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Building Docks on Private Islands
The private island of your dreams may very well include a well built and maintained dock. Or, you might face a rocky shoreline and have to figure the whole thing out yourself. Somewhere in between, you might end up with a dock that's seen better days; a carnival ride of a thing that scares older people and ellicits squeals of delight in young children.
If you're starting from scratch, the same advice applies for docks as for boats: consult the locals and seek help based on their experience. Locals know about tidal variations and how a dock needs to be built in order to stand up to the worst weather of the area (longtime locals will delight in frightening island newbies).
Just like islands, boats require maintenance. Boat ownership comes with its own set of continuing costs like repairs, insurance and dockage. Spending 60% of your boating budget on the boat is a good rule of thumb. Leave the remainder to outfit the boat, maintain it and pay for the propeller that gets sheared off on the rocks and sinks, never to be seen again. Unforeseen expenditures are common with boats.
You also need to know what the water bottom is made of, whether it's coral, rock, sand or mud. You need to consider the size of the vessels using the dock to determine how far from the shore to build in order to have the required depth. Wherever your private island is located, you will probably require approval from a local authority. What will you be using the dock for? Only mooring, or a place to swim, fish and sunbathe while watching the world drift by? Your needs should determine the shape, size, and type of dock, not what the local lumberyard has in stock. You can always add onto your dock at a later date because docks are usually modular devices, allowing you to add sections over time.
Building a good dock is only slightly more difficult than building a bad dock. Errors are damaging and costly. Before you pick up your tools, pick up your pencil and create a detailed site plan of your private island. Drawing out the proposed project gives you an idea where to start and cuts down on the red tape in your approval process. Mapping out your shoreline helps the task of choosing the location, type and size of dock that fits your needs and budget.
The map of your private island should include all structures like your house, stairs or landing strip. Draw the shape of your shoreline and include prevailing winds and currents if possible. Mark the best views of the water and shoreline. Include the topography, both on land and below water if possible. Underwater topography includes rock, sand, mud with navigational hazards like rocks and sand bars. Mark out the areas good for swimming. Also include underwater power lines and telephones lines, if you're lucky enough to have them! Include everything in your map. If you build the dock yourself, it's gives you a great perspective. A detailed map of your private island also gives a professional some ideas about where to start.


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Solidification-processed metal matrix composites for the transportation industries
Metal Matrix Composite (MMC) materials provide combinations of properties which are of interest in several applications within the transportation industries. Their use in this industrial sector is, however, highly dependent on the simultaneous satisfaction of stringent performance and cost requirements. This is why solidification processing, which provides one of the most versatile and economical production routes for these materials, is the dominant process class used today for the production of MMC materials in this industrial sector. This article provides an overview of applications of MMCs produced by solidification processing in the transportation industries. The two main classes of solidification processes used to produce MMC materials, namely infiltration and stir casting, are briefly described and compared. Next is a review of past and current automotive MMC applications. Specific applications of MMCs are then described and used as "case studies" for a discussion of fundamental and technical issues in MMC solidification processing as it concerns these industries.
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TheDonShump716 Posts: 1i gotta 99 pontiac sunfire gt with 2.4L twin cam i put a vibrant cold air intake on it n i had my friend put on long pips. If anyone knows were i can get a supercharger that would b great.
meack Posts: 1I have recently bought a 1997 white pontiac sunfire and im in the middle of ricing it out, and I have realized that the front headlights r just ugly.... is there any place where u can buy projection or aftermarket headlights for the 97's :mad:
duece2 Posts: 2Can anyone tell me if its possible to stick a 3.4L V6 or 3800 V6 in a 1998 sunfire gt without doing too much extra work. I know i would probably need at least a ram air hood but im trying to keep it as cheap as possible.
anthonygiggey Posts: 1yes you can the parts are the same from 96'-99'
99sunfire_gt Posts: 1i would like me car to accelerate quick an efficient i would like my handling/cornering to work the best it can, i would like my fuel economy to be as high mpg as possible, with the highest HP as possible without sacrificing fuel economy
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zaken1 Posts: 556What you're hoping for just is not possible in the real world. Every change you make to the motor has a downside in another area. The real power increases are made by pushing more fuel/air mixture into and pulling more burned gases out of the motor. Now I think you are smart enough to be able to understand that pushing more fuel into and pulling more gases out of a motor cannot result in using less fuel. It will use MORE fuel. This is why race cars get absolutely terrible mileage. So you need to sit down and decide what you really want. If you want power; plan to pay more for fuel and pay far more for repairs (more power will put greater strain on all the driveline and engine parts; and they WILL BREAK). If you get serious about power; you'll probably run out of money for school, so you'll have to drop out of school. The first thing that will probably break is your automatic transmission; which will probably cost $2000 or more to repair.
It is inappropriate and downright foolish to try to hop up a car with over 100,000 miles on it, that has an automatic transmission. This automatic was not designed to last much longer than 100,000 miles to begin with, let along to be used in racing; so as soon as you start putting more power through (or even often driving it aggressively); you'll blow the transmission.
If you can't afford to have a major unplanned expense wreck your life and educational plans; wake up and stop dreaming. Leave this car alone, or it will soon turn into a pile of abused junk. I speak from experience; after having destroyed every vehicle I owned when I was a youth; by hopping it up and driving it hard. Only after I got into a situation where I really had to have a car that I could depend on every day; did I learn to become mature and responsible enough to quit destroying the vehicles I owned by playing with them. I eventually realized that I was not rich enough to buy all the parts and make the constant repairs which are part of the everyday life of a hot rodder; so I then got into economy tuning. That finally was a place where I could modify my engines without damaging them (as long as I didn't set the mxture too lean; which is a constant temptation for inexperienced people who try economy tuning). So I then burned the valves out of some of my first cars in that era before I learned that lesson.
There are some unfortunate people on this site who feel the need to lie about the power and performance they have added to their cars. Be warned not to take all the claims seriously about gobs of horsepower which you read here.
kimlei63 Posts: 1I am going to be selling my sunfire but need to replace the front speakers. Can anyone tell me what size I need?
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Just when I thought the HTML vs text version for electronic newsletters debate was being solidly won by HTML advocates, I get bombarded by Tom Antion and his cry for plain text. Tom says all the internet gurus – the really successful ones in the $2 million range – all send out their ezines in plain text.
Okay, so I'm rethinking this. I'm getting some really nice HTML newsletters now, and I love the graphics, the headers, the little pics of books and logos….but do I read them thorougly?
No! I actually look at the pics, register what it is, scan the headings and subheadings, and move on to the next email message. Unless, of course I see an article that has some new intriguing information that my clients and readers could use. For the most part, I am deleting without reading.
Except for a couple of long plain text newsletters that I get from experts such as Bob Bly, Dan Poynter, Tom Antion, and others. I don't always read them right away because they tend to be long and info-packed, but I will read them much more thoroughly. One reason is that they are jammed with valuable info.
My own HTML newsletters are getting the usual low open rates of 40%. I hate this, but evidently this is on the high side of normal. Which means that less than half of my subscribers hear from me.
Okay, maybe I could make the content of my weekly Newsletter Nuggets more valuable, but it isn't really a reflection of the ezine quality that we're talking about here. People aren't opening up emails, because they get too many of them, there's too little really valuable stuff in them, and once they open them up and look at the graphics, they feel they've read everything and then move on.
Yet when I surveyed my subscribers, over 90% said they prefer HTML. Well, they are prettier for sure.
The other thing Tom stresses is that many HTML ezines don't get through filters when people are working in corporations. Companies don't want their people reading ezines, or getting spam, on their time.
That is my guess, and it isn't verified. What do you think? Would switching to plain text get more actual readers? I'm thinking about sending out both the HTML and text version next Tuesday to test that function.
To see a sample of Newsletter Nuggets and to sign up, go to www.customizednewsletters.com and use the subscription form on the upper corner of the web page.
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Santa's Sleigh Ride
Santa went out for an early morning ride today.
Rudolph was doing great leading the way, but Donner and Blitzen ran out of gas late morning. The whole team of reindeer came plunging back, looking like the Grinch riding into Whooville.
We took a poll, solely on my intuition.
When the market sat at 20.5 deciding, we asked : what would it take for you to become more bearish and think reversal? #EMWS
1) another day, not today 2) break 16 3) break 12 4 ) other …. #EMWS
Unpektable : RT : 2E: if u answered "another day, not today, you miss the idea of having a mind open to all possibilities" #EMWS
Options expiration makes trading even more challenging.
Developing a theme helps.
We thought unwind shorts first, then pullback in regression style.
It is a pattern we have noticed lately…
…and the deeper charts were all suggesting that resistance was overhead, like Santa trying to climb out of a chimney.
The question , of course, was how significant would the pullback be. My first thought was test the 25/26 zone, mess up all the early shorts. I posed this question to my members. It was options expiration, so anything could happen.
I drew a few blue lines on the chart, and said we could do this, showing the 8.5 target. I am not making any predictions, just be aware of the potential…
Some Holiday gifts…
The gift of sight… but we need hindsight first to learn.
@Cubs10 we thought unwind shorts first 26/28 as resistance for the pb… luck was breaking 15 #EMWS
I am taking a break from posting blogs until after the New Year, and our trading chat room will also resume then.
Best wishes to all for a wonderful holiday season filled with love, laughter, and family.
Thanks to all who have been so kind to have supported our efforts through #FF, retweets, and including my posts in your newsletters.
A special thanks to Eric for this kind post in our member area.
[16:18] Eric .: Thank you E for all of dedication to your team and trading. You do all of us a great service each and every day. Your teachings are one of the best out there and by far exceed any expectations. Merry Christmas and God Bless to you and your family.
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Maha Shivratri is one of the most important and holy festival for all the Hindus. The important ritual about the festival is that people undergo fasting throughout the day.
The fasting begins on the previous morning of the new moon day (amavasye) and ends on the day of amavasye.
On this auspicious day, some of the devotees consume foods that are not prepared with rice, as consuming foods that is made of rice and any dishes with garlic and onions is strictly prohibited.
However, some of the devotees follow a very strict fasting custom and do not consume any food for one whole day.
So, this year the Maha Shivratri festival falls on a monday. Devotees offer prayer to Lord Shiva from monday morning until tuesday morning. If you are a strict devotee, take a look at the foods that you can have to break your fast.
These are the healthy and nutritious foods that you can consume to break the Shivratri fast, have a look.
Lemon Juice
The first thing that you can have is lemon juice, as it helps you to give the much required stamina. since you would have had a long day of fasting, it will decrease the acidity level and make you feel refreshed.
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Ladoo can be served as an offering to Lord Shiva and you should surely have ladoo to break your fast. Also, it is important to have a sweet while you break your fast. So, read to know how to prepare ladoos.
As you have fasted the whole day, it is important to eat dishes that will fill your tummy. Parathas are easy to prepare too. So, read to know how to prepare parathas for Shivratri. This is one of the best recipes that you can have to break the fast.
Rice which is rich in glucose gives you an instant energy, after your day's long fast. It is necessary for you to have rice, since your body requires energy. You can have rice along with vegetable sambar or rasam.
Vermicelli upma is a very healthy dish that you can consume to break the Shivratri fast. Read to know the yummy vermicelli upma recipe.
Buttermilk also helps you to decrease the acidity level and removes the flatulence in the body. Our body tends to accumulate more gas during a fast and thus becomes more acidic in nature. Read to know how to prepare buttermilk to break the Shivratri fast. To make it more tasty and healthy, you can add hing and coriander strands.
Fruit Salad And Ice Cream:
Fruit salad is one of the best foods that you can have to break the fast for Maha Shivratri. Adding ice cream to your fruit salad is optional however.


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A grass fire that began late Friday night on the western side of Little Mountain in San Bernardino has scorched about 40 acres.
The blaze, reported about 10:40 p.m. Friday, was about 15 percent contained by 12:45 a.m. Saturday, according to Assistant Fire Chief Ronald Walls. Minimal winds allowed firefighters to make good progress and to mitigate any threat to structures, he said.
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Price: $1.99 Score: 6/10 By Shaun Campbell
Peacemaker – as the name suggests – is an app that helps you settle little disputes and arguments. Developed by Maverick Digital Works, Peacemaker is essentially a little digital roulette wheel that harnesses the power of randomness to make the call when you're lost for choice.
Say you have a decision to make and there are four possible options. All are of equal weight to you, so which do you choose? Simply adjust the settings in Peacemaker to reflect the options available, then give wheel a spin with a flick of your finger. The wheel will whizz around and eventually stop on a panel – decision made! Easy.
While a novel idea for little everyday decisions like what brand of socks to buy, or in social situations where you just can't decide between pepperoni and supreme – I do think this is over-priced at $1.99. Yes, it is executed nicely, and the graphics and animation are solid – but it really doesn't have enough functionality to justify the current price.
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Excellent Salon du Chocolat 2013 avec de sublimes saveurs et de belles rencontres de chocolatiers
Pour le final, un magnifique défilé en chocolat !
Sylvie Douce and François Jeantet launched the 19th Salon du Chocolat last week in Paris at the Porte de Versailles. With their new theme "the magic of chocolate" they will travel the world until next October, then they will celebrate two decades of chocolate fairs. A celebration at the Grand Palais is also planned in the Spring.
Thousands of people mingled through the alleys of the chocolate and confectionary halls to taste macarons, gingerbreads, nougats, caramels, cookies and of course chocolates! At the end of the day many went back home loaded with enough chocolates to eat for the next three months!
Among the great workshops and cooking demonstrations, something completely new this year was the Ultimate Snack. A couple of times a day a few lucky adults and children could gather around a long table to eat a slice of toasted baguette with a chocolate Philadelphia spread and to drink cold and hot beverages. The atmosphere was relaxed with a decoration reminding us of our great-grand mothers countryside homes. Everything was served in plates and bowls from Gien. Just a perfect way to take a break and chat with others about the salon.
There were hundreds of maîtres chocolatiers from France like the best French workers Arnaud Larher, Laurent Duchene, Bruno le Derf & Frédéric Cassel, the maisons Hénin, Boissier & Chapon, but also from Belgium Leonidas, Benoit Nihant, Godiva and Jeff de Bruges and from Switzerland Au Palais des Gourmets and the favourite of Sylvie Douce Ragusa from Camille Bloch.
We loved the stands of Erithaj with maître chocolatier Arnaud Stengel, who talked about his job with passion and explained his cacao beans come from Vietnam. His chocolate bars all have Vietnamese names, a nice way to make you travel. The milk chocolate bar Ben Tre is delicious. Someone at Godiva was preparing chocolate strawberries and Neslé Dessert was having non-stop cooking shows making chocolate croissants and mouelleux au chocolat. Bruno Le Derf was offering many chocolates for degustation like his ganache with raspberry. The people at Hors des Sentiers Battus were really friendly and the stand had excellent chocolates like its Ballotin "Tas de sel" a ganache with caramel fleur de sel. It was hard to resist to not bring back some of the chocolates from the coffret prestige with ginger, pepper, calvados or lavender flavours.
Asia was really well represented at the salon with amazing sweets, pastry and chocolate makers. I stopped at the stand of the caramels of Mukaiyama Seisakusho. The chef answered questions with a great smile and let me taste so many of his amazing melting and creamy caramel collection. There is one for every month of the year. My favourite ones were with perilla seeds, mango, ginger and the one you can't get away from once you have tried it, basil!
Many like myself stood up to admire the display of croissant rusks and the many Japanese ladies dressed in waitresses outfits. The croissants, from Café Ohzan in Tokyo, are cooked twice and nicely decorated. They make ideal gift and can be kept up to 1 month.
Tokyo chocolate had a large colourful stand offering matcha products like the crusty chocolate Mont Fuji, ganaches and pralines and cool looking Mango deco chocolates. Their 50g well-packed black biscuit raspberry makes great presents.
A long queue of people was waiting to buy the lovely, fresh and crusty matcha croissants made by Sadaharu Aoki. The croissants, with a slight spice touch, were delicious the next day.
Many had come to watch the beloved fashion shows every afternoon at 5:00 p.m. To be able to find a seat one had to come at least 1h15 minutes in advance. But the long wait was well worth it even for the young children who patiently stayed and marvelled for one hour at the beautiful models. The dresses were more unique the ones than the others with amazing chocolate knots, buttons and pearls. The rest of the day the visitors could admire the dresses in the chocolate hall.
On Sunday the group Calema from Sao Tomé gave a mini concert. No-one wanted the two brothers, Anselmo and Fradique to leave the podium. They brought the joy of living to the Salon du Chocolat through their beautiful smiles and warmth. For those who missed them, they will have a new CD out soon.
The Salon du Chocolat in Paris was a perfect way to spend the weekend, good for all the senses. It is now on its way to Lyon (Nov 9th -11th) for the last salon of the year. Why not let yourself be seduced by the magic of chocolate?
Tagged Cafe Ohzan, caramel, chocolat, Erithaj, Maitre chocolatier, Matcha, Mukaiyama Seisakushos, Salon du chocolat, Sweets


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In the past few days, I was faced with a pretty interesting problem. My friend's wordpress blog, which is running the open source wordpress.org, got hijacked with a nasty exploit, which ended up redirecting all links within the blog to some Russian site. Fortunately, the Russian site was a 404 link, however, it still was frustrating to the users visiting the site. More over, it was especially treating the re-direct seriously, when coming from specific referring sites (i.e: Google, Facebook, Yahoo, etc …)
At first sight, I had initially thought it was a URL redirect problem, which means that the problem probably lies in the modification of the .htaccess file. Well, that was simple enough, and sure enough, I did find very clear URL re-writes which were redirecting the site to a malware site.
First things first, I did what any person would do when their site is compromised. I changed the passwords to the admin accounts of the blog, the webhost, phpMyAdmin, and the password to the wordpress database.
It wasn't until I noticed another .htaccess file lurking outside of the blog root, and containing the same thing as the one within the blog, that some additional flags got raised. So, I decided to delete the .htaccess in the root of the hosted site, and modify the one within the wordpress blog, so as to maintain the legit permalink re-writes. In addition to the replacement of the .htaccess file, the exploit was actually chmod-ing the file to 444 (r–r–r–).
The problem became a bit more apparent when I noticed that the size of the .htaccess was changing periodically, and getting replaced with the malicious code. This is when I was started to look at other options. Given that I had never dealt with code or SQL injections before, I had no idea what to look for. In researching that, I realized that a code injection can look very much like a normal piece of code in a php file, but does something bad to the site, so I started digging around to find the exploit.
Given that the .htaccess was being changed at the root of the host, as well as in the blog, I figured that the exploit can't be generated from the blog itself, since it seems to be able to see outside of the blogs' vhost. Through this process, my friends' blog was hosted on a webhost with a starter package, that barely has access to FTP. Without SSH, navigating code, and doing searches was hard and extremely inefficient. Since I had started to doubt that the exploit may have been on the outside of our website completely, I decided that the combination of those two, may deserve the move to a better host, with an actual functioning cPanel, and SSH access. Well, we did that, and that went fairly smoothly.
To my surprise, I still saw the code exploit in place, even after moving. The 4 places that I thought would be prone to attack are the following:
- The WordPress source code
- The plugins
- The themes
- The database
So I started by replacing the WordPress core with a new copy that I had just downloaded, then waited a while, only to see the exploit come back.
Then I completely removed the plugins directory, and did the same, only to see the exploit come back.
Then I did the same with the themes, and replaced the blog theme with the out-of-the-box twentyeleven theme.
I had thought that this last one will definitely resolve the issue. Again, that didn't happen.
So I started poking around in the database, following some blog entries, and couldn't find anything. There were some weird entries in wp-options–>wp-cron. (Cron the wordpress scheduler), except I wasn't quite sure how to decipher the nomenclature in this field.
I even went into the posts, and the comments to see if there is any malicious code in there. I was getting desperate.
Finally, it dawned on me to try and search for some sort of scanner that I can run against my directory. Sure enough, I found the perfect WordPress plugin, simply called Exploit Scanner. Running this, I got a dump of quite a few results, which I had to weed through, but essentially, that scanner goes through any functions that can be used to obfuscate any code, (like decoding base64 or preg replace). Sure enough, there was one preg replace that was found, and it pointed to a file, get this, in the wp-content/uploads directory, called _cache.php
The ONE directory that I didn't check. Let me rephrase, I did check the directory, just not in its root, I looked at all the contents of the subdirs, to make sure there is nothing other than jpg and png files, and there wasn't, so I ruled it out. And all along I was moving around that upload directory as an innocent component. DOPE!
Of course, at this point, I deleted the _cache.php file, fixed the .htaccess files one last time, and all went back to normal.
Lessons Learned
- Never assume anything. In the exploit world, treat anything and everything as guilty, until absolutely ruled to be innocent.
- I have spent entirely too much time manually looking for the content of the exploit. Had I looked for that scanner from the beginning, that problem would've been resolved much sooner.
The good news, is that during that process, I learned a bunch more about PHP, MySQL, exploits, and some more about the WordPress codex, and database structure.
Hopefully this post will help someone navigate through a similar issue, if (and when) it happens.


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Intriguing matchups in Heat-Mavs series
This promises to be a memorable series between two intriguing ball clubs. Because now is forever in the NBA, discount the Mavs beating the Heat two-for-two in the regular season way back in December and November, and forget about Miami's downing of Dallas for the 2006 championship.
The score in Game 1 is 0-0.
Let's take a close look at what may, or may not, be expected in the next several days.
For sure, team chemistry is important, and the Heat needed nearly the entire season to get their various elements cooking. Even so, the most significant part of their attack is the improvement in LeBron's long-distance shooting.
The book on virtually every right-handed scorer is that he wants to pull-and-shoot when he dribbles left, and drive when he goes right. Trouble was that LBJ was too off-balance when he tried to launch his jumpers, rapidly moving the ball with his left hand. His entire body would lean slightly leftward, which resulted in two problems:
• His right shoulder wasn't square to the hoop on his shot release.
• In hurriedly transferring the ball from his left to his right hand, the catch-point was so varied that he had to make a major adjustment with just about every shot.
Lately, however, LeBron's mechanics have become flawless. No matter how earnestly he's dribbling left, he can now make a quick plant with his right foot, then make a slight push with his left step to stop his sideways momentum. This action gives LeBron excellent balance, makes his left-to-right ball transfer repeatable, while also slightly rotating his right shoulder. That's why he's become a drop-dead perimeter shooter.
Shawn Marion will be entrusted with the first crack at trying to contain LBJ. The Matrix certainly has the size, the strength and the experience to make James sweat, but having lost a step at age 33, Marion will be hard-pressed to do much more than push LeBron to help spots. It's hard to imagine Rick Carlisle matching Peja Stojakovic's invisible defense against LeBron, but don't be surprised if Jason Kidd winds up chest-to-chest with LeBron in critical situations, and don't be surprised by how effective Kidd will be in that role.
With a game on the line, it's a safe bet that LeBron will have the ball in some kind of 1-4 alignment. And, if the recent past is any indication, only pinheads would bet against him.
Given that Dwyane Wade's sore left shoulder has hampered his own outside shooting, look for Dallas to complement its mano-a-mano defense by throwing an occasional double team at LeBron. But this is always a risky proposition because of LBJ's unselfish and mostly pinpoint passwork.
Since LeBron has a tendency to force his handle through heavy traffic, the Mavs will undoubtedly collapse into the paint when James attacks the rim. But if in so doing so, Dallas neglects to tag Mike Miller and/or Mike Bibby and/or Mario Chalmers, then the Heat's offense will flame up.
D-Wade's bum shoulder certainly doesn't prevent him from going into his quick-stepping driving-spinning-dunking heroics in the shadow of the hoop, but he must knock down a sufficient number of jumpers to pull his defenders toward him and enable his crossovers to leave them in the dust.
The Mavs will start with DeShawn Stevenson on Wade to keep Kidd out of early foul trouble, but both Marion and Kidd will also be called upon just to present Wade with different faces, hands, hips and chests. It's hard to imagine J-Kidd's powerful yet quick-handed defense will be wasted on guarding Bibby or Chalmers over long stretches. Don't be surprised if Wade struggles in half-court sets under Kidd's watch. Even with two injured shoulders, Wade would eat Jason Terry's lunch — and breakfast and dinner.
Chris Bosh's alert movement without the ball produces some layups and putbacks, but he's essentially a very accurate one-on-none mid-range jump shooter. If Bosh does have the quickness to get around Dirk Nowitzki's acceptable position-oriented defense, he should be able to pull and shoot before the help arrives. Tyson Chandler's length and quickness could present problems for Bosh.
Above all, don't expect Dallas to repeat Chicago's mistake in virtually ignoring Bosh.
Rounding out Miami's starting five, Joel Anthony has to be boxed out, not a simple task when Chandler and Brendan Haywood will be constantly charged with providing weak-side help on Wade and LeBron. The Mavs' baseline rotations will have to feature their power forward — either Nowitzki or Marion — sinking into the middle to seal Anthony from the glass. In addition, Anthony's left hand must be denied, but fouling him is always an excellent option when he's on the verge of a dunk.
It's understandable that Udonis Haslem still doesn't have his championship chops operating at full efficiency. After his adrenaline-fueled performance against the Bulls in Game 3, Haslem seemed reluctant to shoot his mid-range money springers, and was also out of synch when playing without the ball. Dallas could conceivably get by with having Peja work against him.
Mike Bibby can score only if Kidd, JJ Barea or Jason Terry forget where he is. Although Chalmers has the zip to penetrate into the lane, his game is bagging treys.
Now that Mike Miller has apparently relocated his mojo, he represents the Heat's most dangerous point-maker off the bench. If Dallas overcommits to plugging the lane, then kickouts to Miller could turn any game in Miami's favor.
Indeed, in most sequences, the Mavs can only afford to jam ball-penetration with one helper.
Still, the more Miami is compelled to play half-court offense, the more difficulty they'll have in roping the Mavs into submission — except, of course, if the Heat's long-range bombing is dead-on.
To gain firm control of the series the Heat must run, run and keep on running. In order to keep the fast breaks and early-offense opportunities rolling downhill, Miami must play exquisite defense and control its defensive glass.
Kidd is the mastermind of the Mavs' offense, always making the right pass to the right guy at the right time. If he can no longer get to the basket, he's become a dependable three-point shooter. When Bibby guards him, Kidd can venture into the low post looking more for the appropriate pass than the score. Ditto for Chalmers.
Keeping Barea from turning the corner on high screen/rolls is a difficult undertaking, primarily because both his center of gravity and his dribble are so low, and he's such a speedy little fellow. If the screen-helper fails to make a diligent show, Barea can easily split loose double-teams and get into the paint, where he's a surprisingly effective finisher for such a runt.
Barea could have a tremendous influence on the series.
Stevenson may hit one or two three-balls, but is otherwise a non-factor on offense.
Marion can score in the low post against smaller, weaker opponents, but none of his expected defenders fit that description. With that option closed, he's left to score on the run, on putbacks and off concerted team movement.
Because he's such an inept passer, a clumsy ball-handler under even modest pressure and has a stone-mason's touch on layups, Marion will strictly be a hustle player here.
Chandler tallies most of his points by dunking lob passes. Haywood used to have a semi-effective jump hook, but lately his offense has been reduced to putbacks. He can also be fouled for profit.
Neither of these bigs has to be closely monitored, but both have to be boxed out, and Chandler cannot be allowed to cut to the ring untouched.
Dirk Nowitzki is, of course, the go-to scorer. In the teeth of Miami's quick-reacting, swarming defense, he'll have to get the ball more on the move than he did in the previous series.
Bosh lacks the strength to bother Nowitzki. Haslem lacks the conditioning. Anthony is tenacious and spidery, but gives up three inches, a deficit that will only exacerbate his tendency to be in chronic foul trouble.
In fact, the only Miami player who has a chance of adequately dealing with Nowitzki one-on-one is LeBron, and that's because LBJ's defense has also undergone a remarkable evolution.
In his previous incarnations, LeBron's defensive balance was poor. By perpetually seeking a steal or a blocked shot he leaned too far forward when playing on the ball. After a fake the other way, savvy scorers could easily attack the outside of LeBron's lead foot, thereby gaining at least a half step.
But LeBron demonstrated much better balance against Chicago. He finally feels comfortable enough to stay centered and trust his long arms and quickness to bother both an opponent's shots and handle. The same sturdy defensive stance should enable James to resist Nowitzki's tricky head fakes.
These improvements at both ends of the game have clearly made LBJ the best player in the NBA. But despite what Scottie Pippen says, until LeBron wins a ring or six, he still can't be considered better than, or even on a par with, MJ.
Even when LeBron is assigned to shadow Nowitzki, the Mavs' scoring ace will surely see his share of double teams. This is a risky proposition, however, since D-No is a willing passer, and any out-pass that lands in Kidd's hands will be redirected to a wide-open shooter.
Nowitzki also understands that should he be able to drive past whomever is guarding him, some combination of Anthony, Bosh and/or Haslem will be waiting at the rim to swat his shot. If Nowitzki can routinely hit his miraculous step-back, wrong-footed shots, then he's as unguardable as LeBron.
Jason Terry is the designated shooter off the bench. If he's not an accomplished handler, he's a terrific set-shooter, and he can also pull right and shoot as well as anybody in the league. The Heat must concentrate on not letting Terry hit his first jumper, or else he's liable to go off on a game-long binge.
Stojakovic is a streak-shooter who cannot be overlooked. He's even developed a floater to use on those rare occasions when he gets by his defender — usually when he's chased off the bonus line.
Overall, the Mavs have a deeper bench that allows them to field a variety of combinations — small, big, shooters, defenders and various mixtures thereof.
Still, the Heat's defense is remarkably quick and cohesive. They're capable of doubling a wing or a high screen/roll and still recover to pressure the recipient of the most astute ball-reversals.
As far as I'm concerned, having to designate the winner of a series before a ball has been bounced is a necessary evil. Fans are quick to brand a media figure either a genius or a moron depending on the outcome of his predictions. The truth, however, is that no mortal — not even sportswriters — can predict the future. If we could, we'd all be even richer than LeBron.
And, in the wonderful world of the NBA, making the right call is not necessarily a measure of anybody's expertise. Who could have predicted the several late-game comebacks made in the most recent playoff games?
An intelligent analysis of precisely what happened and what needs to happen in a game or a series is far more pertinent than gazing into a cloudy crystal ball.
But since my job description demands a prediction, I'll say this: Miami's offense is far superior to Dallas' defense. At the same time, the Heat's defense is at least equal to the Mavs' offense. So, unless Nowitzki has multiple encores of his 12 of 15 Game 1 against the Thunder, and unless Terry can routinely make clutch shots, I'm forced to pick the Heat in seven.


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The Star asked some of the country's biggest corporate cash holders how much they're sitting on, why and what they are doing with their bulging treasure chests.
Here's their numbers and what some of them say:
Oilsands developer, refiner, retailer (Petro-Canada). Headquarters: Calgary. Market capitalization: $50 billion. Cash: $5.1 billion. Dividend: 1.58 per cent
Suncor has raised its dividend by 21 per cent (compounded annually over the past five years) including an 8 per cent increase in May.
The company is also completing a $1.4 billion share buyback program, which represents over 3 per cent of the outstanding shares. It plans to spend $7.5 billion in 2012 on capital projects.
"In an uncertain economic environment with volatile commodity pricing we think its prudent to have cash on our balance sheet," says Suncor spokesperson Sneh Seetal.
Mining and resource firm with operations in Canada, the U.S., Chile and Peru. Focused on copper, steelmaking coal, zinc and energy. Headquarters: Vancouver. Market capitalization: $18 billion. Cash: $3.64 billion. Dividend yield: 2.6 per cent.
"We agree with (Carney's) view we need healthy companies investing in Canada, creating jobs, driving economic growth. And that's exactly what Teck is doing," says Teck spokesperson Marcia Smith.
The company plans to spend $2 billion on capital investments in 2012, including $475 million for a new mill at its Highland Valley copper mine in B.C.
"Our planned projects in Canada have the potential to create over 3,000 permanent jobs," Smith adds.
A leading food processing and distribution company, including majority control of Loblaw Cos. Ltd. Headquarters: Toronto. Market capitalization: $8.1 billion. Cash: $3.6 billion. Dividend yield: 2.27 per cent
The company invests $1 billion a year in Canada and North America on behalf of Weston and Loblaw.
"We're prudent in how we approach business. We want to make sure we have appropriate capitalization and appropriate reserves," says Weston spokesperson Geoff Wilson. "In 2008-2009 it was probably more prudent to have a little bit of excess capital. And I think now we're looking to spend some of it."
In December 2010, the company returned $1 billion in cash to shareholders in the form of a special one-time dividend worth $7.75 per common share. It's also actively looking at new investment opportunities, Wilson says.
Global manufacturer of planes and trains with operations in 60 countries. Headquarters: Montreal. Market Capitalization: $6.6 billion. Cash: $2.47 billion. Dividend: 2.67 per cent.
Canada's largest full-service scheduled airline. Headquarters: Montreal. Market capitalization: $314 million. Cash: $2.38 billion. Dividend: N/A.
Air Canada's goal is to maintain cash equal to 15 per cent of its trailing 12-month operating revenue. It's at 20 per cent.
The company has invested "significantly" in the past few years, spending several hundred million dollars refurbishing its fleet. The first of 37 new Boeing 787 Dreamliners will also join the fleet in 2014 — at a cost of $200 million each.
Airlines require higher levels of cash in winter as a cushion through the slower season. As well, credit providers require certain levels of cash.
A global leader in wireless technology and creator of the BlackBerry Headquarters: Waterloo. Market capitalization: $3.8 billion. Cash: $1.9 billion. Dividend yield: N/A.
The troubled BlackBerry maker is holding onto its cash as a series of missteps and fierce competition from the Apple iPhone threaten to dim future sales.
At the end of June, the company said revenues were down 33 per cent to $2.8 billion, losses had risen to $519 million and it would lay off 5,000 people over the coming months. It expects business conditions to remain challenging.
Automotive supplier with operations in 26 countries. Headquarters: Aurora, Ont. Market capitalization: $10.2 billion. Cash: $1.4 billion. Dividend: 2.48 per cent.


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Maroon 5 is spending the early portion of July rehearsing and crafting for the highly anticipated Honda Civic Tour this summer and fall. Yesterday, guitarist James Valentine tweeted a photo of his fellow band mates Adam Levine and touring member Sam Farrar of Phantom Planet playing the guitar in a gymnasium.
The nationwide tour will kick off in less than a month on August 1 in Maryland Heights, Missouri at the famous Verizon Wireless Amphitheater with special guests Kelly Clarkson and Rozzi Crane. The tour will extend until October 6 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California.
Other musical guests include PJ Morton who is currently Maroon 5's keyboardist replacing former member Jesse Carmichael and singer Tony Lucca who has worked with Adam Levine on NBC's hit show The Voice and has been signed under Levine's freshly published record label, 222 Records and is releasing his new album this month titled 'With the Whole World Watching.'
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Discussion in 'DIRECTV General Discussion' started by erict, Aug 1, 2008.
With the D11 lit up and running is there still anything on the 110 & 119 satellites?
Locals, MPEG2 HD simulcasts, MPEG4 DNS LA, etc...
Basically everything that was before....
All the spanish language hispanic programming, I believe as well.
110W is pretty much limited to some of the old MPEG2 HD that will be carried for who knows how long. 119W is loaded with spotbeams being used for SD LIL, so its not going anywhere.


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Last year, the Sedona International Film Festival & Workshop wasn't just showcasing drama: It was participating in one. Right before Festival weekend, the organization experienced a sudden change in leadership. Remarkably, the festival went on without a visible hitch, but its future was uncertain.
Now, under new director Patrick Schweiss, the show will go on. With new sponsorship money and donations, preparations for the Festival's 11th year are well under way.
Schweiss remains committed to providing a showcase for stories "that make audiences think." We spoke to him about his goals, including expanding the festival's role in education, and highlight some of the films and guests scheduled to be here for the March 3-6 event.
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Patrick Schweiss is no stranger to the movies, or planning big events, in Sedona. He is founder and chairman of "An Evening at the Oscars," the largest fundraiser of the year for the Sedona Arts Festival, on whose Board he has served for nine years. We spoke with him in early December 2004; what follows is an edited excerpt of our conversation.
Sedona Monthly: Where do you think Sedona fits in on the independent film festival circuit?
Pat: It's an interesting question. We're not Telluride, we're not Sundance, but we are a player in the film festival world on the level that we're at. We've launched some great movies, like What the #$*! Do We Know!?, which has gone on to this incredible wave of national success. In the grand scheme of things, we're not one of the biggest festivals in the nation – what we are is a very good festival. And we have a very good reputation among filmmakers and among our audience. Our 10-year goal is to be something close to a Telluride [Colo.] festival, because our audience can match that, our size can match that. They get 5,000 to 7,000 people at Telluride every year. What Telluride has that we don't is powerhouse movie distributors that automatically launch films there. We're not at that level yet.
So how do you go about making Sedona a festival where distributors want to launch?
Everyone already knows Sedona for its beauty; the town is an easy sell, it already has a reputation. The film festival aspect, even though it's been around for 10 years, is still relatively new. We have to keep reminding them we are a viable resource. I went to the Telluride festival in September, and when I came back I got on the phone and called all the distributors and contacts for all the great films I had seen. Now, Telluride launches many films that are getting distribution a month or two later, so the chances of us screening those specific films in March are slim and none. But what we're doing is putting our Festival's name in front of a lot of these distributors, as a viable option to bring other films.


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Twisted Sisters fourth full length, Come Out and Play, is definetly not a bad album, just not the greatest. Some parts in this album are heavy metal, while other parts lead to more of a straight out, rock and roll sound. So the greatest controversy over this album: Is it heavy metal or rock! I have come to the conclusion that it is heavy metal starting to turn to a more modern rock sound. Then there are times when this album has the ever familiar sound of "glam metal"!
So what is the heavy metal part of this album? The Fire Still Burns is a perfect example of heavy metal! The opening riff will make you headbang for sure. It has a fast paced drum beat and riff, and awsome vocals. Kill Or Be Killed, another great example. Awsome heavy metal drum beating and heavier riffs then some of the other songs on here. The lyrics are also definetly more darker and different from the other songs that aren't heavy metal.
Still ever present in Twisted Sister is the "glam metal" sound. This is shown in songs like Come Out and Play, the way the vocals are done, certain riffing styles. You Want What We Got, straight power chords! Definetly showing a heavier style of riffing, especially heavier vocals. I mean come on, who shouts the name of the title before playing it? I Believe in You is definetly a glam song; ballad! A pretty good straight out, ballad, that never gets to heavy. It doesn't have the greatness that The Price or You're Not Alone.
Besides these two sides, there is definetly a pull towards a modern rock (classic rock) in this album. The best way to explain this is in the song I Believe in Rock-N-Roll! It is a pretty good song, it has a cool verse riff, awsome lyrics (anthem style I want to rock, nothing else), and a heavy drum beat. The title would suggest a rock n roll type song. Towards the end of the song Snider talks:"Oh, would that my words were written down would that they were inscribed on a record that with an iron fist and Led Zeppelin they were cut in the rock forever but as for me, I know that HEAVY METAL lives and it will at last stand fourth upon the dust that I myself shall see my own ears not another's shall behold it and from my flesh I shall see it ROCK my inmost being is consumed with longing this is the word of the rocker!" You see the parallels?
Also there are two covers on this album. Leader of the Pack, originally sung by The Shirelles. It's cool and nicely done (although it is weird cause a girl is supposed to sing this song). There are a lot of good sound effects in here, like motor cycle sounds and the backing vocals is excellent. The other cover is Be Crool to Your Skool, a roughly done cover of the Beach Boys classic!
Overall this album isn't bad, although Stay Hungry and Under the Blade are ten times better. Still it is not bad if you like 80's rock/heavy metal. Great riffing, awsome soloing, great vocals, and some unforgettable songs! Recommend for Twisted Sister fans, and 80 metal fans!!!


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FD-387 Women Who strap hardWednesday, August 15, 2012
FD-387 Women Who strap hard
We learned an interesting fact at Leda over the years. Put a leather strap in a woman's hand. Give her a target…and you won't have to tell her how hard to hit.
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Sometimes it's the smallest, most insignificant moments that change our lives forever. I'll never forget the older lady who sat across the table from me in my arrangement office all those years ago. She wore a tidy blue skirt suit and had her hair in tidy, well-sprayed curls. Her jewelry was conservative and her makeup was tasteful, but smudged, because she spent most of our meeting looking down at her lap and crying silent tears.
Her husband had just died, and I am a funeral director.
I'm sure she thought I was helping her that day, and I was, but when she opened up to me about her life she helped me in a way that I will never be able to repay.
Her life had been as tidy as her hair and her clothes and her pearl jewelry, so she came to our meeting well prepared. The funeral was pre-arranged and had been paid for many years ago, because that was the sensible thing to do. She knew how many copies of the death certificate she would need to handle the business end of her husband's death, and she had already called the church and ensured that her pastor would be available to conduct the funeral service later in the week. Plans had been made for her two adult sons to fly home from out of state.
The only thing she hadn't been able to sort out ahead of time was the obituary, and she needed my help. Her husband had been a very special man, and she naturally wanted the newspaper notice to reflect that, but she just didn't know where to start. I've written hundreds of obituaries, so I started asking her questions about her husband's life, hobbies, interests…special memories that might give us a jumping off point.
She continued to stare down at her lap for the longest time, until she finally looked up and me and said, "All he really ever did was work. He loved us so much and wanted to provide for his family, so he sacrificed everything he ever wanted to do in order to make money to support us. He wanted me to stay home with the kids and he wanted to send them to the best schools, so he just worked and worked. You've never seen such a hard working man. 60, sometimes 70 hour weeks weren't uncommon. He missed so many birthdays and holidays with us, but he had a goal in mind. We always wanted to travel and see the world together; that's all we ever talked about. All the places we were going to go once he retired. We would lie in bed at night and hold hands, talking about it. One day, we're going to do all the things we've dreamed about, and it's finally going to be our time."
Her husband died two weeks before his planned retirement date.
They never took a single vacation.
They never fulfilled a single one of their dreams together.
Heartbreaking, isn't it?
The entire time this poor woman was spilling her heart out to me, alarm bells and panic sirens were going off in my head while a giant neon sign flashed: THIS WILL NEVER BE ME!
I never told this lady about the switch she had flipped inside me, but I still think about her often, all these years later. When I know I'm working too hard, when it's been too long since I took time off to travel, and most recently when I made the decision to retire from funeral directing to be a full time travel writer. I think about her small shoulders shaking under that blue suit as she cried for the death of her husband and all of their lost dreams.
Don't be so tidy, folks. Working and planning and saving are wonderful things, but not at the expense of the things that you lie in bed at night and dream about. You can always make more money or make do with fewer material things, but lost time is never coming back. Don't get so busy building your life that you never actually get to live it.


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A guy tried to propose to his girlfriend on the Jumbotron last night at the Red Sox vs. Yankee games, and accidentally lost the ring in the process. Pandemonium ensued as the surrounding crowd members frantically tried to help him find the ring. The commentators on television even gave a play-by-play of what was going on in the stands!
Thankfully, someone found the ring, and–spoiler alert–she said yes! Was your proposal a disaster? Hear all about Karson's in the clip above!
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I was so happy when I saw that Clare of Pampelmuse and Me chose Berlin for her favorite destination for travel snapshots. On top, she is also so lucky to actually live in Berlin and enjoy the great life there together with her sweet family! So jealous! Enjoy!!
What is your most favorite place to take photographs?
I have had such a hard time deciding a favourite! I was very, very tempted to choose Australia. Australia will always have a special place in my heart. It is where I grew up and the colours and the space are like nothing else. It is a wonderful place for landscape photography. The beaches, the desert, the enormous sky that seems to go one forever... it really is a landscape photographers dream.
But as much as I like landscape photography, what I really love is people watching and capturing the mood of a city through it's street scenes. And whilst Melbourne and Sydney both have the feel of big cities they don't quite cut it for street cred in the same way that my current home town, Berlin, does.
Berlin has a real urban, gritty, lived in feel. For a European city it's incredibly afordable and so it attracts lots of artists and musicians. The people watching is great and it has developed quite a reputation as a place of wonderful street art. Walking the streets of Berlin and taking picture of the street scenes is what makes Berlin so great for me.
Which popular sights did you like best?
The area around Museum Island is a popular tourist hang-out. There are lots of 'beach bar' style cafes along the Spree in the warmer months and the State museum's are just across the bridge. In terms of museums, for me the Pergamon is definitely a must, although the German History Museum is also great and offers some wonderful views down Unter den Linden from the first floor.
A little bit further a field, the suburbs of Prenzlauerberg, Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain are wonderful to walk around. Lots of cafes, boutique shops and people watching if you have the time to slow down for a few hours and see how the locals live.
Every place has its own beauty, essence and specialities. How can this be captured on film?
For me Berlin's beauty or essence is in her flea markets and cafe culture. Every Sunday Berlin's fleamarkets come to life; my favourite is Boxhagenerplatz Flohmarkt although Mauerpark Flohmarkt is also great and for high-end things you can't go past the Flohmarkt in Charlottenberg. There are some great photo opportunities at all of the Flohmarkts and if you begin your morning with brunch at one of the local cafes you'll be on your way to capturing a 'typical' weekend for many Berlin locals.
Are there any specifics to take into consideration while shooting and do you have any special recommendations on how to get the "perfect picture"?
While traveling, what camera equipment do you normally take?
I always travel with my DSLR. For a long time I had an old and trusty Canon Rebel but I've recently stretched out and up-graded to a Canon 7D! I have two main lenses that I use; 90% of my photos are taken with a Canon 50mm f/1.4, although I also have a telephoto lens (80-300mm) which I occasionally use. I don't think this is necessarily the best combination, you loose out on lots of architectural shots, and on my wish-list is a wide-angled lens - something like a 24-70mm f/2.8, but I think I'm going to be dreaming about that for a long time before it becomes even close to reality!
What is your most favorite picture of this place and why?
All pictures by Clare of Pampelmuse and Me.


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Today we cycled from Benešov Czech Republic to Průhonice.
We followed the Vltava River to Prague
Lots of wildflowers along the river
BELOW - On the site of today's castle, a fortress was built in the early 15th century.
After the 30 year war, it was rebuilt as a castle with a garden. Remaining from the original
fortress there are 3 jewel rooms on the ground floor. Castle Park with greenhouses
was established with the great baroque reconstruction of the Štiřín castle .
BELOW LEFT - St. John of Nepomuk - the only 5 star saint
BELOW MIDDLE - Bike path signs
BELOW RIGHT - Our final lunch together with Lada and Jude -
a great Italian meal beginning with this soup course
BELOW - Walking with Zdena in Prague


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Rooney message to fans: United we stand against terror
Wayne Rooney wants England and France supporters to come together and show the terrorists who attacked Paris that they will never crush the spirit of the free world.
Four days after terrorists wreaked havoc on the streets of the French capital, France will take on England in a friendly at Wembley.
Extra security measures will be put in place - armed police will patrol the area - and tributes to the victims of the attacks, which claimed 129 lives, will be paid before the match.
A minute's silence will be observed, black armbands will be worn and the Wembley arch will be lit up in the red, white and blue colours of the French tricolor.
The words of La Marseillaise will be put on the big screen if England fans want to sing along.
England captain Rooney, who will present a floral tribute to his opposite number Hugo Lloris before kick-off, believes the match will send an important message out to the terrorists and the rest of the world.
"I'm happy the game's on," Rooney said.
"It shows France wants to show these terrorists they're standing strong against them, and we have to support that.
"Tomorrow will be a great night of togetherness for everyone to see, for the terrorists to see the world will go on and stand against them."
Roy Hodgson has urged England fans to respect their French counterparts.
"We hope the ceremonies will be respected," the England manager said.
"If there's one thing that I truly wish for is that we show the respect I'd expect every single Englishman to show."
FA chief executive Martin Glenn is not worried that fans will ignore Hodgson's plea for respect.
"I have no concerns (about that)," he said.
"People have 'got' this.
"The match will have massive global significance. It's important to demonstrate terrorism can't win.
"The eyes of the world will be on Wembley, not just those of English people."
The FA is urging supporters to get to the stadium early as it will take longer to get into the stadium.
All bags will be checked.
The FA is expecting a near-full house at Wembley, which holds 90,000.
Thousands more tickets have been sold since the attacks. Less than 100 have been returned.
Kensington Palace have confirmed the Duke of Cambridge will be in attendance.
Glenn said there was "no specific intelligence" about an attack at the friendly similar to the ones that occurred outside the Stade de France.
"There is a physical presence now around Wembley. It's safe anyway," he said.
There are concerns among fans about their safety at Euro 2016, however.
Three suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the Stade de France, which will host the opening game and final of the European Championship, on Friday.
The draw for the tournament will also take place on December 12 in the French capital.
Glenn has no qualms about safety at either event.
"We've had no advice to say either for the draw or the Euros are unsafe," he said.
"But this is a dynamic thing, not a static things.
If things deteriorated, it would be wrong to say that wouldn't change our thinking."
Rooney, meanwhile, has spoken for the first time about the attacks.
The skipper and his England team-mates were playing in Spain when the terrorists struck.
It was only when they got back to their hotel in Benidorm that they realised the horrific scale of the slaughter.
"It was shocking, sickening," said Rooney, whose thoughts immediately turned to the well-being of his Manchester United team-mates Anthony Martial, Morgan Schneiderlin and Bastian Schweinsteiger, who played in France's 2-0 win over Germany.
"There were friends there, and it could have happened to them," he said.
"I spoke to my team-mates to see if they were safe.
"I was hoping nothing serious had happened to them as a friend."
With the main focus on putting on a united front in the face of terrorism, rather than the football, Rooney expects tonight's game to be a "strange" experience.
He will take it upon himself to speak to his young team-mates to ensure they are not affected by the emotion of the occasion.
"There are a lot of young players in the game tomorrow, and it's an extremely difficult situation," Rooney said.
"Myself, Roy, (coaches) Gary Neville and Ray Lewington will try and make them as relaxed as possible."
Hodgson said six players under the age of 22 will play tonight, with Tottenham pair Dele Alli and Eric Dier both set to start.
Belfast Telegraph