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Playeressence's Furious Francis discusses how the PS4 doesn't need to be the cutting edge monster the PS3 was at launch to sell the most consoles next generation.
"looks at my PS2"
it actually benefited them not being the most powerful system
even though more power don't hurt any one and would be a plus
just look at ps3 1st party games we have and the upcoming ps3 exclusives this year
but all i care about is games
and sony will get my money because of that
Thats the whole point of the article, Sony didn't go on this power hunt till the PS3. The PS2 was great and the games looked fantastic and it was the weakest out of the Xbox and Gamecube.
Price is going to be a huge factor. If Sony could some how make the PS4, $349.99. It will do extremely well next generation.
it has to be most powerful for me, its just a more of a guaranty that it will provide best results in long terms...
EDIT: and I agree above that power is not everything.. PS2 best memories!!!
If they are missing 2013 and launching in 2014 (huge mistake, if it happens), then YES, they do need the strongest console. If they launch day and date with the Nextbox, then they can probably get by with slightly less power than their direct (MS) competitor. Launching later and offering less power, plus more shoddy "works better on Nextbox" ports would be a mess.
People making comparisons to the PS2 seem to forget that Sony was the market leader in those days. Now they're not. They don't have the benefit of coming off a hugely successful PSX, PS2 generation beforehand. PS2 only benefited because it had the market locked down from the previous gen, so every developer was already on board.
Sony could really seize next gen, but they need A.) A good price B.) Strong 3rd party relations (See AC III for an example of that - selling better on the PS3 for a multiplat, that's amazing) C.) Bleeding edge tech that people have come to expect of them.
@the yellow This article is bs,know one can say Sony wasn't on a power quest until the ps3 because not many of us had Internet back in the late 90's early 2000's,I remember people saying that the ps2 could push more polygons than the xbox1.
@zebramocha Dial-up and many of the techsavvy people here must have had internet in those days. And if not you can still search for articles written in the past on the internet you know.
Kaz needs to make major changes at Sony. The Playstation division is one of the few areas they have found some success in as of late. I doubt they are going to get into new types of formats or go in a different direction that makes things harder for game programmers again. I expect a more reserved system that focuses more on key franchises. The PS3 had a lot of exclusives but not all of them were a success. They have already closed down a few studios.
The most powerful is often not the most successful and as the new generation of platforms looms I expect gamers to be less loyal and more open to see what all the new systems have to offer.
@Zebramocha , The ps2 was the first out between MS , Nintendo and Sony.
Metroid prime 1 destroyed everything on Ps2 graphically and ran at 60FPS in progressive scan.
The Xbox edged them both out with games such as KOTOR which looked amazing....
Ps2 had great graphics , but remember , Resident evil 4 had to be downscaled in its port to PS2 from Gamecube and came out looking a lot worse than it did on gamecube.
The major advantage Ps2 had over gamecube was Disc Storage , A game Like San andreas simply wouldn't fit onto a Gamecube disc.
But a game like Metroid prime , F-zero , Windwaker simply wouldn't run on Ps2.
@king jak & daxter ran at 60 fps had bigger environment,was third person and a launch title,there are othe games techniquely thought impossible on the ps2.
The problem is Microsoft's More Money & More Power campaign to gaming. Typical American way of handling stuff.
Everyone knows Sony & Nintendo combined can not outspend M$ in those departments.
So like Nintendo did with the Wii, Sony should wise up and not go head to head with M$ in those terms & and use the current economic recession on their side.
Sony will undoubtedly go back to their PS1 & PS2 roots in terms of balanced price point & power to keep both core hobby gamers and developers satisfied in the graphics, AI & gameplay department.
Like they did with the PS3 Slim they will only put the important stuff.
As The Last of Us is any indication, the new generation of gameplay will be more cerebral and will depend much to AI interaction as opposed to hardware gimmicks. There fore Sony might focus on more RAM.
Also Sony should simply continue to do what it does best : planting the seeds of New Game IPs and ideas, diversity, variety, Indie game support, lots of free stuff, PS+, Gaikai cloud gaming,
but of course a big push in marketing, which is severely lacking now, is much needed.
Ps3 is a great console, but it will do no one any good to repeat it.
Ps3 could have been less powerful (Or more traditional in hardware - either way, less pricey from the start) and I would have still loved playing games like Infamous, LBP, Demon's Souls, etc. Probably more people would have, too.
During the PS2 era, developers was actually afraid of just association with MS. Sony didn't care about their developers, and made systems without their input. That's how bad it was.
That's all changed now with MS successfully shifting the game industry from Japanese to the west. Providing developer support (MS sent engineers out to developers) and developed a console with proper developer input.
Sony didn't get third party developer input, and hence the PS3 ended up as it did. Lots of power you can't really use and a huge price tag.
This generation (not next, because Nintendo already started the next generation), is all about who can build the better service, manages hardware production better yielding lower price and has the more balanced system (i.e. not hard to program for and the strengths are catered towards programs).
Being more powerfull or less (if the gap isn't too big) isn't as important as how the whole the end user views the whole value. There is a reason why the Xbox 360 still sells as wells as it does without all the extra hardware and exclusives.
to be stronger than the Tegra 4 (which output 4k video) and handles Unreal Engine 4.
If ps4 is atleast 5 times faster than ps3, than we can expect to see at least one or two games running at 4k resolution. It should be noted that sony ran the 4k demo with 4 ps3s connected. So if anyone says ps4 won't do it then throw this video at them.
same thing about HD when it was first announced. Given SOny's CES press Confeence and the big industry push for 4k, PS4 will have it. Some of you are thinking it's mandatory, no it's not. It will simply support it just like the ps3 didn't initially support 3d, but did at a later time. That's all i'm saying. Sony doesn't think one or two years ahead, they think five or ten years ahead. It's called future proofing your hardware.
Another thing is if you don't think that the GPU in ps4 will be stronger than a Tegra 4, you're out of your mind. If that were the case then Nvidia's shield should be considered a next gen console. It's an open platform (android) with expandable memory slots, and hdmi out port. Tegra4 was shown running EPIC's latest Unreal Engine 4. How do you disagree with a video where it's showing you GT5 running off of four ps3 at 4k resolution. What I was stating wasn't a theory, but something that has been done before. I guess you have to look at if from a LOGICAL standpoint instead of an OBJECTIVE one.
If SONY has proved that they can run a game @ 4k using 4 ps3s. Couldn't one assume that if ps4 is 4 times as powerful as ps3, that if could run 4k games? Just like 3d was with ps3, 4k will be there as an option for those who have it.
GT5 4k demo = 4 ps3s
1 ps4 = 4 ps3s
GT5 4k demo = 1 ps4
I'd rather have the PS4 use that extra power to render with more complexity at 1080p 60fps, than have a a 4K game with PS3 level details.
PS4 will probably be a hub for playing back 4K content. I'll happily play games at 1080p and 60fps.
Also, if a game looked as good as a 720p movie with ultra-realistic rendering without jaggies, I'll take that too!
You are out of your mind.
I think it's safe to expect PS4/X720 to run games at 720p(60fps) and 1080p(30fps) for the most part, but of course with exceptions where some 1080p games will run at 60fps. 4K games is utopia (unless it's Styx or Solitaire).
I'm pretty sure you can forget 1080p 60fps on complex game types like Skyrim, GTA, etc..
On the PS4 1080p 30-60fps will be what 720p 30fps was to the ps3.
4k will be what 1080p was on the PS3.
Expect 4k mini games that are the equivalent of wipe out but look much better like GT5 on PSN. And expect full release games that look similar to the Unreal Engine 4 tech demo to run at 1080p 30-60fps.
I agree with you 100%.
The sad part is that PlayStation fanboys think PS4 will be über powerfull and run all games in 1080p/60fps and 4K/30fps. Just like they thought PS3 would run dual screen 1080p games, they're still gullible and living in a fantasy.
To be able to run complex games with high quality rendering, and lots of gfx effects you need a beast of a GPU, something the PS4 will absolutely not have. I mean a GTX680 alone today costs more than what a PS4 will cost. The GPU in the PS4 won't be even close to a GTX 680. Fanboys are delusional as always.
This 4K resolution for gaming on a console is a pipe dream it's not going to happen unless the system is $600+ get a PC if you want this. However I bet the PS4 will support 4K resolution for Movies.
my entire comment and take only bits and pieces from it. "...we can expect to see at least ONE or TWO games running at 4k resolution.." I never said that that would be the standard for games.
Gumtrol pretty much repeated what I said. I'm just providing evidence that this will indeed be supported on ps4.
that's why I posted the video. The demo showed being rendered @ 4k so utopia is here i guess.
Here we go again. The magical 4k that will somehow magically run at 60fps on peoples 1080p TVs.
Video playback 4k @ 30 - probably
Iphone style download games - probably
UPSCALED 4k - possibly
Native 4k - Not a snowflakes hope in hell
If they can get ALL games 1080p at 60 fps I'd call it a good day.
4K is a long ways off from becoming relevant. Allow me to explain.
1.) High end PC's can't run games optimized at 4K resolution. What makes anybody think a console can achieve anywhere near this type of performance.
2.) 4K HDTV's are priced starting at $20,000 and above. Seeing as how ther is NO demand for 4K HDTV's then I don;t see the price coming down significantly any time soon.
3.) Currently there is little to no 4K media being manufactured or distributed for purchase. Plus Cable/Satellite providers are barely starting to push 1080P content.
The bottom line is 1080P still isnt the standard and until 1080P becomes the standard and there is a demand to push beyond 1080P then perhaps Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo should focus on 1080P.
I don't mind it to be less poverfull...
I will stop comming on N4G, cause the 1000 comparison articles will be, " Xbox wins, sony is dommed"
No matter if the look is the same...Sigh.
Yeah I was going to write this. Next gen, all these microscopic comparisons must stop!
They should only make comparisons if the differences are actually noticeable.
Are you serious? That won't happen because N4G is full of people like you.
So people say the WiiU is useless and will fall behind and won't get 3rd party support because it's weak specs, but it will work with PS4 ?!!!!!
Thats........yea you have a point. I personal think the wii u is fine and i see the next ps and xbox being near the same but thats just my opinion. I been saying it for over a year now but regardless i'll pick up uncharted 4 even if it shows on a atari.
Were still assuming that the ps4 is still way more powerful than wii u even if its not most powerful system available. Wii U is current gen capabilities.
Plus Sony has the games we want. Mario and Zelda alone don't justify a Wii U purchase for me. I'll play those Nintendo games after the Wii U dies and is dirt cheep.
Everyone is always saying the wiiU isn't a leap and I just don't understand. I can see what you mean :S
We don't know yet. All because the games that are ports or remakes run badly. This makes no sense as look at things that are ported to ps3 (skyrim can be a good example) ran badly. Also when Xbox 360 first released there wasn't a huge jump then either. Also clock speeds aren't the main factor to look at its the architecture of the CPU and the console as a whole.
I just don't see the point of being a fan of one brand and slagging off all the others is necessary as a company isn't gonna come and give you loads of money for doing that.
It's always been about the exclusives and I see no short list of whats soon to come this year. They keep on providing us with AAA titles year after year. The only thing they need to do is price the PS4 at an acceptable medium, they do that and they're set.
At the time of release, it was the most powerful though.
compare to what the dreamcast? the xbox and gamecube came out a year after the PS2
Why was everyone raving about the wii u for then not being powerful especially the Sony fanboys?
It's all about the games when it's all said and done. Power is a huge plus though.
Ps3 will be most powerful even if 720 is higher spec. MS doesn't have the 1st party hardware pushing nerds like sony.
i don't know how powerful ps4 will be but i thing i can say for a fact is ps4 will not be loosing money from day one. Sony is in too much trouble as is.
1.so expect a system which is developer friendly
2.expect a system with user friendly price point of $399 and if a 2nd SKU than that will be $349
3.games,games and a lot of games
4.a more enhanced/faster,improved version of PSN at launch(still free)
if any of you need proff on why i said $399 than look at Vita when most thought it would be a $349 system it was revealed as $249. so after the mess pricing wise that ps3 was i don't think sony is looking to start out like that again
developers complained till today that ps3 isn't easy to develop for so expect a developer friendly system, meaning much better support at launch and throughout
I wouldn't be surprised if sony already hasn't asked the developer community for their feedback about ps3 development tools
games,games, and more games. if there is one lesson to be had from ps3 and Vita its that software matters. so expect atleast 2 Killer games at launch and more throughout the first 12 months steadily
Uncharted 4
killzone 4
both at Launch would be dreamy
show Gt6 with release date and no delays
Show Last guardian running on ps3(on stage demo)
Left for dead 3 confirmed for ps4-gabe on stage again
infamous 3 or sucker punch's new game
huge surprise being RS on stage showing Agent
more surprises show FF13 versus running on ps4(may not longer be a exclusive though)
and to close the show Gabe Comes back on stage to confirm half-life 3 coming to next gen consoles/pc.
Killer E3 IMO
LoL... you gotta be kidding...
IF PS4 comes out the gate weak, they will get eaten alive... Oh you think Xbox is just going to say, oh they are coming weak so lets tune down our system too... LMAO..
What are you stupid???
Of course they can't do a weak system, because then even I would buy a Xbox 720 over a PS4 if that happens..
sure they can pull a Nintendo and make a Wii - But only and I repeat, only if they want to watch the competition eat their breakfast, lunch and dinner...
Yep, another example: look at the 3DS now compared to the Vita, same thing.
3DS = weaker console, sells a ton, gets a ton of amazing games.
Vita = amazing hardware, doesn't move off store shelves, only gets a handful of good games.
If they can get power without highcost, go for it.
If not...make it powerful, but dont try to use innovative tech to make it so. That will also reduce cost significantly.
why do everyone argue ps2 was the weakest, like it was one of the first consoles of its gen so naturally something coming out later like the xbox and gc were supposed to be more powerful the fact was ps2 was more capable than all the consoles before it like ps2 competitor was the dreamcast sony played the spec game for the last 2 gens with sega now this gen and the next will be microsoft
you all do realized xenos is based off cell microsoft basically used all sony's r&d for xbox 360
they simply went to IBM and payed them to make the cpu comparable to cell
No system needs to be the strongest to be great. Look at the PS2, the DS, the Wii U and so on.
what does the wii u have to do with anything? its not even 6 months old yet for you to call it great..
He prolly commented because you mention WiiU in the same sentence with arguably the two best systems ever made.
Oh how you doing ! La, la, la, la .
Because it's too early to add the Wii U into a list with the likes of the DS and PS2. It's fine if you enjoy it, but a handful of months on the market isn't enough to say it's in the same category as the other two you mention.
That you jump SO QUICKLY to assume somebody attacking the Wii U is telling of YOUR attitude needing adjusting.
Calm your ass down and, as you suggested he do, read context. Your comment implies a level of greatness proven by a massive library of great games and many exceptional years on the market. Your comment implies the Wii U has reached legendary status since its release. The Dreamcast isn't applicable because, despite the good times many people had with it(and I'm one of them), it didn't have the longevity and stream of games to make it legendary.
Had the Dreamcast managed the entire gen with that same level of quality in its library, then talking about it might have made some sense.
As it stands, your second comment here is just an irrational rant.
So the simple fact that I like the Wii U hardware, that it works properly and that I enjoy what games I've gotten for it means nothing?
I think I'm well within my right to make that comparison considering I like all three of those platforms. It's not my fault that DivineAssault is another in a long line of N4G users who incessantly complains about the Wii U in nearly every article posted about and therefor is bitter when I express praise for it.
Secondly, my comment merely suggested that you don't need strong hardware for quality software. It's YOU taking it out of context, not me.
Finally, the Dreamcast is and will continued to be revered as a quality system with a short lifespan. Many people attribute that to a poor library section, being one-upped by the PS2's DVD support and rampant piracy. Does that stop it from being quality hardware? No, it doesn't.
I can't believe I'm being lectured by another single bubble troll. This community can be so utterly ridiculous. Good day to you.
Translation: "We're making the PS4 only slightly more powerful than the PS3."
It's the smart thing to do. Make a profit on the hardware right out of the gate. Easy for developers to work with. Cheap to produce and sell.
That site isn't quoting Sony so why state it that way?
Here's what Sony has to say -
"The right time to talk about new advances in hardware is when you can demonstrate a significant leap on the current experience, and something that is going to be attractive,"
Sony basically said a while bk that ps4 wont be alot more powerful than ps3 that's straight from the horses mouth END OF,they might just match WiiU and Next gen it will be WiiU/PS4 as the HD twins hopefully they share 3rd party support as i dislike Microsoft they basically new nothing about Consoles or Game development and just got the wallet out robbing exclusives left right and centre and disrupted the Game industry in my eyes so Sony/Nintendo for the win.
end of what ??!1
that's from the horses mouth:
"The right time to talk about new advances in hardware is when you can demonstrate a significant leap on the current experience, and something that is going to be attractive,"
This reminds me of you!
[email protected] "disrupted the game industry". You silly, silly person.
haha...who are sony kidding..if ps4 is only slightly more powerful then wiiu their fanboys will commit suicide because they;ll have nothing more to say and wiiu will win this next generation hands down....3 million and counting
Yet PS3 is more powerful then the WIi U, so you fail right their.
Anyways, Sony is going to most likely make a pretty powerful system. Just this time it seems with out the Cell put into it (which makes me sad, but it will cut the cost) and make it easy for developers to make games for it.
Oh yeah Wiiulee, wanted to point this out. The new Xbox and PS4 are most likely going to support 4K HD, which pretty much means they are going to be more powerful then the Wii U.
I bet PS4 is going to be $399 or at least $499, yeah not everyone can buy it right away, but thats the point of saving your money up.
Go tell that to the devs of Alien's: Colonial Mars, Skylanders Giants, and Trine 2: Directors Cut.
Don't be so stupid.
Wiiu is about twice as powerfull as ps3 and 360 , we've just not seen it yet. It can cache way more than the 360 an ps3 could.
You have to consider the pipelines , Edram , RAM , GPGPU , DSP , etc.
Overall the wiiu will be clearly more powerfull than ps3 and 360 and it has 25/50GB layer discs like the ps3.
Clock speed means NOTHING if the pipelines are more efficient.
The ps3 is a RAM bottleneck.
Your an ignorant fanboy if you actually still believe the PS3 is more powerful than the Wii U. We all know the CPU is slightly weaker in the Wii U, but when the system also has double the ram for games and a GPU that is considerably more powerful (most likely by about 2.5x) and is designed to help out the CPU common sense should paint a different picture. I also just want to say the 360 is the best console for 3rd party support 90% of 3rd party games look superior on the 360 and that's a fact. The 360 gets absolutely no love on this site ever, also I would sooner play Forza over GT any day and I have raced cars on a professional level in the real world. Bring on the downvotes fanboys...
"Go tell that to the devs of Alien's: Colonial Mars, Skylanders Giants, and Trine 2: Directors Cut."
LOL this is hilarious. So you mean to tell me all those games are better looking and more graphic heavy than Far Cry 3, Crysis 3 or GTA V? All these games aren't even being considered for the wii u as of now for reasons unknown by the way.
"We all know the CPU is slightly weaker in the Wii U, but when the system also has double the ram for games and a GPU that is considerably more powerful (most likely by about 2.5x) and is designed to help out the CPU common sense should paint a different picture."
...darn kids. If that were true then where is the port for Far Cry 3 and Crysis 3? They run on a high end PC with a minimum of 2GB of ram for 1080p at 60fps. The PS3 is running it on 512mbs of split ram. There is NO excuse for there not to be a port of either game but there are no ports scheduled. That speaks volumes of the importance of the hardware to devs right now. The wiiu is looking everyday like the gamecube part deux.
Your right the rumour not so long ago said the ps4 would have 1gig of ram basically the devkit would have 2gig wiiu has 4gig in devkit so i'm thinking about equal maybe less powerful than WiiU.
Actually the RAM of Wii U is slow but not only the RAM and CPU is also very much slow
He even named himself Wii U Lee
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Umm... shouldn't you say "if X720 is only slightly more powerful then wiiu their fanboys will commit suicide"?
It was them (and the media) who started with the "x360 iz moar powahfull than PS3 just look at FEAR for examplez". Oh that's right! You weren't here back then (2006) so you wouldn't know that would you? When we now know all this it makes your comment kind of embarrassing. Or should I say it SHOULD make your comment embarrassing but the fact is that about 99% of users in here today don't know s*it about what happened in here in 2005-2009 so...... Carry on. PS4 is teh doomz along with Vita. Down with Sony! Zalez! I know; it's better this way right?
Now let the disagrees flow.
The disagrees will come because your statement is wrong. The fans on both sides where making flawed claims and accusations. You can't just always point out that the 360 camp was the only one making this up. It is completely false.
"x360 iz moar powahfull than PS3 just look at FEAR for examplez"
And no one was saying the PS3 is the most powerful because of "TEH CELL", right?
"You weren't here back then (2006) so you wouldn't know that would you?"
It's 2013 Insomnium, I think it is about time you let the past go and start living in the future.


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I wanna see him branch out and do something very different from Gears
I think it would be pretty interesting to see his spin on a turn base RPG. So I can't wait to see what he does next.
I would love to see a gears of war RTS game but since Cliff is no longer with EPIC, I would like to see some really well done Sci-Fi RTS on consoles with a very deep storyline and characters we can all relate too and care about.
Something tells me that MS might really be trying to buy Epic.
You usually see key figures leave a company when a) the company is doing bad or b) the company is about to be bought out.
So far two higher ups have left Epic, we'll see.

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We're still in Paris, where Yolanda and Brandi are running through the streets backed by what sounds like Parisian dubstep.
Brandi's on a mission to look as good as Yolanda does when she's her age, to which I say, "Yesssss, ma'mm!" Both of them spent their modeling years in Paris, and it's cute to hear them reminisce. Especially Yolanda, who was "milking cows and riding horses" a week before she first walked on the catwalk.
Gag, Mauricio and Kyle are having a romantic walk down what Mauricio claims is "lover's bridge," and as you all well know, I'm not a fan of either of them, so this is making me ill.
There's some superstition about writing your names on a lock and key and chaining the lock to the bridge, and throwing the key in the river so you can be together forever. Also, I have a really sensitive gag reflex.
Kim, Lisa and Ken are out and about, as well. Kim claims she really enjoys Lisa's company and is glad they finally are spending some real time together, but she still seems really loopy, and Lisa is kind of speaking to her like she's wearing a straightjacket.
She does still seem to be rambling, but that could just be because this is the most awkward RHOBH outing ever. It's like being third wheel on your grandparents date, but not grandparents you know well. The bougie side of the family that always makes you feel awkward and uncouth.
Kyle's name comes up, and Lisa and Kim begin venting their various frustrations about Kim's baby sis. Lisa can hold a grudge.
Later, Yolanda, Lisa and Ken discuss their worries that Kim's hooked on her prescription drugs. So ... not only was that nose job a waste of money, but it may have derailed her sobriety? Awesome.
The ladies head to their cooking class, and of course, Kim is nowhere to be found. Instantly, the women go into panic mode, and Kyle and Yolanda rush to her room to bang down her door, with memories of that ruined Hawaii trip from a season past floating in their heads.
Kim isn't dressed, but she's not high -- just sleepy. Sighs of relief, all around.
But then, Kim takes so long to come down, that the ladies have time for an anxious montage. In reality, that could've taken 10 minutes, but Bravo's milking it. When she does make it, Lisa immediately shoves her foot in her mouth, asking Kim if she took a sleeping pill. Girl, noooooooo.
Kim's getting defensive, which, well, my mama always says, "A hit dog will holler." When she's alone with Kyle, Kim starts to cry. She appreciates concern, but felt Lisa was making "snide jokes" about her sleeping in all day, wasted.
Was Lisa being mean? I think she made the poor decision of trying to make light of the situation, but I don't think she was being intentionally cruel. Kim worked very hard to get sober, and I'm glad Brandi pulled Lisa back when she tried to go to the car and get Kim and Kyle.
Eventually, Lisa goes to the car, anyway, and the sisters shut her down. Kim wants to talk to Kyle, and Kim wants her intimate moment respected. Brandi is being very considerate of the whole situation, and it's very sweet. I do want Kim to discuss this with Lisa later, because resentment like that can only fester and grow into a beef large enough to ruin a future dinner party.
Finally, cooking class starts, and Lisa freaks at the idea of chopping off the head of a "furry quack-quack." (LMBO) Yolanda is from Holland, so she's essentially 'bout that life. But she gets that these lily-livered, Beverly Hills girls are queasy, and they let the teachers do it, while they dry heave outside.
They're making duck, glazed turnips and cherry sauce, which sounds nice, but I'm kind of blown at this distinctly American accent on their teacher. If I take a cooking class in France I want a French teacher. Not some dude from Iowa, or wherever, who went to culinary school in Paris.
Lisa sneaks over to check in with Kyle about Kim. Kyle explains that Kim thought Lisa was insinuating that Kim was in her room, downing a bottle of Jack. Lisa poo-poos that, but she seems to understand what Kyle's saying.
Kim notices them talking, and assumes Lisa is stirring the pot, when really Lisa seems to feel guilty that she hurt Kim's feelings. They have to discuss this soon because Kim is ready to put Nair in Lisa's conditioner.
The guys are headed over to the cooking class to eat the ladies' cooking, and it's the most awkward ride. Remember that fight Mauricio and Ken had at the height of the Adrienne/Brandi drama? They never settled it, and they can try this whole "men don't hold grudges" bull, but that laughter sounds so fake.
The rest of the cooking class seems to go without a hitch. The men show up to reap the benefits of the women's hard work, and Giggy is still drinking hard liquor. I'm surprised PETA isn't at the Vanderpumps doorstep, as we speak.
Kyle's not into the duck, which "feels like a brown piece of bubblegum." Brandi is feeling protective of Kim, telling her to wipe her face quickly, before Kyle notices, and makes a big to-do of her looking a mess.
Yolanda also steps in, shutting Lisa down while she's filling Mauricio in about the night's drama. Lisa IS being a little frustrating right now. Never thought I'd say that. Yolanda's good for that, shutting down petty drama before it gets worse.
The next day, Kyle, Mauricio, Yolanda and Kim go shopping. While in a store, the women get a minute alone, and last night's awkwardness instantly comes up. Kim understands Kyle's concern, but she thinks Lisa was being phony, especially since she hasn't called Kim to check on her all day.
Kyle also isn't Team Lisa right now, feeling like she's holding a grudge because Kyle didn't side with her in her fight with Adrienne. Whatever.
Aww, Mauricio sneakily bought Kim the purse she was looking at. Brother-in-law of the year. Then he goes off on a dorky Segway tour with Ken, ruining any good will I was feeling toward him.
The ladies visit the Eiffel Tower, marveling at how high up they are. Of course, Yolanda freaks all of them out by fearlessly leaning over the side. She's great.
Kyle pulls Lisa aside to discus whatever problems they have. Lisa thought their issues had been resolved, but Kyle thinks Lisa's cold. But after your friendship gets rocked liked that, with you talking behind her back with freaking Adrienne, Kyle, you may not be BFFs again for a while.
Ahhhh, now we get to the real issue. Kyle's jealous because of Lisa's friendship with Brandi. That's why Kyle was so aghast when Lisa defended Brandi during the Adrienne stupidity. She wasn't so cool with Adrienne. She was having a temper tantrum because she thought Brandi took her place.
Finally, they hug, and it seems to be over, but who can ever really tell with these women?
Next time: More being passive aggressive in Paris, Kyle's store opening and Yolanda vs. Taylor. This is the season that never ends.


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- Morihei Ueshiba
Seminar: Shinjiro Yokoyama, 6th dan in Houston / Oct. 19-21, 2018
Posted 9/15/2018 12:31pm [from Jorge Garcia]
The Shudokan Aikido Association is pleased to be hosting Shinjiro Yokoyama from Tokyo, Japan at the Shudokan School of Aikido in Houston, Texas from October 19-21,2018. Yokoyama Sensei was a direct student of Shihan Hiroshi Kato, 8th dan for more than two decades at the Suginami Aikikai in Tokyo, Japan. Yokoyama Sensei will be teaching both body arts and the weapons system espoused by Kato Shihan. He will also show his own personal developments in the Aikido. All affiliations are welcome. Please bring a bokken and jo. For more information call 281-630-0361
Seminar: Friendship Seminar - Collings Sensei & Solonyy Sensei 9/22 & 23, 2018
Posted 8/29/2018 12:10pm [from Jason Mallia]
Sep 22-23, 2018: New York Yoshinkan Dojo and Genyukan Dojo are pleased to offer a friendship seminar by Tom Collings, Sensei 6th Dan Aikido Aikikai & Roman Solonyy, Sensei 4th Dan Aikido Yoshinkan.
Location: Genyukan Dojo, 101-06 Queens Blvd., 2nd Floor, Forest Hills, NY 11375
For more information and registration, please contact Roman Solonyy Sensei via email: firstname.lastname@example.com or at (646)229-4649 or visit www.newyorkyoshinkan.com.
Seminar: Sep 22, 2018: Basics Seminar with Erik Calderon in Arlington, TX
Posted 8/24/2018 9:44pm [from Erik Calderon]
September 22, 2018 Arlington Aikido will be hosting a special Aikido Basics Seminar with Erik Sasha Calderon, 4th dan. After training in Japan, Calderon Sensei moved back to Houston and founded the Dojo ShinKikan. He was instrumental in introducing Kato, Hiroshi Shihan to the Aikido world.
The basics seminar will cover Basic Aikido movements, such as front and back rolls, back falls, shikou, basic attacks, basic weapons and kokyu.
The seminar is free, and will be accepting donations to cover travel expenses. Please visit Shinkikan Aikido Seminar for more information.
Seminar: Aug 18, 2018: Keganin No Senshi Aikido Train-the-Trainers Workshop
Posted 7/29/2018 12:37pm [from Frances Welson]
Keganin No Senshi Aikido (KNSA) Train-the-Trainers workshop in Baltimore on 18 August. This workshop was developed for aikidoka interested in working with veterans. Military service members; veterans and their families; Veterans Administration staff; therapists and counselors; and anyone concerned about or interested in working with veterans are welcome.
The workshop is an opportunity to learn about KNSA�s approach to teaching a therapeutic form of Aikido as a resource for veterans living with PTSD. Participants who are interested in applying what they learn will have a chance to practice during mini-classes and to receive feedback from staff and participants. Check link for details.
Seminar: Cognard Shihan 8thDan in CA & AZ (June 2018)
Posted 6/04/2018 11:52pm [from Andrea Debiasi]
"Kokusai Aikido Kenshukai Kobayashi Hirokazu Ryu" (KAKKHR), in cooperation with "Los Angeles Aiki Kai" & "Arizona Aikido", cordially invites you to a series of June 2018 seminars with Andr� Cognard Shihan 8th Dan (Hanshi, Dai Nippon Butoku Kai): Los Angeles, CA (June 16-17 & 27-28), Bakersfield, CA (June 18-19), Santa Ana, CA (June 20-21), San Diego, CA (June 22-24), Irvine, CA (June 25-26), Phoenix, AZ (June 30 & July 1).
All levels and affiliations are welcome.
Check out the details in the dedicated Website: http://www.usa-seminar-kakkhh.com
Seminar: Shirakawa, Ryuji in Calgary, Alberta Sept. 21-23 2018
Posted 5/28/2018 3:23pm [from Andrew James Barron]
Calgary Aikikai is excited and looking forward to training with 6th Dan Ryuji Shirakawa Shihan of Sendai, Japan this September. This is the only seminar he will be conducting in North America and should not to be missed. All are welcome to come train with this dynamic and energetic Sensei. Info at : www.calgaryaikikai.com
Shihan Ruriko Masutani Passes Away
Posted 5/16/2018 2:30pm [from Matthew Streiff]
Sad news that Shihan Ruriko "June" (Masutani) Harris, of Springdale, PA, passed away on Sunday, May 13, 2018. Also known as Ruriko Masutani, June was the beloved friend of Nigel Beckford, Matt Streiff, Alan Pelton, Skip Fox, Bob Intrieri, Martin Pachol, Greg Yakich, Barbara Brandom, Will Graves, Jim Weldon; step-mother of Darla Liston and family. June was the proud founder and executive director of Aikido of Pittsburgh. Shihan Ruriko Masutani founded Aikido of Pittsburgh in 1968 after she emigrated from Japan as a Christian exchange student. Born in Himeji, Japan, Shihan Masutani began practicing Aikido as a child in the early 1950�s under the guidance of her father. After moving to the United States and finally settling in Pittsburgh, Shihan Masutani continued training and began teaching seminars up and down the east coast. She taught Aikido in Pittsburgh for over 48 years.
Along the way she has made many friends and taught thousands of students. In Pittsburgh she opened dojos in East Liberty, Squirrel Hill, Fox Chapel and finally Etna. June had a special way with people, students, teachers, people on the street, nurses and caregivers� she was always known and always loved by those she touched.
Her journey in life has had Aikido and martial arts threaded throughout. From her early years as part of the United States Aikido Federation (USAF) then a member of the Aikido of Ueshiba association and her later years as an independent instructor, Masutani Sensei always sought to give her students and friends the best, regardless of affiliations and associations.
June was always a very independent person. Austere in many ways, she cut away frivolousness and got to the heart of training or relationships. She built a community in the Aikido and martial arts world that has a lasting legacy in those that she taught. She will be missed but will forever be remembered.
Celebrate June�s life with her friends at a memorial service on Sunday June 3, 2018 at 2 PM at Aikido of Pittsburgh, 401 Butler Street, Pittsburgh PA 15223. Arrangements made by Perman Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 923 Saxonburg.
In addition to the memorial service on Sunday June 3rd, the senior instructors of Aikido of Pittsburgh will hold a memorial Aikido seminar in her honor later in 2018. The burial will take place after that seminar.
Please check the Aikido of Pittsburgh website, www.aikidopittsburgh.org, or our Facebook page for more details on the seminar and burial date.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Darden Restaurants Inc. is replacing the president of its flagship Olive Garden chain after a new marketing campaign failed to reverse slumping sales.
Dave George, who most recently headed Darden's LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants, will be the new president of Olive Garden effective next Monday. He takes over for John Caron. Darden says Caron is leaving the company after 10 years.
Darden, based in Orlando, Fla., also named Will Setliff as its new chief operating officer. Setliff was previously vice president of marketing for the company's specialty restaurant group. The previous chief marketing officer, J.J. Buettgen, left in November to become CEO of rival casual dining chain Ruby Tuesday.
The management shakeup comes after Darden a key revenue figure fell in the latest quarter.


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Kenneth McCulloch, a developer at Precursor Games—the developers who want to create a sequel to Eternal Darkness—is now facing child pornography charges according to Bullet News Niagara and the Niagara Regional Police Service.
McCulloch is being charged with "one count each of possession of child pornography, making child pornography available and accessing child pornography," to be specific.
I saw a comment on Joystiq from someone saying they had actually smiled at this story because he thought they "finally caught Dyack red-handed."
I think that speaks volumes itself for how sick some of Dyack/Precursor's haters are. Or perhaps they were trolling.
Anyway, it's good for the studio to distance themselves from someone like that, but it sucks that people are going to connect the two anyway. I get it, they have a shady history; but for goodness' sake, just let them make their damn game.
Why are people hammering on the studio for this? I highly doubt they'd do the same if Half-Life 2 or Halo or such had a reported pedophile on the development team.
I get people don't like Dyack, but badgering him, his people, and his game for the icky personal life of one member is complete nonsense.
Seriously, why is the shadows of the eternals image on this article? This game has nothing to do with child porn or getting arrested, it needs to be replaced with a pic of the person that was arrested. Really game journalists, get your [email protected] together and stop slandering this games name.
I dont care who this is...
Mr Miyamoto, Kojima, Levine, etc...anybody
they should be removed from society.
you cannot fix this "sickness".


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Expression - A derivative of the original: "The excrement made physical contact with a hydro-electric powered oscillating air current distribution device". Used primarily to describe a set of circumstances where events became inflamed to a point that control was lost.
Her insults rolled of me like water but the shit hit the fan after she claimed to possess information leading to proof that my Mother wore Army boots.
by regedt32 April 06, 2004
An idiomatic expression used to convey that something disastrous has occured.
The moment I saw the second plane hit the World Trade Center, I knew that shit had hit the fan.
by Brian T November 25, 2003
A term used when a situation goes from bad to worse. (When there is shit that stinks...thas bad. When shit hits a running fan, flings it all over the place, and spreads the wafting stank...thas WORSE!).
We were fuckin last night, right? An I yell out, 'KIM!!!' Her name was Krysta...and after that, THE SHIT HIT THE FAN.
by Joshiro007 February 12, 2003
buy the domain for your pet vlog
The toilet in the 1970's space station "Skylab" had a suction fan and a safety belt to strap yourself down with in zero gravity.
Zero gravity would cause the faeces to float all over the place disasterously so there was airflow to suck the faeces into a bag, a bit like a vacuum cleaner does. Now, if the bag broke somehow, then the "Shit hit the fan!!".
Zero gravity would cause the faeces to float all over the place disasterously so there was airflow to suck the faeces into a bag, a bit like a vacuum cleaner does. Now, if the bag broke somehow, then the "Shit hit the fan!!".
Awww no! the shit hit the fan!!!.
by Marcus Rosenblat January 06, 2007
The situation where a recent catastrophe is further complicated by some application of Murphy's Law or further revelations. Taken from the mental image of the "fragrant and pictorial" mess that excrement would make if it came into contact with the blades of a fan...
It was bad enough when they caught him rolling in the hay with a girl, but the shit really hit the fan when it was reported that she was underage.
by The Eternal Grunt January 30, 2004
When something bad is found out and the consequences start to happen.
"I didn't think she'd find out, until Bob told her about it, then the shit hit the fan".
by yomamas_bin_slobbin April 11, 2009
When a secret is let out with potentially devastating consequences. If some faeces were to come into contact with a fan it would splatter them everywhere, devastating.
"I told this guy at my school how his girlfriend was a good lay, then the shit hit the fan."
by Soiled Undergarment August 18, 2003


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Mike Cote's Business Editor's Notebook: Dyn's path to Oracle was a long time comingBy MIKE COTE
Union Leader Business Editor
May 19. 2018 8:19PM
Kyle York remembers joining Dyn 10 years ago when the young company was trying to create an identity that may have been premature but ultimately predicted its future.
"We were up the street in the Brady Sullivan building. And it was the most corporate, stodgy office I've ever been in," York told his fellow employees last week. "It was 15 engineers, and I remember looking around and saying, 'What are you guys doing in this?' They said 'Well, we want to look and feel and act like Oracle.'"
Dyn eventually set up shop at 150 Dow St. in the Millyard, where it created a home that looked "a lot more grungy and startup and edgy and cool."
But the new sign installed this month on top of the building says it all: Oracle.
York, general manager and vice president of product strategy, served as emcee on Tuesday during a celebration to recognize the company's new moniker. The event included the debut of a time-lapse video of workers changing the rooftop sign. (hub.dyn.com/videos/oracle-dyn-sign-timelapse.)
Dyn is now a business unit within Oracle, which acquired the Internet-performance company in November 2016 for a reported $600 million.
During Tuesday's event, employees listened to speeches by Gov. Chris Sununu, Mayor Joyce Craig and inventor Dean Kamen and stood in line for goodie bags that included Oracle T-shirts that say "Live Free or Die" in giant type on the back - a nod from the new corporate parent that it appreciates Dyn's Granite State roots.
While the Manchester operation has been branded as Oracle + Dyn, Oracle stands alone on the sign that replaced the one Dyn installed on the building in 2014.
Doug Kehring, an executive vice president who oversees corporate development for the Silicon Valley giant, said Oracle delayed replacing the sign to help ease the transition.
"I think when we change the sign right away, people get a little upset. They wonder whether Oracle is putting in place a lot of the bureaucracies that come with a bigger company," Kehring told the group. "While you have gotten some of that stuff, I think we tried to maintain a lot of the continuity of the things that made Dyn great."
Oracle has hired more than 100 local workers since the acquisition, Kehring noted. When Oracle bought Dyn, the company had about 400 employees, including 330 based in Manchester.
Oracle already had operations in Nashua and Boston when it bought Dyn. The Redwood Shores, Calif., company, which reported $37.7 billion in revenue in 2017, employs more than 138,000 people.
"The reality is what you guys are doing here in this town is something we want to build upon," Kehring said.
Becoming Oracle
Oracle's acquisition of Dyn grew out of a business relationship that already was about five years old, York said Tuesday during an interview before the company celebration.
"That relationship grew from a very small account to a very high six-figure annual account for us. It was a very important relationship for us and for Oracle," said York, who moved back to New Hampshire from California in 2008 to work with a small team that included fellow West High School graduate and Dyn co-founder Jeremy Hitchcock.
Oracle, best known for its database management systems and enterprise software used by business, has spent the last several years expanding the services it offers in the cloud, where data and software applications are stored on remote servers and are accessed by customers via the internet. In 2016, Oracle was building a new platform and wanted to use Dyn's technology, York said. Dyn had developed a global reputation as a provider of domain name system services, providing the back-end support that helps keep websites running.
Oracle and Dyn had been in talks for a few months in October 2016 when Dyn was faced with a major crisis. A massive distributed denial of service attack - originating from millions of internet protocol addresses from malware-infected devices - knocked out user access to Dyn's customers, including popular consumer sites like Netflix, Twitter, Amazon and Spotify.
"A little known fact: We actually signed the letter of intent with Oracle the same day as that attack," York said.
While the attack brought great attention to the vulnerability of the internet, it underscored Dyn's role in global online commerce - and why it made sense for Dyn to join Oracle, which the companies announced a month later.
"It was absolute reaffirmation for me that it was the right home for Dyn because you need a company with the resources of an Oracle to provide infrastructure and services to the world's biggest brands," York said. "It's great to build a great startup, but some days you realize it's pretty tough to compete with an Oracle. They've been around for 40 years."
Those resources allow Oracle to ramp up its internet service investments. In March, Oracle acquired Zenedge, a Florida company whose cloud-based application and network security products are now part of the Oracle platform that includes Dyn's technology.
As the internet of things means more and more interconnected devices in homes and businesses, getting them to operate together efficiently and protecting data networks from disruption will become increasingly challenging, York said.
"The importance for commerce, media and entertainment, banking, health care - you name your industry - we're managing that on any device we may be using, whether that's a tablet or an iPad or a phone or a computer," York said. "The more things are interconnected, the more we're moving around, the more important applications are running online, the more complex and volatile it's going to get. It's not going to get any simpler."
Contact Business Editor Mike Cote at 206-7724 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Vernier Software & Technology Partners with KidWind to Bring Sensor Technology to Wind Turbine and Solar Panel Kits
Strategic partnership with KidWind signifies Vernier's commitment to STEM education and renewable energy
BEAVERTON, Ore., Feb. 4, 2014 -- As part of its commitment to science and STEM education, as well as renewable energy, Vernier Software & Technology has partnered with KidWind, the international leader of clean energy education. Through the strategic partnership, Vernier will integrate its award-winning sensors and data-collection devices into KidWind's wind turbine and solar energy kits, which will now be sold by Vernier.
"For more than a decade, KidWind has been at the forefront of teaching students about renewable energy science through their engaging, hands-on offerings," said David Vernier, co-founder of Vernier and a former physics teacher. "This partnership allows us to provide educators with a comprehensive solution for renewable energy data collection. Later this year, educators can expect us to further integrate the use of our sensors and curriculum with KidWind's renewable energy kits."
Through the partnership, Vernier will become the exclusive producer and distributor of the KidWind kits. Customers can purchase KidWind kits through Vernier's website and then use them in the classroom to help students explore electrical concepts and quantify the energy and power of small wind turbines and solar panels.
"KidWind is thrilled to be turning over our manufacturing and distribution to such a well-respected company in education, and we see this as a great beginning to a long relationship," said Michael Arquin, founder and director of KidWind. "With the Vernier partnership, our staff will focus on our core strengths, including the KidWind Challenge, which we are turning into a national event this year, professional development for teachers and the creation of new renewable energy kits and curricula."
To learn more about Vernier and KidWind, visit www.vernier.com.
About Vernier Software & Technology
Vernier Software & Technology has been a leading innovator of scientific data-collection technology for 33 years. Focused on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), Vernier is dedicated to developing creative ways to teach and learn using hands-on science. Vernier creates easy-to-use and affordable science interfaces, sensors, and graphing/analysis software. With world-wide distribution to over 130 countries, Vernier products are used by educators and students from elementary school to college. Vernier's technology-based solutions enhance STEM education, increase learning, build students' critical thinking skills, and support the science and engineering practices detailed in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Vernier's business culture is grounded in Earth-friendly policies and practices, and the company provides a family-friendly workplace. For more information, visit www.vernier.com.
About KidWind
KidWind has been the leader of clean energy education for nearly a decade and is guiding the delivery of green STEM education today. In addition to creating its own curriculum and conducting teacher trainings and student competitions, the company partners with leading universities, developers, and museums to plant the seeds for clean energy development. For more information about KidWind, please visit its website at www.kidwind.org.
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Officials at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and in Monmouth County were thrilled to see a pilot wellness initiative led public employees in that county to get more preventive health screenings.
Monmouth County employees who belong to a "patient-centered medical home" (or PCMH) affiliated with Horizon, showed a significant increase in preventive screenings – increases of as much as 33 percent – during the program, which took place from September, 2012, to February, 2013.
A PCMH is a physician practice that focuses on prevention and follow-up.
Al Bowles, vice president of commercial and major accounts for Horizon, said the company and the county worked together.
"(We created) a program to encourage employees to undergo timely health screenings, and also to test how much a patient-centered program can influence engagement," he said. "The results were extraordinary."
County workers who belong to a PCMH had a 33 percent increase in colorectal screenings, compared to a 10 percent increase for non-PCMH members. Overall, county workers had a 13 percent increase in colorectal screening.
For breast cancer screenings, the increase was 23 percent for PCMH members, 3 percent for non-PCMH members and a 9 percent increase overall.
Linda J. Schwimmer, vice president of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, said a change in procedure should be credited.
"(The PCMH and similar programs) that focus on connecting with the patient are showing success because the healthcare system is finally reaching out and talking to patients and their caregivers," she said.
"Healthcare reform is not just about getting people an insurance card. That is an important start, but people need help connecting to their physicians and other providers. They also need to be able to discuss their issues and have providers that take the time to understand their needs and address them together. It is great that Monmouth County is investing in these types of programs for their employees."
During the program, all Monmouth County employees received educational materials, incentives and rewards to encourage them and their families to undergo health and wellness screenings
For several years, Horizon has been leading an effort with physicians and hospitals to change the delivery of health care to focus on the quality rather than the quantity of care.
"This initiative demonstrates how positive health outcomes result when an employer group, its insurer, doctors, nurses and patients all get engaged in health and wellness," Monmouth County Freeholder Gary J. Rich, Sr. said. "These results underscore the importance of early detection and prevention for our employees, which is key to managing personal health and helping the county keep health care costs under control."
Dr. Anthony DeLuca of Partners of Freedom in Wall and Howell, one of the Horizon PCMH practices, has been pleased.
"Patient satisfaction and outcomes have improved with our concentration on prevention, care coordination and quality improvement," he said.
This pilot program was offered to all Monmouth County employees and retirees covered by Horizon; about 530 and their dependents participated.


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Project Management
Course Overview
How often in the course of your career has a project come up? In many cases, your success in business will rely upon your ability to successfully meet the constraints on a project. In Manhattan Review's Project Management course, you will learn how to identify these constraints, manage your resources, and dazzle your superiors with your depth of understanding of the issues surrounding project management. Project management is essential because it is a discipline that is relevant to every industry and in every sector: non-profit and for-profit. Each student, regardless of his or her current responsibility in his or hers field will benefit from the concepts and the experience they will gain from this course.
Firstly, you will gain understanding of what defines a project as opposed to a process. We believe that through this understanding a manager can begin a project with a more sophisticated strategy, which will produce better results. The precision and efficiency inherently involved in managing a project can be easily dealt with given that the manager has a thorough knowledge of the constraints, objectives and resources at his or her disposal.
Did you know that the triple constraint refers to time, money, and scope? How do you define your scope? What are your resources? In this course you will learn, through experience rather than explanation the activities and events that conglomerate to define the act of managing a project: Forecasting trends, managing risk, assigning tasks and directing activities, allocating and estimating resources and many, many more. Your increased knowledge and skill in project management will enhance your ability to creatively and effectively solve problems and quickly evaluate any given situation or challenge.
There are many integral components to project management and technical ways of describing these components. For some this may seem overwhelming and too business-theoretical. In our course, we will teach you how to use the depth of knowledge that has been developed in project management so you can apply it to real world circumstances and business situations. Talking about control systems, methodologies, and development stages may seem overly academic but without a thorough understanding of some of these issues, your project may not come to fruition and you may not know why. For example, if your initiation stage is not sufficiently developed, the project may never make it to further stages and you will lose that clients business. Without the knowledge to critically reflect in a meaningful way on these mistakes you and your businesses will not know how to avoid them for the next opportunity.
In adopting the role of project manager you must define your individual goals but never lose sight of the whole. The ultimate goal, besides reducing the risk of failure is the satisfaction of the client for whom your project is based on. You must prove that your approach and implementation will bring the desired results for the client. Not only is communication between personnel vital in completing a project on time, but communication with the client as well.
In this course you can expect to be shown potential or actual projects as examples and asked to define the constraints. You will be trained to identify them in a meaningful and sophisticated way. Additionally, in keeping with Manhattan Review's goal to give you actual experience within the various business disciplines, you may be asked to complete projects in teams with each team member given a specific task. This will be done in a way that reflects how projects will be done in your industry. To us, and to many of your own potential future clients, the results you achieve are entirely dependent on your ability to manage a project and implement the management techniques required for successful project management. In other words you have everything to gain from honing your project management skills.
Topics Covered
- Constraints: Time, Cost, and Scope
- Resource Management
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- Activities involved in Project Management
- Planning
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- Various Project Management methodologies
- Basics of Cost Engineering relative to Project Management
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- Stages of development
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UPDATED: The Eagles have confirmed the trade and issued a press release. Darryl Tapp has spoken to reporters in a conference call. And a league source says the Eagles and Tapp have agreed to a three-year contract, pending Wednesday's physical.
Tapp, 25, who signed his restricted free agent tender Monday, said he was "really shocked" and that the deal came together over "the last couple of days." A source close to the situation confirmed the Birds and Tapp's agent, Fletcher Smith, were working out a contract extension. (Just think, a day or so, "Eagles working on extension with Fletcher Smith" would have been a huge scoop. Smith's other Eagles client is Donovan McNabb.)
"I think I'm an athletic end," Tapp said. "A lot stronger and quicker than people think I am."
Said Eagles coach Andy Reid: "Darryl is a very intense football player and we're happy to acquire him. He plays very hard every snap. He's smart, he's a good person and he'll fit very well into our defensive scheme."
Said Eagles general manager Howie Roseman, "Darryl is an up-and-coming player in this league, in my opinion. He's a good player and a good person, and we liked him very much coming out of Virginia Tech. We believe he'll be a good addition to our defensive line."
EARLIER: The Eagles have sent defensive end Chris Clemons and a fourth-round pick to Seattle for defensive end Darryl Tapp, a source close to the situation confirmed to the Daily News. The Eagles have two fourth-rounders; the deal involves the later pick, which originally belonged to the New York Jets.
The deal was originally reported by Fox Sports' Jay Glazer via Twitter.
Tapp, 6-1, 270, was dealt a day after he signed his restricted free agent tender. Tapp signed a 1-year, $1.76 million contract with the Seahawks. Coach Pete Caroll has repeatedly mentioned Tapp's possible role as a roving pass rusher.
The Eagles have been searching for a defensive end to play opposite Trent Cole. It is unclear whether the Eagles intend for Tapp to be that guy.
Tapp, a second-round pick out of Virginia Tech in 2006, has played in all 16 games in each of his four NFL seasons. Tapp's best year was 2007, when he started all 16 games and had seven sacks. He started 11 games and had 5.5 sacks in 2008 and started five games with 2.5 sacks last season.
In his career, he has appeared in 64 games (32 starts) in his four-year career, posting 177 tackles, 18 sacks, eight forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries, and two interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown.
The Eagles signed Clemons to a 5-year deal as a free agent from Oakland before the 2008 season. Clemons played in all 16 games last season, with three sacks and two hurries. He also had a sack in the Eagles' NFC wild-card loss against Dallas.
"We had a big group of defensive ends, six defensive ends, last season, and I knew it was going to be hard to keep that many," Clemons said last night. Asked if he minded being traded, Clemons said: "If it was going to get me more opportunities to get on the field, I didn't have a problem with it."
He said he learned a lot in his two years with the Birds, especially from late defensive coordinator Jim Johnson.
After the trade, the Eagles now own six picks in the 2010 draft.
They have their own picks in rounds 1-4 and have an extra pick in round 3 (from Seattle in 2009 trade) and round 6 (from Indianapolis in 2009 trade).
Their sixth and seventh round draft picks were traded to Buffalo and New England, respectively. A fiftth round pick acquired from New Orleans in a 2009 trade was sent to St. Louis in exchange for LB Will Witherspoon. A fourth-round pick acquired from NY Jets for cornerback Lito Sheppard was sent to Seattle in exchange for Tapp.
The Eagles also signed running back Mike Bell to an offer sheet today, his agent told the Daily News.
More to come.


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Frank Bohlen became the MIT/WHOI Joint Program's first official graduate much the way the two institutions came together—naturally and inevitably.
Bohlen's family had a house on Fishers Island in Long Island Sound, and he spent a lot of time sailing, fishing, and working on and around the water. He was an inveterate tinkerer, the sort of boy who built go-carts and got a ham radio license. So not surprisingly, he majored in electrical engineering at Notre Dame and earned money during summers working as a deck hand on yachts. Bohlen returned from a two-year hitch in the Navy in 1962, a time when aeronautics firms were furiously hiring electrical engineers. "I had an interest in playing with rockets," he said, "and I also had an offer to teach high school."
He was pondering his options when he ran into a friend who was about to visit his brother, a WHOI technician. Bohlen went along for the ride. Amid introductions, Bohlen mentioned that he was an engineer.
"A few days later, my friend's brother said, 'Do you want to go to sea Tuesday?' Well, I had just come back from two years at sea," Bohlen said, pausing now, as he probably did then, for a just few seconds. "I said, 'Sure. Where are we going?'"
It was a quick out-and-back to the North Atlantic on R/V Chain, but sometimes it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out you don't really want to be a rocket scientist. "It was a confluence of things: love of the sea, the opportunity to be inventive, to do experiments…."
Bohlen signed on as a technician at WHOI. "I loved the work," he said. "I was never happier than at sea doing experimental work."
After a few years and several cruises, the next logical step was graduate school at MIT. But that didn't mean leaving WHOI.
"Working at WHOI was a natural outgrowth of your research at MIT because all the ships and many advisors were at WHOI," he said. "We didn't recognize any barriers between the institutions."
There were few boundaries between disciplines and approaches, too, and Bohlen found himself working with scientists who designed experiments, built instruments, and synthesized data.
"The teaching staff and the technical staff at MIT and WHOI were superb," he said. "We were blessed to be able to work with a great diversity of people, working on different problems with different approaches, so there was a great deal of synergy and symbiosis."
When Bohlen finished his graduate work in 1969, he was given the choice of getting his degree from MIT or from the MIT/WHOI Joint Program, which had been officially established a few months before. He made the natural choice: "I felt I was 'joint' physically and psychologically," Bohlen joked, and he became the program's first official graduate at its first commencement ceremonies in 1970. He earned his Ph.D. degree in physical oceanography, and his specialty was the transport of fine-grained sediments.
His timing was propitious. The University of Connecticut had just established its Marine Sciences Institute and Bohlen joined the faculty. Soon after, the Environmental Protection Agency was created amid heightened concerns about water quality, especially around urbanized areas such as Long Island Sound. Every time people dredged a harbor, installed an underwater gas pipe, used waterways for disposal, or fixed a bridge, they stirred up sediments and controversy. The sediments clouded waterways, threatened to suffocate shellfish beds, and resuspended contaminants, such as metals, PCBs, and dioxin, which are taken in by sediments.
"In the 1970s, 15 of the 19 historical disposal areas for dredged materials in Long Island Sound were closed," Bohlen said. "Without dredging, you can't get submarines up the Thames River to the US sub base in Groton or tankers into New Haven to bring oil for home heating or electrical power generation."
Suddenly, a seemingly esoteric subject such as fine-grained sediment transport became hugely practical. Bohlen has had no shortage of work, and all facets of his WHOI training have come in handy. He has combined field and laboratory investigations, developed instruments to collect data, and used that data to create numerical models to understand the complex processes by which sediments move into and around the water column.
While continuing to teach at UConn, now as a full Professor, he has conducted basic research and studies for a range of interested parties, including the EPA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the US Army Corps of Engineers; the Iroquois Gas Transmission Co., which laid a gas pipeline across the Sound; oil companies that dispose of fine-grained muds used to lubricate their drills; and towns concerned about their local shellfish beds and beach erosion.
"These situations create a lot of tension among environmentalists, businesses, regulatory agencies, even political bodies, resulting in decisions that often are not based on the best science," Bohlen said. "Our job is to reconcile perceptions with reality, to find optimum strategies to prevent or remediate environmental problems."
He is still doing all the things he has always loved: teaching, building instruments, conducting experiments, and staying close to the sea. He still sails passionately, participating in long-distance sailing races and taking transatlantic voyages. His career path has allowed him to combine business with pleasure. Not too many sailors come into Woods Hole's Great Harbor to use the oceanographic library.


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Cowlishaw: Not much to praise after win full of bad calls, poor coaching
Cowboys go the ultra conservative route and escape with a win, but what does it mean going forward?
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After more than 56 minutes Sunday, the Cowboys were trailing what the standings tell us is one of the worst teams in the league by a single point. There was a decision to be made on third-and-9 at the Carolina 15.
A running play would set up the go-ahead field goal but leave Dallas vulnerable to losing the game on a Panthers field goal. A pass obviously would increase the chances of converting a first down and setting up a more substantial touchdown.
During a timeout, quarterback Tony Romo lobbied for the latter. "You always want to throw the ball as a quarterback. But we knew they were playing a very soft coverage," Romo said.
Coach Jason Garrett went the cautious route. A Philip Tanner 5-yard run set up the go-ahead field goal, and kicker Dan Bailey would add one more following another hapless possession from the Carolina offense for a 19-14 Cowboys victory.
Garret was overly cautious last week with the clock running down, and it cost his team when Bailey missed a 51-yard field goal attempt. I thought Garrett was just as conservative Sunday, showing undeserved faith in a defense by settling for that Bailey field goal.
It didn't cost his team, and, yes, coordinator Rob Ryan and a unit playing without injured linebacker Sean Lee can take some of the credit that it didn't turn ugly at the end.
But let's not go overboard in praise for a Cowboys team that benefited greatly by two calls down the stretch — a missed interference on rookie Morris Claiborne on a fourth down that should have given the Panthers a first, and a horse-collar tackle on Carolina that wasn't a horse-collar at all in the final two minutes.
Calls get missed in the NFL. It works both ways, and teams understand that. Dallas just got very fortunate when it counted most.
Beyond that, the Cowboys got a nice boost from the fact that Garrett wasn't even close to the worst play-caller at Bank of America Stadium on Sunday.
If you watched any of the first half, or if you have watched Cam Newton play at all this season, you know where the danger lies for opposing defenses. It's when Newton tucks the ball under his arm and breaks into the open field.
Newton averaged 10.7 yards per run Sunday and just under 5.6 yards per pass play (including two sacks). A quarterback doesn't have to average more yards rushing than passing to prove his value as a scrambler. Newton did, by nearly double, and yet after halftime, he ran the ball once for no gain.
When the Panthers had a one-point lead with just under nine minutes to play, not only did Newton not run, but the Panthers tried three passes before punting. The Cowboys thanked them for refusing to take time off the clock or move the chains.
And this came after Lee had left the game and after Jonathan Stewart had burst for 20 yards straight ahead on one play without Lee there to stop him.
I'm not interested in beating up on the Cowboys for securing a close win on the road. There is only one NFL undefeated team, and the Atlanta Falcons more than had their hands full to beat the Panthers three weeks ago.
Wins are hard. It's a cliché but it's true in this league. And yet you'd like to think as the Cowboys carry a 3-3 record into a stretch against the Giants, Falcons and Eagles, they could produce a victory against a one-win team that at least seems to serve notice of improvement in some areas of concern.
But this is still a team whose receivers don't appear to know the routes. It's still a line on which Doug Free can stop a drive with a third-down penalty. And I don't know the last time (if ever) I've seen a punt returner flagged for unnecessary roughness.
Not a step forward in Dez Bryant's long journey toward … something.
"There's a lot of speculation about where your team is every week in 32 cities around the league," Garrett said. "That's what makes the NFL great."
Sunday's victory did not make the Cowboys great. It did make them 3-3, a mark that nearly half the league has hit at the six-game mark.
Or as owner Jerry Jones put it, "I believe we can play better. I think we're getting better."
Those two statements can be related, but they don't have to be.
In a 19-14 victory over the team with the NFL's longest losing streak, they weren't.
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Ever since Transformers went bonkers at the box office (three times), an odd trend emerged from the robotic toy's success – the mass development of toys and board games into movie properties. Hasbro struck gold with their "more than meets the eye" bots and have since created a fledgling film franchise around G.I. Joe, as well as actively developing films based on their slumber party stalwart, Ouija, and the elongated exhibitionist Stretch Armstrong. Next up in their oeuvre is the impending loud and smashy alien invasion blockbuster, Battleship.
Yes, that's the same Battleship most people associate with little red and white pegs that you gleefully stick into grey plastic boats to crush your playtime adversary. Somehow that low tech concept evolved into a mega-million dollar summer movie of the same name starring Taylor Kitsch and Rihanna who are packing a whole lot more firepower than just pegs.
Scratch your head in confusion, and even titter derisively, if you must, but every idea in Hollywood comes from something and why not board games? They offer built-in nostalgia, strong adversarial lines and some pretty high concept environments that lend themselves to a cinematic treatment. With that in mind, we've pondered some other classic board games that seem tailor made for adaptation in the near future.
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Open the links of Ember Output and Angular Output, given above. Now type something in the input box. You will see the databinding is really nice with both the frameworks. Now Click the render button of each framework app and let the elements to render. Now try to write something in the input box.
You will find, in case of Ember the data binding is really smooth and real time. While the Angular one is stuck; or you can say really slow to bind the objects. This is because, while rendering the elements Ember put an observer to each elements. So whenever the value of an element is changed, it directly pings the control and ember handles the databinding very nicely. But as Angular follows the Dirty Checking to find the change, so it has to scan each and every element with its previous value to find whose value has been changed. That's why Angular is taking so much time.
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After months of discussion on how to structure an expanded program, with guidance from the leadership of both organizations, the foundation agreed to double the award's endowment in order to extend eligibility to journalists worldwide. With the prospect of significantly more submissions, the new endowment also doubled the number of awards in each category and increased their value. We now offer a Gold Award worth $5,000 and a Silver Award worth $3,500 in each category.
"Like scientific discovery, excellent science journalism can happen anywhere in the world," said current AAAS CEO Rush Holt in the announcement of the expansion on May 5, 2015. "By recognizing the world's best science news reporting, AAAS and The Kavli Foundation are working to build a culture of respect for the value of science journalism to society, while promoting public understanding of science more broadly."
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Since we usually begin soliciting entries for the contest in early May, the timing of the announcement was daunting. We quickly updated the eligibility guidelines, contest rules, and award descriptions. We also began an aggressive effort to solicit entries from abroad, including contacting 51 member groups associated with the World Federation of Science Journalists. We sent a series of emails to more than 6,000 reporters who were registered with the
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We called on veteran judges and members of the Managing Committee—all of them senior science journalists—to help winnow the huge number of entries prior to submitting them to review for scientific accuracy by the Washington-area scientists who volunteer to help out. We boosted the number of these screeners (to nearly 70 in all) and also recruited international judges with ties to international outlets—two from The Guardian , one from Nature and one from Deutsche Presse-Agentur, the German news agency—for the independent judging panels.
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Remarketing allows you to target ads at those who've engaged with your business in some way. By displaying ads to individuals who have already visited your site, completed a free membership trial, viewed your page on social media, or joined your mailing list, you ensure your ads reach a target audience, which increases the likelihood of membership sign-ups, as well as keeps ad costs down.
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Another plus to choosing Google AdWords is the number of sources you can select your audience from. Ads can target people from a pregenerated contact list, people who have visited your website or app, as well as anyone who has engaged with your content on YouTube. Let's look at these audience sources in more detail:
Customer Data : Upload customer contact details, like email addresses, and then remarket ads while they browse Google Search, use Gmail, and more.
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En la Escuela Latinoamericana de Agroecología (ELAA), en Lapa, celebrando su décimo aniversario de funcionamiento y paralelo al desarrollo del curso de formación política del Cono sur que allí se realiza, se llevó a cabo el seminario de Agroecología Cloc – Vía Campesina, del 28 de junio al 1º de julio, del cual ofrecemos los siguientes testimonios.
A más de 20 años de formación política de la Cloc - Vía Campesina y con el objetivo de establecer líneas políticas que ayuden a reafirmar un plan de acción común de agroecología de los distintos procesos de la formación en las organizaciones, es que se reunieron los Institutos de Agroecología de Latinoamérica (IALAs) y escuelas agroecológicas emergentes.
En el seminario se presentaron las experiencias de los IALAs y nuevos procesos, entre ellos la Escuela Latinoamericana de Agroecología (ELAA); la Escuela Nacional Florestan Fernándes; IALA Amazónico y Escuela Milton Santos, presentes en Brasil; IALA Paulo Freire de Venezuela; IALA Guaraní de Paraguay; la Universidad Campesina (UNICAM) de Argentina; IALA José María Cano de Colombia; IALA mujeres Chile; la Escuela Campesina Francisco Morazán de Nicaragua y la Escuela Nacional de Agroecología (ENA) de Ecuador.
Los debates giraron en torno al sentido de la formación, metodologías, contenidos, mallas curriculares, comités políticos pedagógicos y difusión, además de visibilizar las dificultades y proyecciones. En ese sentido algunas de las definiciones que se establecieron en este encuentro son que la formación política en cada proceso, en Cloc – Vía Campesina, deba propender a la formación permanente y contribuya a la vivencia de una nueva ética y nueva moral hacia la emancipación humana desde una perspectiva de género.
Las comunicadoras Viviana Catrileo y Nadia López, de Chile y Paraguay respectivamente, dialogaron al respecto para este informe de Radio Mundo Real.
En la oportunidad también se visitaron y realizaron trabajos voluntarios en algunas de las experiencias de producción agroecológica que hay entre los asentados. Así como también el colectivo de participantes al seminario, compartieron espacios culturales y de mística con los estudiantes de la ELAA y con los niños y niñas de la Escuela municipal do campo contestado, en donde estudian los hijos de los asentados, militantes de luchadores del Movimiento Sin Tierra, MST. Precisamente, la dirigente de dicho Movimiento, Itelvina Massioli, también reflexionó sobre la importancia de la agroecología para la organización campesina continental.
Los audios y testimonios que acompañan esta nota fueron recabados en Paraná, Brasil por el equipo de comunicadoras de CLOC-Vía Campesina allí presentes.
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hi all. new to this forum but have a crazy battery problem and wondering if this has happened to anyone else. first off, a rant about the docking station and effect on battery life. when the unit is docked the battery is continuously charged and the life gets severely reduced, to the point where i can only watch about 15 mins of video before the battery dies. so i bought an extra battery to use when i travel with the archos. they should have made an auto shut-off feature on the docking station charger.
now the real problem. i noticed a few months ago that the battery started splitting apart. i thought maybe my wife dropped it at some point or the unit got squeezed real hard while in a bag and didn't give it much thought. didn't effect anything besides making it a little tight when removing and replacing the battery. but just today when i unplugged from my computer, the battery literally split open and is hanging together by a thread. there is obviously some sort of physical expansion that occurred inside the battery. i can get the battery back on and the archos still works with this battery, so my questions are:
1. has this happened to anyone else?!?! on any type of gadget??
2. is it safe to keep using this battery or will it eventually explode for real and potentially damage a) the unit, b) the docking station, c) any part of my body if i happen to be holding it if/when it explodes?
3. can i make archos replace the battery even if i've had it for over a year? i plan to call them to ask personally, but just want to see if anyone can suggest a good argument to make them replace the battery.
i don't want to waste the second battery i bought by having it docked continuously in the docking station, thereby killing its useful life and possibly "exploding" on me again.
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