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Heart already delivered an energetic and hits-heavy 15-song set when that band performed at Honda Center in Anaheim earlier this year, yet the group's return to Orange County Thursday night, for another night at a packed Pacific Amphitheatre, was no mere recap.
While the obvious parade of smashes from the '70s through the '90s was emphasized at both shows, the group's 90-minute outing in Costa Mesa on a perfect summer night found sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson and their troupe spotlighting four new songs from their forthcoming album Fanatic, due Oct. 2.
As evidenced by the reaction to a night-opening version of the title track (with catchy electric blues fretwork from Nancy) and the blistering "59 Crunch" later in the set, longtime fans of the Wilsons' hard rock are sure to be drawn to this new effort.
The reason for Heart's recent artistic renewal is clear. Since the arrival of the fantastic Red Velvet Car album in August 2010, the band has continued to emphasize its blend of folk and rock, incorporating both into melodic songs that showcase Ann's mighty soprano. In June, a wonderful box set, Strange Euphoria, further celebrated the legacy of these groundbreakers with a collection of demos, live recordings and rarities.
Indeed, the four new songs from Fanatic fit comfortably alongside Heart's '70s-era Zeppelin-influenced material like "Barracuda" and "Mistral Wind," both of which were among the best moments Thursday night.
Without fail, Heart stayed true to this new course, offering reworked blues-rock renditions of early staples such as "Heartless" and "Even It Up," the latter of which, Ann explained, was the sisters' demand that women get an equal chance to rock. Then there's Heart's softer side, notably exemplified by a beautiful version of "Dog & Butterfly" and the new ballad "Walkin' Good," featuring Nancy on vocals and Ann providing flute.
Even the '80s hit "Alone" was masterfully rearranged here, with Ann's vocals placed artfully against a backdrop of Nancy's acoustic guitar and Debbie Shair's textured keyboards. While Ann displayed plenty of dynamics in her performance, there was an authenticity to it that outdistanced the original recording.
Another highlight was another new song, the confessional "Dear Old America," chronicling the Wilsons' father, who served in World War II and Korea, and how those struggles impacted the entire family.
Throughout this fast-moving set, the sisters' vocals harmonized in all the right ways. A true rock act as amped as ever and which really seems to have a great time on stage, Heart closed with a raucous cover of Led Zeppelin's "Misty Mountain Hop."
Remind me again why they aren't already in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Setlist: Heart at Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, Aug. 9, 2012
Main set: Fanatic / Magic Man / Heartless / What About Love? / Mistral Wind / Even It Up / Straight On / Dog & Butterfly / Walkin' Good / These Dreams / Alone / Dear Old America / Crazy On You / Barracuda
Encore: 59 Crunch / Misty Mountain Hop (Led Zeppelin cover)
What's left at Pacific: Martina McBride, Aug. 10, $35.75-$65.75 ... Duran Duran, Aug. 11, $29.75-$89.75 ... "Weird Al" Yankovic, Aug. 12, $17.75-$37.75.
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As some of you know, I grew up on a 120 acre family farm. We milked 20 cows, 2 times a day, 7 days of the week, 365 days a year from the time I was about 12 years old until I graduated high school and got the heck out of Dodge. We also did all of the other things that went with it. Seemed like we constantly ground feed, pitched manure by hand, baled hay, filled the silo, bla bla bla. I say that because, a couple of years ago, a woman who had a CSA came across this blog on the recommendation of a friend, read several entries and commented to my friend , "He could really use some help." When I approached her a few days later wanting to get the dialog rolling and tap into her wealth of knowledge, she didn't seem to have time. I did not grow up helping mom with a garden. I'm not even 100% sure we had a garden. So dear reader, if you happen to be reading along and see something I'm doing and have suggestions, I want to hear from you. Just try not to speak down to me like my friend's friend. ;-) I mentor people all the time in the construction trades and you don't have to be a twit when you're working with someone in an area of life that is new to them.
Now that I got that off my chest…
This will be our 2nd official year of doing the "heavy mulch"/ Ruth Stout approach to gardening.
Can't say enough good things about it! I love it.
I don't need a worm farm, don't need a tiller, don't need a compost pile, there is very little weeding, what else…? The mulch helps regulate the moisture level in the soil so when the dry spells come along, plants do a lot better.
Here are a couple of fundamental gardening issues no one ever told me about, guess the old timers think everybody knows this stuff… ;-)
#1 Every time we work up the soil, we bring a new crop of weed seeds to the surface. Period. You do it, I do it, we all do it. It doesn't matter where you live. The earth is full of weed seeds. It is a fact of life. Weed seeds stay dormant in the soil for decades.
You only have so many options.
You can try to not stir up the weed seeds. You can grow plants in raised beds full of sterile potting soil or some variation of it. You can physically pull the weeds, knock them back with chemicals, cut them down with a tiller or hoe (but if you don't get the root, it's just a matter of time before you're dealing with the same plant, only this time with a deeper root system) use a flame, or cover the ground with mulch to suppress their growth. It can be made out of plastic, (row covers) or organic matter.
#2 Whenever you use a conventional tiller, you will naturally kill one of your gardens most important friends…the humble earth worm. Worms in the soil are a good thing. They aerate the soil, they help break down plant matter and turn it into humus. Their castings are fertile. (that's why some people have worm farms). Now why would I want to kill all of those little creatures and then stir up a new crop of weeds every growing season?
I'm not sure how practical this model of gardening and weed control is on a larger scale but as Leonard Cohen put it :
"I just focus on doing the best job I can tending my little corner of the earth."
Growing up on the farm. The seeds were already being planted in my soul.
(I would really love to hear from Bill or any of you growing crops on a larger scale on this one! DM)
Update 5/28/14 If you have a minute, 17 minutes actually, here is a great TED talk by Dan Phillips on thinking outside the box in home building with recycled items ideas :

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Concern over rising inequality has increased in recent years. While inequality has fallen between countries, as rapid economic growth has helped emerging economies catch up with the developed world, there seems little doubt that inequality within countries has risen for most.
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Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Bank AG may raise 10 billion euros ($12.7 billion) to ease concern among investors and regulators that Germany's biggest bank is under-capitalized, according to Mediobanca SpA analysts.
The Frankfurt-based lender may seek 1.5 billion euros by selling 80 percent of its asset-management business and a further 8.5 billion euros from a share sale after publishing its 2011 earnings in early March, the analysts, including Christopher Wheeler in London, wrote in a note today.
Bank regulators are speeding the introduction of rules that force lenders to hold more capital to withstand future crises without government bailouts. Deutsche Bank, which navigated the financial crisis without state aid, may face pressure to reach a capital level prescribed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision earlier than its target of 2019, Mediobanca said.
"Deutsche Bank's new management team is likely to take the bull by the horns and deal with the bank's relative capital weakness sooner rather than later," said the analysts at Mediobanca, which cut its recommendation on the stock to "underperform'' from "neutral."
Ronald Weichert, a spokesman for Deutsche Bank, declined to comment.
Deutsche Bank's ratio of core Tier 1 capital to risk- weighted assets under Basel III rules will be 7 percent in 2012 and 8 percent in 2013, according to Mediobanca estimates. That would be the lowest among a peer group of Barclays Plc, Credit Suisse Group AG, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley and UBS AG, according to the brokerage.
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An 8.5 billion-euro share sale would be "comfortably" covered by the company's current authorizations, which could yield about 14 billion euros of equity with a 30 percent discount to the current share price, the Mediobanca analysts wrote.
Deutsche Bank is likely to achieve the target 9 percent core Tier 1 capital ratio set by the European Banking Authority for the end of June and will attain a 10 percent Basel III "fully loaded" capital ratio by 2015 with retained earnings, Exane BNP Paribas analysts said in a separate note today.
The EBA's capital rules are less strict than those proposed under Basel III.
Deutsche Bank said on Dec. 8 that it would reach the target 9 percent core Tier 1 capital ratio set by the EBA by the end of 2011, six months early, after making "significant progress" during the fourth quarter.
A "secondary scenario" is that the German bank will issue 5 billion euros or as much as 10 billion euros to close the gap in the shorter term, according to the brokerage, which reinitiated coverage of the stock with a "neutral" recommendation.
"In this case, the effect on investors would be mitigated by dividend policy," the Exane analysts wrote. "With the short-term capital gap closed, Deutsche Bank could significantly increase the payout ratio."
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This is the statement read by former Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon outside the federal courthouse, after entering his guilty plea. He did not take questions.
It has been said that to whom much has been given much is required. For nearly half of my life, I have had the honor of serving the people of Charlotte. Much has been given to me in the way of the public's trust. I regret having acted in ways that broke that trust. For that, I am deeply sorry. I love Charlotte. It is the city of my birth. I regret having hurt the city that I love. Out of concern for the city, I immediately resigned my post as Mayor.
Today, I have acknowledged being guilty of accepting monies for constituent services, something that should never have been done while serving in elected office. As I have asked of my family and friends, I also ask of you the public: your forgiveness.
I understand the anger, frustration and disappointment that my actions have caused. I can only hope that the life that I live from now on will reflect both my remorse and my desire to still make a positive impact upon our city. Finally, I want to express my appreciation to my family and friends, to my legal counsel, the faith community, and to the many people whose expressions of unconditional love and support have been, and continue to be, sources of strength and encouragement.
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JetBlue Announces Webcast Of Third Quarter 2013 Earnings Conference Call
NEW YORK, Oct. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- JetBlue Airways Corporation (Nasdaq: JBLU) announced today that it will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss third quarter 2013 financial results on October 29, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. ET.
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For those unable to listen to the live webcast, it will also be archived on JetBlue's investor relations website under 'Audio Archives' following the conference call.As New York's Hometown Airline™ and a leading carrier in Boston, Fort Lauderdale/ Hollywood, Los Angeles (Long Beach), Orlando and San Juan, JetBlue carries approximately 30 million customers a year to 79 cities in the US, Caribbean and Latin America with an average of 750 daily flights. With JetBlue, all seats are assigned, all fares are one-way, and an overnight stay is never required. JetBlue's fleet totals 190 aircraft, comprising 130 Airbus A320s, 1 A321 and 59 Embraer 190s. Upcoming destinations include Savannah, Ga.; Worcester, Mass.; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; and Lima, Peru, subject to receipt of government approval. For more information please visit JetBlue.com. SOURCE JetBlue Airways Corporation
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A mixed bag of results so far in the tournament notwithstanding, defending champions Chennai Super Kings would like to finish on top of the points table in their quest to retain the Indian Premier League title, team coach Stepehen Fleming said here on Friday. CSK have so far witnessed a mixed outing in IPL 5 and are presently lying in the third position in the standings with nine points from eight games. "The team is happy about the fact that we have won 50 percent of the games we have played so far in the home and away format. We are aiming to finish at the top of the points table in the ongoing IPL," Fleming said ahead of his side's match against Kings XI Punjab here on Saturday. "But we have to keep improving. We are looking at getting to the top spot," the Kiwi added. Asked how it feels to play back-to-back matches against a particular rival, Fleming said: "We have not analysed the schedule. The team has only been looking at recovery time between games." Fleming said that there is a problem of plenty in the CSK ranks when it comes to choosing overseas players for a match. "Yes, strategy comes in for selection. Albie Morkel is back. (Nuwan) Kulasekara has had two fantastic games. But you have to think of the form of a player and conditions before selecting the team for a particular game," he said. "You must take this rationale into account while deciding the playing eleven. But the good thing is that the team was getting better with every game," the former New Zealand skipper said. Lauding West Indian Dwayne Bravo for his bowling abilities, Fleming said: "Dwayne Bravo can bowl effectively in the slog overs."
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Vijay fires Chennai into IPL finalMurali Vijay became the first Indian to hammer two centuries in the Indian Premier League as Chennai Super Kings stormed into final with an 86-run win over Delhi Daredevils on Friday. The opener cracked four sixes and 15 fours in his quickfire 58-ball 113 as defending champions Chennai posted a commanding 222-5 off their 20 overs before dismissing Delhi for 136 at the Chidambaram stadium in Chennai.
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Facebook Feels the Love, Gets Boost From Ad Platforms
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Facebook (FB) has not had the easiest of times since going public earlier this year, dashing investor hopes of a massive IPO pop. Since then, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his team have faced ongoing questions about slowing growth and the company's ability to deliver long-term value.
Shares of the social networker have tumbled 40% since its offering in May, but have rallied recently thanks to a number of catalysts, including a new advertising platform.
The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company began testing the Facebook Ad Exchange, or FBX, during the second quarter of this year, letting marketers bid for ad impressions on the site. Touted as a way to deliver more relevant ads to users, FBX lets advertisers reach users based on their browsing history, a practice known as retargeting.
If a user, for example, visits an online retailer, FBX can generate a related ad when he next logs onto the social networker's site. Advertisers can then purchase these ads through what's been described as an automatic auction, known as real-time bidding (RTB)."Facebook Exchange allows marketers to use their own real-time consumer insight data to reach an audience on Facebook," noted Scott Shapiro, a Facebook product marketing manager, in a recent blog posting. The real-time aspect of FBX is key, giving sportswear companies the ability, for example, to market their wares during the World Cup final or the Super Bowl. Now out of beta, FBX has garnered stellar reviews from a host of marketing specialists. Retargeting platform AdRoll, which was one of the earliest companies on the Facebook Exchange, said that its advertisers saw an average 16x return on investment thanks to FBX. AdRoll has already used the technology to launch campaigns for 60 advertisers, including home furnishing company Room & Board, social media dashboard HootSuite and camera specialist GoPro. TellApart, which has been serving ads through FBX for three months, said that its clients have seen a 10x to 20x ROI. In a blog posting, Zach Coelius, CEO of retargeting specialist Triggit, said that FBX has a four-time higher return on advertising spending compared to exchanges such as Google's (GOOG) AdWords.
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Zynga is introducing some of its most popular games to iOS and Android in a few select markets before officially launching them at the end of June. The social gaming developer is playing catch up with competitor King.com, which got into the mobile space sooner.
AppData Analytics Service Introduces IOS Revenue Estimates
Application analytics provider AppData announced the launch of its proprietary iOS application and developer revenue estimates. Metrics are provided by week, month, and year-to-date for the top-grossing applications and developers on iOS.
Someecards Go Viral On Facebook With Humor, Pop Culture
Facebook users most likely can't go one day without seeing a someecard pop up in their News Feeds. People love them. Brands love them. They're funny, snarky, honest — and ubiquitous throughout Facebook. Someecards Co-Founder and CEO Duncan Mitchell told AllFacebook that the site sees somewhere between 1.5 million and 2 million visits per month from the social network. But how did it all get started?
Facebook's Strategy: Growth In Desktop, Core, Mid-Core Games
Facebook has a sizable share of the games market, but it wants more. Most of the people who pay for games on Facebook are casual gamers, with titles such as King.com's Candy Crush Saga at the forefront. But as Sean Ryan (pictured), Facebook's director of games partnerships, discussed at the Game Developers Conference Tuesday in San Francisco, the company wants to become a bigger player in the games market through more action and console-like games.
Namco: Game Over On Facebook
Namco, maker of Pac-Man S and other games, announced that it is retiring its Facebook titles, sister site Inside Social Games reported Tuesday. The games will still be playable until March 19, at which point they'll go offline. Inside Social Games noted that Namco's Facebook games have not been popular, likely leading to their demise.
Facebook Blocks Instagram-Like App Vintage Camera
Facebook has not been hesitant to cut off data to applications that don't share back, as Vine and Yandex discovered recently. Now it has blocked a photo app — Vintage Camera — with filters similar to Facebook's Instagram, claiming that the app has received overwhelming negative feedback. But developer Presselite said negative feedback has been rare, and it feels that Facebook's ownership of Instagram influenced its decision.
Facebook No Longer Reports Instagram User Data
It appears that Facebook decided on a way to avoid negative stories about Instagram user data, such as a report late last month by the New York Post about the photo-sharing application's sinking numbers: Now, Instagram user data are not available at all.
Did Instagram's Terms Of Use Flop Hurt Facebook?
After mass confusion over Instagram's updated terms of use, several users took to Facebook and Twitter to express their outrage over the company supposedly selling photographs. But how many people actually stopped using the application? A report in the New York Post dubiously claimed that Instagram has lost one-quarter of its users, but the math used in the story is a little fuzzy.
Bitstrips Draws Success From Facebook
One of the hottest Facebook applications may have just made photos boring. Comic creation community Bitstrips, which recently launched its Facebook app, is growing rapidly. Bitstrips allows users to create fun, engaging comics starring themselves and their friends. On Dec. 8, Bitstrips had just 10,000 monthly active users — now more than 110,000 people and counting are animating themselves.
What Keeps No. 1 Facebook Game SongPop On Top?
Many popular Facebook games are like fireworks: They rise and explode, then disappear. SongPop, recently named Facebook's top game of 2012, relies on more than pyrotechnics to please users. Mathieu Nouzareth, CEO of SongPop developer FreshPlanet, told AllFacebook that the game has stayed popular simply because people have always and will always love music.


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I just hope that someday in the near future, you guys come out with a full 3D action brawler. Sidescrolling 2D games are OK, but the 3D ones will surely take the experience to a whole new level. No need fancy cutscenes, voiceacting - a similar story presentation as now would suffice. Just the action ramped up. I understand resources can be a problem, but do try to make this a possibility if possible.
Oh and keep up the posts retr0spective. You are really helping me out when I make my bookstore runs. I always went for pure sci-fi rather than fantasy sadly but thats changing so i'm greatful for the advise and welcome more from you or anyone else.
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- A Memory Once Lost -
You can't remember... but you must. No choice.
Still, you can't...
The past, -
you, walking down a road. Outlined by the Golden Fields of Nemnoth, following a trail, winding like a snake, feet moving restless on silvery shining stones; a road long and narrow. Where do you went, father?
I know what you've found - but you, you can't rembember. Can you hear me?
My rest took ages, I am tired of lying around useless. A force like me, buried, only living on in tales long forgotten.
I still can feel your touch. I can remember how proud we once stood, like an unbreakable wall. But you seem to sleep, because I can't feel your spirit anymore. Once a legend, now an empty hull. Once we were... like a melody. The songs we wrote were feared among those who dared to oppose us. Each of your strokes was a note; those who fell were adding the final chords to each of all the thousands of tunes we've played.
I remember the song of Belegaud, wielder of the Moonscythe. We met him at the gates of Felven, far to the south. Minute after minute it went on... finally ending in a furious climax. A terrible, beautiful song. And I tasted his blood! Dark, red, heavy, like wine, it made me drunk and I was wanting more and more...
Then, everything changed. You sealed me away, deep in your mind, and you started to fade. Slowly, but unstoppable. Now I am still hidden away, but the mind, which locked me in so long ago, ceased. I am divided; my body, still stainless, lies buried and can't reflect the rays of the sun anymore. My spirit torn out of my body, and sealed inside of you. As I told you before.
And I see that the time of my awakening not only has come... it has already passed. It is time to reunite, but you still can't remember me. I see what you're going through, what you are doing. But you don't know who I am and that you need me. How big is the worth of a memory once lost?
If I had just one wish... it would be a tiny little spark inside of your head, a single memory that comes and goes in the blink of an eye. A spark to ignite a bonfire. But there's no such wish. Only hope.
For now, I am truly forgotten.
Yet I can't stop waiting for you.
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Quite haunting and lyrical, Vovin! Thanks for this.
Hahahaha, thanks guys and excuse my terrible grammar. I translated it into English after writing it in German.
To explain closer, I just wanted to write that down because I had those thoughts while playing God of Blades.
When you first start the game, you'll only see a blade - the Nameless King materializes shortly after. So, what if these swords know they have an obligation or a duty? All swords were created by powerful entities - and I guess the process of creation happened with lots of care and love. A bit of the spirits of their creators went into the swords, imbuing them with power. And Each sword is unique, unlike the most other swords - to the extend that they must have developed some kind of personality. Crude, but existing. All the swords are personalities, somehow.
What, if not the Nameless King is calling for the swords, but the swords calling their former wielder instead? Somehow it feels that the keys to the Nameless King's existence and reappearance are these swords.
The name of that sword is Melodia (or "BaenSidhe's Melodia", to be more specific), Jason. In the process of forging it, it was modified by cutting or hammering six sharp edged holes at a small angle through the middle of the weapon - so when you swing this blade, it makes sounds like a howling banshee, terrifying the enemies... because it is said that if you ever hear the howling of a banshee, you are about to die very soon.
The sword itself is made of silvery metal with dark, celtic-like inlays around six holes, that go through it. It is of medium weight, slightly curved and slim, but broad. The hilt is wrapped in dark leather stripes and below the tear-shaped pommel hangs a short plait which is said to be made of the hair of a banshee-like creature.
Besides its fearsome howl, it is able to call out to the fallen dead in times of need, summoning them and directing the raw spiritual energy towards its foes. A spectre will appear and storm against the enemy, to protect the wielder of the blade. Those, who were slain by Melodia, must heed its call forever.
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That you were inspired to write this is incredible! While making God of Blades, we hoped, but never dreamed that such talented and inspiring folks like yourself would be moved to create things like this after playing it.
Your insightful look at the relationship between the Nameless King and the legendary blades is fantastic, and we are so happy to see people exploring that theme. Who is summoning who? Who is wielding who?
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Competing for Capital
Europe and North America in a Global Era
Kenneth P. Thomas
As corporations search for new production sites, governments compete furiously using location subsidies and tax incentives to lure them. Yet underwriting big business can have its costs: reduction in economic efficiency, shifting of tax burdens, worsening of economic inequalities, or environmental degradation.
Kenneth P. Thomas is an associate professor of political science and fellow at the Center for International Studies, University of Missouri-St. Louis. He is the author of Capital Beyond Borders: States and Firms in the Auto Industry,1960-94 (Macmillan, 1997).
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(a) George.
(b) Billy.
(c) Brodie.
(d) Max.
7. After the bowl is shoved in his face, Brodie carefully wipes his face off with ________.
(a) A handkerchief.
(b) His sleeve.
(c) A napkin.
(d) Annie's coat.
8. Music as well consists in the ear as in the _______.
(a) Knowing.
(b) Appreciation.
(c) Hearing.
(d) Playing.
9. Annie is planning to go see Billy over _______.
(a) Christmas.
(b) The weekend.
(c) Vacation.
(d) The holiday.
10. If you use a lump of wood instead, the ball will not travel and you will end up hurting your ______.
(a) Legs.
(b) Arms.
(c) Hands.
(d) Feet.
11. Henry states, "I keep marrying people who suddenly lose _______."
(a) Their senses.
(b) Thier marbles.
(c) A shoe.
(d) A wheel.
12. Billy messes up the line and they have to re-do the scene. Annie moves away from him leaving him feel ________.
(a) Lost.
(b) Estranged.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Sad.
13. The doorbell rings announcing the arrival of Debbie's boyfriend. Charlotte walks out wearing ________.
(a) Her bathrobe.
(b) Jeans and a t-shirt.
(c) A dress.
(d) Henry's bathrobe.
14. Brodie was mad at Henry for writing his play _______.
(a) Clever.
(b) Without heart.
(c) To make him look bad.
(d) Differently.
15. From the traveling bag Annie pulls out a ________.
(a) Carrier bag.
(b) Package.
(c) Brush.
(d) Compact.
Short Answer Questions
1. After correcting her grammar, Henry states that he sent her to a good school so she wouldn't be ruined by ______.
2. Billy asks Annie where she is going and she replies that she is going to _________.
3. Annie is pleased that he likes the tune. He immediately says that the tune was stolen from _________.
4. Scene 11 opens with Henry listening to the radio which is playing _______.
5. When Annie uses his own writing against him, Henry defends himself by saying that _________ work doesn't count.
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Installing Adobe AIR 1.5.1 For Linux On Ubuntu 9.04 (i386)
Version 1.0
Adobe AIR is a technology that lets you run Internet applications on the desktop. With AIR you do not need a browser to run such desktop applications. This tutorial explains how you can install Adobe AIR 1.5.1 for Linux on an Ubuntu 9.04 desktop and how you can install AIR applications.
I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!
1 Preliminary Note
I'm using the user name falko with the home directory /home/falko here - please adjust this appropriately.
2 Installing Adobe AIR
Open Firefox and go to http://get.adobe.com/air/.
Click on the Download now link...
... and save the file to your hard disk (e.g. on the desktop):
Next, open a terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal)...
... and go to the directory where you've saved the Adobe AIR installer (/home/falko/Desktop in my case):
cd /home/falko/Desktop
You can run
ls -l
to find out how the Adobe AIR installer is named (AdobeAIRInstaller.bin):
falko@falko-desktop:~/Desktop$ ls -l
Before we can start the installer, we must make it executable:
chmod 755 AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
Then we start the Adobe AIR installation:
The Adobe AIR installation wizard starts. Accept the Adobe AIR license:
Next type in your password:
Adobe AIR is now being installed:
Click on Finish to leave the installation wizard:
Adobe AIR is now installed, so we can clean up the desktop by deleting the installer:
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With mobility and the cloud dominating today's computing landscape, IT needs to examine new methods of ensuring trustworthy access, including risk-based authentication methods that strike a balance between robust security and accessibility.
There's a major paradigm shift underway, with mobility and cloud-based computing transforming the way IT delivers services to end users. More and more employees are coming to work armed with their own personal smart phones and tablets while online customer portals and Web-based supplier hubs are going live to bolster supply chain collaboration and deliver better customer service. Under constant pressure to lower costs, IT groups are furiously moving applications out of the data center and on to the cloud, typically as some sort of Software-as-a-Service.
This new world of IT is putting some serious pressure on traditional security models, elevating risk and calling for new ways of ensuring trustworthy access. Just reading the headlines is a major wake-up call. Earlier this summer, Yahoo! suffered a breach that exposed 450,000 user names and passwords, while social networking giant LinkedIn had an incident where 6.4 million user names and passwords were made public, and even Dropbox, a popular file-sharing service, confirmed it's had problems with hackers trying to gain unauthorized access.
It's not just the online services that are at risk. Back at the corporate enterprise, the tried and true concept of a secure perimeter is being tested thanks to accelerated demand for mobile access and with an increasing number of applications running outside of the data center. As companies cross the chasm to the borderless enterprise, strong authentication is quickly becoming a requisite--not just for a select few users, but for all users across the enterprise. In light of the expanded scope, traditional strong authentication approaches may not deliver an adequate user experience and in fact, may be too cumbersome for widespread adoption.
Risk-Based Authentication
Traditional strong authentication approaches couple "something you know," a user name and password, with "something you have," a separate physical or cryptographic mechanism such as a hardware token employed as a second factor. Yet despite their relative simplicity, tokens aren't universally practical. Circumstances may be that some people forget or misplace the token, and then it becomes the on-going responsibility of IT to troubleshoot the problem.
There's where risk-based authentication comes in. This alternative technology means there no longer has to be a tradeoff between best-in-class security and usability. With risk-based authentication, the physical token is replaced by a series of technologies that deliver comparable levels of strong authentication, but with a far more friendly and accessible user experience.
Symantec's Validation and Identity Protection (VIP) Service is a case in point. The service, which does accommodate a variety of token-based authentication options, also provides a token-less layer of additional security beyond the traditional user name and password logins.
Here's how it works: Before it authorizes entry into any system, the technology performs a complex identifier on the device, which was derived by examining its unique attributes, from the fingerprint of the operating system and installed browser to other specific hardware configuration parameters. From there, a threat analysis is conducted to determine whether the device has a history of being "unhealthy" or functioning as a potential "bad actor." The threat analysis is fueled by Symantec's own Global Intelligence Network, which provides 24x7 event logging on a worldwide basis to monitor attack activity along with malware intelligence and the identification of vulnerabilities. User behavior is also examined to flag anomalous conditions such as logging in from an unexpected location.
Based on this series of steps and through the combination of passwords, device identification, and risk analysis, Symantec VIP can determine if the device is known and trustworthy or if there are suspicious behaviors and potential threats. If it's the former, access is granted without an additional challenge. If red flags are raised, the system automatically kicks in with an out-of-band authentication process to put another series of checks in place before authorizing access. Considered a best practice in risk-based authentication, the elevated risk scenario would trigger a response—typically, a unique code sent by SMS, email, or voice mail--to validate an identity before granting access.
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Of course, the on-going march to the cloud presents yet another set of challenges around authentication. There are multiple cloud scenarios—public enterprise applications like Salesforce.com, public non-enterprise apps like Dropbox, and even apps hosted on internal, private clouds. All the various cloud scenarios have their own security models, injecting yet another layer of complexity into the mix, and to date, there hasn't been a common way to manage the various environments.
Symantec's O3 offering takes on that challenge, providing a single authentication and control point for all cloud applications and services as well as users, devices, and critical data. O3 functions as an additional layer above the cloud, providing bumper-to-bumper security, including all the strong authentication capabilities of Symantec VIP, in addition to other features such as single sign-on for improved usability, policy-based management to effectively authorize and audit user behavior, and encryption for instances that require escalated data security and compliance.
Regardless of whether your organization's future lies in on-premise implementations or with the cloud—or more than likely, a combination of both—Symantec's VIP and O3 can deliver the strong authentication capabilities that are so essential to meeting today's sophisticated security requirements. Symantec's diverse set of integrated authentication technologies are also highly flexible in that they can be implemented on-premise or as a managed service, for lower total cost of ownership along with the ability to leverage Symantec's expertise and investment in operational excellence.


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Sales and marketing expenses for the year ended December 31, 2012 were NIS 3.2 million ($0.9 million), a negligible decrease compared to NIS 3.3 million ($0.9 million) for the year ended December 31, 2011. The Company invested additional resources in its overall business development efforts in 2012, which were primarily offset by savings from efficiencies realized this year due to the reorganization of the Company's business development team, as well as professional services incurred last year related to the reacquisition of the rights to BL-1020 from Cypress Bioscience. Sales and marketing expenses are expected to increase in the foreseeable future, as the Company continues to increase its business development efforts in respect of BL-1020, as well as a number of other assets.General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2012 were NIS 14.0 million ($3.8 million), an increase of NIS 1.3 million ($0.4 million) or 10%, compared to NIS 12.7 million ($3.4 million) for the year ended December 31, 2011. The increase resulted primarily from professional fees and other expenses associated with being a listed company on Nasdaq for a full year in 2012 compared to only five months in 2011, as well as an increase in excise taxes recorded in 2012 in respect of certain non-deductible expenses.
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Secret to NFL success found in linemen
Secret to NFL success found in linemen
By: Drew Kochanny
The game of football is said to be a game of inches. Inches can mean the difference between in bounds and out of bounds, a first down and a turnover, and scoring a winning touchdown or missing it by a hair. It should be no secret then that possibly the two most important positions in the NFL also come down to that little unit of measurement.
Offensive and defensive linemen are literally separated by just a couple of inches and are the largest people on the field. So often though, they go unnoticed and unappreciated. With the NFL draft just one week away, crunch time to finalize scouting perspectives for NFL owners, coaches and general managers has most likely set in. One position they all should take a close look at is between the trenches along the offensive and defensive lines.
Drafting an offensive lineman is not the glamorous pick, actually far from it. Defensive linemen bring a bit of excitement to a fan come draft day. Even still, compared to the touchdown scoring picks like the running backs and wide receivers, defensive linemen are just linemen. It seems, however, fans should reverse their attitudes about drafting the high profile wideout as opposed to the little-known offensive lineman.
A combined 2009 record of 14-66 rests on their shoulders. of St. Louis, Detroit, Tampa Bay, Washington, and Kansas City, the first five teams to draft in the April 22-24 NFL Draft. The number of linemen, both defensive and offensive, on the teams 2009 roster that made a Pro Bowl since the 2006 season combined totaled just four players, none of whom made the 2009 Pro Bowl. Of the last five teams drafting in the first round, San Diego, New York (Jets), Minnesota, Indianapolis, and New Orleans, 20 total linemen made a Pro Bowl, including 15 in 2009. The teams combined for a record of 61-19 last season. Still rooting for your team to draft that flashy wide receiver?
NFL teams are beginning to catch on to the trend. Offensive tackles are predicted to be the one of the most selected positions this year. Since 2004 the number of linemen selected in the first round has increased or matched the previous years total every draft, starting with eight in 2004 to 14 last year. In 2008, the draft saw a record seven offensive tackles taken in the first round. As many as 18 offensive and defensive linemen could end up with their names being called in the first round this year, with a staggering seven linemen who could go in the top 10. Nebraskas Ndamukong Suh and Oklahomas Gerald McCoy, both defensive tackles, are predicted to be the second and third overall picks.
Teams need to take no other lesson than from the 2007 and 2008 drafts. In 2007, six wide receivers were taken in the first round. Of the six players, none besides the Lions Calvin Johnson caught more than 47 passes during the 2009 season. Two brought in fewer than 10 catches.
It is really no wonder that a year later in the 2008 draft, an NFL record eight offensive tackles were selected in the first round and no wide receivers were selected in the first round, also a draft record. Of the eight linemen selected, all started every game they played in 2009, with the fewest being 13 games. Three played a 16 complete game season. Two, Miamis Jake Long and Denvers Ryan Clady, have made Pro Bowl appearances in each of their first two seasons.
For teams looking for their next breakout running back or wide receiver, the second or third round may be where they should look. The later rounds of the NFL Draft have been gold mines for teams drafting skill positions. In 2005 San Diego found wideout Vincent Jackson in the second round, and the San Francisco 49ers found running back Frank Gore in the third. The second round was also friendly in 2006, providing Pro Bowl running back Maurice Jones-Drew. Newly acquired Baltimore wide receiver Anquan Boldin was plucked from the second round by the Arizona Cardinals in 2003 and last seasons breakout wide receiver for the New York Giants, Steve Smith, was also a round two selection in 2007.
Skill position players just have to be found. Sometimes the best players arent the ones who break out in the weight room or at the NFL Combine, but on the field. Imagine that.
For this years 2010 NFL Draft, no other players have dominated the draft guru talk, most notably ESPN analysts Todd McShay and Mel Kiper, as much as defensive lineman Suh and McCoy. Oklahoma States Russell Okung and Iowas Byran Bulaga along with Oklahomas Trent Williams have dominated talks along the offensive line and are almost undoubtedly all surefire top 10 selections.
Owners looking to find wins in the NFL, not make their fans joyful come draft day, should be considering filling their line. Maybe if the Detroit Lions would have selected offensive or defensive linemen between 2003 and 2005, when the team chose a wide receiver three straight years, they wouldnt be drafting second overall.
Some teams have more glaring needs than offensive or defensive line, that is at times clear, but teams who may be leaning on the fence should skip the gamble and pick a big ugly. Just remember to be happy if your team does select a lineman. Clearly, a solid group of players within the inches of the trenches brings wins in itself.
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RB vs. OL? Pretty much cut-and-dried
Short-haul and long-haul, grabbing a tailback is going to be better for you
Early in this year's draft process, pick No. 4 in the 2010 NFL draft presented Mike Shanahan, Bruce Allen and the Washington Redskins with a tough decision: how best to fix a running game that produced just 94.3 yards per game in 2009, sixth-lowest in the NFL?
With quarterback Sam Bradford and defensive linemen Ndamukong Suh and Gerald McCoy expected to be the first three picks in the draft, the Redskins would have their choice of any blocker or runner available. Who was more likely to make a bigger impact: a star runner like Clemson's C.J. Spiller, or a dominant tackle like Russell Okung out of Oklahoma State?
The Redskins tipped their hand when they acquired veterans Willie Parker and Larry Johnson to team with Clinton Portis in the backfield. It's now almost a lock that Okung will be wearing a burgundy jersey this fall -- and that may be bad news for the Redskins' rushing game.
History shows that teams with top-10 picks fare better on the ground after drafting a running back than they do when drafting tackles.
Between 2000 and 2009, nine teams selected running backs in the first 10 picks of the NFL draft, while 14 teams picked tackles. The RB teams averaged 3.7 rushing yards per carry the year before the draft, a little lower than the 3.9 yards averaged by teams drafting tackles.
Not surprisingly, the influx of talent boosted the running game of both sets of teams -- but the RB teams saw better results.
The rookie tackles led their teams to 4.1 yards per carry, up 0.2 yards from the year before. Those teams that drafted runners, though, ran for 4.2 yards per carry, an increase of 0.5 yards. Prefer to measure things by yards per game? Teams drafting tackles went from 99 to 113 yards per game, while teams drafting backs went from 98 to 121 yards per game.
So in the short term, it looks like drafting a runner is usually the better call. But teams don't make draft picks for a one-year surge, they're looking for long-term benefits. And in the long term, it looks like going with a running back is still the best decision for the running game. (This makes some sense, because top-10 tackles are generally prized for their ability to protect the quarterback's blind side, not their ability to open holes for running backs.)
The two groups of teams were virtually identical two or three years after the draft, regressing in year 2 and rebounding in year 3. In year 4, however, RB teams fared better, averaging 4.2 yards per game, compared to 4.0 for the OT teams.
It's no surprise that the most successful RB team of the last decade was the Minnesota Vikings, who picked Adrian Peterson seventh overall in 2007. The Vikings were no slouches on the ground in 2006, averaging 4.1 rushing yards per carry. But Peterson took them into another stratosphere; they collected 5.3 yards per carry as a team in his rookie season. That figure dipped in the next two seasons, which is typical for most teams on this list that drafted backs. But since Peterson was drafted, the Vikings have averaged 4.63 yards per carry. (Remember that boost running backs gave their teams in their fourth season? Peterson will be playing his fourth campaign in 2010.)
Picking a running back, however, is not guaranteed to improve a team's ground game. The New Orleans Saints racked up 4.0 yards per game on the ground in 2005, then added Reggie Bush with the draft's second pick. Over the next two seasons, the Saints averaged 3.7 yards per carry, significantly worse than before Bush's arrival, before jumping back to 4.0 in year 3 and 4.5 in year 4. An even better example is Cedric Benson. The Chicago Bears collected 3.8 yards per carry the year before they picked the Texas runner in 2005. In Benson's rookie season that jumped to 4.3. Benson carried the ball only 67 times that season, so he deserves little credit for the improvement. In the next three seasons, as Benson got more touches, the Bears' yards per carry went from 3.8 to 3.1 to 3.9.
Of those teams that went with a tackle in the top-10 picks, none has been more successful than the Vikings. They ran for 4.3 yards per game in 2001, then picked Miami's Bryant McKinnie with the fourth overall selection. In the next four seasons -- all before Peterson was drafted -- the Vikings averaged 4.7 yards per carry.
On the other side of the coin, we find the Oakland Raiders. In 2003, Oakland produced 4.3 yards per carry. Iowa's Robert Gallery, taken second overall in 2004, was supposed to turn the team into a juggernaut. Instead, the bottom fell out -- the Raiders managed only 4.0 yards per carry (technically, 3.95) in the first four years of Gallery's career.
The only other team to see its ground game collapse like that was, ironically, the Redskins -- although they deserve an asterisk. In 1999 they tallied 4.4 yards per carry, fourth in the NFL. They then took Alabama's Chris Samuels with the third overall pick. When you start out in the league's top five, however, you're likely to get worse no matter what -- after all, you can't get much better. The Redskins averaged 4.0 yards per game in the four years after they drafted Samuels, much lower than they were able to amass before he arrived, but fairly typical results for a top-10 tackle. Now that they're looking for Samuels' replacement, if the Redskins do select Okung, they can expect to match Samuels' production.
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Two of Colorado's neighboring states, arguing that the legalization of marijuana for Coloradans is causing crime problems across state borders, asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow them to file a lawsuit directly before the Justices. If the suit goes forward, Nebraska and Oklahoma's filing said, the Court should rule that the commercial part of the Colorado scheme is unconstitutional and could no longer be enforced.
Under the Constitution, states with legal complaints against other states have a right to sue them in the Supreme Court without first going through a lower court, but they need the Justices' permission to do so. Nebraska and Oklahoma chose that route, their filing said, because no other court can protect neighboring states from the impact of Colorado's marijuana marketing law and rules.


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