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DNA belonging to the estranged husband of a missing Connecticut woman was found mingled with her blood in her home, a prosecutor revealed Tuesday during a court hearing.
Fotis Dulos, 51, was arrested with his girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, on June 1, more than a week after Jennifer Dulos, 50, disappeared. Mr. Dulos and Ms. Troconis pleaded not guilty to charges of evidence tampering and hindering prosecution.
New Canaan police said they found blood at Jennifer Dulos's house along with "evidence of attempts to clean the crime scene." Investigators also found her blood on items Fotis Dulos was seen on surveillance video with Troconis stashing into garbage cans in Hartford on the day Jennifer Dulos vanished. Prosecutors revealed that Mr. Dulos's DNA was found mixed with a solution and Jennifer Dulos' blood on a faucet in her kitchen sink, in an effort to have Fotis Dulos' bond of $500,000 increased. After the prosecutor shared the new evidence of Fotis Dulos' DNA at the home, Dulos' lawyer, Norm Pattis, said that his client had been there days earlier to visit with his children.=
Jennifer Dulos, a mother of five, had filed for divorce from Fotis Dulos in 2017, and the pair has been embroiled in a contentious divorce and child custody case for the past two years. They had been married since 2004. The children, ages 8 to 13, including two sets of twins, are with her mother in New York City.

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The good people over at Replacement Level Yankees Weblog (and we use term "good" loosely, as how good can a Yankees fan really be?) have projected the final standings for the 2006 baseball season. While all the math is over our head, it appears as though they have used three different models and then averaged the three to predict division champions, wild card teams, league champions and World Series champions. Each of the models was simulated 1000 times. The Diamond Mind model and the Pecota models appear to be the most realistic. Diamond Mind, predicts that the D-Rays will win 70 games and Pecota 69. In 1000 seasons, Diamond Mind has the Rays winning one division title and six wild cards, while Pecota predicted zero for both. On the other hand, the final model, Zips, predicts 73 wins with 6 division titles and 4 wild card births. Averaging the three models gives the Rays a record of 71-91, and playoff appearances in 17 out of 3000 seasons or slightly more than 0.5% of the time. Sounds about right.
A few other notes…The Zips model is definitely flawed. This model predicts the Yankees to only have a 28% chance of making the playoffs, while the other two models give values of 77% and 80%. Even those seem a little low. Also, according to the models, the D-Rays should be better than Kansas City (which in two of the models does not make the playoffs at all in 1000 simulations), Florida and Colorado. Hey…its something.
The 2006 Diamond Mind Projection Blowout [The Replacement Level Yankees Weblog]


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This week's most popular Apple coverage at Ars included our analysis of the Mastered for iTunes audio, a look at RubyMotion, Apple's tablet market share numbers, an interview with the creative director who worked with Steve Jobs for 12 years, and plenty more. It has been a busy week, so we won't blame you if you missed some of it. You've come to the right place!
Does "Mastered for iTunes" matter to music? Ars puts it to the test: Some engineers say Apple's "Mastered for iTunes" program is mere marketing hype. Ars visits a mastering studio to try the process for ourselves.
Exclusive: building native iOS apps with RubyMotion: Former Apple developer Laurent Sansonetti has created a new development tool called RubyMotion that allows developers to build iOS applications with the Ruby programming language. We put it to the test in this exclusive hands-on tutorial.
Apple hoards tablet share while market falls off a cliff for first quarter: The tablet market suffered even more than IDC expected during the first quarter of 2012. Everyone's numbers went down, but Apple still managed to grab an extra 14.7 percentage points in market share.
Apple responds to tax accusations: we pay an "enormous amount of taxes": The New York Times took Apple to task over the weekend by saying the company strategically avoids paying more in corporate taxes. Now, Apple has responded by saying it pays a lot in taxes already, and creates jobs in the process.
"MacMan" or "iMac?" The creative director behind Apple's turnaround: Steve Jobs usually gets all the credit for turning Apple around in the late '90s, but he had a whole team of people supporting him—and in some cases, shooting his crazy ideas down for the good of the company.
Forget Apple: Oracle to bring Java security fixes directly to Mac users: Macs are finally welcome to the Java update train directly from Oracle, beginning with Java SE 7 Update 4. Going forward, OS X will see simultaneous updates along with Windows and Linux.
The on-again, off-again, on-again saga of EA's iOS Rock Band : The brief prospect that EA might try to shut off access to the iOS version of Rock Band has brought up questions over the technical and legal issues that go with modern app ownership.
iOS Dropbox app kerfuffle ends, but highlights confusion about guidelines: Was Apple outright rejecting apps that use Dropbox because of competition with iCloud? Days after the eruption started, it has now ended after Dropbox identified the part of Apple's app guidelines that it had apparently violated.
Apple originally considered iPhones with keyboard, click wheel: Before the launch of the original iPhone in 2007, Apple tinkered with iPhone concepts that included a physical QWERTY keyboard as well as an iPod click wheel, according to iPod creator and former Apple executive Tony Fadell.
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Wizards nearly blow big lead, beat Nuggets 119-113
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WASHINGTON – The Washington Wizards put on one of their best offensive shows of the season Friday night, putting seven players in double figures while taking down another contending team with a 119-113 win over the Denver Nuggets.
Emeka Okafor had 17 points and 13 rebounds for the Wizards, who never trailed but had an 18-point fourth-quarter lead cut to two in the final minute. Bradley Beal had 17 points and a career-high 12 boards, Trevor Ariza scored 16 points and Martell Webster had 15.
Washington broke a two-game losing streak and added another example to its knack for knocking off top teams while sitting near the bottom of the NBA standings.
Ty Lawson had 27 points and 12 assists, Wilson Chandler had 22 points, and Andre Miller scored a season-high 19 for the Nuggets, who have lost four straight on the road as they jostle for playoff seeding as the fifth-place team in the Western Conference. They also have the dubious distinction of getting swept by the Wizards, having lost at home to Washington 112-108 on Jan. 18.
The Nuggets cut the Wizards' lead to three on Andre Iguodala's baseline 3-pointer with 4:02 remaining and pulled within two after John Wall fancy-dribbled himself into a turnover that led to a Nuggets fast break, with Lawson hitting a pair of free throws with 1:07 remaining to make it 113-111.
Wall missed a floater with under a minute to play, but Nene blocked Lawson's layup with 33 seconds to go to keep the margin at two. Wall then got open to hit a 19-footer that put the Wizards ahead 115-111 with 14 seconds left, and Miller then missed a driving layup in a crowd that essentially ended Denver's last threat.
The Nuggets shot 48 percent from the field but made only 4 of 22 3-pointers.
Nene and Wall had 14 points apiece, and A.J. Price scored 12 for the Wizards.
JaVale McGee, traded from the Wizards to the Nuggets at last year's trade deadline, made in his first return visit to Washington. McGee heard some boos and a few claps as he entered the game in the first quarter, and his foul on Garrett Temple's 14-foot jumper allowed Washington to convert a momentum-sustaining three-point play at the end of the third quarter.
The Wizards led by as many as 10 in the first half before the visitors finally caught up just before the break, tying it at 64. It was the most points both scored and allowed by Washington in a first half this season.
The Wizards opened the second half with a 13-0 run, with the Nuggets starting 0 for 5 from the field with five turnovers before Miller drove to the hoop and scored with 6:39 left in the third quarter.
NOTES: Beal wore a mouth guard after getting his two front teeth chipped in a collision with teammate Cartier Martin at Thursday's practice. Martin required more than a dozen stitches for a cut in his head. … Jason Collins, acquired by Washington in the trade that sent Jordan Crawford to the Boston Celtics, will join the Wizards for Saturday's home game against the Houston Rockets. … Washington ended an 11-game streak of holding opponents under 100 points.
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My name is Fernando Ardenghi and I am a 45+ years old Argentinean electronic engineer with several post graduated courses. I have invented a new on line dating / social networking method named LIFEPROJECT (startup, ready to launch).
What comes after the Social Networking wave?
The Next Big Investment Opportunity on the Internet will be .... Personalization!
The 8 tips to innovate in the Online Dating Industry!
Scientific research that could substantiate the method at: http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com/2011/05/top-papers-for-online-dating-industry.html
Papers showing the newest & freshest Research in Theories of Romantic Relationships Development clearly show: compatibility is all about a high level on personality similarity between prospective mates for long term mating with commitment.
I plan to acquire the license of the 16PF normative personality test, available in different languages to assess personality of daters, or hire a Psychologist to develop a proprietary test with exactly the same traits of the 16PF, to construct a copycat version of the 16PF (one per language and norm), but improving it using Item Response Theory / Rasch Scaling (the Gold Standard for Modern Test Theory) with different questionnaires for men and women and all the questions rearranged in a Rasch hierarchy. It will be used as the personality test for a new dating site intended for serious daters, offering solely strict personality* similarity*.
*personality: measured with the 16PF or similar normative test.
*similarity: calculated using the high precision quantized pattern comparison method I had invented, named LIFEPROJECT method (part of pattern recognition by cross-correlation).
Daters: men and women, normal_persons* over 26 years old.
*normal_persons: persons with 23 pairs of chromosomes and any psycho-patologies.
Men should take the test at least 3 times and also synchronize with biorhythms (for future Research purposes).
Women not taking contraceptive pills should take the test at least 3 times: 7 days before, in their real periods and 7 days after, and also synchronize with biorhythms (for future Research purposes).
Women taking contraceptive pills should take the test at least 3 times: 7 days before, in their false periods and 7 days after, and also synchronize with biorhythms (for future Research purposes).
Both men and women should say if they are under other hormonal treatment. For each persons "internal compatibility" will be calculated between #1_try and #2_try, and between #2_try and #3_try. If "internal compatibility" between #2_try and #3_try is equal or slightly higher than "internal compatibility" between #1_try and #2_try, then #3_try is the one to be added to database.
I think lots of persons could be interested in meeting/contacting other persons sharing nearly the same personality because they will be *predictable* for them.
Please see:
LIFEPROJECT METHOD versus eHARMONY
LIFEPROJECT METHOD's matching algorithm in the range of 3 persons shown as high compatible per 100,000 persons screened! Not any improvement, really an innovation. 100X more powerful than eHarmony's matching algorithm or any other site.
what is new, different or better in this approach than what's already available? innovative on line dating / social networking method by personality. Personality matching method with 16PF test available in different languages. This 16PF test is not in use by any competitor. International proposal, could be launched in 5 or more countries at the same time. It is a personality profiling online dating / social networking site. A post crisis profitable dotcom company. I had failed several times to launch it since 2001.
Actual Online Dating Sites (eHarmony / eDarling / EliteSingles / MiMediaManzana, Chemistry, PerfectMatch, Meetic, Be2, Parship, PlentyOfFish, OkCupid, etc) : lack of precision / low precision / low successful matching rates
The annual fee for end users is expected to cost USD300 for the first year, with a yearly re-subscription of USD30. Fortunately the US, Canadian, European and Latin American markets remain enormous. The "unexploited" Latin American market is now over USD100 million. The price is the average of competitors, but price is not related to costs, because these clients need a price which will work as a barrier to avoid others play with their feelings. Direct cost is USD 22, selling cost is USD 62, salaries are USD 31, expected margin is USD 185 (160%) because this market is like selling coke, icecreams and pop corns in cinemas, cost are not related to selling price. Selling price should be a barrier to avoid non desirable persons.
Actual online dating sites offering compatibility matching methods are only fueled by big marketing budgets and not by serious scientific evidence.
No one can prove its matching algorithm can match prospective partners who will have more stable and satisfying relationships than couples matched by chance, astrological destiny, personal preferences, searching on one's own, or other technique as the control group in a peer_reviewed Scientific Paper. They are all like placebo, because
* Actual online dating sites offering compatibility matching methods, when calculating compatibility between prospective mates, have less or at least the same precision as searching on one's own. [in the range of 3 or 4 persons compatible per 1,000 persons screened]
* That is because they use:
a) simplified versions of personality traits, instead of the 16PF5 or similar with the complete inventory (16 variables)
b) inadequate quantitative methods to calculate compatibility between prospective mates, like eHarmony which uses Dyadic Adjustment Scale or other sites which use multivariate linear / logistic regression equations o other equations.
To solve that problem I propose:
*) the 16PF or similar normative personality test to measure personality of normal persons over 26 years old interested in serious dating.
No actual online dating site offering compatibility matching methods uses the 16PF normative test available in different languages.
*) a new quantitative method to calculate compatibility between prospective mates, based on quantized pattern comparison (part of pattern recognition by correlation) named LIFEPROJECT method.
The value of my algorithm is to achieve far more precision than searching on one's own [in the range of 3 persons compatible per 100,000 persons screened, 100 times better than actual competitors]
try to prove if only high level on personality* similarity* between mates is the core of relationship stability and satisfaction for normal persons over 26 years old interested in serious dating.
*personality: measured with the 16PF normative test in different languages.
*similarity: calculated using the method I had invented, LIFEPROJECT method.
Fernando Ardenghi's List of Firsts:
First person in the World to say the entire Online Dating Industry in 1st World Countries is a HOAX.
First person in the World to say many Online Dating sites like eHarmony, PerfectMatch, Chemistry, PlentyOfFish Chemistry Predictor, MeeticAffinity, Parship, Be2 and others are performing as placebo, like patent medicine.
First person in the World to discover the Online Dating Sound Barrier problem.
First and Only person in the World to solve the Online Dating Sound Barrier problem.
First person in the World to suggest the normative 16PF5 test or similar like 15FQ+ to measure personality of daters instead of ipsative tests like PerfectMatch or Chemistry or other normative less powerful tests like the Big5.
First person in the World to say Online Dating sites should check if women are taking contraceptive pills or other hormonal therapy.
First person in the World to reverse engineering several online dating sites offering compatibility matching methods.
First person in the World to notice Personality Based Recommender Systems are like compatibility matching engines.
First person in the World to suggest Online Dating sites should show Compatibility Distribution Curves to every and each dater.
First person in the World to compile research about Theories of Romantic Relationship Development.
First person in the World to openly say Conferences for the Online Dating Industry like iDate and ODS are rubbish.
Do you think you can innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry without taking into account the above list? No way.


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They took zinc out of most motor oil years ago.
The fries are cold so we gave you extra.
They reduced it a lot. You can buy the additive or there are specialty oils that have the "original" levels of zinc in them.
A lot of people like Valvolene VR1 for their flat tappet engines.
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Products from the second Reiwa Rider: Kamen Rider Saber
Though it looks like (and can likely be used as) an area rug, it s designed to be a towel for beaches/picnics.
Release Date: November 2019Shipping: Free within the USA for full payment preorders
The set consists of 12 keys:
Limited Early Bird pricing available on a first-come, first-served basis. Full Payment price includes shipping. Deposits will owe an additional $115 prior to shipment.
Please note that orders will be shipped in their brown boxes from Bandai. Additional shipping charges may apply to orders that require reboxing.
Awesome book for all collectors! Every 5 years these are released and they detail the toys from the beginning through the current series as well as variants and promotional mecha!
Price includes shipping in the USA.
The Ace Toyz White Hero comes with a detachable helmet, belt, gun holster, weapons and accessories
Release Date: September 2020Shipping: Free within the USA for Full Payment Preorders
The Ace Toyz Golden Black Hero comes with a detachable helmet, belt, gun holster, white boots, gloves, battle axe, blaster and gold breastplate with matching arm bands
Fully poseable vinyl doll includes fabric clothing and hair. It is built on the Pure Neemo 2 Emotion Body and is about 9.8" tall. Also includes exchangeable hands.
Release Date: July 2019Shipping: Free within the USA for Full Payment preorders
This thing is huge. Akibaranger figuarts can ride in it. Includes box, base, manual and pictured accessories.
Price includes shipping in the USA
This RyuSoul is exclusively available packaged with children's clothing in Japan. It has a metallic sticker.
Release Date: April 2019Shipping: Free within the USA.
This Artisan release is the first time the Fire Squad version of the SP License has been available anywhere. It includes LEDs for Judgement Mode and phrases recorded from the show and subsequent movies.
Also available as a set: https://tokullectibles.com/collections/preorders/products/preorder-artisan-dekaranger-sp-license
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Please note that the V2 licenses have the corrected innocent image, but do not include any of the additional accessories.
Hot on the heels of the Artisan Dekaranger License (and Firesquad version) comes the Master License!
Like the other Artisan Licenses, the Master License includes Judgement Mode and changeable ID cards. The voice of Kruger's actor, Toru Inada, is also featured.
The set comes with
Price includes shipping within the USA.
This Artisan release of the SP License includes over 40 dialogue recordings, some new to this release and some from the new 10 Years After and Gavan movies! Also included is the "Judgement Mode" which has red and green LEDs.
This Artisan release of the SP License includes over 40 dialogue recordings, some new to this release and some from the new 10 Years After and Gavan movies! Also included is the "Judgement Mode" which has red LEDs.
The set also includes the Fire Squad version of the SP License which is a first anywhere.
Price includes shipping within the USA
There are 3 preorder options (select from the dropdown):
This set is expected to release in March of 2017. Bandai usually packages these in brown mailer boxes. Some collectors prefer to have these boxes pristine. If you would prefer the set be shipped in an exterior box to protect the mailer, additional shipping costs may apply.
This awesome set includes a cradle for the Battleraizer. It also features a mode that plays the theme song and SPEECH RECOGNITION!
The Speech Recognition functionality allows you to press the microphone button and give over 20 commands such as summoning the Galaxy Mega and playing the opening theme song (you may need to use Japanese here)The electronics are also loaded with over 70 recorded pieces of dialog from the cast.Scheduled for release in November. Prices include shipping within the USA for Early Bird & Full Payment preorders.
PREORDERS FOR THIS SPECIAL ORDER ARE NON-REFUNDABLE. Do not preorder if you do not intend to follow through. For info on how Preorders work @ Tokullectibles, please see the following URL:https://tokullectibles.com/pages/faqs#preorders
***This release has been delayed by Bandai. The new release date is January 23rd, 2019***
Features BGM, functionality to cancel out the transformation in 2.5 minutes, mimicking the show, as well as the voice control functionality present in the Artisan Degitaizer.
Release Date: February 2019Shipping: Free for Early Bird & Full Payment orders in the USA.
Includes backdrops to display finisher moves for both Won Tiger and DairenOh. Also includes Won Tiger's Lai Lai Jewel!
Price includes shipping in the USA .
Plush measures appx 5.5" in height
Release Date: December 2019Shipping: Free for orders shipped within the USA.
Bottle Change Rider series of figures come apart when a button is pressed at the waist so that you can form the various combinations from the show.
Bottle Change Rider series of figures come apart when a button is pressed at the waist so that you can form the various combinations from the show. Each figure contains 2 halfs that can be combined with others in the line.
This ridewatch is an apparel-exclusive release and will not be of DX quality. SG-quality ridewatches contain sounds, but do not have lights or a rotating dial.
Release Date: December 2018Shipping: Free within the USA.
The leader of the Maximals is getting a re-release and will include
Scheduled for release in February. Full payment price includes shipping within the USA.
Megatron includes
*Note: This product has been delayed from January 2019 until March 2019.
Release Date: March 2019Shipping: Free within the USA for Full Payment preorders.
These boxes are filled with about 2-3lbs of goodies from various seasons from their respective series. What's in it? Well, it's a Mystery innit?
Figures. Zords. Bath Bombs. Plushies. A lil something for everyone.
Shipping: Free within the USA
Black Seed's first release in their Tokusatsu Vinyl series is the transforming Beast Giant!
The release features 5 individual vinyls machines:
All 5 machines combine into one 7.1" tall robot!
Release: Scheduled to ship September 2020Shipping: Free for Full Payment preorders shipped within the USA
Comes with 9 Rousecards and enough inserts to hold 196 Rousecards and 9 inserts to store up to 36 Cardass cards.
Release Date: June 2019Shipping: Free for Full Payment and Early Bird orders in the USA.
Includes 191 cards (135 normal)
These stands are designed to keep your Ranger Keys standing proud even if the mechanism keeping the legs down is broken!
They are 3D-printed on demand, so allow a few days before shipping. The prices include shipping in the USA.
Ranger key obviously not included :)
These stands are designed to keep your Ranger Keys standing proud! They are 3D-printed on demand, so allow a few days before shipping. The prices include shipping in the USA.
Hiro beats Emu to Level 100!
Figuart comes with 4 extra hands, the Gashacon sword and a replacement blade.
Scheduled for release in March 2018. Free shipping for full payment and early bird orders in the USA. Deposit and International orders will owe shipping costs.
DVD includes the 2 parts from the YouTube series as well as the Final Episode, which is exclusive to the DVD.
Price includes shipping within the USA.
Scheduled for release in January. Price is PER CHARM. Please indicate which you'd like in the order notes.
Re-create henshin sequences with your BCR figures and the Snap Ride Builder!
Set is about 8.5" long and designed for Bottle Change Rider series figures.
Prices include shipping in the USA for Early Bird and Full Payment preorders.
Build's head rotates and the driver's crank can be spun.
The santa full bottle is SG quality.
Note: cake is not included as it would be quite nasty by the time you got it,
This set includes painted SODO figures of Rabbit Tank and Cross-Z along with weapons and a Snap Build Rider.
Time to kick off a new rider series with Ganbarizing product! Ganbarizing cards are like trading cards that can be used at arcade machines in Japan.
Set includes:
Scheduled to ship in early October. Price includes shipping within the USA.
The Ganbarizing train chugs on! This time, the set includes Full Bottles as well as promo cards.
Ganbarizing cards are both collectible and usable in Ganbarizing arcade machines in Japan.
Each booster pack contains 3 cards, one of each is guaranteed to be a holographic/shiny card.
Set 01 includes 30 different cards:
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The Remix Rider figure series allows you to mix and match forms.
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Santa Clara University's de Saisset Museum Unlocks Vault to Showcase Extensive Collection
Two exhibitions, highlighting the diverse nature of de Saisset Museum's permanent collection, will kick off the winter season on Saturday, Jan. 16 at Santa Clara University. On Site/In Sight: Selections from the Permanent Collection and Just In: Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection feature a variety of objects including a wide selection of visitor favorites, works that have never been seen before, and pieces that have been newly acquired.
On Site/In Sight highlights traditional favorites from the collection and brings hidden gems into the spotlight. It features pieces by prominent Bay Area artists such as Ansel Adams, Bruce Conner, Robert Bechtle, Inez Storer, and Henrietta Shore. Other well-known artists Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Michael Kenna, and Sebastião Salgado are also represented. An eclectic group of works carefully chosen by curator Lindsey Kouvaris reflects the dynamic evolution of the museum's holdings.
"On Site/In Sight provides an excellent opportunity to bring works out of the private vault and into the sight of the viewer," says Kouvaris. "The exhibition is designed to focus on the strengths of the permanent collection in modern and contemporary painting, sculpture, and works on paper."
Just In: Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection comprises roughly 20 works that have been added to the collection over the last three years. The objects accepted during this time represent a range of media including painting, prints, and photography. Given to the de Saisset through the generosity of individuals, families, foundations, and artists, these pieces were acquired with the goal of augmenting and strengthening the museum's holdings. Many of the works in this exhibition are on view for the first time. Artists include Lita Albuquerque, Ad Reinhardt, Patsy Krebs, Gregory Edwards, and Andy Warhol in addition to Santa Clara University faculty members Kathy Aoki, Kelly Detweiler, and Don Fritz.
A free preview reception will be held on Friday, Jan. 15 from 7 to 9 p.m. Both exhibitions will open to the public on Saturday, Jan. 16. On Site/In Sight is open through March 12; Just In closes April 23.
About the de Saisset Museum
The de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University is the South Bay's free museum of art and history. The museum was founded adjacent to the Mission Santa Clara de Asís on the Santa Clara University campus in 1955 and is one of only three museums in the South Bay accredited by the American Association of Museums. The de Saisset Museum collects, preserves, exhibits, and interprets objects of art and history for the educational and cultural enrichment of all people. The museum achieves its mission through an active program of exhibitions, collections, education programs, and publications.
About Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located 40 miles south of San Francisco in California's Silicon Valley, offers its 8,758 students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, plus masters and law degrees, and engineering Ph.D.s. Distinguished nationally by one of the highest graduation rates among all U.S. masters universities, California's oldest operating higher-education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. For more information, see www.scu.edu


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A native New Yorker who's long lingered on the London scene, producer FaltyDL has quite the enviable CV. Two LPs through Planet Mu, accompanying singles, and EPs with Swamp 81 and All City Recordings. He's opened for Radiohead, remixed everyone from the xx to Scuba, and as a result can boast B-side remixes from Mike Q, Gold Panda and Four Tet on his new album Hardcourage. With his genre-jumping list of collaborators, it's perhaps unsurprising that the man himself, Drew Lustman, finds it hard to sonically pin himself down, resulting in a distinct sound which blends house, techno, and UK garage alongside myriad less distinct influences.
On his latest full-length, his first with London's Ninja Tune, Lustman has edged away from his normal sound, an American spin on UKG, and has instead embraced the styles of minimal house and soul-referencing electronica. Hardcourage is a consistently upbeat, uplifting record, often openly displaying the high-flying passions of a man who's fallen hard and fast – it comes as no surprise to hear that it was inspired by a new love and muse, a soundtrack to falling in love that Lustman didn't originally intend to give a public release.
It is at its highest peaks of emotion, at its most vulnerably honest that Hardcourage is most affecting. With 'Straight & Arrow', Falty starts off in a fairly generic rave-house gear, but as the beat is layered with squelching synths and a jittering chopped and filtered vocal, it swerves into territory not dissimilar to Jamie xx's reworking of Gil Scott-Heron as the sample flickers over the shuffling, ponderous house beat. On 'She Sleeps', Lustman is joined by Friendly Fires' Ed Macfarlane, whose beautifully silky descant soars over a gorgeous, post-coital utopia composed of thudding sub-bass and loose hi-hats; a clever combination of indietronica and smooth, minimal house. On perhaps the most conventionally 'FaltyDL' sounding track on Hardcourage, 'Kenny Rolls One Up', the mood remains assured and content, with a sunny break-beat and warm, washing fuzz backing euphoric synth stabs and more trademark loose hi-hats.
At the risk of sounding inadvertently Fifty Shades Of Grey, the album's chief charm is its tight-rope balance between airy sweetness and determined, insidious force. For alongside the shameless, loved up electronica lie a few darker tracks, like post-dubstep 'Uncea' and 'Finally Some Shit/The Rain Stopped' – an unusual mix of heavy bass, barely audible incomprehensible spoken samples, and pitter-patter percussion, which sounds as if it was created with all those satisfying, weird little instruments from primary school, graters and shakers alike. The outright, quasi-religious euphoria and the underlying determination come together on 'Bells', whose looping angelic synths crescendo into slinky sax and wheeling violins over a thudding, glitch-laden beat. It's like Crystal Castles playing a Valentine's Day set.
From its artwork to its influences, Hardcourage is an evidently retrospective album, revelling in its references to all kinds of forerunners. Thanks to Falty DL's wide-ranging tastes though, the unusual combinations come together to make something uniquely his. A record for bedroom chilling that has more than enough clout to slot into dance floor sets, it's a refreshingly vital take on the heavily worked over source material.
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Boy does motion capture—the process involved in animating digital characters—looked darned goofy sometimes. This is especially true when you're pretending to eat a human, apparently.
Here's the latest DayZ standalone video blog, which features the mind behind DayZ, Dean Hall, along with other members of Bohemia Interactive. Dean is suited up in a mocap suit, pretending to be a zombie.
It's good stuff for those of you needing to brush up on your zombie acting skills.


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The first-year curriculum is common to both options and emphasizes environmental science, bioprocesses, materials technology, laboratory techniques and safety along with math and science basics. The student is also introduced to environmental science, materials technology, and a wide range of industrial chemical processes. The core second-year subjects for both options include several courses in environmental sampling and analysis, chemical engineering technology, instrumental analysis, physical chemistry, and statistics that will prepare students for employment in a broad range of industries and technical occupations. Students will participate in an industry-sponsored project (practicum or directed studies) in the second year of the program. This may involve work experience activities at the industry sponsor's regular place of business.
The Process Engineering option will interest students who would enjoy an increased emphasis on chemical and biochemical processes, with a more in-depth introduction to engineering principles and design software. The strong core courses will ensure that the graduates have sufficient knowledge to compete for jobs in analytical laboratories too, if that later becomes their choice. It is anticipated that graduates who choose to continue into degree studies would be able to choose from BEng (chemical engineering) programs as well as from BTech or BSc degrees.
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Home Invasion
This story appears in the October 1998 issue of HomeOfficeMag.com. Subscribe »
Stacks of paperwork crowd your desk like high-rises. The phone never seems to stop ringing. On your desk, a photo reminds you that you have a family--but you've hardly seen them in days. You're juggling four projects and are considering taking on a fifth. You need help!
At the same time, you're not sure you're ready to make the transition from "self-employed" to "employer." On the practical side, the transition would mean having to deal with additional accounting tasks: payroll, taxes, benefits and insurance. On the personal side, hiring means bringing someone into your home to interact not only with you and your clients but also with your spouse, your kids and your dog. The thought of making it all work may seem even more intimidating than handling your workload by yourself. Not to worry--other homebased entrepreneurs have managed, and so can you.
Step One: The Groundwork
Before you decide to hire, find out if local regulations permit you to have employees in your home. In some areas, a special zoning permit is required. You may also need additional insurance; make sure you've got liability coverage in the event an employee is injured on your property.
Next, determine the type of help you need. Do you want someone to assist with the primary tasks of your business? Or are you looking for someone to handle the filing, typing and phones? Make a prioritized list of the tasks you want your employee to perform; use it to form the basis of your job description.
While job descriptions aren't required by law, entrepreneurs agree they're extremely useful. "During an interview, it's important to have a list [in front of you] of exactly what you want," says Jennie Hannah, owner of Occasions Catering and Special Events in Olympia, Washington. Hannah hired her first employee eight years ago; today, she has five full-time employees and 25 part-time servers on staff.
A job description is a tool you can use to evaluate candidates. It also provides prospective employees with an idea of the duties involved in the job they're applying for--ensuring you both have the same "view" of their job responsibilities--while providing you with a means of evaluating performance. (It's much easier to fire an employee for poor performance if you've established written guidelines in advance.)
Make your job description simple yet thorough. The Business Owner's Toolkit Web site (see "Online Resources" on page 75) recommends listing not only tasks but also the skills required to complete those tasks. For example, if you're seeking a receptionist, you might specify courtesy, good verbal communication skills and exceptional interpersonal skills. For an office administrator, you might ask for organizational ability, accounting experience and computer skills.
Your description should include the job title and the hours involved. Some entrepreneurs include a salary range; others prefer to negotiate that at the interview. According to Hannah, establishing a competitive salary range is the key to finding and keeping qualified personnel, since a range that's too low may attract underqualified applicants and compel qualified personnel to pass the opportunity by. Hannah also recommends scheduling regular salary increases to reward performance.
Remember, a salary includes not only the actual amount you pay your employee but as much as 30 percent in additional overhead as well. This includes federal and state withholding taxes, Social Security and Medicare (FICA) taxes, workers' compensation insurance, long-term disability insurance, vacation holiday pay, and other benefits. Benefits requirements vary among states.
For many, payroll and tax issues are the most intimidating aspects of hiring. Hannah has a solution: Hire someone who has bookkeeping skills. "Why make more work for yourself," Hannah reasons, "when the whole purpose of hiring is to reduce your workload?"
Step Two: The Network
Many homebased entrepreneurs first look to family and friends when recruiting employees. Debbi Boyd, owner of Olympia, Washington-based BRIM Inc., a cleaning services company, notes that "[inviting employees] into your home is like making them members of your family, so it's easier when they're family to begin with." Another option is to consider asking family, friends and even clients for referrals.
If these avenues don't pan out, try advertising. If you prefer not to list your home address, rent a mailbox for ad responses. (Similarly, if you prefer not to conduct interviews in your home, arrange to meet applicants at a public location, such as a coffeehouse.) As you receive responses, weed out those applicants who are underqualified or overqualified. While the latter may seem tempting at first, those candidates are more likely to move on once a better opportunity arises.
Review resumes for specific examples of work experience, such as tasks, responsibilities, accomplishments and positions held. Watch out for vague terms like "highly motivated communicator" or "detail-oriented supervisor." Look for unexplained gaps in employment history or a series of jobs held for short periods of time--trademarks of a "job hopper." Note spelling and grammatical errors; you don't want someone who can't proofread his or her own resume to handle your correspondence.
"Insist on references, and check them all," Hannah advises. Call previous employers, personal references and colleges to make sure the applicant has actually held the positions and earned the degrees claimed. If you're hiring young employees with little or no experience, Hannah recommends talking to teachers or relatives.
Jot down interview questions in advance, and rehearse them with a family member or friend. Develop open-ended, information-gathering questions, rather than questions that can be answered with a simple "yes" or "no." For example, rather than asking "Do you enjoy office work?" ask "What do you like best about office work?" or "What do you consider your strongest administrative skill?" Instead of asking "Can you handle customer complaints?" ask them to describe how they might handle such a situation.
Be sure you know what types of questions you can't ask, including questions about age, ethnicity, religious affiliation, and marital or family status. If you're concerned about how an applicant's personal situation might affect his or her work ability, keep your questions focused on the job. Instead of asking whether an applicant is willing to be away from his or her family for periods of time, for example, ask whether or not the applicant is willing to travel.
Keith Walton, CEO of Propaganda, a San Francisco firm that markets antique "props" for merchandising displays, notes that an interview should do more than determine an applicant's skills. "Think about who you would want in your home and the type of energy that person will bring into your home," he says. "Will that energy be chaotic or peaceful? Look for someone who `matches' you, someone you'd want to spend time with." Walton and his partner, David Tyreman, prefer to hire employees with a sense of fun: "You don't want someone in your home who can't crack a joke or a smile," Walton says.
Hannah, who recommends putting new hires on a month-long probation, agrees: "If you're working closely together, you have to get along. You have to know what type of person you're hiring." Trustworthiness, she says, is an important criterion. And this applies to more than your personal relationship. You have to feel you can trust this person with your business.
Step Three: The Housework
The primary downside to inviting employees into your home is the resulting lack of privacy. Your lifestyle, Walton notes, is on constant display: the unwashed laundry, the pizza box on the floor, even prescriptions in your medicine cabinet. He suggests examining how your lifestyle may affect the way employees view you. Will they respect you as a strong, capable boss if they see your pink bunny slippers in the bathroom?
Walton points to another consideration: "If you've built a successful business, you want to reward yourself for that success, and this can sometimes create resentment." While traditional CEOs go home to a house their employees will never see, yours won't miss the fancy new car in your driveway or the new furniture in your living room.
According to Walton, your most important task is to separate your work and your home, both mentally and physically. Creating boundaries is crucial, he says, and the first step is to establish "no go" areas for employees. "In a normal office, if you step out for lunch, you can't be reached," he says. "In your home, however, this could mean stepping into your kitchen for a sandwich or into your living room for a chat with your spouse. It's tempting for an employee to feel that since you're so close, you're available to take calls or answer questions." Walton adds that your staff also needs to understand that when you leave the official work area, you have "left the building" and can't be reached, even if you're just a few steps away.
Walton also recommends establishing "no go" times for your employees. "You don't want to have someone in your home when you're not there," he points out. "Also, if you want to stop working at 5 p.m. but someone else may be finishing a project, it may be hard for you to switch off and `go home.' Nor do you want employees showing up for work early, while you're still in your pajamas drinking coffee." His recommendation is to establish specific work hours--and to give employees the freedom to take work home, with the assurance they'll be paid for that time.
But the most important step of all, says Walton, is to observe your own rules. If you blur the boundaries between work and home--eating lunch at your desk or leaving the kitchen door open when you're on a break--you can't expect your employees to respect those boundaries. "Your staff needs clarity," he says.
Boundaries are also important from your employees' perspective. While you're used to your home's idiosyncrasies, employees may find it difficult or unpleasant to work in a dirty, cluttered, noisy or disorganized house. Employees might not appreciate sharing a bathroom with a litter box, making lunch amid piles of unwashed dishes or trying to work around mounds of personal clutter. Shouting children, barking dogs and loud music can also disrupt employees. Such an environment may lead to a higher turnover rate.
Hannah and Boyd offer the following tips to help you handle these issues:
- Hire a housekeeper. Don't add to your workload by trying to keep a spotless home/office; let someone else do it for you. This will not only help you keep your own messes private, but will also make sure you won't be stuck cleaning up your employees' messes.
- Designate a work area for your employees. Even if you can't provide an office with a closed door, make sure your employees have a designated area to store paperwork, projects, equipment and personal items.
- Install a vending machine. "Whenever I went to the refrigerator, someone had always taken the last Pepsi," says Boyd. To solve the Pepsi problem, she installed a soft-drink vending machine and also placed a minifridge in the garage for employees to use. You might also install a snack machine and set aside a specific area of the sink with coffee supplies for employees.
- Designate an employee bathroom. Keep the bathroom clean, well-stocked and off-limits to the rest of the household.
- Try to arrange for off-street parking. This is important, as the zoning laws in some neighborhoods require it.
- Be flexible about hours. If your home office is in a residential area, employees may have to drive some distance just to pick up a sandwich. Longer lunch hours give employees a much-needed break.
- Remember that your employees are not babysitters. Clear lines should be drawn between work and family. Ensure that family members don't disrupt your employees' work; and don't expect an employee to take care of pets or plants.
Hiring an employee to work in your home affects the entire family. Before you make the decision to hire, discuss the situation with everyone involved. This will help you identify needs and potential problems in advance, and will also help establish ground rules for everyone. Only take on the employees you really need, so it will be easier to keep the help you hire. Hopefully, you can find someone who will not only grow with your company but also help your company grow.
Knowing When It's Time To Hire
- You have to turn down assignments due to time constraints.
- You miss deadlines or don't complete assignments satisfactorily.
- You spend more than 50 percent of your time handling tasks like typing and filing.
- You consistently work more than 10 hours per day, plus weekends.
- You often miss one or more meals during the workday due to lack of time.
- Your family complains about your lack of attention (or worse, you've begun to snap at family members for intruding on your work time, even though it's a weekend).
- You cancel activities with your family to catch up on work.
- You have to hire contractors or temporary employees to help you catch up.
- You feel stressed and overworked, and your health is beginning to suffer (e.g., you've begun to experience headaches, insomnia, indigestion and similar stress-related problems).
- You're beginning to wonder whether your business is worth the hassle and stress.
There's no magic number to this quiz. For some, just one of these symptoms is enough to demonstrate the need for assistance. Others may discover they've already scored a "perfect" 10--a good indication it's time to hang a "help wanted" sign in the window.
Online Resources
The Business Owner's Toolkit
This site offers a wealth of free articles on various topics, including recruiting, interviewing, setting salaries, writing job descriptions and more. :http://www.toolkit.cch.com
"Employment Discrimination Law Materials"
This article, posted by Cornell Law School, offers an overview of discrimination issues and the Americans with Disabilities Act. http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/employment_discrimination.html
"Interviewing Techniques and Legal and Illegal Questions in Interviewing"
Find out how to conduct a successful interview--and learn what you can and can't ask prospective employees. http://www.ewin.com/articles/intervw.htm
"The Perils of Payroll Taxes"
What benefits and taxes will you have to pay when you hire an employee? This article offers an overview of what to expect. http://www.daceasy.com/library/nbpay.htm
Contact Sources
BRIM Inc., P.O. Box 1005, Olympia, WA 98507-1005, (360) 412-5266
Occasions Catering and Special Events, 1615 State St. N.E., Olympia, WA 98506, (360) 943-9494
Moira Allen is an author and former technical writer who lives in Olympia, Washington.


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Cignal Lenti Reporter Assays are highly suited for use in studies of cell signaling in primary cells, stem cells, and difficult-to-transfect cell lines (see figures "Determination of pathway activity in human primary cells", "Notch signaling activity in rat glioma cells", "Measurement of NFkB pathway activity" and "Advantage of using dual luciferase system"). They may also be used in the generation of stable cell lines (see figure "Stable cell line generation") and in high-throughput screening of siRNAs.
Cignal Lenti Reporter Assays utilize a unique combination of transcription factor reporter technology coupled with lentiviral delivery. Cignal Lenti Reporter Assays consist of multiple repeats of a specific transcription factor's binding site and basic promoter elements to drive the expression of a reporter gene (firefly luciferase or GFP).
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These reporters are powerful tools in functional genomics and drug discovery for assessing pathway activity. When the pathway is activated or inhibited by a drug candidate, gene knockdown (using siRNA), overexpression event (expression vectors), or peptide, luciferase or GFP reporter activity is modulated and can be measured quantitatively and rapidly.
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The 1980s was one of the biggest decades in music history. Not only did it produce some amazing songs that became instant classics, it also brought us the MIDI standard. This technology made it incredibly easy to mix all kinds of sounds and effects into a track or even play music on a virtual stage, using nothing more than a keyboard controller to replicate an entire band of instruments. Building on the impressive analog synths they were already known for, Novation jumped right to the top of the controller game - and that's still where they are today, with a range of synthesizers, keyboards, pads, specialty controllers and other equipment all dedicated to making and playing music electronically.
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text: Gibson has teamed up with Absolute Radio to offer one unsigned band or singer-songwriter the opportunity to perform a live set at the Sundance London Inc. Club, a 300-capacity venue located in London's the O2. Gibson is providing all the backline and instrumentation for the scheduled bands to use across the festival, including the winner during their set.To have a chance of performing at Sundance London, simply e-mail a You Tube link of your performance with your contact details to firstname.lastname@example.com by 12 p.m. (GMT) Sunday, April 15, 2012.Absolute Radio DJ Pete Donaldson will select one wining band or singer-songwriter to perform at Sundance London on Friday, April 27 at 5:30 p.m. Not only that, Donaldson also will play the winner's own track on his popular Sunday Night Music Club show live on Absolute Radio. Please note, all entrants must reside in the U.K. and be 18 or older.For information on Sundance London, please visit www.sundance-london.com.For information on Absolute Radio, please visit www.absoluteradio.co.uk.For all the terms and conditions, visit www.facebook.com/GibsonGuitarUK#!/GibsonGuitarUK?sk=info.


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I was at work when this happen. Fortunately my wife was at home. What I can say is that we are lucky that someone was there we are not using the flashlight when that happened.
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What are the actual words used for Isaiah 44:28 to describe his anointed? Why do most Bible translation translate that as shepherd? I've heard the Masoretic Text uses "messiah" and the Septuagint uses "Christ". The English translation uses the word "shepherd," which seems like lying or filtering. Why the discrepancy?
I stumbled upon some atheist sites and found this. Translating a word like Christ into shepherd seems very misleading.
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Long have we touted our audio rivalry with NPR, the sterling makers of such classic programs like Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me and Car Talk and consistent archenemies of the Bungie Studios Podcast. There's a significantly greyer relationship with our foes (or are they friends) in this week's Humpday Challenge. Podtacular. Podtacular, if you're unfamiliar, bills itself as the Unofficial Halo Universe Podcast and the show was named Gaming Podcast of the Year in 2006. It has an established fanbase, solid production values and the dulcet tones of one JVB, but can these guys play Halo 3?
Short answer, not really. Long answer? Keep reading.
Truth, Justice, Light and SalvationNew0001 – TungAbe Froman SK – TimminsThug Larz – Bakken Eamon – McKenzieTJ Scoot – Smith
Lies, Malpractice, Darkness and DamnationJVB – Podtacular HostFoo Mo Jive – Podtacular HostChuckieJ – Possible ringerKilla Zilla 24 – Ringer TotalCapnKrunk – Podtacular website Overlord (and reported ringer)Tarheels 32 – Ringer Trifecta Complete
Game 1: Shotty Snipers on ValhallaTone of Game: Suspect
Podtacular had a plan; they instantly knew what they wanted to play when we asked them. It was almost as if things had been set up, arranged, planned to unfold a certain way. Inside their Podtacular hive mind, they were thinking: "Killa Zilla 24, who doesn't do anything on Podtacular but is just a guy we know who is ridiculously good at Halo and insane with the Sniper Rifle is here, maybe we should play a game with Sniper Rifles before Bungie realizes we're bringing massive amounts of ringers to the shootout. And we hurt puppies. Often."
If you watch the film (available in this week's update to Bungie Favorites), you'll notice that there are vehicles on the map, but no one used them for the match. Everyone played with honor. As tempting as it was to hop in the Warthog and try and play the role of equalizer, we were playing Shotty Snipers and it'd have been cheap. Like a newb, I'd forgotten to take the vehicles off the map. At one point Eamon got in the Banshee and nearly gave into temptation, but he deboarded and continued walking into the slaughter.
It's no secret that the Long Rifle is much harder to use in Halo 3. It's a weapon that in ideal host conditions still requires a fair bit of skill to wield and on this evening – we just didn't have what it took.
Final Score: 50-46 Podtacular WinsWatch the film
Game 2: Team Slayer on ConstructTone of Game: Investigative
After getting our faces melted on Valhalla, I started asking questions in the Lobby. "Oh, Killa Zilla, what do you do on the Podtacular?" My questions and queries were met with awkward laughter and answers like "He's one of our reviewers, he'll be reviewing Mass Effect as his first thing for us," followed by more awkward laughter.
When Tarheel 32 joined the room and I asked what he did on Podtacular, there were no acceptable answers. We were getting hosed! Podtacular was trying to continue their winning streak, something had to be done, we had to dig deep and find a way to win. On Construct of all places. I don't know why we pick Construct, it's a map that it's really easy to lose control of, and I just assume that somehow we'll get control and blow out the other team.
We were down something absurd like 11-2 here, in danger of our first (and who are we kidding, a loss in the Humpday is inevitable and will likely become the norm) loss, but Tung and Froman dug deep and rescued us from the jaws of the beast.
Final Score: 50-44 Bungie WinsWatch the film here
Game 3: Team Slayer on SandtrapTone of Game: Shocking
In the first two games, we were no doubt outclassed by a few special players on the Podtacular team. We were outclassed in infantry combat, a couple of those guys had better Sniper Rifles or Battle Rifles than we did and I couldn't help but wonder if these guys were any good in vehicles, I had a hunch and hedged a bet.
We got paid.
As we spawned and headed for vehicles, Eamon wisely said "Let's wait and see if they take vehicles, just get anti-vehicle weapons." The trap was set and the bear jaws snapped moments later around a Warthog carrying a couple of dudes. It's hard to BR someone out of a Warthog turret as Podtacular and Friends would find out. Lars had some ridiculous long range Rocket which led to a chorus of "Oh my God" filling my headset, the scoreboard clearly showed there would be no salvation for Podtacular.
Final Score: 50-25 Bungie WinsWatch the Film
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Fix your -blam!-, Bungle!
So, yeah, This week's Double EXP Weekend is running a little behind. I blame Ninja 0n Fire. (He tells me that some fairly large updates are being deployed and as a result, we'll likely not see the Double EXP Weekend go live until tomorrow, or, *gulp* "later").
When it is ready to go, we'll let you know.
Tags: Halo 3, Emotional Support
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Feet first into awesome.
Looks like ubald unleashed another render over at HBO. This one's a WIP and part of a much larger collection that will ultimately serve as a webcomic. But you should check it out now.
ubald: Halo Rendered Comic
Tags: Halo 3: ODST
Posted by urk at
Faux Chief.
This week's Steve's getting all Batman on some Scarab carapace.
Chronicles of ODS Steve: Faux Chief (#81)
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You know the deal.
Anoj didn't submit his latest entry to Comm Chatter, but they gang at HBO picked up the slack. Besides, even without Anoj's familiar wordplay, we all know what this video's about anyway. There's like ten kills. You can submit your own for next week if you're astute enough to figure out how to make it happen.
Top 10 Halo 3 Kills on The Pit: Episode 59
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