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Convicted killer Jodi Arias asked a jury to spare her from the death penalty and sentence her to life in prison.
Asking the jury that convicted her of murder to let her live, Jodi Arias said in a Phoenix courtroom Tuesday that she never meant to cause her victim's family so much pain — and that if she was given a life sentence she would contribute to society.
"This is the worst mistake of my life. It's the worst thing I've ever done," Arias said of the brutal killing of her boyfriend, Travis Alexander. "To this day, I can hardly believe I was capable of such violence."
Arias, 32, was found guilty earlier this month of the 2008 murder of Alexander, whose body was found in the shower of his Phoenix-area home. He was stabbed 27 times, was shot in the face and had his throat slashed.
Jurors, after hearing tearful statements from Alexander's brother and sister, have already ruled that Arias had been "especially cruel," a finding that made her eligible for the death penalty under Arizona law.
On Tuesday, Arias told the jury that during the sentencing phase she had contemplated suicide, saying, "I saw it as taking myself off of life support." But she said thoughts of her own family kept her from following through.
Similarly, she noted that she had made public statements that she preferred the death penalty to a life sentence. But she said that at the time she had "lost perspective" and now realized the pain her death would cause her family.
"I'm asking you, please, please don't do that to them," she told the jurors.
"I've already hurt them so badly, along with so many other people. I want everyone's healing to begin, and I want everyone's pain to stop."
Before Arias gave her statement, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens noted that it was not made under oath and not subject to cross-examination.
A glimpse inside the Estrella Jail in Phoenix, Ariz., where convicted murderer Jodi Arias has lived for the past four years. Arias spends 23 hours a day in her jail cell, which is located in a maximum security area of the facility. NBC's Diana Alvear reports.
Arias told jurors that if they gave her a life sentence, she could still make a contribution to society, something she didn't realize when she thought of suicide.
"I didn't know then that if I got life instead of death, I could become employed and self-reliant," Arias said.
She said she also would like to participate in volunteer programs in prison. Arias said that since her arrest she had made three donations of her hair to Locks of Love, a program that provides wigs to cancer patients, and would like to continue donations. She also spoke of starting a recycling program in prison.
She said she also would like to teach Spanish and American Sign Language to other prisoners and to help other women to learn to read.
"Along the lines of literacy, I'd like to start a book club or a reading group, something that brings people together in a positive and constructive way," she said.
Holding up a white v-neck T-shirt that had the word "Survivor" across the front, Arias said she had designed it with the idea that 100 percent of the proceeds from sales would go to nonprofit groups helping victims of domestic violence. Arias had argued during the trial that she killed Alexander in response to abuse by him.
"Some people may not believe that I am a survivor of domestic violence. They're entitled to their opinion," she told jurors. "I'm supporting this cause because it is very, very important to me."
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Jodi Arias, seen in court on May 15, told the jury: "I want everyone's pain to stop."
After Arias finished her statement, the judge gave the jury instructions for making their decision on the penalty.
Tuesday afternoon, Arias' defense attorney Jennifer Willmott told jurors that Arias' life should be spared because of several mitigating factors, including the abuse that Arias says she suffered, a borderline personality disorder that a doctor described, and a lack of criminal record. Willmott also said that Arias could still be a productive person in prison.
But prosecutor Juan Martinez said Arias' lies and actions should disqualify many of the defense's assertions from counting as mitigating factors. He asked jurors to remember that Travis Alexander would remain frozen in time at age 30.
Jurors began deliberating at about 3 p.m. Tuesday. Their verdict must be unanimous; if they can't agree on a sentence, a new jury will be impaneled, Reuters reported.
The Arias case, with its lurid details, has been widely followed. Arias and Alexander had broken up after an affair. Arias testified that she had acted out Alexander's every fantasy and even converted to his Mormon faith, but he nonetheless broke up with her and began dating — chastely, he told her — other women.
According to testimony by some of Alexander's friends, Arias began stalking her former beau and slashed his tires. Her extreme jealousy culminated in Alexander's gruesome murder on June 4, 2008, the prosecutor argued.
Arias dyed her hair, turned off her phone and drove 1,000 miles from California to Alexander's home in Arizona, then killed him after having sex with him.
NBC News' Diana Alvear and Erin McClam contributed to this report.


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– Frank April's urban style is a perfect match for the innovative design of NOW Bindings–
WHISTLER, BC – December 6, 2012 – Canada's "la belle province" of Quebec has been at the forefront of the snowboard scene for the better part of three decades turning out a consistent flow of amazing riders and some of the most entertaining urban snowboarding ever seen. The current crew of riders everyone is watching are the French-Canadian urban riders behind the Déjà Vu Movie project, a snowboard movie featuring eight of the most progressive street riders in the industry today; among them, 25 year-old Frank April.
An urban rider constantly pushing the limits of what can be done in the streets, Frank April is among the elite of snowboarding's who's who of urban snowboarding. With his recent selection to this year's X-Games Real Snow video contest and winner of "Jib part of the year" at this year's Reels Festival in Annecy France, Frank has the reputation for creative and unprecedented urban skills on some of the most unusual features. NOW Bindings is very excited to welcome Frank to its' growing team of the most innovative rider's in the sport today.
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The world's first skate-influenced binding, NOW bindings are built for the street with the Skate-tech technology, NOW provides unmatched performance, comfort and response. It is no wonder that NOW is finding it's way on the urban scene from coast-to-coast. With the no-back built into NOW's revolutionary binding design, street rider's can now get the skate feel and mobility of no-back's without loosing binding functionality.
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I recently picked up Shadowrun: Hong Kong by Harebrained Schemes and have to admit I like this version better so far.
- Drones look better
- Matrix White IC are pretty cool – I like the revamp to this
Those are the main ones I've noticed so far.
The gameplay is mostly the same, I think the UI has changed a little but not a whole lot. It's still focused on the storytelling. I've been enjoying it so far though I'm not too far into it.
I also picked up Shadowrun Chronicles by Cliffhanger Productions. I had it in my wishlist and one of my co-workers noticed he had a 50% off coupon so he traded that to me and I bought it a little sooner than I intended.
It seems to be more of an online type game where you can connect with people and play. Characters are stored on a server and you've only got three slots. There seems to be some purchase options which I suspect is intended to sustain the game/servers. I haven't gotten into it much yet but I did notice the character creation was different and the spending of Karma.
I believe they streamlined the character advancement system and I'm not sure I like how it is. I might post more on that later.


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Music as sweet as candy, because music can make one feel as happy as devouring the candy your favorite grandparent always carried with them.
We all cope in different ways, but sometimes the easiest and quickest way is through song. Sometimes we don't want to eat our feelings, because sometimes feelings make you lose your appetite. Instead you just lay there, listening to your favorite songs that just bring you back to the good.
This show is about how we deal with our emotions and how it's not embarrassing to be radical in your feelings. Especially for those who have mental illness or have dealt with trauma in their lives and are told to keep it hidden. Let's cry together. Let's scream to our favorite songs. Let's eat a whole pizza while your favorite record plays on repeat. Don't give up. Let loose when you need to and most importantly: Stay soft.
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An international project lead by the Molecular and Cell Biology Institute of Porto University with the participation of researchers from IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute) has, for the first time ever, deciphered the mechanism by which a substance called anophelin binds to an enzyme (thrombin) involved in the process of blood coagulation. This discovery was published in the last issue of the PNAS journal and opens the door to, on the one hand, designing a new generation of anticoagulant drugs with a totally different functioning to current ones and, on the other hand, fighting against the spreading of malaria by designing inhibitors for this substance.
Anophelin is a substance playing a crucial role in the nutrition of a large number of parasites like malaria-carrying Anopheles mosquitoes or vampire bats. These animals need to feed on fresh blood and stop it from coagulating while they are eating. To make this possible, they use powerful inhibitors of the coagulation process mainly affecting thrombin. Researchers have discovered that "anophelin blocks thrombin in a new and different way than other substances: it's like a key fitting in a lock of a door, but in this case the key fits in the other side" explains Ricardo Gutiérrez Gallego, a member of the IMIM Bioanalysis research group.
The project is based on two recent studies which led to the discovery of thrombin inhibitors presenting new structures. For the inhibitor produced by Anopheles mosquitoes (anophelin), it was seen that after binding to thrombin, proteins did not degrade, so a systematic study was launched for all coagulants in the several variants of the Anopheles mosquito. By using very powerful and sensitive analytical techniques it was possible to determine and monitor in real time the molecule interactions in both anophelin and thrombin, leading to a detailed characterization of their structure and interaction. Researchers also performed mutations on this protein, i.e. they changed the amino acid at each time, so as to discover the crucial components of the molecule when it interacted with thrombin.
Blood coagulation is a complex mechanism to prevent bleeding after an injury. However, in some cases, the formation of blood clots can lead to a myocardial infarction, a cerebral infarction etc. In these cases, administering anticoagulants is essential. Anticoagulants are drugs that prevent blood from coagulating, thus avoiding cardiovascular events, which are the leading cause of death in Spain. In recent years, one of the most active fields of research has been the search for the ideal anticoagulant since the ones available today may have side effects and must be administered under strict medical control. "The discovery of this new interaction could be useful in the future to create new generation anticoagulant drugs that improve these aspects and also to fight against the spreading of malaria" concludes Dr. Gutiérrez Gallego.
This project has lasted 3 years also with the participation of the Hospital de Sant Pau in Barcelona and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble; it was funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation and by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia in Portugal.
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"Unique thrombin inhibition mechanism by anophelin, an anticoagulant from the malaria vector". Ana C. Figueiredo, Daniele de Sanctis, Ricardo Gutiérrez-Gallego, Tatiana B. Cereija, Sandra Macedo-Ribeiro, Pablo Fuentes-Prior, Pedro José Barbosa Pereira. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/12/04/1211614109.abstract
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LOS ANGELES (AP) Chris Paul had 30 points and 13 assists, Blake Griffin added 24 points, and the Los Angeles Clippers led all the way in beating the Lakers 107-102 on Friday night.
Kobe Bryant scored 38 points and Dwight Howard had 21 points and 15 rebounds for the Lakers, who lost for the second time this season to their Staples Center co-tenants.
Bryant carried the Lakers in the fourth quarter when they closed to 99-97 on his 23-foot jumper with 1:29 left. But Paul scored the Clippers' final eight points to seal the victory and drop the Lakers two games below .500. The Clippers lead the Lakers by 10 games in the standings.
The Lakers continue to struggle under new coach Mike D'Antoni. They've lost three of their past four games.
The Clippers shot 50 percent and dominated the paint, 52-36.
Bryant scored 16 points in the fourth, when the Lakers rallied from 19 points down. The Clippers fouled for much of the final 5:51. Howard missed two free throws but then made two to get the Lakers within four before Bryant's jumper left them trailing 99-97.
MIAMI (AP) - Carlos Boozer scored 27 points and Chicago dominated on the boards to become only the third visiting team to win in Miami this season.
Chicago outrebounded Miami 48-28. The Bulls had 19 offensive rebounds to four for the Heat.
The Eastern Conference-leading Heat fell to 15-3 at home. Their other home losses came against the Knicks and Warriors.
Miami's LeBron James scored 30 points, extending his streaks of scoring at least 20 points to 31 consecutive games this season, and 52 games in a row overall when including last year's playoff run. He has scored at least 25 in eight consecutive games.
The first meeting between the teams this season was a bruiser, and the Bulls repeatedly outfought and outfoxed Miami on the boards. The Heat had won four games this season when outrebounded by 15 or more, but this time the disparity beat them.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Johnson's jumper with 0.7 seconds left in the second overtime lifted Brooklyn over Washington.
Bradley Beal's two free throws tied the score at 113 with 9.1 seconds to play before Johnson, who had 18 points, hit the shot that improved Brooklyn to 4-1 under interim coach P.J. Carlesimo.
Brook Lopez had 27 points and 13 rebounds for the Nets, and Deron Williams added 24 points and 10 assists.
Beal had a career-high 24 points. Jordan Crawford scored 23 points and Nene, who fouled out in the first overtime, had 20 for Washington, which lost its fourth in a row and is now 4-27.
After Martell Webster's jumper gave the Wizards a 106-104 lead to begin the second overtime, Gerald Wallace made a layup and Keith Bogans converted a three-point play and a layup for a 111-106 lead with 3:21 to play.
Beal hit a 3-pointer as the first overtime ended to tie the score at 104. It was the second time Washington extended the game at the horn. Nene hit a hook shot to tie it at 93 in regulation.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Russell Westbrook scored 27 points, Kevin Durant added 26 and Oklahoma City bounced back from a rare home loss to beat Philadelphia.
Oklahoma City made eight of its first 10 3-point attempts in the second half and never trailed after scoring the final five points before halftime.
Serge Ibaka chipped in 15 points and 10 rebounds and Kevin Martin had 16 points off the bench for the Thunder, who haven't lost consecutive home games since dropping two of the first three to start the 2010-11 season.
Nick Young led Philadelphia with 21 points, and Jrue Holiday had 15 points and nine assists. The Sixers fell to 2-5 on their eight-game road trip, which started before Christmas and concludes Saturday night at San Antonio.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Kyrie Irving scored 33 points, including a pull-up jumper from the foul line with one second left, to lift Cleveland over Charlotte.
Irving had 14 of his team's final 16 points and 26 points in the second half as the Cavaliers snapped a three-game losing streak.
Irving was 10 of 21 from the field and converted all 10 free throws while scoring 16 points in the fourth quarter. He also had six assists and five rebounds.
Tristan Thompson added 19 points and C.J. Miles added 18 for the Cavaliers.
Ben Gordon led Charlotte's second-half charge, finishing with 27 points.
Ramon Sessions added 20 points and Gerald Henderson had 17, including a career-high four 3-pointers for the Bobcats, who have lost 19 of 20.
BOSTON (AP) - Kevin Garnett scored 18 points before he was ejected for a flagrant foul in the fourth quarter, and the Celtics snapped a four-game losing streak.
Rajon Rondo added 18 points, seven assists and five rebounds for Boston, which had lost eight of 10 to fall a season-worst three games below .500. Garnett also had seven rebounds.
Tyler Hansbrough scored 19 points and David West and Roy Hibbert had 10 rebounds apiece for the Pacers. The Central Division leaders had won six of seven and nine of 11.
The Celtics used a 17-3 run in the second quarter to take control of the game.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - Austin Daye had a season-best 20 points and Detroit earned its fourth consecutive victory.
The Hawks, who trailed by as many as 19, had the ball in the final seconds, but Andre Drummond blocked Lou Williams' jumper at the buzzer to preserve the win.
The Pistons have won six of seven overall, with the only loss coming in double overtime at Atlanta. The second unit has powered the surge, outscoring the starters in several games, and the reserves outscored Atlanta's backups 41-14, led by Daye.
Josh Smith had 20 points for Atlanta, while Al Horford had 18 points and 15 rebounds.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Wesley Matthews scored 21 points, J.J. Hickson added 19 points and 11 rebounds, and Portland beat Memphis.
Rudy Gay's jumper from near the top of the key was off the mark, allowing the Trail Blazers to escape a closely played game that saw nine ties and 21 lead changes.
LaMarcus Aldridge had 15 points and 12 rebounds for Portland, while Nicolas Batum and Damian Lillard added 11 points apiece, Lillard also handing out eight assists.
Marreese Speights had a season-high 22 points and 13 rebounds for the Grizzlies in place of Zach Randolph, who missed the game with flu-like symptoms. Gay had 19 points, but was 8 of 21 from the field.
Marc Gasol scored 12 points and had a career-best eight blocks. Darrell Arthur contributed 10 points off the Memphis bench.
TORONTO (AP) - DeMarcus Cousins scored a season-high 31 points and matched his career high with 20 rebounds, John Salmons scored eight of his 20 points in the fourth quarter and Sacramento beat Toronto.
Jason Thompson scored 14 points and Isaiah Thomas had 11 as the Kings won their second straight road game. Sacramento had gone 1-13 away from home before winning at Cleveland on Wednesday.
The Kings have won six of eight overall following their second five-game losing streak of the season.
Kyle Lowry scored 24 and Ed Davis had 11 points and 13 rebounds for the Raptors, who came in having won eight of nine and a season-best five straight at home.
Alan Anderson scored 20, DeMar DeRozan had 14 and Jose Calderon added 13 for the Raptors.
PHOENIX (AP) - Al Jefferson scored 21 points and Paul Millsap added 19 to lead Utah past slumping Phoenix.
Gordon Hayward added 14 points off the bench for the Jazz, who have won consecutive games for the first time since Dec. 5-12.
Utah was without center Enes Kanter, who sprained his right ankle in a win Wednesday against Minnesota.
Marcin Gortat had 18 points and 11 rebounds for Phoenix. Goran Dragic added 17 points, but only six after the first quarter.
MILWAUKEE (AP) - James Harden scored 29 points to lead Houston over Milwaukee.
Harden shot 11 of 18 from the floor to go with seven assists and four steals for Houston, which has won 10 of its last 13 games.
The Rockets, who shot 54 percent from the field, also got 22 points from Carlos Delfino in his return to Milwaukee. He played for the Bucks from 2009-12 before signing with Houston as an unrestricted free agent in the offseason.
The Rockets' Jeremy Lin was taken to the locker room with 10:34 left in the third after the left side of his head was slightly bloodied after he collided with the right cheek of Milwaukee's Larry Sanders as the two scrambled for a loose ball near half court. He returned to the bench with just under 3 minutes left in the period and started the fourth quarter.
Milwaukee equaled a season worst by losing its third game in a row despite 16 points from Brandon Jennings.


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The outlook for the Indian chemicals industry is positive, but there are liquidity and solvency issues with businesses in the trade and wholesale segment.
- The outlook for the Indian chemicals industry remains positive, as key end-user industry growth (e.g. construction, automotive, packaging, and electronics) is expected to drive demand, and investments by foreign chemicals businesses are increasing as procedures and rules have been simplified. At the same time, exports are increasing due to rising international competitiveness of Indian chemicals businesses.
- The government has announced a number of measures to improve competitiveness in the sector. 'Make in India' is expected to play a pivotal role in driving some of the key initiatives to stimulate industry growth. Government support for research and development is high.
- In India, per capita consumption of chemicals products is still far below the world average, pointing to the vast potential for growth in the industry, given rising income levels and increasing urbanisation. Speciality chemicals and pharmaceuticals segments are expected to be key growth segments.
- However, the government still has to improve business conditions and infrastructure in order to attract global and Indian firms to invest even more in chemicals manufacturing facilities in India. Shortage of skilled workers and technology gaps remain issues. For domestic players, cheaper imports and currency volatility remain risk factors.
- The average payment duration in the Indian chemicals industry is 90-120 days. The number of payment delays and insolvency cases was stable in 2015, and is not expected to increase in 2016. However, we observe some liquidity and solvency issues with businesses in the chemicals trade and wholesale segments. Therefore, our underwriting stance is more cautious in this segment than for chemicals manufacturers.


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Take a group of people who've played a game once or twice before, separate them into two groups and then let them wrestle in the sand, and you get the brutal, violent, entertaining opening challenge from "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains."
The tribe of villains gave the heroes a dislocated shoulder (Stephenie), a broken toe (Rupert) and lots of exposure (Sugar, who ran to the finish line topless after Sandra undid her bikini top while they were wrestling).
It was a brutal brawl as two members from each tribe fought for control of a bag that had been buried in the sand. Sometimes it looked like they were just being physical because they could, like when Stephenie's shoulder was pulled out of its socket (and then popped back in by a medical staff person), or when JT threw Randy to the ground and bent his legs backward, or when Cirie tackled competitors left and right. After Colby dragged Coach almost to the finish line, Coach dragged Colby over to the villains' mat and scored a point, humiliating Colby.
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In the end, the heroes won, but despite their camaraderie and the dysfunction at the villains tribe, it was a hero who went home first after the heroes blew a huge lead in the immunity challenge.
'The right decision'
Despite the heroes talking about strategy and using the first vote as an opportunity to get rid of a threat — perhaps Tom or JT, who already won; Cirie, who's known as a cunning strategist (she called herself "a gangsta in an Oprah suit"); or Stephenie, who's a physical powerhouse — they got rid of the crying pin-up, Sugar. While she didn't help in the immunity challenge, failing to put together a puzzle quickly despite a huge lead, she was one of four people putting that puzzle together. But she was also annoying, keeping people awake at night by talking.
After she was voted out, Sugar said that her tribe "probably made the right decision," even though she said, "It's not a great feeling to be the first person voted out."
Although they had a functional shelter and even caught four chickens who wandered into their camp, the heroes weren't exactly without problems. Rupert couldn't make fire with the flint they won in the first reward challenge, and after wasting magnesium, he wandered away, leaving others to do it.
Playing with the 'devil'
Meanwhile, at the flintless villains' tribe, Rob started fire by basically rubbing two sticks together, an impressive accomplishment. Still, Rob was less than impressed by his tribemates, who didn't want to do much with their shelter or anything else that would require work.
Also at the villains' camp, Russell Hantz started playing exactly the same game he did last season, forming alliances with everyone. But this time, he's not playing with a bunch of clueless people. Although none of his tribemates watched "Survivor: Samoa," which started airing long after "Heroes vs. Villains" began filming, they were smart enough to see through it. However, they don't seem to be ready to get rid of him. Parvati told us that although Russell was "telling everyone the same thing ... he's just an incredible force. ... I want the devil on my side."
That wasn't the only unholy alliance. Self-proclaimed "Dragon Slayer" Coach and original villain Jerri Manthey flirted, and Sandra said, "You might find love here." The shock of that pairing aside, the two seemed to be ready to work together, although they were cautious of being viewed by their tribemates as a team.
That seems to be the theme: Although in the first challenge they were ready to fight hard, the heroes and villains are playing cautious strategic games, at least at first.
Andy Dehnart is a writer, TV critic and editor of reality blurred. Follow him on Facebook and Twitter.


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The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch is a Windows 8 Ultrabook with a touchscreen. We put it to the test in this ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch touchscreen Ultrabook video review. See all laptop reviews. (Video filmed and edited by Domink Tomaszewski, narrated by Jim Martin.)
ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch: Design and build
The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch lid folds back so the laptop sits flat on the desk.
We really like the keyboard. As with other Lenovo keyboards the bottom of the scrabble tile keys is curved, giving you extra space when typing. And the size is good anyway.
The trackpad is smooth, responsive, and well sized.
The ThinkPad is constructed of carbon fibre, the finish feeling strokably smooth to the touch but not picking up fingerprints. With the lid folded down the Carbon Touch is almost MacBook Air-like in its slim profile.
At 1.54kg the Carbon Touch is not a heavy laptop, and it's only 2.2 centimetres thick at its widest point.
Connection options include 3G, WiFi, and USB 3.0. There's an SD card slot and a fingerprint scanner.
The charger cable uses a connector the likes of which we haven't seen elsewhere, even on lower-end Lenovo laptops.
ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch: Performance
The model we tested had an Intel Core i5 chip running with 4 GigaBytes of RAM. There's also a 128 GigaByte SSD, although we could see only 111 GigaBytes.
The Touch is a zippy performer that boots up quickly. This was born out by our PCMark7 benchmark score of 4,783. The best-performing Ultrabooks score around 4,900 so the X1 Carbon Touch is in good company.
But with integrated graphics it's not a gaming rig.
ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch: Battery life
The Touch charges quickly. Use it for five and a half hours and you should have no problems. On standby it lasts for days.
ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch: Display
The Touch has a 14in 1600 by 900 matt display - perfectly usable under bright lights and outdoors. Viewing angles are pretty good. It's a 10-finger multitouch panel, responsive to gestures as well as taps.
ThinkPad X1 Carbon touch: verdict
The Carbon Touch offers decent performance in a portable package. We love the build and design, and the screen is great. Performance is solid. If you need a portable touchscreen laptop for your working life, this is a great option. But like all Ultrabooks it is far from cheap.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Florida Highway Patrol was searching for the driver responsible for hitting and killing a man on the Westside late Thursday night.
Troopers say a van headed east on Timuquana Road just west of Seaboard Avenue about 10 p.m. struck the pedestrian walking east on Timuquana, according to the FHP report.
The FHP has identified the victim as 46-year-old Kinley Collard, of Jacksonville. Troopers say the van struck the man and left the scene.
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The Shiv Sena Monday announced that all powers of party president would now vest with executive president Uddhav Thackeray.
An announcement in party mouthpiece Saamna said the decision had been taken at a meeting of top party leaders at the Thackeray residence Matoshri.
"All the powers of Shiv Sena Pramukh (chief) shall be with executive president Uddhav Thackeray. This has been decided in a meeting of Shiv Sena leaders," the statement said, in a development that was anticipated.
Uddhav, 52, has been the party's executive president since 2004. He will now be de facto party president. His father Bal Thackeray had founded the party and led it for over four decades till his death Nov 17.
After Bal Thackeray's demise, a photograph with a sandalwood garland has been placed on the chair he regularly used.
"The party's first meeting was held in 'Thackeray Durbar' (the room where the garlanded photograph of the late Shiv Sena chief has been placed) where all the leaders unanimously expressed confidence in Uddhav and decided to authorise him (Uddhav Thackeray) to fulfil the late Bal Thackeray's dreams," the statement said.
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We Are Back In The States!!!!!!!!7/28/2007 01:15:00 PM Edit This 6 Comments »
Yes, it's true. We made it back to the states and almost home. Since my sister Angie is 8 months pregnant and can no longer travel, she & her family and my other sister Lynn and her 7 year old daughter Brooke all meet us at the Houston airport so they could meet Lexie and welcome us home. We are staying for a few days and should be in Port Orchard some time next week. Unfortunately, Lexie & I brought some extra little friends back that we didn't know about and so we spread the love. Yes, we have scabies. It's pretty common for children in orphanages to get them and since I've been scratching almost since I got there, I thought I might have them but the doc at the Medical Center in Almaty said that we didn't and travel was no problem. Well he was wrong!! Now Angie, Jim, 8 year old Cody, 7 year old Brooke, 6 year old Mackenzie, Lynn, Mom, Lexie and I have all just done the treatment last night. The International Adoption Physician I took Lexie to said we should no longer be contagious after the first treatment but to do one more a week later to be sure since I have one of the worst cases she has seen (lucky me.) But Angie's OBGYN said we could be contagious for a week or more so her suggestion to Angie was to kick us out and for us to go to a hotel. A little extreme but Angie can't take the stronger medication to get rid of them. There is no danger to her or the baby she'd just be itching without relief until the baby is born. So anyway, of course we stayed but after doing the treatment we have now scrubbed the house, cleaned the carpets and the cars are being detailed. Everyone in Port Orchard is actually luck we took this little detour. We'll find out on Monday if the treatment worked for Lexie and I or if we have to wait until next Friday to do another treatment since you can only do it once a week. The itching isn't as intense so I'm hoping all those little critter are dead now. Our homecoming was more eventful then we'd hope but it's GREAT to be back in the land of clean water, good food and English.
Lexie was just great on the planes. Our first flight left at 3am so we were at the airport at midnight which meant she was up most of the night. We luckily got the bulkhead with the bassinet and once she did fall asleep I could put her down and save my shoulder. The first flight was a little over 7 hours and then we had a 3 hour layover in Frankfurt but with bathroom breaks and saying goodbye to Rosa and Irene then having to go through security again where we had to meet US standards which meant we had to throw away a couple hundred dollars worth of products since we were told they wouldn't be checking again and in KZ you don't have any liquid size restrictions for your carry on. I thought Mom was going to cry when they started throwing her face cream and moisturizer away. Anyway, the second flight was 11 hours long and we were in the 4th to the last seats in a very full plane. We had a great flight attendant that talked two men in the last row who had one of the few free seats left on the plane between them into switching with us, so Lexie had her own seat. It made the long flight so much better. In the 24 hours it took us to get to the states she only sleep about 6 hours but she was so good the rest of the time. Even the people in front of us were saying how good she was. She was so cute when she'd flirt with all the people that went by. Of course we were all exhausted when we landed and between customs and having to go to the "special room" where Lexie was officially declared an American citizen (yeah whoooo) and then retrieving our luggage it was 2 hours from when we landed until we found Angie, Lynn & the kids waiting for us. Alexis had them all in the palm of her hand in a matter of seconds since she put on her biggest smile and hugged them all. They took us to lunch which was wonderfully eatable but Mom and I could barely eat since we were almost asleep in our plates. After an amazing clean, warm shower we napped for a few hours and then they had a belated 1st Birthday Party/Shower for Lexie. As usual, my family went overboard and I truly love them for it. She got lots of toys and useful equipment and cute outfits. My brother-in-law Jim made sure we got lots of big loud toys to pay me back for all the big loud toys I have gotten their kids over the years. He's warned me there were more to come. Bring them on.
Then we went swimming the next day in their pool and Lexie is a total fish. She loved her bath but she really LOVES being in the pool. She isn't afraid of anything, even being splashed by the kids and she puts her face under the water and comes up laughing. Of course, Mommy doesn't think it's funny but we had a great time. So we are resting up, de-bugging and should be home in Port Orchard some time next week. It's up to the doc to let us know if it will be Wed or next Sunday but I'm SURE none of you back home want to experience Scabies first hand. I'll be happy to share my experience with you if you are curious. As soon as we get the okay we'll be seeing everyone in Washington soon. Once I get home and have some time, I'll add a post to fill in the blanks between when she left the baby house and we we left for home. Did I mention that I had Lexie's portrait drawn by a street artist and oh yeah I rode a camel. Look at those feet!!! Just a little teaser for what we did in Almaty.
Thanks for all your support and interest. I can't tell you how wonderful it is to be back with Alexis in my arms.