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Founded as a teaching college in 1910, Kent State holds a place in history as the site of a violent student protest of the U.S. invasion of Cambodia. After four days of rioting in May of 1970, 13 students were shot by National Guardsmen, four of whom were killed. The following year the Center for Peaceful Change was established to promote nonviolent democratic values, which today exists as the Center for Applied Conflict Management. Kent State continues to maintain an important role in the research and education of nonviolent conflict resolution.
One of the nation's largest multi-campus universities, Kent State is comprised of eight campuses in northeast Ohio. The main campus in Kent is enormous, offering 22,000 students 236 undergraduate degree options, 24 dorms, a 12-story library, and dozens of restaurants and dining halls. Students who desire a smaller liberal arts environment may attend any of the seven other regional campuses, located in the cities of Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Salem, Geauga, Stark, Trumbull, and Tuscarawas. Students at these campuses may pursue associate degrees in 40 disciplines that apply toward any bachelor's degree programs at the main campus.
The array of degree options is vast, encompassing undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and certificate programs in liberal arts and the natural sciences. Some degree programs can even be completed in three years. The four most popular freshman majors are psychology, business management, biological sciences, and pre-nursing; an additional 15% of freshman are classified as 'exploratory,' meaning they have not declared a major.
With such a wide range of available courses of study, Kent State recognizes that it may be difficult for first-time students to choose a field of interest. To that end, 'exploratory' freshman participate in the EXCEL living and learning program. Students are enrolled in core classes while given special resources to help them discover a suitable major. Consultations with faculty advisement staff, study sessions with participating students, a special residence hall, and peer mentoring are all designed to help these students choose a major by the end of their first year.
Though enrollment is large, each Kent State campus is well staffed; about half of all classes contain fewer than 20 students. Kent State's online classes provide students with a dedicated community and a diversity of tracks. Many of Kent's degree programs are offered partially or entirely online, at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Kent's list of online-only certificate programs is also lengthy. Just a few examples of these online-only options include:
1. M.Ed. in Evaluation and Measurement
2. B.S. in Insurance Studies
3. M.A. in Journalism Education
4. M.S. in Knowledge Management
5. Master of Library Science (M.L.S.)
6. RN to BSN Nursing
7. Master in Public Administration (M.P.A.)
All of Kent State's campuses offer a vibrant student life experience. The size of the university enables it to offer clubs, activities and events that appeal to all students. Collegiate political organizations, service clubs, leadership programs, Greek life, and cultural associations comprise over 200 student-led groups on campus. A fully equipped fitness center, campus athletics and proximity to major cities in Ohio rounds out the available extracurricular options.
Though Kent State was the site of one of the most infamous collegiate incidents in U.S. history, the school has rebounded quite nicely in the last 40 years. Today, the Ohio mega-campus is recognized as a national leader in higher education where incoming students can choose from a wealth of academic programs, both on campus and online.


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"I have felt that the conditions of spontaneity and mobility of elements which I have been working with create a more urgent and intense "communication" throughout the entire process, from composing to the final realization of a work, I prefer that each "final form," which each performance necessarily produces, be a collaborative adventure, and that the work and its conditions of human involvement remain a 'living' potential of engagement." (Earle Brown, General Directions For Performance)
Hans Tammen uses Earle Brown's open form composition idea as a starting point to create a large multi-movement piece for a 15-piece ensemble + live sound processing.
He received composer commissions for the Third Eye Orchestra from the American Composers Forum, underwritten by the Jerome Fondation, and the New York State Council On The Arts (NYSCA). The CD was produced with funds from the New York State Music Funds.
The core ensemble in New York City consists of string quartet, wind/brass quartet, two pianos/keyboards, guitar, bass, percussion, voice and live sound processing. The ensemble released a CD of a 2006 Roulette performance as "Antecedent / Consequent" on the Innova label. All About Jazz called the music "nothing short of breathtaking", and "a masterpiece of musical evocation".
Performance Excerpts
A version for an all-electronics ensemble see here: Third Eye Dark Circuits Orchestra
CD-Recording on Innova: Antecedent/Precedent
Link to the CD page: "Third Eye Orchestra", recorded 2006, released on Innova in 2008. To purchase, see the Innova site here.
NYC Third Eye Orchestra Performers since 2006:
Live Sound Processing & Voice: Dafna Naphtali
Violins: Mari Kimura, Jason Hwang, David Soldier, Sarah Bernstein, Mark Feldman, Rebecca Cherry
Viola: Stephanie Griffin, Jason Hwang
Cello: Tomas Ullrich, Ha-Yang Kim, Alex Waterman
Reeds: Briggan Kraus, Marty Ehrlich, Ned Rothenberg, Ferdinand Rexforth, Eddy Rollin, Michael Lytle
Flutes: Robert Dick, Marty Ehrlich
Trombone: Detlef Landeck, Chris McIntyre
Trumpet: Herb Robertson
Piano/Keyboard: Ursel Schlicht, Denman Maroney
Guitar: Nick Didkovsky
Accordion: Andrea Parkins
Theremin/Gongs: David Simons
Bass: Stomu Takeishi, Jonas Tauber
Percussion: Satoshi Takeishi, Andrew Drury

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The dog, the dog, he's at it again!
to the OP:
I'm pretty sure the ancient astronaut stuff has been debunked here many times in the past. I'm too lazy to search for threads, but I'll bet there are over a dozen. I recall some of the previous discussions.
The ghost stuff, less so here, because it isn't astro related.
I don't know why we can be so quick to dismiss everything "occultish" or "psychic".
I am a skeptic at heart but I don't like absolutes when all the information is not available. I have had some strange pre-cog type of stuff happen but I think its all related to string theory anyway.
Put in perspective, alchemy thrived in the absence of knowledge of the periodic table and atomic structure. Alchemy was the chemistry of the day.
In terms of physics, Newton had something to work with -- Kepler's laws of planetary motion. He was the one who caused the old paradigms to crumble. The short version is that he set out to explain Kepler's laws, and invented calculus and differential equations as well as his law of universal gravitation to do it.
Had Mendeleev's periodic table been known to Newton, there is no telling what he might have done, the guy was scary smart. We might have had atomic theory in the 17th century.
Newton is a very bad example if you are looking for someone who believes in things known to be contrary to science. He was the science of his day. And on the side he ran the English Exchequer.
There is a huge difference between Newton's pursuit and development of science based on what was known in his time and someone in today's world claiming to be educated and still believing in the supernatural. The former is a description of a huge intellect revolutionizing science. The latter is a complete misuse of the word "educated".
so no truly educated person can believe in the supernatural, you think?
I have seen two kinds who are less likely to realize it. The first kind have been raised to wholeheartedly accept the aforementioned "all opinions are equally valid." (For the record, I think this is true, but in a much more specific way--the way where it really is an opinion and not something which can be objectively tested. I like peanut butter; Graham does not. Our opinions are equally valid, except he's wrong.) The other have a real and serious disconnect in their brains, alas, and we can't get beyond that.So even people who don't really have the concept of critical thinking or skeptisism or whathaveyou are usually still able to, well, perhaps instinctively feel that in some cases they are indeed being fooled (by themselves, as the case may be).
I have a friend who's an educated, intelligent woman--with a slight leaning toward CTs. This is because she is ignorant in the particulars. I've explained several details to her in the past, and I've put things in historical perspective, and generally, she changes her mind. However, when the next conspiracy comes down the pike, she leans toward it. However, as I recall, she graduated with a BA/** from a college which, while not much on what are called "quantitative skills" (math, mostly), does in some of its departments produce excellent scientists in the few fields it has programs for. (Environmental science and, apparently, viral phage research.) It's the only field where she posits ahead of her evidence. Then again, at least she'll change her mind based on evidence, right?
"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"
"You can't erase icing."
"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"
I've e-mailed him the links to the BA Blog, JREF and this forum. Assuming he has any time to follow up on the search recommndations I provided him (did I mention he's a middle school principal AND taking his doctorate courses?), we'll see whether he clings to the "wishful thinking" perspective or shifts to a more evidence based view. ;-)
These programs do such a disservice to science in general and to impressionable children that I find them reprehensible, which is why I felt obliged to comment to my uncle, the educator, expecting him to agree with me. Little did I know... ;-) It was made more annoying by the fact we had just had a prolonged discussion about the sad lack of critical thinking in modern curricula where he DID agree with me.
Thanks so much for everyone who has commented here and reminded me about some of the resources available.
I wouldn't fault the man for provisionally accepting phlogiston theory as correct. There're probably theories now that will seem as quaint in centuries to come.
How about electrical engineers that do amazing work, but are Young Earth Creationists?
How about physicists that toss salt over their shoulder?
Marine biologists that avoid black cats?
Entomologists that believe in ghosts?
Like who ? And doing "amazing work" does not necessarily make one either educated or knowledgable with regard to science. I certainly would not want a Young Earth Creationist teaching science or being held up as a model of how to think critically and rationally.Originally Posted by skeptic
If your point is that crazy people can do good work, then that is nothing new. John Nash was a spectacular mathematician, and won the Nobel Prize in economics. He was also certifiably insane for much of his life. His good work was not a result of his imbalance, and amazingly he recovered after many years and is once again productive.
If you are trying to justify superstition as an acceptable aspect of rational thought and logic then forget it. Whether someone has done good creative work or not has no bearing on the fact that irrationality is irrational. Some have done good work despite irrational episodes. Many more have not.
How about physicists that toss Young Creationists over their shoulder ?Originally Posted by skeptic
Maybe they don't like cats.Originally Posted by skeptic
Sounds pretty buggy. Any examples of note ?Originally Posted by skeptic
So it's all or nothing? If someone isn't a genius, they're an idiot? If someone isn't perfect, then they're the opposite? Seriously, that's the kind of logic we're dealing with here.
Also, what's with redefining the word "educated"? Just because I learn mathematics, doesn't mean I can't believe in ghosts. Yes, my logic would be flawed if I believed in ghosts, but that doesn't mean that I suddenly don't know mathematics. Perhaps you can prove otherwise, Rocket?
The dog, the dog, he's at it again!
Reductionist and proud of it.
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. Benjamin Franklin
Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails. Clarence Darrow
A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. Mark Twain
Most of us have irrational aspects to our character, but they should be acknowledged for the blemishes they are.
I would hope that if you taught mathematics, you wouldn't attempt to promote a belief in ghosts in the lesson.Originally Posted by SolusLupus
What one teaches in the classroom is irrelevant to the main point.I would hope that if you taught mathematics, you wouldn't attempt to promote a belief in ghosts in the lesson.
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While it's not explicit in the OP, I thought this thread was largely about cognitive dissonance specifically -- which would be reflected in things like a person being able to teach legit maths "by the book" and yet believe in ghosts simultaneously (relatively speaking)
One might like to argue such a thing really doesn't exist but instead the evidence points to a different explanation of course. Still, I feel it's a more parsimonous explanation than full scale insanity or lack of proper education or whatever would be in many cases.
The dog, the dog, he's at it again!
I think it is more a blemish to be unable to grasp that we are a flea in a hurricane in this universe, and our fleeting 3score years and ten opinion isn't the be all and end all of the matter.
also what has cognitive dissonance got to do with this;;; I thought that came about through actual contradiction between thought, belief and deed..
no; I just think there are supernatural mechanisms at work that enable a person to carry on existing after they are physically dead. I believe in heaven too(and some sort of God if I can get away with mentioning that), and ghosts maybe trapped here or just visiting from there or just ideal thoughts of people there....yeah, that'll probably sound a bit irrational to some, ....I didn't believe in and after life until my late twenties, when I saw What Dreams May Come(the Robin Williams film)...and that sort of changed my view, for some reason.
There may be supernatural forces at work (though I am convinced there are not); since they can't really be proved or disproved, belief in them (or disbelief) is not what I mean by irrational.
Believing something that goes against evidence and reason is irrational.
that's what I don't understand.
there may be evidence of things that were thought to be ghosts, but turned out to be something else, but that isn't evidence against the existenece of ghosts.
And reason should lead one to try to see that one's own perspective may be a very small part of a greater picture...perhaps you could describe the reasoning behind the idea that a belief in ghosts is irrational.
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eta...just saw this...
Why should we agree to an obvious attempt to shift the burden of proof? Why don't you tell us why belief in ghosts is not irrational?...perhaps you could describe the reasoning behind the idea that a belief in ghosts is irrational.
yeah, well, personal experience=evidence
as far as I see it.
"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"
"You can't erase icing."
"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"
Due to the specialization of knowledge in our society, it seems reasonable to me someone can be "well educated", "well read", "lettered", "erudite", even "learned" and still cling to one or more beliefs that are distinctly superstitious or possibly irrational because they are outside that individual's area of study. In my experience, it is a very human response to rely on the "expertise" of others in matters outside one's own sphere. The trouble is that popular media quite often use sensational reports to garner sales so the only "experts" many of us are likely to read or hear with regard to paranormal subject matter are the woo woo band leaders.
It is my hope that my uncle will be willing to alter his stance regarding "evidence" of UFO sightings and spirit hauntings when he has examined the facts and sees that all of the presented material is actually wishful thinking and pareidolia combined with extremely unreliable anecdotes. I maintain this hope because of what I know about his intellect and his commitment to lifelong learning.
Okay, let me a bit more fair about this. My friend from Singapore also believes in... ghosts, supernatural, weird things, whatever. And yes, she's had a personal experience, one that she finds very difficult to explain. (In fact, she's had several such experiences, although some seem more attributable to confusing dreams with reality, some less so).
It's easy to disregard her story, since she, and only she has experienced them -- and even that's dubious, as human memory isn't the most trustworthy thing. But if her experiences are real, and they're very very difficult to explain normally, should she disregard her experiences anyways, or should she be influenced by them?


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"The states that have had the courage to use cameras in the face of opposition of a vocal minority are saving lives," he said.
Courage aside, the debate is complicated by conflicting safety claims. In Florida, the legislative study found that while fatal crashes decreased at intersections on state roads with cameras, other collisions increased.
The same study found that camera revenue in 79 jurisdictions soared 215 percent in the past three fiscal years, to $119 million. Individual fines are $158, nearly half of which goes to pay camera vendors, the study said. Critics say the results don't justify the money cities collect from residents or the privacy that is taken away.
"It's a back-door tax increase," said State Sen. Jeff Brandes, a Republican from St. Petersburg and a sponsor of a bill to ban the cameras.
The issue is the way ordinances are enforced, said Charles Territo, spokesman for Tempe, Ariz.-based American Traffic Solutions Inc., which has the camera contract with St. Louis and, formerly, Brick Township.
"There isn't a court yet that has ruled the use of the cameras is illegal," Territo said.
The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that ordinances are unconstitutional because they presume a vehicle's registered owner was driving the car photographed. The law effectively forces owners to prove they weren't driving when ticketed, the court said.
Opponents also say the claim of protecting traffic safety is undermined because the city doesn't count violations toward the loss of a license. Theoretically, said St. Louis lawyer Ryan Keane, someone could blow through 100 red lights and still be driving. Keane successfully argued against a red-light camera law in the suburb of Arnold.
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Southbound Interstate 75 was closed for a short time at the Peace River bridge (mile marker 166) in Charlotte County after a motorcycle crash. The road reopened around 2 p.m.
According to Florida Highway Patrol, 61-year-old Joseph T. Wandolowski was riding his motorcycle south on I-75 when he changed lanes and traveled into the path of an oncoming car.
The driver of that car, 45-year-old Anntoinette Schawn Maxey, turned sharply to the left to avoid the motorcycle and struck a third vehicle driven by 48-year-old James Robert Ready.
Maxey then lost control and traveled back to the right and struck the motorcycle.
The motorcycle caught fire and ended up in the ditch. Maxey's vehicle also traveled into the ditch and struck a tree.
A medical helicopter was called to the scene, and the Wandolowski was taken to the hospital where he later died as a result of his injuries.
Maxey and the passenger in the vehicle, 58-year-old Desmond Singh, suffered minor injuries.
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What has happened to MTV? Does MTV play music anymore? Every time I have turned on Music Television in the last month or two, all I see are Sandblast, The Real World (Parts 1, 2 and 3), The Jon Stewart Show, MTV movie awards nominees special, Jim Carrey interviews, My So-Called Life, Beavis and Butt-head, The Maxs, and occasionally, Ren and Stimpy.
When I do see music, it's MTV Jams or The Grind, and neither of these shows feature artists that actually play instruments. If I want to watch half-naked people dance, I'll just watch a beer commercial. I don't need that on MTV.
So, to the people out there like me who don't like rap and dance music, I say forget about MTV
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9:53am Tuesday 13th November 2012 in Sport By Tim Ashton, Sports Editor
AFC Wimbledon manager Neal Ardley wants to reach the third round of the FA Cup and he does not care who stands in his way.
Speaking after the first round 4-3 win over York City last night (Monday), Ardley played down the possible meeting with MK Dons in the second round.
The "franchise" outfit of League One take on Cambridge City of the Evo Stik Southern League Premier Division tonight (Tuesday) with the winners hosting the Dons on the weekend of December 1 in the second round.
Two goals from Charlie Strutton, plus strikes from Byron Harrison and Jack Midson sent 10-man York City crashing out of the competition in extra time to set up the potentially mouth-watering tie.
Ardley said: "All I want to do now is get this famous club into the third round of the competition, regardless of who we're playing against.
"It is important we have a good cup run and tonight [against York] has shown we can achieve that.
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Frame Rating: High End GPUs Benchmarked at 4K Resolutions
How the Current Cards Stack Up in 4K
Our experiment with early testing of high end graphics cards on a 4K display has definitely been interesting. After using $3000 graphics card configurations on a 50-in 3840x2160 monitor it is going to be a struggle to go back to smaller display and single lowly graphics card. But alas, that is part of the job!
Single GPU Performance
In our testing we looked at four different single GPU options including the GeForce GTX 680, the GTX Titan and AMD's Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition. While the GTX 680 and the HD 7970 both cost around $450, the GTX Titan is more than twice that with a $999 price tag, realistically putting it in a different category all together. That being said, the GeForce GTX Titan is the single best GPU for gaming at 4K resolutions. It was faster than all of the other single GPU variants by a significant margin and was able to do so without introducing any kind of frame latency issues you might see with dual-GPU options.
The Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition was the second best card and considering you can find it for less than half the price, it makes a compelling case at beating out the GTX Titan for 4K bragging rights. It performed better than the GTX 680 2GB and GTX 680 4GB in our testing which follows the results we have seen at 2560x1440 previously.
The GK110 GPU was seemingly built for 4K resolutions
Problems creep up for the Radeon HD 7970 if you consider going to the route of SLI or CrossFire. While the GTX Titan and GTX 680 scale very well in most of our titles at 3840x2160, the Radeon HD 7970s in CrossFire suffer from runt frames and high frame time variance that result in either much lower than expected animation smoothness and/or stutter. The GTX cards in SLI do not have this behavior resulting in a much better multi-card scaling proposition. Yes, the prototype driver would help the HD 7970s out quite a bit, but that option is still weeks or months away.
Single Card Performance
If we limit our options to single cards, whether they be single GPU or dual-GPU, the battle is even more interesting. Because AMD's new Radeon HD 7990 depends on CrossFire technology to perform, the 13.5 beta driver that still has the runt frame and frame time variance problems places it in a very bad light compared to NVIDIA options like the GeForce GTX Titan and the GeForce GTX 690.
The GTX 690 is comprised of two NVIDIA GK104 GPUs that run in SLI, but NVIDIA's multi-GPU options do not demonstrate the same performance issues that CrossFire does thanks to hardware frame metering technology. As it stands today, the GTX 690 is clearly the best card for 4K gaming under $1000. Even better than the GK110 based Titan, the GTX 690 only suffers in a couple of cases with the 2GB frame buffer per GPU despite the 6GB that reside on Titan. Most of the time the frame metering on the GTX 690 produces nearly as smooth animation with better frame rates.
The GTX 690 sits as the best single card for 4K gaming today
If we take into account the prototype driver for the Radeon HD 7990, it makes a good case to take that spot away from the GTX 690. With much more even frame distribution, the dual-Tahiti card looks like a better option in several games even though there is still much work to be had for the driver team to produce frame times as evenly as NVIDIA SLI does. Long story short, even if the prototype driver were available today to consumers in its current form, I still think the GTX 690 would have the advantage. But AMD is on the right track and with some more development they could make their card the better choice.
Final Thoughts
A single frame of a game at 1920x1080 produces 2.0 million pixels. A single frame at 3840x2160 produces 8.3 million pixels. The jump from a 1080p panel to something like the SEIKI 50-in 4K TV we got in last week greatly increases the computing power required for gaming. Users that bought a single GTX 680 or single HD 7970 will find that newer games like Crysis 3 won't breach the 25 FPS level even with image quality settings dropped off the maximum levels a bit. Even GTX Titan buyers will find that their card has a bit of a struggle to keep playable frame rates at this resolution. Gamers that want the ultimate experience on a 4K display or TV will want to own a GTX 690 or better yet, a pair of GTX Titan cards running in SLI. I guess if you are willing to invest in a 4K TV, you should be willing to invest in high performance graphics hardware as well.
4K puppies!
For the hardware community, this is great news. For years now we have lamented about the lack of expansion in the world of monitors; that we were seemingly stuck at 1080p as the game resolution going forward. The advent of the Korean-made 27-in 2560x1440 monitors was one step in the right direction and 4K TVs breaking the $1500 level is yet another. Despite the rivalry between them, both AMD and NVIDIA want these 3840x2160 displays to be cheaper and more widespread as it will push demand for higher performing graphics cards.
I know many users will want my opinion on buying this specific TV for gaming at 4K, but I am hesitant to offer up a full recommendation. I have definitely liked my time with it and found gaming on it be a solid experience, despite the 30 Hz refresh level of the panel itself. You'll more than likely want to play games with Vsync on to avoid the doubled-up instances of visual tearing and if you do that, I think the quad-HD resolution of 4K is a sight to behold.
I'd love to see a photo of this experiment:
Set the desktop to the native 3840x2160 resolution of that TV.
Go into photoshop and draw a checkerboard pattern, and display it zoomed to the "actual pixels" setting.
Get as close to the screen as your digital camera will focus and take a full-res picture of the checkerboard pattern.
That image should both verify that you're getting the full native resolution without scaling, and provide an evaluation of how sharp it would be for normal desktop use.
i see no point of such a high res if the PPI i actually low, give me 27-30 inch panel with this res and i'll be happy, it's all about PPI, not the size.
My thoughts exactly. It seems that 1440p would be a better experience.
It's all about the angle between pixel centers. Further you go, angle is lower (which is good).
If you want such a high [angular] resolution, you can always sit further away, can't you? But if you have a small display with the same resolution, you'd have to sit closer, and you can't keep coming closer forever.
Why did they leave out GTX 690 in SLI?
Does the prototype driver work on Xfire 7970s or is it just for the 7990? Anyone?
Skyrim at 4k. Mmm. Ryan you are such a tease. What with me not being able to afford it for another few years.
Nice article. Can't wait for you to run it again with the new crop of amd cards coming down the pike this fall.
Well I tried to download the MP4 but I get a ridiculous message from MEGA.co.nz saying that "your browser is not modern enough to download a file this large" and I can't download it.
Really?!? I can't download a file <700MB in the latest version of Safari for Snow Leopard? How much is Google paying them for that lame (and completely false) advertisement? FYI, Chrome is using the same underpinnings as my browser, WebKit.
I guess all those 1.5GB Combo Updaters and Service Packs etc that I downloaded never really happened, since I can't download files as large as 684MB according to Mega.
I don't trust anybody that withholds information and lies about why they are holding it back from you.
"3840x2160 is exactly four times the resolution of current 1080p" ??
Please do your maths first...
"3840x2160 is exactly four times the resolution of current 1080p" ??
Please do your maths first...
Well you can fit 4 1080p screens in a 3840x2160 space
When we're dealing with human perspective, resolution is not a pure number of pixels. Pure number of pixels is called "pixel count".
Now, we tend to perceive things this way: 4x4 image is twice as clear / sharp as the same 2x2 image. Therefore, you need to quadruple the pixel count to double "The Resolution". Just like "Retina" iPad looks [up to] twice as sharp as the old one.
1920 x 1080 x 4 = 8294400
3840 x 2160 = 8294400
Hmm...I guess they're pretty close.
1920 x 1080 x 4 = 8294400
3840 x 2160 = 8294400
Hmm...I guess they're pretty close.
How does the GTX 690 with 2gb ram win the day? When I play sleeping dogs maxed out with high red textures I use over 3gb at 2560x1600, how can 2gb be enough for 4K?
Are you banning people for disagreeing with you??
This HDTV supports 120Hz at 1920x1080.
It's been confirmed -- see this post:
Can I play @ 2560x1600 @ 120hz if I bought this monitor and say a 690 or a Titan or two :P
I just wondering if this monitor/TV is able to run that res and refresh rate?
Some tester said this HDTV managed to overclock -- it was able to accept 192Hz at 1280x720 (but that frameskipped). There is no answer about how 2560x1600 120Hz would behave -- someone will need to test that out.
>>> HDMI 1.4 can support 4K resolutions, but it can do so only at 30 Hz That doesn't mean we are limited to 30 FPS of performance though, far from it.
Uhh of course it does. just becuase your card is rendering 100 frames a second doesnt mean you will actually get to see any more than 30 per second if thats all your screen supports.
It does reduce input lag, if we can render 100fps, and send only the most freshly-generated frames to the display.
It does reduce input lag, if we can render 100fps, and send only the most freshly-generated frames to the display.
I have a GTX 690 with two dual DVI and one DisplayPort connectors. Will a 4k signal transmit with a DVI to HDMI adapter?
PS Great review. I almost pulled the trigger on a Sony 55" 4k and then a Sharp PN-K321 just this past weekend. Now I may get the Seiki just to settle my 4k lust until the market catches up.
I have the same card X2 running in Quad SLI ..
Ordered 2 of the Tvs ...
Can't get it to run any Higher than 1080p and it looks like Crap ... 8(
Using the factory Adapters DVI < HDMI that came with the cards from ASUS.
No Joy ...
Even tried a Mini DP to Hdmi cable that I had on my other Rig ... No joy .. dosnt work.
Can anyone shed some light on how they did this Review ?
Why do some of your screenshots only show 1920 x 1200 resolution, yet you claim 2160p resolution across all tests?
Sooooooo....If you got 3 of these TVs could you do 11520x2160 Eyefinity or Surround?
Any possibility of uploading one of the captured video files? Maybe not one of these 4K ones, but some of the ones from the other reviews? I'd like to see the video with the color bars on it, and maybe mess around with running the data extraction myself.
So as I understand this new 4k tech - for desktop use only - does HDMI 1.4 spec only support 30hz refresh rates? If so, that would mean some very stuttery mouse movements (such as the difference between using 1080i and 1080p on the desktop). Very jittery mouse movement.
I am far less interested in what this new "inexpensive" new Seiki monitor can do for me in gaming and more for what it is capable of as far as desktop productivity. If my mouse if jumping around, or when trying to relocate a window, is terribly jittery and craptacular - then I will be waiting for the next gen of graphics support that will enable smooth desktop useage.
I am inclined to believe that it "should" be smooth, considering that 'eyefinity" can handle 6x1080p monitors smoothly. I would certainly love to replace the need for 6 monitors with 2 of these - which would technically provide more usable space.
Any input on this greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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AN academy in Canford Heath has confirmed its roof was leaking just days after council officers were given a tour of the new building project.
However contractors worked over the Christmas holidays and permanent repairs were made before term started on January 6.
Magna Academy Poole, based in Ashdown Close, which is owned by the Aspiration Academies Trust, hosted a tour on Tuesday, December 17, following the completion of the £15million works carried out by Borough of Poole.
Principal Richard Tutt showed council officials around the building, including cabinet member, Cllr Mike White, but it has now emerged that there were small leaks in the roof of the academy.
A spokesperson for the Academy, which opened in September, said: "The building works here at Magna Academy have been carried out by Borough of Poole and are now in their final stages, with final external works underway and minor issues being resolved.
"There have been some small leaks in the roof, but nothing major, and these have been rectified by the contractors quickly to enable the smooth operation of the academy to continue.
"It has not been disruptive to students and we have not had to shut off large areas of the academy building."
Hugh Lambourne, senior property manager, Borough of Poole, said: "The leak appeared recently, and the roof has been performing well until now. The contractor, Balfour Beatty, liaised with the roofing company to ensure the issue was resolved as quickly as possible.
"The contractor is responsible for repairing the leak with minimal disruption to the school, and there will be no cost to either the council or the Academy."
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Larry Lutz, long known as "Larry the Legend," felt it was time to retire. So after 36 years of owning and operating Lilburn Tire on Lawrenceville Highway, he sold his business to longtime employee Brett Moulder. Two knee replacements curtailed most of the outdoor adventures that earned him his nickname, so he's no longer the outdoorsman he used to be. But the hundreds of pictures and paraphernalia that bedeck the building and chronicle his life are still there. And so is Lutz.
Lutz didn't set out to be a legend in the tire business. He earned a degree in industrial management from Georgia Tech, but after some restaurant and sales jobs that didn't seem to suit him, he was looking for another way to earn a living.
One day, he opened a flier from a tire service that came in the mail and saw the name of what he believed to be a high school classmate. Out of curiousity, Lutz went to see if it was the same guy.
Not only was it his classmate, but he just happened to be short-handed and asked Lutz if her could help out for two weeks.
Those two weeks led to Lutz eventually buying the business.
"It was the first job I ever had that didn't require a coat and tie," Lutz said, but it didn't take him long to settle in to a more casual look.
It also didn't take long to start decorating his workspace. One wall is filled with pictures of him conquering the wilderness, living in tents and lean-toes he built himself from fallen trees. Another wall holds pictures of his scuba diving feats.
Behind the counter Lutz displayed World War II pictures from his family and those of employees Moulder and Mike Rust, whose fathers had all fought in that war. From the early aughts, rows of plaques depict his support for the Lilburn T-Birds, a girls' softball team.
Lutz also posted some aerial pictures of Lawrenceville Highway when it was only two lane and hardly developed. And even with things he couldn't get pictures of, he has stories that locals told him about landmarks like the old Baptismal font behind his building which was used over a century ago.
Other accents include a few animal skulls he picked up from his walks through the wilderness and a windowsill full of cacti, some of which are over 20 years old.
"These things are conversation starters, especially the pictures from the war," Lutz said. "Customers bring their kids in here to see the pictures and tell them about how their parents brought them here when they were kids."
Yes, Lutz tried to retire, but twice a week he comes back by popular demand. It seems there are some people who refuse to have anyone but The Legend balance their tires. So he can't just go away and retire. He has to stick around and "re-tire."
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That's unique--a tire store and museum!
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Nice article on a great bunch of guys!!
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Nice profile on Mr. Lutz—well done


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Steak House1200 Brickell Ave, Miami, FL(305) 400-9990, "Melt-in-your-mouth" beef "prepared as ordered" is the rule at this "high-end steakhouse" chain with "impeccable" service and "clubby" "dignified surroundings"; "credit cards cringe" at the mere mention of its name, but it's worth a "splurge" for "special occasions" Of the high-end chains definitely the best steaks, served unadulterated, no crazy rubs or seasonings, just great steak. The "menu presentation" is fun once, but give your server a break and pass on it otherwise.
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First of all I am a huge huge Sabbath fan and have all original releases as well as tons of bootleg and rare audio and video. That said, I can understand why Iommi may have been less than thrilled about the release of this. I thought it would be thrilling to hear alternate versions of Planet Caravan and Paranoid. I suspect though that these were just place-holder lyrics. Scratch vocals. The lyrics on these versions are really sub par and I doubt Geezer had worked them yet. The quad mix I hear sounds muddy and not good. I don't hold Sabbath at fault at all for this. I just see it as one more example of how greedy record companies are. And it bothers me no one bit that they are suffering now from their own greed and stupidity. And they still don't get it.
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Don`t get me wrong, I thought the remaster sounds great. Haven`t got to hear the bonus disc yet. My problem is with the Quad transfer. As well I thought I was having problems with my surround system. Not sure if this from the quad master itself and they just released it as is with no frills or a poor transfer from an old home retail tape that was laying around in somebody`s garage. Maybe the book will say what. All I know is you can barely hear Ozzy`s Vocals on "War Pigs". Had my surround speakers all the way up. And sounds muddy as can be.
The images for the dvd is a pretty nice change from just 1 picture but in my opinion got a little monotonous after awhile (Repeating pictures-but that`s not really an issue. This is DVD Audio).
I could rant on but I won`t. I`m stil giving 4 stars though.
UPDATE: After really listening to this mess a second time(the dvd that is) and finding out it was sourced from vinyl,My question now is "Why even Bother?!"
Why bother to even pull such a stunt if the quad masters don`t exist? I`m no professional but come on! Lets get real here!
I feel like I`ve been ripped off now. It would have been just fine if it was just released with the 2 cd`s by themselves and leave the dvd out.
Too bad I can`t get a refund otherwise this would be shipped back. What a way to treat a classic album and screw the Fans over! I Wonder if the record company reads these reviews. Maybe they would get the hint.
1. Some are reporting that the Quad mix is muddy and are giving this release low points because of it. First of all, the quad mix is not just the album put in 4.0. This was an entirely new mix done in 1974 (using alternate guitar, bass and drum parts) when the album was given a more psychedelic sound by the original engineers. The only change made to it was to put it from 4.0 to 5.1 adding subwoofer and center channel to the mix, and it's amazing to hear! While it's a softer sound than the original album, it does not sound muddy on my equipment at all (I'm playing it on a Denon DVD-2910 and Denon AVR 1909 — so nothing crazy high-end in terms of the equipment), in fact it sounds wild! (Make sure you choose 5.1 from the screen menu b/c there's a standard 2.0 mix for those who don't have a home-theater set-up).
2. Of the original album itself this is the single best remaster job bar none. The original CDs are terribly muddy. The Rhino remasters are a joke of overcompression that completely squashed any mid-range. The Castle and Japanese remasters were decent, but this Sanctuary remaster is the only one to get it 100% RIGHT, as in how the album sounded new on vinyl (which meant the correct blend of mid, high and low-range), allowing the instruments' individual flavors to be properly represented. Absolutely brilliant!
3. The disc of extras are for real fans of the band who get excited about embryonic versions of songs. This is a treasure trove of material, with Master of Reality and the debut album containing even more exciting things, including alternate instrumentation ("Lord of this World" played on slide guitar!), never-before heard songs ("Weevil Woman '71) and uncut songs (Iommi's original version of "Warning" was 10 minutes longer!) On Paranoid, we get demo versions that include prototypes of "Paranoid" and "Planet Caravan" before proper lyrics were given them (and Ozzy singing whatever came into his head to establish the melody lines). Again, for real fans of the band, this is a serious treat!
To clarify the band's position: While Iommi has never cherished this kind of thing like fans do, the band were behind this release (as evidenced by interviews and their quotes in the sleeve — which btw is well-written and loaded with information); the albums were held back solely due to the apportioning of royalty rights, which have thankfully been settled.
I bought this for the SACD mentioned in the description. However, after receiving it, I found that it does not contain an SACD, but a standard DVD (not even DVD-Audio). I did a little research and discovered that Paranoid was never released on SACD. THE DESCRIPTION IS WRONG – NO SACD. I contacted Amazon about the blatant error, and they responded with "…blah blah blah, talk to the seller…" They didn't even acknowledge the erroneous description that I brought to their attention. I noticed that another review mentioned that the error was corrected, but as of the time of my purchase, and of this writing, it is still wrong.
Rejoice, people – this is truly the exception from the "rule" that new remasters are worse than the older CD editions! This is probably THE BEST sounding "Paranoid" CD.
It's definitly better than 1996 Castle CD and 2004 Black Box release (don't believe what J. Siegler says). There are some other CD editions which I have never (or a long time ago) listened to, but I don't think they are better.
And there's edition which I own for some time, 2001 Sanctuary "mini vinyl replicas" 8-disc box-set.
This new 2009 edition is released on the same label – Sanctuary. I must say that guys there know their job. So – congratulations and respect to Sanctuary!
After detailed analysis it seems to me that they used the same source as in 2001, but remastered it in a different way. Both 2001 and 2009 editions have loudness boosting just very slightly over the edge, basically unnoticeable, which makes them incomparably better than most of today's releases with ridiculously boosted loudness. So there's almost NO trace of small dynamic range, distortion and compression.
When I compared 2001 and 2009 edition:
2001 has LESS NOISE and MORE BASS; 2001 sounds muddy, with prominent low range, while 2009 sounds more natural, with prominent mid-range.
They both sound good, and eventually it's up to the listener to decide which sound he/she prefers. I'm not 100% sure which one sounds closer to the original 1970 vinyl (I could know that only if I put that LP in mint condition on a high-end turnatable and make comparison – but that will never happen)… but my final conclusion is: I think that this 2009 CD is the closest thing to the original record.
This new remaster also came out as a double LP – if someone is interested in that. That vinyl edition should sound even better, if you have the right equipment in your home.
All this being said, for me the most important value of this new edition is not remastered sound of the original album (disc 1), but bonus tracks.
Disc 2 is NOT CD, but DVD, which contains 1974 QUADROPHONIC MIX of "Paranoid". I'm not really interested in that, but I know there are some who are. DVD has menu, where you can choose the songs and audio options (stereo or 5.1), and after the playback starts, you have video too! Nothing important, but nice – different pictures (artwork from all Sabbath releases related to "Paranoid") move on screen in the tempo of current song.
I didn't know and didn't believe that disc 1 will have such a superior sound, so the reason why I ordered this was disc 3. It contains those 8 album tracks, but in a way that no-one has ever heard before! Because they are in fact studio out-takes: 5 of them are instrumentals and 3 are alternative versions! All unreleased for 38 years and 9 months! Maybe some will not be thrilled with that, but I am. It was fantastic experience to listen those songs, which are full of interesting surprises; gives you completely new listening experience of that classic.
Also, there's beautiful 24-page booklet, with tons of linear notes (haven't read them, but some say they are not too great) and related pictures, even from the original Paranoid tour programme.
And one more thing…
From what I heard, it was a long, hard battle… between Tony Iommi camp and record company… maybe even for a couple of years. This release was several times announced and then stopped at the last moment. But I guess now that Mr. Iommi definitely lost legal battles. There are already announcements of releasing the other Sabbath classics as expanded deluxe editions. I feel that we won't have to wait much to get "Master of reality" unreleased out-takes…
I'm sorry if all this happened against the will of Iommi & Sabbath, I do respect them and their wishes, but only up to a point – because as much I love Sabbath, even more I love myself. And I really WANT Sabbath unreleased stuff… me and thousands of other Sabbath fans. And I feel that we are true fans, even if we'll give money for something that Iommi didn't want to see the light of the day. And these 2001 and 2009 Sanctuary releases, although without blessing from the band, are infinitely better products than 2004 Black Box which had all the blessings.


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on Jul 6, 2007 at 1:08 pm
I love the library but I have two questions. The only books available for downloading (which is SOOO cool) are audio and reference books? Like the books you can't check out at the library? No mysteries or biographies or anything? Also, if the books don't have the call numbers assigned, what if you know the title you want? How would you find it? By searching around in all the shelves?
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From the "What's in the future for libraries" article:
"Another new accommodation for updated libraries this one certain to rankle some patrons: 'Quiet' cell phone conversations will be allowed on library premises, Ms. Johnson says."
What? Cell phone conversations allowed in the library? This seems to be a truly awful idea in and of itself. But "quiet"? The notion of carrying on a quiet cell phone conversation seems to be a foreign concept to people who yammer away on their mobile phones in public. And what about all those annoying, jingly and FULL VOLUME rings? Is this what we are going to have to listen to when trying to study/research/read in public libraries in the future?
This is an idea that I hope will get some public scrutiny and feedback before being put (or not put) in place.
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The researchers have found that certain populations of German cockroaches have mutated to taste sweet as "bitter" in a defense mechanism against poison traps.
The experts, which include chief researcher Ayako Wada-Katsumata, published their findings in the journal Science.
Many roach traps are laced with glucose, a common form of sugar, to attract cockroaches. However, such traps are believed to have become less effective over the past 20 years.
Cockroaches are able to "sample" their food before eating through "taste hairs" around their mouths. The insects' nerve cells respond differently depending on the taste, generally eating sweet foods and avoiding bitter ones.
The researchers studied the nerve cell responses of more than 7,000 cockroaches by feeding them substances such as glucose and salt. They observed that some cockroaches found glucose to taste bitter, while others were only able to taste sweet.
University of Tokyo Prof. Kazushige Tohara, an agro-bioscience expert, said this is the first confirmation of how quickly the insects' taste sensors can evolve, even to the point of changing their behavior.
"The research results are quite interesting in that it could help us discover how their sense of taste evolved according to their food and environment," he said.


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Charlie Gadwah delivers oil in the Connecticut River Valley. For 57 years, he's worked five or six days a week. He has family and friends. But he told Reporter Joe Carroll his biggest regret was that he never got his high school diploma.
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The folly of David Cage: it's not technology that keeps games from becoming emotional experiences
Crysis 3 is a great example of a game that exists across two generations. I first played the game on my Xbox 360, and wrote my review. I enjoyed it, although I was disappointed in many aspects of the game's design. I then played the same game on my PC, and it looked like a new experience. The graphics weren't just slightly better; the PC version of Crysis 3 offers a nearly generational visual leap from the console version of the game.
After about 20 minutes the enhanced graphics faded away, and I was still playing the same competent shooter I had finished on the console. This is why David Cage's speech promoting the PlayStation 4 was so problematic. Graphics aren't the limiting factor for games, and they haven't been for some time.
The hardware is not the limiting factor
"Cinema really became what it is today when technology evolved enough to let directors and actors create the subtle emotions they wanted on screen," Cage stated. He brought up the move to movies with sound, and color, and finally high definition images. Actors could convey complex emotions with subtlety; there was no need for pantomime.
Cage went on to show the growth of characters in Quantic Dream's games in terms of polygons. The more polygons, of course, the better, more detailed character you could get on the screen. "We start to reach a point where you can see very subtle emotions on the face of the character," Cage said while presenting the eerie, floating head of an old man on the screen.
It was telling that the old man didn't talk. There was no story here. I didn't feel anything looking into his eyes. It was merely a tech demo, what amounts to a magic trick. If you're going to convince me that a new technology will make me feel something, you better damn well make me feel something. The best-looking faces in the world don't matter if we're still telling the same damn story about the same damn space marines, or the same damn hero with a shaved head and stubble on his face.
An image on Reddit shows what most of us already knew: There just aren't that many gains to be had by adding more polygons, or by increasing the graphics of modern games. The Killzone demo shown during the PlayStation 4 event certainly looked great, and it was filled with impressive draw distances and a steady frame rate, but it was a shooter. We've played those.
The brief demo for DriveClub was based around racing in social groups, which is now commonplace, as well as providing details such as the leather interior of the super cars on the screen. I've played that game as well.
Games like Super Mario 64 were made possible by strong 3D performance, but it's hard to find a recent game that was made better, or even possible, by a leap in graphical technology. More power will mean larger worlds, frame rates will improve, and loading times will be lessened, but these things don't change or improve the actual quality of the games we play, they simply improve certain aspects of the experience. Graphics, for all intents and purposes, are a solved problem.
Updates will likely be incremental in the console space moving forward, and much of what the next generation of consoles can deliver can be seen on today's modern gaming PCs.
More power in the hands of developers is never a bad thing, but how many games have you played lately where you felt the hardware was holding the design back in a fundamental way? Tomb Raider would be improved with a slightly better frame rate here and there, and more detail in the character models is always nice, but these things can contribute to higher production budgets with very little return in the way of more excitement from gamers.
When I think of games that grabbed my imagination I think of Minecraft, Spaceteam, Artemis, Johann Sebastian Joust, Bastion, or even Year Walk. Ni No Kuni is the rare modern game where graphics added a great deal to the experience, but that's a matter of animation and design, not processing power.
I hope I'm wrong
I would love to be sitting at my desk in two years, complete with my Xbox Whatever and my PS4, and think of how silly and naive I was to think that designers wouldn't find novel and fresh uses for the power at their disposal. It would be great to write about an industry flush with great ideas that were only made possible with my polygons, better engines, and more particles. It would be amazing if all this power was put to use to create games with emotional power, great stories, and human characters.
That's the problem with David Cage's argument about film, however. We've been out of the silent film era for a very long time. We have high definition graphics. I'm not going to feel 30% more fear if a monster is created with 30% more effects. The Witness was one of the few games at Sony's event that seemed to grab everyone's attention, and that game is going to use a small portion of the power of the PS4. We've had the tools, hardware, power, and vision to create emotion in players for years.
The problem with content hasn't been technology in quite some time, and the reason we don't see more "mature" games isn't the speed of the CPU. David Cage is a producer watching The Beatles use primitive loops, multi-track recording, and clever editing to make tracks like "Tomorrow Never Knows," and imagining how much better music will become once more technology is available. It's not the amount of guitar strings or loops available to musicians that determine the power of their music, a lesson that David Cage still hasn't learned.


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Taking Back our Neighborhood has two updates; one on the elderly couple on West Capitol Street who are living next to a pile of rubble that used to be a house.
The other on a disabled woman, first introduced in 2011, whose next door neighbors are the creatures that live in the house that weeds have taken over.
They look like ordinary dumpsters to anyone passing by, but they are dreams come true for Dudley and Leola Lovett.
Leola Lovett said, "It's a joy! it's a joy! it's a joy! My eyes won't get too sore now. Having not to look at the eyesore over there."
The couple has been living next to a burned out, then pushed over house next door on West Capitol Street for three years. Despite repeated calls, Leola Lovett says no one was doing anything to help them until she turned to WLBT News.
Claude Smith, Community Improvement Manager for the City of Jackson says the contractor has been contacted and heavy equipment will be on site Tuesday, loading the dumpsters with debris and hauling it away, giving the Lovetts back, at least partially, the neighborhood they invested in more than 30-years-ago.
Dudley Lovett said, "Y'all are great. Y'all [are] the only [way] we can get some help. The rest of them we call; they never return the call."
The news, however, is not so good for Majorie Purnell. The eyesore next door to Purnell's home was introduced to Taking Back our Neighborhoods back in August 2011. It was an overgrown mess back then. Today, it's worse!
Marjorie Purnell said all of her calls have fallen on deaf ears.
She said, "No one has contacted me, nor been by to check on me."
Purnell continued, "Recently, we were leaving for dinner and a snake ran across my yard. I called animal control; no one ever came. So, it's just problems."
Purnell said, "I wish Mr. Priester would help me if he can, and Mr. Lumumba, who was my former council person."
Help may be on the way this time. Community Improvement Manager Claude Smith tells me the problem is a contractor had not completed the job on 6328 Abraham Lincoln Drive to the city's satisfaction, and since then, there is a new owner.
So, Smith said the nuisance property will be written up again and it will go to an administrative hearing judge in August, so that another contract can be awarded to clean up the property.
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Bioware today announced the first downloadable content pack for their Xbox 360 RPG Mass Effect.
The Bring Down the Sky downloadable content pack hits LIVE on March 10 at 2 a.m. PST, for 400 MS points ($5) and is the first in a series of planned downloadable content that expands the Mass Effect universe and continues the plot.
The pack will include an uncharted world that introduces the Batarians alien race. In the pack a Batarian extremist group has hijacked a mobile asteroid station in the Asgard system, setting it on a collision course with the nearby colony world of Terra Nova. Only Commander Shepard can save the millions of innocent civilians before the asteroid completes its deadly descent.
The developers say the pack will contain about an hour and a half of action and a new Achievement worth 50 Gamerscore points.
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The 22nd House of Delegates district is down a representative, but the Lincoln County Democratic Committee will meet to nominate a new member.
The meeting will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Lincoln County Courthouse. The committee will nominate three individuals. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin will then appoint one of those three people to fill the seat vacated by former Delegate Josh Stowers. Stowers stepped down earlier this month to take a position with the West Virginia Treasurer's Office.
The committee also will meet in special session July 23 to review the process for selecting candidates. No action will be taken — the meeting is solely to answer questions and address possible issues with the nominations.
Any registered Democrat living in the 22nd district is eligible to be appointed to the position. Interested parties, possible candidates and members of the public are invited to attend the meeting.


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In addition to cancelling its popular "American Guns" reality show, The Discovery Channel confirmed to Raw Story on Tuesday that firearms enthusiast Ted Nugent will also not be returning to the channel in any form or fashion.
Speaking to Raw Story in remarks specified as "not for attribution," a spokesperson admitted that "Ted Nugent's Gun Country" didn't do very well when it aired in October, even with fellow firearms fashionistas. Nielsen Ratings placed the viewership at about 864,000 people in all. But the network's decision is not just about the numbers.
After Friday's devastating massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, the spokesperson said that Nugent would definitely not be returning to the Discovery Channel.
Nugent and his allies at the National Rifle Association (NRA) repeatedly claimed that his hour-long Discovery Channel special was actually a planned "series." The Detroit native and longtime southern rocker even told Armed America Radio listeners in October to "expect that there will be at least a dozen shows a year." The channel's spokesperson confirmed that this was never actually in the works.
Nugent, who endorsed Mitt Romney for president, was investigated by the Secret Service earlier this year after he urged NRA members to "chop [Democrats'] heads off in November."
"I'll tell you this right now, if Barack Obama becomes the president in November again, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year," the rocker said in April.
News of Nugent's fall at Discovery comes the same day that the channel confirmed it is cancelling "American Guns," a popular reality show that glamorizes a family that produces deadly weapons.
"'American Guns' concluded earlier this year," the network's prepared statement explains. "Discovery Channel chose not to renew the series and has no plans to air repeats of the show."
Although the Discovery Channel's statement did not directly link the cancellation of "American Guns" to Friday's massacre, the channel's spokesperson did say the tragedy "has really started something," but didn't specify what that something may be.
Nugent's spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.
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Duke is staying home, North Carolina and N.C. Central are going west and N.C. State is headed to Dayton, Ohio. All four teams will begin play later this week in the NCAA tournament.
The Blue Devils and Tar Heels could rest easy on Selection Sunday. They knew they were in. As could the NCCU Eagles after their MEAC tournament win.
It was a different story at N.C. State, where the Wolfpack anxiously awaited its fate after it lost against Duke on Saturday in the ACC tournament semifinals. The NCAA tournament selection committee, though, believed the Wolfpack did enough to warrant a spot in the 68-team field.
N.C. State received one of the final at-large spots in the tournament. The Wolfpack, seeded 12th in the Midwest, will play against Xavier on Tuesday in Dayton. Xavier, which finished fourth in the Big East, was also one of the final teams to receive an at-large bid.
If the Wolfpack beats Xavier, it would play against Saint Louis, the Midwest fifths seed, in Orlando on Thursday.
Duke, meanwhile, will begin NCAA tournament on Friday in Raleigh at PNC Arena. The Blue Devils, the No. 3 seed in the Midwest, will play against No. 15 Mercer, which won the Atlantic Sun Conference.
UNC had to wait a while before seeing its name pop up on the Selection Show. The Tar Heels were one of the final teams announced. They will enter the tournament as the No. 6 seed in the East, and they will play No. 11 Providence, which won the Big East tournament, on Friday in San Antonio.
The 14th-seeded N.C. Central Eagles will also head to San Antonio to face No. 3-seed Iowa State Friday night.
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Turning a profit while protecting the environment may sound like a conflict of interests to some. But for him, it's a job that blends the best of both worlds.
For Kevin DiMartino, turning trash into cash isn't only good for the environment. It's good for nonprofit organizations, too.
A born entrepreneur, DiMartino became a fund-raising "coach" for an Internet-based company that brokers used ink-jet and laser printer cartridges for recycling and resale.
Almost 13 cartridges are discarded every second in the United States, according to the CartridgeFundraising.com website. Made of nonbiodegradable material, these cartridges numbering nearly 400 million can fill a landfill the size of a small city each year. DiMartino's company collects cartridges for EnviroSmart, a leading ink-jet and laser cartridge recycling company.
DiMartino liked the idea of a company that could help the environment and put a little cash in the pockets of nonprofit organizations as well.
"I hate waste, for one thing," he explains. "Finding out that we could keep hundreds of tons of materials from filling landfills appealed to me."
He knew about nonprofits from his experience as a SkillsUSA chapter officer at Western Monroe County BOCES 2 in Spencerport, N.Y. Still, DiMartino has been acting on his entrepreneurial spirit since he was 16.
With an innate propensity for math, DiMartino learned how mortgage companies calculate interest and finance charges to make money. So at a time when other teens were learning to drive, he started his own financial management company and started helping people consolidate debt and make sound financial decisions.
He also worked at an amusement park, where a colleague recognized his talent for business and approached him to get in on a cartridge recycling business.
At first, they sold the cartridges, but their supply ran short, DiMartino says.
"A lot of people will tell you that you can't do something, and people said that to me when I first started, but I learned to believe in myself." Kevin DiMartino
"When we sold a cartridge, we needed an empty one back. To keep up with demand, we decided to start a program to pay people to collect empty cartridges so we'd have them for our retail customers."
His first instinct was to approach SkillsUSA chapters in New York. That's worked out well. Typically, SkillsUSA chapters bring in about $100 a month. Now, they have numerous groups collecting cartridges in return for cash.
During the current school year, his company matched a portion of the proceeds raised by chapters and donated it to the SkillsUSA Alumni and Friends Association. DiMartino says he wanted to give back to the organization.
"In high school, I had never really been involved in anything, and being in a new school with a bunch of people from different districts, it was a chance to start out new. My teacher asked me to run for office, and I thought, 'Sure, why not?'"
At first he was skeptical about being in SkillsUSA, he adds, but his tune changed: "I had no idea that I was a member of such a large organization."
He soon became a state officer, then served as a delegate to the national convention. Now he realizes that he wouldn't be where he is without having been in SkillsUSA. His experiences have taught him that no one can limit what an individual can do.
"A lot of people will tell you that you can't do something, and people said that to me when I first started, but I learned to believe in myself."
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After a concert on the pitch from chart-topping artists (names to be revealed a later date), the Red Heart United Legends Match will see Reds greats like Dwight Yorke, Andrew Cole, Denis Irwin and Quinton Fortune back in action in order to raise funds for the MU Foundation.
The former United stars will take on a team of Real Madrid icons including Emilio Butragueno, Amancio Amaro and Manolo Sanchis.
The first leg of this thrilling tie was played at the Santiago Bernabeu in June 2012 and saw the Reds narrowly lose 3-2, something the United legends' team manager Bryan Robson is keen to rectify:
"The match last year was fantastic and raised a lot of money for the Real Madrid Foundation, something we plan to replicate this year for our own Foundation," Bryan said.
"All the lads have been training hard and we will be introducing some new faces to the team this year. Red Heart United is going to be a brilliant day out for the family, we are all going to have a lot of fun, but most importantly raise awareness and funds for a very worthy cause."
Red Heart United will offer a full day out for the whole family and will include an opening ceremony with a concert on the pitch and special entertainment around the stadium.
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Amid the Italian palazzo splendor of the Alhambra Ballroom at Coral Gables' Biltmore Hotel, the Tropical Baroque Festival closed with a concert of Italian Baroque arias.
This year's festival concentrated on vocal music, mixing rarities from the early opera and cantata literature with more familiar Baroque chestnuts. The final concert Saturday night featured a cantata by Francesco Mancini, an obscure Neapolitan composer, and the American premiere of two Vivaldi arias. Under the expert guidance of Donald Oglesby, an ensemble of five strings and harpsichord (with two horns added for Handel and Vivaldi scores) provided vital support for the singers.
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Community leader, is that an oxymoron?
Original post made by Oxymo Ron on Feb 6, 2008
"As part of our (AIM) ongoing commitment to open communication, we will be holding a roundtable meeting with community leaders on February 27. This meeting is by invitation so we can be sure to have an open discussion with a practical number of participants."
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Without discussing incorporation, can any of you define who might be a community leader and the criteria for such designation?
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Community leader is an oxymoron because Alamo is not a community and the majority is not represented by public leadership. Thus, I share your laughter in agreeing that Alamo is only a ZIP Code and our only leader must be the postmaster.
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The dictionary answers your question, community leader is an "alamoron" and Alamo does not have any.
ZIP Code: a system used in the U.S. to facilitate the delivery of mail, consisting of a five- or nine-digit code printed directly after the address, the first five digits (initial code) indicating the state and post office or postal zone, the last four (expanded code) the box section or number, portion of a rural route, building, or other specific delivery location.
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WHETHER you're browsing a newspaper or magazine, reading a book or enjoying a comic, tell us all about it, says Halton Council.
Residents are invited to tweet what they are reading on Saturday, February 9, to celebrate national libraries day.
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Update: Jay Glazer is reporting Pryor showed concussion symptoms on Saturday night and made the decision to sit him for Sunday's game.
A concussion will not hold Raiders' quarterback Terrelle Pryor from taking the field in Week 4 against the Redskins. The third-year passer will play against the Washington just six days after suffering the head injury against the Broncos on Monday Night Football, according the San Francisco Chronicle. However, Pryor will not start the game, according to FOX's Jay Glazer.
Pryor's concussion proved to be minor in nature and he was cleared to play with a quick turnaround. While Glazer reports that Matt Flynn will start, Pryor's recovery gives the Raiders options in Week 4. Per Vic Tafur of the San Francisco Chronicle, head coach Dennis Allen noted that Pryor made "significant progress" during the latter part of Week 4.
Pryor has completed 53-of-81 passes for 624 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions in three games this season. He has also rushed for 198 yards in just 26 attempts. His running prowess could on display regularly in packages against the Redskins, as Washington ranks among the worst teams against the run.
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HAMPSHIRE County Council has been praised for its approach to hitting a £100million savings target over two years.
The Audit Commission found the council's spending per head of population was among the lowest five per cent of all county councils, while the council tax is one of the lowest.
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