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ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne - 18th win in a row for Mat Belcher
by Cora Zillich on 7 Dec 2013
Medal race - 470 M / Mathew Belcher & Will Ryan (AUS) GOLD 2013 ISAF Sailing World Cup - Melbourne, Sail Melbourne Jeff Crow/ Sport the Library
At the ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne today saw the first day of Olympic boat class medal races with the Men's and Women's 470, Finn, Laser, Laser Radial fleets contesting.
World Sailor of the Year and London Olympic Champion Mat Belcher (QLD) and partner Will Ryan (QLD), re-wrote sailing history by securing another consecutive 470 class regatta win. This brings the 18th win in a row for Mat Belcher.
'We had a great day today and it's nice to finish off a long battle for the week against the Croatian team. They are four times World's medallists and it's great that they came out. They performed really well and we are just happy that we came out on top today and in the winner takes it all gold medal race', Mat Belcher said after the race.
'It's been a great year for Will and I in our new partnership and having won all the events we competed in so far. We've been working really hard and we are trying to build on this for next year and obviously on the way to Rio.'
AST head coach Victor Kovalenko, OAM, added: 'Mat and Will had a good regatta and I'm very happy for them. Eighteen consecutive wins on this level is actually historic – no one has ever done this before and possibly no one ever will.'
Mat Belcher about his winning streak: 'It's fantastic to finish off this year on a winning note. I have heard some pretty optimistic statements, like, 'Oh yes they can go unbeaten all the way to Rio'. But we can't keep this up, there is no way. The talent in the fleet is just too good. We have done something quite extraordinary and have really amazed ourselves in our performance and from a psychological point of view, how we have been able to win those past regattas. But we know that one mistake and that's it.'
'This is still a new partnership and to have the results that we have had, it's phenomenal and a real credit to Will. It's a high-pressured situation, he is coming in replacing Mal (Page) and he is finding his way. I am honoured to sail with him and looking forward to where we can take our partnership'.
In the Laser fleet it was current World Number One sailor Tom Burton (NSW) who defended his 2012 Sail Melbourne title. Burton brought in the first win of the day for the Australian Sailing Team, having taken an unassailable lead by winning all three of yesterday's races. He finishes off the regatta ranking first overall. The win at the final event of the year was a welcome wrap of the year for Burton after a gold and silver at other World Cup events earlier this year and finishing ninth at the Laser Men's World Championships in Oman a couple weeks ago:
'It's been a good week for me and pretty consistent. Coming off the Worlds, I was a little bit disappointed with my result and the goal was obviously to get back onto that podium. All the Aussie guys are pretty good and we are a bit more familiar with these conditions than what we had in Oman. I was on the podium here last year, coming off Oman and with a great group of guys I train with, the goal was to win',
Matt Wearn (WA), who just qualified for the Australian Sailing Team with his tenth place at the Laser Men's World Championships in Oman, came third ahead of Australian Sailing Squad member Ashley Brunning (NSW) who finished fourth.
In the other events of the day, the fourteen strong Finn fleet saw a week of promising performances of the Australian Sailing Squad athletes Jake Lilley (QLD) and Victorian Oliver Tweddell. Today's medal confirmed yesterday's ranking with both Tweddell in second and Lilley in third securing podium spots. AST member and London Olympian Brendan Casey (QLD) came fourth.
Oliver Tweddell who won today's medal race said after his race: 'I'm quite happy with second overall given I've taken a bit of a break since the Worlds. Right this moment I'm a little bit gutted I didn't take the gold, we are always here to try and win, but second overall at Sail Melbourne is a pretty solid result.'
In the 470W fleet, ASS athletes Sasha and Jaime Ryan (QLD) and last year's Sail Melbourne victors joined brother Will Ryan on the podium as they came second behind China.
'He always has to outdo us, but we are very happy for him. There was quite a bit of pressure for the whole family going into today's racing, but we all had a great day and some successful racing,' Jaime Ryan commented on her brother's win.
AST's Sarah Cook and Carrie Smith (WA), Youth World Champion skipper in the 420 class – the youth feeder class for the 470, finished fifth overall in their first regatta together. Cook's skipper Elise Rechichi (VIC) was not racing in Melbourne for medical reasons.
'Carrie and I have enjoyed this week. We only had one sail before the regatta started and Carrie is only just starting to learn how to sail the 470s. She's done an amazing job and we are happy with the good result today, even though the overall result didn't go quite as we had hoped for. But we are happy to leave it there for the year and get back into training in January', Sarah Cook reflected on their first event together.
In yesterday's Paralympic boat class races, London 2012 Paralympics Gold medal Paralympian Liesl Tesch secured a win in the Skud18 with Duncan McGregor, while Paralympian Matt Bugg (TAS) came second in the 2.4mR.
'We went out and did exactly what we needed to do, plus, it's my skipper's birthday. So, it's a good present and we are pretty happy with the outcome.' Liesl Tesch said after their race.
The medal races for the 49er, 49erFX, Men's and Women's RS:X and Nacra 17 fleets will be held tomorrow on Sunday 8 December 2013 .
Held at Sandringham Yacht Club, Melbourne, Australia from 2-8 December, the ISAF Sailing World Cup is the second stop of the 2013-14 ISAF Sailing World Cup series and features fleets across two Paralympic and ten Olympic events.
Fourteen Australian Sailing Team (AST) athletes and 30 Australian Sailing Squad (ASS) athletes in Olympic classes, including no less than three London Olympic gold medallists and four Olympic silver medallists as well as Paralympic gold medallist Liesl Tesch are competing on Port Phillip Bay amongst 581 competitors from 24 different countries around the world in what is considered Australia's premier Olympic class sailing
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
9 days.
I miss him.
We were so happy...
and I miss that.
But we can do this.
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life as an Army girlfriend
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
The Capacity of Words
"When in love, the sight of the beloved has a completeness which no words and no embrace can match..."
-John Berger
That statement holds a lot of truth. Words really aren't enough to contain the wealth of human emotion. We can explain how we feel until we run out of breath, but we will still never be able to transmit our experience to any other person.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
He's Gone
I don't know how I've done it, but I've kept myself together pretty well. I miss him so much it hurts, but life goes on, and eventually it will bring me to the day I see him again. I wrote him his first letter last night. It was so long I had to type it. It ended up being three pages typed in 11 point font. It was humongous.
Well actually, he took his first week's worth of letters with him since he'll have to go a few days without one until he sends us his address information...and then there's the time it will take for my letters to get there...
I'm really glad I thought of sending them. It makes me feel less lonely, knowing that I sent a small part of me away with him.
As if to mimic how broken my days are without him my car broke down last night. I'm back to driving my Grandpa's old blue car I've nicknamed Burt. Burt and I are old friends. I get him on loan every time something goes wrong with my cars. I have bad luck with them.
Anyhow, I'm at work, so I have to return to filing for a bit. Wish me luck today on my second official day as a military girlfriend...
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life as an Army girlfriend
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Okay. So I'm not usually the biggest fan of American Idol...but this kid got my attention. I think I've watched this video ten times already. Go for it.
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Jane Tompkins
One of my English classes assigned an essay for reading. The essay was Jane Tompkins' ""Indians": Textualism, Morality, and the Problem of History." The essay argues the difficulty of discerning what
happened in the distant past. Everything we can use as a source of knowledge came from a person who's perspective is different from everyone else's, and is slightly biased by default based upon the observers values and cultural beliefs.
"The problem [with finding the truth] is that if all accounts of the events are determined through and through by the observer's frame of reference, then one will never know, in any given case, what really happened."
Tompkins has a good point in this essay. Nothing we say about what others think or do can ever be completely true. We cannot really guess someone's motives, because we will never be able to see things from their unique perspective.
It's food for thought, this Tompkins essay. It makes me think twice about many assumptions I have made in the past, and warns against more in the future. It's an interesting and somewhat perplexing read which I reccomend highly. We could all stand to be a bit more open-minded...and we could all benefit from realizing that our own preconcieved notions about the world hold us back from so many opportunities...
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Monday, March 16, 2009
Only Seven Days Left
There are only seven more days until Kyle leaves for basic training.
Life is going on as usual. Aside from the occasional question from a friend or co-worker nothing is at all out of the ordinary. I go to class. I do my homework. I go to work. I visit Kyle. Nothing has changed. It doesn't feel like anything will change. I hope I can stay immersed in this rhythm of school and work and visiting...friends. I hope it's enough.
I'm actually looking forward to the letter writing though. There's something romantic about writing letters. It's more heartfelt than e-mailing or texting, somehow more intimate. It requires more thought, more patience, and gives me an excuse to buy some gorgeous stationary.
On a lighter note, this Friday is my first official payday! I'm excited. I'm getting my hair cut this Saturday to celebrate. Yay!
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
What Four Lines Can Do
Flipping through my literature book I found a four line poem by Margaret Atwood. It follows:
you fit into me
like a hook into an eye
a fish hook
an open eye
Yep, that's all folks. But isn't it amazing how much we know because of those four little lines? I could invent an entire story based upon the emotional wealth found in them. I sit here typing, astounded. I find this poem bold, gutsy, and wish more were so honest.
Atwood is also the author of the book
The Handmaid's Tale
, a slightly frightening futuristic novel that follows the life of a woman stripped of her entire identity...losing everything from her family, to her job, her money, her home, and even her name itself. I recommend it with the warning that you won't find a happy ending. In fact, you don't find much of an ending at all. The book is guaranteed to leave you absolutely haunted.
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Monday, March 9, 2009
Running Out
I'm running out of replacement bags for the shredder, out of Milk Duds, out of Puffs tissues, out of time until my lunch break (thank God), out of days until I turn 19, out of time for friends, and last and far from least: I'm running out of time with Kyle. I'm down to two weeks today. I'm scared. I'm excited. I'm ready. I'm not. I'm worried sick. I'm more proud than I thought possible.
I want this all to go well. I want to be strong and supportive. I want to cry...
What do I do? I'd like to scream that question to the heavens right about now. Quick answer here is nothing. There is nothing to do but let go when I run out of time, to get new bags when I use up the last one, and to go to lunch when the next fifteen minutes are up. Hopefully things will turn out for the best.
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life as an Army girlfriend
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Friday, March 6, 2009
I've been tagged twice on Facebook and once here to post 25 things about myself. I'm not tagging anyone. (If you want to post some facts about yourself do it. I'd love to read them. Feel free. But I'm not going to obligate anyone to share.) Here is my list of 25 random facts:
1) I am very dramamtic. I make a bigger fuss about most things than I should. I almost always regret it. When I am really really hurting about something...I am quieter about it than I would have been if I were only slightly upset.
2) I don't think I know myself very well at all. Sometimes I am surprised by my reactions to situations. There are some issues and circumstances I feel very strongly about, but other than those, I am not someone that fits into a neat and tidy box of actions.
3) I hate to be alone. I am not one of those people who can be just as happy curled up with a book by themselves. (Though I do dearly love to read.) I need my friends and family around me to keep me positive. If I am alone I feel like I am somehow failing at life.
4) When my best friend moved to a new neighborhood two years ago I took in her dog. My Dad and I take care of it...but I still think of it as hers. She still loves it more than I do. I knew it would end up this way.
5) I didn't want to grow up. Growing up means that you have to stop believing in things like magic and perfect love. I don't want to give those things up.
6) I think watermelon cures sickness...and that this is why I'm never ever sick in the summer.
7) I think being a librarian will be exciting, and I don't care what anyone else says about how boring it is. I like books. What better job could I persue?
8) I don't try as hard in my favorite classes because they are the ones I am best at. I know I will be able to scrape up a good grade with little effort, so I focus on the harder ones I hate instead. I probably let down my professors (and high school teachers) because I don't live up to my potential...but I always have a good GPA.
9) I used to pretend I liked Warheads sour candy even though I didn't just so other kids wouldn't think I was weird. To this day I still think kids that like them are crazy.
10) My two biggest fears are: a) Having cancer like my mom, or being diabetic like a lot of people in my family. b) Losing Kyle. I could live with anything else. (I mean this literally.)
11) I hate plain water. I drink it only because it's healthy. This fact isn't enough to make me eat beans though. I despise beans.
12) I used to read in bubble baths. Then I read
by Cornelia Funke and imagined how embarrassing it would be to have someone from a book appear in my bathroom. I haven't read in the bathtub since. (Yes, I know it's silly.)
13) It's hard for me to tell the people I love that I am angry with them. I'm always afraid they'll become so angry with me that they won't love me anymore.
14) I am a great advice giver, but I'd never take my own. And yet I am upset when people don't listen to me when we both know I'm right. I know this is hipocritical. I still won't change.
15) I am typing this at work. I finished the tasks that were supposed to take me an hour and one half in fifteen minutes. I still have half an hour to waste...
16) I like the feeling I get when I accomplish a lot in one day, even if it takes a lot of rushing and makes me dead tired. I need to feel useful and successful to be happy.
17) I don't eat green popsicles or green jello. That's just wierd, even if it does promote a stereotype.
18) I am the most impatient person I know, including my ten year old brother. I just hide my impatience better. I annoy
with it most of the time. In my head there is a constant refrain of "Are we there yet? Am I finished yet? How much longer? What time is it now?"
19) I laugh a lot when I'm sleepy. That's probably the closest to drunk I'll ever get. I don't ever want to drink. Ever. My mom had times during her life where she'd "check out" and not remember entire days or weeks due to childhood trauma. I don't want to forget things.
20) I always thought I wanted a daughter, but now that I'm older, I long for a son as well. I didn't think I'd be happy without a girl, but now I finally know what people mean when they say it doesn't matter whether they have a girl or a boy. I'd love either.
Practical Magic
was, and still is, my all-time-favorite movie. When I was little I'd try to blow on the candles around the house to make them light. I even made the love spell with the rose petals.
22) On a school trip with my friends we all said we were going to write our confessions on pieces of paper and hide them in
Post Secret
books in a Border's Bookstore. I was the only one to do it. I told them all that I did, and made them promise not to look for it. They didn't. I was disappointed. They recently told me that they really wanted to know what I wrote. I won't tell them what the paper said, but I love that they wanted to know...and I wish they'd looked. (For an explanation of
Post Secret
see my links.)
23) I prefer cats to dogs. Most people don't understand this because they think dogs are more loveable. It isn't that I don't like dogs, I do, I just think cats have more personality.
24) I really want to witness some sort of supernatural phenomenon...see a ghost, hear voices... But at the same time I don't because I'm afraid I'd either think I was crazy or have everyone else think that.
25) I don't really like pumpkin pie anymore. It was my childhood favorite. I won't tell my grandmothers because they both perfected their pumpkin pie-making just for me. I eat it every year at Christmas and Thanksgiving. I always say it's wonderful.
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getting to know me
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Dancing in my Dorm
That's right ladies and gentlemen. I was really dancing in my dorm room this morning. I'm finally getting over a flu that's lasted more than a week now, and the relief combined with a beautiful, warm day, and an amazing first class has me in a perfect mood. It doesn't hurt that it's spring break and that my new-found job is amazing.
Optimism is easier when things are going well.
Today's motto is: "life is a gift." And while I know that might change to "life is a pain" in a few short weeks I'm living up to my motto-of-the-day and enjoying the good times while I can.
Well...gotta run. I have to finish packing to go hooooooooooooooome. Thank the Lord for some time out of this concrete box (not that it isn't nice...just not home). Enjoy the coming of spring everyone!
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Westbound Interstate 70 was closed east of Genesee for almost 2 hours a after a pickup truck collided with a semi-trailer truck this morning.
The accident happened around 7 a.m., forcing the closure of I-70's westbound lanes near C-470, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.
The collision forced the pickup truck to roll, said Trooper Josh Lewis, spokesman for the Colorado State Patrol.
Emergency crews had to extricate a passenger trapped inside the truck. The extent of that person's injuries were not immediately known.
The driver of the semi-truck was not injured.
Traffic was redirected around the accident via U.S. Highway 40.


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Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter—
Three Turnall Holdings directors allegedly siphoned more than $2 million from their employer on the pretext that they were paying a supplier when in fact they were awarding themselves bonuses, a Harare magistrate heard yesterday. The trio are Abel Jere (54) employed as the managing director and Edwin Kondo (49), the company's marketing director, while Francis Chigwedere (55) is still employed as the technical director based at the Bulawayo factory.
They allegedly swindled the company out of $2 449 071,21 and nothing was recovered. Jere, Kondo and Chigwedere yesterday appeared before Mr Elijah Makomo charged with fraud.
They were remanded to March 7 on $500 bail each coupled with some conditions. As part of their bail conditions, they were ordered to report once a week at CID Serious Frauds, to reside at their given addresses and not to interfere with witnesses.
According to the State, Jere left Turnall Holdings in August 2014 while Kondo resigned in December 2012 and the offence is said to have been committed between 2010 and 2014.
Prosecuting, Mr Peter Kachirika alleged that sometime during the period extending from September 2010 to 2014, the trio in connivance with Elizabeth Mawukwa, who is still at large, and Robert Dube, who is now deceased, hatched a plan to defraud Turnall Holdings.
They allegedly held a meeting with Adam Muhita, the managing director of Auto Control (Pvt) Ltd and misrepresented to him that as management they had been authorised by Turnall Holdings board of directors to access their bonuses through his company so that the rest of the employees would not know that they had been given bonuses.
It is the State's case that Jere instructed Muhita to raise fictitious pro-forma invoices in the name of Auto Control purporting that Auto Control had provided services to Turnall Holdings.
On several occasions, Jere caused money to be transferred from his employer's several banking accounts into Auto Control's account held at Barclays Bank. As a result, Muhita would then withdraw the money on the instructions of Jere and give it to the accused persons.
Muhita allegedly made the person who collected the money to sign for it in his diary. They would share the money among themselves, the court heard.
Due to the accused persons' conduct, Turnall lost a total of $2 449 071,21 and nothing was recovered. Meanwhile, four more suspected thieves yesterday appeared in court accused of stealing 17 000 litres of diesel from Econet Wireless Zimbabwe network base stations around Harare.
Sherpard Nyamukondiwa (42), Tinashe Sande (25), Silence Maiba (23) and Judah Tangwena (24) appeared before magistrate Mr Elijah Makomo.
They are facing charges of wilful damage to or interference with or theft of telecommunication lines and ap- paratus. They were remanded in custody to March 7.
This brings to eight the number of people who have appeared in court for stealing diesel from Econet Wireless Zimbabwe network base stations.


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Dilon Technologies: Esteemed Endorsements Recognize Promising Future of Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI)
Published: Nov 19, 2009
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging/Molecular Breast Imaging (BSGI/MBI) has been recognized and endorsed by two highly esteemed organizations for the fight against breast cancer: The Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) and the American College of Surgeons. Both societies published articles supporting the further application of this breakthrough imaging technology for the early detection of breast cancer.
In the Fall 2009 issue of the SBI News, the article, "Nuclear Medicine Breast Imaging: An Exciting Frontier," discusses the advancements in nuclear medicine imaging of the breast. According to the article, "nuclear medicine is an exciting field of development for breast imaging and will almost certainly lead to improved detection of breast cancer in the future."
The Consensus Conference III panel, formed by the American College of Surgeons, concluded in a special report that BSGI may have equal sensitivity and improved specificity when compared with breast MRI. The panel also concluded that BSGI and positron emission mammography (PEM) may be used as alternatives to breast MRI when MRI is not available or is contraindicated in certain patients. The panel also agreed that in some situations, BSGI may be useful as an additional problem-solving tool.
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Maya Pill
In the traditions of Victor Pelevin and Vladimir Sorokin, German Sadulaev's follow-up to his acclaimed I am a Chechen! is set in a twenty-first century Russia, phantasmagorical and violent. A bitingly funny twenty-first century satire, The Maya Pill tells the story of a mid-level manager at a frozen-food import company who comes upon a box of psychotropic pills that's accidentally been slipped into a shipment. He takes one, and disappears down the rabbit hole: entering the mind of a Chinese colleague; dreaming that he is one of the rulers of an ancient kingdom; even believing he is in negotiations with the devil. A mind-expanding companion to the great Russian classics, The Maya Pill is strange, savage, bizarre, and uproarious.
Translated by Carol Apollonio
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of pages: 227
Language: eng
List price: $15.00


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Custom system builders are pinning their hopes on Microsoft's latest Windows operating system and a new Intel motherboards form factor to find success in the all-in-one PC market.
All-in-one PCs are PCs in which the monitor, motherboard, processor, memory, and storage are all built into a single chassis. They have been around for years, mainly for specialized purposes as kiosks.
However, a new crop of all-in-one PCs is starting to come to market featuring new form factor motherboards, new large touch screen displays, and Microsoft's Windows 7 Pro operating system.
Several vendors, including major vendors such as Sony, Toshiba, Hewlett-Packard, and Acer, as well as Portland, Ore.-based custom system builder CTL, showed new large-screen all-in-one PCs at this week's Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Los Angeles.
Joe Toste, vice president of marketing at Equus Computer Systems, a Minneapolis-based system builder, said the key enabler for the latest round of all-in-one PCs is the fact that Windows 7 Pro is touch-enabled.
"It works," Toste said. "It allows great user scenarios. That means huge opportunities for us."
Microsoft is demonstrating its vision of where the IT market is going by saying it wants apps to run on all devices regardless of the size of the glass screen, Toste said. "I have customers who run apps on 10-inch glass, and want to run those apps on 22-inch glass," he said. "For ISVs, Microsoft is saving a lot of development time."
Erik Stromquist, COO at CTL, said the other key to success in the all-in-one PC business is the new thin mini-ITX form factor motherboard design from Intel, which Intel and other suppliers are using to produce motherboards small enough to fit inside the tiny cases associated with all-in-one PCs yet flexible enough to work with processors from the Atom to the i7.
The thin mini-ITX motherboards are the same size as mini-ITX models, but only about half as thick, making them more suitable for use in all-in-one PCs, according to Intel.
The motherboards give all-in-one PC builders the option to choose which processor to use, or to ship without the processor, Stromquist said. While some thin mini-ITX motherboards cannot be serviced or upgraded once installed, models from Intel do allow such upgrades, he said.
CTL's all-in-one PC is built into a 22-inch screen with choice of touch and non-touch models. Solution providers can purchase them fully configured from CTL with a choice of processor, memory, hard drive, and optical drive, or can add their own, Stromquist said.
The PC portion can be accessed for upgrades and configuration by placing the device screen-down, removing a single screw, and then removing the cover, he said.
The CTL all-in-one PC, which provides solution providers and customers the option of putting their own corporate logo on the bezel, will shortly come to market. Stromquist said that a model with the Intel i5 processor and touch-screen capability will list for about $899, while a non-touch version will probably list for about $599. He said CTL plans to offer an Atom processor-based model this Fall that will start out at about $399.
John Samborski, vice president of Ace Computers, an Arlington Heights, Ill.-based custom system solution provider, said all-in-one PCs have sold fairly well in the past, but were difficult to implement and ended up being more of a specialized products.
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In 1936, Albert Gallatin hoped to answer Alfred Barr's twin theses that abstract art was European and that it was declining. Gallatin assembled the finest practitioners of abstract art in America and organized an exhibition at the Paul Reinhardt Gallery at 57th Street and 5th Avenue in New York, calling it Five Concretionist: Biederman, Calder, Ferren, Morris and Shaw. Susan Larsen, in her most recent monograph on Charles Biederman, descirbed the show as "a landmark exhibition reviewed by many papers and preserved in memory as the birth of a new generation of modernists working in New York" [Larsen, Charles Biederman (2011), p. 77]. "Sophisticated observers knew it to be Gallatin and Morris's rebuttal to Alfred Bar's exclusion of Americans in his sweeping survey exhibition, Cubism and Abstract Art," she continued. The very name of Barr's exhibition demonstrates that Barr felt that abstraction had already had its day: "cubism" had been around two decades when Barr thought to chronicle it. Indeed, Gallatin's term, "concretionist," sat poorly with all five of the artists in the Reinhardt Gallery show; it nonetheless served the purpose of looking ahead to emerging artforms rather than looking back and abroad. Looking back past the post-war explosion of abstract expressionism to the enduring marks of minimalism and other abstract sub-groups, the Barr's for obituary for abstraction appears almost comically premature.
The present work was exhibited in that ground-breaking 1936 exhibition, and it made a splash as the sole work from the exhibition reproduced in The New York Times' review of the show. "The town goes abstract on a scale that must be called rampant," wrote the Times' Edward Alden Jewell. "After deciding what a 'concretionist' is, you are free to estimate the extent to which any of these five artists has enriched the theories promulgated some time ago by Joan Miro and his more advanced earlier graduates," Jewell went on, typifying the contemporary discomfort with the name for the new art. Biederman shared that discomfort, writing in a letter to his friend and patron John Anderson, "Gallatin asked me if I would participate in an exhibit for March…I said yes and just recently found out that it was the beginning of a new clique. It will…be known as (hold your seat) 'Concretionists.' Arp has already used that term so it has been what one might call christened properly and so I am that above mentioned name, but reluctantly" [as quoted by Susan Larsen in Charles Biederman (2011), p. 63]. Biederman might not have balked at the association with Miro, but he certainly had other ambitions than the Spanish painter. Writing in 1976, he described his "return to biological shapes…1935-1936″:
This particular area of my search terminated in the realization that such structuring was simply a more subtle form of visual conditioning to the figurative imitation of the past as well as the imitative perception of nature. I concluded this pursuit could not lead to a purely creative form of art" [Charles Biederman: A Retrospective (1976), p. 47].
Possibly, he agreed with the general observation of the Times critic: Biederman had done all he could for abstract painting, and abstract painting had done all it could for Biederman — two years later, he would put down the brush for good. Here he also acknowledged the needs of the art-viewing public, remarking, "Most people are not as severe critics as nature. Nature demands hard work, the public demands to be startled" [Ibid., p. 47]. Even if Jewell was unimpressed by Biederman's contributions to abstraction, the art-viewing public found the work thrilling if not startling, and "a generation of modernists" were roused from their slumber by "the new clique" on view at the Paul Reinhardt Galleries.


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Eagle's Landing, Mt. Paran to play Game 3 today
The GHSA Class A baseball semifinal series in McDonough was played Friday after being rained out for four consecutive days.
Mt. Paran Christian School won Game 1, 8-4, but Eagle's Landing Christian Academy won Game 2, 4-1. The deciding game is at 3 p.m. today.
The winner will play Calvary Day School next week for the Class A state championship at the Bethesda Home for Boys. Calvary coach Kevin Farmer said late Friday that the state championship series likely will begin Tuesday. A time will be determined today.
AASU places 42 on PBC Presidental Honor Roll
The Armstrong Atlantic State athletic department placed
42 student-athletes on the Peach Belt Conference's Presidential Honor
Roll for 2004-2005, announced Friday by conference officials.
Student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher (on a 4.00 scale)
for the entire 2003-2004 academic year to be honored.
Nearly 40 percent of AASU's 107 student-athletes earned the Honor Roll
award, and one senior from the No. 21-ranked AASU volleyball team -
President's Cup award winner Ashley Lavender - finished her AASU career by being named to the Honor Roll four times.
In all, 807 student-athletes were named to the PBC Presidential Honor
Roll from the 12 league schools, a new record. It surpasses last year's
709 student-athletes who were named to the honor roll.
OSP races rained out
Rainy conditions Friday forced Oglethorpe Speedway Park to cancel all races at the half-mile dirt track in Pooler. OSP will attempt to race again June 10.
Sand Gnats' game postponed
HICKORY, N.C. - The Savannah Sand Gnats' game against the Hickory Crawdads was postponed Friday night to due an unplayable field at L.P. Frans Stadium.
The cancellation is the fourth in five days for Hickory and the 11th time rain has either suspended play or forced a postponement this season. The teams will play a doubleheader tonight, beginning at 6 p.m., and then meet in single games Sunday and Monday.
Kellogg named swimming and diving coach at GSU
Nate Kellogg has been named head swimming and diving coach at Georgia Southern after serving as interim coach last season, athletic director Sam Baker announced Friday.
Last year under Kellogg the swimming team finished 6-4 overall in dual meets, 5-2 in the Northeastern Conference and placed fifth in the NEC Championships. The Eagles broke six school records and four pool records.
Marinovich ordered into drug rehabilitation
SANTA ANA, Calif. - Troubled former Southern California and NFL quarterback Todd Marinovich was ordered into a six-month drug rehabilitation program Friday, to be followed by six months of outpatient treatment for violating terms of his probation.
The 35-year-old Marinovich, who is in custody, appeared in Orange County Superior Court's drug court program. He was sentenced by Judge Wendy Lindley.
Marinovich will remain in county jail before returning to court next Thursday. During that time, he will be interviewed by a staff member of the live-in program to determine if he will be accepted, Clesceri said.
Marinovich, who gave his residence as Newport Beach, was first arrested on drug charges in January 1991 while attending USC. He was a first-round draft choice of the then-Los Angeles Raiders later that year, and played with them for two seasons before being released.
Marinovich later played football in Canada and for the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League, leaving that team in 2001 after being arrested on suspicion of heroin possession.
Patrick to drive in IRL race
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Indianapolis 500 star Danica Patrick will ride in an IRL race in Colorado on Aug. 21, a big boost for the event at Pikes Peak International Raceway.
"I've had more phone calls yesterday (about the race) than I've had in the last five years combined," raceway president Rob Johnson said Wednesday.
Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon is also scheduled to ride in the Honda Indy 225 on the mile oval in Fountain, raceway officials said.
Patrick finished fourth at the Indy 500 on Sunday, the best finish in race history by a female driver.
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A convoluted government scheme features a DEA agent (Denzel Washington) and an NCIS agent (Mark Wahlberg) investigating one another under the assumption that they are stealing money from the mob. When the agents figure out that they've been set up by the CIA, they cooperate to return the money and save their lives. Also with Paula Patton, James Marsden, Bill Paxton, Edward James Olmos and Fred Ward. Directed by Baltasar Korm�kur. [1:49]
SEX/NUDITY 5 - A woman meets a DEA agent in a cheap motel twice: In the first scene, he is shirtless while she wears only thong panties, revealing buttocks, breasts and abdomen, with her long hair mostly covering her nipples (we see a small portion of them briefly as she moves, and we see the sides and bottoms of her bare breasts); in the second scene, she wears thong panties and a bra, revealing the rest of her body as she sits on the bed, and the man is completely clothed (sex is implied in both scenes).
► A woman wears a clingy, low-cut blouse that reveals significant cleavage in two scenes. A woman wears a skirt that extends to mid-thigh with a clingy, low-cut blouse that reveals significant cleavage and most of her thighs and legs. A woman in a deeply cut negligee stands outside her front door and we see cleavage and a large bust, along with most of her bare thighs and legs.
► A man winks at another man and tells him that he is making him his "bitch." One man tells a second man in a joke, "Your mother has to move out of my house at some point, man." We hear that a woman frequents a high-class hotel to meet her boyfriend for sex (we never see those scenes).
► A man winks at several waitresses in diners and at a receptionist on a Naval base and all the women smile.
VIOLENCE/GORE 6 - A man shoots and kills another man and we see blood as the man falls dead; later the shooter shoots the dead man with another man's gun and the two men fight with kicks and punches (no permanent damage).
► A man is shown a duffel bag in which there is a man's head; we see a bit of short, dark-brown hair and some tanned neck skin.
► Two men drive a bank heist haul into a desert area, get out of the car and one man shoots the other man (the wounded man shows some blood on his shoulder and is later seen with his shirt open and his undershirt is mostly soaked in blood); two border-crossing vigilantes drive up in a dune buggy, which the wounded man steals at gunpoint; the wounded man visits a veterinarian, they argue, the man slugs the vet, and the vet begins to sew the man up as the camera cuts away.
► Two trucks with dead deer on their hoods and armed men inside arrive at a house where five NCIS men uncover themselves nearby and start shooting and a helicopter sets down with CIA agents who also shoot and the other armed men shoot back; a DEA agent ignites a car full of cash and it explodes causing a herd of bulls to stampede through the property (they are unharmed and hurt no one); a helicopter pilot is shot and the chopper crashes to the ground and explodes with fire and smoke while several men fall dead and we see a little blood on each of them; four men point guns at each other until one of them shoots two of the others and then walks the third one to the edge of the property and shoots him in the thigh (no blood, but a loud shout ensues) as payback for having shot him previously.
► A government agent threatens and plays Russian roulette with a man, pointing a gun at his forehead, but shooting him in the knee, which gushes blood as the man screams (we see blood spatter on the agent's face and throat as he smiles); a teen girl sees the shooting through a small window in another room and looks terrified. A man aims a rifle from a rooftop across the street from his apartment and talks to another man inside the apartment on a cell phone, firing the gun once (he breaks a mirror); five Navy officers with guns drawn enter the apartment and open fire; the man in the apartment uses a handgun to escape the apartment and we see one man shot (he does not die and we see no blood). A government agent threatens to play Russian roulette with a wounded man while pointing his gun at the man's forehead and groin and firing (no bullets discharge) until the government man releases the wounded man and orders him to bring a large sum of money back.
► A large dump truck broadsides a car, slams it into a wall and other vehicles pull up and men with rifles emerge; they pull two men from the smashed car and we see them tied by their feet from the rafters of a barn where a drug lord calls a bull out; the drug lord smashes the two men's faces with a wooden axe handle as they grunt (there is no blood), and then calls the bull to ram the men's heads several times (they are able to curl up their bodies to avoid being struck); the two men are cut down and shown a woman tied and gagged in a chair and we see the drug lord take the woman inside a house where she sits on a couch and he points a handgun at her forehead; the camera cuts away and we hear a shot off-screen (we hear that she is dead and we see her later, lying on the couch and no blood is evident).
► A man shoots through the windows of a car, missing the man he wants to hit, but shattering the windows; two other men drive a car and a pickup truck through yards, fences and vacant lots after kidnapping a Mexican drug lord locked in the covered bed of the pickup truck; the two drivers aim their vehicles at each other, drive fast, turn sideways and punch each other through the side windows, then get out and roll on the ground while continuing to punch each other until they finally stand up and open the truck; the shaken captive says he will kill them, as the other men tie him to a chair in a garage and punch him in the face twice, whereupon the captive says that he will cut off a part of their anatomy and stuff them in their mouths, or perhaps into each other's mouths; the two men enter a house and find a woman when five Navy men with guns drawn open fire and the two men and the woman escape the house, drive away in a car and the drug lord runs to the street, hijacks a woman's vehicle and takes her cell phone as she screams and runs away.
► A man supplies automatic weapons and mortar guns to two undercover agents and the agents take the weapons and a van to a naval base and break into offices; one agent speaks with an admiral and is told to leave the base and that if he sets foot on any military base in the world, he is to be shot while the other man steals a US Navy uniform, kicks loose a gas line in a kitchen, shoots at it and ducks into a walk-in cooler as the entire first floor of the building explodes into the street with noise, fire and smoke; vehicles overturn, explode and we hear sirens and see security vehicles with flashing lights as they approach; gunfire and fistfights ensue inside what is left of the building and we see several men fall, but do not die or bleed.
► A man in the back of a diner sets off the smoke alarm with a cigarette lighter, walks into the dining area, and tosses the lighter over the counter and onto the grill, igniting it and the whole wall; patrons rush out and the windows explode outward, but no one is injured (we see a flashback of this scene later).
► Two men commit a bank robbery while wearing large rubber masks of a bleeding zombie and a clown; they use loud explosive devices to open all the safety deposit boxes in the vault as the customers and staff sit on the floor (they are were released unharmed), and then remove two large bank carts of money and load it into the back of their SUV.
► A government agent questions a bank manager after a burglary and slams a set of tacks set on short board onto the back of the banker's hand, drawing blood as the man shouts in pain.
► An NCIS boss tells a petty officer that he was to have killed his partner and we later see the NCIS man and four Navy men attack the petty officer (they do not harm him); the petty officer knocks out three of the men and escapes.
► Two men lock the entire police force of a small town in a jailhouse cell with prisoners sporting completely tattooed arms. A man takes the safety off a handgun and cocks the trigger by his side, and then puts the safety back on and laughs at another man.
► We see the heads of four live chickens at ground level (their bodies are buried in the dirt) as four men with tattooed arms fire handguns at them and miss; in a long shot, another man fires and hits all four chickens and in close-up, we see the head fly off one, leaving a bloody neck and the last shooter makes a crude remark to one of the other gunmen.
► A previously injured veteran uses a metal hook in place of his hand. A man wears a necklace with a silver handgun pendant.
► A man says that he will kill all the crooks in the US Navy, DEA and CIA, as well as Mexican drug runners. A man tells another man that a relative had a heart attack.
► In a barn, a drug lord urinates on his hands (we see his trousers from the knees down and the stream of urine from the back). A man spits chewing gum out of his mouth three times in different scenes. A bull stomps around in a corral, snorts and charges a man at the fence without touching him.
PROFANITY 8 - About 30 F-words and its derivatives, 1 obscene hand gesture, 30 scatological terms, 16 anatomical terms, 14 mild obscenities, name-calling (Communist, Mexican Albert Einstein, stupid, piece of work, cheap, fat boy, cowboy, greedy, selfish, Gomer, misanthrope, ugly), stereotypical references to men, women, corrupt government agents, fat policemen, drug lords, Blacks, whites, Mexicans, Muslims, loyal military servicemen, exclamations (shut-up), 3 religious profanities (GD twice; God's S.O.B.), 6 religious exclamations (e.g. Oh my God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jeez, God bless you). [profanity glossary]
SUBSTANCE USE - A man makes a deal with a Mexican drug lord to sell passports for money and cocaine (we never see the drugs), a man threatens to turn a veterinarian in to drug authorities for selling drugs like Special K for recreational use, and a man drives a vehicle and swallows pills from a prescription bottle as he drives. We see bottles of wine on an outside table at a caf� (no one drinks), we see several glasses of wine in a lunch meeting at a military headquarters (no one drinks), and a man at home drinks from a bottle of Pepto Bismol and then pours and drinks a glass of whiskey.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Crime, corruption in government agencies, Mexican drug cartels, bribes, murder, friendship, cooperation, justice, animal cruelty.
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MURFREESBORO – What little extra motivation MBA may have needed to beat big rival Chattanooga Baylor, the Big Red took full advantage of it.
Buoyed by senior ace Roger Briggs and an amazing bottom part of the lineup, MBA tripped Baylor 4-2 in a tense 3½ hour match to win the school's seventh tennis championship in the Blue Cross DII-AA final Wednesday at Old Fort Park.
Three weeks ago, Baylor handed MBA a 4-3 loss, its lone team setback of the season in a match that was clinched when Baylor ace Anderson Scarpa beat Briggs in three sets with a lot of disputed line calls. After the match, the Baylor player ripped off his shirt and ran around the court with his hands held high.
On Wednesday, Briggs gained some big payback with a 6-0, 6-1 win, which started MBA on the road to victory. It tied the match at 1-1 after Baylor had won the doubles point.
"All that just added fuel to the fire," Briggs, who has signed with Vanderbilt, said. "He's a nice kid, and it just turned into a really intense match.
"This (winning state) is a little surreal. Russ (Anderson) and really everybody played great. This is a great way to end my high school career."
Anderson, Davis Threalkill and Andrew Karpos all went undefeated at No. 4-5-6 singles this season in both dual and tournament matches, and all three won Wednesday. It was Anderson who clinched the match with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 win over a cramping Rali Aditja.
That came after Threalkill and Karpos had given MBA a 3-2 lead, with Karpos winning in three sets. As insurance, it appeared Palmer Campbell was poised to win at No. 3, going up 3-0 in the third set.
"Once I saw he was cramping (Aditja fell to the court with leg cramps on set point in the second set), I just tried to move him side to side and forward and backward, trying to tire him out," the 6-2 Anderson who was also on the state champ MBA basketball team in February, said. "We got so many e-mails and videos sent to us of what happened in the earlier match, and it just motivated us more.
"Our 4-5-6 guys have been great all year, and we are all coming back, which I think gives us a great chance to win it next year."
"Finally, I got what I've been shooting for since I've been at MBA – a state championship," senior and No. 2 Naveen Chadalavada, who is headed to play tennis at Washington Uuniversity. in St. Louis, said. "It has all been so much fun.'"
Each MBA player has the words "1 of 6'' imprinted on the back, noting the value of all six players.
"I feel a lot of joy for our players who have been rewarded for all their hard work," coach Zac Hood, a former Big Red player, said. "They had the fight and the will to beat a really good Baylor team. Roger winning quickly really helped and Davis winning in two sets was big."
The win gave MBA four state team championships this school year – cross country, swimming, basketball and tennis, with the football team finishing DII-AA runnerup.


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Motiga officially launches 5v5 hero shooter Gigantic for PC and Xbox One
Gigantic's Open Beta is coming to the end, and Motiga and Perfect World have announced that "Version 1.0" of their free-to-play "Hero Shooter" is available to download for the PC and Xbox One beginning today.
Today's update will add Text Chat to the game, as well as new Packs, and Gigantic's 19th Hero. Ramsay is "a cunning heavy-hitter brandishing a seriously lethal blade," and he's just the first of many new additions to the game. Motiga plans to add a new Hero to the game each month, in addition to other fixes and updates.
To celebrate Gigantic's launch, Motiga is giving away several exclusive Skins for players who log in through Steam, Arc, or Xbox One/Windows 10. Steam players will receive a "Stone Relics" Skin for Beckett, Arc users will get a "Lightning" Skin for Tripp, and Xbox One/Windows 10 players will unlock an "Excelsior" Skin for Tyto the Swift.
"We're thrilled to welcome all players to the vibrant world of Gigantic," said Chris Chung, the CEO of Motiga. "The team has worked incredibly hard to develop an experience unlike any other. We hope you join us and the community of players who have fallen in love with the game and helped us throughout its development."
If you're not interested in Gigantic's free-to-play business model, you can opt for the Ultimate Pack ($29.99) to gain access to all 19 currently-available Heroes, all future Heroes, and a variety of in-game bonus items (unique Skins, progression boosts, Fortune Cards, and Premium Currency). All Beta participants who purchased the Founder's Pack will be upgraded to the Ultimate Pack, and all Steam and Arc users who purchase the Ultimate Pack will receive a free Starter Pack for a friend.
A Launch Trailer for "Version 1.0" of Gigantic has been embedded above.
Gigantic: Eternal Dawn update will add a new Hero to the game on February 23
Motiga has announced that the second major update for Gigantic will be available beginning February 23. The Eternal Dawn update will include access to a brand new Hero, as well as a Competitive Leaderboard, a variety of new Skins, and gameplay improvements:
New Hero: Zandora
A lance-wielding Eternal who has emerged from the Star City to walk among mortals, Zandora is a melee/support hybrid who uses auras to empower herself and allies on the battlefield. Owners of Gigantic's Founders Pack will automatically unlock Zandora for free.
Competitive Leaderboard
Check out where you stand amongst the greatest players of Gigantic and move up the ranks. The website leaderboard contains detailed info to assess your overall skill and give you breakdowns of the Heroes you play, and how you play them.
Zandora Aurion Skin
Seeking help from the Eternals, House Aurion strikes back against her foes. Don the colors of House Aurion on the Eternal Knight Zandora, including two color variants.
18 "Eternal Light" Weapon Skins
These new progression rewards for all 18 heroes encourage players to master each hero to earn or purchase a new weapon skin at level 10.
Gigantic's Eternal Dawn update will also include a second batch of content that'll be available in March. These weekly mini-updates will add a new Creature and several Skins to the game ahead of the next major update:
New Creature: Storm Drake (March 2)
A powerful addition to the drake family, the Storm Drake wreaks havoc on whole teams with chain lightning attacks that bounce from foe to foe.
Beckett Aurion Skin (March 9)
Sport your support for House Aurion with a new skin on the adventuring shooter Beckett, including two color variants.
Vadasi Aurion Skin (March 16)
Adorn the colors of House Aurion on the pilgrim and judge Vadasi, including two color variants.
Voden Aurion Skin (March 23)
Inhabit the spirit of House Aurion on the trickster archer Voden, including two color variants.
Gigantic is a 5v5 free-to-play MOBA and it's currently available as part of the Xbox Game Preview program for the Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs.
Gigantic: Exile in the North update adds winter-themed skins and a goofy yeti named Pakko
Gigantic is currently available in Open Beta on Windows 10 and the Xbox One, and developer Motiga has now delivered the MOBA's first major update: Exile in the North.
The wintry update will include new character skins and weapon skins for Wu and Tripp. But Exile in the North's major addition to the game is a brand new character named Pakko. Pakko is a happy-go-lucky yeti who slides into battle on his butt and can hurl exploding snowballs at enemy squads. He can also deliver a painful barrage of melee attacks and exhale icy breath to stop the competition cold.
New Hero: Pakko
A huggable, playful giant who has no problem keeping cool in the heat of battle. The happy-go-lucky Pakko slides into action, pummeling foes with powerful paws while maneuvering around opponents with surprising agility.
New Winter Themed Skins
- Pakko – "I'm Tido!"
- Wu – "Mercy Gi"
- Wu – "Shadow's Chill"
- Tripp – "Citadel of Frost"
- Tripp – "Shock Therapy"
New Winter Themed Weapon Skins
- Wu – "Mark of Corruption"
- Tripp – "Icicle Shards"
A trailer starring Pakko has been embedded above, and the complete Patch Notes for Exile in the North can be found on Gigantic's official website.
Xbox Store Today: Gigantic, Westerado, Sky Force Anniversary, more
The Xbox Games Store is closing out the week with a "huge" new addition to the Xbox One Game Preview program.
Motiga has been hard at work on Gigantic for several years now, and the developer is finally ready to unleash an Open Beta on unsuspecting Xbox One owners. Part MOBA and part third-person shooter, Gigantic is a 5v5 battle between teams of unique heroes with "fantastical spells, weapons, and abilities." It's available now as a free download, but purchasing the Founder's Pack ($39.99) will unlock all 16 characters.
Also available to download for the Xbox One today is Westerado: Double Barreled, a retro-styled open world western from Adult Swim Games. Players can become "an outlaw or a saint" as they attempt to avenge the murder of their family.
Finally today, Infinite Dreams will release Sky Force Anniversary, a remake of an overhead shooter that was originally released for mobile devices back in 2004. The Xbox One version retains all the shooting action of the original Sky Force, but adds "3D graphics, intuitive controls, and a powerful upgrade system."
More information on all of these games (and a few other new releases) can be found after the break. (more…)
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Gigantic Open Beta (and the Founder's Pack) is now available for Xbox One, Windows 10
The Gigantic Open Beta kicked off today on the Xbox One and Windows 10, and developer Motiga has unveiled the Founder's Pack for players looking to get the most out of the free-to-play MOBA. Priced at $39.99, the Founder's Pack will include access to every character, four post-launch characters, and various other goodies:
Gigantic Founder's Pack
- 16 Original Heroes
- 4 New Heroes (Released at a Later Date)
- 2 Limited-Edition "Imperial" Skins for Tyto the Swift and Charnok
- 2 Exclusive Founder's Profile Icons
Players who forego the Founder's Pack will be able to play Gigantic for free by selecting one of the six heroes in the weekly rotation. Other characters can be unlocked through an in-game currency earned by completing matches, fulfilling Fortune Cards, or purchasing it with a credit card.
About Gigantic
Teams work together to attack enemies while claiming points on the map to summon powerful Creatures. Players will power up their team's Guardian by controlling the battlefield and defeating enemies. Victory is awarded to the team who can overpower their opponents' Guardian.
Windows 7 and Windows 8 users will also be able to get in on the Gigantic Open Beta at a later date through Perfect World's Arc platform.
Gigantic's Open Beta will begin on December 8 on Xbox One and Windows 10
Motiga and Perfect World have announced that an Open Beta for their free-to-play MOBA, Gigantic, will begin on December 8 for Xbox One and Windows 10 players.
Gigantic is a 5v5 game where players attack their opponent's massive Guardian while attempting to defend their own. The Open Beta will offer cross-platform play between Xbox One and Windows 10 players, as well as three maps ("Siren's Stand," "Ghost Reef," and "Sanctum Falls") and a weekly rotation of six heroes (out of 16).
"With Gigantic, we are trying to create an entirely new competitive experience. Throughout development, Gigantic has gotten attention for its unique art style, whimsical setting and fast-paced gameplay, but our goal has always been something more," said James Phinney, the Vice President of Product Development at Motiga. "We've sought to build a game full of intense moments and meaningful strategic choices, where there are many paths to victory and it's always possible to come back and win."
One final Closed Beta test will be held this weekend, and participants can join a match from Thursday, December 1 at 12:00 PM (Eastern Time) through Monday, December 5 at 3:00 AM (Eastern Time).
Users of Perfect World's Arc Games platform will be able to join the Open Beta at a "to-be determined date" sometime after December 8.
Motiga partners with Perfect World to publish Gigantic later this year
Motiga relentlessly crisscrossed the country last year to promote Gigantic, their third-person 5×5 arena fighter. But after some money troubles forced the game to miss its planned Late 2015 launch, the developer went quiet.
But like an ancient god awakening from a lengthy slumber (hey, just like the Guardians at the center of Gigantic), Motiga is back, and they've got big plans for Gigantic. Partnering with Perfect World, Motiga will expand Gigantic's reach beyond its originally-announced platforms. The game is still on track for Windows 10 PCs and the Xbox One, but it's now also in development for 64-Bit users of Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1. The 64-Bit version of Gigantic will be available as a standalone launcher and through Perfect World's Arc Games service.
"Our team is thrilled to work with Perfect World Entertainment who shares our vision for our game. This partnership will enable us to focus on creating the best experience possible." said Chris Chung, the CEO of Motiga. "Motiga has always thrived off of the excitement of our players, and the continued success that Perfect World Entertainment has had in the free-to-play space has solidified our desire to partner with them for our upcoming launch."
This is all good news, but we still don't know when Gigantic will be released. Though it is expected to be out sometime this year.
Motiga delivers a new Gigantic gameplay trailer for the new year
Motiga has been laying low since the announcement of Gigantic's delay late last year. But the developer is getting ready to roar back to life in 2016 with a new version of their arena brawler (which they're calling "Beta 2.0") and a steadier stream of updates. To prepare fans for this next generation of Gigantic, Motiga has released a brand new gameplay trailer that shows highlights from a match with "expert players from Team Synergy."
Gigantic's Beta 2.0, which should be available later this month, will be exclusive to Windows 10 and Xbox One. It's a blow to Windows 7 and Windows 8 players, but this new edition of the game will offer cross-platform play between all players and 24/7 access to the test servers.
If you're interested in joining for the Gigantic beta, head over to GoGigantic.com to sign up for a chance to receive a key. Or let us know that you need one in the comments below… we've got a few spare keys lying around.


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- Red Bull's team principal Christian Horner says world champion Sebastian Vettel is "still evolving"
- German driver is still eager to acheive more success int he future
- Horner also praises Vettel's teammate Mark Webber saying he will be fiercely competative this coming season
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel dominated Formula One in 2011 en route to clinching a second consecutive world title, but team principal Christian Horner has warned his rivals the German can still get better.
The 24-year-old won 11 of 19 grands prix last season to become the sport's youngest double world champion, but Horner insists Vettel is still developing ahead of the 2012 season's opening race in Australia next weekend.
"Sebastian is still evolving," Horner told CNN. "He's still so young. He's still a relatively inexperienced grand prix driver.
"He achieved so much in his short time, to have won all the races he has, a double world champion, the youngest-ever double world champion."
Vettel also set a record for the most pole positions in a single season last term, starting 15 races from the front of the grid.
But, despite having won 20 races over the past three seasons, Horner insisted Vettel is still eager to achieve greater success in the future -- starting with the first race.
"He's hungry for more success. He's determined to try and defend his title in the manner in which he won it, which was obviously so convincing last year."
If 2011 was a vintage year for Vettel, it was a frustrating one for his Australian teammate Mark Webber.
Armed with the same RB7 car as his all-conquering colleague, Webber's only win of the year was at the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix.
"2011 was a tough year for Mark," admitted Horner. "All credit to Mark, he kept plugging away. The biggest tonic for him was winning that final race in Brazil."
The 34-year-old is still searching for a first drivers' championship having finished third in each of the last two seasons. But Horner backed his driver and said: "He's going to be a fierce competitor this year."
After the opening race in Melbourne, the elite division of motorsport heads to Malaysia and China before the Bahrain Grand Prix -- scheduled to take place on April 22.
Civil unrest in the Gulf kingdom forced the cancellation of last year's event and there have been repeated calls for this year's race to be abandoned.
A spokesman for the Bahrain International Circuit told CNN earlier this month the grand prix will go ahead as planned and Horner said Red Bull trust the judgment of the FIA -- the sport's governing body.
"Bahrain has obviously been a topic of great debate," he said. "As a team we enter the world championship, if there's a race in Bahrain we'll be there. It's down to the FIA."


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I think most people by now have heard of the theory of having 5 different love languages and how we are each more dominant in one over the others. I'd read about filling each others love tanks through our various love languages and how that can be a real gift to those we love dearest.
In reading The 5 Love Languages of Children, it struck me that not once, have I ever considered applying these principles of love to my children. My eyes were definitely opened to how I need to shape myself to be a better and more loving mom to them. It's not that I don't love them, but as they get older and begin to shape their own love language needs, I need to be very aware of that in order to better love on them and help them mature into loving, caring adults themselves.
Before I go into further details about the book and my reaction, here are the 5 love languages that all children (and adults) speak:
Physical Touch
Words of Affirmation
Quality Time
Acts of Service
Each chapter breaks down the different languages and further provides example of how to demonstrate each love language in a receptive and reasonable manner as well as how to apply them in the more difficult situations such as the teenage years, during hard times and when we're in need of a love tank fill ourselves.
My children are still too young to have developed a love language but that doesn't mean I can't feed into them from the 5 as I see their needs.
While reading the book, I started paying closer attention to my boys to see how I could better love them in the place they are now. My 4 year old was so receptive to when I provided words of affirmation, more so than when I hugged him or kissed him. I still do those things but seeing the way his face lit up when I told him how much I appreciated what a good helper he was showed me that this was how I needed to love him right now. My 2 year old has been acting up a lot lately. We were chalking it up to the terrible two's but as I watched him more, I realized that he was in desperate need of quality time and physical touch. I've struggled with the quality time part with the baby and taxiing his brother to and from preschool 3 days a week but when we've been able to sit down and read a book together or watch his favorite show, he's been a completely different boy. Same with when I give him hugs and kisses.
I remember a moment, just last week, where he and I were having a rough day together. I finally picked him up and held him tight. At first he tried to break away but I just held him and within 5 seconds, he broke down and cried and held me right back. It was honestly one of the most painful and joyful moments I've had as a mom. In that moment, my little boy broke and let out all his frustrations and emotions that his little body was holding onto. We both had a cry that day. I still tear up thinking about it.
What really struck me in reading this book was how much I needed to evaluate my own love tank, my own needs and how it was just as important that my needs be met in order for me to be able to meet the emotional needs of my children and of my husband. I was floored at how empty my tank is and has been for quite some time now. It's not really anyone's fault but after taking the test myself, I know that my primary love language is Words of Affirmation. When I stop to think about it, it's plainly obvious to me. Words have a profound affect on me. Positive words elate me, harsh words (especially in the absence of loving words) absolutely cripple me, even if they aren't said with intent to hurt.
Through the process of reading this book, I've come to understand my children better, my husband better and most of all, myself better. I've done a lot of thinking and evaluating what I need in my life and am starting to make those changes and trusting in God to help us adapt and provide what we need financially to make them work. It's also making me look into things like my career and whether it's something that will fulfill me long-term or if I need to really follow my passions for health, fitness, people and photography and look into how I can bring those to life. In short: it's really messing me up and scaring the crapola out of me…but in a good way. I think.
The ultimate take-away for me in reading this book is this: pay attention. Watch for signs in myself, my husband and my kids that scream "I need more love" and then do what I can to love them all the way they deserve.
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General Motors is under numerous federal investigations, all of them stemming from the decade long delayed and deadly ignition switch recall. The auto parts producer that made the faulty ignition – Delphi – now claims it's currently not being investigated.
The supplier is clarifying the facts over the current ongoing criminal investigation that targets GM for the 2.6 million cars recalled – mostly Chevrolet Cobalts and Saturn Ions – linked so far to at least 13 fatalities and 54 accidents.
A recent Reuters report cited sources that claimed the Justice Department investigation doesn't focus on Delphi, a spokesperson for one of the holding companies that have invested in Delphi also claimed the company was not a "target" in the probe. Still, the DOJ rules can make the change instantly, if new facts emerge.
GM and Delphi were both subpoenaed for thousands of documents by the US Attorney's Office in Manhattan, which conducts the investigation alongside the FBI and a federal grand jury. They are trying, just like numerous other federal probes, to find out what went wrong – as the defective part – built by Delphi – did not make GM specifications, but was subsequently used in the targeted recall and in millions of other cars (some of them called back in other campaigns).


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The area of the body with the highest incident of injury in the soccer athlete is the foot and ankle with ankle sprains making up approximately 15% of the total injuries. An ankle sprain is commonly caused by rolling over the outside of the ankle resulting in overstretching of the tendons and ligaments on the lateral aspect of the ankle. The tendons and ligaments provide stability for the ankle joint and it is critical that they are strong in the running athlete.
There are 3 degrees of ankle sprains: little fibrous tearing of the tissue with good joint stability, up to 50% of tearing with moderate pain/swelling and instability of the ankle, and more than 50% of tissue tearing or a complete rupture with an unstable WB'ing joint.
Immediately following an ankle injury, or sprain, the athlete should be evaluated in order to determine the degree of injury and to rule out anything more severe. Treatment approach will vary depending on the severity of the injury. If properly cared for from the onset of the injury, the athlete with a first degree sprain could potentially return to full soccer participation within two weeks. However, second and third degree injuries require much more attention and will require longer treatment which is why it is so important to be proactive! In order to ensure proper recovery and return to play following an ankle injury, the athlete should accomplish 7 goals with a physical therapist or athletic trainer including:
1. Controlling pain and inflammation
2. Restoring flexibility
3. Restoring muscular strength and endurance
4. Restoring balance and proprioception
5. Restoring cardiovascular endurance
6. Returning to functional training
7. Returning to sport-specific training
Nevertheless, an athlete can dramatically decrease the risk of injury by engaging in a lower-body strengthening program that targets all eight benchmark factors stated above.


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October 29, 2008
BioMimetic Therapeutics Reports Promising Clinical Results Using Augment Injectable Bone Graft to Treat Distal Radius Fractures
BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: BMTI) today announced results from its pilot clinical study evaluating the safety and clinical utility of Augment Injectable Bone Graft (AIBG, formerly known as GEM OS2) for the treatment of closed distal radius (wrist) fractures. In the randomized, controlled study evaluating distal radius fractures treated with external fixation versus external fixation combined with minimally invasive injection of AIBG, patients treated with Augment Injectable demonstrated earlier bone formation as measured by CT scans. Additionally, all AIBG patients had a 100% bone fill at six months compared to 82% of the control patients.
These results represent the second study in fractures demonstrating a positive response to BioMimetic's rhPDGF platform technology. The earlier study evaluated the safety and clinical utility of Augment Bone Graft (formerly GEM OS1) in the same indication utilizing a more open surgical approach. In both of the Augment studies, the product candidates were demonstrated to be safe, with no reported adverse events related to the study devices.Twenty-one patients in the completed Augment Injectable study underwent CT evaluation to track bone healing over time. Based on analysis of the CT scans by a blinded, independent radiologist, Augment Injectable patients showed signs of new bone formation in the fracture gap at earlier time points as compared to the control group. At 3 weeks post surgery, 40% of Augment Injectable treated patients had at least 25% bone fill across the fracture gap, versus zero percent of the control patients. At 6 weeks, 100% of the Augment Injectable patients had achieved this level of bone fill as compared to 45.5% of the control patients. As a comparison, in the Augment Bone Graft study cohort, 78% of patients had 25% or more bone fill at the three week time point and 100% of the patients achieved this level by six weeks. In both studies, the Augment treated groups had 100% bone fill for all patients at 6 months, as compared to 82% and 89% in the two control groups.
"These results continue to support the value of the Company's rhPDGF-BB based platform technology to enhance bone tissue repair and provides us with further encouragement that our growth factor is stimulating a positive healing response," commented Dr. Samuel E. Lynch, president and CEO of BioMimetic Therapeutics. "Based on these results, coupled with the recently released data from a pilot clinical study evaluating the use of Augment Injectable Bone Graft for the treatment of foot and ankle fusions, we believe that an injectable formulation containing rhPDGF has the opportunity to open up entirely new and very large market segments for our regenerative protein therapeutic products."
The AIBG study evaluated safety and clinical utility for the use of this product candidate to enhance bone healing in the minimally invasive treatment of fractures of the distal radius. It is noteworthy that the Augment Injectable group of patients was, on average, more osteopenic/osteoporotic than the control group (avg. score -1.9 vs -0.9) as measured by the standard T-score, which is a relative measure of bone density compared with the average bone density of young healthy adults. The study design mirrored the Augment Bone Graft study and took place at the same clinical site. Both Augment Bone Graft and Augment Injectable have the same active ingredient, rhPDGF-BB, but vary in their handling characteristics as a result of changes to the matrix formulation.
Pivotal Trial Enrollment Update
As of October 28, 2008, BioMimetic has enrolled 314 patients in its U.S. pivotal trial with Augment Bone Graft. This compares to 268 patients enrolled as of the Company's last public announcement on September 23, 2008. There are currently 34 sites actively enrolling patients in the United States and Canada. The Company reiterates its previously announced enrollment timeline and expects enrollment completion around year-end 2008 or early in 2009. "We are pleased to see enrollment continuing to accelerate in our N. American pivotal trial for Augment in foot and ankle fusions. We believe it is a direct reflection of the dedicated clinical team at BMTI as well as the dedication and enthusiasm of the investigators" commented Dr. Lynch.
About BioMimetic Therapeutics
BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. is developing and commercializing bio-active recombinant protein-device combination products for the healing of musculoskeletal injuries and disease, including orthopedic, spine and sports injury applications. BioMimetic received marketing approval from the FDA in 2005 for its first product, GEM 21S, for regeneration of bone and periodontal tissue loss resulting from periodontal disease. Currently, the Company has clinical trials ongoing with its product candidates Augment(TM) Bone Graft (formerly GEM OS1) and Augment(TM) Injectable Bone Graft (formerly GEM OS2) in multiple orthopedic bone healing indications including the treatment of foot and ankle fusions and the stimulation of healing of fractures of the wrist. The Company's lead product candidates all combine recombinant human platelet derived growth factor (rhPDGF-BB) with tissue specific scaffolds to actively stimulate tissue healing and regeneration.
GEM 21S(R) is a registered trademark of Luitpold Pharmaceuticals, Inc., who owns and markets that product through its Osteohealth Company division for use in periodontal and cranio-maxillofacial applications.
For further information, visit www.biomimetics.com or contact Kearstin Patterson, associate director of corporate communications, at 615-236-4419.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on the current intent and expectations of the management of BioMimetic. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. There are many important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. BioMimetic's actual results and the timing and outcome of events may differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements because of risks associated with the marketing of BioMimetic's product and product candidates, unproven preclinical and clinical development activities, regulatory oversight, and other risks detailed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as required by law, BioMimetic undertakes no responsibility for updating the information contained in this press release beyond the published date, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, or for changes made to this document by wire services or Internet services.


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1 Place filter in Chemex and rinse with hot water. Dump the hot water.
2 24 grams (3 heaping tablespoons) of medium-fine fresh ground coffee in the Chemex filter.
3 330 grams (12 fluid ounces) of 205 degree filtered water in a goose neck kettle.
4 Evenly pour 50 grams of water on the grinds in the Chemex filter and let the grinds expand over 30 seconds.
5 Evenly pour the remaining water on the grinds over the course of the next 2 minutes.
1 Grind coarsely.
2 36 grams of coffee (6 tablespoons) grinds to 500 grams of water (16 fluid ounces).
3 Steep for 4 1/2 mintues
4 Pour all coffee into a separate container to prevent further extraction.
1 75 grams of ground coffee.
2 10 cups of water in the reservoir.
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4 Release drip to allow the coffee pot to fill.
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After 7 odd years of ambivalence, I've decided to hop off the fence and join the ranks of the naysayers - It's true: Starbucks sucks.
I initially thought that, like all things omnipresent, it was just an easy target, located conveniently on each and every street corner waiting to soak up the slack-jawed anti-Starbucks rhetoric of passersby and occasionally winding up in some amateur-night contestant's punchlines(I mean, how many puns should you really be allowed to make with the word 'latte'?). It never really bothered me too much that they arrogantly renamed sizes(a risky maneuver in the bastion of the anti-metric), for example, when I ordered a 'medium' coffee instead of a 'grande' , at worst I would receive only a look with the slightest trace of agitation - nothing comparable to, say, speaking Castillian spanish in Barcelona. And I never really thought of Starbucks as competition for the pseudo-bohemian coffee shops that love to label them as the anti-christ, mainly because of Starbuck's format, which is part-corrall/part-clerk-of-courts/part-airport customs - they're designed for your visit to be as ephemeral as humanly possible - get in here, get your coffee, now get the hell out. They certainly don't want you lingering around comparing Sartre's breed of existentialism with that of Kierkegaard's(hell, you shouldn't be doing that anyway).
Ultimately, there are plenty of places that make plenty of money selling coffee to clove-smokers and 6-hour laptoppers, going about their lives with much independence from the kudzu-like growth of the much maligned Starbucks. With that in mind, I don't hate Starbucks because they aren't a 'locally owned business' - let me explain: I like locally owned businesses and I have my favorites that I visit with much frequency, but I don't adhere to the 'shop locally just cuz' credo - mainly because locally owned businesses are every bit as capable as sucking just as much or more than the neutered-like chains they campaign against. I've certainly been to my fair share of bookstores, restaurants, bars, and, yes, coffee shops that preached the 'shop local' but seemed to pride themselves on their lack of competence or outright lack of availablity(sorry, we had to close early cuz the owner's lhasa apso got sick).
So what made me lean toward the hatred? Actually, as I write this, I'm beginning to realize that my problem may not lie with Starbucks in general, but the one Starbucks(that's right, ONE - 200 Starbucks in the DC area and I pass by one) that I occasionally stop by on my 15 minute morning trek to work. Let me explain: Remember the scene in Spaceballs where Dark Helmet realizes he's surrounded by 'assholes'? Those are the guys that work in this Starbucks - except they're bigger and meaner looking(well, as mean looking as one can be while wearing a green apron) - and they've taken the liberty to attach all these new connotations to phrases that I was otherwise very familiar with - for example, when they say 'good morning', it doesn't mean 'good morning' but 'what can I get you?', so when I replied with a 'good morning' I was all but bent over the guy's knee for doing so - and if you're unlucky enough to have to order some food from the place, be warned: the food will magically materialize at a small circular platform opposite of where you are inclined to wait for it, and without any form of notice - and if you foolishly ask about the e.t.a of this mysterious food, you'll receive a verbal barrage concerning the ethos of proper food retrieval. You know how cops on C.O.P.S use the words 'sir' and 'maam'? Same deal.
And it isn't just the employees of this Starbucks that I find loathesome. It's the other customers, as well. Say, there are two people in front of you - that's not so bad, or I should say, that wouldn't be so bad if they were also ordering coffee but they're not. The lady at the counter wants a decaf soy americano with skim and a slice of lemon - and she's going to get into a mild confrontation with the barrista about why she has to pay extra for the hot water in her americano because the same espresso drink WITHOUT that water is 15 cents cheaper - and the jackass in front of you isn't getting coffee either, he wants a half-caf eggnog latte(in June) and he also wants one for his cocker spaniel - and he wants a little soda water because he thinks that cocker spaniel might've accidently gotten a little pooh on his new sweater. At this point, your sighs become grumbles - grumbles of HATRED.
So why don't I just stay home and brew my own coffee, you ask? I do. Most of the time. But when it comes to the I-have-to-have-coffee-and-I-have-only-like-two-minutes-to-get-it coffee, I've found a rather nice stand-in in that Burger King of coffee shops, Caribou Coffee. It's like the good porridge of the bunch - they're not too, well, Starbucksian, and not too anti-Starbucksian. They try to upsale the hell out of you and their decor is about as rustic as it can get without having to recruit a taxidermist - but, get this, they have daily trivia - and it's GOOD trivia. For example, the answer to one of last week's questions was 'Launchpad MacQuack'. Launchpad MacQuack! Ducktales trivia! Consider me regulated.


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