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A Utah environmental activist known for his work with the Jordan River and the Great Salt Lake has been sentenced to jail for attacking his ex-girlfriend after a 2008 breakup.
Jeffrey Charles Salt, 53, maintained he was only acting in self-defense, even as a judge sentenced him Monday to 90 days in jail.
"I feel bad about this. I feel bad [she] got injured. I feel bad both of our lives have been hurt. I am not a violent man," he said. "I tried to defend myself the best I could."
At trial, Salt's accuser said she tried to leave the man's home after a discussion about their failed romance and he prevented her from going. The woman said Salt grabbed her neck and gave it "two sharp twists." She bit Salt's fingers and they both fell to the ground, the woman said.
As they wrestled, the woman said Salt pinned her leg against her chest and hit her repeatedly with a piece of pottery and a metal bar.
Salt, however, said he never hit the woman with a weapon. At trial, Salt's attorneys, Ed Brass and Kim Cordova, said Salt was acting in self defense. Cordova said Salt called the woman a name and she slapped him, and that Salt was trying to calm the woman when she bit him and they both fell.
The accuser said she suffered cuts and bruises. An emergency room doctor later put 65 staples in her head, she testified.
Salt's ex-girlfriend said Salt has never shown remorse.
"I really, really hoped he would have that today," she said.
Third District Judge William Barrett gave Salt credit for 25 days in jail. He must report by Nov. 13.
"I don't think you're a bad person, but you were convicted of aggravated assault," Barrett told Salt. "The jury spoke."
Salt was convicted earlier this year of third-degree felony aggravated assault for injuring the woman during the fight. Jurors dismissed a first-degree felony count of aggravated kidnapping, which would have carried a mandatory prison sentence, and a misdemeanor charge for allegedly preventing the woman from calling 911.
Salt had no prior criminal record, Salt Lake County prosecutor Michael Boehm said, asking for a six-month jail sentence rather than prison.
Salt's environmental efforts have focused on the Great Salt Lake, the Jordan River and other waterways.
"It's been devastating for me," Salt told the judge Monday. "I've been a pretty well known person in the community. This has basically devastated my whole position in the community. I've struggled with that."
Salt has also been in a trademark dispute with the environmental network started by Bobby Kennedy, the son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.
Shortly after Salt was charged in the domestic violence case, Kennedy's Waterkeeper Alliance, a network of 190 environmental groups, tried to stop Salt from calling himself the "Great Salt Lakekeeper." The group filed suit in 2010, saying he had violated quality standards for alliance members and that the alliance was trying to protect its brand. In the most recent court papers, both sides indicated they are exploring mediation.
As part of his sentence, Salt must also complete 75 hours of community service.
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Emma Stone is known for being a successful actress and dating the gorgeous Andrew Garfield, but type her name in Google and the third thing that comes up is "Emma Stone WikiFeet". Try it with any other female celebrity, from Cheryl Cole to Susan Boyle, and WikiFeet will be pretty high up the list.
Bizarre? Not according to the 3.2 million people who visit the toe-curling website every month. It's the work of Eli Ozer, 33, who in creating the encyclopaedic WikiFeet.com took one small step, and one giant leap for foot lovers worldwide.
Despite the WikiFeet name it has nothing to do with Wikipedia. Ozer left his job as a programmer and animator a few years ago to devote himself to the site, which makes thousands of pounds a month through advertising. There are now more than 600,000 feet up there, from the A to Z list, and everything in between. But no men — Ozer says their feet are "ugly", although his own toes are well proportioned. The site is free to sign up to and members can upload pictures of their favourite trotters.
It's not just Ozer who's a foot fan. I opened a well-known middle market paper the other day to find a double page spread of celebrity tootsies. I'm now familiar with Jennifer Aniston's foot veins, Kate Moss's bunion and know that Keira Knightley often has a foot double. I didn't want to look but found it strangely fascinating.
"It's hard to explain where it came from. I find women's feet attractive and so do many others. It would be hard for me to date someone with bad feet," says Ozer. "Telling people what I do is always strange. They're usually weirded out at first but eventually think it's kind of cool. I have a long to-do list with features that will someday be added, including discussion boards and private messaging."
Selena Gomez is currently the most popular on WikiFeet, although Ozer's favourites include Joss Stone and Naomi Watts.
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Meyer said the conference call went well. Alabama head coach Nick Saban also participated, with hopes of making a dent on the situation.
"I love it," Meyer said. "Everybody wants to make things right. We get stereotyped as coaches, agents and players. There are obviously people who don't want to do right. The majority wants to do it right."
Meyer sees parallels between the agent issues and recruiting. Both have rules put in place to discourage illegal activity, but the enforcing leaves a lot to be desired. Rules alone can't cure the ills of the system. The lack of accountability doesn't discourage anyone from changing illegal activity.
"It's almost like recruiting," Meyer said. "If there's no threat of a punishment, go have at it. Certain people have integrity and they're going to do things the right way anyways. There are a lot of positives going on for college football. We can't lose college football. We just can't lose college football."
INJURY UPDATE: Meyer said the team's injuries are "all minor stuff."
Chris Rainey was at practice Friday morning, running around with fresh legs "like he should have." Rainey was in a non-contact jersey but is expected to resume contact Saturday or Monday.
Matt Patchan's cast on his wrist is "coming off." He is expected to resume running on Saturday.
Omarius Hines didn't participate in Friday morning's practice because of some swelling in his legs, but Meyer said he is fine and will practice Friday afternoon.
STRIPES OFF: Defensive line coach Dan McCarney announced Thursday that Robert Clark was the first freshman to have his stripe taken off. Neiron Ball and Michael Taylor were next.
Clark received a late offer from the Gators during his senior year of high school, and he is wasting no time opening eyes on the Florida coaching staff.
"He's the energizer bunny," Meyer said. "He just goes as hard as he can. I wish he was a little taller, wish he was a little faster, but he's tough as nails and he's making plays. He'll hit you."
Taylor isn't the most physically striking linebacker on the team, but the freshman's knowledge of the game is what made him an early candidate to have his stripe removed. Meyer sees parallels between Taylor and a former Gator linebacker.
"He strikes you," Meyer said. "He loves the game. I'm hoping he's our (Ryan) Stamper. He's a guy that doesn't look like the physically imposing guy before he strikes you."
YEAR OF DEVELOPMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY: It has been Meyer's calling card for this entire season, and it continues through fall camp.
The talent won't be a drastic step back like it was during the 2007 season, but Meyer knows the development must continue throughout the season.
"Last year was a year of maintenance," Meyer said. "This year, we've got to develop. In 2007, as coaches, we did a bad job. We just weren't prepared. We're prepared now. It's just, how do you get these guys ready? When we're coaching, we have to be on our game."
The Gators will have new starters on both sides of the ball that don't have much playing experience. Most of them will be players that haven't maintained starting positions throughout their career.
"Jelani Jenkins, when we take the first snap, he's going to be out there somewhere," Meyer said. "He's never played before. (Linebackers coach D.J.) Durkin better have him ready to go."
SATURDAY SCRIMMAGE: The Gators have their first team scrimmage on Saturday, and there are specific things Meyer is looking for on both sides of the ball.
The offense is packed with capable playmakers, but the head coach hasn't been able to rank them yet. He singled out Deonte Thompson and Carl Moore as "doing very well." His focus now turns to the rest of the group.
"Our biggest issue on offense is still playmakers. Solidifying the front five (offensive linemen). I think we know who three or four of them are going to be."
Defensive line and linebacker have plenty of options, but the Gators are still looking to find who will be the key contributors.
"Defense, try to establish a rotation up front," Meyer said. "I couldn't tell you who our starting linebackers are."
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I don't think it's necessary to count calories, but keep a rough idea of a what a portion size is in your head. The Precision diet mentioned above seems sort of similar to eating Paleo or Primal, though maybe not as strict. I've eaten primally and while I absolutely loved it and had a huge amount of energy, it was just too expensive if you tried to experiment with replacing grains. It was just easier to not even worry about eating any sort of grains.
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I actually found out about this type of diet/lifestyle from someone on here. It's definitely interesting.
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John W. Payne Named Deputy Dean
May 10, 2004
DURHAM, N.C. - John W. Payne, a 27-year veteran of Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, has been named the school's deputy dean, Fuqua Dean Douglas T. Breeden announced Tuesday.
John W. Payne
Payne, the Joseph J. Ruvane Jr. Professor of Management and Marketing, previously held the position from 2000-02. It is the second-highest ranking leadership position in the school.
He succeeds Richard Staelin, the Edward and Rose Donnell Professor of Business Administration whose two-year term in the post ends June 30. Staelin will return to teaching, research and helping direct the Teradata Center for Customer Relationship Management at Fuqua.
"Rick Staelin performed the job exceedingly well, as he has in numerous leadership positions with the school in his 22 years here," Breeden said. "Probably his most important contribution in this stint was to take over where John Payne had begun in building the size and depth of our faculty to a significantly higher level."
In the last three years, Fuqua's number of tenure-track faculty grew from 70 to 99. Plans are for the faculty to grow to 120 members in about five years and to about 130 in 10 years, Breeden said.
"What has been so gratifying is that under John's and Rick's watch as head of our faculty, our newest members are coming from other giants of business education, such as Stanford, Wharton, Chicago and Carnegie Mellon," Breeden said.
Payne led the creation of the school's previous strategic plan for 2000-2005. In addition to continuing to build the faculty, which was a cornerstone of that plan, Payne will focus on implementing Fuqua's new
strategic plan for 2004-2009. He will also continue teaching behavioral decision making to Fuqua's Ph.D. students and conducting research. His research and teaching focus on understanding and improving decision making.
"The entire Fuqua community appreciates what Rick has done in leading the faculty once again, so I will be following a success," Payne said. "Even after 27 years, I am still excited about the Fuqua School of Business. I am really looking forward to continuing the momentum we have created here.
"The faculty hiring has been a tremendous success, and we will continue the effort to add depth and quality to our already outstanding faculty, although at a slower pace because we have been so successful and therefore are ahead of schedule," Payne added.
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Dean started reading seriously in the second grade due to a competition and has spent most of the subsequent three decades lost in other people's worlds. After reading several local libraries more or less dry of sci-fi and fantasy, he started spending more time wandering around worlds of his own creation to avoid the boredom of the 'real' world.
Things worsened, or improved depending on your point of view, when he first started experimenting with writing while finishing up his accounting degree. These days Dean has a wonderful wife and daughter to keep him rather more grounded, but the idea of bringing others along with him as he meets interesting new people in universes nobody else has ever seen tends to drag him back to his computer on a fairly regular basis.
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Individuals, Groups Will Have Right to Compete To Manage Edina, Macon, & Other License Offices JEFFERSON CITY – As Gov. Jay Nixon's effort to improve customer service and accountability in Missouri state government continues, interested citizens and groups will be able to bid on the management of six more local motor vehicle license offices.READ MORE
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Missouri Boys Make Classic History By David Sharp Knox County forward Dennis Dent and Clark County center Michael Brennan finished their high school basketball careers the way they played them. Both athletes were a part of their respective school history. Brennan and Dent were part of McDonalds/Quincy Herald-Whig Classic history when the MissouriREAD MORE
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I was delighted to read in the May 14 Gazette that the superintendent of the Indiana Area School District presented the board an option to close an elementary school — in my opinion, the only viable option of the three presented.
However, the option did not include moving the fifth grade to the middle school. This is very short-sighted because:
1) Moving this fifth grade would free up 10 classrooms in the four schools. The schools already have 11 unused classrooms, and having 21 unused classrooms makes the closing of one school a slam-dunk.
2) The middle school is quite capable of holding the fifth grade. It is the most under-capacity of all the district buildings.
3) Fifth-graders have matured enough to be akin to sixth- to eighth-graders in lieu of K-2 grades. Remember how well the sixth- and eighth-grade moves were made, thanks to the principals and teachers involved.
4) Three elementary schools will easily provide for K-4 within the district classroom sizes, and K-4 is not an experiment when 45 districts in Pennsylvania have K-4 elementary and 5-8 middle schools.
5) The $1 million now spent each year for a building's brick and mortar will be a budget reduction for every year henceforth.
Since the 2011-12 year with the move of the sixth and ninth grades, we have failed to achieve the budget reduction three times. What a shame, since I know $3 million more in the school budget would have better pleased taxpayers.
The nature of the article leaves little doubt that the yearly increase to the budget because of pension payments and increasing salaries and benefits is quickly becoming beyond the board's only increasing millage, and something must be done quickly. Study hard on this issue, board.
I have other thoughts to increase the savings several hundred thousands more if a committee is interested.
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After less-than-ideal runs in his last three graded stakes tries, Midnight Storm returned to form in standout fashion Nov. 27 at Del Mar, but he also showed a slightly different dimension.
After less-than-ideal runs in his last three graded stakes tries, Midnight Storm returned to form in standout fashion Nov. 27 at Del Mar, but he also showed a slightly different dimension.
Peter Redekop's Alert Bay will head down to Southern California from his Golden Gate Fields home base to seek his fourth straight victory Nov. 27 in the $250,000 Seabiscuit Handicap (gr. IIT) at Del Mar.
Donato Lanni and John Youngblood's Avanzare will seek his third straight graded turf score Sept. 27 in the $200,000 City of Hope Mile Stakes (gr. IIT) at Santa Anita Park.
After breaking through with his first stakes victory in six tries, Dynamic Sky attempts to surpass $1 million in career earnings as one of the favorites in the $200,000 San Gabriel Stakes (gr. IIT) Jan. 3 at Santa Anita Park.
Tom's Tribute, whose past two starts at Del Mar produced victories in the Eddie Read Stakes (gr. IT) and Del Mar Mile Handicap (gr. IIT), heads a staunch field of 10 expected for the grade II Seabiscuit Handicap Nov. 28.
Whitney Stakes (gr. I) winner Moreno drilled six furlongs in 1:12 3/5 Oct. 24 in preparation for the Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) Nov. 1 at Santa Anita Park.
Favored Big Bane Theory threaded his way along the inside for Joe Talamo and put away the field in the stretch to register his first stakes win in the $200,000 City of Hope Mile (gr. IIT) on the turf Oct. 4 at Santa Anita.
The $200,000 City of Hope Mile (gr. IIT) at Santa Anita Park Oct. 4 has attracted a 12-horse grab-bag, and trainer Tom Proctor's consistent Avanzare would appear to head the crowded field of turf runners.
Weewinnin, emerging at the rail in the stretch, ran away from his rivals to win the $250,000 California Cup Turf Classic at 21-1 odds by 2 1/4 lengths at Santa Anita Park Jan. 25.
Summer Hit is the clear standout in a field of 14 entered for the $250,000 California Cup Turf Classic, one of three races for older horses included in the Sunshine Millions/California Cup lineup Jan. 25 at Santa Anita Park.
Lucayan gets back on firm ground in the $250,000 Hollywood Turf Cup (gr. IIT) Dec. 14 at Betfair Hollyood Park still seeking his first North American victory following six earlier chances.
Thirteen opponents await Slim Shadey in the $150,000 John Henry Turf Championship (gr. IIT) as the British-bred 5-year-old attempts to defend his title Sept. 29 at Santa Anita Park.
Favored Vagabond Shoes, circling the field under Victor Espinoza, reached the lead in deep stretch to edge Lucayan by a neck in the $200,000 Del Mar Handicap (gr. IIT) Aug. 24 on the turf.
The $150,000 Del Mar Handicap (gr. IIT) Aug. 24 presents a golden opportunity for one of seven older colts and geldings to earn an automatic slot in the $3 million Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT) this fall.
Bourbon Bay makes his 7-year-old debut March 16 in a race he has won twice before, the San Luis Rey Stakes (gr. IIT) on the turf at Santa Anita Park.
Game On Dude and Ron the Greek, horses with contrasting styles but both possessing a victory in the Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I), are the clear standouts in the marquee event for handicap horses March 2 at Santa Anita Park.
Though he wasn't happy with the 125-pound weight assignment, trainer Bob Baffert said Game On Dude would contest the upcoming Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I) after the favorite worked a fast six furlongs Feb. 24.
In his final start before retiring to stud in California, grade I winner Coil outlasted Ultimate Eagle by a head after a terrific stretch duel in the $150,000 San Pasqual Stakes (gr. II) Jan. 5 at Santa Anita Park
Dual grade I winner Coil, soon to be a stallion, seems primed to go out on top in the $150,000 San Pasqual Stakes (gr. II) Jan. 5 at Santa Anita Park.
Silentio, a lightly-raced son of Japanese-bred stallion Silent Name, registered victory in his stakes debut in the $150,750 Sir Beaufort (gr. IIT) on the turf at Santa Anita Park on opening day of the winter meet.
Several 3-year-old colts will try to break through in the $150,000 Sir Beaufort Stakes (gr. IIT) Dec. 26 at Santa Anita Park, opening day at the Arcadia, Calif. track.
Top local handicap horse Forest Mouse had his consistency rewarded with the most lucrative win of his career in the $218,120 Zia Park Distance Championship Dec. 2 at the Hobbs, N.M. track.
Global Stage and Forest Mouse, the first two finishers in the Veteran Stakes at Zia Park, head the field for the $200,000 Zia Park Distance Championship Dec. 3, the richest Thoroughbred race of the season at Hobbs, N.M.
Jockey Tyler Baze, sidelined since August 2011 due to substance abuse problems, earned his first stakes victory since returning to action a week ago, guiding Lucky Primo in the California Cup Classic Oct. 13 at Santa Anita.
With their purses enhanced to $250,000 apiece, two stakes races for juveniles take center stage at this year's 23rd California Cup, to be run Oct. 13 at Santa Anita Park.
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Wootalyzer's Pricing Post! - The price of today's woot item is saved here for future reference------------------------------------------------------------Buckyballs 216-Piece Rare Earth Magnetic Set - 2 Pack$34.99 + $5 ShippingCondition: New*DISCLAIMER* Wootalyzer! is in no way affiliated with Woot!, and this post may not always be here!
This metal can't be **that** rare!
Buckyballs! I was wondering where you were during the wootoff.
I love Two for Tuesday! wait. What day is it?
it's 2 for fridays!
I'm just here to see how long it takes to get the Zen Magnets video linked.
Don't let the little festive snail with your package fool you, its still smartpost, but yes it will arrive before X-mas
Weird: $27.99 last year, but over 1000 comments
vs. $34.99 now.
putdowntheducky wrote:I'm just here to see how long it takes to get the Zen Magnets video linked.
Same thought. I see that pop up all the time. I would like to get these for my young sister though, I think she'd like them, but I'll end up playing with them mostly since she'll surely lose them all.
Edit: Now that I think about it, maybe I shouldn't give them to her...
Caution, these things will cause you to goof off all day. I've easily wasted hours of "work time" due to these.
Just in time for Bucky in the rose bowl
I'm curious, what do these do to a vacuum cleaner?
Each ball is about $0.0925 cents each (with shipping)! Case is free.
I was hoping for these during the Wootoff.
Despite the price raise, I am still in for 1, errr 2. Ummm, 1 two pack.
A great gift for my dad. Plus I get to keep one for myself.
Crest wrote:Same thought. I see that pop up all the time. I would like to get these for my young sister though, I think she'd like them, but I'll end up playing with them mostly since she'll surely lose them all.
Edit: Now that I think about it, maybe I shouldn't give them to her...
Same here, only I don't have a young sister to blame it on. I'd lose them. And the dogs would find them. And the vet bills would be bad.
Best item woot sells. I have about 6 sets and honestly I'm buying this...
Also their pricing is insane compared to most of the other places you can get this. Usually about 50% off.
Also the square ones kind of suck.
A whole new breed of adult toys with limitless possibilities is here
I find this disconcerting. Especially given some of the other bullet points there...
Some are held for charity, and some for fancy dress, but when they're held for pleasure they're the ones that I like best.
whatsamattaU wrote:Weird: $27.99 last year, but over 1000 comments
These Are rare Earth magnets. I would expect woot to be selling these at 50 dollars in a few years. Buy 3 now! It's a sound investment!
Gotta admit, before I became a Wooter,
I had no idea what a vital cornerstone of
society buckyballs (apparently) are...
Do not let any living creature swallow these!!! There's a warning on their website.
Magnets in different parts of your gut could snap together and kink it closed. (My interpretation.)
I was just about to check out a cart on thinkgeek with these tomorrow morning, because I figured "If they didn't show up in the woot-off, they must not be selling them anymore." Go figure!
This works out better, even considering my $10 off thinkgeek coupon and their buy 2 get 1 sale. Especially thanks to the coupon I got from my very favorite Jumbowoot.
Woot = $70 for 4 (2 sets of 2) +$5 shipping
Thinkgeek = $70 for 3 (buy 2 sets get 1 free) + $7.69 economy shipping (-$10 coupon if you happen to have one on a catalog.)
So, $17.50/set vs $23.33/set, before coupons and shipping. If my math is right. I failed geometry in high school, though. Maybe I wouldn't have if I had these to make shapes.
I'm surprised that Woot chose to sell this Yellow set, when Christmas is coming up. They've sold a Red and Green(Teal) set for $29.99 that is much more chromatically appropriate for the season. Even the Gold and Silver sets are more festive. Then again, Woot is an overstock/liquidation seller, and they sell whatever is available.
As you can see by the icon on the lower right, the Red/Green was previously sold around Christmas.
My, what a FESTIVE snail you have there Woot!
Uhm, exactly how much damage could these do to the computer that is also on my desk?
Won't someone please think of all the Buckys that won't be able to have children now???
This is probably the best color choice. I bought a couple og the green ones several months back and the green coating is already peeling off. Consider this before buying these with any other color. Just my opinion.
Thankfully they come with carrying cases, because the last thing you need is to worry about magnetic balls just flying all over the place.
I mean it isn't like they stick together or anything and I'm sure they fly around and just haphazardly pop off and go rolling across the floor waiting to trip your boss the next time he steps foot into your cubicle.
Oh wait.
jsoko wrote:This metal can't be **that** rare!
Think of it like this; woot! has sold these multiple times now and each time the stock they have left is reduced and is therefore increasingly rare
Product website with another video:
I guess I'll finally take the plunge and find out if these things are really worth it.
Probably would have got this, but I used my coupon on a Woot Shirt, little upset about the new price, and I would have rather seen the christmas pack.
sdc100 wrote:As you can see by the icon on the lower right, the Red/Green was previously sold around Christmas.
I actually bought this set last year for Christmas gifts for two teenage boys, and they arrived Christmas Eve! They were also well appreciated.
I told myself the next time buckeyballs came up on Woot I would finally cave and buy some for myself. But now the price has increased, grrr. The question is should I wait a little longer on the gamble that the price might come back down in the future? Or should I just take the plunge and go for it, knowing I'm still getting a great deal?
Science lesson for the day: "Rare earth" magnets don't refer to the actual rarity or availability of the magnetic material or magnets themselves, its referring to what they're made of. Magnets like these are made out of neodymium, which is one of the elements in the two rows below the main periodic table, also known as the 'f block' to chemistry students. These elements are called "rare earth" elements, hence the name "rare earth magnets". Sounds fancy, huh? =)
For more info see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth_magnet.
Rare earth magnets are cool because they're even stronger than iron based magnets!
CowboyDann wrote:Buckyballs! I was wondering where you were during the wootoff.
I love Two for Tuesday! wait. What day is it?
What, today sir? it's Christmas Day. (British Accent)
I've been wanting these for a while! In for 1!! Awesome.
Magnetic crack! Great to have at your desk, especially for creatives!
Been considering buying these for a long time now and thanks to Jumbowoot finally gonna take the plunge. Let's see how much this drags down my productivity at work. Thanks again Jumbo!
Just one Buckyballs on their website with shipping is $40. Why not? I think I will make my boyfriend get these for me.. ;)
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PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania — First stop: the spray gun that shoots out skin cells. Next, the blind man who "sees" by using his tongue. Finally, a shake of a marine's transplanted hand.
The nation's top military officer today took a look at some of the Pentagon's wildest medical research projects. But once the seemingly-sci-fi demonstrations at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center were over, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen voiced some concerns. The technologies and techniques seemed promising. But when would they be available, really, to help wounded veterans? And why did the corporal with the replacement hand have to rely on his girlfriend's mom to find out about his revolutionary treatment?
In 2008, the Department of Defense and academia set aside $250 million to set up a consortium to fund bleeding-edge research into the science of rebuilding human muscle, tissue, and minds. Today, that Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM) project is beginning to show results. Whether those results will come in time for the tens of thousands of wounded veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq remains an open question.
"That's the challenge you always have with research: How do you get research to full production levels," Mullen said. "I'm satisfied we can. I'm not satisfied we're doing it rapidly enough. And one of the things I take away from this trip is to go back and see if I can push from where I am to roll this out more rapidly."
One of the researchers here, Dr. Douglas Kondziolka, mentioned it might be another decade before his treatment of transplanted brain cells might be widely available to troops who have suffered in war. The research was proceeding methodically. And approval for large-scale tests on human brains takes forever to obtain. Mullen seemed less than enthused. '"10 years doesn't satisfy any of us," he later said.
Konziolka's colleague Dr. Peter Rubin is using fat tissue and fat stem cells to reconstruct damaged faces; the first of Rubin's 20 trial patients underwent the procedure this month. Dr. Donald Marinelli has built a custom Wii game to test for traumatic brain injury. Corporal Isaias Hernandez has regrown most of a blown-apart quadriceps, thanks to a biologic scaffold developed here. He flexed it for the Admiral.
Dr. Alain Corcos took a silver rod, tipped with a glowing blue light. He pointed the rod at an easel of white paper, and squirted it with a fine blue mist. When the spray gun is loaded with a compressed air and solution of stem cells and epidermal progenitor cells, it can be used to assist the badly burned. The cells start to divide, eventually covering and healing an area far greater that a traditional skin graft. On one patient, a patch of spray-on skin the size of a postage stamp grew to repair an entire arm. The military has identified 40 troops for future trials, and 40 more civilians have been picked, as well.
Even more striking was white-haired Clarence "Butch" Schultz, who last served in the Navy in the 1950s. Since then, he lost sight in both of his eyes. But a device under investigation here has enabled his brain to route around his damaged eyes. The Brainport uses a digital video camera, housed on a pair of sunglasses, to collect visual data. The data is transmitted to a handheld unit, which converts the data to electrical impulses. Those impulses are then sent to an electrode array that's placed on the tongue (saliva is a great electrical conductor, and the tongue offers densely packed nerves to collect and transmit the impulses to the brain). The device then converts the data to pixels — and allows Schulz to experience the world. "I can actually see the difference between light and dark, between cement and black top, between the lawn and the driveway," Schultz said.
With Mullen and his wife and staff watching, Schultz put down his cane. He shuffled down a laboratory hallway, side-stepping a swivel-chair and a small garbage pail. He's planning a much longer walk this summer: a 1000-mile trip to his home in Florida.
Mullen was then introduced to Corporal Josh Maloney, an Iraq veteran who lost his right hand during a training exercise in 2007. He tried a couple of different prosthetic limbs as replacements. He couldn't deal with any of them – "worthless," he said. A little more than a year ago, doctors here gave him a transplanted hand from a cadaver. It's a tricky operation that not only involves the connection of tissue, muscle, nerves, and bone. It also means giving the patient an immunosuppressive cocktail, including cells from the donor's bone marrow, so that the new limb won't be rejected by its new host. In Maloney's case, it worked. "At eight months, I really started to get feeling [in the hand]. At nine months, I was playing Playstation again. Now I kick everyone's butt," he said.
But Maloney only found out about the Pentagon-backed effort to perform hand transplants through dumb luck. His girlfriend's mom worked at a hospital, and happened to pick up a brochure on the military's new regenerative medicine push. Otherwise, he'd still have only one hand.
"It shouldn't be incumbent on patients to find health care, like we heard with Josh," Mullen health and medicine aide Colonel Christian Macedonia said afterward.
And if military researchers can't figure out how to help large numbers of troops, those scientists may have trouble keeping their supply of Pentagon funds. The Department of Defense bankrolls thousands of promising science and technology programs every year. Most of them never make it beyond the lab. During the Pentagon's massive expansion after 9/11, the military could afford to keep all those projects on the books. Mullen said that might not be as possible in the years to come. The Pentagon's budget will inevitably shrink, as the America's troops come home from Iraq and Afghanistan. "So how do you protect what's important in an incredibly difficult budget environment and a difficult political environment, especially when it's stuff people don't quite understand yet?" he asked. No one answered.
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BRASILIA/SAO PAULO May 8 (Reuters) - Brazil Finance Minister Joaquim Levy's four-month-old austerity plan is encountering growing resistance in Congress, as some legislators say his policies may deepen a looming recession.
This week, leaders in President Dilma Rousseff's own Workers' Party refused to pass a reduction in social welfare benefits designed to save the government 9 billion reais ($2.9 billion) this year. Instead, the House of Deputies narrowly passed a watered-down version of the bill that reduced the measures' estimated savings by at least 2 billion reais.
Even though the Bovespa share index is up about 16 percent since Levy took office, the unemployment rate is still rising and so is the nation's primary deficit, raising questions about whether his plan of budget cuts and tax increases will put Brazil's finances in order after years of high deficits and disappointing growth.
"(Levy) is shooting himself in the foot," Paulo Paim, a senior Workers' Party senator who introduced many of the changes in the watered-down bill, told Reuters. "I don't think these measures will make us grow more in the future. They make the recession worse."
Brazil's economy has been stagnant for most of the past four years, and is expected to shrink 1.2 percent this year, according to the average forecast of economists in a weekly central bank poll. Rousseff's generous spending and tax breaks in her first term left Brazil with an overall deficit of 7.8 percent of GDP in the 12 months through March, and contributed to annual inflation currently at 8.2 percent, well above the government's 4.5 percent target.


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just the moon!! when Eric looks the sky, he sees Ariel!!
beautifull love
beautifull love
Though this shows very great promise in being a unique and beautiful concept, the very rough, unfinished edges leave something to be desired. I think if you cleaned up the edges with either the smudge tool or even a low opacity eraser, it would look wonderful close up. The shadowing could use a little more tinkering too. Especially over her face and eyes. The moon could used some smoothing around the edges as well. And again, I strongly suggest the smudge tool to help you out. And a graphics tablet should you have one They make a world of difference.
The Artist thought this was FAIR
18 out of 20 deviants thought this was fair.
Absolutely, hauntingly, lovely! Great work!
elle est magnifique et surement ma préférée. <3
ohhh another beautiful one
Un mot : WOAH ! c'est magique
Gorgeous. Love the dark and the light.
SO amazingly beautiful
Very pretty, I love the effects
so awesome nice job
This was really pretty!!
C'est très joli
Very imaginative, surreal and simply stunning. Amazing work!
nice one^^
Celle là est vraiment superbe, au niveau du graphisme et des couleurs...
merci beaucoup !!
tu as réussi a revenir sur deviant? ca beug plus?
tu as réussi a revenir sur deviant? ca beug plus?


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Eyes: Black
Hair: Black
Race: Human
Story: Adamson is the little everyday man who is struggling with everyday problems.
Continuity: Adamson
Company: P.I.B.
First app.: Söndags-Nisse (1920)
Creator(s): Oscar Jacobsson
Country of origin: Sweden
Background notes: When the series Adamson was introduced in 1920, it quickly became quite successful. Partially because of the offbeat humor and expressive art, but also due to the lack of comic book strips in Europe at the time. Like Ferd'nand and Alfredo, Adamson was an ordinary man with everyday problems like missing buttons, rude waiters and kids and like many other Scandinavian series Adamson was a pantomime series. A few strips exist with text, but most of the series was pantomime. Contrary to today, pantomime series were quite common at the time. It was a matter of practicality, as the series didn't need to be translated, but also a way of telling a story like silent movies.
The creator of Adamson, Oscar Jacobsson, is considered one of the greatest Swedish cartoonists. He wrote and drew the series until his death in 1945. After this, the series was taken over by the Danish cartoonist Viggo Ludvigsen who wrote the series until it stopped in 1964.
Honoring the series contribution to comics, Svenska Serieakademin (the Swedish Comic Academy) founded the Adamson Award in 1965. The award was two annual awards in the form of Adamson statuettes given to a domestic and a foreign comic book artist. The Adamson Awards is still given every year and is considered a great honor.
Adamson never made it to other medias like cartoons, but a little merchandise with Adamson has been done e.g. an Adamson ashtray.
Cross cultural references:
If you enjoyed this character/series, you might enjoy
Alfredo: Same type of silent humor.
Ferd'nand: Another ordinary man, dealing with every day problems.
Den Tossede Tegner: Same type of silent humor.


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We've all done it: called the arrogant, self-righteous, unsympathetic person we know a
"narcissist" and we may have even felt pretty confident that they are most certainly suffering from a Narcissistic Personality Disorder. It's a buzzword for the selfish and self-indulgent people we have difficulty with. We may even be right on occasion. I know I have, much to my chagrin. We never really want our laymen's assessment to be true, do we?


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67, passed away March 7, 2013. He is preceded in death by his wife, Jan; brother, John and his parents. He is survived by his sons, Lee Neil, Jason Neil and their wives; grandchildren, Madison, Skylar and Jackson and brother, Tom. Jim's family would like to thank the numerous members of the Tucson Health Care Community for their excellent care of Jim. You gave us more years with him than we ever expected. A Visitation will be held Tuesday, March 12, 2013 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at BRING'S BROADWAY CHAPEL, 6910 E. Broadway with graveside services at 1:30 p.m. at East Lawn Cemetery, 5801 E. Grant Rd.


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Is it really that unusual to get married in early 20s and be happy?
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I haven't read through all the posts, I'm just responding to the OP's question, and for me the answer is no - it is not that unusual. My husband and I got married when we both had one year left of college. He was 22 and I was 21. We finished school, got jobs in our respective fields, bought a house, waited over 5 years before trying to have children (we were blessed with 2), and just celebrated our 33rd anniversary last weekend. We are in a fun and exciting place now and things are good. We are both considering retirement in the near future and I can't wait for that phase of our lives to begin.
The smallest deed is greater than the grandest intention.
I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. (Invictus - William Ernest Henley)
Just think I used to worry 'bout things like that,
Used to worry 'bout rich and skinny, 'til I wound up poor and fat,
Nowadays I kind of worry where my mind's been at,
Just think I used to worry 'bout things like that. (Delbert McClinton - I Used to Worry from Never Been Rocked Enough)


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Get an overview of this hotel3-star Drumnadrochit bed & breakfast in Drumnadrochit with free parking
Popular property highlights
Located in Drumnadrochit, this bed & breakfast is within 1 mi (2 km) of Original Loch Ness Monster Visitor Centre and Loch Ness 2000 Exhibition Centre. Urquhart Castle is 1.5 mi (2.4 km) away.
Property Features
A restaurant, a bar/lounge, and laundry facilities are available at this smoke-free bed & breakfast. Free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free manager's reception are also provided. Other amenities include tour/ticket assistance and a garden.
Room Amenities
All 3 rooms offer free WiFi, coffee makers, and LCD TVs with satellite channels. Other amenities available to guests include DVD players, hair dryers, and showers.
Guest Highlights
- Notably quiet, prime location
- Breakfast
- Guestrooms weren't very spacious
Bed & Breakfast Amenities
Bed & Breakfast Amenities
The bed & breakfast offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary manager's reception is offered on select days. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
This Drumnadrochit bed & breakfast also offers tour/ticket assistance, a garden, and laundry facilities. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Aslaich is a smoke-free property.
- Total number of rooms - 3
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Luggage storage
- Number of floors - 1
- Garden
- Restaurant
- Free self parking
- Free reception
- Smoke-free property
- Free WiFi
- Laundry facilities
- Year Built 1989
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- DVD player
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- Iron/ironing board
- Satellite TV service
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free toiletries
- Free WiFi
Where to Eat
The bed & breakfast offers a complimentary manager's reception on select days.
Breakfast Room - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant specializes in British cuisine and serves breakfast only.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
Bed & Breakfast Policies
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-in time ends at 7:00 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 10:00 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children 5 and younger are not allowed at this property. All guests older than 5 are welcome.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Please note that an extra fee applies for guests paying with credit card, prepaid cards, or any kind of cards different from UK debit cards.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between GBP 5 and GBP 10 per person (approximately)
- Late check-out fee: GBP 25.00
- Onsite credit card charges are subject to a surcharge
Bed & Breakfast Name
- Aslaich
- Aslaich Bed & Breakfast Inverness
- Aslaich Inverness
- Aslaich B&B Inverness
- Aslaich B&B
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Children 5 years old and younger are not permitted at this property. Alcohol is not served at this property.


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The post of the rear door locks made me think about mine...
Does anyone experience their door lock plungers sticking? Meaning, when I go to lock all the doors (via key remote, or lock button from inside), one of my plungers does not lock and stays up.
This results in the door remaining unlocked.
This is especially annoying when I park, get out, shut the door, hit the lock on my remote and the alarm arms, but the driver door stays unlocked.
Is there an easy fix to get the lock working more reliably?
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The biggest music show of India, Indian Idol is back with its sixth edition, recharged with beautiful voices and fresh talent. Adding the great singing legend Asha Bhosle to the judging panel, the show has gained popularity even more. Out of the millions who auditioned, the following are the Top 9 who have cleared gala rounds are:
1.Vipul Mehta
Age: 21 years
This multitasker and talented lad from Amristar, considers Md.Rafi ji as his idol, and is a student of mass communication, Vipul aspires to sing and compose songs all by himself. With singing running down his veins, Vipul is blessed with a melodious voice. He derives inspiration from Salim and loves his works and voice. Besides singing he is really passionate about cars.
Home Town:Patna
Age: 16 years
The youngest and most notorious of the lot, she is a dynamite that explodes into melodies everytime she hits the floor. She has made many eyes rolling and has proved to be one of the strongest contestants on the show with full chances of bagging the title. She wants to set a record of winning the Title of Indian Idol at the tender age of 16 marking her as the youngest one to win. Cheerful, vivacious, and naughty, Ritika sways souls with her beautiful voice.
Home Town: Ludhiana
Age: 17 years
Punjabi munda who according to Lata Didi, sings "terrific" with his introvertness and calm nature doesn't love having addas or fun with his friends, is totally dedicated to singing.He loves spending time with his Guruji. Aspiring to be a playback singer like Sonu Nigam, Devendra is really hard working and struggles very hard towards his goals.
Home Town: Cuttack
Age: 23 years
One with mellifluous voice and natural sweetness, Sohini, a student of BioTech, does playback for Oriya Cinema, and is very emotional in nature. She is mischievous as well and loves to play pranks. Her simplicity is her weapon and when she sings people are left awed by her singing.
Home Town: Bihar
Age: 25 years
From Bihar originally but Amitabh has spent his past 8 years in Mumbai, he loves singing and has previously sung for some movies. He is a singer but dreams of being a professional singer. His favorite judge is Anuji and loves his compositions. Trained in classical, Amitabh wants to pursue his career in singing and has family support backing him up.
Home Town: Mumbai
Age: 25 years
Professional singing is in his genes , Kaushik is a musician and has done shows. Both his parents are professional singers. Kaushik wants to win the title for himself and in turn making his parents proud of him. His favorite judge is Salim Merchant and idolizes Shanjar Mahadevan. He wants to make it big in the industry.
Home Town: Chandigarh
Age: 18 years
She loves jazz, she has just given her class XII Boards, she wants to take up singing professionally, Poorvi has that magic touch in her voice that is required to win the Indian Idol. She pens downs her songs, loves listening to music, loves reading and experiments with her voice and innovates beautifully.
Home Town: Delhi
Age: 18 years
Fun-loving, bubbly and cheery girl from the city of hearts is emotional too. Deepika loves Michael Jackson and his songs. She wants to be the Indian Idol for her family. She is very unpredictable according to her friends and can be totally crazy. She has what it takes to reach the summit.
Home Town: Amritsar
Age: 20 years
The versatile Amit wants that his father should retire from their family business of barbering, and wants to sing beautifully. He spends time listening to music and wants to support his family. He loves Anuji and his music and hums them. He loves hanging out with his friends and watching movies.
Home Town: Banswara, Rajasthan
Age: 24 years
This shy guy with a genuine voice is up for winning millions of hearts and has quality singing coming out from his voice-box. Quite unpredictable as his friends put, Charit is one simple guy with loads of extreme emotions in him. He loves Sunidhi Chauhan and Anu Malik, and desperately wants to win Indian Idol 6.


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Soundings in St. Augustine's Imagination
As a young student in Paris, O'Connell was first enamored of the intriguing artistic imagery of Augustine's works. The imagery continued to impress him as his scholarship continued. Now, after many years of research and regarding study on the topic, a thorough treatment of Augustine's image clustersis revealed in this volume, Soundings in St. Augustine's Imagination. That St. Augustine's writings are empowered by use of poetic imagery is of interest to readers of philosophy, theology, as well as language. In this work, Augustine's imagery is used as a basis to shed light on some of his thought which had previously puzzled the scholarly world. Soundings in St. Augustine's Imagination is an imperative addition to any philosophical library and a rich reward for all intrigued by his dramatic use of language and metaphor.
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Seeking string instrumental similar to: http://youtu.be/qZnvFNBgFNA
This is how my strings sound, but I can customize it to go with your video
Hi, this is string instrumental.http://audiojungle.net/item/dramatic/2568430
Thank you for listening.
Not exactly the same and shorter, but also good for some motivational background.
This is what I can offer:http://audiojungle.net/item/developing-success/2751331?sso
string driven, positive feel. hope you enjoy
No strings here but similar mood, if you want to try something different:
What about that: ? https://soundcloud.com/matsteiner/cello-demo
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Symantec Goes Into The Cloud With Email Filtering
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Symantec today announced its acquisition of MessageLabs, a 520-person UK-based email filtering and security vendor. Given the cost and hassles that information & knowledge management professionls (IKM Pros) have keeping email spam down to a dull roar and keeping viruses outside the firewall, this is a great move for Symantec. And now IKM pros with deep Symantec relationships have a simple choice: Keep email filtering on-premise (and pay up front and on-going) or outsource that annoying task to Symantec MessageLabs (and pay by the month).
My colleague Chris Voce and I have been doing research into the costs and challenges of on-premise email versus cloud-based email. (We'll publish a report in the next month or so with the details, but Forrester clients can contact us if they want to talk now about email in the cloud or the cost of email.)
A few things have popped out of the research:
- Firms don't know what their email costs. It's easy enough to calculate the server and mail client costs, but the other costs -- administration, server and software maintenance, email filtering administration, storage, data center operations -- are usually swept under the carpet. When firms calculate a fully loaded cost per user, they will be shocked.
- Email in the cloud is cheaper in many sitations. Once you calculate a fully loaded cost of email, it's easy to do the price comparison with hosted Exchange, Microsoft's Online Services, or Google. Depending on the number of users, the services required, and the efficiency of your IT organization, it is often cheaper to use cloud-based email for everybody.
- Email in the cloud is always cheaper for occasional users. Users that don't have big storage needs or require an installed email client can always be moved to the cloud. "Domain splitting" is the term of art for moving some users onto a cloud-based service like Gmail (which costs $50 per user per year for email, instant messaging, documents, and team sites). Try beating that price with Exchange/Outlook or Domino/Notes on-premise. But even hosted Exchange solutions are cheaper for occasional users.
- "Hybrid" models are almost always a financial and opportunity cost win. Where Symantec (and MessageLabs) got it right is this: Keeping mailboxes on-premise and outsourcing email filtering (and possibly Web traffic filtering, IM filtering, archiving, and the like) is often cheaper and is always a good idea for freeing up IT's time. Since when is it a core competency to maintain the latest virus databases? Only for Symantec and MessageLabs.
The report will present a detailed cost model that you can tailor to your situations, market data from 50 firms and 10 email providers, and a deep analysis of the costs for different kinds of users and different company types.
I think that this is a smart acquisition by Symantec, even at 5 times revenue. Have another point of view or an experience with MessageLabs to share? Please let me know.
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Pray for Patti and Tim Long, training leaders and helping educate children with special needs in Baja, Mexico,May 23, 2012
Patti and Tim Long, missionaries in Mexico
Tim and Patti minister in leadership training by the Baja Baptist Convention, Dios Con Nosotros (God With Us). They help in the acculturation process of the many people who relocate to the Baja Peninsula of Mexico from other areas in Mexico.
They write: The Monte Horeb Grade School in Tijuana continues to be a beacon of hope in difficult times. With over 100 children ready to finish the school year and some 30 of them being children with special needs, the school has become a unique place where those with disabilities are welcomed, loved and made an integral part of the whole school community. Already 5 new students with special needs have enrolled for classes come August. How thankful we are for the support of so many who give scholarships through the STEP program of International Ministries. These scholarships undergird the program and assure that basic expenses can be met.
There is much good news coming out of Mexicali as well. With more full and part time students than in the past 15 years, the Baptist Seminary is a busy place. Stephen and Sheila Heneise, former IM missionaries in Nicaragua and Chile, are teachers in residence for the semester at the Seminary, having been given a sabbatical from their pastoral responsibilities in Blue Hill, Maine; great to hear such good reports from them and from the Seminary community, as they humbly live and share more of what it means to be a follower of Christ. Graduation is set for June 23rd when three students, Moisés, Cristina, and Jesús will graduate from the four year program.
And finally, it is a presidential election year in Mexico as well as in the United States. Come July, there will be a new president-elect and most likely one from a different party than has governed the last 12 years. We all would appreciate your prayers during this transition time in Mexican history.
• Pray for Patti and Tim as they minister is so many diverse ways in Tijuana, Mexico.
• Pray for the children, parents and staff of the Mount Horeb Baptist Grade School in Tijuana.
• Pray for the students being trained for ministry at the Baptist Seminary in Mexicali.
• Pray for Sheila and Stephen Heneise as they spend this semester volunteering as teachers at the seminary.


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Utah's 'other' power forward had a pretty good night, too.
While Carlos Boozer led the Jazz to a 105-86 victory over Chicago on Thanksgiving at EnergySolutions Arena, Paul Millsap also made a major contribution.
Millsap finished with 12 points and nine rebounds in only 29 minutes. He was on the floor when Utah took control against the road-weary Bulls.
"He's so good," said Boozer, who finished with 28 points. "We have a diamond in the rough in Paul. ... He does such a great job. We have a great luxury having Paul come off the bench for us."
Millsap played the final 4:22 of the first quarter and did not score.
He was outstanding early in the second quarter, however, when Utah built a 45-28 lead.
"Just trying to be aggressive, trying to push the tempo," Millsap said. "Just doing what I've been trying to do all year."
The Jazz were nursing a 28-22 lead when their defense forced turnovers on Chicago's opening two possessions.
Deron Williams converted the first one and Millsap, running the floor effectively, scored a layup to give Utah a 10-point advantage.
On the Jazz's next possession, the Bulls backed away from Millsap as he stood just behind the free-throw line.
Dared to shoot, Millsap pulled the trigger on an 18-footer. He buried it, continuing Utah's explosion.
"You have to shoot the ball," Millsap said. "I have to make them respect me out there. A lot of people haven't really seen me shoot that shot. [But] I know I'm capable of shooting it and capable of making it."
After the Jazz's fourth straight defensive stop, Eric Maynor missed a runner. But Millsap cleaned up, giving him six points in a span of 76 seconds.
His final basket during a 17-6 run came with 8:56 remaining in the half. He took a pass from Boozer and dropped in a tough-angle layup.
Millsap finished with eight points and six rebounds in 11:47 in the first half, when the Jazz built a 57-40 lead.
Millsap had an immediate impact in the third quarter, too.
He had just entered the game when the Bulls' Derrick Rose went to the basket and attempted a layup.
With authority, Millsap blocked the shot and triggered a fast break, which ended with Wesley Mathews' slam dunk that gave Utah a 73-54 lead.
"He drove baseline," Millsap said. "... I waited for him and was able to time it just right."
Going into the Jazz-Bulls game, Millsap had been on his best roll of the season.
In a six-game stretch, he reached double figures five times.
Millsap averaged 13 points on 33-of-54 shooting. He also averaged 5.5 rebounds despite playing more than 34 minutes just once.


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Get your old school game on
Subject: General Tech | November 5, 2014 - 01:22 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: internet arcade, retro, gaming
Fire up your browser, currently Firefox is the best choice, then load up games you haven't played in over 20 years; or find out what people are talking about when they remininsce about the good old days of arcades. Using JSMAME the Internet Archive has brought back hundreds of MAME cabinet games going back to the 70's, the majority of which are playable to some degree. There is a tech support forum as well as a link to contact the curator of the page if you encounter issues with launching or sound and other technical problems. The one thing that they can't help you with is the games with special controllers that just physically do not translate to mouse and keyboard or gamepad, you might have to think about creating and programming one if you want the rotating joystick from Victory Road.
If you need more modern games to satisfy you, the Fragging Frogs are up to a little something this weekend.
"The Internet Arcade is a web-based library of arcade (coin-operated) video games from the 1970s through to the 1990s, emulated in JSMAME, part of the JSMESS software package. Containing hundreds of games ranging through many different genres and styles, the Arcade provides research, comparison, and entertainment in the realm of the Video Game Arcade."
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- Icewind Dale Enhanced Edition @ Beamdog
- Atari Video Game Burial Hits Ebay @ Hack a Day
- Far Cry 4 Story Trailer Reminds You There's A Story
- Rockstar shows off first-person GTA V experience @ HEXUS
- Lords of the Fallen @ The Inquirer
- How to make money playing games - Kitguru TV speaks with Fnatic COO
- Nvidia Shield Gaming Tablet @ eTeknix
- NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet Review @ OCC
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Roccat Offering Ryos Tenkeyless Pro Mechanical Gaming Keyboard With Cherry MX Switches
Subject: General Tech | November 2, 2014 - 12:59 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: TKL, tenkeyless, roccat, mechanical keyboard, gaming, Cherry MX
Roccat recently launched a slick new mechanical keyboard called the Ryos TKL Pro. The "TKL" in the name stands for "tenkeyless" and signifies the lack of a number pad. The new keyboard features your choice of Cherry MX switches in a glossy black (micro dot finish) frame with raised keys and a large palm rest with thumb buttons. The keyboard further packs in two ARM Cortex processors and 2MB of flash to store up to 470 macros and drive the per-key LED backlighting. Developed and tested by professional StarCraft II gamer HyuN, the Ryos TKL Pro is a cool looking bit of hardware that is available now with a MSRP of $140.
The Ryos TKL Pro measures 23.3 cm x 40.4 cm and holds 91 programmable keys. The keyboard connects via a 1.8 meter braided USB cable. It sits on five rubber feet with two being retractable risers. The mechanical keyboard supports USB report rates of 1000Hz and 1ms response times as well as N-key rollover anti-ghosting technology. The onboard memory allows users to store macros and secondary key functions when using the EasyShift+ and FN keys. The Ryos TKL Pro supports per-key illumination with special effects allowing any number of keys to be lit up while the rest remain dark. It can be configured to illuminate only the keys used in game, for instance.
Roccat has chosen Cherry MX switches for the Ryos TKL Pro like its larger Ryos MK Pro sibling. Specifically, gamers will be able to select models sporting Cherry MX blue, black, brown or red switches.
Other features include support for Roccat R.A.D. software to display game stats and achievements and Roccat Talk to interface with other Roccat gear.
The Ryos TKL Pro incorporates most of the features of the Ryos MK Pro into a more compact design. (You mainly give up the USB/audio hub and dedicated macro keys). If you are looking to ditch your number pad (and while this keyboard looks cool, I could not live without the good ole' num pad!) it might be worth looking into for your next keyboard. It is available now for $140.
Read more about mechanical keyboards at PC Perspective.
Mini-ITX Sized Package with a Full Sized GPU
PC components seem to be getting smaller. Micro-ATX used to not be very popular for the mainstream enthusiast, but that has changed as of late. Mini-ITX is now the hot form factor these days with plenty of integrated features on motherboards and interesting case designs to house them in. Enthusiast graphics cards tend to be big, and that is a problem for some of these small cases. Manufacturers are responding to this by squeezing every ounce of cooling performance into smaller cards that more adequately fit in these small chassis.
MSI is currently offering their midrange cards in these mini-ITX liveries. The card we have today is the GTX 760 Mini-ITX Gaming. The GTX 760 is a fairly popular card due to it being fairly quick, but not too expensive. It is still based on the GK104, though fairly heavily cut down from a fully functional die. The GTX 760 features 1152 CUDA Cores divided into 6 SMXs. A fully functional GK104 is 1536 CUDA Cores and 8 SMXs. The stock clock on the GTX 760 is 980 MHz with a boost up to 1033 MHz.
The pricing for the GTX 760 cards is actually fairly high as compared to similarly performing products from AMD. NVIDIA feels that they offer a very solid product at that price and do not need to compete directly with AMD on a performance per dollar basis. Considering that NVIDIA has stayed very steady in terms of marketshare, they probably have a valid point. Overall the GTX 760 performs in the same general area as a R9 270X and R9 280, but again the AMD parts have a significant advantage in terms of price.
The challenges for making a high performing, small form factor card are focused on power delivery and thermal dissipation. Can the smaller PCB still have enough space for all of the VRMs required with such a design? Can the manufacturer develop a cooling solution that will keep the GPU in the designed thermal envelope? MSI has taken a shot at these issues with their GTX 760 Mini-ITX OC edition card.
Continue reading our review of the MSI GTX 760 Mini-ITX Graphics Card!!
Skyrim on Frostbite ... no not the engine
Subject: General Tech | October 29, 2014 - 01:45 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: gaming, skyrim, frostfall
Last week RPS engaged in a bit of a theme, reviewing various survival games which is a genre which has really taken off this year. Perhaps the most interesting was this article describing life with mods that make Skyrim into a much colder place to live, with frostbite becoming a serious concern as well as weather effects which are far more than just eye candy. They also chose a mod which disables fast travel and removes dragons and the Dragonborn, instead playing a random outlaw out for an adventure. All told this makes for a very different game than the vanilla and for those really looking for a new experience there is a comprehensive list of survival mods in this post, check out the comments below as well if you want to start counting your calories.
If you prefer survival of the fittest in a multiplayer game, then drop the single player mods and check out what the Fragging Frogs are up to this week.
Drinking also has an effect.
"But more importantly, Meeko kept me warm in Skyrim's deadly mountain passes. One of the mods I have installed is Frostfall, which gives the player a few extra things to worry about. Exposure can leave you freezing to death, while being wet means you succumb to the cold even faster. You have to keep yourself warm at fires and fill up on hot soups to keep your 'exposure meter' from dropping too low. Once, I tried to swim across a small, icy river and before I could get a fire going on the opposite shore I passed out from hypothermia. I woke up in a familiar inn, penniless, frostbitten and with this note in my pocket."
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Borderland lunacy abounds
Subject: General Tech | October 22, 2014 - 01:49 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: gaming, borderlands: the pre-sequel
As you may have noticed, Ryan and the gang from NVIDIA have been playing Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel and giving out lots of prizes to viewers. That is certainly enough to make anyone think positively about the newest installment of Gearbox's series, but how is the game its self? Several familiar characters make an appearance, albeit in slightly different roles than either of the previous games nor do gravity or oxygen remain as they were. Does the zany dialogue and cartoony graphics provide as much fun as the other games or has the series already reached its peak? As usual Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN have thoughts on that topic to share with you.
"It's a little tricky to avoid feeling that a review of The Pre-Sequel (!) is superfluous. Surely everyone in the world has had a taste of Borderlands at this point, and have made their minds up about it? This is very much more of that same formula, with zaniness turned up to… What's that, Steve? You've never played a Borderlands game? Wow."
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- To The Moon! Borderlands: Pre-Sequel Preview-Review @ Techgage
- F.E.A.R. Online Is Free-To-Play On Steam @ [H]ard|OCP
- Wot I Think: Legend Of Grimrock 2 @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Civ: Beyond Earth's Intro Recreates Science Victory @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Lights off, nappies on! It's Alien: Isolation and The Evil Within @ The Register
- In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream - Alien: Isolation Review @ Techgage
- Wot I Think – Styx: Master Of Shadows @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Review @ OCC
- Sleeping Dogs 2-Years Later Review @ OCC
- Civilization: Beyond Earth Linux and Mac release dates confirmed @ HEXUS
- Tunnel Vision: Alien Eyes Sore Jubilation @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Back In Flashblack: Jagged Alliance Again @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
Gigabyte Packs Factory Overclocked GTX 970 GPU Into Mini ITX Card
Subject: Graphics Cards | October 21, 2014 - 06:42 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: maxwell, nvidia, gaming, mini ITX, small form factor, GTX 970, GM204, gigabyte
Gigabyte has announced a new miniature graphics card based around NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 970 GPU. The upcoming card is a dual slot, single fan design that is even shorter than the existing GTX 970 graphics cards (which are fairly short themselves). Officially known as the GV-N970IXOC-4GD, the miniaturized GTX 970 will be available for your small form factor (Mini ITX) systems in November for around $330.
The new Mini ITX compatible graphics card packs in a factory overclocked GeForce GTX 970 processor, 4GB of video memory, a custom PCB, and a custom WindForce-inspired cooler into a graphics card that is smaller than any of the existing GTX 970 cards. Gigabyte is using a custom design with a single 8-pin PCI-E power connector instead of two 6-pin connectors from the reference design or the 6-pin plus 8-pin from manufacturers like EVGA. The single power connector means less cabling to route (and
successfully attempt to hide heh) and better small form factor PSU compatibility. The cooler is an aluminum fin array with three copper heatpipes paired with a single shrouded fan.
The tiny card comes factory overclocked at 1076 MHz base and 1216 MHz boost, which is a respectable boost over the reference specifications. For reference, the GeForce GTX 970 processor is a 28nm chip using NVIDIA's GM204 "Maxwell" architecture with 1664 CUDA cores clocked at 1051 MHz base and 1178 MHz boost. It appears that Gigabyte has left the 4GB of GDDR5 untouched at 7.0 GT/s.
|Gigabyte GTX 970 Mini ITX
Reference GTX 970
|CUDA Cores
|Core (MHz)
|Core (MHz) Boost
|Memory Rate
|7.0 (GT/s)
|7.0 (GT/s)
|Memory Width
|Process Node
|PCI-E Power
|1x 8-pin
|2x 6-pin
|DirectX Version
The display output on the miniature Gigabyte card differs slightly from the reference design with the addition of a DVI-D connection.
- 3 x DisplayPort
- 1 x HDMI
- 1 x DVI-I
- 1 x DVI-D
According to Gigabyte, its custom cooler resulted in lower temperatures versus the reference design. The company claims that when running Metro: Last Light, the Mini ITX Gigabyte GTX 970 GPU ran at 62°C versus a reference design hitting 76°C running the same game. If true, the Gigabyte cooler is capable of keeping the card significantly cooler while taking up less space (though fan speeds and sound levels were not mentioned, nor compared to other custom coolers).
The small form factor friendly GTX 970 is coming next month with a MSRP of $329.99. Are you excited?
What are the folks who didn't make the cut at Irrational Games doing now?
Subject: General Tech | October 8, 2014 - 01:14 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Day For Night Games, The Black Glove, irrational, gaming
Watch the Kickstarter video from Day For Night Games and you will see a lot of Bioshock DNA in The Blck Glove, but not a lot of bloodshed. Instead of hordes of Splicers to take down in a variety of ways there are three artists whose creations you can improve by changing their past Muse, Medium or Message and instead of Big Daddy there is a ... Space Minotaur? You take the role of curator for The Equinox, a rather surreal 1920's theatre with three exhibits, the artist Marisol, the filmmaker Avery Arnault, and musical act Many Embers. By overcoming the Space Minotaur in a variety of minigames you can change the past of these three artists to completely change and hopefully improve their creations in the games present. The focus will be on the amount of times you can replay the game as each of the three categories will have three sub-categories which leads to many possible outcomes for the three artists creations. Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN offers their thoughts on this project here.
This may not end up being as much of a hit as Bioshock multiplayer did with the Fragging Frogs but there will likely be a few members who do end up picking it up. In the meantime BF4, ARMA2 and 3, UT2K4 and a wide variety of other games remain popular and more importantly, populated with players. Check out what they will be up to tonight!
"The Black Glove is a new project from a selection of the developers who worked on Bioshock, from the first game right up until Burial at Sea and the winding down of Irrational. It has instantly become one of the games I'm most looking forward to seeing more of, although that's partly because there's not quite enough on show right now."
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- Styx: Master Of Shadows Launches Trailer From Darkness @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare @ The Inquirer
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare @ The Inquirer
- Wot I Think: Alien – Isolation @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Latest Far Cry 4 trailer gives an in-depth look at game weaponry @ HEXUS
- Wot I Think Now I've Finished Shadow Of Mordor @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
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Introduction and Design
A little over a year ago, we posted our review of the Lenovo Y500, which was a gaming notebook that leveraged not one, but two discrete video adapters (2 x NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M in SLI, to be exact) to achieve respectable gaming performance at a reasonable price point (around $1,200 at the time of the review).
Well—take away nearly a pound of weight (to 5.7 lbs), slim the case down to around an inch thick, update the chipset, and remove one video card, and you've got the Lenovo Y50 Touch, which ought to be able to improve upon the Y500 in nearly every area if the specifications add up to typical results. Here's the full list of what our review unit includes:
While the GTX 860M (2 GB) is a far cry from, say, the GTX 880M (8 GB) we had the pleasure of testing in MSI's GT70 2PE, it's still a very capable card that should provide satisfactory results without breaking the bank (or the back). The rest of the spec sheet is conventional fare for a budget gaming notebook, with the only other surprise being the inclusion of a touchscreen—an option which replaces the traditional matte LCD panel in the standard Y50.
The configuration we received has already been slightly updated to include a CPU that's a nudge better than the i7-4700HQ: the i7-4710HQ (which gains it 100 MHz in Turbo Boost clock rate). Otherwise, the specs are identical, and the street price is very close to that of the Y500 we originally reviewed: $1,139. Currently, an extra 10 bucks will also score you an external DVD+/-RW drive, and just 90 bucks more will boost your GTX 860M's VRAM to 4 GB (from 2 GB) and your system RAM to 16 GB from 8 GB. That's really not a bad deal at all.
Continue reading our review of the Lenovo Y50 Touch Gaming Notebook!!
Fan-made 2D Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (PC)
Subject: General Tech | October 1, 2014 - 05:32 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: zelda, 2d, fan-made, gaming
Hopefully this project will neither become abandoned, like a couple of attempts before it, nor shut down by Nintendo. The Legend of Zelda: OoT2D is an unofficial, fan-made game for the PC that takes the story and design of Ocarina of Time and builds it around A Link to the Past's artistic design. The most interesting part, for me, is how they will redesign the puzzles and dungeons into a different basis. I would like to compare all three games, Ocarina of Time, A Link to the Past, and the fan-made 2D OoT remake.
The team built their own engine for this game. To preserve the pixelation, you can use the escape key to select from one of four sizes that prevent art pixels from being spilled between physical ones, creating a blur. The UX is a bit counter-intuitive, but they offer a lot of the customization that PC gamers would love.
The game is not done yet, but a demo is provided. I tried it. It works.
Ancient Space doesn't uncover much that is new
Subject: General Tech | October 1, 2014 - 02:26 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: gaming, ancient space, letdown
It seems that Ancient Space is not quite living up to the hype surrounding the cast of Sci-Fi stars and Homeworld like appearance. From what Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN found the story was lacklustre even with recognizable voices and while the gameplay was enjoyable it was lacking that brilliance which made Homeworld so memorable. It is a beautiful game and it does actually have some new features like Captains which can be swapped to give different buffs to your ships but overall they were a bit let down. You can grab it on Steam but you might want to consider some of the Homeworld and Homeworld 2 mods to tide you over until the remastered versions are released.
If you do find a mod you like you might be able to talk one or more of the Fragging Frogs into playing a game with you, otherwise keep an eye on their Forum for the games they will be playing this week.
"That's not to say Ancient Space is a terrible game: it's actually not ever bad in any dramatic sense, it just doesn't do anything particularly exciting. It's disappointing. Beautiful, but disappointing. There's your three word summary."
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