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Game Art Education Question
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Posted 16 August 2014 - 04:41 PM
Im an indie game artist... Like the rest of the world. Ive been making games forever and im ready to upgrade to a real job in the industry, or at least find a larger indie team to join with a possibility of a real, paying career.
Im looking into a game art and animation educating. Bachelors degree would be great. So far the best school for the money I've talked to is Fullsail University with a 32 month degree for around $60k. I've also talked to Sanford Brown, Art Institute and a local school here in Arizona but they're all 3 to 4 years and more expensive.
I want quality over affordability, but i know game artists aren't millionaires. The best return on investment is what I'm interested in.
But my real question is this: Will anyone hire me with a game art degree from a school like Full Sail? They tell me they're the Harvard of game schools, but they're salesmen. We all know that.
How much does the school matter up against an awesome portfolio?
Any opinions, suggestions, recommendations, criticisms or straight up trash talk is so very welcome. Its a big investment and there's a lot of pros and cons to consider.
Thanks in advance.
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Posted 16 August 2014 - 05:43 PM
Portfolio > school.
How much does the school matter up against an awesome portfolio?
HR cares about degrees/diplomas. Everyone else cares about what you can show and do. Artists often get interviewed based on their resume and portfolio, and then hired based on an art test.
If you've been making games forever, do you already have a portfolio? Are you already trained in the software packages that you need to know? Do you need to go to a games school?
P.S. If you want a degree that will look nice to HR but also develop your talent as an artist, also consider fine art courses instead of games-specific stuff
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Posted 17 August 2014 - 02:26 AM
Very few people will discredit your application for an art job based on your schooling (and lets be honest, if they do you probably don't want to work for them).
No one will see that you went to full sail and bring you in right away just on that, but it's possible for someone to click through to your portfolio and be entirely convinced that you're the talent they need. Portfolio over Degree. A degree will only barely increase your chances at getting a job, because in the end it's about your art and whether or not you'll fit in with the team.
I'm of the opinion that a degree is not required at all as an artist in this industry unless you really want a focused environment in which to learn your trade, and you can't get it otherwise. But if you've really been making game art for this long, theres a chance you don't really need it (eg... there's nothing new they will teach you).
Game art schools are... Well, by the time you finish your course, the methods you learned tend to be pretty outdated. You also don't get a chance to specialize in most schools, they put an emphasis on generalising, which if you want to get into bigger studios or have a career being a specialist is not much of a plus. I know this from researching many schools before I chose mine, attending mine (and even while I'm overall happy with it, it still fell into a lot of these categories), and hearing horror stories from other students and teachers.
That's not to say it won't benefit you, I'd just think real hard about why you're going. What do you want them to teach you? Do you just need the time/access to good hardware and licenses to work on your portfolio freely? Do they offer a chance to specialise? Do they teach this one thing that you don't know and won't learn unless you're in an acedemic environment?
I personally went because my 3D ability was sketchy at best, while my illustrations were already pretty decent. While I could easily have improved my 2D tenfold by myself within the year, 3D kept going over my head, so I needed tutoring to get started. And I did need that; I want to be a character artist/designer, and not having 3D ability cuts an already slim pile of job opportunities in half. In the end, I paid over 40k specifically so I could have an environment in which I could pick up the skill I needed most but was still lacking, make contacts (INVALUABLE), and access licences for all the programs I needed.
I don't have any regrets, but I'd wanted this pretty specifically for years. If you've already made assets that have ended up in a game, and know general workflows, it may actually be kind of detrimental to go to a game art school (though perhaps a good experience to take a real art course for a degree).
Got a portfolio link? Or can you name any games you worked on that actually got released?
If you don't, when you do manage to get your art together, make sure to post for a portfolio review here. There are a number of very qualified people who generally answer those threads with good advice.
Checking out the Polycount forums is also a fantastic idea, if you don't already frequent the site. They have long ongoing threads on this topic, with many industry professionals weighing in. I'd suggest having a browse (you'll find those threads in General Discussion).
Edited by BagelHero, 17 August 2014 - 02:27 AM.
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Posted 17 August 2014 - 11:48 PM
Wow. Let me first thank both of you for your superb replies.
I perhaps sounded a bit more skilled in my original post than I should have. By "forever", I meant I've been making flash games with pixel and vector art for about 5 years. Before that I thought I was a game designer who didn't need to learn programming or art and used software like RPG Maker. Now I do a bit of digital painting with a graphics tablet and a small amount of traditional sketching when I'm not working on game art. I'm definitely naturally talented when it comes to all art and design skills and that might be because of my passion in it, but my portfolio only shines in the graphic design department (10+ years in Photoshop creating banners, logos and typography). I love simple pixel art, but I want to be more versatile.
Being a versatile artist is honestly my goal, so a more general education is great for me. I want to work in more independent projects, as I really enjoy working directly with fans on smaller teams. My studio is only a 2 man team; me and my programmer friend of several years. We're both about the same level of talent, so it works out. But we can't seem to make any money off of the dozens of little games we've released (nothing you've heard of.) I want to learn 3D to up my game and get into bigger projects to turn game development into a career.
Working for a big studio would be amazing and I wouldn't turn down the opportunity to present a portfolio worthy of applying at one, but my goal isn't to be a famous game artist working on the next big franchise game.
In short, I think a game art school is specific enough for me to learn what I actually want to learn, yet generalized enough to be able to wear many hats in smaller teams. I have access to much of the software packages I need to learn 3d, but I don't have the dedication to learn it outside of a formal setting. It's taken me years to finally be happy about my skill in 2d art.
But again, thanks so much for the inspiring words. I definitely couldn't get a job with my current portfolio, but I'm glad to know that I can go with a school that fits me and my budget and still make it in the world of games. I'm one of those people who goes way out of the way to learn more about something that interests me. The downside of that is that I find a lot of things interesting...
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Memory-centric data management
Analysis of technologies that manage data entirely or primarily in random-access memory (RAM). Related subjects include:
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"Real-time" technology excites people, and has for decades. Yet the actual, useful technology to meet "real-time" requirements remains immature, especially in cases which call for rapid human decision-making. Here are some notes on that conundrum.
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- Low-latency ingest of data into structures from which it can be immediately analyzed. That helps drive the (re)integration of operational data stores, analytic data stores, and other analytic support — e.g. via Spark.
- Business intelligence that can be used quickly enough. This is a major ongoing challenge. My clients at Zoomdata may be thinking about this area more clearly than most, but even they are still in the early stages of providing what users need.
- Advanced analytics that can be done quickly enough. Answers there may come through developments in anomaly management, but that area is still in its super-early days.
- Alerting, which has been under-addressed for decades. Perhaps the anomaly management vendors will finally solve it.
2. In early 2011, I coined the phrase investigative analytics, about which I said three main things: Read more
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"Real-time" is getting real
I've been an analyst for 35 years, and debates about "real-time" technology have run through my whole career. Some of those debates are by now pretty much settled. In particular:
- Yes, interactive computer response is crucial.
- Into the 1980s, many apps were batch-only. Demand for such apps dried up.
- Business intelligence should occur at interactive speeds, which is a major reason that there's a market for high-performance analytic RDBMS.
- Theoretical arguments about "true" real-time vs. near-real-time are often pointless.
- What matters in most cases is human users' perceptions of speed.
- Most of the exceptions to that rule occur when machines race other machines, for example in automated bidding (high frequency trading or otherwise) or in network security.
A big issue that does remain open is: How fresh does data need to be? My preferred summary answer is: As fresh as is needed to support the best decision-making. I think that formulation starts with several advantages:
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- It cautions against people who think they need fresh information but aren't in a position to use it. (Such users have driven much bogus "real-time" demand in the past.)
- It covers cases of both human and automated decision-making.
Straightforward applications of this principle include: Read more
Are analytic RDBMS and data warehouse appliances obsolete?
I used to spend most of my time — blogging and consulting alike — on data warehouse appliances and analytic DBMS. Now I'm barely involved with them. The most obvious reason is that there have been drastic changes in industry structure:
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My answer, in a nutshell, is:
Analytic RDBMS — whether on premises in software, in the form of data warehouse appliances, or in the cloud – are still great for hard-core business intelligence, where "hard-core" can refer to ad-hoc query complexity, reporting/dashboard concurrency, or both. But they aren't good for much else.
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data Artisans and Flink basics start:
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Like many open source projects, Flink seems to have been partly inspired by a Google paper.
To this point, data Artisans and Flink have less maturity and traction than Databricks and Spark. For example: Read more
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Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi checked in because he disagreed with part of my recent post about Databricks. Ali's take on Databricks' position in the Spark world includes:
- What I called Databricks' "secondary business" of "licensing stuff to Spark distributors" was really about second/third tier support. Fair enough. But distributors of stacks including Spark, for whatever combination of on-premise and cloud as the case may be, may in many cases be viewed as competitors to Databricks cloud-only service. So why should Databricks help them?
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Ali also walked me through customer use cases and adoption in wonderful detail. In general:
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- Predicting and preventing user/customer churn is a huge issue across multiple market sectors.
The story on those sectors, per Ali, is: Read more
Notes on Spark and Databricks — technology
During my recent visit to Databricks, I of course talked a lot about technology — largely with Reynold Xin, but a bit with Ion Stoica as well. Spark 2.0 is just coming out now, and of course has a lot of enhancements. At a high level:
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The majority of Databricks' development efforts, however, are specific to its cloud service, rather than being donated to Apache for the Spark project. Some of the details are NDA, but it seems fair to mention at least:
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- Databricks has been working on security, and even on the associated certifications.
Two of the technical initiatives Reynold told me about seemed particularly cool. Read more
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- The timing was awkward for most companies I wanted to see. No blame accrues to those who didn't make themselves available.
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A running list of recent posts is:
- As a companion to this post, I'm publishing a very long one on vendor lock-in.
- Spark and Databricks are both prospering, and of course enhancing their technology as well.
- Ditto DataStax.
- Flink is interesting as the streaming technology it's now positioned to be, rather than the overall Spark alternative it used to be positioned as but which the world didn't need.
Subjects I'd like to add to that list include:
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- Cloudera (multiple topics, as usual).
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- Microsoft's reinvention (it feels real).
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- Transitions to the cloud — this subject affects almost everything else.
Kafka and more
In a companion introduction to Kafka post, I observed that Kafka at its core is remarkably simple. Confluent offers a marchitecture diagram that illustrates what else is on offer, about which I'll note:
- The red boxes — "Ops Dashboard" and "Data Flow Audit" — are the initial closed-source part. No surprise that they sound like management tools; that's the traditional place for closed source add-ons to start.
- "Schema Management"
- Is used to define fields and so on.
- Is not equivalent to what is ordinarily meant by schema validation, in that …
- … it allows schemas to change, but puts constraints on which changes are allowed.
- Is done in plug-ins that live with the producer or consumer of data.
- Is based on the Hadoop-oriented file format Avro.
Kafka offers little in the way of analytic data transformation and the like. Hence, it's commonly used with companion products. Read more
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Kafka and Confluent
For starters:
- Kafka has gotten considerable attention and adoption in streaming.
- Kafka is open source, out of LinkedIn.
- Folks who built it there, led by Jay Kreps, now have a company called Confluent.
- Confluent seems to be pursuing a fairly standard open source business model around Kafka.
- Confluent seems to be in the low to mid teens in paying customers.
- Confluent believes 1000s of Kafka clusters are in production.
- Confluent reports 40 employees and $31 million raised.
At its core Kafka is very simple:
- Kafka accepts streams of data in substantially any format, and then streams the data back out, potentially in a highly parallel way.
- Any producer or consumer of data can connect to Kafka, via what can reasonably be called a publish/subscribe model.
- Kafka handles various issues of scaling, load balancing, fault tolerance and so on.
So it seems fair to say:
- Kafka offers the benefits of hub vs. point-to-point connectivity.
- Kafka acts like a kind of switch, in the telecom sense. (However, this is probably not a very useful metaphor in practice.)
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Readings in Database Systems
Mike Stonebraker and Larry Ellison have numerous things in common. If nothing else:
- They're both titanic figures in the database industry.
- They both gave me testimonials on the home page of my business website.
- They both have been known to use the present tense when the future tense would be more accurate.
I mention the latter because there's a new edition of Readings in Database Systems, aka the Red Book, available online, courtesy of Mike, Joe Hellerstein and Peter Bailis. Besides the recommended-reading academic papers themselves, there are 12 survey articles by the editors, and an occasional response where, for example, editors disagree. Whether or not one chooses to tackle the papers themselves — and I in fact have not dived into them — the commentary is of great interest.
But I would not take every word as the gospel truth, especially when academics describe what they see as commercial market realities. In particular, as per my quip in the first paragraph, the data warehouse market has not yet gone to the extremes that Mike suggests,* if indeed it ever will. And while Joe is close to correct when he says that the company Essbase was acquired by Oracle, what actually happened is that Arbor Software, which made Essbase, merged with Hyperion Software, and the latter was eventually indeed bought by the giant of Redwood Shores.**
*When it comes to data warehouse market assessment, Mike seems to often be ahead of the trend.
**Let me interrupt my tweaking of very smart people to confess that my own commentary on the Oracle/Hyperion deal was not, in retrospect, especially prescient.
Mike pretty much opened the discussion with a blistering attack against hierarchical data models such as JSON or XML. To a first approximation, his views might be summarized as: Read more


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There are over 7500 apple varieties worldwide (2500 of which are grown in the US). But after a trip to the supermarket, you'd think there were a lot fewer. Why, for so long, have a few varieties–Granny Smith, Red and Golden Delicious, and McIntosh–dominated the apple market? It's got a lot to do with shelf life and even more with how easy they are to grow. But today, thankfully, a number of antique varieties are bobbing up at farmers' markets across the country. All indicators point to an apple renaissance much like the one heirloom tomatoes experienced a few years back. What varieties should you be on the lookout for? Start with Honeycrisp and even more obscure apple varieties including Black Twig, Sierra Beauty, King David, and Grimes Golden, to name just a few. As with most food trends, chefs are leading the apple revival. With that in mind, I called a few of my favorite pastry chefs to find out their favorites. Clearly, they really like them apples.
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Macoun for cooking;
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Mutsu ("Very juicy")
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Newtown Pippin for baking;
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Northern Spy
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Taxpayers and ticket buyers are the losers in plans to provide hundreds of millions of dollars in public subsidies to build the new Yankee Stadium, New York Assemblyman Richard Brodsky said Tuesday.
The Westchester Democrat said the commitment of $550 million to $850 million in taxpayer money was based on an unsubstantiated threat that the Yankees would leave New York. He said in a new report that the Bronx Bombers predicted the public investment would generate 1,000 new permanent jobs, but the actual total would be 15.
Brodsky also criticized the deal for not making affordable tickets available to lower income New Yorkers.
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"This stadium is being built by the people of the city and the state of New York and in return they are getting almost nothing," Brodsky said at the Bronx construction site a couple of blocks from Yankee Stadium.
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His criticism strikes at tensions felt nationwide as governments increasingly support stadiums for profitable pro sports teams with multimillion dollar payrolls.
"When it comes to professional sports, we become socialists. With everybody else, we're capitalists," he said.
He said the concerns about subsidies for private businesses without direct benefit to the public could also apply to proposals to help the New York Mets build a new stadium and for a Nets basketball arena in Brooklyn.
Brodsky's criticisms, based on city, IRS and Yankees documents, include:
• The city manipulated the assessed value of the stadium to meet requirements for an IRS tax exemption. That included using comparable land values in Manhattan rather than the Bronx to come up with the value for the new property.
• The Yankees plan to increase ticket prices, but won't offer more moderately priced tickets to New Yorkers whose taxes will help pay for the stadium.
• City officials didn't disclose their purchase of a luxury box and extra game tickets and apparently there is no city policy on their use.
• The $366 million in additional funding sought by the Yankees to complete the stadium would be for a large video screen, not structural costs.
"Critics on both the left and right have decried these taxpayer subsidies as socialism, wasteful, corrupt, anti-free enterprise, and unfair to the average citizen," Brodsky's report stated. "Yet the phrases 'economic development,' 'job creation,' 'growth,' etc. retain enormous political clout. A real analysis of these subsidies has yet to be done."


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Turbine go West
Turbine Entertainment (of the Asheron's Call fame), today announced the launch of a brand new West Coast studio, centred in Santa Monica, California. In opening this new base, the developer hopes to further expand its relations with the plethora of publishers and other gaming firms based in the region, as well as exploring Asia-Pacific expansion opportunities.
Development work on some of Turbine's biggest brands may also be carried out at the new facility, with the likes of Asheron's Call 2, The Lord of the Rings and Dungeons and Dragons all benefiting from this growth. Former Atari executive Jason Bell has been installed as Turbine's new executive vice president, and will oversee activity in Santa Monica.
"The time was right for Turbine to open a new studio on the West Coast," commented CEO Jeffrey Anderson. "The online entertainment industry is a truly global phenomenon. This expansion will afford us better access to West Coast partners as well as Asia, providing Turbine with a tremendous strategic advantage."
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- Call of Duty: Black Ops III is coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360 after all
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- Adr1ft is coming to PC and consoles at the end of the summer
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- ZombiU PS4 and Xbox One port reportedly in the works
- Mike Bithell's Volume to be released this August
- Gearbox's new shooter Battleborn gets a pre-E3 trailer
- Steam Controller launches in October, Steam Machines arrive in November
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You shout it out, but I can't hear a word you say
I'm talking loud, not saying much
I'm criticized, but all your bullets ricochet
You shoot me down, but I get up
I'm bulletproof, nothing to lose
Fire away, fire away
Ricochet, you take your aim
Fire away, fire away
Sia and David Guetta's massive track "Titanium" soared as the 4th single from Guetta's Nothing but the Beat. Visceral, tall lyrics accompanying daring vocals and addictive production, "Titanium" acts as an anthem against the critics and the bullies, equating vicious criticisms to bullets.
The song was originally written for Mary J. Blige among other artists (including Katy Perry and Alicia Keys). Blige recorded the song but instead of releasing her version, Guetta used Sia's original demo without her permission (complying with Katy's suggestion). It soon became a hit, and Sia acknowledges the choice as a major benefactor in her songwriting career.
Chartwise, it was extremely successful, becoming a top ten hit in 17 countries and moving 3.8 million units in the United States alone.


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Instead of being "trotted out" to the spotlight whenever taxation issues arise, small credit unions have much more to offer.
Veteran examiner assumes her new duties on Sept. 3 and succeeds Tim Segerson, who earlier this year became deputy director of E&I.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Effective Jan. 1, NCUA's Office of Corporate Credit Unions will reorganize into a new Office of National Examinations and Supervision.


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Willie Harris had a tiebreaking two-run pinch-hit single in place of debuting Josh Satin and the Mets won Sunday's rubber game against the Nationals, 6-3, Sunday afternoon.
The Mets now make their final trip to Sun Life Stadium, which the Marlins share with the Miami Dolphins. The Marlins move to a baseball-only stadium with a retractable roof in 2012. Read the Mets-Marlins series preview here.
Monday's news reports:
• Terry Collins told the Daily News his recommendation is for his entire coaching staff to return intact. Hitting coach Dave Hudgens has a two-year deal. As for pitching coach Dan Warthen, the lone remaining member of the 2010 staff, Collins said: "Danny has done an excellent job. He gets them ready. He is sharp. It's a good situation when the players like the coaches. They have fun. They laugh. They have great communication with each other. That helps a lot. ... I do think they should all be back. They all did a great job, and there is something to be said for stability."
• Satin started at first base and went 1-for-2 in his major league debut. He singled in his first plate appearance, off ex-Met Livan Hernandez.
• Ike Davis will meet the Mets in Miami. Optimism abounds that he will avoid surgery on his troublesome left ankle. Davis worked the past three days in Port St. Lucie, Fla., taking grounders, swinging off a tee and with soft tosses, and playing catch. Read more in Newsday.
• Jose Reyes received his first day off Sunday, as a late scratch once it was deemed Ruben Tejada was ready to return from a hand injury. Josh Thole also returned, as a pinch-hitter. Thole, like Tejada, was forced to leave Thursday's game in New York. Thole had been struck on the thumb/wrist with a fastball from Miguel Batista while expecting a slider.
• Johan Santana should throw a bullpen session Tuesday in Miami for Mets staff. He will pitch in a minor league playoff game Friday. If all continues to go well, and the Mets' affiliates are done with the postseason after that, Santana could find himself in a major league game at least for a couple of innings as soon as the following week.
• Read game reports from Sunday's rubber-game win in Newsday and the Daily News.
• Outfield coach Mookie Wilson told Mike Puma this about Lucas Duda's right-field play in the Post: "He's not your typical outfielder. I don't want him to think he has to try to make the (highlight) play. Just let the game come to him and let him understand it's going to take reps so that he feels comfortable. His defensive ability, it is what it is. He runs well enough, he has plenty of arm, there is not a question about that. It's about trying to understand it's going to take reps for him to be completely comfortable. Just don't panic." Duda aggressively went after Ryan Zimmerman's flare to right field Saturday, allowing the ball to get behind him and the winning along with the tying run to score. On Sunday, Duda misread Danny Espinosa's liner and the shot sailed over him for a double.
• Warthen had this to say about Mike Pelfrey's high pitch count (106 in 4 2/3 innings), according to the Record's Steve Popper: "(When) he goes out there and tries not to give up runs, he starts getting too fine with his pitches. … He's got the ability but you can't strike anybody out until they have two strikes on them. He has the pitches, has enough of a slider, has enough of a fastball, but he has to be ahead in the count. Out of the stretch position he just throws too many balls."
BIRTHDAYS: Catcher Rod Barajas, now of the Los Angeles Dodgers, turns 36.


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Footage shows parents' agony as police officer tries to save their son
Officer Chase Miller was recognised by city officials for rescuing the child
Officer Chase Miller was recognised by city officials for rescuing the child
The car had collided with a telegraph pole on the side of the road
Alan Wilson was one of 10 passengers stranded in Ayrshire, Scotland after a bus got stuck in the floods
Emergency services were called to the precarious cliff after two men in their early twenties fell onto a ledge
The man was rescued from a fishing vessel off Milford Haven
It was a swift, well-run project that did something simple and brilliant; it saved lives
A search team looking for a 12-year-old boy who was snatched by a crocodile have reportedly discovered human remains near the waterhole where he was swimming in Australia.
Campaign leader goes head-to-head with unforgiving anchor in 75-minute encounter
The Austrian actor recorded a video message for demonstrators in the country which was posted via the opposition leader's YouTube account
A Bristol hospital has apologised over the treatment a four-year-old heart patient received on a ward after his parents condemned his care as "shambolic".
A fire tore through the 52 unit complex in the early hours of the morning
A failure to respond to an order from the ship's captain may have played a critical role in the operational fiasco that led to the stranding of the Akademik Shokalskiy in thick Antarctic sea ice on Christmas Eve.
Grade-two listed Victorian terrace was left a shell
Obstetrician Zhang Shuxia convinced parents to give up their babies, saying they had been born with congenital problems
Change to UK motoring laws will also give speeding exemptions to transplant organ couriers and bomb disposal units
The aircraft, which came down ablaze after hitting an electricity pylon, appears to have been a Cessna Citation business jet, police said
A fire that raged for nearly 10 hours today razed an ancient Tibetan town in southwest China that's popular with tourists, burning down hundreds of buildings as fire engines were unable to get onto the narrow streets, state media and witnesses said.


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Get an overview of this hotelSuburban hotel with free breakfast and indoor pool
Situated in a shopping district, this hotel is 2.5 mi (4 km) from Mistwood Golf Club and within 9 mi (15 km) of Rialto Square Theater and Silver Cross Field. University of St. Francis and Joliet Area Historical Museum are also within 9 mi (15 km).
Hotel Features
An indoor pool, a 24-hour fitness center, and a spa tub are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a 24-hour business center, dry cleaning, and laundry facilities.
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All 104 rooms provide conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves, plus free WiFi and flat-screen TVs. Guests will also find coffee makers, free local calls, and hair dryers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Hampton Inn by Hilton Joliet I-553555 Mall Loop Drive Joliet IL 60431
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Hotel Amenities
In addition to an indoor pool, Hampton Inn by Hilton Joliet I-55 provides a spa tub and a 24-hour fitness center. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. A 24-hour business center is on site. A complimentary breakfast is offered. This Joliet hotel also offers barbecue grills, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and laundry facilities. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Hampton Inn by Hilton Joliet I-55 is a smoke-free property.
- Total number of rooms - 104
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- 24-hour business center
- Free WiFi
- 24-hour front desk
- Free breakfast
- Number of floors - 3
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Express check-out
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Laundry facilities
- Elevator/lift
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Smoke-free property
- Spa tub
- Indoor pool
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Indoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Air conditioning
- Free local calls
- Coffee/tea maker
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Refrigerator
- Flat-panel TV
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Private bathroom
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Free WiFi
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Guests are offered a complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a 24-hour fitness center.
To make special requests for accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- In-room accessibility
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Check-out time is noon
Payment types
- Pets not allowed
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Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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- Rollaway bed fee: USD 5 per night
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The War of the Worlds for iPad
By Smashing Ideas Inc.
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★ "If you need proof of the iPad's unmatched acumen as an e-book reader, look no further than Smashing Ideas' smashing version of the H.G. Wells classic, The War of the Worlds." - CNET ★
★ FEATURED in "New and Noteworthy" by Apple! ★
★ TOP 5 Paid and Grossing Book app! ★
"Few people realise the immensity of vacancy in which the dust of the material universe swims."
"By the toll of a billion deaths man has bought his birthright of the earth, and it is his against all comers; it would still be his were the Martians ten times as mighty as they are. For neither do men live nor die in vain."
--H.G. Wells, The War of The Worlds
Smashing Ideas unveils the first original content from its ePublishing series for the iPad. The War of the Worlds for iPad, based on the original book by H.G. Wells, is a stunning, modern rendering of a novel that has been in continuous publication for more than one hundred years. Follow the Narrator through this classic tale of Man vs. Martian in Wells' novel that explores extraterrestrial themes, weaponry, space travel and human evolution. With real-time physics modeling, original illustrations and audio, from Smashing Ideas, The War of the Worlds for iPad creates a unique, engaging experience that dispatches the reader into early 20th Century London under siege.
War of the Worlds for iPad features:
· 27 interactive, visually stunning pages integrated with text from the original 1898 publication
· Design, illustrations and audio created in-house by Smashing Ideas
· Intuitive design allows readers to touch-swipe the Martians Cylinders towards Earth and begin the invasion
· Features real-time motion graphics as readers gesture or tilt iPad through the Red Weeds
· Touch interactive elements throughout the story that allow reader to act as Martian or Human
· Aim the Tripod's heat-ray to disintegrate fleeing people and artillery-men
· Create ominous lightening storms, tap the crow to eat the dead Martian and throw the Canisters to emit the thick deadly, Black Smoke
What's New in Version 1.2
- Fixes for iPad2
iPad Screenshots
Customer Reviews
Needs more interaction
Needs a lot more interaction. Wasn't quite what I thought it would be. Too much text.
- $3.99
- Category: Books
- Updated: Oct 21, 2011
- Version: 1.2
- Size: 385 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Smashing Ideas, Inc
- © 2010 Smashing Ideas Inc.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 3.2 or later. Compatible with iPad.


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Energy-Saving Tips for Winter Break
Turn off the lights when you leave for the winter holiday break next week to help the university avoid energy costs while everyone is away. Since the program began in 2004, the university has saved $2.76 million.
Gifting a Drone for Holidays? Read On
Unmanned aviation systems and recreational drones are a popular gift item. Here are a few things to know before you take flight.
December Pay Will Include Bonus
Qualifying staff and faculty will receive a one-time, lump-sum bonus of $750 in their December paychecks. Here's what to expect.
Bookstores' Finals Madness Is Friday
The annual Finals Madness Sale will be on Friday at the Wolfpack Outfitters in Talley Student Union and at the Pack Shop at Wolf Ridge Apartments. Most merchandise is up to 40 percent off regular price.
Holiday Open House at The Point
All staff and faculty are invited to The Point from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 15, for Chancellor Randy Woodson's annual Holiday Open House.
Come to Chancellor's Holiday Reception
Chancellor Randy Woodson and his wife Susan invite all faculty and staff to The Point on Friday, Dec. 19 for their annual Holiday Open House.
Holiday Crop
NC State has a tight connection to North Carolina's prolific poinsettia industry.
7 Ways to Stay Healthy Over the Holidays
NC State dietitian Lisa Eberhart offers tips on staying healthy over the festive season.
How Does Santa Do It?
It takes more than magic to get Santa into millions of homes on Christmas Eve. NC State professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering Dr. Larry Silverberg details the science behind St. Nicholas.
Employees Organize Food Drives
The staff at the NCSU Libraries helped make it possible for the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina to deliver more than 14,000 meals to people in need in the state.


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How did I become a Bertuzzi defender? I wasn't really a huge fan when he played in Vancouver. I didn't buy his sweater or hang posters of him on the wall. I didn't bore my buddies at work during coffee about how great he played in the game last night.
It just seems unsportsmanlike for reporters to continually slip subtle but incredibly misleading statements in about Bertuzzi in their articles.
Yet, what sports reporters write is pretty harmless, right?
Here is a paragraph from the National Post: