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Lovemaking enhanced by erotic massage has changed my life. Through the warm, healing hands of my lover, I have been able to experience sex to the fullest. It is no longer a moment's pleasure or a quick, thrilling kick. The adoration of the body through caring caresses of hot, naked flesh has elevated my sexual experiences to pinnacles of blissful release previously unknown to me.
Living and working in the fast lane of high finance is my life, and I love it. The heavy hit action and heady power deals send me flying and have always extended into my personal and sexual life. I always liked my sex like I like my job fast, hard, risky and with a bit of uncertainty. Quick wham bangs in luxury hotels seemed the perfect nightcap after a hard day's work. But with the unnerving performance of the stock market in recent months, I began to experience extreme burnout. After watching one of the biggest deals I had ever put together nearly go down the tubes, I spent a sleepless week and found myself hanging out at the club bar later and later every evening. My friend Gary suggested I take my frustration out on the racquetball court, and even though I'm not much of a player, I took him up on it the next evening.
At the club there are several racquetball courts, two pools, a weight room, tons of high tech machines, a track, a sauna, massage and tanning booths. Your typical well equipped spa with your typical cross section of bodybuilders, secretaries looking for husbands, middle aged Romeos trying to stay in shape and petite prima donnas shedding that last half ounce of fat. The firm owns part of the club, and all the brokers, lawyers, CPA's and support staff work out there, because it's across the street from our offices, the drinks and food at the bar are good and cheap, and it's comfortable.
During our game, which, in my funk, I played with a foolish intensity, I pulled a hamstring. Gary, ever the health freak, suggested a sauna and a massage. I had never been much for sitting around and sweating, but I thought it might do my aching muscles some good. I went down to the second level with him, put on a white terry robe and edged my way into the steam. The heat helped, and after several minutes, I had worked up quite a sweat and got up to leave. Gary insisted I go for a massage. I wasn't really into it, but the thought of going home and staring at the ceiling was even less appealing.
I went to the desk, signed up for a massage and waited. A short, bulky guy told me to follow him and he would introduce me to Diana, the new masseuse.
I had visions of a stocky woman who wore comfortable shoes and didn't fool around and would rip into my muscles until I screamed. Imagine my surprise when into the cubicle walked a redheaded vixen with a trim figure and a million dollar smile. Her green eyes did a quick once over of my nearly naked body as I started to stand up. Her body was tight and firm, but girlish, with pert, round breasts pushing against her clinging button down golf shirt.
"Eric?" she asked. "I'm Diana, the new masseuse. Would you turn over, please?" She was friendly but professional. I turned over on my stomach, sorry that I couldn't watch her as she began weaving her magic on my sore muscles. Her hands were firm, but the skin was soft. She finessed the tightness out of my calves, working methodically but carefully.
She continued her ministrations, working up my legs to my thighs, until she came upon the knot in my hamstring.
"You have quite a lump here," she said pleasantly.
I was beginning to have quite a lump elsewhere and was wondering what I was going to do when she asked me to turn over. My erection became stiffer as she coaxed the pain out of my hamstring and then gripped my buttocks. She didn't linger over my muscular cheeks, but just the thought of her touching me in such a private place pushed my hard on to the limit.
Next she was working my shoulders and back, and I sighed as relaxation came over me like a warm blanket. Before I knew it was time to, she asked me to turn over, reached beneath me, and gave me a slight push. Now I was lying flat on my back with my penis flying high through my tiny gym shorts.
Diana said nothing as she kneaded my tired but now excited body from head to toe. Somewhere between those high and low spots she brushed across my obvious erection. I sighed. She worked closer and closer to my crotch. I drifted happily as she inched slowly toward my cock. She smiled broadly, obviously enjoying her work. She grabbed the upper part of one thigh and her fingers probed between my legs, working the muscles leading to my perineum. The tops of her fingers brushed against my scrotum, and I caught my breath.
A bit of moisture was forming at the tip of my dick, and I didn't know how much longer I could take this blissful but erotic body massage. Was I overreacting to the gorgeous redhead's pert body and fabulous hands? Her tits seemed to be pushing harder than ever against the soft fabric of her blouse. As she leaned over me, her body came in contact with mine repeatedly, and although we spoke no words, there could be no mistake as to what was happening.
I wanted to take her right there on the table, but she was in control. It was a heady and exhilarating experience, having my body worked over and controlled by this beauty. Her tan body was a perfect marriage of female softness and muscle, and it was touching every bit of me except the part that now needed the most attention.
I was so into this unexpected pleasure that I barely realized this athletic little nymph had grabbed a towel and covered my crotch. She poked more seriously between my legs now, not shying away from my balls, as her kneading became gentler and slower. I felt her fingertips run lightly across my tingling sac, and my dick jumped up. She tickled and toyed with my balls for several minutes before reaching under the waistband of my gym shorts and tugging them down.
Diana grasped my cock in one hand, squeezing the bulging veins and feeling its weight. I felt as if I were absolutely pinned to the table. She stroked my throbbing member with the same finesse she'd just used to work my body over. With one hand she continued kneading me between my legs and tickling my balls while she massaged my cock with the other. I stared wide eyed into her sweet, smiling face with its halo of short red hair. I imagined her pussy, pink and juicy, with wisps of auburn hair delicately framing its mystic cove. I could see her tiny waist giving way to the gentle fullness of her hips. She blinked dreamily at me as she jerked me to fullness and beyond. I wanted to surround myself with her yet her hands, those incredible, knowing hands, surrounded me.
I lifted my hips just slightly as she stroked my steel rod. Tugging on my balls with the smallest bit of force, she sent me reeling and I began to come. My hot fluid flew out and dripped over her hand as she pumped me for every bit of juice I could throw.
I lay there for several minutes, unwilling to move, uncertain of what to say. Diana retrieved the towel from the floor where it had fallen and wiped the come from her hands. I smiled at the roundness of her ass as she bent to pick it up and wished that I could see her naked. I didn't know if the sex was part of the massage and I was in the dark about a whole new segment of the club's activities or if Diana and I had just hit it off right away.
"This isn't the typical massage," she said, as if reading my mind.
"It certainly isn't," I agreed, smiling.
"I hope you won't . . ." she began.
"I hope you'll join me for dinner this week," I interrupted. Diana was a good thing I sensed it. I had never felt so enthused after sex before, and to think I'd only been masturbated! But it wasn't just masturbation it was an erotic experience the likes of which I'd never known, and it changed my appreciation of sex for life.
I met Diana after work on Friday and knew right away that I hadn't been mistaken. She was dressed very stylishly and sexily in loose silk pants that fell around her sweet, round ass and clung to the V of her crotch perfectly. She wore no bra but, instead, a dark camisole beneath her open blouse, and her firm, small breasts pointed rebelliously at me. She looked very young all of a sudden. I felt my thirty two years creeping up on me and wondered if this female firecracker was more than I could handle. I watched her red hair fall across her green eyes as she smiled and grabbed my arm briefly but firmly, and we were off.
We ended up in a sushi bar, and I let my knee rest on hers as I watched her delicate pink tongue dart out and hook a piece of pink meat. Conversation flowed easily as we sipped sake and tasted raw tidbits. I admired her muscular physique and was dying to see it nude. When I suggested we return to my apartment, she hesitated I first thought because of lack of interest. Then she stated the real reason: she wanted me to come to her place, where she could give me another massage.
Hopefully I entered her small apartment with the blood surging up and down the length of my dick. I could feel my swelling push against the cotton of my underwear. I stood in the middle of her living room while she slowly and lovingly unbuttoned my shirt, running a hand over my pecs and giving my shoulders a squeeze. Then she reached for my zipper. I pulled her closer and she sought my lips, sticking her tongue deep inside my open mouth. At the same time she worked the muscles of my back with her free hand.
My cock ached to be set free as Diana lingered at my fly. She let her hand rest against my crotch, the bulge pushing comfortably into the cup of her palm. I reached around and squeezed her firm, round ass, enjoying the feeling of her flesh encased in silk. Then she moved away. Taking my hand, she led me through her bedroom to a smaller room.
Pink light colored a closet she had converted into a workout room. There was an exercise pad on the floor, a stationary bicycle and some free weights. She stepped out of her pants and stood above me in tiny black briefs. She had eased me to the floor, where I lay across the mat, dying to feel her hands on my flesh. Diana positioned herself above me and sought my toes to begin her journey of sexual celebration. I lay still as each toe was carefully caressed and soothed. I felt the release as tension flew from between each one. I was so aware of her beautiful red pink womanhood, which was so close that I could smell her pungent odor. I felt no overcoming need to take this woman, as I often had in the past. I reveled in the sensations of her exploring my body and wondered if this would be one time in my life when I could let go of my macho need to control and allow myself to enjoy the love that one person can give another.
Diana worked her way up my legs, her ass still twirling in front of my face. I raised my head and pushed my nose into her black silk cheeks, and she giggled and snuggled closer to me. As she worked my legs as though they were threads of muscle, each requiring special attention, I wanted to reciprocate. I reached up and stroked her smooth, sleek back.
I focused on the breaks between the vertebrae as I saw a bit of moisture develop in the seam of her panties. Diana approached the sensitive spot beneath my balls with her knowing touch. She worked me beneath my scrotum and gripped my buttocks with her hands. She began to stroke my cock as I worked my hands up her back. I reached around in front of her and slowly, fingertip by fingertip, insinuated myself against her fine breasts.
Diana seemed to grab my ass with the same slow intensity. Although I had never had a woman touch my asshole before, I now felt her tickling my anus. I reveled in the flicking of her finger across my tight sphincter, rejoiced in the heat of her fleshy tits in my hands, thrilled to each stroking of my cock.
Diana turned around, shed her black panties and faced me. Her hands left my crotch and gently poked and prodded my chest and shoulders. The stress being released from the top of my back seemed to make my cock stiffen even more. She pushed deep into the muscles of my shoulders and my arms felt limp. My hard on raged and my hips rose slightly, and the tip of my cock brushed her labia.
As I entered her, I felt myself responding with the wellness and joy flowing through my entire body. Diana's caresses had certainly rejuvenated me. Even as I traveled deep inside her pussy, my fantasy came to life, because my entire body had been touched. I longed for more of Diana's sensual wisdom, and my cock felt energized within her.
I felt her hands defining the musculature of my pecs, and I held her arms as lightly as possible to try to feel the magic they possessed, as I felt my balls exploding with their hot potion.
Shivers ran through my body as my orgasm sizzled down my spine. Her pussy was as well trained as her hands and milked me for every drop I had. I continued to delve within her, not wanting the pleasure to recede. Yet Diana sat atop me, my dick firmly planted within her, and wove her magic by slowly caressing my head. Her hands ran skillfully across my scalp my ears were soothed with the wisps of her fingertips. My face was recreated by her touch, my eyelashes drawn by the merest of strokes. How was it possible that I had lived so long without this festival of body worship? I longed to reciprocate for the pleasure that Diana was showing me. At that moment, the only way of doing that was through my dick. So slowly I hardened again. Already inside her luscious cunt, I now began to probe carefully. I sensed the tingle of her giving way inside, the seeming shattering of glass as Diana's composure dripped away through her cunt. She gave a scream of surrender as we grasped each other in delight. Diana's tiny body twisted in joy as I felt her contractions grip and release, love and fuck a moment to die in as the sweet redhead flailing above me elicited a second shot of sperm from my aching balls.
Sweet heat, fuck, come and pleasure. It felt as though I had finally learned the true joy of sex. It comes from within. Not within my cock, but within my entire body. Each muscle, each tendon, every atom contributes to the joy of sex. Without Diana, I never would have known.
Erotic massage is growing to be the lifeblood of my sexual experience. Diana and I have reached a nirvana I never thought possible. Without the massage aspect of our relationship, I would never have transcended the day to day experiences of life sex would have continued to be a quick release and not the liberating force I think it's truly meant to be.
Diana, though ten years my junior, is a truly talented teacher. I have begun to learn the ways along her sleek muscles and trim body and can travel knowingly her road of pleasure. I love every inch of her, and she loves me. Our erotic massage experiences have caused our bodies to merge into one flowing, erotic place.


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Tag Archives: Ncaa
This place isn't a dump.
Might as well, right?
Rigging poll results doesn't make you cool, you guys.
Canned beer is just as potent; cornhole is more fun than beer pong; and funneling is for fucking amateurs.
OSU Football Player Shows His Body Transformation After Two Years of Working with an NCAA Strength Coach
His hair even underwent a stunning transformation.
This is it. The new College Football Playoff trophy.
There's Oregon and then there's everyone else.
Houston Football Coach Surprising Walk-on With Full Scholarship In Front of His Mom Will Hit You in the Feels
It's gettin' dusty in here.
Of course this was his response...
One of the lasting images of last year's college football season was Ohio State offensive lineman Marcus Hall saluting the […]
I don't know if midget is the preferred nomenclature for people small in stature, but possible offensiveness aside, the play itself seemed highly effective when Arkansas State ran
Instead of watching the football games this Fall, you better start paying attention to the uniforms your favorite players are wearing.
Nathan Harries is a Colgate freshman who will lose a year of college eligibility for playing three games of church league basketball this summer. The ban
The Arizona Wildcats just provided us with easily the best thing to come out of the NCAA Football pre-season thus far. The fuckin' Equipment Manager
24-year-old former Marine Steven Rhodes must redshirt his freshman year at Middle Tennessee State, the NCAA has ruled, because he once played in an intramural
The NCAA has long contended that the connection between the jerseys it sells and the current athletes who wear them is coincidental—that, for instance, the
If you could make money off of something, that something will probably be accompanied some sort of logo. In the spirit, this is the NCAA/BCS
Remember Ed O'Bannon? Bald dude, played basketball for UCLA way back in the day, helped them win the 1995 National Championship, went on to do
Old and busted: trick shot videos. The new hotness: actual shot videos. In this video, St. Johns Max Hooper (oh, he's a hooper alright) makes
O.K., so he was a foot in front of the line, but he carried that other dude at least three feet and that should count
It's time to wear gross shoes and breathe in copious amounts of cigarette smoke. We're going bowling.
Sick run, Bro. We'll try to forget it happened during an embarrassing 39-point loss to Wisconsin...
This Saturday, the UCLA Bruins welcome the USC Trojans into their house in what will prove to be a clash for the ages (or something
After basketball behemoth Nerlens Noel reclassified to move up to the 2012 recruiting class, he instantly became the hottest commodity on the "play for my
Here's your warm and fuzzy moment of the day. During a preseason team meeting, Vanderbilt fourth-year walk-On Marc Panu is awarded a full scholarship and
Here's the best from our friends in the sports world today.
Our buddies at Soletron have pair up with a one-of-a-kind company that offers a pretty cool product: Retro replica college basketball shorts. The folks
It was a tough NCAA tournament for scorer's tables. First, the courtside banner next to Syracuse's bench asked if viewers thought student-athletes were "just a
Since this is America, he'll probably get his own sitcom or reality show. Dancing Baylor fan is currently the talk of the Internet
March Madness means it's socially acceptable to spend 13 consecutive hours on your couch watching games. That part is wonderful. There are, however, some collateral
After Tuesday's historic First Four meltdowns, it was only natural for us to expect something amazing to happen during the Vermont-Lamar game. But the matchup
Those broadcasting NCAA Tournament games have an opportunity to go down in history with every game that goes down to the wire. Those transcendent moments
The Tar Heels of North Carolina survived a few injuries this season to win the ACC regular-season crown. Juniors Leslie McDonald and Dexter Strickland had
A Yahoo! Sports investigation into the Syracuse basketball reveals the university has allegedly allowed players that returned positive drug tests to play when they shouldn't
Shabazz Napier's 30-foot heave at the buzzer found its way through the bottom of the net as UConn stole a much-needed win against
First, I'd like to wish all of our servicemen and women a happy Veteran's Day. The lengths to which you go and the
I don't even want to know how many rosters and man hours this list of 30 names took to compile. See if it
Unless you live under a rock, you're well aware that there are quite a few contentious, off-the-field issues surrounding college athletics right now. The BCS
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I think we can expect a well-prepared, confident yet not cocky Defense that will show Balt. something they didn't see in the 1st game, though they saw plenty.
In the 1st Qrtr. the Broncos were playing alot of 4 man front with Doom in wide-9. In the 2nd Qrtr, they played 4 & 3 man fronts with Doom still in wide-9...Brought in Ayers as DE for the 3 man front & slid Wolfe to DT or 1 tech...& also moved Von Miller around alot. They also rotated Unrein in and out, with Bannon & Big Vick the mainstays @ NT/DT.
Miller also had several line stunts so they didn't know where he was going to come from.
Excellent article here from IAOFM on Del Rio Coaching Fundamentals and how that translates to on-field play. When Players have the fundamentals down, and have a certain amount of talent...How high is their Ceiling? Props again to Del Rio & Coach Smith for Coaching these Players up!


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The Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) promotes coordination between NRCS and its partners to deliver conservation assistance to producers and landowners. NRCS provides assistance to producers through partnership agreements and through program contracts or easement agreements.
RCPP combines the authorities of four former conservation programs – the Agricultural Water Enhancement Program, the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Program, the Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative and the Great Lakes Basin Program. Assistance is delivered in accordance with the rules of EQIP, CSP, ACEP and HFRP; and in certain areas the Watershed Operations and Flood Prevention Program.
RCPP encourages partners to join in efforts with producers to increase the restoration and sustainable use of soil, water, wildlife and related natural resources on regional or watershed scales.
Through RCPP, NRCS and its partners help producers install and maintain conservation activities in selected project areas. Partners leverage RCPP funding in project areas and report on the benefits achieved. The Secretary of Agriculture may also designate up to eight critical conservation areas to focus RCPP assistance.
RCPP is a new partnership program that combines the authorities of four former programs - Agricultural Water Enhancement Program, the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Program, the Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative and the Great Lakes Basin Program, and delivers assistance through covered programs, including EQIP, CSP, ACEP and HFRP, and Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations in Critical Conservation Areas.
Eligible Partners - Agricultural or silvicultural producer associations, farmer cooperatives or other groups of producers, state or local governments, American Indian tribes, municipal water treatment entities, water and irrigation districts, conservation-driven nongovernmental organizations and institutions of higher education.
Eligible Participants - Under RCPP, eligible producers and landowners of agricultural land and non-industrial private forestland may enter into conservation program contracts or easement agreements under the framework of a partnership agreement. RCPP assistance is also available independent of a partner if the land is located either in a partner project area or in a critical conservation area designated by the Secretary.
Conservation program contracts and easement agreements are implemented through the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP), Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) or the Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP). NRCS may also utilize the authorities under the Watershed and Flood Prevention Program, other than the Watershed Rehabilitation Program, in the designated critical conservation areas.
NRCS will announce a request for proposals that will outline requirements for proposal submissions for funding. NRCS will review partnership proposals according to the priorities identified in the announcement and make project selections. Upon selection of a partnership proposal, NRCS and the partner will enter into a partnership agreement through which they will coordinate to provide producers in the project area assistance. Partnership agreements may be for a period of up to five years. NRCS may extend an agreement one time for an additional 12 months if needed to meet the objectives of the program.
Producers may apply for RCPP assistance in several ways:
Partnership Agreements
The partnership agreement defines the scope of the project, including:
Partners are responsible for contributing to the cost of the project, conducting outreach and education to eligible producers for potential participation in the project and for conducting an assessment of the project's effects. In addition, partners may act on behalf of the eligible landowner or producer in applying for assistance and for leveraging financial or technical assistance provided by NRCS with additional funds to help achieve the project objectives.
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Mike's Bands
To see more info about each band, click on the band name.
|Hog Wild
|on break in 2006+2007
|Hog Wild
|2008-2009 as featured guest musician
|Zion Train
|The Merge
|Cheri Heat
|Red Fox
|8 Glasses
Bands Info
For more info, please visit incognito.pianomike.net
Hog Wild
Pianomike has played with Hog Wild from Dec. 2004 to Jan. 2006 and now again since Dec. 2011. In 2008 and 2009 Pianomike occasionally played with Hog Wild as featured guest. The band plays classic rock, rock'n roll, soul and oldies. Hog Wild is a strong vocal group.
Current band members:
- Pianomike (vocals, keyboards, bass)
- Dale Visage (vocals, guitar, sax, harmonica)
- Lloyd Morris (vocals, rhythm guitar)
- Bret Barlow (drums)
- Tom Bacon (lead guitar)
Band website: click here
Hog Wild in May 2005:
Band members Dec 2004 to Jan 2006, from left to right:
- Michael Prikryl (vocals, keyboards)
- Dale Visage (vocals, guitar, sax, harmonica)
- Lloyd Morris (vocals, rhythm guitar)
- David Hand (bass, vocals)
- Jim Hill (drums, vocals)
- Kevin Haapala (lead guitar)
Hog Wild plays at weddings, corporate parties, other parties, club events, public events and other venues.
Zion Train
Zion Train was one of Southern Oregon's most popular dance/entertainment band. Zion Train has been around since the mid nineties. Pianomike joined Zion Train in Summer of 2002 and played with them until August of 2005. The band played at weddings, parties and other events.
The Merge
|In September 1996, Mike met guitarist Paul Hopp, who originally comes from Portland, Oregon. They played several times together at different events of Southern Oregon University and at some open mike events in Ashland, OR. Not until October 1997 they formed the duo "The Merge" starting with gigs in the famous Ashland coffee house "The Beanery". In December 1997, they also performed on Rogue Valley Television (Channel 9). In Spring 1998, they wrote the closing song "Welcome to the World" for the 25th International Show at Southern Oregon University. The Merge played original songs and as well as covers.
In Fall 1998, Paul went to Spain for a year, so Mike played solo or sometimes with guest artists such as Alex Carlson (violin). In November 1999, Paul rejoined Mike for a few more gigs. In summer of 2000, Paul went to Japan.
Cheri Heat
In September 1993, Mike joined rock band Cheri Heat as keyboarder and background vocalist. The band's members were Mike, Stephan Rudolph (drums), Alex Riehm (guitars) and Roland Embleton from Newcastle/England (vocals). In May 1994 Cheri Heat released the CD "Indian Summer" with 11 original songs with English lyrics. Then, in January 1995, Oli Pfunder (bass) joined the band, and they played live all over Southern Germany.
In mid 1995, new singer Thomas Nill joined Cheri Heat, and they began to produce new songs in their studio. Mike's last gig with Cheri Heat was on Saturday, June 1, 1996, in the Atelier, Stuttgart-Sonnenberg. In July 96, Mike left the band, because he went to Oregon, USA.
Red Fox
Already in May 1992, Mike started playing with dance and show band "Red Fox". Mike played keyboards and sang. Red Fox performed in the great metropolitan area of Stuttgart, above all in their hometown Filderstadt. They played a great variety of music from German folk, country, pop to rock'n roll and rock.
In December 1994, they released the CD "3 Denger wia Kunstdenger" with four original songs. On New Year's Eve 1995, Mike had his last gig with Red Fox announcing that he would be going to Oregon to study.
8 Glasses
After having left the Filderstadt Music School rock band in 1991, Mike founded the high school band "8 Glasses" together with guitar player Emre Onur and drummer Dirsko von Pfeil. Two other members joined the band: Tobias Lange (Vocals) and Karl-Heinz Eisele (Bass). Mike, of course, played keyboards and sang, too.
8 Glasses played rock music covers from ELO, Supertramp, AC/DC and similar bands. They also played Mike's original songs. 8 Glasses stopped playing in June 1993, after the band's members graduated from the "Gymnasium" (high school) and everyone went their own way.


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VMASC Researchers Offer Multidisciplinary Perspective in First Textbook About Modeling and Simulation
Two Old Dominion University faculty members have achieved a worldwide first - taking the modern, mystifying field of modeling and simulation and explaining it in a form that non-scientists and non-engineers can understand.
The first ever textbook in the field, "Principles of Modeling and Simulation - A Multidisciplinary Approach," was written and edited by two ODU professors, John Sokolowski and Catherine Banks.
There have been technical books written about the emerging field, which involves the creation of computer simulations and models to test experimental concepts without constructing expensive prototypes.
But Sokolowski, director of research at ODU's Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC), said this book is different because it offers a multidisciplinary perspective.
"The previous books, and there really aren't that many, have been focused on a much more technical treatment of the subject, suitable to science and engineering majors," he said.
The idea for the textbook came from Sokolowski and Banks' belief that non-science and non-engineering students should be introduced to the modeling and simulation field, because it has proven to be a useful tool across many disciplines.
"The modeling and simulation field as a discipline is just now being accepted," said Banks, assistant professor of research at VMASC. "Experts in many different fields are just now learning the things that it can do."
The book gathers expertise from several ODU researchers, along with experts from the U.S. Marine Corps, Texas A&M University, the University of Florida, the University of Virginia, the University of Alabama-Huntsville and the University of Ottawa.
In the book's preface, the authors write that "many universities are realizing that modeling and simulation is becoming an important tool in solving and understanding numerous and diverse problems. This text serves to provide an orientation to the theory and applications of modeling and simulation from a multidisciplinary perspective."
To students, the book offers a concise look at the key concepts that comprise the field of modeling and simulation.
For instructors, it covers a lot of ground on the creation of the discipline, how models and simulations are used to solve problems, real-world examples, human interaction with modeling and simulation, and the future of the discipline.
The authors envision the textbook being used in both undergraduate and graduate programs - in fields from computer science to medicine - to provide an introductory reference and course.
"We also see it being used by professionals in industry and government as a way of understanding this emerging field," Sokolowski said.
So far, almost 200 copies of the book have been sold in less than a month. Banks said the textbook could soon be in use in M&S courses across North America.
This article was posted on: March 12, 2009
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ME 570 Sustainable Energy Systems
Catalog Description
ME 570 Sustainable Energy Systems (3). Prerequisites: ME 310, ME 401 or equivalents. Analysis and design of sustainable energy systems, and exploration of concepts such as carbon capture and sequestration for making traditional energy systems more environmentally acceptable.
Prerequisites by Topic
Introductory thermodynamics.
Power and refrigeration cycles.
Introductory fluid mechanics.
Aerodynamic lift and drag.
F. M. Vanek and L. D. Albright, Energy Systems Engineering, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2008.
W.G. Cobourn, Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
Course Objectives
This course is designed to familiarize students with current and future energy systems for heat, power and transportation, and to provide instruction on the analysis and design of these systems for environmental sustainability. The focus is on renewable energy systems such as geothermal, solar and wind power, but also included are concepts for transforming traditional fossil fuel and nuclear systems into environmentally acceptable power systems.
Introduction and Historical Background (3 classes).
Energy and Environment (3 classes).
Economic Analysis of Energy Systems (3 classes).
Fossil and Renewable Energy Resources (3 classes).
Global Warming and Climate Change (3 classes).
Combustion Systems and Carbon Sequestration (3 classes).
Nuclear Systems and Security (3 classes).
Wind Energy Systems (6 classes).
Solar Energy Systems (6 classes)
Hydropower and Geothermal Systems (3 classes).
Transportation Systems (4 classes).
Exams and field trips (2 classes).
Computer Use
Use of spreadsheets, equation solver and plotting software.
Homework – 30%, midterm exam – 30%, term paper – 10%, final exam – 30%. The term papers will involve a review of a published paper in the area of renewable or sustainable energy systems. Graduate students are required to write more extensive term papers. These papers require cited references in addition to a bibliography, and the required minimum length is 50 percent greater.
Class/Laboratory Schedule
Three 50 minute sessions per week devoted to lecture, discussion, and problem solving.
Professional Component Contribution
Engineering science: 2 credits, engineering design: 1 credits.
Relationship to Program Objectives
This course supports Mechanical Engineering program objectives by developing:
An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering in the field of mechanical engineering.
An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs in the field of mechanical engineering.
An ability to identify, formulate and solve problems in the field of mechanical engineering.
An ability to communicate effectively.
A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in, life-long learning in the field of mechanical engineering.
An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern tools necessary for the practice of mechanical engineering.
A knowledge of contemporary issues in the field of mechanical engineering.


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The Post's Push Poll
Did you observe Earth Day?
Absolutely - Every day is Earth Day
Yes - Took part, vowed to live greener
Sort of - Accidentally got involved this year
No - Meant to, but didn't
Never - Don't believe in climate change
Of the five responses, the first four imply support for the motives and political goals of Earth Day, while the last response describes a position that no actual person holds.
The Post would be hard pressed to find a single person who does not "believe in climate change." Anyone with at least an elementary education understands that, in the past, the earth's average temperature has alternated between ice ages and warming periods.
The three main issues in contention are these: does global warming pose a significant problem within the coming decades, is modern global warming significantly impacted by human behavior, and what, if anything, should be done about it?
For what it's worth, here's my reply to the Post's poll: "No, because I disagree with the environmentalist movement's bias against human industry and its advocacy of socialistic reforms."
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The PS3 – Will it Stay or Will it Go?
The console wars are here to stay it seems. And with the introduction of motion controllers over the past year or so, it has only intensified. As such, many are looking months down the road to see what's coming around the bend next. For Playstation fans, that means the Playstation 4.
As much as we don't like it, every 5 or 6 years our favorite console becomes virtually obsolete. Bigger and better things are always being created in the world of video game development and new hardware has to be made available to the masses in order to simply keep up. The PS3 debuted in 2006, and now the PlayStation 4 is set to hit in 2013, ushering in a new age of PlayStation hardware.
Untapped Potential
But should it? There are many, both developers and users alike, that say the PS3 still has yet to realize its potential. Without going into all the gory details, many laud the PS3's graphics over the competition and say that it has the ability to do much, much more. Do we really need a new Playstation?
The PS3, despite its many accolades, remains in third place behind the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii. Therefore, many will say that the representation of the PS3's abilities by its fans is merely sour grapes from a fan base smaller than the competition's. While the "us vs. them" exclusivity may be a factor, there is something to what these people are saying. The PS3 is a truly great machine. It hasn't suffered because of its abilities, but because of other factors.
First, there's the price tag. Sure, it's come down over the past few years, but Sony is holding onto that $300 price tag – which is $100 more than the 360 or Wii. So during the Christmas shopping season, many will take one look at the price difference and opt for the cheaper console. Second, there are still millions of PS2s used every day. While this is a testament to another great console built by Sony, it does hurt PS3 sales. I alone know that many of my friends still cling to their PS2s and proudly play them often. They should upgrade with the rest of us, but they are still clinging to those old machines. Unfortunately, the PS3 only has limited backwards compatibility and that's just another reason why these holdouts persist for now.
From Sony's perspective, you know it's all about the bottom line. While it's great that critics may say you have the best console, it does you no good unless you have the sales to back that up. It's kind of like those art house movies that win at the Oscars every year. Yeah, it's great that everyone loves you, but no one saw your movie. Yippee. So therefore, you know that Sony has had a plan for years regarding the PS4, the PS5, and even the PS6. No matter how well the PS3 did there would be a PS4 coming down the pike 5 or 6 years later – that's how game development works and that's how business works. In order to stay alive, your business has to always be moving forward with new and exciting products.
It's Coming...But When?
But will there be a demand for the PS4 in 2013? I think the success or failure of the PS4 depends mostly upon timing and impact. Sony's prior successes largely had to do with how its consoles matched up with the competition. The PS2 debuted before the Xbox and Gamecube, allowing Sony to establish a solid base of customers playing the newest, coolest machine with the best games – and the PS2 could keep up with both the Xbox and Gamecube when they came out. So if past success is any indication of future success, look for the PS4 to hit the market before the Xbox One. Sony missed the mark with the release date of the PS3 (it came out after the 360 and the Move came out after the Wii), so I wouldn't look for them to make that mistake again.
All in all, I expect Sony to capitalize on the success they had with the PS2 and use that model for the debut of the PS4. If they can get it developed and ready before their competitors know what hit them, they can once again make themselves the hot new thing thanks to features like the Share button, online streaming and the focus on social activity. While it's easy to be cynical and say Sony can't regain the top spot, I'm excited to see what Sony can do with the new technology that I'm sure is coming across their desks.
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Same features
Well, as we can see, first of all the max resolution of both PS3 and PS4 will be over 1080p, but there is a difference that is the details and...If we are talking about graphics and processors, so why whould we buy a new PS4 if the PS3 offers appromatively the same features(3D gaming).Even the PS3 has got better media than PS4, soo...
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Why so many cry babys????.. EASY.. Buy it Or dont buy it. SIMPPPLEEE.. Cant wait <333
Black ops 2
Why did so many PS3's break Because of blackops2 , Maybe it just pushed it to far with its graphics or maybe they deliberately coded it to break them to sell more PS3's.
I never had a problem with Blackops 2
My PS3 never had a problem with black ops 2, and by the way BO2 was nowhere near over the top graphics. You clearly have not seen good graphics before, COD is the same thing OVER AND OVER AND OVER again with no real progression. Hell a Wii game called Final Fantasy The Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers had far better graphics than any COD game.
Same thing happened to me
The day black ops 2 came out, my ps3 stopped working, and i bought a new one at Fry's Electronics, i had a warrenty and to get a replacment it only cost me 80 bucks and i got assassins creed 3 for free
What for? I mean come on man. If they are still making games for PS3, and those games are also available for PS4, then why bother? If it is about graphic and gpu wise, PS3 again still has absolete potential. I don't see PS4 as the elder brother to PS3, but more like it's twin brother, but on Nike Air shoes, while PS3 is on Nike shoes.
I dont want PS4
I just buy brand new ps3.And now ps4 gonna come.No, just NO.
ps4 just needs to come quick
I bought my ps3 in 2006 and really after 7 years I'm acualy starting to wonder when the ps4 is coming... I believe ps1-3 games will work on the ps4 where as my ps3 didn't want to play crash so all I can do is hope... Really want to be able to play it again... Ps4 hurry up
WTF PS4 come out -__-???
If they still making PS3 games, there are no reasons to make a new PS4
PS4 come out -__-???
If they still making PS3 games, there are no reasons to make a new PS4
For those that don't switch to PS4 immediately.
Not everyone will switch so fast, and they'll still want some support on their current console. Many games will be on both platforms for that reason.
PS4 december 2013
people will buy it, thats a reason.
I was just about to buy the PS3 until I heard on FB that the PS4 was going to come out soon, so now I don't know whether or not to go ahead and buy the PS3 or wait fro the PS4.... I guess I'll just have to hear how much the PS4 is going to cost me.... If I could play PS3 games on the PS4 then I will probably go with the PS4 but we will see.....
Sony Playstation 4
Hi there I have had ps3 for a very long time 80gb did have the first 60gb but it went yellowed on me then after that about 2 months no network so went with Xbox 360 I really don't like Xbox its stile everything after back online with network access ps3 was back like a bullet so to here ps4 and watched the event on website I was pleased with joy on how the console will work but like everyone knows there can only be 1 console you enjoy the most of and mine is ps3 and ps4
I have infinity so my broadband is super fast download it took to download battlefield 3 + premium content about 15gb 1 min I have 160mb sec u can chose once u are with bt they will offer 38mb or 76mb on website once u have 1 of them u can go for any mb sec download I love them he he my email ad is email@example.com ps3 id stephen1baker love the love
ps network price
I love the fact ps network is still going to be free, I wont even buy xbox because you have to pay for xbox live. I think thats stupid we already pay for internet and they make money off of the games and downloads accessories and a lot more there is no need to charge for online play
is the future!
This is the future ladies and gentlemen, many of you are concerned about the price of the new console $ 500 or $ 429 is a great price for all the new features q Sony unveiled the latest console costs A $ 200 to $ 350 for $ 100 or $ 200 more ofcourse it would pay for new and more powerful hardware speed new hd resolution i guess i dont no about you guys but i will take the advantage of this and make a jump to the future, high hardware cost ends so dont cry for Apple and other companies it do the when They came out same with new equipment especially if you have more advanced hardware
Alright, I'll be honest here. While the PS4 may be the most 'amazing console Sony has ever created', many PS3 players will still stick to their console. Judging by the amount of new game exclusives coming to the PS4, will the PS3 still stand a chance? Perhaps. Knowing many gamers though, either the price of the PS4 will be out the roof (perhaps around $200-$400), or maybe cheaper, although probably not.
Game-wise, if the many of the gaming content created for the PS4 cannot be playable to the PS3, that will be posing problems for PS3 lovers. Hopefully Sony is nice enough to have games for the PS4 made for the PS3 to. It'll be a pretty good idea too, considereing that if many old PS3 lovers still stick to their console, Sony will still be able to profit off the PS3 with new content being released for the PS4.
Other than that, I'm pretty sure that Sony will still market off content for the PS3 for a number of years. After all, the console has been out for several years and has been popular with millons of gamers worldwide.
Don't worry u can buy ps4 made in china :P
Tha good and bad news in the same time uz that mean if ps3 game stop from releasing we will force to buy ps4 and that bad people are worry about the price
of the ps4 and it games $_$
I'm sure Microsoft manager got heart attack when he hear the NEWs x_x
I just brought the ps3 now ps4 is coming out?crap !
LET PS3 and ps4 play with each other with the same games NOT EVERYONE CAN BUY A GOD DAMN EXPENSIVE 8k 2k TV AND A PS4 JUST FOR THAT AND I JUST BROUGHT THE PS3 3MONTHS AGO
I have a ?
Will ps3 and ps4 be able to play online with each other
Re: ps3 and ps4
According to the PSN (play station networking) all Sony Devices should be able to contact with each other via the PSN. Just like all IOS devices can connect on itunes or something like that. THerefore, I am pretty convinced that PS3 and PS4 will be able to connect and play with each other. There is one issue though. The Games. If you were playing Battle Field 3 or Black Ops 2, you're not so sure that the game will come out when the ps4 is released. Appareantly, I am using an Xbox 360 slim, Ive researched alot about getting a Sony Playstation because the PSN is free. However I am still concerned how long will I have to wait for new games such as BattleField or Black Ops 2 to be available on ps4, or will they just promote random sh*t like Kinect or Eden? The answer to be confirmed in the future...
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On my opinion ps4 wil b $100-$200 most people in the world r poor and homeless and lost of job(s) this is y it's the great depression 2
im keeping my ps3
wait till '14 or 15. '13 is waaaaaaaay to soon sony.
Sony will not allow ps3 bc and ps3 is not a failure !
Even if Ps4 or Ps Orbis is released it will be the last generation console and then consoles will die because we cant afford new consoles every time,what do you want a Ps 1000 you will not live to see one,so my point is that the Ps3 can give you everything,realistic graphics,3d and even 3d gameplay just like Ps4 will,but they don't want to use 3d in gaming on the Ps3 because they are saving this idea for the Ps4 because Sony is out of ideas for their next and final console so Ps3 can give you everything
you will need in gaming,i don't know about cloud gaming but Ps3 can also do this,so for me Ps3 is not a failure.
What's all this nonsense.
Consoles aren't going anywhere, same as PCs aren't, newer technology comes out all of the time bettering the last generation, we're by no means at a level of internet infrastructure to replace a home based console with a set of servers processing far away from your TV.
PS3's been a success, absolutely, I mean almost 70 millions units sold, very close to the Xbox 360 even though the 360 was released roughly one year prior to PS3's release.
Current gen games consoles are tapped out, they barely do 720p & image quality can be drastically improved.
I don't think I'd call what we have in PS3 (& I've been gaming on mine from the day after it was released, so I'm fully aware of what the system's been capable of) realistic, not compared to what current hardware is capable of (watch tech demos like Star Wars 1313 from this year's E3 or the latest unreal demos, PS3 can in no way produce those level of images).
Nobody knows what things Sony could have developed behind closed doors, so to say Sony's out of ideas, new concepts for newer technologies that improve the gaming experience are being invented all of the time.
We've not have the full HD experience on consoles yet.
Games made with up to date game engines that can't be streamed or run on anything lower than a high end, single GPU gaming PC, with 2012 tech are planned to work with PS4 & Xbox 720.
PS3 has been out for 6 years this month, it's power's been tapped, all developers can do is release the same levels of image quality, stressing the hardware with low 720p (in many cases sub 720p), with little or no antialising & nothing in the way of modern effects.
Things like AI can be much improved, the overall experience can too, with faster frame rates (we're lucky to get 20-30FPS in games that are programmed to the best of a developer like ND's experience).
Putting the best PS3 & Xbox 360 games side by side with full image quality, full 1920x1080 60FPS Crysis 3 on a mid level PC shows how a game that's not even optimized to run on the hardware can far exceed anything on the current HD consoles can do even when those systems are progammed the best way they possibly can be.
Come next E3 the leap the next gen consoles (720/Durango & PS4/Orbis) this will be obvious.
360 & PS3 have run their course, whilst they've been good games machines, they have been exceeded, as will always happen.
Precisely because consoles off a different kind of experience (with 1st party titles), because even if the broadband infrastructure was in place it can always be disrupted with line failures, servers can go down, which would annoy the hell out of gamers dependant on a constant, decent grade connection, physical media still holds it's appeal.
Without powerful enough hardware in the home the latest level games simply work work if the remote servers fail or other unforseen things affect the experience.
While cloud gaming may provide an alternative, we're no where near the point where consoles or PCs will be replaced.
All that will provide is more choice, with people continuing to fall back to their next console, because it will still provide the desired experience.
I agree, 150% with everything you said. We need new consoles as soon as possible, FryCry 3 looks like garbage on the current-gen consoles. I'm starting to want to stay away from games that go for a realistic look on consoles, do to the fact that they look disgusting, with (sub 720p) (no AA) (15-20-30FPS at the most) and ( almost nonstop screen tearing), the list goes on and on.
should be backward compatibility....
Ps4 will be more appealing in the market if it will be backward compatible with ps3 and or much better ps2 games as well.. Sony should consider that with years in gaming industry, millions have already developed library of games, ps1 to ps3..and consoles have been piling up already on media room, need to do something about this... PS4, if backward compatible, will be for sure a great beast that will alarm the competitors.
PS3 to PS4 transiton is fine
i do have to admit right now is ps3s moment to get bigger on the market so it is at its prime i think that the ps4 should come out at 2014 or 15 giving them time to make it as good as they can at a decent price and in all else i am looking forward to the ps4 and i don't mind paying for it if it is just under 500 dollars
ps3 or ps4
sticking with the ps3 it works quite fine and not looking forward to the insane price of the ps4!
What's the price of the ps4
What's the price of the ps4
even if ps4 comes
even if ps4 comes there won't be a huge difference because ps3 is a very good console and the games won't change the resolution but the difference will be in the shape, size, GBs, controller, and other things.
Re: even if PS4 comes
PS3 uses 6-7 year old technology, many PS3 games are in 720p, they have little in the way of effects & frame rates are barely targetted at 30 FPS.
The level of detail in console games for this generation can be drastically improved, PS3 & Xbox 360 don't have any games that look remotely close to even the original Crysis running with the highest PC level textures let alone graphics on the level of maxed out Crysis 3 or other developers most recent game engine demos.
Worst case scenario PS4 has hardware capable of running Samaritan level Unreal Engine 3 graphics at 720p 30FPS with full effects on.
There's no way PS3 or Xbox 360 could handle even the lowest settings of UE4's Elemental demo at 720p, frame rates would slow to a crawl and likely be totally unplayable on those consoles.
Next gen playstation will most definitely, massively improve the image quality of games over current graphics, the same goes for the next Xbox.
Even in a game like Battlefield 3 we have to put up with sub HD native resolutions, very low levels of AA and pretty much no other modern effects, frame rates regularly drop below 30FPS in that game on PS3 & Xbox 360 and it's not even in 720p.
Even a PC with an A10-5800k AMD APU can handle BF3 at 1080p with low settings with around 30FPS, that's a game that's not optimized for that specific hardware (it can't be optimized for specific hardware because of the inherent differences in the components each PC has), PS4 will have something more powerful than that & games will be optimized to run on it, but even a PS4 with the A10-5800k could probably run BF3 on medium to ultra settings at 30FPS, which looks much better than the sub hd, low levels of effects we're currently seeing on our current gen consoles.
1st party games on PS4 will make the likes of Killzone 3, Uncharted 3, The Last of Us and Beyond Two Souls look like PS2 games compared to PS3 games.
Anyone that believes PS4 games won't look a lot better than PS3 ones is clearly ignorant of just what is possible even with cheap PC style parts.
This is bad...
-You know Gaming society is bad if people are just gonna focus on the graphic parts of a machine
-So you´re saying that graphics and Frames Per Second is all that matters to say that a game is good, to my opinion only First-Person games should surpass 30 FPS, there´s no NEED for more with other type of games
(believe me, I have an Intel HD card in my PC and I play games fine at 20-25 FPS)
Ps3 will not go away it will be even more then 10 years cycle !
I love PS3 end of story!
Understanding what a console's lifecycle means.
When a games console maker releases their machine they state how long they think the console will be sold, have games released for & how long they will produce peripherals for the system, essentially that 10 years figure is for how long a company will support their product.
It seems likely PS3 will exceed this timeline, because it's been such a success.
Now the amount of time a console will have before the next generation comes in is an entirely different thing, usually it's based off of the length of the previous console's time being the most powerful machine that company has out, which is 6 years per each new Playstation, which PS3 will have exceeded by next November, by then PS3 will have been out for 7 years, that's about as long as any games console has been on the market before a newer, more advanced machine has come alongside it.
Best thing for people is to understand the new machine isn't replacing the old one, it's just giving consumers the latest tech, software for more choice, but it's not an indicator that the current console will be will be dropped.
People need to chill about this.
If they want to wait then start saving and buy the PS4 2 years or so years after it's been released, you'll probably get it at a reduced price over the release price and likely with a few games for the cost of the machine at release.
Happy Gaming!! :D
10 years+ is realistic.
But people!!! You have to remember that Ps2 lasted a good 2-3 years after the PS3 release. PS3 would probably (assuming PS4 is released in 2013) last till about the 2016-2018 time period.
PS4 isn't going to be coming soon
How many people can actually afford a 4k x 2k resolution television. The majority don't even have 3d tv and even those that do have one don't even have enough to buy a high end version of that. When most people think of ps4's they are also thinking of buying a tv to support that kind of resolution. Plus Sony hasn't made enough money off the ps3 yet and sales aren't that great. Ps4 is probably going to be either really expensive or average in terms in cost but with crap parts. Plus the economy is really bad so to make an upscale version of the ps3 in this kind of economy is going to suck for them. Also, the ps4 is going to probably not have backwards compatibility and some sort of gamertag lock on the game so that only that console or account can play that game. This is going to upset a lot of people. Plus having backwards compatibility is going to be expensive for sony so they won't do that. Also, XBOX720 will most likely be a similar case.
Re: PS4 isn't going to be coming soon.
The resolution thing means nothing, as the user below this comment said PS4 will work on any TV, just like PS3 could work on old CRTs with no HD, Sony won't limit their sales base like that.
3D TVs are quite cheap now, but again it doesn't matter if you don't have one because you'll still be able to play the games, PS4 will just give people more options in that regard.
Sony has sold around 2 million less units of PS3s compared to Xbox 360 and the 360 came out a full year prior to PS3, Sony's done fine, PS3 has been profitable for quite a few years and TBH Sony and MS make their money on software sales, not the hardware at the start of the generation.
PS4 could be released for less than Wii U, with the same specs, even with dual GPUs, using the current AMD A10 rumour, paired with something based around a HD 7850 it would likely meet the required specs to make a decent game, with high levels of IQ at 1920x1080p @ 30FPS, which requires about 10X PS3 performance, this would be on hardware that devs would love to work with, which would be a machine that Sony could easily release for a little loss at around $400, or $50 more than the 32GB Wii U Premium.
Backwards compatibility could easily happen with a PS3 chipset being built into the hardware, just because rumours go on about x86 hardware that doesn't mean Sony can't come up with a solution to, considering that tech is cheap to make now your belief is entirely unsupported by aany shread of proof.
The gamer lock thing is also not supported by any current facts, plus it actually makes no sense, the industry doesn't support this as being factually even likely, same as the always on hardware rumour, because broadband infrastructure has faults and people get power cuts in their homes, it's an entirely unreasonable thing to demand of your customers.
Wii U is about 4 times the PS3 in power, with a funky tablet, yet sales are good, yes Nintendo are making a slight loss, but that's expected, same goes for PS4, Xbox 720 or any other company making games consoles in the forseeable future (reason I say other company is because there are rumours Samsung is interested, along with Apple in getting into the industry with a dedicated console each).
Everything you've posted is only based on a small set of rumours, not the vast majority or any level of knowledge surrounding what a company like Sony pays for their parts that go into the console, compared to how much those things retail for.
The idea that PS4 will have crap parts is also unfounded, many proven technologies from AMD (supposedly being the APU & possibly an additional GPU supplier to Sony), various other suppliers are going into PS4, Sony can make HDDs, Bluray for dirt cheap now, they can get good quality RAM from a company like Samsung or any one of a load of different suppliers, they can make cooling, PSUs & many other things themselves cheaply in-house.
If a company liek Dell can make an Alienware with an i3 & GTX 640 for sale at a mark up of like $300 I think Sony can do better in a dedicated console where they're gonna be selling far more units, make a quality product that will appeal to people.
Finally developers have already stated that they have games that will be ready in time for release before early January 2014, this means November next year is the likely release date for at least one of the next-nextgen consoles to be released, with another company following not long after.
Expect official announcements from both Sony and Microsoft next E3, we've already seen what to expect with developers like Square Enix showing off their Agnis Philosophy tech demo, Epic has UE4, they showed features in 2011 with UE3 & their Samaritan demo, Lucasarts also had Star Wars 1313, which is actually a supposed game in development.
I believe I read that Square Enix said they would have a working title at next E3, which was planned for none PC hardware, which all but states outright next gen consoles are the platform in question.
All of this info is out there on the internet, if you do some actual research.
Check your facts
-This is a good year for PS3 profits. Xbox 360 have been on the declined.
I'm not sure what you mean by 4k x 2k. But it sound like you talking about a stronger HD. Don't buy it then PS4 will work on any TV good or bad so your argument is invalid.
-A few years ago people couldn't afford to buy and HDTV now it becoming rapidity mainstream, schools are getting them, soon every house in America would have one.
3D-TVs time will come but it not gonna sell much in a downed world economy.
-Crap parts? PS3 have better components then xbox. And most of the parts being use in PS4 may be cheaper already anyway (blu-ray, hard disk drive). So far people have mainly guess a $400-$700 price range.
-PS3 slim is an cheaper upscale version of the first PS3... And ps4 is rumored to be 10x more powerful.
-It's clear you're an orginal Xbox player. :) Most of us don't use the term "gamertag", we use "PSN ID". You been caught! Go back to Xbox720 site and never come back.
PS4 will burn our eyes in 4k special tv ps3 long life pls!
i hate ps4 ps3 is so great that i love it ps4 will need special 4k tv inorder to watch ps4 no used games if you want to play a game u need to be online no more single player games no backward compatible while ps3 can be ps2bc i want ps3 to stay for long time and develops games for not 10 year cycle but for more then 10 years ps3 still have not reached his limits !
Absolutely wrong.
No people will not need a 4k TV to play PS4 games.
Basically 4K could end up being an option on the PS4 settings, just like PS3 can have it's settings changed between 480p, 720p, 1080i and 1080p.
This is exactly like a modern PC, modern GPUs allow for games to be rendered at level above 4k in some cases for multi monitor gaming.
Basically you've taken all the rumours, believed them and put your own beliefs in about the whole 4K thing.
No official statements have come from Sony about the capabilities of PS4.
To allow for Backwards Compatibility is not hard, all Sony has to do is include the chip sets from PS3 in the PS4's design.
Even if the core processing technology of PS4 doesn't allow for the PS3's cell based games to be processed that doesn't stop sony from including the RSX and Cell in some form (probably a System on Chip, with the ram, cpu and gpu from PS3 in that design, otherwise just those components in shrunken down form, embedded into PS4's motherboard).
Basically if that tech is included full Backwards compatibility with PS3 games should be a given.
As far as PS3 not reaching it's limit, simply put, it has.
Games like The Last of Us, God Of War 4, Beyond 2 Souls and also the Kara Demo by Quantic Dreams have pushed the limits of the consoles capabilities.
Very few games come at full native 1080p on current gen consoles, because the hardware can't handle that resolution and when that resolution is achieved frame rates suffer, we also see very little in the way AA and AF.
Even cheap hardware, like the rumoured A8-3850 paired in crossfire with the HD 6670 are more capable than PS3 is.
Many games have been released at sub 720p, because the PS3's hardware can't handle more (same goes for Xbox 360).
Wii U will have a modern IBM cell processor and a HD 7770 for it's GPU, it's modern archetecture (relative to what's in current consoles) will be far more powerful than PS3 and Xbox 360.
As a result of the U's newer tech it can handle a game like Assasin's Creed 3 at full 1080p with frames rates of 60FPS and pretty decent levels of AA and other graphical effects on a level that Xbox 360 and PS3 can't hope to achieve.
BTW anyone thinking PS4 and Xbox 720 are going to be expensive needs to think again.
MS and Sony buy parts at a fraction of what they retail for.
An AMD cpu like a 6 core FX 6200 is only £105.99 and a 2GB HD 7770 is £129.99 (capable of 4k and 2k for eyefinity or 1080p with reasonable frame rates and graphical effects).
Sony can probably buy those for half that, considering how much Amazon probably buys them for, Sony and MS will make AMD more of a profit through the bulk selling of consoles.
It's now looking like Sony could release a PS4 for £250 to £300 and release a killer machine, with anywhere from 6+ the power of PS3, now tell me that PS3's limits aren't holding back what game developers can achieve if they have the hardware to use.
As it stands games are modeled at levels that have to be downgraded so that current consoles can handle the code, the chipset from a HD 7770 is the least Sony and Microsoft should be aiming too use in their next gen machines, if they go to 7870 and above we're looking at over 12 times the power of a PS3 in the PS4.
7770 seems the likely candidate for Xbox 720, given the effort MS has gone to to tear down rumours of 6 times the power of 360 for it's next gen.
Rumours for PS4 have put it as now potentially having an APU with the chipset from the HD 7950, downgraded to 1.8 TFlops, then paired with another external chip from the 7970, if that's true then comparing PS4 to PS3 will be like comparing a PS3 to a PS2.
You and others may say "well better graphics are all well and good, but there won't be any other benefits" this line of thinking is bull, as greater power (in CPU for starters) will allow for more intelligent NPCs, faster loading times (newer ram and higher, faster levels of Cache help with that too), a better GPU will allow for bigger environments, more characters on screen, better frame rates (which will make for a more enjoyable experience), seriously anyone that tells me games freezing up on their PS3 or major slow down hasn't effected how much you've enjoyed playing a game is lying.
You may not care if slow down happens once in a while, but when PS3 is pushed to it's limits this is what you can expect and those limits have been pushed almost to breaking point.
Less or zero screen tearing and reduced or completely removed pop up (it still happens in some PS3 games).
A faster Bluray drive means faster loading, which coupled together with the obvious improvements in RAM amounts and better ram tech could actually remove loading times altogether.
A built in SSD alongside a traditional HDD could allow for faster access to the OS, storing of previous game saves, faster saving on the fly.
All of this is without knowing exactly what will be in PS4 tech wise, but baring in mind what SSDs, faster disc drives and standard hard drives, faster and more powerful CPUs, faster motherboards, faster ram all does for a new PC we can get an idea of what benefits PS4 will have over PS3 and judging by how much entry level PC tech costs it seems likely that PS4 could be relatively cheap and not much of a higher cost compaired to PS3's price now, far cheaper than PS3's release price, even with a modern Bluray drive, SSD and everything else.
Might have PS4
PS3 is so much better than the Xbox 360.I had my PS3 for 4 years, I might sell my PS3 for a PS4 if anybody plays it :/
i think itd aready be on the market. so they can get people all hyped up for christmas and stuff, besides... new cod coming out.. ps3 aint dead
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2 Bags of Simply Potatoes Hash Browns
1 bag of chopped onions (frozen)
2 lbs of lean ground pork
2 lbs of lean ground beef
2 T fresh ground peppercorns
2 T fresh ground allspice
We use an electric coffee grinder to grind the spices
You will need at least 15 feet of casings
Stuff into the casings and we tie knots at the ends of the sausage. We bake in the oven in a covered dish with the sausages covered in water for about an hour at 350. My Grandma Wickstrom always said that the pile of potatoes and onions should be the same size as the pile of meat. I let everyone salt their own sausage when served.


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Nicole Harold works at the Western Laboratory, which is one of the four Virginia state labs that work with local law enforcement to process evidences for crimes like rape.
"Any PERK that is submitted to our laboratory we will work," Harold says.
A PERK is also known as a rape kit, which consists of swabs and smears of evidence taken from the victim. A problem that's happened nationwide is some of these kits were used but never tested because of budget cuts.
Here in the commonwealth, forensic labs are seeing a backlog as well. A representative with Virginia's Department of Forensic Science tells us that the commonwealth had 1,000 untested cases, including rape, in 2010. But so far this year, there's a backlog of only 111 sexual assault cases.
Some of the reasons for improvements are more employees and tools.
"In the past four years we switched to new instrumentation to work cases more quickly," Harold says.
Staff at the Western Laboratory have completed analyzing 96 sexual assault cases so far this year; their backlog is 23 cases, which are expected to be assigned quickly.
The average time for a case in backlog is about two to three months; however, certain cases will get tested sooner.
"In terms of sexual assault cases, we prioritize cases involving children," Harold says. "Typically we also prioritize cases involving strangers and higher levels of violence."
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Police said Lynch was found in a vehicle on Silver Street Friday with David Currier, 41, of 471 Silver St., the man she is accused of assaulting and attempting to assault last month.
Bail conditions on the earlier charges barred her from contact with Currier and barred her from returning to the Silver Street address, where she previously lived with him. The resisting-arrest charge alleges she pulled her arm away from the officer arresting her.
Currier was also arrested. He was charged with simple assault, accused of repeatedly punching Lynch, and pleaded innocent to the charge Monday in Circuit Court. He is free on $1,000 personal recognizance bail, with a trial set for April 25.
Lynch, who had been out on $2,000 cash/surety bail, is being held pending a bail-revocation hearing Tuesday morning.
Lynch is scheduled for trial April 4 on the new charges. She faces trial on the earlier charges March 25.
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A man accused of pushing his wife to the floor and grabbing her by the throat, as well as chest-bumping his mother-in-law for getting in his way, pleaded innocent Monday in 9th Circuit Court, Manchester District Division, to three charges of simple assault.
Trial was set May 2 for Admir Selimovic, 23, of 19 Garfield St.
Bail was continued at $500 personal recognizance, with conditions barring contact with the victims and barring him from the Garfield Street address.
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Daniel Mariar, 30, of 1200 Elm St., could enter no plea Monday in 9th Circuit Court, Manchester District Division, to a felony charge of possession of a controlled drug, cocaine, so a probable cause hearing was set for March 14.
Mariar was arrested on the felony and a misdemeanor of possession of a controlled drug, marijuana, after police responded to a request for a check on a person's condition.
Because Mariar had failed to appear in court on an August 2011 drug-possession charge, trial on that charge will be April 4, the same day as trial on the new drug-possession misdemeanor. Bail was set at $5,000 cash/surety.
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A Hooksett man accused of stealing valuable coins from Antiques on Elm, 321 Elm St., then selling them for $55 to Cash for Gold Jan. 22, asked Circuit Court Judge William Lyons for a break on bail.
Stephen Davis, 41, of 1465 Hooksett Road, who is charged with theft by deception and receiving stolen property, said he is now in treatment and wouldn't be able to get enough money for the $3,000 cash/surety bail proposed by the police prosecutor.
The prosecutor said Davis is currently subject to a 72-hour hold in connection with an August 2012 conviction in Hillsborough County Superior Court for which he received a one-to-three-year suspended sentence.
Lyons set bail at $2,000 cash/surety, with conditions barring Davis from contact with the businesses. Trial was set for April 4 on the misdemeanors, at which time a violation of non-inspection will also be addressed.
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I made this dress as an entry for the Tessuti Gridlock competition. The fabric was a requirement for the comp but you could make any garment. I started with BurdaStyle pattern 02/2011 Dress with gathered rectangle skirt and cap sleeves #101. I reduced the gathers, added pockets, changed bust darts to princess seams made singlet straps and keyhole back.
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Very nice variation, I like very much how you changed the shoulders and the back! This pattern is so versatile and every dress based on it looks one of a kind!
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I know I already have another 2 dresses I want to make off this pattern. Its definitely a good one to have in the library.
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I love this dress and the details on the back. Beautiful fabric :)
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MADISON (WKOW) - Henry Vilas Zoo has a new red panda and his name is Lum . He comes to us from the Cincinnati Zoo and joins Sha-Lei, another red panda that's been at our local zoo for the last couple of years.
Zookeepers are hoping the two will mate in the next few months and have cute little babies by Summertime. They say so far, things are headed in that direction.
"They are getting along very well so far," said Zookeeper Jennifer Zuehlke. "Sha-Lei is the boss which is a good thing. Lum is being a very nice gentleman. They had a couple days of play and deciding who was in charge and finding out whose space was whose and now they are very comfortable with each other and have a very relaxed relationship."
There are two other new arrivals to the zoo, but they are still in quarantine: Steve the orange-rumped agouti, a rodent found in the rainforests of Mexico and South America who comes to us from a zoo in Great Bend, Kansas. And the other animal is Hattie, a female Malayan tapir. It's a distant relative of the horse and rhinoceros. Zookeepers say she won't be on exhibit until after Spring when it gets warmer outside.
As for the red pandas, despite how incredibly cute they are zookeepers say they can be dangerous. We got up close, but didn't touch. They've got sharp claws and a strong teeth to eat all that bamboo.
MADISON (WKOW) - The Henry Villas Zoo has three new animals on its grounds: a red panda named Lum, an orange-rumpled Agouti named Steve and a Malayan tapir named Hattie.
Zoo officials have big plans for the red panda. Sabrina Hall shares what they are tonight on 27 News at 5 and 6.
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Response to McNeil Consumer Healthcare concerning Motrin ad
Babywearing International sent the following response concerning the Motrin mom-alogue campaign to McNeil Consumer Healthcare on November 17, 2008:
Kathy Widmer
VP of Marketing - Pain, Pediatrics, GI, Specialty
McNeil Consumer Healthcare
Dear Ms. Widmer:
We are deeply troubled by this campaign for the following reasons:
- It disparages babywearing mothers by portraying them as victims of a painful fashion trend;
- It falsely states that baby carriers "put a ton of strain" on the wearer's back, neck, and shoulders;
- It falsely implies that mothers who wear their babies "cry more" than those who don't;
- It portrays the research-proven benefits of babywearing as rumor or speculation subject to doubt;
- It disparagingly implies that babywearing mothers look "tired and crazy;" and
- It was timed to run during International Babywearing Week, November 12-18, 2008, when nonprofit babywearing groups all over the world are celebrating babywearing, and thousands of volunteers are working to publicize the benefits of babywearing and to encourage the practice of babywearing.
Just as we are working to create community support for this beneficial practice so that no parent will ever again be harassed or ridiculed for babywearing, McNeil is perpetuating an image of babywearing parents as silly people who make irrational choices to be in fashion. Your "mom-alogue" could hardly be more ill-timed, off-base, or damaging to babywearing parents or to parents who have yet to reap the benefits of babywearing.
While we do sincerely appreciate that McNeil Consumer Healthcare is not so crass a corporate citizen as to continue showing the mom-alogue on the Motrin website in the face of the uproar it created on social networking sites and through email, merely discontiuing the campaign is no step toward repairing the damage it has caused and continues to cause.
Babywearing International, Inc., calls upon McNeil Consumer Healthcare to counter the effects of this offensive ad campaign in the following ways:
- Completely discontinue the campaign by not allowing any further publication of it in any media;
- Undertake an equally prominent campaign that portrays babywearing mothers as the savvy parents and consumers they actually are;
- Undertake an equally prominent campaign that explains the proven benefits of babywearing and directly counters the portrayal of babywearing as painful or as a practice that makes babywearing mothers cry;
- Undertake a campaign to educate healthcare providers as well as patients about the research-proven benefits of babywearing. In fact, babywearing makes mothers more confident and results in fewer tears for both mothers and children.
Recognizing that Motrin is a brand that has heretofore been mother-friendly as well as child-friendly, Babywearing International would consider assisting Motrin in partially repairing the recent damage to its image by having Motrin's collaboration in our Medical Outreach Campaign, through which we provide research-based information to medical doctors, counselors, and parents concerning the health benefits of babywearing.
Most sincerely yours,
Susie Spence
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This season has become a disaster for the Carolina Panthers, but you already know that. Wild expectations, paired with poor coaching, bad execution, and abundant injuries has left the organization in its second lame-duck season in three years. It's a matter of 'if' not 'when' Ron Rivera is gone, so the Panthers will attempt another rebuild-- this time with a new general manager, and hopefully some fresh thinking. Yesterday's games shook up the top of the draft order, and now Carolina find themselves within striking distance of the #1 overall pick. How should fans feel about losing now, if it means bigger gains down the line?
Yesterday afternoon two things happened; firstly, the Cleveland Browns took advantage of a Pittsburgh Steelers team relying on Charlie Batch to pick up their third win of the season, while in Jacksonville, the Jaguars took out a Tennessee Titans team lacking an identity, also to pick up their second win. With tonight's game in hand, the Carolina Panthers are in sole possession of the #2 overall pick, relying on Jacksonville's strength of schedule being slightly better to stave them off. A loss to Philadelphia would solidify the #2 spot, making next week's game against the Kansas City Chiefs critical-- a win would guarantee KC picks first, a loss would throw the #1 pick up in the air.
In the NFL no team tanks, so we can put that notion to bed. Suggestions crop up every year, but in a league with coach and player turnover this high, nobody is looking to jeopardize their future for a draft pick.
Should the Panthers win tonight against a beleaguered Eagles team, they fall to 6th. Win again the next? There's a chance Carolina could fall to 13th. Given that they face the Chiefs this is wholly possible, and a little scary. Would a 4-12 season make you feel much better than a 2-14 one? Would two more wins against two bad teams give Cam Newton confidence, justify Ron Rivera as a head coach, or prove that wholesale changes aren't needed inside the organization?
The top-end talent the Panthers have is either aging, injured, or both. There aren't many young stars on this football team, largely due to terrible drafting under Marty Hurney's watch from 2009-2011. Yes, there's Cam Newton-- he's a constant, but when you get past Luke Kuechly, Charles Johnson, Jonathan Stewart, and Greg Olsen there aren't many excellent players on the better side of thirty.
When the Panthers last imploded, Cam Newton was the result. Would you rather have Marcell Dareus right now and a 4-12 record from 2010? I didn't think so. If the difference for the Panthers is finding a future left tackle like Luke Joeckel, or getting a stud defensive tackle like Star Lotuleilei, versus having a few moral victories in exchange for lesser talent, is it really worth it?
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Tonight at the game I, as well as the other well-short-of-first-25,000 fans in attendance, received what was purportedly a John Franco bobblehead. As we unpacked our respective bobbleheads we all seemed to come to the same conclusion: this is not John Franco, but another respectable former Met and current broadcaster. Did the Mets recycle Keith heads onto a Franco body? Was it aliens? You decide.


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KeKe Kahn, of Sarasota, Florida, began her career as a breeder in 1960, when, she says, "I fell in love with the Lhasa Apso." Since then, she has bred 58 AKC champion Lhasas, including six all-breed BIS dogs and many group winners. Her famous bitch Ch. Potala Keke's Yum won back-to-back national specialties.
Mrs. Khan is an all-breed judge who cites group assignments at Westminster and AKC/Eukanuba, as well as top shows in Europe, Australia, and South America, as highlights of her judging career. A member of the American Lhasa Apso Club for most of its 50-year existence, Mrs. Khan has served the organization as president and AKC Delegate. She has judged all over the world and "enjoyed every bit of it."


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British politicians have demanded that the UK government reject current proposals on revised flight duty and rest times from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
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After a long period of strained relations between the UK general aviation community and the country's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the two groups are working together constructively to push for the implementation of recommendations from the strategic and regulatory reviews that they jointly concluded in June.
Users of corporate, business and executive aircraft in the UK are working to understand the implications of proposed new civil aviation rules, especially those governing emissions. The Civil Aviation Bill, published in June, covers the next 30 years' development of air travel in the UK.
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is conducting a strategic review of business and general aviation and how these industries should be regulated. This will be put to the CAA board at its June meeting and, significantly, will be considered before the authority issues its final ruling on controversial changes to safety regulation charges.
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What about the children of older parents from years ago who bought all these 5 cents a week policies and when they died had no idea who the beneficiaries were or if the policies were paid off or cancelled?? All the phone calls especially if the adult child moved out of state to the companies etc. Now that is a job!! That is why I typed up a folder of info for my DD so she will have directions for everything. Hopefully, she will be sad I am gone so I don't want to cause her more grief by not knowing where things are and what to do about documents. Problem is, to this date, I cannot get her to read the pages. She seems to think I am infallable and she has plenty of time to be concerned about such things. So even when "we" try to make it easier on our loved ones, sometimes they end up facing problems no matter what we do.
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A crop of American cockroaches brings in serious cash.
Jerry Grahn has been living in his home along Nebraska Avenue for the past 17 years. He says it's not unusual for his backyard to become a temporary swamp a few times each year.
"The ditch out here floods right away, but my backyard - after a good solid rain - will get 2, 3 inches deep," said Grahn.
Officials with the city of Toledo want to solve problematic storm water drainage near Hill Avenue and Rochelle Road.
A $1.6 million project would expand the capacity of enclosed and open sections of Mayer Ditch to provide surface flooding relief. That proposal is waiting for approval by City Council.
Fred Dinse lives in a home along Rochelle Road, where the ditch runs right in front of his property. He says his street can look more like a river when the storm water runs over.
"It floods back, 2, 3-foot deep. When you drive through the water, it pushes water to the home next door and their cellar floods," explained Dinse.
While Dinse is a bit skeptical about the project being a success, Grahn is hoping the city will achieve its goal of removing properties from the floodplain map.
"I have to pay flood insurance. It changes every couple of years. It's gone up constantly since we've been here," said Grahn.
Funding for the proposal comes from a $500,000 state grant and $1.1 million from the city's storm water utility improvement fund.
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