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Friday, June 21, 2013
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Patriots' Robert Kraft: Vladimir Putin Stole Super Bowl Ring In 2005, White House Let Him Keep It
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Oakland Athletics left fielder Yoenis Cespedes flips over after missing a shallow fly ball off the bat of San Francisco Giants' Brandon Crawford as center fielder Coco Crisp (4) backs him up during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Monday, May 27, 2013. (Tony Avelar / AP)
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New York Yankees relief pitcher Mariano Rivera, left, laughs with former New York Mets closer John Franco after Franco caught Rivera's ceremonial first pitch before an interleague baseball game at Citi Field in New York, Tuesday, May 28, 2013. (Kathy Willens / AP)
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Philadelphia Phillies center fielder Ben Revere (2) cannot catch a one-RBI triple hit by Washington Nationals' Adam LaRoche during the fifth inning of a baseball game at Nationals Park, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Washington. (Alex Brandon / AP)
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Pittsburgh Pirates' Travis Snider, bottom, rolls into Houston Astros catcher Carlos Corporan after being tagged out trying to score from second on a single by Gaby Sanchez in the sixth inning of a baseball game on Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Pittsburgh. (Keith Srakocic / AP)
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Auburn's Ryan Tella makes a diving catch in center field off the bat of Alabama's Mikey White during the second inning of a Southeastern Conference NCAA college baseball tournament in Hoover, Ala., Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (Dave Martin / AP)
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Stanford players dump water over head coach Lele Forood's head as she gives an interview to Dave Kozlowski in the NCAA division 1 women's team tennis championship at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex Tuesday, May 21, 2013 on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana, Ill. Stanford defeated Texas A&M 4-3. (Stephen Haas / AP)
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Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, left, is robbed of a foul ball by a fan in the stands during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Miami. The Marlins defeated the Diamondbacks 2-1. (Wilfredo Lee / AP)
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The car driven by Conor Daly slide down the track after hitting the wall in the first turn during practice for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Thursday, May 16, 2013. Daly was not injured. (Joe Watts / AP)
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Belgium's RSC Anderlecht coach John Van Den Brom, center, after winning the final soccer match of the Belgian League against SV Zulte Waregem at the Constant Vanden Stock stadium in Brussels, Sunday, May 19, 2013. (Yves Logghe / AP)
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. lands a left jab against Robert Guerrero in the fourth round during a WBC welterweight title fight, Saturday, May 4, 2013, in Las Vegas. (Isaac Brekken / AP)
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Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova casts a shadow while serving to Switzerland's Romina Oprandi during their Portugal Open semifinal tennis match Friday, May 3 2013, in Oeiras, outside Lisbon. Pavlyuchenkova defeated Oprandi 0-6, 6-3, 6-1. (Armando Franca / AP)
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Saudi Al-Hilal club player Nawaf Shaker celebrates after scoring a goal against Qatar's Al-Rayyan club during their AFC Champions League football match in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (Osama Faisal / AP)
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Oakland Athletics' Eric Sogard gets a shaving cream pie in the face from Josh Reddick, rear, after Sogard scored the winning run on a sacrifice bunt from Coco Crisp during 10th inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Sunday, April 28, 2013, in Oakland. Calif. Oakland won 9-8. (Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP)
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Fans try to catch a bat that Arizona Diamondbacks' Cody Ross lost on his swing during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Tuesday, April 30, 2013, in Phoenix. (Matt York / AP)
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A worker grooms away tracks after an alligator crossed through a sand trap on the 14th hole during the first round of the PGA Tour Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Thursday, April 25, 2013. (Gerald Herbert / AP)
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Philadelphia Phillies center fielder Ben Revere dives for a fly out by St. Louis Cardinals' Carlos Beltran during the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, April 20, 2013, in Philadelphia. (Matt Slocum / AP)
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In this photo made with a fisheye lens, Kevin Harvick celebrates winning the Toyota Owners 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race Saturday, April 27, 2013, at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Va. (Jared C. Tilton / AP)
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Sunderland's manager Paolo Di Canio, celebrates after Stephane Sessegnon scores his goal during their English Premier League soccer match against Newcastle United at St James' Park, Newcastle, England, Sunday, April 14, 2013. (Scott Heppell / AP)
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San Diego Padres' Carlos Quentin charges into Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke after being hit by a pitch in the sixth inning of baseball game in San Diego, Thursday, April 11, 2013. (Lenny Ignelzi / AP)
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San Diego Padres' Chris Denorfia breaks his bat as the ball flies foul during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in San Diego, Wednesday, April 10, 2013. (Lenny Ignelzi / AP)
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Michigan guard Trey Burke (3) walks off the court as Louisville celebrate their win during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball championship game Monday, April 8, 2013, in Atlanta. Louisville won 82-76. (Charlie Neibergall / AP)
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Minnesota Twins' Brian Dozier, left, flips over after making a catch of a shallow fly ball off the bat of Los Angeles Angels' Peter Bourjos as right fielder Chris Parmelee watches in the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, April 16, 2013, in Minneapolis. (Jim Mone / AP)
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Chicago Bulls forward Carlos Boozer reacts after a dunk during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Detroit Pistons in Chicago, Sunday, March 31, 2013. The Bulls won 95-94. (Nam Y. Huh / AP)
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Baylor's Brittney Griner gestures as she answers a question during a news conference for a regional semifinal in the women's NCAA college basketball tournament in Oklahoma City, Saturday, March 30, 2013. Baylor is scheduled to play Louisville Sunday. (Sue Ogrocki / AP)
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Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos loses the ball as New York Yankees' Eduardo Nunez slides safely into home with home plate umpire Adam Hamari looking on at right during the fourth inning of an exhibition baseball game at Nationals Park Friday, March 29, 2013, in Washington. (Alex Brandon / AP)
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A young fan with his face painted with the colors of Chile's national flag gestures before the start of a 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Uruguay in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. (Victor R. Caivano / AP)
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Serena Williams reacts after winning a point against Dominika Cibulkova, of Slovakia, during the Sony Open tennis tournament, Monday, March 25, 2013, in Key Biscayne, Fla. Williams won 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. (Lynne Sladky / AP)
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Austria's Wolfgang Loitzl soars through the air during his competition jump of the third stage of the four hills ski jumping tournament during foggy weather in Innsbruck, Austria, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. (Matthias Schrader, AP)
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Sweden's skip Margaretha Sigfridsson shouts during her gold medal game against Scotland at the 2013 world women's curling championship in Riga, Latvia, Sunday, March 24, 2013. (Roman Koksarov / AP)
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Philadelphia Phillies center fielder Ben Revere makes a diving catch of Will Middlebrooks's seventh-inning fly ball in a spring training baseball game against the Boston Red Sox in Clearwater, Fla., Sunday, March 24, 2013. (Kathy Willens / AP)
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North Carolina coach Roy Williams cheers on his team during the second half of a second-round game against Villanova in the NCAA college basketball tournament Friday, March 22, 2013, in Kansas City, Mo. (Charlie Riedel / AP)
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North Carolina's Dexter Strickland (1) and Reggie Bullock (35) stretch before practice for a second-round game of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Thursday, March 21, 2013, in Kansas City, Mo. North Carolina is scheduled to play Villanova Friday. (Charlie Riedel / AP)
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Michigan State guard Denzel Valentine (45) grabs a rebound over Valparaiso guard Matt Kenney (23) in the first half of a second-round game of the NCAA college basketball tournament in Auburn Hills, Mich., Thursday March 21, 2013. (Paul Sancya / AP)
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Miami Marlins' Placido Polanco, left, scores on a double by Giancarlo Stanton as Washington Nationals catcher Kurt Suzuki, right, cannot hold on to the ball during the sixth inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game Wednesday, March 20, 2013, in Jupiter, Fla. The Nationals won 7-5. (Jeff Roberson / AP)
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Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen, left, of Finland, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, center, of Spain and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel of Germany celebrate on the podium after the Australian Formula One Grand Prix at Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Raikonen won the race with Alonso second and Vettel third. (Andrew Brownbill / AP)
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Florida guard Mike Rosario (3) reacts after being fouled by Alabama during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the semifinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament, Saturday, March 16, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. (John Bazemore / AP)
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In this photo taken with a fisheye lens, Boston Bruins' Nathan Horton, left, celebrates a goal by Andrew Ference against Washington Capitals goalie Michal Neuvirth (30) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Boston, Saturday, March 16, 2013. The Bruins won 4-1. (Winslow Townson / AP)
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Utah's Jason Washburn celebrates after blocking a shot by California in overtime during a Pac-12 men's tournament NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Las Vegas. Utah won 79-69. (Julie Jacobson / AP)
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San Diego Padres shortstop Tyler Stubblefield misses a ground ball hit by Kansas City Royals' Orlando Calixte for a double in the ninth inning in an exhibition spring training baseball game Friday, March 15, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (Gregory Bull / AP)
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Miami's Kenny Kadji (35) tries to go over Illinois' D.J. Richardson for a shot during the first half of a third-round game of the NCAA college basketball tournament Sunday, March 24, 2013, in Austin, Texas. (David J. Phillip / AP)
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Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat, of France, perform during a practice session for the World Figure Skating Championships, Tuesday, March 12, 2013, in London, Ontario. (Darron Cummings / AP)
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Alexa Scimeca and Chris Knierim, of the United States, react as they watch their scores during the pairs free program at the World Figure Skating Championships Friday, March 15, 2013, in London, Ontario. (Darron Cummings / AP)
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St. Louis Cardinals' J.R. Towles (46) reacts after fouling a ball off his foot as New York Yankees catcher Chris Stewart watches in the third inning of a spring training baseball game in Tampa, Fla., Monday, March 11, 2013. (Kathy Willens / AP)
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Auburn forward Cabriana Capers (35) crashes into the scorer's table after saving the ball from going out of bounds during the second half of their NCAA college basketball game against LSU in the Southeastern Conference tournament, Thursday, March 7, 2013, in Duluth, Ga. LSU won 65-62. (John Bazemore / AP)
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Chicago Bulls' Joakim Noah (13) drives to the basket as San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan, right, defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Wednesday, March 6, 2013, in San Antonio. (Eric Gay / AP)
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Athletes start the New Zealand Ironman on March 2, 2013 in Taupo, New Zealand. (Phil Walter / Getty Images)
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David Villa of FC Barcelona duels for a high ball with Fabio Coentrao and Pepe (R) of Real Madrid CF during the La Liga match between Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona at Bernabeu on March 2, 2013 in Madrid, Spain. (David Ramos / Getty Images)
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Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, right, is smacked on the head by Atlanta Hawks forward Josh Smith as he puts up a shot during the first half of their NBA basketball game, Sunday, March 3, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Mark J. Terrill / AP)
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Jason Porplyzia of the Crows attempts to take a mark on the shoulders of Corey Enright of the Cats during the round two AFL NAB Cup match between the Geelong Cats and the Adelaide Crows at Simonds Stadium on March 2, 2013 in Geelong, Australia. (Scott Barbour / Getty Images)
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Columbus Blue Jackets' Nick Foligno, right, fights with Chicago Blackhawks' Sheldon Brookbank during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Chicago, Friday, March 1, 2013. (Nam Y. Huh / AP)
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To launch the release of Nitro Circus 3D : The Movie, available on DVD 25th March, Team Nitro Circus sets a Guinness World Record at 02 Arena on February 28, 2013 in London, England. (Clive Rose / Getty Images)
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Saturday, June 15, 2013
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Financing a car usually requires a substantial down payment - sometimes as much as twenty percent of the total purchase price of the car. Most people do not have the means to come up with such a significant amount of money at one time, and may even have bad credit. There are lenders, however, who specialize in bad credit car loan financing - and can put you behind the wheel of your car now.
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Bad credit borrowers of automobile loans are typically rejected by many lending institutions and credit unions. But there is a growing number of lenders who have decided to specialize in bad credit automobile financing because these lenders recognize that any car loan has collateral attached to it - the car itself. This means that your bad credit automobile loan servicer can place a lien against your car until its paid for, which in a sense, guarantees their payment or return of the car. These lenders know they cannot lose by loaning you money to buy your next car, regardless of your credit.
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Your bad credit automobile loan can be either secured or unsecured. The secured bad credit automobile loan is secured by a lien that you allow the lender to place on an item of value - such as your home. The lien will be released once you have repaid the lender in full. The unsecured bad credit automobile loan has no collateral associated with it, and is a bit harder to get. The lender is relying on your personal credibility to be repaid. In either instance, the lender will become a lien holder on the car title, and the lien will not be removed until you have completely paid the car or other vehicle off.
When dealing with your bad credit auto loan servicer, never agree to make a monthly payment amount that you cannot reasonably afford. This will only result in late payments and worsening your credit score. Be honest with your lender and let them know other financial commitments that you have - they will work with you to come up with terms that suit your budget.
These lenders specialize in helping borrowers just like you. Once you are paying on your bad credit automobile loan, be certain to inform the lender if something comes up and you are going to be late with a payment. Oftentimes, lenders will work with you to keep the loan current by putting the payment at the end of the term of repayment. This will cost extra interest, but will keep you from doing more damage to your credit.
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
Coffee Art: Mike Breach's 'Baristart' Makes For Amazing Celebrity Latte Creations (VIDEO)
Normally talking about the "art of coffee" warrants a dramatic eye roll in our opinion, but that might change thanks to talented "baristartist" Mike Breach.
The self-described "barista of the stars" doesn't just make a tasty cup of joe for New York's elite; Breach paints realistic celebrity portraits into his frothy beverage creations. "I had massive amounts of time at a lonely hotel barista station with not too many orders," Breach told The Huffington Post in an email interview. "I passed the time challenging myself with increasingly complex designs... People really reacted to it so I kept going and here I am today."
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With impressive precision, the barista inscribes detailed faces into latte foam using a toothpick, only to watch the ephemeral artworks fade away minutes later.
"I kind of want to be like Willy Wonka with coffee," Breach says in the video above. "Make it something interesting and fun for people...take the seriousness out of it." Portraying everyone from Bob Marley to Yoda, the latte artist has certainly won our hearts (and our tastebuds) with his "espressionist" works.
Watch an interview with Breach above and head to his Tumblr for more. Apparently Breach also creates portraits on the fly for his customers, especially those who tag their Instagram shots #cutebarista.
See Breach's caffeinated creations in the slideshow below and visit Instagram or Facebook for more.
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AnandTech | Best Gaming Notebooks, April 2013
For this week?s update of our laptop/notebook recommendations, we turn our eye towards the mobile gaming sector?and no, we?re not including tablets in this category, even though they can play games; we?re talking about Windows games played natively on your notebook. Just to set the stage, let me give a few thoughts on the general idea of gaming notebooks.
First, if you?re the type of gamer that wants to set everything at maximum quality and you?re not willing to turn down a few knobs, you?re either going to spend a ton of money (e.g. for GTX 680M SLI) or you?re going to be disappointed?and eventually, you?ll need to opt for lower quality settings on some new titles, as it?s only a matter of time before we see our next GPU-killer Crysis game. Think about that for a moment: Crysis was originally released way back in 2007 when DX9 was relatively new, and here we are in 2013 and there are still many GPUs that can?t run Crysis at 1080p at maximum quality and get more than 60FPS.
The first point is important, but even if you?re willing to compromise on some settings, you probably don?t want to compromise too much. While it?s possible to play almost any game on a moderate GPU, I find the bare minimum GPU to be around the level of AMD?s HD 6630M/6650M (aka HD 7570M, more or less) and NVIDIA?s GT 640M LE. If possible I?d want more GPU performance, especially if you?re running higher than 1366x768 for your resolution. So, for example, AMD?s entry-level A6-4455M and its HD 7500G don?t make the cut for ?gaming? in my book, and even the faster A10-4655M with HD 7620G is questionable for many titles.
Finally, there?s the question of GPU vendor, and mostly I?m talking about mobile drivers. I wish I didn?t even have to discuss this, but my experience with AMD?s Enduro is still leaving me wanting compared to NVIDIA?s Optimus. These days it?s difficult to find a notebook with a discrete GPU that doesn?t implement one of those technologies, and while there are people that have no real complaints with Enduro, I?m not one of them. AMD right now seems to be best for iGPUs from Trinity (and soon Richland), and while something like the 7970M can offer great performance in the right games, in the wrong titles it can be a pain.
Finally, let?s not forget that there are new GPUs, CPUs, and APUs just around the corner. If rumors are to be believed, Intel?s GT3e solution (the ?e? is for embedded DRAM) may provide some healthy competition to GPUs like the GT 650M and HD 7730M. Driver support is a concern there, sure, but Intel has definitely improved their driver compatibility over the past year since HD 4000 launched, and doubling performance (or more) would go a long way towards making their iGPU viable. AMD and NVIDIA meanwhile will have 8000M and 700M parts, with some rebranding/recycling and minor clock speed changes. AMD will also have Richland APUs that are supposed to be at least 10% faster than Trinity, and at the right price such a solution could be really attractive. If you can wait until June or so, we?ll know who the winners and losers of the next round are, but we?ll have an updated ?Best Gaming Notebooks? by then.
TL;DR (Too Long; Didn?t Read): I?ll give a few lower-end recommendations for those on a serious budget, but my real preference for notebook gaming would be at least a Radeon HD 7730M or a GeForce GT 650M?with GDDR5 memory in both cases. Those two GPUs provide enough graphics horsepower to handle every game I can think of at 1366x768 and medium or higher detail settings, and in many cases even 1920x1080 at medium settings will be playable. If you want 1920x1080 with high quality settings (and possibly 4xAA), and you?d really like frame rates of 60FPS or more, you?ll have to go all-in on an HD 7950M or GTX 675MX at the very least.
Budget Gaming Notebook: Lenovo IdeaPad Z585 ($580)
We?re in familiar territory here, as the best way to get acceptable gaming performance without breaking the bank is AMD?s A10-4600M APU. I discussed this category last week as well, so I?ll keep things short. You can get the Toshiba L850D with A10-4600M, 4GB RAM, and 640GB HDD for $540, direct from Toshiba. For just a bit more (and likely quicker shipping), Newegg has Lenovo?s IdeaPad Z585 for $580 with the A10-4600M, 6GB RAM, and a 1TB hard drive. HP?s dv6z is similar as well, but pricing starts at $600 with the A10 APU. Of those three, at least with the current pricing I?d take the Lenovo IdeaPad Z585. Even if Richland shows up next month at a similar price (doubtful), you?re only losing out on the ~10% higher clock speeds of the A10-5750M.
Midrange Gaming Notebook: HP Envy dv4t-5300 ($705)
Considering we?re only looking at $100 more (give or take) than the budget notebook, the HP Envy dv4t is a great value. For that price, you get a dual-core Intel i3-3120M (2.5GHz), GeForce GT 650M 2GB, 4GB RAM, and 500GB HDD. The last two specs are underwhelming, sure, but it?s cheaper to just go buy 8GB of laptop memory rather than paying HP an additional $100 to do the upgrade for you! What?s more intriguing to me personally is that this is a 14? laptop instead of a 15.6? chassis, and I personally find a lot to like in the 14? form factor. The dv6t-7300 is there for you if you prefer 15.6? screens, and you get a $150 upgrade option for a 1080p anti-glare LCD if you?re interested. With similar specs it?s actually the better buy, as $750 will get you 8GB RAM and a 750GB HDD, along with the Core i5-3230M CPU.
Higher-End Gaming Notebook: Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 ($1100)
I?ll be honest: I?m not a big fan of SLI or CrossFire in notebooks. The combination of dual GPUs in a small enclosure is a recipe for lots of heat and poor battery life. That said, while a single GT 650M isn?t amazingly fast, two of them in SLI should perform quite admirably?roughly somewhere in the GTX 670MX to 675MX range?and you should be able to play most games at High settings and 1080p (but not ?Ultra? settings, at least not in the most demanding titles). Lenovo is so far the only company I?m aware of to do SLI with a GK107 GPU, and it?s definitely an interesting tactic. The Y500 comes with a reasonable feature set (1080p LCD, backlit keyboard, Core i7-3630QM, 16GB RAM, and a 1TB HDD) and build quality, and it?s available starting at $1100. For this level of performance, $1100 isn?t a bad price, but if you want better battery life and Optimus (note that the Y500 does not support Optimus?a decision made by Lenovo and not a limitation imposed by NVIDIA or SLI), you?ll need to spend more money.
High-End Single GPU Gaming Notebook: CyberPowerPC Fang III X7-100 ($1400)
For $300 more than the Lenovo, you can get CyberPowerPC?s branded version of the MSI GT70, the Fang III X7-100. Dustin reviewed a similar laptop with the iBUYPOWER Valkyrie and found it to be a reasonable alternative to the large Clevo and Alienware offerings. The extra money will get you a larger chassis, a single GTX 675MX 4GB GPU (which should be 10-20% faster than the GT 650M SLI?and more in cases where SLI doesn?t scale well), Optimus support, and a good 1920x1080 LCD. You also get 8GB RAM and a 750GB HDD, so Lenovo wins out in those two areas. If you don?t like the look of the MSI chassis, or if you just prefer Clevo, you can of course get similar configurations of the P150EM and P170EM for roughly the same price.
For those that simply want all-out maximum performance, you can get higher performance configurations of the above. I wouldn?t bother with the Radeon HD 7970M personally, as the extra $100 doesn?t make up for the sometimes flaky driver support from AMD, which currently leaves the GTX 680M as the only other option. That adds around $300 to $400 to the price of the MSI, iBUYPOWER, or Clevo offerings (take your pick?CyberPowerPC currently doesn?t have a GTX 680M configuration). It also brings Alienware?s M17x into the picture, which I still find to be the best looking of the bunch with my preferred keyboard layout, but even with 6GB RAM and a 500GB HDD (the minimum Alienware has in their configuration utility) the M17xR4 will set you back $2249 when equipped with the GTX 680M.
Really, not much has changed with any of these notebooks since the GTX 680M launched last June. While I wouldn?t expect any major updates with 700M (maybe a GTX 780M that will bring GTX 680MX clocks to a lower TDP part?), buying right now instead of waiting for the Haswell and 700M updates seems a bit odd at the top of the performance pyramid. Thus, while all of the above are potential options depending on your personal taste, I?d personally hold off spending more than $1500 on a soon-to-be-outdated laptop, and really even $1400 is a stretch.
As always, other options or opinions are welcome in the comments. Think I missed a great option? Let me know! We?ll be back again next week where I?ll scour the thin-and-light market for good 13.3? and 14? offerings that don?t fall into the Ultrabook/Ultraportable category.
Source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6897/best-gaming-notebooks-april-2013
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Jonathan Winters dies: Ground-breaking improv comic inspired funny men and women
Jonathan Winters dies following a long career as a comic and writer. Jonathan Winters dies after working with some of the greats in the comedic arts.
Jonathan Winters dies: This file photo shows comedian Jonathan Winters posing at a hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Winters, whose breakneck improvisations inspired Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, and many others, died Thursday, April 11, 2013, at his Montecito, Calif., home of natural causes.
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The Ohio native died Thursday evening at his Montecito, Calif., home, said Joe Petro III, a longtime family friend. Petro said Winters died of natural causes and was surrounded by family and friends.
Winters was a pioneer of improvisational standup comedy, with an exceptional gift for mimicry, a grab bag of eccentric personalities and a bottomless reservoir of creative energy. Facial contortions, sound effects, tall tales ? all could be used in a matter of seconds to get a laugh.
On Jack Paar's television show in 1964, Winters was handed a foot-long stick and he swiftly became a fisherman, violinist, lion tamer, canoeist, U.N. diplomat, bullfighter, flutist, delusional psychiatric patient, British headmaster and Bing Crosby's golf club.
"As a kid, I always wanted to be lots of things," Winters told U.S. News & World Report in 1988. "I was a Walter Mitty type. I wanted to be in the French Foreign Legion, a detective, a doctor, a test pilot with a scarf, a fisherman who hauled in a tremendous marlin after a 12-hour fight."
The humor most often was based in reality ? his characters Maude Frickert and Elwood P. Suggins, for example, were based on people Winters knew growing up in Ohio.
A devotee of Groucho Marx and Laurel and Hardy, Winters and his free-for-all brand of humor inspired Johnny Carson, Billy Crystal, Tracey Ullman and Lily Tomlin, among others. But Williams and Carrey are his best-known followers.
Winters, who battled alcoholism and depression for years, was introduced to millions of new fans in 1981 as the son of Williams' goofball alien and his earthling wife in the final season of ABC's "Mork and Mindy."
The two often strayed from the script. Said Williams: "The best stuff was before the cameras were on, when he was open and free to create. ... Jonathan would just blow the doors off."
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