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"Good location. Market and restaurants around. Close to all attractions. Room is clean and has great view. Rooms are old but the staff keeps them clean. Make sure to check with hotel before your trip. We got the room on ground floor but were able to upgrade to 10th with minimal cost. "
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"Except for the little hidden cost put on your walking shoes because this is a huge property the service was great the room was up to par the staff went out of its way to make you comfortable would stay again"
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"Very clean and spacious! Will stay there again next time."
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"We loved everything from the always available courteous staff to the beautiful grounds. Something for everyone! We will definitely be coming back...."
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"Brought family to celebrate a 21st Birthday. Trip was great. Wish there would have been a few more healthy fresh food options avail at resort however. Rooms were clean and service was wonderful."
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"Big pine key building great location. Lagoon side close to main bldng, monorail, small pool & beach area/pool (which is best). Gasparilla's quick srvc in main bldng very good (breakfast) I thought was best. Movie nite on beach fun for families. Only thing I didn't care for: no bus runs to take ..."
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"The Polynesian Resort is amazing. The grounds make you feel like you are in a tropical paradise. The rooms are spacious and extremely comfortable with incredible views of the property. The close proximity to the Magic Kingdom is an additional perk - you can choose to use the monorail or tender b..."
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"Great location! Everyone at the hotel was very helpful and accommodating!! Very gluten friendly dining options!!"
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"Enjoyed a spacious room with lake view! This is a historic building that has been very well maintained. Rooms were comfortable and clean. Will definitely return. Trying to book again already but so far it is not showing up on hotels.com for the dates I need. I will keep trying."
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Price Analysis of Value Networks in a Cloud Enabled Xaas Marketplaceby Muller Mathias
4CaaSt is an advanced everything as a service (XaaS) cloud platform. A complex service in its value network can be composed of several products. There a service provider generates revenue from delivering a service to customers but also has to pay for third party cloud products that its service uses. Several price models can be applied to the 4CaaSt products that can take into consideration the actual usage of its customers. The contribution of this Thesis is as follows: identification of appropriate price models for 4CaaSt products, formalization of revenue, costs and profit in a complex service and support for the price discovery and analysis problem of products in the 4CaaSt cloud marketplace. The solution addresses to support deciders to achieve certain business model goals based on the optimization of the prices in the price model of their products. In addition the solution supports to analyze and visualize revenue and cost flow in the product constellation of a service that result at different pricings. The Business Model Simulator (BMS) Web application has been built therefore. The solution of the BMS to address the optimization task is through a meta-heuristic approach. Hence the BMS simulates optimal pricings according to objective functions through a genetic algorithm.
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Award-winning comics scribe Brian K. Vaughan, who for three seasons was a writer and co-producer of Lost, is returning to television with a Fox series being developed by Sam Raimi and Joshua Donen's Stars Road Entertainment.
Deadline reports that the hour-long high-concept drama, Smokers, centers on a documentary crew that follows "working-class heroes who exterminate alien threats in deep space." That, unfortunately, is all the information that's available.
Smokers is one of three projects in the pipeline from Stars Road; the other two are crime/legal dramas heading to ABC and CBS.
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Organizations are deploying distributed, hybrid architectures that can span multiple security domains. At any moment, a user could be accessing the corporate data center, the organization's cloud infrastructure, or even a third party, #SaaS web application. #SAML can provide the identity information necessary to implement an enterprise-wide single sign-on solution.
Proving or asserting one's identity in the physical world is often as simple as showing a driver's license or state ID card. As long as the photo matches the face, that's typically all that is needed to verify identity. This substantiation of identity is a physical form of authentication, and depending on the situation, the individual is then authorized either to receive something or to do something, for instance, enter a bar, complete a purchase, etc.
In the digital world, identity verification is not as easy as showing the computer monitor a driver's license. To gain entry, you must provide information like a name, password, randomly generated token number—something you have, something you know, or something you are—to prove you are who you say you are.
Gaining access to corporate assets is no different. Many organizations have multiple different resource portals, however, each requiring digital proof of identity. Their users may also need to access partner portals, cloud based Software as a Service (SaaS) applications, or distributed, hybrid infrastructures that span multiple data centers, each requiring a unique user name and password. In addition, the average employee must maintain about 15 different passwords for both her private and corporate identities, with many of those passwords also being used for social media and other risky entities. Statistics show that 35 to 50 percent of help desk calls are related to password problems, with each call costing a company between $25 and $50 per request.
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is an XML-based standard that allows secure web domains to exchange user authentication and authorization data. It directly addresses the problem of how to provide the users of web browsers with single sign-on (SSO) convenience. With SAML, an online service provider can contact a separate online identity provider to authenticate users who are attempting to access secure content. For example, a user might need to log in to Salesforce.com, but Salesforce (the service provider) has no mechanism to validate the user. Salesforce would then send a request to an identity provider, such as F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), to validate the requesting user's identity. BIG-IP APM version 11.3 supports SAML federation, acting as either a service provider or an identity provider, enhancing the employee's online experience and potentially reducing password-related tickets at the help desk.
BIG-IP APM version 11.3 can act as either a SAML service provider or a SAML identity provider, enabling both federation and SSO within an enterprise.
BIG-IP APM as a Service Provider
When a user initiates a request from a SAML IdP and the resources, such as an internal SharePoint site, are protected by BIG-IP APM, BIG-IP APM consumes that SAML assertion (claim) and validates its trustworthiness. This ultimately allows the user access to the resource. If the user goes directly to BIG-IP APM (as an SP) to access a resource (like SharePoint), then the user will be directed to the IdP to authenticate and get an assertion. Once a user is authenticated with a SAML IdP and accesses a resource behind BIG-IP APM, he or she will not need to authenticate again.
BIG-IP APM as an Identity Provider
Provided there is an SP that accepts assertions, a user can authenticate with BIG-IP APM to create an assertion. BIG-IP APM authenticates the user and displays resources. When the user clicks on an application, BIG-IP APM generates an assertion. That assertion can be passed on to the SP, which allows access to the resource without further authentication. When the user visits the SP first, the process is SP initiated; when the user goes directly to the IdP (in this case, BIG-IP APM) first to authenticate, the process is IdP initiated.
BIG-IP APM in a SAML Federation
SAML can be used to federate autonomous BIG-IP APM systems. This allows a user to connect to one BIG-IP device, authenticate, and transparently move to other participating BIG-IPs devices. Session replication is not part of SAML, but administrators can populate session information on participating systems. This means that BIG-IP device federation does not enable the use of a single session within the federation; it only enables information exchange among multiple members of the federation. Each participating BIG-IP device maintains its own independent session with the client, and each has its own access policy that executes separately and independently.
Participating federation members can exchange information with any other federation members outside of sessions where needed. A common configuration is to have a dedicated BIG-IP device as a primary member to which users are authenticated and that provides information to other members. This allows a number of other BIG-IP devices to work in conjunction with that primary member. The primary member is dedicated as an IdP, while the other participating members operate as SPs
The benefits of deploying BIG-IP APM as a SAML solution certainly include better password management, fewer help desk calls, and an improved user experience, but BIG-IP APM can also add additional context to requests. For instance, it can include endpoint inspection results as attributes to inform the application of the client's security posture. In addition, IT administrators do not need to retrofit applications (e.g., .NET apps do not need a Kerberos claims plug-in). Another advantage is extensive session variable support, which allows organizations to
customize each user session. BIG-IP APM can bring SAML to resources and applications with minimal back-end changes—or none. These benefits all complement the values of BIG-IP APM to the overall traffic management of an organization's IT infrastructure.
IT infrastructure has changed dramatically over the past few years, with many applications moving to cloud-based services. Corporate employees have also morphed into a mobile workforce that requires secure access to that infrastructure any time, from anywhere, and with any device. Bridging the identity gap between physically and logically separated services allows organizations to stay agile in this ever-changing environment and gives users the secure access they need around the clock.
BIG-IP APM version 11.3, in addition to delivering high availability and protecting organizations' critical assets, provides a SAML 2.0 solution that offers the identity bridge needed to manage access across systems.
- SAML Federation with BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: Inside Look – Video
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The Dark Earth and the Light Sky, Almeida Theatre | Theatre reviews, news & interviews
The Dark Earth and the Light Sky, Almeida Theatre
Uneven exploration of the friendship between the poets Edward Thomas and Robert Frost
There's no attempt to romanticise the hero of Nick Dear's new play about the Anglo-Welsh poet Edward Thomas. Thomas, who died in action in the Battle of Arras in 1917 after enlisting at the age of 39 – far too old to have had to fight – is played by Pip Carter as prickly, petulant and with an alarmingly misogynistic streak. He tramples over the feelings of his adoring wife Helen and displays an unattractive physical cowardice when ambushed by an angry gamekeeper on one of his long country rambles.
Thomas was a depressive with suicidal tendencies, but it's his wife who gets the most sympathetic treatment in The Dark Earth and the Light Sky. And it's Hattie Morahan (bottom right with Pip Carter), such a spellbinding Nora in Carrie Cracknell's Young Vic production of A Doll's House, who shows once again what a magnetic stage presence she is. She addresses the audience with recollections of the couple's early courtship, giving us glimpses of her free-spirited nature. And her character even manages to provide the play with its most tender imagery, given that Thomas's poetry is largely overlooked until the beautiful recital of "Lights Out" right at the play's close.
It's hard to get a sense of what makes this relationship between two difficult men really tick
Dear, whose most recent success was an adaptation of Frankenstein, directed by Danny Boyle for the National Theatre, focuses on Thomas's marital relationship, as well as the friendship that developed between Thomas and Robert Frost before either poet had made a name for himself, Thomas posthumously. Frost, played with dour macho bullishness by Shaun Dooley, had arrived with his family in Gloucestershire just before the outbreak of war. The two men formed a close bond after Thomas had reviewed one of the older poet's collections.
In Richard Eyre's production, however, it's hard to get a sense of what makes this relationship between two difficult men really tick. Frost, who was instrumental in the younger writer's evolution as a poet, also championed his poetry in America after Thomas's death. Not much is made of the intimacy or pull of that connection, as if it's only a shared love of poetry that's required to make the attraction self-evident. The nature of the relationship is difficult to gauge, whether it's one of acolyte and sage or one of equals. Helen and Thomas's relationship is more intimately explored, and in two perfunctory exchanges we get a keener sense of who Thomas is in relation to his father (Ifan Huw Dafydd), in which we find Thomas resembling a truculent teenager with an overbearing Victorian paterfamilias.
The play ranges across time, before and after the poet's death, fast-forwarding to Frost's return to England in 1957 and his refusal to meet Thomas's widow. Seeing her as someone who has besmirched her husband's memory through the publication of her memoirs, Frost cruelly cold-shoulders her. The exchange between them which severs the relationship is conveyed with brutal force in the middle of a bleak set of bare-earth (design by Bob Crowley) that doubles for English countryside and French battlefield.
The friendship acts as a springboard to explore Thomas's motivations for going to war and pursuing what appears to be a death-wish, and what Frost concludes is merely his indifference to life. But though these themes are nimbly explored, it's Morahan's Helen and Pandora Colin's spinsterish writer Eleanor Farjeon, by turns comical and poignant in her secret amorous longing for Thomas, who are left to carry the emotional weight of this drama.
- The Dark Earth and the Light Sky at the Almeida Theatre until 12 January 2013
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Writer: Giuseppe Tornatore | Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks, Donald Sutherland
Votes: 69,292 | Gross: $0.09M
19. The Riot Club (2014)
R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
Two first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening.
Writer: Laura Wade | Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Sam Claflin, Max Irons, Douglas Booth, Jessica Brown Findlay
Votes: 14,718
20. Yes Man (2008)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Romance
A guy challenges himself to say "yes" to everything for an entire year.
Writers: Nicholas Stoller, Jarrad Paul, Andrew Mogel, Danny Wallace | Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper, John Michael Higgins
Votes: 271,001 | Gross: $97.68M
21. A Separation (2011)
PG-13 | 123 min | Drama, Mystery
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
Writer: Asghar Farhadi | Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Peyman Moaadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini
Votes: 151,201 | Gross: $7.10M
22. Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
R | 106 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.
Writers: Alfonso Cuarón, Carlos Cuarón | Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ana López Mercado
Votes: 91,154 | Gross: $13.62M
23. Blades of Glory (2007)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Sport
In 2002, two rival Olympic ice skaters were stripped of their gold medals and permanently banned from men's single competition. Presently, however, they've found a loophole that will allow them to qualify as a pairs team.
Writers: Jeff Cox, Craig Cox, John Altschuler, Dave Krinsky, Busy Philipps | Directors: Josh Gordon, Will Speck | Stars: Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett
Votes: 129,589 | Gross: $118.15M
24. Erin Brockovich (2000)
R | 131 min | Biography, Drama
An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.
Writer: Susannah Grant | Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick
Votes: 134,797 | Gross: $125.55M
25. Locke (2013)
R | 85 min | Drama
Ivan Locke, a dedicated family man and successful construction manager, receives a phone call on the eve of the biggest challenge of his career that sets in motion a series of events that threaten his carefully cultivated existence.
Writer: Steven Knight | Director: Steven Knight | Stars: Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman, Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott
Votes: 90,341 | Gross: $1.36M
26. Before I Go to Sleep (2014)
R | 92 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A woman wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past. One day, new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone around her.
Writers: Rowan Joffe, S.J. Watson | Director: Rowan Joffe | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Anne-Marie Duff
Votes: 48,573 | Gross: $2.96M
27. Wild Child (2008)
PG-13 | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A rebellious Malibu princess is shipped off to a strict English boarding school by her father.
Writer: Lucy Dahl | Director: Nick Moore | Stars: Emma Roberts, Aidan Quinn, Natasha Richardson, Lexi Ainsworth
Votes: 36,872 | Gross: $0.02M
28. Little Children (2006)
R | 136 min | Drama, Romance
The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations in suburban Massachusetts.
Writers: Todd Field, Tom Perrotta | Director: Todd Field | Stars: Kate Winslet, Jennifer Connelly, Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley
Votes: 92,641 | Gross: $5.46M
29. Ken Park (2002)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
Ken Park is about several Californian skateboarders' lives and relationships with and without their parents.
Writers: Harmony Korine, Larry Clark | Directors: Larry Clark, Edward Lachman | Stars: Adam Chubbuck, James Bullard, Seth Gray, Eddie Daniels
Votes: 24,735
30. This Is England (2006)
Unrated | 101 min | Crime, Drama
A young boy becomes friends with a gang of skinheads. Friends soon become like family, and relationships will be pushed to the very limit.
Writer: Shane Meadows | Director: Shane Meadows | Stars: Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim
Votes: 98,974 | Gross: $0.33M
31. The Naked Mile (2006 Video)
R | 97 min | Comedy
When Erik Stifler gets a free pass to do whatever he wants from his girlfriend, he and his two best friends head to see his cousin Dwight for the Naked Mile and a weekend they will never forget.
Writers: Adam Herz, Erik Lindsay | Director: Joe Nussbaum | Stars: John White, Eugene Levy, Jessy Schram, Steve Talley
Votes: 51,318
32. Crazy Heart (2009)
R | 112 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A faded country music musician is forced to reassess his dysfunctional life during a doomed romance that also inspires him.
Writers: Scott Cooper, Thomas Cobb | Director: Scott Cooper | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, James Keane
Votes: 67,546 | Gross: $39.46M
33. Mommy (I) (2014)
R | 139 min | Drama
A widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.
Writer: Xavier Dolan | Director: Xavier Dolan | Stars: Anne Dorval, Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Suzanne Clément, Patrick Huard
Votes: 27,260 | Gross: $3.49M
34. Milk (I) (2008)
R | 128 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official.
Writer: Dustin Lance Black | Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna
Votes: 136,349 | Gross: $31.84M
35. Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
R | 124 min | Drama
A film star comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself while starring in a revival of the play that launched her career.
Writer: Olivier Assayas | Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz, Lars Eidinger
Votes: 17,533 | Gross: $1.81M
36. The Bucket List (2007)
PG-13 | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die.
Writer: Justin Zackham | Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Beverly Todd
Votes: 184,277 | Gross: $93.45M
37. Timeline (2003)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A group of archaeological students become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve their professor. The group must survive in 14th century France long enough to be rescued.
Writers: Michael Crichton, Jeff Maguire, George Nolfi | Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Paul Walker, Gerard Butler, Billy Connolly, Frances O'Connor
Votes: 52,964 | Gross: $19.48M
38. Sexy Beast (2000)
R | 89 min | Crime, Thriller
Brutal gangster Don Logan recruits "retired" safecracker Gal for one last job, but it goes badly for both of them.
Writers: Louis Mellis, David Scinto | Director: Jonathan Glazer | Stars: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman
Votes: 43,012 | Gross: $6.94M
39. High Tension (2003)
Unrated | 91 min | Horror
Best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls' idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror.
Writers: Alexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur | Director: Alexandre Aja | Stars: Cécile De France, Maïwenn, Philippe Nahon, Franck Khalfoun
Votes: 54,905 | Gross: $3.65M
40. The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (2013)
R | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy
After living a long and colorful life, Allan Karlsson finds himself stuck in a nursing home. On his 100th birthday, he leaps out a window and begins an unexpected journey.
Writers: Felix Herngren, Hans Ingemansson, Jonas Jonasson | Director: Felix Herngren | Stars: Robert Gustafsson, Iwar Wiklander, David Wiberg, Mia Skäringer
Votes: 25,021 | Gross: $0.94M
41. Carnage (2011)
R | 80 min | Comedy, Drama
Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.
Writers: Yasmina Reza, Roman Polanski, Michael Katims | Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly
Votes: 96,190
42. Harsh Times (2005)
R | 116 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A tough-minded drama about two friends in South Central Los Angeles and the violence that comes between them.
Writer: David Ayer | Director: David Ayer | Stars: Christian Bale, Eva Longoria, Freddy Rodríguez, Chaka Forman
Votes: 54,450 | Gross: $3.34M
43. Starred Up (2013)
Not Rated | 106 min | Crime, Drama
Eric Love (O'Connell) is a 19 year old teenager who is so violent he has been 'Starred Up' (Moved to Adult prison) where he finds his father Neville (Mendelsohn) who Eric hasn't seen since ... See full summary »
Writer: Jonathan Asser | Director: David Mackenzie | Stars: Jack O'Connell, Ben Mendelsohn, Rupert Friend, Sam Spruell
Votes: 30,772 | Gross: $0.03M
44. Blindness (2008)
R | 121 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant white blindness.
Writers: José Saramago, Don McKellar | Director: Fernando Meirelles | Stars: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Gael García Bernal, Yûsuke Iseya
Votes: 59,311 | Gross: $3.07M
45. Chalet Girl (2011)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Former skateboard champion Kim wants to make more money after her mother's tragic death. She joins the elite posh servicing company, which sends her off to Austria.
Writer: Tom Williams | Director: Phil Traill | Stars: Felicity Jones, Ed Westwick, Bill Nighy, Brooke Shields
Votes: 18,385 | Gross: $0.00M
46. Vantage Point (2008)
PG-13 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.
Writer: Barry L. Levy | Director: Pete Travis | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker, Matthew Fox, Bruce McGill
Votes: 127,307 | Gross: $72.27M
47. Scream 3 (2000)
R | 116 min | Horror, Mystery
While Sidney and her friends visit the Hollywood set of Stab 3, the third film based on the Woodsboro murders, a new Ghostface begins to terrorize them once again.
Writers: Kevin Williamson, Ehren Kruger | Director: Wes Craven | Stars: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Liev Schreiber
Votes: 98,251 | Gross: $89.14M
48. Away We Go (2009)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A couple who is expecting their first child travel around the U.S. in order to find a perfect place to start their family. Along the way, they have misadventures and find fresh connections with an assortment of relatives and old friends who just might help them discover "home" on their own terms for the first time.
Writers: Dave Eggers, Vendela Vida | Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Allison Janney, Carmen Ejogo
Votes: 45,937 | Gross: $9.43M
49. The Canyons (2013)
R | 99 min | Drama, Thriller
When Christian, an LA trust-fund kid with casual ties to Hollywood, learns of a secret affair between Tara and the lead of his film project, Ryan, he spirals out of control, and his cruel mind games escalate into an act of bloody violence.
Writer: Bret Easton Ellis | Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Lindsay Lohan, James Deen, Nolan Gerard Funk, Amanda Brooks
Votes: 8,480 | Gross: $0.05M
50. The Invention of Lying (2009)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A comedy set in a world where no one has ever lied, until a writer seizes the opportunity for personal gain.
Writers: Ricky Gervais, Matthew Robinson | Directors: Ricky Gervais, Matthew Robinson | Stars: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K.
Votes: 94,095 | Gross: $18.44M


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not_a_short,Your statement is true. Much of the growth has been via acquisition. As the old saying goes, "sometimes it is cheaper to buy reserves than to drill for them."It is also sometimes less risky to buy proven acreage and production.You seem to have a real issue with Evans success. I've seen that before in folks. Kurt Wulff used to bash Kinder Morgan and Richard Kinder individually for years in his puny news letters. Kinder just kept growing Kinder Morgan from a sleepy little pipeline company to the second largest midstream MLP in the US, with an enterprise value of over $25 billion.So far, Evans has taken a company that was dead. He set about to turn it into a thriving company. He bought Sharon's US subsidiary and got a lot of good EFS acreage. Clearly we have seen that some of it is primo (Gonzales county) and some isn't (Atascosa county). He got it for a little of nothing. He then bought Triad out of bankruptcy. Picked up around 1100 boe/d of existing production. Paid $81 million. They also got a lot of equipment, good employees and Marcellus acreage. The Triad deal was lucky. A lot of circumstances had to align for it to happen. Triad's founder died suddenly, they got themselves into a liquidity crunch and then all of their hedges were wiped out in BK court. Oil was also down around $50/bbl. Oil is now near $100. They could monetize all of the production for probably $150 million. They also got a lot of held by production Marcellus acreage and the pipeline. Granted, the pipeline was low pressure and small diameter, but the permits and right of way are what was valuable.Now they are acquiring NGAS and NuLoch. NGAS was horribly run. Magnum is buying NGAS for the Weir oil sands play. Evans says, "it's a great call on natural gas prices". Yes it is, but he just doesn't want anyone else coming in and making a counter offer. The Weir is going to be a good play for MHR. Low geological risk, low completion risk. With oil at $100, they will make good money on it all day long.NuLoch - One word: "Bakken".He knows how to find bargains, as long as production per share are climbing, I am not concerned if he drills or buys the production.
I still can't figure that short guy out. IS he really that ignorant? Or just pulling our strings?Any old fool would know that you can buy production and you can buy reserves. The only question is what kind of a deal you can make....pay too much and you lose. Pay very little and you have a chance to make some real bucks. But to think that acquired production doesn't count is, well, the epitome of ignorance.
All I know is when short is here and Bill is buying,we usually go up.


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By BRIAN MAHONEY LONDON (AP) -- As the shot fell through the net, Kobe Bryant held up three fingers on each hand. It was his third straight 3-pointer in the fourth quarter, enough for the U.S. men's Olympic team to finally put away stubborn Australia. Yes, all's fine with Bryant, and the Americans' gold medal hopes, as well. Bryant silenced his critics and broke open a tight game with six 3-pointers in the second half Wednesday night as the U.S. advanced to the semifinals of the London Games with a 119-86 victory over Australia. "Somebody made him mad. I could see it in his eyes," American Kevin Durant said. "I wanted him to kind of turn it on and that's what he did." On a night when LeBron James had the first Olympic triple-double by a U.S. player, the story was Bryant's awakening from his Olympic slumber. The five-time NBA champion has even said this team could have beaten the Dream Team, and on the 20th anniversary of that squad's gold-medal win, he put on the kind of show that makes his claim hard to dismiss. Bryant scored all of his 20 points after halftime, finally delivering the kind of game expected of him in London. He had insisted his time would come, and none of his teammates ever doubted it. "I kind of knew what button to push with him. I was talking to him at halftime and in the third quarter and I guess I pushed the button. He woke up and to see that, I've been on the other side of the ball and had that situation before," teammate Carmelo Anthony said. Bryant, a top-five scorer in NBA history, brushed away Anthony's attempts to take credit as easily as the questions he's been hearing in London. "He was just saying, 'Let's see what we see during the season.' But by that point, I was already revved up," Bryant said. James had 11 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists for the Americans, who advanced to their third straight Olympic semifinal meeting with Argentina, which beat Brazil earlier Wednesday. Deron Williams added 18 points, Anthony had 17 and Durant 14. The Americans beat the Argentines 126-97 on Monday in the final game of pool play, yet another night they didn't need much from Bryant, who came in averaging just 9.4 points and hearing whispers that something must be wrong with him, though both he and his teammates kept assuring people there was no problem. This time was different -- eventually -- after Bryant misfired on all four shots in the first half. "Just kind of searching for something to get me going, for something that would activate the Black Mamba, as Coach calls it," Bryant said. That came when Australia scored the first 11 points of the second half, cutting the Americans' lead to three after back-to-back 3-pointers by Joe Ingles. The U.S. lead was only six before Bryant, who had never gotten in an offensive rhythm in London and just minutes earlier had committed another puzzling offensive foul, finally broke out. He made a 3-pointer, then batted away a pass, chased it down along the left sideline and pulled up for another 3 that made it 70-58. James followed with a basket that pushed it to 14, and the Americans never let the Australians get much closer. Bryant made sure of it. He finished 6 of 10 behind the arc, making three straight in the fourth quarter as part of a 17-2 run to blow it open, the crowd chanting "Kobe! Kobe!" before he finally missed on a ridiculously long attempt before calling it a night. Patty Mills scored 26 points and Ingles had 19 for Australia, which had the misfortune of running into the U.S. in the quarterfinals for the second straight Olympics. "The difference in the game was their transition buckets and 3-pointers, and Kobe got a little bit sniff," Mills said. "And for great teams, that's all they need and they stretch it out." Even the Australian fans were cheering for Bryant as he walked to the locker room after a postgame interview. First, he knocked fists with the Aussies' kangaroo mascot, wearing boxing gloves on his hands. Bryant sure knocked out the Australians. Bodies fell and blood flowed in a physical first half, the Americans taking plenty of hits but delivering them as well, such as the one that sent Australia's David Barlow to the bench with a bloody nose that took a while to control. But the spirited play brought out the best in Bryant, who insists he's content taking a lesser role with other, much younger scorers such as James, Durant and Anthony willing to carry the load. He said the same things in Beijing and came through with 20 points in the gold-medal game, so the Americans know they can count on him to rise to a challenge. They expect another one from Argentina, which beat the U.S. in 2004 on its way to the gold medal, a loss the Americans avenged before winning gold in Beijing. Russia plays Spain in the other semifinal. The crowd on the first night of action at the North Greenwich Arena included NBA Commissioner David Stern and Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver, who have said they may prefer the Olympics be limited to players 23 and younger in the future. First, they saw why fans want to keep seeing America's best -- and what everyone expected from Bryant all along. "You see it all the time, but that was the first time we've seen it here," Durant said. "He got so upset and when he does that he's in another world."
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Nats option Giolito, Taylor to make room for Zimmerman and Solis
Nats option Giolito, Taylor to make room for Zimmerman and Solis
Less than 90 minutes after their 10-6 loss to the San Diego Padres, the Nationals wasted no time in making a pair of roster moves to pave the way for the expected returns of first baseman Ryan Zimmerman and reliever Sammy Solis from the disabled list.
The two casualties were starter Lucas Giolito, who struggled earlier in the day in his third MLB appearance, and outfielder Michael Taylor, who went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in the loss. Both were optioned to Triple-A Syracuse.
Zimmerman and Solis are expected to return to the Nationals on Tuesday when they play at the Cleveland Indians. The Nats are off Monday before they begin an 11-day, nine-game road trip with stops also in San Francisco and Arizona.
Zimmerman will rejoin the Nats after rehabbing from a left rib cage strain. He has been on the disabled list since July 7. He went 5-for-12 with a homer and five RBI in three minor league rehab games with the Single-A Potomac Nationals.
Solis has been on the DL since July 8 with right knee inflammation. He pitched two rehab games, one with Potomac and one with Single-A Hagerstown. Solis gave up one run on a homer in his two total innings of work.
Giolito goes back down to Triple-A after making one start with the Nats. He allowed four runs, two of them earned, in 3 2/3 innings against San Diego. Giolito has given up six earned runs in 11 total big league innings this season.
Taylor also returns to Syracuse. He was called up on July 8 when Zimmerman was placed on the DL. Taylor is hitting .222 with seven homers and 14 RBI in 66 games this season.
With Zimmerman back in the infield, Trea Turner is expected to be the odd man out. That could mean a return to the Nats' bench, or an experiment with him in center field. Turner began learning the position several weeks ago by playing six games at center in Triple-A. With Taylor now out of the mix, he could be at the very least the team's backup option at the position.
Whether they will start him there soon, though, is hard to tell.
"I got to get Zim back in the lineup. He's a big part of our offense," manager Dusty Baker said. "We just got to try to find a place with Zim coming back, find a place for [Turner] to play."
"I did it in Syracuse and I'll do it here if they need me to," Turner said of playing center.
"It's something that I've embraced. It's something that I'll do if they need me to."
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Baker wonders if fatigue played role in Papelbon's collapse vs. Padres
Sunday was not a banner day for a Nationals bullpen that has for the most part exceeded expectations this season.
First, setup man Shawn Kelley - who has been reliable for most of this year - allowed two solo home runs in the top of the eighth. That vanished a two-run lead for the Nats, allowing the Padres to tie it at 6-6.
Then, in the ninth inning it was Jonathan Papelbon, who hadn't allowed a run in eight straight outings since returning from the DL. His luck run out with a four-run frame, one that sunk the Nats with a 10-6 deficit.
That Kelley-Papelbon combination looked mighty good just one night before against the same team. But they couldn't close the deal in a game the Nationals held a two-run advantage entering the eighth inning.
Both pitchers blamed location for their problems. Manager Dusty Baker, though, offered one theory for Papelbon.
"I don't like to make excuses, but I don't like to use my closer three days in a row. And this was three days in a row for Pap," he said. "But we didn't have a choice. The ball wasn't coming out today the way it had been since he came back from the injury."
Papelbon shot down the premise that he was running out of gas.
"No, I was not tired," he said matter of factly.
It was, to be fair, just the second time this season he's been used for three straight days.
For Papelbon, his trouble started with a one-out walk to Wil Myers. From there, Yangervis Solarte landed an RBI single, and Alex Dickerson and Ryan Schimpf then singled to load the bases. That set up a bases-clearing double by Alexei Ramirez to end Papelbon's day.
The closer, soaked in sweat on a 96-degree day, walked slowly off the mound and to the dugout to a cascade of boos from Nationals fans. It was his first uneven outing in a while, but it was an ugly one and the crowd let him hear all about it.
"It boiled down to location. Coming in there in a situation where we've gotta preserve everything we can, every pitch matters in that situation," Papelbon said.
Kelley's homers were hit by Dickerson and Schimpf. Both players took advantage of similar mistakes.
"Just two pitches that weren't up enough," Kelley said. "Both balls were on the corners in the right direction, I just wanted them a few balls higher. I just didn't get them there. I was just looking at them and talking to some people. They were not bad pitches, but to those two guys, they like the ball in those spots. Just gotta be better right off the bat and execute better with the heater."
Kelley and Papelbon have both enjoyed solid seasons and have formed an above average late-innings duo. But that may not stop the Nationals from pulling off an aggressive move before the trade deadline. They have already shown strong interest in Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman and seem intent on adding at least something to their relief corps.
How Kelley and Papelbon will be affected is unclear. It will depend, of course, on what caliber pitcher they acquire, if they choose to bring one in.
For now, however, the Nats bullpen is focused on bouncing back Tuesday when the team travels to Cleveland to play the first-place Indians.
"We come out and whip their butts. That's what we do," Kelley said. This is a great team. We've got a resilient bullpen. A little blip today, but we'll be right back out there on Tuesday."
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Ken Griffey Jr. wears impressive suit to Hall of Fame induction
Ken Griffey Jr. wears impressive suit to Hall of Fame induction
Ken Griffey Jr. was inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame Sunday. If there was a suit Hall of Fame, Griffey's getup for the occasion would be first-ballot worthy.
Check out the pinstripes on the jacket. If you look closely, you'll see they read "Hall of Fame Class of 2016."
Now examine the tie. There's the outline of Griffey, backwards hat and all, taking a swing in the gold pattern.
That hat made another appearance in Cooperstown Sunday.
What else would you expect from the Kid?


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New General Motors CEO Dan Akerson's first bit of big news isn't exactly good news: paying back the taxpayer for loans during GM's dark days is going to take years. How many years remains uncertain, with Akerson saying the company's performance will be the test, since repaying the government in a lump sum would be "unrealistic." It helps that this news isn't exactly unexpected, and if we can take anything from Akerson's 15 days on the job, well, at least he's honest.
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- Color-blocked shoulders and upper sleeves
- Open side pockets
- Banded cuffs and waistband
- Mock-neck collar
- NBA Logoman above right hem
- Embroidered team logo appliquéd on left chest; adidas logo on right
- Officially licensed
- adidas logo on zipper pull
- Full-zip track jacket
- 100% Polyester fabric
- Made in Indonesia
- Full Zip
- Officially licensed
- Imported
- Brand: adidas
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Customized items can be personalized with options such as your name, your favorite number, and/or designs. Some options may be limited by league rules.


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What would it be like if you created a bigger life and a reality worth playing in? What if you, being you, is all it takes to change everything your life; everyone around you, and the world?
The Being You events are designed to take you from having a life, run on autopilot – into becoming FULLY ALIVE and totally present as the infinite being you truly be. It will open you up to an expanded awareness of a life without judgment and empower you to know that you know.
These classes are facilitated exclusively by Dr. Dain Heer, author of the popular Being You, Changing the World. An energy transformation virtuoso, international speaker and co-creator of Access Consciousness.
The BEING YOU classes are about empowering you to know that you know, and they give you an energetic experience of being that you won't find anywhere else. They will provide you with tools that can assist you in changing any area of your life: your relationships, your body, your money situation and … your future!
You'll experience Dain's ESB work live — Dain works simultaneously with the beings and bodies in the class to create a space that allows the change you are asking for to come to be.Tweet