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This Fox and Friends segment might be one of the most hilarious, beautiful fails ever caught on camera.
Fox and Friends is currently engaged in a pointless war over gender-neutral bathrooms and the fallout is spectacular to watch. The show tried to take potshots at Illinois State University, which is joining other college campuses around the country in creating restrooms to accommodate transgender students. This is a fucking great thing which could help avoid a lot of humiliating situations for transgender students. Via Media Matters:
Illinois State University recently announced that it would be relabeling several of its single-stall "family" restrooms on campus as "all-gender" restrooms. Though the decision won't alter the functionality of any of the restrooms, the move is meant to accommodate transgender and gender-variant students, who often face harassment and even violence in public restrooms. All-gender restrooms will be identified by a new sign that "will include a symbol of a half of a man and half of a woman."
But nope, Fox and Friends hates this! Why? Because it's just too darn confusing for everyone (no it isn't). According to a segment last week called "The PC Police" (LOL LOL LOL), Fox & Friends wanted to prove how confusing this new sign is (it's not). So they sent Steve Doocy out on to the streets of New York with one of the proposed new signs to show how hard it would be to tell which bathroom to use (seriously, it's not at all). This is the definition of grasping at straws.
Watch how basically every person in this "man in the street" segment has literally no trouble explaining to Doocy that yes, the symbol is going to be used to indicate a transgender restroom. But he keeps trying to push the (stupid) point. It's like watching someone holding up a picture of a ball and going "IS THIS PLANET EARTH? IS IT CHEESE BALL? OH GOD I CAN'T TELL I'M SO CONFUZZLED."
Damn, Doocy looks so fucking sad at the end of that. He reminds me of that time when you were a little kid and got the Publisher's Clearinghouse letters that said "Congratulations,YOU ARE A MILLIONAIRE!!!!" You ran running to find your mom, dreaming up all the awesome toys you were going to buy with that money (Barbie Dream Diamond Castle! Ghostbusters Firehouse! A pony! A hundred ponies!) Then your mom had to explain to you that it wasn't a real check,it was just bullshit to sell magazines. The way you felt when your heart sank and your dreams of braiding pony hair shattered—that's the look on Doocy's face.
Even the guy who takes a jab at "political correctness" gets what the sign is all about. That's when you know you have epically failed at a segment. When someone who is pretty much your target audience isn't playing along, it's time to walk away and go complain about the war on Christmas or something.
"I could not figure it out and we had the story in front of us," said Brian Kilmeade . It makes no sense." Kilmeade probably can't figure out how socks work, so that doesn't really surprise me.


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Greeks continue to take the naming of children as a serious matter in life. The time honoured tradition is governed by strict naming criteria. On Crete, where the Apostle, St Paul was shipwrecked on his journey to Rome 2,000 years ago, the Greek name equivalent - #Pavlos - is still to this day a much used name in Cretan families. Lengthy traditions of using the same name runs in families. And to this day very often, even in urbanised centres, you will find that the eldest grandson in a family will be named after one of the grandfathers, while the eldest granddaughter will be named after one of the grandmothers. This ensures continuation of the Christian name in the family line. You can guess by knowing some of the popular names how they are linked to a feast day. New Year's Day is St Basil's Day so anyone named Basil will be linked to the start of the year. #Maria is the most obvious as August 15, is the day the #Orthodox Church celebrates the Assumption of Mary (rise to heaven) and then there is #Christine or #Christina named after Christmas.
Greek Baby Names, Name Day Celebrations (Greek: εορτή, eortē, or γιορτή, yiortí, meaning "feast")
How lucky for most Greeks, they have, in effect, two birthday celebrations a year, their actual birth date celebration and the Name Day festival. On the name day, it is open house and everyone is welcome to join in. Hence the reason there are so many village celebrations in rural Greece. Actual birthdays tend to be more a personal affair with close family members joining together for an evening dinner either at home, but more likely in a local kafeneio or restaurant.


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Hurricane Sandy did not slam into Pennsylvania with as much devastation as first forecast. It fizzled a bit, not living up to its "Frankenstorm" predicted potential.
Still, this was no laughing matter. Several lives were lost after the storm hit Monday evening, including two in the Lehigh Valley area, and there was extensive property damage, to say nothing of hundreds of thousands who faced the hardship of losing their electricity for extended periods.
It was reported in The Morning Call that 400,000 homes and businesses in the area were left without power, and fatalities included a man who was inside his home near Boyertown when a tree smashed into it.
Speed limits on major highways were lowered Monday to 45 mph, but that was rescinded Tuesday, and nearly all the area's schools and most of its businesses and offices were closed Monday and Tuesday. Lehigh Valley International Airport resumed some flights Tuesday morning.
On past occasions, I have poked fun at people in this area, who panic over weather extremes that some of us take in stride.
I once enraged school bus drivers after schools were closed because they felt they could not drive when somebody saw a snowflake. I kindly offered to bring my mother here to help drive the buses. (She then lived in the snow belt south of Buffalo and thought nothing of driving to the library through deep snow.)
Also, my wife and I have lived in Okinawa, one of the world's most typhoon-prone places, and typhoons are generally more powerful than hurricanes. In Okinawa, typhoons were occasions for parties and other forms of indoor enjoyment, because nobody had to go to work. I suppose we also lost electrical service during those storms, but I honestly cannot remember if we noticed.
The main hardship during a typhoon in Okinawa was when we had outdoor, ahem, facilities. Getting to the benjo required steep leaning into ferocious wind and rain.
My wife and I also made the best of this week's storm. When the lights went out Monday evening, we decided we'd better eat as much of the ice cream as possible because of what would happen to it if left in an electricity-deprived freezer.
We found that a lack of television was not nearly as distressing as we thought it would be. When we checked for damage Tuesday morning, we were especially lucky. Apart from a dislodged rain gutter spout, there was little damage — just like the sturdy houses of Okinawa.
Others were not so lucky, I found when I cruised around the area on Tuesday.
"She took the roof off," Joe Tomcics told me when I stopped to ask why he had a big blue tarp on his house in Whitehall Township's Fullerton section. By "she," he meant Sandy. "It was bad last night," said his wife, Maryjane, in a bit of understatement.
Joe said the section of roof that flew away was 13 by 20 feet, and the house also lost some siding. The couple's terrific Halloween display on the front yard did not appear to be touched, amazingly, even though some of the figures appeared to be flimsy.
Many traffic lights in Lehigh and Northampton counties were not working, and I noticed that motorists, without exception, were exceedingly courteous. You'd think traffic would be a mess, but everybody took turns at intersections with dead lights.
The storm made one big visible difference. Before Sandy, many trees still had leaves, but by Tuesday most of them were stripped bare. No Matter. This year's fall foliage was the drabbest I ever saw, anyway.
Part of Pennsylvania Avenue in Bethlehem was barricaded with yellow safety tape because a big elm tree had been uprooted and fell over the street, taking various utility cables and at least one utility pole with it.
"We heard that go down about 11 o'clock last night ... this big thud," owner Bruce Stevenson told me. He said he lost his electricity about 9:30 p.m. Monday.
Nearby, a Chevy Malibu sat in the middle of Eaton Avenue, abandoned and embraced by the branches of another toppled tree.
Still another tree completely smashed in the cab of Bill Kovatch's Toyota pickup truck, parked on Union Boulevard.
"I've never seen a wind like that in my life," he said (He's 68.) "I have a shed back there," he added, pointing to his backyard. "It blew over the fence." Kovatch seemed especially moved, however, by the way his neighbors pitched in to help.
Tom Dowd, who lives two doors down, worked on the fallen tree with his father-in-law, Mark Cronin of Hanover Township, who was cutting it with his chain saw.
"This is a time when neighbors help you out," Kovatch said.
There were a few storm-related incidents I found amusing. In York County, for example, Justina Laniewski was charged with reckless endangerment and public drunkenness when she decided to wade into the swollen Codorous Creek to save some ducks. Her toddler tried to follow her and was saved by a neighbor.
Animal lovers, I feel, carry things too far when they put children at risk to save ducks from a creek. These are, after all, ducks.
In the main, there was nothing funny about a bad storm that hurt quite a few individuals and did a lot of heavy damage. As often happens in these situations, it also brought out the best in people.
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Information security means the protection of information and information systems.
Security means that the properties confidentiality, integrity and availability (CIA) are fulfilled, considering the dependability and security taxonomy [ALRL2004].
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Information can be at rest or in communication, which implies the security of systems as well as protocols and can include hardware security, as well.
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Sören Bleikertz, Thomas Groß, and Sebastian Mödersheim. Automated Verification of Virtualized Infrastructures. In Proceedings of the CCS Cloud Security Workshop(CCSW) 2011.
Sören Bleikertz, Thomas Groß, Matthias Schunter, and Konrad Eriksson. Automated Information Flow Analysis of Virtualized Infrastructures. In Proceedings of the European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS) 2011.
Thomas Groß, Birgit Pfitzmann and Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi. Browser Model for Security Analysis of Browser-Based Protocols. In Proceedings of the 10th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS), volume 3679 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 489-508. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Germany, September 2005.
Thomas Groß. Security analysis of the SAML single sign-on browser/artifact profile. In 19th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC 2003). IEEE Computer Society Press, 2003.
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Bettman disappointed with union's proposals
TORONTO (AP) -- NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman received three counterproposals from the players' association on Thursday and left the negotiating table "thoroughly disappointed."
No new talks have been scheduled, and the possibility of a full hockey regular season is quickly shrinking.
"This is not a good day," union executive director Donald Fehr said. "It should have been."
The players' association offered multiple options in response to the NHL's offer on Tuesday that called for an 82-game season and a 50-50 split of hockey-related revenues between owners and players.
Bettman said that proposal was the "best that we could do" and added that the two sides are still far apart.
"None of the three variations of player share that they gave us even began to approach 50-50, either at all or for some long period of time," Bettman said.
"It's clear we're not speaking the same language."
Bettman said he was still hopeful the league can have a full season, but time is running out to make that happen.
"I am concerned based on the proposal that was made today that things are not progressing," he said. "To the contrary, I view the proposal made by the players' association in many ways a step backward."
Bettman said Tuesday that the sides would have to reach an agreement by Oct. 25 for a full season to be played.
"We came in here today with those proposals thinking that we could really make some progress," Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby said. "To hear those words (from Bettman) kind of shuts it down pretty quickly. In a nutshell it doesn't look good."
Fehr said two of the union's proposals would have the players take a fixed amount of revenue, which would turn into an approximate 50-50 split over the term of the deal, provided league revenues continued to grow.
The third approach would be a 50-50 split, as long as the league honored all existing contracts at full value.
NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly disputed the union's assessment of that offer.
"The so called 50-50 deal, plus honoring current contracts proposed by the NHL Players' Association is being misrepresented," Daly said. "It is not a 50-50 deal. It is most likely a 56- to 57-percent deal in Year One and never gets to 50 percent during the proposed five-year term of the agreement.
"The proposal contemplates paying the players approximately $650 million outside of the players' share. In effect, the union is proposing to change the accounting rules to be able to say `50-50,' when in reality it is not. The union told us that they had not yet `run the numbers.' We did."
Fehr said the players would sacrifice nearly $1.8 billion in revenue under the league's proposal. He added that concessions made by the players in the last round of bargaining have cost them $3.3 billion over the term of the last agreement.
The players received 57 percent of revenues in the collective bargaining agreement that expired last month.
NHL players showed up in force Thursday as the union made its various offers.
Among the 18 players at the talks were Crosby, Jarome Iginla, Jonathan Toews and Eric Staal. The scene looked similar to one in August when the union made its first proposal.
The lockout -- the third of the Bettman era -- began Sept. 16, and the league canceled regular-season games through Oct. 24. Bettman, in announcing the new proposal, called it "a fair offer for a long-term deal" and "one that we hope gets a positive reaction."
It didn't, and now the clock is an even bigger factor.
There is only one week to strike a deal for the season to start by Nov. 2, three weeks behind schedule. If those deadlines are met, teams would be able to hold makeshift training camps for one week, and then play one extra game every five weeks to make up for the lost time and complete a full slate.
"I don't know what the next step is," Bettman said. "I'm obviously very discouraged."
In releasing the details, the NHL confirmed the offer was for six years with a mutual option for a seventh. The plan includes a 50-50 split in hockey-related revenue, which is a step forward. The NHL had proposed in July to cut the percentage of HRR from 57 percent to 43, then increased its offer in September to about 47.
Management included a provision to ensure players receive all money promised in existing contracts, but the union is concerned with what management termed the "make-whole provision." If the players' share falls short of their $1.883 billion in 2011-12, the players would be paid up to $149 million of deferred compensation in the first year of a new deal and up to $62 million in the second.
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Mark's "Let's Not Play the Blame Game" is a 2010 mixed media on panel.[/caption] by Lou Mancinelli The style of Mt. Airy painter, illustrator and writer Mark Mattson is a style that …
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The style of Mt. Airy painter, illustrator and writer Mark Mattson is a style that straddles a few worlds. For the past nine years Mattson has owned Mark T. Mattson Studio where he serves as artist, art director, editor and designer. In addition, he works with various clients on design campaigns and in other creative capacities.
Mattson blends fine and pop art. His work is the kind that can present an argument among art critics: can cartoon characters and comic book-like creations be considered fine art? Can painting a face on a lollipop on a well-toned canvas be considered fine art?
At this year's seventh annual Mt. Airy Kids' Literary Festival, Mattson, 37, hosted a drawing workshop where he helped kids conjure up and paint animate subjects out of inanimate objects. For the past two years Mattson has also created the festival poster.
"It's basically drawing things that don't belong," said Mattson about the class during an interview last week. (The festival took place from Friday, May 17, to Sunday, May 19, at Big Blue Marble Bookstore, 551 Carpenter Lane, and Color Book Gallery, 6353 Germantown Ave.)
Drawing things that don't belong, and making inanimate objects come to life is a niche Mattson, a classically trained artist, has worked in for more than 10 years. It was a chance job in Chicago where he worked as a character and story developer for a video game company that spurred and solidified Mattson's explorations into anthropomorphism, attributing human characteristics to nonhuman objects, like a bench or a hot dog.
"Fine art is so fractured now that it can mean so many things," said Mattson. "But a lot of classical people" wouldn't consider styles that give life to nonhuman objects like cans or comic book-like characters fine art.
"For me that was the thing," he said, "always being between different genres and different modes of creativity."
Mattson was raised in a family that moved around a lot. His father worked as an architect and followed the work. The family lived in South Dakota, near Austin, Texas, North Carolina and Ohio.
The Mt. Airy illustrator studied at Columbus College of Art & Design in Ohio. He graduated in 1998 and for one year in 1995 studied art, animation and film at New York University. While in art school, he was challenged to mimic and recreate the work of masters. After school he became more interested in painting less traditional subjects.
Mattson wallowed for a bit after he finished school and lived at home in Chicago. Two years after graduating, he took a job as an art director for J. Walter Thompson, an advertising agency in Chicago. But creating ads for selling sausages failed to keep his attention and seemed to be a waste of his creative talent. He stayed for less than a year.
"At the time I was very high-minded about what I thought artwork and art should be," Mattson said. He now chides himself and says that was a "stupid" perspective.
Around the same time he left the job, a friend invited him to join him at Cognitive Concepts, an educational video game development company. There Mattson helped developed a game still in use called GameGoo. It's also where Mattson flirted more with creating characters, sometimes out of unexpected objects, at work as well as in his private painting.
He also met his future wife, Jean-Claire, at Cognitive Concepts, where the two worked together creating games. They were married in 2003. Their daughter, Bernadine, now a nine-year-old Springside Chestnut Hill Academy student, was born that same year.
Mattson was always interested in animation, and in 2004 when his wife's job for Comcast brought the family to Philadelphia, he started to focus more on developing an animated sort of fine art he calls pop surrealism, a term he says does not actually exist. It's a "combo of high-brow and low-brow art mixed together."Mattson's "Elephant" is mixed media on paper, 2009.[/caption]
Words also inspired him. So did comic books and cartoons. Mattson "thought there should be kind of a marriage between the two … fine art and words. That's when I started to do art shows of really twisted pictures."
Mattson has exhibited his work locally at the High Point Café, Allens Lane Art Center, Mt. Airy Contemporary Art Space and Jean-Jacques Gallery, all in Mt. Airy, as well as the Cheltenham Arts Center, Third Street Gallery in Old City and many others.
His paintings on his studio website are unexpected, painted by a talented hand and colored by an eye with a sense of the comfort of muted offsetting tones. There is a minimalism and dissoluteness. A hot dog and a bun look away from one another on separate sides of the canvas between a blue sky. Should they get together? A fried egg and a purple piece of bacon set on what might be a green table seem accepting but unsettled. Is it really morning?
There are also his expressive illustrations by Mattson in children's books. While he lived in Chicago, Mattson also worked for Publications International. There he was like a ghost illustrator and created many book layouts and illustrations for books like a Sesame Street series that never included his name.
Mattson also teaches part-time art classes at Greene Street Friends School. He developed the picture of the school's mascot. There are also plans for him to work as the illustrator on "Emic Rizzle, Tinkerer," a middle-grade novel about a 12-year-old girl whose grandfather was a World War II spy. The book was written by second grade SCH teacher Mary Ann Domanska, also a Mt. Airy resident.
Many times an individual will see Mattson's work in a gallery or online and contact him for other types of work. That type of connection has been an important element contributing to the longevity of his studio and freelance career.
For more information, visit mattsonstudio.blogspot.com, zazzle.com/mattsonstudio or etsy.com/people/Mattson.


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NOTE: These MAME FAQs are based on my experience with helping others here at MAME Addicts. More FAQs may be added as time permits or when the thought occurs, so check back occasionally. In the meantime, if your problem has not been covered here yet, Search the forums. If a thorough search doesn't reveal anything then make a New Topic in MAME Help while paying due attention to the How to Use this Forum guidelines.
Not all questions in this FAQ are stand alone. They may relate to the previous one. If you're new to MAME then it's probably best to just read everything through from the start. Since a lot of newbie's MAME problems stem from MAME version/ROM version incompatibility, I recommend two possible solutions:
1) Current MAME
Matching MAMEUI with fairly up to date sites like planetemu (a French site, so page translation can help navigation).
Advantages/Disadvantages: Using a current version of MAME means you may be able to play some games that were broken or unavailable in older versions. There may be other general benefits from current MAME code as emulation accuracy continually improves. However, like other current builds, MAMEUI has no official Kaillera support for online play. Also keep in mind, MAMEUI has no local archive, they only offer their latest release for download, so, depending on the timing, it may be worth waiting for the official stable release before you start building a serious game collection. More info on releases here - MAME Releases and Updates.
2) Older MAME
Matching MAME32 Plus! Plus! 0.119 with old sites like romnation is still a useful compatibility solution. For any problems getting games to work with this version of MAME, please see my MAME32 Plus! Plus! 0.119 Compatibility Issues thread for further info or to request help.
Advantages/Disadvantages: One of the main reasons MAME32 Plus! Plus! 0.119 remains a popular choice is that it was the last version to include official support from Kaillera for online play. However, while there are plenty of easily found, working games, some may be harder to locate, hence the MAME32 Plus! Plus! 0.119 Compatibility Issues thread.
Also of interest:
- The official FAQ of the MAME Dev Team. Tons of in-depth info from the guys that actually build MAME.
- The game info at CAESAR is an invaluable MAME resource for newcomers and veterans alike.
- The MAME/Configure guide at Strategy Wiki is a very useful reference for the main properties of MAME's Default Game Options menu.
- Incito's MAME tutorial vids, including the ever popular How to Install MAME, and the highly instructive MAME32 Advanced Controls parts 1 & 2. A definite must see for all newbies.
- I've also begun making my own MAME tutorial vids which can be found here: Hiero's MAME Video Tutorials.
MAME FAQs
Q1. OK, I got MAME and some ROMs. Now what do I do?
- Firstly, most newbies are not going to get very far with a command line/source code version of MAME. Make sure you get a MAME with GUI (Graphical User Interface) such as MAMEUI.
Now put the zipped ROM files in MAME's ROMs folder. MAME is capable of running ROMs in zip format so it's best to leave them that way to save space. Open MAME and press F5 to refresh the Available games list (also do a refresh anytime more games are added to the ROMs folder). A game search will follow and then the games should show up in Available.
Q2. I did all that but some/all games are still not showing.
- There could be a few different reasons for this. Check the following:
a) Make sure the ROM path is set to the correct folder. In MAME go Options > Directories > Browse to the actual folder containing your ROMs > select it with OK > OK again to apply the setting. A game search should follow automatically. If not, press F5. Also check that the name of the ROM zip file in the ROMs folder exactly matches the ROM name in All Games/Arcades. If, for whatever reason, the file isn't named exactly as MAME expects then MAME can't see it. Rename the file correctly and try again.
b) Open All Games/Arcades in MAME and go to a game that you put in the ROMs folder but doesn't show in Available. Go right click > Audit to check for missing files. If there are missing files then there could be a mismatch between your version of MAME and the ROM dumps in the zip file. MAME is a continual WIP. Not all versions of MAME and ROMs are going to be compatible with each other. Refer to the compatibility solutions in the introduction. Also check your MAME version number. If it has a letter "u" in the version number, eg. 0.132u1, that's an intermediate update meant for MAME bug testers. It's best to stick with the official releases which have no letter "u" in the version number, eg. 0.132.
c) The game could require other files like BIOS or CHD in order to work. Check the MAME GUI BIOS/CHD folders or check the game's info at CAESAR. Download any other necessary components and add them to the MAME ROMs folder as per instructions (see Q5 - Q8 for more detailed info on BIOS and CHD).
d) The game could be a clone. Clones are offset in the Grouped list and normally require the parent (original) version of the ROM in order to work. The parent file is usually a much larger size than any of its clones. Get the parent version and try again.
e) (Vista!) Some newbies run into problems when they are on Vista or above. Try MAME32 Plus! Plus! 0.119 or MAMEUI64. Also remember to 'Run as administrator'.
Q3. ROM is in Available but when I launch the game I get a blue or green box that says there are some problems with the game.
- Ignore it. The emulation status of these games is imperfect but MAME Dev Team has done enough work to make the game playable. You may still notice some problems mentioned in the warning while playing, though.
Q4. ROM is in Available but when I try and launch the game all I get is a red warning box and the game doesn't work.
- Not every game that is able to be downloaded is actually playable in MAME. The emulation status of these games is still preliminary. There is nothing you can do to fix it, but MAME Dev Team might get it working in the future.
Q5. I got the ROM for Metal Slug (or any other game for the Neo-Geo MVS hardware) but it doesn't work.
- All Neo-Geo games need the BIOS file, neogeo.zip. Neo-Geo BIOS is a small program element common to all Neo-Geo MVS hardware that is nevertheless essential in order for the games to boot up. No BIOS = no games! You only need one copy of neogeo.zip, though. Leave it zipped and put it in the MAME ROMs folder and all of your Neo-Geo games should be able to work. However, as with ROMs, (see Q2 - b) the BIOS needs to be compatible with the MAME version you're using. If you get missing files on a BIOS audit then you know it's incompatible.
Q6. Is this the same for all games that need a BIOS?
- Yes. neogeo.zip isn't the only BIOS out there, just the most well known. Check the MAME GUI BIOS folder or the game's info at CAESAR for any BIOS requirements, or find a MAME BIOS pack and extract it into the MAME ROMs folder.
Q7. I got the ROM for Street Fighter III 3rd Strike but it doesn't work.
- The ROM for SFIII3S is about 129KB. Seems a bit small doesn't it? That's because most of the game's data is in a CHD file, about 78MB. Some arcade games began using discs to store large amounts of data when the technology became available. A CHD file represents the data from the CD, hard disc, or laser disc of the original. Look at the SFIII3S data section at CAESAR to see the CHD file name, cap-33s-2. How you go about finding a copy of the CHD is between you and Google. To setup the CHD properly in older MAME versions, save it in your MAME folder under 'roms/sfiii3/cap-33s-2.chd'. This basically means make a new folder called 'sfiii3', put the CHD file as is (ie. not zipped) in the new folder, leave the new folder as is and put it in the MAME ROMs folder. However, these steps are no longer necessary in newer versions of MAME and the CHD file can just be placed unzipped in the ROMs folder.
Q8. Is this the same for all CHD games?
- Yes, for older MAME versions the same principle applies. Regardless of the CHD file name, make the new folder that's going to contain the CHD with the exact name of the ROM it pertains to and put it in the MAME ROMs folder. This sets up the CHD as a sub-directory of the ROM. Again, this requirement has been removed from newer versions of MAME.
So now you might be thinking, "Great! Now I can play Gauntlet Legends, or such and such crazy 3D/gigantic CHD game! :D"
Whoa there! Sorry to say it, but unless the screen your reading this FAQ on is attached to some kind of supercomputer, or you're a wiz at computer overclocking/benchmarking with a very expensive gaming rig, you can forget about playing many of these types of games at full performance for the time being. MAME philosophy 101: The emulation philosophy of MAME Dev Team aims for the utmost accuracy with the goal of preserving arcade history. They are not too concerned with the nice side effect of how this makes some games available to us players. Because of this there are certain games such as Gauntlet Legends, etc, that currently will not run in MAME at full capability on average PC technology as the requirements for creating an accurate emulation environment are simply too high. Unless you're on a high-end PC this also applies to many 3D polygon MAME games even if they don't have a CHD, due to the fast RISC processor of the original.
Q9. OK, I can launch a game but where are the controls?
- Games aren't much use if you can't control them.
Short answer, press tab in-game. If you're feeling adventurous you can figure out the rest of the controls for yourself.
Long answer. Assuming you want to use a controller for most games, always have one plugged in before opening MAME and make sure it's recognised in your PC's devices. Then in MAME go Options > Default Game Options > Controllers and tick the checkbox for Enable joystick input > Apply > OK. Launch a game and press tab to open the in-game menu. The main default controls needed for the menu are:
arrow keys = navigate menu
enter = select an input to configure
delete = wipe an input if you need to do it over
esc = cancel out of the menu one window at a time
tab = close the menu at the current window
From here you can configure the controller globally with Input (general) > Player 1 Controls, or on a game by game basis with Input (this Game) > Player 1 Controls. It's best to use both. Setup the controller globally first, then customize the controller for individual games as needed. Also take note of the User Interface section inside Input (general) to start learning the hotkeys, such as 'P' for Pause.
Q10. Can I use more controllers for multiplayer games?
- Sure can. Just plug them in and, so long as the PC recognises them all, use the tab menu to configure each controller separately for Player 1, Player 2, etc.
Q11. What about gun games like Terminator 2?
- The most basic way to control these kinds of games is with the mouse. In MAME go Options > Default Game Options > Controllers and tick the checkbox for Enable mouse input > Apply. Apart from that it's just a matter of configuring inputs as per Q9. The only other thing is that some games like Terminator 2 need aiming to be calibrated before the game can play. This should be easily done with the mouse configured properly and a decent knowledge of the tab menu.
Q12. What about other analogue control games?
- Whether it's a racing game with steering wheel and foot pedals in the original cab, or a game with some other analogue device like a trackball or dial, it can be a matter of personal preference which control method you end up choosing. For example, a racing game with more than one analogue control component would be better suited to a dual analogue style gamepad (or even a proper steering wheel rig) rather than the mouse, whereas a game with a single analogue device like a trackball may be best suited to the mouse after all (unless, of course, you already have either a MAME cab or arcade controller with a trackball). It can take some experimentation to find the particular setup that you prefer for each analogue control game. It's all good because the more you mess around with the tab menu the better you'll get at using MAME. The basic thing to keep in mind when configuring analogue control setup is that the X Axis equals horizontal movement and the Y Axis equals vertical movement
Q13. How do I use cheats?
- For cheat.dat, completely extract it into the MAME root directory, ie. into the main MAME folder containing the .exe and all the other files and folders like the ROMs folder, etc.
On the other hand, cheat.zips containing compressed XML files are designed to be kept zipped in the MAME root directory. This is for newer versions of MAME and comes as a double zip. The original zip needs to be extracted once to open the text files and to access the actual cheat.zip inside. Leave it zipped and copy or drag the cheat.zip into the MAME root directory.
In either case open the MAME GUI and go Default Game Options > Miscellaneous > and tick the Enable game cheats checkbox > Apply. Now launch a game, press tab in-game and you will have a new option in the tab menu, Cheat. (See Q9 for tab menu navigation).
Q14. How do I save my high scores?
- Nearly all games that saved their high scores in the original arcade machine also do the same in MAME. There are other games that don't even have high scores so there's obviously nothing to save with those.
Some games in MAME have Save State support. The option to automatically use the Save State feature will be found in Options > Default Game Options > Miscellaneous. If MAME succeeds in restoring a Save State on the next play it will make it so that the game thinks it was never turned off. As only a limited number of games have Save State support and the format is not always 100% reliable, this is not an ideal fix. That's where the hiscore.dat can come in handy. Keep in mind that hiscore.dat doesn't have support for every single game either, but it's still the best solution available.
Firstly, make sure you're using a MAME build with hiscore.dat support. MAMEPlus! and MAMEUIFX are good for that. The highscore.dat needs to be setup the same as cheat.dat, ie. fully extracted into the MAME root directory. Then go Options > Default Game Options > Miscellaneous > tick the Enable hiscore support checkbox > Apply. Although some game's high scores will not save properly unless their NVRAM file is deleted first, be forewarned, it's not a good idea to go through and delete all your NVRAM files in one hit. The main reason for this is games like Street Fighter III 3rd Strike.
If you've ever set up the parent version of SFIII3S then you'll know about the time consuming CD rewrite operation the game has to run before it can be played. The CD rewrite normally only needs to be done once, unless of course, you delete the 96MB sfiii3.nv file that got created during the CD rewrite. It's fortunate then that SFIII3S is one of those games that will save high scores without first needing to delete it's NVRAM file.
Q15. Why did a bunch of my Capcom games stop working in newer MAME?
- Recently, MAME Dev Team split certain 'devices' off from the game ROMs into their own separate files. In the case of the affected Capcom games, an audit would reveal that qsound.bin is missing. QSound is a device which provides enhanced audio in these games. To remedy this, users simply need to locate a compatible qsound.zip file, add it to the ROMs folder and do a refresh. MAME treats this in much the same way as a system BIOS file; only one copy of qsound.zip is needed to help all of the relevant games to pass audit.
Q16. Is this the same for all games that need extra devices now?
- Yes. The easiest solution would be to locate a MAME Devices Pack, extract it into the ROMs folder and do a refresh.


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The Super Bowl of NFL Draft Scouting--the NFL Draft Scouting Combine is about to convene later this week (February 23-26) and it can dramatically alter the draft status of aspiring players. Several hundred college seniors and juniors who have declared for the draft are invited to Indianapolis for days of testing. Every NFL scout, Director of Player Personnel, assistant and head coach, team executives, and many owners have assembled from across the nation to assess the potential for a potential draftee to help their team. National print and electronic media now covers this process like a mini-Super Bowl. The NFL Network carries nonstop programming.
When I began representing NFL players in 1975, the NFL Draft was held at the end of January. Players would be scouted primarily on their college careers. There were several All-Star Games, which were held earlier. At the East-West Shrine Game in Palo Alto and the Senior Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama, and the Hula Bowl in Honolulu scouts had a week to view players at practice and in the game. They could interact with the players outside of practice. They would then compile a "Draft Board" rating all players numerically, both by positions and overall. And then they drafted. The process has changed dramatically. Now the draft is held in late April. The second season of scouting has become almost as determinative of draft status as the player's college play is.
This is because the NFL Draft is a projection of how a player will perform over his next ten years, not a merit badge issued for conspicuous college performance. This "second season" commences with numerous All-Star Games, the scouting combine follows it, and players will later be seen again on campus in pro scouting days. Player ratings can rise or fall throughout this process. There are no rules as to what a player is obligated to participate in during scouting. It is the player's choice whether to play in an All-Star Game, perform at the combine or participate in pro scouting day on campus. This is where the agent plays a critical part in helping shape the approach. Until 1997, players prepared themselves for the testing. Most players used their school trainers for conditioning and their college coaches to sharpen their skills. That year I received a call from an athlete's father who said they were very interested in hiring our firm but wanted to know about my training program. "I don't have a training program" I replied. "Over the period from 1989-2005 I represented the very first player picked in the first round of the draft six out of seven years, and they all trained themselves with help of team trainers, weight coaches and position coaches. Clearly it worked because, they were the very first player picked in the country".
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"I've completely taken things from every experience that I've had and kind of developed this place that I'm at now. It's kind of who I am."
Pastry Chef Bob Truitt runs six menus for Michael White's Altamarea Group, but his easy laugh and gentle smile don't give away his many responsibilities or lack of sleep. His versatility comes into play daily as he employs classic French and Italian pastry technique, his experience working with Masaharu Morimoto, and his general love of letting memory and emotion inspire a new dish. We chatted with Truitt at Marea, concluding that anyone who can make a hazelnut semifreddo a dessert to dream repeatedly about works well under stress.
You've worked with an interesting variety of chefs and restaurateurs; Masaharu Morimoto, Stephen Starr, Ferran Adrià... I was very fortunate. I was cooking out of high school in random restaurants in Philadelphia and then I got into the Stephen Starr company, where I met Will [Goldfarb]. And he kind of introduced me to the much larger world of chefs.
How so? He had already experienced time in Paris and Spain (at El Bulli), so he opened my mind to what was actually out there. The goal from then on was to do it myself.
Did you have any idea of what kind of chef you wanted to be before that time? No. I always strived to be versatile in the kitchen—I was trained in savory before I was ever trained in pastry. Pastry was always this thing that I wanted to learn and positions were opening while I was pushing really hard at the time, so it kind of fell into place.
What excited you most about food in the earlier days of your career? The balance; the spectrum of what you have to work with and how that plays out when you're plating a dish—having your salty, sweet, sour, and bitter elements that really bring everything together. So for me it was, "oh, you can take a green olive and fill it with caramel sauce!" It's weird—it's really weird—but it's balanced.
Does that work? Yes, it does. It's absolutely insane, but it does. It's something I learned back at Morimoto.
Does anything else stand out as significant in your time with him? The idea of always being aware and constantly refining—seeing the open spaces on a plate and putting things in place for a reason. The Japanese do things for a reason; they don't just make things for the same of making something—everything plays a part.
What stands out about the influence of Chef Adrià? Creativity. The endless possibilities, but at the same time remembering it's still food and it has to taste delicious. So creativity was huge, but it was also about restraint—controlled creativity, I guess.
What excites you now? It still comes back to page one about balance. I love very different styles of food and being able to do different things.
That's fitting, as you have different styles of restaurants. Where do you start when composing a dish for each? I start with the vision of the restaurant. I work with Michael [White] and we talk about "what is this restaurant doing and trying to represent?" And then it's a lot of research.
Does memory or emotion play into your dishes? Yes, it all plays into what we're doing. We did a magazine photo shoot for So Good, a pastry magazine based out of Spain, so immediately my mind went to an homage for El Bulli—all the components of the dish were all things that grow around there wild. Another one was based on a trip back from Mexico with my wife. All of these things inspire me. But it's circumstantial—I'm not going to go make this dessert for my wife who's from Mexico if we just had a meal at Marea. It has to make sense.
Any from further in your past? I dig deep sometimes. I just looked at notes I took ten years ago. They're terrible. But I'm able to take them now and rework them into something that makes sense just through experience. I wasn't experienced and was just writing stuff because I was trying to be creative. But I look at those silly notes now and am like, "I can't believe I wrote that. That's ridiculous."
Like what? I don't know if I want to say it! Ha! I think back then I just wanted to be completely off-the-grid different, you know? Not the traditional pastry chef or the traditional chef for that matter. It was more about visuals and ideas than the eating experience. My visions then were much more radical I guess.
Was there a point your focus shifted? After El Bulli.
How did it change you? I was more focused on controlling my creativity into realistic environments and actual pastry chef jobs.
Years later you're responsible for a set of menus with a healthy resumé. How would you define yourself now? I'm me. I've completely taken things from every experience that I've had and kind of developed this place that I'm at now. It's kind of who I am. I have over 20 cooks with four sous chefs at the moments that I'm working with at four different restaurants. So learning how to be a leader over time too, and being able to lead a team and teach them to make sure that I can get them to the top as well.
Between the variety of dishes you have to produce, jumping between locations and managing this staff, do you ever feel overwhelmed? I don't sleep very much. I wake up thinking about it, and go to bed thinking about it. It's a lot. The setup and the vision of the restaurant being very clear makes it easier to really execute.
How do you organize it all? We document everything—we're breaking 700 recipes now. Everything is backed up—I'm never losing them. I think I'll just move away if I ever lose them. I'm gone—you'll never find me again!
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RoadBikeReview got a look at the San Francisco startup Boombotix's new Boombot REX at this year's Sea Otter Classic. The Boombot REX is a 2.1 portable bike speaker system that includes Bluetooth control (for connectivity to iPods, smartphones, tablets, and laptops), a noise-canceling microphone, and built-in Siri integration. This little package packs a big punch by reaching volume levels of 90 [email protected], making it the loudest portable speaker available in its size on the market. The Boombot REX also features a rugged construction with a tough built-in utility clip and can last up to 6hrs on its battery charge.
Chris McKleroy, co-founder/VP Product states that "The Boombot REX is our next step in pursuing modern design by introducing a clean-cut aesthetic with an optimized shape. The new shell enhances air flow to give a full range of frequencies and deliver that great sound quality our customers have come to expect. Additionally, we continue to be technically innovative with the Boombot REX by creating an ideal companion device for smartphones—we integrated a microphone so users can take calls and communicate voice commands to their device via Siri. Users can simply ask the speaker what time is it or call momand the speaker responds/reacts to the command, without taking your phone out.All of these core values tie into our desire to make a truly ultraportable speaker. Boombotix was originally founded to make listening to music, while cycling, a safer experience. The Boombot REX goes a step further and breaks through the physical constraints of today's smartphones and tablets that hinder a fulfilling media experience. "With the impending arrival of the Boombot REX, the goal isn't merely to create an ultraportable speaker, but to define the entire category."
The Boombot REX is available for Pre-Order now for $129.99 and will ship at the end of May. For more information visit boombotix.com.
Boombotix Boombot REX Features:
Uncompromising acoustic performance
The sound on the REX is unmatched by any speaker of its size. With dual 36-millimeter fullrange drivers and a professionally tuned Bass Woofer, the REX is the smallest 2.1 sound system available. The full dynamic range of the REX is stabilized across all frequencies in the audible spectrum, yielding a stunning bass response that is matched to the drivers, delivering peaking highs and precise vocals. The volume of the Boombot REX reaches over 90 [email protected]
Modern design with unparalleled utility
As a companion device to the mobile phone, the industrial design of the Boombot REX ultraportable speaker was sculpted to compliment one's handset as a day-to-day accessory. The Boombot REX was built as a speaker distinguished lines and can be discreetly integrated into one's outerwear, or showcased as a beacon of modern design. In addition, the REX will come in a variety of base colors, limited artist collaborations, and fully interchangeable grills and clips. The customization options are endless.
Ultraportable engineering that fits in your palm
The product originated from carving a clay block to find the ideal shape for the ultraportable speaker- built for those who lead an outdoor active lifestyle. The unit is certified IP53 water-resistant; no worries if you bring it cycling in rain or on your next winter outing. The industrial design of the REX encourages the user to pick it up, clip it on, and add a soundtrack to your life in motion.
Hands free capabilities that empower and protect
The REX incorporates a noise-cancelling microphone that allows you to answer, deny, or end a phone call with the press of a button. Leave your phone protected in your pocket and change tracks and volume, and do it all with just three buttons.
SoundHub & Daisy Chain
Simply plug in any peripheral speaker system to the Audio Out port on the Boombot REXand the stereo signal will be replicated throughout the entire system. To daisy chain the Boombot REX, simply plug the Audio Out into the Audio In port on the next Boombot REX speaker, and repeat infinitely.
Remote Siri Integration
The REX is the first ultraportable speaker with Siri integration. Queue a request to Siri with the push of a button and Siri will answer back through the speaker.


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Archives: Volume 1, 2012 to Volume 2, 2013
This journal is aimed at evaluating novel processes and for visual presentation of imaging paradigms that are emerging in biomedical imaging. Currently, almost every sub-discipline of medicine and surgery uses imaging for diagnosis, therapeutic procedures, and for monitoring the outcome. Continuing innovation in chemistry, computational sciences, engineering, material science, mathematics and physics have enriched the field of identifying evolving applications in the imaging science for biomedical purposes. The journal will use the Web 2.0 platform to present peer reviewed research from basic and clinical sciences to a wide audience of scientists and medical professionals. Both review and current research manuscripts are welcome. The journal will host a visual presentation of a part of the manuscript detailing issues relevant to image formation and processing through displaying sequential images and/or short movie clips. The Web 2.0 platform will enable interactive use of the resources of the in-house technology of the publisher, thereby provide feedback to investigators, stimulate discussion and enrich the publication process.
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Platform for patient-specific finite-element modeling and application for radiofrequency ablation
Fast Constrained Canonical Correlation Analysis for FMRI
Label-free optical detection of optogenetic activation of cells using phase-sensitive Fourier domain optical coherence tomography
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Sure, we'll all have a good laugh about this 2012 nonsense come January 2013, but first we'll have to brave an entire year of nonstop doom and gloom from pseudoscientists, would-be prophets and outright quacks. That means going to bed every night and asking yourself, "What if the world actually does end tomorrow like Nostradamus sorta-kinda said it would?"
Face it: You're better off going into 2012 prepared. That means knowing the year's top 10 apocalypse threats like the back of your hand and packing a survival kit to handle any eventuality. We're happy to help with that.
In the pages ahead, we'll run through 10 of the apocalyptic boogeymen facing us in 2012, as well as a few recommendations from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to keep you one step ahead when the end is nigh. Sure, none of these scenarios will actually occur, but you'll feel better knowing you're prepared to face anything from the Mayan end times to a global shift in consciousness.
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Our re-design is based upon the Open PCR system originally designed by Josh Perfetto and Tito Jankowski.
This is the original system design, viewed with an open face from the side. The parts included in last weeks lab, along with the important parts included in this week's lab, are all diagramed.
The screw itself was left unchanged, except for a red line marking how deep the screw should lie within the lid. With the original PCR design, there was no way to determine when the screw was in far enough until it was in too far, hitting the samples and possibly damaging them.
(*)Positive control consists of calf thymus DNA
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Background on Disease Markers
For this experiment, our group chose to take an in-depth look at acute myeloid leukemia (AML). AML is a type of cancer that begins inside the bone marrow. The immune system of the human body is ultimately affected by AML, as bone marrow helps fight infections. The white blood cells that grow and form in bone marrow are turned into cancerous cells; the cells grow very quickly and sporadically, thus replacing healthy white blood cells. Our reference single nucleotide polymorphism associated with acute myeloid leukemia is rs121912500. In this SNP, the pathogenic allele for AML is classified as a single nucleotide variation. This means that only one nucleotide is altered in the allele causing AML. This variation results in a missense mutation. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/SNP/snp_ref.cgi?rs=121912500
Reverse primer sequence (while reading right to left, 3'-5', 200 coordinates/base pairs to the right): GCAAACAGCTCCTACCAGAC The diseased allele will give a PCR product because it will be amplified by using the created primers in the polymerase chain reaction. The non-disease allele will not give a PCR product because the primers are specifically coded for the disease-carrying allele containing the wrongfully inserted adenine.


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Mo. AG, prosecutors announce anti-smurfing effort
Pharmacies to display warnings aimed at would-be smurfers
Posters soon will be popping up around Missouri warning shoppers that they could get in trouble with the law by buying medications that contain pseudoephedrine for methamphetamine makers.
Attorney General Chris Koster, Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters Baker and representatives of pharmacy and retailers groups were in Kansas City on Wednesday to kick off a statewide public awareness campaign targeting the practice of "smurfing."
"Everyone knows that you can't buy alcohol or tobacco for a minor but not everyone understands that the same rules apply to pseudoephedrine," Peters Baker said.
Missouri law limits the amount of products containing pseudoephedrine that individuals can buy, and also tracks purchases by requiring buyers to sign a registry. The drug, which is found in some cold medicines, is a key ingredient in the manufacture of meth.
To get around the state's restrictions, meth makers sometimes pay others to purchase pseudoephedrine products for them, including strangers who may not realize it's a crime, Koster said.
He said depending on the buyer's level of knowledge, he or she can be considered to be taking part in a conspiracy that can carry a prison sentence of up to 15 years.
"The anti-smurfing campaign is not a silver bullet, but I am confident it will make those who consider buying products to help a meth cook think twice before making an unlawful purchase," Koster said.
Missouri routinely has the highest number of seized meth labs in the country, putting additional pressure on law enforcement to combat the drug.
"Missouri needs to get off the top of that list," Koster said at a news conference in a mid-town grocery store.
As part of the awareness campaign, retailers will be putting up educational posters warning smurfers of the consequences they could face if caught. Missouri is the third state targeted by the Consumer Healthcare Products Association, or CHPA, which devised the campaign.
"We wanted to find a way to make the public aware of this problem by balancing the desire to sternly warn would-be criminals, while at the same time not alarming legitimate cold and allergy sufferers," said Carlos Gutierrez of the CHPA.
Koster said the level of offense depends on how involved the smurfer is with the meth cook. Someone who routinely buys pseudoephedrine products to sell to drug makers could be prosecuted for conspiracy to manufacture meth, a felony, he said.
The Missouri Retailers Association, Missouri Pharmacy Association and CHPA are sponsoring the campaign.


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http://mmajunkie.com Donald Cerrone (13-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has replaced injured lightweight Sam Stout (15-6-1 MMA, 5-5 UFC) and agreed to meet Paul Kelly (11-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) at next month's UFC 126 event.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed the change with a source close to the event. MMAWeekly.com first reported it.
UFC 126 takes place Feb. 5 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, and the night's main card on pay-per-view.
Cerrone vs. Kelly is slated for the preliminary card.
Cerrone, a former top WEC lightweight contender, recently concluded his three-year WEC career with a submission victory over Chris Horodecki at the promotion-ending WEC 53 event. The Greg Jackson-trained fighter makes his UFC debut with three wins in his past four fights, which included a decision win over Jamie Varner and a submission victory over Ed Ratcliff.
Kelly, a British fighter and Kaobon team member, most recently scored a TKO win over T.J. O'Brien at UFC 123 event. The three-year UFC vet and former welterweight has rotated between wins and losses in his past five fights with addition victories over Roli Delgado and Matt Veach and losses to Dennis Siver and Jacob Volkmann.
For more on UFC 126, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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March 31 (BBC News Europe) US Secretary of State John Kerry has announced no breakthrough on Ukraine, following four hours of "frank" talks with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Mr Kerry said he told Mr Lavrov that the US still considered Russia's takeover of Ukraine's Crimea region to be "illegal and illegitimate". He said he had stressed that no decision on Ukraine's future could be made without Kiev's involvement. Earlier Mr Lavrov set out demands for a neutral and federal Ukraine. Mr Kerry told a news conference in Paris: "We will not accept a path forward where the legitimate government of Ukraine is not at the table. "This principle is clear: no decisions about Ukraine without Ukraine." He said he had also raised "strong concerns" about the presence of Russian troops on the Ukraine border, which he said created a climate of fear and intimidation.
Meanwhile pro-Russian demonstrators gathered at a World War Two museum in Donetsk
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Anyone who made a prediction on who would win the 450SX main event probably ended up looking dumb when Davi Millsaps scored a surprise victory at Anaheim. But at least most of the 250SX prognosticators were correct—many expected a dominant win from defending 250SX West Champion Eli Tomac, and that's exactly what happened. The GEICO Honda rider was pumped up after the race—even though he's stuck on that little 250.
Racer X: A lot of guys come into Anaheim 1 just trying to see where they are. But you did so well in this class last year and you did so well on the 450 recently, at this point I feel like if you only got a decent finish here, it's not going to be good. So, what are your expectations at this point?
Eli Tomac: I really wanted the W here. Just because I haven't gotten a W here in my past two years. Anaheim 1 is one of the most hyped-up races. It just feels good. And then to start off that way with the points is really important, also.
How long have you been back on the 250?
I hopped on my 250 at the beginning of December.
That's it? You held onto that 450 all the way until December?
I was at my house in Colorado on the 450 until about Thanksgiving and then we cruised out here and I hopped on my 250 and then moaned and cried for about a week and then I finally got used to her. So now we're good.
Tomac won his first season opener at Anaheim in three tries on Saturday.
Simon Cudby photo
But was there testing involved? That's really not a lot of time.
There was testing, but we didn't really change a whole lot this season. Right now our chassis is super dialed and it worked last year too so I didn't really switch up a whole lot.
Off the start in the main, there was carnage everywhere. And you came out with the lead. Did you manage to dodge it?
Yeah, I saw the carnage of the crash off to my right, in my peripheral vision there. But I was far enough inside where I was all right. I just heard the oos and ahs and saw a guy eating it, so I was like, 'oh crap.' But it was definitely a better start than that heat race. But I was also in a safer spot, too. I was kind of rolling the dice out there.
You went extreme inside?
I was very inside in the main, yeah.
And you didn't do that in the heat? It was a different spot?
No, for the heat it was like two outside the gate. Because I saw [Jessy] Nelson actually holeshot there in the first heat and I was like, 'Hey, why not take the holeshot gate?' But it didn't work for me in my heat!
It was a dominant performance for Tomac at Anaheim. He will retain the #1 plate for Phoenix next week.
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The starts are the one thing you did have problems with consistently last year. Are there things you've changed to try to remedy that?
I've tried to change a couple techniques and stuff, get my body through at the right time. And really in that heat race I spun on the plastic. That's what made me hook up and then do a big wheelie. It was just one of those things.
After you had the lead in the main, you just set your own pace?
Yeah, once I got in the lead I just kind of set my own pace and had a good flow. I was able to do that quad over there for a quite a few laps. I just felt pretty dialed.
This track actually looked like it was pretty cool.
It was definitely way better than last year's Anaheim 1. And the finish, too, was good. But it just had a good flow. It was a good track. I'm looking forward to more.


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CHRISTIANITY, Discerning God's Will, FAITH, GOD, God's will for my life, HOLY SPIRIT, JESUS, SPIRITUAL WARFARE, TRUST
I've been MIA for a few weeks. I've been working on a special study that is very emotionally draining….things I cannot blog about at this time….and I have nothing left over in my energy or time to even read blog posts, much less write them. So until I come out of this, my "visits" here on WordPress will be irregular.
But I came across this article on Facebook the other day that was so encouraging to me that I wanted to pass it along to someone else who may need to hear it:
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Funds That Support Criminal Justice
Above: A criminal justice student works on fingerprint analysis.
Make a Difference for Criminal Justice Students
Your gift in any amount to the funds below provide support for criminal justice students. You can use the Donate button to give online. Thank you!
- Criminal Justice Fund
- Scholarship Funds
Brian McMillen Scholarship Fund
Lee Humphrey Dodd Memorial Scholarship
Dennis L. Sedlak Endowed Scholarship Fund
Criminal Justice Fund
This fund provides money for special opportunities or extraordinary needs.
- Faculty and students can travel to a conference to present their research.
- Faculty can take part in a special opportunity to update their skills. Professors need to be aware of the latest developments in their field, so that they can pass this knowledge on to their students.
- The department can purchase special equipment, test materials, resources, or training modules to help our students attain success and achieve their goals.
These activities and others like them enrich our students immeasurably, enhancing the education they receive at UIS—but we could not do any of them without the discretionary money given to this fund.
Scholarship Funds
The Criminal Justice Department has four targeted scholarship funds.
Brian McMillen Scholarship Fund
On Sunday, October 28, 2007, Brian McMillen, an Illinois State Trooper, and graduate of UIS' Criminal Justice Department, was tragically killed in the line of duty. He received the Purple Heart Medal from the Illinois State Police. To honor him, family and friends established a scholarship in his honor for students majoring in criminal justice and active on campus or as a community citizen. Through their generous donations, especially of Professor Emerita Barbara Hayler, the fund is now endowed, creating a lasting legacy of this fine young man, excellent state trooper, husband, son, and friend. Your gifts now will increase the amount of the award each year. Please continue to give!
Lee Humphrey Dodd Memorial Scholarship
In 1994, Lee Humphrey Dodd, a Springfield-area attorney, became the first woman to be named first assistant state's attorney. Ms. Dodd was also a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Springfield Junior League, American Business Club, Inn of Court, and the Sangamon County Bar Association. The Lee Humphrey Dodd Memorial Scholarship was established in 1996 by her family in honor of her life and to assist students like her in Public Affairs. To be eligible, students must be a Legal Studies or Criminal Justice major with a minimum GPA of 3.0. Preference given to female applicants.
Dennis L. Sedlak Endowed Scholarship Fund
What began as a thoughtful gift to UIS in 1992 has developed into an endowed scholarship fund for freshman or transfer students entering criminal justice studies. Dennis Sedlak enrolled at UIS (then Sangamon State University) in the early 1970s through an Illinois law enforcement program. His instructors revolutionized the concept of law enforcement's role in the community, especially in the area of race relations. Now Mr. Sedlak is giving back to the University – and Illinois communities – through the Dennis L. Sedlak Endowed Scholarship fund, designed to assist criminal justice students. According to Mr. Sedlak, these students are entering a career that has more "civic rewards than financial ones." Through the fund, he seeks to lessen the burden of debt its recipients will face after graduation. If no student in Criminal Justice meets the scholarship requirements, the award will go to a student in Business Administration.
Other Options
Not interested in any of the funds above? Then you can create your own scholarship fund that targets the students you specify in the Criminal Justice Department. As the principle donor of this new scholarship, you would get to name the fund and establish the selection criteria.
We welcome your inquiries. Please feel free to contact us.