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Turkish Air Force conducted a night operation against militants belonging to the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Mount Goman, on the northern border of Iraq, the Sabah newspaper reported.
Turkish intelligence received information about the intention of PKK militants to cross the border of Turkey in the Hakkari province. To prevent this, the terrorist base operating at Mount Goman was subjected to air and artillery strikes. No information has yet been received on the results of this operation.
In August and September last year, the Turkish Air Force struck dozens of targets in northern Iraq to destroy PKK bases and more than 300 militants were killed. Turkish Armed Forces General Staff said that it will continue to closely monitor the activities of the separatists in northern Iraq and carry out air operations after identifying new targets.
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For a refugee living in urban Jakarta, distance poses a great challenge. To travel from one place to another always requires a lot of time, for the distances are vast in this city of 12 million, and traffic is usually bad. It's particularly challenging for refugees, most of whom have very limited financial resources. Using cheaper public transportation instead of a taxi might mean changing buses several times and traveling two hours or more - one way. All of which impacts refugees' ability to engage in activities at the CWS Refugee Center. Located in central Jakarta, the CWS Refugee Center offers various training and education programs such as language classes (English and Indonesian), computer classes, handicraft classes and various other activities.
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In response to the earthquake that struck Sigi District in Central Sulawesi Province on August 8, 2012, CWS, with support from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA), implemented a housing rehabilitation program which assisted the community in rebuilding their homes that were damaged and destroyed during the quake. Upon the completion of the rehabilitation program, now more than a year after the disaster, CWS began implementing a water supply and sanitation program in four villages in the Lindu sub-district. CWS is helping the community to build water supply facilities and constructing family latrines as well as providing training and information sessions on disaster preparedness and response as well as key hygiene and sanitation behaviors.
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On August 28, 2012, an earthquake with the magnitude of 6.2 struck Central Sulawesi, about 56 km southeast of Palu. The National Disaster Management Agency reported six people dead, dozens injured, and more than 4000 people were displaced, forced to live in tent shelters. Thousands of homes were damaged and more than 300 homes were either completely destroyed or severely damaged.
Breastfeeding is the world's most effective way of reducing early childhood deaths and is vital for proper infant nutrition. In Binaus Village, Mollo Tengah Sub-district, Timor Tengah Selatan (TTS) District, Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) Province - West Timor, CWS Indonesia is helping mothers learn about the benefits of breastfeeding and empowering them with the tools they need to ensure their children get the proper nutrition they need to thrive. New mother Felci Sanam Opat tells her story:

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Oct. 19, 2011 -- Researchers in Norway say they've been able to treat symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome by giving patients a biologic drug that affects the immune system.
The drug, rituximab (Rituxan), works by depleting immune cells called B-cells. It is FDA approved to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, rheumatoid arthritis, and two kinds of vasculitis.
For the study, researchers recruited 30 people with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Half got two infusions of rituximab given two weeks apart. The other half got infusions of saline solution as a placebo.
Ten patients in the rituximab group (67%) and two patients in the placebo group (13%) saw at least moderate reductions in fatigue.
In most of the patients, improvements were transient and faded within eight to 44 weeks.
But three patients, two in the rituximab group and one that got the placebo, continue to be symptom free 2 1/2 years after their treatments. Those three patients have all returned to full-time jobs, researchers say.
The study is published in the journal PLoS One.
"Our thought is that in fact CFS is an autoimmune disease in most patients," says study researcher Olav Mella, MD, PhD, an oncologist at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway.
Mella and his colleague, Oystein Fluge, MD, PhD, say they accidentally discovered that rituximab might help chronic fatigue syndrome after they used it to treat three patients who suffered from both CFS and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. All three patients reported significant improvements in fatigue after rituximab infusions. They eventually relapsed and were given more doses of rituximab. All three again had improvements in their CFS, though those eventually faded.
Their cases were reported in BioMedCentral Neurology in 2009.
Researchers say they aren't sure why the drug is working.
"We cannot know for sure, but what we see is that there's a delay from the rapid B-cell depletion after rituximab treatment to the clinical response. The delay can be from three to perhaps eight months before the response is thought to occur," says Fluge, who is an oncologist and medical physicist at Haukeland Hospital.
B-cells are part of the immune system. They roam the body in relatively small numbers searching for foreign invaders. When a B-cell finds one, it springs into action, becoming an infection-fighting chemical factory.
In some diseases, like leukemia, B-cells may go haywire and cause cancer. In rheumatoid arthritis, B-cells may attack the body's own tissues.
In CFS, however, it's unclear why killing off B-cells might help.
One theory, held by researchers who believe CFS may be caused by an infection, suggests that retroviruses may hide out in dormant B-cells, only becoming active when the cell is triggered and rapidly multiplies.
But Fluge thinks if that's the case, patients would see quicker improvements after taking the rituximab.
"We think what we see could be best explained with an autoimmune mechanism and gradual elimination of auto-antibodies," he says.
Other, more circumstantial evidence supports the idea that CFS may be an autoimmune disease.
Like other autoimmune conditions, it tends to be much more common in women than in men, for example. Many people report getting CFS after a bout with triggering illness. The risk of getting chronic fatigue appears be similar to the risk for getting other kinds of immune disorders.
Despite the positive results of the study, researchers stressed that it was far too early for people with chronic fatigue to seek treatment with rituximab.
"For the time being, this is a clinical trial. It is not for routine use. We need at least one more large study, partly here and partly somewhere else, to confirm the results," Mella says.
Rituximab is expensive. A single course of treatment for cancer can cost more than $20,000. Rarely, fatal reactions have been reported after infusions of the drug, although no significant adverse events were reported in the current study.
"The most exciting news from the study is the possibility of disease-modifying treatment for at least some people with CFS," Kim McCleary, president and chief executive officer of the CFIDS Association of America, says in an email. "This study also provides support for other possible approaches to repair immune abnormalities that have been identified in CFS patients."
SOURCES:Fluge, O. PLoS One, October 2011.Olav Mella, MD, PhD, oncologist, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.Oystein Fluge, MD, PhD, oncologist and medical physicist, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.Kim McCleary, president and chief executive officer, CFIDS Association of America.
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So I was browsing around on Yahoo's NHL page and I decided to check out this month's Power Rankings. As I started reading the post I was struck by its similarity to a blog I wrote 10 days earlier. It just so happens I submitted a link of my blog to Yahoo immediately after I finished my post as well.
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In Missouri, some law enforcement officials are expressing their displeasure and frustration with new laws that would make it a crime for police to enforce gun bans or restrictions. In New York sate on the other hand many sheriffs are saying plainly that they will not enforce new gun laws there. According to a recent article from KMOX News, St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch urged House Republicans to not override Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of HB 436. Fitch wrote a letter to Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones, R-Eureka letting him know where he stood.
Fitch, who has been known as a pro-gun rights figure in the past, said in his letter that if the bill becomes law it "would hinder local law enforcement's ability to enforce existing laws."
"The men and women of the St. Louis County's Police Department work every day with our federal partners to enforce these laws. Section 5 and 7 will cause us to disband our local task forces, which have a real impact on violent crime in our community," the letter states. "Additionally, it will subject our police officers to additional civil liability. Our job is difficult enough without the threat of more lawsuits."
St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson co-wrote an editorial recently where he said he thinks the bill is unconstitutional and "absurd."
"The prospect of Missouri officials trying to arrest federal agents is unimaginable, but that is what House Bill 436 would allow," the editorial states. "This legislation is offensive due to the disrespect it shows to federal law enforcement agents. Our partnerships with federal officials are a key part of our strategies for reducing gun violence."
Section 5 of the bill states that "no public officer or employee of this state shall have any authority to enforce or attempt to enforce any of the infringements on the right to keep and bear arms." Section 7 states "any Missouri citizen who has been subject to an effort to enforce any of the infringements on the right to keep and bear arms…shall have a private cause of action for declaratory judgment and for damages against any person or entity attempting such enforcement."
Missouri Fraternal Order of Police President Kevin Ahlbrand said Thursday that allowing HB 436 to become law would halt 90 percent of joint local-federal investigations of which gun-specific cases are a tiny fraction.
"Certainly drug investigations, certainly violent offender investigations, and certainly Boston bombing investigations. There were guns involved in that," he said, adding that a collaborative effort between local and federal officials was a key to solving the Boston case.
Ahlbrand says the message sent by the override of the veto would be, "Hey criminals, come to Missouri." Dotson agreed, writing that legislators would be "encouraging criminals to come to Missouri."
In New York the Missouri script is flipped with some law enforcement leaders saying flat out they will not enforce a new state gun law that they do not agree with.
According to an article from Bizpack review, a growing number of New York sheriffs are announcing that they don't intend to enforce the SAFE gun legislation Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law in last January.
The legislation limits magazine capacities to seven rounds and bans the sale of certain types of semi-automatic rifles. The law gives current owners of such weapons one year to get them registered with the state.
Schoharie County Sheriff Tony Desmond said he doesn't intend to enforce the law.
"I'm not going back on my personal conviction," he said. Residents have told him that is what they want, he said, and "I've stood up for them, and I will continue to do so."
Unlike laws governing the use of firearms, many law enforcement leaders have been reluctant to take a similar stand on drug enforcement- another area where public opinion is at odds with current policies.
The New York Sheriff's Association has joined five individual sheriffs in a court effort to block enforcement of the firearms and magazine restrictions.
For his part, Governor Cuomo has said sheriffs' job is to enforce all the laws and they can't pick and choose what to enforce and what not to.
To do otherwise "would obviously be chaos" and "a dangerous and frightening precedent," Cuomo said.
But many are standing their ground in opposition to what they see as government over-reach.
Delaware County Undersheriff Craig DuMond said he and Sheriff Tom Mills agree with the sheriff's association.
Despite some parts of the law they say could be beneficial, many of its components are overreaching. DuMond doesn't support the assault-weapons ban or the restriction on magazine capacity.
"It is too broad and prevents the possession of many weapons that can
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Fort Fisher #2325 Chapter, United Daughters of the confederacy honored 3 of its members at their November meeting for their years of membership. In the absence of their Vice President, Ms. Gayle Tabor, President Patricia G. W. Bolander presented Service Pins and Certificates to: Miss Savannah C. Batson and Mrs. Harry Oakes for 10 years and Mrs. Jimmy Wooten for 35 years of membership. Mrs. Bolander reported on the General Convention in Tulsa, OK., where she was honored for her term as Chair of the UDC Memorial Building Board of Trustees, and was presented with a "Unity" Bar Pin by her Committee. The Fort Fisher Chapter assisted at the "Friends of Fort Fisher" coffee and membership meeting and will help again at their December 10th Open House. Women with Confederate Ancestry are invited to attend these meetings.


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(CelebNMusic247-News) Taylor Swift Hot For Young Buck
Despite her good girl image and her current fling Harry Style's, Taylor Swift reveals she like her men a bit darker! Swift is the girl next door who everyone loves, but she's that same girl who's a freak behind closed door.
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Why are we saying this, because Taylor recently buddied up with T.I. and Young Jeezy, recorded with T-Pain, and now the country-pop star is telling VIBE that she's been a long-standing fan of a certain G-Unit member.
No we're NOT talking 50′s member – she's hot for former G-Unit rapper Young Buck.
Seems Taylor Swift has a thing for rough necks with swag, but do you blame her?
Swift revealed her love of hip hop in a recent interview, claiming that she's always been into former G-Unit rapper and fellow Tennessean, Young Buck.
She said.
"I love hip-hop! The first song I memorized was 'Fireman' by Lil Wayne."
"Ever since then…it's Nicki Minaj, Wiz Khalifa, the Game. When I was in high school, my boyfriend and I would drive around and he'd always point to this neighborhood where [rapper] Young Buck lived. We would drive and look at his cars and be like, 'Oh my gawd! Those cars are so cool! I wonder if he's in there!'"
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A candle vigil was held Saturday night in Thomas County in remembrance of Savannah Singletary, a Brookwood Sophomore, killed Friday in a jet skiing accident.
Singletary was a student athlete that played Varsity basketball, softball, and track. She also has a passion for riding horses and was an avid equestrian.
She was riding a jet ski last night on a private lake in Ochlocknee when she crashed. Coaches and teachers alike say that she was a sweet and humble girl that got along with everyone and she will be truly missed.
Singletary's Coach Chris Seay hopes that her life is an inspiration for his athletes and says "Never take anything for granted one second they can be here next day the can be gone so live everyday like your last play every play like your last play."
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Brainrant #6 - The Future of Product Management
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Brainmates Brainrants #6 - The Future of Product Management
Natalie Yan-Chatonsky interviews Roy McBurney, Nick Coster and Adrienne Tan.
Since returning from the Product Management Festival in Zurich, discussing what they agreed with and what they reacted to.
1. What will the profession look like in 20 years?
2. Where is the profession heading?
3. What does the future hold for product managers?
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ProdBOK, The Product Management Body of Knowledge
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Greg Geracie, President of Actuation Consulting, will discuss the newly available ProdBOK, The Product Management Body of Knowledge!
For the last three years approximately sixty of the industry's leading product professionals banded together and contributed to the development of the ProdBOK Guide. The goal? To distill a collaborative cornerstone that can be built upon to ensure that the product management profession better supports the needs of the product community at large.
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Kristy Kocher, Head of Product Management, Clearstreet
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Global Product Management Talk Discussion On Challenges And Opportunities Faced By Women In Product Management At High Tech Companies With Kristy Kocher, Head of Product Management, Clearstreet, Inc.
Kristy Kocher is an experienced Product Manager who enjoys the challenges of developing quality software products. Kristy has over 25 years of experience in the software industry in Silicon Valley, working with companies such as Electronic Arts, NetSchools, Oracle, Adecco, Informix and IntelliCorp.
"During my 30+ year career in the software industry, I have seen the roles of women in product management evolve, change and grow significantly. I look forward to discussing some of the main challenges women face when working in product management, particularly at high tech startups, as well as the many benefits of pursuing a career in this field on the Global Product Management Talk," says Kristy.
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Brainrant #1 - New and Old Product Management
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Brainrants from Brainmates Inaugural Show with Adrienne Tan, Nick Coster and Natalie Yan-Chatonsky "New and Old Product Management", language was raised at the 2013 Product Management Festival in Zurich. 1. Is there such a thing as Old and New Product Management? 2. Why is this language emerging? 3. What does it mean for the Product profession? 4. What benefits does it drive? 5. What are the issues when we use this language? http://www.brainmates.com @brainmates music "Hurricane" intro courtesy of @BlameSally
Product Management In Saudi Arabia w/Anas Bahsas, PM
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Anas Bahsas is Head of product management Toyota - Telematics in Saudi Arabia at Abdul Latif Jameel Company. He has more than 10 years of experience in Software management for enterprise , has been head of project management office and led large software implementation projects in his company.
Anas traveled from Saudi Arabia to attend Product Bootcamp SF, Startup Product Summit SF2 and ProductCampSF October 10-12, 2013
PIPELINE The Virtual Conference and Hub for Innovative Product Development
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Carrie Nauyalis, NPD Solution Evangelist at Planview, discusses the upcoming PIPELINE The Virtual Conference and Hub for Innovative Product Development opening June 6. REGISTER http://bit.ly/1pdckLk
The PIPELINE Virtual Conference and Hub is an online event platform and resource center bringing you:
Actionable strategies that you can apply immediately
Best practices to speed time to market, strengthen brand positioning, and stay ahead of the competition
The ability to connect with peers to share insights and lessons learned
Access to the year-round Product Development & Innovation resource center
About Carrie Nauyalis, NPD Solution Evangelist at Planview
Carrie Nauyalis, NPD Solution Evangelist at Planview, is passionate about establishing customer partnerships, developing market positioning, defining field enablement strategies, providing market-based feedback into Planview product development, and being an overall evangelist and thought leader for the Product Development market. She is an active speaker, MBA guest lecturer, blogger, and vlogger on all things Product Portfolio Management, with warm places in her heart for the topics of innovation, Stage-Gate, and Agile.
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Product Management Roles & Tools w/ Steve Johnson
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Steve Johnson, CMO, Primary Intelligence, Leads Google Hangouts Discussion On Titles, Responsibilities And Tools Of Product Managers with Cindy F. Solomon and Pete Dudchenko, Matt Perez, Alan Pinstein, Greg Gehrich, Nick Coster, Adrienne Tan, and Richard Nutinsky
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Creating a Compelling Vision for Your Product Roadmap
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Jim Semick is co-founder of ProductPlan, Web-based software for developing and communicating your strategic product roadmap. Jim speaks frequently about market validation and the new product development process. He was part of the founding team at AppFolio, a business SaaS company that has raised over $30M in venture funding. Jim previously led market validation and wrote the first product requirements for well-known software products including Citrix GoToMyPC and GoToMeeting.
Product Superheroes 1: Case Sandberg, Developer, Shutterfly, On UX and UI
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Episode 1: Product Superheroes with Bob Schoenthal. Bob talks with product development, design and management superheroes in the San Francisco/Silicon Valley area.
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Case Sandberg started off his development and design career by turning frequent freelancing into a full time web agency. When he moved to the Bay Area he started working for one of his longest running clients and eventually the company was acquired by Shutterfly. He is currently still with Shutterfly working as a front end engineer, as well as frequently hosting hack-a-thons and working on an innovative startup idea. @casesandberg
Host, Bob Schoenthal is an experienced product manager, tech and passionate product enthusiast. His focus is on mid-sized companies in the Hawaii real estate sector and Bay Area B2B and B2C startups and early stage companies. He's an avid tech conference and winning hackathon participant. Bob organizes Startup Product Talks Silicon Valley and is heading up the Product Camp San Francisco team. @mightybobarian
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Distinctions between "Product" and "Project" Management
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Robert Kelly, PMP Managing Partner, Kelly Project Solutions says, "There tends to be a lot of debate on the roles & responsibilities of the Project Manager vs. the Product Manager. In this twitter talk, we would like to gain a better understanding of how these roles can more effectively work together to bring to market high quality products.
"I am honored to join the Global Product Management Community on this upcoming twitter chat! This is a tremendous opportunity for thought leaders in the space to come together and really bounce ideas off of one another, gain insight, and grow their own understanding on a number of topics in product management. I am very excited and looking forward to it." Follow @rkelly976 and @kellysolutions
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Brainrant #8 - Product Roadmapping
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Brainmates will discuss how to develop a Product Roadmap.
Hosted by Natalie Yan-Chatonsky chatting with Nick Coster.
What is a Product Roadmap?
What is the purpose of a Product Roadmap?
Are there different types of Roadmaps? How are they different?
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Product Line Roadmapping with Paul O'Connor, Founder of The Adept Group
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Paul O'Connor, Founder of The Adept Group, Addresses The Value Of Product Line Roadmapping For Tying Strategy To Execution
Companies that embrace product line roadmapping can reap enormous benefits, including: greater strategic impact (think revenue, earnings and market share); faster deliveries by leveraging platforms and delivering feeding technologies and capabilities in a more timely fashion; focused and amplified innovation; better resource use efficiency through much smarter cross-organizational/cross-hierarchy coordination of work and decisions specific to a common product line strategy.
"I am looking forward to the opportunity to discuss this important topic with the listeners of Global Product Management Talk because it is my observation and belief that, at minimum, product line roadmapping offers organizations the opportunity to double the impact – that is, the bottom line performance – of a product line when compared to the base case of not doing roadmapping," states Paul.
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An independent panel of experts comprised of internationally recognized food facilities consultants, multi-unit executives and design experts selected this elite group of industry trailblazers in 2013.
The 2013 Kitchen Innovation Award recipients are:
Aerowerks Inc.- Mesh Belt Conveyor
Alto-Shaam, Inc.- 4.10cci CT Express
A compact combi oven with an integrated catalytic converter that transforms grease-laden vapors into harmless water vapor and CO2. No hood is required allowing the operator to place wherever needed.
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Manitowoc Kolpak- ArcticFox™
A true on-demand defrost control for walk-ins that activates only when needed, rather than on timers, avoiding unnecessary defrost cycles by as much as 90% to significantly improve energy efficiency and temperature constancy.
Master-Bilt- Parallel Glycol Rack System
A refrigeration system that builds on energy efficient glycol loop technology by utilizing floating heat pressure technology, which adjusts to ambient temperatures to lower energy consumption by up to 25%.
Meiko- CS-70 Sanitizing, Door-Type Dishmachine
A low-temp dishwasher featuring an automatic drain/refill feature that eliminates the need for a heater, plus advanced microprocessor technology and an auto prime feature for consistent chemical dispensing – all packaged in simplistic user- and maintenance-friendly design.
Middleby Marshall- WOW 2 Oven
A conveyor oven that allows operators to control bake temperatures and conveyor speed – plus adjust airflow to the top and bottom impingement ports independently for faster, consistent baking and menu flexibility.
Ovention Inc.- Ovention Matchbox
An intelligent, self-loading and unloading oven design that utilizes two alternating cook surfaces using impingement only. Doesn't require a hood and enables food items to be cooked one after another at temperatures that vary by up to 100 degrees.
Pentair- Everpure® SimpliFlow™ Water Management System
Strahman Valves, Inc.- Vari-Spray Pre-rinse Nozzle
A pre-rinse nozzle for commercial kitchens that allows users to adjust between an infinite choice of spray patterns (broad, focused, gentle, hard) by simply varying trigger pressure, allowing flexibility for various cleaning needs.
Technologies Coffea, Inc.- Coffea® vacuum brewing system
A programmable, whole bean-to-cup system that uses a vacuum extraction brew process and infusion brew chamber for a calculated steep time and fast, precise extraction – producing the fullest flavor coffee consistently to preference.
The Vollrath Company- Mirage® Induction Soup Rethermalizer
An intelligent, countertop unit that uses induction heating instead of water to quickly rethermalize and maintain optimal temperature for foods like soup, chili, and macaroni and cheese.


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If Quora fails, it will burst a massive hole in the Silicon Valley fantasy world that the anointed priesthood of Facebook and PayPal can do no wrong.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
Quora is a huge black hole for one's productive time. It's very easy to pop in and then realize to your horror that you have just wasted 2 hours of your life on absolute trivia. That's what Quora is about basically. Trivia. I have seen a member since last summer and can't report on anything important that I have learned there. <\/p>\n
The site also suffers from political infighting which leads to good but contrarian answers being downvoted into oblivion while the claptrap gets voted to the top.<\/p>\n
It's little more than a place for Silicon Valley wannabes to waste time while pretending that they belong to something cool.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
That's true. Quora has a class, well above other shallow start ups.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
You are right, Quora is not the massively disruptive company that many folks think it is. It is another Q&A site. However, in the right situation, it could be hugely valuable. My guess is that LinkedIn and Quora would make a great match. LinkedIn has zero engagement but a massive audience, and Quora has little ability to generate its own traffic but has great company content (something that LinkedIn is bulking up on). Best outcome would be for LinkedIn to purchase Quora before the valuations get further out of control.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
As an early adopter of the site, for a while I thought this would be a good way to publish and learn. That is still the primary purpose of the site and it does have great content, especially if you are willing to spend time looking for it. However, is it a major Internet destination or a company with a stratospheric valuation, well, probably not. If the co-founders want to run it as a hobby project, perhaps not such a bad thing.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
It was 'silly season' when Color got 41m. Quora getting 50m isn't surprising, or unwarranted; Quora isn't going anywhere, if anything it's just hitting the mainstream web. Time will tell though.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
I would love to see some real stats on Quora. They must be fantastic because there's no way this could be a sign of an emerging investment bubble!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Om, I think you're very right, and one can add the Google Trends for websites graph to compare the traffic of Stackoverflow and Quora: Outside of the US, the ration between Quora\/Stackoverflow is about 1\/10 (in the US its closer to 1\/3, and neither of the service has been growing there lately)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
Outside of the US, the ration between Quora\/Stackoverflow is about 1\/10 (in the US its closer to 1\/3, and neither of the service has been growing there lately)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t


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A million thanks, darling readers, to those of you who stopped by the Superficial Gallery to check out my guest post last Monday, These Girls Are Better Geeks Than You. This week, Acadia was gracious enough to let me post a follow-up piece featuring Guys Who Geek, an entire delicious collection of gentleman cosplayers. Take a peek at the collection below and click on through to see the entire gallery, if you're so inclined, lovies.
I hope you all had a lovely holiday weekend, darlings, and don't forget to stay tuned for our big Halloween contest announcement coming October 1st!
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Updated 12:36pm Thursday 30th January 2014 in News By Jeremy Culley, reporter
AS ONESIES continue to take over the high street, reporter Jeremy Culley tries out the must-have fashion for himself.
THE fashion craze of the moment — the onesie — was once entirely the domain of women and children.
This time last year, most men looked on with scorn as Joey Essex and the One Direction boys attempted to pioneer the male take on the trend.
"It's stupid, a babygrow" came the cries, with even more adventurous, extroverted types mulling it over before concluding, "It's not for me".
But now the lads are getting in on the act.
Across Bolton shops are stocking — and selling out of — the male onesies.
So, to my initial dismay, since the chaps have embraced the onesie I was despatched to Beales department store in Deansgate to see what all the fuss is about.
Their popularity was immediately clear, judging by their scarcity on the rack.
Coming in three varieties, Beales stocked a dozen of each at £39.99.
With sale prices slashed to £20, Beales provides a luxurious and affordable introduction to life with a onesie — for those of a certain size anyway.
At 6ft 2ins tall and broad-shouldered, I found sourcing a perfect fit tricky.
Available in two sizes, the small-to-medium version was never likely to cut it, yet even the medium-to-large was a bit of a squeeze.
Joe Shepherd, manager of the menswear department, having worked in retail for 40 years, said: "You actually get plenty of women coming in buying them for their partners.
"I had a few come in saying 'I'm getting this, but I'll be back in a few days to return it as he won't wear it'.
"And they're pretty much the only ones we've now got left.
"They have been incredibly popular, much like the women's range was last year."
Beales is not alone in pushing the line of male onesies — Next, BHS, Primark, Jacamo, George at Asda and New Look all offer gentlemen the relaxing lounging option.
Still though, decked out in an understated (if a onesie can ever be such a thing) Christmas version, their, up to now, enduring appeal started to make a modicum of sense.
They are comfortable and, despite my onesie debut being made very publicly, you do gradually feel less conspicuous.
But you don't buy clothes to be surprised that they don't leave you feeling mortified.
Granted a onesie is not yet meant for outdoor use — but these days boundaries are stretched.
Hen and stag parties have onesie themes, while sometimes people simply put a coat over their onesie or PJs to nip down to the shops. None of this bodes well when you think about it.
In the 1950s, a man was not "dressed" without a tie, blazer and hat — quite what they would have made of trackies, hoodies and Reebok Classics can only be imagined.
Yet these are now all worn as commonplace, and the next generation could grow up with the onesie an institutional part of their upbringing.
I, for one, think that would be a step too far.
Clearly, women no longer hold total dominance over the onesie, although they may often be complicit in dressing their partners to match them.
But you still sense most men would prefer to be safely esconced in a tried-and-tested dressing gown.
After enthusiastically espousing their virtues as the retail pro he is, Joe, from Beales, briefly showed his true colours.
When pressed over whether a onesie might sneak into his wardrobe, he said, after a pause: "No, I think I'll pass if it's all the same."
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The tracksuit brigade is bad enough (and they are contradictory as they don't actually do any exercise and are probably the most unhealthiest bunch of people in the country)
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You Have To Be Kidding wrote:Every day is a new day.
Slow new day BN?
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There was also increasing pressure to allow the use of a "new-fangled" form of transportation, known as the automobile! Park officials were certain that allowing these new machines into the park would spell trouble. For one thing, the roads were rough and very hazardous; for another, they were certain to cause chaos and conflict with the horses used so widely throughout the park.
Finally, on April 21, 1915, Secretary of the Interior Franklin K.
Lane authorized private automobiles to officially enter Yellowstone,
beginning later that same year. By the close of the first season,
958 automobiles, carrying 3,513 people had entered the park. The expected
conflict between horses and automobiles did indeed arise, eventually
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Calls for immediate action to halt 'annuity scandal'
The FCA's report into the annuity market will be published within the next 12 months, and may include rule changes and new regulations.
Ros Altmann, an independent expert and former Downing Street adviser, said more action should be taken now to halt the "scandal" that is depriving many of a fair income in their retirement.
The reason why immediate action is so important is that this market affects so many people and the transactions they are making are irreversible.
More than 1,000 people every week are buying annuities and the market is worth £14 billion each year.


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On Crescer e ViverBy Wayne Huang for Crescer e Vivir
My heart lies in Brasil. I traveled to Rio de Janeiro in 2006 and fell in love with the country and my future wife.
I've since had a natural curiosity of Brasilians—the way they live, the way they don't live, and the many creative ways they get things done. I had read about and seen images of Rio's favelas, street children, and the stark socio-economic divide between the haves and have-nots, but nothing could really prepare me for the encounters I had with these elements of Carioca society in the three times I've returned.
In 2007, I returned to Rio a second time as a cultural explorer. One of the things I wanted to know were the ways NGOs in Rio were filling in the cracks left by the government. This brought me to Crescer e Viver.
I chose to document them because they were representative of social circus, a growing movement which uses circus arts as a vehicle for social development in at-risk youth, as well as promoting citizenship and social change. The concept intrigued me and I wanted to see it in person. Also they were one of the few NGO's in Rio that had an English-speaking staff member.
Under the tall blue-and-white striped circus tent they operated under, the reverberating laughter and chatter of children at play mixed with the rhythmic stamping of feet upon the cushioned mats was constant.
I got the sense that this was an environment where they could express themselves. In this environment they had strong positive role models—some former pupils of the program—to teach them not just circus arts, but their rights as members of society, their potentials, and the importance of community. In essence, they were giving these children a hope and confidence often absent from their lives.


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STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Colin Borchert had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead Mississippi State to a 97-47 win over New Orleans on Thursday night in nonconference action. Mississippi State shot 56.5 percent from the field and hit a season-high 10 3-pointers. New Orleans shot only 33.3 percent from the field and turned the ball over 23 times.
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Daveon Boardingham and Cedric Jenkins scored 22 points each and Southern Mississippi scored the first 12 points of the game and cruised to a 135-41 victory over Dillard on Thursday night. The 135 points were the most ever for the Golden Eagles, surpassing the 133 they scored against Virginia Tech in 1988.
THIBODAUX, La. (AP) — Fred Hunter scored 19 points and T.J. Carpenter had 17 to lead Nicholls State to an 83-79 victory over Central Arkansas in both teams' Southland Conference opener. Jeremy Smith scored 16 points and Shane Rillieux 15 for the Colonels, who snapped a seven-game losing streak.
MONROE, La. (AP) — Augustine Rubit scored a career-high 32 points with 13 rebounds and South Alabama led wire-to-wire in a 77-72 Sun Belt Conference win over Louisiana-Monroe on Thursday night. The Jaguars shot 59.1 percent, including 61.1 percent in the second half, one game after their worst shooting night of the season.


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|Dinner set at Legion
The Three Lakes American Legion will hold a beef pot roast dinner Saturday, June 22, serving from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
The dinner will include pot roast with all the trimmings, coffee and dessert for a cost of $8. Bill Hassey and his orchestra will perform music starting at 7 p.m.
For reservations, call (715) 546-3431 after noon. Tickets may also be picked up at the American Legion.
There will be no Legion meetings in July or August. Meetings will reconvene Tuesday, Sept. 3, at 7 p.m.
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Ex-LSU Title QB Matt Mauck Now Dentist
Former LSU quarterback Matt Mauck, who led the Tigers to the 2003 BCS national title, recently graduated from the University of Colorado's School of Dental Medicine. He was even profiled by a local Denver news station in July.
Mauck was a seventh-round pick of the Denver Broncos in 2004. He played in the NFL for the Broncos and Tennessee Titans from 2004-07.
The 32-year-old Mauck is on his third career. He played minor-league baseball in the Chicago Cubs' organization before turning to football and now a career as a dentist.
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The Thumbs Ups of 2011
In a bid to cover off all those things I didn't find the time to write about this last year (and to actually get a post in for the month of December) I present my inaugural 'Thumbs Up & Thumbs Down' lists for 2011. These are the things that either surprised me by being better than they deserved to be or against-all-odds-style fuck ups. Wouldn't you know it, but both the best and the worst things to happen to me this year involve dragons and Skyrim isn't even on this list.
Starting small and moving up, I have to say the first thumbs up of 2011 has to go to Breaking Bad. Why? For someone who doesn't give a damn about any of the things the show is ostensibly about – drug dealing, family drama etc etc – to sit down and plough through 4 seasons in a week it means it's got to be doing something right.
While Breaking Bad took about 3 years' worth of nagging from everyone I've ever known to try the show, The Walking Dead only took about six months before I got the hint. Now I do like my zombies, despite how they've become the most ubiquitous thing under the sun this year, but TWD is something I can recommend to regular folk and be reasonably certain they'll enjoy it as well.
Could say the same thing about Warhammer 40K: Space Marine too. Here I was thinking you'd need to be a Warhammer fan to enjoy it (which, incidentally, I am not) but it ended up being every bit the game Gears of War is, albeit a little more light-hearted, and despite a campaign that falters at the final act. It is with genuine sadness that I say the DLC took too long for this game – its latest Chaos-themed update and a teased Dreadnought mode in January will go mostly unnoticed due to the neglect it saw for a long time post launch. And that is not something I often say about DLC.
The guys at Relic have a strong pedigree however and it was never likely they'd release Space Marine as a complete dud. I was less sure the newly minted 'Netherrealm Studios' could deliver on their simply titled Mortal Kombat reboot however. As an MK fan from the early '90s I feel perfectly justified in saying that everything the team has turned out post-John Tobias has been garbage. While MK 2010 doesn't hit all the notes I felt it could have, it certainly hit a shitload more than I was expecting it to. And although I have no idea where they go from here, this solid release has done the unthinkable for myself and many others- returned the MK name to some semblance of respectability. If only Sega could turn the same trick with Sonic.
Saving the best for last, I give an extremely well deserved double-thumbs up to every nerd this side of Kentucky's new favourite thing in the world, Game of Thrones. No I hadn't read the books. Nor did I really read at all. That changed, though, and the show would deserve my props of that basis alone. That's not the only thing it's changed either. For example, I rarely buy BD-ROMs and have never pre-ordered them. Until now. And never have I anticipated a second season of a show anywhere near as much as I am longing for April 2012. Anything else I could say about the show I've already said so let's just leave it as 2011's overall highlight and leave it at that.
So this article ended up a bit tame. But coming up next is my Thumbs Down list, and man, some things have really pissed me off this year. Check that out when it goes up, hopefully before the clock strikes 12 if I get 'round to it. It'll have sharper teeth, I'm sure.
And as one final thumbs up before I kiss this stinkin' year goodbye I'd like to thank Yurik86 at Deviantart for the sweet wallpaper I used for the title image of this post.
Here we are again…
…it's always such a pleasure. And now I feel dirty. For lack of anything more insightful I've stooped to rolling out the most cliche of internet / gaming tropes – the Portal reference. The truth is while trying – in vain apparently – to recall what has happened since the last two weeks or so since my last post nothing terribly important comes to mind. Sure I dallied with Crysis 2 and endured to varying degrees of unpleasantness Fast Five and Thor. But all I really did that still bears any meaning was labouring through Portal 2. How lame is that? This is why these catch-up posts after periods of inactivity are so hard for me.
Twitter's general sentiment has led me to believe that I'm not alone in shying away from Portal 2's co-op. For me, most my friends are on XBL and none of the friends on Steam I'd want to have such a confrontational 1-on-1 with have the game. Then there are those poor souls cutoff from the world on PSN. Shortly after release I was feeling a bit silly buying the full-priced Steam version instead of picking up the PS3 disc and redeeming a PC copy for free. Not anymore. So anyway like so many other solely single players, I've finished Portal 2 and just bought an iPad. Guess what happens next?
I picked up Geoff Keighley's $2 iPad app 'The Final Hours of Portal 2′ of course. Really I could go on and on about how those traditional publishers crying bloody murder over the declines in circulation and digitising of media could learn more than a little from this brilliant piece of digital journalism. But I won't. Suffice to say that I think it was worth the cost – like the game itself – and while short did manage to leave me with a smile on my face afterward. The takeout I'd like to pull out form this is that Portal 2 had a surprisingly fraught development process. Gameplay / puzzle mechanics (there were no portals at one point…), sure, but mostly on the story front. The game went through a few iterations and the more I think about it that really shows in the finished product.
Spoiler alert, but the revelation that GLaDOS was once an ironically stupid human was novel enough. Novel, but not organic. Or believable. The whole thing was rushed and unbelievable. The exposition is laid out on a platter and with no subtlety at all, there's an 'oh no!' moment when she – at that point in potato form – figures it out. Hours after we have, mind you. For a super-intelligent AI whose character is premised on being smart, that slow reaction wasn't thought out properly, the fact that she was in a potato notwithstanding.
Not to turn this into a review either, but I will say the game was short, but brilliant. Just how I like them. There were moments where I was flabbergasted with the quality of storytelling and often at the same time as being blown away by what Valve still manages to squeeze out of its almost-decades old Source engine. While the telling was exceptional, the story itself was just good. Stephan Merchant's Wheatley outshined everyone's favourite homicidal AI and that came from behind for me.
What now for me then? Crysis 2 has failed quite miserably in keeping my interest, despite the praises I continue to sing for its predecessor. Shogun 2: Total War and Civilization V both arrived but between lapsing back into Call of Duty: Black Ops and attempting my 5th expedition into Half-Life 2 I didn't have much time for then. And my biggest grievance after all that would be the fact that my copy of Mortal Kombat did not arrive before the very long Easter weekend (and still hasn't arrived). Until it does turn up I'll just drift along in this zombie-like state. Probably stopping to give Brink a go if it gets here first and maybe even accord some attention to my PSP or iPad. Too bad none of them sound terribly exciting for a mid-Friday morning with a weekend coming up.
Mortal Kombat's missing Motaro
The new Mortal Kombat game, now unambiguously banned in Australia, could have been forgiven in Goro were the only superhuman boss character included. Shao Kahn is integral to the story and playable (?) so there was really no way to excise him. Shang Tsung is presumably in and in his youthful, toned-down form. This leaves Goro as the sole four-armed boss character who the player can't pick up and use. It's what all PR to date would have had us believe and that would have been cool, if not ideal.
But I don't think the rumoured final roster, ripped from the recent PSN demo, has escaped anyone's notice. Assuming that the text files contained therein were not an elaborate hoax – and the MK Team doesn't have the combined IQ to pull something like that off, I'm pretty sure – it seems like Kahn has been bumped up to proper final boss and Goro demoted. Seeing as the Shokan prince has a bio and an ending while Kahn only the former. Surprising me though was the inclusion of Kintaro.
History lesson; Kintaro was the savage lower-class, tiger-striped Kuatan fiend and successor to Goro who served as the second last challenge (mini-boss although not quite apt) in Mortal Kombat II. That was by far my favourite MK game and Kintaro my favourite MK boss. However the years have neglected him a bit. He hasn't made a subsequent series appearance outside Shaolin Monks and Armageddon, but those games included everyone. All key characters, before and after MKII, have been seen a lot more frequently. I guess not many people apart from me actually liked the guy.
But now it seems that, like Goro, Kintaro has a bio and an ending in 'Mortal Kombat (2011)' which would seem to strongly suggest he's a playable character. I'm of course tickled pink but there are two design oversights, I think, in this inclusion. First off, he was a badass in MKII. He was more of a badass than Kahn. I'd even go to the length of saying he was the most difficult fighting game boss ever. No, seriously. But now if he's a playable character, and if Mortal Kombat: Armageddon has taught us anything, he will be a pale shadow of his former self in the name of 'balance', a concept which Mortal Kombat has none of to begin with.
However it also shines a very bright light on the only remaining significant roster omission in next month's MK reboot: Motaro. If we're assuming this game is a retelling of sorts of the original MK trilogy, why, or more pressingly how, can you go and include the boss of MK2 but exclude the boss of MK3? Goro was an iconic feature of the first MK game and is well known across gaming at large. His spot on the list was assured. Kintaro's was not, but they've gone and included him anyway. As much as I'd hate to admit it, Motaro, a centaur of all things, probably has a bigger role in the MK mythos, and is so more deserved of a spot than the tiger-man. And yet he's apparently ruled out. If it was just Goro then the list would have seemed less than ideal, but palatable. With only Motaro out it now seems like it has a single curious and bizarre omission.
That's from an overall design perspective. It's pretty obvious that if Motaro's not in, it's that there was a technical issue with him having four legs. But really come on? Is that any kind of excuse? They peddled it for Armageddon, and it didn't make any more sense back then. Now, using Unreal Engine 3, there shouldn't be any physics and or collision problems with a poorly-coded engine written in-house as there were in 2007. Still once it becomes known to the masses that the centaur general is sitting the game out, I bet that's the line Netherrealm PR will trot out.
This is all assuming that those leaked factoids were genuine, of course. The demo build was supposedly quite old but I never believe that. Why would you wait till a month out from release and publish demo code that's a year old? I think devs consider it carte blanche for framerate hiccups, muddy textures as well as anything more serious – they can just say it's all fixed in the final shipped version. In any case there won't be long to ponder this. I really just hope that if a game dev claims, in 2011, that they cannot manage a character with the lower body of a horse the community hangs them out to dry. Because they'd deserve it.
Closing off the demo looks fine – definitely not a solid game but that will be a different rant. I think I'll have fun with this game either way, pending incidents with customs, but it doesn't hold a competitive candle to Super Street Fighter IV. Between all the infinite combos and arbitrary nature of what's safe and what isn't I don't get why more people haven't declared it's broken-ness already. *sigh* See you in April, boys.
My Return to Xbox Live
Things were simpler a year ago. My original launch 360, bless its soul, had RROD'd on me, I had a decently powerful C2D GTX 260 combo in good working order and I'd recently picked up a cheap Slim PS3 from Japan. My PC had become my primarily platform, thanks mostly to Steam, and the PS3 served as backup for those pesky console-only titles. I thought I had the best possible setup. I was wrong.
I'd tried to live without it for the longest time but now I realise that this last year or so I've really been missing Xbox Live. Missing my friends, one button invites, achievements with APIs that can follow me around the net. There was a measure of substitute with Steamworks, although only some games used it, and barely anything cohesive on PSN. In fact my year of Super Street Fighter IV on the PlayStation was one of the most frustrating experiences ever. Getting people into a game and accepting invitations from others… could it have been any more convoluted? Even though the PS3 version of the now-banned Mortal Kombat is getting fighting games favourite cameo with the inclusion of Kratos, my gut would feel yucky buying a multiplayer fighter for Sony's mess of a machine.
And on a completely unrelated note, Forza Motorsport 3 is absolutely a better game than Gran Turismo 5 although I fear that argument warrents its own article.
So starting to think that the Xbox 360, as a platform, offers a better overall experience is an interesting conclusion. I'd previously considered PC to hold that accolade, and comparing Dead Space 2 on console to PC there really is no discussion about technical proficiency. Textures and resolution are paltry by comparison. However if you take matchmaking and DLC into consideration, I wonder how much weight that extra visual fidelity actually caries?
Against the sheer fragmentation of platforms and standards on PC – EA friends list, I'm looking at you – I'm beginning to see the graphics as less and less of a consideration. Not that its mode was worthwhile to begin with, I never once played DS2 online on the PC. And, by pure arrogance on the publisher's part, I'll never play the 'Severed' DLC. Thanks a lot guys. Even Steam seems to now show contempt for its customers – again most likely by publishers' edict – by charging ludicrous prices for games. Ozgameshop.com can now match day-and-date better prices for 360 versions of new releases than Steam can despite being exempt from printing and licensing overheads.
Half the fact that the cohesive nature of the Xbox platform feels so good is undoubtedly that the situation on the PC is so broken. Nevertheless I'm switching over to the 360 as my primary, despite it costing me a new console, some visual bells & whistles and despite costing me a yearly subscription to boot. Certainly wouldn't have anticipated declaring this a year ago, but for the bunch of reasons I've mentioned – and no doubt a bunch more – I'm not regretting a thing.
So come on friends, add my Gamertag Ichorid4.
Mortal Kombat OFLC submission confirms Quan Chi, Kabal and Baraka?
So surprise, surprise, Mortal Kombat just got banned by the Australian Office of Film and Literature classification. However, based on the below except from the submission's comments, doesn't it seem like Quan Chi, Kabal and Baraka are now all confirmed as playable characters? Double-edged win if you ask me.
- Kung Lao throws his metal hat into the ground and it spins like a buzz saw. He grabs his prone opponent by the ankles and drags their body through the saw, explicitly slicing them vertically in half. Copious bloodspray is noted. Kung Lao then holds up both halves of the corpse as blood pours out.
- Jade explicitly kicks an opponent into the air and plants her fighting stick into the ground. The opponent falls backwards onto the stick and is explicitly impaled, with the stick protruding from their chest. Jade then explicitly tears her opponent's head off, with bloodspray noted, and explicitly plants it on the stick.
- Stryker tasers his opponent and then explicitly shoots their head off with his gun. Blood and gore is noted.
- Quan Chi explicitly rips his opponent's leg off, accompanied by copious bloodspray. As they lie on the ground, he explicitly beats them with the severed leg for a prolonged period of time.
- Scorpion explicitly slashes an opponent horizontally in two at the waist, with blood and wound detail noted. He then explicitly decapitates them and kicks their body over. As the severed head falls through the air, he explicitly slices it vertically in two.
- Mileena throws two blades at an opponent, which explicitly lodge in their chest. She slowly approaches and explicitly rips their head off, causing their severed neck to spray blood as their body topples. She then explicitly bites into the severed head before throwing it to the ground.
- Kabal uses long hooks to explicitly pull out an opponent's Intestines before explicitly impaling the opponent on two spikes.
- Shao Kahn uses his hands to explicitly rip an opponent's body vertically in two.
- Baraka explicitly lodges a blade (attached to his wrist) in an opponent's stomach and hoists them above his head. He spins them round and explicitly decapitates and dismembers them, accompanied by copious bloodspray.
- Kitana uses her 'folding fan' weapon to explicitly dismember then decapitate her opponent, with copious blood flow noted.
Emphasis mine. Thanks to Ausgamers for the info and wiigotaproblem for the mad fanart.
Shao Karnage: Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 for iOS
Following on from my last post about the Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 port for iOS that was only revealed at the last minute before its actual release, I thought I'd put up some impressions.
Content-wise, the game is scant. You get the above characters, which is fine for a downloadable game, along with Ermac and Jade as unlockables. A good mix of MK3 stages are included and on top of the standard arcade mode, there's 'Shao Karnage' which is basically a deal-the-most-damage-for-points stage against series boss Shao Kahn. I found the name a clever pun as well.
Gameplay is very similar to Street Fighter 4 for iOS in terms of controls. You get onscreen buttons for Punches and Kicks, as well as Run and Block and a dedicated Special Move button. Things get a bit cluttered there. AI is nothing to write home about; you can Ice Ball and uppercut as Sub-Zero all day long. Well timed uppercuts from a crouching position are all that's needed to take down Motaro and Kahn too- they're both in but unplayable as best I can tell.
What puzzles me is the 3D modelling here. You would think that a port of a 2D arcade game would involve the original spites and any recent iPhone is at least capable of that. Instead we get everything remade in 3D. Characters are redone, perfect in terms of frames and hitboxes as best I can tell and stages too are completely recreated with polygons too. The question is, why would anyone go to the trouble of what could easily have been a copy and paste emulation port?
I'm enjoying this mobile release as much as I can, but it's really served to pique my curiosity as to why so much time and effort was needlessly invested in it. It's only a hunch, but could it be the promised Mortal Kombat HD Arcade Kollection is not, in fact going to be re-shooting real actors for 2D sprites, as is currently thought, but rather going for an all out 3D approach? There is a 3D sticker on the leaked PS3 box shot so who knows…
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 for iPhone?
So in my last piece of Mortal Kombat news for the minute, apparently Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 is coming to iOS with Street Fighter IV-esque controls, 11 fighters and the rumour of Goro and Shao Kahn as bosses. Sounds good, but if they DLC-ed it up to the Mortal Kombat Trilogy character count that'd be even better.
Let's hope it plays half-decently when it comes out, apparently before Christmas.
UPDATE: Here are some screenshots and, correct me if I'm wrong, but don't those look like 3D models and not the digital still sprites used in the original UMK3? Why would they bother going and remodelling everything instead of just using the original graphics? Surely modern iOS devices could handle it…
Speaking of Mortal Kombat, There's Now A Tournament Edition
Well if this wasn't a surprise. Releasing a 'Tournament Edition' of the upcoming Mortal Kombat is an ingenious way of making part with even more of my cash come next April, even if it borrows a whole piece of… hardware.. from Street Fighter's… erm.. arcade (?). Far be it for someone like me with more arcade sticks than consoles to use them with (a stick catalogue post is surely coming) to buy another one, particularly one with a bat top and no doubt poor construction quality, but it has that classic MK 'X' layout. I don't have a stick with that. So there's my excuse.
Alongside the Tournament Edition there's also a 'Kollector's Edition' that comes with Scorpion & Sub-Zero figurines in lieu of that massive controller, and I'm torn as to which I actually want more. Could always get both; one for each system. But then I'd be pressed to decide which I buy for which. A 360 stick would certainly be a better investment- guaranteed Windows compatibility for emulators and what have you, but I'd likely be playing the game primarily on my PS3. Ahh, choices.
In other news, I'm disappointed that 'Klassic' costumes for Sub-Zero, Scorpion and Reptile are pre-order-only DLC. Hell, I'm upset they're DLC at all. What's the point of a reboot if not harkening back to what made the series great in the first place? And if it wasn't those rad Ninja (sorry Sub) costumes I don't know what to say. They went and made Sub-Zero Chinese again after being, at different times, Caucasian, Outworld-ian and also a member of the extinct species of 'Cryomancers' (this was around the time the MK storyline went to hell). You'd think that if they went back to a character's original ethnicity they'd at least go and dress them in their original liveries. Apparently not. I hope this isn't the first of many gratuitously stupid oversights going on at MK headquarters but suspect those started long before this title was even announced.
Anyway I'd better retire my thoughts on this title before the K key breaks on this arthritis-inducing Apple keyboard I'm forced to use during daylight hours.
Mortal Kombat Can Fool Me Twice, If It Likes
Much like my last job, I can summarise my relationship with Mortal Kombat with the abused wife syndrome. That is, shabby treatment continues but I keep going back. Or at least used to – I left my wretched job earlier this year and abandoned all fondness for the once-loved franchise years back with the release of Mortal Kombat: Deception. For my part, in both cases I've been better off. And yet all it takes to lure me back in is the promise of a return to form in the guise of 2011's 'Mortal Kombat' reboot. It's a promise made many times before and never delivered upon. Sigh. I really am a glutton for punishment.
You know what else? Kratos of God of War fame, after dipping his feet in the slightly milder waters of fighting games with his cameo in the quickly-forgotten Soulcalibur PSP port, now enters the arena to throwdown with Scorpion, Sub-Zero and friends. As if Yoda and Vader weren't enough in that last game… are fighters really that bad off that they need every man and his dog to step in and represent whatever supposedly more popular world they came from? I mean really, one would think after a history of solid, well-loved titles that the Mortal Kombat name could stand on its own. Oh, wait…


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Charleston's last USL PRO game was the championship match versus the Wilmington Hammerheads that saw the Battery claim a fourth title in September of last year. It was a lackluster performance by the defending champions though as the Battery failed to find the attacking rhythm that had seen them go undefeated in a long unbeaten pre-season run that extended back to late February.
Richmond opened the scoring in the 23rd minute after midfielder Alex Lee played in a deep cross from the left side. Forward Joseph Ngwenya peeled away from his marker and looped a header over Battery goalkeeper Odisnel Cooper.
The Kickers doubled their advantage in the 32nd minute after some good wing play by Brian Ownby that saw him get past defender Taylor Mueller to the goal-line. Ownby squared the ball across and Casey Townsend tapped in the finish from close range.
The Battery responded with a spell of pressure and forward Jose Cuevas felt he should have been awarded a penalty-kick in the 39th minute after he was brought down in the box. Despite vociferous protests from the Battery players the referee, Mark Gorak waived play on.
Charleston finally pulled a goal back in the 45th minute after an outstanding play from veteran defender John Wlson. Wilson dribbled downfield with the ball then played a quick one-two pass with midfielder Mike Azira. Wilson collected the return pass and drilled a shot past Richmond goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra into the bottom right corner.
Charleston almost leveled in the 55th minute in perhaps the defining moment of the game. After controlling play for the first ten minutes of the second half the Battery carved out a good chance for Paterson at the edge of the box. Paterson hit a clean strike that whistled towards the goal but the ball struck the inside of the post and cannoned away to safety.
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So, first of all, you should know that something big is in the works here, involving lots of numbers. Maybe not so big in terms of importance, but it's involving lots of arithmetic on my part. So stay tuned for that. But for now:
I'm putting a kibosh on complaining about lines, on account of we don't so much use lines anymore. Also, Avery's getting the ice time he deserves (13:57 tonight), and I like that. Some good games over break, tonight was not so good. But props go to Avery, who has been playing good hockey. I didn't name my dog after him (I don't own a dog), but this girl did:
Kevin DeLury of New York Rangers Blog is running a big campaign to write him in as an All-Star, which I strongly suggest you participating in. Go vote here or text "Sean Avery" to 81812. Anyway, I only bring it up because of Avery's response to it: "That's great. I will hopefully make the team, and I'll be the first player ever to get an instigator penalty at an NHL All-Star game. That'll be amazing, right?" I love this guy.
Credit also goes out to Brandon Dubinsky, who played a good game tonight, and to Michal Rozsival, who I think has looked in his couple of games back as good as he's looked in two seasons. I'm really glad to have him back.
That's all for Ranger talk tonight, so I wanna make a quick joke about how every time they say Preds goalie Pekka Rinne's full name, it sounds like something Vinnie Barbarino would call a classmate, and then it's time for another edition of Kovalwatch!!!! How have things been since we checked in with the most anticipated off-season athlete signing since 2010's LeBron James? Well, first of all, the Devils still find themselves just above the Oilers and Islanders, not quite at the bottom of the league (although if Edmonton and Long Island win their games-in-hand, Jersey finds themselves back in that #30 spot). At 8-14-2, the Devils are on pace to finish the season with 61.5 points, good enough for the bottom 3 spots in the league every season since the lockout. Hell, 61.5 would put the Devils in the 24th spot back in 1998-'99, the final season that games couldn't be worth 3 points, and there were only 27 teams.
Meanwhile, Ilya himself, whose contract, for those of you who are missing the point, is still 15 years for $100 million, is looking at 4-6-10, putting him on pace to finish the season with 18.2 goals and 27.3 assists. Other players with 4 goals and 6 assists? Blackhawks Jake Dowell ($1.05m/2yr) and Bryan Bickell ($1.625m/3yr), Tampa Bay's Sean Bergenheim ($0.7m/1yr), and Penguin Tyler Kennedy ($1.45m/2yr), among others. The only one whose contract comes anywhere near Kovalchuk's on the list is Zdeno Chara, who is tied for 7th in the league with a +12 rating. Ilya's rating? An abysmal -11.
Minus goddamn eleven. On pace to be worse than -50 for the season. This would be the worst +/- in the NHL since at least 1997-'98. The worst since then has been Rico Fata's -46 in 2003-'04, but NHL.com does not have this data prior to '97-'98. So, quite possibly the worst in a good deal longer than that. Just a total detriment to his team. On pace for 45.6 points and -50.1. At $6.67 million. And this is his prime, no less.
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Norton v. Shelby County
Argued March 24-25, 1886
Decided May 10, 1886
This Court follows the decisions of the highest court of a state in construing the constitution and laws of the state unless they conflict with or impair the efficacy of some principle of the federal Constitution or of a federal statute or a rule of commercial or general law.
The decisions of state courts on questions relating to the existence of its subordinate tribunals and the eligibility and election or appointment of their officers and the passage of its laws are conclusive upon federal courts.
Following the decision of the highest court of the Tennessee in Pope v. Phifer, 3 Heiskell 691, and other cases, this Court holds that the Board of Commissioners of Shelby County, organized under the Act of March 9, 1867, had no lawful existence; that it was an unauthorized and illegal body; that its members were usurpers of the functions and powers of the justices of peace of the county; that their action in holding a county court was void, and that their acts in subscribing to the stock of the Mississippi River Railroad Company and issuing bonds in payment therefor were void.
While acts of a de facto incumbent of an office lawfully created by law and existing are often held to be binding from reasons of public policy, the acts of a person assuming to fill and perform the duties of an office which does not exist de jure can have no validity whatever in law.
An unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; it affords no protection; it creates no office; it is in legal contemplation as inoperative as though it had never been passed.
The action of a minority of the justices of the peace of the County Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, prior to May 5, 1870, did not operate as a ratification by the county court of the previously invalid subscription of the county to stock in the Mississippi River Railroad Company, and on and after that day, on which the new Constitution of Tennessee took effect, no ratification could be made without previous assent of three-fourths of the voters of the county.
This suit was brought to enforce payment of twenty-nine bonds for $1,000 each issued by the Board of Commissioners of Shelby County in payment of a subscription by the county to stock in the Mississippi River Railroad Company. The form of the bond appears in the opinion of the Court, post, p. 118 U. S. 434.
On the 25th February, 1867, the county court of any county through which that railroad might run was authorized to subscribe to its capital stock. Laws of 1866-1867, page 131, c. 48, § 6, [Footnote 1]
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N/A August 14, 2007 @ 9:56 AM
Like on B&G pumps...Cast iron, springs, you know. Do any of you guys change these as a matter of preventive maintenance? One just let go on a customer and it destroyed the bearing assy. What is YOUR method or procedure when you reassemble them? Motor first or pump side first? What causes them to fail? The pump bearings feel ok, I can spin the shaft, no water leaking into them but once I replaced the coupling and ran it up the bearings started to howl something awful. The bearings have been getting a few drops of oil every 4 months.
Joe Mattiello August 16, 2007 @ 9:13 AM
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Taco 1400-70The Taco 1400-70 will deliver approx. 47 gpm @ 21 ft. This pump has a nice flat curve and it's maintenance free. See attached literature for more information on the pump mentioned.joe mattiello
Big Ed August 16, 2007 @ 9:44 AM
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Over and Under OilingAs Mike has mentioned ,motor mounts are the main cause for couplings failure .If the motor has been over oiled and leaks out on the motor mounts they get soggy . And with the weight of the motor it drops and now the two shafts are offset from one another causing the springs to rotate which would cause a noise and wear them out . Change a coupling ,then also change the mounts or the complete motor as well. Under oiling , worn or unplugged wick would dry out the bearing shaft . They use a wick rather then a bath to prevent grit from entering The bearing also has a oil weep hole to prevent over filling . Installing the coupling.... First you have to remove the oil one . You don't want to push or pull on the shafts so it it does not want to come off easy enough use a small gear puller . The first thing you want to check with installing the new coupling is how easy it slides on the bearing shaft .It should slide right on. If not oil and clean the shaft or rat tail file the coupling opening . Small models.... I first install the coupling on the bearing then bring up the motor up while I am holding the motor end of the coupling with two fingers with allan key in place and motor bolts in arms reach .(the bolts in arms reach we all learn the hard way} Align the key to the counter sunk hole and slide the couplings on flush with the shaft. Hold it with you two fingers and tighten up the allen . Only tee handles are useful here Make sure you catch the hole . You can tell by the depth and also the coupling will slide out off the shaft a little . Large or problem replacements .. You can use threaded rod or longer bolts to hold the motor temporary in place while you install the coupling . Wood Golf tees are use full just incase you applied too much pressure on the shaft and now the weep hole is dripping . You pound one into the hole so it does not leak until the seal re-seats it self or buys you enough time until the bearing oil cavity fills up with water and the next guy get to repair, ............................................................................. OK I'm only kidding here ....Before the B&G Red School House comes down on me :)
jalcoplumb August 14, 2007 @ 11:57 AM
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I try to avoid them.99% of the time I end up changing the pump to a 00 series circulator. I give the customer the choice to remove the headache or change the coupling. When I explain that the new pump will not have the same problem they are tickled pink. Most of the time the replacement pump will use less electricity and be smaller then the old one. As for the bearing assembly, most of the time a new 00 series is less then the cost of replacing the bearing assembly and labor. The best is when they tell you how it was making noise all heating season.
Rich Kontny August 14, 2007 @ 8:45 PM
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StillThere are still alot of B&G three piece circs out there. They certainly have stood the test of time. They are dinosaurs now that cartridge type pumps are available. Updating is always an option if the owner can be talked into it. Rich K.
N/A August 14, 2007 @ 10:58 AM
I don`treplace them as preventive maintenance, but when I do I use a Spiralink coupler in place of the 4 spring. I understand over/sloppy oiling of the motor allows the rubber mounts to "sag"(the oil reacts with them), causing misalignment of the shaft.
I usually put the pump side on first, but either way can be difficult if the motor-lead is short.
Empire August 14, 2007 @ 12:01 PM
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Motor mounts are important.This is one of the causes of failure, but not the only cause. 4 drops will not Do Anything. Refer to B&G specs. Lack of oil may be your immediate problem, but who knows. B&G's web sight is awesome and I strongly recommend it for all related problems, as you can find the answers to most of your question. How old is the bearing Assy., and when was the wick replaced? Mike T.
Couderay August 14, 2007 @ 11:22 PM
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B&G 3 PieceSecond pump since 1964,rebuilt, now serves as a back up. If it fits, oil once a year and fourgetaboutit. Series 100 on a weil mcclain. Do they still make em like they used too??
N/A August 15, 2007 @ 9:10 AM
no they don't make themNope, they don't make them like they use to. I consider those 3 pcs are crapola. I have some jobs that the orginal circ pumps are still in service while the new one since '85 for new addition zone been replaced at least six times over.
N/A August 15, 2007 @ 9:11 AM
Good question,,,Another simulpost I see, good answer too... ;)
hr August 15, 2007 @ 9:28 AM
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power consumption aloneshould be enough to convince the owner to upgrade to a wet rotor. Considering the new ECM circs power consumption could be 1/3 to 1/2 with a new circ. And maintenance issues disapper. hot rod To Learn More About This Professional, Click Here to Visit Their Ad in "Find A Professional"
N/A August 15, 2007 @ 8:14 PM
I don't have the numbers...in front of me but the pump info indicated 47 GPM @ 24' of head and the best TACO could do was 45 gpm @ 18' of head. A "1400" pump we were looking at IIRC.
N/A August 14, 2007 @ 1:47 PM
This is a big one...but point well taken, I'll look at it again with that in mind and see if I can get one that will work and throw a price at them. Yes, I talked to the guys at Bell Pump in Hartford and they gave me new mounts as well as the assembly but I'm going to hold off and look into the above idea before I go any further. The assembly is maybe 4 years old the motor is much older. Yup, I do pump side first too. Just checking. ;)
N/A August 15, 2007 @ 1:03 PM
well,,,I'm afraid Taco doesn't have anything big enough so I'm going to have to rebuild. Thanks for the ideas on options!
Steamhead (in transit) August 15, 2007 @ 3:57 PM
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Which circ did you have?Can't believe Taco, Grundfos or B&G don't make wet-rotor replacements that big...... "Steamhead" To Learn More About This Professional, Click Here to Visit Their Ad in "Find A Professional"
tim smith August 15, 2007 @ 5:37 PM
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service!!!!!, very easyWe probably replace at least a 200 - 300 couplers & (motor mounts)the critical stage each year. Service is easy on these and they last a long time if maintained. Oil yearly and every 3 yrs or so couplers and mounts. We don't replace them as matter of course but look at the wear where the spring is tied to cast body of coupler. This will give you a good idea if spring or cast assembly is wearing out. Good luck, Tim
jalcoplumb August 16, 2007 @ 2:43 AM
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You sure?Are you sure the original is the proper size. As with boiler replacements it is good to check the size needed vs the size that was installed previously. I see a lot of oversized pumps. Saved quite a few customers money by installing the right sized pump on the replacement.


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