lowend smartphones are substantially cheaper than the high end smartphones. so high-end smartphones sell for over $400. these hand sets are selling in asia can be well under $100. and that means two things. it means that there's a lot of pressure on the prices in those chips. and it means that they're more and more commodity like devices. whereas the high-end market, you don't get the opportunity in high end smartphones. >> you have to pay a license, don't you? >> you have to pay a license, but the royalty is a percentage of the chip selling price. so it's a chip ee rosing in price every year. >> do you get a license per chip use? >> a chip ender with license arms technology will pay a and they design the chip and then that chip goes into production. once that chip starts selling, the licensee is paid a chip value. >> it doesn't matter how many phones it ends up in? >> it matters because that's a percentage of the -- >> i get the point that, therefore, lower margins, lower prices. the point is, does that get balanced out to be a lot more phones? >> there's mo

the popularity of smartphones is only making matters worse. people in other nations are struggling with the same condition. that's encouraged some in the u.s. and south korea to find ways to break the addiction. we have two reports starting with nhk world's john ellis guard yola. >> 28-year-old charlie pope is addicted to his smartphone. he receives counseling at a rehab center that specializes in treating patients like him. this is his seventh week there. when he wasn't at work, he played games on his phone. eventually he couldn't sleep, and became mentally unstable. >> i was never interacting with my friends. i had absolutely no positive energy coming in from the outside world. i was just pouring all of my self-loathing and depression and anxiety. >> reporter: mobile phones are banned here. five or six patients live communa communally. as for insomnia and other symptoms, it can take three months for them to disappear. >> i recognize that my addiction is a lot more powerful and a lot bigger and a lot mr insidious than i thought it was. >> rep

gun being attached to their smartphone. this one comes from yellow jacket. if you're attacked, you can temporarily stun the attacker with the stun gun and run away. it's being marketed in the bay area. >> i know it's been a hot topic, ipho iphone thefts recently. my suggestion is vigilance. >> the case comes in several colors is very sale on the yellow jacket company website. it will cost $99. it has iphone 4 and 4s cases for sale now. it will soon have cases for the 5. here's a look at it and how it works and how it sounds. >> pretty scary. thanks, scott. >>> a surge in home burglaries in the mountains is getting the attention of sheriff's deputies tonight. they will host a public meeting at redwood estate pavilion at 7:00 tonight. they will talk about the break-ins and organize a neighborhood safety plan. >>> happening now, a desperate search on the peninsula for this missing man. he went for a walk yesterday and never returned. he left his home on ralston avenue at 9:00 in the morning. he is diabetic and needs his medica

this is an htc smartphone. it shattered after taking a direct hit. police say the suspect fired a gun after the clerk couldn't open the gas station's safe. it wasn't until police arrived at the clerk -- arrived at the station the clerk realized he'd been shot. he complained of chest pain and medical personnel found out that the bullet miraculously hit the clerk's smartphone which was in his chest pocket. >>> the neighborhood just got a little richer. next door, the san francisco bay startup that lets individual neighborhoods create social networks hauled in a $60 million round of funding. the company funding next door, comcast the owner of this nation. next door is two years old and will use some of the money to hire new people. >>> turn off all electronic devices. virgin america's airline presentation is now ready for takeoff ♪ i've got some safety tips you've got to know and trust me it's something that you want to hear ♪ what looks like a music video is really a safety demonstration that's required by the federal aviation administration. faa offic

. >> that's right, david. 1.2 million smartphone subscribers added. record of post paid earnings report. at&t saying nearly one million net subscribers added with as we said before 360,000 wire countless postpaid which they say is double. looking u-verse revenues. revenue growth of 2.4% versus year on year, the last year at same time. back to you. cheryl: todd, there are a few more numbers coming out here. i want to go back on this issue. this of course is the smartphone market. this is a crucial market for at&t. smartphone sales were looking for 6.29 million. they're coming in 6.7 million. that seems like a substantial number to me, todd. what do you make of it? >> i think that's a great number and they should, listen, we hope they continue to grow. it's a great company. it has a lot going for it. i'm glad they're starting to beat numbers because it is time we start making real numbers to see some real growth going forward with these companies. that sound like a good number. hopefully the stock will rally. does pay a nice dividend as jo says. that is

the smartphone normally sells for $99. and, tesla races back. the stock rallied 4.4% friday after the ceo said the fire in the s model electric car that started with a strong impact to battery-- did not entire the passenger compartment chris gersch joins us now. he's with altimus capital. happy monday morning to you chris. > >happy monday angie. > >well we still have a case of shutdown fever. how will it affect the market today? > >i think we're gonna see a lot of what happened on friday continue today. and this morning as the futures indicate there is a large up position. those traders on the s &p held that 1680 level throughout the day despite boehner's comments on friday. so in regards to trading on monday, i think we're gonna shrug it off until the 18th. traders are gonna get a bit more hesitant but with that huge day on friday i think that momentum's gonna continue today. > >there's also been a lot of movement happening in the oil patch especially with a storm bearing down. how is that likely to look today? > >today i would look for oil to

. >>> how many of your kids are using smartphones before they can even speak the language, even say a sentence. the numbers will astound you. the doctors' warning probably will not. how big was the wave again? let's get to it. >>> first from fox at 3:00 from the fox news deck, it's important for the united states to collect intelligence on foreign leaders, to make sure what they're saying gels with what is actually happening. that from the national intelligence director, james clapper, during a house hearing that is underway right now. he also says that finding out the intentions of other leaders is a bedrock principle of foreign intelligence operations, and that other countries do it, too. director clapper has been largely defending our government surveillance pray, but a short time ago he did acknowledge there have been errors. >> we do not spy on anyone except for valid foreign intelligence purposes and only work went the law. to be sure, on occasion, we have made mistakes, some quite significant, but they're usually caused by human error or technical problems, and whenever we foun

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as smartphone sales hit a new record.. and,.bill moller reveals if advances in technology are hurting american's in the long run. we'll be right back. innovation - it is what business leaders worship. it's the backbone of america's business greatness. but - innovation can go terribly wrong. kodak was trying to innovate its way back to the top when it lost its way and disappeared. this is explored in the book, "the dark side of innovation" by ankush chopra, professor of innovation at fribourg school of management in switzerland. define this dark side. > thank-you for having me here! you are right. the dark side of generations is not like normal generations. it punishes the innovator. instead of enhancing your profits it destroys your profits. i call these innovations that punish the innovator by destroying it, "the dark side of innovators." what kind of a business environment do companies find themselves in to go down this wrong path of innovation? > this can happen in almost any industry. i have seen it happen in the digit

a financial times report says amazon is creating a smartphone with htc. and twitter chooses the new york stock exchange over the nasdaq for its ipo. alan knuckman of trading advantage joins us now. alan, you are watching the d.c. drama. good morning to you. what does the market think? > >actually that's the only thing we want to focus on. focus on what the market's telling us. opinions and people's emotions don't matter. you don't make money predicting events. you make money predicting where you think the market's gonna go and using good risk reward and going after the opportunities when they're there. so we have to learn to look through these kinds of crisis. obviously this is a big big issue but i think the market is really shaking it off. we made new 13 year highs in the nasdaq yesterday. and we saw the s &p come back where it was only down 1% from the all

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of smartphones will be more flexible. connecting and using devices. >> now the device is slightly curved. not bendable or foldable. >> i like the way it fits into the palm of my hand and the curve americas the screen look bigger. >> when my friends start buying one, i think i'll probably have to get one as well. >> for the meantime, samsung is very much testing and only selling them here in the south korean market. harry faucet, al jazeera, seoul. >> that's it for us, another full bulletin is straight ahead with lishz. elizabeth. don't go anywhere. .. . ♪ . >> pressure mounts. president obama invites house republicans to the white house as talk of a political compromise takes shape. libyan drama gunman storm the hotel room of libya's prime minister arrest him and seize the moment. russian reunion, edward snowden's father arrived in moscow for a meeting but his sons whereabouts are unknown, and legal status remains in doubt. climate change, how global warming helping contribute to an exploitation in the jelly fish populati

the broad goal here, google says, expand that reach to the next 1 billion smartphone users.uys, back to you. >> wow! i think -- good report, josh. one other thought i had is that the names are just silly. we used to get excited about putting men on the moon. now it's like ooh, we shaved a few grams off the jelly bean. any thought on that? >> listen, we always have the alphabetical. there were leaks that kitkat was coming. a press event, it was a bunch of tech journalists. i think what they're really trying to do, and google's android man was saying the point here, we want to keep expanding that footprint. if you look at that smartphone operating system market as of the second quarter, according to idc, android still is the dominant share. they want to keep growing that. if you can reduce the memory, get more people on that system, maybe you have the purpose there is resolved. >> hot new pickup line. kitkat or jelly bean, baby? josh, thank you. >>> if you didn't tune in yesterday, "a," shame on you. "b," here's what famed inskr ed bill gross told us. >> i think the markets ar

you can't live without your smartphone. what happens when it's no long are new technology. >> we'll take a look at gadgets which are going obsolete. >>> padlocking children in the school, an obvious violation of fire code and students say their safety was at risk. this is a story you will only see on abc2. >> dpeef geef. a baltimore -- good evening. a baltimore city school on lockdown. >> brian kuebler has more on how one city school is blocking all but one exit out. >> reporter: students say it feels like a jail. there is only one way in and one way out. >> padlocked on every one. >> reporter: abc2 news investigators obtained pictures showing just that, exit doors that clearly lead outdoors with bolts on the bottom and a padlock through the bolt. students who attend said every single door except the main president triis bolted. the concerns are obvious. >> i can't get out. >> so it's every door except the main entry. >> reporter: there is no fear code where it's an acceptable practice. it states locks, if provided will not

on your smartphone some people like not to have digital wallets in their smartphone for security reasons but you basically it's like having an e-mail address and you can create as many e-mail addresses so as many digital wallets as you want and what it does is it produces a q.r. code and another basically cryptography another set of like letters and numbers that is uniquely your studies your unique wallet now f.a.a. officials they arrested silk road which was the online black market bazaar if you will the proprietor ross over to the alleged other proprietor and these twenty eight million dollars worth of bitcoin what do you believe the federal government will now do without that going that's a really good question right now i think a lot of people generally are like well maybe we could pay off the u.s. debt but we you know this is a new use case for the f.b.i. it's not unusual for the to take seized assets and film off at an auction or to convert it currency however the f.b.i. spokesperson ha said that they will turn it into u.s. dollars so then the better question is how are they going

. >>> we love our gadgets, smartphones, tablets. many are wondering what comes next. >> john matarese takes a look so you don't waste your money. >> technological developments in recent years have made one popular item almost obsolete. do you still watch movies on vhs tapes? that as one device you no longer need in your home. >> if you have a click and shoot camera and a smart phone, you don't need both. buying point and shoot may be a waste of money. others include a stand aloan gps if you have a smartphone a dpafd player now that we stream movies. flash drive, thanks to the cloud. desktop computers. a laptop does it all. home cam corders, a victim of smart phones and alarm clocks, soon to be replaced by your phone or tablet. none of these item also disappear completely. a lot of people like to have a separate gps unit and separate point and shoot camera. but if you're doing it, it might be a case of don't waste your money. >> all right. listen up, ladies, a new study that researchers say is the final word on hormone replacement th

do you know what that means for the next generation of smartphones?ell you what you haven't heard anywhere else. >>> plus want to make a mint off your unmatched fantasy football skills? you are probably a genius investor and you don't even know it! stars and cite tore of the league on fx are here to prove why. do ever have too much money? no way. melissa: we've got some breaking news right now on twitter. let's go o jo ling kent with all the details. jo? >> we have breaking news on twitter. they will be listing on the new york stock exchange. previously we only knew it would be a ticker symbol of twtr. we know it is new york stock exchange. this was coming from an updated s-1 regulatory filing. so we will get more information for you. this has been a long battle between nasdaq and twitter. nasdaq even was still trying to coax twitter into listing with them throughout the entire process, even throughout the new s-1 filing we just got recently of the so this is a very big deal. a big win for the new york stock exchange to be listing twitter under the ti

adam: roger, smartphone competition, i want to ask you, you pointed out that the expensive smartphone market in the united states has matured and saturated. it will be about the mid price to less expensive smartphone. is apple poised do that in emerging markets or will they fall behind? >> apple has been very careful to avoid the low end in almost every case. they do have the mini, which is their bid on the computer side to do something lower priced and lower capability but apple really likes to hold the premium position. even as you saw in the 5s and 5 c rollout, they were reluctant to drop down very much with the 5 c. as a result the 5c is gone off badly and lucky for them the 5s done well to make up for it. i think financially they will be fine. they don't like to do something cheap to get more subscribers. they would rather sell nice hardware to people who appreciate it and willing to pay for it. adam: we'll stop the conversation for now at that point. that is where we bring it up. a company known as a hardware company, does it have to cut its prices, slim its margins in order to

and a new smartphone on the market. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america.ere is a look at your top store thinks hour, a day after being released on bail, former president of pakistan is back in custody. his lawyers says police arrested him on charges relate today a 2007 raid on a mosque in the capitol. more than 100 people were killed. wednesday a court granted him bail in another case. >>> though u.s. is suspending hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid and equipment to egypt. the state department says egypt's interim government must show more progress towards democracy before aid resumes. >>> republicans in the house are offering to temporarily raise the federal debt limit if the white house agrees to budget negotiations but the deal wouldn't end the shutdown. gop leaders met with the president but left the house with without speaking to reports. joining me now to discuss what is going on in washington is dave, the senior reporter for the sentence of public integrity. dave what is going on here? the president floats the idea of a short-term raisi

you can control your car with your smartphone. not the hot wheels you may have grown up with though. >> you can actually play a game where ever characters you don't control, the artificial intelligence controls them. >> it releases it's $199 gaming system on wednesday. it is being sold in apple stores. it is just the beginning of what you'll do with robots and iphones in the future. >>> the fog factor forecast was in full effect when i went hiking this morning. >> we get that cool weather in the morning and it clears out by the afternoon. do expect fog for tuesday. plenty of sunshine inland by the afternoon. great weather all the way through about friday this week. if you're heading to the coastline, there's a high secure have advisory in effect. >> thanks for joining us. we'll see you back here at 6:00. bye bye. >>> on the broadcast tonight, >>> on the broadcast tonight, damage control. the president says there's no excuse for the government's health care website fiasco, but even as he pledges to make it better, the news gets tem

. >>> smartphones have revolutionized communication, but they've also brought new dangers, particularly for people who use them as they walk. experts at japan's transport ministry and automakers have come up with a new software to protect pedestrians from traffic accidents. the software works in two ways. it uses gps data to predict how a pedestrian is likely to move, and then that data is exchanged between the smartphone and vehicles. if danger seems imminent, the system warns both the pedestrian and drivers. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> the new system can even identify pedestrians who can't be seen. that's something that existing systems cannot do, because they rely on cameras and sensors to recognize people and vehicles. the software is still in the development stage. ministry officials say they hope to put the technology into practical use in the 2020s. >>> japanese fishermen in fukushima prefecture are marking a first. they're hauling in whitebait, something they haven't done since the nuclear accident in march 2011. they say their catch is safe. dozens of boats came back to

they are bringing out the world's first curve smartphone, an attempt to rival apple. >> reporter: heret is, the latest offering, at different angles you can see what is different. this very shallow curve of it, that allows it to be different in the hand and it allows you to roll it to bring up information. samsung says this is the first time it has been able to use a flexible plastic screen. industry analysts say that opens the door to a whole nephewture of devices. >> translator: now that the key component is flexible, it means the future shape of smartphones will be even more flexible. >> reporter: for now the device is just slightly curves, but enough to get the enthuses ands excited. >> translator: i like the way it fits into the calm of my hand, and the curve makes the screen look bigger. >> when my friends start buying them, i think i'll probably have to get one as well. >> reporter: samsung suspect saying how many it is manufacturing or hoping to sell, and for now it is only selling them here in the south korean market. >> that curve phone is going cost you about a thousand buck

in the reuben a good friend of mine that was on a company has that made a smartphone he worked at that will and he has a whole macintosh mindset anyway of make things easy and obvious to people that some people believe that these whole world if applications that apple created is more consequential the conscience themselves because if you look around for example i totally changed my life i can you know get access to courses from the best universities from my own home for free so it's volition izing higher education is this and i know that you are very passionate about education what are your favorite apps and we each area do you think has the most potential for the development of application i don't you know i'm so short of time these days my favorite apps are usually like siri is definitely my favorite app on the i phone i got to say that and then if i went through a whole day and showed you all the different apps i use at different times it'll vary day to day and i can't say any one of them was any more important than each other except you know siri i mean it's a series of more import

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. >>> samsung electronics launched what it said is the world's first smartphone with a curved display. galaxy round hit the market thursday. plastic is used instead of glass to form the concave display. tilting the device on a flat surface will allow users to check information such as missed calls. samsung executives say the firm will apply this technology to develop new smartphone models, including wearable ones. >>> taiwan's president has been reaching out to his island's most powerful neighbor, china. he called for closer relations, a goal some taiwanese oppose. we have the report from taipei. >> reporter: the president addressed the taiwanese at the foundation day ceremony. attempting to reach out to people on the mainland. >> translator: we should use frequent contacts and interaction to build political trust and continue expanding and deepening exchanges in a variety of fields to further the people's welfare. >> reporter: he said he's pleased the ministers in charge of the relations met last weekend for the first time. and he highlighted the benefits of the deal china and taiwan

the smartphone maker is also facing fierce competition along with internal issues.ng into negative takerer to in early trading, the stock rebounded on reports of the possible tie up with the chinese i.t. manufacturer. >> all right. now the u.s. president barack obama will be a no show in the summits in indonesia next week. the president is dealing with the government shut down oso he canceled his trip. that may work to china's advantage. today as far as theed agendagen would have been all about the jobs report, but it's not. it has postponed the data indefinitely because of the government shutdown. there will be five fed girls speaking or taking part in panel discussions today. minneapolis fed president, fed governor, new york's bill dudley, dallas richard fisher and richmond's jeffrey lacker. and joining us today, julia coranado. nice to see you. the nonjobs friday, julia. what are we supposed to do? how are we going to work out what's happening with the economy? >> well, we get a new pieces of private sector data here and there. but, yeah, you're asking an economi

they can also check for email and access smartphone apps.he it features a camera embedded in the strap. its already made debut overseas, but consumers in japan can buy it from thursday. samsung officials are rushing to corner the market on wearable computers. other major i.t. firms are also joining the race. sony is planning to launch a new version of a similar product to be worn on the wrist while google has developed digital eyewear. >>> typhoon wipha has moved north of japan. meteorologist robert speta is here with the latest in weather. robert? >> we are continuing to track the storm system. it is racing off toward the north and already off to the northeast of hokkaido, moving about 90 kilometers per hour. so just one very fast storm system, but it already has brought widespread impacts still bringing about a 90 kilometer-per-hour winds and you will see 50 millimeters of rainfall. farther to the south, this is where we saw the bulk of the severe weather earlier on today there in oshima upwards of 824 millimeters was recorded. that is rea

police are heading out today reminding commuters the smartphone glow will shine an hour earlier. >> wed there was an increase in robberies around the transit hubs and realizing that people's commutes were during hours of darkness, we wanted to get information out to advise the public of that. >> they're hoping to shine a light on dangers in the dark. officers plan to be more visible around transit hubs during the evening commute hoping to discourage thieves. >>> the maker of the popular seracha hot sauce is face aing lawsuit accused of stinking up the air around the southern california factory. the city of irwindale filed suit yesterday asking a judge to stop production at the factory. the two claims the odor is a public nuisance and people have complained of burning eyes, irritated throats, and headaches. the company has not responded to the suit. it opened the plant in irwindale just outside of los angeles earlier this>hc÷ year. >>> a jury deliberation begins today in the trial of a morin county teen accused of stealing celebrity chef guy fietti's lamborghini. guy took the stand yest

for more than 90% of the global output of rare earth metals used to make high-tech products like smartphones. the country has said it's been limiting exports to protect the resource and the environment. sources now say the w.t.o. is in broad agreement with the claims by japan and other countries. the organization has put an interim report together to advise china to correct the situation. the w.t.o. is expected to publish a final report in december after hearing from china and other parties involved. >>> the biggest celebration of work of movie directors. the curtain has come down on the tokyo international film festival. audiences watch 300 movies over nine days to a coming of age story from sweden. celebrities gathered at a tokyo cinema for the closing ceremony. directors entered over 1,400 works in the festival competition. 15 made it to the final selection. chinese filmmaker like the jair announced the winner of the grand prix. >> we're the best. >> "we are the best." ♪ >> if movie tells the story of three teenage girl who is foorm a punk band and revel against the adults in their lives.

this comes after samsung electronics planned to unveil its own curved smartphone. clearly, the battle between the two korean tech giant is heating up. i am still quite happy with my phone. >> rick scott, serena. thank you very much. tourists and travelers have quite a lot of choices when it comes to deciding which places to visit during the seven-day national holiday. the forbidden city has always been a big place for people to visit. our correspondent was there to see what it was like during this holiday. >> large, slow-moving crowds, heading towards the palace museum. also known as the forbidden city, it has been the home of emperors of many dynasties and world-famous as a tourist destination. massive numbers of tourists come to visit the palace museum everyday. during the golden week holiday, the flock of tourists is extremely huge. according to the statistics, yesterday on october the seventh, the total volume of tourists reached 175,000. the ancient architecture and imperial treasures here have always attracted visitors from home and abroad. the massive swarm

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it isn't sure sting because, in many of those households, that smartphone, the handheld device is their access to the internet. >> is the price competitive the at&t andhat -- offer?or >> it could be much higher than in a lot of parts because of the and thedifferential subsidy. you have to get access to the devices that are economically competitive. and we are working on that. one of the things we do come in addition to being the advocacy board, we are looking at business solutions. one of the business solutions we can do to help her carry us address some of the issues -- for example, we created a handset buying consortium for smaller carriers who could not devices and pool them a larger number so they can get better prices. and we like to do that on the high-end apple phones. that is not in the apple lexicon. working with other people, they have their own unique way of selling their device. but the bottom line is we tried to find ways that we can make sure our carriers can compete. the other thing we kicked off is a data roaming hub. we are gating are -- we're getting our carriers toget

changes in the smartphone world coming as apple releases two new iphones, giving consumers more of a choice. [ cheers and applause ] meanwhile, competitor blackberry announces it will be cutting a third of its workforce after expecting an operating loss of $950 million this quarter. the company is struggling to keep up with customers who are turning to other products. >> pope francis says it's time to shake up what priests are discussing in church. in an interview with a jesuit magazine, the pontiff says the catholic church is too obsessed with "small-minded rules" and that it's time to step away from the heavy emphasis on abortion, gays, and contraception. here in the u.s., catholic leaders react. >> what he's saying is we got to think of a bit more of an effective way to do it, because if thehurch comes off as a scold, it's counterproductive. if the church cos ofas a loving, inviting, embracing mother who periodically has to correct her children but who, first and foremost, loves and embraces them, then we're going to -- we're gonna be effective. >> pope francis says it's time to f

they have or smartphones. they have computers in the bedroom and parent it is never over the shoulder to see what is going online. there is a lot of unrestricted access to the internet and the internet has put it on another level and one push of a button and everybody in the school will have a picture or hear it and the outcome of that is -- it would be not just reconciling relationships or restorative justice or some other way between two or three or four people but now you have a whole study body that has been tempered or tainted with something that goes against the individual who was a target of that, so the internet working more strongly with the partners and the providers of the internet and there is awareness and education, but back to the student assemblies that we do it is amazing at the end of the assemblies how many kids will step forward quietly or privately "it happened to me. it happened on the internet. this person put something out about me" and didn't feel they had a place to go so there could

the first one was the updates for the smartphone and the addition of a less expensive smartphone. think you're looking for a product refresh on both the ipad mini and the ipad with retina display. and the third face could see the i watch and an actual apple television. but for today, i'm looking for a thinner, faster processor and the core retina display ipad and then for the mini to also have a retina display. >> is that a big driver of sales for the holiday season? >> i think the big driver is going to be having a product refresh. so if you look at the june quarter, sales on the ipad were a little on the slow side. so i think that having new products, both at the upper end of the tablet market and an ipad mini, that could be a big driver for holiday sales for apple this year. >> what does it mean for the prices of the existing products? it usually comes down. what does it mean for apple after this? >> i think they'll lower the price of the existing mini and the existing -- you know, the tablets have continued to produce some of the last generation devices, even when they roll ou