Game 2 – 2015 – Sydney Comets v Sutherland – Div 1 Youth League ( Part 2 of 2 ) – Video

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Marlies Trip up the Comets

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March 8, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL) Utica Comets TORONTO, O.N. - The Toronto Marlies finished off a three-in-three as they slipped by the Utica Comets 2-1 Sunday afternoon at the Ricoh Coliseum.

Sven Baertschi (1-0-1) scored for the first time as a member of the Comets, and has now collected four points in the three games he has played since being traded to Utica.

Toronto scored all the goals they would need in the first period. Byron Froese knocked home a short-handed goal 6:34 into the game, from just outside the crease. Troy Bodie earned the assist on the goal.

With just 2:08 remaining in the opening period, Matt Frattin wristed a shot past Comets goaltender Joacim Eriksson for the two-goal Marlies' lead. William Nylander and Petter Granberg picked up assists on the play.

A power-play opportunity saw the Comets score their lone goal of the game. After setting up on the power-play Cal O'Reilly connected with Baertschi on a cross-crease pass to cut the Marlies lead to one. Alexandre Grenier recorded the secondary assist on the goal.

The Comets killed all three Marlies power-play opportunities, and went 1-for-4 with the man advantage.

The Comets are off until Wednesday night when they will face the Chicago Wolves at the Allstate Arena. Puck drop is scheduled for 8pm Eastern.

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World cruises appeal to adventurers who are in it for the long haul

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When I caught up with Keith and Anne Marie Steiner, the morning sun had just topped Tahiti's lush volcanic peaks, throwing shafts of golden light across the deck of the Crystal Serenity. The couple were about to go ashore at their first stop in French Polynesia. The ship had docked along the waterfront quay in Papeete and the Steiners were bound for the city's vibrant market, known for its black pearls and colorful fabrics.

The next day they would be in Bora Bora, they said. They planned to tour the island and play in its dazzling aquamarine lagoon, considered one of the most beautiful in the world.

The adventure might be considered epic for some people, but it's not unusual for the Steiners. This was their eighth world cruise, they said, during a phone interview from the ship. "You pretty much move onboard, see many ports and never have to pack and unpack," Keith Steiner said.

The Texas couple are part of an elite but growing group. They're what might be called extreme cruisers. They love to go to sea and stay there. During their current journey, the Steiners will be gone 170 days and they'll circumnavigate the globe, visiting dozens of ports, including Cape Town, South Africa; Rio de Janeiro; and Madagascar. Before docking at Papeete, they visited Easter Island.

At least seven major cruise lines now offer world cruises; many leave from Florida ports, but some sail from Los Angeles. Princess Cruise Lines' Pacific Princess, for instance, departed L.A. on Jan. 23, bound for a 111-day circumnavigation that will span six continents and include 34 destinations in 25 countries.

World cruises have become so popular that cruise lines can barely keep up with the demand, even though they're the priciest trips marketed by the travel industry, costing about $20,000 per person to as much as $500,000 per couple. By comparison, the average cruise is one week and may be available for as little as $500.

You can blame the baby-boomer generation for the growing popularity of cruises that go around the world in 80 days (or more).

"They have time on their hands, disposable income and an interest in travel," said Richard Meadows, Cunard's North America president. "They're looking for unique experiences. World travel delivers that." Cunard caters to that market in a variety of ways, including scheduling onboard entertainment such as James Taylor and Crosby, Stills & Nash.

The 175-year-old line offered its first world cruise in 1922; it now has three Queens in its fleet: Victoria, Elizabeth and the Queen Mary 2. Each sails world cruises January through April and other long segments during the summer.

Those who don't want to spend the time it takes to go on a world cruise but still want to spend a significant time at sea can combine segments a 10-day cruise and a 21-day cruise to lengthen their journey.

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Coin Dozer – World Tour

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Take an adventure around the world in COIN DOZER: WORLD TOUR!From those that brought you the wildly popular Coin Dozer, comes a twist on the classic game found in arcades and carnivals- Coin Dozer: World Tour! Travel to destinations such as China, Japan, and all over Europe, with more places to come!With Coin Dozer: World Tour, youll experience the majesty of China by collecting ancient coins, snatching up colorful dragons, stockpiling exploding fireworks, and more! Watch your coins and prizes stack up as the fire-breathing dragons help push your treasures over the edge! But the fun doesnt stop there: pack your bags, grab your passport, and continue on your adventure by heading to the fun-filled country of Japan! Collect calming Bonsai trees, stock up on some delicious sushi, and amass a team of ninjas! Thats not all- go backpacking all over Europe, visiting different countries and sampling the culture! Dont let anything drop off the sides if you want this to be the best trip ever! Be sure to look out for special coins to boost your coin-collecting power! Coin Dozer: World Tour is fun for both kids and adults!Features: - Colorful and vibrant 3D graphics!- The best physics of any coin pusher game!- Tons of prizes to collect and currently 3 regions to visit!- Lots of special effects!- A world constantly expanding, with more areas to be added soon!Check back soon for more updates!Coin Dozer: World Tour HD is available for the iPad!Try other games by Game Circus, such as Cookie Dozer and Prize Claw!

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More than skin deep, beauty enriches lives

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The conversation about Sydney's new Gehry building resurrects the beauty question. To most people it seems a small question, almost trivial, a foible. I beg to differ. In my opinion it's a question every bit as important as Medicare and motorways and massively more subversive, because it's about how we connect to the universe.

We moderns are shy of beauty. We don't know what it means, what it's for or what it's worth. Unable to weigh it or count it, we accept the boofheads' view that beauty is both superficial and almost embarrassingly personal. Beauty is something to lust after, compete for, even own but not something to talk about. The conversation starts and finishes with "I like it", as though that's all there is.

Our buildings look rubbish (compared with those designed by Vanbrugh or Palladio) and our music sounds crude (compared with that of Bach or Verdi)

How did we get it so wrong?

Beauty may be subjective, but this is precisely why it matters. Its subjectivity takes it from some optional externality for when you have time and money, like that retirement novel you'll never write, to being as daily a necessity as bread or water.

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Beauty is a need and a right. In all its forms personal, musical, visual, spatial, natural, moral and mathematical it is something we should debate and demand, something to march for in the streets.

Everything in our culture tells us to despise and devalue beauty. Our brash cowboy background makes beauty a luxury. Twentieth century scientism sidelined it into the squashy female bracket, to be closeted in the "home". The subsequent postmodern overlay reinforced this, making beauty so personal and contingent we barely have a common language, even, for the discussion. And the neoliberal greywash over the lot means that if it can't be dollar-costed, it has no meaning, value or a right toexist.

Yet our deepest experience gives lie to this, as does our entire species memory. Beauty used to be the focus of intense imaginative engagement, philosophical enquiry, education and public pursuit. Taken as one of the highest human values - up there with truth and love it was tested and scrutinised, pummelled and parsed, debated, refined and above all taught.

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Super-sneaky malware found worldwide

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A shadowy hacking group has infected computers at companies, universities and governments worldwide with the sneakiest malware ever.

That's according to a report Monday by Internet security company Kaspersky, which described a hacking campaign "that exceeds anything we have ever seen before." The mysterious group, which researchers nicknamed "the Equation group," uses malware that's unusually quiet, complex and powerful.

And in some cases, it planted spyware on computers' firmware, the programming that lives permanently on hardware. It's an unheard-of move that means the malware can avoid detection by antivirus software. Reinstalling a computer's operating system or reformatting the hard disk won't even fix the problem.

If you've got this, you might as well throw your computer away.

What's even more interesting is that Kaspersky's researchers say that the Equation group uses a hacking tool called "GROK." That's a tool used exclusively by the NSA's elite cyber-warfare unit, Tailored Access Operations, according to classified NSA documents released by former contractor Edward Snowden last year.

Kaspersky says the Equation group also appears to have ties to Stuxnet, the computer worm that sabotaged Iran's nuclear enrichment program in 2010 and was later revealed to be a joint U.S.-Israeli project.

The NSA declined to comment specifically on the Kaspersky report. But the agency noted that its efforts are focused on foiling terrorist plots from al-Qaeda and ISIS, stemming the flow of weapons of mass destruction and blocking aggression from foreign rivals.

"The U.S. government calls on our intelligence agencies to protect the United States, its citizens, and its allies," NSA said in a statement to CNN.

The Kaspersky report is the latest to depict a world engaged in constant cyber espionage. In the past, security firms have noted how Chinese hacker spies take business plans from power plants. Russian hackers break into oil and gas companies.

Kaspersky research director Costin Raiu said the Equation group hacked into hospitals in China; banks and aerospace companies in Iran; energy companies and government offices in Pakistan; and universities, military facilities and rocket science research institutions in Russia.

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Verizon Wireless to Make 'Super Cookie' Tracking Opt Out

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Super cookies continue tracking users even if they think they have deleted their digital footprints.

Verizon Wireless said today that it will allow users to opt out of being tracked by so-called "super cookies."

A Verizon spokeswoman said the company expects to add an opt-out provision "soon."

At issue are tracking cookies intended to serve up relevant ads. The practice is nothing new for Web users, but as the Electronic Frontier Foundation noted last year, "super cookies" focus on mobile surfing and users cannot easily opt out.

"It allows third-party advertisers and websites to assemble a deep, permanent profile of visitors' web browsing habits without their consent," the EFF said at the time. "In fact, it functions even if you use a private browsing mode or clear your cookies."

In November, AT&T said it would phase out the use of super cookies. Verizon, however, has been under pressure for not doing the same, until now.

"Verizon takes customer privacy seriously and it is a central consideration as we develop new products and services," Verizon said today. "As the mobile advertising ecosystem evolves, and our advertising business grows, delivering solutions with best-in-class privacy protections remains our focus."

"We listen to our customers and provide them the ability to opt out of our advertising programs," Verizon continued. "We have begun working to expand the opt-out to include the identifier referred to as the UIDH, and expect that to be available soon."

The tracking tech is included in an HTTP header called X-UIDH, EFF said, but unlike traditional Web cookies, the X-UIDH "is tied to a data plan, so anyone who browses the Web through a hotspot, or shares a computer that uses cellular data, gets the same X-UIDH header as everyone else using that hotspot or computer."

"That means advertisers may build a profile that reveals private browsing activity to coworkers, friends, or family through targeted advertising," the organization said.

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Why does my computer take so long to boot?

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Previously, my Windows Vista desktop computer, connected to Virgins 30 MB broadband service, took around 40 seconds to boot up. I recently upgraded to Virgin's Super Hub 2 and a new modem was supplied. The boot up time increased to 1 minute and 40 seconds and has been so ever since. Otherwise the computer works fine. Why is my computer now taking longer to boot-up?

Glynne Harrison, by email

The new modem is the prime suspect but the slow down could also be due to a recently installed program. This is easy to check, though and if the computer boots in less than a minute, with the modem disconnected then the problem may lie with the new modems DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, which is taking longer than normal to assign the computer its IP (Internet Protocol) address. If so it may be a fault and this model has had its fair share of issues, but if you know your way around Windows you can try a simple workaround, before contacting Virgin. The idea is to give your computer an unchanging or static IP address. The procedure is basically the same for all version of Windows and in Vista the simplest method is right-click Network on the Start menu and click Properties. In Network and Sharing Centre, select Manage Network Connections, right-click on your network adaptor and select Properties. Highlight Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/Ipv4) and click Properties. Select Use the following IP Address. Enter an IP address that is well outside the range of any other devices you may have on your network; 192.168.0 20 is a fairly safe bet. The Subnet Mast should be 255.255.255.0 and the Default Gateway for Virgin hubs is normally 192.168.0.1 but check the label on the modem just in case. Click OK and reboot the computer and see if that makes a difference.

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World Cup 2015: AB de Villiers Just Like Matrix's Neo, Says Dale Steyn

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AB de Villiers in action against West Indies. He scored 162* off 66 - his highest ODI score.

Auckland: Seeing AB de Villiers bat is just like watching the character of Neo in The Matrix movie, according to South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn. (Full World Cup Coverage)

In The Matrix, Neo, played by Keanu Reeves, is transformed from an unassuming computer technician into someone who is revealed to have super-human powers, be they fighting skills or an ability to dodge bullets.

Last week, in a World Cup match against the West Indies in Sydney, de Villiers smashed the fastest 150 in one-day international cricket during a 66-ball 162. (Steyn Thanks Firefighters for Saving Cape Town Home)

"Oh, man, it's like watching The Matrix movie, really. There is Neo for you right there. Like he just doesn't understand how good he is," Steyn said Friday of the Proteas captain.

"I think he's actually figured out now that he is like -- there is no roof or cap on how good he can possibly be. He's limitless in what he can do. He's one of those players that's proven in this year especially just how good he is. I think he's starting to realise that now.

"Players around the world, bowlers are struggling to find a way to get this guy out. The only way to get him out is when he gets himself out. He's that good at the moment. Hopefully, we can see more players like him because it does make the game more entertaining to watch."

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4 Simple Steps To Reducing Conflict, Challenge And Scarcity In Your Business Life

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Part of the new series on Spirituality and Success

In coaching people to achieve more success and fulfillment (and happiness) in their livelihoods, Ive experimented with hundreds of strategies, principles and concepts to learn which have the most transformational impact on individual success. Ive found that gaining awareness of and positively shifting how we feel and think about the endeavors were engaged in dramatically shapes the outcomes of these endeavors. In other words, when our minds and hearts are full of conflict, doubt and resistance about what were doing, then the results we get from our work are also full of conflict, doubt and resistance.

Eager to learn more about this process, and how to help myself and others clear the pathway for more success, I took the advice of a new friend and colleague Zhena Muzyka whos achieved tremendous success in her business Zhenas Gypsy Tea. Zhena recommended I read the book The Diamond Cutter: The Buddha On Managing Your Business and Your Life, by Geshe Michael Roach, and it was a powerful experience for me.

Geshe Michael Roach (Photo Credit: The Diamond Cutter Institute)

The Diamond Cutter is a global bestseller which tells the story of how Geshe Michael helped build Manhattan-based Andin International Corporation into a $250-million per year operation, which was sold to Warren Buffett in 2009. The Diamond Cutter business model is based on Michaels experiences as a young Princeton graduate, who as an exchange student ended up spending 25 years in Tibetan monastic universities, becoming the first American in 600 years to be awarded the title of geshe, or master.

This week I caught up with Geshe Michael, who is now CEO of the Diamond Cutter Institute, which advises corporations and governments worldwide on management issues.

Kathy Caprino: Your consulting firm operates in 20 countries on all five continents. Whats on your mind right now? What are the hot spots?

Geshe Michael Roach: I think hot spots is exactly the right word. Just this week my staff and I returned from 10 days of private consultations in the Middle East for government and financial institutions from eight different Islamic countries.

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Incredible images show life of India's cannibal Aghori tribe

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The Aghori monks of Varanasi are feared throughout India for their extreme practices The monks are said to be able to predict the future and make evil prophecies The exiled tribe believe in engaging in taboo practices in search of spiritual enlightenment

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Published: 05:04 EST, 2 March 2015 | Updated: 16:21 EST, 3 March 2015

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Feared across India, the exiled Aghori monks of Varanasi feast on human flesh and reside near cremation sites in search of spiritual enlightenment.

Showing the monks with painted faces and beads strung around their necks, these incredible images were taken by Italian photographer Cristiano Ostinelli, who spent time with the tribe to discover more about their way of life.

The mysterious tribe members live in cemeteries and feast on human flesh as part of their rituals, as well as drinking from human skulls, chewing the heads off live animals and meditating on top of cadavers in search of spiritual enlightenment.

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Desert retreat leads to ugly land battle in Gardner

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GARDNER The land is stark, rolling desert, unsuitable for crops, far from city lights and unlikely to tempt a profit-driven developer. To Gary Lensky, an Orthodox Jew who had spent years seeking spiritual enlightenment in India and Israel, the barren Colorado landscape with its panoramic mountain views suggested a life in touch with a higher power and being at peace with the world.

The land, he thought, would be the perfect home for a retreat where Orthodox Israelis could come to meditate.

During his 17 years on the property, Lensky's dream of creating a haven for the religious has degenerated into a bitter land feud marked by tense, explosive confrontations and costly litigation.

Neighbors claim he has tried to steal their land, and Lensky accuses them of anti-Semitism.

In the course of the dispute, Lensky has employed at least four lawyers and spent almost $200,000 to win a 22-acre scrap of property that the county assessor valued at $13,450 in 2012.

Neighbors say they can scarce afford the legal bills they have racked up in the dispute, news of which has made its way into the pages of the Jeru salem Post.

Lensky, who said fear engendered by the actions of his neighbors keeps him trapped in his home, describes his life this way: "Basically, what I do for a living is defend my right to exist."

Neighbors scoff at his claims, some suggesting that he is mentally unbalanced.

But those on both sides agree with resident Charles "Chuck" Choin who said: "It really has gotten ugly."

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Obama was wrong: IS extremists seek glory, not better jobs

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An heroic urge is combined, by Islamist extremists, with a vision of end times, a culmination to history brought about by a climactic battle and the purification of the earth.

The struggle against Islamic extremism has been crippled by a failure of historical awareness and cultural understanding. From the very beginning, we have treated the problem of terrorism through the prism of our own assumptions and our own values. We have solipsistically assumed that people turn to extremism because they can't get what we want, and fail to realise that they don't want what we want but want something they think is higher.

The latest example of this is the speech President Barack Obama gave at this week's Summit on Countering Violent Extremism. It was a bad speech but its badness is no reflection on Obama, for it was the same sort of bad speech that all US presidents have been giving for the past generation.

There will always be alienated young men fuelled by spiritual ardour. Terrorism will be defeated only when they find a different fulfilment, even more bold and self-transcending.

Religious extremism exists on three levels. It grows out of economic and political dysfunction. It is fuelled by perverted spiritual ardour. It is organised by theological conviction. Western leaders focus almost exclusively on the economic and political level because that's what polite people in Western capitals are comfortable talking about.

At the summit meeting, Obama gave the conventional materialistic explanation for what turns people into terrorists. Terrorism spreads, he argued, where people lack economic opportunity and good schools. The way to fight terror, he concluded, is with better job-training programs, more shared wealth, more open political regimes and a general message of tolerance and pluralism.

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In short, the President took his secular domestic agenda and projected it as a way to prevent young men from joining the Islamic State and chopping off heads.

But people don't join the Islamic State because they want better jobs with more benefits. The Islamic State is one of a long line of anti-Enlightenment movements, led by people who have contempt for the sort of materialistic, bourgeois goals that dominate our politics. These people don't care if their earthly standard of living improves by a few per cent a year. They're disgusted by the pleasures we value, the pluralism we prize and the emphasis on happiness in this world, which we take as public life's ultimate end.

They're not doing it because they are sexually repressed. They are doing it because they think it will ennoble their souls and purify creation.

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