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<title><![CDATA[Mosbeau Placenta White]]></title>
<link>http://stephaniefrancisco.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/mosbeau-placenta-white/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Game over?]]></title>
<link>http://andyourelectronmicroscope.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/game-over/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>endlesspsych</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[About IT Audit Job Opportunities ~ ACE5222]]></title>
<link>http://acerealty.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/about-it-job-opportunities-ace5222/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>acerealty</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[ACE Consulting Expeditors, Inc. IT Auditor / Assistant Vice President Qualified candidates please em]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong><em>ACE Consulting Expeditors, Inc.<br />
</em></strong>IT Auditor / Assistant Vice President<br />
Qualified candidates please email your resume to <a href="mailto:ConsultingACE@Optimum.net">ConsultingACE@Optimum.net</a><br />
or call ACE at 631-374-1698</p>
<p>Job ID: ACE5222<br />
Client/Location: NY Branch of Major Intl Bank – Midtown NY<br />
Title/Dept: Assistant Vice President &#8211; Audit Office for the Americas<br />
Reports to: VP &#38; Manager<br />
Base salary $92,000 &#8211; $100,000</p>
<p>Direct subordinates – NONE            <br />
Indirect subordinates &#8211; varies depending on assignment</p>
<p>About 20-25% travel in US and Latin America.</p>
<p>Functions:</p>
<li>Audit Planning:</li>
<li>Plan and perform pre and post implementation audits. Provide input to annual audit planning process / risk assessment.</li>
<li>Establish relationships with Program Management Office and key business managers</li>
<li>Establish relationships with business auditors
<ol>
<li>Leverage technology for automated data extraction and analysis;                                                     </li>
<li>Identify areas where technology can enhance productivity and quality of audit coverage</li>
<li>Make effective use of automated audit-testing tools.</li>
<li>Assist business auditors to define data requirements, extract data, perform data analysis and report exceptions using automated tools
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<li>Business and Technical Knowledge:                                                                                                  </li>
<li>Maintain financial and technical product expertise and knowledge of industry best practices</li>
<li>Support management team by coordinating with business unit managers on audit’s role in assessing risks and controls</li>
<li>Identify key business process metrics to drive Continuous Monitoring process
<ol>
<li>Participation in and supervision of audits with emphasis on those integrating Business and IT auditors                        </li>
<li>Ensure that audits are completed timely, including all deliverables and within budget.</li>
<li>Assess the risks and controls over the Bank’s critical business systems such as Money Transfer, Credit and trading products.</li>
<li>Prepare work papers to professional audit standards, demonstrating the analysis and testing performed</li>
<li>Focus on business system controls and risks such as automatic entries &#38; triggers; limit management; balancing activities and audit trails; critical automated business processes; edits, error correction, and overrides; G/L reconciliations and suspense accounts; cross-system interfaces, key input transactions; tables &#38; commands; sensitive and critical data files; backup and recovery; access rights / segregation; vendor services and others.</li>
<li>Assess supporting infrastructure components leveraging infrastructure specialists as necessary.</li>
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<p>Experience:</p>
<li>4+ years experience in conducting integrated Bank technology and financial audits</li>
<li>Expertise in banking and trading application systems</li>
<li>Thorough knowledge of the banking industry and associated risks and control requirements</li>
<li>Success in developing automated productivity tools.</li>
<p> Education:</p>
<li>College degree or equivalent professional experience</li>
<li>Professional license or designation</li>
<p><strong>Alex C. Elie</strong><br />
<strong>IT Recruiter</strong><br />
<strong>ACE Consulting Expeditors</strong><br />
Email: <a href="mailto:ConsultingAce@Optimum.net">ConsultingAce@Optimum.net</a>                            <br />
Web Site: <a href="http://alexcelie.listingbook.com/">http://alexcelie.listingbook.com</a><br />
Blog: <a href="http://acerealty.wordpress.com/">http://www.acerealty.wordpress.com</a>                  <br />
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<title><![CDATA[About IT BA Job Opportunities ~ ACE5248]]></title>
<link>http://acerealty.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/about-it-job-opportunities-ace5248/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>acerealty</dc:creator>
<guid>http://acerealty.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/about-it-job-opportunities-ace5248/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ACE Consulting Expeditors, Inc. Business Analyst / Assistant Vice President Qualified candidates ple]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong><em>ACE Consulting Expeditors, Inc.<br />
</em></strong>Business Analyst / Assistant Vice President<br />
Qualified candidates please email your resume to <a href="mailto:ConsultingACE@Optimum.net">ConsultingACE@Optimum.net</a><br />
or call ACE at 631-374-1698</p>
<p>Job ID: ACE5248</p>
<p>Client/Location: Bank in New Jersey<br />
Title: Assistant Vice President<br />
Reports to: Vice President<br />
Base salary to $100,000</p>
<p>This is a Business Analyst position that will support the Project Manager in the implementation of a new Money Transfer system.    </p>
<p>Requirements:<br />
Candidates must have solid Project Management skills together with strong knowledge of money transfer/funds transfer operations, banking systems, and Compliance requirements. Candidates must be able to coordinate and communicate with all departments, units, and groups within operations. Prefer candidates experienced in using and/or developing/introducing Funds Transfer/ Money Transfer systems.  Experience with Logica, Fundtech or Sunguard Money Transfer Systems is a big plus.</p>
<p>Functions:</p>
<ul>
<li>Support the Project Manager in the implementation of a new Money Transfer system.    </li>
<li>Plan and handle money transfer system interface with other operations areas including trade finance, loan and cash management.  </li>
<li>Identify and document business requirements. Explain to Systems staff and vendors.</li>
<li>Analyze current workflow. Establish new workflow after new system introduction.</li>
<li>Design system configurations to ensure operational efficiency and risk reduction. </li>
<li>Set up new processing/routing rules. Prepare and convert the database.</li>
<li>Lead and execute User Acceptance Testing.</li>
<li>Prepare test scripts based on business requirement.</li>
<li>Review and verify test results.</li>
<li>Create new operations user procedures and internal/external reporting.</li>
<li>Train users.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Alex C. Elie</strong><br />
<strong>IT Recruiter</strong><br />
<strong>ACE Consulting Expeditors</strong><br />
Email: <a href="mailto:ConsultingAce@Optimum.net">ConsultingAce@Optimum.net</a>                            <br />
Web Site: <a href="http://alexcelie.listingbook.com/">http://alexcelie.listingbook.com</a><br />
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<title><![CDATA[About IT BA Job Opportunities ~ ACE5260]]></title>
<link>http://acerealty.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/about-it-job-opportunities-ace5260/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>acerealty</dc:creator>
<guid>http://acerealty.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/about-it-job-opportunities-ace5260/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ACE Consulting Expeditors, Inc. Senior Business Analyst / Assistant Vice President Qualified candida]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong><em>ACE Consulting Expeditors, Inc.<br />
</em></strong>Senior Business Analyst / Assistant Vice President<br />
Qualified candidates please email your resume to <a href="mailto:ConsultingACE@Optimum.net">ConsultingACE@Optimum.net</a><br />
or call ACE at 631-374-1698</p>
<p>Job ID: ACE5260<br />
Client/Location: Foreign Bank in Jersey City<br />
Title/Dept: Assistant Vice President, Senior Business Analyst<br />
Reports to: Vice President, Data Warehouse Management Dept<br />
Base salary to $80,000</p>
<p>Successful candidate will play lead role as Senior Business Analyst in all project initiatives. Supervise Business Analysts during requirements analysis and testing phase. Functions include Business Coordination, Requirements Definition and User Acceptance Testing coordination.</p>
<p>Direct subordinates &#8211; None; Indirect subordinates – None</p>
<p>Requirements:<br />
• BS/BA degree is required, MBA is a plus.<br />
• 5-7 Years experience in a large complex banking organization<br />
• Solid understanding of banking products and operations<br />
• Analysis experience both in business processes and data<br />
• Proficient with Business Intelligence and Data Quality tools<br />
• Articulate, good verbal and written communication<br />
• Strong technical competence<br />
• Detail oriented with good time management abilities</p>
<p>Functions:<br />
• Work with (or act as) Project Business Coordinators and Project Managers on:<br />
• Project planning, resource estimation, scheduling of business related tasks.<br />
• Work with end users and build consensus through project life cycle of requirements, testing, training and implementation.<br />
• Escalate related issues and risks.</p>
<p>Business Requirements &#38; Technology support activities including:<br />
• Work with users to elicit and identify business requirements through questionnaires and interviews.<br />
• Document business requirements using use cases and data flow diagrams.<br />
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications (data mapping and business logic).<br />
• Work with technology resources. Ensure accurate understanding of work product to be produced.<br />
• Participate in vendor evaluation and support proof of concept related activities.</p>
<p>User Acceptance Test Coordinator including:<br />
• Document UAT Plan and coordinate the creation of test cases and test scripts.<br />
• Arrange for participation of business units in the testing process. Manage test resources.<br />
• Ensure adequate execution of test plans and maintenance of test results.</p>
<p>Data Governance:<br />
• Establish and extend data quality processes to ensure accuracy and completeness of data.<br />
• Utilize available data quality tools to measure and monitor data quality. Implement data governance framework</p>
<p>Maintain and ensure compliance with departmental procedures.<br />
Document processes and procedures and offer and implement suggestions to enhance accuracy and efficiency of the processes.</p>
<p><strong>Alex C. Elie</strong><br />
<strong>IT Recruiter</strong><br />
<strong>ACE Consulting Expeditors</strong><br />
Email: <a href="mailto:ConsultingAce@Optimum.net">ConsultingAce@Optimum.net</a>                            <br />
Web Site: <a href="http://alexcelie.listingbook.com/">http://alexcelie.listingbook.com</a><br />
Blog: <a href="http://acerealty.wordpress.com/">http://www.acerealty.wordpress.com</a>                  <br />
LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexcelie">http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexcelie</a><br />
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<title><![CDATA[Back to the Future: Mag Covers (Part I)]]></title>
<link>http://investingcaffeine.com/2009/11/11/back-to-the-future-mag-covers-part-i/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sidoxia</dc:creator>
<guid>http://investingcaffeine.com/2009/11/11/back-to-the-future-mag-covers-part-i/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I’m not referring to the movie, Back to the Future, about a plutonium-powered DeLorean time machine ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I’m not referring to the movie, <em>Back to the Future, </em>about a plutonium-powered DeLorean time machine that finds Marty McFly (played by Michael J. Fox) traveling back in time. Rather, I am shining the light on the uncanny ability of media outlets (specifically magazines) to mark key turning points in financial markets – both market bottoms and market tops. This will be the first in a three part series, providing a few examples of how magazines have captured critical periods of maximum fear (buying opportunities) and greed (selling signals).</p>
<p>People tend to have short memories, especially when it comes to the emotional rollercoaster ride we call the stock market. Thanks to globalization, the internet, and the 24/7 news cycle, we are bombarded with some fear factor to worry about every day. Although I might forget what I had for breakfast, I have been a student of financial market history and have experienced enough cycles to realize as Mark Twain famously stated, “History never repeats itself, but it often rhymes” (<a href="http://investingcaffeine.com/2009/09/16/history-never-repeats-itself-but-it-often-rhymes/"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">read previous market history article</span></strong></a>). In that vein, let us take a look at a few covers from the 1970s:</p>
<p><em><a href="http://sidoxia.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/big-bad-bear-9-9-74.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1402" title="Big Bad Bear 9-9-74" src="http://sidoxia.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/big-bad-bear-9-9-74.jpg" alt="Big Bad Bear 9-9-74" width="455" height="230" /></a></em></p>
<p><em>Newsweek’s “The Big Bad Bear” </em>issue came out on September 9, 1974 when the collapse of the so-called “Nifty Fifty” (the concentrated set of glamour stocks or “Blue Chips”) was in full swing. This group of stocks, like Avon, McDonalds, Polaroid, Xerox, IBM and Disney, were considered “one-decision” stocks investors could buy and hold forever. Unfortunately, numerous of these hefty priced stocks (many above a 50 P/E) came crashing down about 90% during the1973-74 period.</p>
<p>Why the glum sentiment? Here are a few reasons:</p>
<ul>
<li>Exiting Vietnam War</li>
<li>Undergoing a Recession</li>
<li>9% Unemployment</li>
<li>Arab Oil Embargo</li>
<li>Watergate: Presidential Resignation</li>
<li>Franklin National Failure</li>
</ul>
<div id="attachment_1404" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 256px"><a href="http://sidoxia.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/crash-through-china1.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1404" title="Crash Through China" src="http://sidoxia.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/crash-through-china1.jpg" alt="Crash Through China" width="246" height="323" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A cartoon from the same bearish 1974 cover article.</p></div>
<p>Not a rosy backdrop, but was this scary and horrific phase the ideal time to sell, as the magazine cover may imply? No, actually this was a shockingly excellent time to purchase equities. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, priced at 627 when the magazine was released, is now trading around 10,247…not too shabby a return considering the situation looked pretty darn bleak at the time.</p>
<p><strong> Reports of the Market’s Death Greatly Exaggerated</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://sidoxia.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/death-to-equities-8-13-79.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1405" title="Death to Equities 8-13-79" src="http://sidoxia.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/death-to-equities-8-13-79.jpg" alt="Death to Equities 8-13-79" width="455" height="262" /></a></p>
<p>Sticking with the Mark Twain theme, the reports of the market&#8217;s demise was greatly exaggerated too &#8211; much the same way we experienced the overstated reaction to the financial crisis early in 2009. <em>BusinessWeek’s</em> August 13, 1979 magazine captured the essence of the bearish mood in the article titled, “<em>The Death of Equities.”<strong> </strong></em>This article came out, of course, about 18 months before a multi-decade upward explosion in prices that ended in the “Dot-com” crash of 2000. In the late 1970s, inflation reached double digit levels; gold and oil had more than doubled in price; Paul Volcker became the Federal Reserve Chairman and put on the economic brakes via a tough, anti-inflationary interest rate program; and President Jimmy Carter was dealing with an Iranian Revolution that led to the capture of 63 U.S. hostages. Like other bear market crashes in our history, this period also served as a tremendous time to buy stocks. As you can see from the chart above, the Dow was at 833 at the time of the magazine printing – in the year 2000, the Dow peaked at over 14,000.</p>
<p>The walk down memory lane is not over yet. Conveniently, the <em>Back to the Future</em> story was designed as a trilogy (just like my three-part magazine review), so stay tuned for “Part II” &#8211; coming soon to your future.</p>
<p>Wade W. Slome, CFA, CFP®</p>
<p>Plan. Invest. Prosper.<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>DISCLOSURE:</strong> Sidoxia Capital Management (SCM) has a short position in MCD at the time this article was originally posted. SCM owns certain exchange traded funds, but currently has no direct position in Avon (AVP), Polaroid, Xerox (XRX), IBM or Disney (DIS). No information accessed through the Investing Caffeine (IC) website constitutes investment, financial, legal, tax or other advice nor is to be relied on in making an investment or other decision. Please read disclosure language on IC “Contact” page.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[El estrés produce "cambios" en los genes]]></title>
<link>http://mymanuel.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/el-estres-produce-cambios-en-los-genes/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dr. House</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mymanuel.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/el-estres-produce-cambios-en-los-genes/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Un estudio realizado en ratones muestra que las experiencias de estrés y traumas pueden tener un imp]]></description>
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<p>Un estudio realizado en ratones muestra que las experiencias de estrés y traumas pueden tener un impacto futuro en los genes, lo cual puede resultar en problemas de conducta.</p>
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<div><img class="alignright" src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/assets/images/2009/11/09/091109125959_ratones_226x170.jpg" alt="Ratones" width="226" height="170" />Para causarle estrés, los ratones fueron separados de sus madres al nacer.</div>
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<p>Los científicos del Instituto de Psiquiatría Max Planck, en Munich, Alemania, descubrieron que el estrés produce hormonas que &#8220;cambian&#8221; los genes y esto, según afirman en la investigación publicada en <em>Nature Neuroscience</em>- puede causar trastornos cognitivos y de comportamiento más tarde en la vida.</p>
<p>El hallazgo, dicen los especialistas, podría conducir a un nuevo entendimiento de la forma como el estrés y los traumas en los primeros años de vida pueden conducir a trastornos como la depresión en el largo plazo.</p>
<p>Los científicos provocaron estrés en ratones recién nacidos separándolos de sus madres y llevaron un registro de cómo esa experiencia los afectó con el paso del tiempo.</p>
<p>&#8220;Separamos a los cachorros durante tres horas cada día durante sus primeros diez días de nacidos&#8221;, explicó a la BBC el doctor Christopher Murgatroyd, quien dirigió la investigación.</p>
<p>&#8220;Ésta es una experiencia de estrés moderado, y los animales no se vieron afectados en el nivel nutricional, pero sí debieron sentirse abandonados&#8221;.</p>
<address><span style="font-style:normal;"><strong>Detalles moleculares</strong></span></address>
<p>Los científicos descubrieron que los ratones que habían sido &#8220;abandonados&#8221; al nacer se mostraron menos capacitados para enfrentar situaciones de estrés a lo largo de su vida.</p>
<p>Y también encontraron que la memoria de estos animales era más pobre.</p>
<div>
<div>
<blockquote><p>Hay evidencia clara de que adversidades como el abuso o el abandono durante la niñez contribuyen al desarrollo de enfermedades psiquiátricas como la depresión</p></blockquote>
<p>Prof. Hans Reul</p>
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<p>Tal como explica el doctor Murgatroyd, lo que hallaron fueron &#8220;detalles moleculares&#8221; que reflejan exactamente cómo la experiencias estresantes pueden programar la conducta a largo plazo.</p>
<p>Específicamente, los investigadores analizaron las diferencias en un gen que actúa sobre una hormona llamada arginina vasopresina (AVP), la cual está asociada al ánimo y a las conductas cognitivas.</p>
<p>Descubrieron que los ratones que habían sido sometidos a estrés temprano -y que exhibieron las esperadas diferencias hormonales y de comportamiento- mostraron también cambios en la región del cerebro que regula al gen AVP.</p>
<p>Estos efectos -explica el científico- son los llamados &#8220;cambios epigenéticos&#8221;, es decir, cuando una experiencia del entorno como el estrés o trauma en los primeros años de vida puede cambiar el ADN de algunos genes.</p>
<p>&#8220;Se trata de un mecanismo de dos pasos&#8221;, afirma el doctor Murgatroyd.</p>
<p><strong>Ajuste del ADN</strong></p>
<p>Cuando el bebé ratón está estresado, produce altos niveles de hormonas vinculadas con ese estado.</p>
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<div><img class="alignright" src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/assets/images/2009/05/26/090526040757_sp_nino_dibujando_226x170.jpg" alt="Niño dibujando" width="226" height="170" />Se cree que las experiencias traumáticas durante la niñez conducen a trastornos como la depresión en la adultez.</div>
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<p>Estas sustancias pueden causar un &#8220;ajuste&#8221; en el ADN de una hormona específica, la AVP.</p>
<p>&#8220;Esto deja una marca permanente en el gen de la vasopresina -señala el investigador-, el cual queda programado para producir en el futuro altos niveles de la AVP&#8221;.</p>
<p>Para confirmar que, en efecto, la AVP era la responsable de los problemas de conducta y memoria en los animales, los científicos llevaron a cabo más estudios cuando los ratones eran adultos.</p>
<p>Hallaron que si se les suministraba un fármaco que bloquea los efectos de la hormona, la conducta de los animales regresaba a su estado normal.</p>
<p>Ahora los científicos están investigando si los traumas que el ser humano experimenta en la niñez pueden conducir a trastornos como la depresión.</p>
<p>El profesor Hans Reul, neurocientífico de la Universidad de Bristol, en el Reino Unido, afirma que este trabajo &#8220;es una contribución valiosa a las investigaciones sobre los efectos de largo plazo del estrés infantil&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;Hay evidencia clara de que adversidades como el abuso o el abandono durante la niñez contribuyen al desarrollo de enfermedades psiquiátricas como la depresión&#8221;, dijo el científico a la BBC.</p>
<p>&#8220;Y este estudio pone de manifiesto la importancia de la investigación de los mecanismos epigenéticos en los trastornos relacionados con el estrés&#8221;.</p>
<p style="text-align:right;">Fuente: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/ciencia_tecnologia/2009/11/091109_estres_genes_men.shtml">BBC. El estrés produce &#8220;cambios&#8221; en los genes</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Predator's Pyramids]]></title>
<link>http://ancientaliensinmassmedia.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/the-predators-pyramids/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ancientaliensinmassmedia</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ancientaliensinmassmedia.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/the-predators-pyramids/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Predator&#39;s pyramids from the Alien vs. Predator movie (from http://ancientcosmonauts.blogspo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_228" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><img class="size-full wp-image-228  " title="The Predator's pyramids in AVP" src="http://ancientaliensinmassmedia.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/screenshot2.png" alt="The Predator's Pyramids in AVP" width="400" height="167" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The Predator&#39;s pyramids from the Alien vs. Predator movie (from http://ancientcosmonauts.blogspot.com/2008/02/pyramids.html)</p></div>
<p>In the 2004 film <a title="Alien vs. Predator at Amazon.com" href="http://www.amazon.com/AVP-Alien-Vs-Predator-Widescreen/dp/B00005JMZK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=dvd&#38;qid=1257718141&#38;sr=8-1" target="_blank">Alien vs. Predator</a>, the characters from two successful science fiction franchises face-off similarly as in the even worse film, <a title="Freddy vs. Jason at Amazon.com" href="http://www.amazon.com/Freddy-vs-Jason-Line-Platinum/dp/B0000VCZMK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#38;s=dvd&#38;qid=1257718198&#38;sr=1-2" target="_blank">Freddy vs. Jason.</a> The concept of <a title="Alien franchise at Wikipedia.org" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_%28franchise%29" target="_blank">Alien</a> vs.<a title="Predator franchise at Wikipedia.org" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_%28film_series%29" target="_blank"> Predator</a> was born out of the comic book series <a title="Aliens vs. Predator comics at Wikipedia.org" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliens_vs._Predator_%28comics%29" target="_blank">Aliens versus Predator</a> from Dark Horse comics.  About eight minutes into the movie, what seems to be Mesoamerican pyramid is found 2,000 ft. below the ice of the Antarctica island of <a title="Bouvet Island at Wikipedia.org" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouvet_Island" target="_blank">Bouvetøya.</a> This is where the majority of the movie is set.  There are a lot of phony looking statues of Predators, artwork and hieroglyphics depicting Predators and Predators fighting Aliens that serve as the backdrop for a pretty weak story.  It is revealed later that the pyramid was constructed by the Predators for the purpose of incubating the Alien race in humans to create the ultimate prey (the Aliens) for the Predators to hunt.  Apparently, these ancient humans worshiped the Predators as gods who taught them how to construct the pyramids and being chosen for incubation was a great honor.  It is also implied that the Predators have used their small personal nuclear bombs in the past to leave no trace of their activities if the Aliens get too close to escaping from the prison-like Predator pyramids.</p>
<p>Many of the ideas of <a title="Erich von Däniken" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_von_D%C3%A4niken" target="_blank">Erich von Däniken</a> are present in the story according to the creators of the comic book.  The handling of these borrowed ideas is almost as ridiculous as the actual concepts of ancient astronaut theory.  First, the physical evidence depicted in the film does not represent anything even close to anything found at Mesoamerican pyramids in reality.  There are no extraterrestrial inspired hieroglyphics, artwork or remains of any Predator or Alien creatures at Mesoamerican sites.  The writers of the movie <a title="Latern/Lampshade Hanging at Wikipedia.org" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampshade_hanging" target="_blank">hang a lantern</a> by having a character mention the mini-nuke option to contain an outbreak&#8230; and the evidence.  That&#8217;s why none of the above has or will ever be found.  The Antarctic pyramid is thought to be the last and only place that can still serve its original function.  There is never an explanation of how Antarctica is related to Central or South  America other than the mention that the continent has not always been covered by ice.</p>
<p>This movie is a disappointing vehicle for two classic sci-fi monsters and an even worse treatment of ancient astronaut theory.  There is little evidence mentioned to support that the Predators in this case have ever been involved with the ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica.  The film itself did more harm than good for the theory, maybe causing some to think that the components of ancient astronaut theory are as silly as the unholy <a title="Pedalien" href="http://www.predalien.com/" target="_blank">Predalien</a> combination creature that appears at the end of the movie to hint at the 2007 sequel <a title="Alien vs. Predator: Requiem at Amazon.com" href="http://www.amazon.com/Aliens-vs-Predator-Requiem-Unrated/dp/B001451HX4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#38;s=dvd&#38;qid=1257720237&#38;sr=8-2" target="_blank">Alien vs. Predator: Requiem.</a></p>
<p><em>References and Links (All on-line information retrieved November 8, 2009)</em></p>
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<p><a title="http://www.amazon.com/AVP-Alien-Vs-Predator-Widescreen/dp/B00005JMZK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=dvd&#38;qid=1257718141&#38;sr=8-1" href="http://www.amazon.com/AVP-Alien-Vs-Predator-Widescreen/dp/B00005JMZK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=dvd&#38;qid=1257718141&#38;sr=8-1" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/AVP-Alien-Vs-Predator-Widescreen/dp/B00005JMZK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=dvd&#38;qid=1257718141&#38;sr=8-1</a></p>
<p><a title="http://www.amazon.com/Freddy-vs-Jason-Line-Platinum/dp/B0000VCZMK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#38;s=dvd&#38;qid=1257718198&#38;sr=1-2" href="http://www.amazon.com/Freddy-vs-Jason-Line-Platinum/dp/B0000VCZMK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#38;s=dvd&#38;qid=1257718198&#38;sr=1-2" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Freddy-vs-Jason-Line-Platinum/dp/B0000VCZMK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#38;s=dvd&#38;qid=1257718198&#38;sr=1-2</a></p>
<p><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_%28franchise%29" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_%28franchise%29" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_%28franchise%29</a></p>
<p><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_%28film_series%29" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_%28film_series%29" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_%28film_series%29</a></p>
<p><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliens_vs._Predator_%28comics%29" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliens_vs._Predator_%28comics%29" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliens_vs._Predator_%28comics%29</a></p>
<p><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouvet_Island" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouvet_Island" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouvet_Island</a></p>
<p><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouvet_Island" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouvet_Island" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_von_D%C3%A4niken</a></p>
<p><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampshade_hanging" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampshade_hanging" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampshade_hanging</a></p>
<p><a title="http://www.predalien.com/" href="http://www.predalien.com/" target="_blank">http://www.predalien.com/</a></p>
<p><a title="http://www.amazon.com/Aliens-vs-Predator-Requiem-Unrated/dp/B001451HX4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#38;s=dvd&#38;qid=1257720237&#38;sr=8-2" href="http://www.amazon.com/Aliens-vs-Predator-Requiem-Unrated/dp/B001451HX4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#38;s=dvd&#38;qid=1257720237&#38;sr=8-2" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Aliens-vs-Predator-Requiem-Unrated/dp/B001451HX4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#38;s=dvd&#38;qid=1257720237&#38;sr=8-2</a></p>
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<link>http://projectpitu.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/alien-pile-statue-by-sideshow-collectibles/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Pituvision</dc:creator>
<guid>http://projectpitu.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/alien-pile-statue-by-sideshow-collectibles/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Academische popcultuur]]></title>
<link>http://hetgroteavonturenblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/academische-popcultuur/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hetgroteavonturenblog</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hetgroteavonturenblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/academische-popcultuur/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Daar zitten Helena en ik aan een tafel in een hoekje van de Dikke van Dale. Zij aan een rode wijn, i]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Daar zitten Helena en ik aan een tafel in een hoekje van de Dikke van Dale. Zij aan een rode wijn, ik aan de martini (1 ijsklontje graag). Naast ons komt een tafel vrij en al snel wordt de plek van de vorige twee dames ingenomen door een groep wat jongere studenten. &#8216;Druktemakers&#8217;, denk ik bij mezelf en kijk nogmaals naar het groepje dat is aangeschoven. Er worden biertjes en twee zoete witte wijntjes op tafel gezet. &#8216;Dat lust ieder meisje wel&#8217;, denkt de gast die gehaald heeft.</p>
<p>Helena en ik praten over onze dingetjes en zeggen af en toe &#8216;Hé, alles goed? Ja, met mij ook hoor&#8217;, tegen bekenden die voorbij lopen. M&#8217;n rechterooghoek wordt toch weer geprikkeld door het groepje naast ons. Opvallende types hoor&#8230;<br />
Ze maken een pot voor de avond tien euro inleg. Een afro, een hiphopper (petje, capuchon, piercing: die geen hiphopper blijkt te zijn), een ster, een banaan en de twee vrouwelijke deelneemsters van de groep gooien één voor één tien euro op tafel.</p>
<p>Het onderwerp &#8216;zoete-witte-wijn&#8217; wordt op tafel gesmeten. Ik hoor de woorden &#8216;meisjes&#8217;, &#8216;appelsap&#8217;, en &#8216;zoete troep&#8217;. &#8216;Waarom drinken alle chicks zoete-witte-wijn..?&#8217;<br />
Ik kijk naar het groepje.</p>
<p>&#8216;Wat is bier dan?&#8217;, zeg ik. &#8216;Dat is toch hetzelfde als wat zoete-witte-wijn voor meisjes is?&#8217; &#8216;Kijk wij gaan later over op droge-witte-wijn, rode wijn of sterke drank.&#8217; De jongens kijken me aan en denken &#8216;BIER IS BIER&#8217; geen commentaar&#8230;</p>
<p>We raken in gesprek over wijn. Later volgen de onderwerpen opleidingen, woonplaatsen en vooropleidingen. Een deel van de groep zit op de Acedemie voor Popcultuur. De afro en petje met capuchon spelen bas en de banaan drumt. Er worden termen gebruikt uit de muziekwereld waar ik nog nooit van heb gehoord. Progressieve hardcore band&#8230;but quite impressive hoe de gasten vertellen over hun bands, bezigheden op school en de sfeer binnen de acedemie.</p>
<p>Het is 00.17 en de groep vertrekt naar Scooters (karaoke avond). Ik ben nieuwsgierig of ze niet alleen kunnen spelen, maar ook nog enige zangkwaliteiten bezitten.</p>
<p>Helena en ik blijven nog even hangen en doen nog een drankje. Daarna volgt onze tocht naar Scooters met een tussenstop (snackbar voor nog een vettig laagje in onze buikjes).</p>
<p>Eenmaal aangekomen in de karaokebar is er nog een live optreden bezig. Er is een wedstrijd aan de gang, dit zijn de laatste deelnemers. Een bezoek aan het damestoilet (inclusief een vermakende krijtprint op de deur &#8216;merry christmas&#8217;, alvast voor 25 en 26 december a.s.), een drankje aan de bar, maar nog geen karaoke. Helena besluit het wachten op te geven en vertrekt richting huis.</p>
<p>Na 20 minuten hoor ik de eerste karaoke geluiden en de popacedemie jongens hebben al het één en ander aangevraagd. Na de aftrap mogen de heren &#8216;ROXANNE, you don&#8217;t have to put on the red light&#8217; galmt door de ruimte. Vele nummers volgen, de één beter dan de andere en ik vermaak me op en top met de andere toeschouwers!</p>
<p>Vanavond snoof ik wat &#8216;academische popcultuur&#8217;!</p>
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<p>Bewerkte versie van: <a href="http://willa.hyves.nl/blog/28263764/Snuiven/bWxr/">http://willa.hyves.nl/blog/28263764/Snuiven/bWxr/</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Eurogamer Expo - part 2]]></title>
<link>http://goodgun.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/eurogamer-expo-part-2/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sam Giddings</dc:creator>
<guid>http://goodgun.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/eurogamer-expo-part-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So, following up on yesterday&#8217;s blog update, here&#8217;s a very quick one.  Check out the lin]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>So, following up on yesterday&#8217;s blog update, here&#8217;s a very quick one.  Check out the links below to have a gander at my musings on the games wot I played.</p>
<p>Mass Effect 2, AvP, Heavy Rain, God of War 3 &#8211; they&#8217;re all there, and many more.</p>
<p><a href="http://hi-score.co.uk/2009/11/01/eurogamer-expo-aliens-vs-predator/">Aliens versus Predator preview</a></p>
<p><a href="http://hi-score.co.uk/2009/10/31/eurogamer-expo-mass-effect-2/">Mass Effect 2 preview</a></p>
<p><a href="http://hi-score.co.uk/2009/11/01/eurogamer-expo-best-of-the-rest/">&#8220;Best of the rest&#8221; preview</a></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-108" title="EG Expo: a lot of screens" src="http://goodgun.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/expo-1.jpg" alt="EG Expo: a lot of screens" width="300" height="245" /></p>
<p>And there you have it &#8211; that&#8217;s about all from me and the Eurogamer Expo.</p>
<p>Word.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Eurogamer Expo: Aliens vs Predator]]></title>
<link>http://hi-score.co.uk/2009/11/01/eurogamer-expo-aliens-vs-predator/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sam Giddings</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hi-score.co.uk/2009/11/01/eurogamer-expo-aliens-vs-predator/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Unbalanced.  That&#8217;s the main feeling I got walking away from the AvP demo.  The marine/alien/p]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[LEEDS EUROGAMER EXPO 2009]]></title>
<link>http://darthtelle.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/leeds-eurogamer-expo-2009/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chantelle</dc:creator>
<guid>http://darthtelle.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/leeds-eurogamer-expo-2009/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Who&#8217;d have thought sitting all day playing games would be so exhausting? I sure didn&#8217;t. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Who&#8217;d have thought sitting all day playing games would be so exhausting? I sure didn&#8217;t. ]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Game over, man! Game over!]]></title>
<link>http://emperadordeloshelados.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/game-over-man-game-over/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Noel</dc:creator>
<guid>http://emperadordeloshelados.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/game-over-man-game-over/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Si hay dos monstruos multimedia a los que les encanta llevarse mal, tienen que ser el xenomorfo (a.k]]></description>
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<p>Si hay dos monstruos multimedia a los que les encanta llevarse mal, tienen que ser el xenomorfo (a.k.a. Alien) y el yautja (a.k.a. Depredador). Sus <em>crossovers </em>en cómics, novelas, videojuegos, figuras de acción y películas han dado origen a una franquicia en sí misma, desligada casi por completo sus respectivos cánones originales (aunque el primer filme hacía malabares para intentar amoldarse a ellos) y edificada sobre la transparente intención de darle a los fans exactamente lo que quieren. Es posible que el <em>shooter </em>para PC <em>Aliens versus Predators</em> (1999) fuera uno de los subproductos de derribo más afortunados del rentable cruce de especies: su dominio de la atmósfera y su deuda con la acción adrenalítica de <em>Aliens </em>(1986) lo convirtieron en uno de esos videojuegos que marcan toda una época.</p>
<p>La inminente reactivación de las sagas cinematográficas de <em>Alien </em>y <em>Depredador </em>con (respectivamente) una precuela dirigida por <strong>Ridley Scott</strong> y una secuela apadrinada por <strong>Robert Rodriguez</strong> ha creado un ambiente propicio para revisitar una ensalada de monstruos que nunca parece pasarse de moda. Así, el equipo detrás de <em>Aliens versus Predators</em>, Rebellion Developments, tiene planeado lanzar un remake del título original a lo largo del primer cuarto de 2010. Rebautizado como <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliens_vs._Predator_%28video_game%29" target="_blank"><em>Aliens vs. Predator</em></a>, el juego nos volverá a dejar escoger entre uno de los dos monstruos del espacio exterior o los marines contrados para exterminarlos. Por si eso fuera poco, Sega tiene pensado aprovechar el rebufo de este lanzamiento para ofrecernos <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliens:_Colonial_Marines" target="_blank"><em>Aliens: Colonial Marines</em></a>, otra oportunidad de meternos en la piel de los mejores exterminadores de cucarachas del universo. En resumen: vamos a necesitar tener a un Bishop a nuestro lado más pronto que tarde.</p>
<p><a href="http://ps3.ign.com/dor/objects/14322170/aliens-vs-predator-2009/videos/avp_trl_marinetrailer_72909.html" target="_blank">Aquí </a>tenéis uno de los trailers de <em>Aliens vs. Predator</em>, protegido por el sistema de verificación de edad más infranqueable de la historia.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Aliens, Aliens and more Aliens.]]></title>
<link>http://blog.cmdstore.com/2009/10/26/aliens-aliens-and-more-aliens/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>actionfigurecanada</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blog.cmdstore.com/2009/10/26/aliens-aliens-and-more-aliens/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Only slightly Halloweeny, the Geiger-style aliens from the amazing film franchise are awesome enough]]></description>
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<p>Only slightly Halloweeny, the Geiger-style aliens from the amazing film franchise are awesome enough to blog about anyway. We&#8217;ve got a ton of Sideshow statues and figures both new and old that feature the original aliens from the first films and the new ones from the <a href="http://www.cmdstore.com/avprequiem.html?cmp=kimblog">Aliens versus Predator</a> franchise. Whatever you think of the films, there&#8217;s no denying that the folks at Sideshow have outdone themselves in terms of quality and detail with these figures.</p>
<p>There are also non-Sideshow items brought to you instead by McFarlane and Kotobukiya, which can be found in the <a href="http://www.cmdstore.com/alvspr.html">AvP section of CmdStore.com</a>. There you&#8217;ll find everything from 6-inch figures to Head-knockers and more! Sure to please any fan of the films or their now-classic aesthetic.</p>
<p>And now, in other alien-related news, there&#8217;s a new movie coming out that looks like it&#8217;s going to be absolutely terrifying. Titled &#8216;The Fourth Kind&#8217;, it&#8217;s a creepy tale of alien abduction unlike any other entry to the genre thus far.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Aliens Vs Predator - Alien Mechanics Interview]]></title>
<link>http://strangera.com/2009/10/23/aliens-vs-predator-alien-mechanics-interview/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>stranger</dc:creator>
<guid>http://strangera.com/2009/10/23/aliens-vs-predator-alien-mechanics-interview/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Новото инфо за Eлиъните малко ме натъжава&#8230; От това което разбирам, са направили геймплея с тях]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Новото инфо за Eлиъните малко ме натъжава&#8230; От това което разбирам, са направили геймплея с тях една идея по-лесен. Жалко <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><span style="display:block;width:425px;margin:0 auto;">  <embed src='http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.3722091' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' AllowScriptAccess='always' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer' wmode='transparent' flashvars='' />
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<p>Въпреки това продължавам да чакам AvP 3 с интерес <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<link>http://thestranded.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/avp-alien-mechanics-interview/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>3Suns</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Watch the Gametrailers video here. I am definitely catching the bug. Apparently, the previous PC gam]]></description>
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<p>Watch the Gametrailers video <a href="http://www.gametrailers.com/video/alien-mechanics-aliens-vs/58058">here</a>.</p>
<p>I am definitely catching the bug.  Apparently, the previous PC games had/have a huge following, so it is entirely possible that this game really will &#8220;Let&#8217;s ROCK!&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE</strong>:  I finally got to watch it.  Play through the game as Aliens, Predators, or Humans; 18 player Multi-player (one assumes 6v6v6); and &#8220;a full player co-op survival mode&#8221;. I have a letter out to Play Asia regarding an &#8220;Asian&#8221; version.  As soon as I can confirm J360 compatibility of any version, I will be ordering it.</p>
<p>Done deal.</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE 2</strong>: Play Asia has no more information than what is posted on the site.  I remain hopeful, and expecting Kenny to buy it as well, or that he should consider our friendship cheap. &#8230;Seriously.  ;)</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE 3</strong>: Over at Evil Avatar, someone responded to the &#8220;survival co-op&#8221;.  The co-op is not for the story, but for different maps? perhaps.  Anyway, it is not what I was thinking.  I think you are correct Kenny.  I think there is no co-op, at least not in the Gears/Halo sense.  ===  <strong>DOH!</strong> I just noticed your comment!  Yes.  You are right.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[ALIEN: LOS HIJOS BASTARDOS]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Alfie</dc:creator>
<guid>http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lejos de ser esa obra maestra que muchos proclaman, la película es importante dentro del contexto de]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;"><em>Lejos de ser esa obra maestra que muchos proclaman, la película es importante dentro del contexto del nuevo cine fantástico, y supone un obligado  punto de referencia cara a su evolución.</em></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">José María Latorre</span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0;">Tras el éxito de la película de Ridley Scott, todo el mundo quería hacer su propio &#8220;Alien&#8221;. Así el primer hijo bastardo nace en 1980 en los británicos estudios Shepperton, se trata de <strong>&#8220;SATURNO 3&#8243;</strong>, de la mano apócrifa de <a href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/name/nm0058045/"><strong>John Barry</strong></a>, famoso por haberse encargado del diseño de producción de largometrajes como &#8220;La naranja mecánica&#8221; de Stanley Kubrick, &#8220;La guerra de las galaxias&#8221; de George Lucas o &#8220;Sucesos en la cuarta fase&#8221; de Saul Bass. Film nacido con vocación de serie B pero con un holgado presupuesto, que fue a parar a los bolsillos de las estrellas participantes en el proyecto, en lugar del departamento de efectos especiales.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="saturno3" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/saturno3.jpg" alt="saturno3" width="481" height="297" /></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0;">Quién puso su sello definitivamente en este engendro mecánico de película fue <a href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/name/nm0002045/"><strong>Stanley Donen</strong></a>, firmando así su peor película  hasta la fecha, aunque no tiene visos de que vaya a realizar muchas más, por desgracia. La premisa de la cinta es muy básica, Alex y Adam, interpretados por <a href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/name/nm0000396/"><strong>Farrah Fawcett</strong></a> y <a href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/name/nm0000018/"><strong>Kirk Douglas</strong></a>, viven apaciblemente en una base situada en uno de los satélites de Saturno hasta la llegada de Benson, al que da vida <a href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/name/nm0000172/"><strong>Harvey Keitel</strong></a>, que les lleva un robot llamado Héctor, para facilitarles las tareas cotidianas en la base. En la primera secuencia podemos encontrar un homenaje al film de Ridley Scott al ver pasar la nave por encima de nuestro punto de vista.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9129" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/saturno3_02/"><img class="size-full wp-image-9129  aligncenter" title="saturno3_02" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/saturno3_02.jpg" alt="saturno3_02" width="474" height="370" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9130" title="saturno3_03" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/saturno3_03.jpg" alt="saturno3_03" width="481" height="380" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9131" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/saturno3_04/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9131" title="saturno3_04" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/saturno3_04.jpg" alt="saturno3_04" width="486" height="382" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0;">Producto de estética muy <em>kitsch</em>, que jugaba a ser la bella y la bestia sólo que en versión <em>space opera,</em> en la que los pasillos de la base nos trasladarán a los de la Nostromo.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-9132  aligncenter" title="saturno3_05" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/saturno3_05.jpg" alt="saturno3_05" width="481" height="383" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9133" title="saturno3_06" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/saturno3_06.jpg" alt="saturno3_06" width="484" height="385" /></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0;">Héctor, el primero de una serie de semidioses (sic), era una suerte de &#8221;Alien&#8221;, y los tres colonos terráqueos tratarán de deshacerse de la bestia mecánica de distintas formas, electrocutándolo, y será Adam quién enseñe una lección a Héctor al sacrificarse por amor a Alex.  De esta forma la trama se emparenta más con &#8220;IT, THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE&#8221;.</p>
<div id="attachment_9135" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 476px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9135" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/saturno3_08/"><img class="size-full wp-image-9135" title="saturno3_08" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/saturno3_08.jpg" alt="Concepto de sacrificio" width="466" height="365" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Concepto de sacrificio</p></div>
<div id="attachment_9140" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 485px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9140" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/saturno3_12/"><img class="size-full wp-image-9140" title="saturno3_12" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/saturno3_12.jpg" alt="Le ahogamos" width="475" height="372" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Le ahogamos</p></div>
<div id="attachment_9141" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 487px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9141" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/saturno3_13/"><img class="size-full wp-image-9141" title="saturno3_13" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/saturno3_13.jpg" alt="Le electrocutamos" width="477" height="379" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Le electrocutamos</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_9143" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 491px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9143" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/saturno3_15/"><img class="size-full wp-image-9143" title="saturno3_15" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/saturno3_15.jpg" alt="O primero le ahogamos y..." width="481" height="379" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">O primero le ahogamos y...</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_9144" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 489px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9144" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/saturno3_17/"><img class="size-full wp-image-9144" title="saturno3_17" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/saturno3_17.jpg" alt="y le hacemos saltar por los aires" width="479" height="377" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">y le hacemos saltar por los aires</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0;">Sus directores, ambos, trataron de ir un paso más allá e introdujeron tintes gore en el desarrollo narrativo, en auge en aquel momento, pero aún así quedó un producto muy irregular y carente de ritmo.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9138" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/saturno3_10/"><img class="size-full wp-image-9138  aligncenter" title="saturno3_10" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/saturno3_10.jpg" alt="saturno3_10" width="500" height="399" /></a> <img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9139" title="saturno3_11" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/saturno3_11.jpg" alt="saturno3_11" width="500" height="395" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9142" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/saturno3_14/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9142" title="saturno3_14" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/saturno3_14.jpg" alt="saturno3_14" width="499" height="396" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0;">En este caso también hay animal doméstico, en &#8221;Alien&#8221; era el gato Jonesy que va eludiendo a la salvaje bestia espacial, aquí es la perrita Sally, que posee dos depredadores Benson que quiere cocinarla al estilo terráqueo y Héctor que nos mostrará su enorme lado oscuro al matarla sin piedad alguna.</p>
<div id="attachment_9134" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 493px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9134" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/saturno3_09/"><img class="size-full wp-image-9134" title="saturno3_09" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/saturno3_09.jpg" alt="Sally" width="483" height="381" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Sally</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0;">El segundo hijo nace en la factoría de <a href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/name/nm0000339/"><strong>Roger Corman</strong></a> un año más tarde, en 1981, de la mano del director neozelandés <a href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/name/nm0163736/"><strong>Bruce D. Clark</strong></a> y se llama &#8220;LA GALAXIA DEL TERROR&#8221;. No es de extrañar, porque en los extras del DVD de &#8221;Alien&#8221;, <a href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/name/nm0639321/"><strong>Dan O&#8217;Bannon</strong></a> y <a href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/name/nm0795953/"><strong>Ronald Shusett</strong></a> reconocen y dejan claro que dejaron leer el guión a Corman en una de sus versiones primitivas, ya que era la típico guión que este productor americano podría llevar  a la pantalla con un bajo coste, y no tal y como quedó tras financiarlo la productora Brandywine. Así el detalle de la pirámide, y que su función es forjar a jóvenes cazadores, eso ya estaba en la versión primitiva del guión, en los primeros trabajos de Cobb para el diseño de producción, y no sólo eso, que esa iddea terminaría de desarrollarla <a href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/name/nm0027271/"><strong>Paul W.S. Anderson</strong></a> con la venia de los guionistas originales en &#8220;Alien versus Predator: AVP&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-9005  aligncenter" title="galaxia_terror_02" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_terror_02.jpg" alt="galaxia_terror_02" width="500" height="397" /></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">En sus propios rótulos de crédito deja claro que es un subproducto, con esos dibujos que incluyen humanoides de aspecto biomecánico.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9006" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/galaxia_terror_03/"><img class="size-full wp-image-9006  aligncenter" title="galaxia_terror_03" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_terror_03.jpg" alt="galaxia_terror_03" width="500" height="396" /></a></p>
<p>El amo del planeta Sertes mandará a su comandante Ilvar al planeta Morgantus en misión de rescate porque han perdido contacto con la nave &#8220;Remus&#8221;, en la nave espacial  &#8221;Quest&#8221;, que es de clase 3 y posee un equipo exploratorio y de defensa. La tripulación desconocerá el oscuro objetivo que guarda el amo.  Ya desde la secuencia de la llegada al planeta, se deja ver la huella del clásico, porque introduce primeros planos del ordenador de  a bordo en el que podemos ver los movimientos de la maniobra de aproximación al igual que hiciera Scott, y tras el accidentado aterrizaje podemos ver planos que son una auténtica copia, y que le servirán seguir el mismo esquema narrativo, así tras cada muerte veremos aparecer un plano parecido, y el desarrollo será también muy <em>hitchcockniano</em>, nunca veremos en plano general a las criaturas tanto en las escenas de persecución de humanos como en los ataques a la tripulación.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">El amo del planeta Sertes mandará a su comandante Ilvar al planeta Morgantus en misión de rescate porque han perdido contacto con la nave &#8220;Remus&#8221;, en la nave espacial  &#8221;Quest&#8221;, que es de clase 3 y posee un equipo exploratorio y de defensa. La tripulación desconocerá el oscuro objetivo que guarda el amo.  Ya desde la secuencia de la llegada al planeta, se deja ver la huella del clásico, porque introduce primeros planos del ordenador de  a bordo en el que podemos ver los movimientos de la maniobra de aproximación al igual que hiciera Scott, y tras el accidentado aterrizaje podemos ver planos que son una auténtica copia, y que le servirán seguir el mismo esquema narrativo, así tras cada muerte veremos aparecer un plano parecido, y el desarrollo será también muy <em>hitchcockiano</em>, nunca veremos en plano general a las criaturas tanto en las escenas de persecución de humanos como en los ataques a la tripulación.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9009" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/galaxia_terror_04/"><img class="size-full wp-image-9009  aligncenter" title="galaxia_terror_04" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_terror_04.jpg" alt="galaxia_terror_04" width="500" height="400" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0;">El desarrollo de guión es paralelo aunque posee diferencias, así cuando el equipo de rescate entra en la Remus se dividen por parejas al igual que pasaba en &#8220;Alien&#8221;, pero el primero en morir no será el intrépido de la expedición, sino será el miedoso.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9010" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/galaxia_terror_06/"><img class="size-full wp-image-9010  aligncenter" title="galaxia_terror_06" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_terror_06.jpg" alt="galaxia_terror_06" width="500" height="399" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Una vez en el planeta, descubren que hay una anomalía, que además fue la causante de su forzoso aterrizaje, así que el comandante Ilvar, que en este caso ejerce como quintacolumnista, manda un equipo a investigar la zona, allí descubren una nave alienígena.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9019" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/galaxia_terror_07/"><img class="size-full wp-image-9019    aligncenter" title="galaxia_terror_07" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_terror_07.jpg" alt="galaxia_terror_07" width="500" height="396" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0;">En el que encontrarán un agujero por el que entrar, sólo que en este caso, no hay dobles lecturas a diferencia de lo que pudimos ver en &#8220;Alien&#8221; por motivos obvios, desde la incorrecta elección del encuadre hasta la propia forma. Y podemos concluir definitivamente que el diseño de producción no hace un homenaje sino que intenta copiar el diseño biomecánico de Giger, tanto en el exterior como en el interior de la nave extraterrestre.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-9025  aligncenter" title="galaxia_terror_09" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_terror_09.jpg" alt="galaxia_terror_09" width="500" height="396" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9098" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/galaxia_terror_20/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9098" title="galaxia_terror_20" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_terror_20.jpg" alt="galaxia_terror_20" width="500" height="399" /></a><a rel="attachment wp-att-9025" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/galaxia_terror_09/"></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">El comandante Ilvar se convertirá en una suerte de Kane con disertaciones sobre la duda y acabará descendiendo en la cueva donde acabará encontrado con una especie de gusano.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9026" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/galaxia_terror_10/"><img class="size-full wp-image-9026  aligncenter" title="galaxia_terror_10" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_terror_10.jpg" alt="galaxia_terror_10" width="500" height="397" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9027" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/galaxia_terror_11/"><img class="size-full wp-image-9027    aligncenter" title="galaxia_terror_11" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_terror_11.jpg" alt="galaxia_terror_11" width="500" height="398" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0;">También tenemos escenas costumbristas, en este caso protagonizada por <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0951471/" target="_blank"><strong>Grace Zabriskie</strong></a>, que da vida a  la ruda capitana de la nave llamada Trantor. En este caso los roles ya están superados, y entre la tripulación hay un cocinero, interpretado por <a href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/name/nm0001827/"><strong>Ray Walston</strong></a>, y será este el auténtico infiltrado.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-9030  aligncenter" title="galaxia_terror_12" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_terror_12.jpg" alt="galaxia_terror_12" width="500" height="398" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9097" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/galaxia_terror_17/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9097" title="galaxia_terror_17" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_terror_17.jpg" alt="galaxia_terror_17" width="500" height="398" /></a><a rel="attachment wp-att-9030" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/galaxia_terror_12/"></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0;">También algunos protagonistas encontraran su fatal destino en circunstancias parecidas a las de alguno de los personajes del film de Ridley Scott, así Mitri se topará con el extraterrestre de una forma semejante a Brett. Este encuentro servirá al realizador para introducir las connotaciones sexuales que ya hemos visto en &#8220;Alien&#8221;, sólo que  Bruce D. Clark, carece el menor sentido estilístico así como de idea de como funciona la psicología en el cine, y esto dará lugar a que el espectador asista impasible a una de las más bizarras escenas del cine de ciencia ficción, porque asistiremos a la <a href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/alien-de-lo-material-a-lo-organico/" target="_blank">segunda violación alienígena</a> (si contamos la de Lambert como la primera). La muestra sin pudor alguno, y obviamente caerá más en la risotada que en el estremecimiento a diferencia de la violación de Lambert en el film de Scott. Haciendo de este producto definitivamente una copia barata que raya en algunos momentos el plagio. Aunque debemos reconocer que la actriz <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0642252/" target="_blank"><strong>Mary Ellen O&#8217;Neill</strong></a> hace lo que puede por salvar la secuencia, empeño pone la mujer, eso no lo podemos negar en ningún momento, pero cómo sería la experiencia que no volvió a trabajar en el cine ni en la televisión.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-9033  aligncenter" title="galaxia_terror_13" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_terror_13.jpg" alt="galaxia_terror_13" width="500" height="395" /></p>
<div id="attachment_9092" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9092" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/galaxia_terror_15/"><img class="size-full wp-image-9092" title="galaxia_terror_15" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_terror_15.jpg" alt="sexo galáctico" width="500" height="393" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Sexo galáctico</p></div>
<div id="attachment_9093" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9093" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/galaxia_terror_16/"><img class="size-full wp-image-9093" title="galaxia_terror_16" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_terror_16.jpg" alt="La violación" width="500" height="397" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">La violación</p></div>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9095" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/galaxia_terror_18/"></a></p>
<div id="attachment_9095" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9095" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/galaxia_terror_18/"><img class="size-full wp-image-9095" title="galaxia_terror_18" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_terror_181.jpg" alt="Mary Ellen O'Neill desnuda tras el fatal encuentro con el alienigena." width="500" height="386" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Mary Ellen O&#39;Neill desnuda tras el fatal encuentro con el alienigena.</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0;">Pero antes que nada salga de su interior, Baelon interpretado por el actor y productor de películas como &#8220;Nueve semanas y media&#8221; o &#8220;La orquídea salvaje&#8221;, acabará con ella desintegrándola, demostrando ser un hombre de gatillo fácil.</p>
<div id="attachment_9096" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9096" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/galaxia_terror_19/"><img class="size-full wp-image-9096" title="galaxia_terror_19" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_terror_19.jpg" alt="Zalman King" width="500" height="398" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Zalman King</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;"> En cuanto a la criatura sólo podemos decir que cambia de forma a lo largo de la película, que Clark también juega a ser Scott y no la muestra nunca en su integridad. En cuanto a su ciclo biológico no podemos aportar más datos porque el guionista no aporta datos suficientes a lo largo del film salvo la excéntrica escena de la violación lo que nos hace presuponer que posee órganos reproductores y que obtiene placer del coito.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9103" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/galaxia_terror_21/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9103" title="galaxia_terror_21" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_terror_21.jpg" alt="galaxia_terror_21" width="500" height="401" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Pero lo más impactante, y lo que os dejará perplejos, no lo encontraremos en su desenlace sino en los rótulos de crédito, al ver que la persona encargada del diseño de producción y el director de la segunda unidad de este largometraje fue nada más y nada menos que <a href="/name/nm0000116/"><strong>James Cameron</strong></a>. Con lo que ya le podemos otorgar el título de &#8220;el mejor <a href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/entre-la-copia-y-el-homenaje/" target="_blank"><strong>fusilador</strong></a> de la clase&#8221;.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9107" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/galaxia_terror_22-2/"><img class="size-full wp-image-9107  aligncenter" title="galaxia_terror_22" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_terror_221.jpg" alt="galaxia_terror_22" width="500" height="400" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9115" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/galaxia_terror_24/"><img class="size-full wp-image-9115  aligncenter" title="galaxia_terror_24" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_terror_24.jpg" alt="galaxia_terror_24" width="500" height="393" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Por eso los diseños de producción de &#8220;Aliens&#8221; y de &#8220;La galaxia del terror&#8221; son tan cercanos, porque Cameron no se caracteriza por tener imaginación en ese campo.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-9116  aligncenter" title="galaxia_terror_25" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_terror_25.jpg" alt="galaxia_terror_25" width="500" height="399" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9118" title="galaxia_aliens_01" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_aliens_01.jpg" alt="galaxia_aliens_01" width="500" height="267" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9121" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/galaxia_terror_26/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9121" title="galaxia_terror_26" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_terror_26.jpg" alt="galaxia_terror_26" width="500" height="399" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9120" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/galaxia_aliens_03/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9120" title="galaxia_aliens_03" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_aliens_03.jpg" alt="galaxia_aliens_03" width="500" height="266" /></a><a rel="attachment wp-att-9116" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/galaxia_terror_25/"></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9117" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/galaxia_terror_05/"><img class="size-full wp-image-9117  aligncenter" title="galaxia_terror_05" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_terror_05.jpg" alt="galaxia_terror_05" width="499" height="396" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9119" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/galaxia_aliens_02/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9119" title="galaxia_aliens_02" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_aliens_02.jpg" alt="galaxia_aliens_02" width="500" height="266" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"> Pero hay más, una de las personas encargadas de destrozar la criatura de Giger en posteriores entregas, fue <a href="/name/nm0319266/"><strong>Alec Gillis</strong></a> y que ejecutó su peor trabajo en &#8220;Alien 3&#8243;, ya que hizo que la criatura perdiera toda su verosimilitud haciéndola parecer un tren de mercancías a punto de salirse de los raíles. Pues será el encargado de realizar la fabricación de las prótesis en este largometraje, y fue reclutado para la franquicia &#8220;Alien&#8221; por Cameron.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-9114  aligncenter" title="galaxia_terror_23" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/galaxia_terror_23.jpg" alt="galaxia_terror_23" width="500" height="392" /></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Lo que ya no cabe la menor duda es que fue una temible bestia, que tras los diversos intentos de copiarla y de exprimirla hasta la saciedad en una de las franquicias más longevas, y que encima posee ramificaciones como puede ser &#8221;Alien versus Predator&#8221;, eso sin mencionar el increíble manoseo del marketing, así la podremos ver en las estanterías de los amigos hasta en las tiendas especializadas de cómics.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-9595  aligncenter" title="alien_peluche_02" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/alien_peluche_02.jpg" alt="alien_peluche_02" width="345" height="561" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9596" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/alien_peluche/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9596" title="alien_peluche" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/alien_peluche.jpg" alt="alien_peluche" width="416" height="470" /></a><a rel="attachment wp-att-9595" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/alien_peluche_02/"></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9586" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/alien_barna_06/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9586" title="alien_barna_06" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/alien_barna_06.jpg" alt="alien_barna_06" width="464" height="342" /></a> <a rel="attachment wp-att-9585" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/alien_barna_07/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9585" title="alien_barna_07" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/alien_barna_07.jpg" alt="alien_barna_07" width="471" height="295" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-9584" href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/alien-los-hijos-bastardos/alien_barna_08/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9584" title="alien_barna_08" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/alien_barna_08.jpg" alt="alien_barna_08" width="466" height="313" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Por todos estos motivos, ha dejado de tener ese aura de bestia sin piedad, temible, y sobre todo protagonista de nuestras peores pesadillas, para acabar siendo todo un objeto cotidiano, que inclusive podemos ver por la calle, ni más ni menos que en las ramblas de Barcelona haciéndose fotos con los niños.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-9587  aligncenter" title="alien_barna_01" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/alien_barna_01.jpg" alt="alien_barna_01" width="437" height="602" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9588" title="alien_barna_02" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/alien_barna_02.jpg" alt="alien_barna_02" width="468" height="347" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9589" title="alien_barna_03" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/alien_barna_03.jpg" alt="alien_barna_03" width="459" height="629" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9590" title="alien_barna_05" src="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/alien_barna_05.jpg" alt="alien_barna_05" width="450" height="336" /></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="color:#000000;">Puedes continuar leyendo el monográfico en: </span></span></p>
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<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><a href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/alien-de-lo-material-a-lo-organico/" target="_blank">DE LO MATERIAL A LO ORGÁNICO</a></span></strong></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><a href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/alien-narrativa-filmica/" target="_blank">NARRATIVA FÍLMICA</a></span></strong></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span style="color:#000080;"><a href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/alienla-criatura-perfecta/" target="_blank">LA CRIATURA PERFECTA</a></span></strong> </span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="color:#000080;"><strong><a href="http://videodromo.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/alien-antecedentes/" target="_blank">ANTECEDENTES</a></strong></span></span></span></div>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="color:#000080;"><span style="color:#000000;">Y para finalizar os dejo con este post escrito por Ramón que regenta el blog</span><strong>  </strong><a href="http://cinemadreamer.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Cinema Dreamer</strong></a><strong>,</strong> <span style="color:#000000;">y que me parece el perfecto broche para esta extensa revisión del clásico de Ridley Scott.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="color:#000080;"><strong><a href="http://cinemadreamer.wordpress.com/2009/06/20/alien-quadrilogy/" target="_blank">ALIEN QUADRILOGY</a></strong></span></span></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[The 100 Hardest Working Brands In The World]]></title>
<link>http://247wallst.com/2009/10/20/the-100-hardest-working-brands-in-the-world/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>247wallst</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[There are a number of ways to rank brand values. One of the most important is the level at which a b]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a rel="attachment wp-att-50513" href="http://247wallst.com/2009/10/20/the-100-hardest-working-brands-in-the-world/hershey/"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-50513" title="hershey" src="http://247wallst.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/hershey.jpg" alt="hershey" width="107" height="150" /></a>There are a number of ways to rank brand values. One of the most important is the level at which a brand contributes to the market value of a public company.</p>
<p>24/7 Wall St. asked <a href="http://www.corebrand.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/" target="_blank">Corebrand</a>, the brand research and consulting firm, to look at the top 100 brands based their contribution to market capitalizaton. Using this method, the hardest working brand was Hershey (NYSE:HSY), followed  by Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) and Harley-Davidson (NYSE:HOG)</p>
<p>Corebrand described the process briefly to 24/7 Wall. St.</p>
<p>24/7 Wall St.: Corebard often refers to the brands on this list as the&#8221;hardest working brands&#8221;. How did you come to that description?</p>
<p>Corebrand: There are a lot of people measuring and examining the “strongest brands” or the “most valuable brands”.  Our opinion is that examining one without the other is somewhat meaningless.  How “strong” a brand is nice to know but not very relevant unless you understand how that strength benefits business.  Similarly, “value” is little more than a measure of corporate size unless you understand the drivers of that value and how to influence it. By examining the strength of the brand and it’s contribution to total market value, we can help companies and their leadership manage that strength and value over time.</p>
<p>24/7 Wall St.: Is there any advantage or disadvantage to having a brand value be a very large percentage of market cap in the present and as an indication of a company&#8217;s future performance?</p>
<p>Corebrand: The brand will need to be in balance with the rest of the company’s assets.  A company should strive to have it’s brand strong enough to fend off competitors or changing market conditions but not so strong that it becomes overly dependent on the brand as a single driver of value.  If a company can achieve and maintain its appropriate maximum strength without becoming over-dependent, it will see greater returns in bull markets and retain greater value in bear markets.</p>
<p>The list:<!--more--></p>
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<td width="294" height="59" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Company </span></strong></td>
<td width="126" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Brand Equity % Market Cap Rank</span></strong></td>
<td width="97" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Brand Equity $ Value Rank</span></strong></td>
<td width="59" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Ticker Symbol</span></strong></td>
<td width="215" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Industry</span></strong></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Hershey Company</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">1</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">95</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">HSY</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Food</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Coca-Cola Company</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">2</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">9</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">KO</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Beverages</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Harley-Davidson</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">3</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">109</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">HOG</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Hotel &#38; Entertainment</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Campbell Soup</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">4</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">86</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">CPB</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Food</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Kellogg Company</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">5</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">65</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">K</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Food</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Colgate-Palmolive Company</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">6</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">32</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">CL</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Toiletries, Household Products</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">FedEx Corporation</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">7</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">49</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">FDX</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Transportation</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Barnes &#38; Noble</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">8</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">206</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">BKS</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Retailers</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">American Express Company</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">9</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">29</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">AXP</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Diversified Financial</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Starbucks Corporation</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">10</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">72</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">SBUX</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Restaurants</span></td>
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<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">UPS</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">11</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">26</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">UPS</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Transportation</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Mattel</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">12</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">106</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">MAT</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Hotel &#38; Entertainment</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Johnson &#38; Johnson</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">13</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">4</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">JNJ</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Medical Supplies, Services</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Del Monte Foods Company</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">14</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">169</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">DLM</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Food</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Wendy’s Arby’s Group</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">15</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">170</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">WEN</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Restaurants</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Black &#38; Decker</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">16</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">155</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">BDK</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Industrial Equipment</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">General Mills</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">17</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">61</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">GIS</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Food</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Walt Disney Company</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">18</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">27</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">DIS</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Hotel &#38; Entertainment</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Estée Lauder Companies</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">19</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">103</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">EL</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Toiletries, Household Products</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Bed Bad &#38; Beyond</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">20</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">97</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">BBBY</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Retailers</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">McDonald’s Corporation</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">21</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">25</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">MCD</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Restaurants</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Sony Corporation</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">22</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">46</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">SNE</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Electronics, Electrical Equip.</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Honda Motor Company</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">23</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">28</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">HMC</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Motor Vehicles</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Eastman Kodak Company</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">24</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">211</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">EK</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Precision Instruments</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Lowe’s Companies</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">25</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">43</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">LOW</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Retailers</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Target Corporation</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">26</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">35</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">TGT</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Retailers</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">IBM Corporation</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">27</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">7</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">IBM</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Computers &#38; Peripherals</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Xerox Corporation</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">28</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">114</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">XRX</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Office Equipment</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Gap, The</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">29</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">78</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">GPS</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Retailers</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Nike</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">30</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">45</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">NKE</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Apparel, Shoes</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">La-Z Boy</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">31</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">265</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">LZB</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Furniture, Home Furnishings</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">American Greetings Corporation</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">32</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">225</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">AM</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Packaging</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">PepsiCo</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">33</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">17</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">PEP</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Beverages</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Toyota Motor Corporation</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">34</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">12</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">TM</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Motor Vehicles</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">New York Times</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">35</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">210</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">NYT</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Publishing</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">General Electric Company</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">36</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">5</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">GE</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Diversified Industrials</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Whirlpool Corporation</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">37</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">127</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">WHR</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Industrial Equipment</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Liz Claiborne</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">38</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">245</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">LIZ</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Apparel, Shoes</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Home Depot</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">39</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">30</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">HD</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Retailers</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Yahoo!</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">40</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">57</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">YHOO</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Internet</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Sara Lee Corporation</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">41</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">111</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">SLE</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Food</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Wal-Mart Stores</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">42</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">3</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">WMT</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Retailers</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Avon Products</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">43</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">85</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">AVP</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Toiletries, Household Products</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Marriott</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">44</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">100</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">MAR</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Hotel &#38; Entertainment</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Charles Schwab</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">45</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">67</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">SCHW</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Brokerage</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Polo Ralph Lauren</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">46</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">112</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">RL</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Apparel, Shoes</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Microsoft Corporation</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">47</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">2</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">MSFT</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Computer Software</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Goodyear Tire &#38; Rubber Company </span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">48</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">143</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">GT</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Auto Parts</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">J. C. Penney Company</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">49</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">105</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">JCP</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Retailers</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Ford Motor</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">50</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">64</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">F</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Motor Vehicles</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Nissan Motor</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">51</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">48</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">NSANY</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Motor Vehicles</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Sherwin-Williams Company</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">52</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">113</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">SHW</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Chemicals</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Boeing</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">53</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">42</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">BA</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Aerospace, Defense</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Procter &#38; Gamble Company</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">54</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">6</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">PG</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Toiletries, Household Products</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Tupperware Corporation</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">55</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">164</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">TUP</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Toiletries, Household Products</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Kraft Foods</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">56</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">39</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">KFT</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Food</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">H&#38;R Block</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">57</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">119</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">HRB</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Diversified Financial</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">AT&#38;T</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">58</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">13</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">T</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Telecommunication Services</span></td>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Apple</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">59</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">8</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">AAPL</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Computers &#38; Peripherals</span></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Motorola</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">60</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">73</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">MOT</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Telecommunication Equipment</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Kohl’s Corporation</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">61</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">74</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">KSS</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Retailers</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">FujiFilm Holdings </span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">62</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">90</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">FUJIY</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Electronics, Electrical Equip.</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Sunoco</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">63</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">152</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">SUN</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Petroleum Refining</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Radioshack Corporation</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">64</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">187</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">RSH</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Retailers</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Verizon Communications</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">65</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">23</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">VZ</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Telecommunications Services</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Borders Group</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">66</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">312</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">BGP</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Retailers</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Walgreen Company</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">67</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">41</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">WAG</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Pharmacy Services</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Dell</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">68</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">51</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">DELL</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Computers &#38; Peripherals</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">DuPont</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">69</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">50</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">DD</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Chemicals</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Office Depot</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">70</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">184</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">ODP</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Office Equipment</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Pitney Bowes</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">71</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">132</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">PBI</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Office Equipment</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Allstate Corporation</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">72</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">80</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">ALL</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Insurance</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Hormel Foods Corporation</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">73</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">137</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">HRL</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Food</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Staples</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">74</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">82</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">SPLS</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Office Equipment</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">H. J. Heinz</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">75</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">94</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">HNZ</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Food</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Exxon Mobil Corporation</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">76</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">1</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">XOM</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Petroleum Refining</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Honeywell International</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">77</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">58</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">HON</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Diversified Industrials</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">OfficeMax</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">78</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">228</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">OMX</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Office Equipment</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Loews Corporation</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">79</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">88</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">L</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Diversified Industrials</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Saks</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">80</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">233</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">SKS</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Retailers</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">CVS Caremark Corporation</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">81</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">31</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">CVS</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Pharmacy Services</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Rite Aid</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">82</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">213</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">RAD</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Pharmacy Services</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Canon</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">83</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">34</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">CAJ</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Electronics, Electrical Equip.</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Bristol-Myers Squibb Company</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">84</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">36</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">BMY</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Pharmaceuticals</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Tyson Foods</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">85</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">138</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">TSN</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Food</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Morgan Stanley</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">86</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">40</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">MS</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Brokerage</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Texas Instrument</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">87</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">59</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">TXN</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Semiconductors</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Google</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">88</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">10</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">GOOG</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Internet</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">eBay</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">89</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">53</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">EBAY</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Internet</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Capital One Financial</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">90</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">87</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">COF</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Diversified Financial</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Papa John’s</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">91</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">259</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">PZZA</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Restaurants</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Tiffany &#38; Company</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">92</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">135</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">TIF</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Retailers</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Sprint Nextel Corporation</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">93</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">107</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">S</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Telecommunication Services</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Timberland Company</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">94</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">251</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">TBL</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Apparel, Shoes</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Chevron Corporation</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">95</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">15</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">CVX</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Petroleum Refining</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Daimler</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">96</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">33</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">DAI</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Motor Vehicles</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">B. F. Goodrich</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">97</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">122</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">GR</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Aerospace, Defense</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Aetna</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">98</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">104</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">AET</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Medical Supplies, Services</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Pep Boys</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">99</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">266</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">PBY</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Retailers </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="20" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Continental Airlines</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">100</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">189</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">CAL</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;">Transportation</span></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<hr />Methodology: CoreBrand tracks 800 of the world’s best corporate brands and maintains the largest continuous brand benchmark tracking system.</p>
<p>Each year, on a rolling basis, CoreBrand conducts 8,000 telephone interviews among business leaders to measure their perceptions of some of the world’s best corporate brands. Respondents are business decision-makers from the top 20% of U.S. businesses.</p>
<p>This senior business audience (VP level and above) represents the investment community, potential business partners, and business customers across 49 key industries. 400 respondents rate each company per year; 800 companies are measured each year. Our reports are updated on a quarterly basis to reflect any subtle changes.</p>
<p>CoreBrand collects financial performance data and communications investment information to understand the support behind and impact of these brands. These corporate brand strength ratings, as well as a company’s financial data are used in CoreBrand’s statistical model to determine the percentage of market capitalization that is directly derived from the corporate brand. Once that percentage is calculated, a dollar value is assigned to the corporate brand.</p>
<p>The percentage of market capitalization, attributable to the corporate brand. The percentage is then translated into a dollar value, based on the current market capitalization. The analysis is examined over time, to determine if the corporate brand is a growing or declining asset.</p>
<p>Douglas A. McIntyre</p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>3Suns</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[As I XBL messaged you, that latest reveal of the Alien attack in AvP has my curiosity piqued. Though]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>As I XBL messaged you, that latest reveal of the <a href="http://www.gametrailers.com/game/aliens-vs-predator/10843" target="_blank">Alien attack</a> in AvP has my curiosity piqued.<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-203" title="Aliens vs Predator" src="http://thestranded.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/1043949-alienvspredator08_super.jpg" alt="Aliens vs Predator" width="600" height="337" /></p>
<p>Though it will most certainly be lacking the absolute necessity for teamwork (at least as the Predators or Aliens),  if AvP is anything at all like L4D, I am going to struggle not to pre-order it, let alone buy it.  And if Gearbox follows through with Aliens, wow.  Just wow!</p>
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<link>http://gamingbox.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/aliens-vs-predator-avp-new-agression-trailer/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bhautikjoshi</dc:creator>
<guid>http://gamingbox.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/aliens-vs-predator-avp-new-agression-trailer/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[New video for AvP game which is kind of Alien Reveal trailer in addition to Marine and Preadtor reve]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/IUKqez_qtbw&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/IUKqez_qtbw&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>New video for AvP game which is kind of Alien Reveal trailer in addition to Marine and Preadtor reveal trailer released earlier.A</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Aliens vs Predator - Aliens]]></title>
<link>http://strangera.com/2009/10/17/aliens-vs-predator-aliens/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>stranger</dc:creator>
<guid>http://strangera.com/2009/10/17/aliens-vs-predator-aliens/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Оххх на батко! Новият трейлър на новата Aliens vs Predator игра на Rebellion: Хищно!]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Оххх на батко! Новият трейлър на новата <a href="http://strangera.com/category/games/alien-games/">Aliens vs Predator</a> игра на Rebellion:<br />
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<p>Хищно!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Samsung Corby]]></title>
<link>http://infochattv.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/samsung-corby/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ADMIN</dc:creator>
<guid>http://infochattv.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/samsung-corby/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Logitech Notebook Accessories]]></title>
<link>http://infochattv.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/logitech-notebook-accessories/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ADMIN</dc:creator>
<guid>http://infochattv.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/logitech-notebook-accessories/</guid>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/V6IITnEOZb4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/V6IITnEOZb4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
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