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Treating Gunshot Wounds In The Lower Extremity
Given that gunshot wounds reportedly affect the foot nearly five percent of the time, these authors provide an overview of ballistics associated with gunshot wounds as well as keys to injury assessment, surgical debridement and wound stabilization. Gunshot wounds and firearm injuries are common and place a continuous burden on hospital resources and the community. Although gunshot wounds are less common in America than in other parts of the world, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 73,883 non-fatal injuries and 32,163 deaths in 2011 due to firearms in the United States alone.1,2 Studies have also found gunshot wounds to involve the extremities more than any other parts of the body, affecting the foot approximately 5 percent of the time.3-7 The treatment of gunshot wounds in the lower extremity can become challenging due to the extent of injury and loss of muscle, tendon, bone, skin, nerves and vascular supply.8 Many of these wounds require specialized fixation techniques, soft tissue reconstruction and extensive wound care, making an understanding of ballistics, the mechanism of injury and wound characteristics important when evaluating firearm injuries.3,8,9
Understanding The Principles Of Ballistics With Gunshot WoundsWhen discussing ballistics in relation to wounds, it is important to understand the related nomenclature in this field. Ballistics is the science of mechanics that deals with the flight behavior and effects of projectiles.7 When discussing ballistics, a missile is the projectile that transmits damaging energy to the casualty or target. It is important to understand the term "missiles" is not referring to rocket-propelled explosives but to bullets, fragments and pellets fired from a weapon. In firearm ballistics, there is a distinction between low- and high-velocity weapons with a velocity of more than 2,000 ft./sec. typically being designated as high velocity. Generally, high velocity corresponds to a kinetic energy greater than 750 ft./lbs. commonly produced by hunting and military rifles.8 To gain perspective, a projectile must travel a speed of 163 ft./sec. to penetrate skin and 200 ft./sec. to break bone.10 Handguns and shotguns are low-velocity weapons. Nevertheless, they can act like high-velocity weapons at close range, which is a distance of less than 14 feet.9,11 When missiles penetrate tissue, the injury is directly proportionate to the amount of energy that transfers to the target. One can determine the kinetic energy of a missile by the velocity (v) and mass (m) of the missile in which kinetic energy = 1/2mv2.3,9,12 While velocity is the most important factor, the efficiency of energy transfer depends on many aspects including the characteristics of the missile and tissue one encounters.9,13,14 Missile characteristics affecting energy transfer include the missile's mass, shape, stability, path, deformation and fragmentation.9,14 The caliber of a missile describes the diameter of the barrel the missile travels through. Due to the high tolerance of both the barrel and the missile, the diameter of the missile and barrel are essentially the same.7 Larger caliber missiles are greater in size, have more mass and can cause substantial tissue damage. When the initial diameter of a missile increases by 2.5 times, the area of tissue damage increases by 625 times.3 This increase can greatly raise the stopping power of the missile. However, due to their size and weight, larger caliber missiles also lose velocity, which relatively quickly makes them less efficient at longer distances.7 Jacketing a missile is a process in which the manufacturer will cover the lead missile in copper. This allows for an increase in accuracy and velocity of the missile. Often, these rounds are referred to as a "full metal jacket." Hollow-point rounds are manufactured with a hollow or depression at their tip. These rounds can be devastating to tissue because upon striking the target, the tip of the bullet expands. This allows the missile to lose less velocity traveling from the muzzle to the target while creating a greater surface area upon striking the target. This increase in surface area slows the missile down, making it less likely to exit the target and allowing for maximum energy transfer. Shotgun missiles have unique characteristics. They fire a large single projectile known as a slug or a significantly large mass of pellets referred to as shot.12 At close range, the wadding from the shotgun acts as a single projectile.9,15 However, as the range increases, the wad expands and the velocity of the pellets decreases substantially. Even with this decrease in velocity, these pellets still may cause great damage to the target because they rarely exit the casualty. Slugs are more accurate and do not lose as much velocity at range. Their soft lead composition allows for easy deformation and it is not uncommon for them to break into large pieces within the body. This is known as a lead snowstorm.12 After leaving the barrel, the missile's motion occurs in three dimensions. The yaw of a missile greatly affects the amount of damage it causes. (Yaw is the angle that the long axis of the missile deviates during travel.)3 When the yaw becomes so severe that the missile begins to move end over end, it is known as tumbling. When a bullet has severe yaw or starts to tumble, the profile of the missile increases, causing greater energy transfer to the casualty.7
A Closer Look At Tissue Damage In Gunshot WoundsDue to substantial variables involved in missiles, the designation of a high-energy wound remains subjective and ultimately depends on the physical examination.9 If this designation depends on velocity alone, it only recognizes potential injury and not actual tissue damage.9,14 There is little ability to clinically estimate the amount of energy transferred.9,14 As missiles travel through a target, they produce two types of cavity. The permanent cavity results from direct crushing of tissue by the missile. The diameter of this cavity equates the diameter of the projectile. Tissue within the permanent cavity is destroyed and devitalized. Along with the permanent cavity, a temporary cavity occurs as well.3,7 The temporary cavity results from a momentary acceleration of the surrounding tissue in all directions away from the permanent cavity.7 The temporary cavity occurs by the permanent cavity pushing the surrounding tissue outward.13 Once the missile passes through the tissue, a vacuum forms behind it. The vacuum often pulls foreign debris such as dirt, clothing particles and bacteria into the wound.3 The size of the cavity depends on the missile's kinetic energy that transfers to the tissue.9 Larger missiles that shatter, deform or tumble tend to have slower exit velocity, resulting in a larger cavity.16 The temporary cavity collapses due to the vacuum effect. Then it reforms and collapses repeatedly with decreased amplitude until all motion ceases. The cells within this temporary cavity are damaged due to the stretching and tearing of the surrounding tissue. In uncomplicated, low-velocity gunshot wounds, the amount of tissue damage may only be a few cells deep outside of the permanent cavity.9 Lower kinetic energy wounds usually have similarly sized entry and exit wounds. On the other hand, in more complicated or high-velocity wounds, tissue damage can be extensive and the exit wound is typically larger than the corresponding entrance wound. Tissue characteristics also affect the injury pattern. Tissues that have more elasticity and relatively low density such as skin can be spared from serious injury with gunshot wounds.9,13,14 In contrast, dense organs with less elasticity such as bone absorb more energy, resulting in more damage. When a missile strikes bone, fracture, missile deformation, missile fragmentation and secondary missile production may all occur.7 The high ratio of bone to soft tissue within the foot and ankle is the main reason missile injuries are so devastating to this region.
Keys To Initial Documentation And Management Of InjuriesAlthough accidental gunshot wounds are common, when evaluating these wounds, it is necessary to document injuries objectively and clearly.17 Although emergency physicians typically manage these wounds, a detailed description of the wound is important. Incorrect documentation can have medicolegal implications. Accordingly, one should refrain from opinion on and differentiation of entry or exit wounds.17 Instead, note the size, shape, anatomic location and associated findings including powder or soot burns.17 The distance from the end of the barrel to the target is typically less than three feet if a powder burn is visible.3 Photographing the wound may prove to be useful. If one must remove clothing from a victim, avoid disturbing any missile holes in shoes or clothing. One should save all missile fragments, document them and handle them with care.17 The management of a firearm injury to the lower extremity is an emergency but comes secondary to treatment of the patient as a whole.18 After stabilizing the wound, one should obtain an accurate history if possible. The history should include the type and caliber of missile, the type of weapon used, the distance from the weapon to the patient and the position of the victim when the incident occurred.3
A Guide To Injury AssessmentFirearm injuries are unique because of the variability of action and anatomy involved. The victim's clinical examination will reveal skin wounds and the approximate location of fractures. One must determine the patient's distal neurovascular status as soon as possible. Clinically, if one suspects vascular insult because of the inability to palpate pulses, a white or blue discoloration of the skin or excessive bleeding, then angiography may be beneficial. Compartment syndrome may also occur with gunshot wounds. If the physician suspects increased compartment pressures, take measurements and if the pressures are elevated, perform an appropriate fasciotomy as a medical emergency. Flush the gunshot wound with sterile saline and do a preliminary cleaning of the wound. Then take anaerobic and aerobic wound cultures, and consider appropriate routine tetanus prophylaxis.3 One needs to ensure immediate hemorrhage control and stabilization of the lower limb before taking radiographs.18 Radiographs allow for identification of gas, fractures, bone fragments, the extent of soft tissue injury, the location of retained missiles and other retained foreign bodies such as fragments of sock and shoe material. At this stage in treatment, clinicians can make a judgment as to the probable degree of energy transfer within the wound. Peripheral nerve damage can be difficult to evaluate initially. Due to tissue damage and pain, the patient may be unwilling to attempt to move his or her foot to evaluate motor function and assist in the determination of sensation. As with vascular evaluation, the physician may have an index of suspicion of nerve damage based on the proximity of the wound to the peripheral nerves.
Pertinent Pearls For Surgical Debridement And Wound StabilizationThe wound may be classified as either a high or low velocity missile wound.18 When it comes to gunshot wounds involving fractures, treat them as open fractures.19 The Gustilo and Anderson classifications are useful when managing these wounds.3,20 We can usually consider low-velocity wounds less than eight hours old as type I open injuries, allowing for immediate wound closure following fracture stabilization.21 Low-velocity wounds older than eight hours are type II injuries. For high- and low-velocity wounds classified as Gustilo type II and III wounds, one can allow delayed closure.3 Wound closure typically occurs three to 10 days following debridement if there are no clinical signs of infection.22 In low-velocity missile wounds, minimal excision of the devitalized skin margins with irrigation of the resulting defect is sufficient.18 This is due to the lack of or minimal formation of temporary cavity involved in low-velocity missile wounds.23 High-velocity missile wounds require more extensive debridement. Excise the permanent wound tract as well as the muscle at a variable distance. Determine this by evaluating the consistency, color, contractility and capillary bleeding of the surrounding muscle. Remove all necrotic tissue and devitalized muscle.18 In both low- and high-velocity missile wounds of the lower extremity, fractures are common. At the time of debridement, one may utilize either internal or external fixation to stabilize unstable or displaced type I fractures caused by a low velocity missile.3 In type II or III fractures common with high-velocity missile wounds, incorporate external fixation away from the wound site until the wound is sterile. If there is a defect present between two main fracture fragments, the use of antibiotic beads or a polymethyl methacrylate spacer impregnated with antibiotics may maintain length.18 After the wound is free of infection and contamination, the surgeon may utilize internal fixation and bone grafting can take place if necessary. Stabilization and fixation of the fractures can be challenging because of variability and extensive damage. All types of fixation including Kirschner wires, Steinman rods, bone screws and plates, and external fixators may be necessary. It is not unusual for a patient to undergo multiple surgeries if the soft tissue and bone damage are extensive. In regard to high-velocity missile wounds, arthrodesis or amputation may also be necessary.24 An intra-articular injury is not always obvious. When there is doubt about joint penetration, the wound and joint require exploration, debridement with copious lavage and removal of any foreign debris. Intra-articular fractures, air within the joint and intra-articular hematomas are all indications that a joint has been infiltrated. If missile fragments remain within the joint, it can cause mechanical trauma with subsequent arthritis and loss of function. Also, any lead from the missile within the joint is absorbed and may cause lead toxicity.24-27 Although there is a possibility of lead toxicity from retained missile fragments anywhere within the body, it is unusual for lead absorption to occur in an extra-articular manner. When it comes to non-articular missile fragments, they do not require surgical removal and most often provide insignificant long-term complications.27 In addition, in cases of shotgun injuries, it may be impossible to remove all of the buckshot. However, lead becomes soluble in organic acids such as synovial fluid, producing increased blood lead concentrations.27 The symptoms of lead intoxication are vague and multiple organs can be affected. The symptoms often include fatigue, malaise, joint pain, headaches, nausea, vomiting, constipation and changes in memory, behavior and attention span.24-27 Consequently, when a lead fragment is within a joint, the excision of the fragment is essential.14 A clinician should suspect lead poisoning in a patient with microcytic anemia, basophilic stippling and abdominal pain.9,27
Case Study: When A Patient Shoots His Foot And Goes On To AmputationA 42-year-old male presented to the emergency department after accidentally shooting himself in the left foot with a shotgun. His medical history was positive for bipolar disorder, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and a previous drug overdose. His surgical history was positive for previous treatment of a gunshot wound to his left foot two years prior to the current injury. He was taking venlafaxine (Effexor, Pfizer), quetiapine (Seroquel, AstraZeneca), diazepam (Valium, Hoffman-LaRoche) and carisprodol (Soma), and had no allergies to medications. The initial evaluation revealed massive soft tissue damage to the dorsal and plantar aspect of his foot. The entry wound was located over the medial metatarsals and dorsalis pedis artery extending completely through the foot. The wounds consisted of irregular wound borders and devitalized tissue. Motor function and sensation were intact. The vascular exam indicated a capillary refill time of four seconds to the great toe. The patient graded his pain as 10 out of 10. Standard X-rays revealed comminution of the first and second metatarsals with most of the first metatarsal missing. There were also fractures of the third and fourth metatarsals, and proximal phalanges of the second, third and fourth toes. Numerous bone and missile fragments were scattered throughout the wound. The patient started on IV antibiotic prophylaxis and went to surgery four hours after the injury occurred. The procedure involved taking deep aerobic and anaerobic cultures. We debrided all devitalized tissue, removing small, loose fragments of bone, missile fragments, debris and hematoma. After performing power antibiotic irrigation, we inserted drains and applied retention sutures. Two days later, the patient went back to surgery. We performed further debridement and irrigation. There was no evidence of infection or ischemic changes. To stabilize the foot, we inserted Kirschner wires in the medullary canal of the second metatarsal and inserted an allogenic strut as a spacer where the first metatarsal would have been located. We used a Kirschner wire for stabilization. After one week, his left great toe became gangrenous and we proceeded to perform an amputation. We subsequently irrigated the wound and performed primary closure as the tissue was healthy. The patient discharged himself from the hospital against medical advice and was reluctant to return for any follow-up visits. One month later, he presented to the emergency department with a wound dehiscence and infection of his left foot. His white blood cell count was 13,000. We administered IV antibiotics and performed a midfoot amputation the next day.
In ConclusionGunshot injuries of the lower extremity remain a common entity. The high variability of modern weapons, anatomy, location and distance from the weapon to the casualty make these wounds difficult to manage methodically. This case study displays that even with meticulous care and multiple surgeries, these wounds may still require amputation. However, with a working knowledge of ballistics and use of the principles involved in managing penetrating trauma and reconstruction of soft tissue and osseous defects, the podiatric surgeon can provide effective management of gunshot wounds to the foot and ankle. Dr. James is a second-year podiatric surgical resident at Oakwood Annapolis Hospital, part of the Oakwood Healthcare System, in Wayne, Michigan. Dr. Fallat is the Director of the Podiatric Surgical Residency with the Oakwood Healthcare System and the Section Leader of the Podiatry Department of Surgery at Oakwood Annapolis Hospital in Wayne, Michigan. He is a Fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. Dr. Morrison is the Associate Director of the Podiatric Surgical Residency with the Oakwood Healthcare System at Oakwood Annapolis Hospital in Wayne, Michigan. She is a Fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. References 1. Hoyert DL, Xu JQ. Deaths: Preliminary data for 2011. National Vital Statistics Reports. 2012;61(6):1-52. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr61/nvsr61_06.pdf . Published October 10, 2012. Accessed December 5, 2013. 2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nonfatal injury reports, 2001-2012. Available at http://webappa.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/nfirates2001.html . 3. Stienstra J. Firearm Injuries. In Scurran B (ed.) Foot and Ankle Trauma, chapter 10. Churchill Livingstone, New York, 1995, pp. 147-168. 4. Swan K, Swan C. Gunshot Wounds: Pathophysiology And Management. Year Book Medical Publishers, Chicago, 1989, pp.226-227. 5. Phillips DC. 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Mahan S, Murray MM, Woolf AD, Kasser JR. Increased blood lead levels in an adolescent girl from a retained bullet. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2006; 88(12):2726-2729 27. Dougherty P, van Holsbeeck M, Mayer TG, et al. Lead toxicity associated with a gunshot-induced femoral fracture. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009; 91(8):2002-2008. Editor's note: For further reading, see "How To Diagnose And Treat Foreign Body Injuries" in the June 2003 issue of Podiatry Today, "Expert Insights On Managing Traumatic Wounds" in the November 2007 issue or "How To Achieve Optimal Treatment Of Puncture Wounds" in the January 2007 issue. To access the archives, visit www.podiatrytoday.com. For an enhanced online experience, check out Podiatry Today on your iPad or Android tablet.


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An old man enters a confessional and proudly exclaims, "Father, I have to tell you what happened to me last night. I'm 90 years old, and I made love to two 18-year-old women for eight hours!"
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Authenticity: the Authentic Self
February 14, 2011
The Romantics argued that at the core of being there is an authentic self that is pure in nature, although corruptible by society. What made the Romantic era unique within the context of the evolutionary history of empathic consciousness is the great stress placed on what Rousseau, and later Wordsworth and Whitman, called the "Sentiment of Being."
1755 In "Discourse on the Origins and Foundations of Inequality among Men" Rousseau argued that the noble savage man, alienated from others was more authentic than the hypocritical, servile social man who tells people what they want to hear. Kant developed the concept of the "enlarged mentality" – the ability to exercise empathy, to "stand up in the mind of others".
"the savage lives within himself; the social man lives always outside himself; he knows how to live only in the opinion of others, it is, so to speak from their judgment along that he derives the sense of his own existence."
The social man is someone who cares only about appearances. Rousseau abandoned Paris (and the modern age) for rural isolation claiming that even the politeness of the city promoted corruption. He concluded that,
"We have only a deceptive and frivolous outward appearance, honour without virtue, reason without wisdom, and pleasure without happiness. It suffices for me to to have proved that this is not the original state of man, and that it is only the spirit of society and the inequality it engenders which thus transform and corrupt all our natural inclinations."
Rousseau sees human history as beginning with the struggle for mutual recognition that Hegel analyzed as the master-slave dialectic. Rousseau's Sentiment of Being."
1762 Rousseau's self-help book on proper parenting entitled Emile was published.
1790s Rousseau's self-help book on proper parenting entitled Emile rose in popularity at the dawn of the Romantic period. Romantics were attracted to Rousseau's emphasis on nurturing the child's natural instincts in direct opposition to John Locke's assertion that children are born a tabula rasa, a blank slate. Rousseau argued that children who are naturally inclined towards the good and that childhood is a time for parents to honour and nurture their children so their naturally good instincts will develop (See Rifkin EC:354).
1790s Jane Austin introduced the two sisters Elinor and Marianne in her satire of dominant currents of the later 18th century entitled Sense and Sensibility (published in 1811). The reliable, predictable Elinor, who is the voice of reason, has a deep sense of responsibility, keeps her emotions in check, fulfills her social responsibilities but ultimately finds happiness when she discovers her inner sensibility and finally marries her true love. The overly emotional, romantic, Marianne is spontaneous to the point of being irresponsible represents the bleeding heart liberal governed entirely by passions and desires. She finds happiness when she balances her exercises more sense and reason in her decision-making and actions. keywords: ideological thinking. See Rifkin (EC:320).
1805 In The Prelude begun in his twenties by Romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850)'s semi-autobiographical poem of his lifelong spiritual journey. early years spiritual autobiography, he associated the experience of beauty as transcending rational thought: Wordsworth's "Sentiment of Being." See Trilling 1972 Sincerity and Authenticity.
The song would speak
Of that interminable building reared
By observation of affinities
In objects where no brotherhood exists
To passive minds. My seventeenth year was come
And, whether from this habit rooted now
So deeply in my mind, or from excess
In the great social principle of life
Coercing all things into sympathy, 390
To unorganic natures were transferred
My own enjoyments; or the power of truth
Coming in revelation, did converse
With things that really are; I, at this time,
Saw blessings spread around me like a sea.
Thus while the days flew by, and years passed on,
From Nature and her overflowing soul,
I had received so much, that all my thoughts
Were steeped in feeling; I was only then
Contented, when with bliss ineffable 400
I felt the sentiment of Being spread
O'er all that moves and all that seemeth still;
O'er all that, lost beyond the reach of thought
And human knowledge, to the human eye
Invisible, yet liveth to the heart;
O'er all that leaps and runs, and shouts and sings,
Or beats the gladsome air; o'er all that glides
Beneath the wave, yea, in the wave itself,
And mighty depth of waters. Wonder not
If high the transport, great the joy I felt, 410
Communing in this sort through earth and heaven
With every form of creature, as it looked
Towards the Uncreated with a countenance
Of adoration, with an eye of love.
One song they sang, and it was audible,
Most audible, then, when the fleshly ear,
O'ercome by humblest prelude of that strain
Forgot her functions, and slept undisturbed.
Whitman "Sentiment of Being."
1807 G.W.F. Hegel major philosophical work entitled Phänomenologie des Geistes [Phenomenology of Mind, Phenomenology of Spirit] was published. Hegel traced the evolution of consciousness distinguishing between lower and higher levels of consciousness. In the section entitled "Self Consciousness > A: Independence and Dependence of Self-Consciousness > Lordship and Bondage" Hegel developed the Master-slave dialectic.
1870 In "St. Paul and Protestantism" Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) wrote,
Below the surface stream, shallow and light, Of what we say and feel — below the stream, As light, of what we think we feel, there flows With noiseless current, strong, obscure and deep, The central stream of what we feel indeed.
Trilling cited this in Sincerity and Authenticity (1972).
1968 Student uprisings at Columbia University, Trilling's academic intellectuals community. The adversary culture, the cruder form of liberalism, asserted itself. Complex arena of mental struggles were forced into the arena of simple political struggles. Moral, psychological, social selves that we imagined ourselves possessing were split and fragmented and a "dissociation of sensibility" took over. Wordsworth and Rousseau are crucial to Trlling in Sincerity and Authenticity.
1972 Trilling, Lionel. 1969-70. Sincerity and Authenticity. Charles Eliot Norton Lectures at Harvard published in 1972. "It comprises a history of the elaborate development of mind and self since Shakespeare, a brief consideration of certain literary texts he sees as central, a polemical refutation of some prophets of our time, and an authorial credo that conceals hope about literature while it counsels stoic resignation about life. And as his last argument with the forceful reality of death, it is also Trilling's attempt to discover a means by which estrangement of self from self might at last be resolved. Trilling's authentic authenticity is perhaps best embodied in Conrad of Heart of Darkness. Lesser authenticities Chace, William M. Lionel Trilling, criticism and politics. Lionel Trilling makes the point that authenticity is not to be confused with sincerity, which is being true to one's social self. Authenticity runs deeper-it is, in the words of Trilling, a "primitive" strength that is continually compromised by society. Maintaining one's core authenticity, for Rousseau and the Romantics, required a life of personal suffering and constant attention and sympathy to the plight of others. Only the alientated could enter into this world (Rifkin EC:350).
Sartre, the French existential philosopher of the mid-twentieth century, defined the sentiment of being as the place where
"each of us finds himself as well as the others. The common place belongs to me; in me, it
1990 Kenneth D. Bailey defined social entropy as "a measure of social system structure, having both theoretical and statistical interpretations, i.e. society (macrosocietal variables) measured in terms of how the individual functions in society (microsocietal variables); also related to social equilibrium" in his publication entitled Social Entropy Theory. (State University of New York Press).
1999 In their publication entitled A Primer of Jungian Psychology , (New York: Meridian), Calvin S. Hall and J. Vernon described "psychological entropy as the distribution of energy in the psyche, which tends to seek equilibrium or balance among all the structures of the psyche."
Robinson, Jeffrey Cane. The current of romantic passion.
2 Responses to "Authenticity: the Authentic Self"
November 13, 2011 at 7:47 am
Great article yet, please note that the great ancestors/fathers of the above discussion/dychtomy between: social persona and individual self were Plato and Aristotele:-) i.e.idealism and materializm:-), cheers
November 13, 2011 at 8:33 am
It is all about Heaven and Hell, there is nothing else, may be there is TRANSPARENCY IN BETWEEN AS …..all this wisdom will have tremendous impact on our social, business, spiritual life…


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Report: NCAA investigating QB Johnny Manziel
Ever since leading Texas A&M to a win over Alabama and becoming the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy, Johnny Manziel has been making headlines.
Most of the attention was coming from his off-the-field antics—being photographed at clubs, sitting courtside at NBA games—but the latest news could have serious ramifications.
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Manziel is being investigated by the NCAA to find out if he received payment for signing autographs on hundreds of pieces of memorabilia, ESPN's Outside the Lines reported Sunday.
Manziel could be ruled ineligible by the NCAA if the investigation reveals that he accepted money for signing items.
"We cannot comment on current, pending or potential investigations," NCAA spokeswoman Emily Potter told the AP in an email statement Sunday night.
"It is Texas A&M's longstanding practice not to respond to such questions concerning specific student-athletes,†Texas A&M's associate athletics director Jason Cook said in a statement.
According to Outside the Lines sources, Manziel agreed to a five-figure flat fee to sign photographs, footballs, mini helmets and other items at the request of autograph broker Drew Tieman while at the BCS Championship Game in Miami in January.
Witnesses told Outside the Lines that they witnessed Manziel signing the items, but never saw an exchange of money. They also said that Manziel went to Tieman's home to sign items before leaving Miami.
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Nate Fitch, a friend of Manziel's, posted several tweets at that time saying he was with the Heisman winner in South Florida for the BCS title game. None of Fitch's tweets around the dates of that trip suggested anything about meeting with Tieman, or any memorabilia signings.
Tieman's Facebook page was taken down Sunday night, but cached images collected from the page included a photo of him and Notre Dame's Manti Te'o, which was purportedly taken Jan. 3, less than a week before the BCS game.
ESPN.com's Joe Schad initially reported Sunday that Manziel was scheduled to meet the media Monday, but later reported that Manziel was not listed among Texas A&M's available players to the media on Monday.
MORE: 10 story lines for 2013 | Saban's $51.8 million recruiting pitch | Oregon's new facility
Manziel will be at practice on Monday, Cook told SI.com on Sunday.
Manziel rose to prominence last season as he became the first player to win the Heisman Trophy as a freshman. His signature moment came when he led Texas A&M to an upset win over then-No. 1 Alabama last November.
Hayes: Manziel living the good life-unapologetically | Manziel's breakout season
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Good news for lady-helmed comedies! Baby Mama raked in over $18 million this weekend, according to Box Office Mojo, beating out Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay by about $4 million. I asked a friend who works in the film industry, and he says that while $18 mil is a definite hit, it remains to be seen whether Baby Mama's success will lead the way for more female-centric comedic films. "Sisters are doing it for themselves but its no Superbad," in terms of box office brawn, my film-y friend tells me. He also tells me that the highest grossing romantic comedy is Wedding Crashers, which earned $209 million. "How much better could Wedding Crashers have been had they given Rachel McAdams something to do besides stand still and look pretty?" wonders Molly Lambert at culture blog This Recording.
"Anyone who's seen Mean Girls knows what a fierce comic actress she is," Lambert continues, in a well-argued essay lamenting the loss of the Hollywood "comedy of equals."
The Screwball Comedies of the thirties and forties really were a Golden Age of well-matched onscreen couples. Film critics like A.O. Scott and Anthony Lane, and David Denby are not just whistling Dixie when they claim that it was better back then...Women remain a much underserved audience and we deserve much better than How To Lose A Guy Wearing 27 Dresses. I'm just thankful the discussions have finally been opened back up. There are many millions of different modes for being male and female in the modern age. Maybe someday soon we'll get to see some romantic comedies that genuinely reflect that. Lord knows Woody Allen's not gonna make them.
And seriously? What. Happened. In the thirties, tough dames like Rosalind Russell sparred with Cary Grant His Girl Friday while Katharine Hepburn and Cary duked it out in Bringing Up Baby and the Philadelphia Story. One could argue that these films of male and female equals disappeared during the late 40s in the post WWII push to get women back into the kitchen, but uh, it's been 60 years since then.
I imagine film execs think that a "comedy of equals" couldn't sell tickets and so give us movies about equally repellent personalities like that forthcoming Cameron Diaz/ Ashton Kutcher shitshow What Happens In Vegas. Maybe part of the problem is that movie actresses are now solely seen as the sum of their parts (the New Yorker's Anthony Lane on on Tina Fey: "She hasn't yet made up her mind how funny her body is meant to be. She isn't big enough to make a joke of her ripeness, like Bette Midler, but she's no Lily Tomlin, either."). Fingers crossed that Tina Fey and Diablo Cody's successes can help change all that, but it's going to take time.
In Which A Comedy Of Equals Beats A Bromance Every Time [This Recording]
Weekend Results [Box Office Mojo]
Anthony Lane Thinks Tina Fey Is Fat, But Not Fat Enough To Be Funny [Emily Magazine]
Earlier: Baby Mama Is Fertile Ground For Mixed Feelings From Reviewers
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It is not a sin to throw away blessed items, but out of proper respect, one should dispose of them in this way. If devotionals have not been blessed, such as some of the holy cards and such that come through the mail, those are simply pictures and can be thrown away.
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courtesy of wikipedia. If applications were due Dec 31 that could be the filming of leg 1 maybe they stay in Israel for Leg 1
i looked him up on twitter and he has 0 tweets 11 following and 4 followers or is this not twitter?
Quote from: Declive on January 15, 2013, 03:59:36 PMThe host is alone. Not good.this is what I'm concern too! it could be an early elimination point.. just like they did in their previous seasons
I can certainly see a TAR detour or roadblock having teams dance the Can-Can in Paris. The Russians are involved with TAR Israel?
I know they've been casting for a while (in fact, I know some fans were complaining that there was a rather large application fee), so it wouldn't surprise me if it started already. Last season had a half-leg in Israel, so having a checkpoint here would be fitting. The question is, Where could the starting line have been for this to somewhat be on the way to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv?
Rumors are that from Europe they will go to North America. I guess then spoilers will be more available.
Quote from: Israel on January 22, 2013, 04:47:53 PMRumors are that from Europe they will go to North America. I guess then spoilers will be more available.I guess United States, just like the French version. Maybe New York or DC.
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Over the last four years, Eastern Michigan University has clearly stamped itself as the statewide leader in keeping costs down for its students while still reinvesting in key academic facilities and programs, President Susan Martin said Tuesday (March 12) in testimony before Lansing lawmakers.
During her appearance before the House Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee, Martin noted that affordability and accessibility have become synonymous with Eastern Michigan. She cited Eastern's singular efforts in keeping tuition down, while arguing those efforts should be strongly noted in the funding formulas laid out in Governor Rick Snyder's budget proposal.
Among President Martin's key points on tuition:
•Eastern's tuition has increased only $32 per credit hour or 2.86% per year over the last four years, which is the lowest increase among the state's fifteen public universities.
• Eastern was a nationwide pioneer when it froze tuition, room, and board in 2010 with 0%, 0%, 0% increases. "We took this bold and unprecedented step because, in the midst of the global recession, we felt it was vital to keep higher education affordable and accessible to Michigan families," Martin said.
• Eastern has also increased institutional financial aid by 78%, from $21.4 million to $38.1 million, over the last six years. The dramatic increase in funding supports scholarships and awards that supplement federal financial aid and private loans.
Martin emphasized that, in addition to keeping college affordable, Eastern is making the investments necessary to preserve its stated mission of "Education First" by undertaking key initiatives designed to meet Michigan's workplace needs.
Those include opening a new graduate program in 2014 to train physician assistants, a rapidly growing field that pays high wages, along with Eastern's Information Assurance program, which encompasses the scientific, technical, and management disciplines to ensure computer and network security. "The recent news of Chinese cyber attacks against our governments and American companies gives even greater urgency to this field of study," Martin said.
The President noted that being accessible to a wide variety of students involves forging strong partnerships with Michigan's community colleges. Eastern has more than 130 articulation agreements with community colleges that clarify the path to a four-year degree with 84 to 92 credits taken at the community college, saving students time and money.
Such efforts at limiting student costs and program development have resulted in increased enrollment and a higher number of graduates at Eastern. Over the last five years, enrollment has increased 7 percent, to 23,547 students from 22,027 in 2008. Last fall, Eastern enrolled its largest undergraduate class in history, with 5,076 students. The incoming freshmen class of 2,595 students was the largest in a decade, which represented a 21-percent increase from the prior fall's freshman class.
In addition, 4,460 students are expected to graduate this academic year, representing a 9 percent increase over last year and nearly a 28-percent increase in just three years.
Martin cited the results of a recent market analysis by Deloitte, which identified 183 high-wage, high-growth occupations. Half of these occupations are in education and health care, while another quarter exist in positions reliant on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
Eastern is preparing students in the high-wage, high-demand occupations in 72 percent of its bachelor's degrees, 70 percent of its master's degrees, and 84 percent of its doctoral degrees, Martin noted.
Meanwhile, Eastern maintains a leading role in administrative cost reduction efforts that help keep tuition low. In the past two fiscal years, the University has eliminated 111 administrative positions, which included forty layoffs, saving $5.6 million in wages and benefits. Eastern's employees now share 20 percent of health insurance costs. Because of such efforts, Eastern received the best score this year in the state budget performance metric that measures a university's spending on administrative overhead.
Martin said Eastern supports the Governor's proposal to include performance funding and tuition restraint from 2013 in EMU's appropriation for 2014, but strongly requested that any increase in funding be made permanent. She also applauded the proposed increase in total funding for higher education by $30 million, but added that, "far more is needed to support our students financially."
"Eastern has consistently proven that we will reinvest the State's resources in lower tuition," Martin said.
Martin said EMU strongly supports the recommendation of the Business Leaders for Michigan group to add a performance metric that measures Pell Grants, which go to low-income students. She also recommended using overall degrees awarded as a performance metric instead of six-year graduation rates, which fail to take into account transfer students, including those from community colleges, along with veterans and career changers.
"Why are we using a metric that discourages universities from reaching out to veterans, punishes partnerships with community colleges, and is inconsistent with the Governor's call for more a flexible and seamless learning system?" Martin asked.
Martin noted that keeping higher education affordable and accessible is personal for her. She grew up on a farm in rural Michigan and attended a one-room schoolhouse before earning a bachelor's degree from Central Michigan University and an MBA and doctorate in accounting from Michigan State University.
"I took a test in high school and the State of Michigan taxpayers funded a competitive scholarship for me that paid my tuition and fees," Martin said. "Eastern is committed to working with the legislature to give the students of today and tomorrow the opportunity to work hard, earn a college degree, and become productive taxpaying residents of Michigan. Our role is to serve Michigan."
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CARSON, Calif. – Michael Stephens' acceptance of a role he's never really wanted has triggered something in his game. The third-year midfielder finally is making a real impact for the LA Galaxy, with goals or assists in the past three games, all of them critical victories.
He capped a marvelous performance in Wednesday night's CONCACAF Champions League clash with the Puerto Rico Islanders, netting the final goal in a 4-0 rout as LA reached the midpoint in Group 5 with a maximum six points.
WATCH: Stephens feeds Dunivant for goal
That followed two superb showings off the bench in the previous week: He set up Juninho's first goal to ensure a 5-2 CCL victory last week over El Salvador's Isidro Metapán, then fed Todd Dunivant's late strike to nail down the 2-0 MLS triumph Sunday over FC Dallas (above).
The goals are bonus: Stephens' job is to step in late and shut things down, and he's been effective since the Galaxy's surge began in mid-June. He's been on the field at the end in 10 of LA's 11 victories since then – coming off the bench in seven of those – with a plus-10 personal goal difference.
It's not exactly what Stephens wants to do – following a fine rookie season in 2010, when he started 21 games and had eight assists, a playmaker's role looked possible – but he's bought into the plan.
"Of course you want to start, but you've got to do whatever you can," he said. "Minutes are minutes, and if they come at the end of the game, you've still got to make the most of them."
Stephens, who has a goal and two assists while starting six of seven Reserve League games, has grown into the job. It took some time, but his comfort has sharpened his attacking skills; before the Metapán game, he'd totaled two assists in 52 appearances, all competitions, since his rookie season.
"I just think Mike has had a difficult time kind of getting his head right for that kind of role," head coach Bruce Arena said. "It needed to be done, and I think [against Metapán and Dallas] he was simply outstanding understanding how to protect the game for his team.
"He's been very good in that role. Not everyone likes to do that, but you need some guys with some intelligence, experience, and at this point in Mike's career, he can certainly do that if called upon."


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Open source test tool company Gorilla Logic is aiming to extend its reach in mobile and rich Internet applications (RIA) development with FoneMonkey 5, the latest version of its open source functional testing tool for iPhone and iPad applications. The rationale for a new version release is an additional function that automates the detection of bugs prior to release. The product is also singled out for its ability to work as the only test tool for iOS that records all user actions and plays them back.
After recording user actions with the iPhone or iPad while in use, FoneMonkey works by playing them back as a test script at any time. It enables the interactive creation, editing, and playback of automation scripts that exercise an application's user interface. Using this tool, developers and quality assurance team members can create 'suites of tests' that automate and perform user operation sequences and then verify results. Gorilla Logic says that FoneMonkey supports development as well as QA testing -- and tests can easily be incorporated into continuous integration environments.
"FoneMonkey fills a gap in the iPhone/iPad developer's toolkit and makes Agile development a reality through automated testing, something that has never been feasible for this critical consumer platform with millions of users worldwide," said Stu Stern, president and CEO of Gorilla Logic and cocreator of FoneMonkey. "FoneMonkey is a single tool that can be used effectively by both engineering and QA organizations, from one-person startups to large enterprises."
Gorilla Logic has spent the last year incubating the FoneMonkey project with help and feedback from the open source community. New features include:
- Robust script recording and playback -- more comprehensive recording and playback for user interactions, including taps, keyboard input, dragging, and scrolling for all Cocoa Touch components.
- Code generation options -- FoneMonkey can now generate ready-to-run test scripts in Objective-C that can be run under OCUnit, or JavaScript that can be run with Apple's UI Automation tools.
- Optimized for both iPhone and iPad platforms and user interfaces.
- FoneMonkey now works on both simulators and real devices.
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Gigabyte recently announced its latest monster overclocking graphics card called 5870SOC (Super Overclock) Edition. All of the GPUs in this new range of high-end graphics cards have been cherry-picked for top performance, efficiency & reliability. Looks great! Check out the video posted by hicookie clocking the GFX to 1400/1410MHz using a Gigabyte P55A-UD7 motherboard: youtube video
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Friday, February 26, 2010
WD My Book 3.0 Compatible with GIGABYTE USB 3.0 Boards
The Western Digital My Book 3.0 just passed our compatibility testing and has been added to the USB3motherboard.com list. Stay tuned for more USB 3.0 devices – it looks like March 2010 is going to see hoards of new USB 3.0 devices hitting the shelves.
New Buffalo Compact USB 3.0 Drive
Buffalo Japan have announced a stylish compact USB 3.0 drive. It appears to be a 2.5" drive slated for availability in mid March. Come to thin of it, there are quite a few USB 3.0 devices that should be available in March – just after the CeBIT trade show in Hannover.
Keep an eye on the USB-IF's website for the CeBIT press kit to find out more about USB 3.0 devices on display at the show.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Tom's Hardware Recommends GIGABYTE H55M-USB3 as "Best for Media Center"
Thinking about building your own media center PC? Now is a great time, especially considering the exceptional integrated graphics performance of the newly introduced Intel Core™ i5/i3 (Clarkdale) processors. As the first CPU to feature the GPU processor directly on-die, Intel Core™ i5/i3 processors deliver some amazing graphics performance (Core i5 661 can reach a 3DMark Vantage score of E8000 or higher).
So which H55/H57 motherboard should you use for the ultimate home theater PC? Thomas Soderstrom from Tom's Hardware recently tested 9 budget H55/H57 motherboards and recommends the GA-H55M-USB3 motherboard as the best choice for media centers.
"Asus' P7H55D-M EVO and Gigabyte's H55M-USB3 support the premium feature of USB 3.0 and also have HDMI outputs. Gigabyte offers the better value with its lower price.
The H55M-USB3 also beats Asus for use with graphics riser cards, since its PCIe x16 slot aligns perfectly with the riser card location of many low-profile cases."
To read the full review, please visit Tom's Hardware Budget Computing: Nine H55 And H57 Motherboards Compared.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Hackintosh How-to
For those of you out there wanting to try Apple's latest Snow Leopard OS without actually owning a Mac, Lars-Göran Nilsson from SemiAccurate.com may have just the thing you're looking for. Lars has compiled a fairly easy step-by-step guide to get your P55 motherboard system running OS X. However, keep in mind not all P55 motherboards are up to the task.
"For whatever reason it seems like Gigabyte's range of P55 motherboards have the highest success rate."
Check out SemiAccurate's "How to build a P55 Snow Leopard Hackintosh" HERE
Monday, February 22, 2010
GIGABYTE USB 3.0 Boards Pass USB-IF Testing
We just received word that the GA-P55A-UD7 and GA-P55A-UD5 have passed USB 3.0 compatibility testing from the USB Implementer's Forum (USB-IF) and have been listed on their website. The GA-P55A-UD3 was listed at the end of 2009 so that there is now a high-end, mainstream and low-end option for PC upgraders looking for USB 3.0 in their new rigs (that is P55A-UD7, P55A-UD5 and P55A-UD3 respectively). Testing is very thorough and only 4 motherboards have passed at this stage – 3 of which are Gigabyte of course…
We hope to announce the listing of the other 22 USB 3.0 motherboards from Gigabyte on the USB-IF website in the next few days.
Post Chinese New Year Labor Shortage in China
Digitimes is reporting a post Chinese New Year labor shortage of 2 million workers due to higher than expected demand combined with a lower than expected return rate of workers after their annual break.
This is not the first time we've heard rumors of a possible labor shortage; there has long been speculation that after the Chinese government's very successful economic stimulus package that focused on outlying areas as opposed to the big cities, many workers would find work back home during their annual Chinese New Year break. Other speculation suggests that as the level of education and experience of Chinese consumers grows, more people want white color jobs rather than blue color (factory worker) jobs.
Whatever the cause, this could seriously affect motherboard availability in the coming months. A worrying thought as the desktop PC market enjoys it's first major surge in years!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Off to a Good Start in 2010
Digitimes has a report on the January shipments and revenues for motherboard makers. It's a mixed bag with 3 brands doing better than the previous month and 3 doing worse. Happily, Gigabyte has the highest month on month growth out of all of the hardware vendors listed with shipments of 1.65-1.85 million – this is significant because it shows that we are on track to achieve our target of 20 million boards in 2010.
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|55% up
|41.06% up
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The full table with comparisons to other brands is available from Digitimes. What stands out, in my subjective view, is that Gigabyte is driving new technologies such as USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) down through our product range, i.e. not only reserving these specs for the high-end boards. Is it pure coincidence then that our January sales are higher than others who might be a little more conservative with implementing next gen technologies during the Windows 7 upgrade cycle?
Thursday, February 11, 2010
USB 3.0 Hub Powered RAID Enclosure
InXtron is apparently developing a RAID enclosure that is USB 3.0 hub powered – so no need for additional cables, a single USB 3.0 cable will suffice.
It's not ready yet, but we expect to be able to test an early sample for compatibility with our USB 3.0 boards in late March, so it should be available in volumes in Q2 some time. This is a great idea considering that you could use two SATA 2 solid state drives that each run at 2.5Gb/s in RAID 0 to give you (theoretically) 5Gb/s performance – 5Gb/s is also the theoretical speed of USB 3.0.
InXtron has another USB 3.0 enclosure that can be found here.
USB 3.0 Devices anyone?
We just added two ADATA USB 3.0 devices to the list: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/WebPage/mb_usb3mb/data/mb_usb3_devices.htm. More to come.
Let us know if you find any USB 3.0 products that we should be testing.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
ADATA delivers on USB 3.0 Contd…
The second ADATA USB 3.0 drive that passed our compatibility testing today is the NH01. It has a glossy finish, so might be more suitable for a traveling professional than the matt black N002 that we showed in our previous post.
Below you can see both drives side by side for a size comparison. The NH01 is somewhat larger, so its possible that it might have larger storage than the N002 – not that we know the storage size of either drive.
Both drives will be on the USB3motherboard.com site early next week.
ADATA delivers on USB 3.0!
ADATA is coming out with some really exciting USB 3.0 products and we hear that they have an aggressive roadmap that extends past Computex in June. We recently got two very practical devices in for compatibility testing with our motherboards, and they both just passed with flying colors this morning – both should be listed on the USB3motherboard.com site early next week. My favorite (must have) drive is the N002: a solid state USB 3.0 portable drive that is also a SATA 3Gb/s internal drive.
Below you can see that the USB 3.0 and SATA 3Gb/s cable connectors are on separate sides; the SATA power connector is under the cameraman's thumb.
This is one of the most exciting new USB 3.0 devices that we've seen in my opinion because of its versatility - USB 3.0 external drive or SATA 3Gb/s internal drive. Look out for it later in Q1 this year. If all goes well I'll have one of these in our booth at CeBIT.
Stay tuned for more USB 3.0 goodness!
Digitimes gives the P55A-UD7 a nod
Very pleased that Ricky from Digitimes published a news post about our new flagship P55 chipset board: Gigabyte launches P55 motherboard stuffed with extras. It's a very high-end board for a P55 platform when there's an X58 chipset with more native bandwidth and support for higher spec CPUs. Here's a quote:
"Some might question the logic behind adding so many extra features, which increase the selling price of the board, to what is essentially a mid-range platform (Intel has its X58 chipset for the high-end segment). But with the potential for overclocking, the wider choice and more affordable pricing of LGA 1156 CPUs versus LGA 1366 models, as well as future-proofing thanks to USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps, the GA-P55A-UD7 could make a better long-term investment providing near enthusiast performance without the premium price."
USB 3.0 ready or not, here we come!
So we wanted to show everyone how committed we are to USB 3.0:
This is the Gigabyte head office in Xindian, Taipei County. As you can see we've covered the side of the building with a massive USB 3.0 Onboard Acceleration poster which at first, I must admit, I thought was a little over the top. However a recent discussion with our product managers revealed just how many USB 3.0 motherboards we're shipping…
We have been selling USB 3.0 motherboards since October 2009 and are on track to achieve shipments of 1 million or more by the end of Q1, 2010! Our information is that Gigabyte's volumes of USB 3.0 controller chips from NEC are larger than any other single vendor, so we seem to be more committed to the spec than other brands at this point. One of the reasons for the quick uptake of our USB 3.0 motherboards is that we are launching more mainstream models and, of course, volumes are higher in the mainstream than at the high end. A full list of models is available here.
Skeptics will say that USB 3.0 devices will only be available in the 2nd half of 2010 so why the hurry to push the technology now? I believe that there is another very important market driver that is helping us sell more USB 3.0 boards: the desktop motherboard industry is enjoying growth due to the global economic recovery together with the long awaited Windows 7 upgrade cycle… Upgraders generally look to 'future proof' their purchase as much as possible, and so its just logical to choose a USB 3.0 motherboard over one with only USB 2.0.
Stay tuned for more USB 3.0 devices that have passed Gigabyte motherboard compatibility testing.
Friday, February 5, 2010
TweakTown Compares GIGABYTE SATA 3 with RAID 0 to …….
"GIGABYTE SATA 6G Update - RAID 0 Just How We Like It"
One of the big advantages for GIGABYTE's SATA 3 implementation is the support for RAID 0. Chris Ramseyer from TweakTown wanted to see how big of a difference in performance it actually makes, so he compared a GIGABYTE P55A-UD4P with RAID 0 versus a ………. which doesn't support. His findings are pretty conclusive.
Read the full TweakTown article HERE
Some highlights:
"ASUS made a bit of a fuss over the way GIGABYTE implemented the Marvell SATA 6G and NEC USB 3.0 to motherboards. The whole pitch ended up backfiring on ASUS when it came to light that ASUS used an almost identical solution on one of their own motherboards. ASUS ended up with another egg sitting squarely on their face when we were able to actually get a closer look at the two companies P55 solutions with SATA 6G. GIGABYTE included RAID and ASUS just used two standard ports."
"There was a lot of hype surrounding out first article that put the ASUS and GIGABYTE SATA 6G boards to the test. ASUS made quite a bit of fuss over their SATA 6G being superior, but when it came down to it they chose the safe route and GIGABYTE took it upon themselves to be innovative with what tools they were allowed to use. Right from the start we liked the fact that GIGABYTE chooses to implement RAID on their boards and it really set them apart of the run of the mill standard solution used by ASUS."
"desktop enthusiast users will be looking to purchase two smaller C300s and run them in RAID 0 on the only boards that provide onboard RAID 0, the GIGABYTE "A" class motherboards."
SATA 6Gb/s Glorified
Just found this very positive review of a Crucial SATA 6Gb/s SSD during my morning news cruise:
Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB SATA 6Gbps Solid State Disk
It's an interesting read because of its positivity in a sea of skepticism about the real benefits of next generation high speed data transfer standards – namely SATA 6Gb/s (also referred to as SATA 3.0) and USB 3.0. Granted, any standard will usually only show real performance benefits as more developers adopt it and so it matures. However the reviewer, Chris Ramseyer from Tweaktown, has some very positive comments. Here are some of them:
"The ATTO test shows us what a drive is capable of doing under the best circumstances. Here we see the RealSSD C300 blowing past the limits of SATA 3Gbps in read speed. The write speeds are still very good, but the read speed numbers really steal the show."
"The real world Windows tests show the Crucial RealSSD C300 slaughtering the competition."
"Of all the benchmarks we do not show in the standard review, this is one of the most significant. This is a final run of the HD Tune Write Test. It comes after we beat the hell out of a drive with everything we have at least once.
Here we see that the Crucial RealSSD C300 takes the abuse without slowing down by any significant margin. It is important to also remember that this run is right after the other benchmarks and everything is ran one right after the other. The drive does not get a chance to idle. Most drives that have an internal clean up system work when a drive is idle."
And finally…
"We are realists around here and know that 500 Dollars for 128GB is a lot of dough no matter how fast it is. If you can wait a couple of months then you may just find yourself getting a deal. For me, well I would just say to hell with it and get my drive as soon as possible. If for you, like me, time is money and you stand to make more the faster you work, the Crucial RealSSD C300 may just pay for itself over time."
'nuf said, time to start planning my next upgrade…
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
USB 3.0 Goodness From OCZ
One of the benefits of working for a tech company is that you get to play with really cool stuff from time to time. Introducing my first USB 3.0 external hard drive… As you can see below it's just smaller than an iPhone, but its a lot lighter and all solid state!
We'll be demonstrating this at CeBIT in a couple of weeks, so if you're going to be in the area drop by the Gigabyte booth and check it out.
Monday, February 1, 2010
HiCookie Posts GIGABYTE P55/H55 Cold boot/Bug Fix Mod
HiCookie was able to figure out how to fix Carkdale's cold boot and bug issue if you are using LN2 and posted his mod instructions on xtremesystems. Soldiering is involved, so only the skilled and brave should attempt.


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Company News
MRI Interventions Announces Completion of $6 Million Financing
MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 5, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MRI Interventions, Inc. (OTCBB:MRIC) today announced it has completed a private placement equity financing. In the financing, MRI Interventions received gross proceeds of $6 million from the sale of approximately 5.45 million units at a purchase price of $1.10 per unit. Each unit consists of one share of MRI Interventions' common stock and one warrant to purchase 0.5 share of MRI Interventions' common stock. The warrants will be exercisable for a five-year period and have an exercise price of $1.45 per share. Pricing for the financing was set by the company on June 25. Proceeds from the private placement will be used for general corporate and working capital purposes.
"We are pleased to secure this additional financing, which improves our financial position and provides further support as we continue to grow our business," said Kimble Jenkins, CEO of MRI Interventions.
Summer Street Research Partners, and the sub-placement agents engaged by Summer Street, served as the exclusive placement agents for the transaction.
The securities sold in the private placement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements. MRI Interventions has agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering the resale of the shares of common stock, including shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants, sold in the private placement. Any resale of MRI Interventions' securities under the foregoing resale registration statement will be made only by means of a prospectus.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities, nor will there be any sale of the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.
About MRI Interventions, Inc.
Founded in 1998, MRI Interventions is creating innovative platforms for performing the next generation of minimally invasive surgical procedures in the brain and heart. Utilizing a hospital's existing MRI suite, the company's FDA-cleared ClearPoint® system is designed to enable a range of minimally invasive procedures in the brain. In partnership with Siemens Healthcare, MRI Interventions is developing the ClearTrace™ system to enable MRI-guided catheter ablations to treat cardiac arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation. Building on the imaging power of MRI, the company's interventional platforms strive to improve patient care while reducing procedure costs and times. MRI Interventions is also working with Boston Scientific Corporation to incorporate its MRI-safety technologies into Boston Scientific's implantable leads for cardiac and neurological applications. For more information, please visit www.MRIinterventions.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain matters in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements often can be identified by words such as "anticipates," "believes," "could," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "may," "plans," "potential," "predicts," "projects," "should," "will," "would," or the negative of these words or other words of similar meaning. Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that, to different degrees, are uncertain and involve risk. Uncertainties and risks may cause MRI Interventions' actual results and the timing of events to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by MRI Interventions' forward-looking statements. Particular uncertainties and risks include, among others: demand and market acceptance of our products; our ability to successfully complete the development of, and to obtain regulatory clearance or approval for, future products, including our current product candidates; availability of third party reimbursement; the sufficiency of our cash resources to maintain planned commercialization efforts and research and development programs; future actions of the FDA or any other regulatory body that could impact product development, manufacturing or sale; our ability to protect and enforce our intellectual property rights; our dependence on collaboration partners; the retention of our sales representatives and independent distributor; the impact of competitive products and pricing; and the impact of the commercial and credit environment on us and our customers and suppliers. More detailed information on these and additional factors that could affect MRI Interventions' actual results are described in MRI Interventions' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, the quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2012. Except as required by law, MRI Interventions undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this press release to reflect any change in MRI Interventions' expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based.
CONTACT: MRI Interventions, Inc. David Carlson, CFO, 901-522-9300Source: MRI Interventions, Inc.


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On June 30, 1864, the first California State Park was created when Congress enacted the Yosemite Grant Act, establishing Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove as the first protected wild land for all time. The land was later designated a National Park in 1890.
As Yosemite celebrates 150 years, a look back at some early images of the magnificent natural site.
Learn more about the history of Yosemite National Park here.
In this image, five U.S. Army soldiers of the 24th Mounted Infantry, mounted on horses near a road in forest.
Credit: National Park Service
Morning sunlight on the eastern wall of El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, with Merced River in the foreground.
President Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir stand on a rock at Glacier Point, Yosemite, ca. May 1903.
Mrs. George Fiske skiing in Yosemite, ca. 1890s.
A distant silhouette view of Kitty Tatch and friend dancing on the overhanging rock at Glacier Point, Yosemite, ca. 1890s.
The front of the Wawona Hotel in Wawona, Calif., ca. 1880s.
R.E. Jeffrey's handcrafted motor home, built on the chassis of a 1905 Pierce Arrow; in Yosemite Valley, with the Sentinel Hotel in the distance.
Naturalist and conservationist John Muir (1838-1914) seated on a boulder. Muir initiated efforts resulting in the creation of Yosemite National Park in 1890.
Five men and eight women, with wagons and tent at a campsite in Yosemite Valley, ca. 1890.
Four horses and a stagecoach on the Wawona Road to Yosemite Valley.
Yosemite Falls and surrounding cliffs, with Merced River and meadows in foreground.
Suzie McGowan, Mono Lake Paiute, standing in a meadow near Yosemite Falls, with baby Sadie in a cradlebasket on her back.
View of lower Yosemite Valley from Union Point on the Four Mile Trail, 1961.
Lucy Telles, also known as Pa-ma-has (1885-1955), sits beside a large basket which she completed in 1933 after about four years of work, in Yosemite.
About 40 members of U.S. 6th Cavalry, Troop F, shown with their horses, are lined by a Fallen Monarch tree in the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, Yosemite, ca. 1899.
The ski lodge building at Badger Pass Ski Area, 1936, Yosemite.
The front of LeConte Memorial Lodge, Yosemite Valley.
A group of about 26 Native Americans seated and standing beside a cedar bark structure, near the Merced River, Yosemite Valley, ca. 1872.
A bear trap made of logs is pulled with a horse-drawn wagon, in front of Yosemite Store, Yosemite Valley, ca. early 1900s.
Nine park rangers called the "First Rangers" of Yosemite National Park, are shown mounted on horses lined up in a meadow in Yosemite Valley, ca. 1915; with Yosemite Falls in distance, and dog in foreground.
The view across Hetch Hetchy Valley, ca. early 1900s, from the southwestern end, showing the Tuolumne River flowing through the lower portion of the valley, prior to damming.
People camping with tents and automobiles in Stoneman Meadow, below Washington Column, Yosemite Valley, ca. 1927.


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Tony got me the holga lens and filter case/attachment for my iphone and I am crazy for it. It's so fun! There are 10 different options on the wheel, different color filters, shapes, and screen splits, here are a few of my recent pictures:
Row 1: bando heart headband, pink tulips, closeup of tulip
Row 2: butterfly from bug under glass, candy from china town, an ornament on my tree
Row 3: Nativity scene, my dad, hermes typewriter.


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Landmark in Todd and Christian counties
Pilot Rock is the highest point in both Christian and Todd Counties (in Kentucky) with an elevation of 966 feet. It sits on the county line, at the summit of a large, high hill. It has been cited as a landmark since local history was recorded, and it surely was noted by prehistoric travelers as well.
A Knob on an Escarpment
When I took my brother over to see Pilot Rock, he wondered whether underground activity such as a volcano or a shifting fault line had pushed the big rock upward. I didn't know the answer to that question, and after a little research, my answer is that I still don't know for sure.
The University of Kentucky's Groundwater Resources page for Todd County says that Pilot Rock is a knob on an escarpment. I wasn't entirely clear about what an escarpment was, so I looked it up.
Escarpment or scarp, long cliff, bluff, or steep slope, caused usually by geologic faulting or by erosion of tilted rock layers. An example of a fault scarp is the north face of the San Jacinto Mts. in California. Examples of erosional escarpments include the Palisades along the Hudson River and the long break separating the coastal region from the inland area in Texas, roughly paralleling the coast.
Source: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright © 2003, Columbia University Press, as presented by Answers.com
The escarpment in Todd and Christian counties separates the low farmlands of South Christian and SouthTodd from a high plateau in North Christian and North Todd. There are several lesser knobs of note, but the highest of them short of Pilot Rock's elevation by 86 feet:
- Pine Knob a few miles west of Pilot Rock: 863 feet
- Keeling Hill in Todd County near Fairview: 848 feet
- Tucker Ridge a few miles north/northeast of Pilot Rock: 880 feet
Big Clifty Sandstone is the underlying rock of the escarpment. It can be seen at Pilot Rock and on top of other high knobs. It interested me that Big Clifty is also seen on the Mammoth Cave Plateau as the top or "cap" layer of the rock in which Mammoth Cave was carved by underground streams.
Local History
I've read several old histories of Christian County and memoirs of people who grew up here in the 1800's, and without fail, Pilot Rock is mentioned as a recreational site to enjoy.
Of [Todd County's natural objects of peculiar interest,] Pilot Rock is perhaps the most striking. This is a vast mass of rock some 200 feet high, resting upon elevated ground and entirely isolated.A few strange events have taken place at Pilot Rock during the time that we've lived here. In one incident, a mentally disturbed person climbed the Rock to elude the police and had to be coaxed down. Another time, a drunk man fell to his death from the summit.
Its summit is a level area of about half an acre in extent, covered with a small growth of timber and wild shrubbery, and is a pleasant resort, frequented by picnic parties from the neighboring country. It stands north of Fairview on the line between Christian and Todd Counties, the larger portion of the rock lying within the limits of the latter.
Its elevated summit, which is gained without much difficulty, affords a fine view of the surrounding country for many. miles, presenting a prospect beautiful and picturesque. In the leafless season and a favoring atmosphere, it is said Hopkinsville, twelve miles away, may be distinctly seen from its summit, and in pioneer days it was known far and wide as an infallible landmark, hence its name.
Quoted from: Kentucky Genealogy. The writing style suggests that this is quoted from an old book, but thus far, I am unable to locate a citation for it.
Buzzards at Pilot Rock
Several years ago a girl photographer from the local newspaper climbed Pilot Rock and photographed the fall foliage and autumnal landscape. In her photographic essay, she mentioned big hawks that repeatedly circled the rock. We all laughed, out here close to Pilot Rock. We knew that those big birds were buzzards, not hawks.
A couple of weeks later, the newspaper published a letter from someone in another state who had written to say he suspected that the birds were buzzards, not hawks. We all laughed again.
A lady who grew up in this neighborhood came home to spend a few days. She has lived and worked in the big city for years. While she was here, she decided to climb Pilot Rock for old time's sake.
After her climb, she stopped by the little country store where I was working. Her brother, a local fellow about 50 years old, was there, drinking a soda. She sat down beside him and shared her experience. "It was so peaceful on top of Pilot Rock" she exulted. "I stretched out in the sunshine and just watched the buzzards circling."
Her brother snorted. "I wouldn't be lying on the ground for long if there were buzzards circling over me," he said emphatically. He did have a point, I thought.
Sad Condition
Pilot Rock's listing on the National Register of Historical Places states that Woodland Indians painted petroglyphs on the rock (or somewhere in the immediate area) and used it as a ceremonial site. I have never seen the petroglyphs, but I fear that they may have been vandalized. Pilot Rock is heavily used as a party-place. The ground is littered with broken glass and the sides of the rock have suffered spray-paint graffiti.
I looked at one website that stated that Pilot Rock is privately owned; another stated that the property is owned by "the government" (whatever entity that may be.) I have been told that it was formerly public property but is now privately owned. Whatever is the case, I wish we could take a little better care of it.
Having said that, I'm a little ashamed that I picked up a couple of conglomerate rocks from a washed-out road at the base of Pilot Rock and brought them home to add to my outdoor rock collection! Shame on me for not practicing what I preach. I will restrain myself next time I think of picking up a rock at an unprotected, unattended historic site and natural wonder like Pilot Rock.
Related site: Todd County High Point Report
Related post: Treasure at Pilot Rock or Apex in Christian County, KY


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And oh boy, am I grateful to BW9 more than ever, right now! Those textual variants helped me prove John's dateline for each of his books (Gospel 1John Revelation, written 77 AD, 80AD and 89 AD, respectively; each Bible writer datelines his text by means of the meter, see my http://www.vimeo.com/channels/johnmeter if you want details). The variants were VERY easy to analyze, thanks to BW9. I'm so happy I could scream. Point is, if someone makes phony textual claims to discredit Bible (like Bart Ehrman), that module in particular -- all the variants displayed -- is a Godsend.
All the lexicons and other learning materials are called 'modules' too, and I love them all. Reading Bible in the original Hebrew and Greek (or other languages that are sometimes used), is like looking at God Face to Face. Can't live without it. Don't want to. On the other hand, it's easy to go overboard. Ask God what modules you best need 'now'. That will save you a lot of time.
Concerning multiple programs, I have the Logos version of TDNT (aka 'Big Kittel'), and while I love TDNT, I can't love the Logos interface. But many do. To me there's too much 'marketing', and the interface windowing is too arcane. Depends on your own style, though. Accordance has its fans, and I'm thinking of getting it also, but for me BW is king. You also might want to check out the free 'The Word' software, which is customizable and structured like Bibleworks.
Concerning search: really, just type a period in the search box, followed by the words you want. I've been using BW for over 10 years and never had to use the more sophisticated search engine. BW is good at bringing up synonyms, if you search all in the same language version, and you have a number of Bibles in that same language version, installed. BW8 and 9 are a bit more cumbersome in that now you get this popup window of the occurrences in each version that you have to close, before you can look at the search results. The first time you call up the program you might not get search results, but do the search again and they show up.
Concerning online theology forums, well.. it depends on your beliefs, frankly. I'm pre-Trib Dispie, so I'm not welcome in any Reformed forum, no matter how nicely I behave. By contrast, if I go to the Rapture or prophecy forums, or even any doctrine forums where folks share the same 'take' on Scripture, convo there is way too simple for me. This is the best of the forums I've found, frankly, but then your experience might differ, depending on what topics interest you. And if you are interested in Greek, then the B-Greek forum is of extreme value. You can't post unless willing to disclose your real name. So I don't post there, but anyone can read.
Hope this long answer helps. Yell at me if it doesn't. Welcome to BW and this forum!


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I would like to remind members to ensure that their questions and comments are one minute or less, so that other members have the opportunity to ask questions.
House of Commons Hansard #260 of the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was income.