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Molina Light,a Possible Backstop Libation for the 2012 Rays
When I first heard we were possibly getting a member of the famed Molina trifecta of catching. Instantly my mind was a-flutter with who of the trio of Molina's had been caught in the Rays net. I knew instantly it could not be Yadier. For the youngest Molina was probably still basking in the underdog afterglow after securing the improbable 2011 World Series Championship.
My mind quickly shifted gears 180 degrees wondering if my old baseball friend Bengie was eager to help his old Halos Bench Coach and current Rays Manager Joe Maddon strengthen up his pitching staff and young catchers. I was thrust back into our own Rays Republic reality when I heard Bengie is loving his time away from the game watching his kids grow up, and possibly hinting of a return of his own to the diamond, but not as a player.
With the two bookend Molinas accounted for as non-factors for the 2012 Rays roster, it left only the middle brother and a bit of a mid-line offensive minded Molina. Neither of the potential choice cuts of the Molina clan where heading to Tampa Bay. Instead we might be getting the robust yet refined Molina Light.
Granted Jose Benjamin Molina Matta has his own set of World Series rings the first garnered in 2002 when he backed up older bro Bengie with the Halos, then again in 2009 as a member of the New York Yankees. This middle-of-the-road Molina had a bit of history in his baseball resume after becoming the last MLB player to hit a Home Run in the original Yankee Stadium.
After that game the baseball savvy Molina took to quoting famous Bronx icon Babe Ruth who in his last public speech at the original Yankee Stadium said, "I was glad to have hit the first home run in this park. God knows who will hit the last". Now that is paying the ultimate homage to a man who's offensive swagger was said to have built the original Yankee Stadium.
I am sorry if the "Molina Light" might seem a bit harsh, but it is unfortunately realistic. If you had a choice of any of the trio, even the retired Bengie would get your honest vote over the former Toronto Blue Jay backstop. Sure Jose is the tallest of the Molina catching foundation standing a robust 6 foot 2 inches, but his career total of 24 Home Runs, 430 hits and a lifetime .241 average begs you to consider him "light" with the lumber.
In his favor is his uncanny ability to get the most out of his pitchers, especially young staffs. I was impressed over the past 2 MLB seasons when Molina was handed a merry-go-round of pitchers to become familiar with, some with experience, both most still just raw talents. He sculpted that young staff, refined a few of their weaknesses and used their advantages night in and night out to steal critical wins from opponents. I shudder to think what that staff would of accomplished had there not been the injuries and setbacks.
With the Rays possibly having maybe 2-3 starting pitchers coming into Spring Training 2012 with less than 2 full MLB seasons of work, maybe the 1 year deal for Molina with a club option kicker might end up being more than the Rays usual modus operandi of a solid veteran presence to act as a mentor to work with and teach the Rays young crew of backstops, plus add another layer of fine tuned seasoning to guys like young pitchers Jeremy Hellickson, Matt Moore, Alex Torres and Alex Cobb.
The Rays would be however experiencing Deja Vu by bringing in another veteran catcher who has a skilled and solid defensive style, which firmly fits the Rays mold, but Molina has seen his offensive numbers decline since 2010, and that gives me a huge reason for concern. Still signing Molina for a 1-year deal with a club option for 2013 could end up being both financially feasible and a future insurance policy in the event John Jaso or Jose Lobaton can not grow and escalate to take this Rays pitching staff to a higher level.
Jose Molina might not be my favorite Molina, but I respect his past present and future work ethic and his undying courage to sit another season behind the plate and get battered night after night by bats, balls and thundering base runners. In that regard he is a solid choice, and along with his skill at slicing and dicing the pitching game plan into a lean, mean strikeout machine, he could be a welcome and solid addition for 2012.
In retrospect, the Rays are a better team with any Molina behind the plate be it Bengie, Yadier or Jose. Who knows, if Dioner Navarro can have a breakout season and be an All-Star, maybe the Rays are just the place for another Molina brother to make his mark.


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INFORMATION_SCHEMA tables which are specific to
NDB Cluster. The
FILES table was added
in MySQL Server 5.1 as part of NDB Cluster data-on-disk support (it
is available in standard MySQL 5.5 but is not used there). The
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ndbinfo information database in
MySQL NDB Cluster 7.2.2; it is implemented as an
INFORMATION_SCHEMA plugin available only in NDB
Cluster binaries or source, and does not exist in MySQL Server 5.5.
Additional statistical and other data about NDB Cluster
transactions, operations, threads, blocks, and other aspects of
performance can be obtained from the tables in the
ndbinfo database. Information
about these tables, see Section 18.5.10, "ndbinfo: The NDB Cluster Information Database".

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Variation in teen driver education by state requirements and sociodemographics." Pediatrics. 2012;129(3):453-7."
Development of a US Child-Focused Motor Vehicle Crash Surveillance System: A Pilot Study." Ann Adv Automot Med. 2011;55:33-40."
Miles to Go: Establishing Benchmarks for Teen Driver Safety. Philadelphia : The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute; 2011.
Prevalence of teen driver errors leading to serious motor vehicle crashes." Accid Anal Prev. 2011;43(4):1285-90."
Adolescent Drivers' Perceptions of the Advantages and Disadvantages of Abstention from In-vehicle Cell Phone Use." Accident Analysis & Prevention. 2010;42(6):1570-76."
Birth outcomes among offspring of women exposed to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks." Obstet Gynecol. 2010;116(4):917-25."


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Jessi Cruickshank Gossip
Jessi Cruickshank gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Mrs Wahlberg's BitchFace
And here we thought she was just a garden variety model wife. A very fertile one at that. But Mrs Wahlberg, also known as Rhea Durham, she has a raging bitch inside of her. And when she lets it out? Look. The. F-ck. Out. It's amazing. The background: I work on an entertainment news show in Canada called etalk Full Story
Meet the Jessi
As you know, Lauren Conrad has her own rather successful clothing line. One of the dresses in her Holiday 2008 Collection is called The Jessi…named after Jessi Cruickshank, the gorgeous and impossibly adorable host the MTV's The Aftershow which is shot and produced in Canada. Word. What's Jessi like? So smart … SO smart. Full Story


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Days after accusing his western allies of seeking to push him from power, Afghan President Hamid Karzai continued to speak out over the weekend, reportedly saying he would not be a "puppet" of the U.S.
The heated rhetoric came after the White House called Karzai's earlier comments "troubling" and Sec. of State Hillary Clinton spoke by phone Friday with the Afghan leader to cool down the burgeoning feud.
With the U.S. prepping to escalate the war in Afghanistan by driving the Taliban from their spiritual home in Kandahar, how concerned should policy makers and the public be over Karzai's stepped-up spat with the West? Pundits weigh-in:
- "The White House needs the American public, not to mention its soldiers, to believe in the Afghan mission," writes Robert Haddick for Foreign Policy. "Publicly quarreling with and disparaging Karzai and his government can quickly shatter that belief."
- Brookings fellow Bruce Riedel agrees that we're stuck with Karzai, so both countries should focus on getting out of a "cycle of insult and apology. ... Washington has a long history of choosing foreign leaders in insurgencies and then having trouble when they assert their independence," Riedel writes for The Daily Beast. "The lesson is not to choose other peoples' leaders. It's too late then to cry foul."
- In an analysis, New York Times reporter Alissa J. Rubin argues Karzai has "boxed in" the west. So what options does the U.S. have? "Threaten to withdraw troops or actually withdraw them; use diplomacy, which so far has had little result; and find ways to expand citizen participation in the government, which now has hardly any elected positions at the provincial and district levels," she writes.
- Matthew Green, writing for the Financial Times, argues Karzai's "anti-foreign stance" complicates NATO commander Stanley McChrystal's "strategy on convincing Afghans to side with the western-backed government. ... Mr. Karzai's remarks threaten to reopen the debate among US and European voters about why their troops are dying to uphold his government," he writes.
- "Politics in this part of the world is a contact sport, and we shouldn't be afraid of Afghan expressions of sovereignty," writes WaPost columnist David Ignatius. He recommends the U.S. "build Afghan security forces and governance structures that can hold together as Americans start to leave in July 2011," but acknowledges there is "little evidence" that transition will occur on schedule.


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Technology Initiative Grant Program
LSC Technology Initiative Grants seek to improve legal services delivery to the low-income population and to increase access by low-income persons to high quality legal services, to the judicial system, and to legal information.
- Overview
- Eligibility
- How To Apply
- Reporting, Compliance Requirements & Applicable Law
- Current Grants
- Submission Deadlines
Technology can and must play a vital role in transforming service delivery so that all poor people in the United States with an essential civil legal need obtain some form of effective assistance." - LSC's Report of The Summit on the Use of Technology to Expand Access to Justice
Since 2000, when Congress first appropriated special funds for the Technology Initiative Grants program, LSC has been a leader in the development and use of technology to more effectively meet the legal needs of low-income Americans.
Over the past 17 years we have awarded $57 million in grants for more than 670 projects that leverage technology to help meet the civil legal needs of low-income people. The amount of TIG funding available in 2017 will depend on the fiscal year appropriation to the LSC from Congress, which had not been determined. The federal government is currently operating under a Continuing Resolution (CR) that expires April 28, 2017. The Continuing Resolution maintains funding at FY 2017 levels, which for TIG is $4 million, but with an across-the-board reduction of 0.19 percent, or $7,600 for TIG. In 2016, 34 TIG projects received funding with a median funding amount of $87,211.
The key goals of the Technology Initiative Grant program are to encourage grantees to use technology in innovative ways to:
- Effectively and efficiently provide high quality legal assistance to low-income persons and to promote access to the judicial system through legal information, advice, and representation;
- Improve service delivery, quality of legal work, and management and administration of grantees; and
- Develop, test, and replicate innovative strategies that can enable grantees and state justice communities to improve clients' access to high quality legal assistance through an integrated and well managed technology system.
TIG funding has provided LSC with a remarkable opportunity to explore new ways to serve eligible persons, to help build legal aid programs' capacities, and to support the efforts of pro bono attorneys. These projects use a broad range of technologies -- including mobile, cloud computing, data analysis, and automated document assembly -- to make the delivery of legal services in the United States more efficient and effective.
Learn more about the projects we have funded through the TIG program.
Technology Initiative Grants are only available to current LSC basic field grant recipients. Although other entities are not eligible to apply, they are encouraged to participate as project partners.
Applicants must be up to date according to the milestone schedule on all existing TIG projects prior to submitting a Letter of Intent (LOI) or have requested and received an adjustment to the original milestone schedule. TIGs will not be awarded to any applicant unless the applicant has made satisfactory progress on all TIGs previously awarded to it and is not currently subject to any short funding (i.e., less than one year) on basic field grants.
LSC recipients that have had a previous TIG terminated for failure to provide timely reports and submissions are not eligible to receive a TIG for three years after their earlier grant was terminated. This policy does not apply to applicants that worked with LSC to end a TIG early after an unsuccessful project implementation resulting from technology limitations, a failed proof of concept, or other reasons outside of the applicant's control.
How to Apply
The TIG program has a two-step application process.
Step 1. Submit a Letter of Intent (LOI)
The TIG application process begins with the submission of a brief (2-5 page) letter of intent (LOI) to apply for funding. The submission of a LOI enables a prospective applicant to get feedback on their project idea. We will invite full proposals for those projects that have a reasonable chance of success in the grant competition process based on LSC's analysis of the information provided in the LOI. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact TIG staff with any questions or to get information about prior TIG projects.
See the 2017 Notice of Request for Letters of Intent to Apply for TIG Funding for more information.
LSC will host a webinar on the 2017 TIG cycle on February 13, 2017. This webinar will review the TIG cycle rules and requirements, the initial Letter of Intent process, and discuss TIG's area of interest under which applicants may elect to submit applications. Click here to register for this webinar.
LSC has also posted three sample letters of intent for the 2017 cycle. These documents are intended to provide general guidance to applicants and may not meet all requirements.
Letters of Intent are due on Monday, March 13, 2017 by 11:59 pm EDT. They must be submitted using the LSC Grants online system. Invitations to submit a full application will be sent out in April.
Step 2. Submit a Full Application
LSC invites successful LOI applicants to submit a full application in the LSC Grants online system. TIG application instructions, issued following the LOI phase, will provide detailed information about the requirements and review criteria to receive a TIG award.
Applications are submitted using LSC's online grant system and are due on June 5, 2017. TIG awards are announced in September.
Sample Grant Applications
Applicants can utilize these sample application components when preparing their funding requests. These documents are intended to provide general guidance to applicants and may not meet all requirements for the 2017 TIG cycle. Programs should review the full application instructions before they begin drafting.
- Sample Project Narrative 1
- Sample Project Narrative 2
- Sample Project Narrative 3
- Sample Project Narrative 4
- Sample Payment Schedule 1
- Sample Payment Schedule 2
- Sample Budget
Grant Application Resources
- 2017 Notice of Request for Letters of Intent to Apply for TIG Funding
- LSC's Online Grants System (Applicants will submit their LOIs through this system. You will need to log in as the primary contact for an LSC grantee or as the designated TIG contact.)
- List of Replicable Projects and Final Report Samples
- LSC's Technologies that Should Be in a Legal Aid Office, Revised 2015 (LSC Baselines)
Reporting, Compliance Requirements & Applicable Law
TIGs are subject to the same rules and regulations as other grants from LSC. For guidance on the operation and responsibilities of LSC and its grantees, review the Rules & Regulations page on the LSC website. TIG awards are also subject to TIG Grant Assurances found on the TIG Compliance page. See also the TIG Reporting section under Grantee Guidance for information on:
Current Grants
LSC funds proposals for innovative and creative technology projects. The links below provide for more information on past TIG awards.


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Cannes 2009 Articles
Cannes Film Festival 2009 news, gossip, photos, and video.
On the terrace - Laura's POV
Lainey:Many of you have written to ask about Laura's perspective on the terrace at the du Cap the other night. When she tried not to eyef-ck Robert Pattinson too obviously. Others have emailed to say you'd prefer Laura's account because mine lacked enthusiasm. And a few twi-hards hated on me for not taking his picture. Full Story
Desperate Ebola in Cannes
The Croisette has been contaminated this week by Ebola Paris Hilton and that loser it's been dragging around as its boyfriend. We've managed to avoid infection thus far, have not run into them at any parties. Fingers crossed. Should probably stay away from VIP Room tonight though. It's Christian Audigier's birthday celebration for starters, and on top of all the euro Ed Hardy wearing douchebags, adding that f-cking virus to the scene is bound to result in major disease. Full Story
Diane Kruger's Basterd day
She looked incredible at the photo call in the morning. Amazing. The hair! Will be copying the hair. Last night on the carpet – meh on the dress. Guess why? It's Marchesa! And Inglourious Basterds has Harvey Weinstein all over it. Anyway, Diane's profile has been pretty low key this week. Full Story
Annual on the terrace 2
From dinner it's a long beautiful, palm tree-lined walkway up to the terrace bar for drinks looking out over the gardens. A stunning view. When it's go go go for several days straight on the crowded Croisette, it's not a bad idea to get away from the frenzy. The Croisette is a one massive clusterf-ck. Full Story
Annual on the terrace
It's the fourth year for us at Cannes. And every year we have at least one night at the du Cap. On a night when it's best to get away from the Croisette, when we don't have any evening assignments, we make our pilgrimage. There is no Dylan this time though. We miss Dylan. In 2007 Dylan stood next to George Clooney and called him wee. Full Story
Pitt Porn for Basterds
It's the third year in a row. And there's something about Cannes that brings out the best in the Brange. The heat and humidity, the moistness in the air, all of it gets magnified tenfold between them and they take their hot and horny chemistry onto the carpet and the whole world is left quivering. Full Story
Pitt Porn teaser!
Tonight they'll do it full on carpet style. But last night a little more private. Radaronline has just secured these photos of the Brange kissing last night. Full Story
Sound familiar?
Once upon a time, Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe presented together at the Oscars. He told her to open the envelope because she made more money. Many raised eyebrows. I took it as a joke. But as her star began to climb, as she became one of the highest paid, most popular actresses in Hollywood, so his sulky carby face began to make more and more appearances. Full Story
Brad in the morning
A fried rice day indeed. The press screening was at 8:30am. Here's how it works: thousands of journalists are accredited every year for the Cannes Film Festival. We're able to view films at scheduled press screening times but only on a first come first serve basis colour coded by badge. For the more popular films, queuing early is critical, even if your badge is one of the higher levels. Full Story
Marion & Guillaume: carpet together!
Very rare! Squee! Last night at the Chopard event, Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet walked together, and held hands. Love them so much. So f-cking beautiful. This afternoon we were on our way to a meeting, he and 2 associates walked right by us, no security, no fanfare, totally unusual for Cannes, so I tripped. Full Story
I commented on Twitter yesterday that it feels like Willem Dafoe has to be naked in every one of his movies. Obviously an exaggeration. But he's naked a lot. He's also a sexy beast. And, yes, he's very very naked in his new movie Antichrist which screened at Cannes yesterday and is by far the most controversial film of the festival so far. Full Story


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Looking for a trackpad that doubles as an artist's tool—but don't want to spend a fortune on an extra input device? The $99.99 (direct) Bamboo Pen & Touch CTH-460 supports multitouch, which lets you scroll up and down through Web pages or zoom in and out of photos using finger gestures. It also works with document editing and can rotate images, on either a PC or a Mac. For more precision editing or artwork, the included pen makes drawing, editing photos, and marking up documents simple. Even if the CTH-460 doesn't approach the fine accuracy and customization capabilities of Wacom's higher-end Intuos4 ($370.00, ) or Cintiq ($999.00, ) series, for the money, this trackpad delivers—and at a much-more palatable price.
Design and Setup
The Bamboo Pen & Touch CTH-460 weighs 7.6 ounces and measures 9.8 by 6.9 inches. It features a 4.9-by-3.4-inch active touch area and a 5.8-by-3.6-inch active pen area. The entire surface is made of hard matte plastic, save for a small glossy area containing the ExpressKeys (more on those below) and the Bamboo logo. You can reverse the pad for right- or left-handed use, but with a catch: the fixed four-foot USB cord doesn't detach like on other Wacom products. Depending on the configuration and whether you're using it with a laptop with side-mounted USB ports, the cord can get in the way.
Four unlit ExpressKeys line the side nearest the USB cord, instead of eight OLED-backlit keys like on Wacom's higher-end trackpads. You can program the ExpressKeys to call up various functions in different programs. I would have preferred to see two left- and right-click buttons along the bottom to better mimic a laptop trackpad for general navigation—at least in this dual-purpose consumer product, if not Wacom's other trackpads. The pen, meanwhile, is a lightweight plastic affair that feels a bit cheap, though the tiny plastic tip still has a little give for solid feedback during precision edits. The pen also contains two programmable buttons. A red nylon cloth loop on the right side holds the pen when you're not using it.
Fortunately, system requirements are sparse: any Windows 7, Vista, or XP with Service Pack 2 machine, or Mac OS X (10.4.8 or higher) with a free USB port should be fine. Retail versions contain the trackpad and pen, plus a quick start guide, a driver software CD, and a DVD containing full versions of both Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0/6.0 for Mac and Nik Color Efex Pro 3.0 WE3; my review model didn't come with the DVD. I tested the Bamboo Pen & Touch CTH-460 on a Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q850 ($1,899.00, ) Core i7 laptop running Windows 7 ($119.00-319.00, ) and Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 ($99.99, ).
Multitouch and General Navigation
The multitouch idea isn't new, of course. Many recent laptops, including the Apple MacBook Pro ($1,199.00, ) and the Acer Aspire AS8940-6865 ($1,399.00, ), support various multitouch gestures. That's not to mention smartphones with glass capacitive touch screens, such as Apple's iPhone 3GS ($199.00, ) and Google's Nexus One ($179.99, ). Regardless, the CTH-460 still impresses. In addition to the four standard trackpad functions (navigate, click, double-click, and right-click), it supports five multi-touch gestures: forward and back, two-finger scroll (up and down), select and drag (two taps plus a finger tip drag), pinch-zoom in and out, and rotate (two wide fingers, twist).
In my tests, the CTH-460 worked well. Compared with using a laptop, you do have to reach over the same way you would with a desktop mouse, but then use laptop-style gestures to move the cursor. Once you adjust to that difference, it's actually pretty easy. The CTH-460 was plenty accurate for gestures and even fine cursor movements, much more so than the tiny Toshiba laptop trackpad. The same goes for double-finger scrolling on Web pages, which I was already used to doing on the MacBook Pro. The CTH-460 does the same thing just as well, and gives you more surface area to work with.
Drawing and Editing Performance
The CTH-460 also excels with artwork and photo editing. I fired up Photoshop Elements 8, picked up the bundled pen, and was able to draw and lay down color with precise gestures. You don't get the 2,048 pressure-sensitive layers of Wacom's Intuos4, but it's still accurate enough for regular drawing and editing. The pad is pressure sensitive to 512 levels; the harder you press, the more "ink" appears using the brush tool. As a result, you can easily lighten or darken areas of an image the same way you can with the Intuos4. Just like with that model, you can flip the pen upside down and use the plastic tip as an eraser; when I did this, Photoshop Elements 8 automatically switched to the Eraser tool.
If you're a design pro, you'll want one of Wacom's higher-end products like the Intuos4, but if you're simply looking for a trackpad that does a little more, the Bamboo Pen & Touch CTH-460 is well worth the investment. I found it to be ideal for light sketches, (failed) attempts at cartooning, and even photo editing. It's much easier to use the trackpad than a mouse for all of these tasks. Plus, even the best laptop trackpads don't come close to the size or sensitivity of the CTH-460. It's not perfect, but at just $99.99 with a solid software bundle, it's tough to go wrong.


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Videos | June 13, 2011
Aquarius Update: Episode 5 - Lift-off!
NASA's Aquarius begins its mission to study the salt in Earth's ocean.
Transcript:Hi, I'm Amit Sen. I'm at Vandenberg Air Force Base at the Mission Director's Center, where we just launched Aquarius/SAC-D and we had a fantastic launch.
We have ignition and lift-off of Aquarius and the SAC-D observatory on an international mission to study Earth's salty seas.
So we were ecstatic. We had a successful launch and we got into orbit just like clockwork.
And we have separation command
The rocket took us all the way around the world past Antarctica and right over Africa the rocket released the spacecraft. (Applause)
We have separation.
(Applause) Good spacecraft separation. Aquarius is now flying on its own.
It sent us signals down telling us, it is alive, it is well, and then the video that was captured by the rocket that told us the solar panel had been deployed and it was on its own, charging its own batteries.
And that gave us the positive confirmation that we're healthy, we're well and we're good to go.
I'm Amit Sen. This is the final update and thank you for being with us all through the journey.


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Quote Of The Day: The Walking Dead
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Television,
"Time and time again we see events like what happened today with Glen Mazzara. They continue to disrespect writers, s*** on their audience and bury their network. Mazzara took the work-in-progress that was Walking Dead and turned it into a viable TV show with a future. Without him, that future is dim. Showrunners are not development executives, we're not cookie-cutter douchebags that you plug into a preexisting model. TWD will suffer. Even zombies need consistency."
- TV Producer Shawn Ryan (The Shield) on Glen Mazzara leaving The Walking Dead after Season 3
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Quote Of The Day: Paul O'Connor on 'Dr. Strange'
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Movies, Marvel Comics,
"My pitch: It's the energy of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes crossed with the bump-in-the-night thrills of Paranomal Activity; in TV terms, it would be like turning House MD loose on Supernatural."
- Paul O'Connor talking about what a Dr. Strange movie could be like. Joining him in the discussion, Chris Ulm, and yours truly.
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[Artwork: Dr. Strange © Marvel Comics]
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Quote Of The Day: Virgin Vampires
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Reviews, Independent,
"Anyone schooled in Hammer — even at an elementary level — can see that the duo has succeeded. Personally, having recently consumed the Blu-rays of the early 1970s' Vampire Circus and Twins Of Evil, I could see the stamp permeating every page: a heavy cloak of Gothic atmosphere, rich period details, tight corsets to best accentuate the cleavage …"
- Reviewer Rod Lott on Virgin Vampires, the graphic novel created by writer Douglas Brode and artist Joe Orsak
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[Artwork: Virgin Vampires]
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Quote Of The Day: Dan DiDio
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, DC Comics,
"I am getting a number of messages and notes on the cancellation of Hellblazer. This was not an easy decision and I'd like to say there is a natural conclusion to the Constantine storyline in the Hellblazer series. Number 300 will be as special as you would expect it to be. Hellblazer's had a long and incredibly successful run and that's a tip of the hat to all the great creators that have worked on the book over the years. The new Constantine series will return him back to his roots in the DCU and hopefully be the start of another incredible run. Thanks for all your thoughts and support. Best, DD"
- Dan DiDio addresses fanboy outrage at the cancellation of Hellblazer (posted on his Facebook wall)
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[Artwork: Hellblazer, © DC Comics]
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Quote Of The Day: Robert Kirkman on The Walking Dead
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Television, Image Comics,
"As we were crafting this season, we realized that there was a lot to do with Rick and Carl after that event, so the moment kept moving closer to the beginning of the season until it was in Episode 4. This is the kind of episode that most people would save for the finale, but to have it so early in the season, it's like, 'What comes next?!' It really gives this season a pretty intense drive. It was really jarring, which I think is pretty cool."
- Robert Kirkman, co-creator and executive producer of The Walking Dead
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[Artwork: The Walking Dead]
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Quote Of The Day: John Scalzi on Disney/Star Wars
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Movies, Marvel Comics,
"In fact, if Disney had any brains at all, it would give the administration of the Star Wars property over to its Marvel Studios and say 'That thing? That thing you did with The Avengers? Yes, that. Here. Now.'"
- Award-winning science fiction writer John Scalzi (Redshirts, Old Man's War) weighing in on Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm
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[Artwork: Star Wars]
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Quote Of The Day: Iron Man 3
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Movies, Marvel Comics,
"Whew. Just saw the new Iron Man trailer. I'm really glad they got rid of that 'snarky humor action adventure' trope. No AC/DC, no quips, no fast cars, no stripping stewardesses. Finally, the pointless debris of 'entertainment' has been discarded in favor of the grim truth that lies beneath the surface of every comic book character."
- Chris Ulm, co-founder of Appy Entertainment (and a co-founder of Malibu Comics in an earlier life) saw the trailer for Iron Man 3 and it inspired him. And that's just the beginning of his epic takedown.
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[Artwork: Iron Man 3]
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Quote Of The Day: Joe Staton
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials,
"Today would be the birthday of Bob Kane, who seems to have had something to do with the creation of Batman. We have a sequence coming up in the (Dick) Tracy strip which features the henchmen Kane, Sprang and Robinson. So Happy Birthday to all involved, not forgetting Bill Finger. I based the sketch of Kane on a photo in the Jerry Robinson book... pointy little chin, bulbous eyes, long nose, weird grin with sharp teeth. I wonder, has it ever occurred to people who know about such things that the Joker was actually based on Bob Kane?"
- Joe Staton, artist on the Dick Tracy comic strip, posted on his Facebook page
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Quote Of The Day: Gary Tyrrell On Webcomics
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials,
"And then maybe we'll all finally come to the conclusion that no, the money isn't online, it's in the merchandise and the collections, and the same damn thing has always been true for syndicated strips. One last time for those at the back: Sparky [Charles Schulz] or Jim [Davis] or whichever megasuccess you wish to discuss did not become richer than God off of syndicate checks. The money came from getting the people who read the strip (and essentially paid nothing for it) to buy other stuff with characters on it."
- Webcomics blogger Gary Tyrrell at Fleen, once again laying it out for the people who don't get it, that the business model for webcomics is no different from that of newspaper comics. No. Different.
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[Artwork: Snoopy merchandise]
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Quote Of The Day: Steve Ditko
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Marvel Comics,
"If you have a certain point of view and reasons that you think are valid, then whether it's pro or anti, you can only and should only express those views you honestly hold."
- Steve Ditko in a letter to the fanzine Fanzation #3, 1969
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BOULDER, CO - December 2, 2010
Webroot, the first Internet security service company, has been named a finalist in both the Best Email Security and Best SME Security Solution categories in the 2011 SC Magazine Awards. Webroot® Web Security Service is recognized in the Excellence Award Best SME Security Solution category, which acknowledges companies with superior security products that help customers tackle today's pressing security challenges. Webroot Email Security Service is named in the Reader Trust Award Best Email Security Solution Category, which honors best-in-class security products and services.
The SC Magazine Awards and entries are judged by a panel of leading security officers from large, medium and small enterprises from all major vertical markets - representing the wide distribution of SC Magazine readers. Webroot Web and Email Security Services were selected from hundreds of entries submitted in more than 31 technology categories. Finalists will be reviewed and winners will be chosen by the wide distribution of SC Magazine readers - security and technology experts from large, medium and small enterprises from all major vertical markets.
"Webroot's innovations illustrate the passion and creativity the IT security industry is taking to protect valuable assets and interests," says SC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Illena Armstrong. "At the end of the day it's about protecting business, and Webroot was named a finalist because of their contribution to this effort."
In its 14th year, the information security industry's most prominent accolade, the annual SC Awards showcase the best solutions, services and professionals while recognizing achievement and technical excellence. SC Magazine distinguishes the achievements of the security professionals in the trenches, the innovations happening in the vendor and service provider communities and the passionate work of government, commercial and nonprofits - all working to help improve global security.
Winners of this year's SC Magazine Awards will be announced at a gala dinner and award ceremony to be held in San Francisco on Tuesday, February 15, 2011. The event is a night filled with excitement, along with an invaluable opportunity to network with the top corporate IT professionals in attendance. To attend the Awards, please register at www.scmagazineus.com/dinner--presentation/section/1557/
SC Magazine was named winner of 2010 Magazine of the Year by the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). It provides IT security professionals with in-depth and unbiased information through timely news, comprehensive analysis, cutting-edge features, contributions from thought leaders and the best, most extensive collection of product reviews in the business. By offering a consolidated view of IT security through independent product tests and well-researched editorial content that provides the contextual backdrop for how these IT security tools will address larger demands put on businesses today, SC Magazine enables IT security pros to make the right security decisions for their companies. In addition to the monthly print magazine and a vibrant website updated daily, the brand's portfolio includes SC World Congress Conference and Expo, SC Congress Canada, SC Magazine Awards, SC Directory and SC Magazine Newswire.


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Video shows man, 79, fighting off robber at 7-Eleven in Orlando
Deputies say robber told victim, 'Give it up old man'
ORLANDO, Fla. – A man with a gun hoping to rob a 79-year-old man had the tables turned on him when he picked an Orlando senior who fought back.
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It happened at the 7-Eleven on Lee Road around 5 p.m. Saturday.
Marvin Lail, 79, had just pulled up to a gas pump and put in a gallon of gas when a masked robber zeroed in and tried to grab his wallet.
"There was no time to ask for help. It was all action from beginning to end," said Lail, who took matters into his own hands. "He said, 'Give it up old man,' and tried to get my wallet at the same time."
Security video from the 7-Eleven shows the two men struggle behind Lail's car. Other drivers are seen in the video doing nothing to help the 79-year-old man fight off his attacker. So when that would-be robber tried to overpower him, Lail did what most would do -- he fought.
"He wasn't getting my money, and he wasn't getting my wallet and he had to kill me to get it," said Lail, who kept fighting even after the robber pulled out a gun. "I think I could have kicked it out of his hand. I was watching every move he made and I think I could have taken him."
Deputies continue to hunt for the man seen in the video, worried he could hit again.
Lail said he's fought the guy off before and would do it again.
"When I come out to pump gas, I'll only have one thing in my hand -- that's my credit card. My wallet will be hidden in the car and my concealed weapon, which is right here in the right pocket now, will be with me," said Lail, who thinks that robber might have targeted him because he's a senior citizen.
Deputies said the robber's face was covered and need help identifying him.
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Fourteen hours per body. That's how long rescue crews with shovels, hydraulic equipment and anything they can muster are averaging to find the victims of a massive landslide that took half the remote coffee-growing village of La Pintada, leaving 68 people missing.
The Mexican army's emergency response and rescue team slogged in several feet of mud with five rescue dogs on Sunday, recovering a third body, a man found wedged under the collapsed roof of dirt-filled home.
Lieutenant Carlos Alberto Mendoza, commander of the 16-soldier team, said it was the most daunting situation he's seen in 24 years with the Mexican army. "They are doing unbelievable work, hours and hours for just one body," he told the Associated Press. "No matter how hard the day is, they never get tired of working."
La Pintada was the scene of the single greatest tragedy in destruction wreaked by the twin storms, Manuel and Ingrid, which simultaneously pounded both of Mexico's coasts a week ago, spawning huge floods and landslides across a third of the country. The death toll stands at 101, not counting five federal police who died on a rescue mission on Thursday, when their Blackhawk helicopter crashed as they were leaving La Pintada. The wreckage wasn't found until Saturday. The toll also excludes the 68 missing.
Interior secretary Miguel Osorio Chong told Mexican media the death toll could go as high as 200 in the coming days, nearing that of Hurricane Paulina, which hit the same Guerrero state in 1997 and caused one of Mexico's worst storm disasters.
Houses were filled to their roofs with dirt, and vehicles were tossed on their sides when the hillside collapsed on Monday afternoon, after several days of rain brought by Tropical Storm Manuel, which along with Hurricane Ingrid gave Mexico a one-two punch.
"As of today, there is little hope now that we will find anyone alive," President Enrique Peña Nieto said after touring the devastation, adding that the landslide covered at least 40 homes.
Survivors staying at a shelter in Acapulco recounted how a tidal wave of dirt, rocks and trees exploded through the center of town, burying families in their homes and sweeping wooden houses into the bed of the swollen river that winds past the village on its way to the Pacific The scene by Saturday was desolate, a ghost town. One man remained to care for abandoned goats, pigs and chickens that seemed disoriented as they roamed the rescue site.
When the rains get too hard, the crew has to stop for fear of being buried, too, by another slide, Mendoza said. By Saturday the team had been on site for 48 hours. They had been ready to go two full days earlier, but bad weather conditions delayed their ability to reach the mountainous area northwest of the resort city of Acapulco.
Peña Nieto told storm survivors that La Pintada would be relocated and rebuilt in a safer location as officials responded to a wave of criticism that negligence and corruption were to blame for the vast devastation caused by two relatively weak storm systems.
"I will come to inaugurate a new La Pintada," he said. "That's a promise I'm making today to this community, which has undergone such a misfortune."
All week in Mexico City, editorials and public commentary said the government had made natural disasters worse because of poor planning, lack of a prevention strategy and corruption.
"Governments aren't responsible for the occurrence of severe weather, but they are for the prevention of the effects," wrote Mexico's nonprofit Center of Investigation for Development in an online editorial criticizing a federal program to improve infrastructure and relocate communities out of dangerous flood zones. "The National Water Program had good intentions but its execution was at best poor."
In a meeting with hotel owners in hard-hit Acapulco, Pena Nieto told the city that the reconstruction phase has begun, and that "Acapulco is standing". The government will help address the hoteliers' concerns, he added, including improving the main thoroughfare from Mexico City, the Highway of the Sun, which was closed by slides and damage, cutting off access for days.
The highway reopened on Friday, albeit with many detours skirting stretches damaged by flooding and landslides. As of Saturday, all of the thousands of stranded tourists had been able to leave Acapulco.
The storms affected 24 of Mexico's 31 states and 371 municipalities, which are the equivalent of counties. More than 58,000 people were evacuated, with 43,000 taken to shelters. Nearly 1,000 donation centers have been set up around the country, with nearly 700 tons of aid delivered so far. Nearly 800,000 people lost power across the country, though the Federal Electricity Commission said 94% of service had been restored as of Saturday morning.


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Mountain View, California (EastBayDaily) — It's hard enough getting into a college, but imagine being a student in Asia and having to take your college entrance exams in a completely foreign language. Not only are you cramming and memorizing new words late into the night, but progress is utterly stalled when coming upon mildly ambiguous analogies like ":football : pig skin ::". Thankfully for students in Japan, Korea, and China, an app that localizes Shmoop's fun, premium educational content for them was recently made possible through a new funding round led by Formation 8 and a long-term partnership with AKAStudy, Asia's leading mobile education app developer.
Shmoop positioned to be at forefront of learning in Asia
Formation 8, a venture capital firm focused on introducing transformational tech start-ups to the Asian market, led an investment in Shmoop, a publisher of digital curriculum and test prep. Already a leader in online learning, Shmoop's 7 million (and growing!) unique users visit the site's 250,000 pages of original content across 100+ subjects every month. Formation 8 said it was the logical choice to invest in Shmoop since the Silicon Valley based learning giant has an impressive track record in scaling its curriculum to thousands of schools and districts in the U.S.
"David and Ellen Siminoff are legends in Silicon Valley – they are two of the most influential mentors to top executives and leaders behind the scenes, with long track records of success. Their deep experience scaling businesses globally is unrivaled and we are very excited to partner with them and Shmoop to help these important education businesses become global leaders," said Joe Lonsdale, Partner at Formation 8 and co-founder of Palantir and Addepar.
As part of the investment, Shmoop established a unique content translation and distribution partnership with AKAStudy, another company within Formation 8's impressive portfolio. With the help of Formation 8, Shmoop and AKAStudy are now uniquely positioned to help build a global education platform, as the venture capital firm works with strategic conglomerates in Asia, including NHN, CJ Media & Entertainment, Korea Telecom, and the LG and Samsung families. The firm is also closely connected to top Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, including the founders of PayPal, Yahoo, Facebook, and other transformative technology companies. Also joining Formation 8's investment in Shmoop is globally renowned Wall Street investor Gordon Crawford, recently retired from Capital Group; Mr. Crawford was the original and only outside investor in Shmoop since its inception.
"China, Japan and Korea are Asia's three big educational powerhouses, and students are hungry for quality content that can be accessed 24/7. As education values in Asia shift from rote to active and creative learning, students require more humanized, engaging content delivered to their LG or Samsung devices. The combination of AKAStudy's distribution platform and Shmoop's unique content is powerful," said Brian Koo, Partner at Formation 8.
Partnership with AKAStudy
Through a shared revenue model and licensing agreement, AKAStudy will translate and sell Shmoop's content in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Shmoop also made a strategic investment in AKAStudy, which was established by the co-founders of Hackers Education Group, a leading English education firm in Korea that has published over 20 best-selling textbooks and won the "Brand of the Year" Grand Award in 2012. AKAStudy has 22 of the top 50 selling mobile apps in Asia, and Shmoop's investment will help the leading mobile education company continue to expand its operations. One of the ways they plan on doing this is to immediately start hiring people to translate and distribute Shmoop's fun, light-hearted spin on courses like math, AP English Literature, SAT Test Prep, and college essay prep. The new hires will be hand-picked by AKAStudy's management team to expertly translate Shmoop's content, which are written by Ivy League trained PhD graduates and comedy writers (they're serious about keeping it fun!).
"The partnership with AKAStudy is a reflection of the shrinking world we live in," said David Siminoff, Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Shmoop. "Curious students in Asia who are smart and want to learn subjects in a way that stays with them beyond memorizing lines of text can now instantly hear us explain how The Great Gatsby was the original Twilight-esque love triangle through mobile networks, platforms, and video. The pathos of a broken heart is a global, not local, phenomenon."
"There are approximately 1.5 billion mobile subscribers in the world – and a third of them live here in Asia. We're excited to see AKAStudy move forward education a little bit with fresh content from our new partner," said Raymond Jung, CEO of AKAStudy. "The kids will love Shmoop's hilarious take on subjects like Shakespeare and Calculus."
AKAStudy is already localizing Shmoop's test prep materials and learning guides and plans to launch with thousands of new pages of content available on iOS and Android.
About AKAStudy
AKAStudy is creating a mobile platform for English language test prep, addressing a $60+ billion market for a young demographic in Asia where mobile adoption and test prep are increasingly popular. AKAStudy's mobile application, Picto, automates previously labor-intensive editing feedback to student work, better ensuring student success on crucial tests such as TOEFL, TOEIC, and GMAT. The company is also creating a highly anticipated artificial intelligence editing engine that automatically gives personalized edits and feedback to user responses to sample writing and speaking questions. The management team is comprised of former engineers and executives who have deep knowledge and experience in both test prep education and consumer-facing mobile applications.
About Shmoop
Shmoop is a digital curriculum and test prep company that makes fun, rigorous learning and teaching materials. Shmoop content is written by master teachers and Ph.D. students from Stanford, Harvard, UC Berkeley, and other top universities. Shmoop Learning Guides, Test Prep, and Teacher's Editions balance a teen-friendly, approachable style with academically rigorous materials to help teachers help students understand how subjects relate to their daily lives. Shmoop sees over 7 million unique visitors a month on its site, and offers more than 7,000 titles across the Web, iPhone, Android devices, iPad, Kindle, Nook, and Sony Reader. The company has been honored twice by the Webby Awards and was named "Best in Tech" for 2010 and 2011 by Scholastic Administrator. Launched in 2007, Shmoop is headquartered in a labradoodle-patrolled office in Mountain View, California.
*SAT and AP are registered trademarks of the College Board, which was not involved in the production of and does not endorse this product. *ACT is a federally registered trademark of ACT, Inc. Shmoop University is not affiliated with or endorsed by ACT, Inc.
Ted Kietzman


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As a discipline it found a prominent place in the psyche of Web publishers because of the critical role the search engines played in driving traffic to Web sites, which in turn played a critical role in monetizing those sites.
But SEO was a victim of its own success. That success led to excess and with that excess came a threat to the efficacy of the very search engines it was intended to attract. Perhaps more importantly it caused publishers, marketers and various other content producers to lose the plot. They stopped writing for their audience and focused instead on producing stuff that only resonated with algorithms, not with people.
Let's take keyword search as an example, because that is SEO at its most basic level. It was a pretty rational idea to try to identify what keywords were most commonly being searched for and then include those keywords in your story. And add them to the headline. And then add more and more of them.
Then the spammers joined the SEO party and put those keywords into content that had absolutely nothing to do with what the unsuspecting Web user was actually searching for. In fact whole businesses grew up based on generating traffic by matching keyword queries and directing traffic to shallow, low-cost, low-value content.
So, 200 or so algorithm tweaks later, Google shuts this down. The use of links is following a similar escalation to oblivion pattern.
The goal of Google and every other search engine is to have quality rise to the top (unless of course you're willing to pay to be on top). So naturally their advice to Web authors is "write great content."
But the search engines can't really identify quality. What they do instead is first of all associate the quality of the content with the place it appears (e.g. you're more likely to come up with quality on the New York Times than on eHow,) and secondly, try to predict quality based upon robotically identifiable characteristics of the content. For example, it may be true that 400-word stories are more likely to be of higher quality that 200 word items. But they can't deal with the fact that you could say something brilliant in one graph.
Post-SEO Optimization
If you're a marketer or a PR professional, if you're the digital guru of your organization or one of the new breed of content marketers, you can't afford to just write something good and say "Here you go, Google." What you need to do is to optimize in a post-SEO world and here's some advice on how to do that.
- First of all your content needs a good home. Just putting it on your Web site isn't enough, you should have an online newsroom as part of your site. That becomes the landing page where you drive traffic to your content and the place were you use some best practice SEO for Web sites in order to capture searchers. Make it interesting. One of the biggest challenges with search engine traffic is getting them to click on more than one document. Use photos, use video and if you don't produce enough content yourself bring some in. Add a Twitter feed, YouTube videos or Flikr photos.
- You should also have a blog, whether as an individual or as an organization. A blog is one way to personalize your content. Take advantage of the unique writing styles and perspectives of individuals within your organization. De-institutionalize your content and provide another path to your online newsroom.
- You are not going to maximize your audience with search alone. Use social networks. Every new piece of content should give rise to several tweets with interesting excerpts from the document and links back to your online newsroom. One tactic that can be effective in building an audience is to not only use an organization account but also have individual accounts of thought leaders in your organization. This personalizes the messaging and makes it more social. (If you haven't built a strong following on Twitter you can use PR Newswire's Social Post to reach followers on our curated vertical Twitter accounts.) For B-to-B companies in particular, LinkedIn is becoming an increasingly important place to share information.
- It's important to hit every social network you can think of that's relevant to your business or your brand. However, quality beats quantity – it's better to focus on a couple where you can really concentrate on building a following. By learning what types of messaging draw the most likes, or follows, or shares, you can refine how you use each network.
- Placement is another way to get lots of readers. I'm not thinking about the classic and expensive ad network type of placement. There are many innovative alternatives in the market today including recommendation engines, keyword buy options and sponsored and preferred placement on mobile and social networks. A cost effective approach for placement is to use a commercial newswire service like PR Newswire that has a robust syndication network. This can enable you to reach many targeted sites that may have a very selective audience specifically interested in your content.
So optimization is as important as ever, but not for the practice of SEO that's all about keywords and links and gaming the search engines. Optimization has a broader meaning that starts with good content and good places to put it and then drives readers to that content through search, social and syndication.
Originally posted on January 21, 2013 on PRNewswire's Beyond PR Blog by Author Ken Dowell, PR Newswire's executive vice president of audience development & social media.Image courtesy of Flickr user TopRankOnlineMarketing.


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Two legal experts make the explosive argument that affirmative action hurts minority students' educational and career chances—and that liberals are in denial about it.
Affirmative action in higher education is a perennial lightning rod for controversy. But until recently, there has been little hard data about how and if racial preferences work.
In Mismatch, law professor Richard Sander and journalist Stuart Taylor, Jr. draw on extensive new research to prove that racial preferences put many students in educational settings where they have no hope of succeeding. Because they're under-prepared, fewer than half of black affirmative action beneficiaries in American law schools pass their bar exams. Preferences for well-off minorities help shut out poorer students of all races. More troubling still, major universities, fearing a backlash, refuse to confront the clear evidence of affirmative action's failure.
The controversy over affirmative action will take center stage this fall, when the Supreme Court hears Fisher v. Texas. Mismatch—a bold, nonpartisan, and scrupulously researched exposé of a well-intentioned policy's flaws—will be essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the real impact of this contentious social program.


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Episode CXLIII
ITE: Zach's french gangbanging, bad lag, Level 2 IT Support, plastic dicks, le cóme, indie movies, I can't hate Steve Jobs anymore, "I don't need a tablet; I got pen and paper", traditional arabian music, the hobbit sucks because it's actually a story for retarded children, "I wonder what Ahab is doing", Are you still metal?, French Electronic Music vs. German Weird Shit and sharing music as a positive thing.
Ben Howard – Oats in the Water
Omar Faruk Tekbilek – Rompi Rompi
Gesaffelstein – Pursuit
Grendel – EPR-EDP
Bid feat. Seu Jorge – E Depois…
Music Bed:
Omar Faruk Tekbilek – Garden of Delight
Omar Faruk Tekbilek – One
Episode CXLII
Welcome to the Future of Metal Podcasting:
ITE: Episode 14(2), "It's not a total piece of shit", Jesus Crackers, Zach's live-in fuck buddies, Ron's photographic adventures, The Great Nicaraguan TransOceanic Canal Project, Dual Monitors, No glossing over, Sports at the Barber Shop and Facebook likes. Also, somehow, metal. Fuck yeah.
Biomechanical – Fallen In Fear
Moonsorrow – Aurinko Ja Kuu
Ulver – Magic Hollow (The Beau Brummels, 1967)
Lorn – Grandfather
Funki Porcini – Fast Asleep
Funki Porcini – The Ultimately Empty Million Pounds
Episode CXLI
The Podcasting Duo of Doom is back.
ITE: Tacos in my grandma's closet, Surfing, LA Thug Lyf, "They found my doobie in my pocket", Ron's Nomadic Adventures, Watches slow you down, Badass Zach, "The third richest man in the world is some mexican dude", Syrious Business, The president is now in grandma's closet, Sonata Arctica Sucks/Stratovarius still rocks, Smart Phone's non-existant evolution, The NSA, Deep pipes into old existing structures, Pussyfootin', Dune and the future of Metalscape.
Ahab – The Giant
Boomtown Rats – I don't like Mondays
Fever Ray – If I had a Heart
Herbie Hancock – Rockit
Om – Addis
Music Bed: Funki Porcini – On (album), Kaya Project – And So It Goes (album)
Why is toner so expensive?
Yesterday I fulfilled an old and almost forgotten desire of mine: To own a color laser printer.
I remember the first time I used a printer. A real printer, none of that dot matrix bullshit. It was some sort of cheap inkjet, but the idea that the things you saw on your computer monitor could be printed out (into the real world), fascinated me. Soon after I got myself my very own cheap inkjet and started printing my world. From my head, to my computer, to paper. You might think of this is a little small in terms of transforming ideas into tangible objects ("hey Ron, why didn't you pick up sculpting asshole?") but I've always been a fan of two dimensional color imaging.
It was in elementary school, back when I didn't give a shit about anything, that this chick in my class presented a paper for some class with some graphics in it. She let me take a look at it and when I saw the pictures they struck me as odd. They were not blurry or wet looking (the result of inkjet) but instead looked like they had simply appeared into the paper, with beautiful color and sharpness. I then demanded to know what sorcery was this and she said her father owned a color laser printer. I immediately imagined a dark room where a sheet of paper suspended in mid-air was shot at by various colored laser beams until the resulting image was etched into the paper with deadly precision and gorgeous hues (which is not that far away from reality if you think about it).
Anyway, that was a little over 16 years ago and I have never forgotten that magic moment. Since then I've owned my share of inkjets. Good, reasonable printers, but no laser magic. And what is life without magic? I'll tell you what it is; It's blurry and wet looking. Until now.
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Metalscape Episode CXL
ITE: Cobwebs, How bass drops shaped the entertainment industry, Pitbull, Ron's underground business, Zach's gypsy undertakings and travellings, "Ï love banging bitches!", Wintersun's Time I, Smoking, Game of Cocks, Vikings, The Metalscapalooza, Opeth says fuck you to all previous members, "Someone somewhere's living off Metalscape", please stop.
Metalscape never dies!
Finntroll – Häxbrygd
Wintersun – Darkness And Frost
Igorrr – Tout Petit Moineau
Valravn – Olavur Riddararos
Opeth – I Feel the Dark
Igorr – Infinite Loop (excerpt)
Music Bed
Blockhead – The Music Scene
Dabrye – Instrmntl
Wintersun – Time I (Album Review)
According to the official Metalscape Wintersun "Time" release date counter, it was 7 years and 20 days since the legendary album was announced until it was finally released. That's a lot of Time indeed, and as such, a lot was expected.
Wintersun's debut album "Wintersun" is still one of my favorites to date. Great melodies, solid production and all around fantastic songwriting made every song on that album a classic. It's one of those albums that stays with you and brings fond memories whenever you hear one of its awesome songs. Which is why the news of a second Wintersun album were received with hysterical euphoria among the 5 people who know what a Wintersun is (Jari Maenpaa included).
It actually grew into some sort of religious watch, as the new album's release had taken on a deeper meaning for some people, and words like "greatest metal album of all time" and "holy shit" where commonly used to describe the advent of what eventually, on the pinnacle of its hype, was to be acclaimed as the event that would supersede the second coming of Jesus Christ, in the form of a metal record.
Anyway, the album got relased to general internet rave. It took me about a month to actually get the album myself and give it a proper listen. I'm not fond of long ass reviews, so here it is in a nutshell: Meh.
This is not Over
Metalscape never dies. So goes the old saying, and who are you to question the old saying?
I'm halfway settled in my new place, so I'll share a picture of my new recording studio:
I've yet to hang the Metalscape lettering on a wall, and sadly I can't really call it the Wordless Chamber 3.0 since I share this room with my roomate, but it is now a fully operational podcast recording facility.
I was having some technical difficulties with my computer that prevented me from recording, but now I fixed all of that shit (smooth sailing on Windows 8) and all I need now is a decent pair of headphones. If anyone wants to donate one, feel free to do so.
Expect a new episode soon enough, for this is the year Metalscape shall gloriously rise from darkness, leap across millions of karads of empty space, and come into being inside your headphones for your listening pleasure.
Metalscape – Episode 139
ITE: Immortal Cookies, $50 spending spree, Nicaragua driving, roof leakage, news, Ron static, deviant fart, My Little Pony, I'm not a fag, I'm just a Power Puff Girls Connoiseur, "I don't particularly care for the children", Zach Moore: Flight Attendant, Comics, Wintersun and the Cool Part.
Dead Kennedys – Let's Lynch the Landlord
Gotan Project – Rayuela
Judas Priest – Painkiller
Keelhaul – Pass the Lampshade
Vektor – Cosmic Cortex
Metalscape – Episode CXXXVIII
Metalscape returns with an episode that could may have been relevant about 2 months ago.
ITE: Zach and the future of live podcasting, Higgs' Turd, Spiders, Flight Adventures, Luca Turilli's Magic Pyramid Ride, Wintersun, The Man, Prometheus, Amazing Phonetics, Authentic French Pizza in Nicaragua, "Unless I need some ambiance", Barking, One Lag to Lag them All and space bars.
Commorant – Junta
Luca Turilli's Rhapsody – Dark Fate of Atlantis
Ahab – Further South
Tiny Tim – Stay Down Here Where You Belong
Les Fragments de la Nuit – Solarisation
The Melvins – Lexicon Devil
Justice – Brianvision
Masseratti 2lts – SON.ata Costera SONG.era
Music Bed:
Gotan Project – Tango 3.0
Cafe Quijano – Los Grandes Exitos del Sonido Quijano
The Moody Blues – Nights in White Satin
Masseratti 2lts – Folklore No-Tradicional Venezolano #4
Wintersun's "Time I" actual album cover!
I hope you have a spare computer and monitor ready because this cover art right here will start a chain reaction that starts in the CPU and ends up inside your brain blowing up your mind. Unless someone links me to a picture of Jesus sticking massive amounts of Higg's bosons up his ass while playing UNO with the Chupacabra, I declare this the greatest image of all TIME I:
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Like pesky (and potentially dangerous) mosquitoes, distractions swirl around the 31st Summer Olympic Games, set to open Friday in Rio de Janeiro.
Zika fears, along with reports of shaky preparations in Brazil and fallout from the banning of some 110 Russian athletes for alleged doping violations, mount amid a summer already filled with more than its share of turmoil and uncertainty.
But there's one thing we can count on: a breathtaking display of (presumably performance-enhancing-substance-free) prowess and pride by world-class athletes from around the globe.
If that sound corny, well, it is. But it's also true: Competitors in more than 300 events, from archery to wrestling, are poised to produce Rio 2016's most momentous drama as they vie for Olympic glory, which still means something (beyond endorsement deals).
That's not an excuse to forget the controversies, including Brazil's $10 billion Olympics investment, which, as it's been pointed out, is far more than the struggling country is spending to fight the Zika virus.
The games, though, pack powerful numbers of their own: some 10,500 athletes from more than 200 countries who are expected to draw billions of eyes over 19 days, beginning with the igniting of the Olympic cauldron in Maracanã Stadium.
It's naive to expect any worldwide, heartwarming "Kumbaya" moments in Friday's opening ceremony or in the athletic events. But the games may be the closest our planet gets to the heart of universal kinship and unspoken understanding.
All spectators, viewing from the stands and on screens around the world, need to do is arrive willing to be surprised and inspired. The athletes have trained for years, but our job this month is easy: Just sit back and watch the Olympians defy perceived limits of the body and spirit in a bid to soar far beyond the distractions.
Jere Hester is Director of News Products and Projects at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is also the author of "Raising a Beatle Baby: How John, Paul, George and Ringo Helped us Come Together as a Family." Follow him on Twitter.


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The Omertas are a faction in the Mojave Wasteland in 2281.
A highly organized and deadly group of mobsters, the Omertas control the Gomorrah casino, a sleazy vice den on a grand scale, and as such embodies the ruthless exploitation beneath the glitz and glamour of the Strip's neon signs. They also control all prostitution that goes on around the casino. Male residents at The Tops remark that 'the broads over at the Gomorrah look better'.
While by outside appearances the Omertas seem content with their lot, the family's penchant for treachery and murder is alive and well, and the tribe's leadership is collaborating with Caesar's Legion to bring about the Strip's downfall.[1]
Prior to being recruited by Mr. House, the Omertas were a wasteland tribe known as the Slither Kin. A tribe known for the practice of luring unsuspecting travelers into their camps before drugging them, then murdering or enslaving them, sometimes holing up in a stronghold for years, other times leading a nomadic existence in restless pursuit of their next big score. The Omertas have just one rule: never betray the family. Everything else is permitted. Apparently the viciousness of the Slither Kin appealed to Mr. House by reminding him of certain criminal elements that once operated in pre-War Las Vegas.
The Omertas and the Gomorrah casino are run by Nero and his right hand man, Big Sal. Cachino is a small time "underboss" within the family and is put in charge of menial tasks, as well as anything that the head of the family needs taken care of that they don't have time to see to themselves.
As the Omerta name suggests, they do not readily give out information, or go into detail about the family's dealings with anyone not of the family. Breaking this code of silence is dealt with, swiftly and severely.
The Omertas are obsessed with power and the ability to control people to meet their needs. They are also very adept at finding ways to squeeze a quick cap or two out of any situation. This is evident in the fact that they get their new "employees" hooked on free chems, and then start charging for each additional fix while simultaneously taking a cut of the caps the "employee" has earned. Keeping the prostitutes hooked on chems keeps them dependent on the Omertas, and keeps them under their employ while ensuring they remain docile and manageable.
Relations with the outsideEdit
The Omertas only care about protecting or improving the power they have at their command. Showing a facade that they appear to be perfectly content running the Gomorrah, the Omertas have entered into an agreement with Caesar's Legion to attack The Strip at the same time the Legion makes their assault on Hoover Dam. Putting more stock in Legion propaganda than the management practices of Mr. House, and wanting to use the Legion to springboard their power base, coupled with their confidence that the second Battle of Hoover Dam will draw the attention of Mr. House's Securitrons, the Omertas believe they will have no problem taking over The Strip.
The Omertas make sure to stay away from dealings with the New California Republic, (despite their best customers being troopers and citizens of the NCR), feeling like the institution of NCR laws and taxation will have a severe hindrance on how they conduct business.
The Omertas don't have any other business or exposure to the other tribes and factions of the Mojave Wasteland, it is mentioned by the Gomorrah receptionist, and Papa Khan that the Omertas along with the rest of what was to become the Three Families, had a war with the Great Khans. The end result was the Khans being driven from the ruins of Las Vegas to the northeast to settle Bitter Springs, thus ensuring that the tribes Mr. House had hired, could begin the renovation of Vegas.
The arsenal of the Omertas includes the combat knife, .44 Magnum revolver, 9mm submachine gun, 10mm submachine gun, sawed-off shotgun and riot shotgun.
Interactions with the player characterEdit
The way to come across the Omertas is through the main storyline. For various organizations you are asked to get in contact with the Omertas at some point. You start out a quest with them when you're asking around to know what the family has been up to. A member of the family (Cachino) comes up and asks why you've been asking questions about him. To get info out of him you must enter his room and steal his diary from his desk, or pickpocket him. At this point there are several ways to proceed (see side quest: How Little We Know).
The Omertas are on the receiving end of the two-star (★★) New Vegas challenge added with the Gun Runners' Arsenal add-on Nyah! See?, netting you 500 XP for killing 10 of them with any sub-machine gun, light machine gun, or minigun.
The Omertas only appear in Fallout: New Vegas.
Behind the scenesEdit
- Omerta is the code of silence in Sicilian/Italian crime organizations such as the Mafia, also known as the code of La Cosa Nostra.
- The Omertas favor a style of formal wear that was popular with pre-War Prohibition-era gangsters in the United States.
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IHIT says murder victim a 30-year-old Surrey man
Ezar Ahmad Khan had run-ins with police across Metro Vancouver for more than a decade.
On Wednesday, the 30-year-old Surrey man who sources say was a "low-level trafficker," was found dead in Joe Brown Park.
Sgt. Jennifer Pound, of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said the murder appears to be targeted, though not gang-related.
A jogger in the park, located at at 123 Street and New McLellan Road, found Khan's body about 7:30 a.m. and called 911.
Police determined he was the victim of foul play and IHIT took over the file.
"IHIT continues to investigate this murder and determine a motive," Pound said. "At this point evidence suggests that this was not a random attack, but targeted towards Ezar Khan."
Anyone with information is asked to call the IHIT tipline at 1-877-551-4448.
Khan was facing charges in both Vancouver and New Westminster at the time of his murder.
He was due in Vancouver Provincial Court Sept. 25 for an appearance on a breach of earlier court conditions. And he was supposed to appear at the New Westminster Law Courts on Sept. 30 on assault and theft charges.
Khan was charged with assault with a weapon and possessing a weapon in 2003, but was later acquitted. He was also charged in December 2006 with a vicious attack in Vancouver on a man who was checking out loud noises in front of his house when he was struck by a golf club. But the charge was later dropped.
Khan had convictions for driving without a licence and several breaches of court-ordered conditions. He was also convicted of theft under $5,000 in July 2012 and sentenced to seven days in jail and 18 months on probation. And he was also convicted last year of making harassing phone calls, netting a four-month conditional sentence.
Last April, Khan's former common-law spouse lost an ICBC claim for a BMW totaled in a 2009 accident because the judge said she had lied about who the principal driver was.
The judge said the evidence showed that at the time the vehicle crashed in Surrey it was being used for drug trafficking by young men linked to Khan.
The ruling also noted that Khan was a drug addict who did not routinely work, but who bred "dogs for a small income of approximately $6,000 per year."


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Bums on seats – the vacuous beauty of mass tourism in Siem Reap.
This morning, while I was having breakfast, I watched a wasted, middle aged sex worker cough up her last customer's effluent into the unforgiving street. I'm in Pattaya, possibly the ugliest, nastiest, most unfriendly, most cut throat and depressingly exploitative place I have ever been to…and I have been to a few horrible places in this life.
The resident and visiting Farang and Thais are uniformly nasty and the whole city stinks of rip-offs, abuse and tragedy.
Forget all the bla-bla about the place being a family destination. It's a gigantic, tired whorehouse, a sex factory for old men without love, for emotional cripples and viagra-popping criminals from around the world, who should all be dead but are somehow clinging on to what can't really be called life.
That's a celebration of sorts of course, and places like Pattaya must exist somewhere other than just in our psyche, if for no other reason than to tell us clearly that there's no hope for us. Pattaya is an American creation, a side-effect of our once desperate fight against the evils of communism, but it's wholeheartedly Thai, because the Thais in charge of the place simply don't care about anything other than making money, no matter now debased the method.
And while there's nothing to look at, there's plenty to see.
From morning to morning, a haze of mediocracy hangs above the city, an insipid film of average – best reflected in the prevalence of Hitler T-Shirts and other Nazi memorabilia in the city's markets, the minute, dirty beach populated by hustlers, the overpriced restaurants selling Thai food that tastes like garbage, the piss awful cover bands on Walking Street that churn out uninspired, hollow rock standards to hundreds of drunken degenerates, the mean, beady eyes of white men that poke out of decrepit sports bars and follow passers-by like persistent venereal diseases, the incredible cacophony of terrible tattoos displayed on wilting flesh, and the thousands of burnt out and beaten women along the riverfront who are waiting to open their legs, mouths and asses for less than 50 bucks.
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Topeka Capital Markets analyst Brian White wrote that Apple's stock under-performance might be over. Citing the company's valuation (which is trading at 7.6 times 2013 earnings excluding cash, according to White's calculations), he believes shares are a buy.
"Those investors that have missed Apple or have been under-weight the stock, now have another opportunity to buy Apple before sentiment takes a turn for the positive during what has historically been the strongest quarter of the year for the stock," White wrote in his note. He rates Apple "buy" and has a $1,111 price target on the company, the highest on Wall Street.
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in May 2013, as he is set to retire.
"I've been privileged to lead one of the world's greatest companies," Otellini said, in a statement released by the No.1 chip maker. "After almost four decades with the company and eight years as CEO, it's time to move on and transfer Intel's helm to a new generation of leadership."
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Hunt will be paid $191,000 pursuant to an agreement with MicroStrategy as part of the executive bonus plan, plus an additional $276,000.
The Update: Apple shares closed $38.05 higher at 565.73. Intel and MicroStrategy were both lower. Micro gave up $4.66 to close at $87.12 while Intel lost 6 cents to see $20.25 at the end.
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CINCINNATI, April 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hillman Companies, Inc. ("Hillman" or the "Company"), – Gregory Gluchowski, President and CEO, of The Hillman Companies, Inc., announced today that a cash distribution has been declared by Hillman Group Capital Trust for the month of April in the amount of $.241667 for each Trust Preferred Security (AMEX:HLM). The distribution will be payable April 30, 2018 to holders of record April 20, 2018.
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Industries: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting
CHS has an exciting opportunity in our Country Operations Division. We are looking for a Driver to deliver grain, feed, seed, fertilizer, other bulk liquid products. You must have a high energy level, exhibit personal integrity, have an excellent driving record and be committed to safety, customer service, and solving problems creatively. You must have a good work ethic with professional communications skills.
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- Maintain logs with each shipment, completing daily invoices and reports.
- Perform visual inspection of truck before leaving premises and complete maintenance report on all deficiencies.
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- Complete daily maintenance report and notify supervisor of any needed repairs.
- Manage all aspects of the load on your truck and be responsible for all shortages and damages unless visual observation of loading is not possible. In this case, note "shippers load and count on loading."
- Maintain cleanliness of your truck both inside and out. Sweep trailers out after each use.
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julibean necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 104 diseños de 38 diseñadores freelance.
ONLY ORIGINAL WORK accepted -- no cut/paste.
We are looking for a logo for "The White Rabbit Pizzeria". This new restaurant is part of a lively and interesting live music club by the same name (see links below) in San Antonio, Texas.
The White Rabbit Pizzeria
Desired Color Scheme:
Have fun with the colors -- Colors are a plus, but the logo should be reproducible in black and white – please submit both a color and black and white version.
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Common Vector files for print, source layers/fonts, other file types may work, please contact me with questions.
The logo: We are looking for a logo for The White Rabbit Pizzeria. This new restaurant is part of a lively and interesting live music club by the same name (see links below) in San Antonio, Texas.
Who: The pizzeria will serve two different crowds a younger crowd in the evening and the lunchtime professional crowd.
The design: We currently envision the use of an edgy bunny/rabbit. Something different from the Rabbit currently associated with the music club. Some ideas may be a more anime, manga, or European street art design. While the character does not have to look mean or upset, it is unlikely that the right bunny would be smiling. We want a character with PERSONALITY.
NOTE: Please dont feel restricted to the use of a cartoony bunny or even a bunny at all. Be creative we will look at all submissions seriously.
Technically, there should be two logos on that includes the words The White Rabbit Pizzeria and a second that is the character/icon only (this means that the character should be identifiable on its own).
I will check this website often, so please e-mail me with all of your questions!
Take a look at these links, they will give you a better idea about what the live music club looks like. Also, there is a photo of the building. The logo will be used on print material, and will ideally be reproduced on the front right of the building (maybe by tag artists).
The picture of the building is kind of big, but I will be happy to e-mail it, if you are interested.
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