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Devotional Dance: Sacred Movements for Meditation and Transformation with T Thorn Coyle is a DVD, available from Fields Book Store, from 2006, which is part of the collection at the Reading Room.
Not only is Thorn herself a Hermetic Library anthology artist, but I just realized the music on this DVD is by, another anthology artist, Aleph Kali [see, also].
"Movement is a key to unlock the doorways into spirit. Engage your body, call up life power, and become whole in all your parts.
This instructional DVD includes moving meditations for
· Elements of Life — Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit
· Iron Pentacle — Sex, Pride, Self, Power and Passion
· Pearl Pentacle — Love, Law, Knowledge, Liberty and Wisdom
· Warrior Pentacle — Commitment, Honor, Truth, Strength and Compassion
· Triple Soul — Sticky One, Shining Body and Sacred Dove." — back cover


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I spotted this iguana while walking into a small town in Costa Rica. As you can see, this is no little iguana and wasn't afraid of my presence.
Walking along the beach early one morning, I was taking photos of water among the rocks. I saw this starfish along the way. The first and only one I've seen at the beach.
We were sitting in our campsite enjoying a quiet morning, when off in the trees we spotted movement. A view through the binoculars showed two cute little raccoons playing in the tree.
We watched their antics and then went about our business. A few minutes later they walked up and checked out everything, including the mountain bikes.
It was cute to watch them explore together. Nothing like a good friend, especially if it is your brother or sister:)
After spending time in the outdoors, your senses tune in and you see everything. Like this little dragonfly.
Remember the two babies in the previous picture? This is one of them before it wandered into our camp. The morning was cold and like me, they were enjoying the warmth of the morning sun.
I had walked onto a gazeebo over the water and this iguana had already claimed it. We played the usual dance of cat & mouse that photographers often do to capture an animal shot.
Finally he stuck his head through the rail and I leaned over the top.
At this moment we both saw each other for a few minutes and exchanged inquisitive looks. After checking me out, he jumped straight into the water and swam off. I stared in disbelief as I watched him swim to the bank. Climb, swim, run, these guys are the original tri-athletes.
This little guy finally came out and stayed for a minute. They are tricky to photograph because peep out of their hole and promptly duck back in. They have a keen sense of everything, including birds overhead.
Pictures can be everywhere & I found this one while biking through the woods. I like this photo because it conveys the alligators quiet power.
I had heard stories about the white squirrels in Brevard N.C., and after a few attempts, finally caught a few photos.
Waterfalls are enjoyed by all species.
This guy was hanging out behind one of the cabins at the campsite. He looked like he was just chillin. That or he was waiting for me to leave something behind on the picnic table.
A Cotton Top Tamarin enjoying a banana.
Critically endangered due to habitat loss.
Fun fact: eats mosquitos.
I believe this is a Horned frog. Colored to blend in with it's surroundings and about the size of a bullfrog. The non-descript expression on his face lends itself to interpretation: Is he bored, day dreaming, doesn't care......
There were about 50 of these butterflies huddled in the damp sand by the creek. Beautiful colors of black, blue and orange.
I spotted this lizard or Anole while looking at the flowers. It posed for a few minutes before moving on.
Can you hear me now? This little guy hangs out, literally, on the wind chimes. Eventually he'll make his way up to his home in the hurricane shutters.
This beautiful coachwhip was across from our house. Coachwhip are named because their dark head & tan body look like a whip. They're non-venomous so they're safe to have around.
Our cat cornered one, about 5 feet long, on the patio. The snake took off and went in the first place it could; the wide open front door!
As you can imagine, a large snake in the house with 4 cats and a girlfriend was quite entertaining. Well, for me it was:)
First I had to secure the cats. Then I could coax the coachwhip back to the open door and out into the patio. He hit the patio and was gone! The cats spent the next 1/2 hour combing the living room looking for the snake.
Living in Fla, we have lizards everywhere! This is one of the largest ones around and has the unique pre-historic ridges. Here it's showing off his colors in hopes of attracting a mate.
Often they attract one of our cats and it's the dinosaurs vs the felines. Usually the homo-sapien (me) intervenes and frees the lizard.
Most butterfly pictures are blurry as they don't sit still very long. This one (I don't know the species) sat here long enough for this shot. Enjoying the pollen of the flower for a midday snack.
Picture two in the moose series. You can really see the "moose like" features of the hump back, the ears, and the snout. The extra legs are the baby.
This harmless black racer frequents our bushes and surrounding native areas. Periodically you'll see a little head sticking out of the grass and you'll know he's there.
While hiking in Northern Arizona, I saw this guy/gal along the trail. If looks could kill, this one has a good shot of winning. As curious as I am, I refrained from picking it up:)
Hitching a ride.
What beautiful colors!!
This raccoon is navigating a flooded section of the state park. It's not that deep, just annoying if you're trying to stay dry.
I know its just a squirrel, but when's the last time you saw a squirrel just chillin. Usually they're running around crazy.
An early morning walk revealed this Screech Owl.
owlscreech owl
I saw this frog under my frig one evening and grabbed a quick photo before the cats found him. I'm not sure if he was looking to escape or was just tired of sitting on all fours.
frogflorida frog
I wanted to test my 70-300mm lens so I tagged along with some friends at JDSP. We were looking at a pond that had a momma duck and baby when out of the brush this Coyote steps out and takes a drink.
All of us just stopped and looked in awe.....To see that live first hand was unforgettable!! I've posted several pictures just because seeing them is so rare.
Tourists often inquire "is there gators in that water?". If it's water and in Fla, yes......As this one shows, just because you can't see it doesn't mean it's not there.
This little guy didn't move when I inched by on the trail. Just sat there eating berries. Did you see the X on the lower section by his hips?
On Imogene Pass, this large marmot peeked out to see the people go by.
A Harris Hawk in flight.
Bears always intrigue me because of their appearance of strength. Fortunately, I only use zoom lens to get close to them.
Another photo of the butterflies gathered near the creek's edge getting a drink.
The various sea rays all move through the water with such grace. Larger than the "basic" sting ray, the spotted eagle ray is always amazing to watch. Gliding effortlessly along, this one appears to be smiling.

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There has been a flurry of long posts on papers and lectures here in the last week. It might have been a bit overwhelming. I would not be surprised if your eyes glazed over on a Monday morning -- ugh, too much to read -- and the posts passed you by.
But, there is some really good stuff in there. In case you missed them, I wanted to highlight a couple key posts on a couple particularly interesting topics:
"Knowledge extraction from search queries" talks about a couple papers out of Google on extracting facts from the Web. Question answering -- correctly answering questions such as "How old is Larry Page?" -- is an important and promising path to improving web search. This Google work is particularly unusual in that they propose using query logs and the information in them to help with knowledge extraction and question answering.
"The end of federated search?" and "Google and the deep web" discuss Google's efforts to crawl the deep web, data normally hidden in private databases behind html forms. Deep web data would make web search more comprehensive and, because the data often is well structured, could be particularly useful for improving question answering. The key part of the Google work is that it rejects a common technique of accessing deep web data in real-time, instead proposing copying everyone else's data to Google's servers.
"More on data center in a trailer" talks about Microsoft's and others' efforts to factory-install thousands of computers in a shipping container and the efficiencies gained from that approach.
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Recap of recent posts
Posted by Greg Linden at 7:25 AM
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- Andrew Hitchcock said...
I enjoyed the eye-glazing posts and would like more :). I've been reading through the links and watching the videos in the last few days.
Also, speaking of data centers in a truck, I saw one of those Sun systems parked in E1 (the large UW parking lot near Husky Stadium) on Monday.
- April 4, 2007 at 9:08 AM
To some extent, deep Web providers have already been doing this to facilitate Google (and other search engine crawlers).
They essentially "print" HTML pages from their databases and make them accessible to crawlers.
Yellow Page providers are a good example. Do a search like "plumbers 22201" and you'll see content that has been surfaced by the database owners. Newspaper archives are another example. (
- April 4, 2007 at 6:36 PM
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Poetry for Schools: Designed for Reading and Recitation. The Whole Selected from the Best Poets in the English Language
Eliza Robbins
White, Gallaher and White, 1828 - 383 頁
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第 296 頁 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness: And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts; and choking sighs. Which ne'er might be repeated...
第 388 頁 - Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness.
第 39 頁 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
第 303 頁 - Reaping and singing by herself; Stop here, or gently pass ! Alone she cuts and binds the grain, And sings a melancholy strain ; Oh, listen ! for the vale profound Is overflowing with the sound. No nightingale did ever chaunt More welcome notes to weary bands Of travellers in some shady haunt Among Arabian sands : —A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard In spring-time from the cuckoo-bird. Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides.
第 367 頁 - But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea : and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
第 347 頁 - Lochiel, Lochiel ! beware of the day ; For, dark and despairing, my sight I may seal, But man cannot cover what God would reveal ; 'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.
第 367 頁 - Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
第 35 頁 - So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. 21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him.
第 306 頁 - He makes the figs our mouths to meet And throws the melons at our feet; But apples, plants of such a price, No tree could ever bear them twice. With cedars chosen by His hand From Lebanon He stores the land; And makes the hollow seas that roar Proclaim the ambergris on shore.
第 385 頁 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. "All they shall speak and say unto thee, 'Art thou also become weak as we? Art thou become like unto us?' "Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.


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Red panda.
Outrageously cute baby panda bears.
Panda bear eating bamboo.
Bell tower in Xian in the rain at night.
Panda bear nestled in the crook of a tree.
Father and Daughter.
Xian drum tower at night.
Putting the puzzle back together at the Terracotta soldiers.
Terracotta soldier. Xian, China.
Terracotta soldiers. Xian, China.
Shanghai skyline at night.
Lights in an underground tunnel Shanghai.
The Bund at night. Shanghai, China.
Tai chi at sunrise on the Bund. Shanghai, China.
Buddha statue, Shanghai, China.
Chinese woman in traditional dress.
Uyghur men at the night market, Xian.
Uyghur woman selling noodles at the night market, Xian.
Tibetan man playing traditional guitar like instrument. Xiahe.
Tibetan woman, Xiahe.
Prayer wheels in motion at the Labrang monastery, Xiahe.
Tibetan woman and child, Xiahe.
Lama at Labrang monastery,. Xiahe.
Pilgrims walking the kora around Labrang monastery in Xiahe.
Pilgrims prostrating in front of Labrang monastery.
End of the day for the monks.
Tibetan pilgrim, Xiahe.
Szechuan spice market in Chengdu.


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When you receive a call, the network determines that you have a ring back tone scheduled and this will be heard by your friend until you answer the call or the call is diverted to voicemail.
Are Digicel InTunes different from a ringtone?
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Am I charged each time a caller hears one of my selections?
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Is the phone model important when the Digicel InTunes are activated?
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The InTunes service allows you set your choice of musical tones from a list of various categories. The Digicel InTunes service also gives users the option to: · Create Friends and Groups · Set Digicel InTunes by Time-Date, individual phone numbers or occasions · Create Albums · Send Caller Tones to Friends (Gift Tones)
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A caller tone expires 3 months from the date and time of purchase.
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Customers will have the option to renew for another 3 months by simply repurchasing the caller tone within 30 days after expiration.


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There will be war in the streets of America. Things have been engineered that way.
The scenarios are many, the issues are complex. The current anger from the left, who are violently protesting against President Trump, is just one aspect of it.
But the Pentagon and the U.S. national security structure is increasingly looking towards the shifting demographics around the globe – people have moved from rural areas, and shifted into cities. Where ever conflict stirs, there will be a need for military and SWAT response to the call. Entire cities will be locked down; door to door sweeps will often have violent ends.
Baghdad could be brought home to the streets of America, and the military already knows it.
The powers that be are deeply concerned about the unfolding situations with migrants, illegal immigrants, potential terrorists, political factions, violent protests, arson and riots.
Increasingly, they are training for and expecting a homegrown conflict that will call for them to restore order in a major cities – and even hunt down suspects block to block, like in the Boston Marathon bombing incident, while making some significant infringement of our civil liberties.
During the past several years, there have been reports about unannounced urban warfare drills in major U.S. cities, sometimes in coordination with major events; there have also been military training scenarios that have maintained a consistent theme of civil unrest, economic breakdown and widespread riots.
For years the alternative media has warned about the US military possibly being used against the American people in a time of economic collapse or any sort of martial law scenario.
Drills such as Vigilant Guard 2010 have brought widespread attention to the fact that portions of our own military are training to take on crowds of American citizens demanding food and Constitutional rights in a time of crisis.
Now, a new release by the website Public Intelligence, once again confirms that as recently as February and March of 2012, US troops at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington were conducting training scenarios for a civil disturbance domestic quick reaction force.
A series of photos of the drills shows US troops with crowd control riot shields on the opposite side of actors portraying what can only be described as American citizens.
What do the elite know that we don't?
Now, a major military scholar is calling for the creation of "megacities combat units" – a proposal that is a major and drastic departure from warfare of the past, which has been designed away from cities. Now, military and paramilitary units, as well as local law enforcement, much engage the population itself – with all the unpredictability afforded by a real life, complex situation filled with combatants, non-combatants and friendlies behind any and all doors, etc.
With a heightened focus on terrorism and reigning in undocumented immigrants, there will be a tendency, if we are not careful, for a heightened militarized and police state atmosphere to arise – both at home, and in everyplace that they take the fight.
Major John Spencer, a former Ranger Instructor and scholar at West Point's Modern War Institute called for an armed unit ready for megacities deployment in an op-ed:
Every year, more and more of the world's population moves into cities. The number of megacities is growing exponentially. Both of these global patterns and their inevitable consequences for military operations are well documented. Yet we still do not have units that are even remotely prepared to operate in megacities. If we want to find success on the urban battlefields the US Army will inevitably find itself fighting on in the future, that needs to change.
Throughout history, military forces either sought to avoid or simply had no need to engage in urban combat. Most military doctrine, and the strategic theory it is built upon, encourages land forces to bypass, lay siege to, or—if required—isolate and slowly clear cities from the outside in. The great armies of the world have historically fought for cities rather than in cities, a distinction with a significant difference. In cases where military forces had no choice but to operate within cities, the environment, almost without exception, proved very costly in both military and civilian casualties. Today, many armies have accepted that global population growth and urbanization trends will increasingly force military operations into crowded cities, and military forces must therefore be capable of conducting the full range of operations in large, dense urban areas.
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley recently remarked that the Army "has been designed, manned, trained and equipped for the last 241 years to operate primarily in rural areas." But that is about to change. Milley continued:
The conclusions of the SSG research are clear: megacities are unavoidable, they are potentially the most challenging environment the Army has ever faced, and the Army is unprepared to operate in them.
One ongoing military study of megacities is the NATO Urbanization Project. […] In the project's most recent experiment, the NATO team conducted a wargame to determine the capabilities needed to achieve the goals of three likely missions in 2035: response to mass migration, natural disaster, and inner-city turmoil. Within these missions, the wargame specified that a brigade conduct three operations in a megacity—joint forcible entry, major combat, and subsequent stability operations—without unacceptable levels of military or civilian casualties.
Of course, urban warfare is not exclusively a future phenomenon. Much has been learned from urban battles in recent history: the Siege of Sarajevo (1992–95); the Battle of Mogadishu (1993); Russian operations in Grozny (1994–95 and 1999–2000); US operations in Baghdad (2003) and Fallujah (2004); Lebanese operations in Nahr al-Bared, Lebanon (2007); and the Second Battle of Donetsk (2014–15). But the broad lessons of these cases have yet to truly inform Army training for urban combat, which for most units consists mainly of tactical training (e.g., room clearing drills with four-man teams). The Army would be much better served by the creation of an entire unit dedicated to preparing to operate in dense urban environments, particularly megacities.
Any way you slice it, the military and the national security infrastructure are watching for cracks in the system.
People are at their wits end, and many are on the edge of poverty – and for many, it just won't take much more to set them loose, and let riots erupt. Whether the system wants those to spread, or wants to suppress and contain them, they know they are coming.
Population pressures, and clashing groups within growing city centers are creating more problems, and compounding old ones.
If the economic stability of a given region were to give way, nearly every megacity would spiral out of control and descend into absolute madness – whether or this continent or any other.
via Nicholas West:
The following Pentagon video was featured by The Intercept and portrays the chilling atmosphere presented by sheer numbers and those who would enter such environments in the pursuit of order.
Drills such as "Unified Quest" run yearly by the U.S. Army took a sharper turn in 2014 toward addressing the problem of combat in megacities – defined as cities with more than 10 million people, of which there already are nearly 25 and projected to total near 40 by the year 2025. The Pentagon's own solicitation early last year called "Thunderstorm Spiral" was a request for "help from technological innovators to take on the future of warfare." This appeared to indicate that in addition to boots on the ground, an additional pervasive centralized intelligence apparatus would be needed to properly plan for troop movements through such dense but vast environments that also would be made up of networks underground.
Rather than trying to guess what specific crisis may spill over into violence, or bring things to a stand still in traffic or electronic commerce, just consider the piling pressure that is growing in the techno hubs and swelling urban population centers.
New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and dozens of enormous cities around the world are all completely vulnerable. Depending upon the political situation, unrest, violence or whatever else could spread across the entire Eastern half of the U.S., and the entire country could face collapse as it has never before known it. It is only a question of timing and circumstance.
Preppers should take all this into account. Modern life may make a connection to the city unavoidable prior to the collapse, but being insufficiently away from major urban centers is definitely a liability in times of crisis. Even outlying neighbors can be subject to looting, natural disaster, grid shutdown, riots, and many other situations. Make arrangements to shelter away from the city, and make sure you can get there safely and quickly when something goes down.
Do not rely on the services or goods of these cities, and get out while you still can. There are some very major crises brewing right now. They are preparing; you should, too.
h/t Nicholas West, Activist Post
Read more:
Army Fails to Warn Residents Before Urban Warfare Explosions: "All of a Sudden, Boom!"
Unrest and Martial Law? Leaked Military Drill Anticipates "No Rule of Law" After Election Results
Military Drills: Is the Army Preparing for a Martial Law Scenario in the United States? (Latest Photos)
Lessons In Urban Warfare: "People Will Die In Huge Numbers"
Preppers Warn Country Dividing: Prepare to "Live Through a Civil War"


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I love this color combination. Thanks for sharing Lauren. Happy Monday!ReplyDelete
Genius board, love the color and the use of negative space as a counter balance.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2010 at 8:01 PM
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I saw this other article and it reminded me of your posts: http://www.fussandfeathers.com/blog/archives/407
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almost burns your eyes if you look for too long :)
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[This was originally published on the OSVDB blog.]
After John Cartwright abruptly announced the closure of the Full Disclosure mail list, there was a lot of speculation as to why. I mailed John Cartwright the day after and asked some general questions. In so many words he indicated it was essentially the emotional wear and tear of running the list. While he did not name anyone specifically, the two biggest names being speculated were 'NetDev' due to years of being a headache, and the more recent thread started by Nicholas Lemonias. Through other channels, not via Cartwright, I obtained a copy of a legal threat made against at least one hosting provider for having copies of the mails he sent. This mail was no doubt sent to Cartwright among others. As such, I believe this is the "straw that broke the camels back" so to speak. A copy of that mail can be found at the bottom of this post and it should be a stark lesson that disclosure mail list admins are not only facing threats from vendors trying to stifle research, but now security researchers. This includes researchers who openly post to a list, have a full discussion about the issue, desperately attempt to defend their research, and then change their mind and want to erase it all from public record.
As I previously noted, relying on Twitter and Pastebin dumps are not a reliable alternative to a mail list. Others agree with me including Gordon Lyon, the maintainer of seclists.org and author of Nmap. He has launched a replacement Full Disclosure list to pick up the torch. Note that if you were previously subscribed, the list users were not transferred. You will need to subscribe to the new list if you want to continue participating. The new list will be lightly moderated by a small team of volunteers. The community owes great thanks to both John and now Gordon for their service in helping to ensure that researchers have an outlet to disclose. Remember, it is a mail list on the surface; behind the scenes, they deal with an incredible number of trolls, headache, and legal threats. Until you run a list or service like this, you won't know how emotionally draining it is.
Note: The following mail was voluntarily shared with me and I was granted permission to publish it by a receiving party. It is entirely within my legal right to post this mail.
From: Nicholas Lemonias. (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Date: Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 9:11 PM
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WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief, Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points™
Description: The frantic fun of WarioWare is available for the first time on the WiiWare service! WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase shows off all the different elements found on the WarioWare: D.I.Y. game for the Nintendo DS family of systems. The WiiWare software includes microgames, music and four-panel comics – all with simple controls using only the Wii Remote™ controller. Use the Game Blender and its many modes to play microgames featuring Wario™, ninjas, animals and even classic Nintendo franchises. Check out the Music section to hear or play a selection of songs using a character from Balloon Fight™. In addition to the bevy of preloaded products, you can also receive content from friends, play with products made using WarioWare: D.I.Y. or download games from the NinSoft Store. Let your creativity run wild – even Wario would be impressed with the possibilities for new content!
Diner Dash®
Publisher: Hudson Entertainment
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Use of Alcohol
Price: 1,000 Wii Points
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Virtual Console
Ogre Battle® 64: Person of Lordly Caliber™
Original platform: Nintendo 64™
Publisher: Square Enix
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: T (Teen) – Mild Language, Mild Violence
Price: 1,000 Wii Points
Description: Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber is a tactical RPG originally released for the Nintendo 64™ system. Featuring a gripping storyline with many possible endings, plus a genre-defining character class system, this strategic epic has rightly retained its place in the hearts of tactical RPG fans for more than a decade. The game tells the story of Magnus Gallant, a recently graduated officer of the Palatinean Army who is assigned to the troubled southern region of his native land. There he witnesses the plight of the lower classes – the victims of a tyrannical ruling elite whose only thought is for the preservation of its own lofty status. With civil war brewing, Magnus is faced with a terrible choice: to betray his own noble origins in the name of liberty, or to turn a blind eye to the evils of his rotten society.
Nintendo DSiWare
Disney Fireworks
Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: Light up the night with Disney Fireworks! Touch and flick to trigger a dazzling nighttime extravaganza of color and fun. Aim rockets to their matching colors in the sky to set off an explosion and score points. Time them perfectly to improve your Wow Meter and unlock special surprises and rockets. Disney Fireworks comes with five themed environments, original music, 15 challenging levels for each world, high-score tracking and much more.
Save the Turtles
Publisher: Sabarasa
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Save the Turtles takes players to more than 32 of the world's most exotic beaches in a quest to help tiny turtles find their new home. Players must use the stylus to rub and tap the touch screen of the Nintendo DSi system, digging eggs from the sand and lining up cute reptiles while avoiding crabs, seagulls and litter on their way to the safety of the sea. The game features four modes, including a never-ending survival mode called Turtles Forever, plus several unlockable trophies. Give Mother Nature a hand and help save the turtles.
Nintendo DSi™ Metronome
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: The Nintendo DSi Metronome software can be used to help keep tempo –when playing an instrument, for example. It creates a rhythm by playing sounds based on beat and tempo settings, both of which allow a wide range of adjustments. Choose from three metronome designs (including one based on Nintendo's Game & Watch™: Ball title) and record your own sounds for the metronome to use. Or, if you want to take a break, enjoy a unique minigame: Donkey Kong™ Metronome, in which you make sounds into the microphone to match the beat and have Mario™ jump over Donkey Kong's barrels.
Nintendo DSi Instrument Tuner
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: The Nintendo DSi Instrument Tuner software can be used to tune an instrument by aligning tonal pitches. The software offers two methods of handling this: feeding sounds into the microphone to measure the difference with a target pitch, or listening to a sample tone. In addition, the standard musical pitch and notation can be changed, as well as the design of the tuner (choose one of three designs). If you're feeling especially in tune, test your ear by taking on the Tuner Fight minigame's challenge: Pop balloons as they rise from pipes by making tones that match the displayed pitches.
Super Yum Yum Puzzle Adventures
Publisher: Mastertronic
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Super Yum Yum Puzzle Adventures is a multi-award-winning puzzle game starring a chameleon called Leon. Featuring 48 levels across four worlds and exclusive Nintendo DSi features, the game asks players to navigate many hours of mind-bending game play while trying to rescue Leon's babies from the belly of Ms. Tum Tum. Leon must eat his way through fruity, fiendish puzzles, licking fruit to change color and choosing the right combinations of fruit to finish each level.
Nintendo adds new titles to the Nintendo DSi Shop and the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time on Mondays. Users with broadband Internet access can redeem Wii Points or Nintendo DSi Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel. Nintendo DSi Points can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop. A Nintendo Points Card™ can be purchased at retail locations. All points from one Nintendo Points Card must be redeemed in either the Nintendo DSi Shop or the Wii Shop Channel. They are not transferable and cannot be divided between the two systems.
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Hans-Jörg Modlmayr
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Hans-Jörg Modlmayr (b. 6 March 1940) is a German author and broadcaster. He studied history and English at Peterhouse College in Cambridge. After his degree he taught German at Gonville & Caius College and in the German Department of Cambridge University.[1][2]
While studying at Cambridge, Modlmayr became acquainted with the works of J.R.R. Tolkien in 1964.[3] On 27 July 1966, Modlmayr and J.S. Ryan visited J.R.R. Tolkien without being invited. Nevertheless, Tolkien spent some time talking with them and showing them translations of his works.[4]
A collection of letters from Tolkien to Modlmayr came up for sale in June 2012.[5]
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- 1983: Deutsches Allgemeines Sonntagsblatt (1983, No. 36)
- "Die ahnungsvollen Tintenklekser. J.R.R. Tolkien – dem Autor des 'Herrn der Ringe' und des 'Hobbits' - zum 10. Todestag am 2. September" (a memorial publication on the 10th anniversary of J.R.R. Tolkien's death)
- 1992: Inklings: Jahrbuch für Literatur und Ästhetik, Vol. 10 (Kranz, Gisbert, ed.). Germany: Stier.
- "Fantasy Makes Strange Bedfellows: Mein Besuch bei Tolkien und die Folgen" (pp. 275-282; from the proceedings of Das Internationale Tolkien-Symposion, Aachen 7-9 January 1992)
- ↑ "Hans Jörg Modlmayr", Lexikon Westfälischer Autorinnen und Autoren (accessed 2 June 2012)
- ↑ "Sculptor George Kennethson remembered in centenary donation to University Library" dated 23 June 2010, Cambridge University Library (accessed 6 June 2012)
- ↑ "Die neue Übersetzung. Radiointerview: WDR 5. Wolfgang Krege und Hans-Jörg Modelmayr", Tolkiengesellschaft.de (accessed 2 June 2012)
- ↑ Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 670
- ↑ "Tolkien letter in Berlin auction", Tolkien Collector's Guide (accessed 1 June 2012)


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Mind Control experts at CIA Headquarters in Quantico, VA met with WWN in New York last week to discuss – Facebook.
The CIA experts wanted WWN to keep their identities private, but they went on the record to discuss a detailed strategy that Facebook is utilizing (with help from the CIA) to control the minds of Americans, and citizens around the world.
"Facebook is slowing implementing a plan to get Americans and people around the globe to behave in ways that they believe is best for the planet," said one of the sources. The whole idea of "status updates" was to get users involved in a mindless (and supposedly harmless) activity, posting what they were doing at any moment in the day. But, Facebook has been collecting that "data" and using it to create mind control applications that are being places on Facebook pages."
According to the sources, sometime in 2012, Facebook will release a targeted mind control application that will "instruct" users to do a specific task. What is Facebook planning to get Facebook users to do
"That we can not tell you," the CIA source said. "But we can tell you that with this one simple application, they can take over the world. They will have about one-sixth the population of the entire world carrying out a plan that will make the other five-sixths of the world – slaves to their directives. It's a very scary situation."
Sources said The Obama Administration is reportedly involved with the Mind Control Facebook application and rumors are that the app will "attack" users in October of this year – right before the November elections.
According to reported CIA sources, part of the strategy behind Facebook was to get everyone to post every aspect of their lives in a public forum, so that mind control algorithms can properly influence and direct the mind of the user.
"The biggest challenge for Facebook are the people that are NOT on Facebook," said the CIA source. "These non-users are real threats to the mind control application, that's why Facebook is doing everything it can to marginalize those people, in effect, making them 'disappear' from the planet before the mind control application is launched."
Facebook has been sending subliminal messages to users for the past two years, according to sources, so they have already "softened up" the minds of users, particularly young people. "Young minds are easier to control that older fixed mindsets," said the source.
Why did the CIA sources come to WWN?
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Costa Rica arranged through a travel agency. Although it was basically a good experience, the differences in the quality of your trip and that trip where light years apart. Yours was so well organized and the attention to detail was remarkable. The local guides on your trip where informative and I left Thailand feeling knowledgeable about Thailand and the people. I am looking forward to taking another ElderTreks trip. The problem I have is I teach and so many of the times of travel don't work with my schedule. I plan on taking many more trips through ElderTreks when my schedule allows so don't forget about me! I just wanted to provide this feedback because people usually only write with complaints."
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Curse #1-4
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To protect their vampire employers during the daytime, a select group of humans are trained to serve as their fixers, problem-solvers, and protectors.
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Say Anything frontman Max Bemis' gripping story explores a scenario in which we watch modern society gradually evolve (or is it devolve?) into an evil empire.
Hit #1-4
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An agency responsible for keeping kids' imaginary friends in line is confronted by a plot by an evil faction to become real.
RoboCop: Last Stand Part 1 TP (4 issues)
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Expert's Rating
- Superior performance
- USB 3.0 ports
- Great software features
- Expensive
- No front-panel USB 3.0 ports
- You'll need substantial technical chops to benefit from its advanced features
Our Verdict
While it's pricey, excellent performance, copious software features, and state-of-the-art connectivity render this two-bay NAS box a good deal for small offices and work groups.
Few would dispute that QNAP makes very fast NAS hardware—the company's boxes are consistently at the top of PCWorld's performance charts. The TS-269 Pro is no exception, being the overall fastest two-bay NAS box that we've scrutinized on our new test platform. The margin of victory, however, wasn't that great. What really sets this $600 (unpopulated) unit apart from the crowd is its slew of software features and its superior connectivity.
The TS-269 Pro features a 2.13GHz, dual-core Intel Atom D2700 CPU and 1GB of memory (which you can expand up to 3GB, using the single free SODIMM slot). One of my few complaints about the TS-269 Pro is that removing the case cover to access said memory slot was a bit of a chore the enclosure is baby smooth with nothing to grip. QNAP populated our test unit with two 1TB Western Digital WD10EFRX hard drives mirrored in RAID 1. The drive normally ships without drives.
My other minor gripe concerns the TS-269 Pro's otherwise top-tier port array. The front USB port, normally used for quickly copying the contents of a USB flash drive, is only USB 2.0. I'm now using USB 3.0 thumb drives almost exclusively and reaching behind the unit to access the two significantly faster USB 3.0 ports is a bit of a pain. Otherwise it's all good: dual gigabit Ethernet ports with failover and binding, an eSATA port, and two additional USB 2.0 ports. There's also a Kensington lock port for securing the unit to your workbench or rack, and an HDMI port for outputting HD content and surveillance to a monitor or TV.
QNAP outshines everyone but Synology in the breadth of software features n its Linux-based operating system. These go way beyond simple file-sharing, administration, and backup to include iSCSI, iTunes and DLNA servers, direct photo/music/video viewing in your browser, and video surveillance support. You also get a VPN, FTP, and TFTP servers; full domain and LDAP support; and more. Check the company's website for the full list, where you can also play with the operating system via an online demo. QNAP matches—and in some small ways beats—Synology in operating system features, QNAP's OS is generally not as easy to use; it takes a fair amount of knowledge to implement many of its features.
As I mentioned up front, the TS-269 Pro is very fast, although it's not as fast writing data as previous QNAP models we've tested. It wrote our large 10GB file at 85.8MBps, read it at 94.2.4MBps, and wrote 10GB of smaller files and folders at 66MBps. For some reason, the TS-269 Pro read the smaller files and folders slower than it wrote them, at 41MBps. Overall, those are first-place numbers, and very good for a box running in mirrored mode, though Iomega's px2-300d is a faster reader. Note that we tested using only one Ethernet port.
All in all, the TS-269 Pro is a very good NAS box—arguably the best in its class. It's not remotely budget-priced, and you'll need decent IT chops to get the most out of it, but more advanced users and IT personnel will love it.


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A group of Aetna investors has written the insurance company's CEO to allege that Aetna violated its own political disclosure policy when it gave $7.8 million to the nonprofit American Action Network and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
"We believe Aetna is not in compliance with its corporate political and lobbying disclosure policy, a policy which we negotiated and expected would be met in spirit and in letter," read the Monday letter to Aetna CEO and President Mark Bertolini from Mercy Investment Services Inc. and the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, two Catholic groups with investments in Aetna.
The letter cites a spate of news reports following the disclosure last month by SNL Financial that Aetna had donated $3.3 million to AAN, a conservative advocacy group, and $4.5 million to the chamber, two organizations that have spent heavily on advocacy and campaign-style ads. The letter also points to reports that Aetna donated millions to America's Health Insurance Plans that was transferred to the chamber to oppose enactment of the 2010 health care law.
Last month's disclosure of Aetna's payments to ANN and the chamber also drew a letter of complaint to the IRS and a letter to Bertolini from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which called on the insurer to stop using corporate funds to influence elections. CREW also requested that the company publicly report its activities if it "persists in such spending."
Aetna officials could not be reached for comment. But in a letter responding to CREW last month, Bertolini stated that Aetna fully complies with all federal and state disclosure requirements and publishes an annual report on its political contributions and related activity. The company has corrected "an error" in its filings to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to indicate that the money was not for lobbying activities but for "educational activities," Bertolini wrote. (The NAIC filings were the basis for the SNL Financial report.)
But in their recent complaint to Aetna, the Catholic investors point to a 2007 letter of agreement in which Aetna promised shareholders that it would disclose all expenditures for lobbying and political purposes, as well as trade association payments and grass-roots spending. The Aetna policy followed a 2006 shareholder resolution calling for the company to disclose its political spending.
"We, investors, withdrew the resolution in good faith expecting that the resolution establishing oversight and transparency would be followed, revised as best practices evolved and in place for reference by the members of the committee preparing the annual reports," read the letter.
In an interview, Sister Valerie Heinonen, one of the letter's authors, said investors were "dismayed" that the agreed-on policy had not been followed.
"We negotiated a policy, and it apparently was ignored or not followed," said Heinonen, director of shareholder advocacy for Mercy Investment Services Inc., a pooled investment fund of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, a Catholic order.
"Certainly, everybody has the right to make these kinds of corporate contributions," Heinonen added. "However, as investors we wanted to know what corporate money was being spent."
The letter comes on the heels of a spate of shareholder resolutions around the country this spring calling for full disclosure of corporate political expenditures. Corporate donations to politically active trade groups and nonprofits are drawing shareholder scrutiny in the wake of the Supreme Court's 2010 ruling to deregulate political money.