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Apple may be preparing a subscription plan for newspapers says the Mercury News. When iBooks was announced alongside iPad, but no similar offering for magazines and newspapers, it was curious. When friction resulted from magazines trying to roll their own subscriptions, it was noteworthy. Now, however, a solution might just be in place:
What makes this so much more complicated than apps or books is that newspaper and magazines aren't just after subscriber money, they want subscriber data. Their business is as much about who subscribes as how much. Apple is much the same, which is why they often talk about how many credit cards they have on file for iTunes accounts. There's gold in that data, in being able to segment and slice and dice it, aggregate and market on it. Media doesn't want to lose their subscribers to Apple and Apple doesn't want to lose their buyers to media. So how will they resolve this?
The Cupertino company has agreed to provide an opt-in function for subscribers to allow Apple to share with publishers their information, which includes vital data that news organizations use to attract advertisers, industry sources say.
It's not a done deal and it could get ugly. It's not how media is used to doing business, but then again this is a brave new world of online, app-centric business. Ironically, iTunes rise has disintermediated the traditional media middlemen, yet it's introducing Apple itself as a new, digital middleman.
That's it's opt-in for subscribers is good. Typically when you subscribe to a print edition, you're automatically opted-in.
What would you prefer, dozens of independent media apps with different accounts and methods of handling subscriptions, like the current print model, or a single solution tied to iTunes to handle all the digital media you want?


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Today, I revisited the top five issues facing the New York Mets heading into spring training.
They are: the fifth starter competition; whether Bobby Parnell will be ready for the season; the Ike Davis saga; Ruben Tejada's status; and who might be the Opening Day starter.
To date, Daisuke Matsuzaka has the inside track; Parnell said he's ready; both Davis and Tejada remain a mess; and manager Terry Collins prefers Eric Young, although that might keep Juan Lagares off the Opening Day roster.
In addition:
* Jon Niese struggled in his exhibition debut against St. Louis, giving up four runs on six hits and two walks in two innings in his exhibition debut, won by the Mets, 9-8, on Zach Lutz's tie-breaking homer in the ninth. Josh Satin and Kirk Nieuwenhuis also homered. If Niese isn't ready, manager Terry Collins said he would go with either Dillon Gee or Bartolo Colon.
* John Lannan, Wednesday's starter, will be looked at out of the bullpen. That's necessary with Josh Edgin being sent to the minor league camp.
* Wilmer Flores started at shortstop and contributed with Omar Quintanilla to botch a potential double-play grounder. However, Flores reached base three times and scored twice.
* Daniel Murphy, out with a bruised right shin, practiced outside, which could indicate he'll play soon.
* The Mets announced they would host an international soccer match at Citi Field, July 24, between AC Milan and Olympiakos. Tickets go on sale Thursday at Mets.com/Soccer, Tickets.com or by calling (718) 507-TIXX.


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President Barack Obama's second Inauguration got off to an explosive start on Saturday when "Firework" singer Katy Perry hit the stage for the Kids' Inaugural Concert in Washington, D.C. Perry didn't bring any real fireworks with her, but she didn't need to — her performance was spectacle enough.
Showing off her patriotic spirit in a sexy stars-and-stripes-themed leotard, the pop icon sang several of her biggest hits, including "Teenage Dream," "Part of Me," "Wide Awake," and "Firework," which was accompanied by a slideshow of photos showing President Obama in action. First Lady Michelle Obama and her daughters, Malia, 14, and Sasha, 11, sat front row at the show and clapped and danced along to Perry's performance.
"I'm very proud to be here," Perry said, "and to see the Obamas and the Bidens here for four more years!"
Earlier in the night, the crowd at the Washington Convention Center was treated to sets by Usher, Mindless Behavior, Far East Movement, and members of the cast of Glee. Usher — clad in black leather pants, a matching jacket, and red sneakers — kicked off the festivities with a high-energy performance of "Yeah!," followed by "Without You" and "OMG."
Nick Cannon emceed the star-studded event, which honors America's military families and was streamed live to military bases around the country. But he got an assist from the First Lady.
"Inauguration is a really big deal. There's balls. Everybody dresses up and dances," Mrs. Obama told the audience. "Let me tell you: I love every single minute of it. Every single minute. But I have to tell you that my very favorite part of this entire weekend is being right here with all of you."
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Erna G — Crush of The Day [PICTURES]
The Crush of the Day today is Erna G. Erna is from Reykjavik, Iceland and has done spreads in several Icelandic magazines, appeared in music videos and TV commercials and graced the cover of Bleikt & Blatt magazine which, according to Erna's modeling profile page, is the Icelandic version of Playboy. We tried to Google that info but searching Bleikt & Blatt made the computer fart and immediately shut down.
If you think the magazine title is a tongue twister, wait until you hear Erna's last name. It's Gunnþórsdóttir. It sounds like a bargain basement Goldschlager knockoff. And you know the old Icelandic saying, "once you've had Gunnþórsdóttir, you'll never be able to wear white underwear again."
Erna is our crush because she proves beauty can break the language barrier. Erna would be considered just as hot in America as she is in her native Iceland. In fact, how about a trade Iceland? One Gunnþórsdóttir for two Kardashians? We've not sure what their name translates to but we've got an American saying about them and it goes "once you've had a Kardashian you'll probably need a shot of penicillin from the team trainer and have to sit out one game versus the Mavericks."


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Just like last year, both teams already have a playoff berth sewn up, and the winner claims the District 16-3A Championship. Kilgore will be playing in Division I and Gilmer will be in Division II in the playoffs. Both teams have their sights on ending their final game in mid-December with a State Championship trophy at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, and both are legitimate contenders to do just that.
Bullard won the coin toss last Friday evening and elected to receive to begin the game. After an 18-yard return of Pablin Olivares' kickoff, the visitors began at their 25. It was a quick three-and-out, and after a 31-yard punt by Zack Aldridge, Gilmer took over on offense for the first time at their 38.
The Bucks picked right back up where they left off a week prior in Spring Hill. Tanner Barr led the offense on the field for what would be the first of nine touchdowns Gilmer would score on the night. The drive was a quick 5-play affair that took exactly one minute. Kris Boyd ran for 10 on the first play and followed that up with a 17-yard scamper before Barr tossed a 6-yard pass to Desmond Pollard. Boyd followed that with a gain of 27 on another run and on the next play Darrian Lewis ran into the end zone from the 2. Pablin Olivares added the PAT and with 8:50 left in the opening quarter, Gilmer led 7-0.
Bullard's next possession began on their 21, and once again the Black Flag Defense forced another three-and-out. Aldridge's 35-yard punt was taken by Chase Tate at the Gilmer 43 and he returned it out to the Bullard 46 where Gilmer went on offense again.
This possession was a 4-play, 46-yard scoring drive that took 1:29. After Barr was dropped for a loss of four on the first play, Boyd ran for 13 and Lewis followed that with a 10-yard run before Barr hit Boyd on a 27-yard scoring strike with 5:47 left in the first quarter. Olivares added the extra point and the score moved to 14-0.
The third Panther possession ended just like the first two, and Aldridge hit a 27-yard punt that went out of bounds at midfield and Gilmer went on the offensive again. The Bucks moved the ball 26 yards in five plays and took 1:51 off the clock before Olivares attempted a 41-yard field goal. The kick was just wide left and no good, and Bullard took over on their 24 with 2:23 left in the quarter. Austin Shelton reeled off a run of 27 yards on the first play, but the Black Flag shut the door on the next series and Aldridge hit a short 20-yard punt from midfield down to the Gilmer 30.
Barr led his offensive unit the 70 yards into the end zone in just 1:14 on a 5-play drive. The score came on a 57-yard run into the end zone by Boyd with 11:47 left in the first half. Olivares nailed the point after and Gilmer led 21-0.
The ensuing Panther drive started at their 14 and resulted in another three-and-out. A 35-yard by Aldridge was not returned, but the Buckeyes were called for a roughing the kicker and they were penalized 15 yards and Bullard got a first down by penalty. It mattered little, as the Black Flag surrendered only one yard in the series and Aldridge punted again. His 40-yard boot was returned from the Gilmer 36 to the 42 by DeVondrick Dixon, and the Bux went on offense yet again.
This drive was a 5-play, 58-yard one that took only 44 seconds off the clock. After consecutive 9-yard gains on a Barr to Quinn Fluellen pass and a Josh Walker run, Barr threw incomplete before Walker gained 39 down to the 1 on a rushing attempt. Boyd ran in from the 1 on the next play and after Olivares' kick Gilmer was up 28-0.
Jacob Shelton returned the next kickoff 17 yards out to his 24, but the Bullard possession netted just seven yards on three plays and Aldridge had to punt again. The 26-yard punt went out of bounds on the Gilmer 40 and Barr and company hit the field again.
It took just six plays and 1:30 for the Bucks to move the 60 yards for their fifth TD of the night. The score came on a 5-yard pass from Barr to Nick Smith with 4:10 left in the half. After Olivares split the uprights the lead moved to 35-0.
Bullard's next possession began on their 22. They did manage one first down on the strength of a 30-yard run by quarterback Connor Mebane, but on the last play of the half Mebane's pass was intercepted by Dakeilan Nelson at the Gilmer 5, ending any hopes the visitors had of a score in the first two quarters.
The Panthers attempted an onside kick to begin the second half, but Gilmer recovered at the Buckeye 42 and had their shortest scoring drive of the game. Barr hit Pollard on a 58-yard scoring pass on the first just play of the possession. The play took just 17 seconds and after the PAT by Olivares the Gilmer lead was 42-0 with 11:43 left in the third quarter.
Bullard began their next drive after the kickoff at their 34, but it was another three-and-out by the Black Flag. Aldridge hit a 25-yard punt that Chase Tate took at the Gilmer 37 and returned out to his 43.
Just three plays later the Buckeyes found the end zone again. Darrian Lewis ran for six on the first play and Barr followed that up with a 25-yard jaunt before Kris Boyd ran into the end zone from the 26 for the touchdown with 8:21 left in the quarter. Olivares added the PAT and the score advanced to 49-0.
Mercifully for the visitors, the clock began running with the next kickoff and stopped only for time outs and extra points from that moment on. Zack Eschberger took the Olivares kick at his 10 and returned it out to his 30. The Panthers picked up one first down, but Aldridge had to punt again on the next series. He shanked a 12-yard kick that went out of bounds at the Gilmer 46.
Jaidon Parrish relieved Barr at quarterback on the possession, and the result of the drive was predictable. Parrish led the team the 54 yards for another TD in just six plays that consumed only 2:41 off the third quarter clock. Key plays in the drive were a 20-yard pass from Parrish to DeVondrick Dixon, a 22-yard run by Lewis and a 20-yard scoring run by Lewis with 1:06 left in the quarter. Tristan Olivares came in for the PAT, but the kick was blocked, leaving the score 55-0.
Tristan handled the kickoff duties after the score. His kickoff went to the 5 and was returned to Bullard 35 before the returner fumbled the ball away. The Buckeyes made an obvious recovery, and one official signaled Gilmer's ball. Just as the offense was preparing to come back on the field, the official reversed the call and signaled Bullard's ball. The obvious snafu made little difference, as the Black Flag only allowed two yards in three plays and Aldridge hit a 38-yard punt. Pollard took the ball up to the Gilmer 40, but the Bucks were called for a 15-yard penalty and the drive began back at the Gilmer 26 with 10:12 left in the game.
Parrish connected with Nelson for a 42-yard gain on the first play of the drive. Walker then rushed for 19. A face mask by the visitors added additional yardage. Zac Spears came in a quarterback at that point. He ran for four and followed that with a run of two yards. He threw into the end zone on the next play and Bullard was called for pass interference on the incompletion, setting the Bucks up on the Panther 2. On the next play Spears hit Devin Smith for the final Gilmer TD of the night with 6:17 left in the game. Tristan Olivares added the extra point and Gilmer led 62-0.
Eschberger returned the final kickoff of the night from his 6 to his 45 where the final Panther possession began. The visitors ran seven plays during the possession, picking up 35 yards total. Austin Skelton gained eight on the final play of the game as the final seconds ticked off the clock and the Bucks closed the door with the shutout win.
Coach Jeff Traylor was very pleased with his team's performance. "Our kids wanted to go out with a bang here at home and we played really well. (Bullard Head Coach) Shannon (Wilson) does a really good job with his kids. They're really well-coached, but he's lost a lot of kids. He's pretty injured right now. Our seniors wanted a shutout and they got 'em one. It just means a lot to those kids. Life goes by really fast when you're that age and you don't appreciate it, and when you're a senior it just hits you like a ton of bricks. Those juniors and sophomores have no clue. They think they'll be playing here forever and then they're going to blink and next year they'll be here. It's just kinda the cycle of life. I've seen it 14 times and have been blessed to see 14 great groups come through here, and this is another great group."
We also had a chance to visit with Black Flag defensive leader and Texas A&M commit Josh Walker and asked his thoughts about the defense getting their first shutout of the season and the first since the Tatum game the second game of the 2011 season.
"It means a lot, especially to the seniors. To have a shutout is good. We haven't had one in two years. We've been looking for one all season and our defense is good enough where we should have had about four or five of them, but it's just sign that we're coming on, and hopefully, it's a good sign and we'll try to get that win next week."
We asked Coach Traylor his thoughts about the upcoming showdown on Friday night in Kilgore against the Bulldogs for the District Championship. "They are a great program, a lot of tradition, a lot of great players. What a great thing. It's going to be awesome for both communities. What a great warm-up for the playoffs. We can't wait. We're excited to be in it, and I know they are too. It ought to be an unbelievable atmosphere, and we're really excited. You just never know. You're talking about 18-year old kids. We're worried about a whole lot more than they are. They're thinking about eating a hamburger and talking to a girl and getting someone's phone number tonight, so who knows what we'll be like. We'll go over and play the best we can, and I'm sure they will too."
We also got Josh's thoughts about the big showdown in Kilgore. "I'll be ready next week. Last year we held them on the 5-yard line with about 40 seconds left, so you know it's one of those things. It's like Coach Traylor said, he knows he's not going to have to say anything to us all week in practice. We know it's going to be a big game. Like you said, we're a better team. It'll just be whoever's ready to play that night, and we'll be ready."
We also asked Josh the team's thoughts about the "Beat the Buckeyes" t-shirts Kilgore was selling at their home game against Chapel Hill on Oct. 25. "It fired us up. We said something about it and it's in the back of our mind. We know we're the Gilmer Buckeyes, so we don't let it bother us. We'll just go out and play hard and get the win."
The Gilmer fan attendance at the Bullard game was, to be blunt, disappointing. Friday night's game in Kilgore will be a knock-down, smash-mouth game from start to finish. Our Buckeyes both deserve and urgently NEED your attendance at R.E. St. John Stadium Friday night. Make sure you make the short trip to Kilgore and get in the stands early and be loud and proud and cheer the Buckeyes on to their 12th District Championship in the last 14 years. GO BUCKEYES!


text: Generally, we would suspect that any unfavorable review of one's video game creation would be quite the bum out. In the case of IO Interactive's Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, however, team members say that GameSpot's damning review of the Eidos published crime epic knocked the wind out of them and that being caught up in the "conspiracy theory" brouhaha that surrounded the review was "surreal." Jens Peter Kurup, Director of Kane & Lynch at IO, tells GamesRadar that "there was something in the tone of that review that was tough on people, and on me."Calling the GameSpot thrashing of Kane & Lynch — a nasty 6.0, when many reviews range from 7.0 to 10 — "a review that I would like to forget," Kurup is surprisingly honest in his feelings about the judgment. Kurup says that single review has molded the opinions of gamers everywhere, even ones who haven't played the game. "In glimpses I still feel it, because when I meet somebody who hasn't played the game, I can be fairly sure that his or her opinion is based on the GameSpot review," Kurup said. "It just won't go away." It doesn't sound like we've heard the last of the unlikable Kane and Lynch, according to Kurup's assessment of the franchise's future. When you sell a million copies, you're almost guaranteed another go — even if Jeff Gerstmann doesn't like your game that much. Kane & Lynch: How it feels to be critically panned [GamesRadar]


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(a)In General.—
The Secretaries of Transportation and Energy shall conduct periodic analyses of the domestic transport of petroleum products by pipeline. Such analyses should identify areas of the United States where unplanned loss of individual pipeline facilities may cause shortages of petroleum products or price disruptions and where shortages of pipeline capacity and reliability concerns may have or are anticipated to contribute to shortages of petroleum products or price disruptions. Upon identifying such areas, the Secretaries may determine if the current level of regulation is sufficient to minimize the potential for unplanned losses of pipeline capacity.
In preparing any analysis under this section, the Secretaries may consult with the heads of other government agencies and public- and private-sector experts in pipeline and other forms of petroleum product transportation, energy consumption, pipeline capacity, population, and economic development.
(c)Report to Congress.—
Not later than June 1, 2008, the Secretaries shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report setting forth their recommendations to reduce the likelihood of the shortages and price disruptions referred to in subsection (a).
(d)Additional Reports.—
The Secretaries shall submit additional reports to the congressional committees referred to in subsection (c) containing the results of any subsequent analyses performed under subsection (a) and any additional recommendations, as appropriate.
(e)Petroleum Product Defined.—
In this section, the term "petroleum product" means oil of any kind or in any form, gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation fuel, fuel oil, kerosene, any product obtained from refining or processing of crude oil, liquefied petroleum gases, natural gas liquids, petrochemical feedstocks, condensate, waste or refuse mixtures containing any of such oil products, and any other liquid hydrocarbon compounds.
(Added Pub. L. 109–468, § 8(a), Dec. 29, 2006, 120 Stat. 3492.)


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State of California Department of Justice
Crime Scene Investigation II
Class Code:
Subject Area:
S - Crime Scene Program
Class Location:
California Criminalistics Institute/ Various
Class Description:
APPLICANTS MUST BE EMPLOYED AS A CRIMINALIST OR FORENSIC SCIENTIST IN AN ASCLD/LAB ACCREDITED LABORATORY. This five-day (38-hour) course is the second in the Crime Scene Series. Building on basic information learned in Crime Scene Investigation I, the course focuses on development of crime scene processing skills and the development of investigative information at the crime scene. Students will fully process at least three homicide crime scenes and present their work product for evaluation.
Each class is limited to 20 students.
Joe Rynearson, Bureau of Forensic Services and others
Teaching Methods:
Classroom lectures, demonstrations to include range activity, role playing, laboratory exercises, and more complex mock scenes.
The course is intended to augment the laboratory crime scene training curriculum and prepare criminalists to qualify for authorization by their laboratory directors to perform duties within the crime scene discipline.
They must have had a firearms safety class (or a documented equivalent training course). This class is intended to build upon Crime Scene Investigation I, however potential students for this class may have addressed the Crime Scene Investigation I content through prior formal training and/or formal participation in their laboratory crime scene training curriculum. APPLICANTS MUST BE EMPLOYED AS A CRIMINALIST OR FORENSIC SCIENTIST IN AN ASCLD/LAB ACCREDITED LABORATORY
Students should have attended (in at least an observer capacity) some crime scenes processed by their laboratory. The student should be generally familiar with their laboratory's a) crime scene training curriculum, b) crime scene technical procedures and c) quality system with regard to the release of information at the crime scene. Students will need to bring a basic crime scene collection kit and camera suitable for crime scene documentation. The student should also bring eye and ear protection for the range demonstration.
No cost to POST supported or State of California based Law Enforcement agencies. A $600.00 tuition fee will be required of all other public agency, private sector, or out-of-state applicants.
Course Contact:
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Troy head coach Bobby Pierce returns to the dugout after questioning a call by home plate umpire Mark McDonald in a recent game between the Trojans and South Alabama at Stanky Field. Pierce's Troy team was eliminated from the Sun Belt Conference tournament Friday night. Pierce said he believes his team's body of work this season should earn it an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament. (Mike firstname.lastname@example.com)
LAFAYETTE, Louisiana - Troy University, the Sun Belt Conference regular season co-champion, fell 3-2 to Arkansas State in a Sun Belt Tournament elimination game Friday afternoon at Tigue Moore Field after the Red Wolves rallied from an early deficit.
The Trojans wrap up the Sun Belt Tournament as one of just 21 teams in the country with 40 wins as Troy sits at 40-18 overall.
Troy posted a 20-10 record in Sun Belt Conference action to win its second league title in the past three years. The Trojans played all of the top five seeds in the league on the road, which included road series wins at South Alabama and Florida Atlantic.
The Trojans will now await the NCAA Selection Show on Monday at 11 a.m. on ESPNU to see their destination for an NCAA Regional next weekend.
"I would think being the co-champions and the number one seed after a 30-game schedule in the fifth toughest conference in the country should be enough to secure a spot in the NCAA Tournament," Troy head coach Bobby Pierce said.
Danny Collins put the Trojans on the board in the third inning with a triple to left field after Logan Pierce reached with his 23rd double of the season. Trae Santos gave Troy a 2-0 advantage with a sac fly to center.
Collins finished 3-for-5 in the contest while Pierce reached base in all five plate appearances with a pair of hits and three walks and Ali Knowles was 2-for-2 with a walk.
The Red Wolves (28-30) got on the board in the fourth on a double by Derek Birginske after Logan Uxa kept the inning alive with a two-out infield single.
Troy had a great chance to build on its lead in the sixth with runners at second and third and one out after Peyton Fuller was hit by a pitch and Knowles doubled. However, John Koch came out of the ASU bullpen and retired the next two Trojans.
ASU opened the sixth with a double and a single before a hit batter loaded the bases. Birginske grounded into a double play that allowed the tying run to score and Colin Massanelli poked a single into left field to drive home the go-ahead run.
The Trojans had runners on the corners in the seventh with just one out, but Koch wiggled out of that jam with a 1-6-3 double play. In the ninth, Pierce drew a walk and Collins singled with two outs, but a fly out to center ended the game.
Koch (4-6) picked up the win for the Red Wolves after tossing 3.2 scoreless innings; he allowed two hits, walked two and struck out three.
Ryan Sorce (6-3) pitched well for the Trojans despite taking the loss. He was charged with three runs on six hits in fiver innings of work.


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31 Comments
Rafael said,
Very interesting post, but I still have few questions… I'm a medical student from Brazil (maybe I'm your most far away reader) and I would like to know how is the proccess to enter on an american university. If I understood, you have to ingress on the college first and after you go to the medical school?
Thank you and sorry my bad english!
Bostonian in NY said,
I think a critical point that needs to be thrown out there for mom is that out of the total number of freshmen declaring themselves as "pre-medical students" from day 1, only about 25% of them actually make it through the coursework to apply. Of those applicants, about 50% will get into medical schools on their first attempt.
There's a great deal of attrition in the process when other influences of the college life (LIKE FUN!) creep into the lives of our lovely pre-meds. It's really tough to stick to the books while your non-pre-med friends are out partying 4 nights a week!
elisabeth said,
im going to be a senior this year in high school and ive been researching quite a bit of BA/MD programs here in the US…but then i stumbled across this website and read that in other countries people just go to med school straight out of high school. i guess my question is, if i were to move to another country could i potentially do this? and if it were possible would i be able to practice in the US?? i plan on becoming a cardiothoracic surgeon.
Miami_med said,
#1) Leaving the US with a plan to get back in to do surgery (which is competative) is a bad idea. Go to US med school and maximize your chances.
#2) Most people who come to med school change their minds about specialty. Don't get hung up on CT surg. Also, realize that the average CT surgeon spends atleast 8 years in training after med school and then works a LOT until retirement.
#3) When I was your age, I wanted to be a rock star. Things change. Plans change. Go to college, start premed. If your interest holds up, you'll be in a better position. If it doesn't, you won't be stuck with a foreign medical degree, a boatload of debt, and no good options.
IndianCowboy said,
I might add that you need to go to a school at which an A is easily attainable, if it doesn't have frank grade inflation.
If you go somwhere like Cornell, U Chicago, or CalTech, you are NOT going to have what med schools think of as a solid GPA. Dean's List at Cornell still leaves you rather uncompetitive GPA-wise. They say they take these things into account. They don't.
This is why most of us who made the msitake of going to challenging schools either end up getting a further graduate degree, taking a break, doing research, or ending up at their state school.
augusto espinoza said,
i am from the island of Guam and i want to pursue a career in Pediatrics i am a senior in high school now but will graduate in may 09 i was wondering if you can help me make a decision about a college i should attend i am very new in this sort of decision making i searched the internet but couldnt find a solid college or university to apply to. it would probably be best for me to attend a college on the west coast preferably california maybe washington ( i heard UoW had a good medical program. thank you
Tori said,
I am a high school junior aspiring to become a doctor possibly specialize in Orthopedics. I am also a competitive Field Hockey player and seriously looking into playing in college. I've had contact with Division 1, 2 and 3 colleges already. My intention is to get my undergrad in biology at a school that offers a pre med program. My question is how realistic am I being about trying to be an athlete, biology major and pre med student all at the same time? My current GPA is 96 and I'm ranked 64 out of 850 in my class. I take mostly A level (Advanced) courses with a few unleveled requirements in there as well.
Tamara McDowell said,
I am a second year student at a three year school and my dream has always been anesthesiology. I just want to know what the best colleges are in the Northeastern region, because I want to go to school near my family. Also I have around a 4.0 GPA and need a school with good financial aid.
christine said,
I have heard there is a program for prospective medical students with a bachelors degree from other colleges to fulfill premed requirements. I heard it is a masters program. Do you know anything about this or anything similar! Thanks, Christine
claire said,
i am a high school jr. i have a 4.5 GPA and am doing full IB. i am planning to become a doctor, specifically a surgeon.
i have heard that there are schools that once you are accepted in the undergad program you're also automatically accepted in the medical school program. is this true? and if so, what are they or how can i find them?
Half M.D.: Look for something called 6-year or 7-year programs. Also, you might want to search "junior honors" or similar titles. Be search to look at the admissions webpages for medical schools, and not colleges, as you'll likely find what you're looking for there.
Kathleen said,
So, going back to the original question about the optimal undergraduate program for pre-med preparation, would you advise then that a state university with a strong honors program and a lot of advising support for applying to medical school would be just as good as an expensive, small, private liberal arts program? Maybe then I would be able to set aside money saved from attending the public university honors program in order to help pay for the best medical school that I could be admitted to? What do you advise?
Half M.D.: Yes to the first question, no to the second. You will never be able to save enough money to "pay for" medical school. The total cost to attend my state school for college was about $15,000. For medical school it's around $250,000.
MFern said,
I am a sophomore, at a small private liberal arts College in Massachusetts. I am a Biology, and Pre-Med Major, I have been taking courses in Biology, Chemistry, Math, and English. I am currently in my second semester of Organic Chemistry. However, I just found out that the College I attend does not offer a Bachelors degree in Science for Biology majors instead, Biology majors receive a Bachelors in Fine Arts. I have spoken to the Biology advisor, and some of my Professors and they have told me that a Bachelors in Fine Arts does not put me at any disadvantage to either get a job in the Biology field or in the process of applying for Graduate school, or Medical school. Is that really true? Does having a Bachelors in Fine Arts from a small private college dimish my chances of getting into Medical School?
Half M.D.: Did they say bachelor in fine arts or bachelor in arts? Either way, the title doesn't matter. You're still studying the same material.
Rob said,
Are you universities in Canada (i'm Canadian) a lot different than in the states?
I've heard they're harder. I plan on working as a doctor in the U.S. so is it smarter for me to go to school in the U.S.?
Alyssa said,
I am a high school senior that has already been accepted to college for the fall of next year. I am trying to decide between which school to attend, and im stuck between majors. What is better for applying to med school, a "premed major" (NOT premed track) OR a "biology: physiology and neurobiolgy major" with a premed track?
Half M.D.: Your major doesn't matter. Pick whatever you're interested in.
JAN said,
I live in Florida and i was wondering if CSULA offers pre-medicine program?
Lisa said,
What I am interested in knowing is what universities having the highest percentage of pre-med candidates getting ACCEPTED into medical school??
Half M.D.: No such list exists.
Ian said,
I was wondering if I have a chance at a getting into med school.
Out of high school I went to a small state college and failed out. I was not into school, had no direction, no major, and partied too much.
Now I have been out of college working for 3 years and have much more dedication and focus. I would like to finish my bachelors and apply to med school but I am nervous that my bad grades at my first college will hurt me.
In high school I just got average grades, at my first college I did poorly, now I am taking classes and doing well at a community college. I have good grades at the community college but I am afraid I will not get into a good undergraduate school and then not get into med school.
let me know what you think!
Brittany said,
Medical school is such a challenge. I feel like it is so difficult, and people make it out being such a scary process. I am just a junior in high school, but I feel like I have been stressing out about this every day lately. I made the mistake of being laxidasical my freshman year of high school, and my gpa sincerely reflects that. I plan to go to the best undergraduate school I get into, mind you, nothing to fancy. But truely excell. As long as you do very well in your first 4 years, I do not think medical school is going to be a climb on mount everest to get into.
But my question being, as I will be a senior I have the option of doing an unpaid internship. My parents go to a dermatalogist who is very well off in a private practice, and has a well known name. She has never offered an internship to anyone before, so I would be the first in her office to do so. To do the internship, I would only have to take 5 classes a day, as opposed to 7. Would you recommend taking 5 classes plus the internship, or the 7 with no internship.
-my classes next year will consist of all A.P and honors regardless of the two class difference.
Half M.D.: Try asking a college counselor instead. A high school internship won't matter when you apply to med school. You won't even be allowed to list it on the application. You should do it if it's interesting, but don't expect anything more.
rsa_705 said,
I am currently at a junior college and want to become a doctor. This is my freshman year and I am 18 years old. My plan is to transfer to a UC, most likely UCSB or UC Davis. Do I have to finish all of the bio/chem/o-chem/physics before i transfer (im a bio major)? If so, then I am probably gonna attend a CSU instead because i will not be able to finish all of those in two years and i dont really want to stay at this Junior College for a third year to finish all of those classes before i transfer to a UC. And if i did go to a CSU how difficult is it to get into med school? The CSU i would most likely attend is Sac State. Thanks
rick said,
i have been wanting to become an orthopedc surgeon since seventh grade, I'm a junior in high school have about a 3.65-3.7 gpa, and i'm ranked 23 out out 405. What are my chances of getting into a good pre med school, and is it true that 99% of biology majors at the University of Notre Dame get accepted into Med school?
Sammy said,
Hi, I am freshman in my second semester in college (almost finishing up the year). My first semester GPA was 2.268… there were a lot of personal family problems going at the time. I took five courses and two of the courses (Chem and Math) received a D+ and F. I am retaking these courses this semester… I'm hoping to do better this semester. I was wondering if medical school is out of the question. I am an average student, but I did above average in high school because of effort. I'm know I can do better as the years progress, but this year was hard for me because of the transition and a close family member was extremely sick after surgery. I was wondering should I still try for medical school. Thank you.
dave said,
um… im just wondering… i've got the whole point of going to college where its not that hard to get an A and what not but what colleges offer the best premed programs in terms of like a balanced easiness to good teaching ratio?
Kali said,
I am a canadian student attending a small college in the US. I have completed my first year of Associate of Sciences.
My goal is my bach of sciences with a pre med major.
Do you know how medical schools or doctorate degrees compare from the US to Canada, Would the courses and requirements be the same.
Just in case I need to transfer back to Canada due to financial needs..
Erik said,
I am a junior at the University of Cincinnati. I have yet to talk to a pre-professional advisor, so I thought I would just ask some questions on here. My major is biology, and from what I gather, my choice of major makes little difference. Anyways, I have around a 3.4 thus far, after organic chemistry and all. I remember freaking out last year when I got a C in the third section of general chem. I guess what I want to know is, is a 3.4 acceptable, along with good MCAT scores and everything else? Also, if the school you go to has a medical school, is there a better chance of getting into the medical school of that university that you attend, like do they favor their own undergrads? My last question is, when applying to medical school, do they have a look at your criminal history, and, if so, what criminal charges would bar you from entry to med school?
MD... I wish! said,
I am going to be a freshman in High School this September, and I am really hoping I could get any advice as to working towards a medical career.
I'm a pretty good student, I love to learn but I don't over-do it.
I speak 2 languages fluently and am currently working on mastering a third. (Hebrew, English, Spanish)
I love science, I love the way the human body works, it actually makes me happy to flip through How the Human Body Works and Henry Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body…
I just want to know what to do… Volunteer? Shadow doctors? GPA's? Grades? What classes should I take? Anything would really be helpful.
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The Fault in Our Stars's author talks about how grown-ups underestimate kids, why he never wants to pen adult fiction, and what's next for the film adaptation of his award-winning novel.
I don't know how I first came across The Fault in Our Stars, but sometime last winter I picked it up, and before I knew it, I was sitting on a DC Metro bus, tears streaming down my face, surrounded by people genuinely worried about my well-being. This is a book that breaks your heart -- not by wearing it down, but by making it bigger and bigger until it bursts.
With The Atlantic's 1book140 book club reading the novel this month, I jumped at the chance to interview the author, John Green. Below is a lightly editing transcription of our conversation, during which we discussed what he worried about in writing a book about kids with terminal illnesses (not the easiest of topics, in the scheme of things), why adults underestimate teens, and some beloved wisdom he learned from a college professor. For those interested in talking to John Green themselves, 1book140 will be hosting a Twitter Q&A Wednesday* at 7 p.m Eastern time. More information can be found here.
I read The Fault in Our Stars right when it came out and it has really stuck with me. It's just an incredibly challenging topic to write about, and I thought it was done very intelligently and empathetically. But I'm curious why you wanted to even try to write a book about young people who have cancer, and how that idea got lodged in your head.
Well many years ago I worked as a student chaplain at a children's hospital, and I think it got lodged in my head then. The kids I met were funny and bright and angry and dark and just as human as anybody else. And I really wanted to try to capture that, I guess, and I felt that the stories that I was reading sort of oversimplified and sometimes even dehumanized them. And I think generally we have a habit of imagining the very sick or the dying as being kind of fundamentally other. I guess I wanted to argue for their humanity, their complete humanity.
So that was the initial inspiration.
That took 12 years. I was very intimidated by it.
What were the things you were worried you would get wrong? Or what were the things you struggled with as you wrote the book?
I was very conscious of the fact that it wasn't my story. And I really didn't want to appropriate someone else's story, particularly because people who live with terminal illness so often get their stories taken from them. And I really didn't want to do that and I tried to be really conscious of that.
I am wondering whether, since the book came out, you've gotten any reactions from young people who are sick with a terminal illness. Have they read the book? What have you heard from them?
Yeah. They've been very generous. That was something that really scared me -- was thinking about what sick kids in particular would think about the book, and whether they would feel like it was just another, for lack of a better term, bullshit cancer book. And they've been really generous. You know, I tried really hard to listen to as many voices as I could as closely as possible during the many years that I was working on this book, and to pay attention and not to bring my own expectations too much into the story.
A lot of them have felt like there were things that I got right that were important to them, and that means a lot to me. That's in some ways the most rewarding part of having written the book is being able to meet a lot of young people who are struggling with this and knowing that their life expectancy is different from what we in our contemporary culture associate a rich or full or good life.
The truth is, or at least the argument of the book is, I think, that a short life can also be a good life.
Yes, that really came through for me in Hazel's eulogy for Gus at the end. I was crying a lot when I read that.
I was crying when I wrote it too.
Are there any particular reactions, not just from kids, but from adults too, that have really stuck with you as more and more people have read the book?
I've always thought of myself as a young-adult writer, and always thought that my audience was going to be teenagers, and I was quite happy with that. It's very weird to get all these emails from, you know, 85-year-old grandmothers writing in all capital letters about how much they liked the book. It's just something I never anticipated.
I mean, now, these days, most of the readers of The Fault in Our Stars are adults, and that's great; it's really exciting.
Have you ever thought about writing fiction for adults?
No, I have no interest in it at all. I seem to have done it by accident with this book. I mean, obviously, I read primarily fiction for adults -- because I am an adult (and there's a lot of good YA stuff for adult readers) -- but, no, I don't really want to write [adult fiction]. That whole world strikes me as very unappealing, not in terms of the writing of books, but in terms of the way that publishing happens in the adult world; it is very unappealing to me.
The business of it, you mean?
The emphasis on blockbusters; the refusal to allow a writer's career to develop over many books. One of the reasons you don't see literary novelists have success (the kind of success that I've had with The Fault in Our Stars) you don't see that happening in the adult world ... this is totally unquotable. Let me try to think of way to say this sentence so that I don't sound like Sarah Palin.
The problem with actual human speech is that it does not take place in the form of sentences.
I am familiar.
[Laughs] Yes, as you well know.
I don't actually think objective reality is a thing -- certainly not a very interesting thing.
Right, so, this is my fifth novel and it's the first one to be very, very commercially successful. But my publisher has been extremely supportive of my work for a decade, and that is the reason why all of this has been possible. That would never happen in the world of adult literary fiction anymore. You never see a writer's fifth novel become the successful one, because you don't get five chances anymore.
So that's something I really value about YA, just in terms of the business side of it.
Do you have a theory as to why that is? I'm curious why it would be different, from the publisher's perspective.
Well the thing is the scale is so different, I mean, the advances are vastly different, the initial investments are vastly different, the price points are very different. That's some of it. I think that the biggest reason is that store shelves kind of cycle through adult literary fiction a lot faster than they cycle through YA. That's starting to change, but as recent as, you know, 2005 when my first book came out, you got to be in the store for a while, so you had a chance to get into the word of mouth. And these days, in adult fiction, it's very hard to do that. It's not impossible, but it's pretty hard.
To circle back to the book itself, and this is a question from the #1book140 reading group, someone noted that Gus is a character that seems to always say the right thing at the right time. He's very witty and never awkward in any way. How did you create a character so graceful with language? And, the group wondered, is that perhaps like you? Or something you aspire to be?
Well, I wanted Gus in the beginning of the novel to be a very performed sort of character, who is both confident and exactly aware of why he's so charming. Everybody has friends like that, who, when you first meet them, you're like, "This is the most charismatic person I've ever met." But then, after a while of knowing them you realize that they just have five really good stories, and then you're like, "Well, I've heard that one."
At one point in the novel he even goes so far as to cut Hazel when she's trying to say something because he has memorized a monologue -- he calls it a soliloquy but it's a monologue -- and he's memorized this monologue that he needs to deliver and he doesn't want, he really doesn't want, to forget his lines. Like, that's the extent to which he's a performed personality. And you know those sort of grandiose gestures, like the unlit cigarette, are very sort of performative. And you know that's the Augustus for whom Hazel initially falls, but, in the end, the relationship that she has with Gus -- with the vulnerable, fragile, human person -- is much more meaningful to her, and, I think, to him, even though, you know, he wishes that that weren't the real him, but of course it's, for all of us, the real us.
You have in both Gus and Hazel characters who come off as kind of "wise beyond their years," I guess would be the cliche. Do you think that is a response to the experiences that they've had, or do you think we just tend to underestimate young people in general?
I will say that the people who say that Gus and Hazel come off as wise beyond their years are invariably adults. I've literally never heard that from a teenager -- not just about these kids but about any kids in my books. Yeah, my interest as a writer is not in reflecting actual human speech, which, of course, does not occur in sentences and is totally undiagrammable. That's not my interest. My interest is in trying to reflect the reality of experience -- how we feel when we talk to each other, how we feel when we're engaging with questions that interest us.
I had this wonderful writing teacher named P.F. Kluge, and the first day of class, the very first thing he said to us was, "You may be smart, but I've been smart longer."
So, yeah, certainly, teenagers don't sound that way when they talk to us. Like, they don't sound that way *to us*. But they do sound that way to themselves. And that's what interests me. I'm trying to capture that, because I'm not really interested in capturing how they actually sound, because that's not their experience.
The reality of experience is ultimately a lot more interesting to me than what I think is sort of wrongly called "objective reality." Because I don't actually think objective reality is a thing -- certainly not a very interesting thing for fiction, I don't think.
That really resonates with my own memories of being an adolescent, or even younger -- the feeling that adults around you underestimate you.
Yeah! Well, and, you are. Part of the reason it's a problem [is], like, you are underestimated by the adults around you, but also, you don't give them any reason not to underestimate you. Because you don't have the same framework for talking about the day's interesting questions. So, you know, maybe you've read Prufrock and Gatsby, but you haven't read as broadly or thoughtfully or as long as the adults in your life have.
Like, I remember when I was in college, I had this wonderful writing teacher named P.F. Kluge, and the first day of class, the very first thing he said to us was, "You may be smart, but I've been smart longer."
And as I get older, that line only gets more and more brilliant.
This is another question from the Twitter conversation: Some of the readers were picking up on that there are a lot of interesting allusions and other references throughout the book, including hamartia, a tragic flaw, and Zeno's paradox, for examples. And they were wondering whether you had in mind readers who were armed with Google.
[Laughs] Well, I mean, I'm aware of the fact that I live in 2013 and that the book is set in 2012, you know. But, you know, to be honest with you, I don't know if this is going to sound unreasonably pretentious, but I expect readers to know what a hamartia is, and I expect them to know what Zeno's paradox is.
And if they don't, they'll learn.
Yeah. I mean, that's the great thing about, whether they're using print encyclopedias or Google, that's the great thing about it these days. I've always felt that way in my books, actually. Part of the thrill of celebrating that teen intellectualism, where you're reaching keeps exceeding your grasp just a little bit, is in learning, is in getting excited about learning. So there's a lot of examples of that in The Fault in Our Stars: Hazel is wrong about infinite cardinality when she talks about infinite cardinality, when she talks about there being infinite numbers between 0 and 1, and 0 and 2, and Gus frequently misuses big words and stuff. But their intellectual enthusiasm is really appealing to me.
I saw that there is a movie version in the works. I'd like to know your thoughts on it, whether you've been involved in any of the early stages ...
Yeah, I'm involved. They've shared every draft of the script with me -- the script is amazing, so I don't have a ton to say about it. I mean, I have a ton to say about it, but ... They've certainly listened to everything that I've said really closely. I feel like I've gotten to know the screenwriters quite well. And I'm really, really, really a huge fan of the director ... I think he's brilliant. I think he understands the book in a really profound way. I think he's really committed to the stories, and that's a special and rare thing out there in Hollywood.
We're getting to the end of my questions here. I see that you and your wife are expecting, so congratulations.
Thank you.
And I was wondering, beyond family expansion, whether you have any up-and-coming projects you're working on right now that you think Fault in Our Stars fans would like to hear about.
I'm sure you'd like to hear about me writing another book, but I'm not writing one. I'm working a lot on YouTube stuff. We have an educational program called Crash Course that my brother and I have both really thrown ourselves into in the last year, and that we're really passionate about. That's taking up a lot of my time. I'm just starting to write -- I've been saying that for six months but it's true now -- so hopefully I'll finish something in the next few years.
Well, thank you so much, and don't forget to be awesome!
Yeah you too! DFTBA!
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Hacking is no longer just a game for tech-savvy teens looking for bragging rights. It is a for-profit business -- a very big business. Yes, it is employed for corporate and political espionage, activism ("hacktivism") or even acts of cyberwar, but the majority of those in it, are in it for the money."
So, security experts say, one good way for enterprises to lower their risk is to lower the return on investment (ROI) of hackers by making themselves more expensive and time-consuming to hack, and therefore a less tempting target. It's a bit like the joke about the two guys fleeing from a hungry lion. "I don't have to outrun him," one says to the other. "I just have to outrun you."
Of course, this only applies to broad-based attacks seeking targets of opportunity -- not an attack focused on a specific enterprise. But, in those cases, being a bit more secure than others is generally enough.
David Meltzer made that argument recently in a post on Tripwire. "How do you stop a smart attacker? Simple: reduce their ROI to make exploiting you fiscally irresponsible."
That is the consensus of other experts. "If you make it more difficult and less rewarding for the non-targeted, financially motivated attacker, she or he will likely move on to an easier mark," said Deena Coffman, CEO of IDT911 Consulting.
Bob West, chief trust officer at CipherCloud, agrees. "The commercialization of cybercrime in the last decade has elevated ROI as a very important factor in many attacks," he said.
So does Bogdan "Bob" Botezatu, senior e-threat analyst at Bitdefender. "Commercial, or non-state-sponsored hackers are usually trying to get the most profit with minimum amounts of money," he said. "The more difficult the attack, the less interested they are."
That, of course, raises the obvious question: What, specifically, should enterprises do to make themselves less tempting targets, especially since it is cheaper than ever to launch broad-based attacks?
While it is still expensive, time consuming and takes high skill to launch a sophisticated attack on a single target, the marketplace on the so-called Dark Web provides, "software apps for less-skilled thieves to purchase for little money and use to attack companies that leave their networks exposed or only have a single layer of security," said Coffman.
There is general agreement that an enterprise should start by evaluating its assets based on what an attacker would find attractive. But there are differences among experts about their worth. Most agree that the value of credit card data declines rapidly -- as soon as the breach is known, the cards are destroyed and replaced.
Russ Spitler, vice president of product strategy at AlienVault, said credit cards, "are easy to steal, but actually reasonably difficult to turn into money at scale, due to the fraud detection that the card providers have developed." But, he said credit cards remain a valuable asset for enterprises, "and the one that is easiest to sell."
He believes email lists have even less value. "They really require very high volumes to resell. Email lists are practically free these days," he said.
But not all his colleagues agree. Botezatu said customer emails, "are the foundation of any business. They are sold and rented on underground forums for a specific amount of money. Often they are sold to multiple cyber-criminals, so the profit, even if small, is constant."
And Coffman said email addresses are valuable because they are, "now used as account names. Once an attacker has an email account, that can be used to reset and access all other accounts that use that email address. If your bank will email your new password to your email account, then access to your email account is akin to access to your banking account.
Source code is another asset that prompts mixed opinions. Coffman described its value as, "very high as the attackers now know how to compromise the application in a way that is unlikely to be detected."
But Meltzer contends that protecting source code is not money well spent, since, "the same source code essentially ships to all their customers anyway. Why bother breaking into the company to steal product source, when it's so much cheaper and easier to just buy it?"
Spitler agreed with Coffman that source code can be, "a resource to be used in developing future attacks against the company or other users of the software." But he said it is rarely a target in a broad-based attack for simple profit because, "it is very hard to resell."
He said the same is true of corporate intellectual property (IP), which has, "a very limited set of buyers -- the competitors of the company -- so when it is targeted it is likely a nation state or a focused effort sponsored by a pre-identified buyer of the data."
Coffman said Social Security numbers (SSN) can be enormously valuable, "because we are still using them as a means for verifying identity. Once someone has your name, address, and date of birth, which are all easily obtained, they can, with your SSN, assume your identity and obtain credit, be arrested, get a medical procedure under your insurance, etc., and wreak havoc on your life, for the rest of your life."
Whatever the value of various assets to an enterprise, the ways to improve their security are not necessarily complex or expensive. Meltzer recommended decentralizing them, so they are not all in one place.
Coffman agreed, adding that they should be protected with strong encryption -- something Bob West, chief trust officer for CipherCloud, said will effectively cut the ROI of an attacker. Even in the event of a breach, he said, it will be costly and time consuming to, "convert valuable data that's been strongly encrypted into its non-gibberish state."
One of the seemingly simplest ways to lower the ROI of attackers is to keep software up to date. Sophos Labs reported recently that, "91% of the booby trapped documents in our reports from January and February 2014 would have been rendered harmless by just two Microsoft patches, issued two and four years ago."
Experts are unanimous in saying enterprises need to install patches promptly. But Botezatu said it is not always as simple for them as it is for the individual downloading a fix to a laptop.
"Enterprises are known for their slow patching cycle," he said, "but this is mostly because they have to take the machines out of production, which means downtime and, implicitly, money loss.
"Another reason for not upgrading is that some applications custom-made for a company only work on specific configuration, such as Internet Explorer 6. An update would break the tools and rewriting these could be too costly for the company."
In general, however, the consensus is that basic but rigorous security measures will keep an enterprise ahead of the pack. "Organizations now have to focus more on restricting access to raise the bar," said Yo Delmar, vice president of MetricStream.
"That means a well-thought-out defense and in-depth strategy with continuous monitoring."
Coffman recommends having an outside company, "regularly scan for 'open doors' in your network that make you an easy target for the majority of potential data thieves that are just using inexpensive tools to troll for the slowest gazelle in the herd."
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Procreate, one of the best art apps for the iPad, has been updated to version 1.7, which adds a ton of new features, including support for 4K Cinema canvas sizes, a new, full screen mode, and a bunch of new blend modes including: color, saturation, hue, luminosity, overlay, hard light, soft light, linear burn, color dodge, color burn, difference, and subtract.
However, developers Savage Interactive didn't stop there, they've also redesigned the way layers work:
Now that Procreate can create up to 128 layers (smaller canvases), managing layers can get out of hand very quickly. But with the new Layers interface you can fit 11 layers in portrait or 8 in landscape. Combined with thumbnails that zoom to display the subject of the layer, usability has drastically improved.
Added a fantastic new transform system:
Something we're really excited to show is Distort and Shear. With these new tools perspective distortions are as easy as tapping and holding on a point, and then dragging. Also we've added a Non-Uniform scale, making it very easy to correct proportions.
There's a lot more too, including support for the Pogo Connect stylus, multiple swatch panels, a new eyedropper tool, and still more.
Procreate also still gives all the good, old fashioned, granular controls for things like brush size, opacity, and digital color mixing that many pixel artists grew up on, and in a way that just feels right for a multitouch device like the iPad.
If you're into painting, sketching, drawing, or otherwise art-ing it up, check out Procreate 1.7.
And if you want to hear more about the app, check out our interview with Savage Interactive designer James Cuda from way back in Iterate 2.
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Q & A session with TMH's interim CEO Joyce Hein
January 22, 2013
Joyce Hein can acclimate quickly to working in a new environment.
The new interim CEO at The Memorial Hospital in Craig, who retired in 2007 after 20 years of working full time in the health care administration field, now spends her time working as an interim CEO where needed for Quorum Health Resources, TMH's management company.
The job keeps Hein busy traveling around the country overseeing the transition between hospital CEOs. It also has given her an abundance of experience at handling hospitals and how they relate to the communities they serve to make sure nothing gets lost during the
leadership change.
The Craig Daily Press sat down with Hein and TMH Chief of Organizational Excellence Jennifer Riley on Hein's second day on the job to learn a little more about TMH's new interim CEO.
Craig Daily Press: Where are you from?
Joyce Hein: Duluth, Minnesota is where I currently live.
CDP: Have you ever been to Craig before?
JH: No, not to this part of Colorado. I've been to Leadville and the Denver area, but not this part. It's beautiful out here. It was just gorgeous with the sun and the snow while I was driving in this morning.
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CDP: What do you think of TMH so far?
JH: I'm really impressed. This brand new physical plant, what a joy, even going to the clinic at lunch today, its been renovated so nicely and the space is used so well. We're very fortunate to have the resources here in town. So far I've mainly been focused on meeting the staff and physicians. I met some of the board members already. Everybody's committed to one thing. That's patient care and that's what it's all about.
CDP: Any specific goals you'd like to accomplish while you're here?
JH: Not yet, what I like to do for the first two to three weeks onsite in an interim assignment is to get the priorities straightened out, get my direction and priorities from the board, medical staff and different department leaders to find out what I can do during the time I'm on site to be useful. So much of the focus of course is going to be on the process and recruiting of the permanent CEO.
CDP: What did you do before coming to TMH?
JH: Last year I was in Bay St. Louis Mississippi. That was my retirement strategy. I worked full time for 20 plus years and when I decided to retire I said I would work a little bit. QHR's been great and I've had the opportunity to get into a lot of diversity regarding hospitals geographically and in size and mission. I'm sure I'm going to learn lots here too. Every community has so much to teach me.
CDP: What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?
JH: Well I do like the outdoors, hiking, that's always kind of been one of my passions. I like to get out and hike, I've been very blessed with some opportunities to do big mountain hiking such as Kilimanjaro and lower levels of Mt. Everest. I do that and I'm trying to be focused and train for a half marathon this summer. So I'm going to need a lot of encouragement from everybody in town to get out there and get my feet on the pavement
CDP: Do you ski or do anything similar?
JH: No I don't ski, I snowshoe but I do not ski. But I did bring my hiking boots along. I'd really like to get out and see these big elk herds and the wild mustangs. I guess that's kind of beautiful to see.
CDP: Do you get to go home at all?
JH: Yeah, I usually go home about once a month or so. I check in with my husband, see what's going on with him, occasionally I might get him to come visit, we'll have to see.
CDP: What do you think of the staff and physicians you've met so far?
JH: They're very helpful, everybody's been very kind and interested and I like the fact they're very focused on why we're here at work and what the mission of the hospital is. It's very easy to get engaged with them because they're very engaged in our patient care goals.
CDP: Anything else you'd like to add?
Jennifer Riley: So far the transition's going well. Joyce has been here not even 48 hours and she's jumped into some open things we've had on our plate. She'll continue to work on physician recruitment; we still have our general surgeon that we're working to recruit here. The good thing is it's not going to be a five-month pause for us. We're going to continue to operate and move forward. And the staff needs that, we need that and certainly the community needs that.
JH: We don't want to fall behind, health care moves too fast, and we can do a lot to keep things moving forward and also get a good solid foundation so when our permanent CEO is selected and arrives on site, there's a good road map for him, or her, and they can just jump in and keep going, and we don't have to stop, and back up and start over again. That's something we really want to work on together, to lay a foundation for our new CEO.
We want to reassure people that the quality of care they expect, the access to healthcare, that's not going to change because we're changing CEOs. We're here to make sure they get everything they need.
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A 15-year-old Middletown teen missing since Christmas Day has reportedly been seen around the Smyrna-Clayton area, police said today.
A 15-year-old Middletown teen missing since Christmas Day has reportedly been seen around the Smyrna-Clayton area, police said today.
"We've gotten calls from people who say they've seen here and we're asking for the public's help in locating here so we can help bring her home," said Lt. Michael Kelly of the Middletown Police Department.
Harley Mills ran away from her home in the unit block of East Cole Boulevard around 6 p.m. on Dec. 25, Kelly said.
Police and the Delaware Division of Family Services have been conducting a joint investigation to locate Mills and return her home ever since.
Police first asked for the public's help in locating Mills last week.
Kelly said no Amber Alert was ever issued for Mills, because the notification system is used for child abductions, and not situations in which a juvenile has left home.
No foul play is suspected in her disappearance, although anyone harboring or aiding Mills could be subject to criminal charges, he said.
"There have been sightings and she's been in contact with family and friends from time to time," he said. "We do not believe she is in any immediate danger, but she is a missing person and we want to be sure she's okay and returned home."
Police previously said Mills might still be staying with an adult boyfriend.
She is described as 5'4" and about 100 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes.
Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to call Middletown Police at (302) 376-9950.
Anonymous tips also can be provided by calling Delaware Crime Stoppers at (800) TIP-3333.


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text: North of Kuala Lumpur, the Batu Caves are a popular touristic attraction of Malaysia. The size of the caves is particularly impressive, and the Hindu temples built inside brings a nice spiritual atmosphere. Another local attraction that is very appreciated by the tourists: the monkeys! But watch out, they are quick to snatch your stuff!


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Sesame Street "The Shape O' Bots" Telly, Elmo, and Rosita are playing Shape-O-Bots, robots that actually transform into shapes to help people. Andy, a guy in need of shapes, rushes in and explains that he needs an octagon to help stop people from crashing into him. Telly tries to transform into an octagon with eight sides and eight angles, but changes into a triangle with three sides and three angles instead. D
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Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "Daniel Gets A Shot/A Stormy Night" Daniel Gets a Shot - Daniel has an appointment at the doctor today and he has to get a shot. He is very apprehensive and does not want to go. So Daniel asks Mom Tiger questions about the shot, and she shares her trick for staying brave in scary situations. D
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Sid The Science Kid "Sid's Pet Project" Sid is very excited because he's going to babysit Grandma's dog Philbert for the weekend. This is a great way for Sid to show his parents that he's ready to take care of his own puppy. But there's only one problem. D
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WordWorld "Sh-Sh-Shark!/Dog Wants to Play Ball" Sh-Sh-Shark!: Shark is misunderstood. Everyone is afraid of him and won't even give him a chance to prove he's friendly. Everyone but Duck, that is, who doesn't know that the letters s and h together make the 'sh' sound, and therefore doesn't know who Shark is. D
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Caillou "Surprise Caillou!" Butterfly Surprise: Caillou is disappointed to learn his class trip to the fire station is cancelled.and they're going to a butterfly conservatory instead. Caillou thinks butterflies are boring. D
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Barney & Friends "Pistachio/Bj's Snack Attack" Pistachio - Barney is snacking on pistachios.and just can't seem to stop! His young friends try to help by hiding them from Barney. When that doesn't work, they tell him a story to help him stop eating pistachios. D
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Thomas & Friends "Listening and Learning" Thomas In Charge - Thomas wants to impress the Inspector and persuades Percy and Mavis to help him shunt coal at the Docks. This means that Mavis and Percy don't get to do their jobs properly. When the Inspector visits them, they are nowhere to be found. D
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Curious George "The Man with the Monkey Hands/Whistle Pig Wednesday" The Man with the Yellow Hat has bandaged hands and George makes inventions to help him with tasks.G
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Martha Speaks "Martha Speaks What's Bothering Bob?/Martha Spins A Tale" What's Bothering Bob? - What's gotten into Bob? He's off his chain and he's chasing Truman all over town. Martha Spins a Tale - It's sweltering hot and everybody is miserable.G
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The Electric Company "Wordball Games" Right before the yearly Wordball Games, the neighborhood Olympics, Hector sprains his ankle. With Hector unable to compete, The Electric Company does not have enough players to participate against the four Pranksters! But when Manny also gets hurt, the numbers are even once again. Now the question is, can Marcus handle Hector's event the Word Obstacle course?. D
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WordGirl "Hard-Learned Money/Gift Pony" HARD-LEARNED MONEY - After helping him break out of jail multiple times, The Learnerer uses Amazing Rope Guy to learn how to be an efficient criminal. Will he have learned too much by the time WordGirl figures out his plan and possibly be able to defeat her? Vocabulary Words: Divvy, Repetitive. GIFT PONY - When Violet gives Becky a brooch made of mysterious gemstones, Becky/WordGirl begins to feel woozy. D
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Wild Kratts "The Blue and the Gray" Martin and Chris are absorbed in a hilarious competition to discover who is the best acorn planter, blue jays or gray squirrels, when a strange Creature Power Suit malfunction transforms Martin into an acorn and grows him into an Oak tree! Chris activates the squirrel powers of his Creature Power Suit, but gets waylaid by a bobcat and goshawk, and the Aviva, Koki, and Jimmy can't find them. It'll take some animal-loving Wild Kratts kids to get them out of this mess. D
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Cyberchase "The Creech Who Would Be Crowned" The CyberSquad is summoned to Tikiville to stop Hacker from winning a race that would allow him to take over the cybersite. Upon arrival, Matt and Jackie tease Inez about her big vocabulary, so she decides to say just one small word -- "Bye!" She splits from the group and teams up with a Tikiville girl named Creech. Creech considers it her destiny to rule the land her family once ruled for so many years. D
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Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman "Birds Are Handy!" Ruff's rockstar cousin Ruf Rufman wants to record songbirds on his next album. So Ruff sends Emmie and Rubye to meet with field biologists from the Teton Science Schools in Wyoming to work with songbirds in the field. He also sends Marc and Shreya to meet with a hand model due to a misunderstanding between the word "Hands" and the name "Hans. D
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Nightly Business Report Tonight on Nightly Business Report, three multi-billion dollar mergers announced today in three different industries. Why the rush to walk down the corporate aisle now? And, have you ever signed up for a free trial and now you're being hit with unexpected fees? It's not wanted, but it's legal - and the cost is staggering. D
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Antiques Roadshow "Vintage Richmond" The show revisits items appraised in Richmond, Virginia, back in 1998. A Cartier desk clock has increased in value from a 1998 appraisal of $10,000 to $15,000 to an updated estimate of $25,000 to $35,000. Meanwhile, a Royal Doulton bear has dropped from an original appraisal of $5,000 to $7,000 to a current valuation of $3,000 to $5,000.G
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Antiques Roadshow "Biloxi, MS - Hour Two" Host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Noel Barrett explore the world of vintage space toys. Key finds at the convention center include a 1943 National League signed baseball and a circa 1770 sword used in the Revolutionary War. A beautifully preserved 1811 Philadelphia-made silk-on-silk embroidery, with a design taken from an English print, is valued up to $50,000. Part 2 of 3G
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Globe Trekker "Greek Islands" Trekker Megan McCormick celebrates Greek independence on Hydra, walks in St. John's footsteps on Patmos, samples the nightlife on Mykonos, visits Apollo's birthplace on Delos, explores the Minoan city of Akrotiri on Santorini, hikes the Samaria Gorge on Crete, and discovers the tiny island of Gavdos, where legend has it that Odysseus fell under Calypso's spell for seven years.G
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POV "Neurotypical" This episode provides an exploration of autism from the point of view of autistic people themselves. Four-year-old Violet, teenaged Nicholas and adult Paula occupy different positions on the autism spectrum, but they are all at pivotal moments in their lives. How they and the people around them work out their perceptual and behavioral differences becomes a remarkable reflection of the "neurotypical" world - the world of the non-autistic.G
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In the Memorable Keys to the M-O-R-M-O-N Mirage flipchart, Hank Hanegraaff shows you how Mormon leaders have "redefined" Christian terms so they can sound like they're agreeing with us . . . but mean something entirely
Through the memorable acronym M-O-R-M-O-N, you'll learn exactly where the differences
between Christianity and Mormonism lie. And with its convenient size, the flipchart is ideal to carry with
you as you share the truth in love with other Christians and with Mormon friends and neighbors.