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Hybrid takes your typical third person shooter, turns it on its head, adds a jetpack and says go at. While it certainly carries a unique and refreshing twist on the genre, Hybrid's fast pace gameplay is not for everyone. Not to mention the lack of single player... Sup with dat? If you're a run and gun shooter fan, this game is for you.
- Cover to cover warfare provides a unqiue flare to the third person genre
- The multiplayer map interface awards players with bonus experience
- Delivers all the basic game modes a multiplayer game should
- 3 on 3 action keeps the intensity on high
- Lobby finder takes forever to locate a game
- No story mode
- Fast pace gameplay is not for everyone
Hybrid is some crazy stuff... and after playing it sporadically over the past week I'm still trying to figure out if that's a good or bad thing.
5th Cell, the team behind the awesome, if you think it, you can make it, Scribblenauts, took the idea of a third person shooter and changed it as we know it. Is it ground breaking? Meh. Is it unique? Hell yeah!
Deadlight is a unique blend of vintage side-scrolling adventure mechanics (in the vein of SNES/Genesis classic Flashback) with slick modern visual (akin to Limbo) that deals with some dark and mature themes surrounding a small group of survivors in a post-apocalyptic 'end of the world' zombie setting. The game feels good, although vastly different from most modern 'platformers', and offers an interesting story-line focused around survival and rescue, with a nifty little twist in the third act.
+The storyline, while not completely original, is an interesting one and offers a little more weight than we generally see out of an arcade title.
+The controls are smooth and work well, even though they aren't exactly 'traditional' for games of its genre.
+The length of the game is just about right, it fits snuggly in the 'short but sweet' category that arcade games should.
-There is no replayability for the casual gamer. Unless you're a competitionist or an achievement whore when the game wraps up (just over 2 hours) you're done for good.
-Some of the artistic choices in the game mar the level design and can cause some unexpected deaths.
In all honesty I'd nearly forgotten about the side-scrolling adventure genre. I say adventure as opposed to 'platformer' because what Deadlight, and its predecessors, provided is something much grander than what most people would associate with the term 'platformer' (namely titles like Mario, or Sonic). While it's true the gameplay focuses around the same core mechanics: running, jumping, navigating through a labyrinth of 2D obstacles; the game styling is completely different.
As a sports game and one that just so happens to represent the biggest sports event in the world, London 2012 Olympics fails to make an immediate impression that is overwhelmingly positive. The game does its best at adapting a variety of events in video game form, but ultimately none of them stand out since they feel repetitive and aren't that much fun. Lacking any immediate charm, enjoyment and everything else that makes for a fun game doesn't help London 2012 Olympics as it's ultimately a shallow experience that feels like it's half a game.
+ None of the games are too complex in such a way that it's annoying to play.
+ Visuals are decent for what they are and don't look last-gen terrible.
+ Some of the events do a decent job at replicating the rhythmic nature found in the actual sport.
- Main Olympic mode is lackluster as it doesn't represent the celebratory nature of the event.
- The various sports events may be different their nature, but the controls and game mechanics don't do a good job at representing such a thing.
- Replayability is limited since the online modes are rather bare bones and there isn't much to do other than Trophy/Achievement hunt.
- A few key sports are missing such a fencing which would've worked quite well in the game and provided nice variety.
There aren't too many things in the world which can have millions or in some cases a billion or so people completely enamored and unified in a sense. With some countries favoring certain types of sports compared to others (such as the lack of appeal North America has for European soccer) it's kind of understandable why the world isn't one big happy family as dreamt of in things like Star Trek. But outside of traumatic events, the world does occasionally band together in a slightly competitive but friendly way through the Olympic games.
Ghost Recon Future Soldier takes the core concepts of the Clancy franchise of games, and in particular Advanced Warfighter, then speeds everything up. The political intrigue and complex plot-lines involving world powers playing covert games behind the scenes are still there, with a much more fluid and quick-feeling gameplay. Fans of Tom Clancy will appreciate the themes of the game, while gamers in general will appreciate how fluid everything feels now.
+The speed of the gameplay has been greatly improved and feels more fluid.
+The toys offered by the game, flying drones, magnetic vision, EMP grenades, etc. are a lot of fun.
+Gun Smith mode should be the new benchmark in video game weapon customization.
-The multiplayer is extremely niche, requiring a specific kind of gamer-mentality to be enjoyed.
-Kinect features feel a little tacked on and still have that 'novelty' feel.
-The story has a tendency to be lost in the game's more fast-paced/action oriented style.
I think my love of shooters in general is pretty well known by this point. Generally speaking if there's an action/shooter than needs to get the 'professional opinion' on Shogun Gamer, it's something that's slid across my desk. What a lot of people probably don't know though is that I'm an even bigger fan of the sub-genre of 'tactical shooter'. I've been following along with game series like Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon since their inception. Rainbow Six still has my favorite moments in gaming, of all time.
I know I'll catch flack for the amount of times I make this reference, if not from the publisher directly than from the readership, but this is Hulk Ultimate Destruction all over again and I'm pretty okay with it. The game is all about massive, senseless destruction, and it's done well. The ability to tear a helicopter in two never gets old, and there's plenty of ways to mix-and-match the violence through concepts like tearing weapons off tanks and attack choppers to keep things fluid, and cause ridiculous amounts of explosions and death.
+The scope of the destruction is nearly unparalleled, and something I've been sorely missing in gaming for a while now.
+The amount of options presented for messing things up, and making it look cool are absolutely stunning.
+The revenge story of the game is a classic one, and the concept of making the original game's protagonist the villain in part 2 excites me on many nerd-levels.
-The story gets a little convoluted by the time the 'villain' of the story is recast for the third time.
-There are two moves in the game that over-power all others, rendering anything else you might conceive of using useless.
Remember back in 2005 when Radical created the single best Hulk game of all time? Ultimate Destruction was a fantastic game because it allowed you to wreak ungodly amounts of destruction upon a city swarming with innocent civilians and a never-ending tidal wave of US army troops that would never, ever give up on their futile attempts to stop you. It was one of the best examples of a game just being pure, mindless fun, and time and time again I've had discussions with my friends regarding a potential sequel to that game.
AMC's adaptation of The Walking Dead is a hard sell because it turned the genre of zombie films over on its head. In the same way that the concept of a human drama back-lit by the zombie apocalypse might confuse/bore people jumping into a series (who were likely expecting more action/slaughter) it's hard to describe what exactly makes Telltale's video game adaptation magical to nerds like myself who get off on player interaction and debate.
+The twist Telltale put on the zombie survival game genre is nothing short of magic.
+The world is filled with characters who truly come alive through your interaction with them (minus the zombies of course).
+Telltale has provided a companion piece to a TV series that, for once, manages to capture the tone and concept of the original source material.
-Chapter 1 is far, far too short for my liking. It can be wrapped inside of two hours.
I think that we can all agree that zombies, as a whole, have kind of reached their critical mass in terms of being 'a thing.' They've always been around, but in the last couple of years their popularity has surged to a point where a game without zombies in it seems almost as obscene as a game without multiplayer. It's a fiercely competitive genre right now, with no shortage of options for how it can be represented… and honestly, I thought we'd seen it all, but Telltale's take, based on the world of the Walking Dead, has brought something entirely new to the table: the human angle.
Trials Evolution takes the simple concept of riding a motorcycle though a series of obstacles and elevates it to frustrating and satisfying new heights. There's a great wealth of content here, from a lengthy single player career, to online multiplayer and one of the most robust track editors ever. Aside from some minor issues with gated progress and an overdramatic camera, Trials Evolution stands as one of the most addicting games available on the Xbox Live marketplace.
+ Great locales and level design
+ Track editor provides infinite content
+ Simple, addictive gameplay is easy to learn, hard to master
- Extremely frustrating at times
- Learning curve is solid up through Medium difficulty, but rises sharply thereafter
- Gated progress means replaying tracks for better times and fault counts
According to the best times posted for Way of the Ninja, one of the Extreme difficulty tracks in RedLynx's Trials Evolution, the ride should only take about two minutes. It's just a trip around a short racetrack with some obstacles scattered between the goal and I. Fifteen minutes later, I'm given the warning that I can only fault 250 more times before I automatically fail. That means I've faulted about as many times already, and I'm still only on the second jump.
CD Projekt Red brings their savage, gritty, and mature title: The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings to the 360 in their console debut. All the amazing and intricate things that made this fantasy RPG one of the best games last year on the PC are here on the 360 in full stride. Controls feel very fluid and combat is more fun than ever. The intriguing political story will have RPG fans new to the series invested right from the start, and will give players who are revisiting it satisfaction with the new elements that were added in the Enhanced Edition. The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings is one of the best titles I have played so far this year.
+Fantastic story with intriguing plotlines and characters
+Terrific and rewarding combat system
+The use of the 360 controller feels even smoother than when you could use it on the PC version
+New cut scenes are very cool and help guide the story
+Holds nothing back on its mature rating.
+Years into the 360's lifespan it takes advantage of both discs and the visuals are great
-Clunky menu navigation that they should have fixed when moving to a console
-Some long loading times (when installed on your hard drive it helps a lot)
-Some voice actors are not on par with other terrific ones
I was a big fan of CD Projekt Red and their game The Witcher back in 2007. So when the sequel was announced a couple of years ago for PC's I was very excited. Then I heard about how amazing the brand new engine was they made themselves, and that it would take a powerful PC to run it. I was less thrilled then, since at the time I had not updated my PC for a few years and knew it was not going to work by any means.
Porting a title is no easy task... especially if it's coming from PC. There are certain variables that often don't work on consoles as they do on its computer counterpart. 4J Studios, Mojang and Notch had their hands full when they positioned the idea of moving Minecraft to the Xbox 360. While a few features didn't make the cross over, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition is a near flawless transition.
+ The essence of Minecraft wasn't lost in transition
+ An innovative crafting experience is introduced
+ Split screen co-operative play
- Movement can be a bit iffy at times
- Inventory cursor lacks the accuracy of a mouse
Oh Minecraft... how I resented playing you for the longest time, for fear that I would be absorbed into your blocky world. Coming into the Xbox edition I was slightly worried as to how 4J Studios and Mojang would tackle some of the challenges Minecraft brings with it. For example, gaming with a mouse and keyboard often brings its share of bonuses. Minecraft is also very user friendly as it allows gamers to enhance their play with the addition of mods. A personalized touch can go a long way.
Lionhead Studios put in a valiant effort towards breathing new life into their RPG series Fable. While its charm shines through in character design, it's overshadowed by repetitive and simple minded gameplay. This is defiantly made for the gaming impaired... namely kids. Hardcore Fable fans tread lightly.
+Lionhead succefully crafted both charming characters and a vibrant world
-Repetitive gameplay leaves this title dead in the water
-Difficulty progression is none existent
-Player customization is long and exhausting
-Good and evil decision should have been left on the sidelines
Fable Heroes is a step back from the RPG roots it's garnered its fame from. Now a 4-player beat 'em up, players cross the universe of Fable hacking and slashing through familiar enemies and new ones. You take the role of a puppet hero from a library of 12 characters. As you finish each world, you're able to customize your stats, and character appearance.
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Without a doubt, India needs a younger prime minister that is more in touch with the country's current needs. A younger PM brings the benefit of knowing what the current generation is thinking and how that generation wants the country's direction to change. Therefore, a younger PM would be the best idea.
Killing was never a option to gain power, but killing poor people is always a way to politics. I meant killing as a slow death for us. First you take out education then you take out jobs at last take out money from us. I am now thinking that I am not even a citizen of India right now. That's what people say because I did not register to apply for a ID (adhar card) card by my government. With these immediate changes you do, I am not sure for whom these are profited because at the end of the day I always get affected a lot. Still struggling to find a personal address by staying at a rented home. The land owner asks for raise in rent which you can't imagine, who I can see to make these things straight. After these long year's I found a answer NO ONE. People who live with politics do more what you are doing, People with power obey more than before for you superior, People who protect public always be there to block our only passage. I am going to suffer more than before. JAI HIND " This word only comes out from one who struggles to get freedom "
India has all old prime ministers.
They dont take STRICT (MEANS REAL STRICT) measures against scamster ministers.
They are released within a month or year.
If the total scam money was used for development of our country we would already have been developed by now.
And getting satisfied and proud in small development is not the job of government .
It is very difficult for older persons of more-rigid societies to be fair and open-minded to what might be best for their people, IF the issue(s) at hand in present-day are presenting new challenges that an older person really has no personal experience, or "grasp," with. Older persons of these nations tend to be so much more afraid of change, and can be so negatively biased, without even fully realizing that they are being this way to the extent that they are. It would be so hurtful to a nation's, like India's, ABILITY to 'keep-up with the times;' ......To represent ALL their people fairly, and to truly grasp what is best for them !
While age is a subjective term and less important than manner, views and general moral fiber, someone from the younger generation would present fresher and more current views on the state of affairs. With the socio-political climate changing rapidly (and occasionally with little or no warning), someone in tune with the thoughts and views of the younger generation would be in a more receptive position to help guide the country's progress.
A young prime minister could be in office for the long run. They are usually healthier and their life expectancy would be so much longer. Yes, an older prime minister may be wiser, but what good is that if they die soon after taking office? It is the same with a pope. They die too soon. I'm not saying they should be in their 20's, or even 30's...But 40 is young enough, but also old enough to carry the responsibility.
India needs to have a young prime minister so that the country can develop with the changing of the times. The older generation is stuck on their views, whereas the younger ones are more in tune with the need for female equality. This is the only way for the country to reach its full potential.
Rapid economic growth has transformed the nation into a powerhouse but at the same time religious fundamentalism, overpopulation and poverty are eating away the fabric that binds the nation. Riots, scams and social kills have increased. A youth, usually a person not employed, not married does not know or understand the customs and etiquette of the elders and surely has no chance gaining any wisdom in serious matters of living and is usually called 'brashness' of youth.


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I've just read an engrossing report about some very promising research in a an exciting field. The researchers combined fMRI research with genetic analysis to see if they could identify a genetic basis for anger. And they actually found something quite interesting.
If I was writing for the New York Times, the headline might read something like this: "Researchers identify gene responsible for regulating anger." For the Washington Post, it could be "Is there an anger gene?" For the New York Post, perhaps simply "RAGE GENE FOUND."
But those headlines, while they are in some ways accurate, don't really tell the whole story. A team led by Martin Reuter was intrigued by findings linking the gene for a protein, DARPP-32, with antisocial and addictive behaviors. DARPP-32 is involved in regulating the dopamine signaling pathway in the brain. When the brain has elevated dopamine levels, it has a lower threshold for anger and aggression, so DARPP-32 may be the key to understanding why some people are quicker to anger than others.
The gene that encodes DARPP-32 has been fully sequenced, and a variation in just one tiny section of the gene, it turns out, may have a direct impact on human behavior. A gene sequence is simply a string of nucleotides. There are four possible nucleotides, represented by the letters C, T, A, and G. In DARPP-32, just two nucleotides are related to the antisocial and addictive behaviors. Out of a long string of nucleotides, it turns out, it matters a lot whether one set of two particular elements is CC, CT, or TT. But does it directly affect anger?
Reuter's team tested 838 adults by taking a sample of their genetic material from the cheek. The same volunteers were also given a 110-question test for trait anger (the ANPS), which has been shown to be a reliable measure of how disposed the individual is to respond to a stressful situation in anger. The DARPP-32 gene of each participant was tested to see whether the key nucleotide pair was CC, CT, or TT. Here are the results:
As you can see, when the key pair was TT or CT, anger scores were significantly higher than for those who had the CC sequence. Anger scores are on a four-point scale ranging from 0 to 3, and the difference was on the order of a quarter of a point — not huge, but nothing to sneeze at either.
But here's the thing. 96 percent of respondents have the TT or CT sequence. Only 37 of the 838 people tested possessed the CC sequence. If TT and CT are associated with higher anger and these people constitute 96 percent of the population, then what has been identified is a gene for normal anger, not exceptional anger (at least among the German population tested, which had screened out people with diagnosed psychopathologies). The real find is the CC sequence: a gene for mildness or even-temperedness.
But we all know there are plenty of people who are quick to anger, and in this study we can see that the DARPP-32 gene isn't responsible (or at least not solely responsible) for that. It's possible that social components of anger outweigh genetic predisposition. Or it may be that some other gene or combination of genes predisposes people to anger.
Reuter, M., Weber, B., Fiebach, C., Elger, C., & Montag, C. (2009). The biological basis of anger: Associations with the gene coding for DARPP-32 (PPP1R1B) and with amygdala volume Behavioural Brain Research, 202 (2), 179-183 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.03.032


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How to Get Rid of Ingrown Hairs on a Bikini Line
Ingrown hairs on the bikini line are typically a result of hair removal, be it shaving or waxing. When hairs are left short along the bikini line, they can curl back and pierce the skin. This causes inflammation, which usually results in the formation of papules, also known as razor bumps. While implementing techniques to prevent ingrown hairs is ideal, you have several options to get rid of them once they develop along your bikini line.
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Stop removing the hair on your bikini line. If you allow the hair to grow, the buried tip will eventually extract itself, causing the papule to disappear. It may take anywhere from three weeks to a month to see an improvement.
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Draw out the buried tip of the ingrown hair with a needle or tweezers. Hook or grasp the arched portion of the ingrown hair and gently draw out the buried tip from the bikini line. Once the tip is no longer buried in the skin, the papule should disappear in a matter of days. Due to the location of the razor bump, you may need a magnifying mirror to use this method of treatment.
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Scrape the papule with a soft-bristled toothbrush. This may also help to draw out the buried tip of the ingrown hair. A circular motion over the area of irritation is all that is needed. The papule should disappear in a day or two if you've drawn out the buried portion of the hair.
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Talk to your doctor about a medicated cream. Ingrown hairs along the bikini line should improve with the application of a topical medication containing a retinoid, cortisone, hydrocortisone, glycolic acid or antibiotic. Your doctor will recommend the appropriate cream for you. These creams remove dead skin, kill bacteria and decrease inflammation.
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Apply a compress to the bikini line. A warm, moist compress can draw out accumulating fluid, which reduces inflammation and soothes irritated skin. Use several times a day as needed for approximately five minutes.


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From Stuttgart Airport (STR) it is only a 16 minutes train ride to the conference venue.
When you arrive at the airport, leave the baggage claim area towards the train station (S-Bahn).
Before using the stairs/escalator down to the platform, use one of the blue/red/grey ticket vending machines (Fahrkarten/Tickets) to get a ticket for public transport. To get to the conference venue, enter Stuttgart Universität as destination (2 zones, € 2.60 adults), and take any train (S2 or S3) that runs towards city center (Stadtmitte/Innenstadt) and main station (Hauptbahnhof).
Normally, these trains run from platform 2. During normal hours (05:08 to 22:08) there is a train at least every 20 minutes (minutes :08, :18, :38, and :48).
Get off the train at the stop Stuttgart Universität (University) and use the exit Universitätszentrum. From there the way to building is sign posted or have a look at the map. You can also take a taxi (about € 31.00, depending on time of day, traffic situation, and duration of the trip), but it is likely that public transport is faster.


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I have no idea who they are (since I can't read Japanese), but hatena appears to be some sort of Japanese social bookmarking site, and I'll often find hits from them in my referrer logs. One of the members found a newly-issued Japanese translation of my book, which opens up a whole new audience to my obnoxious personality.
Stumbling across the Japanese edition was a bit of a surprise. I mean, yeah, the book contract has some paragraphs about translations, but seriously, who actually expects their book to be translated? That's just standard book contract boilerplate stuff.
What next, a movie deal?


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Neil Hunn has been President and Chief Executive Officer since August of 2018. Prior to becoming President and CEO Mr. Hunn served as Executive Vice President and COO. Mr. Hunn started with Roper in 2011 as Group Vice President with Roper Technologies' medical segment and has helped drive the growth in the Company's medical technology and application software businesses. Prior to joining Roper, Mr. Hunn served 10 years as Executive Vice President and CFO at MedAssets, an Atlanta-based SaaS company, and as President of its revenue cycle technology businesses. He successfully led MedAssets' initial public offering and the execution of several M&A transactions. Mr. Hunn earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and his bachelor's degree in finance and accounting from Miami University (Ohio).
Robert Crisci has been Executive Vice President since October 2018 and Chief Financial Officer since May 2017. Mr. Crisci joined Roper in 2013 as Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations where he led the Company's financial planning and analysis and investor relations activities. Prior to joining Roper, he served in various roles across investment banking, consulting and finance. His prior experience includes positions at Morgan Keegan, VRA Partners, Devon Value Advisers and Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Crisci holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and an AB in Economics from Princeton University.
John Stipancich has been Executive Vice President since October 2018 and Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since June 2016. Prior to joining Roper, Mr. Stipancich was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Newell Brands Inc. where he has also served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, and Executive Leader of its operations in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Prior to his twelve years at Newell Brands, Mr. Stipancich served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Evenflo Company and Assistant General Counsel for Borden, both KKR portfolio companies at the time. He started his legal career in the Cleveland office of the international law firm Squire Patton Boggs.
Paul Soni has been Executive Vice President since May 2017. Mr. Soni joined Roper in 2002 as Director of Accounting. Prior to his current role he served as Vice President and Controller since 2006. Before joining Roper, Mr. Soni, served four years as Controller for Oxford Industries, Inc., an international apparel company, and four years as Controller of the International Division of Savannah Foods & Industries, Inc. Earlier in his career. Mr. Soni was with Price Waterhouse LLP for eight years where he performed audit and transaction support services. Mr. Soni received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Georgia Southern University and is a CPA and CMA.
Jason Conley has been Vice President, Controller since May 2017. Mr. Conley joined Roper in 2006 as head of financial planning and analysis and investor relations. In 2013 he assumed the role of Senior Vice President of Finance and Human Resources at the Company's Managed Health Care Associates subsidiary. Mr. Conley earlier served in roles of increasing responsibility at Honeywell International and Deloitte. He received an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BA from the University of Washington, and is a CPA.


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Your wedding will probably be the biggest day of your life (aside from the whole "having a child" thing). Chances are, you've been dreaming about it for a very long time. From the flowers surrounding the altar to the save-the-dates, no detail will go overlooked once you're planning your own. When it comes to "creativity," though, couples now more than ever have been taking things a bit too far.
You know what I'm talking about, right? The CRAZY, elaborate wedding invitations. The filmed save-the-dates. Nothing is too over-the-top. Nothing is off-limits.
Take David DiCicco and Rachael Batts, for example, who recreated iconic movie posters like those from Lord of the Rings and Casablanca to announce their nuptials. But they're not the only outrageous wedding planners. We found a whole bunch of them!
There are two ways to look at this trend. One, creating something fun and totally different is a playful thing to do. Heck, these not-your-average invites, save-the-dates, and RSVP cards are things that couples will treasure and laugh at for for years and years to come. But in this digital age we live in, people everywhere are jumping on this wacky bandwagon just so details about their wedding will go viral. They want their 15 minutes. What better time than now to get it?
Ultimately, it's their wedding. But hopefully they won't forget that once the big day rolls around, people are coming together to celebrate the bride and groom -- not their lavish wedding details.
Would you ever do something like this? Do you think these niche invites are cool or crazy?
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This quote from Donald Tyson has been the tagline for my blog since I first started it several years ago. It perfectly summed up my view of magick. I repeated it this past week when talking to a friend about magick. My friend asked about my magickal technique and was surprised to see that it wasn't as theatrical as he expected them to be.
To be fair, I've done my fair share of theatrical magick. Once, the coven I used to work with mixed sulfur with incense and pushed our fears into the mixture. When we "sacrificed our fears to the cauldron of the Goddess (a cauldron of hot charcoal)" the blast from the sulfur lit up the night. It was amazing! Another time, I littered my backyard hundreds of tea lights and bowls of dry ice for a full moon ritual. It was awful to clean up, but it created a magickal ritual space.
As I have gotten more comfortable with my practice, my reliance on the proverbial bells and whistles of magick has decreased. That doesn't mean that I don't use them, but most of my magick is based in simple breathing exercises and visualization.
This works for me specifically because the magick I use most often is for practical purposes. Since most of these things happen when I'm away from my altar, I have to rely on the most important magickal tool, my mind. When I need to avoid traffic, I imagine that everyone else on the road take an alternate path. When I'm having an issue with a coworker, I charge a packet of sugar with loving thoughts and add it to my coffee. When I need the weather to cooperate with my plans, I simply pray for it to change.
For more on how to use magick on the fly, you can check out Instant Magick by Christopher Penczak.


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Home Game
Kate Jacobs (Small Pond Music)
Hoboken singer-songwriter Kate Jacobs is the bard of managed expectations. If you've ever had to manage your own — and who hasn't? — you're going to find something in her storytelling that resonates with your experience. Jacobs' characters have modest ambitions and lives that play out in miniature; they're grown-ups with deferred dreams who find themselves in relationships that are comfortable and familiar, but don't set their worlds aflame. When a Jacobs narrator tells her boyfriend that she waits all day for him to say it's time for bed, it's pretty clear she's not looking for nookie. She wants to snuggle up and go to sleep.
It has been six years since "You Call That Dark," the last Jacobs release, a rustic-themed album that used farm failure and junked cars as metaphors for the slow-motion disappointment of growing old. Many of the characters were geriatric, and almost all the stories were sad. On "Home Game," she sticks close to the brownstones of Hoboken, and even if she'd never allow herself to be unequivocably cheery, her disposition has turned somewhat sunnier. The two love songs she's written to her children are cautious, but optimistic nonetheless; on the title track, joy "creeps up" on her, and by the end of the song, she concedes that "dreams come true — sometimes."
But the best moments on "Home Game" are those when Jacobs allows her long-standing fascination with the pathetic to inspire her: the dark-night drive "Rey Ordonez," which opens with a roll call of anemic late-'90s Mets infielders (Jacobs has always had a wry sense of humor) and plays like a prayer, and "Jesus Has Been Drinking," a tale of a homeless man patronized and ignored by his rich neighbors. Then there's the fantastic "$55 Hotel," in which a wealthy woman discovers incontrovertible evidence of her husband's affair on her Visa bill, and can't decide if she's angrier about his infidelity or the low-class cheapskate he turned out to be.
These compositions play to Jacobs' strength: She can animate a distinctive character in a few quick verses. In the past, she's preferred to weld her narratives to Laura Cantrell-style country-pop, but on "Home Game," she's stretched herself into new territory. "On My Monitor" matches a tale of internet voyeurism with a bossa nova arrangement; "A Sligo Lad" is a sophisticated torch song. "All the Time in the World" demonstrates that she could have been a decent cocktail-jazz singer if she'd ever wanted to be. In its musical restlessness, "Home Game" often resembles Suzanne Vega's "Nine Objects of Desire" — another album that addresses domesticity, the birth of children and the dispiriting limits of romantic relationships.
Jacobs is again assisted by another veteran of the Hoboken singer-songwriter scene: the able Dave Schramm, who adds guitar and deadpan backing vocals to "Home Game." Schramm's intimate production takes the listener into a living room where things aren't always as cozy as they initially seem. Outside Jacobs' window, there's a cold wind blowing; Get close enough, and you'll certainly feel the draft.
— Tris McCall
Ben and Vesper (Sounds Familyre)
Orange doesn't quite have the arts reputation of its immediate neighbor to the south. The Essex County rail suburb is getting there, though, and now it has its own excellent independent rock band to crow about. Ben and Vesper are a married couple, and the tight harmonies on "Honors," their sophomore release, suggest the kind of near-telepathic closeness that can't be faked. On "Honors" and "Adult VaCa," they sing intervals that aren't ordinarily heard in pop music, and they do it so sweetly and with so much charm and confidence that they fully justify comparisons to Eric Matthews and Magnetic Fields. Things get a bit sketchier when they split up and sing separately, but when they go back and forth on an imaginary phone on "Holly Home," the effect is strangely operatic — and undeniably funny, too. The pair draws from alternative musical theater and art song as well as contemporary pop; if the odd chord progressions and melodies sound jarring at first, "Honors" creates its own internal logic as it plays. The album has been released by Sounds Familyre, a label that specializes in spreading the word about talented Jersey oddballs.
— Tris McCall
Bach: A Strange Beauty
Simone Dinnerstein, Kammerorchester Staatskapelle Berlin (Sony)
Simone Dinnerstein first made her mark on the classical scene in 2007 with an unorthodox but moving recording of Bach's "Goldberg Variations." With this return to the composer, her deep affinity comes through, with bold interpretations where the works' structural brilliance and fantastic imagination come into relief. The Kammerorchester Staatskapelle Berlin provides ideal support in two keyboard concerti. The middle movement of the D Minor Concerto is especially rewarding, as Dinnerstein savors and draws out its many chromatic interjections and excursions. In the English Suite No. 3, she displays fullness, energy and a wide dynamic and tonal range employed purposefully but not always as expected. One can hear struggle and catharsis within her Sarabande. Even though she takes a moderate pace, she drives forward a pungent sound, and when she contrasts it with something purer, lighter and brighter, the effect is sublime. The Allemande stands out, though, played as a slowly unfolding melancholy aria with Dinnerstein reveling in the "strange beauty" — and allowing us to do so, too.
— Ronni Reich
Michael Hersch: The Wreckage of Flowers
Miranda Cuckson, violin; Blair McMillen, piano (Vanguard Classics)
Michael Hersch writes music that can take the tiniest of gestures and within seconds wreak havoc on one's emotional state. The brief Fourteen Pieces for unaccompanied violin on texts of Primo Levi take on images of dread — "dense violent dreams," one line reads — as the gutsy Cuckson takes on a skittering jumble of tricky violin feats. In "This is a time of lightning without thunder," Cuckson weaves a kind of portentous drudgery. The sixth movement, beginning "I won't go far," sounds like a tentative but graceful reaching — a trapeze artist with no net stretching an arm out.
The title work, drawing on writings of Czeslaw Milosz, describes bleak landscapes, and Hersch's style has even more impact with the addition of McMillen. Tone clusters in the piano, some sustained and some crashing down, match with a whispery violin trill at one point. "A still-looking branch, both cold and living," a text that appears early on and repeats, finishes the piece on a spare but relatively peaceful note.
— Ronni Reich


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Venezuela's Prosecutor General's office said Friday it has put out an international request through Interpol for the arrest of former Supreme Court magistrate Eladio Aponte.
According to the Associated Press, Aponte, 63, is accused of assisting prominent drug suspect Walid Makled get a special government identity card, and was dismissed by Venezuela's National Assembly on March 20. Costa Rican officials said the former judge arrived in that country earlier this month and left for the United States on Tuesday on a US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) plane.
Aponte — a retired colonel and former chief military prosecutor — is expected to share potentially embarrassing information with the DEA, reported the Buenos Aires Herald. The divulgence of the information could possibly lead to new drug charges against members of the Venezuelan government.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicholas Maduro said Aponte had "sold his soul to the DEA," according to the Herald. He also accused the United States of using a Venezuelan fugitive as a political tool to attack the Chávez government. DEA representatives in Miami and Washington declined to comment, according to Reuters.
In a television interview aired earlier this week, Aponte accused the Venezuelan government and military of manipulating court cases, reported the AP.
"It's very corrupt at every single level. There's a lot of manipulation," Aponte said in the interview, which was taped in Costa Rica by Miami-based online TV channel Soi TV, according to Reuters.
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March 28, 2013
Solomon Hill
Nick Johnson
Mark Lyons
Sean Miller
Ohio State ¬Ė 73
Arizona ¬Ė 70
THE MODERATOR:¬† Coach, if you could make an opening statement and then questions for the student‑athletes.
COACH MILLER:  Well, first of all, I would like to congratulate Ohio State.  They have an excellent team.  It's always difficult to get bounced from the NCAA Tournament.  There is such a difference in feeling between advancing and having the finality of it all ending.
From my perspective, just in terms of the game, the one thing that I really had my eye on was LaQuinton Ross.  I really believe if you look at Ohio State's winning streak, when he enters the game, it changes things in a very positive way for their team.
We had a game plan in place to switch, and it's easier said than done.¬† He's out there with some other really skilled and good players.¬† But his 17 points and the 22‑5 run after halftime really, in my mind, stand out in the difference of a great game, a really hard‑fought game.
I couldn't be prouder of our team.  This is my ninth team I've coached as a head coach.  I leave this season with no regrets.  These guys as a group, especially these three, they led their team.  Not that we're perfect, but we practiced hard.  We tried really hard.
This process started a long, long time ago, and for us to win 27 games and lose in the Sweet Sixteen to Ohio State, we leave here with our head held high.  Me as the coach, I leave here with my head held high because of these guys right here.  They did everything we wanted them to do.
Q.  Mark, after you had that hot start, I think you had ten points in the first nine minutes, they limited you pretty well for the rest of the first half and well into the second half without hardly any shots.  What did they change as far as guarding you?
MARK LYONS:¬† Honestly, you know, the other guys on my team got going.¬† It wasn't nothing they really actually.¬† It's just my teammates started going after the first half.¬† Nick and Solomon had big‑time shots; and in the second half I force the issue a little bit to get back on a hot start.¬† It didn't work in the beginning.
Q.  Because of the way that Ohio State's last game ended, also a tie game, shot at the end.  Did you guys expect Craft to be taking the shot?  How did you guys want to defend things?
SOLOMON HILL:  Oh, we played the same way that we tried to throughout the game.  We wanted to switch any ball screens, and he was a little wider out than we anticipated.  He set the screen, and LaQuinton Ross was kind of deep off of the three.  It was a great shot by him.
But I did anticipate Craft driving to the hole, and he faked the drive and kicked it out for a good shot.  He's always making plays at the end of the game for his team.
Q.  Solomon, what makes Ross such a tough cover?
SOLOMON HILL:  It's the same thing with Deshaun Thomas.  He's a mismatch nightmare.  He's playing against our four, our 6'10" forward that's not used to guarding guys on the wing.  Deshaun Thomas takes up space on the post and on the outside, and those guys feed off of their defender.
I think early on, especially in the second half, LaQuinton got to the free‑throw line by driving past our 6'10" bigs and our seven‑footers and got to the line.¬† When you start knocking down free throws, you get yourself going; and that's why he was in rhythm for the three.
When you play a guy like that, two guys like that at the 4 and 5, it's really hard to match up with their size.
Q.  Do you share Sean's sentiment that you leave the season with no regrets?
MARK LYONS:  Yeah, the only thing I regret is not getting past the Sweet Sixteen, because I've been here so many times and I just feel like I can't get over that hump.  But like he said, I've got no regrets.  I played a with a great bunch of guys this whole year who had a lot of faith in me, and I'm just happy they accepted me to come into their program and try to help them win.  So no regrets either.
Q.¬† After Craft came back in the game, I think there were about 6 minutes left in the first half with two fouls, the rest of the first half into the second half there was a 19‑point turnaround in the game.¬† From your vantage point, what was the reason for that?
NICK JOHNSON:  I mean, just in the second half they went on a run a little bit.  We really didn't get or we didn't hit our shots that we were hitting in the first half, and I mean, he just came out creating for his team, and they really got going in transition.
Q.  Mark, the handshake at the end, it looked like you might have said something to Ross and he smiled.  If you don't mind me asking what you guys said?
MARK LYONS:  Honestly, I knew him from camp this summer.  So he's like a friend of mine.  At the end of the game I just told him I can't stand you and just laughed at him.  He's a good guy.  He's a great player, and that's one of my friends.  So it was just a little joke that we had.
Q.  Solomon, I know it's very close to the moment, but can you just sum up what's going through your mind right now as your career comes to an end at Arizona?
SOLOMON HILL:  I don't know.  It really hasn't hit me yet that the season is over and I'm done at the University of Arizona.  But I'm just thinking back on the season we had, playing with the group of guys that I'm playing with.  You know, starting off in the summer when we got Mark on campus, and we were taking the trips to the Bahamas.  It was a close knit group.  Just for it to end like this, it's a little weird.
But I think we competed well.  I think we did better than some people thought we were supposed to.  We had some lapses in the year, but we picked it up when we were supposed to.
We played a great Ohio State team.  I give them all the credit.  They knocked down the free throws when they were supposed to.  I think Amir Williams was a much needed force for them.  He got some offensive rebounds and got them going; and everybody keyed in for them.
Deshaun Thomas really got going early on, got me into foul trouble.¬† But I think our team competed.¬† We gave up the run in the second half, but we put ourself in a situation to tie it up.¬† Mark had to lay‑up the and one and made the free throw, and we put ourselves in position to possibly try to win the game.¬† They just made more plays than we did.
THE MODERATOR:  Questions for Coach Miller.
Q.¬† Coming out of the first half, you guys gave up a run at the end that was kind of surprising to see them come back with another run at the start of the second half.¬† What did they do differently in the second half that led to that 10‑0 run?
COACH MILLER:  Yeah, the end of the first half, first of all, we're not that much better than them, maybe vice versa.  So there are going to be runs and there are going to be a run by us and a run by them.  I felt we played a good first half, a lot of good things.  That's why we went into halftime as the leader.  We really were on our heels through, I would guess, maybe the first ten minutes of the second half, maybe the first eight minutes.  The fact that I called as many timeouts as I did, I felt like our team was reeling.
But to our team's credit, if you followed us, we've had a way of doing it.¬† We hung in there, fought back, and at the end of the game it's 70‑70 on the last possession.¬† How you get there in this tournament, it can happen a number of ways.¬† Once in a while one team makes a huge comeback, sometimes it's a single possession game all the way to the end.
But the bottom line is we were on defense 70‑all, and they did a great job.¬† Like I said, LaQuinton Ross is a big part of Ohio State's success.¬† When you start watching games when they insert him in with Deshaun Thomas and him as the front court, it's really difficult.¬† They negated our size.
I look at the stat sheet, they outrebounded us 32‑30, 11 offensive rebounds to 9.¬† One of the reasons is that we had to play smaller.¬† It's so difficult to deal with them, and big guys in particular, someone like Kaleb, for example, especially as a freshman.
It was a difficult game for us to utilize him.¬† When you go smaller, shots around the basket and rebounding starts to go in another direction.¬† That is the thing that Ohio State does.¬† They put you in that predicament.¬† You try to match‑up with them, and as you do it, they end up sometimes getting the advantage.
The last shot of the game, we switched probably 400 handoffs and ball screens in the game.  We didn't switch the last one.  That's the other part.  Players make big plays.  Teams make big plays.  The pressure of the moment, the Sweet Sixteen, going to the Elite Eight, two guys go on one.
Whether he made the shot or not, I think we all live with it when it's challenged and we do what we're supposed to do.  But part of the reason he had such a great look at the end there was two guys went with the ball, when, in reality, we've switched every single handoff and ball screen from the opening tip to that one right there.
Q.  I was just going to piggyback off his question.  When you called all those timeouts to start the second half, what was your message to the team?  Were you upset that they were taking quick shots, or what were you telling them?
COACH MILLER:  No, sometimes in a game like, for example, the first six minutes, one of the reasons we built the lead is we knocked down some perimeter threes.  One of the reasons that they made the run on us at the beginning of the second half is we missed similar threes.  We had a couple of open looks at the beginning of the second half that didn't go in, and all of a sudden, you miss your first four shots of the second half, it gives you an eerie feeling.
But the game changed dramatically for us on defense.  We had a hard time guarding dribble drives.  We went small; and as we went smaller, they got some pivotal second shots.  They're a good team.  I mean, they're difficult to deal with, and there is a reason they've now won 11 games in a row.
I felt we played well enough to win the game.  It would have been interesting to see if it would have gone into overtime.  But the last time I coached against Ohio State, very similar.  A three that went in at the end, and this time it won the game.  The last time it went into overtime.  But I'm proud of our guys' effort.  We tried hard.
Losing in this tournament, when you play all the way to the end, hurts more at the beginning.  But I think you leave with a lot of pride knowing that you played your heart out, and we really did that.
Q.  The question I asked Mark about scoring all those points in the first ten minutes and after that he found it hard to get a look.  Anything you saw that they did to limit his ability to get to the basket and get open?
COACH MILLER:¬† No, I mean, Mark had 23.¬† That's a lot of points.¬† He may have gotten them in bunches, but you're not going to score 40 on Ohio State or Aaron Craft.¬† To me, one of the reasons that it was tied up at 70‑all is he hit 23 of our 70.
Q.  Your program's obviously very well established.  But you also know that this league has been fighting to get back respect again this year.  How well do you think the league has acquitted itself through this tournament?
COACH MILLER:¬† My complete and 100% focus is on Arizona.¬† We have the greatest fans in the world.¬† We have a tradition that's spectacular.¬† Every day that I think we walk into practice or play a game, it's about representing who we are.¬† Getting to the Sweet Sixteen and winning 27 games, I wish we had a Pac‑12 regular season championship.¬† We missed it by one game.¬† And I wish we had a conference tournament championship; we fought hard, lost a great battle.¬† Very similar to this, to UCLA.¬† I wish we were moving to the Elite Eight, but we lost in the Sweet Sixteen.
But we won 27 games, and to me, our team did a lot of remarkable things.  My focus is on being back here next year and trying to breakthrough.  Sometimes you have to knock at that door a few times to break it in, and I like the group that we have coming in.  I like some of the opportunities that we have to add to the guys that we have.  Hopefully we'll be a main stay in this tournament like Arizona has been for 25 years.
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Order Denying Motion to Expunge Where no Prejudice Exists IPR2014-00500
Takeaway: The Board has discretion to allow late-filed exhibits to remain in the record where the party filing a corresponding motion to exclude would not be prejudiced by such a result and where allowing the exhibits to remain in the record would be in the interests of justice.
In its Order, the Board denied Patent Owner's Motion to Expunge. Patent Owner had filed the Motion to expunge certain exhibits from the record because, according to Patent Owner, such exhibits were not timely filed.
It was Patent Owner's position that because these exhibits were not earlier filed as evidence of record, Patent Owner had not had a fair opportunity to address them. Petitioner, in reply, was of the position that Patent Owner had "suffered no prejudice" and that the Board's acceptance of the exhibits was "in the interests of justice." Petitioner further argued that its failure to file the exhibits with its Reply was inadvertent and noted that Patent Owner had admitted that Patent Owner was in possession of the exhibits since the time when they were served on Patent Owner.
Ultimately, the Board concluded that Petitioner had not demonstrated good cause for its late filing, i.e., simply indicating that the late filing was "inadvertent" was not sufficient. Nonetheless, the Board allowed the exhibits to remain in the record because it was not persuaded by the totality of the evidence that Patent Owner would be prejudiced by this result. According to the Board, allowing the exhibits to remain in the record would be in the interests of justice. In support of its decision, the Board noted a number of factors, including the fact that "Patent Owner was on notice that Petitioner intended to rely on these Exhibits at the filing of the Reply."
Motorola Mobility LLC v. Intellectual Ventures I LLC, IPR2014-00500
Paper 54: Order on Conduct of the Proceeding
Dated: September 9, 2015
Patent 5,790,793
Before: Michael W. Kim, Patrick R. Scanlon, and Kristina M. Kalan
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- n. A metal screen placed in front of an open fireplace to catch sparks. Also called fire screen.
- n. See firebreak.
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- n. A mesh screen around a fire to prevent sparks or falling embers.
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- n. a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire
- n. a metal screen before an open fire for protection (especially against flying sparks)
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(That the shield building for Westinghouse's AP1000 turns out to be as effective as a chocolate fireguard is par for the course with nuke-builders.)
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Cleber Dealencar/Warwick Properties Group Mr. Eden bought an antique French gate at a Paris auction, turning it into a fireguard.
My nappies bore triangular singe marks where they had been dried on the fireguard.
Durban 2 will inflame more violent antisemitism and the Jewish leadership, especially that of Britain, will be as helpless as a paper fireguard.
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The Left will then realise when they haven't got work and their company's being sued by Ali Babah because he had to walk through a room where people were eating bacon, that voting in Obama was about as clever as putting a chocolate fireguard in from the fire.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
Labour's targets for fighting crime are about as much use as a chocolate fireguard
This is why I believe OSPRE II is as much use as a chocolate fireguard in determining a persons suitibility to lead others.
An unsolicited view on Paul Rowen MP's prowess while working in his former council ward in Rochdale: He's about as much use as a chocolate fireguard.
No no, that's not fair, he's not even as much use as a chocolate fireguard.
The LibDem analysis I've read so far misses the obvious - they are today seen as being as useful as a chocolate fireguard.


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ALBANY, N.Y. — Gertrude T. Ewing, 86, passed away on Friday, Dec. 14, 2007, in Albany.
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gertrude T. Ewing, 86, passed away on Friday, Dec. 14, 2007, in Albany.
Born on Nov. 1, 1921, in Pittsfield, Mass., she was the daughter of the late Hector L. and Josephine Grady Renaud.
Gertrude resided in Sandwich for 20 years before moving to Albany in 2002. She was a member of the AARP on Cape Cod and enjoyed playing cards and bingo.
She was the wife of the late John J. Ewing Sr., who died on June 25, 1998, and the sister of the late Catherine M. Renaud, who died on Oct. 30, 2004.
Gertrude is survived by two sons, John J. Ewing Jr. and Michael F. (Linda) Ewing; two daughters, Judith (Mark) Moon and Mary (Ben) Neely; 11 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
The Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Monday, Dec. 31, 2007, at St. Theresa Chapel in Sagamore, at 11 a.m. Interment will follow in the Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne.
At the request of the family, memorial contributions may be made to Our Lady of Mercy Life Center, 2 Mercycare Lane, Guilderland, NY 12084, in memory of Gertrude T. Ewing. To leave a special message for the family online, visit NewcomerFamily.com.


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Under the Gabelli Equity Trust's distribution policy, the Fund pays a minimum annual distribution
of 10% of the average net asset value of the Fund. The Fund's current quarterly distribution
level for 2006 is set at $0.19 per share in each of the first three quarters of the year with
an adjusting distribution in the fourth quarter of an amount sufficient to pay 10% of the
average net asset value of the Fund, as of the last day of the four preceding calendar quarters,
or to satisfy the minimum distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, whichever is
greater. Each quarter, the Board of Directors reviews the amount of any potential distribution
based on the income, capital gains or capital available.
A portion of the distribution may be treated as long-term capital gain and qualified dividend
income for individuals, each subject to the maximum Federal income tax rate, which is currently
15% in taxable accounts for individuals. If the Fund does not generate earnings from dividends,
interest and net realized capital gains equal to or in excess of the aggregate distributions
paid by the Fund for the year, then the amount distributed in excess of the Fund's investment
income and net realized capital gains will be deemed a non-taxable return of capital.
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year. As of May 17, 2006, the date of this press release, the current distribution would include
approximately 7% from net investment income, 42% from net capital gains and 51% from paid-in
capital. The estimated components of each distribution are provided to shareholders of record
in a notice accompanying the distribution and are available on our website (www.gabelli.com).
The final determination of the sources of all distributions in 2006 will be made after year-end.
All shareholders with taxable accounts will receive written notification regarding the components
and tax treatment for all 2006 distributions in early 2007 via Form 1099-DIV.
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with $1.9 billion in total assets whose primary investment objective is long term growth of
capital. The Fund is managed by Gabelli Funds, LLC, a subsidiary of GAMCO Investors, Inc.
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Wasn't overly inspired by the topic this week so I focused instead on creating two views of the same character.
Ever since I was a kid Ive been fascinated by ants. They are incredibly interesting little creatures. Living to work, working to live. I can identify.
I once heard that if you rounded up all the ants in the world and rolled them into one big ball and put them on a scale they would outweigh the sum total of all the humans on the planet. You think that's true?


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SIBO Factory directly Kids Plush Electric Token Operated Ride in 2018
A.10 years experienceB.Export to over 100 different countriesC.Newest animal rides with LED necklace and power counterD.USA warehouse
The advantage of animal rides:
A) Easy staff managementB) Easy budget to manageC) Easy maintenance and repair D) Small investment, short period, quick effectiveness and fund repayE) The covering coat can be took off and washableF) With CE,EN61000,EN60335 certification
A) Put it in shopping mall, park, game center or playground, rent a place or put it in our various theme inflatable fence
B) Rent for party, event,meeting, advertising etcC) Resale and wholesale
Various theme inflatable fence:
The machine is installed a CPU coin acceptor. When you set a sample of coin or token in the coin acceptor, the machine can work when it identifies same coins or tokens. As long as the diameter of the token or coin is 18mm~30mm,the thickness is 1.7mm~2.7mm,you can use it.
It can walk on any flat and smooth floor. Most of our clients put them in the shopping mall,kids amusement park,various themed event,garden and game center etc.
Our animal rides have been sold to over 100 countries since 2009 and they got good reputation in the world market.Besides,we will send you some free spare parts according to your order quantity. Of course,we will suggest you buy some spare parts such as control box,motor etc, it is easy to change by yourself when you need them in the future.If you meet any problem, we will help you to solve it at anytime.
Spare part of animal rides:
There is a SD card; we can change the music as your request.
We sent animal rides to over 100 different countries since 2009, such as Spain, Brazil, Chile, UK, USA,Australia,Ecuador,Italy,Germany,India,Russia,Egypt,Portugal,Mexico,New Zealand,Thailand,Canada,Peru,France,Bahrain,Switzerland,theNetherlands,Argentina,Portugal,Iraq,Turkey,Tunisia,Uzbekistan,Japan,Korea,Cambodia,Sweden,United Arab Emirates SouthAfrica,Panama,Romania,Malaysia,Ukraine,Jordan,Morocco,Algeria,Hungary,Singapore,Nigeria, Tajikistan etc.we also have a warehouse in USA.
Guangzhou Sibo Electronic Technology Co., Ltd is a leading company in amusement and inflatables industry. We can provide various kinds of game machines, inflatable products and related accessories in this filed, such as animal rides, kiddie rides, bumper car, carousel, soft playground, naughty castle, inflatable products, video cabinet, racing, shooting, redemption, crane, basketball, dancing, boxing, coin pusher, crane kits and vending machines. Relying on professional technologies, satisfactory services, innovative concept and practical attitude, we specialize in producing and marketing of all kinds of game machines and game centers, as well as management & cooperation. If you want to know more information, please feel free to contact us.


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The SN65HVD3x-EP devices are 3-state differential line drivers and differential-input
line receivers that operate with 3-V power supply.
Each driver and receiver has separate input and output pins for full-duplex bus
communication designs. They are designed for balanced transmission lines and interoperation with
ANSI TIA/EIA-485A, TIA/EIA-422-B, ITU-T v.11, and ISO 8482:1993 standard-compliant devices.
The SN65HVD30, SN65HVD31, and SN65HVD32 are fully enabled with no external enabling
The SN65HVD33, SN65HVD34, and SN65HVD35 have active-high driver enables and active-low
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Planning dates can be stressful, right? When you finally get the chance to get out with your husband, you want it to be fun. And sometimes the stress of planning gets in the way of the fun. Last week Scott and I spent the night in Seattle. I had a speaking engagement so we took the chance to … [Read more...]
Weekly Challenge: A Week of Love Notes {National Love Note Day}
Today is National Love Note Day! It's so nice receiving heartfelt words from the one you love. I LOVE getting notes from Scott. I especially love it when he hand writes them. These days, a handwritten letter is quite the gift. It's so personal, and I never tire of seeing my name scrawled across the … [Read more...]
Weekly Challenge: Compliment Your Husband Daily
Of course I want to affirm my husband so he feels loved by me. The problem is sometimes I get too busy, or he gets on my nerves and I don't feel like saying nice things. Sometimes, I would much prefer to tell him all of the things I would like him to change. But I have to guard against the urge to … [Read more...]
Weekly Challenge: Put Away Your Phone and Enjoy Your Husband
It's hard to remember what life was like without a cellphone. After all, my iPhone is always by my side. It's attached to my arm at the gym, it's on my desk while I'm at work, it's next to me on the couch while I'm watching TV, it's on the table next to my plate while I'm eating dinner, and it's on … [Read more...]
Weekly Challenge: Don't Complain for 48 Hours
Complaining is one of my default modes Sometimes I complain so much that I get tired of hearing my own voice. There are times when even the birds chirping above me annoy me. If I get into one of those moods, it's very hard for me to snap out of it unless I sleep it off or pray really hard. Today … [Read more...]
Weekly Challenge: Pray For Him Whenever You're Waiting in Line
I hate grocery shopping We have a lot of kids, and our kids have a lot of friends. You can usually find me making food for all of these people. It seems like the second my sink is finally clean, it's time to think about the next meal. The other day I found myself asking God why He didn't create us … [Read more...]
Weekly Challenge: Mirror Your Husband's Love Language
Last week Scott was buried in schoolwork and was feeling overwhelmed and a bit frustrated. It was a sunny day, and we were all enjoying the nice weather. Well, everyone except him. He went from doing yard work to writing papers and he didn't seem very happy about it. He was trying his best … [Read more...]


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Decades After Fire, This Boston Home Might Get its Other Half Back
A fire in the early '80s burned down half of this side-by-side duplex in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, leaving 26 Trull Street an odd sight for over three decades. Now the vacant lot next door is being offered up to developers by the city.
26 Trull's north side, where it used to attach to 24 Trull, is also a strange sight, with an exposed, windowless wall of siding.
While it's probably unlikely that a developer will build a matching half to replace 24 Trull, the neighbors are ready for something to go in its place. "It would be really nice to have something besides an empty lot that people throw trash into," Catherine White told the Globe, who has lived in the strangely-shaped house for 19 years.


text: Best Buy readies next wave of 'Turn on the fun' ads Published on February 09, 2000. Best Buy Co., Eden Prairie, Minn., is developing the second phase of its $100 million "Turn on the fun" campaign and will unveil three new TV spots in April. The next phase of the effort, created in-house, is expected to focus on men ages 16 to 24 and 18 to 49, with a greater diversity of media, including general-interest and entertainment magazines, targeted radio, and Web ads. Also, the tech retailer is plotting its entry into the New York/New Jersey metro area with 16 stores, the first of which are expected this summer. Best Buy is evaluating outdoor opportunities and extensive event marketing surrounding those openings, said Julie Engel, senior VP-advertising.Copyright February 2000, Crain Communications Inc. Most Popular In this article: News


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I give them what they deserve, he whispered. Her gaze came to rest on the glinting steel, following the movement as he slid his thumb down the long, sharp blade. ...those whose greed leaves no room in their hearts for their own flesh and blood. He didnt seem to notice the cold, cutting steel or the welling of blood beneath its bite. Sometimes -- the worst of them, I give them what they deserve
A single dark burgundy drop hung a long age as her heart beat in her throat; finally falling through flickering fire-lit space to settle in a dark bead on an upturned fold of blanket.


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Facebook no doubt did its due diligence before acquiring messaging app firm WhatsApp for more than the gross domestic product of Iceland. But now that the deal's been announced, the privacy community is subjecting the company to its own form of scrutiny, and finding a lot not to like.
On Thursday, researcher Paul Jauregui of the security firm Praetorian outlined a series of oversights in how WhatsApp ensures the encryption of its users' communications, the latest in a series of concerns raised over the degree to which the company protects its 450 million users' privacy from hackers, spies and now its new owners at Facebook.
Jauregui points to the lack of the SSL encryption safeguard known as "certificate pinning," which prevents the forgery of the digital certificate proving that an app or website is sending encrypted information to the intended recipient. SSL's certificate forgery problem has come to light as certificate authority firms including Diginotar and Comodo have been hacked to create false credentials and perform "man-in-the-middle" attacks that would invisibly intercept data despite supposed SSL encryption. Though the attack would require a certain level of sophistication, WhatsApp could have easily prevented it with certificate pinning, Jauregui points out. "It basically allows them—or an attacker—to man-in-the-middle the connection and then downgrade the encryption so they can break it and sniff the traffic," he writes. "This is the kind of stuff the NSA would love."
Jauregui also points out that WhatsApp supports "null ciphers"–essentially the policy of automatically switching to no encryption at all if the the app's encryption techniques don't match those of the server–as well as SSLv2, an implementation of SSL often considered to be insecure.
Aside from those encryption oversights, WhatsApp's other privacy issue may be more intentional: the sheer amount of data it collects. Privacy researcher and former developer for the anonymity software Tor (and sometimes Forbes contributor) Runa Sandvik pointed out on her Twitter feed that despite WhatsApp's lack of ads, its privacy policy allows it to periodically scan the mobile address book of its users and upload the numbers to its server, albeit without names attached to those numbers. It collects the IP address of anyone who visits its website, along with the site they visited previously and afterwards. And it also tracks who the user talks to and when, a vast metadata collection that no doubt figured into the company's high acquisition price. Though it's not certain Facebook will merge the data sets, WhatsApp's terms of service explicitly allows any acquirer to do so.
I've contacted WhatsApp for comment on all of these concerns, and I'll update this post if I hear back from the company.
WhatsApp's privacy issues aren't new, but they're receiving renewed attention as the app hits the spotlight. In early 2013, the Canadian Privacy Commission performed a thorough study of the app's privacy protections, and found that it was collecting too many phone numbers of non-users via users' address books, improperly encrypting messages, and didn't fully make clear how and whether it retained their message history. And another flaw found by a researcher at the University of Utrecht in October of last year would have allowed anyone to decrypt its messages. PandoDaily has outlined the company's spotty security and privacy history here.
WhatsApp's privacy flaws and data collection are hardly uncommon among mobile apps or even much larger tech firms. But they're more embarrassing for a company that has touted itself as an alternative to other more spy-friendly communication channels. "I grew up in a society where everything you did was eavesdropped on, recorded, snitched on," the company's Ukrainian-born founder Jan Koum told Wired UK. "Nobody should have the right to eavesdrop, or you become a totalitarian state — the kind of state I escaped as a kid to come to this country where you have democracy and freedom of speech. Our goal is to protect it. We have encryption between our client and our server. We don't save any messages on our servers, we don't store your chat history. They're all on your phone."
In an age where the NSA has taken advantage of every technical chink in software's armor to surveil communications, it's a nice idea. Now the privacy community is holding Koum–and his new boss Mark Zuckerberg–to those terms.
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'Welcome to hell' Rio cops issue warning to Olympics fans
FANS heading to the Olympics have been warned that they are entering "hell".
Around 1.5billion viewers around the world will be watching on Friday as Brazilian soccer legend Pele and supermodel Gisele Bündchen join a galaxy of stars in Rio to launch the 2016 Olympics.
But what they won't see is the unofficial greeting that meets arrivals at the city's bustling Tom Jobim International Airport, a 12-foot banner carried by striking police and fire crews saying: "Welcome to Hell."
The banner adds: "Police and firefighters don't get paid. Whoever comes to Rio de Janeiro will not be safe."
"For me, it's a mess"Rio's acting governor Francisco Dornelles
And it's not an empty warning – just last week, a human foot and another body part were found near the Olympics volleyball pitch on Copacabana Beach.
The massive crime wave triggered by the strike is not the only thing the 400,000 athletes and fans need to worry about.
Brazilian police have already arrested eleven suspected ISIS terrorists who were said to be plotting an attack on the Games similar to the 1972 Munich Massacre which saw 11 Israeli team members and a police officer shot dead.
On top of all that, health experts now predict the Zika virus that is rampant in Rio will almost certainly be spread to other countries by competitors and fans returning home after the Games.
Despite a late emergency bailout of £652million – pushing Brazil's total Olympic spending to well over £11bn – Rio's acting governor Francisco Dornelles has admitted: "For me, it's a mess."