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Not every problem with Android should be called "fragmentation"
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2. good2great (Posts: 1042; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
oh lord... this is about to be a 500+ commented post...lol
grabs popcorn and reading glasses...
82. ayephoner (Posts: 850; Member since: 09 Jun 2009)
good write up micheal.
but, a rose by any other name.....
86. ZEUS.the.thunder.god (unregistered)
nice read as usual from Micheal but one question. why is not everybody from PA on the same page ?
there is an article by Victor H. which says
"And if we are to trust DigiTimes, Android 5.0 should make fragmentation even worse as the publication expects the new version to arrive as early as May or June. Internally, this is allegedly slowing down phone manufacturers with ICS updates as they try to prepare for 5.0."
111. blazee (Posts: 407; Member since: 02 Jan 2012)
yea it seems like not every writer on this site is on the same page, sometimes not even the same book. Its like the knowledge amongst the writers here is "fragmented" lol
112. blazee (Posts: 407; Member since: 02 Jan 2012)
btw im not trolling, just making a joke. i love reading the articles on this site :)
3. drtech (banned) (Posts: 135; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
I agree that there's some fragmentation on every platform. It is however much much worse on android. For example ios 5 came out in October and was imediately available for all supported iPhones. Ice cream sandwich has been out for months and is only available to a handful of devices. Im typing this on the Galaxy Tab 7.7. Brand new device and yet it's running 3.2.
Also on my ios devices apps are compatible immediately. I downloaded hulu plus to the galaxy tab and it says my device is not supported. Android definetly is a LOT more fragmented tan other platforms.
14. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
I updated the article to respond to this. I didn't make it clear enough the first time around. I don't like the idea of calling app incompatibility "fragmentation" because that insinuates that the fault with the incompatibility lies with Google or the Android platform, which isn't the case. Hulu Plus isn't available on your Galaxy Tab or my Galaxy Nexus because of restrictions placed by the developer, not by faults in the Android system. There is nothing stopping that app from running except the will of the developer.
That is a problem, but it isn't "fragmentation". It's developers building apps with limitations.
15. drtech (banned) (Posts: 135; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
Why do I not have that issue on iOS? The reason can vary, but the user experience is better on iOS.
20. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
Aha, but that's not the argument. I would never claim that Android has a more seamless user experience than iOS, and I hope I haven't unintentionally insinuated that here.
The Android system alone doesn't cause these problems, so it is simply unfair to claim them as "fragmentation" problems. They are problems, but not ones that we need to target Google to fix.
Every problem with the Android platform (of which there are quite a few) can't all be thrown under the blanket of "fragmentation". There are problems with slow updates, but that isn't a fragmentation issue, it's a delay caused by manufacturers and carriers. There are problems with app compatibility, but that isn't fragmentation either, it's a problem with developers.
28. theBankRobber (Posts: 681; Member since: 22 Sep 2011)
Your response has confused him, sorry to say but it happens ALOT when fan boys on both sides argue.
80. speckledapple (Posts: 892; Member since: 29 Sep 2011)
I think this is about the clearest explanation there can be about the issues. Our systems are based on factors that are often out of control. With Apple, the benefit for them is that they control every aspect of their ecosystem. Thus, it is easier for them to update or release something and have it supported across many devices.
However, manufacturers with their embelishments cause slow updates to their devices because they want to be different. Carriers cause slow updates because it must be optimized for their network. Google, as they are, are does not control everything and that hurts their situation. Either way, Android is a great OS but it needs all the players in it to just stop messing with it.
84. hepresearch (unregistered)
I see your point; however, if Google was to strongly take Android in hand and control it completely, like Apple does with iOS, they would no longer be providing an open-source ecosystem. Android would become just another walled-garden OS, and would no longer be as advertised. The day that Google turns to total control will be the day that Android becomes another iOS or BlackBerry.
Now, some may argue that no one really cares to have open-source any more (I hear that arguement a lot from people I know well), because no one who isn't a total nerdy/geeky techie truly bothers to develop or tweak any more... as one friend put it, "... the real tech-savvy people go to the iPhone because we are cool and have class, and because we can show our tech-savvy by choosing the best of the best, while the hopeless nerds will still cling to their custom Android garbage...", but I believe there are still folks out there who seek to be free to change things to suit them.
If I was a triangular peg, and some kid tried to squeeze me through the square hole, I would be fairly upset... it is true that iOS may be a good fit for a lot of people, but it can't be the best fit for everyone on earth. The nice thing about Android is that it can still be edited to suit a wider array of tastes and requirements than any other platform currently can, and as long as Google doesn't tighten their grip on it too much, it may remain that way... otherwise, Android will just be another pre-shaped hole in a childrens' toy to figure out how to fit the wrong pegs through...
If Google had to give up the open-source portion of Android, and control it much more strictly as many here have said they would like to see, then Android would lose its primary distinction from iOS, and would lose the ability to compete properly... in a choice between two walled-garden ecosystems, I fear that it will be the best overall performer who wins, and in the short-term that would likely end up being iOS. It could still be argued that Android would make itself into a different "shaped-hole" than iOS, but iOS is already optimized to be a good fit for the majority of people ("pegs") who have already looked for a closed-system approach. After all, this is why BlackBerry is already on its way out... it is a walled-garden system being outperformed by a newer, flashier, more universally acceptable walled-garden system in iOS.
What many people here are trying to pass off as "fragmentation" is actually Android's best property... iOS may be the clear winner in terms of stability, uniformity, consistency, and smoothness, but as long as Android continues on the path that it is on now, it will remain the clear winner in terms of customizability and near-universal acceptability. Out-of-the-box, iOS is what Apple makes it to be, but Android is whatever you can make it to be once you get it out of the box.
41. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
ive seen plenty of app crashes on friend's iphones. dont pretend that its immune to simple programing errors.
Being immediately availible for download, and being on every device are 2 different things. When iOS is updated, it has to wait for every last user to hear about the update, and then go do it.. for every update. then you have all the minor updates in between. Thus you have users running every version of iOS all over the boards, at any time, since most dont pay attention to updates.
When google releases an update, it may take more time for a manufacturer to suite it to their needs, then pass carrier inspection, but when its released, its auto downloaded on thousands/millions of phones and the update is done.. without the individual needing to do or know anything. Thus android gets updated FASTER on the long haul.
When the HTC Amaze has an update availibe, every HTC Amaze gets it immediately (not counting staggered roll outs which only increase it by a few days). When the i4 has an update, the user must first find out about it, then go find his computer with itunes, and download it and be proactive.
44. bonsly16 (Posts: 68; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
I would just like to simply point out that iOS devices with 5+ can receive OTA updates. I believe that many people must've updated their iPhone 4 by now and iPhone 4s are already updated.
47. drtech (banned) (Posts: 135; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
Thank you remix's rant was pointless since iOS 5 has OTA updates. Also remix I never said anything about apps crashing. I said I cant even use the app at all
57. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
if an app is not compatible with your android version or phone, it doesnt even show up in the marketplace. try again.
Yes, iOS5 has OTA updates. Considering only i4s gets full iOS5, and every other version of the iphone that IS ALLOWED to have iOS5, only gets a partial OS update, then only i4s's have the full iOS5.. which in itself is REAL fragmentation.
And no, I bet its still less than 35-40% of all iOS users have iOS5, because unless they bought a new i4s, they had to know about the update and then go about downloading it themselves. And yes, the "rant" is still completely viable because not every iphone has iOS5, now does it.. so the problem is nowhere near solved.
I swear, you ifanatics think just because apple released it, the whole ecosystem magically updates at once. It doesnt.. never has and it wont for a long long time to come. Apple is still selling tons of 3GS and i4 models because of how cheap they are. So until all iphone models get full iOS5, fragmentation is going to get WORSE not better.
And if your going to call one or the other fragmentation, i would say that sending out full updates to 1 device and partial updates to another is real fragmentation, since no matter what, you will NEVER have the full OS.
Android may have devices on different versions, but when they get the update, they get the full thing, not some half baked update just to say they got it, like iOS does.
75. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
actually i think you are quite wrong about the updates… contrary to popular belief, ios users are not retards and can actually sign in to itunes for an update, or just go OTA…
this link shows how after just 5 days of being released, ios 5 was on a third of all iphones…
Edit: i can't get the links to work for gosh knows why… it puts some weird numbers in there that i delete but they always reappear… but u could either trust me or google it.. haha
this one showws how even back in january, 66 percent of iphones were on the newest os 5.0.1… this data comes from bump, which is an older app, therefor showing a accurate update number rather than inundation of new devices number
72. viper5208 (Posts: 3; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
This definitely is not true. My samsung captivate needs to connect to kies in order to get 2.3. Which is complete b.s. because I can not get the right version of kies because my personal computer is a mac book pro. So basically I am stuck at 2.2 because I use a mac. So your argument that all android devices get updated automatically once it is released is simply not true either.
129. CM_Punk (banned) (Posts: 173; Member since: 13 Mar 2012)
Everything is better on iOS.
53. nnaatthhaannx2 (Posts: 820; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
I believe you wrote this based on your reply to cellphonator on the jelly bean article.
Am I right?
55. Penny (Posts: 1648; Member since: 04 Feb 2011)
@ Michael
Honestly, the biggest factor for fragmentation in the Android platform stems from Android's strategy of being open source. Allowing multiple manufacturers to customize the OS to their specific hardware often creates incompatibilities between different devices of the same platform. I'm not saying that this is a bad strategy, but that this is the strategy chosen by Google/Android and therefore a significant portion of the blame lies with them.
I would put less blame on the developers who have to use their often limited resources to reach as many people as possible. Developing for just one Android version would be an ideal situation for a developer, but that is not the case. He would have to develop for multiple iterations of Android to reach the entire Android base, and that may be less efficient of a strategy than to just develop for the most popular version of Android and then develop for other platforms.
I think one would be headed in the wrong direction to argue that any developer would voluntarily introduce code that eliminate a portion of his/her potential user base. If anything, they would only be doing so because they had to do it to make the app work on the version of the OS they were prioritizing.
60. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5711; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
yeah, Hulu has really been slacking off. look at Netflix. you can get it on any Android device. the Hulu devs really have no excuse for this.
92. hepresearch (unregistered)
Perhaps Hulu has already met its current brain-sucking needs... they need to hire more employees before they can start sucking more brains...
120. c.hack (Posts: 609; Member since: 09 Dec 2009)
I think the lack of updates or major delays is not entirely a fragmentation problem. While it is true that the manufacturers place their own bloatware on their phones and tablets, the reason why we don't get updates is a combination of poor support from android phone manufacturers, and their desire to make their phones unique (the fragmentation part).
This would not be a big deal if they would allow us to install the latest version for android when it comes out - unless its a Nexus they don't.
Even worse are the manufacturers that lock the bootloaders so we cannot install our own ROMs (I'm talking about you Motorola).
I have the worst example, a Droid DX2. Motorola loaded its crap motoblur on it - fragmentation. Then decided it would never provide the ICS update even though the phoe is less than a year old (poor support + fragmentation) and locked the bootloader (just plain poor)
The end result is that we pay iPhone prices for phones that are poorly supported and so locked down we cannot even update them. "Open" android is a myth.
That's why I switched to an iPhone. In many ways its more open then my DX2 will ever be. Especially if you consider it can e jailbroken.
4. Toad222 (Posts: 9; Member since: 03 Mar 2012)
Every one who dislikes android because of fragmentation or has an apple product should read this article. That shows them right heh.
5. PAPINYC (banned) (Posts: 2315; Member since: 30 Jul 2011)
'There isn't one singular iOS device. In fact, there are now 3 different iPads, 4 different versions of iPod Touch, 5 different iPhones, and 3 versions of Apple TV, which run a modified version of iOS. For clarity, we'll just be counting the mobile devices, which means 12 total variants of iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.
This means the iOS ecosystem is filled with multiple screen resolutions, screen sizes and internal hardware. And, the ecosystem is also filled with multiple software versions.'....
And, they all run on iFragmented WiFi !!!
121. c.hack (Posts: 609; Member since: 09 Dec 2009)
And yet all the iPhones and iPads made in the past 2 years got every single iOS update on the day it was released. That's better support than any Android phone.
The iOS fragmentation was planned to maximize app compatibility and developer support.
The android fragmentation was planned to maximize manufacturer and carrier profits with no concern about support for the customers. If you doubt that just call Google's customer support. lol
6. RazaAsad (Posts: 100; Member since: 24 Nov 2011)
@ Michael H: Very well written.
7. drtech (banned) (Posts: 135; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
Michael you can barely contain your fanboyism you really belong in the comments and not writing articles.
8. good2great (Posts: 1042; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
yeah he sounded a little like Andro or Remix for a second...lol
i felt a lil anger coming from him...haha
10. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
Hah! Where were you last week when I was getting called an Apple fanboy?
12. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5711; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
you always seem to be called either an Apple Fanboy or a Android Fanboy so i guess that would mean you've found the line to walk in between the two on...like having an unbiased attitude! whoa! there's a major plot twist for everybody. xD
13. drtech (banned) (Posts: 135; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
I'm going to go on a limb and say you're an android user. I'm sorry, but everything from the title to the wording of this article screams fanboy.
16. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
I am an Android user, but defending Android doesn't make someone a fanboy. I defended Apple a couple times last week, too.
The wording was stronger, because I simply don't like hypocrisy, and it got me a little riled up. Those who call out Android fragmentation never bother to mention the same issues on other platforms, and the arguments used to deride Android are not really "fragmentation" issues. It can get maddening, especially when you work in something of an echo chamber like PhoneArena.
As I teased at the end of the piece, I will be giving time to the real issue of Android fragmentation in my next piece.
24. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)
another top article,was a great read.anyone that things you are a fanboy has clearly not read any of your previous article...keep them coming :)
side not agree with nearly everything you have said.personally have never had any issues of ''fragmentation'' on my s2 i9100..i think it all depends on the device you choose which will dictate your experience.if you buy a cheap unpopular phone you are unlikely to get the same experience as a popular expensive phone although am sure google would love the experience to be the same but just dont think thats possible until the time comes when dual core is considered low end.
40. drtech (banned) (Posts: 135; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
Taz I have a brand new Galaxy Tab 7.7, just released this month. It's $499 on a 2 yr contract. I'm experiencing fragmentation. I have honeycomb 3.2 and have incompatible apps.
46. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)
tab 7.7 really dont know why its been released with honeycomb at all..samsung just f**k*d up here. i think any top tier model that is released this year should have ics minimum and the tab 7.7 is 100% a top tier device which has the buggy honeycomb. when you do get ics you will love this device,ics makes a huge difference on tablet...on the phone i dont think ics is as important as it is on the tablet.
48. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
How exactly are you "experiencing fragmentation"? Is it something you see? Although I'm running 2.3, I don't experience any fragmentation. I'm just enjoying a little Gingerbread.
51. drtech (banned) (Posts: 135; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
ICS was released in December. I have a tablet released in March that can't take advantage of the new software.
70. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
Many with the 3GS would they are able to take advantage of the iOS 5.0 that slowing down their devices too, but I wouldn't call that experiencing fragmentation. That's just not having the latest update.
39. DigitalJedi_X2 (banned) (Posts: 346; Member since: 30 Jan 2012)
This is, hands down, the absolute best, unbiased article I have ever read on iPhonearena. Normally you guys are VERY pro Apple here(Victor H IMMEDIATELY comes to mind). Bravo Michael! I commend you!
Now as for drtech... You should really change your name to driOS because you are by far, the biggest iFanboy here next to Victor H and themiz. Why is that Android can be called fragmented but not iOS? This isn't the first time that iOS has been called on it's fragmentation. I forgot who it was, but someone here in the comment threads pointed out how fragmented iOS is. And of course, all of the Apple fanboy's like yourself cried foul. If you can't see how Apple is just as fragmented as everything else, then that reality distortion field is working on you overtime.
42. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
im really starting to think its Taco50's latest user name. Im just waiting for his normal vile responces to come out, he can never hide it for long.
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89. hepresearch (unregistered)
Sorry folks, my computer is slightly on the fritz...
I had commented with a few paragraphs of stuff, but then went back to edit it a little, and next thing I know I get a cross-scripting warning and my browser crashes. I come back here to try again, and discover that my post got wiped out and replaced by "Loading..."
I tried to explain, but my next comment also got wiped out and replaced by "Loading..."
I hope this one sticks. I can't take the time to re-write my original post, and probably couldn't remember enough of it to do it right anyway. I'm just letting you all know why there are two comments from me that only say "Loading..."
My browser is about to crash again. Gotta go!
69. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
he had his eyes closed :P
9. 9_HeLLs_oF_DrOid (Posts: 127; Member since: 02 Jan 2012)
Believe me or not, a week back I was arguing with my friend (Apple lover) on how his beloved Apple coined the term "frangmentation" for Android as they saw some potential threats from it. I used a similar argument how Apple is also "fragmented" (even if it less but still), but y'know, despite all my efforts to make him realise what I was I saying, I had to lose and call it quits!
11. plgladio (Posts: 314; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
Great write up Michael, I've one doubt. Basic iPhone 3GS is running iOS 5 isn't? So what you mean "As we made clear before, the availability of an update does not ensure an updated device. If it did, 100% of iPhone 3Gs, 4, 4S, iPad, iPad 2, and new iPad devices would be running iOS 5, and that simply isn't the case."
17. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
A new iPhone 3Gs that you buy will come preloaded with iOS 5, but I'm talking about the ones that didn't ship with iOS 5 and require a manual update by the user.
18. plgladio (Posts: 314; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
I agree, because we would have purchased before the release. What about that.
21. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
I'm afraid I don't understand your question.
26. plgladio (Posts: 314; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
Do you mean to say, if updates are fragmentated then all Apple should be running their latest update, just like that rather than a manual update?
30. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
I'm saying that fragmentation is not caused by devices not being updated. Apple devices are updated manually by the user, and not everyone updates, so not all Apple devices run the same version of iOS. Just because the update problem with Android is a delay by manufacturers doesn't make it a fragmentation problem.
34. plgladio (Posts: 314; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
68. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Having the iPhone 3GS ship with iOS 5 is actually an issue because the damn thing is laggy and slow out of the box.
19. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Too bad that majority of tech will keep embracing the terms without second thought..I wish this article reaches farther than PA audience.
Just one thing, Michael..xperia s, one x, galaxy nexus are very different hardware.
Even if they all run stock ICS, you would still have some clear choices to make.
If you want an example of basically the same product across the platform, it's windows phone - those phones all have the same UI with minimum customization available, same screen resolution, even the same processor(Qualcomm s2 8255 variants)
23. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
They aren't all that different hardware wise. They all have 720p screens with high quality cameras, large internal storage, etc. The only major differences are in the processors; and benchmark differences aside, real world differences in performance between those devices will be fairly limited. The real difference will be in UI.
22. ngo2dd (Posts: 896; Member since: 08 Jul 2011)
I agree but android has many more variants in hardware. The other main complaint is that not all of the android will be updated. That is the main complaint of the fragment. If I buy a phone a year ago, will I even get it updated?
25. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
That's why Google added the update clause to the Open Handset Alliance. Any device released after May of last year is required to be updated to the newest version or else the manufacturer won't get access to Google Apps or the Play Store.
Besides, that's what I was saying: not all iPhones can be updated to the newest version either. It's not a sign of fragmentation, but a sign of an evolving platform with old hardware that needs to be left behind.


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MORGANTOWN - Dana Holgorsen already knows what he has in quarterback Clint Trickett.
That's why the West Virginia coach named the redshirt senior the Mountaineers' starter despite Trickett missing all offseason practices while he recovered from a sprained AC joint and torn labrum.
But who is the No. 2 quarterback?
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West Virginia true freshman quarterback William Crest Jr. throws during preseason practice.
Trickett could be described as fragile after all, considering he is one of the smaller guys on the team, weighing in at 175 pounds.
Much like last season, if a blitzing linebacker gets a solid hit on him, he could, at the very least, reinjure his shoulder.
Of course, Paul Millard returns for his senior season and would be the easy choice to backup Trickett.
He's been in Holgorsen's system for three years now, and there's no doubt he understands the Xs and Os. There have been times during games, however, where he looks shaky and his confidence has been called into question. (Does anyone else remember the tongue-lashing he got from Holgorsen during the second half of the Oklahoma game FOX caught on its sky camera?)
Junior College transfer Skyler Howard and Fairmont State transfer Logan Moore are also listed on the depth chart, but there is another option.
William Crest Jr.
While he is a true freshman, he brings intangibles to the table the other quarterbacks simply do not posess.
First is his size.
At 6-foot-2, 210 pounds, he is by far the biggest signalcaller on this Mountaineers squad.
He also has excellent arm strength and the speed to make him a dual threat.
''He's big, he's fast, he's strong, and he's got a good arm,'' Holgorsen said. ''There's a reason we recruited him for three years.''
Holgorsen has noted numerous times Crest Jr. and cornerback Dravon Henry are the two true freshman West Virginia are likely not to redshirt this season.
''William goes in there at some points and just doesn't know what he's doing, and it still looks good,'' Holgorsen said. ''The biggest challenge with William is that his expectations of himself are extremely high, and he's extremely competitive. He wants to please, he wants to learn, and he wants to do good. It just doesn't look good at times. It takes time to be able to understand. He's ahead of the curve as a freshman quarterback.''
Still, Holgorsen's system is tough to master.
Trickett said he is just now getting comfortable with it, and he's been in it for an entire year.
With Millard being in it for three years, he holds the advantage over Crest Jr.
But there is another option for the true freshman.
Actually, it is the option.
While Holgorsen has never used a read option or wildcat package before, he could now.
''(Trickett) just has to be smart with (the ball),'' Holgorsen said about using a read option. ''Our quarterback depth, as odd as it sounds, is much better than it has been in the past.''
Instead of Trickett being the one to pull the trigger, how about Crest Jr.?
The Baltimore native did run for 672 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior at Dunbar High.
Holgorsen, however, noted he's not very keen on pulling a starting quarterback during the middle of a drive to put in another to run the option.
''I think it can disrupt your flow,'' he said. ''I think if there is one clear cut main guy - at this point Clint is the main guy - then there is a comfort level that he has that I'm excited about. There is also a comfort level that his teammates have with him, which is good. Pulling him off the field will not be the appropriate thing to do at this time.''
The key words there may be "at this time."
Sure it might be asking too much of Crest Jr. to run out on the field against Alabama during the first game of the season and run a handful of plays he's not 100 percent comfortable with.
What about later on in the season, though?
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Increasingly, the frontiers of materials research include materials that are "strongly correlated," characterized by strong coupling between a material's electrons with other electrons, magnetism, or the material lattice itself. This coupling often results in novel behavior, such as superconductivity, that may lead to technologically important applications.
Another topic that has recently taken on greater importance is nanoscience: the science of matter at dimensions between approximately 1 and 100 nanometers, where unique phenomena enable novel applications. The ability to image, measure, model, and manipulate matter at the nanoscale is leading to new technologies that will impact virtually every sector of our economy and our daily lives.
Much ALS research also focuses on certain subcategories of condensed materials, including magnetic materials, polymers, semiconductors, and water.
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Correlated Materials, Nanostructures, Magnetism, Polymers, Semiconductors, High Pressure, Water, Advanced Materials
3D Charge Order Found in Superconductor
A New Universal Parameter for Superconductivity
Phonon Polariton Behavior in 2D Materials
Weyl Fermions Discovered After 85 Years
Twist Solves Bilayer Graphene Mystery
Flipping Photoelectron Spins in Topological Insulators
Studies Bolster Promise of Topological Insulators
Two Phase Transitions Make a High-Temperature Superconductor
Superconducting Topological Insulators
ALS Reveals New State of Matter
First Observation of Plasmarons in Graphene
Electron Correlation in Iron-Based Superconductors
Towards Heavy Fermions in Europium Intermetallic Compounds
Observation of a Macroscopically Quantum-Entangled Insulator
Dirac Charge Dynamcs in Graphene by Infrared Spectroscopy
Polaron Coherence Condensation in Layered Colossal Resistive Manganites
Slow Dynamics of Orbital Domains in Manganite
Surprising Quasiparticle Interactions in Graphene
First Direct Evidence of Dirac Fermions in Graphite
Nature and Origin of the Cuprate Pseudogap
Beyond the Lone-Pair Model for Structurally Distorted Metal Oxides
Electron-State Hybridization in Heavy-Fermion Systems
First Direct Observation of Spinons and Holons
Pseudogaps, Polarons, and the Mystery of High-Tc Superconductivity
Tuning of the Metal–Insulator Transition via Alkali Adsorption
Femtosecond NEXAFS of Photoinduced Insulator-Metal Transition in VO2
Photoexcitation of a Volume Plasmon in Buckyballs
Influence of Topological Spin Fluctuations on Charge Transport
ARPES Provides Direct Evidence of Spin-Wave Coupling
A New Gap-Opening Mechanism in a Triple-Band Metal
Extracting the Eliashberg Function
Polaron Behavior in CMR Manganites
SINS Reveals Dopant Effects in Plasmonic Materials
Watching a Liquid-Crystal Helix Unwind
Peptoid Nanosheets Offer a Diversity of Functionalities
Ultrafast Transformations in Superionic Nanocrystals
Shedding Light on Nanocrystal Defects
Guided Self-Assembly of Gold Thin Films
Borrowing from Nature to Produce Highly Structured Biomimetic Materials
Resonant Soft X-Ray Scattering of Tri-Block Copolymers
A New Light on Disordered Ensembles
Probing Strain-Induced Changes in Electronic Structure with XMCD
The Surprising Appearance of Nanotubular Fullerene D5h(1)-C90
Platinum Nanoclusters Out-Perform Single Crystals
Structure of All-Polymer Solar Cells Impedes Efficiency
Compositional Variation Within Hybrid Nanostructures
Mechanical Behavior of Indium Nanostructures
A New Route to Nano Self-Assembly
Hybrid Rotaxanes: Interlocked Structures for Quantum Computing?
Self-Assembly of Polymer Nano-Elements on Sapphire
Reaction-Driven Restructuring of Bimetallic Nanoparticle Catalysts
Nanoscale Chemical Imaging of a Working Catalyst
Solving the Unsovlable: The Nanostructure of Gold at 1.1 Å Resolution
Electronic Structure of Cobalt Nanocrystals Suspended in Liquid
Formation of Metallic Copper Nanoparticles at the Soil-Root Interface
Diamondoid Monolayers as Monochromatic Electron Source
Mapping the Nanoscale Landscape
Hydrogen Storage in Carbon Nanotubes Through Formation of C-H Bonds
Vacancy-Induced Nanoscale Wire Structure in Gallium Selenide Layers
Photoexcitation of a Volume Plasmon in Buckyballs
Signal Speed in Nanomagnetic Logic Chains
Skyrmion Behavior Revealed by Two X-Ray Studies
New Research on Jamming Behavior Expands Understanding
Reversing the Circulation of Magnetic Vortices
Not All Nanodisk Magnetic Vortices Are Created Equally
Hidden Rotational Symmetries in Magnetic Domain Patterns
Lensless Imaging of Magnetic Nanostructures
Direct Imaging of Antiferromagnetic Vortex States
Large Magnetization at Carbon Surfaces
Probing Strain-Induced Changes in Electronic Structure with XMCD
X-Ray Imaging of the Dynamic Magnetic Vortex Core Deformation
Harnessing the Bacterial Power of Nanomagnets
Stochastic Domain-Wall Depinning in Magnetic Nanowires
Influence of Domain Wall Pinning on the Dynamic Behavior of Magnetic Vortices
Electric Field Control of Local Ferromagnetism with a Magnetoelectric Multiferroic
X-Ray Imaging Current-Driven Magnetic Domain-Wall Motion in Nanowires
Unexpected Angular Dependence of X-Ray Magnetic Linear Dichroism
First Proof of Ferromagnetic Carbon
Magnetic Vortex Core Reversal by Low-Field Excitations
Electronic Structure and Magnetism in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors
Parallel and Antiparallel Interfacial Coupling in AF-FM Bilayers
Depth Profile of Uncompensated Spins in an Exchange-Bias System
Disorder-Induced Microscopic Magnetic Memory
Direct Imaging of Asymmetric Magnetization Reversal
Peptoid Nanosheets Offer a Diversity of Functionalities
Polarized X-Rays Reveal Molecular Alignment in Printed Electronics
Resonant Soft X-Ray Scattering of Tri-Block Copolymers
A Better Anode Design to Improve Lithium-Ion Batteries
Structure of All-Polymer Solar Cells Impedes Efficiency
Biomimetic Dye Molecules for Solar Cells
A New Route to Nano Self-Assembly
Proton Channel Orientation in Block-Copolymer Electrolyte Membranes
Self-Assembly of Polymer Nano-Elements on Sapphire
Mapping the Nanoscale Landscape
Probing Organic Transistors with Infrared Beams
First Direct Imaging of Swollen Microgel Particles
Twist Solves Bilayer Graphene Mystery
A Spintronic Semiconductor with Selectable Charge Carriers
Two Electron Holes in Hematite Facilitate Water Splitting
A New Route to Nanoscale Conducting Channels in Insulating Oxides
Bilayer Graphene Gets a Bandgap
Looking at Transistor Gate Oxide Formation in Real Time
Substrate-Induced Band-Gap Opening in Epitaxial Graphene
Controlling Graphene's Electronic Structure
Electronic Structure and Magnetism in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors
Probing Organic Transistors with Infrared Beams
Engineering Metal Impurities in Multicrystalline Silicon Solar Cells
High-Pressure MOF Research Yields Structural Insights
Mineral Deformation at Earth's Core–Mantle Boundary
Two Novel Ultra-Incompressible Materials
The Iron Spin Transition in the Earth's Lower Mantle
Molecular Structure of Water at Gold Electrodes Revealed
ALS Capabilities Reveal How Like Can Attract Like
Isotope and Temperature Effects in Liquid Water Probed by Soft X Rays
Ultrafast Core-Hole Induced Dynamics in Water
Energetics of Hydrogen Bond Network Rearrangements in Liquid Water
The Molecular Ingenuity of a Unique Fish Scale
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The Buckhannon-Upshur girls will enter next weekend's state track meet in position to capture their third title in the past four years.
Emily Godwin and Lauren Cvechko are two of the premier track athletes in the state, and the Bucs' shuttle hurdle relay squad is the favorite going into the two-day event.
But what could be the difference in finishing first or runner-up in Charleston for B-U is points in a couple of events sometimes overlooked.
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Buckhannon-Upshur's Mercedes Dowell, left, and Mackenzie Leigh are two of the top discus and shot put performers in the state. The duo look to help lead the Bucs to a Class AAA title at next weekend's state meet in Charleston.
Mackenzie Leigh and Mercedes Dowell have topped the runwv.com power top performance list all spring in the discus and shot put. Leigh's efforts in the shot put (41-09) and discus (137-08) are the best in the state, while Dowell is second in the shot put (38-04) and fourth in the discus (118-00).
"I guess you could say we're the secret weapons," said Leigh, who was the regional champion in both events. "We just want to do what we can to help the team win.
"We don't get a lot of publicity or see ourselves in the newspaper much, but we do our part."
The duo are doing just that, as Leigh and Dowell have finished one-two in nearly all of B-U's meets this year.
"We like to push one another to do well," Dowell said. "Megan (Wilfong) also does the same with us. We try to work together as a unit and want to see each other be successful."
Wilfong is among the top 10 in the state in the discus as well.
For Dowell, the upcoming state meet will signal the end of her prep career. She will take her talents to Marshall next year.
"We want to win a (team) title," she said. "As a senior, there's a little pressure since we fell short last year."
After winning state titles in 2010 and 2011, B-U finished runner-up to Morgantown in last year's state meet by just 10 points. The Mohigans once again stand in the way next week.
"We didn't get a chance to face (Morgantown) during the season," Dowell said. "So we're looking forward to the challenge."
Leigh, a junior, was runner-up in the shot put and fourth in the discus last year at the state meet, while Dowell finished second in the discus. She has finished in the top 10 in both events since she was a freshman.
"I'm hoping to throw well at states," Leigh said. "I didn't have a very good day (in regionals). I try to get a PR (personal record) on every throw and distance myself from the competition early."
The state meet will be held next Friday and Saturday at Charleston's Laidley Field.


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Kristen Stewart is once again saying she's sorry.
A few months after publicly expressing regret over cheating on boyfriend Robert Pattinson with her Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders, the actress has some words for everybody else.
"I apologize to everyone for making them so angry," the typically press-shy On the Road star, 22, tells Newsweek. "It was not my intention."
Stewart, who has been the subject of both vitriolic criticism and tremendous support from fans, adds, "It's not a terrible thing if you're either loved or hated."
But at the end of the day, the former Twilight star is primarily focused on her craft.
"I don't care [about people's opinions]," she explains. "It doesn't keep me from doing my s–––."
Addressing her most famous role, that of Bella Swan in the Twilight franchise, she says, "The only relief when it comes to Twilight is that the story is done ... I start every project to finish the mother––, and to extend that [mentality] over a five-year period adapting all of these treasured moments over four books, it was constantly worrying."
As for always being know to a generation of moviegoers as Bella, she says, "As long as people's perspective of me doesn't keep me from doing what I want to do, it doesn't matter."
Kristen Stewart Apologizes for Making Everyone 'So Angry'
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Jazz Ensemble & Jazz WorkshopMike Tomaro & Jeff Bush, directors.01/16/2014Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Pappert Center for Performance and Innovationwebsite
Culture Club: These Aren't Your Kids' Puppets!Pittsburgh-based puppeteer Tom Sarver, who participated in Polish artist Paulina Olowska's puppetry performance Museum Piece (For Margo Lovelace) for the opening of the 2013 Carnegie International, leads a fun-filled evening of puppetry for adults. Join Tom and original cast members for a reprise of Museum Piece and preview Tom's brand new performance with fellow puppeteer Mike Cuccaro. Chat about puppets or create of your own with events throughout the evening.01/16/2014Time: 5:30 - 9:00 pm4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Haydn & Zarathustra Christoph Koenig conducts Haydn's Symphony #22 "The Philosopher", thought to be nicknamed for a musical "question and answer" in the first movement. Richard Danielpour pays tribute to the plight of the Iranian people in Darkness in the Ancient Valley, a PSO and Nashville Symphony co-commission featuring soprano Hila Plitmann. Richard Strauss' powerful Also sprach Zarathustra, inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's book, was notably featured in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.01/17/2014 - 01/19/201401/17 - 8:00 pm01/19 - 2:30 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Music from Brazil, Chile and SpainWorks by Villa-Lobos, De Falla and Becerra performed by Nanette Solomon, piano; Thomas Godfrey, flute; Lilly Abreu, soprano; and Paula Tuttle , cello01/17/2014Time: 4:00 pmLaughlin Music Center, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Cincopation Woodwind QuintetWorks by Debussy, Holst, Grieg, Milhaud and Rota. Pre-concert reception at 7:00 pm.01/17/2014Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Unitarian Universalist Church of the South Hills, 1240 Washington Rd, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
New Esterhazy Quartet - A Flight of FuguesFrom its earliest origins in canon and ricercar, the fugue has challenged composers as a showcase for technical and expressive brilliance within the confines of a highly formalized structure. In this 150-year fugue sampler, New Esterhazy Quartet presents a tasting of the genre from novel to notorious, highlighting vintages of Purcell, Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn.01/17/2014Time: 8:00 pmSynod Hall, 125 N. Craig St, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Behind the Notes - Also Sprach ZarathustraChristoph Koenig presents a detailed inside look at Richard Strauss' powerful tone poem Also Sprach Zarathustra, inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's book. Koenig will uncover the musical secrets to each of the seven "chapters" of this towering masterpiece. It begins with a musical "sunrise" made famous in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, possibly the most well-known two minutes of music ever written. After intermission, hear the complete work.01/18/2014Time: 8:00 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
The MountaintopFlash back to April 3, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee. Enter room 306 of the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spent the last night of his life. In this daring reimagining of history, a visit from an enigmatic, young maid unveils the humanity and vulnerability of America's larger-than-life icon. Katori Hall's The Mountaintop won the 2010 Oivier Award for Best New Play.01/18/2014 - 02/09/20141300 Bingham Street Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Les Delices: Myths & Allegories: Music of the French BaroqueLes Delices performs Myths and Allegories, a program of French Baroque music inspired by Homer's Odyssey, with soprano Clara Rottsolk, former Chatham Baroque violinist Julie Andrijeski, and oboist Debra Nagy, including works by Jean-Fery Rebel, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, and Thomas-Louis Bourgeois.01/18/2014Time: 8:00 pmpmSynod Hall, 125 N. Craig St, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Auditions for Peter PanThe ballet production in March will be directed by Monica Ryan. Ages 5 and up are invited to audition. Details at 412-279-8887 and online.01/18/2014Carnegie Library Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Ave, Carnegie, PAwebsite | map
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GASPORT – A passerby alerted police when a cash register was found on the pavement at Rochester and Bolton roads Monday night.
Middleport Police discovered a window had been smashed across the street at the Sunrise Cafe. Officers, assisted by Niagara County sheriff's deputies, searched the restaurant at 10:55 p.m. and found the Rochester Road restaurant was vacant, but someone had ripped the cash register from the counter.
Restaurant owner Renee L. Tetrault told deputies she and her husband left the restaurant at 9:30 p.m.; the suspect had apparently been unable to open the register, which was found unopened and still contained $100 in cash, deputies said. Damage to the restaurant was listed at $400.


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There are some familiar NBA names lighting up college basketball courts this season: Curry, Hardaway, Hawkins, Howard, Mason and Robinson.
The sons of six former NBA players are having strong seasons this year, and there often are shades of their fathers� games in their play, whether it�s their knack for scoring in bunches, knocking down 3-pointers, playing with a tough-nosed style or wearing the same jersey number.
Seth Curry, Duke
This family is known for the ability to shoot the 3, starting during the late 1980s with Dell Curry during his 16 NBA seasons.
Next came son Stephen�s rise from Davidson to the Golden State Warriors.
Now, there�s Stephen�s younger brother Seth, a 6-2 senior for the Blue Devils. He has been the top outside threat to complement Mason Plumlee inside.
Curry rarely has practiced this year because of persistent pain in his right shin, but he�s averaging about 17 points and shooting nearly 44 percent from 3-point range entering the week.
Maryland coach Mark Turgeon put it simply after Curry scored 25 against his Terrapins earlier this month: �Seth Curry is a winner, and he makes big shots.�
Tim Hardaway Jr., Michigan
The 6-6 junior guard and son of the former NBA all-star has been part of the Wolverines� 1-2 punch playing alongside sophomore guard Trey Burke. Hardaway is second on the team in scoring (15 points) and shooting about 40 percent from 3-point range.
He�s also been one of Michigan�s top defenders and scored his 1,000th career point this season. Hardaway has reached double figures in 20 of 26 games this year, highlighted by a 23-point performance with six 3-pointers against Ohio State.
Corey Hawkins, UC-Davis
The son of former NBA guard Hersey Hawkins entered the week averaging 20.5 points and 5.7 rebounds. Hawkins also was shooting about 47 percent from the field and 40 percent from behind the arc.
The 6-3 sophomore is an Arizona State transfer and had a school-record 40 points at Hawaii in January to follow in his high-scoring father�s footsteps at Bradley, where Hersey Hawkins is the school�s all-time leading scorer and ranks seventh in Division I history with 3,008 career points. In Hersey�s senior year, he averaged 36.3 points and scored 63 in a game.
�One thing he always told me is be able to get into the lane and finish around the bigs,� Corey Hawkins said.
�Not being that tall, you have to find ways to finish in the paint. He helped me a lot with that.�
Juwan Howard Jr., Detroit
The 6-6 sophomore is the son of the former Michigan �Fab Five� member who played in the NBA nearly two decades. Juwan Jr. transferred from Western Michigan and sat out the Titans� NCAA Tournament appearance last year, but he�s started nearly every game and averaged about nine points and 3.6 rebounds this season heading into Tuesday�s game against Loyola of Chicago.
Howard also is shooting 39 percent from 3-point range and 82 percent from the foul line in a supporting role behind high-scoring guard Ray McCallum Jr. as Detroit tries to return to the NCAAs.
Antoine Mason, Niagara
The son of former NBA all-star Anthony Mason has been the top threat for the Purple Eagles, averaging a team-high 18.9 points while playing 36 minutes per game entering the week.
The 6-3 redshirt sophomore recently returned from a four-game absence because of an ankle injury but has scored in double figures in 31 consecutive games.
Mason wears the same number (14) and carries the same nickname (�Mase�) as his father. Coach Joe Mihalich said Mason has a �fearlessness� and is �an incredible competitor.� Sound familiar?
�I was sensitive to the pressures that a kid would feel when your dad�s an NBA player,� Mihalich said. �I said to his dad, �Listen, I�m trying hard not to compare him to you. I don�t want him to feel that pressure.� His dad was cool. He was like, �Nah, go ahead, you can do that.� And it was a good thing to do because it does help young Mase respond. It motivates him.�
Glenn Robinson III, Michigan
Hardaway isn�t the only Wolverine on this list. This 6-6 freshman forward is the son of the Purdue All-American and former NBA all-star known as �Big Dog.�
Robinson is fourth on the team, averaging about 11 points on 57-percent shooting to go along with 5.5 rebounds as an every-game starter. Robinson matched his season high with 21 points on 6-for-6 shooting while pulling down 10 rebounds in a win against Penn State on Feb. 17.
Robinson had managed just six points in the previous two games but said his confidence never wavered.
�A lot of people know I like to cut to the basket,� Robinson said. �They kind of sag off me, and those open shots weren�t there, but I�ve got to keep adjusting to that and keep working on it at practice.�
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i cant stand this league anymore, theyve destroyed it.
players diving, crying to the ref, embellishing, crying to the media, just to get the upper hand. its cheap and disgusting.
then you got refs listening to them, calling games one ways. making wrong calls, calling clean hits dirty.
i dont think i will be watching too much longer its just not worth the aggravation. once in awhile but i think its just going to get worse.
i miss the good old days where players decided the game. where players were men not boys
Not only all that, but you get the star players hurt, when players like Bickell belt Datsyuk, or players like Erickson go after Toews. How is it a good thing to have an instigator rule in hockey? It's NOT! BRASS, YOU CANNOT MANAGE THE LEAGUE BETTER THAN THE PLAYERS!!!!!!!!!!
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A senior-status judge on Monday refused to modify the sentence of an Upshur County woman after her appeal on grounds that it had been too harsh was rejected by the West Virginia Supreme Court last month.
Misty Dawn Linger had pleaded guilty in August 2011 to a lesser charge of child neglect creating the risk of serious bodily injury or death, and she had been sentenced in November 2011 to serve a one- to five-year term in the penitentiary by former Upshur County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Keadle.
Linger had been indicted on a more serious charge that could have carried a prison sentence of up to 15 years, but jurors could not reach a verdict during the April 2011 trial.
Defense attorney Jim Hawkins appealed the sentence to the state Supreme Court. The five justices, however, ruled unanimously that Keadle did not abuse his discretion in the sentencing hearing, and that Linger benefited by being allowed to plead to a lesser crime. The justices ruled that the sentence was not lengthy enough to be considered cruel. Linger had been free on bond while the appeal was being considered.
Hawkins, while seeking an alternative sentence to prison, argued that his client had already "been punished beyond imagination," adding that sending Linger to prison would not stop future acts of child neglect from happening in society.
"I do not see from any perspective - other than vengeance - a useful purpose for incarceration," Hawkins said. "It serves no practical purpose."
The charge against Linger stemmed from a May 2009 incident in which her 3-year-old son died of hyperthermia after being unattended in a locked car with the windows rolled up. The boy died at St. Joseph's Hospital in Buckhannon.
Lt. Mark Davis of the Upshur County Sheriff's Department testified Monday that the boy was strapped into his car seat on a day when the temperature was in the low 80s outside and reached over 100 degrees inside the parked car.
"She walked back into the house and left him there," Davis said. "He died in that vehicle. His skin was blistered from the heat. Seeing a child in the vehicle and acknowledging that and walking away - that's not taking care of that child."
Davis said he was not there when Linger is alleged to have made a statement to the coroner about seeing the child in the car. Davis also said there was no conclusive evidence as to how the child came to be in the car.
"Elijah's death was an accident," Linger said. "I live every day with knowing my child passed away. I live with the 'What ifs' every day. Nobody sees me on a daily basis with what I go through. I can't have any more children. When I had Elijah, they told me it was a miracle I had him."
Senior-status Judge John Henning said he did not think it was his place to change the sentence imposed by another judge, saying that job fell to those on the Supreme Court. He also pointed out that Linger agreed to being neglectful as contained in the terms of the plea agreement she entered into back in August 2011.
"If you did not agree, you could have gone to trial," Henning said. "Nobody forced you to agree to that. If that's not what happened, you could have objected."
Henning said sending Linger to prison did serve a useful purpose in addition to punishing her for wrongdoing.
"There is a TV camera," he said, pointing to the back of the courtroom. "They may put it on the news. It may help to save some other child's life (whose parents wouldn't) let their child sit in a car and roast to death."
Henning also denied Linger's request to have additional time before reporting to prison so that she could arrange for the care of her husband. Henning said Linger knew this day would be coming, and that she had more than sufficient time to prepare for it. He asked court officers to contact Adult Services to arrange for the care of Linger's husband.


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quote: I'm almost positive a few of these posters have been at work here, and especially over on Anand. They've been running this same type of campaign against Apple forever, most likely at 10 times the capacity.
quote: Look at my original post, had nothing to do with Apple, and I said it would catch up to ANY company who operates like this. And of course... down voted, I'm a stupid head, Apple must die, long live Samsung.


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A new study published in the journal Nature identified a possible cause for this discrepancy. It identifies a natural, cyclical flow of atmospheric energy around the Arctic Circle. A team of researchers, led by Rune Graversen of Stockholm University, conclude this energy flow may be responsible for the majority of recent Arctic warming.
The study specifically rules out global warming or albedo changes from snow and ice loss as the cause, due to the "vertical structure" of the warming ... the observed warming has been much too weak near the ground, and too high in the stratosphere and upper troposphere.
This study follows hot on the heels of research by NASA, which identified "unusual winds" for rapid Arctic ice retreat. The wind patterns, set up by atmospheric conditions from the Arctic Oscillation, began rapidly pushing ice into the Transpolar Drift Stream, a current which quickly sped the ice into warmer waters.
A second NASA team, using data from the the GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) satellite, recently concluded that changes in the Arctic Oscillation were "mostly decadal in nature", rather than driven by global warming.
quote: In the Southern Hemisphere, the land-area mean temperature has slowly but surely declined in the last few years. The city of Buenos Aires in Argentina received several centimetres of snowfall in early July, and the last time it snowed in Buenos Aires was in 1918! Most of Australia experienced one of its coldest months of June this year. Several other locations in the Southern Hemisphere have experienced lower temperatures in the last few years. Further, the SSTs (sea surface temperatures) over world oceans are slowly declining since mid-1998, according to a recent world-wide analysis of ocean surface temperatures
quote: Recent Sea-Level Contributions of the Antarctic and Greenland Ice SheetsAndrew Shepherd1 and Duncan WinghamScience 16 March 2007:Vol. 315. no. 5818, pp. 1529 - 1532After a century of polar exploration, the past decade of satellite measurementshas painted an altogether new picture of how Earth's ice sheets are changing. As global temperatures have risen, so have rates of snowfall, ice melting, and glacier flow. Although the balance between these opposing processes has varied considerably on a regional scale, data show that Antarctica and Greenland are each losing mass overall. Our best estimate of their combined imbalance is about 125 gigatons per year of ice, enough to raise sea level by 0.35 millimeters per year. This is only a modest contribution to the present rate of sea-level rise of 3.0 millimeters per year. However, much of the loss from Antarctica and Greenland is the result of the flow of ice to the ocean from ice streams and glaciers, which has accelerated over the past decade. In both continents, there are suspected triggers for the accelerated ice discharge—surface and ocean warming, respectively—and, over the course of the 21st century, these processes could rapidly counteract the snowfall gains predictedby present coupled climate models.
quote: Our study confirms many changes seen in upper Arctic Ocean circulation in the 1990s were mostly decadal in nature, rather than trends caused by global warming, " said Morison.
quote: The researchers found that most of the warming is happening high above ground. At midsummer, the data shows that the air that has warmed the most is 2 kilometres above land.This, says Graversen, rules out the theory that Arctic warming is being accelerated by melting ice. Although the researchers remain unsure what is accelerating Arctic warming, they suggest it might be related to how fast energy is being transported towards the North Pole by cyclones.The team calculated the flow of energy into the Arctic Circle using meteorological data, and looked at how this flow has changed since the 1980s.They found that the amount of energy transported from the tropics into the Arctic has increased and that the increase corresponds to the rise of temperatures in the region. "We are not saying this is the only explanation," says Graversen, "this could explain maybe 25% of the amplification of warming in the Arctic."
quote: "This assumption is that if this [heat flow] has increased—which we see in the data that it has—then it has contributed to the warming in the Arctic, not only at the surface, but higher in the atmosphere," Graversen said.Increased moisture in northward-moving air also plays a role, he said, because when the water vapor condenses into clouds and snow, it releases energy, warming the air.Nobody knows how much of this change is the result of human emissions of planet-warming gases such as carbon dioxide, but it's likely that they play a role."Many models suggest an increase in energy transport when more greenhouse gases are introduced into them," he said. "Changes in the circulation in the atmosphere might have had a much larger effect than previously thought, but these changes may also have been induced by greenhouse gases."
quote: by Rovemelt on January 7, 2008 at 12:03 AMWhat part of this sentence from Graversen don't you understand?"Many models suggest an increase in energy transport when more greenhouse gases are introduced into them," he said.
quote: The recent warming of the Earth's surface is most probably due to an increase of atmospheric greenhouse-gas concentrations. (8) Although most greenhouse gases are fairly uniformly distributed around the globe, the temperature response to greenhouse-gas forcing is thought to be larger in polar than equatorial regions.
quote: Our results do not imply that studies based on models forced by anticipated future CO2 levels are misleading when they point to the importance of the snow and ice feedbacks. It is likely that a further substantial reduction of the summer ice-cover would strengthen these feedbacks and they could become the dominant mechanism underlying a future Arctic temperature amplification. Much of the present warming, however, appears to be linked to other processes, such as atmospheric energy transports.
quote: As scientists, we understand the dangers of nuclear weapons and their devastating effects, and we are learning how human activities and technologies are affecting climate systems in ways that may forever change life on Earth," said BAS member Stephen Hawking, the renowned cosmologist and mathematician."As citizens of the world, we have a duty to alert the public to the unnecessary risks that we live with every day, and to the perils we foresee if governments and societies do not take action now to render nuclear weapons obsolete and to prevent further climate change.
quote: But the models we have right now are our best tools to explain what is happening and what will happen in the future.
quote: The last 25 years constitute a period of more complete and accurate observations and more realistic modeling efforts. Yet the models are seen to disagree with the observations. We suggest, therefore, that projections of future climate based on these models be viewed with much caution.


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The bigs are suspect for the Clips. Deandre Jordam is simply too stupid to play at a high level on both ends. Blake Griffin is a soft, unskilled, POS that plays for a highlight or two. K Mart, do I need to comment on him......
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Notre Dame announced last week that it was moving from the Big East to the ACC.
To Rick Reilly's surprise, the sports world took notice.
For all sports but football and hockey, Notre Dame will compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and they've committed to five games per year against ACC opponents in future football schedules.
The local reaction that I've noticed is a disappointment that Notre Dame didn't join the Big Ten and confusion as to the synergy between a school that plays in the snow and many schools that play near the beach.
The No. 1 priority at Notre Dame has been to maintain its football independence. To some, Notre Dame has been categorized as being arrogant for this wish.
The bottom line is there isn't a better situation for a program to be in than to be independent from a conference.
It means flexibility to schedule anyone and, for Notre Dame, it means playing on television every week.
Notre Dame has earned this luxury.
Some might say HAD earned it. This is a fair statement as the last 20 years for Notre Dame football have been mired in mediocrity. Notre Dame football and its brand have been weakened as a result.
However, tradition is earned over a long period of time.
The early part of this century was kinder to the Irish. Generations of success led to where we are now, trumping the poor recent performance.
So why move now?
I bemoaned the conference realignments over the past several years. Money and the media have created pressure to move.
Many moves haven't made sense.
Frankly, I think this lesson in "bizarro world" geography started with Penn State to the Big Ten. Shortly thereafter, Notre Dame aligned with the Big East.
Fast forward 25 years and we've now seen Miami, Boston College, Virginia Tech, Syracuse and Pitt leave the Big East.
Recently, the Big East picked up what pieces it could, but it became significantly weakened.
Notre Dame has weakened as well. On its own, it couldn't protect its bowl-game interests. The Irish needed a strong conference affiliation.
This is where the ACC alignment comes in.
Notre Dame maintains "modified" independence in football and has a seat at the table for decent bowl games. It moves to what will be the strongest conference for basketball and solidifies the Olympic sports schedules.
This should be a win for the Irish for now.
However, the trendline in performance needs to improve or our next conference move will be the last we hear of independence.
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LOCKPORT – Jacob J. Taggart pleaded guilty Wednesday in connection with the April 25 shooting of an 18-year-old man on a Niagara Falls street corner.
It was the third guilty plea in the shooting of Anthony McDougald, but the answer to the question of who actually shot him, leaving the victim with a bullet lodged near his heart, remains as obscure as ever.
Deputy District Attorney Doreen M. Hoffmann said, "I believe Mr. Taggart was the shooter." She said an eyewitness gave a statement that included a description of the gunman that closely matched Taggart.
But Taggart's attorney, Frank L. LoTempio, disagreed. "I've talked to the eyewitness. The witness described a Hispanic male."
LoTempio said he thought the description came closest to matching Marlyn M. Rubin, 20, of Niagara Street in the Falls. Rubin pleaded guilty last Thursday, saying that he didn't see the shots but that he had seen Taggart with a gun in a car he drove to the crime scene at 12th and Niagara streets.
And on Jan. 3, a third defendant, Paul E. Buck Jr., 21, of Niagara Falls Boulevard, pleaded guilty, saying he shot McDougald himself.
"I think Mr. Buck was making an attempt to take the fall for everyone else," Hoffmann said.
Taggart, 23, of Niagara Avenue, admitted to a reduced charge of attempted second-degree gang assault. Like the others, who pleaded guilty to second-degree assault, he faces a maximum of seven years in prison when he is sentenced March 21.
All three were charged under the accomplice liability law, meaning it doesn't matter who pulled the trigger if all were out to harm McDougald.
Rubin said he and Buck wanted to have a fistfight with McDougald, and Taggart said Wednesday that he drove them to 12th and Niagara for that purpose.
Like the others, Taggart faced a maximum 25-year prison sentence if convicted at trial. "It was too much of a gamble for him," LoTempio said of why his client took the plea offer.
Unlike the others, Taggart faces mandatory state prison time, because he has a previous felony conviction for drug possession.
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On December 14, like Herod of old, a killer of children descended upon our land, at a school in Connecticut, where he proceeded to butcher our future, in the form of twenty American youngsters.
The massacre in Aurora, Colorado last summer, and now the Christmas season shootings in Oregon and Connecticut, testify that our nation has lost its way: usury, aborting innocent infants, and foreign wars on civilian populations are the new normal.
We ought to slow down now, in the midst of the Connecticut carnage, and reflect on our money-mad spirit of acquisition, our indifference to the crimes our government perpetrates overseas with our tax dollars, the mockery of marriage represented by homosexual nuptials, our apathy in the face of the slaughter of unborn children amid our nation's staggering level of abortion; and the filth on commercial television which is broadcast to millions of children.
In all these ways and more, America attacks children, just as surely at they were attacked today in Connecticut. We must change our ways, repent of our sins and seek God's will.
Furthermore, let us not hear about the "need for gun control." Gun control is a contributing factor in these massacres. The police SWAT teams almost always arrive too late to stop a rampage. The cowardly perpetrator(s) murders the defenseless in part because he surmises that teachers, and clerical and jantorial staff, are unarmed. One or more armed teachers or janitors might have saved the lives of several of the children in Connecticut today. Almost any honest cop will tell you they can't protect you, they can only try to apprehend the perps after the crime has been committed. An armed citizenry is necessary for the protection of the innocent from the rising tide of Satanic violence in our society.
While most of the perpetrators of massacres are suicides, lately more have chosen to survive, and some even don bullet proof vests and other types of body armor. With the near abolition of the death penalty in the United States, they can survive for decades in prison as media celebrities. Two perpetrators of a school massacre in 1998 in Arkansas have either been released from prison or are due to be released because they were age 10 and 13 at the time they murdered four girls and a teacher. Perpetrators who survive a massacre should be fairly tried, and after conviction and a two or three year (not 20 or 30 year) appeal process, publicly hanged. This is certainly not contrary to Christian mercy and compassion, as the recent popes of Rome have been teaching. Repentant criminals can save their eternal souls while awaiting excution, but God requires the capital punishment of killers here on earth.
We have fled from God's Law in our prideful estimation of our own brain power and intoxication with scientism. Millions of Americans believe science has replaced the Bible. From this apostasy a spirit of lawlessness inevitably results. God's law on debt has also been abandoned -- on no other basis than situation ethics fueled by the love of money -- which is the root of all of the evil that confronts us.
Our prayers are with the innocent victims this day in Connecticut, and their loved ones, as well as the innocent victims every day of the year who are killed in American abortion clinics, with no one to mourn for them except the God who proclaimed, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you" (Jeremiah 1:5).
Are you listening, America?
1966: Fifteen people shot to death on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin.
1966: In Chicago, Illinois, nine nurses are massacred.
1982: Eight workers killed by a co-worker at a Florida machine shop.
1984: Twenty-one patrons of a McDonald's restaurant killed in California.
1986: Fourteen postal employees killed by a co-worker in Oklahoma.
1989: Five school children killed in Stockton, California.
1990: Nine people killed at a GMAC loan office in Florida by a co-worker.
1991: In Michigan five people are killed.
1991: Twenty-three people killed in Luby's Cafeteria in Texas.
1993: Eight people killed in the San Francisco, California financial district.
1993: Six people killed on a Long Island, New York commuter train.
1997: Three students killed by a fellow student at a high school in Kentucky
1998: Five people killed (four girls and a teacher) at an Arkansas Middle School (the killers were two children, age 13 and 10).
1999: Coumbine High School, Colorado: thirteen people killed by two students.
1999: Nine people killed in the financial district in Atlanta, Georgia
1999: Seven people killed at a church in Texas.
2000: Seven people killed Dec. 26 at an Internet company in Massachusetts.
2001: Two students killed and 13 wounded by fellow student in California
2003: Five killed at a Mississippi aircraft plant by a co-worker.
2005: Five students and two others killed by another student in Minnesota.
2006: Five Amish children killed at their Pennsylvania school by a truck driver.
2007: Five killed at a shopping mall in Utah. An off-duty policeman exchanges gunfire with the perpetrator, preventing more killings.
2007: 32 students killed at Virginia Tech by a fellow student.
2007: Dec. 5 - eight people killed at a Nebraska shopping mall.
2008: Five people killed at Northern Illinois University.
2009: Ten people killed in Alabama.
2009: Thirteen people killed in a Binghamton, New York immigration center.
2010: In Manchester, Connecticut a co-worker kills eight people.
2011: Six people killed in Tucson, Arizona; among the eleven who are wounded, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is shot in the head but survives.
2011: Eight people killed at a beauty salon in California.
2012: A former student kills seven students at Oikos University in California.
2012: Twelve people killed at a "Batman" movie in Aurora, Colorado.
2012: Six people killed at a Sikh Temple in Wisconsin.
2012: Five people killed in Minnesota by a co-worker.
2012: Three people killed at a beauty salon in Wisconsin.
2012: Dec. 11 - two people killed at an Oregon shopping mall.
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UNV Guatemala to conduct workshop on national volunteer policy
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Guatemala City, Guatemala: On the occasion of the International Volunteer Day, celebrated each year on the 5th of December, the Planning Commission of the Government of Guatemala (SEGEPLAN), in a strategic alliance with JICA and UNV, decided to launch on the 6th of December a workshop on the development of a national volunteer policy.
Guatemala counts with a longstanding tradition of volunteerism, including the solidarity networks among the country's indigenous populations, a vast range of Volunteer Involving Organizations (VIOs) and university volunteers – students who perform volunteer work / internships as an integral part of their academic curriculum.
There is a need felt to coordinate better these expressions of volunteerism in the framework of an enabling environment for volunteerism. Its objective is to bring along synergies between the different volunteer actors and society at large, and to better canalize volunteers as an important development strategy and tool for Guatemala.
During the workshop, several key volunteer involving organizations will meet and exchange views on how to reach more coordination and a volunteer enabling environment. This should result in a proposal for a national volunteer policy and a concrete action plan to reach this in the course of 2008.


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Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine say a simple blood test based on detection of tiny epigenetic alterations may reveal the earliest signs of pancreatic cancer. The findings of their research, if confirmed, they add, could be an important step in reducing mortality from the cancer, which has an overall five-year survival rate of less than 5% and has seen few improvements in survival over the last three decades.
"While far from perfect, we think we have found an early detection marker for pancreatic cancer that may allow us to locate and attack the disease at a much earlier stage than we usually do," explains Nita Ahuja, M.D., an associate professor of surgery, oncology and urology at the Johns Hopkins and leader of the study ("Novel Methylation Biomarker Panel for the Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer") described online this month in the journal Clinical Cancer Research.
For their study, Dr. Ahuja and her colleagues focused on two genes.
"We used a nanoparticle-enabled MOB (Methylation On Beads) technology to detect early-stage pancreatic cancers by analyzing DNA methylation in patient serum," wrote the investigators in their journal article. "We identified two novel genes, BNC1 (92%) and ADAMTS1 (68%), that showed a high frequency of methylation in pancreas cancers (n=143), up to 100% in PanIN-3 and 97% in Stage I invasive cancers."
Together, BNC1 and ADAMTS1 were detectable in 81% of blood samples from 42 people with early-stage pancreatic cancer, but not in patients without the disease or in patients with a history of pancreatitis, a risk factor for pancreatic cancer.
Dr. Ahuja's team found that, in pancreatic cancer cells, it appears that chemical alterations to BNC1 and ADAMTS1, i.e., epigenetic modifications that alter the way the genes function without changing the underlying DNA sequence, silence the genes and prevent them from making their protein product, the role of which is not well understood. These alterations are caused by the addition of a methyl group to the DNA.
Using MOB, the researchers were able to single out in the blood even the smallest strands of DNA of those two genes with their added methyl groups. The technique uses nanoparticle magnets to latch on to the few molecules being shed by the tumors, which are enough to signal the presence of pancreatic cancer in the body, the researchers found.
Dr. Ahuja says the practical value of any blood test for cancer markers depends critically on its sensitivity (meaning the proportion of tumors it detects) and its specificity (meaning how many of the positive results are false alarms). The specificity of this new pair of markers is 85%, meaning 15% would be false alarms. She hopes further research will help refine the test, possibly by adding another gene or two, in order to go over 90% in both sensitivity and specificity.
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