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Florida's 19 consecutive victories hasn't necessarily gone unnoticed. The Gators (25-2, 14-0) have, for the most part, dominated SEC opponents and emerged as an obvious choice for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
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Florida's 75-71 road victory against Ole Miss was as unimpressive as the team's narrow home victory earlier in the week vs. Auburn. But the Gators' credentials (Just two losses on the season; wins vs. Kansas, Memphis, Kentucky) and winning momentum has them positioned to take over as the No. 1 team in the country and replace former No. 1 Syracuse, now loser of two in a row.
Although Wichita State's 29-0 record (the Shockers beat Drake on Saturday) will create an argument for the top team in the poll come Monday, this Florida team is too good and nationally respected to be outdone by a mid-major team.
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QUOTE TO NOTE: "I just thought it was the worst call of the year, that's all," Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said of a charge call on C.J. Fair in the Orange's 66-60 loss to Duke. Boeheim went berserk and was ejected from the game for arguing what would have been Syracuse's tying basket with 10.4 seconds left.
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- New Mexico: Defeated San Diego State 58-44.
- Wisconsin: Defeated Iowa 79-74.
- Arizona: Defeated Colorado 88-61.
- North Carolina: Defeated Wake Forest 105-72.
- Tennessee: Lost to Texas A&M 68-65.
- Missouri: Lost to Alabama 80-73.
- Ole Miss: Lost to Florida 75-71.
- St. John's: Lost to Villanova 57-54.
- West Virginia: Lost to Baylor 88-75.
ON DECK: Breaking down the best matchups to watch Sunday. All times Eastern.
— Seton Hall at Creighton (5 p.m., FOX Sports Net)
— Michigan State at Michigan (noon, CBS)
— Southern Methodist at Connecticut (2 p.m., CBS Sports Network)
— Florida State at Pittsburgh (6 p.m., ESPNU)
— Providence at Butler (6 p.m., FOX Sports 1)
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Educated in Paris and Rheims, France. Ordained c.1055. Taught theology; one of his students later became Pope Blessed Urban II. Presided over the cathedral school at Rheims from 1057 to 1075. Criticized the worldliness he saw in his fellow clergy. He opposed Manasses, Archbishop of Rheims, because of his laxity and mismanagement. Chancellor of the archdiocese of Rheims. Following a vision he received of a secluded hermitage where he could spend his life becoming closer to God, he retired to a mountain near Chartreuse in Dauphiny in 1084 and with the help of Saint Hugh of Grenoble, he founded what became the first house of the Carthusian Order; he and his brothers supported themselves as manuscript copyists. Assistant to Pope Urban II in 1090, and supported his efforts at reform. Retiring from public life, he and his companions built a hermitage at Torre, where, 1095, the monastery of Saint Stephen was built. Bruno combined in the religious life the eremetical and the cenobitic; his learning is apparent from his scriptural commentaries.
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Shortly before Brian McGreevy pitched his dark novel "Hemlock Grove" to Hollywood as a potential television series, he began to wonder if TV might not be the right fit, after all.
McGreevy and writing partner Lee Shipman had just learned of a blockbuster deal that video-streaming platform Netflix struck to produce "House of Cards," a polished political drama starring Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey. He was instantly intrigued.
"I took one look at Lee and said, 'Well, there's the future of this business,'" McGreevy recalled.
"Hemlock Grove," which debuts Friday on Netflix, where all 13 episodes will be available for streaming, is part of a new wave of slick, sophisticated scripted original shows that are bringing more buzz and prestige to online video.
"It used to be that some kid on YouTube was your typical online star," says Deana Myers, a senior programming analyst for media research firm SNL Kagan. "Now, you've got Kevin Spacey. That's impressive."
With backing from major Hollywood studios and creative involvement from such big names as Tom Hanks, Jack Black and Jerry Seinfeld, "netcasters" including Yahoo Screen, Amazon, AOL On Network, YouTube, Hulu and Crackle are invading territory once reserved for traditional TV and giving rise to new rivalries.
"We've been waiting for this moment for a long time," says Erin McPherson, head of original programming at Yahoo. "The stars have finally aligned. The hardware is there. The software is there. The interest is there. And the consumers are there."
Still ahead: Soap opera fans eagerly await April 29 _ the resurrection date for "All My Children" and "One Life to Live," which will begin airing new episodes via Hulu and iTunes. On May 26, Netflix will make another big splash when it unleashes new episodes of the beloved cult comedy "Arrested Development."
"We're starting to see people throwing more money into original online programming than they ever have, and it's showing in the quality," says Josh Cohen, a co-founder of Tubefilter.com, a site that covers online video.
It helps, of course, that more consumers are becoming comfortable with the idea of viewing video on devices other than their TV sets.
"I have a lot of friends who used to say that they would never watch shows or movies on a small computer screen," says Larry Tanz, CEO of Vuguru, a production company founded by Michael Eisner for Web-exclusive programming. "Then the iPad came along, with its crystal-clear images, to stop that conversation ... Now people see the benefits and the convenience and the quality."
When it comes to content quality, Netflix, with "House of Cards," is leading the way. Reportedly produced with a budget that topped $100million, the series _ released in February _ has the feel of an HBO-style drama. And it earned rave reviews from TV critics who typically have ignored online programs.
Tanz calls "House of Cards" a "game-changer" _ one that could portend a battle between traditional television entities and online platforms for creative talent and America's attention spans. Others are taking a wait-and-see approach. Netflix, after all, has yet to release viewer data for "Cards."
"I feel like they would be bragging if the audience was huge," Myers says. "(The viewing numbers) might be OK for them, but maybe they don't want to be compared with 'The Walking Dead.'"
Whatever the numbers are, there's no denying that the creative community is more enamored with Internet-only options. Producers and writers are attracted by what Tanz calls "a move-faster mentality," which hastens the time it takes to move from script to screen and avoids development gridlock.
"There's also willingness by creative types to be flexible in making deals because everyone wants this to work," McPherson says. "And it's much closer to independent filmmaking. Artists tend to get more creative control than at a network."
McGreevy, who has worked as a scriptwriter for years, notices the difference.
"One thing I really like about Netflix is that it's a Silicon Valley company with a Silicon Valley ethos," he says. "They're so much more efficient and so less pretentious than the typical Hollywood studio. And they get things done."
Moreover, the online platforms often are willing to flout traditional procedures. Netflix, for example, has gained attention for its nod to binge viewing with its simultaneous releasing of multiple episodes. In addition, Amazon studios recently announced a plan in which it will ask for customer feedback on pilot episodes for more than 10 shows, including a Silicon Valley-based comedy called "Betas."
It's just part of the fresh thinking the Web entities are bringing to the business, according to Roy Price, director of Amazon Studios, who sees a day when consumers won't make distinctions between TV and other devices.
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Reaffirming its allegiance to Sun Microsystems, Oracle said today that it has picked Sun's open Solaris 10 operating system (OS) as its preferred development and runtime platform for most x64 architectures.
Oracle's development group will use Solaris 10, and the Redwood Shores, Calif., company also plans to ship 64-bit versions of all of its products on the Solaris OS. Oracle's support list for Solaris 10 includes x64 computer systems based on AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon, and Sun's UltraSparc chips.
The move comes at an interesting time. Oracle has a long-standing partnership with Sun for Solaris, but that has been dulled in recent years with the emergence of Linux.
But now that Solaris is offered under open source terms, Oracle can feel comfortable picking the Sun software as its go-to platform for 64-bit systems, said Larry Singer, senior vice president and strategic insight officer at Sun.
Singer acknowledged that while Linux may still rule the day at Oracle for 32-bit computing systems, Solaris 10 is Oracle's clear choice for 64-bit systems.
"Following the bubble, with Linux becoming fashionable and some advertising they've done with Dell, I think there has been some drift as to the platforms they support," Singer said in an interview.
Singer said Solaris has long been viewed as purely a Unix platform for Oracle, but with the reaffirmation, Oracle is making it clear Solaris 10 is its 64-bit platform regardless of the hardware it runs on.
"I think this re-commitment to Solaris as a base development platform for 64-bit computing will clarify for a lot of customers the continued commitment of Oracle to the Solaris."
In a press statement, Sun also alluded to high-performance features in Solaris 10 that can't be found in Linux, including Dynamic Tracing (DTrace), Solaris Containers and TCP/IP performance enhancements.
The move is part of Sun's competitive positioning as an open, but meatier alternative, to Linux, something it has been doing since open sourcing Solaris 10 in January. Singer said Sun has distributed more than 3 million Solaris licenses free of charge.
In other x64 Sun news today, the Santa Clara, Calif., company said the Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 servers are now available with AMD's most powerful multi-core AMD Opteron Model 285 SE processor.
In a separate announcement, the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) has bought Sun Fire x64 servers to build Japan's largest supercomputer. Tokyo Tech will use Sun Fire x64 servers with 10,480 AMD Opteron processor cores and Sun storage and to build the supercomputer.
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I'm in university, and I'm about halfway through my bachelor's degree in New Media Studies. I'm enjoying it well enough, but what should I really be studying? The more I read on the online forums and the game development websites, the more I worry that I've been on the wrong track up to now. Should I be focusing on programming? Should I switch to art? Or should I quit this school and go for a Game Design degree? I'm worried that I may be wasting my time here. When I mentioned this to my dad, he got all bent out of shape, but I have to be true to mine own self, as Polonius said. Besides, a lot of the courses this school makes me take are subjects I'll never use, like foreign language, psychology, philosophy... So please give me the words of wisdom that I need, so I can be sure I'm studying the stuff I need to study so I can get a job in games right after college without wasting a lot of time searching.
Johnny B. Student
That isn't a letter from a real person, but it might as well be. I receive these questions all the time. I hope that the concepts in this article will help Johnny B.S., and others like him, deal with the uncertainties of life, especially during one's advanced studies. There are a number of important points raised by Johnny's letter. For each point, there's a general concept that can be applied to other questions that may occur to you sometime in your life. Taking them in order received:
A degree program that you enjoy is the right program for you
What you should really be studying is -- something you enjoy. You said it yourself, you gotta be true to thine own self. Who you are is what's important.
Let's say that instead of video games, what you wanted to be was a brain surgeon. But maybe you're not all that good at biology or anatomy, and your hands aren't the finely tuned instruments that are necessary for brain surgery. And maybe what you are always doing, your favorite activity, is making web pages with very friendly user interfaces. If this was you, hopefully you'd flunk out of brain surgery college, else you'd be a pretty sucky brain surgeon and probably hurt someone. If this was you, you'd be better off learning graphic design, web design, and the psychology of user interfaces. Not only would you be better off doing that, society would be better off too.
If you studied brain surgery but aren't really suited for it, later in life you might realize you need to get into a different line of work. And it might be something that requires you to have taken a different course of study. If you subsequently decided you wanted to become a lawyer, you'd have to go back to school and get a law degree, then take the bar exam. You'd think your medical degree wouldn't be worth that much - that you'd wasted time and money in med school. But later in life you'd probably find that it was useful after all, when involved in medical lawsuits. Very few endeavors that we give up represent wasted time.
I mentioned medicine and law above. Those are two fields that pretty much require specific degrees. But the game industry isn't like that. There are no specific degree requirements. Those who aspire to program games can study Computer Science or Computer Information Management or Information Technology or any of a number of technical degrees. Because the key to getting the game programming job isn't the degree - it's the portfolio. It's expected that you have a technical degree, but the portfolio is what gets you in. If you're technically inclined, and torn between CS or IT, go with the one that seems more interesting or more accessible to you.
Similarly, to get work as a game artist, it's expected that you have an art degree -- but it's the portfolio that paints the true picture of you.
Worrying that you might be on the wrong track is a waste of time
If you're sure you're taking the wrong path, that's one thing. When you know for sure, then you owe it to yourself to change paths. But when you are enjoying the path you're on, and you just have some small niggling doubts, why spend the energy worrying? Remember Alfred E. Neuman's famous words of wisdom: "What, me worry?" Besides, when you're on an enjoyable path, how could that be the wrong one for you? As long as you're applying yourself to an enjoyable course of study, you should stay with it.
The concept of "wasted time" is also a waste of time. Because very few endeavors that you embark on are truly wasted time, even endeavors that get dropped along the way without reaching the original intended conclusion. Because it's by trying stuff that we learn. I hope that simple concept has been sufficiently explained. Because I don't want to waste a lot of time harping on it.
Programming vs. Art
Which of those two should you study instead of the course you're already enjoying, you asked. Johnny, you gotta be kidding. The real question is, are you passionate about -- and good at -- either one of them? If you were passionate about programming and knew you'd enjoy a programming course of study more than the one you're in now, then it'd be right to switch. If you were artistically inclined and knew you'd get more enjoyment from an art program than the one you're in now, then it'd be right to switch.
But if you aren't already filling up your hard drive with algorithms and routines and programs or graphical environments or characters or vehicles and objects, then what makes you think you'd be better off studying one of those subjects instead of the course you're in now? Don't allow yourself to get sidetracked by red herring questions like this. Programming and art aren't the only kinds of jobs in games.
Game Design degrees
So-called game design degrees haven't yet reached the status of being required in the industry. For one thing, there's a problem in that game programming schools call their degrees "game design" when their degrees are really game programming degrees. Game art schools call their degrees "game design" when their degrees are really game art degrees. These degree programs are all young yet. This overly simplistic approach (everybody calling their degrees "game design") is bound to go away as the educational process of games matures.
Another reason they're not yet required is that the vast majority of people in the industry have non-game degrees. And there aren't any academic standards in place yet that fall in line with what the industry needs. An employer who looks at a game degree on your r?sum? has no way of knowing if you really learned anything that the game industry needs its applicants to know. Someday, when older industry people have been largely replaced by today's students, and academic standards are in line with industry needs, then we'll see a heightened increase in the expectation that new candidates will have studied games in school.
Those courses that you think you'll never use
Later in life you'll be glad you studied French. Or Chinese, or Russian, or even Latin. Knowledge of other languages comes in useful at unexpected times. You'll just have to trust me on this one.
It's funny that Johnny mentioned psychology. Psychology is everything! Effective game design depends on understanding the psychology of the users, and in order to be effective in his job, the game designer needs to understand the psychology of his coworkers, his boss, and other parties involved in the project. In fact, just about all majors include psychology as a requirement, and for good reason. Psychology is about understanding what makes people tick - including oneself. People are everywhere on this planet, and no matter what career you go into, you're going to have to deal with people.
Even philosophy is important. If not for working in games, then for living on this planet. You'll meet people with many different attitudes and approaches to life, and you'll need to deal with them and make choices about your own approach to life. An educated choice is better than one that someone else hands you.
You'll be glad that you know a smattering of biology, of political studies, of algebra and geometry (you will never get away from algebra and geometry - you'll need to use them your entire life!), of economics, of literature and mythology and music appreciation. You may even find yourself using these "useless" topics directly in game design. You might work on a game based on mythological beings, or you might need to design a balanced governmental system in a sim, or you might have to design the A.I. (the psychology of behavior) of a new species of living organism.
And besides, the more formal and broad education you get, the more you'll be able to "get" a lot more of those throwaway lines in The Simpsons that you didn't get when you were a high school kid. Oh, wait. You are a high school kid. I guess you'll just have to trust me on these too.
Getting a job in games right after college without "wasting a lot of time searching"
You probably won't. So fuhgedaboudit right now. The industry can only absorb so many new people in the months after you graduate. After college you'll need to spend more time building your portfolio. You'll need a job to support yourself while you're doing that, and it would be most lucky indeed if that job happens to be in games. And if you don't live in an area where there are game companies, you'll need to move to a game area when you're able. Game companies don't pay relocation expenses for entry-level applicants.
And if your targeted job is Game Designer or Associate Producer, you have to have an entry pathway. There's no such thing as an entry-level game design job or producing job. Years of game industry experience for these positions is usually required. So you need to prepare for a non-design, non-production pathway. If you have programming talent, programming is a perfectly fine entryway. If you're an artist, use graphics for your entryway. If you aren't talented, you can enter through a game company's QA department and eventually work in the studio in either design or production. If you have a business degree and marketing savvy, you can enter through a publisher's Marketing department and eventually become a producer, maybe even a designer. Internships are possible in the game industry, but internships usually don't pay, and there's no guarantee that one will lead to a full-time job at that company.
It can take time to get your foot in the door. And after you've broken in, it can take time to attain that coveted position that many students aspire to.
The bottom line for Johnny's question
A lot of young people think that the road to a chosen career is a straight line that depends on getting a specific degree. But it ain't so. No degree is a guarantee of a career. It all depends on the individual. It's common to study one subject in college and then go in a different direction afterwards. A lot of those wanting to get into the game industry believe that there's an equation that looks like this:
[Degree X] + hard work + perseverance = Game Biz JobSo they ask what X is, and what the best school to get that degree is. They assume that X is a constant! They don't realize that X is a variable. And the variable is you. What you enjoy doing, what you're good at. What motivates you to apply yourself assiduously. So if you, like Johnny, are worried that you might be wasting time in a degree program that you enjoy, stop worrying and get with the program.
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James Currier necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 367 diseños de 91 diseñadores freelance.
We are 25 software engineers in downtown San Francisco creating 4 different online businesses. We run the company like a tribe, thus the name Ooga. We are committed to each other like a family, and to making leading edge online services that address real human needs. One of the taglines we're considering is "Basic Web Technology for Humans."
This is a redo. We did a logo a few weeks ago and chose a winner, then found out we can't really have an elephant in our logo for differentiation reasons. Also, I apologize that I wasn't able to give 100% feedback on the last one. I was out at a meditation retreat for the last 4 days of the 7 day process and didn't have Internet access. This time, I'm out Friday and Saturday at my college reunion, but I posted about it on the contest page and here.
We want a brand to help us recruit designers and software engineers and grow the company. I believe getting a good brand starts with a distinctive logo. The "Ooga" brand will NOT be a consumer brand. The Ooga brand is just for the technology community in San Francisco, and the world wide press and bloggers who might want to talk about the products we are building. We'll be putting the logo on our website, on T-shirts, fleeces, mouse pads, etc.
The logo should only have the letters "Ooga" or "ooga", not Ooga Labs.
The Ooga should be **easily readable** type. You're eye should know what you're reading immediately. This is really important
The logo must be STRONG and solid, COMFORTABLE in it's own skin. It must attractive to software engineers.
We like a lot of color in our logo. HAPPY RAINBOW CLEAN but not feminine. We're trying to attract male engineers with good personalities.
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Bob Leckinger just barely edged out Ron Coleman to win Butte Creek CC's inaugural Player of the Year title. Points are earned throughout the year, on the basis of net scores, in various designated tournaments. Leckinger ended up with a total of 46.5 points. Coleman finished with 45.75 points.
Coleman did win the end of the year point tournament, which was worth double points, with a net score of 65, but it was not quite enough to overcome the lead Leckinger had going into the final tournament.
Shawn Blofsky finished in third place with 38 points. Jim Sands (30.75 points) took the fourth spot. Mark Blofsky and Tim Beach tied for fifth place with 25 points each. The course conditions must have been good, because half the field of 18 players shot net par or better. Only the top 18 players, of those who participated in the player of the year events, qualified for the final and deciding tournament.
Butte Creek CC Women's Golf Club
The Butte Creek CC Women's Golf Club held its annual Christmas awards brunch on Friday (Dec. 7, a day that will live in infamy.) Shirley Leighty was named the 2012 most improved player. Leighty put in a lot of hard work to lower her handicap by two strokes during the season. Others garnering the most Medallion awards and recognition during the presentation were also recognized. Average of best net scores for three out of the six Medallion tournaments, 1, Karla Dreiss (72); 2, tie, Irma Jenkins and Paula Sands (75); 4, Joye Smith (76); 5, Susy Mann (77); Most chip-ins, 1, Lois Wescoatt (5); 2, tie, Marge Regier, Darlene Thomasson and Smith (4); Most birdies, 1, Karla Dreiss (11); 2, Barbara Joronen (10); 3, Pat Stephenson (8).
The Butte Creek Women's Golf Club played a 6-6-6 format for its weekly tournament. The team of Pat Stephenson, Karen Beckman and Darlene Thomasson took first with a team score of 93. The team of Sherian Hornbeak, Shirley Leighty and a blind draw finished in the second spot at 97. Jane Brooks, Barbara Joronen and Linda Scarff teamed up to finish third with a score of 100.
Spectacular shots
Larry Stephenson chalked up his third career ace on the No. 12 hole at Butte Creek CC. Stephenson's 169-yard, 9-iron perfect tee shot was witnessed by his playing companion, Rich Taylor.
Myles MacColl hit a perfect chip-in on the No. 8 hole at Bidwell Park GC for an eagle three. Mike Consiglio witnessed MacColl's chip shot disappear into the cup.
Willie Storan hit his 125-yard approach shot into the cup on the par-5 No. 13 hole at Butte Creek. His playing companions, Chuck Lohse, Jerry Louie and Rick Shave, were witness to Storan's eagle three.
Amazing feat
Just when you think you've heard it all, here's one for you to ponder. Ron Chrisco (of the famous Chico High School class of '54) played the nine-hole Sierra Sage GC near Sparks, Nev., recently and only had eight putts during the nine-hole round. Chrisco chipped in on two holes, one-putted six holes and two-putted one hole. I would have only played nine holes myself. No sense spoiling a good thing.
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Apple OKs Someecards App After Removal of Offending Cards
Someecards and Apple have kissed and made up - sort of. Apple has approved the sardonic e-card distributor's iPhone app, but only after it removed several cards that Apple felt ridiculed public figures.
"We created a lot of noise about Apple's arbitrary censorship policy, and we would have liked them to give in, but we never heard back, so we ended up just taking out the cards that they had said were keeping us from getting approved," Someecards founder Duncan Mitchell wrote in an e-mail. "In the end it was better to have a live app missing a few cards, than no app at all."
Earlier this month, Someecards revealed that Apple rejected its app because of several e-cards that made fun of celebrities including Michael Richards and Roman Polanski. Apple said the selections ran afoul of its license agreement, which bans defamatory content.
Someecards fired off a response letter saying they were confused about the rejection, particularly because they requested a 17+ age rating. Apple, however, did not respond to the letter, so Someecards proceeded without the offending cards.
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Why Use Stop-Motion Animation on iPad for Education?
Stop-motion animation can be created with Animate It! iPad app, so it's easy to incorporate animation assignments in an iPad classroom. Stop-motion animation on iPad allows students to explore their storytelling ability and creativity.
Mix an iPad camera, some art supplies, the Animate It! iPad app, and a healthy dose of imagination, and your students can create some amazing stop-motion animation videos.
Traditionally, creating stop-motion animation was a cumbersome and time-consuming process. You'd have to physically arrange objects, walk back behind a camera, and snap a photo; then move the objects and repeat the process. Of course, if your objects weren't moved in exactly the right alignment and spacing, you'd have to shoot the frames again.
Animate It! iPad app for stop-motion creation
Aardman Animations Studios, the creator of the Wallace and Gromit series, has created Animate It!, a wonderful app that lets you create your own stop-motion animations.
Animate It! lets you snap a series of images on your own portable device. Take it anywhere, create a scene, and animate on the go. Students can create a scene and objects out of anything that's available. Plasticene (you've probably heard of claymation) is great.
But students can also use LEGO pieces, paper, puppets . . . anything. Students can even draw or write something on paper and take images of the message/illustration developing and moving. Considering the quality of the output that can be produced, using the app is relatively simple. And it's a boatload of fun.
Animate It! includes features and tools that bring any subject to life, including a time-lapse feature, variable frame rates (to ensure that the animation is smooth and consistent), as well as copy, paste, reorder, and frame deletion functions. You can export your creation in several formats, including HD.
Why use stop-motion animation for classroom assignments?
It helps young students learn to break down, analyze, and re-create an event in small, bite-sized pieces. Consider using it in a science class, for example, to have students demonstrate the evolution of a process, such as the water cycle showing the stages of transpiration, precipitation, and so forth. Maybe it's the life cycle of a butterfly.
Re-create events. Use it in a social science class to get students to re-create a famous scene from history, such as the Battle of Little Big Horn or the American soldiers raising the flag on Iwo Jima in World War II.
One motivated group of students did a stop-motion movie of U.S. history from the Native Americans to the moon landing! Sure, it was an abridged version of American history, but it was wonderfully entertaining nonetheless. Imagine the planning, research, and teamwork that went into that project.
Have students create a short animation to illustrate an event or scene from the book they're reading in literature. It's a great alternative to dioramas.
Students can use action figures, plastic figurines, LEGO pieces, Kinex, paper cutouts, drawings, plasticene, or Play-Doh to create scenes. Kids will have a blast creating movies. Your biggest problem might be dragging students out of their chairs at the end of the lesson.


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I fully agree with the statement that sometimes it is better not to tell the truth.
I'll give the following two reasons for my agreement.
Telling the truth is one of the most important factors in maintaining and improving mutual trust in society. Our relationship with our family and friends is largely based on trust, but I would like to give one example that I have personally experienced which is an exception.
A few years ago, my aunt contracted an incurable disease.
I saw her and was shocked by her appearance; she had been reduced to skin and bones. Yet she had hope of recovery, and no one could muster the strength to tell her otherwise. My aunt asked me how she looked, and I quickly answered that she looked quite healthy and she smiled. It was a blatant lie, but I realized that if I had spoken the truth, her poor health might have deteriorated even further. So, telling the truth is not always the right option; it can hurt somebody, and may even cause tragic result.
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Notes about my choices to help with your TOEFL study:
1. totally -> fully. Fully sounds more appropriate. It wasn't wrong. Completely could have also worked, but again, fully is more standard.
2. this -> the. this points to a statement, acting like an ellipsis and doesn't require you to explicitly state the statement in question. It is implied that both parties understand the argument. If you are going to give the statement with the relative clause that, then the is more appropriate.
3. why i do so -> for my agreement. You want to be specific and concrete. why i do soisn't exact. It's wishy-washy, like you are dancing around. Say the exact words.
4. one of the important -> one of the most important. You could have written: Telling the truth is an important factor. But since you chose one of the, most gives the subject, and thus your argument, more weight. It also sounds natural to a native English speaker who has become used to hyperbole.
5. among the people to maintain and improve mutual trust -> in maintaining and improving mutual trust in society. Here, society is more concise and the appropriate diction for the tone of the essay. I also moved it to the end so that we know that the important factor is about maintaining and improving mutal trust and not about society.
6. our family, friends -> family and friends. Pretty simple why you need the conjunction.
7. mostly -> largely. Again, diction. It sounds better and the word largely is better for measurement.
which is an exception -> I added this because you are going to give an example which contradicts the fact that you "totally agree with the statement." You totally don't because you are about to disagree. That is another reason why "totally" "fully" at the start should not be used. Use a word that says almost but not quite.
8. Some -> A few. Again, some means few, so why not use the more exact word which implies 2, maybe 3, maybe 4.
9. spelling.
10. visited -> saw. I visited hersounds awkward. Visited can be used but the sentence structure would have be changed to avoid that awkwardness.
11. get -> was. You were wrong to use get.
12. was almost -> had been. More exact, and more powerful. Was almost gives the impression that you can't make up your mind. Say what you mean and avoid words that give uncertainty and make you sound unsure of what you saw.
13. But -> Yet. Yetmeans that despite her condition she had hope. Butimplies that you want to contrast with something and that is not what you are trying to do. It kind of does the job, but why half ass it? Choose the proper word. But would have worked if you were contrasting body parts like say, her bright eyes or something more readily comparable. Nevertheless could also have worked.
14. nobody could not dare to say she wouldn`t recover -> could muster the strength to tell her otherwise. First, it is wrong syntactically. Second, you have way too many negatives: nobody, could not, would not. I tend to say as much in the positive as possible. It sounds better.
15. quickly. I put it ahead of the action so that instead of imagining it twice: Answered. Wait, it was quicker than that, mind you. We only have to picture it once.
16. well -> healthy. Again, concrete and appropriate diction. Well has far too many connotation. You can look well after sickness or after an emotionally traumatic event. Healthy paints one picture.
17. Smile on her face -> she smiled. Where else would her smile be? On her legs? Eliminate cluttering words. Avoid stuff like "her nose smelled" "her eyes saw" etc.
18. transparent lie -> blatant lie. Technically, transparent can work. I just like blatant.
19. way -> option. Again, word choice. way can imply way too many things.
20. even may -> may even. This was syntax.
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Samurai. Got your attention?
The warrior-elite of feudal Japan have become the stuff of legend. Known for their battlefield prowess, they were also scholars, poets, and prolific zen-gardeners (You can't fight all the time; you need a place to tend to your wounds every now and then). They were known for their honor and respect of tradition, both within their own samurai culture and the Japanese society as a whole. But let's be honest, ultimately a samurai is understood to be a master of combat. A sword, staff, spear, bow and arrows, are all creative tools of their death-dealing trade. Modern fictional versions of the samurai include: Jedi Knights, The Bride, this Dude, not this Dude, and even Wolverine. I could even make a wild assertion that these guys were modern version of the samurai.
The reason this all comes up is because I just watched Ronin again. For those not versed in Japanese, ronin is the term given to samurai who have no master and are motivated by the acquisition of wealth…and possibly women, but I haven't ever heard that second part, it's more of a personal inference. Anyway, Ronin... ronin… samurai… Ghostbusters… Nick Barnett. You don't need to see my connections, but the point being is I got there today. Well, the Ghostbusters are actually irrelevant to this argument, but anytime you can try to justify in your head a claim that Peter Venkman and Ray Stantz are samurai, you know it's a good day.
Back to Nick Barnett. Green Bay's very own samurai is having a phenomenal season, which I'm sure you're all aware of. He leads the Packers in tackles, has four sacks, and he has done all this in a new defense and while recovering from a shredded knee. Barnett must have a pretty sweet zen-garden to meditate and recover in to pull off the recovery that he has. His resume for this season and in years past speaks to the dedication he has to his craft. Yet, something always creeps into the Nick Barnett discussion, and it boggles my mind. Some Packer fans question his samurai sword celebration.
I still read or hear about people being bugged by it, or thinking it's not being used at the appropriate time. To this I say, you're lucky you're not dead already. In feudal Japan, samurai had the right to kill commoners when they saw fit, and it's lucky Barnett hasn't seen fit to eliminate you critics with his katana. You are only breathing because #56 is merciful and doesn't want to waste time cleaning the blood from his blade after he separates your head from your torso for your insolence.
I've never questioned the Barnett samurai sword. EVER. In fact, I love it. I can always see it coming, and I stand up and copy it (not nearly as well). I do this for two reasons: 1) it, and samurai, are freakin' cool and 2) I don't want Nick Barnett to become angered by my lack of enthusiasm. I like my head attached to my torso, thank you very much.
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First Three Things She Would Do As President of USA: Stop the War in Iraq, give back to Native Americans their land, and prohibit the sale of weapons.�
Where She's From: Sista Clarisse, a musician, is Libra and looks like an African Queen.
She was born in Brazzaville, Congo, and raised in France. "The most important thing I learned from my parents is my taste for reading and writing,� she tells The Black Star News.
She first started her education in Congo. "After that, we traveled so much that I went in schools in the South East, then in the Center of France, then North East and I finished my education in Paris when I started to sing,� she says.
She says her aspirations can be summed up this way: "Life in general! Each day is a challenge and I face it just by waking up each morning!� She also notes, "I am not proud of something particularly, but proud of everything I've done until now because I always do what I love and want to do.�
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Sista Clarisse's Secrets Of Success: "I don't have any secrets—There is no need because I m not running for that.�
Sista Clarisse's Favorite All Time Three Movies: "All Spike Lee's movies.�
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First Three Things She Would Do As President of USA: Stop the War in Iraq, give back to Native Americans their land, and prohibit the sale of weapons.�
Sista Clarisse Favorite Cars and Why: "My bike because it's really ecologically beneficial.�
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Former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe, a standout player at Los Alamitos High School, plans to file his lawsuit against the Vikings and special-teams coordinator Mike Priefer on Wednesday, Kluwe's lawyer wrote in a text message Monday.
Clayton Halunen, Kluwe's lawyer, on Friday said the lawsuit will seek in excess of $10 million. If any money is awarded, Kluwe says it will be donated to LGBT groups.
Kluwe, 32, accused the Vikings last January in an article on Deadspin.com of releasing him in May 2013 due to his outspoken views on same-sex marriage and Priefer of making homophobic comments during the 2012 season.
The Vikings conducted a six-month investigation, with findings announced Friday. The Vikings announced there was no evidence of Kluwe being released for anything other than football reasons, but did suspend Priefer for three games for making one inappropriate comment.
Kluwe, who was raised in Seal Beach, alleges Priefer made at least three homophobic comments. Priefer's suspension can be reduced to two games if he completes sensitivity training.
Kluwe lawsuit will seek damages for lost wages due to unfair termination and for defamation of character.
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Sentara announces new chair for Board of Directors
Sentara Healthcare, a not-for-profit system with 12 hospitals, a health plan, and more than 150 sites of care, has announced changes to the leadership of its volunteer Board of Directors.
Bob Fort will complete his term as chair of the Sentara Healthcare Board of Directors after three years in that position. In addition to serving as chair of the board, Mr. Fort was also a member of the governance and audit & compliance committees. Mr. Fort joined the Sentara Board of Directors in 2004 and will remain an active member, assuming the position of chair of the governance committee.
Sandy Harris, current vice-chair and a member of board since 2009, will assume the role of chairman effective Nov. 16, 2015. He has been serving as the chair of the medical affairs committee, which oversees the quality and patient safety performance of the system.
Bob Fort retired in 2007 from Norfolk Southern Corporation after 30 years in its corporate communications Department, the last 11 years as a corporate vice president and member of the management committee. Prior to joining Norfolk Southern, he was Washington bureau chief and White House correspondent for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and a legislative assistant in the U. S. House of Representatives.
"Bob's leadership has been exemplary and we thank him for his years of service," said David L. Bernd, CEO of Sentara. "He has been an engaged partner, helping to lead the board and support Sentara in our shared mission to improve the health of the communities we serve while being good stewards of our resources."
In early 2008, Mr. Harris, a former U.S. Army captain, was instrumental in the founding of Palladium Partners, a portfolio management firm in Norfolk, Va. A chartered financial analyst, he has been involved with the investment management business since 1980.
"Sandy's strong business acumen and personal charisma make him a natural leader," said Howard Kern, president and chief operating officer of Sentara. "As he steps into this new role, I look forward to continuing the strong partnership Sentara Healthcare senior leaders have always maintained with its Board of Directors."
The Sentara Healthcare Board of Directors takes an active role in setting the company's strategic direction and imperatives, approving capital investments in facilities and equipment and holding senior executives accountable for goals in quality, clinical outcomes and the corporate mission to improve health every day.
The Sentara Board of Directors consists of 18 community volunteers and the Chief Executive Officer, David L. Bernd.


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Psycho Shop
Vintage Books, 1998 - Fiction - 207 pages
"Brisk, fast, memorable, a rare improvisational duet from two of our best". -- Greg Bear, from the Introduction
The Black Place of the Soul-Changer was doing business in Rome six centuries before Christ. It will probably be there on the last day of the cosmos. This is the Psychoshop, where you can dump any unwanted aspect of your spirit as long as you exchange it for something else -- arcane knowledge, a change of luck, or a sixth sense. Just remember: All sales are final.
Half finished upon Bester's death, and completed by Zelazny, Psychoshop envisions a commercial establishment that attracts customers from Edgar Allan Poe to a sorcerer intent on fabricating the Beast of Revelations. Brimming with wit and imagination, scandalously sexy and fabulously strange, Psychoshop is science fiction as you've never read it before.
"Alfred Bester was one of a handful of writers who invented modern science fiction". -- Harry Harrison, author of Adventures of the Stainless Steel Rat
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Arroyo's perfect start erased in four-run sixth inning
ST. LOUIS -- Even as he retired batter after batter in order -- 15 Cardinals in a row to begin his night -- Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo knew he couldn't relax on Tuesday night.
"To be honest with you, I hate being in ballgames when you have a no-hitter and you're only winning 1-0," Arroyo said. "I always feel like the guy with the no-no always loses it. I've seen that happen so many times, it's ridiculous."View Full Game Coverage
ST. LOUIS -- Even as he retired batter after batter in order -- 15 Cardinals in a row to begin his night -- Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo knew he couldn't relax on Tuesday night.
"To be honest with you, I hate being in ballgames when you have a no-hitter and you're only winning 1-0," Arroyo said. "I always feel like the guy with the no-no always loses it. I've seen that happen so many times, it's ridiculous."View Full Game Coverage
This time it happened to him. Arroyo took a perfect game into the sixth inning only to give up four runs during Cincinnati's 5-1 loss to the Cardinals.
Holding a narrow 1-0 lead on Brandon Phillips' fourth-inning sacrifice fly, Arroyo lost the bid for perfection when Daniel Descalso led off the sixth with a double to right field.
With one out in the sixth, left-handed pinch-hitter Matt Adams spoiled the shutout by launching a 1-1 curveball into the right-field bullpen.
"He was throwing the majority of offspeed all game," Adams said. "With the tying run at third base, I had a pretty good idea that I was going to get an offspeed pitch sometime during that at-bat."
The hits kept coming as Jon Jay hit a single to left field and Matt Carpenter slashed a single to right field to put runners on second and third. An intentional walk to Matt Holliday loaded the bases. Another run crossed when Jay scored on Allen Craig's groundout to second base. Carlos Beltran added an RBI single to center field that scored Carpenter. Holliday tried to score on the play, but Shin-Soo Choo snagged the ball on one hop and fired a perfect strike to the plate for the third out.
"It happened so quickly," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "Then the pinch-hitter came up and deposited one over the fence. After that it was boom, bam, boom. That's what they do. They can score a lot."
Arroyo finished with four runs and five hits allowed over six innings with the one intentional walk and two strikeouts. He is now 8-14 in his 34-game career against St. Louis.
Cardinals starter Lance Lynn matched Arroyo early by retiring his first 10 batters until Zack Cozart hit a one-out single to left field in the fourth. Following a Joey Votto single to right field, Cozart scored from third base on Phillips' sacrifice fly.
The Reds scored 51 runs through their first seven games, including 13 vs. the Cardinals in Monday's win, but offense was tough to come by Tuesday. After Lynn departed, the St. Louis bullpen faced the minimum number of batters -- nine.
"Bronson was doing what he does. They weren't getting any good swings off of him. It was that one inning," Cozart said. "We didn't do anything offensively. It's tough to pitch knowing you don't want to give up any runs because we're not hitting. Offensive has to do a better job."
Arroyo has never thrown a no-hitter during his career. Last season on June 26 against the Brewers in Cincinnati, he took a no-hitter into the eighth inning before he was foiled by a one-out double by Taylor Green. Then on Aug. 11 at Philadelphia, he was perfect into the fifth inning until Domonic Brown hit a two-out home run.
"I felt like I had good stuff," Arroyo said. "I was hoping to get to the bottom of the order. I was hoping Lynn didn't have so many pitches so he'd stay in there and hit for himself. That didn't happen. I didn't have any information, really, on Adams other than a little bit of a scouting report. I threw the breaking ball on the wrong side of the plate, let him get his arms extended."
In retiring those first 15 retired hitters, Arroyo only threw 63 pitches, with 43 strikes. Only three pitches yielded a swing and a miss.
Yet, it was still far from perfection.
"I never feel comfortable against this lineup until it's 27 outs and we have a win in our back pocket because it just doesn't come easy against these guys," Arroyo said. "Some teams and some environments are very difficult to pitch in. This is definitely one of them."
Mark Sheldon is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Mark My Word, and follow him on Twitter @m_sheldon.


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Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening
Garden Way Pub., 1975 - Companion crops - 226 pages
Secrets of companion planting for successful gardening. Vegetables and fruits, like people, have natural friends they prefer to be with--and some they prefer to keep away from. Other plants lure harmful insects away from sensitive plants, the way dill attracts hornworms away from tomatoes. And helpers like garlic will drive Japanese beetles right out of the neighborhood. Getting to know the good and bad companions can double the bounty of your garden.
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Jobs Report Produces More Relief Than Celebration
The February jobs reports came in stronger than expected. Employers added 236,000 new jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent. But is the uptick in hiring likely to be sustained?
This is WEEKEND EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. When it comes to job creation, the U.S. economy has been in a rut. Now, in a moment, we'll hear from Americans who have been struggling to find work, but yesterday's jobs report suggests things might be changing a bit. Employers added far more jobs than expected, and the unemployment rate declined to its lowest point in more than four years.
Even so, the news produced more relief than celebration. NPR's Sonari Glinton reports.
SONARI GLINTON, BYLINE: Before we talk to economists, let's go out in the real world, where people are looking for work. At Methodist Hospital in Houston, they're doing some hiring at their week-long job fair.
GLINTON: Actually, they're doing a lot of hiring.
WILLIE FRENCH: We currently have just a little bit over 600 jobs that are posted on our career site.
GLINTON: Willie French is the head of what they call talent acquisition, at the Methodist Hospital System in Houston. French says because of oil and gas and health care, Houston has been luckier than other regions.
FRENCH: That has allowed the economy in Houston to really have a lag behind the slowdown that has occurred, and it looks like we're picking up steam.
GLINTON: That's Houston. What about the rest of the country? Now, it's time for the economists.
GARY BURTLESS: My name is Gary Burtless. I study labor economics and health economics at the Brookings Institution, in Washington.
GLINTON: Burtless says for much of the last four years, most jobs were mainly going to highly skilled workers. But, he says, this jobs report shows the whole economy is growing.
BURTLESS: The number of unemployed continues to shrink; and job gains entirely in the private sector continue to be fast enough so that we can be whittling down the problem of both long-term unemployment and regular unemployment.
GLINTON: Now, everyone says both those unemployment rates are still too high. But economist Dean Baker sees some pleasant surprises in February's jobs report. Here's one: The unemployment rate for workers without high school diplomas has fallen significantly.
DEAN BAKER: That was striking because we've tended to think that the economy's favoring people with more skills - college degrees and often, beyond. It seems that for whatever reason, the least educated workers are doing reasonably well. And I don't want to put too much on that. They're not doing great but you know, they're doing comparatively well in today's economy.
GLINTON: Finally, we turn to Bill Cheney, an economist with John Hancock Financial Services in Boston. Cheney's optimistic. He says it's unusual that all parts of the economy would see job growth. However, there's a "but."
BILL CHENEY: The "but" here is that we've had some relatively good news before, in this expansion, and it's petered out more than once. So while it's always good to be surprised to the upside, this isn't some brand-new story. It's not a game changer, in terms of how the economy is behaving.
GLINTON: All the economists I talked to say they're guardedly optimistic about the future. The guarded part comes because we don't know exactly what federal spending cuts could mean for the economy, in the upcoming months. So no champagne yet. Sonari Glinton, NPR News.
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wonderful structured rufina, full of red fruit and acidity, great weight
Very nice elements of dark berries and vanilla with a medium body and a rich mouth feel. Tannins provide some structure and good acids keep it from feeling mushy. Less of the thin cherry common with Sangiovese, more of the brambly plum that reminds me of some Zins. We ordered this and a Super Tuscan at a group dinner and went back for 3 more of these!
Soft, feminine bouquet of fresh red fruits balanced by nicely integrated oak fragrances and delicate floral undertones. Quite smooth and attractive, a well balanced vino.
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The attractive, mid-weight 1999 Chianti Rufina Nipozzano Riserva offers black cherry fruit, new saddle leather, and spice box aromas. Well-made, with good acidity as well as aggressive tannin, it should be consumed over the next 5ndash;6 years.
If you need further proof of the quality of the rsquo;97 vintage in Tuscany, look no further than Nipozzano. This is not an esoteric bottle that few will ever drink. Itrsquo;s a well distributed wine that completely blew this critic away in a blind tasting. It grabs your attention and takes you imagination into a silk robe, over chocolate perfumes that hint at ambrosia, through layers upon layer of distinctive terroir, a lasting spice, a moist earthy character thatrsquo;s both hidden and potent. How can a wine cascade across the palate with so much grace, the sparkle of its flavors lasting for minutes? How can a sip bring to mind a sexual fabric rather than fermented grape juice?
This well known Italian winery has produced a lovely red that is 90% Sangiovese, with small amounts of Malvasia Nera, Colorino, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon added to give the wine more depth. It starts out with an enticing violet floral nose, and shows a deep ruby red in color. The wine is full-bodied, with well-focused tannins and a touch of warm spiciness on the finish. Perfect for sipping by the fireplace with an antipasto or tomato basil bruschetta.
The Nipozzano Riserva is a perennial favorite, and we recommend it highly in most vintages. The rsquo;93 combines all the winersquo;s usual charms, including a trademark aroma that smells a little like an antique cigar box, and the wine goes a step further with a complete saturation of flavor. The richness of fruit across the palate shows a concentration and balance that will serve the wine well for those who wish to age it a few years. That balance is achieved with no overt tannin or excess weight, allowing an incipient complexity to come forward and provide plenty of pleasures right now. This is a wine to buy by the case.
If yoursquo;re looking for a reliable Tuscan aristocrat, look no further than Nippozzano. This is consistantly one of the best drinking wines from the region; made at the estate for seven centuries, the style was updated during a major renovation of the winery in 1998. The 2000 Nipozzano is cleaner, more finely packaged than wines from the old cellar, and that only allows the pure flavors of Rufina sangiovese more amplitude and clarity of tone. Its fragrant with rose and black trumpet mushrooms, elegant with light tannins surrounding the ripe cherry fruit. Satisfying now with a wild mushroom risotto, this is balanced for age.
The Frescobaldi family has made wine in Tuscany since 1308. Rufina is the smallest of the sub-areas of Chianti. The region is more mountainous than hilly; the grapes ripen more slowly due to the day-night temperature differential, which can produce rich wines. The Nipozzano has brilliant, purple-edged ruby red color. There are aromas of plum, olives, thyme, rosemary, blueberry, cranberry, dark cherry and red meat. The flavor is rich and round with crisp fruit, hints of cocoa and clove. The tannins are smooth. The finish is long and satisfying. This elegant and delicious wine is a wonderful Chianti. Enjoy with grilled, well-aged steaks, Boeuf Bourguignon, Agnello con olive allrsquo;Abruzzese or aged cheese.
The 2007 Chianti Rufina Riserva shows the open, opulent personality that makes this vintage so alluring. Ripe, silky tannins frame a core of red fruits, flowers and spices, all of which come together with unusual grace. Though medium in body, there is wonderful generosity to the fruit, not to mention fabulous overall balance. Anticipated maturity: 2010ndash;2015.
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It appears a deep, purple-edged ruby red, of impressive brilliance. Solid fruit notes of wild blackberry, blueberry, raspberry and dark cherry emerge initially on the nose, gradually yielding to more pungent impressions of sage, rosemary, vanilla, and cinnamon. That spiciness segues onto the palate, and then into a finish that ends with a flourish of balsam, black pepper, and cocoa powder. The mid-palate shows alcoholic warmth and roundedness, while the tannins and acidity are noticeable, adding to the wine's overall harmony.
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