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The structure of the BurrH binding domain, or BuD, before (left) and after (right) recognition of a specific DNA sequence. [Guillermo Montoya, CNIO]
While many researchers have focused on refining existing gene editing tools, other researchers have continued to look for new additions to the gene editing toolbox. For example, last January, researchers affiliated with the Cellectis biotechnology group reported the discovery and initial characterization of BurrH, a new modular DNA-binding protein from Burkholderia rhizoxinica. Following up on this result, researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) detailed the structure of the BurrH binding domain, or BuD. What's more, the CNIO researchers reprogrammed BuD and directed it toward specific DNA regions.
The results of the CNIO study appeared July 1 in the journal Acta Crystallographica Section D: Biological Crystallography, in an article entitled, "BuD, a helix-loop-helix DNA-binding domain for genome modification." The study's leader, Guillermo Montoya, Ph.D., said that BuD-derived nucleases could "allow us to modify and edit the instructions contained in the genome to treat genetic diseases or to develop genetically modified organisms."
The CNIO researchers used X-ray crystallography to resolve the three dimensional structure of BurrH. In particular, they scrutinized BurrH's apo and DNA-bound crystal structures. This work revealed a central region containing 19 repeats of a helix-loop-helix modular domain, which "identifies the DNA target by a single residue-to-nucleotide code, thus facilitating its redesign for gene targeting."
The main advantage of BuDs lies in their high specificity: They are able to distinguish DNA sequences that differ only in two nucleotides. "This high specificity acts as a GPS that allows them to find their destinations within the intricate genome map," explained Dr. Montoya. "They are very versatile and easy to reprogram in comparison with other proteins used to the same end."
"New DNA-binding specificities have been engineered in this template, showing that BuD-derived nucleases (BuDNs) induce high levels of gene targeting in a locus of the human hemoglobin β (HBB) gene close to mutations responsible for sickle cell anemia," wrote the authors. "Hence, the unique combination of high efficiency and specificity of the BuD arrays can push forward diverse genome-modification approaches for cell or organism redesign, opening new avenues for gene editing."
The possibility of making à la carte modifications to the genome of living organisms could have a wide variety of applications, not only in the treatment of human illnesses, but also in the field of synthetic biology—the science that seeks to create new living beings or improve existing ones for their biotechnological use.
"Our tool, as well as being used to treat genetic disease, could be used to genetically modify micro-organisms targeting metabolite synthesis needed to produce biofuels, for example," said Dr. Montoya, who added that several companies are already interested in the new gene editing technology.
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On Sunday, Sept. 11 Jersey City will commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11 with the memorial service "Reflections" at 8:20 a.m. at the foot of Grand St. on the Jersey City Waterfront. The public is encouraged to attend.

"It was a tragic day in which the whole world stood still and offered prayers and condolences to the people of the United States of America," said Mayor Healy.

Following the "Reflection" service, the walkway at the foot of York St. will be dedicated to Jersey City's fallen heroes Spc. Marlon Jackson and Spc. Rafael A. Nieves, Jr.

 At 1 p.m. will be a moment for ringing bells, blowing whistles, or sounding sirens in observance of the ceremony.

Jersey City 9-11 Memorial Events
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Election day soundbites from CNN, Fox, MSNBC
"We have nobody to blame but ourselves for voting in the same people again and again" - Jack Cafferty, on CNN.
"If Romney wins it will be because of one thing, the debates." - Republican strategist Frank Luntz on "CBS This Morning." »Read Full Blog Post(1)
'Ellen' show reveals location of Milwaukee event today
Ellen DeGeneres' latest tweet about her show's Milwaukee event today:
Bring an unwrapped Toy for Tots to Walgreens at 2950 N. Oakland Ave. in Milwaukee at 4:30, and you could wind up with something really special. »Read Full Blog Post
A Spotify playlist for Alan Light's book on the song 'Hallelujah'
In his new book "The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of 'Hallelujah' (Atria)," Alan Light traces the evolution of Leonard Cohen's song from 1984 album track to one of the pop fixtures of our time.
In an interview published at the fabulous Cohen fansite 1heckofaguy.com, Light expressed his hope for the book this way: »Read Full Blog Post
Watch: Details on 'Ellen' show Milwaukee event today
The "Ellen" show will be doing something special for Milwaukee fans on Tuesday. »Read Full Blog Post(9)
Leo Kottke, Loudon Wainwright III to play South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center
Esteemed musicians Leo Kottke and Loudon Wainwright III are teaming up for a show at the South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center.
Six new shows announced for Shank Hall
Shank Hall owner Peter Jest announced Thursday an eclectic bill of shows slated for his venue next year.
On Tap Today: Pius XI presents Christmas "Lessons and Carols"
For twenty years, Pius XI High School has performed a Christmas choral concert at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist.
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Video Collaboration: New Ideas
Adobe Systems, axle Video LLC, and IBM
Thursday, December 12, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM (PST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
The exploding use of video throughout the economy – from Vine on smartphones, through global 2K/4K distribution – is driving tremendous change in how we look at the medium. Current high schoolers and college students will enter the workforce simply expecting that video will be the preferred way to communicate. Wherever they go, video will follow.
We'll look at some key technologies that make it possible to manage, edit and archive all this content with today's flexible workforce. With the influx of people and companies new to the video revolution, industry knowledge and capabilities are likely to see strong demand for the next decade. But this demand is likely to come from unlikely places – sports teams, not-for-profits,, corporate networks, and universities in addition to the usual suspects: mainstream content providers, networks and movie studios.
One certainty is that more of everything – more participants, more formats, and more sheer storage – will be needed almost continuously going forward. This seminar will examine several long-term trends in how we work with video, and demonstrate examples of tools that address these trends.
'Video Collaboration: New Ideas' will highlight new technologies making it possible for creative teams to be far more productive, both internally and with their clients, than previously possible. Unlike most vendor-driven marketing events, the focus will be on real-world applications, and axle, along with Adobe and IBM, will provide the opportunity for attendees to spend hands-on time with their technologies at the events, and ask in-depth questions of the companies' product experts.
Here's the agenda for the event:
Big Picture Overview – What's happening across the broadcast and postproduction industries today. Chris Dee, principal at DeeTour Consulting and a pioneer of digital workflows at HBO, NBC, Discovery Channel, and Disney. 10 AM
Distributed Editing – It's been talked about as a possibility for years, but now it's real. Dennis Radeke will discuss Adobe® Anywhere for video, a collaborative workflow platform that empowers teams using Adobe professional video tools to work together in real-time across standard networks, using shared media.10:30 AM
Easy Media Management – This used to be a contradiction in terms; we'll explain how you can simply, affordably add media management to current workflows and shared storage. axle Video's Sam Bogoch will show you how to stop hunting around and start being productive! 11 AM
Truly Scalable Archiving – Archiving once involved complex user interfaces and custom setups; worst of all, vendors' unique storage formats meant you couldn't even exchange data. IBM's Dave Taylor shows us how LTFS LE is making scalable, searchable, exchangeable archives a reality. 11:30 AM
Q&A and Demos – Stay with us for an open-ended discussion in the main room, and technology demos in the foyer. We'll make sure there's plenty of opportunity for hands-on interaction. 12 Noon
When & Where
Raleigh Studios
5300 Melrose Ave.
Chaplin Theater
Thursday, December 12, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM (PST)
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Adobe Systems, axle Video LLC, and IBM
- Adobe is the global leader in digital marketing and digital media solutions. Our tools and services allow our customers to create groundbreaking digital content, deploy it across media and devices, measure and optimize it over time, and achieve greater business success. We help our customers make, manage, measure, and monetize their content across every channel and screen.
- axle Video is a Boston-based company that is bringing radical simplicity to media management for small- and midsized workgroups. axle systems are designed to be installed and configured in less than an hour, and work with nearly all filesystems and storage vendors. axle 2012 and axle Gear have received Best-of-Show awards at IBC 2012 (from TVB Europe) and NAB 2013 (from DV Magazine) as well as a Post Pick from Post magazine. The company sells its product worldwide through highly qualified resellers and system integrators.
- IBM is a global technology and innovation company headquartered in Armonk, NY. It is the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, with more than 400,000 employees serving clients in 170 countries. IBM offers a wide range of technology and consulting services; a broad portfolio of middleware for collaboration, predictive analytics, software development and systems management; and the world's most advanced servers and supercomputers. Utilizing its business consulting, technology and R&D expertise, IBM helps clients become "smarter" as the planet becomes more digitally interconnected.


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Kason Hart ('10) | Journalism and Mass Communication
Electronic media major
from Houston
Q&A with Kason Hart
Tell us about your JMC internship:
Getting your foot into the sports media world seems to be the hardest part, and I believe working for the USOC this summer gave me great experience and knowledge for what God has in store for me in my career.
My internship was in Colorado Springs, Colo., at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, where I served as the broadcast intern for the United States Olympic Committee. The USOC broadcasting department is very small, so I got a lot of hands-on work with filming, editing and producing. I was given the opportunity to fly out to Newport, R.I., to document a paralympic sports military camp that the USOC helped host. Being able to work with Olympians and paralympians truly opened my eyes to the Olympic movement and gave me tremendous knowledge of media and the role that it plays in today's sports world. This internship not only boosted my resume but gave me incredible amounts of knowledge and experience in a very competitive industry.
How will your internship help you in your studies and career planning?
Being able to intern at the Olympic Training Center has given me an opportunity to see the sports media world on a completely different level. Getting your foot into the sports media world seems to be the hardest part, and I believe working for the USOC this summer gave me great experience and knowledge for what God has in store for me in my career.
Why did you decide to study journalism and mass communication at ACU?
Journalism and mass communication always interested me because of it's ever-changing style. I enjoy the fast paced and never stagnate nature of media and more specifically sports media.
What do you like best about the JMC department?
The JMC department's size is one crucial part of the department's success. At many other larger schools you might just feel like another number, but at ACU you get real attention from both professors and other students.
How has the JMC department prepared you for your future?
ACU's JMC department has helped provide me with a solid foundation intellectually but also in my ability to network. ACU's JMC department does a tremendous job of using their network to aid in the development of their students; preparing them for life after their time at ACU.
What advice would you give someone interested in your field of study?
Begin searching for an internship early and pursue every contact you can think of. Networking has played a huge role in my landing an internship and learning about other job/internship possibilities. Once you have landed an internship don't stop there; continue to meet and develop contacts. Being willing to step out of your comfort zone and meet new people is crucial in developing your network. From my brief experience, it seems that in the sports media world, it's all about who you know and what kind of impression you make on people.
What advice would you give future students at ACU?
Although ACU does a great job of helping their students, it's up to you to continue to work hard and maximize every opportunity given to you. Good work is often hard to come by these days. Upon entering the work field, you must ask yourself, what am I going to do that will make me different from the other 1,000 people who are looking to apply for this internship or job? Maximize every opportunity ACU gives you to develop your network and continually develop your contacts. Often, you will land great opportunities because you have committed to talking and developing relationships with people.
Extracurricular activities in the JMC department:
JMC lab instructor for JMC 239, Writing for Electronic Delivery.
Extracurricular activities outside of JMC:
Galaxy president, intramurals, referee for the AYBA and work in the ACU Admissions Department.
Fun facts about you:
I enjoy all sports with basketball being my favorite.
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American Home Mortgage Investigated for Mortgage Fraud
If you visit American Home Mortgage's website, you'll be greeted with the following message:
Important Notice: American Home Mortgage is unable to continue the origination or funding of mortgage loans, and no new loans are being accepted. After carefully assessing the sudden adverse impact on the Company's business with respect to its liquidity, due to the extraordinary disruptions now occurring in the secondary mortgage and real estate markets, American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. and certain of its subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
If you want one possible take on what is really going on, check out this summary of related events from Sarah Ryley at the Brooklyn Daily Eagle
American Home Mortgage — once among the nation's 10 largest lenders before filing for bankruptcy in August and laying off most of its 7,000 employees (including 1,400 on Long Island) — is under investigation for criminal misconduct by the FBI and federal prosecutors from the Eastern District in Brooklyn, Newsday reports.
The investigation is in its preliminary stages, and is looking into whether various federal statutes such as conspiracy, securities, mail and wire fraud, and money laundering were violated, resulting in the company's bankruptcy, according to Newsday.
"Given the hundreds of millions of dollars lost in the company's collapse, a conviction for fraud could led [sic] to prison sentences of 10 years or more under federal sentencing guidelines."
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Any opinions in which version is best for just dance? Kinect vs move?
Move tends to be better if it's a multi-plat game that has been ported to Kinect. Kinect tends to be better if it was built for Kinect, then ported to other consoles. I'm not sure which category JD falls in.


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Mnemosyne Pharmaceuticals has changed its name to Luc Therapeutics and moved its headquarters from Providence to Cambridge. more
By Lori Stabile
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo visited Tech Collective, Rhode Island's information technology and bioscience organization, on Feb. 22 for a roundtable discussion with business leaders about skills that matter. more
By Lori Stabile
(Updated 9:57 a.m. and 1:43 p.m.) Nabsys has completed a financial restructuring and is back in business, operating out of its Clifford Street office. more
By Lori Stabile
In one room at the Cambridge Innovation Center in Massachusetts, a large table is shared by a half-dozen people, plugged into laptops and oblivious to passing visitors. In a connecting hallway, overstuffed couches attract workers who would rather … more
By MARY MACDONALD | email@example.com | 3/23/16
More than $480,000 has been awarded by the Rhode Island Foundation in seed funding for 20 medical research projects. more
By Lori Stabile
The Providence Children's Museum has received a $40,000 grant from the Amgen Foundation to support hands-on science, technology, engineering and math activities. more
By Patricia Daddona
Rhode Island Medical Imaging has acquired Radiology Associates, a radiology practice. more
By PBN Staff
(Updated 3:50 and 4:49 p.m.) ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. has entered into a partnership with biotechnology company ProThera Biologics Inc. to develop and commercialize human plasma-derived inter-alpha inhibitor proteins to treat orphan diseases, which are rare diseases affecting fewer than 200,000 people. more
By Lori Stabile
An independent analysis of promising economic clusters for Providence to nurture has identified five stars: life sciences, food processing and packaging, social enterprise, design coupled with advanced manufacturing, and education technology. more
By Mary MacDonald
Life sciences company CytoSolv Inc. has been acquired by Semma Therapeutics of Cambridge, Mass., according to a Slater Technology Fund press release. more
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Alienware M18x, Haswell
Average of 4 scores (from 5 reviews)
Reviews for the Alienware M18x, Haswell
Source: Hot Hardware
If pressed, we're not sure we'd change much of anything on this gaming beast. It would be nice if the optical drive could burn Blu-rays, and the front edge where your wrist rests while you use the machine could be a little more comfortable. Other than that, there's really nothing else you could ask for.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/26/2013
Source: Computer Shopper
With its SLI-powered graphics, Core i7 "Haswell" CPU, and a liberal helping of speedy RAM, the Alienware 18 delivers some of the fastest frame rates we've seen to date. It's a hefty beast with a monstrous price tag, however.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/19/2013
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: IT Reviews
The Alienware 18 ($4,499, direct) gaming laptop is an unapologetic show of opulence and riches. Big, bulky, and ostentatious as heck, the Alienware 18 is the ginormous gaming laptop you want to use to show off your riches on the game grid.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/13/2013
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: PC Mag
The Alienware 18 is a huge gaming laptop, but it throws performance, features, full-featured keyboard, smooth trackpad, customizable lighting, lots of I/O ports, and a great screen into the mix. It's the high-end gaming portable gaming rig you'd want if you want to show off, and if you can afford the just under $4,500 price tag. The Alienware 18 beats the Origin EON17-SLX on flash, performance, features, intimidation, and looks. That's a recipe for our latest Editors' Choice for high-end gaming laptops.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/11/2013
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Laptop Mag
For the same price as the $4,399 Alienware 18, you could buy 63 Amazon Kindles, 22 Google Nexus 7s or a brand-new Honda CBR250R motorcycle, and still have money left over. Or, you could buy the most powerful gaming rig we've yet seen, with dual Nvidia cards, a quad-core Intel 4th-generation processor and a blazing 512GB SSD.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/11/2013
Rating: Total score: 80%
The Alienware M18x Haswell is undeniably one of the most powerful portable gaming laptops one could hope for. It certainly doesn't come cheap, but it's an ultra powerful gaming laptop, made of premium materials and design. This huge 18 inch monster weighs in at a massive 5.5 kg. It serves well as a desktop replacement, with occasional jaunts to LAN parties. Covered in anodized aluminum, the feel of this machine is premium all the way. The magnificent exterior with customizable lights is a party favor that is endlessly awesome. There's even a HDMI port that can switch between input/output allowing use of a HDTV as display, or use of the Alienware M18x's screen with input from a game console or a cable box.
One of the most unique features of this beast of a machine is that it runs two GeForce GTX 780M cards linked by Nvidia's SLI. The 1920x1080 display is absolutely stunning. Hardcore gamers will have no problems with maxed out settings. The Alienware M18x comes equipped with a slot-loading Blu-Ray drive for media lovers who want to make full use of this machine's graphic abilities. Because of the power-hungry, powerful graphic cards, the battery life is absolutely dismal despite the power saving features of the Haswell Intel Core i7 4900MQ. Using it far from a power outlet will be a very short lived experience. If money does not matter, this is definitely the laptop to own for gaming and performance.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI: Two GeForce GTX 780M graphics cards in SLI combination.
These graphics cards are able to play the latest and most demanding games in high resolutions and full detail settings with enabled Anti-Aliasing.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core i7: The Intel Core i7 for laptops is based on the LG1156 Core i5/i7 CPU for desktops. The base clock speed of the CPUs is relatively low, but because of a huge Turbo mode, the cores can dynamically overclock to up to 3.2 GHz (920XM). Therefore, the CPU can be as fast as high clocked dual-core CPUs (using single threaded applications) but still offer the advantage of 4 cores. Because of the large TDP of 45 W / 55 W, the CPU is only intended for large laptops.
4900MQ: Haswell-based quad-core processor clocked at 2.8 GHz with Turbo Boost support up to 3.8 GHz. Offers an integrated HD Graphics 4600 GPU and a dual channel DDR3 memory controller.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
This is a very large display size for laptops on a desk without mobile use.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
5.5 kg:
This weight is representative for typical laptops with a 14-16 inch display-diagonal.
Alienware: Alienware is an American computer hardware company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell. It mainly assembles for high-performance gaming. Alienware also offers for sale rebadged laptops and computer peripherals, such as headsets, computer mice, monitors and keyboards. Alienware was founded in 1996. The corporate headquarters is located in Florida. Alienware established its EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) headquarters in Ireland, in 2002. 2005, Alienware brought in upwards of $170 million USD in annual sales and launched an international in 2003 with a presence in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Costa Rica. The international market share is limited.
80%: This rating is not convincing. The laptop is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.
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As we've covered before, double triggers are some of the first upgrades you should do for your marker. They're simple to do, give you a host of ways to pump up your rate of fire, and, by spreading the trigger pull across two fingers, make it that much easier to get off quick snap shots. Of course, if the trigger feels bad in your hands, you may be put off by the whole concept. This is a shame, but more importantly, it doesn't have to be; the guys at Violent Series have a whole line of double triggers, each with slightly different shapes, designed to fit different hands and make shooting your marker as comfortable as possible. If you want to watch the video, it's right here.
Installation: Virtue Vio Extend Visor and Fan
If you are fortunate enough to own a set of Virtue Vio Thermal Paintball Goggles, you already know exactly how comfortable this mask really is. With a design that's perfect for both protecting your face and keeping it comfortable, as well as a mask that comes in a huge variety of color combinations, this is quite possibly the best mask you'll forget you're wearing on the paintball field. If that wasn't enough, the guys at Virtue Paintball decided that, yes, you can improve on a good thing, releasing a set of aftermarket additions to your mask designed to make your mask even more comfortable. You can watch the video here, but if you read on, we're going to break down some of their best new stuff and get you links to each piece, as well as how to install them.
Tier Your Gear: Advanced
Let's face it: at the intermediate level, you're simply awesome. You push your gear to the limit, you're confident maintaining every piece you own, and you spend as much time planning your strategy and staying in shape as you do playing the game. You may even be on a paintball team, competing for cash and sponsorships. You're a tournament-grade player who needs the very best gear customized to your play style, and price is no longer an object.
Tier Your Gear: Intermediate
You're a seasoned player, so you (think) you know how all of this stuff works.. If it breaks, you can fix it. If it's slow, you have an idea of how to improve it. While you may not be at a tournament level, you've got a decent amount of skill, a fast reaction time, and you don't have to work against your gear to score hits. At this point, you're going to be doing more upgrading than purchasing, but there still are a few pieces that you can really benefit from adding to your arsenal.
Tier Your Gear: Beginner
If you're just starting paintball, you're gonna get overwhelmed by the sheer amount of stuff you can get when you first step onto the field. Because you're going to (obviously) want it all, you won't be able to afford everything you want. Fortunately, in this three part review, we've tiered out all the gear you should get for your skill level.
The Hustle Reload #104
Once again, we've got a brand new episode of your favorite behind-the-scenes paintball show, The Reload, from your favorite paintball guys, the team at Hustle Paintball. Today, we've got a real treat for you in the form of our brand new Havoc Launchers, back in stock and ready to sell. Of course, it wouldn't be as fun if we just told you, so we've made sure that we've got a good show to make it interesting. People could probably get hurt, so this might be the last time you see some of your favorite Hustle Paintball employees (heck, anything can happen). You should probably watch this one here.
Poor Paintball Habits
Just like any sport, paintball has its share of people who, whether they mean to or not, are actively making the game less enjoyable for everyone else. While in most cases, this is an awful lot like the "defining pornography" debate ("I shall not attempt to define it, but I know it when I see it—Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, paraphrased), there are a few solid types of behavior that are just marks of a bad paintball player. If you find yourself doing any of these things, it's a good idea to take a step back and correct yourself; whether it's an accident or not, it's still bad form that might be making you less fun to play with.
Spice Up Your Game With These Paintball Variants
After a certain point, you may find yourself growing a bit bored with your standard paintball games and scenarios. Sure, paintball is a fun game, but after a while, all the team-on-team shootouts start to feel kind of similar. Fortunately, pickup paintball is pretty fluid on the rules and offers a lot to anyone who wants to try something new. Whether you want to make a big change or a small one, mixing your game up a bit can keep you entertained for much longer, and also keep you learning new things about your paintball style. Here, we've got a list of some absolutely unique types of paintball game that you can try the next time you and your team are out of ideas.
Managing Your Paintball Gear
One of the great things about paintball is the fact that, unlike other sports, you can really load yourself up with huge varieties of fancy equipment, all designed to give you a situational edge. You can specialize, you can generalize, you can set up your market to fire exactly the way you want, and you can anodize it to give you a distinct style. Of course, the same thing that makes this sport so cool can really work against you if you're not careful; with the huge variety of aftermarket pieces and instructional know-how on the internet, it's incredibly easy to spend a lot of money on cheap pieces you don't understand and don't work. Whether you're a novice or a veteran paintball player, here are a few solid rules of thumb to make sure your gear doesn't get in the way of your game.
The Reload #103 (Finally More Dalmations!)
For one of the first videos of 2015, we're gonna go behind the scenes of some of our recent videos, namely the Etek 5. Also, there's desk building! Odd twerking! Nut Punching! A call for videographer capes! And that's just in the first two minutes! If you want to get into the funny side of Hustle Paintball, you can watch this video, and the other one hundred and two Reload videos here. For those of you who want to know exactly what you're getting yourself into, please read on; it will only prime you for the horror that is to come…


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• A simple, nonsurgical means of differentiating biliary atresia (BA) from neonatal hepatitis has remained elusive. To determine its diagnostic usefulness, serum γ-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGTP) levels were measured prospectively in 17 infants (aged 5 to 16 weeks) admitted consecutively to rule out BA. Seven patients were found to have BA, seven had neonatal hepatitis (NH), and three had α1-antitrypsin (A1A) deficiency. The mean maximal GGTP level in those patients with NH (183 ± 54 IU/L) was significantly lower than that found in patients with BA (760 ± 492 IU/L) or A1A deficiency (1,725 ± 921 IU/L). In the 14 patients without A1A deficiency, a serum GGTP level greater than 300 IU/L correctly identified six of seven patients with BA, while a GGTP level less than 300 IU/L correctly identified seven of seven patients with NH, although including one false-negative finding, in a patient with choledochal cyst and BA.
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N.Y. hearts Mickelson: Several elements are in place that could make a win by Phil Mickelson one of those spine-tingling golf moments. Mickelson's wife, Amy, is about to begin treatment for breast cancer. Plus, the championship is in the New York area, where Mickelson enjoys enormous popularity, and where he has played several milestone majors -- from the 2002 U.S. Open at the same Bethpage Black course, where he became a Big Apple favorite while finishing runner-up to Tiger Woods, to Baltusrol, where he won the 2005 PGA Championship, and Winged Foot, where he snatched defeat from the jaws of victory at the 2006 U.S. Open.
The defender and favorite: Woods isn't just the favorite, as he usually is in majors, he's the defending champion in two ways. He won last year's epic U.S. Open at Torrey Pines on practically one leg, and he won the 2002 Open at Bethpage. Woods' masterful performance in winning the Memorial in his last start -- when he hit all 14 fairways in the final round -- makes him the easy pick to win.
Can Bethpage retain its mystique? If you consider that 10 years will have passed between U.S. Opens at Pebble Beach (where it returns next year), the USGA's decision to return to Bethpage seven years after the New York muni hosted its only major might seem premature. The course gained great mystique when Woods outlasted Mickelson, but there also were plenty of complaints about it being too long and too hard.
Another major? When Angel Cabrera won the Masters, it gave him a second major to go with his U.S. Open win, giving him a big boost in historic credibili´ty. Several one-time major winners are playing well enough to seem on the cusp of a second, notably Geoff Ogilvy (2006 U.S. Open), Zach Johnson (2007 Masters) and Jim Furyk (2003 U.S. Open).
Who is second best? We know Woods is best player in the world, and Mickelson, ranked No. 2, gets a pass on this discussion. So we wonder who the next strongest challenger to Woods is. There are plenty of young guns who need a major to take the next step. We're talking about you, Sergio Garcia, Paul Casey, Henrik Stenson and Sean O'Hair.


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A 37-year-old man died Tuesday morning after a shooting in downtown Amarillo.
The man was found at the corner of West Seventh Avenue and Madison Street and was taken to Northwest Texas Hospital where he died, said Lt. Ed Smith, coordinator with the Potter-Randall Special Crimes Unit.
At about 7:50 a.m., 911 caller Jim Brookes was inside the Carpenters Local No. 665 building when he heard gunshots.
Brookes, business manger for the carpenters' union, walked out of the front door and looked toward a vacant area, where he saw the victim.
"And he was screaming for help," Brookes said.
He said the man was holding an arm and Brookes could see a lot of blood.
Brookes said the man walked around for a couple of minutes and then fell on his back.
"He was in a world of hurt," Brookes said.
Brookes called 911 about 7:54 a.m. to report he heard gunshots and a man had passed out.
Smith said the shooting happened in the 600 block of South Madison Street.
He said Tuesday morning that police haven't recovered the gun that was used and that police do not have a suspect.
Potter County Justice of Peace Precinct 3 Haven Dysart said the man was pronounced dead at 8:35 a.m. at the hospital. Dysart said the incident is a homicide, based on how the bullet entered the body.
The man had a gunshot wound to the left side that was eight to 10 inches below the arm pit, Dysart said.
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SHIPPENSBURG - Tyrone's Erika Voyzey stood atop the medal podium at Seth Grove Stadium with a big smile on her face her hands on her hips.
Voyzey's Superman-like pose seemed appropriate. Like Clark Kent's alter ego, Voyzey is a powerful force who seems to be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.
Or, at the very least, tall high jump bars.
Voyzey capped off a terrific sophomore season by winning the Class AA girls high jump on Friday afternoon at the PIAA Track and Field Championships at Seth Grove Stadium. Meanwhile, Penn Cambria junior Marissa Myers placed eighth.
The Lady Eagle was the top seed and a pretty strong favorite coming in, consistently jumping 5 feet, 6 inches with a high of 5-8 this year. She lived up to that by clearing 5-7 to improve on last year's sixth-place showing at states by five spots.
"I felt pretty confident," Voyzey said. "My coaches told me just to go out there and have fun, and that's what I did."
It showed. Voyzey wore a big grin during most of the event which is so typical with her that it seems like it might be part of her uniform.
"I love to jump. It's my favorite thing in the world. It's so nice to be in the air and to compete," Voyzey said. "I just love what I do. I would do it all the time. I just love it so much."
Voyzey has been jumping competitively since track and field day when she was in third grade. But she's been jumping around even before that.
"I always did stupid stuff when I was a kid. My sister and I would do backflips off the couch," Voyzey said. "I guess it helped.
"I just go out there and have fun and do the best that I can do."
Voyzey was dominating. The one hiccup came at 5-4, when Central Columbia's Lindsey Carl made the height before she did. Voyzey's poise never faltered.
"We have three jumps. As long as we get one in there, it's OK," Voyzey said. "Just clear heights. That's what my coach says all the time."
She also tried to set a personal record by attempting to clear 5-8 after winning the gold but missed on all three attempts.
Voyzey, who also ran on two Tyrone relay teams Friday, including one that took her away from her medal-winning performance briefly, said she hopes to improve on all phases of her high jump. She's got two years to make good on that, good news for her supporters and bad news for her opposition.
But Voyzey has some very, very big dreams.
"My goal someday is hopefully to be in the Olympics. Or even in the Olympic trials. That would be so cool to me," Voyzey said. "I would work my butt off."
Voyzey and Myers have become close through competing against each other this season. The Penn Cambria junior was thrilled for the Lady Eagle sophomore.
"We've become best friends. We have," Myers said. "It's friendly competition, because we both know that we're really good, and we give each other a push each time we compete against each other."
The second seed coming in after jumping 5-4 at the District 6 meet, Myers was still very pleased with her eighth-place medal, as evidenced by her huge smile.
"My jumps were pretty good. I scratched a few times more than I usually do, but I made 5-2, and I'm happy with that," Myers said. "I did my best. And is that really what it comes down to in the end? It is. My goal today was to get a medal, and I met my goal."
It was a tight competition. Twenty competitors finished between 4-10 and 5-2. Myers was one of six high jumpers to record heights of 5-2.
"I was close to 5-4, but I didn't quite get it today," Myers said. "The competition was the tightest I've ever competed with. There's so many amazing girls here high jumping."
For Voyzey and Myers, it's good to have friends in high places.
"It was so exciting. She was so happy," Voyzey said of Myers. "I was so happy for her. That was awesome. And the girl that was third [Elk County Catholic's Nicole Florio], too, I've jumped with her since junior high."
The event was filled with are performers. Juniata Valley's Faith Leri was one of nine tied for ninth after clearing 5-0. Bedford's Katie Lippincott didn't achieve the initial height.


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There've been a whole load of driving games coming out of late, haven't there, Spec-chums? This one's US Gold's offering and, basically, it's an update of the original rolling-road-racing coin-op hit, OutRun. But guess what!? There's no Big Red Testie!! Instead you've got a spanky Ferrari F-40 convertible. (Actually neither car is red on the Speccy, they're both monochrome.) So clamber aboard, my little co-drivers, and let's take a gander at this turbo-charged update. Vroom! Vroom!
Apart from the actual car itself, there are also a lot of other changes here. You get to race across the whole of the US this time, instead of just California, meeting all kinds of weather and road conditions like snowy mountains, sun-baked deserts and just plain rainy cityscapes. Not really the ideal convertible driving conditions, I'm sure you'll agree! The other main differences are the addition of puddles, 'sleeping policemen', those temporary road barriers for you to drive through, and not forgetting, of course, the fashionable turbo! Usage of this 'tool' is limited by the fact that the car engine overheats if used excessively - keep a close eye on that temperature gauge! Oh, and you can bash the other cars on the road too, but make sure you don't knock yourself off!!
If I hadn't played Chase HQ first and seen what can be achieved with a Speccy arcade driving game I might not have been so disappointed with this, but then again maybe it wouldn't have made that much difference. It is fast and it is slick, and some of the graphical bits, like nudging the Porsches (heh heh) and driving through the barriers, are nicely rendered, but on the whole I felt let down. Your main sprite is nice and large, but your viewpoint is more that of the car behind rather than from slightly overhead. This means, in effect, that when something is right in front of you it's sometimes almost completely obscured by your own car sprite! What's more, say your car was a Bburago 1/18 scale Ferrari, well, the other cars would be made by Matchbox! I mean, when you collide with the other cars (hem hem) you seem to be twice their size.
I suspected the accuracy of the collision detection on occasion too, but liked the way the roadside banners flew into the air when you bamboozled them. Crunch into something more substantial and you'll see one of two sequences. Either your car will somersault down the road or it'll perform a 360° spin. Both of these are nice ideas but are executed in a rather jerky fashion, and when you see the car's side-on view both the passengers seem to have disappeared! Further, the only difference I noticed on firing a turbo was that of a tiny puff of smoke appearing at the back of the car. There was very little impression of speed at all.
Reach the checkpoint and you'll have to multiload the next stage. There are 16 (count 'em - 16!) stages, and that means 16 loads! I actually timed myself on completing the first two stages and it took me about one minute and 20 seconds. That's just over a minutes gameplay before each multiload section. Groan! Fail to complete a stage and you've a few credits to try again. Otherwise it's back to the start.
When a game ends you see a colourful map of America showing your route, the start and finish, and just how much ground you've covered. In between all this, the action might be enough to excite road-racing freaks, but, well, I was disappointed. US Gold chose not to release OutRun Europa after it secured the licence to the more up-to-date Turbo. From what we saw of Europa, we thought it might have been a better game. Such is life.
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proved a child prodigy, beginning his show business life at the age of 12 as an impressionist. By the age of 14, he was stealing the family car to drive to amateur singing contests in nearby Hull, Quebec, and writing his own songs. His first single, "I Confess," appeared on the Riviera subsidiary of
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next moved to RCA and, in yet another shrewd business move, bought the rights to his old masters and made a fortune on reissues alone. He diversified his career by appearing in several more movie roles (including the 1962 drama
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I think I need the Man's World set! My husband is an engineer, so the pencils would be perfect for him. :) I love the hot air balloon too!ReplyDelete
OK, I need this set! My dad never wore a tie to work and all the other typical dad things never fit him. But I can definitely do something for him for Father's day with this set! So cute!!ReplyDelete
I really like your card. It all really just goes together wonderfully. Very beautiful job. I Love it. Thanks so much for sharing with us.ReplyDelete
- Chelsea RMarch 1, 2012 at 8:48 AM
It does look like the "man's world" set is going to be very versatile. The pencils would be great for so many things: back to school, thank yous to teachers, notes to friends... I love the hot air balloons too. river26[at]gmail[dot]comReplyDelete
Fabulous job Nicole :) I love all the possibilities I see with these two great sets :) I can't wait to see the full reveal and order tomorrow!ReplyDelete
Fantastic card- love the pencil idea for a graduation card. I love those hot air balloons too.ReplyDelete
I love this graduation card!!! And now after seeing some of the other images other than the tie, you are very right about it being versatile! Thanks so much!ReplyDelete
Graduation/ Teacher/ Good Luck in exams... wow - the list is endless. Love this set - fab creations.ReplyDelete
Such a great card! Love the pencil image =) TFS!ReplyDelete
I really like It's a Man's World and can't wait to see the rest of it. I'm guessing Day 3 is going to be fabulous as well. Looking forward to it!ReplyDelete
Wonderful card...love the layering!ReplyDelete
This is a great graduation card, thanks for sharing your ideas.ReplyDelete
LOVE your graduation card--so fun! And I LOVE the sneak peek of your PMB creation! LOVE it all:)ReplyDelete
I love your card and the colors your chose! I think those little pencils could be used in so many ways! Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
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I just LOVE your creation Nicole!! AND....your layout? PERFECT!! You ROCK lady!! Hope you are having a FABULOUS day! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
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Pencils?! Sooo cute! Must have the sweet little ties. Great hop Nicole!!!ReplyDelete
wonderful hp as usual Nicole -- the sets are adorable and looking forward to tomorrow's reveal -- thinking need some items.ReplyDelete
Great card--I like the row of pencils and the paper clip with the notebook paper.ReplyDelete
like how you used the notebook paper with the pencils.ReplyDelete
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Loved that you added pencils to the tie set.perfect! Loved the whole release! Had fun hopping. :-)ReplyDelete
Those pencils are definitely usable on masculine cards, but love how you've made use of them creating a grad card as well. LOVE IT!!ReplyDelete
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Sorority conference nets $4.7 million impact
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. has set a record for holding the largest conference in North Charleston.
According to convention services manager Heather W. Austin, the sorority's April 17 – 21 conference, provided an economic impact of more than $4.7 million. The North Charleston Visitors' Bureau reported that the more than 4,500 registered members constituted the largest conference held at the facility.
The conference theme: "Global Leadership through Timeless Service on Southern Shores" – reflected the area's southern charm and hospitality.
The conference was led under the gavel of Regional Director Marsha Lewis Brown and graced by the presence of International President Attorney Carolyn House Stewart and other members of the International Directorate.
At the public meeting a special tribute to the military was provided in song by Miss Jada Orr from the Charleston County School of the Arts and saxophonist Mr. Devone Gary.
Chief Stephanie Green was honored with the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Community Award for her service to the civilian and military families' communities.
Other community award recipients were recognized for their contributions in areas which address the sorority's 2010-2014 initiatives: Emerging Young Leaders: Miss Andrea Heyward, 14-year old middle school student and leader in service to her community; Health: Dr. and Mrs. Bert Gue, directors of the Orangeburg-Calhoun free medical clinic providing healthcare for uninsured and low income families; Global Poverty: Mrs. Georgia Good, Executive Director of the Rural Advancement Fund; Economic Security: Brigadier General (Ret.) Henry L. Taylor, Global Business Development for the three-county Charleston Regional Development Alliance; and Social Justice and Human Rights: the Rev. Joseph A. Darby, previously senior pastor, Morris Brown AME Church and consultant to the General Board of the AME Church on Social Action.
More than 450 middle to high school students participated in a successful youth summit hosted at Trident Technical College where in her welcome address to the students, International President Stewart stated that this was the largest gathering on a Saturday morning of any of the youth summits held throughout the sorority.
She commended the students on their initiative and encouraged them to take advantage of the knowledge and wisdom shared by panelists Mr. Brandon Shell, Ms. Ava Wilhite, Ms. Carolyn Hunter, Mr. Rod Wilson, Mr. Corey Davis, and Ms. Aleighsa Welch. Terry Base Bryant, popular radio host of Magic 107.3, kept the interaction between panelists and audience on point, with the final challenge to the youth being issued by Mr. Jared Loadholt, Esquire. More than 350 gift bags of school supply items and $150 in gift cards were presented to students.
More than 65,700 school supply items and $2,600 in gift cards were presented on Saturday morning to The Carolina Youth Development Center. The donation was part of the South Atlantic Regional Conference Service Project.
Throughout the conference, members were empowered and energized with a variety of leadership development sessions.
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When life seems to get overwhelming or stops making any sense to me, there's one thing I can always count on: the urge to write about it. Call me crazy, but it's almost uncontrollable.
Blogging and writing are my therapy. It's my way of trying to sort out what is happening to those I care about, what's going on in the world, or how I'm feeling myself. It's especially therapeutic during the most stressful of times. Perhaps that's why when a loved one has been in the hospital or I'm most vulnerable after baring my soul or crying my eyes out, I tend to write the most. It's as if the gates to my heart open and I need to pour everything that is spilling over from my consciousness into words, because words always have a way of making sense on my screen.
The urge to blog has become such that I try to have something I can write with on me at all times. I carry my iPad whenever possible, and I have written posts during carpool, at airport terminals, in makeup rooms and doctor's offices. Sometimes I even get cranky if words come to me when I cannot write them down, like when I am in the shower or driving (no, I do not text and drive).
To the non-blogging world, this is hard to understand. But just like many of my friends who release all their tension by exercising (yes, their bodies look much better than mine), I choose to write to vent, to let off my steam, and not collapse when life hurts. I also write to celebrate, to thank, to help, and to inspire.
Interestingly enough, the process does not end once the words become a post in my computer. After the post goes live, the feedback you get from your community, your friends, and even those few trolls that everybody has, is simply fascinating. I feel extremely fortunate to have been blessed by the strength of my virtual and in-real-life friends when I honestly needed it the most. I also feel blessed when whoever took the time to read what I wrote leaves a comment or even criticizes me. It's the only way to grow or to feel even more confident in what you're saying.
So the next time you realize I haven't blogged for a while, it might be a sign something's wrong. However, do not worry. I always find my way back to my laptop, iPad, or, worst case, to a blank sheet of paper.
What do you do when you need to get out your feelings? I'd love to know.
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His ultimate goal, he said this week at a town-hall meeting on the Camden campus, is to position New Jersey's primary public institution of higher learning among the best state colleges.
Speaking Thursday at the first of five planned public comment sessions, Barchi said his plan would be shaped by stakeholders at every stage. His administrative team will seek to identify eight areas where Rutgers can differentiate itself from other universities and build on its strengths.


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RIGHT NOW.... A MAN IS DEAD AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY HE WAS SHOT AFTER HE TRIED TO RUN OVER A LANDOWNER. 40/29'S TONY RUSSELL IS LIVE THIS MORNING WHERE ONE OF THE SUSPECTS WAS FOUND DEAD JUST A QUARTER MILE FROM THE SCENE YOU CAN'T SEE MUCH OUT HERE, BUT I'M JUST NORTH OF MULDROW ALONG HIGHWAY 64 B IN THE MAPLE AREA RIGHT NOW INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED TUESDAY AROUND 5 O'CLOCK. THE SEQUOYAH COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS A LANDOWNER CAUGHT TWO SUSPECTED BURGLARS IN THE ACT PULLED OUT HIS SHOTGUN AND ORDERED THE TWO MEN OUT OF THEIR CAR. THE PASSENGER GETS OUT, BUT THE BURGLARY SUSPECT DRIVING THE CAR THE SHERIFF SAYS TRIES TO GET AWAY. RON LOCKHART, SEQUOYAH COUNTY SHERIFF, "the landowner shoots a couple of times in the windshield, the suspect side swipes the vehicle to the landowner and drives about a quarter-mile and is deceased in the vehicle," RIGHT NOW NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE, ALL THIS INFORMATION WE'RE TOLD IS BEING HANDED OVER TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. LIVE THIS MORNING TONY RUSSELL, 40/29 NEWS. THE SHERIFF SAYS THE TWO BURGLARY SUSPECTS WERE IN AN ABANDONED HOME AND WERE POSSIBLY LOOKING FOR SCRAP METAL.
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Samsung knows its software needs improvement, half of R&D now focused on that objective
0. phoneArena 06 Nov 2013, 14:14 posted on
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1. Chris_Bakke (Posts: 235; Member since: 23 Jan 2013)
Hooray!!! Sammy finally addressing the area it sorely needed the most attention!
8. SAYED-EJAZ (Posts: 225; Member since: 10 Oct 2013)
Before there were a article in Phonearena, 'samsung knows its software is weak' , the present title suits better .
19. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
Less touchwiz action or at least STOCK VERSION of ANDROID
35. cc3493 (Posts: 158; Member since: 06 Jul 2013)
Why do so many people want the stock version? A good part about samsung is the software features (yes, NOT BLOATWARE) and the BEST PART about andriod is that android users like is the fact that android is open source, allowing OEMS to play around a bit. If you want the stock version go with nexus or something. I like the fact that each company has its own version of android. Its like a different style and experience but you still have access to the play store and all the basic goodies that come with android + more.
22. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 12999; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
Software wouldn't be the only thing actually.
34. SlimSoulja86 (Posts: 660; Member since: 03 Nov 2011)
Mxyzptlk ur an embarrassment to us Apple fans, bcos u sound like an empty tin can without any knowledge or love of technology with empty comments. Come on man, grow up, I know you don't get much attention at home and you get it here, cos some ppl still respond to your comments.
Like really?
39. Trex95 (Posts: 900; Member since: 03 Mar 2013)
Actually Samsung need to change lot of staff in there Galaxy's flagship like what HTC did with HTC one.
23. Long1 (banned) (Posts: 399; Member since: 18 May 2013)
What a bunch of crap is this iArticle.
Just because Samsung put 12 bill in R&D, all the iMedia scream as one: "Samsung admit that they are not good in software" or "Samung admit that TouchWiz is not good, and we told you that"
You are sick iMorons.
26. Chris_Bakke (Posts: 235; Member since: 23 Jan 2013)
I didn't read this as a Pro Apple article, I read it as Samsung admitting it has flaws in its products, and working to get them better. So they can bring us the consumers better and better products.
31. Long1 (banned) (Posts: 399; Member since: 18 May 2013)
What "admiting"?
Nothing in the Word is so perfect , that can not be made better.
Even your iPhone, moron.
If Apple annonce 12 bill in R&D, would you read in the iMedia articles that Apple "admitting it has flaws in its products, and working to get them better"
38. Chris_Bakke (Posts: 235; Member since: 23 Jan 2013)
I don't own an iPhone you moron, proud Samsung Galaxy S4 owner here. I am glad Samsung is working to get better. I've taken off a lot of bloatware off my phone to help with the lag I experience from time to time. You need to stop your hatred of all things Apple, seriously you peevish simpleton. And, yes, the word is admitting, not admiting. So next time, check yourself before you wreck yourself, both in spelling and fact checking.
43. Long1 (banned) (Posts: 399; Member since: 18 May 2013)
If Apple put 12 bill in R&D will you read such article:
"Apple knows its software needs improvement, half of R&D now focused on that objective"
Or, I bet, the articles in the iMedia will have this title:
"Apple say- even the best can be better- and will prove it with 12 bill in R&D"
And all of you iMorons will worship Apple again. LOL
(see, I don't buy this " proud Samsung Galaxy S4 owner here" , old iTrick)
44. Chris_Bakke (Posts: 235; Member since: 23 Jan 2013)
I am a Samsung fanboy, I love everything Samsung puts on the market. I got my brother a Note 3, my mom a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, and my dad a Tab 3 8.0. Our fridge is Samsung, our biggest TV is Samsung. I owned a GS2. I am waiting for the Note 4. I don't like Apple plain and simple. Samsung has flaws, I can admit that. I don't pretend they are perfect, but I can say I am not a angry, ravenous fanboy unlike you. I don't like iFapple fans either.
45. Chris_Bakke (Posts: 235; Member since: 23 Jan 2013)
There now my Profile Pic even shows it, so Na Na Poo Poo, Stick Your Head In Doo Doo
46. Chris_Bakke (Posts: 235; Member since: 23 Jan 2013)
Or check out my HAD/HAVE/WANT phone section, I update it regularly.
2. CanYouSeeTheLight (Posts: 1116; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
"We hope that will also mean Samsung will also optimize the performance of TouchWiz since it can burden hardware that is not of the "flagship" status."
They also managed to burden the Galaxy S4, but they probably have fixed it by now.
Anyway this is good for Samsung, i've never been a fan of Touchwiz as it feels and looks too bloated, let's hope Samsung approaches stock Android more.
3. WHoyton1 (Posts: 1635; Member since: 21 Feb 2013)
If you find the problem you can find the solution... well done sammy!
4. zuckerboy (banned) (Posts: 898; Member since: 22 Dec 2011)
also they need to facus design and camera. they released ugly looking cheap plastic phones
5. jaytai0106 (Posts: 1888; Member since: 30 Mar 2011)
Strip TouchWiz and use stock android :P then half of R&D can go out for a drink
6. md227a (Posts: 144; Member since: 20 Mar 2012)
So you mean the Google play edition lol
10. SAYED-EJAZ (Posts: 225; Member since: 10 Oct 2013)
Personally I dont like naked stock android, even thousands of cheap china sets are with stock.
Actually we are paying for touchwiz softwares so R&D is needed for it.
For example : I can throw video or music in my phone to my tv which is not possible in stock.
14. AwesomestMaximuss (Posts: 146; Member since: 09 Jul 2013)
Exactly,,,stock android is light,which is a good and a bad thing,,it puts less pressure on hardware and hence runs smooth but it also lacks a lot of features that touchwiz has..
And touchwiz may not look very good,but neither does stock android..beauty of android is that u can customize most of it without rooting and stuff,,,and tha part u cant customize(menus etc) are better on touchwiz imho.
24. Long1 (banned) (Posts: 399; Member since: 18 May 2013)
TouchWiz is THE BEST THING that happen to Android. But you can buy Google Edition.
36. joey_sfb (Posts: 5742; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
I prefer Touch wiz over stock. I have also test and enable features like smart stay that detect whether i am looking at the screen and prevent it from Dimming or switching the screen off.
Default screen time out could than be set lowest 15 seconds without negatively affecting by unwanted screen off after timeout. This help conserve battery life because we don't have to always remember to press the power button to switch off the screen.
7. nctx77 (Posts: 1966; Member since: 03 Sep 2013)
So, touch wiz crap, the materials on the phone is crap,.....why are all the android fanboys buying samsung devices? Is it because they are the only one that can compete with apple money wise? HTC had better phones
9. SAYED-EJAZ (Posts: 225; Member since: 10 Oct 2013)
Htc is actually nothing infront of samsung.
Their ultrapixel was a Blunder.
12. Jillsandwich (Posts: 62; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
Sense > Touch Wiz
Super LCD > Amoled
HTC hardware > Samsuck hardware
So, yes, HTC has quite a bit on Sammy.
13. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10456; Member since: 14 May 2012)
Sense < TouchWiz
Super LCD < AMOLED
HTC's Hardware < Samsung's hardware
There you go. All better now.
20. Jobayer (Posts: 167; Member since: 22 Feb 2013)
Sense < TouchWiz
AMOLED < Super LCD < AMOLED plus
HTC's Hardware < Samsung's hardware
You stand corrected :D
29. Gemmol (Posts: 792; Member since: 09 Nov 2011)
I think its both of yall opinions for the first one, the second one I would choose real colors over amoled, and number 3 come on the htc one look and feel better then galaxy phone or note
16. Ant34 (Posts: 193; Member since: 10 Aug 2013)
The first one is subjective. Personally, I like the functionality of Touchwiz over Sense but like the aesthetics of Sense over Touchwiz.
The second is also subjective. I like Amoled over Super LCD.
The hardware is the same excluding the build material, speakers and camera. The build material and speakers on the HTC One are certainly better than Samsung's but the camera on S4 is better than the One's. I have no problem with Samsung using plastic on their devices because it allows quick access to the removable battery. I can go from 0 to 100% battery life in a matter of seconds. I can't do that with most devices nowadays.
27. skyline88 (Posts: 458; Member since: 15 Jul 2013)
poor fanboy
28. skyline88 (Posts: 458; Member since: 15 Jul 2013)
the ultrapixel thing is completely rubbish. when taking photos under good lighting condition, the photo is worse than my antique Nokia N73.
25. Long1 (banned) (Posts: 399; Member since: 18 May 2013)
HTC One is cheap tin-can , sealed, handicap iCrap, but without the army of brainless iZombies to buy it.
That's why HTC is dead now (even with this 1bill more in the marketing budget, that they put lately)
11. GeekMovement (Posts: 2156; Member since: 09 Sep 2011)
This is exciting! Can't wait to see what kind of software improvements Samsung makes.
15. twens (Posts: 978; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)
Funny thing is people think touch wiz is bloated. I run touch wiz on my note 3 all day and not a single slow down or lag. We have lots of features plus it's there when you need it. There is nothing I want to do with my phone that I can't. Touch wiz has almost every feature you can think of. What is the use of a powerful phone without software to take advantage of it? I prefer Tw any day than stock Android.
40. sniperdroid (Posts: 146; Member since: 23 May 2013)
Me too, I used my friends Nexus 4 once when I wanted to see what stock android had to offer, and realized that the things I've become used too on my S4 which came standard with the phone had to be downloaded on the N4. I think stock android has its own nerd herd and I'm sorry to say I'm not one of them. I'm too lazy to go looking for stuff on Playstore I'd rather just get one with everything.
17. username45 (Posts: 5; Member since: 31 Oct 2013)
I have a feeling Samsung will really begin to lead android next year, really looking forward to it.
30. ncarlosmiguel (Posts: 206; Member since: 14 May 2013)
You mean continue to lead?
32. SlimSoulja86 (Posts: 660; Member since: 03 Nov 2011)
I thought it was leading already. My bad, who is currently leading?
18. darkkjedii (Posts: 21289; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Samsung needs to desperately add auto edit/compression of video files. Hate when I record a vid, forget to limit for mms first and get "cannot attach file size too large". C'mon Sammy really...
21. aditya.k (Posts: 493; Member since: 10 Mar 2013)
You still use MMS? -_-
C'mom darkkjedii :P
42. darkkjedii (Posts: 21289; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
All the time. I live in Vegas, plenty to see
33. SlimSoulja86 (Posts: 660; Member since: 03 Nov 2011)
LOL, who still uses MMS? Like really? WOW
37. joey_sfb (Posts: 5742; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
Last time i use a lot of mms now i just use hangout. All my friends are there.
Even so i don't have problem with sending mms photo using Touch wiz. Just snap and sent.
41. Sondae (Posts: 279; Member since: 02 Jan 2013)
I sure wish touchwiz will be more customizable just like LG to make it unique for each user preference.


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> Hi,
> I have a Kayak XU PII 450 Xeon workstation. It has 256 MB ECC SDRAM
> from Samsung at 133 MHz. A couple days ago my computer suddenly stopped
> booting. It had continous hard disk activity but there was no display.
> I replaced my RAM stick with 128 MB 100 Mhz non-ECC stick (that I had
> at hand at the moment) and it started working properly again. Now my
> question is:
> how do I know whether the older RAM is at fault?
I would try the obvious: put it back in. I'd bet, it'll work again.
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> Secondly if it is at fault what could have caused it and how can I be
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That once fully operational memory goes mad is not totally unheard of but
quite frankly, I never saw something like this happen. I guess, the most
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I have a Visualize X550 (may be a XW7, also Xeon-based) and occasionally,
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> How do I prevent such mishaps in future?
an online-USV may be a start.
> And lastly how can I find out what maximum bus speed my computer
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your workstation runs at a 100MHz bus speed (also called PC100).
> keeping in mind that I don't have access to the manuals of my computer
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'Tremendous progress' has been made on a new contract for Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and the deal is close to being done, according to sources close to WEEI's 'Dennis & Callahan' show.
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The former NFL MVP is scheduled to earn $6.5 million this season in the final year of a six-year contract he signed in 2005. It was a deal that was considered close to being an upper echelon contract when he signed in 2005, but now, leaves him woefully underpaid when compared to other quarterbacks around the league.
Both the Patriots and Brady have been mostly mum about any sort of negotiations regarding a new deal, and the quarterback said earlier this summer he's 'not into playing games' when it comes to hammering out a new contract.
'I just want to come out here and do the best I can do,' Brady said in an interview earlier this summer. 'You know, whether you make $1 playing, or you make millions of dollars like we do make, I just really enjoy playing quarterback for this team. I have since the day I stepped on the field. It's something I relish, and every year is an opportunity.'
Patriots' management has long maintained that they want Brady around for a long time.
'[Brady's] just somebody I have a great amount of admiration for and somebody that I like a tremendous amount and is a great guy,' Patriots president Jonathan Kraft told WEEI earlier this summer. 'From where I sit the relationship that we've had with him and the relationship that I've had with him is the same as it's always been and if anything, it's stronger. … I'll echo what [Patriots owner Robert Kraft] has said a bunch of times, I really believe that Tom Brady is going to be the quarterback of this team for a long time to come.'
A Tuesday morning report from the Boston Herald quotes a source close to the negotiations as saying the Patriots have offered Brady a three-year deal worth $58 million that comes out to $19.3 million annually.
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ReploidAXZ 4 years ago#31
1. Mass Effect series
I knew I was forgetting something, how could I forget Portal?
Dragon Nexus (Topic Creator)4 years ago#32
Sheesh, wondered why this had hit 31 replies so quickly. darkhare turned up.
I'm going to add Mass Effect and Halo Reach into this as well. Not for the story or the graphics or the gameplay but for one major reason.
Character creation done well.
Not so much in Reach, I'll agree, and I know a lot of you are saying "Whaaaaa? But Reach just had you play as "Spartan" or if you were advanced "Female Spartan". What's so awesome about that?"
Okay, I'll explain. In Halo 1, 2, 3 and ODST you play as "Some guy". Master Chief, or The Rookie or whatever. They're pre-made characters and have their own background (or in the case of The Rookie...no personality what-so-ever.)
But in Reach, I could craft a Spartan. In the Halo universe it's sort of a given that a Spartan will look different depending on personality, this was really embodied in Reach. Each customised his or her armour to their own liking...and I did the same for my gal.
Then they put you into a group and have the group befriend you. Suddenly I was one of the gang, they were my comrades and we were working for the same goal. I added and changed parts of the armour to suit how I thought 6 would look. I gave her a history , appearance and a personality in my head to go along with what the game gave me. So yeah, I guess it's about how much effort the player puts in, but I didn't find it too hard to get an attachment to her.
I actually still kinda miss her. She was *my* Spartan. I made her. Going back to Halo 4 reminds me of the single best thing to come out of Reach (and also the worst for the same reason). I cared about Noble 6 because she was mine, my own personal Spartan that I made and outfitted. I was frustrated at the end of the game, transporting Cortana, to find that she couldn't go on the Autumn (Obviously I knew she didn't) but it was still an issue of feeling second best to Master Chief. I took a bit of offense to that, because my gal was awesome.
So yeah, in some games just this little bit of freedom for your character can go a long way to making their struggles feel more personal. I'm not rooting for "Some guy"...I'm rooting for my guy.
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ReploidAXZ posted...
ZacTB posted...1. Mass Effect series
Yeah the Portal series will definitely stick with me. I can't believe I forgot the Walking Dead in my list though, This is probably my proper list:
1. Mass Effect series
2. Gears of War series
3. Batman: Arkham Asylum and Arkham City
4. The Walking Dead
5. Portal series
6. Red Dead Redemption
It's kind of hard to write memorable moments since I have so many.
DyingPancake 4 years ago#34
Too many to name really
The two that really stand out we're CoD 4 because that was one of my first ventures into online fps's and pretty much everything dealing with Halo 3. Especially playing co-op with my friends during the fin escape on the last level. So much fun
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FlyEaglesFly24 4 years ago#35
I remember both good and bad. The game worlds in this generation were incredible, and we got some pretty special characters and game events.
But we also saw disappointment. From the vomit that was Fable 3 to sequels that didn't end the way they should have to the whoring of single player for online multiplayer....and day one dlc we have plenty to be nauseous about too.
"This Year in Jerusalem."
Assassin's Creed II. It was the first game I bought for my 360. I spent weeks playing this game non-stop.
Tron Evolution. I know this sounds weird, but, as an older gamer, I used to love the first Tron movie that came out. I played the earlier games on the Intellivision with my cousins and had fun. Evolution, by no means a great game, just gave me a nostalgia feel that was awesome. I own it on the PS3 and I have the collector edition for the 360.
Fallout 3. Such an amazing experience when I stepped out of the vault for the first time. New Vegas was also a high point this gen.
Deus Ex Human Revolution. One of my favourite game ever. Everything was just perfect for me.
Lastly, The Walking Dead game. Brilliant!
zeldafan477 4 years ago#37
Just one memory.
Dragon's Dogma, the game that restored my faith in Capcom.
Until it came out, i forgot that Capcom could make good games outside of Megaman, the pre-5 Resident Evils, and Viewtiful Joe. (no Street Fighter because I'm horrible at fighting games, thus I don't like them)
Not changing this until Capcom either gets their act together or the company goes under (Dragon's Dogma was a good start.)
shinobisBACK 4 years ago#38
loading up gears1 for first time when i got my xbox, was amazing. the gameplay mechanics, graphics, just everything killed any other game i had seen up to that point.
finding the editor in trials hd, and spending months/years making maps with it. the complex things you could do with the simplicity of the editor anyone could pickup and enjoy. i had used game editors before but none as good or easy to use.
i have lots of memories from old gens, but this gen those are the only 2. now im maybe a bit jaded or bored and new games are not exciting, more like been there done that in some other form in some other game already.
There's a lot of things one could fault Deadly Premonition with, but I'll remember that game far longer than most games I've played.
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oasisbeyond 4 years ago#40
Yeah I forgot Portal also, that game messed with my brain more then Cocaine would. But I never cheated and it was rewarding in the end.
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