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MLB '08: The Show - Video Game Review and Contest
I was recently forwarded a copy of Sony's MLB '08: The Show for review. I have to admit I was a bit giddy over getting a free copy since I grew up on baseball video games, starting with Hardball on the Commodore 64. Up until about three years ago, I would still pretty much play a full season out on EA's MVP Baseball 2005. This was my first games since then, so pardon me if I'm a little behind the times.
I requested a PS2 copy since I've yet to take the plunge for a PS3, and quickly popped in my copy when it arrived via FedEx. The intro montage that is common with all video games was as snazzy as ever, highlighting the milestones over the past year. Thome, Thomas and A-Rod hitting 500, Sosa hitting 600, Glavine's 300 and so forth. Noticeably missing was Craig Biggio's 3000th hit, something that gave me a smile. I imagine it had more to do with a contract with the players union which he is no longer a member of since his retirement, but I still appreciated the slight of a long-term Cubs nemesis.
The menu screen popped up and you have all your expected features, franchise and season modes, exhibition, home run derby, manager mode and so on. I went with the "Quick Game" just to get started and picked the Pirates versus the Cubs at Wrigley.
There's quite an extended intro if you want from the announcers as they set-up the game and go through the lineups. The ballpark render looked decent, albeit unspectacular. I do imagine they look better on PS3 version. I studied up on the basics and was ready to play.
Naturally I had Zambrano take the mound and I threw the first pitch - a 4-seam fastball that ended up about 5 feet outside. It was nice to see that they decided to make the game realistic. Of course, I just wasn't use to the pitching interface, but as the game went on I was actually impressed by the realism. One of my all-time favorite baseball video games was High Heat for the PC, and one of the main reasons I liked it was for how well it balanced simulation with arcade play. They did a great job of making it difficult for certain pitchers to throw strikes and as they got more tired over the course of the game, their control went with it. It was nice to see a game pick up on that feature. By the 6th inning I was already up to 100 pitches on Zambrano and I don't think you can get more realistic than that.
I won't bore you with the rest of the details of the games I played. I'll just outline what I feel are the pros and (very few) cons of the game. I didn't get into the season or franchise modes, but I imagine those are pretty standard by now. I do know it has online element where you can play a single game or join leagues. More importantly, you can download the latest rosters as the game was missing Kosuke Fukudome and featured a lineup of Mark DeRosa in right field and Mike Fontenot in second. That should be corrected right after Opening Day I believe.
I thought the game play was fantastic except for a few exceptions which I'll explain in a minute. The game felt pretty real. You really needed an eye at the plate and could work the count when you were batting. On the pitching side, they didn't make it too easy to throw a strike. It seems to me that most video games get that wrong and most AB's only last a couple of pitches. The player animations felt pretty natural, the baserunning was simple enough, although there were a lot of extra features that I didn't even get into on running the bases. They have some intuitive features to analyze your swing and timing as well, and some quick menus to help get the bullpen going, visit the mound or set your infield.
My two chief complaints were that the ballparks could have looked a little better and the pitchers were way too slow between pitches. There was nothing that glaringly stood out in the ballparks that I checked out, unlike EA's MVP 2005 which featured fireworks at Wrigley Field. But the scoreboard graphics on some of the parks looked a little off and the crowd animations were pretty weak. A minor detail, but the kind of stuff you'd like to have for the full experience.
The pitchers though took way too long between pitches, either when I was controlling them or waiting for a pitch. There was quite a delay between picking up the sign and the windup. Even worse, the pitching meter in the wind-up had a completely different timing than in the stretch. I imagine that was on purpose to further enhance the simulation experience, but I had a much harder time in the wind-up than the stretch...and it should be the opposite. There is a "Fast Mode" on the game, but that just seemed to cut-down on extraneous cutaways and waiting for the ball to get thrown back to the pitcher. The pitcher still took forever to get the sign, get into the windup and throw a pitch.
Not to end on a downer because I really did enjoy the game and will likely try to play a season this year (with lots of simulated games). This was probably the closest game I've seen to High Heat and there's a good chance that my memory of High Heat is better than it actually was. If you want a realistic feeling video game with some neat features, I don't think you can go wrong with MLB '08: The Show.
I happened to receive 5 PS3 copies of the game as well and wanted to give them out in a contest that would wrap up around when the season started. If you'd like to enter, follow this link and answer the questions. Each question is weighted equally and the top 5 finishers will win. If you don't have a PS3 or just aren't interested in the games, you should still enter. You can always sell your copy on Ebay or a local video game store. And you still don't want it, I'll donate it to a local children's charity by my neck of the woods.
You have until Friday 11pm CST to enter and we should have the results by Opening Day. Of course, if you don't want to wait for that, consider buying it through us via amazon.com and we make a buck or two to help pay for things around here (PS3, PS2 and PSP from left to right).
Re: MLB '08: The Show - Video Game Review and Contest
Rob G:
Naturally I had Zambrano take the mound and I threw the first pitch - a 4-seam fastball that ended up about 5 feet outside. It was nice to see that they decided to make the game realistic.
Re: MLB '08: The Show - Video Game Review and Contest
got friends in the military as im sure many of you do as well, but jeez those guys play the SHIT out of mlb the show. for some it takes over their lives! (when theyre not playing madden or tiger woods golf that is..)
as you were.
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oh and i forgot to mention something.
worst game ever has got to be tommy lasorda baseball for the sega genesis circa 1989. can anybody back me up here??
you gotta love "baseball" for the original nintento though.
Re: MLB '08: The Show - Video Game Review and Contest
My gaming experience pretty much stops at the Super NES. For
Nintendo, I still have "baseball" and play it maybe once a year, when
I'm really, really bored. And yeah, I love it. The "Y" team
is the best!!!!
Sadly, I never owned either baseball stars or rbi baseball. Ken Griffey Jr.s Winning Run for Super NES is ok.
and nice review rob. I also LOLed at the "realistic" line.
How long would you say the pause between pitches was? I'm so used
to being able to chuck a video game pitch like every 5 seconds, I
wonder if a "natural" pause of 15-20 makes it feel ridiculously
long.... Or are we talking something trachsel-esque?
Re: MLB '08: The Show - From a Mets blog
Not that a Mets fan's opinion is worth anything, (~grin~) but here's another review for anyone interested.
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Baseball Stars for the original NES was the best. It was the first game to track stats and let you pull manuevers that still werent available in some games for years to come.
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I got the mlb 2k8 for my Wii.
My arm hurt for a day from the throwing and batting.
I can't find away to shut off the announcers...Jon Miller and Joe Morgan.
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I can't find away to shut off ... Joe Morgan
lol... This isn't '08 The Show, right, or is it? Is it realistic? Fun?
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This is different from the Show, but same idea.
Witht he Wii, you have to flick your wrist with a timed pitch. And when you bat you swing the remote like a bat.
I made Wood my closer, and he has the Bugs Bunny curve ball that he had 1998. Hopefully I don't blow my wrist out.
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We'll know it was a bad idea if you end up under the knife for arthroscopic surgery in a couple months.
Really, though, I'm toying with the idea of getting one of those Wiis. I don't usually get the latest game consoles, but that looks like fun.
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if you can find one I recommend it. I really love my Wii. Its great for when you have people over. The bowling game that comes with wii sports (included with the wii) is really fun. 4 people can play. The thing I love is you can literally hand it to someone and say lets play. They don't need any video game experience to jump in and play a round of bowling.
Other games I've found to be really fun.
Resident Evil 4 wii edition
Zelda crossbow (comes with the gun like device. Very fun. My wife loves this game)
Zack & Wiki - another game my wife and I play together
There is another baseball game called MLB Power Pro. Stores in my area (dallas) don't carry it for some reason even though a few reviews I read said it was perhaps the best baseball game in years. I need to order it online i guess.
There are a handful of games I want to play that I haven't been able to buy yet. Mario Galaxy, medal of honor, no more heroes, bully, ea's playground, Battalion Wars 2. those just off the top of my head. all have had great reviews. And the Wii Fit that comes out i'm hoping in May.
There is also the very large library of nes, snes, n64, gamecube, genesis, turbo graphix 16, neogeo games you can download for around $5 a piece. (some go to 8-10) Baseball stars and Baseball Stars 2 are available. Of course, playing old sports games to me is fun at first and then you realize how nice the progression of games has been.
Re: Wii
I have a Wii and love it. I mostly play Guitar Hero 3 but have played my share of bowling and Madden as well. Mario Galaxy is also very cool.
It also plays Gamecube games (with a regular controller) so there are a bunch more games to choose from (though without the cool interface).
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I miss some things about EA Sport's MVP baseball. I played it on PC so I could update rosters whenever I wanted, they had some really cool mods you could download. Also, you could play a whole season and manage the entire organization from single-A to MLB level. MVP wasn't nearly as realistic as the show, though.
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Cubs may only go with Eyre in the pen, and Chad Fox not surprisingly will probably start the season at extended spring training.
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"We don't really have to [have a second lefty]," he said. "We'll try to take the best pitching staff we can. If a second lefty wants to grab a spot, that's fine with me. But we're not necessarily looking for a second lefty."
I wish he thought the same thing about the offense and not being pigeonholed into a lefty.
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This 2008 "The show" game is totally consuming. The Road to the Show mode is Much better this year than in previous years. You design a guy that can look spookily like yourself. You join an organizaton and participate in only the plays your guy is personally involved in. I created a SS and am currently toiling away in AA Knoxville. Only action I have to deal with are Batting and Various defensive situations (pickoff throws,Stolen base attempts,Pivoting on the DP).
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Dr. aaron b:
You design a guy that can look spookily like yourself.
You mean a 30-year old, 5'6", nearly 200 lbs rookie in AA? Sounds like a promising career.
Any chance I could make myself taller, younger, and... uh... black?
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Well, I did make myself 18. But other than than I made myself look like myself. 5'8 180 AA Shortstop. 29 wouldnt really make me a prospect.
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BLACK!?!?!?! Make me Dominican!!!!
Minor league camp
AZ Phil,
How are things looking at minor league camp? In particular I've been interested in 2 guys, Samardzija and Larry Suarez, the bonus baby we signed last year.
Has Samardzija been pitching well against the minor leaguers after starting out at MLB camp? Is he getting polished enough to the point that he could make an impact at the MLB level this year or next?
And, what's Larry Suarez looking like? I remember they made a decent deal about the bonus they gave the guy, but we haven't heard much about what he's actually like as a pitcher so far.
Re: MLB '08: The Show - FUKUDOME
Fukudome apparently has to play one MLB game before they can put him in the video game.
However, in rivalry and season modes, you can add his surrogate in Tom Jung, who appears on the Cubs' minor league roster.
Re: MLB '08: The Show - FUKUDOME
He's Kyle Furanato on MLB2k8
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Yeah, I didn't find it funny either, but I don't find a vast majority of these stupid "Onion" like comedy articles funny.
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That's pretty terrible.
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The Onion is generally funny. This was just stupid. I checked out some other articles on the website and they all suck. I think perhaps the key to their problem is their mantra: "The Serious Sports News Network is, generally, willing to accept contributions from anyone willing to submit them - as such, we have printed a variety."
Maybe Rob should start accepting "anything" and see what happens...
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We do - it's called the comments section. ~grin~
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It's not you, it's not all that funny.
BTW -- The Onion staff put an inordinate amount of time into developing their satire. It's not something that's just thrown together as this piece appears to have been.
Re: MLB '08: The Show - Video Game Review and Contest
Of the many reasons that's not funny, the article has no context.
Now, a funny story could be written about Pie's, uh, problem, in theory.
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How can they do an entire lame article on separation anxiety and not even mention Soriano? I was waiting for the punchline that never came. You're right, it's jokeless without context. That is so NOT Raven.
By the way, what do you guys think of our keeper league? Just kidding.
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Are you guys telling me they've made a new video game and "Home Run" for the Atari 2600 is outdated? How have the graphics for the stick figures improved?
Re: MLB '08: The Show - Video Game Review and Contest
I've been doing the home run derby on Super Smash Bros. Brawl... 1250 feet with Lucario!
Yeah, it's a stretch to stay on topic. Awesome game, though.
I'm still throwing MLB Power Pros in from time to time. Amazingly fun and deep for a game featuring big head character models.
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Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
Mark Gonzales @MDGonzales
Soler likely to return Sunday, Maddon says
Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.
A couple of Cub related puzzles.
Can't teach height and thinness
Hopefully Pirates don't call up A. Lincoln.
j.buchanan going friday...should be...baseball...or something like it.
Wow. I didn't know they could do that.
Nice for Willson, not so much for Addy.
Game is officially called...also officially a tie.
Stats count, no make-up date of course.


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George Clooney and Stacy Keibler had dinner with Matt Damon in Berlin on Saturday.
The trio dined at Grill Royal, a hot spot for celebrities in the area, where it looked like Clooney, 51, and Keibler, 33, "were together," despite rumors of a possible split, an onlooker tells PEOPLE.
The Argo producer is in and around Berlin filming The Monuments Men while Damon, 42, is on hand to present Promised Land at the annual Berlin International Film Festival.
Keibler joined Clooney on Friday, when she arrived in Berlin with "quite a bit of luggage," German tabloid Bild reports.
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — More than a year after a married couple died when they were hit by a vehicle in an unlit crosswalk, the Nevada Department of Transportation has no timeline to complete planned safety improvements.
On the evening of Dec. 30, 2011, Incline residents Robert C. Mathis and Linda Mathis were struck and killed near the crosswalk next to the Tahoe Regional Transit Agency bus stop on Highway 28, in front of Radio Shack, east of the Village Boulevard intersection.
The driver of the vehicle, Christopher Torii Smith, of Grass Valley, Calif., is charged with two counts of driving under the influence of a prohibited substance causing death, according to previous reports, and could face between four and 40 years in prison for his alleged role.
Smith had trace amounts of marijuana in his system at the time of the incident, and he failed to yield to the right of way of the pedestrians, according to charging documents. According to previous reports, a trial date is set for May 20, 2013. Last summer, Smith pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Fifteen months after the fatal accident, Incline Village resident Frank Shipman prepared to cross Highway 28 at the same location at dusk on Monday.
"You're taking your life into your own hands. I don't care whether it is day or night," said Shipman as he looked west into the glare of the sun. "At this time of day, the driver has to really be on his game to see a pedestrian."
But, Shipman added, it's also up to pedestrians to be especially careful.
Safety improvements
In June 2012, NDOT completed a road safety audit on the three Incline Village crosswalks on Highway 28, and recommendations were made for safety-related improvements at the crosswalk by Radio Shack, department spokesman Scott Magruder said this week.
"We plan to install overhead lighting and pedestrian-activated flashers," Magruder said. "They definitely get your attention."
NDOT also plans to relocate the now-unlit crosswalk near Christmas Tree Village closer to a nearby TART bus stop that already has better lighting, Magruder said. The department will install pedestrian-activated flashers there as well.
The third crosswalk on Highway 28, at the Southwood/Northwood intersection near the Incline Skate Park, already has pedestrian-activated flashers, and no changes are planned by NDOT, Magruder said.
Fifteen months after the fatal incident and nine months after the safety audit, the two crosswalks remain unchanged, and Magruder said he didn't know when safety improvements will be made.
"We (NDOT) still feel they are safe crosswalks," he added. "We haven't had any other pedestrians hit in Incline crosswalks, or calls of any problems."
Improvements to each crosswalk would cost roughly $100,000. While maintenance and utility bills related to the improvements may be paid by the Washoe County Department of Public Works, Magruder said NDOT still has to allocate much of the funding.
"We haven't identified funding for the crosswalks," Magruder said. "We haven't gotten to that point."
As for state project priorities, Magruder said, "Crosswalk funding is in there with other NDOT projects. We don't have any, ranking per se."
Magruder said he did not know when funding might be identified for the crosswalks or when the project might be completed.


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NASHVILLE, TN. – Cheekwood will join Nashville's burgeoning arts district in the Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood with a Pop-Up Gallery during Artober Nashville, a month-long celebration of arts and culture in the city.
The special off-site gallery will feature a selection of contemporary art from Cheekwood's ground breaking fall exhibition entitled More Love: Art, Politics and Sharing since the 1990s, organized by independent curator Claire Schneider for the Ackland Art Museum in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The Pop-Up Gallery will feature seven artists included in More Love exploring human connection and individuality in the age of Facebook friends and Skype calls.
The Pop-Up Gallery, presented by Pinnacle Bank, will open on October 5 from 5:30 – 9:30 pm during the city's monthly First Saturday Art Crawl. The exhibition will be presented at 516 Hagan Street, #102, a temporary space adjacent to Zeitgeist Gallery.
"We're proud to be participating in Artober with a Pop-Up Gallery for a second year, following an overwhelmingly positive experience in 2012," said Jochen Wierich, Curator of Art, at Cheekwood. "Not only is this a wonderful opportunity for us to showcase the More Love exhibition outside of the Cheekwood estate, it's a chance for us to demonstrate our support for community arts during Artober. We're thrilled to play an active role in Nashville's thriving art scene."
The Pop-Up Gallery will include works by Felix Gonzalez-Torres, considered the Andy Warhol of his generation. This temporary exhibition will also feature work from preeminent video artists Hadassa Goldvicht & Anat Vovnoboy; video and installation artist Mona Hatoum; interactive artist Chris Barr and sculpture and installation artist Julianne Swartz.
There will be a special project by socially engaged multidisciplinary artist Gregory Sale. Sale will visit Nashville in September to begin work with community groups on Love for Love, a new iteration of his Love Buttons series. This artwork engages the voices of those less often heard – that is, voices of individuals who are more often on the receiving end of a community's generosity and social programs, at the food bank, at the homeless shelter, in prison, or in an English-as-a-second-language class. Sale and his local collaborators will organize a community wall drawing for the Pop Up Gallery that invites gallery viewers to contribute short love poems and evocative bits of language about love.
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More Love: Art, Politics and Sharing Since the 1990s explores the deep human need for connection in a world heavily influenced by technology, globalism, and gender and sexual politics. This is the first major exhibition to investigate the many ways contemporary artists have addressed the subject of love: as a political force, as a philosophical model for equitable knowledge exchange, and as social interaction within a rapidly changing landscape of technology and social media.
More Love brings together 45 works by a diverse group of nearly 30 artists working in the last two decades in a range of media—video, photography, sculpture, sound, participatory art projects and choreographed events—to investigate the ways we express love today. The exhibition will run at Cheekwood from September 20, 2013 – January 5, 2014.
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With a
refresh of the MacBook Air seemingly impending the rumor mill
surrounding Apple Inc. (AAPL)
is once again heating up.
According to Macotakara.jp, a Japanese Apple
fan site, the latest version of the ultraportable will use cutting edge flash memory
technology. The site cites sources at unnamed Asian chipmakers as
claiming that the latest Airs will contain 19nm flash memory chips soldered
directly onto the motherboard for blazing speeds of up to 400 megabits per
Current generation MacBook Airs only have RAM chips soldered on. The SSD
for the laptops are connected using mSATA connectors.
Apple reportedly calls the new technology Toggle DDR2.0. Aside from the
rather curious title (ostensibly it involves NAND flash, not DDR memory), the
technology is expected to be Apple's proprietary implementation of the Open
NAND Flash Interface (ONFI) Working Group's ONFI 3.0 standard.
ONFI 3.0 promises faster speeds and reduces the number of pins on flash memory
chips. These factors add up to nearly "instant" boot times and
fast file copies.
If the rumor about the new flash is true, it likely comes from Micron
Technology, Inc. (MU),
Intel Corp. (INTC), or Spansion Inc. (CODE) -- all members of the ONFI 3.0 coalition. Apple's current NAND supplier, South Korea's Samsung Electronics (SEO:005930), and the world's second biggest
producer, Toshiba Corp. (TYO:6502)
are not currently members.
A split with Samsung would make sense, given Apple's ongoing legal war with the gadget and
component maker.
At times Apple has been on the bleeding edge of introducing new standards.
It was the first major manufacturer to push Intel's proprietary LightPeak
interface, which it renamed Thunderbolt. The refresh of the MacBook Air
is expected to come packing Thunderbolt as well, which requires fancy chip-laden $50 USD cables to work.
OS X Lion and the refreshed MacBook Air are
expected to launch on July 14.
quote: Did you really stop and think before you used SCIS as your example?
quote: why I even bother with you
quote: If a product doesn't become widespread it fails
quote: SCSI is alive and well, thankyouverymuch.
quote: it will be a niche product
quote: why apple is pushing it, who benefits?
quote: it'll be sad that the macbook air will require the extra space / chip/ energy to power a chip for the thunderbolt functionality in the minidisplayport
quote: seems like a real miscalculation on their part
quote: For the blazing last generation video
quote: blazing 3rd and 4th tier CPUs?
quote: It must be for the blazing speed of the whites from the LCD
quote: Xeon E5620 is "3rd and 4th tier"
quote: it was a stupid decision considering the type of people (idiots) that buy them
quote: You can RAID two SSDs externally, but what's the point of RAIDing two SSDs for performance, just to use as a mass storage device? So both of your scenarios make absolutely no sense at all.
quote: OCZ Vertex 3 can hit 370MB/s
quote: SCSI was easy to troubleshoot because was daisy-chained - you could start with just ONE device, and kept of adding until you found the issue. Its bus arbitration just works, you can talk to slow devices and fast devices on the same chain with no issues. USB may be more difficult to troubleshoot if you have multiple devices going to a hub, specially when some devices are streaming, as its arbitration model is much weaker
quote: Copper is reaching its limits, time to go to fiber optic :)
quote: BTW, SCSI was easy to troubleshoot because was daisy-chained - you could start with just ONE device, and kept of adding until you found the issue. Its bus arbitration just works, you can talk to slow devices and fast devices on the same chain with no issues.


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Students at Davis & Elkins College declared Wednesday as the day to celebrate Halloween early. Scores of theater majors and those from other fields gathered around the Madden Student Center entrance to see a nationally known makeup artist transform their peers into zombies, werewolves and other scary creatures.
R.J. Haddy, one of 14 contestants in the Sy-Fy network's Season Two Face Off, completed a two-day workshop at the college sharing his skills.
His visit was organized by Instructor of Theatre Ruth Humphrey, who secured a speaker's grant and additional funding from the Student Life Office. On Tuesday, students in seven theater-related classes learned new techniques for bringing their craft to life. On Wednesday, students from throughout the campus were treated to a show of Haddy's steady hand, application of scientific methods and over-the-top creative mind.
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Make-up artist R.J. Haddy from SyFy's hit show Face Off was on the campus of Davis & Elkins College on Wednesday. Haddy took volunteers from the crowd and turned them into mythical creatures of all sorts. D&E Senior Sarah Shelton, of Belington, sat as Haddy applied several layers of make-up transforming her into a 'wicked queen.'
"This is an art form many are interested in, but don't know where to go," Haddy says while looking over his traveling supply of paints, alcohol and latex. "It requires a lot of interdisciplinary studies - art, anatomy, chemistry, science."
Alyse Prince, a theater and history major, had the opportunity to learn from Haddy in her Stage Makeup class and then watched as her classmates volunteered to be his subjects.
"I watched him [on Face Off] and he was my favorite," she said. "I think it's really interesting to meet someone who's been on national television and who is so humble. He's just a regular guy."
The outcome of his artistry was anything but regular as many of the students observed.
"He did a great job; I look horrible," said Samantha Kyle, a freshman psychology major from Elkins, who requested Haddy make her up into a monster.
With one side of her face appearing bruised, she took a walk around campus. "Someone really thought I hurt myself," Kyle says. "She was freaked out for a minute."
With music from "Sleepy Hollow" playing in the background, Leigh Ann Pearsall asked Haddy to make her into a zombie. With a little lining from a fine brush, delicate sponge work and the special technique of spattering that Haddy learned on Face Off, Pearsall had her request met.
"It's a cool experience," said Pearsall, a freshman hospitality and business major from Hanover, Va. "I just think it's fun and it's not something everyone gets a chance to experience."
Although not all students who waited in line got a chance to see their faces change, they often gasped, laughed and yelled out "awesome" when Haddy added yet another dimension to their friends' new look.
"I love hearing the ewws and aahs," Haddy says. "I love the art of disguise. Creature creation has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember."
It's that creation he plans to continue. Davis & Elkins was his first college venue along his circuit of seminars, including one in Fairmont last spring where he first met Humphrey.
"I've been working on [getting him here] since last April," Humphrey says. "I wanted to bring this to all the students. He has techniques I'd love for my students to know."
Teaching isn't out of the norm for Haddy. He's spent the last eight years at his alma mater, Capital High School in Charleston, leading the school's Department of Film, Television and Multimedia - a program he resurrected, and which includes a special effects class.
"I hit a glass ceiling, went on to the next thing, Face Off happened, and the rest is history," Haddy says.
The Charleston native says he hopes his history in the theater and film industry will continue. For now, though, his calendar is booked.
"For me, Halloween is not one day; Halloween is the entire month," Haddy says.
The mission of the Davis & Elkins College Theatre Program is to provide a personalized, quality education designed to prepare and inspire students to successfully and thoughtfully engage in the creative and collaborative process of theatre.
The department offers three options for the Bachelor of Arts program - Theatre Arts, Design & Technical Theatre and Theatre Education. Davis & Elkins College has the only accredited Theatre Education degree in West Virginia. The program is geared toward training secondary school theatre teachers. The Theatre Arts program prepares and presents three to five main stage productions and three to five student-directed studio productions every year.
For more information, please visit the college website at www.dewv.edu or call 304-637-1243.


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Published November 14, 2013
Open workshops will be held next week to gather input from community members about transportation needs in the Buffalo-Amherst corridor.
The Transit Options Amherst-Buffalo workshops will be held on Nov. 19 in St. Leo the Great School, 885 Sweet Home Road, Amherst, and on Nov. 20 in 100 Allen Hall on the UB South Campus. Workshops at both locations will begin at 5 p.m., with presentations at 5:30 and 7 p.m.
The workshops, sponsored by the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority and Greater Buffalo Niagara Regional Transit Council, are designed to gather ideas and generate open discussion about transportation needs in the corridor. Organizers say these options could include improvements to current bus service, bus rapid transit or an extension of Metro Rail service.
Members of the UB community in particular are invited to participate, as the UB 2020 strategic plan calls for "broadening the options for transportation to, from and between our (three) campuses."
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|Flipping Photoelectron Spins in Topological Insulators
|Tuesday, 23 April 2013 10:00
Inherently strange crystalline materials called 3D topological insulators (TIs) are all the rage in materials science. This new phase of condensed matter is an insulator in the bulk, yet behaves like a metal on its surface, even at room temperature. The electrons that flow swiftly across the surfaces of TIs are "spin polarized", meaning the electron's spin is locked to its momentum, perpendicular to the direction of travel. These electronic states already promise many uses, but ALS researchers working at Beamline 4.0.3 with a team from Berkeley Lab and the University of California, Berkeley have just made an unexpected discovery about TIs that will broaden their possible range of applications: when hit with a photon beam, the spin polarization of the electrons they emit (in a process called photoemission) can be completely controlled in three dimensions, simply by tuning the polarization of the incident light. This strong effect was not what had been assumed about photoemission from topological insulators, or any other material. Controlling the interaction of polarized light and photoelectron spin opens a wide range of possibilities for TIs.
In diagrams of momentum space, TI's surface electronic states look similar to those for graphene, a single sheet of carbon atoms and another hot topic in materials science. In energy-momentum diagrams of graphene and TI surface states, the conduction bands (where energetic electrons move freely) and valence bands (where lower-energy electrons are confined to atoms) don't overlap as they do in metals, nor is there an energy gap between the bands, as in insulators and semiconductors. Instead the "bands" appear as cones that meet at a point, called the Dirac point, across which energy varies continuously. Similar as their Dirac-cone diagrams may appear, the electronic states on the surface of TIs and in graphene are fundamentally different: those in graphene are not spin polarized, while those of TIs are completely spin polarized, and in a peculiar way.
Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) is used to directly map these states. When energetic photons from a synchrotron light source or laser strike a material, it emits electrons whose own energy and momentum are determined by the material's distribution of electronic states. Steered by the spectrometer onto a detector, these photoelectrons provide a picture of the momentum-space diagram of the material's electronic structure.
A horizontal slice through the Dirac-cone diagram produces a circular contour. In TIs, spin orientation changes continuously around the circle, from up to down and back again, and the locked-in spin of surface electrons is determined by where they lie on the circle. Scientists call this relation of momentum and spin the "helical spin texture" of a TI's surface electrons. (Electron spin isn't like that of a spinning top, however; it's a quantum number representing an intrinsic amount of angular momentum.)
Directly measuring the electrons' spin as well as their energy and momentum required an addition to ARPES instrumentation. An efficient, precision detector was developed to measure the spin of low-energy photoelectrons based on how they scatter from a magnetic surface. Called a spin time-of-flight analyzer, this new instrument was first used at the ALS to study the well-known topological insulator bismuth selenide.
While the spin-ARPES experimental results confirmed that bismuth selenide's helical spin texture persists even at room temperature, they also showed significant deviations between the spin polarizations of the surface electrons versus the photoelectrons. This contrasted standard assumptions in ARPES experiments that the spin polarizations of detected photoelectrons are equivalent to those of electrons within the material, and demanded further study.
Probing the TI surface electrons didn't require the high photon energy of a synchrotron beam, so researchers moved into a laboratory with a laser that could produce intense ultraviolet light capable of stimulating photoemission, and whose polarization was readily manipulated.
In the first experiments, the incident light was p‑polarized, which means the electric part of the light wave was parallel to a plane that was perpendicular to the TI surface and oriented according to the path of the emitted photoelectrons. Studies of topological insulators often use p‑polarized light in this geometry, so it was no surprise when spin-ARPES measurements showed the photoelectrons were indeed spin polarized in directions consistent with the expected spin texture of the surface electrons.
The beam was then switched to s‑polarized, meaning the electric part of the light wave is perpendicular to the same imaginary plane, and the photoelectrons became spin polarized in the reverse direction—the opposite of what researchers expected. Repeated careful experiments with a range of laser polarizations showed that the spin polarization of the photons in the laser beam did indeed control the polarization of the emitted photoelectrons. When the laser polarization was smoothly varied—and even when it was circularly polarized right or left—the photoelectron spin polarization followed suit.
Probably because the most common kind of spin-ARPES experiment makes a few measurements in a typical geometry using p-polarized light, no results had previously been reported to counter expected surface textures. But with other arrangements, photoelectron spin polarization departs markedly from expectations.
Theory collaborators helped explain the unusual theoretical results when they predicted that just such differences between photoelectron and intrinsic textures should occur. There are also suggestions that the simple picture of spin texture in topological insulators is more complex than has been assumed.
Research conducted by: C.-H. Park (UC Berkeley and Seoul National University), K. Gotlieb (UC Berkeley), C. Hwang, C.R. Rotundu (Materials Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab), R.J. Birgeneau, A. Lanzara, D.-H. Lee, and S.G. Louie (MSD, Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley), and J.D. Denlinger, C. Jozwiak, and Z. Hussain (ALS).
Research funding: Operation of the ALS is supported by the DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences.
Publication about this research: C. Jozwiak, C.-H. Park, K. Gotlieb, C. Hwang, D.-H. Lee, S.G. Louie, J.D. Denlinger, C.R. Rotundu, R.J. Birgeneau, Z. Hussain, and A. Lanzara, "Photoelectron spin-flipping and texture manipulation in a topological insulator," Nature Physics (2013). doi:10.1038/nphys2572
Read more about spin-ARPES experiments at the ALS with the efficient spin time-of-flight analyzer.
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Source: Apple
quote: It is worth the upgrade for security and back-end improvements alone.
quote: You'd be throwing a fit if Apple dropped OS support on hardware annually (if you want iOS 6, you must buy an iPhone 5!)
quote: I agree. So get a phone that can run it. Argument over.
quote: No I wouldn't because I don't buy Apple.
quote: However this would be way worst because you can't load custom OS's on an iPhone. With Apple, no options.
quote: So you think its cool to have a perfectly capable phone that is well within a 2-year contract that doesn't get upgrades because of carriers dropping the ball, so you buy a new one.
quote: That hasn't stopped you from making a zillion posts on why Apple products are the worst in every thread.
quote: You make a zillion saying they are the best


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Sony DSC-W620 Compact Digital Camera
The Sony DSC W620 Digital Camera Delivers Hi Def Movie Mode and More With its compact size you'd never guess the Sony DSC W620 Compact Digital Camera offers so many features typical of larger devices, starting with a 14.1-megapixel Super HAD CCV image sensor that helps you capture richly layered images with excellent contrast and crystal clear fine details. The intensity of pixels means you can print out impressive looking photos up to A3+ size, or zoom and crop them and still retain a high resolution result. Discover the wonders of Sweep Panorama mode in the Sony DSC W620 to go far beyond a wide angle lens and, with one button press, shoot continually across any landscape in a sweeping motion and let the camera stitch the images together to create a stunning panorama, up to a 360-degree circle. And when you're in the mood for motion, enjoy the camera's 720p AVI high definition movie mode for high quality movies with the option of optical zoom, in file sizes small enough to easily transfer to your computer and share online.
- 720p AVI movie mode in the Sony DSC W620 Compact Digital Camera features 1280 x 720 high definition movies shot at 30 fps, the standard compatible format for integrating with PCs. You can easily transfer your movies to your computer and effortlessly upload to the Internet.
- Sweep Panorama mode. You can capture wide landscapes by a simple press and sweep motion. Just press the shutter button then sweep the camera in the desired direction, up to a full 360-degree circle. The camera shoots at a continuously high speed then seamlessly stitches the images together to create a stunning panorama.
- Powerful 14.1-megapixel Super HAD CCD image sensor helps you capture richly layered images with excellent contrast and crystal clear fine details.
- Generous 2.7' Clear Photo LCD display features sharp, natural color that makes it easy for you to compose shots, read camera menus and view your photos, even in bright sunlight.
- Intelligent Auto mode enables you to have more confidence in auto shots. Unlike traditional auto mode, Intelligent Auto (iAuto) mode can recognize types of scenes such as lighting conditions and faces, then adjust settings to result in clear images, faces with natural skin tone and less blur.
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|Baby ELITE
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For babies 12 mos. or younger.Join us for an 8-week Baby Early Literacy Experience. We will read stories, learn songs,nursery rhymes,and simple games. At the first class, we will make a baby quilt. Please bring two pieces of fleece fabric, each piece 1 and 1/2 yards long to this class.Library: Highlands Ranch Map to Highlands Ranch Library
Location: Shea B
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Registration required. Themes include: Babies,Animals,Balls, Blocks,Colors,Music. Program is for Babies only - NO SIBLINGS. Baby Caregivers, Grandmas,Moms or Dads are invited to participate.Contact Number: 303-791-7323
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Kaetlyn Osmond is punching in plenty of hours of hard work to ensure shes ready for the 2013-14 figure skating season, far and away the most important of her young career.
Kaetlyn Osmond is punching in plenty of hours of hard work to ensure shes ready for the 2013-14 figure skating season, far and away the most important of her young career.
She's awesome. I just love her. She skates with such expression-how can one not like her?
Reigning Skate Canada champion @kaetlyn_23 says she considered withdrawing from next week's event b/c of foot injury: http://www.icenetwork.com/news/2013/10/15/62973252
10:05 AM - 15 Oct 13
Osmond to withdraw from Skate Canada?
Damn i was really hoping unlike last year that this season there wouldn't be so many injuries.
too bad, she was a lock for Skate Canada gold she would be skating on home ice with her inflated scores
but this is good news for Suzuki, Gold and Julia
so no GPF for her then, her next event is Cup of Russia, a non Canadian soil who she won't do well
I think it is quite usual for the Grand Prix of an Olympic year to go forward with depleted ranks.
To say she was a lock for Skate Canada gold was also short sighted, when Lipnitskaia has been skating well and Gold and Suzuki can also potentially defeat her (Suzuki arguably should have last year, too).
I meant I didn't cry when I opened this thread in the first place so no crocodile tears needed
I don't like any skaters being injured but doesn't mean I cry for all
she won gold last year with 2 falls
so if she shows up even with 3 falls she is a lock for podium or even teh gold medal
it is " home ice', look at Osmonds record, all her wins are in home ice,
had this been a different GP then we can talk
where she panics and falls even more as she knows she will not get inflated scores


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Source: Defense News
quote: Iran needs to forcefully hear that yes, we absolutely will rain down hell on their heads and send their military industrial complex back to the stone age if they do not cease nuclear weapons development.
quote: Do you really think any authority in Iran believes the world will NOT retaliate if Iran strikes first?
quote: Nothing motivates a country or its populace like the imminent threat of elimination.


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quote: They did that with the Xbox and Xbox 360 and now their console system is leading in sales
quote: Yes Wii is leading in total sales, but after every one and their mothers bought it on impulse, its sales are going down really bad. For the past several months Xbox has out sold every console
quote: When they're the underdog in a market, they come out aggressive and willing to lose billions to create marketshare. They did that with the Xbox and Xbox 360 and now their console system is leading in sales and kicking ass in online subscriptions. The same thing will happen with Windows mobile, they neglected it for too long and gave Apple too big of a head start. Someone at MS finally got wise to that and aren't going to let Apple or Google get away with it. This is all good news for the consumer. Personally, I'm interested in a mature WP7/WP8 platform much more than Apple's IOS or Android. Reasons being that MS has it's hands in everything software that's worth having (Xbox live, MS Office, growing app store) along with a unified hardware platform (no fragmentation like Android). Plus MS won't be so hard assed about controlling Windows mobile as much as Apple.
quote: Tony, I'll give you credit for what you've posted makes sense, and you seem to know a bit about what your talking about... But in everything you posted, you danced around one topic that seems to have slipped through your facts. While it is true that their office/os monopoly is slipping, and they will never have a monopoly in the console, or mobile phone market, the point is they don't need to!! There is this thing called diversification , and that is what MS is doing here!
quote: Microsoft does not have as fragmented a business model as you suggest. Their strategy involves extending the Windows, Xbox Live, and Zune brands across platforms and into the cloud, similar to what Apple (and perhaps even Google) are doing. Microsoft is in a much stronger position, however.Also, Windows is in no way threatened. Mac OS will never extend beyond its niche for trendsters, computing novices, and media production professionals. Linux is for nerds with way too much time on their hands, and will never offer the polish, reliability, functionality, ease of use, and compatibility of Windows. Chrome OS is a niche product for netbooks that offers nothing to the all-important business world.
quote: Tony, I'll give you credit for what you've posted makes sense, and you seem to know a bit about what your talking about


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The coach only needed to watch Von Miller for a practice or two before he realized what he was seeing.
As Miller tells it, defensive coordinator Joe Kines came up to him shortly after he arrived at Texas A&M and said, �You play like a guy I used to coach.�
That guy: Derrick Thomas.
This Sunday, like so many Sundays in years past, No. 58 will be roaming the field at Arrowhead Stadium, trying to make life miserable for opposing quarterbacks, running backs, and offensive linemen. This No. 58 will be Miller, the Broncos linebacker, who became a big fan of Kansas City�s No. 58, Thomas, after Kines pointed out the similarities.
Miller says it�s no coincidence that he wears the same number as the late Chiefs Hall of Famer.
�I went and got his film, watched all his games, watched all his interviews,� Miller said in an interview with The Associated Press. �I just felt connected; I felt like I�d known him. I felt like the kind of things he did were the same kind of things I could do. I just became the biggest Derrick Thomas fan there was.�
Miller hangs Thomas� rookie card in his locker. Meanwhile, the start to his career is strikingly like the one D.T. enjoyed back in 1989 and 1990.
Through his first 25 games, Thomas had 25 sacks. Through his first 25 games, Miller has 24�.
�I think they�re similar in terms of unique abilities to finish and get the quarterback to the ground,� Broncos defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio said. �Rare ability, a combination of speed and power. It�s kind of fitting to mention that because we�re going to K.C. this week.�
Miller said watching Thomas play on video put a sharp focus on the kind of player he�d like to be, while watching the old Thomas interviews almost felt like he was hearing someone talk about his very own feelings.
�He said he felt like he was a running back on defense, and sometimes, I feel the same way � like I�m the running back and the offensive line is trying to stop me,� Miller said.
They�re not having much luck.
Miller, who was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week for last week, has 13 sacks this season and has surpassed Elvis Dumervil and Rulon Jones for the most sacks by a Denver Bronco over his first two years. Sparked by their linebacker, the Broncos entered Week 12 with the league lead in sacks at 35.
In addition to kicking off his career as one of the league�s transcendent pass rushers, Miller is showing all the signs of becoming one of the NFL�s next truly colorful characters, as well: The black-rimmed glasses, the sack celebrations that keep people guessing and, at times, make him look like the man you�d most want to stay away from on the dance floor.
He says his eyesight is, indeed, terrible.
�Those aren�t a costume,� he says. �I�ve got 30 different pair, and I could wear a different one each day.�
The dancing � well � it�s a work in progress.
Things were so askew after two games, and three sacks, that Miller had choreographers from makers of the video game �Hip Hop Dance Experience� come to town to help him with something a little less frenetic. Now, usually after his first sack in any given game, he does his go-to dance � side-stepping, bending his arms at the elbow and bringing his hands up toward his shoulders. Every time he does it, the gamemakers give $1,000 to Miller�s charity, Von�s Vision, which helps underprivileged kids get eye care.
�I try to get one in a game, then, after that, whatever happens, happens,� he said. �I want guys thinking about what�s next. Hopefully, I�ll run out of stuff to do. That�d be great.�
One time he Tebowed. Against Carolina last month, he pretended to unzip his jersey to show off a Superman cape � a mocking celebration during a victory over the Panthers and Cam Newton, the only player chosen in front of him in the 2011 draft.
�We love his energy and all the dances,� Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey said. �I wouldn�t discourage him from doing anything that makes him play great on Sundays.�
Indeed, none of this would be newsworthy if Miller weren�t playing great and piling up the numbers. What Peyton Manning does for the Denver offense, Miller does for the Broncos defense. And yet, despite this success, he is not the hands-down best defensive player in football. Another member of the 2011 draft class, defensive lineman Aldon Smith of the 49ers, had 5� sacks in Monday�s win over Chicago and now leads the league with 15. And second-year defensive end J.J. Watt of the Houston Texans added three sacks against Detroit on Thursday to bring his total up to 14�.
Neither, however, is quite the physical specimen Miller is. The product of DeSoto High School in Texas is 6-foot-3, 240 pounds and runs a 4.5-second 40.
�He has speed, and there�s this term in football that says speed kills,� Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel says. �And speed forces other players to do things that they don�t normally do.�
Miller played the last six games of last year with torn ligaments in his right thumb � an injury that forced him to wear a cast during the end of a season in which he piled up 11� sacks. There were times when he got pulled off the field during running situations. His position coach, Richard Smith, bristled when asked about that, saying Miller was, indeed, an �every down guy� last year and has become an even better one this year.
�What I like about him is his focus, his attention in the meetings; on details, he�s getting much better,� Smith said. �He�s a much better first- and second-down player than he was a year ago.�
But he wasn�t always the uber-focused detail guy he is now.
During his sophomore year in 2008, Miller didn�t go to class as much as he have should and wasn�t a good practice player. Texas A&M head coach Mike Sherman suspended him for the spring, and Miller considered transferring to Florida, which had been his second choice during the recruiting process.
�My dad told me not to do that,� Miller said. �He said I had to stick with it, play through it. It�s one of the best decisions I made. I came back, led the nation in sacks.�
He credits Sherman, the man he calls his second father, for teaching him about �honor, accountability, trust and working with teammates.�
Miller cried when the Broncos made him the second pick in the 2011 draft, overwhelmed as he saw everything he worked for come true.
Shortly afterward, he started setting goals.
One was to be the best rookie defender in the NFL. Last season, he beat out Smith to win the AP Defensive Rookie of the Year.
Another was to somehow, someday, live up to Thomas� legacy.
�But that�s pretty lofty, to try to play like Derrick Thomas,� Miller said. �I just try to play the best game I can possibly play. Sacks are good. Tackles are good. But playing in (February) in New Orleans, that�d be the best thing for us right now.�


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Adam Mangone finished his BS in business management in 2002 and is now a consultant and Bain and Company. During his time at Westminster, he was a business school senator and ASWC treasurer, on the soccer team, and a member of the honors program. He said he has always approached life with two things in mind: to learn and have fun. He said, "I always tried to find a place where I would both learn and show up smiling every day." He said Westminster taught him how to think critically, gave him leadership opportunities that help in his everyday life, and provided a network he could rely on to progress his career. Adam has traveled to 19 different countries, helped start a wind power company in Costa Rica, and is currently a part of the Bain Cares program which provides service to nonprofits in the Atlanta area, showcasing his dedication to global consciousness and social responsibility that he learned at Westminster.


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Published August 15, 2013
It wasn't the celebrated academic programs, historic buildings or successful athletic teams that drew Jonathan Gibbons to the University of Massachusetts-Amherst this summer.
Instead, it was the university's student gardening program.
Gibbons, along with three fellow UB undergraduates and two UB staff members, attended a four-day conference at UMASS to learn about permaculture, a method of gardening that emphasizes educational, low-maintenance and edible gardens.
The students, whose travel and conference fees were paid for by Campus Dining & Shops (CDS), learned ways to turn marginalized landscapes into thriving gardens that produce vegetables, herbs and other plants that contribute to a healthy, diverse ecosystem. This includes, but is not limited to, composting, mulching and polyculture, the practice of planting different crops in the same space to mimic the natural landscape.
Gibbons, a senior environmental geoscience major from North Tonawanda, said the conference was educational and inspiring.
"It was such an amazing experience, probably the best thing I did all summer," he said during a presentation last month with fellow student conference attendees Kristen Janson, Margaret Murray and Dylan Steed.
The students, who hope to create a permaculture garden on UB's North Campus, spoke about the conference at a meeting of the UB Undergraduate Academies.
Among those attending was James Jenson, professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering. Jenson asked the students how they would maintain such a garden, considering the growing season in Western New York occurs during the summer when most students are not on campus.
That is one of several issues—the others being the garden's potential location, access to water, what to grow, procuring startup funding and necessary approvals, and convincing future students to maintain the garden—that the students said they are addressing.
Their plan, at least in principle, is supported by Jeff Brady, CDS executive director.
"I'm very excited about this," he said. "In addition to the education component, this will benefit our students because it will be a source of fresh, locally grown food.
Jim Simon, sustainability engagement coordinator with UB's Office of Sustainability, who also attended the conference, said the garden could be another environmentally friendly project to benefit the UB community and beyond.
"It has been inspiring to watch this project unfold. Through the committed leadership of Campus Dining & Shops, and a student leadership team that draws from the Undergraduate Academies, Alpha Kappa Chi (the undergraduate professional environmental fraternity), and Engineers for a Sustainable World, it is clear that sustainability at UB is about building lasting relationships with the planet and the community," Simon said.
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Cultivating cells may take days to weeks, making it difficult to monitor morphological changes. The long-term time-lapse monitoring of cells can provide reliable data about cell growth and death, and morphological changes. Cell proliferation and death measurement is a basic function in drug toxicity and safety testing, as well as in biotherapeutic research.
Continuous monitoring of cells in the same environments may require environmental regulators as well as monitoring systems. A high-quality microscope and incubator simply cost too much to use just to check for morphological changes of cells and their confluence. Unfortunately, until recently there were no compact microscopes that could be easily placed inside a thermo-hygrostat.
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Various applications of gold nanorods (AuNRs) were featured because of their photo-thermal properties in cancer therapy and drug delivery research. The surface of AuNRs can be modified to reduce toxicity. We used silica-coated AuNRs to increase biocompatibility. Nanoparticles are as small as subcellular components, which can result in membrane disturbance through its surface. AuNRs mostly existed in cytosols through endocytosis. Therefore, cell viability of SH-SY5Y exposed to gold nanorods for 24 hours was determined by Cell titer-glo assay.
The cells were incubated for 24 hours with bare or silica-coated AuNRs (100 µg/mL). In the presence of bare AuNRs, viability of SH-SY5Y was reduced to 33.85 ± 0.69%, while 80.24 ± 4.25% cells were live when silica-coated AuNRs were treated (Figure 1).
Juli Br recorded images of SH-SY5Y cells at five minute intervals, and confluence was also measured. The cells cultured in six-well plates were treated with 75 ug/mL of bare or silica-coated AuNRs (Figure 2A). Confluence data is shown in Figure 2B.
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The weekend forecast calls for sunny skies and seasonably cool temperatures, perfect weather for Memorial Day parades, and there will be many to choose from in Erie and Niagara counties.
The biggest is the Kenmore Memorial Day Parade, which steps off at 11 a.m. Monday in the Town of Tonawanda and proceeds down Delaware Avenue to Lincoln Boulevard, ending at Elm- wood Avenue.
Sponsored by Milton J. Brounshidle Post 205, American Legion, and Harry E. Crosby Post 2472, Veterans of Foreign Wars, it features more than 60 bands, service organizations, fire departments and dance groups.
While that may be the biggest of the weekend's events, there also will be lots of others to choose from.
Saturday ceremonies
The first parade of the weekend takes place in Niagara Falls at 11 a.m. at the City Market, 19th Street and Pine Avenue, and proceeds up Pine to Veterans Park in Hyde Park at Pine and Robbins Drive.
Also on Saturday, a special event titled "Soldiers Through the Ages" will highlight the region's military history from the 17th to the 20th centuries at Old Fort Niagara in Youngstown.
Activities begin at 10 a.m. with a colors ceremony by the Lewiston-Porter High School Air Force Junior ROTC. During the ceremony, the fort's replica of its 24-by-28-foot 1812 flag will be raised in commemoration of the American attack on Fort George across the Niagara River on May 25, 1813. At 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, the fort will offer an 1812 bicentennial tour focusing on the capture of Fort George.
Sunday events
A parade in Blasdell begins at 1 p.m. in front of Firemen's Park, 205 Lake Ave., and ends at Blasdell Library on Madison Avenue with a brief ceremony. The Blasdell Volunteer Fire Department will serve refreshments at Thomas E. Tehan Post 1449, American Legion, 2075 Electric Ave., following the dedication.
Marilla's parade begins in the cemetery on Two Rod Road at 1 p.m. and ends at the Veterans Memorial. Hot dogs will be served at a reception following a ceremony at the memorial.
The Sons & Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War will hold their annual ceremony with songs, a military salute and placement of a wreath at 1 p.m. at the GAR Monument in Section 14 of Forest Lawn to honor Civil War veterans buried there.
Brian G. Stiller, medical center director for VA Western New York Healthcare System, will be the keynote speaker at the Memorial Day ceremony at 2 p.m. at Evans Town Hall, 8787 Erie Road, Angola. Town Supervisor Keith Dash will present Evans Veteran of the Year Awards to William Houston and Augustine Pingnatore.
Memorial Day
Four parades step off at 9 a.m. Monday.
In Collins Center, the procession begins at Main Street and Collins Center Zoar Road, and continues on Main to the cemetery, where an American Legion ceremony will follow.
Orchard Park's parade starts at Orchard Park Library, 4570 S. Buffalo St., and marches to the Four Corners.
Lancaster holds a memorial service at 9 a.m. in Lake Avenue Veterans Park, followed by a parade from the park along Lake Avenue, School Street, Pleasant Avenue and Central Avenue to Lancaster Town Hall.
In Elma, a parade sponsored by the Elma Kiwanis Club will start at Elma Library at Rice and Bowen roads, proceeding up Bowen to the Veterans Memorial in front of Town Hall, where a commemorative service will be held.
In Springville, the Town of Concord parade begins at 10 a.m. on North Buffalo Street and proceeds to Fiddler's Green Park, where a wreath will be placed at the monument, then along Franklin Street and Main Street to Maplewood Cemetery, where there will be a service at the Mound.
The West Seneca parade steps off at 10:30 a.m. from Southgate Plaza and proceeds up Union Road to Legion Drive.
The annual parade in Hamburg steps off at 10:30 a.m. from the street behind Pleasant Ave- nue School, marching on Pleasant and Buffalo, Main, Center and Union streets to the bandstand in Memorial Park, where a short program will follow.
In Clarence, the parade begins at 11 a.m. from Clarence High School, Main Street and Gunnville Road, and ends at Clarence Town Park, 10450 Main St. Ceremonies in the park will follow.
State Sen. Tim Kennedy, D-Buffalo, will be the speaker at Memorial Day services at South Buffalo Post 721, American Legion, 136 Cazenovia Ave., at 11 a.m. A brunch of hot dogs, hamburgers and salad will follow.
Youngstown Post 313, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will hold a Memorial Day ceremony at 11 a.m. in the Fort Niagara War of 1812 Cemetery. After the ceremony, a reception and open house will be held at the post at 434 Third St. During the reception, the post will hold a Disposal Ceremony for Unserviceable Flags. The public is invited to bring worn-out flags for disposal.
Hamburg Moose Lodge 992 will hold its 23rd annual Memorial Day flag-burning ceremony at noon at the club at 45 Church St. The public is invited to bring old and tattered American flags for proper disposal. A reception with hot dogs and beverages will follow.
Wales will hold a parade and memorial service beginning at noon. The parade will line up at Hunters Creek Road and Route 20A and proceed down Big Tree Road to the Veterans Memorial next to the Community Center and Town Hall, 12345 Big Tree Road.
The Williamsville/Amherst parade will be held at 2 p.m., originating from Williamsville South High School, 5950 Main St., and proceeding down Main to Los Robles Street.
Cemetery services
Those who died in our nation's service will be remembered in a variety of Memorial Day ceremonies in area cemeteries over the weekend.
A special ceremony to honor veterans buried in the Field of Valor at Lakeside Cemetery, 4810 Camp Road, Hamburg, will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Leading the ceremony will be Hamburg Township Post 1419, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Cub Scout Packs 143 and 592.
An adaptation of a 1902 service for the Grand Army of the Republic will be offered at 10 a.m. Saturday at the grave of Civil War soldier Jacob Smith in historic Concordia Cemetery, 438 Walden Ave., Buffalo. Leading the service will be members of Col. John B. Weber Camp 44, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
St. Matthew's Cemetery, 180 Old French Road, West Seneca, will host two Memorial Day ceremonies over the weekend.
A special ceremony led by Pvt. Leonard Post Jr. Post 6251, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at the cemetery's Veterans Plaza. At 9 a.m. Monday, the Town of West Seneca Veterans Committee will hold a special wreath-laying ceremony in the Field of Valor. Reservations are preferred for both ceremonies. Call 822-1960.
The Erie County American Legion will be in Forest Lawn on Monday morning for its annual ceremony to honor and salute veterans. At 8:30 a.m., flags will be placed on the graves of veterans in the Field of Valor and the cemetery's American Legion section. At 9 a.m., the ceremony will be held in front of the American Legion Memorial Monument in the Veterans Section, near the Main Street gates.
Catholic cemeteries in Erie and Niagara counties will join the national Catholic Cemetery Conference observance, "Serving God and Country: A Memorial Day Salute to Our Heroes." Messages can be placed on special tribute boards in all the cemeteries.
Diocesan priests, including three who served as military chaplains, will offer special Memorial Day Masses.
Masses are scheduled at 10 a.m. Saturday in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Town of Tonawanda, led by Monsignor Francis Weldgen; Holy Cross Cemetery, Lackawanna, led by Monsignor James Campbell (Marine Corps); Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Cheektowaga, led by the Rev. John Mack (Air Force); and Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Lewiston, led by the Rev. Michael Zuffoletto (Navy).
At 10 a.m. Monday, the Rev. James Waite will offer Mass at Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Lockport.
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WILLIAMSBURG - A cacophony of car horns, fire engine sirens and residents' cheers pierced the air, with dozens of cars lining Route 866 to greet Sgt. Allen Frye, who returned home Wednesday night from a yearlong tour in Afghanistan.
A procession of police cruisers and fire trucks started a half-hour late, around 7:30 p.m., but a crowd waited to welcome home Frye.
Nathan Brown, 9, and his mother, Kristy Clowson, who also is a veteran, braved the cold to show their support. Brown said his mother even helped him make a homemade sign, which featured a saluting stick figure.
Parents chatted amongst themselves as their children, carrying miniature American flags, chased each other around the St. Joseph Catholic Church parking lot in the dark. They cheered in anticipation every time a car passed by, thinking it was Frye.
One family in particular was determined to show their support for the military: the Edmundsons.
Spc. Chad Edmundson of Williamsburg was killed in May 2009 by an improvised explosive device while serving with the Army National Guard in Iraq. He was 20 years old.
The death rocked the borough. Two young women running Nic's Grab 'n Go Wednesday night admitted that to this day they can't talk about Edmundson without getting goose bumps.
His grandmother, Donna Edmundson, said whenever she looks at men or women in the military, she cries. Their sacrifice means so much, she said.
"I debated on coming down here," she said. "But I thought, 'I have to come down. I have to come and give this kid a welcome home.'"
The procession passed by in a matter of seconds, and residents returned to their cars to make a short drive home and continue with their evening.
Many said they didn't care how cold or dark it was or how long they had to wait. They wanted to take whatever time was necessary out of their day to show appreciation for Frye.
With tears in her eyes and clutching an American flag, Donna said the day she received news of her grandson's death, all she could do was cry and scream. Knowing what it's like for a loved one not to return alive, she said she was glad to be witness to a happier homecoming.
"We've shed many, many tears. And now whenever they come home alive, and in one piece, we're grateful."


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Hear from Tim Huckaby, Founder of InterKnowlogy & Actus Software, and Mary Jo Foley, Editor of ZDNets "All About Microsoft", as they discuss the perceptions from the Build 2011 Conference. Mary Jo talks about the excitement around Window 8, how everyone can be a part of it, Metro style apps, integration between apps, and more. Mary Jo also discusses why she thinks Microsoft doesn't have to be like Apple when it comes to product launches & developer events, especially since Microsoft is the standard when it comes to interacting with the developer audience. You don't want to miss this insightful interview!
Mary Jo Foley has been a tech reporter for more than 25 years. She has spent many of those years covering the people, products and strategies from Microsoft. She is currently editor of the ZDNet "All About Microsoft" blog (www.allaboutmicrosoft.com) and is the author of Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft Plans to Stay Relevant in the Post-Gates Era (John Wiley & Sons).
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Tim has been called a "Pioneer of the Smart Client Revolution" by the press. Tim has been awarded many times for the highest rated technical presentations and keynotes for Microsoft and many other technology conferences around the world. Tim has been on stage with, and done numerous keynote demos for many Microsoft executives including Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.
Tim founded InterKnowlogy, a custom application development company, in 1999 and Actus Interactive Software in 2011 and has over 30 years of experience including serving on a Microsoft product team as a development lead on an architecture team on a Server Product. Tim is a Microsoft Regional Director, a Microsoft MVP and serves on many Microsoft councils and boards like the Microsoft .NET Partner Advisory Council.
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Unfortunately Microsoft is doing these like Apple more and more, so many secrecy and limits, especially for developers, its nonsense. How many WinRT stuff did you see after BUILD ? There are several videos here on C9, sure (and thanks Charles!), but how many blog post elsewhere (like blogs.msdn.com) ? its even a banned topic on MSDN Magazine. WinDiv people can't even mention the OS. Basically the ONLY one from MS talking about Win8 is the B8 blog, WTH ?
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Cook pasta per package directions, rinse, drain and set aside. Heat the oil in a large skillet and sauté the garlic for 1 minute. Add the mushrooms and half the soy sauce. Sauté for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the carrots, tofu and pasta. Sprinkle on the remaining shoyu, cover and reduce the flame to medium-low. Cook for 5 minutes. Remove the cover and mix the pasta and vegetables. Add more shoyu, if desired. Turn the flame to medium. Add the snow peas and scallions. Sauté 1 to 2 minutes until the pasta is hot and the snow peas and scallions are done.
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