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Bizarre driving incidents Tuesday

Tuesday was a strange day for driving-related news in the Capital Region.

There was the man in Guilderland that showed up drunk to a court-mandated DWI Victim Impact Panel. Bruce Degroff Jr. was stopped by officers in the parking lot and found to have a blood-alcohol content of .11 percent.

At Shaker High School, a 17-year-old student driver accidentally drove into a chemistry teacher in the school parking lot. The teacher suffered some neck pain. The driver, who said he was blinded by the glare of the sun, was not hurt or ticketed.

The most bizarre case occurred in Saratoga Springs, however, and involved a man who is scheduled to be sentenced to probation next month for an unrelated vehicular assault. Aurelio R. Bidinost was in the passenger seat of a car when he got into an argument with the driver and grabbed the steering wheel, police said.

Unfortunately for Bidinost, cops say he steered the car directly into the path of a marked Saratoga Springs police car. The officer was able to avoid a serious collision and both cars suffered minor damage. The accident occurred on Route 9 near Kaydeross Avenue West. The district attorney’s office said they plan to charge Bidinost with reckless endangerment and other felonies.

In December, Bidinost allegedly slammed his car into a tow truck that had stopped on the side of Route 50. Police said he had a .17 blood-alcohol content at the time of December’s crash.

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Rachel on the way to Belmont

Rachel Alexandra,  perhaps the most popular horse in training right now,  is scheduled to arrive at Belmont Park Tuesday from Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

Rachel is on target to run in Saturday’s Grade I, $300,000  Mother Goose Stakes at Belmont Park,  her first start since becoming the first filly since 1924 to win the Preakness.  When she gets to Belmont, she’ll be in the same stall as Curlin at trainer Steve Asmussen’s barn.

Rachel worked a half–mile in  49.80 seconds at Churchill on Monday morning.

“The filly went beautiful this morning,” Asmussen said.  “She looked very happy.”

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  1. Arun says:

    Will an ESPN network clear some room in its schedule to televise this race? Even if it doesn’t, at least the Capital Region will be able to watch live on the OTB channel. Though one would think that a national network not named TVG or HRTV would be interested in televising this race.

    According to ESPN’s Web Site at http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnGuide, ESPN has a six-hour marathon of the 2008 World Series of Poker scheduled from noon to 6 p.m., and ESPN2 has Evander Holyfield fights from 5 to 8 p.m. One would think that both of these programs could be pre-empted for live horse racing.

  2. bellesforever says:

    i can’t stand that poker is picked over racing..playing cards is not sport it is just gambling..

  3. Dave says:

    too bad only 3 horses are going to show up to face her

  4. Dave says:

    Arun, i think i heard that ESPN will show the race on the ESPN NEWS channel and that it will not be on any major network (ESPN, ABC)

  5. Tim Wilkin says:

    The race is going to be shown live on MSG Plus from 5-5:30 p.m.

  6. Arun says:

    Thank you Dave and Tim for the TV info. But according to the NTRA’s Web Site, a fourth horse will face Rachel Alexandra. Check out http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbRaceEntriesDisplay.cfm?TRK=BEL&CY=USA&DATE=06/27/2009&STYLE=BEL to see Saturday’s entries. The Mother Goose is Race 9.

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GOP’s plan, flaws and all

From today’s editorials: The Republicans offer a plan for economic recovery. Could it work? Or is it more of a campaign agenda?

The challenges have come for months. What were the Republicans inclined to do about an anemic economy and frighteningly high unemployment — aside, that is, from resisting everything President Obama wanted to do to fix it?

The clearest answer so far came Thursday, as House Republicans unveiled their “Pledge to America,” a name that evokes the triumph of the “Contract With America,” the agenda for their 1994 takeover of Congress.

The Republicans haven’t changed so much since the last time they had a floundering Democratic president in their sights. Keep tax rates low, they say, and cut government spending — and the jobs will come.

The GOP plan takes direct aim at Mr. Obama’s $787 billion economic stimulus plan that the Democrats in Congress passed last year, despite evidence that it created or saved between 2.5 million and 3.5 million jobs.

The Republicans would put any unspent stimulus funds back into the federal Treasury. They also want the new health care law repealed.

Fiscal discipline would seem to be the party’s rationale for pursuing a very different course from the one the Obama administration prefers. Yet that concern about the federal budget deficit is discredited by the Republicans’ obsession with tax cuts that do little to prod the economy along to recovery.

The Republicans are still demanding the continuation of the same Bush era tax cuts that Mr. Obama and the Democrats are, and then some. No longer is House GOP leader John Boehner inclined to compromise with the opposition and limit tax cuts to an ill-defined middle class — individuals making up to $200,000 a year and households making up to $250,000 a year.

That alone will cost government that the Republicans say is drowning in deficits some $3.3 trillion over 10 years. Yet their idea of recovery means extending tax cuts for everyone, including the richest 2 percent. That brings the bill to $4 trillion.

In other areas, the Republican plan offers little or no improvement over what the Democrats propose. In some regards, it is most notable for what it doesn’t say.

There are no details, for instance, about necessary changes in Social Security or Medicare. No one — of any political party or ideology; in hard times like these or the prosperous ones when President Bill Clinton wanted to use a budget surplus to save Social Security — is going to bring about fiscal stability without reforming entitlement programs.

Responses to the plan came almost immediately.

“Mom-tested, kid-approved pabulum that will make certain hearts on the right sing in solidarity,” said one. “But like a diet full of sugar, it will actually do nothing but keep making Washington fatter before we crash from the sugar high.”

Fighting words from the White House or elsewhere in the Democratic camp?

No, a column by Erick Erickson of

He still promises to vote Republican in November, but he thinks the country needs to hear more.

He’s not alone.

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    The only proposals the Times Union editorial board will be satisfied with are efforts to increase more distant-land Government regulation, control and spending. All of which continue to move the US to economic abyss. Of course the TU board will fine fault with any and all proposals to move this Federal “leviathan” to a true republic (little “r”) that includes: smaller government, transfer of power to local levels and significant cuts in spending and taxes. All one needs to do is look at the near bankrupt, corrupt and dysfunctional Government of New York State which carries out policies advocated by the TU (spending, one party rule, job killing regulations). The TU won’t be satisfied until this completely dominates National politics that is even more removed from citizens here in the Capital district.


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Segmented LED watch stacks digits

Design submitted by Laszlo from Hungary.

Laszlo says: When I cut it in half in the classic segments, I discovered an interesting effect.

This is what I used to the design of this watch. The larger (outer) segments indicate the hours, the lower (inner) segments indicate the minutes.

Large LEDs with a little animation is very impressive effects can be achieved.

I recommend this for those who prefer the of the cryptic  appearance of the time.

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  1. Fantastic! I love this and would order one as fast as I did “Quasar” (which is as good in real life as it is on the ouctures on the website). I hope it gets made and with more colours (I’d probably go for green numbers on black). Good luck with this one, Laszlo. A definite 5*/Y

  2. Nice diversion of a stacked digits theme. Looks great and has a technical cryptic look. Nice lens detail too, me likey 5/y best of luck sir! :D

  3. Beautifully simple, and eminently makeable. The only thing that’s giving me a little bit of trouble are the center segments; keeping track of which one belongs to which digit…=) But I’m sure one would learn that pretty quickly. Good work Laszlo! Good luck with it!

  4. Dear Laszlo,

    after I’ve seen your fantastic Inverse LCD watch design I also wanted to create a cryptic digits LCD watch face of my own: Digits009 and Digits09. I used the same design. I sent in them on 09.07.2013 and 09.12.2013.

    from Hungary

  5. Excellent, Laszlo. Have you rendered a version that uses one color for hours and a second color for minutes? I’d like to see your blue for the hours and Tron Legacy Orange for the minutes. I see TF making this one.

  6. This is probably my favorite design I’ve seen on the blog! I really like how cryptic it looks until you realize it’s not that hard :P if this is made to reality, I’ll buy it instantly! 5Y :)
    Good job Laszlo!

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Monroe lowers leg, boosts power

KISSIMMEE, Fla.  Craig Monroe’s homer this afternoon smacked about a third of the way up the huge batter’s eye in center field.

A monster shot.

“It felt good,” Monroe said, with a satisfied smile. “I’m getting there. I’m still getting used to not having the big leg kick, but it’s definitely feeling more natural.”

Throughout his career, Monroe has lifted his left leg as he prepared to hack. This spring, Monroe has worked intensely with hitting coach Don Long to take out the leg kick.

Today, Monroe’s swing was smooth  and his left foot remained planted on the ground. The result was a tape-measure shot in the fourth inning off Astros righty Felipe Paulino.

“Fortunately, he’s going from the leg kick to the normal swing,” manager John Russell said. “It’s more difficult to go (the other way). The less movement is going to help him. He’s taken to it pretty well.”

Monroe could be the right-handed power bat the Pirates need off their bench. Or, he could be that guy who last season struck out 48 times in 163 at-bats.

In 780 career games, Monroe has 112 homers … and 547 whiffs.

“We want him to drive the ball when he has the opportunity,” Russell said. “We’ll see how his swing progresses. The strikeouts came with the leg kick, so we’ll see how it plays out.

“The more he does it, the more comfortable he gets with it. Hopefully, the strikeouts will come down.”

Monroe is a non-roster invitee to camp. If he makes the team as a backup outfielder, the Pirates would have to clear space on the 40-man roster.

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Killzone HD (Re-)Developer Interview, Part 1

Victor Zuylen's Avatar + Posted by Victor Zuylen on Sep 27, 2012 // Editor, Killzone Community

When Killzone HD drops on October 24th, the original Killzone will be one week short of eight years old. In this (re-)developer interview we talk with Guerrilla Technical Director Michiel van der Leeuw and Senior Programmer Frank Compagner, who were there when Killzone was first released. In part 1, Michiel and Frank talk about the challenges they faced and the discoveries they made during the conversion process.

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Victor Zuylen: What prompted the HD remaster of Killzone?

Michiel van der Leeuw, Technical Director, Guerrilla: It was an idea whose time had come. Internally we had talked about bringing Killzone to PlayStation 3 before – Killzone fans frequently asked us about it, and we knew from other developers that such projects could be a lot of fun.

VZ: How many of the original team were involved?

ML: A number of developers who worked on the original Killzone for PlayStation 2 helped get this project off the ground, including Guerrilla’s main producer, Angie Smets, who first started producing on Killzone; producer Sebastian ‘MotherH’ Downie, who served as a QA Manager and community liaison back then; art director Jan-Bart van Beek, who was the Lead Artist on Killzone; myself, as the lead coder of the original game.

Frank Compagner, Senior Programmer, Guerrilla: I mainly worked on another Guerrilla title called ShellShock: Nam ’67 at the time.

VZ: Frank, how did you get involved with Killzone HD?

FC: I was asked to dig up the source code and the original assets for the game – things like models, textures and sounds. Guerrilla used a completely different versioning system in 2004, so we knew direct retrieval of the assets was going to be tricky. By comparison, obtaining the source code was slightly easier, because we found a copy in our current CVS.

ML: Frank performed an amazing feat of software archeology.

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VZ: Software archeology?

ML: It’s a programming term. The biggest challenge we faced with regard to obtaining the assets was that Guerrilla’s whole way of working was different back then. The assets had been backed up to tape at one point, but that was almost eight years and two tape robots ago. So we needed an archeologist, someone to dig into the depths of our backup archives and unearth whatever they could.

FC: It was quite an interesting challenge. The first issue we ran into was that we no longer had a machine to read most of the tapes. And the second issue was that the tapes were stored, uh, offsite

ML: Go ahead, you can say it.

FC: By which I mean, in a shoebox in the cellar of one of our IT support staff members, without a list of contents of any kind.

VZ: In a shoebox?

FC: Like I said, we were young and we used to do things differently back in those days.

VZ: So how did you know which tapes to use?

ML: We eventually found a document with tape numbers and backup dates that seemed to match the ones in the shoebox.

FC: Yeah, I spent days poring over the list to get an idea of the data contained on the tapes, and to see whether any of the tapes might possibly contain Killzone 1 assets. In the end I narrowed it down to three or four likely candidate tapes that I asked our IT support staff to procure for me.

ML: Luckily, two of the tapes turned out to be from a previous tape robot that was still in working order, so IT support was able to transfer the contents for us.

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VZ: You mentioned that you found the source code separately?

FC: Yes, someone had remembered to store a copy in our current CVS. The challenge there was getting the source code to compile. Owing to the different standards and naming conventions we followed back in those days, that was quite a puzzle in and of itself.

ML: We really had to rack our brains to remember why things were set up the way they were.

VZ: Can you give us an example?

F: A simple example would be the code and header files pertaining to Rico Velasquez; most of them referred to him by a different name, because he started out as an Asian character during development and we never got around to changing it to Rico in the source code.

ML: I had completely forgotten about that.

FC: Me too. At first I wondered why I could only find code for three of the four main characters.

VZ: What happened once you got the code to compile?

FC: From there the team that did the actual conversion took over, working off of the PC development build of Killzone to produce a version that would run well and look good on PlayStation 3.

VZ: What do you think of the end result?

ML: I think the conversion team did a terrific job. The original Killzone was a product of Guerrilla’s high ambitions and youthful enthusiasm, but at the time we didn’t quite have the experience to pack all of those ambitions into the space provided by the PlayStation 2 platform. The conversion team has gone in and made sure everything fits and runs smoothly this time, fully realizing Guerrilla’s original vision for the game. This is Killzone as it was meant to be played.

VZ: Thanks for your time, guys.

FC: Our pleasure!

Join us next week for the second part of the Killzone HD (Re-)Developer Interview, in which Michiel van der Leeuw and Frank Companger talk about the enhancements made to Killzone HD.

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+ D-Squad3 on September 27th, 2012 at 7:06 am said:

I already have Killzone 2 and 3 so I’m definitely gonna get Killzone 1 in HD!

+ truongtantai on September 27th, 2012 at 7:08 am said:

running at 1080p is better but 720p still good .:cause i see almost ps2 game remaster run at 1080p

+ icurafuse on September 27th, 2012 at 7:10 am said:

From a developer point of view, I wonder what obstacles would be in the way for porting to the Vita console. Are there any old libraries that just won’t work with the Vita architecture? Would you guys consider it if there was enough interest?

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    + Victor Zuylen on September 27th, 2012 at 7:29 am said:

    Vita’s architecture is not an obstacle (we’re making Killzone: Mercenary for the platform, after all!) but it made more sense for us to port Killzone to the PS3, because it means that our fans can have all three parts of the main story on the same platform.

+ snakeeyes211 on September 27th, 2012 at 7:25 am said:

Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this :-)

+ Santos21 on September 27th, 2012 at 7:29 am said:

I’m excited for this. I never got to play killzone 1 and I love killzone 2 & 3, so I can’t wait to pick this up and see how one of my favorite franchise began.

+ icurafuse on September 27th, 2012 at 7:33 am said:

Thanks Victor Zuylen. I’m very excited for Killzone: Mercenary.

+ Jay-Songz on September 27th, 2012 at 7:36 am said:

will the trilogy come with all dlc for kz2 and kz3?

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    + Victor Zuylen on September 27th, 2012 at 7:42 am said:

    Indeed it will!

+ Elvick_ on September 27th, 2012 at 7:36 am said:

I LOVE these developer insights into the process of creating games, bringing out an HD remaster like this and all things of this nature. So keep them coming!

I’m glad that things worked out and you were able to find everything you needed. Whenever I hear about a game where the source code is lost, I die a little inside. Gaming culture needs to be preserved, and source code is a huge part of that. xP

Anyhoo~ really looking forward to playing Killzone again with better performance.

+ bigdaddykraven on September 27th, 2012 at 7:37 am said:

I’m excited about this! I own Killzone 1 on the PS2 still but honestly have never gotten through it all the way.

+ mcbuttz78 on September 27th, 2012 at 7:37 am said:

I have question . This is pure offline correct and split screen offline co op??.. So if you guys where to reverse engineer the mp(multi player) part would it be possible to play online.?

Do think it possible to play a game like kz online in the era of gaming.. We all saw how racket & clank got ther game online . R&c up your arsenal.. Is it possible to do. how hard is that to do with reverse engineering as said option.

Thank you for any answer given if at all..This is big debate among alot playstaion gamer san gamers as well. This our black hole and revalitive theory among the psn legionarrie groupa nd playstaion around the world. So a answer from high respected opion or answer from desingers such as gurilla games would be nice..

vp psn legionairee group

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    + Victor Zuylen on September 27th, 2012 at 7:47 am said:

    It’s not so much a matter of reverse engineering as writing new network code to work with the current PlayStation Network. In addition, setting up and maintaining a multiplayer server for Killzone HD would have driven the cost of this project beyond feasibility, so we opted to do without.

+ KazeEternal on September 27th, 2012 at 7:38 am said:

Nice, I look forward to the next article. Good to hear some of the issues that hindered the original game may have been mended.

+ YouFromTheFuture on September 27th, 2012 at 7:44 am said:

Why not use the killzone 2/3 assets for the remake?…
Really hope they patch in online support

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    + Victor Zuylen on September 27th, 2012 at 8:10 am said:

    The vast majority of assets from Killzone 1 are unique to that game, because it takes place on a completely different planet with different characters, different Helghast enemy types, different environments and so on. Re-using Killzone 2 or 3 assets simply wouldn’t get us very far.

+ usaofamerica on September 27th, 2012 at 7:58 am said:

Nice trilogy, i will be buying them all!

+ mcbuttz78 on September 27th, 2012 at 7:59 am said:

Thank you for the answer.. We highly appriacted it. 2nd question if not much to ask.. So the dev maintains theses server at there cost. Do think it possible to get these type of games online( games with mp fromthat era of gaming). In your honest opinion dispite the said costs. Im not saying your game directly becuase i understand your points and i respect your saying..

vp- psn legioniarre group

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    + Victor Zuylen on September 27th, 2012 at 8:12 am said:

    The answer may vary from game to game – for some it may be technically feasible, for others the infrastructure may have changed too drastically in the intervening years. Unfortunately it’s not my area of specialty. :)

+ ThreeLeggedFreak on September 27th, 2012 at 7:59 am said:

Why no remote play for any of the Killzone games? Yoshida demoed Killzone 3 remote play on Vita back in the days and GG has said they have no intention of supporting remote play. Makes no sense.

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    + Victor Zuylen on September 27th, 2012 at 8:28 am said:

    I agree that it’s somewhat confusing, but the Killzone 3 level that Mr. Yoshida used to demonstrate remote play functionality was a special build intended as a proof of concept. Implementing the feature for all of Killzone 3 at this stage would require us to go back and drastically change the inner workings of the game, so it’s not a viable option.

+ snakeeyes211 on September 27th, 2012 at 8:00 am said:

Nice job guys making it in HD can wait to get my hands on it happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy :-)

+ MrBendel on September 27th, 2012 at 8:03 am said:

vita vita vita.

please :)

+ YouFromTheFuture on September 27th, 2012 at 8:04 am said:

*reads the response above related to cost* Well, that makes sense. How about this though: “As a reward, if we sell x-number of Killzone trilogies/killzone hd’s, we will add online support”? …

+ C-0719 on September 27th, 2012 at 8:24 am said:

Loved the oringal Killzone on ps2, use to play with friends against bots for hours! But the game had one fault…. will you guys be adding Jumping to this?

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    + Victor Zuylen on September 27th, 2012 at 8:29 am said:

    That exact question will be addressed in part two of the interview, next week!

+ CrusaderForever on September 27th, 2012 at 8:31 am said:

So excited for this release! Never got to play Killzone on the PS2. KZ2 and KZ3 are just so good and can never be traded or sold. Which reminds me I still need that Platinum for KZ2.

Thank you for all the hard work and the entertaining story above.

Any word on Killzone 4 being a PS4 launch game?? :)

+ Jay-Songz on September 27th, 2012 at 8:35 am said:

oh yea sorry but i wanted to ask if multiplayer is to costly, why you didn’t atleast go with a 3D feature. i was definitely be pick this up. Hopefully i’ll get my broken disc drive before this game hit store and thank you GG for making this affordable even though you guys deserve much more. Much love from gamer to game creator.

+ onslaughtree on September 27th, 2012 at 8:43 am said:

@20, Killzone 4 A launch game for the ps4 would be AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE….

+ Zezzler on September 27th, 2012 at 8:47 am said:

I’m really looking forward to this and ESPECIALLY Mercenary on vita. I was pleasantly surprised to see that it is being developed by Guerrilla. Vita needs an FPS with the depth and quality that Killzone is known for, yet designed with a portable console in mind.

Can you tell, or at least hint to when we will see more about Mercenary?

+ Joao_Vicente on September 27th, 2012 at 9:01 am said:

@icurafuse @Victor Zuylen if sell it on Cross buy (ps3 + vita) we can have it ALL on same plataform, right?

+ robmv on September 27th, 2012 at 9:03 am said:

Saying “current CVS” is like saying “our current 486s” :-P. Update to a modern Version control software !!!!

+ MushThePainter on September 27th, 2012 at 9:22 am said:

great job guys, looking forward to picking up the trilogy!

+ siegfried07 on September 27th, 2012 at 9:31 am said:

move support please

+ GhostMachine1 on September 27th, 2012 at 9:45 am said:

Thanks for confirming that the trilogy will have all the DLCs. Cannot wait for this!

+ Shy_Guy92 on September 27th, 2012 at 9:48 am said:

Are you guys going to add more variety to the ISA NPCs heads? It was kinda odd to see all of them with the same face and all of them being bald back in when it came out. XD. It”ll be cool if you guys added the ISA Helmet on them. Also have the cutscenes been properly been Up-rezed?

+ Partnur on September 27th, 2012 at 9:57 am said:

How about 3D? :) I just got a PS 3D tv & it makes KZ3 breath-takingly immersive!

+ KwietStorm on September 27th, 2012 at 9:58 am said:

I pray every night before going to sleep that KZ4 multiplayer has selective amnesia and forgets that KZ3 exists, but improves on what KZ2 offered, instead of removing content and going backwards.

+ YungShep on September 27th, 2012 at 10:15 am said:

i own the 60gb ps3 and i played the original killzone on the ps2… glad its in HD and utilizing the KZ3 controls now..

sidenote excited to finally see how it all happened.

+ AguilarX on September 27th, 2012 at 10:49 am said:

never finished the ps2 version. still have it though. cant wait to replay this!!

+ ClinToN on September 27th, 2012 at 11:10 am said:

It’s awesome to hear that Frank Compagner is still on the scene. Is he even human or some sort of android? lol

I remember the early exclusive screens on one of the older versions of Rico. You all should throw in a couple of image galleries or at least link them up on the site at launch time. ;-)

+ DION3TO on September 27th, 2012 at 11:17 am said:

I am certainly buying this.

+ Welfare_Child on September 27th, 2012 at 11:40 am said:

i remember playing the first killzone by god it’s amazing especially split-screen with robots. killzone reminded me why golden eye was amazing. CO-OP FUN

+ Istyle318 on September 27th, 2012 at 12:01 pm said:

Hopes a surprise is a campaign drop in and out co-op

+ h2omasnah- on September 27th, 2012 at 12:39 pm said:

Killzone HD finally!

Killzone HD on the Killzone Trilogy is on disc right? If it is you have a guaranteed purchase. I played Killzone 3 online multiplayer for the first time a few days ago and I absolutely loved it, and believe it or not I like it more with PlayStation Move than a DualShock 3. I’m really disappointed that support for the game has been completely dropped not long after it’s release. I wasn’t going to buy it because of that (and charging for DLC that should be free) but it’s my favorite FPS for online multiplayer so far and all the DLC is included so you got lucky with that one.

Show us you’re good developers and not anti consumer by continuing to support your game, which will not only make more people buy and play the game and your future games, but also give a better name for your company, your games and the future games of that franchise, which of course, will make more people want to own and play them.

+ h2omasnah- on September 27th, 2012 at 12:40 pm said:

I forgot to add, I love you kept offline co-op and competitive multiplayer in this game because it’s the best type of multiplayer and it’s disgusting how so many games only include online multiplayer. Of course having both offline and online multiplayer is the way to go so it would have been better if this game also had online multiplayer and more people would have bought it.

+ Little_Dark on September 27th, 2012 at 1:33 pm said:

Sorry, but can you confirm, there will be a split-screen multiplayer in Killzone HD?

+ BlueBl1zzard on September 27th, 2012 at 1:37 pm said:

Can’t wait for this! I loved the splitscreen multiplayer, my brother and I used to play it for hours. I highly doubt this will happen, but would it be possible for you guys to add more levels to multiplayer? Even if it’s just levels that you originally wanted to put in the first time around but couldn’t.

Either way, I’m still grateful you guys decided to do this remake, I’ll definitely be picking it up!

+ WakizashiM on September 27th, 2012 at 1:54 pm said:

Will the bugs present in the original game be corrected ? I came across a bug that had me stop playing as I could not finish a mission. It was on a beach, with a bunch of soldiers being dropped on it via container-ships similar to the ones used in Normandy.

+ buddymanna on September 27th, 2012 at 2:10 pm said:

Hey Frank, is there any chance that we’ll get Shellshock Nam’67 remastered?

+ angibri2000 on September 27th, 2012 at 2:18 pm said:

I saw the response in regards to KZ3 not having Remote Play. Is this the case for all PS3 games? Is it easier to add Remote Play to PS2 collections? Reason I ask is it appears Sony is focusing Remote Play on collections (i.e. God of War Collection, ICO Collection). As much as I would like all PS3 games to have Remote Play I must say I’m loving playing GOW2 on my Vita! I really like Remote Play as it’s a great way for me to catch up on my games w/o hogging the TV from my kids and wife. Please consider Remote Play for these games, I think it’s a great feature!

+ iiGeTMoNeY23 on September 27th, 2012 at 3:43 pm said:

@44 angibri2000

How it should be is be able to play all your PS3 games on your PlayStation Vita (obviously, except for the ones that can’t be played on PSVita like PSMove only games.) with the standard, buy once, play anywhere (meaning on any of your devices).

+ plaztiksyke on September 27th, 2012 at 3:48 pm said:

Were you able to get the original, uncompressed audio assets for re-encoding?

I’ve been really disappointed with most of the PS2 HD re-releases, which have ridiculously poor audio quality (sounds like 11khz) in “glorious” 7.1 surround sound.

Will this game support remote play on Vita?

+ jyel19 on September 27th, 2012 at 4:47 pm said:

KZ2 AND KZ3 Platinum..KZHD comingsoon….

+ SWITCH_00599 on September 27th, 2012 at 5:53 pm said:

OMG at long last the first one was always my favorite one !!! ^^ cant wait to have it in my PS3 and in HD!! my thanks aren’t enough!! :D

+ DarkOne_PR on September 27th, 2012 at 5:56 pm said:

KZ4 on ps4 and PS4 will be a day one for me. bough KZ3 helghast edition and KZ2 both with all their DLCs! And I gotta say…. BEACHHEAD MP map its for me the best Multiplayer map EVER! I loveit! too bad the community died and just a few ppl had the maps…. :(

+ MartiniMan on September 27th, 2012 at 6:26 pm said:

If you add jumping, please leave an option to play it in its original state. I respected the decision to leave jumping out as reality dictates jumping is an uncontrollable action and armies always stay in a state of control, thus no jump. If you put areas in where it requires a jump, you will definitely spoil the spirit of the original.

Killzone remains one of my favorite PS2 games, and while all the others went away, KZ still remains a gem in my collection and the very reason why my first PS3 had to have backward compatibility (although KZ mutiplayer didn’t work – to my disappointment).

Now someone put me in stasis until the 24th so I don’t have to feign the patience of waiting.

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If you dig around a bit, you can find more and more about the Tactical Lessons Identified (learned is a totally different concept) from the Libyan operations. Like all real world operations, when looked at with a clear eye you can learn what theories were good in practice, what old lessons you needed to remember, and who was being too optimistic or too academic when it came to the realities of combat.

Robbin Laird has a great article out based in a large part on his interviews with the French military. What is so interesting is to hear from other nations what we are used to hearing from our own – expeditionary and littoral combat. This is good and healthy for all – and exceptionally valuable to the military professional who is willing to listen.

Make sure and read it all – but here are the things that stuck with me the most;

A main point underscored by the French military was the impact of the political process on military planning. The French President clearly saw the need for the operation and had worked closely with the British Prime Minister to put in place a political process which would facilitate a Libyan support operation for the rebels. But until NATO received the UN Mandate was obtained, no military action could be authorized. This meant that there was little or no planning for military operations with the result that, in the words of one French military officer, “we were forced to craft operations on the fly with little or no pre-planning or pre-coordination. We did some on our own but until the authorization for action was in place, we could not mobilize assets.”

That is why it is so critical that you have a Commander identified early in a process with a Staff in place. Many an Operational Planner has received the, “We are not supposed to do any planning for this. So, I want the core planning team to just … what shall we call it … talk about this. Don’t plan … just, ahem, talk. Have the Chair see to me in four hours about your, ahem, discussions …. ” speech with a nod-nod-wink-wink from the N/J/CJ-5.

There is no reason to go without a plan on the shelf … unless … you don’t have one. If you don’t have one in work – then someone needs to have a serious talk with their planning staff. Even with a pick-up team – you should already have a plan in work once a crisis rears its head. Sounds like they had something to work with – but given the sloppy start to the Libyan operations; no shock we had to improv a bit at the start.

…. and now – one of my favorite topics, NSFS.

An aspect of the operation of the helos off of the Mistral is noteworthy as well. The frigate with which it was deployed used its guns to support the helo deployment. The guns provided fire suppression to enhance the security of the insertion of the helos off of the Mistral.

The ship’s C2 is first rate and was part of the link to the air fleet for receiving and processing information to shape an intelligence picture in support of strike operations. This demonstrated that integrating maritime with land-based air can provide a powerful littoral operations capability, one which may prove very relevant to the United States as it rethinks the relationship between the USAF and the USN-USMC team in shaping 21st century operations.

Hasn’t this been true since, well, we had aircraft flying early last century? The critical importance and flexibility of the naval gun known for centuries? Modern combat from The Falklands, to the Haiphong gunline, to Five Inch Friday, to Libya reminds us – have your gun ready. None of this is new or shocking – but the fact we have to relearn fundamentals is a reminder how much we need to focus on them – “we” of course being the USA and its allies.

For the veterans of the Balkan operations in the ’90s to AFG the last decade – some habits never go away.

First, rules of engagement were being proposed by the partners of France in NATO that were “ridiculous,” to quote one French officer. “We received from NATO sources the directive that there were to be NO civilian casualties from our air strikes. My view was, why not just not do airstrikes. We pushed back and insisted on something sane: ‘No excessive civilian casualties from NATO air strikes.'”

Here is one final thing that I think we need to ponder on in depth; UAV/S. Too many people are enamored by the PPT and the promise. Not content with having an improved tool – they want to think they have a new tool that can do it all. It is hard even in peace for them to accept the very real bandwidth, loss rates, and other issues – what is harder to explain to the UAV/S true believers are the tactical limitations.

FROM UCAV-N to BAMS – the transformationalists really think that the F-35 will be the last manned fighter. Kind of the same mentality that I read in a book after the Falkland Island War about the Harrier stating that it was likely that the Harrier will ever see combat again. Silly, but there it was. The Future does not like to be taunted. She is touchy like that.

In that light – everyone needs to keep this reality check in mind. In this case, our French friends are exactly right.

the notion that unmanned systems are going to replace the pilot is ludicrous in a dynamic targeting situation. If we are reluctant to give a guy with SA in the pilot’s seat authority, why are we going to give some guy in Nevada or Paris looking through a soda straw the authority to do dynamic targeting.”

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  • Grandpa Bluewater

    All those Comtac Pubs safe in the safe, and unread.

  • NavyDave

    The now almost blind faith in the primacy of UAVs is a reflection of how Americans are enamored with technology. It is also another example of how we tend to fight the last war and project the success of a particular technology and the associated TTPs into the future. The fact is, UAVs have been very successful over the past decade in a fight against third-world, extra-national, almost primitive forces. It’s a great tool to use against Taliban fighters who have no air force, no access to space, no ability to project power from the sea, no serious electronic warfare capability or capacity, etc, etc. From a strategic perspective, we should be thinking about the next potential peer competitor. BAMS and Reaper aren’t capable of thinking on their own. Any successful degradation of either GPS or the control/comms link to UAVs will make them useless and put the operator back in CONUS on a coffee break. Of course the technology worshipers will claim that the next step is to make the UAV autonomous so it can “think” on its own. This will be good for very limited mission profiles but we’re a long way from creating a true seat-of-the-pants thinking machine. And don’t forget the expense of such a quest. Those primitive fighters have just about broken the U.S. bank based on our desire to fight their low-tech with our high-tech. We need to take a lesson from the old Soviets on that note.

    From a tactical responsiveness perspective, another difficulty with UAVs like Predator and Reaper is the fact the pilot is not in situ at risk with the guys who are being supported. The visceral bond that is felt by those who provide close air support with those who need it is going to be shared in greater measure by those who are in the tactical space than by those sitting in a safe control room 8000 miles away. Which brings us to another potential problem with UAVs controlled from other than the local commanders; the 8000 mile screwdriver. Priorities for a strategic, HDLD asset like Predator are going to come from those higher up the chain, those who can also become mesmerized just watching what we like to call Predator Porn in the Fleet. Fact is, having a couple of pilots in a King Air responding in real time to the ISR needs of those on the ground without loading up already scarce satellite bandwidth has become a growth industry. Wanna guess which costs more?

    Speaking of costs, let’s not forget how much should actually be considered in that calculus. First, the notion that Predator (or the others) is “unmanned” is ludicrous. A USAF general I met once liked to describe them as “uninhabited,” certainly a better descriptor since there are tons of people needed to conduct a Predator mission. Second, the aforementioned satellite bandwidth for the C3 on these is a scarce resource. Just put more satellites into orbit, you say? Sure, that’s an easy and cheap solution. Not. And not to mention the fact that on orbit real estate is also scarce. It’s hard to keep track of the 20,000 pieces of space junk already up there, not to mention how dwindling the orbits are. And what happens when space is militarized by a peer competitor. Wanna bet they would target our UAV C3 satellites and our GPS?

    OK, enough on that. Let’s not throw the baby out with the bath water. Fact is, UAVs have and will have a place in the inventory for a long time, even against a peer competitor in the future. We just shouldn’t let ourselves become too enamored with the technology and throw our resources at it like it’s a panacea for all our airborne needs. Manned military flight is going to be around for another century. Let’s hope we don’t have to learn that the hard way when all of our UAVs meet their match against an enemy who can also own the skies and the night. Finally, having spent the last decade of my career training and educating Naval Aviators and others in flight school and graduate school, I’d pit this new generation of aviators against any UAV we (or a potential, technology-enamored foe) could pit against them.

    As the father of a Marine, I’d also remind everyone that the only true precision weapon…is a sniper!

  • Mike M.

    Two points:

    First, I think this highlights the need to have war plans for ALL contingencies on the shelf. Stop arguing about PPT fonts and start planning.

    Second, those of us who have hands-on experience with heavy UAVs are all too well aware of the limits. It’s a niche technology. Extremely powerful when used properly – but not a panacea.

  • Andy (JADAA)

    As someone who has spent more than a little time mucking about the signals spectrum and a Life Member of the Association of Old Crows (among others) I can only add my voice to the chorus. There is no bandwidth so wide, so secure or so powerful it can’t be screwed with in some way or another. The bean-counter fascination with PPT rationalizations to make all things “Unoccupied” (or whatever) due to the ephemeral “it costs less” mantra will become self-defeating. I recall the vast sums of treasure spent in sought of the Grail of remote control going back even to BGPHES and Aquilla. Yes, for certain ISR and other, very limited measures, UAV’s are nice. For all else, in the end, manned platforms are actually a lot more effective.

  • virgil xenophon

    This conversation reminds me of those about the supposed dwindling need for “tanks” (MBT & otherwise.) and their replacement as anti-tank wpn platforms by other “cheaper” more “flexible” platforms. Once one starts to talk about the limitations of wx on attack helos,& fixed-wing (think Battle of the Bulge) vulnerability of short-legged helo FOBs near the FEBA, suppressive ability of anti-personnel and HE arty on exposed (relatively speaking) other more lightly armored-to-open/exposed gnd-based anti-tank wpns, etc., one eventually finds ones’ way back whence one started to the tank as the best all-around, all-wx anti-tank system after all is said and done. Same here with the UAV/E viz manned aircraft. Oh, and what everyone else has said so far as well.

  • http://www.warisboring.com/category/steve-weintz/ Moe DeLaun

    Regarding the supposed disengagement of drone pilots from ground troops, I heard a highly-decorated USAF pilot say in public that he’d never had as close a rapport with the ground troops as he had flying his drone. It was the loiter ability and repeated orbits that did it for him – he was able to assure a comrade that his son was safe because *he could see his sleeping bag* — something he couldn’t do at 300kts in an A-10.

    Everything brought up about the brittleness of whiz-bang networks and limited autonomy is true — and there are ways around that fragility. For example, a drone strike mission off a carrier could consist of a flock of drones with a few manned aircraft for close-in control (and refueling). Could an F-14 be used as a test platform to explore the concept?

    In a few short years drones will no longer be mere machines but neo-animals, and we have thousands of years of experience interacting with, commanding, and using animals in war. Let’s begin looking closely at what’s worked in the Navy’s marine mammal program and the Army’s long history with cavalry and transport, for starters.

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A few weeks ago we had arranged to have the parking lot surface sealed.  Since nobody was to drive on it for 48 hours, the paving company blocked the driveways with empty buckets and yellow caution tape.    Two of our staff were arriving for work the day after the job was done.  As usual, they parked in the staff parking lot, across the road from the inn.   As they crossed the road, one of them noticed the yellow tape, looked at the other and said, "Oh my, do you think she finally killed him?"

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Interview: Musician Mike Doughty on Yes and Also Yes

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My appreciation of Mike Doughty‘s music started much later than most fans, as I first became aware of his work with his 2005 album, Haughty Melodic. When I found he had a new album, Yes and Also Yes, set for release on August 30, I immediately set up an email interview to find out what was in store for fans of his work.

If you’ve never seen Doughty live, take a spin around YouTube for a bit and you quickly will realize that you should see him live as soon as possible. To best frame the album in proper context, I quote Doughty himself: “I recorded it in a studio in Koreatown, Manhattan, from July ’10 to April ’11.

“Produced by Pat Dillett. Notable musicians included my trusty factotum Andrew ‘Scrap’ Livingston on bass, and the pianist Thomas Bartlett, a.k.a. Doveman, who basically plays with everybody who’s groovy (Justin Bond, Antony and the Johnsons, Glen Hansard, The National, David Byrne, Yoko Ono). I’m releasing it on my own label, Snack Bar, through Megaforce. I split with Dave Matthews’ label ATO so I could run my own shop and have more control, business-wise.”

I had a chance to listen to the album in preparation for this interview, and I was pleased to find there’s not a bad cut among any of the 14 songs. One song that I hope will garner a lot of attention is “Holiday”, a Christmas duet with singer/songwriter great Rosanne Cash. About Cash, Doughty said: ” I did a show with her, and she said, onstage, ‘I feel nervous playing my new songs, because Mike Doughty is here, and he’s such a great songwriter.’ That blew my mind.” Honestly, to borrow a phrase from Doughty, their duet blows my mind. I am the kind of person that hates hearing Christmas music anytime other than December. But this song has such an amazing hook (as most of Doughty’s songs do), I ended up playing it seven times in a row the first time I heard it.

The whole album pulled me in just as much and it was a pleasure to interview Doughty. We also got to discuss another recent Doughty musical project, Dubious Luxury, released earlier this month. My thanks to Doughty for his time and thoughts, as well as Rob Moore for facilitating the interview.

You’re an artist who clearly loves to play live. In developing Yes and Also Yes, how much did you play some of these songs before an audience prior to entering the studio? And did any of the cuts change drastically from how it was initially conceived compared to the final version?

I’ve been playing a lot of comedy shows, around Brooklyn and Manhattan, as a musical guest, and I played “Na Na Nothing”, and “Day By Day By” at nearly every one of them, plus, maybe, “27 Jennifers”. If I play something a lot, before or after recording it, the phrasing will change ever so slightly, so there’ll be a cumulative evolution that I barely notice, unless I listen to a five-year-old version, and then it’s kind of startling. So, I don’t really know.

Are you feeling more or less pressure to succeed, now that you run your own label again?

“Succeed” is a tricky word. I live on music, and I don’t have to work another job, so that’s success to me. I’ve had richer and poorer years, relatively, since I started making solo albums. But I have to say, as a solo guy I’ve made a lot more money than I did in Soul Coughing, though that band sold a lot more records. My only extravagance is flying business class, which I’d probably do even if it was straining my finances, because flying is so wretched. That said, there’s more pressure to generate cash from the album, because, since it’s my label, I did it all on my dime.

Now that you’ve done a song in German (“Makelloser Mann”), any desire to musically explore through other foreign languages?

Well, “Makelloser Man” is a bunch of random, peculiar phrases. I hope to write a real song in German some day. Always wanted to learn Spanish, to read Borges, Octavio Paz, and Pablo Neruda in the original.

Given that you answer only to yourself (owning your own record company) was it less problematic to arrange to have Rosanne Cash (who last I checked was still with Manhattan Records)?

It wasn’t problematic in the least. I don’t think anybody on the planet has the brass to tell Rosanne what not to do.

What are the common elements that prompted you to create two “Telegenic Exes” cuts (as opposed to a song called “Hapless Dance” and another called “Astoria”)?

I wrote them separately, and afterwards realized they were based on the same riff. There’s a slender narrative connection, too. The connection isn’t accidental, but it is pretty mysterious.

How did it happen that you are releasing two new projects close together, given that Dubious Luxury is also coming out in August?

I just wanted to get Dubious Luxury out, and fast. It’s an all-electronic record, cut-up samples and sound effects over large, weird beats. I don’t sing on it–I got vocals from Todd Colby, Joanne Kyger, Young Jean Lee, and some other people, and sliced and diced them. Rachel Benbow Murdy’s also on there–she’s the ghostly voice on Soul Coughing’s “Janine”.

When you write a piece about music like this (in response to a New Yorker piece) are you hoping to inform, foster discussion, or merely looking to voice your displeasure (or none of the above)? Have you talked to Sasha Frere-Jones since writing your response?

I just want to be a part of the public discourse about music. I know Sasha from way back, was a fan of his band Ui. In fact, his bandmate Wilbo Wright played bass in Soul Coughing for a minute. I’m sure Sasha rolls his eyes at my screeds.

Is “The Huffer and The Cutter” a song about addiction on some level, or am I misinterpreting the meaning of the song title?

It’s about a dude who gets high by sniffing glue loving a girl who compulsively slices her skin with a razor blade. A huffer and a cutter. I wouldn’t say it’s about addiction, because that kind of implies I’m making a moral judgment on the characters’ drug use. I’m an addict, totally, it’s in my bones. But, addict-hood is a condition of being, not necessarily a consequence of getting high.

Which came first (in your head) on the song “Vegetable”, the rhythm or the title? (I love both is why I ask)

I’m not sure if you mean the groove of the tune, or the groove of the word “vegetable”. The latter came first, the word had the rhythm buried inside it.

How did the album benefit by being produced by Pat Dillett?

Excellent sounds, incisive opinions about arrangements, cogent in terms of who to record, and how. And a smart and interesting guy.

Is it safe to say you are the first person to use an antidepressant as a musical instrument? What prompted you to give that a try?

I take crazy pills to stay level. I was about to pop a duloxtine, which is marketed as Cymbalta, and I noticed that the tiny particles in it made a shck-shck-shck sound inside the capsule. I held it up to my ear and shook it, and it was a pretty great shaker sound. So, we put up an extremely sensitive microphone, I shook the capsule in rhythm, and presto, a percussion instrument.

How much has social media made the job of marketing your work more manageable?

I don’t know that it has. It’s really just something I like doing, tweeting and tumblr-ing and that stuff. I think I have an audience that digs reading stuff like that, so in that sense it’s been good for me. I definitely tweet about gigs and new albums and stuff, so it’s not like I don’t use it to mack my music out there, but I suspect that, despite the hype, being all over social media isn’t a superhuge boon. Like I said, I dig doing it, and, as far as I’ve seen my audience digs reading it.

Anything we should discuss that I neglected to ask you about?

I have a memoir called The Book of Drugs coming out in January 2012. About drugs, music, debauchery, redemption. You know, one of those books that there’s already ten thousand of. But, I think it’s pretty alright.

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  • Julie

    Sorry, but this is most disappointing. I was the hugest fan of Mike and Soul Coughing. I bought every release, but this is just the end for me. We’ll see this on the soundtrack to Grey’s Anatomy or some other lame show. Do your thing and good for you, but you were poised to be an eternal musical force and now you release these things? Ugh.


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What I’ll miss from abroad

Three months from now, many of my classmates and I will be jet-setting to foreign lands in search of adventure, out-of-the box education, invaluable experiences, and the perfect foodstagrams. Going abroad sits somewhere between exciting and strange. Everyone I’ve spoken to, who is leaving Brown for the fall semester, has agreed that it doesn’t yet feel like we’re actually leaving, or like we aren’t going to be back here for a whopping eight months.

You know what they say–count your blessin’s. Though the sophomore slump hit us pretty effing hard, we shouldn’t forget what we’ll miss about Brown while we’re gone. I know — the slump makes it easy to forget. Don’t worry — I’m here to remind you what’s so special about Brunonia.

1. The Ratty. Some study abroad programs don’t offer meal plans for their students. Plus, how could those that do compete with the Ratty? The Ratty, in my opinion, is one of the most amazing things about Brown. Those going abroad won’t find all-you-can eat, pre-paid meals everywhere in the world — or daily access to grilled chicken.

2. The Brown bubble. The Brown bubble is safer than any foreign city; there’s no doubt about that. It’s also a one-stop shop — the Brown bubble has everything you could ever need in a square mile and a half. Food, good places to work, a CVS, bars, and, most importantly, Health Services! What do I do if my appendix explodes while I’m abroad? How do I find antibiotics in the Czech Republic?

3. The familiar faces, which lies in the same vein as the Brown bubble. It sounds like a college cliché, but it’s true — you really can’t go more than two minutes without running into someone you know or without someone saying hi to you. When you’re having a shitty day and are forced to smile to someone you know, your day actually becomes that much better. I’m not so sure you can feel so loved in a city of millions of strangers. (Wow, that sounds super depressing.)

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Planning for studying abroad: What you missed from “What I Wish I Knew”

About 600 Brown students go abroad every year. Between researching, applying, and preparing, the process can be daunting. In order to help combat some of the confusion and give students a realistic look into the study abroad experience, an info session called  “What I Wish I Knew: Students Perspectives on Studying Abroad” was held last week.

The program started with upperclassmen saying where they went abroad, what they wished the OIP helped more with, and what piece of advice they could give. Keep reading to find some pieces of advice that kept coming up, for any stage of the process you’re in.

Figuring out where you want to go:

No matter where you want to go or what you want to do, you have options. Maybe too many options. There are so many programs to choose from (or petition for) that you’re going to have to do some digging to find the one that fits right. One suggestion for narrowing it down is setting two goals that you want out of your abroad experience. Weigh all the programs based on those two basic criteria to start. So you want to learn a language? So you want to be fully immersed in a place without other American students? So you want to get a better understanding of foreign political systems first hand? Figure out where best you can do just that.

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New Dorm Debacle: Goodbye Lounges

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If this looks familiar, it’s because it was your lounge last semester -Vartian Gregorian B 352

A little before 5 p.m. EST on January 13th, the majority of students returning from semesters abroad were assigned rooms via ResLife. They received everything from singles in Grad Center to doubles, triples, and quads in various buildings with randos roommates they were not previously acquainted with. A select number of students were assigned to *triples* in Vartan Gregorian Quad (New Dorm A and B): rooms that were previously lounges.

The unfortunate souls placed in these *triples* were told by ResLife that the situation is “temporary.” However, the email relaying that information read:

Please note this space is a temporary room, as permanent space becomes available over the remaining weeks of August the office of Residential Life will work with you to relocate.”

August? It seems like that was copy + pasted from previous summer assignment emails.

New Dorm B 352:

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In contrast to buildings like Wayland and Hope College (which frequently have their lounges occupied), in New Dorm, each floor’s lounge also doubles as the floor’s kitchen. As of now, only the fourth floor kitchens in buildings A and B remain unoccupied, and available for cooking. Sans meal plan residents are naturally concerned about preparing food next semester.

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BlogDH’s Comprehensive Guide to Study Abroad

With study abroad decisions in the near future for many underclassmen, the campus seems overwhelmed with travel-relevant questions. Sophomores on BlogDH had our own questions, so we created a Blog panel in order to answer some of the basics, including the dichotomy between studying abroad in the Fall and the Spring. Our Fall correspondent went to Copenhagen, Denmark, and our Spring correspondent went to Paris, France.

Will I implode on myself if I miss Spring Weekend?

Spring: Um, no. If you go your junior spring, you’ll still have your senior Spring Weekend, which is the most important. Depending on where you go abroad, you might also get a Spring Weekend-esque concert. I was in France when gay marriage was legalized, and MIKA gave a free, outdoor concert. There were thousands of people, the performance was amazing, and I didn’t have to wake up at an ungodly hour to give BCA my money.

Is it more fun to have warm weather when I arrive or at the end of my stay abroad?

Fall: Particularly for the destination in which I chose to study abroad, it was really great having warm weather when I arrived. Being able to explore an unfamiliar, new home in the sunlight and warmth was a way to make the transition much smoother. More specifically, the place I went also increasingly loses hours of light by the minute, so by the time I left in December there were only six hours of daylight. I couldn’t imagine trying to navigate the streets of a foreign city in the darkness.

Spring: I enjoyed going from cold to warm because it meant the weather could only get better with time. I also chose to study abroad in the spring because I hate Providence weather from January-April. The way I saw it, if I’m going to be cold, I might as well be cold in Europe.

What’s the deal with commuting?

Fall: It differs based on what the details of your program are. Some are situated on campuses on which all students live, whereas others (like the one I attended) are more of “commuter” schools. If you are studying abroad in Europe, however, the public transportation systems are almost guaranteed to be very functional and easy to navigate. The program will usually cover your commuting costs, as well.

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Overheard abroad: BlogDH presents the study-abroad conversation generator

If you’re a junior, odds are one of your friends or acquaintances just got back from studying abroad. They made Facebook albums with stupid names that feature pictures of them in front of French landmarks or playing with children in India or drinking lots of legal beer. They’ve told you all the “cah-razy” things they did after drinking absinthe in Prague or staying out until 6a.m. in Berlin. You pleasantly nodded and remarked on how interesting their experience was for the first two weeks, but now you’re getting pretty sick of it. Why not just replace your friend with a random study abroad phrase generator (since that’s all they are now anyway)? Well, if you want to, Blog’s got you covered.

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The different types of college Facebook album titles

The hardest part of muploading is, without a doubt, choosing a proper title for your Facebook photo album. Naming it seems as important to our generation as naming your first child. You know your title is something everyone will inevitably stumble across during their daily Facebook trolling. While you will never be judged upon your album name nearly as harshly as you will be by the blurry reminders of last weekend’s events that it contains, you can’t deny that an ample amount of thought goes into its christening.

You can take your title in a multitude of directions. Some name albums like a Nicholas Sparks book of nostalgic college memories, which usually just makes other people uncomfortable. How deep can a collection of iPhone photos, all showing the same ten people sitting on the floor of a dorm room and holding red cups be? Others give a total of zero fucks and go wild with the nomenclature–preaching school spirit, spitting puns, and tryna turn up as much as one possibly can on Facebook. Ultimately, the many traps of album naming the average college student falls into can be categorized neatly.

Together, the writers of BlogDH collected the best examples we found from our Facebook friends around the country —actually, around the world — to break down this millennial art for you. Read our epic catalogue after the jump:

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27 September 2013 , 1:39 PM by Brandon Stewart

  Just Released - The Stamp

“Do you realize,

 That everyone you know, someday, will die…”

                                  “Do You Realize??” [The Flaming Lips 2002]

Sure, it’s a stark lyric. But it’s true. And it’s from an anthem which celebrates the wonder of life, and the obligation to truly live it. Wayne Coyne wrote that song more than a decade ago and this year, he joins his friend Moby on a song that can be seen in the same context. From Moby’s new album, ‘Innocents’, “The Perfect Life” is another celebratory anthem, with its uplifting Gospel style chorus chiming: “The perfect life is all we need”. It's one of several highlights you’ll hear in this edition of JR.

Before 'Electronica' was even known by that name, the likes of Gary Numan and (former Ultravox founder) John Foxx were early pioneers. In mid-October, Gary Numan will release his 20th album, while John Foxx has just released a new EP made in collaboration with fellow musicians, Jim Jupp and Jon Brooks (aka The Belbury Circle).

Also making a welcome return and releasing a new album as an extensive national tour gets underway is Regurgitator. The Aussie band celebrates its 20th anniversary this year and plans an extended period of hibernation when the tour wraps up in late October.

Pearl Jam is another band with a new album. Their 10th long-player, titled “Lightning Bolt’ arrives in a couple of weeks and according to the band, “there’s a Pink Floyd vibe to some of it (and) a Punk Rock edge to other stuff”. Meanwhile, the second single preceding the album's release sits somewhere comfortably in the middle.

From the more youthful end of town, we have new releases in this edition from Jake Bugg (19), Birdy (17) and Lorde (16). Jake's been working with notable American producer Rick Rubin and the first song from his forthcoming 2nd album is the raucous statement of a brash young Englishman intent on having the world sit up and take notice. The 2nd album from Birdy shows the young singer now maturing as a lyricist and easing into a blossoming career. And in a year when the same well-worn term is used to describe almost every new release, we can say that the debut album by New Zealand's Lorde actually is "highly-anticipated".

Coming in on the JR Radar this week are new releases from former Beta Band vocalist, Steve Mason, New York Pop duo, Cults and Adelaide singer/songwriter, Myles Mayo.

Jake Bugg: “What Doesn’t Kill You” (preview from the album, ‘Shangri La’)

Steve Mason: “Fire!” (from the album, ‘Monkey Minds In The Devil’s Time’)

Cults: “High Road" (preview from the album, ‘Static’)

Moby featuring Wayne Coyne: “The Perfect Life” (from the album, ‘Innocents’)

Regurgitator: “Mountains” (from the album, ‘Dirty Pop Fantasy’)

Myles Mayo & The Modern Heart: “Heading Home” (preview from the album, ‘Myles Mayo & The Modern Heart’)

Birdy: “Words As Weapons” (from the album, ‘Fire Within’)

John Foxx & The Belbury Circle: “Almost There” (from the EP, ‘Empty Avenues’)

Gary Numan: “Splinter” (from the album, ‘Splinter: Songs From A Broken Mind’)

Lorde: "400 Lux" (from the album 'Pure Heroine')

Pearl Jam: “Sirens” (preview from the album, ‘Lightning Bolt’)

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May 03, 2014 , 8:00 AM by Megan Spencer

StephSteph Wallace is a crafter, maker and independent gallery owner, who lives in Ballarat.

Each Saturday morning Steph chats with ABC Victoria's Megan Spencer on Saturday Breakfast, about the wild and wonderful world of craft, in Victoria's regions.

Never one to sit on her hands, recently Steph has taken on a massive 'creative' project of her own - she's having her first baby!

She's asking you for bright ideas about making great crafty projects in preparation, as you'll hear in this week's chat with Megan.

Steph begins by talking about this weekend's Clunes Booktown festival..

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Do you have any baby-craft suggestions for Steph? Say, a great booty pattern, tips for making a beautiful crocheted baby blanket, or ideas about knocking together the perfect baby cot? Feel free to share them in the comments field below!

You can seen Steph at work making her own paper craft project, at ABC Ballarat online and another feature about her on ABC Open.

Listen to Steph Wallace on Saturday mornings at 6.20am, on ABC Victoria Saturday Breakfast, with Megan Spencer!

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New music - Husky, Bon Iver and more with Zan Rowe

July 07, 2014 , 11:25 AM by Courtney Carthy

Zach Braf's influence on music continues and Triple J's Zan Rowe delivers fresh music that's ahead of the curve.

Meg Mac – Roll Up Your Sleeves

Zan says - "The brand new single from the 23 year old Melbourne singer with a voice that would melt butter. This song taps into classic soul sounds from the 60’s."

Husky – I’m Not Coming Back

Zan says - "A new song from the Melbourne band, and the first taste of their new album – a follow up to their 2012 debut. It’s warm and sweet with lots of beautiful harmonies. They’re playing the Northcote Social Club on July 18 to launch it."

Bon Iver – Heavenly Father

Zan says - "We got a new song from Bon Iver this week! It’ll appear on the soundtrack to the new Zach Braff film “Wish You Were Here”. Braff is known for his great soundtracks (he also made “Garden State” which popularised The Shins’ music)."

The Antlers – Hotel

Zan says - "The fifth album by this New York band, “Familiars”, has just been released. They’ve largely flown under the radar, but consistently make beautiful, layered, hazy music that’s perfect for getting snug to in the winter months! "

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Heavenly Father is amazing! Actually the whole Wish I was here sound track is amazing!

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RNC Raised $6M in July

ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: The Republican National Committee is set to announce today that it raised $6 million last month, bringing the party committee a total of $21.8 million in cash on hand as spending picks up in two key gubernatorial contests.

The RNC raised nearly $9 million in June , and had $23.7 million in the bank -- with no debt -- at the end of that month. The Democratic National Committee, meanwhile, had $13 million in cash on hand, and was carrying a debt of nearly $5 million, as of the end of June, the latest filing available.

Both parties are investing in the two governor’s races taking place this fall, in New Jersey and Virginia.

“The RNC continues to mount a very effective fundraising effort and we are extremely thankful to the Americans who have contributed to the financial success of our party,” RNC Chairman Michael Steele plans to say in a statement being released today. “The Republican Party will be successful in the coming elections this fall and in 2010 thanks to the generosity of our donors.”

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Production Designer, alum Patrick Hanenberger behind ‘Rise of the Guardians’ look and feel

by November 20th, 2012

Even if you’ve missed all the great stories in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and Entertainment Weekly, you’ve no doubt heard that DreamWorks Animation’s latest film Rise of the Guardians—which takes childhood fantasy figures like Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny and reimagines them as mythological heroes in an epic fantasy adventure—comes out in theaters Wednesday, Nov. 21.

And right in the middle of all that legendary action is the film’s production designer, Art Center’s own Patrick Hanenberger, who graduated from the College in 2003 with a degree in Transportation Design and is currently teaching a Visual Communication course.

We recently caught up with Hanenberger to ask him about his role in Guardians, how he ended up working in animation and which lessons from Art Center have stuck with him.

Dotted Line: First of all, how did you go from being a Transportation Design student to a production designer for animated films?

Patrick Hanenberger: I studied Transportation Design at Art Center and it taught me problem solving, 3D modeling, sculpting, sketching, designing around the human figure, rendering, research and most importantly presentation. These are all skills I use on a daily basis and are universal in any kind of design field. I always knew I wanted to work in movies and animated movies are great for designers since every single little detail needs to be designed and modeled. During Art Center I developed my portfolio to be very content based, which meant I always designed my vehicles for a specific story. After graduation I got a job as a visual development artist and from there on over the last eight years worked my way up to become production designer.

DL: What did your role as production designer on Rise of the Guardians entail?

PH: As production designer you are in charge of the design of the movie. Along with many talented artists you design everything from characters to environments, costumes and color palettes. Basically you are in charge of the overall look and visual feel of the movie and work with almost every department to realize it along the way.

DL: What was your biggest challenge on Rise of the Guardians?

PH: The movie was incredibly complex and very ambitious. We wanted to created a Lord of the Rings meets Avatar for kids. Both of those inspirations are massively daunting. Re-designing the icons of childhood was also a very difficult task. We wanted these mythological characters to feel contemporary and meaningful—something kids today could relate to and understand; not idealized and romanticized.

DL: Are there any specific lessons or instructors from Art Center that you constantly think back to while working on your projects?

PH: I still quote some of my most influential teachers all the time. The biggest thing I tried to infuse into our art department was the “learn to learn” attitude which Bob Kato hammered into my head when I was a student—never stay put, constantly challenge yourself and teach yourself to improve yourself. A big influence on me was also Frido Beisert and his work ethic.

DL: What do you teach in your Visual Communication 6 course?

PH: Karen Hofmann and I are designing a new class which re-thinks the traditional Visual Communication class a bit. The class still teaches students how to most effectively present their work, but it does so in a more sequential way. Students are given time constraints for their presentations and have to do a different pitch every week, using a different technique (e.g. a simple animation, story board pitch or sizzle reel). The class is also entirely Web-based so students present their homework every week from their website.

DL: Any advice for prospective or current students interested in following in your footsteps?

PH: Work hard and be nice. Your skills are only 50% of the battle. You need to have excellent communication, problem solving and presentation skills. You also need to be able to take direction and adapt to ever changing work environments. You also need to be a pleasant person to be around since the world is a village and this industry is tiny.

For more on Rise of the Guardians—on which current Entertainment Design student Perry Maple also worked as a concept artist—visit the film’s website.

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Jessica Simpson on pregnancy bullies, weight gain

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posted: August 29, 2013, 9:44 am

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Jessica Simpson knows all too well what it’s like to gain a considerable amount of weight during pregnancy, even when sticking to all the rules to stay healthy. The singer, who frankly admitted she got carried away with eating while expecting 15-month-old daughter Maxwell, says she tried to do things differently while pregnant with son Ace — but gained a lot anyway.

In the latest issue of Us Weekly, which Jessica Simpson and her gorgeous babes cover, the 33-year-old star opened up about her pregnancies, pity for Kim Kardashian and fiancé Eric Johnson.

Jessica Simpson on son Ace: “People say he looks like me. The moment he came out, I thought, He’s going to have a really strong personality, but he’s going to be a little bit more sensitive.”

On support from fiancé Eric Johnson: “I had a good support system. Eric has always appreciated my body…He is beyond any father that has ever existed. I can honestly say that I have not had to change many diapers. At the same time, he makes me feel like I’m an incredible mom and still a great lover and woman.”

The duo plan to marry soon, with both “a where and a when” set, but don’t plan to have any more children after welcoming two babies in just under 14 months.

Jessica Simpson on the bullying of pregnant women: “I will never understand why people give pregnant women such a hard time. We are creating a human life: I think we get every excuse in the world to eat a doughnut! It’s very hurtful, especially when you’re so emotional and going through all of these hormonal changes. I felt for Kim [Kardashian] — I knew exactly what she was going through.”

On her pregnancy weight gain with baby two: “I am just one of those pregnant women who gains a lot of weight. I have really big boobs. I have my curves. Even trying as hard as I did with Ace, I still gained.”

Check out what Jessica and other famous females have shared about their pregnancy weight:

I can relate to Jessica Simpson’s weight experience a little more closely than I’d care to. As someone who was diagnosed with gestational diabetes during both of my pregnancies, I watched what I ate religiously and was still huge.

I’d have loved to be a small body with a big bump attached, but instead I was just big all over. Boobs, butt and belly bursting at the seams!

Do you feel your pregnancy weight gain was in, or out of your control?

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  1. Jamie says:

    For the most part how much you gain is in your control. Women think they can gain 20, 30, 40 etc. pounds and that’s healhty. There is zero need for that much weight gain unless you plan on giving birth to a 20 lb baby!

    My dr. explained average weight women only need gain about 15 pounds MAX, underweight women 20, overweight MAYBE 5 pounds. In the first and second trimesters a woman does not need to increase her caloric instake, and her the third trimester only needs to increase the intake by 200 calories -that is just about one extra glass of milk per day.

    I worked out, ate healthy and made sure I didn’t have crazy weight gain and had perfectly healthy, good sized babies. The most I ever gained was 14 pounds.

    I think alot of women don’t realize they don’t really need to eat any more pregnant than non-pregnant.

  2. Natalie says:

    I’m average weight and gained 60lbs! Was back to pre-pregnancy weight in about 5 months. Everyone is different, there is no “right” amount to gain. I don’t think I overdid it with eating but I certainly didn’t deprive myself (or my baby) of what I needed. It’s sort of out of your control – you gain what you gain.

  3. Jlynn says:

    I did not eat more when I was pregnant and I did not eat more junk. I still gained, with my first I gained 50 and came home 25lbs lighter as I had so much fluid gain, i gave up anything with salt the last trimester and I am not one to eat processed foods or add salt. I lost the fifty plus five in just over a year. With my second I gained 40lbs and lost it all in three months. My fist was nearly 9lbs and my second was nearly 10, and in the fluid and extra blood your body makes and there is a bit of weight there. I also produced some great breast milk as both my kids gained really well. My son grew 4 inches and gained 8lbs in his first two months, my body stored the weight so I could feed my babies.

  4. Candice says:

    I gained and lost 100 lbs with both pregnancies. Both times I was down about 30lbs home from hospital. I did eat a lot- but I still worked full time and exercised. Doctor said some women are just like that. I would have loved to have the basketball belly!

  5. MK says:

    There are lots of women who don’t eat great or exercise while pregnant, but I think the assumption that it’s ALL in your sphere of control (a-hem, #1) is completely unfair. In order to keep my weight within normal range, I had to watch EVERYTHING, exercise twice every single day, and a treat for me would be an extra piece of string cheese or a couple more grapes. That’s hard to maintain for a whole pregnancy, so while I agree it’s important to avoid the added weight gain and potential risks associated with it, as someone whose body did NOT want to cooperate with that plan, I can say for sure, I would not want to hear that from somebody who got away with eating normally during their pregnancy.

  6. Harmony says:

    I wish the media would leave Jessica Simpson alone. She’s gorgeous and more “normal” in her pregnancy gain and loss than any of the other idiots in the tabloids.

  7. ARod says:

    I agree with Harmony #6… however, Jessica’s career started based on her looks.. so should we not talk about it now that it’s “less than perfect”? why didn’t she complaint when everybody was talking about how hot she looked when she was in that movie dukes of hazzard? (I DO understand why.. but you get my point)

  8. LK says:

    I gained in the 25-28 pound range with all three of my children. I think some of it is within the boundaries based on what people eat and whether they exercise or not, but a lot just is how a person grows a baby. I did not eat much more than I already did, and I did exercise, but I have also known people that really watched what they ate, and exercised, and they gained a TON. Part of it is just plain the body that God blessed a person with, part is the size of your baby, part is the time of year that you had the baby (#1 for me was August and I retained a lot of water), etc. Weight gain is not just based on how much a person eats!

    I do NOT know #1 where you got your information though! The hospital that my babies were born at is “world-famous”. All of the literature that I was ever told was that average sized moms were supposed to gain between 25-35 pounds, underweight in the 30-40 pounds, and overweight in the 15-25 pound range. You have to have ENOUGH to support the HEALTHY development of your baby. Other outside sources that I have read said pretty much those same numbers. The numbers you quoted would make me fear for a baby’s development!!!!!

  9. rivka says:

    I have exactly that. I went to dietitians. Tried exercising but had to be at bed rest from my second pregnancy through the eighth pregnancy. I only lose the weight when my babies stop nursing. Getting back in shape gets harder from birth to birth. This time I took a personal trainer. I like to do acupuncture but to do both together is expensive.
    My DH is just worried that I have a hard time walking up a hill and we live in the mountains.
    His family is difficult. They think I eat too much and count my calories. Even though I only eat healthy and refuse to feel guilty that I need to eat. Nursing demand drinking plenty of water and they only have soda’s and fast drinks.
    My sister in law did a sleeve surgery. Offered it to me. I explained that I wish I could eat enough to do that kind of surgery but it is enough that my GERD is so bad that I barely can eat what I need to eat. my last checkup said that I now have Barrett’s esophagus. So number 1 I was pised off at her for suggesting that I over eat. 2nd I wish that there was an easy way out of the weight gain. Most probably it is the stress and hormonal changes that have to do with pregnancy. I will most probably continue to exercise and whatever my weight will be that is my shape. Most important is that I will get back into shape and stop being a lump. I have a lot to do every day and wish to stop feeling dead tired in the evening so that I could have some quiet and quality time with my DH.

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The season is off to a great start! We’ve been practicing with our wonderful coaches all semester and just had our first competition yesterday. We competed at the 18th Annual Cape Cod Synchronized Skating Classic and were awarded first place!

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April 15, 2010

Joyce Dargay and Dermot Gately have a new paper out that projects 134 mb/d global oil demand in 2030, which is far higher than the standard projections (IEA, EIA, OPEC), all of which are in the neighborhood of 105 mb/d. It got a good bit of attention about a month ago (see here, here, and here, among others). I have a few questions about its conclusions.

Here’s the main thrust of the paper’s argument:

Most of the demand reductions since 1973-74 were due to fuel switching away from fuel oil, especially in the OECD; in addition, the collapse of the Former Soviet Union (FSU) reduced their oil consumption substantially. Demand for transport and other oil was much less price-responsive, and has grown almost as rapidly as income, especially outside the OECD and FSU. World oil demand has shifted toward products and regions that are faster growing and less price-responsive…. we project rest-of-world growth that is consistent with historical patterns, in contrast to the dramatic slowdowns which [others] project.

It’s an interesting paper that’s well worth reading. I have a few questions, though:

1. The demand and price trajectories don’t seem mutually consistent. The paper assumes the future price trajectory given in the 2009 EIA International Energy Outlook (IEO). That trajectory, of course, is consistent with demand meeting supply at the level the IEO projects – about 107 mb/d in 2030, not 134 mb/d. If demand climbs much faster than in the 2009 IEO (because of the factors that Dargay and Gately cite), prices will presumably rise; that, in turn, should curb demand growth. Of course, that wouldn’t fully offset the increased demand. But it should result in a number somewhere between the IEO and this paper.

2. The paper seems to largely ignore changes in subsidy policies. If demand grows the way that Dargay and Gately project, prices will go way up, making existing subsidies extremely difficult to sustain, particularly in non-exporting countries. That would make demand much more price responsive than in the model that the paper presents. There’s already one example of this: the paper finds zero price elasticity for China, which reflects historical government price-setting, and projects that into the indefinite future, even though the Chinese government has moved in the last couple years to largely bring product prices into line with world markets.

3. I’d like to see the projections for fuel oil separated out, particularly for non-OECD countries. As Dargay and Gately note, the OECD is mostly out of using oil for these purposes. But non-OECD oil consumption is currently dominated by this segment – and it is far from obvious to me that historical patterns will continue to dominate there (as I infer is the case in the numbers underlying the Dargay and Gately paper), rather than, say, non-OECD countries following the OECD path and switching to other fuels. This is a case where some more fine-grained analysis seems necessary before past performance can be translated into future projections.

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    «non-OECD countries following the OECD path and switching to other fuels»

    Anecdotally, the reason non-OECD use bunker, oil-fuel and diesel to generate electricity is because property rights uncertainty in these countries keeps investors from investing the big bucks on coal, LNG, nuclear, etc.

    Property rights uncertainty is not limited to P&E, includes the ability of producers to price rates fairly, etc. Already many OECD investors have been burned by arbitrary price caps on their electricity production in LDCs.

    Ceteris paribus, oil prices would have to positively skyrocket before people would be willing to bet on non-oil billion-dollar plants in LDCs.

    Maybe the Russians are onto something when they propose nuke power plants in barges to sell power to LDCs? Seems to be the only way one could sell power to Bolivia without getting one’s investment taken hostage.

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