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iSky onboard: Fellet details major My Sky upgrade
Sky TV's My Sky HDi decoder is getting a major makeover, says CEO John Fellet, speaking to NBR ONLINE after the company's solid half-year result this morning.
Currently, the broadcaster's separate iSky download service only supports access via a computer (although with some finagling that computer can be linked to a TV).
In about 12 months' time, My Sky decoders will be upgraded to have direct support for iSky (a mix of catch-up viewing, a la TVNZ and TV3's ondemand services, plus pay-per-view content).
The software-only My Sky decoder upgrade will let you watch iSky on your television, and control it with your remote, Mr Fellet says.
(The Sky TV boss confesses to a dislike for watching movies and TV shows on a PC screen. Your correspondent agrees, although he gets around the problem by watching downloaded content on his telly via an Apple TV wi-fi box.)
Sky was looking at a physical upgrade to its My Sky decoder around that time (the broadcaster talked to NBR last year of a potential new box with more TV tuners, allowing more channels to be recorded at once, plus the addition a social feature for sharing favourite viewing picks with others).
"But when I saw Ultra HD on the horizon I knew I didn't want to ship a new box without Ultra HD support," Mr Fellet says – referencing a new type of television just coming onto the market that offers four times the resolution of today's HD sets (no, there isn't any content for it yet).
The upgrade will ride on the back of development work by Sky italia.
Ever-increasing broadband data caps will help its adoption, Mr Fellet says (a number of ISPs, including Vodafone, Orcon and CallPlus unmeter iSky content. But Telecom, which holds around 50% of broadband market, is conspicously absent).
A punt on igloo sales
igloo finally launched its set-top box before Christmas.
The new venture, 51% owned by Sky TV and 49% by TVNZ, offers all the free-to-air channels you get on Freeview, plus - for $25 pre-pay a month - a sub-selection channels drawn from Sky TV's lineup. The service also features ondemand movies and TV shows (in a manner not dissimilar to the pending My Sky upgrade described above), plus pay-per-view sports events from time-to-time).
There's been speculation that the new service isn't attracting many customers.
Labour broadcasting spokeswoman Claire Curran reports that at a select committee hearing yesterday, TVNZ refused to comment on igloo sales, as did Mr Fellet today.
Pressed, Mr Fellet said igloo could achieve 30,000 sales this year from people making the digital TV switchover.
In an update to the NZX early last year, Sky TV said igloo could gain 50,000 subscribers in its first year. The CEO says sales were hurt by missing the start of the digital TV switchover.
Mr Fellet blames the delay on Pace, UK-based company that has the contract to make igloo boxes.
Although not happy with te delay, he sees it as nothing extraordinary. He reminds NBR the original My Sky HD box was eight months late, but at least Sky had an existing product to fall back on.
Chump move by TVNZ?
igloo CEO Chaz Savage recently quit for a job at Telstra across the Tasman.
He gave an "exit interview" to Stop Press, which makes for intriguing reading - particularly this Q&A:
Q: What is Igloo's biggest obstacle to market?
A: "We've launched Igloo and the logo you see in the corner, now people need to understand what it is and why they need it. The challenge is a marketing one. We need to engrain ourselves around 'cheaper-than-Sky more-channels-than-Freeview', which is a simple enough proposition.
"Secondly is developing the product. How do we make it more appealing? Personal video recording (PVR) is a very obvious one, but then we have to factor in our shareholder Sky, which already has a very successful MySky HDi product. Would that canibalise that business?
"Although the set top box isn't PVR ready currently, it is able to become a PVR with an external hard drive or USB. Initially we held back that piece of functionality." [And it still holds off; a USB stick can be used for a half-hour live pause, but that's nothing compared to the one-click recording of programmes, or whole series, that makes a PVR so useful.]
NBR has long maintained that 51% shareholder Sky TV wants to make igloo attractive enough to attract TVNZ (which chipped in $12.5 million) but not so attractive it will cannibalise My Sky subscribers.
Keen followers of igloo's Twitter account will have seen several questions about how often Super Rugby and All Blacks games will be offered on pay-per-view; igloo can't say.
Some will be frustrated by igloo's lack PVR functionality but Sky TV can always upsell them them to its own My Sky service.
For TVNZ, the lack of recording capability makes igloo a dead-end.
How does Mr Fellet think TVNZ's CEO would feel reading Mr Savage's comments.
Personally, I would feel like a chump. They seem to confirm suspicion igloo is tailored to Sky TV commercial mores.
For starters, Mr Fellet says it was not igloo CEO Mr Savage who made the call to leave out a hard drive.
"I made that decision," Mr Fellet says.
Mr Savage (drawn from Sky's marketing department) was not even onboard when the decision was made.
The Sky TV CEO is also quick to qualify his comments, adding that research (and the failure of high priced TiVo and slow sales of mid-priced MyFreeview boxes) indicated price was a big factor for people who had yet to go digital. The tipping point was around $200. He briefed his R&D team to come back with a set-top box that met that price point. They did, and the budget did not allow for a hard drive and sound-dampening and other paraphernalia around it.
That argument certainly makes sense for Sky TV in terms of attacking the budget market.
But Keallhaulled would like to see TVNZ aim a little higher, and demand a version of igloo with PVR functionality added - as Mr Savage has pointed out it can be.
That Commerce Commission content probe
Since May last year, the Commerce Commission has been probing Sky TV's contracts with ISPs (including a clause that allow them to source content from all-comers, but only charge for that sourced from Sky), plus "whether Sky's agreements for the acquisition of content harm competition by denying actual or potential rivals access to a critical mass of quality content." (More on the arguments and counter-arguments for that one in my article yesterday here.)
Mr Fellet was relaxed by the endless inquiry (and I use "endless" in a formal sense; it has no official end point.)
From time-to-tiime the Commerce Commission was requesting information, and his company was cooperating. Given both the Broadcasting and ICT ministers share Mr Fellet's position his company does not enjoy a near monopoly as new technology threats loom (not so large, Quickflix' case), the Sky TV boss' relaxed stance is justified.
That Todd stake
And what of long-standing Todd Communications' 11.1% stake in Sky TV, sold before Christmas.
Mr Fellet says underwriter Credit Suisse sold it to a series of institutional investors.
The Todd stake made it the largest investor after Rupert Murdoch's News Ltd, which holds 43.65% of shares.
Would have traded some of that profit for subs
Not everything is completely sunny in the Sky TV CEO's world.
Although profits were up, and more people shifted to premium services, total subscriber growth increased by less than 1000 to 846,988.
Historically, Sky lost subs in a post winter slump. Cricket held less appeal than rugby, and the beach beckoned.
Over the past couple of years, the pay TV broadcaster managed to break that pattern (helped by the World Cup).
Not so in the latest half-year, which gives the CEO mixed feelings about the result.
"I would have traded some of those financials for more subscribers," Mr Fellet tells NBR.
Sky TV shares [NZX:SKT] were up 3.77% to $5.23 in late trading.
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Ha. TVNZ's been bending over forwards for Sky since the beginning. Why stop now?
Freeview works excellently. More good content than any sane person has time to watch (along with even more bad content, as is the case with all telly), and - as the name suggests - it's bloody well free.
Of course, if watching boxers giving each other brain injury is your thing, well, you'd wanna pay for that.


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Homemade Baby Food Recipes: Cooking with Bananas
Baby food to satisfy your little one's sweet tooth
"The most common first food (the one recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics) is baby rice cereal. However, there are several other foods which are also commonly given, including bananas," says Peggy O'Shea, a Boston-based registered dietitian and president of the Massachusetts Dietetic Association. "A mashed, ripe banana is easy to digest for the baby and is a nutritious choice."
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Here are some easy banana recipes to try on your baby or toddler!
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Most Underrated/Overrated Games
Dec 22 2011, 03:37 AM
Post #1
Type: Designer
Alignment: Neutral Good
Basically what the title says. Here are mine:
Beyond Good & Evil HD - I got it at a discount from $10 to $3 on XBLA.
It was the best $3 I ever spent. The story was so gripping and emotional, the gameplay and puzzles
were so clever, and the music...dear GOD, THE MUSIC. I hope they actually finish the sequel.
Shadow the Hedgehog - It's a really fun game. Many people seem to pan it because it had some much
swearing and violence compared to other Sonic games. And the story was really dark, too.
Still, I had a blast playing it. :3
Luigi's Mansion - Ahh, the memories with this game. I remember actually doing an all-nighter just to beat the game
since it was so short. I felt so badass after beating it. I ended up returning it the next day, though. OTL
Final Fantasy VII - Not much to say about this one. The characters weren't too interesting to me, the story was...meh,
and the gameplay was also 'meh'. I ended up liking FFVIII much better for some reason. I mean, FFVII is a good game,
but best RPG/game ever? I don't think so.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - 'Nuff said.
Dec 22 2011, 10:15 AM
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Café Alpha is REAL! ...It has to be!
Type: Writer
Alignment: Chaotic Good
I agree 100% with you on beyond good and evil. Though i dont really think its that underrated
It did get very good reviews I just think its widely unknown to many.
CoD: all of them xD
no fanboys hate on me for saying this, but, zelda. the N64 ones were ok but playing twilight proncess on the wii i just felt dissapointed
again fanboys... super smash bro's, it was just eh, I'd rather play a traditional fighter then a button mashy party one. everyone was all like,
'its not a button masher its just before that think line between button mashing and fun' it really is just mashing though -.-
Trauma cantre: i think just too few people know the fun of it :3
Disgaea: Many people love it but the latest ones have been getting pretty average reception, but i think they are getting better gamelay wise(the story of 4 was a bit... well... bad)
thats pretty much all i can think of right now.
Dec 22 2011, 11:17 AM
Post #3
Type: Writer
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Nobody seems to know much about the game, and it seems that all of the people who make LPs of it on YouTube get absolutely no views (including me. OTL)
BattleMail Kung Fu
It's so underrated it doesn't exist anymore. D:
Any COD game beyond World at War
I'll just go back to playing Day of Defeat: Source now.
I just think it's gotten too popular. I started playing it before it went mainstream, and now that everybody and their Mom is playing this game it's just lost its charm. I liked being one of the few people who actually played multiplayer, but now servers are too crowded and I'm getting tired of not having a place to build.
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Dec 29 2011, 03:50 PM
Post #4
Type: Writer
Alignment: Unaligned
I agree with Final Fantasy VII being overrated. Don't get me wrong, I was thrilled when it first came out, and I still enjoy throwing it in from time to time. I thought the story and characters were fairly well done, and the music was excellent for the time. However, I never got the huge love for it that a lot of fans have. An updated remake may or may not make me think differently, if one were to ever come around.
On the other side, games like Wild Arms seem to be underrated. The very first Wild Arms was a very good role playing game that allowed people to transition well from the SNES to the PS, without trying to make things so complicated. But as it's always hung in the shadows of Final Fantasy, perhaps the developers are waiting for the next decent Final Fantasy game (excluding some of the more recent ones) before they attempt another Wild Arms.
Oh, and Xenogears. Not Xenosaga, which was decent in it's own right, but still different from Xenogears. The Final Fantasy/KH franchise has been drilled too far into the ground, and it'd be nice if Square would pick up on some of it's forgotten classics to give them proper sequels (Xenogears and Chrono Trigger for example).
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Dec 30 2011, 04:55 PM
Post #5
Type: Writer
Alignment: True Neutral
Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter (PS2)
This is one title that has garnered much hate over the years. It changed much that fans of the series enjoyed from previous games. The game had a "time limit" which if reached resulted in a game over. This limit could not be increased in the game. The setting was different as was the combat. I will not lie, I myself was among the haters. I recently gave the game another chance and loved it. It is a truly unique game.
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Jan 16 2012, 07:36 AM
Post #6
Type: Artist
Alignment: Lawful Good
Most Overated: Tie between Halo and Ocarina of Time. Two games that definitely don't deserve the hype.
Most underrated: Also breath of fire V actually, haha. That game is AWSOOMEE! Loved the battle system, story was pretty good too. It's really really hard in my opinion, but I think that's what made it fun =). I don't really like the other breath of fires much.. o.o
Jan 17 2012, 09:41 PM
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Type: Designer
Alignment: Neutral Evil
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Jan 20 2012, 03:56 PM
Post #9
Type: Artist
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Legend of Legaia (a true RPG player MUSTTTTTT)
Final Fantasy 7 - I liked it, but it's far from being the best in the series, for it's time it was godly, but no more, I'm sick of seeing people beg for a remake, tbh I don't know if I would even play the remake, what's the point? New graphics ? big whoop, already beat it and no the story down to the teeth
Also CrayDragon..... what an avatar, I pretty much just spit my drink on my computer screen laughing when I saw it
Jan 21 2012, 03:04 AM
Post #10
Type: Writer
Alignment: Unaligned
Legend of Legaia (a true RPG player MUSTTTTTT)I completely agree with this, and Legaia two was also really good/underrated.
Other underrated games
Resident Evil 0: Every other Resident Evil game is pretty well-known and some of them are even overrated but for some reason this game is ignored/hated everywhere for some reason, (probably because of Rebecca) but in my opinion it was one of if not the best Resident Evil game.
Legend of Dragoon: I'm the only person I know that's ever played this game, and I almost never played it because every review I'd seen on it called it crap at the time. Granted the battle system was a little off and there was no customization at all, but this was a game that was truly worth playing from beginning to end on the merit of the story alone...
Eternal Poison: Like all strategy/tactics games on a console...
Overated games...
Call of Duty(mw,mw2,mw3 and black ops): When a company gets to the point that it starts packaging the SAME DAMN GAME 4+ times with no changes except for new multiplayer maps and a couple guns added and a couple old ones omitted it's time to stop spending 60 dollars for a game!
Dragon Age 2: For a story-driven rpg the story was pretty...boring.
Jan 23 2012, 04:38 PM
Post #11
Chancellor of the Capellan Confederation.
Type: Writer
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
This will probably get me a lot of disagreements, but....
Anything post-PS2. I'm one of those rare few that gets violently physically sick with 3D. Something about the rotation or the scaling. I have to be careful with anything Final Fantasy VII and beyond, and fully 3D worlds like Dragon Quest VIII are virtually unplayable. I even have to take Disgaea cautiously. I can't begin to tell you how much that vertigo feeling sucks.
Rhapsody. This quirky little RPG has a lot of charm and some funny-as-hell music. My favorite game nobody's ever heard of.
LUNAR. This got a huge, well-deserved following for a while, but was forgotten again just as quickly.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms. One word: replayability. This strategy/empire builder has seen sequels from the NES to the PS2. R3K11 is possibly my favorite game of all time. Highly recommended to anyone with the rest of thier lives to kill.
Pong. Back and forth. Back and forth. Back and forth. Repeat until you bleed from your eyes. It's like Video Game NASCAR.
I have to say I strongly disagree with the malignment that Final Fantasy VII has been getting though. It might look awful by current standards, but it was the milestone of its time. Some of its music tracks remain my favorites, and the story was interesting. It's the first game I'm aware of where your main character leaves your party! I loved being able to customize the hell out of my equipment. It was amusing to kill Sephiroth with one massive combo without ever touching a button.
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Jan 24 2012, 07:47 PM
Post #12
Type: Undisclosed
Alignment: Unaligned
Anything post-PS2. I'm one of those rare few that gets violently physically sick with 3D. Something about the rotation or the scaling. I have to be careful with anything Final Fantasy VII and beyond, and fully 3D worlds like Dragon Quest VIII are virtually unplayable. I even have to take Disgaea cautiously. I can't begin to tell you how much that vertigo feeling sucks.
There is a difference between not liking something/not being able to physically deal with something and it being overrated.
This just sounds like someone saying football sucks because they have no legs.
Hell, I have only one functioning eye, but even I think that stereoscopic 3d has the POTENTIAL to be pretty interesting, even if I'll never see it.
Jan 24 2012, 07:52 PM
Post #13
Type: Undisclosed
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Anything post-PS2. I'm one of those rare few that gets violently physically sick with 3D. Something about the rotation or the scaling. I have to be careful with anything Final Fantasy VII and beyond, and fully 3D worlds like Dragon Quest VIII are virtually unplayable. I even have to take Disgaea cautiously. I can't begin to tell you how much that vertigo feeling sucks.
Navigating real life must be very difficult for you.
Jan 25 2012, 05:25 PM
Post #14
Chancellor of the Capellan Confederation.
Type: Writer
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Allow me to elaborate. Everything post-PS2 doesn't interest me in the tiniest bit. Naturally the whole vertigo thing is a huge influence in what I like and don't like, but I can't help feel abandoned by my favorite developers. Koei has left behind thier R3K series that made them what they are today, and I really don't care what label SquareSoft chooses to slap on their MMO--it just ain't Final Fantasy. I've tried some of the new games out there, and seen others played. To me, THEY ALL LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME. Where's the support for the old-schoolers? There isn't any. The PS3 has some incredible potential--I just don't feel they care.
Suppose your football hater was a former NFL player who lost his legs in an accident. To avoid paying his multi-million contract, his team fires him instead and trumps up bogus charges of drugs/negligence/whatever. Does that put it in a different light or am I just sounding like a troll?
I want you to take your favorite portable game and play it on a spinning merry-go-round. I can navigate just fine as long as I don't do anything blatently stupid.
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Jan 26 2012, 12:04 AM
Post #15
Type: Undisclosed
Underrated -
Magna Carta II story is amazingly good, not too many people i know actually played the game or even heard of it.
Chrono Cross
Lunar - Silver Star Story - flying cat thing that turns into a dragon... Awesome! lol
Overrated - pretty much what everyone else already said... COD
Jan 27 2012, 06:54 AM
Post #16
Do not expect me to be nice.
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Alignment: True Neutral
Allow me to elaborate. Everything post-PS2 doesn't interest me in the tiniest bit. Naturally the whole vertigo thing is a huge influence in what I like and don't like, but I can't help feel abandoned by my favorite developers. Koei has left behind thier R3K series that made them what they are today, and I really don't care what label SquareSoft chooses to slap on their MMO--it just ain't Final Fantasy. I've tried some of the new games out there, and seen others played. To me, THEY ALL LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME. Where's the support for the old-schoolers? There isn't any. The PS3 has some incredible potential--I just don't feel they care.
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So, to partially deal with your vertigo and partially to never attempt to evolve video games at all, is everybody supposed to just keep making games that have become out of date to suit those who place nostalgia above anything else? Also, what have the new generations of consoles done to you to alter the comparison in order to assume you have been wronged by them? To say all games today look the exact same is what I'd call at least a slight exaggeration, and its not like games didn't have similarities pre-ps2.
So yeah, onto the topic.
Tomba: Due to lack of adequate advertising, limited supply of copies, and being made by a relatively unknown company, not enough people could try it out, and when you do finally try it, it's really not a bad game at all. It was easily my most-rented game at the time, though there was this one PSX game I can't find anywhere with talking dragons... but enough of that.
Not surprised at all the COD nominations in this category. I seriously doubt that COD is the ONLY series of the modern day that is overrated, but because people keep buying a game they supposedly hate, its likely a matter of people blaming people for going with the 'if it ain't broke' ideal. And with a few examples (FF13, Dragon Age 2, Mass Effect 2), many people tend to dislike when change actually DOES occur, so it's a lose lose deal.
Battlefield: (Note anybody who can't notice, I never said COD WASN'T overrated) The fact that the Frostbite 2 engine can put more fractured static meshes into their game than the average game, implement a crapload of particle effects to hide the game breaking the scenery, and walls falling apart in large chunks, it doesn't mean its realistic, it just means its better on the eyes. The sound design is great, and the idea of working it to make it sound as it would if you were actually there. I find it overrated because of all the hype that both bashes its competitors while preaching all its awesome features. A tactic that reminds me of politicians.
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All FPS games except Micro Volts on Steam are overrated to me,mainly the CoD franchise. now underrated, my choice is Legend of Dragoon for the ps1. it was one of the most epic video games I ever played.
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Lost Odyssey - God, I loved this game. I haven't beaten it yet but it has the most intriguing story ever. I actually really enjoyed the turn-based combat as well, and how it forced you to interact (with the ring thing).
Blue Dragon - Oddly enough, I enjoyed. Yeah, the game appears kiddy, but it's actually really fun. And the game isn't made for little kids, it's made for people who play any other RPG. Some people get turned off by it's cartoony graphics, which is really a shame.
Final Fantasy XIII - Some people say this game is terrible some say it's great...I don't think it's too bad! Yeah, after a while the battling got annoying for me, but now that I've reached the open plains area, the game has become more fun (still too many enemies along the paths ).
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DOAX 1 and 2 - you kinda feel like a perv playing it, but it's still pretty fun. It's nice to see everyone getting along for once.
Chrono Trigger - probably one of the best games ever.
Ogre Battle (the original) - complicated, but still pretty good. You need rather good group management skills, though.
Gauntlet 64 - another super-duper killfest that me and my sister apent hours on
Prototype - I hope that GameStop will give me something more than the finger for bringing it back. What a piece of trash.
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Luigi's Mansion
Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom
The Legend of Zelda <The Windwaker, II>
Metroid: <Other M, Fusion>
Hydro Thunder
Champions of Norrath
Final Fantasy <VII, X, X-2, XIII, and XIII-2>
Call of Duty <ALL OF THEM>
Gears of War
The Elder Scrolls; Skyrim
Super Mario Galaxy <1, 2>
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We've been hearing that mobile will change everything for years. This post is about why I think that time has finally come, and why marketers need to pay attention.
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Mobile is a term we hear a lot about these days, but, as marketers, how can we tell what strategies work when consumers are looking for (and ultimately finding) information via mobile? In today's post, Robi Ganguly expands on his recent Mozinar and shares his tips on inbound marketing in the wonderful world of mobile apps.
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This is the third and final installment in this mobile SEO blog post series, covering the impact of the new Google smartphone bot and how you can use it to make the most of your mobile content. This final post will review common search engine indexing problems that mobile sites and mobile platforms have, and how you can prevent them.
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I don't like the word "optimization." It has surpassed the level of buzz word and has officially been overused in every which way. While the word itself annoys me, the process of improving what you have to get more from it still rings true. I think we can all get onboard with the concept, but what about the process behind it? I am constantly surprised by the number of people that tell me their boss or client simply doesn't want to spend time on landing page optimization.


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Quit is the way to rollAugust 01,2013The cruelly misunderstood Anthony Weiner has no idea if hes about to be stabbed by another stiletto heel.
These are people who I thought were friends, people I trusted when I communicated with them, he told Denis Hamill of The Daily News. But who knows what they might do now?
Yes, who knows? Free-spirited young women having digital sex with a well-known politician who loves to expose himself and talk raunchy can be so damnably unpredictable and untrustworthy.
The delusional Weiner, who has turned shamelessness into performance art, was apparently expecting the sexual equivalent of honor among thieves. He wasnt counting on being out campaigning Tuesday morning while one of his online inamoratas, Sydney Leathers, was holding forth to Howard Stern about their fantasies about a secret sex den, her possible future in porn and Weiners satyriasis.
There were times hed talk to me multiple times a day, she said. Hes like a needy girlfriend or something. Hes like this clingy person.
Aside from being a gift to clowns, hacks, punsters, rivals and the writers of The Good Wife, Carlos Danger is also a gift to political-scandal survivors. His behavior is so outlandish and contemptible the sort of thing that used to require a trench coat and park that it allows Eliot Spitzer and Bill Clinton to act huffy.
When Chris Matthews asked Spitzer to verify that he would not vote for Weiner, the governor turned hooker booker, as The New York Post poetically calls him, replied: Fair point. That is correct.
Bill Clinton, who officiated at Huma and Anthonys 2010 wedding, is shooting death rays at his political Chucky. And Hillary is dining in Washington with the president and the vice president, trying to remind everyone of her dignified career after conjugal martyrdom the same conjugal martyrdom her protégée, who was in Washington helping Hillary with her high-level meetings, is now enduring.
After years of literally following in Hillarys footsteps, little did Huma know how fully she would follow in Hillarys footsteps.
Weiner continues to play the rebel without a pause. He shrugged off reports that the Clintons, who have been christened the careless Daisy and Tom Buchanan of politics, regard him, in the words of F. Scott, as the foul dust floating in the wake of their dreams.
I am not terribly interested in what people who are not voters in the city of New York have to say, Weiner sniffed about the first couple of Westchester.
Bill confessed, I hadnt been perfect after the Gennifer Flowers story broke, so Weiner echoed: I recognize I am not a perfect messenger. I get that.
Just as Bill sparked a tawdry debate on whether oral sex counted as intercourse, so Weiner has sparked a tawdry debate on whether cybersex is more or less forgivable than illicit sex the old-fashioned way.
As voters grapple with whether to send Client No. 9 to spar with reporters in City Halls Room 9 as a comptroller without self-comptrol, as Stephen Colbert put it, the spectacle of Spitzer passing moral judgment on Weiner has led to arguments over gradations of perversity.
Some people say Spitzers transgressions are more understandable because they were time-immemorial victimless transactions with well-paid humans in the flesh, while Weiners digital compulsions with women he didnt know were peephole exhibitionism and insanely reckless, as the new front-runner Christine Quinn charged.
Others think Weiners sins were no worse than enjoying pornography and that actual human contact is more harmful than cyber-horniness run amok. On one level, what Mark Sanford did fall in love with a beautiful, younger woman may be the easiest for voters to fathom, but is it the hardest on the wife?
Like Bill Clinton, Weiner can summon impressive political stamina under jaw-droppingly embarrassing circumstances.
Ignoring the new Quinnipiac poll of New Yorkers that says a majority of likely Democratic voters think he should get out, Weiner put up a video Tuesday night vowing that he would not drop out because newspaper editors and other pols wanted him to. Quit isnt the way we roll in New York City, he said, with dark circles under his eyes that even makeup wouldnt hide, adding generously, This is about helping New Yorkers.
He acknowledged that if someone wants to come out with something embarrassing about you in your private life, youve got to talk about that for a little while.
Good luck with that.
At an event Tuesday evening in Times Square with advocates for New Yorkers with disabilities, the 48-year-old seemed tired, slight and young as he was thronged by the fierce Hydra-headed press beast. He looked as if he were running on raw will.
He apologized for being late, saying something about the time-space continuum.
Weiner tried to focus on the issues at hand, like wheelchair-accessible cabs. The auditorium was mostly empty, except for reporters following Weiner to see if he was going to drop out or admit that he had sexted recently.
One man stood up and complained that he had been let down once when Weiner was a Queens congressman and backed away from a bill he had promised to pass.
How can I trust you? the man asked.
The question of the hour lingered in the febrile air.
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In a new cover story in the U.K.'s NME magazine , Sir Paul notes, "There were big rumors a couple of years ago about me and Bob Dylan writing together, and I've still got that at the back of my mind. I would like to do it."
Macca reveals that he's also interested in collaborating with a couple of hugely popular younger artists from the U.K., Radiohead 's Thom Yorke and Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz . While he says his kids would be particularly excited about him working with Yorke, the rock legend admits that he's actually a bit apprehensive about teaming up with the alternative rock luminary.
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Image: GWR City Class No. 3717 City of Truro just outside Toddington Station, being cleaned.
Steamy Talks No.21: City of Truro is not amused…
City of Truro: Oi you…! Mind the paintwork! I've only just got it…
Image: (From left to right) GWR Class 5600 No. 6695 & LNER class A4 No.4492 Dominion Of New Zealand side by side at Swanage Station.
Steamy Talks No.20: An Engine's Not So Secret Identity
No. 6695: So you're Bittern, nice to meet ya, the names No. 6695 but everybody calls me Taffy.
Dominion Of New Zealand: What on earth are you talking about you silly tank? I, my dear follow, am Dominion Of New Zealand, not this Bittern you speak of. But you may simply address me as Dominion.
No. 6695: Yeah sure, and I'm the King George VI… Knock it off Bittern I know it's you!
Dominion Of New Zealand: For the last time I am not Bittern! I am Dominion Of New Zealand, the pride of the LNER…!
No. 6695: Then why did your driver call you Bittern, hmm…?
Dominion Of New Zealand: (Gasp) Oh darn it… Alright fine, I'm Bittern all right! But since I'm wearing this guise, I would like to enjoy it while I can. So could you please call me Dominion, please…
No. 6695: Oh alright, Dominion… There, you happy now?
Dominion Of New Zealand: Splendid…
Image: (From left to right) LNER class A3 No.4472 Flying Scotsman & Class A4 No.4468 Mallard lined up at Carnforth.
Steamy Talks No.19: The Meeting Of Two Legends
Mallard: Ahhh… What charmed lives we live… Don't you agree, my old friend?
Flying Scotsman: You can say that again.
Mallard: It's not very often you and I get to see one another is it?
Flying Scotsman: Well we're busy popular engines, so many people, but only two of us. We travel all over the place.
Mallard: I'm just glad to be running, it's nice in the museum, but I've missed running on the mainline.
Flying Scotsman: Well I think you're lucky, being part of the national collection. I wouldn't mind having that sense of security of being part of the national collection, the financial troubles my previous owners have had… Sometimes, I really don't know what will happen to me in the future…
Mallard: Don't worry Flying Scotsman, you're the world's most famous steam locomotive. I'm sure even that someday you'll join the collection, It was disgraceful that you weren't part of it to begin with!
Flying Scotsman: Thanks, Mallard…
Mallard: Think nothing of it, old chap.
Image: (From left to right) King Class No.6023 King Edward II & No.6024 King Edward I lined up at Didcot.
Steamy Talks No.18: The Reunion Of The Two King's
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King Edward I: Well someones got to represent the King Class, and King George V had retired from mainline duties several years ago, but I would say I've done a pretty good job.
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King Edward I: Ha, ha, I wouldn't have it any other way… Although I'll warn you chap, you have alot of catching up to do, if you want to have such a good reputation like me. Certainly since you've got just a single chimney.
King Edward II: Hmph… Will see about that…
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Steamy Talks No.17: He Did…
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Image: SR WC Class No.34046 Braunton at Minehead.
Steamy Talks No.16: Caught Smoke Deflectorless!
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An Engine: Come on everyone, for the family album, say Great Western!
All Engines: Great Western…!
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Name/Identity: No.34072 257 Squadron
Design/Class: Battle Of Britain Class
Date Built: April 1948
Personal Profile: 257 Squadron is an engine who is well mannered with a charming personality, he gets on well with most engines, but does not take kindly to engines who make fun of others.
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Steamy Talks: Railways/Groups locomotive's Bios Special: Southern Locomotives Ltd: Part 3
Names/Identities: No.80104 & No.80078 (nicknamed when together "The Standard 4 Twins")
Design/Class: Standard Tank 4 Class
Dates Built: (No.80078) February 1954 & (No.80104) March 1955
Personal Profile: Both engines share the same bio for a reason, they are completely inseparable! They are both friendly (but at times cheeky) engines with a lot of energy, and, occasionally, are very competitive with each other.
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Steamy Talks: Railways/Groups locomotive's Bios Special: Southern Locomotives Ltd: Part 2
Name/Identity: No.34028 Eddystone
Design/Class: West Country Class
Date Built: April 1946
Personal Profile: Eddystone is a grumpy, tough nut of an engine with hardened heart who's always grumbling or complaining about something/someone, he is cheerful on rare occasions. Dispite all this, he likes running on the Swanage Railway and does care for his friends very much, but rarely shows it.
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Indian Art: Ancient Markers and Modern Markets
Long before Europeans ever came into our world, the Original People made wonderful tools with elaborate decorations to please the eye and to give life to the objects they used every day. These decorations also served as markers for group identity. Ancient trade between the many cultures allowed material and finished goods to travel enormous distances long before the White people crossed the sea. The changes in the materials traded and the native economies after 1500 are the subject of this slide illustrated lecture. Dr. Marshall Becker
Wampum: Native American Money or Belts Used for Diplomacy?
Beads made from sea shells have always been important objects in the ritual and ornamental activities of all of the Native American tribes in the Northeast. Around 1615 CE a small, cylindrical bead type called "wampumpeag" began to be made in huge numbers along the shores of Long Island Sound. The uniform size and shape of these beads, generally called "wampum," allowed them to be woven into bands of all sizes. This slide illustrated lecture shows how this bead type developed, how the Lenape, Five Nations Iroquois, and other Native peoples used these bands, and how Dutch traders were important in spreading wampum to the Puritans and other colonists. Dr. Marshall Becker
Archaeology of the Lenape and Other Indians of the Delaware Valley
Archaeological studies at Lenape sites, and in particular at the Printzhof (36DE3) and the Montgomery Site (36CH60), have told us much about how the Lenape lived before the Europeans came, and how their lives were altered by contact. Historic records about the lives of these fascinating Americans and how they were blended with the Europeans provide us with a rich understanding of how they once lived. Dr. Marshall Becker
The Lenape [Delaware]: How They Lived and Where They've Gone
By the time that William Penn arrived the Lenape had long been trading with and living among the Swedish settlers in the area that was to become Philadelphia. How the Lenape lived in the forests before European contact, how they interacted with these colonial peoples, and how they learned to adapt to European influences are the main subjects of this slide-illustrated lecture. Dr. Marshall Becker
Indians of Pennsylvania: Archaeology and History
"Lenape, Munsee, Susquehannock, Monongahela, Iroquois, Delaware..." all these names which are so familiar to us are a reminder of the Native American peoples who were here long before the time of the Vikings or Columbus. The exciting things that we have learned from archaeology about the way that they lived and how they interacted with each other, their dealings with Europeans, and what became of them will be reviewed in this illustrated slide lecture. Dr. Marshall Becker
Modern Indians and the Pan-Indian Movement:
Multiculturalism in America
No one knows exactly how many Native American cultures existed before 1500. Today over 500 are Federally recognized as being able to trace "tribal" identity back into the past, and provides each group with special benefits from the United States Government. However, most "Indian" activities which we read about today do not relate to any specific "Nation" but are based on activities only recently developed. The origins of dances, pow-wows, clothing, decorations/decorative arts, and foods now commonly seen in Pennsylvania, and their relationship to traditional counterparts, are the focus of this slide illustrated lecture. Dr. Marshall Becker
Sustainable Gardens of North America
Who invented ecological gardens? No one can answer that question, but Native Americans certainly cultivation plants in a sustainable manner long before the emergence of the native plant movements of the twentieth century. Anthropologist Marshall Becker will discuss what we know about how Native Americans created gardens and managed wild plant populations. Dr. Marshall Becker


text: content Life Extension Magazine October 2012 Legal Murder by William Faloon Bextra's Fatal Side Effects Overlooked by FDA In an analysis presented at the American Heart Association, Bextra® was shown to more than double the risk of heart attack or stroke. The lead author of this study commented that, "This is a time bomb waiting to go off."19 Pfizer paid a settlement to the federal government of $1.195 billion for the fraudulent marketing of Bextra®.20 The record financial payout was not because Bextra® injured and killed arthritis patients. The fine was to settle government claims that Pfizer illegally promoted the sale of Bextra® for uses and dosages that the FDA specifically declined to approve. Just as with Vioxx®, the government bases its Bextra® fine on regulatory violations instead of the fact that human beings were killed! No Equal Justice The slap-on the wrist settlements of the Vioxx® and Bextra® charges represents an egregious evasion of laws that are supposed to prohibit companies engaged in "serious healthcare fraud" from receiving tax dollars. Of course none of the individual perpetrators at drug companies that caused these horrific numbers of deaths ever have to worry about jail time. If a supplement company owner knowingly sold a product that caused even one death, he would likely face decades in prison. As you'll read in the first article in this month's issue, a man named Jay Kimball sold a drug (liquid deprenyl) that harmed no one, but he is still serving out a 13-year prison sentence. The wrongful prosecution of Jay Kimball, represents one of the worst miscarriages of justice in the history of the American jurisprudence. In comparing Jay Kimball's case to the real crimes of Merck and Pfizer, the FDA did not even attempt to show that Jay's liquid deprenyl harmed anyone. The FDA merely cited "regulatory violations" involving his improper export of his liquid deprenyl to other countries. The result is 13-years in jail for Jay Kimball and financial ruination for his family.21 Merck and Pfizer knowingly sold drugs (Vioxx® and Bextra®) that killed tens of thousands of Americans, yet they continue receiving billions of Medicare/Medicaid dollars each year, with no one facing jail time, while their executives lead lavish lifestyles. Covering up of Vioxx®'s Lethal Dangers By April 2001, Merck had compiled internal data from two large human trials showing a staggering three-fold increase in total mortality (deaths) in patients using Vioxx®.22 In articles that reported the results of these trials, analyses and statistical tests of the mortality data were obscured. Even the study author's conclusion regarding safety of Vioxx® was absurdly stated as the drug being "well tolerated."23 Data submitted to the FDA was manipulated to understate the higher numbers of deaths in Vioxx® users. For example, if heart attack or stroke deaths occurred more than 14 days after Vioxx® was discontinued, it was often omitted. Just imagine how many heart attack and stroke victims stopped taking Vioxx® because arthritis was no longer their major medical concern. Paralyzed stroke patients, for instance, have little need for Vioxx®, yet many of these stroke victims die more than 14 days after discontinuing Vioxx®. After the VIGOR study was published showing a 500% increase in myocardial infarction (heart attack) in Vioxx® users,24 Merck directed its sales force to provide physicians with a distorted picture of the relevant scientific evidence. For instance, Merck sent a bulletin to its Vioxx® sales force of more than 3,000 representatives that ordered: "DO NOT INITIATE DISCUSSIONS ON THE FDA ARTHRITIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE … OR THE RESULTS OF THE … VIGOR STUDY."25 The Merck bulletin further advised that if a physician inquired about the VIGOR study, the sales representative should indicate that the study showed a gastrointestinal benefit and then say, "I cannot discuss the study with you."25 Merck further instructed its sales reps to show those doctors who asked whether Vioxx® caused myocardial infarction a pamphlet called "The Cardiovascular Card." This pamphlet, prepared by Merck's marketing department, indicated that Vioxx® was associated with 1/8 the mortality from cardiovascular causes of that found with other anti-inflammatory drugs. The Cardiovascular Card, however, provided a misleading picture of the evidence on Vioxx®. The card did not include any data from the VIGOR study that showed a 500% increase in heart attack risk. Instead, it presented a pooled analysis of preapproval studies, in most of which low doses of Vioxx® were used for a short time. None of these studies were designed to assess cardiovascular safety, and none included a proper determination of cardiovascular events. In fact, FDA experts had publicly expressed "serious concerns" to the FDA's advisory committee about using the preapproval studies as evidence of Vioxx®'s cardiovascular safety.24 The cover up of the lethal dangers of Vioxx® spanned a period of years, all the while tens of thousands of innocent victims worldwide perished needlessly. Merck continues to deny there is any safety problem with Vioxx®. Merck Controls Timing of Announcement of Guilty Plea Even for a company as huge as Merck, pleading guilty to criminal misdemeanors is embarrassing. While the credibility of pharmaceutical companies has sunk to an all-time low, they still pretend to care about the public's health. Merck's guilty plea was an-nounced the day before Thanks-giving (2011), which is one of the busiest travel days of the year and a time when the fewest people are paying attention to the news. Talk about absolute power, Merck avoids felony charges, jail time for executives, and embarrassing publicity, all while keeping billions of surplus dollars on Vioxx® sales. Jay Kimball, on the other hand, remains incarcerated and his family left indigent. We Warned Members About Dangers of COX-2 Inhibiting Drugs While Merck was bombarding the public with television commercials claiming that one little pill a day of Vioxx® took away arthritis pain, Life Extension® warned its members about the lethal dangers of Vioxx® and other drugs that inhibit only the COX-2 enzyme. We knew that Vioxx®'s mechanism of action would result in sharply higher rates of coronary artery blockage and ischemic stroke. So did scientists who evaluated Vioxx® before the FDA approved it. Despite the criminal guilty plea, the $950 million settlement, and its withdrawal of Vioxx® worldwide, Merck still denies any wrongdoing on the part of its higher level executives or the company itself. In this issue, we re-print a fascinating interview with Dr. David Graham, the head of the FDA's Office of Drug Safety. Dr. Graham provides meticulous details about what really goes on inside the FDA as it relates to approving dangerous drugs, with many specifics about the Vioxx® massacre that should have never happened. Most important is an article on page 24 of this issue about Jay Kimball, who remains imprisoned for selling a drug that harmed no one. Life Extension and its volunteer members have finally completed a petition to commute the sentence of Jay Kimball to the outlandish time he has already served. I ask all members to log on to our convenient website www.lef.org/lac to easily affix your name to petitions urging President Obama to immediately grant Jay Kimball a commutation of sentence. For longer life, William Faloon More Guilty Pleas by Big Pharma As we were finalizing this article, GlaxoSmithKline had reached the largest illegal drug settlement to date, agreeing to pay $3 billion and plead guilty to criminal charges that included the drugs Avandia® and Paxil®.26 Avandia® is a drug used to treat type II diabetes. Vascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in diabetic patients.27,28 In a study of 227,571 patients, those receiving Avandia® were 27% more likely to suffer strokes, 25% more likely to develop heart failure and 14% more likely to die compared to those taking another anti-diabetic drug called Actos®.29,30 Avandia® increased the very diseases that diabetic patients are most vulnerable to—and GLAXO covered up these deadly side effects!31 Paxil® is a drug prescribed to treat depression. After years of cover up, Glaxo sent a letter to physicians admitting that the risk of suicidal behavior was 6.7 times higher in study subjects taking Paxil® compared to placebo.32 Suicide risk is high in depressed individuals, yet Glaxo covered up suicidal risks as it promoted the so-called "benefits" of Paxil® in treating depression.32 GLAXO's guilty plea to criminal charges was announced two days before July 4, 2012, another busy travel time when few Americans are reading the news. Two weeks after Glaxo's record settlement, Johnson and Johnson agreed to pay $2.2 billion for its illegal marketing of the drug Risperdal® to demented elderly patients.33 Risperdal® is approved mainly to treat schizophrenia, but is associated with a number of deadly side effects including high blood sugar, irregular pulse, and blood pressure irregularities.34 The most troubling side effect of Risperdal® is impairment of judgment and thinking, which is the last thing a demented patient needs.34 In each of these cases, pharmaceutical companies were promoting drugs that worsened the diseases they were intending to treat. We don't yet know how their guilty pleas will be manipulated so they don't lose out on lucrative Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement. Continued on Page 3 of 3


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The seven must-test elements to try across your product page sections in order to convert visitors into sales this year.
All retailers have product pages. Some product pages are good in that they help you sell. Some product pages are neutral in that they don't detract from making a sale. Some product pages - well, they hurt your sales.
Is your product page earning it's keep? Is it attracting and engaging qualified buyers? Does it have a profitable look-to-book ratio? Product pages must work harder than ever before, since visitors are demanding more from your product pages than they ever have before. Add to that Google's Panda search algorithm updates, which made unique and relevant content the minimum barrier to entry to attract search engine traffic, and you've got a complicated formula for success. So if you want to convert visitors into sales, you better figure out how to up your game.
When we teach people about product pages, we break them down into the five sections of the product page:
There are many tests you can perform across the five product page sections. However, there are seven must-test elements you must try in order to succeed this year. We have been seeing these concepts work across a large group of companies.
There are so many different tests you could potentially experiment with on your product pages, but this list of seven should be a good start to optimizing so that you're ready for Q4 2012.
In the next column, we'll look at optimizing your product/service pages for non-e-commerce websites.
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Summary: Latro forgets everything when he sleeps. Writing down his experiences every day and reading his journal anew each morning gives him a poignantly tenuous hold on himself, but his story's hold on readers is powerful indeed. The two previous novels, combined in Latro in the Mist ( Soldier of the Mist and Soldier of Arete ) are generally considered classics of contemporary fantasy. Latro now finds himself in Egypt, a land of singing girls, of spiteful and conniving deities. Without his memory, his is unsure of everything, except for his desire to be free of the curse that causes him to forget. The visions Gene Wolfe conjures, of the wonders of Egypt, and of the adventures of Latro as he and his companions journey up the great Nile south into unknown or legendary territory, are unique and compelling. Soldier of Sidon is a thrilling and magical fantasy novel, and yet another masterpiece from Gene Wolfe.
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Emaho Magazine :: I just read about Mumbai's biggest and the largest slums…Dharavi. Least did I know it is a hub of workmanship for almost all the international, national and designer brands of bags, embroidery dresses, leather works, garments and accessories.
[Rohit Gautam:] It would be wrongly pictured if I say people in the slum have poor living indeed I was astonished to see the quality to lifestyle they lived.
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Was hiking at Quebrada Valencia, a series of beautiful waterfalls near the entrance to Colombia's Parque Tayrona, when we stopped for this snack of platano con queso. A whole plantain grilled over charcoal and topped with salty cheese and guava paste. Que rico! —Rachel
Beautiful pre-Colombian gold earrings displayed at Cartagena's Museo de Oro (Museum of Gold). The intricate woven pattern was inspired by the interconnecting rivers and streams on the lush Colombian coast. —Rachel
Cartagena style! Laidback Caribbean cool meets flamboyant Carnival queen. —Rachel
I trekked through jungle last weekend to arrive at this beach at Cabo San Juan de la Guia, in Colombia's stunning national park hugging the Caribbean coast, Parque Tayrona. It's an incredibly evocative natural reserve, the highlights being the towering Sierra Nevada mountains spilling into the sea and picturesque beaches such as this one shaded with lush greenery. Camping in the park is pretty primitive - you can rent a tent or swing to sleep in a hammock, one covered in mosquito net of course. The insects are pretty fierce, so bring along lots of good repellent. Aside from that, though, there's no reason to have a care in the world here…just miles of unspoiled nature in every direction as far as the eye can see. —Rachel
Here I am back in Cartagena, Colombia, where life goes on as usual even as a mid-afternoon storm drenches the streets with warm rain. Here in the Plazuela de Santisima Trinidad, a group of boys keeps right on playing through the downpour, taking the opportunity to get even more deliciously dirty. Meanwhile, pedestrians duck into cafes to avoid getting wet, or, if they were lucky to be carrying an umbrella to shade them from the sun, gloat as they enjoy their foresight. Somehow, rain here seems infinitely more sensuous and poetic than back in Los Angeles. —Rachel
LA hipsters came out to Hollywood in droves yesterday for the suddenly gorgeous weather and the promise of bargains…Urban Outfitters was running a special where all the clothing you could fit in one bag was only $50. Chaos ensued, and by the time I passed by at noon, most everything was picked over. Even next-door Umami Burger was overwhelmed with fashion-hungry shoppers. No matter, my friend and I ducked into an uncrowded Thai place around the corner and then browsed at Amoeba Records across the street instead. This being Hollywood, if you're not in the hustle, it's best to get of the way. —Rachel
Spring wildflowers have sprung in Los Angeles! I took this pic on a stroll through Kenneth Hahn Recreation Area this weekend. It's a great park in South LA that lets you get vertical, with sweeping views of downtown and the Hollywood sign. But I wasn't so much interested in glimpsing the concrete jungle as I found myself blissfully lost in the blooms. —Rachel
Thinking today about the randomness of travel and how venturing far from home can actually make the world seem smaller. I was sitting in a cafe in Cartagena when I spotted this man wearing a t-shirt promoting my hometown of Corona del Mar, California, USA. He was Canadian, but had bought the shirt in Yugoslavia. Of course, he was wearing it in Colombia in a Swiss restaurant. Talk about "the global village"! —Rachel
Dance gets a new home in Los Angeles this weekend with the first-ever Bootleg Dance Festival! The funky eastside theater housed in a 1930s warehouse is already known for its progressive plays and indie rock offerings — now it brings its cutting-edge ethos to bear on a curated lineup of contemporary choreographers.
The eclectic lineup runs the gamut from Jamie Benson's "Mass Transit," inspired by real-life experiences on the L.A. Metro system, to Antics Performance's "Illuminated Manuscript," which combines hip-hop street movement with interactive video projections. Of course, alternative rock bands will jam in the lobby lounge after each show!
Read more in my article that appears in the Los Angeles Times today!
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It's a relatively new social networking site that's already steeped in controversy. It's been linked to cyberbullying that's been linked to at least two teen suicides. Still, many parents say they haven't heard of it before.Many families are like the Mitchells in Cobb County. Their two girls spend quite a bit of time online using social media. But, the girls they're no different than any other kids their age."Facebook, Instagram. And, some of them use it for studying, but rarely," one of the Mitchell daughters said. Their mother has put rules for usage in place.Bex Mitchell said, "Electronics are not allowed upstairs. They can't have them in their room. If you they can't do it in front of me, then maybe they shouldn't be doing it."But, a new social networking site, Bex Mitchell said, had this mother downright terrified. It's called ask.fmHer daughter said, "It's an app where people can ask questions without their identity being revealed."After creating a profile, anyone can ask a user questions. But, those asking the questions don't need a profile and can be completely anonymous. That's where the site can get scary. At least two suicides have already been linked to the site. A 14-year-old British girl reportedly hung herself after receiving numerous abusive messages from users who told her to "go get cancer" and to "go die."Here in the States, Bex Mitchell says she's read questions about virginity. There was also a disturbing message posted to a Cobb County Middle School student."Somebody said to her, 'I had a dream last night that I raped you and now I want to do it in real life," Bex Mitchell said.On Ask.FM's safety page, users are told not to answer posted questions that make them feel uncomfortable and they're advised to report any such abuse on the site. But, it's a warning that might not be enough for Ask.FM's more than 70 million users. Ask.FM's are required to be at least 13 years of age. But, the Latvia-based company doesn't verify that. An example of how popular the site is, when recent kidnapping victim Hannah Anderson broke her silence about her ordeal, she didn't speak to reporters. Instead, she answered questions through Ask.FM.
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by John Payne - January 1, 2013
Recently profiled in The Economist, in an article titled "The dronefather", Abe Karem, founder of Leading Systems, which eventually became the division of General Atomics which builds the Predator, and its successor the Reaper, and also founder of Frontier Systems, a company that developed unmanned helicopters with variable-speed rotors, which he sold to Boeing, now leads Karem Aircraft, which is working on a tilt-rotor transport aircraft, using the "optimum speed" technology developed by Frontier Systems.
Mr. Karem will be among those featured in a PBS Nova production, Rise of the Drones, to be aired Wednesday, January 23rd, beginning at 9:00 PM U.S. Eastern Time (UTC-5).
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