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C. Grady (Eureka Scientific, NOAO, and GSFC), B. Woodgate (NASA's GSFC), K. Stapelfeldt (JPL), D. Padgett (SIRTF Science Center), B. Stecklum (Thuringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, Germany), T. Henning (MPIA, Heidelberg, Germany), V. Grinin (Crimean Astrophysical Observatory), A. Quirrenbach (UCSD), M. Clampin (STScI)
Near-IR studies of pre-Main Sequence stars have suggested that by 5 Myr signatures of near-stellar dust become rare, presumably due to clearing of the inner disk, while in some systems by 8 Myr the transition to a debris disk + planetary system may be complete. As part of a study of the evolution of protoplanetary disks, we present broadband optical coronagraphic imagery of the 5 Myr old T Tauri star, DM Tau obtained with HST/STIS. At V>14.3, DM Tau is the faintest object coronagraphically imaged with HST. We detect an asymmetric ring of bright, presumably reflection, nebulosity surrounding the star, with an inner dark oval with radius along its major axis= 2.2" (308 AU). The orientation and inclination for the oval, determined from its minor/major axis ratio, is consistent with the disk major axis and inclination determined from the millimeter. Beyond the dark oval, a bright ring of nebulosity is asymmetrically distributed about the star extending 3.95" (550 AU) along the major axis. We identify the brighter portion of the ring to the NE of the star along the system minor axis as the forward scattering side of the disk.This bright ring drops in surface brightness as r(-2), indicating that we detect material which is flared with respect to the disk midplane. In tandem with the millimeter continuum data for DM Tau (Simon et al. 2000), we interpret the dark oval as indicating the presence of a region which is either geometrically flatter than the outer disk or which is largely devoid of submicron grains.
This study was supported by HST-GO-9136.
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And there is it. Riles in an absolute nutshell. Name dropping, tired jokes, pointing out that he is New Orleans for the SUPER BOWL, and steroid scandals. It doesn't get any better than this and by that I mean this is the absolute worst. Somewhere Riles best friend Lance is smiling ear to ear, baby blues sparkling.
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As I mentioned previously, my father was my role model, and he had a great impact on my life. He was dealt a bad hand when he was born into a poor family in China. He did not let this unfortunate upbringing deter him from striving for a better life, and most of his life lessons came from this hardship. Because he could not afford to buy video games for me, he used to play chess with me, which taught me how to plan ahead, strategize, and predict other people's actions. He taught me how to draw pictures and take photographs, which taught me how to be creative and eventually helped with my graphic design talent. And most importantly, he worked long hours at work and taught himself how to do everything on his own. This was the type of attitude that influenced me to persevere during stressful times, and to take my education onto my own hands. His passing was unexpected and gave my family a burden that no family deserved. Since I was the only one making money at the time, I had to step up as the breadwinner for the family, despite being only 22. While my peers were slowly eased into adulthood, I was pushed into the deep end of the pool without warning. I went from being a dependent to an independent to an independent with dependents within the span of a few months. So, his passing fast-forwarded my life, and the burden, responsibilities and stress I received strengthened my character.
I am a quick learner, so I learned how to code Objective-C in less than a week. Once you know one computer language, it's very easy to pick up another computer language. You just need to learn the differences between the two languages, because all the basic logic is the same. Most of my profitable skills (designing, coding, web developing, and etc.) started off as fun, creative hobbies, and making iPhone apps was no different. Even though I only made a few bucks daily in the beginning, I was not deterred by the small profits for my hard work. I was determined to create better apps for several reasons. Firstly, I was the only one in my family with a job. My older brother had trouble finding a job, because nobody was looking to hire a newly graduated PhD during a recession. So, I took every opportunity to convert my free time into extra cash, because every dollar helped. Secondly, it was always my dream to create something useful that would help people. It was less about the money and fame, and more about making this world slightly better than it already is. Thirdly, even though I don't believe in ghosts, I still wanted to make my late dad proud.
The challenge was that there were not many iPhone developers at the time, so you pretty much had to learn everything on your own without the help of anyone. Nowadays, you can just search on the internet for your programming question, and there will probably be a dozen developers who would have posted an answer to your question already. It was a gold rush in the sense that there was not much competition at the time. The big companies had not yet stepped in during the first year, so you were mainly competing against other independent developers. Since I knew how to do graphics design, web development, user-interface creation, programming, and marketing, I was basically my own company. Most developers were either great at coding or great at graphics design. But rarely were they great at both. And for those who were great at both, it was even more rare for them to know how to market their apps. Thus, I had an advantage over the rest, because I could do all of those things. Nowadays, apps are created by a team of people, and you will rarely find apps created by just one person in the top charts.
What were some of your first few iPhone apps?
My first app was a browser that removed the toolbars, did not save your browsing history, and allowed you to view websites while offline. It was a great alternative to Safari. One of my first successful apps was called News Feed Elite, which was the #1 news app back in 2009. Using the technologies I developed from my browser app, I made an app that made it easy to view various news sites. It was successful, because it allowed you to scroll through websites by tilting your phone, save news articles to be read at a later time (even offline), block ads, share sites to Twitter/Facebook, and other things. It basically paved the way for the other popular news apps you see today. All of my apps were paid apps, so I made money from satisfied customers who used my apps.
Your most successful app to date is your 5-0 Radio Police Scanner…
5-0 Radio is currently and has been the #1 police scanner app for the iPhone since it was created in 2009. To date, it has been downloaded by at least 10 million people. It currently is the #1 news app, and at its peak, it was in the top 10 paid apps in various countries. People had many uses for this app from monitoring crime in their neighborhood to getting live alerts about hazards in the region to keeping in touch with family members who were in the force. People have used this app to get early tornado warnings, hurricane warnings, flood warnings, and other news before the radio and TV broadcast them. It made it to the top charts after I added internet radio stations to the app and created a free ad-supported version of the app. Other copycat apps have since popped up and saturated the market. However, my 5-0 Radio app is still a top seller and is the among the top 100 most downloaded app in 2010 and 2011 according to Apple's end-of-the-year report.
Where do you get the inspiration and ideas for apps you develop?
It was never about luck. Apps have to click with the users. The litmus test is to see if even you will use the app yourself. That is the test I do whenever I code a new app. If I am not using the app myself, then I think it is a failure. At that point, I'd either scrap the idea or keep improving the app until it got to the point where I liked using it.
News Feed Elite was one of those apps that I put a lot of time and effort into. I'd listen to user feedback and implement the changes they wanted. I'd use the app everyday and implement the changes that I'd like to see myself. By making an app that people want to use, the app promotes and markets itself, because users will tell their friends and family to download the app.
I grew up in New York City, where an emergency vehicle blares its sirens every few hours. There was a curiosity as to what was going on, so I did my research on police scanners. That's when I realized that it would be great if I could have the police scanner technology on the iPhone, so that I could listen to it even if I'm not home.
What other apps have you developed?
Since then, I coded several other successful apps, such as Drudge Report, HiDef Radio, and Razzi Photo Editor. I've also recently released an alternative version of the 5-0 Radio app called, Police Scanner+ under my new company, Rego Apps. Currently, it is the #2 police scanner app for the iPhone/iPad and is quickly catching up to 5-0 Radio. Its focus is on a cool futuristic user interface with more emphasis on the music stations that are available in the app.
I also recently published a game for Fancy Pencil LLC called, "Slash It!" Fancy Pencil LLC consists of established software developers and designers, and I am only responsible for coming up with the game ideas and marketing them. The company does all of the game coding and graphics. "Slash It!" was released on March 9th, 2012, and was the first iOS game I ever published. If my marketing strategies still work and people see how fun this game is, this game will be a big hit.
The most successful marketing strategy is to have a great icon, great screenshots, and have at least a 4.5 out of 5 stars average ratings. If your app is constantly getting 5 star reviews, then people love your app and are willing to tell their friends about it. Very rarely will an app with less than 4 stars stay in the Top 100 paid apps for long. 5-0 Radio is actually a rare success story, because it stayed in the Top 100 (both paid and free) for at least two consecutive years. Statistically, that is a feat that less than 100 apps have accomplished. I still meet new people who have told me that they have downloaded 5-0 Radio before I even met them, and they said that they got the app because their friends told them to. That word-of-mouth type of marketing is the best type of marketing a company can wish for. I personally would trust my own friends' opinion to download a new app over the opinion of some random banner ad on some website. I have yet to spend a single cent of marketing on any of my apps. If the app is great and people love it, it will market itself.
I actually have a mix of both free apps with ads and paid apps. There are free versions and paid versions of all my popular apps. I'd say that ad revenue is only half of what the paid apps make even though the download rates for the free apps are usually ten times higher than the paid apps. One of the differences is that ad revenue grows in time as more and more users use your apps. Whereas, paid apps only grows if more and more people buy your apps. While apps don't tend to stay in the Top 100 charts for long, ad revenue does stay more consistent if the users are still using the app long after its popularity has waned. Thus, there are pros and cons to both free and paid apps, so it is better to just have both.
You don't really have to update an app at all after it is complete. If you are confident that the app does not have any more bugs and the reviews are good, then your work is complete. The only time you would want to update the app is if you feel like it. Apps are definitely a great source of passive income. I barely modified 5-0 Radio for the past year and a half and it is still highly rated and highly downloaded.
Right now, Rego Apps consists of myself only. It is a new company I formed to sell my new Police Scanner+ app to compete against my Smartest Apps' 5-0 Radio. The idea behind Police Scanner+ is that I wanted to make a brand new interface to 5-0 Radio with never before seen features. If you compare the two apps, you can barely tell that it is made by the same developer. However, I know that some users don't like to see changes (for example, not everyone welcomes Facebook's interface changes). So instead of updating 5-0 Radio, I created a brand-new app. And since I didn't want users to feel like I was reselling the same app to them, I put it under a new company name.
But Rego Apps and Smartest Apps are not the only companies I own. I also own a part of Razzi LLC along with Robert Himler and Michael Fussy. I coded the app for their company in exchange for part ownership of the company. My app has been responsible for doubling Razzi's user base after the apps first release (with over 10,000 downloads on the first day alone), and increasing Razzi's new user sign-up rate by over 2000%.
I eventually became overwhelmed with juggling a full time job, creating apps on the side, taking care of my mother, and maintaining a social life. So, I bought a brand new Lamborghini LP560-4 to deal with the stress. I know, I know; I could have just got a stress ball for much less. But it was my dream car, and so far, it had done a great job at putting a smile on my face each time I drive it. The car had also put a smile on everyone else's face, and helped raised money for many charity events, so it still fitted into my ideals of making this world a better place. Before the car, I never really spent any of the money I earned on myself (I was living with my mother and the Lamborghini was the very first car I bought). My mother, who's very fiscally conservative, abhorred the idea that I was getting an overly expensive and flashy car. But my brother later told me that when I was taking delivery of my new Lamborghini, my mother had a proud look on her face and even became a little teary-eyed.
The LP560-4 looked the most beautiful to me at the time. I liked the sharp lines that were on the car compared to the Murcielago or the Ferrari's, Maserati's and Bugatti's. It is not modded, because it is my daily driver. It would have been overkill if every time I went to get groceries, flames would come out of my exhaust.
Now you raised the bar again by not only adding a Lamborghini Aventador, but also becoming the youngest self-made owner. What can you tell us about this latest purchase?
The build date for the car is June 2012. It will be one of the first 2013 models to hit the shores of the U.S. The wait period was over a year. Currently, I have all the options available for the car. I also chipped in for the Ad Personam program, which is only available in the newer 2013 models and not available to the first models. I have plans for a rare never-before-seen body color for the car.
The body will be in red carbon fiber, the trims will be in black carbon fiber, the rims will be a matte graphite, and the brakes calipers will be in red. This will be the only Aventador in this color scheme, unless someone copies me in the future. I will post pictures of it on my Razzi account when I get it.
As for mods, I have plans for adding a twin turbo on it if it doesn't become my daily driver. If it does become my new DD, then I might mod the LP560-4 instead.


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Saturday, January 11th, 2014
I'm having an existential crisis.
First thing: Thanks for your patience. Thanks for your support, both moral and material. Thanks for keeping the conversation going while I was away. Thanks to you most awesome people for fixing Joel's eyeballs (even if he's not feeling so good about it at the moment).
Now, that said, I'm afraid I have to go ahead and have my existential crisis right in front of you. Which is, as I say up there in the headline, embarrassing.
It's embarrassing having the crisis at all. It reminds me of my senior year in high school during which I was not only in a perpetual E.C., but pretentiously name-dropped Sartre and Camus to illustrate just how Deep and Profound my teen angst was. (I won't do that on you now, I promise. Nevertheless, if you hate maundering confessionals, you might just want to skip this post.)
It's even more embarrassing having an E.C. in public now that I'm a grownup. But I'm a writer and I find that the process of being a writer sometimes involves dumping out the contents of my brain in print.
This week I've got an article due. I'm halfway through it. But I'm not going to be able to finish until I empty all the brain junk and sort out what's worthwhile and what's not.
I preach the gospel of self-ownership and self-determination. Yet at the moment (and a looooong moment it's been) I feel as if my life isn't my own. I also feel as if I've been flung about 20 years backward to the moment of my last E.C.
In that last E.C., in the early 1990s, I was still earning my living in freelance corporate communications. But I'd already moved into the boonies (which my corporate clients thought was madness) and my heart was tugging me toward freedom writing. Not only toward freedom writing, but toward dropping out of "the system" altogether.
I eventually did that — only to spend the next 15 years teetering on the edge of an abyss. Oh, there were lots of gratifying times, and it was during those years that I "met" most of you. It was worthwhile and I'm glad I did it. But it was a precarious existence.
Eventually I dropped back in (a process that required no E.C. and went so smoothly it was clearly meant to be).
But since dropping in, I've felt increasingly unqualified to do what I do. I write about living boldly (and yes, I'm still going to get to part II, which is the real meat of the thing). But I often don't live boldly enough, myself.
I also write about living deliberately. And I try to live that way, though it definitely takes constant mindfulness.
Yet since last spring — and more intensely since fall — life seems to be impelling me along instead of me driving it.
Most recently, I've been doing some professional work that's taken me right back to those old corporate days. It's in a better cause this time. But still, instead of spending my days in quiet, writerly contemplation, there I am in the midst of swirling storms of emails. There I am, pulling those old skills of advertising, direct marketing, and news-release writing out of some dusty corner of my skull where I didn't even know I had them stored any longer.
By the very nature of this beast, it's spend 15 minutes doing this. Then switch to that. Coordinate with X, Y, and Z. Answer every email immediately. Pull together disparate details. Justify copy point A or marketing concept B. Then justify it all over again to somebody else. Try to write in the spaces between all that.
It can be gratifying, exhilarating, and intellectually challenging. The product is great and so are the people. But I'm frazzled. I no longer have quiet days to think.
I long to chuck it all — ads, blog, articles, emails, all of it. I'm reminded of why I did chuck corporate communications nearly 20 years ago, resolving that long-ago E.C. by coming down on the side of freedom and peace.
However, I'm also earning money. And I'll tell you, every time a check hits the mailbox, I'm reminded that maybe there's darned good reason to surrender this bit of my life to somebody else's priorities.
So I ask myself which is the real deliberate life? The one where I have writerly silence, time to write thoughtful pieces — yet always feel insecure? Or the one where my day-to-day life is frazzled and hectic and not my own — but I can be confident of keeping the roof over my head? (Literally; the house needs a new one.)
Decisions, decisions.
But before the decisions, decisions can be made, there are so many other factors swirling about. For one thing (and it's a big thing), you guys have no idea how important it is to me to be useful to you. When I don't have time to think, I don't have time to serve you well. You're always supportive, but I know inside when I'm not giving you my best. Some of you are better people, living better lives, than I. Some of you are tougher, braver, more principled, more kickass than I'll ever be. The only thing I have to give in return are my words, and they need to be worthy. How can I write worthy words when I don't have time to think them?
So here I am, just where I was 20 years ago, balanced (or rather, imbalanced) between incompatible choices. Something has to give and I don't know what it will be.


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Recently the crew over at The Royal Half rounded up a huge collection of bloggers in an effort to create an awards list which corrects the mistakes made by the Professional Hockey Writers Association. They asked two blogs from each NHL team as well as a few other individuals to give their opinion, naming their top-5 selections for each NHL award and selecting the winner with a 10-7-5-3-1 point system.
Here's how the awards shaped up once all of the data was compiled:
Hart Trophy – Sidney Crosby
Lady Byng Trophy – Ryan O'Reilly
Vezina Trophy – Tuukka Rask
Selke Trophy – Patrice Bergeron
Calder Trophy – Nathan MacKinnon
Norris Trophy – Duncan Keith
Adams Trophy – Patrick Roy
These results were identical to my ballot.
I selected Crosby for Hart.
Byng was an easy one since O'Reilly's season was nearly historically perfect.
Again, Vezina seemed simple as Rask was the clear favorite though Semyon Varlamov was a respectable second option.
Selke was a little more challenging. I went with Bergeron, but I easily could have gone with Anze Kopitar. David Backes came in third on my ballot, because why not?
My Calder vote matched the final result. No explanation needed there as MacKinnon was incredible.
It pained me to do it, but Keith deserves the Norris. Yes, I did vote before the "Wakey, Wakey" incident. Pietrangelo earned a 4th place vote from me, though he really didn't show any Norris potential in the playoffs.
Adams was Roy by a mile. It's pretty remarkable what he has accomplished there in just one season.
Curious who some of the other blogs picked to award? You can see the full results here.


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It was alcohol meeting an open wound, Mike Trout squaring off against a Little League pitcher, one of the NBA's best teams meeting one of its most inconsistent.
The Boston Celtics looked good on Christmas Day while battering the Brooklyn Nets badly enough for them to choose a new head coach. But the Celtics should have cried uncle before a 106-77 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers late Thursday night got too ugly.
"They're playing well and we played horrible," coach Doc Rivers said, according to the Boston Herald. "It was just the perfect storm. You hate those. We don't have a lot of those, but he had one of those tonight."
Don't have a lot of those? Sure, if he means 29-point shellackings. But letdowns? Boston's had far too many of those. The Celtics are 5-7 in December. Their defense, which has presided in the top five every season since Kevin Garnett's arrival, is ranked No. 10. Their offense, which was supposed to be vastly improved, sits at 22nd-best. They're the 29th-best rebounding unit, barely edging the Dallas Mavericks to stay out of the cellar.
In their last 10 games, the Celtics: lost to Philadelphia by one, beat Philadelphia by 12, outlasted Dallas in overtime, and then dropped three consecutive double-digit defeats. They pounded Cleveland for one half, surrendered a 17-0 run to let the Cavaliers back into the game, and held on to win by 12. Then they trailed Milwaukee by seven in the final minute, rattled off an unbelievable rally to force overtime, and fell by five in the extra session. They smoked Brooklyn and then got spanked by Los Angeles.
Consistency? Nothing close.
Before the Clippers' current 15-game winning streak, Boston held each of the NBA's two longest recent streaks. This season, though, the Celtics haven't strung together more than three consecutive victories. It's win one, lose another, inspire a little hope and then drain it all away. The Celtics have gone from "champions of preseason title predictions" to "we're trending in the right direction" to "Jason Collins, NBA starter" to "the perfect storm of woefulness" to "Avery Bradley, for the love of Red Auerbach, come back and fix everything."
Thursday night in Los Angeles, the Celtics were out-rebounded 44 to 40, out-assisted 31 to 20, and out-shot 48.2 percent to 40.3 percent. They hit half as many 3-pointers as the Clippers and turned over the ball more than twice as often. Boston's starters combined for 48 points, or, in other words, five fewer than Los Angeles' bench.
Boston fans have gone from thinking small ball should work to clamoring for a deal to acquire Sacramento Kings problem child DeMarcus Cousins.
"I mean, jeez, (the Clippers) were unbelievable," Rivers said, according to ESPN Boston, giving praise where it was due. And then he unleashed a more troubling sentiment.
"I thought we allowed (the Clippers) to be great tonight."
The Celtics have not found an identity. They've been treading water when they need to swim, standing on their heels when they used to force others onto theirs. They have a small ball roster, but most of their small ball units perform poorly enough that Rivers rarely uses small units anymore. They're a defensive-minded team with many offensive-minded players. They boast several under-performing newcomers clearly struggling to find their niche.
There have been positive signs, to be sure - Kevin Garnett is still awesome, Paul Pierce remains his normal self and Rajon Rondo, despite his struggles Thursday, is posting perhaps his best campaign ever. Jared Sullinger is a worthy rookie, Jason Terry can still shoot (although he needs to shoot more often), Courtney Lee and Brandon Bass can't get much worse, and Bradley approaches on the horizon while opposing point guards begin to quiver with fear.
"I like what I see out of individuals," Danny Ainge said last week. "I just don't like what the whole team has been able to put together yet. "
We've seen this song and dance before, but at some point the music inevitably turns off and the party-goers return home to their beds. Are the Celtics at that point now, in Year 6 of the Garnett era?
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SALEM - A California group is proposing a hotel and other businesses on more than 40 acres of prime property in the northern part of the city after signing a purchase agreement (option to buy) this......
Yet another wonderful "breaking news event". Just like the one that brought ALL of these wonderful jobs! NOT
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FINALLY, something that makes perfect sense! These well workers from out-of-state who are doing the work we were told would be done by people from our area should have a nice place to stay before going back to where they came from.While we are in a hurry to get at those reserves that have been under our state for millions of years, why don't we lay a massive pipeline through the center of the planet straight to the chineese since that is where its going anyway?
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Welcome to the Hotel Frackitforya. ... Maybe the hookers in Warren will be moving to Salem now.
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Movia Veliko Bianco 2002 (Collio, Friuli, Italy; Brda, Slovenia)
In a world of me-too wines that dull a poor palate to bored resignation, when you begin to yearn for something...anything...that's startling and different and quite deliciously unlike the thudding sameness, you do at times stumble upon brilliant surprises. For all the dominant sameness of market driven mediocrity and profit dominated similarity, there are dangerous people out there doing dangerous things to the status quo.
One of the most dangerous is Ales Kristancic, an Italo-Slovene winemaker from Brda whose family straddles the government-drawn border between Italy and Slovenia while paying very little attention to it. Kristancic is that most dangerous and disruptive of men---a reactionary, a rebel, a restless and never quite still force of nature who wants to make a very personal, distinctive, unique style of wine.
He succeeds magnificently. Kristancic farms his grapes with great rigor, insisting on being sustainable, organic, and biodynamic to naturally produce the most intense fruit possible. Then he takes these grapes--some familiar to us, many hopelessly obscure to all but the most devoted oenologues---and ferments and ages them in a decided nod to ancient techniques.
Veliko Bianco is perhaps the finest example of this. It is a blend of Ribolla Gialla, Pinot Grigio, and a touch of Sauvignon Blanc, and the wine is fermented naturally and slowly, then aged in the full presence of oxygen in oak casks for up to three years. Under Kristancic's patient hand the wine matures in a manner much different from most. All the young, pretty, baby fat fruit is slowly burnished away, and the wine becomes more compact, more concentrated, more intense, more mineral and stony, almost tough and slow to yield itself up.
With this wine all the soft, pretty things have been stripped away, and what is left is firm and tight and powerful and essential. At first, it's like sucking on a hard candy, like trying to strip the flavor out of a lemon drop, jaw muscles tensing and bulging to force out that piercing, sharp stiletto of pure lemon intensity that suddenly and entirely fills your mouth and gently burns up to your nasal passages.
...So far this may not sound like a pleasant experience, eh? But it is, truly it is; and there's more reward on its way...
Once it opens up, the pale golden Veliko continues to power out incredibly concentrated and crystalline flavors that slowly, delectably yield interesting complexities---crystallized honey, preserved Meyer Lemon, tart quince, tangy apple with bitter skin, almond paste, even a wisp of pressed white flowers---without ever fading or waning in intensity. And you feel as if it could just go on forever.
There are no gobs of fruit here, no lush, perfume-scented pillows of hedonistic excess laced with soaring alcohols and raisiny richness. Rather than surrendering to the blandishments of this wine, you have to engage with it, be patient with it, and wait for it to show its stuff. And it does.
What more can I tell you about Veliko Bianco? Oh, yeah: it's always a bit of a surprise when I get to the bottom of the glass with this wine; I get so wrapped up in the enjoyment of it I tend to lose track of the little details, until suddenly I have to pry the bottle from someone else's hand to get a refill.
Now that is the sign of a damned good wine!
[Here's the website for Movia. http://www.movia.si/prva.html Unfortunately it is currently only in Slovenian, although they are working on an English version. Even so, it's interesting and entertaining to browse through, with videos and gorgeous pictures.]


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If you click to enlarge the pictures above, you will see that Sunset Oasis Townhouse #4 is in the perfect location within Moon Bay. From the luxury and comfort of the living room or master bedroom you will enjoy a beautiful marina and bay view. Step out onto either the first floor or second floor screened porch and get an even better view. These porch areas are where you will probably spend a lot of time relaxing, reading, doing things on your computer, eating and enjoying the company of friends and family. When you step outside the screened porch on the first floor, you can turn right toward the pool and sundeck areas. Turn left and head toward the bay, marina, boat slip, grilling/picnic area, tiki hut, or community center with ping pong, sauna and comfy sitting areas. No matter what your plans (or lack of plans) are, you will love the location within Moon Bay.
The living room and screened in porch area are sure to be
favorite areas for everyone. The large living room has a comfortable couch with
a sleeper bed and matching chair. Located at the other end of the living room
are two chairs with matching table. We know that with all of the fun things
there are to do in the Keys, you might not be watching much TV. But for the times that you want to check the news and weather, or watch your favorite team, everyone will love the 60" HDTV with Comcast HD channel controller. Watch your favorite movie on Blu-ray or DVD through the surround sound system. You will really love the look and feel of the room with the back-lit crown molding and ceiling fan with light, both on dimmer controls.
Enjoy your own little world on the spacious first floor screened in porch. We've provided you with a nice table and four matching chairs. Cool off, even on a hot summer day, under the variable speed ceiling fan. Store your fishing, scuba, snorkeling and party gear in the locking dock box on the porch. We even provide you with the lock to use during your stay. The screened porch areas on both floors are also great areas to check your email using our high speed wifi internet connection.
The kitchen area is laid out for ease and convenience and features a large refrigerator/freezer with ice maker, automatic dishwasher and electric range. Other appliances for your convenience include a microwave oven, coffee maker, electric mixer, toaster and blender. We have stocked the cabinets with plenty of nice dishes, glasses, pool cups, silverware, utensils, pots and pans. We have even supplied you with margarita, Champagne and wine glasses.
The dining room is conveniently located near the kitchen, but dining is not the only thing it's good for. Play board games or cards, write messages on postcards or just relax at the tropical bamboo table and chair set which complement the décor and casual elegance of Sunset Oasis. Two bar stools are located at the adjacent counter bar for additional people. At Sunset Oasis you can dine at the table, at the bar, on the porch or under the covered picnic area by the bay.
The computer "work" station area (I know work is a bad word in Key Largo) is designed to be a place you can set up a laptop or computer and leave it without having to constantly move it or invade someone else's space. It is located near the wireless router so you will always get the best signal and fastest internet connection. There is an electric outlet for easy power connection and an L.E.D. desk light illuminates the area.
In addition to enjoying the beautiful view from the master bedroom, you will appreciate the size and comfort of the high quality Sealy king size mattress. You will also like all the great storage space in the closet, dresser and night stand on each side of the bed. You'll like watching TV on the 42" HDTV or reading a book while relaxing and loving the tropical bay view. Slide the door open and enter the second floor screened porch and relax at the table and chairs. This porch is a great private getaway to be enjoyed by you or with family and friends.
The second bedroom has two twin size beds with comfortable Sealy mattresses. There is a wall mounted 32" HDTV and DVD player provided. Plenty of room for clothes, etc. in the dresser, night stand and walk in closet. Just outside the sliding glass door is a balcony which is nice if you want to check out the weather.
The master bathroom has convenient access from within the master bedroom and
is in close proximity to the second bedroom. It has a shower/tub combination and features plenty of mirror space by the sink area. Two cabinets next to the sink give you lots of space to store personal items. There are two well stocked built in cabinets with clean towels and washcloths.
We have also provided pool towels.
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PAMPA - Kenzee Renae Bolin, 1 month and 11 days, died Monday, May 21, 2007.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today in First Baptist Church with Dr. Johnny Funderburg, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.
Kenzee was born April 10, 2007, in Pampa.
Survivors include her parents, Darrell Tyrel and Mary Lee Bolin of Pampa; a sister, K'Lee Jade Clardy of Pampa; her grandparents, Bill and Roxanne Giles, Ray and Jeannetta Adamson and Tonie Bolin, all of Pampa, and Darrell and Cindy Bolin of Mannsville, Okla.; and her great-grandparents, Lyndelle Hatcher, Billie and Dorothy Giles, Howard "Blackie" and Mattie Adamson, Tommie and Jimmie Kay Williams and Lyna Bolin, all of Pampa.
The family suggests memorials be to First Baptist Church Child Development Center, P.O. Box 621, Pampa, TX 79066-0621.
Amarillo Globe-News, May 24, 2007
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Edwards' annual directory to the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc., etc., in the city of St. Louis for ... /
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Harvest Tools, Pratt & Fox , 139 and 141 Main Street.
Pascoe, Mary, wid.widow Joseph, , r.residence 234 Biddle
Pasderoik, Franz, tailor , r.residence 73 Lafayette, bet.between Sth
aod 9th
aod 9th
Pasker, Moses (col'dcolored ), riverman , r.residence Gravois rd.road
or. Cherokee
or. Cherokee
Fasqnier, Augustus, bailiff of the Board of Pablic
Schools , r.residence ns.north side Stoddard, bet.between Clay and Glas-
gow av.avenue
Schools , r.residence ns.north side Stoddard, bet.between Clay and Glas-
gow av.avenue
Pasquier, Charles, salesman , J. Green & Co.company r.residence
10th, se.south-east cor. Labeaume
10th, se.south-east cor. Labeaume
Pasquier, Elemise, wid.widow Aagnst, Bs.r.residence ns.north side Stoddard,
bet.between Clay and Glasgow av.avenue
bet.between Clay and Glasgow av.avenue
Faaqnier, Joseph(Leonori 4 Pasqnier) , r.residence Mills,
cor.corner Elliot av.avenue
cor.corner Elliot av.avenue
Pass, Frederick, teamster , r.residence ns.north side Jefferson, bet.between
9th and Broadway
9th and Broadway
Paasak, Thomas, tailor , r.residence al.alley bet.between 8th and 9th,
Park av.avenue and Barry
Park av.avenue and Barry
Passimer, Margaret, wid.widow William, , r.residence es.east side 7th, bet.between
Biddle and O'Fallon
Biddle and O'Fallon
Pasamore, James H.lumber dialer , r.residence ws.west side 6th,
bet.between O'Fallon and Oass av.avenue
bet.between O'Fallon and Oass av.avenue
Pastorius, John(PuBtorius & Co.J , r.residence 409 Caron-
delet av.avenue
delet av.avenue
Pastorius & Go. (John, Pastorius and Benjamin,
Kopp), glass manfr. 409 Carondelet av.avenue
Kopp), glass manfr. 409 Carondelet av.avenue
Pstchef, William, foreman , Broadway Foundry ,
r.residence es.east side 7th, bet.between O'Fallon and Cass av.avenue
r.residence es.east side 7th, bet.between O'Fallon and Cass av.avenue
Patcbeli, James, moulder , Broadway Foundry ,
bds.boards 153 Collins
bds.boards 153 Collins
Patchin, Lyman w.west real estate ag't , 56 Locust,
r.residence Locust, bet.between Beaumont and Leffingwell av.avenue
r.residence Locust, bet.between Beaumont and Leffingwell av.avenue
Patchin, Paul P.wines and l quors whol. 53 Com-
mercial, 3d d.a. Vine, r.residence 96 Morgan
mercial, 3d d.a. Vine, r.residence 96 Morgan
Pathberg, -, lab.laborer r.residence Carroll, bet.between Hamtramack
and Closey
and Closey
Patmor, Oscar A.r.residence 153 Morgan
Paton, David, machinist , r.residence ws.west side 10th, bet.between O'Fal-
lon and Cass av.avenue
lon and Cass av.avenue
Patrick, James(J. & w.west Patrick) , r.residence nr.near King's
Patrick, James(Ladd, Patrick & Co.company ) , r.residence Caro-
line av.avenue bet.between st.street Charles Rock rd.road and Natur-
al Bridge Plank rd.road
line av.avenue bet.between st.street Charles Rock rd.road and Natur-
al Bridge Plank rd.road
Patrick, James, student , Washington University,
r.residence Washington av.avenue cor.corner 17th
r.residence Washington av.avenue cor.corner 17th
Patrick, John, watchman , Filley's Foundry , r.residence ss.south side
Cass av.avenue bet.between Main and 2d
Cass av.avenue bet.between Main and 2d
Patrick J. & w.west (James, and WilliamPatrick, ),
lumberyard , 601 Broadway
lumberyard , 601 Broadway
Patrick, Marion, wid.widow Robert, , r.residence ns.north side Christy av.avenue
bet.between 22d aud 23d
bet.between 22d aud 23d
Patrick, William(J. & w.west Patrick) , r.residence ss.south side Wash-
ington av.avenue bat. I6th and 17th
ington av.avenue bat. I6th and 17th
Patrick, William(Ladd, Patrick & Co.) ,r.residence 17th,
se.south-east cor.corner Washington av.avenue
se.south-east cor.corner Washington av.avenue
Patrick, William F.student , Washington Univer-
sity, r.residence Washington av.avenue cor.corner 17th
sity, r.residence Washington av.avenue cor.corner 17th
Pattaly, William, riverman , r.residence 208 Columbus
Patten, Nicholas, carpenter , r.residence 75 16th
Patterson, Abraham P.engineer , P.r.residence r.residence r.residence Coop-
er, nr.near Pratte av.avenue
er, nr.near Pratte av.avenue
Patterson, Alexander, saddler , r.residence 721 Broadway
Patterson, Christopher, watchman , r.residence Penrose,
cor.corner Glasgow av.avenue
cor.corner Glasgow av.avenue
Patterson, David, shipcarpenter , bds.boards 323 Caron-
delet av.avenue
delet av.avenue
Patterson, Edward, clerk , bds.boards Brooklyn, nr.near 10th
Patterson, Godfrey (col'dcolored ), r.residence ns.north side Almond, bet.between
3d and 4th
3d and 4th
Patterson, Henry L.r.residence 198 Locust
Patterson, Horace r.residence r.residence Locust, bet.between Ewing and
Garrison av.avenue
Garrison av.avenue
Patterson, James M.sawmill, n.north Main, nr.near Hemp-
stead, r.residence Chambers, bet.between llth and 12th
stead, r.residence Chambers, bet.between llth and 12th
Patterson, JennieMrs.57 s.south 10th
Insurance Company ,
Of New York,
WilliamMiller, Jr., Agent.
No. 45 Olive Street.
Pattrrson, Joanna, wid.widow William, r.residence rear 276 s.south 3d
Patterson, John, fisherman , r.residence al.alley bet.between 9th and
Patterson, John, lab.laborer r-es.east side n.north lOlh, nr.near Chambers
Patterson, John, painter , r.residence 15th. nw.north-west cor.corner Market
Patterson, Lemuel w.west (Hyde & Patterson) , r.residence 165
Patterson, Margaret, wid.widow James, , r.residence 60 n.north 10th
Patterson, Mary, wid.widow John, , news depot, 419
Franklin av.avenue r.residence same
Franklin av.avenue r.residence same
Patterson, Mary A.wid.widow William, , r.residence 379 n.north llth
Patterson, n.northmachinist. National Iron Works
Patterson, Robert, lab.laborer r.residence bet.between Ferry and Angeli-
ca, Gingras Creek and Broadway
ca, Gingras Creek and Broadway
Patterson, Robert D.(H.I. Loring & Co.company ) . r.residence 110
n.north Sth
n.north Sth
Patterson, Thomas, r.residence 66 Brooklyn
Patterson, Thomas, clfrk , r.residence Brooklyn, nr.near 10th
Patterson, Thomas, lab.laborer r.residence 264 Wash
Patterson, Thomas, riverman , r.residence ws.west side al.alley bet.between 8th
and 9tb, Morgan and Franklin av.avenue
and 9tb, Morgan and Franklin av.avenue
Patterson, William, mate , r.residence 21st, nw.north-west eor. Carr
Pattisou, e.east w.west lawyer and notary public , 42 n.north
3d, bds.boards ws.west side n.north 9th, nr.near Destrehan
3d, bds.boards ws.west side n.north 9th, nr.near Destrehan
Pattnn, Andrew, engineer , r.residence Davis, bet.between 25thand
Pratte av.avenue
Pratte av.avenue
Patton, A. F.carpenter , bds.boards 12th, sw.south-west cor.corner Olive
Patton, Henry, soldier , r.residence ns.north side Lewis, bet.between Smith
ana Florida
ana Florida
Patton, Newton c.corner (Patton, Whitten & Co.company ) , r.residence
Dyersbunr, Tenn.
Dyersbunr, Tenn.
Patton, Priscilla, wid.widow Joseph, , r.residence 380 n.north 9th
Patton, Whitten & Co.company (Newton, CPatton, Ste-, D.Wbitten and William, Patton), gen'l
com. raers. 130 n.north Main
com. raers. 130 n.north Main
Patton, William(Patton, Whitten & Co.company ) ,bds.boards es.east side
4th, 2d door n.north from Elm
4th, 2d door n.north from Elm
Patzmanu, Frederick, boot and shoemaker , r.residence 41
Paoffinan, George, wagonmaker , r.residence al.alley bet.between But-
gers and Convent, 3d and 4th
gers and Convent, 3d and 4th
Pauk, Henry, carpenter , r.residence es.east side 16th, bet.between O'Fallon
and Ciss av.avenue
and Ciss av.avenue
Paul, Adolphe, r.residence 103 Chouteau av.avenue
Paul, Casper, huckster , r.residence al.alley bet.between 7th and 8th,
Clark av.avenue and Spruce
Clark av.avenue and Spruce
Paul, Charles, baker , r.residence Mrytle, nr Main
Paul, Christian, waiter , Bonnet's restaurant, 10
Paul, David, painter , J. Verdin & Co.company Market,
cor.corner llth
cor.corner llth
Padl, e.east w.west real estate agt.agent and broker , 35½ n.north
3d, r.residence 62 n.north 7th
3d, r.residence 62 n.north 7th
Panl, Frank A.r.residence Market st.street al.alley bet.between 3d and 4th
Paul, Frederick, printer , Balmer & Weber , r.residence ss.south side
Arsenal, nr.near California av.avenue
Arsenal, nr.near California av.avenue
Paui, George, clerk , r.residence 71 s.south 8th
Paul, George P.furniture repairer , 122 n.north 7tb, r.residence
Paul, Henry, stonemason , r.residence es.east side 2d Carondelet av.avenue
bet.between Arsenal and Lynch
bet.between Arsenal and Lynch
Paul, HenryJr.stonemason , r.residence es.east side 2d Carondelet
av.avenue bet.between Aisenal and Lynch
av.avenue bet.between Aisenal and Lynch
Paul, Herman, printer , Balmer & Weber , bds.boards ss.south side
Arenal, nr.near California av.avenue
Arenal, nr.near California av.avenue
Howe, Bascome & Brawner , Insurnace Agents Office Nerthwest Corner Main and Locust Sreets, over Marchants' Bank.
Sprinffield Fire and Marine Ins. Company , of Springfield, Mass.,


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(Malvern, Pa.)—Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital is accepting entries for the 14th Annual Art Ability Exhibition and Sale. Artists with physical, cognitive, visual and hearing disabilities are welcome to submit entries for the annual event. Art Ability is an international juried exhibition and sale of art and fine crafts created by artists with disabilities. This year's exhibit will run from Nov. 7, 2009 through Jan. 17, 2010.
According to Heather Zoumas-Lubeski, Director of Art Ability and Special Events for Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, "only work executed after the onset of a disability or injury is eligible to be entered into the exhibit and all of the work entered must be available for sale. We also ask that artists not resubmit work if it has been exhibited at previous Art Ability exhibits." Ms. Zoumas-Lubeski noted that all media are eligible, including works on paper, paintings, sculpture, jewelry, photography, pottery, fiber arts and any other fine crafts. Reproduction prints are not acceptable, she added.
The official Call for Entry Form is available on the Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital Web site—www.brynmawrrehab.org or at www.callforentry.org. Art Ability festivities will kick off with a Benefactor Reception on October 10 and the Patrons Preview Reception on November 7; the event opens free to the public on November 8 at the hospital in Malvern. For more information on Art Ability, contact Ms. Zoumas-Lubeski at 484-596-5607 or email email@example.com.
About Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital
Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, which is affiliated with Main Line Health, is a leader in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation. Located in Malvern, the hospital offers a unique environment for recovery for individuals with brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury and other physical and cognitive disabilities. With 148 beds and an extensive Outpatient Network, the hospital is the largest and most comprehensive rehabilitation services organization in the region.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Todd Zeile and Timo Perez homered to back Glendon Rusch, and the New York Mets clinched no worse than a tie for the NL wild-card berth, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 Sunday.
New York, trying to make the playoffs for the second straight year, is six games ahead of Arizona and Los Angeles in the loss column and needs just one more win - or losses by both the Diamondbacks and the Dodgers - to ensure it will be in the postseason.
The Mets, who lost 13 of 20 at the start of September, have won three straight for the first time since Sept. 12-14 and just the second time since winning five in a row from Aug. 9-13. They return home for their final six games, against Atlanta and Montreal.
Diamondbacks 8, Giants 3
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Matt Williams hit a grand slam in a seven-run second inning, and Arizona stayed alive in the wild-card race.
Williams had five RBIs, matching his season high for the Diamondbacks, who dropped out of contention by losing seven of their previous nine.
San Francisco has lost three of four since clinching the NL West on Thursday but still has the best record in the NL at 93-63.
Dodgers 1, Padres 0
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Chan Ho Park al- lowed two hits and struck out 13 over eight innings, and Shawn Green scored on a wild pitch as Los Angeles collected its third 1-0 victory in five games. Park (17-10), who retired 12 of his last 13 batters, is still looking for his first shutout after 140 major league starts.
Park struck out the side twice, fanning six of eight batters during one stretch and six in a row during another. Mike Darr was his 200th strikeout victim of the season in the sixth - making Park and Kevin Brown the first pair of Dodgers to record at least 200 strikeouts in the same season since Don Sutton and Bill Singer in 1969.
Braves 14, Expos 5
MONTREAL (AP) - Javier Lopez hit a three-run homer, and the Atlanta Braves had 21 hits as they lowered their magic number for clinching the NL East to four.
Andy Ashby (12-12) won his fourth straight start as the Braves, seeking their ninth straight division title, set season highs for runs and hits and maintained a 3 1/2-game lead over the Mets.
After Monday's series finale, the Braves go to New York for a three-game series. Any combination of Atlanta wins and Mets losses totaling four would clinch the division for the Braves.
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Greeley resident Carly Koppes has announced she will run for Weld County clerk and recorder in 2014.
Koppes is the first person to announce her candidacy for the clerk and recorder seat, which will be vacated by Steve Moreno next year because of term limits.
Koppes said in a news release she has been an employee at the Clerk and Recorder's Office for nearly a decade. She said working under Moreno as her mentor has helped her cultivate the skills she would need as clerk and recorder.
If elected, Koppes said she would follow the advice in a quote Moreno often uses in the office — "There is always room for improvement." She said she would strive for a high level of service and would bring a different point of view to improve some of the office's day-to-day operations.
Koppes has worked mostly in the Elections Office, and she has some experience working in the Recording and Motor Vehicle offices.
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By Malorye A. Branca
Oct. 9, 2002 | Deborah Smeltzer's new job comes with more than the usual amount of baggage. Her appointment as head of Applied Biosystems Group's (ABI) new Knowledge Business was probably the least controversial announcement made by ABI's parent company, Applera Corp. of Norwalk, Conn., in April of this year. But investors' groans were audible during other parts of that teleconference, and the market subsequently trounced the share prices of both ABI and sister-company Celera Genomics Group in Rockville, Md.
Since then, Smeltzer has kept a low profile. In an exclusive interview with Bio-IT World, she spoke to the media for the first time about her plan to build the "Amazon.com" of biology.
In April, investors were most concerned about who would lead Celera and the decision to give ABI responsibility for marketing and selling the Celera Discovery System (CDS), which was former Celera CEO J. Craig Venter's pride and joy (see Applera Charts New Course, June 2002 Bio-IT World, page 27). The database, which includes the "private" version of the human genome, is looking increasingly like a lemon to investors. Handing the reins to Foster City, Calif.-based ABI may help the embattled Celera shift focus to drug discovery, but now ABI has to see if it can make CDS pay off.
Smeltzer says the key is to install CDS as part of a broad and flexible package. "I never thought bioinformatics would come along and solve everything," she says. "People have said that about a lot of technologies, and they are always wrong." Her mandate is to provide an "integrated science approach to discovery," linking instruments, software, and services together through a new e-commerce portal scheduled to launch this spring.
She currently oversees a combination of informatics and wet-lab activities, including ABI's new Assays-on-Demand for genotyping and gene expression. She'll be adding offerings in informatics, genomics, proteomics, and systems biology.
In the age of high-throughput genomics, informatics pulls it all together. "The instruments all include computers now," Smeltzer points out.
Creating a portal might seem daunting to anyone who witnessed the spectacular failures of companies like DoubleTwist and eBioinformatics. But the instrument/supplies angle sets this idea apart. "Think of how easy it is for customers on Amazon to get what they want," she says. "Our offerings are much more complex, but scientists deserve the same type of easy access to them."
ABI is in a unique position to do this. "ABI has some popular products," says Nat Goodman, senior research scientist at the Seattle-based Institute for Systems Biology.
"If this is planned, and not a reaction, it's probably based on some good insights," says Eric Meyers, chief operating officer at 3rd Millennium in Cambridge, Mass. "A lot of bioinformatics businesses are based on a 'build it and they will come' mentality, but ABI is usually good at listening to customers first."
The value proposition is still hazy, according to Goodman. "Having the portal won't affect the decision about what sequencer or what software you buy," he says. "People buy the products they like. If ABI has great analytical software they will be able to sell it. If it is mediocre, they can give it away. This is not like selling soap."
The project's different pieces are in various stages of development, and between Smeltzer and the Amazonian transformation stand some major hurdles.
CDS is often described by users as overpriced and underwhelming, and it has been hard for Celera to stay ahead, data-wise, of public initiatives. Smeltzer is planning on integrating more public data into CDS. The pricing will also probably change. "It's been largely targeted to bioinformaticians," she says. "Our client base is mainly biologists.
ABI rival Amersham Biosciences of Piscatawey, N.J., is also expanding into serious informatics. It recently acquired a larger stake of longtime partner and LIMS provider, Cimarron Software Inc. of Salt Lake City (see Amersham Pulls Cimarron Closer, July 2002 Bio-IT World, page 14). According to a company spokesperson, Amersham isn't ready to publicize their next bioinformatics moves.
Some software providers see these developments as an opportunity. "We see strong synergist elements with technology providers like Amersham," says Andrew Whiteley, CEO of Bethesda, Md.-based Informax. "The demand for software comes from banks of very sophisticate instruments that generate hundreds or thousands of results. We are very committed to helping make some sense of that capacity by hooking up to and taking output from instruments."
Partnerships and acquisitions are indeed possibilities, Smeltzer says. Right now, ABI is facing its own development challenges. "The toughest part is making the systems flexible, particularly when it is as complex a product as this," she says. "We want our customers to get just what they need, rather than something big, all wrapped up in a bow."
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1 "Lethal Weapon" (1987). Shane Black was just 22 when he sold his first movie script. "Lethal Weapon" was such a huge hit, it immediately made Black the go-to guy for writing action thrillers. His snappy script had a dark comic tone. Making one of the stars (Mel Gibson's Martin Riggs) suicidal was a masterstroke that paid off.
2 "The Long Kiss Goodnight" (1996). Black earned a then-record $4 million for his screenplay for "Kiss," which put it under a microscope. It was directed by Renny Harlin, whose previous film ("Cutthroat Island") was a big-budget bomb. Result: This tanked, though it's a fast-moving thriller about a cold assassin (Geena Davis) with amnesia.
3 "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" (2005). This cult favorite features Robert Downey Jr. as a thief who auditions for a movie and becomes entangled in a murder mystery. Black's first film as director pokes fun at the action-thriller approach he developed.


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The proposed 2011 version is to be directed by John Stevenson, who co-directed Kung-Fu Panda and whose credits also include the Shrek movies. But still up for grabs: the leading role of He-Man.
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Chris Evans, 28. With his striking good looks and buff body, the Human Torch of the Fantastic Four series could easily adapt to the demands of becoming He-Man. What might be a strike against him, however, is that he has already been tapped to play the Marvel Comics hero Captain America in the big-screen Captain America: The First Avenger, also set for release next year.
Kellan Lutz, 25. The North Dakota native sends pulses racing with his turn as Emmett Cullen in the Twilight series – to say nothing of his revealing Calvin Klein X underwear shots. A former Abercrombie & Fitch model, Lutz has already entered superhero terrain – as a modern-day Poseidon, the earth-shaking Greek God of the Sea, in the 2011 fantasy action drama Immortals.
Alexander Skarsgard, 33. This Stockholm native (and former anti-terrorist Swedish marine) is already a master of the universe: he directs. Last year he appeared in Lady Gaga's music video Paparazzi. But fans of HBO's True Blood know him best as Eric Northman, the vampire sheriff so sexy that hardly anyone can resist his fangs. Imagine what he can do wielding a sword.
Channing Tatum, 29. The Alabaman who kicked off his career as an exotic dancer exudes strong, silent sexiness, and made the far-fetched Dear John tolerable if only for his beach scenes. He also caused heads to turn on dry land in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. The only thing possibly standing between him and Eternia: commitments for G.I. Joe 2 and The Eagle of the Ninth.
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It's Time to Get Things Started With Muppets Most WantedWhit Honea
When I first met the Muppets I was about the size of Kermit, just a pollywog of a lad, sitting every week upon orange shag carpet in front of a TV the size of an icebox. Then the theme song started, and the world filled with felt and laughter.
Over the years I did my thing and the Muppets did theirs. I would go visit them at the cinema, or they would find me between a VCR and a gallon of ice cream, and despite the time that had passed we picked up right where we had left off. We never skipped a beat.
And we were happy.
Then a few months ago I was hanging out on Hollywood Boulevard, posing for photos with tourists, and watching dreams born dance around the ghosts of those that had shattered — it was a playground for the senses and the senseless. That's a weeknight in Tinseltown. And that's when I met Walter.
Like me, Walter had been a fan of the Muppets since his childhood; however, unlike me, Walter had his wish to join the Muppets granted — and he has the movie to prove it (The Muppets).
That's when he shared his advice for the kids out there, the ones that want to follow their own dreams:
"[I would tell them] to follow their dreams. No, yeah, I mean it's like Kermit always says. You know, life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing. It's in a song somewhere isn't it?
I mean when I was a kid, sometimes, I'd always see grownups go into work, and you know, griping about their job, and as a kid, you know, you see things, you know, you oversimplify things. And I thought as a kid, well if you're grumpy and unhappy why are you going?
You know, you don't know about things like mortgages and paying bills and taking care of things, so when I was a kid I thought well, what would I like to do so when I go to work as a grownup [where] I can be like yeah, I'm going to work and, uh, and I discovered the Muppets.
That's the advice I'd give to kids, I guess, as far as following your dreams — figure out what makes them happy and figure out a way to do that for your life.
Wow, it got deep. Holy smokes. I didn't see that coming."
It turns out that they were filming the new Muppet movie, Muppets Most Wanted right there on the street, so I decided to track down Kermit and get his take on Walter, to ask if he had taken Walter on as a protégé. I figured if Walter could make it then maybe I could, too.
"Well, you know," said Kermit. "Walter is a great guy. He's a wonderful Muppet fan, you know, so I guess you could say that. He's got a place with the Muppets now. You know, he has to do more than whistle, you know. I mean he can't just whistle so we're finding — he's finding his Muppet feet . . . which is hard because many of the Muppets, you really don't see their feet."
Kermit didn't offer me a part in the film, but it was still a great night. I met some old friends, hung out on a live set, ate something cold out of a cup, and overall I felt pretty good about the experience. I was content.
That's when I saw her.
Miss Piggy was a vision. She was stunning and fierce. And I'm not just saying that because she implied physical violence if I didn't. I'm dropping the gospel, people.
Miss Piggy was lovely.
I was curious as to how Miss Piggy enjoyed working with Walter.
"Who?" she asked.
He had said that she didn't know his name.
"The coffee boy, yes. Yes, I suppose he's all right. You know, he messes up my coffee order all the time but, you know, it'll . . . it'll do."
Someone that knew more about Muppets Most Wanted than I did added, "He saves Kermit."
"Really?" she asked. "He saves Kermit. What does he save Kermit from? Me? Is that what he said? It might be time to get a new coffee boy."
And then she was mobbed by adoring fans and fanatic bloggers.
It was getting late, so I decided to just quote the press release:
Disney's Muppets Most Wanted takes the entire Muppets gang on a global tour, selling out grand theaters in some of Europe's most exciting destinations, including Berlin, Madrid, Dublin and London. But mayhem follows the Muppets overseas, as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine — the World's Number One Criminal and a dead ringer for Kermit the Frog — and his dastardly sidekick Dominic, aka Number Two, portrayed by Ricky Gervais. The film stars Ty Burrell as Interpol agent Jean Pierre Napoleon, and Tina Fey as Nadya, a feisty prison guard.
Muppets Most Wanted looks awesome, but don't just take my word for it, believe the Internet:
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Follow the Muppets on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and wherever they may go.
Muppets Most Wanted opens in theaters on March 21, 2014.
Photos: Muppets Most Wanted Press Day. ©2013 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Whit Honea is the author of The Parents' Phrase Book. Read more at his site Honea Express. You can follow Whit on the Twitter, Instagram, Google+, and Pinterest (his opinions are his own and do not reflect those of Babble, Disney, or most rational people).


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HONOLULU - There are no reported injuries after the Coast Guard and the Honolulu Fire Department rescued a group of kayakers from the waters off Honolulu.
The Coast Guard said in a press release that one of the kayakers called authorities Saturday morning, saying that several of the crafts had overturned and four people were in the water.
Fire officials responded with a helicopter and several watercraft and contacted the Coast Guard, which sent out a boat. The Coast Guard crew rescued four people from the water and took another person on board from a kayak. A sixth kayaker stayed in his craft and crews escorted him as he paddled back to Kaimana beach.
The Coast Guard says everyone was wearing a lifejacket.
Person of interest in custody in death
KAPAA, Kauai - Kauai police say they have taken a woman's roommate into custody after finding her body at a Kapaa condominium.
In a press release Saturday, police said the investigation is still in its early stages, but detectives have reason to suspect foul play in the death of a 21-year-old woman whose body was found Friday afternoon. They said they wanted to question the roommate about the death.
Assistant Chief of the Investigative Services Bureau Roy Asher said police have a person of interest in custody in the case.
An autopsy is set for Monday. Police haven't released the identities of the woman or her roommate.
Man inspecting water tank electrocuted
HILO - A man who was inspecting the installation of a water tank on the Big Island was electrocuted.
Hawaii Island police said that the 56-year-old man was killed Thursday morning in Puna while inspecting the electrical system for the newly installed tank. Another man sustained a minor injury for exposure to electrical current.
The victim was taken to Hilo Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Police were withholding the man's identity until a positive identification could be made and relatives notified.
Detainee captured after fleeing custody
HONOLULU - Department of Public Safety officials said a shackled detainee broke away from custody in District Court in Honolulu and hid in a stairwell before being caught.
Hawaii News Now reported that Elloise Ysaol was with five other female detainees who were being moved into a courtroom on Thursday afternoon. Public Safety officials said the detainees were in a hallway in a secured area between the holding cells and courtrooms when Ysaol bolted into an emergency exit.
Sheriff's deputies immediately secured the building and the woman was found in a stairwell about a half-hour later.
Army completes an environmental study
HONOLULU - The Army has finished an environmental study on the proposed construction of a live-fire training facility at Pohakuloa Training Area.
The U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii study published Friday said soldiers would use the Infantry Platoon Battle Course to practice conducting raids, ambushes, reconnaissance and other work.
The Big Island facility would reduce a live-fire training location shortage for Hawaii-based units.
But the environmental study indicated that construction could significantly affect cultural resources.
The Army will decide what action to take after a 30-day public review period is finished in late May.


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Port limits tax increase to 1%
With or without Initiative 747, Port of South Whidbey property taxes will likely increase only one percent in 2002.
The port commissioners last Wednesday made public a proposed budget calling for only a one percent property tax hike. Thats what the limit will be in 2002 if voters in November approve I-747, the latest tax limitation measure offered by government gadfly Tim Eyman. Local taxing districts would need to go to the voters to raise taxes higher, assuming I-747 passes.
Gene Sears, port commissioner, said Tuesday that the one percent increase was budgeted in anticipation of that bill (I-747) passing. Well plan it that way and see what happens.
The one percent increase, plus an anticipated $15,000 from the ports share of property taxes on new construction, will bring property tax income in 2002 to $371,331, according to Chuck Edwards, the ports accountant. That compares to $357,704 budgeted in 2001.
Miscellaneous other receipts will bring the ports 2002 income to an estimated $414,181.
As always, the port has a list of possible expenditures far exceeding its income. The wish list tops out at $900,000 but only a fraction of that will actually be spent.
Top priorities included Freeland Park improvements, including the purchase of additional land, at $450,000; and Maxwelton Park improvements, at $275,000.
The commissioners are anticipating buying land at Freeland Park and building a small boat facility; and building a community meeting hall at Maxwelton.
What about my pet project? asked Lynae Slinden at last Wednesdays regular port meeting. Slinden will take over Jan Smiths seat on the board after the November election, and as a citizen she has led an effort in Clinton to acquire the property north of the ferry dock for public access to the beach.
Slinden was assured that the 2002 budget includes $30,000 to look into possible acquisition of what is known as the Kenmir property.
Itll get us started on some kind of a plan, Smith said.
Tom Roehl, port consultant, said the $30,000 could be used for such items as property appraisal, negotiations or the writing of grant applications.
During 2002, the port will make its final payment of about $50,000 on the Humphrey Road parking lot it purchased years ago. After that, the port will own the lot free and clear.
The proposed budget will be the subject of a public hearing set for Wednesday, Oct. 24 at 6 p.m. in the ports office in the Edwards & Moore Building, 5492 S. Harbor Ave., Freeland.
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RANGOON—Leaders of a prominent armed group have called on Burma's nominally civilian government to unconditionally release all remaining political prisoners, including their comrades.
"To build trust with opposition groups and to go forward with the peace and reconciliation process, it's important to release political prisoners," Than Kae, a spokesman for the All Burma Students' Democratic Front (ABSDF) told reporters in Rangoon on Thursday.
Than Kae said that after submitting a list of political prisoners to government officials during earlier peace negotiations, 10 prisoners were released.
"However, 24 of us remain in the prisons, with over 80 years of prison sentences," he said. "And there are many people from different opposition groups and armed groups who aren't even named as political prisoners [but are in jail]."
Nine ABSDF representatives are on a two-week visit to Burma which will also include a stop in the capital, Naypyidaw.
In Rangoon, Burma's biggest city, the delegation met with Tin Oo, a patron of opposition leader of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, along with ethnic Shan, Arakan and Mon leaders from the United Nationalities Alliance.
The delegation also met with activists from the 88 Generation Students group.
"We will work together for development and reform in the country," Than Kae said.
ABSDF was formed in November 1988, shortly after a series of national pro-democracy demonstrations, when student activists fled to border areas to fight against the military regime.
The group continued to oppose the country's former military dictators for two decades, and its members today are based on both sides of the borders with Thailand, India and China.
The ABSDF delegation in Rangoon said their trip to Burma was the result of a meeting in November with the government's chief peace negotiator, Minister Aung Min of the President's Office, in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
The group said their participation in the peace talks showed they were willing to have political conversations rather than resorting to armed conflict.
"While there's a civil war in Kachin State, we are here talking for peace," said Than Kae, referring to the conflict between ethnic minority rebels and the government army in Burma's northernmost state. Some ABSDF members have allied with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) there.
"The country is in a very difficult situation," Than Kae added. "We just want to have a nationwide ceasefire and peace, but for that we cannot work alone. The most responsible party is the government itself."
President Thein Sein's nominally civilian government has signed ceasefire agreements with more than 10 ethnic rebel groups and continues to hold peace talks with them.
However, clashes continue with some armed groups, especially in Kachin State, where fighting has escalated since a 17-year ceasefire broke down in June 2011.
Burma's continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment of Burma's leaders.
Better to look at yourself whether you have done anything good in developing and moving forward this country out of all this trouble. It is not good enough by sitting at the corner and making comments on who is right and who is wrong. Time to move forward as your comments make no contribution towards our country's development.
It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the Truth and expose lies.
The Methods of Nonviolent Protest and Persuasion
Formal Statements
1. Public Speeches
2. Letters of opposition or support
3. Declarations by organizations and institutions
4. Signed public statements
5. Declarations of indictment and intention
6. Group or mass petitions
Communications with a Wider Audience
7. Slogans, caricatures, and symbols
8. Banners, posters, and displayed communications
9. Leaflets, pamphlets, and books
10. Newspapers and journals
11. Records, radio, and television
12. Skywriting and earthwriting
Group Representations
13. Deputations
14. Mock awards
15. Group lobbying
16. Picketing
17. Mock elections
Symbolic Public Acts
18. Displays of flags and symbolic colors
19. Wearing of symbols
20. Prayer and worship
21. Delivering symbolic objects
22. Protest disrobings
23. Destruction of own property
24. Symbolic lights
25. Displays of portraits
26. Paint as protest
27. New signs and names
28. Symbolic sounds
29. Symbolic reclamations
30. Rude gestures
Pressures on Individuals
31. "Haunting" officials
32. Taunting officials
33. Fraternization
34. Vigils
Drama and Music
35. Humorous skits and pranks
36. Performances of plays and music
37. Singing
38. Marches
39. Parades
40. Religious processions
41. Pilgrimages
42. Motorcades
Honoring the Dead
43. Political mourning
44. Mock funerals
45. Demonstrative funerals
46. Homage at burial places
Public Assemblies
47. Assemblies of protest or support
48. Protest meetings
49. Camouflaged meetings of protest
50. Teach-ins
Withdrawal and Renunciation
51. Walk-outs
52. Silence
53. Renouncing honors
54. Turning one's back
The Methods of Social Noncooperation
Ostracism of Persons
55. Social boycott
56. Selective social boycott
57. Lysistratic nonaction
58. Excommunication
59. Interdict
Noncooperation with Social Events, Customs, and Institutions
60. Suspension of social and sports activities
61. Boycott of social affairs
62. Student strike
63. Social disobedience
64. Withdrawal from social institutions
Withdrawal from the Social System
65. Stay-at-home
66. Total personal noncooperation
67. "Flight" of workers
68. Sanctuary
69. Collective disappearance
70. Protest emigration (hijrat)
The Methods of Economic Noncooperation: Economic Boycotts
Actions by Consumers
71. Consumers' boycott
72. Nonconsumption of boycotted goods
73. Policy of austerity
74. Rent withholding
75. Refusal to rent
76. National consumers' boycott
77. International consumers' boycott
Action by Workers and Producers
78. Workmen's boycott
79. Producers' boycott
Action by Middlemen
80. Suppliers' and handlers' boycott
Action by Owners and Management
81. Traders' boycott
82. Refusal to let or sell property
83. Lockout
84. Refusal of industrial assistance
85. Merchants' "general strike"
Action by Holders of Financial Resources
86. Withdrawal of bank deposits
87. Refusal to pay fees, dues, and assessments
88. Refusal to pay debts or interest
89. Severance of funds and credit
90. Revenue refusal
91. Refusal of a government's money
Action by Governments
92. Domestic embargo
93. Blacklisting of traders
94. International sellers' embargo
95. International buyers' embargo
96. International trade embargo
The Methods of Economic Noncooperation: The Strike
Symbolic Strikes
97. Protest strike
98. Quickie walkout (lightning strike)
Agricultural Strikes
99. Peasant strike
100. Farm Workers' strike
Strikes by Special Groups
101. Refusal of impressed labor
102. Prisoners' strike
103. Craft strike
104. Professional strike
Ordinary Industrial Strikes
105. Establishment strike
106. Industry strike
107. Sympathetic strike
Restricted Strikes
108. Detailed strike
109. Bumper strike
110. Slowdown strike
111. Working-to-rule strike
112. Reporting "sick" (sick-in)
113. Strike by resignation
114. Limited strike
115. Selective strike
Multi-Industry Strikes
116. Generalized strike
117. General strike
Combination of Strikes and Economic Closures
118. Hartal
119. Economic shutdown
The Methods of Political Noncooperation
Rejection of Authority
120. Withholding or withdrawal of allegiance
121. Refusal of public support
122. Literature and speeches advocating resistance
Citizens' Noncooperation with Government
123. Boycott of legislative bodies
124. Boycott of elections
125. Boycott of government employment and positions
126. Boycott of government departments, agencies, and other bodies
127. Withdrawal from government educational institutions
128. Boycott of government-supported organizations
129. Refusal of assistance to enforcement agents
130. Removal of own signs and placemarks
131. Refusal to accept appointed officials
132. Refusal to dissolve existing institutions
Citizens' Alternatives to Obedience
133. Reluctant and slow compliance
134. Nonobedience in absence of direct supervision
135. Popular nonobedience
136. Disguised disobedience
137. Refusal of an assemblage or meeting to disperse
138. Sitdown
139. Noncooperation with conscription and deportation
140. Hiding, escape, and false identities
141. Civil disobedience of "illegitimate" laws
Action by Government Personnel
142. Selective refusal of assistance by government aides
143. Blocking of lines of command and information
144. Stalling and obstruction
145. General administrative noncooperation
146. Judicial noncooperation
147. Deliberate inefficiency and selective noncooperation by
enforcement agents
148. Mutiny
Domestic Governmental Action
149. Quasi-legal evasions and delays
150. Noncooperation by constituent governmental units
International Governmental Action
151. Changes in diplomatic and other representations
152. Delay and cancellation of diplomatic events
153. Withholding of diplomatic recognition
154. Severance of diplomatic relations
155. Withdrawal from international organizations
156. Refusal of membership in international bodies
157. Expulsion from international organizations
The Methods of Nonviolent Intervention
Psychological Intervention
158. Self-exposure to the elements
159. The fast
a) Fast of moral pressure
b) Hunger strike
c) Satyagrahic fast
160. Reverse trial
161. Nonviolent harassment
Physical Intervention
162. Sit-in
163. Stand-in
164. Ride-in
165. Wade-in
166. Mill-in
167. Pray-in
168. Nonviolent raids
169. Nonviolent air raids
170. Nonviolent invasion
171. Nonviolent interjection
172. Nonviolent obstruction
173. Nonviolent occupation
Social Intervention
174. Establishing new social patterns
175. Overloading of facilities
176. Stall-in
177. Speak-in
178. Guerrilla theater
179. Alternative social institutions
180. Alternative communication system
Economic Intervention
181. Reverse strike
182. Stay-in strike
183. Nonviolent land seizure
184. Defiance of blockades
185. Politically motivated counterfeiting
186. Preclusive purchasing
187. Seizure of assets
188. Dumping
189. Selective patronage
190. Alternative markets
191. Alternative transportation systems
192. Alternative economic institutions
Political Intervention
193. Overloading of administrative systems
194. Disclosing identities of secret agents
195. Seeking imprisonment
196. Civil disobedience of "neutral" laws
197. Work-on without collaboration
198. Dual sovereignty and parallel government
Source: Sharp, Gene. The Politics of Nonviolent Action (3 Vols.), Boston: Porter Sargent, 1973. Provided courtesy of the Albert Einstein Institution.
Gene Sharp is the messiah of Colour Revolutions and Arab Spring, and many are familiar with his book "From Dictatorship to Democracy".. His take on Burma's lack of success is interesting.
It's an exhaustive list his non-violent methods.
148. Mutiny
198. Dual sovereignty and parallel government…Non-violent?!
Ultimately that's what it's going to take. But does our great opposition leader has what it takes? How to start a revolution or not.
A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power. Burma needs a transfer of power to be free and fair.
Amen to that.
Well presented copy and paste work. I am quiet impressed with your research or browsing work. If you could find time browse through a little more about the history of "Myanmar". Preferably between 1826 to 1988. Then make your recommendation to reach solution for all conflicts. Don't leave any piece of the history. That will be interesting.
Why thanks Bill. You will note that I credited the source: Sharp, Gene. The Politics of Nonviolent Action (3 Vols.), Boston: Porter Sargent, 1973. Provided courtesy of the Albert Einstein Institution.
I am happy to look at Burma's history 1826 to 1988, but remember a nation that keeps one eye on the past is wise. A nation that keeps two eyes on the past is blind.
I would like to request President U Thein Sein to start to take action for under mention matter for peace for all people.-
"The Myanmar Govt should release all kinds of prisoners (not only political) from all jails in Myanmar & enact building for new laws & new punishments for new criminal cases from the first day of February 2013."
God blessed U Thein Sein (Myanmar President) & All people in our country.


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Darkwatch is a mysterious secret society that has protected humanity from evil since the dawn of civilization. Their newest and most deadly agent is Jericho Cross, an outlaw gunslinger pulled into their ranks after an unfortunate close encounter with a vampire lord. As the one responsible for unleashing the vampire and his minions on the West, Jericho must use his new vampire powers to hunt him down to prevent the American Frontier from being overrun by the undead, and to save his own soul from eternal damnation.
Darkwatch promises a cinematic video game experience with remarkable game play variety in a FPS. With Jericho's supernatural abilities, mysteriously advanced weaponry, shattering melee attacks unique to each weapon, armed vehicles and a deadly demon steed, players lay waste across a Wild West infested by Vampires and other supernatural creatures. Darkwatch introduces a dynamic reputation and experience system where the choices the player makes lead to different paths and supernatural vampire abilities. The experience is further enhanced with location-specific damage, letting players tear apart the undead, and innovative use of Havok physics for dynamic objects that can be improvised as weapons
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Fed up with walking through those same research facilities over and over again in first person view? Seen enough mutated monsters? Sick of having to play that one Special Forces commando? The Darkwatch is the perfect FPS for you! You take on the role of Jericho Cross, en route through a world that mixes a […]
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