it out of sunlight and warm temperatures.
The hunter then needs to simply to bring it to Gamache and Sons (or any other MDA-authorized processor in the state), sign a couple of papers indicating his or her willingness to participate in the venison donation program and attesting to their adherence to proper field dressing procedures, and then leave the deer carcass to be processed. Gamache stressed that in order to qualify, hunters must bring in the entire deer with the hide attached and not just portions of it.
"That's pretty much all there is to it," said Gamache. "We take it from there."
In order to become an authorized processor for the program, Gamache said he attended classes offered by the state, learning such things as what sorts of things to watch out for in donated deer in order to prevent the risk of food-borne illness.
Donated deer must be free from signs of illness; free of visible decomposition or contamination; and properly identified with a Minnesota DNR registration tag. Processors have the right to reject deer for donation that appear to be mishandled in any way that could compromise the quality of the meat.
Gamache said the processing business itself has to be certified and inspected annually by the MDA in order to participate. He said his family-owned business has taken part in the program since its inception.
The Minnesota legislature first funded the program to facilitate the donation of harvested deer to food shelves in 2007. According to the DNR, to pay for the program a one-time appropriation of $160,000 came from the general fund, and the cost of non-resident hunting licenses was increased by $5.
Continuation of the program is also funded by a $1 surcharge on deer bonus permits, which are anticipated to bring in approximately $160,000 a year. In addition, at the time a hunter purchases his or her license, they will be asked to consider donating $1, $3 or $5 to the program.
Not a hunter? You can also donate by visiting one of the 1,800 Electronic Licensing System agents statewide and tell them you want to help support the program.
There is no cost to a hunter to participate in the donation program, and the processors will be reimbursed $70 for each deer they deliver to the food shelf.
Last year, Minnesota hunters donated 421 deer to the program, which provided 15,520 pounds of processed venison to Minnesota food shelves.
Gamache and Sons is open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. during the firearms deer hunting season, or you can call them at 218-878-1077 to make an appointment to donate a deer.
The Salvation Army Food Shelf in Cloquet is also accepting donated venison on an individual basis, which must be processed by a state-certified processor, wrapped in white butcher wrap and properly stored and refrigerated. For more information, contact the Salvation Army at 218-879-1693.
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November 17, 2008
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show!!!
Well when she called me, my immediate response was a resounding yes. I have been wanting to get into more fashion show production work and this was a great opportunity to gain some experience. Plus, the show was being held in Miami and I don't need that much of an excuse to go down there. She called me Tuesday and early Thursday morning I hopped into my little Civic and got on the road to Miami. It's a 10 hour road trip that's definitely not for the faint of heart but I was excited to go.
When I got there, I got a bit lost making my way to the hotel where we were staying but it didn't matter too much. I was in Miami Beach and it was HOT! By hot, I mean hot in temperature. It felt like summer had never left. This was a bit disconcerting since it's November but I adjusted fairly quickly and put my air conditioning to use.
I found out that I didn't have to work until Saturday so I had an unauthorized vacation in Miami to enjoy. I got to the hotel and rested. Unfortunately I had caught a cold on Wednesday so I had to stop by the CVS and buy some cold medicine. I chilled in the room and waited for my three roommates to arrive/return. When everyone got there, we struck out for dinner. We ended up at this cute little restaurant with tables outside on South Beach. It was very chic and cute so we ordered some small meals and enjoyed being outside. Unfortunately other people enjoyed the outside by smoking cigars and cigarettes freely, which we are not used to because in New York (where my roomies are from) and Atlanta, smoking is prohibited a lots of places.
The next day, we had to go get our credentials for the fashion show and we had a prep meeting for the show. We also knew that there would be a grand opening party at the hotel where the show would be held and we wanted to go. We got dressed and headed out for the meeting and party. We were very unsuccessful at getting our credentials so we thought the party was a no go. We headed for the meeting. After the meeting we headed downstairs and discovered that we could "blend" into the party. So we blended.
It was a very interesting mix of people. It was definitely a star studded event. The appetizers were gourmet and the bar was open. We enjoyed a nice performance by Terrence Howard as we watched the celebs mingle. Like a big dork, I made a list of all of the celebs that I recognized and knew their names. Like to see it, here it goes:
Kim and Chloe Kardashian (Kim is so cute!)
Brody Jenner and Frankie (for those fans of The Hills)
Jessica Lowndes (Adrianna of the new 90210)
Martha Stewart
Russell Simmons
AJ (formerly of 106 and Park)
Terrence Howard (I also saw him after he performed...lovely man!)
Robin Thicke
Whitney from America's Next Top Model
Sophia Delgado (I think that's her last name)
A-rod (sans Madonna)
Brett (Heidi's former boss from The Hills. for those hard core Hills fans)
Enrique Murciano from Without a Trace (I'm a fan of the show)
Mariah Carey (she performed)
I'm not one to be star struck but it was very cool to see so many "familiar" faces. After Terrence Howard performed, we heard that Mariah Carey was going to be performing in another room. It was an even more exclusive party. We got in with one of the models that my friend knows. Once in, we were just in time to see Mariah Carey perform. I'd never seen her live and it was really cool. She sounds awesome in concert but I figured she would. Here are a few pics of her performing.
After she performed, we headed out. We hopped in a car to go get some rest for the next day. We got up Saturday and prepared to head out for the day. Since me and Amaris didn't have our credentials, we had to head to the hotel early to get them. After we ate a late lunch, we headed down to the Fontainebleu to get ready for the show. It only took 10 minutes for us to get our credentials after which we headed down to the fabulous lobby to enjoy some down time before the show. While we were headed into the lobby, we saw George Hamilton. He looked really orange in person.
At 5, we headed upstairs to get ready to work. When we were escorted backstage, I was excited. All of the models racks were set up, ready to go. I was assigned to assist another dresser with her model. It was cool because it was my first show and that made me feel comfortable. We dressed Izabel and she had two really cute costumes with extra pieces that were a bit complicated. After the first show, I realized that I would enjoy being a dresser for other shows. After the second show, it was all over. It was the most fun! I can't wait to check out the show when it airs, December 3 at 10pm EST on CBS.
The drive back was horrendous but I pushed through it and now I'm back home.
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Love Enrique Murciano! What was he like in person?
What a great experience. Thanks for sharing. - 10:55 PM
Hey, love your recap, but I gotta correct you-- George Carlin is dead (he was a famous comedian, had a classic skit about words you couldn't say on the radio). I think the "orange" guy you saw is George Hamilton(he was on Dancing with the Stars a few seasons back. I've read other recaps of this event that mentioned him as one of the celebrities present.
- Ashia! said...
Yes I just noticed that it was George Hamilton and not George Carlin.
I didn't meet Enrique Murciano. I only spotted him enjoying the party. - 10:07 AM
- Embee said...
WOW! I heard about all the "familiar" faces. I wanted to go as I am from FL but didn't know what company to contact. I would love to be a dresser at shows. Who was the production company that hired you, if you don't mind telling me.
- Ashia! said...
It was definitely a cool experience. Ground Crew is the company that handled the dressing for the event and Obo is the company that handled the production. Both companies are out of New York even though I think Obo is based out of France.
- Embee said...
Thanks a bunch!


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It's not that these are bad movies -- in fact, most of them are actually pretty great, and at least somewhat deserving of most of the critical and/or commercial praise they received throughout the year. But there's just something about these films that makes them not quite deserving of all those kudos -- something that, if we watched the movie a second time, might become even more apparent and make us realize that the film in question might not be all that. Yes, still pretty good ... but perhaps it didn't quite deserve all of that fuss.
And, of course, there are always a couple that are actually truly awful and somehow tricked everyone into thinking they were great.
And, with that, here are this writer's picks for Top 10 Most Overrated Movies of 2009 ... This is definitely one of the most daunting "end-of-year" lists to come up with in the world of entertainment.
It's not that these are bad movies -- in fact, most of them are actually pretty great, and at least somewhat deserving of most of the critical and/or commercial praise they received throughout the year. But there's just something about these films that makes them not quite deserving of all those kudos -- something that, if we watched the movie a second time, might become even more apparent and make us realize that the film in question might not be all that. Yes, still pretty good ... but perhaps it didn't quite deserve all of that fuss.
And, of course, there are always a couple that are actually truly awful and somehow tricked everyone into thinking they were great.
And, with that, here are this writer's picks for Top 10 Most Overrated Movies of 2009 ...
10. 'Drag Me to Hell'
Sam Raimi's return to the horror genre is a scary, funny, mean-spirited and goofy roller coaster ride that unfortunately suffers from having a lead actor (Alison Lohman) that isn't as adept at the Raimi madness as, say, Bruce Campbell. Lohman seems genuinely confused in several scenes, which gives the film a sense of self-consciousness that starts to make the whole thing feel like a lark -- which maybe it is. 'Drag Me to Hell' definitely feels like a catharsis for Raimi, especially after the train wreck that was 'Spider-Man 3,' but he's trying a little bit too hard to prove to us that he's still the hungry kid in the woods with a camera and a few bucks that made 'The Evil Dead' back in the day -- but that kid is long gone.
9. 'The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call -- New Orleans'
Yes, this movie is just so crazy, and Nicolas Cage is bonkers, and there's iguanas and an alligator and a dying man's soul dancing to the music from director Werner Herzog's 'Woyzeck.' But there's been crazier, both from Herzog himself (anything he did with Klaus Kinski back in the day trumps this by a mile) and from Nicolas Cage ('Vampire's Kiss' and 'Kiss of Death' both come to mind). 'Port of Call' is an entertaining and unpredictable film, but its "craziness" always feels somewhat anchored -- you keep waiting for it to really explode, and it never really does. However, it is great to see Cage in a role where he can do more -- a lot more -- than just be intensely earnest (and earnestly intense).
8. 'A Serious Man'
The Coen Brothers definitely have a knack for casting a spell. Every now and then, they'll come out with a movie that's considered by critics and audiences alike to be the film that will save us from all the other dreck that's out there. It happened with 'Fargo' in 1996 and happened again just a couple of years ago with 'No Country For Old Men.' Those are great movies. And, yes, 'A Serious Man' is a great movie. But, as Johnny Caspar might say in 'Miller's Crossing,' "They ain't that great." And that's really the only thing going against 'A Serious Man' -- in a few months, we'll revisit it on DVD and realize that it's sometimes a little rough around the edges in telling its story of a 1960s Midwestern professor watching his life spiral out of control.
7. 'Star Trek'
Now just hold your horses before you start screaming to the heavens in protest of J.J. Abrams' pretty-great reboot being on this list. Yes, 'Star Trek' is an exciting sci-fi adventure romp and definitely a much-needed dose of adrenaline and youthful energy for the franchise. It's also fun to see the beginnings of these much-beloved characters and watch them forge their bonds and alliances. But you also get Eric Bana as only a so-so villain, a little too much wink-wink "fan service" (including Karl Urban's over-the-top impersonation ... er, performance as Bones) and a strangely awkward performance by Leonard Nimoy as the older Spock, who seems like he doesn't really understand what's going on or why he's involved.
6. 'Adventureland'
'Adventureland' gets a lot of things right, from its portrait of a dead-end amusement park/summer job, to amusing 1980s period detail (in look and dialogue), to a surprisingly enjoyable and underplayed performance by Ryan Reynolds. Actually, the only thing that really works against 'Adventureland' is the big shadow of director Greg Mottola's previous film, 'Superbad.' That film was transcendent in its portrayal of two high school friends on the verge of a nervous breakdown due to girls, impending adulthood and good old fashioned separation anxiety -- 'Adventureland,' while clever, pleasant, sometimes touching and frequently hilarious, never quite blows you away like 'Superbad' did.
5. 'Paranormal Activity'
Oren Peli's nifty and clever no-budget horror film was made with blood, sweat, tears and a whole lot of love. There's only one problem: like with its big brother, 'The Blair Witch Project,' once you get out of the theater and start thinking about it and put aside all the hype and hullabaloo, it's actually not that scary. It's scary, yes, most definitely. But not as scary as it wants you to think it is.
4. '(500) Days of Summer'
An insightful tale of unrequited love, '(500) Days of Summer' unfortunately suffers from a little too much indie-movie preciousness, falling into traps like having a "hot" soundtrack and being randomly "quirky" -- stuff that just isn't necessary when you've got a good story and two fantastic leading actors. In fact, if director Marc Webb had just let Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel do their thing and not tried to be so damn "cool" like a Cameron Crowe wannabe, he would've had something of a mini-masterpiece here.
3. 'Duplicity'
A film that was made to let us know that Clive Owen and Julia Roberts are rich, attractive and probably fun to sleep with. Oh, and there's also a highly amusing slow-motion fight scene between Paul Giamatti and Tom Wilkinson at the beginning. Other than that, you get a tale of corporate espionage that folds in on itself with endless twists, flashbacks, flash-forwards and double- and triple-crosses to the point where it renders itself completely null and void. Writer-director Tony Gilroy hit a home run with 'Michael Clayton' in 2007 -- 'Duplicity' makes you feel like you're being told an inside joke that you're just not cool enough to understand.
2. 'District 9'
'District 9' benefited greatly from a profound case of "right place, right time"; it had been quite a while since we had a sci-fi film that packed such a punch -- and even had a few brain cells as well. However, director Neill Blomkamp, a discovery of producer Peter Jackson, had something of a rocky road in adapting his neat-o short film, 'Alive in Joburg,' into a feature-length film -- the scathing socio-political commentary only goes so far before the movie completely self-destructs with rampant cynicism and bloody mayhem. Yes, 'District 9' is most definitely "smart" science fiction. It's also crass and completely lacking in anything resembling subtlety.
1. 'The Hangover'
Director Todd Phillips' latest portrait of man-children trapped in existential panic suffers from a genuinely stupid premise followed by a forced and absurdly convoluted aftermath -- in other words, there's no way in hell any bunch of damn fools would party to the point of alcohol-induced amnesia, and they certainly couldn't bend space-time to get into all that trouble in just a handful of late-night/early-morning hours -- even in Vegas. Once again, women are to be feared in Phillips' world, and the only people you can really ever trust are your bros -- that is, until the third act, when everyone suddenly grows up and whatnot. A tiresome, obnoxious and exhausting comedy that somehow made almost $500 million worldwide. Sigh.


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Kuma's Corner in Chicago has released a controversial burger of the month for October. The restaurant, which names its hamburgers after heavy metal bands, chose to name this month's burger after the Swedish band Ghost, whose members dress in religious robes and wear skeleton face makeup. Jeff Young, who runs the blog Catholic Foodie, said:
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On motion by Mr. BUNDY, the report of the Joint Special Committee appointed to investigate the condition and management of the Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children and the Soldiers' Orphan Home, recommending a change in the su- page: 56[View Page 56] perintendency (see pages 270 and 271 of these Reports) was taken up and read.
Mr. FOSTER hoped the report would not be concurred in. No Senator will more readily than he vote to condemn the mismanagement of such an Institution; but it is unjust to condemn officers when they have not the proper facilities to take care of these children. Then he was informed by the Superintendent that he had not had an opportunity to present his side of the case, and was also informed by a Senator who had a position on the Committee that he is willing to vote for a new Committee to investigate that Institution and give the Superintendent an opportunity to present his side of the case to the Committee, and every Senator ought to be willing to do that. If a second Committee is allowed to go there and investigate that Institution and reports anything wrong, not caring what side of the political question the management is on, he would vote to condemn it. He wanted the man who presides over that Institution to have an opportunity to present his side of the case.
Mr. BELL said: This report, in the last sentence, censures a gentleman whom I know to be, from personal knowledge and acquaintance, one of the most consciencious, upright, and worthy gentleman to be found in the State of Indiana--Mr. Ibach. If he has done wrong, he ought to receive censure; but if he has not, he ought not to receive censure. He has sent a petition to be presented to this General Assembly, which is as follows: [Praying for the appointment of another Committee to investigate the affairs of said Institution]. I can not conceive that any Member of the Senate would desire to censure Mr. Ibach for things which were taken entirely out of his control. He has made the management of such Institutions a special study, and his reputation is established in this and other countries as being a prominent specialist in such matters. Leaving personal matters out of the question, it is due to any man that he should be given a full opportunity to defend himself agairst any charges which reflect upon his conduct as a man or as an officer. He moved to refer the report of the Committee to a Special Committee of five, with instructions to inquire who is responsible for the abuses therein named, to afford an opportunity for officers to be heard, and to report the testimony to the Senate.
Mr. VOYLES--Certain duties are incumbent upon the Superintendent of this Institution for the performance of which he must be held responsible. He is there all the time--the Trustees are not. It is the duty of a humane man to see that these little children were properly placed in sleeping apartments. The dormitories were crowded while there were other rooms in the building that might be used for that purpose which the Superintendent said were used for reception rooms. It might possibly be that the next Investigating Committee will find the beds in better condition than this found them--it is to be hoped it will.
The food on the soldiers' orphans' side would not satisfy him. The Committee found the condition of the beds very bad. We tumbled the beds upside down, and found them entirely indecent and so unclean that there was a stench rose from them. If another Committee find the beds cleaned up and so report it can't change the facts as we saw them. For himself, if he were Superintendent, no such beds would be kept there one-half hour. He heard no excuse for such gross dereliction of duty. The motion for a new Committee would but open up crimination and recrimination, The Committee, acting under oath, sought to do right, and the evidence was of such a character it could not be disputed. He saw no necessity for another investigation.
Mr. BUNDY would not oppose a further investigation, because if there are other facts that ought to be known he was willing the people should have them. One of the sacred duties of the State of Indiana is to see that the orphans of her soldiers are taken care of, and properly taken care of. He would be the last person to oppose a free and full investigation into the management and condition of Soldiers' Orphans' Asylums. A communication has been read by the Senator from Allen [Mr. Bell], written by the Superintendent of that Institution, in which he asks that a further investigation be had--in other words, that the Committee appointed to investigate him be investigated. He says the members of the Committee did not make a fair investigation. This report is made on ocular proof and careful examination, and made from statements of the Superintendents who protests against this report. The fact he did not examine the bills of the Institution is enough of itself to condemn him. If there is any explanation of the purchase of rose geranium, rose-bud toilet soap or razor straps he was willing to hear it.
The Committee asked explanation of this, and the Superintendent stated he had no explanation to offer, because he did not remember of the purchase of these goods. These employes should not use the money of the State for their own personal ends. Then there is a large reception room in that building that might be utilized as a dormitory, and it is a shame that such a change is not made. There has been a new wing erected not quite as large as the original building, and there is more actual space given for the sixty-three feeble-minded children than the 165 soldiers' orphans. One or the other of these Institutions has got to die, for it is impossible to keep the two together. It is as impossible as it is for an idiot and a sound person to live together. It was wrong to put them together. It is not the proper thing to put a healthy child in the same building or in adjoining rooms with feeble-minded, idiotic children, and the State ought not to permit it to continue any longer.


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