Hester, Johnson race vs. cheetah - Spokesman.com - July 27, 2013

Chris Johnson refuses to spoil the ending, so everyone will just have to tune in come November to see how he fared against a?cheetah.

The Titans running back and Chicago receiver Devin Hester took part in the human versus animal race for a cable TV?special.

While most people don?t give Hester or Johnson much of chance against a cheetah, Johnson says he ran at full?speed.

?It was a cheetah,? Johnson said Friday with a laugh. ?I had?to.?

A year ago, some didn?t give Johnson a chance against defenses; he was repeatedly questioned whether he??

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Chris Johnson refuses to spoil the ending, so everyone will just have to tune in come November to see how he fared against a?cheetah.

The Titans running back and Chicago receiver Devin Hester took part in the human versus animal race for a cable TV?special.

While most people don?t give Hester or Johnson much of chance against a cheetah, Johnson says he ran at full?speed.

?It was a cheetah,? Johnson said Friday with a laugh. ?I had?to.?

A year ago, some didn?t give Johnson a chance against defenses; he was repeatedly questioned whether he had lost a step, or more, coming off the worst season of his career in 2011. He responded by running for 1,243 yards in his third-best season?yet.

And about that speed ? Johnson scored three touchdowns of 80 yards or longer. He now has six such TDs in his career, twice as many as any other player in NFL history. So racing a cheetah for National Geographic?s Nat Geo Wild may help Johnson send a pre-emptive message before the season opens Sept. 8 in?Pittsburgh.

?I haven?t lost any speed,? Johnson said. ?I?m just ready to really get back on the field and continue to play this?game.?

Quick?kicks

The Kansas City Chiefs have agreed to terms on a five-year deal with No. 1 overall pick Eric Fisher. ? Washington Redskins defensive end Jarvis Jenkins has been suspended for four games without pay for violating the NFL?s policy on performance enhancing substances. ? Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers says he was ?shocked? when his friend Ryan Braun admitted he violated baseball?s rules against using performance- enhancing substances. ? Packers cornerback Casey Hayward, who led NFL rookies last season with a team-high six interceptions, may miss two weeks of training camp because of a hamstring injury. ? New York Jets wide receiver Santonio Holmes says he ?can?t answer? whether he will be able to return to the field for the team this season as he recovers from a serious foot injury. ? Offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie joined his Baltimore Ravens teammates on the field after missing the first day of training camp for being overweight. ? Bengals All-Pro receiver A.J. Green has a bruised knee and will miss several days of?practice.

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Morsi investigated for murder as rival rallies take to Egypt's streets

By Elizabeth Chuck, Staff Writer, NBC News

Former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi is under investigation for a slew of charges including murder, according to the state news agency, stoking tensions throughout Egypt as rival political camps took to the streets.

At least five people were killed and 140 were injured in clashes throughout Egypt on Friday, according to the ministry of health, as thousands of people took part in rival rallies in various Egyptian cities.

Millions are expected in demonstrations in the Arab world?s most populated country on Friday, between supporters of the army and backers of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi?s Muslim Brotherhood.

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A supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood holds a mask of ousted president Mohammed Morsi during a rally near Rabaa Adawiya square in Cairo on Friday.

Both political camps announced they would be protesting on Friday and warned there could be bloodshed. Army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi urged Egyptians earlier in the week to hold rallies to give the military a ?mandate? to confront weeks of violence caused by his July 3 overthrow of Morsi, Reuters reported.

"Sisi out! Morsi is president! Down with the army!" a gigantic crowd of Morsi protesters, who were holding a sit-in protests around?Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque, chanted, reported the BBC.

Morsi, who was elected by a narrow margin in June 2012 in the country's first democratic vote, has been hidden from the public since he was ejected from power. On Friday, Mena news agency reported he would be detained for 15 days while a judge investigated allegations against him. This is his first formal detention since he was ousted, Al Jazeera reported.

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Days of massive protests and a military ultimatum forced the country's first democratically elected president from office.

According to Reuters, the probe stems from charges that he conspired with Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to escape jail during the 2011 uprising against former president Hosni Mubarak, killing prisoners and officers, kidnapping soldiers, and lighting buildings on fire.

"At the end of the day, we know all of these charges are nothing more than the fantasy of a few army generals and a military dictatorship," Brotherhood spokesman Gehad El-Haddad said. "We are continuing our protests on the streets."

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the U.S. was "deeply concerned" by reports that Morsi had been ordered to be detained for more than two weeks.

"We of course are deeply concerned by reports that an Egyptian court has ordered the detention of Mr. Morsi," she said. "I can't speak to the specific charges, but we do believe that it is important that there be a process to work towards his release. Clearly this process should respect the personal security of him and take into account the volatile political situation in Egypt, and that's where our focus is."

A Reuters witness said thousands of pro-Morsi activists clashed with pro-army protesters in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, with some demonstrators hurling stones down on the crowds from nearby rooftops.

The army has warned it will ?turn its guns? on those who use violence in the protests, Reuters reported, while the Brotherhood has said civil war is a possibility.

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Egyptian soldiers stand guard atop an armored personnel vehicle on a bridge that leads to Tahrir Square on Friday.

On Friday morning, several hundred pro-army supporters gathered in Tahrir Square, the central rallying place two years ago for Egyptians. Demonstrations were likely to peak after the evening prayer marking the end of the day?s Ramadan fast.

A banner across one entrance to Tahrir Square read, "The people, the source of all power, mandate the army and police to purge terrorism," the BBC said.

Pro-army demonstrations were planned throughout Egypt; Morsi backers had also announced a large amount of rallies, with 34 in the Cairo area alone, Reuters said.

UN leader Ban Ki-moon called on Egyptians to protest peacefully and asked the interim leadership to ensure security, reported Al Jazeera.

But casualties appeared likely after a month in which nearly 200 people, mostly supporters of Morsi, have died, according to Al Jazeera.?

The West has become increasingly alarmed by the course the country of 84 million people has taken. Washington this week said it delayed delivery of four F-16 fighter jets to Cairo and called on the Egyptian army to exercise "maximum restraint and caution" during Friday's rallies," reported Reuters.

The U.S. has not made a determination on whether a military coup took place in Egypt, which avoids a decision on whether U.S. aid should be cut off to Egypt.

"It is not in our national interest to make such a determination," State Department spokeswoman Psaki said on Friday, adding the law didn't require that a formal determination be made.?

If the administration were to determine a coup had occurred when Morsi was ousted, the $1.5 billion of military and economic assistance the U.S. provides Egypt would be required by law to stop.?

NBC's Catherine Chomiak contributed to this report.

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Nokia Lumia 1020 Windows Phone Units Must Overcome 10 Big Hurdles

The Nokia Lumia 1020 is easily the best Windows Phone device ever introduced. The handset comes with a 4.5-inch screen, a strong processor and a shockingly fantastic camera in the 41-megapixel PureView. And in keeping with Nokia's previous moves, the company is offering the smartphone in several different colors to ensure it appeals to the widest swath of consumers. Enterprise users, however, need not apply?this is a decidedly consumer-focused product. The hype surrounding the Windows Phone-based device is understandably strong. Microsoft and Nokia both believe the smartphone could be a winner, and judging by its specifications alone, there's no reason to suggest otherwise. But the trouble for both companies is that features are not the only factors that today's buyers care about. To be successful in the marketplace Nokia will need to do something truly special. If history is to be our guide, though, Nokia hasn't done anything special in years. So, the Lumia 1020 could be in for some trouble. Nokia must recognize this and address the challenges facing the Lumia 1020 before yet another handset fails in the market.

Source: http://www.eweek.com/mobile/slideshows/nokia-lumia-1020-windows-phone-units-must-overcome-10-big-hurdles/

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Move Over 5:2 Diet, The Low-GL Diet Makes You Lose More Weight ...

The 5:2 diet is the darling of the diet world, but as we know, there's always a better diet waiting round the corner.

A new book called Burn Fat Fast: The Alternate Day Low-GL Diet Plan by Patrick Holford and Kate Staples (she used to be the gladiator Zodiac before she broke her neck), looks at the priniciples of fasting and food combining, as well as what exercise to do to complement the diet. In short, a full body plan.

What is striking about the diet is that even though it incorporates fasting, it's a good plan for people who like to eat, or more simply, don't like the hunger aspect that we associate with dieting. Better still the exercise plan involves - on certain days - only 8 minutes of working out.

Salmon and potatoes - mixing carbs with protein

So, first off, what is a 'low-GL diet plan?' GL stands for glycemic load, which measures the amount of sugar and starch in food and their impact on your body. Patrick says that a measure of glycemic load shows how much carbohydrate there is in each food and how fast the carbohydrate will break down into glucose (and therefore how quickly your blood sugar levels will rise).

The crux of the diet is about managing your insulin, or blood sugar levels. Insulin, says Patrick, is an ageing hormone, and also plays a key role in burning fat. So if you can control the levels of insulin, you can slow the ageing process and keep the weight off.

The idea of the diet is that you combine three fast days where you can eat a maximum of 800 calories, in low-GL foods. You can feast the other four days (on low-GL foods) and should implement the exercise plan during the week.

HuffPost UK Lifestyle caught up with Patrick to explain more about the diet.

How does it work and what should I eat?
Since 2005 we've been studying and testing the GL diet ? not by eliminating carbs but actually introducing the right kind of carbs alongside protein. Eaten together, protein takes longer to digest when you combine the two ? for instance putting seeds on your cereal or almonds with apples. By doing so, you slow down release of sugars.

It's also about choosing the right kind of carbs, so oats are slow, cornflakes are fast. Berries are slow, bananas are fast.

How does regulating my insulin make me lose weight though?
With animal studies, it has been proved that if you eat low calories, you lose weight, but low calorie diets also seem to extend your life span and improve your health. It was then discovered that the reason for this is that a low calorie diet can switch on 'skinny genes'.

What are skinny genes?
When you eat a low-GL diet you don?t get blood sugar spikes, so your insulin goes down. It's clear that low levels of insulin switches on your skinny genes - it's called SIRT1. When you combine this with exercise, you burn fat much faster and more effectively. Conversely, we also know high insulin raises cholesterol, blood pressure, makes cancer cells grow faster and it makes you store fat faster. The secret to weight loss for me, is everything that keeps your insulin down.

The Three Golden Rules

• 1. Eat no more than 40 GLs a day

• 2. Eat protein with carbohydrate

You recommend three fast days rather than two - why?
The 5:2 diet recommends you fast two days a week but the diets which are most effective are three days a week ? I?ve gone with what the science supports. The 5:2 did have a clinical trial, but the scale of weight loss doesn?t excite me so much. They were seeing 3.7 kilograms of weight loss at its highest, over three months. We were seeing weight loss of 7.5kgs.

But is fasting actually healthy?
Intermittent fasting can be healthy provided you are not sick. A lot of people find it changes their relationship to food. A common report is that on the feast days you have an allowance of food, a lot of people find they aren?t feeling as hungry.

It also makes you think about why you eat. We don?t eat just for hunger but for other reasons, and it helps you understand the reason between eating for hunger and being upset or tired.

How much weight can people lose on your diet?
We have lots of cases of people losing, on average, one stone a month which is 4kgs. Our record to date is one person who lost 9 stone in 10 months. We did a trial on 22 people and the trial was just on diet, and the average weight loss was 14.5 pounds in 12 weeks.

How much exercise do you have to do on the diet?
There are two types - one is aerobic exercise and the other is resistance or muscle building. The combination of the two causes the bigger weight loss and best insulin control. You have to do three days where you do an eight-minute strength routine. Then spend three days of 30 minutes aerobic exercise that gets your heart rate up. It was devised by Kate who is a brilliant personal trainer and found that her clients were getting amazing results while following my diet.

Burn Fat Fast by Patrick Holford with Kate Staples, ?6.99, Piatkus.

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Blizzard, SOE, Relic pedigree meets free-to-play with Molten Games ...

Executives from Blizzard, Sony Online and Relic Entertainment Form Molten Games

San Diego Studio Developing AAA Online Game with Initial Multi-Million Dollar Series A Investment Lead by NCSOFT

SAN DIEGO-July 24, 2013- Molten Games, a developer and publisher of online games, announced that the company has received a multi-million dollar investment from Korean gaming powerhouse NCSOFT, leading the way on Molten's Series A funding.

"Molten Games has assembled a wildly talented and experienced team, and we absolutely believe they will create and run an amazing new game experience," said Taek Jin Kim, CEO at NCSOFT. "They're setting the bar high for themselves, with a strong desire to shake up the online gaming space by creating something new and unique in our industry."

Molten Games is centered in San Diego, California. Focused on breaking free from the traditional developer/publisher relationship and putting gameplay first and foremost, the company is continuing to build its talented team and first product, with more information about the game to be released at a later date.

"We created Molten Games in order to truly have control over our game development and IP, and we're going to create something epic," said Jungwon Hahn, CEO and co-founder of Molten Games. "Our team understands not only the creation of online games, but the ongoing management of them, better than anyone else in the industry. As we continue to build our team and work on our initial product, gameplay and player experience is going to come first with every decision."

For more information about the company, please visit http://www.moltengames.com/

About Molten Games, Inc.
Molten Games, Inc. is a developer of premium online video games based in sunny San Diego. Powered by a team of top creative talent from companies including Blizzard Entertainment, Sony Online Entertainment and Relic Entertainment, Molten Games is breaking the traditional developer/publisher mold in order to put gameplay and player experience first and foremost. Molten Games is backed by a multi-million dollar Series A investment from NCSOFT.

About NCSOFT
NCSOFT, headquartered in Seoul, Korea, is the world's premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games, including the critically acclaimed Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2, Aion, Lineage, Lineage 2 and Blade & Soul. With offices in North America, Europe, Japan, Taiwan etc, NCSOFT aims at providing fun to everyone, everywhere in the world. More information can be found at www.ncsoft.com.

Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/24/blizzard-soe-relic-pedigree-meets-free-to-play-with-molten-gam/

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University of Montevallo continues recognition as College of Distinction

MONTEVALLO, Alabama -- The University of Montevallo has retained a designation as Alabama's only public institution on the web-based Colleges of Distinction, a guide for students seeking a nationally recognized school that is recommended by educational professionals.

Colleges and universities qualify for the list through nominations by high school counselors with the institutions rating high in four areas: engaged students, great teaching, vibrant communities and successful outcomes.

"To say that Montevallo is unique would be an understatement. A member of the prestigious Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges, Montevallo has emerged as a national leader in liberal arts education and has been recognized in numerous editions of U.S. News and World Report's 'Best Colleges' as the highest ranked Tier One, public master's level university in Alabama," according to the Colleges of Distinction website.

"The college of choice for many of the brightest young minds throughout the Southeast and beyond, Montevallo is situated near the geographic center of the state on a 160-acre central campus noted for its unparalleled beauty. Montevallo's white columned brick buildings, famous red brick streets, verdant lawns, colorful flowerbeds and stately trees surround students with academic tradition," the website states.

The Colleges of Distinction looks at statistics such as graduation rates, classroom sizes and other factors in considering a school's selection. Other criteria include interviews with college admission experts, faculty and staff at the institution, high school counselors and other college administrators.

Visit the University of Montevallo's site as a College of Distinction, at www.collegesofdistinction.com/school/university-of-montevallo.

Source: http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2013/07/university_of_montevallo_conti.html

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MechWarrior Online launches Sarah's Jenner in honor of 5-year-old cancer victim

Five-year-old Sarah Parries loved the Jenner in MechWarrior Online. She and her father would sit and play the game, with Sarah loving the streak SRM variant so that she could lock on and move quickly. Unfortunately, Sarah was a victim of cancer, but her story made an impact on the developers of MechWarrior Online and led to the creation of a new champion 'Mech crafted in her image, the appropriately named Sarah's Jenner.

Sarah's Jenner will set you back $10, but the team at Piranha Games won't be seeing a nickel of it. Minus sales tax, all of the proceeds from the sale of this 'Mech will be donated to the Canadian Cancer Society, supporting others suffering from the same ailment as the girl who inspired this decor. You can take a look at the machine in action just past the break, and if you're an experienced 'Mech pilot you should consider picking up a special machine to honor an unfortunate victim.

[Source: Piranha Games press release]

Source: http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/07/23/mechwarrior-online-launches-sarahs-jenner-in-honor-of-5-year-ol/

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