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Eating update. Garden Cafe, the Taiwanese restaurant in the little strip mall at 37th and Payne is gone. That's the bad news. But a wonderful Thai place opened in the same spot two weeks ago, and after my first meal there last night I have to say this is very good news indeed.
It's called Map of Thailand . The remodeled space is lovely- handpainted images of branches and birds on white walls, modern lighting, and a decorative half wall hiding the kitchen door. Lined up along the top are big glass jars filled with signature drinks- lemongrass tea, non-alcoholic red and white sangria. Upscale touches (without the accompanying prices) include cloth linens, fresh flowers on every table, and attractive contemporary looking dinnerware. It's BYOB and I was pleasantly surprised when our server asked if we preferred white or red wine glasses.
But it's the expertly prepared food that will ultimately earn this spot a devoted following. Our foursome ordered seven dishes- two appetizers, soup, and four entrees- for sharing and each one prompted much oohing and aahing from all. Here's the play list with comments: Golden Bags- stuffed tofu pouches tied with a bit of seawood and fried to a perfect, greaseless crispness; Thai spring rolls- an unusual filling made with carrots, sweet potatoes, cabbage and taro which added a sweet note; Seafood coconut soup, creamy, rich with a brightness from kaffir lime leaf, lemon grass and galanga; spicy basil fried rice with ground chicken; lard nar- wide rice noodles, vegetables, chicken and shrimp in a really intriguing sauce; an outstanding execution of chili duck- half a boneless bird roasted, fried, glazed with spices; and a fine and out of the ordinary Massaman curry featuring roasted peanuts, sweet potatoes and chick peas.
There were no leftovers to take home. And I'm already thinking about what I want to try next time. Thanks to my friends, eating adventurers and dining companions extraordinaire Jb and Kristina, for bringing this great new place to my attention.
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MONTEREY, CA – Attendees and exhibitors got the opportunity to "innovate the plate" during the PMA Foodservice trade show on Sunday, July 31 at the Portola Hotel & Spa, here. With 176 exhibitors showcasing the latest products and solutions in foodservice, this year's show was serving up some seriously sweet treats perfect for summertime feasting!
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I've been quite busy hence the shortage of posts. I hope i can blog a little bit more often, but we'll see how that turns out. A lot has happened this month. It finally hit me the school year is just around the corner, as i did my course registration this month. I've always hated that part of summer, especially now that i know i have 2 to 3 night classes in a week. I'm not really looking forward to it, as they are 3 hour lectures, and i don't have clue how i'm going to survive. I have my fingers crossed, hoping that the Professors would have sympathy and end the lecture at 2 1/2 hours.
So anywas, enough of my rambling, I've decided to do this post to share with you guys products that I:
- really love
- that i use over and over
- that has proven to work with my skin
I will try to cover as much different products as i could, but as this IS my "HOLY GRAIL" there isn't that many.
Before i go on, i just want to tag anyone that reads this post- (if you haven't already done a post like this) to also do one yourself. I think we all would like to know what products really works for everyone! just leave a link to your post in the comment box, so we all can check it out! thanks~~
okay. so moving on...
I've raved enough about this product in a few posts back. I loved it so much i bought the full size tube after using the trial size. In short - this is a cleanser/makeup remover & somewhat exfoliator(there are mirco beads) all in one. It really works for me, and i love the way it makes my skin feels. My skin feels soft, hydrated and especially polished. The amazing factor is that it lasts for days & it does not dry out my skin at all. The only downfall is, its not too amazing as a makeup remover. It does pretty well at removing eye makeup, however, i still need to use a toner to remove foundation. You can read my full review HERE
I love the function and concept of this product. I can exfoliate my face while i'm in the shower. The way it works in the shower is- the steam open up your pores making it easier and more effective for this product to throughly cleanse and exfoliate your skin. You will experience a cooling sensation. I like this product, because of it's thick consistency of beads (personal taste- i won't recommend it, if you have sensitive skin). It will hurt if you rub it with a lot of force, however i like it, because i know it's really removing dead skincells off my face. It leaves my skin soft, polished, and not dried out. I've went through 4 of these tubes. No other drug store brand exfoliator has come close to this product.
The first time i've used it, i wasn't used to the "oil" in this product. Many products try to give you that squeeky clean feel after removing the products off your face, however this one begs to differ. Instead, it leaves this slightly oily residue behind. The good thing about this product is that it completely removes every lick of makeup off my eyes, in one easy wipe without tugging on my eye. This is what really differentiate this product from others - it allows you to remover makeup properly with the least amount of pressure that can trigger fine lines. After a few usage, i've grown fond and used to this slightly oily residue left behind. I wipe that away from a clean towel, and my skin is completely dry. By far the best eye makeup remover i've used. This is sooo expensive though!
Now, many of you may have heard of this product. I've had it for many years now, when it first came to Canada. I'm actually almost done my bottle, it lasted forEVER. I don't use this product for what it claims (or ance scars), instead i use it as a eye makeup remover, because it's oil based just like the LANCOME BIFACIL. It works just as effectively as the LANCOME BIFACIL, however it's a bit more of a hassel. Doesn't sting my eyes at all. i'd probably get another botttle when it's on sale :)
I'm sure we've all heard of this product, so I won't write too much. It prevents creasing, and makes my eyeshadow last all day long.
I've never liked to use compact powder, and i don't really like to use powder overall. However, i have to say this translucent powder is awesome. I haven't tried any other, but i like how it makes my skin feels like silk, and it sets my foundation beautifully. When my foundation is "too dewy" and i want a more matte finish, i dust this product over. It's phenominal & it doesn't make me look cakey. Did i mention it takes FOREVER to FINISH? I have the small jar, and i'm no where close to using it up.
I've reviewed this product a while back, you can take a look HERE
EYEBROWS MAC in TAUPE
I've always struggled with my eyebrows. I've tried a few powder ones, but the colour never matched my naturally black eyebrows. This is PERFECT if you have black eyebrows. It doesn't have a warm undertone, and it goes on beautifully and very easy to use. Lasts all day, and it makes my eyebrows look perfectly natural.
FALSE LASHES NYX in EL 112
this is how it looks on. I've used it in my AVATAR inspired EOTD
& another FOTD i did
love these lashes, not for their comfort but for it's style. It really brings out my eyes, without looking dramatic. It only looks dramatic when i look down, but when i look straight ahead, it looks very natural. It's hard to explain, but this is my favourite pair of lashes.
Heres how they do on my eyes
Mascara, and eyeliner are the two products that i don't believe in splurging on. I will probably never buy a high end mascara or eyeliner, because-i don't know, i just can't justify it! I think drugstore brands work just as great! This is definitely one that i recommend. My friend actually introduced me to this, and it's great. It works great on bottom lashes. It's really inexpensive as well.
Now this post would not be complete, if i didn't include lipsticks! You all know that i love lipsticks. MAC WAY TO LOVE, is my all time favourite. I'm sad that it's limited, i hope it will be repromoted. I'm saving what i have left of it. Shy girl is a beautiful coral colour. It pairs beautifully with MAC LOVE NECTAR lipglass.
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London, Paris, then Berlin -- check out Brange on the carpet yesterday, the Jolie's birthday, promoting World War Z. And she is bringing it on this tour. It's as much style effort as we've seen from Angelina in a while. So if the film manages to actually break even (they're saying $400 million is breaking even), she'll have had a lot to do with it.
Later on, Brange and the kids went out to celebrate the Jolie's birthday. Perfect opportunity for some group shots. They've not been group papped in a long time. Does the studio get that for free?
There have been some questions about the size of Jolie's reconstructed breasts, and whether or not she increased. From people I know who had the same surgery post breast cancer, new breasts sit up high, making them look bigger than they are. It takes a while for them to "settle" and once that happens, they fall lower.


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Eat and Enjoy!
Traditional Greek food as cooked by Greek mothers!! Delicious and easy recipes!!
Greek Tiganites
Eat and Enjoy!
10 comments:
- Paula said...
I`m going to do this soon! :)
- 22 August 2010 at 11:09
- Tembang Lawas said...
Very nice recipes i love it, i like greek food, and please link exchange with me, your link was added in my sidebar blog please check it thank :-)
- 22 August 2010 at 11:20
- eatgreek.net said...
- 23 August 2010 at 01:16
- Edward said...
Greek Foods are health because they usually use olive oil. I Love Mediterranean foods because they are known for being delicious and healthy.
- 6 September 2010 at 03:43
- alessandra said...
Mmmmm look fabulous!
- 13 September 2010 at 12:46
- lisarryans said...
I love this so much!! This cuisines taste is just perfect! Actually almost everybody really loves its flavor. Glad to have tried this recipe out. :)
- 30 May 2012 at 16:08
Mmm I love this site so glad I found it..slowly working my way through everything. Just made these and they are delicious! I had a bit of greek yoghurt with strawberry so I tried them with that..mmmmmmmmmm :)
- 17 July 2012 at 08:09
- Dan B. said...
I'm not familiar with strained yogurt. Do you know if it is known by any other name?
- 29 July 2013 at 09:45
My greek grandfather used to make these for us for breakfast. We dipped them in granulated sugar. It was a special treat! Not very healthy, I guess, but it made an impression on us. He didn't use yogurt in his though.
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Forgive the whipsaw, but I'm right back to annoyed and this time it is by the if-you-touch-my-junk protester who has become the American air traveler's new spokesmodel. I've written twice about the uproar over airport security and advanced imaging technology. First I criticized the ExpressJet pilot who refused to submit to the full body scan at at Memphis International Airport, then I semi-apologized a week or so later when it appeared that his not-gonna-take-it-anymore approach had the effect of prompting his fellow pilots to take a more unified and responsible position. They've written the chief of Homeland Security to review 21st century airport security.
Negroni predicts the full-body scanners now in use at 65 airports around the country that allow TSA workers to detect what's underneath travelers' clothes are on their way out. And their rapid rise and fall present a high resolution picture of an American character flaw. Forget the fuzzy genitalia, what the full body scan is revealing is Americans as a bunch of cry-babies.
Here in America, one of the richest and most technologically advanced countries in the world, where education is free and speech protected, where the rule of law more or less acts as a balancing force between the haves and the have-nots, why oh why do we bitch-and-moan about everything?
Nowhere is this more clear than in aviation. Last month, I was on AirTran's last flight of the evening from Atlanta to New York, when the crew detected a smell in the cabin it could not locate or identify. The airline made the decision to return to the gate, put the eighty-some passengers up in a hotel and fly us out in the morning. Hey, that's not good news for anyone. It meant I would miss my church's annual Scottish Sunday service complete with bagpipes, but as they say, things happen.
Ahead of me in the line for the hotel vouchers was a woman who told me she would spend the night with a friend in town, but she was getting the voucher "because I'm entitled." Well yes, she was. Entitled. That's the name of this particular American trait that's got me grumpy.
Last March when a Virgin America flight from Los Angeles to New York was diverted to Hartford's Bradley International due to weather, passengers were stuck on airplane on the ground for four hours before being bussed to New York. I heard about it on the radio the next morning when outraged passengers were threatening to file lawsuits. ABC News described the ordeal as "hellish". The story goes on to say that passengers went for more than two hours without food or water. Hellish? Nine years of war in Afghanistan, cholera in Haiti, human rights abuses in Myanmar and China and this diversion is news? Only in a country where going two hours without food is considered "hellish".
The passenger bill of rights crowd and their pandering supporters in congress feed on this feeling of entitlement, the sense that nothing can go wrong and our every move has to be as comfortable and connected as if we were sitting in our pajamas in cozy living rooms even while we move in this incredibly complex system called commercial aviation.
The notion that every step along the way will proceed without interruption or inconvenience is not happening and its unrealistic to expect that it will. Airlines, politicians, and air travelers are equally responsible for creating and buying into the fiction. The rants of some of my fellow bloggers have reached a fever pitch. One commenter likened airport security in America to "jack booted fascism". Say what?
Up against hyperbole like this, what can the TSA chief John Pistole say? His entirely reasonable comment, "Security is a shared responsibility" has not registered. No surprise there, how can anything be heard over the din of American boo-hooing.
Now we are in the throes of the latest passenger revolt, hysteria over the full body scanner and a call to boycott the procedure as we enter the busiest holiday week of the year. The worries range from radiation exposure and lack of privacy, to the discomfort of the alternative; receiving a full body pat down by a TSA officer.
The inconveniences associated with flying post 9-11 aren't designed just to piss travelers off. The pilots who make a flight diversion, the airline that decides to deal immediately with that unusual smell in the cabin, the security process that checks to see what passengers may be packing on their person, these decisions have history. And I guarantee you, let anyone in aviation fail to do their job correctly resulting in a terrorist act or air disaster and there will be plenty of tears and wailing too.
I could enter the fray again and say in all caps, SUCK IT UP FELLOW AMERICANS. Or I could tune out the whining. I'm the mother of four, trust me, I've tuned out plenty. But there's a greater harm in letting the frenzy continue unabated. Richard Bloom, an aviation security expert and a professor at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona explained it to me when I was visiting the campus last month.
"Maybe something has happened to American national character," he suggested. "Too many people expect a risk-free life. If they don't have one, even if there is an unsuccessful terrorist attack for example, its really successful because people get bent out of shape. They want to fire their politicians and blame people."
I've had a number of conversations about security with Richard and I'm usually impressed by the precision with which he sees the issues. I agree with him when he says that the X-ray belts and shoe removals, even the full body scanner must be the smallest part; the last-step in a long process that is much more focused and reliant on gathering intelligence, analyzing global trends, keeping an ear open to what other countries have to say and an eye on how they view Americans.
And that's what's so worrisome. The picture of Americans emerging from the full-body scan, is an image of a people prone to complain and easily upset. Or as Richard sees it, "A very lucrative target for terrorists from a psychological point of view."


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The antimatter hunter
The Space Shuttle delivered the second Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02), a state-of-the-art cosmic-ray detector designed to examine fundamental properties of matter and the origin of the Universe. Complementing the work of the Large Hadron Collider, scientists are looking for a better understanding of antimatter and dark matter.
Already dubbed the Hubble Space Telescope of cosmic rays, AMS-02 collects primary cosmic rays that, after travelling for hundreds of millions of light years, are accelerated by strong magnetic fields.
AMS-02 is not only the largest and most complex scientific instrument installed on the International Space Station – its magnetic field is 4000 times stronger than Earth's – but it is also the largest international collaboration on a single experiment in space
"The most exciting objective of AMS is to probe the unknown; to search for phenomena which exist in nature that we have not yet imagined nor had the tools to discover." - Samuel Ting.
The Space Station is a unique platform. The stability, lengthy exposure and the possibility of onboard refurbishment make it the ideal platform for the experiment. The Station is able to provide the resources required by AMS-02 (downlink, power, exposure time and reboost capability), which would be much harder to get on a free-flying satellite.
The multinational AMS project is led by Nobel Prize Laureate Samuel Ting, with significant European participation coordinated by Prof. Roberto Battiston. The success has been mostly built by institutes in Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal and Switzerland, together with the participation of US, China, Russia and Taiwan. In all, the experiment's team consists of 56 institutes from 16 countries.
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I recently read Kimberly Snyder's amazing book The Beauty Detox Solution. If anti-aging interests you, I highly recommend you read it. While in my previous article I assured you that I am not trying to convert anyone from eating meat, I really enjoyed Kimberly's description of how the human body is designed and how our design affects our diet and digestive processes. Had I not been already been committed to not eating meat her arguments would have swayed me.
In short, Kimberly looked to the animal kingdom to discover which animals we are most closely related to… As you may have guessed, those animals are primates – monkeys, chimps and gorillas. Our flat nails, flexible fingers, opposable thumbs and flattened teeth (made for grinding plant matter) are very similar (primates' front canines are sharp and used for cracking open nuts). Primates use their fingers to pick fruits, nuts and leaves and pull them apart. Both humans and primates have a complex intestine. The human intestine is around thirty feet long and a gorilla has an intestine eight to twelve times its torso length. The human liver has a low tolerance for uric acid, a by-product of digesting animal protein.


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Lethal brew: The beer went down the mountain
For about a year, I'd heard talk of an incident involving a tractor-trailer and Lethal Wrecker. One rumor falsely asserted that Lethal Wrecker had charged a bundle because it righted an overturned truck. I can now report that the truth is stranger than that fiction.
Sometime after midnight on March 28, 2003, a Fleetmaster Express tractor-trailer driver got "off-route" near Greenwood, according to Chris Prince, director of safety and risk management for Fleetmaster, which is headquartered in Roanoke. The driver got so severely "off-route" that he– and the 44,000 pounds of beer he was hauling– ended up on a one-lane, unpaved road partway up a mountain on Jarman's Gap Road near Crozet.
Prince says the driver (Prince suspects he was visiting a woman in the area) had been told there was a place where he could turn around and head back to Interstate 64. Instead, by the time he deduced he'd been misinformed, there was no hope of turning the massive vehicle around.
Prince was called in Roanoke at 6am, and immediately headed for Crozet. When he arrived, he found– in addition to Lethal owner George Morris and Albemarle County police– "a drunken woman on the hood of a convertible," nine day laborers, a wrecker, a flat-bed truck, three other Lethal employees, and the owner of the adjoining property.
A "screaming match" was in full swing, which, with help from the police, Prince defused. (In case you're wondering, the woman atop the convertible is suspected of being the girlfriend.)
By then a number of schemes involving wreckers of various sizes had been unsuccessfully attempted. The latest plan, allegedly hatched by the Lethal contingent, was to open the doors and roll the beer cans down the mountain. This was why the property owner was screaming. (And, according to Prince, why the woman on the convertible was hanging around; when the police told her to either leave or be arrested, she bolted).
Prince vetoed the idea of pitching thousands of cans of beer down the mountain. And, anyway, the doors were jammed shut by the trees pressing against the doors. So Prince decreed that they would saw a hole in the side of the truck and use the day laborers to unload the beer, drive each load to the bottom of the mountain, and transfer it to another tractor-trailer. When empty, the stuck truck would be easy to back down the mountain.
After thousands of cases of beer had been unloaded, the now-liberated truck was backed downhill to a pasture where it was turned around and the driver– who was soon to be liberated from his job– headed toward I-64.
Morris told Prince to follow him to his office on Avon Street. "I got the distinct feeling," Prince says, that once he got there things weren't going to exactly go his way.
Indeed, they didn't. First, when he entered the office he noticed that a Lethal employee had driven a truck in front of his car, blocking him in. "I felt like a captive," he says.
But then he got the bill: $16,150. His protests– and later protests by mail– were in vain; so was the lawsuit Fleetmaster filed that June in Albemarle County District Court, in which the company sought to recover almost $13,000. Ruling that the law sets no maximum in such cases (unlike standard car tows that are supposed to max out at $95), judge William Barkley found for Lethal. Efforts to reach Morris, the truck driver, and the Crozet woman were unsuccessful.
Next week I'll tell you about two more County customers who got big bills from Lethal: $1,700 and $6,000, respectively. The first could afford to pay; the second couldn't. Both, like Fleetmaster Express, believe they were wildly overcharged– but also appear to have little hope of redress. Things may soon improve, however, for drivers in the County who need to be towed; stay tuned for the details.
Do you have a consumer problem or question? Email the Fearless Consumer, write her at 100 Second S. NW, 22902, or call 295-8700 ext. 406.


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|This is the article on the Kirigakure ninja. For Orochimaru's spy, head to Misumi Tsurugi.
|ツルギ Tsurugi
|Naruto Shippūden Episode #147
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Tsurugi (ツルギ, Tsurugi) was the head of Kirigakure's hunter-nin.
He was a calm and level-headed man as seen when he readily and rationally decided to speak to Utakata and Yamato in private. He even tried, albeit unsuccessfully, to convince Utakata to return to Kirigakure.
He had long black hair and beard and bore a scar over his left eye. He wore the standard attire of the Kirigakure ninja which included a flak jacket, shinobi sandals, a black Kirigakure forehead protector and a mask as he was a hunter-nin.
Being the head of Kirigakure's hunter-nin, Tsurugi was likely one of Kirigakure's strongest shinobi. His full potential was not shown, but he was seen using Water Release and could hide in rain which he could summon around himself. Befitting his Anbu status, Tsurugi was skilled in stealth, capable of surprising even a skilled member of Konohagakure's Anbu with his sudden appearance.
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Six-Tails Unleashed
After escaping from the Magaki Group, Utakata and Hotaru are found by the group of hunter-nin, who reveal themselves to be after Utakata for killing his master and fleeing his village. Team 7 arrives to save them and, discovering that they're after Utakata, Yamato tries to negotiate with them. Tsurugi revealed himself and decided to have a talk with Yamato and Utakata alone. Tsurugi said to Yamato his unit will free Hotaru and will hold off their capture of Utakata until Team 7's mission is complete. After that, he spoke with Utakata alone, where he tried to convince him to return to the village. With what his former master did to him, Utakata refuses, and Tsurugi argues that his master had only tried to free him from that "thing", though Utakata still refuses to believe it. Once their talk was over, Tsurugi and his unit leave and say they will be watching them.
When Utakata ponders on if Tsurugi was telling the truth, he goes out to search for him. Tsurugi, noticing Utakata is looking for him, goes to see him but he and his unit run into the Animal Path of Pain's Giant Multi-Headed Dog, and were killed. When Utakata tries to find him again after the ninja bandits are defeated, he stumbled upon Tsurugi's blood stained mask before Pain approached him, and realised what had happened to Tsurugi.
- "Tsurugi" (剣) means "double-edged sword".


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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug 05, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced better-than-expected financial results for the second quarter 2009.
For the quarter ended June 30, 2009, Activision Blizzard's GAAP net revenues were $1,038 million, and its non-GAAP net revenues were $801 million. The company's prior GAAP net revenue outlook for the quarter was $1 billion. On a non-GAAP basis, the company's net revenue outlook was $775 million.
For the quarter ended June 30, 2009, Activision Blizzard's GAAP earnings per diluted share was $0.15, and the company's non-GAAP earnings per diluted share was $0.08. The company's prior GAAP earnings per diluted share outlook was $0.10. On a non-GAAP basis, the company's earnings per diluted share outlook was $0.06.
The company reports results on both a GAAP and a non-GAAP basis. Please refer to the tables at the back of this press release for a reconciliation of the company's GAAP and non-GAAP results.
Robert Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, stated, "Since our merger one year ago, we have delivered better-than-expected financial performance for four consecutive quarters. Our second quarter overperformance was driven by Activision Publishing's PROTOTYPE, Transformers®: Revenge of the Fallen, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and the Guitar Hero® and Call of Duty® franchises, as well as Blizzard Entertainment®'s World of Warcraft®. During a challenging economic climate, Activision Blizzard grew its quarterly North American and European market share 2.8 points across all platforms to 12.7% from 9.9% for the previous year and was the #1 North American third-party console and handheld publisher for the quarter and first six months of the calendar year, according to the NPD Group, Charttrack and Gfk."
Kotick continued, "This fall, we will release our strongest video game slate based on some of the industry's most successful franchises, including Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare® 2, Guitar Hero 5™, DJ Hero™, Band Hero™, Tony Hawk®: RIDE™ and Bakugan Battle Brawlers™. We are in a unique industry position to be able to invest in people, products and resources for the long term without compromising our short-term commitments of earnings growth and margin expansion."
"As we prepare for next year, we have moved the expected release dates for two games, Activision Publishing's Singularity and Blizzard Entertainment's StarCraft® II, into 2010. However, we are increasing our calendar year earnings-per-share GAAP outlook and reaffirming our calendar year earnings-per-share non-GAAP outlook and still expect to deliver record non-GAAP operating margins. Although there is a great deal of economic uncertainty in the global marketplace, we remain focused on the opportunities afforded by our industry and will continue exploring potential new markets and business models that should enable us to continue expanding our operating margins," Kotick added.
Business Highlights
For the second quarter, Activision Publishing was the #1 U.S. third-party console and handheld publisher and had three of the top-10 best-selling titles in the U.S., PROTOTYPE, Guitar Hero World Tour and Wolverine, according to the NPD Group.
For the first six months of the calendar year, Activision Publishing had two of the top-five best-selling titles in North America and Europe - Guitar Hero World Tour and Call of Duty: World at War - and grew its North American and European market share of the music/dance category 8 points to 53% as compared to the same period last year, according to the NPD Group, Charttrack and Gfk.
Other highlights are as follows:
-- During the quarter, Activision Blizzard was the #1 publisher overall in North America and Europe on the Xbox 360(TM) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PlayStation(R) 2 computer entertainment system from Sony, according to the NPD Group, Charttrack and Gfk. -- Activision Blizzard increased its European market share by 2.8 points to 10.5% for the quarter, as compared to the same period during the previous calendar year, according to Charttrack and Gfk. -- Activision Publishing's new IP PROTOTYPE, was the #1 best-selling console title in North America for the month of June, according to the NPD Group. -- X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen were respectively the #1 and #2 best-selling movie games released on the same dates as their respective theatrical films in North America for the second quarter, according to the NPD Group. -- Guitar Hero was the #1 third-party franchise in North America and Europe for the first six months of the calendar year, according to the NPD Group, Charttrack and Gfk.
-- On April 6, 2009, Activision Publishing acquired 7 Studios whose experience will enable Activision Publishing to broaden its development capabilities in the music-based genre.
-- On April 16, 2009, Blizzard Entertainment announced that its massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft will be licensed to an affiliated company of NetEase.com, Inc. in mainland China for a term of three years. On July 16, 2009, Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase announced that the game is ready to relaunch pending receipt of the necessary approval from the Chinese government. -- On July 9, 2009, Activision Blizzard celebrated its one-year anniversary as a combined company. -- On July 31, 2009, Activision Blizzard's Board of Directors authorized an increase of $250 million to the company's stock repurchase program bringing the total authorization to $1.25 billion. As of June 30, 2009, Activision Blizzard had purchased $668 million, or approximately 64 million shares, of common stock at an average price of $10.41, under its stock repurchase program.
Company Outlook
For the third quarter of calendar year 2009, Activision Publishing expects to release Guitar Hero 5 for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system from Sony, Wii™ home video game system from Nintendo, and PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system from Sony; Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION3 computer entertainment system from Sony, Wii home video game system from Nintendo, PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system from Sony, PSP® (PlayStation Portable) system and the Nintendo DS™; and Wolfenstein for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION3 computer entertainment system from Sony and PC.
Additionally, Activision Publishing has moved the anticipated release date for Raven's upcoming sci-fi first-person action title, Singularity, from 2009 to the first quarter of 2010. The new launch window, which has fewer competitive titles releasing, should improve the probability of achieving stronger results and establishing Singularity as a first-person action franchise for the company.
Blizzard Entertainment has moved the anticipated release date of StarCraft II to the first half of 2010 to coincide with the relaunch of its upgraded Battle.net® online -gaming service.
Activision Blizzard's outlook is subject to significant risks and uncertainties including declines in demand for its products, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, and counterparty risks relating to customers, licensees, licensors and manufacturers. Current macroeconomic conditions increase those risks and uncertainties. The company's outlook is also based on assumptions about sell through rates for its products, its new slate of products and its progress in integrating operations following last year's business combination between Activision, Inc. and Vivendi Games, Inc.
As a result of these and other factors, including uncertainty regarding when Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft will relaunch in mainland China, actual results may deviate materially from the outlook presented below.
For calendar 2009, as a result of moving the anticipated releases of Activision Publishing's Singularity and Blizzard Entertainment's StarCraft II into 2010 and lower market expectations, Activision Blizzard is adjusting its outlook for GAAP net revenues from $4.3 billion to $4.05 billion, and its outlook for non-GAAP net revenues from $4.8 billion to $4.5 billion.
The company is increasing its GAAP earnings per diluted share outlook to $0.26 from $0.24, and re-affirming its non-GAAP earnings per diluted share outlook of $0.63, as the company expects that lower revenues will be offset in part by the stronger-than-expected performance of a few of its higher margin titles, as well as online revenues, better than expected synergy savings, and a lower effective tax rate. Additionally, the company's expected GAAP earnings per diluted share outlook increased by $0.02 primarily due to a decrease in anticipated net deferrals from online-enabled games.
For the third quarter of calendar year 2009, Activision Blizzard expects GAAP net revenues of $680 million, and GAAP loss per diluted share of $0.03. On a non-GAAP basis, the company expects net revenues of $700 million and $0.03 earnings per diluted share for the third quarter.
Conference Call
Today at 4:30 p.m. EDT, Activision Blizzard's management will host a conference call and Webcast to discuss the company's results for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 and management's outlook for the remainder of the calendar year. The company welcomes all members of the financial and media communities and other interested parties to visit the "Investor Relations" area of www.activisionblizzard.com to listen to the conference call and view a brief supporting slide presentation via live Webcast or to listen to the call live by dialing into 866-921-6496 in the U.S.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Activision Blizzard provides net revenues, net income (loss), earnings (loss) per share and operating margin data and guidance both including (in accordance with GAAP) and excluding (non-GAAP): the impact of the change in deferred net revenues and related cost of sales with respect to certain of the company's online-enabled games; expenses related to share-based payments; Activision Blizzard's non-core exit operations (which are the operating results of products and operations of the historical Vivendi Games, Inc. businesses that the company has exited or substantially wound down); one-time costs related to the business combination between Activision, Inc. and Vivendi Games, Inc. (including transaction costs, integration costs, and restructuring activities); the amortization of intangibles and the associated changes in cost of sales resulting from purchase price accounting adjustments from the business combination; and the associated tax benefits.
As online functionality becomes a more important component of gameplay, certain of the company's online-enabled games for certain platforms contain a more-than-inconsequential separate service deliverable in addition to the product, and the company's performance obligations for these games extend beyond the sale of the games. Vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value does not exist for the online services, as the company does not separately charge for this component of online-enabled games. As a result, the company recognizes all of the revenues from the sale of these games ratably over the estimated service period. In addition, the company defers the cost of sales of these titles to match revenues.
Revenue related to the sale of Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft boxed software, including the sale of expansion packs and other ancillary revenues, is deferred and recognized ratably over the estimated subscription life beginning upon activation of the software and delivery of the services.
As a consequence, the company's non-GAAP results exclude the impact of the change in deferred net revenues and related cost of sales associated with certain of the company's online-enabled games for certain of the Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo and PC platforms and for World of Warcraft boxed software, including the sale of expansion packs and other ancillary revenues, to provide comparable year-over-year performance.
Management believes that the use of non-GAAP measures that eliminate the impact of the change in deferred net revenues and related cost of sales in its operating results is important when evaluating Activision Blizzard's operating performance, and when planning, forecasting and analyzing future periods.
Management also believes that non-GAAP measures that exclude Activision Blizzard's non-core exit operations, one-time costs related to the business combination between Activision, Inc. and Vivendi Games, Inc. (including transaction costs, integration costs, and restructuring activities), the amortization of intangibles and the associated changes in cost of sales resulting from purchase price accounting adjustments from the business combination, provide a better comparison to prior periods in which Activision, Inc. and Vivendi Games, Inc. were operating as stand-alone companies, and that the resulting effects arising from the business combination do not affect the on-going economics of the combined entity.
Management also believes that excluding expenses related to share-based payments provides more comparable operating performance results. Management believes that the presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures provides investors with additional useful information to measure Activision Blizzard's financial and operating performance because they facilitate comparison of operating performance between periods and help investors to better understand the results of Activision Blizzard. Internally, management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing the company's operating results, as well as in planning and forecasting.
Activision Blizzard recognizes that there are limitations associated with the use of these non-GAAP financial measures as they do not reflect net revenues, net income (loss), earnings (loss) per share and operating margin as determined in accordance with GAAP, and this may reduce comparability with other companies that calculate similar non-GAAP measures differently. Management compensates for the limitations resulting from the exclusion of these items by considering the impact of these items separately and by considering Activision Blizzard's GAAP as well as non-GAAP results and outlook and, in this release, by presenting the most comparable GAAP measures directly ahead of non-GAAP measures, and by providing a reconciliation which indicates and describes the adjustments made.
Non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for or superior to, financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP.
Activision Blizzard's non-GAAP financial measures are not based on a comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles, and the terms non-GAAP net revenues, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP earnings per share, non-GAAP operating margin do not have a standardized meaning. Therefore, other companies may use the same or similarly named measures, but exclude different items, which may not provide investors a comparable view of Activision Blizzard's performance in relation to other companies.
Comparable-Basis Presentation by Segment -- Non-GAAP Comparable Measures
On July 9, 2008, the business combination between Activision, Inc. and Vivendi Games, Inc. was consummated. As a result of the consummation of the business combination, Activision, Inc. was renamed Activision Blizzard, Inc.
For accounting purposes, because the business combination resulted in Vivendi obtaining control of Activision, Inc. through the acquisition of a majority of common stock of Activision, Inc., the business combination is treated as a "reverse acquisition," with Vivendi Games, Inc. deemed to be the accounting acquirer. As a result, the historical financial statements of Activision Blizzard prior to July 9, 2008 are those of Vivendi Games, Inc. and the results of Activision, Inc. prior to July 9, 2008 are not included as part of Activision Blizzard's historical financial statements.
As one means of analyzing Activision Blizzard's performance, the company presents data that combines: (1) the company's results after July 9, 2008, (2) Vivendi Games, Inc.'s results prior to July 9, 2008 and (3) Activision, Inc.'s results prior to July 9, 2008. Management uses information prepared on this comparable basis internally to compare results and believes that this presentation provides investors with additional useful information to understand the company's performance on a year-over-year comparable basis. However, the data is not presented in accordance with GAAP and is not presented in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X relating to pro forma financial statements.
The non-GAAP information presented should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for or superior to, financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP.
The following data is presented in the attachments to this press release:
-- Non-GAAP Comparable Basis Segment Net Revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008
-- Non-GAAP Comparable Basis Segment Operating Income (Loss) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008
In conjunction with the business combination, Activision Blizzard changed the manner in which senior management assesses the operating performance of, and allocates resources to, its operating segments. As a result, the company now operates in four segments:
i. Activision Publishing ("Activision") -- publishes interactive entertainment software and peripherals, which includes the Activision business conducted by Activision, Inc. prior to the business combination and certain studios, assets, and titles previously included in Vivendi Games' "Sierra Entertainment" operating segment prior to the business combination; ii. Blizzard -- Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Blizzard") -- publishes traditional games and online subscription-based games in the MMORPG category; iii. Activision Blizzard Distribution ("Distribution") -- distribution of interactive entertainment software and hardware products; and iv. Activision Blizzard's non-core exit operations ("Non-Core") -- Vivendi Games' divisions or business units that the company has exited or substantially wound down as part of its restructuring and integration efforts as a result of the business combination.
Activision, Blizzard and Distribution are referred to collectively as Activision Blizzard Inc.'s core operations ("Core").
With respect to periods prior to July 9, 2008, results for historical Activision, Inc. are reported in the Activision and Distribution segments. In addition, as a result of the change in operating and reporting segments, all prior period segment information has been restated to conform to this new financial statement presentation.
About Activision Blizzard
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Blizzard, Inc. is a worldwide online, PC, console and handheld game publisher with leading market positions across every major category of the rapidly growing interactive entertainment software industry.
Activision Blizzard maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, Russia, South Korea, China, and the region of Taiwan. More information about Activision Blizzard and its products can be found on the company's website, www.activisionblizzard.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements: Information in this press release that involves Activision Blizzard's expectations, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future, including statements under the heading "Company Outlook," are forward-looking statements that are not facts and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Activision Blizzard generally uses words such as "outlook," "will," "remains," "to be," "plans," "believes," "may," "expects," "intends," and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause Activision Blizzard's actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements set forth in this release include, but are not limited to, sales levels of Activision Blizzard's titles, shifts in consumer spending trends, the impact of the current macroeconomic environment, the seasonal and cyclical nature of the interactive game market, any further difficulties related to the transition of World of Warcraft in China from the former licensee to NetEase, Activision Blizzard's ability to predict consumer preferences among competing hardware platforms (including next-generation hardware), declines in software pricing, product returns and price protection, product delays, retail acceptance of Activision Blizzard's products, adoption rate and availability of new hardware and related software, industry competition, rapid changes in technology, industry standards and consumer preferences, protection of proprietary rights, litigation against Activision Blizzard, maintenance of relationships with key personnel, customers, licensees, licensors, vendors, and third-party developers, counterparty risks relating to customers, licensees, licensors and manufacturers, domestic and international economic, financial and political conditions and policies, foreign exchange rates, integration of recent acquisitions and the identification of suitable future acquisition opportunities, Activision Blizzard's success in completing the integration of the operations of Activision and Vivendi Games in a timely manner and the combined Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits and synergies of the transaction to the extent, or in the timeframe, anticipated, and the other factors identified in the risk factors sections of Activision Blizzard's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and subsequent filed quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to Activision Blizzard as of the date of this release, and Activision Blizzard assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements believed to be true when made may ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not guarantees of the future performance of Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.
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Are you implying that the University was showing American Sniper in the same way (i.e. as an example of the mentality/mindset of "the enemy"). I doubt it. Unless this is what you are implying, this is a straw man.
Saying that someone is using grammar incorrectly doesn't make it so.
I think what the library is getting at here is exactly what you stated. If a book has a single complaint (or even multiple), but has been checked out hundreds of times, that is not a very high complaint ratio, so the majority of the public must not have a problem with it.
Although this isn't necessarily a defense of appropriateness, it does show that the individual who requested the removal has a different barometer for appropriateness than the majority of the library-going public.
Just so I understand, are you implying that part of this freedom does NOT include the right to urge them to change their name.
I agree with you, in theory, that a company should be able to run themselves as they see fit and we, the people, should determine how well they perform in their business. However, I would argue that in addition to not frequenting their establishment, part of my rights would include doing whatever I can to influence them to change their product.
Since when is it a "used to". Yes, there has been some headway in changing mascots, but it's far from over.
NFL: Washington Redskins and Kansas City Chiefs
MLB: Atlanta Braves and Cleveland Indians
NHL: Chicago Blackhawks
These are just in major league sports. There are multiple others at the college or minor league pro level.
Seriously, your proof is the Skousen list? A list that has no evidence to back it up, written by a conspiracy theorist nutjob at a time when the Red Scare was still at its height.
Not only that, but he can afford to donate the 3 million he got in dividends for 2011 to his employees.
"Moreover, assuming the content he's supplying is of a quality that his customers enjoy, it's unbeatable."
@John Fenderson,
I agree with you wholeheartedly. Not just that it's none of their business, but also on the complexity issues. However, I think claiming that taking the deduction is tantamount to instructing the government to donate in your stead is a bit disingenuous. That would only be true if you were taking a tax credit. A deduction, on the other hand, just prevents them from taxing you on that amount. Also, if you took the deductions, you could afford to give 12% or even more to charity, because the extra taxes you're paying could go straight to the charity's coffers instead of the governments.
Well, I don't have much to say about Nutella's big mistake here, but I will say this:
Justin's is delicious and would make a much better shake.
How many actors and musicians are there in the world? Hint: The answer is not "billions"
So your argument is "I wouldn't use it, therefore it is not a useful product." Way more than 85,000 people disagree with you.
I'll be using mine as I work through a new exercise regiment. It'll be nice to be able to glance down at my watch to see how far I've run. I'm sure I'll come up with other uses as well.
I think that would be aiding and abetting. However, in the case of flashing your lights, you are flashing them in the general vicinity, not specifically warning criminals. If you wanted to make a comparison to robbery, it would be more like, going into a crowd and telling everyone that a certain area had a high police presence. If that crowd happened to contain robbers, they may avoid the area that you specified so as to not get caught.
Actually, this was a settlement, so nothing got shot down "in court". Limewire thought, rightly or wrongly, that it was easier to settle than fight.
"The university did nothing to silence her speech, but merely said that if she wanted to say those things, she couldn't do it while a student in their school."
Isn't that the exact definition of silencing speech. Short of taking someone's life, all instances of silencing speech are really just where and how said speech is allowed (i.e. "You can say whatever you want, just not in this country... just not within X miles of this event, etc.)
Multiple other factors seem to be left out here. First, the article mentions that the prints are displayed in galleries worldwide. I'm not an art gallery expert, but I would assume they usually pay an artist for this. Second, you are discounting any extra income that may have been generated by the video itself, such as increased record sales (which I'm aware are unlimited) and increased tickets/prices for performances. Most artists spend however much they feel necessary for producing a music video with no hope of making that money back directly. The hope is that the video increases awareness. In this case, it not only did that, but the artist was able to turn the video directly into extra income.
Normally, I agree with most of the posts here, but I'm not sure about this one. It's not like he told a bunch of people to visit the website in question in order to take it down (a la the Slashdot effect). He had them visit a different website that would then generate multiple requests to the server in question. In a way, it sounds like he crowdsourced a DDOS. I'm not sure if it's criminal, but it definitely seems to cross an ethical line.
But what if you were an elitist? What would you do then?
Even playing offline could be a problem in the future. I was sold I console that would play PS3 games. Future PS3 games might require a certain firmware version (or higher), thereby forcing me to update. You could have someone saying they were willing to forgo all future updates and features in order to keep this one feature, but then the basic functionality (playing PS3 games) would eventually break.
Did you hear that whooshing sound? the ACs comment was obviously a joke referencing the fact that the net effect of the DMCA is to impact the average consumer more than the hacker.


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Release Date: 2003 |
Apologies in advance for this review, especially it's briefness; it's one of the more difficult ones I've written, not least of all in trying to figure out a genre to give it. If anyone can think of something better, let me know.
This is indeed a hard album to listen to. The riffs and progressions almost uniformly sounds really grating to me, the tension in the music is never resolved.
I've heard them called Apocalypse metal (maybe due to the lyrics mostly)
Yeah, I've heard them called "apocalyptic noisecore", but I thought it was a bit of a ridiculous thing to put.
Short but sweet review, i really enjoy the song 'circles'
Just got round to commenting on this review.
I still think this band is amazing, very few can compete with their abolute sheer emotional intensity. This to me is definately an essential purchase. You just sink in and die.
Although there is a definate Neurosis influence here I dont really see it as being important. Cult Of Luna is something else, very akin to Isis but vasty heavier and more rewarding.
The new album is a big change in their sound, I shall be reviewing it shortly along with the new Isis album, it should lead to some good comparisons and interesting debate.
I've been meaning to check these chaps out, as I'm a big fan of Isis/Pelican.
And the review was perfectly fine; I find that an attempt to describe the sound of a band and compare it to other bands is much more helpful than the track by track descriptions that are so popular here.
Sounds interesting, hopefully the rumous of a Mastodon / Cult of Luna tour coming to my city are true.
i really should get this album, the other two are awesome.
Album Rating: 4.5the track that stands out the most to me is Reciever. i really like the Isis-ish electronics
I like Isis but these guys are alittle too brutal for me. We shall see.
Album Rating: 4.5crushing.
that's what this album is. crushing.
Album Rating: 4.0deliverance is badass. great album overall.
Album Rating: 5.0I love this.
Album Rating: 3.0'Beyond heavy as fuck' Should of been the album title.
Album Rating: 5.0Not really.
Album Rating: 3.0yarly. Don't mess with my flow =(. This album is beyond heavy as fuck.
Album Rating: 5.0The title is fine.
Album Rating: 3.0I was just being lamely superficial. Back to this album though, The Watchtower and Deliverance are great.
Album Rating: 5.0Whole album rules especially Receiver, Genesis, The Watchtower, and Clones.
I really enjoyed this, not quite as good as Salvation but better than their other albums
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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American mild is an oxymoron! That's just not how 'merica does things!...
I really wouldn't change any of the ingredients or ratios. I agree that it would probably be better though with a yeast other than S-05.If you're using dry yeast, I'd be more inclined towards something like S-04. It'll still be an "American Mild" because you made it in America.
American mild is an oxymoron! That's just not how 'merica does things! But it needs to change! Nice recipe but IMO it needs more hops and a less attenuative, yet still American, yeast. Maybe WLP041?
let's remember, Mild is the opposite of Old not the opposite of strong. so in that sense, given that we are still a pretty young nation I would say that an American mild is perfectly appropriate.


text: Mankind has always expected the heavens to be busy, and 2013 will be no different. We no longer imagine gods and goddesses above us — instead, we shoot our own rockets, people, and probes to populate space. The coming year looks like it will be an exciting one, with emerging countries' space agencies as well as private entrepreneurs jumping in. NASA will continue to wrestle with its purpose, but it will also provide some spectacular new missions. And we can always expect some unexpected discoveries and announcements. Here, we take a look at the new year in space and the missions and events we have to look forward to. Above: Robots Explore the Solar System At some point this year, NASA's incredibly cute and popular Curiosity rover could reach the base of Mount Sharp. This 3-mile-high hill at the center of Gale Crater is the probe's ultimate goal and the science team is eager to get there. Along the way, it will stop to drill and sample the soil, likely discovering some amazing new things about Mars. But climbing Mount Sharp will allow astronomers to see different layers of rock, which should reveal how and why Mars went from a wet world in the past to the dry one seen today. Elsewhere in the solar system, NASA's probes will continue their exemplary exploration. The Juno mission, en route to Jupiter, will make a flyby of Earth to pick up speed in 2013. But other spacecraft might not be so lucky. With its planetary science budget slashed, NASA is not sure it will have sufficient funds to continue the MESSENGER mission around Mercury, which recently spotted ice at the planet's poles. There are also rumors that the long-running Cassini mission could be on the chopping block. In the meantime, NASA remains most focused on Mars and will begin soliciting proposals for instruments on its new rover, a twin probe to Curiosity. Image: Curiosity rover's first picture of Mount Sharp. NASA/JPL-CaltechNASA's New Probes NASA has at least three new missions coming up, all aimed at studying the environment of our neighbors the sun, the moon, and Mars, in 2013. First up is expected to be the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), a spacecraft that should launch in April. IRIS will watch the sun's corona and heliosphere to better understand how solar flares and activity occur. Next is the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), which will set off for the moon in August, studying the extremely tenuous lunar atmosphere and what impact it might have on any astronauts at some future moonbase. Finally, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) is set to launch in November and begin probing Mars' atmosphere in 2014, determining exactly how the Red Planet lost its water and whether or not it still has any methane, a potential sign of Martian life. Image: MAVEN in orbit around Mars. NASA/GSFCStudying the Earth How much do you love images of Earth from space? Most of these beautiful shots would not be possible without NASA, NOAA, and the USGS's Landsat program. Landsat is set to get its latest long-awaited Earth-observing satellite this year, with a launch date scheduled for February. The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) will provide scientists with tons of useful data on agriculture, weather, and human impact on the Earth. It should provide the rest of us with even more amazing images. LCDM will be joined this year by the European Space Agency's wind-observing Aeolus satellite to help our beleaguered Earth-observing programs. Image: An image of Tahiti from Landsat 7. NASA/USGSNASA's Existential Crisis When you really get down to it, NASA is a Cold War relic. The agency was created with the purpose of beating the Soviets, first to orbit and then to the moon. In the former category, NASA lost, but the latter race is one of its most spectacular successes. With the Cold War dead for more than 20 years, NASA has wandered along in search of a purpose, and next year seems like it will be no different than the last. Recently, the National Research Council offered its assessment of the agency, saying that NASA had no overall strategy or consensus on what it should be doing. The agency is torn between many ideas: go to an asteroid like the president said, build a deep-space habitat around the moon, or finally get in gear to send people to Mars. Each plan has its pluses and minuses and no one seems to agree on the best. Add to this the fact that Congress isn't thrilled about giving NASA any more money, and it seems like the agency will continue to drift. Image: One concept for a manned mission to an asteroid, a possible place for NASA to send its astronauts in the coming decades. NASA/AMA, Inc.Solar and Lunar Eclipses There is nothing so regular as the dance of the sun and moon in space. This year, we will be treated to several celestial events, two solar eclipses and three lunar ones. On April 25, the moon will slip into the Earth's shadow partway, creating a partial lunar eclipse. May will see two eclipse events, first an annular solar eclipse that will be seen on May 10 from Australia, eastern Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and the Gilbert Islands. Later in the month, on the 25th, the moon will fall into the Earth's greater shadow, creating a penumbral lunar eclipse that will dim its light slightly but not produce the dramatic red color of a normal lunar eclipse. Another penumbral lunar eclipse is slated for Oct. 18, creating a dusky shading on the southern half of the moon. Finally, Nov. 3 will have the most dramatic eclipse of the year. A total solar eclipse will begin briefly on the North American east coast and then travel over the Atlantic, cutting through the central part of Africa. This event will be a rare hybrid eclipse, where some places in the world will witness an annular solar eclipse, where the moon will leave a small ring of the sun visible. Image: Phases of a solar eclipse, with the moon taking successively larger and larger bites from the sun. The final image is an annular eclipse, where the moon leaves a small ring of the sun visible. Brocken Inaglory/WikimediaRise of Private Space NASA may be in disarray but the U.S. commercial space sector has lately been having a good time. Most importantly are the successes of SpaceX, which launched its Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station twice in 2012. This year, SpaceX intends to work on bolder plans, with the first tests of its gigantic Falcon Heavy rocket slated for late 2013. Falcon Heavy has more than double the capacity of any existing launch vehicle and SpaceX claims it will deliver it for much cheaper than current systems. Other commercial space events to look out for in 2013 include the potential launch of Orbital Sciences Cygnus resupply craft, an unmanned vehicle that could deliver necessities to the ISS. Virgin Galactic also hopes to conduct much-needed tests on SpaceShipTwo, which is intended to carry tourists to the edge of space sometime in the next few years. Finally, teams in the Google Lunar X-Prize competition will be duking it out to see if any of them have the money and technical readiness to land a rover on the moon by 2015. Image: SpaceX's enormous Falcon Heavy launch vehicle. SpaceXActivity in the Sun This year marks the peak of the 11-year solar cycle, when the sun is expected to produce many more sunspots, flares, and mass ejections than usual. Space watchers can assume that our sun-monitoring satellites will see some incredible explosions from the sun's surface, which will likely coincide with brilliant aurora over the Earth's poles. But the activity will likely be muted: The current solar cycle is considered to be the weakest of any in the last 100 years. Image: Prediction for the number of sunspots during the solar cycle peak in 2013. Hathaway/NASA/MSFCIndia and China in Space The countries whose economies will soon dominate the global scene will be making great strides in space this year. China will attempt its first ever soft landing on the moon, when its Chang'e 3 satellite sets down, perhaps in late 2013. It will also continue its manned space program, intending to launch a human crew and Tiangong-2, its next space station, which will bring it one step closer to completing an orbiting space laboratory in 2020. India is setting its sights on Mars, launching a satellite in 2013 to enter Martian orbit and study the planet's climate and history. The country will also launch its first satellite dedicated to astronomy research this year, Astrosat, which will monitor the sky in X-ray wavelengths for stellar and cosmic phenomena. Image: India will send a probe to orbit Mars, which will hopefully beam back some great images like this one from NASA's Mars Orbital Surveyor. NASA/JPL/MSSS


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Back Yard Burgers: Not In My Backyard
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1915 W Marler Lane, Ozark MO 65721; map); 417-581-6686; backyardburgers.com
Cooking Method: "Flame" grilled
Short Order: The evocation of the name, not to mention the logo, raises expectations. Which are not met. Generic drek.
Price: Back Yard Burger w/cheese, $4.33
Notes: There are approximately 171 Back Yard Burgers locations in 20 states throughout the South and Southwest.
There's a drawing of a barn on the wall of the Backyard Burger on Marler Lane in Ozark, Missouri. I doubt very much that any of the beef served at Back Yard burger came from a farm that looked like that, despite it being domestic Black Angus. But then again, it doesn't appear that the burgers there are cooked in a charcoal fired kettle as the companies logo implies. The logo in fact looks so much like the iconic Weber grill that I'm surprised they haven't been sued.
Back Yard Burger's conceit might work if they delivered on the implications of their name and iconography. But the reality is that they serve a generic fast food burger, closer to Burger King than to the taste of even an average burger made in the backyard.
I was hopeful when I walked up to the counter and asked something that I always ask—"Do you use fresh beef?" "Errrr....um.....yes...." was the tepid response. I should have known by the hesitancy in the reply I received that the answer was in the negative. Try asking an employee at In-N-Out Burger, Five Guys, or Steak 'n Shake if they use frozen beef and there will be no hesitancy, no wavering. The answer is part of their company policy, a sales point. More than that, it's a point of pride.
I may be wrong, but I strongly suspect that the burger I tried came from frozen beef. If it wasn't, Backyard Burger has managed to reduce fresh beef to have the same textural and flavor qualities as frozen burgers. It's too bad because the bun was soft and squishy and the toppings were all fresh and crunchy. I appreciated the deliberate construction—pickles and mustard beneath and veggies above the patty. I found the tooth picks stuck in the top curious, but not as curious as the beef.
In its favor it did have some defined hatch marks on the top—deep black grooves allegedly the result of being cooked on a searing grill. But I found the shape of the patty to be suspicious—it looked like pre-formed burger designed to look like a hand formed patty.
The patty was dense and mealy. It had a dull flavor and an insipid smokiness that was only evocative of a backyard if your backyard is a chemical plant. The texture of the beef was the most off-putting: It was so thoroughly ground that it became almost furry.
With so many places serving fresh beef hamburgers and so many people familiar with the taste of a burger cooked on an actual back yard grill, Back Yard burger has a lot to live up to. Too much, as it turns out.
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If you're looking to while away a ridiculous number of hours on your favorite movie trilogy, you are very much in luck. This Wednesday, Chronicle Books releases the 2500-question trivia game book Obsessed with Star Wars, which should nestle quite nicely in between companion volumes Obsessed with Hollywood, Obsessed with Golf, and Obsessed with Baseball. Seriously, though - author Benjamin Harper means business, so you'd better have read more than a few tie-in novels. There's no arguing with the batteries-included automatic scorepad, and its insistent beeps will have you addicted before long.Like any trivia book, this one has its problems; for example, I'm pretty sure it was Han Solo who whined about "delusions of grandeur" and not C-3PO as the book attests, and my dad swears that C-3PO was more afraid of stormtroopers than any rude protocol droid. Then again, however, maybe you shouldn't be taking the word of someone who got only 21 questions correct out of a randomly selected 40 — especially when three of those questions were repeated. I'd like to request a better randomizer program if you ever get to Obsessed with Star Trek, please, Chronicle. The game, however, is sweet, and I don't mean that in a teenaged-exclamation way. It rounded up my percentage of correct answers to 53%. I'm off to flip to the Empire Strikes Back chapter and beef up my score even more. Obsessed with Star Wars Image from Amazon.
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Delusions of granduer is like "I have a bad feeling about this" and several people said it at different points. Without context there's no way to know.
Star Wars Trivial Pursuit (the old edition before the prequels came out) had some similarly nitpicky questions, and I once almost ended up in a fight because sure, C3PO translated something but Jabba is the one that SAID it.


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(ANCHORAGE, AK) - The Department of Law announced today a $50 million settlement in a securities fraud action brought by the Alaska State Department of Revenue, Alaska State Pension Investment Board and Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation against defendants America Online, Inc. ("AOL"), Time Warner Inc. (formerly known as AOL Time Warner ("AOLTW")), Historic TW Inc.
"Protecting Alaska's financial assets is a key priority for the state and the corporate scandals on Wall Street in the past several few years required us to seek recovery of the millions of dollars the State of Alaska lost from its investment portfolios," said Patrick Galvin, Commissioner for the Department of Revenue. "Today's settlement represents a substantial recovery of those losses."
The lawsuit, filed in 2004 in Juneau Superior Court, alleged that defendants misrepresented advertising revenues and growth of AOL and AOLTW along with the number of AOL subscribers, all of which was intended to, and did, artificially inflate the stock price of AOL and AOLTW to the detriment of Alaska State funds. Under the terms of the settlement, Time Warner did not admit any liability or wrongdoing.
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About a dozen members of the James Hillhouse High School class of 1943 in New Haven, Conn. are reaching out to their old classmates to let them know they're holding a prom next year to mark the 70th anniversary of their graduation.
Former class president Anthony Pegnataro told the Hartford Courant that students were told back in 1943 to forgo prom because the country was then fighting in World World II.
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"There was a pleasure ban," said Pegnataro. He recalled that back then he and his classmates would have "been doing the Lindy and the jitterbug."
Of the school's 1,200 seniors who attended James Hillhouse in Pegnataro's class, about 500 are still alive and are being contacted to attend the make-up prom, the Courant reported.
Pegnataro told the paper that after graduation he went on to serve in the Pacific for 2.5 years. He estimated that about 100 of his classmates were killed in the war.
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We all knew this day would come. When something is popular, you have to wring out every single drop of cash from it. So it's no surprise that Walking Dead is rumored to be getting a video game adaptation.
1UP is reporting that Telltale Games sent them a mysterious invitation to an event where they will be announcing a video game "based on a just-launched property from the TV and comic book world whose popularity is changing life as some know it." OK, this doesn't outright say that it's Walking Dead, but that description sounds a hell of a lot like WD, plus we can't think of any other show that is changing life as we know it — that started as a comic.
Also Telltale Games is responsible for big, big movie to video game adaptations like Back To The Future and Jurassic Park. So we really can't see them wasting their time on something that isn't poised to make a lot of money. And yes, a geek-friendly zombie-killing game would probably make a ton of money. It might even be a little fun. But we fear making a WD game is venturing into Watchmen video game territory.
We can't wait for the scene when the player has to (spoiler) chase around your undead daughter and pull out all of her zombie teeth so you can keep her decaying carcass hidden inside your apartment. Because you still love her! And you know, for points!
However, if the game's done right with a slow burning character arc that builds like the books, we may change our tune. Fingers crossed!
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1. Love is blind. It never sees anything.
2. Love is Infinite. What you hear is not worth anything. What is worthwhile, you don't have to hear.
3. Love is in silence and deep sound. It has no word.
4. So when you are in love, you neither see, nor hear, nor speak.
5. Experience your partner as yourself.
6. Within yourself lies the grace which you can feel in the projection of your mate.
7. Love is amalgamation—not adjustment.
8. Love is sublimation—not a gross understanding.
9. Love is a distillation and not a relation of feelings or emotions.
10. Love is a consciousness and intelligence—living in another being and experiencing yourself.
If you can even understand these ten points, then feel that you are married—you are married in love.
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