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Modern Time Close Encounters and Alien Contacts from Turkey By Farah Yurdozu
Also see Case # 1-A Famous Contactee from Turkey, and the Map of the Universe
Also see Case # 3-A Long Term Relationship with an Alien
My native Turkish land has always been very rich with UFO sightings. Our mythology and historical records show numerous close encounters with mysterious beings who come from stars or other dimensions.
The original name of my Turkish ancestors was "GokTurks" which means "Sky People." Ancient Turks believed that their leader was visited by a woman who came from a star. And this mysterious woman who descended in a ball of light got pregnant from the Turkish tribe's leader. She gave birth to 3 sons who were called Moon, Star and Sun. They became the founders of new Turkish generations.
Symbolic or historical, all these narratives gave an identity to my nation. Turkish people are very spiritual and open minded to the idea of Extraterrestrial Intelligent life. As you know, also the Turkish press is extremely open minded to UFO sightings. When there is a UFO sighting in any big city or a small town of the country you can see the coverage on the front pages of important daily newspapers. I guess the knowledge is in our genes, who knows?
In this article I want to introduce you 3 Turkish contactees. Don't worry, they are not historical or mythological characters from the past. They are from the present time, and they had very normal, simple lives—until they encountered the Aliens.
Case # 2-Shape Shifting Men in Black Visited Turkey By Farah Yurdozu
Contactee: Burhan Yılmaz.
By Farah Yurdozu
This modern case is from 1979. The person who had the experience was an elementary school teacher, a young man. On the first night of the encounter Burhan Yılmaz stayed outside watching the sky until 2:00 am. Suddenly he noticed in the sky, a very bright flying object that came closer to the ground. The object was in the shape of a half-dome and slowly landed on the field without any sound. It was the size of a minivan. A kind of energy field was surrounding the UFO. The UFO stayed there for a while. Burhan Yılmaz observed it until it lifted off and flew away in the dark sky. But he could not remember how long he stayed there watching the UFO. After the object left, he immediately did some research on the landing spot but didn't find any trace or any burning grass. Everything seemed normal.
The following night Burhan was reading at his home where he lived alone. At 9:30 pm, he heard knocking on the door. It was three young men around their 30's whom he had never seen or met before. They were wearing black suits and black ties. As Burhan lived and worked in a very small town, the fact that his visitors were complete strangers to him was not normal. Because in these small towns everybody knows everybody. But even though Burhan Yılmaz never saw them before, he invited them inside as is the Turkish tradition and they sat in the living room. The visitors explained that they came from another town 8 km away. At this point Burhan Yılmaz went to the kitchen of his very small home to prepare tea for his guests. And he came back to the living room only after 2 minutes. Now he was very surprised because his visitors were gone.
Burhan searched his tiny home and they weren't anywhere. It was impossible for them to go outside from the main and the only door, because to do that they had to walk by the kitchen where Burhan Yılmaz was, and he would have seen them. They could not have left through the windows either because there were iron bars on all of them. On the street there was only a little girl playing by herself. He asked her if she saw the 3 men. She said 'Yes,' and pointed to the corner of the street. But there were only three black dogs growling in the corner. Suddenly, a neighbour woman came running, screaming in panic. She said that she had just seen three men flying to the sky.
This case is interesting as it starts with a UFO sighting the night before the visit of the three men. Also, Burhan Yılmaz cannot estimate time surrounding the sighting and how long he stayed there watching the UFO. There might be a missing time factor there. Does missing time mean an abduction? We don't know. He didn't know either. But the three men in black were seen by three witnesses.
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Lord Byron might have been furious. Hemingway outraged. Austen inwardly irritated. But the inevitable has happened: their prose has been reimagined through Twitter and will be published in a book distilling more than 60 classic works of literature.
There was a minor publishing sensation this summer when Penguin announced that it had bought the rights for the book, Twitterature, in which two first year university students summarise everything from Medea to Madame Bovary.
The book is not published in the UK until 5 November but an advance copy has been seen by the Guardian.
Romeo tweets his dying lament: O, I am fortune's fool! Maybe just a tool. And so I die. BTW that other woman I was into before Juliet? Would've been a safer bet.
Sherlock Holmes says: Continuing investigation. Made brilliant deductions on many snorts and very little evidence. Notice salt deposits on factory owner's shoes?
Goethe's Young Werther emotes: Have I noted how upset I am? I am very upset. #pain #angst #suffering #sexdep.
Elizabeth Bennet muses: It's as if the less he seems to care about me, the more drawn to him I am. This seems the opposite of how it should be? Oh well.
And then there's Ishmael from Moby-Dick: We set out. Follow @starbuck, @queequeg for long introspective soliloquies on the human soul. Or @tashtego if you like adorable kittens.
The book's authors, Alexander Aciman and Emmett Rensin, have set up a Twitter page for the book and yesterday tweeted Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code (example: HOLY SHIT!!!! We stole the Codex for a large-scale conspiracy that is conveniently in my area of expertise!).
Rensin and Aciman came up with the idea for the book when they were roommates at the University of Chicago. "We spent a lot of our time with three feet between us," said Rensin.
He said the book should not be seen as some sort of guide to the classics. "There has been some misunderstanding about the book in that it's been said it's going to educate people, but you couldn't do an English class with this book. The humour is heightened by having knowledge of the works."
Rensin eulogises Twitter, declaring it nothing less than an extension of the Enlightenment, and for anyone throwing their hands up in horror at tweeting classic works, he invoked Martin Luther. "People were horrified when he translated the Bible from Latin into German but he was making it accessible. I don't think anyone killed Luther so maybe we're all right."
All the works have been distilled into 20 tweets or fewer. On the Road has just the one: "For TWITTERATURE of On the Road by Jack Kerouac, please see On the Road by Jack Kerouac."


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eter Foss has served as president of GE Olympic sponsorship since 2003. In 2008, he took on additional responsibilities for sales force effectiveness and corporate sales. Foss is responsible for coordinating GE's global Olympic sponsorship, as well as serving as GE's liaison with the NFL. In addition, he leads a team whose goal is to develop and implement growth strategies with a select group of GE's strategic global customers. A 31-year GE veteran, Foss previously served for six years as the president of GE Polymerland, which is the commercial organization representing GE Plastics and was an early adopter and leader in e-commerce. Prior to that, he was a regional general manager for four of the GE Plastics regions. He is a graduate of Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, where he earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry, and lives in Charlotte.


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1969 Dodge Charger 500
Price: - Item location: Houston, Texas, United States
- Condition: Used
- Make: Dodge
- Model: Charger
- SubModel: 500
- Type: Coupe
- Trim: 500
- Year: 1969
- Mileage: 99,999
- Color: Green
- Engine size: 440
- Number of cylinders: 8
- Fuel: Gasoline
- Drive type: RWD
- Interior color: Green
- Vehicle Title: Clear Want to buy? Contact seller!
1969 Dodge Charger 500Rare 1969 Dodge Charger 500 up for grabs! I bought this car a few months ago with the intention of restoring it, but I have decided to keep my 69 Coronet Hemi car instead. This is one of only 392 69 Charger 500 Aero cars produced for NASCAR and these are hard to come by un-restored. The body is VERY nice and needs only minor body work to be completed. The following sheet metal has already been replaced: trunk pan, driver front floor pan, rear quarter skins, and although it wont need them, I will include two new AMD doors with the sale(probably will save a few hours of final body work). The passenger side lower rocker will need some patch work and I did notice some rust through in the inner wheel wells. The rear window channels are super solid and need no work at all, and the rear dutchman panel has zero rust. There is a rust spot on the rear tail panel which could be patched, or I can include a tail panel from a 70 Charger if you want it. Overall the body is nice and will be ready for paint with minimal work.
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The engine compartment retains the original wiring, brake booster and master cylinder, etc.
I have the original, and rare back glass, rare, rear window stainless trim, rare a-pillar stainless trim, and Charger 500 specific front grill mounting hardware(headlight aero trim is included but not installed).
I can take additional photos if you are interested and email them to you. I do require a non-refundable 500.00 deposit within 48 hrs. I might consider other Mopar trades, but prefer to sell outright.
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Vibram 5 Finger: Barefoot Shoe Alternative For Sport And Style
You may have gone barefoot as a child, only to be told by your conservative mom and dad that people are meant to wear shoes. Some argue that in fact, feet are not designed to be enclosed after all (aha mom & dad!), but since most places have that annoying "no shirt, no SHOES, no service rule" one sportswear company has come up with something that provides a shoed alternative to going barefoot.
It might sound like an oxymoron, and well, it is since we are talking about a barefooted shoe but apparently it's what we were anatomically made for. Vibram FiveFingers, is a shoe that separates the toes (despite what's indicated by the name) so that all the muscles, tendons and ligaments in the foot and leg are used and exercised as they should be. The benefit of wearing the unique shoe is that it does provide protection to the foot, and includes grips ideal for sport that the shoe is lacking. Plus, it has a pretty funky style for sports enthusiasts. Well worth checking out. (See Vibram Five Fingers)
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Kevin Pietersen is one of three senior players set to miss the limited-overs leg of England's Ashes tour in the new year.
Pietersen, James Anderson and Graeme Swann will take no part in the five one-day internationals, or three Twenty20s, scheduled for January and February.All three are central to England's ongoing Test campaign down under.
Pietersen also seems sure to figure in future limited-overs engagements such as next year's ICC World Twenty20 and the 2015 World Cup, along with Anderson at the latter.
All were all absent, though, from the 15 and 16-man squads announced on Tuesday morning.Test captain Alastair Cook will lead the ODI squad, with Stuart Broad once again in charge of the Twenty20 tourists.
England's Test coach Andy Flower explained the reasons for trimming the competitive workload for 33-year-old Pietersen and Anderson, who is two years younger.
Swann's omission is, conceivably, more a selection issue - with James Tredwell once again involved, after more often than not in the past year being a successful like-for-like replacement for the senior off-spinner.
Flower said: "This is going to be another month of tough cricket, and then a heavy schedule from the West Indies tour onwards.Straight after the Twenty20 World Cup, the Indian Premier League begins - and while that's on, the English season starts.
Our players who play all three forms cannot play 12 months a year.Guys like Anderson and Pietersen are in their early 30s now; they are prize assets, and we need to look after them.The intention is to preserve and hone their skills for higher-profile assignments ahead."
Flower added: "From a physical perspective, they're always dealing with various niggles - and sometimes they need to be taken out of competition.That is not for them just to rest - it's so we can maximise their skills when they do play."
National selector Geoff Miller said: "We have an important period of limited-overs cricket coming up, with an ICC World T20 in Bangladesh in March and just over a year away from the ICC Cricket World Cup in New Zealand and Australia.
"These two series against Australia allow valuable opportunities for players to push for places in both squads - and given the rivalry between the sides both series will no doubt be keenly contested."
England's increasingly established limited-overs wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler will be among those relishing his opportunity to impress again.
He said: "Obviously, any time you get picked for an England squad, it's a very proud moment and an exciting one - so I'm really looking forward to the one-day series and the Twenty20s afterwards.It will be tough in a foreign country - and particularly in Australia, with their home conditions.
"Having been here with the England Performance programme and watching the Ashes from afar, it's hard cricket ... really exciting, and that's what you want to be a part of."
England ODI squad: AN Cook (Captain), GS Ballance, IR Bell, RS Bopara, TT Bresnan, DR Briggs, SCJ Broad, JC Buttler (wkt), MA Carberry, ST Finn, CJ Jordan, EJG Morgan, WB Rankin, JE Root, BA Stokes, JC Tredwell.
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Pietersen rested for ODI series
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Director: Prakash Jha
Music: Jatin Lalit
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Reviewed by Anish Khanna
Jatin-Lalit have some serious waking up to do.
Hello!??!?!? How long can one keep re-hashing their own tunes? Well, Bappi Lahiri tried,
Anu Malik tried (way back before he took the extra "n" out of his first name),
and even Nadeem-Shravan tried in the post-"Aashiqui"
(pre-murderous) days. All of these people quickly realized that one has to constantly stay
on their toes to succeed in big, bad Bollyworld. Jatin and Lalit have yet to learn this
lesson, so here they are with their latest - "Dil Kya
Kare". Is it bad? Well, no. Is it different? Certainly not.
The title song is good. But after stuff like the title song in "Kuch Kuch..." and "Jadoo hain" in "Ghulam", "Dil Kya Kare"
(the song) takes the duo two steps back. It's sweet and Udit and Alka
are in top form, but it isn't the "zinger" of a song that a big budget
film mandates nowadays.
"Do Dilon Ki" is moderately better in that it is
slightly different, but even this number is nothing to write home about. J-L's romantic
favorite Alka is replaced here with Anuradha, who surprisingly manages to
live up to the number. Then again - Anuradha's weak point has always been emoting, and
this song merely expresses the usual lovey-dovey sentiment.
The Punjabi number on this album is not bad. I won't even insult A. R. Rehman by
comparing "Menu Lagan Lagi" to any of his "Taal" Punju numbers, but still - when you have Sukhwindara
Singh and Jaspinder Narula together - can disappointment really
be nearby? Hardly....
The children's numbers in this album don't deserve more than a mention. "Badal
Bijli" (Abhijeet and Children) and "Monday
Bhi Ho Sunday" (Abhijeet, Kavita, and Children) come
and go without making even the slightest impression. (Incidentally - can Jatin and Lalit
STOP insulting Kavita by giving her the stupid songs??!!?!? Have they forgotten what she
did for their "Khamoshi"?)
The album ends with a sweet surprise. Alka Yagnik sounds divine in the sweet and simple
"Pyar Ke Liye" - a pleasant ghazal with some terrific
Anand Bakshi lyrics.
If you are the type of person that loves listening to the much-hyped bubble gum numbers
that become popular through the numerous filmi countdowns and promo's - by all means - buy
"Dil Kya Kare". It is bound to be up there soon enough. For the more discerning
musical ear, however, you might just find yourself putting this album towards the back of
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United for All Ages is Denise Burke and Stephen Burke
Denise Burke has more than thirty years' experience as a leader in the public sector, who is adept at working across voluntary and private sectors. This includes:
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Together Denise and Stephen are United for All Ages
"As the think tank United for All Ages rightly observes, the gulf between the ages is harmful on many levels: old people are left isolated and more dependent on public services, while the lives of the young are less rich and rounded. Overall, society is poorer. Bridging the gap between old and young will not be easy, and is clearly not something the Government can do: no one wants the state telling families how they should live. But sensible schemes to bring older and younger Britons into more frequent contact with each other should be pursued. Planning reforms to increase the supply of housing could help ensure that old and young are not segregated. Tax and benefit rules that encourage parents to pay nannies and nurseries could be revised to reward grandparents who look after grandchildren yet are currently unrecognised. Britain is one nation, but more must be done to keep its younger and older members together." Daily Telegraph
"Daycare Trust, and director Stephen Burke in particular, are credited with pushing childcare to the top of the policy agenda. Talking to Burke in the Daycare Trust offices, located a short taxi ride from Westminster, it is not difficult to see why he has won his reputation for persuasiveness." The Guardian
"Initially it can be hard to see any connection between Denise Burke's past life as a tax inspector and her current job as senior childcare manager for the London Development Agency (LDA). But as childcare expands at a rapid rate, anyone at the forefront of shaping policy must have a good understanding of the financial pressures involved." Children and Young People Now
"Hammersmith and Fulham boasted the biggest fall in crime and child road deaths, the biggest increase in social housing, the most improved secondary schools, excellent children's centres and services for the old (all home-help charges were abolished).The council's leader, Stephen Burke, is a good man who is deeply committed to the under-fives – he was the recent director of the Daycare Trust – and also to the old, since he now heads the charity Counsel and Care." Polly Toynbee, The Guardian
"This November [2010] Counsel and Care said goodbye to Chief Executive, Stephen Burke, who led the charity for over five years. Stephen's drive and ambition radically changed the organisation from one that was little known and consulted to one that is now a powerful voice for older people, their families and carers." Generations
"Spending cuts threaten to create conflict between generations as the middle-aged are forced to bear the cost of caring for children and the elderly, according to social policy experts. A report from United for All Ages, a new social enterprise, expressed concern that children's centres could be closed and care services for the elderly cut, leaving families facing a "care crunch". It said "generational tensions" were a significant risk as a result of the spending cuts and urged councils to create facilities where all generations could mix." Daily Telegraph
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A pixie hairstyle does taper in the back. The pixie hairstyle also tapers on the sides around the ears. Typically, a person's ears show with a pixie hairstyle.
A pixie is a short yet versatile hairstyle. Pixies look great with a longer, side-swept bang, such as Anne Hathaway's brunette pixie or Michelle William's blond pixie. The style also looks great with very short bangs, such as Rihanna's dark, edgy pixie or Charlize Theron's platinum pixie. Pixies can also work on longer lengths, such as Faith Hill's wavy pixie. A pixie cut accentuates cheekbones and makes the eyes pop. The style is not for everyone, however, because pixies make a long face look longer.


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Of training course we either realized what we were being conversing concerning, nevertheless my likely for the duration of the course of action of an job interview stuffed with lifted eyebrows and eye rolls is almost certainly to some degree consultant of the advertising and marketing that the Berlin-proven Ohlala will be going through as it starts off promoting the gospel of marriage-by way of-the-hour in just NYC.
The application, which released inside Germany this beyond August, is made up of presently facilitated about 25,000 paid out connections for sizzling-toward-trot buyers. Inside addition in the direction of today's NYC release, the application is in addition including 3 clean towns (Stuttgart, Cologne and Dusseldorf) in the direction of its German current market, which now incorporates Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich and Hamburg. The business enterprise moreover declared a $1.7 million seed spherical increase at present with expense against Max Finger, Ben Kubota and Markus Ertler.
Right before building Ohlala, Poppenreiter experienced labored upon establishing Peppr, an application that extra explicitly sought in direction of talk customers towards intercourse staff offering "erotic leisure." The place the application struggled was in just the logistics of facilitating such connections suddenly. Shoppers shipped requests straight in direction of intercourse staff and the interface led toward a heavy selection of canceled requests.
Ohlala techniques the marriage for "paid dates" inside a vogue that will allow for even more fast liaising. The moment a guy person places within a question, which incorporates this kind of sophisticated romanticisms as several hours necessary and preferred value, the inquiry incorporates accurately 21 minutes in the direction of be approved by way of a lady person within just the neighborhood right before it disappears into the erogenous ether.
If a check with is authorised via a woman person, the couple then incorporate the prospect in the direction of negotiate a little bit upon pricing and year in advance of settling toward fulfill offline.
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Even though Ohlala seems to be in the direction of include gotten its prison ducks within just a row by way of willful ignorance (IANAL), it's likely importance noting that there are some rather sizeable variances among prostitution regulations in just Germany and the nation of Refreshing York.
Germany consists of what plenty of would make contact with a booming intercourse operate market place, in which legal guidelines are even more always aimed at safeguarding the intercourse workers' nicely-remaining and stability. Despite the fact that prostitution is technically criminal all through Germany, owing towards area prostitution-absolutely free zoning patterns, intercourse function is merely entirely prison within over 2 per cent of the state geographically talking. Clean York is a little bit alternate. Place legal guidelines classify prostitution as a course B Misdemeanor and the act of patronizing a prostitute as a course A Misdemeanor, in which fines would be a utmost of $1000 or a lot less than a calendar year within prison.
All inside of all, Ohlala doesn't pretty strong together with a relationship services Fresh new Yorkers must seek the services of if they're on the lookout towards obtain the enjoys of their life, unless of course they include really deep pockets that is. Poppenreiter informed me that ordinary pricing for the "paid dates" in just Germany operates wherever amongst 100 in direction of 200 euros for every hour.
The push launch for today's announcement stated that Ohlala can in good shape the prerequisites of each and every person, whether or not they're "looking for business enterprise, friendship or exactly Excellent communication." At 100 toward 200 euros for every hour, I may advise that chatty us residents keep track of their little communicate.


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Discussion in 'Wanted Items' started by Erector, Jul 26, 2008.
Anyone got a spare from the con, hit me up and let me know!
I hate to do this cuz I was gunna buy it but:
2008 SDCC Comic classic Nemesis Prime in hand C9 - eBay (item 130241608111 end time Jul-27-08 22:29:09 PDT)
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If either of you are still looking, I just thought it was funny... on the side of the main page under Junkion exchange, this thread was listed, as well as this one.
Not sure if he just wants to trade, but there you go
Should make it clear that I'm after one MISB
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Clarkson University Offers "Young Scholars" A Summer Experience
The Young Scholars Program (YSP), a unique summer experience for talented high school students, will once again be offered by Clarkson University. This year, the week-long program for rising juniors and seniors will be held on Clarkson University's campus from July 10 through July 16, 2005. The program is administered by The Clarkson School, the University's early entrance program for talented high school students who have completed the eleventh grade and are ready to begin their college studies.
Now entering its fourth year in its current format, YSP is a selective program with a unique approach. Consistent with Clarkson's overall mission of interdisciplinary education, students are given a problem to examine and solve from three different perspectives. Faculty members from the business, engineering and liberal arts departments require that students work together, conducting research toward a final project idea, and presentation to community leaders. This innovative program sparks intellectual development and requires students to exercise strong communication skills and cooperative problem solving. The week also includes a day trip to a nearby summer camp which provides students with the opportunity to participate in an adventure program consisting of low and high ropes courses.
The cost of the program is $795, including room, board, field trips, and activity fees. Need-based scholarships for the program are available and all participating students who are accepted to Clarkson University will receive a $4,000 scholarship ($1,000 per year) towards tuition if they attend Clarkson full time for their undergraduate education. Recent participants have hailed primarily from New York, but also from states such as Massachusetts, California, Maine, Vermont and Pennsylvania.
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Google Takes a Big Hit in China
Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) share in the Chinese search market has steady declined since the company officially left China back in 2010. Google was recently ranked the fifth most popular search engine in the country, with just a little over two percent of traffic and page views.
Google's market share in China has been steadily falling since Google left China 2010 after it grew frustrated with the country's censorship policies and attacks from hackers. Google fell from fourth to fifth place in the ranking in March and its page-views for June are almost a full percentage point lower than they were a year ago.
The table below shows the contenders for third, fourth, and fifth place in the Chinese search engine market.
Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) is China's most popular search engine, as that company has agreed to comply with government censorship, but it is starting to face some competition from Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd.'s (NYSE:QIHU) search engine. Qihoo launched its search engine last August, quickly came into second place behind Baidu, and has been steadily gaining on the formerly untouchable Baidu ever since.
In June Qihoo crossed the 15 percent mark, taking Baidu down to below 70 percent. Qihoo Chief Executive Officer Zhou Yongyi has set the goal of gaining 20 percent of the market by the end of the year, enough to really challenge Baidu's monopoly.
Back in 2010, Google made some moves to retain its share in the Chinese market, including directing users to a site based in Hong Kong that didn't face the same censorship requirements as sites based on the mainland, but the Chinese search engine google.cn is still being blocked by the Chinese government. Refusing to comply with censorship rules is a brave risk for Google, as China has one of the world's largest web markets.
Other American-based search engines fell below Google on the list, with Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Bing taking 0.46 percent of page views and Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) taking 0.26 percent.
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D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die Will "Never" Come to PS4, Confirms Game's Director
It looks like the recently released Xbox One exclusive D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die will not ever come to the PlayStation 4.
In a recent Twitter post, Access Games director Hidetaka Suehiro, also known as SWERY, confirmed that the episodic video game will "never" find its way onto PlayStation consoles.
Sorry. Never. "@KeanuAndMe: will we ever get a ps4 version of D4?"
— SWERY (@Swery65) October 1, 2014
Even though the mystery game will never be coming to PlayStation consoles, at least us PS4 owners will be getting awesome exclusive titles of our own, including Bloodborne and Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.
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Reissue of Ronstadt's 1970 and second solo album, which greatly improved on her debut. Capitol.
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Remarkable Early Linda Ronstadt Album
Matt Coker | Davis, CA, USA | 01/26/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I draw the dividing line between Linda Ronstadt's early work at around 1971. While the LINDA RONSTADT album (1972) features a solid blueprint on the sound and style she would build her 1970s classics on, SILK PURSE is much closer to the later Stone Poneys and her first solo album. It also happens to be one of my favorite Linda Ronstadt albums.
SILK PURSE displays a heavy country sound in the arrangements and vocals, but the character is definitely unique, reflecting neither the Nashville Sound of late-1960s country nor the rock influence in much of the country-rock movement. Two of the album's best defining features are Linda Ronstadt's confident, powerful, and beautiful vocals, and the incredible arrangments that surround each of the songs. "Lovesick Blues" leaps out of the speaker with a stunning vocals start. The song has been recast as an uptempo rocker, though the fiddles are especially prominent. Her vocals also start "Are My Thoughts With You," which continually builds both musically and emotionally during the song. "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" is one of the best songs on the album, and one of my favorites. The arrangement is superb, opening with a ringing guitar sound, and featuring a brilliant vocal performance. The track melds both girl group, country, and great pop, and the result is a remarkable success that is above describtion. I've never understood why this song hasn't been featured on a Linda Ronstadt CD compilation (last was RETROSPECTIVE (I really miss that collection) in 1977, unless you count the small Capitol compilations from the 1980s (which aren't listed in her discography). Linda Ronstadt's vocal performance is the best feature of many of these songs, especially "Nobody's" written by Gary White. Gary White duets on "Louise," which features only an acoustic guitar, but delivers a powerful performance. One of Linda Ronstadt's greatest recordings is "Long Long Time," which resulted in her first solo hit ("Different Drum" was credited to the Stone Poneys) and her first Grammy nomination. The song is perfect, the arrangement of pedal steel, fiddle, harpsicord, and bass create a sound the is unbelievably emotional. Linda Ronstadt's vocal is powerful beyond the use of words, and the devastating lyrics bring new meaning to the term "sad song". The song has been recorded a few times since, but no version comes close to this gorgeous classic. "Mental Revenge" is considerably lighter, and the song is very entertaining, with her vocal delivery, arrangement, and lyrics that aim ill-wishes at the unfaithful partner from a former relationship. "I'm Leaving It All Up To You" was a pop hit in the early 1960s, but Linda Ronstadt ups the emotional quotient significantly, turning in a spectacular country recording. "He Dark The Sun" ranks with "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and "Long Long Time" as my favorite recordings from this album. It was originally "She Darked The Sun" in bluegrass form on the first Dillard & Clark album (written by Gene Clark and Bernie Leadon). This recording rests largely on the soulful power of Linda Ronstadt's voice, Bernie Leadon contributes the harmony vocal, and the arrangement frames the vocal performance. Its worth a second listen everytime I play the disc. "Life Is Like A Mountain Railway" is reminiscent of an Appalachian spiritual, sung in harmony with the Beechwood Rangers. Its a unique way to conclude this immensely satisfying album. SILK PURSE is filled with spectacular performances, great arrangments, and unique songs. The critiques on the quality of all the songs really isn't that big a problem; I like those songs on the early albums which made up in emotional power whatever was missing on paper. SILK PURSE is an amazing album, probably the one I play most often, which is a very different experience from HEART LIKE A WHEEL, LIVING IN THE U.S.A. or, SIMPLE DREAMS. Highly recommended."
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HUGO | HOUSTON, TEXAS United States | 10/21/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"It's great that they've reissued her early solo period - pre-1974 Superstar status - albums, once again on Cd, if, at least on "imports". I have all the mid-90's Stone Poneys/Early Solo Lps to Cd reissues, which were bought up quite quickly and are worth a rock queen's ransom these days. Now that I think about it, as I did at that time also, WHY did they not include those several scattered off album recordings as "BONUS TRACKS" on these early "solo reissues" which never appeared on her albums?!!! Tracks such as: "CARNIVAL BEAR" & "SHE'S A VERY LOVELY WOMAN" - to name but a couple of her occasional "outings" for movie soundtracks and off to the side projects she was involved in. I adore this woman and her entire recorded output - as millions of others still do, but, some of the non-album "45"s I collected on vinyl(minus the "live bootlegs Lps")have never been reissued on Cd. WHY??? CAPITOL RECORDS: You guys need to 'get it together' and reissue a THOROUGHLY COMPREHENSIVE "LINDA RONSTADT ANTHOLOGY"[which will include all non-Lp recordings & rarities] in a much more detailed fashion than that 1976 "RETROSPECTIVE" double Lp(which by the way, still yearns to see itself on CD!)- she gave you a # 1 album, HEART LIKE A WHEEL, after all, as well as the most celebrated(by modern Country artists)blueprint album in Country-Pop-Rock history!"
I don't care for country......
Robert C. Hufford | Hopewell, VA USA | 09/09/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"....but I'll make an exception for Linda. Linda Ronstadt has been a vocal presence for 40 years, singing all kinds of music; this 1970 classic from her "country" years catches her voice at its peak [and her picture when she could make a sexy album cover].
This is an album of "covers", each sung so well as to make it Linda's own. All are well done, but honors go to "Lovesick Blues", "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?", and "I'm Leavin' It All Up To You". And very special honors to "He Dark The Sun". The album has been kind of superseded by "The Best Of Linda Ronstadt: The Capitol Years", a two CD collection of her first four records, with bonus tracks. Thank you, Capitol. Still, this is the original....
Linda's politics nauseate me; as an American, citizen, she's entitled to them [as you are entitled to let politics influence your music buying]. Personally, I don't like to mix music with politics; that's one reason that I can give this five full stars. Her voice is as great as ever; listen to this, and find out how a great singer sounds before she's a legend."


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Photographer and multi-media artist Robin Salant is performing CPR on a lifeless downtown building. She explains the process she and art partner Terance Brown have hatched for their "Urban Meridians" project while kneeling in the abandoned filth of 82 S. Main, feeding electrical cables through a hole to the floors below. Salant and Brown think the building has a heart, and at 8:30 p.m., Friday, June 24th, they're going to start it. What kind of life the building has over the next 18 months depends on how observers respond to this fully interactive, three-story art installation.
While Salant runs wire, Brown addresses problems with his electronic sensors. The first ones he tested don't work through double-paned glass, but by the time he's finished, the empty building will be able to see, feel, and tap against its own first floor windows for attention. And it thrives on attention.
- "Urban Meridians" lights up 82 S. Main.
"Its heart rate increases," says Salant, who's pegged the upper-story EKG-inspired light show to the pulse of an athlete at rest. If crowds gather, the pulse quickens. If they touch the building's exterior, it responds.
"Five points of contact and it climaxes," Salant says. "Can you print 'climaxes'?"
Salant's no stranger to building-scaled projects, having previously completed a lighting installation in the enormous Sears Crosstown building before all the scaffolding went up and renovation got under way. She'd worked with Brown before on similar, if smaller projects, and knew he'd be able to make "Urban Meridians" into something more than a light installation.
"We can make it responsive," Brown says, like a kinder, gentler Dr. Frankenstein, cursing the double-paned glass that's giving him a headache, but singing the praises of cheap, available technology.
"Urban Meridians" is the latest art-based, anti-blight initiative sponsored by the Downtown Memphis Commission.


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If you could invest directly in a U.S. equity-related index and were given just one choice, what would it be? Some might answer the S&P 500. Others might choose the Dow Jones US Total Stock Market Index. The former has 500 stocks; the latter 3,740.
Both are excellent choices, but it might be worth considering something in between.
While the Dow Jones US Total Stock Market Index represents 99% of the U.S. market, the Russell 1000 comes pretty darn close. According to Russell Investments:
"The Russell 1000 Index measures the performance of the large-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. It is a subset of the Russell 3000 Index and includes approximately 1000 of the largest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership. The Russell 1000 represents approximately 92% of the U.S. market."
Sacrificing just 8% of the market, you're mostly giving up ownership in smaller companies, which wouldn't be of interest to anyone who also had considered the S&P 500. The Russell 1000 is attractive to investors because it adds approximately 500 decent-sized companies to the equity mix above and beyond the S&P 500 without the overkill of the Dow Jones US Total Stock Market index.
In terms of performance, the Dow Jones US Total Stock Market Index has performed the best during a 10-year period, at an annual return of 4.51%. But most investors are aware that past performance doesn't predict future returns.
Of course, investors can't even own the actual indices themselves, so exchange-traded funds are the next best alternative. Here's three funds that tap the Russell 1000:
The cap-weighted Vanguard Russell 1000 Index ETF (NASDAQ:VONE) has a very short history, having been created in September 2010. Its one-year total return is 3.99%, 16 basis points less than the index itself. Like most Vanguard ETFs, it's very tax-efficient, losing only 25 basis points in total return after distributions. With an expense ratio of just 0.12%, you pay just $306 in fees on a $10,000 investment over a 10-year period. It's going to be tough for any other fund to compete.
The iShares Russell 1000 Index Fund (NYSE:IWB) is a cap-weighted fund that comes with an expense ratio of 0.15%, almost identical to the Vanguard fund. In terms of market price, the iShares fund has a one-year total return of 3.98%, a virtual tie with the Vanguard fund. Interestingly, the Vanguard fund has 20% turnover compared to 7% for the iShares fund, which would suggest that the slightly lower expense ratio at Vanguard balances out the higher transaction costs. On a net asset value basis, the VONE's one-year return is 4.47%, 47 basis points higher than the IWB. In a nutshell, the Vanguard ETF's share price lagged the growth in its net asset value, while the iShares ETF's price and net asset value kept pace with each other.
The final fund is the Rydex Russell 1000 Equal Weight ETF (NYSE:EWRI), which takes the Russell 1000 stocks and rebalances them on a quarterly basis so they are all equally weighted. The theory is that an equal-weighted ETF will perform better than a cap-weighted one because it allows profits to be taken and reinvested in those companies not doing as well. Unfortunately, the fund's expense ratio is 0.4% — much higher than the cap-weighted funds. However, its one-year return is 5.55%, which is 157 basis points higher than VONE or IWB. In my opinion, it's a very real alternative.
Bottom Line
Although I'm a big fan of equal-weighted funds, I'd like to see a longer performance record before endorsing the Rydex Russell 1000 Equal Weight ETF. Therefore, based on information from Morningstar regarding the tax-adjusted one-year returns for both cap-weighted ETFs, I'm recommending the Vanguard Russell 1000 Index ETF at 3.56%, which is slightly higher than the iShares Russell 1000 Index Fund at 3.4%.
As of this writing, Will Ashworth did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.


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Plugins to ease development for front-end designers
I saw jQuery-Plugins repository in my GitHub Today email yesterday. I'm a sucker for collections of cool things, and this repo is just that. It's basically a collection of simple jQuery plugins that are very easy to use, requiring little or no experience with jQuery or JavaScript.
Here's a little from the plugin's README:
These jQuery plugins have been created to ease the pain that some front-end designers feel when they're trying to implement basic features with little or no JavaScript or jQuery experience.
I plan to add plugins to this repository over time that only require HTML code, data-* attributes, and the inclusion of the script in question, following the same kind of principles as the Twitter Bootstrap extensions, in so far that no coding experience should be required in order to make things work.
It looks like there's 4 plugins included:
- Carousel
- ClassToggle
- Google Analytics Helper
- SnapSlider
The developer has plans to continue adding more simple plugins.
The examples can be seen individually, too. Here's the Carousel plugin in action. Here's a few ClassToggle examples. There's also a Google Analytics Helper example, showing how to track events and URL's.
jQuery-Plugins looks like it could be a useful set of plugins. I may actually use the Carousel plugin for an upcoming project.
These plugins will come in handy for almost anyone, frontend or backend developers. Check them out!


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Technically Maya. Post-BDM. One of my occasional forays into Young Mal territory. An eighteen year old sits by the creek, trying to fish. STANDALONE. And yes, Masks will be coming - my muse is just taking a holiday!
The midges were biting, even if the fish weren't. Not that it mattered. The whole point of fishing, as far as Mal could see, was to have time to do it. Just sit. Quietly. Waiting. And if a man didn't catch anything, well … it just got away, is all. Everyone knew about those fish. Too big. Vicious. Lots of teeth. That kinda thing.
He grinned. Yeah, he sure liked fishing.
The sun was dropping towards the Wraiths, the mountains that pretty much ringed this part of Shadow, and it would soon be time to head on back to the ranch. His Ma was cooking steak tonight, as a celebration, and he didn't want to miss it. He felt mildly guilty that he hadn't been there to destring the beans or peel the potatoes, but she'd told him to go off and enjoy himself, seeing as his last day at school had ended midday.
Eighteen. A man, by any anybody's standards. Except maybe his Ma's. He'd always be Malcolm, her little boy. And truth was, he didn't really mind all that much. Long as she kept it indoors and didn't embarrass him.
He absently stroked the silver cross hanging around his neck. She'd given it to him on his birthday a couple of months back, telling him as she fastened the chain that it had belonged to her mother, and hers, and hers ... so far back it was said it came with the original settlers from Earth-that-was, although nobody knew for sure. He'd tried not to take it, saying it was hers, but she'd insisted. If her and his Pa had been blessed with a daughter, it would have gone to her, but as Malcolm was an only child ... She swatted his hands away when he tried to take it off.
Mal sighed. A man. That's what he was. With the summer stretched out ahead of him, looking forward to working the cattle, learning the business from the ground up, until he'd be able to take over one day. But for now, he was content just to sit quietly and wait for something else to bite.
Except he wasn't going to be able to sit quietly. He looked over towards the road, seeing Dugan and Kyle waving at him, pushing at each other in their haste to get to him.
"Hey," he called, seeing his afternoon drift into the haze.
"Where'd you get to?" Kyle asked, stroking the straggly beard he'd been nurturing for months. "I thought we were gonna go into town, get a drink."
Mal shook his head. "Too nice a day for that."
"Gorramit, Mal," Dugan said, dropping down onto the grass next to him. "We're legal now. Gotta take advantage of that."
"Go ahead." Mal pointed down the road. "Town's that way. And I ain't stopping you."
"Now you know it ain't no fun if you ain't there to keep us outta trouble."
"Is that the case."
"'Sides, we ain't got any money," Kyle admitted.
Mal chuckled. "I figured it might be some such. And what makes you think I do?"
"You've been cleaning up at Faraday's Dry Goods every Saturday the past six months," Dugan pointed out. "He musta been paying you something."
"That he did," Mal agreed.
"Must be a fairly tidy little sum resting in that old tin of yours."
"And it's staying resting there. I got plans."
"Huh." Kyle ripped a drying blade of grass from the ground and began to chew.
"Anyway, there was nothing to stop you makin' a little cashy-money." Mal glanced into the creek, but the fish still refused to put in an appearance.
"What, work?" Dugan scoffed, lying back and closing his eyes.
"Yeah. It wouldn't do you any harm. Might even trim up some of that baby fat."
Dugan's eyes slammed back open and he glared at his friend. "I ain't fat." He put his hand on the flesh accumulating around his waist. "I'm just ... well built."
"Yeah, you keep telling yourself that," Kyle laughed.
"So apart from coming around disturbing me while I'm fishing and trying to get money out of me, was there anything else you wanted?" Mal asked, tolerant of his oldest friends.
"Nope." Dugan put his hands under his head. "Just that."
"And it don't look like you've caught more'n a cold," Kyle pointed out. "'Less you threw 'em back."
For a moment Mal considered exaggerating the truth, then he shrugged. "Not a damn thing all afternoon."
"Never catch me holding a rod," Dugan said, not bothering to cover the yawn that erupted from his mouth. "Way too boring," he managed to say around it.
"Yeah," Mal agreed, going back to doing just that.
There was silence for maybe a minute, then Kyle cleared his throat. This usually meant he had something of great importance to impart, at least in his own mind.
"What?" Dugan asked, his eyelids fastened securely against the strong light.
Kyle coughed again, then said, "I was only gonna tell Mal about us meeting up with Jed Fletcher."
"Oh, yeah." Dugan rolled onto his side and propped his head up on his hand. "He's off to be a soldier."
"Jed?" Mal couldn't believe it. "What in the 'verse for?"
"To fight the Alliance." Kyle looked sullen, Dugan having stolen his thunder.
Mal relaxed a bit. "This mythical war that everyone's been talking about for years?" He shook his head. "Ain't gonna happen."
Kyle, his red hair shining in the afternoon sun, went down onto his heels. "Is too. I heard it from Laurie, and she got it from Wes Carmine, and his son's brother-in-law is something in the Shadow legislature, so he should know." He started to draw in the dust with his forefinger. "Might be a year, maybe two, but it's coming."
"Kyle, the Alliance is powerful. And what can one little planet do about it?"
"Not just one," Dugan said, sitting up, serious for a change. "Seems like there's a whole slew of us not liking what they've been doing. Telling us what to do, what to think ... they'll be telling us we can't be independent next."
Something walked up Mal's spine. "War ain't something to be rushing towards," he said, trying to ignore it.
"Yeah? And how'd you know?" Kyle demanded. "You ain't never been further than the town, let alone off world."
"Have too," Mal protested. "Well, further'n the town, anyway. Remember? My Ma took me with her last fall when she went to buy a new bull. Out by the coast. Out by the sea."
The other two were motionless.
"Damn, I'd forgotten," Kyle breathed. "You saw it. The sea."
"And was it ... was it amazing?" Dugan asked, face open, boyish.
"Surely was."
"And it really was as big as they say?"
"Bigger. Can't even see the edge of it. Just water and sky right to the horizon."
"So you giving up on the idea of being a sky-crawler?" Dugan teased, somewhat spitefully because of his jealousy. "You gonna be a sailor now?"
"Nope." Mal waved away the suggestion. "And I ain't likely to go into space, neither. Not no more. No place for a rancher out there, not when I've got perfection right here."
"And Maddy." Dugan looked smug.
Mal rolled his eyes. "Duggie, you want her, you can have her."
"She won't even look at me," Dugan groused, ignoring – at least for the moment – the hated version of his name. "Only has the hots for 'her Mal'." He made kissing noises, only stopping when Kyle thumped him on the shoulder.
"I ain't hers," Mal said.
"Better tell her that. She's going 'round telling everyone who'll listen you're just about to propose."
"She thinks that's why you've been working in Faraday's," Kyle added. "To get enough to buy a ring."
"Ching-wah tsao duh liou mahng!" Mal's raised voice startled a deep black crow from the trees above, and it flapped away, cawing indignantly. "I'm gonna have to have words with that girl."
"Just make sure it ain't the kind that ends with 'I do'," Dugan advised. "Maybe you should do like Jed Fletcher, join up, just to get away from her."
"Nope." Mal shook his head vehemently. "I don't believe there'll be a war. The Alliance ain't that stupid. They'll come around, see reason."
"Yeah?" Dugan scoffed. "My Pa says they'll start one just to get folks' minds off the real troubles."
"What kind of troubles?" Kyle wanted to know.
"Like the terraforming crews that've taken to using slaves. And like the settlers on those new moons not living beyond the first season. Hell, even the fact that supplies are scarce in some places." He lowered his voice. "Heard tell there've been food riots. People killed by Alliance troops."
"That's crazy," Mal insisted, but even to his own ears he didn't sound convinced. Maybe he wasn't – for sure his mother had talked about just the same things, especially when she thought he wasn't around to hear.
"Ain't crazy, Mal. And according to them, it's all the fault of the independents."
That word again. Something stirred in Mal's gut, and he shifted uncomfortably. Reeling his line in, he shook the bright water droplets off the empty hook. "Then maybe we'd be best to just wait and see. And don't you go doing anything stupid like following Jed. We've got our places here. Right where we should be." He stood up.
"You going?" Kyle asked in surprise.
"Yeah. Fish ain't biting, and it's nearly suppertime." He always did know the o'clock. "Besides, I'm bored with this conversation."
"I reckon he's gonna go give Maddy a piece of his mind," Dugan said in a loud aside to Kyle. "That and a piece of something else."
"Reckon maybe you're right."
The pair of them grinned at Mal, life bursting out of them like seeds from ripe fruit, and he couldn't help himself. Tossing the rod to one side, he tackled them both, taking them down and rolling in the dust, fighting as only best friends can.
"What happened to them?" Simon asked quietly, sitting in the co-pilot's seat as Mal took the late watch after supper.
Mal shrugged. "Pretty much what was expected."
They'd been talking around the table about when they were young, each telling stories of their closest friends, except Simon had gotten the impression Mal was holding back, not truly joining in like the others. He'd waited until he and Kaylee had cleaned up, then while she was making sure their children were in bed and not actively breaking up the Firefly, he'd joined the captain on the bridge, and asked.
Maybe Mal was just in a mellow mood, or for once he felt talkative, but for whatever reason he'd started to open up, telling the young doctor tales of a youth filled with sunshine and good pals.
"They joined up?"
Mal nodded slowly. "Yeah. Just after I did. Maybe I was a bad example to them, I don't know." He stared out into the black. "It took me a couple of years, I know that. Hearing the stories, coming more and more around to the opinion that the Alliance couldn't be allowed to get away with it. Until I signed on the dotted line and left to fight in a war I'd once thought we could never win."
"Did they survive?"
There was a long pause, and Simon began to wonder if Mal was going to answer at all, then the older man whispered, almost to the stars, "Nope. Kyle got killed in a skirmish on Kuan Lo, trying to save his commanding officer's life. He got posthumous mention for that." He couldn't hide the trace of bitterness in his voice.
"And Dugan?"
"Serenity Valley. He almost made it, but a stray mortar ..." Different, darker memories crowded in on him. "He died in my arms, staring up at the sky, asking me, over and over, what time it was on Shadow."
"I'm sorry."
"Yeah. Me too." He seemed about finished, then surprised Simon by adding, "When you're young, you think you're gonna live forever. That your friends will be with you for the rest of your life, growing up, growing old with you, ending up sitting by the creek when you're a hundred and five, fishing rods in your hands, telling tall stories about when you were young. It's only when it's too late that you realise you have to hold onto them fiercely, and never let 'em go."
Simon nodded slowly. "Is that why you never tossed me out of the airlock?" he asked, his lips lifting slightly.
Mal finally turned to look at him, his blue eyes dark in the low bridge illumination. "Prob'ly. And you've given me enough cause over the years."
"Well, I do try."
"That you do."
"Simon?" It was Kaylee, leaning in the bridge doorway. "Come on," she said, her brightness lighting every corner of the gloom. "Jayne's gonna teach us how to play Ezra Jacks."
"Ezra what?"
"It's a card game."
Mal stirred. "There ain't gonna be any gambling, is there?" He was ever mindful of Hank's little problem.
"No, Cap'n" Kaylee assured him. "No gambling." Her eyes twinkled. "Although he did mention something about betting clothes."
Mal finally cracked a smile, mostly at the look on the other man's face. "I think you'd better go and referee, doc," he suggested. "Else Jayne and your sis'll be running around in the all together before the night's through."
"I think perhaps I better had." Simon stood up, then paused, a tiny worm of concern gnawing at him. "Are you ... going to be okay?"
"You get to that game," Mal said firmly.
"Yes. Right." The young man turned to leave, but the captain's voice had him looking back
"And yes. I'll be fine. Although I'd be obliged if you'd ask Frey to join me, if she wouldn't mind. Feel like maybe I could do with some company right now."
Ignoring the questioning look on Kaylee's face, Simon nodded. "Of course."
"Shiny." Mal turned back to face the window, the sharp pinpoints of light seeming to hold his attention, when in reality his mind was somewhere else, a long time ago. And maybe, just maybe, he could feel the rod in his hands, the sun on his face, and midges biting even though the fish weren't ...
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Making new use of a 1920s warehouse-style building in San Pedro, a small theater-lounge venue will open Thursday.
It's one of several small theaters popping up in the historic downtown district that also has been trying to market itself as an arts, entertainment and dining district.
The San Pedro Theatre Club at 622-624 S. Pacific Ave. — between Sixth and Seventh streets — is the brainstorm of James Blackman, whose Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities folded in 2011.
He described the unique style of the building, which extends around the corner onto Sixth Street, as "Eiffel Tower meets Beverly Hills."
"It's this warehouse space that has columns that go up three stories," he said.
The theater's 78 plush seats have high backs and feature a lounge-style lobby with sofas, a grand piano and a bar.
"Downtown needs to become an entertainment center as opposed to a retail center," said Morris Warschaw, who owns the building.
San Pedro, Blackman said, has potential as a theater district.
Blackman, who had been in discussions with the Warner Grand, is still dealing with the aftermath of the Civic Light Opera breakup, which led to refunds on subscription season tickets being owed to thousands of disgruntled patrons.
The company was evicted from the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center about two years ago, and the city of Redondo Beach won a judgment of $224,839 after filing a lawsuit seeking back rent for 76 performances held over four months.
Blackman said the economic downturn was to blame.
"We took a hit with the economy but we're standing back up," he said. This gives me a great opportunity to put our people back on their feet to work their way back. No one is getting paid yet. But we're putting this thing back together."
San Pedro Theatre Club will have its official premiere this week with a new musical comedy called "We Will Survive."
The theater, Warschaw said, will be a good fit with another tenant, Off the Vine, which offers wine tastings in the section of the building that wraps around to Sixth Street.
"I'm still looking for a good corner tenant," Warschawhe said, "ideally a nice, reasonably priced food establishment."
After some soft openings, the San Pedro Theatre Club will have its official premiere this week with a new musical comedy called "We Will Survive."
Performances will be at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 6.
The remainder of the season will feature other plays, including original works and classics such as "Inherit the Wind" next April.
Eric Eisenberg, president of the Business Improvement District, said other small theaters have quietly sprung up on Seventh Street and Pacific Avenue in recent months.
Already in the area are the historic Warner Grand Theatre, the Little Fish Theatre and The Grand Annex, all within a few blocks.
"Without us even noticing, it's kind of turning into a theater district," Eisenberg said.
Constructed in the 1920s, the building has been home to department stores, doctors' offices and myriad other businesses through the decades.
"San Pedro has this San Francisco-before-the-summer-of-love-blew-up kind of feel," Blackman said. "As goofy as I am, I think San Pedro is a good fit for me."


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The just launched SeePolitical website presents an introductory video and two additional videos that explain to voters the intricacies of ballot Props 41 and 42, just in time for the June 3rd Direct Primary Elections. See: http://www.vimeo.com/96779043 and http://www.vimeo.com/96779044. In addition to the new website, a free mobile app will also allow voters to watch the proposition videos on their mobile devices and then save their answers so they can use their phones or tablets as a "cheat sheet" in the voting booth. Voters can also share their election choices via social media.
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After receiving a script that was crafted by a team of political researchers, Imaginary Forces' Creative Director Michelle Dougherty led a team of designers and animators to establish a template for the videos that would effectively explain complex ballot issues - thus bringing a new digital approach to the election. New Zealand singer/songwriter Greg Johnson was brought on board to enhance the visuals with musical tracks that would keep the heavy subject matter engaging.
Imaginary Forces produced SeePolitical's introductory video as well as the Prop 41 and 42 videos. The studio will continue to produce additional videos for the statewide ballot propositions in partnership with Nate Kaplan and Guru Media Solutions for the upcoming November 4 elections. Guru Media Solutions serves as the agency of record for SeePolitical. Nate Kaplan serves as SeePolitical's Executive Director.
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The innovative company has garnered numerous advertising industry awards as well as multiple Emmy Awards including an Emmy for their iconic titles work on AMC's smash drama series "Mad Men." See: http://www.imaginaryforces.com.
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Samsung today unveiled a series of new tablets along with the Galaxy NotePro called as the Samsung Galaxy TabPro at CES 2014 in Las Vegas. The Samsung Galaxy TabPro series comes in different sizes (12.2, 10.1, 8.4-inch) and appears identical to the Galaxy NotePro. Like the Galaxy Note Pro, the Galaxy TabPro (12.2) features a 12.2-inch WQXGA Super clear LCD display with a resolution of 2,560 x 1,600 pixels, along with the two version: Exynos 5 Octa processor (for Wi-Fi) and Snapdragon 800 chipset (for LTE), while the only lack of difference is the S Pen functionality which is not present in the Galaxy TabPro(12.2).
The Samsung Galaxy TabPro 10.1 comes with a 10.1-inch WQXGA Super Clear LCD display with a resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels, while the Galaxy TabPro 8.4 features a smaller 8.4-inch display with a resolution of 1600 x 2560 pixels. Its good to see that Samsung is providing the same resolution to all the displays. Both Galaxy TabPro 10.1 and 8.4 is powered by the same Exynos 5 Octa processor (for Wi-Fi model) and Snapdragon 800 chipset (for LTE model), along with the 2GB of RAm, 16/32GB internal storage with the memory expansion up to 64GB using the microSD support and the taste of Android 4.4 KitKat out of the box.
Other features such as the connectivity which includes WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/acCH Bonding, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 2.0 and GPS + GLONASS support. As far as battery is concerned, the Galaxy TabPro 10.1 features a Li-ion 8,220 mAh battery while the Galaxy TabPro 8.4 comes with a 4,800 mAh battery. However, there pricing are not yet mentioned, but all the tablets are expected to hit the store by the end of Q1 2014. Stay tuned for more updates.
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Come join us for the 1st Annual Bronson Benefit Car Show Hosted by the Rattle Can Rodders Car & Bike Club of Lower Michigan & Sponsored by the Bronson Michigan Chamber of Commerce & Local area merchants!
This Sunday event is to Benefit the Bronson Michigan Library Handicap Access Addition being planed for the back of the Library Building and all proceeds will go to that charity!
Just $5.00 per show vehicle at the gate-No Pre Registration!
All Show Vehicles are welcome cars, trucks, vw, lowriders, classics, muscle, sports cars, euros, tuners, rat rods, hot rods,Vintage Military etc.
If you have a child or yourself with a custom lowrider bike their will be a few Bike classes and trophies for them as well!
A muffler rap & stereo DB Drag will be held by MR TUNES of Coldwater, MI
This is a family oriented event and a cruise threw Bronson city is also planned.
Dash plaques & goodie bags to first 200 to the show - Gates open at 9am and show ends with awards at 5:30pm
With over 20 Trophies to be awarded in various classes, food & games & entertainment all in the works this will surly be one Show you will not want to miss in 2009! Located between Coldwater & Sturgis michigan on US12 or map quest Bronson, MI 49028 for directions.
Please see our web site for more information or contact the rodders pres. "RC" for more information!
Note: we are looking for auto related venders and have quite a few spaces available so please contact us if your interested!(if you need power u must supply a generator of your own as no power is available on grounds)
And as with all our shows( NO ALOCHOL OR DRUGS ALLOWED )
Sun Jun 28, 2009 from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (EDT)
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Ra'anana, Israel, October 10, 2011 - NICE Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: NICE), today announced that it has expanded its partnership with Intrado Inc., a subsidiary of West Corporation and a leading provider of 9-1-1 technology solutions, by entering into a distribution agreement with Intrado's call handling business. Under the agreement, Intrado will offer NICE public safety solutions and services to Intrado customers in the continental U.S. and Canada, enabling PSAPs (Public Safety Answering Points) to take advantage of next-generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) ready solutions, such as native VoIP recording and NICE Inform for multimedia incident information management. The distribution agreement was signed earlier this year.
The two companies also completed an integration of the NICE audio recording solution with Intrado's next-generation VoIP E9-1-1 controller called Positron VIPER®. The integration of the two products means PSAPs can now implement a tested, proven NG9-1-1-ready solution for recording Internet Protocol (IP) communications. Additionally, because the integrated solution records native IP, PSAPs can achieve very high audio recording quality while eliminating analog wiring infrastructure costs associated with station side analog recording. VIPER enables PSAPs to support NG9-1-1 services such as text messages, pictures, video and other data. VIPER's networking architecture relies solely on IP connectivity and was engineered to support NENA's i3 next generation IP standards for native VoIP 9-1-1 calls.
"NICE and Intrado are both at the forefront of NG9-1-1 in their respective fields and our companies already enjoyed a successful partnership, with NICE joining the Intrado A9-1-1sm Alliance Member Program last year," said Eric Hines, VP Security, NICE Systems. "We are excited to build on our relationship with Intrado through this agreement and by integrating our next generation of solutions for managing and recording IP communications."
"As PSAPs continue to transition to IP networks, the shape of public safety communications will continue to evolve," said Joe Hernandez, senior vice president for Intrado. "PSAPs will need solutions that have the ability to capture and manage many new forms of multimedia data and IP-based emergency communications. Our partnership with NICE better equips us to address these growing customer needs."
In business for more than 30 years, Intrado, a subsidiary of West Corporation, has maintained a focus and passion for saving lives and supporting the needs of public safety. Agencies and telecommunication services providers throughout the world depend on Intrado for emergency communication services and technology. Intrado's dedicated focus on emergency communications technology allows the company to continue pioneering network innovations that improve emergency response. For more information, visit www.intrado.com. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest news.
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