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The Interview now available, $5.99 to rent, $14.99 to buy
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Google, Internet, Microsoft, Movies
The Interview, the movie release that's been at the center of media hysteria for the past week, is now available to stream from the comfort of your home after having its theatrical release pulled. You can still catch the movie in theaters starting tomorrow, Christmas Day, but you'll only find it in 300 select independent theaters. In order to reach the masses, Sony decided to partner with Xbox Video, YouTube, and Google Play in conjunction with its own SeeTheInterview.com site on streaming the feature into the homes of potential viewers.
As far as pricing goes, you can rent The Interview for $5.99, or buy it for $14.99. Will you be watching?
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Disney releases first trailer for new live-action Cinderella movie
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Movies, Videos
Disney is set to release a new, live-action version of Cinderella in March 2015. If you can't wait the 10 months between now and then, check out the new teaser trailer that features a close-up look at the infamous glass slipper, after the jump. Let us know how excited you are about this one in the comments!
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You'll be able to walk through a frightening Cabin in the Woods this fall
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Home Entertainment, Movies
When Universal Orlando busts out the Halloween Horror Nights, it gets serious. Horror fans descend upon the theme park in droves each year to experience in-your-face scares each fall. This year? The park is working with director Drew Goddard to bring The Cabin in the Woods to life. Like, for real.
"We are building the cabin completely. You're going to walk through a forest to get there. You're going into the cabin. You're going to go into the cube cells. We're literally taking everything we can in the film and giving you a kind of best-of montage of the film with this kind of linking story," Universal Orlando Entertainment Team member Michael Aiello tells Zap2it. "You're going to be in the control room when merman attacks."
As guests make their way through the cabin maze, they'll be a part of the story with plot points from the movie being incorporated. You know that merman is gonna be ridiculopus. This is gonna be intensely awesome.
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Images of Jamie Foxx as Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 surface
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Movies, Marvel Comics
The Amazing Spider Man 2 is in the midst of filming, and we are now getting our first look at Electro (Maxwell Dillon,) played by Jamie Foxx. As you can see in the image, Foxx is almost unrecognizable, having been painted in a luminescent blue color with colored contact lenses as well. Those small LED lights that line Foxx's hood make his "skin" glow, which you can see in the image after the break. The photos were snapped in New York City's Times Square. The Amazing Spider Man 2 is set for a Spring 2014 release.
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DC Comics Presents: Django Unchained
You've seen the movie, and you've heard all the chatter, but did you know there's also a comic book adaptation of Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained?
It's a five-part Vertigo series out from DC Comics. It's written by Django producer Reginald Hudlin and illustrated by R.M. Guera. The first issue boasted a cover by Jim Lee.
The whole thing is edited by my pal Jim Chadwick out of DC's west coast office. He knows how to put together a snappy comic book.
Here's Wired talking about it.
Here's a nice review of the first issue.
And here's how you can get your own copy.
Remember, the "D" is silent.
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Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One Collection back on sale, release date confirmed
Posted by John Kilhefner Categories: Home Entertainment, Movies
It's been a long time coming for patiently waiting Marvel fans, but the 10-disc Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One - Avengers Assembled Blu-ray collection set is finally slated for release on April 2nd. The collection had previously been delayed by lawsuit, leaving Amazon to pacify pre-orderers with free copies of The Avengers.
Originally, the collection was to come with a S.H.I.E.L.D. briefcase, but that has since been scrapped due to the aforementioned licensing issue. It will, however, come with a suitcase featuring a glowing Tesseract on the inside. Also, thanks to the delay, the collection will have a few new extras, such as an early Iron Man 3 preview and the second phase of films. But with extra content comes extra financial responsibility, as the price is now $219 at retail--but you can preorder it for $197.10 on Amazon, saving yourself 10%.
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2012 Holiday Gift Guide: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Extended Edition Blu-ray
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Home Entertainment, Movies, Men, Teens, Under $100, Under $250, Under $50, Under $500
We love to focus on great tech deals in our 2012 Holiday Gift Guide as well, and that's why we are recommending The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Blu-ray--it's currently available as an Amazon Gold Box special, and that makes it $43.49. That is a 64% discount off of Amazon's regular price, and makes a great gift for the movie lover in your life. The set includes the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King Extended Editions,) and has a bunch of footage that was left out of the theatrical releases of the films. Pick this set up today from Amazon before the price goes back up!
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The Comix 411 James Bond Awards
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Movies
In honor of the opening weekend of Skyfall, the new James Bond movie, we present our first ever James Bond Awards.
Best Bond Movie directed by a cross-dressing fetishist: Lee Tamahori's Die Another Day
Best Bond Bad Girl: Luciana Paluzzi (Thunderball)
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Kyle Baker Casts Cowboy Wally
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Movies, DC Comics
One of my favorite games to play is the Casting Game, guessing who could play what part in a movie version of a book or comic.
And I'm also a big fan of Kyle Baker's work, and The Cowboy Wally Show and Why I Hate Saturn are two of my favorite graphic novels.
On Facebook, Kyle recently said "Out in LA meeting about live action adaptations of the GNs I own. I really want Tom Hanks to play Cowboy Wally. Other casting suggestions?"
And the feed went crazy. Mike Carlin (former DC Executive Editor) suggested Stephen Root for Cowboy Wally, or "if you need more star power" go for Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Another suggested Jeff Daniels or John Goodman.
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Disney/Star Wars: Top 10
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Movies
Star Wars/Disney jokes were old the second the deal for Disney to acquire Lucasfilm was announced, but that won't stop anyone, especially me.
A meme went around on Facebook earlier this week started by screenwriter William Martell. What are the best/worst Disney/Star Wars movies?
I joined in, thinking what a great idea, and then so I didn't monopolize the thread, I started keeping my thoughts to myself to share them here because I can.
Here are my Top 10 Disney/Star Wars mash-ups. But be careful!
As Admiral Ackbar will say, "It's a Parent Trap!"
10. The Scarecrow of Romney Maul
9. The Computer Wore Light Sabres
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Let me be among the first to offer my "CONGRATULATIONS" as LVA's Class of 2009 begins the countdown to graduation!
VA has a very talented leadership cadre thanks to the opportunities for growth, professional development, and networking that LVA offers. And thanks to the dedication and hard work of our first-rate LVA staff and faculty—Joy Hunter, Mike Brenny, Sara Barker, Tim Pleso and all the behind-the-scenes staff who make this program such a success—a great job, everyone! On behalf of the Class of 2009, thank you for providing four exciting, action-packed weeks of Leadership VA!
For more than three decades, this program has been preparing men and women to serve at the top echelons of our department. LVA graduates serve in positions of great trust and responsibility, managing the complex functions that drive our day-to-day operations. They use their knowledge, expertise, and the LVA network to develop and deliver Veterans' programs, services, and benefits that are the envy of the world.
Over the past eight months, you've heard from a number of high-level speakers. You've absorbed a great deal of knowledge about VA's history, programs and services, achievements and challenges. You've completed a great number of difficult assignments and engaged in thought-provoking discussions. And you've forged a professional network and friendships that will last your VA career, and beyond. This network is quite valuable, certainly in terms of relationships, but more importantly in terms of framing a particular way of thinking and sizing up an issue or problem.
Through this program, VA has invested heavily in your leadership potential. And past experience has shown we've received a consistently high return on that investment. LVA has paid our department big dividends.
We only need to look at a sampling of VA's Presidential Rank Award winners over the past several years—those men and women whose contributions to VA earned them the highest recognition in Government. In 2006, fully 63% of VA's Presidential Rank awards went to LVA graduates. In 2007, that figure was 80%. And last year, it was 67%.
These statistics can be interpreted to mean that LVA excels at producing leaders who can successfully tackle our department's problems, manage change and challenge, and leverage progress.
President John Kennedy once said, "From those to whom much is given, much is expected."
Being chosen to attend LVA carries with it a great responsibility—the responsibility to make a difference in the lives of our clients, America's Veterans. Secretary Shinseki and I expect a high return on our investment in you because you are now part of an elite group of VA employees who've been given the tools to lead today, and the leadership skills to succeed in top positions tomorrow.
I want to take some time this evening to talk about change and progress at VA, and how, as LVA graduates, you are well prepared to take on the role of VA's agents of change. Now let me say, that while change doesn't necessarily mean progress, you can't have measurable progress without change.
President Obama has charged Secretary Shinseki with transforming the department to capture new opportunities and meet the emerging challenges of the 21st century. That means adapting to new realities, leveraging new technologies, and proactively serving a diverse range of Veterans while remaining consistent with three overarching principles that are guiding our transformation—a people-centric, results-driven, and forward-looking VA.
This will mean updating and improving both the way we serve our clients and the way we work with each other in meeting their needs. We must begin to think about ourselves in the same way that our Veterans think about us—as a single, integrated benefits and service provider.
To that end, our leadership team has done a lot of listening. The Secretary has been on the road talking with Veterans to understand their needs and concerns. We have gathered input and gotten advice from across our employee population. We've captured the best thinking from the VA front-lines by soliciting transformation ideas from those who work closely with Veterans and who know the issues, up-close and personal.
We've also done a lot of fact-gathering and analysis, in particular about our external environment, but also about our own performance, capabilities, and resources. We committed ourselves to building on what we already do so well, but not at the expense of finding new and better ways to operate and organize ourselves.
Now that we are nearly done with our transformation planning, I'd like to give you some perspective on what lies ahead. I'd like to set the stage by describing our strategic plan for the next five years.
First, there are the three guiding principles I mentioned that overarch all our reform initiatives, and which serve as the yardstick against which we will assess all that we do: Veteran-centric, results-driven, and forward-looking.
Second, we will measure our transformation success in terms of our performance against four specific strategic goals. They are the department's top priorities:
Our plan for achieving these four goals calls for a department-wide effort to bring into sharp focus the needs, expectations, and experiences of Veterans and their families, while, at the same time, maximizing the efficiency and value of our services. To do this, we have committed to three integrated objectives. The goals I just mentioned are the "what" of our plan; the integrated objectives are the "how."
First, we want to make it easier for Veterans and their families to receive the right benefits, and meet their expectations for quality, timeliness, and responsiveness. We must maintain a Veteran-centric perspective in the services we provide and the way in which we provide them. We will work to eliminate complexities and disparities in determining who is eligible for VA benefits, and in accessing those benefits. And we will do it in a way that ensures Veterans and their families are served in a spirit of engagement, empathy, and proactive effort. We will also raise the bar on the quality and value of the benefits themselves.
Second, we want to educate and empower Veterans and their families through proactive outreach and effective advocacy. VA must engage our clients as people, advocate on their behalf, and empower them with clear and consistent information. Toward that end, we will distribute information through new and existing channels; leverage technology in targeted ways; and, improve our ability to listen to Veterans to learn more about what works best for them.
And third, we will build our internal capacity to serve Veterans, their families, our employees, and other stakeholders efficiently and effectively. We must commit ourselves to investing in the renewal of our internal capabilities and building a foundation for future innovation. Together, we will build a first-rate VA, committed to attracting, deploying, and retaining great people. We will manage the department according to data and outcomes. We will align our workforce, infrastructure and our partnerships to meet current needs and the challenges and opportunities of the future. And we will create a culture that continuously looks for improvements in how we operate in terms of cost, productivity, speed, and quality.
So how do we go about doing all this? Well, a number of strategic initiatives are at the heart of our transformation effort. You will hear much more about these going forward, but I want to touch on them briefly. We have prioritized 13 major initiatives that represent the areas of highest importance to us. Each of them is ambitious, balanced, relentlessly client-focused, and demanding of department-wide collaboration. Collectively, they are the springboard for improving our organizational health to make our overall strategy successful.
When you return to your workplaces, see if you can get involved in these initiatives. The resources, time, and attention of our leadership team will be here for you, and Veterans will benefit from our progress across the following areas.
We want to eliminate homelessness among Veterans. One hundred thirty-one thousand Veterans are homeless on any given night, and many more are considered at risk. Our goal is to eliminate Veteran homelessness over the next five years, an ambitious goal to be sure. How do we do that? Primarily by expanding VA's current programs to treat and house Veterans—an effort that will depend on significant involvement from community providers at the grassroots level.
We must work to enable 21st century benefits delivery and services. The increasing volume and complexity of claims, coupled with increasing benefit coverage, have driven a processing backlog. We must eliminate it. As important, in order to stay ahead of future system demand, VA must redouble its efforts to ensure best-in-class execution of benefits delivery. Toward that goal, we have developed a benefits business transformation strategy to analyze and improve the way we do business. We will leverage our past successes and lessons learned by developing a business model that is less paper-reliant, more flexible, and better able to ensure timely, high quality services.
Our department will automate GI Bill benefits. The Post-9/11 GI Bill greatly enhances VA's portfolio of education benefits. To effectively and efficiently provide benefits with a client-centered approach, VA plans to create a fully-automated claims processing IT system for Post 9/11 GI Bill benefit claims. It will improve the timeliness of claims processing and payments to beneficiaries and schools as well as maximize our client service resources by reducing the manual processing burden.
We will implement a Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record, or VLER. Annually, more than 150,000 active and reserve duty service members transition from military to Veteran status. This requires the transfer of paper-based administrative and medical records from DoD to the Veteran or to the Veteran's new chosen health care provider, often VA. To ensure against the loss or mishandling of Veteran information, VA and DoD are developing a completely integrated electronic personal information system. A VLER will accompany every service member from the day he or she enters a Military Entrance Processing Center to the day of final honors at a VA cemetery.
VA is committed to improving its mental health care. More than 1.5 million of the 5.5 million Veterans seen by VA last year received a mental health diagnosis. Increasingly, Veterans are being diagnosed with mental health conditions, often coexisting with other medical problems. To meet this challenge, VA has invested in our mental health care workforce by hiring more than 6,000 new mental health care workers since 2005. We have published a Handbook on Uniform Mental Health Services, which is the foundation for evidence-based, standard-based, quality care in the 21st century. In addition to setting and maintaining the cutting edge of advance in mental health care, we are also ramping up our collaboration with DoD as we think in bold and innovative ways for envisioning the services and care of the future.
We are committed to building a Veteran relationship management capability to enable convenient, seamless interactions across our services. The types of client service interactions common to Veterans are changing rapidly, along with expectations for greater service levels. VA has an obligation to change as well. We must provide consistent information, access, and service levels across any and all interfaces that our clients prefer if we are to provide on-demand access to our comprehensive services and benefits in a consistent, user-centric manner.
Our department will design a Veteran-centric health care model and right-sized infrastructure to help Veterans navigate the health care delivery system and receive coordinated care. The VA health care delivery system has great strengths—cost effectiveness and technology among them. Nonetheless, shifts in health care and the evolving needs of Veterans call for a more fundamental reassessment of VA's approach to delivery, funding, and coordination. We must adapt our service delivery model to address these and other potential changes. VA will exercise its strengths to build a system that meets Veterans' needs, engages the larger federal and private health care system, and creates a sustainable model for the 21st century.
We must expand health care access for Veterans, to include our women and rural populations. Under our current delivery system, VA provides care to more than 5.5 million Veterans each year at over 1,400 locations. And we've fielded significant innovations in access—for example, telemedicine and mobile clinics. However, demographic shifts—especially in the increasing numbers of women and rural Veterans—call for a continuing realignment of our delivery system. We will address this issue.
VA must ensure its preparedness to meet emergent national needs, such as presented by hurricanes like Katrina, or the H1N1 virus. A little-known VA mission—but one essential to the security of the nation—is to serve as a primary back up to the DoD Military Healthcare System during war or national emergency. It's also our responsibility to assist other federal agencies in providing medical and other services during a natural disaster or a terrorist attack. VA is uniquely situated to play this role by virtue of its sheer size as well as its unrivalled expertise in medical and other social service provision.
We must develop our capabilities and enable the systems to drive performance and outcomes. The best run global organizations vigorously manage to value, to ensure efficiency and effectiveness, and to direct the appropriate allocation of scarce resources. "Value" means measurable outputs that show return on inputs—whether people, time, or funding—for a task or a process. This approach helps to identify best practices and is a foundational element of operating a "results-driven" organization.
Our department must establish a solid VA management infrastructure and integrated operating model. In executing this overall strategy, we must maintain our strong local knowledge, close alignment with external stakeholders, and responsiveness to the Veterans we serve. If we are to fully capture the potential benefits from our initiatives, we must also learn how to operate in new and better ways. We must capture economies of skill and scale by building our capabilities across VA to provide more effective support to local delivery.
We must transform management of our human capital. VA's people are central to achieving our goals for our organization and for Veterans. I call it the "people factor." Both Secretary Shinseki and I want VA to be the federal government's employer-of-choice; we want to attract the best and the brightest to VA's doors. To do that, we will invest in developing our people, in helping them reach their full potential. LVA is a prime example of a high return on our investment. As we go about creating programs to increase health and wellness, we will also strengthen accountability among managers for providing training and support to their employees.
VA must ramp up research and development to enhance the long-term health and well-being of Veterans. Health care is as much an art as a science. If we are to consistently deliver the right care, at the right place, at the right time, then it follows that we must have the right systems in place. By embedding research within a large-scale, integrated health care system with a longitudinal electronic health record, we create a national laboratory for the discovery of potentially groundbreaking health care insights. Because clinical care and research occur under one roof, scientific discovery arcs from the lab bench to a patient's bedside, making our research program one of VA's most effective tools for enhancing Veterans' care. Make no mistake, VA will continue to play a leading role in the advancement of clinical medicine—for the benefit of Veterans and for the national and international community at large.
The initiatives I just described represent the priorities that will create better outcomes for Veterans immediately and in the years to come. Although they may, in some cases, be led by a specific organization, they all will require the collaboration and support of the entire department if we are to achieve success in our transformation effort.
This year, in FY 2010, you will see immediate progress against a number of transformational initiatives, which reflect these priorities and are designed to achieve results this year, and build momentum for the future.
We are at the intersection of a new century, a new generation of Veterans, and a new national leadership team. VA is changing accordingly. The times demand it; our Veterans expect it; and our President directed it.
As the present and future leaders of our department, you can help. As LVA graduates, yours is not to be just caretakers of the status quo. Learn about and master VA's strategy for change. Think through what you can contribute to our common cause:
In closing, I would ask you to commit to take VA forward with a willing heart and with conviction that your work supports, benefits, and directly helps the remarkable men and women who stand as nothing less than the lifeblood of our democracy.
Let me again congratulate you on your LVA achievement. This is a night of recognition and celebration—enjoy it, everyone! Thank you, all.

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What's your toddler's personality type?
Knowing this could impact your parenting style more than you realise. more
In some households, mum or dad do all the cooking while the kids look on. In others, the kids are helping to prepare meals from an age when the most they can do is 'help' stir a cake batter. Sharing your kitchen with your child encourages an interest in cooking and food, and is the best way to encourage lifelong healthy eating habits.
Your child will learn all sorts of things when s/he's in the kitchen with you - how to follow instructions; how to read a recipe; how to measure and weigh ingredients; how to use kitchen implements with care; how to whisk, peel grate, fold and dice, just to name a few.
As s/he matures, being involved in preparing food for the family will help build self-confidence in your child as s/he learns to move confidently in the kitchen and make meal decisions on behalf of the whole family. Cooking with kids also provides the wonderful bonus of spending time together focussing on a shared task - this is often one of the best ways to casually catch up on each other's life (something that can be pretty tricky to do when you have a teenager in the house).
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Putz works back-to-back days to prep for season
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- For the first time this spring, D-backs closer J.J. Putz pitched on consecutive days Thursday and Friday, tossing a combined 2 1/3 hitless innings and striking out a pair.
"We're getting down to the end, so I wanted to extend him," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said. "We certainly wanted him to go back-to-back to make sure he threw some pitches. It's nice if you're always at 10 or 11 pitches, but the reality of it is, that doesn't always happen. So it was good."
Putz, who has said he prefers to save his bullets for the regular season, threw against the Indians on Thursday before taking the mound again Friday at Salt River Fields against Double-A players from the Cubs organization. He completed 1 1/3 innings in the outing.
"He threw the ball really well, had really good location, fastball was good," Gibson said. "He threw to that extra hitter in the next inning then sat down for a bit and went in the bullpen to throw an additional 10 pitches."
So far this spring, Putz has appeared in four Cactus League games, allowing one run on a combined two hits.
D-backs starter Trevor Cahill also pitched against the Cubs' Minor Leaguers on Friday, tossing 5 1/3 innings and surrendering three runs on six hits.
"He was fine, he told me he went out hard. Normally a starting pitcher paces himself, but he really pushed himself," Gibson said. "He got tired after three innings, but that's kind of why we do it, to work him."
Tyler Emerick is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Not really. All rims have a little bit of slant to them, they'd be really tough to get out of the molds without it. A proper +mold has way more slant than that.JR wrote:That is a plus configuration rim.
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JR wrote:How is the grip? Would you say they fly the same for you as clear Proton Ions?
jsun3thousand wrote:Disc golfers are holding the sport back.
Mike C wrote:JR wrote:How is the grip? Would you say they fly the same for you as clear Proton Ions?
Compared to a regular Proton they seemed a hair grippier. I think they glided a touch better too but the flight otherwise felt exactly how I'd expect from an Ion.
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High Line Collection by Sonneman Lighting
Choose from wall sconces and light pendants from the High Line Lighting Collection by Sonneman. Featuring one, six, eight or ten-light rectangular sconces or pendants, these fixtures will capture attention. Made with a black bronze finish and designed with white-etched casing, these will fit in with any living space. Included with a 60-watt candelabra bulb, these lights stylishly illuminate home.


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News about Holography, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Dorsky Museum Highlights Works That Elevate the Mundane Into Art
Three exhibitions in New Paltz showcase creations from the worlds of furniture, light and urban street life.
May 15, 2016, Sunday
MORE ON HOLOGRAPHY AND: Dorsky, Samuel, Museum of Art , Photography , Design , Art , Culture (Arts) , Holography , Museums
In Silicon Valley, a Time-Honored Sport Looks to the Future
A new wave of technology could change the way N.F.L. fans experience a sport that is analog to its core.
February 4, 2016, Thursday
MORE ON HOLOGRAPHY AND: Football , Science and Technology , Microsoft Corp , Super Bowl , Holography , National Football League
Holographic Studios and Kalustyan's Cafe in Kips Bay
Kips Bay houses Holographic Studios, perhaps the oldest continuous holographic gallery in the world; and the cafe at Kalustyan's with Middle Eastern, North African and Armenian specialties.
December 13, 2015, Sunday
MORE ON HOLOGRAPHY AND: Art , Holographic Studios (Manhattan, NY, Gallery) , Kalustyan's (Manhattan, NY, Retail Store) , Kips Bay (Manhattan, NY) , Holography
Andy Kaufman and Redd Foxx to Tour, Years After Death, as Holograms
Traveling holographic shows of the comedians, featuring some of their best material and biographical elements, are planned for next year.
October 24, 2015, Saturday
MORE ON HOLOGRAPHY AND: Holography , Comedy and Humor , Foxx, Redd (1922-91) , Kaufman, Andy , Hologram USA , David, Alkiviades (1968- )
Hologram Performance by Chief Keef Is Shut Down by Police
The Chicago rapper made a virtual appearance at a music festival outside of Chicago, but the authorities shut it down.
July 27, 2015, Monday
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A Removed Snowden Sculpture Inspires a Hologram in Its Place
An unauthorized bust appeared in Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn on Monday but was soon covered and removed. Then came the Illuminators on Tuesday.
April 8, 2015, Wednesday
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Redesigned 20-Euro Note Introduced by E.C.B.
The bill will enter general circulation in November and features a transparent hologram intended to defeat counterfeiters.
February 25, 2015, Wednesday
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Unease for What Microsoft's HoloLens Will Mean for Our Screen-Obsessed Lives
Something about Microsoft's new HoloLens technology feels unnerving, especially when considered against the dark television series "Black Mirror."
January 26, 2015, Monday
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At Windows 10 Event, Microsoft Jumps Into Augmented Reality With HoloLens Headset
The HoloLens could help renew some of the luster Microsoft has lost in the last decade, when it reacted late to critical new technology trends.
January 22, 2015, Thursday
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Microsoft HoloLens: A Sensational Vision of the PC's Future
The device, which looks like ski goggles, superimposes holograms on reality and could have uses in communication, design, games, science and more.
January 22, 2015, Thursday
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Category: baby name craziness
Lying awake making name lists in the middle of the night.
Finding a name you love, only to have your neighbor use it for her dog.
Dealing with a partner who has no baby name ideas of his own, yet shoots down all of yours.
Writing one name on the birth certificate, only to change it a week later. And then change it back.
Have you been a victim of baby name craziness? Our message boards and comments are full of crazy, funny, and sometimes heart-breaking stories of baby name obsession, battles, indecision, procrastination, and yeah, sometimes all out insanity.
Has it happened to you? A little, a lot? Did you embrace the craziness or did it hit you unexpectedly, like a tsunami? Did you drive your partner — and maybe your family and friends — crazy about names, or were you the victim of others' craziness?


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UNIONDALE, N.Y.—In their last 19 games, the Montreal Canadiens have lost in regulation only once. On Thursday night, they got their revenge for the 1 in their now 14-1-4 run, scoring three goals in the third period to earn a 5-2 victory over the New York Islanders.
This entire season is about reversals for the Canadiens, last in the Eastern Conference a year ago. With 45 points, they are in second place now, but have a game in hand on the Pittsburgh Penguins, who are only one point ahead. Where last season was marked by uproars over everything from trading Mike Cammalleri during a game to interim coach Randy Cunneyworth's inability to speak French, this season has been harmonious.
Even P.K. Subban's protracted negotiations for a new contract were handled relatively smoothly, and the 23-year-old has not put a foot wrong since rejoining the Habs. His two goals Thursday gave him nine in 24 games, leading all NHL defensemen.
Subban initially received credit for only one goal on Long Island, as the Canadiens' fourth of the evening initially went to Brendan Gallagher.
"Doesn't matter," he said. "We won."
The goal wasn't pretty—Subban's shot from the right circle was more of a play toward the crease hoping for a deflection, which he got off Islanders captain Mark Streit rather than Gallagher—but then, the Canadiens are making a habit of winning a little ugly, again a reversal from last season. In 2011-12, the Canadiens won four times in 24 games when tied after two periods. This year, they have won eight of 10, and without a regulation loss.
"I think that we're pretty comfortable in tight games, as opposed to last year," said Canadiens goaltender Carey Price, who made 25 saves as he tied Pittsburgh's Marc-Andre Fleury for the NHL lead with 16 wins. "We're really comfortable being in a tied situation going into the third period. I think we're a pretty confident group that our work ethic will pull us through. … I think it comes from our coaching staff," he said. "We've got excellent leadership coming from them. We've got guys here that have won before, won Stanley Cups, and it's really all about leadership."
One of those Stanley Cup winners is Michael Ryder, who opened Thursday's scoring with his third goal in 10 games since rookie general manager Marc Bergevin acquired the winger from the Dallas Stars for Erik Cole, another man who has held the Cup. Cole, however, was not working out for the Canadiens this season, with three goals in 19 games before the trade following a 35-goal output a year ago.
Another former champion wears the "C" on his Canadiens sweater, and Brian Gionta was in the middle of things all night for the Habs on Thursday. His deflection 48 seconds into the third period stood up as the game-winning goal. It was Gionta's 10th goal of the season, two more than he netted last year with the Canadiens when he was limited to 31 games by injuries.
"There's veteran leadership and character," said Gallagher, a 2010 fifth-round pick who continues to raise his stature as a Calder Trophy contender. "For us young guys, we just try to follow and learn from it. It's a great locker room and we're full of confidence when we're tied or down a goal in these situations. It shows on the ice that we just play our game and take over as it goes."
There may be some luck involved—luck that quite frankly was due the Canadiens after they lost 26 of their 37 one-goal games last season. Montreal's possession statistics point to a team that's performing well, but not this well. Then again, there is something to be said for having an elite goaltender like Price, as well as a power play that should strike fear in any team with Subban and Andrei Markov manning the points. Subban's first goal on Thursday came with the man advantage, a blast of a one-timer after his first two attempts were turned away.
"Whenever you can score on the power play, it can be the difference in a game," Subban said. "So, I'm happy we could score."
Even though the Canadiens wound up winning by three, Subban was right about power plays making a difference. Without their proficiency on special teams, the Canadiens would not have been tied with the Islanders heading to the third period, and may not have won. Last season, maybe Subban hits the post, or maybe his third-period shove on Keith Aucoin is called a penalty, rather than Aucoin going to the box for roughing. Maybe it turns into another one of those one-goal losses for Montreal. But now all of those things are turned on their head and the Canadiens continue their push to go from worst to first.


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This is probably a very silly question but I need to ask. About three or four times a year I have the chance to sit with a Theravada group. There's no guidance provided; it's just a sitting session. My only instruction has been in a Zen environment, where I was taught to keep my hands in my lap and form a mudra.
Now, in the Theravada group, I've noticed that one of the members sits with her arms extended in front of her, and her hands folded in a prayer-like position in front of her chin. Is this common? I have tried it at home and found it helps me maintain alertness, especially if I'm getting a bit drowsy. The effort needed to keep the arms raised is beneficial and the folded hands provide an object to focus on. But I'm not sure whether or not this is "kosher".
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Ten Mistakes for Physicists to Avoidby James D. Patterson
Ed. Note: In 2004, James D. Patterson wrote an open letter to Physics Today1 containing advice to the next generation of physicists. With several more years of accumulated wisdom, he presents some further ruminations in the article below.
James D. Patterson
Montaigne said "... you never talk about yourself without loss: condemn yourself and you are always believed: praise yourself and you never are."2 Nevertheless here is an update of a paper in which I discuss mistakes I have made. I suspect Montaigne is right, but I have long been retired so my loss is minimal, and is possibly compensated by gains of those who will consequently avoid my errors.
My main reason for writing another article is that I have new reflections on mistakes already considered as well as some new ones to discuss. I will get to all those in a moment, but first some preliminary observations.
What is judged a mistake depends on objectives.
A dean once told me he wanted me to be a success. That sounded good. Of course his definition of success was different from mine, so there remained an unresolved conflict. I think for him it meant more and larger grants. For me success meant time to do and teach the physics that I found interesting. Naively, I thought this would lead to a better world. However, I am not sure the current culture of seeking more (of something, I am not sure what) is an improvement. Being stubborn, by refusing to go in the direction you are pushed, may not always be wrong. You may be happier. There is nothing wrong with loving your field and making personal sacrifices to stay true to it. Fairly late in my career, I was a department head and was not aggressively pushing the department to seek as many outside funds as was desired by the university. An official in charge of university research wanted to get me fired, but I felt there was an imbalance in the emphasis on grants and I opposed him. I did endure a couple of very uncomfortable years in consequence.
An academic career is no longer necessarily the path of many physics majors.
Most current PhD graduate students will not go on to become university professors. There are not that many available positions. Many don't want to anyway. There are other alternatives. I spent several summers in industry and national labs. In some cases I applied for more permanent positions outside academia. One mistake I made was in my résumé. I would list degrees earned, papers published, positions held and very little else. I don't think I even listed grants awarded. For industrial résumés you should list the assignments you have had and what you achieved with them. Another aspect was pointed out to me by Jim Fergason, an inventor of the twisted nematic liquid crystal display. He was irritated by scientists who never gave any thought to possible uses of their ideas. Obviously this mindset is not attractive to industry.
Now for my list of mistakes. Most of my career was in colleges and universities; nevertheless many of the mistakes are universal. (Parenthetically I note two other short papers about universities and teaching.3 )
1. Moving Ahead Before Being Ready
At the University of Missouri-Columbia, where I got my bachelor's degree, I was more interested in getting good grades than in mastering the subject. I did not understand, as colleague Lyle Feisel advised, that my job (to learn the subject matter) was more than my assignment (to get good grades). When I went to the University of Chicago to start graduate school, I was advised to take some senior undergraduate level courses first. I refused and went ahead with the regular graduate program. This was ill-advised. When I took the feared "basic" exam at the end of the second year I failed, partly because my grounding in fundamentals was insufficient. For example in the oral part, I could not give an adequate definition of what it meant to say that two waves were spatially coherent.
Some failing students (including me) were recommended to try again the following year, but I elected to finish my PhD studies at the University of Kansas. Perhaps another mistake was I was not willing to gamble that I would pass on the next attempt.
I also tried to do too much too soon as a teaching assistant at Chicago. When I was assigned to conduct a recitation section for the quarter on optics (using Sears' optics book) I quickly became bored and tried introducing material from Sommerfeld's optics book. Not only did this not help the students, I doubt that I understood what I was doing. Towards the end of the quarter the attendance in my section dropped to zero. This episode still haunts me.
2. Losing Focus
In my formative years. I should have practiced solving problems efficiently. I spent more time reading than working problems. I "knew a little bit about a lot of things," but I didn't know enough about how to apply the fundamental ideas of physics. A friend studiously worked every problem in Kittel's solid state book, and passed the basic exam the first time. He focused on the physics, what it really meant, and how to use it to analyze phenomena.
3. Not Making Fundamentals a Working Part of Memory
I began to understand the importance of memorization when I took a group theory course taught by Prof. William Scott at the University of Kansas. A myriad of definitions were used in the derivation of results. The math graduate students knew these definitions and followed the lectures with ease. I didn't and struggled. On a more elementary level, it bothers me when students don't know simple things like the value of the sine of 30 degrees. The point of physics is not memorization, but knowing the fundamentals without constantly looking them up greatly facilitates communication.
4. Not Focusing on Physical Ideas While Obsessing Over the Mathematics
Experiment is the heart of physics. Many feel if you can't measure something, the concept has no meaning. Connecting ideas with experiment, and reducing them to their essential physical core is hard, it takes time, and for this it is often useful to talk to people and gather essential crumbs, one by one. In courses and even in research (for example on the statistical mechanics of magnetic systems described by the simple Heisenberg Hamiltonian) I tended to avoid experimental results. This once cost me a job when in the interview I was asked how I had interacted with experimentalists. I had no answer. It was a mistake for me not to consider realistic materials upon which experiments could be done and ideas could be tested.
5. Not Fitting Goals to Abilities
We all would have liked to be Feynman, but there was only one. I wanted to work on advanced problems in theoretical physics before I was ready. I finally settled on more applied problems in solid state physics, but for a while I felt I was demeaning myself. I fluffed an opportunity to establish myself in semiconductors in the early days at Hughes Products, where I worked two summers in the fifties. The first summer I followed directions and wrote a report on crystal growth, but the second summer I tried to go my own way into more basic (I thought) areas. The report I produced was good neither by my standards nor by theirs. It was too early in my career and very unrealistic to go off on my own. As I matured, I realized I would be lucky to find problems in solid state that I could help with, and that all physics is intriguing when you begin to really understand it. Even today, despite the fact that I have written texts on solid state physics,4 I cannot say I have mastered anywhere near all the important ideas in that field.
6. Ignoring Personal Life
Like many physicists, I was shy around people. This caused difficulties, even in physics. A physics meeting in Rolla, Missouri began with a social gathering for the attendees. For reasons of insecurity I didn't go. The next day when I gave my talk its validity was questioned. There was a good rebuttal, but I was too nervous to think of it. The chances are if I had attended the social gathering, in the course of informally talking about my work, the same question would have arisen and I would have dealt with it better. After I got married, at the relatively late age of 38, my wife helped me immeasurably in feeling comfortable in a social setting, whether related to physics or not. I should have sought more balance in my personal life at an earlier stage.
7. Using Secondary Sources
It takes work to track down results in professional journals, but looking things up only in texts often results in less complete and sometimes less clear answers. Of course the scientific literature is consulted for research, but it is also useful for classroom lectures. For example, the Quantum Hall Effect originally was hard for me to understand. Then, I discovered a review paper 5 and was able, after digesting it, to read the original literature. Texts may be handy, but shortcuts to grasping physics are few.
8. Always Rejecting Authority
I have a problem accepting authority. Perhaps I cannot easily put myself in others' shoes. This trait has led me to cause trouble often for no real reason. I constantly interrupted a lecturer (who in fact was a good scientist) in my junior electricity and magnetism course, using the excuse that the text or his lectures or both had errors. Maybe they did, but that hardly made either unique. In any case, I was arrogant about it. Once he got so irritated he threw down the chalk and left the room. I shamefully admit now, I felt victorious. Later in my career, a college president encouraged the faculty to learn about computers. It was the early days, and he was leading us in the right direction. I wrote the few programs he required, but without enthusiasm, and with minimal effort. By resisting direction, I lost a chance to mature and be guided by someone with superior experience and knowledge.
9. Letting Anger Rule Behavior
In mid-career, I went to Florida Institute of Technology and was assigned to teach a class in advanced undergraduate mechanics. Because of my predilections the class tended to be rather mathematical. At Florida Tech there were both physics and space sciences students. My lectures seemed to be appropriate for the former but the latter were used to a more qualitative approach. One student began coming late. I lost my temper with him and started to lose control of the class. Later I became department head there. There was one faculty member who did not publish much and was stuck at the associate professor level. He began to blame me and verbally attacked me in one department meeting. Again I lost my temper. This led to problems in the department which eventually reached the Dean's ears. I had a rocky path for a while. In both cases when I lost control of myself, I lost some control over others and more importantly, some of their respect. Being strong seldom means being angry.
10. Not Keeping in Physical Shape
In the late 70's I got invited by Prof. Gerald Jones to Notre Dame for a year as a visiting professor. I arrived fat and tired. I had wanted a dog for some time and got one. I began taking him for walks and also watching my diet. Physical discipline led to losing weight and also helped increase my mental organization. The year went quite well in research, teaching, and life. I discovered that letting things go slack in one area often leads to slackness in other areas including physics.
So there you have a representative, if not exhaustive, set of suggestions. If you are a young person, just getting started, I hope they prove to be of some use.
James D. Patterson is Professor Emeritus, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL.
- James D. Patterson, Physics Today, 57, 56 (2004).
- Michel de Montaigne, Four Essays, Translated by M. A. Screech, Penguin Books, New York, 1991. From "On the Art of Conversation."
- J. D. Patterson, Am. J. Physics 54, 201(1986), and 58, 423(1990).
- James Patterson, Bernard Bailey, Solid-State Physics Introduction to the Theory, Second Edition, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
- H. Stormer, Rev. Mod. Phys. 71, 875 (1998).
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Blue Jays claim righty Beck off waivers
The Blue Jays added a familiar face back to the organization on Friday, claiming right-hander Chad Beck off waivers from the Pirates.
Beck wasn't even gone from the Toronto organization long enough to be missed. The Pirates claimed Beck off waivers from the Blue Jays on Oct. 25.
In 2012, Beck pitched in 14 games for the Jays, all out of the bullpen, and posted a 6.32 ERA.
The Blue Jays originally acquired Beck from the D-backs in exchange for David Eckstein on Aug. 31, 2008.
A 27-year-old righty from Jasper, Texas, Beck was designated for assignment by the Pirates on Dec. 26.
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SAN FRANCISCO >> While the entire planet kicks back Sunday, collectively pops open a cold one and settles in to watch Germany and Argentina battle in the World Cup final, a geeky gang from Google will be hard at work in a secret bunker in San Francisco's techier-than-thou South Park neighborhood.
Their mission: To watch the world watch the match and, by monitoring Google searches in real time, tell us what we're thinking.
In a first-ever experiment by the Mountain View search giant, a team of about 20 data analysts, copywriters, illustrators and translators have been holed up the past six weeks inside a nondescript building facing the little park, ancestral land of Twitter and a steaming Petri dish of entrepreneurial yeast.
Their efforts to monitor World Cup-related searches, suss out interesting trends and then quickly create fun illustrations on Google's World Cup page for the world to go nuts over has been, in some ways, a warm-up act for this weekend's big finale.
"Sunday should be really exciting," said Madeline Kane, who works in brand marketing for Google. "Until now, we've focused on searches in the countries involved in a particular game. But now, with literally billions of people around the world watching the final game, it'll be fascinating to see what sorts of things they'll be searching for."
On a recent visit to what Google calls its "World Cup war room" at the company's digital ad agency R/GA, sunlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows. You could almost hear the low hum of inquisitive brain power, as team members' heads bobbed back and forth between the Argentina-Netherlands match on TV screens and the search stats unfurling across their laptop screens.
On one wall, dozens of colorful printouts showed the trends they'd culled from the 1.9 billion World Cup 2014 searches completed since the tournament started on June 12. Many were football-focused. For example, before and during Tuesday's match, when Germany trounced Brazil 7-1, the data crunchers' analytical tools came up with a curious discovery: In Germany, searches were spiking like crazy for updates on Brazil's star Neymar, perhaps nervous that he might suddenly come back off the disabled list.
At the same time, as they were getting their lunch handed to them, Brazilians were wondering en masse: What's the biggest win ever in World Cup history?
"By finding and analyzing these search trends, we're really bringing them to life," said Google communications manager Roya Soleimani. "The World Cup is the perfect vehicle to study this phenomenon because it's such a huge global event and there's so much passion surrounding it."
The war-room crew has focused on pulling out trends that are "fun and shareable," said Pete Jupp, a design director with R/GA and one of a handful of agency folks who'll be working with his Google cohorts in the war room this weekend. "Trends are something that everyone's talking about; so we're providing this unique glimpse into what the world's thinking about during each of these matches."
And Sunday, said Jupp, should be huge. "Once we start getting the data, we'll decide how to tell that story and find interesting ways to visualize it, not just for football fans but for everyone. There's so much anticipation built up for the final match that there'll be no shortage of things to talk about."
More than simply tracking the volume of searches, the team is using sophisticated monitoring tools to look for spikes in certain words and phrases that might indicate some World Cup-related hot topic that fans in one country or another are obsessing over.
It's as if the Internet were the world's water cooler, with Google eavesdropping on the chatter. As Kane put it, "people crave fodder for conversation around an event like this. Between our online visitors and the exposure the project has gotten on places like BBC, tens and perhaps hundreds of millions of people around the world are seeing our work."
A lot of that work, some of which is plastered on the office's colorful wall of trends, goes beyond the high-stakes soccer tournament. Among trends the team has found are search spikes for Mick Jagger (the Rolling Stones frontman is taking heat for putting a curse on Brazil when he was on hand for Tuesday's massacre); how to paint fingernails to look like the Brazilian flag (searches doubled above normal rates after fans were spotted sporting the design); and even "The Crimson Grasshopper," a Mexican television comedy from the 1970s that later became popular in Brazil.
That last trend ended up on the wall, as well as at google.com/trends. "Brazil sees Red," says the headline, with this text done by one of the team's writers: "Searches for Mexican TV character The Crimson Grasshopper have spiked in Brazil after Mexico fans dressed as him to support their team."
There have been search surges for Brazilian vice-captain David Luiz and his rumored haircut, and for Mexico coach "Piojo" Herrera and his endearing sideline celebration during his team's match with Croatia. And let's not forget the spike triggered by Fernando Torres' wardrobe malfunction during the first half of the match between Spain and Australia.
Sunday not only means the end of the tournament, but the end of a grueling six-week stint for the data divers. Brian Hurewitz, a freelance designer working for R/GA and doing many of the illustrations that accompany the search trends, has had only two days off since the World Cup madness began.
"The newsroom-style environment here has been a lot of fun," he said. "The design process typically can take weeks or months for a campaign. Having to do these illustrations in real time, with usually no more than an hour to finish once you get the data from the analysts across the room, forces you to be more decisive."
Is he excited about the final match?
"We're ready," he said. "We've had a lot of practice doing this, and Sunday should be the most fun of all."


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A9 TV; September 2nd, 2011
Surat ash-Shura21
· Almighty Allah relates; "Or do they have partners who have laid down a religion for them for which Allah has not given any authority?"Allah relates that they make up their own lawful and unlawful acts which are not decreed by Allah. Allah states the aberration of this act. "Or do they have partners?"Are there any partners they ascribe to Allah, may Allah forbid?
"which Allah has not given any authority?"Allah explains in the Qur'an how they lay those deeds they call to be lawful and unlawful by saying, "have laid down a religion for them?" That is Allah relating to us how bigotry came into being. In this verse 21 Allah accentuates all the details of bigotry saying, "Were it not for the prior Word of Decision, the judgment between them would already have been made." Allah says that He would inflict trouble on them."The wrongdoers will have a painful punishment."
Allah calls it as persecution. Even they say that they are very devout, that they abide by the laws of the religion better than anyone else. But Allah adds that they are "idolators."
· At some points destiny is closed, whereas at some points it is open. Even if people want it, they can not commit it. For instance, a Turkish-Islamic Union that will shed blood is impossible. But the Unity of Islam that will make peace, brotherhood, love, friendship prevail and that will open the path for Hazrat Mahdi (as) is entirely open. Why? Because it is an incident that has already happened. Think of as a videotape cassette; we are at the beginning of the cassette tape but soon we will be watching its end. Some time later, an hour later you start watching the middle of it; an hour and a half hour later, the cassette comes to an end. The cassette comes to an end in 1545. In 1545, the cassette comes to an end. It is the time of the Day of Judgment, insha'Allah. Until 1506, there is a vivid, joyful, active prevalence of the morality of Islam, insha'Allah.
· They tried to stop me. If they wanted, they could stop us a thousand times. I am a servant of Allah. I am an ordinary person. At those times freemasons were very active. We are already on the top of the list of the alleged Ergenekon terror organization. They strove with all their might and main; resorted to every sort of scheme or plot. Surely I do not include some of them; I mean some particular power centers. Some of them slandered us through the mainstream media sources they had; some of them plotted, made schemes etc. The newspapers mostly try to create a public opinion against us through defamation. But what a defamation! They constantly made headlines against us; gave us no pause for breath. So did the TV channels. What happened? Nothing. Thanks to Allah we proceeded assuredly, in a perfect manner.
· We defeated Darwinism, materialism all around the world. We explained the signs of faith. Now in America and Europe they declare with dignity that they are "Muslims." In the past they concealed themselves, they did not feel at ease. Right now there exists a single understanding of Islam. Everyone has attained self confidence. We explained the signs leading to faith to such perfection that there has remained no issue left. For instance when they hold a debate, Muslims only ask them to enter a particular site, the Harun Yahya site. Even those who are against us feel the urge to recommend our websites because there is no other thing to do. For this reason each and every Islamic community benefits from our books. Some communities put a ban on us; the leader states the ban but the members read them. They access the Internet, purchase books and give them as gifts. Hundreds of thousands of books are being downloaded in a very short span of time. 14-15 millions of books are downloaded in a year; in only a year. This is a measure of our success, many thanks to Allah. Why? Because that is what is destined. Once Allah gives the strength, the issue is over. This is not our personal success; it is so because Allah ordains it so.
Surat al-Araf, 60-68
· "The ruling circle of his people"; the counterpart of the members of today's alleged Ergenekon organization."The ruling circle of his people said, 'We see you in flagrant error."They say, "You are not on the right path", that is, "Not a Muslim that is on the right path." What will they say to Hazrat Mahdi (as) in the End Times ? "You are also not on the right way" . Who tells it? Our Prophet (saas) tells it.
"He said, 'My people, I am not in error at all but rather am a Messenger from the Lord of all the worlds." This holds true for Prophet Noah (as). They slandered our Prophet (saas) in the same way as they did to Prophet Noah (as).
"We sent Noah to his people"as a Prophet. "My people, worship Allah!,'"That is what I want from you. I want you to serve Allah. "That is what Allah wants." "You have no other god than Him."He says, "Allah is the one" "I fear for you the punishment of a dreadful Day.'
He says,"I fear that you will be sent to Hell, to be subjected to the torment of Hell."
"I am transmitting my Lord's Message to you." I communicate the provisions of Allah."Giving you good counsel, and I know from Allah what you do not know." "Allah relates this to me by way of revelation and I am transmitting them to you".
"Or are you astonished that a reminder should come to you from your Lord by way of a man among you, to warn you and so that you might guard (against evil) so that hopefully you will gain mercy?'
They are astonished each time. Each time a new messenger comes, they feel astonished.
"But they denied him so We rescued him and those with him in the Ark. And We drowned the people who denied Our Signs. They were a blind people."
"Dajjal is a tribe because his eye is also blind you know. "We rescued him and those with him in the Ark."Allah will save those who are with Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as), insha'Allah.
"And to 'Ad We sent their brother Hud, who said, 'My people, worship Allah! You have no other god than Him. So will you not have fear of Allah?'" Notice that there is also mention of La ilaha illAllah. Allah is the One, they speak of the Oneness of Allah beforehand and then tell them to have fear of Allah.
"The ruling circle of those of his people who were disbelievers said:" That is, the prominent people of the tribe are always arrogant, sapient people who are prone to corruption. A certain part of unbelievers; otherwise there are surely believers too. "'We consider you a fool and think you are a liar.'
They are absolutely accused of insanity. They accused every prophet, messenger, saint, you also know Bediuzzaman Nursi, of insanity. Calling him insane, they sent him to mental hospital. Then they issued a report verifying that he is mentally healthy.
"'We consider you a fool.'
So when unbelievers feel in trouble, they slander and say, "You are insane." "and think you are a liar."They say, "You are both insane and a liar." What will they say to Hazrat Mahdi (as)? The very same words because this is the law of Allah; they have always done this. This is what every prophet was subjected to.
He said, 'My people, I am by no means a fool." This claimis refuted. How is it accomplished in the End Times? A report is issued and it is refuted. Then what did he say? "But rather I am a Messenger from the Lord of all the worlds." I communicate the message, I am Mahdi (as), Insha'Allah.
"Transmitting my Lord's Message to you, and I am a faithful counselor to you." That is, he says I am a reliable person. "I am an honest, sincere, good-intentioned person." This is understandable.
When an incident which took place in the time of our Prophet (saas) was related, the aspect which relates to this life is taken into consideration. Allah wants us to apply this verse into life. I interpret the aspect of the verse we apply to life. For instance Almighty Allah says, "Ruin to the hands of Abu Lahab and ruin to him". The first interpretation of the verse is the one that concerns Abu Lahab. This is the first meaning. Yes, but is this the main intention? The main intention is the lesson we will take from here and how it is applied to life. I explain the lesson we take and how it is applied to life. Otherwise its overt meaning is clear. For instance Almighty Allah says to our Prophet (saas), "Did We not expand your breast for you?"this is a verse relating to the relieving of the heart of our Prophet (saas). Yes, but is it the only meaning? Is there any other meaning that applies to life, to the End Times, to us and the life after us? There is. That is what I am speaking of. The other part is already obvious. It is related in these interpretations. The first meaning is clear. It is very important to tell how the verse applies to life. As well as the importance of its direct meaning, the meaning that applies to life is very important. I am explaining the aspect that relates to life.
Surat at-Tin
"By the fig and the oliveand Mount Sinaiand this safe land,We created
man in the finest mold. Then We reduced him to the lowest of the low"
Allah swears on the fig and olive. The first meaning is clear. But it is not all; there is a lesson that relates to life here. I mention that wisdom and the signs that the Qur'an shows. For instance, "By the fig and the olive"; the mountain of Olive; it is a place where Prophet Jesus (as) carried out his activities in Israel. Then there is a mention of Mount Sinai. This means thatsomething will happen in that region; there is something in the region of Sinai, the region of olives. Attention is also drawn to the fact that some of the beneficial features of figs and olives are spoken of. For instance, olives, and olive oil are the most beneficial oil for the human body. It is the most ideal oil. It is perfect in terms of the ratio of saturated and unsaturated oil acids and its content of Omega 3. It is perfect in terms of other Omega acids, and it is the oil that is created with the most perfect balance. There is also mention of it. For instance, the fig is also a very beneficial fruit. Some of them are known while some of them are still unknown. But there is also reference to a certain area and Mount Sinai.
"and this safe land"
When we say the "safe land", we can consider it to refer to Medina when we think in terms of the time of our Prophet (saas). Mecca and Medina. But when we think in terms of the End Times, the "safe land", with respect to faith, is Istanbul and Turkey. It refers to it. This is an interpretation, a sign. And in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as) lands will be safe. How do we understand that? From the hadith. All lands will be safe. The lands of Islam will be safe. This is how the verse is interpreted in terms of the End Times.
"We created man in the finest mold"
With the golden ratio. Allah draws attention to the golden ratio. Human beings are created in the most beautiful form. This is a miracle. The placement of the of eyes, forehead, lips are perfect. Shifting their places to the right or left a few millimeters ruins it. Because Allah creates them with golden ratio and that is a miracle of aesthetics.
"Then We reduced him to the lowest of the low"
The fact that human beings can become prone to dajjal. Allah relates that while he (man) was healthy in his soul and body, he can also turn to dajjal and satan and fall into a very abject situation and come to the level of satan. What is "lowest of the low"? It is the well of Gayya in Hell. The lowest degree. It is the region where hypocrites and satan is thrown. The verse also refers to it.
"except for those who have faith and do right actions:they will have a wage which never fails"
So we understand that the most important thing is to have "faith". The signs leading to faith. That is to say, having faith comes before having knowledge of Islamic law. So we need to first be mindful of one having faith. The signs leading to faith, faith based on knowledge. Then for a Muslim, it is primarily of importance to have faith. "Except for those who have faith"; he will first have faith, he will see the signs leading to faith, observe the artistry of Allah, see for himself the fallacy of darwinism and materialism, and examine all the wonders Allah creates in the universe. He will examine the structure of atoms, electrons, protons, the structure of the atom, chromosomes, the golden ratio, plants, flowers, the structure of the brain, the miracles of the Qur'an and have a profound faith. So faith comes first; after having faith, engaging in good deeds. Because he has faith, he become sincere. The second stage is to be sincere. After sincerity comes the good deeds. In this phase, one can start to have the knowledge of Islamic law. First faith, then sincerity, to be very sincere and then the Islamic law. That is to say, the lawful and the unlawful deeds. "they will have a wage which never fails" Allah states that He will give everlasting rewards.
"What could make you deny the Reckoning after this?
Darwinism, materialism, the system of dajjal. Allah draws attention to this. That means that there will be those dajjals who will make people deny the religion. In the End Times what is the greatest blasphemy of the history of the world? What is the unprecedented blasphemy? According to the hadith related by Muslim and other authentic hadith books, it is Darwinism and materialism, that is to say, the system of dajjal that has rendered all the world irreligious.
"What could make you deny the Reckoning?"
Darwinism makes one deny the Reckoning. Let's say by 99.99 percent; This is what His Highness Muhammed Rashid Erol tells, it is Darwinism, materialism that makes 999 people out of 1,000 irreligious.
"Is Allah not the Justest of Judges?"
There are many people and states commanding the world. But Allah says," I am over them all." Thus the real dominion is the dominion of Allah. This means that the entire world must act in compliance with the Qur'an, and the provisions and morality of Allah must prevail all over the world. When we refer to Surat at-Tin, we see this point while considering its interpretation that relates to its application to real life. Its denotation is already apparent; when we read the Qur'an we already understand it. But what I speak of is the one aspect that applies to real life. I interpret it in a manner that has not been done before. All these are true; these are the firsthand interpretations. I do not make any preliminary study for it. I say whatever Allah inspires to my heart at that moment. This is my general method. I make unprecedented interpretations. And they are all true.
For instance there is a verse about "salat." The scholars of Islamic law interpret them and we abide by them. But there are also Surah Yusuf, Surat al-Kahf. There are the verses that contain many signs to the End Times. The verses about the imprisonment of Prophet Joseph (as), his leadership refers to the system of Hazrat Mahdi (as). The story of Prophet Solomon (as) also refers to the worldly dominion of Prophet Solomon (as). What is related 1,400 years ago is happening right now. Allah refers to a glorious dominion in the story of Prophet Solomon (as). This has a meaning. It applies to real life. Our Prophet (saas) said, "Five people will dominate the world. As the fifth one, one of my sons, Muhammed Mahdi (as) will dominate the world". What does Almighty Allah mean here? Allah relates the system of Hazrat Mahdi (as) in the stories of Zulkarnayn and Prophet Solomon (as). In the real sense of the word.
For instance the creation of matter from nothingness is recognized in the End Times. Allah says in the Qur'an, "I created from nothing." After the Big Bang theory, they said, "It is true that the universe is created from nothing." Thus they understood that what the Qur'an revealed was true. This happened at the End Times. Many scientific facts related in the Qur'an were disclosed in this century, especially in the most recent fifty years. The interpretation of Elmalılı was available then and Muslims benefited from it. At every age Allah sends great Islamic scholars. In the hadith it is narrated that at the beginning of every century, Allah sends mujaddids who renew the religion. Also in the End Times Allah sends them, and He sends Hazrat Mahdi (as) to renew the religion. We are also the vanguards of Hazrat Mahdi (as). I am, for instance, the vanguard of Hazrat Mahdi (as), a person who lays the basis for his efforts.
My interpretation would not be the same with the one made 400 years ago or 200 years ago. Allah makes mujaddids of a certain era make interpretations that relate to the needs of those people and they benefit from them. Imam Rabbani's interpretations addressed the needs of his own time. So did the interpretation of Abdulgadir Gaylani. Muhammed Mahdi (as) will also interpret the Qur'an in compliance with his own age. Hazrat Mahdi is the greatest interpreter of the Qur'an. He is the greatest mujtahid, and we are his followers. A follower carries that scent. When one enters a garden of roses, he smells roses, insha'Allah. Therefore we also have that scent. Consequently, the fact that Muslims of the past did not know about these issues does not make them believers with imperfect knowledge because they acknowledged the main issues. That is what matters. They complied with what is lawful and unlawful and other provisions. Yet it might be that they did not see some of the miracles, and we may also not see some of the miracles they saw, because they witnessed some actual wonders. For instance in the time of Abdulkadir Geylani and Imam Rabbani they witnessed some wonders. We did not see them, but in the End Times we see the miracles of the Qur'an. By the means of those times they were unable to see them, but with the technology and means of this century we are able to see them, insha'Allah.
· Surely Muslims will eat the best of food, ride in the most luxurious cars and have the most quality attire. They will hear the best of words and use the best perfumes. They deserve the best of everything both in this world and the Hereafter. They think that when Hazrat Mahdi (as) comes, Muslims will have scarce means and they will live in dirty places, in basements. That is not the case. The system of Hazrat Mahdi is [made up of] glory and wealth. Wealth will be enormously abundant. Hazrat Mahdi (as) will distribute properties and people will ask for them although they have plenty. There will be so many properties that one will say; "Am I greedy? Am I the most greedy of this ummah? Is it becoming?" Because he had taken properties although he had many. He wants to give them back, but Hazrat Mahdi (as) rejects taking them back. Wealth will flow like rivers. We will plant fruit trees all over the streets. There will be no concrete, etc. We will build the glory and beauty of the Ottoman period by a thousand times, Insha'Allah. Avenues, streets, everywhere will turn into fair grounds, insha'Allah. The youth will be exuberant . They will be filled with joy and happiness. Do our citizens deserve shanties? By Allah's leave, as the followers of Hazrat Mahdi (as) we will make them lead the best lives. All damp and dirty houses will be demolished, insha'Allah, and will be replaced by roomy, spacious houses, autobahns, etc. We will be instrumental in forming a glorious environment, insha'Allah. People will host one another, invite one another. Everywhere will be like a place of feasting. They will enjoy and we will make them live in joy. Not a drop of blood will be shed, insha'Allah. We will eliminate all weapons. No armaments. The expenses made on armaments will be diverted to welfare. Africa will have greater welfare than Paris, insha'Allah. People will be amazed at it, insha'Allah. Money is spent on blood, on human blood now. But money will be spent to make people happy, to make them laugh and live in joy, insha'Allah.


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Game license numbers set for 2012
June 4, 2012
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission recently approved big game hunting license numbers for the upcoming fall hunting seasons. Herd population estimates drove recommendations to reduce license numbers for mule deer, elk and pronghorn while increasing licenses to manage growing populations of moose and black bears. According to a 2008 study, big game hunting in Colorado provides more than $430 million per year in economic impact to the state and supports 4,660 jobs in the state.
Limited elk licenses – 139,461
Over-the-counter bull elk licenses – Unlimited for archery, second and third rifle seasons.
Limited deer licenses – 79,800
Pronghorn licenses – 23,862
Statewide, mule deer licenses declined 5.8 percent from 2011. The 2.2 percent decline in the number of limited elk tags offered this year is mostly related to elk populations reaching management objectives after several years of intentional efforts by Colorado Parks and Wildlife to reduce elk damage on private lands.
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