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What is the best way to cap off a Memorial Day celebration on the sand dunes of Michigan's Silver Lake Park? If you said destroy your almost new to brand new Chevy Silverado in an amazing display of high flying hoonage, you are not alone. One Chevy Truck driver had the same thought last weekend and this video is the awesome result.
We aren't sure what the motivation was behind destroying a nearly new truck, or if that was even the original intention. What we do know is the post jump shape of that truck indicates some pretty serious damage to a pretty expensive truck. We're going to chalk this extreme hoonage up to our favorite speculative explanation dreamed up by a YouTube commenter— "That's how you do it when the bank is about to take the truck back."


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Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
The Petrie Museum houses an estimated 80,000 objects, making it one of the greatest collections of Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology in the world. It illustrates life in the Nile Valley from prehistory through the time of the pharaohs, the Ptolemaic, Roman and Coptic periods to the Islamic period.
The entire collection of this museum is a Designated Collection of national importance.
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We are also open for group and individual researcher visits on weekday mornings 10am - 12pm and all day Monday, but booking for this is essential - please contact the museum.
The entire collection of the Petrie Museum is a Designated Collection of national importance.
The Petrie Museum's collection - numbering over 80,000 objects - covers the full range of Egypt's complex history from Palaeolithic to Islamic times, and includes artefacts from all types of archaeological sites in Egypt. It is largely based on the artefact collections gathered by the pioneering archaeologist Sir Flinders Petrie on his many excavations, and includes his own detailed documentation. Spectacular decorative objects - including pottery, mosaics and superb funerary portraits, are complemented by a comprehensive collection of everyday objects, from tools and weapons to weights and measures, from garments to cooking vessels. Collections of geological, botanical, zoological and some mummified human material help to give a complete picture of the ancient Egyptian world.
The collection is full of 'firsts': One of the earliest pieces of linen from Egypt (about 5000 BC); two lions from the temple of Min at Koptos, from the first group of monumental sculpture (about 3000 BC); a fragment from the first kinglist or calendar (about 2900 BC); the earliest example of metal from Egypt, the first worked iron beads, the earliest example of glazing, the earliest 'cylinder seal' in Egypt (about 3500 BC); the oldest wills on papyrus paper, the oldest gynaecological papyrus; the only veterinary papyrus from ancient Egypt, and the largest architectural drawing, showing a shrine (about 1300 BC).
More than these highlights, though, the collection is uniquely important because so much of it comes from documented excavations. The large typological series of objects (amulets, faience, objects of daily use, tools and weapons, weights and measures, stone vessels, jewellery) provide a unique insight into how people have lived and died in the Nile Valley.
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A couple of years ago, the conventional wisdom was that Rudy Giuliani would be a formidable Presidential candidate, but could never get the Republican nomination because of his liberal views on some social issues. I believe that we were among the first to question this assumption, noting that Giuliani is conservative on some social issues (notably, crime) and, more important, could win the support of a broad range of Republicans by putting the key social issues in procedural terms: I may be a New Yorker and more liberal on these topics than most Republicans, but I think issues like gay marriage and abortion should be resolved by through the democratic process, and I will appoint strict constructionist judges to the federal courts–which really, after all, is the only significant thing the President has to do with the social issues.
Giuliani has taken a course much like what we hypothesized, and there has been a lot of publicity lately about surveys that seem to show him doing well with the GOP's conservative base. At the Candidates' Forum, the Giuliani campaign has started a thread titled Social Conservatives Back Giuliani, which cites some of the recent poll data.
What do you think? Are you satisfied with Giuliani's positions on the social issues? Are you willing to trust his pledge to appoint conservative judges? Do you see him as the best bet to beat Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama?
Go to the Giuliani Forum and tell Rudy's campaign what you think.
UPDATE: Interesting–so far, the commenters on Giuliani's Forum site are pretty much unanimously OK with his position as laid out above. That could change as more comments come in, of course, but I think readers of this site and participants in the Candidates' Forum are a much better barometer of conservative opinion than suppositions by liberal reporters about how social conservatives think. One more thing–check out the YouTube video that is playing on Giuliani's Forum site. It's good.
PAUL adds: In the latest issue of National Review, Ramesh Ponnuru argues that "abortion should doom Giuliani's campaign." Ramesh also believes that it will. His piece isn't available on line, but I'll summarize it here when I find a little time.
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Each of the guestrooms at The Kitano New York has been individually tailored with custom-designed mahogany and cherry furnishings, down comforters and pillows and luxurious pillow-top mattresses. Featured throughout the rooms, guests will find all the accouterments of a world-class hotel.
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It seems the revolution in Libya has done more than topple a brutal and corrupt dictator. In autumn, a young rebel's heart turns to romance and the sounds of Barry White can be heard wafting through Tripoli.
JANZOUR, Libya – When it comes to love, Muammar al-Qaddafi's Libya was unlucky for unmarried 33-year-old truck driver Ahmed Nori Faqiar. His looks would have benefited if his parents could ever have sprung for a dentist. Lack of means forced him to live unhappily at his childhood home well into adulthood. Marriage, a home of his own, kids — all are dreams that the wiry Libyan had long ago steeled himself to stop hoping for.
"Before, I was not even daring to look at girls as wife material, because I knew I could not afford" to get married, say Faqiar now.
These days, though, Faqiar wears the mismatched camouflage of Libya's rebels and a dashing bandana on his head, pirate-style. He carries a gun. He is a veteran of battles for Libyans' freedom from Qaddafi's regime — and it's the women who are talking to him."Girls around the area come up to you and say, 'Thank you! You made us proud, you made us happy,'" Faqiar told me one night recently. He spoke on the sidelines of a camel and couscous feast that the people in this Tripoli suburb threw for several thousand young rebels, after slaughtering 10 camels.
From a specially raised dais, speakers praised the young rebel fighters late into the evening. Hundreds of excited young women and girls in head scarves mingled near rifle-toting young men, a novelty in this conservative country that was overwhelming to members of both genders in the crowd that night. "It's like a wedding!" Faqiar exclaimed, shaking his head in surprise…
Nearby, young women — a group of cousins and neighbors, clustered together, in long skirts and shirts and head coverings — said the same, and laughed about taking their pick of a husband from among the rebels when the war was done.
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Location: 400 S. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia. From the 210 Freeway, exit at Baldwin Avenue and head south.
Hours: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Mon.-Sat.; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sun.
What you'll find: Nordstrom, Macy's and J.C. Penney are the anchors for the 186-store complex, where tenants range from higher-end retailers such as Max Mara and Michael Kors to the budget-friendly H&M chain, with plenty of mall regulars such as the Gap, Aldo and the Disney store. Santa Anita also offers a variety of beauty supply-salon services, as well as home furnishing stores, and there is a 16-theater AMC multiplex.
Vibe: This is the mall-as-community center, where the varied patrons come not only to shop but also to meet and mingle. Families frequent the mall to spend lazy weekend afternoons walking through the outdoor promenade, while crowds of teenagers fill GameStop and movie theaters. Women tend to travel in groups, perusing the shops or simply walking around the mall for exercise.
Survival strategies: Avoid the parking lot outside the Cheesecake Factory and movie theaters at all costs. Abundant parking can be found in the newer structure just south of Nordstrom. Valet parking is also available for $6 Monday to Thursday and $8 Friday to Sunday. If you need a quick bite but want to forgo the food court regulars, try the Nordstrom Cafe. The menu of soups, salads and sandwiches is reliable and you won't have to wait for a table.
Take a break: There are the food court basics and sit-down spots Bar Louie, California Pizza Kitchen, Cheesecake Factory, Wood Ranch, Dave & Busters, Johnny Rockets, Todai, Nordstrom Cafe.
Pleasant surprises: Shoppers who like to keep fit can become Westfield Walkers and participate in the mall's community walking program every morning at 7.
For kids: The mall is kid-friendly in amenities and store selection. For a family shopping break there are two family lounges, a kids play space (in the lower level near the J. C. Penney store) and a merry-go-round at the center of the mall. You can also take the kids to the Jump 'n Jammin play center for the under 12 set. Priority family parking is available for expectant mothers and families with small children. The mall features 14 stores with kids' clothing and toys, such as Crazy 8 children's clothing, Gymboree, Janie and Jack and Pumpkin Patch.
Holiday cheer: A holiday kickoff party is planned from 4-9 p.m. Dec. 2, including entertainment near the Christmas tree; "magical snow shows" at 5, 6, 7 and 8 p.m.; and a kids fun zone with balloons and glitter tattoos.
Impressions: Glendale may have the Americana at Brand and Los Angeles may have the Grove, but the quiet suburb of Arcadia has the Westfield Santa Anita. Part indoor mall, part outdoor shopping area, the mall offers the best of both worlds without the showy gimmicks of the aforementioned Caruso developments. Don't expect to find a water attraction or trolley running through the mall. Instead, you'll find a reliable list of shops and restaurants for all ages and tastes. The newer outdoor area, called the promenade, was finished in 2009 and spans the area between the Nordstrom and Macy's department stores. Shoppers can stroll through the desert-themed walkways or stop for a shopping break. For those who want to remain indoors, the mall can be a one-stop shopping destination for anything from a new dress to a new television. The movie theater and adjacent restaurants such as Dave & Busters and Bar Louie have become popular places for night life, offering a bar at which to grab a martini before catching a movie.
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The photographic archive of the Tsarskoye Selo State Museum-Preserve now boasts 48 autochrome plates with early 20th-century views of the Catherine and Alexander palaces. The plates were recently auctioned in Paris and happily acquired by our Museum with assistance from Mr. Michael Pyles, an American member of the Tsarskoye Selo Friends Society.
The autochromes, 140 in total, were made in 1917 by the military photographer Andrei Zeest, who was invited by the art historian George Loukomski, Head of Tsarskoye Selo Inventory Commission. The views of the Catherine Palace were taken in June-July of 1917, including the palace chapel's altar piece the latest pre-war picture of which at our archive dated from the 1860s.
The Alexander Palace interiors were photographed in August-September, soon after the Tsar's family left for exhile. Now that a comprehensive restoration of the palace approaches, the detail-rich autochromes become one of the most important resources for the museum workers, restorers and historians. Particularly noteworthy are the views of the Playroom of Tsarevich Alexei, previously unavailable, and Alexandra Fiodorovna's greenery-decorated Maple Study or Drawing-Room and the Palisander Reception Room with a vase holding a hortensia put there by the Tsarina herself.
The larger number of the autochrome plates were gone together with Loukomski when he emigrated from Russia in 1918. About 40 autochromes with the palaces were handed over to Tsarskoye Selo by Andrei Zeest's widow in the 1960s.
The said auction in Paris offered many other objects, some of which our Museum acquired with support from Mr. Mikhail Karisalov, an art collector and a longtime Friend of Tsarskoye Selo:
•Empress Maria Fiodorovna's autographed photo of 1916 (above)
•Illuminated engraved view of the Neva River and the Peter and Paul Fortress from the 1750s
•Bronze figure of Nicholas I's favourite pet poodle, Hussar
•Children's books illustated by Ivan Bilibin
•Set of eleven envelopes of different sizes with Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna's monogram
•Late 19th-century lacquered box with a miniature painting of a scene from Russian peasant life
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AN OPEN MESSAGE FROM iSELECT TITANS CEO GRAHAM ANNESLEY
Apart from everyone's obvious disappointment with the score line today, I just want to acknowledge the oppressive conditions most of you had to endure throughout the afternoon.
While we can't do anything about the weather, I intend to continue to take up the issue of early season day games with the NRL in an attempt to ensure this is not allowed to happen again.
With approximately 50 per cent of all seats in direct sunlight for the entire afternoon it is clearly not fair to members or casual fans.
If this had been a night game everyone on the eastern side would have had a tremendous view in some of the best seats in the house.
Thankfully most of our remaining home games are in the twilight or evening so today's conditions should not be experienced again. However, I will do everything possible to prevent the same thing from re-occurring next season.
On behalf of the Club I apologise to all our members and iSelect Titans fans and I thank you for your ongoing support of the team.
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Jessica Chang enters her fifth season as an assistant coach for MIT. Chang received a Bachelors in Biology from Johns Hopkins University in 2006. She was a three-time All-American in the 100 Breaststroke. Chang was also an Academic All-American and selected to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II First Team in 2005 and was a Second-Team pick in 2004.
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- Lake Mead National Recreation Area's water quality is good, the sport fish populations are sufficient, and the lakes provide important habitat for an increasing number of birds. This positive trend is documented in a new report published today that leads to a better understanding of the natural resources of Lake Mead and Lake Mohave, and the issues that may affect natural resource management of Lake Mead NRA.
"While the Lake Mead ecosystem is generally healthy and robust, the minor problems documented in the report are all being addressed by the appropriate agencies, and are showing substantial improvement since the mid 1990's," said U.S. Geological Survey hydrologist, Michael Rosen, the lead scientist for the report. "This is thanks to proactive enhancements to wastewater treatment facilities for the Las Vegas Metropolitan area, the installation of wetlands in Las Vegas Wash, and the treatment of legacy pollutants from industrial areas near Las Vegas Wash."
Lake Mead provides significant benefits that have contributed to the modern development of the southwestern United States. The lake provides important aquatic habitat for a wide variety of wildlife including endangered species, and a diversity of world-class water-based recreational opportunities for more than 8 million visitors annually. It supplies critical storage of water supplies for more than 25 million people in three western states (California, Arizona, and Nevada). Storage within Lake Mead supplies drinking water and provides for the generation of hydropower to deliver electricity for major cities including Las Vegas, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Tucson, and San Diego. It also provides water for irrigation of more than 2.5 million acres (almost 4000 square miles or more than twice the size of the state of Delaware) of croplands.
Major findings detailed in the report include the following:
- Basic water-quality parameters are within good ranges of Nevada and Arizona standards and EPA lake criteria. Potential problems with nutrient balance, algae, and dissolved oxygen can occur at times and in some areas of Lake Mead. The Lake Mead-wide scope of monitoring provides a solid baseline to characterize water quality now and in the future.
- Legacy contaminants are declining due to regulations and mitigation efforts in Las Vegas Wash. Emerging contaminants, including endocrine disrupting compounds, are present in low concentrations. While emerging contaminants, such as pharmaceuticals, personal care products, or plasticizers have been documented to cause a number of health effects to individual fish, they are not seen at concentrations currently known to pose a threat to human health. In comparison to other reservoirs studied by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lake Mead is well within the highest or 'good' category for recreation and aquatic health.
- Lake Mead and Lake Mohave continue to provide habitat conditions that support a rich diversity of species within the water, along shorelines, and in adjacent drainage areas, including organisms that are both native and non-native to the Colorado River drainage.
- Sport fish populations appear stable and have reached a balance with reservoir operations over the past 20 years and are sufficient to support important recreational fishing opportunities. Native fish populations within Lake Mohave are declining, but the small native fish populations in Lake Mead are, stable without any artificial replenishment.
- Lake Mead and Lake Mohave provide important migration and wintering habitat for birds. Trends include increasing numbers of wintering bald eagles and nesting peregrine falcons. Lake Mead water-level fluctuations have produced a variety of shorebird habitats, but songbird habitats are limited. Although some contaminants have been documented in birds and eggs in Las Vegas Wash, mitigation efforts are making a positive change.
- Invasive quagga mussels have become the dominant lake-bottom organism and are a significant threat to the ecosystems of Lake Mead and Lake Mohave because they have potential to alter water quality and food-web dynamics. Although they increase water clarity, they can degrade recreational settings.
- Climate models developed for the Colorado River watershed indicate a high probability for longer periods of reduced snowpack and therefore water availability for the Lake Mead in the future. Federal, state and local agencies, and individuals and organizations interested the future of the water supply and demand imbalance are working together to examine strategies to mitigate future conditions.
The report was prepared cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Nevada Department of Wildlife, Southern Nevada Water Authority, BIO-WEST, University of Nevada, Reno, and University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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NH Ukranians fear Putin's ego motivesBy BILL SMITH
New Hampshire Union Leader
February 28. 2014 10:41PM
MANCHESTER — Members of the local Ukrainian community are casting a worried eye toward their ancestral homeland, concerned that a brutal Russian response could be coming to the uprising that displaced the country's pro-Moscow president.
"The feeling is that the president of the Ukraine, now that the Olympics are over, is in the waiting room of Putin's office, looking for help to squelch the uprising," said the Rev. Robert Smolley, pastor of Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish. The Manchester church is part of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, which follows the authority of the Roman Catholic Pope.
Smolley said the freedom that people in the Ukraine have enjoyed since the collapse of the former Soviet Union means they will not readily accept a return to domination by a regime in Moscow.
"In the 20 years that the Ukraine has been free, the educational system has been revitalized, the church has a been revitalized, people are more aware of what is going on in the world," Smolley said. "When the Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, news was filtered by the government and people were not aware of world situations as they are now."
The Ukrainian community in Manchester has become increasingly Americanized over the past few decades, as direct immigration from the Ukraine has dwindled with the closing of city mills and the decline in farming as a vocation in New Hampshire.
But Smolley sees deep concern his parishioners of Ukrainian heritage over the increasingly strident battle for the Ukraine.
"The fear would be that if there is a realignment with Moscow that especially the Ukrainian Catholic Church would come under gross attack just as it did before the Ukraine received freedom and the church was re-established."
Ukrainians in the United States fear that Putin will decide to crush their country's independence, as a first step toward re-establishing control over other, weaker former Soviet republics.
"Putin is an egotist and he would just be sticking another feather in his cap if he said 'I can take back the Ukraine, the biggest of the Soviet bloc countries that received their independence,'" Smolley said. "It would show how easy it would be to go back and annex Georgia and some of those other countries; there is a great deal at stake."


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The Agile Approach to Adaptive Research: Optimizing Efficiency in Clinical Development
The Agile Approach to Adaptive Research: Optimizing Efficiency in Clinical Development
Feb 2010
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DescriptionApply adaptive research to improve results in drug development
The pharmaceutical industry today faces a deepening crisis: inefficiency in its core business, the development of new drugs. The Agile Approach to Adaptive Research offers a solution. It outlines how adaptive research, using already-available tools and techniques, can enable the industry to streamline clinical trials and reach decision points faster and more efficiently.
With a wealth of real-world cases and examples, author Michael Rosenberg gives readers a practical overview of drug development, the problems inherent in current practices, and the advantages of adaptive research technology and methods. He explains the concepts, principles, and specific techniques of adaptive research, and demonstrates why it is an essential evolutionary step toward improving drug research and development.
Chapters explore such subjects as:
The adaptive concept
Design and operational adaptations
Sample-size reestimation
Agile clinical development
Safety and dose finding
Statistics in adaptive research, including frequentist and Bayesian approaches
Data management technologies
The future of clinical development
By combining centuries-old intellectual foundations, recent technological advances, and modern management techniques, adaptive research preserves the integrity and validity of clinical research but dramatically improves efficiency.
1 Opportunity for Efficiency.
The Adaptive Solution.
An Industrial Success Story.
Signs of Trouble Ahead.
Converging Challenges.
The Struggle to Replace Lost Revenues.
Clinical Research is the Key.
Behind the High Costs of Clinical Development.
High Costs and Increasing Prices.
Growing Pressures Mandate Greater Efficiency.
The High Risk of Current Development Practices.
Economic Consequences of Faster Clinical Development.
Thriving in a New Era.
2 Defining and Extending the Adaptive Approach.
The Adaptive Concept.
Knowledge, Time and Decision-Making.
The Value of Early Knowledge.
The Spectrum of Design and Operational Adaptations.
Maximizing the Adaptive Approach: Agile Clinical Development.
Measure Performance in Real-time.
Metrics in Action.
Right Information to the Right Eyes at the Right Time.
Make Timely Decisions.
Organize Work in Lean Processes.
Rework in Clinical Studies.
Backflow of Patient Data.
Match Technology with Tasks.
Objections to Adaptive Methods.
Integrity and Validity.
The Regulatory Environment.
The Complexity of Clinical Research.
3 Design Adaptations Part One: Finding the Right Dose.
Types of Design Adaptations.
Order of Discussion.
Dosing Nomenclature.
Determining Maximum Safe Dose.
Single Arm.
Continual Reassessment Method.
Other Bayesian Dose-Finding Methods.
Determining Optimal Dose (Pruning).
Multiple Arms.
Improvements over Conventional Approaches to Dose Finding.
Dose Selection in Practice.
Optimizing Dose Selection.
Minimizing Costs versus Maximizing Information.
Surrogate Endpoints.
4 Design Adaptations Part Two: Additional Design Changes.
Sample-Size Reestimation.
The Trouble with Planning Estimates.
The High Cost of "Underbuilt" Studies.
The Benefits of Reestimation and Rightsizing.
Reestimation and Trial Stages.
Rules to Restrict Reestimation.
Adjusting Sample Size for Nuisance Parameters.
Seamless Designs: Combining Multiple Phases.
When to Consider Seamless Studies.
Seamless Phase I/Phase II Trials.
Seamless Phase II/Phase III Trials.
Planning Issues in Seamless Trials.
Phase I-II-III Designs.
Adaptive Randomization.
Response-Adaptive Randomization.
Other Forms of Adaptive Randomization.
Other Types of Design Adaptations.
Noninferiority-to-Superiority Design.
Adaptive Hypotheses and Subpopulations.
Treatment Switching.
5 Operational Adaptations.
Design and Operational Adaptations.
The Nature and Significance of Operational Adaptations.
Implementing Operational Adaptations.
Enrollment and Other Site Issues.
Data Quality.
Site Closeout and Database Lock.
Supporting Functions for Efficient Operations.
The Bottom Line.
6 Agile Clinical Development.
Benefits of Agile Development.
A Development Example.
Program Planning.
Safety Testing (Phase I).
Operational Considerations.
Putting the Plan into Action.
Benefits Realized.
Transition to Dose-Finding Study.
Dose Finding (Phase II).
Operational Considerations.
Putting the Plan into Action.
Benefits Realized.
Transition to Confirmatory Studies.
Confirmatory Testing (Phase III).
Putting the Plan into Action.
Benefits Realized.
Transition to Regulatory Filings.
Summing Up: The Power of Agile Development.
7 Planning Adaptive Programs.
Determining Design Adaptations and their Requirements.
Determining Operational Requirements to Support Design Adaptations.
Ensuring the Ability to Meet Operational Requirements.
The Importance of Programmatic Thinking.
Looking Ahead.
Advisory and Oversight Groups.
Optimizing the Planning Process.
Regulatory Discussions.
Contingency Planning.
Planning Tools and Techniques.
Decision Trees.
Uncertainties in Clinical Research.
Simulation Tools.
Simulation Step by Step.
The Limitations of Simulation.
Sources of Simulation Software.
8 Statistics and Decision Making in Adaptive Research.
The Frequentist Approach.
What Frequentist Results Say about the Results of a Clinical Study.
Using Frequentist Results to Make Decisions Based on Individual Trials.
Other Issues with Frequentist Methods.
The Bayesian Approach.
Prior Distributions.
How Bayesian Statistics Works.
Bayesian Statistics in the Real World.
Bayesian Methods in Clinical Research.
Comparing Bayesian and Frequentist Methods.
Prior Distributions.
The Pharma Context.
Learning and Confirming.
Ethical and Operational Issues.
Regulatory Considerations.
Frequentists, Bayesians, and Pragmatists.
9 The Agile Platform.
Essential Types of Data.
Management Cycles in Clinical Studies.
The Common Platform for Design and Operational Adaptations.
Data Capture.
Data-Capture Technologies.
The First Generation.
The Second Generation.
The Third Generation.
Data Cleaning and Validation Technology.
Data Analysis Tools.
Site Management.
Supply-Chain Management.
10 The Future of Clinical Development.
Is Restructuring an Alternative to Improving Clinical Development?
Greater Efficiency: Changes that Everyone Can Applaud.
Biotechs and Emerging Low-Cost Competitors.
Globalization, Offshoring, and Outsourcing.
Managing More Complex Trials.
Individualized Medicine Demands Greater Efficiency.
A More Important Role for Postmarketing Studies.
The Reward for Greater Efficiency.
Financial Implications of the Agile Approach.
Financial Implications of the Agile Approach for the Drug Industry.
A Brighter Future for Clinical Development.
First Steps toward Agile Development.
An Eight-Point Program for Embracing the Adaptive Approach.
"It is ideal for senior executives who want a strategic view of adaptive methods, managers looking for practical opportunities to significantly improve the efficiency of their operations, and statisticians interested in learning the broader ramifications of their arcane expertise." (Journal of Clinical Research Best Practices, April 2010)
"Rosenberg captures the current excitement surrounding adaptive clinical research, and provides a very readable introduction to the methodologies involved in implementing such research." (Journal for Clinical Studies, March 2010)


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I read all four books (and The Host) in english. I just enjoy reading books in the original language more too.Lieziewiezie wrote:
I have a question. People from non-english speaking countries, in which language did you read the books? In your own language, or in english?
I read them all in english personally. I love reading books in the original language.
Here in Austria the new release date is the 15. Jannuary. That´s one week earlier than the original release date.
I hate it that we have to wait so long till we are able to see it.


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The Magnificent Seven - The Original Guitar Heroes!
Inspired by our recent article about Peter Green...we decided to look for the original 1967 article that highlighted the original Guitar Heroes of the Swingin' London...here it is!
A few months ago, we wrote an article about Peter Green, "The Greatest Forgotten Guitar Hero". Well, as we mentioned, Peter Green was hailed one of the seven original Guitar Heroes in a music paper article back in 1967. So here, we'll reproduce this article in its entirety, for your reading pleasure. And because vintage-style guitars are a big thing with us here at Dolphin right now, nothing better than take a trip down memory lane!
For guitarists, this article - reproduced here word-by-word - offers a fascinating insight of how things were in 1967: Jimmy Page was still a relative unknown, Peter Green was one of the hottest new guitarists, and Jimi Hendrix was just a contender to the throne of Eric "God" Clapton.
For a generation who's growing up with the virtual guitars of "Guitar Hero", this article could be an education: those 7 guys were the original "Guitar Heroes". Without them, directly or indirectly, maybe the electric guitar wouldn't have been as fascinating to the kids who grew up listening to rock'n'roll and felt inspired to pick up one and form a band. Without them the Fender Stratocaster or the Gibson Les Paul wouldn't have become as iconic as they are today, without those magnificent seven original guitar heroes, music would be different today, and legions of other famous guitarists and bands who came after them wouldn't have been the same - or exist at all.
Those are the seven guitarists who changed rock'n'roll...so read on!
"The Magnificent Seven", Melody Maker article, Autumn 1967
Guitar-slinging heroes with sideburns, wild and woolly clothes, blazing away on all six strings, are a phenomenon peculiar to the rootin,' tootin' British pop scene. They set trends, make or break groups, and draw almost fanatical fan worship.
They march along, shoulder to shoulder down the mainstreet of beat, profess admiration for each other's style, while under the surface bubbles the belief among each one that HE is the fastest and the bluesiest. Who are these young men of the groups who beat up towns the length and breadth of the country every night with a barrage of note-bending, feedback, and fuzztone? Here is a breakdown of the Magnificent Seven, their origins and styles. It is compiled by Chris Welch.
Eric Clapton
Eric is the king of Britain's blues guitarists and is raved about even in America, the home of blues.
At one time, young English fans called him "God" and when he was playing with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers was followed from gig to gig. He even set trends for fashions, widely popularizing military uniforms, sideboards and moustaches.
Today the first heat of fan fanaticism has mercifully cooled off, and Eric is accepted as just being great. He was born at Ripley, Surrey, on October 8, 1944, was first inspired by Chuck Berry and began playing when studying to be a stained glass designer at Kingston Art School.
He formed a group with Tom McGuinness which failed. Tom joined Manfred Mann, while Eric joined The Yardbirds, having met Keith Relf at art school. The group became successful after replacing The Rolling Stones at the Crawdaddy Club, Richmond. Their first record was "I Wish You Would," in May 1964.
Eric later split with them to roam about the world, join John Mayall, then finally form the Cream in 1966 with Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce.
Jimi Hendrix
If anybody can claim to Clapton's throne, it is American Jimi Hendrix, who has settled in Britain, or rather stirred up Britain with the sensational Experience.
Jimi has both the feedback violence of Pete Townshend and the blues of Clapton, combined with a flair for showmanship that is earning him the hero worship that Eric held.
He was born in Seattle, Washington in 1945. He left school early and joined the Army. Later he toured the Southern States of America in a vaudeville act. He was discovered by the Isley Brothers and joined their band. Since then he has played with B. B. King, Sam Cooke, Solomon Burke, Chuck Jackson and Jackie Wilson.
In New York he joined Joey Dee and the Starlighters during the Twist era. In August 1966 he went solo with a backing group in Greenwich Village. Ex-Animal Chas Chandler persuaded him to come to England where he formed a group with Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding.
Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend and the Who's influence on scores of British groups is imponderable. Townshend was the first to use feedback effectively, although nowadays it is difficult to recall the sensation early records like "My Generation" caused.
The wild and riotous Townshend approach seemed to open the floodgates of musical violence and nothing has been the same since.
And few young players, even today, can avoid the temptation of employing the famous Townshend arm-swinging movements now and again. Unlike the rest of the Magnificent Seven, Pete hasn't flitted from group to group or indulged in much mass solo playing.
Songwriting and the group sound are more important to him. He has been solidly with the Who since they were the High Numbers.
Full title Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend was born in Chiswick in 1945. His father played in dance bands and Pete's early musical tastes included Ray Charles, Sam Cooke and the Beatles. He also likes jazz and classical composers.
Jeff Beck
Jeff is the enigma of the seven. At one time his style was clearly cut, and was hailed as one of the best blues guitarists.
But then he went through periods of change in an attempt to create a style that owed nothing to Clapton and was more commercially acceptable on the pop front. At the moment he is fronting his own group with singer Rod Stewart, producing records like "Hi Ho Silver Lining," and "Tallyman" without being blues or pop.
But Jeff is still a fine guitarist and made a huge name for himself while playing exiting music with the Yardbirds.
Jeff was born in Wallington, Surrey in 1944. He was educated, like so many other guitar-slingers, at art school, this time in Wimbledon. His king, Buddy Guy, Les Paul and one of his favorite British groups is the Who. He has considerable speed and ideas on guitar and it remains how he will develop.
Jimmy Page
Jimmy is the dark horse of the Seven. Not so well known among the fans because sicne he replaced Jeff Beck with the Yardbirds, the group have worked mostly in in America and the group have not had an English hit for many months.
But Jimmy is highly rated by his fellow guitar slingers, and those fans who appreciate his very freaky style.
He also plays sitar and has a big interest in electronics. Jimmy, aged 22 himself, first made a name for himself as a session musician, but when he was only 14 he was playing with Neil Christian and the Crusaders.
His school friend was Jeff Beck and originally joined the Yardbirds on bass guitar to replace Paul Samwell-Smith. When Jeff left he switched to lead again.
When the Yardbirds come marching back from America fans will be able to watch one of the meanest of the seven in action again.
Steve Winwood
Although Steve does not play guitar as much since he switched to electric organ, while he was with Spencer Davis, he was rated as one of the best blues guitarists in the country, as well as being one of the youngest.
Heavily influenced by Eric Clapton and Clapton's influences like B. B. King and Buddy Guy, Steve also developed his own sound and was noted for his trick of singing and playing in unison, which used to be electrically exiting.
Steve was born in Birmingham in 1948 and went to Great Barr Comprehensive School. He made his first public appearance with his father's band when he was only nine years old, and later played in his brother Muff's band, before joining Spencer.
As well as becoming one of the seven as a guitarist Steve has also managed to sweep the board as a singer, pianist and organist, while getting by on vibes, bass guitar and drums.
He left Spencer's group earlier this year to form Traffic.
Peter Green
Peter Green is the newest, toughest and meanest of the guitar cowboys. He plays hard blues with no concessions. He built up his name among blues fans as Clapton's successor in the great blues breeding house, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.
Peter was born in the East End of London in 1946 and lived there until he was nine and moved to Putney. When he was ten his brother gave him a Spanish guitar and he worked out a few chords. Later he switched to bass and when he was 15 earned pocket money playing with Bobby Denim. and the Dominoes.
He met John Mayall briefly but lost touch. After putting an advertisement in Melody Maker John called him up and said he had been looking for him. With breaks for working with Peter Bardens and the Shotgun Express, he was with until forming his group Fleetwood Mac, a success at the recent Windsor Jazz Festival.
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MINNEAPOLIS – Scott Diamond matched Matt Harvey for four innings. Not good enough.
"I was hoping for better," Diamond said after his first start since elbow surgery in December, a 4-2 loss to the New York Mets on Saturday.
Diamond (0-1) allowed only two hits through the first four innings. Then Marlon Byrd homered leading off the fifth, the first of seven straight hits against the Twins in a four-run inning.
"Getting out of the third inning I was pretty pumped by that and thought it was a big step," said Diamond, who retired three in a row after Jacob Turner's leadoff double.
Diamond gave up all four runs and eight hits in 4 1-3 innings.
"Diamond was all all right for his first time back here," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "He felt fine but got some pitches up in the fifth inning. A nice performance. He was kind of cruising right along and was doing everything OK. We'll take that for his first performance of the year."
Byrd's homer was a 414-foot drive into the second deck. Collin Cowgill and Daniel Murphy hit run-scoring singles that chased Diamond, and David Wright had an RBI infield hit off Josh Roenicke.
Harvey (3-0) didn't allow a hit until Justin Morneau homered off the right-field foul pole with two outs in the seventh inning at a chilly Target Field.
New York provided the offensive support when it strung together seven straight hits for the first time since Aug. 1, 2001, at Houston.
Harvey pitched past the seventh for the first time in 13 career major league starts. He allowed one run and two hits in eight innings with six strikeouts and two walks. His ERA rose from 0.64 to 0.82.
"That's a horse. That guy can really wing it," Gardenhire said.
Despite a 35-degree gametime temperature, the 24-year-old right-hander pitched with his sleeves rolled up and reached 97 mph.
Before Morneau's homer — his first this season — Minnesota's only hard-hit ball came on Eduardo Escobar's lineout to first base in the third.
Bobby Parnell allowed an RBI double to Josh Willingham in the ninth, but held on for his first save. With Willingham on second, Parnell retired Morneau on a flyout and threw a called third strike past Ryan Doumit to end the game.
After starting 4-2, the Twins have lost five straight. Other than Morneau, they couldn't get to Harvey.
"He's a power pitcher but at the same time he located all three of his pitches," Twins second baseman Brian Dozier said. "In and out, his slider was really working. Faced him a lot in the minor leagues and he was fastball-curveball, but now he developed that slider."
NOTES: The Twins activated Diamond and optioned RHP Liam Hendriks to Triple-A Rochester. ... Twins OF Wilkin Ramirez's wife went into labor before the game started. Ramirez will go on three-day paternity leave and Minnesota will make a roster move on Sunday. ... Twins LHP Pedro Hernandez left a relief appearance on Friday with a strained calf. He checked out fine on Saturday and could pitch again in the next couple of days. ... The forecast calls for rain all day Sunday, but if the series finale is played, Dillon Gee is scheduled to start for New York. Gee is 0-2 with a 7.71 ERA and has never faced the Twins. ... Kevin Correia (0-1, 3.14 ERA) will start for the Twins.


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The Greek philosopher Diogenes was said to have walked about in the daylight with a lamp, seeking an honest man. If alive today, he might instead be seeking accountable school boards.
Whether there to serve and govern a traditional district or a charter academy (also a Michigan public school), school boards sometimes fall short of the performance we should expect of public officials entrusted with such important responsibilities.
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- Because boards sometimes believe they are there to loyally support and defend the way things are — regardless of district or charter school performance.
- Because boards sometimes believe they are just "volunteers" who really can't do much under such circumstance.
- Because boards sometimes believe they are there to actually help run the operation, and end up lending an uninformed hand not much appreciated by those paid to do so.
- Because those who engage in the "training" of board members typically focus on the protocols of office rather than the essentials of good governance, leading to the danger of emphasizing process over purpose and substance.
- Because boards have not developed a sound understanding of the governance versus management distinction and why it is so essential to school success.
Even though a school board may fall short of fully accountable governance, the public often accepts the status quo. Yet the public isn't really much at fault. How can the public demand board accountability if history doesn't reveal what it should look like, or the board itself does not have a solid understanding of its governance responsibilities?
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From the moment Sony announced their February 20th event, the news reports have all came to the idea that the event will be the announcement of the PS4. Most of this information originates from a Wall Street Journal article that cites "sources" but nothing more. There is a possibility this announcement will not be the big PS4 reveal everyone is expecting.
I think it may be true though. With The Last of Us launching soon and the feeling that PS3 is not actually done yet, it may not be the most efficient move to announce the PS4 now.
The more I think about it, the more I have my doubts about this announcement.
Maybe they'll introduce some kind of new online Playstation service that will later be used in the PS4? Maybe some kind of Steam for all Playstation 1-2-3-4 games? Or maybe some completely new concept for an online platform? That would explain "the future of Playstation"
Nothing is going to stop people from buying Last of Us, as PS3 owners will still be buying PS3 games. Not like they are striking until Christmas/2014
The February 20th teaser has amassed nearly 5 million views on the single PlayStation Youtube channel. Everyone expects PlayStation 4, and Sony would be foolish to not reveal the console with all this hype in their favour. There really is no reason for it not to be, they have all year to roll out the surprises while maintaining buzz around their PS3 exclusives.
This kind of viral advert can't be something smaller than the ps4. This is new... this is the ps4
I agree with timesplitter14..as much as i want to the PS4 to be announced i think they will talk about a new service,maybe cloud gaming.I really hope they announce the PS4 i am ready for next gen but u know gaming is full of let downs,this might just be another one.
Imho they just HAVE TO announce it.
Every gamer out there is aware of the fact that we are pretty much in the last year of the current console cycle and when Sony then announces an event that is being streamed, with press and shareholders attending, everyone out there is going to say that it has to be the PS4. Everyone is expecting it to be shown.
When the 'See The Future' video came out people were almost instantly talking about the next gen PS. And with that being said, just think about what would happen if Sony won't announce it, they would get bashed by the whole gaming community and I'm sure this time, that they do not want to cause any bad press for the future.
I don't really think they have a need to announce the PS4 yet.
I'll be surprised if they announce it during this event.
Could be wrong though.
I am wondering if it will be something ps4 related but it will not be the ps4 its self. I think Sony will try and create some hype for the ps4 announcement to try and take some of the attraction away from what Microsoft are going to do with there next Xbox and try and stop people taking about the Wiiu to.
There is only one thing i can say.
Everyone is expecting a PS4 announcement, it would be suicide to not mention it atleast.
This wouldn't hinder sales for either GOW: Ascension, Last of Us or Beyond: Two souls. Why would it? PS4 is coming... but that doesn't mean we should all have a dry season of non gaming... we should still buy these awesome games while we're waiting for PS4.
There is no doubt imo that they will announce it, there is absolutely no reason to NOT announce the next console on the "here is the future of playstation" event. Would be suicide.
If they confirm all PS3 titles will be playable on PS4 then its a decent time to announce it. As it wouldn't hurt PS3 game sales all that much since they are coming to the platform anyway.
Is there the slightiest possibility that "X" can happen?
If yes, write an article stating that "X" can happen.
If it isn't the PS4, it has to be something very, very good.
Gaikai or PS4.
We had this and problem when the PS3 came out, the PS2 was just too damn good at the moment, and know one seen a reason to make that jump. A lot of people forget that the PS3's biggest competition wasn't the 360, it was the PS2(at launch at lease)
Im not surprised one bit. remember this site is
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The February 20th event is for the announcement of the PS4, I know that as a fact.
Im not sure if they wont announce it in february but im damn sure its not releasing by the end of this year.
People just letting all the rumors and hype go to their head then unfortunately Sony and MS gonna have to suffer an unnecessary backlash from the community.
Man everybody is saying with 100% surety that it is a PS4 announcement. NASDAQ, Wallstreet Journal, Edge, Pachter and many other professional websites and individuals. They arent idiots, you know and neither is Sony. Why will Sony build all this hype, stream the show, invite press and media to only announce some insignificant add on or PS3 iteration? It is obvious and rejecting it is only just going against the for looking cool or for fishing for hits.
It's just an announcement for the PS4, people are not going to stop playing their PS3 the 20th and wait til the end of the year to buy games! There are a number of blockbuster PS3 games coming out this year and just like the PS2 proved it will be around for a bit during the PS4's infancy. With that being said its game on and these are exciting times to be a gamer and next gen can't come any sooner!
I'm starting to think it would be kinda awesome if they just went and announced gaikai and said it would be available right then. We could get a taste of next-gen straight in our homes on the 20th (with minor lag, mind you) et then at the end of the year we still get our PS4, that would be announced at GDC.
Edit: I still think it's more probable they'll announce the ps4
It is more likely than not that Sony WILL BE announcing the PS4. If not, they would have absolutely shut down all of the speculation with a definitive statement that the rumors are all wrong. If they do not reveal the PS4 at the February event, they will face unbelievably negative press and ire, even from the fanboys. Plus, they would leave the door open for MS to trump them with the NextBox announcement.
So, we all need to wait and see, but it would be the worst PR move Sony could make if this is not what it seems.
Even if they never intended to show it from the beginning, They should do it now, even a tiny bit of it, because the hype is all over the place and a lot of fans will be disappointed. And it's not going to hurt PS3 games sales in any way, people won't just throw their PS3s in the garbage.
Considering all and I mean all Sony stuff leaks with proof way ahead of time this could be right. This may just be another show case of this yrs exclusives. Dont forget game day out here in phoenix is this month too
I agree with JoGam. Sony would be throwing their own hardware icons under the bus. It's, in a way, branding blasphemy.
First off, the teaser video:
X, square, triangle, circle. It focused not only on the iconic shapes, but also on their colors. This is a hardware announcement. It's no Playstation Store announcement (that logo has monochromatic symbols), nor is it Gaikai (it doesn't have anything to do with hardware).
If it's hardware, then what are we left with? Three possibilities: the PS4, a new PS3 iteration, or a new Move controller (as the article suggested).
Those last two seem okay until you consider the second factor: The event.
Journalists are being invited to an event to see this thing. Events cost a lot of money to put on - if you're flying press out, you've gotta pay for those flights, hotels, food, etc. If not, journalism outlets are *sending* those people on their tab. If this is an event for a new iteration of the PS3, which they've known about for a while, or a new color, it would be a fiasco.
This isn't some stupid rumor thingy - the biggest names in the press are pretty solid about this being a PS4 announcement. Sony doesn't have the wiggle room to depress the press and enthusiasts again.
Then there's the new Move possibility. Why? Is Sony suddenly going to make a PS3 push with new Move games, because they sold so freaking well before? Not at all. If anything, a new Move controller would be connected to the PS4. And why would they release info on a PS4 controller without announcing that the system itself is indeed a thing?
There's maybe one other possibility. Perhaps there's a new streaming tech that'll let you both stream your PS3 games to your Vita (like an uber-Remote Play), and control PS3 games *with* your Vita. If that's the case, there's Sony's answer to the Wii U, and they'll put that in the new PS4, therefore both selling Vitas and taking away the Big N's one huge advantage in the hardware department. That... would be awesome. So... if it's not the PS4, it still may be great.
I wouldn't be surprised at all. I didn't think the PS4 would come out til fall of 2014. No way would be the PS4 be revealed this February if its not going to come out til fall of 2014.
I was actually shocked when it was announced that it would be revealed Feb 20. Now I am betting it won't be revealed til E3, and won't come out in the US til fall of 2014.
Even if they had no plans to announce the ps4 they have to now lol.
While anything is possible, I'd like to hear Sony announce the PS4.
I am thinking that they won't reveal the PS4 yet, but might see some tech demos that will showcase the power of the PS4 or at least what their vision is, hence See the future.
The actual console might be revealed at E3 and a price and the controller (if there is anything special, or it's a new design) closer to launch.
So the "future of Playstation" is Tech-Demo's? And how could they show Next-Gen Tech-Demo's without revealing there to be a Next-Gen console?
With the amount of hype they've accumulated, it would be disastrous for their reputation if they didn't announce the PS4.
What I mean Kingdom Come is that they will only tease it. Of course they will talk about the PS4, but it won't be a full reveal. We might not even get a final name, but a codename like NGP when Vita was first shown.
Thinking by your logic though, It would also be great if they do reveal the PS4 and spend the time talking about capabilities, etc (maybe not specs though) and then use E3 to announce games for it.
Anyways, whatever I think or you think is only speculation by now, since no one knows what they will be showing at the event. They also have the Vita so they might use time for it too.
Tech Demos? We already have those: Watchdogs, UE4, Agni's Philosophy, the new Witcher trailer.
We already know what the ballpark is going to be - now give us the official announcement already!
I am thinking they just announce that development is happening and that they plan to release at Early/Late 201x. Whatever they decide.
Then tease at least 1 High res screen of an upcoming game for the platform. PS3 launch had 15-20 tech demos when it was announced at E3.
I'm one of the bigger Sony fans on this site, not extreme or anything, but have an affection for all things PS. And even I have to say just showing some demos without any substance to the hardware would be a bad idea.
While I believe the games themselves are more important overall, when it comes to a new generation of hardware, something has to be said about it and what it means for the future of the games we play. Tech demos just don't do that, however they can show off some of the capabilities of the machine, but without context they are meaningless.
I'm sure they won't release full specs of the machine, or likely even all of it's features...some of those may not even be ironed out yet. But if they're going to do a PS4 announcement, then there needs to be enough substantial information for prospective buyers to decide if they want to upgrade early, or wait until there is more value in it.
I imagine overall they will reserve quite a bit of information until E3, with articles popping up about features of the machine that will be showed off at that time, and instead focus on the major selling points of the machine during the announcement. The reason for this is because it frees up time during E3 to focus on the things that make it have more value for the consumer. It also gives them time to gauge consumer reaction to the announced features to see how much time they need to give it during E3 or GDC.
Probably what we'll see is the major focus of the machines selling points...much like the tablet controller was shown off for the Wii U. If Gaikai is part of the PS4 then expect them to spend some time on that as well. You can also expect some mega-ton announcement on at least one game due during the launch window. It is up to Sony to show the masses that they are going to be relevant on the next gen console release. It's something they only marginally did with the PS3 release, and I'm sure they won't make the same mistake again. Sony are leaders in the industry, along with MS/Nintendo, and lately they've been on a roll when it comes to hype. It reminds me a lot of their early PS2 days, and was woefully non-existant in the early PS3 days.
I'm telling you, if there's no PS4 in Feb 20 there will be blood! And not just from the fans but the media too is gonna tear them apart if they don't show something that blow minds.
Exactly!! There will be my blood too and sony will be responsible for it lol I find it funny though that sony never mentioned anything so all this hype about the ps4 was just created by fans and media. But hell will brake loose if they don't show it. So if they weren't going to show it they should at least say they are working on it to avoid death threats etc. Lol but honestly my gut is telling it will be announce =)
While not as flashy,they had something similar with the vita,where specs were leak before its unveiling.
No? Really? There is a possibility that it might not be a PS4.Oh my God are you sure. Really? I never even thought that for a second.But wait. There is also a chance it is the PS4. So you are saying their could be different possibilities. Hmmmmm...... very clever.Anyway Sony is inviting investors and the press and talking about the futire. Whatever they are going to show it is obviously very important or they could have easily just posted it on the internet.And a PS4 is the most important thing it could be at the moment. Why would they call them out to show Gaikai or a price drop or a new game? That makes no sense.And your assumption about the PS3 is the same thing people keep saying.Sony still had the PS2 out while they introduced the PS2 and were still making games for it.Why do you automatically assume that just because the PS3 is still being paid attention to, a new system is out of the question? If they release the PS4 it won't sell immediately so they still need a source of income.
I would go on but all your reasons are the same lame reasons people have been giving since we heard about the PS4. And they can be easily argued.Why do you keep thinking Sony is showing Gaikai? We already know about it.Why would they gather everyone together just to talk about that? They could have just posted it's features on the internet were everyone can see it.And like someone else pointed out these things are usually about hardware.Games,price drops and Gaikai are not hardware
The PS3 is the PS4.
The PS4 is also the PS4.
I'm not sure what you mean by that. If you mean that Gaikai will serve PS4 games to the PS3 then I think, while possible, it's highly improbable. If people can stream games to the PS3 in PS4 quality, then there is little incentive for them to upgrade. I would just because I like to own my games and streaming isn't ideal for me, but it would be suitable for lots of people. If Sony wants to push consoles to a point where the actual hardware doesn't matter, then they will start that with the next generation, with a machine that is designed around that principle in part. The PS3 isn't that. Changing the actual principles of their PS3 console this late in the game is not ideal, albeit it does have advantages from a business standpoint. I feel, however, that the market just isn't ready for a DD future.
If they weren't announcing it, Sony wouldn't let these rumors about the event run rampant.
It would severely disappoint consumers otherwise.
My point exactly.Like Adam Sesler said they wouldn't just let it run wild like this unless it was so. Sony would have denied it or at least made a statement or something to ease everyone's mind.Besides we have denied things existed before with tons of 'proof' and were very wrong. Remember how everyone said PASBR was a lie and something someone made up? And like I said, if not the PS4 it has to be at least something equally important
@ My_Name_BTW_Is_Dante. They revealed the VITA to people at one of these things and it wasn't E3.And like I said why are they inviting press and investors for something that could have easily been just posted on the internet? They didn't need to invite a whole bunch of people just to show off games and Gaikai. Why not just post it on the Blog or something? E3 isn't even that important anymore.Besides reveal PS4 now and games for it at E3. They won't have to take up time revealing the PS4 and have plenty of time for showing games on it.
There IS nothing else that important...
It will be PS-FWOAR
"My point exactly.Like Adam Sesler said they wouldn't just let it run wild like this unless it was so."
So going by that, those anti-used game measures must completely mean it's a definite for the console...
How many want a PS4 NOW after that revelation?...
Agreed. If Sony didn't originally plan to announce the PS4 on that date, then they are now. They would not want the negative press that would result from this kind of anticipation/excitement. I can't say they'll show off the hardware, but you better believe they will make the product official and show what games they have for launch and in the pipeline. They could reserve the hardware for E3.
Well, it was only teased last Friday. Given the weekend they maybe have one or two more days to actually deny the rumors. Something of that caliber would obviously have to be made tactfully so if this were the case I'd prefer they get the denial right instead of some half-assed PR statement that would just send the community into an uproar anyways. Time is quickly running out though, and there is no indication that they want to deny it.
if this is true we riot...and sentence kazuo hirai to death by guillotine.
It would be a major dissapointment if they dont revealed PS4 feb 20
Only if you set yourself up for said disappointment. Free yourself of expectations.
stop over thinking everything. It's the PS4. Tons of insiders have confirmed it and the WSJ isn't going to get it wrong. And Sony isn't going to invite the media from all over the world and especially investors if it wasn't something big.
Feb 20th isn't E3 so you'll see Gaikai & upcoming games. That's it.
Microsoft announced the 360 before E3. Sony announced the Vita before E3. Nintendo announced the Wii U before E3. Just because it's not the major gaming conference of the year means absolutely nothing.
Their gonna have to now, the internet has already exploded with anticipation. Alot of people will be disappointed otherwise.
Myself i'm quite happy with the ps3 in it's current state with the amazing amount of AAA exclusives coming out this year alone.
Hell i still have a alot more from previous years i've yet to play.
If they dont announce it, I would say it was everyones own stupid fault for running rampart with wild, unfounded speculation...
But on the other hand, c'mon Sony, you must have know this was going to happen. Youre not naive, you know the world we live in and that we were all waiting already.
They simply HAVE to announce in now, even if that wasnt the plan when they released the teaser. The fevered hype is just to high to ignore.
would we be talking soo much about the ps4 if the wiiU no announced ? . . dats disrespectful toward ps3 yo .
Hahaha i just made a blog just bout this and now, there articles saying its not the PS4 too.
I only see 2 possibilities on Feb 20.
2) Gaiki
There is no other reason for holding such a massive conference, invite people from across the seas AND LIVE stream the conference worldwide.
Agree. I think even if they do show Gaikai, it will be in addition to the PS4 reveal. I mean why does it have to be one or the other?
Fanboys will be committing suicide all over the world if they don't.
Glad to see you and your buddies made an oath to do so... lol
I dont think Sony would release this big of a teaser just to show a new ps3 bundle
gikai will be using nvidias gfx titans
I can promise you it will be using hardware you've never even heard of. And huge server rooms filled with them
20Th Feb 2013 predictions.
Vita pricedrop.
PS3 pricedrop.
Gaikai integration onto Vita and Next Gen Platform.... then drumroll... lights dim... spotlight...
Kaz Hirai "I present to you now.. the future..."
PS4 unveiled
Rounds of applause.
Sony gains in stock price.
They fell from the $30 mark last year, in December 2012 they traded a $9.70..
Due to Kaz's restructuring and great CES 2013(Xperia Z phone, Tablets showing a new refreshed direction), their at
$15.48 now.
After PS4...that bombshell... its going to be the most powerful next gen system (read the rumors), its hopefully going to get them on a road to recovery faster.
I know it sounds crazy but Gaikai could be part of some crazy playstation plus subscription plan adding further value to our membership which would be incredible in my opinion.
If not the PS4 then could we expect the infamous PS9!!!???
sorry everything points to a hardware announcement. these playstation meetings have been soley done to announce new hardware. i doubt inviting the media and investors for an event that soley focuses on gaikai. ps3 owners will still buy the games they want will automatically drop their games into a fire when ps4 is announced? i do not believe so.


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SALEM - State investigators have concluded a husband killed his wife and mother-in-law before turning the gun on himself July 31, 2012, at the 33 Wheeler Ave. home where they all resided.
On that day, police responding to a 911 call about noon and found the body of Jeffrey Kaznecki, 50, lying in the driveway with a .38 caliber revolver on the ground nearby. Inside the home they found the body of his wife, Barbara Kaznecki, 51, and her gravely wounded mother, Shirley Leary, 85, who died on the way to the hospital. Police also found a dog that had been shot to death in the home.
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Baby latches on to me for all feeds except for one. For that one feed, I have been using frozen milk that I expressed on earlier when she was first born when I didn't know that pumping would lead to oversupply.
I no longer have oversupply.
Now in order to try to make sure that I don't go into undersupply, I try to pump out the same amt that baby takes for that one bottled feed. But I can only express out 50ml while she takes 150ml for that feed. This has been going on for the past few days.....will this lead to my breast drying out and undersupply?


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In an Examiner column earlier this month — "War and Peace and the Democrats" — I showed how four successive Democratic presidential candidates have allowed political calculation to enter into, and in some cases even govern, their position[s] on the vital question of putting and/or keeping U.S. troops in harm's way. In all four cases, my focus was on Iraq. For Clinton and Gore it was their stance on the first war; for Kerry and Obama it was their stance on the second. Of the four candidates, I argued, Barack Obama has been the most shifty and the most cynical.
Obama does not come off much better when we change our focus to Afghanistan. Here, Obama's position is that we need to add several brigades of troops to the battle. But is this position based on (a) an analysis of the situation on the ground in Afghanistan or (b) the desire to counter-balance his largely dovish current position on Iraq (itself a balancing act) by appearing tough with regard to another country where terrorists are active?
This column by Ann Marlowe in the Wall Street Journal of July 22 suggests that the answer is (b). Marlowe has been to Afghanistan ten times, three of them as an embed with U.S. forces. She argues that the situation in Afghanistan differs markedly from that in Iraq, such that an Iraq style surge is not called for. In Afghanistan, she argues, the military solution does not lie in importing thousands of additional U.S. troops, but rather in using special forces to deal with the "bad guys" who are infiltrating from Pakistan. This means hunting them with stealth over trackless mountainsides for which our infantry, cavalry, and airborne soldiers are not trained to operate. In short, says Marlowe, "defeating the enemy is best accomplished by highly trained fighters who travel light."
Obama's support for a different approach does not by itself show that's he's operating in bad faith. But Marlowe notes that Obama has never set foot in Afghanistan. That fact, coupled with the debatable nature of his prescription for winning there, coupled with the obvious political calculation that underlies his shifting views on Iraq, gives rise to the suspicion that (in the words of the subtitle of Marlowe"s column in the print version) Obama is attempting to "fix his Iraq mistake by posing tough" in Afghanistan. The suspicion grows when one considers that Obama has never convincingly reconciled his alleged desire to throw more troops into battle in Afghanistan, where the situation isn't nearly as dire as it was pre-surge in Iraq, with his utter lack of interest in attempting to avoid (pre-surge) a terrorist victory and a humanitarian disaster in Iraq. Only political calculation seems capable of comfortably bridging this gap.
In any case, it's difficult to quarrel with Marlowe's conclusion that "a would-be commander in chief who announces his prescription for Afghanistan before setting foot there has a lot to learn about America's top job."
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So many questions, but let's start with this one, Quantum Mechanics: MWI
So many questions, but let's start with this one, Quantum Mechanics: MWI
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I have so many questions. But in an attempt to make this post as concise as possible, I would like to stay on topic. But let's just say that my hobbies or passions include quantum physics, metaphysics, evolutionary psychology and it's role in social dynamics (gender roles specifically), consciousness, technology (more specifically the technology singularity or the hypothesis of one), futurism, game theory, on and on. I really should just concentrate on just one topic, but I digress haha.
So in as few a words as possible. Let's just do a thought experiment. The MWI interpretation of QM is true. There are an infinite number of universes with every outcome. Everything has happened. So if everything has happened, then there's a world where the technological singularity arose much quicker, and humans were able to create simulated realities and travel from one universe to another perhaps? So we can suffice to say, we are living in a world created by our future selves? Who knows. But then you could say the exact same thing for the our future selves. Infinity is just too undefinable. It's like a constant. Perhaps our brains our not evolved enough to really understand the true nature of infinity. Consciousness is another big one for me, but I'll save that one for another day.
I'm just into finance & business. I have no real skills or education in physics, really just philosophy and what I have taught myself. So perhaps, some of you more experience, more knowledgeable men and women can enlighten me on this topic? That would be greatly appreciated.
In conclusion. The way I look at the world, universe, consciousness, whatever you what to call the whole shebang. It's like a train. This train is moving at a very high speed and is very difficult to push off track. But it can be pushed off track time and time again, into another track; but in the end, perhaps it realigns itself with the correct track or the original track? Who knows. I'm really just spit balling here. Another one is that we are in the ocean, and life is the waves and the water. We can go with the flow and let life dictate our actions. (being passive) Or we can start swimming, perhaps build a freakin' battleship and dictate where we go in the ocean. (being more aggressive or assertive). Taking action.
Is it positive estimate value for me to be selfish? But at the same time, I'd like to help out others, but they don't seem to want my help and do not return the amount of effort that I put in. This is very disheartening at times, and makes me want to be more selfish. Perhaps I will just lead by example.
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All of your speculation hinges upon the notion of causality. It remains unclear whether causes in what we experience as the future can affect what we experience as the present, but, given the laws of special relativity, it is likely. In the movie "Interstellar", the humans discover the causes work in both directions; that human consciousness itself becomes the God that causes human consciousness.
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agreed with morrow. movie "Interstellar" is a really good example of that. though we cannot know if that's true or not, of course, but that's a really good thought.
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Johnny Quinn must be the unluckiest athlete at the Sochi Olympics.
Two days after smashing through a door to escape his bathroom, the U.S. bobsledder and former CFL player apparently found himself trapped once again. This time it was inside an elevator cart.
"No one is going to believe this, but we just got stuck in an elevator," Quinn tweeted Sunday.
The 30-year-old had two witnesses to confirm his story. Teammates Nick Cunningham and David Cripps were stuck with him and wrote about their ordeal on Twitter.
"Of course I'm with (Quinn) when the elevator door breaks and we get stuck! Good thing I'm with him!" Cunningham said.
"Now we're stuck in the elevator! Can (Quinn) get us out?" Cripps also said.
Quinn, a Pennsylvania native, played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2009. He also had brief stints with the NFL's Buffalo Bills and Green Bay Packers before joining the U.S. bobsled team in 2010.
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