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Mr. & Mrs. Smith
My Costar, My Spouse: Brad, Angelina and 13 Other Couples Who Took Their Romance Onscreen
Originally posted 11/11/2015 12:50PM
A movie starring two famous actors who happen to be married in real-life: On paper, it sounds like it should be a sure-fire win. In reality? It's not that simple.
Brad and Angelina: 6 Can't-Forget Moments from Hollywood's Hottest Couple
Originally posted 04/19/2015 03:50PM
It's been 10 years since Hollywood power couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were first spotted cozying up on a Kenya beach with Jolie's son Maddox in April 2005.
Why Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Honeymoon Is Even Hotter Than You Think
Originally posted 08/29/2014 07:30AM
They finally tied the knot. Now, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are heading to their honeymoon – and it's a sexy mix of work and play.
What You Missed Over The Weekend
The Return of Brangelina, Adam Levine's Mexico Wedding & More Weekend News
Originally posted 07/20/2014 08:00PM
With a wedding, a birthday and an A-list couple's on-screen reunion, it was a busy weekend for celebrities, from the sands of Mexico to the streets of London and everywhere in between. Here's what you missed:
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to Reunite on Screen in By the Sea
Originally posted 07/19/2014 12:40PM
Acting's all in the family for the Jolie-Pitt clan.
Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Are Filming a New Movie Together in Malta
Originally posted 07/05/2014 01:50PM
Brangelina will be returning to the big screen – and the movie officially has a setting.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith: Killer Duo or D.O.A.?
Originally posted 06/10/2005 01:00PM
Tell us what you think of the movie – and its sexy costars
He Said, She Said
Originally posted 06/09/2005 06:00AM
Outside the Casa del Mar and Shutters hotels in Santa Monica on June 6, the scene resembled a presidential visit crossed with an episode of Paparazzi Gone Wild!: clamoring photographers and a massive security detail – including 12 guards and two armed police officers – patrolling the grounds. Inside, though, the mood was playful, as Mr. and Mrs. Smith stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt promoted their new action-romance. When one reporter – who, like all the attending journalists, was required to sign a "loyalty oath" vowing not to ask personal questions – inquired about the stars' onscreen chemistry, Pitt replied, "Between me and [Smith costar] Vince [Vaughn]? It was palpable. I mean, we knew immediately when we looked into each other's eyes . . . " Pitt (greeting Jolie at the premiere) told Diane Sawyer that his costar is "a good egg" and "a great actress." Photo by: Lester Cohen / WireImageStep one-two, step one-two: In a carefully choreographed pas de deux of Smith publicity, Pitt, 41, and Jolie, who turned 30 on June 4, were alternately jokey, wary and cautiously candid as each star opened up – separately – for the first time about the months-long tempest surrounding their relationship. "People want answers about what's happening . . . but I need to know what's happening first," Jolie told W West Coast bureau chief Christopher Bagley in the magazine's current issue, which features photographer Steven Klein's explosive pictorial essay of the two stars. And in an interview with Diane Sawyer, which aired on ABC's Primetime Live June 7, Pitt denied that Jolie was a "home wrecker" and implied that their relationship – Pitt's divorce from Jennifer Aniston remains unfinalized – has yet to be defined. Asked if he and his costar are now embarking on a romance, he said, "There's a lot still to, I guess, put into place . . . Listen, I don't know what the future is just yet." On the subject of Aniston, he was more direct, telling Sawyer that their split "doesn't mean you lose the love," though he admitted that "it's difficult now as we determine what the next juncture is." Starring as domestic assassins in Smith, Jolie told reporters, "It is all a metaphor for marriages." Photo by: STEPHEN VAUGHN / REGENCY ENTERTAINMENT / TWENTIETH CENTURY FOXAt the June 7 L.A. premiere of their film, Pitt and Jolie only fleetingly shared the red carpet. But if Mr. and Mrs. Smith have remained cagey, others are more forthcoming about their chemistry, which audiences can finally judge for themselves in the film. "Their onscreen chemistry is 100 percent them," says Smith director Doug Liman. The sparks were evident from the first day of shooting in winter 2004, says Liman, who notes that the pair had no prior rehearsals or meetings. "What you see in the movie is Brad and Angie's first moments together," he says of the film's opening sequence, set in a marriage counselor's office. "Onscreen they just immediately clicked." "We have the potential to end poverty in our time," Pitt told Sawyer (together in Africa in May). "What is more exciting than that?" Photo by: CAROLINE BORGE / ABC NEWSUntil the Smith premiere, off-screen the duo had avoided being photographed together ever since they were spotted beachcombing in Kenya with Jolie's 3-year-old son Maddox in April. Pitt recently wrapped the Morocco shoot for his upcoming drama Babel; Jolie returned to Kenya in late May on a humanitarian mission and has since been in New York City and Los Angeles on Smith promotional duty. So what's next for the pair? Pitt told Sawyer he has already entered a "new chapter," calling it "a really interesting time – it's a shake-up year . . . I make my choices and I live with those. I like that. My mistakes are my mistakes. My wins are my wins – that I can live with."
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If we learned anything tonight, it's that the Thunder's second and third units might make the playoffs in the East.
With Kevin Durant, Kendrick Perkins, Kevin Martin and Nick Collison all sitting out tonight's finale, and Serge Ibaka, Russell Westbrook and Thabo Sefolosha all playing fewer than 10 minutes, it was up to the Thunder's Garbage Time Kids to close out the 2012-13 regular season.
And while they played valiantly, they eventually both ran out of gas. and didn't know where to find points in the fourth. They held a 70-68 third quarter lead, but it was pretty clear in the fourth they were fatigued as the Bucks started scoring almost at will and the shot quality for OKC got pretty bad.
One interesting thing to note though: The Thunder opened the game in a zone, and stayed in it for the first eight minutes of the game.
"We've done it a few times throughout the year, not a lot, but enough to see if we can change things up," Scott Brooks said. "I liked it. We have some active athletes that can cover ground. I thought the starting unit did a great job setting the tone defensively with our zone. It's one of the reasons why I wanted to play Russell — obviously to keep his streak going — but I wanted to see how the zone would look. It's something we might tinker without throughout the year and might use it again. We're not a big zone team because we're pretty solid in our man-to-man. It's hard to score on our man-to-man."
Brooks said pregame that one of the reasons he wanted Westbrook to play was that there were a couple of sets and things they wanted to try and get a look at tonight. And a source close to the team told me weeks ago that Brooks hasn't done a ton of real coaching with this team this season, instead just kind of going with the flow, with the intention to ratchet things up in the playoffs. I don't know what the Thunder have in their back pocket that they haven't been showing, if anything, but it seems that there could be a few things they're going to bust out. Zone, new sets, a few rotational adjustments — who knows.
But let's talk about the two Thunder kiddos we haven't seen much of.
On Lamb: His previous career-high in minutes was 12 coming in. He played 41 tonight, including the entire second half. He struggled shooting the ball, hitting just 6-21 from the floor, including 0-6 from 3, for 13 points. What went wrong mostly for Lamb was that he forced some, missed some good shots and found himself with the ball often as the shot clock was winding down. I don't think his 21 shots are necessarily indicative of how much he was actually involved offensively. It's not like he was just jacking up stuff. Most everything he took was in rhythm and open, and with the Thunder starved for offense in the second half, Lamb had to become a focus.
It often looked like Lamb didn't have a real plan when he got the ball though. He didn't seem to be comfortable trying to take people off the dribble and wasn't good at drawing a whistle. The fact he missed open shots doesn't bother me at all, because I know Lamb can shoot. It's the other offensive stuff he's got to clean up.
"Jeremy is a terrific — he's not a good shooter, he's a great shooter. He's going to be soon. And he didn't make shots," Brooks said. "He was 0-6 from 3, missed a lot of shots around the basket. He has a great runner, a great pull-up game. But that second half, we didn't make a lot of shots."
On Jones: At times, he just looks completely uncertain of himself. Other times, he looks completely certain of himself. His face-up game needs work, in that he can't just use the jumper as a crutch. I can only remember him facing up and putting the ball on the floor once, and when he did he finished a nice lefty runner with it.
He finished with 14 points (7-15 shooting) and nine rebounds, but I really feel like Jones should've played better. Because it's obvious the talent he has to impact the game. But playing 39 minutes and only going to the free throw line once isn't good enough. He needed to be more attack oriented and while I have no issue with him firing away in the pick-and-pop, there's an aggressive nature missing to his game. For instance, one play that sticks out in my head: Jones made a nice move and created a little space with his body about 10 feet from the bucket. His defender fell away and Jones was left wide open. But almost like he had to go through a process, he still took a jab step, and a half pump before putting up, and making, his jumper. He just wasn't confident with it initially and it was almost like he was working things out before he shot.
But now that we got through those 48 minutes, it's on to the important stuff. The Thunder wrap the 2012-13 regular season with a 60-22 record, and await the opening round of the playoffs on Sunday.
- Reggie Jackson set a new career-high with 23, and finished with six rebounds and five assists in 36 minutes. Without him being the offensive focus, the Thunder just didn't have a good option. And while it almost seemed like he could attack and score at will in the fourth, it didn't look like he had the legs to keep doing it. Jackson was clearly worn out and while he could beat his man effortlessly, after doing it two straight trips, he was eager to give the ball up and stand on the wing for the next 18 seconds.
- Jackson on 2-pointers: 8-12. Jackson on 3-pointers: 0-6. It's a real hole that needs fixing.
- By playing all the bench guys, the Thunder didn't have a lot of options when it came to matchups and lineups. For instance, Jones actually played a lot of center tonight. Which is kind of neat that he can. Or at least try to.
- Jones played the first 16 minutes tonight and looked near death before he finally checked out.
- Daniel Orton was OK. He had issues fouling and kind of got lost out there at time. He was a lot better in the Kings game. I think he's the type of player that really needs to comfort of a specific role when he's on the floor. Just being able to concentrate on rebounding and defense is good for him.
- Lamb used a pump fake on almost every catch. Which is fine, but it's not a very good pump and it was almost just like an offensive initiation move for him. Sometimes, you need to catch and go quick. Martin is great at this. It's kind of like a pitcher. You've got your fastball, your change-up, your curveball, etc. Have to mix it up on defenders. You can't show them the same thing every time, otherwise, they're going to settle in on your game.
- The Thunder's young guys, especially Orton, Lamb and Jones, are so emotionless. Make, miss, good, bad, whatever, they barely make a face.
- Lamb gets UP for rebounds. With those go-go-gadget arms and his bounce, he's got the potential to be a tremendous rebounding guard.
- Saw Ronnie Brewer make a shot tonight. That was neat.
- During timeouts, KD hung out in the coach's pre-huddle huddle as if he was an assistant or something. I don't know why, but I really enjoyed that.
- Perk addressed the crowd pregame to say thanks and blah blah, and got a hefty ovation.
- Heard this heckle tonight: "Hey Dunleavy! You're a poor man's Danny Ainge!"
- Daniel Orton runs like he's a T-Rex.
- Brooks admitted pregame really the only reason for playing Westbrook tonight was to keep his streak alive. "It's an impressive streak," he said.
- Westbrook only played the first seven minutes, checking out with 4:42 left in the first quarter, finishing with four points and three assists. But most importantly, 394 straight.
- We all would've loved to have seen KD try for 70 tonight. But let's say KD played tonight, and did it. You KNOW there would be incredible backlash with people slamming him for putting an individual thing over the team, for being selfish, for whatever. It's probably for the best that KD saved us those potential headaches just by sitting out.
Next up: The Playoffs on Sunday against either the Rockets or Lakers.


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For a Basketball Star, Fitness Calls for Pilates
Yoga, Pilates, pedicures. They don't sound like the workout routine of a pro-basketball player. But Dwyane Wade, the superstar shooting guard with the Miami Heat, has embraced them.
During last year's lockout, players couldn't get access to NBA team facilities or trainers. "The lockout meant I was working out with a different trainer," says Mr. Wade, "and he introduced me to different types of workouts that I didn't even know my body needed, like yoga."
Mr. Wade, who turned 30 in January, could be considered old by NBA standards. He says a large part of his preseason training was focused on keeping his body healthy and injury-free through the season. Nevertheless, he has struggled with injuries, including a strained calf and sprained right ankle.
In addition to his time on the court and in the gym, Mr. Wade, who stands 6 feet 4 inches and weighs 220 pounds, puts in time on the massage table. "I'm huge on massage work," he says. "I've done more stretching this season than ever before. My therapist's hands get tired from working on me."
Since his size-15 feet take a lot of pounding, he also incorporates foot baths, ice baths and regular pedicures into his regimen. "You need to take care of your feet," says Mr. Wade. "My feet aren't going to look any prettier from a pedi, but they feel better from the massaging."
The Workout
"I have tight hips and I felt I needed to loosen up and be more flexible as I got older," says Mr. Wade. He started taking private yoga lessons. "Just basic yoga—I wasn't ready for the hot stuff," he says. "Yoga is a totally different way of stretching and really challenging." Mr. Wade says he persuaded his teammate, LeBron James, to join him. "He's stiffer than me," he jokes.
Mr. James, in turn, persuaded Mr. Wade to try machine-based Pilates, which lengthens muscles and strengthens the core muscles. "I really felt the Pilates loosen up my muscles," says Mr. Wade. The attention to stretching has paid off during the season. "I recall making a move, and the basketball ended up on my foot and I almost did a split on the ball. Normally, that's a groin pull, but I bounced back."
Mr. Wade also started running on the beach this summer. "Running on the sand strengthens your quads and calf muscles," he says. He adds that he used to avoid running because it gave him shin splints, but running barefoot in the sand has helped him avoid that. He does some runs for distance, others for speed. "I try to do a lot of quick sprints where I'm starting and stopping and training myself to push through fatigue," he says.
Mr. Wade has also worked on his fast-twitch muscles, which come into play for brief bursts of strength or speed. To do this, his trainer had him work out with elastic bands on his wrists and ankles. He throws a medicine ball, turns, and then catches the ball with his torso facing one way and his arms turning another. "In a game, you never know what is going to come at you. I have to be ready to react quickly."
The Diet
Mr. Wade says he always avoided vegetables until he turned 30. "I hated all of them," he says. But "I knew it would help me in the long run both mentally and physically" to start eating them. His solution was to have his personal chef turn them into juice.
He now starts the day with a juice that might include celery, carrots and beets. His chef sticks to healthy, low-fat, high-protein meals that often include grilled chicken and rice. He doesn't splurge often, but when he does he has a burger, fries and a Coke. "That is heaven to me. I have a favorite burger spot in nearly every city. Sometimes I might even order two."
Least Favorite Yoga Exercise
"I struggle with tree pose," he says, referring to a yoga pose in which he balances on one foot, while the other leg is bent with the foot pressed into the standing leg. "I feel so discombobulated when I do that pose," he says. "My balance is all off. I definitely don't feel the athleticism I normally do when I try to do that pose."
"I'm not the type of person who has just one playlist. I'm kind of all over the place and when I run on the beach I put on whatever music speaks to me at that moment. Sometimes I'm feeling Jay-Z, Kanye [West], R. Kelly, some Whitney [Houston] or Mariah Carey. Last year I was listening to a lot of Cee Lo Green."
Pedicures: Putting Your Feet First
Miami Heat basketball player Dwyane Wade has regular pedicures. But you won't find him at a salon getting his toenails painted. Cedric Bryant, the chief science officer for the American Council on Exercise, says Mr. Wade and many athletes get what's called a sports pedicure. "Your feet are vitally important, particularly in sports like basketball where you have a lot of impact stress from jumping and landing and a lot of torsional stress from the side-to-side movement that goes along with guarding players."
A sports pedicure, says Mr. Bryant, consists of soaking each foot in a warm Epsom-salt bath, applying foot cream, massaging the feet and lower legs, clipping the toenails and exfoliating dead skin from the soles of the feet.
"Regular sports pedicures reduce the development of blisters and calluses," says Mr. Bryant. "And the massaging can help with muscle soreness."
Mr. Bryant says wearing sports-specific socks will also help keep feet healthy. "Certain types of socks are designed to have a wicking effect to keep feet free of moisture and reduce the tendency toward developing blisters," he says.
John Wooden, the late, great UCLA basketball coach, was known to show his new recruits the right way to put on their socks and tie their shoes, Mr. Bryant says. "His practices were so intense he didn't want them to use blisters as an excuse."
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Weathersfield to get alert system
WEATHERSFIELD - Trustees have signed up the township for the Nixle alert system.
Administrator David Pugh said the system will allow residents to receive notices or warnings either through a text message or email.
Residents can sign up on the township's website (www.weathersfieldtwp.com) or at the township administration building, Pugh said.
The system can send out an alert to residents for meetings or in emergencies, such as an accident or fire that ties up traffic or a weather warning.
Liberty also uses the Nixle system, that is free, Pugh said.
Pugh said officials have conducted tests of the system, and everything seems to be working. He said it is hoped that residents can begin receiving alerts by the end of this week.
Bullet holes found at warehouse
YOUNGSTOWN - Employees of Allied Erecting, 1290 Poland Ave., found three bullet holes in the side of a warehouse when they opened up Monday morning, reports state.
Police called to the business about 8:30 a.m. reported that two bullets appeared to have traveled through a new steel door. In the warehouse, an employee found a bullet, which was taken for evidence.
Reports state the warehouse is being renovated and is empty.
Men try to hide in drain tunnel
YOUNGSTOWN - Police apprehended two men Monday afternoon on the East Side who they say tried to hide from them in a drain pipe.
Robert Stanko, 39, of Wick Avenue, and Billy Johnston, 38, of Myrtle Avenue, were issued misdemeanor summons for criminal trespass and obstructing official business after they were caught inside an abandoned apartment complex on Hubbard Court about 2:35 p.m.
Reports state officers saw a pickup truck in the driveway and when questioned, the driver said he was having mechanical problems before driving off. Police then heard sounds in the building and saw at least one person run through the back of the complex toward Crab Creek along Hubbard Road.
Stanko and Johnston were found hiding in a large pipe underneath the bridge at Crab Creek. They both came out at the point of a Taser, reports state.
The two were released on the scene. The driver of the truck was not found.
Cash taken from Internet cafe
YOUNGSTOWN - Police reports state someone who appeared to have a key stole an undetermined amount of cash from The Sweepstakes Club, 2545 Belmont Ave., early Monday.
An employee called police at 9:30 a.m. and told officers that when he opened for business he noticed the alarm had been set off. Police then watched a video that showed a man wearing a mask use what looked like a key to get inside about 1:30 a.m. He tried to get into a safe but failed to do so.
At one point it appeared the man was talking on a cellphone. He left, came back about five minutes later and opened the safe.
The man then left the store and locked the door but did not reset the alarm, reports state.
A copy of the video was made for detectives.
Body discovered along Ohio River
EAST LIVERPOOL - A body discovered Monday by two fishermen at the edge of the Ohio River could be that of a man who either jumped or fell from the Newell Bridge last month.
Identification found on the body indicated the victim was a 64-year-old Columbiana County man, but police would not release the ID pending investigation. Police said no one has reported the person missing.
Officers had received a report April 13 that people fishing near the Newell Bridge heard a large splash and a man screaming for help.
Officers arriving on the scene that night also reported hearing someone yelling for help, but a search turned up no one.
Tribune Chronicle
Police said they believe the man found Monday could well be the victim of that incident, saying it will probably never be determined whether he jumped or fell from the toll bridge.


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Although we liked the PCs we saw with Intel's new unlocked Core i7 875K CPU well enough, with its $2,499 F131 gaming desktop, Maingear has shown you can still build (and buy) an even faster computer with technology that's just a bit more seasoned for the same price. Maingear overclocked a Core i7 950 chip to 4.2GHz, and included a pair of Nvidia graphics cards in this review build, and the result is performance on par with a PC from just six months ago that costs twice as much. Don't let the silly (and thankfully optional) artwork on the side of this system fool you. We'd recommend the Maingear F131 to any serious PC gamer.
We've given this system a high design rating, but the laser-etched Mafia II-themed side panel bears some scrutiny. Our hunch is that this design represents Maingear's effort to support Nvidia's Mafia II promotional push, which in turn is designed to sell Nvidia's 3D Vision gaming technology, which the game supports.
Though this system does indeed come with 3D Vision-capable graphics cards, it doesn't include the $350 or so 120Hz LCD monitor, nor the roughly $200 3D Vision glasses and receiver kit. If helping Nvidia doesn't explain the Mafia II side panel, we'd love to know why, of all the games out there, Maingear would elect to submit this PC with an image from an only average game (Mafia II currently enjoys a 74 Metacritic rating). The good news is that the side panel laser-etching is optional, and you can easily replace it with a blank, or submit your own art, which Maingear will inscribe for no extra charge.
Weird product placement aside, the design of the F131 is in line with what we expect from a higher-end gaming desktop. The interior in particular is perfectly designed, with all internal cables wrapped and bound as neatly as can be. We dinged Maingear's flagship Shift desktop for lacking the power and data connections from the back of the open hard-drive bays, and Maingear has corrected that issue here. And though this F131 build doesn't have the front-panel hard-drive access we've come to appreciate from a variety of vendors, we're glad to see Maingear offers the option for an additional $99.
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|Intel X58
|Intel P55
|4.2GHz Intel Core i7 950 (overclocked)
|4GHz Intel Core i7 875K (overclocked)
|6GB 1,333MHz DDR3 SDRAM
|8GB 1,333MHz DDR3 SDRAM
|(2) 1GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 460
|1.5GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 480
|Hard drives
|64GB Corsair solid-state drive, 1TB 7,200rpm Western Digital Caviar Black
|1TB Western Digital Caviar Black 7,200rpm SATA 3.0
|Optical drive
|dual-layer DVD burner
|dual-layer DVD burner
|Operating system
|Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
|Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
If we're happy with the design of the F131, we're ecstatic about the features Maingear offers for its price. From the aggressive and, more importantly, stable overclocked Intel Core i7 950 CPU, to the pair of GeForce GTX 460 graphics cards, to the solid-state boot drive, Maingear has outdone a competing Talon from Falcon Northwest to a dramatic degree. Falcon Northwest doesn't even offer a Talon with Intel's X58 chipset; instead it relies on the P55 chipset, which has reduced card expansion capacity and lower memory bandwidth. For other competing systems from vendors like Velocity Micro, Origin, and Alienware, you'll find they either ask more money for the same components, or they don't offer the same parts.
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Our application performance tests let the Maingear F131 shine, as it posts an across-the-board victory. As expected, the Maingear outperforms the Falcon Northwest Talon and its Core i7 875K CPU. The F131's performance against the Origin Genesis, a $5,000 gaming desktop, was a bigger surprise. That the Maingear is even in the same conversation as a system that costs twice as much is an impressive feat. That the F131 outperforms that same PC speaks to the phenomenal value Maingear is offering. We expect anyone looking for a high-performance desktop for general productivity, or editing, converting, or otherwise manipulating media files would be very satisfied with this desktop.
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|1,920x1,200 (DirectX 10, 4x aa, very high)
|1,440x900 (DirectX 10, 4x aa, very high)
The F131's gaming performance is not quite as dramatic, but it's still very competitive. Crysis still remains a relevant gaming benchmark, and not only does the Maingear exceed the 60-frames-per-second threshold, it does so better than its competition on the most demanding resolution. And even though it's slower than some competing systems on our Far Cry 2 test, we can't exactly cast the Maingear as slow given its 174-plus frame rates.
We haven't adopted a DirectX 11 game test yet, but we were curious to see how the Maingear would handle Metro 2033, one of the more demanding DirectX 11 games. We don't use that game formally as Nvidia had a lot to do with its development (as AMD and ATI have done with Tom Clancy's HAWX), and we'd prefer a more neutral title. As this is an Nvidia-based system, the F131 is primed to succeed on Metro 2033. We had a good experience during regular gameplay, but when we dialed up all of the image quality and physics settings, the Maingear hit its limit in the Metro 2033 benchmark program, managing only about 25 frames per second. That's certainly playable, but it's not enough of a cushion to guarantee you won't see the occasional slowdown.
The take away for the Maingear F131 as a gaming system is that you will find very few games that will challenge this PC. For the few that will, you should be able to dial down a few settings here and there, and still enjoy a smooth, good-looking gaming experience.


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What I learn by day I blog at night - A blog from Microsoft Consultant working from Ljubljana, Slovenia
I wrote about this subject in a magazine article recently and this is a quick run-through.
There is really no good reason one would but WinZip. There is even less user to run WinZip un-registered. And if you have WinRAR installed you are doing it wrong twice. Two shareware programs instead of one free one.
There are plenty free and good alternatives. Just pick one...
This is a program that's been around for a while. Although it's UI might see a bit outdated it more that compensates with it's features and speed. It can open ZIP, RAR and all other popular formats, and it sports it own 7Z format that is quite good.
It is cross platform as it runs on Windows, Linux, OS X and *nix platforms.
There is also a portable version of 7zip at PortableApps.
My grade: 4/5 - I love it and use it daily. It works rocks solid and fast.
Probably one of the most popular alternatives of WinZip out there. It looks and feels very much like WinZip. It supports all formats you will ever need and is translated in many languages.
But it tends to be slow. The development cycle is not very smooth and home page is sometimes very slow or even unavailable.
There is a portable version available, but it didn't work for me.
My grade: 2/5 - There are better apps available.
This is an Italian piece of software which is refreshing. Most of other archiving apps come from eastern European countries. Again, it looks and feels almost like WinZip.
It is fast and works with all popular formats. Only thing that I didn't like is poor progress indication with some archiving operations.
My grade: 3/5 - Cool app. Check it out.
Just another WinZip clone. I looks promising and its feature list tells that it does everything, but it didn't for for me in Vista. So no real test here.
Author suggest on his site that he will not continue development, so I would recommend you don't get attached.
My grade: 1/5 - Stay away.
I never heard about this archiver before. And it sure is a pleasant surprise. It definitely the best looking (or should I say cute?) app of all listed. And what came as another surprise: it's the fastest.
It is a clone of WinZip, it does everything you should need, works just fine on Vista and it's updated regularly.
So what is there not to like? Ads. There is a small ad visible all the time, but that shouldn't stop you from using it. It not very obtrusive.
My grade: 4/5 - Tools you should install on your grandma's computer. And yours if you don't like 7zip.
If you are looking for a state of the art archiver and you are prepared to open your wallet, I would recommend you spend your money on PowerArchiver instead of WinZip or WinRAR. It's cheaper and better. I have a licensed version on all of my private computers.
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UNIVERSITY CENTER -- Delta College made a push for the century mark.
But the Pioneers were more pleased with their defensive effort.
Bouncing back from their first loss of the season, the Pioneers powered past the Rochester College junior varsity squad 94-57 in women's basketball action Tuesday.
After Saturday's poor defensive first half, we were focusing today on playing defense for 40 minutes," Delta coach Kelly Miller said. "All the girls did that tonight and I am proud of their hard work and focus."
Delta (3-1) got a huge 30-point, 12-rebound performance from Taylor Mantyla (Midland Dow) while Champagne Arthur (Saginaw) counted 14 points and Abbye Wenzell (Freeland) and Dy'Mond Perry (Carrollton) scored 12 apiece.
The defensive side was equally impressive, as Delta limited Rochester to just 25 first-half points to take a commanding lead.
"It was an all-around team effort, with the starters getting us off to a great start and the bench coming in with great intensity," Miller said.
Delta takes on Sinclair Community College on Sunday in Mount Pleasant.


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TECH EXPOExplore available next-generation screening platforms as presented by sequencing leaders. An unparalleled opportunity to compare and contrast these next-generation sequencing platforms to best suit your research needs.2:00 Chairperson's RemarksKevin Davies, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief, BioIT World2:05
The SOLiD System - Setting New Standards in Genomic AnalysisMichael Rhodes, Ph.D., Product Applications Senior Manager, Genetic Analysis, High Throughput Discovery, Applied BiosystemsThe SOLiD™ System generates in excess of 6Gb of mate paired sequence data from a single run and recent throughput in the range of 12-17Gb has been demonstrated in Applied Biosystems R&D labs as well as customer sites. This enables the rapid sequencing of entire human genomes. As a result of this data availability, Applied Biosystems has sequenced a single Yoruban and analyzed the data for SNPs, insertions and deletions and structural variations. This presentation will review some of the challenges of analyzing such data sets. The advantages di base encoding will be discussed, especially in context of SNP calling. In addition, the use of Mate pairs and the latest tools for utilizing SOLiD™ System data will be presented.
True Single Molecule Sequencing™: The Continuing Path to the $1000 GenomePatrice M. Milos, Ph.D., Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, HelicosThe Heliscope™ Single Molecule Sequencer, an advanced technology platform capable of directly measuring single DNA molecules without the cost and complexity of amplification, provides the opportunity for high throughput genomic studies to address important biological questions. This presentation will provide an update on the platform as well as describe scientific applications that are being developed for the platform including recent studies on genomic sequencing, SNP detection, expression studies, and paired reads.
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4:00 Length Really Matters: 400 Base Pair Sequencing Reads Using the 454 Genome Sequencer FLXJason Affourtit, Director of Advanced Technologies, Roche 454 Life SciencesWith over 250 publications, the Genome Sequencer FLX system has been demonstrated to support an increasing number of applications from whole genome shotgun sequencing to the detection of somatic mutations. Recent advancements in the technology allow for the generation of over 1 million sequencing reads that are between 400 to 500 base pairs in length, allowing for the displacement of traditional Sanger sequencing technologies. The addition of paired end sequencing with spacing of 20kb between the sequencing tags has enabled whole genome sequencing of complex genomes. Data will be presented showing the de novo assembly of Arabidopsis and drosophila. Additional examples of cDNA, metagenomics, and amplicon studies will be shown.
Enabling Genome Biology with the Illumina Genome AnalyzerGary P. Schroth, Ph.D., Senior Director, Applications R&D, Illumina Inc.The Illumina Genome Analyzer is an ultrs-high throughput DNA sequencing platform that routinely generates billions of bases of very high quality sequence information from each short run. We will show examples of how the instrument is being used for a large variety of applications in genome biology including human genome sequencing, SNP discovery, gene expression analysis, protein-DNA interactions (ChIP-seq), genome-wide DNA methylation analysis, and small RNA discovery and profiling. We will discuss the development of software and analysis tools that can help users glean biological meaning from the massive amounts of data produced by the system.5:00 Interactive Panel DiscussionModerator, Kevin Davies, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief, BioIT World5:30 Close of Tech Expo /Short Course Registration
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How to do Successful Gene Expression Analysis Using Real-time PCRJo Vandesompele, Ph.D., Professor, Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital and Co-founder of Biogazelle
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In this short course, all aspects of the real-time PCR work flow will be covered, including RNA quality control, assay design and validation, selection of stably expressed reference genes, experiment design and finally data analysis using state-of-the art strategies, methods, and quantification models. A light dinner will be served during the short course.
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Experiment Design & Statistical Analysis of Multi-Assay Genomic StudyThomas J. Downey, President, Partek, Inc.In order to better understand the causes of differential gene expression, researchers are beginning to correlate chromosomal copy number, methylation, chromatin-immunoprecipitation, and SNPs with gene expression changes. This workshop addresses statistical considerations both at the study design phase and the data analysis phase of the study. Examples, including correlating chromosomal copy number with gene expression, will be given to illustrate the methods. A light dinner will be served during the short course.
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