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With sequesters and loopholes the only two words that seem to matter in Washington (the latter more than the former as far as action), we suspect the popularity of the so-called 'Bermuda Triangle' tax dodge may raise more than a few eyebrows. Put simply, hedge fund managers create a Bermuda-based re-insurance entity, their clients (high-net-worth individuals) funnel their hard-earned gains through this offshore entity and back to the US hedge funds - dramatically reducing their personal income taxes. The re-insurers do a minimum of business to create the appearance of legitimacy but are enabling hedge fund investors to avoid paying high-rate income tax on any gains from the funds and growing tax-free while in the fund. Of course this is defended as "good tax management." Funds such as Paulson's, Third Point, Greenlight, and SAC all use this vehicle according to Bloomberg as a handy way to funnel a US hedge fund investment through a tax haven. It truly is good to be king...
By recycling the funds through Bermuda-based Pacre Ltd., the Paulson executives are positioned to legally exploit a little-known tax loophole, reduce their personal income taxes and delay paying the bill for years.
"These types of reinsurance companies are permitting U.S. taxpayers to defer -- indefinitely -- U.S. tax," said David S. Miller, a tax lawyer at Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP. For some, he said, it's "an unjustified benefit."
A decade after the U.S. Internal Revenue Service threatened to crack down on what it said were abuses by hedge-fund backed reinsurers, more high-profile money managers are setting up shop in tax havens. Paulson, SAC Capital Advisors LP's Steven A. Cohen and Third Point LLC's Daniel Loeb have started Bermuda reinsurance companies since 2011, following a similar Cayman Islands venture by Greenlight Capital Inc.'s David Einhorn.
Because reinsurers, which sell coverage to other insurers, manage large pools of capital, they're a handy way to funnel a U.S. hedge fund investment through a tax haven.
At a time when the Obama administration and Congressional leaders of both parties are calling for a corporate tax overhaul that includes eliminating some loopholes, the reinsurance tax dodge is gaining popularity among hedge funds.
By setting up reinsurance companies there, money managers can take advantage of a loophole in IRS rules. Ordinarily, when hedge fund managers invest in their funds, they pay either the 39.6 percent rate for ordinary income or the 20 percent long- term capital gains rate, depending on how frequently securities are traded, plus an extra 3.8 percent health-law surcharge. If they were to move the hedge funds to tax havens, they would incur IRS penalties on earnings from what the agency calls "passive foreign investment companies."
Here's the catch: The IRS doesn't penalize earnings from insurance companies, which it considers to be "active" businesses. As a result, by routing money through a Bermuda reinsurer, which in turn puts its assets back into their own hedge funds, fund managers can defer any taxes until selling the stake. They then pay only the lower capital gains tax rate.
In the meantime, the money grows tax-free, and the savings add up. Investing $100 million in a hedge fund that returns 15 percent annually, and paying the top marginal ordinary income rate on profit, results in a $50 million profit after taxes after five years. If the investment is taxed like a Bermuda reinsurer, the gain is $77 million.
The IRS said some of the offshore arrangements were shams, either because they weren't selling enough insurance or because the insurance they reported selling was phony. The IRS "will challenge the claimed tax treatment," government lawyers wrote.
The IRS has rarely if ever done so. Tax lawyers and insurance executives said they were unaware of any company targeted by the IRS, even in private.
"Nobody's been challenged, so nobody knows whether it's ironclad or not," said Faries, the Bermuda lawyer. The IRS declined to comment.
Those involved in establishing reinsurers defend the strategy. "Given the world we're in, it's just good tax management,"
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And for Jack Lew, who it was reported had a buncha his money in hedge fund investments, for which he had business oversight at Citi. Meaning he may have not made the investments but sure a shell knew about the structures, else he was remiss in his responsibilities.
So there you have it.
He probably knew about this shit and probably participated in such...
Bbut then again, there are rule and there are rules, peasants.
Gee, if only there wasn't this crime in progress doing business as the IRS, well then, connected people couldn't escape the screwing over the rest of us get.
Not to mention that income is the LAST thing any rational person would want to tax, as it devalues labor. Oh wait, our economy doesn't require labor anymore...
Carry on!
Is it possible that the VIX will go below 12 today?
Also -- How about that action in TLT?
My only comment -- WTF
EOD Update: VIX hit 12.08 for a moment going into the close!!! I guess there is nothing to worry about!
We've been in LALA land for so long now who even gives a rats ass?
The MIC gives a rat's ass, otherwise emphasis on cybersecurity for those 0's and 1's would be a moot point. The 1 percenters are getting a little antsy that their global wealth could be hacked by a twentysomething ChiCom working in the enterprize system.
The winner will be him with greatest patience, or the psycho with the finger on the nuclear trigger.
This "insurance" scam to avoid taxes is available to nearly every American in the form of a "variable annuity."
That 15% annual income for each of 10 years that was used as a hypothetical is merely a 20% higher annual return than what Bernie Madoff's "fund" was reputedly paying its partners, and statistically speaking, a 12% return, consistently, for anything close to 10 consecutive years, is as likely as the Bernanke refusing to purchase more treasury notes.
I realize the figure used was to illustrate an arithmetical point, and hypothetical, but sheesh.
There was an extremely well-researched study using extensive citation to credible sources that successfully debunked the bulk of Jeremy Siegel's calculus on long-term equity market historical rates of returns, finding ACTUAL REAL EQUITY MARKET RETURNS to be 2.4% (IIRC), and actually underperforming real rates of returns on bonds (it's counter-intuitive, since investing in bonds implies less risk).
The kicker is that ACTUAL EQUITY MARKET RETURNS assumes one purchased shares in every single publicly traded company, which isn't done by any single investor, which is where AVERAGE EQUITY MARKET RETURNS comes into play as the far more accurate metric, and that one was genuinely dreadful, failing to keep pace with inflation for stretches as long as 30 years at a time, and also resulting in losses as high as 50% over periods as long as 7 years (think of the period preceding the dot.com bust and that preceding the 2008 financial crisis, not to mention the 1927 to 1937 period).
Then there's that whole "survivorship bias" bitch that bites quite hard, but which the constant re-shuffling of indexes (take one failed ticker down, replace it all around...that's what it's all about) allows to be massively understated in terms of impact on "historical returns."
And that's the tip of the iceberg in terms of how the financial industry and Wall Street sell a load of shit about "stocks for the long run" via statistical manipulation, which is actually encouraged by your elected government.
There's no truth in advertising whatsoever when it comes to the Great Equity Market Ponzi, where Wall Street is a cabal with a license to steal and sell its "services" via fraudulent marketing, and this is why "long term investors" in equity markets via "pension" and "401(k) funds" now find themselves 30% to 50% underwater in real terms EVEN ASSUMING THEY STAYED IN THE MARKET IN THE SAME DOLLAR COST AVERAGING MANNER DURING THE BEAR MARKET RALLY SINCE MARCH OF 2009 - not only have they lost their asses, but they've endured many sleepless nights and ulceration of their G.I. tract.
I will find that study and link it: It was a thorough dismantling of Jeremy Siegel's claims, from A through Z.
Is that the same Jack (Jacob) Lew from Citi that made a killing shorting the subprime garbage that passage of his FSMA under Clinton helped create?
Now if he did it in an offshore Bermuda tax haven through one of these tax reducing reinsurance/hedge fund scams then he is one SMART guy!
And no doubt will serve all Americans well in the capacity of Treasury Secretary.
Until it all ends badly.
I was listening - as long as I could stand - to Obummer on Bloomberg radio this AM when goin' out for smokes.
"Well we gotta give a little, and the Republicans gotta give a little, blah, blah, blah."
If I'd had a gun I might have shot myself. Honest to God, I can not listen to this criminal class anymore.
"Triangle tax dodge?" Hell, why not. What else you got to show me?
These cunts have no place in my life lest they wander into my yard (not recommended - the dog, ya know).
California runs all it's budget through Bermuda, right? Cali needs any help it can in classifing "capital."
And you can bet all those nice people at the top are using this loophole so it won't be closed anytime soon.
Am I being synical.......Nah! me, never!
you talkin about Moynihan...?? he got a 71% raise today
Just once I would like to see a reporter or two start asking Oblahma questions about this shit at a press briefing, instead of the pansy-ass questions he usually gets.
If there is to be any hope of the sheeple finally coming to their senses, the media needs to put this on the front page. MSN needs to have this kind of info on their cute little banner at the top of the main web page instead of the "fun" little spots on who is wearing what fashion, what the dolphins are doing, etc.
I know -- I'm dreaming.
Don't taze me mr president bro, but could you comment on...
Maybe if we speak to him in the new dialect -- "Obonics."
The envious ass-hats of the free shit army are too invested in their fantasies of leprechauns and pots of gold worth trillions hidden away in exotic locales- ignorant of the fact that the reach around recycles the digital fiat into the great domestic ponzi scheme in mere milliseconds, which is why ignorant greed will always fail to displace entrenched greed- their lobbyists will draft 1000 pages new tax code riddled with more loopholes than over-aged Emmentaler and their pet congress-critters will fuck over the domestic sheeple like an Australian who doesn't think his job is done even after he has finished fleecing (shearing) the sheep...
It does in Bermuda.
Our legislators must be using these loopholes as well. Otherwise, they would have changed the law. It really is that simple.
Even if they don't use the loophole directly, you know their financial supporters do.
This loophole bullshit, is a joke! I pay taxes up the ass. Yes I have Corps. and Trusts. but I still pay up the ass! We have a liberal dikwad spendor in Thief, running the White House! That piece of shit couldn't clip a coupon on his way to fire up a smoke and crack the seal on his 40oz Mickey's Big Mouth!
What about unemployment insurance? Can I run mine through Bermuda?
"Do as we say, not as we do." - The King and I.....and his court.
Do as we say, not as we jews....
Im sure Jack Lew will get to the bottom of this................(ya right)
what about freedom ? what about less state that would then require way less money to be taken from the ones that made it ?
Time to engineer a "coup" in Bermusa.
Freudian slip?
If you ain't corrupt in USA, you ain't making no money. Now, keep shorting gold and silver. Blythe and Bernanke have your back.
Good visual Tyler. Welcome to the global [Toilet Bowl]...
We just did our taxes and they're more than last year.
All I have to say to these loophole, tax-haven pricks is: FUCK YOU!
I once had a tax client who was whining about how much tax he still had to pay (a lot lower percentage than *I* paid!!!) He asked me if there wasn't some way that he could get out of paying taxes at all and I told him, "Sure. that's easy. Just quit making money."
Wrong answer....the only way out is to die. Even panhandlers pay taxes every time they buy a bottle of Night Train.
Not if they steal it.
Or if the name known as the one being taxed...dies or goes missing.
Always better to have multiple ID's...fawtunately, ah keep mah feathers numbered fah jest sech an emugency! ;-)
At that point, there is no ID, just a bloated liver.
What would happen if a huge earthquake sank Bermuda? They couldn't really work around that because there would be no such place. Truthfully the big shots probably don't go to that trouble anyway they just say they do and the regulators let them get away with it.
That's the problem now, everyone know how crooked these bastards are no matter what kind of crazy conspiracy pops up their trustworthyness is so nonexistent it can be believable.
"Given the world we're in, it's just good tax management,"
Yeah no shit. Anyone would be pretty stupid for not stealing when there's no penalty for it.
So what? Abolish the damn income tax altogether.
If the fuck'n taxes weren't so rediculously high, then maybe people wouldn't look to do things liket this. High taxes push everything under ground.
The "Reacharound", good times, good times........Usually you pay double for that kind of action, Cotton.
I'm watching "faux paux", news right now. Michelle Malkin is a hottie! She called otool "Chicken Little in thief" I like that girl!
Fuck off libtards!
Did any of you actually read the article? This is a fantastic tax loophole used by executives and high paid professionals for decades. The government could shut it down with the stroke of a pen.
The Caribbean is filled with tax-deferred American (and British) loot.
Instead they'll increase your taxes and loot your retirement.
Everyone OK with that?


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FXStreet (Bali) - As the FX Team at TD Securities reports, IMM data for the week through July 29th showed a much more robust, bullish view on the USD emerging among spec/ CTA-type accounts.
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In aggregate, speculative accounts have amassed a net long USD position equivalent to USD16.0bn over the past week, up from the aggregated net long of USD9.8bn posted in the week through July 22nd. This is the biggest bull bet on the USD overall since February.
Investors went more aggressively short EUR this week. The net short position reached –108k contracts in the latest data, up from –88k contracts in the prior week. Net short positioning pushed beyond the 100k to contract mark for the first time since September 2012—when the market was in full short-covering mode after Mr. Draghi's "do everything" promise to support the EUR a few weeks before. Recall that market positioning peaked at a net short of –214k contracts in June 2012 so while this week's data represents a big step up in market positioning, we are not yet at a point where positioning looks extreme. Net GBP longs were trimmed slightly to +24.9k from +27.5k in the July 22nd week.
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Web's Largest listing of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding events
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A very powerful two-stage model is emerging in crowdfunding films, one that finally allows fans to participate economically.
The door is wide open for new leaders to emerge in crowdfunding, as the existing ones haven't learned from the painful lessons of open source and web-oriented startups.
Kevin Lawton, co-author of "The Crowdfunding Revolution: How to Raise Venture Capital Using Social Media" takes a quick peek into his crystal ball in this brief excerpt from the just-released edition of the book.
Author Kevin Lawton suggests two ways for creating a community approach to crowdfunding that are doable right now.
A bittersweet moment in entrepreneurial history recently occurred, with the Senate passage of the JOBS Act. After passing in the House, this 6-pack of small business modernization reforms cleared the Senate. While most things were left intact from the House bill, the crowdfunding component was tweaked to allow for "more investor protections." In my opinion, crowdfunding was the most economically important part of the bill, so it's no surprise that the special interests have dipped their fingers in the mix. Unfortunately, America will pay a price for this in terms of brain-drain. Sound familiar?
Every change in a system encounters resistance, especially those changes which make the most sense. In our new information economy, where value is derived from the richness of our networks and the novel ways in which we find to organize information and connections, a matching capital formation mechanism makes sense. So it is no surprise that crowdfunding, an organic response to service capital needs within our new economy, is growing exponentially. And it's quite anticipated that it should meet resistance.?
The resistance to crowdfunding comes in the form of the "fraud bogeyman." Apparently, this phantom stalks only unregistered investments, waiting to emerge from the shadows and steal all of our money. Of course, fear is a potent tool (for better or for worse), and wherever it's sold, one can usually quickly find a lack of real arguments. For example, inherent in a fraudster's ability to steal all of our money via crowdfunding, is someone who invests all of his or her money in one business. And yet, I cannot find a single person who thinks that doing so is a good idea. (If you find such a mythical person, please have them write a blog post about it, and forward me a link!)
The fraud bogeyman has been appearing in a number of places recently, including big media sites and small blogs alike. The number of concurrent mentions of the words 'portfolio' or 'diversification' in the same articles ... ZERO. As usual, fear, uncertainty and doubt are delivered in a vacuum, without any relativity or context. How does anyone lose all of their money on fraud when they're diversified? That's an inconvenient question, of course.
A landmark U.S. congressional hearing relating to crowdfunding and small business capital formation is taking place today, May 10th, 2011! Entrepreneur Sherwood "Woody" Neiss will testify in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Woody is advocating SEC regulatory change which would enable small businesses to solicit funding from the general public. And besides the ear of congress, Whoopi Goldberg has got behind him!
It's no secret that venture capital and angel investing is 'clubby,' dominated mostly by middle-aged men.According to a 2007 study of angel investors in North America, 86 percent were male with an average age of 57. Women didn't fare any better in a similar UK study, where 93 percent of investors were male. A similar trend exists on the entrepreneur side: only eight percent of companies that receive venture capital funding are run by women. While the VC community seems stuck in an old boys network mentality, crowdfunding is radically re-shaping business investment and neutralizing gender bias, for both investors and entrepreneurs.
Crowdfunding is such a pervasive concept that today more than 175 crowdfunding sites exist online. Seemingly, a new crowdfunding site pops up every other day. So it may be surprising to learn that none of them allow entrepreneurs to raise money in exchange for equity in their business. That's because regulatory organizations like the SEC ban it.
"Crowdfunding: go equity or go home"....okay, so this is not to say that various forms of crowdfunding (e.g. 'pledge', lending, revenue-share) are without valid niches. Pledge crowdfunding, for example, can be fantastic for various fan-centric projects. But equity-based crowdfunding is at the center of crowdfunding's future ecosystem for typical high-risk startups.
This is purely a mathematical reality. There are a proliferation of crowdfunding platforms emerging, many with investment models destined for niches at best, and the 'dust bin' at worst. I wanted to give some clarity, as many haven't thought through the macro picture. Again, this is a discussion aimed at early stage 'angel' style investments in risky startups.


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Robin Thicke's Mom and Wife React to Miley Cyrus's Raunchy VMAs Performance
We can all agree that poor Robin Thicke was the victim of last night's performance in which he "danced" on stage with Miley Cyrus. He acted normally, but between Miley's nude bikini and foam finger, our eyes were glued to the screen, but only because of the sheer shock factor. It was a rather unpleasant scene for most.
The 36-year-old singer was basically accosted through his Beetlejuice-inspired suit by Miley as she ground and twerked her way through a very raunchy performance that blended from her hit "We Can't Stop" to his "Blurred Lines." She went a little too far when she went from enjoying her moves down the stage to enjoying Robin with a grab at his crotch, a kiss on his neck, and a lap dance/twerk that will certainly go down in VMA history. Somebody already created a GIF of the occasion.
Regardless of what the audience thought, though, we really wanted to hear Miley and Robin's parents and even Robin's wife, Paula Patton, tell us how they felt about the performance. According to TMZ, Paula did comment on the raunchy action, saying that she knew it wasn't going to be G-rated, and that there were no surprises during the show that she didn't already know to expect. It's pretty impressive for a loving wife to allow that kind of behavior from a 20-year-old toward her husband. We assume Paula shrugs it off as just showbiz, but if we were married to Robin, we definitely wouldn't have been as chill with it.
For a sharp contrast, Robin's mother weighed in, and it appears that she saw nothing but surprises in the performance. Life & Style Magazine reports that Gloria Loring "didn't get what [Miley's] point was." She said, "It was so over the top as to almost be a parody of itself." She added, "I don't understand what Miley Cyrus is trying to do. I think she's misbegotten in this attempt of hers. And I think it was not beneficial."
Just hours after Miley's performance, her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, tweeted, "Thanking God for so many blessings tonight. Continue to pray for world peace. More love ...less hate." While some news sites reported this as a reaction to his daughter's performance, Billy Ray tweeted again, addressing his intent: "FYI 'Love Not Hate' Late last night I was watching devastating news out of Syria. Chemical weapons used on innocent children is unacceptable!" This seems to suggest that his initial reaction was just convenient timing, but it leaves us to continue wondering what he thought about the show. Or has he just given up, resigned to watching Miley's trainwreck performances on TV like the rest of us?
Sources: TMZ, Life & Style Magazine, Twitter
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NEW YORK—(September 18, 2013)—The 4A's has added ESPN's Nate Silver to the list of headliners at its first annual Data Summit on October 16 in New York. Silver, a statistician and author, first gained national attention during the 2008 presidential race between Barack Obama and John McCain when he correctly predicted the results of the election in 49 of 50 states. Founder of the political blog, FiveThirtyEight.com, he was also the basis for the character played by Jonah Hill in the 2011 film, "Moneyball.""The addition of Nate Silver, Fast Company's No. 1 selection of the 100 Most Creative People in Business 2013, is another high-profile complement to our speaker agenda, which already includes Martin Sorrell," said 4A's President-CEO Nancy Hill. "Like Sorrell, Nate's work has influenced practically every sector – from business to politics to sports to technology and beyond– and we can't wait to see what he imparts on our audience of marketing and advertising execs." Sorrell, Worldwide CEO of WPP, kicks off the summit with a "data call to arms," morning keynote. Silver will speak in the afternoon about what poker, presidential elections and sports have in common in the era of Big Data. The 4A's Data Summit takes place at Florence Gould Hall (55 East 59th street).Other executives leading the charge in social, mobile and programmatic trading will share insights on the current state of Big Data and weigh in on what they believe will be the next major inflection point. Theresa LaMontagne, Managing Partner, Senior Practice Lead, Analytics and Insight at MEC, will serve as the event's Master of Ceremonies.Discussion points will include privacy concerns, industry trends and the role of agencies when working with client data. Highlights include:• Jeremy Stanley – CTO, Collective – Advertising is Data Rich But Knowledge Poor – It Doesn't Matter If You Cannot Measure and Interpret It• Blake Chandlee – VP Global Partnerships, Facebook – Anonymity to Identity – Privacy and Consumer Choice • Ramsey McGrory – President & CEO, AddThis –Does Content Personalization Help or Hurt the Internet ? • Debra Schwartz – Vice President, Goldman Sachs – Does Big Data Have any Value on Wall Street?• John Montgomery – COO, GroupM – The Growing Conflict Between Privacy & Big DataIn addition to speaker presentations, data thought leaders and practitioners from agencies, and key data and analytic companies will sit on three provocative panels, including:• Programmatic Trading Panel: Does It Answer the John Wanamaker Question?o Scott Hagedorn, CEO of Annalecto Dave Reed, SVP, Revenue Operations, at MediaMatho Moderated by Joe Mandese of MediaPost
• Mobile Panel: Are There Limits to Capturing Personal Data? o Justin Cutroni, Analytics Evangelist at Googleo Jack Krawcyz, Director of Product Management at Pandorao Mike Lieberman, Co-President, Joule USAo Sean Galligan, VP, Sales and Business Development at Flurry o Moderated by Spencer Ante of The Wall Street Journal.
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Mild-mannered Russell Marsh is the modelling world's backroom superman - as Prada's casting director he launched some of the biggest names on the catwalk. Now a free agent, he reveals what turns his head.
BY Phong Luu | 16 March 2013
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He may have a weakness for The Archers on Radio 4 and a demeanour that's more professor than Pucci, but don't let that cosy exterior fool you. As Prada's casting director, 49-year-old Russell Marsh wielded the ultimate influence in the modelling world - a turn on the Prada catwalk seals a career - and Marsh has launched some of the most successful models in the business, including Lara Stone, Daria Werbowy and Gemma Ward. He has also spearheaded many of the casting trends in the industry (he predicts Dutch girls will be the Next Big Thing). But after a 15-year link-up with Prada, Marsh went freelance last year, working for the likes of Céline, Christopher Kane, Jonathan Saunders and Victoria Beckham. You can bet your bottom dollar that he'll be behind some of the most arresting casts during this show season.
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"I primarily cast for fashion shows, although I have done campaigns in the past for Prada. I very much liaise with the designers - working out the running order, which outfits suit which girls - though I am rarely given a brief. It's always exciting working with someone like Christopher Kane because he has such unusual ideas for what he wants - his references aren't always obvious. He'll go for girls who remind him of someone he went to school with, or with an attitude that evokes a character he grew up with.
I am always asked about what I look for, but I find it hard to put into words. Casting is such an instinctive thing. I adore Lara Stone. She looks like something out of a Vermeer painting. I saw beauty, but I also saw imperfection, which is what I like about the gap in her teeth. There was a feeling that she was insecure about it; there's something wonderful about seeing the beauty in people that they themselves don't necessarily see. Lindsey Wixson is extraordinary - she looks like a Tiny Tears doll. Daria Werbowy has that aristocratic, androgynous look I love.
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I suppose that's why Miuccia Prada hired me - I had a specific taste that connected with hers. That's not to say I didn't go against type at Prada by casting Lara, Alessandra Ambrosio, Miranda Kerr and all those Victoria's Secret girls in the autumn/winter 2010 show. It's about reacting to what feels right at the time. People say I started the trend for eastern European girls, but I'm only responding to what the agencies are sending. There was a craze for Brazilian models in the mid-1990s; at the moment, there's demand for that very healthy, sporty look - which is what the Dutch girls offer. You see a lot of beautiful girls on the streets. That was what was great about the shows in the 1980s; designers would cast from the streets. When I started out in 1985 as an assistant to Mikel Rosen, who was producing fashion shows for who I consider to be the most influential designers at that time, such as Jean Muir and Body Map, it was a lot more diverse. Body Map, for example, didn't use models, but friends. The shows weren't shows in the sense they are now, they were much more performance. Models were encouraged to express their personalities; Pat Cleveland would twirl down the runway at Montana or Mugler. You don't see that any more. I think that robotic, single-file presentation started in the early 1990s grunge period, with designers such as Calvin Klein, Jil Sander and Marc Jacobs, perhaps as a reaction to what had gone on before.
Working for a house like Prada does open doors - agents will keep girls they think are special and only show them to specific people. But I can't dismiss the girls until I've seen them, in case I miss the next big thing. When I cast for the shows in New York, London, Milan and Paris - I do up to 15 per season - my two assistants and I see 400-450 girls. I then present an edited selection that could
be appropriate to each designer - they can use up to 40 girls for their show. Each designer will use a different selection, but there are certain girls who cross over and work on all shows. When I first worked for Prada, the shows were much smaller, but the collections bigger - I would cast 15 girls, and they'd change and they'd change.
London has never been an obvious pit stop for the girls. There is never any money, so they bypass it. Even Alexander McQueen couldn't bring in the big girls. They'd go to Milan, where the money was, and skip London, pretty much the same way they do now. Those who come, such as Karlie Kloss, Joan Smalls and Liu Wen, do so because they like the spirit of the city. For me, London is one of the most exciting places to work because of the range of designers we have here. It doesn't faze me that I can't use 'names', as it spurs me on to look harder - Agne Konciute, for example, was a discovery who went on to do well in Paris last season.
When I was doing Sass & Bide in London for the first time last September, I was casting on the day from girls who had flown in straight from New York. You're up against all sorts of other problems. Some girls get taken out of London to go to castings in Milan for a show they're not necessarily going to get. But you just have to get on with it. Milan has its own issues to deal with, too. When I was doing Prada, top girls were being offered a lot more money to go and do the shows in Spain.
The rates for shows haven't changed much since the 1990s. It starts from about $1,000 per show, depending on the client, but, as far as I'm aware, the money isn't there now to be paying $10,000 that supermodels such as Linda Evangelista were getting. Maybe they were paid more because they were using fewer girls then. In Paris models don't get a lot because they have to pay so much tax - and it is probably the most hardcore of all the weeks because of the sheer number of shows. A lot of the bigger girls, like Natasha Poly and Daria, get to a point where they're moving to the next stage of their careers and don't want to do them any more because they're so intense.
The girls spend a huge period of time on a strict programme getting ready for the shows; they train at the gym and they eat a well-balanced diet. Being a model is like being a ballet dancer: it's a profession where your body has to be fit and toned. There are a few girls who eat as much as they like without putting on weight - but most have to work at it. If I see someone who looks like they're not looking after themselves, I flag that up with the agencies. I wouldn't work with a girl who I feel looks underweight, because I'm responsible for those girls; you can't do this job without caring about the people you work with."


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Beautiful. Affordable. Sustainable. That was Laurie Furber's checklist when she sought to create a web company centered around interior design. Done, done, and done. Berkeley-based Greenhouse Design Studio is dedicated to shopping, learning, and organizing your green home. It's also a resource center and inspiration hub. All the while, a charming user experience makes you want to clean out your home and fill it back up with earth-friendly finds.


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Michael Mullally, 70, of Le Mars passed away Sunday, June 5, 2011 at The Abbey in Le Mars. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at St. James Catholic Church in Le Mars with Reverend Matt Hewitt officiating. Interment will be at Calvary Cemetery in Le Mars. Visitations will be after 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at the Carlsen-Feuerstein Funeral Home in Le Mars with a 4:00 p.m. Parish Rosary followed by a 7:00 p.m. Scriptural Wake Service. Expressions of sympathy can be extended to the family through www.carlsenfuneralhome.com
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Students keep a look out for signs in their community that deal with science. Here are a couple of signs sent in by TEAMS students. If you see a sign in your community... be sure to send it to me at the address below.
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Stop signs tell drivers to stop. In order for cars to stop, there has to be friction between the tires and the road.
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Wilbur Wright, and his brother Orville, successfully flew the first airplane in 1903. When I saw this sign, I thought of Wilbur. The brothers built the plane also. The airplane reached a speed of 30 mph on it's first flight in December, 1903.
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James Paxton's return to the starting rotation has been put on hold again.
Before Tuesday's game Paxton met with Mariners team orthopedist Dr. Edward Khalfayan because of stiffness in his triceps and upper arm. Paxton underwent magnetic resonance imaging, which revealed inflammation in Paxton's shoulder. Paxton is being shut down until the inflammation subsides, hopefully just 5 to 7 days.
Paxton hasn't pitched in a major-league game since April 8, when he suffered a strained lat muscle in a start against the Angels and was placed on the 15-day disabled list. He was 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA.
Paxton was slowly working his way back to the rotation. He made his first rehab start Saturday, throwing three innings and 63 pitches.
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He felt the discomfort in his triceps on Sunday, but considered it normal soreness after throwing off the mound in a game for the first time in over a month. However, the soreness was still there on Monday when he was scheduled to throw his bullpen session. The Mariners postponed the session and decided to have him meet with Khalfayan when the shoulder was still sore on Tuesday.
With fellow prized pitching prospect Taijuan Walker also battling shoulder issues, the M's will likely be very careful with Paxton.
There was more bad news on the injury front. Right-hander Stephen Pryor, pitching for Class AAA Tacoma, also met with Khalfayan and was diagnosed with an impingement in his shoulder and was shut down for seven days. Pryor is trying to return from season-ending surgery last season. Pryor suffered a strained lat early in the season and had issues in his recovery. He had yet to return to his old form this season, posting a 1-1 record with one save and a 6.28 ERA in 12 appearances with Tacoma.
• Walker is still scheduled to pitch Wednesday in Tacoma. He will throw 75 pitches.
• According to multiple reports, the Mariners and veteran free-agent first baseman Xavier Nady have agreed to a minor-league contract. Nady was hitting .135 with three homers and four RBI in 22 games with the Padres before being released.


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One manifestation of acne that can be both painful and distressing is the acne cyst. These are larger balls of inflammation that occur deeper in the skin and can persist for several weeks. They are often very painful nodules and because they persist for so long, these cysts can add up and produce great cosmetic concern. Additionally, because of the inflammatory nature of acne cysts, they can produce prominent scarring leaving brown spots and sometimes even indentations in the skin. Often, cysts are resistant to treatment with topical creams and acne medications. They respond to treatment with oral antibiotics but may still take several days to weeks to improve. In our offices, we see patients daily who are models, actors, and busy professionals who simply cannot tolerate having cysts either because of the pain or for other professional and personal reasons. They look to us for a quick fix: the cortisone or steroid shot!
What is a steroid shot?
When we discuss treating acne with cortisone or "steroid" shots, we are referring to the process of gently placing a very dilute quantity of a "glucocorticoid" steroid into the cyst (this is called intra-lesional injection). Glucocorticoids are a class of steroid molecules that are naturally produced by our bodies and have numerous functions including the regulation of human metabolism, immunity, and inflammation. They have very potent anti-inflammatory effects so they are often used to treat inflammatory diseases in medicine. They can be formulated as creams to treat skin rashes or as pills to treat systemic disease. They can also be injected directly into local areas of inflammation such as in arthritic joints and inflamed acne cysts. Within one or two days of injection into a cyst, the steroid will shrink the inflammation producing relief of pain and almost immediate cosmetic improvement. Note that topical steroid creams do not work because they do not penetrate deep enough in the skin to affect the cyst.
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Steroid shots are routinely performed with very fine needles that are barely perceptible when placed in the skin. However, because the cyst itself may be painful, any manipulation of the cyst can be associated with some discomfort. However, this is generally not more painful than the pain associated with the cyst itself.
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When performed properly, intra-lesional injections are very safe and effective. Because the steroid is injected locally, there should be no systemic side effects. However, there can be local side effects with over-aggressive treatment including atrophy or indentation of the skin or skin lightening in the area of injection. Make sure that you are treated by a dermatologist or a physician with ample experience in treating acne cysts as utilizing improper dosages and technique is more likely to produce side effects. These risks are exceedingly low when performed with a gentle, conservative technique. In the long run, intra-lesional injection of steroids will benefit your skin because it will reduce inflammation promptly and reduce the risk of scarring and pigmentation.
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27-year-old identified as victim of Tuesday afternoon Akron shooting
AKRON, Ohio - A 27-year-old has been identified as the victim of Tuesday afternoon shooting in Akron.
The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office said Jarrell Cunningham, of Akron, was killed after the shooting that took place at about 12:20 p.m. in the 600 block of Madison Avenue
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Disregarding the Mobile Revolution: Why Aren't Retailers Optimizing Their Sites for Tablets?
A new study reveals that just 7% of retailer websites have been optimized to run on tablets.
E-commerce tool vendor Skava surveyed the top retail websites in North America and discovered that most retail companies wrongly assume their desktop websites will render sufficiently well on tablets. Skava found that websites were either not optimized to switch between landscape and portrait modes, could not display images correctly, or that the text was too small. Other complaints included poorly functioning drop down buttons and links that were difficult to click on.
Retailers aren't ignoring mobile entirely, though: 95% of top retail e-commerce websites are optimized for smartphones, according to The Impact of Tablet for Retailers 2012 report. But this actually makes no sense: the same study indicated that tablet shoppers are four times more likely to buy good online than those with smartphones (2.3% for tablet versus 0.6% for the smartphone). They also spend more money.
Fortunately, the study suggests retailers will finally get on board with tablets next year.
"Online retailers have recently seen a large increase in tablet traffic and they are beginning to stand up and take notice," said Arish Ali, co-founder and president of Skava. "We are set to launch a number of tablet optimized sites for several leading retailers in the coming weeks and we anticipate that in 2013 many more will follow the trend."


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Jennifer Pahlka, founder and Executive Director of Code for America ("the Peace Corps. for geeks") sent us some more information on the October 24th event scheduled to take place in New York City and some details on why they planned the vent in the first place. In case you are not familiar with Code for America, they are a group of web designers, programmers and other passionate geeks that work with local governments to create innovative solutions using all kinds of technology – including video games.
One of the details revealed today is that New York City is one of nine cities to be a part of the 2013 CfA fellowship program. Code for America will partner with the city's Criminal Justice Coordinator and the Arnold Foundation to create "data-driven pre-trial decisions," which will in turn get low-risk defendants out of jails and back with their families. Besides reuniting families, the aim of this initiative is to also save the city money. The basic framework of this particular project was described recently in an article over at the Atlantic ("Moneyballing Criminal Justice" by Anne Milgram).
The Code for America New York City event will take place on October 24. (Email Ashley Meyers for more info and to RSVP.) Code for America Founder and Executive Director Jennifer Pahlka will be on hand to discuss in detail what the group's vision of reinventing the relationship with government using technology, startup thinking, and a new understanding of the meaning of citizenship. The event will be co-hosted by Mike Brown, Jr., Rob Millis and Andrew McLaughlin. You can learn more here.
Code for America is also looking for contributions from individuals and entities that want to help turn their ideas into reality. Code for America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and nonpartisan organization and all donations are tax deductible. You can donate here.


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Oklahoma State basketball: Cowboys on verge of first place
LUBBOCK, Texas — Oh what a five-game winning streak, sprinkled with some magical moments, can do to swing perception.
Before Oklahoma State's surge to the doorstep of the Big 12 lead ensued, on the heels of a loss at Baylor, message board critics wondered about the cost of Travis Ford's buyout, pondering the feasibility of a coaching change.
Now, as the No. 17-ranked Cowboys bid for No. 6 in a row as a strong favorite Wednesday at Texas Tech, the message board buzz is quite different concerning a Ford buyout — hinting of worry, as in what an interested suitor would have to pay to steal him away.
Clearly, these are fickle times.
And not just off the floor.
Before going streaking, the Cowboys still stood as road kill, a seemingly talented team struggling to get over the hump. Rolling into Texas Tech, they've now won at Kansas and Texas — long-running rough spots for OSU teams — and threaten to move into a first-place tie in the conference standings.
That's right, first place.
"The Big 12 is wide open for anybody who really wants it," said sophomore forward Michael Cobbins. "You've got to show that you really want it and just take it.
"Coach has tried to keep us confident. He told us that we were going to hit our stretch and things were going to work, we just had to stay together and keep plugging away at it."
And that's what the Cowboys have done, kept plugging. Lately, they've kept winning, becoming the league's hottest team while rising among the contenders.
With KU's blowout win over Kansas State Monday night, the Big 12 standings read like this: Kansas and Kansas State at 8-3, OSU 7-3.
This is uncommon ground for the Cowboys, who claim but one regular season championship (2004) in the history of the Big 12. No OSU team has finished better than five games out of the league lead since 2005.
And here stand these Cowboys, lacking believers beyond their own locker room walls a few weeks ago, bidding to do something big as a young core continues to develop, revealing an upside that few Big 12 teams can match.
Not that it'll be easy. Games against KU and K-State remain, although at home. A major Bedlam clash also looms Saturday, with tickets inside Gallagher-Iba Arena scarce, suggesting a return of the rowdy for an OU team that lurks just behind the Cowboys at 7-4.
First things first: this trip to Tech, which is just 1-4 at home in the Big 12, yet with an upset of Iowa State as the lone win.
"You've got to be very cautious," Cobbins said. "In the Big 12, no games are a given — home or away. You've just got to bring your A game."
There's work to be done by the Cowboys, for sure.
But there's also opportunity.
"We have a lot of great teams in the Big 12 and we're just fighting for spots right now," said Cowboys guard Marcus Smart. "It's a good thing that's going on, good competition.
"It's real wide open, nobody's a dominant team. Everybody thought Kansas was, but we see what happened with them. The door's wide open."
No. 17 Oklahoma State at Texas Tech
* When: 6 p.m. Wednesday
* Where: United Spirit Arena, Lubbock, Texas
* TV: ESPNU (Cox 253, HD 718; Dish 141; DirecTV 208; U-Verse 605/HD 1605)
* Radio: KXXY-FM 96.1
Three things to know
* The Cowboys dominated Tech earlier this season, rolling 79-45 — OSU's largest margin of victory among conference games.
* OSU has already bettered its 2011-12 total for overall wins and tied the total for conference wins.
* Tech is 8-8 at home this season, yet just 1-4 inside United Spirit Arena in the conference.


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A 232 page inspiring look into the lives of the Haitian people- showcasing their beauty, strength, resilience, and hope. Photographer Tony Cece shares his favorite images from travels to Haiti before the tragic earthquake and upon his arrival just 72 hours after the quake struck. Powerful and motivating, the reflections included with his images will challenge readers to see the people of Haiti through new eyes. All proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to continuing relief efforts in Haiti.
I believe that photographs say a lot about the person who took them. When you look at a photograph, you get a glimpse of the world through the photographer's eye. They choose what is in the frame, what is left out, how it is framed, what is in focus, the lens, the type of lighting, and whether it is color or black and white. These are only a few things that the photographer has at their disposal when capturing a moment in time. For me, photographs are a glimpse into the many different areas of our life here on earth. I see a picture and it starts a collage of images in my mind as I try to understand the people, time, and place that surrounded it. It is this collage that I hope to create when I capture moments of everyday life.
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redtreeme dice Stunning and beautiful work. I am so glad to have this opportunity to view it and make a vote contribution.
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VisionSense dice A stunning book of photographs - capturing the human spirit. I appaud your effort and passion!!! And you are right, photographs can reveal the soul of the photographer - although, sometimes you have to pay close attention. Good luck with the sales of your book!
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'30 days' Prayer for Muslims during Ramadan
30-Days International produces the well-known "30-Days of Prayer for the Muslim World" Christian prayer guide coinciding with Ramadan each year.
The group helps Christians pray for Muslims and the Muslim world during Ramadan. In 2014 it will be held from June 28 - July 27.
Ramadan is held at a different time each year... Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar. It is during this month that Muslims observe the Fast of Ramadan.
The Night of Power is a particular focus for Muslims, as they believe that Allah handed the Qur'an to Mohammed on this night.
The origin of this international prayer network came about as a group of Christian leaders were praying during a meeting in the Middle East in April 1992. God put a burden on the hearts of these men and women to call as many Christians as possible to pray for the Muslim world.
The website has the booklet as well as a range of information about Islam.
The Booklet - '30 Days'
The booklet is an illustrated prayer guide which contains items that provide insight, prayer points and background articles.
The booklet can be purchased:
Click here for international.
Click here for Australian orders (Australian website).
The Booklet can be purchased an downloaded as an e-book - and many other resources are available on the 30 Days website.
You can also sign up to receive daily prayer notes during Ramadan. Click here.
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Please pray for the Muslim world that Muslims may come to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.


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I've begun to believe that data frames hold no advantages over matrices, except for notational convenience. However, I noticed this oddity when running
unique on matrices and data frames: it seems to run faster on a data frame.
a = matrix(sample(2,10^6,replace = TRUE), ncol = 10)
b = as.data.frame(a)
u1 = unique(a)
user system elapsed
1.840 0.000 1.846
u2 = unique(b)
user system elapsed
0.380 0.000 0.379
The timing results diverge even more substantially as the number of rows is increased. So, there are two parts to this question.
Why is this slower for a matrix? It seems faster to convert to a data frame, run
unique, and then convert back.
Is there any reason not to just wrap
myUnique, which does the conversions in part #1?
Note 1. Given that a matrix is atomic, it seems that
unique should be faster for a matrix, rather than slower. Being able to iterate over fixed-size, contiguous blocks of memory should generally be faster than running over separate blocks of linked lists (I assume that's how data frames are implemented...).
Note 2. As demonstrated by the performance of
data.table, running
unique on a data frame or a matrix is a comparatively bad idea - see the answer by Matthew Dowle and the comments for relative timings. I've migrated a lot of objects to data tables, and this performance is another reason to do so. So although users should be well served to adopt data tables, for pedagogical / community reasons I'll leave the question open for now regarding the why does this take longer on the matrix objects. The answers below address where does the time go, and how else can we get better performance (i.e. data tables). The answer to why is close at hand - the code can be found via
unique.data.frame and
unique.matrix. :) An English explanation of what it's doing & why is all that is lacking.


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Contest #13 Survivor LBP: Blood Ocean
This newest contest is being held by Mr. Radical, but we thought it sounded like so much fun and wanted to share it with all of you. For more information, check out Mr. Radical's thread.
For the first time in LittleBigPlanet 3 on PS4… It's time to take players from the LittleBigPlanet community and have them fight, scheme, vote each other out, and if their lucky… survive.
For those who don't know, Survivor: LittleBigPlanet is a competition based on the TV show Survivor. In it, I take a group of players from the LBP community and split them up into teams. Every 2-3 days, players from the teams compete in challenges built by me and my team in LBP3. The losing team must vote a player out and the process more or less repeats itself until we get to our final players.
Challenges come in different types, most of which will be based around solving puzzles or platforming. We try to put an LBP spin on what we think you'd see in a real life season of Survivor. In terms of how challenges are played, they mostly come in the following varieties:
1 – Challenges where players get to play on their own – either as many times as they want when going for a high score, or trying to be the first to get through a level.
2 – Head to Head challenges where we'll set a meeting time for everyone to get online and take on live opponents.
3 – Single player challenges where players must find a staff member online at their convenience.
Contest #12 I Didn't Choose The Bug Life, The Bug Life Chose Me
CONGRATS TO L-I-M-I for WINNING our "I Didn't Choose The Bug Life, The Bug Life Chose Me" contest
1st Place L-I-M-I
2nd Place HK53223
3rd Place LAROCHEPOWER
Runner Ups
"BugBusters!" by TJLEW
"The Exterminator" by TPC_0518
"Cake Defense" by BelosOfMari
"The Haunted Theater Of Bugs!" by AtomicGuy7
"Bugged!" by FireBlitz95
I believe in you guys! I think our third attempt at an LBP2 create contest is going to be a hit. I think we have the BUGS worked out after our last two attempts…which brings us to our newest LBP2 create contest, "I Didn't Choose The Bug Life, The Bug Life Chose Me." This will be a level creation contest, with a bug theme. You work out the bug theme however you would like. Perhaps a mini game where you squash bugs, a level where you play a video game tester, or maybe a movie about the frustration you feel when a game is buggy. The choice is yours and yours alone! Oh, and I am sure you are wondering what the prize will be? Well, we happen to have a NA Bug Blaster costume code that we would love to give away to one lucky winner. Submit your level by 11:59PM on September 16th and the levels will be judged by codibear8383, Crazy_S, and Spider-Jew. Levels will also be recorded so other can see them and links given for everyone to try them out as well.
1. Title your level with [RPSBBC] and then the level name.
2. This contest is for LBP2.
3. Be sure to keep with the Bug theme for the contest.
4. If you're working in teams, then PLEASE keep in mind that only ONE of you will get the code, so decide who'll get the code ahead of time in case you win.
5. Submit your levels before the deadline. No late levels will be accepted.
One NA Bug Blaster Costume code
To submit your level, PM the judges, or firstname.lastname@example.com, in this format:
Level: [Insert level here.]
PSN: [Insert PSN ID here.]
Scoring will be based on a 1-10 scale on each of these categories:
1. Relevance to the theme
2. Playability (If you want your game to have technical bugs, make sure it adds to your level and doesn't take away from it)
3. Unbreakability
4. Overall design quality
The total score will be a combination of all points gained in each category. The winner will be the one with the highest overall score.
You have until Sunday, September 30th at 11:59 PM PST to complete and submit your level.
The winner will be announced on the show, LIVE, on October 8th.
Contest #11 Radio PlayStation Zombie Survival Plan Contest
Want to win a Season Pass for The Walking Dead game, by TellTale Games? Well Radio PlayStation has your chance. Every person in this world should have a plan for the inevitable zombie outbreak and we at Radio PlayStation want to hear yours! To enter this contest, email us your zombie survival plan to firstname.lastname@example.com or give us a call during one of our shows (April 26, April 30, or May 2) for your chance to win. A winner will be announced by the end of the show on May 2nd. Spider-Jew and Crazy_S will choose a winner based on how awesome and effective the plan is. You will probably want it to be fairly realistic as well (yes I know we are talking zombies here), so saying you will fly a spaceship to the moon or something like that is just silly and you probably will not win…unless you know an astronaut or something. This contest should be easy for all of you, since, as I said, you should all already have a zombie survival plan…right?! As with most of our contests for game codes, this is only open to NA, since the codes are not region free and we do not have codes for other regions. We can't wait to hear how you will survive!
Contest #10 My Twisted Valentine's Day
In celebration of Twisted Metal going gold today, it is time to officially announce our next contest! As we all know, Twisted Metal is set to release on Valentine's Day, February 14th. What better way to celebrate the holiday and Twisted Metal then by writing some twisted poetry. It doesn't have to be just poetry. Perhaps you want to make your special someone a twisted gift for Valentine's Day, draw them a picture maybe. Whatever it is, we want to see it. The best part about this contest, you could win a Sweet Tooth action figure, signed by David Scott Jaffe and hopefully a few or the other Eat Sleep Play, Inc. staff!
1. Email us your poetry or picture of your creation to firstname.lastname@example.com by 11:59 PM PST on February 14th.
2. Be original. Don't steal someone else's work or buy something to claim as your own. You will be out of the contest if you do.
3. We have to limit this contest to U.S. only, due to shipping costs. If someone outside of the U.S. enters and wins, they will need to pay for shipping costs or we will give the prize to the next winner.
4. We will post all entries on our site. If you don't want us to post yours, tell us in the email, or we will assume we have your permission.
Have fun with this, everyone. We want to read and see some awesome stuff. The winner of the contest will be announced LIVE, on the show, on February 15th.
Check out the entries below to see what people have submitted so far!
Twisted Love Story
Here I am,
Cleaning the blade of woe
After the deed I've done
I've buried his body
And cleaned up the blood
So no one would know it was me
Who had done what I have done
He cheated me and lied to me
So now he's lying in the dirt
And the only things he will cheat on
Are the worms feeding off of his rotting flesh
All went on as it should
For no one found out
All. Was. Good.
Until this very day
A storm erupted
Thunder so loud,
No one can hear you scream
It was quiet at first
Then came a three knocks at the door
Wondering who could it be
I opened it
Should have never made that mistake
For it was the one I had murdered
For what he had done to me
It can't be!
The tables have turned
Since I killed him
He killed me
With the same blade
His angry soul came back from beyond the grave
To take vengeance on what he had deserved
Or so I thought
I was mistaken
He died without cause
He never cheated or lied
The only thing he cheated was death
Eternity gave us the time to forgive each other
Now we're stuck together
For true love never dies
I thought all was good before
The beginning of the end
But it only gets better
Forever Together
My dear skeleton love
Your bones that rattle me so
Our days are gone
But our love is not
The day we kissed
Is the day i knew
A blast in the heart
was surely true?
Your body was there
Your soul was not
For i'd ripped it out
With my own bare hands
The love i still felt
after that reckless act
Had only hurt me more
Once we were through
My body still walked
But i thought of you
My skin it trembled
And that was that
I soon took a blade
and held right here
I was through with this
And there, we rejoin
Yes i bled, pools of red
And twitches sent through my body
I did all this just because
all i could think of was you
So here we are, bone to bone
Skeleton bones a rattlin'
Our love forever intertwined
Never to leave eachother
Sweet Sweet Victory
Looking around scanning for him with her sight
Out comes the hero with a vengeance that is above no height
A face with determination and a scar across the eye
All she thought was her plan wouldn't fly
Blow across the face pain registered without a trace
Feeling hurt and staggering she looked in his path
One fist two fist three then smash
Blood pouring from her head it happened too fast
A missile flying in the air without any care
Looking around but then only to frown
Pulls out a gun and fires it into the sky
The bullet and the missile just happen to collide
She finds her opponent but a little too late
Then realizes this was the end of her fate
Looks down and sees a spear
The missile, only a distraction now this is clear
Sweet Tooth comes over with a smirk on his face
Pulls the spear out without any hesitation
Looks back and yells
You may now return to hell… Doll Face
The Knife
As I look through my eyes I am filled with fright,
something bad will be happening this fateful night.
Walking down these streets I can feel the terror,
I now know I have made an error.
I know tonight will be the end of my life,
as i turn to face the knife.
He leaves my blood trailing behind,
as I try to call out to mankind.
He throws me in the pile,
I know I will stay here awhile.
I look around to see my friends,
but they have all come to an end.
I lie here thinking about my wife,
but I know she will soon see the fate of the knife.
Ricky R.
Twisted Contest
Drivers are destroying all they can see
From missles to napalm to a killing spree
Sweet Tooth escaped his felony
He killed many in the 21st century
Rising the rate of crashes and concussions
All the contestants care about is their wish and destruction
Destroying cars and bots, causing malfunction
Driving fast with nitrous
Sweet Tooth is so psychotic that he cant be healed by a psychiatrist
Someone call the doctor!
Grimm ran someone over with his chopper
While rockets are launching from a helicopter
Cars are equipped with armor and machine gun akimbos
Be careful for what you wish for from Calypso.
I am tired of rejection
Girls have shot me down
so many times
I find myself in a frown
I been searching for the right one
My wheels keep on turning
Can't seem to make an impact
and my heart feels the burning
Still can't seem to get over
her pretty little Dollface
but if I tried to kiss her
I know I'd get the mace
This Valentine's Day, I'm looking up
riding around this town
because I'm staring straight into eyes
of a gun wielding clown
Twisted Lyrics
I can't eat and I can't sleep it's like all I do is play.
24-7, 365 it's Twisted Metal all day.
there's a man in a tire, clowns face on fire.
Check out Talon if your into getting higher.
If your a true fan you'll be a day one buyer.
I already got my strategy to damage yo anatomy.
I got my PHD from TMC.
A skilled player with a Twisted Metal Degree.
I don't even think Jaffe could fuck with me.
But he's still the coolest dev in gaming history.
Will you live, will you die? it's a mystery.
Unless your playin with me than it's the latter of thee.
Taking out opponents to the power of three.
at 12:01 on 2-14 you know where i'll be.
Picking up my Valentines date and I can't wait.
Leave my girlfriend at home cause I can't be late.
Another reason for Xbox fans to hate.
Cant' wait to get home, undress her and let the disk penetrate.
My Bluray drive just came alive.
Sweet Tooth on my screen, can't wait to drive.
I got goosebumps and they big as hives.
I give it ten out of ten you can keep your fives.
red soaks the page,
in more than one way.
from the passion that i feel,
to where my heart was ripped away.
and your memory remains.
what i thought was love,
i knew wouldnt last.
all the disappointments and heart break,
coming back from my past.
and your memory remains.
every moment we shared,
i now see was a lie.
when i watched you leave,
i felt apart of me slowly die.
and your memory remains.
you shattered my heart,
it's now on the floor in pieces.
i think of it everyday,
yet the pain never ceases.
and your memory remains.
if that really happened,
it would drive me insane.
but loving you now,
is worth all that pain.
the mark you left,
now has surely stained,
my heart forever.
and your memory remains
Contest #9 Marvel Pinball Tournament
It is time for our first Marvel Pinball Tournament. Zen Studios was kind enough to give us a code for Marvel Pinball: Vengeance and Virtue to give to one lucky fan. All you have to do is play the Spider-Man table on Marvel Pinball this week. We will look at the weekly high score for the table, on Saturday. The person with the highest score will win the code! The Vengeance and Virtue tables are quite excellent; so be sure to do your best. Check the rest of this post for all the info you need to win this code. Also, don't forget to check out the show every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 6-8PM PST. There are more chances to win awesome prizes during our shows.
1. Leave a comment on this post or message us on the PSN: RadioPS_LIVE telling us your PSN, so that we can add you to check your score during the week.
2. This tournament is for the Spider-Man pinball table on the PS3.
3. We will be checking the weekly high score for Jan. 1st to Jan. 7th.
4. Final scores will be checked by 3PM PST on Jan. 7th.
Contest #8 Uncharted 3 Epic Kill Contest
It is time for another Radio Playstation contest! For this contest, we want to see your best kills in Uncharted 3. We want to see epic kill streaks, over the top kills, a one in a million shot…if it is awesome, we want to see it! All you have to do is send us a video of your game play by December 17th. The Radio Playstation staff will then vote on the winner. Now, I am sure everyone is interested in what the prize will be. Well, the winner will have the choice of either an Uncharted 3 t-shirt or poster! I posted pictures of them at the bottom of the post so you guys can check them out. We will accept 2 videos per person. We will set up a page with either the videos or links to the videos, so that everyone can see the awesomeness. Due to the cost of shipping, we will have to limit this contest to U.S. residents only, unless you live outside the states and agree to pay for shipping if you win. So, get out there and play some Uncharted 3!
1. Email entries to email@example.com or PM through the PSN at RadioPS_LIVE by 11:59PM PST on December 17th, 2011.
2. Contest is for U.S. residents only, unless non-U.S. resident is willing to pay for shipping if he/she wins.
3. Limit 2 videos per person.
4. Winner may choose either the Uncharted 3 poster or the Uncharted 3 shirt.
5. If the winner does not respond within one week of the announcement, a new winner will be chosen.
Contest # 7 Radio Playstation Costume Contest
With Halloween right around the corner, we thought it would be a fun idea to have a costume contest. Pretty simple really; You share a picture of your awesome Halloween costume and you could win a prize valued at over $132! The prize is two VIP voucher codes for PlayStation Home. To enter the contest, email us a picture of you in your costume, before November 1st. We will consider various things when we judge these costumes, such as authenticity, originality, store bought/homemade, and of course, bonus points for people with PlayStation related costumes. Our winner will be announced on November 1st, during our LIVE show. Once we start getting entries, we will post them on the site for all to see. So, let's see some awesome costumes! Check out the costume contest page here.
Contest #6 The LittleBigRadio Contest! Again
Hello Happy Gadders! It's time for the first not-second-but-technically-not-first Radio Playstation Level Design Contest. We thought it would be cool if you guys could help spread the word about Radio Playstation and one of the best ways to do that is through LittleBigPlanet. So it is time to make a level, inspired by our radio show. It can be a movie of us in the studio, maybe an alien invasion that can only be stopped if Sackboy can collect the podcasts of Radio Playstation for them to listen to, a music level creating a jingle for the show, or some other super cool idea that we have yet to think of. We will collect a panel of judges to pick the best entry and the winner will receive a $20 PSN card via email, PM, or PSN.
1. Only two submissions per team and/or player.
3. Be sure to include RadioPS's website link in your level's description (www.radioplaystation.com). No point in making a level for a website if people don't know the URL. :L
4. If you're working in teams, then PLEASE keep in mind that only ONE of you will get the PSN Card, so decide who'll get the card ahead of time in case you win.
5. Submit your levels before the deadline. No late levels will be accepted.
$20 PSN Card
Ah, you noticed the "(s)"? Will yes, we have confirmed that the $20 PSN Card will be the prize, however, we MAY include more prizes over the course of time (DLC, another PSN Card, etc.) For now, the confirmed prize is the $20 PSN Card, but if we can get more participants to join in, then we might add more to the pot. So….
Spread the word around, especially to your fellow LBP buddies!
To submit your level, PM the judges, or email, in this format:
Level: [Insert level here.]
PSN: [Insert PSN ID here.]
Note: If don't want to receive the PSN Card's code though the PSN, then include your email or your method of receiving the code in your submission.
Musical Maniac CyberSora – LBP PSP and LBP1
Golden Voice Spider-Jew – LBP2
Chewy Bacca Crazy_S – LBP2
Scoring will be based on a 1-10 scale on each of these categories:
1. Relevance to Radio Playstation
2. Playability
3. Unbreakability
4. Overall design quality
The total score will be a combination of all points gained in each category. The winner will be the one with the highest overall score (obviously).
You have until FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30th at 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time (PST) to complete and submit your level.
The winner will be announced on the show, LIVE, as soon as possible (RadioPS usually tweets when they're going on air). Stay tuned to see if you won. If you weren't tuning in when we announced it, but you won, then you should see your $20 PSN Card Code through your receiving method shortly after the show.
Contest #5 EXTRA! EXTRA!, Read All About It!
Hello everyone! Look at this awesome poster that made for us. Now we can print this poster out as a flyer and pass them out to our local video game stores. And guess what…You can do the same! Just print this poster out and ask your local game stores if you can drop a couple flyers off or maybe even hang it up for all to see. You can pass them out anywhere you deem appropriate. Take a picture of you with the poster, handing them out or having it posted somewhere, and you will be entered for a mystery prize, that will be revealed on our next show. Send the picture to firstname.lastname@example.com or tweet the picture with #RadioPlaystation for your chance to win! Winner will be announced on September 13th during our LIVE show. So, get out there and help support Radio Playstation!
Contest #4 Winner Announced!
Hooray to SuperDork_42 for winning the contest.
Contest #4 Costume Contest
Spider-Jew is currently in California for Comic-Con so we decided to have a costume contest for a $10 PSN card. Just send us a picture of you in an AWESOME costume to email@example.com also provide your PSN name so we know who the submission is for. The winner will be announced next Tuesday's show 7-26-11
Contest #3 is waiting on the prize to be delivered
Contest #3 Crazy_S's Paranoia
Alright Listeners, it is time to creep Crazy_S out! Crazy_S believes the number 333 is always following him and that it is bad. So the show has challenged its listeners to take pictures of any 333 they naturally find around the world, in games, wherever. If you see one, take a picture and send us an email. We will randomly pick a winner on August 3rd, that will receive the Resistance 3 beta as a prize! So, look out for the 333, it could be after you next!
Look at the madness!
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Contest #2 had no entries…BOO
Contest #2 The LittleBigRadioContest
Hello Listeners! It is time for our first Radio Playstation Level Design Contest. We thought it would be cool if you guys could help spread the word about Radio Playstation and one of the best ways to do that is through LittleBigPlanet. So it is time to make a level, inspired by our radio show. It can be a movie of us in the studio, maybe an alien invasion that can only be stopped if Sackboy can collect the podcasts of Radio Playstation for them to listen to, a music level creating a jingle for the show, or some other super cool idea that I have yet to think of. We will collect a panel of judges to pick the best entry and the winner will receive a $20 PSN card + LBP DLC, or something even more awesome if we get something even awesome-er by then (Unless of course, MM is super awesome and offers us a crown to give away….wouldn't that be sweet?!?) There can only be one winner, so if you work as a team, it is up to you guys to decide who gets the prize. Spider-Jew, Crazy_S, bagheadinc, and Super_Dork_42 will be judging the levels. Levels will be judged on:
1. Relevance to Radio Playstation
2. Playability
3. Unbreakability
4. Overall design quality
You guys will have until August 2nd to complete your level and the winner will be announced on the show, LIVE, on August 9th. To submit your entries, publish the level with RPSC1 at the beginning of the title. Have fun with this and let's see some great creations!
Contest #1 Winner Announced!
Congrats to DieselDog09 for winning PixelJunk Shooter 2!
Hello Listeners! It is time for our first Radio Playstation Photo Contest. All we want you to do is Show Us Your Junk! That's right, we said it…No, not THAT…we want you to post a picture of your gaming set-up. Please submit entries by 7PM PST on Sunday, June 26th, 2011. Tomorrow, we will randomly choose a winner. You can see Spider-Jew's junk at the top of the page. And look, here is Crazy_S's junk:
The winner will receive a code to download PixelJunk Shooter 2. Email pictures to firstname.lastname@example.com to enter. So come on everyone, let's see that junk of yours!
Here is a look at the entries so far.
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Just wondering, Cassave. How much input did your wife have in the design? Did she want to get in on any of the fabrication fun too, or mostly just sit it out? I `m really trying hard to constrain myself and not fill up yet another page with gibberish about what an absolutely beautiful frame that is, but...
Damn! It almost hurts to look at. Goes beyond lust.
Certainly a beauty! The Mid-stays, are they straight tubing in the forward section. Seems to be what you said, but shadows, or something, are making it hard for me to tell.
She had no direct input really. She doesn't like drops or riding in traffic or messing with gears so: Upright bars, 3 sp hub, easy geometry for bike path use.
Fabrication fun!!? No. The workshop is MINE I tell you, MINE!
She is looking forward to the first ride however.
I started a neat stainless tube rack last night.
this bike is making me drool! post more pics.
Thanks, I thought that was what you had said, just looks even cooler than that!
This is awesome.
Finished the rear rack and got the frame and fork in primer, a few more pics;
A detail at the very rear of the rack;
In primer, color goes on next weekend
Yeah, that did it. This thread is now a sticky.
are you going to put some personalized art or decal?
The only decal is the tubing sticker.
I'll shoot color and first clear tomorrow, a very light blue with cream head and seat tubes. Very close to the blue you used.
Got the frame and fork painted over the weekend.
Lug windows need another coat of cream and the gold lug pin striping gets done tonight.
Then another coat of clear and it'll be ready to build up.
The Nova tubes were fine to work with.
That's looking beautiful, Steve.
If she ever throws you out, I`ll marry you.
I should have been a racer. Don`t worry- if you keep giving her nice stuff like that, I don`t think I`d ever get my turn shaved or not. Outstanding job from top to bottom. Over and out.
Shrugs, looks like a hack job to me.
Oops, just kidding Steve,,,,,as always a work of art
Do you have another shop setup in the mountains?
thats a great paint scheme bro!!!!!!!classy! CONGRATS! that blue cream combo topped with the 3 gold lines is incredible!!
how did you do the lines? tape and brush?
Gold stripes are sprayed on after masking.
Pics of the complete bike will be up in about an hour.........
Just about finished...........
Built the bike up on Sunday afternoon except for the shifter. The modern SA two button shifter is huge. I've ordered an "old' style single lever trigger shifter so that has to wait until
it arrives later in the week.
A few pics: