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Everyone has heard about Tempur-Pedic mattresses. The famous Tempur-Pedic mattress is known for its design in the way that it curves and shapes around the sleeper's body. Best Place To Buy A Tempurpedic Bed in Centurion the brand carries different models and designs for different preferences. A lot of research has been put into these mattresses to ensure the quality and effectiveness of a great mattress. Because of the advanced research and design of the mattress, Tempurpedic Price Range the pricing on them can be much higher than most people expect to pay for a mattress. The key to being able to afford a Tempur-Pedic mattress is to look for a Tempur-Pedic mattress sale.
Sales allow consumers to purchase these mattresses for lower than retail prices. This also makes it so people that wouldn't otherwise be able to afford it can afford a mattress that is comfortable and state of the art. The first step I would take in looking for a Tempur-Pedic mattress sale is by collecting store ads as they come in the mail. Furniture and mattress stores often mail out flyers and catalogues of their store items and display current or upcoming sales. These catalogues can prepare you to know about the sale and to also price shop based on the different store ads you receive.
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The first step in finding the most comfortable price for you for your mattress is by visiting a store and ensuring this is the mattress for you. You should also see which of the types of Tempur-Pedic mattresses you prefer, as well if you are interested in any of the extras they offer. Once you have decided to purchase this mattress, you should be prepared to wait for the best sale to come around. Do you research online, Tempur Cloud Sale and then purchase the newspapers with the stores ads in them. Do some comparisons and when the best deal comes around – be sure to jump on it.
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Tempur-Pedic was the first to employ viscoelastic material in the manufacture of its mattresses and still remain the market leader in memory foam mattresses. Many other companies now make memory foam mattresses like the Simmons ComforPedic Mattress and the Sealy TrueForm Mattress. But why have memory foam mattresses proved such a success? The answer lies in the indisputable benefits of memory foam.
Temperature and Weight Sensitive
All memory foam mattresses like the Tempur-Pedic mattress are sensitive to weight and body heat: the higher the body temperature the more soft memory foam mattresses become; the cooler the body, the firmer the mattress. Most people enjoy this sensation. More importantly, the mattress changes shape to match the exact contours of your body, giving better support and correct spine alignment. Many orthopedic expects concur that memory foam (like the Tempur-Pedic mattress) delivers the best, orthopedically correct alignment of your neck and spine. Testing by the Institution for Clinical & Physiological Research at the Lillhagen Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden of 23,000 patients for a period corresponding to approximately 8 years of clinical and in-home use concluded that the patients suffered from less pain and experienced greatly enhanced and deeper sleep when they slept on a memory foam mattress.
A good quality mattress is a hefty financial investment and the Tempur-Pedic mattress is probably the most expensive memory foam mattress on the market. Despite the cost factor, the Tempur-Pedic memory foam mattress remains the most popular on the market. I know that marketing can artificially increase a company's market share but Tempur-Pedic has been in the market long enough now that the novelty value and shrewd marketing pitch doesn't fool the consumer: the reason the Tempur-Pedic mattress is the most popular brand of memory foam mattress is because of the genuine sleep benefits that most people have experienced with it.
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Tempurpedic Mattresses are one of the best quality mattresses available on the market. They are not cheap but in my view, worth every cent. Most people looking to buy tempurpedic mattress do not have an idea of what to look for when buying. This article will attempt to address that problem.
There are two things you should be aware of before buying a tempurpedic mattress. They are foam density and ILD (Indention Load Deflection).
Memory Foam Density
Memory foam density is simply how much one cubic foot of memory foam weigh. Most tempurpedic mattress has a memory foam density of 5 lb. The problem with that is some people feel 5 lb foam density is too tough and firm, so other mattresses are introduced offering 4lb and even 3 lb density.
This is an important indication as to the tempurpedic mattress you are buying is genuine or fake. So make sure you ask the seller before buying a tempurpedic mattresses.
It is important you understand these 2 terms before you buy a tempurpedic mattress especially online where there are many sellers selling fake tempurpedic mattress.


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France's Bolloré ranked as No. 23 on JOC's list of the Top 40 Global 3PLs for 2018, with logistics-related revenue estimated at $4.1 billion.
The largest portion of Bolloré's logistics services are provided by its subsidiary SDV. SDV offers supply chain management as well as air and sea freight forwarding services. SDV also handles customs brokerage and other regulatory issues for its clients.
SDV has made a number of acquisitions to increase its market share in recent years. These acquisitions include KAMDEN in 2001, Geis in 2004, SWG in 2005, JE Bernard in 2007, SAEL in 2008, and FAST in 2012.
In addition to the traditional logistics services and solutions Bolloré offers through SDV, Bolloré is also highly involved with oil logistics, and owns communications operations. Oil logistics make up approximately 30 percent of Bolloré's revenue, while communications operations contribute 8 percent. Paris-based Bolloré also operates lithium battery production facilities and makes electric cars. It employs 55,500 people in 102 nations worldwide.


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By Nick Sinai and Haley Van Dyck
On May 9, 2013, President Obama signed an Executive Order, Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information, directing historic steps to make government-held data more accessible to the public, entrepreneurs, and others as fuel for innovation, economic growth, and government efficiency.
Under the terms of the Executive Order and the Administration's Open Data Policy, all newly-generated government data are required to be made available in open, machine-readable formats, which greatly enhances their accessibility and usefulness while continuing to ensure privacy and security. Federal agencies are also required to:
- Create a Single Agency Data Inventory. Agencies are required to catalogue their data assets, just like they would inventory computers or desk chairs, to better manage and use these resources.
- Publish a Public Data Listing. On their agency.gov/data pages, agencies are required to publish a list of their data assets that are public, or could be made public.
- Develop New Public Feedback Mechanisms. Agencies are required to set up feedback mechanisms to engage the public about where agencies should focus open data efforts, such as facilitating and prioritizing the release of datasets. Agencies are also required to identify public points of contacts for agency datasets.
While there is still much more work to do, we are excited to see the great progress being made by Federal agencies to unleash the power of open data.
Over a dozen agencies have launched webpages at agency.gov/data, making it easier for the public to find, understand, and use government data. Many agencies have released—and will continue to release—new datasets, which are now available both on agencies' public data webpages and on Data.gov.
Federal agencies are also working to put processes in place to manage data more strategically. In fact, over 15 agencies have launched data working groups inside their agency to improve coordination around data management, data security and protection, and data release efforts.
Some examples of agency-specific efforts include:
- The Department of Energy is offering a suite of new application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow software developers to access tools like a solar energy resource finder, vehicle gas mileage estimates, and autility rate database, among others. The agency recently launched the American Energy Data Challenge to identify great ideas for using energy data to solve some of America's most pressing energy challenges. Read more here.
- The Department of Transportation has made more than 2,000 datasets publicly available and easily accessible. This includes data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that powers aSaferCar app that consumers can use to: compare NHTSA safety ratings for different vehicle models; locate child safety seat installation information; and track vehicle recalls. Read more here.
- The Department of Veterans Affairs recently launched its agency open data webpage, which provides users with resources to connect to, and to more easily understand and navigate, the agency's datasets. The webpage includes tools and resources that can be used to develop web and mobile applications and design data visualizations. The agency also highlights some of the datasets that are most valuable to its users, including a nationwide list of services for Homeless Vets including health care, mental health, job assistance, education, housing, and other benefits as well as a list of all benefits, services and resources available to family caregivers of veterans, including specific forms of compensation, support networks, and legal resources. Read more here.
- The Department of Education launched its new agency data page, "ED Data Inventory", which includes K-12 school performance data, school demographics, and data about colleges—including enrollments, graduation rates, faculty, and student financial aid. Read more here.
- The Department of the Treasury continues to encourage the release of open data sets across the federal government that can help spur financial innovations and empower consumers to make informed choices about their money. For example, the agency's new public data listing page includes an interactive tool using data released by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on the number of notes printed each year in different denominations. The webpage also provides users new ways to learn from the agency's aggregateIRS statistical data, which have long served to enhance market research, business planning, demographic analysis, state and local government research, and public policy analysis. On the new agency data webpage, the public can also access daily data summarizing the Treasury's cash and debt operations, monthly statements, and more. Read more here.
- The United States Department of Agriculture features datasets and tools such as the USDA National Farmers Market Directory and API, visualizations and data sets in the Economic Research Service, and a dynamic API for the National Agricultural Statistics Service. The public can also now access key research information about the world's plant gene banks as well as new satellite-powered data and mapping tools on thecondition of crops across the country. Read more here.
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As previously announced, Microsoft today closed down the Windows Live Wave 3 beta and told its testers that the final version of the Windows Live web services would start appearing in the coming days. Redmond has asked for testers to uninstall the beta versions of the Windows Live client applications (Messenger, Mail, Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, Writer, Toolbar, Family Safety, and Office Outlook Connector) and to install the latest version from download.live.com. Unfortunately, the installer still displays the beta tag.
In terms of the Windows Live web services (Home, Spaces, Skydrive, Groups, Events, People, and Photos) the migration to the final version has begun:
Effective immediately, you will no longer be able to access the private beta web services (with the exception of Hotmail and Calendar) as we begin the migration of these services from private beta to public availability. We expect this migration to last only a few short days - all of these services will automatically be available to you in their public form at the end of the migration.
As of today, Windows Live beta client applications and web services will start to break (except for Hotmail, Calendar, Mail, and Messenger), since many features are dependent on the beta web services that will be disappearing. It's not clear when the transition to the final version will be complete, but I'd expect the services' homepages linked above to be revamped by the end of the week.
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Mar 15, 2011 | 940 Minutes
"Fascinating. . . . [A] wide-ranging tour of what to expect from technological progress over the next century or so." —The Wall Street Journal
"A whirlwind tour of technological possibility." —New Scientist
"Mak[es] the exponential character of technological progress stick in the reader's head, so that they come to look at the world differently." —The Sunday Telegraph (London)
"[Physics of the Future] has the ability to surprise and enthrall and frighten." —The New York Times
"[Kaku] has the rare ability to take complicated scientific theories and turn them into readable tales about what our lives will be like in the future. . . . Fascinating. And just a little bit spooky." —USA Today
"Mind-bending. . . . [An] alternately fascinating and frightening book." —San Francisco Chronicle
"Kaku is a tireless science popularizer. . . . [He gets] the juices of future physicists flowing." —Los Angeles Times
"[Kaku] has a knack for making complex ideas entertaining." —The Charlotte Observer
"Erudite [and] compelling." —Chicago Tribune
"One cannot help but feel buoyed that the miraculous world the author presents may really be less than a hundred years hence." —Louisville Courier-Journal
INTRODUCTION Predicting the Next 100 years
FUTURE OF THE COMPUTER Mind over Matter
FUTURE OF AI Rise of the Machines
FUTURE OF MEDICINE Perfection and Beyond
NANOTECHNOLOGY Everything from Nothing?
FUTURE OF ENERGY Energy from the Stars
FUTURE OF SPACE TRAVEL To the Stars
FUTURE OF WEALTH Winners and Losers
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SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – Tied with Richard Sterne of South Africa in the final round of the French Open, Graeme McDowell didn't wilt on the back nine.
The Northern Irishman made two of his five birdies on the way home to shoot a 4-under 67 Sunday and capture his ninth European Tour title by four strokes.
Sterne, by contrast, made three birdies on the front nine before faltering after the turn with three bogeys to hit a 71 and finish runner-up.
''Thankfully I've managed to learn how to calm my emotions and learn how to respond under pressure, sometimes,'' McDowell said. ''I'm starting to become very comfortable under pressure.''
McDowell won the World Match-Play Championship in May, but missed the cut in his three following tournaments. That could have given rise to doubt on the tough Albatross course of Le Golf National, which will host the Ryder Cup in 2018, but he put that aside to finish in style.
''There was no real panic button,'' McDowell said. ''It's been a funny season. Inconsistent, yes. But when it's been good, it's been really good.''
Graeme Storm of England, the 2007 winner, and Eduardo De La Riva of Spain shot 69s to share third place, five strokes off the pace.
McDowell played solidly throughout the tournament, making only four bogeys in four rounds. In fifth place after the second round, the 2010 U.S. Open champion started believing in his chances on Saturday.
''The last 12, 13 holes yesterday, I felt the old juices kind of starting to flow again,'' McDowell said. ''I hit a lot of quality shots coming in yesterday, and I got a lot of belief from that. You know, if the putter had been a little hotter perhaps I could have got my nose in front a little earlier in this tournament.''
McDowell and Sterne entered the final round with a share of the lead and both broke away from the field by making two birdies for a three-shot advantage after five holes.
Sterne won the Joburg Open in South Africa and was the runner-up at the Dubai Desert Classic, both in February.
''He really hung in there, played some great golf, and I knew it was not going to be an easy day,'' McDowell said. ''The way he played kind of inspired me to play better, and you know it was a really good battle with him.''
McDowell missed short birdie putts on Nos. 6, 11 and 14. But the Northern Irishman could rely on his accurate long game.
''That was the key really,'' said McDowell, who led the field in hitting greens. ''Short game was tricky around this course. The rough was quite sticky and the greens were quite firm and fast. You had to be very careful to leave the ball on the correct side of the pin, and I hit a lot of greens.''
Sterne initially got the upper hand when McDowell missed a short par putt on No. 7.
But McDowell picked up a shot on No. 10 to draw level with Sterne. He then took sole possession of the lead when the South African sent his tee shot into the thick rough to bogey No. 12.
McDowell smiled when he sank a short par putt on No. 16 to increase his lead to two strokes as Sterne sailed 15 feet past the flag from a chip on the edge of the green to make bogey.
''Fifteen and 16 were just kind of those lucky breaks that you need when you win tournaments,'' McDowell said. ''Fifteen was an average putt which I thought missed and it went in. Sixteen, I still don't know how that putt went in. It was a right-to-left putt that I was trying to hit right edge and I felt like I started it left edge, and it managed to go in.''
McDowell rode the momentum with a birdie on No. 17 while Sterne missed a 4-foot par putt.
After clearing the water hazard on the last, McDowell waved to the crowd on his way to the green with victory just about secured.


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You've heard the horror stories of small businesses getting overwhelmed by daily deals from the likes of Groupon and Living Social. Knotis founder McLean Reiter, a 28-year-old Seattle entrepreneur, wants to help those merchants navigate the tricky landscape with a new service called Knotis.
Offering merchants a flat-rate of $14 per month, Knotis offers tools that helps small businesses create, promote and track daily deals and other social promotions.
There's no shortage of daily deal startups trying to crack this nut, so we touched base with the folks at Knotis for the latest installment of Startup Spotlight to get a better sense of what they're all about.
Explain what you do so our parents can understand it: "What deal sites should be: Knotis is a powerful, effective, and affordable marketing tool for the small business owner."
Inspiration hit us when: "We realized how third-party deal sites eat away local merchants' margins, eroding local economies and bankrupting small businesses. At the same time, the influx of customers demanding service all at once after purchasing a daily deal causes undesired stress on inventory, staff, and customer service, which in turn leads to negative reviews of usually excellent merchants. Worst of all, such deal sites keep the relationship with the consumer for themselves to further distribute spam. We saw an opportunity to enter the space with a sustainable, yet different, merchant-centered approach. Empowered merchants, better business, happier customers, economically stronger community."
VC, Angel or Bootstrap: "Bootstrap/Angel. The only way to learn how to drive is to get behind the wheel. We welcome guidance and advisors but we want to make our own mistakes and try to grow from them."
Our 'secret sauce' is: "The knowledge and insight we have gained from working hand-in-hand with our merchants with our sister company 4th Avenue Maps — a dynamic, neighborhood walking map. The success and market reach has already proven vital for the quick start and development of Knotis in both merchant relationships and credibility."
The smartest move we've made so far: "Choosing to make the merchant the priority. Instead of assuming we know what problem to solve, we have listened to what our merchants truly need. After all, they are the ones that know their business best."
The biggest mistake we've made so far: "Choosing to make the merchant the priority (in jest). Merchants, but more specifically small businesses — our target user — are often very busy and are slow to adopt new ways to help themselves unless they see immediate success. They tend to do what they know works, whether its by experience, copying what successful competitors are doing, or if they read a credible press story. Merchants are bombarded by emails, calls, and contacts from third parties making the truly helpful ideas to be often dismissed without due attention."
Would you rather have Gates, Jobs, Zuckerberg or Bezos in your corner: "Our godfather would have to be Bezos. He built a business centered among sustainability and long-term gains, while focusing on small margins and large quantities. He understands that customer loyalty and customer support prove vital to a businesses success. Knotis believes in these same business practices and would benefit greatly from a strategic genius such as Bezos."
Our world domination strategy starts when: "A critical mass of merchants are aware of the full capabilities of the Knotis platform. This begins by both merchants and consumers realizing that any company imposing revenue sharing is parasitic to local economies and more often than not, supports undeserving third parties. We hope to win the world over by first educating merchants that there is a better alternative to incentivizing customers, second by helping consumers understand the detrimental effects of their spending habits with our competitors, and third rewarding consumers for being conscientious/supporting actors in their local economies."
Rivals should fear us because: "We put merchants first and money second. We are more interested in making a difference than making millions. And, we have the merchants' interests at heart. In the end, they are the ones offering the deals and without them, nobody wins."
We are truly unique because: "We are offering a fundamental tool for a business to thrive at the absolute lowest cost. We are unique as a company because the combination of our team's experiences, innate skills and synergistic personalities coupled with the feedback from our merchants makes us creative, selfless and nimble."
The biggest hurdle we've overcome is: "The typical chicken-or-the-egg problem – getting merchants and consumers in the same space at the same time. We have relied on our merchants and their relationships to make this happen."
What's the one piece of advice you'd give to other entrepreneurs just starting out: "Success is like getting pregnant. Once you're pregnant everyone congratulates you, but only you know how many times you got screwed to get it."


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GUEST MENTOR Randy Komisar, general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers: Building successful businesses starts with having the right people at every level. But, sometimes you put the wrong people in the wrong roles.
You can hire brilliantly, but ultimately everyone will sometimes make bad choices. Jobs change. People don't step up. Organizations pivot. You need to understand who is an underperformer and who simply is incompetent.
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Don't make corrective actions personal. It is a personnel decision, not a personal decision. If there is a role for which a floundering founder might be better suited, consider changing their position. The tough question is whether the person is incapable of performing – or simply not performing. If it is the former, act decisively.
We need managers that don't make people cogs in a wheel but instead get all the wheels spinning together. That starts with giving people clear priorities, and communicating, what decisions are being made and why. It's about taking individuals and making them 10% or 20% or 50% better than they thought they could be. This is where the bulk of management's time should be spent.
When co-founders struggle with underperformers, the issue often has to do with management's inexperience. Sometimes they fail to set clear expectations. Sometimes they fail to provide regular feedback. And sometimes they simply fail to act despite clear signs of trouble.
Another common error is allowing a performance issue to turn into a morale issue. Every company hits stumbling blocks; allowing them to become major issues is almost always management's fault.
Not least, managers need to avoid acting impetuously or unpredictably, potentially leaving the full team to question management's thinking.
Also keep in mind that smart managers avoid simply firing staff that see the world in a contrarian way. When you hire diverse groups of people, you end up with different perspectives, different styles, different experiences … and you end up with conflict and friction. If you can manage this kind of creative friction – and not everyone can - you'll have a highly innovative organization.


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- Shadows of the Damned
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Release Date: June 21st, 2011
Platform: Xbox 360 (Version reviewed), Playstation 3
Developer: Grasshopper Manufacture
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Genre: 3rd Person Shooter
ESRB: M for "Mature"
Executive Producers: Suda 51 & Shinji Mikami
A Freudian Slip Into a Damned Good Time
Violence isn't the taboo of gaming, sexuality is. Most games are written with violence as a book is with words, and the thesaurus is getting quite thick indeed. It's a rare game that delves into both with equal measure and rarer still, that both are done with skill. Shadows of the Damned is that rare game.
What's even more impressive? This feat was accomplished with such a fiercely purposeful disregard for decency, tact and subtlety as to border on intellectual repugnance. If it were in any lesser hands than Shinji Mikami, Akira Yamaoka, and Goichi Suda's, it would have been patently offensive and completely forgettable.
However, thank the gods above that they did collaborate in such an all-star dream team, because we get this wholly imaginative, completely twisted, and downright fun game instead. Though it's not going to redefine any single aspect of gaming, as it's fundamentally a rather traditional "kill absolutely everything" 3rd-Person shooter, Shadows of the Damned may be a turning point in the industry; for reasons far beyond its simple tale of a boy, a girl and his gun.
Oh and demons, lots and lots of demons.
A demon named Fleming stands out amongst the rest though, not only due to his deformed cranium (three skulls stacked atop each other) but because he's also the lord of the underworld, and very, very, angry at Garcia "@#*$ing" Hotspur, an uncouth demon hunter covered in tattoos and sporting a sweet purple jacket. For reasons unknown, Fleming captures the soul of Garcia's girlfriend Paula and taunts Hotspur into following him with puerile insults to his manhood. Soon enough, Garcia is driving Johnson, an allied former demon who usually acts as Hotspur's handgun or torch but also as his motorcycle, past the speed of sound and into the underworld.
Heavy metal kicks into gear and Garcia's road movie into hell begins. It's a journey filled with danger and excitement, and more than a few jokes based on or around the penis.
Shadows of the Damned revels in the fact that it is a video game and that no hint of "normalcy" need apply. Demons apparently LOVE strawberries, absinthe vending machines using diamonds as currency dispense healing liquor, goat heads emit light and magical fish have a leitmotif of bongo drums. This unadulterated madness is just as baffling for Garcia, who eventually gives up trying to make sense of the surreal reality he finds himself in. It's highly recommended the player follow suit.
Yup, this is definitely the "Suda 51 joint" the cover describes it to be.
For those that may have missed Goichi Suda's previous works with his studio Grasshopper Manufacture, the man is (to put it mildly) an oddball. His No More Heroes games were a bizarre love letter to Americana, "old school" gaming, super-heroes, light sabers, assassins and Johnny Knoxville. He's a wildly independent developer who rarely does anything even nominally "normal" (he promoted No More Heroes with toilet paper), and loves a good pop-culture reference – look out for nods toward Evil Dead, Ghostbusters and Alanis Morrissette here!
Which is why Shadows of the Damned is so very strange. Not for the blatantly bizarre turns it takes or its childish humor, these elements are to be expected from Suda. But unlike his previous works, it's the game play mechanics themselves that are odd . . . for being so very traditional.
"Traditional" doesn't mean "no fun" though, as it seems obvious the core of the game, the combat, is where Shinji Mikami was allowed to shine. As he proved with last year's underappreciated Vanquish, Mikami knows how to do action incredibly well, perhaps better than anyone in the business. He proves here that he can even make an otherwise basic, no frills experience thrilling.
The control scheme, though using now requisite 3rd-Person Shooter mechanics, is incredibly tight and very precise. You'll nimbly roll Garcia out of the way of danger, and deliver melee attacks to demons getting too close before shooting off the heads of those further away. Location specific damage allows for some screwball dismemberment, and it's a blast toying with the increasingly powerful and outlandish weapons Johnson can turn into, like the "Teether," a machine gun that uses teeth for bullets and eventually turns into that gun from The Fifth Element .
In the underworld, light physically hurts the residents, and conversely, darkness hurts Hotspur. This light and shadow concept (using the aforementioned goat lamps) is the most consistently interesting level mechanic; used for both the game's spectacular battle scenarios and its puzzles. It's a perfect complement to the game's excellent level design, which continually gets weirder and pays less attention to the laws of physics. There's an especially neat portion toward the end where you navigate through an M.C. Escher painting!
On top of this excellent level design featuring disturbingly macabre environments (you're in Hell after all), the music coming from Akira Yamaoka is downright superb. Known primarily for the moody scores to the Silent Hill series, he simply works wonders here. Punk Rock riffs for action moments, Spanish guitar solos when the game gets emotional, bizarre new age tracks for when it wants to get weird, and some truly gothic tones for when it wants to create palpable tension. It's an incredibly varied, eclectic soundtrack drawing inspiration from all over the musical landscape.
Oh, and be prepared for some big old boss battles that will push your patience to the limit, if not your skills, as they're quite long. The climactic final confrontation is especially hard, so be forewarned. However, the reward is an interesting character reveal that redefines the character of Paula and partially saves her from being just another Princess MacGuffin, so I recommend persistence.
Wow, look at all my gushing. I'd better start pointing out some flaws with the game lest I lose some of my game reviewer street cred!
Unfortunately for the cynics reading this, there aren't many. Sure, the lack of health bars for the bosses can be annoying I suppose, but it also amplifies tension. Then there's the poor lip-syncing, an oddity in this day and age, but it's a rather negligible fault and may even be purposeful to add to the rushed and messy look the game is actively cultivating.
If there's any real design aggravation, it's that the game is not engineered for completionists. Should you miss any of the collectible gems, (and you can, easily) you can't go back for them. This is tempered however, with the fact that you can buy them later on, and that the game is fairly short. If you really want everything, just play it again.
But these are all negligible faults. If there's anything that's going to turn some folks away, it's going to be the theme of the game. A theme which can be summed up with one word: PENIS!
When Johnson's main form is a gun called "Boner," and he becomes a piece of artillery named "The Big Boner" if you let him listen to a phone sex chat line, you know this game's mind is stuck in the gutter. This aggressively phallocentric humor is everywhere; there's a character named "One-Eyed Willy," when taking darkness damage Johnson goes limp, and there are more dick jokes than a Kevin Smith movie. It's even in the marketing.
So does the game dwell too much on the most male of organs? Perhaps, but most of the jokes prove funny, and either come from genuine characterization or leaning against the fourth wall, effectively making this a better Duke Nukem game than the recently released disappointment. However, what elevates this over Duke and his ilk is that the phallic focus isn't present solely for laughs; all of the game's horror is drawn from the same well.
Hotspur and Johnson's cheesy one-liners and bad puns may be vulgar, but they're innocent; a counterpoint to the terrifying nature of Fleming, a representation of destructive Eros and rape. Even though the game usually goes for the lighter, "Raimi-esque" style of horror, it creates a genuinely creepy menace in Fleming, and knows to deploy it from time to time. As a result, you're always on your toes emotionally, and you never really get to settle down or know what to expect. Considering this is fundamentally a horror game, I can think of no better plaudit.
This excellent use of emotional pacing is the evidence of true masters at work in Shadows of the Damned. More importantly though, it's another game that reveals the idiosyncratic vision of Suda 51, one that seems untampered by its publisher in an industry that tends to smother individuality for the constant pursuit of the largest demographics attainable.
So despite its simplicity and despite its vulgarity, Shadows of the Damned could prove important. Here we have group of gaming visionaries who effectively sold a game to a publisher based off their names alone, and retained creative control over the process. If they can sell it to the audience at large, it may portend a shift in the culture of gaming itself: away from the studio system it's currently in and into an Age of the Auteur.
Maybe I'm reading far too much into it though. Maybe Shadows of the Damned is just a silly game that wants to let me turn my Johnson into a Big Boner. Even if that's the case, and I'm overestimating the game's potential legacy, at least know that that it's still fully worth checking out for the classic shoot 'em up experience it contains. If you do, you'll find a titillating haunted funhouse ride you won't soon forget.
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Don't Be a Dumb, Greedy Trade Chaser!
Hello traders! This week I'd like to discuss a fault that nearly every trader has done at least once in the past – that is, chasing a trade. What is chasing a trade? It's when you take a less than optimal entry, sometimes far away from your previously defined supply or demand levels.
Over time in your trading, there will be many trades that you miss – meaning that price has already left a good level to enter your position. This is an inevitable fact in trading! We can't possible see or take every trade that exists. In numerous Lessons From the Pros newsletters, we have covered what constitutes a good level of supply and demand, so you should be well aware of what constitutes a good level, and that we prefer to take trades in these levels. But entering the trade is only one-third of the equation as a trader. We also have to be aware of where our stop loss and profit target must go. In fact, we must know all three parts of the trade before we enter the trade! This is a very common mistake that new traders make – that is, entering a trade without having the entire trade planned out ahead of time.
So where do your stop loss and profit targets go? The very basics are that (in a long trade) your stop loss goes below the demand zone that you used to enter the trade, and your profit target is just under the previous supply level you are targeting. On the short side your stop loss goes above the supply level you are using to enter the trade, and profit target is slightly above the demand zone you are targeting. The main reason we put our profit targets just a little before these levels is that we want to get out ahead of the other traders using the same level. I call it being "smart greedy." All of us are just a little bit greedy, which isn't a bad thing. Being "dumb greedy" is a bad thing! Dumb greedy is where you try to exit the trade at the very top in a long trade, or the very bottom in a short trade. The only traders who can exit at these locations are the lucky ones, and luck doesn't last long! So we want to take our profits ahead of the majority of traders-be smart greedy.
In the following USDCAD chart, I've highlighted a supply level to go short, and a demand level for a profit target. One of the great things about trading from a 60 minute chart like this, is that you are able to see the levels well in advance of price reaching them – making creating your trade plan nice and casual. No need to frantically study the charts when you have hours to place your orders!
I've marked with numbers the locations that some traders entered this USDCAD short trade. Number 1, the first test of this fresh supply level, gives the trader the best reward to risk ratio – about a 3 to 1. Another potential entry was near number 2. As you can see, I've only placed one line for the stop loss and one for the profit target. The closer you can enter to the stop, the smaller the risk and greater the reward in the trade. Taking the trade at number 2 gave you a slightly larger stop, and thereby a smaller reward.
What about the traders who took the short at number 3? Obviously, you could have placed your stop above the small swing high, but the best stop location is still where it is marked on the chart. This reward to risk would have then been about 1 to 1, not recommended. How about at number 4? This is by definition chasing the trade! The reward to risk would have been about 1 to 3, completely backwards!
If you notice, the stop loss and profit target are in the same spot for whichever entry you took. The main point is the market doesn't care where your entry is – only you do. When your stop and profit targets are placed correctly, the market will often respect those levels. By taking the better entries, waiting for the good trades to come to you instead of chasing the pair, your reward to risk ratio will always be much better. Another way to look at this is that we don't trade in the middle of a range, only near the extremes. If you find the price action in the middle of the range, you must wait! Too often new traders will take trades in the middle, and the natural market volatility will often stop them out. I'm sure this has happened to at least a few of you!
So the lesson is this: be selective in your trades by patiently waiting until the currency pair gets to one of your extreme supply or demand zones. When you do this you will take fewer trades, they will be higher quality trades, and you also will probably have more time for the rest of the things you enjoy doing!
Until next time,
Rick Wright


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Michael Cheney
LSC431: The Beatles: Popular Music and Society
At the beginning of the Fall 2005 semester, UIS professor Michael Cheney began welcoming his online students to class via a podcast and vodcast. He is pioneering this unique effort at UIS with the help and support from the Educational Technology department.
A podcast is an audio file that can be downloaded from the Internet and played on a digital music [mp3] player or a computer. Unlike traditional radio broadcasts and streaming audio on the Internet, podcasts will allow you to listen to content at your convenience [on-demand].
Vodcasting works similarly to podcasting, but has the added feature of video and/or still images.
For his liberal studies course, "The Beatles: Popular Music and Society," Cheney prepares weekly podcasts and vodcasts that include lectures and supporting material. Students use Apple Computer's iTunes software to listen to and watch the pod- and vodcasts.
The inspiration to podcast and vodcast course content came as Cheney was putting together his syllabus last summer.
"I came up with the idea as a way to further enrich the online learning experience. Having students not only read the material – but also listen to my comments and view images – gives them a fuller experience, especially because this course deals with many sounds and images," said Cheney.
Using this new technology, Cheney has introduced an innovative approach to classroom communication, one that engages the different learning styles of class members, and provides a personal dimension to the course.
"I am also trying to liberate students from being able to learn in an online course only when they are on the computer. For example, I have a student who is traveling this week, but with the podcasts, the readings, and her collection of Beatles tunes, she is able to use her MP3 player to continue with the course, even without Internet access," added Cheney.
With the release of iTunes 4.9 in June 2005, Munindra Khaund, Multimedia Education Coordinator in the Educational Technology department, seized the opportunity of offering UIS faculty with podcasting and vodcasting techniques as an innovative way of integrating technology into a curriculum.
Professor Cheney is the first UIS faculty member to jump on the pod/vod bandwagon.
A combination of Cheney's pedagogy with Khaund's support in instructional technology brought the idea to fruition just in time for the fall '05 semester.
The reason for choosing iTunes – software for storing and playing digital audio – is its ease of use, it is cross-platform software, and it is free. The popularity of iTunes across campuses is widespread, and many students already own iPods for recreational use.
Khaund calls iTunes "drag & drop" technology, due to its simplicity. Both Cheney and Khaund believe it makes delivery of instruction truly an "any time, any where" concept. Cheney says, "This is like TiVo for the online learner."
Khaund says, "Surely, it will not replace classroom instruction; but it opens up another possibility of engaging students outside of the four walls of a classroom." In addition, he is excited about the prospect of students creating their own podcasts as a way to record activities, collect data and notes, and provide reflections on their course materials and assignments.
Where Next?
"This has been a truly collaborative effort between a faculty member, Educational Technology, and Campus Technology Services," remarks Khaund. He plans to collaborate with other faculty members who wish to integrate a similar pedagogical approach into their courses.
As for the future of this technology, Khaund is looking at a new program called ChapterTool. The application allows creating of "enhanced podcasts" that contain chapter markers, pictures, and web links within a podcast.
Additional Reports on Professor Michael Cheney's Project
- Podcasting a new way to plant seeds of knowledge at UIS [pdf file; 16KB]
- UIS professor brings podcasting and vodcasting to the university [The Journal]
- Your Teachers May Be Conspiring Via Podcast [MTV Think News]


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Buckley Outlet
We are an award winning UK based jewellery supplier with a requirement for an e-commerce site to sell our excess high quality costume and fashion jewellery.
Our customers range from teen to 60+.
Range covers fashion and classic jewellery from £10 to £50ish.
The site would welcome large volume orders (wholesale).
We require a fully functioning template/site to use with the Magento e-commerce platform. Website will display discontinued and excess stock Jewellery items from our main website (which is also to be reviewed shortly).
Site Content
The template must be simple and clean
We like white background (choice of texture/wallpaper in the background?).
Categories down the left and top with simple navigation
Products in the middle to right
We prefer our images to be the main focus and not have lots of text.
I've included some mock ups that we've created (attached in zip).
Whilst the items can be grouped they do not make up a range so would prefer fewer images on a large scale. We are not a typical fashion jewellery company. We take great pride in the quality of our jewellery so we would like to keep an upmarket feel rather than a cheap discount store ie. Tiffany, Chanel, Gucci, etc.
Please note we are based in the UK and therefore spell Jewellery the proper way!
Sets (normally earrings & necklaces)
Wholesale (Bulk)
We trade in UK Sterling, Euros, and US Dollars.
Logos attached in Zip file.
Banner images also included (PDF)
Websites we like :
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require further information.