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Professional use: Apply to lips during any facial service.
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Sunday, 15 January 2012
Thou Art Everyday My Valentine - A Valentine Gift Tutorial
You will need:
A decoupage box (you can get these in IKEA or Wilkinsons)
A sheet of background paper
Contrasting paper(s)
Heart shaped stamp
Glue gun or PVA glue or Double sided sticky foam
Scalpel or pair of sharp paper scissors (Do not let me catch you using your fabric scissors for this as you will blunt them quicker than you can say Jack Robinson...)
A cable needle or metal knitting needle or something else pointy but not sharp
Craft mat
Take the back off your decoupage box and trace around it to form your background. Cut out the square and glue it lightly to the background square.
Now decide on your design, I am going to try two, one in the shape of a heart and the other as a simple square pattern. Use the cover sheet that is in your frame box to create a frame for you to work within.
Using your punch cut out your hearts and place them on the backing paper to see if it works.
Turn on your glue gun. Take each heart, place the ruler down the centre of the heart and run the cable needle along the edge as we want the heart to fold up. You may find it a good idea to put a small pencil dot on the backing paper so that you can see exactly where you will finally place your heart. Now run a small amount of glue along the fold and press firmly in place, continue doing this until you build up your design.
As the hearts that I was using are quite petite, I whipped out my eyebrow tweezers to help place them at the appropriate point.
And for the harmonious square of hearts, use a small square of double sided sticky back foam to stick them to your backing paper.
Let your work dry and then place it back in the decoupage frame.
I also thought of doing a heart made from the pages of the map book we used to create the bows at Christmas which we found in the Charity shop... and I thought you could call it, "A map of my heart", or you could use pages from an old book and say "You read my heart like a book..."
My friend Sally made a beautiful picture for her daughter using butterflies for Christmas... I really think that this is a very versatile and flexible technique, in fact my mind is spinning and I can see that we could even use the folded hearts as petals in a bunch of flowers...
Finally, you can also paint the decoupage box frames to fit in with your room colour scheme.
Now go take a look at 1st Unique's Handmade Monday, can you believe that Wendy has been doing this for almost a year? This is week 49, where has the time gone?
Now, I going to give you a quick preview of next week's tutorial... it is a pattern for a hat and matching scarf, as you can see I have almost finished the scarf but I need to crack on with it, so I thought if I told you that I was posting it, I would have to finish it!
BTW... there might be mittens a little later, once I have worked out the pattern... it may be some little time...
29 comments:
- Claire Cooper said...
What a lovely Idea
- 15 January 2012 at 15:25
- Amanda said...
Very cool! I can tell the possibilities with this technique are endless. Must...resist...new...craft...
- 15 January 2012 at 18:04
- Adaliza said...
Looks like great fun! What a super gift for the one you love.
- 15 January 2012 at 18:19
- CHRISTMAS PIE CRAFTS said...
They are lovely Ros and a nice idea. Love the colour purple and its various shades. Have a good week.
- 15 January 2012 at 18:22
- Stocki said...
That's a lovely simple idea...so effective. Now I can't wait for the tutorial that hat and scarf are stunning! :)x
- 15 January 2012 at 18:31
- Caroline Nash said...
Love the idea of a map of my heart, the frames are so effective
- 15 January 2012 at 18:44
- Wendy said...
Gorgeous - simple and extremely effective. Would be lovely with maps!
- 15 January 2012 at 19:08
Another great tutorial I must try! Thanks for sharing :-) I'm hoping to try your tea Cosy tutorial this week :-) x
- 15 January 2012 at 19:09
- butterflyblossom said...
This is a brilliant idea and I'll bet you can pick up some gorgeous and cheap frames from boot fairs and flea markets too! X
- 15 January 2012 at 19:21
- mcrafts said...
love the tutorial Ros (now if only I had someone to give one of these to!) - the hat and scarf look great. Really nice pattern. Mich :)
- 15 January 2012 at 21:56
- Annie and Lyn said...
That's a lovely idea that could be adapted for many occasions.
Funny thing - yesterday my husband was clearing out his cupboard and came across an old pocket atlas. He asked if I thought it worth keeping and I said that I'd seen a project using old maps, but try as I might I couldn't bring it to mind. So thank you for mentioning it in this post!
- 16 January 2012 at 07:25
I love these - a word to the wise - don't use your heart cutter for cutting felt, I tried to cut strawberry calix out with my petal cutter - disaster!!! Have a lovely week
- 16 January 2012 at 09:34
- ZukieStyle said...
Very effective! and will make a lovely present.
I love the piccie on your banner by the way, looks very tranquil :)
- 16 January 2012 at 13:57
- Susie said...
Such a neat idea, and think of all the different papers you could use! I collect paper and have boxes and boxes (who doesn't?). As always..you rock!
- 16 January 2012 at 16:45
- Bobleyboo said...
Oh they're so pretty!
Kim xx
- 16 January 2012 at 17:32
- Caroline Lovis (Redneedle) said...
Congrats and good luck with the job Ros!!!! I love this make it's right up my street and the idea of using pages from an old book is inspired. Always difficult to know what to get the OH x
- 16 January 2012 at 17:55
- Jam Dalory said...
These look great and like something I could do without sewing my hand to a piece of fabric! Love your tutorials. x
- 16 January 2012 at 18:32
- Kat Shenton said...
Love the heart idea. Simple and really effective! As always, who needs to look for inspiration when we have our very own crafty muse!
- 16 January 2012 at 18:55
- Picto said...
Ros, these are very pretty, a great gift for any occasion.
Jan x
- 16 January 2012 at 20:07
- Ali said...
Really beautiful work - I might have to have a go at some of these - I have got quite a few punches which I could play with from my cardmaking days...
Great tutorial as always.
Ali x
- 16 January 2012 at 21:53
- Pickle Lily said...
Yet another fab tutorial - thank-you. Love the hat and scarf set, so will wait eagerly for those!
Jo x
- 17 January 2012 at 17:29
- Little Harriet said...
I've seen a few frames like that in charity shops, now I have an idea how to use them! Can just imagine using a sea creatures theme in a bathroom... oo you have me thinking now!
- 17 January 2012 at 19:20
- Helen said...
That is a lovely idea for a gift :)
And I'm looking forward to seeing the pattern next week. I love my knitting patterns :)
- 17 January 2012 at 23:57
- Allison said...
What a cute project!
- 19 January 2012 at 16:15
- The mum of all trades said...
Thank you so much for linking this to my blog party, I really appreciate it! Hope to see you again soon x
- 27 January 2012 at 20:12
- Rose said...
This is such a sweet idea and so simple! Thanks for sharing.
- 12 February 2012 at 17:32
- Retro Junction said...
Great tutorial!
- 12 February 2012 at 20:55
- Hank Hendricks said...
This is simple but still an effective way of showing love on valentine's day. Perfect for some one who is a big fan of photo frames.
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- 27 June 2012 at 06:53
- shehbaz michael said...
Do you have some more thoughts about gifts for other occasions?
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Cheat or Beat needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 41 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
I need two complimentary yet contrasting character designs created for a new Sports Cheating Blog. The 1st illustration is a cheating/evil athlete, and the 2nd is a clean/good athlete. I would like a clean, modern cartoon / caricature style to the characters. Please include the full body of the characters. File should be a vector format, preferably Illustrator. I will check in regularly and provide feedback to all. Thank you for all of your hard work
My Sports Cheating Blog has been created to discuss all forms of cheating in sports. In order to present both sides of any athlete's story, I have decided to create two characters who will debate on my site. These two characters will be the authors, and I plan on using images of these characters throughout the site, and eventually on T-Shirt designs as well. This could mean additional work in the future for the winning designer, as I look to implement these characters in different ways. Unfortunatly the site is a private endeavor without a huge budget at the moment. I am just a person, not a company, but I do understand the value of good work. I hope to be able to utilize the same artist for future work on this site, and other sites that I have in mind, assuming I can turn this idea into a profit.
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- Chester Cheater represents all that is wrong in sports. He is willingto do anything it takes to perform, utilizing any trick in the book;performance enhancing drugs, illegal equipment, and poor sportsmanship.He eludes testing, and avoids talking to the media. He cares only abouthimself and his own personal performance, at the expense of his teamand his fans. Ultimately he cares more about his contract and hisendorsements than he does about winning and competing honorably. He isa dirty player, and thus thinks everyone around him is the same.Chester Cheater believes in the worst in people, and figures he may aswell cheat, since everyone he competes against does as well.
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This is important, as the sharing economy has the potential to bring efficiency gains and improve the welfare of many individuals in the region.
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While online platforms represent a small fraction of overall incomes, the share of individuals participating in these platforms is large in many European countries. For example, roughly 1 in 3 people in France and Ireland have used a sharing economy platform, while at least 1 in 10 have in Central and Northern Europe (see figure below).
At the same time, the share of the population that has used these platforms to offer services and earn an income is also significant, reaching 10% or more in France, Latvia, and Croatia. This means that at least one out of every ten adults in these countries worked as a driver for a ride-sharing platform such as Uber, rented out a room of his or her house using a peer-to-peer rental platform such as Airbnb, or provided ICT services through an online freelancing platform such as Upwork, to name a few examples.
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text: The release this week of Windows 8.1 is a mea culpa of sorts for Microsoft. The version formerly code-named Windows Blue addresses many of the complaints lodged by those who tested it, including the CRN Test Center. And after spending a good deal of time with Windows 8.1 over the last 24 hours, our disdain for it has abated. New customization capabilities enable it to behave in ways that best suit not only user preferences and habits but also the input devices they choose. In other words, Windows 8.1 is actually pretty good, and here are eight reasons why.


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Our Philosophy is that beauty comes from within. Therefore, we strongly recommend working with your natural nails. We have also incorporated fresh fruits, veggies and essential oils into our treatments for their maximum healing properties. Our selection of products includes eco-friendly nail polish, healing treatments and formulations that are naturally colored and free of synthetic dyes. If you have artificial enhancements, we will work with you to restore and grow back your natural nails to their full luster and strength.
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The words of Miguel A. Conchas' father, "Hijo, la educación y tu palabra son cosas que nadie en este mundo te puede quitar," still echo in his head as if they had been uttered yesterday. His father's advice that education and being true to your word are things that no one can take from you has impacted Conchas deeply. His mother was determined that her children attend schools in the U.S., but not knowing English proved difficult and did not make school an enjoyable experience. Because of his personal experience, Conchas is a firm believer in a structured bilingual education program.
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The Forest Lea mountain bike recreation trails are developed and maintained by volunteer riders in the Ottawa Valley. RIDE AT YOUR OWN RISK!! trails are located at 1846 (the end of) Forest Lea Rd., West of Pembroke, exit S. off Hwy. 17, travel 5 km to end of pavement. A trail map is posted to the right of the xc ski club cabin, where the mtb trails start. Trail news updated on this site regularly. Please contribute to these trails by purchasing a trail membership - details at the links below.
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Blended Search
In the early days of search, site relevancy was determined by the text content of your site alone. The spiders weren't sophisticated enough to take images, movies, sounds, etc., into consideration. Times have changed. With Web 2.0 becoming more of a Web standard for content presentation, the search engines are now starting to list rich media files in the organic listings. Ask.com is at the forefront of this new search method with Ask3D, a skin-able, blended search engine. A search for a city name will return weather reports, recent news headlines, featured attractions, images, maps and more. Google is running a close second and is now including YouTube videos in their organic space. Certain queries return news headlines, blog posts, stock quotes, etc. So what is it going to take to achieve high rankings now?
Let's start with video optimization. Currently, Google and YouTube are the most prominent video hosting providers. Just like naming images on your site with relevant names, you will want to name the video file with a term relevant to what the video is about. For instance, if you have a video tutorial for a specific Photoshop technique, call it something like "photoshop-tutorial.mpg". Making sure there is a major keyword in the video filename is a critical part in getting your videos to rank. In Google Video or YouTube, you can also optimize the Title and Description of your videos. This is another place to include some keywords that describe your video. The "permissions" option should be set to public if you want your video to show up in Google results. These video hosting providers also have options where you can "tag" your movies with more relevant keywords, much like a Meta keywords tag. For best results, your most important tags should match your Title and Description for the movie.
Optimizing images is a slightly more fluid process than video optimization. Not only do you have to consider image names, but the quality, originality and format of the image plays a role as well. Files that are JPGs tend to do better than GIFs since the search engines typically view GIF images as standard graphics.
There are on-page elements as well that play a role in determining if your image will rank well in image searches. The page that contains the image should be optimized for the same keywords that you want the image to rank for. The point here is relevancy. Since the search engines can't "see" images, they rely on the surrounding text content describing them to figure out what the image is about. Image tagging, much like video tagging can be used to help your image's relevancy as well. Many social sites have contextual tags (captions, location, themes, comments, etc.) that you can include in your images to make them more relevant to the search term you want them to rank for. The ALT attribute is still one of the biggest factors. If your image doesn't have a relevant ALT attribute it's not likely to do well in ranking.
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This 2008 Louis Vuitton fashion show recap is expertly recapped by Karen Kooper. The Show started with the nurses, reference direct at the richard Prince's Naughty Nurse paints. All nurses carry in the Richard Prince Jokes Monogram and wearing a plastic coat. At the exact moment Jacobs has set the record straight, the concept was made. The collection was the "suite" of Marc Jacobs NYC show , with more structured shapes, more commercial shoes and bags. Lurex, cashmere sweaters, embroidered gazar coat and organza are the base of this Louis Vuitton Spring Summer Collection. New revisited bags are introduced like the Ostrich "New" Speedy (will be also available in Monogram) ,the "New" Papillon Cartoon Richard Prince bag.
R.P. (Richard prince) face is everywhere from shoes to bags and let's not forget also on the amazing haute jewelry created for this collection such as the Pave Quartz, Pave Rubis, pave Saphire, R.P bread fastener Necklace worn By Marc Jacobs at the end of the show. Music By Daft Punk – Kanye West.
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People don't get paid what they deserve. Nobody does. People get paid an amount of money equal to or less than the value they create for other people. If that value is less than the minimum wage, then that person is not legally employable. I know that you want to raise the minimum wage, but how many livelihoods do you want to destroy at the same time?
As a mental exercise, let's raise the minimum wage to $100/hour. What about all the people who cannot supply that much value? They will either 1) starve, 2) go on public assistance, or 3) work illegally. Starving is obviously a problem. Working illegally is also a problem because a worker has no recourse under the law for anything. Let's wipe out all the gains produced by workman's compensation, workplace discrimination, health and safety laws. So they'll go on public assistance, but who is paying the taxes? Those very few people who are allowed under the law to be productive.
Now, let's go the other way and get rid of those pernicious effects. In order to get rid of all of them, we have to reduce the minimum wage below the value producible by any person. That is probably zero.
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It's holiday weekend smackdown time at the multiplex. With "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" in one corner and "Larry Crowne" in the other, it's officially machines versus movie stars. And from budgets to audience buzz, things are looking bleak for the flesh-and-blood icons.
It's all part of a longer-term waning of the movie star era, says Hollywood.com box office analyst Paul Dergarabedian.
"Movie stars are not driving films so much anymore," he says. "It's the concept, the special effects, and – more and more – the marketing departments of the film studio calling the shots."
The event has begun to replace the story or the star, says Dustin Morrow, an independent filmmaker and professor at Temple University in Philadelphia. "More money is spent on marketing than making films now, so the focus is the campaign rather than the film," he says.
Robots vs. romance: How do the movies stack up?
The third installment of the Michael Bay robot extravaganza, budgeted at roughly $200 million, towers over the $15 million, Tom Hanks-loves-Julia Roberts romantic comedy.
The robots have already pulled in some $64 million in US theaters alone, just from the blockbuster's mid-week opening. According to Mr. Dergarabedian, the romantic comedy "may" pull in what it cost to make, over the four-day weekend.
Reviews aren't helping much. Both films are mired in the mid-30s on the Rotten Tomatoes website. The Los Angeles Times critic, Kenneth Turan, dubbed Crowne "hollow and shockingly unconvincing."
The bad press will hurt the love story more than the action movie, Dergarabedian says, because blockbuster films like the Transformers franchise are relatively critic-proof. "These mid-range romantic comedies that target older audiences take a hit from bad reviews because older people tend to read and care more about reviews," he says.
While pairing a romantic comedy against a big popcorn flick is standard counter-programming, even the smaller films with big names in them are approached as the latest installment in a popular genre.
Professor Morrow points to last week's Cameron Diaz film, "Bad Teacher," and the upcoming "Horrible Bosses," featuring Jennifer Aniston – both big Hollywood names. "The movies are being marketed as the 'next' in the raunchy adult category that Judd Apatow has made such a hit," he notes. "The movies are not being marketed as star vehicles, because that isn't working anymore."
The evolving role of the movie star
While high-concept films that lack a big name may be better for studio pocketbooks, stars have their place, says Morrow. "They certainly help drive all the ancillary movie industry, from magazines to audience engagement," he says.
Star power has also helped unlikely projects see the light of day. Without Kevin Costner behind it, he points out, "Dances with Wolves" would never have been made. Of course, he adds with a laugh, that also opened the way for such debacles as "Waterworld" and "The Postman."
"As movies based on toys and comic books have grown more popular, the 'star system' has begun to slip further and further away," says Gwendolyn Foster, film professor at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. The star system has been eroding for years, she notes, adding that the drop-off in mainstream films made for adults is pushing the trend along.
"This is too bad, in some ways," she notes, adding that great actors bring a spark and depth to a film that cannot be replaced by a machine. However, the professor adds, her students have adapted to what she calls a glut of bad movies aimed at people missing half a brain.
"My students seem to expect the movies to be bad," says Professor Foster. "They go to them to see how bad they are – and then gather online to excoriate them in a sort of communal sharing."


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15 Networking Mistakes You Can't Make
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Need-Based Contact
Imagine you have a friend or relative that you only hear from when he needs money. Do you take their calls? Do you look forward to hearing from him? Very quickly, you have no desire to do anything to help him.
The same goes for networking. If you only get in touch with a contact when you need something—a job, a reference, etc.—their desire to help you will be quickly vanish. Remember, these people are under no obligation to lend you a hand, they want to get something out of the relationship too.
What to do? Make a point of sending an e-mail periodically to just say hello, ask how your contact is doing, or send her something interesting. Not only will this prevent you from being a networking mooch, it will strengthen your relationship so when you do need something, you'll get it.


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Wise Faces Scrutiny Over Residency In PA Council Race
Faced with questions regarding the legitimacy of her residency as she tries to hold on to her Position 7 seat on the Port Arthur City Council, D. Kay Wise denied that she lives in another district and said she is the victim of "dirty politics" from her opponents.
"There's no truth to that," Wise said of allegations that she lives on 2670 Quiet Corral Ln. in the gated Dominion Court community that is located in Position 8, where long-time councilman Tom Henderson is the incumbent. "There's a lot of things that people are bringing up that are not truthful, and they've got their reasons for doing them," Wise said. But when asked what those reasons might be, the 40-year-old Wise said, "Honestly, I don't know."
In an effort to clarify the situation, late Wednesday night, Ray Montagne, who owns the home at 2670 Quiet Corral Ln, called The Examiner at the request of Wise and said that he and "Kay" as he refers to Mrs. Wise, had a handshake agreement for Wise's son, Charles, a college student, to live at the house, as opposed to a written lease agreement. He said the handshake agreement was not something he'd normally do, but he wanted the flexibility to move back into the home if necessary. Montagne wouldn't specify the rental amount and when asked whether or not Wise was staying at the house, he said "for all I know, she could be here 23 hours a day, I don't know."
He reiterated that he was not trying to deceive anyone and that her residency issues were of no concern to him. Rather when he rented the house to Wise's son last June, (D. Wise pays the rent with either cashier's checks or money orders according to Montagne) Montagne said he needed a renter quickly to move into the house and he took a chance on Wise's son after she guaranteed that she'd be able to pay the rent.
According to her application for the Position 7 seat, Wise stated that her address is 735 Stilwell, which sits in Position 7. The home is owned by W.C. Wise, according to Wise and the Jefferson County Appraisal District. But in an email sent to the Examiner last week, it indicated among other things that Wise did not live at the Stilwell address and instead lived at the Quiet Corral location. Another email sent to the Examiner stated that police had been called to Quiet Corral on numerous occasions. The Examiner obtained three calls for service to the Port Arthur Police Department involving Wise since last September, and two of those complaints were made from the 2670 Quiet Corral address and Wise was listed as the complainant.
On Sep. 8, 2010, Wise called the police at 4:34 pm to report a possible burglary at the Quiet Corral residence, but instead it was her son, who according to the police log listed on the report, "showed up unexpectedly."
On Dec. 31, 2010, Wise called the Port Arthur Police at 10:13 pm and gave her address as 2670 Quiet Corral Lane to report a disturbance between her and her estranged husband, Shad, who she's been married to for over 20 years and separated from for the last 10, she said. According to the report, Wise indicated that the incident took place at Shad's home, 3016 Alamo. That same night, Shad also called and indicated that "Dwanna Wise" had left his mother's residence in a black Mercedes wearing pink pajamas driving towards Highway 69.
Wise said disagreements with her estranged husband have led to problems. "If you go a little bit deeper, you'll probably find police reports at my sister's house, at my mother's, although I don't stay there very much, she lives in a retirement thing," she said. "If you're going to pull police reports, make sure you get the whole story and be able to look at further areas of homes, where I've probably had to call the police," Wise said. She added that several attempts to get back with her husband have led to differences between the two, and unfortunately that has resulted in calls to police.
Despite the calls for service at different locations, she maintains that she lives at 735 Stilwell and has "for my entire life, off and on. I don't live on Alamo, I don't live on Quiet Corral. Have I been at those residences? Yes I have." She said that her parents and her estranged husband's parents were best friends and she and her brother stayed behind in Port Arthur with the Wise family when her parents left for Colorado when she was a child.
With Election Day just 48 hours away, Wise thinks the attacks on her residency as well as the theft of her campaign signs are campaign scare tactics.
"The people that are running against me are afraid that possibly I'm in the lead, and they're trying to pull out all the stops for whatever reason, but they're not going to get anything," Wise said.
Her opponents, Willie "Bae" Lewis and Derrick Freeman, have both denied any wrongdoing related to targeting Wise's campaign.
So while Wise maintains that her "handsome" income as CEO of Port Arthur Logistics allows her to pay for multiple family members' bills, including one in Virginia, and she drives a $30,000 car registered to her husband's address while her son lives in a $168,000 home; Wise is adamant that her roots are planted in the house she's called home for the better part of 25 years at 735 Stilwell in Port Arthur.
"I was raised in that house," Wise said of the house, appraised in 2010 at $37,000 by the Jefferson County Appraisal District. "That's where I live, so unless I have something else going on, that's where I'm staying."
Fred Davis can be reached at 832-1400 ext. 227 or by email at Fred [at] TheExaminer [dot] com.


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In 2013, in Miami Beach there was an incident involving police brutality, the video was just released today. The disgusting video shows a Miami Beach Police Officer attacking a woman. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks show the video and discusses the details of the story. Tell us what you think in the comment section below. Wait until you hear the "punishment" the Miami cop received for this horrific beating.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article20213685.html
"Miami Beach police detective Philippe Archer has been suspended for a month's pay after a video showed him punching and kicking a handcuffed model while she was in custody two years ago.
An internal affairs investigation found that Archer, a 19-year veteran of the department, violated the department's rules on use of force and securing prisoners in custody, according to the internal affairs report. He will serve his suspension without pay on different days spread out through May, June and the beginning of July.
Surveillance footage taken from the parking garage behind Beach police headquarters on June 26, 2013, shows Archer punching the woman, Megan Adamescu, after she walked up to him, with her hands cuffed behind her back, and kicked him in the leg.
Archer then tried to kick her in the head as another officer pulled her away.
The incident that led to Adamescu's arrest made headlines in August 2013 and spurred the internal investigation and an FBI probe."*
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Two growing problems in the healthcare system are the steadily increasing overall costs of healthcare, and a particular lack of sufficient access to quality care.
There is a critical need for the development of low-cost, convenient care delivery alternatives to the traditional face-to-face office visit. Technically sophisticated online clinics offer a compelling solution. Online care delivery models are relatively new, however, and state laws that contemplate traditional brick-and-mortar clinics are struggling to keep pace with the alternative models made possible through the use of today's technology.
Antiquated and inflexible state laws often present significant, sometimes insurmountable barriers to the expansion of online clinics to these states.
[ Some of the greatest need is here: Telemedicine Transforms Rural Care.]
We recently investigated the laws of a number of states pertaining to the myriad issues implicated by this model. When assessing these state laws we found a handful of champions of the online model, but more often we identified significant barriers that must be broken down for the online clinic model to thrive nationally.
Making corporate structures workMany states prohibit what is commonly known as the "corporate practice of medicine" (CPM). CPM laws generally prohibit a business corporation from practicing medicine or employing healthcare providers to provide professional medical services.
Some states such as New York have a robust CPM doctrine that prohibits an entity other than a professional corporation from employing physicians and nurse practitioners, and the state actively enforces this doctrine and imposes felony penalties for its violation.
Other states such as Utah and South Dakota appear to permit employment of physicians and nurse practitioners so long as the employer does not interfere in the individuals' professional judgment. Missouri and Oklahoma are a couple of the states that do not have CPM prohibitions and therefore permit non-professional corporations to directly employ health care practitioners.
Different state laws with respect to CPM can also affect the expansion of an online clinic to residents of a state with a CPM prohibition. For example, a Missouri corporation that owns and operates an online clinic and seeks to expand its online operations to New York residents would be prohibited from directly employing the physicians or nurses that would treat New York-based patients online.
While there are ways to structure around CPM laws, improper corporate structuring and the resulting violation of a state's CPM law can in some cases lead to criminal penalties including significant fines, and loss or suspension of the physician's medical license.
Mid-level practitioners held backState laws can vary significantly with respect to the scope of practice of mid-level healthcare practitioners.
Some states such as Arizona and Colorado permit nurse practitioners to practice autonomously and to prescribe without physician supervision, while others such as Georgia and Ohio require nurse practitioners to practice in collaboration or under the direct supervision of a physician licensed and physically located in that state. States that impose strict physician collaboration or supervision requirements present a particular difficulty for online clinics generally staffed by nurse practitioners.
It is often unclear how state laws imposing traditional supervision standards apply to an online model where nurse practitioners and supervising physician are not present at the same physical location, but where there are sufficient technological means to provide appropriate supervision through remote communication.
Even in states with supervision or collaboration requirements that do not require the physician to be physically located in the patient's state, the burden of coordinating nurse practitioner supervision across state lines could be significant.
There has been movement in some states to revise regulations to provide mid-level practitioners with greater autonomy, but until there is greater flexibility in scope of practice, collaboration, and supervision laws that recognizes the unique nature of the virtual clinic, many services offered online will be restricted.
Making safe, online prescriptions legalThe ability of a physician or a nurse practitioner to prescribe medication over the Internet is perhaps the most contentious issue from a legal standpoint and the one most likely to derail a proposed online clinic. Many states have laws that prohibit issuing prescriptions in the absence of an in-person physical examination of the patient. Arizona, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Massachusetts currently have such laws in place.
There are numerous examples of state regulators aggressively prosecuting physicians for online prescription violations. While those examples have generally involved online "pharmacy mills" that prescribe enormous volumes of lifestyle drugs (e.g., Viagra) based on an unsophisticated online questionnaires, the laws designed to address this issue nonetheless pose a significant, and sometimes unintended, hurdle to the legitimate online clinic.
Despite laws that appear to strictly prohibit any form of online prescribing, we discovered that some state regulators recognize the value of the online model and are willing to make exceptions for online models that involve sophisticated online medical interviews of the patient. Most state regulators understandably approach the issue of online prescribing very cautiously given the great potential for abuse. But so long as the method of online-based diagnosis and prescribing is sophisticated, targeted, and integrates appropriate safeguards, the potential for more people to receive cost-effective and convenient care is arguably a greater concern.


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Pac-12 M5: 02.24.14 EditionPosted by Andrew Murawa on February 24th, 2014
- ESPN visited Pac-12 country this weekend, bringing its pregame show GameDay to Boulder on Saturday in advance of Colorado's battle with Arizona on Saturday night. Students waited in line overnight, through the type of weather that only college students should try to endure, in order to be among the first inside the Coors Events Center. And while all was good and fun for those fans and the Colorado program certainly enjoyed the national exposure, the game itself didn't turn out so well. Despite sophomore forward Xavier Johnson predicting a 20-point blowout win for the Buffs, it was the Wildcats that ran roughshod. Colorado missed its first 15 field goals, and then somehow it got worse from there as the Wildcats made 22 of their 26 shots in the second half. As for Johnson? Well, he probably learned that all that talking puts undue pressure on you, pressure of which he didn't respond well — he was 1-of-10 from the field.
- Another Arizona school was involved in a blowout this weekend, as Arizona State went to Utah and wound up on the wrong side of a 23-point margin. Dave Dulberg of ArizonaSports.com breaks down the loss by the numbers, noting that, among other things, Utah blocked 18.4 percent of Arizona State's field goal attempts on Sunday. To convert that number to KenPom speak, that's actually a blocked-shot percentage of 31.5 percent, since that stat only takes into account two-point field goals attempted. Speaking of which, I'd add one additional number to Dulberg's effort: 27. That's the number of three-point field goals the Sun Devils put up in this game, many of which were wild second-half attempts to erase a 20-point deficit with a single shot.
- Oregon played its game on Sunday evening against Washington State without the services of sophomore guard Damyean Dotson, who was busted early Saturday morning for attempting to use a fake ID at Taylor's Bar and Grill in Eugene. Yup, get this. The security staff at this bar saw through Dotson's fake ID, and then rather than just turn the guy away, they actually held him and called the cops. Dotson was detained there until the police arrived, at which time he was cited and released. Dotson, as a result, watched the Oregon win from the bench.
- Just in case you didn't realize how deep into the college basketball season we really are, here's some perspective: Senior Days in the Pac-12 are already officially underway, after Colorado honored its pair of seniors – little used Ben Mills and Beau Gamble – prior to Saturday night's game against Arizona. Neither guy has had a huge impact on the court, but each has made an impact on his team. We'll have more on some of the high-profile seniors from here to the end of the regular season, but even though these two aren't guys we've written extensively about, we wanted to recognize them before they head out into the real world.
- One senior we'll certainly highlight in the coming weeks is Stanford's Josh Huestis, the pride of Great Falls, Montana. The Cardinal forward is now the school's all-time leader in blocked shots, and Jesse Geleynse of the Great Falls Tribune has a great feature on their city's native son. It's 10 pages long and you've gotta click through every one, but it is very much worth the effort.


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Teen Dies in Shooting After Paintball Argument
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Authorities say two 16-year-old boys argued over a past paintball incident before one fatally shot his friend in the chest with a semi-automatic shotgun.
Dalton Williams of Pierre was found lying in the entryway of the accused shooter's house about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday with a gunshot wound to the chest.
Paramedics rushed the Riggs High School sophomore to a nearby hospital but Williams died from the injuries.
The boy accused of shooting Williams is a high school classmate. Police Chief Bob Grandpre says he was arrested on a first-degree murder charge and is being held in the Hughes County Shelter Facility.
Hughes County State's Attorney Kelly Marnette says the boy is being charged as an adult.
The boy's attorney did not immediately return a telephone message seeking comment.
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For week 15 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, I want to touch on the mystery of where my 2nd great-grandmother, Mary Elizabeth (Wolfe) McDaid was born in 1837. While I am fairly certain that I know now, when I was first researching my family history, she confused me!
I first found her in the 1880 Census for West Finley Twp of Washington County, PA. She was called Elizabeth and it listed her place of birth as Pennsylvania. That seemed logical, most of my father's side of the family had been born in PA and lived there all their lives. I went back ten years to 1870 and found the McDaid family in the same place, but at that time, they listed her birthplace as Ohio and she was called Mary E. McDaid. So, my first thought was that my g-g-grandfather Samuel McDaid had been married twice. Once again, I went back ten years to 1860 and found Samuel and "Elizabeth" McDaid. Her place of birth was once again Ohio. This led me to believe it was the same woman in all three of those census records and that whoever provided information to the enumerator in 1880 didn't know where she was born.
Because my grandma had filled out my dad's side of the family in the family tree chart in my mom's Bible, I knew that Mary Elizabeth McDaid's maiden name had been Wolfe, so it was relatively easy to find 13 year old "Elizabeth Woolf" in the 1850 Census when she had lived with her parents Luther and Nancy in Morris Twp, Greene County, PA. Imagine my surprise when her birthplace was once again listed as "PA." With the 1890 Census unavailable, I next searched for her in the 1900 Census and found "Mary E. McDaid", a widow, living in West Finley with her daughter, Margaret Sprowls and Baby Sprowls. Again, her birthplace was listed as Pennsylvania, and I found the same thing in 1910. By then, I was beginning to think that the two census records that said she was born in Ohio were anomalies of some kind.
About that time, I got in touch with my 3rd cousin, Marilyn (McDaid) Varilone, who was also a 2nd g-granddaughter of Samuel and Mary Elizabeth McDaid. She shared her family tree with me. I was surprised to see that she had g-g-grandma's place of birth listed as Mount Vernon, NY! I had never seen any evidence that these people had been in New York, but I wondered if Mount Vernon might be a clue. There is a Mount Vernon in Knox County, Ohio. A search of records for that county indicated that there were people named Wolfe living there and that it seemed possible that a man named Daniel Wolfe of that county was the brother of Mary's father, Luther. Perhaps Mary Elizabeth Wolfe's parents lived for a short time in the same area?
While I have not found a primary source for Mary Elizabeth (Wolfe) McDaid's birth, in the early 2000s, I was researching Delayed Birth Certificates for my family members on microfilm at the Family History Library when I came across one for Margaret McDaid Sprowls who was the daughter of Samuel and Mary and the sister of my great-grandmother, May (McDaid) Atkinson. One of the pieces of information required on the form was her mother's place of birth. On it, Margaret had entered "Mount Vernon, Ohio." And while I realize that Margaret Sprowls could have been mistaken about where her mother was born, until I have further information, I'm going to take her at her word!
Mary Elizabeth McDaid and her husband were buried with many of their family members in West Finley Cemetery. Take a moment to visit her memorial on Find a Grave by clicking on the photo on the left!


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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Another instance of Strong
In lieu of knitting content (Chris' Lochinver is still a large brown tube, mom's scarf is still a hazy blue blob), let me salute my friend Amy, who has just successfully defended her Harvard dissertation in Art History of the Ancient Near East. How to praise someone who has worked for ten years on something done solely for the love of it, the ideal of it, something that may take years to lead to a steady job with health insurance? Sometimes I feel that I surrendered by leaving that world for a job with a better salary than that of an assistant professor, with Blue Cross insurance, with paid vacation and the ability to leave my job when I walk out the door. However, Amy is strong. Stubborn. Smart. She just kept going until it was done.
So, what do you do for someone like that? Well, how about a gift of a mitered dishcloth and a bakelite pin from Brimfield Antiques Show?
Which, by the way, was awesome. I'll post photos to Flikr. And my miter is done, Hannah! Next project with iknityouknot? The War and Peace along. We both like the classics but don't like feeling like sophomoric drones who read them out of a sense of duty. I'll obtain a copy as soon as I finish The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, which is fantastic, by the way.
I'll end with a self-portrait from Brimfield. Lately it's been too many adventures and not enough time to chronicle them. Memorial Day weekend (did I mention paid vacation earlier?) should give me a chance to catch up and haul out some knittin to show you all.
6 comments:
- KT said...
going to read war and peace? you won't be sorry. It's a bit of a project but very worth it.
- May 21, 2008 at 8:22 AM
- Melissa said...
I love that picture!
- May 22, 2008 at 3:33 AM
- KGLO said...
Thanks for the encouragement :) I can't imagine doing anything but teaching, but it's hard to listen to so many people talking about how terrible our education system is. Which is why it's nice to know someone who really knows how it is!
I love Kavalier and Clay! I think my copy is pretty well worn by now. And I just ordered my copy of War and Peace. Hannah challenged me....
- May 24, 2008 at 5:59 PM
- craftivore said...
I liked Kavalier and Clay too, Wonder Boys was a great one as well. Maybe I should add another one of Chabon's books to my summer reading list. Does War and Peace along just mean reading the book, or will you be doing a knitting tie-in to it somehow?
I admire academics, my sister just got her phD too, but there's nothing wrong with paying the bills. I, on the other hand, have no lofty ideals to show for my lack of a good pay check. What kind of lies am I going to have to spin at my college reunion this weekend?
- May 25, 2008 at 7:59 PM
- hannah said...
a war and peacealong knitting project might just be in order. i'm picturing some intense russian princess-type jackety something or other - fur collars anyone? (wishing that there was a russian version of norsk strikkedesign)
maybe we ought to just try the novel first, though - we might get some great inspiration, or realize that the reading is intense enough.
- May 26, 2008 at 6:17 AM
- KGLO said...
there are a bunch of russian-esque designs in the last holiday vogue knitting...I'm not sure about fur collars though. i'll check.
- May 26, 2008 at 9:52 AM


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A mecca for music, Cleveland also has comedy clubs, restaurants, and clubs, plus the only indoor mountain biking range in the nation. There's more music and arts to be found in Akron and Canton, along with the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Sports fans can catch a game any time of year with the Cleveland Browns, Cavaliers or Indians, the Akron Aeros (baseball), the Columbus Crew (soccer), or the Columbus Blue Jackets (hockey).


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E3 12: More Elder Scrolls -- Skyrim Expansion, Dawnguard
Subject: General Tech, Shows and Expos | June 5, 2012 - 10:46 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: video, elder scrolls V, elder scrolls, E3 12, E3
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is getting an expansion pack known as "Dawnguard". The expansion explores vampirism and to a lesser extent, lycanthropy. Extra content includes new quests related to those vile blood-suckers as well as new abilities and two new skill trees.
Todd Howard spoke at DICE conference and played a video of his team's GameJam: one week of passion projects.
The Skyrim GameJam sizzle video highlighted several of those projects with many already included in recent patches. A fairly decent period of the video was focused on Vampirism and Lycanthropy and forms the basis of the newly announced Skyrim: Dawnguard expansion pack.
G4 has forwarded some further details from Bethesda as a part of their E3 coverage.
Hopefully the Werebear has also made the cut.
This DLC seems to be a homecoming of the typical expansion packs that we PC gamers remember.
The extra campaign appears to be fairly lengthy for an update with a decently engrossing story. The trailer suggests that you will have a different series of quests depending on whether you support the vampire cult or wish to destroy it. In addition we will also receive two separate skill trees: vampirism will be advanced by feeding on the living and lycanthropy will be advanced by feeding on the dead.
The expansion will launch on (editor's note: Forgot to write the 360 release date) June 26th for the Xbox 360 first with the PS3 and PC to follow at an unspecified date. There is no mention of price. (editor's note: Apparently it'll be ~$20 and was briefly mentioned in the video I linked -- must have missed it.)
The NVIDIA Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Tweak Guide Is Now Live
Subject: General Tech | December 8, 2011 - 11:45 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: tweaks, skyrim, nvidia, gaming, elder scrolls V
NVIDIA has put together a comprehensive tweak guide for getting the most from Skyrim. The tweaks themselves also apply to AMD GPUs so just because you aren't running an NVIDIA GPU right now doesn't mean you should skip checking out the information they've posted. Much of the information deals with the settings you find under the options menu, from choosing how you want autosaves to work to how far you should set your draw distance to.
They focus on the effects of the graphical settings for the majority of the article as it will be there that most of the tweaking will be done. Results of combining FXAA and MSAA are covered, both in terms of visual quality and performance impact at several different resolutions. As well, textures and shadow quality are examined in depth, including object detail. There are settings which seem to give you improved visual quality with little to no impact on your frame rate, options such as reflections, anisotropic filtering and actor fade can be turned up without crippling your system.
From there they get into the real tweaks, requiring you to edit .ini files (make a copy first) and become acquainted with the console. The steps to disable V-Sync to uncap your frame rates and ditch the annoying mouse stuttering, increase your field of view and fine tune the shadows of Skyrim are revealed. They also cover the console commands in the game, not just how to turn god mode on and off but also how to teleport, turn off grass and other effects for troubleshooting, setting up batch files that can be run during the game and even the 'triple q' quick quit to desktop.
Mid-range cards take on snow and fire in Skyrim
Subject: Graphics Cards | November 25, 2011 - 12:55 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: sky, elder scrolls V, gtx 460, hd6850, GTX 560, hd6870, GTX 560 Ti, hd6950
The Tech Report, who hasn't been having a problem with Skyrim on their i5-750 system, tried out six mid-range cards to determine the best settings to provide decent performance. Following their new practice they do not measure frame rate but rather frame time, to find a level of performance where the frames are drawn in a consistent manner instead of varying from 100ms for one frame to 5ms for the next. Take a look and see how well these mid-range cards can manage the latest Elder Scrolls game.
"We've followed up our look at Battlefield 3 performance with a similar comparison of mid-range graphics cards in The Elder Scrolls V: Skryim."
Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
- ASUS Radeon HD 6950 DirectCU II Video Card @ Pro-Clockers
- Eyefinity Examined with Sapphire HD 6970 x4 and Core i7 3960X @ Tweaktown
- X79 / Z68 / 990FX CrossFireX HD 6970 x3 Performance Analysis @ Tweaktown
- Core i7 3960X with 4-Way CrossFireX HD 6970 Performance Analysis @ Tweaktown
- Sapphire HD 6970 FleX Battlefield 3 Edition Review @ OCC
- VTX3D Radeon HD 6850 X-Edition Graphics Card Review @ eTeknix
- HIS 6950 IceQ 2GB @ XSReviews
- PowerColor DEVIL 13 HD 6970 2GB @ Tweaktown
- Sapphire HD6670 (low profile/single slot cooler) @ kitguru
- HIS HD6950 IceQ Crossfire @ OC3D
- Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide @ TechARP
- ARCTIC Accelero Xtreme Plus II @ Phoronix
- Koolance VID-NX580 GeForce GTX 580/570 Water Block Review @ Legit Reviews
- MSI N580GTX Lightning Xtreme Edition 3 GB @ X-bit Labs
The best console port I've played yet ... at least when Skyrim feels like letting me play
Subject: General Tech | November 23, 2011 - 01:08 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: gaming, elder scrolls V, skyrim, consolitis
Starting Skyrim for the first time was an interesting experience, obviously you once again start as a prisoner but perhaps one with some serious brain damage as reality seems to move in starts and jerks as if your eyes had a stuttering problem. Eventually the stuttering cleared up, providing a weekends worth of gaming but by Tuesday the stuttering had returned. It became clear that it was time to embark on every PC gamers favourite pastime; troubleshooting the game you just bought in the hopes of some day playing it.
Some troubleshooting revealed a serious case of consolitis, the game was not Large Address Aware and limited its self to a maximum serving of 2GB; the adoption of 64bit versions of Windows being very limited by the end of 2011. Even more damning was what happened when Intel's SpeedStep technology was enabled in the BIOS, the CPU would dip to about 60% of its maximum frequency when you played the game and the process would use under 10% of a core, maybe two if you were lucky. GPU usage was variable and was sometimes actually sitting at or above 90% usage, but for the most part varied widely.
A little research showed that SandyBridge owners and those with the previous generation of chips who overclocked above 4GHz were not having many problems, proving that the brute force method of overcoming consolitis could work. For those who haven't upgraded yet and are waiting for the new year to do so, they must either wait or find a more elegant solution. To the intarwebs!
INI file tweaks are always popular and Gamefront has a few, the most notable are bMouseAcceleration=0 and iPresentInterval=0 which disable mouse acceleration and V-Sync respectively. As well, over at Skyrim Nexus is a modified TESV.exe that makes the game LAA and more importantly does not need to replace the main executable in your Skyrim folder so that you won't need to worry about having a modified executable. As well adding the string +fullproc to the end of the path in your executable should help Skyrim utilize a bit more of your processor. In the end though, more tweaking is needed for some PC gamers to fully appreciate the latest Elder Scrolls game and more time needs to be spent researching general tweaks as well as Bethesda specific ones.
If you are experiencing no issues with Skyrim, but would like to tweak it to look better then [H]ard|OCP offers a guide for a variety of tweaks and you can grab a variety of game mods from GameFront.
Now if only BF3 multiplayer would stop locking with a loud noise that sounds suspiciously like a raspberry.
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Performance and IQ Review @ [H]ard|OCP
- Battlefield 3 Multiplayer Performance and IQ Review @ [H]ard|OCP
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Performance Test @ Techspot
- Cities XL 2012 @ Techgage
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Community Game Review @ HardwareHeaven
- Minecraft @ AnandTech
- Battlefield 3 @ kitguru
- Battlefield 3 @ Bjorn3D
- Battlefield 3 major patch incoming, PC first @ HEXUS
- I Am Alive Dev Dismisses 'Bitching' PC Users @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Nature's Neuroscientific Review Of Games @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Xbox360) @ HEXUS
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Game Review (Wii) @ HardwareHeaven
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 @ Tweaktown
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary @ Tweaktown
- Assassins Creed: Revelations @ kitguru
- Assassin's Creed Revelations @ HardwareHeaven
Need For Speed: The (30fps) Run
Subject: General Tech | November 16, 2011 - 01:13 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: skyrim, need for speed, gaming, games, elder scrolls V, consolitis
[H]ard|OCP has been having a hard go of it with recent game releases. CoD Modern Warfare 3 was described as being useless for benchmarking as any mid range GPU can play at maxed settings even at high resolutions. That discovery came after the Rage incident, when benchmarked it hit 60fps and refused to move, no matter what hardware was thrown at it. Picture the expression on the reviewers face when they fired up Need For Speed: The Run expecting the Frostbite 2 engine of Battlefield 3 fame to torture their test bench only to find a similar result to Rage, except locked at 30fps.
Thankfully for the continued sanity of their review team, [H] also got hold of the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to benchmark. Benchmarking this game was much more productive, especially in multi-GPU setups and it also revealed a small oddity with the games auto-detection of graphics settings.
"Need for Speed: The Run was released today, utilizing the Frostbite 2 engine, same as Battlefield 3, it should have some pretty good graphics. However, after we dove into this game this morning, we found that it falls rather flat for a PC game. We'll talk about performance and image quality in this article."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Today's mid-range GPUs in Battlefield 3 @ The Tech Report
- Contemporary Graphics Accelerators in Battlefield 3 @ X-bit Labs
- Battlefield 3 Gaming and Performance Review on NVIDIA GTX 500 Series Video Cards@Hi Tech Legion
- Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 @ HEXUS
- Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 @ Kitguru
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 @ The Inquirer
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Tested, Benchmarked @ Techspot
- RAGE the PC Game by id Software @ Benchmark Reviews
- Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim @ Kitguru
- Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim guide: how to slay your dragon @ HEXUS
- Hot PC Games for the 2011 Holidays @ Techspot
- PayDay: The Heist PC Review @ eTeknix
- Minecraft Is Finished @ Slashdot
- Patent Issue Delays Doom 3 Source Code Release @ Slashdot
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Review (XBOX 360) @ HardwareHeaven
- Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception PS3 @ Tweaktown
- Battlefield 3 multiplayer impressions - rant included @ HEXUS


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June 30, 2014
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida State's DJ Stewart will take part in international competition this summer with the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team as the squad finalized its 24-man roster on Monday, June 30.
The group of 24 features 12 pitchers and 12 hitters including Florida State's rising sophomore outfielder. In seven starts with the Collegiate National Team, Stewart has hit .261 (6-for-23) with two doubles, one triple, eight runs scored and seven RBI. The Yulee, Fla., native is tied for the team lead with six walks and ranks third with a .452 on-base percentage. Stewart has also converted on all six of his fielding opportunities in left field.
The Collegiate National Team opens its series against Chinese Taipei at 7:05 p.m. on July 1 at the National Training Complex in Cary, N.C. The teams will play again on July 2 at Keeter Stadium in Shelby, N.C., on July 3 at BB&T Ballpark in Charlotte, N.C., and on July 4 and 5 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, N.C.
Team USA will then host a three-game set against Japan July 6-8 in Thomasville, Wilson and Wilmington, N.C., before traveling to the Netherlands for Honkbal-Haarlem Baseball Week, July 11-20. Following that tournament, the U.S. will head to Cuba for a five-game friendship series, July 23-27.
Stewart is the 18th Seminole to play for Team USA and the second in as many years joining Luke Weaver who played for the Collegiate National Team last summer.
Here is the final 24-man roster:
Nick Banks (OF, Texas A&M), Alex Bregman (INF, LSU), Ryan Burr (RHP, Arizona State), Zack Collins (C, Miami), Thomas Eshelman (RHP, Cal State Fullerton), Carson Fulmer (RHP, Vanderbilt), Kyle Funkhouser (RHP, Louisville), Justin Garza (RHP, Cal State Fullerton), Tyler Jay (LHP, Illinois), James Kaprielian (RHP, UCLA), Trey Killian (RHP, Arkansas), Jake Lemoine (RHP, Houston), Mark Mathias (IF, Cal Poly), Tate Matheny (OF, Missouri State), A.J. Minter (Texas A&M), Andrew Moore (RHP, Oregon State), Chris Okey (C, Clemson), Bryan Reynolds (OF, Vanderbilt), Dansby Swanson (IF, Vanderbilt), Christin Stewart (Tennessee), DJ Stewart (OF, Florida State), Dillon Tate (RHP, UCSB), Blake Trahan (IF, Louisiana Lafayette) and Taylor Ward (C, Fresno State)


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