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SKFU got his hands on a Vita devkit…says it has vulnerabilities that could help hacking it
Following up to the news on SKFU, some additional information has been discovered with what could be the very first public glimpse at a developer model PlayStation Vita.
If you just currently read Wololo's article about SKFU and his progress on Vita hacking then you would know there wasn't a lot of confirmation on things, until now. It appears that SKFU has successfully got his hands on a PlayStation Dev Kit, and that might be how he made progress on his hacking research.
After some extensive research it was discovered (thanks to reader Maccle!) that he does indeed have a dev kit. SKFU posted a thread over at Assembler Games trying to sell his dev kit for unknown reasons, however, giving out some surprising information.
"So, what might it be worth to collectors?
A bit background information about PS VITA DevKits:
The official SONY price for devkit models which are sent to third party developers is 1.900€.
There is no fix price for internal models known.
The prices you are going to submit are for an internal model based on newest hardware revision.
Surprise me :)"
SKFU went as far as posting clear images of the top and back sides of this "new model". Developers do get access to hardware better than the normal Vita with usually double the RAM, but it's possible other upgrades and enhancements exist in those Vitas. In particular, the pictures give us some good insight of what a developer device looks like compared to the normal consumer Vita. The pictures show noticeable physical changes such as matte buttons, a USB port (2.0 for Faster transfer?) and a HDMI port. This dev Vita is dubbed the "Vita PDEL-1001" which is supposedly " the first one in the wild." Definitely some exciting discoveries here.
However, that's not the only information that was revealed when one user asked about the every 90 day activation of the dev kit Vita license that has to be done to keep the developer special features working. SKFU responded with the following information on the subject…
"Partly correct. the activation is just required to run unsigned self's.
all other functions are fully active like any pc tool to connect or mess with, debugging functions, file system access etc etc.
running unsigned selfs can be achieved other way. aswell there's several vulnerabilities in devkits up to newest firmwares which
might lead to bypass the activation soon :)"
It seems that not only has SKFU gotten into the Vita's OS with full access but he has also found exploits within the dev kit firmware. This is huge news as it could mean we are closing in on more developments towards a Vita exploit. SKFU has not made any other type of public announcement regarding such so that could mean he is holding on to it for a later date or still working.
It is still unclear at this point if he used a regular developer license (in association with the devkit) to get access to the information he posted last week in his blog (as implied by some of you in our comments section, some tools made available to developers by Sony could allow to read what's on the Vita Stick without a need for any hack)
This is a huge discovery and definitely one that will be constantly developing, so stay tuned. One other question that needs to be answered is, why would SKFU need to sell this unit, if he's making progress with it?
What do you think about this? Are you ready for a Vita hack? Let me know in the comments!


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We knew we'd never make it to her due date. It was a scary pregnancy to begin with - Identical Twins. I remember my first visit with the high risk doctor. I was just about 21 weeks and was in the beginning of All The Drama. He looked me in the eye, put his hand on my shoulder, and said, "Identical Twins...scary."
And I already knew because I have my official Google MD.
Ainsley was always small. Around the halfway point of my pregnancy the disparity in growth between Ainsley and Evelyn started. It was as much as 30% by 26 weeks. We saw a specialist who said it was not twin-to-twin transfusion but I still have my doubts.
At 26 weeks we started talking Delivery and Survival. It was a delicate balance between saving Ainsley by delivering Evelyn before she was ready.
|That's a 26 Week Twin Belly, right there.
Somehow Ainsley held on until 31 weeks...almost 32. And somehow Evelyn held on too. She looked perfect but sadly she was very ill and nobody knew. My blood pressure was dangerously high and I was spilling tons of protein - preeclampsia was working against the girls along with everything else. This pregnancy was getting dangerous for all of us.
The night before my scheduled c-section is when Evelyn died. She was there and then poof! She was gone. Fetomaternal hemorrhage. Slow for a long time, apparent because of her severe anemia. And then very fast that night. Cardiac arrest, officially.
|This is Evelyn Cecille.
She was tiny and perfect.
Ainsley was so small and she cried but did not make noise. Grimace, pissed, but alive. Later we would learn that her tongue was stuck in her cleft palate keeping her from making noise. She was 2 pounds 3 ounces...measuring more like a 27 week baby than an almost 32 week baby.
|Ainsley, not on any sort of respiratory support.
Weird to see her without a trach, actually!
The rest is history, isn't it? We are creeping up on 14 months in the NICU. Ainsley's lungs continue to be generally assholey.
|Functional lungs are overrated!!
It is busy and stressful. But we are adjusted.
What I want everyone to know about Ainsley is that you cannot spend time with her without smiling. One peek at that gap-tooth smile and you're a goner.
|If this doesn't make you laugh then something is seriously wrong with you.
Most everyone we know has not met Ainsley or spent much time with her. But I know many, many nurses and therapists and doctors who pay a purely social visit to Ainsley daily just to get a peek of her ridiculously adorable smile. People will stop us in the hallway and tell us, "Ainsley smiled at me today!" Other parents even stop by to say hello.
|Waiting to go outside.
|Oscars Outfit.
I added our claims up for a six week period once. Out of curiosity. It was a boring six weeks with no surgeries or any special procedures. It was $322,000. We've been there...60 weeks? So ten times that, roughly? Millions.
|She loves her mommy.
My point is not to make people feel bad about money. My point is that we have been so lucky to have a big group of people fall in love with our Ainsley and keep her company during our long, necessary workdays.
|She loves her daddy, too.
|She can't talk because of her trach, but I do believe she is saying,
Ainsley is not the typical one year old. She is better. She has had multiple surgeries and infections and challenges, but she laughs and smiles and plays and is one of the happiest babies I know.
|Oh, hai.
Everyone loves Ainsley, but we love her the most. I don't know how much longer we will be doing this hospital craziness but...meh. We're adjusted to this now.
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When player Tommy (Ian Novick) comes across former college bud Daniel (Jon Prescott) in a bar one night, he knows it will be about three beers until he gets lucky. Engaged to a woman and in the closet, Daniel regrets sleeping with Tommy, but not enough so that he keeps Tommy from manipulating him into awkward and isolated situations where they end up in bed together again and again. Meanwhile, Daniel's delightful and oblivious fiancée Jen (Margaret Anne Florence) suspects nothing.
It would seem like the perfect situation, until Tommy begins to fall for Daniel. The one that got away is slowly becoming "the one". An anxious push pull develops between the men as both struggle to get what he wants and still do the right thing out of respect for his lover's choices. Once married, Daniel becomes increasingly uncomfortable with Tommy and Jen's growing friendship – jealous even. Meanwhile Tommy grows resentful at Daniel gets to have it both ways.
Once Jen finally finds out, the film takes another unexpected and decidedly dramatic turn.
This story starts out strong and playful, but begins to meander midway. And that loss of focus happens right at the moment the point of view shifts from Tommy to Daniel. The film shifts point of view more than once. It is an interesting choice, but the shift does not give us any new insight on the character's perspective. No character becomes any more or less sympathetic, so why the switch? Anthology stories are good, but in a cast so small, and within the same storyline, the shift make it's hard to pinpoint exactly who this film is supposed to be about. Who are we rooting for, or rather, whose happiness is most important to the storyteller?
The tone shifts as well. The film begins as a catty comedy about a club boy who pursues the hot straight jock of his youth. It morphs into a coming-out dramedy about a guy who falls in love with the first man he sleeps with, but can't come to terms with the fact that he's gay. It ends as a drama about a young family grappling with the emotional obstacles of doing what society dictates they are suppose to do over being true to oneself.
Director Caytha Jentis has assembled a very likable and competent cast for this story of three people's journey to finding and accepting their true identity. While the rendering of the story is a bit unbalanced, the story itself is quite credible and timely. This is easily a situation that is probably happening quite often these days. Although, the ending does kind of broadside you.
Despite the tone shifting, The One is solid film with good performances. High marks to Margaret Anne Florence for her portrayal of Jen, the girl who marries a gay and honestly does not know it. Florence's Jen is sweet and vibrant, being neither the typical airhead nor a girl in denial. The moment of revelation, when Jen finds out about Daniel, is executed with grace and complete earnest. Well Done.
The One is available on DVD as of November 18, 2011 at TLA Releasing.com.


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Slow-roast Persian lamb with pomegranate salad
Nutrition and extra info
- kcal554
- fat39g
- saturates18g
- carbs15g
- sugars13g
- fibre2g
- protein37g
- salt0.35g
For the lamb
- 4 tbsp pomegranate molasses
- 1 tsp ground cumin
An aromatic spice native to eastern Mediteranean countries and Upper Egypt. This warm,…
- juice 1 lemon
Oval in shape with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile…
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
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- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 onion, roughly chopped
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- 1 shoulder of lamb, weighing about 1.6kg, lightly scored
A lamb is a sheep that is under 1 year old; between 1 and 2 years old you will find it sold as…
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- seeds 2 pomegranates
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- handful flat-leaf parsley leaves
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- 100g bag watercress
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- 1 small red onion, finely diced
- 1 tbsp olive oil
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- flatbreads, to serve
Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. In a small bowl, mix the molasses with the cumin, lemon juice, olive oil and garlic. Scatter the onion over a casserole dish or a deep roasting tin. Place the lamb on top of the onions. Pour the glaze over the lamb. Rinse the bowl out with about 200ml water, then pour it around – not over – the lamb.
Cover the dish with a lid or the tin with a large piece of foil. Roast the lamb, undisturbed, for 3 hrs, then remove the lid or foil and continue to roast for 30 mins to give the lamb colour. When the lamb has had its time, pour off the juices, remove as much fat as possible, then pour the juices back over the lamb.
Just before serving, gently toss all the salad ingredients together. Serve the lamb with its sauce, the salad and some warmed flatbreads.
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Wokcano is a relatively new local chain of Asian-fusion restaurants, with five locations in Southern California and ambitious plans to keep on growing (Long Beach will be the sixth). G&G attended a press event at the newest one, which you'll find open late every day of the week on Fifth Street near the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard in downtown Santa Monica (where Akwa used to be, one door south of Jiraffe).
Wokcano aims to be an affordable yet upscale nouvelle-cuisine experience, catering especially to young professionals doing meetups after work, along with couples and posses looking for an after-event late-night venue for dating and debating. The recovering workaholics will be well served by the happy hour daily from 3 to 7 p.m., also available from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m., with specials on appetizers and drinks. And for those night owls who refuse to go straight home after things wind down on the Promenade, the kitchen is always open until 2 a.m. The late closing time will make Wokcano Santa Monica a welcome oasis on the Westside, which is otherwise pretty sleepy at that hour. And did we mention there is no dark night? The restaurant and bar are open every day, 11 a.m. to 2. a.m. There are DJs on Friday and Saturday nights, and half-off Martinis on Tuesdays.
Chef Lum's dishes are a fusion of Chinese, Japanese, Thai, and Korean influences. The well-stocked bar features all the cocktail-mixing mainstays you'd expect, as well as an extensive list of fine wines and beers, plus 13 brands of saki.
To complement the signature spiciness of the food, Gerald sipped a Jacobs Creek Shiraz while Georja enthusiastically knocked down a Newcastle Ale. First up on the sample menu was the Spicy Tuna Tornado Dip (pictured), just the kind of zinger starter for your meetup. You get raw tuna, spicy tomato, and avocado chunks blended in a tall Martini glass, topped with Doritos chips. It'll have you smacking your lips, loosening your tongue, and ordering a second round of thirst quenchers. If your whole entourage is there, get a few for the table.
Then came the sushi, which Wokcano does surpassingly well.
Georja: I liked the sashimi, thin-sliced salmon in ginger-Ponzu sauce. There was also some yellowtail. It was light and wonderful. The Tornado was too spicy for my palate, but my friends in New Mexico say I'm a pansy when it comes to fire in the mouth.
Gerald: Then came the combination sushi platters. Besides the stuff you'd expect, they had some unique creations, such as the Black Pearl, which is surrounded with a light tempura crust. Nice texture--and doubly tasty when you dip it in the soy sauce and Wasabi.
Four cooked dishes came next--Honey Walnut Shrimp, Black Pepper Beef Mignon, Double Kung Pao, and Shanghai Vegetable Lo Mein.
Georja: The Honey Walnut Shrimp was my favorite. The shrimp were plump, and the honey-walnut sweetness on them was perfect. It's served with sprigs of broccoli--just the right touch.
Gerald: I thought the black-pepper beef dish overdid it a bit--too much pepper and too much sugar in the soy-based brown sauce. Chef Lum makes his Kung Pao with both chicken and shrimp and adds asparagus, onions, peanuts, and dried pepper. I'm sure it will be one of their most popular dishes.
Georja: And for dessert, they brought individual-sized lemon cheesecake and carrot cake with white chocolate. Irresistible!
Gerald: The picky Virgo in me gives them extra points for having filtered water and clean plates with every course.
Georja: This location has an exciting ambiance. The biggest part of the restaurant is outdoors in a courtyard between two office buildings (which are closed in the evening). It has the impression of ultra-high walls with a starry sky for the ceiling. It has a waterfall and a huge pot filled with tall cactus stalks. The setting makes for a fun vibe.
Gerald: The courtyard is the place to be. They turn on the gas heaters, so it's toasty-comfy, and--I really like this part--it's not noisy out there. You can actually have a conversation with your companions without yelling. (No guarantees after the DJs start!)
Georja: These restaurants were founded by two young brothers from Canton, China. They say that most of the recipes are inspired by their mother's cooking.
Georja and Gerald wish to thank our hosts, managers Justis and Ryan. Special thanks to our attentive servers Armand, Faris, and Jessica.
Wokcano Restaurant and Bar
1413 5th St.
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Open Mon-Sun 11 a.m. - 2 a.m., including holidays
Price range: Entrees $9 - 30, Sushi $4.50 - 8 per piece
(Lunch prices $3 less with rice)
Full bar
To Go menu available
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No way.
The Cubs had a bat-happy game with 14 hits and an incredible ELEVEN walks and come from 2 down in the bottom of the 9th to beat the Brewers 12-11.
How could you even guess that might happen?
It was at home, it was against the Brewers, I SO COULD HAVE GONE.
Except I was on a plane, unaware, reading.
Or trying to.
The guy next to me began snoring before the plane took off.
He slept through the drinks cart.
He slept through the snacks cart.
Snoring snoring snoring.
Then he woke up and ordered two vodka tonics and immediately went right back to snoring.
Only for the second half, he was quiet for about 5 minutes, and then a snore would literally EXPLODE from him and last for a couple minutes, and then back to quiet.
An attendant shook him awake.
"Sir, you're breathing very loudly."
"People in the cabin are concerned. You seem to be having a hard time breathing."
"Fine I'm fine."
I could have been watching DeJesus and Valbuena get 3 hits apiece.
Or Brett Jackson go 2 for 3, knock in 2, score 2 and walk twice.
Just a freaking win is rare enough.
One with bats finding balls is hard, but a come-from-behinder is impossible.
Since I have jetlag and can't stay awake today and it took me all this time to get to this point in the post, THE CUBS HAVE NOW WON TWO IN A ROW!
Yep, they just beat the Giants 6-4.
Chris Volstad won his second game in a row, Darwin Barney continued his errorless streak and even got a double.
Anthony Rizzo hit a bomb, went 2 for 4, scored twice.
Alfonso Soriano hit a homer, got 3 hits and knocked in 3.
It's August 31st, which means if any team wants to make a deal it's gotta happen by midnight tonight or the players won't be eligible for the playoff roster.
No way Alfonso wakes up and gets on a plane...
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A locally made indie movie received four awards at the Bare Bones International Independent Film Festival in Muskogee, Oklahoma in late April.
Out of 25 feature films accepted into the festival, the makers of When Love Walks In were recognized for Best Clean Flick, Best Actress, Best Soundtrack, and Best Festival Marketing.
"I think it's fantastic," says Shironbutterfly Ray, co-director of the six-year-old event. "We made it our opening movie, and the city was very pleased."
The picture was directed by two brothers, Brad Williamson of Sawyer, Michigan, and 37-year-old Kent Williamson (profiled in an April 21 Hook Facetime), who runs Paladin Pictures from his house in Ruckersville.
The Brothers Williamson credit the Charlottesville music scene for the Best Soundtrack award, as such area favorites as Terri Allard and Carbon Leaf made multiple contributions.
"They're just a great group of guys," says Ray. "I expect great things from them."
When Love Walks In is the tale of a photographer struggling to find love and raise his only child after his wife's untimely death.
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DNR invites artists to submit stamp designs
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MADISON, Wis. — The state Department of Natural Resources is inviting artists to submit designs for next year's turkey, pheasant and duck hunting stamps.
DNR officials will accept entries received or postmarked by Aug. 15. The agency will display all the submissions at the Aldo Leopold Legacy Center in Baraboo on Aug. 25. Judging to determine the three winning designs will take place that afternoon at the center. DNR staff will be available at the center to discuss the history of the three programs as well.
Turkey, pheasant and duck hunters must purchase the stamps to hunt legally. The revenue helps pay for DNR habitat management and restoration, species management, research and equipment.


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When I woke up this morning all the power was off in our house. Irritating. I scratched my head feverishly in hopes that it would help me figure out a way to brew coffee with no electricity (we have an electric stove) but to no avail.
Instead of sitting around staring at the wall (in the dark) I took my book light (good thing I got new light bulbs, eh?) to the closet and picked out the brightest, most obnoxious shirt I could find and then built an outfit around it.
If there was ever an excuse to wear chartreuse, right? The rhyming makes me feel like this would make a good title for a children's book. Although this outfit should never be mentioned in the context of children's books though because all day long the sweater has kind of make me feel like a little bit of a flasher, and we could never work that into the plot because the would be kind of awkward.
Sweater: Gap Outlet
Chartreuse Tee: Banana Republic Factory Store
Necklace: Target
Tank: Gap
Jeans: Old Navy The Flirt Jeans
Shoes: Old Navy
Maybe I'll try to work this outfit into the plot line of my Young Adult Paranormal Romance Novel.
Maybe not.
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The elephant in the (waiting) room
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The McNulty report – Realising the potential of GB rail – is a queer beast. The report, published last week, is the final report of a long term investigation, established by the last government, into the efficiency of the British rail industry. And the report identifies a sensible and quite extensive set of barriers to efficiency in the rail industry. But it then proposes a slightly odd set of solutions to address those barriers. Or, rather, it fails to address the most obvious question of them all – are the problems generated by the fragmented and semi-privatised ownership structure of the industry?
Actually, that's not even true. The report identifies industry fragmentation as key part of the problem. But it doesn't explore the most obvious solution to that problem – large scale reintegration. Whether that is a result of Sir Roy McNulty's disposition or the DfT setting a brief that precluded asking the question publicly is less clear. It does, however, mean the review is a missed opportunity. Read more of this post


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Major League Soccer on Monday announced a fifth college underclassman to join the 2013 Generation adidas class with Indiana University forward Eriq Zavaleta signing a league contract.
The player's agent hinted at the signing over the weekend.
Like the other four Generation adidas players unveiled on January 3, Zavaleta will be eligible for selection in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft that will be held on Thursday, January 17, at the NSCAA Convention in Indianapolis.
Zavaleta grabbed the national spotlight in December as Indiana made a run to the 2012 College Cup title with the sophomore striker registering the assist on the game-winner in the team's 1-0 victory over Georgetown.
READ: MLS signs 5 college seniors to contracts ahead of SuperDraft
At 6-foot-1, Zavaleta's frame may have helped him become a top-rated target forward, but it's the quality of his feet and distribution which excites many scouts. He scored 10 goals as a freshman and tallied another 18 in the recently concluded 2012 season.
Despite his scoring success, however, some scouts see Zavaleta's size and passing ability making him a potential candidate to be a central defender in MLS.
The 20-year-old Zavaleta is the son of former El Salvadoran national team player Carlos Zavaleta and he is the nephew of former MLS and US national team defender Greg Vanney.
Generation adidas players are typically among the top selections in the MLS SuperDraft, and they also do not count against a team's salary budget. As part of their contract, the college underclassmen also receive educational grants to continue their college education.


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A month ago, a young Indian woman died in a Singapore hospital from injuries sustained in a brutal attack on a bus in New Delhi. The woman had been raped and tortured by a group of men out for what police described as a "joyride."
In the wake of the assault, which set off a national discussion on sexual violence against women in India, male politicians suggested a range of reasons for such attacks.
Explanations included short skirts and Westernization (prior to the attack, one politician had suggested the consumption of chow mein and pizza was to blame), as well as Bollywood and dating . (The frequent focus on women's behavior as a cause of rape is of course not restricted to India.) After voicing these opinions, many of these leaders came in for flak, including most recently from Sonia Gandhi.
Still, we wondered if these were viewpoints that many Indian men share, so we conducted our own (admittedly unscientific) survey of 100 men in different parts of Delhi and Noida. We polled men in different income groups and professions, from rickshaw-pullers to a momo-seller and property dealer, as well as a government employee and army colonel. Our respondents ranged in monthly income from a few thousand rupees to 100,000 rupees ($1,850).
And while we asked just the one question (see below), and offered a choice of five responses, we made sure to vary the order in which the answers were offered each time we asked the question.
Unlike many politicians, the vast majority of the men we questioned – over two-thirds -- blamed poor law enforcement and policing, as well as a lack of respect for women for rape. Of the 100 men polled, 34 blamed gaps in policing and law enforcement, while 33 said lack of respect was the main culprit and that Indians should "change their thinking."
"Police should catch hold of the guys who are roaming around. Police should remain on duty," said an ATM security guard. "I also feel like roaming the market but I don't because something could happen at any time."
A dry-cleaner recommended capital punishment and swifter prosecution. "Hang a rapist. Nobody will dare repeat this again. But cases in India drag on for decades. Where is the deterrent?"
A student in South Delhi said "lack of respect" was too mild a way of putting it, adding that the problem is that India has "a patriarchal societal structure or conception, where the non-male is less than a person."
A 48-year-old army colonel said, "In India, men have always felt women are a commodity to be used. Until and unless this mindset does not change, we cannot progress any further."
A few men (three) said that lack of respect and poor law enforcement were to blame in equal measure, declining to give one more importance than the other.
However, more than a quarter of respondents (26) blamed Western influences for rape. They saw this as women wearing skimpy clothing, smoking, drinking, and going out at night.
A driver in East Delhi explained, "A man thinks she is smoking, so she must like to drink. If she likes to drink she must be open to sexual activity. She may be 200% good but people will think wrong things," he said, adding that women's behavior was being influenced by foreigners who visit or live in India.
An engineer in Noida said, "If women stop wearing skimpy clothes, automatically rapes will stop."
A third man, who works for a private firm, blamed the "Western MNC culture."
Two men who chose "other" also appeared to hold women responsible for rape although they didn't blame Western culture. One, a 22-year-old who works for a private firm, blamed Bollywood for encouraging women to abandon more demure clothing for "net [stockings] and miniskirt." "When women were wearing sari and salwar kameez, a man could control himself," he said as he ate lunch in central Delhi.
We conducted our survey at different times. When we pooled our responses we noticed something odd. Our questioners – there were five, three women and two men, with each of us putting the question to 20 men – appeared to be getting very different responses depending on their gender.
Very few men told the three women (who all happened, by coincidence, to be wearing jeans) that "Western influences" are causing rape. Instead, the majority of responses when women asked the question were "poor law enforcement" (23 of 34 responses in this category) and "lack of respect for women" (24 responses of the 31 in this category.)
But the two men conducting the survey were far more frequently told that "Western influences" (19 of the 26 responses in this category) were the reason rapes were occurring, which makes us wonder what the results would have been if all our questioners had been men.
If you wish to participate in an online version of this survey, vote here.
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Keep off the grass: OSFT goes 'experimental' on new CD
For fans of local bluegrass innovators Old School Freight Train, don't expect to hear much traditional bluegrass at Saturday's album release party. In fact, don't expect to hear bluegrass at all.
"The only thing I know for sure is that we are definitely not bluegrass anymore," says guitarist Jesse Harper. "It's more roots rock now. We still have violin, mandolin on the record, so maybe it's roots music, maybe Americana, but not bluegrass."
Created in 2000 with guitarist Jesse Harper's introduction to bassist Darrell Muller's bluegrass music in a North Carolina coffee shop, the band spent nearly the entirety of its existence as a successful jazz-infused bluegrass band, even garnering praise from mandolin master David Grisman.
Nearly a decade later, its ties to the bluegrass genre have slowly faded, and on Six Years, OSFT moves to the beat of a very different drummer– literally. Shuffling members, the band added drummer Nick Falk, while losing banjo player Ben Krakauer.
"Adding drums," says Harper, "took us out of that bluegrass thing."
Finding inspiration such artists as Britain's Radiohead, Philadelphia indie darling Dr. Dog, and Norwegian electronica artist Hanne Hukkelberg, OSFT embraced a new trajectory. Despite the band's previous new-grass success, OSFT began to concentrate on a new way of creating music, focusing on songwriting rather than instrumentation.
"In the past, the writing process happened as individuals and the arranging happened as a band," Harper explains. "Now, we write everything as a band."
Teaming up with local producer Chris Keup (who has worked with the likes of Jason Mraz and Parachute), OSFT tried all sorts of brainstorming methods for the new songs, including turning on random television channels for lyrical inspiration, and pulling chords out of a hat.
"The song 'Six Years' was generated from that kind of activity," Harper says. "The songs are going to make it in the band setting because we work on them together from the beginning."
The experimental songwriting doesn't just apply to the band's own work; the band, which has been praised for its covers of John Mayer, Coldplay, and Wilco, released a cover of Blondie's "Heart of Glass" to radio stations across the nation.
"It's fun to take a song and try to take everything away from it but the essence of the song," Harper says. "We re-harmonized it, giving it a dark quality."
For a band that's seen so much change, will they be recognizable on their new record? Never fear, Harper says. The band highlights their roots with a two-show release party at Gravity Lounge.
"One show is going to be more acoustic, an unplugged show with some bluegrass friends and the second will be a standing-rock show," Harper says. "We want to serve both sets of fans, so we'll play two different shows–- one of our old material, one of our newer stuff."
Old School Freight Train performs at Gravity Lounge on Saturday, March 21. Shows start at 7 pm and 10 pm, and tickets are $12.
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Maris? In the Hall? It'll never happen, nor should it. Maris was mediocre by every conceivable measure. Lifetime BA of .260, averaged 147 hits/season, and hit more than 30 HRs just 3 times - 1960 (39), 1961 (61), and 1962 (33). Take away those three years and he averaged 15 HRs/Season. Definitely not Hall of Fame numbers. In the postseason he hit .217.
If Maris hit 61 this year, considering his past years he'd be suspected of being juiced. Nobody's saying he juiced. What I'm saying is one great season doth not a career make. If it did, Denny McLain would be in there.
There are many, many players the veterans committee ought to consider. None of them are named Maris.
The Roger Maris suggestion is a joke, right?
Maris would never have hit 61 unless he hit in front of Mantle. The author fails to grasp what it takes to be a hall of famer. Musson numbers were not career numbers either. He died too young and compared to other yankees really no deserving.
Yankee bias is never attractive
You have a point -- but remember, for many reasons, "why isn't player x in the Hall, because player y IS?" really doesn't play into the logic of the voters.
I agree - inaction of the Veterans' Committee this year might have led to its demise.
Joe Torre will almost certainly win election to the Hall as a manager. His playing career? You could argue either way on that.
Roger Maris was a very good outfielder, and a pretty good power hitter when he had the Mick hitting behind him, and he played on a pretty spectacular team. But as the Yanks declined, so did Roger's performance.
The fact that he, and Thurman Munson passed away before they should have, should not have a bearing on whether a guy gets in or doesn't get into the Hall.
The Veterans' Committee was not intended to be a "second chance". It was formed because there were many players from early baseball history, who had never been seen by the writers. In time, as most deserving "old timers" were selected by the Veterans' Committee, it evolved into a second chance opportunity. Since there had been a great deal of cronyism, buddies getting buddies in, etc., the Hall's trustees changed the format. The thinking is likely that most "old timers" have had some review by the Veterans' Committee over a long number of years, and it's time to stop the cronyism.
The one travesty - that hopefully will be remedied when the Special Committee meets (a board of HoF players, and Frick and Spink award winners) -- to get Buck O'Neal the honors that he missed while he was alive.
Maris still has the HR record, w/o gloves!
Gold Glove
What else you/they want/need?