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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Cool concept art for Chris Roberts' Star Citizen online game (art ...

Check out the art for Chris Roberts? Star Citizen online game, which has been in the works for more than a year. If you?re thinking that it looks little like Wing Commander, you wouldn?t be far from the mark. After all, Roberts created the Wing Commander series in the 1990s.

A close look at Star Citizen?s concept art?(art?gallery)

Check out the art for Chris Roberts? Star Citizen online game, which has been in the works for more than a year.

Source: http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/10/cool-concept-art-for-chris-roberts-star-citizen-online-game-art-gallery/

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Job Posting- Bus Driver Casual Position - Fort William First Nation

Written by Fort William First Nation - October 9, 2012

Position Title: Bus Driver ? Casual On-Call

Position Description: Under the general direction of the Director of Operations, with direct supervision provided by the Education Coordinator, transports children between school and home via school bus.

Major Responsibilities:

Drive school bus to transport children between school and home or on excursions as needed.
Ensure children?s safety when boarding and leaving bus and crossing street while bus is stopped.
Report delays, mechanical problems and accidents to Education Department.
Complete accident/incident reports and distribute these to proper school and Education Department.

Qualifications/ Conditions of Employment:

Must be able to work on short notice.

Completion of secondary school is preferred.
A minimum of one year of safe driving experience is required.
Copy of Driver?s Abstract.
Class ?G? driver?s license.
Criminal Reference Check.
Bus drivers require a Class ?B? license in Ontario (copy to be provided with application). ? FWFN is willing to train qualified applicants for Class ?B? license.
Will be subject to FWFN drug testing program.

Job Posting Closing Date:

Please direct your application, consisting of a cover letter and resume with three (3) references must be received by October 26^th, 2012, to the attention of:

Michael D. Pelletier Jr.

Human Resources Coordinator

Fort William First Nation

90 Anemki Drive, Suite 200

Fort William First Nation, ON

P7J 1L3

When hand delivering, ensure that your application is date stamped and a copy provided to you.

Source: http://fwfn.com/2012/10/job-posting-bus-driver-casual-position/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=job-posting-bus-driver-casual-position

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What Fees Are Associated With Buying A Short Sale? | REALTOR ...

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Q: We have located a property online. Requested and received a first tour of the listing from the Realtor that responded to our online request. She was not the listing agent. We wish to negotiate for this property headed for Short Sale. Our price point is close to the current asking price. What other fees and cost might we expect? We have never dealt with a Realtor, this would be a cash transaction and we do not know protocol. Our purchase history is direct from owner.
?M2, Knoxville, TN

A: First, retain a buyer?s agent ? perhaps the Realtor who showed you the property. Keep in mind that typically the commission for the buyer?s agent is paid by the seller (even in a short sale situation) and it ensures that your best interests are advocated. Second, fees on a short sale can vary widely so please consult with your Realtor for a better understanding of what this particular transaction will entail.
Alex Cortez is a Realtor? with Wailea Village Properties LLC dba/Island Sotheby?s in Kihei, HI.

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Source: http://www.realtor.com/blogs/2012/10/09/what-fees-are-associated-with-buying-a-short-sale/

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Gurdon, Yamanaka Win Nobel Medicine Prize

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John B. Gurdon from Great Britain (L) and Shinya Yamanaka of Japan won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday. Yamanaka and Gurdon won for their groundbreaking work on stem cells.

British researcher John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka of Japan won this year's Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discovering that mature, specialized cells of the body can be reprogrammed into stem cells ? a discovery that scientists hope to turn into new treatments.

Scientists want to harness that reprogramming to create replacement tissues for treating diseases like Parkinson's and for studying the roots of diseases in the laboratory.

The prize committee at Stockholm's Karolinska Institute said the discovery has "revolutionized our understanding of how cells and organisms develop."

Gurdon showed in 1962 that the DNA from specialized cells of frogs, like skin or intestinal cells, could be used to generate new tadpoles. That showed the DNA still had its ability to drive the formation of all cells of the body.

More than 40 years later, in 2006, Yamanaka showed that a surprisingly simple recipe could turn mature cells back into primitive cells, which in turn could be prodded into different kinds of mature cells.

Basically, the primitive cells were the equivalent of embryonic stem cells, which had been embroiled in controversy because to get human embryonic cells, human embryos had to be destroyed. Yamanaka's method provided a way to get such primitive cells without destroying embryos.

"The discoveries of Gurdon and Yamanaka have shown that specialized cells can turn back the developmental clock under certain circumstances," the committee said. "These discoveries have also provided new tools for scientists around the world and led to remarkable progress in many areas of medicine."

Just last week, Japanese scientists reported using Yamanaka's approach to turn skin cells from mice into eggs that produced baby mice.

Gurdon, 79, has served as a professor of cell biology at Cambridge University's Magdalene College and is currently at the Gurdon Institute in Cambridge, which he founded. Yamanaka, born in 1962, worked at the Gladstone Institute in San Francisco and Nara Institute of Science and Technology in Japan.

Goran Hansson, the secretary of the prize committee, said he had reached both winners before the announcement.

"I spoke to both laureates on the phone and they're equally happy and that they look forward to coming to Stockholm."

The medicine award was the first Nobel Prize to be announced this year. The physics award will be announced Tuesday, followed by chemistry on Wednesday, literature on Thursday and the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

The economics prize, which was not among the original awards, but was established by the Swedish central bank in 1968, will be announced on Oct. 15. All prizes will be handed out on Dec. 10, the anniversary of prize founder Alfred Nobel's death in 1896.

Last year's medicine award to Canadian-born Ralph Steinman, American Bruce Beutler and French scientist Jules Hoffmann briefly created some confusion when it was announced that Steinman had died a few days earlier. Posthumous prizes are normally not allowed, but the award was left unchanged since the judges were not aware of Steinman's death when they selected him as a winner.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/10/08/162496273/gurdon-yamanaka-win-nobel-medicine-prize?ft=1&f=1007

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Monday, October 8, 2012

Century Casinos ? Gaming Paradise in Colorado ? DT Fine Art

Century Casinos (NAS: CNTY) is an interesting proposition as an investment because its shares trade at a huge discount to net asset value. Essentially, that means if we liquidate the entire company today ? selling all its assets and repaying all its obligations ? we will get a value that is much higher than the current market capitalization. In fact, it can fetch another $100 million (or another $4 a share) more than the current price its selling on the stock exchange for.

Operations worldwide
Century Casino develops and operates midmarket, regional casinos in regulated markets worldwide. In its last 10 years of operation, it has managed casinos in the US, Canada, South Africa, Czech Republic, and Poland. Today, it has 24 casino operations with approximately 3,000 slot machines and 200 table games. Unlike bigger gaming and entertainment companies like Las Vegas Sands or MGM Casinos, Centurys gaming operation is defined by its large slot-machine based business.

In the markets that they operate, approximately 90% of its revenues are driven by slot machine games. Of its owned and operated casinos, two of them are in the US, and the other two are in Canada. Its 33% stake in Casinos Poland also gives it a footprint in Eastern Europe with seven owned and managed casinos. Furthermore, Century also manages (and does not own) a casino in Aruba, and another 12 casinos on family vacation cruise ships.

Net asset value adjustments
When we look at the balance sheet of the company, some of the line items should be adjusted to better reflect the true value of Centurys assets. For example, property, plant, and equipment are recorded at the historical cost that the company paid for it because of US accounting rules. As a result, even when land or buildings appreciate in price years later, the balance sheet does not capture that value increase.

It is fair to adjust Centurys land and building holdings up 20% as land price has increased in both Calgary and Colorado since they purchased them from between 1996 and 2006. Furthermore, buildings improvements in casinos tend to incorporate expensive fixtures and decorations; thus, new entrants might have to incur additional capital to acquire similar properties.

Similarly, other items such as equipment or goodwill should be written down or risk being completely neglected. Equipment experiences normal wear and tear, and gaming devices change every few years as new slot machines incorporating better games are introduced. The balance sheet number might not accurately reflect the diminishing value of the equipment.

After making the necessary adjustments, the net asset value of Century Casino comes up to $163 million ? significantly higher than its current market capitalization of $63 million.

Staggered boards and poison pills
Of course, behind every bargain, there are always certain areas of the company that the market is concerned about. When we make a liquidation analysis of Century Casino, we assume that we can take over the company today and sell its assets. However, there are many impediments toward that.

For example, Century Casino adopts what investment professionals call a staggered board. Even though the public float of the company is at 79.05% and total management ownership is only at 20.95%, a full takeover would be hard to execute because shareholders can only vote two directors out every year. For a full takeover, it will take at least three years before the shareholders can have control over the board.

Furthermore, the company has adopted plans that allow its board of directors to issue shares of preferred stock, thus potentially diluting any hostile bidders stake, without stockholder approval. The stock also has a provision that requires approval of certain business combinations by holders of 80% of their outstanding shares of voting stock. This makes it hard for a hostile bidder to obtain full control as management owns 20.95% of the company.

Written by Kapitall SiHien Goh. Author does not own any shares mentioned above. The original version of this article can be found here. For more tools and investing ideas visit Kapitall and Kapitall Wire.

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Source: http://www.dtfineart.com/2012/10/century-casinos-gaming-paradise-in-colorado/

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How to Give Yourself a Quick Motivational Boost [Motivation]

How to Give Yourself a Quick Motivational Boost It's Monday, so we're going to guess you're feeling a little (or more than a little) unmotivated. Author Ali Luke offers these tricks to snap you out of it in a hurry.

Take a Break

Sometimes, your motivation wanes because you've been working too hard for too long. Take a break.

Even a few minutes away from your computer can help you unwind. This is also a great way to recover a sense of perspective, if you're feeling overwhelmed by the task at hand.

Go for a Walk

One of the best ways to take a break is to go for a walk.

Even a five-minute walk helps. You'll get your body moving and your blood pumping, and you'll return to your work feeling re-energized.

Write a Task List

Sometimes, your motivation might take a nosedive because you've got so much on your plate, you don't know where to begin.

Write a task list for the rest of the day. Get everything out of your head and onto paper. It'll only take a few minutes?and everything will look much more manageable.

Race Against the Clock

Struggling with a tedious task? Challenge yourself to work faster.

Aim to clear your inbox in just 30 minutes. Push yourself to sort that huge stack of files in under an hour. Set a timer, and try to beat it.

Talk to a Friend

Friends are a great source of support. A quick chat online or on the phone can give you a genuine motivation boost.

If you're struggling with your diet or exercise plan, call a friend and tell them. If you're having doubts about your freelance design work, talk to other designers. Remind yourself of the value of what you're doing.

Drink a Glass of Water

Are you drinking enough water?

Mild dehydration makes it hard to stay focused?so if your concentration levels are dipping, grab a tall glass of water.

Alternate Between Two Tasks

Got several big tasks to tackle? Pick two and alternate between them: work on one for ten?fifteen minutes, then the other, and so on.

This helps keep you moving (if you've only got ten minutes, you'll focus better than if you've got two hours) and stops you from getting bored with doing the same thing endlessly.

Tackle an Easy Task

If your motivation is low in general, do something easy. Get one simple task knocked off your list.

That might be sending an email, making a phone call, sorting out a niggling problem with your computer-anything that takes under fifteen minutes. If it's something you've been putting off, you'll feel great that you've finally got it done.

Focus on the End Result

Whatever you're working on has a purpose. Even if the process is boring or frustrating, the end result is worth having.

For example, think how useful it'll be to have all your files organized. Remember that getting a newsletter out to your clients will bring in new sales and repeat business.

Write Down What You've Already Accomplished

Perhaps you feel like you're not making much progress towards your goals. If so, get a piece of paper and write down everything you've already accomplished.

Maybe you've started working for yourself, gathered some testimonials from people you worked with in the past, and found your first client. Those are genuine, big achievements?writing them down will remind you how far you've already come.

Need more ways to recharge? Check out Lifehacker's tips here.

10 Quick Ways to Give Yourself a Motivational Boost | Dumb Little Man

Ali Luke is a writer of fiction and non-fiction and a writing coach. She blogs about writing on her site, Aliventures.com, and has a free ebook How to Find Time For Your Writing available when you join her writing newsletter. This post was originally published by DumbLittleMan.

Image by Galushko Sergey (Shutterstock).

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Brees sets mark, Saints beat Chargers 31-24

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) reacts after completing a touchdown pass for his 48th consecutive game, breaking Johnny Unitas' NFL record which stood for over 50 years, during an NFL football game against the San Diego Chargers at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Bill Feig)

Suspended New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton watches during the first half of an NFL football game between the New Orleans Saints and the San Diego Chargers at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Marques Colston (12) pulls in a touchdown pass in front of San Diego Chargers cornerback Marcus Gilchrist (38) in the first half of an NFL football game at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

San Diego Chargers wide receiver Robert Meachem (12) catches a touchdown pass over New Orleans Saints free safety Malcolm Jenkins (27) in the first half of an NFL football game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Bill Feig)

NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? Drew Brees' latest assault on a prestigious NFL passing record lifted the embattled New Orleans Saints to their first victory of the season.

Brees broke a half-century-old record by throwing a touchdown pass in his 48th straight game, and the Saints defeated the San Diego Chargers 31-24 on Sunday night.

Brees' 40-yard pass to Devery Henderson eclipsed the mark of 47 consecutive games with a touchdown pass set by Johnny Unitas from 1956-60.

"First of all it's a team record, not an individual record. So many people were responsible for this, coaches and people in the organization," Brees said. "Certainly the man who held this record stands for everything great in this league. It couldn't have happened in a better way."

Brees finished with four touchdown passes, including three to Marques Colston, giving the seventh-year receiver a franchise-record 52 TD catches with the Saints (1-4).

At Brees' request, the NFL allowed head coach Sean Payton, assistant head coach Joe Vitt and general manager Mickey Loomis ? all serving various suspensions in connection with the NFL's bounty investigation ? to attend the game. They and Unitas' son, Joe, saw Brees pass for 370 yards.

"It gave us a good mojo for sure," Brees said of Payton's presence. "I love my coach, so glad he could be here. Mickey and Joe Vitt as well. It is special for our team, special they could be a part of this record.

"We finally put together a great team effort for all four quarters. I can't say enough for the guys in our locker room," Brees said. "We have been through a lot together. Hopefully this will lead to more wins."

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, the one who suspended Saints personnel in the bounty matter but also granted Brees' request for Payton, Vitt and Loomis to attend the game, chimed in on social media to offer his own congratulations.

On his Twitter page, Goodell wrote: "Congrats to (at)drewbrees & his teammates on breaking Unitas' record. Amazing accomplishment by great QB & leader. We're proud of you, Drew."

Philip Rivers passed for 354 yards and two touchdowns to former Saint Robert Meachem, but had two costly turnovers in the final quarter.

The first was Roman Harper's interception and 41-yard return on a pass tipped by fellow safety Malcolm Jenkins. That set up the Saints' final score on Garrett Hartley's 25-yard field goal. San Diego (3-2) still had a chance to tie in the final minute when defensive end Martez Wilson stripped Rivers and recovered the fumble to seal the victory.

After his record-setting completion, Brees galloped to the end zone to hug Henderson. The rest of New Orleans' offense pursued and swarmed around Brees in celebration while the jubilant Superdome crowd roared and then howled an elongated, "Dreeeeeeew!"

Brees took the game ball to the sideline where he continued to accept congratulations. The scoring pass capped an 80-yard drive in which Brees completed all three of his third-down passes, including the touchdown connection with Henderson.

Colston finished with nine catches for 131 yards, while Henderson had eight catches for 123 yards.

Colston's second TD late in the third quarter eclipsed a franchise mark set by Joe Horn in 2006 and pulled the Saints back within a field goal shortly after the Chargers appeared to have gone ahead 31-14 on Demorrio Williams' interception return for a touchdown. Williams' TD was nullified, however, by Melvin Ingram's late hit on Brees' chin, which drew a roughing-the-passer flag and extended what wound up to be an 87-yard scoring drive.

Vitt is expected to take over the coaching staff when his six-game suspension ends. Loomis was docked eight games. As the Saints headed into their bye week, the desperately needed win offered hope, however faint, of making a playoff run when Vitt and Loomis are back.

Rivers staked San Diego to a 7-0 lead with a 15-yard touchdown pass over the middle to Meachem, marking the former Saints receiver's first touchdown since signing with the Chargers as a free agent last winter.

San Diego moved ahead 10-7 on Nick Novak's 20-yard field goal, a disappointment for the Chargers after Saints cornerback Jabari Greer was called for pass interference against Malcom Floyd at the New Orleans 6. Novak, filling in for injured kicker Nate Kaeding, later missed a 55-yard attempt.

Colston made his first touchdown catch on a pass Brees lofted perfectly to the back of the end zone. That gave New Orleans a 14-10 lead that lasted until Meachem's 44-yard touchdown catch in the final minute of the half.

San Diego went ahead 24-14 on Ryan Mathews' 13-yard run around left end, capping a three-play drive that started when Henderson tipped a pass that Brees threw behind him, allowing Quentin Jammer to intercept it and give San Diego the ball on the New Orleans 25.

Greer left the game with what team officials said was a hip injury. He was hurt late in the second quarter and did not return.

Associated Press

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