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Warning: The following review may be a little technical for our average site visitor. Don't worry, it won't hurt a bit. I've had Apple's new Airport Extreme Base Station now for almost a week and have been able to try out most of its features.
Let me start this off by saying that I don't currently have any 802.11n capable wireless devices. My home network currently consists of an iMac Core Duo (wired but has 802.11g wireless only), a PowerMac (wired), a couple of boring PC's, and a 12″ Powerbook. I also have a Nintendo Wii and a DS Lite which uses the wireless to connect to the internet.
An Airport Express base station primarily served up wireless for my Powerbook and the DS because the DS doesn't work with WPA or other more advanced security options and I am able to filter its MAC address (nothing to do with Apple, the Machine Address Code that every networkable device has). The Airport Express is also great for traveling.
I didn't get the base station for its wireless connectivity options (but I plan on taking advantage of 802.11n as soon as I upgrade my laptop), rather for its USB port that allows you to connect an external hard drive to it. My review will focus primarily on this aspect as there are tons of other sites with benchmarks and fancy charts of the wireless performance.
If you have (or plan on getting) a recent model Apple computer (desktop or laptop) you'll be good to go on the new, faster 802.11n wireless protocol which Apple is touting at being up to 5x faster than 802.11g (the current standard wireless protocol).
The main thing I've noticed about it over my previous router is the consistent speed. Everything feels faster with the Airport installed. Websites seem to 'pop' as fast as you would expect and any slowdowns are related to the site itself or anything that is being loaded (large images, external banners, etc). It's hard to quantify something like speed (I hate benchmarks since they never seem to apply to my setup) but I can say that there is at least the feeling of an improvement in the speed of surfing and file copying across the network (more on that in a bit).
It might just be a placebo effect caused by spending $200 on a router to replace a $40 one. But the price is comparable to other 802.11n routers out there and this one has a few features the other don't.
One of my favorite things about Apple products (fanboy alert) is the level of detail they put into their packaging. Even something as mundane as a router has a sense of style associated with it's box…even if there isn't much to it, it's just more interesting to open than most computer/electronics boxes.
Inside the box is just the Airport base station itself (wrapped in clear plastic like an iPod comes) sitting on a cardboard pedestal above the power cables. The nice thing is that it doesn't have a huge power brick-type plug (aka a wall wort) but a more civilized two pronged power adapter cable that plugs into a mini block that is about the size of a cellphone. The cord is also very long so you should have no trouble finding a place to plug it in.
One of the first downsides you'll encounter when setting up the base station is the number of ports on the back. Most routers these days have four ports for your local network and this only has three. This isn't the end of the world but it just means that people with bigger LANs might have to get a switch to fill this need. Another downside that is tearing up the internet is the lack of gigabit ethernet ports.
The stock ones have 10/100 capable connections but many of Apple's computers these days ship with gigabit ports (1000). Again not the end of the world as this base station is really all about the wireless speeds but it would have been nice if they had included it. I'll touch on why in a minute when I discuss the AirDisk.
As I mentioned earlier, the main reason I wanted to get the Airport Extreme was the built in USB port on the back that allows you to plug a printer or external hard drive into your network. I've had an Airport Express for ages now that had a USB port on it but never used it for a printer since it's plugged in behind my entertainment center to provide wireless AirTunes to my stereo. You can also use the Airport Express' USB port to charge your iPod (or any USB device) when on the road….I've used this feature extensively.
Back to the Airport Extreme. I have a LaCie 250GB external USB hard drive that I have been using on my iMac. The only trouble is that the iMac had to be on to access the drive. The Airport Extreme lets you leave the computer turned off and just plug the drive directly into the base station. I can then access the external hard drive from my laptop wirelessly.
The base station doesn't have a web based configuration/admin tool like most other routers. It uses a dedicated application (on the cd inside the box and it works on PC or Mac and is virtually the same app on either system) to setup and manage the base station settings. This is probably a good thing given that there are a number of potential security issues with the web based routers that hackers can now easily take control of your router if you haven't changed the default password using some simple javascript.
There are a lot of options in here but I'm only going to focus on the AirDisk. There is a small printed manual included with the base station and Apple has posted it on their website along with a guide to designing your wireless network if you'd like to read more about it.
Once I had everything setup and working (which only took a few minutes), I connected the Lacie external drive. Almost immediately the admin utility detected the drive (formatted for Mac before I connected it). The Airdisk utility asked me if I'd like to connect to the drive and asked me for a password. Once I put in the password (the base station's password was the default option), it mounted the AirDisk onto my iMac's desktop. Wow! That was easy.
I then tried copying some files to it and they seemed pretty decent. A 350mb file (a TV episode) took 'about a minute' (according to the Finder progress bar) and a 800mb file (a movie) took 'about 3 minutes'. The progress bar seemed to be a little slower than realtime however. It was still fast enough for my purposes.
Once the files were copied, I wanted to try streaming from the Airdisk. They played back flawlessly over the wired connection. I also had no issues streaming video to my Powerbook via 802.11g. More happy camping.
There is an option to "Share disks over the Ethernet WAN port" which means you can basically access the drive from anywhere over the internet – this basically replaces the need for Apple's .Mac. Hopefully the forthcoming Leopard operating system will take advantage of this and allow the user to use the OS level .mac items interchangably with an Airdisk. There is also an option to "Advertise disks globally using Bonjour" option which sounds kind of scary and isn't documented at all in the manual.
I had a friend try to connect to my Airdisk over the internet. This involves knowing your IP address (which can be found on the summary page of the base station) and using the Finder's 'Connect to Server' function (press CMD-K in Finder to bring this up). I gave my friend my IP address and the base station password and he was able to connect remotely to the drive and see the files I had put on it. We tried streaming the video files and as expected, they were choppy and slow. This is mostly to do with the upload speeds provided by your ISP which is usually quite slow compared to your download speed. Still it worked great and will be useful to drag and drop files to and from the Airdisk when I'm away from home.
The Airdisk also supports the notion of user accounts for accessing the hard drive. This isn't documented very well in the manual (or anywhere unfortunately).
This is just like it sounds: you create a list of users (with passwords) and those users can then access the hard drive. The caveat I found with this though is that if I want to create a number of accounts for family or friends, there is no notion (that I've found at least) of an admin account that can peer into any of the account folders. The account setting basically creates folders in the root of the hard drive in the name of the account holder.
So when you mount the hard drive, you only see your folder contents. This is disappointing to me because I wanted to be able to manage all the content in those folders (other than changing the settings to turn off the accounts). I also wanted to have different accounts for different purposes. A Backup account to strictly backup important files and a Media account for just music/video files. I can do that but can't be logged into more than one account at a time. Bummer. Maybe this will be improved in future updates to the admin utility.
In further testing, all the Airdisk functions worked the same on a PC. There are two ways to access the airdisk: either via the airdisk utility or by connecting via the Finder/Windows Explorer directly to the base station IP. I was able to map a drive letter on a PC to the Airdisk with no trouble. I like the fact the Airdisk app checks for any disks anytime you connect to that network. It's really like it's attached to your system and there when you need it.
The bottom line is the Airport Extreme is a solid router/base station with some nice other features like the AirDisk. With support for the 802.11n protocol, it's a solid choice for anyone upgrading or adding wireless to their home network. So far the performance of the Airdisk has been what I expected and very handy.
– nice, classy Apple styling with no fugly external antennas
– fast and consistant speeds (very unscientific)
– can add an external hard drive (or printer) to your network easily
– works the same on PCs or Macs
– pricey (but comparable to other 802.11n routers)
– only 3 ethernet ports on the back
– no gigabit connections
– configuration tool could be improved
– manual is a little sparse on details of the more advanced features
If there is anything else you'd like to know about this base station, post a comment below!
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MasterCard Canada has Advanced Access to Peter Gabriel Live 2003
Peter Gabriel to play London's John Labatt Centre on
Saturday, July 5th:
MasterCard cardholders can buy tickets to another great Canadian
concert before anybody else does
London, ON, April 22, 2003 – Beginning Wednesday, April 23 MasterCard Canada is offering MasterCard cardholders and music lovers Advanced Access to another great Canadian concert – renowned, innovative musician Peter Gabriel. MasterCard's Advanced Access – When Being There Matters, is an exclusive ticket offer that enables MasterCard cardholders to purchase advanced tickets to some of Clear Channel Entertainment Canada's best Canadian concerts – before they go on sale to the general public.
Peter Gabriel's Live 2003 concert will include new material from his album UP, along with many of his classic favorites. With a solo career spanning over twenty-five years, Peter Gabriel is recognized by music fans the world over as an innovative musician, writer, videographer and humanitarian. As a co-founder of the international human rights organization Witness, Gabriel will donate $1.50 of every ticket to this group. Witness focuses on strengthening the work of local human rights advocates by providing them with communications technology.
From Wednesday, April 23 at 10:00 a.m. to Thursday April 24 at 5:00 p.m., MasterCard cardholders will have an exclusive opportunity to use their MasterCard card to purchase advanced tickets to Peter Gabriel's appearance in London, Ontario before they go on sale to the general public.
Advanced Access to Peter Gabriel purchasing information is as follows:
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- Advanced Access pre-sale dates for MasterCard cardholders: Wednesday, April 23 at 10:00 a.m. to Thursday April 24 at 5:00 p.m.
- Pre-sale tickets available through: mastercard.ca, Ticketmaster phone lines and ticketmaster.ca.
- Limit of four tickets per MasterCard card transaction.
- Public sales begin Friday April 25 at 10:00 a.m.
MasterCard Canada is the official card of Clear Channel Entertainment Concerts Canada. The two companies have designed a program that goes beyond traditional sponsorship opportunities and creates a unique MasterCard experience for its cardholders and patrons of concerts in Canada, demonstrating how MasterCard rewards its customers. In addition to on-site branding opportunities, the deal includes special cardholder privileges for MasterCard users including the opportunity to purchase tickets to select Canadian concerts in advance of the general public and to receive other special exclusive offers.
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The following students have been selected for membership in the National Society of High School Scholars:
Daniel Gordon of Maumee, a student at Maumee Valley Country Day School, and Shaunte Hayes of Swanton, an honors student at Rogers High School.
Students are selected based on academic excellence; they qualify for a variety of benefits through membership in the society.
Eli Portala of Toledo, age 10, won first place in the junior division of the International Brotherhood of Magician's competition held in June in Miami. The 6 1/2-hour annual competition had 31 competitors from 11 countries and 10 states in the United States.
Eli was chosen to perform two days after the competition in the Gold Medal Gala Show at Miami's Olympia theater, where he received a standing ovation for his performance.
In addition, he received a $500 savings bond, a $250 shopping spree to FAO Schwartz, and an all-expenses-paid trip to Las Vegas, where he will meet top Vegas performers.
Maria Jess, Ottawa County extension educator with Ohio State University Extension Service, attended the annual conference of the American Associate of Family and Consumer Sciences, held in June in Charlotte. Together with three extension colleagues, she presented "Let's Talk Money," a session on learning about money issues via an interactive Internet site.
Thomas Biggs of the Maumee Elks Lodge 1850 has been appointed by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks to the order's national Youth Activities Committee.
He will promote children and young adult programs sponsored by the Order and also advise lodges on activities and events for the young.


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U.K. Geological Survey Shows Shale Is Below Water Sources
Nidaa BakhshLayers of shale in the U.K. that may meet decades of domestic gas demand when drilled are well below water aquifers, minimizing the risk of contamination.
A study by the British Geological Survey and Environment Agency found that 92 percent of the shale in the Bowland basin is 800 meters (2,600 feet) under the principal water sources. In the Weald in southern England, the rock lies 650 meters below the water table.
"This would support the industry's assertion that the chance of contamination of aquifers from shale activity is infinitesimal," the U.K. Onshore Operators Group, an industry lobby, said in a statement.
The U.K. government is offering tax breaks to shale drillers to spur development of a resource that may meet domestic gas demand for a half-century even if 10 percent is extracted. The Bowland basin in northern England may hold as much as 1,300 trillion cubic feet of gas, the BGS said last year.
Opponents of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, argue that the technique to extract gas and oil from shale rock using a high-pressure mixture of water, sand and chemicals causes quake instability and pollution.
"A positive outcome from this study is that we have been able to identify areas, such as the center of the Weald, where there's no aquifer over the shale," John Bloomfield, a hydrogeologist at the BGS, said today by phone.
"The BGS survey provides valuable information but it won't eliminate the risk of water contamination from fracking," Tony Bosworth, energy campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said in a statement. "Regulation in this area is fundamentally flawed. Better rules would make the industry safer -- but not safe."
BGS also published new data on methane in groundwater to provide a baseline against which future changes can be measured. Methane occurs naturally in the atmosphere and is commonly found as a dissolved component of groundwater.


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The Holiday Card Quandary
Posted on Conversation Starter: December 14, 2009 9:20 AM
I'm still surprised by my conversation with a senior executive a few years back. When our discussion turned to holiday plans (it was early December) he mentioned that several of his late-December days would be spent addressing and hand-signing holiday cards. This struck me as a pretty inefficient way to communicate with his clients, but I got it.
No doubt he'd received one too many "efficient" holiday cards. So efficient he'd tossed the cards out immediately. I've tossed a card or two myself. The corporations mailing these discards want to convey they appreciate doing business with you and me, but they are so devoid of a personal touch, I feel anything but appreciated. It's a pity; such a waste of time, money, and paper.
Don't get me wrong—I'm a big fan of holiday cards. I like receiving them, and I like sending them—once they are sent. It's an ideal way to let my friends and business associates know I value them.
When there was real effort involved, before generating cards was automated, sending and receiving meant something. They now require so little effort they can quickly become the real-world version of Spam. With advances in technology and automation we can communicate so much more efficiently, in less time, and at a lower cost. But does that always bring greater returns on our investment?
So what are our choices when connecting with clients, customers, and business associates?
1) Personal, but inefficient: Dismiss or ignore technological or manufacturing advances available to us. I don't ignore them (at least I try not to) and don't recommend you do either. Our clients may appreciate the inefficient personal touch. They may also wonder why we spent so much time and money on something we could have automated. Personal but inefficient will usually result in a low ROI.
2) Efficient, but impersonal: If we've automated our outreach (whether via cards, or electronic newsletters, blogs, tweets), but haven't found a complementary, more personal means of communicating that we value our business associates, what we save in money and time may be costing us the relationship.
3) Efficient and Personal: A balanced approach would be to re-allocate the time we would have spent doing something like hand-addressing an envelope, which our clients won't value, to writing the occasional personal note: one or two handwritten sentences, sentences that could only be written by you or me about why we appreciate their business, what we've learned from them, etc. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "The greatest gift is a portion of thyself."
There is value in greater, measurable productivity; there is also value in the personalization and individual attention made possible by those productivity gains. It's true with holiday cards. It's true with our business. The trick this time of year, like most times, is to strike the right balance.


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23 comments on "Jamie in his bunker!!!! (***)"
This audio should be accurately timed over the above video to gain deeper knowledge
Awesome!!!! it's like a fly on the wall during a JPM board meeting;
JUMP YOU F*CKERS!!!!! Cause $500$ silver will break your
F*CKING BACK YOU P.O.S. (and send your Stock Price to
ahahaah have seen many variations on this theme but it still is funny
Chapo to Bruno Ganz who has been able to play Hitler for the first time in a way you forget you're watching an actor. And I've seen many Hitlers.
Der Untergang (2004) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363163/
the Ben Bernank as Col. Jessup in A Few Good Men!
Wunder video!!!!
And i now have 1000 gram of silver to make bullets of, so JPM can stay six feet down(in that bunker)….
And more silver is on it´s way….Anders/Sweden
Zilver doet het goed 😉
Max Keiser hat Plan A. Wenn das fehlschlägt gibt es Plan B. Chop die Köpfe der Finanz-Terroristen aus und legte sie auf das Symbol.
Congressman Ron Paul appeared on Judge Napolitano's Freedom Watch on Thursday to talk about the Fed's release of information and the continuing need for a complete Audit. Go to….http://www.campaignforliberty.com/….to see the video.
Zilver doet het inderdaad goed!
It is not just the JPM silver shorts at LBMA and COMEX that what will drive up the price of silver when Jamie has to cover his shorts.
People need to get a handle on the SLV and GLD funds that are run by JPM and HSBC. If their depositors get the idea that they are being lied to, there will be a run out of those funds into bullion.
There is probably a high turnover in those funds. 70% of all stock trades last 11 seconds by comparison. But one day soon there will be a lot of money coming out and none entering SLV and GLD.
These people will be chasing returns and none will be higher than bullion.
That will be game over.
Well done !! I understood all the references – it was terrific!!
Well Well Well…. Banks Aided Madoff? http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=174121
JPMorgan Sued for $6.4 Billion Over Madoff Fraud by Liquidating Trustee http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-02/jpmorgan-sued-for-6-4-billion-over-madoff-fraud-by-liquidating-trustee.html
Bernard Madoff Trustee Sues HSBC for $9B in NY Court http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/12/05/bernard-madoff-trustee-sues-hsbc-b-ny-court/
Re: This video> Eloquent. And it compels me to do a lot of "little" homework.
Re: Sunday's Alex Jones> sorry, in contrast to the above, there is something to it that doesn't make it worthy of my ear-while. -
Silver $29.95
Knock, knock, knocking on $30 door…
That was the funniest shit I have seen in a long time!!!
What is scary is how long it would take for me to explain the names and references in the video to a securities broker I met yesterday at an art show. And I never graduated high school.
So HEY Max – what was the price you told Jaimi you would shut up for? HAHAHAHA
Silver 30$ 🙂
Nice work for a nimble mind …
The monetary pig at work … an extraordinarily complex and subtle body of useless ideas … based, not on science, but on politics, scarcity, religion and cheap labor. A involuntary decree, that we allowed to morph into a dumb ass belief system. …. you never never have enough to opt out … so we just replace one Hitler with another … Please sir if I can just get enough silver I can be part of the next, wasted episode?
That was one of the Bunkers EVER!
Great Job to the creator of that classic. -
Great. Been waiting for weeks.
I can valk again.
Tolle Arbeit!
awesome, total lolzapalooza
Damn, that was fun. Take them all down. Go white hats. Buy silver. Buy it all.
Love it. Just too filthy- I can't forward this to 80% of the people I want to see it.
This video made my day, hahaha


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Oatmeal has evolved. Oats aren't just for horses. Oats are served everywhere today. History is repeating itself in a good way. Oats are a food whose time has come again. Oatmeal is what's for breakfast.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and often the most neglected. It's important that you eat a nutritious morning meal no later than an hour after waking up. A healthy breakfast allows the mind and body to work well throughout the day. Breakfast also is important for creating healthy eating habits, general health, weight control, greater concentration and productivity, and maintaining hormone levels and blood sugar. Breakfast will speed up metabolism and help you burn more calories throughout the day.


text: The Yamaha Piaggero NP11 Digital Piano is a 61-key model that takes Piaggero's signature concept of Slim, Light, and Compact to a new level. It features high-quality voices and expresses Piaggero's piano sound more realistic than ever before. The NP11 offers a wide variety of use with simple, user-friendly functions. Distinguished craftsmanship is emphasized by the strip of red felt at the keyboard's back end. Yamaha Piaggero NP11 Digital Piano Features


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Sharp will start selling the industry's thinnest 4K monitor, a 32-inch LCD screen that is just 3.5mm thick, in February.
The company said the new monitor will go on sale for about ¥450,000 (US$5,500) in Japan. It uses Sharp's new IGZO technology and can display up to 3,840 by 2,160 pixels, the equivalent of four full-HD screens.
"We are hoping to launch around the same time globally," said Sharp spokeswoman Miyuki Nakayama. "This is aimed at computer designers, architects, medical users—those type of people."
The screen will have two HDMI connectors, allowing users to connect a PC and home video equipment, and two small speakers. It weighs about 7.5 kilograms.
Sharp is promoting its IGZO display technology, named after the indium gallium zinc oxide semiconductor on which it is based, across a wide range of devices. The company will soon launch its first smartphones and tablets with the technology in Japan, and has been promoting IGZO because it uses less power than current LCD screens and can prolong battery life in mobile devices.
The Osaka-based company said using IGZO in the new monitor allowed for an extra-thin design, as the technology requires less backlighting than other methods and can be "edge lit" to avoid bulk. Sharp began mass producing IGZO screens earlier this year.
Global TV makers are steadily rolling out 4K televisions, which are named after their horizontal resolution, although little content exists for the appliances. Sony has said that this week it will reveal "the world's first 4K Ultra HD delivery solution" and offer exclusive Hollywood content to buyers of its TVs.
Screens that work both as TVs and computer monitors could be a mid-term solution until the market catches up, as users will still be able to take advantage of the high resolution in their work.
TVs that can handle 4K content, or are equipped with technology to upgrade existing content, are still very expensive. In August, LG said its new 4K TV is priced at $22,000.
Earlier this year Sharp announced a high-definition 80-inch LCD TV for $12,000


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Terror threat to restaurants as Al Qaeda calls for attacks on government workers in D.C.
BY James Gordon Meek
Monday, October 11th 2010, 8:34 PM
WASHINGTON - The terror group tied to the Ft. Hood killings and the Christmas Day undies airbomber urge wannabe American jihadis to open fire on crowded restaurants in the nation's capital to massacre U.S. government workers.
The advice appears in "Inspire," the latest issue of a slick propaganda publication by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Osama Bin Laden's franchise in Yemen.
"A random hit at a crowded restaurant in Washington, D.C., at lunch hour might end up knocking out a few government employees," Yahya Ibrahim writes in the 74-page jihadi how-to magazine.
"Targeting such employees is paramount and the location would also give the operation additional media attention," Ibrahim added.
Other trash talk came from "Samir Khan," an American who came to AQAP from North Carolina, who produces the publication and wrote that he is "proud to be a traitor in America's eyes."
"This guy is bad news, and given the fact that he helps publish AQAP trash, he certainly spreads a lot of it around, too," said a senior U.S. official.
According to a copy of the magazine obtained by the SITE intelligence group, AQAP also urged those bent on murdering for Islam to use everything from pickup trucks to improvised pressure-cooker bombs to kill.
The trucks can be fashioned into "the ultimate mowing machine," with steel blades welded to the grill to "mow down the enemies of Allah" by running down Americans on crowded sidewalks "to achieve maximum carnage" in a "martyrdom operation."
"This method has not been used before," advises AQAP in its "Tips for our brothers in the U.S."
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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa And Kung Fu Panda: Legendary Warriors Now Available
November 4, 2008
MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA AND KUNG FU PANDA: LEGENDARY WARRIORS now available at RETAILERS NATIONWIDE
Activision Publishing, Inc. is reuniting gamers with some of their favorite DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. characters with the release of the Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Kung Fu Panda: Legendary Warriors video games, now available on store shelves.
Based on DreamWorks Animation's highly anticipated sequel film, "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa," which comes to U.S. theaters on November 7th, the Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa™ video game allows gamers to play as the popular characters from the movie including Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the Hippo and members of their madcap Madagascar crew, most notably King Julien and those crafty Penguins, to help save the African savannah in an all new action-packed adventure. The game offers a large variety of gameplay as well as an extensive multiplayer tournament mode allowing fans to share the excitement with friends and family.
Kung Fu Panda's Po and the Furious Five return in an all-new awesome video game adventure in Kung Fu Panda: Legendary Warriors™. Developed exclusively for Nintendo platforms, gamers can play as Po, Tigress, Monkey or Shifu on Wii™ and as Po or Tigress on Nintendo DS™ as they battle hordes of enemies using their masterful kung fu skills to save the rest of the Furious Five who have been captured by the evil Tai Lung. Players can even invite a friend to join the action at any point in the pick-up and play co-op mode or challenge each other in the head-to-head or team-based multiplayer mode.
"The Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa™ and Kung Fu Panda: Legendary Warriors™ games capture the fun, action and humor of both DreamWorks Animation movies," said Kim Salzer, vice president of Global Brand Management, Activision Publishing. "Kids of all ages will have a blast playing through expanded movie worlds on their own or engaging in the fun-filled adventures with family and friends."
About Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa video game:
Following the success of DreamWorks Animation's 2005 blockbuster movie and best-selling video game "Madagascar" comes the all new Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa™ video game. Assuming the roles of all their favorite characters, including those crafty Penguins, players must work through 12 distinct levels featuring a variety of wild adventures and fun mini-games. In addition to the diverse single-player gameplay, the Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa™ video gamedelivers an enhanced multiplayer tournament mode allowing gamers to participate in zany competitions alongside or against friends and family.
The game is available for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Wii and the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system for a suggested retail price of $49.99; the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system for the suggested retail price of $39.99; Nintendo DS for a suggested retail price of $29.99; and Games for Windows® for a suggested retail price of $19.99. The Xbox 360, the PLAYSTATION 3 system and PC versions have been rated "E10+" (Mild Cartoon Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes, Simulated Gambling); the PlayStation2 system and Wii versions have been rated "E" (Cartoon Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes, Simulated Gambling) and the handheld game has been rated "E" (Cartoon Violence, Comic Mischief) by the ESRB.
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About Kung Fu Panda: Legendary Warriors: Po, Monkey, Tigress and Shifu (Po and Tigress only on DS) return in an all-new action-packed journey to protect the Valley of Peace from Tai Lung and his minions. Utilizing motion and gesture-based controls gamers perform acrobatic jump attacks, wield weapons against foes and unleash powerful Chi Attacks by simulating customizable symbols featured on-screen. A second player can jump into the epic kung fu battle at any time to help chop, kick and punch their way to awesomeness in the co-op or multiplayer modes.
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JibJab's 2014 Year in Review Is Right On the Money
What a wild and crazy year it's been.
What a wild and crazy year it's been.
Holiday travel is a pain. We all know that. But thank your lucky stars you're not one of these airilne passengers.
These turkeys turn the Thanksgiving tables.
We love a good water balloon to the face. However, we've never seen a water balloon to the face that looked quite so exquisitely gorgeous. Watch this and more things is beautiful slow motion.
Rollerblading is tough. It's good exercise, sure, but who didn't fall the first time they put on the blades? You? Yeah, right. So give these folks a break already.
If you've ever tried to give a cat a bath—or even just bring the cat anywhere near a bathtub—then you know how these people feel.
Generally, when something requires a forklift, it's pretty heavy and tends to be quite valuable. Hence the required training. But sometimes, even the most well-trained driver has an off-day.
Tree-cutting is a dangerous activity, one best left to professionals. But these folks don't care.
It's time for a refresher on what exactly not to do with your grill.
It sure is fun to ride a big wheel; any 5-year-old can tell you that. But when a grownup tries to do it? Well ...
Gambling can become an addiction, one that affects us all. Even cats.
Even superstars like Albert Pujols had to start out somewhere, and for most kids who play baseball, that starting point is T-ball.


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Chris Bell went from 10th to third in the final four laps in Keith Kunz Motorsports' Toyota-powered Bullet.
"I was way back and at the end, I decided to run the bottom and stayed there," Bell explained. "I'm really happy, ecstatic. I was stuck around a pack of slower cars for most of the race and got caught racing them. There were cars on the bottom and cars on top and no room to pass."
Thomas finished fourth and Zach Daum was fifth.
It was Benson's second POWRi Micro victory. The 29-year-old has been a part-time entrant in the series, but is making a determined effort to run for the championship this season. He was a season-best third on Thursday in the Speed Week opener at Jacksonville and was fourth at Belle-Clair Speedway in Belleville, Ill., and seventh at Macon (Ill.) Speedway earlier this season.
Benson started third, behind polesitter Aaron Andruskevitch and moved into second on the opening lap. He passed Andruskevitch on the 11th of 20 laps.
"The middle (groove) was starting to slick off and I found a wet spot down the track that nobody had run and it allowed me to pass Aaron," Benson said. "It feels good to win again."
Cale Thomas finished second and Andruskevitch was third.
The finish:
Michael Pickens, Andrew Felker, Chris Bell, Tyler Thomas, Zach Daum, Darren Hagen, Tanner Thorson, Casey Shuman, Rico Abreu, Jerry Coons Jr., Dereck King, Danny Stratton, Nick Knepper, Garrett Aitken, Brad Mosen, Daniel Adler, Austin Brown, Jake Blackhurst, Terry Babb, Ryan Criswell, Justin Peck, Brad Kuhn, Tim Siner.


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Do you or someone you know operate a food truck/concession cart that you'd like to see at the Fulton Street Farmers Market during the 2017 season? Attached here is our RFP to learn more about these businesses and 2017. Paperwork is due to the market office before Monday March 6th 2017! Feel free to email email@example.com for any questions.
Our Winter Market is back and better then ever! We've expect 20 or more vendors here each and every Saturday all winter long. We are only open on Saturdays 10am – 1pm January through April, and our 95th Market Season will kick off on Saturday May 6th, 2017.
Join us Saturday July 16th for a special Fulton Street Farmers Market Event. We will be screen printing our market logo on T-Shirts and Aprons at the market from 8am – 2pm. So come on down and join the fun, the process is quick and we will have a fun selection of shirts and inks to choose from.
The 2015 season has been another great one for the Fulton Street Farmers Market. The regular season will end on Saturday December 19th 2015.
Our 2016 Winter Market Season will kick off on Saturday January 2nd 2016 at 10am – 1pm. We will continue running every Saturday all winter long (January – April). We are currently expecting to have between 15 – 20 vendors each market day with a mixture of Meats, Breads, Dairy, Cheese, Eggs, Vegetables, Apples, and so much more. We look forward to seeing you around all winter long.
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"Autumn – from September into November is the absolute best time to shop the market," said Overdevest, event organizer. "It's the culmination of summer and the beginning of fall and all kinds of good things are colliding to create more abundance than any other time of the year. We want to celebrate West Michigan's harvest — with a dinner that's 95 percent local because it's just fun."
Smack down the market's center aisle. Outdoors, under the roof trusses, we'll arrange long tables, canvas-covered, with autumn's harvest and straw bale seating.
Prepare for a taste adventure: roasted celery root filet with apple, onion and shell bean relish; cider-braised pumpkin and lacinato kale gratin with pumpkin seeds; smashed beets with caramelized honey and toasted spices; and Brussels sprout salad with maitake mushroom, pickled pears and roasted pear vinaigrette. All of those recipes are vegetarian and three vegan – we know that you love that. If we could skip the honey, but it is so good, then there would be four vegan options. For the carnivores, check out the whole hog pulled pork with maple vinegar sauce and aromatic spiced lamb skewers. The highlight, though, will be the finish: a cider candy apple (ruby red – think Wizard of Oz' Dorothy sparkly slippers) lip-smacking with hard cider apple sauce and punctuated with a real twig, gnarly and witchy finger-like.
Tickets: Limited availability, $85 per person, includes hard or soft cider pairing and $25 goes to FSFM Food Education Fund.
Whole Hog Pulled Pork with Maple Vinegar Sauce
Aromatic Spiced Lamb Skewers
Roasted Celery Root Filet with Apple, Onion and Shell Bean Relish
Cider Braised Pumpkin and Lacinato Kale Gratin with Pumpkin Seeds
Smashed Beets with Caramelized Honey and Toasted Spices
Brussels Sprout Salad with Maitake Mushroom, Pickled Pears and Roasted Pear Vinaigrette
Cider Candy Apple and Hard Cider Apple Sauce
– Dinner service will begin at 6:30 p.m.
– Music provided by the B-Side Growlers –Tradition inspired, toe-tappin' fired, vintage acoustic
blues, jazz and country, and will conclude at 9 p.m.
– The dinner menu naturally emphasizes vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free, while offering two dishes for those who would miss the meat.
– The event will take place outside, under the market roof, so dress accordingly
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We are now more than half way through July, and the summer of 2015 continues to roll along. We've got a few quick updates that we wanted to announce.
The construction on Fulton Street seems to finally be over with. A big "Thank You" to the crew that worked hard to finish up the project.
The Sunday ARTisans market is in full swing, If you are interested in being a vendor with them you can find their information at www.grartmarket.com.
If you are ever looking for a list of "In Season" items we keep an updated one over at the Rapidian's website. Just search for "In Season"
As always the Fulton Street Farmers Market is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 8am – 3pm.
The 2015 season has started off with a bang, and the farmers are not the only ones capitalizing on the warmer weather. There is a construction project taking place on Fulton Street in front of the market. As the construction changes around please remember that there is a market entrance on Fountain St. Also if you ride the bus to the market this construction project has altered the route so please check with The Rapid for the update routes.
Soup @ Fulton Street Farmers Market runs March 21 (Saturday) 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Cost – $8 per person, $5 kids 10 and under, $5 friends of FSFM, free with Friends of FSFM 2015 renewal or new membership.
Winter market hours 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays only through April 25 at the Fulton Street Farmers Market
Fulton Street Farmers Market opens for its 92nd season the first Saturday in May, at 8 a.m. Regular hours 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
At 10 a.m. Saturday, down the stalls of the Fulton Street Farmers Market, crisp apples, firm potatoes, farm eggs, non-homogenized milk, sun-hued winter squash, and growlers of People's Cider Company catches the eyes. Bright micro-greens and exotic mushrooms picked seconds before arriving (yes!) woo market shoppers toting re-useable bags. Roast-chunks of ham, lamb and beef, nitrate-free bacon, hand-crafted sausage nestle in snowy mounds, with Mother Nature providing the refrigeration.
Nearby, bread, hand-kneaded and baked slow; goat's milk cheese coagulated and dressed with fennel ; and lardy tarts with farm eggs, winter vegetables and unpasteurized cheeses are snapped up.
Determined and unbelievably upbeat, a dozen Fulton Street market vendors continue outside in the snowy tundra while six vendors move into the warm building for the Saturday winter market from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Most markets in Michigan are two or three-season operations with tarps and tables dismantled around Halloween, certainly before Thanksgiving. The hearty souls – who grow, catch, pluck, brew, and bake the homegrown food and drink that we devour – show up each and every Saturday – through Michigan's wintry stew.
Let's have a community party to share the bounty, one bowl at a time, decided Chef Matt Overdevest, FSFM board member. "Let's give market shoppers a chance to linger amongst friends and farmers," says Overdevest, a Culinary School of America-trained chef.
Scheduled for Saturday March 21, Soup @ Fulton Street Farmers Market is a community fest celebrating winter's locally grown goodness while giving market customers a chance to linger amongst friends and farmers.
The Fulton Street winter market gathers the community, equally a place of necessity and destination, says Theresa Hogerheide, FSFM board president and blogger at Michigan Local Food Beet. "The winter market brings about this wonderful camaraderie," says Hogerheide, "and surprise that we can eat locally year-round, even if we have to tunnel through the snow to get here."
"Soup @ Fulton Street Farmers Market will be a great opportunity to taste, touch and talk about local eating year-round," says Overdevest, joining a crowd of eager customers clamoring to buy Case Visser's winter vegetables — locally grown beets, carrots, celery root, potatoes, rutabagas, and turnips, as well as kale, spinach and honey.
"I love to coax the flavor out of homegrown root vegetables – I mean I can sweet talk it right down to a delicious soup base," Overdevest says. "The first thing that most people do when they make soup is grab a can or box of stock and start there. That's just gives you a chemical kind of taste, that is terrible.
"When I make soup, everything is based in water," he continues. "I use roasted vegetable puree that I am puree-ing very smoothly and turning that into my stock. When I roast the vegetables, I'm kind of caramelizing the sugars within the vegetables and turning that into something gorgeous."
With locally grown vegetables, Overdevest might leave the skins on which offers added nutrients and sometimes flecks beautifully in the soup, looking a bit like peppercorn flecks.
Kim Sanwald, of Cloverdale's Brickyard Farms LLC which vends year-round at the city's oldest farmers market, suggest visiting the Fulton Street winter market to create stewy soups to chase away the Artic air.
"I think soup is a journey really," says Sanwald, author of "Basics with a Twist: Life and Food at Brickyard Farms." "A good soup recipe lives within all of us – it's just waiting to come out."
Matt Overdevest's Winter Vegetable Soup
2 white or yellow onions, peeled and diced
4 garlic cloves, peeled
1 celery root (not stalk celery), peeled and diced
½ winter squash (neck of a butternut or ½ of kumbocha), peeled and diced
1 large apple, cored and quartered
2 turnips, peeled and diced
4 carrots, peeled and sliced into ½-inch coins
2 parsnips, peeled and sliced into ½-inch coins
½ winter squash, (other ½ from above), peeled and diced
2 tablespoons fresh thyme (1 tablespoon dried), leaves off the stem
2 fresh spinach, handfuls rough chopped
1 bunch flat leaf parsley, chopped
2 tablespoons cider or white wine vinegar
SPICE MIXTURE (see recipe below)
PREPARATION: To prepare the soup base In a 8-quart pot (or larger,) add enough oil to coat the bottom and place it on a medium high heat. When the oil ribbons (gets hot and looks like ribbons are running through the oil,) add the onions, stirring occasionally. When the onions are translucent and have a little color, remove half of them for later; add garlic celery root, half of the winter squash, apple and enough water to cover by an inch. Simmer covered until everything is soft. Puree the mixture with a stick blender in the pot, or carefully in a blender. Fill the blender half-way and cover the lid with a towel for safety; start on lowest setting and work up to higher speeds.
Return the soup base from above to medium high heat. Add the reserved onions, turnip, carrot, parsnip, remaining half of the squash and thyme; adjust the heat to maintain a simmer. Cook vegetables until tender but not a soft texture- check after about 15 minutes. Adjust the consistency with a little additional water if needed. When the texture suits you, adjust the salt level and remove from the heat. Stir in the spinach, parsley and vinegar. Serve with some of the spice mixture to enhance.
1 teaspoon caraway seed, whole
1 teaspoon cumin seed, whole
1 teaspoon poppy seed
1 tablespoon sesame seed
¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon red chili flakes, optional
PREPARATION: Place a sauté pan on medium heat and dry toast the seeds till fragrant. Turn off the heat and add the oil and chili flakes to combine. Spoon over or stir into soup.


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Barr debuts at No. 5 on ESPN's Draft Big Board
Anthony Barr set himself some lofty goals heading into his final season at UCLA: a Heisman Trophy, the No. 1 pick in the draft. A year ago, people would've laughed at those kind of expectations. But now, after proving himself as one of the nation's most disruptive defensive players, those expectations are looking more realistic by the day.
And on Wednesday, ESPN's Mel Kiper gave Barr his just deserves in his first 2014 NFL Draft Big Board, ranking Barr at No. 5, behind only South Carolina's Jadeveon Clowney among defensive players.
"For perspective on Barr," Kiper writes, "consider that he easily outperformed Dion Jordan last season, and not only did Jordan go No. 3 overall, but Barr was playing defense for the first time in college football. A former fullback, he has a powerful lower half, but has a long frame and reach. I was surprised to see him return to UCLA coming off his 2012 season, but another year of seasoning at the position is only going to make him a more attractive talent."
Kiper also mentioned in another piece that, if Barr had declared for the draft this season, he likely wouldn't have lasted past the Browns' No. 6 pick, where Cleveland drafted LSU's Barkevious Mingo. But with another year under his belt, expect Barr to remain as a speculated top-five pick until next year's draft.
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While enjoying the views of the beach from the board walk it is difficult to miss the large statue of Neptune located on 31st street, a titanic attraction standing guard over Neptune park. With the beach in the backdrop, and live music playing nearby, the park is a definite stopping point for photos and musical entertainment.
Paul DiPasquale creation, which was paid for with contributions gathered during Neptune Festivals, has been inviting onlookers since its dedication ceremony on September 30, 2005.
The large 34 foot statue does it's best to avert the eyes , but after taking photos with friends and family try not to forget the about the live bands that play at Neptune Park along with daily cover bands playing for onlookers and guest of Hilton's attached restaurant located next door.
If you are in Virginia Beach long enough, make sure to check out the Neptune Festival this summer as it kicks off its 35th year, attracting thousands of tourists and locals. The festival is spread across the entire summer calendar, ending with the Boardwalk Weekend the end of September.
Definitely not the only thing to do in Virginia Beach, a visit to Neptune Park should be on your things to do list this, and perhaps every year.
Location: 31st Street / Oceanfront - Right in front of the King Neptune Statue!


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Philadelphia's sanitation crews are going to be a bit delayed during the coming weeks in picking up curbside trash, but residents are encouraged to volunteer their own time and efforts to help clean up public spaces in advance of the warm weather season.
The deadlines are rapidly approaching for folks to sign up for Northeast Philadelphia's only Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative organic produce pick-up location. From May through October, participants will be able to pick up fresh organic vegetables, fruits and other farm products weekly at the Glen Foerd estate, 5001 Grant Ave.
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A world of wonder on your finger! When we say wonder, we mean absolutely gorgeous. When we say world, we're talking about a massive piece of rock that may be generating its own gravitational field. Together, we're talking about this gorgeous larimar ring that'll have your admirers swooning.
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All weights pertaining to gemstones, including diamonds, are minimum weights. Additionally, please note that many gemstones are treated to enhance their beauty. View Gemstone Enhancements and Special Care Requirements for important information.
Sterling silver, also called fine silver, is a beautifully lustrous cool-toned precious metal favored in fine jewelry among other products. The most reflective of all metals (excluding mercury), sterling silver looks stunning by itself and brings out the best hues in an array of colorful gemstones.
Sterling silver can be polished to a higher sheen than platinum. In fact, Ag, the chemical symbol for silver, comes from a word that means "white and shining." The surface of silver can boast that shiny, polished appearance, or can be brushed, satin, matte, sandblasted, antiqued or oxidized (chemically blackened).
In order to be called sterling silver, a metal must be made up of a minimum of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% alloy (meaning other metals), including but not limited to copper and nickel. The alloy is added to pure silver to make the metal more durable, tougher and harder. Sterling silver is designated a fineness of "925." Pieces with sterling silver may be marked "sterling."
Finishes on Sterling Silver
Finishing, or plating, is a common treatment with sterling silver. Popular types of plating are rhodium plating, gold plating and anti-tarnish plating. Plating is used to extend the life and sheen of the jewelry. After sizing or buffing a piece of jewelry with a machine, it must be re-plated to restore the finish.
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Sterling silver becomes tarnished as the result of a natural chemical process that occurs when sterling silver is exposed to chemicals in the air, rubber, wool and latex. Humidity also plays a role in accelerating tarnishing. It's easy to keep your sterling silver sparkling, though, by taking a few steps to prevent tarnish and other wear and tear.
One of the newest gemstones to be discovered and acclaimed, the world's only source of larimar is found in one square mountain kilometer on an island in the Caribbean. This wondrous gem's limited locality makes it one of the rarest gemstones in the world.
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Illinois is on the verge of enacting a law that will prohibit criminal background screening and inquiries, including criminal conviction inquiries of the applicant, until the applicant is selected for an interview or unless a conditional offer of employment is made.
On May 29, during the final days of the Illinois legislative session, the Legislature passed a measure that would ban most Illinois employers from inquiring into an applicant's criminal history until the interview phase of the hiring process. The bill, titled The Job Opportunities for Qualified Applicants Act (H.B. 5701), prohibits employers or employment agencies from inquiring about or considering the criminal background of an applicant until after the applicant has been determined qualified for the position and selected for an interview. If the employer does not conduct interviews, inquiries into an applicant's criminal background must follow a conditional offer of employment.
The bill exempts from its coverage employers who employ individuals licensed under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act; employers subject to state or federal laws requiring exclusion of applicants with certain criminal convictions; and employers who require a standard fidelity bond where an applicant's criminal conviction would disqualify the individual for such a bond. The Illinois Department of Labor is tasked with enforcement of the Act and may impose civil penalties for repeated violations. Governor Quinn is expected to sign the bill into law this year and the law will take effect on January 1, 2015.
The Illinois bill is consistent with EEOC's enforcement guidance, which recommends that before employers exclude job applicants due to criminal histories, they undertake a "targeted screen" that considers at least the nature of the crime, the time elapsed, and the nature of the job, and then conduct an "individualized assessment" of those identified by the screen to determine whether exclusion from consideration is job related and consistent with business necessity for the job in question. See EEOC Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, No. 915.002 (April 25, 2012). Unlike Illinois' approach, the State of Texas has challenged the EEOC's enforcement guidance, seeking a declaratory judgment that its longstanding blanket ban on hiring felons does not violate Title VII. See State of Texas v EEOC, et al., No. 5:13-cv-00255 (N.D. Texas 2014).
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HANOVER, Germany – Tire manufacturer Continental has inked a deal with the Asian Football Confederation, and will be recognized as an official sponsor of the AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015.
"This is the first time that Continental invests into an international sponsorship package in the Asia Pacific region. The decision is based on a consistent global brand positioning for the premium tire brand Continental and underlines both the regional commitment as well as the passion for football." said Executive Vice President Antonio Lopes de Seabra, who is heading Continentals Passenger and Light Truck Tires Replacement Business in the Asia Pacific region.
Internationally, Continental Tire has a long and strong involvement in global football with sponsorship of the FIFA World Cups, including Brazil 2014, as well as support of the UEFA Champions League from 1995-2000, UEFA EURO 2008 and 2012 as well as the UEFA EURO 2016 event to be held in France and the recent expansion of the agreement with Major League Soccer in the USA and Canada.
From its humble beginnings in 1956, the AFC Asian Cup has grown into the continent's biggest football event, one that stands proudly alongside any top level competition around the globe in terms of excitement, entertainment and organization. It enjoys a massive media reach up to 2.5 billion spectators through its multi-channel communication approach.
To be hosted in Australia, Jan. 9-31, the 2015 event promises to be a global phenomenon. Its qualifying stage includes 46 countries from across the continent, representing more than half of the world's population.


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Alan Shearer doesn't go to Cardiff – Bluebirds fans delighted, MOTD fans gutted
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It will come as no surprise to you that The Spoiler was really, really hoping Alan Shearer would become the next Cardiff City boss – probably as much as Swansea City fans were.
The thought of him taking charge of Craig Bellamy following that incident would have been a delicious prospect, while the thought of Saturday night's without his analysis was positively mouth-watering…
We thought it was too good to be true though and, sadly, our suspicions were confirmed this morning. It would have been a massive gamble for both parties and in the end they probably made the right decision between them.
Shearer had this to say about the whole thing:
"I can confirm I was one of the candidates the club spoke to about the vacant manager's position at Cardiff City.
"During these talks I was most impressed with the vision, ambition and determination of the owner Dato Chan Tien Ghee and the board.
"Unfortunately, those talks were unsuccessful on this occasion.
"Cardiff City is a great club and I wish them every success next season."
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John Wyndham's 1951 post-apocalyptic sci-fi-horror novel "The Day Of The Triffids" is a renowned classic. The story follows a scientist who has been working with lucrative plants called triffids — tall plants with the deadly combination of intelligence and fatal aggression (which he believes have been bioengineered in Soviet Russia). After a meteor shower hits Earth and renders anyone who watched it blind, civilization begins to collapse and with much of the population left defenseless, the triffids begin to attack.
It's one of the scariest stories you can imagine, it's "War of the Worlds" meets "Lord of the Flies," only with giant plants who sting their prey and then feed on the rotting carcass. The only problem is, it can look kind of stupid on the big screen. There's reading about a killer plant, and then there's seeing a killer plant – and unsurprisingly a killer plant can look kind of ridiculous. The most famous adaption was probably the largely unfaithful 1963 film, but the BBC have also produced a couple of mini-series. This writer saw the latest of those BBC productions in 2009 which starred Dougray Scott, Joely Richardson, Brian Cox, Vanessa Redgrave and Eddie Izzard, but sadly it wasn't very good at all.
So another big-screen adaptation won't be an easy task, and Ghost House Pictures have selected Neil Cross to write the Sam Raimi produced picture. Cross created and writes the British detective drama "Luther" for which Idris Elba recently won a Golden Globe, and he also wrote a number of episodes for the popular BBC spy drama, "Spooks." "Luther" is certainly an interesting show to gauge Cross by, as it's by no means a standard genre outing. In fact it's pretty out there and really puts it's characters through the wringer, but in a crowd-pleasing way. Cross also penned "Mama" and "Midnight Delivery," two Guillermo del Toro produced films currently in production and was also enlisted by the director to polish the "Pacific Rim" script.
We can see Cross having some fun with "The Day of the Triffids," but can't help but feel the success of the film will inevitably hang on making the visuals work. Like we said, it's giant walking plants people, and if the visuals don't convince then the film doesn't convince, no matter how good the script is.


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Coordinates: 54°42′23.52″N 167°43′2.23″E / 54.7065333°N 167.7172861°E
Medny Island (Russian: о́стров Ме́дный), also spelled Mednyy or Mednyi, sometimes called Copper Island in English, is the smaller (after Bering Island) of the two main islands in the Commander Islands in the North Pacific Ocean, east of Kamchatka, Russia. (The other fifteen are better described as islets and rocks.) These islands belong to the Kamchatka Krai of the Russian Federation.
The island was uninhabited until the early 20th century, when Aleuts came from Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands to Medny Island.
The island is 56 km long and between 5 and 7 km wide and its area is 186 km². Its maximum elevation is 640 m and the average annual temperature is +2.8 °C. About 100 meters off the northwestern end of the islands are the Beaver Stones (Бобровые камни in Russian), two islets connected by an isthmus, with a combined length of 1 km.
The island was sighted by on 5 November 1741 by Bering and his crew while returning from the expedition during which he found America from the west, but he did not land on this island.[1]
The Russian naval officer and historian Vasily Berch believed that Yemelyan Basov reached this island in 1745, during his second of four expeditions to the Commander Islands between 1743 and 1749, and that most of the furs he brought back to Kamchatka in 1745 were hunted on this island.[2]
Towards the end of the 19th century, the settlement of Preobrazhenskoye was established by Aleuts who moved there from Attu Island.
In 1970, all citizens of the island were moved to neighboring Bering Island. Until 2001, the island was occupied as a frontier post. Since then, the island has been completely uninhabited. Scientific studies of the fauna and flora are conducted annually.
- ^ Georg Wilhelm Steller's journal, in Frank A. Golder: Bering's voyages, Vol. 2. p. 129–133. American Geographical Society. Research series, New York, 1925.
- ^ Vasiliĭ Nikolayevich Berch: A Chronological History of the Discovery of the Aleutian Islands or The Exploits of Russian Merchants With a Supplement of Historical Data on the Fur Trade, Materials for the Study of Alaska History, No. 5, The Limestone Press, Kingston, Ontario.
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I have attached love notes to helium balloons, sent them into the sky. Folded into paper airplanes, they will find their way somewhere. I am a realist, and I know the messages will not carry the weight of their burst carriers. But where they land, it will at least look like they did.
Too many people ask, do you love me? The question is not an invitation, not even a dare. It demands so much: either be kind but be claimed, or be cruel but be free.
A valentine should ask for nothing except the impossible. It should not ask for an answer. It should not ask for a favour. It should not ask for the reciprocation of love, it should not be obliging. It should simply ask the recipient to love. It is, at its best, anonymous, but without the suggestion that the author is watching. The saint sought nothing from the jailer's daughter when he slipped notes through the bars, not even for clemency. The next day his head was on the block.
You owe me nothing, you have already given me so much. Your note is in the air somewhere, and I wonder how much snow can land on its balloon before it stops rising. I wonder where it will fall; into the Danube? Into the grounds of a palace built for the administration of an empire, now abandoned? The least likely of all is that you will find it.
This city is two things. One is a living thing, one is a ghost. I hate how the heart is written up as if it were the avatar of love. Doesn't the whole being feel love? The heart is just an organ, like a capital city. It does one thing, then another, and it has never stopped beating.
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Werner on 10/25/2010 at 17:58
I am happy to learn that some one is paying attention to this proble.U.S. must not only maintain but slowly increase its high tech manufacturing base.It takes 10-15-20 years before such attempts bear fruits. Once there is icrease in manufacturing, it will demand well trained enguneers and our universities will attempt to fill this gap.In similar fashion, once there is demand of strategic metal from local manufacturing, there will be mining activity as a result. I believe there are enough natural minerals containg rare earths in this country. What is lacking is the investment to develop such industries due to lack of demand from local non existing manufacturing in this country.
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I agree totally, a reduction in the DIB would have a major impact on the overall capacity of manufacturing and the reduction in our skills and knowledge base.
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Real and virtual worlds collide, but result falls fairly short of paradise in this junky genre pic.
Real and virtual worlds collide, but the result falls fairly short of paradise in genre-junkie Gilles Marchand's "Black Heaven." Playing too much the god over his characters to make them exist palpably onscreen, the vet scribe ("Red Lights," "Lemming") inserts them into a twisted intrigue of online gaming, adolescent love and killer blonds that's so overloaded with MacGuffins and other trickery, it feels forever on the verge of crashing its own credibility. Still, there are some inventive ideas at work, which often benefit from the film's surgically precise stylistics. "Heaven's" numbers should be neither black nor white, but gray.
It's vacation time in the intensely sunny and lushly inviting Marseilles, and curiosity seeker Gaspard (Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet) and his sweet-faced g.f. Marion (Pauline Etienne) look headed for several months of summer lovin'. But a major monkey-wrench is thrown at their relationship when they begin tracking the callers of a cell phone found in a pool locker, and the investigation leads Gaspard into the clutches of Audrey (Louise Bourgoin), a vampish vixen they rescue from an attempted suicide. Audrey also goes by the virtual name of Sam and participates in the online game Black Hole, a heavily gothic and vaguely futuristic world that looks like Second Life by way of the Wachowski brothers. In one of the pic's more intriguing stylistic ploys, scenes switch between live-action and computer-animated sequences without warning, the stygian urban landscapes of the game contrasting sharply with the cheery vistas of southern France, while the sound design in both worlds remains layered and realistic. But the choice also has its drawbacks, and as Gaspard is pulled away from Marion toward Audrey's "black hole" (the metaphor all too obvious), their characters behave increasingly like their virtual clones, blindly following the commands of a screenplay that moves them through the movie with the determination of a gamer manipulating his mouse and keyboard. While credibility is increasingly stretched thin (especially in a lame ripoff of "Rebel Without a Cause's" drag-racing scene), there are still some aesthetically impressive moments, mostly in the sequences created by animation director Djibril Glissant. Widescreen lensing by Celine Bozon is extraordinarily crisp and rigorous, while cutting by seasoned editor Nelly Quettier was probably too dependent on the script's rock-solid structure to shed an unneeded 10 or 12 minutes of action. Performances are strong across the board, though their range is often limited by the coldly dominating way Marchand handles the storytelling. The up-and-coming Etienne ("Private Lessons," "Silent Voice") fares best as Marion, her eyes conveying levels of depth and emotion as she watches Gaspard slip away from her, while Bourgoin's Audrey is too weighed down by all the dark makeup and skimpy clothes (when she's dressed at all) to feel like much more than a cyber pinup girl. Soundtrack by French electro rockers M83 favors John Carpenter-esque themes, which befit the stylistic ambitions of a movie that's better at making its alterative universe look real than at bringing the real world to life.Black Heaven
A Haut et Court release (in France) of a Haut et Court, Versus Prod., France 2 Cinema, RTBF, Fortis Film Fund production, in association with Sofica Coficup, Un Fonds Backup Films, Sofica Soficinema 5, Touscoprod, with participation of Canal Plus, France Televisions, CineCinema, Memento Films Intl., O'Brother Distribution, France Televisions Distribution. (International sales: Memento Films Intl., Paris.) Produced by Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, Simon Arnal, Barbara Letellier. Co-producers, Jacques Henri, Olivier Bronckart. Directed by Gilles Marchand. Screenplay, Marchand, Dominik Moll.
Camera (color, Panavision widescreen), Celine Bozon; editor, Nelly Quettier; music, Anthony Gonzales, Emmanuel d'Orlando; music supervisor, Olivier Bertrand; production designer, Jeremie Sfez; costume designer, Joana George Rossi; sound (Dolby Digital), Gerard Hardy, Philippe Baudhuin, Pierre Mertens; animation director, Djibril Glissant; assistant director, Rafael Ravinet Virbel; casting, Constance Demontoy, Emmanuelle Prevost. Reviewed at Cannes Film Festival (Midnight Screenings), May 16, 2010. Running time: 105 MIN.
Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet, Louise Bourgoin, Melvil Poupaud, Pauline Etienne, Pierre Niney, Ali Marhyar, Patrick Descamps, Pierre Vittet, Swann Arlaud, Francesco Meranda, Mohamed Diakite, Moon Daily, Laurent Lacotte.
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Dairy Bush GigaPan - 154 – August 08 2012
Year 3 - Week 48 - 360°Another warm, dry day in the Dairy Bush, 23C (feels like 29 with the humidex and NW wind at 11km/hr). We did have some more rain this weekend though – and much needed! Some Hairy Woodpeckers around – very limited flying insect activity.
check out the same week in 2010 and 2011
2011 - www.gigapan.com/gigapans/83883/
2010 - www.gigapan.com/gigapans/56023/
Check out the panorama with Google Earth's browse plug-in: bit.ly/S3D7ou
Last weeks' GigaPan: www.gigapan.com/gigapans/111031
Next week's GigaPan: gigapan.com/gigapans/112183
A Gallery of all the Dairy Bush GigaPans going backwards in time: bit.ly/yxmdVE
I've extracted images from a year of Dairy Bush GigaPans to illustrate the rapid decomposition of the leaf litter in this forest associated with the presence of non-native worms. The forest floor is changing! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRRv09_oF5w
There is a timelapse video of the second year of the Dairy Bush GigaPan on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCEdsV_kki4 . (yr 1 is below)The low-resolution timelapse video of the first year of the Dairy Bush GigaPan to YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uImvGH1dq-o
Latitude: 43.52489 Longitude: -80.23771 Heading: 321 Elevation: 10m
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