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I like eggs...and other ramblings
After having my entire world view shattered by a heartbreaking loss to the hated Packers last week, I took a few days off from PP.O and football in general to gather my thoughts and find my center...
...it didn't help.
The more I think about it, the more concerned I become.
Our Offense is easily one of the worst I have ever seen us field, and our Defensive Achilles Heel has been exposed.
Those two elements combine to make one very bad outlook.
On the Negative Side:
Brad Johnson:
A lot of people are pounding on Brad Johnson...and not just opposing DE's.
On one hand, they raise a valid point in saying that Brad is not driving the team well...the point they conveniently overlook is that there is NO ONE on our depth chart who can step in and take over.
I no longer buy the "Brad won a Superbowl" line...that was 4 years ago, and at his age, 4 years is a LONG time.
Trent Dilfer won one 6 years ago, and I don't want him in there either.
However, he does have the ability to read defenses - more so than anyone else we have - and has had sufficient arm strength to hit our receivers deep...even though they drop most of them.
So, on the Brad Johnson issue, for me anyway, it's a wash.
I certainly hope he's not the starter next season, but I'm resigned to the fact that he's our best chance to win THIS season.
Don't bother arguing this statement, that fight has been fought too many times in the past three weeks with nothing more than opinion and conjecture to support any change at the QB position.
Unless Brad tanks the next 2 games, he finishes out the season as the starter.
Our Wide Receivers...and I use the term loosely.
Versus Green Bay, they actually performed fairly well.
Bethel Johnson and Billy McMullen were fabulous in the 2nd quarter.
Too bad none of the others showed up.
The largest part of my anger here is reserved for Troy Williamson.
Receivers are supposed to improve with experience...he has gotten worse.
He has dropped critical balls...repeatedly...and not been able to elevate his play.
I could easily see him being phased out of the lineup next season if this trend continues.
While none of the others have done anything to change the overall picture of mediocrity that the mere mention of our receivers elicits, none of them have contributed more to that negative image than Troy has either.
On the whole, this is not a group we, as Viking fans, are proud of, and they're certainly not a group to be widely feared by opposing Defenses.
The Offensive Line:
I can't decide which I like least, the play of Bryant McKinnie after he signed a big money deal for 7 years, or the play of the entire right side.
McKinnie gets beat everywhere except into the buffet line, and the right side is so bad that I have seen - and heard - people asking for Rosenthal to be put in.
Yes, ROSENTHAL!?!?!?!?!
Either people have forgotten how bad he was last season, or the current right side is worse.
I can't say because I have elected to block most of last season from my memory.
Either way, the dominant line we all hoped for has not come to fruition this season.
Any thought of blaming this on "gelling" should have been put to bed by now, this unit simply isn't that good.
Birk and Hutch cannot block everyone, while Hicks and Johnson can't block anyone and McKinnie can only seem to block during the run.
Again, however, we don't have anyone on the roster from whom we would expect better.
Our Pass Defense.
Contrary to popular belief, we actually have one...we've simply misplaced it.
Here again there are plenty of fingers to be pointed, but many of them are at the wrong people.
The truth is that our Linebackers are not very good in coverage, and any team with a fast TE or fast slot guy will likely feed on the crossing route all game long.
With our secondary, I have to ask why we don't play Man more instead of living and dying by the Cover 2 zone...I have no answers to that.
Maybe it's flashbacks to the torching Steve Smith put on Fred Smoot last season...or maybe it's something else.
I don't know what it is, but I certainly hope Mike Tomlin fixes it soon.
New England gave every team in the NFL the road map to success versus the Viking Defense.
Don't bother running on them, just spread the Secondary and hit the slot guy crossing, the back in the flats, or anyone being covered by Ronyell Whitaker.
Seriously, this guy is to our secondary - and our entire Defense - what the French are to warfare....a liability.
Twice he's been torched for game-winning TD's (Chicago and Green Bay).
Virtually every long play opponents have pulled off against us was HIS coverage.
Jeeez, we might as well go get Ahmad Carroll.
Oh....wait.....no.....Jacksonville already did - and look how well they've done since doing so.
The Pass Rush:
Where did it go?
In our first 5 games we FEASTED on opposing QBs.
Rex Grossman was so traumatized, his white pants had a big yellow stain in front after meeting our guys.
fast forward to last week, and Brett Favre - whose pants were already yellow - hardly got touched.
Kind of makes you wonder what's going on when an O-Line as bad as Green Bay's can stop a D-Line as "good" as ours (It also makes you wonder why their crappy O-Line can put ours to shame).
Bottom line, we NEED to pay the QB more visits.
No matter who it is, they need to hear footsteps on every single play until they are BEGING their Coach to call all running plays.
The irony here is that in last weeks game, Singer and I commented repeatedly that we much preferred the Packers to have a 3rd and 2 than a 3rd and 8.
If they ran, our "D" would stuff them....HARD.
But they converted many of the long ones.
Part of that was the fact that Whitaker was in, but part of it was the lack of pressure the D-Line brought.
That needs to improve....obviously.
Play Calling:
We didn't see too much silly stuff last week.
We took a few shots downfield, and two of them went for 6 - which is always nice.
We did seem to give up on the run, but their linebackers were hitting anything that moved.
All in all, this aspect didn't look to be a big factor in our dismal showing last week.
It still gets mentioned in the negative column because of the two "game-on-the-line" plays called this season that wound up being deep balls...off target.
When the short ball and the running game are your bread-and-butter, don't throw the fade route with all the marbles riding on it.
Especially if your QB and your receivers haven't been on the same page all season long.
The only other aspect that bothers me here is the lack of involvement the TE's have.
The trouble is, I don't know WHY they are so ignored.
Is it the play, Brad's read, or aren't they open?
I don't know so I'll drop it in here for now.
Stupid Penalties:
While it is a given that there are very few "smart" penalties, I refer primarily to those that either dig us into a big hole, dig "them" out of a big hole, or bring back TD's.
And that about sums up every penalty we've taken this season.
Granted, a good handful of those flags are flat out bovine excrement (The illegal block in the back that cost us Johnson's TD return last week...complete cow poo), but many more times they're simply guys not executing or executing poorly (Is there really a difference between those two?).
Marcus Johnson draws a lot of attention for his contribution to our penalty total.
Travis Taylor has had the most points brought back for drawing flags - but 2 of those were flat out cow caca, so he gets a pass on that.
Bottom line, the penalties reflect the way our team is playing right now, and that is POORLY.
Once our guys start executing properly, penalties should diminish.
Well, I don't have to number these.
Our Run "D" is #1 in the league...that's a plus.
Bethel Johnson has been worth his salary, both as a receiver and as a returner.
Marcus Johnson should soon be healthy, that will help our receiver corps.
Fred Smoot will be back this week - putting Whitaker on the bench where he belongs (I think they should super-glue him there).
Smoot caught a lot of bad PR early on, but has steadily improved over the past few weeks.
And, lest I forget, Chester Taylor!!!!!
He's been rock solid for us.
He's not flashy, but he present a real threat every time he touches the ball.
Tony Richardson goes here as well for his excellent play.
Mewelde Moore has been playing like a man who lost his starting job and is considering making a run for it again...I hope he keeps it up.
While I see a Wild Card as a HUGE long shot, I think we can salvage the season by going 8-8...or 7-9.....or even 6-10.
Bottom line here is that many of the problems I listed above CAN be corrected NOW.
And, if we correct them, that takes pressure off of the ones we can't address now, but can in the off season.
All in all, we have a decent team to build upon, so that is a HUGE positive in my book.
With a good draft and a few solid FA signings, we could easily be in the hunt next season...we just need something positive to build off of, starting NOW.
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Nice summary Caine, I'm guessing you are not going to pay me for the Ronyell Whitaker jersey now.
I sure hope some of these woes are improved on this week on the peninsula, will be a tough game.Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. Mark Twain
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Well done.
I liked your take on the overall situation.All you need to be a successful coach is a patient wife, a loyal dog and a good quarterback, not necessarily in that order. - Bud Grant
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"Caine" wrote:
I no longer buy the "Brad won a Superbowl" line...that was 4 years ago, and at his age, 4 years is a LONG time.
In the SB, 21 of their points were scored on 3 interceptions that were taken to the the house & another that lead to a FG. Pittman also had 124 yards rushing. Their offense was only 6-15 on 3rd down conversions.
Johnson did throw 2 TD passes, despite being picked off on their opening drive.
There are a lot of QB's who have rings, but how well did they play when they were 38?
I see a lot of his woes coming from poor offensive line play & receivers either not getting open or dropping passes. But I also see him trying to make things happen & force the ball more than he used to. Earlier in the season, he seemed more apt to throw the ball away than to try & make a play, but lately it seems like he's making poorer decisions. That's my opinion anyways.
"If at first you don't succeed, parachuting is not for you"
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"singersp" wrote:
I see a lot of his woes coming from poor offensive line play & receivers either not getting open or dropping passes. But I also see him trying to make things happen & force the ball more than he used to. Earlier in the season, he seemed more apt to throw the ball away than to try & make a play, but lately it seems like he's making poorer decisions. That's my opinion anyways.
What I mean by that is, when Brad was playing a more controlled game, we didn't score points because we lack the big play guys to break out.
The fans and the media start hounding the Vikes for their lack of ability to score, and point most often - and most loudly - at Brad Johnson.
Brad, in an attempt to reverse the trend, strats taking more chances and winds up turning the ball over more, and still not scoring.
We saw this recipe in Green Bay last season when Brett Favre, feeling the pressure of an empty receiver corps and a poor offense, attempted to make things happen on his own....to the tune of 22 INTs.
Brad Johnson is following the exact same model....without the arm that Favre has.
Sure, a lot of things contribute to our inability to perform on Offense, and not all of them are directly related to Brad Johnson, but he HAS to control those aspects for which he IS responsible.
He's not doing that.
There are a lot of things we need in order to be a successful franchise.
One of those things is a real GM, not a puppet-show spearheaded by Zygi Wilf (Whose football "cred" is about as distinguished as mine).
Another is a real OC and not an empty OC title without any real OC responsibility.
Until the two men at the top of the food chain get over their ego trips - or increase thier achievement on the learning curve - the bulk of the attention is likely to rest on Brad Johnson.
In comparrison, I believe Johnson has far less to do with our lack of success to date than either Zygi Wilf or Brad Childress.
The ironic thing is those two get a bye on the entire ordeal while Brad gets thrown to the wolves.
Life's a biatch.
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Antec's TruePower 750W offers good performance at a good price
Subject: Cases and Cooling | July 8, 2014 - 05:47 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: PSU, antec, 750w, 80 Plus Gold, TruePower Classic
[H]ard|OCP reviewed the highest powered model of the new TruePower Classic lineup, the 750W non-modular 80 Plus Gold rated PSU which has a lot of advertising hype to live up to. Inside it is a highly modified Seasonic G-Series with quality capacitors, though the fan is only of middling quality. This PSU did pass every test that was thrown at it bit did not quite provide the same high performance as other PSUs [H] tested that used the same design. On the other hand at $103 it does not cost as much either making it a good example of compromise between extreme performance and extreme cost.
"Antec comes to us today with a mid-level 750 watt enthusiast computer power supply that touts Gold efficiency. This PSU is somewhat light on marketing and heavy on features such as Japanese capacitors, "unprecedented tight voltage regulation," and low ripple and noise to "maximize your system's performance."
Here are some more Cases & Cooling reviews from around the web:
- Antec High Current Pro Platinum 850 W @ techPowerUp
- be quiet! TFX Power 2 300W Gold @ Kitguru
- Seasonic Platinum-1200 @ [H]ard|OCP
- Deepcool Quanta DQ1250 1250 W @ techPowerUp
- eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Update
Antec Launches HCP-1300 Platinum Power Supply For Extreme Crypto Mining Rigs
Subject: General Tech | February 28, 2014 - 12:07 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: power supply, HCP-1300, antec, 80 Plus Platinum
Antec has released a new high capacity HCP-1300 Platinum power supply fit for the highest-end workstations and cryptocurrency mining rigs. The 80 PLUS Platinum rated PSU is up to 94% efficient meaning less wasted electricity and more profit for miners running power hungry GPU farms. The HCP-1300 Platinum, as the name implies can deliver up to 1300W to the system, including 10 PCI-E power connectors.
The new PSU uses a fully modular design with a look towards the future. Antec is using 16-pin cable connectors for future modular cables as well as a 20+8 pin motherboard connector to accommodate future ATX motherboards that might require an additional four power pins over today's 20+4 pin boards. A 135mm fan keeps the internal components cool at high loads. Other enthusiast-friendly features include CircuitShield technology and an OC Link connector. The OC Link allows adventurous enthusiasts and miners to connect two HCP-1300 Platinum power supplies together and have them work in tandem to power a single ultra high end system (hopefully you miners attempting this are plugging the PSUs into dedicated AC circuits!).
This enthusiast PSU comes at a premium, however. In fact, the Antec HCP-1300 Platinum will set you back $312 for a single unit. On the bright side, it does come with a generous seven year warranty.
Will this beastly power supply be at the heart of your next Dream System?
Introduction and Technical Specifications
Courtesy of Antec
Antec is an established company and brand-name in the computer component space, offering quality solutions for everything from cases and power supplies to thermal paste and case-mounted fan controllers. Their latest foray is into the world of liquid cooling. The KUHLER H20 1250 is their flagship liquid cooler, featuring an all-in-one dual pump design, a 240mm x 120mm x 25mm aluminum radiator, and hardware monitoring support via the integrated USB cable and the included Antec Grid software. The KUHLER H2O 1250 comes standard with support for all current Intel and AMD CPU offerings. To gage the performance of Antec's flagship cooler, we set it against several other high-performance liquid and air-based coolers. With a retail MSRP of $109.99, the KUHLER H2O 1250 cooler comes at a premium for all the premium features it has to offer.
Courtesy of Antec
The KUHLER H2O 1250 liquid cooler was designed for a single purpose, to keep your process as cool as possible. Antec includes two pumps with the unit, one integrated into each fan. The top pump pulls liquid through the radiator and pushes it to the CPU block through the radiator outlet, while the bottom pump pulls water from the CPU block through the radiator inlet and pushes it through the radiator towards the top pump.
Continue reading our review of the Antec KUHLER H20 1250 all-in-one liquid cooler!
Antec bumps up it's Kuhler series with the 1250
Subject: Cases and Cooling | February 24, 2014 - 02:45 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: antec, all in one, water cooler, KUHLER H20 1250
As you might expect from the name, the Antec Kuhler 1250 is a larger version of the popular all in one liquid CPU coolers. This model is designed for overclockers, with a radiator measuring 159mm x 120mm x 27mm which does limit the amount of enclosures it will fit in unless you plan on an external mount. As it is only $10 more than the smaller 950 it comes out ahead on [H]ard|OCP's dollar to performance ratio; at $120 it is a bit of an investment but for overclockers it is a decent solution to heat problems.
"Antec and its All-In-One sealed system CPU coolers have been around for a good while now. We still have some of its first series working well here in the HardOCP offices. Today we have Antec's newly designed high end Kuhler model 1250. It has some unique offerings all based on new cold plates and big double fan radiator."
Here are some more Cases & Cooling reviews from around the web:
- Antec KUHLER H2O 950 Liquid CPU Cooling System @ NikKTech
- be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 @ Kitguru
- BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 3 Low Noise Heatsink Review @ Frostytech
- Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 CPU Cooler @ NikKTech
- Raijintek Pallas Low Profile CPU Cooler @ eTeknix
- Scythe Ashura Shadow Heatsink Review @ Frostytech
- XFX Type 01 Bravo Case Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Silverstone PS09 Micro-ATX @ eTeknix
- Cooler Master HAF Stacker 935 Case Review @ Hardware Asylum
- Bitfenix Phenon Mini-ITX case Review! @ Bjorn3D
- Corsair Obsidian 250D Mini-ITX @ Benchmark Reviews
- NZXT H440 Mid-Tower Case Review @ Legit Reviews
- BitFenix Phenom Mini-ITX @ techPowerUp
- Cougar MX500 Mid Tower Case @ Kitguru
- Fractal Design Arc XL @ eTeknix
- NZXT H440 Mid-Tower Case Review @HiTech Legion
Antec's High Current Pro 850W Platinum is worth its weight in ...
Subject: Memory | October 16, 2013 - 04:55 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: antec, HCP-850 Platinum, modular psu, 80 Plus Platinum, Antec High Current Pro
If high efficiency is your preference then the Antec High Current Pro series is probably familiar to you. Legit Reviews just reviewed their most powerful model, providing up to 850W and sporting four 40A 12V rails to power the six PCIe power connectors. The fully modular design is great for keeping your case clean and the clear labellings on the PSU ensures you can properly balance the load between the 12V rails. It performed admirably but the retail price of ~$200 did disappoint Legit Reviews somewhat.
"Today we will be having a close look at the 850W version of the High Current Pro series, the HCP-850. The HCP-850 is a modular power supply with a very long list of features and a seven year long warranty. As all of the High Current Pro products, the HCP-850 also comes with an 80Plus Platinum certification, the highest currently available on a retail product..."
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- Enermax Triathlor 700W Semi-Modular Power Supply @ eTeknix
- Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 450W and 550W @ Hardware.info
- SilverStone Strider Gold 650W Power Supply Review @ OCIA
- Antec Neo Eco 520W Semi-Modular Power Supply @ eTeknix
- OCZ Fatal1ty OCZ-FTY750W Power Supply Review @ HiTech Legion
- Cougar PowerX 550W @ TechARP
- Thortech Thunderbolt 1200W @ eTeknix
- Antec High Current Pro Platinum 850W @ [H]ard|OCP
- Corsair RM Series 850 W @ techPowerUp
- Corsair RM650 Power Supply Review @ Legit Reviews
- Be Quiet Pure Power L8 500W Power Supply Review @HiTech Legion
- Corsair RM650 @ Kitguru
- Antec HCP-850 Platinum 850W Power Supply Review @HiTech Legion
- Cooler Master V550S with 3D Circuit Design @ techPowerUp
Play wireless Blues on this blue bluetooth speaker from Antec
Subject: General Tech | September 9, 2013 - 07:24 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: wireless audio, speaker, bluetooth, audio, antec, AMP SP1
One of the best features about the Antec AMP SP1 Bluetooth speaker is that it recharges via USB which means you can skip the power cord and not have to buy batteries all the time, though you will have to remember to charge it. It has a 3.5mm jack for direct connection as well but it is easily paired with any Bluetooth capable device with an easily accessible button on the top, between the volume control. The LED on the side not only indicates successful pairing but also gives you an idea of the status of the battery. Drop by Legit Reviews to get an idea how it sounds.
"Antec has been a popular brand for high-performance computer components and accessories for the PC upgrade and do-it-yourself (DIY) markets since 1986. Times are certainly changing in the PC industry and many companies are evolving in order to stay relevant. Antec noticed that the market was changing and in 2012 they introduced a new global electronics division called Antec Mobile Products or A.M.P with the goal of putting state of the art mobile and audio technology into the hands of every user. AMP has introduced a number of headsets, USB power banks and even a speaker. Today, we'll be looking at the AMP SP1 Bluetooth Speaker, which is the companies first and only speaker solution."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Antec SP1 Portable Wireless Bluetooth Speaker @ Benchamrk Reviews
- TDK A360 Wireless 360 Speaker @ NikKTech
- WaveMaster Two White Stereo Speakers @ Kitguru
- Thermaltake BAHAMUT External Sound Card Review @ OCC
- Razer Tiamat 2.2 Gaming Headset Review @ Madshrimps
- Kingston HyperX Gaming Headset @ eTeknix
- TteSports Console One Headset @ eTeknix
- Razer Kraken 7.1 Surround Sound Gaming Headset @ Custom PC Review
- CM Storm Pulse-R Aluminum Gaming Headset Review @ Techgage
- Plantronics GameCom Commander Gaming Headset @ Kitguru
- a.m.p iSO Noise-Canceling Bluetooth Headphones @ NikKTech
- SteelSeries Siberia V2 Heat Orange USB Headset @ NikKTech
- CM Storm Pitch Gaming Earphone @ Kitguru
- Turtle Beach PX22 PC, Xbox & PlayStation Gaming Headset @ eTeknix
- Netgear Powerline Music Extender XAUB2511 @ Kitguru
Antec fully supports Haswell
Subject: General Tech, Cases and Cooling | May 31, 2013 - 05:27 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: antec, haswell, PSU
Antec released two lists today covering the compatibility of both their PSUs and their notebook chargers. If you are worried that your current hardware will not support the new low power states implemented in Haswell check through the list and if your product is listed you are good to go. If not you can treat these as shopping lists for your next PSU or notebook adapter.
Notebook Adapters
Two low cost, high value cases with numbers in their names
Subject: Cases and Cooling | November 29, 2012 - 03:35 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: corsair, Carbide Series 200R, antec, Three Hundred Two
Generally this contest would be a little more balanced but thanks to the $20 MIR at NewEgg the Corsair Carbide 200R is a mere $30 while Antec's Three Hundred Two will run you $70. Both cases have a similar look, with the Corsair case being slightly shorter and thinner but longer than the Antec offering. Both can handle heatsinks up to 7" (17.7mm) with the Corsair case able to handle GPUs of up to 16.5", which is 4" more than the Antec case. Then again only the Antec case is set up to handle mini-ITX motherboards, which makes planning your system ahead of the purchase of one of these cases a very good idea. The Tech Report compares these two cases in their latest review, see which case walked away with the award.
"We've compared the successor to Antec's famous Three Hundred enclosure to a new, similarly priced entrant, the Carbide Series 200R—Corsair's cheapest enclosure ever. The results may surprise you."
Here are some more Cases & Cooling reviews from around the web:
- Silverstone Sugo SG09 SFF Case Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Antec ISK110 VESA M-ITX Chassis @ eTeknix
- Enermax Ostrog Giant Case Review @ Hardware Secrets
- Nanoxia Deep Silence 1 Case @ AnandTech
- Fractal Design Node 304 mITX Case Review: Paving the Way to the Future @ AnandTech
- Fractal Design NODE 304 @ techPowerUp
- Cooler Master CM Storm Stryker Computer Case Review @ Madshrimps
- BitFenix Ghost PC Chassis @ eTeknix
- Corsair Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid Cooler Review @ Pro-Clockers
- Corsair H80i Liquid CPU Cooler @ Kitguru
- Corsair H100i @ Guru of 3D
- Keeping it Cool: Corsair Hydro H60 Update and H55 Review @ Techgage
- NZXT Respire T20 and T40 Heatsink Video Overview @ Hi Tech Legion
- Looking for the BEST CPU Cooler? Use Frostytech's Top 5 Heatsink Charts
- Be Quiet! Shadow Rock TopFlow CPU Cooler @ eTeknix
- Xigmatek Prime SD1484 CPU Cooler @ FunkyKit
- Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 Plus Cooler @ Kitguru
- NZXT Respire T20 and T40 CPU Cooler Review: Changing the Perception of Value Priced Cooling @Hi Tech Legion
- Silverstone Heligon HE01 Heatsink Review @ Frostytech
- Noctua NH-L9i and NH-L9a Low Profile CPU Cooler Review @ Hi Tech Legion
- Rosewill AIOLOS CPU Cooler Review @ Hardware Secrets
- Sapphire Vapor-X CPU Cooler @ eTeknix
Get Platinum power for about $100
Subject: Cases and Cooling | August 17, 2012 - 06:11 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: PSU, antec, 80plus platinum, Earthwatts Platinum 650W
At $120 on NewEgg, the Antec Earthwatts Platinum is not a bad choice for those looking for power and efficiency. Although it is SLI rated, with only two 6+2 PCIe power connectors you will need to rely on molex adapters to run two cards and at 650W they will not be current flagship models. Legit Reviews saw some questionable results while testing but for a PSU of this price, especially such a quiet and efficient one, it comes with a recommendation to stop worrying and pick it up.
"When it comes to performance, besides its high electrical efficiency which is expect from an 80Plus Platinum unit. The Earthwatts Platinum 650W PSU also excels in acoustics, with the unit running entirely silent across the entire nominal load range. The high efficiency also allows it to operate at fairly low temperatures as little energy is wasted as heat. Even though most hardcore enthusiasts would find this unit's electrical performance mediocre, we believe that the ripple suppression and voltage regulation of the Earthwatts Platinum 650W unit is more than acceptable for a sub-$100 product..."
Here are some more Cases & Cooling reviews from around the web:
- Raidmax RX-600AF PSU Review @ Rbmods
- Thermaltake Toughpower XT Gold 1375 W @ techPowerUp
- LEPA G850-MAS Power Supply Review @ Hardware Secrets
- Lepa G650 650W Power Supply @ Pro-Clockers
- Corsair Gaming Series GS 800w @ XSReviews
- Corsair AX1200i PSU @ Guru of 3D
- Corsair GS700 Bronze Power Supply Review @ Hardware Secrets
- FSP Aurum Pro 1000w Gold Power Supply Review @ HardwareHeaven
- be quiet! Dark Power Pro 10 850W Power Supply @ Pro-Clockers
- Super Flower GOLDEN KING 1000W Power Supply Unit Review @ NikKTech
- Thermaltake Smart M Series 750W PSU @ Kitguru
- Corsair Professional Series HX850 @ weakTown
- FSP Raider 650 W Power Supply Review @ Hardware Secrets
Join ASUS and PC Per At Fry's For a ROG Gaming Event
Subject: General Tech | July 27, 2012 - 02:35 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: ROG, patriot, gaming, fry's, event, asus, antec
As Ryan alluded to in last night's podcast, there is an upcoming event at the Fry's Electronics store in Sunnyvale, California on the last weekend in July – the 28th and 29th. Specifically, it is the second-annual Republic of Gamers @ Fry's event held by popular motherboard manufacturer ASUS. ASUS, in concert with NVIDIA, Antec, and Patriot Memory will be on hand to answer your questions and listen to your comments. As a gaming-oriented event, the company has lined up several events for the whole family – from casual to hardcore gamers – and has brought along tons of ROG-branded hardware for you to check out. Some of the hardware on hand will include ASUS' Maximus V Extreme and Maximus V Formula Z77 motherboards, its G75 laptops, and Vulcan Active Noise Canceling Headphones. There will also be prize giveaways both in person and online through the various social networks (for those that can't make it in person).
Gaming hardware spans from the ASUS Transformer tablets to custom high-end gaming machines that will be available for you to play a number of different games.
The other major event is a panel hosted by PC Perspective's own Ryan Shrout who will be entertaining the audience along with several hardware manufacturers. The topics of discussion will include tips for first time PC builders, advanced overclocking techniques, general hardware goodness, and a question and answer section where you will get a chance to get answers from the hardware manufacturers on your important questions!
It's is going to be a really fun time, and you will be able to see Ryan and
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The man who died inside a Five Points tattoo parlor Tuesday afternoon said he was going to play Russian Roulette just before shooting and killing himself, according to the coroner.
Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said Mannon Turner, 42, of West Columbia and the owner of Five Points Custom Tattoo walked into the business at 2009 Greene St. together around noon.
Watts said shortly after they got inside, Turner asked two people "if they wanted to play Russian Roulette." They told him to "stop messing around," said Watts.
Watts said Turner then proceeded to unload all but one bullet from the .357 Magnum, spin the cylinder and place it to his head. He pulled the trigger and the weapon discharged striking him in the head, said Watts.
Turner died at the scene, the coroner said.
A Columbia Police Department incident report states Turner has recently purchased the gun.
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Annie was born and raised in Northwest Indiana with her younger sister and parents in Hammond. After spending some time out of the area chasing the radio dream she has moved back to start a family with her two main men: Jager the mutt and fiance Rob. When she is not on the air Annie enjoys cheering her favorite Chicago sports teams (Da Bears, Da Bulls, And Da Sox), hiking, and exploring new fairs and festivals! (Anything Deep Fried she's in!) Annie cannot wait to share her life with you on air and is excited to be back in the Region doing what she loves!
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The house hunt began again yesterday, and I realized I really am a child! Rob and our Realtor Melissa must want to kill me as we look at houses! I found the most awesome swing set to play on last night at a house! I was having the time of my life when I hear in unison "Annie, get down!" Needless to say, awesome swing set NOT so awesome house!
I also realized you see the strangest things when you are looking at other people's houses! Sometimes the personal items you see when opening a closet are kinda creepy! Hide that stuff!!!
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Inspiring Confidence in Our Daughters – #LikeAGirl
You run like a girl. You fight like a girl.
Why do we make statements like this?
How does puberty change a girl's confidence?
For more on Always' #LikeAGirl campaign, click here.
The Relevance of the Resurrection
As a pastor's kid, I was immersed in Christianity from an early age. But only recently, I realized I was missing a very important part of the story.
I was missing the importance and relevance of the Resurrection.
Growing up in a religious culture, we each pick up narratives about who God is and how he interacts with the world. For better or for worse, some of these narratives are false or show just one side of the story.
Around Easter, I have tended to focus on Jesus' death as an atonement for my sin, which it is. He took the punishment that I deserved. Too often though, if I focus on this true narrative, I view God as a judge who loves me when I obey and punishes me when I disobey.
But there is another part to the story that must be viewed in tandem with Jesus's death. Today we celebrate it, yet for many years, I didn't see the power in it.
In the context of Martha's brother Lazarus dying, Jesus tells her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die" (John 11:25-26). Then Jesus demonstrates his power over death by raising Lazarus from the dead.
Soon after Jesus himself dies and rises again to new life.
For too long I focused on Jesus' death and missed the power and relevance of Jesus' resurrection.
The narrative I missed was that Jesus' resurrection and sending of the Holy Spirit enables me to begin living life the way I was designed to live. This has amazing ramifications. It is no longer I that lives but Christ living in me. When God the Father sees me, he doesn't see me with my sin, but he sees His Son Jesus in me. God the Father smiles when he sees me. I am his creation. We are all his creation. He takes pride in his design.
Our new church community at Mile High Vineyard puts a lot of weight on this piece of the narrative that Jesus is alive and living in us today. The Spirit that Jesus gives us speaks through believers in prayer. Prayer is no longer a one way conversation but a two way conversation where the Spirit engages with us and speaks truth.
And the Spirit enables us to join Jesus in rolling out his Kingdom that is breaking back into our current reality. We don't just sit back and pray for Jesus to come quickly, we engage in Kingdom work through the Spirit's power. This Kingdom fights injustice, brings equality, humbles pride, lifts the poor and restores our world's original design.
Too often I've sat in church and wondered, "Is this all there is? Is this what Jesus died and rose again to create?" There seemed to be something missing, and I am beginning to realize that what I was missing was the Resurrection.
Jesus rose again to give us Life.
The Life we were created to live.
The Life that we can't live on our own but only through the indwelling and filling of the Spirit.
Easter is about a death AND a resurrection AND a kingdom that is unfolding that we can participate in.
Why Do We Have to Go to Church?
This morning, as we were getting ready for church, our eight year old daughter blew up in frustration and yelled, "Why do we have to go to church?"
Instead of responding with a quick answer, I was actually glad she asked the question. I would rather have my daughters ask good questions and learn to think for themselves.
After leaving a full-time church job a few months ago, our family hasn't really had to attend church. Each Sunday we have a choice whether to attend or not. And our girls know that.
So why do we attend church? Even the author Donald Miller has written about his personal struggles with attending church.
This month we are focusing each week on one of our family values. This week we are focused on the value of faith and answering Anna's question of why we need to go to church is definitely part of the conversation. Notice it is really about why we NEED to attend church instead of HAVE to attend.
So here is my attempt at how I would answer the question of why church attendance is important to our family. Read the rest of this entry
Jeffco Schools and the Search for Leadership
I am a parent of two daughters in a Jefferson County elementary school. My wife is a paraprofessional at that school. I substitute teach in Jefferson County Schools on occasion. The nonprofit I lead trains and mobilizes reading tutors to work with K-3rd grade students who struggle in reading.
Though I am not a Jeffco graduate myself (Go Arapahoe Warriors!), I care deeply about Jeffco Schools and want to see all 85,000 children succeed in school and in life.
Since the election of three conservative Board of Education members in November and the early resignation of Superintendent Cindy Stevenson this weekend, things are starting to get interesting.
The divisive climate of politics has become local and it is very hard to stay in the middle. The camps are forming. Either you are supportive of the new board majority or you are not. You are with the unions or you are not.
The sad part is that many of us are in the middle. We don't think charter schools are the magic antidote for education and we support our neighborhood schools.
But we also think that education is due for some reform. Any organization or company needs to remain on the cutting edge to innovate and keep ahead of a changing culture.
I also believe in education innovation when I look at our Edgewater schools. At our three Edgewater schools, over 90% of the children receive free or reduced lunch because of poverty in their families. Yet when you compare the test scores at these three schools with three schools in southwest Littleton where we used to live, you see a big achievement gap.
This is a moral wrong. Children growing up in poverty have every right to a great education. The achievement gap should not exist yet in reality it does.
We have some great teachers and school leaders here in Edgewater but we can do better. I believe that if we can rally our community around our schools and change the education paradigm, we could see the achievement gap bridged.
Continuing to do things the way we always have done it doesn't cut it anywhere. My daughters' friends deserve better. Don't lower your expectations just because we are poor. Right now a Jefferson (our local high school) graduate is on the Colorado Supreme Court, another is a Congressman and yet another is the bodyguard for Peyton Manning. With a great education, imagine where the next Jefferson High graduate might end up.
So circling back to the events of the weekend, I am frustrated on many levels with what happened. What I am most frustrated with is that the focus is now away from the 85,000 kids in our district. Union members are spreading fear and rumors. The three board members are demonized and any change they bring up is automatically thrown out. And because this new majority is silent on their agenda, then people assume the worst.
Finding common ground is possible. I've seen it happen in Jeffco Schools in the last month. I am part of the Choice Enrollment Steering Committee and have seen people from different education philosophies work together for 85,000 kids in the district. We sit down and listen to each other without jumping to conclusions. We have built relationships and stay focused on the task that unites us.
To each of the current Jeffco Board of Education members, I implore you to lead and focus the district on the common good of 85,000 children. To the Board majority, build bridges and start to dialogue in public about your ideas for the district. Board President Ken Witt has already started to do this by appearing on KHOW on February 11 (listen here). To the unions in Jeffco, don't fall to the level of spreading fear and speculation. To quote the wise Yoda, ""Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."
What we need right now in Jefferson County Schools is a leader.
Someone to unite our community around the common good of 85,000 children with hopes and dreams.
At this point that leader needs to be one of you sitting on the Board of Education.
Ken Witt. Julie Williams. Lesley Dahlkemper. John Newkirk. Jill Fellman.
Which one of you will step up and lead?
Connecting at Church and Wimping Out
Ever have those moments when you are transported back to your awkward middle school stage? I had one of those tonight. Driving downtown to a brewery, I couldn't find a parking spot so I just turned around and drove home. I was supposed to meet a group from church that shared my interest in craft beer. But I wimped out.
Connecting into a new church is hard.
For eleven years of marriage, Hillary and I were always part of churches where I worked. Connecting with people took work but is wasn't that hard because I was on staff. We developed relationships with volunteers or people in that specific ministry area and it happened naturally.
This fall though we started attending a great church just north of us in Arvada called Mile High Vineyard. Walking into church on Sunday mornings for a few weeks we were anonymous which was actually kind of nice. No one had expectations of us. We were just another family at church.
But then Hillary and I realized it was time to be part of the church community not just a place to worship on Sunday mornings. Mile High made it easy to connect and meet staff with a Connect Lunch on the first Sunday of each month. There were only 15 or so of us and we had the opportunity to meet one of the pastors.
We are still trying to figure out how to meet other families. How do you do that? There are so many fears that run through our minds. If we show up to a small group what if they all know each other really well and we don't fit in? And do we even have time for more relationships when we are trying to connect with our neighbors in meaningful ways?
Our kids are having a hard time too because they are so used to being the pastor's kids and all their teachers having to report to their dad. They have to figure out their own identity at church which is even harder when they are in separate classes.
All of this has a point.
Connecting into a new church is hard and it takes time for it to happen naturally. It takes effort and it doesn't happen overnight.
I also think it is important for pastors to understand how hard it is for people to connect into a church. Create easy avenues for new people to connect with other new people. Pastors, if you haven't experienced what it is like to connect into a new church when you aren't on staff, listen to the stories of people in your church who have experienced it.
We are meant to be in community. Church isn't really about singing and listening to a lecture. It is about discipleship that happens in the midst of relationships.
But like everything that is good in this world, it takes work.
Coffee and the Fear of Failure
I'm scared to death.
This week I've done something I thought I could never bring myself to do again.
I've jumped back into the coffee business.
I'm scared because the last time I jumped into the coffee business, it ended in failure.
In the spring of 2003, two idealist college grads started a coffee bar at Denver Seminary called Kurios Koffee. Drew Moser and I didn't know much about running a coffee bar but we were crazy enough to jump into it. For two years it went well as Drew and I were the main baristas along with my brother Ben, who we paid in free coffee.
Then Drew graduated seminary and I bought out his portion of Kurios Koffee. Then I started as a full-time youth pastor and started paying employees to run the coffee shop. Three years later, we were up to our ears in debt and the enrollment at Denver Seminary wasn't growing as we thought it would with a new campus in Littleton.
So Hillary and I decided to close the coffee shop instead of going deeper into debt.
Kurios Koffee failed.
After all this my business mentor told me, "The worst thing you can do is never try again."
I didn't believe him. There was no way I was jumping back in again. I was done.
Fast forward a few years. Edgewater Coffee Company was closing on December 31, 2013 and as a community we needed to find a way to keep the space open as a neighborhood place to drink great coffee and connect with neighbors.
I fought the idea of stepping in for months.
I couldn't do it.
The last time I ran a coffee shop it ended in failure and debt.
I couldn't even step foot on the campus of Denver Seminary for years because the feelings of failure were too much to bear.
But something/Someone deep in my spirit was telling me to jump back into it.
So on Monday, January 6 I put my barista apron back on and the nonprofit I lead, Edgewater Collective, assumed management of the Edgewater Coffee House. We are going to see if we can continue the great work of Edgewater Coffee Company's founder, Gina Hartley, and make the coffee house viable in Edgewater. These days nonprofits are experimenting with social entrepreneurship and ventures that feed profit back into the nonprofit.
It is amazing how my experiences with Kurios Koffee inform my role leading a nonprofit and especially managing the coffee house.
That doesn't mean that I am not afraid of what could happen.
But fear is a great motivator.
And failure is the best teacher.
I firmly believe and have experienced that the joy of success only comes out of pain of failure.
Developing Your Family's Mission and Values
Hillary and I have been reading through Bruce Feiler's new book "The Secrets of Happy Families" and have been devouring it. The ideas and principles are different from any other parenting book yet practically transformative. Definitely worth picking up!
One of the insights Feiler found as he talked to different families was coming up with a list of values and mission statement that are unique to your family. I don't want to explain the whole process because I really think you should pick up the book. In chapter 3 titled "Branding Your Family," Feiler dives into how it is important to discover and communicate your family "brand." So often we develop values and mission for our work but don't bring those principles home.
On New Year's Eve, we sat down with our girls and came up with ten values that fit our family. We asked our girls the following four questions from The Secrets of Happy Families:
- What words best describe what we want our family to be like?
- What is most important to our family?
- What are our strengths as a family?
- What sayings best capture our family?
We kept the discussion short because we wanted to keep their interest but it was cool to see what was going through their minds. It is so important to have our girls play a role in what our family is becoming.
Now we will hang these values and mission statement by our kitchen table so we can refer to them with the girls.
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Operation Christmas Child and Public Schools
There's a brouhaha going on in our Denver metro area over a public charter school that organized a gift drive with "Operation Christmas Child." The school decided to cancel this year's project because of concerns from the American Humanist Association.
You can read more about the story here.
I will try to be wise about what I say because some of the parents organizing this drive are from a church that I used to work at. Also, I would like to point out that we as a family have participated in Operation Christmas Child before and it helped to focus our kids on giving instead of getting over the holidays.
Here are some of my concerns with a public school sponsoring a project with Operation Christmas Child:
Our country is based on religious freedom for all religions. In my opinion, this means that we need to create equal opportunity for all religions in the public square. For this reason, public schools stay away from religion because if they go down that road, they have to provide equal access for all religions. For some reason Christians push their religion in public schools, yet don't provide equal opportunity for Muslims, Jews and Buddhists.
Operation Christmas Child and its parent organization Samaritan's Purse are unapologetically Christian. Their website states, "Gift-filled shoeboxes are a powerful way to introduce children to God's greatest gift, salvation through Jesus Christ." As a follower of Christ I don't have anything against Samaritan's Purse. But Operation Christmas Child is clearly evangelistic and to use the secular word "proselytizing."
Therefore, I don't think it's appropriate for a public school to partner with Operation Christmas Child.
This issue is very important to me because we have friends at our daughters' school who come from different religious traditions. As followers of Christ, we need to be aware of those who view the world differently from us. Fighting for our religious rights and pushing our beliefs into the public schools does not build bridges. If anything it pushes people away from Jesus.
If you want to participate in Operation Christmas Child, join with church members or other believers. Just don't bring it into the public school. And if you really want to protect your religious "rights," enroll at Front Range, a great Christian school right up the road in Littleton. They offer an excellent Christian education for elementary and high school students.


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Oprah Winfrey most likely saved Krista Leighton's life.In December 2008, Leighton, Randolph's director of career development, happened to see an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show featuring Christina Applegate. Cancer ran in Applegate's family, and she had been having regular mammograms for years. However, a doctor encouraged Applegate to have an MRI as a precaution, and the star was ultimately diagnosed with breast cancer.
After watching the show, Leighton, who had been having pain and the general sense that something was not right, talked to her doctor and scheduled an MRI.
In May 2009, she was at one of her favorite vacation spots in Nags Head, North Carolina, when she got the phone call that would change everything; the doctor told her she had breast cancer. "I couldn't believe it was real," Leighton said. "I think at that exact time it became more of an outer body experience. It was like I was looking at myself from the outside in."
From that moment on, 45-year-old Leighton became caught up in a whirlwind of doctor visits, research, testing, and decision-making. She chose to have a double mastectomy with an immediate breast reconstruction. After the surgery, Leighton remembers being in the recovery room and thinking, "Thank goodness this is over, and it's gone."
Unfortunately, that was far from the truth. The cancer had spread to her lymph nodes, requiring chemotherapy. Her recovery lasted longer than anticipated, and exactly one year from the day she was diagnosed with cancer, Leighton developed a blood clot that eventually led to an embolism. Today, she is still undergoing restoration surgeries and struggling with the physical limitations caused by the mastectomy, but is grateful for the support of the Randolph community. "It's worth the fight," she said. "Attitude is everything."
Leighton is proud to be a survivor but has learned that healing takes longer than most people realize. "It's never over," Leighton said. "It's always there. There are days that without question I would rather just stay in bed. "
But day by day, she has gotten stronger—physically and emotionally. "I'm different than I was before. I worry more, and I'm more cautious. But I also don't take things for granted. I know you have to believe in yourself and in the power of hope."
That hope and faith were sometimes in short supply during the tougher moments of her battle with cancer. But Leighton is determined to keep looking forward.
"I haven't been back to Nags Head since the year I was diagnosed," Leighton said. "It reminded me of a very negative time in my life. But I was looking at pictures the other day and thought that it was time that I went back. I need to make it a fun place again."


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Here some linkage on this Monday.
USA Today's Michael Hiestand talks about the drama that was the Ryder Cup at Medinah.
In Sports Business Journal, John Ourand notes that NBC Sports Network's ratings have really fallen after getting big ratings for the 2012 London Olympics.
John reports that Fox Sports is about to renew its deal with NASCAR.
Over to the ESPN Front Row PR blog where ESPN PR maven Bill Hofheimer tells us that tonight's Monday Night Football game between Chicago and Dallas will be Mike Tirico's 100th contest. Congrats, Mike!
Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal delves into which MLB announcer is the most biased and the results will probably confirm your suspicions.
Bloomberg's John Helyar, Scott Church and Scott Soshnick report on MLB's secret TV deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Ed Sherman at The Sherman Report says the European post-Ryder Cup press conference was an embarrassment to golf.
Ed explains how the Ryder Cup become a coveted property for NBC Sports after it was originally a sleepy event.
And Ed talks with NBC's Roger Maltbie about his first job in television.
Mike Barnes of the Hollywood Reporter remembers former ABC and CBS motorsports voice Chris Economaki who died last week at the age of 91.
R. Thomas Umstead of Multichannel News says the Pro Bowlers Tour is back on ESPN.
As part of a special section, Advertising Age's Brian Steinberg notes that NBC's Seth Winter is one of the publications Media Mavens.
Karen Hogan of Sports Video Group writes about the launch of Comcast SportsNet Houston which kicks off on participating cable and satellite systems (not DirecTV though) today.
Mike McCarthy at Sports Biz USA talks about how track athletes are attempting to unionize to combat the International Olympic Committee's Rule 40 which prevents them from being in non-Olympic sponsor ads during the Games.
At the New York Post, Phil Mushnick wants NBC's announcers to kick Tiger Woods to the curb.
Newsday's Neil Best says Fox's Michael Strahan and co-host of "Live with Kelly and Michael" says he got good practice for his latest gig by talking with reporters when he was a New York Football Giant.
Pete Dougherty from the Albany Times Union talks with NFL Network's Rich Eisen.
Jim Williams of the Washington Examiner talks with MLB Network Radio co-host Jim Duquette about the Nationals.
David Barron from the Houston Chronicle tells us about today's launch of the latest Comcast SportsNet regional sports network.
Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal and Sentinel says the Green Bay Packers got screwed by the replacement and the real NFL referees.
Chicagoland Radio and Media says WGN in Chicago, not WGN America, will air tonight's Bears-Cowboys Monday Night Football game plus a locally produced pregame show.
Paul M. Banks of Chicago Sports Media Watch says former Comcast SportsNet reporter Sarah Kustok received an honor last week.
Dusty Saunders at the Denver Post notes that CBS' Jim Nantz and Phil Simms will have called three consecutive Broncos games after next Sunday.
Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News has the SoCal sports calendar for this week.
Tom has five things he learned from the weekend.
Bruce Dowbiggin from the Toronto Globe and Mail says drunk tweets from an NHL player made the lockout hit home.
Raju Mudhar of the Toronto Star previews this week's Blogs with Balls 5 event which takes place in Canada for the first time.
At SB Nation's Puck The Media, Steve Lepore notes that four sports networks will combine for 50 college hockey regular season games, none of them named "ESPN".
Steve DelVecchio at Larry Brown Sports says comedian Norm MacDonald actually predicted the European Ryder Cup comeback on Twitter the night before Sunday's matches.
EPL Talk says Fox Soccer needs its own English Premier League highlight show similar to what BBC has in its venerable "Match of the Day."
Sports Media Watch says ESPN will shuffle an IndyCar race in primetime to ABC next year.
Matt Yoder at Awful Announcing has ten minutes of bloopers from New York Yankees radio voice John Sterling.
Matt notes that NBC inserted salsa music for Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz after scoring a touchdown for the second time in as many seasons.
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Family and friends of a North Texas football player mourned his death and remembered his life at a vigil Saturday night.
Jaquis Jones died after going under and disappearing in Lewisville Lake for more than a half hour.
Firefighters eventually found the 17-year old and performed CPR but he later died at a hospital.
He went to the lake with friends to celebrate the end of the school year
He was a player on Carrollton's Newman Smith High School football team and was being targeted by major universities.
"He will be remembered as a light. He will be remembered as that .. as that .. unending energy that he bought ever single day--whether it is in the classroom, whether it is in the lunchroom, whether it is down here locker room or out of the football field in 100 degree heat in august-- he loved everything," said his coach Paul Ressa.
Besides being known as a good football player, Jones is also being remembered as a loving and considerate son.
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Roasted Autumn Vegetable and Grain Salad with Blue Cheese and Cranberry Vinaigrette
ð 2 T. Quinoa, cooked
ð 2 T. Bulgar Wheat, cooked
ð 2 T. Barley, cooked
ð 1 tps. Olive Oil
ð 1/4 Cup Dried Cranberries, rehydrated
ð ½ T. Parsley, minced
ð ¾ Cup Rocket
ð 3 T. Cranberry Vinaigrette
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Ñ ¼ cup cranberry juice
Ñ 2 T. white wine vinegar
Ñ ¾ cup canola oil
ð ½ Cup mixed root vegetables, medium diced
ð 2 T. Blue Cheese, crumble
ð Salt to taste
Stir Quinoa, Bulgar Wheat, Barley, Olive Oil and Cranberries in a mixing bowl. Pack mixture in mold and release onto plate. Toss Rocket and Vinaigrette in a separate bowl. Lightly place salad on top of grain mixture. Place mixed root vegetables around the grain salad. Sprinkle Blue Cheese over top dish.
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WASHINGTON, DC -- Local victim's rights advocate Martha Herm was in Washington DC accepting a national award on Thursday.
The Ed Stout Memorial Award is given each year to someone whose efforts make a difference in the lives of crime victims.
Herm is Executive Director at the Center for Prevention of Abuse.
During the ceremony, Herm was greeted by chairs of the Congressional Victims Rights Caucus and transportation Secretary Ray Lahood.
Herm was introduced by Congressman Aaron Schock, who also nominated her.
"She really diverted a lot of the praise to her one hundred plus staff back in central Illinois who helped her devote her services, who helped her grow the program over the 25 years that she's been there," Schock said.
"It's very humbling, but as I said, our work with kids out at schools is a hope for the future so that we can hopefully work our way out of business in terms of helping victims," Herm said.
Herm is one of two women who accepted the award Thursday.
Hundreds of people across the country were nominated.


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Texas (25-25) at Cleveland (22-26), Saturday, 6:05 p.m. CT
CLEVELAND -- The Rangers have a doubleheader scheduled for Saturday at Progressive Field. The Indians are invited only to the second game.Scott Feldman will be on the mound when the Rangers face the Indians on Saturday night. But Kevin Millwood will also be pitching in a simulated game Saturday afternoon that could go a long way to see when he'll be able to return to the rotation. Millwood has been on the disabled list with a strained right groin since his last start on May 10 against the Athletics. The problem seems to have cleared up, but Millwood hasn't fully tested it. The Rangers want him to be able to throw 60-75 pitches without a problem before they activate him. Saturday's simulated game will determine if he can return to the Rangers' rotation on Friday against the Athletics or if he'll need to go on a medical rehabilitation assignment. "All we can do is see how things go [Saturday], then sit down, put our heads together and see what's best," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "We'll watch him closely [Saturday] and decide where he goes from there." Pitching matchup
TEX: RHP Scott Feldman (1-1, 4.10 ERA)
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Percy Jackson
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|Percy Jackson
|Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Heroes of Olympus character
|First appearance
|The Lightning Thief
|Created by
|Rick Riordan
|Portrayed by
|Logan Lerman
|Immortal Parent
|Poseidon, Neptune (mythology)
healing factor
Weather Manipulation
|Full name
|Perseus Jackson
|Percy, Seaweed Brain
|Camper at Camp Half-Blood
Savior of Olympus, Hero of Olympus, Son of Posiedon, Son of Neptune,Slayer of Medusa
|Poseidon (father)
Sally Jackson (mother)
Tyson (half-brother)
Paul Blofis (stepfather)
Gabe Ugliano (ex-stepfather) Zeus (uncle)
Hades (uncle) Kronos (grandfather)
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|Annabeth Chase
|Anaklusmos (Riptide), Water
Perseus "Percy" Jackson is the title character and narrator of Rick Riordan's[1] Percy Jackson & the Olympians series and a protagonist in the sequel series The Heroes of Olympus, which are part of the Camp Half-Blood chronicles.
Percy Jackson begins the series as a 12 year-old boy who has been expelled from every school he has ever attended. Suffering from ADHD and dyslexia, he is a demigod who moves between the modern world of the United States and the world of Greek mythology.
Percy's father is Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. Initially, Percy resented his father, feeling as if he were abandoned, but as he sees more of his father, they form a close bond. He has a half-brother named Tyson, a cyclops. At first, Percy was ashamed to have a monster as a brother, but he later grew fond of the cyclops after the adventures they had together. It was revealed later that Tyson prayed for a friend to his father, and so Poseidon sent him Percy. He is also related to Frank Zhang, as Frank's maternal ancestors link him to Poseidon.
Percy's birthdate occurs on August 18.
Percy is described as handsome with black hair, and bright sea green eyes. Sally (Percy's mother) had once said that Percy looked exactly like his father, Poseidon.
A natural leader, he is brave, spirited, and willing to risk his life for those he cares about. His sense of humor is sarcastic and intelligent, and his demeanor is laid-back. While he can be intelligent at times, Percy can act unintelligent and absent minded. His prowess has earned him the respect of all Olympians, including Artemis, who dislikes men; Dionysus, who dislikes heroes; and Hades, who dislikes humans.
Some of Percy's friends are misfits and outcasts with a few exceptions, and his "fatal flaw", according to Athena, is excessive personal loyalty. She says that he would risk the world and even his own life to save a loved one. Kronos exploited this trait in Percy Jackson & the Olympians by putting his friends in peril so that Percy would try to save them and be killed in the process. In The Son of Neptune, Mars tells Frank that he believes this loyalty could hinder the completion of the Prophecy of Seven, but Hera states that his fatal flaw will keep the seven together. Hera also mentions that when a daughter of Athena, such as Annabeth, comes to Rome, it will cause trouble.
Like most demigods, Percy has ADHD and dyslexia, the former because of his natural battle instincts, and the latter because his brain is meant to understand Ancient Greek and not English. Percy has limited clairvoyance because of his father's unpredictable nature. Sometimes in his visions, Percy is another person, such as Heracles. He has a Greek, unpredictable, singular fighting style and is an expert swordsman. After bathing in the River Styx, Percy was given the curse of Achilles, which he loses when it is swept away in the Little Tiber. In addition, he has an empathy link with his best friend and satyr protector for Camp Half-Blood, Grover.
Being a son of Poseidon, one of the "Big Three" gods (the others being Zeus and Hades), Percy is more powerful than most of the other children of gods, and he has a degree of divine authority over his father's domains and subjects. Because he is the son of the god of the sea, Percy is given several water-induced abilities, such as hydrokinesis, a disproportionate amount of superhuman clarity, strength, speed, agility, and endurance in the water, water propulsion, breathing underwater, immunity in water, water solidification, sailing skills, communication with marine animals, aerokinesis of hurricanes and water-related storms, cryokinesis, heat resistance, and healing when in contact with water.
Magical items[edit]
Percy's main weapon is Anaklusmos, which is the Greek word for Riptide. It is made of celestial bronze and was given to him by Chiron. He first used it against Mrs. Dodds, his pre-algebra teacher, when she turned into a Fury and attacked him. When not in sword form, Riptide appears as a ballpoint pen that writes with celestial bronze ink. It will work only against gods and demigods. It passes through mortals without harming them. It was a weapon of Heracles, who received it from Zoë Nightshade (who was a child of Atlas; she later was a hunter of Artemis using words like "thee" and "thy"). He also uses javelins with a grappling hook and an explosive setting on occasion.
Percy has several magical items from battles against monsters. The first of these is the horn of the Minotaur, which he obtained after killing the beast, assuming that it had killed his mother. Another is the head of Medusa, which he cut off after killing it. When he killed the Nemean Lion, its pelt turned into a lionskin coat but then, later on, he throws it into the sea as an offering to Poseidon.
Magical pets and companions[edit]
Percy has two magical pets and companions. The first is Blackjack, a Pegasus that Percy liberated in The Sea of Monsters. Since then, Blackjack has become his personal steed and the two can speak to each other, Blackjack repeatedly has to save Percy's life. Blackjack is quite fond of sugar cubes and doughnuts. The second is Mrs. O'Leary, a pet hellhound that he received from Daedalus (Quintus in the first chapters) before the inventor died in The Battle of the Labyrinth. He refers to Mrs. O'Leary as his "dog". The mist somehow causes her to appear as a poodle to mortals.
- ^ "Rick Riordan". Retrieved 8 April 2013.
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- Fictional characters with accelerated healing
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Real Estate Brokers' Association (REBA) member and business owner Carol Kaplan dances an Argentine tango with La Jolla High graduate and professional dance instructor, Darren Lees.
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Close to 350 people attended the La Jolla Town Council's La Jolla Dancing with the Stars fundraiser Oct. 5 at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines Hotel.
Ten La Jolla and San Diego notables paired up with professional dancers, vying for the attention of five judges, whose critiques provided enough levity to keep attendees entertained throughout the evening.
When the dust had settled, KUSI-TV morning anchor Brandi Williams (dancing with Brodie Kaster) took home the first place "MiraBall" award, winning a trip to New Orleans, while Scripps Clinic's Chief of Cardiology, Dr. Paul Teirstein (dancing with Silke Miller), nabbed the audience favorite award, winning a trip to Santa Barbara on a private jet. Awards also went to:
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Event Chair Nancy Gardner credited the success of the sold-out, star-studded fundraiser to the dedication of the event committee, including: "Laurnie Durisoe, who turned our ballroom into a magical Mirror Ball vision; and Natasha Alexander, for her beautiful graphics."
Gardner also gave thanks to the dancers, as well as hostess Mary Murphy, event consultant and judge Jonathan Roberts and judges Billy Ray Smith, Scott Kaplan, Ramin Pourteymour and Assistant San Diego Police chief Shelly Zimmerman.
"The support of the San Diego community was overwhelming and I'm told we didn't disappoint," Gardner said. "I had a great time and made some wonderful, lasting friendships with those who danced and gave so much."
Town Council member and event organizer Ramin Pourteymour purchased four high-ticket auction items, which he donated to the dancers. He presented La Jolla philanthropists Sally and John Thornton with a private jet excursion to Santa Barbara for their contributions to San Diego (Sally Thornton also danced with Tony Prado, and was bestowed a "Diva of Dance" Lifetime Achievement award). Pourteymour also provided the trips for winners Williams and Teirstein, and a trip for Erica Davis, who did a dance routine in a wheelchair.
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