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Another NAB has come and gone. While the published attendance was up from 88,000 last year to more than 92,000 this year, there seemed to be a lot more elbow room. There weren't as many earth-shattering new products as in other years, but there were some that stood out. Before I get to the winners, I want to talk a little about what I'm seeing as "over-product burnout" in a couple of areas, especially for our industry. One recurring theme in my discussions with other attendees was that most people were sick of 3D. While almost everyone has an HDTV set, most consumers aren't signed up for HD content yet. Even fewer end users are prepared for 3D. Most attendees I spoke to see 3D as becoming more popular in theaters, but they think most people won't invest in 3D technology for the home, either because they don't want the expense or because they simply prefer 2D. In terms of how we shoot and what we're able to deliver as a result, in order to do a wedding in 3D, you lose the "run and gun" capability. Although I reported on some 3D breakthroughs in the last couple of years' Winner's Circle articles, I'm not going to waste anyone's time with 3D products this year. The other category I'm not going to dive into is DSLR rigs. Every other booth had one, and they all look the same to me. Granted, my perspective on this issue is different from that of EventDV readers who have taken the DSLR plunge; for the type of work I do, for various reasons, DSLRs don't match my workflow. I do plan to purchase a Micro 4/3 or Super 35mm model this year but most likely in a traditional camcorder configuration. If, for some reason, I do need a rig, I may make one in my garage.
It is interesting to note that as many are migrating to a tapeless workflow (or did so some time ago), there are many of us who are still shooting to tape, as tape remains the preferred archival format, and archiving after you shoot is just extra time spent running raw footage to a deck. To that end, there were several high-end LTO tape backup systems being shown for production houses. Amid so many people declaring tape dead, I found it interesting that Fujifilm launched a new line of Pro Grade HDV/DV tapes, the DV171HD line. As one who shoots with a Sony HVR-S270u and makes use of both the flash recorder and the tape drive on all my shoots, it's nice to know there is still a strong enough tape market to launch a new line.
Now, here is my annual disclaimer. I roamed the halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center for 4 days searching for new and exciting products to improve our creativity and workflow. If I missed one of the 1,100 exhibits, that goes with the territory. What's more, these are brief descriptions, not reviews or endorsements. In some cases the product is a concept or prototype. If a product doesn't make it on the list, I'm not casting aspersions on it; either I missed it, despite my best efforts, or I saw it but didn't see its applicability for event videographers/filmmakers. The list is broken down into two categories: Production and Postproduction.
PRODUCTION While Panasonic had the AG-HPX250 update of the AG-HVX200 and similar updates to other models, and JVC was showing the GY-HD750, a GY-HD790 without the studio connections, there were not a whole lot of new cameras that I saw as significant new entries for our industry, so here are the ones that I expect to matter for us—all two of them. That said, there were some interesting production accessories.
Sony NEX-FS100 (MSRP $5,800 body only; $6,300 with lens)This is the one you've been hearing about, the new sub-$6,000 interchangeable-lens Sony camera with the Super 35mm Exmor CMOS Sensor that many say might hit the sweet spot for shooters in our industry who want the DSLR look without the DSLR. It records to Memory Stick or SDHC cards. You can use many types of lenses, some requiring adapters. The form factor is a big box with a flat form factor and a flip-up LCD screen. It comes with the same short shotgun mic found on the Sony Z7 and S270. From my limited testing of the low-light capability in the booth, I can say it appears to be incredible. Even with 18 db of gain on a large monitor I could see no grain. The picture quality is phenomenal. It records the AVCHD format to Memory Stick Pro or SDHC/SDXC cards. The NEX-FS100 should ship in June.
GoPro HERO 960 (MSRP $179.99; with LCD Screen, $259.99) There was a lot of buzz about this "place anywhere" camera. Without the optional LCD, this tiny 1080p camera is about the size of a three-pack of miniDV tapes. The camera records to internal flash memory. The cameras all come in a waterproof case. This same camera is used to capture underwater shots in the hit show Deadliest Catch.
There are several places the HERO would come in handy for event shooters. I could see placing them in chuppahs, altars, or venues where you have restricted access. The only downside is that the HERO isn't a low-light performer. If you keep that in mind and use it accordingly, you'll be able to get amazing results.
Blackmagic Design ATEM Television Studio (MSRP $995) Last year, Blackmagic Design bought Echolab, a company that made production switchers. This year, it is introducing ATEM, a low-cost production switcher that uses a Mac or PC for the control interface. The computer is just the interface. All of the processing is done in the rack-mountable switcher. There are six video inputs that can be SDI/HD-SDI or HDMI. The switcher hardware is also capable of recording H.264 for streaming. The outputs are 2x 10-bit SD/HD switchable and 1x HDMI 1.4a 10-bit, SD/HD switchable.
This can be very useful to live event producers. It's hard to believe that I paid almost the same as ATEM's $995 MSRP for an S-Video/Composite Videonics MX-1 switcher 15 years ago. This model will be available in July and could give NewTek's TriCaster a run for its money, even if you need to add some HDMI-to-HD-SDI converters.
K-Tek Shoe Department (multiple products; prices vary) While K-Tek is best known for its assorted boom poles for audio, this year the company has come out with a number of low-cost hot-shoe adapters of various sizes, some articulated, so you can mount additional mics, receivers, monitors, and the like on any camera or K-Tek's own Norbert or Norbert Sport, which have dozens of cold-shoe mounts.
I like finding inexpensive ways of tricking out my cameras, so I can fit on it what I need. The list pricing runs $22–$85 depending on the complexity of the unit. They are all made in K-Tek's factory in Southern California.
Azden SMX-20 Stereo Mic (MSRP $200) Azden came out with this new high-performance compact stereo mic to add to DSLRs in order to get better sound. The SMX-20 will also work with any camcorder used in the event business with an 1/8" stereo mic input. It uses an LR-44 "button" battery for power.
Kata Pro-V-410/610 Backpacks (MSRP $467) At this year's NAB, Kata introduced a series of new backpacks for small to mid-size cameras that are incredibly lightweight—as much as 20% lighter than the previous generation. They're also more comfortable to wear than anything I've experienced before, plus they're extremely strong. The 410 can also carry up to a 15.4" laptop, and the 610 can carry up to a 17" laptop. Both can carry a tripod externally and be connected to an optional "trolly" if you want to wheel it around.
Kata Fly-By-74PL/76PL Organizer Bags (MSRP $239.99/$329.99) These bags are similar to the new Kata backpacks but hold a bit more and are even more protective of the equipment inside. Kata's Bellina Israel, who was showing off the products, stood her 100 lb. self on the top of the backpack, and it held her! The bags have an aluminum frame and a steel spine guard. These new equipment bags offer more crush resistance than I have ever seen. They can be carried by the handles, the shoulder strap, or the included trolley.
Manfrotto 509HD Tripod Head (pricing starts at $899) The 509HD is the big brother to the recently reviewed 504HD. The 509HD can hold up to 29 lbs. (compared to 6.5 lbs. for the 504), but what makes it unique is its Advance Balancing Recorder (ABR) feature, which can electronically record the perfect balanced position for your camera equipment so that the position can be recalled later on. That can save a lot of time if you usually use the same camera on the tripod.
POSTPRODUCTION This year's NAB delivered a number of new things to see in the software arena. The biggest announcement at the show was Adobe's CS5.5 Production Premium. The biggest announcement that happened off the show floor was Apple's new Final Cut Pro X, unveiled during the SuperMeet, presented annually by the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro (FCP) User Group and commandeered a few weeks before this year's event by Apple to make its FCP announcement. (There was a lot of drama surrounding this announcement, as Apple demanded that all other speakers and paid sponsors be dropped. If you want to find out more about the drama, Google away. Remaining true to Winner's Circle tradition, we'll stick to NAB-specific announcements in this article.)
Elsewhere in the postproduction world, Tascam (to the best of my knowledge) put out its first video product, a Blu-ray Disc recording deck called the BD-R2000. It looks like it may be a JVC OEM; it's nearly identical to JVC's Blu-ray deck. In other news, Avid is continuing its "play nice with others" philosophy and is now working with the AJA Io Express Hardware.
Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium (MSRP $1699/Upgrade $399 for registered CS5 users)Although Adobe terms CS5.5 a "point" release rather than a full-step upgrade, there are a number of enhancements to Production Premium in this new release, which you can read about in detail in Shawn Lam's CS5.5 review in the May issue. As a whole, there is better integration among Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Audition. The Adobe Media Encoder has a more extensive list of output formats and codecs and is supposed to be faster also. Soundbooth is gone, and a newly retooled Audition retakes its place in the Creative Suite, now available for the first time in the Mac version of the suite. Adobe has also announced a subscription-based option for the Creative Suite. You can buy it as you normally would, or if you can't justify purchasing it outright, you can pay a monthly subscription between $85 and $129, depending on the subscription plan you choose.
Back from its temporary off-suite hiatus, Audition CS5.5 has many enhancements. It can import entire Premiere Pro sequences, and it allows you to apply effects, open multiple sequences, and handle many other tasks in parallel. It is a huge timesaver compared to opening and closing dialog boxes. Now that Audition is back in the Creative Suite, CS5.5 users can take advantage of an incredible tool for audio production and postproduction that no edit suite should be without.
BorisFX RED 5 ($995) I looked at RED 4 a few years ago but found the interface too confusing. RED 5 has been retooled, and the interface looks a lot less baffling—and it is 64-bit. It also includes most of the Boris Continuum Complete 7 and Final Effects Complete 6 filters and adds more than 50 new transition effects.
It can operate as a stand-alone application or as a plug-in for Premiere Pro, After Effects, FCP, Avid, or Sony's Vegas Pro. If you want to add some pizazz to your current NLE, RED 5 may be the key.
Zaxwerks ProAnimator 5 (MSRP $499) ProAnimator 5 is used every day for 3D animated graphics on TV and the internet. This new version features a workspace-based interface, warps for bending and twisting your 3D objects, and enhanced materials and texturing. Most importantly, it no longer requires you to start your project with an Adobe Illustrator file. You can do it all right in ProAnimator. It runs on Windows and Mac and works as a stand-alone product or as a plug-in for After Effects.
HP EliteBook Mobile Workstations (pricing varies based on configuration) At this year's NAB, HP introduced three new EliteBook mobile workstation models that have dual- and quad-core Intel Core i5 and i7 processors, video memory options from 1GB to 4GB, with AMD and NVIDIA graphics for the 8760w and 8560w models and AMD graphics for the 8460w. The new mobile workstations support up to 32GB of RAM, and the EliteBook 8760w can be configured with up to three hard drives. The units' various I/O options include FireWire 400, USB 2.0, and the new USB 3.0. An HP DreamColor LCD panel is available as an add-on option for precise color correction on the 8760w and 8560w. It's all housed in a MIL STD 810G-tested shell.
HP's most powerful mobile workstation, the HP EliteBook 8760w, offers a 17.3" diagonal, high-definition (HD) screen, a choice of high-performing AMD FirePro or NVIDIA Quadro professional graphics, and up to 4GB of video memory. The EliteBook 8760w also can be configured with three hard drives and RAID 5 support—a first for HP Mobile Workstations.
The HP EliteBook 8560w features a 15.6" diagonal HD display and supports AMD FirePro graphics for 1GB of video memory or NVIDIA Quadro graphics for 2GB of video memory. The optional HP DreamColor display on the EliteBook 8560w and 8760w also allows for more than 1 billion active color possibilities. HP's smallest and lightest mobile workstation, the HP EliteBook 8460w, starts at only 4.9 lbs. and includes a 14" diagonal HD panel, in addition to an AMD FirePro 1GB video memory professional graphics card for true on-the-road video performance.
Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Lite In perhaps its boldest move since acquiring DaVinci and its Resolve color grading system last year, Blackmagic Design surprised everyone at NAB 2011 by releasing a free version of DaVinci Resolve, the postproduction industry's leading stand-alone color corrector. This free version only allows for "nodes" (areas of correction at a time), but wow—what a great way to get into DaVinci Resolve! The only downside is that it is available for Intel Macs only. The full versions are available for Mac and Linux (Centos) only. Windows users are out of luck here.
HONORABLE MENTIONS Manfrotto DADO Mount ($60; Evo kit $80): Probably one of the oddest-looking things at NAB, the Dado is a type of mount used to mount multiple things at almost any angle. It looks like a cross between an armored matzo ball and a Tinkertoy. This red ball of aluminum has 18 threaded holes (3/8") and comes in packages with three tubes with both female 3/8" threadings and male 5/8" attachments (three in the kit version) and six threaded pins (six in the Evo kit version).
Azden 4316 and 4316L Shotgun Mics (MSRP $700/$800): Azden is releasing two new high-end, phantom-powered shotgun mics to compete in Sennheiser's neighborhood. The 4316 barrel length is 7" long; the 4316L is 9.75" long. The 4316L is more directional, and both mics have the same great sound. It might interest your customers to know that both microphones come in a deluxe carrying case that includes a dead cat windshield and shock mount holder. At $700–$800 these mics may be pricey for some event work, but if you need a shotgun of this quality for certain jobs, this could save you hundreds of dollars compared to mics of similar quality.
Tascam DR-05 (MSRP $99): This new high-quality, low-cost digital recorder delivers a lot of bang for the buck. It features stereo condenser mics, outputs linear PCM 96 kHz/24-bit WAV or MP3 up to 320Kbps files, includes a Peak Reduction function to set the optimum recording level, offers automatic or manual level setting, includes a 1/8" stereo mic/line input, records to microSD/microSDHC cards, and ships with one 2GB card. Two AA batteries should run the unit for 17.5 hours. It may not have all of the features of the DR-100 that I reviewed last year (http://bit.ly/tascam-edv) for recording dialogue from a shotgun mic on your next feature, but it would be great for recording music at a reception or as a backup recorder for someone speaking from a podium. For $99, it's worth putting in the camera bag for emergencies.
Atomos Ninja and Samurai (MSRP $995/$1,495): These are not the first external recording devices to hook up to your camcorder, but they are the first to have a large 4:3 monitor built in. The two units are functionally identical except for two features: the Ninja uses HDMI input and has a low-resolution 480x272 monitor; the Samurai uses HD-SDI and boasts a higher-resolution 800x480, 5" monitor. Both come with a system case, a camera mount, a charger, two Sony L-type batteries, and two enclosures for the hard drive or SSD of your choosing. No recording media is included. They record most known HD and SD formats. The only possible downside is that right now they record only Apple's ProRes codecs. Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 and CS5.5 will play back the ProRes codec on a Windows system as well the Mac. This is a great deal, as you can spend close to $1,000 just for a small on-camera monitor without the recording capability. The Ninja is available now; the Samurai will not be available until late summer.
Samson Airline Micro Lavaliere Mic System (MSRP $299): Samson introduced a new lav system where both the transmitter and receiver are about the size of a miniDV tape. This is a great size for travel or if you need to put a lav where there's not much clothing to attach it to. The only issue relates to the size: You get only one channel, so if there is interference, you're out of luck. The Airline system features internal lithium-ion rechargeable batteries that will last up to 8 hours and come with a charging dock. Both the transmitter and receiver can charge from a USB connection if the dock is not handy. The receiver can also be used while in the dock.
Shining Technology, Inc. Mneme ExC Series ExpressCard: Last year, the makers of the CitiDISK on-camera recorders introduced the CitiDISK CFR, which used CF cards as recording media. This year the company decided to venture into the flash memory business, making CF and ExpressCards. The ExpressCard is designed to be compatible with Sony's EX1 and other SxS media camcorders. What makes it unique is that each card has a built-in USB 2.0 port. This allows you to attach a USB minicable to the card without needing the camera or a reader to transfer files. This could save you time and money. Shining also announced CitiDISK xDR, tapeless video recorders with removable, high-capacity SATA drives (HDD and SSD).
Matrox MXO2 Thunderbolt Adapter (MSRP $299): This year Matrox is set to take advantage of the new 10Gbps transfer speed of Intel's Thunderbolt connector on the new Apple MacBook Pros, allowing more layers of real-time HD playback. (No one is sure when Thunderbolt will be available or work on Windows yet.) The nice thing is if you are already using an MXO2 product, you don't need to buy a new MXO2 unit; only a new adapter for $299. New units with the Thunderbolt adapter will be priced at a $200 premium over the current PCIe and ExpressCard versions.
Marc Franklin (marcfvp at yahoo.com) has been shooting video since 1982 and has run Franklin Video Productions since 1992. He has been featured in the Hollywood Reporter, Forbes, and TV Technology and has written for Studio Monthly, Student Filmmakers, and WEVA.


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Animal Species:Hawaiian Flying Squid – Nototodarus hawaiiensis (Berry, 1912)
This species is harvested on a large scale off South-east Asia where it is often treated under as the species Nototodarus phillippensis.
Standard Common Name
Hawaiian Flying Squid
All members within this genus share a fin less than 50% of their body length, and mature males have both lower arms modified.
Size range
Body to 16cm
Found throughout the central and western Pacific Ocean.
Found in midwater depths of open ocean where it has been caught at depths of 570m.
Other behaviours and adaptations
There is very little known of the biology of N. hawaiiensis. It is known that this species forms a major part of the diet of many seabirds.
- Species:
- hawaiiensis
- Genus:
- Nototodarus
- Family:
- Ommastrephidae
- Order:
- Teuthida
- Subclass:
- Coleoidea
- Class:
- Cephalopoda
- Phylum:
- Mollusca
Norman, M., (2000) Cephalopods- A World Guide, ConchBooks, Germany (Hackenheim)
Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney & C.E. Nauen, (1984) FAO species catalogue. Vol. 3. Cephalopods of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries, FAO Fish Synopsis, 125(3): 1-277.
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Leisurecc yellow necklace from Lee Daniels' The Butler seen with Oprah Winfrey (Gloria Gaines)
As Seen on Gloria Gaines (Oprah Winfrey) in Lee Daniels' The Butler
Cecil's Wife: In a movie about a butler, you can expect a lot of sharp suits and bow ties. But this historical drama also weaves a veritable fashion story, beyond strict dress attire. Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker) recounts the important moments observed as a butler in the White House, including some pivotal style secrets that include being gifted one of JFK's ties by Jackie, all the way up to the meeting of the current and super style conscious Obamas.
Gloria Gaines (Oprah Winfrey) meets Cecil while working in the same D.C. hotel. She is not always the best wife, though she is best-dressed, wearing patterned blazers and beaded dresses.
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[Intro: Nay Nay, Hopsin]
Yo Hopsin
Blame him
Blame me?
It's Nay Nay, yeah
Someone tell these low down and dirty fuckers who Hopsin is
Someone tell these low down and dirty fuckers who Hop-Hop-Hop
Someone tell these low down and dirty fuckers who Hopsin is
R-A-W R-A-W nigga
[Verse 1: Hopsin]
I use to give a lot of fucks
Now I'm corrupted, focused on how to get my dollars up
Showing these bitches riches so they can give my cock a suck
Without the money I'm nothing, they tell me I ain't hot enough
That's why I look and dress like I'm evil
Depressed like an emo, I guess I'm the sequel
Of what my old life used to be
Take a trip inside my mind and mother fucker you could see
The reason that I rap so violently
Product of my society, makin a living finally
By brainwashing your kids to be me
Scary contacts, fuck school ADHD
You went to college and I went to the basement
I made it at 21, you struggling at 28 bitch
Plus I got the mind of a two year old
How does it feel knowing I'm your kid's new hero, yo
[Hook 1: Hopsin]
Shit I never went to college
Ain't nothin to it, Kanye West made me do it (Forever, Ever?)
I call my girlfriend a bitch
Ain't nothin to it, Slim Shady made me do it (haha)
I'm big pimpin' your daughter
Ain't nothin to it, Jay-Z made me do it (The Roc!)
And if I rapped (What!) like a mother fucking maniac
Ain't nothin to it, DMX made me do it
[Verse 2: Nay Nay]
They all called me a disaster, cause I wanna be a rapper
But I'm an average white kid that they saw through, just like Casper
And a career like that is one that I should not chase after
Cause it would get me nowhere and I'd never reach that chapter
But I ignored all their warnings, Laughs, and corny jokes
I practiced late at night when they were sleeping just like normal folks
Cause I was on a mission that I'd reach all my nocturnal hopes
By going through these sleepless nights writing with my holy ghost
Then holy smokes, you would never guess what I had came across
A side of me that somehow disappeared with time that I had lost
Time that I spent fooling and never lost in thought
Well I found that part of me and what you hear is what I got
Now you may not be impressed too much from what I will present
But anything I say to you will not be something I resent
I speak the truth and never asked for all my compliments
But when I get them I just feel as if they're heaven sent
[Hook 2: Nay Nay]
I became a mental giant
Ain't nothin to it, Tech N9ne made me do it (Cha!)
I made you remember the name
Ain't nothin to it, Fort Minor made me do it (10 percent)
I don't stress about the world outside
Ain't nothin to it, 2 Pac made me do it (At thugs mansion)
I went psycho on this track like that
Ain't nothin to it, Hopsin made me do it (Hop, Hop)
[Outro: Nay Nay]
Someone tell these low down and dirty fuckers who Nay Nay is
Someone tell these low down and dirty fuckers who Nay-Nay-Nay
Someone tell these low down and dirty fuckers who Nay Nay is
R-A-W R-A-W Nay Nay
The song has the same beat and a very similar hook to Ice Cube's "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It."


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Veterans of Foreign Wars
- Item 1 of 1 in Collection: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
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Item Description
Title: Veterans of Foreign Wars
- McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963
Source Document
Extent: 1 image
Publisher: University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
1945 photo of several men--local dignitaries, servicemen, clergy, and veterans--gathered in downtown Burlington, Vt. (First Baptist Church and auto dealer Charles P. Smith Jr. are in background), very likely for the Armistice (now Veterans) Day parade, the first after the end of World War II. A few women and children can be seen in the background. On the far left, in light fedora and overcoat, is Arthur W. Dow, state editor of the Burlington Free Press, a determined impresario of the performing arts who brought legendary musicians to Burlington, and editor of a column "Vermonters Serving under the U.S. Flag." Tragically, Dow suffered a heart attack and died just two weeks after this photo was taken.
Genre(s): photographs, black-and-white photographs
Type of Resource: still image
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I know many people have their own opinions on how they think its gonna end and how they want it to end, so i want you guys to post how you want the anime/manga to end.
For me i want naruto to die in the end!!
To many anime nowadays are giving them cheesy endings where the protaginist is okay through the entire anime, so naruto dying a hero and protecting the village is a must, how i want it to play out is like this:
Someone tries to destroy konoha, either sasuke, madara, tobi with this gedo mizo statue ie the 10 tails, all the low level ninja of konoha are helping evacuate the townsfolk whilst the strong ninja's are keeping back whatever is attacking the town, this being if sasuke brings an army of ninja himself, or somehow learns the impure ressurection jutsu.
Naturally it all goes down hill until the hero arrives naruto obviously :p everyone backs him up and helps take down the threat, and naruto being naruto says i'll handle the bad guy on my own, while everyone stands back and watches him, the fight breaks out and whoever naruto is fighting he defeats him and in doing so has to either sacrifice himself or dies in the process of beating the enemy, i say everyone watching because it gives more of a dramatic impact if people are there to witness the death, and we need a tragic ending for naruto, so all the important ninja rush over to naruto's body to notice he isn't breathing tears start to flow, Sakura trying to save him by using medical ninjutsu same with ino and tsunade, while doing so sakura is confessing her love for him and so is hinata, more tears start to flow, as they accept his death, tsunade knowing naruto's dream appoints him the 6th hokage and has his face carved up on the wall, a few flashbacks happen of naruto being cheerful and expressing his dreams of being hokage, and everyone looks up to the sky and tsunade, sakura and kakashi and iruka all say at the same time, 'you've done it naruto everyone in the village acknowledges you and you have become the strongest hokage' and towards the sun light the face of naruto appears and then disappears thus ending the big fight and the ending of naruto.
I hope you all enjoy reading this, for how it looks i put a lot of thought into what i think would be an amazing ending, i can't wait to see your guy's opinions on how you want it to end


text: For this month's challenge I've selected the theme of 'Clichés', or more specifically, Star Trek chicles. We all know and love Star Trek, but over the course of four decades there have been certain scenarios that have arisen so many times that they've become well known Star Trek clichés. I'd like participants to select an established Star Trek cliche and use it as the basis for their story - perhaps have a little fun with it, turn it on its head, whatever you like! I've included a few of the more obvious examples below, courtesy of Ex Astris Scientia. Reset button. Holodeck safeties. Insane admirals. Transporter malfunction. Functional ancient technology. Lost Earth colonies. Only one survivor. http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/inconsistencies/cliches1.htm Now for the science bit... * 10,000 words or less. * Original piece of work * Closing time is midnight at the end of this month.


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USA, Canada meet in win-or-go-home finale
By Doug Miller / MLB.com
PHOENIX -- The United States and Canada started their journeys in this year's World Baseball Classic with crushing defeats, and the second round in Miami had to seem far away.
It's a lot closer now. In fact, all it takes is one win. But to get that victory, the teams will have to face off against each other.
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With Italy already qualified and ready to take its talents to South Beach to get ready for the second round, the first round of Pool D will come down to Sunday afternoon's game.
So who'll it be? The Stars and Stripes or the Maple Leaf?
A sure-to-be-fired-up crowd at Chase Field and on MLB Network and ESPN Deportes will find out, starting with the first pitch at 4 p.m. ET. Texas Rangers left-hander Derek Holland will take the ball for the U.S. against Canada's starter, right-hander Jameson Taillon, a 21-year-old top prospect in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.
"We want to go to Miami," Team USA second baseman Brandon Phillips of the Cincinnati Reds said. "We really want to play for the country. That's what it's all about. So hopefully, we can go out there and just play the game that we did [Saturday], and then we'll be going to Miami."
The Americans know they're in for a battle. They saw a tough, single-minded Canada team effectively knock Mexico out of the tournament on Saturday, and they also saw the ninth-inning benches-clearing incident that erupted between the Canadians and Mexicans.
Team USA manager Joe Torre was asked if he expected the fight to affect the way Canada would come into the winner-take-all matchup on Sunday, and he shook his head.
"Well, they have the same thing at stake that we do, fight or no fight," Torre said. "You don't need to get motivated to win a Game 7. And that's what, basically, this is tomorrow."
Canada skipper Ernie Whitt echoed those sentiments. He was already looking forward to Sunday's game after the end of Saturday's controversial affair.
"We have accomplished one step of that right now, and we have got one more step to go," Whitt said. "It's going to be a tough task, but we know what we have to do and we'll be ready."
Minnesota slugger Justin Morneau, who had four hits on Saturday for Canada, said his club wouldn't carry over negativity from one day to the next.
"We didn't bring yesterday's game into today's game, and we won't bring today's game into tomorrow's game," Morneau said Saturday. "We'll start over again, and hopefully it's a good, clean game, but you never know what's going to happen."
Phillips said he hopes what happens looks a lot like what happened for Team USA on Saturday.
"It's a good feeling just knowing that we have a chance to really go to Miami," Phillips said.
"It feels good. Just the way we played today, it was beautiful. Hopefully, we can take that into the game tomorrow and try to get a win, because we really want this bad."
United States: Bullpen well-rested
The Americans got a break Saturday when Nationals starter Ross Detwiler spared the club's bullpen by finishing off the game with four scoreless innings, setting up Torre's relief corps well for Sunday.
"That was our plan," Torre said. "We were going to use Detwiler to piggyback, and I love the way he pitched. It would have been nice if he had about another eight or nine more pitches, because again, our goal is to make sure these guys get the work they need so when we do return them to their clubs, that they're at the part of Spring Training they need to be. But he was great. But this was our plan and we were hoping for this result, obviously."
Canada: Taillon ready for task
Taillon was the second overall pick in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft. The 6-foot-6 right-hander was 9-8 with a 3.55 ERA in stints at Class A and Double-A last year and is ranked as the 15th-best overall prospect in baseball, according to MLB.com.
"I'm excited to be here," Taillon said. "I'm really excited that I got such a great opportunity on such a big stage. I'm really looking forward to it. Going into it, [I've] just got an attitude that we got nothing to lose, go out there, give it everything and it's in our hands now. We've got to do what we can do."
Worth noting
Although three Canadian players -- Pete Orr, Rene Tosoni and Jay Johnson -- were ejected from Saturday's game, none have been suspended from the Classic. Mexico, which had four players thrown out of the game, was eliminated when the United States beat Italy.
Late Saturday night, World Baseball Classic, Inc., issued the following statement about the fight: "We are extremely disappointed in the bench-clearing incident that marred the conclusion of today's game between Canada and Mexico. The episode runs counter to the spirit of sportsmanship and respectful competition for which the World Baseball Classic has stood throughout its history.
"After communicating with both the Mexican and Canadian baseball federations this evening, we are aware of the perspectives held by both sides in a competitive environment. Nevertheless, we relayed to both teams that such an altercation is inappropriate under any circumstances and has no place in baseball.
"Because at least one club -- and potentially both -- will not advance to the second round, WBCI has determined that disciplinary measures would not have a meaningful corrective impact. Thus, discipline will not be imposed beyond today's seven game ejections. It is our firm expectation that the members of Team Mexico, Team Canada and all the tournament's participating teams will learn from this incident and set a better example -- one that befits the sport they share -- in the future."
Doug Miller is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @DougMillerMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Nokia 5700 XpressMusic ReviewNokia 5700 XpressMusic
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1. mmm (unregistered)
very great symbian phone i ever have.
2. gka (unregistered)
this is the best music phone by nokia ... even a n 95 music quality cant be compared to its music quality as it reproduces the sounds of ur mp3's using a dedicated music chip ... the most wonderful music phone anyone can have ... thank you nokia i love my 5700 ...
3. sanjaya (unregistered)
man i love this phone this is one of the best ... im using an n 95 but now i dont like it anymore because i brought this a week ago it rocks i didnt use my n 95 in a week now ... im so addicted to its quality music and everything in it ...
4. turkai (unregistered)
just take a look at those visuals in it while playing music in the 5700 you will be amazed when you see those and its fun to watch those ... the display in it is 60 million colors ... runs with symbain series 60 3rd edition ... for some people music is life ... so that means this phone can be your life if you try to hear this phones playing music ...
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8. Harry (unregistered)
1. Same features as in N95 except 2 megapixel camera. 2. Has GPS functionality also. (U need to subscribe with provider) 3. You can enable name announcement of caller which notifies u of the caller by name from phonebook 4. Excellent music + bass (with headphones the bass reverbrates) as good as Sony Ericsson. After the loud function has been activated I found it better than my friend's Sony Ericcson.It is good. You can throw away your creative music player. 5. Video quality is also good. And the size is restricted to size of memory. The mic's quality is very good and picks iup conversation from6 feet off. Crystal clear. You can throw away your voice recorder also. 6. Symbian Version enables you to install programs (Sony P1 only available) 7. Cost in India Nokia 5700 - Rs.12500 / N95 - Rs.34500 / Sony Ericcson P1 Rs.29990. Good features for less than half the cost. 8. 369Mhz Processor - Faster processing. No hangups at all. N73 thinks a lot sometimes. The Bad: 1. The swivel goes 180 degrees in clockwise direction and 90 degrees in anticlockwise. If you force differently, it will break. If it breaks, new phone need to be purchased! (Do not give this phone to children!!) 2. Image quality is good outdoors but not excellent. But Indoors there is always noise even with the flash. Outdoors if u use flash with ambient background, the background tends to wash out! 3. Sometimes it automatically goes into panarama mode without user input. I guess this is a software issue and can be fixed. (I still have not found how to fix it!) Overall: 9/10
9. hitesh (unregistered)
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10. angel (unregistered)
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Why are you still alive?: A German in the Gulag
Book review by Edna Boardman, Bismarck, North Dakota
Hildebrandt, Georg. Why are You Still Alive?: A German in the Gulag. North Dakota State Univesrity Libraries, Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, Fargo, North Dakota, 2001.
From March 1930 to December 1953, 23 long years, Georg Hildebrandt
was moved from one detention camp to another in the Soviet Gulag.
His offense for such a harsh punishment? He was an ethnic German,
born to a prosperous farm family in a village called Kondratjevka
in the Don district of the Ukraine. The fact that he has survived
to the age of 90 and has lived since 1974 in the beautiful west
German city of Heidelberg is totally amazing because his places
of exile included Kolyma, the area in the northeastern Soviet Union
from which few of the millions sent there returned. In a personal
account that will absorb readers Hildebrandt recalls these years,
telling in chronological order his sojourn through what were death
camps. Diaries were forbidden, so he did not have notes to jog his
memory as he wrote this book, but he focuses carefully on the persons
and happenings in each place. The title is a cynical comment by
an NKVD agent.
Hildebrandt's survival skills were impressive. He learned to tell time by the stars of the Arctic night, and he determined temperatures above and below -50 F by whether or not his breath hissed when he blew. He found that wild berries and a tea made of pine needles fought the scurvy that threatened to weaken him and the other ill-fed prisoners. He capitalized on a correspondence course in technical drafting he had once taken. This and other technical skills often allowed him to work in an office instead of in the deadly mines or on road or railroad or forestry crews. He came to understand what motivated the officials who held the power of life and death over him, and he learned to negotiate with the dangerous criminals who were mixed with the political prisoners. He knew there was almost no one he could really trust but shrewdly accepted help whenever it was offered and shared the occasional package he received from his family. From day to day, he did not allow himself to become incapacitated by his anger at the persons who murdered most of his family or by the physical and psychological stresses that felled so many. He does not deny that, more than once, he woke to another day because of his natural good health and stamina or because of coincidence or sheer luck.
Throughout the book, Hildebrandt traces recurring griefs: the unrelenting fear, the humiliations big and small, the hunger little assuaged by the carefully-measured pieces of wet rye bread and thin barley soup that were his daily diet, the cold during the long, dark winters, the hopelessness at the long sentence that stretched before him, and his separation from family. A growing file, sometimes overlooked, sometimes read carefully by his overseers, followed him from camp to camp. Legal niceties were always observed by the NKVD, the secret police who ran the camps, and he could never deny being German.
A few heartwarming anecdotes enter the story. He once soothed a birthing horse by surmising that it was one sent from Germany and speaking German to it. But there were few such incidents to report.
His sentence finished, he still could not leave the Kolyma area for the Urals, where he longed to rejoin his mother and wife, who were his remaining family. He became ill with a contagious form of tuberculosis and, at the insistence of a series of medical personnel, managed to work his way west, being moved from camp to camp.
After the death of Stalin, many things eased for the prisoners in the north, but the system that had sent wave after wave of persons to the camps and undersupported them in a hostile environment, had a momentum of its own.
Hildebrandt always struggled with what his bottom-line principles should be. He tried to heed his fathers advice not to become an informer, though he avoided this in part because informers became targeted for death by criminals. He did not focus on the particulars of faith, but the strong, internalized faith of his childhood and youth hummed away in his subconscious, sustaining him at a deep level while his conscious mind paid attention to how he would get through yet another ordeal.
He expresses understandable anger with Roosevelt and Churchill, who agreed that Russians who made it to the west would be returned to Russia. Were they truly naive enough to believe that Stalin would return them to their normal lives?
This book, here in translation from German, is not a polished piece of writing, but Hildebrandt recorded his thoughts and experiences as faithfully as he could so we would know what happened. Sketches (remember the technical drawing course) help the reader visualize his settings, and he lists by name 25 members of his family who died. He includes maps showing where his camps were and some photographs of his family in more prosperous times.
At the end of the book, Hildebrandt reflects on what Stalin and those who carried out the destructive life in the camps could possibly have hoped to gain by it all. The camps were the instrument of killing not only ethnic undesirables like himself but also persons who had committed minor offenses. A Tatar boy who had drunk a container of cream cooling in a neighbors basement was there, as were Russian ex-prisoners of war who had seen the west, convinced communists who were deemed untrustworthy for some reason, and women with young children at home. Was building roads in the far north that important? Would they not have won these people by good treatment and giving advantages?
This is a book that will be of interest to Germans from Russia and others who want to know what happened to many persons, including perhaps their family members, who were sent to the Gulag camps. Hildebrandt does not depict violence gratuitously, but there was plenty of evil to report. We thank him for his efforts in writing this book and appreciate those who translated it into English and made it available in North America.


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San Juan Range > Mount Eolus > Climber's Log
Mount Eolus Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|Mike Mc
|NE Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2007
|Climbed Eolus, N. Eolus, Sunlight, Windom, and Peak 18 on this day. Eolus was overall a great climb.
|Posted Jul 29, 2007 6:32 pm
|Scott Rogers
|Fun Climb
Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2007
|Climbed both Eolus and North Eolus in about 3.5 hours round trip from high camp in Chicago Basin.
|Posted Jul 11, 2007 9:57 pm
|Panthera uncia
|First solo!
Date Climbed: May 31, 2007
|Tons of snow! Climbed the east coulior to gain the summit ridge. Looking down on the Animas River nearly 6000 feet below was really sweet!
|Posted Jun 17, 2007 6:39 pm
|Standard Route
Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2006
|My final 14er was a great one. The Catwalk was cool and the scramble to N. Eolus gave a good view of the whole region.
|Posted May 24, 2007 6:17 pm
|standard route
Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2006
|Climbed Eolus after N. Eolus on a superb day. The weather held all day to make it over to Glacier Pt, Sunlight, and Windom as well. The catwalk is a walk in the park and the climb of the ledges on the face was a blast.
|Posted Sep 5, 2006 3:58 am
|Brian Kalet
|Northeast Ridge/East Face
Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2006
|Trip Report
|Posted Aug 17, 2006 10:31 pm
|Route Climbed: Northeast Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2006
|A fantastic route - loved the catwalk and the ledges were also fun scrambling.
|Posted Aug 14, 2006 11:17 pm
|Standard route
Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2006
|Beautiful day on Aeolus & N. Aeolus
|Posted Aug 12, 2006 5:27 am
|24 hrs with all three fourteeners and back to the train
Date Climbed: Sep 9, 1995
|It sucked...take your time and enjoy it.
|Posted Jul 26, 2006 6:41 pm
|Route Climbed: Northeast Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2005
|Climbed from Ruby Basin via the gully between North Eolus and Glacier Point. It was my first significant snow climb and I sure loved it. =) Once there, climbed North Eolus - Catwalk (underwhelming, actually) - and Northeast Ridge of Eolus proper. I even posed naked for a summit photo; a mighty fine day indeed.
|Posted Jun 21, 2006 1:37 am
|Mountain Jim
|From Chicago Basin
Date Climbed: Jul 12, 1967
|Straight up the South Slope/Ridge from our camp in Chicago Basin.
|Posted Mar 23, 2006 7:57 pm
|Standard Route
Date Climbed: Aug 3, 1999
|Stunning area, and lots of rain makes me want to go back and actually have a view from the summit.
|Posted Mar 3, 2006 1:01 am
|Route Climbed: standard Date Climbed: 03-sep-2005
|See the trip-report here: http://distantpeak.com/web/mountains/n-america/mount_eolus
|Posted Dec 26, 2005 4:41 pm
|Route Climbed: Catwalk via Chicago Basin Date Climbed: September 23rd, 2005
|Piles of hail on the ledges to the summit made things interesting. What a place! 56th 14er!
|Posted Nov 11, 2005 6:01 pm
|Route Climbed: Chicago Lakes Basin via the Catwalk Date Climbed: 1997?
|Memorable. Mist boiling in the western gully and spilling over across the catwalk. Good view to Sunlight and Windom.
|Posted Nov 6, 2005 4:13 pm
|Route Climbed: Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: August 4, 2005
|It took a little while to get to the top due to the weather, but it was well worth the trip!
|Posted Oct 21, 2005 1:35 pm
|Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: August 8, 2005
|Loved the climbing above the catwalk. The exposure was great and all the ledges. North Eolus was fun too.
|Posted Aug 12, 2005 3:32 pm
|Route Climbed: Up through Chicago Basin Date Climbed: July 21, 2001
|Great exposure. Can't wait to get back to Chicago Basin.
|Posted Jul 19, 2005 12:21 pm
|Route Climbed: Catwalk Date Climbed: July 15 2004
|Loved the climb, it was challenging, and the exposure was exhilarating, I definitely recommend it.
|Posted Jul 4, 2005 12:11 pm
|Larry V
|Route Climbed: northeast ridge Date Climbed: July 1995
|Climbed Eolus after Sunlight and Windom on the same day. This was the hottest afternoon mountain climbing that I have experienced, although there was plenty of snow left from the unusually wet spring. Climbed with Aaron P.
|Posted Feb 20, 2005 5:43 pm


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Kristopher Kubicki
December 5, 2007 11:56 AM
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Much of AMD's bad luck over the last three months revolves around a nasty bug it just can't shake
Erratum, to those in the hardware or software industry, is a nice way of saying "we missed a test case" during development and design.
The Tech Report
AMD's iteration of Intel's F00F bug
. The bug, which has been documented since at least early November, can cause a deadlock during recursive or nested cache writes.
How does the TLB erratum occur? All AMD quad-core processors utilize a shared L3 cache. In instances where the software uses nested memory pages, this processor will experience a race condition.
AMD's desktop product marketing manager Michael Saucier describes a race condition as a series of events "where the other guy wins who isn't supposed to win."
In the software world, a typical memory race condition occurs when the memory arbiter is instructed to overwrite an older block of memory, but write the old block of memory to somewhere else in cache. In the instance where two arbiters follow this same rule set, its easy to see how a race condition can occur: both arbiters attempt to overwrite the same blocks of information, resulting in a deadlock.
From what AMD engineers would tell
, this example is very similar to what occurs with nested memory pages in virtualized machines on these K10 processors.
AMD has since released a new BIOS patch for all K10 motherboards, including
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, will result in at least a 10% reduction in general computing speed.
AMD partners tell
that all bulk
shipments have been halted pending application screening based on the customer. Cray, for example, was allowed its latest allocation for machines that will not use these nested virtualization techniques. Other AMD corporate customers were told to use Revision F3 (K8) processors in the meantime.
The TLB erratum will be fixed in the B3 stepping of all AMD quad-core processors, including Phenom and
. However, AMD considers the B3 stepping a "March" item on its 2008 roadmap. Processors shipped between then and now will still carry the TLB bug, though with the BIOS workaround these machines will not experience a lockup.
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AMD's latest roadmap hints that its tri-core processors are merely quad-core processors with one core disabled. The company also indicated that it will introduce some of these tri-core processors with the L3 cache disabled. Removing the shared-L3 cache from the chip design eliminates the TLB bug.
In a likely-related event, AMD's newest corporate roadmap scheduled three Phenom processors for the first half of 2008; one of which is the Phenom 9700. The company will launch
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Mills named Astros manager
Red Sox bench coach was skipper in Minors for 11 years
By Brian McTaggart / MLB.com
After Francona gave Astros owner Drayton McLane a strong endorsement during a telephone conversation Sunday, Houston announced Tuesday it had hired Red Sox bench Brad Mills to be the 18th manager in franchise history.
Mills, 52, was introduced at a press conference at Minute Maid Park after going through a third interview Tuesday morning. He received a two-year deal with a one-year club option for 2012.
"This organization and this city, as I have said many times in this process, has a very good name in Major League Baseball," Mills said. "I'm thrilled and excited to be involved in it and get on board and help keeping us going in the right direction. The experience [he's had] is going to aid mightily in helping this organization move forward and become winners as well."
The Astros were looking for a full-time manager to replace Cecil Cooper, who was dismissed on Sept. 21. Dave Clark managed the Astros on an interim basis for the final 13 games of the season and will remain on the Major League field staff next year.
Mills managed 11 seasons in the Minor Leagues with the Cubs (1987-92), Rockies (1993-96) and Dodgers (2002), moving into managing immediately upon the completion of his playing career. He's coached 11 years at the Major League level, including the past six as Boston's bench coach.
"I think he's ready," Francona said. "He's been ready. That's subjective, but he's been working his whole life towards this. When he was second in charge, he did a great job. Now he's going to be making the decisions and he'll do a great job."
Wade has often said dismissing Francona as manager of the Phillies was the biggest mistake of his professional career. Mills and Francona were teammates and roommates at the University of Arizona.
Mills is known as being extremely organized and a tremendous communicator.
"Millsie, with the exception of the Major League manager experience, checks off all the boxes in what we were looking for," Wade said. "The big separator in this thing is the chair he's sat in in Boston for the last several years. He's coached in 45 postseason games and two World Series and has more World Series rings than anybody in this room."
Mills got the job after the Astros originally offered it to Manny Acta, who turned down the Astros after being offered a two-year deal plus a one-year option. Acta agreed to manage the Cleveland Indians after being offered a three-year deal with a one-year option.
After Acta was out of the picture, the Astros turned their attention to Mills. McLane called Francona on Sunday to find out more about him.
|"This organization and this city, as I have said many times in this process, has a very good name in Major League Baseball. I'm thrilled and excited to be involved in it and get on board and help keeping us going in the right direction."
|-- Brad Mills
"I have never seen another person give an endorsement like Terry gave Brad," McLane said. "I asked him a lot of questions, lots of tough questions and lots of ideas and he was so supportive. I would also like to thank [president of baseball operations] Tal [Smith] and his entire group and how they worked tirelessly since the end of the season. We had 10 candidates, four [finalists], and any of the four could have been a great manager for the Houston Astros."
Clark was a finalist for the job, along with Acta and former manager Phil Garner. Clark interviewed for a second time Tuesday morning before the Astros decided to go with Mills. Clark will remain on the staff as third-base coach, a position he held most of last year.
"I'm going to give this guy my respect like I've always given my managers," Clark said. "I'm going to give every ounce of energy to make this ballclub better. There are no hard feelings. He got it, and that's awesome and I'm happy for him."
Wade said the thing that stood out the most about Mills in his three interviews was his consistent message about communicating with players, which became a problem toward the end of the Cooper regime.
"It comes down to players, and I made the point last year during the season, both privately and publicly, that I've been around along enough to know sometimes managers don't lose their job because of losing games, they lose their jobs because they lose the clubhouse," Wade said. "And I think this guy, with the consistent message and the way he will use his coaching staff and the way he was a part of a cohesive unit in Boston, I expect that to be the case when he gets the opportunity here."
Mills inherits a Houston team that has missed the playoffs four consecutive seasons since reaching the World Series in 2005. Last season, the Astros went 74-88 and finished in fifth place in the six-team National League Central for their lowest finish since a sixth-place ending in the NL West in 1991.
"When we get down and we talk about the team we have now and the team we're going to put on the field when we start April 5, we're going to start working together and playing the game solidly and in a winning way," Mills said.
When asked how he would handle players not playing hard, Mills didn't hesitate.
"We're going to try to stop those issues right before they even come up," he said. "I think there's a lot of things we're going to be involved in and we're going to try to find out right away."
The next task for Mills is putting together a coaching staff. Sean Berry will return next year as hitting coach and Clark's position is set. Mills and Wade have already exchanged names about candidates for bench coach and pitching coach.
"The names Ed and I have thrown around already have me really excited," he said. "These guys have had experience not only in the Major Leagues, but in the Minor Leagues, and whoever we wind up getting it's going to be pretty exciting. I look for a guy that has experience, a passion for the game and a lot of energy, and the players see that."
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Nakajima getting head start on Spring Training
By Jane Lee / MLB.com
PHOENIX -- Hiroyuki Nakajima is going to be just fine.
That seems to be the general consensus around A's camp, where the Japanese shortstop has made quite the first impression.
"We're all pleasantly surprised with what we are seeing," manager Bob Melvin said. "His hands work very well, as far as batting practice, and he's not trying to do too much. His hands looked very sure while taking ground balls, too."
Position players aren't required to report to camp until Saturday, but Nakajima has already been paying visits to the A's spring facilities for two weeks, as he continues to make necessary adjustments required of a transition to the Major Leagues.
Infield coach Mike Gallego, who gained insight while working with Japanese shortstop Kaz Matsui in Colorado, has been by his side every step of the way and has naturally tucked away a handful of evaluations.
"Excellent hands. Quick feet," Gallego said. "One thing that I did see over the first couple of days is that he has a tendency to stay back on balls, and that's due to how much time he's spent on turf. He's gotta make an adjustment with the natural surface and improve his angles, because he's just so used to fielding side to side. In a week, he's already making that adjustment, so he's very impressive in that manner, as far as knowing what he has to do to get it done out there."
Gallego deems both Nakajima's arm and range "a little better than average," noting that the latter will only get better as he accumulates knowledge of the team's pitchers and their tendencies.
"He seems very astute, as far as knowledge of the game and understanding the nuances of becoming a top-shelf Major League infielder," he said. "It's always been pretty impressive how well these guys that don't speak the language communicate with their teammates, and how universally wide baseball lingo is."
Taylor getting instruction on art of playing first
PHOENIX -- Scott Hatteberg was back at first base in A's camp on Thursday, 11 years after he learned the position on a whim for the "Moneyball" inspired 2002 team.
Only this time he was doing the instructing rather than the learning. That job went to A's outfielder Michael Taylor, who took countless ground balls under a warm Arizona sun, as he attempts to diversify his skill set as a 27-year-old prospect entering his seventh professional season.
He's played in 654 Minor League games and just 17 at the big league level.
"I think it would be foolish for me in this point of my career to not be able to go over there if something were to happen," Taylor said. "It doesn't necessarily mean that I'm going to be full time there, but being able to move around can only help me, because if an opportunity opens up here or anywhere else, I at least can say I have some experience there and I can help there."
This is exactly what ex-outfielder Brandon Moss did last year, recognizing early on in A's camp that a crowded outfield limited his chances of making the team. Moss began the year at Triple-A Sacramento and immediately began work at first base, seeing an opportunity that could boost his career. That it did, as Moss got his call back to the big leagues in the middle of the season as a first baseman, a role that's seemingly all his heading into camp.
The A's also have Daric Barton, who bats left-handed like Moss. Taylor's right-handed bat could potentially provide a better complement, though.
"About a month ago I made the decision that it would be advantageous, in general, for me to be able to go over there and just try it out," said Taylor, ranked by MLB.com as the A's No. 12 prospect. "It's gotten to the point in my career where, wherever you can find a place, keep a job, here or there, whether it's in Triple-A or the big leagues, it's nice to have that in your bag.
"I'm just trying to be as versatile as possible, and if I can do that hopefully create more value for myself."
"I think he's just trying make himself available and give himself every opportunity," infield coach Mike Gallego said. "Surprisingly he looks a lot more comfortable over there than I would expect. He doesn't look out of place. He looks athletic enough over there to where he might get away with it."
Taylor, who is using utility player Adam Rosales' first base glove for the time being, is hoping to land a start or two at the position once Cactus League play begins. Until then, he plans to soak in as much as he can from Hatteberg, as well as A's special adviser Phil Garner and Sacramento hitting coach Greg Sparks -- a former first baseman -- like he did on Thursday.
Taylor, who hasn't played in the infield since age 11, also hasn't been shy in turning to Moss and Barton for advice.
"It's an adjustment," he said. "Right now I know what the ball's doing about 10, 15 feet away from me, so I'm trying to extend that out, get better reads off the bat. But it's going better than I thought it would."
Jane Lee is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Major Lee-ague, and follow her on Twitter @JaneMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Branding. It's a hot buzz word and topic in credit union circles these days. Credit unions spend a ton of time and resources on their brand's look, design, graphics and marketing. But branding is more than your strategy and look. Branding is also about your people.
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Drop sales training and implement brand training. Everyone talks about sales culture these days. While that's not a bad thing, it's time we evolved beyond sales training and dived into brand training. Brand training goes deeper than a cursory glance toward sales culture and demands more of your staff. By more fully immersing them in what it means to work and thrive at your credit union, you set them up for success as brand ambassadors.
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One of the best music memoirs you'll read this year is Buddy Guy's When I Left Home: My Story. It tells his incredible saga, of moving from rural Louisiana to Chicago, where he played guitar for blues legends like Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf before going on to become a solo artist in his own right.
Guy finished writing the book last year, so it doesn't include a more recent, but very monumental, event in his life. On February 21st, Guy was part of a group of musicians who performed at the White House as part of a salute to blues music. The night's all-star lineup included Mick Jagger, Jeff Beck, B.B. King, and Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks of the Allman Brothers Band – and President Obama, fresh off his "Let's Stay Together" cover at a January fundraiser at the Apollo Theater.
While Jagger passed the mic off to Obama that night, it was Guy who convinced the president to perform with the group for "Sweet Home Chicago," the anthem of his hometown. Since this story wasn't in the book, CBS Local asked him about how it all went down. Guy acknowledges his roots, calling the White House gig a thrill – and "a long way from pickin' cotton!" Watch below.
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Safeco Field Tour
Two days ago I toured Safeco Field. The weather was mildly miserable but I was totally excited to see inside the Safe once again. Here's a picture of what Safeco Field looks like in January:
Yeah, it's pretty miserable. Safeco Field is much better in the spring. And with baseball playing on the inside. Once I got my ticket, which by the way they never checked, I took a few pictures of the memorabilia they had on sale. Broken bats, used jerseys, pictures of former players, autographed baseballs, just to name a few. I took this picture of a Ryan Rowland-Smith autographed baseball for two reasons: he's one of my favorite players and his signature is really awesome. Here, take a look for yourself…
…wouldn't you agree? And I would've bought it but I don't buy memorabilia. I'd rather get my own autographs. It's a lot better experience to meet the players instead. Besides, in 2007 I was able to obtain a Ryan Rowland-Smith original outside the stadium when he played for the Mariners. unfortunately, I was still new to the autograph collecting world and I had him sign my baseball with a red sharpie. So here in about another ten years the ink will have soaked into the leather and the autograph will be nearly faded away. I made that fatal mistake with George Brett too. I feel awful about it but there may be another chance to get both of their autographs the right way in the future.
Anyway. Back to the tour. Once we left the memorabilia store the Safeco Field staff was hard at work trying to prep the field, wash the concourse and scrub the seats for an upcoming event at Safeco called Mariners Fan Fest. If you're a Mariners fan or privy to the Major League Baseball events you'd probably already know it's this weekend. And I'm going. And I'll be blogging about it too. So be ready for that!
Here's a picture of the field:
Safeco Field is one of the prettier stadiums I've been to. I thoroughly enjoy the layout which gives fans 100% access to the entire stadium during the game. From a ballhawking perspective that's pretty awesome. Ted, our tour guide, led us all around the stadium. We walked through the suites and he explained the prices for specific suites. For one of the better suites during a premium game, say like when the Yankees come to town, a suite behind or near home plate can cost in the upwards of $9,000 dollars! The rule is that you must have at least 18 people with you to get these suites. So if you know 18 people with $600-700 dollars, you're in! And let me tell you: these suites are awesome. Take a look…
…and I apologize for the crappy picture. This picture doesn't do the suite any justice. It's absolutely gorgeous on the inside. And every suite is named after a famous Hall of Famer. We were in the Mickey Mantle suite.
Outside of the suites the hallways are littered with Mariners memorabilia, newspaper clippings etc. It was quite a site to see, let me tell you. If I could ever afford a suite I would certainly splurge and watch a game from there.
We visited the press box and the Diamond club, fancy-smancy is all I have to say. The Diamond Club, of course, leads you directly behind home plate. And a person can generally find a ticket for that area for around $200 dollars. But you know me. I'd rather take that $200 dollars and fly to Anaheim to watch baseball. That's just how I roll. One day I'd consider accessing the Diamond Club. It's all you can eat and drink!
And now for the fun part. The locker rooms and field access! Once we got into the locker room, Ted explained how the lockers are set up and who sits where. And this was where I met Jose Mesa's nephew, Miguel. Well, I had met him in the beginning of the tour and he told me who he was while we were touring the suites and since he's a huge Yankee fan, guess what seat Ted had him sit in?
You guessed it! Alex Rodriguez. Ted wasn't sure where Derek Jeter sat and that's okay. I also had to sit in A-rods locker chair with my Chuck Knoblauch shirt hanging out! Ha!
Miguel and I talked a lot about the long-standing feud between Omar Vizquel and Jose Mesa. I learned about this feud a few days ago when I found out Vizquel signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays. Vizquel wrote a book, which I have yet to buy and read, and said some things about Jose Mesa. In turn, Mesa vowed to hit Vizquel at every at bat when he faced him. Mesa was able to plunk him twice before he retired in 2007.
While Ted was explaining things along the tour, he led the group into the visiting team kitchen and shower. While he was doing that, look what I found:
Yes, the door was locked.
Anyway. On to the field!
Here I am holding down the Mariners dugout:
And here I am in the media room:
This picture was sort of blurry and it took Ted a few tries to get a decent one. He doesn't have the most stable hands. But he did his best.
That's the Safeco Field tour! I've toured one other stadium at that was Busch in St. Louis. unfortunately, I don't have any pictures and I didn't ever blog about it. That just means I'll have to take a field trip back to St. Louis one of these days and tour the stadium so I can blog about it.
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ok, we lost that embarassing game with the bulls, hawks are not that bad, but what concerns me is houston's and tthomas' condition. they're both questionable, while marbury hurt his back, but most probably will play
any predictions on this game?
ok, we lost that embarassing game with the bulls, hawks are not that bad, but what concerns me is houston's and tthomas' condition. they're both questionable, while marbury hurt his back, but most probably will play
any predictions on this game?
I'm not feeling good about this game at all. The Knicks are beat up bad. Teams like Chicago, Washington, are giving them all they can hadle too. Atlanta is no different, they have nothing to lose either. I wan't to remain optimistic, but the Knicks are playing an uninspired style of basketball as of late, Someone like Sweet, Vin, Naz, or Penny, needs to have an unusual night of high scoring for the Knicks to pull off the victory.
One outta three ain't bad.
knicks won the previous 2 games they played against atlanta, so i'm pretty confident about this one
easy win from our boys, 100-87
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I agree. With nothing to lose, the Hawks are just going to go out and have fun, which could mean trouble. the knicks however, have alot to lose.. and will most likely be missing 2 of their top 3 options. so, it doesnt look good for our guys. if someone can come thru big, or if steph can hit some dam shots [that chicago performance was sickening] then we got a chance. with TT an H20 out, we're going to have to play hard these next couple games.. or else byebye playoffs.Originally Posted by WiL8000
I think that the Knicks are gonna win this one. They are playing at home so they'll have the fans behind them. Penny and Shandon are gonna have to step up and play great.
The knicks need to win against atlanta. There are too little games left and too little of a gap between the playoff contending teams in the atlantic conference for the knicks to waste an opportunity to pick up a game on the other teams in the playoff hunt. It's time for wilkins to start getting creative and make sure that he gets some results. knicks should treat this game like a playoff game, for their offseason hopes may depend on it.
i think the knicks will grind this one out but if they don't have there top two scorers the knicks won't score many points and thats not good because Stephon Jackson and Jason Terry can light it up from outside. Shandon Anderson and Penny better be ready tonight
This was an excellent win for the Knicks.
Blowout w/o 2 of their best players.
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