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DirectX 12 to Be Unveiled At GDC 2014by Ryan Smith on 3/5/2014 8:34 PM EST
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Frenetic Pony - Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - linkMantle giving Krohnos and MS a swift kick in the pants, exactly what it needed to do. Less API overhead and more access to capabilities that are mostly there already, at least mostly there for AMD cards. Awesome Reply
Morawka - Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - linkDirectX 12 has been in development for over 3 years, i doubt their low level API talks are knee jerk reactions.
Its more likely that GPU and Rendering Architects expressed their concern about the overhead in DX11 years ago, and MS is just now allowed to talk about DX12 and how they've progressed. Reply
juampavalverde - Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - linkSorry pal, i think it's a reaction, they are afraid of keep loosing marketshare, there is a big cloud of SteamOS, PS4, and AMD is also pushing a bit with Mantle (smoke and mirrors mostly, but it worked). If not by those, these announcement would have been in a few months/quarters, probably for DirectX 11.2b, but no, now is DirectX 12! Beware! Reply
jeffkibuule - Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - linkDo people really think that DirectX 12 was developed in the timespan since Mantle was announced? If so, I have a bridge in Alaska to sell you. Reply
anandreader106 - Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - linkI don't think anyone believes it was developed in the time span since Mantle was announced but maybe its development was expedited.
I think you'd agree though it doesn't really matter either way. I'm just glad to have a new DirectX headed to my PC. Reply
beginner99 - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkWhy not? Nobody claimed their will be a functionally demonstration. All they might show is a general overview, ideas and a specification which could have easily be achieved in the given time. Reply
dragonsqrrl - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - link... holy crap, someone actually said yes. Reply
Notmyusualid - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkYes, I am shaking my head too.... Reply
chizow - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkHeheh yeah it's probably the same folks who were trying their hardest to connect the dots from Mantle to XB1's low-level API when Mantle was first announced back in September 2013. And now, suddenly, DirectX 12 sprung from a hole in the ground as a reaction from Microsoft! Reply
Frenetic Pony - Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - linkActually they said they'd stop development with 11.2, so far as I know I may be correct. Reply
inighthawki - Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - linkWhen did they say they'd stop at 11.2? You're not referring to the guy from AMD who made a bold claim that "Microsoft will never make a DX12" are you? Because that was about as stupid as it sounded. Reply
Frenetic Pony - Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - linkSaw multiple reports to that effect. Apparently I didn't see the constant refutations from MS. Maybe it's not a reaction. Reply
Sabresiberian - Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - linkLinks to reports, please. Reply
chizow - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkYep, multiple reports quoting the same misinformed comment from Roy Taylor. Reply
MrPoletski - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkI thought that was just hinting at there being a name change - so directx next... and then directx next 2 lol. Reply
MrSpadge - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkActually that AMD guy said "I don't know of any DX12 being in development". Which leaves lot's of open space:
- MS simply didn't tell him/them yet
- It might get a different name Reply
chizow - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkNo, AMD's Roy Taylor didn't see DX12 on Microsoft's roadmap and jumped to a clearly premature conclusion. It's no surprise he was also the driving force behind Mantle. You can see it in his comments last year about a "sexy" big move for desktop graphics.
Microsoft later clarified and said there was no plans to discontinue DirectX, but tha XNA/XDA for the XBox was going away (and it did).
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/DirectX-Direct3D-... Reply
anandreader106 - Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - link"DirectX 12 has been in development for over 3 years"
Where did you read that? Do you work for Microsoft and have that kind of internal info? How many years over 3?
If anything the timing is ironic. I tend to agree with others that say DirectX 12 is a reaction. I can't imagine that it was in development for over 3 years and Nvidia would release a brand spanking new architecture in February without support for it. That doesn't make sense. Reply
SolMiester - Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - linkIf DX12 is a reaction to Mantle, I take my hat off to MS for the ability to create a new API in less than 3months...thats outstanding! Reply
inighthawki - Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - linkI would sincerely doubt a finished version would be presented at GDC. Likely more of a preview/tech demo. Rough edged beta. Keep in mind that with the development of a new version of DX, they nee dcorresponding driver support by 3rd parties like AMD and nvidia. If it is really as down to the metal as they claim, it likely differs greatly than the DX11 drivers.
My guess, it's probably been in the works for a while, possibly before Mantle, but development may not have officially started until recently. Enough time for them to work with 3rd parties to get driver support and a beta of the API.
We will find out at GDC. Reply
anandreader106 - Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - linkWell that's just silly. Please don't put words in people's mouths. Nobody said they made a new API in three months.
First of all it's being announced which in not in the same realm of having a finished API.
Secondly, nowhere did I suggest Microsoft was starting from scratch. In an earlier post I suggested that Mantle may have expedited development in reaction to Mantle. Reply
Gigaplex - Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - linkIt makes sense when you consider that NVIDIAs new architecture isn't even fully DirectX 11.2 compliant. Reply
anandreader106 - Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - linkThat's actually a good point Gigaplex. Reply
MrPoletski - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkHaven't they been saying that about directx since DX5? Reply
Th-z - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkIf DX 12 has been developed for over 3 years, and it is a major improvement over current 11.x, there would be no reason for AMD to develop Mantle as a lone IHV. Microsoft doesn't develop these standards without partnership with those companies, so there is no way AMD wouldn't know it's has been developed for long time. Johan Andersson of Frostbite, Oxide Games, et al. would have already worked with Microsoft (and more) and not just AMD. These game developers wouldn't have said they have been wanting a low level API on PC for long time but no one seemed to care until AMD took the opportunity to work with them to develop Mantle. Reply
HisDivineOrder - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkIf anything, Microsoft is more concerned that OpenGL will become dominant again as various Linux-derived OS's begin to take over all the spaces of computing that were once expected to be just Microsoft's. That includes Android, ChromeOS (aka cheapo laptops), SteamOS (cheapo gaming PC's). OpenGL is also important to everything Apple, including iOS devices and OSX computers. Certainly, it doesn't hurt for PS3, PS Vita, and PS4 development, either. Then remember that Windows PC's can run OpenGL just fine.
It used to be 360 was dominant and porting from 360 to PC was easy enough via DirectX. Other platforms didn't matter much, if at all, so most of the porting was focused on Sony Playstation devices alone.
But today that's vastly different. Android and iOS are very important markets for publishers now. Being able to support OSX and SteamOS is gravy, but knowing you can support all these PLUS Windows PC's makes it seem much more attractive.
Or they can go DirectX and be locked into 360 (being replaced by PS4), Xbone (sales are tanking), Windows RT device (failures by all measures), Windows Phones (the tiniest of fractions of what Android and/or iOS devices are doing), and Windows PC's. So, really, just Microsoft platforms.
Which would you choose? Especially if OpenGL gets out in front of this thing with low level access before DirectX is improved? Suddenly, OpenGL looks alive again and Microsoft loses control of the API. Microsoft has enjoyed DirectX's popularity because it helped keep ports exclusive to Microsoft platforms.
If OpenGL looks attractive again all of the sudden, Microsoft is going to lose its lock on PC gaming and Linux ports are going to become a LOT easier and a LOT more prevalent. This is not something Microsoft wants to see, so they need to get DirectX 12 out to counter that.
I suspect that AMD caught wind of it after their little tantrum last year about no DirectX 12, so they invented Mantle and tried to force it down Microsoft's and Sony's throats. Naturally, they both laughed in AMD's face and ignored them. AMD took it to Intel and nVidia to try and get them to support it, but Intel and nVidia had no reason to do that. They pointed and laughed.
So AMD took it to the press in a rush. That explains why they've handled it so haphazardly. They weren't close to getting it done and if HardOCP latest article about Mantle is to be believed, it's very, very rushed overall. They couldn't even get the planning on when it was to be released right, missing it by months.
But they had to announce it ahead of DirectX 12 and any changes to OpenGL. Otherwise, no one would care, right? No spin would be able to be done. They wouldn't be able to ride new sales off it.
The thing is, you just know AMD knew this was coming. They must have found out right before they did their reveal on the R9 290X. That's why they were flopping around like a chicken with its head cut off. Couldn't get dates right, couldn't get releases right, couldn't even get list prices or preorders done.
Lots of things make more sense now. Reply
Harag - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkDo you wear tinfoil hats too? All that was great but you actually don't have a shred of credible evidence past your own opinion. Reply
YazX_ - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkOMG, what an idiot, so over night microsoft saw Mantle and they were like, OH we need to counter mantle, lets create DX 12 within the next 2 months.
mantle is dead before it even started, not first to come and go and wont be last, seems DX 12 will bring new great things on the table and many low level APIs, then i can actually say RIP mantle. Reply
Wreckage - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkThe OpenGL 4.4 spec came out before Mantle. So no...Mantle did nothing there. DirectX 12 has likely been in development for awhile as well. Mantle just jumped the gun with a buggy product in order to get some press. Reply
dwade123 - Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - linkAMD and nVidia's highends became obsolete less than a year. Reply
Sabresiberian - Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - linkIt's just an announcement, and not being certified for a later version of DX has never made a video solution "obsolete". Reply
meacupla - Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - linknot if you run a 2560x1440 monitor. Reply
HaeHei - Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - linkSo if i get a 780ti will it be compatible with directx 12 or should i just wait ? Reply
Gigaplex - Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - linkIt's not even compatible with 11.2. Reply
anandreader106 - Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - linkOr 11.1... Reply
inighthawki - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkKepler is partially 1..2 compliant (has support for tier 1 tiled resources), but it's cricial we make an important distinction. Many people do not understand the difference between the API, and the feature level.
Each version of DirectX exposes new hardware features that are required on the hardware to make it "DirectX N compliant." This would be, for example, geometry shader support in DirectX10, and Compute/Tessellation in DirectX11. However, what a lot of people do not always understand is that the DirectX API supports what they refer to as "hardware downleveling." This is the fancy way of saying that your game written on DirectX11 will run on your DirectX9 hardware, as long as the game does not enable any features that require hardware support. A DX11 game might run fine on a DX9 compatible card, but you won't be able to enable hardware tessellation.
Assuming that the primary goal of DX12 is to be "closer to the metal," we are likely looking at primarily API changes to remove overhead, whcih means it should continue to support older video cards. In almost all certainty, your DX11 compliant 780Ti will absolutely work on DX12. You may just be missing a couple high end features, of which most developers probably won't even use for a few years. Even DX11's hardware tessellation is fairly uncommon these days, and DX11 has been out for 4+ years.
My point being, please do not make generic comments like "It's not even compatible with 11.2" because you are likely just confusing someone who does not know the distinction. A 780Ti is 100% compatible with 11.2, just not all of the 11.2 feature set. Reply
haukionkannel - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkWell DX12 is not MS Mantle answer. DX12 is new DX version and that is that. But DX12 serie (or DX13) can be a base to develop close metal extensions to DX family.
The MS has said that they are considering of using closer metal in future DX versions, so maybe we will see DX12.1 or DX13 that does support it, but it definitely is not ready for it with DX12 release!
The interesting is, when there are/will be GPU that support whole DX12 feature set? Maybe at the end of this year... Then we wait 3-4 years to see those features used in games... so that is not so interesting thing to do... like watching how the paint dry... Reply
inighthawki - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkSorry I'm a little confused. I had a hard time reading your post. Why do you think DX12 isn't going to be close to the metal? They said right in their GDC summary that that's what they are doing. I expect DX12 to absolutely be an answer to Mantle (maybe not in a direct response to Mantle's existence, but certainly a competitor). Reply
chizow - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkThat's interesting Nvidia isn't DX11.2 compatible, someone should probably explain that to Microsoft since they were in fact, demonstrating DX11.2 on Nvidia hardware at \build\ last year. ;)
Nvidia was supporting tiled resources 2.5 years ago btw in OpenGL with Rage just as an FYI. Reply
inighthawki - Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - linkThis is a tricky question to answer. It depends on what you're asking. DirectX is a software API that also standardizes features. DX11 for example, exposes compute and tessellation, but the DX11 API itself runs downlevel on 9.0a and above hardware.
So will it work on a 780Ti? Almost guaranteed. Will there be new features in DX12 that the 780Ti won't support? Probably. The question you really need to ask yourself is, what kind of investment do you want to make? Putting the facts together:
1) DX12 likely won't ship for another year or whenever Windows 9 gets released. That's a good solid 12+ months of you holding out on buying a new card and waiting before the API itself ships
2) After it ships, how long until official DX12 hardware ships? Maybe right away, maybe another 6-12 months.
3) In addition to that, how long before anyone ships a game that uses it? It took DICE quite a while to port frostbite and they got delayed a couple months after a decent head start.
4) Since you are considering a 780Ti, you don't sound like the kind of person where money is a huge issue, otherwise you'd probably realize the horrible price/performance ratio you're getting out of that card. It sounds like when the time comes you won't have an issue upgrading again. Maybe even go halfway - get a cheaper card now, and the more expensive one later.
My advice? Just get a card now. By the time a DX12 title ships using DX12 features with DX12 hardware and drivers available, your 780Ti will probably be considered old. Reply
xaml - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkThanks for that.
Your recommendation for a card with a better ratio would be a custom-cooled 290X, I suppose? Reply
Naris17 - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkProbably be better at this point to wait until the next node shrink and/or a price war. The bitminers of the world have inflated the R9 cards of the world to the point that NVIDIA probably doesn't feel any heat to reduce prices in any meaningful way. Honestly unless you're doing a slew of QHD monitors or something 4K there really doesn't seem to be a reason to get the N level cards when N+1 or N+2 are much more affordable and can play almost everything well. Reply
inighthawki - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkI found that after the 290X was released the 780 dropped to a more respectable price level. You can get a 780 on newegg now for $500, which is a pretty good deal to me. The biggest issue is we don't really have a good timeline for the next set of GPUs. Nvidia and AMD are usually pretty secretive with their announcements. Rumors in the past have often been inaccurate.
You should ask yourself what you need. 12 months from now DX 12 might be out, but then you might keep putting it off. Technology advances too quickly to always have the best you can get. I bought a 780 myself about a month or two before AMD anounced their new cards and Mantle in BF4. Prior to that, it was anyone's guess. At some point you have to put your foot down an invest, otherwise you'll just be in a loop of waiting for the next best thing ;)
I can't really give you any advice beyond that. I don't know your financial situation, or how badly you want/need a new video card, etc. That part is up to you. I can only try to put the future in perspective for you.
Hope that helps. Reply
meacupla - Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - linkWatch DX12 only be for Win9. Reply
Notmyusualid - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkDam - beat me to it!
But I would have said Windows 8 at least, as that seems to be Micro$oft's only focus of attention of late... So much so there are rumors they will even give Win 8 away, free, or at near no cost.
To hell with us customers.... Reply
nathanddrews - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkIf Microsoft believes that DX12 will be incentive for gamers to upgrade to Windows 8/9, I think they'll lose that bet. Reply
Harag - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkThere are a ton of features/reasons to use windows 8 for gaming. They don't need DX for that, it just adds to the list. Reply
r3loaded - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkDoubtful. DX10 was Vista-only due to the massive changes made to the entire graphics stack (drivers in userspace, DWM for compositing and rendering the GUI to GPUs etc). Backporting it to XP would have been too large a task. DX11 on the other hand has been backported to Vista in a platform update as Windows 7 and 8 are closely related to Vista's architecture. I'd expect DX12 to be backported to at least Windows 7 and 8. Reply
Mr Perfect - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkYou have to consider how MS handled DX11.2 though. They made it a Windows 8 exclusive for no other apparent reason then to push people from 7 to 8. The question now is will they try again with the bigger DX12 carrot, or have they given up on tempting people over and support the mass of people using 7? Reply
B3an - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkFinally! Been waiting for DX12 forever, it's long overdue and it better have a ton of new features along with lower level access. I don't care if it requires a new OS i always upgrade to the latest anyway. Reply
przemo_li - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkOne should always remember that up to now MS was SOLELY focused on DX for Xbox One.
And they had "future tools" when AMD claimed "No next gen API".
So this DX12 may be re branded DX11.2+ the high level API used on Xbox One. That would not be the first PR stunt in IT history.
Anyway. Today is speculation. Speculation MS wants to stir in favorable direction (DX12, 12 man! 12 !!!). Will see how it compares to OpenGL 4.4 (yeah, DX need to do some catching up), let alone if it contain any lower level APIs. Reply
Imaginer - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkI would be estatic if DirectX can work over Remote Desktop. I know it can be possible, since elements of Remote Desktop (off of the top of my head) do work in Remote Desktop.
That is a significant thing I would like to hear. Reply
SarahKerrigan - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkRemoteFX may interest you. Reply
chizow - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkI guess this spells the official end of the Mantle Project. Won't be a total waste I suppose, AMD should be able to port their low-level extensions to DX12 pretty easily. But that was a pretty big gambit with the resources spent (2yrs + $5-8M) that doesn't look like it will pay off for AMD. Reply
Th-z - Friday, March 07, 2014 - linkWay too early to tell, and Mantle can be cross-platform while DX is not. There is still advantage for AMD to keep Mantle for other OSes in addition to Windows. Reply
chizow - Friday, March 07, 2014 - linkI have a feeling OpenGL will follow suit and mirror DirectX as that has been the pattern in recent history. OpenGL will fill that cross platform gap. Reply
crazyfrog - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - linkMicrosoft will probably make all our Directx 11 cards outdated so we have to buy new ones. Most likely octa core cpus. I'll probably have a 2tflop vintage card in a few months :( Reply
Sivar - Friday, March 07, 2014 - linkSomeone needs to tell Microsoft:
From http://tech-beta.slashdot.org/story/13/04/12/18472...
"AMD Vice President of Global Channel Sales Roy Taylor has said there will be no DirectX12 at any time in the future. In an interview with German magazine Heise.de, Taylor discussed the new trend for graphics card manufacturers to release top quality game bundles registered to the serial number of the card. One of the reasons for this, he said, is that the DirectX update cycle is no longer driving the market. 'There will be no DirectX 12. That's it.'" Reply
grndzro77 - Friday, March 07, 2014 - linkWhen he said that it was true. Reply


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By Steven Gould
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AMERICAN science-fiction writer Steven Gould has no less than eight previously published novels, but his very first remains the most popular.
Jumper (1992) introduced David Rice, a bookish teen being raised by an abusive, alcoholic father. One day, flinching away from an impending assault, he finds himself inexplicably at his favourite section of the public library: his safe place.
He was in danger and teleported away, and now all the rules have changed.
Parts of the novel are rough. It's his first, after all. But the originality of the premise and love invested in its characters make Jumper an enduring favourite. It even spawned a 2008 film of the same name, starring Hayden Christensen and Samuel L. Jackson, though the Hollywood version diverged heavily from both the tone and story of the book.
Now Gould revisits this world on his own terms. With the polish brought by a now veteran novelist, and the heart that made Jumper such a hit, Impulse stands to be an instant favourite for both new and returning readers alike.
The story introduces us to 16-year-old Cent (short for Millicent), who lives in an isolated cabin towards the northern tip of the Rockies, along with her parents, David and Millie, the only two teleporters in the history of the world.
Her parents can transport her instantly to Australia, South America -- any place they've been -- in the blink of an eye.
They use their secret abilities to provide disaster relief, bypassing military blockades and red tape. But there are shadowy figures out to capture them, torture them, use their skills for nefarious ends, and security is paramount.
Cent, the most vulnerable of the three, can't be left alone when travelling with her parents, and never gets a chance to spend any time with other people. She's lonely and frustrated.
That all changes when an avalanche nearly kills her while snowboarding alone on their private mountain. Just as she finds herself being buried alive, an instinct triggers within her and she "jumps" away, reappearing back in her own bedroom, with a rather large pile of snow.
Now there are three teleporters, and Cent's parents realize they can't keep her from going out into the world if she chooses. So David and Millie begrudgingly buy a house in a real town, and their daughter gets to attend high school for the first time ever.
Though the book follows directly from the events of a previous sequel -- Reflex, itself set 10 years after Jumper -- it works perhaps even better as a stand-alone. Cent is a loveable, relatable protagonist.
Her efforts to navigate the social jungle of an American high school for the first time will strike a chord with younger and older readers alike. But the added complications of her family's special abilities and the ruthless people after them give her more to worry about than cafeteria food.
Cent has, like many teens, a rebellious streak. But she also has a loving and supportive family and knows it. She's confident but not cocky, healthy but not invulnerable -- basically 180 degrees emotionally from the isolated teen David as he appeared in Jumper.
At the same time, we see a precocious young woman experimenting with her powers in the same methodical way as her father before her. Moving frames of reference, the differing speeds of Earth's rotation at various latitudes -- the scientific inquiry is fascinating and the fruits of discovery satisfying. Gould has thought about these little details and carried them through to their logical conclusions, in the best science-fiction tradition.
The result is smart, readable and satisfying.
Joel Boyce is a Winnipeg writer and teacher.


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NASA is sending another rover to Mars in 2020 on the heels of Curiosity's successful mission, solidifying plans for the U.S. space program over the next decade after recent budget cuts had given space exploration an uncertain future.
The space agency is also calling the new rover a step toward putting humans on the Red Planet.
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The exhibition hall here at the European Future Technologies Conference in Prague is awhirr with robots.
A robotic lamprey from Italy swishes elegantly around a small pool while a salamander walks around outside the water. A few metres away a humanoid baby called Now, created by a Slovenian-German collaboration, is taking its first steps – falling from time to time but gradually learning from experience how to keep its balance.
And displaying Gallic sophistication, French robots are demonstrating tasks that will be needed if machines are ever to serve as intelligent home companions – and servants – for people. One serves a drink while another, topped with a chef's hat, prepares the ingredients for a ham and cheese omelette.
All these are experimental robots, requiring intense care and attention from their human creators to keep going. Their successors, which will need to be far more robust and durable, will not be ready for commercial application for 10 to 20 years.
Research into intelligent robots, with some of the mental flexibility and learning ability of natural organisms and even people, seems be undergoing something of a renaissance. The field is beginning to recover from a period when it suffered from public disillusion – and therefore poor funding – in the wake of excessive claims for robotic intelligence during the 1980s.
The EC Future and Emerging Technologies Programme, with a budget of €100m a year and rising fast, is a prime source of new money for European robotic researchers. They still lag well behind the Japanese in hardware and "mechatronics" – the mechanical and electronic engineering of robots – but may be ahead when it comes to the software for artificial intelligence.
Japan has a long-standing cultural affection for humanoid robots, symbolised by the 1960s television series Astro Boy that inspired many Japanese robotic researchers now in middle age to work in the field.
The western world, in contrast, has a deep suspicion of robots, dating back to Karel Čapek's science fiction play Rossumovi univerzální roboti (Rossum's Universal Robots) premiered in Prague in 1921. R.U.R – a great success in translation between the wars – introduced robots to the world. It is not a happy story: the robots rise up against their human creators and kill them all.
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A PATROLLING police officer was injured when she tried to break up a town centre brawl.
Officers saw the fight taking place near a bridal shop in Queen Street, Colchester, shortly before 3:30am yesterday.
They intervened and during the arrest of two men, a female officer was punched in the face.
She was taken to Colchester General Hospital by paramedics and is now recovering at home.
A 28-year-old man of no fixed address and a 29-year-old man from Colchester were arrested in connection with the fight and are currently on police bail until Tuesday, August 12 pending further enquiries.
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Money Smart Week is October 16-23
October 18th, 2010 | SMWC
Saint Mary-of-the Woods College along with financial institutions, government entities, not-for-profits and others are joining together to help support financial education during Indiana's Fifth Annual Money Smart Week October 16-23. The college will host Money Smart Day on October 20, 2010 from 9 am to 2:30 pm in Human Hall, Hayes Auditorium. The program focuses specifically in the areas of money management and career assistance in today's economy. It is designed to educate consumers about money management and generate awareness of financial education available on a wide range of topics such as saving, investing and using credit wisely.
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|Life After the Woods
Amanda Vester, Indiana State University Credit Union Marketing Director
|Consumer Protection Tips from the Indiana Attorney General's Office
Kallyn Vandenack and Amy Wardlow, Office of the Indiana Attorney General
|How Would you Review a Local Government Budget?
Neil Garrison, Terre Haute City Council President
|Authentic Action-Based Living from the Personal, Professional Development, and Productivity Guru
Kelly Ikenberry, AuthenticActionCoaching.com, Life and Business Design Coach
|Weed Seeds and Mustard Seeds - What Business Must do in Today's Recovering Economy
Dr. Darrel Gosse-CPA, CMA, retired chief financial officer
|A report on the Riverscape Research Project
Indiana State University M.B.A. Students
|Job Hunting Tips and Student Borrowing Trends
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Career Center and Financial Aid
|Establishing Credit
Diana Bell and Karla Bensinger, Old National Bank
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HOUSTON - A woman died after she was shot, pushed out of a moving car on a freeway and run over, investigators said.
Houston police said a man was driving a Dodge Mangum with two passengers westbound on the Katy Freeway about 8:45 p.m. Thursday.
The man fired shots at the women in the Katy area, investigators said.
One woman, who was pistol-whipped, jumped out of the car near Westgreen Boulevard, investigators said. She was not seriously hurt.
The second woman was shot, police said. The driver pushed her out of the moving car near Grand Parkway, detectives said. Witnesses said she was clinging to the car before she fell to the ground. She was hit by several oncoming cars, investigators said.
Detectives said it is unclear if the bullets, the impact of the fall or the oncoming cars killed her.
By the time authorities got to the scene, she was badly dismembered, police said. Her name has not been released.
Investigators said the driver continued on to the Brookshire area. Around F.M. 1489, he slammed into a guardrail, spun his vehicle and then clipped an 18 wheeler. The car went across the grassy median, through the eastbound lanes of traffic on I-10 and crashed on the side of the road, police said.
He bailed out and ran, detectives said. Witnesses said he appeared to be a tall man, but could not provide information about his age or ethnicity.
When investigators arrived, they found large amounts of blood in the car and several bullet holes.
Detectives are now working to identify the shooter and determine what relationship he had to the women. Police said the women may have been held against their will.
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Darnell GA, Schroder WA, Gardner J, Harrich D, Yu H, Medcalf RL, Warrilow D, Antalis TM, Sonza S, Suhrbier A.
Notes: Expression of SerpinB2 by activated monocytes and macrophages is up-regulated during inflammatory processes and following infection with certain parasitic, viral and bacterial pathogens. These authors identified SerpinB2 as a potentially important host factor in enhancing HIV transcription. They showed that HIV-1 infection and gp120 treatment of peripheral blood mononuclear cells caused induction of SerpinB2, and that SerpinB2 expression resulted in enhanced viral replication. Viral transcription was increased 3-10 fold in cells expressing SerpinB2 and was reduced in macrophages from SerpinB2 knockout mice. They used a series of truncated HIV-1 promoter constructs to localize the region associated with SerpinB2 enhancement of transcription to a region of the HIV-1 long terminal repeat promoter containing three Sp1 binding sites. They used luciferase reporter constructs and beta-galactosidase control vectors in these reporter assays. (3710)
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Chang, A.J., Song, D.H. and Wolfe, M.M.
Notes: The researchers sought to determine whether PPARγ expression might direct the effects of gastrin in proliferation of colorectal cancer cells (CRC). They determined that cell line DLD-1 cells had both PPARγ and gastrin receptors. They demonstrated that gastrin stimulated CRC cell proliferation with a coincident decrease in PPARγ levels. These studies show that gastrins trophic properties could be due in part to transactivation of EGFR and phosphorylation of ERK1/2, leading to a decrease in PPARγ activation.
The authors used CellTiter 96® Aqueous One Solution Cell Proliferation Assay to measure cell growth of the CRC cell line DLD-1.
The DLD-1 cells were transiently transfected with a luciferase vector, and FuGENE® 6 Transfection Reagent was used at a DNA ratio of 3:1 in 24-well plates. To normalize for transfection efficiency, the cells were co-transfected with a β-Gal reporter construct. The Dual-Luciferase® Assay System was used to measure PPARgamma activity with values then normalized to Beta-Gal, measured with the β-Galactosidase Enzyme Assay System. (4280)
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Verma, U.N., Surabhi, R.M., Schmaltieg, A., Beccerra, C., Gaynor, R.B.
Notes: The β-Galactosidase Assay and Luciferase Assay were used to assess the effects of siRNAs on the expression of β-catenin in colon cancer cells. (2647)
Luciferase Assay System
Ohmichi, T., Maki, A. and Kool, E.T.
Notes: Total RNA was isolated from TOP10F' or INVaF' E. coli (Invitrogen) using the SV Total RNA Isolation System. The isolated RNA was used in RT-PCR to detect cleavage of marA mRNA. A marA drug resistance gene sequence was also ligated into a chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reporter vector. This construct was used to measure single-stranded nanovector-transcribed ribozyme activity on the marA sequence. CAT activity was measured using the CAT Enzyme Assay System. CAT activity was normalized by cotransfecting cells with the pSV-β-Galactosidase Vector and assaying lysates with the β-Galactosidase Enzyme Assay System. (2794)
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Ceriani, M.F., Darlington, T.K., Staknis, D., Mas, P., Petti, A.A., Weitz, C.J., Kay, S.A.
Notes: Most organisms display an endogenous timekeeping mechanism, or circadian clock, which consists of negative feedback loops of gene regulation that facilitate adaptation to cycles of light and darkness. In Drosophila, as well as other organisms, several of the molecules involved in sustaining this circadian clock have been identified. A gene product required for circadian photoreception has recently been identified in Drosophila, and termed crytochrome (CRY). These researchers investigated whether CRY could interact directly with the core clock proteins PERIOD (per) and TIMELESS (tim). The Drosophila cell line S2 was transiently transfected with a firefly luciferase reporter construct under control of the tim promoter, in conjunction with different combinations of constructs expressing clk, per, tim, and cry. Data was normalized to a cotransfected reporter plasmid, either the pRL-null Vector, a Renilla luciferase vector, or a beta-galactosidase expression vector, and the resulting activities measured using either the Dual-Luciferase® Reporter Assay System or the Beta-Galactosidase Enzyme Assay System. These transfection studies, along with coimmuneprecipitation assays, a yeast two-hybrid assay, and immunolocalization studies, show that CRY can block the function of PER/TIM heterodimeric complexes in a light-dependent fashion. In addition, PER/TIM and CRY influence the subcellular distribution of these protein complexes. Thus, CRY acts as a circadian photoreceptor by directly interacting with the core protein components of the circadian clock. (1354)
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Ong, J., Stevens, S., Roeder, R.G., Eckhardt, L.A.
Notes: Reporter constructs were prepared in the pGL2 Basic Vector and transfected with a beta-galactosidase vector as a control. Transfections into 18–81, 18–8, M12.4.1, A20, Nama-Iwa and Raji B-cell lines was accomplished with the standard ProFection® Mammalian Transfection System-DEAE Dextran. A lot of detail is provided. The DEAE-Dextran from the kit was also used for a DEAE-Dextran electroporation protocol to transfect for two other B cell lines. A lot of detail is provided. Reporter activities in the transfected cells were determined with the Luciferase Assay System and the Beta-Galactosidase Enzyme Assay System. (0566)
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Hamajima, N., Kouwaki, M., Vreken, P., Matsuda, K., Sumi, S., Imaeda, M., Ohba, S., Kidouchi, K., Nonaka, M., Sasaki, M., Tamaki, N., Endo, Y., De Abreu, R., Rotteveel, J., van Kuilenburg, A., van Gennip, A., Togari, H., Wada, Y.
Notes: pSV-β-Galactosidase Control Vector was cotransfected as an internal standard. Cell extracts were made 24 hours after the transfection using the Reporter Lysis Buffer and assayed using the β-Galactosidase Enzyme Assay System . (1056)
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Guignard, F., Combadiere, C., Tiffany, H.L., Murphy, P.M.
Notes: The authors used the Primer Extension System to map the transcriptional start site of human CCR5 gene. They cloned the putative CCR5 promoter, and regions thereof were cloned into the CAT in pCAT®-Basic Vector. Transient transfections were controlled for using a β-galactosidase expression plasmid, and β-galactosidase levels assayed using the β-Galactosidase Assay System. The pCAT® Vectors have been replaced by the next generation pCAT®3 Vectors. (1085)
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King, R.W., Ladner, S.K., Miller, T.J., Zaifert, K., Perni, R.B., Conway, S.C., Otto, M.J.
Notes: Cytotoxicity of AT-61 for HepG2 cells an HEPAD38 cells (a HepG2 cell loine that produces HBV when grown in the absence of tetracycline) was assessed using the Cell Titer 96® Non-Radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay. To assay for the inhibition of the tetracycline promoter activity in HepAD43 cells (produces β-galactosidase in the absence of tetracycline), β-galactosidase activity was determined using the Reporter Lysis Buffer from the β-Galactosidase Assay System. (2506)
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Wang, T-H, Wang, H-S, Ichigo, H., Giannakakou, P., Foster, J.S., Fojo, T., Wimalasena, J.
Notes: The authors transfected BR cells (ovarian carcinoma cells) using Tfx™-50. No details were provided. One of the assays used to investigate regulation of JNK/SAPK activation induced by microtubule inactivating agents was Promega's β-Galactosidase Enzyme Assay System. (0205)
Newton, R., Seybold, J., Kuitert, L.M.E., Bergmann, M. , Barnes, P.J.
Notes: A reporter construct was assembled in the pGL3 Control Vector downstream of the Xba I consisting of the 3'UTR of the COX-2 gene. The construct was designed to see if the UTR had an affect on mRNA stability in the presence of IL-1beta. The construct as well as the pSV-Beta Galactosidase Control Vector were transfected into A549 cells using the Tfx™-50 Reagent. A lot of detail is provided for the transfection. The reporter activities were monitored with the Luciferase Assay System and the Beta-Galactosidase Enzyme Assay System. (0606)
Krainc, D., Bai, G., Okamoto, S., Carles, M., Kusiak, J.W., Brent, R.N., Lipton, S.A.
Notes: Luciferase (prepared in pGL2-Basic Vector) and β-galactosidase (pSV-β-Galactosidase Control Vector) reporters were studied in SL2 Drosophila cells, HeLa cells and primary rat cortical neurons. Transfections into the SL2 and HeLa cells were accomplished with standard calcium phosphate methods. Transfection of primary rat cortical neurons was accomplished with the Tfx™-50 Reagent as described in Boeckman, F.A. et al. (1996) Neural Notes II(1), 13-15. Reporter assays were performed with the Luciferase Assay System and the β-Galactosidase Assay System. (0890)
Jones, L.C., Scammell, J.G.
Notes: Authors used the Wizard® Plus Megapreps DNA Purification System to isolate DNA and transfect it into GH cells. They also used the β-Galactosidase Enzyme Assay System and Riboprobe® in vitro Transcription Systems in their studies. (0945)
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Desai, S. H. , Niles, R. M.
Notes: In this paper, the pGL2 Basic Vector, the pSV-Beta Galactosidase Control Vector and the Luciferase Assay System were used to study gene expression in B16 mouse melanoma cells. (1271)
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Chatterjee, N. , Zou, C. , Osterman, J. C. , Gupta, N. K.
Notes: Luciferase studies were performed in KRC-7 rat hepatoma cells using constructs prepared in the pGL3 Basic Vector. The luciferase constructs were cotransfected with the pSV-beta-galactosidase Vector. Luciferase activities determined with the Luciferase Assay System were normalized to readings from the Beta-Galactosidase Enzyme Assay System. (1364)
Xu, C. F. , Chambers, J. A. , Solomon, E.
Notes: Expression of luciferase reporter constructs, derived from pGL3 Basic Vectors, was studied in MCF7, T47D, BT20, SKOV3 and JAR human cancer cell lines. The β-Galactosidase Enzyme Assay System with Reporter Lysis Buffer was also used. (0121)
Price, D. J., Rivnay, B., Fu, Y., Jiang, S., Avraham, S., Avraham, H.
Notes: The pSV-β-Galactosidase Vector was used as transfection control. The protein of interest was detected by western blotting. The amount of protein loaded on the gel was normalized to β-galactosidase activity. (0547)
McKee, C.M., Lowenstein, C.J., Horton, M.R., Wu, J., Bao, C., Chin, B.Y., Choi, A.M., Noble, P.W.
Notes: Reporter studies were performed in the mouse macrophage-like cell line RAW 264.7. Promoter constructs were prepared in the pGL2 Basic Vector and luciferase activity monitored with the Luciferase Assay System. Transfections were normalized by co-transfecting the pSV-β-Galactosidase Control Vector. The β-gal activity was assayed with the β-Galactosidase Assay System. (0713)
Tanaka, M., Inase, N., Fushimi, K., Ishibashi, K., Ichioka, M., Sasaki, S. and Marumo, F.
Notes: A 318bp promoter region from genomic DNA was amplified by PCR and ligated into the pGEM®-T Vector. This promoter region was then cloned into the pGL2-Basic Vector, and activity was measured using the Luciferase Assay System. Transfection efficiency was monitored with the β-Galactosidase Enzyme Assay System. (0300)
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Salomoni, P., Perrotti, D., Martinez, R., Franceschi, C., Calabretta, B.
Notes: Promega's pCAT® Basic and pSV Beta-Galactosidase Vectors were used in this study. Beta-galactosidase activity was assayed with the Beta-Galactosidase Enzyme Assay System with Reporter Lysis Buffer. Promega's pCAT Vectors have now been replaced by the next generation pCAT® 3 Reporter Vectors. (0434)
Korzus, E., Nagase, H., Rydell, R., Travis, J.
Notes: Luciferase studies were performed in normal human dermal fibroblasts and primary human astrocytes. The experimental constructs were prepared in the pGL2-Basic and pGL2-Promoter Vectors. All luciferase activities (determined with the Luciferase Assay System) were normalized to β-Galactosidase activity. (0884)
pGL2-Promoter Vector
Buckhaults, P., Chen, L., Fregien, N., Pierce, M.
Notes: Luciferase studies were performed in HepG2 cells using the Luciferase Assay System. Experimental constructs were prepared in the pGL2-Basic Vector. Transfection efficiency was standardized using the β-Galactosidase Assay System with Reporter Lysis Buffer. (2245)
Hu, Y.L., Lei, Z.M., Rao, C.V.
Notes: The authors used the Luciferase Assay System with Reporter Lysis Buffer (RLB) and the β-Galactosidase Assay System in JEG-3 human choriocarcinoma and HepG2 hepatoblastoma lines. (1024)


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I've been using portable PHP password hashing framework to hash password these days. I was wondering if it is safe the directly pass $_POST['password'] into CheckPassword method?
require 'PasswordHash.php';
// get hashed password from database
$pwHash = new PasswordHash(8, FALSE);
$isMatch = $pwHash->CheckPassword($_POST['password'], $hasedPassword);
Just curious, where are you getting $hasedPassword from that you are passing into CheckPassword()?
From database.
I'm a little confused as to what this "framework" is doing then. There could only possibly be a few lines of code behind that function to encrypt / salt the provided pass. Actually if your pulling the hashed pwd yourself, then it could only be a static salt which is garbage anyways.
Short answer, yes it should be fine to pass POST directly to that script. I'd have a look around at some threads / pages on this topic though. Since your concerned with security, you'll gain experience + more security from writing something yourself after learning a bit more on the topic. There's not too much to it
EDIT: For a long winded discussion that didn't really get us anywhere... http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?904383-Let-s-talk-security&highlight=talk+security Some interesting things came up there anyways.
I think it's worth talking a peek. http://www.openwall.com/phpass/
And thanks for sharing that thread. Gonna read it in the morning.
Eh, thanks but no thanks. Unless its retrieving my salt, hash, user input, checking user input, and then on success resalting and rehashing, I'm not interested. Even if it did all of that, we are only talking about 10-15 lines of code that I would much rather write myself.
If you are using php 5.3.7 or above, try this: https://github.com/ircmaxell/password_compat
Yes, that's safe.


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Easy solutions set up for youThis was the second part of a BzzCampaign that I received from Covergirl and is called Covergirl & Olay pressed powder in the shade of medium. The matching foundation that I had was the REHAB 2-in-1 Foundation in soft honey. I needed a pressed powder and I normally do not use it all over my face. I wanted it for my combination skin for areas like my nose and perhaps forehead, and to ...read morealso set my eye makeup area. My skin is a bit darker, because I received it in the summer and used it till this early Fall. I tried it over the foundation to see how it looked over my lines set in between my brows. I felt it was not as beneficial as with the foundation alone for me. I like it when used alone to take the shine off or keep away the effects of heat on certain areas. I did not take photos, but this is what I would definitely pull out while putting on that makeup for such an event. I use it to set my eyeliner, as I do not like to reapply it. It is for when, I don't want to use eyeshadow, or I need to adjust the colors. Combination skin needs separate treatments and this also blends in well with a slight sparkle. This is a quality I would want personally in a powder, as it lifts your look to what they might refer to as a soft brighter complexion. In the BzzAgent booklet, they gave information which might be useful. It has: gold pearls, yellow iron oxide, silk mica in the formulation. There are several color choices and some are not included here. Close to quotation for matched usage is stated: Fair- Ivory or Classic Ivory Fair/Light-Creamy Natural, or Buff Beige Light-Nude Beige or Natural Beige Light-Medium - Medium Beige, Warm Beige, Creamy Beige Medium- Soft Honey, Golden Tan Medium/Dark- Classic Tan If given a choice, I would go at least one shade lighter, because I am a different skin tone or color in the winter. I would put this between an 8 and 9 star, as it works with the product, which I will use more often and that is the foundation. — 4 years, 11 months agoevet | 13 reviews
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Settles in lines & is supposed to have the opposite effect!I've had pretty deep laugh lines over the past couple of years and this makes them seem so much worse it settles into every nook and cranny on my face. I definitely will not purchase again. The only plus was that the color was a very good match to my skin tone, I'm an olive skin-tone but it's winter and I used the 330 Light which was perfect. — 3 years, 5 months agoMari235 | 2 reviews
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Awesome product!I never used pressed powders until I tried this. It goes on so smoothly, and has great coverage. Definitely can't line without it! — 4 years, 5 months agoMackenzie | 1 reviews
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Construction under way on reclaimed water line to serve biomass plant
Published: Friday, March 1, 2013 at 3:49 p.m.
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Construction crews were out along a residential stretch of Northwest 126th Avenue in Alachua this week as work began on the installation of a reclaimed water line to the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center biomass power plant.
On the south side of the roadway — across the street from a line of homes — heavy equipment excavated earth. With traffic limited to one lane along some of the roadway, a flagman stood in the street directing motorists.
The biomass plant is expected to use 1.4 million gallons of water a day. The pipeline now under construction will supply 400,000 to 600,000 gallons of treated wastewater from the city of Alachua's plant to meet part of that demand.
The balance will be pumped from the ground.
The use of reclaimed water was a requirement put in place in 2010 as the plant was going through the state permitting process.
The state also required that Gainesville Regional Utilities give up 1.4 million gallons per day of its permitted groundwater withdrawal allotment for the Deerhaven coal plant to the biomass plant.
That lowered the permitted daily withdrawals for Deerhaven from 6.5 million gallons per day to 5.1 million.
Deerhaven's actual average daily usage was 1.74 million gallons in 2011, the most recent year for which numbers were available.
GRU has funded the design and construction of the pipeline, at a cost of approximately $1 million. The city of Alachua supervised the design and now the construction and will own and maintain the pipeline. GREC will pay Alachua for the reclaimed water.
The rate GREC will pay for reclaimed water has not yet been determined, said Adam Boukari, assistant city manager of Alachua.
The pipeline will cut across U.S. 441 and run along County Road 25A, across a narrow street from the Oaks of Hague neighborhood.
Lynn Coullias, an area resident, has raised a series of objections to the location of the pipeline and the fact that its construction has moved ahead while her neighborhood is without fire hydrants. She has questioned why the pipeline was not instead run from the Turkey Creek Golf & Country Club, which had reclaimed water for irrigation of its courses.
Coullias has also said there was insufficient notice to area residents of the plans for the pipeline.
Boukari said the route selected offered "the closest point of connection" to get to the biomass plant. The 2010 agreement between Alachua, Gainesville and the biomass company required that Alachua select the "lowest cost alternative" as the pipeline route.
Responding to concerns and objections over the pipeline in a Thursday email to Gainesville city commissioners, Alachua Public Works Director Mike New said the issue was discussed at several public meetings of the Alachua City Commission since 2010.
He described the construction as "minimally disruptive to residents in Hague" and said work would not last long on the residential stretch of Northwest 126th Avenue.
"One lane of traffic will be closed for a period of less than one week while the pipeline is being installed," New wrote.
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Crennel: Continuity key for Steelers
Steelers cornerback Ike Taylor has been chosen as the AFC defensive player of the week for the second time in his career.
Taylor made the first interception by a Steelers cornerback this season during the 24-20 win Sunday over the New York Giants. He also made five tackles and broke up a pass as the Steelers held Giants quarterback Eli Manning to season lows in completions (10) and passing yards (125).
Taylor played in his 131st consecutive game, the longest streak by any current NFL cornerback.
Taylor also was named as the defensive player of the week after facing Seattle in Week 5 of the 2007 season.
In other Steelers news, wide receiver Derek Moye of Penn State and Rochester High was added to the Steelers practice squad, and tight end Jamie McCoy was released. Coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday during his weekly news conference that the Steelers might add a receiver because of Antonio Brown's sprained ankle. Brown, also the primary punt returner, might miss the Monday night game against the Chiefs.
Moye was signed by the Dolphins as an undrafted free agent earlier this year.
Crennel credits Steelers' continuity
Romeo Crennel, the Chiefs' coach and former Browns coach, said it's not hard to envy how the Steelers do business. The Chiefs have had 13 head coaches since 1969, the Steelers 3.
"Pittsburgh has been the poster for continuity. They've done a tremendous job from top to bottom," Crennel said Wednesday. "That's why they are able to get good coaches that fit into their system and who can last to keep that continuity going. You know in the NFL and in today's society, it's an 'I want it done yesterday' league. It's gotten to that point, and if you can't get it done right away, people look for changes and for something different."
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Receiver-kick returner Chris Rainey had a piece of rib cartilage tear off when a player fell on top of him against the Giants. "I guess I cut too hard," he said. Coach Mike Tomlin warned he would be "big-time uncomfortable," and he has been. "I got to get my confidence back. It feels different," Rainey said. "The walking and all that kind of stuff, the coughing and sneezing is tough."


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When visiting my mom at Christmas and was trapped in her kitchen I realized that I needed to get a new peeler. My left-handed husband had many problems with the dull blade and design of her all-purpose peeler. When I saw this wide ceramic peeler I knew I had to buy it! The ultra-sharp and wide ceramic blade makes it easy to shave and peel just about everything! From vegetables to cheeses and chocolates this peeler can do it all and because it's ceramic it retains its sharp edge up to ten times longer than regular steel.


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The kind of queef that is so ferocious it comes out of only the nastiest snatch found within a ten mile radius from where you are currently residing.
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Crystal Palace midfielder Jonny Williams has joined Ipswich Town on a month's loan.
The 20-year-old has not featured in Tony Pulis' squad since the 1-0 Premier League win over Hull City last month, but he did sign a four and a half deal.
Williams, a Welsh international who will be in action for his country next week, told the official Ipswich Town website: "Tony Pulis told me I would be going out on loan after the game against Manchester United last weekend and I think there were two or three clubs interested.
"I spoke to Mick McCarthy after the game on Monday though and he told me Ipswich were interested and where he sees me playing in the team.
"He talked about his ambitions and I was excited about the challenge of coming here."
He added: "I know what a great club Ipswich is. I know they have been in the top flight and I know that's where they want to get back to."


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Gone, dispersed might be what they're all hoping we'll buy, but I fear the actuality is that the harm caused by this spill will lie delitescent for many years.MTC wrote:Nice find! A little (very little) digging disclosed "delitesence," a medical term meaning the sudden disappearance of the signs or symptoms of a disease implying, I guess, that the disease is merely latent. How lulling and sinister. Maybe someone with medical training can educate us. Application to the BP Gulf Oil Spill calamity is evident. Gone, dispersed, right?
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When the going gets tough, well, why not just make the going easier?
This seems to be the conclusion of the College Board, which administers the dreaded SAT college entrance exam. Recently announced "improvements" to the test are designed, say board officials, to better gauge what students actually study and learn in high school. Shouldn't take too long.
Thus, the new SAT will take less time and consist of multiple-choice questions as follows: (a) yes; (b) no; (c) maybe; (d) none of the above.


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WOOTTON Bassett scored three times in the last 19 minutes to sink lowly Purton 3-1 at Rylands Way.
The result gave Bassett their seventh Division One West win of the season and saw them keep the heat on leaders Brimscombe & Thrupp.
Reece Gilliver had given absence-hit Purton the lead just 10 minutes in, and that was how it stayed until 19 minutes from time.
Shaun Terry, who was later dismissed, levelled matters and then the in-form Mark Barnes put Bassett ahead for the first time, before an own goal rounded off the win.
In the Hellenic Premier, luckless Highworth still have not won in the league since August after they were defeated 1-0 by Holyport.
In the Southern League Division One South & West, Cirencester lost 3-1 at home to Evesham with the victors' goals coming from Marcus Palmer, Liam Hughes and Lee Downie.
Former Wootton Bassett striker Sam Collier bagged a consolation for Ciren deep into injury time.
Chippenham's visit to lowly Bideford in the Southern Premier was called off yesterday afternoon due to a waterlogged pitch.


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Sunday Morning Omelet with Asparagus and Goat Cheese
To make my omelet this is what I did:
- Cut up leftover (cooked) asparagus in small pieces and sauteed in a small bit of olive oil just to warm them in omelet pan. Removed asparagus.
- Whipped up 2 eggs with a bit of milk and some Spike Seasoning.
- Put a tsp. butter in pan and melted on high, added eggs and immediately lowered heat.
- Let eggs cook 2-3 minutes, then added asparagus.
- Took cheese out of refrigerator, sliced off a chunk (about 2 T) and crumbled over top of omelet. I also crumbled over about 2 T sharp cheddar. Salt/pepper to taste.
- Cover with glass lid and cook 3-4 minutes more on low, until cheese is looking melty.
- Take off lid and flip one side over the other. If some melted egg and cheese runs out cook a little more on each side.


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At least six wolves were the ancestors of all modern dogs, claimed Dr Deborah Lynch at the March 13th, 2004 American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting. The Grey Asian wolf is the most likely culprit and the descending modern dogs can be grouped into 10 basic types from "sight hounds" (greyhounds) to "toy dogs" (maltese, etc.)
Editorial Comment: What's most interesting is the idea of "at least six ancestral wolves". Genesis records the clean animals went on Noah's Ark in sevens and one was sacrificed after the flood, leaving at least six. So Noah didn't need to take two of each present day dog species at all. Today's dogs have become unclean animals (those which scavenge) but they started as plant eaters (Genesis 130). (Ref. dogs, kind, species)


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Bill Stevenson Makes SPIN Magazine's 100 Greatest Drummers of Alternative Music
Meinl Cymbal artist and underground drumming legend Bill Stevenson (Descendents, Black Flag, ALL) was recently recognized by SPIN Magazine in their 100 Greatest Drummers of Alternative Music.
Bill made the #25 spot and here's what the magazine had to say about him:
Bill Stevenson is the Thomas Edison of modern pop-punk drumming, his speedy, jovial bounce influencing the gait of Green Day, Blink-182, and Foo Fighters, among many others. But a careful listen to his 30-plus years of recordings shows Stevenson to be much more. Sure, he's the master of the super-fast 16th-note buzz roll that he made famous in the Descendents, but other sides of this versatile battering ram can be heard during Black Flag's sludgier My War years as well as in All's quirkier prog rock diversions.
Most Booming Moment: Stevenson's self-penned "Myage" was the perfect example of a drummer making great creative choices. Instead of sticking with a traditional kick/snare/hi-hat approach, he mixed it up with driving floor tom/snare rhythm and his trademark rolls to create a sound uniquely his own.
Currently Bill can be found hitting the road with a version of the mighty Black Flag; this version simply going by the moniker Flag, with every member of this line-up having served time in the original group during its glory years.


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OTTAWA -- Just six days into the new year, the headlines were already gloomy.
Europe's debt crisis sparks fresh jitters screamed one newspaper on Jan. 6, 2012.
By the end of the month, the International Monetary Fund was slashing its global economic forecast. Japan posted its first trade deficit in 30 years.
In February, there was some reason for optimism. The United States economic recovery showed signs of life, which was good news for Canadian exporters. A second bailout was finalized to save Greece's economy from a complete meltdown.
Then came March, which blew in like a lion with fresh worries about a slowdown in China and Europe's debt crisis.
And on and on it went.
For the sheer volume of stories and the effect on so many people's lives, Free Press editors chose the global economy as the international story of the year.
Derek Burleton, deputy chief economist at TD Economics, said the best way to describe the global economy in recent years is as a pendulum.
"It's been swinging back and forth for a couple of years now," he said.
The economy in 2012, for the most part, played out the way most expected, Burleton said.
The first half of the year saw better-than-expected growth, particularly in the U.S., where the housing market and auto sectors gained steam. But that was offset by a slower-than-expected second half of the year.
While most predicted continued economic turmoil in Europe, even some of the world's fastest-growing economies slowed in 2013. China had its slowest growth in more than a decade, affected mainly by government controls implemented to slow down an economy that was too hot, causing high inflation rates. The changes pushed the housing market into a tailspin.
India was expected to see economic growth slow to around 5.5 per cent this year, the lowest since 2004. Russia's growth figures were pushed downward by more than a point.
The economic woes led to political upheaval as well. France, Italy and Greece elected new governments, largely based on voters' concerns about austerity measures and economic uncertainty. Spain ousted its government in late 2011. It didn't seem to help. As unemployment rose and mortgage foreclosures soared in Italy, Greece and Spain, people took to the streets this fall, objecting to austerity measures with mass marches and general strikes. Youth unemployment in Spain and Greece is higher than 50 per cent.
In Canada, it was also an up-and-down year. Global commodity prices are still lower than Canada would like, eating into revenues and forcing the federal government to go deeper into the red than it promised during last spring's budget.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty expects to post a deficit of $26 billion this year, $5 billion more than he forecast last spring, and won't be able to balance the budget until 2016.
Burleton said the Canadian economy has limped along mainly on the backs of consumer spending and housing. Both those areas are cooling, thanks to tighter government controls on mortgages and repeated warnings by Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney about the size of household debt. So Canada's growth this year will be more dependent on outside forces than in recent years.
"Canada's sustained expansion is going to depend more on what happens in the U.S," Burleton said. "We're ending the year on a soft patch."
In Manitoba, the NDP government was forced to push back its balanced-budget pledge until 2016, meaning the province will be in the red longer than any province except Ontario.
Fletcher Baragar, economics professor at the University of Manitoba, said Canada and Manitoba are somewhat luckier than most of the global economies. But both are still vulnerable, mainly to fortunes in the U.S.
With the fiscal cliff looming south of the border, Canada's and Manitoba's exports are on their own cliff, waiting to see if their biggest trading partner tosses itself a lifeline.
Baragar said it is correct to describe the public's attitude toward the economy at this point as both wary and weary.
"It is worrisome. The crisis broke out in 2008 and hit us with a bang, and here we are four or five years later, and this really strong, robust recovery hasn't happened," he said. "I wouldn't really say people are expecting the good times to come back with the new year."
MONEY makes the world go round, or so the saying goes.
But when there's not enough to go around, the world starts to teeter.
And, wobbly global finances that send economies into a tailspin have become a fact of life that we seem unable to shake.
From protests in the streets of Europe to the fall of governments to the narrative of the U.S. presidential election to impacting the bottom line of not only Manitoba but also Manitobans, the economic reality show was one that generated plenty of drama and far more losers than winners.
The only thing certain about the uncertain global economy was its ability to generate far-reaching headlines, and that makes it the Free Press international story of the year.
-- Paul Samyn, editor
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