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Sometimes beer writers seem to constantly compare their subject to the wine world. Other times we go to great lengths to avoid it.
Here's the thing: Sometimes it's apples-oranges. Other times it's apples-apples.
If you are geeky about beer and read about wine at all -- or vice versa -- how many times have you read about one drink and slapped yourself, realizing the same truth basically applies to the other? As economic commodities and cultural artifacts, fermented drinks of moderate alcohol have lots in common. Lots and lots.
That was an aside. Which is a poor way to start. Hey, have you heard about how Asians are buying everything that is cool? It's an exaggeration, mostly. But it's a narrative that's going to stick around for a while. For example: Some savvy Asian businessfolks just bought Wine Advocate. Eric Asimov of the New York Times writes that "the move recognizes a new reality, that the center of orbit for critics like Mr. Parker is now in Asia rather than North America."
You don't think similar things are happening with beer? Have you noticed where Belgian Beer Cafés (tm) are opening lately? For more on that, you may owe it to yourself to get a really large stocking, one large enough to fit the superb new World Atlas of Beer.
But that wasn't what caused my self-slapping. It was this bit, which touches on one of my pet topics:
In one sense, Mr. Parker and other like-minded critics planted the seeds of their own obsolescence. The 100-point scale and the vocabulary of tasting notes — those brief wine descriptions that break down what's in the glass to a series of aromas and flavors — are meaningful only until people start to develop a sense of their own taste. Wine-lovers discovered that these were merely intermediate tools, and that with confidence and ease comes a curiosity that goes beyond what's in the glass.Sub in Ratebeer and Beer Advocate for Parker et al, and let me know what you think.
Full disclosure: I was recently asked to be an admin on Ratebeer. I declined, so that I wouldn't feel obligated to write things like, "Full disclosure, I was recently asked to be an admin on Ratebeer..."


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Mountain lions, also known as cougars of pumas, are large powerful predators at the top of the food chain. Adult mountain lions vary in weight from 85-120 pounds for females to 120-180 pounds for males, and may reach seven to eight feet in length from their nose to the tip of their tail. Mountain lions typically are two to three feet high at the shoulder. Adults are tawny colored with a dark tip on the end of their tail. Young lions, called kittens or cubs, have spots that fade through their first year of life.
Mountain lions were once the most widely distributed land mammal in the western hemisphere, ranging from northern British Columbia to the southern tip of South America. Found in nearly every state before Europeans settled here, mountain lions are now restricted primarily to the western states and a remnant population in Florida.
Mountain lions were first killed for a bounty beginning in 1879. In 1971 they were classified as a game animal by the Montana legislature and as a result lions have regained much of their historical distribution in Montana, except on the open prairies.
As demonstrated by a once vast geographical range, the mountain lion is a very adaptive and effective predator. In Montana, and throughout the western United States, the mountain lion's primary prey species are deer and elk. Prey also include almost all of Montana's big game animals and mice, rabbits, beaver, grouse, and occasionally domestic pets and livestock. The lion is even one of the only predators the well-defended porcupine worries about.
Mountain lions customarily take down prey many times their own size. It is not unusual for a 100-pound mountain lion to kill a 400-pound elk. Lions silently stalk or ambush their unsuspecting prey, most often with a short sprint, attacking from behind.
Lions feeding on a kill are potentially dangerous and should never be approached. A feeding lion in defense of food may suddenly become aggressive. Lions cover unconsumed portions of their kills with soil and litter. These food caches should also be avoided by humans.
Mountain lions are most active at dusk and dawn when their prey is active, but they do travel at any time of the day or night. Lions have special adaptation for seeing at night and are easily blinded when caught in a passing headlight or flashlight.
Mountain lions are semi-territorial. Adults stake out a home range by leaving scent in "scrapes" along the boundaries. A scrape is a four to six inch mound of dirt and forest litter pulled together where the cat deposits urine and dung. This marking system is the way lions tell other lions that the area is already occupied and should be avoided. In this way, territories can be defended more by mutual avoidance rather than by aggressive defense of space.
A typical male territory in Montana is usually more than 100 square miles, while a female's territory is usually less than 50 square miles. Subadult lions may not be able to immediately find an unoccupied territory. In these cases, subadults become transient, covering very large areas in search of an unoccupied territory.
Females first breed at about two years of age, and generally not until they have established a territory. The gestation period is 92 days long. Lions give birth at about two-year intervals. While lions will breed at any time of year, most litters in Montana are born during the warmer months. This is also the time young lions, one to two years of age, are becoming independent. Littermates may travel together for months before separating. This fact may explain why it is not uncommon to see these normally solitary creatures traveling together.

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Television is about to get interesting again! Doctor Who's coming back soon, and BBC America is celebrating with a look at Matt Smith's tenure as the Doctor. And meanwhile, Firefly's Jewel Staite is back in action, staving off Doomsday.
But that's not all that television has in store for you this week! There's also two separate documentaries about how to become a real-life superhero. And a super-secret look inside the real lives of exorcist priests. Find out whether we're prepared for an alien invasion, with Michelle Rodriguez. And watch will.i.am team up with Dean Kamen (and Justin Bieber!) to promote science education.
Plus new episodes of many of your favorite shows. Tons of details, and clips, below!
Cartoon Network's Monday night animation bloc is back once again. First at 7 PM, there's a new Johnny Test, "Johnny's World Prank War I":
Everyone tries to win the Super Duper Pranking World Super Cup. Johnny's Dad tries to put a stop to it, as it's destroying his tidy house!
That's followed at 7:30 by a new The Amazing World of Gumball — see clip at left — in which:
Gumball and Darwin are invited to a high school party, and have to bring a date!
And then at 8 PM there's a new Adventure Time, in which Princess Bubblegum tries to usurp the throne of the Land of Ooo.
At 8 PM, Syfy has a new Eureka, and we've got a brand new clip from the episode. Here's what Syfy wants us to know about it:
This week in Eureka, Zoe and Jo are discussing Jo's relationship with Zane and how time is a tricky thing, all while Zoe is arguing that Jo started something back up with him while knowing she was interested. Jo tries to explain and the conversation escalates until Zoe urges her to stop. She was really trying to get her to stop the car as they arrive on a scene you won't expect.
There's a new Warehouse 13 at 9 PM on Syfy, and there's a brand new clip from it as well. Here's what Syfy tells us:
Pete and Myka are out trying to track down an artifact in the form of a trumpet. They contact Claudia on the Farnsworth as they know the artifact was at their location many years ago. Claudia confirms but it's not the same artifact now as it was altered to become more powerful and just struck down a helicopter.
Also at 9 PM: HBO has a new special called Superheroes, about the real-life citizen superheroes who are the reason why we need the services of R.O.A.C.H. so badly. Here's how HBO sells it:
They patrol the dark and dangerous streets, seeking out criminals, evildoers and villains, veiled in secret identities... They call themselves Real-Life Superheroes, and they are out to save humanity. Superheroes is a journey inside the world of real-life caped crusaders. From all over America, these everyday citizens don masks, homemade costumes and elaborate utility belts in an attempt to bring justice to evildoers everywhere.
And then at 10 PM, there's another episode of Alphas, and check out a brand new clip at left. Syfy says:
The Alphas teaser clip shows the team will continue to track down alphas even if they're unaware of how their powers can be maintainted. However, in the next episode, they may have a bit more help as Lindsay Wagner guest stars.
Yes, it's a surprising Alphas/Warehouse 13 crossover!
There's also a new Teen Wolf on MTV at 10 PM, in which: "A winter formal is held at the school; Scott struggles to protect both his friends and enemies while also keeping his secret safe from Allison."
At 9 PM, there's a new episode of The Nine Lives of Chloe King on ABC Family, "Responsible."
A teenager who's dating an older guy takes Chloe's advice, which backfires and puts the girl in harm's way. Elsewhere, tension between Alek and Brian reaches a breaking point; and Jasmine makes a grave error when she gets sidetracked from her duties.
And here are a couple sneak peeks:
There's a new Iron Man: Armored Adventures on Nicktoons at 8:30 PM.
At 9 PM, there's a new Wonders of the Universe on Science, "The Known and the Unknown." In which we find that, "Gravity, the great orchestrator of the cosmos, is relatively weak."
At 8:30 PM, there's an all-new Voltron Force on Nicktoons, and we've got a brand new clip. Here's what Nicktoons wants you to know about it:
In this clip from this week's all NEW episode of Voltron Force on Nicktoons at 8:30 PM EST the Force battles the BIGGEST Robeast yet when Lotor creates his own evil version of Voltron using deadly predator beasts! Wolf, Dragon, Snake, Shark, and Minotaur combine to form Predator Robeast! Will Voltron's new Center Powers be enough to take down this powerful new foe or has the Voltron Force collided with the one Robeast they can;t beat?! Find out this Thursday on Nicktoons!
At 9 PM, the National Geographic Channel has a special, Make Me Superhuman:
Superhuman capabilities like running faster than a speeding bullet or being more powerful than a locomotive could be available at the push of a button. NGC explores the latest in wearable mechanical getups, designed to duplicate human movement with enhanced strength and locomotion. See how these futuristic suits are being used for medical, military, industrial and recreational uses.
And there's another new Futurama at 10 PM on Comedy Central, "Fry Am The Egg Man," in which "Fry nurtures an alien egg out of which hatches a monster." And Fry reportedly says, "You can't sit on something for a week without falling in love with it." Check out a brief arm-ripping clip at left.
Also at 10 PM: another new Wilfred! on FX, "Anger."
And a third option at 10 PM is a new Ancient Aliens on the History Channel. An embarrassment of riches!
And then at 10:30 PM, Comedy Central has a new episode of Ugly Americans, "Wall Street."
At 8:30 PM, there's an all-new episode of Disney's science-geek high school show A.N.T. Farm, "replicANT."
Chyna has her eye on a new student in the A.N.T. Farm named Nigel who is from England and using a robot to attend school remotely. After Chyna invites Nigel to go roller skating, Fletcher gets jealous and, along with Angus, devises a plan to sabotage Chyna's date. Meanwhile, Darryl challenges Olive and Cameron to see who has the top Donkey King arcade game score.
Also at 8:30 PM, the new ThunderCats series features another episode, "Song of the Petalars." In which "lizard assassins hunt the team."
At 10 PM, there's a new installment of Torchwood: Miracle Day on Starz, "The Middle Men."
Jack is left on his own when the rest of the team ends up trapped on different continents. However, time is running out and leaving him no choice than to go straight to the heart of the conspiracy.
Also at 10 PM, Syfy has a new Haven, "Roots." For some reason, Syfy never releases information or clips on this show early enough for us to include it.
At 11 PM, G4 has all-new episodes of Iron Man Anime and Wolverine Anime.
BBC America is showing the first three episodes of Battlestar Galactica season two, from 6 PM to 9 PM.
And then at 9 PM, BBC America has a brand new special, Doctor Who: Best of the Doctor. Here's what to expect:
An in-depth look at the very best of the eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith. A collection of fans from the celebrity, comedy, sci-fi and digital words discuss their favorite moments from Doctor Who season 5 and the first half of season 6.
Check out a clip at left!
Click to viewOr else, you could always check out Syfy's latest original TV movie, Doomsday Prophecy. Starring Jewel Staite! Here's the dope:
A book editor (Supernatural's A.J. Buckley) and an archeologist (Firefly's Jewel Staite) hunt down a mysterious author of prophetic novels. When the writer is found dead, the editor obtains a device enabling him to see the future - an impending geological nightmare that will tear apart the planet.
At 7 PM, ABC has a new special, i.am.FIRST: Science is Rock and Roll. ABC explains:
The Black Eyed Peas front man/entrepreneur/tech wizard, will.i.am pairs up with inventor/FIRST founder Dean Kamen for i.am.FIRST — Science is Rock and Roll, a groundbreaking, one-hour special promoting education, science and technology. The first of its kind, the special takes an inside, up close look at the 20th Annual FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Championship, a worldwide science and robotics K-12 competition that celebrates technology and features live performances by The Black Eyed Peas and Willow Smith, as well as special appearances from a host of high profile celebrities speaking out to support STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education. ...
i.am.FIRST – Science is Rock and Roll is an electric hour of highlights from the 20th Annual FIRST® Robotics Championship. At the FIRST event , will.i.am, Aneesh Chopra, Assistant to the President and Chief Technology Officer of the U.S., along with 30,000 students, fans, families, educators and industry leaders came together at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, MO to celebrate the engineering prowess of talented students from around the world. Featuring live musical performances by The Black Eyed Peas and Willow Smith before an enthusiastic crowd of 30,000, and special appearances by such celebrities as Justin Bieber, Jack Black, Bono, Miranda Cosgrove, Miley Cyrus, Josh Duhamel, Willow Smith, Britney Spears, Snoop Dogg, Justin Timberlake, Steven Tyler and Executive Producer will.i.am, the program documents the challenges that the country's best and brightest students faced in the FIRST Regional Competitions leading up to and culminating in the international Championship.
And then at 8 PM, the Discovery Channel's Curiosity asks, "Alien Invasion: Are We Ready?" (And presumably the whole show is just an hour of people shaking their heads slowly and looking slightly stunned that anybody's even asking that question.) The special is hosted by Michelle Rodriguez, who's been through more alien invasions than anybody — both as an invader and as an invadee. Check out a brief promo video.
There's also another new True Blood on HBO at 9 PM, "Spellbound."
Bill and Marnie get ready for an open confrontation. The King secures the loyalty of Sookie and Eric. Jason is conflicted emotionally. A spirit manipulates Lafayette for its own purposes. Sam must again deal with an enemy.
Or you could watch a new Discovery Channel special, The Exorcist Files, which documents real life experiences of exorcists, in collaboration with the Catholic Church. At least, it was a collaboration until the Catholic Church started to back away quietly.
Also at 9 PM: a new Leverage, "The Grave Digger Job," followed by a second episode, "The Boiler Room Job."
Also at 10 PM, there's a new Breaking Bad on AMC, "Shotgun."
Sources: Futon Critic, MSN TV, TV Guide, and various TV studio press releases.


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The spin masters are all talking that higher interest rates are good, they are a "sign of recovery." What they are not discussing is the MASSIVE amount of debt that needs to be rolled over and that debt levels have risen to the point that any increase in rates severely impacts the budgets of those debt holders who is nearly everyone. Muni bonds are a high risk proposition in this environment, rates WILL rise, it's just a matter of when.
States falling short by billions of dollars is a symptom of the credit bubble and subsequent collapse. Those who believe that debt can continue to grow at the present rate are simply living in a fantasy world. Governments at all levels are way overextended, they grew as the credit bubble grew and now they must shrink but they are too slow to react. The economy will force them to shrink…
Washington Slashes Muni Offering With Investors 'Overstretched'
By Jeremy R. Cooke and Michael McDonald
Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Washington state will cut the size of its tax-exempt bond offering by 36 percent after borrowing costs rose from a 42-year low.
The state that is home to Microsoft Corp. will shrink a planned $875.7 million offering tomorrow to $563.9 million, said Chris McGann, a spokesman for the treasurer's office in Olympia. Washington is rated AA+ by Standard & Poor's, Aa1 by Moody's Investors Service and AA by Fitch Ratings.
State and local government bonds extended their declines today, pushing higher benchmark yields tracked in a daily survey by Municipal Market Advisors of Concord, Massachusetts. Yields on 10-year debt rose 6 basis points, the most since June 10, to 3.16 percent. A basis point is 0.01 percentage point.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney said dealers are becoming less willing to take on inventory that may undermine a profitable year. Issuers plan to sell about $8.5 billion of fixed-rate bonds, down from the eight-week high of $11 billion last week, based on data compiled by Bloomberg.
Washington originally planned to sell $1.38 billion of general obligation securities this week. In addition to the tax- exempt debt tomorrow, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are to market $500 million in taxable Build America Bonds Oct. 15, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The issues will fund capital improvements and refinance debt.
Rebounding yields may reduce the savings states including Hawaii and Mississippi get from refinancing taxpayer-supported debt. Investors balked at low payouts while anticipating a Federal Reserve rate increase. The Bond Buyer 20 index of 20- year general obligation securities climbed to a three-week high of 4.06 percent after reaching 3.79 percent, the lowest since 1967, on Oct. 1.
"It's pretty obvious, interest rates are not going to stay at zero in any kind of economic recovery," said Joseph Deane, who oversees the $4.9 billion Legg Mason Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund at Western Asset Management in New York. The fund's five-year average return of 5.7 percent is best among its peers, according to Bloomberg data.
Fed Fund Futures
Trading in federal funds rate futures today implied a 57 percent chance the U.S. central bank will raise its target for overnight lending between banks by April 2010. The Fed's target has been for a range of 0 to 0.25 percent since December, easing the way for credit markets to rally.
"The first time the Fed finally tightens, I think that's the best news you're going to get in a long time," Deane said in a telephone interview. "They're telling you the economic crisis is abating."
The Municipal Master Index from Bank of America Corp.'s Merrill Lynch & Co. is up 14.9 percent for 2009, better than any other year-to-date period since the total-return gauge began in 1989. The index fell 1.2 percent last week.
The municipal market "got overstretched," Deane said. "Everybody was just grabbing every bond they could get."
The gains were driven by investors pouring a record $65.5 billion into municipal bond mutual funds, according to data cited in an Oct. 9 report by George Friedlander, municipal strategist at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in New York, a joint venture of Citigroup Inc. and Morgan Stanley. The previous full- year record was $42.9 billion in 1993.
'Don't Mess It Up'
"The mantra now seems to be 'don't mess it up,' so some dealers and traders appear to be paring back their bid side significantly," he said.
Bondholders sought offers for almost $2 billion in securities Oct. 7, the highest since late June, according to a bids-wanted index compiled from Bloomberg data.
California, the lowest-rated and most-populous U.S. state, reduced its bond deal last week by 8 percent to $4.14 billion and raised tax-exempt yields as much as 60 basis points, or 0.6 percentage point, from initial discussions. Delaware, one of seven states with the highest credit ratings, decreased the size of its refinancing by 9 percent to $314 million.
"We were able to get a $4 billion-plus deal in a cold and inhospitable market," said Tom Dresslar, a spokesman in the California state treasurer's office. "We believe that is a significant accomplishment."
Extra Yield
The extra yield investors get for buying municipal bonds rated BBB instead of AAA widened by about three basis points last week to 228 basis points, after tightening from 446 basis points at the end of 2008, according to Merrill index data.
The falling yield premiums led Deane to reduce investments in riskier bonds "the past month, month and a half," he said.
"We've been diminishing our risk profile somewhat because we felt that this has been a terrific run, we've hit it on the screws and we're willing to take a few chips off the table," Deane said.
Friedlander in his weekly report recommended against reaching for yield on general obligation bonds by "going down too much in credit quality."
"Budgetary pressures at the state and local level are likely to continue for at least two years, and this should lead to more downgrades, even if defaults are limited as we expect," he said. "Consider revenue bonds."
The largest municipal bond insurers by new issues this year sustained credit-rating cuts yesterday. Fitch Ratings reduced its financial strength grade on Assured Guaranty Corp. to the fourth-highest grade of AA- from AA. Assured's Financial Security Assurance Inc. unit was downgraded to AA from AA+.
Municipal issuers have scheduled at least $15.9 billion in fixed-rate bond sales during the next 30 days, 35 percent more than this year's $11.8 billion average, according to a visible- supply index compiled from Bloomberg data.


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This might look like a satellite image of an alien planet, or the cover of a questionable sci-fi novel. But in fact it's neither: incredibly, it's a photograph of a humble soap bubble.
It was captured by photographer Jason Tozer for his project titled "Bubbles". He creates bubbles using household detergent—with a little bit of glycerine so they last longer—and used a complex lighting system to create the fascinating surface patterns. He explains:
All of these bubbles are sitting on a wet ring. This gives me time to set the focus and size of the bubble, and manipulate the colors if I choose to. I blow down a straw to excite the surface of the bubble & spin the color bands around. Occasionally a bubble will last much much longer than the others and it becomes increasingly clear as the color bands move to the base. If I blow carefully on these, I can sometimes create the almost colorless textures, the more moon like ones.
The project was born out of testing a new camera for a magazine by photographing bubbles to test its color capabilities. We're glad he continued. [Jason Tozer via Peta Pixel]
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I want you to let those concepts swirl around in your brain for just a bit: Volvo wagon, Supra engine, drifting. They're three very different but great things that combine to make something incredible, like peanut butter and jelly and ecstasy tablets.
This video of a 2JZ-powered Volvo 245 getting sideways comes to us care of crazy Swedish Supra tuner Peter Björck, whose creations tend to pack horsepower in the four-digit range. Stick around for some smoky Supra action at the end as well. It's drift-acular!
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Golden, Miller lead Georgia Tech past Irish 74-69
ATLANTA (AP) — Trae Golden scored 20 points, Daniel Miller added 10 points and 13 rebounds and Georgia Tech beat Notre Dame 74-69 on Saturday.
Despite blowing a 15-point lead they held midway through the second half, the Yellow Jackets (10-6, 1-2 ACC) went ahead for good when Golden's 3-pointer from the left wing made it 70-68 in the final minute.
Golden gave Georgia Tech its biggest lead at 15, but the Irish went on a 16-3 run to tie the game at 57 on Atkins' three-point play.
Notre Dame (10-6, 1-2), playing its first ACC road game after spending the last 18 seasons in the Big East Conference, were led by Eric Atkins' 20 points and Garrick Sherman's 13.
Sherman missed his first nine field goal attempts, but hit six of his last nine shots, including a reverse layup to give the Irish a 68-67 lead with 1:15 remaining.
Georgia Tech began the game with a 10-26 ACC record under third-year coach Brian Gregory, but the Jackets led by as much as 13 in the first half on Marcus Georges-Hunt's 3 from the left key.
Notre Dame came within two in the first on Demetrius Jackson's layup at the 8:01 mark and on Steve Vasturia's with 1:17 remaining, but Golden hit a pair of free throws to make it a four-play lead at intermission.
The Irish, playing just their second away game of the season on an opponent's home court, trailed by as many as 15 in midway through the second half on Golden's runner from the baseline at the 13:59 mark.
Chris Bolden hit a 3 from the left side on the ensuing possession, and Quinton Stephens jumper from the top of the key made it 62-57 at the 5:40 mark.


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If you like to set your own schedule while you're on vacation, appreciate a local's recommendations for the best restaurants in the area and enjoy great value when it comes to the cost of your trip, then an independent vacation may be the perfect mode of travel for you!
Recognizing that some travelers enjoy a lot more free time on vacation, some escorted tour operators also operate independent vacations. While all of your hotel accommodations and transportation on an independent package are arranged for you (like an escorted tour), there are differences.
On an independent vacation, you will not be part of a group and you will have more freedom to spend your days exactly how you like, but with plenty of guidance along the way when you request it. A "local host" or "local guide" in each of the cities you visit is available to answer any questions you may have while you're on vacation. Depending on the tour operator and your destination, your local host may visit your hotel, meet you at the airport or be available by phone. He or she can make sightseeing, shopping and dining suggestions -- wonderful way to get the "inside scoop" on all the most important things to see and do while you're in a foreign city.
Only some meals are included on independent itineraries, allowing you to choose restaurants that best suit your tastes and budget. Plus, you travel solely with those in your immediate party, giving you plenty of flexibility and privacy.
Often, you can choose your class of hotel on an independent vacation. If you're interested in a place to simply hang your hat after a busy day of exploring, you'll choose basic, affordable accommodations. If luxury and first-class appointments and amenities are more important to you, you can select the premium option. That's the beauty of independent travel -- so much of your vacation can be tailored to your needs.


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Zero Punctuation: Aliens: Colonial Marines
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I certainly agree about the glitch part and also the part about the boss battle. This game is not only glitchy, it's also extremely unpolished.
Well... we already have. For the SNES. Haven't played it myself, but a little bird whispered in my ear that it is quite bad.
Anyway, really good review, I thought. I haven't played Aliens: Colonial Marines myself (not a fan of Aliens, sorry), and this review further cemented my adamant resolution to not go within 20 yards from this game if I can avoid it.
You are welcome.
Capcom's Alien VS Predator
1. One of the more customer friendly companies has no integrity because of one bad game?
2. Pre-ordering is good in several situations. It's less an issue about pre-orders and more about companies phoning in their product.
Why would you pre order a new IP based on one demo like that? Especially if the demo's appeal is atmosphere: Which is incredibly easy to break.
I don't see an issue in preordering a game if the bonus is good and you have reason to trust the content....A licensed game from company that released duke nukem forever. The pre order bonus for aliens was fucking multiplayer skins if I recall.
You should treat preorders as if you're giving out loans: If you're not getting interest there's no reason to give it to anyone you don't know personally and if you have no good reason to think they're capable of paying you back you might as well burn it. Preordering aliens was like giving a random redneck a billion dollars to open a multinational pig fucking chain and if he manages to pay you back you get a nickel interest.
I trust bioshock infinite to not suck, so if I had the money I'd pre-order it off greenman and save $15. Why wouldn't I?
I'm pretty sure yahtzee decides what to review before deciding if it's bad. Like: Dead Space 3, Ni No Kuni, The Cave, the new DMC were the four before that. Are any of those really considered bad games? Fuck it seems like everyone loves Ni No Kuni.
1. DNF. And they apparently transferred this game off to another studio while putting it in their name. They don't have no integrity becasue the game is bad: They have no integrity because they let another company make (or at least finish) a bad game in their name. Also they had NDA's set up so no one could put reviews up before it came out. They knew it was shit and tried to cover it up.
Pre-ordering in it's current form is absolute shit because companies seem to think it's ok to put an insignificant cosmetic in and say " that's enough reason to give us $60 ahead of time for no reason right?
One bad game ?
Yahtzee is self-aware. Who knew?
I have to agree with the "betrayal" part. People were complaining about this game being the last bastion of hope. But were you really surprised? Maybe by the fact of who was developing the game, but were you really surprised by the fact that an Aliens game wasn't good?
2 really bad games promised to be awesome. Lies both games complete lies using Sega's money to fund borderlands 2 and outsourcing the game they were paid for to another company that's breach of contract.
Mine is not so much a glitch but just a complaint about how godawful the multiplayer turned out. A good friend of mine and I were awaiting this game with the anticipation that this was going to be something akin to L4D but with one of our favorite franchise monsters replacing zombies...., and boy was I wrong. Like a dumbass I pre-ordered the game and paid it in full, and like an even bigger dumbass plopped it in my x-box hoping maybe the multiplayer was something salvageable despite my friend telling me he was probably jumping ship due to all the terrible reviews plaguing the internets (and yes I envy him for being smarter and not wasting 60 dollars). So as most of you have experienced, I was still trying to convince myself after a match of extreme chaos ensued. Kill animations that should be awesome but look like the marine floated to me and died due to graphic glitch, suddenly dying after having no discernible animation or sound that I am being hurt, and most frustrating of all unloading a full shotgun blast/special attack into an opposing player and them laughing at me and killing me in one blow because of one of the most terrible leveling systems that give unbalanced a whole new definition of pain and agony. So now my moral dilemma is what should we do with this ungodly monstrosity some of us were unfortunate and, for myself at least, stupid enough to stumble upon? I was thinking shooting range, or if we want the subtle route maybe a coaster for drinks, or if we want to get inventive and a little extravagant maybe we can remake Aliens using copies of the game as replacements for the aliens.
Can you blame people for enjoying you ripping apart games they don't like?
Alien vs Predator 2 was an amazing game. I know you played it, so stop talking about ships and spices.
I thought that was just an accepted fact in the gaming world by now. You know, like "Final Fantasy games drag on for too long", "Call of Duty is racist", and "BioWare games have good writing".
I suppose after the hype around the stage demo for this, and back with the pre-rendered trailer for Dead Island we've moved to a point where playable demos soon are the only way to make gamers trust your product. So perhaps something good came out of all this after all.
Sorry but here, I am peed off out of princible. If Yathzee reveals such a huge part of the plot (and pretty big twist in the canon), then yes, I expect a freaking spoiler warning. It doesn't matter how good or bad the game is - it is still wrong to do.
Hardly their game - they just did about 10% of it as the game when they got it was more or less finished. You can't blame them for that.
I'm with you there. I think one of my favorite parts to this review was his summation of the Hicks retcon "It was some other bloke." It's not even really a joke, that is the explanation the game gives.
The following is a massive amount of sarcasm:
Ya lets just make a whole bunch of people lose their jobs because of decisions made that are way above them! Who cares if they need the job to feed their families, their bosses lied to us!
Actually, the game says "long story". Who knows, maybe we would have gotten a more detailed explaination in DLC or a sequel.
This was SOO worth it! And it includes a shout-out to the AWESOME correspondents that have been barely containing their excitement since the game was launched and heard it was sh*t :D
Well that was to explain why it was some other guy; which to my knowledge is still little more than a hand-wave. Now I wasn't as bothered by this retcon as some other people were, I just they'd explained it more in-game.
I wondered if you could be bothered to play this game, but seeing how short it is, it probably saved you a lot of time that week!
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Sadly if you watched Jim's newest vid you would know that people are already pre ordering launch titles for the PS4 with only the smallest of an idea of what the game play is gonna be like.
There is one way to punish.
Totalbiscuit has a great video up on Youtube explaining this:
Don't forget to blame SEGA, they're the biggest bastards in this entire story. They LET Gearbox jerk them around for 6 years, and then when they were handed this piece of shit to put to market, they actually put it to market to screw us over instead of canceling its release and figuring out what the hell Gearbox had been doing with all that time and money they asked for.
Fuck you, SEGA. If anyone company gets crushed and goes out of business because of this, I hope it's SEGA. As much as I hate the likes of EA or Capcom, they wouldn't be stupid enough to let this game get so far out of hand. It would have been canned long before we all wasted our $50 or $60 on it.
Hell, makes me wonder how many of those games that suddenly get canceled end up getting canceled because of shit like this.
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I can't share a glitch because I wasn't one of the suckers who bought this game. I haven't taken it off my rental list yet either so I may be a sucker too.
I do have a great idea for a Blues Bros game I think I shared here once before.
Funny and True story: I was right when you took Yahtzee's word on this as gospel. Atleast I know the truth about this game. Atleast I know.
Did anyone else hear punctuation in this 'Zero Punctuation' video?
Watching this video, I have to wonder... Does Yantzee watch any of Jim Sterling's stuff? Like, he's been going on about the Alien franchise and this game in particular for a few weeks now, so I find it weird that Yantzee would not only not mention this in his video, but called out all Alien fans by saying everything after Aliens was crap.
"Colonial Marines, eh?"
*Puts on goggles in preparation for shitstorm*
I assume it went something like this:
Only instead of a cyclops it was a giant xenomorph and instead of Jesus it was a doofus with combat armour and an assault rifle, but yeah probably something like that.
I'm actually watching aliens for the fisrt time while I watch this, and I have to say, this is supposed to be scary? I'm having too much fun laughing at all the things I've seen before.
SEGA were going to lose the Aliens license if they didn't put something out. Too bad it turned out to be shit.
Not to say SEGA's all innocent in releasing crap games... I mean, Sonic '06.
That's not being bastards that's being idiots. Of course they put it to market, it's a game that is obviously going to make money that probably had preordered on it. They put up the money for the game of course they're going to get whatever money out of it they can.
Yes I'm pretty sure EA would release this game.
Gearbox are still the assholes.
Businesses should fall and rise with their products. Otherwise the consumer always gets fucked. If a business is untrustworthy and does shitty things like BLATENTLY FALSE ADVERTISEMENT in the form of a demo than it should cripple them.
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Their efforts to plead guilty in exchange for a life in prison -- disclosed last week in a court filing -- were rebuffed. Their long-hinted plans to raise an insanity defense are unfulfilled and, experts say, come with great risk of backfiring. The extensive evidence against Holmes -- his capture at the scene, the photos of his arsenal that police say they found on his cellphone -- means there are virtually no other options.
Even for a defense team with experience in high-profile murder cases, it is a bleak spot.
"It's a very difficult case to defend, no question," said Michael Perlin a professor at New York Law School.
How Holmes' attorneys -- Daniel King and Tamara Brady, members of the state public defender's capital cases team -- will move forward could become clearer during a hearing scheduled for Monday morning.
Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler has said he will announce whether he will seek the death penalty against Holmes at the hearing. The two sides could also argue about motions filed last week that disclosed Holmes' plea offer and prosecutors' rejection of it.
Brauchler wrote in a filing that prosecutors asked Holmes for "specific access to information that would allow them to fully assess the Defendant and his alleged acts." Holmes and his attorneys have refused to give prosecutors that information, Brauchler wrote. Without the details, Brauchler said it is "extremely unlikely" prosecutors would make a deal.
If the case does go to trial, Holmes' attorneys again suggested that they would raise a mental-health defense.
"The issue is not whether they're going to enter an insanity plea on his behalf," said Dr. Steven Pitt, a nationally known forensic psychiatrist. "I suspect the issue is more about the exposure that that places on their client."
When Holmes' attorneys had the chance last month to enter an insanity plea, though, they balked and said they needed more time to study the issue. The judge entered a standard not-guilty plea for Holmes over King's and Brady's objections.
Pitt and Perlin said the defense's hesitancy is likely because an insanity plea is exceptionally risky.
"When you're entering an insanity plea, you're saying 'I did it,'" Pitt said. "'I did it, but I wasn't in my right mind when I committed the offenses, and I couldn't appreciate the wrongfulness of my conduct.'"
That assertion is subject to an independent psychiatric evaluation, which the defense has little control over and which almost always determines the outcome of the case. As Perlin has written in several papers, the final outcome in insanity cases matches the findings of the psychiatric reviews as often as 90 percent of the time. And defendants who plead insanity and are found guilty typically receive tougher punishment than defendants in similar cases who don't pursue an insanity defense.
Sometimes, Perlin said, juries may even use mental-health evidence against a defendant -- meaning the insanity defense can backfire.
"Pleading insanity is generally a high-risk maneuver," he said.
Attorneys for Nathan Dunlap, who killed four people in an Aurora Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in 1993 and now sits on death row, learned just how treacherous mental-health evidence can be during that case. When the results of a psychiatric evaluation came back disastrously for Dunlap -- doctors said he was largely faking mental illness and had mocked his victims during the evaluation -- mental health became a taboo topic for his attorneys during the case.
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Lewis declined to comment on Holmes' case. But other attorneys said Holmes' lawyers will likely try everything they can to achieve their one goal in the case.
"In any potential death-penalty case," said Denver attorney Karen Steinhauser, a former prosecutor, "the primary goal of the defense attorneys is to save their client's life."
Holmes' attorneys hinted in court papers last week that they would file numerous pretrial motions if the case proceeds, likely resulting in a significant, acrimonious extension of the case.
In a case with a diminishing number of options for the defense, it may be the likeliest of paths.
"You use the tools you have at hand," University of Colorado law professor Marianne Wesson said. "You take advantage of every process that the law allows."
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1. Ah! Dolente Partita – Oh, Sweet Parting! 2. Cor Mio Mentre Vi Miro – My Heart as I dream I turn into you. 3. Cor Mio Non Mori? E Mori – My heart did not die? And it died 4. Sfogava con le stelle – He dallied with the stars 5. Volgea l' anima mia – Volgea my soul, so dear and sweetly shining 6. Anima mia perdona – My soul forgives 7. Che se tu se ' il cor mio – That if you are as good as my heart 8. Luci Serene e Chiare – Lights, serene and clear 9. La piaga c'ho nel core – The plague is in the heart 10. Voi pur da me partite – You do not mind me, though 11. A un Giro Sol de' Begl' Occhi – At one glance of good eyes 12. Ohime se Tanto Amate – Alas! If you like it too much 13. Io Mi Son Giovinetta – I'm a young girl, laughing and singing 14. Quel Augellin Che Canta – That little bird that sings 15. Non Più Guerra Pietate – No more fighting, pray, my beautiful eyes 16. Si Ch'io Vorrei Morire – How I want to die 17. Anima Dolorosa – Suffering soul that lives so much pain and torment 18. Anima Del Cor Mio – My soul's heart 19. Longe da Te Cor Mio – Stay away from me 20. Piagne e Sospira – He drinks and sighs
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KANSAS CITY -- It's not only how you play, but where you play that makes a difference in various statistical categories. The Blue Jays started their series against the Royals with a 30-10 differential in home runs, but manager John Gibbons said that huge gap speaks mainly to the difference in home ballparks.
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While it's easier to hit homers at Rogers Centre, Gibbons doesn't want his club to become too reliant on the long ball to generate offense. New hitting coach Kevin Seitzer stresses hitting the ball up the middle or going the other way and Gibbons said that's an approach that can benefit the Blue Jays over the long haul.
"When you get into games against the better pitchers, you need other ways to beat those guys," Gibbons said. "They aren't going to give up a lot of home runs. There are times to take the little simple base hit up the middle or go the other way to beat the good ones."
Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion went deep in Tuesday's 10-7 loss to the Royals. Bautista hit a solo shot in the first off starter Jason Vargas, while Encarnacion scored Bautista with a two-run blast in the ninth off reliever Louis Coleman.


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25g unsalted butter
200g onion, peeled and finely sliced
1 clove garlic, peeled and finely chopped
2 sprigs of thyme, leaves picked
1 star anise
3 slices Heston from Waitrose Alderwood Smoked Streaky Bacon, cut into lardons
10g dry Madeira
40g white wine
10g white wine vinegar
Ground nut oil
Salt and black pepper
½ x 430g pack (215g) frozen Cook's Ingredients Puff Pastry Sheets, defrosted
1 Waitrose British Blacktail Egg, beaten with a pinch of salt for a wash
40g goat's cheese
Marmite (optional)
40g white wine vinegar
40g Dijon or wholegrain mustard
120g groundnut oil
30g mixed salad leaves
10 Peppadew piquante peppers, mild, cut into quarters
1. For the onion compote, melt the butter in a large saucepan over a low medium heat, add the onion, garlic, thyme leaves and star anise. Cook for 1 hour, stirring occasionally until well caramelised and dark in colour. If the onions start to catch on the bottom of the pan, add a little water and stir more frequently.
2. Meanwhile, coat the bottom of a frying pan with a thin layer of oil and place over a medium heat. Add the bacon lardons and cook for 4-5 minutes until the bacon is soft and beginning to colour. Drain the bacon on kitchen paper and set aside. Deglaze the pan (with the onion compote) with the Madeira, white wine and white wine vinegar, and cook for a further 5 minutes. Add the bacon and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Remove the star anise and allow to cool.
3. Preheat the oven to 190°C, gas mark 5. Unroll the pastry and cut out 4 circles using a 9.5cm cutter and place 2 on a baking tray, brush with egg approximately 2cm from the edge. Using a smaller 8.5cm cutter, cut a disc out from the centre of the remaining 2 discs, and discard the centres. Place the pastry rings on top of the circles on the tray and bake for 12 minutes or until fully cooked and golden brown. Remove from the oven and place on a cooling rack until completely cool.
4. Spoon 40g of the onion compote inside each of the cooked pastry tarts, then crumble 20g of goats cheese into each with an optional few drops of Marmite, if using. Return the tart to the preheated oven for 8-10 minutes.
5. Meanwhile, prepare the vinaigrette by mixing the vinegar and mustard in a bowl, add the oil and whisking continuously. Mix some of the vinaigrette with the mixed salad leaves, add the peppers and season. Divide the mixed salad in half and place on a plate next to the warm onion and goat's cheese tarts.
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The Internet Society last night awarded its highest honor for work related to IPv6, the next generation Internet Protocol, to executives from Facebook and Comcast. Recipients of the award were Paul Saab and Donn Lee, software engineers at Facebook, and John Brzozowski, Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect for IPv6 at Comcast.
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The three engineers received the Itojun Service Award, which recognizes extraordinary dedication to IPv6 deployment. The award is named for Dr. Jun-ichiro "Itojun" Hagino, an active member of the Internet engineering community who died in 2007. Now in its fourth year, the Itojun Service Award includes a $3,000 prize and a crystal plaque.
Brzozowski was honored for his "tireless efforts in providing IPv6 connectivity to cable users all over the world,'' according to Jun Murai of the Itojun Service Award committee. Saab and Lee were honored "for their efforts in making high-profile content available for IPv6 and for their key contributions to World IPv6 Day and World IPv6 Launch," he said.
Previous recipients of the Itojun award were executives from Google, FreeBSD and a French ISP called Free.
"It's obviously a great honor to be recognized with many friends and colleagues,'' Brzozowski said, urging the network engineers in the audience to "keep working hard to deploy IPv6.''
Saab told the audience that "IPv6 turned out not to be so difficult. I encourage everybody to start doing IPv6. We are only 1% to 2% complete, and we need to get to 100%."
IPv6 is the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol, which is known as IPv4.
IPv4 uses 32-bit addresses and can support 4.3 billion devices connected directly to the Internet. IPv6, on the other hand, uses 128-bit addresses and supports a virtually unlimited number of devices - 2 to the 128th power. The Internet needs IPv6 because it is running out of IPv4 addresses.
Brzozowski said that 2.5% of Comcast's traffic currently runs over IPv6, and that Comcast will be done with its IPv6 deployment for all U.S. residential customers by June 2013.
Facebook has had IPv6 deployed in production mode since May 2012.
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Manchester police station name stirs controversy
Family of fallen officer disappointed in new name
The Manchester Board of Aldermen and the mayor voted Tuesday to name the police department on Valley Street "The Michael Briggs Public Safety Building," after an officer killed in the line of duty in 2006.
However, the family of another officer killed on the job said he deserves a place of honor too. The family of slain officer Ralph Miller spoke out in disappointment after city officials named the new police department.
"It was a hurt of the whole Miller family, and that's why I want to express my views on this," said Miller's brother Arthur.
Miller was shot in 1976. The current police department building, along with the fire department, is named after him. Earlier this week, Queen City aldermen voted to name the new station after Briggs.
Manchester Alderman-at-Large Joe Kelly Levasseur said city officials are selling the original Manchester police department building. Not all aldermen are satisfied with the vote. Levasseur wants the building to be named the Miller-Briggs building after both officers.
"You can see their disappointment," Levasseur said. "You can sense their disappointment, feel their disappointment. I feel their disappointment."
The Miller family agrees that the building should honor both fallen officers and wants the chief of police to reconsider.
"I know my parents are hurt over this and I hope that he reaches out to us more," Miller's brother said.
Manchester officials said while Brigg's name is on the building, they have moved the Manchester Police Memorial to the new location that also recognizes other officers that gave their lives in the line of duty.


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This does not mean you'll definitely get depressed after having your babies, but mothers of multiple births can be more at risk.
Postnatal depression after having twins
The charity Tamba has identified some of the most common causes of postnatal depression in parents of multiple babies.
Caring for 2 babies is hard. You constantly have to split your time and attention between them and cannot give them the same type of care you'd give a single baby. Coping with 2 or more babies takes time to get used to.
A lack of sleep is more likely to affect mothers of multiple babies. Only 1 in 7 of mothers of multiples have 6 or more hours of sleep a night in the first year.
Twins are more likely to be cared for in the neonatal unit. It's thought this could increase the chances of postnatal depression. This is because instead of being able to celebrate your babies' birth, you may be coping with worry, stress and guilt.
And twin pregnancies are more prone to complications and the birth may be difficult, too. This means you can begin motherhood feeling low and exhausted.
You may find that the reality of caring for your babies does not match up to your expectations of motherhood.
If your twins are the result of IVF, for example, it may be hard to discuss these feelings with relatives and friends who assume you're thrilled to have the babies you longed for.
You may also feel:
- Envious of mothers with single babies and the mother-child bond they appear to enjoy.
- Isolated, as it's harder for you to get out than for mothers of single babies. See our advice about getting out and about with twins.
- Unsupported – caring for 2 or more babies is physically and emotionally draining if you do not have enough support.
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Fathers can also develop postnatal depression. Research suggests about 1 in 10 fathers are affected, but this figure may be higher for fathers of multiples.
Men can find it harder to seek support, but it's important to tell a GP if you're feeling anxious or depressed.
Fathers can also call Tamba's free helpline (Twinline) on 0800 138 0509.
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It's important to be aware of the signs of postnatal depression because the faster it's diagnosed, the easier it is to treat.
Symptoms of postnatal depression can include:
- crying a lot
- difficulty sleeping
- thinking you're a bad mother
- not being able to cope and blaming yourself
- anxiety, panic attacks and feeling guilty
- being overwhelmed by even the smallest tasks
- feeling tense and irritable
- difficulty concentrating and making decisions
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If you have the symptoms of postnatal depression or are feeling low or unable to cope, get help as soon as possible from a GP or your midwife or health visitor.
You can find out more information about postnatal depression by registering with Tamba and downloading their free leaflets on postnatal depression.
You can also read more about:
- Feeling depressed after having a baby
- Postnatal depression: medical advice
- Treatments for postnatal depression
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The story of Celestron began in 1960, when Tom Johnson founded the company VALOR Electronics. Johnson wanted to build a telescope for his son and invented the Schmidt-Cassegrain system (SC) - still today the best-selling high-quality mirror system in the world.
He soon changed the company name to Celestron and devoted himself solely to his telescopes. He made ever-larger instruments in the early years of the company - his masterpieces being Cassegrain telescopes of up to 22" in aperture.
In a modification of the ingenious optical system devised by German telescope designer Bernhard Schmidt, Celestron created the Schmidt-Cassegrain ('SC') telescope system, which has revolutionized amateur astronomy throughout the world. The advantages of the SC system cannot be bettered by any other telescope design even today.
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The 'Schmidt-Cassegrain idea' has since evolved into a huge family of telescopes with optical systems for every budget - right up to the latest NexStar Evolution and CGX telescopes with the SkyAlign alignment process.
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Invisibility cloaks. Spider silk that is stronger than steel. Plastics made of sugar that dissolve in landfills. Smart pills and micro-robots that zap diseases.What will the future bring, and what will it be made of? In NOVA's fascinating new four-hour series, MAKING STUFF, popular New York Times technology reporter David Pogue takes viewers on a thrilling tour of the material world we live in, and the one that may lie ahead - offering viewers a behind-the-scenes look at scientific innovations that are ushering in a new generation of materials that are stronger, smarter, smaller and cleaner than anything we've ever seen.
On January 19, 2011 NOVA will kickoff the first hour of Making Stuff: Stronger, Smaller, Cleaner Smarter. The absorbing four-part special marks the move of the venerable, long-running science series to a brand-new weekly primetime slot on Wednesday nights at 9pm ET/PT on PBS (check local listings).
From the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age to more recent periods dominated by plastics and silicon, materials have defined the progression of humankind. Now, we are once again poised on the verge of a materials revolution, as researchers around the globe push the boundaries further than ever before, using biology and chemistry to imbue materials with new qualities that are expanding our technological frontiers.
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Making Stuff: Stronger (Premieres Wednesday January 19, 2011 at 9PM
What is the strongest material in the world? Is it iron? Are Kevlar and carbon nanotubes the way of the future, or will the powerful properties discovered in natural spider silk one day replace steel? NOVA begins the ambitious four-hour program with a quest for the world's strongest stuff. Host David Pogue helps viewers understand what defines strength, examining everything from mollusks to a toucan's beak and testing the world's strongest materials. Pogue travels from the deck of a U.S. naval aircraft carrier to a demolition derby to the country's top research labs to check in with the experts who are re-engineering what nature has given us to create the next generation of strong "stuff."
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How small can we go? Could we one day have robots taking "fantastic voyages" in our bodies to kill rogue cells? The triumphs of tiny are seen all around us in the Information Age: transistors, microchips, laptops, cell phones. Now, David Pogue takes NOVA viewers to an even smaller world in Making Stuff Smaller, examining the latest in high-powered nano-circuits and microrobots that may one day hold the key to saving lives and creating materials from the ground up, atom by atom. Pogue explores the star materials of small applications, including silicon, the stuff of computer chips, and carbon, the element now being manipulated at the atomic level to produce future technology. "Smaller" and more portable stuff has already revolutionized the way we live. The nanotechnology to come could change the face of medicine, with intelligent pills that know what medicine to release into the body and treat patients from the "inside" based on changing needs; robots that repair damaged body parts; and more.
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Most modern materials are dangerous to the environment, but what about cleaning up our world? Batteries grown from viruses, tires made from orange peel oil, plastics made of sugar, and solar cells that cook up hydrogen-these are just a few glimpses of a new generation of clean materials that could power devices of the future. In Making Stuff Cleaner, David Pogue explores the rapidly developing science and business of clean energy and examines alternative ways to generate it, store it, and distribute it. Is hydrogen the way to go? One scientist is even using America's abundance of chicken feathers to create a cheap way to make hydrogen cars safer. What about lithium batteries? Does this solve an energy problem or create a new dependency-in this case, on South America for a different kind of limited resource than oil? Can scientists instead develop a process in which batteries run on molten salts found in cheap abundance in the U.S. or on genetically engineered viruses? Pogue investigates the latest developments in biobased fuels and in harnessing solar energy for our cars, homes, and industry in a fascinating hour full of the "stuff" of a sustainable future.
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What can nature teach us in building smarter materials? Can we create materials that sense and respond? "When describing 'smart materials,' one analogy scientists give is the evolution from the first Terminator robot, a machine made of metal and circuitry, to the shape-shifting 'liquid guy' in Terminator 2," said Making Stuff producer Chris Schmidt. Smarter looks into the growing number of materials that can shape themselves-reacting, changing, and even learning. An Army tanker trunk that heals its own bullet wounds. An airplane wing that changes shape as it flies. Clothing that can monitor its wearer's heart rate, health, and mood. For inspirations and ideas, scientists are turning to nature and biology and producing some innovative new developments in materials science. The sticky feet of geckos have yielded an adhesive-less tape. Studying the properties of skin has led to the development of self-healing protective foam. And Pogue literally goes swimming with sharks to understand a different kind of skin that is intriguing scientists. Scientists are modeling a material after sharkskin to develop an antibacterial film that, when sprayed in hospitals, could eliminate MRSA and other anti-biotic resistant bacteria from clinging to surfaces. Pogue concludes "Smarter" with a visit to a scientist who has created a material that may make Harry potter's invisibility cloak a reality!
Now in its 37th season, NOVA is the most-watched primetime science series on American television, reaching an average of five million viewers weekly. The series remains committed to producing in-depth science programming in the form of hour-long (and occasionally longer) documentaries, from the latest breakthroughs in technology to the deepest mysteries of the natural world. NOVA airs Tuesdays at 8pm ET/PT on WGBH Boston and most PBS stations. The Director of the WGBH Science Unit and Senior Executive Producer of NOVA is Paula S. Apsell.
Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, Pacific Life, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
Major funding for Making Stuff is provided by the National Science Foundation. This Making Stuff material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0610307. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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