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The way your heart beats when I hold you tight
The way you sigh when we kiss goodnight
The way the wind blows through the trees
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me
The way you warm me baby when I'm cold
The way you make me want you body and soul
The way the rivers run to the sea
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me
The way you soothe me when I'm in pain
The way you make the blood rush in my veins
The way the winds rush through the trees
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me
When I lose faith you take my hand
The way you make me feel like I'm a man
The way the sun belongs to the sea
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me
[Sax solo]
The way you make me feel like I belong
And if I could girl though I know it'd be wrong
I'd lock you deep inside 'till the last rains fall
And hide you from the emptiness of it all
Sometimes at night I lie awake
I pull you close and feel each breath you take
The way the rivers belong to the seas
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me
Well hey, that's the way you belong to me
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THE WAY is a song written by Bruce Springsteen and released on The Promise collection in 2010. The above lyrics are for Springsteen's studio version of THE WAY as released on The Promise.
THE WAY was not listed on The Promise press release, and is not listed on the album artwork. It's a hidden/bonus track probably due to being a last minute addition to the album. It is not a separate track; it's plays after CITY OF NIGHT following a digital pause.
On 15 Nov 2010, the eve of The Promise release, Sirius XM's E Street Radio channel broadcasted a two-hour special titled "E Street Radio on the Edge of Your Town" and hosted by Dave Marsh. The show featured Bruce Springsteen live in the studio with an intimate audience of 20 contest winners. In the first hour, each audience member had the chance to ask him a question in-person about the upcoming release, and in the second hour, the phone lines opened to E Street Radio callers. According to Backstreets.com, when asked about THE WAY, Springsteen answered that "the main reason it's hidden is because I never liked it." Conjuring visions of Dean Stockwell, he went on to say "I would like to see it placed in a David Lynch film over a sexually perverse scene. That, to me, is it's righteous home." He also noted that recording engineer Jimmy Iovine "lobbied for it in '78 like he was gonna keel over."
The Promise is a Bruce Springsteen album that was released on 16 Nov 2010 as part of The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story box set, and separately as a 2-CD set. The album was also issued on a limited edition 3-LP set pressed on 180-gram vinyl.
The Promise is a collection of 22 previously-unreleased songs from the Darkness On The Edge Of Town recording sessions. Depending on their level of completion back in 1977-1978, some were only remastered, some were overdubbed with 2010 vocals or music, and some were completely re-recorded in 2010. The album was mixed by Bob Clearmountain.
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Prior to the release of The Promise in 2010, this same studio take of THE WAY had been circulating on bootlegs in slower and slightly different mixes. It was recoded in October or November 1977 at The Record Plant in New York City, NY.
This only circulating studio take of THE WAY has been available on several bootlegs, including Darkness Outtakes 1978 Vol. 2: The Way (Scorpio), Deep Down In The Vaults (E. St. Records), and Ultra Rare Trax Vol. 1 (Mosquito Records). Note that Ultra Rare Trax Vol. 1 contains two slightly different mixes (but same take) of the song.
In preparation for the Darkness On The Edge Of Town Tour, THE WAY was practiced on 19 May 1978 at Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, NJ, during the only known/confirmed private rehearsal prior to the tour's start.
As far as it's known, only one artist has recorded and released Bruce Springsteen's THE WAY.
Short-lived American country rock band Lone Justice recorded Bruce Springsteen's THE WAY for their self-titled debut album in 1985, but the song didn't make the album cut due to complicated rights issues. It is of note that the album was produced by the band's manager, Jimmy Iovine, who was a recording engineer during Springsteen's the Darkness On The Edge Of Town sessions. Iovine was a big fan of THE WAY and tried to have it included on Darkness On The Edge Of Town, and this explains how Lone Justice ended up recording the song seven years later. Lone Justice's version of THE WAY remains unreleased to this day.
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According to the Morning Journal; Lisbon, OH and Orrville, OH will be two recommended stops for participants of the 2016 MINI Takes The States journey from Atlanta, Georgia to Palm Springs, California.
The two stops would fall between Pittsburgh and Detroit on July 13th. Both towns follow MTTS's usual plan of avoiding major interstates in lieu of finding more scenic, and fun routes along the way across the United States.
Lisbon, Ohio features a stop that MTTS veterans are accustomed to, generally called a "Surprise and Delight", as it has a quirky site to visit:
[Gene] Krotky [Lisbon Historical Society] said the group is always looking for "offbeat" places to visit as part of its tour and was intrigued with Lisbon after learning a village resident held the patent for the paper drinking straw. "We have a box of the original straws. I was surprised anyone outside of town knew."
Orrvile, Ohio, a little over an hour down the road is home to the Smucker's Plant where a store and cafe are dedicated to the production of jams, jellies, preserves and other sweet treats.
We are unsure if the plans for the day will recommend both stops, or if time might suggest one visit over another. According to discussions with the Lisbon town council, they are going to restrict parking to allow space for MINI drivers, and they will pay for police coverage and some extra "facilities" as the trip passes through their town, similar to the Birthplace of JELL-O stop in LeRoy, NY back in 2014.

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Doreen's Weekly Angel Messages Video
This week, Doreen's personal spiritual transformation is reflected in a transformation in her weekly videos. Beginning with this week, Doreen presents 3 parts to her video:
Part 1: 3 Card Messages
Part 2: Spiritual Messages
Part 3: Announcements
For those who just want to hear about the cards, this new format makes the video much more convenient. For those who want to stick around and hear more from Doreen, the other parts of video offer this.
You'll also notice that each week's video is now longer, so that Doreen can go more into depth with you – especially in Part 2 of the videos.
In this week's video, Doreen works with the Archangel Raphael Healing Oracle Cards.
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World renowned subsea training and trials facility, The Underwater Centre, has appointed Steve Cullen to the newly created role of ROV Operations Manager, where he will lead the development of the Centre's ROV training and trials activities.
He joins the Centre from Ashtead Technology and Subsea 7 where he took up a similar training roles, with responsibility for ROV personnel's technical and engineering training.
Steve brings a wealth of experience to the Centre, having worked offshore for more than 23 years in various positions from ROV pilot to Offshore Operations Manager.
He also has a Master's degree in education and spent six years working for the Highland Council as a secondary school teacher, teaching a variety of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects.
Steve will this week help to judge the MATE (Marine Advanced Technology Education) ROV Scotland competition, taking place at RGU. The competition is designed to challenge students to apply the STEM skills they are learning in the classroom to solving problems from the marine workplace.
At the Centre, Steve is most looking forward to developing the ROV training portfolio and trials capability in order to meet the advancing technological and operational needs of the ROV industry.
"The main thing that I feel I bring to the Centre is a current and comprehensive experience of the ROV industry and its development needs for the future," he said.
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"Steve is very experienced in the ROV sector and also has a strong background in training and education," he said.
"He will be responsible for managing ROV operations at the Centre and we anticipate that his experience will strengthen our delivery to both individual and corporate customers.
"We are very much looking forward to the many new opportunities that 2015 will bring as we continue to build relations with industry. Steve will be central to helping us increase our ability to respond to the needs of the industry."
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Actinic Keratosis
An abnormal growth in your epidermis. This occurs as a reaction of excessive exposure to the sunlight's ultraviolet rays. These growths are most often diagnosed on areas of skin frequently exposed to the sun; particularly the face, ears, lips, bald scalp and also the backs of hands, shoulders and neck. Read more
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Franklin County has gotten some information on the exemption up on the Auditor's website. Joe Testa kindly offers the following:
July 2, 2007
Dear Homeowner:
House Bill 119 (effective July 1, 2007) provides for an expanded homestead exemption. It eliminates the income eligibility criteria, thereby making the exemption available to all homeowners who:
Are at least 65 years old during 2007; or Are totally and permanently disabled as of January 1, 2007 as certified by a licensed physician or psychologist, or a state or federal agency; or Are the surviving spouse of a person who was receiving the previous Homestead Exemption at the time of death and where the surviving spouse was at least 59 years old on the date of death; and Own and occupy the home as their principal place of residence as of Jan. 1, 2007 for real property, or Jan. 1, 2008 for manufactured homes.
The bill also changes the manner in which the homestead tax reduction is calculated. A senior or disabled homeowner will now be entitled to a tax reduction the equivalent of the net amount of taxes due on $25,000 of the market value of their home. For example, an eligible owner of a home valued at $100,000 will now be billed as if the home were valued at $75,000.
Those individuals who were not previously qualified may now apply for the homestead exemption during an extended application period beginning July 2, 2007 and ending October 1, 2007. The credit will appear on their 2007 real estate tax bill, payable in 2008. Qualified individuals may complete an application online, print out the form, sign, and mail to: Franklin County Auditor's Office, Homestead Section, 373 S. High St. , 21st Floor, Columbus, OH 43215-6310.
**For those homeowners who currently receive the homestead exemption, please be advised that this reduction is not in addition to the reduction already received; it is in lieu of the current reduction. The reduction for current recipients will equal the greater of:
the reduction granted for tax year 2006; OR the net tax due on $25,000 of the market value of their home.
Therefore, current homestead recipients do not need to apply for the expanded program. It will automatically be applied, if applicable.
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Girls today are so picky that asking a girl out, you have like a %99 chance that she'll say no, so what's the point?
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What's the point of dating if the chance of rejection is almost guaranteed?
In my opinion it depends on gender:
- For gals it seems the point is a relationship one with actual/perceived communication, connection, and companionship.
- For guys it seems the point is f*cking as many gals as possible with the hope that all or most will be attractive or getting a relationship one with a steady sex supply with a subordinate who provides him an ego boost, adoration/validation of his masculinity, and perhaps hero worship
As you're a heterosexual male I'm not really seeing a point in dating for you as possibly what you want from dating can be gotten via prostitutes (sex) and escorts (ego boost, adoration/validation, hero worship). I doubt it's genuine and sincere interest in gals or an actual like of gals that motivates a desire to date them considering a hint of bitterness/resentfulness/misogyny ala 'girls today are so picky' and your seemingly defeatist attitude.
"Girls today are so picky"
Meh if that were true then most guys would not be dating, having sex, in relationships, or married yet it seems most guys are. Perhaps it's more of the gals you choose don't want you so you correlate to gals being so picky as to invalidate rejection.10|11|0


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The Brothers Lehman Sports Happy Hour
On To The Second Round
· May 8, 2013
In this episode we get into the second round of the NBA Playoffs. We discuss all four matchups, the X-factors and predict the outcomes.
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In college, I was pretty strong by most standards – benched 450, squatted over 600, power cleaned 375 …
But I could MAYBE do two good pull ups on my best day!
Doing a handstand or a pistol squat or a muscle up never even crossed my mind
But the reality is, I would have been a much more balanced, all-around athlete if I had included more bodyweight training in my overall workout plan.
If your goals include:
– fat loss
– lean muscle gain
– functional strength
– a stronger core
– better movement / less pain
You should include bodyweight exercise in your training as well!
I also believe that there are some benchmarks EVERYONE – barring injury or physical limitations that make an exercise impossible – should strive for. You should be able to do the following exercises:
– squats, below parallel and with PERFECT form
– pull ups
– push ups
– single leg squat variations, like different types of lunges etc.
– handstand holds, against the wall
– jumps of all kinds
– running and sprinting
To say that you have a basic mastery of bodyweight training.
If you can't do all the moves on that list yet:
1 – Get stronger!
Work hard on the body weight exercises above until you can do them ALL.
2 – Lose body fat!
You can be plenty strong, but if you're carrying around excess body weight, you're going to have a hard time doing most – if not ALL – of the exercises listed above, well.
To sum up, if you're looking to lose fat, gain lean muscle and functional strength, and take it easy on your joints, bodyweight training is for you! And the list of exercises in today's article are a great place to start.
Start working on those moves and you'll be dominating EVERY one before you know it
– Forest Vance
Certified Progressive Calisthenics Instructor
PS – One of the most basic bodyweight moves that I find folks struggle with the MOST is the pull up. If YOU are looking to do more pull ups FAST, grab out my 100% FREE guide on "How to Do More Pull Ups in 30 Days" HERE.


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STOMP has been playing in New York City's downtown East Village for as long as I can remember. It is one of those iconic shows that is a must see. I can finally say that my family & I saw it and we loved it! You will too!
They forewarn you that it can get loud during the show and boy does it! But the music, dancing & theatrics of the show mesmerizes you. You forget that you're watching performers use brooms, garbage bags or their hands to make sound that creates beats that will get you moving. You won't find any instruments in this show besides the skeletal band that rock it out. The creativity is in how they make the music and just stomp!
Matchboxes, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters and more fill the stage with energizing beats at STOMP, the inventive and invigorating stage show that's dance, music and theatrical performance blended together in one electrifying rhythm.
The characters are a bit rag & tag, reminding me of the early 80's in the Village. This is what made this show so real and perfect for it's setting. There was no conversation between the characters using words. The interaction was through sound and it was beautiful. We have wanted Andre to take lessons to learn how to play an instrument & he was playing piano. I hope that seeing this show he will want to further pursue it. We absolutely loved it.
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USA-OBAMA-ASIA:Obama, Japan's Noda talk defense amid U.S.-China standoff
By Matt Spetalnick
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda pledged on Monday to strengthen the U.S.-Japan security alliance, the latest effort to project unity between Washington and its Asian partners as a counterweight to China's growing assertiveness in the region.
The two leaders put their stamp of approval on a long-stalled agreement to sharply reduce the U.S. military presence on the island of Okinawa, which could help ease the way for Obama's strategy of dispersing U.S. forces around the western Pacific.
But the show of solidarity between Obama and Noda at the White House was overshadowed by what was shaping up as a tense diplomatic standoff between the United States and China over a Chinese dissident believed to be under U.S. protection in Beijing.
Underscoring the sensitivity over the case, Obama maintained his administration's silence on Chen Guangcheng's fate when asked about it at a joint news conference. But he went on to press China to improve its human rights record, a longstanding irritant in relations between the world's two biggest economies.
The Obama administration used a visit by Noda and meetings between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and their counterparts from the Philippines to showcase efforts to forge closer security ties with Asian allies.
Starting with a trip late last year, Obama has touted a "pivot" toward the economically dynamic Asia-Pacific region widely seen as a U.S. effort to reassure nervous allies there of the U.S. commitment as China flexes its economic and military muscle.
"We have agreed to a new joint vision to guide our alliance and help shape the Asia-Pacific for decades to come," Obama said after Oval Office talks with Noda.
Though a joint statement contained few specifics, Obama cast it as a part of a broader security regional effort he unveiled on a his Asia-Pacific trip in November. Closer military ties are also being forged with the Philippines, Australia and Singapore.
Clinton reaffirmed U.S. commitment to Philippine security under a 60-year-old treaty of mutual defense and used a standoff between Manila and Beijing over a disputed shoal in the Spratly Islands to stake out a claim of U.S. interests in the region.
"As a Pacific power we have a national interest in freedom of navigation, the maintenance of peace and stability, respect for international law and the unimpeded lawful commerce across our sea lanes," she said, urging the countries to resolve their dispute diplomatically.
The United States and the Philippines were looking at ways to deepen their defense relationship and help Manila develop what Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario called a "minimum credible defense posture." The Philippine military is seen as one of the weakest among developing countries in the region.
Obama administration officials have left little doubt that they want to show Americans they are working to face down a rising competitive threat from China, which has become a key issue at home as the president seeks re-election in November.
But Obama also sought on Monday to avoid further roiling the diplomatic waters. "All of our actions are not designed to in any way contain China," Obama said of his talks with Noda, who leads the world's third largest economy.
"But they are designed to ensure that they (China) are part of a broader international community in which rules, norms are respected, in which all countries can prosper and succeed," Obama said.
Obama and Noda presented a unified front against North Korea over its recent failed rocket launch and concerns that it may test a nuclear device soon.
The two leaders met just days after the two countries announced a revised agreement on streamlining the U.S. military presence on Okinawa that will shift 9,000 Marines from the southern Japanese island to Guam and other Asia-Pacific sites.
The new plan helps the allies work around the central but still-unresolved dispute over moving the Futenma air base from a crowded part of Okinawa to a new site that has vexed relations for years.
Under the agreement, 5,000 Marines will go to Guam and the rest to other sites such as Hawaii and Australia.
The agreement includes a $3.1 billion cash commitment from Japan for the move to Guam as well as for developing joint training ranges on Guam and on Tinian and Pagan in the U.S.-controlled Northern Mariana Islands.
Snags over Okinawa had raised questions about the viability of the Obama administration's strategy of shifting U.S. forces from other regions to the Asia-Pacific to deal with nuclear saber-rattling by North Korea, the rapid military buildup of China and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
Obama welcomed the deal as serving the "broad-based interests of our alliance as a whole, and Noda said it would help the two countries "step up bilateral security and defense cooperation in a creative manner."
Washington wants Japan to loosen restrictions, enshrined in its largely pacifist post-World War Two constitution, on Japanese troop deployment outside its borders.
The Okinawa issue had been a major political headache at home for Noda, Japan's sixth prime minister in six years. He is struggling to boost an economy that been anemic for a generation and was hit hard by last year's earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear disaster.
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Bruins get Olympic boost from Bergeron
WILMINGTON, Mass. -- For Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron, the 2014 Olympics were about more than winning a second gold medal with Canada.
The Sochi Games were a confidence boost that he harnessed when he returned to perhaps the best of his 10 NHL seasons.
The top-seeded Bruins need Bergeron to maintain his outstanding play when they face the eighth-seeded Detroit Red Wings in their first-round playoff series beginning Friday night.
"It's the best I've seen him, period," Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli said. "He started maybe as the 13th forward over there in Sochi, and everyone saw what he can do, and he was basically on the top line at the end.
"It helped his pace. It helped his tempo, and you know you see him shoot the puck better this year. He's had a terrific year. And, of course, the whole two-way component of his game is so good. It's always good. It's not by accident you hear his name in the Hart Trophy conversation. That doesn't surprise me at all."
While it's a long shot that Bergeron will even be among the finalists for MVP this season, he is a favorite to win the Selke Trophy as the league's best defensive forward for the second time.
Bergeron agreed that the Olympics gave him more faith in his ability to add offensive punch to his high-caliber defensive game.
Bergeron broke into the NHL as an 18-year-old on a team that lost in the first round of the playoffs. The Bruins missed the playoffs the next two seasons but haven't been out of them since 2006-07. Bergeron has emerged as an alternate captain and an important leader in the dressing room at age 28.
A prime example of Bergeron's leadership came the last time he and the Bruins were on the ice for a playoff game. In a Game 6 loss that clinched last year's Stanley Cup for the Chicago Blackhawks, he played with a cracked rib, punctured lung and separated shoulder. He was taken to a hospital immediately after the game.
Now mostly healthy, Bergeron hopes for a lengthy postseason run by the Bruins, who won the Presidents' Trophy for the best regular-season record. They've also been the higher seed the past three seasons, but they've been pushed to seven games in the opening round each time. They beat the Montreal Canadiens at the start of their run to the 2011 Stanley Cup championship and defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs last season. But the Bruins lost to the Washington Capitals in 2012.
So Bergeron knows what it's going to take to advance.
"We need to make sure we start out of the gates a little stronger and we know this year's going to be no different," Bergeron said. "The Red Wings are a very tough opponent."
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If you're a regular reader of COB then you would be aware of my craze about online shopping these days and that's because online shopping has made my life very easy. Shopping has been always exciting for me but gradually the business and work burden has made it so difficult to get some time for going out to the market. So it's really easy to search out some websites and check the products and the order them. I have noticed that there are so many ladies and girls like me who love to shop online and they always request me to introduce good online websites for shopping after my own experience. I'm glad that my reviews give them some help to choose one of them for purchasing. Today I want to introduce one another website Craftsvilla which is of course not new, but it's my first experience with it so I'm going to share my experience with this lovely website. I hope you'll enjoy it!
A few words about Crafsvilla.com
Craftsvilla.com is a marketplace to "Discover Unique Indian
Products" including Handmade, Vintage, Ethnic, Organic and Natural
products from India.
India is a beautiful assortment of diversity reflected in our
Clothing, Food, Lifestyle, Language, Music, Books etc. This diversity
is so rich and diverse that an attempt to capture it on a single
platform was never made. Craftsvilla.com is that sincere attempt by
bunch of young insane guys and gals who think this is possible now with
the Internet.
Craftsvilla.com uses a marketplace model to capture the regional
variations of India. We connect local artisans & designers directly
to global customers and thereby increase their livelihood, remove
middlemen, help them create/promote their brand and thereby preserve our
culture, traditions and values. We believe this journey will not only
help artisans of India but also help customers discover and buy
products which they otherwise are not able to do today.
As they say starting Craftsvilla.com was fate, reaching out to
artisans was a choice, but falling in love with the idea of India was
beyond our control. Lets relive that old India together again.
Craftsvilla.com is funded by US based Investors: Nexus Venture
Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Craftsvilla.com has also been
hailed in the various media including Times of India, Hindu, Economic
Times, WSJ etc as the "Hottest Young Company in Handicrafts in India"
which is bringing positive change in the livelihood of base level
artisans and designers.
A few screenshots of what all is available on Craftsvilla!
In the mirror of my own experience
I was surprised when i browsed through this website because I never expected such big collection of different products on any Indian website. They so big varieties of products that you need a whole day to check out everything here. I was searching some hand made jewelry from here but when I saw their clothing collection, I was really amazed. They have clothes of every range, from low to high price and of all types of designs. I love their their jewelries, kurties, T-shirts and sarees. After searching for hours, at last I decided to purchase a saree because I fell in love with this saree just after seeing. It's simple but pretty, though I rarely wear saree in usual life but this beautiful saree insisted me to purchase it. I placed my order for this saree and I instantly received my confirmation mail for the order. But I didn't find any mail of 'order dispatched' or any tracking number but I was surprised to see my courier the very next day, . The saree was in perfect condition securely put in a packet. When I opened the package, I was really glad to see the fabric and quality of the saree. I realized that the quality of the saree is fabulous to see its cost. I love it.
Good points
The only site which I have come across that has such big collection of handicrafts and which contributes to the growth of artisans.
You get almost everything on this single website!
Every section is arranged in a very systematic manner.
Browsing through is very convenient.
The customer service is very helpful.
Many payment methods accepted.
Free shipping within India.
They also ship outside India.
You get free gifts as a token of appreciation.
Bad points
Prices of the things especially accessories & clothing stuff is a bit on the higher side.
I'm very impressed by this website. It's really a huge villa of crafts, they have lots of products of all types!
Check out this website for sure & I guarantee that you'll love it too!!! Another great thing is that they ship internationally too!


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Electronic Arts Cancels Tiberium
There's a curse on upcoming FPS games based on the Command & Conquer universe: Electronic Arts announced that Tiberium was canceled.
October 1, 2008
Tiberium made the news back in July, when EA announced that the game would be delayed. Back then, the EA boss John Riccitiello stated that the new release date for the game was to be set in April 2009. Now the game will only be released in the trash can, a move contrary to EA's habit to milk all of its franchises as much as it can.
With the project being canceled, EA added "fire staffers working on the Los Angeles studio" on its agenda. Officially, the mammoth publisher promised to try and relocate the employees internally, but it remains to be seen just how well this will work out.
All in all, Tiberium might've also fallen victim to the Command & Conquer: Renegade disaster in 2002. The game proved to be a failure and only gifted at attracting bitter criticism. With such a past experience and the added uncertainty about the current title. It's easy to see why EA would rather bury the title.


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Saw this while searching for carbon headset spacers. Geometry info here.
Don't know anything about the brand, but seems like a good deal to me.
Last edited by wschruba; 06-22-2012 at 07:11 PM.
Reason: wrong price
Looks like the same thing you can get on eBay for less. Better off buying one of On-One's carbon frames.
I have that frame great quality. Years ago a bunch of us mtbs bought this frame on a group by.
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Even you new purchased Netbook, Notebook and desktop PCs may be malware infected, after discovering attack code on a brand new Windows XP-based M&A Companion Touch netbook, Kaspersky Labs warned users yesterday that they should scan out-of-the-box virgin systems for malware before connecting them to the Internet. Roel Schouwenberg found three pieces of malware on $499 netbook via multiple Windows system restore points, typically an indication that the machine had been updated with new drivers or software had been installed before it left the factory. One of the restore points, stamped with a February date, included the malware, indicating that it had been put on the machine before then. And the malware itself hinted how the netbook had been infected.
More info: Computerworld


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Get email delivery of the Cadence blog featured here
Linaro has emerged as a great place to find well tested toolchains, Linux kernels, and evaluation builds for Ubuntu and Android. Everything is focused on the ARM Architecture which is great news for me since almost all of the projects I work on also involve ARM processors.
Last year I looked up a presentation by Christian Reis, the Linaro VP of Engineering, titled, The Weird World of Linux on ARM. For me, ARM is the primary architecture I work with. Although I run Linux on multiple x86 machines for software development, I recall only one time I compiled a Linux kernel and tried to debug a broken device driver on the x86 architecture. The diversity of the ARM ecosystem and the popularity among Cadence customers has made the ARM architecture the focus of most of my work. It didn't actually occur to me that Linux on ARM was weird at all since I have very little x86 experience.
One of the challenges of a Virtual Platform developer is access to software to use in testing new models. While I find embedded Linux very interesting, there is not always time to spend on actual software development and creating new software to run on a new model. The good news is there is no shortage of information and open source software available. The challenge is that it all takes time to find, learn, build, and use. Linaro is a great place because it provides easy access to various useful and time saving components.
During testing of the Cadence Virtual Platform for the Xilinx Zynq-7000 EPP I was looking for more software to try and decided to check out some of the Linaro deliverables, I decided to try some of the Ubuntu Oneiric images on the Virtual Platform. As the first step I started with the Linaro Nano image, a small image with basic console and networking.
Today, I'll explain the steps to run the Nano image on the Virtual Platform for the Xilinx Zynq-7000 EPP.
The first step is to get the Nano image from the Linaro Downloads page.
Click the rightmost column on the Nano row to get the image, the filename I downloaded was linaro-o-nano-tar-20120123-1.tar.gz
I extracted the file and changed directory to binary/boot/filesystem.dir
Here I can see the root file system that I want to use.
To start with I made a new image file, 256 Mb, that can be used by the SD Card model present in the Virtual Platform.
$ dd if=/dev/zero of=linaro-nano.img bs=1024k seek=256 count=0
Since this is just a test image there is no need to partion the image, I'll just use a single partion for the entire SD card image.
Next, make a file system on the image, I used an ext2 file system:
$ /sbin/mkfs.ext2 linaro-nano.img
Then mount the image somewhere on the host machine so the file system data can be loaded. I made a temporary directory called t/ in /mnt
$ sudo mount -t ext2 -o loop linaro-nano.img /mnt/t
Copy the data from the downloaded Nano image onto the SD card image that is mounted on the host machine:
$ cp -r ~/Downloads/binary/boot/filesystem.dir/* .
Finally, unmount the image and it's ready to run.
$ sudo umount /mnt/t
I put the image in SD Card slot 1. This is an SD card model, not a real SD card, but in the Virtual Platform configuration file I specify the image to use for SD card 1 in the sd_card1 section:
The last thing is to set SD card 1 as the root file system on the Linux kernel command line. This is done via the Linux Device Tree.
For the Virtual Platform, I edit the default zynq-ep107.dts device tree source file and specify the SD card as the root file system. Since we are attaching it to SD card 1 the device node is /dev/mmcblk1
Here is the device tree source file for the kernel command line
bootargs = "console=ttyPS0,115200 root=/dev/mmcblk1 rootwait rw earlyprintk ip=:::::eth0:dhcp";
Then rebuild the device tree using the device tree compiler, dtc from the scripts/dtc directory of the Linux kernel source tree.
% dtc -I dts -O dtb -o zynq-ep107.dtb zynq-ep107.dts
Make sure the .cfg file for the simulation has in the loader section INITRDFILE "" to make sure no ramdisk image is used as a root file system. Without this a default ramdisk image file could boot.
Run the simulation as normal and the result is a shown below, a running system with the latest Xilinx Zynq Linux kernel and the Linaro Nano image.
If you haven't looked at the Linaro website take some time to see what's there. A lot can be learned from the Wiki.
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by Helen Lu
A quick search on Craft.co for the company's own profile brings up in-depth data with everything, from the number of employees down to the available job openings. It's not surprising that a business would have this info readily available about themselves; however, Craft has also managed to compile this data on more than a quarter of a million businesses to date.
Founder Ilya Levtov's vision of a free, structured index of sectors and companies led to the start of Craft. On the website, users have the choice of typing in a specific company in the search bar or browsing companies by industry. A complete business profile includes a company summary, growth metrics, Twitter information, key people of the company, locations, recent news, and photos of company life.
This sort of indexing and data compilation has proved to be a useful consumer resource for everything from real estate to restaurants. Levtov explains that many categories have a go-to online database.
"If I need to look up a restaurant, I need to go to Yelp. If I need to look up housing, take your pic; you need to go to Zillow or Trulia," Levtov said. "Those companies have built really successful businesses by becoming the number one place that someone would go to when you think about 'X'.
Now think of 'X' as a company. Where is that one place that you go to look up a company?"
Craft hopes to differentiate itself from other sites that provide company information like CrunchBase, Google Finance, and Wikipedia by consolidating the different information that each source provides into one location. For the the past six months, three developers, three content managers, and Levtov himself have been working on gathering more content for the site. One of Craft's short term goals for the next six months is to look into more APIs, building up the technology, and improving the search functionality of the site.
Eventually, Craft's challenge will be to become profitable which may be difficult considering Levtov intends to keep the information free for the public. The founder pointed out that current providers of company data charge large fees and operate as a business to business service.
"We absolutely want it to be free. What's exciting is that we want to make this kind of data available to everyone: no credit card required, no fee. Just come in and say this is the kind of company that I'm interested in, or a sector that I want to explore," Levtov said.
Another steadfast aim that Levtov hopes to accomplish with the site is to promote business transparency. Levtov, who currently lives in the United Kingdom, references the UK's Companies House as an example of a method that keeps the public knowledgeable about financial information on public and private companies.
"In the UK and in most European countries, even private companies have to file summary financials and who owns the shares to Companies House. There's a level of exposure that everybody's accustom to. . . in the US we don't really have that," Levtov said. "Transparency, it just allows people to make better decisions. 'Would I want to work for that company? Is that where I want to spend the next few years? Would I want to buy the product from that company?'"
Levtov's experience in the UK, started when his family emigrated from Russia to England in 1980 in the middle of the Cold War. At the age of 11, Levtov moved as a transfer student to the Peabody Institute and continued to finish undergraduate studies at Columbia University. After working as an analyst at Goldman Sachs and completing a MBA at Stanford, Levtov got his first taste of Silicon Valley. The next couple of years involved jobs at startups and a venture capitalist firm, leading to Levtov's realization that the job hunt process is "sub-optimal" for most people.
"Gallup does . . . a survey of the work place, and every year it comes out and says that around 13% of people are excited about their job and the other people are 'eh' or actively dislikes it. What a waste," Levtov said.
Deciding to take his experience in building technology startups back to the UK, Levtov cites one of the toughest challenges that Craft has faced is getting funding.
"It's really, really difficult to get some people to buy in and make those earliest investments. I heard 'no' dozens and dozens and probably hundreds of times, but I just kept going, listening to the feedback, and learning . . . so I kept doing that in the second half of 2014 and first half of 2015, until some angel investors believed, which enabled me to hire the first few people," Levtov said.
With a current team of 8 employees, and $500,000 in funding, Levtov is going full speed ahead to craft the biggest structured platform for company data with Craft.