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"When it comes to my Judaica stars I am a firm believer that the star picks the owner. I feel that there is a certain spiritual event occurring when my customers select their jewelry," Ben-Zeev added. "I have two lines of jewelry. The gallery line and a line I call my heat treated sterling. My Judaic line begins at $32 and goes to $200, and my gallery line which utilizes gold, minerals, fossilized teeth, opals and pearls begins at $200 and go up to $3,000."
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Once the tale was over, Becki smiled.
"And now of course, he's gone and got himself kidnapped, and with no son..."
"The responsibility falls to us." V finished cheerfully.
Nick blinked wide eyed.
V laughed.
"That's what we said when he told us. We're not really meant to have told you, but-"
"-We realize if they know about us, they must know about you. The kidnappers I mean." Becki added.
Eric nodded thoughtfully.
"So you're telling us we could be taken hostage at any time in order for you two to give yourselves up to these people?"
Becki considered this.
"Yer, that about sums it up."
"But we hope it won't come to that." V chimed in.
Nick shook his head in disbelief. V grinned at him.
"Blind- sighted? Not surprised."
She got to her feet.
"You two stay here, we'd better go over to dads and get the right contact. We have to call HAS, they'll send someone in. All these people want is HAS secrets, and dad won't give in without a fight anyway."
"Which is why they need us." Becki reminded her.
The pair left, leaving Nick and Eric very confused. Nick spoke first.
"Did you know about any of this?"
Eric shook his head.
"Not a clue. And I worked with Horatio for years and years."
Nick nodded, then a thought struck him.
"Wait, they said they were going to Horatio's right?"
Eric nodded.
"Yer. Why?"
"Because does it not seem obvious that these people will have thought of that?"
Eric's eyes grew wide.
He snatched the phone from its cradle, punching in Becki's cell phone number.
"Come on! Pick up, pick up..."
Nick heard a ringing and fished behind the sofa. Wordlessly he handed the phone to Eric, who glanced at the screen.
Lit up were the words 'Home calling'.
He groaned, trying V's instead. Her phone lit up on the kitchen sideboard. He flung the phone down, kicking it under the sofa.
"Dammit, Dammit, Dammit! Why didn't they think of this?"
Nick shrugged.
"I don't know Eric. Try Horatio's home, maybe they'll pick up."
Eric shook his head.
"It'll be too late by then. We only have one alternative..."
He fumbled under the sofa for the phone. Nick nodded.
"Good call. Then we follow?"
Eric nodded grimly, phone to his ear.
"Like a shot."
Parking the Hummer on the street, V fished a spare house key out of her pocket. They crept in, without switching on any lights. V nodded to her sister, who headed for her dads room, while V checked his desk.
Suddenly she heard a muffled clatter, her sisters voice.
She dropped the papers in her hand, hurrying through the rooms.
"Becki? Becki!"
A cold hand grabbed her from behind, pressing a cloth to her mouth. The last thing she remembered before she went down was the scent of Chloroform, and two words. Oh Dear.
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Anyway, I'm out for a bit, contrary to what I tell people, there is actually a stack of work on my desk needs doing, and I shall return to post the rest presently. Also, this story is one of about 30/40 I have written, not that all of them will go on here obviously. And this one itself is a series piece. Anyway, soon!


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We've been following the progress of in-store mobile engagement for some time, so I was interested to check in recently with Todd Sherman, CMO of Point Inside. Point Inside has been developing apps for retailers that combine mapping and indoor location technology with purchase history and intent for several years.
Todd and I talked about their new research on how location technology affects shopping behavior, the difference between in-store mobile engagement and ecommerce, and how retailers are responding to the new capabilities that enable them to both serve customers and see what is happening in their stores.
Brick Meets Click: There are a lot of shopping apps out there these days. Has this made it harder to bring a shopping app to market successfully?
Todd Sherman: Retailer-branded apps are different from standalone apps that compete for attention in the app stores. Retailers have an advantage in that they can cut through the usual app store clutter and draw shoppers' attention to their apps by
- Promoting the app through their ads and signs in stores.
- Using incentives to encourage trial.
Our research shows that shoppers want help finding items in the store. Do retailers appreciate this need?
Yes, retailers know it's top of mind. Many cashiers will ask customers, "Did you find everything you wanted?" This has been an issue for more than 30 years, but now mobile location technology makes it practical for retailers to do something about it.
Shoppers definitely benefit when they have access to in-store location technology, but there are real dollar benefits for retailers also. When a customer has a 20-item order and they need assistance finding that last item, helping them locate it generates a 5% increase in the basket.
You've done some new shopper research. Tell us about your study.
We set up A/B tests where everyone has the same apps for shopping lists, doing searches, accessing coupons, etc. but only shoppers in the A group had the location technology feature.
What are some of your key learnings?
We found that there was five times as much activity on the apps with the location technology feature compared to those without it. It turned out that when customers could find the items they wanted and also plot their most efficient trip through the store, they put more items on their shopping list and used more coupons. On average:
- Shoppers with the location technology feature put 12 items on their shopping list vs. 3 items for those without it.
- Shoppers with the location technology also used four times as many coupons as those without it.
The availability of location technology changes the dynamic of the way people shop, but it also generates insights into the shopping behavior of customers. Since shoppers with the location technology feature generate five times more activity on the app, they are also generating a lot more information that retailers can use to fine-tune their marketing and merchandising.
How is in-store mobile engagement different from traditional ecommerce?
The value of in-store engagement is that it connects customers to the store; it leverages this important asset. Ecommerce does the opposite; it diverts interest away from the store by taking customers online.
When a retailer is developing an app, there's a strong tendency to assign the responsibility to their ecommerce group, because they assume this group is familiar with ALL the digital aspects of retailing. But in reality, these folks are usually focused on the website, not the store. Also, ecommerce groups are often measured on their direct online conversion numbers. This is an issue, since 90% of business is still done in-store. In-store mobile engagement contributes significantly to purchases, but the valuable conversion happens at the store register and not in the app.
Finally, it's important to understand that people interact differently with their mobile devices than they do with their PCs. This needs to be considered when developing the user experience.
Did you look at the impact of bringing a coupon or special price to the attention of shoppers when they're in front of the item in the store?
Not yet, but we will be looking at that soon. When shoppers use the app's shopping list function, the retailer already gains important information about what the shopper is planning to buy, and this makes it possible to make more targeted offers to specific shoppers. For example,
- Sponsored ads to switch a purchase from one item to another, which can create a new income-generating opportunity for retailers for brands to invest in.
- Make personalized recommendations for additional items that might be of interest to the shopper on their route through the store.
This also lays the groundwork for a retailer's own private ad network. Grocers have a tremendous opportunity to deliver ads directly to shoppers in the store. This starts with coupons, but as the information adds value, they will be able to:
- Tell advertisers which shoppers are likely to respond to different types of offers.
- Use POS data to validate the power of an offer to drive sales.
How are retailers reacting to the app?
We're seeing strong interest. In the next few months, we're launching two top-ten retailers and have additional pilots are underway. It is very interesting for retailers, because the app allows them – for the first time – to see what's actually happening in the store. Many find it eye-opening.
In a lot of ways, this is what Amazon does so well – use data to learn what their customers want – and we think this is an important part of Amazon's appeal. In fact, in a recent Point Inside blog, I proposed that the future isn't about Amazon, it's about how Amazon analyzes data. The challenge is – always – that there's a lot of data to be interpreted.
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The May 2013 UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper Study found that 60% of online shoppers would be interested if a retailer "used your location and/or transaction history to serve you relevant deals and promotions that suited your interests". This indicates broad-based latent demand for this service.
Accuracy continues to be a challenge in grocery as location is generally dependent on planograms which are notoriously unreliable and on decent product images and content which are worse than the planorams.
However, iIt looks like Todd has a leg up on driving toward completing parts of the application suite and so the movement lurches on.


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I n enterprise network security, the only constant is change. That may sound cliché, but it's accurate on many different levels. In the 1990s, most attackers were teenagers and college students looking to take down or deface corporate websites. Or they were hackers creating malware to harvest credit card information. Those criminal types are still around—and increasing—while new breeds of attackers are emerging to expand the threats that enterprises, government agencies, and other organizations have to fend off. "Organized crime has taken on hacking," said Nat Smith, senior product marketing manager at McAfee. "There is evidence that some of the viruses and attacks that have occurred throughout the world have been sponsored by actual countries." The newcomers have different motivations and techniques, which create additional complexity. They're not interested in mischief or creating an alias for themselves. Instead, they're slipping quietly into a network to set up bots that stay under the radar for days, weeks, or months until their mission of destruction is accomplished. This development undermines the effectiveness of traditional strategies such as using a list of signatures to screen traffic for threats. Ten years ago, all of the bad guys were known, so a signature list was effective. Today, the threats are advanced, persistent, and stealthy: things that can evade detection. Security is not so much about preventing bad guys from putting graffiti on your website, but it's about your data being taken or watched. The new breed of threats are typically highly targeted, such as on a government agency or a specific financial institution. Each attack is customized, which further undermines the 2 I nte l ® Sof t w are Adren al ine effectiveness of signature-centric security. Corporate and nation-state espionage is becoming a major, emerging threat. The days of feeling safe with up-to-date signatures are gone. Security operators need to look beyond that approach. McAfee isn't alone in warning organizations about the risks of overreliance on signature-centric protection. "The sophistication of attacks increases to a level where traditional signature-only solutions no longer provide adequate protection," Gartner1 cited in a recent report. Additionally, the new threats add to the workload for IT staff and other people in the security trenches. In fact, the deluge of alerts and other information from intrusion prevention systems (IPS) makes it increasingly difficult for staff to keep up—and easier for attacks to slip through unnoticed. All of these emerging challenges add up to the need for next-generation IPS. As Gartner2 recently described the situation, "Targeted malware can often bypass existing protection technologies, and the resulting data breaches are not detected until a long time has passed and significant data exfiltration has occurred." BUILDING A NEXT-GENERATION INTRUSION PROTECTION SYSTEM (IPS) To enable enterprises, governments, and other organizations to counter the new breed of attacks, McAfee and Intel collaborated to produce a next-generation IPS appliance. McAfee Network Security Verizon 2012 Breach Investigations Report, Gartner 2012 2 Gartner, December 2012 1


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WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) About 25 union members attended yesterday's public hearing on the 2012 Marathon County budget. They're upset over higher health insurance payments that county workers will face next year.
County administrator Brad Karger says his budget calls for no layoffs, no cuts in services, and no tax increases. That's only possible because of the change in state law that requires public employees to pay more for health care and retirement. The AFSCME members who attended yesterday's hearing say it's unfair that all of the budget sacrifice falls on them.
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|By Otto Flores The trailer for the upcoming Fox 2000 and Walden Media film "Chasing Mavericks" has been released. The movie features Gerard Butler as Frosty Hesson who teaches a young, ambitious Jay Moriarity, played by Jonny Weston, to ride Northern more
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|Gerard Butler shows off his surf skills in trailer for Chasing Mavericks
|By Colette Fahy Making the movie almost cost him his life and now the trailer for Gerard Butler's Chasing Mavericks has finally landed. The Scottish actor plays surfer Frosty Hesson in the new movie – previously called Of Men And Mavericks - which more
|Daily Mail ( 7/27/2012 6:34:16 AM -08:00 )
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|Entertainment Weekly (blog) ( 7/26/2012 1:13:49 PM -08:00 )
|Butler's seasoned pro teaches Jonny Weston's newcomer how to land the big
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|Jay Moriarty was a famous surfer who was sadly killed in an accident when he was just 22 years old. You'd never get wind of that tragedy in the trailer for Chasing Mavericks, which is based on his life as a teenager and his rise to surfing stardom. more
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Published on May 8th, 2012 | by Andrew Reynolds
Why Pinter Never Wrote Doctor Who
What kind of Doctor Who episode would Noble Prize winning author and playwright Harold Pinter have written?
If nothing else the term 'Comedy of Menace' – attached to much of Pinter's theatre productions from The Birthday Party onwards – at least sounds applicable to the kind of thrills you'd get from watching Doctor Who – even if it has nothing stylistically similar to the mad man in a blue box.
Would that unexpected air of menace – the sword of Damocles hanging over all of his productions – translate when transported from the power casualties of middle England to the middle of the cosmos?
Its doubtful – and that's the point being made by former Doctor Who Script Editor Eric Saward in this exclusive first look at the Writing for Doctor Who documentary extra for the upcoming special edition DVD release of acid bath-a-thon Vengeance on Varos (yes, you asked for it folks!)
Rumours abounded that Pinter himself had played Rapalchan in the Second Doctor serial The Abominable Snowman under the pseudonym of David Baron – however the writer of The Caretaker had long since relinquished the Equity name by the time the Doctor met the Yeti.
Vengeance on Varos: Special Edition is set to be released in 2012.
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Yes I did ask for Varos to be re-released in print in the DWM letters page.
And very happy I am that its coming out too!!
Go sixie!!
Why are there no female writers on Doctor Who ?
Barbara Clegg wrote for Classic Who. Helen Raynor wrote for New Who. Not many I agree but there may be others.
There have been a few female writers, but since the show began it has been overwhelmingly male. This coming season is no exception.
Bit odd don't you think ?
Yes I do now you come to mention it
What's worse is that a few of the CREDITED female writers are ones noone's quite sure of the level of contribution. "Paula Moore" is credited for writing Attack of the Cybermen, but that was a pen name for the script editor's then girlfriend and noone's sure she actually wrote it. Even Eric Saward is fairly coy about the whole subject. Beyond that, there are a few co-writing teams, mainly Pip and Jane Baker, and it's clear Jane is at least an equal partner in the writing there. And Rona Munro on Survival, of course. There are a few female writers in the books and audios, Jac Rayner, Lloyd Rose, Kate Orman being the best known. But it's certainly true that for a show that has had many female directors and producers, (as well as the bulk of editorship of the Virgin New Adventures under Rebecca Levene's watch), the writers have been over 90 male across all media. I genuinely couldn't guess why.
Maybe the production office could make a commitment to recruiting more female writers.
An open call to the ( Female ) masses to get involved.
It would also be good publicity for the show.
Well, I'd not even say that's WHOLLY needed, when you can even just use people who are already quite respected television writers who happen to be female, or highly thought of Dr. Who writers, who in some cases already work FOR the BBC on Doctor Who. Jac Rayner is/was the person of approving BBC licensed Doctor Who material for several years, and in charge of the Doctor Who novel line, also has written half a dozen excellent Big Finish plays. Hell, just stop hiring Chris Chibnall, really.


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Former Kansas City Chiefs GM Scott Pioli may be gone but he is still haunting the television sets of Chiefs fans everywhere.
Pioli has been serving as a draft analyst for various media outlets this offseason, including NFL Network. On Wednesday, he appeared on SiriusXM NFL Radio and dropped some knowledge on the Chiefs/49ers/Alex Smith situation.
The one thing I have heard talking to some good sources is this thing has not been completely finalized yet. I think they are still working through some of the absolute details of what the compensation is. Because I think what happens in these trades, if you give up a pick for something or if you're going to give up two picks, what's been a new trend in the NFL is people generally kick picks back. Because teams don't like to see their, even if they are going to give up a higher pick they want to get something later in the draft so they at least have a volume of picks to have more opportunities.
Right now, reports indicate that the Chiefs are giving up two picks, a second-round pick in 2013 and a possible mid to high, conditional pick in 2014. There have been no real reports of the 49ers giving anything, other than Smith, back to the Chiefs.
Pioli seems to think there might be more to this deal then we are originally hearing.
Old Scotty says he talked to some good sources. It is believed by many that Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt liked Pioli and only parted with him because his hand was forced following KC's 2-14 season. I wouldn't be surprised if Scott's source, was Hunt himself.
What do you think, Addicts? Is there more to this trade than meets the eye?
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A huge tree falls in Detroit, destroying a family's van. It's their only mode of transportation. They called the city for some help, but continued to wait for days. After calling the Fox 2 Problem Solvers, the tree got cleaned up.Watch Problem Solver Amy Lange's video report above. The tree came crashing down in the early morning hours on Tuesday, crushing a disabled woman's van. Calls to mayor and emergency manager didn't seem to help, until late Friday afternoon.
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Gerard cries himself to sleep.
Lindsey entered the room and took Bandit from my lap. "C'mon sweetie, bathtime," She said, not even acknowledging me.
"Daddy do it!" Bandit demanded, stretching for me. I got to my feet, smiling. Lindsey frowned.
"No, honey, Mommy will do it. Daddy's just got home - he'll be tired," She said.
"Babe, if Bandit wants me to do it, then I can- it's not a problem," I tried to take Bandit from Lindsey, but she wouldn't let me.
"Daddy do it, Daddy do it, Daddy do it!" Bandit yelled, threatening to burst into a tantrum at any minute.
"C'mon, baby. Let me do it - I haven't seen her in weeks," I said. Lindsey groaned.
"No, you might screw it up," She said, unkindly. It stung, but I didn't show that.
"Linds, I've been washing myself for about thirty years - I think I know how to do it," I reminded her.
"Fuck's sake, Gerard, I'm giving Bandit her bath, alright?" She yelled, with so much venom that I found myself flinching.
"A-Alright," I said, quietly.
"Good," Lindsey took a deep breath. "C'mon, sweetheart. Mommy will give you a bath then put you to bed." And she took Bandit out of the room without so much as a 'goodnight.'
About an hour later, Lindsey returned to the room. She sat on the couch - so I sat beside her. She sighed but didn't move away. I put my arms around her and pulled her right up close to me. Normally she'd lean her head on my shoulder and snuggle against me. Now she held herself, stiff and rigid, until I sighed and dropped my arms from around her. "Are you okay, baby?" I asked.
"Yes, I'm fine," She snapped. Still, I pressed on.
"I missed you while I was on tour," I told her, giving her what I hoped was a sweet smile.
"Yes - you said on the phone," She reminded me.
"Oh. Yeah," I sighed. God, this was trying. I tried a more affectionate route. "Sweetie, I had a long journey today. Can I have a kiss, please?" She didn't even think before she shook her head. "Well... can I have a cuddle, then?" Another shake. "Just a quick hug then. Please?"
"What part of no do you not fucking understand?" She mumbled.
"Sorry," I sighed. A long, tense silence stretched out between us. Then I broke it. "I'm gonna go to bed."
"Okay, whatever," She sighed.
"I love you, baby," I told her.
"Mm." She replied.
I left the room and went and lay on our bed. For the first time in about fifteen years, I cried myself to sleep.


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Tauren also seem to be a native natural species. They have a legend about being created by the earth mother, but even if they were created by a god they seem to have been around for just as long as trolls have.
Also I almost forgot about pandaren. They're a native species too.


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Kemikalkadet said...
I agree Eternauta. I loved the Worgen zone much more than the Goblin one on beta (they're both pretty amazing) because it really immerses you into the zone and the story. You feel like you're a part of the story much more in the Worgen one whereas i was always conscious i was playing a game in the Goblin one. Don't get me wrong, i love the humour in WoW, but i also love to be immersed in a believable world and i think the Worgen start zone pulled that off better.
Don't feint but I agree with Eternauta here. I'm so glad the Worgen starting zone isn't just full of the shallow, gimmicky feel of the Goblin zone. The race doesn't appeal to me at all, so that's fine. On the opposite end, the Worgen get a dark lore-tasty, developed story of people struggling to contain their inner monster while, essentially, fighting monsters.
I love it.
Now if only we could play our story out fully rather than being shunted to Elf-Town while the Forsaken get to see it play out. That will never be cool with me.
Overall awesome cinematic. Though, I have to say it reminded me a LOT of Anthony Hopkins little dialogue to his son just before he unleashes him on the world in the movie, Wolfman.


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Thought Prob : Regenerative Damping of a Simple Harmonic Oscillator
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Mar13-12, 03:17 PM
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So I was just thinking about regenerative braking, piezoelectric sensors/strain gauges, magnetic-induced currents etc. and I thought of a question that would make a simple/decent discussion/practice in general engineer/physics (lots of /'s)
Suppose you have a simple harmonic oscillator :: WALL :: SPRING :: MASS
And assume its initial state is variational (Xo,Vo can be anything).
Now lets decide that we want to grab all of the energy out of the mass (as much as possible) and convert it to an electrical current.
I can think of two ways to do this:
1. The wall is a piezoelectric crystal. Set the Sqrt[k/m] to the natural freq of the crystal to maximize efficiency.
2. Magnetic fixed MASS, entire thing is inside a coil.
Can anyone think of any other ways of doing this? Of these two I think each has its application depending on the scale of the SHO. Both can be optimized for whatever the actual application, but I was trying to think of other methods.
I feel like they've done something similar somewhere (maybe using floatation devices to harvest energy from waves?) Though I was thinking on a smaller scale than that but it doesnt matter, I'm more interested in discussing general engineering applications to this.
It almost comes down to converting 1-D linear mechanical motion to an electric current. So assume no rotation is available (otherwise coiled motor/generator would be the solution).
Thinking about 2: If there was a fluid inside the cavity that was ferromagnetic but with low viscosity, could the resistance of the fluid be overcome by the increasing of the electromagnetic permeability?
Thanks! Just thought I'd put this out there and see if anyone had any good ideas.
Mar13-12, 05:44 PM
Why don't you try a rack and pinion gear, and run a standard generator on the pinion gear.
Mar28-12, 09:21 PM
Issue with method 1 is that you'd have to have an incredibly small mass on a pretty high-stiffness spring.
Issue with method 2 is that the current would be AC, but I think this would be the best method.
Also, you might get more total energy out of the system by absorbing *all* of the spring energy during a single period (complete damping), since energy is lost as heat while the spring itself is deforming. This provides some considerable energy loss, more than you would through keeping something spinning with, say, a bearing. You want to suck as much energy as you can from the spring-and-mass system as quickly as possible to avoid this type of loss; a pendulum given the same amount of energy will stay in motion much longer than a mass on a spring, unless we're comparing a crappy pendulum to an incredibly thin/long spring.
Consider applying Bob S's idea to run a rack and pinion assembly where the pinion (circular gear) is relatively heavy and thus slow to spin up, and have the rack sufficiently short so that it slides off the pinion right as the spring reaches its unstrained/neutral midpoint (x=0). Because the rack will only be slowly spinning the pinion, once it uncouples it will not have nearly any momentum remaining, so nearly as much energy will have been extracted from the system as possible.
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