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A Peruvian man named Requelme Abanto has a new identity — the "hardware store". That's because he recently had surgery to remove more than 0.5kg worth of 5-inch nails, rusted copper wire, scrap metal and coins from his stomach.
The 26-year-old construction worker ate the metal for months, and told Peru's Channel 9 television that he may now do it in public "as sport."
"I swallowed 17 nails in February and didn't die," he said. "Five-inch nails, all in one day."
Doctors weren't surprised to find that Abanto had torn a hole in his stomach, so let this be a lesson to the kids out there — eating your way to a cyborg body isn't the best idea. Naturally, the man's mental health is being evaluated while he recovers. [AP via Metro Image via blurradial]

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Georgia College senior Whitney Okvist (Kennesaw, Ga.) has been named to the 2014 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division II All-American roster. The senior outfielder rejoins the All-American rankings as a Second Team selection after originally garnering a First Team nod in 2012.
Okvist becomes only the second Bobcat to become a two-time NFCA All-American joining Keidra Baitey (2003, 2006).
The distinction goes with a stellar season and career that includes being named to the First Team on the NFCA All-Region and Peach Belt Conference (PBC) teams for 2014.
Although Okvist will finish atop several Georgia College career records, she will be most remembered for her base stealing. In that category, her 163 total stolen bases are a PBC record and rank her as No. 5 in NCAA Division II history.
The four-time All-PBC selection led the Bobcats in six team categories in 2014. In addition to stolen bases, Okvist led the team in batting average (.435), hits (70), runs (45), on-base percentage (.505) and slugging percentage (.484). In addition, her fielding prowess was evident by going error-free last season.
Those totals helped her climb to first overall in several categories in Georgia College softball history. In addition to stolen bases, the most prominent categories Okvist will move to No. 1 on the Bobcat all-time lists are hits (246) and runs (176).
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit GCBobcats.PhotoReflect.com to purchase photo prints from home athletic contests.


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Jets coach Rex Ryan reacted strongly to the report that an unnamed teammate referred to Tim Tebow as "terrible."
Playing to a packed house in the Jets media room, Ryan actually toyed with reporters for a bit, begging one of them to ask the question they were all there to ask.
When the ice was broken, Ryan said he didn't appreciate the remarks.
"If you're going to make a negative comment, that's fine," Ryan said, via the New York Daily News. "We never say that it always has to be a bed of roses. But again, put your name to it. I think people will respect you a lot more."
Ryan said he spoke to the team about it first thing.
"Did I address it? I absolutely addressed it," Ryan said. "Because I think it's a cowardly thing. If you're not going to put your name to it, I think that's about as cowardly of a thing as there is. I even mentioned that. I said, 'Look, if, . . .' Well, I don't want to get into specifics of what I said. But I did address it with our football team. I absolutely did.
"If you're searching for things to try to drive a wedge through the team and all that, . . . my thing is that I believe in this team. I believe this team is like this and will continue to be like this and maybe even come tighter. I'm confident that that will be a case."
Ryan also defended Tebow's handling of an unusual situation, going to far as to say their punt game has never been better, thanks to the way opponents have to honor the possibility of a Tebow fake.
"Every single day when he hits the field, he works about as hard as anybody I've seen. He stays longer than probably every player we have, working on those skills," Ryan said. "He's done everything we've asked him to do."
"Tim Tebow came here to be the backup quarterback. We never brought him in here, to be the starting quarterback. We already had a starting quarterback in Mark Sanchez. I thought I was clear on that from the day we brought Tim in here. But what we were also clear on is that he's a football player and we're going to use him in different roles."
In the middle of a 3-6 season, it's the last thing the Jets need, to have to address such reports. But they also should have known they'd eventually come, when they made the deal to acquire America's favorite backup.


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Versium Analytics, a new startup led by former InfoSpace executives Chris Matty and Kevin Marcus, is just three weeks old. But the Redmond company has already locked up one customer — and is in discussions with a handful of others — as it rolls out new methods for making sense out of massive amounts of marketing data.
Matty and Marcus, who left daily deal startup BigTip to start Versium, said they came up with the idea after being contacted by colleagues and friends for help on similar problems.
"I had people who were emailing me and asking me, saying: 'Hey, Kevin, is this something you can do for me, or can you do it on the side?'" said Marcus, who previously co-founded Intelius and served as chief software architect at InfoSpace. "It is pretty obvious that there's a need for these types of analytics, or at least the people who may be providing them, aren't servicing their customers well enough. So, to me, that spells big opportunity."
What's the opportunity? Versium is developing machine-learning technologies to help marketers make more sense of the data they are collecting.
"We are able to say: 'OK, if you have these five or six pieces of information, we can enhance that with another 100 pieces of data that will help you further identify who your ideal customers are and ultimately who your top converters are," said Matty.
For example, he said a law firm that had collected information through Google performance ads for a direct mail campaign could use the service to microsegment the data to target people of a certain age, gender or income. Even more powerful, it can analyze more complex trends such as how often someone changed residences and the value of the homes they lived in, taking into account how one's life is changing over time.
Using that information, Matty said that they can draw inferences on those timelines of events, making predictions that offer ways for marketers to do even more more refined targeting.
"We are taking a whole bunch of data, we're processing it and putting it together and then we are doing some analytics that allow microsegmentation," he said.
Given the response to the service, Matty said there's no immediate plan to raise venture financing. "It is really surprising how fast things are moving," he said. "Our game plan right now is we don't need the capital, but, as you know, if you are in a situation where you have a huge growth opportunity in front of you, then we certainly would explore that."
There's no shortage of competition in the arena of "big data," an area that got a boost this week when President Obama announced a $200 millon R&D initiative around the idea. Versium competes with Targusinfo, which was recently acquired by Neustar, and others.
"Where we are seeing the opening in terms of what people aren't doing is in the predicitability and their timeline of activity, whether it is historical based on data that you can gather from various means or even timely like a Twitter feed," said Matty.
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Hi Guys:Europ2 wrote:A possible explanation ...BraCuru wrote: Really surprised that it's so quite on the forum about this offer.
For the foil market - it looks like the French Revolution
Everybody interested is waiting the official offer with pictures & more details.
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needed to validate payment, shipping, custom clearance, ... the early birds will receive their set say a week after order.
In the worst case, the first customers will receive their toy the day the purchase window close without hope to publish a test awaited by the other potential customers.
In the best case, the early birds will receive their foil 2 to 4 days before the window's end. That's not a long time to trigger a purchase decision based on "enthusisatic" flash tests written by dozens of persons posting for the first time
+ A first production batch is never flawless
+ if the surfboard quality might have some reputation in BALI, what is the composite one worth ?
Many people will wait untill the last limit to avoid a blind buy ..
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Jeff Jarvis is talking about ChangeThis over at Buzzmachine. ChangeThis is a manifesto hosting site. Yes, perhaps if Ted Kazinsky hadn't hated technology so much he could have become the Unablogger. I'm guessing ChangeThis will cater more to the left than the right and to explain I offer this story:
I'm going to lunch with some coworkers. As usual, names have been changed to protect the innocent. There is myself, my coworker who I will call Izzy, and another coworker I will call Tom. Izzy is an engineer like myself and is a car nut. Tom is a computer programmer and not a car nut.
As we drive Izzy and I are discussing car engine design (pushrods vs. dual cams) and Tom, seeking inclusion, says "I think we should stop using the pistol engine. We've been using it for almost a century so there has to be something better out there. Its such old tech."
Izzy and I look at each other. Izzy smiles and replies with "You're a Democrat aren't you Tom."
"Yeah how did you know?" Tom was amazed as he had never discussed his politics with us.
"Because you want to change something just to change it. You have no alternatives to the old process and don't really know much about it, but you just think we shouldn't use it simply because its old."
The two engineers go on to explain why the piston engine is still here after 100 years to the computer scientist.
This is really what separates conservatives from liberals. If a solution to a problem lasts 100 years, conservatives will see it as a good solution. Its lasted the test of time. Liberals see it as old and out-moded no matter what. They want to change it, even if they don't know of anything better. They want change and "progress" solely for change sake. This is part of the point of ChangeThis, change is good no matter what.
This is not to say that conservatives don't want change as well. I'd willingly write a manifesto about the US highways needing to adopt the keep right principle used on the German autobahn. It's a great solution and has really contributed to lower accident rates over there. But thats still a solution that has met the test of time, just not here.
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Nine Inch Nails To Unleash New Album in 2013
Earlier this year, Trent Reznor revealed that he was reactivating Nine Inch Nails with a revamped lineup. Now comes word from Reznor that he's quietly completed a new Nine Inch Nails album that will arrive via Columbia Records in 2013.
Nine Inch Nails had been easing their way back into the spotlight, primarily scheduling a number of high profile music festivals around the world to signify their return. But in a new press release, it's revealed that part of the reason for the slow-burn return was that Reznor had been working on completing a new Nine Inch Nails album.
In the release, Reznor confirmed that he's signed a deal with Columbia Records, home to his other band How to Destroy Angels. He states:
I've been less than honest about what I've really been up to lately. For the last year I've been secretly working non-stop with Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder on a new, full-length Nine Inch Nails record, which I am happy to say is finished and frankly f---ing great. This is the real impetus and motivation behind the decision to assemble a new band and tour again. My forays into film, HTDA and other projects really stimulated me creatively and I decided to focus that energy on taking Nine Inch Nails to a new place. Here we go!
Even though Reznor revealed that he had finished the disc, an official title and release date have not yet been announced. Though Reznor unveiled a new Nine Inch Nails lineup earlier this year, there has already been one defection as former Jane's Addiction bassist Eric Avery recently announced his exit. A couple of days later, it was announced that one-time Nine Inch Nails guitarist Robin Finck had returned to the band.


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10 Best Video Game Beginnings
It's said that the ending is the most important part of any story. But what about beginning? If something has an awful beginning, you probably won't make it to the end, regardless of how amazing it could be. A great beginning asks questions, and the only way to find the answers, is to explore and play on.
Below you'll find our list of the 10 best video game beginnings:
10. Goldeneye
If you've ever played this N64 classic, then you're very familiar with the amazing opening level. After zooming into the back of the legendary James Bond's head, you're free to shoot your way through the military facility, then bungee jump off of a dam. This might not seem like much by today's game standards, but back in the N64 days, this just about blew a player's mind. It wouldn't be a complete list of the 10 best video game beginnings without Goldeneye.
9. Uncharted 3
The Uncharted series has always had strong opening sequences and the third outing in the series is no different. You're treated to a fantastically acted cut-scene of a deal gone wrong and flung into the action without a gun. After fighting through a couple quick-time events, you're treated to an all out bar brawl. It's a perfect way to throw you into the action and story all at once. Plus you get to knock out a big brute with a toilet seat.
8. Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy X was one of the finest entries to the Final Fantasy series. It looked incredible and the story was fun and engaging, if a bit weird. After a bit of a tease of things to come, you're thrown into the game as a famous Blitzball player in the fantastically futuristic city of Zanarkand. After signing a few autographs and making your way to the stadium, you're treated to an incredible cinematic of a Blitzball game and the destruction of the whole city. For pure mesmerism and epic scale, Final Fantasy X makes it onto our list of the 10 best video game beginnings.
7. Half-Life
One of the most memorable beginnings in video game history, we will always have a soft spot in our hearts for this game's opening. We know that it was just a train ride, but it set up just how deep into Black Mesa players were descending. Never before had a game done so little, but was still able to bring you into its world so effectively.
6. Fallout 3
Every RPG starts out with your standard character building and tutorial. Fallout 3 shuns all of the out of context menus and instead starts your character off at birth. You select your physical attributes as a baby and throughout your childhood learn, through the events in the game, how to survive. You learn to take your first steps and play target practice with a rat. Also, Liam Neeson is your dad. How cool is that?
5. Skyrim
Like most of the Elder Scrolls games, you start off under arrest. You go through the standard character building after a nice cart ride to the nearest authorities. There you choose who you will be just before you're execute. Seems like a waste of time and game over? Wrong. A huge dragon swoops in and wreaks havoc on your captors and anyone else within fire-breathing distance. You barely escape with your life and are given the whole land of Skyrim for you to wander. A dragon attack was sure to get your game on our list of the10 best video game beginnings.
4. Journey
A game that doesn't want you to think it's a game, Journey shuns the clear delineation between menus and gameplay. The sunset at the menu bleeds right into you waking up in a vast desert with a huge mountain in the distance. So you set off through the desert, climbing the sand dune ahead of you. On reaching the top you're treated to a fantastic vista and the title card for the game. Thus begins your Journey.
3. Ocarina of Time
After being treated to one of the best theme songs in video game history, you are given visions of the near future. But even more memorable was the fly-by ride-along with the fairy Navi. There is no better way to show off the world in which you're immersed. Of course, that annoying little fairy has to wake you up from your sleep, but if she hadn't you'd miss all the adventuring.
2. Uncharted 2
A couple of the games on our list of the 10 best video game beginnings start in medias res, but none do it better than the Uncharted 2. It starts off with Nathan Drake dangling and bleeding inside a train car hanging from a mountain cliff. If that doesn't get you into the story straight off, then nothing will. After scrambling up the shuddering car, Drake passes out in the snow and you're travel back in time to find out how he made it there. It's time to sit back and shoot your way through to find out what's going on in Nathan Drake's world.
1. Bioshock
Nothing comes close to the incredible beginning to Bioshock. After surviving a plane crash, and swimming your way to a strange spire in the middle of the Atlantic, you are first shown the looming face of Andrew Ryan over a banner that says "No Gods or Kings. Only Man." La Mer by Django Reinhardt is playing over a tinny speaker as you enter the bathysphere and descend into the sea. As you listen to the propaganda filled film, the screen lifts to give your your first glimpse of Rapture. It is truly awe inspiring and unforgettable. That's why we've stuck it at the top of our list of the 10 best video game beginnings.
And that brings us to the end of the beginnings. Now is around the time where you should be picking up your controller to check out some of the games mentioned above. Go ahead, we'll wait. Then you can drop us a line down in the comments and let us know how you liked it.


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GREENSBORO - North Carolina A&T released an interesting and challenging 2013 football schedule on Wednesday.
The Southern Conference, which is widely regarded as one of the best conference in the Division I-Football Championship Subdivision, will have both of its North Carolina schools on the Aggies 2013 schedule. A&T is scheduled to open against Appalachian State on Sept. 7 at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, N.C., at 6 p.m.
A week later A&T will host Elon at Aggie Stadium for the first time in seven seasons. The two Piedmont schools played one another for seven consecutive seasons starting in 2000. When the Aggies and Phoenix play in September, it will be their ninth meeting. They split the previous eight with each team winning four.
The Greatest Homecoming On Earth will take place on Nov. 2 against Virginia University of Lynchburg on Nov. 2 at 1 p.m. It will be the latest A&T's Homecoming has occurred since the Aggies defeated Bethune-Cookman 73-7 on Nov. 2, 1996. It will also mark the first time the Aggies have played a non-conference opponent for Homecoming since beating Johnson C. Smith 19-8 on Oct. 10, 1987.
After a two-year absence, conference foe Hampton returns to the Aggies schedule as well. A&T's last meeting against Hampton resulted in a 35-21 loss at Hampton on Sept. 18, 2010. The two teams will get together again at Hampton on Oct. 12. While Hampton is an old rival rotating back onto the schedule, Savannah State will be completely new to Aggie fans.
The Tigers, who joined the conference three seasons ago, has never played A&T on the gridiron. That will no longer be the case on Nov. 16 when the Tigers come to Aggie Stadium for a 1 p.m., kickoff. A&T's other three home games include a Sept. 28 game against Howard, an Oct. 19 game against Delaware State and archrival N.C. Central comes to Aggieland on Nov. 23 for the regular-season finale.
A&T will also play road games against S.C. State (Oct. 5), Florida A&M (Oct. 26) and Morgan State (Nov. 9).
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Re: 2013 new release of the year roundup
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 4:00 pm
dan i dubdub wrote:Robin wrote:and my 2013 new releases round up would include rapahela give thanks for life,
dread tune Robin
The Murray Man side on this "Jah Is Looking Over" kills it too, a superb vocal & riddim. I like both these sides not only for the riddim but for the soulful expressive vocals & I have to say I'm finding it increasingly difficult to find much enjoyment in the endless wave of european singers, most of whom IMO are totally unsuited to reggae vocals. (Sits back & waits for the stream of insults to be aimed at me).
Robert Dallas - Tradition Man 7", another killer.
Crucial Alphonso - Leaders Of North Africa 12" on Lion Roots - seems to have gone virtually unnoticed but is one of the best horns instrumentals I've heard in a long time.
Vivian Jones - Third World Man - Disciples 12" - not often that a cover version matches the original but this is a rare example that does.
Anything that Roberto Sanchez has a hand in is usually excellent and his releases this year are no exception.


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Evening in Paradise Beach Bike Ride
November 27, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
This will be a journey of about Twenty (20-25) Miles and is for intermediate riders and above. It should last just around an hour and a half traveling at approximately 16-18 mph (please note the increased speed). We will go rain or shine (unless there is lightning).
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The meeting location will be behind Barnes & Noble about the third row back.
We will ride along Gulfshore Blvd down to Gordon Dr and into Port Royal.
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I merely wish to point out that we are discussing what is known as the "Detective Castle"; It is not actually a precinct.It was once a precinct, at least back when they filmed Serpico.
Carry on.
There has been a truck parked on Bergen near Washington for over 7 years with flat tires beside 4 others. A couple years a go I tried a 311 campaigne to get them ticketed and towed to no avail. It is still there.Those exact cars have not been there for years. They change. I live across the street from that place and I know the owner. He's been fixing those cars.
I see the locals near the police station on park and Washington are mimicking the police cars and expanding the diagonal parking down Grand Street with great success. There is also a lone car at 1000 Bergen that feels justified to over hang the sidewalk with their car. Atlantic Ave is a mess to walk down on either sidewalk from Washington to Bedford Ave. The car wash at EPWay and Bedford hand wipe cars allover the sidewalk as an extension of their business property while they park thier own cars in the "detailing" port
How do we get respect as pedestrians?