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On Mars (known as Barsoom to its residents), a war rages on, with the final battle boiling down to Sab Than (Dominic West) and Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins). Thoris is the heir to the throne of Helium, the last unconquered city, and she's furious when she discovers that her father Tardos Mors (Ciarán Hinds) has traded her hand in marriage to Than in exchange for letting the people of Helium live. But Than's plan is more devious; he's been given a deadly power called The Ninth Ray by the Therns, a group of ancient beings led by Matai Shang (Mark Strong), who can visually transform into anyone. On the day of the wedding, he and Shang plan to make a show of Thoris being killed, manipulating the people into standing behind Than, "victim" of a tragic loss.
The film expects you to keep up with this kind of onslaught of names and places and races, but fails to ease the audience in, throwing several of them at the viewer in the very first scene, opening with a major battle sequence in flying ships above a city on Mars. Without a proper, clear introduction to all of the characters, it's hard to even separate one side from the other, much less who's good and who's evil, and although it's ultimately easy enough to simply focus on the performers instead of the details and follow the story, there's gotta be a clearer way to convey all of this information to the audience. After the scene concludes, the film moves to New York City to introduce John Carter (Taylor Kitsch), which would've been a better starting point.
Having scrambled up to a cave in an attempt to escape military imprisonment, Carter's journey begins when he discovers a dying Thern and a teleportation device, which unexpectedly drop him on the red planet. There, he discovers his Earthling bones are lighter than the Martians, allowing him to leap around like a superhero. Initially rescued by an alien named Tars Tarkas (voice of Willem Dafoe), he is called into action when Dejah Thoris' battle brings itself to Tarkas' village, and she learns of his abilities.
Aside from the awkwardly placed opening, the battle scenes in John Carter are generally a blast, with the visual effects making great use of Carter's special talent. Although computer graphics frequently take over for Kitsch, there seems to be a fair amount of wire work on the film's many practical sets, which has a unique look to it that sells the effect. Stanton also stages these sequences without the shaking camera and machine-gun editing that make so many modern action sequences nausea-inducing blurs; there's almost always great geography in terms of where characters are in a scene in relation to one another.
It also helps that we care about John Carter and Dejah Thoris. Given that the Edgar Rice Burroughs story that inspired the film was titled A Princess of Mars, it's not surprising that Thoris is the most compelling character in the film, played by Collins with a fire-eyed magnetism that gives the character strength through all of her weaknesses. All too often, characters like Thoris are clear-eyed and confident, offering up cheap gags about showing up the hero as a response to complaints about weak-willed women, but Thoris' moments of self-doubt give the role genuine personality. Stanton puts the moments that test the strength of her convictions on screen, so we can share in her triumph, and her big moments are that much more satisfying. She's matched well with Kitsch, who has that undefinable type of charisma that makes people into movie stars. The Carter character is not necessarily a great fit for the actor -- he's way too young to give off the impression of a veteran, and his character gets the worst lines in the movie -- but even during his selfish stages at the beginning of the film, Carter is an easy guy to like, giving the audience a rock to latch onto throughout the movie's bumpy exposition phase, and that's down to Kitsch.
Although there are some nagging issues with the villains (what it is that Matai Shang wants to accomplish is pretty vague, suggesting but not clearly identifying the Therns as planet-hopping resource hogs looking at Earth as their next target), Stanton sends the film out on a high note, finding the absolute perfect balance between resolution and the setup for a sequel. John Carter is not a great movie, but it's a rousing one, striking a decent balance between modern-day moviemaking and an old-fashioned spirit of adventure.


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Publication Acceptance Date: 8/27/2004
Publication Date: 8/27/2004
Citation: Haytowitz, D.B., Cutrufelli, R.L., Lemar, L.E., Thomas, R.G. 2004. The USDA national nutrient database for personal digital assistants (PDAs), rel. 17. Home Page. http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp.
Interpretive Summary: The Nutrient Data Laboratory (NDL) has released an easily searchable version of the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Rel. 17 (SR17) for use on handheld Palm® OS personal digital assistants (PDAs). This product allows users to search all foods in SR17, custom modify portion sizes, and obtain online printable reports of the level of up to 30 nutrients in the customized portion. The new version is available for download, at no cost, from the NDL Web site at www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp. A change has been made to the PDA nutrient list for SR17. The food component alpha-tocopherol has been substituted for the component alpha-tocopherol equivalents, which is no longer being disseminated in SR. The PDA search program was developed under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between ARS and HealtheTech, Inc. of Golden Colorado. Due to the easy portability of handheld PDAs, this software application enables scientific investigators, educators, dietitians, and the general public to have easy access to a high quality core set of nutrients when access to the Internet or a personal computer is not feasible. The portable nutrient dataset can be easily accessed at scientific meetings, in classroom settings, at patient point-of-care, and in restaurants or grocery stores to aid in healthy food selection.
Technical Abstract: The Nutrient Data Laboratory (NDL), in conjunction with HealtheTech, Inc., has made modifications necessary to update a search application for personal digital assistants (PDAs) to access the latest release of the National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 17 (SR17). This product blends SR17 with custom search software developed through a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between ARS and HealtheTech, Inc., of Golden Colorado. The original product accessed SR15 data. A unique feature of this software is that for a given food item in SR, any disseminated portion size can be custom modified by the user. Printable reports are generated expressing levels of up to 30 food components on the basis of the user-specified serving size. For SR17, the food component alpha-tocopherol has been substituted for alpha-tocopherol equivalents, which are no longer disseminated in SR. The USDA National Nutrient Database for PDAs is available to the public, at no cost, online at the NDL Web site (www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp). This software application allows dietitians and other health professionals to bring high quality nutrient data to patient point-of-care, allows nutrition professionals to have access to nutrient data at meetings and conventions, allows educators to access data in a classroom without personal computers, and enables the general public a small easily portable reference when grocery shopping or making food selections at a restaurant.

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Craig Adams Scores Twice In Pens Win
James Neal Scores Power Play Goal
Craig Adams scored his first two goals of the season to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 3-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday night.
James Neal scored his 11th goal of the season, while Pens goalie Marc-Andre Fleury turned aside 25 shots.
Andrew Ladd scored for the Jets and Ondrej Pavelec stopped 25 shots.
It was Pittsburgh's seventh road win of the season, while Winnipeg has lost three straight at home and hosts Boston on Sunday.
After a couple swipes at rebounds, Adams recorded his first goal of the season at 3:19 of the first period. His second was into an empty net in the final minute of regulation.
The Pens have now scored first in an NHL-best 12 games this season, including all nine on the road. They're 9-3 when scoring first.
Defenseman Kris Letang assisted on Adams' goal, giving him six points in his last six games, including two goals.
The Jets took a hit to their lineup before the midway point of the first period when leading scorer Tobias Enstrom left the game holding his right arm. Entering the game, the defenseman had two goals and 13 points.
Winnipeg did have defenseman Zach Bogosian back for his first game of the season after recovering from wrist surgery. He ended up logging just under 26 minutes of ice time.
Pittsburgh outshot the Jets 12-6 in the opening period, with Winnipeg only recording its third shot around the 17-minute mark.
The Jets turned the tables in the second, outshooting the Pens 14-9 without scoring a goal.
Neal's third-period goal came after the Jets took two penalties 24 seconds apart. Zach Redmond was called for interference at 13:18 before fellow defenseman Mark Stuart was sent to the box for tripping.
Neal fired the puck from the right faceoff circle with a low shot that beat Pavelec. Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby assisted.
Notes: Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik, who assisted on Adams' second goal, was playing in his 600th NHL game. ... Winnipeg forward Eric Tangradi made his debut with the Jets. He was traded from Pittsburgh on Wednesday for a seventh-round pick in this summer's draft.


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Frontier Developments suing Atari over royalties owed for RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
Frontier Developments is suing Atari over unpaid royalties it's due for RollerCoaster Tycoon 3.
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Report - Theme Park iOS DLC items could set you back $60 each
According to AOL's Games Blog, the freemium iOS release of Bullfrog's classic sim Theme Park has a lot of "emium" and not a lot of free, with one piece of DLC – a single ride – priced at $60 worth of virtual currency. The site claims the "vast majority" of the game's attractions are locked […]
Theme Park reinvented as free-to-play iOS game
Bullfrog's classic amusement park management sim has been resurrected as a freemium title by EA Mobile.
EA trademarks ancient classics, internet touches special place
EA's applied for new trademarks for Populous, Theme Park, Wing Commander and Road Rash, as you can see on superannuation.This has caused "the internet" to have a small paddy, and rightly so. Syndicate's a little conspicuous by its absence though, isn't it?Worth noting that EA mentioned revitalising Bullfrog IP earlier this week.
Classic Bullfrog remakes on the way?
In the beginning, there was Bullfrog. And it was good. Then it got dissected and assimilated into the EA biomass, and Peter Molyneux ran off to form Lionhead Studios. The result? Bullfrog kicked the bucket, and gamers have been clamoring for series revivals ever since. Fortunately for those gamers, comments from EA's Harvey Elliot would […]
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CLACKAMAS, OR -- A club owner in Oregon who was accused of sexually abusing an 18-year-old woman whom he invited to the club has pleaded guilty to sexual harassment.
Bryce Jackson of Milwaukie, OR, was sentenced last week to three years probation, according to Portland, OR, station KPTV FOX 12. Jackson pleaded guilty to one count of harassment with offensive physical contact, including touching the woman's private parts. The TV station also reported that as part of a plea deal, the original second-degree sex abuse charge was dismissed.
Jackson was arrested last November at his Real Fitness club in Clackamas, OR. Jackson had met the woman at the coffee shop where she worked and offered her a free session. The woman told authorities that when she arrived at the near-vacant club for the free session, Jackson locked the door behind them, directed her to do some exercises and photographed her. He then started massaging her before he sexually abused her, she said.
Jackson does not have to register as a sex offender but he cannot have any contact with the woman and must undergo a sex offender evaluation and any recommended treatments, the TV station reported.


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Blake Lively is Hollywood's "most desirable" woman, according to AskMen.com.
The popular men's website released its annual list of the "Top 99 Most Desirable Women" and the "Gossip Girl" star topped the list of beauties.
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Other Hollywood notables making the list include, Scarlett Johansson (# 7), Natalie Portman (#11), "Mad Men's" Christina Hendricks (# 21), Beyonce (# 23), Kim Kardashian (# 45), Taylor Swift (# 56), Kate Middleton (# 61), Angelina Jolie (# 67), Halle Berry (# 85), Kristen Stewart (# 90) and Minka Kelly rounding out the list in the 99 spot.
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The Tanners of Leatherhead are managed by Mr Football aka Mick Sullivan. We've had dealings with Mick on these pages before. In his previous guise as gaffer of Merstham, he arranged for our - now annual - MFC team photo, complete with EFW logos. He's one of those chaps who (as long as you procure him a post match beer) will stop and talk footy until the cows come home. Not an idea that Arsene Wenger would entertain - he'd probably claim he didn't see you.
I don't want to name drop here (what!? you've been waiting for months to shoe horn in this story) but the last time I bumped into my good friend; Sky Sports pundit and ex-West Ham legend Tony Gale - you know played for England U21s, everybody has heard of him - he told me that Sully would be welcome at his club any day of the week. Rather like Alan Ball, he couldn't speak highly enough of him.
So my mate Sully v EFW's very own Lewes FC in the FA Cup for a chance to play Vinny Jones and Stuart Pearce's Wealdstone away in the next round (ok, ok, you can have the night off, just get on with it - Boss Ed).
As is the norm these days, Cynical Dave, Big Deaks and I arrived in the clubhouse several hours in advance of kick off. This is part of our continuing quest to pump money into non-league football - in return for beer.
If you want any reassurances as to what the FA Cup means to sides like Leatherhead and Lewes then we need look no further than the establishment we chose to drink in. The Tanners splendid clubhouse was funded by their glorious FA Cup run of 2006/07 when the reached the giddy heights of the 1st Round Proper (Proper!).
In the aforementioned bar we bumped into our pal Rog the Lewes groundsman. We cemented the EFW deal with him to burn a huge 'LEWES FC' into the famous grass bank at the Dripping Pan. After that we teased him mercilessly about the quality of the Tanners pitch. So good that their groundsman Dave Blaszkowsi waltzed off with a highly commended certificate in the recent 2009 Groundsman of the Year Awards. Good old Rog, just don't mention 'fireworks' to him - you'll be there all night!
Now then, what next!? *checks notes* oh yes - the match. Despite being two leagues below The Rooks, Leatherhead put up fine rearguard action. Keeper Craig Bradshaw was in fine form and the live wire Marc Elston gave Lewes all sorts of bother down the wing. In fact I think we'll sign him up if you don't mind Sully!? In an act previously unknown to man - Cynical Dave even praised Bradshaw for his efforts after the match. As for Elston, he went off with leg-knack late on in the match and with that went the Tanners best hope of progress.
Lewes had a procession of possession throughout but it wasn't quite happening in the actual scoring of a goal department. In saying that, they did score a perfectly good goal in the second half but in a mystifyingly bizarre act - the referee decided to disallow it after Dan Beck was deemed to have fouled Bradshaw after the ball had crossed the line. Bradshaw (him again) also saved a penalty from Joe Keehan after David Wheeler had been brought down.
I'm running out of superlatives to describe David Wheeler. If that lad hasn't got his Coca-Coca skills badge, I'll eat my hat. Of course it was him who set up The Rooks winner in extra time. As the mist descended on the ground, he cast another spell on the Tanners defence, turning this way and that before unleashing a pin-point cross to Joe Keehan who made amends for his penalty woe by leaping like a salmon and nodding Lewes into the next round. Cue frenzy behind the goal from the 60 or so travelling army.
The EFW team were joined on the last train back to Brighton after the match by a couple of Arsenal fans. They'd been to see another pointless group stage match in the Big Cup against Olympiakos. Steve and Farz - for it was they - argued the case for spending umpty trumpty pounds to watch a routine win in near silence at the Emirates (£13.50 for two hot dogs and some Arsenal branded water by the way). The EFW team on the other hand tried to reason that £8 to see Leatherhead v Lewes was on the whole about 600 times better value. In fairness, they've promised to come and see a match at Lewes in the near future. Another two converts to grass roots football!? Honestly, what's not to like!?
(Please do as they took him ages - Ed)
Yeah alright Ed, you trying taking them after 6 pints you lemon.
(Wind your neck in and just show us the good one of the goal - Ed)
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While there is little information about the scope of predatory lending (Gramlich), it negatively impacts both individual borrowers and communities. Racial minorities, who may have trouble obtaining credit because of discrimination, are one target of predatory lenders. So are the elderly, who are income-poor but often have significant equity in their homes. (HUD 2003). The outcomes of unfair lending practices are severe. Predatory lending is likely to lead to the borrower becoming delinquent in payments or even be faced with foreclosure. Predatory lending also harms more than the borrower. Efforts to revitalize neighborhoods and promote home ownership are weakened when foreclosed homes occur in a neighborhood (HUD 2000).
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With the beginning of trans-border migration of birds from November, chances are there that the Avian Flu virus too flies into new areas. Is this the beginning of a pandemic? Nations are in a state of panic and scare as the virus threatens to melt borders and spread the wings of death.
With the bird flu outbreak in Asia spreading to Europe, alarm bells have started ringing with the UN also asking for action. Thousands of ducks and chickens have been killed to curb the disease's spread. As human death toll continues to grow, many are concerned that the virus will mutate and trigger a human pandemic.
But the subtle homoeopathic philosophy as well as vivo and vitro studies conducted in the past with clinical evidences indicate the efficacy in viral infectious diseases. However, it is felt imperative to establish scientifically that homoeopathic medicament do act curatively in combating this Avian Flu.
Methodology (For mathematical model)
Aim – To ascertain the preventive and curative medicine for Avian Flu.
Methods – A diagnostic criterion was determined by taking clinical features such as: fever, sore throat, rhinitis, dry cough, headache, bodyache, malaise, redness of conjunctiva, nausea, vomiting and otitis media.
Results of mathematical model
By using RADAR & HOMPATH Software above symptoms were repertorised. Drugs evolved as closer remedy for Avian Flu are as follows:
Belladonna – 24/10 Belladonna – 27/10
Pulsatilla – 24/10 Ars. alb. – 26/10
Mercurius – 21/10 Nux vom. – 26 /10
Rhus tox. – 21/10 Sulphur – 26/10
Causticum – 18/10 Pulsatilla – 25/10
Silicea – 23/9 Bry. alb. – 23/10
Sulphur – 23/9 Calc. carb. – 23/10
Ars. alb. – 22/9 Mercurius – 23/10
Calc. carb – 21/9 Nat. mur. – 23/10
Proposed Methodology
Aim – To determine the efficacy of the drugs evolved through mathematical model in providing prophylactic and curative role in Avian Flu.
Methods – Target groups
Domesticated birds
Human being of globe
The experiment will be double blind control trial with different determinants with various dosages and repetition schedule
The exclusion and inclusion criteria will be as per our earlier discussed clinical feature and diagnostic tests (viral culture / serology / antigen test / PCR and immunofluroscent assay). Route of administration of medicine will be oral. Follow up and monitoring will be done periodically for improvement of clinical feature and diagnostic tests. A standard protocol will be developed to document the data for its positive and negative responses. Finally statistical evaluation will be done by using EPINFO soft ware.


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@Seallion and myself have decided to make a sync video focusing only on the films of 1984.
1984 just seems like a big year for cinema. Perhaps in 1984 cinema reached the Moon and then 27 years later in 2011 it reaches Jupiter (Joy).
Soon after we fully acknowledged this creative movement @Seallion changed his twitter avatar to the Red V of the movie 1984 starring John Hurt as Winston Smith. A movie of course released in 1984.
We know John Hurt because recently he played Zeus (Jupiter) disguised as an Old Man in the movie Immortals. As an Old Man (or Zeus) he guides Theseus, a human, to save the Gods. Hurt also plays the identical role in the movie Contact as Hadden the elderly mysterious billionaire that facilitates Jodie Foster communicating with her Heavenly Father in the stars (Just like Zeus).
I digress.
I then downloaded Beverly Hills Cop starring Eddide Murphy. Today while watching it I notice the Michael Jackson outfits with their Red V's passing by a laughing Ed-die Murphy wearing a T-Shirt that says ED. DEpartment.
ED/DE = The DEED?
Then tonight I am skipping through Revenge of the Nerds and notice this scene of the Nerds trying to be instated as a fraternity. The table is shaped as big Red V (plus lots more going on in here!)
Here we see the sync pattern emerging fast and tight.
Then as I tweet this image above, a follower @keiarix in conversation about what movies from 1984 I was going to watch tongiht, remarks that she herself was in a movie released in 1984 that has a Red V on it. The movie - Splatter uniVersity!
Here is her tweet to me after I tweet the above Red V sync image. We had tweeted early in the night about what movies to watch.
@Syncwinnipeg Here is one red V...http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125510/ Splatter University 1984..I was in it ..yes a rotten tomato it was!
Lets see where this goes...
Watching the 1984 movie Splash later on this same evening and I notice Daryl Hannah first out of water and wearing a T-Shirt with a Red Heart, or Red V on it. The Twin Towers are behind her.
The Heart is our Red V that brings us all Victory!
Much peace to everyone
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2012 [and all that] brings us the 84th annual Academy Awards
Eddie Murphy was supposed to host, but his good friend Brett Ratner got fired/retired over a "gay slur"
so Eddie jumped ship with him.
the last post i wrote was inspired by my rediscovery of a film called 48 Hours..
Eddie Murphy plays a released convict.
that movie inspired the whole Buddy/Enemy concept..
Brett Ratner, eddie's buddy, is producing Tower Heist, Eddie Murphy's most recent buddy/enemy story.. talkin bout hittin the tower to get at the 1%.
and guess who plays a released convict
i think there's a dog on that ledge
Soon after writing this post I added the header image of Maestro Flores at Manito Ahbee sacred site in Manitoba, Canada during his 2006 visit. I like the image because the reflecting light syncs perfectly with the feathers on his crown. Then today I realized that his Red Macaw feather crown from the side looks like a Red V which aligns perfectly. Maestro Flores is a man of the heart so this would make sense.
Jupiter's symbol (used in astronomy & astrology) can be interpreted as an amalgamated 42.
The angle at which light brakes up into the rainbow is 42 degrees thus rainbow resonates 42 & Jupiter. Two rainbows gives us the full circle or 84 rainbow.
This is part of the reason for wanting to do an 1984 themed video with Jim.
Nineteen Eighty-Four sees John Hurt playing the lead character Winston Smith. Jim explains that Hurt is Zeus in Immortals. Zeus is the Greek version of Jupiter.
This is all very su'sync't as 84 is double rainbow which associates to Jupiter and Hurt also resonates Jupiter as Zeus, right?
As if to confirm this we see 142 and Hurt together as we are introduced to his Job of altering records for the government ("who controls the past controls the future").
The 1 is another number tucked away inside Jupiter...
Smith starts a subversive secret diary on April 4.
April 4 is actor Hugo Weaving's Birthday.
He most famously plays Agent Smith in The Matrix (echoing Winston Smith).
Zeus/Jupiter is the God of Lightning.
Hugo's character poster above for Matrix Revolution reads "November 5".
The comic and film V for Vendetta uses the line "Remember, remember the fifth of November" in reference to Guy Fawkes night and its anti-establishment associations. The connection of V to the roman Numeral V (pure sync) or 5 is not overlooked by the narrative.
Jupiter is the 5 or V planet from the Sun.
Hugo wearing the mask that has become an iconic symbol of resistance, associated with such movements as Anonymous and Occupy. Perfectly V says he does bot believe in coincidence.
Hugo plays the Guy Fawkes masked vigilante V, out to overthrow the totalitarian government, in the V for Vendetta film.
V for Vendetta is heavily influenced by 1984 and with perfect irony uses John Hurt as the antagonist Big Brother type character, an inversion of his role as Winston Smith (the oppressed protagonist in Nineteen Eighty-Four).
Knowing all this how weird and perfect that the protagonist of 1984 starts his diary on the Birthday of the star who plays the protagonist of V for Vendetta.
V is the 22nd letter of the alphabet being then also BB. Above BB is short for Big Brother another good example of how V for Vendetta and 1984 sync together.
In 1984's Ghostbusters they must reluctantly climb many flights of stairs to face off with Gozer.
The top floor is 22.
Tweeted this poster a couple of weeks back for an event here in Winnipeg. We see the 84 rainbow surrounding the V for Vendetta Guy Fawkes mask, practically everything talked about above neatly together.
One of the bands that played was called Jupiter Storm.
Hugo is The RED Skull, V, and Smith. Definitely they merge.
The color Red is associated to images of War and gods like Mars. Beast such as the Red Bull carry this obvious connotation. This achetypical pattern is seen again above as 5 and red carry this characteristic in the tree. A really good highlight of this is Hellboy. We see the theme carry on and give us clues. Not only does he have attention to the Blue Red polarity... Seeing that he is called Red his team mate Abe above called Blue. John Hurt is also his father. From Hugo as the Red Skull and with the red and blue pill from the matrix we get a fuller picture. The theme starting in '84 is recycled over and over it seems shining bright in the composites of Weaving and Hurt.Red Bull. Hellboy is the Beast of the Apocalypse it is said.
Linda Hamilton who became popular off the 1984 movie Terminator teams up with the Beast of the Apocalypse in the late '80 TV show Beauty and the Beast. Ron Pearlman AKA Hellboy as said Beast, for those who didnt know where I was going with that. Linda said she was going to leave the show. Ratings dropped. In a last ditch effort to boost ratings they get her pregnant with the baby of the beast. Didnt work... They pulled the plug.The Tarot Card Strength, that depicts the relationship of a beauty and a beast, stretches the path called Teth and joins the polarity of the Blue and Red Pillars in the Tree. In the Crowley deck this is made vivid by the Beast of the Apocalypse and the Scarlet Woman. A Red V also can be seen as a red downward arrow sorta like the V shaped Cup symbol of old.Because of Judgement Day Sarah Connors has John Connors to rise against the machines. This is the story line of 1984's Terminator giving us a real head scratcher and anticipation for what lies ahead to discover in Jake and Jim's project.
Just looking at the poster for V for Vendetta and notice the release date on this poster is 4.22.
22 resonates V as it is the 22nd letter of the alphabet. 4.22 just so happens to also be Earth Day.
Which is perfectly in sync as we have now connected the Red V with the Heart and Earth is an anagram for Heart (not to mention 422 is a rich jovian number).
"Remember remember the 5th of November because that is the day my film Matrix Revolutions is released." - Hugo Weaving aka V aka Agent Smith (Thanks Will!)
Strange and wonderful things are afoot. Joy is filling the heart.
More (Red) bull from Stef:
Further to the V/heart syncs, Sync Book co-author and Star Theory sync blogger, Kyle Hunt designed this awesome rainbow alpahbet device that harks double-rainbow:
The letter V corresponds with the colour green. Green being the colour of the heart chakra.
I digress... The above-featured pic of Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop laughing at the twin-yang, red and black leather suit wearing pedestrians is a great example of syncs ability to highlight our non-linear nature.
I am not hip to the production of BHC though it seems to me that there may be a bit of an inside joke going on here. If you are familiar with EDdie's stand-up movies, he has two iconic routines that were recorded live and released as features. They are Delirious and Raw. In Delirious -the first and undoubtedly the most popular of the two - edDIE wears a red leather suit.
Delirious was recorded in 1983. Michael Jackson released the Thriller video December 3 1983 (Sagittarius) and he wore a red and black leather suit that makes a red-v over MJ's heart.
|Michael Jackson's Thriller video won a Grammy and three MTV awards in 1984 making the Red V/heart a very visible feature of the year
|Eddie in Raw thinking that the purple/black connection may be a bit loose!
With Michael Jackson and Eddie's two stand-up features in mind, we may view Eddie as actually laughing at his past and future selves. This capacity for self-deprecation demonstrates ones ability to laugh at ones ego for what it is, or rather, isn't!
While trauling for Eddie pics I came across this screen capture of the closing of Raw:
This is from 01:24:06 into the video. Eddie makes the V/peace sign, it's highlighted by red and looks quite similar to other iconic MJ imagery.
Red Bull resonator, Michael Jordan began his victorious NBA career in '84. He was awarded the mVp a synchronous V times.
|Jordan V
The Mustang was powered by the Packard V-1650, a liquid cooled 27 litre V12 aircraft engine variant of the Rolls-Royce Merlin.
|The RR Merlin
John Hurt voices the Dragon in the TV series Merlin. Of course on 1/23/2012 we enter the Chinese Zodiac year of the Dragon.
Kevin: Symmetry continues as we continue to note that V is for Victory. In the ancient mysticism of Kabbalah, the Planet of Love - Venus - is given to the Sphere known as Netzach meaning Victory on the Tree of Life.Venus/Netzach is the 7th Sphere on the Tree of Life. This Sphere is said to be the means by which higher divine grace manifests itself in the world as in forms such as Love, nature, passion, the arts and sensuality etc. This force manifests in our world most symbolically as Nature/The Goddess in its most lively sense. Netzach is also known as Victory, and is also associated with endurance, perpetuity, birthing etc. Victory also points toward our ability to perceive and see beyond the temporal forms of Love(as amazing and true as they are)in the world that allow us to perpetuate and realize that beyond form is the infinite source, the perpetual force. Victory in times of awakening can be seen in exactly what we enjoy exploring here, the connections, the gel, the thread, that bonds seemingly seperate forms and unveils symbolic universal bond, perpetually.
V is also Peace"V" as well as "2010 the Year We Make Contact". Both of these narratives feature ETs as intelligences with higher technology that can save humanity from self destruction through the adoption of peace agreements and Nuclear Disarmaments.
This is far out because in the year 2010 in reality members of the US Air Force and other government officials shared the fact that only since the developement of Nuclear Technology have ETs began appearing in modern times. They admitted that numerous nuclear tests were unexplainably disarmed by UFOs in the 1940s and that this increased through the cold war.
The Film "2010 the Year We Make Contact" is about exactly this. The US and Russia are delivered an ET communication calling for Peace in the Galactic neighborhood.
New Post coming soon. Jupiter Membrane Code, stay tuned. Thats all for now. PEACE


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Despite the fact that this photo was snapped in broad daylight in a busy Seattle REI store, Shane Becker was threatened by fake cops and arrested by real ones.
One of the Loomis & Fargo guards servicing the public ATM threatened to tackle Becker if he tried to leave the store—apparently snapping a photo of the inside of one of these machines constitutes a security threat (although detailed images and data can be found easily online). In fact, one of the arresting officers even pulled the 9/11 card:
Officer Debra Pelich (#5976)
Remember 9/11? I saw pictures of those buildings. One time when I was in Florida I was wandering around taking pictures. A security team came up and told me it was a high security restricted area. I wasn't supposed to be taking pictures there. I explained that I didn't know that, was a police officer, showed them my ID and complied with them. We cleared it up and I left.
Me (totally baffled)
Since you managed to pull the 9/11 card somehow, does that mean that everyone that took a picture of those buildings-
After spending around 30 minutes handcuffed in a cell and being unsuccessfully grilled about why he snapped the photo, Becker signed a REI trespassing form that instructed him not to come back to the store for a year. In the end, the authorities never asked to see the photo, much less for Becker to delete it from his iPhone. Naturally, this raises questions about the real motivation behind the incident. Was it just a power trip? Either way, with camera phones being so common these days, incidents of harassment like this one are bound to escalate. [iamshane via Crunchgear]


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Get's shot by journalist.
"Before the fourth meeting, Ms. Okuyeva said, he asked the couple to pick him up in their car and drive to the French Embassy, and he also said he had a gift from his bosses at Le Monde.
"There were a lot of small, strange things, and my intuition told me not to meet with him," Ms. Okuyeva said, but she ignored the misgivings.
As they drove, Mr. Denisultanov-Kurmakayev asked the pair to stop the car for an interview and to sit in the back to receive the gift, which he carried in a festive red cardboard box.
As the couple sat in the back seat of the car, Mr. Denisultanov-Kurmakayev said, "'Now, here is your gift,'" Ms. Okuyeva said. He opened the box, pulled out a gun and opened fire on Mr. Osmayev.
A shot hit Mr. Osmayev on the right side of his chest. But he was not immediately incapacitated and struggled with the shooter for control of the gun. Ms. Okuyeva, however, long fearful of assassination attempts, was carrying a pistol under her coat, as well as a tube of the blood-clotting agent Celox in her purse. She shot Mr. Denisultanov-Kurmakayev four times as he and her husband fought. Both were gravely wounded but survived."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/09/worl ... .html?_r=1


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How Does Kingman Windshield Replacement Work?
Auto Glass Repairs Explained:
Broken windshields can be a major pain in Kingman. From chips and cracks to complete spiderwebs, damaged auto glass is a serious issue no matter the extent of the problem. That's because even tiny dings and splits in your windshield can grow into vision-obscuring messes. However, windshield replacement in Kingman isn't the only solution when you have damaged auto glass. Smaller flaws can actually be repaired invisibly to restore both strength and an unobstructed view to your windshield. Here's how it works.
The first step to any windshield repair is an evaluation of the damage. The chip or crack should be examined for size and depth as well as location to determine whether it is a candidate for repair. Most flaws up to 6 inches long can be fixed with the typical resin auto glass repair. However in Kingman, keep in mind that this type of solution only works when just the top layer of glass is fractured. Modern windshields are composed of two layers of glass with a rubber membrane laminated in between; the repair can only resolve issues with the first layer of glass, so if both layers are damaged, or you have a hole that goes all the way through, it's time to start learning about windshield replacement, not repairs. Also, some cracks that are around the perimeter of the windscreen can be difficult or impossible to correct, so make sure that the damage is located in a repairable place.
Once you've determined that the window glass can be repaired, the fix itself is relatively easy. Taking approximately 30 minutes, windshield chip repair is both simple and affordable. Using a special, sunlight-cured resin, the auto glass shop technician will inject the epoxy directly into the chip or crack using specialized tools. This completely fills the damage and ensures a smooth finish. The resin dries completely clear, helping the repair blend in to the surrounding windshield and almost totally hiding where the problem was. Natural sunlight dries the windshield crack repair to a waterproof, strong state that reinforces the windscreen and dependably prevents the crack or chip from ever spreading. Windshield replacement offers a reliable solution for both sturdiness and aesthetics.
Windshield repairs are also super convenient, as most auto glass shops can actually come to you. Because the resin cures in sunlight and the special tools used to apply it are quite portable, you won't have to take your car or truck into the shop to have it fixed. Instead, technicians can be sent to you for mobile glass repair right in your driveway or even your workplace's parking lot.
The best time to get a cracked windshield repaired is right now. Substantial research data shows that warm temperatures, cold temperatures, temperature shifts, and even rough road surfaces and speed bumps are all likely to exacerbate your car window glass's damage. Remember, windshield crack repair only works for fissures up to 6 inches long, so if you put off calling the auto glass shop, the crack may grow to the point where windshield replacement is your only option. Save yourself the hassle and the money by bringing in an auto glass repair pro today to take a look. Providing structural support and practically invisible performance, resin car window repairs can help get your windshield back to first-class condition quickly and affordably.
Selecting The Best Auto Glass Replacement Company
To understand the importance of auto glass replacement services, it is vital to understand a car accident scenario. More so, windshield replacement is important to ensure the safety of driver and the passengers against wind, road debris, rain or any other harsh climatic conditions.
In this article, we will discuss some useful facts related to safety and maintenance aspects of auto glass replacement. Go through the points discussed below.
Auto service professionals are known to come with deep knowledge of the products as well as your vehicle. They are trained how to make best use of adhesives which are meant to secure the windshield to the vehicle frame. They know how to detect and treat corrosion to prevent future issues due to the bond between the vehicle frame and windshield.
If you find yourself in the need of a professional auto glass repair services provider, quality and safety should be your major concerns. In other words, you should go through the entire features and capabilities of leading service experts and go with the one that suits you the best. A qualified service provider is known to be current with all safety standards and advancements for all kinds of repair or replacement work needed in a vehicle.
Automotive Glass Replacement - How to Replace Car Glass
With 5.1% of windshields being damaged and requiring replacement each year in the United States, it is important to know what to look for in an auto glass service technician. The first thing that must be stated about choosing a qualified technician may be somewhat cliché. However, it is important to remember that you do get what you pay for, and windshield replacement is highly germane to this point.
Ask Questions
When selecting an auto glass service provider, start by simply asking questions. Find out if the technician is NGA (National Glass Association) certified to be professionally competent in his line of work. Ask if the technician uses the auto manufacturer' recommended products. Also find out if the technician has agreed to meet the Auto Glass Replacement Safety Standard (AGRSS). Above all, be sure the technician intends to provide you with sufficient information regarding all things pertinent. The technician should provide you with some dos and don'ts, such as how much time should be allowed for the bond to cure before the vehicle is safe to drive.
Although it may sound a bit excessive, make sure the windshield is perfectly centered on the vehicle. A misplaced windshield will not provide a structurally sound passenger compartment in the event of a collision or rollover. Also inspect the weather stripping to ensure it fits tightly against the vehicle's body with no bumps, waves, or gaps. If the replacement windshield on your vehicle is not completely bonded to the vehicle, the windshield may become detached in the event of an accident, leading to even greater chance of serious injury or death.


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Too much?
Ah well. You might change your mind if you try this recipe.
Can you guess what this is? Note that colour. Oh, it's so pink and pretty, isn't it?
You scrolled down to see what it is, didn't you?
That's okay. I would have, too.
I'm telling you about beautiful, delicious Ida Red Apple Sauce. Yes, it needs to be Ida Red. Sure, you can use other apples. It just won't be deli-apple-icious. Ida Reds have a semi-firm flesh, gorgeous red skin, high juice content, and a sweet-tartness that is perfect to create a blushing sauce for your dinner table.
Here's what you need:
Ida Red Applesauce
Ripe Ida Red apples, washed, as many as you want (I used 9 large to medium-large apples to serve 5)
1/4 cup of water
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
2 tablespoons of sugar (optional)
Pot to cook them in
a food mill
Oh, and by the way -- this is so easy! Very little work involved.
- Using a handy-dandy apple slicer-corer, slice your apples directly into the cooking pot. Do NOT skin the apples. (If you don't have an apple slicer-corer, use a knife, slice apples and discard seeds and core.)
- Add enough water to cover the bottom of the pan. (You don't need much as these apples are full of juice and the pot will fill with it while they cook.)
- Sprinkle apples with about 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon (reserve the rest to add if needed after the sauce is done.)
- Set heat to medium high, put lid on pan and bring to a boil.
- Turn down heat to medium low and let cook about 30 minutes.
- Stir, moving topmost apples to bottom of pan. If some apples are still firm, replace lid and allow to cook another 15 minutes.
- Once all apples are cooked, place them into a foodmill and grind directly into serving bowl. Be careful, with this step as they're hot.
- Grind the sauce in the mill. See my mill? It's about 50 years old. It is a beautiful mill, but it has worked pretty hard over the years for my mother and now for us. I needed to use a wooden spoon to occasionally push the apples through the sieved bottom of the mill. In the end we had all the peels and a small amount of pulp remaining in the mill. It will compost nicely.
Now is the time to taste your sauce. If it's a little too tart, stir in a bit of sugar to taste. Brown, white, or Splenda -- whatever suits your fancy. Add a bit more cinnamon if you need it. Stir and serve!
Take a look at the finished product:
When the kids sat down to dinner tonight they exclaimed "It's PINK! COOL!" And they all wanted seconds. They got them, and there's enough leftover for tomorrow.
And by the way, if you don't have a food mill, you can peel your apples and make the sauce. It just won't be pink and you'll be lacking the added nutrients from the peels. You'll need to mash your apples in the pan (simply stirring with a wooden spoon will work for a slightly chunky sauce.) None of the other steps will change.
This makes a lovely side-dish for Thanksgiving dinner. You can reheat in the microwave before serving.
If you try it, let me know.


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We Beat the Street
We Beat the Street
Rameck Hunt, Sharon M. Draper, George Jenkins, Sampson Davis
Sampson, George, and Rameck could easily have followed their childhood friends into drugdealing, gangs, and prison. Like their peers, they came from poor, single-parent homes in urban neighborhoods where survival, not scholastic success, was the priority. When the three boys met in a magnet high school in Newark, they recognized each other as kindred spirits who wanted to overcome the incredible odds against them and reach for opportunity. They made a friendship pact, deciding together to take on the biggest challenge of their lives: attending college and then medical school. Along the way they made mistakes and faced disappointments, but by working hard, finding the right mentors, separating themselves from negative influences, and supporting each other, they achieved their goals—and more.In We Beat the Street, award-winning YA author and teacher Sharon Draper brings the doctors' childhood, teenage, and young-adult anecdotes vividly to life. Brief "conversations" with the doctors at the end of each chapter provide context and advice in a friendly, nonintrusive way. Youngsters will be captivated by the men's honest accounts of the street life that threatened to swallow them up, and how they helped each other succeed beyond their wildest expectations.
Book Details
- Fiction
- Nonfiction
Age Level:
- 12 and up


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Investors' flight to safety into U.S. Treasuries has driven yields toward historic lows and has market participants pricing in a recession.
"Research on the impact of uncertainty on the economy underscores the dangers of extended market turmoil. We now see a 40% chance of recession within the next 12 months," wrote Bank of America Merrill Lynch economists Ethan Harris and Neil Dutta in a macro viewpoint published Friday.
The BofA Merrill economists added that "perma-bear economists" tend to see recession around every corner, even though history shows that "the steady deleveraging we are seeing in the U.S. is associated with slow recoveries, not double dips." The larger concern, they say, is "uncertainty shock" driven by policy makers in Washington and Europe.
Also pointing to recession was LPL Financial Market Strategist Anthony Valeri in a weekly bond market commentary published last Tuesday. The Treasury market's pessimistic message is clear, he said, noting that droves of investors are continuing to put their money into U.S. debt despite its Aug. 5 downgrade to Double-A+ from Triple-A by Standard & Poor's.
"Treasuries moved to price in a recession following a volatile week in financial markets that led to strong safe-haven related gains," Valeri wrote. "The downgrade of Treasuries to Double-A+ proved to be inconsequential to bond investors as Treasury prices surged and yields fell by 0.1% to 0.3% across the maturity spectrum. The 10-year Treasury yield fell to within a few basis points of the 2.06% low achieved during the fall of 2008."
At this rate, Valeri added, the price on the 10-year Treasury has increased at a rate that would put the yield at zero by mid-October. "Such a pace is unsustainable and we believe the Treasury market may have overshot," he said.
Taking a historical perspective, Asset Dedication President Brent Burns (left) said that with yields on the 10-year Treasury bond having dropped below 2.1% late last week rates are approaching the record low of 1.95% reached back in January 1941. Asset Dedication is a Mill Valley, Calif.-based portfolio engineering firm and an affiliate of BondDesk.
"In fact, the only time rates were lower than they are today was just before and just after World War II. Rates on the 10-year Treasury bond have been lower less than 2% of the time going back to 1800," Burns wrote in an email, attaching a chart that shows 10-year bonds hovering around 2.00% just after the Great Depression of the 1930s as well as just after the post-Civil War period of the Long Depression at the turn of the last century (see chart).
Where will rates go from here? Burns reckons that since that there is not a lot of room for rates to continue to drop, there are just two options: up or sideways. And by sideways, he means flat—for a long, long time.
"There is plenty of precedent for prolonged periods of low flat interest rates," Burns wrote. "Following the Long Depression (1871-79) and the Great Depression (1929-33), interest rates stayed low for decades as the economies of the time struggled to recover. The Federal Reserve Bank, last week, issued a statement that they would keep short-term rates low through at least mid-2013, adding to the likelihood of continued low rates. Japan has seen interest rates below 2% since 1997, which will likely continue for the foreseeable future as they struggle to recover from recent natural disasters."
What should investors do? Burns said individual bonds are a better bet than bond funds, explaining that investors are extending further out on the yield curve to capture more yield. Doing so in a bond fund exposes investors to risk of loss when rates rise, he said.
"That's the Catch-22. Stay short and earn nothing, but protect against larger losses or extend out to earn higher yields and expose yourself to bigger losses when rates rise," Burns wrote. "Although it is hard to see it with yields so low, this market highlights the real advantage of individual bonds. Investors can move out on the curve and pick up the greater yield, but if rates rise, they don't have to sell. Instead, they can simply hold the bonds to maturity and receive the YTM on the bond as the worst case. In fact, the individual bond is very predictable, which makes planning easier since worst case returns are known from the beginning and are positive."
For another look at how Treasuries are being poriced in, check out this article on the upcoming meeting of central bankers.
Read about the Fed's possible QE3 effect on treasuries at AdvisorOne.


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The Governor feels their pain.
Jails may be overcrowded and funding from the state may be suspect.
But yes, in two weeks thousands of state prison inmates will be headed their way, Gov. Jerry Brown acknowledged before a gathering of sheriffs, probation officers and county supervisors Wednesday morning at the convention center in Sacramento.
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"It is a bold step, it is long overdue" the Brown told the gathering. "But the goal is public safety, living within our means and those who are closest to the problem can provide the most common sense response."
This was a pep talk prior to the implementation of his "realignment" plan which will eventually send thousands of non-violent state offenders to local jurisdictions.
Early Release Worries: The View From One Community.
AB 109, which Brown signed into law, is an effort to deal with overcrowding in the state prison system without sending violent felons out on the street.
This wasn't a budget issue so much as the fallout from a 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court which found that prison overcrowding was violating inmates' right to fundamental health care.
Starting on October low-level inmates will be sent to county probation departments and to local jails. That number will continue each month until the state has reduced its prison population by about 30- to 40,000 inmates.
Some sheriffs have asked for a delay. All have asked for a guarantee that they will be given enough funding to handle the new workload.
"Don't worry about the money," Brown said. "We will get it to you one way or another."
While acknowledging that public safety is the state's primary obligation, it is clear the prison issue is a frustration for Brown.
So too is the federal court. The state has entered into 19 "consent decrees' to deal with issues in the prison system. The medical treatment issue alone has cost the state over a billion dollars.
"They get their colonoscopy, psychoanalytic interviews, they get their teeth looked at," Brown said. "The goal has been not to try to change the lives of the criminal but to make sure they are the healthiest darn criminals in the world. That they live longer, they run faster and they shoot straighter."
The sheriffs got a big kick out of that.
But the governor also argued that there have been scores of studies and reports recommending the state do what has now been mandated by the court.
Violent inmates are one thing, but those convicted of non-sexual, non-violent and non serious crimes probably should be placed closer to the neighborhoods from where they came.
For Brown it is a push toward government the way he lived it in his first term when jail and prison populations were equal.
The buses start pulling out October 1st.
Let us know what you think. Comment below, send us your thoughts via Twitter @PropZero or add your comment to our Facebook page.


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I haven't posted about it yet, but I've got an Android phone last week (HTC Magic, from Rogers), courtesy of my work (F yeah for salary full-time!). Being the geek I am, within a week I want to root it. But if I brick the phone, I don't think they'll look to kindly on me. So I've got to make sure I backup my image and it will work. I've followed the instructions here, got to the recovery system (though I couldn't backup recovery.img…) "E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0 [...] Can't mount sdcard".
Some people were saying it's because the stock microSD card doesn't work, so I tried another I had lying around. It didn't work either. So I formatted it (through Settings), and then it STILL didn't work. Back to google.
Then I find this post (#8) that says to just select backup again … and it worked. I've not seen any other posts that mention this, and no actual articles or blog posts (save one) have even brought up the issue, it's only been comments and replies where I've found any information. So here's an official post addressing the issue. Anyone who has problems feel free to post here or contact me (http://aaziz.org/index.php?page=contact) and I'll do my best to help.
Update: I found that I also had to "fix filesystem" once or twice after/before each step, and sometimes do the wipe step more than once in order to get it to work. But, it did. Unfortunately the CyanogenMod images bricked my phone so I'm now using the rooted Hero firmware, though it's a bit slow so I think I'll try for rooted stock firmware (though some of the features like the new keyboard and slide to unlock are nice).
Update 2: I used a up to date version of CyanogenMod modded for 32A devices (which is what the Rogers Magic is) and now all works well.


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Alden Berner, Legal Process Specialist Wells Fargo Home Mortgage. Signed verifications of complaints.
Courtesy of IceLegal.com
8 Q. Did you do anything to attempt to
9 verify whether or not the original note and mortgage
10 were actually in the custody of the trustee by the
11 time the closing date for the trust occurred?
12 MR. WINSTON: Object to form.
13 THE WITNESS: No.
14 BY MR. FLANAGAN: (resumed)
15 Q. Do you even get involved in that at
16 all?
17 A. No.
18 Q. Have you seen any documents that
19 establish what the relationship is between HSBC Bank
20 and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage?
21 MR. WINSTON: Object to form.
22 THE WITNESS: No.
23 BY MR. FLANAGAN: (resumed)
24 Q. Do you know how it is that Wells Fargo
25 Home Mortgage came to be selected to do the
1 verification for HSBC Bank in this particular case,
2 the case?
3 MR. WINSTON: Object to form.
4 THE WITNESS: No.
5 BY MR. FLANAGAN: (resumed)
6 Q. Do you know if there is some document
7 that designates you to be the person to verify on
8 behalf of HSBC Bank.
9 MR. WINSTON: Object to form.
10 THE WITNESS: Me personally?
11 MR. FLANAGAN: Yes, sir.
12 THE WITNESS: No.
13 BY MR. FLANAGAN: (resumed)
14 Q. How about for Wells Fargo Bank, NA, is
15 there any document that you're aware of that
16 designates you to have the authority to sign these
17 verifications on behalf of Wells Fargo Bank, NA?
18 MR. WINSTON: Object to form.
19 THE WITNESS: No, but I don't need to,
20 because I'm an employee of Wells Fargo Home
21 Mortgage, which is owned by Wells Fargo Bank, N A.
22 BY MR. FLANAGAN: (resumed)
23 Q. Are they a subsidiary, as far as you
24 know?
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Michael D. Gordin, (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2012), x + 291 pp., $29, ISBN 978-0-226-30442-7.
Immanuel Velikovsky was not the first to seek astronomical explanations for cataclysms on Earth when he published Worlds in Collision in 1950. Isaac Newton's successor as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, William Whiston, posited a comet as the cause of the flood that sent Noah to his ark. But Princeton history professor Michael Gordin sees the publication of Worlds in Collision as the onset of Cold War pseudoscience, which is the topic of this book. Moreover, Velikovsky's own massive documentation of his work — 65 linear feet of material now cataloged by Princeton University and available to researchers — enabled Gordin to be especially thorough in treating his subject (65 of the book's pages are endnotes).
For those wondering how someone with a background in psychoanalysis like Velikovsky could come to develop a set of astronomical explanations for cataclysms in Earth's recorded history, and a revision of that history that would move the dates of some events 600 years forward from their presently-established dates, Gordin informs us that Worlds in Collision began as a rebuttal to Freud's Moses and Monotheism. Yet the only historians who challenged Velikovsky's reconstruction of history were historians of science, and they did so on scientific grounds, as did the community of scientists, whose protests were directed more to publisher Macmillan, lest Macmillian's publication of Worlds in Collision be interpreted as making the book to appear to be a legitimate work of science.
Velikovsky is best known to the scientific community for his skirmishes with it and his desire to be accepted by it. Gordin argues that Velikovsky also sought vindication for his historical reconstruction as well, by suggesting that Velikovsky was "motivated by a quest to rewrite the history of the ancient Near East so as to reconcile discordances that had some bearing on the history of the Jews" (p. 73), and by writing that "Velikovsky thought his major contribution was in history, not astrophysics" (p. 126). But in the end Velikovsky was never accepted by the scientific or historical communities. In the quest for scientific acceptance, Harry Hess, Albert Einstein, Lloyd Motz, Valentine Bargmann, and William Plummer granted Velikovsky the courtesy of a hearing but not the satisfaction of recognizing his ideas as valid. And radiocarbon dating made Velikovsky's reconstruction of ancient history untenable.
Velikovsky nevertheless did sell a lot of books, and many readers became enthusiastic supporters, many of them college students. Groups devoted to Velikovsky's ideas were formed, and similarly-devoted periodicals were published, and the last of Gordin's six chapters describes these in detail. That some joined the movement in support of Velikovsky for the purpose of furthering their own ideas while others sought to push beyond what Velikovsky had done put Velikovsky in a position of wanting to be both in control of the movement and disassociated from it. Only the British Chronology and Catastrophism Review continues to publish today.
Gordin spends a great deal of his Introduction describing the difficulties of demarcating pseudoscience from science, especially because "Pseudosciences are the products of actions and categorizations made by scientists" (p. 15). Though he finds himself in disagreement with the demarcation criteria of Karl Popper, Irving Langmuir, and Philip Kitcher, he does agree with Martin Gardner that "pseudoscience is a fuzzy word that refers to a vague portion of a continuum on which there are no sharp boundaries" (p. 12). In his Conclusion, subtitled "Pseudoscience in Our Time," he notes two points along that continuum in addition to the "pseudoscience" exemplified by Velikovsky. The first is studies of science by humanists and social scientists in the "science wars" of the 1990s. The second is denials of mainstream science, such as those described by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway in Merchants of Doubt in the cases of tobacco smoke (both primary and secondhand), acid rain, ozone depletion, and climate change. Because of their questioning of the premises of mainstream science, humanistic "science studies" are regarded by the scientific community as a greater threat than Velikovskian pseudoscience. "Denialists" are established scientists who, though they may have been co-opted by industry, see themselves as legitimate, and even more legitimate than the scientists they are denying. Denialists see themselves as less threatening to mainstream science as compared with Velikovskian pseudoscience or humanistic studies. One issue which Gordin does not place along this continuum is creationism and "Intelligent Design." Although the deniers described by Oreskes and Conway are vociferously opposed to creationism, Gordin's only reference to creationism is to Velikovsky's interaction with it in his penultimate chapter. Because I feel that denial of climate change and "Intelligent Design" are the two most serious present threats to mainstream science, I would have appreciated a comprehensive consideration of these issues in any discussion of "Pseudoscience in Our Time."
John L. Roeder
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While a single animal may not catch the eye, when thousands or millions of them come together, it is an awe-inspiring—and sometimes fear-inspiring—sight to see.
Swarms of Asian giant hornets have been in the news recently, after killing more than 40 people in northwestern China. (Read "Swarm Theory" in National Geographic magazine.)
But not all swarms are deadly. Animals congregate for different reasons: to migrate, find food, or defend against predators. These swarms are some of nature's most magnificent spectacles. Read on to discover five incredible animals that swarm together to survive. (Watch a video of stellar animal swarms.)
Red Crabs
Each year, Christmas Island, a small Australian territory that is home to 1,500 people, gets blanketed in 60 million red crabs making their way to the sea.
At the beginning of the wet season in November or December, the crabs leave their burrows on the rain forest floor and crawl up to six miles to reach the ocean. There, the crabs mate.
The males march back inland; the females remain at the coast until their eggs develop. Just before dawn at high tide, the females release their eggs into the sea—up to 100,000 eggs each. After about a month, the larvae develop into baby crabs and leave the water to follow their parents' footsteps back across the island and to the forest. (Related: "Pictures: Crab Swarms Overtake Island—Mystery Solved.")
The baby crabs, only five millimeters across, spend their first three years hiding on the forest floor, until they are old enough to make the trek to breed and spawn themselves.
Free-Tailed Bats
Each evening from March through October, the skies of Austin, Texas, darken with bats on the hunt for food.
The Congress Avenue Bridge in downtown Austin is home to the largest urban bat colony in North America. Between 750,000 and 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats make their home there. Their nightly emergence has become a tourist attraction.
The colony consists mostly of pregnant females who have migrated north from Mexico to give birth, usually around June and July. By mid-August, the pups also begin flying, doubling the number of bats emerging from the bridge.
Mexican free-tailed bats have been known to fly up to 100 miles (160 kilometers) in an evening foraging for insects. It's estimated that a colony of this size can consume 30,000 pounds of insects in a single night.
Desert Locusts
Notorious as a biblical plague, these insects are still capable of wreaking devastation on crops.
Desert locusts are usually shy and solitary insects that live in dry regions from North Africa to India. But when conditions force them into close proximity, they make a remarkable transformation.
In this so-called gregarious phase, locusts turn from tan and green to black and yellow. They become aggressive, seeking out other locusts and coming together in a ravenous swarm. Locust swarms can contain a billion or more individuals that consume their own body weight daily. Large swarms can stretch for dozens of miles and strip entire fields of vegetation in minutes.
One of the worst locust swarms in modern times took place in 2004, when the insects swept across all of northern Africa, from Mauritania to Egypt, and eventually reached as far east as Israel and as far north as Portugal.
Monarch Butterflies
Each fall, tens of millions of North American monarch butterflies journey up to 3,000 miles to escape the cold winter months.
Monarchs east of the Rocky Mountains fly to central Mexico, while those west of the Rockies make their way to the California coast. These orange-and-black beauties migrate farther than any other butterfly, and they are the only butterfly to make a regular north-south migration like a bird.
At their winter hibernation sites, monarchs cluster together to stay warm. Tens of thousands of butterflies can cluster on a single tree. (See more swarm pictures in National Geographic magazine.)
As they return north in the spring, the monarchs mate, lay eggs, and die. Successive generations continue to journey north, taking three to four generations to reach the northern United States and Canada.
Starling Murmurations
Videos of flocks of starlings in flight have gone viral. They feature a stunning example of collective behavior known as a starling murmuration. These aerial spectacles can be seen at dusk, when starlings flock together and seem to move as one. A murmuration can be made up of a few hundred to tens of thousands of birds.
What makes them mesmerizing is the strong coherence and extremely synchronized movements of the starlings. Scientists have recently determined that starlings in murmurations coordinate their movements with their seven nearest neighbors.
When one bird changes speed or direction, all the other birds in the vicinity respond in kind, and they do so nearly simultaneously. In this way, information spreads across the flock rapidly.
These graceful ballets are often responses to an approaching predator like a hawk, but also seem to occur spontaneously. Perhaps the starlings find their behavior as beautiful as we do.


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Raymonda Variations
Alexander Glazounov
George Balanchine
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Raymonda Variations is a flurry of ballet technique featuring a series of impressive solos at its center.
Balanchine admired Glazounov's score for the three-act ballet Raymonda, calling it "some of the finest ballet music we have." As a student in St. Petersburg, Balanchine danced in the Maryinsky Theatre production that had originally been choreographed by Marius Petipa.
In 1946, Balanchine and ballerina Alexandra Danilova mounted the full-length Raymonda for the Ballet Russe. Balanchine was not, however, enamored of the overly complicated storyline, and instead used excerpts from the score for several plotless works, including Pas de Dix, Cortège Hongrois, and Raymonda Variations.
Of this last one, Balanchine wrote:
To try to talk about these dances in any useful way outside the music is not possible; they do not have any literary content at all and of course have nothing to do with the story of the original ballet Raymonda. The music itself, its grand and generous manner, its joy and playfulness, was for me more than enough to carry the plot of the dances.
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Evil stirs beneath the Spine of the World. In the northernmost reaches of the Forgotten Realms lies the region of icy tundra known as Icewind Dale. Journey deep into the Spine of the World mountains, a harsh and unforgiving territory settled by only the hardiest folk. Beneath the carven glaciers and mountainsides, you must confront an evil that schemes to wreak destruction upon the face of Faerûn. This is the world of Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition. Originally released in 2000, Icewind Dale is a Dungeons & Dragons game set in Wizards of The Coast's legendary Forgotten Realms. This Enhanced Edition allows players to experience the epic adventure on PC, Mac, Linux, iPad, iPhone, and Android tablets and phones, and includes a host of new features: * Swords and Sorcery: Discover dozens of new spells and items, including new magic armor and weapons. * Blackguards and Wizard Slayers: Select from over 30 new kits and classes to create the perfect adventuring party. * Bring A Friend: Join your fellow adventurers in cooperative, cross-platform multiplayer games. * See The Unseen: Explore quest content cut from the original game, now finished and restored. * More to Experience: Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition includes both the Heart of Winter and Trials of the Luremaster expansion packs.
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What's the best web content management system (CMS) for your small business? Should you look at something beyond a CMS—a web marketing system (WMS), that provides additional functions like customer relationship management (CRM) and email? There's no shortage of options, and the decision is an important one: you'll be "married" to the platform you choose for as long as your current site is up.
Content management systems are valuable tools for small businesses that 1) don't want to make a big investment in IT infrastructure, 2) don't have web development (HTML, CSS etc.) expertise on staff, and 3) want to be able to maintain their own web content (adding new pages, text and images) over time, without needing to learn web coding skills.
"Free" CMS options such as WordPress, Joomla and Drupal have an obvious appeal (price) to small businesses, but none are cost-free. All require some level of technical expertise, and Joomla and Drupal particularly have steep learning curves. Low-cost, fee-based tools are generally more user-friendly, provide more features, and most importantly come bundled with support. For businesses looking beyond "free" tools, here are six CMS and WMS options that can help you get more sales and marketing productivity out of your website, while being easy on your web content contributors.
Keep in mind that all of these tools impose some design limitations; if you need a truly custom look and feel like these sites, your only option is to hire a professional web design and development firm. But if you can live within a template (and most of these tools do offer a respectable array of options), you can save thousands of dollars on design and coding costs.
CMS Only
These platforms offer website building and content management tools with hosting, but no "extras." If you are just looking to get a site up on the web and already have systems in place for CRM and marketing automation, these tools are worthy of consideration.
Pricing: $150-$600 per year ($12-$50 per month)
Squarespace is a generally well-regarded tool with reasonable design functionality for building natively search-optimized websites and blogs. It offers a solid set of features including site search, multiple permission levels for different types of contributors, a form-builder, and built-in analytics. The learning curve is far less daunting than most free CMS alternatives, and a strength of the tool is its mobile support. For anyone looking for an inexpensive, easy-to-use, basic website building and management tool,
Squarespace is definitely worth consideration.
UPDATE: After closer examination, SquareSpace is not worthy of consideration, due to weaknesses in search engine optimization, specifically:
- • Custom meta title tags for high-level pages are limited to 50 characters (even the most conservative SEOs recommend 65 characters for the title tag).
- • Meta title tags inside a section (e.g., "blog") will always begin with the section name. You can customize the section name, but you can't override the fact the all-important first few characters of every page title in that section will contain it.
- • You can't create custom meta description tags (!) which are essential in "selling the click."
- • The people behind SquareSpace seem to lack understanding of how SEO works. True, manipulative tactics don't work, but solid, white hat SEO is essential to getting a website ranked highly. Their information is both inaccurate and offensive to legitimate SEO professionals.
$240-$1200/year ($20-$100 per month)
Like the other tools listed here, LightCMS is low-cost, easy to use, search-optimized and provides tools like a forms builder. What sets it apart is better design flexibility than most of the alternatives, calendar tools and built-in ecommerce functionality. For developers and agencies, LightCMS also offers one of the most attractive partner programs. Considering all of its features, LightCMS is another shortlist-worthy tool for basic website creation, particularly for smaller B2C companies who want an easy-to-manage online store.
$300 per year ($25 per month)
Another website building option that includes extras like ecommerce functionality with credit card processing, and nightly backups. The site is a bit cheesy, but the functionality of the tool is solid. Solution Toolbox provides their own comparison of their system to Squarespace and LightCMS, but take it with a grain of salt; it's biased in their favor of course and some of the specifics are out of date (for example, Squarespace now includes a forms-builder). Still, for smaller consumer marketers who want to run an online store in addition to their basic website, this is worth a look.
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These suites combine CMS functionality with additional web marketing applications to provide more than just a website, but a complete online marketing software system.
$480 per year ($40 per month)
Business Catalyst combines the features of the products above—a CMS, forms builder, and ecommerce tools—with email marketing functionality and a basic CRM system. It provides respectable design flexibility and support for mobile devices. Though the product had issues in its original incarnation, Adobe has fixed many of these issues since acquiring it in late 2009 and continues to invest in product development. The catch? Business Catalyst isn't sold directly to users, only through web developers and agencies (though there are ways around this).
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Genoo is a solid, easy to use tool, very strong on email marketing / marketing automation. It offers some of the best built-in SEO tools of any of these packages. Genoo doesn't provide native CRM functionality, but does have a pre-built integration to Salesforce.com. This is ideal for midsized companies with at least moderately sophisticated internal marketing resources who are already using a separate CRM system and are ready to graduate from hosted email marketing services. Genoo's offering includes training on how to use its lead-nurturing capabilities.
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This is a complete web marketing package for smaller, non-ecommerce businesses. It provides a robust CMS for a website and blog along with native CRM, email marketing, and forms-building tools, as well as comprehensive strategy guidance for making all of the pieces work together. The ePROneur package uniquely combines hosting, software, services and strategy to help companies with limited resources effectively generate leads and revenue online. The web marketing resources section of the company's website also offers a wealth of free strategic and tactical web marketing information.
Any of the alternatives above can help small to midsize companies cost-effectively build and manage their web presence with no IT infrastructure and limited technical expertise. The key from there is to choose a platform whose strengths match up with your business type and needs. And also to investigate multiple options to determine which tool, and company, you are most comfortable working with.
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