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Shamrock is on the gear....Admits it...
UFC Hall of Famer and MMA trailblazer Ken Shamrock admits he used steroids during his career.
Your not alone Kenny boy.
Josh Barnett: 2002 (UFC 36)
Tim Sylvia: 2003 (UFC 44)
Kimo: 2004 (UFC 48)
Nate Marquardt: 2005 (UFN 1)
Vitor Belfort: 2006 (Pride 32)
Pawel Nastula: 2006 (Pride 32)
Stephan Bonnar: 2006 (UFC 62)
Kimo: 2006 (WEC)
Kit Cope: 2007 (WEC 25)
Johnny Morton: 2007 (DYNAMITE)
Royce Gracie: 2007 (DYNAMITE)
Phil Baroni: 2007 (Strikeforce)
Sean Sherk: 2007 (UFC 73)
Hermes Franca: 2007 (UFC 73)
Anthony Torres: 2007 (UFC 75)
Bill Mahood: 2007 (Strikeforce)
Adam Smith: 2007 (Strikeforce)
Jason Winthers: 2007 (Rebel Fights)
Rueben Villareal: 2007 (WCO)
Dennis Hallman: 2007 (Strikeforce)
Alexander Crispin: 2007 (Strikeforce)
Alexandre Nogueira: 2008 (WEC 38)
Antonio Silva: 2008 (EliteXC)
Edwin Dewees: 2008 (Affliction)
Chris Leben: 2008 (UFC 89)
Kirill Sidelnikov: 2008 (Affliction)
Ken Shamrock: 2009 (WarGods)
Josh Barnett: 2009 (Affliction)
Cole Provence: 2009 (WEC)
Topic seems rather relevant seeing that Kos is pointing the finger at GSP. Well, he has just "Heard stuff....".
**edit** - Link to MMA steriod busts....
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I got in major trouble after UFC 6 when I said I had no doubt Ken was on the juice.
Yet, here we are....."Out of every hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back." -- Hericletus, circa 500 BC
is this news to anyone?
If so why? I got news for you people - when you're playing a sport for large sums of money you're going to take drugs that make you better at it. The only difference between atheletes is some of them game the system and some of them sneak around it. And I guess some of them are Roy Nelson.There's no choice but to confront you, to engage you, to erase you. I've gone to great lengths to expand my threshold of pain. I will use my mistakes against you. There's no other choice.
You jest but I'm to the point where I honestly think the people that care about steroid use really are a second marketThere's no choice but to confront you, to engage you, to erase you. I've gone to great lengths to expand my threshold of pain. I will use my mistakes against you. There's no other choice.
This rings of when Royce got tested positive for steroids; it's pretty clear to anyone who's ever looked at Royce that he isn't doing it to carve up, but the guy was in his 40's. It's going be pretty damn hard for his body to train and recover the way a 20 year old's would.The fool thinks himself immortal,
If he hold back from battle;
But old age will grant him no truce,
Even if spears spare him.
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in _CodeSmith.NetTiers_cst.Go() in c:\Users\riccardo.barbi\Documents\CodeSmith Generator\Samples\v6.0\Templates\Frameworks\NetTiers\NetTiers.cst:riga 1914
And no SQL Command for stored procedures is generated
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Thanks for your week answer,
But i've already try it.
The file procedures.sql is empty and when i execute it in a project i recive this error:
Is impossible to load the file or assembly 'ContrattiERegistrazioniDb.Data.SqlClient'
why sqlClient and not OracleClient?
tnks a lot
and if I correct the web.config file by replacyng sqlclient to OracleClient is returned this errors:
ORA-06550: line 1, column 7:
PLS-00201: identifier 'PRIMO.REGISTRAZIONE_GET_LIST' must be declared
PL/SQL: Statement ignored
What schema provider did you configure when creating your oracle connection. Did you use the OracleSchemaProvider?
Yes i select oracleschemaprovider and i recive a good respinse by connetton
I took a look and you need to set the ExecuteSql property to false in the templates. Also you need to run the generated procedures located in the ProjectName.SQL\procedures.sql file in SQL Plus or an Oracle IDE
Hi, when i disable ExecuteSql property, the procedures.sql file was empty, and i recive one errors about the XML file...
the errors:
System.Xml.XmlException:XML declaration is unexpected. The XML declaration must be the first node in the document and must not be preceded by white space. Riga 2, posizione 3.
in System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
in System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String arg)
in System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParsePI(StringBuilder piInDtdStringBuilder)
in System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
in System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
in System.Xml.XPath.XPathDocument.LoadFromReader(XmlReader reader, XmlSpace space)
in System.Xml.XPath.XPathDocument..ctor(String uri, XmlSpace space)
in System.Xml.XPath.XPathDocument..ctor(String uri)
in _CodeSmith.NetTiers_cst.Go() in c:\Users\x\Documents\CodeSmith Generator\Samples\v6.0\Templates\Frameworks\NetTiers\NetTiers.cst:riga 1884
Generation complete. Execution time: 00:00:13.6153160
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I've installed on my machine the oracle 11.2g.
That error is being thrown because that generated procedures.xml file doesn't exist or is invalid. Is there any way you could send support a sample oracle schema that can reproduce this as well as your csp file and I'll try reproducing this under my oracle 11.2g vm.
this is my spfile, please keep me updated.
Could you please attach a create script or backup file. The .Ora file (www.fileinfo.com/.../ora) doesn't contain any schema information.
The same problem, please help. I am using Oracle 11g, my procedures.sql is empty,too.
Hey sophie,
Could you attach your csp file, as well as describe how many tables/views/stored procedures you are trying to generate against. I just committed a nightly build yesterday that fixed a bug with Oracle and have a vm set up for testing.
I have 18 tables, no view , and no stored procedure.
Where I can find my csp file?
I have tried your 'nightly builds' (R889) , but the 'procedures.sql ' still empty.
Here is my report.html
You would just need to click on the save button at the top of the property grid to save your settings to a csp.

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Originally posted by aesperus
Housing, chocobo breeding and an in-depth crafting system are all alternative progression systems beyond combat and gearing. Expect more in the future as well.
Honestly the housing alone is a throwback to more oldschool MMOs simply because the genre has tried to kill the feature for years now. Mob grinding is also a viable leveling method where most recent MMOs have done their utmost to gut that in favour of quests. Personally I would use the term 'traditional' rather than oldschool though. There is a huge audience for a traditional MMO right now in a sea of nothing but shallow action-MMOs.
Ironically, whilst the graphics are nice, they don't have much impact on my opinion of the game. My personal biggest draw is the 'all classes on one character' thing. I still don't get why more MMOs don't adopt it... it encourages players to play everything the game has to offer and effectively multiplies the level cap by the number of classes available. It also solves the dilemma of which character to focus on and makes it much easier to socialise and be recognised by players you've met before. It was amazing in XI and it'll be amazing for XIV.
When Blizzard released WoW they didn't really do anything new... they just polished all the popular features and mechanics of the genre to a point where they made a fantastic package. The way I see it SquareEnix is doing the same in their own way. I don't expect the game to be as successful as WoW (I believe Yoshi's goal is about 400k subscribers) but there is no doubt in my mind that they have achieved the same thing in terms of polish.
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Joined: 8/01/09
"Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world."
I think how they have handled character progression in terms of leveling multiple classes and cross-class skills is actually pretty innovative. I have not played any other MMO that does this, much less does it well. As a registered alt-oholic in every MMO I have ever played this feature alone makes this game a win for me.
Beyond that, the game just does what it does very well. Yes, outside of what I mentioned above, there is not much "new" here, but for those of us who actually LIKE the old way of doing things and also LIKE final fantasy, ARR melds the two really well.
I very much enjoy standard MMO tropes, what has prevented me from sticking with other MMOs in recent years is addressed here.
I quit EQ waaay back, simply because the game was getting old and dated. Otherwise I would have kept playing it. I played it for many, many years.
I quit WoW a few years ago after playing it for many years, not because I didn't find the game fun anymore but because my main focus in WoW was raiding and they made raiding "too easy". It bored me once they made it so easily accessible. But even then, I likely would have kept playing it IF there was a way for me to queue for hard-mode dungeon runs on my max-level character while leveling a low level alt. This is simply not an option though. In WoW you have to stay on the character you are working on while waiting. Too boring, game over, I quit. FFXIV ARR addresses this problem very nicely.
Other than the two above games, I have not played any other MMO for an extended period. None of them felt that much different than WoW and pretty much all of them came with the same "issues" I listed for WoW so I did not see any point.
ARR addresses what few issues I had with the other MMOs while still keeping all of the things I enjoy. And it doesn't have a cash shop (I HATE cash shops). Looking very forward to playing it long term.
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Originally posted by aesperus
Ok, perhaps I hyperbolized the leveling and gear part, as that is very much a part of the game. But it's not the ONLY thing. You have so much gated content, which I like, behind the leveling instead of just getting gear to fight the big bad boss. From the chocobo mount to getting one as a companion later, to housing and all that entail to the guild hests and guild leves as well as side quests and various mobs. I can level to 50 and not feel wierd switching to a new class and leveling that up for a different experience to cap. Let's see, after playing FFXI I'm sure this game will add similar or newer game systems like Behest and those other odd named events I can't remember where you had to escort an npc as a raid through a monster filled dungeon for various rewards. Those have nothing to do with "leveling" and are side activities that are different and fun. And that's just one or 2 examples from a game that is 11 years old and has a ton more things to do along the same lines of that side activity.
Now, you are complaining about Old school, to you it's not, but to me it is. I started playing with SWG and then FFXI and it feels like FFXI to me, just with today's modern conviences and more intuitive and flowing combat and movement. It doesn't need to look 8 bit or play like UO/EQ(games I can't stand control/graphic wise by the way) to feel oldschool.
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Joined: 8/18/08
If you played 1.0 and then played 2.0 or ARR then you'll understand the difference. It's not always about graphics, which you irrated. And of course the story in 2,0 takes place after 1.0.
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Joined: 9/25/12
It offers the promise of new (and hopefully at least somewhat challenging) group content to conquer, and unlike GW2 it does so while giving you a reason to continue doing it once you've capped out in levels ... because harder stuff, requiring the skill, gear, and teamwork one acquires/develops in earlier content, is coming.
Now, whether it can actually deliver on that promise, we'll find out in a month or two. Plenty of games offer the same thing and fail at it. In that sesnse FFXIV:ARR just happens to be the next opportunity for the industry to get it right at a time when other games have been moving away from trying at all.
In addition to progression content, however, it also offers other areas of focus. We don't know how robust the PvP play will really be, but the crafting, exploration, and story experiences are well-developed and there's a certain "gotta catch 'em all" mentality build into the game as well (not regarding pets of any kind, but in the sense that the came has several features that appeal to the obsessive completionist).
The game also embraces it's Final Fantasy roots, which can be a big draw to people who have enjoyed the franchise (of which there are many).
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Joined: 7/18/13
Favorite MMO: Vanilla WoW
MMOs are always awesome the first 2/3 months before the min-max crowd takes over.
To get that experience with the very high quality polish I saw during beta leads me to believe this might be the best 2 months Ive had in gaming.
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Joined: 5/27/13
Originally posted by NagelRitter
This helps a ton. But....
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Joined: 2/26/05
IMO this game deserves to be giving a shot out of respect that the devs actually had the balls to revamp the game (don't we all wish blizzard did this with D3?). Also, after playing the beta and seeing how crazy polished it was gave SE another +1. I also tend to like MMOs more when they have a decent story line. No doubt about it, this game won't bring in millions of players, but I am sure it will have a decent amount of players and a good community once all the haters are gone after a month.
A game does not need to innovate to be good or else Wii U would be king of the console war. We have seen innovation in MMOs turn into pure gimmics or just not that great after you seen it 100s of times(rifts, GW2 hearts,Defiance).
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Joined: 12/02/07
Like many have posted before, I purchased and am planning to play because I want a new game that isn't FTP and doesn't rely on a cash shop to make its revenue.
And although I have never played a FF game before, I did play the beta last weekend and was impressed by the sheer "beginning" of it all.
I plan on sharing my MMO hobby between Vanguard and this game.
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Joined: 1/04/05
Originally posted by elocke
Aye, but outside housing (of which we know almost nothing about), it's still all level-based. Even your chocobo. (Which has it's strength tied to your character's level. And it's cosmetics (barding) tied to your Grand Company's lvl). Crafting is especially level AND gear based, as you need to lvl up to craft better things & be able to wear better armor (which is required to create some of the more difficult items, espcially if u want the High Quality result).
Not saying there isn't stuff to do besides killing things & dungeon crawling, but that is the bulk of the game as we know it, and it's all lvl / gear based. (except for housing, which we know practically nothing about, other than it's supposed to be in the game at launch)
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Joined: 11/04/10
People don't necessary look for new things but for better things.
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Joined: 9/26/04
Originally posted by kDeviL
Perhaps the answer is relatively simple.
Using the the features you have mentioned, perhaps FFXIV:ARR is simply a pleasing combination of "pretty graphics"+"detail"+"good story" ?
All those features have been done in other games (possibly even done better), but none of those games have combined all three into a single package.
There are certain genre's in literature that have been popular for decades. Thousands upon thousands of crime novels and detective mysteries are written every year. All of them use the standard plot elements that are characteristic of their genre (in MMO terms, they would all be "WoW clones"). Yet they all sell a good number of copies, and every few years one of them becomes a worldwide bestseller.
Entertainment doesn't always have to be "New and different" to succeed.
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Well, to sum it all up, I can /sit and my toon actually sits down on any chair or bed. This blows my mind as I have a huge chair fetish. <3
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Joined: 3/31/07
Originally posted by aesperus
just vertical progression? player and guild housing (which will be a major part of the game when it comes in), nuff said...A lot of what final fantasy is about is immersion and enjoying the world.
Most memorable games: AoC(Tryanny PvP), RIFT, GW, GW2, Ragnarok Online, Aion, FFXI, FFXIV, Secret World, League of Legends (Silver II rank)
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Joined: 2/20/10
Originally posted by kDeviL
It's a total package game that seems to emphasize group PvE and solid party mechanics. It's greatest weakness is probably it's combat, but even that's not bad... it just has pacing issues. For me it's kinda like Rift in that respect, it just covers all the bases; but unlike Rift the world/graphics/lore are not dull.
It's also the only new kid on the block for probably 6+ months down the road. Even a plain Jane MMO starts to look pretty good when there are no other girls around for miles.
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Joined: 10/24/12
Originally posted by kDeviL
i didnt bother reading everyone elses posts to much to read lol.
For me what draws me to the games is the sheer beauty of the world, the fully orchestrated music that changes from day to night. Night time in Ul'dah city is just so sereen and calm. It makes you want to sit with your party and chat and slimpy enjoy the high detail in the world.
i mean come on. its Square fracking enix. They dont skimp on the fluff.
As far as the gameplay goes i find it extremely smooth. No they didnt bring anything new. but the way they put it together it feels, sounds, and plays like new. To me it just really doesnt feel like a WoW clone even though its easily argueable as to why it is a wow clone.
OP i would strongly recommend this game to you. I play with an RP guild and we play at our own rate. It will take me a very long time to max level but im having so much fun roleplaying with my guild. Mind you we only got to RP during the beta testing. It wasnt alot of time but the game releases very soon so will have all the time in the world soon.
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Joined: 3/31/07
Originally posted by aesperus
crafting shouldnt count as your typical vertical progression because you dont need it to be viable in endgame. its probably even better skipping it altogether if you just wanted to become the best, fast- and just grind dungeons for gear. the fact that crafting in this game compared to other games is very in depth and enjoyable on its own (heck you can even collect cool armor for these roles) shows that the game ISNT just about dungeon grinding to max level, its about having fun doing random things, but feeling you are still progressing in some shape or form. you also cant just scoff at housing like its nothing. its like saying the SIMS franchise is nothing, which sells itself on "player housing." people will spent countless hours on making things look pretty. the fact that they are even implementing neighborhoods shows that they are dead serious about this feature, and that its not just some tacked on gimmick.
Most memorable games: AoC(Tryanny PvP), RIFT, GW, GW2, Ragnarok Online, Aion, FFXI, FFXIV, Secret World, League of Legends (Silver II rank)
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Originally posted by EndoRoboto
This right here fracking wins. lol
Joined: 12/12/04
We live for The One, we die for The One.
for me the major draw in ff is the crafting - i consider its crafting process the best i ever met in mmorpg, even better then vanguard which was so far my favorite


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Frustration of what was described as out-of-control spending by both the state and federal government, the need to defend Constitutional rights and a call for smaller government were common themes that speakers homed in on during the rally.
Resident Dennis Tomasko offered a "state of the union in a historical sense." He started his speech with a short history of the United States from its beginnings, a time in which he said there was courage and leadership. He then spoke of the present day, citing the ongoing partial government shutdown. He said the citizens of the United States were being "grounded," as they couldn't visit the Statue of Liberty and other national treasures.
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Websites such as ESPN and Yahoo host such competitions, in which participants assemble an imaginary lineup of real players and then track their team's progress based on the players' actual performance, and some offer prizes to the best-performing participants.
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Rated 5 out of 5Â by jvvarinny So Pretty AND Comfortable I usually wear a medium in FP sizing. Realizing that the look was roomy on the model, I ordered the small and it fits perfectly. This piece is so comfortable I wish I could wear it every day! The trim on the bottom really makes the look unique. I love it and would definitely recommend it. If you like things roomy, order your regular size, but I did better with a size down. 11.4.2013
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TechCrunch has the news that Google plans to open "a new set of APIs on November 5 that will allow developers to leverage Google's social graph data. They'll start with Orkut and iGoogle (Google's personalized home page), and expand from there to include Gmail, Google Talk and other Google services over time. On November 5 we'll likely see third party iGoogle gadgets that leverage Orkut's social graph information - the most basic implementation of what Google is planning. From there we may see a lot more - such as the ability to pull Orkut data outside of Google and into third party applications via the APIs."
The idea isn't surprising if you look at Google's renewed interest in orkut, a social network that didn't get too much traction in the US. orkut has recently added a new feature that shows updates from your friends and the new design leaves a lot of space for gadgets. Google didn't exploit the wealth of information from a social network and ignored that many of its other services could be even more valuable in the context of a trusted environment. For example, a news or a video recommended by many of your friends has an added value. Your search results could be better if you subscribe to recommendation feeds from orkut communities related to your interests.
An internal Google video showed that Google intends to integrate all of its communication apps and to create activity streams for each user. All the streams from your contacts could be aggregated in a single place that shows what's going on with the people you care about. A glimpse from this project is the recently launched Shared Stuff that lets you share web pages with your contacts and keep track of the shared items.
I think one of the problems that hinder Google's social plans is the distinction between Gmail contacts and orkut friends, which are two separate lists. Google tried to synchronize them with the Google Talk integration, that automatically added your orkut friends to the list of Gmail contacts. In the future, Google could create a special layer for "friends" in Gmail: those who get the list of broadcasted activities. The list of Gmail friends could include your orkut friends and the Google Talk contacts.
iGoogle, the personalized homepage, is another central point in Google's social plans. The homepage lets you create gadgets that can be shared with your friends, you can share tabs and customize the page using themes. The gadgets are similar to Facebook's applications, except that they don't have a social aspect.
Google intends to open this data to other developers and to other social networks. Brad Fitzpatrick, who now works at Google, wrote an interesting article last month that proposed the creation of a decentralized social graph that combines data from different social networks. "There doesn't exist a single social graph (or even multiple which interoperate) that's comprehensive and decentralized. Rather, there exists hundreds of disperse social graphs, most of dubious quality and many of them walled gardens." Google could support this project by sharing its data and providing search features for the graph.
All in all, the social component of web applications is increasingly important and a big differentiator. YouTube was more successful than Google Video because it had a stronger community and many loyal users. While search is an important way to find things online, a social filter could enable to discover more interesting things without having to actively search for them.
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Sorry, no, this is not a food-related post (and I did not misspell "pie," either, by the way). I just purchased a Raspberry Pi, an inexpensive ($35) computer. Not from a guy in a back alley based on a suspicious Craig's list ad, but from an organization that is sparking an interest in DIY computing that resembles the early 1980s when TRS-80s, Commodore 64s, and early Apples initiated the rise of the home computer.
What is Raspberry Pi? It is a computer designed, built and sold as part of an educational cause. The Raspberry Pi Foundation was established out of efforts to improve computer education for kids. The best way to do this, the organization's founders thought, was to create a small, inexpensive computer that encouraged learning through experimentation and play. The device has everything on it to run a computer: a chipset, a data port, two USB ports, an HDMI port for new TVs and monitors, and even a composite video port for connecting to an old TV, like I did (which is so 1982). The hard drive is an SD card (the kind of card that is probably in your digital camera. They are readily available and inexpensive).
All of my peripherals (keyboard, mouse, cables, the spare cell phone charger that powers it) were in my tech junk drawer. Okay, I'm being honest, junk drawers. And maybe some cabinets. It's not hoarding if you eventually find a use for it, right? :-)
Here is my Raspberry Pi (the board itself is about the size of a credit card):
The case, which is not included but inexpensive, was made by Bud Industries in Willoughby. It's oversized, giving lots of room for attaching cables, etc, and for ventilation.
The Raspberry Pi uses the Linux operating system, which is free and open source (which means anyone can use it and build from it). A special version of Linux has been released just for this device. Based on the Debian distribution of Linux. That "distro" is called Raspbian.
What are the uses for this little computer?
- Media server -- a hub for digital content for your TV.
- Design video games: using MIT's Scratch programming language, which comes pre-installed in Raspian. Young Raspberry Pi user Philip has created a few games on using Scratch on his Pi.
- Supercomputer. Yes, a supercomputer has been built with these things. Oh, and Legos, too.
- A USB missile launcher for your office! Make sure your co-workers share your whimsical sense of humor, first.
- The Raspberry Pi has GPIO (general purpose input output) pins, which allow for expansion to other boards and controlling sensors, so we can create uses.
So, here is my current setup:
The keyboard and mouse are old Apple pieces and they seem to draw a little too much power. All advice that I have seen online says, go as cheap and simple with your peripherals. As this board is so small, power issues are a consideration, always.
The TV: a RCA19-inch that had been relegated to service in the basement.
What do I want to do with my Raspberry Pi? I want to take advantage of its size and set it up for portability, which will mean adding a USB battery pack, which are on the market, and some sort of small screen. Maybe a mobile work station!
What is the skill level of this project? In all honestly, pretty high. Even if you are comfortable with Linux, it will require patience. This is a relatively new project; and while the boards, documentation, and operating system installations are more stable, this is experimental stuff (which makes it awesome, in my book). That said, anyone who wants to learn how computers work, or explore technology in very hands-on ways, a Raspberry Pi could be a fun, affordable project. I am not a Linux master, and the sight of a circuit board leaves me pretty perplexed, so doing any of these projects will require me to expand my knowledge and get way outside my technological comfort level (but again...awesome!).
But that's the beauty of the Raspberry Pi project: for anyone who wants to learn, to try, and to make, the learning is both personal and scalable, by which I mean, if you set out to setup the basic system (and have all of the bits), you've learned something, and ended up with a functional computer at the end. The further you go, the more you will learn and the rewards will be not only greater, but based on your own interests.
Before buying little monitors, etc., for this thing, I want to get a solid footing with a project. Maybe the media center because it seems like a great project to cut my teeth on. Whatever I do, I will share it in future posts.
If you are interested in this stuff, leave a comment or use the contact form (choose "webmaster"). If enough people show interest, maybe I could do a program or schedule a demo. I know this isn't for everybody, but if you think this might be for you, let's talk.
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In the military, physical activity is probably part of your daily routine, but do you also have a post-workout strategy? Good recovery is just as important as the workout itself. "Recovery" can mean what you do—or don't do—right after exercise. It also can mean taking a day off from working out altogether. Either way, it's a critical component of your overall fitness program that can help prevent injuries.
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Sunday night's American Music Awards had no shortage of high-energy performances — including sets from Ke$ha and Taylor Swift — but who took home the hardware?
Justin Bieber and Carly Rae Jepsen (who both performed as well) took home some big awards, including Jepsen nabbing New Artist of the Year and Bieber being named Artist of the Year as well as his other two nominations (Favorite Male Artist - Pop/Rock and Favorite Album - Pop/Rock). Swift hugged seatmate Nicki Minaj when she won for Favorite Female Artist - Country, and Minaj hopped up after that to accept Favorite Artist - Rap/Hip-Hop.
Check out the complete list of American Music Awards winners below:
Artist of the Year
WINNER: Justin Bieber
Maroon 5
Katy Perry
New Artist of the Year
WINNER: Carly Rae Jepsen
J. Cole
One Direction
Favorite Male Artist - Pop/Rock
WINNER: Justin Bieber
Flo Rida
Favorite Album - Pop/Rock
WINNER: Justin Bieber - Believe
Maroon 5 - Overexposed
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
One Direction - Up All Night
Favorite Male Artist - Country
WINNER: Luke Bryan
Jason Aldean
Eric Church
Favorite Female Artist - Country
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Miranda Lambert
Carrie Underwood
Favorite Band, Duo or Group - Country
WINNER: Lady Antebellum
Zac Brown Band
Rascal Flatts
Favorite Album - Country
WINNER: Carrie Underwood - Blown Away
Luke Bryan - Tailgates & Tanlines
Lionel Richie - "Tuskegee"
Favorite Artist - Rap/Hip-Hop
WINNER: Nicki Minaj
Favorite Album - Rap/Hip-Hop
WINNER: Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story
Drake - Take Care
Favorite Male Artist - Soul/R&B
WINNER: Usher
Chris Brown
Trey Songz
Favorite Artist - Alternative Rock
WINNER: Linkin Park
The Black Keys
Favorite Artist - Electronic Dance Music (EDM)
WINNER: David Guetta
Calvin Harris
Awards not announced during broadcast:
Favorite Female Artist - Pop / Rock
Kelly Clarkson
Nicki Minaj
Katy Perry
Favorite Band, Duo or Group - Pop / Rock
Maroon 5
One Direction
The Wanted
Favorite Female Artist - Soul/R&B
Mary J. Blige
Favorite Album - Soul/R&B
Chris Brown - Fortune
Rihanna - Talk That Talk
Usher - Looking 4 Myself
Favorite Artist - Adult Contemporary
Kelly Clarkson
Favorite Artist - Latin
Don Omar
Favorite Artist - Contemporary Inspirational
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I am starting to have a sense of deja vu here also........
ron,i kinda see what your saying. but for your sin to be forgiven you have to exercise faith in Jesus' sacrifice for your sins. just because Christ went to the cross does not give everyone their sins forgiven. for that to be reality you have to believe. but like i said not all people who die are dying believers with their sins forgiven in Christ. that is where my question comes in. where in the bible does God grant repentance and faith for forgiveness of their sin after they die?
is this how you treat people who ask you simple questions about what you believe? why should i believe in UR if you cannot or will not show me? im asking you to do a simple chapter, verse in the bible where God grants man repentance and forgiveness of sins after they die. please i know there has to be somone on this forumthat can provide these exact scriptures.
Quote from: Cardinal on August 20, 2009, 03:13:49 AM I am starting to have a sense of deja vu here also........ It's obvious.The style and tone are exactly as cog's.
I am starting to have a sense of deja vu here also........
claypot,thanks for your reply. my motive is simple. if i'm going to believe UR to be true i want to see the bible verses that say people are granted repentance and are forgiven of their sins after they die. it is really simple stuff. just show me in the bible where it says this and then i know it to be true and from God and not from man.
I was one of the ones that thought the eternal torment paradigm made perfect sense, Scripturally, philosophically, et. al. So, I understand the process. Even if some folks genuinely SAW IT in the Written Word for themselves, if they've been MARRIED to the other paradigm, it can take a really long time and going thru all 500+ verses about it to be confidently persuaded where you wouldn't emotionally stumble backwards about having slipped into error. It took me about 42 months after having been a spiritual jumping bean over having genuinely SEEN it in the Written Word of God for my mind to have any peace about it that it genuinely is the clear teaching of the Scriptures and many many great and wonderful men of God that have encouraged, inspired, and lead me to Christ in my youth were simply wrong about this particular thing. Doesn't mean every other truth I learned was hogwash. Just means this one thing was in error.
ron,isnt that what the gospel is all about? when the sinner hears it, he either believes or he don't. the ones who do respond to the gospel are let out of prison and are saved. right? repentance in regards to salvation is changing of ones mind that results in a change of action.
martin & cardinal,i did not see one that said God grants repentance and forgiveness of sin after death. cardinal, UR is great news if you can show me in the bible chapter and verse where God grants repentance and forgiveness of sin after someone dies an unbeliever.
zeek,those are awesome scripture, but they don't talk about God granting repentance and forgiveness of sin AFTER someone physically dies.
kinda see what your saying. but for your sin to be forgiven you have to exercise faith in Jesus' sacrifice for your sins
zeek & paul,zeek, everyone is going to die sometime. not all die believers, alot die unbelievers. i don't think outside of God's word. so if you can show me in the bible where God grants repentance and forgiveness of sin after someone dies an unbeliever, that is what i'm looking for or your exactly right all we would be doing is thinking outside the box and not relying on God's word.paul, why is it fallacy to ask for proof in the bible, chapter and verse where God granting repentance and forgiveness of sin after someone dies an unbeliever? fallacy to me would be if you cant show me chapter and verse in the bible. this is where the rubber hits the road for UR and your telling me its a fallacy to show chapter and verse in the bible to prove it?


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I mean yeah, shes always on my radar, said Rousey at this weekends UFC event. But I have a really, really full plate and she has nothing to worry about but me.
Rousey (7-0) downplayed questions regarding a future fight against Justino, saying if Justino wants it, she needs to get off her a-- and try to make (it) happen.I have a lot of things going on, Rousey said. Shes fighting random chicks. I mean, Marloes -- it took her longer and more energy to beat Marloes than it took Miesha (in July 2011).
Its only the MMA diehards that want to see that fight. I have so many things going on. If she really wants to make that fight happen, Im here.
UFC president Dana White told reporters he has had no recent contact with Justino or her manager, former UFC light heavyweight Tito Ortiz.
I have not heard from her manager, White said. I have not seen any press conferences. So, I dont know. I dont know whats going on with Cyborg.


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May 14, 2011
IRVINE, Calif. - The Cal State Northridge women's track & field etched their names in the Big West Conference record books as the Matadors scored 165.5 points to earn their sixth consecutive conference championship surpassing Utah State with their eighth title overall.
The women's squad, which had a slim 15-point lead over Long Beach State after Friday's competition, won going away on Saturday as the Matadors final margin over second-place UC Santa Barbara was 39.5 points.
The team victory was the final win in the illustrious career of head coach Don Strametz who is retiring after 31 seasons coaching the Matador women and 26th with the men.
"It was a tremendous meet and just about everything went right for us," said Strametz. "It was that kind of day where everything kind of went our way and fortunately for us some of the other teams didn't have things go their way. But in track and field you've got to perform."
Strametz will retire with a total of 21 conference championships among the men's and women's teams at Cal State Northridge.
"Personally it was a very emotional day for me and I didn't expect it to be," said Strametz. "To go out with six wins in a row is very special and feels great, I really lost it when I went to address the team."
The Matadors kept their 100 meter streaks intact on both the men's and women's side as senior Sherrina Lofton won on the women's side and freshman Carl Horsley won the men's sprint. Lofton's win gives her three Big West 100 meter titles (2008, 2009, 2011) and CSUN has now won the last eight 100 meter championships. Horsley's win is his first Big West Championship in his first conference meet and the Matadors' third straight overall.
The women scored a total of 22 points in the 100 meters behind Lofton's win. Precious Watkins, the 2010 champion, ran 12.06 to finish third while Sierra Brooks was fifth in 12.14 and Briana Davis was seventh in 12.23. Lofton was also second in the 200 meters running a season-best 24.11 to pick up an additional eight points.
In the 400 meters CSUN totaled 10 points as Jackie Harrison finished third in a time of 54.61 while Jasmine Cox was fourth in a season-best 55.73. In the hurdles finals, Alisa Jenkins was seventh in the 100 meters in 14.23 followed by Desirae Gonder (14.47) in eighth. Ashley Frazier took second in the 400 hurdles in 60.57 while Shane Mullany-Banks was seventh in a time of 63.50.
Lilyana Morejon added to her second-place finish in the 10,000 meters with a fifth-place finish in the 5,000 meters after running a season-best of 17:03.09.
The Northridge 4x100 team suffered a bit of an upset as the Matadors finished second in 46.13 while the 4x400 team captured their eighth championship in the last 10 years in a meet-best time of 3:41.41.
In the field events on Saturday, Gonder won her first conference high jump title as she cleared 5-10 (1.78) while Lofton was seventh with a best of 5-5 (1.05).
The Matadors also got four points from Ese Ntekume in the triple jump as she finished fifth with a top leap of 38-8.25 (11.79) and got five points from Whitney Hooks in the shot put as she placed fourth with a best of 45-5.75 (13.86).
CSUN also got an unexpected three points in the hammer as Jamila McIntosh was seventh with a toss of 158-5 (48.30) and Chelsea Wordell was eighth at 156-8 (47.76) giving the Matadors their final points total of 165.5.
After two straight Big West titles, the Matador men slipped to a fifth-place finish after scoring 80 points. Horsley was a standout in his first conference championship winning both the 100 and 200 meters. It marked the second time in the last three years that a Matador sprinter has won both short sprints as De'Shawn Waters accomplished the feat in 2009.
In the 100 meters, Horsley won in a career-best 10.55 while David Reid was third in a season-best 10.68, Sean Alfino was sixth in 10.88, Thomas Henry was seventh in 10.97 and Waters was eighth in 11.93. The Matadors took home a total of 22 points in the event.
In the 200, Horsley again excelled running 21.17 to hold off Reid, the 2010 champion by .07. Reid came in at 21.24 and Khalid Jones was eighth in 22.51. Jones fifth-place finish in the 400 meters (48.73) combined with Trevor Carroll's seventh-place showing (49.77) gave the men an additional six points.
In the 1,500 meters, Hunter Hays shattered his previous lifetime-best with a time of 3:51.96 to finish 11th.
The men's 4x100 relay continued CSUN's dominance as the Matadors won in 40.57 giving Northridge six conference titles since 2003. The 4x400 relay took seventh in a time of 3:18.58.
In the field events, the Matadors were limited to a single point on Saturday as Tyler Woodard finished eighth in the pole vault with a top height of 15-3.50 (4.66). Jose Aviles finished 11th with a season-best of 46-8.25 (14.23) in the shot put while James Poet was 10th and Alex Murphy was 11th in the javelin. Poet's top throw of 161-11 (49.35) was a career-best.
The Big West Conference will hand out the the 2011 track & field awards next week as Athletes of the Year and Coaches of the Year will be awarded.
Final Women's Team Results
1. Northridge - 165.5
2. UC Santa Barbara - 126
3. UC Davis - 105
4. Long Beach State - 98.5
5. UC Riverside - 97
6. Cal Poly - 88
7. UC Irvine - 75
8. Cal State Fullerton - 61
Final Men's Team Results
1. Long Beach State - 177.50
2. UC Davis - 156
3. Cal Poly - 131
4. UC Santa Barbara - 116.50
5. Northridge - 80
6. UC Irvine - 79
7. UC Riverside - 54
8. Cal State Fullerton - 25


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Your editorial regarding Governor Douglas' resistance to an income tax surcharge as a means for Vermonters to contribute their fair share to fund education has some merit.
I don't know about you, but all taxes I pay come from my income, not some special money tree in the backyard. So whether the tax is based on property value or the total amount of earned income, the cash flow from income will be used to pay property, income, sales or any of the other taxes levied by the State of Vermont.
Under Act 60/68 we penalize success to reward mediocrity.
Spending is the problem; we have doubled the cost of education while enrollment has declined 10 percent. Something is very wrong. What is wrong comes from Act 60/68. While this law is in control, there will never be any meaningful reduction in spending or improvement in the quality and here's the reason why.
A town I live in for example: Warren this year will receive only 32 cents of every dollar it sends to the state to fund education. No matter how many spending controls are placed on the school system in Warren, it will only affect 32 cents; the other 68 cents is out there in the land of Act 60/68 with no spending controls on it. This is true for about 132 towns in Vermont and growing.
The only solution is to get rid of Act 60/68 and replace it with a renewed foundation plan, properly funded by an income tax surcharge on residents and businesses and a reasonable property tax on non-resident homeowners. Eligibility to participate in the foundation plan would be determined by a town's grand list; otherwise a town is on its own to fund education using local property taxes raised and spent locally.
It is the state's responsibility and every individual income earner to equally and fairly fund education, not the property tax payers in the town of Warren or other successful towns. If a successful town is left alone it will grow its economy to fund education locally as it wishes and not be a financial burden on the rest of education system.
Socialism doesn't produce quality, innovation or reduced costs and never will.
Jim Parker


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- Body length 9½ inches; height 8 inches; width 1 inch
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