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The changing relationship between earnings expectations and earnings for value and growth stocks during Reg FD
Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg FD) altered the voluntary disclosure practices of firms with publicly traded securities, thereby affecting relationships between value and growth stock expectations and actual earnings. The results show that earnings forecasts for both stock groups are biased but that bias is less after the introduction of Reg FD. In fact, the difference in pre/post FD forecast bias is larger for growth stocks, suggesting that before Reg FD, analysts did not just misinterpret news but consciously tried to maintain relationships with growth firm managers. However, Reg FD limited these relationships severing the monetary advantage that might be gained from manipulating forecasts.
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Recently, a Southern California man was put under 72-hour psychiatric observation when it was found he owned 100 guns and had (by rough estimate) 1 million rounds of ammunition stored in his home. The house also has a secret escape tunnel.
The television reporter said: "Wow! He has about a million machine gun bullets!" and the headline referred to it as a "massive weapons cache".
By California standards someone owning even 100,000 rounds would be called "mentally unstable".
If he lived elsewhere, such as Arizona, he'd be called "an avid gun collector."
In Oklahoma, he'd be called "a novice gun collector".
In Colorado he'd be called under-inventoried and needs further education since he needs at least that much stored in two separate "Remote mountain" locations plus that amount at home.
In Utah, he'd be called "moderately well prepared", but they'd probably reserve judgment until they made sure that he had a corresponding quantity of stored food
In Montana, he'd be called "the neighborhood 'Go-To' guy".
In Idaho, he'd be called "a likely gubernatorial candidate".
In Wyoming, he'd be called "an eligible bachelor".
In Kansas, he'd be called "a Hunting Buddy."
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
3 comments:
- hiswiserangel said...
Love this. :-D
- February 26, 2013 at 1:52 PM
- Wraith said...
By Kalifornia standards, owning one hundred rounds makes you a Psycho Gun Freak Who Will Kill Us All. (Although, if you're LAPD, then firing 100 rounds into a completely different vehicle than the one you're looking for is just SOP, and nothing to get antsy about.)
I'll let the Arizona slander slide...when Kansas gets Constitutional Carry, let me know. ;)
- February 26, 2013 at 11:15 PM
- Gregory said...
I love this. Wow. I must bee a real woosie. I only have around a thousand rounds in my house....
- February 27, 2013 at 10:52 AM
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Seattle Opposes Coal-Export Ports
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle City Council has unanimously passed a resolution opposing the development of coal-export terminals in Washington state over concerns about increased train traffic and potential harm to health and the environment.
Tuesday's vote comes as the federal government is reviewing the first of at least six port facilities proposed in Washington and Oregon to ship coal from the Powder River basin of Montana and Wyoming to thirsty markets in Asia. If all the facilities are built, at least 100 million tons of coal a year could carry coal in trains through the Northwest before being shipped to Asia.
Councilmember Mike O'Brien says mining and burning more coal isn't consistent with the city's goal to fight climate change.
Opponents say the resolution is premature and the council should let the environmental review be completed.


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Metropolitan Police Department investigators responded to a report of an armed carjacking on the 1100 block of First Street SE.
On Saturday morning, an armed suspect approached a driver and brandished a silver handgun. The carjacker then stole the victim's vehicle, a dark grey 2006 Honda Accord bearing Maryland tags 3ESG02.
The victim told police that the carjacker was a 25- to 30-year-old black man wearing gray pants and a white t-shirt. The suspect weighs about 165 lbs. and sports short hair and a goatee. He was last seen in the vicinity of First and M Street SE.
Anyone with information about the incident should call 202-727-9099 or 1-866-411-TIPS.
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Corruption and Military Spending
Anecdotal evidence relates corruption with high levels of military spending. This paper tests empirically whether such a relationship exists. The empirical analysis is based on data from four different sources for up to 120 countries in the period 1985–98. The association between military spending and corruption is ascertained by using panel regression techniques. The results suggest that corruption is indeed associated with higher military spending as a share of both GDP and total government spending, as well as with arms procurement in relation to GDP and total government spending. This evidence indicates that defense spending can be considered for constructing governance indicators.
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Fantastic Four: Reed Richards Rocks
April 18, 2005 - For those of you that caught MTV's Total Request Live last week, you may remember seeing the music video debut of Activision's upcoming multiplatform movie-inspired videogame, Fantastic Four. The first in a series of four different videos, the 90-second segment features Reed Richards as Mr. Fantastic as he shape-shifts his way through a horde of oncoming enemies.
Fantastic Four's Sonic Blitz
April 11, 2005 - News story about music and Fantastic Four film and games.
Fantastic Four
August 29, 1997 - Every once in a while a game comes along that redefines exactly what 'bad' is. It establishes a new low point for the industry as a whole, a marker that other companies can look at and say, "Well, now we know what not to do." Fantastic Four is such a game.


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In an interview with The Lawyer last week (19 October) about the launch of two new social housing teams in Milton Keynes and The Solent, he joked: "Anyone who's under 50 and reads The Guardian gets brought on."
However, not everyone appreciated Ballard's irreverent style, with The Lawyer subsequently receiving an anonymous phone call from a reader claiming to be from a housing association that instructed Shoosmiths.
The caller said that "board members took issue with regard to age discrimination", adding that the comments were "flippant and stereotyping of the social housing sector".
He went on to liken the comments to those made by businessman Gerald Ratner, who was considered to have made a faux pas after describing the jewellery he sold as "crap" in the early 1990s.
Since joining Shoosmiths from Cobbetts in March last year Ballard and his team have added 20 per cent to the Birmingham office's bottom line. He has acted on six Welsh joint stock transfers and for most of the Midlands' registered social landlords. It is on the back of that success that the two new teams are to be launched.
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Things keep getting worse for Disney (DIS[1]) channel star Orlando Brown following his 2011 DUI arrest as he is now serving jail time.
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LONG BEACH >> The Hamel sisters — Bernadette, Ethel, Marie and Louise— all have resolutions to keep dancing and smiling in the new year.
In many ways the sisters act just like teenagers. They laugh a lot, gossip and love to dance.
Except they're not exactly teenagers anymore.
In fact, the Hamel sisters are all in their 90s: Bernadette, 98; Marie, 94; Louise, 92, and the baby, Ethel, who joined the exclusive 90s sisterly club when she celebrated her 90th birthday in February at an unforgettable party on Catalina Island.
Dubbed the "90-year-old teenagers," the Hamel sisters danced to favorite songs like "In the Mood," "String of Pearls," and, of course, "Avalon."
"They were dancing up a storm," said Terese Parkin, Ethel's daughter.
Louise, who turned 98 in July, said she sometimes moves furniture around in her home and dances to music by herself. "I love the old music, not this new music with their whooping and hollering and you can't even understand the words," she said.
Ethel, who has a 96-year-old boyfriend, said her New Year's resolution is to keep dancing. She and her boyfriend will be doing just that at the New Year's Eve party at the Long Beach Yacht Club on Tuesday.
The Hamel sisters said there are two secrets to their longevity: healthy genes from good parents and dancing.
They could have added fertile genes too.
Together, the sisters have 27 children, 74 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren. Ethel has eight children; Louise, nine; Marie, seven, and Bernadette, three.
The sisters are in good health and live relatively close to each other, Ethel in Seal Beach, Louise in Lakewood, Marie on Long Beach's Eastside and Bernadette in Bixby Knolls.
They do lots of things together. "Any excuse for a party," said Louise. "Don't forget, we're French Canadians."
The Hamel sisters were born in Alberta, Canada, where their parents, Eugene and Rose, lived on a 1,000-acre wheat farm. For vacations, the Hamels visited Long Beach because they liked the sunshine and water. Eventually, their father bought a small house in Long Beach and the family spent more time here.
Tragedy struck in June 1931 when the family was packing the car for the long drive back to Alberta where the father had stayed to work the farm. In a freak accident, he was killed when the horse-drawn wagon he was driving flipped over.
The family was devastated. Bernadette was 15, Marie 11, Louise 10 and Ethel 8. Their mother decided to make their new home in Long Beach.
The sisters attended St. Matthews School and graduated from St. Anthony High School. Last month Bernadette was honored at a dinner at St. Anthony's as the school's oldest living alum.
As they got older, the sisters loved going to Catalina and dancing to the music of the Big Bands of the 1930s and 1940s.
The sisters all married. Bernadette married Manuel Graves and worked as an administrator at Pacific Hospital. Marie married Manuel's brother, Chris. Louise married Lester Kautsky. Ethel married William Schneeweis, who taught music in Long Beach schools for more than 40 years at Lowell Elementary, Rogers Middle School and Lindbergh Middle School.
All the sisters lost their husbands, except Louise, whose husband Lester is retired; he was a machinist with Aerojet General. They have been married for 65 years.
Louise said the secret to her long marriage is "arguing a lot, plus I don't have time to train another one."
Asked if he likes to dance, Lester gave Louise a hug and said, "You bet. I like being up close like this."
Parkin said the sisters have survived life's hardships "sprinkled with humor and joy. They have inspired multiple generations of our family with their wisdom, humor, grace and zest for life."


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Life after bankruptcy -- how to get your finances back on track
More than 600,000 new bankruptcy cases were filed in the first half of 2012. If you were one of them, it may feel like your financial future is doomed.
Not so, says the Minnesota Society of CPAs (MNCPA). While you will face challenges post-bankruptcy, you can chart a new financial course with a commitment to educating yourself, becoming more disciplined with your money and credit, and learning some valuable lessons.
Bankruptcy fact versus fiction
Don't let every scary bankruptcy story you've ever heard keep you from moving forward. Many people think they can never get another credit card, be approved for a loan of any kind, or qualify for a mortgage.
It's true that it may be more challenging, but you can still qualify for a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) home loan, which is government insured. Such loans aren't based on your credit.
By law, the maximum time that a bankruptcy can stay on your credit record is 10 years, but the credit agencies will often expunge it long before then. If you have a steady income, your debt ratio is low, and you're rebuilding your credit, banks may be willing to lend to you.
And you may be surprised at how many credit card offers you'll still receive. One study showed that 96 percent of consumers were offered new credit within a year of declaring bankruptcy.
Tips for getting back on track
Now you know the good news - all avenues of credit aren't cut off to you forever - but now you need to take some steps to get yourself back on the road to financial recovery. Here's what the experts recommend:
Think about it. Yes, you declared bankruptcy. Now you need to pull yourself up by the proverbial bootstraps and move on. What got you into this situation in the first place? What do you need to do differently now?
Create a realistic budget and spending plan and stick to it. You need to spend less and save more. Where can you cut costs? When you need something, buy it with cash. Don't run yourself back into debt. When you are able to obtain a new credit card, use it sparingly with the intent of rebuilding a strong credit history. Live below your means.
Pay bills on time. You are working to reestablish your credit. Make sure that you pay bills on time, every time. You don't want any of those special little notes in your credit report. Prioritize your expenses to stay on track.
Know your obligations. Many people are under the impression that declaring bankruptcy absolves them of their debt. Not true. You may still be responsible for paying off creditors. Factor these payments into your budget.
Save. And then save some more. It's time to create an emergency fund so that unexpected financial crises don't derail your attempts to get your credit back on track. Experts suggest having enough in the bank to cover at least three to six months of expenses in case of emergency.
Ease back into credit. You'll receive a surprising number of credit card offers, but don't jump at the first one. Pay close attention to the type of card being offered, the fees, and the terms.
Monitor your credit. Your whole goal after bankruptcy is to get yourself back into good financial standing. Take an active role. Monitor your credit reports (you are entitled to view your credit report for free every six months). If you see anything that seems incorrect, notify creditors and the credit bureau immediately to remedy the situation. Remember, the information in your credit report will be used by banks and lenders to determine the amount of credit they will extend and interest rates on loans.
Watch out. Unfortunately, there are unscrupulous people out there waiting to take advantage of people who are in dire financial straits. They'll offer to "fix" your credit, but that will, of course, come at a price. Look out for too-good-to-be-true offers. Your best bet is to work to reestablish your credit through your own hard work. If you do work with a company, check their credentials carefully.


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While some competitors avail themselves of these offerings, others find their own distinctive ways to fuse faith and sport. U.S. cross-country racer Rebecca Dussault, for example, has inscribed her skis with the name of Pier Giorgio Frassati, a beatified Catholic outdoorsman who roamed the mountains around Turin before his death, at age 24, in 1925.
âMy faith comes first,â said Dussault. âThen Iâm a family woman. Then Iâm an athlete. Thatâs how I find balance.â
The two largest Olympic villages â in Turin and the mountain town of Sestriere â have interfaith centers with daily services for Christians, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists. Attendance is ...
I see they need many of our Roman Road booklets:
...and I jumped the back pew and landed onto a balcony, no thanks to you. But I'm sure you would agree.
...the other stuff, I'll get back to you. On a whim and a theory.
«Mis familiares intentaron disuadirme para que abandonara el trabajo y me concentrara en mi puesto de profesora de la Universidad porque temÃan por mi vida, pero me negué a hacerlo», prosigue.Eso, pese a tener una hija de tres años huérfana de padre.
It should read sgyds from a cloud.
You are way way out there brother or sister. Maybe you should speak a language we can all understand? Or perhaps this is your way of feeling above the rest of us?
"Condoms are being distributed free of charge in the pharmacies for the athletes and Olympic officials.
"The tradition of free condoms originally began at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics in an effort to raise awareness of AIDS. Since then, 40,000 condoms were given away at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, 100,000 at Sydney, 150,000 in Salt Lake City and 130,000 in Athens."
Bring your newspaper ... .
Now the paving, on the other side. That's our own undoing. Pragmatism. Playing with Entropy.
I'll save both their heads. The play nicely on the mirror. In my eyes.
But that's dilemma. Sour, yes, but I like 'em too. A traded a tooth for my right one, one time.
The original Olympics were part of a Gk. festival honoring Zeus. Roman & Aztec games also had religious connotations.
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Statue Of Liberty five-year-old Hay List was the second-favourite in the Newmarket Handicap betting at Luxbet where he was to take on Peter Moody's unbeaten mare Black Caviar for the third time.
Hay List, however, was an early scratching from the $1 million showdown on veterinarian advice after suffering from soreness in his off side right shoulder.
Reportedly making a rapid recovery, New South Wales speedster Hay List is set to make a comeback in the $175,000 Group 2 Challenge Stakes (1000m) at Warwick Farm on Sunday March 27.
McNair will then nominate his stable forerunner for the $1 million Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday April 9 where an unavoidable clash with Black Caviar is on the cards.
Black Caviar stamped her authority as Australia's premier sprinter with a runaway victory in the 2011 Newmarket Handicap, becoming not only a triple Group 1 winner but also breaking the record as the country's first racehorse to win their first 10 starts consecutively on metropolitan tracks.
A winner of 12 of his 16 starts to date, Hay List has twice faced off against Black Caviar for two large defeats.
The first showdown between the sprint stars took place on Emirates Stakes Day last year where Black Caviar easily got the better of Hay List winning the Group 1 Patinack Farm Classic (1200m) with ease while an injury marred lead-up saw Hay List finish a well beaten sixth.
The pair met again in the Group 1 Lightning Stakes (1000m) at Flemington 19, and although improved in running second, Hay List was still far from in the same league as emphatic winner Black Caviar.
Another hopeful horse heading towards a run for second behind Black Caviar in the Randwick feature is dual Group 1 winning Queenslander Shoot Out set to resume in the TJ Smith Stakes.
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Bills' Johnson won't hear talk of moral victories, injury excuses
The Buffalo Bills' record in Stevie Johnson's five-plus seasons with the team is 32-57.
You can understand, then, why Johnson has zero patience for any talk of "moral victories," including after the latest loss Sunday to the Kansas City Chiefs.
"We felt like we had the game. We controlled the game, and we ended up coming out with another loss," Johnson said Monday. "If you're not frustrated about that, then you shouldn't even be in this locker room right now. You should be filled up with fire, ready to go at it next Sunday, so that's how I feel right now.
"No moral victory at all. At all. That's all it is is a lost opportunity."
Johnson had little interest in listening to any of the ready-made excuses the Bills could use for their 3-6 start, namely the multitude of injuries the team has suffered.
"Man, it's the same old story. Injuries are injuries. Enough. Enough of that," he said. "We're out there suited up, so nobody should be talking about injuries. If you out there, you out there, man. Enough of that injury talk. I'm tired of that.
"We in the NFL, we're professionals. We're not high school football players. We've been through a lot, through college, through junior college, high school, all that stuff. ... Right now you play for the Buffalo Bills. It's no excuse for games like that. We gotta take advantage of teams like that. I felt like we didn't."
Johnson was open on the play that has received the most attention from Sunday's 23-13 loss – the interception thrown by rookie undrafted free agent Jeff Tuel that was returned 100 yards for a touchdown by Chiefs cornerback Sean Smith.
"I shook him, he almost fell. He basically fell into an interception, and that was it," Johnson said.
"At the end of the day, you know, I'm just happy that me and my coach went over the film and we knew exactly what the look was going to be. That just gives me more confidence to watch more film with the coach, extra film, and go at it on Sunday against the Steelers."
Johnson said there have been times this season when he's looked at the number of close games that have gotten away from the team.
"I think it's natural for somebody to look back and say, 'dang, we should have had this game, we should have done this,' but damn, I mean, I've been doing this for six years. There's no moral victories at all, it's wins and losses."
With the release of quarterback Matt Flynn on Monday, the Bills created a roster opening. They filled it by signing fullback Evan Rodriguez, a fourth-round draft choice of the Chicago Bears in 2012.
Rodriguez was arrested twice within a three-month span earlier this year in alcohol-related incidents.
The first came in March for resisting an officer without violence and disorderly intoxication after a car in which he was a passenger was involved in a traffic incident in Miami. The charges were eventually dropped.
He was also arrested in May for driving under the influence, leading to his release from the Chicago Bears.
"A lot of decisions go into where that person is now in their life. Have they learned from that mistake?" Bills coach Doug Marrone said of the decision to sign Rodriguez. "Character is a big thing ... coming onto this team."
Rodriguez played at Temple. He played in 12 games, with five starts, as a rookie for the Bears.
"You know there's a short leash. They have to convince people that they've learned from that mistake, that they're ready to move on, and then once they do that then they have to get on the field and obviously perform," Marrone said.
Rodriguez ran a 4.53-second 40-yard dash at the 2012 NFL Scouting Combine. He did 18 reps on 225-pound bench press.
"I know that he's very athletic. Can help us in the H-back mode and I think that he can also help us on special teams, but I think I'll wait to see what actually happens on the field," Marrone said.
Running back C.J. Spiller made it through Sunday's game without worsening his high-ankle sprain.
"I talked to C.J. afterward and he said he felt good," Marrone said.
"The one concern was when someone landed on it, how would he feel? He said one of those big defensive tackles landed on it. I told him, 'Well heck, if a defensive tackle, one of their defensive tackles, lands on it and you're OK, you should be fine.' "
Rookie receivers Marquise Goodwin (hamstring) and Robert Woods (ankle), both of whom left Sunday's game, will be evaluated Wednesday when the team returns to practice.
On Goodwin, Marrone said: "When you have that, we've just got to get him out on the field and see how he is, so I don't really know right now. I'll know a lot when we get on the field and he can go ahead and test it."
As for Woods, the situation was much the same.
"We'll rest him through the next two days, today and tomorrow, and then see him on the field," Marrone said.
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|17 Feb 2010
A few questions
1) Is there any way you can remove the 'grid' on the desktop and in files? What I mean is, when you mouse over things it highlights a square behind it and when you drag things it snaps to a square, like the files are all on a huge grid. Is there any way to remove the highlighting and let you move files to any location like in Windows XP?
2) When I drag and drop a file from one folder to another, instead of cutting it from the one file and pasting it into the other, it copies the file(s), so instead of moving the file from one place to the other I end up just copying it and having the original in the same place. Any way I can make it cut instead of copy itself?
3) Is there a way you can change the font in the sticky notes program?
4) Is there a way you can make the left-hand side of the start menu a color other then white without downloading any custom themes or anything?
5) Is there a way you can change the background color of windows explorer?
EDIT: On this note, is there also a way you can change the color of the two toolbars in windows explorer? (The file, edit, view, etc. one and the Organize, Burn, New folder, etc. one)
6) In the start menu and login screen, where it displays the users profile picture, is there a way you can change the color of the border/padding around the picture? It's blue by default which looks really bad with my picture.
7) In folders, if I want to move a file to another location inside the same folder (like when you drag items in the start menu around to place them on top or bottom, and change the order) it wont let me move them. This is really annoying because I just upgraded from XP and the folders are organized differently in this and I cant move them to where I am used to them being. For instance if in a folder, a subfolder or file is at the bottom of the window, I cant drag it to the top and have it stay there. (Sorry, confusing question)
8) Can you remove the tooltip that pops up when mousing over the start menu icon, without removing all tooltips?
9) Is there a way you can get the start menu to cascade when you select all programs, and have the folders within all programs also cascade? just like in XP. Thanks.
Thank you all ahead of time, I know it is a lot of questions to answer. I appreciate the help. I also had a few other minor questions to ask you guys but I forgot what they are; If I can remember them, I will ask. Thanks!
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1) Yes that can be done, with an edit in the aero.msstyles (or your custom msstyles if your using a custom theme from deviantART. This will also need you to enable custom themes, and it will require Windows Style Builder for editing the images in the msstyles file)
2) I dont think you can, but i'm not sure.
3) Not sure about that one.
4) No. You have to use a custom theme for that to change.
5) Yes, that can be done with Custom windows 7 themes or WindowsBlinds
6) Yes. The images are located in explorer.exe . Extract them and change the hue/sat in Photoshop/Paint.net/Gimp and assign the changed images to replace the old ones and save the explorer.exe (you will have to take ownership of explorer.exe before doing this)
7) Thats not possible as far as i know
8) That is probably possible, but i dont know how
9) I'm not sure what you mean
Hope this answers some of your questions
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2) By default dragging between folders on the same volume does a move, and between different volumes does a copy. Hold down Shift to always move, or hold down Control to always copy. Hold both to make a shortcut. Drag with the right mouse button to get a menu where you can select between copy, move, shortcut or cancel.
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Thank you both for the information. What I meant for #9 is that when you moused over 'all programs' in the start menu in Windows XP, the contents would open in a list to the right of the start menu, and it would do the same for subfolders. Is there any way you can get the start menu in Win7 to do this, instead of clicking 'all programs' and having it only show in the left pane of the start menu?
Also, for #1, how exactly would you edit aero.msstyle?
Thank you
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Thank you both for the information. What I meant for #9 is that when you moused over 'all programs' in the start menu in Windows XP, the contents would open in a list to the right of the start menu, and it would do the same for subfolders. Is there any way you can get the start menu in Win7 to do this, instead of clicking 'all programs' and having it only show in the left pane of the start menu?
Also, for #1, how exactly would you edit aero.msstyle?
Thank you
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In this concert, the performance by Danilo Pérez' group (entitled "Things to Come: 21st Century Dizzy") was supplemented with an opening set by the up-and-coming vocalist Somi, making for an interesting combination of diverse jazz flavorings. Somi's unique African-based renderings was followed by compositions dedicated to or written by Dizzy Gillespie, which were energetically executed with distinctly postmodern arrangements and interpretations.
Somi is a remarkable singer. Her range goes as low as Nina Simone's and as high as Roberta Gambarini's, echoing styles from singers as varied as Sarah Vaughan and folksinger Miriam Makeba. As Somi's All About Jazz biography states, "A true multicultural woman, Somi was born in Illinois to immigrants from Rwanda and Uganda, then spent her early childhood in Zambia." She composes many of her songs and achieves a successful integration of American jazz and blues with African expressions and modal scales. This style exemplifies the "world music" notions of John Coltrane and others, which also may presage things to come.
With her strong personality and resilient voice, she bears the true marks of a great jazz singer. Musically, Somi goes wherever she wants, conveying strong feelings, yet staying within a distinct form and style that she then makes her own by utilizing the form in her own unique way. The form Somi uses is a that of a story, myth or legend expressed in an eclectic mix of African song and dance seamlessly integrated with blues, gospel and modern jazz idioms, which, of course, all ultimately were derived from African sources. For instance, a hypnotic original composition called "Quietly," began in a soft, contemplative way, as if on an African plain at twilight. Gradually, like Ravel's "Bolero," it built into a passionate trance-like expression of irrepressible eroticism and love. Metaphysical presences of "light, water, and air" appeared, echoing Dave Liebman's album, The Elements: Water (Arkadia, 1997). As the love-obsessed soul of the singer unraveled, it told a story that traveled both inside and outside the mind. Somi weaves complex plots and subplots the way that only a handful of jazz musicians have doneLiebman,Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Coltrane and Wayne Shorter come immediately to mind.
In the song "Most Beloved," she used modal improvisation to express an entrancing emotion. This was highlighted and contrasted with a highly-charged, rapid-fire, single-line, right-hand improvisation by her pianist Tori Dodo, as if to evoke the animus, the shadow-side of love. The title song of Somi's album, If the Rains Come First (2009, ObliqSound), begins with a mountainous cadenza by bassist Michael Olatuja, and manifests Somi's resilience in using the elements of the human voice to evoke elements in nature and the words of the ancestors. Bebop phrases are seamlessly woven into the African tribal fabric. Both John and Alice Coltrane would have loved Somi's finale at the concert, "African Lady (The Anti-Domestic Violence Anthem)"Alice for its liberating message and 'Trane for its fervent voice of the preacher, its rapid, sometimes twisting scat choruses, and its periodic use of intervals reminiscent of "Giant Steps."
Akin to the creative and envelope-pushing male vocalist JD Walter, Somi is extending the limits of jazz singing. Since she also has the cachet of a true "diva," she is going to blow music lovers away. It should also be said that her backup group of piano, guitar, bass and drums did a superb job of bringing out their own individual musical qualities while supporting Somi and never getting in her way.
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Every A-Z-list celebrity has likely been approached to participate in TV's Dancing With The Stars, but gold medal snowboarder Shaun White ain't gonna have none of it. In an interview with an E! staffer, White explained that he wasn't hip to certain things required of participants on the show…Shaun said:
"I was approached but I don't know if I was made for it… I mean, I don't stretch enough and the outfits! I'd have to have approval."
With his crazy snowboarding moves and signature style, it sounds like to us that flexibility and fashion sense aren't a problem for him… merely an excuse. Well, props to Shaun for not jumping on the 'ol Dancing With The Stars bandwagon!
However, he did reveal that he has been approached by other TV shows as well, and admitted a love for Family Guy. Perhaps we'll be seeing an animated version of Shaun on TV one of these days??


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Lebanese company to establish pecan nut orchards in Armenia
YEREVAN, March 17. / ARKA /. Lebanese Gardenia Lebniz Farms is establishing pecan orchards in Kotayk region to grow the American variety of the fruit, the agricultural ministry said today.
The news came following a meeting of Armenian agriculture minister Sergo Karapetyan with Lebanese ambassador to Armenia, Jean Makaron, head of Gardenia Lebniz Farms Nicola Abu Faisal and a
representative of the same company Jamil Abdeim.
The Lebanese company has already chosen 20 hectares of land in Yeghvard and is making preparatory work for planting the first pecan trees brought from the U.S. state of California.
Representatives of the company said that some products of the company - olives, spices and grains, will be sold in Armenian stores soon. In his turn Sergo Karapetyan promised to cooperate fully with the Lebanese company. The Lebanese company sells its products to more than 40 countries.
Related to the walnut, pecans are native to America. Sweet and rich, the pecan's distinct flavor and texture is the result of its high levels of monosaturated oil - in fact, it is the fattiest of all nuts. It goes well in both savory and sweet dishes.. Pecan trees grow also in the Crimea, Central Asia and the Caucasus. -0-
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For its size, Wales has a rich flora. The variation in rock types and landscapes from the limestones of the Gower Peninsular to the mud-stones and volcanic rocks of Snowdonia support many different and special plants. Wales is home to a number of rare plants. Some rare species are endemic to Wales and occur nowhere else in the world, such as Ley's Whitebeam or the Black Mountain Hawkweed. Other rare plants occur elsewhere but in the British Isles only occur in Wales, such as the Snowdon Lily or Yellow Whitlow Grass. Others are rare on an international basis, such as Perennial Centaury or Wild Asparagus.
The Welsh Rare Plants Project aims to help conserve threatened Welsh plants by providing a firm scientific basis for their conservation. The advice is provided by collecting information on the size and location of rare plant populations, assessing threats to their survival, collecting ecological information, analysing genetic variation and making recommendations for habitat management.
It is a joint project between Amgueddfa Cymru — National Museum Wales and the National Botanic Garden of Wales, with part funding from the Countryside Council for Wales.
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WASHINGTON — Loretta Mitchell is 100 percent sure she's going to vote in the presidential race come November. She doesn't have a clue who'll get that vote.
That makes her a rare and highly sought after commodity: an undecided likely voter.
The challenge for President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney is how to lay claim to this small but mightily important swath of the electorate.
These people are truly up for grabs, claim they're intent on voting and yet aren't paying that much attention.
With six hard-fought weeks left in the campaign, just 7 percent of likely voters have yet to pick a candidate, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll. When combined with those who are leaning toward one candidate or the other but far from firm in their choice, about 17 percent of likely voters are what pollsters consider "persuadable."
That includes 6 percent who give soft support to Obama and 4 percent for Romney.
Mitchell, a 68-year-old independent from the small town of Lebanon, Ind., voted for Obama in 2008 but says both candidates this year strike her as "true politicians, and I'm just really down with Washington and politicians."
Like a lot of undecideds, she isn't sure what's going to determine her ballot, and she's in no rush to decide.
The triggers for how and when the undecideds will make up their minds are intensely personal.
So the campaigns have to hope to pick them off as they pursue swing groups in the most competitive states — segments of voters such as independents, seniors and white working-class voters.
People such as Donna Olson, a 66-year-old semi-retired truck driver from Oskaloosa, Iowa, who calls herself a former Democrat.
Olson expects to wait until November to make up her mind, just as she did four years ago, when her vote ultimately went to Republican John McCain.
"I don't like either one of them," Olson says of Obama and Romney. She specifically mentions Obama's support for gay marriage and Romney's proposed tax breaks for wealthy Americans.
So how will she make up her mind?
"I'm just trying to watch a little bit of everything," says Olson. "It probably will come down to November, but I'm open to see what happens between now and then."
At least Olson's tuned in to the race. One huge hurdle for both sides in the next six weeks will be getting the attention of the undecideds.
While 69 percent of likely voters report they're paying a great deal of attention to the race, the figure drops to 59 percent for persuadable likely voters. Among the larger group of all registered voters, just 31 percent of persuadables show much interest in the campaign.
That's one reason both campaigns are pouring so much money into advertising in the most contested states, and why so many ads focus on the campaign's central issue, the economy.
Persuadable voters are deeply negative about the current state of the economy. Almost two-thirds call it poor, and only 28 percent expect the economy to improve in the coming year.
That is far more pessimistic than other voters. Fifty percent of likely voters who have settled on a candidate think the economy will improve in the next year.
While the campaigns are trying lock down every vote they can — through early voting whenever possible — there's always a chunk of the electorate that's late to make up its mind.
In 2008, 4 percent of voters said they didn't pick their candidate until the last day, and they favored Obama by 5 percentage points. Another 3 percent decided in the last three days, and they skewed toward McCain. A further 3 percent decided sometime in the last week and they were about evenly divided.
In 2004, 9 percent of voters reported deciding in the last three days, and they heavily favored Democrat John Kerry over President George W. Bush, who nonetheless won re-election.
In general, the persuadables look a lot like other likely voters, and they're similarly distributed around the country, which makes it tricky for the campaigns to specifically target them. About 52 percent are male and 48 percent female. They do skew slightly Democratic.
Thirty-nine percent say they are Democrats or lean that way, 34 percent are Republican or lean GOP, and 27 percent are independent. Among all likely voters, by contrast, just 8 percent are independent and don't lean toward one party or the other.
The campaigns are intent on firming up those persuadables who already lean their way, and then hope to pick off undecided voters in the swing voter groups they're already making a priority.
The campaigns also are hoping their firm supporters can zero in on undecideds within their own spheres of influence.
As Obama frequently tells campaign crowds, "Don't just talk to people who agree with you; reach out to folks who don't follow politics that closely. Talk to somebody who's undecided."
In the same secretly recorded speech in which Romney said he had no hope of getting the support of the 47 percent of Americans who are dependent on government and back Obama, he spoke wistfully of those on the fence, saying, "What I have to do is convince the 5 to 10 percent in the center that are independents that are thoughtful, that look at voting one way or the other depending upon in some cases emotion, whether they like the guy or not, what it looks like."
Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg says truly undecided voters are particularly hard to come by this fall, attributing that to an increasingly polarized political climate and a race that ramped up unusually early, with big advertising budgets on both sides.
"There's still a fair amount of time left in this election, but the voters don't act like it," he said. "They look pretty decided."
Even independents are "more partisan in their behavior" these days, Greenberg says.
Republican pollster John McLaughlin, however, says there's still plenty of room for volatility in voters' choices, with the debates yet to come and the race especially close in certain states.
He said that to get on track after recent distractions, Romney's message to undecided voters must be a forward-looking economic pitch — not just that people aren't better off after the last four years, but that the economy will be much better off after four years under Romney.
Overall, the race is neck-and-neck in the AP-GfK poll, with 47 percent of likely voters supporting Obama and 46 percent for Romney.
While 84 percent of likely voters overall think it's been easy to make a decision this year, the undecideds, unsurprisingly, are having a far tougher time. Fifty-six percent of persuadables report having difficulty choosing sides.
Michael McGeehan, a 22-year-old from Salem, Ore., thinks that's the way it should be.
McGeehan is leaning toward Obama but says anything is possible because "things can happen." He adds: "There's a lot of people who have their minds made up too far in advance."
AP News Survey Specialist Dennis Junius and Associated Press writer Stacy A. Anderson contributed to this report.
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Here's a photo of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton watching her husband's speech from East Timor last night.
As I wrote, and Jonathan Martin and Emily Schultheis, this morning, Hillary Clinton has loomed large over the convention as the 2016 prospects at the Democratic National Convention have started making the rounds.
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If your five year old son came up to you and said, "Mommy, I want to be a girl and dress up like them…", what do you do??? Apparently, what one mother decided to do sparked a debate.
She let her child be who he wanted to be. If her son wanted to wear dresses, skirts, and pink lip gloss at 5, then that is what she wanted to do. Check out this video of the mother Cheryl Kilodavis talking about her son, Dyson, who has dubbed the name "Princess Boy".Vodpod videos no longer available.


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Cable network HBO goes mobile
Home Box Office has gone mobile with a site that gives on-the-go customers access to the cable network's content.
HBO tapped Mobile Streams to manage and host the new mobile site at http://www.hbomobile.com. As HBO Mobile's retail partner, Mobile Streams will make the portal available to customers throughout Britain, Europe and South Africa.
"We have been operating ringtones.com for 10 years and we built up our expertise and are now offering it to media brands such as HBO," said Simon Buckingham, CEO of Mobile Streams, New York. "I think all the media companies understand that the small screen will become bigger and they need to be ubiquitous.
"Everyone wants their content where the consumers are," he said.
The HBO Mobile retail site will offer ringtones and wallpapers from award-winning HBO shows such as "Flight of the Conchords", "Big Love", "True Blood", "Rome", "Entourage", "The Sopranos", "Sex and the City" and "The Wire."
HBO Mobile also offers subscribers full-length chaptered episodes of their favorite HBO Original Series, along with highlights from a host of HBO stand-up comics and sports programs.
Users can catch classic scenes and highlights from HBO dramas such as The Sopranos and Six Feet Under.
The site is user-friendly making content easy to find, download and watch.
HBO Mobile was built on Mobile Stream's proprietary platform Vuesia.
Vuesia is used globally by some of the world's largest and well-known media brands such as Sony Pictures, Vodafone, Showtime and Saturday Night Live.
Mobile Streams also provides HBO with global mobile content distribution via its on and off-portal channels around the world.
The site is subscription-based and does not have any mobile advertising on it.
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Indictment: Bujak didn't mention Rolex during bankruptcy hearing
BOISE, Idaho (KBOI) -- Former Canyon County Prosecutor John Bujak has been indicted by a federal grand jury on several charges related to a bankruptcy hearing.
The United States Attorney's Office says the jury indicted Bujak on charges of fraud, concealment of assets, making a false statement under oath, money laundering and obstruction of justice.
The indictment alleges that during Bujak's bankruptcy hearing from Nov. 2010 to Sept. 2011, he failed to disclose his wife's Rolex watch while under oath. The indictment goes on to allege that the former prosecutor sold the watch and a diamond ring to a jewelry store in Florida and received a check for $26,000 for payment. | Read the Indictment
Federal officials say he never concealed the sale of the watch and cashed the check at a MoneyTree store in Caldwell.
Bujak faces serious jail time if convicted by a jury. The charges of bankruptcy fraud, concealment of assets and making a false statement under oath are each punishable by up to five years in prison. The maximum sentence for money laundering is up to 20 years in prison while those convicted of obstruction of justice face up to 10 years.
He will also face hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines. Bujak currently is running a law firm, Bujak Law Group in Meridian.
Bujak later posted this statement to his Facebook page in response to the indictment:
"I received some unpleasant news today (it definitely felt like deja vu). I learned from news reporters that the federal government has charged me with crimes related to my bankruptcy case. The charges are based on allegations made over two years ago by my ex-wife. So it's back into the ring I go with gloves off. I intend to defend against the charges and work through the court system to clear my name (again). I appreciate all of you who have continued to show support for me and my family and thank you for your thoughts and prayers."
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From the Kenzo Fall/Winter 2013 collection we present the "Eye" graphic range. The popular crewneck sweater that has propelled the French luxury brand back onto the streets around the globe gets remixed with an "Eye" graphic this season. To round up the offering, Kenzo presents other crewneck sweaters around the theme, including an "Eye" all-over embroidery piece and an all-over print sweater as well. You can purchase all sweaters from the capsule offering now directly from the Kenzo online store.
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by Daniel Putnam | November 12, 2013 11:02 am
The days of massive outperformance for tech stocks might be in the rear-view mirror, but that hasn't stopped investors from remaining infatuated with the sector. More than $25 billion is invested in technology exchange-traded funds, with nearly half of that in the Technology SPDR (XLK[1]).
Unfortunately, the tech sector isn't delivering the goods. Not in growth. Not in valuation. Heck, not even in beta.
This is a critical consideration, since a sector ETF needs to offer a measure of added value over an index fund that provides exposure to the broader market, such as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY[2]), for the investment to make sense. But capitalization-weighted funds such as XLK are missing the mark on all counts.
The first metric where tech falls short is earnings growth: Factset[3] estimates that tech stocks are on track for 1.7% EPS growth in 2013, vs. 4.9% for the S&P 500. For 2014, it's the same story. Tech is expected to grow at a 9.6% pace, short of the 10.8% of the broader market.
There are three likely reasons for this. First, tech spending as a percentage of corporate capital spending as flattened out near the 50% line in recent years, indicating that tech — as a whole — has exited the rapid-growth phase and become a more mature industry. Second, smartphones have become increasingly commoditized, pressuring results throughout the supply chain — as evidenced by Qualcomm's (QCOM[4]) miss earlier this month. Finally, there currently just isn't the type of game-changing, iPhone-like product that can create an ecosystem and provide a lift to the entire sector.
This lack of market-beating growth potential is visible in the type of large, mature and slow-growing companies that make up the bulk of the holdings in funds like XLK, including International Business Machines (IBM[5]), Microsoft (MSFT[6]), Cisco Systems (CSCO[7]) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ[8]).
The lack of growth would be manageable if the tech sector were trading at a deep discount to the rest of the market, but that isn't the case. Tech stocks are trading at 14.3 times 12-month forward estimates, in line with the 14.7x of the broader market. This is certainly more attractive than the averages of the trailing five-year (13.6x for technology versus 13.0x for the S&P) and 10-year (16.8x versus 14.0x) periods, which indicate that the extended period of underperformance for the sector might have played itself out.
It also makes technology more attractive to sectors that are trading at above-average historical premiums, such as consumer staples. But at the same time, an in-line valuation doesn't make tech a screaming buy relative to a broader-based index funds.
The tech sector used to be the place investors could go to achieve index-beating returns in rising markets, but not anymore. According to Yahoo! Finance, XLK has a beta of just 0.77 relative to the S&P 500 in the past three years. Lower risk is an attractive quality, of course, but not necessarily what investors are looking for when they decided to allocate assets to a tech fund.
This is reflected in XLK's total return, which is behind that of the S&P 500 over all time periods throughout the current bull market:
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Investors tend to have long memories, and it's likely that many are still looking at the technology sector as the same source of dynamic growth and innovation that characterized the group in the 1990s. And for many individual companies — particularly in the sector's small- and midcap segments — that's still true.
For those looking for a sector play, however, the tech sector — and funds such as XLK — have little to offer relative to the broader market.
As of this writing, Daniel Putnam did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.
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Case dismissed: Defamation suit thrown out
A 3rd Circuit Court has dismissed another portion of the defamation lawsuit against two former county officials.
Judge Elizabeth Strance, in a ruling issued Tuesday morning, said the attorney representing Elections Division Chief Patricia Nakamoto and former elections employee Shyla Ayau failed to prove former County Council Chairman Dominic Yagong and former County Clerk Jamae Kawauchi acted in a "willful and wanton" way in investigating and firing four county elections workers last year.
"To the contrary, the admissible evidence now before this Court appears to clearly support a finding that Defendants Kawauchi and Yagong acted both with cause and within the scope of their employment within the County of Hawaii," Strance wrote in her order granting Yagong's and Kawauchi's motion for summary judgment. "Conversely, the Plaintiffs have not provided this Court with 'clear and convincing' evidence of any animus or 'willful or wanton' tortious conduct by Defendants Kawauchi and/or Yagong towards the Plaintiffs. … Similarly, there is no evidence that Defendants Kawauchi and/or Yagong personally conducted any investigation, regarding the actions of the Plaintiffs in connection with the County Elections Warehouse."
Francis Jung, who represented Yagong and Kawauchi, said they're still awaiting Strance's ruling on another motion for summary judgment, filed by the private investigation firm hired to conduct an inquiry into complaints about the Elections Division.
"Dominic Yagong and Jamae Kawauchi are both extremely thankful and pleased with the Court's decision," Jung said in an email Tuesday afternoon. "All of their actions were made with the intent of fulfilling their duties to the public to the best of their knowledge and abilities as hardworking, dedicated and honest public servants. Hopefully, the young people of Hawaii will not be afraid to seek future careers in public service or elected office out of fear of being persecuted by frivolous lawsuits. Justice will prevail in the end."
Strance had previously dismissed the cases against Yagong and Kawauchi in their official capacities. This ruling dismisses the case in their personal capacities. Strance said in Tuesday's ruling the Hawaii Labor Relations Board has exclusive jurisdiction over prohibited practice complaints against public employees.
Yagong and Kawauchi instigated an investigation into reports that county employees were hosting parties with alcohol at the county's elections division warehouse. They were also looking into reports that the warehouse manager, Glen Shikuma, was running a private sign-making business in the county's leased warehouse building.
Investigators turned up evidence of empty, full and partially consumed alcohol containers, as well as sign-making equipment Shikuma said he was storing at the warehouse, but claimed he never used on county property. Yagong and Kawauchi fired Nakamoto, Ayau, Shikuma and a fourth employee. County administrators later reinstated Nakamoto and offered Ayau her job back. Ayau declined, because she had taken a new position on Kauai. Shikuma died last August.
Nakamoto and Ayau, with Hilo attorney Ted Hong, filed the defamation case against Yagong and Nakamoto in early 2012.
Hong said Strance's ruling was expected. When Strance granted the county's motion earlier this year to dismiss the case against the former officials in their official capacity, Hong said he asked the court to allow an immediate appeal. Strance's ruling Tuesday helps clear the way for that appeal.
"Two fundamental issues that need attention from the appeals court include whether workers compensation is the only remedy for injuries inflicted on former employees, after they have already left the job and when are government officials personally accountable for their misconduct," he said in an email. "My clients are glad we can file the appeal shortly and get a definitive answer from the appeals court sooner than later."


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Dishonored Review
Dishonored's engrossing world and intoxicating interplay of supernatural powers make it a game you'll want to play more than once.
The Good
- Great suite of abilities encourages creativity
- Spacious environments riddled with pathways and secrets
- Lovely design brings the city to life
- Superbly voiced cast of interesting characters.
Dishonored is a game about many things. It's about revenge; armed with deadly weapons and supernatural powers, you seek vengeance upon all of those who orchestrated your downfall. It's about a city; the plague-ridden industrial port of Dunwall is lovely to behold, exciting to explore, and seething with secrets. It's about people; an array of vibrant characters await you, and as you get to know them, you are drawn further into their intrigues, hopes, and heartbreaks. But above all, it's about choice. The incredible variety of ways you can engage or evade your enemies makes Dishonored impressively flexible and utterly captivating.
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You play as Corvo Attano, former bodyguard to the empress and current death row inmate. The prologue chronicling Corvo's crime not only inflames your desire for revenge, but also sparks your affection for a vulnerable character. These dual fires foreshadow the choice you have to make each time you encounter an enemy: do you walk the bloody path of brutal vengeance, or take the nonlethal high road and rise above the violence that suffuses the city? Your actions have small, yet tangible consequences throughout your quest, and it's up to you to decide what kind of retribution you want.
A cadre of conspirators helps you escape imprisonment, and you find out that they are plotting to bring down the very men who wronged you. These characters embody familiar archetypes–the dutiful admiral, the egotistical nobleman, the cheeky servant–but Dishonored is not content with one-dimensional portrayals. An excellent voice cast (which includes a number of notable actors) and stylish character design help bring these people to life. As you listen to them talk (you remain mute throughout), read their journals, eavesdrop on conversations, and learn whispered secrets from an arcane, psychic item you acquire, you come to know the characters and the world they live in. This kind of knowledge is engaging, so even when the main plot follows some well-trodden paths, you're always interested and eager to press on.
Exploring Dunwall is another one of Dishonored's great pleasures. The city prospered from the whaling trade in the recent past, but has fallen on hard times since the influx of a deadly plague. Brick walls and wooden beams loom over alleys crawling with rats, while granite facades and metal barricades block off the cobblestoned plazas of the wealthier neighborhoods. Dunwall evokes a British city in the grip of the industrial revolution, but painterly coloring and slightly exaggerated proportions give the place a unique feel. Though some texture details can be slow to load in the console versions, the lovely artistic design is undiminished, making Dunwall an immensely appealing place to inhabit.
Of course, there are tangible benefits to exploration as well. Sewers, alleys, apartments, and estates all hide items that restore your health, reinforce your arsenal, teach you secrets, or allow you to gain new supernatural powers. The large areas you must traverse to get to your targets are riddled with out-of-the-way places to explore, and finding them reveals not only hidden goodies, but alternate routes as well.
Figuring out how to move through the environments is an enjoyable pursuit, and one of the first powers you get allows you to teleport a short distance. The quick pop and blurry whoosh of this power provides a nice audiovisual accompaniment to the thrill of defying natural law, and if you choose to supernaturally augment your jumping ability, your range of locomotion is drastically increased. Though you'll likely have some awkward moments as you try to go places that the game won't let you, Dishonored's level design is consistent enough to make such moments easy to avoid once you get the hang of things.
Dishonored's engrossing world and intoxicating interplay of supernatural powers make it a game you'll want to play more than once.


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Choix social : une difficulté et de multiples possibilités
[fre] L'article de 1950 publié par Arrow sous le titre « A Difficulty in the Concept of Social Welfare », ainsi que la monographie qui a été publiée l'année suivante, ont fondé la théorie du choix social. Cette théorie a longtemps été marquée par le caractère négatif de la plupart de ses résultats, confirmant la solidité du théorème d'Arrow. Mais elle est aujourd'hui riche de perspectives de développements positifs, grâce aux propositions de mesure plus objective du bien-être individuel, d'une part, et aux résultats de la théorie des allocations équitables, d'autre part. [eng] Social choice: a difficulty and many possibilities Arrow's 1950 article "A Difficulty in the concept of social welfare", and his book published the year after, have founded the theory of social choice. This theory has long been characterized by mostly negative results, which confirmed the robustness of Arrow's theorem. But nowadays new prospects for positive developments are surging, which are related to proposals for more objective measurement of individual well-being, on the one hand, and to results from the theory of fair allocation, on the other hand.
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PENSACOLA (AP) -- A man charged with fatally shooting his mother and her boyfriend became despondent, withdrawn, aggressive and paranoid after losing his job, his brother says.
Kenneth Fairley, arrested after an exchange of gunfire with a sheriff's deputy Wednesday, remained without bond Friday at the Escambia County Jail. He is charged with two counts of homicide and one of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer.
Fairley, 37, who lived at his mother's house where the shootings occurred, was wounded in the right hand. Deputy Derrick Sims, who recently returned to duty after being deployed in Iraq as a Marine Corps reservist, was unharmed, but his patrol car was riddled with buckshot.
After arresting the suspect, deputies found the bodies of Cherry Fairley, 61, and Clenton Baldwin, 54, inside the house.
Once independent and confident, the college-educated father of three lost his well-paying job as a machinist at Pensacola Naval Air Station late last year apparently due to a personality conflict, said brother Albert Fairley, 42.
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