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Dinner on the Nile Spend the evening in downtown Cairo - the city that never sleeps! A 2 hour cruise on board an elegant floating restaurant where you will be entertained with a live band, belly dancer and tannoura show. Enjoy a delicious open buffet dinner with mainly international dishes, but also the chance to try some local Egyptian food. During the evening you can go up to the top deck of the boat to see some of the beautiful city lights and enjoy some fresh evening air. Approximate value: $50 USD per person
Pharaonic Village An experience not to be missed. You will sail down the canals that twist and turn through the island and be immersed in Egyptian history and legend. Wherever you look you will find more and more the sights and sounds of the ancient Egypt until you finally really do believe that you have travelled back in time to the distant past. Approximate value: $45 USD per person
Sound & Light Show Pyramids History will come alive for you on this unforgettable evening of entertainment, with the famous pyramids sound and light show on a plateau just outside Cairo. The show, with background music, begins with the illumination of the sphinx, who narrates the history of the pyramids and their builders. Then using laser beams and light projection on the walls of the mummification temple, desert sands, pyramid walls and the sphinx itself, the pyramids are lit up with multi coloured lights. The voice of the sphinx is so dramatic and mysterious that it makes one feel like being in a typical pharaonic atmosphere. Approximate value: $45 USD per person
Sound & Light in Karnak Temple Rest in awe at the beauty of the Temples of Karnak illuminated against the darkness of the sky. Karnak is not a single temple but a temple within a temple and a shrine within a shrine. It was constructed from the beginning of the middle kingdom to the Grecoroman period. The unique show tells the story of the temple and the history of Thebes, including the lives and achievements of the great pharaohs who built the Necropolis. The show begins as one walks along the Ram Avenue and the second part of the show finds one seated overlooking the sacred lake which reflects the illuminated temple and continues with the story of Egypt. Approximate value: $40 USD per person
Nubian Village by Coach Experience the lifestyle of the ancient tribes of Nubians in a Nubian village set in a beautiful landscape of palm trees, located at the bottom of Elephantine Island. This tribe are friendly with a simple lifestyle and live in houses made of mud brick with vaulted ceilings to allow the air to enter and circulate creating a natural ventilation system. The bright colours of the houses seem more African in their style than Egyptian. Upon arrival on the island by boat you will be taken to one of the local houses with the opportunity to drink mint tea, taste a pancake with honey and also to make a tattoo and even hold a baby crocodile! Although keeping a crocodile is no longer legal in Egypt there is a special exemption that one crocodile can be raised per household until it is a year old and then it has to be released into Lake Nasser. Approximate value: $40 USD per person
Abu Simbel Temples by air After a short flight from Aswan to the small town of Abu Simbel you will be taken to visit the Abu Simbel temples which are two massive rock temples in Nubia. They were originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of haraoh Ramesses 11 in the 13th century BC. The Great Temple took about 20 years to build and was completed around 1265 BCE. It is considered to be the grandest and most beautiful of the temples commissioned during the reign of Rameses 11. The Small Temple of Hathor, called also the temple of Hathor and Nefertari, was built a few metres northeast of the Great Temple and was dedicated to the goddess Hathor and Ramesses 11's chief consort, Nefertari. When the rising waters of Lake Nasser threatened the temples it was decided to move the temples to a new location and work ended in 1968. Amazingly enough the sun enters only twice a year to illuminate the sanctuary of the temple. Approximate value: $220 USD per person


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The move comes just one day after Lamb scored 33 points against the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. In 11 games with the 66ers this season, Lamb averaged 21.5 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.2 assists.
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Marathon Training: Off the Wagon (and Back on Again)
I have a confession. We spend a lot of time singing the praises of exercise at Fitbie, and though our acclaim is well deserved—exercise can improve your health, help you live longer, and, in most cases, be a lot of fun--sometimes the unexpected gets in the way, and sometimes working out can feel like a drag. Last week the former morphed into the latter for me, resulting in four straight days without running. My reluctance to get back on the road ended up loosely resembling the five stages of grief:
Denial: Alarm goes off. "I don't have to get up. I'll run tomorrow. Missing one run won't hurt."
Anger: "Ugh. This stinks. I hate this. Why am I doing this to myself? Where are my socks?" [kicks bedpost]
Bargaining: "OK, I'll go back to bed today, but I'll run three extra miles and do yoga tomorrow…or the next day."
Depression: "I'm so slow. I should have run yesterday. My whole plan is off now. I'm never going to finish this thing."
Acceptance: "Diddy ran a marathon. Al Roker ran a marathon. You can run a marathon, darn it. Let's do this thing!"
Somewhere between "depression" and "acceptance" I employed a few tricks to get myself pumped up again:
Gave myself a mental pep talk: I reminded myself of my goal, and that I'm tough, and that in the big scheme of things--approximately 64 running days—missing a few workouts won't destroy me.
Revisited the plan: I purposely wrote my plan in pencil. I can alter it to make sure I get in the miles I need. Specifically, I had initially planned on using this week as a step back week. Instead, I designated last week as my step-back week, and am back to ramping up my mileage this week.
Teamed up: On my first run back I made plans to run with a friend to keep myself accountable.
Eased back in: I allowed myself to run super slowly on my first run back, even though it meant at some point my aforementioned running partner ran ahead of me.
Popped in earbuds: I'm a sucker for a good workout tune. Just putting on some upbeat music makes me feel like kicking butt (one of these days I'll post my somewhat embarrassing running playlist).
Whew. Glad to have that off my chest. Have you ever been derailed when trying to stick to an exercise routine or training plan? How did you cope? Let me know in the comments!
Related: 6 Running Tips for Overcoming Mental Blocks
--Mary Squillace is an associate editor. She will run the Philadelphia Marathon in November. You can read the latest on her training by using the hashtag #Marython.
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Many of the DelayLab's functions are exceptional. The Echoplex-style sound-on-sound looping is excellent, and the analog delay is especially convincing and accurate. One of the DelayLab's greatest strengths, though, is the ease with which you can add odd effects such as reverse, lo-fi, and pitch delays to your presets. Being able to program three banks with, say, a rhythmic
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digital delay, reverse delay, and a tape-style emulation, you can go from a My Bloody Valentine-like wall of guitar, into an Adrian Belew-style reverse guitar, and then blend seamlessly into a David Gilmour-esque lead part in a single bound. And with all that firepower harnessed in such a compact package, it will help you focus on your playing instead of your feet.
While the looping mode does not allow you to save patches, it is extremely easy to use. You do sacrifice tap tempo capabilities in looping mode, though you can apply three different delay types (digital, analog, and space) to the loop that can also be customized. And with 28 seconds of record time, it's easy to get lost in a land of delay loops as if you were a kraut rocker adrift in space.
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The Vox DelayLab is certainly a jack-of-all-trades, but to call it a master of none would be terribly unfair. The DelayLab gives live guitarists a wealth of delay tools to work with. While some functions like the pitch delay may not be best in class, they are still highly expressive tools that— when factored in functions like the top-notch analog and sound-on-sound emulations—make it a delay of formidable versatility. The real strength of the DelayLab is that you can easily create a patch, and then set it, forget it, and focus on playing. And if you're a performance-centric player that values that kind of simple programmability and sonic versatility, the DelayLab is your ticket to ride.
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1 Meetup Group matches "Olympic Target Archery" near San Antonio, TX
There are a vast number of people in San Antonio that are either currently into archery or they have a high interest in archery but don't know where to go or how to meet other like-minded archers! This meetup group is for all those in San Antonio looking to get together with other archers and practice their skill! Whether you shoot compound, recurve or long bow, let's have fun while enjoying the great sport of Archery!
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Dubai Women Establishment announced dates for the third edition of the Arab Women Leadership Forum. The two-day forum will be taking place on 4th & 5th September, at the Grand Hyatt in Dubai, and will focus on the theme 'Women in the Boardroom'. The Arab Women Leadership Forum is an annual flagship conference organized by Dubai Women Establishment, as part of its continuing effort to promote professional development and career advancement among women.
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Chris McIntire, President and Founder of McIntire Retirement Services with offices in Perrysburg, Fremont and Port Clinton, recently attended a two-day Social Security seminar in Cincinnati. Premier Living, a Social Security consulting firm based out of Sharonville, Ohio, held the
Earlier this year a group of volunteer business owners and residents gathered to organize what is now the Oak Harbor Downtown Implementation Committee. The goal of the committee is to revitalize the downtown area by bolstering the existing economic base and identifying opportunities that will attract and accommodate future investment. Over the past several months, the committee focused on how to organize and create the necessary amenities such as atmosphere, land use, marketing and branding to draw people back into Oak Harbor's downtown district.
Howard Hanna Real Estate Services welcomes Gloria Leonard, from their Adrian and Manitou Beach offices, to their Catawba sales office. She will continue to reside in Michigan while assisting clients in both Southeast Michigan and Northwest Ohio.
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Every day Prince Claus Conservatoire (PCC): almost every day students perform in concerts in the concert hall of PCC, the Grand Café or in other venues.
21 – 24 November Visit to AcNet Conference and Europe Youth Award show in Graz, Austria. Joint presentation Minerva Academy of Popculture and Budapest College of Business, Communication and Arts – The Pleasure of Sharing. 29 NovemberGuest lecture Intercultural Competences in Business for students from the International Business School.23 November - 02 December 2012Frank Mohr International Masters (FMI Masters) at the Kunstvlaai (Art Pie) in Amsterdam Kunstvlaai is a hosting platform for over 70 local and international artist-led initiatives, art schools and nomadic organizations of the contemporary visual arts.
1 December 2012International HIT ChallengeDo you have a passion for technology, engineering and design? Are you creative and innovative? Can you work successfully in a team? If yes, the international HIT Challenge is right for you!
18 January - 16 February Exhibition second year students Frank Mohr International Masters (FMI Masters)The students their work during an exhibition at DeFKa (Department for Philosophy and Art in Assen). 21 – 24 January 2013 Visit colleagues MP-lab/Liepaja Santa Mazika/Anna Trapenciere at the Academy Minerva of Pop CultureApril 2013 Siauliai Theatrefestival Po Saule Visit and participation of students Minerva Academy of Pop Culture23 – 27 April 2013 Iweek Tampere Finland Visit, participation and organization of workshops by students and lecturers of the Minerva Academy of Pop Culture.May 2013Island CQ in Hungary, an initiative of Minerva Academy of Pop Culture.Island "Creative Quarantine" is an intensive, location based, interactive workshop week for students, teachers, scientists and artists. IslandCQ is traveling through the participating countries of Latvia, Hungary, Finland and the Netherlands. Workshops on art, music, media, technology, and sustainable development are at the heart of the creative laboratory.6-11 July 2013Graduation Exhibition of the graduating students Frank Mohr International Masters (FMI Masers) 2012.Events archive


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REAL SAD…but also REAL HAPPY
I bought my mom an iPod nano for Christmas, and she's been loving it, but we haven't really had time since then to sit down and import some more CDs onto it since she got it (I gave it to her loaded with some of her favorites and a few extras, but not much). Anyway, she's going out of town tomorrow, so I went rooting around in my stack of CDs to find more to put on and found these two gems:
Which still makes me sad because what the hell. Every time I've met them, Zac has been rude to me. One time he even straight just blew me off, which I found out later was caught on their livestream camera, and subsequently copied and uploaded to youtube by fans. I was actually super embarrassed when I saw it. CD, your contents are so good but your cover is so sad! And that is my pathetic Hanson story.
ANYWAY, moments later, I ran across THIS BABY:
Which…I mean….come on…. I can't believe this hasn't been on my iPod all this time. My only excuse is that I totally forgot that I had it.
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If ever there were a creature that seemed destined to suffer from concussions, it would be the woodpecker. It pounds its head at into tree trunks 12,000 times per day, at speeds of 6 to 7m/s. And yet, despite this frequent, high speed head banging, the birds experience no brain damage. Not a lick.
Luckily for the woodpecker, evolution has handed it a variety of anatomical adaptations that protect its head during all that hammering. And soon, we humans may also be able to keep concussions at bay using the woodpecker's time-tested methods.
Industrial designer Anirudha Surabhi has created the new, super-strong Kranium bike helmet, which protect cyclists' heads by mimicking features of the woodpecker's distinctive anatomy.
Surabhi's interest in building a better bike helmet is personal. Several years ago, he was riding his bike through Notting Hill in London when he had an accident. He was wearing a helmet but still ended up in the hospital with a concussion. "My fall wasn't really that bad," Surabhi says. "It was a minor fall, but still my helmet cracked."
At the time, Surabhi was doing a master's degree in design at the Royal College of Art, and he just happened to be looking for an idea for his final solo project. He decided to try to build a better bike helmet - and to take inspiration from nature.
Researchers have discovered that woodpeckers have a variety of anatomical adaptations that protect their brains from injury. For instance, woodpeckers have a hyoid bone that is different from that of other birds. Normally, this y-shaped bone runs along the bottom of the mouth and to the back of the skull. But in many varieties of woodpecker, this bone is extra long, wrapping all the over the top of the skull. It acts as a natural seatbelt, keeping the brain from jostling around during impact.
But what caught Surabhi's eye was another protective feature of woodpecker anatomy. "The woodpecker is one of the only birds on the planet where the beak and the skull are not joined together," Surabhi says. The base of the beak and the skull are separated by a bit of flexible, spongy cartilage, which acts as a shock absorber and helps cushion repeated blows.
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Surabhi decided to try and recreate this kind of spongy layer and use it to line the inside of a bike helmet. He started building versions of this structure out of every material he could think of - glass, rubber, cork, carbon fiber - and put each of his 150 samples through laboratory crash tests. The material needed to be strong, able to protect the human brain from grave injury, but also lightweight.
The winner, it turned out, was a lining made out of material that isn't commonly seen in bicycle helmets: cardboard. But not just any cardboard; Surabhi designed a special dual density cardboard with an internal honeycomb structure.
"Hexagonal elements exist all over nature and they provide protection from impact in almost all directions." says Surabhi.
The structure of the material is not quite the same as that used by woodpeckers. Their cartilage also has air pockets and voids, but they are distributed in a way that Surabhi says was hard to replicate using mass manufacturing. The hexagonal honeycomb structure, in addition to being strong, is also relatively straightforward to produce.
To construct the liner, Surabhi laser-cut individual ribs out of this honeycomb board and assembled them into an interlocking, helmet-shaped lattice. He intentionally designed this lattice to have more "give" than a standard polystyrene foam liner; in this event of a crash, this flex in the helmet helps to soften the blow. The air pockets inside each individual rib do the rest of the work—in a collision, the air-filled cells collapse, absorbing the rest of the impact and protecting the wearer's head.


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Concentrating solar collectors can achieve temperatures in the range of 3000C to 1 0000C or even higher, which is ideal for generating electricity via thermodynamic power cycles. All of the present power plants based on fossil fuels and nuclear power work on the same principles. Therefore this technology takes advantage of the knowledge base relating to conventional power plants. Another advantage of Solar Thermal Power is that it can easily use fossil fuels such as natural gas as a back-up fuel or store high-temperature heat to overcome the disadvantage of the intermittency of sunlight. Fig. 10-12 explains the concept of a solar thermal power plant operating with storage and/or a backup fuel. Fig. 10-13 shows schematic diagrams of the types of concentrating solar collector used for solar thermal power plants.
Solar thermal power plants use direct sunlight, so they must be sited in regions with high direct solar radiation, as those shown in Fig. 10-14 .
Among the most promising areas are the south-western United States, Central and South America, Africa, the Middle East, the Mediterranean countries of Europe, south Asia, certain countries of the Former Soviet Union, China and Australia.
CSP capacity of 364 MW was installed in California in 1990 (Figs. 10-15 and 10-16 ), most of which (354 MW) is still operating. Each year the performance of the plant has improved, due to the learning experience and better operations and maintenance procedures. This power plant is based on parabolic-trough technology, with natural gas as a backup fuel. Although investments in new solar power plants ceased for a while because of a lack of R&D and favourable policies, recently there has been a resurgence of interest in this technology. A number of plants are under construction or in the planning stage around the world, which when completed, will increase worldwide capacity to about 3 000 MW. Of this, more than 2 000 MW will be in Spain, because of the excellent solar resource and favourable government policies.
A new generation of solar power systems is under development in various parts of the world. Trough technology with direct steam generation is under experimentation at the Plataforma Solar de Almería, part of the Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT) on Spain's Mediterranean coast. Much the greater part of the research and commercial activity on solar thermal power is happening in Spain.


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Posted Feb 28, 2012 16:25 UTC (Tue) by pagerc (guest, #53182) [Link]
Posted Feb 28, 2012 16:33 UTC (Tue) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]
Fatelf and Multiarch solve different problems. Fatelf lets you distribute a single binary that works on multiple architectures. Multiarch lets you install binaries from multiple architectures on a single system.
Posted Feb 28, 2012 17:43 UTC (Tue) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]
Fatelf and Multiarch solve different problems.
Not entirely.
Fatelf lets you distribute a single binary that works on multiple architectures.
Not just distribute. Develop it, too.
Multiarch lets you install binaries from multiple architectures on a single system.
With fatelf you don't need to ever do that which kind of leads to initial question
It's also more complicated than that - imagine a binary that drops some data in /usr/lib/whatever.
That's responsibility of the applications.
In a lot of cases you can invent some architecture-specific solution. Often enough IA32 and x86-64 files can be shared (but ARM and IA32 can't), etc.
Posted Feb 28, 2012 17:47 UTC (Tue) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]
Posted Feb 28, 2012 18:29 UTC (Tue) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]
Of course it's the responsibility of the applications! But if you're changing all the applications anyway, there's no reason to use fatelf rather than multiarch.
Sorry, but you've already named the reason: fatelf makes it easy to distribute binaries for multiple platforms. Multiarch does not solve this problem.
And as I've pointed above with fatelf it's easy to solve all the problems which multiarch is supposed to solve, too.
So... what exactly makes multiarch support so exciting? Modest space savings? In a world where $100 mobile phone includes gigabytes of storage? Meh...
Posted Feb 28, 2012 18:34 UTC (Tue) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]
Posted Feb 28, 2012 18:59 UTC (Tue) by jwakely (subscriber, #60262) [Link]
What proportion of users want binaries for multiple platforms?
> In a world where $100 mobile phone includes gigabytes of storage? Meh...
My phone might have plenty of space (actually it's not _that_ much) but my netbook doesn't, I'm down to 300MB free space, and I still use that for real work. I'd really rather not have fatter binaries there.
Posted Feb 28, 2012 20:32 UTC (Tue) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]
What this has to do with anything? Users neither need nor want versions for different platforms. Developers do. There are usable (for ISVs) solution (fatelf) and half-usable one (multiarch).
As was noted Linux distributors are not interested in ISVs. Ok, no problem, this explains why multiarch is exciting and fatelf is not. What is not explained is why should I care about either.
Posted Feb 29, 2012 5:57 UTC (Wed) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link]
Posted Feb 29, 2012 8:00 UTC (Wed) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]
Everything is possible (it's just a software, after all), but is it feasible?
Distributions reject fatelf idea because they are not interested in ISVs support (yes, their hubris is this big) and without support "out-of-the-box" fatelf does not really makes sense: it's much simpler to put bunch of files in a single directory with appropriately named subdirectories and use some script to select proper binary.
Posted Mar 7, 2012 0:18 UTC (Wed) by fest3er (guest, #60379) [Link]
... it's much simpler to put bunch of files in a single directory with appropriately named subdirectories and use some script to select proper binary.
I did this many years ago. Built binaries for SunOS (68k and SPARC), Solaris (SPARC), SysV68 (68k), SysV88 (88k), HPUX (PA-RISC) and Irix (MIPS). Put them in suitably-named subdirs and wrote a shell script that worked on all of them (though HPUX was problematic) that discovered the architecture and exec'ed the correct binary. NFS-mounted the dir everywhere; people then had the same programs at the same path regardless of which system they were using.
True multi-arch binary data files can be a pain to lay out. Especially when structs are involved. It's hard, but it can be done. We had a DB program on 68k. Worked great. But on 88k it didn't work. Many assumptions were made about where members were put and how things were aligned. We ended up using 'fillers' to force alignment. After that, the data files were usable on 68k and 88k, both big-endian. But I would expect that hton*() and ntoh*() would solve most of the endianness problems.
But, first things first. Get the library locations standardized. The rest will probably pert near fall into place.
Posted Mar 1, 2012 12:11 UTC (Thu) by elanthis (guest, #6227) [Link]
The files created by a package should not be modified for any reason. I should be able to do a package verification and check the checksums of the installed components.
It would be possible to update the package database with modified checksums of binaries that are "patched" by a fatelf system, but then that reduces the overall safety. Then I would only be able to check a potentially compromised system's filesystem using data that only exists in the potentially compromised system's filesystem. Without modifying binaries, I can grab the upstream original verified out-of-band package and compare its checksums directly to those on the system's filesystem image.
Yes, I realize that prelink already screws up most of this. I'm not sure if prelink is still commonly used (faster linkers like gold and strict symbol visibility control can reduce the need for prelinking, and address space randomization should be part of the dynamic loader, but maybe Linux distros haven't caught up yet).
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England Women's legend Marieanne Spacey has chosen Casey Stoney as her Player of the Year. In 2012, the Three Lions captain led her side to this summer's European Championship Finals and won her 100th cap, against France in March. She featured in eight of her country's nine games and scored England's final goal of the Euro qualifiers, against Croatia in September. Spacey has watched Stoney grow into the centre-back and the skipper she is today. And the former striker, who scored 28 goals in 91 internationals, believes 2012 was the year Stoney "came of age". Spacey said: "I have known Casey for many years and have watched her develop from a frustrated young player into an outstanding international player and leader. "She has shown that with a positive attitude, a commitment and a desire to better herself, she has become a role model to hundreds of girls wanting to and already playing the game. "She not only wants to better herself, she has the drive and supportive personality to raise standards of those around her. "2012 was, for me, the year that Casey really came of age. "All the commitment, desire and hard work shone through with her consistently high performances as a player and her leadership of others on and off the pitch. "If ever dreams come true, I believe they came true for Casey in 2012." But has Stoney done enough to secure your vote? Voting will close at midnight on Sunday 13 January 2013.
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if u could would anyone be willing to kidnap me on there way to a disturbed concert?!?!?!??! i dont have the money or a way to go to one!!! XD
EYE HEARD DISTURBED WAS ON AN ANIMATED MOVIE...THE SONG'S "STUPIFY" AND "FEAR"... \m/:D\m/
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just out of curiosity what religion are you guys?
im a catholic. but i dont go around like "Oh Praise the lord" and stuff like that. i dont even go to church. and i actually have some things that roman catholics say is true but i dont believe.
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Hey everyone, my name is Melissa and I'm new to this online community of Disturbed fans. I think it's an awesome idea, and I look forward to meeting other fans of the best band in the world. ;]
A bit about my history of being a Disturbed fan...it began when I heard the 'Ten Thousand Fists' album in the 9th grade. I've been hooked ever since, I love all three of their albums, and I cannot wait for the release of their newest album.
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...It's been almost 3 years since i started listening to disturbed and i love them, their music really sicks to my mood, doesnt matter what my mood is there's always a song i can listen to. And now hearing that the new album will come out shortly is kickass, more music i can listen to? SWEET. After watching the trailer and music video i said to myself (they overdid this now) they were both amazing and the music video was sad to me but i know how that feels, to be there and realize that one of your loved one's is gone..
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Year of Release : 2007
As have all their previous films, Pixar's Ratatouille, which tells the unlikely story of a country rat who yearns to be a Parisian chef, stands out among the other computer-animated movies of late. Ever since the release of 1995's Toy Story, the first feature-length computer-animated film (who knew then what it foretold), Pixar has consistently turned out superior animated entertainment--films that kids adore, but are sophisticated enough to enthrall even the most discerning adult viewer. Comparing Pixar's films to the likes of the Ice Age and Shrek franchises, Madagascar, Chicken Little, A Shark's Life and the rest of their manic, celebrity-voice-stuff, pop-culture-adoring ilk is like comparing a fine wine with light beer: Both have their pleasures and intoxicating qualities, but the former offers so many more delights to every part of the palette.
Ratatouille marks the return of Brad Bird, who directed Pixar's 2004 hit The Incredibles and before that worked on The Simpsons and directed The Iron Giant (1999), one of the great underappreciated gems of contemporary animation. He works similar magic in Ratatouille, taking a classic underdog narrative and giving it a new twist. He doesn't give in to easy gags and forced humor, but rather develops his scenario with a light touch that allows the humor to emerge naturally. He does allow for a few frantic chase sequences, but they are developed with such finesse and regard for the characters' perspectives (think a rodent's eye point-of-view scurrying around a kitchen that is an obstacle course of death at every turn) that they play more like musical numbers than action setpieces.
Bird also marshals Pixar's enormous technological capacity to great effect, creating twilight images of Paris that literally shimmer. His animators also overcome the obstacle that hindered last summer's Cars (2006) in finding the perfect mix of natural and anthropomorphized movements for the characters. The film's hero, Remy (Patton Oswalt) is, after all, a rat, but he is wonderfully expressive and undeniably cute without sacrificing the inherent nature of what he is. Much of his expressiveness is silent, and the artists find completely convincing ways for him to convey wonderfully subtle shades of delight, frustration, passion, and sadness with nothing more than slight gestures of body language.
When the film opens, Remy is living with his enormous rat family in the attic of an old woman's house in the country. Remy, however, is different from his gruff father (Brian Dennehy) and somewhat dim-witted brother (Peter Sohn): He has an advanced sense of smell that leads him to delight in the fine culinary arts. While his brethren happily root through garbage, Remy dreams of being a chef in the restaurant of famed Parisian chef Gusteau (Brad Garrett), who is the toast of the town and also the bestselling author of a cookbook aimed at spreading his artistry to the masses. This nod to egalitarianism gets him in hot water with snooty food critics, but it is crucial to the film's underlying message about the nature of giftedness and the need for passion in one's pursuits. The film's title, after all, refers to a "peasant" dish that is made into fine cuisine through passion and imagination.
When Remy is later separated from his family and winds up in Paris, he finds himself just outside of Gusteau's restaurant. The famous chef, however, has passed away, leaving the restaurant in the hands of Skinner (Ian Holm), a short-statured but ambitious crock of a chef who wants to enrich himself by selling Gusteau's name on cheap frozen entrees. The restaurant's unlikely would-be savior is Linguini (Lou Romano), a goofy garbage boy who is the unknowing heir to Gusteau's culinary empire. The only problem: Linguini can't cook … at all. Remy, however, can, and once they team up (with Remy hiding under Linguini's hat and using his hair to control him like a marionette puppet), they can do no wrong.
Part of the surprise of Ratatouille is the unexpected way in which it unfolds. Brad Bird's script has some of the expected dramatic turns--including the part where Linguini gets too big for his own britches, which causes a rift between him and his Remy--but it also holds a number of surprises, especially regarding the character of Anton Ego (Peter O'Toole), a tall, lanky, and very severe food critic who looks like he wandered in from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). Ego is the film's ostensible villain, but what Bird does with the character in the film's final act is not only a genuine surprise, but a true sign of the film's deep-seated humanity, something so many animated films aimed at kids studiously lack. Sure, such films usually have well-meaning, but often contrived and awkwardly delivered "messages" that no one short of Dr. Evil could disparage, but they rarely have a soul. Ratatouille, like The Incredibles, offers a genuinely sophisticated message about the nature of human (and rodent) ability: While some people are more gifted than others, there are no absolutes regarding who can be gifted, and it is up to us to find our passions and share them with others.
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Tom Anderson
Tom Anderson | |
Born | November 8, 1970 |
Residence | Los Angeles[1] |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley University of California, Los Angeles |
Occupation | internet entrepreneur |
Known for | Co-founder of Myspace |
Home town | Escondido, California[2] |
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Thomas "Tom" Anderson (born 8 November 1970)[3] is an American internet entrepreneur.[2][4] He co-founded the social networking website Myspace in 2003 with Chris DeWolfe,[5] and was later president of Myspace and a strategic adviser for the company until he left in 2009. Because newly created Myspace accounts initially included Tom as a default "friend", his face became known as the default picture of Myspace, and he is often referred to as "Tom from Myspace" or "Myspace Tom".[citation needed]
Early life[edit]
Anderson's father was an entrepreneur.[6] As a teenager at San Pasqual High in Escondido, California, Anderson was a computer hacker under the pseudonym Lord Flathead (friends with Bill Landreth) who cracked the security of Chase Manhattan Bank, prompting an FBI raid. He was not arrested because of his age.[7][8] Anderson studied English and Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley, after which he was lead singer in a band called Swank[6] and spent some time in Taiwan, before returning to the U.S. to study for a degree in Critical Film Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.[5][9]
Anderson was a product tester and copywriter at XDrive, a digital storage company in 2000, where he first met Chris DeWolfe.[9] He initially joined XDrive as a product tester after answering a flyer advertisement while still at film school and looking to earn extra money.[10] When XDrive went bankrupt in 2001, he and DeWolfe founded direct marketing company ResponseBase.[5][9] They sold ResponseBase to Brad Greenspan's eUniverse in late 2002.[6]
With other eUniverse employees, Anderson set up the first pages of Myspace in August 2003. He founded the site partly as a reaction to Friendster and that social network's policy of blocking accounts that did not use real names.[11] An early success was persuading Tila Tequila to switch from Friendster to Myspace in September 2003.[9] Anderson was in charge of product development.[12] Myspace became one of the most popular social networking websites in the United States (ranked as number 129 of Alexa Top 500 Global Sites as of November 2011[update]).[13] Fortune reported in 2006 that "Anderson is automatically the first friend of anyone who joins MySpace, and as the public face of the operation, he's photographed with celebrities at company bashes, approached for autographs on the street, and deluged with e-mails from users."[6] Journalist Julia Angwin, author of Stealing MySpace, wrote that "I think Tom is sort of the soul of the site".[14] In September 2008, he had 237,991,950 "friends".[15]
Anderson became president of Intermix Media, the successor of eUniverse, when it was sold to News Corp.[5] Anderson sold Myspace to News Corp. for millions.[16] Anderson said of working for News Corp that "Before, I could do whatever I wanted. Now it takes more time to get people to agree on things. All the budget reviews and processes. That can be a pain. But it's not stopping us."[6] His workaholic nature at Myspace was noted by several journalists.[2][6][10] He made tens of millions of dollars from the company.[17] Reuters quoted an unnamed News Corp executive as saying that "Tom was responsible for the product but ended up being a complete bottleneck on getting things done",[18] but Business Week reported that "Under Anderson's leadership, the products division introduced a dizzying number of features".[19] He was replaced as president in April 2009 by News Corp;[12] Business Insider reported in June 2009 that he was staying with Myspace and would take on an "ambassador" role,[20] while FT Magazine reported that he appeared to have left the company by December 2009.[21] By 2010, Anderson was no longer the default "friend" on Myspace, being replaced by a profile called "Today On MySpace" or "T.O.M.".[22]
Anderson is active on other social networks, including Facebook, Twitter (with nearly 200,000 followers in December 2012), and Google+ (ranking 10th by number of followers in December 2011).[23][24] He has also since invested in real estate.[25][26]
Anderson had a cameo appearance in the 2009 American drama-comedy film Funny People starring Adam Sandler.[27]
In late May 2012, Anderson announced that he would be joining RocketFrog Interactive as an adviser to the 16-person, Los Angeles based company. RocketFrog has created a Facebook app that allows users to play poker, blackjack and a variety of other games with friends, and win prizes such as movie tickets, music, food and other real items from participating advertisers.[16]
- ^ "Tom (Tom Anderson)". Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ^ a b c Angwin, Julia (29 March 2009). "Putting Your Best Faces Forward". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- ^ Bennett, Jessica (27 October 2007). "Is Age Just a Number?". The Daily Beast (Newsweek). Archived from the original on 2007-10-29. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
- ^ Rosenbush, Steve (29 July 2005). "MySpace: WhoseSpace?". BusinessWeek. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- ^ a b c d Gibson, Owen (23 June 2008). "200 million friends and counting". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 24 February 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Sellers, Patricia (29 August 2006). "MySpace cowboys". Fortune. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
- ^ Arrington, Michael (30 August 2008). "MySpace Cofounder Tom Anderson Was A Real Life "WarGames" Hacker in 1980s". TechCrunch. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
- ^ Gorman, Tom (11 December 1986). "A Hacker Vanishes : Computer Whiz, Missing Since September, a Source of Mystery". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
- ^ a b Krantz, Matt (12 February 2006). "The guys behind MySpace.com". USA Today. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
- ^ Agger, Michael (16 April 2009). "Dude, Murdoch Friended Us!". New York Times. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
- ^ a b Angwin, Julia; Emily Steel (23 April 2009). "Founders Step Aside at MySpace". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ "Alexa.com". Alexa.com. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
- ^ Snyder, Chris (3 March 2009). "Q&A: Stealing MySpace Author Julia Angwin". Epicenter. Wired. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ McGirt, Ellen (1 September 2008). "Myspace, the Sequel". Fast Company. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ a b Chapman, Lizette (23 May 2012). "MySpace Co-Founder Tom Anderson Leaps To RocketFrog As Adviser". Venture Capital Dispatch Blog. wsj.com. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ^ Arrington, Michael (24 January 2009). "Stories From The Tell-All MySpace Book". TechCrunch. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ Adegoke, Yinka (7 April 2011). "Special report: How News Corp got lost in Myspace". Reuters. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ Gilette, Felix (22 June 2011). "The Rise and Inglorious Fall of Myspace". Business Week. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ Carlson, Nicholas (23 June 2009). "MySpace Cofounder Takes Million Pay Cut". Business Insider. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ Garrahan, Matthew (4 December 2009). "The rise and fall of MySpace". FT Magazine.
- ^ Nakashima, Ryan (10 March 2010). "MySpace outlines makeover after exec shake up". Associated Press. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ Mack, Eric (19 July 2011). "What's the Deal with MySpace Tom and Google+?". PC World. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ Poeter, Damon (21 December 2011). "Britney Spears First to Reach 1 Million Google+ Followers". PC Mag. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ "AuctionPoint Gets Investment From MySpace Co-Founder". socaltech.com. 25 May 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ Carr, Paul (26 April 2011). "The Strip Diary, Day Twenty Two: Las Vegas House Prices Are Now Your Friend". Huffington Post. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ Errett, Joshua (19 August 2009). "MySpace walks into a bar...". Now Toronto. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
External links[edit]
- Tom Anderson on Myspace
- Tom Anderson on Google+
- Tom Anderson's Guest DJ Project on KCRW
- Tom Anderson on Twitter
- Tom Anderson on Facebook
- Derpbook
- Interview with Tom Anderson -- Founder of Myspace on The Hour
- 1970 births
- Living people
- American computer businesspeople
- American Internet celebrities
- American technology chief executives
- American technology company founders
- Businesspeople from Los Angeles, California
- Myspace
- People from Escondido, California
- University of California, Berkeley alumni
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni


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For many years, the Pilot Group has made several proposals and works concurrently on various mechanisms (taxes on globalized activities, public-private partnership intended to make demand solvent, government-backed loan mechanisms, systems intended to raise additional private funds, and voluntary contributions, etc.).
Proof by example
In 2005, the French initiative of a tax on plane tickets, made concrete in an innovative action mechanism such as UNITAID, has made it possible to coordinate the actions of different countries (specifically Brazil, Chile, Norway and the United Kingdom) based on an innovative vision of development. Barely two years after the tax on plane tickets was launched in France and the Pilot Group was created, 11 countries are implementing this type of solidarity contribution and 29 countries with very diverse degrees of development have expressed their intention to do so. Several countries, including India, China and Japan, are currently studying the possibility of implementing this type of tax and have stated this hypothesis publicly.
Above all, other innovative mechanisms have appeared, such as the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm) and the Advanced Market Commitment (AMC).
The IFFIm, launched in late 2006 by the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy, Norway, Sweden, and then South Africa, must raise $4 billion in the next few years in the capital markets in order to finance childhood immunisation and healthcare system reinforcement programmes led by the Global Alliance for Vaccination and Immunisation (GAVI). The aim of the AMC is to speed up the development of new pneumococcus vaccines, by committing to their future purchase on the basis of market commitments made by donors, which must stand at $1.5 billion payable over 12 years.
These three mechanisms have already made it possible to mobilize nearly $2 billion in additional, stable and predictable financing, and helped to immunise more than 100 million children a year and to guarantee paediatric AIDS treatment for 100,000 children a year.
Other initiatives are under way and are mobilizing those involved in innovative development: the fight against tax evasion and illegal financial flows, the channelling of migrant transfer toward productive or social investment in their country of origin and the fight against climate change, by setting aside a portion of the income earned from the auction of carbon credits, taxes on financial transactions and exchange transactions, voluntary solidarity contributions - digital solidarity fuels their work, in particular - for development.
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