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In 1999, Acme Tools sold their online department to Amazon and since then, they've apparently been concentrating on expanding their brick and mortar stores in Iowa and Minnesota. But now it seems that they're back in action.
We checked their prices and they're in the range of most other online retailers. The site does have a couple cool features like a 'what's new' area and a standing gift guide. You can also 'shop by trade,' which is nice.
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We've done our random drawing and have come up with the grand prize winner of the Craftsman MiterMate. First, we took all of your comments and gave each one a number and wrote those numbers on little pieces of paper and spread them out on the floor. Then, we plopped Tool Snob Jr. in the middle of it and the piece of paper he selected was the winner. Although he was momentarily distracted by Sullivan, the giant teddy bear, he soon got down to business and picked a winner. To make sure that the whole event was on the up and up, the drawing was monitored closely by Marlowe, the official sweepstakes observer.
And so the winner of the MiterMate is Beth who wrote in with this entry:
I absolutely need this. I currently have to borrow my cousin's husbands mitre saw, and granted he doesn't use it, neither do I, because it's broke, and I can't just go around returning broken miter saws to people, and saying things like 'it was this way when I found it', and by found it I mean dropped it.
Mostly I need to finished the molding and trim in the front room of my mothers house, before she gets back and sees that I ripped out all the old stuff.
So when I think do I need a mitersaw? The question is really do I wish to continue to be a member of this family and have a roof over my head?
Both answers are yes.
Thanks Toolsnob, I keep you in the heart of my toolbar, in the web browser of my life.
Mostly I need to finished the molding and trim in the front room of my mothers house, before she gets back and sees that I ripped out all the old stuff.
So when I think do I need a mitersaw? The question is really do I wish to continue to be a member of this family and have a roof over my head?
Both answers are yes.
Thanks Toolsnob, I keep you in the heart of my toolbar, in the web browser of my life.
When we initiated the contest, we said we would choose another winner based on originality and creativity. As it turns out we chose two. These guys will be getting a random tool from the shop.
The first runner-up was David, who, if he won the saw, offered to devote 1-3 minutes each day to world peace. We're sorry that you didn't win the grand prize, David. It looks like Bono will just have to carry a little more weight on his shoulders.
The second runner-up was Bobby, who delivered his entry in the form of a haiku. We were stunned with his evocative words and are in the process of nominating him for the Bollingen Prize. Dim the lights and read the poem for yourself:
a mitermate saw!
while rebuilding my old shed
in spring would help much.
while rebuilding my old shed
in spring would help much.
Simple. Elegant. Beautiful.
And while those were the winners, we do want to say that we were immensely impressed with the quality of all the entries. With very few exceptions, they were great fun to read and we're honored to have such clever and crafty people visit our website. We also feel 100% of your pain with your old houses, in-progress renovations, and angry spouses. If we could, we would have given a MiterMate to each one of you. Honestly.
We would also like to thank Craftsman for suggesting the give-away in the first place.
Yesterday we reviewed the Craftsman MiterMate, and today we're giving it away. It's out in the shop and all boxed up, waiting to be sent out to one of you. To enter the contest, drop a comment at this post telling us what makes you so special and why you should be the one to win the tool. The winner will be decided by random drawing next Friday (Feb 26th).
Because it's a random drawing, the content of your answer doesn't affect your chances of winning, but for our sake, put at least 2 minutes of thought into it. The one and two word answers just don't cut it. In fact, we'll add in a second prize for the most original entry.
Because the box is crazy heavy, we're only accepting entries from the contiguous United States. The postage rates for any place beyond that will cause us to start digging into Tool Snob Jr.'s college fund and we don't want to do that.
A big thanks to the people at Sears for suggesting the give-away. Check out the entire line of Craftsman tools here.
Our review of the MiterMate is here.
CopTool was there so you didn't have to be. Tons of photos and all the details on what went down here.
Sears has just kicked off a new sweepstakes, the end result of which is a massive load of tools going to one lucky person. In order to enter the sweepstakes all you have to do is to set up a Twitter account and follow the Sears Blue Tool Crew (http://twitter.com/BlueToolCrew). One winner will be randomly selected February 26th. The eligibility period runs from Feb 11th to Feb 18th. It looks like only new followers during that time will be entered, so if you're already following, you're out of luck.
The big momma prize consists of:
ARV of all prizes is $729.94.
We love the all or nothing vibe of this contest...no second place, no runner-up, just one completely dominant winner laughing at everyone else. Sort of like Thunderdome.
If there ever was a reason to join Twitter, this is it.
Official rules are here.
Since the Tool Snob travel budget only covers trips to the liquor store, we couldn't make it to this year's International Builder's Show out in Vegas. Thankfully, though, the Sears Blue Tool Crew is there with video cameras and they'll be releasing videos of the event in the upcoming days. So far there are three, one of which is an introduction, and the other two talk exclusively about (you'll never guess) Craftsman Tools. According to their Sears, they are going to branch out into other brands in the upcoming videos. But as far as the Craftsman tools go, there are some interesting items featured in the video, including the MiterMate (which we're currently testing out and so far have A LOT of thoughts on, our review will be up soon) and the Versatrack storage system. Actually, it's funny but with all the big budget items on display, one thing that really caught our eye was the Edge Utility Cutter, which is a set of snips that uses a standard utility blade.
So check out the videos here and make sure to check back throughout the week for more.
The new Grizzly catalog showed up the other day brightening up an otherwise cold and gray week. It's currently sitting on our desk and in about a week it will migrate to the nearest bathroom where it will likely spend the year.
If you've never looked through one of these things, you're missing out big time. This year's offering is a full 675 pages of tools, accessories, milling machines, router bits, guitar making materials and every other tool related item under the sun. The prices are generally good and there are some real steals with the Grizzly tools.
The crazy part is that the catalogs are free. All you have to do to get one is go here and sign up.
Home Fixated, one of our daily stops in the DIY/tool blogging world has recently undergone a full site redesign. The new look is much easier to navigate through and since they're always giving stuff away, we suggest you taking a look for yourself.
Aside from the monthly giveaways and great tool reviews there are also sections for coupons, videos and how-to.
Check out Home Fixated here.
At our last house we had this massive snowblower that was actually more of a "snow cannon." We really loved the thing and always enjoyed blasting snow onto our neighbor's yard. But, because of the tricky driveway, we sold it with the house and now we're left with a much smaller hand-me-down blower that works fine, but it takes a little longer and our chest doesn't hardly puff up at all when we're using it.
So here comes Sears with a chance to win a Craftsman snowblower. To enter to win, you need a Twitter account (which immediately disqualifies anyone over 35 years old). First, you need to go to Craftsman's Snowblower Finder in order to find the right model for your needs, and then you log on to Twitter and follow @BlueLGCrew and tweet in the following:
Following @BlueLGCrew and went to http://bit.ly/6KxG5t to find my ideal #searssnowblower - model XXXXX - I'm entered for a chance to win it!
Don't forget to replace the "XXXXX" with your model number AND follow @BlueLGCrew. Once you've done that, you'll be entered for a chance to win the model number you tweeted.
The contest is ending on Jan. 13th.
Small print official contest rules are here and the press release is posted after the jump, if you're interested.
The Ready Wrench contest is over and we've picked our winners. Like we said in the contest rules, of the five Ready Wrenches that we're giving away, three of them were being decided by random drawing. Those winners are readers Mark, Ben, and Jim. Congrats.
The other two winners were chosen based on the content of their entry and they are readers Paul and Todd. Paul because he dropped the line, "The back of the house was pretty much made of sawdust and wishes," and Todd because he has somehow gotten away with depriving his wife of a kitchen for over a year of renovations. We've posted their entries after the jump. They're worth checking out, particularly if you're in the middle of a project and it feels like it can't get any worse.
Again we'd like to thank Black & Decker for assisting with the contest and providing the prizes. If you didn't win but are interested in a Ready Wrench, they can be had at Amazon.com for about $25. We would also like to thank all of the readers who entered. We enjoyed looking through the entries and we hope to give you more chances to win stuff with more contests like this in the future.


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Our research investigates the molecular features of complex diseases that lead to the death of neural cells (neurodegenerations). Most of our projects focus on glaucoma. Glaucoma is a major cause of human blindness and is often associated with elevated pressure within the eye itself (intraocular pressure, or IOP). The harmfully high pressure damages retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) resulting in a pressure-induced neurodegeneration. We use mouse models to study glaucoma. We combine genetics with genomics, cell/molecular biology and physiology to understand glaucoma. We are identifying new genes and pathways that cause glaucoma. We study how abnormal ocular development and other processes lead to high IOP and glaucoma and are determining how high intraocular pressure damages retinal neurons. We are also investigating possible treatments and are currently experimenting with a new radiation treatment we discovered that completely prevents glaucomatous neurodegeneration in the vast majority of treated animals.
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Genetics of Pressure- and Non-Pressure-Induced Neurodegenerations
We use genetics, genomics, cell biology and physiology to understand the fundamental biologic processes that cause disease, with a focus on neurodegeneration and glaucoma. Our work spans developmental biology, melanosomal biology, immunology, and neurobiology. In addition to glaucoma, we study stroke and age-related macular degeneration-relevant phenotypes. The following summary focuses on our glaucoma research.
Glaucoma affects 70 million people worldwide. In glaucoma, retinal ganglion cell death and optic nerve degeneration lead to blindness. Harmfully high intraocular pressure (IOP) is an important contributing factor in many cases. The genetic factors determining IOP and susceptibility to pressure-induced damage are largely unknown.
Causes of high IOP
To understand the initial processes leading to glaucoma, it is important to identify the genes that cause elevated IOP. We have studied IOP in mice carrying mutated genes that are expressed in ocular tissue involved in aqueous humor production and drainage. Although these studies identified genes that control IOP, none of the tested mutations elevated IOP to levels that cause glaucoma. Thus, we are currently focusing on identifying and characterizing new mutants with greater elevations of IOP. We are characterizing several interesting mutants that appear to affect different pathways.
Genetics of glaucoma in DBA/2J mice
In pigmentary glaucoma, iris cells are damaged, resulting in dispersal of iris pigment into the ocular drainage structures, and this induces high IOP. DBA/2J mice develop a form of pigmentary glaucoma caused by mutations in the glyocoprotein (transmembrane) nmb gene, Gpnmb, and the tyrosinase-related protein 1 gene, Tyrp1. Since both genes encode melanosomal proteins, we hypothesized that their mutation somehow allows toxic intermediates of pigment production to leak from melanosomes, causing iris disease and pigmentary glaucoma. Supporting this, albino and hypopigmentation mutations prevent disease development. This suggests that mutant melanosomal protein genes may contribute to human pigmentary glaucoma, and that therapeutic strategies to decrease pigment production may be beneficial.
Adding a further layer of understanding, our experiments demonstrate that bone marrow-derived cells and inflammatory processes contribute to the depigmenting iris disease. Current experiments suggest that the Gpnmb mutation of DBA/2J disturbs ocular immune privilege and allows immune cells to attack the iris and propagate the iris disease that induces glaucoma.
Ongoing experiments focus on the nature of the immune system's involvement in this glaucoma. Not all individuals with pigment dispersion develop high IOP. Thus, we will also assess the possibility that differences in immune responses determine whether the dispersed pigment induces high IOP. We have produced a useful tool for these studies by backcrossing the Gpnmb and Tyrp1 mutant alleles from DBA/2J into the C57BL/6J strain. This mutant C57BL/6J congenic strain develops the same iris disease as DBA/2J mice, but is much less susceptible to IOP elevation. We are studying this strain difference, in susceptibility to IOP elevation. An understanding of the genes and pathways that are involved may lead to new treatments to prevent IOP elevation in human glaucoma.
Neurobiology of pressure-induced damage in glaucoma
The neurobiology of pressure-induced cell death in glaucoma is poorly understood. DBA/2J mice provide a tractable model for dissecting pathways of cell death in inherited glaucoma and for investigating neuroprotective strategies. The inherited nature of the DBA/2J disease, marked by a progressive, relatively mild onset of pressure insult, is an important feature of this model.
We use the DBA/2J model to address how and why retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) die in glaucoma. It is now known that the pathways that destroy the soma and axon of the same neuron can differ. Using mutants in which somal and axonal degeneration are separately impeded, we have started experiments to determine whether high IOP insults the RGC soma, axon, or both in glaucoma. We recently demonstrated that the pro-apoptotic molecule BAX is required for RGC death in DBA/2J glaucoma. However, BAX is not required for RGC axon degeneration. This indicates that distinct somal and axonal degeneration pathways are active in this glaucoma.
Future efforts will focus on understanding the different somal and axonal degeneration pathways. To understand these processes, we are using a variety of approaches including genetics and genomics. We are completing a comprehensive genomic study of gene expression changes at different stages of glaucoma and are identifying very early changes. These studies will provide new insights into RGC death in glaucoma and will identify potential therapeutic targets.
We are also interested in mechanisms of neuroprotection that may shield RGCs from glaucoma. Importantly, we have discovered a profound neuroprotective effect of a radiation and bone marrow treatment. The protective effect is long-lasting and prevents glaucoma in almost all treated mice. The magnitude of the protection is unprecedented and we are eager to understand the underlying biology, which may involve stem cells, trophic factors, neuronal-glial interactions or simply neuronal mechanisms. Experiments are underway to understand this neuroprotection. Additionally, we are testing the ability of focal ocular irradiation to prevent glaucoma.
Anterior segment dysgenesis and developmental glaucoma
In developmental glaucomas, abnormal formation of the ocular drainage structures in the angle of the eye is a cause of IOP elevation. We have characterized angle malformation genes, including the forkhead transcription factor (Foxc2), bone morphogenetic protein (Bmp4), and collagen type IV alpha 1 (Col4a1). We have also studied mice with mutations in the genes for cytochrome P450 1b1 (Cyp1b1) and forkhead box transcription factor C1 (Foxc1), which cause human developmental glaucoma. Because of extensive variability in the human disease, we used mice to identify a modifier gene that alters ocular abnormalities due to mutations in Cyp1b1 and Foxc1. Genetic deficiency of tyrosinase exacerbates defects in both Cyp1b1 and Foxc1 mutant mice. Tyrosinase provides L-DOPA that protects against angle malformation. Future work will be aimed at further understanding the role of L-DOPA in ocular development and glaucoma, evaluating if and how dietary DOPA modulates the severity of human glaucoma, and identifying further genes that modify the phenotypic effects of Cyp1b1 mutations.
Lab staffSee complete bios on lab staff.
Head of Laboratory
Simon W.M. John, Ph.D.
Administrative Staff
Bethany Preble, B.S., Executive Administrative Assistant
Mimi de Vries, Ph.D. Lab Manager/Research Scientist
Research Scientists
Richard Smith, M.D.,D.M.S Research Specialist
Gareth Howell, Ph.D. Research Scientist
Sai Nair, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Scientist
Krish Kizhatil, Ph.D. Research Scientist
Mimi de Vries, Ph.D. Lab Manager/Research Scientist
Postdoctoral Fellows
Ileana Soto, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow
Sai Nair, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Scientist
Research Assistants & Students
Stephen Kneeland, M.S. Research Assistant
Margaret Ryan, M.S. Research Assistant
Amy Bell, B.S. Research Assistant
Katharine Harmon, B.A. Research Assistant
Catherine Braine, B.A.Research Assistant
Michael Sellarole, B.S. Research Assistant
Francis Ding, B.S. Research Assistant
Brianna Caddle, B.S. Graduate Student/Former Research Assistant
Visiting Investigators
Jeffrey Marchant, Ph.D.
James Morgan, Ph.D.
Former Postdoctoral Fellows
Doug Gould, Ph.D.
Mike Anderson, Ph.D.
Rick Libby, Ph.D.
Xianjun Zhu, Ph.D.
Publication listingsSee a complete list of publications.
Gould DB, Phalan FC, van Mil SE, Sundberg JP, Vahedi K, Massin P, Germaine Bousser M, Heutink P, Miner JH, Tournier-Lasserve E, John SWM. 2006. Role of COL4A1 in small-vessel disease and hemorrhagic stroke. N E J Med 354: 1489-1496Anderson MG, Haraszti T, Petersen GE, Wirick S, Jacobsen C, John SWM, Grunze M. 2006. Scanning transmission X-ray microscopic analysis of purified melanosomes of the mouse iris. Micron 37: 689-698
Anderson MG, Libby RT, Mao M, Cosma IM, Wilson LA, Smith RS, John SWM. 2006. Genetic context determines susceptibility to intraocular pressure elevation in a mouse pigmentary glaucoma. BMC Biol 4:20 Gould DB, Reedy M, Wilson LA, Smith RS, Johnson RL, John SWM. 2006. Mutant myocilin non-secretion in vivo is not sufficient to cause glaucoma. Mol Cell Biol 26: 8427-8436
Gould DB, Marchant JK, Savinova OV, Smith RS, John SWM. 2007. Col4a1 mutation causes endoplasmic reticulum stress and genetically modifiable ocular dysgenesis. Hum Mol Genet 16: 7798-807 Fox MA, Sanes JR, Borza, DB, Eswarakumar VP, Fassler R, Hudson B, John SWM, Ninomiya Y, Pedchenko V, Rheault M, Sado Y, Segal Y, Werle MJ, Umemori H. 2007. Distinct targeted-derived signals organize formation, maturation and maintenance of motor nerve terminals. Cell 129: 179-193
Howell GR, Libby RT, Marchant JK, Wilson LA, Cosma IM, Smith RS, Anderson MG, John SWM. 2007. Absence of glaucoma in DBA/2J mice homozygous for wild-type versions of Gpnmb and Tyrp1. BMC Genet 8:45
Brooks BP, Larson DM, Chan C-C, Kjellstrom S, Smith RS, Crawford MA, Lamoreux L, Huizing M, Hess R, Jiao X, Hejtmancik FJ, Maminishkis A, John SWM, Bush R, Pavan WJ. 2007. Analysis of ocular hypopigmentation in Rab38cht/cht mice. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 48:9
Stevens B, Allen NJ, Vazquez LE, Howell GR, Christopherson KS, Nouri N, Micheva KD, Mehalow A, Huberman AD, Stafford B, Sher A, Litke AM, Lambris JD, Smith SJ, John SWM, Barres BA,. 2007. The Classical Complement Cascade Mediates CNS Synapse Elimination. Cell 131: 1164-1178
Libby RT, Howell GR, Pang I-H, Savinova OV, Barter J, Smith RS, Clark AF, John SWM. 2007. Inducible nitric oxide synthase, Nos2, does not mediate optic neuropathy and retinopathy in the DBA/2J glaucoma model. BMC Neurosci 8:108 doi:10.1186/1471-2202-8-108
Howell GR, Libby RT, Jakobs TC, Smith RS, Phalan FC, Barter JW, Barbay JM, Marchant JK, Mahesh N, Porciatti V, Whitmore AV, Masland RH, John SWM. 2007. Axons of retinal ganglion cells are insulted in the optic nerve early in DBA/2J glaucoma. J Cell Biol 179:1523-1537
Anderson MG, Nair KS, Amonoo LA, Mehalow A, Trantow C, Masli S, John SWM. 2008. GpnmbR150X allele must be present in bone marrow derived cells to mediate DBA/2J glaucoma. BMC Genet 9:30
Anderson MG, Hawes NL, Trantow CM, Chang B, John SWM. 2008. Iris phenotypes and pigment dispersion caused by genes influencing pigmentation. Pigment Cell & Melanoma 565-78
Gray MP, Smith RS, Soules KA, John SWM. Link BA. 2009. The aqueous humor outflow pathway of zebrafish. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 50:4 1515-21
Lee B, Kano K, Young J, John SWM, Nishina PM, Naggert JK, Naito K. 2009. A novel ENU-induced mutation, peewee, causes dwarfism in the mouse. Mamm Genome 20(7):404-13
Veth KN, Willer JR, Collery RF, Gray MP, Willer GB, Wagner DS, Mullins MC, Udvadia AJ, Smith RS, John SWM, Gregg RG, Link BA. 2011. Mutations in zebrafish lrp2 result in adult onset ocular pathogenesis that models myopia and other risk factors for glaucoma. Plos Genetics. (in press)
Mao M, Hedberg-Buentz A, Koehn D, John SWM, Anderson MG. 2011. Anterior segment dysgenesis and early-onset Glaucoma in mice with mutation Sh3pxd2b. IOVS doi:10.1167/iovs.10-5993
Howell GR, Macalinao DG, Sousa G, Walden M, Soto I, Kneeland S, Barbay J, King B, Marchant J, Hibbs M, Stevens B, Barres B, Clark A, Libby R, John SWM. 2011. Molecular clustering identified complement and endothelin induction as early events in a mouse glaucoma. J Clinical Invest. doi:10.1172/JCI44646
Gregory MS, Hackett CG, Abernathy EF, Lee KS, Saff RR, Hohlbaum AM, Moody KL, Hobson MW, Jones A, Kolovou P, Karray S, Giani A, John SWM, Chen DF, Marshak-Rothstein A, Ksander BS. 2011. Opposing roles for membrane-bound and soluble Fas ligand in glaucoma-associated retinal ganglion cell death. PLoS ONE (In press).
Lachke SA, Alkuraya FS, Kneeland SC, Ohn T, Aboukhalil A, Howell GR, Saadi I, Cavallesco R, Yue Y, Tsai ACH, Nair KS, Cosma MI, Smith RS, Hodges E, AlFadhli SM, Al-Hajeri A, Shamseldin HE, Behbehani AM, Hannon GJ, Bulyk ML, Drack AV, Anderson PJ, John SWM, Maas RL. 2011. Mutations in the RNA Granule Component TDRD7 Cause Cataract and Glaucoma. Science* 331(6024):1571-1576 * Joint corresponding author
Engineering Papers
Chow EY, Ha D, Lin TY, De Vries WN, John SWM, Chappell WJ, Irazoqui PP. 2010. Sub-cubic millimeter intraocular pressure monitoring implant to enable genetic studies on pressure-induced neurodegeneration. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 1:6429-32
Lin TY, Ha D, deVries WN, Kim B, Chlebowski A, John SWM, Irazoqui PP, Chappell WJ. 2011. Ultra-thin Tag Fabrication and Sensing Technique using Third Harmonic for Implantable Wireless Sensors. IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp., Baltimore, MD. TU2B-3 (In press).


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QUICK TWITT | Cyborg Offers Tate Help Against Rousey
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Former Strikeforce featherweight champion and current Invicta FC Champ, Cris 'Cyborg', has taken to twitter offering out her assistance to Miesha Tate in an attempt stop Ronda Rousey's UFC title reign.
Cyborg and Rousey have a storied rivalry and the InvictaFC champ wants to make sure Tate has all the tools needed to best the UFC champion in their upcoming matchup.
Check it:
Hey @mieshatate great job! Hope you kick @rondarousey ass! If you ever want to train together let me know! #ossss #heyyy
— Cris Cyborg (@criscyborg) December 1, 2013
@mieshatate she only has two moves. Her armbar and her middle finger. @rondarousey showing she's trash #wmma #respect #not #trash
— Cris Cyborg (@criscyborg) December 1, 2013
Following a highly entertaining season of the Ultimate Fighter, Ronda and Miesha are set to collide on December 28th in the co-main event of the UFC's year-end show.
65 Responses to "QUICK TWITT | Cyborg Offers Tate Help Against Rousey"
Looks like Guyborg has a little crush on Miesha; I bet she wants to help her with her triangle chokes.
You are dumb. Rhonda is afraid of Cyborg. Cyborg would kick her ass. The PEDS conversation needs to stop. Rhonda hides behind it. If Cyborg agrees to testing then there is no excuses for Rhonda. Big mouth trash. Fight Cyborg you bitch
Hell yeah, cyborg would smash rondas bitchy ass and ronda knows it.
Cyborg would never get tested because she wouldn't pass, you idiot. Only a retard would believe Cyborg isn't juicing.
They're not in the same wieght class and Cyborg can't make 135
Doesn't matter to me if it's cyborg,Tate or any other female fighter, I can't wait till one of them punch a hole in Ronda's snotty ugly mug,then I can quit watching wmma.
Man, I'm likin Rowdy these days. She's got some balls and she would beat both of these women in back to back fights. Santos and Tate don't have a chance to beat Rowdy. Grapplers rule the world, they can beat these strikers in many ways and a striker can only win one way. BUT they need space to do it!!! Grapplers are experts at eliminating space!! LOL…
At least they have some personalities that are distinguishable enough to have a little drama.
You mean like Gray Maynard the Michigan State wrestler did this weekend?
That's my whole point, Gray tried to box or more like brawl instead of being the Bully and dragging goofy down and beating his face up. Gray didn't grapple! He's all screwed up since he left Couture. He needs to do what Rowdy does and takem him down and fukc'em up. Wrestlers are the best!!
Yeah I bet that you would loooove balls in your face and rubbing all over your legs…. typical gargoyle comment it always has to do with guys laying on each other. Smh
I dont think that Rousey is afraid of any one. I don't see fear in her, maybe a little crazy and definitely a little bitchy.
Cyborg had a chance to sign with the UFC with an open contract where she could still fight with Invicta but she RAN and cries that Rousey is avoiding her.
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Sixty finalists have been announced for the 2010 TechPoint Mira Awards presented by BKD. Finalists are competing in 15 areas, including the new "Excellence and Innovation in New Media" category. TechPoint says it received a record number of nominations for this year's program. Winners will be announced at a ceremony May 15.
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INDIANAPOLIS � Five independent panels of judges have chosen 60 finalists to compete for the state�s top technology honors � the TechPoint Mira Awards presented by BKD.
Judges chose from a record number of nominations in 15 categories this year, including the new �Excellence and Innovation in New Media� category. Now in its 11th year, TechPoint�s Mira Awards recognize the achievements of Indiana�s outstanding technology performers and contributors, and focuses attention on the broader issue of the important role technology plays in Indiana�s economy.
Jim Jay, president and CEO of TechPoint, said that more people are participating in the Mira Awards this year than ever before. He attributes the program growth to a new �Excellence and Innovation in New Media� category, the states thriving health care information technology community, and Indiana�s robust tech industry at large.
�More than 1,500 technology companies are operating in the state of Indiana and no other state can reasonably claim to have the leadership positions in new media �measured marketing� or health care IT that we do,� Jim Jay said. �Tech companies based in Indiana realize greater overall business value than those located on the coasts because of our superior tech workforce, educational resources and lower infrastructure costs. I think that�s reflected in receiving a record number of nominations for Mira Awards following the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.�
Mira Awards judges evaluated and scored each submitted nomination, and the scoring determined which nominees became finalists. Finalists will deliver presentations and answer questions in person before one of the five independent panels of judges during the next few weeks.
The winners will be announced at the Mira Awards Gala, an �Oscars-style� award ceremony being held Saturday, May 15, at The Westin Indianapolis. TechPoint will again honor past Mira Award winners and finalists attending the ceremony with a special �Winner�s Circle� reception. Visit http://www.techpoint.org/Mira/Pastwinners.htm for a complete list of previous Mira Awards winners and finalists.
Nominees, finalists and the general public can purchase Individual tickets for the gala at the event�s website � www.techpoint.org/mira. Ticket packages and some sponsorship opportunities are also available.
The nominees for the 2010 TechPoint Mira Awards presented by BKD are as follows. The �gazelle� designation indicates that a company has been in business less than three years:
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o OrthoX
o Stellarwind Bio Energy LLC
o Truck Emission Control Technologies, Inc. (TECT)
o Signals � Purdue University
o Double-Take Software
o Ontario Systems
o Sonar Studios, Inc.
� IT Company
o ExactTarget
o FormStack
o WebLink International
o Scale Computing
o eImagine Technology Group, Inc.
o Aprimo, Inc.
o IASTA
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o ENthEnergy, LLC
o Prevel Technology
o BlueLock, LLC
o Compendium
o Marketpath, Inc.
o The Basement Design + Motion, LLC
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o T2 Systems, Inc.
o FORUM Credit Union
o Hill-Rom
o McClure Services Inc.
� New Media Excellence & Innovation
o Indianapolis Motor Speedway/IndyCar.com
o ExactTarget
o Anacore, Inc
o Cantaloupe.tv LLC
o ONCARS.COM
o INNOVATIVE
o IMAVEX
� Health Care Information Technology
o St. Vincent Health (in collaboration with Zanett, Inc.)
o My Health Care Manager, Inc.
o eProtex
o Hill-Rom
o MedeoLinx, LLC
o Medical Animatics
o BioSentinel Solutions, LLC
� Health & Life Sciences Company
o HealthLINC
o Cook Biotech Incorporated
o Focus Surgery, Inc.
o Safis-Solutions, LLC
� Health & Life Sciences Gazelle
o BioPoly, LLC
o Nano-Rad, LLC
o NICO Corporation
� Distribution, Transportation & Logistics
o Redcats USA
o Sports Licensed Division, The adidas Group
� Advanced Manufacturing Company
o XADS, Inc.
o EnerDel, Inc.
� Advanced Manufacturing Gazelle
o Stratosphere Quality LLC
� Education Contribution to Technology - Program/Department/Team
o Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
o Surprising Possibilities Imagined and Realized Through Information Technology (SPIRIT)
o Alessandro Vespignani and the Indiana University Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research (CNetS)
o Center for Media Design � Ball State University
o Ivy Tech Community College
o Research Park Entrepreneurship Academy
o Orbis Education
� Education Contribution to Technology � Individual
o Thomas Mason, Ph.D. � Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
o Brian Tanner � Space Port Indiana
o Rodger W. Smith, Ph.D. � Ball State University
Visit http://www.techpoint.org/Mira for more information about the 2010 TechPoint Mira Awards presented by BKD.
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I shall call it... The Fox!
Seriously, this mod looks like Command and Conquer going back to it's roots. Without all of the time hopping and past changing and alien material of course haha.
Wanted to update you guys on the progress of our new desert environment and a couple new units revealed!
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Progress is coming along great, we have been reading your guys comments and they are really keeping everyone on the team pumped up and excited to keep showing new stuff - so here goes.
Today I wanted to feature another new environment we are working on; our desert environments. I don`t want to give away any secrets from our singleplayer storyline just yet, but a decent portion of our game will take place in these types of areas. I asked Mike to throw us together a couple buildings and sidewalks, and this is the result of his work. We are not done yet - we just brought Rory on board as an environmental artist to help speed things up, we have a ton more environment art in the pipeline. We will definitely be showing that to you guys in the near future!
In the meantime, take a look and let us know what you think.
Those of you keeping close tabs on this project might notice two new units in this picture. The large structure is your standard infantry Barracks, ready to equip your soldiers with the latest and greatest equipment.
The second new unit is the Light Recon Buggy. This is a pretty cool unit because it is cheap, fast, but very versatile. This thing can come outfitted with a standard machinegun, an anti-aircraft rocket launcher, or even a small flamethrower perfect for incinerating small buildings and enemy soldiers. Here is a concept piece of this unit below. Artwork, as always, by the talented Michal Kus.
Thats all for now, hope you all like the latest stuff. Comments and thoughts (good or bad) appreciated!
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I shall call it... The Fox!
Seriously, this mod looks like Command and Conquer going back to it's roots. Without all of the time hopping and past changing and alien material of course haha.
looks very nice done
Your work looks incredible! I like the art style, very much, and I anticipate seeing what the storyline is.
Now, admittedly, I do not have Starcraft 2, and part of the reason for that is because I was under the impression mods like this weren't actually possible, or are at least impractical. For example, one mod I was looking forward to (http://www.moddb.com/mods/galaxy-at-war) is sort of on hiatus because according to them a total conversion mod won't really work at the moment.
What are you guys doing to get around these limitations, or are they actually there?
They aren't really there, alot of Devs just are claiming it so they don't have to do actual work. :P
I find that a little hard to believe. Any link to information on that?
Thanks for the feedback! To answer your question, we have a couple workarounds. Yes there is the upload limit which essentially means right now, this mod cannot be played online. We are basically working in good-faith, assuming that Blizzard will lift these restrictions once more and more total conversion mods start to pop up.
Secondly, there is still single player. If played locally on your machine, there is no upload limit. The single player missions against the AI still work just fine :)
Ahh, I see. Thanks for letting me know! I did not have the knowledge that you could at least have single player mods. Will be definitely watching your progress. :)
Amazing, I'd say this is a totally new (and great looking so far) game instead of a SC2 mod if I didn't know better. I mean, this is actually a mod right? :/ Or do you have some kind of engine license?
This mod looks awsome, I realy hope you guys(girls) will finish this.
Keep it up:)and thank you allready;)
Awesome work guys, just a few questions. How are you getting around the 10 meg limit for publishing your mod? And also the last I checked no new races could be added. You can create a new race of course, but using that in the editor prevents your mod/map from being published. I'm curious because I'm interested in working with the galaxy editor, myself.
Well we aren't really getting around that upload limit. For the time being, we are only testing our custom art in singleplayer. Same thing with the races, we haven't uploaded to Bnet for that same reason.
We are essentially working with the assumption Blizzard will fix these issues. This mod is still pretty far from release, and we are hoping by the time we are release ready, these issues will be resolved.
Thank you for the reply, I was hoping maybe Blizzard had worked those issues out. Oh well, keep up the good work.
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The health benefits of carrots are endless. This beautiful orange power food is not only packed with Vitamin A and beta-carotene, but it is known to contribute to improved vision, a lower risk of cancer, reduced cell damage (i.e. anti-aging) and beautiful, glowing skin.
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Preheat your oven to 425 ° F. In a small sauce pan, melt the butter and sugar (or honey) together on low heat. Once melted, stir in the ground ginger and then turn off the heat.
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Max Wood said he saw a news article about Google Glass in February and got an idea for his submission. His idea was for how the device could be used for fire services. The submission had to be 50 words or less, and to Wood's surprise, in March he found out his was one that was chosen, but he did not hear it first from Google. He actually received a link of a Washington Post article that included his name via a person in Australia.
The fire chief was one of 8,000 selected. He had to pay $1,500 for the prototype and had to travel to New York to pick it up.
Google Glass is a headset with a projected display, a camera for still photos and video, and a data connection. The headset contains a prism that bends light and actually projects it on the wearer's retina like normal vision.
The device sits above the wearer's line of vision and can be turned on with a tilt of the head or a touch of the finger on the earpiece. It also works by voice command. Google Glass is tethered to the wearer's mobile phone via Bluetooth.
Wood said connectivity is an issue but not a deal breaker. He picked up the device Sept. 13 and had a training session while in New York. After arriving back home, he took photos and video at a house fire Sept. 15.
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- President Barack Obama secretly held an A-list celebrity bash the night he took his second oath of office. The Hill got hold of the guest list in April. Jamie Foxx, Kelly Clarkson, Eva Longoria: You get the idea.
- No one could have suspected it by looking, but Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie evidently had lap band weight loss surgery three months ago. The 50-year-old RINO is trying to live longer for his family and perhaps to get down to his fighting weight as he mulls a run at a Presidential nomination in 2016.
- A Florida guy who just likes guns and decided to start putting a daily picture from his 115-weapon collection on Instagram has gained close to 40,000 followers since December. He had only 8,500 followers before Congress started talking about gun control.
- North Korea may be dialing down its saber rattling, at least for now. U.S. satellites reveal that, over the weekend, the Hermit Kingdom removed a battery of missiles it had placed in firing position for a much-publicized test launch.
- A new online magazine for new jihadists is putting out a call for some tech-savvy Muslim to help figure out how to hack American drones, saying "any opinions, thoughts, ideas and practical implementations to defeat this drone technology must be communicated to us as early as possible because these would aid the Ummah greatly in its war against the Crusader-Zionist enemy."
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Jenkins Plantation preservation project aims to restore its past
GREENBOTTOM -- The future of the Jenkins Plantation Museum will shed new light into its past.
In upcoming weeks, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hopes to begin work on a preservation project at the historic home, located along W.Va. 2 at Greenbottom. U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall II visited the Jenkins Plantation Monday morning for a ceremony that kicked off a yearlong project that he hopes will be the first step in bringing the house to life. If everything turns out as planned, the second and third phases will be restoration and reconstruction, Rahall said at the ceremony.
With federal support from Rahall's office throughout the past 20 years, preserving the property along the Ohio River in Greenbottom has been a joint effort between the Corps, the West Virginia Department of Culture and History, the state Division of Natural Resources and the Greenbottom Society.
Tours and public visitation already have ceased so that the project can get under way. The Corps will work on the masonry and roof of the pre-Civil War era house, preserve windows and address moisture infiltration. The Corps hopes to complete the project in 12 to 18 months. A cost for the total project has not yet been nailed down, according to Rahall's office.
The work is intended to preserve the original characteristics of the house, which is historic as the home of Confederate Brigadier Gen. Albert Gallatin Jenkins. Built in the architectural tradition of Tidewater, Va., the home is also recognized as a demonstration of African-American craftsmanship, because it was built by slaves between 1830 and 1835 for Gen. Jenkins' father, William Jenkins.
The Jenkins plantation is listed on the National Register for Historic Places and on the Civil War Discovery Trail.
According to records from the Corps of Engineers, the Corps acquired the surrounding properties, known as the Lesage/Greenbottom Swamp as part of mitigation efforts for the Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam Replacement Project. After developing wetlands in the tract, the Corps leased the tract to the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, which now manages the land for fish and wildlife benefits. The DNR subleased a four-acre portion of the tract, including the Jenkins House, to the Division of Culture and History, which operates the museum, giving tours to students and visitors to the area.
Rahall said he sees it as a moral obligation to preserve historical places in this country and in West Virginia.
"This is the fabric of America," he said. "This is her heartbeat. Let us take time to listen to it and celebrate it.
"I say that a society that loses touch with its history, with its culture, is akin to a rudderless ship on a stormy sea. Simply put, maintaining our culture and history is something worth fighting for."
And fight they have. It started back in 1988, when Rahall used his influence on the Committee on Public Works and Transportation to have a provision pulled from the Water Resources Development Act. The provision would have transferred the LeSage Greenbottom Swamp to the state, and he went further to put in place a prohibition against the conveyance. He later pushed forward and in three Acts of Congress included measures geared toward keeping the Corps of Engineers on track in preserving the property, he said Monday.
In 2003, he supported legislation that helped fund an archeological dig that turned up information about the house's early structure -- where the kitchen was located and what the foundation of the house was like, said Ned Jones, president of the Greenbottom Society. There's a modern portion of the house that will be deconstructed during this project, and he hopes the home will eventually be reconstructed in its original form.
He also hopes to one day have a reception center to greet school children and tourists.
Between the celebration of black history, the historic home of an Army general and signs of an ancient Native American village near the site -- not to mention the birds, flora and fauna -- there's a lot to show off at the property, he said.
"The sorrow is that it took this long to get where we are today," Rahall said. "The joy is that so many of you heeded the call."
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All right gang, we have established all of our Contact sheet settings, we've gone ahead and saved out a template. We have our images selected, we are all ready to go ahead and generate that PDF Contact sheet, and you do that by clicking on the Save button down here the bottom of the Output panel. But when I advise you to do, even if you are just absolutely sure you've got everything set up exactly the way you wanted. Click on Refresh Preview one more time because if you end up clicking off the images or do something like that, if you end up making any change you can mess things up. So you might as well just confirm that you have what you really want, then click on the Save button and you will be invited to save that PDF file.
Now I've gone ahead and navigated in advance of the Contact sheet subfolder inside of my 11_printing folder. If you want to go there as well then the easiest thing to do here on a PC because it's kind of hard to get to the Desktop, is to click on this sort of circumflex icon right there, and then choose your Desktop. If indeed your exercise_files folder is located on your Desktop as it is in my case, so click on Desktop and then you would navigate down to exercise_files, double-click on it, find your 11_ printing folder, double-click on it, go to Contact sheet which is currently empty in my case but we'll have a file in it in just a moment and I'm going to call this guy Jason Stitt 2x3, like so, and I could enter .pdf if I wanted to.
However that is something that if I neglect to do it, the Bridge will do it for me. So click on Save, and we're generating the PDF document, and because I have View PDF After Save selected I go ahead and view the PDF file here inside of Adobe Acrobat Pro in my case, now you may not have Adobe Acrobat Pro. That's perfectly okay. You might open in Preview on the Mac or something along those lines. My vote for the best solution where PDF files are concerned is the free Adobe Reader.
And what you do is you go to adobe.com. You look for Adobe Reader, there's going to be a button at some place on the site that's going to take you to it and you download it for your specific platform. It's a very fast download. It's not a big program it, doesn't cost anything and then you'll have it forevermore. And you can see just how absolutely gorgeous this Contact sheet is, not just because of these wonderful images from Jason Stitt they are so good looking, but also because the Bridge has done such an awesome job.
So even though I consider this feature to be a royal pain in the neck from an ease-of-use vantage point, it does generate great results. But you know what? Now I look at this and I think, um, not so much. I don't know if I want this second page with just two images on it and that's all. Since it's two pages and I've got eight images might as well fill up those pages. So let's go ahead and close out and switch out our layout. The only change is I'm going to switch to two rows let's say. And then I'm going to click on Refresh Preview. So here I am inside the layout area, very important, switch to two rows, click Refresh Preview, wait for it to happen.
Looks awesome, in fact I have to say it looks better than it did before. Go ahead and save out a template. I really recommend you do that every time you like what you see and I will call this guy 2 x 2 letter this time, and I believe last time I had spaces between my numbers in my x. I'm a stickler for convention, so I'll go and click on Create, and let's see if I've got matching template names, I do. That's so very important to me. By now you must understand that I'm completely fastidious, and I'm now ready to click Save. So I will save at yet another version of this template and I will go ahead and call this Jason Stitt 2x2, there goes my convention.
Now my 2 and my x are right up against each other. That's fine though, these are file names. That's a template. It's all working for me, click on save, and now I will generate the PDF file and presumably it's going to open on up again in Adobe Acrobat Pro and presumably it's going to make me go, huh, this looks so great. I will go ahead and zoom out just a little bit by clicking on this little Minus sign right there, and uh, I just love these images. My gosh, especially inside the Contact sheet they look so awesome. Here's the second page looking good, so handsome, so beautiful, so cheerful, everything is looking exactly the way I wanted.
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Way back in the"olden" days,"you know, around 2006, people were often mysteriously let go from their high ranking positions at a company. That is, as opposed to today's more sweeping layoffs and "right-sizing"of businesses. It would frequently be said that the person in the corner office was leaving to "pursue other interests,"or that he or […] [Read More]
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This ran early on Tuesday morning, in error. I guess my blogging hiatus has me out of shape! So I am rerunning this today, the actual Ash Wednesday. And now it runs, with the backdrop of Pope Benedict's resignation. He will retire to a monastery, which, to quote The Anchoress, "is One does not "retire" […] [Read More]


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you guys are all tripping. Of course it's a competition. It's a freaking job interview. What do you mean it's "not a competition"?
Also, in the midst of American Idols, Real World, and whatever other reality TV crap you can think of, that little video was highly entertaining in my opinion.
Are we interested in the band in question? CHECK!
Are we interested in the drummers in question? CHECK!
Are we interested in the music in question? F-ing CHECK!!!!!
So, what's wrong with them making that little piece of entertainment?
All you guys who are saying it's cheesy (which I agree, it is), although you will not admit, the obvious fact is that you WERE entertained by it. Period.
I think people are just annoyed with not knowing for sure who the drummer is, but come on. When I heard all the negative comments about the video I was expecting to see a bad American Idol episode. It wasn't. It was cool little segment of the audition process, with a porn star voice narrating it. What's wrong with that? (Ok, the porn voice might be over the edge, but you get the idea :)
I didn't actually enjoy it in the slightest. I was sitting there watching between my fingers because of the blatant crassness of it all. It's just tacky as far as I can see.
If it were an actual competition, it would be about ability. It isn't. I think Derek Roddy would do well with Dream Theater - but he also mentioned that he wasn't hugely into the band. That's fine, I have no issue with that - you get an audition, you go to it. It's good to attend interviews and auditions regardless of whether or not you think you might get the job. All of the drummers attending are exceptionally good players and any one of them could play the gig. All of them are actually better technically than Portnoy - who has some pretty whacky hand technique.
I'm not actually interested in the band or the music, but I am interested in the drummers. I think Mike Mangini is good and I really like watching Derek Roddy play - Derek, I think you're great! But that video really hit a nerve. The other guys are good too, but I've never really sat down and listened to them. No offence or disrespect to any of you that are on this thread!


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Scientists: New Antibiotic Kills Drug-Resistant Germs
A new drug, extracted from soil samples, may help solve the rise in drug-resistant bacteria infections.
Report: Superbugs Could Kill 10 Million People A Year
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria could surpass cancer as a leading cause of death by the year 2050.
Study: Stress Causes Aging — Even In Teens And Pre-teens
Researchers say they looked at 97 healthy 10- to 14-year-old girls with either a maternal history of depression or no history of the disorder.
Expert Warns Doing This While Checking Your Messages Can Cause 'Email Apnea'
Like sleep apnea, email apnea puts people at risk for a variety of illnesses, such as stroke, heart attack and diabetes, expert believe.
Medical Trial May Help Offset Peanut Allergies
CBS 2's Mary Kay Kleist reports, researchers at Lurie Children's Hospital are conducting a study that may give patients other options in the future. But does it work?
Survey: Primary Care Doctor Shortage Result Of ACA
A shortage of primary care doctors has emerged as thousands of people gained insurance through the Affordable Care Act, according to a new survey.
How To Beat The Winter Blues And Avoid Cabin Fever
Winter is all fun and games…until after New Years' Eve.
Supreme Court Justices Hear Pregnancy Discrimination Case
A pregnancy discrimination case is in front of the Supreme Court and its outcome could affect women across the country. A former UPS worker says she was forced into taking unpaid leave when she became pregnant.
Study: Regular Exercise Adds Years To Life Span
All that exercise will pay off, and could even add years to your life. Canadian researchers recently found young adults who did 150 minutes of moderate exercise a week added up to five years to their lives.
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McFarlane Toys Posts Up NBA Series 25 Roster
Three Players Make Their SportsPicks Debut
Monday, May 19, 2014
The NBA playoffs are in full swing and NBA series 25 roster is finally up. This series includes players who are battling it out for the championship, as well as some new up and coming stars. Here is a rundown of all the stars that made the cut!
Chris Paul, the dynamic point guard of the Clippers, just finished his third All-Star season with the team, averaging a staggering 19.1 points, 10.7 assists, and 2.5 steals per game. With Paul at the point, the Clippers have made back-to-back-to-back playoff appearances for the first time in LA Clippers' history. He can be seen wearing the Clippers home white uniform for the very first time!
Paul George is one of the three SportsPicks debuts in this series. The SF/SG has become one of the premier players in the NBA over the past few years. After posting a stellar 2012-13 campaign, George came back strong in 2013-14, averaging 21.7 ppg, and leading the Pacers to the number one seed in the East. George is wearing his gold alternate uniform.
Kevin Durant is generally regarded as one of the top two players in the NBA Durant averaged 32 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 5.5 assists per game this season, en route to winning the KIA 2014 NBA MVP Award. Durant is in an all new pose and wearing his Thunder alternate uniform.
Dwight Howard returns to the lineup in NBA 25, after being one of the major free agent signings during the 2014 off-season. Howard chose to take his talents to Houston and put up his usual amazing numbers – 18.3 points and 12.2 rebounds per game – all while playing tremendous defense.
Andre Drummond is quickly becoming one of best young post players in the NBA. Whether it is his shot blocking abilities, or his knack for rebounding, Drummond is leaving his mark on every game he plays. At this past season's NBA Rising Stars Challenge, Drummond registered 30 points and 25 rebounds to capture the MVP for the event. Making his SportsPicks debut, he can be seen wearing the Pistons' Motor City Pride uniform.
Michael Carter-Williams makes his McFarlane SportsPicks debut. The lanky point guard out of Syracuse, taken with the 11th pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, was named the 2014 NBA Rookie of the Year. He is wearing his white home 76ers uniform.
Five players in this line have Collector Level versions; Carter-Williams leads the way with an All Star CL figure wearing his home red uniform, and Drummond has a GOLD CL figure in his Pistons home jersey. Howard has a SILVER CL figure wearing his alternate red uniform, along with Paul, whose SILVER CL is in his blue uniform. Paul George completes the program with a BRONZE CL figure in his all blue uniform.
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Guarachi Cabernet Sauvignon 2008
Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley, California
Winemaker's Notes
This 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon is a deep reddish brown color with focused fruits such as cherry and blackberry yielding to long and supple tannins on the palate. This is a complex, dense and well-balanced wine that can cellar for at least 10 years.
Critical Acclaim
Wine Spectator - "Dense and detailed, with a well-focused core of dried currant, graphite, plum, blackberry, espresso and herb character. Firm and full-bodied, with a long, persistent finish that keeps repeating the fruity flavor themes. Drink now through 2022. 857 cases made."
Wine Enthusiast - "A very rich, dramatic, indisputably Napa Cabernet. The fruit is ripe in blackberries and cassis, the tannin structure is vibrant and living, and the oak application is superb. A fashionable Cab that should develop over the next eight years."
Guarachi Winery
When Alex Guarachi came to the United States in the 1970s, he noticed that Chilean wine was not available. He vowed to change this and was one of the first importers to introduce South American wine to the American public. Twenty-five years of serving as the founder and president of TGIC Importers–the leading American importer of South American wine –Alex Guarachi decided bring the passion and spirit of his own cultural experience to your dinner table. Today, the Guarachi Family introduces you to the finest from their hearts and their homeland in California.
After a quarter century of tasting, judging and assisting in the production of wines for other wineries, Alex finally realized a lifelong dream of producing his own wines with the inaugural bottling of three Guarachi Family Wines: Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. These bold, rich and stylish bottles come from prominent vineyards and appellations in Sonoma and Napa counties. The wines were created with the help of one of Alex's close friends: internationally-renowned winemaker, Paul Hobbs. View all Guarachi Wines
About Napa Valley
It's hard not to think of Napa Valley when thinking of California wines. The region is, after all, the one that brought world recognition to California wine making. The area was settled by a few choice wine families in the 1960's who bet that the wines of the area would grow and flourish. They were right. The Napa wine industry really took off in the 1980's, when vineyard lands were scooped up and vines were planted throughout the county. A number of wineries emerged, from large conglomerates to small boutiques to cult classics. Cabernet Sauvignon is definitely the grape of choice here, with many winemakers also focusing on Bordeaux Blends. Whites are usually Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.
Notable FactsWithin the Napa Valley lie smaller sub-AVAs that lend even more character specifics to the wines. Furthest south is Carneros, followed by Yountville, Oakville & Rutherford. Above those two is St.-Helena and finally, just grated an AVA, Calistoga. These areas are situated on the valley floor and are known for creating rich, smooth Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay. There are a few mountain regions as well, nestled on the slopes overlooking the valley AVAs. Those include Howell Mountain, Stags Leap and Mount Veeder. Wines from the mountain regions are often more structured and firm, benefiting from more time in the bottle to evolve and soften.
About CaliforniaIt's not rare to see a wine's country of origin listed as "California." A country into itself in the wine world, California makes enough varieties and styles to match many European wine countries. It produces a diverse range of wines that span the quality spectrum.
The most famous of the California wine regions is Napa Valley, and these wines are certainly outstanding – but it's not as broad and diverse as its larger neighbor, Sonoma County. Down south, Santa Barbara's Santa Maria Valley is well-known for its Rhône blends, as well as cool-climate varieties like Pinot and Chardonnay. The Central Coast, the largest California AVA, has many different microclimates that lead to a wide range of wines with many sub-AVAs.
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It's kind of funny when you think about it since I think I spend more time on the internet talking about games and end up having very little time to play them. It looks like alot but most of the consoles I have had since I was a little kid or bought them very cheap at a garage sale. I don't own very many games for each of them since I sold off alot of stuff over the years to buy some of the newer systems and just kept a few of my favorite games.
Pretty much all of the older games can now be played on the computer or the Wii via the Virtual Console which is why I slimmed down my game collection drastically over the years.
IMO everyone should post their pics even if you have a small collection. The important thing is that you use and enjoy the things that you are fortunate enough to have. Thats all that really matters
Hmm, well all of my systems are not in one place...so there wouldn't be much of a pic to post. But I'll give a list, too. Quite the streak of Nintendo systems..need a Wii to round it out.
Atari 2600
Super NES
Nintendo 64
Xbox 360
Ive got a NES and N64 in the storage, i have lost most of the games for them. Except Zelda's and Mario
I think i still have the orange gun
upstairs ive got xbox and WII will post pictures soon, waiting for batteries to recharge
Rrrrrol up the Rrrrrrim Stats:
"Please play again" = 25
Free Coffee/Donut = 4
Wow man. Very impressive. I would take a pic of my measly 3 systems, but then I would have to cry in a corner after seeing your collection.
Wow, that is one heck of a collection.
I will post my setup as soon as i get my digicam home.
That's just insane.
I have 3 systems hooked up right now and it looks like a spahgetti factory.
I have everything plugged into three APC 10 outlet surge protectors for a total of 30 outlets for power. All of the consoles video and audio cables feed into two RCA automatic switch boxes so I don't have to constantly switch wires around everytime I want to play a different system.


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Dozens of Notable Female Leaders to Participate in 'Women Rule'
POLITICO, Google and the Tory Burch Foundation today kicked off the multiplatform series "Women Rule" – dedicated to exploring how women are leading change in politics, policy and their communities – by announcing details on the first of four Women Rule events, launching an online hub, publishing the first in a collection of original essays and unveiling the series logo.
The first event, scheduled for 8 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 26 at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., will focus on the theme of "Innovating a Movement." Confirmed speakers include CEO and co-founder of FEED Lauren Bush Lauren; one of the creators of Take Our Daughters to Work Day and founder of Count Me in for Women's Economic Independence Nell Merlino; founder of Black Girls Rock! Beverly Bond; and Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation Sue Gardner. Learn more about the first event.
Among the diverse audience will be "Women Rule Ambassadors" – influential women in politics, policy and business – who will lead small roundtable discussions with participants following the panel conversation on their own experience in creating change. Ambassadors include President of Autism Speaks Liz Feld; D.C. Chief of Police Cathy Lanier; President of EMILY's List Stephanie Schriock; former campaign manager of Hillary Clinton for President Patti Solis Doyle; and Principal at Podesta Group Lauren Maddox.
Additional Women Rule live events are scheduled for this year. Notable participants will include CEO, fashion designer and philanthropist Tory Burch; U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power; founder of Teach For America and CEO & co-founder of Teach For All Wendy Kopp; State Department Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer; "CBS This Morning" co-anchor Norah O'Donnell; Global Vice Chair of Public Policy at Ernst & Young Beth Brooke; former Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration Karen Mills; and members of the largest class of female Senators in U.S. history.
The hub is an online destination that lives on POLITICO and uses content to explore how women are leading change. Original essays, video and curated POLITICO content populate the site along with information about the events.
In this intriguing essay series, dozens of fascinating women will reveal whom they most admire. The first essays were posted today and include: Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren writing about Sen. John McCain's mother, Roberta McCain; Republican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson writing about former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz writing on former Rep. Gabby Giffords; and Nobel Laureate Jody Williams writing on Guatemalan Attorney General Claudia Paz y Paz.
Essays will be published throughout the four-month series. Other contributors will include: Dr. Jill Biden; Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison; New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez; Vice Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee Donna Brazile; former Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao; Bank of America Global Strategy and Marketing Officer Anne Finucane; and Google VP of Public Policy & Government Affairs Susan Molinari.
The partners also unveiled the Women Rule logo today. Designed by Prinkshop, a cause-centric design and apparel company, the logo features a unique execution of the name Women Rule and will be featured on T-shirts, tote bags, pens and notebooks.
The apparel and accessories will be available for purchase on the Prinkshop and Tory Burch websites in the coming weeks and proceeds will go to benefit the Tory Burch Foundation, which supports the economic empowerment of women entrepreneurs and their families through small business loans, mentoring programs and entrepreneurial education.
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text: Hallo, i would like to boot an read only openBSD System on an non bootable cdrom which stays in player. So i like to change boot.conf but i did realised that i do need to change the addr field aswell as the boot device. But how do i get the correct addr of my cdrom or for example the floppy aswell for boot.conf? I'm confused about that it isn't possible to boot wd0a if i do start boot from floppy32.fs - aswell as i cant boot fd0 / fd0a or fdc0 (dmesg told me that fd0 = fdc0) if i start from harddisk. The Hardware addr is the same if i boot from floppy or form harddisk; also i did changed all informations of "boot> set" output during boot from hardware to them i get of "boot> set" during boot from floppy. Any ideas? greetinXs, Michael Hilscher -- Would Mozart have been more productive if he had scribes to help him, a secretary and a CEO to lead his way? -- Linus Torvalds


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Apr 02 2013
Big BRADY BUNCH Quiz: Friday Night!
This is going to be epic. In a seventies kind of way.
Raise your hand if Brady Bunch shaped you, molded you, affected you, and defined you. Raise your hand if you watched reruns long after the original series stopped airing. Raise your hand if you wanted Marsha's hair, Carole's joyful disposition, and Alice's sense of humor.
All three of my hands are high in the air.
If you love Brady Bunch as much as I do, you'll want to drop by Friday night and test your knowledge!
WHAT: Big BRADY BUNCH Quiz
WHEN: Friday, April 5, 6:00 pm Pacific Time (9:00 pm Eastern Time!)
WHERE: Here, baby!
WHY: Because Brady Bunch shaped a generation. Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!
Prizes will be shiny and fun. (They're not avocado appliances.)
See you Friday night!
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teri On Saturday, April 6 at 11:01 am
I enjoyed the quiz and always enjoyed watching The Brady Bunch.
ellen On Saturday, April 6 at 11:40 am
The good ole days and we didn't know it !!!
Debbie Bradley On Saturday, April 6 at 1:18 pm
Love watching the Brady Bunch growing up & at even 50 years old today I still watch the reruns when they come on TV now. Brings back memories I can even remember some of the shows from when I watched them the first time. lol
[email protected] On Saturday, April 6 at 1:22 pm
Watched the Brady Bunch when they came on when I was growing up, watched them with my daughter when she was growing up & even now at almost 70 years old I still catch an episode on TV occasionally.
Betty T. On Saturday, April 6 at 2:53 pm
It was one of our favorites raising our kids. Thanks for sharing the memories.
Andrea C On Saturday, April 6 at 3:23 pm
Watched it every Friday night. There was a great line up of shows that night.
Mack On Saturday, April 6 at 7:05 pm
Hello Ree! Took the Brady Bunch quiz earlier today and scored a 100 so i am crossing my fingers! Of COURSE caught your show today — the cake looked scrumpdiliocious!! BUT more than the cake i think i actually swooned with what you transported it in to Edna Maes house……that cake carrier was outta this world! ……loved LOVEDDDDD the Flower Market enamel cake carrier…..you HAVE to do some sort of quiz etc and give one of these puppies away! Oh my gosh i think i have died and gone to flower HEAVEN!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, Ree????!!
Gabby On Saturday, April 6 at 7:14 pm
Brady bunch. Grew up watching this show. Now my four year old daughter enjoys watching it too. Love it


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Sunday night, Nick Saban went to the Over the Mountain Touchdown Club in Birmingham to accept the Bobby Bowden Coach of the Year Award. The honor has only been around for four seasons and Saban has won it three of those four years.
It was also his first public appearance since he kicked four players off his football team for chargers of robbery and use of a stolen debit card. While he says it's unfortunate, there's a lesson the rest of his team can learn from the incident.
"We're dealing with problems we haven't had in five and a half years on the team, which to me, says I'm going to do this because I can do it," said Saban. "That's the attitude you hope to avoid, people have to respect the values of the organization for you to be successful but I really like where our team is and how our team has worked in the off-season program and it's a work in progress."