Should Paul, who has a Liverpudlian grandfather, make it into Noble's squad, he would not be the first player to switch allegiances.

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The biggest surprise was that the game is going to feature three protagonists that the player can switch between at nearly any time.

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Farrell, whose salary will be funded jointly by the RFU and Saracens, is the latest player to switch from the 13-man code to union.

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Nigel Worthington has been making attempts to persuade the Derry-born player to switch his allegiance back to Northern Ireland and Staunton will hope that his awarding Gibson a first senior cap ends the controversy.

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Dowson's Saints switch makes him the latest Falcons player to quit the club, following prop David Wilson and lock Geoff Parling, who will join Bath and Leicester respectively at the end of the season.

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Super Paper Mario gave us a few hints by providing the player with the option to switch between 2D side-scrolling and pseudo-3D level interactions.

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It was announced a few months back that Star Wars: The Old Republic, in the face of dwindling player numbers, would be making the switch to free-to-play sometime this fall.

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For example, users can switch from a favorite HD movie on a Blu-ray player to the computer, viewable on the HDTV, to quickly send an email and then return to the film.

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That said, there are other apps that can handle some AVI and MKV files -- we use MX Player most of the time, and it's almost fully compatible with the Dynamic Display switch.

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