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GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- It was a cold and wet Wednesday in the desert and the Indians were restricted to taking batting practice and throwing bullpens in the cages of their Spring Training complex.
That gave manager Terry Francona a morning to do some paperwork, and he produced the pitchers he will throw against the Reds on Friday and Saturday at Goodyear Ballpark.
For Friday's charity game, Giovanni Soto gets the start and will be followed by Vinnie Pestano, Joe Martinez, Rich Hill, Matt Langwell, Fernando Nieve and Frank Herrmann.
For Saturday's Cactus League opener, newcomer free-agent signee Brett Myers gets the start, followed by Chris Perez, Corey Kluber, Matt Albers, Scott Barnes, Edward Paredes and Bryan Shaw.
Soto is pitching for Puerto Rico and Pestano and Perez are on the Team USA roster for the upcoming World Baseball Classic. Both brackets for those respective teams open on March 7-8. Puerto Rico is in San Juan and the U.S. at nearby Chase Field.
Asked if there was any thought pattern to these decisions, Francona said: "We just started sorting through the names. Soto is going to be starting a game in the WBC. We thought it might be good for him to warm up like that just to help him out. That's all it is."
Francona said he held back non-roster invitee Scott Kazmir just to give him an extra bullpen session before putting him in a game. Joe Smith, who's nursing a left oblique strain, threw a 20-pitch bullpen on Wednesday and is back on track.
About Kazmir, the left-hander who has pitched in the Majors -- for the Angels -- only once since the end of the 2010 season because of various injuries, Francona said there was nothing particularly wrong.
"Oh no, no," he said. "It was totally, completely wanting to and thinking that one more bullpen session would be good for him. And we've been trying to drive it home with guys so that when they're honest enough to tell us, we appreciate it. No, he's actually been anything but injured. The way he's been throwing the ball scares me. I wish he could bottle it right now and start the season."
About Smith, Francona added: "He threw a 20-pitch bullpen and he did well. He'll have the two days [off] and then he'll probably up that to 30-35 [range]. So he's doing very well. He's on like Day 1 of Spring Training. You just kind of count it out from here. But he's doing fine."


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One thing I'll say for the unabashedly stylized The Fall. With its gorgeous location work, costumes, and special effects, it looks like one of the most expensive movies ever made, though I'm quite sure it isn't. Credit director Tarsem Singh—a.k.a. Tarsem—whose only previous feature was The Cell eight years ago, but who remains in demand for commercials and music videos. It's easy to see why: The Fall is a bit like like watching 232 baroquely visual Super Bowl ads back to back.
Unfortunately, Tarsem's narrative prowess isn't nearly as developed as his visual sense, and even that can be pretty darn annoying after a while. The plot concerns how an injured movie stuntman (Lee Pace of Pushing Daisies) in 1915 insinuates himself with a little girl in a hospital by telling her an outlandish story. Romantically jilted by his lover, the patient is suicidally depressed, and wants the little girl's help in fetching a quantity of pills to do the job. Naturally, his fantastic bedtime tale reflects his real-life drama and ever-darker mood, countered by the girl's interjections of natural innocence and optimism.
Conceptually, the idea is strong and ruthlessly efficient as a cup of black coffee. But in execution, neither the reality nor the fantasy proves terribly involving. It all begs the question "How can a movie this splashy be so goldurn boring?". Tarsem hasn't the Gilliamesque ability to make The Fall amount to anything more than a monument to preposterous thinking. I don't know about you, but I can only look at a monument so long before mentally checking out.

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Hernán Cortés was 34 years old when he led the Spanish Conquistador invasion of Mexico. The initial landing took place on the Yucatan Peninsula, in what was then Maya territory. Cortés' force was only 500 strong, but they were armed with muskets and cannons, as compared to the arrows and spears used by their opponents.
Although initially peaceful, Cortés' mission was one of conquest, and would eventually result in the destruction of the Aztec nation and its tributaries, and the Spanish conquest of Mexico.
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Chocolate self-saucing pudding (aka chocolate sludge)
I've been making this dessert for more than 10 years. There's a few recipes that fall into that category, so this is going to be the first in a little trip down memory lane.
This recipe came into my repertoire through a mum in my mother's group. I had an awesome mother's group, we were open and honest with each other, and met up twice a week for years. While we have all drifted to different parts of Sydney, interstate and even overseas it was a group of women I will always be grateful for having in my life.
I talked about this on ABC radio in a discussion about comfort food. You can hear my dulcet tones here.
Chocolate Sludge
- 1 cup plain flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 cup caster sugar
- 1/4 cup cocoa
- 1 tblsp butter, melted
- 1/2 cup milk
- Optional: 3/4 cup pecans or walnuts and 1/2 cup choc chips
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup cocoa
- 1 cup boiling water
- Preheat your oven to 160C and grease a smallish baking dish (mine is 27cm x 18cm)
- Mix together the flour, baking powder, caster sugar and cocoa (and the optional nuts/choc chips)
- Stir in the butter and milk -Â the batter will be very thick so don't be alarmed
- Scrape the mixture into the dish and spread it around
- Combine the brown sugar and cocoa and scatter over the top of the batter
- Pour the boiling water over the mix and bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes or until the pudding is set and there's thick sauce bubbling up around the edges.
Beautiful with ice cream, cream, custard or all of them quite frankly.


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Randy Jackson will be back on American Idol but his America's Best Dance Crew won't be back on MTV. It's been cancelled after seven seasons on the air reports Variety.
Produced by Jackson, the reality competition features dance crews as they compete for a $100,000 prize and the Golden ABDC Trophy. Various challenges are given to the competing teams each week and judges like JC Chasez, Lil Mama, D-Trix, Omarion, and Shane Sparks decide who will advance to the next round. Mario Lopez serves as host.
In a statement, MTV said, "We are grateful to Randy Jackson and Warner Horizon for having brought our audience seven amazing seasons of dance with ABDC, and look forward to more successful and dynamic entertaining collaborations in the future."
America's Best Dance Crew finished airing its seventh season on June 13th and Elektrolytes is the show's final winning crew.
What do you think? Are you a fan of America's Best Dance Crew? Will you miss the series? Do you think it will return for an eighth season some day?


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The service management facility establishes conventions for delivering service manifests, incorporating service manifest changes, describing service configuration stability, using service configuration overrides, and the use of service profiles.
The svc:/system/manifest-import:default service uses svccfg(1M) to import certain manifest files from the /var/svc/manifest directory tree into the service configuration repository. The service imports files that it has not imported previously and those files which have changed since the last time they were imported by the service. When a manifest is imported by the service, a hash of the file that includes its contents is recorded in a property group of the svc:/smf/manifest service. The manifest-import service uses the hash to determine whether the file has changed. See svccfg(1M) for information on the svccfg import behavior for services that already exist in the repository.
Service manifests within packages should be identified with the class manifest. Class action scripts that install and remove service manifests are included in the packaging subsystem. When pkgadd(1M) is invoked, the service manifest is imported.
When pkgrm(1M) is invoked, instances in the manifest that are disabled are deleted. Instances in the manifest that are online or degraded are disabled first and then deleted. Any services in the manifest with no remaining instances are also deleted.
If the -R option is supplied to pkgadd(1M) or pkgrm(1M), the actions described in this section will be done when the system is next rebooted with that alternate root path.
Each service group and each property group delivered in a manifest should declare a stability level based on attributes(5) definitions. With knowledge of the stability level, an application developer can determine the likelihood that feature development based on the existence or components of a service or object is likely to remain functional across a release boundary.
In an smf(5) context, the stability value also identifies the expected scope of the changes to properties within the property group across a release boundary for the service, which can include patches for that service. The following two sections discuss this in more detail.
The service_bundle(4) document type definition includes an override attribute that is applicable to each property in a service manifest. If set to true, the attribute instructs svccfg(1M) and other manifest import tools to replace the current value of a property in the repository with the one from the manifest. If the override attribute is absent or present but set to false, the current value in the repository is preserved.
Property groups declared as Stable do not contain override attributes on enclosed properties. Property groups declared as Evolving do so only to correct an erroneous setting. Property groups declared as Unstable can contain overrides on any property. The exception to this behavior is for the stability property itself, which can be modified to identify incipient change to the interface presented by the service.
The service_bundle(4) document type definition includes a delete attribute, applicable to each property group in a service manifest. If set to true, the delete attribute instructs svccfg(1M) and other manifest import tools to delete this property group from the repository. If the delete attribute is absent or present but set to false, the property group in the repository is preserved.
Property groups declared as Stable or Evolving are not deleted. Property groups declared as Unstable can be deleted across any release boundary.
The first time the existence of each of the three service profiles listed below is detected, svc.startd(1M) automatically applies the profile.
/var/svc/profile/generic.xml /var/svc/profile/platform.xml /var/svc/profile/site.xml
The svc:/smf/manifest service is used in a similar fashion.
Additional service profiles that characterize the activation of various groups of service instances might be present in /var/svc/profile. None of the /var/svc/profile profiles are automatically applied to the repository. A profile can be manually applied or re-applied using svccfg(1M).
pkgadd(1M), pkgrm(1M), svcadm(1M), svccfg(1M), svc.startd(1M), libscf(3LIB), service_bundle(4), attributes(5), smf(5), smf_security(5)
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A debate among scientists about the geologic formation of the supervolcano encompassing the region around Yellowstone National Park has taken a major step forward, thanks to new evidence provided by a team of international researchers led by University of Rhode Island Professor Christopher Kincaid.
In a publication appearing in last week's edition of Nature Geoscience, the URI team demonstrated that both sides of the debate may be right.
Using a state-of-the-art plate tectonic laboratory model, they showed that volcanism in the Yellowstone area was caused by severely deformed and defunct pieces of a former mantle plume. They further concluded that the plume was affected by circulation currents driven by the movement of tectonic plates at the Cascades subduction zone.
Mantle plumes are hot buoyant upwellings of magma inside Earth. Subduction zones are regions where dense oceanic tectonic plates dive beneath buoyant continental plates. The origins of the Yellowstone supervolcano have been argued for years, with sides disagreeing about the role of mantle plumes.
According to Kincaid, the simple view of mantle plumes is that they have a head and a tail, where the head rises to the surface, producing immense magma structures and the trailing tail interacts with the drifting surface plates to create a chain of smaller volcanoes of progressively younger age. But Yellowstone doesn't fit this typical mold. Among its oddities, its eastward trail of smaller volcanoes called the Snake River Plain has a mirror-image volcanic chain, the High Lava Plain, that extends to the west. As a result, detractors say the two opposite trails of volcanoes and the curious north-south offset prove the plume model simply cannot work for this area, and that a plates-only model must be at work.
To examine these competing hypotheses, Kincaid, former graduate student Kelsey Druken, and colleagues at the Australian National University built a laboratory model of Earth's interior using corn syrup to simulate fluid-like motion of Earth's mantle. The corn syrup has properties that allow researchers to examine complex time changing, three-dimensional motions caused by the collisions of tectonic plates at subduction zones and their effect on unsuspecting buoyant plumes.
By using the model to simulate a mantle plume in the Yellowstone region, the researchers found that it reproduced the characteristically odd patterns in volcanism that are recorded in the rocks of the Pacific Northwest.
"Our model shows that a simple view of mantle plumes is not appropriate when they rise near subduction zones, and that these features get ripped apart in a way that seems to match the patterns in magma output in the northwestern U.S. over the past 20 million years," said Kincaid, a professor of geological oceanography at the URI Graduate School of Oceanography. "The sinking plate produces a flow field that dominates the interaction with the plume, making the plume passive in many ways and trapping much of the magma producing energy well below the surface. What you see at the surface doesn't look like what you'd expect from the simple models."
The next step in Kincaid's research is to conduct a similar analysis of the geologic formations in the region around the Tonga subduction zone and the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific, another area where some scientists dispute the role of mantle plumes.
According to Kincaid, "A goal of geological oceanography is to understand the relationship between Earth's convecting interior and our oceans over the entire spectrum of geologic time. This feeds directly into the very pressing need for understanding where Earth's ocean-climate system is headed, which clearly hinges on our understanding of how it has worked in past."
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Ups and downs: We're trying to take in as much of Tommy Haas as we can, especially after the injury that's left him iffy and cautious about how much longer he'll play on the tour (this year).
But when Tommy packs up, we'll turn to boxes, too — of Thomas Haas chocolate. (We prefer bold and dark, please). The sugar high isn't quite the same as the thrill of Tommy sightings, but it'll get pretty close.
Brackets: At this week's U.S. Open, the veteran German beat Jonathan Dasnieres De Veigy in the first round and will face Alejandro Falla in the second. (Draw: Men's Singles)
(And since we couldn't back up our Farmers Classic Tommy report with a photograph, here's exhibit A, above, snapped by Anthony Chartoff during a hitting session at this year's U.S. Open. Check out all of Chartoff's great pics here.)


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LOS ANGELES, California, November 18, 2008 (ENS) - In Los Angeles today, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger welcomed hundreds of attendees from more than 50 states, provinces and countries to the Governors' Global Climate Summit. At the end of their two-day meeting, participants are expected to sign a declaration outlining their plans for turning climate goals into action.
The meeting has already led to a signed agreement between U.S. governors and governors from Brazil and Indonesia to reduce forestry-related greenhouse gas emissions. It is the first state-to-state, sub-national agreement focused on reducing emissions from deforestation and land degradation.
"Tropical deforestation accounts for 20 percent of all human-caused carbon emissions in the world, and the governors signing these MOUs with us manage more than 60 percent of the world's tropical forest lands," Governor Schwarzenegger said.
"With this agreement, we are focusing our collective efforts on the problem and requiring our states to jointly develop rules, incentives and tools to ensure reduced emissions from deforestation and land degradation," Schwarzenegger said. "We are also sending a strong message that this issue should be front and center during negotiations for the next global agreement on climate change."
The agreement commits the U.S. States of California, Illinois and Wisconsin to work with the governors of six states and provinces within Indonesia and Brazil to help slow and stop tropical deforestation, the cutting and burning of trees to convert land to grow crops and raise livestock, and land degradation through joint projects and incentive programs.
It was signed by Governor Antônio Waldez Góes da Silva, Amapa, Brazil; Governor Eduardo Braga, Amazonas, Brazil; Governor Blario Maggi, Mato Grosso, Brazil; Governor Ana Júla de Vasconcelos Carepa, Para, Brazil; Governor Yusof Irwandi, Aceh, Indonesia; and Governor Barnamas Suebu, Papua, Indonesia.
"There is scientific consensus that the planet is close to a 'tipping point,' where continued growth in atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases will result in successively larger disruptions of global biogeochemical, ecological, economic and social systems," summit organizers say in a statement introducing the two-day event. "The development of a strong action plan and a global consensus around a post-Kyoto climate accord will be critical if the world hopes to avoid the most catastrophic impacts from climate change."
The summit is intended to create opportunities for consensus on climate issues ahead of next month's UN climate change conference in Poland where governments will work towards a climate accord to take effect after the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012.
Four U.S. governors who are working to curb climate change in their own states are acting as co-hosts - Florida Governor Charlie Crist, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius and Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle.
Governor Schwarzenegger says the summit is rooted in the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, which made California the first state to impose a cap on all greenhouse gas emissions.
"When California passed its global warming law two years ago, we were out there on an island, so we started forming partnerships everywhere we could," the governor said. "We teamed up with Great Britain, the Canadian provinces, the Western and Northeastern states and with states like those of my co hosts-Illinois, Florida, Kansas, Wisconsin and more. And right here, for the first time, we have officials from China, India, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia and across the world in the same summit, working toward the same goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and growing green economies in our own backyards."
Following the governor's remarks, participants saw a pre-recorded video message from President-elect Barack Obama.
"Few challenges facing America - and the world - are more urgent than combating climate change," Obama said. "Many of you are working to confront this challenge, but too often, Washington has failed to show the same kind of leadership. That will change when I take office."
Obama will not take office until January 20, 2009, so he will not attend the meeting in Poland, but he has asked members of Congress who are attending the conference as observers to report back to him on what they learn there.
Obama's approach meets with the approval of Eileen Claussen, president of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. "This is exactly the kind of leadership the country and the world have been waiting for," she said. "President-elect Obama's statement makes clear that he's ready to roll up his sleeves and deliver the action that is needed to protect our climate, our economy, and our national security. He is setting the right goals and choosing the right policies."
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, the Governors' Summit is providing an opportunity for collaboration and sharing of views.
The Summit emphasizes a sectoral approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions with sector-specific breakout sessions focusing on specific actions in the forestry; cement, iron, steel and aluminum; energy; and transportation sectors. Together, these sectors account for the vast majority of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Today, officials from China, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia and the European Union shared sectoral panels with NGOs such as the Nature Conservancy and the Climate Group as well as energy companies like BP America and Pacific Gas & Electric.
Participants heard Leon Panetta, former White House chief of staff and co-chair of the Joint Ocean Commission outline ocean policy priorities for the incoming Obama administration and Democratic-controlled Congress.
Panetta urged the new administration to establish a coherent national ocean policy, improve federal coordination of ocean science and resource management, and invest in ocean science to better understand and predict climate change and its impacts on oceans and coastal economies.
Tomorrow, the day will begin with a message from former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and will feature a dialogue among the governors and world leaders on what responses the climate challenge has evoked.
"Florida's rapid progress has been possible only through partnership agreements with the United Kingdom and Germany, and with the help of my good friend, Governor Schwarzenegger," Florida Governor Charlie Crist said. "Progress comes only as we work together - not at the expense of future economic growth - but as a necessity for the future prosperity of all nations and states."
"This Summit is an opportunity to strengthen important relationships with business and government officials nationally and internationally and develop climate change strategies that will save us money, create jobs, help secure our world and improve our air and water," Wisconsin Governor Doyle said.
"There is an incredible opportunity here to get our nation's economy back on track by creating green jobs and becoming a world leader in the development of clean energy technologies," Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius said. "In Kansas, our farms and fields can produce tomorrow's energy through biofuels and clean, renewable wind. Rural America is going to play an important part in securing energy independence for our nation."
"Illinois has been a leader in the Midwest and nationally in developing innovative strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change," Illinois Governor Blagojevich said. "Playing a leading role in the Governors' Summit will give us a chance to meet with world leaders and to learn from each other about how to most effectively tackle this urgent global issue and accelerate the transition to a low carbon society."
Showcasing the economic success of California's environmental leadership, the Governors' Summit features more than 30 clean-tech companies displaying green technologies including electric cars, solar-powered flashlights and non-toxic cleaning products during the two-day Climate Solutions Showcase.
To ensure that the summit leaves no carbon footprint, EcoSecurities is donating voluntary carbon offsets from its portfolio to neutralize 100 percent of the emissions associated with the event. The offsets being used are high quality voluntary emission reduction credits, selected to honor visiting country representatives, as well as highlight the first two agricultural methane projects listed by the California Climate Action Registry.
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Alicia Keys might be facing a lawsuit over her latest single "Girl On Fire." According to Showbiz 411, Earl Shuman says Keys lifted lyrics from "Hey There Lonely Girl," the 1970 classic hit performed by Eddie Holman. Shuman says this has happened before as Anita Baker and Beastie Boys hand to run him his money. Now he says it's Alicia's turn.
Earl Shuman called me yesterday. Who is Earl Shuman? He wrote the lyrics to "Hey There Lonely Girl," the classic hit from 1970 sung by Eddie Holman and still heard daily on oldies stations all over the world. Earl is 89 years old and very much alive and with it. He lives right here in Manhattan. And he's unamused that Alicia Keys is singing two lines from the chorus of his song in the middle of "Girl on Fire," her new hit. Don't get him wrong: he likes "Girl on Fire." He just wants to be paid for use of his song, along with the estate of his late collaborator Leon Carr.
Shuman is still writing music and very active. He's working on a song right now with Michael Feinstein, in fact. But he's best known for "Hey There Lonely Girl" plus, he said, many movie themes, and hit songs by the legendary Patti Page from the 1950s. He has 317 credits on the ASCAP database. He liked the word 'lonely.' In 1953, one of his first big big hits was "Seven Lonely Days" by Georgia Gibbs, the Taylor Swift of her day.
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United Airlines Service Animal Policy
Trained Service Animals
The animal is expected to be seated in the floor space below your seat We may re-accommodate you if the animal encroaches on other passengers The animal should not extend into the aisles The animal must behave properly in public and should follow directions from its owner Contact the United Accessibility Desk at 1-800-228-2744 if you have any questions or special requirements Trained service animals: Trained service animals are accepted in cabin for qualified individuals with a disability. A service animal should sit in the floor space in front of the customer's assigned seat but cannot protrude into the aisles. Customers may use an approved in-cabin kennel for smaller animals provided its use meets stowage requirements. Exit row seating is prohibited. Documentation may be required for an animal traveling to international destinations.
Emotional Support and Psychiatric Assist Animals
Emotional support and psychiatric assist animals are also accepted in cabin for qualified individuals with a disability if certain documentation requirements are met. Additional documentation may also be required for an animal traveling to an international destination. Please note that not all international destinations allow the entry of animals, and restrictions vary by country. Customers should contact the appropriate consulate or embassy to make sure that all necessary procedures are followed. An animal should sit at the customer's feet without protruding into the aisles to comply with safety regulations. Customers may elect to use an approved in-cabin kennel for smaller animals. Exit row seating is prohibited. Refer to the U.S. Department of Transportation 14 CFR Part 382 or contact United for additional information. Customers traveling with an emotional support or psychiatric assist animal must provide a minimum 48-hour advance notification to the United Accessibility Desk by 1) calling 1-800-228-2744 from within the United States or Canada, or from elsewhere calling the United Customer Contact Center and asking to be connected to the Accessibility Desk and 2) submitting the required documentation by fax (1-872-825-0208) or email (firstname.lastname@example.com). The Accessibility Desk must receive and validate the required documentation prior to the time of travel. Verification of documentation will include United contacting your mental health care professional. If we are unable to validate the documentation or if the advance notification is not given, customers will be required to transport the animal as a pet, and pet fees will apply. Service animals in training: United only recognizes service animals which have been trained and certified. Animal trainers are permitted to bring one service animal that is training to assist disabled passengers onboard free of charge. These service animals must not occupy a seat. Trainers transporting service animals in the ordinary course of business or service animals who are not in training must check these animals. Therapy animals: Therapy animals, which are pets that have been trained and registered by a therapy organization in order to visit nursing homes, hospitals, schools and other facilities, are not considered to be service animals. When traveling with a therapy animal, standard pet-related regulations and restrictions will apply.


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Mobile Nations was founded on the idea of helping readers get the most out of their devices, and that's why how-to tips and guides have been a staple of all of our sites, including iMore, from the very beginning. In 2012 Apple released more devices, and iOS came to include more features than ever before. iMore met this escalation with one of our own -- our ultimate guide series. Better organized and better presented, your response to them has been tremendous, and almost all of them proved to be among our most popular how-to posts of the year.
So here they are, your favorite how-tos of 2012!
5: DIY repair guides
Ally graciously decided to share her years of iPhone and iPad repair experience with us over the course of the last year, and put together these phenomenal, step-by-step, do-it-yourself guides to getting the most out of older, or damaged devices. Not everyone can afford out-of-warranty or accidental repairs at the Apple Store, but are handy enough to do them more economically on their own.
- iPhone 4S: Ultimate DIY repair guide
- AT&T/GSM iPhone 4: Ultimate DIY repair guide
- Verizon & Sprint iPhone 4: Ultimate DIY repair guide
- iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G: Ultimate DIY repair guide
4: iPhone photography guides
With the iPhone 4S and iPhone 5, Apple really upped their optics game. The best camera we had with us turned into a pretty darn good camera all-around. And Leanna decided to teach a master's class on how to make it even better.
3. Buyers guides
You think it would be easy to figure out which iPhone or iPad to get, given that there seems to be so few choices. Yet with new and old models on the market, different color, storage capacity, and cell carrier options, it can be a challenge figuring out what to buy, and where to buy it.
2. iOS Feature guides
Just because the iPhone and iPad are easy to use, doesn't mean they're easy for everyone to use all the time. Setting up a new device, taking control of apps and media, getting the most out of Siri and iMessage and Notification Center, can be challenging. That's why, in 2012, iMore took all the how-to posts we'd been working on for years, and started to collect them together into the ultimate guides series.
- iCloud: the ultimate guide
- Siri: the ultimate guide
- iMessage: The ultimate
- Notification Center: The ultimate guide
1. How to fix battery life issues with iOS 6 or iPhone 5
Battery life is the ultimate quest, the holy grail, the life on mars. Every time Apple issues an update, it's even odds what it'll do to battery life. Luckily, Georgia's gotten just as good at updating her battery life tips.
Your favorite how-tos?
Just because something is the most popular, doesn't mean it was your personal favorite. So, let us know, which how-to helped you the most in 2012?
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Rene Ritchie is one of the most respected Apple analysts in the business, reaching a combined audience of over 40 million readers a month. His YouTube channel, Vector, has over 90 thousand subscribers and 14 million views and his podcasts, including Debug, have been downloaded over 20 million times. He also regularly co-hosts MacBreak Weekly for the TWiT network and co-hosted CES Live! and Talk Mobile. Based in Montreal, Rene is a former director of product marketing, web developer, and graphic designer. He's authored several books and appeared on numerous television and radio segments to discuss Apple and the technology industry. When not working, he likes to cook, grapple, and spend time with his friends and family.


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JBoss has released version 4 of Hibernate, the popular Object/Relational (O/R) mapping framework. The major new features of Hibernate 4 are:
- Multi-tenancy support
- The introduction of the "Services" API
- Better logging with i18n support and message codes (via JBoss Logging instead of slf4j)
- Preparation for OSGI support
- Several other cleanups/removal of deprecated code
Multi-tenancy is the ability to virtually partition clients/customers (also called tenants) in a big enterprise application instead of having all data in a shared space. This principle allows for improvements in management, monitoring and even security and is very useful for big service providers. Companies that offer cloud infrastructures can benefit from multi-tenancy as well. There are several ways to implement this principle which include:
- A different database and/or schema for each client/tenant
- The same database/schema for all clients but with an extra column (e.g. tenant_id) in all tables that can be used to filter data
Hibernate supports the first method in the 4.0 release. Support for the second method (i.e. discriminator multi-tenancy) is planned in the next version.
Another important addition is the specification of a "Services" API within Hibernate. This API allows extending Hibernate in several ways beyond the standard built-in services. There were already ways to plugin into Hibernate internals but the Service API offers a formal way to do it from now on. InfoQ contacted Project Lead Steve Ebersole to learn more about the new features:
InfoQ: Can you explain the concept of "Services"? Should they be used for Hibernate extensions only, or might they be useful to application developers as well?
First, I think that it is important to understand that many application developers also develop Hibernate extensions as a routine part of developing those applications. If you develop custom event listeners, custom types, etc you are developing Hibernate extensions. This is not an uncommon scenario.
Think of the Services API as a small, domain-specific CDI for providing unified handling of common behavior and needs such as lifecycle, dependencies, JMX management, etc. So in this regard, yes I can see developers developing Services quite frequently. An easy example of this is an event listener wanting to write to JMS. I can see the JMS aspect as a Service because other listeners or other custom extensions altogether might want to leverage that JMS connection.
But the idea of Services is pretty open ended. Do I see "application code" looking up and directly using Services? No, not generally. But that does not mean everyone will see it that way. Going back to the JMS use case, I can definitely see application code also needing to interact with that JMS connection. So potentially it could look that up from Hibernate. Basically it would be leveraging Hibernate to manage the overall lifecycle.
InfoQ: How important is OSGI for you? How close is Hibernate to full OSGI support?
This is an interesting question. In my experience, when we really start pushing, most people who ask what it means to them for something to have "OSGI support" or be "OSGI compliant", they either do not know or we get very different answers. In my opinion I think it is twofold:
First, can Hibernate work with the modular class loading aspect of OSGI environments? This was definitely tricky before 4.0, as previously Hibernate assumed a pretty conventional ClassLoader setup. In 4.0, one of the standard services is a ClassLoaderService that defines how Hibernate can look up classes and resources as well as how it can resolve standard Java ServiceLoaders. Essentially it defines an API for any and all interaction Hibernate has with the class-path. And more importantly, it defines that, in a swappable manner. The intent here is that non-traditional class loading environments can swap in their own strategy for how Hibernate should interact with ClassLoaders. This is well tested in JBoss AS, which swaps in a custom ClassLoaderService to interact with its modular class loading. So in this respect, Hibernate is already there.
Second, how well does Hibernate define its own "OSGI metadata" in terms of imports/exports? Well today Hibernate does not at all define any OSGI specific metadata in any of its jars. When someone contributes that work we will include it. The thing to keep in mind is that no one on the Hibernate team is an OSGI expert. This is something that someone who is fluent in authoring OSGI metadata and has a vested interest should work on. One step that we have taken on our side in this regard in 4.0 is to split up the packages to better illustrate intended audience, which, if I understand correctly, should make it much easier to author the proper exports.
InfoQ: Why was the logging framework changed?
When Hibernate 4 development started we decided we definitely needed i18n support in the logging. At the time, JBoss Logging was the only logging library with full i18n support including parameterization, to our knowledge. Its i18n support is built more in the vein of GNU gettext, which as a consensus the Hibernate development team preferred over a more Java ResouceBundle approach. JBoss Logging also supports i18n in exception messages through a common approach, though we are not leveraging that functionality.
Additionally, JBoss Logging includes built-in support for message keys as a separate notion from a key into a ResourceBundle for i18n. Rather this is a non-changing key associated with the condition that led to the message being logged. This is a great concept for building FAQs and documentation around those keys. Yes, you could cobble together something similar using SLF4J, Java Util Logging, etc directly. But from a tooling perspective I would argue that it is imperative that these keys be first class citizens. For a large project with lots of such logging you really need to be able to validate that these keys are unique and consistent. So JBoss Logging provides that as well.
InfoQ: Some might argue that the new features are mostly internal. Does that mean that Hibernate has reached a level of maturity where no user-visible changes are added any more? Is Hibernate going into "maintainance" mode?
No, Hibernate is definitely not going into maintenance mode in terms of no new feature development. Does it need maintenance? Sure. Not sure everyone realizes it, but Hibernate is over 10 years old. That is a lot of time for band aids to accumulate. I think we have simply reached a time when we have to stop putting band aids on top of band aids as we plan and develop new features. Hibernate grew out of YAGNI design principles and especially the notion that contracts/APIs will natural become apparent over time. So there is some of that going on as well.
I can think of only a handful of other Java OSS projects that have been around, successful and relevant for that long and all of them have gone through one or more major refactorings.
InfoQ: What can we expect from Hibernate 5? Where is the current development aimed at?
The main focus for 5.0 will be redesigning the model Hibernate uses to stage O/R metadata, both from XML and annotations. This code grew out of Hibernate's initial needs. New requirements from JPA or feature development were simply bolted on. The main reason for this was that many projects use these set of classes and we wanted to minimize disruption for them. But really the time to rethink this model is past due.
The Java artifacts are already in Maven Central so Hibernate 4 is ready for inclusion in Java applications.


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SAN JOSE, Calif. – David Legwand scored his second goal of the game 2:53 into overtime to lift the Nashville Predators to a 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night.
Pekka Rinne made several key saves down the stretch for the Predators, who overcame a two-goal deficit in the third period.
Ryan Suter and Patric Hornqvist also scored for the Predators, who are 4-0-1 in their past five games.
Joe Pavelski, Martin Havlat and Logan Couture scored for the Sharks, who lost for the second time in three games following a five-game winning streak.
Legwand gave the Predators a 1-0 lead just over a minute into the second period when he slapped in a rebound of a shot by Hornqvist. The puck glanced off Sharks defender Torey Mitchell and into the net.
The Sharks scored the next three goals. Pavelski started the spurt by turning a nice backhanded pass from Couture into a goal just under five minutes into the period.
Havlat's power-play goal was the result of persistence. Couture and Ryane Clowe both had shots that bounced off Rinne's pads, and Havlat poked at the puck twice before wristing a shot into the top left corner.
Couture gave the Sharks a 3-1 advantage in the first minute of the third period.
Hornqvist got the Predators within 3-2 when he knocked in a loose puck from the crease. Suter tied it with a power-play goal a few minutes later.
NOTES: San Jose C Joe Thornton had two assists, giving him 703 and tying him with Jeremy Roenick for 49th place on the career list. ... Legwand has points in four straight games. ... Pavelski has scored a goal in six of his last eight games. ... Hornqvist has a career-best, five-game scoring streak. ... The Sharks outshot Nashville 19-7 in the scoreless first period.


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In order to address the unique issues associated with problem behaviors in moderate to high risk juveniles placed on Home Detention, and who also must conduct themselves appropriately in the community while on official probation, or under pre-dispositional release conditions, the following violations and responses matrix is used to assist in case disposition. The violations/responses flow chart is given to the program participant and his/her parents at orientation. We believe this provides the juvenile with solid proof of what they can expect for not adhering to expectations. The flow chart is easy to follow and understand but is still explained in detail to the juvenile and parent at orientation, or as needed.
Level 1 Violations/Responses:
Responses to Level 1 Violations will address behaviors that do not present immediate safety concerns for the community but, if left unchecked, may increase the juvenile's risk to re-offend over time.
Level 2 Violations/Responses:
Responses to Level 2 Violations are designed, in part, to address repeat level 1 violations that were previously addressed by staff, yet the participant has not begun to comply with our expectations. Level 2 Violations also include acts that are seen to be more serious (presenting higher risk) or may endanger the juvenile. Whenever possible, responses are discussed with parents to get their input and solutions.
Level 3 Violations/Responses:
Responses to Level 3 Violations are targeting continual, repeat, antisocial / maladaptive behavior, dangerous or threatening behavior, or criminal delinquent activity. The focus becomes community safety so the juvenile is returned to court for a status or modification hearing. At those hearings the court will decide if the juvenile is to be detained for their own protection or that of the community.
Juvenile Community Corrections believes it is important to recognize and reward the positive achievements of those placed on Home Detention. Upon completing the first two weeks of Home Detention, the program participant becomes eligible for Recreational Passes. Four-hour Recreational Passes are given when a program participant goes a week without any Level 1 violations. If they have one Level 1 violation then they will receive only a two-hour pass. Program participants become ineligible for Recreational Passes for any Level 2 or Level 3 violations for a minimum of 1 week.
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Reichsfuhrer SS. The movie is now Available in the US and Canada on Blu-ray and DVD and Just in time for the holidays. The DVD is the Unrated Directors Cut, and is loaded with extras like a Full Motion Menu, Deleted Scenes, Before and After Effects Reel, Scene Selection Page, Alternate Credits, Audio Commentary and Movie Trailers. The blu-ray has all the same features but also includes the Theatrical version as well as the Unrated Directors Cut, all in Full 1080p HD.
Synopsis: The Reichsfuhrer-SS Heinrich Himmler was Adolf Hitler's most loyal henchman and one of the most feared men of WWII. Surprisingly, he had only one problem… He had no stomach for murder! When the Reichsfuhrer-SS becomes physically ill during the execution of Russian POW's on the Eastern front in 1941, ruthless, careerist SS General Hans Shellenberg rats Himmler out to the Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler. Hitler tests his loyal Heinrich, forcing him to commit the murder of a Polish prisoner named Danuta with his own hands… thus awakening the Monster within him that will horrify the world for generations to come! Himmler may please his Fuhrer in 1941, but what awaits him after he commits suicide in 1945 is nothing less than Hell itself. See what happens when Himmler meets Erebus, the gatekeeper of Hell! See the nightmarish suffering that awaits the infamous Nazi leader who murdered millions!
The movie stars: David B. Stewart III, Angelina Leigh, Chuck Maher, Martin Slamon, John Martineau, Tina Krause, Tammy Jean, Joseph Barford, Anthony Cerrano, Kelly Weston, Joe Ronca and Carmela Hayslett. Reichsfuhrer SS was Written and Directed by David B. Stewart III with Cinematography by John Martineau and was Produced by David B. Stewart III and John Martineau.
We also have an Exclusive Clip from the movie where you will meet Erebus, the gatekeeper of Hell. And make sure to turn up the volume on this one, as the sound alone will have you begging for Mercy!


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Boarding Schools for Girls from Boardman, OR
WinGate Wilderness Therapy is a leading therapeutic treatment program helping struggling teen girls from Boardman, OR with addiction, substance abuse, and behavioral or mental health problems. Through our unique approach to therapy, we offer more than what traditional Boardman, OR boarding schools for girls might provide, and our treatment is delivered through an environment which garners fast, long-lasting results.
Of course, while WinGate may not be located directly in the Boardman, OR area, it is highly recommended that parents of troubled teenage girls send their children away from the surroundings where they are most comfortable, and where negative influences may hinder recovery. For this reason, WinGate accepts adolescent girls from all areas of the country.
There are a number of reasons why parents from Boardman, OR might seek out Boarding Schools for Girls, and their motives are generally as varied as the teen girls themselves. The heart of the matter, however, is that parents often feel they are in a position of powerlessness as their daughters continually defy authority, exhibit anger issues, suffer from depression, or engage in substance abuse – and they don't know where to turn.
Additionally, the academic performance of their teen girls may be suffering, and there may be problems with sexual promiscuity. Yet, despite the frustration that parents experience when they desperately want to help their child, it's important to note that there are solutions: it is precisely these types of adolescent girls who benefit most from WinGate's programs.
As struggling teen girls enter our treatment program, they will not only experience individualized therapeutic counseling, but they will also be able to obtain exceptional academic instruction in a safe, positive setting. Additionally, they will be isolated from distraction by the opposite sex, as well as be given tasks and challenges that help them to learn how to control their emotions and allow therapy to become more effective.
Parents should not feel powerless when it comes to helping their Boardman, OR area teens get back on the right path. Our WinGate Wilderness Therapy consultants are available now to answer any questions parents may have, as well as help them determine which program will work best for their troubled teenage girls. Call (844) 413-2722 today!
Therapeutic Boarding Schools in Boardman, OR
Teenage girls have emotions that run high during their adolescent years, and many Boardman, OR area teens end up struggling with substance abuse, depression, and anger issues. When this occurs, parents of these struggling adolescents often seek out therapeutic boarding schools for girls in order to help them re-build themselves and facilitate a successful recovery.
However, not all experts agree that single-sex education and therapeutic services offer much of an advantage over their co-ed counterparts – and in cases where significant behavioral change is needed, it's co-ed Wilderness Therapy Programs like that of WinGate Wilderness that provide more effective results.
There is an abundance of evidence that separating the sexes may actually hinder a teenager's ability to achieve both social and personal growth and, by default, reinforce gender stereotypes which can cause self-confidence and self-esteem issues in teen girls already struggling through recovery. In fact, according to an Arizona State University study, adolescents who were not exposed to the opposite sex and who did not learn from or about each other harbored more stereotypical gender views.
If this is truly the case, and struggling teens are not taught how to manage themselves amongst both sexes during their therapeutic process, how can they then be expected to be successful when re-entering the real world?
At Wingate, we recognize the significant benefits which co-ed therapeutic boarding schools offer. However, while we consider diversity to be an important part of the therapeutic process, we approach recovery and treatment in a more unique way than traditional co-ed boarding schools: we use nature as a primary catalyst for change.
As an affiliated member of National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs, our direction is entirely focused on achieving lasting results, and WinGate believes that distractions which get in the way of the recovery process aren't necessarily from gender. Instead, they come from lack of focus. WinGate provides the optimal environment for focus through their wilderness therapy programs, and as a result, they are able to achieve meaningful, long-lasting change.
It is imperative that all teenage girls from Boardman, OR receive the treatment they need before irreparable, long-term damage is caused – but segregation of the sexes may do more harm than good.
Wilderness Therapy for Boardman, OR Adolescents
Although parents may search for girls boarding schools when attempting to find the right facility for their at-risk daughters, finding a treatment program which provides the most effective care for teens from Boardman, OR, frequently proves to be a more difficult than expected. Most parents gravitate first toward more traditional options; however, it's important to keep in mind that they don't always provide the type of therapy which some teenage girls really need.
Wingate's wilderness therapy and adventure therapy programs provide a distinctive treatment opportunity which features an extremely high success rates in adolescents suffering from addiction and various behavioral disorders, and it is fast becoming the preferred alternative when it comes fast long-lasting recovery.
Wilderness therapy programs take struggling teens from the Boardman, OR area, and places them in outdoor environments where the cooperation between peers and the natural challenges which nature provides encourages organic change in a troubled teen's behavior. Unlike therapeutic boarding schools, WinGate's wilderness therapy programs get down to basics in their behavioral modification approach.
Through assigned tasks and group therapeutic exercises, an environment of positive and negative consequences – and their respective rewards – is created. WinGate believes that confrontation and change initiated through force results in impermanence, while inspiring change through cooperation imparts deep, relevant change.
When considering where to send their daughters, parents can't help but be attracted boarding schools which have a shiny, happy appearance on the outside. They may promoting respect and offer an incentive for good behavior through a number of perks and benefits for those attending, however, much of this is more of an appeasement to parents of struggling teen girls from Boardman, OR who perhaps feel a little guilty about sending their daughters away.
At WinGate, Boardman, OR troubled adolescent girls who are in need of treatment for substance abuse, anger issues, or behavioral and mental health issues get more focused and directed care. By eliminating the distractions, struggling teens learn to find peace and a change of heart through WinGate's Strengths Based/Natural Consequences model.
We believe that permanent change comes from personal growth, not fabricated perks and rewards, and for parents who are looking to heal their teen daughters through permanent change WinGate should be the first choice.
Call (844) 413-2722 now, and see how WinGate Wilderness Therapy can help heal and provide lasting results.
National Mental Health Resources for Parents and Teens
National Council for Behavioral Health: Excellence in Mental Health Act - The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, or SAMHSA, recently released a Request for Applications for Planning Grants for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics. It is particularly useful for community-based behavioral healthcare organizations that plan to deliver extensive, multidisciplinary, person-centered, assessment, evidence-based screening, diagnostics, prevention, treatment, and wellness services; including 24/7 peer support and crisis response services.
Girls Boarding Schools for Troubled Teens from Boardman, OR
Living in Boardman, OR does not prevent teenagers from encountering problems like drug and alcohol addiction. Behavioral and emotional problems exist anywhere, even in Boardman, OR. Parents will always have concerns about the nature of friends made by their teenage children.
Your troubled teen might be able to be helped at Community Counseling Services, but that might not be the best answer for your son or daughter.
WinGate Wilderness Therapy is not located in Boardman, OR, but we certainly can help your troubled teen escape from the danger and stress caused by serious problems.
Unfortunately, Boardman, OR is no different from many other cities in the growing plague of drug abuse and the other events that often follow the increase in drug use. At WinGate, we understand and can help you in these difficult times. Call WinGate Wilderness Therapy today to get the help your troubled teen really needs at (844) 413-2722.
We Help Troubled Teens Who Have Serious Problems From Boardman, OR
Troubled teens from Boardman, OR may be dealing with life-destroying problems. Their behavior can also create chaos and confusion in the family. Family chaos and anger is a common result of a troubled teen experiencing emotional or behavioral issues or struggling with substance abuse problems. WinGate Wilderness Therapy programs address the whole problem, not just symptoms of deeper difficulties. You can trust our experienced and well-trained staff to help your troubled teen achieve full recovery and restoration.
WinGate Wilderness Therapy is the ideal program for bringing your teen and family back to normal. Our entire program is designed to produce positive life-changing and life-long results in the troubled teen.
Call WinGate Wilderness Therapy right now at (844) 413-2722 to get the help your troubled teen needs. It might be hard to start the process, but the results will help your son or daughter get back on track for living a worthwhile and rewarding life.


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Nick Fury no more? Samuel L. Jackson says 'Maybe I won't be Nick Fury'
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Samuel L. Jackson, clearly bristling, said today that negotiations to put him in the role of Nick Fury have broken down because 'there seems to be an economic crisis in the Marvel Comics world.'
Jackson told me today that despite his cameo as the hard-bitten military man at the end of 'Iron Man,' it now appears that 'somebody else will be Nick Fury or maybe Nick Fury won't be in it' when it comes to 'Iron Man 2,' 'The First Avenger: Captain America' and 'The Avengers,' the announced slate of Marvel Studios projects through 2011 that might have a natural spot for the character.
Jackson, who is a fanboy favorite after roles in three 'Star Wars' films, 'The Incredibles' and 'Unbreakable,' was actually used as the model for the Ultimate Marvel version of Fury, which took the white, grizzled, aging commando with salt-and-pepper hair and re-imagined him as a younger, bald African American. There were cheers in theaters at the end of 'Iron Man,' when Jackson appeared as Fury, but when I asked the actor about it today he shook his head.
'I saw ['Iron Man' and 'Iron Man 2' director] Jon Favreau at the Scream Awards and we had a conversation. He said, 'I hope things are working out for you because we're writing stuff for you.' Then all of a sudden last week I talked to my agents and manager and things aren't really working that well.'
Jackson might just have been taking a public position that could lead to a bigger payday (it certainly wouldn't be the first time a Hollywood star used an interview as a negotiating tactic) but he seemed especially sour on the whole the topic of working with Marvel ...
'There was a huge kind of negotiation that broke down. I don't know. Maybe I won't be Nick Fury. Maybe somebody else will be Nick Fury or maybe Nick Fury won't be in it. There seems to be an economic crisis in the Marvel Comics world so [they're saying to me], 'We're not making that deal.''
I called Marvel Comics and they gave me a statement that suggested that they still want to see Jackson wearing the eyepatch. 'Marvel does not comment on active negotiations,' was the boilerplate response, but there was that emphasis on the word 'active' in the voice of the spokesman who phoned me back.
Marvel Studios only has two films under its belt, 'Iron Man' (which finished as the second-highest grossing film of 2008) and 'The Incredible Hulk' but executives with the Hollywood upstart have high hopes for creating a new model of unified, character-crossover films that would mirror the spirit of the Marvel Comics in the 1960s, when heroes and villains collided constantly in the various comics titles and firmed up the concept of 'the Marvel Universe.' One challenge to that will be keeping a good number of movie stars happy with the roles and their paychecks.
Terrence Howard, who by some reports was the first actor signed to 'Iron Man' and the highest-paid actor in the cast, won't be back for the sequel (Don Cheadle is taking his place as the key supporting character Rhodey and his alter ego War Machine) and money seems to have been part of the issue. Marvel execs essentially have to weigh each film's budget with the calculating eye of pro-sports franchises who want marquee players but have to fit them under a team salary cap. A publicly traded company, Marvel has a stated goal of keeping shareholders happy with a rigid allegiance to the bottom line. And Marvel's stock has held up far better than shares of most of its larger rivals over the last year. Helped by the lift from 'Iron Man' in spring, Marvel Entertainment shares actually rose for the year, gaining 15% to close 2008 at $30.75. That was an amazing feat, considering that more than 90% of all U.S. stocks fell last year. By contrast, Walt Disney shares slid 30% in 2008, Viacom Inc. plunged 57% and Time Warner fell 39%. So far this year, Marvel is down 5.5%, Disney is down 6.6%, Viacom is off 8.1% and Time Warner is down 2.5%.
Think of the challenge to Marvel to put its crossover dream on the screen: For 'The Avengers,' that means putting Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Edward Norton as Hulk, Cheadle, whoever plays Thor and whoever plays Captain America all in the same movie. How much room (and money) would be left for a supporting character like Jackson as Fury? Still, like I told the actor, he has a big advantage on his side: Who else wants to wear that patch, especially since the character is based on Jackson? Jackson laughed. 'Maybe nobody will wear it. Maybe they'll decide Nick Fury won't be part of it.'
-- Geoff Boucher
Marvel and Christmas covers, through the decades
'The Amazing Spider-Man' goes on patrol in Iraq
Stephen Colbert is a swinger for Marvel
Marvel is on a mission in Hollywood
Jason Statham: 'I want to be Daredevil'
Robert Downey Jr. and Jon Favreau on board for the 'Avengers' movie


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> Name of Application: Car Facts: How Well Do You Know Cars?
> iTunes Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/car-facts-how-well-do-you/id541828746?mt=8&at=10l3Vy
> Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch.
Did you know that the first generation classic cars which were developed in the mid-16th century didn't had a steering wheel, people used to drive these cars with the help of a lever. Each family has a lot of sentiments attached with their cars, a couple's first drive together, the first family picnic, etc. These special moments are something that you would never forget. Cars Facts APP will tell you most of us are not aware about the few facts that we should all know. Enjoy and have a good time!!
★★★★★ Features ★★★★★
★ 1000+ Cars Facts
★ Save your favorite facts easily and quickly.
★ View all facts as a list
★ Randomly view facts
★ Navigate facts with a forward and next button.
Hope you like this application. Have Fun!!


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Carraig Liath house is a purpose built Valentia stone house, which overlooks the beautiful fishing village of Portmagee with views of the sea, islands and the mystic Kerry mountains. Ideally located as a base to visit the famous Ring of Kerry or the Skellig Islands now an UNESCO heritage site, where boats trips depart daily and can be arranged on request. Carraig liath house consists of three large en-suite bedrooms, all tastefully decorated to a very high standard, with orthopaedic beds, power showers, hairdryers, tvs, tea and coffee and free high speed internet access , all with comfort in mind. Five minutes walk to Portmagee where you can sample traditional music on Friday and Sunday nights, and why not partake in the Irish night on Tuesdays nights. Why not relax and enjoy tea or coffee with some home baking on our newly designed patio where you can watch the boats come and go in the harbour. Open all year.
Mary and Jim welcome you to share the Island experience while staying in our 4**** rated Failte Ireland Registered bed and Breakfast, we are privilaged to be surrounded by stunning scenery from the Kerry Mountains to the wild Atlantic Ocean. Ideally located on beautiful Valentia Island off the South West Coast of County Kerry, on the scenic Skellig Ring adjacent to the Ring of Kerry, on an Island yet just a short walk across the Bridge to the picturesque fishing village of Portmagee on the mainland, enjoy the delights of the pubs, restuarants, and village life. Boat trips to the Skellig Rocks an U.N.E.S.C.O. heritage site arranged for our guests a must see. Facilities in each bright spacious room include en-suite, king size beds, tea/coffee, 22" tv with saor view channels, cd/clock radio, local information folder, complimentry toiletries, face cloths, bottle water, all rooms are individually decorated with sea, mountain and garden views. We have free off street private parking, free unlimited WIFI in all rooms.