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The Resident Evil 6 benchmark works by the simple procedure of just adding up the FPS to give a total frames rendered over time. Even so, it's a change from our usual results so far with the Royal Ace not exactly sparkling, although not terrible either.
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One thing I would like to say though, is there any need to run Cloud gate on these high end GPUs? It is a score that I, and I'm sure many others, don't want to see.
Sky diver would be more relevant, but i do understand that there wouldn't be many cards to compare score though.
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Very nice looking card. I like the look of the shroud and back plate. Are the club 3D cards only available in Europe? I tried to find a price from a USA E-Tailer and could not find it for sale.
On the audio quality. It is much improved. Your voice sounds good, not brittle, or thin. It provides a nice rounded full sound. Noise from the background is not apparent and that is a good thing. Is it a Omni-directional pattern mic or a Cardioid pattern one?
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Hello! Thank you for the write up. I had a question about the Hitman: Absolution benchmark.
Are those FPS numbers from the built-in benchmark of the china-town sequence?
Yes. Why would he benchmark himself when the game already has one? lol
If you asked that question to Linus, he would tear you apart. Some people really believe that actual gameplay is more important (not Tom).
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The father-son duo was in front of DiCaprio who had a bright red vuvuzela. As Argentina lost 4-0, DiCaprio, who is half-German, could not control himself and blew on buzzing noise, reports The Daily Express.
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The Illinois Association for Music Therapy (IAMT) is a chapter of the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA). IAMT shall promote the advancement of Music Therapy as a professional discipline in the state of Illinois through public education and advocacy. IAMT shall provide professional development and continuing education opportunities for all of its members. IAMT shall offer resources for the community to access quality Music Therapy services provided by a qualified and credentialed professional. The purpose of IAMT shall support the goals and objectives of the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) and the Great Lakes Region of AMTA and their respective governing documents.
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My 2004 TJ (56XXX miles) is making a distinct grinding noise when coming out of first gear. Not a very loud noise but noticeable to me. Sounds like metal on metal but i could be wrong. This is happening in first and first gear ONLY, coming out of it from a dead stop. Not sure what else to say about the problem. Assuming this is the original trans and clutch. The Jeep still has a 90 day warranty left on it so i want the problem to get fixed and not have the dealer blow me off. Any ideas are appreciated.
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Might be throw out bearings going bad, mine has it in any gear if I am going too slow and press the gas, mostly in second and third the rattle appears since I'm constantly stopping and going in those gears. Major repair since transmission needs to be removed and clutch replaced, if throwout bearings malfunction you cannot shift out of the gear you are in, or you have to force it in (I think), so yeah very important. Good luck. Take her to a mechanic for an official report and take it back to the dealer with warranty papers.
Mine has done the same thing from the day I bought it. Nothing has gotten worse...yet...
Just got back from the dealer, the technician quotes: "...everything is fine and normal, the noise you hear is the motor hesitating." That doesn't make any sense to me, anyone have any thoughts upon what he said? :banghead:
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May 26, 2005 -- Fewer Americans have dangerously high levels of lead in their blood, says the CDC.
The CDC estimates that 0.7% of the U.S. population had elevated blood levels from 1999-2002. That's down from 2.2% in 1991-1994, says the CDC.
However, nearly 310,000 children younger than 6 remained at risk for harmful lead levels, and the problem continued to be most common among black children. The numbers, based on a national health survey, appear in the CDC's May 27th Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
High blood lead levels are more than 10 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood (mcg/dL).
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"Lead poisoning can affect nearly every system in the body," says the web site for the CDC's Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. "Because lead poisoning often occurs with no obvious symptoms, it frequently goes unrecognized. Lead poisoning can cause learning disabilities, behavioral problems, and, at very high levels, seizures, coma, and even death."
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Blood lead levels dropped in all generations and racial/ethnic groups from 1999-2002, says the CDC.
The number of people with high blood lead levels is 68% lower than in 1991-1994. Black children had the biggest decrease -- a 72% drop. However, they still had the country's biggest percentage (3%), even though their rates have been falling since 1998.
In comparison, the latest percentage was half as low for white children of the same age (1.3%) and 2% for Mexican-American children. Data were not available for other racial and ethnic groups.
Lead Sources
Children's most common sources of lead exposure are lead-based paint and dust from lead-based paint, says the CDC.
Lead-based paints have been banned in the U.S. since 1978. However, it lingers on the walls of some old buildings. The number of homes with lead-based paint fell from 64 million in 1990 to 38 million in 2000, but there's still a long way to go.
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That's why I use toilet paper (a former colleague suggested that) instead, because there's a stigma to using it, so students take less of it. Plus, I give the piece(s) to them, instead of leaving the box out (I go through about 8-12 rolls a school year, costing about $2-4 total) for them to pull and pull and pull...
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DrupalCamp Colorado
I'll be heading out to Denver to give a Sunday keynote at DrupalCamp Colorado.
DrupalCON Portland
On Monday, I will fly out for DrupalCON Portland. This will be my 14th (!) DrupalCON, dating back to 2006.
Aaron Winborn, update 2
Back in July 2012, I wrote about Aaron Winborn's diagnosis with ALS. To encourage donations to his special needs trust, I and the other co-authors of Drupal 7 Module Development pledged to donate quarter 3 and quarter 4 royalties to the trust.
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Back in July I wrote about Aaron Winborn's diagnosis with ALS. To encourage donations to his special needs trust, I and the other co-authors of Drupal 7 Module Development pledged to donate quarter 3 and quarter 4 royalties to the trust.
DrupalCon Munich: Plans and Goals
I'm packing up to get on a plane for Munich -- for the second time in the last year, in fact. Really anticipating a great week. Munich is a great city, and Drupal events are full of great people.
Supporting Aaron Winborn
Aaron Winborn is a longtime Drupal contributor and friend to the community. Since his diagnosis with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Aaron has been trying to enjoy time with his family, to remain productive in his work and to live as normal a life as possible.
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I was at DrupalCamp Stockholm, having a great time with our hosts and the other international guests. But there was tension in the air. The chairs of the DrupalCon 2010 bids from Berlin and Copenhagen were both present, and things started to get a little heated. To break the tension, we started talking about DrupalCON San Francisco instead.
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Is World T20 Struggling to Match the Big Leagues?
By Sandip G | ENS - CHENNAI
Published: 16th March 2014 02:00 AM
Last Updated: 16th March 2014 09:46 AM
It is hardly any surprise that Shahid Afridi has played the most number of T20 Internationals. Four other Pakistanis feature in the top-10 of the list. Contrastingly, you have to scroll down to the 25th entry to spot an Indian — unsurprisingly Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
To interpret the observation blindly, India haven't quite embraced the format. But think again. Analyse their respective non-international T20 numbers. Dhoni has figured in 22 more matches than Afridi. The reason, too, is merely stating the obvious. Afridi and his fellow Pakistanis are castaways in the great Indian (money-spinning) Premier League, while Dhoni and his country have fully indulged in it. Of the India skipper's 163 T20 matches, 96 have been in the bright-yellows of the Super Kings.
This clearly explains the dynamics of the shortest format —wherein the ultra-glamorous and the incredibly lucrative IPL and such-like leagues have obscured the relevance of T20 Internationals. It is either reckoned a warming-up prologue to a more meaningful series or a mere epilogue that is forced upon a writer.
Even the pinnacle of it, the World Cup, seems like a mere sideshow, a two-year formality than a festival. It seems like a charity T20 league, where the perks pale in comparison with IPL Even the build-up is anodyne, with teams almost suddenly waking up to the reality that a World Cup is round their corner. Not that there isn't any lack of motivation for the players, but there isn't the revelry that marks events of such magnitude.
Take India's case. They have played only five T20 Internationals since the 2012 World Cup. Worse still, in the last 15 months, they have played just one. It doesn't bother Dhoni, though. "Most of the teams, if you see, don't play a lot of T20s. Especially with the kind of schedule we have, I don't think we'll be able to accommodate more than one or two T20s (per series). We have got the IPL where we have played with the best players and the standard there is as high as international standards, so that really amounts to the experience we need," Dhoni said in his pre-tournament press conference in Dhaka.
Hence, they exist on the periphery, more like a satellite to a planet than the other way around. But it is not only the fly-by-night league that can be blamed for T20I's prevailing stasis, but also the condensed nature of it, dictated by a consume-and-dispose philosophy. "The T20 format is shorter, performances are even shorter. Before even realising that something has happened, it gets over. So it is naturally hard to recollect a T20 match. Then there is the question of skill. In T20, you don't struggle for a wicket because the batsmen are hitting. Similarly, technique alone doesn't matter for the batsmen," observed former cricketer Madan Lal.
Seven years since its inception, the T20 World Cup is still evolving. They have corrected a few wrongs of the last edition. Like, they have uniformly distributed the marquee clashes and not clustered to the back-end. Also, the minnows will have a tougher road to the main draw, though it slightly drags the tournament. Likewise, they have scrapped the humdrum of Super Eights. Maybe, the tournament should be less frequent. But such positive measures wouldn't matter much unless the competition asserts its relevance. And that would be this edition's biggest challenge.
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'Get Out, We've Had Enough,' Residents of Mumbai's Kamathipura Tell Sex Workers
Mumbai News | Written by Nikita Niraj Arora, Edited by Shyam Balasubramanian | Saturday May 16, 2015
Residents of Mumbai's Kamathipura, considered Asia's largest red light district, have mounted a campaign to place a curb on the sex trade in the area. Sex workers however have expressed helplessness, even as activists claim the move would only open up the area to property developers.
New York City - Next Stop For Play by Mumbai Sex Workers' Children 'Lal Batti Express'
Mumbai News | Written by Saurabh, Edited by Aashna Harjani | Wednesday May 13, 2015
A group of 13 girls from Mumbai's largest red-light area, Kamathipura, will undertake a five city tour to the US beginning May 12 to perform a play, titled Lal Batti.
It's My Home, I'll Help Fix It: Facebook Post on Mumbai's Red Light District
India News | Adrija Bose | Tuesday May 12, 2015
Her photo accompanies her short blog; her name does not. She has been the focus of media attention for her earlier accomplishments, some of which she refers to on Facebook.
Sex Worker's Daughter to Study Drumming in US
Mumbai News | mid-day.com | Tuesday September 2, 2014
Sheetal Jain was born to a sex worker in Kamathipura, but she did not let her address define her; the 19-year-old will now pursue her passion for drumming at a music school in Washington DC
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The makers of Kamathipura, a movie on sex workers, are trying to rope in actress Konkana Sen Sharma to play the lead role.
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It can't get more global. Three Americans climbing a mountain in Africa to help sex workers of Kamathipura in Mumbai.
Two-month-old sold to brothel for Rs 12, 000
Mumbai News | mid-day.com | Monday January 16, 2012
A two-month-old baby was stolen from Girgaum and later sold for Rs 12,000 to a brothel keeper in Kamathipura. Police managed to recover the baby and arrest the culprits on Sunday. Officials believe the gang used to steal infants regularly and traffic them in the red-light area. They are now investigating the matter to find more details into the pre...
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An unsuspecting woman on the verge of being thrust head-long into a life of prostitution found unexpected and unlikely saviours in the form of Commercial Sex Workers (CSW) in Mumbai's oldest red-light area, Kamathipura. Their presence of mind and compassion resulted in the arrest of a human trafficker, who was trying to sell off his new bride to a ...
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A 19-year-old girl had a narrow escape after she heard her boyfriend having a conversation with a stranger at Kamathipura, Mumbai's Red Light Area. The girl, a nurse, had accompanied her boyfriend Sameer Mohammed Ali Shaikh, on Monday to meet Shaikh's parents and seek their approval for marriage. But to her horror she discovered that Shaikh had con...
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Twelve years after Santiago Calatrava revealed his design for the World Trade Center Oculus, the PATH station finally opened to the public in March. Although not officially confirmed by the Port Authority, the total cost of the Oculus is estimated to be nearly four billion dollars - almost double the original budget. The Real Deal has broken down the big-ticket costs that went into the making of the Oculus.
Breaking Down the Cost of Calatrava's World Trade Center Oculus
Gallery: Santiago Calatrava's WTC Transportation Hub Photographed by Laurian Ghinitoiu
Since it opened to the public two months ago, Santiago Calatrava's World Trade Center Transportation Hub has been the subject of intense debate. Critics and the public alike have tried to answer whether the building, while undeniably unique and striking, was worth the $4 billion price tag that made it the world's most expensive train station. Key to this question's answer will be the way that the building settles into its role as a piece of the city's fabric.
With construction work still surrounding the building - both on the site itself and at the nearby skyscrapers - photographer Laurian Ghinitoiu turned his camera lens onto the station to see how it has been absorbed into the life of the city, capturing the way the structure is revealed from unexpected vantage points and showing how its users react to the sublime internal space of the "oculus."
If You Haven't Seen Calatrava's World Trade Center Oculus In Person, This is Pretty Darn Close
If you haven't had the opportunity to step inside Santiago Calatrava's World Trade Center Oculus, here is your chance. Miguel de Guzmán of Imagen Subliminal has captured the incredible space in VR (Virtual Reality), granting you 360-degree views of the infamous oculus. Put on your Google Cardboard and see it for yourself.
Video: Time-Lapse of Santiago Calatrava's World Trade Center Oculus
Santiago Calatrava's long-awaited World Trade Center Oculus has officially opened. Thanks to EarthCam and the project's contractor Skanska USA, you can watch the $4 billion transportation hub take shape over the course of 42 months in just 65 seconds, from June 2011 to December 2014. For more, see what the critics have to say about the newly opened building here.
With the Opening of the WTC Transportation Hub, Has Santiago Calatrava Been Vindicated?
After 12 long years and a series of construction headaches, Santiago Calatrava's $4 billion World Trade Center Transportation Hub has finally opened to the public. Once widely regarded as a symbol of hope for post-9/11 New York, the project's ballooning budget and security-related revisions gradually soured the opinions of the public and top design minds including Michael Graves and Peter Eisenman, and provoked a multitude of mocking nicknames ranging from "Calatrasaurus" to "squat hedgehog" to "kitsch dinosaur." All the while, Calatrava urged critics to reserve their opinion until the project's opening. Now that day has arrived - did Calatrava receive the vindication he was insistent would come? Read on for the critics' takes.
Santiago Calatrava's WTC Transportation Hub to Open Next Week
Half of Santiago Calatrava's $4 billion World Trade Center Transportation Hub is set to "quietly" open next week, according to a report by Crain's New York. Heavily criticized for being seven years overdue and twice its original cost, the public project has been labeled a "symbol of excess" by some and a "legacy project" by others. Despite the criticism, its 355-foot-long operable "Oculus" is "breathtaking" says New York Times reporter David Dunlap.
"It is necessary," Calatrava told Dunlap, "that public space prevail... A balance is struck at Grand Central Terminal, and it will be here."
BIG's 2 World Trade Center Stalls After Fox Withdraws
Two major tenants, 21st Century Fox and News Corp have pulled plans to relocate to the BIG-designed 2 World Trade Center - the final building planned for the 16 acre site. 2 WTC was unveiled last summer after news broke that BIG would be replacing Foster + Partners as the building's architect. According to a report on The Wall Street Journal, the two media companies based their decision on the high cost of relocating; they plan to stay in their current Midtown site until at least 2025.
The project will be placed on hold until a new tenant is found.
This SOM Archive Video Offers a Look Back at the Early Days of 3D Visualization
Until recently, the only options for providing clients and the public with visualizations of what a prospective building would look like were almost exclusively hand drawn renderings, or scale models built by hand. Both of these practices are still in use today, but now there is a much wider range of options with 3D modeling software providing the bulk of renderings, the growing presence of 3D printing, and even video fly-throughs with special effects that rival the latest Hollywood action movie. This 16mm film created by architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) in 1984, and digitized by illustrator Peter Little, reminded us of what the early days of digital 3D modeling looked like.
REX to Design World Trade Center Performing Arts Building in New York
A commission that was originally set to be Frank Gehry's, Brooklyn-based REX has been selected to design The Performing Arts Center at New York's World Trade Center site - PACWTC. REX was chosen over finalists Henning Larsen Architects and UNStudio through a "rigorous invitational process" that focused on the practices' experience with similar projects, including REX's Dee and Chales Wyly Theater in Dallas, Seattle Public Library and Vakko Fashion Center in Istanbul.
"Throughout the architectural selection process, REX presented us with an inspired vision. Joshua [Prince-Ramus] totally blew us away with his innovative ideas about how to present cutting-edge culture, but also about how to make the PAC relate to everyone who comes to the WTC site," said PACWTC director and president Maggie Boepple.
Leaking Water Becomes Latest Setback for the World Trade Center Hub
Adding to the controversy surrounding its construction, Santiago Calatrava's World Trade Center Hub - set to be the world's most expensive transit hub with a now-estimated budget of $3.7 billion - has delayed its opening until the first half of 2016 due to leaking water, according to an article in The New York Times. The water, originating from the site of an office tower to-be at 3 World Trade Center has been traced back to workers constantly spraying water to handle dust while breaking up concrete, exposing the construction site of 3 World Trade Center to the elements. Though the centerpiece of the Hub, The Oculus, has nearly finished construction, several retail spaces of the Westfield World Trade Center luxury shopping centre have been affected by the leaking and the Westfield Corporation has decided to postpone the move-in of all stores until the problem has been fully addressed. Despite the problems, the Westfield Corporation remains optimistic of the final result that the Oculus will produce and are working aggressively to remedy the leaking.
Alternative Realities: 7 Radical Buildings That Could-Have-Been
In It's A Wonderful Life the film's protagonist George Bailey, facing a crisis of faith, is visited by his guardian angel, and shown an alternate reality where he doesn't exist. The experience gives meaning to George's life, showing him his own importance to others. With the increasing scale of design competitions these days, architectural "could-have-beens" are piling up in record numbers, and just as George Bailey's sense of self was restored by seeing his alternate reality, hypothesizing about alternative outcomes in architecture is a chance to reflect on our current architectural moment.
Today marks the one-year-anniversary of the opening of Phase 3 of the High Line. While New Yorkers and urbanists the world over have lauded the success of this industrial-utility-turned-urban-oasis, the park and the slew of other urban improvements it has inspired almost happened very differently. Although we have come to know and love the High Line of Diller Scofidio + Renfro and James Corner Field Operations, in the original ideas competition four finalists were chosen and the alternatives show stark contrasts in how things might have shaped up.
On this key date for one of the most crucial designs of this generation, we decided to look back at some of the most important competitions of the last century to see how things might have been different.
World Trade Center River Wall May Be Leaking
Sounds of rushing water have been reported behind the walls of the lower concourses of the World Trade Center site. As DNAinfo reports, rumors say officials have found an underground leak within the newly built complex and fear that it may be coming from the 3,200-foot-long slurry wall that separates the site from the Hudson River.
Inside Santiago Calatrava's WTC Transportation Hub in New York
Toronto-based architectural photographer Michael Muraz has shared with us some of the first images seen inside Santiago Calatrava's nearly complete World Trade Center Transportation Hub. Set to open this year, the "glorious" birdlike structure boasts a 355-foot-long operable "Oculus" - a "slice of the New York sky - that floods the hub's interior with natural light, all the way down 60-feet below street level to the PATH train platform.
Though its been shamed for being years overdue and $2 billion over budget (making it the world's most expensive transit hub), the completed project is turning heads. Take a look for yourself after the break.
How Bjarke Ingels is Reshaping New York City's Architecture
Bjarke Ingels has become know for his "promiscuous hybrids" that are reshaping skylines worldwide. Now, after news of BIG's redesign of the 2 World Trade Center, Ingels is being credited for single-handedly transforming New York City's architecture. At the New York Times' Cities of Tomorrow conference last week, architecture critic Michael Kimmelman sat down with the 40-year-old Danish architect to discuss just how BIG is changing New York.
Bjarke Ingels Talks About Two World Trade Center
Last week, after a month of speculation, BIG unveiled their plans for New York's Two World Trade Center, replacing Foster + Partners' design which although started on site, was stalled due to the financial crash of 2008. With the building's high profile, in just one week BIG's design has been the subject of intense scrutiny. In this interview, originally published by New York YIMBY as "Interview: Bjarke Ingels On New Design For 200 Greenwich Street, Aka Two World Trade Center," Nikolai Fedak talks to Bjarke Ingels about the design of the tower and why it was necessary to replace the scheme by Foster + Partners.
YIMBY sat down with Bjarke Ingels to talk about his firm's design for 200 Greenwich Street, aka Two World Trade Center. Despite public outcry following the change from the Norman Foster version of the tower, BIG's innovative and forward-thinking building will truly respond to the human needs of its tenants, while also punctuating the Downtown skyline with a 1,340-foot take on a classic ziggurat. We've also obtained a few additional renderings of the soon-to-be icon's impact on the cityscape.
Watch the 11-Year Construction of One World Trade Center in this Time-Lapse
In recognition of the opening of One World Observatory in New York City, EarthCam has published a full time-lapse of One World Trade Center's construction. Thousands of high-definition images capture the incredible undertaking of construction and planning that took place from October 2004 to Memorial Day 2015. The camera flies the viewer across the site, showing how the building and its surroundings have taken shape over the past 11 years.
Insiders Tip BIG to Redesign Foster + Partners' World Trade Center 2 Tower
A new report from the Wall Street Journal suggests that BIG may replace Foster + Partners to realize the World Trade Center 2 (WTC2) tower - the final tower planned to be built on Ground Zero. The 79-story tower, originally designed in 2006, was stalled due to the economic crash of 2008.
According to the report, 21st Century Fox and News Corp have "tipped" BIG to redesign the tower should they strike an agreement with project backers Silverstein Properties and The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to move into the tower. If the deal goes through, the two companies would occupy nearly half of the building - enough to kickstart development.
6 Takeaways From NYMag's Article On Calatrava's $4 Billion WTC Station
Ask any person involved in the construction of Santiago Calatrava's World Trade Center Transportation Hub, and they will probably admit that the world's most expensive train station has not been a PR success. In fact things have gotten so bad that a recent article by Andrew Rice for New York Magazine describes the gradual opening of the building later this year as coming "at long last and great cost, to both the government and his reputation," adding that "a decade ago, Calatrava would have made any short list of the world's most esteemed architects. Today, many within the profession are aghast at what they see as his irresponsibility."
But, unlike much of the press coverage that has greeted Calatrava in recent years, the New York Magazine article is much more forgiving, taking the time to investigate the twists and turns of the project's controversial 12-year history and offering the architect the opportunity to give his side of the story. Read on after the break for a breakdown of six takeaways from the article.


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URBANA — A former University of Illinois football player has been sentenced to 12 months of conditional discharge after pleaded guilty on Monday to battery in connection with an incident in November.
Evan H. Frierson, 20, who listed an address in the 600 block of South Randolph Street, Champaign, pleaded guilty to battery.
Judge Heidi Ladd sentenced Frierson to 12 months of conditional discharge, which is a form of probation, to one day he has already served at the county jail and to pay $2,088 in restitution to the victim.
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Another injustice. Always notice how persons of high school age or younger when convicted of a crime find themselves with a criminal record for life where as persons of a college age find themselves with conditional discharge. How are the younger persons to build a prosperous life when having a criminal record for life? It appears that if you are enrolled in college, the scales of justice will weigh in your favor but beware if you are in high school, for the powers that be will throw away the key for life. So much for rehab, mistakes, mitigating circumstances. If all it takes to be a judge is to separate those enrolled in college or high school, any monkey can do that for bananas rather than thousands of dollars.


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A handsome and well-made book of exceptional recipes for the outdoor enthusiast: Brûléed Brown Sugar Grapefruit Brochettes, Stone-Seared Cornish Game Hens with Bombay Spice, Lamb Tagine with Preserved Lemons and Dates, Grilled Radicchio Insalata with Blood-Orange-Date Vinaigrette . . . I don't know about you, but I've never eaten that well at a campsite in my life.
The authors are seasoned adventurers and foodies. Their day job is working as recipe testers and editorial consultants for cookbook author and New York Times food columnist Melissa Clark. For "Campfire Cookery," they combine their considerable knowledge of the kitchen with their enthusiasm for cooking over an open fire.
To be sure, theirs is a decidedly civilized kind of roughing it. More than one recipe calls for a splash of Reisling or a nip of brandy - you'd have to have a well-stocked tent for a week's worth of these meals - and I am not certain about the long list of materials they recommend for a proper batterie de cuisine. It includes short- and long-handled stainless steel mixing spoons and tongs, mixing bowls, tripod grill and grate, cast-iron skillet and Dutch oven, cutting boards, corkscrew (of course!) and certain delightful non-essentials such as a hand-cranked ice cream churn, spice grinder and instant-read thermometer. Are we camping or enrolling in Le Cordon Bleu?
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Huck and Young supply the instructions for that activity, too, in their fun final chapter, "After the Repast." The section also features campfire songs, read-aloud verses, "essential philosophical quandaries for the pondering," shadow puppetry instructions and a quick guide to stargazing.
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Chief Michael Wolever, an East Toledo resident, has announced he will retire from the Toledo Fire and Rescue Department after 33 years of service as a firefighter and four years as chief.
Chief Wolever, who resides on Nevada Street, joined the department in August 1978. He was promoted to lieutenant in June 1982, captain in June 1984, battalion chief in October 1988 and served as deputy chief under then-chief Michael P. Bell, now mayor, beginning in 2002. When then-Chief Bell retired in 2007, Wolever stepped up to lead the department.
When Toledo city council voted unanimously to approve selling the Marina District to Chinese developers last week, Scott Prephan of Perrysburg-based Prephan enterprises could not have been prouder.
Toledo is in the national news again, and this time it's because of a pending $200 to $300 investment by Chinese developers into a 69 acre parcel of land on the east side.
The EF-4 tornado that swept through Wood and Ottawa counties on June 6, 2010 destroyed 100 homes, killed seven people, destroyed Lake High School, and forced families to rebuild homes.
Since that night one year ago, businesses along its route have also had to rebuild.
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Considering most of the people here defending Ronaldo were criticising him for diving when it was part of his game in his early seasons, yes, I am confident that there is more to it than him just being a United player.We don't like divers at United, we didn't like Ruud doing it, and we didn't like Ronaldo doing it. Evidently Fergie feels the same, as he mentioned it in interviews, and got both players to take it out of their game.


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This is an excellent casserole to make with turkey or chicken leftovers. Enjoy it.
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- 3 cups cooked turkey, cut into small pieces (or use chicken)
- 1⁄2 cup celery, chopped
- 1⁄2 medium onion, chopped
- 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can cream of chicken soup, 97% reduced fat
- 3⁄4 cup mayonnaise, reduced fat
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 (4 ounce) jarred pimientos, diced
- potato chips, crushed for topping
- 1 teaspoon grounded paprika
- Mix all ingredients together and place them in a casserole dish.
- Cover with crushed potato chips and sprinkle with paprika.
- Bake uncovered at 350ºF. for about 30 minutes or until heated through and chips are lighty brown.
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Creamy and tasty. What a nice, easy way to leftover chicken or turkey. This reminds me of a hot chicken salad. I didn't have any pimientos, but that's the only thing I left out. I will use them next time for the splash of color and flavor. I might throw a little cheese in next time as well. Thanx for sharing this!
Good comfort food (especially on a cold evening). I like to add some curry to this because it does seem to blend well with the other ingredients and also a tablespoon of fresh lemon juice.


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Jamie Hemmer and Matt Maras, both of St. Michael, are engaged to be married May 12, 2013, in Maui, Hawaii.
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She is a 1995 graduate of Mora High School, a 1998 graduate of Anoka-Hennepin Technical College with a diploma in architectural technology and a 2011 graduate of the Minnesota School of Business with an associate degree in business administration.
She is employed by GKi LLC in Blaine as a project manager.
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He is a 2001 graduate of Willmar Senior High School and a 2004 graduate of Ridgewater College in business.
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Emile Berliner Lives!
SSI had a display of vintage gramophones and radios, courtesy of Montreal's Emile Berliner Museum. They've had this for several shows now, and it's always wonderful to see these artifacts that tell the history of our hobby. The Museum is member-supported, and publishes a pamphlet, His Master's Voice, four times a year, in English and French.
The times that Stereophile writers have available when the Montreal show itself is running is too limited to allow a visit to the Museum, but one of these days I'll just have to make the time. Here's Museum Board Member Pierre Valiquette with the ultimate self-contained "record player"no relying on AC or DC, ever!


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Paper on arrest in Africa released
PPJA has released a paper exploring the issues around arrest in Africa. The paper considers the historical roots of policing in Africa and how these have been translated in the post-colonial context. The paper suggests not all people are at an equal risk of arrest, but rather that it is the poor, powerless and out-groups that are at a higher risk of arrest. The report concludes with a number of recommendations, calling for further research, decriminalisation of certain offences, and restructuring of the police in African countries.Read More
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"Long list" of indicators proposed toward pre-trial justice in Africa
At a seminar held in Cape Town in May 2015, participants from PPJA partner organisations discussed indicators for measuring pre-trial justice in Africa. A "long-list" of draft proposed indicators was agreed upon by the end of the seminar. Further consultations are planned to expand the extent of consultation and to refine the proposed indicators.Read More
Malawi launches new criminal justice case flow system
Mobile training unit members were trained in the last week of July 2015 on the new registers, case folders and court diary, designed to ensure pre-trial detainees do not get "lost" and that time limits in the criminal justice system are met.Read More
Outgoing Nigerian administration passes groundbreaking Administration of Criminal Justice Act
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Over the past few years Gamevoices has run a series of '15 minute interviews' with some of the best known actors from video games. Below you'll find links to them on this site and at the end of the list in the Gamevoices sections of WGE:MAG.
D.C.Douglas - Resident Evil Villain Albert Wesker, with credits in Mass Effect, Star Trek, Tekken and many many more.
J.B.Blanc - Voice of Kingpin in Amazing Spider Man 2 and Bane in Batman: Arkham Origins. (also appeared in Breaking Bad!!)
Dave DeAndrea - Animation and Video Games including Axe Cop and Witch Slayer in Heroes of Newerth.
Reuben Langdon - Devil May Cry, Street Fighter and The Last of Us. Mocap and Voice Actor.
Tara Platt - Resident Evil (Jill Valentine) Tekken, Halo, Guild Wars, God of War, Final Fantasy, League of Legends.
Yuri Lowenthal - Lego Jurassic World, Skylanders, Prince of Persia, Ben 10 & many more.
Charles Martinet - Best known for playing Super Mario but also played Paarthurnax the dragon in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Elias Toufexis - The Splinter Cell franchise and Deus Ex and Assassins Creed
Roger Craig Smith - Assassin's Creed: Revelations as Ezio Auditore da Firenze, Resident Evil series as Chris Redfield, as Batman in Batman: Arkham Origins
Liam O'Brien - World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, Call of Duty & Devil May Cry
Jason Canning - Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out- Admiral Ozzel, Diablo III, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
Gideon Emery - Skylanders: SuperChargers Mad Max (Video Game), Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Wolfenstein franchise.
Vic Mignogna - Norse Noir: Loki's Exile, Chapter I, Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Final Fantasy and Dragonball franchises.
Jim Piddock - Skylanders: SWAP Force, as Bilbo and Elrond in The Lord of the Rings: War in the North.
Jon St.John - Duke Nukem, Guild Wars, Star Trek Online, Twisted Metal
Sean Astin - Samwise Gamgee in Lord of the Rings movie and also Lego The Lord of the Rings, Lego Dimensions, Raphael in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game
Mercedes Rose - Super Mario Galaxy, Star Trek Online and America's Next Top Model
Lee Boardman - The Witcher, Assassin's Creed, Fable 3 (and TV as diverse as Coronations Street and the HBO series Rome.
David Sobolov - Justice League Heroes, Halo 3, Dota 2, Diablo III as Azmodan, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
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Local band The New Suns are asking for help finding their missing instruments.
The New Suns guitarist and singer Shane Jurek says he noticed the missing instruments after an unusual light was shining on his bedroom wall. The light was shining from the neighbor's house through his open garage door.
Sauk Rapids Police say the equipment was stolen from the garage at 1206 Broadway Avenue South late Friday night or early Saturday morning. The band estimated the equipment was worth about 10,000 dollars.
Items stolen include two guitars, a drum set, two tube amps, and 15 to 20 "New Suns" T-shirts. Jurek says that the equipment was being stored in the garage temporarily while the band's van was used move other items.
The band is using social media to help spread the word of the stolen items by sharing a photo and description of the stolen instruments. Jurek also says the local music scene has been supportive.
The Sauk Rapids Police are asking anyone with information to contact them at 320-251-9451.
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First, this is a complicated story. It's not about evil Puritans and hero Hester, although you will read this point of view in the cheat note summaries on the internet. It's not about feminism, really, nor is it about religion in any technical sense. The only comparison that really fits is that of love story, or love triangle, or maybe love square. (I told you it is complicated.) In all of literature, there are very few writers who have penned characters so incredibly real and well-rounded. When you finish the novel, you KNOW these people. Certainly there is some minor societal commentary, but the real story here is about these people.
Now, I'm assuming that many people looking at this page have been told they must read this book for high school English. As a former teacher of said subject, I have some pointers.
(1) Make sure you read the book for yourself. Chances are (in our current educational system) your teacher is going to have a flat interpretation of this book, likely gleaned from some ready-made teaching packet. (If you have another kind of teacher, consider yourself lucky.) You can have some very interesting class discussions if you actually read the material and challenge some of the majority opinions about the novel. Be a rebel. Have some fun in English.
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Overall, a well-crafted story and a good read.
The book though is hard to navigate on the kindle because it has no active table of contents. I therefore would not purchase this version at regular price. Luckily, it's free!
Ok, ok, I agree that the first chapter, "The Custom-House", was pretty bad. In fact, it was so bad and boring that I drifted off to sleep several times while reading it! The first chapter has little relevancy with the story, so, unless you have to, I would suggest skipping that part of the text. The rest is exceptionally good, and the quality of the plot cannot be overlooked. My advice is to just lay off the first chapter; that way you'll be able to enjoy the rest of the book without difficulty.
The story itself deals with sin and adultery, a subject that isn't very popular right now. Hawthorne does an excellent job of telling us about this, but he leaves the reader with many questions floating around in his mind at the conclusion. At the end of the story you're not 100% sure if Hawthorne was condemning the Puritan society, or if he was commending it. He leaves that for the reader to figure out, which is a thing authors seldom do. That's a major reason I believe this work is so unique and timeless.Read more ›
Hester, practically abandoned by her husband is left to take care of herself in a lonely new world. She is flesh and bone with desires and passions like any other human being. Hester commits adultery and is found out by a cruel, judging community. She must wear a Scarlet A on the front of her dress; A for Adultery. Hester refuses to give the name of her lover Dimmesdale so he goes free and untouched by the damning society, but must face the tortures of his own conscience.
Hester is humiliated and must suffer the consequences for her actions but she is not a broken woman. She stands, brave.
Dimmesdale comes through in the end and admits his role in the dangerous game. Hawthorne takes the readers on a spinning ride to get to this point. Read it and know the exact ending for yourself. I recommend it; highly.
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But Villa's lengthy injury list shows little sign of improving as they look to recover from three heavy defeats in which they have conceded 15 goals against Chelsea, Tottenham and Wigan.
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Hamilton-Brown was one of the last people to see 23-year-old Maynard last June before he was killed on the London Underground line while fleeing from police. The coroner subsequently described him as a "habitual and regular" cocaine user at the inquest into the England Lions batsman's death.
However, 25-year-old Hamilton-Brown - who was Maynard's flatmate as well as captain during their time together at the Oval - insists those findings will not taint his memory of his best friend, and he told Press Association Sport: "Undoubtedly a little part of me wants to think that I'm carrying him with me and that's going to give you a deeper, harder drive than I've had before."
He added: "I didn't see it coming. To be honest with you it's not going to affect the memory of my best mate who's dead. That's not the way I remember him or knew him."
Now Hamilton-Brown is trying to re-launch his career on the south coast with Sussex, with whom he previously represented between 2008 and 2010.
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I had an interesting lunch today with a former fed who (in my humble view) is in a happy situation –- a child has followed his footsteps and entered government service, working in contracting and program management for a major federal agency. The good news is that the son likes his job a lot. But the bigger story -– gleaned through several father-son conversations -- is more complicated.
Perhaps the two most important reasons the son likes his job are first, that he is constantly challenged to develop his skills, given assignments that in some sense are over his head, but that he loves to have the opportunity to learn and second, that the mission and what is being bought are both intrinsically interesting and substantively important for the nation.
The downside is that, according to the son, a main reason he is given so many challenging assignments is that the GS-15's and even SES'ers above him are older people whom he describes as basically all being "retired in place." They are willing to give the new recruit challenging work so they don't have to do it themselves. This hardly bodes well for my friend's son being able to gain the advantages of mentoring and dealing with a challenging assignment as part of a team including more experienced people.
A second point that his son raised is that he really feels the government is outgunned by the contractors they deal with at the negotiating table. The contractor personnel he deals with are of the age and experience level of his bosses, but they are not retired in place by any means. This puts the government at a disadvantage.
Finally -- and perhaps this won't be surprising given the earlier points -- he and the other 150 or so young people working in his organization are overwhelmingly big fans of pay for performance, and don't like the traditional GS system. They want to work hard, to achieve, and to be recognized for their achievements.
With the disappearance of the National Security Personnel System, which tried to bring pay for performance into the Defense Department, these young people are under a similar system in the Acquisition Workforce personnel demonstration program. I have written a number of times in earlier blogs about how my master's students at Harvard have a similar view; they believe that the impression that achievement is not rewarded in government is a very big downside of going to work for government. These posts in the past have often been greeted with skeptical responses from some feds, who have referred to "Harvard brats" or "the elite." However, my friend's son went to a middle-tier state university, and none of his fellow new hires are from the Ivy League. They just want excellence to be respected and rewarded.
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NSA and the CIA have revamped themselves in the past year. FCW asked officials how well Fort Meade and Langley are collaborating in cyberspace in pursuit of their separate missions.
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The agency is making strides in developing and deploying border technologies but still has some weaknesses.
In my country, we have a solid hierachy ranking system in government agencies. You have to move up to your career ladder "step by step". Even if you make great achievements to public service in young age,you have to be promoted step by step to a higher rank in government. The process is so long and frustrating~~~Your ranking is largely related to your years of working experiences instead of working achievements. Thus, most talented young choose not to work for the government~~~A very sad story~~
I'd have to agree with Fred Foster from Florida: perspective is everything. The son doesn't see what his superiors are doing and is of the generation that is used to everybody doing everything as a group. He assumes everybody above him is "retired in place" and sits around playing games on the computer. I've been in federal service for 27 years, am probably one of those above him in grade and I'm just a few years from retirement myself. I've never been busier. Ever. The kicker in federal service now is we have been so long in the mode of "more with less", we are now at "something with nothing." People are being asked to do far more than ever before. I think young grasshopper has to walk a few more miles in his own shoes before he can comprehend what is required to walk in the grades above him.
Of course, younger people want to be recognized and praised. This has been done for 30 years by numerous parents and teachers. As a federal employee, I'm skeptical about a new pay for performance. Having talked to friends who work in state government and private industry, pay for performance really seems to benefit those who toot their own horns instead of the good of the team. My question to the author becomes how does this benefit the nation's taxpayers?
It's amazing how so many employees (especially younger ones) think that they walk on water at work and that their superiors are retired in place. What happens if that pay for performance system he wants actually tells him that he doesn't walk on water? Then he'll just say that the system is unfair and rewards the supervisors' buddies.
I'm one of those older managers. Everyday is a challenge to keep the entire organization moving forward. Customer service is an imperative in acquisition service. The delegation of work requires follow-up daily to ensure the priorities of both the process and the client are met. The manager welcomes bright young minds to pursue the work, it makes the entire process successful. In pay for performance in Government the salary ceilings are always subject to the budget of the Agency so the public servant needs to recognize that along with job satisfaction, an adequate salary, good health benefits, and relative job security, that we are pledged to the secure administration of the Nation's business. If unlimited pay for performance bonus is an objective then perhaps the Government position isn't the best fit for the individual. Having said this I do feel that a structured bonus is a solid way of recognizing outstanding overall performance. I am not averse to the pay for performance and the current conversation is worthwhile. We are not there yet. Changing pay processes is a long involved process. In the instant we must continue to push the agenda recognizing that for the interim the current process will suffice.
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