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By CLEA SIMON
Published: December 25, 2000
Consolidation has brought hundreds of radio stations into the mainstream embrace of giant companies like Clear Channel and Viacom's Infinity, but it has also left some audiences out in the cold.
The trend, though, has created an opportunity for Radio One, a family-controlled radio company that has built a thriving business by serving one audience overlooked by the giants: urban African-Americans.
Not that Radio One is tiny. Since going public in May 1999, after two decades as a private company, Radio One has achieved a stock market value of nearly $1 billion. With stations in Los Angeles, Detroit, Philadelphia, Atlanta and more than a dozen other major cities, Radio One is the largest broadcast group controlled by African-Americans in the country, owning 48 stations. It has only two big metropolitan gaps in its holdings, although they are significant gaps indeed: New York and Chicago.
By offering listeners a mix of hip-hop and rap on some stations and rhythm-and-blues on others, Radio One is mining a market that its 35-year-old chief executive, Alfred C. Liggins III, thinks other media companies are mistaken to overlook.
''I call the African-American market the emerging market in the domestic market,'' said Mr. Liggins, a Wharton M.B.A. who assumed the chief executive job two years ago from the company's founder -- his mother, Catherine L. Hughes. ''As companies are looking to break into China and other countries around the globe,'' he said, ''they should really be looking here.''
Mr. Liggins's target market has a household income that is growing faster than the national average and yet has been largely ignored by advertisers. Between 1972 and 1998, factoring for inflation, average African-American household income grew 16.3 percent, to $25,351, significantly outpacing the 9.2 percent growth rate for total United States households, according to Banc of America Securities, which predicts continued growth.
''Radio One can lay out the facts and figures that this is a very attractive group for advertisers,'' said W. Timothy Wallace, a Banc of America Securities senior broadcasting analyst.
The methods Radio One uses to reach this audience have changed little since Ms. Hughes borrowed heavily to buy her first station, WOL, a 1,000-watt AM station in Washington, for $900,000 in 1980.
Ms. Hughes's broadcasting experience had come from running WHUR, the station of Howard University, the prestigious and predominantly black university in Washington. She programmed her new station for the inner-city audience, making WOL a forum for African-American issues and an advocate for the homeless and often bringing local political leaders into the studio for interviews.
It was not the best time to be starting a business, with inflation raging and interest rates heading into double-digit range. Divorced and concerned with saving money to send her son to college, Ms. Hughes went 18 months without being able to give herself a paycheck and was forced to sell her car and home to stay solvent. For a short time she even lived at the station. ''It did not matter to me where I slept and ate as long as I kept my radio station alive,'' Ms. Hughes recalled in a recent interview.
People who knew her back then remember her persistence. ''It was a tough time to be in the center of the city,'' said Robert Unmacht, former publisher of the M Street group of radio trade publications. ''She was known by everybody and involved in everything, and she put a lot of effort into building the business, which was by no means a sure thing.''
To save money, Ms. Hughes made herself the morning host on the station, which focused on local talk. The resulting mix of activism, chat and District of Columbia politics eventually made the little station profitable and paved the way for the acquisition of her second station, WMMJ-FM in Washington, seven years later.
For WMMJ, Ms. Hughes envisioned an adult African-American audience eager to hear rhythm-and-blues. But her primary lender, the now defunct DC National Bank, cautiously sought to keep the station playing its established format of soft mainstream pop from the likes of Barbra Streisand and Melissa Manchester.
''We're in a city with a 75 percent black population, on a station purchased by a woman who is a community activist, and you give us Barry Manilow?'' Ms. Hughes said, laughing gently at the memory. The format fared so badly that during one ratings period, the station was reported as having no listeners.
The bank finally relented. And within two years, playing the gentle rhythm-and-blues of performers like Barry White and Smokey Robinson, the station was attracting listeners and advertisers -- and turning a profit.
What Ms. Hughes had developed at WMMJ in Washington became the formula for Radio One, whose headquarters are now in Lanham, Md. The company takes smaller, underperforming metropolitan stations and focuses them on specific parts of a city -- not only ethnically and demographically, but geographically, too. Radio One's engineers carefully calibrate the transmitters to coax the maximum power from the stations to reach the target neighborhoods.


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Academic Lineage and Student Performance in Medical School
Date: August 1999
Creator: Wright, James Scott
Description: This research investigated the association between academic lineage and student performance in medical school. The purposes of the study were to: (1) determine whether the Carnegie classifications of medical school applicants' institutions of origin are associated with academic performance in medical school; (2) consider the relationship between the admission selectivity of the schools of origin and the academic performance of medical school students; (3) compare the performance of medical students from institutions under public governing control with students from privately controlled institutions; and (4) establish a model by which the relative academic strengths of applicants from a variety of undergraduate institutions can be understood more clearly based on the previous performance of medical students from schools with similar institutional characteristics. A review of the literature on medical school admissions was completed and used to develop this research. Medical students from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas who enrolled between the years 1990 and 1994 and graduated or were dismissed between the years 1994 and 1998 were selected as the sample for the study (n=933). The undergraduate institution of origin for each student was coded based on its Carnegie classification, admissions selectivity group, and whether its governing control ...
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Description: This study utilized a qualitative/phenomenological research methodology to study the development of child molestation. Five volunteer male juvenile perpetrators of child molestation and their consenting family members participated in three one-on-one in-depth interviews. The juveniles were referred by juvenile justice departments in Texas. The investigation was pursued along three paths: (1) what factors in the perpetrators' life experiences may have influenced the formation of molesting thought and behavior patterns? (2) how did the perpetrators construe social relationships? (3) in developing sexual preference, what process did the perpetrators utilize to achieve the degree of sexual arousal needed to motivate the act of molestation? During analysis, 16 categories and 9 subcategories were developed from the data; these were evaluated in order to address the lines of inquiry listed above. Factors contributing toward deviancy were identified: these included general environmental factors and relationship issues with both parents and peers. The data also elucidated the perpetrators' characteristic ways of viewing themselves and other people, as well as the strategies that they relied upon to cope with their lives. These same strategies were subsequently used in their molesting. The results revealed that the answers to the investigational questions posed above were synthesized by the individual ...
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Counselor Effectiveness and Correlations With Select Demographic Variables for Masters Level Counseling Students
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Description: Counselor education programs are charged with the responsibility to train students to be effective counselors. Despite relative consistency in academic and clinical experiences, some students are less effective than others. It was the intent of this research to investigate possible relationships which may exist between students' background and experiences and their levels of demonstrated counselor effectiveness as measured by the Counselor Rating Form - Short Version (CRF-S) and the Supervisor Rated-Counselor Interaction Analysis (SR-CIA). It was hypothesized that counselor effectiveness would be negatively correlated with prior teaching experience and level of religious participation. Data was collected using a demographic survey from masters level counseling students participating in their practicum semester. Counseling tapes from each of the participants were collected towards the end of the semester. These tapes were then rated by doctoral students using the CRF-S and the SR-CIA. The total sample size was 28. Regression analysis was used to investigate the hypotheses. Three models were constructed. The dependent variables used were scores from the CRF-S, the SR-CIA and a third comprised of a normalized composite of CRF-S and SR-CIA termed COMPOSITE. Each model used, as the independent variables, years of teaching experience, and hours of religious participation. Results from ...
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A Criterion-Referenced Analysis of Form F of the Standardized Bible Content Tests of the American Association of Bible Colleges
Date: December 1993
Creator: Gaede, Charles S. (Charles Samuel)
Description: The purposes of this study were to: (a) analyze subjects' responses from Form F of the Standardized Bible Content Tests of the American Association of Bible Colleges by factor analysis and the Rasch measurement model and (b) determine dimensionality of Form F, determine the correlation to the Literal, Anti-literal, Mythological Scales, and determine the best criterion-referenced test design of Form F using Rasch measurement procedures. Volunteers from a purposefully selected sample of nine colleges from the American Association of Bible Colleges participated in the study. One research instrument with five demographic questions, the Standardized Bible Content Test Form F, and the Literal, Anti-literal, and Mythological Scales was administered to 179 volunteer graduating seniors. Frequencies and percentages of responses were computed for the demographic questions. Mean scores on the Literal, Anti-literal, and Mythological Scales were computed for gender and religious affiliation. Principal components analysis of Form F with varimax rotation and list-wise deletion of missing data was used to assess the dimensionality of Form F. Correlations between scores on the Literal, Anti-literal and Mythological Scales and scores from the principal components analysis of Form F were computed. Dunn's multiple comparison procedures were used to test for statistical significance. Rasch-Model measurement analysis ...
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Culture and Anxiety: a Cross-Cultural Study
Date: December 1998
Creator: Abbassi, Amir
Description: By measuring interactions among and between anxiety and the independent variables of country of origin, gender, level of education, and age, this study attempted to gain insight into how students from different countries experience anxiety on a U.S. college campus. Results of the Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) and the univariate test(ANOVA) indicated that the gender and level of education of the subjects made no significant difference. However, when it came to country of origin, there were significant differences between two of the cultural groups and respective anxiety level. Findings also support a positive correlation between age and anxiety levels, with the youngest participants having the lowest anxiety levels.
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He was born in Detroit, a son of the late Yakim and Tatiana Kohan. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan. He was a Navy veteran of World War II, serving in the Pacific. He worked for Michigan Bell and ATT until he retired to Hendersonville in 1981. He was an active member of First Congregational Church and enjoyed building houses for Habitat for Humanity. In 2002, the Carolina Mountain Club presented him with the Distinguished Service Award for the years he spent building and maintaining trails. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Anna; and three brothers, Fred, John and Nick.
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I am looking to install WP for a member area of a site (subscription-based), wanting only premium members to have access to the blog. Permission levels currently exist in a MySQL database for the Member Area (site is run by PHP), with certain pages viewable to different member levels.
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Done in an hour aproximately .. no reference taken for this one .. maybe I'll finish it some day xD
The cloak is an interesting touch. Some sort of synthetic "elastomer" material that can mimic some of the camouflage abilities of cephalopods? It utilizes photo chromat-ophores to create a kind of "dynamic camouflage" that actually changes and mimics the surrounding conditions.
This is fantastic!
really nice what did you use to draw it?
Very impressive.Now that's a sniper to stay away from.
Wow I wouldn't mind getting the cloak for my birthday.
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Worthless. The verification code is useless and prohibits advancement.
Tested the form I created but an email never arrived. Share it doesn't work since its so customizable and has alot of features.
I'll change my rating once email arrives.
I can't install this plugin, i see error " Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 50331648 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 491520 bytes) in /home/sites/o/ow/oww/owweranda.za.pl/wp-content/plugins/si-contact-form/includes/class-fscf-options.php on line 1171"
I don't know what everyone likes about contact form 7! I installed and removed it several times.. just don't like it, no preview, too much coding.
Fast Secure Contact Form has alot of potential: They don't hound you to buy their "pro version" and only ask for a reasonable donation for support. Great preview and lots of settings. Seems totally customizable with no limitations I have found yet (unlike webdorado's form maker and others)!
>You cant delete the sample forms and fields, I like to start from scratch (you can change them somewhat tough).
>You can choose to display checkboxes "inline" but how the heck do you align them?! I have like 20 checkboxes and they display as a conglomerated mish mash, I would have like them to display like in columns or be able to center or align left or right EASILY without coding.
>The biggest issue is that I have literally tried everything and emails keep going to spam. I have tried like ten contact forms and although most of them have more cons than pros, they ALL send emails properly except this one. Too bad, I kinda liked this one.
I have yet to use a contact form plugin on either Joomla or WordPress that does not send mail. This is the first. Tried all suggestions on FAQ and nothing. Use 2 different WP contact form plugins for other sites on same server and no problems there.
I'm sorry to say that we were never able to make this plug-in work for us. I can only speculate as to what the trouble was, possibly relating to our own setup. We may revisit this at some later date if our other anti-spam solutions do not work out.
Is one star the lowest review I can give?
Same thing as the last guy - Rogue input fields for email, name, etc. Then there is the constant reporting of error codes for Captcha cache,
Confirmation emails won't send and the list goes on and on. My Web developer has worked the entire day trying to straighten this thing out, and what is most maddening? The old version worked with no drips no drools and no errors. This release should not have been made public with this many problems. I can't begin to guess how much money web owners are going to spend with their tech people try to replace this form and/or resolve the issues. I give zero stars.
I am using this plugin on a couple of sites. Recent update by default enabled a rogue button and a direct link to some scheduling crap. I am rating this as one star, will replace with something else as soon as I can. Don't trust the developer anymore, how do I know the next thing he decides to do is to install some malware on my site?
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Niskanen compares Letang to Zubov - 02-19-13
On the surface, there would appear to be few similarities between a balding Russian in his early 40s and a long-haired French Canadian in his mid 20s.
Having been a defensive partner with each of them, Matt Niskanen sees plenty of similarities between Kris Letang and Sergei Zubov.
Current Letang's partner on the Penguins' top defensive pairing, Niskanen began his career as Zubov's primary partner as a rookie in 2007-08 with the Dallas Stars.
Like Letang, Zubov, who spent one season in Pittsburgh in 1995-96, was a right-handed shot and an all-star but the comparisons go beyond that according to Niskanen. Last week, he compared the two players:
In what ways are Zubov and Letang similar?
"The way they think the game. They're aggressive offensively. Obviously they have unbelievable skill. [Letang] skates a little better than the Zubov I played with. 'Zuby' was (37 years old at the time). They don't always make the conventional play. They just look for open ice and take what's there even if some people perceive it as a risky play."
What's key when being a defensive partner with a player like that?
"I think being in position. Being in the right position if something does break down or if he does get trapped, I've got to find open ice so I can give him an easy outlet. Understanding what he's trying to do and find ice so I can always be an option for him."
What's different for you being a defensive partner with Letang as a veteran compared to being paired with Zubov as a rookie?
"The experiences you get from playing. I think I recognize a little quicker when I need to be behind for support or when I can be aggressive too. Get up the ice a little bit. Offensively, just a better understanding that comes with experience."
Who has a better shot?
"Ooh… I think Zubov. I have to give it to him. Craftier. 'Tanger' might have a more powerful shot… maybe. It's hard to say. Zubov was just so crafty at getting it off. I think 'Tanger' will get there. He has the ability."
Who is more physical?
"I think 'Tanger' is more aggressive physically. He'll look for a hit and he's pretty powerful. 'Zuby' would kind trap you and bait you into something then with smart stick position, lift your stick and take away and he's going the other way."
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I really loved them. So did my guests, it seemed. The only trouble i had, which is not part of the recipe but a trouble with the tomatoes is that i had a hard time with the stem. I bought huge tomatoes and they have very big, spread stems, it was a bit hard to carve around that. Other than that, it was a wonderful recipe and will definitely be made again.
The proportions and flavours were really good but I think that more detailed instructions on the oven part for the cooking-challenged like me would have been helpful. Since I also stuffed some peppers as they do in a Greek tavern near me, I was wondering if that changed the cooking time at all and if I should have put other things too. But it was the only recipe for yemistes that I found that had meat which is what I really wanted!


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Milwaukee Beer Week coming in spring
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Ridge mesmerizing in Chamber Theatre's 'Underneath the Lintel'
Midway through his extraordinary solo performance in Glen Berger's "Underneath the Lintel" - being staged by the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre under C. Michael Wright's direction - James Ridge asks the audience whether we'd recognize a miracle if we saw one.
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Deloitte to Lease Office Space Near London 2012 Olympic Park
Deloitte LLP will lease two floors in a 12-story building by London's Olympic Park to entertain clients during the 2012 Summer Games.
Deloitte, one of accounting's "Big Four" firms, will use about 16,000 square feet (1,486 square meters) of space near the main venues in London's East End, spokesman James Igoe said. He didn't say how much the building's owner, Westfield Group, will charge in rent.
"During the Games, it will become the firm's base near the Olympic Park and will be used primarily for meetings and hospitality," Igoe said in an e-mail. The space will be used for community projects before the Games start on July 27.
Some of the world's largest companies plan to use the London Olympics to promote their brands. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG will provide 4,000 cars, cycles, motorbikes and scooters as part of a sponsorship deal with the organizers, while Adidas AG will try to use the games to bridge a sales gap with Nike Inc. in the U.K.
Westfield, the world's largest shopping-center owner, opened a 1.9 million-square-foot mall near the Olympic Park site in September. Stratford City is Europe's largest urban mall.
Deloitte will lease the space at One Stratford Place from January and will hold onto it until the Paralympic Games end on Sept. 9, Igoe said. The glass and steel building has 130,000 square feet of office space.


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Google updated its Gmail for iOS app today with the ability to swipe right or left to move between messages without going back to the inbox.
Version 2.1 also includes the ability to enable edit mode by selecting a message in the inbox. Once in edit mode, Google said users could tap on messages to select. They can then archive, delete, etc., from the new actions bar, or they can just Cancel to exit edit mode.
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DataMan Pro, Grokr, Adobe Premiere Elements 11 Editor and Quick Editor, ABC streaming apps, XBMC 12.1, price drops, and more
9to5Mac has once again scoured the App Store for all the latest app launches, price drops, noteworthy news, and updates, and we have compiled everything in a roundup below. Check it out, but keep coming back as we continually refresh the list throughout the day.
1. DataMan Pro | $4.99 (usual $9.99) Version 7.2 of this overage-tracking app hit the App Store with support for more data plan types. It also includes monthly, 30-days, weekly, and the newly-added daily plan that allows users to track their data usage everyday with app and location statistics. The app is currently 50-percent off for Easter.
2. Grokr: Intelligent Search | Free Version 1.2 of this search-and-discovery app that provides a Google Now-like experience to iOS users launched with a total redesign today. The update includes a new sports tile, recommended title, events tile, and news sources and sports teams. The app also now sports personalized notifications and Beta-tile for new features.
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Wacom, a graphics drawing tool most pro designers tote around or at the very least drool over, introduced a compact tablet with a full HD display on Tuesday called Cintiq 13HD.
As the name suggests, the Cintiq 13HD boasts a 13.3-inch, 1,920-by-1,080-pixel resolution, wide-angle display mounted on an adjustable, three-point stand that is also detachable. The entire form factor debuts at 4.75-by-9.75-by-0.5 inches and 2.65 pounds, which is considerably smaller and more mobile than the earlier 22HD, 24HD, and 24HD touch Cintiq models that are mostly stationary and gobble up 2 feet of desktop space.
The chassis notably sports four changeable shortcut buttons, called ExressKeys, the classic Rocker Ring, and a home button, and the swanky tablet further comes with Wacom's famous pen. The cordless and battery-free Pro Pen specifically touts 2,048 levels of pressure, tilt recognition, and two side toggles, and it includes nine various—standard, felt, and stroke— nibs, a desk stand, and carry case.
Last but not least, a regular USB 2.0 data connection through a three-in-one cable pipes the HD display power and signal. The Wacom Cintiq 13HD for Mac and Windows computers launches in early April for $999 in the United States and £749.99 in the United Kingdom.
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March 18, 2013
9to5Mac has once again scoured the App Store for all the latest app launches, price drops, noteworthy news, and updates, and we have compiled everything in a roundup below. Check it out, but keep coming back as we continually refresh the list throughout the day.
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1. Unbound for Mac Unbound for Mac is a "blazing fast, simple to use" viewing experience for Dropbox photos. It works in conjunction with the Leap Motion Controller. Developer Pixite said Leap makes "a lot of sense for viewing your photos on a big screen or a projector," and it has made Leap work seamlessly with Unbound. Check out a sneak peak of the Mac app in the video above (it is coming soon to the Mac App Store). Pixite also currently offers Unbound for iOS on the App Store.
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9to5Mac has once again scoured the App Store for all the latest app launches, price drops, noteworthy news, and updates, and we have compiled everything in a roundup below. Check it out, but keep coming back as we continually refresh the list throughout the day.
1. KitCam | 99 cents Version 1.6 of this photo-editing app hit the App Store today and introduced Night Snap for KitCam. The feature allows users to take photos in very low light. The update also includes 10 new geometric shape frames, front-facing flash, uncompressed TIFF format, JPEG compression, live exposure data on the histogram, extended time-lapse parameter, new composition grid, export options for originals, and storage and processing speed optimizations.
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Apple's former retail head John Browett says he was rejected for 'fit rather than competency' (Video)
John Browett, Apple's former head of retail who lasted only six months at the company, recently told attendees of the Retail Week Live conference that he learned much from his experience in Cupertino and is now a "kinder person."
While admitting he as acquired a degree of humility, Browett explained he "just didn't fit within the way (Apple) ran the business." Browett also said Apple is a fantastic business with great people, products, and culture, and he loved working there, but he has since become very clear of how he is and what he is like to work with.
"It will make me much better at doing my job in the future," he added. "It was one of those shocking things where you were rejected from the organization for fit rather than competency."
March 8, 2013
Apple's eBay store offers significantly better deals on Apple.com refurbs (and that's before tax+payment advantages)
9to5Mac first broke the news that Apple sold refurbished merchandise through its own eBay store last year, equipped with the same price tags, full warranties, and approved inspections, and now the company has dropped prices on many of those items below what it offers at store.apple.com.
9to5Toys and eventually Dealnews recently noticed a $100 price cut for Apple's 13-inch MacBook Air with 1.8GHz i5 and 128GB of storage (now over). It costs $100 more at store.apple.com for the same refurbished unit.
An even better eBay deal has emerged today: Apple's 11.6-inch MacBook Air with 1.8GHz, 4GB SDRAM and 256GB SSD is only $949. It's certified refurbished unite, while the same refurb model goes for $1,059 on Apple.com, and the 256GB MacBook Airs start at $1,299 new. All items come with free standard shipping, and eBay adds sales tax for only a few states at purchase and allows folks to pay with PayPal and BillMeLater. expand full story
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1. Wahwah | Free Wahwah is a personalized radio service that just landed in the App Store, and it offers a catalogue of more than 15 million songs and allows users to discover the perfect song for working, running, cycling, driving, etc. Users can notably check-in to their location, type in the name of an artist, browse custom stations, or select recommended music, while Wahwah sees who is around, taps into their music, and then offers users the ability to simultaneously listen together and interact via chat.
1. Viddy | Free Version 2.1.1 of this Instagram-like app for videos went live today with the ability to handle 30-second clips, pause recordings for multiple-segment filming, toggle brightness, contrast and volume, and simulate stop-motion capture. The updated app also features 15 new filters, all new music tracks, simplified video descriptions, swipe-based navigation, new Explore section, geo-feeds with video discovery, Home feed with user preferences, YouTube annotations, and support for 16 new languages.
More apps and updates below.
March 7, 2013
Marvel launched a new iOS app today, called Marvel Unlimited, that gives unlimited access to a huge range of comic titles.
The new app is different from the previously existing Marvel app and expands upon the company's HTML5 on-demand reader, Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited, that launched recently. The new app features the same subscription model as the web-based version: $10 per month (or a temporary annual subscription for $59.98, equaling $5 per month).
Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited is like Netflix or Spotify for comics, as it allows signed-in subscribers to get access to new releases and most popular comics from the last week. Each available issue offers a tappable cover that brings up a story summary and preview sample, and it sports publication details on the original print issue, release date, and creators. Subscribers can choose to read titles immediately or save up to six issues for offline reading.
A quick look at the app's front-page selection on Thursday shows the 1998 No.1 issues of Captain America and Iron Man, 2012 No. 1 issue of Avengers vs. X-Men, 1968 No. 134 issue of Iron Man, and 2010 No. 9 issue of The Twelve, and much more. The bottom menu bar gives users further options for browsing by series, character, creator, or comic events, as well as access to their account.
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One of the most exciting parts of my time on the island of Maui was
a snorkling trip to Molokini Crater. Below is the track that my Sony
GPS unit captured of the trip.
The water at Molokini Crater is some of the clearest found in the world
and is great for snorkling, but the real treat on this trip happened as
part of the boat trip to Lanai. Due to rough waters we were forced to
divert our trip from Lanai to an alternate location on Maui. On the
way, we spotted two young humpback whales. If you look at the map
above, I've noted the location of the whale spotting.
Further along on the trip, we were greeted by a bottlenose dolphin that surfed the bow wave of our boat for a little while.
In addition to the pic above, I was able to capture a little bit of video.
I've got quite an active fall/winter lined up. Getting married. Going on a couple of trips. Looking forward to testing out Sony's new photo products, including the new GPS unit. No more scouting online maps trying to figure out where I took pictures!
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Our friends at Mishka have just released the visuals for their upcoming Holiday 2012 collection, and as per usual the teaser video features a host of faces from the music scene: Pictureplane, Le1f, Baauer, Mykki Blanco…and our own Dre Skull. Watch out for the collection dropping soon!
Mishka Holiday 2012 Teaser VideoNovember 1st, 2012 by Mixpak
This Week in TwitterOctober 26th, 2012 by Mixpak
A roundup of this week's choice twitter posts from Mixpak artists, remixers and extended family.
Dubbel Dutch – Self Help Riddim is out today >> http://t.co/qrbrQMNn
— Mixpak (@Mixpak) October 23, 2012
Dj Sliink X ClubTapes Presents $ NJ $ Mixtape (Exclusive DL – http://t.co/aLfIfGPV Link In Description) by @DjSliink http://t.co/XJuwArxs
— JerseyClubKing (@DjSliink) October 26, 2012
FUNKYSTEPZ – Snapback x Tattoos http://t.co/mNIRy7WZ Free Download
— Funkystepz (@Funkystepz) October 25, 2012
I'm throwing an insane Warehouse Party in London on the 30th November! Get your tickets here >… http://t.co/BWtTzZO4
— TODDLA T (@TODDLAT) October 24, 2012
preview Jam City's Classical Club Mixes http://t.co/EojZ6qX6… http://t.co/8WB6q5NP
— L-VIS 1990 (@lvis1990) October 24, 2012
2 hours mixing and talking shit on Rinse, go get ittttt http://t.co/J0H598wJ
— MELE (@ukmele) October 24, 2012
Look out for samename's remix of my tune prism dropping this tuesday
— Murlo (@DJMURLO) October 25, 2012
@dreskull at Jammy's Studio in Waterhouse for The System video shoot http://t.co/e96YnGn1
— Carleene Samuels (@goddessrockstar) October 24, 2012
This Week In TwitterOctober 19th, 2012 by Mixpak
A roundup of this week's choice twitter posts from Mixpak artists, remixers and extended family.
Brand new Dubbel Dutch for Mixpak dropping next week, listen here >> http://t.co/IsPbvd77
— Mixpak (@Mixpak) October 18, 2012
NEW MIX with RITON FOR SYMPHONY HALL http://t.co/tIn48KTn
— Canblaster Cheval (@RealCanblaster) October 18, 2012
Mr Mitch – Zippo: http://t.co/afNqok1e via @youtube
— Mr. Mitch (@mrmitchmusic) October 18, 2012
im happy to announce that the collab track Bomb.é and i did will be released on Slit Jockey Records in 'november!… http://t.co/cvxCuZvD
— Krueger (@kruegerbass) October 18, 2012
i made a bass http://t.co/kO7BIo4C
— AC Slater (@djacslater) October 18, 2012
The legendary 69 BOYZ at the @MIXPAK showcase ft. the homies @justjubilee @dubbeldutch @dreskull #letmeseet http://t.co/iCI2p1nZ
— JASMiNE SOLANO (@JasmineSolano) October 19, 2012
This Week in TwitterOctober 12th, 2012 by Mixpak
A roundup of this week's choice twitter posts from Mixpak artists, remixers and extended family.
Mixpak: One week exactly til Mixpak bring the 69 Boyz to NYC >> get your tickets here http://bit.ly/Qlq2d3
Natalie Storm: Check out "Like The Dancefloor" http://p4k.in/RA76Wa New video and song with @atrak @djzinc and yours truly!
hugodouster: Check out the dates of my forthcoming AUS/NZ tour !! http://www.douster.net/2012/10/australia-nz-tour/ … ! It's gettin dooown (under) next week !
DeejayMosca: New bit from me here. Please give me praise and say gd things about it http://soundcloud.com/deejaymosca/chris-minus-skai-high-as-a …
lvis1990: FRIDAY NYC: Im playing @ Santos Party House with the legend Kenny Dope & its FREE!!! HA! More details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/371378586281272/ …
davenada: #MOOMBAHTON MASSIVE BROOKLYN! WE COMIN : @NADASTROM @xxblassxx @djsabonyc @uprootandy @gekojones RT @BrooklynEMF: http://bit.ly/BrooklynEMF #BEMF
ukmele: someone thought this sampled the imperial march, yessss http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksoLseB8PUQ&feature=youtu.be …
dreskull: Vybz Kartel's "Half On A Baby" passes 2 million views and soundtracks a new viral dance craze the Bronx Wine. http://www.mixpakrecords.com/blog/2012/10/half-on-a-baby-passes-two-million-views/ …
Half On A Baby Passes Two Million ViewsOctober 8th, 2012 by Dre Skull
It's been just over a year since Vybz Kartel got arrested. At that time, we were just a week away from shooting a video for "Half On A Baby," the second single from "Kingston Story." Given his legal situation, we were never able to get it done. In spite of that, "Half On A Baby" has grown to be a big song on its own, finding an interesting life on the internet. The song touched a nerve and became the choice soundtrack to a new dance kids in New York city are doing called the Bronx Wine. Hundreds of kids of have uploaded videos of themselves doing the Bronx Wine to "Half On A Baby" (see a few examples here, here, here and here). So as disappointing as it was to not give the song a bigger chance with a proper video, it seems the music found its way into culture on its own.
The uploaded track with basic cover art just passed two million views on the Mixpak YouTube channel and the Half On A Baby/Bronx Wine movement continues to grow. Thanks to everyone who's been supporting.
This Week In TwitterOctober 5th, 2012 by Mixpak
A roundup of this week's choice twitter posts from Mixpak artists, remixers and extended family.
Mixpak: Sam Tiba for Mixpak FM http://tmblr.co/ZXYr2wUdYufk
Altered_Natives: Anyways go get Tenement Yard Volume Three, cos im gonna be milking this mp3 cow for the next ten years http://boomkat.com/downloads/568053-altered-natives-tenement-yard-vol-3 …
DjSliink: This Is My Newest Project Samples Some @MissyElliott http://soundcloud.com/djsliinkbbc/dj-sliink-stop-me-now …
Funkystepz: 2 CHAINZ – BIRTHDAY SONG (FUNKYSTEPZ MIAMI BASS EDIT) FREE DOWNLOAD http://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/2-chainz-birthday-song-feat … on #SoundCloud
Murlo: Happy to announce my New Quartz E.P is out on the 9th of November with Low up Records
SISSYNOBBY:New shitt http://fb.me/1DadUSAo2
kruegerbass: ?! EU TOUR IN FEBRUARY ?! lets get some dates locked people! <3
dreskull: Mixpak is bringing the 69 Boyz to Brooklyn in two weeks. RT if you down with the Tootsie Roll http://mixpak69boyz.eventbrite.com


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Songwriters: Taylor Swift, Max Martin, Johan Shellback
McKayla Maroney says this better than I could:
By now it should hardly come as a surprise that Taylor Swift's songs sound pop, but it's easy to be almost taken aback by how fiercely un-country this song is, banjo in the country mix notwithstanding. As a pop song, it could be worse – at least in terms of structure. It boasts a sparse production and a strong melodic hook that makes a memorable impression, particularly in the chorus. It will fit in comfortably on Top 40 playlists between toe-tapping hits by Katy Perry and Hot Chelle Rae.
There's just no way around the fact that this is a huge step backward for Swift in terms of lyrical construction. This song could be seen as everything Taylor Swift's detractors detest about her wrapped up into a neat little package, with the juvenile aspect of her persona being played up to the point that it borders on self-parody. While the "What!?" hook sounds cute at first, the "ooh ooh oohs" and the snipey spoken word portions are grating upon arrival. As a whole, the lyric is one-dimensional, unimaginative, and – while I hate to use everbody's favorite Swift perjorative – yes, this is very immature. Swift has done this kind of song many times before, and she's done it with much more perspective, insight, and cleverness than she shows here. Considering she's getting into her twenties now, it would be nice to see some forward artistic progression.
There are things that "Never Ever" gets right, but they're not enough to offset all that it gets wrong. While there's a potentially good catchy pop song buried in here somewhere, it ultimately ends up getting smothered in cheese. If this represents the direction of Swift's upcoming album Red, then perhaps we would be better off joining Swift's ex in listening to "some indie record that's much cooler than mine."


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Bayou Blue firefighters get all new gear
Published: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at 11:18 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at 11:37 a.m.
BAYOU BLUE -- For the first time in years, the more than 30 volunteers who make up Bayou Blue Fire Department will be outfitted in brand new protective suits.
Many of those firefighters packed the districts central station Monday night to get their new gear which includes new hats, coats, pants, gloves, boots, safety vests, flashlight and gear bags.
"We use to buy new gear a little at a time," Bayou Blue Chief Harvey Parks Jr. said of the firefighters obvious excitement. "A lot of the stuff has been falling a part."
The district has been setting aside money for nearly two years in an attempt to save enough money to purchase approximately 30 new sets, which cost nearly $1,800 each, Parks said.
"Weve been putting it off for a while," he said, noting the majority of the money came from a 10-mill property tax the department collects annually. Last year the district collected about $200,000 from the property tax, Parks said.
The rest of the money -- about $10,000 -- came from money collected last year and this year through the districts chicken-dinner sales and roadside collection drives, Parks said.
The gear is expensive because its made of protective material and custom fit to each firefighter, said Chuck Blake, a representative with Porche Fire in Houma, one of the three companies that provided Bayou Blue with its new gear.
Blake also pointed out that each suit is made of three essential layers -- two for heat protection and one to lock out moisture.
The suits also come with a new, possibly life-saving tool called a drag-rescue device -- a sturdy fabric loop attached to the back of each coat. In the event a firefighter needs to be pulled or lifted out of a dangerous situation, it provides another firefighter with something to grab on to, officials said.
"If a ceiling falls in and you need to drag them," Blake said. "Instead of pulling them by their necks, they are actually going to have some support."
Each firefighter will also get a photo identification card with vital information -- including name, photo, age, home address and a physical description -- which theyll keep on them when responding to any calls.
The volunteers were fitted for their suits three months ago. On Monday night the volunteers tried everything on to make sure the fit was right.
"Its more custom fit, and it seems like its easier to get around," said 32-year-old firefighter Kenny Authement as he tried on his gear. "It fits a whole lot better."
A few of the newer volunteers wont get new gear right away, Harvey said. And the old gear that remains will be donated to other departments, he said.
Other big projects on the horizon for Bayou Blue includes buying new air packs and building a new central station that will house two additional fire trucks. Officials havent yet decided where to build the new station, Parks said.
For now being able to provide volunteers with new state-of-the-art suits is the fulfillment of one of the departments long-term goals.
"I always hear that this is broke or thats broken, and I wont hear that any more," Parks said with a laugh.
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Missouri Mountain as seen from the northeast ridge
Missouri Mountain is a popular destination for Los Alamos residents.
Belford and Oxford from the summit of Missouri
Andy and Nina pose on the summit of Missouri.
Sarah and Nina are ready to get in some turns.
Sarah getting those turns in below the summit of Missouri
Nina races Andy down from the summit.


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I just realized that using the %postname%-tag in permalinks actually does not give the real post title, but the post slug.
This causes issues for me, since I tend to change title a couple of times during writing my posts. The slug is not updated when the rest of the post is, and thus I've not got a lot of URLs pointing to some really stupid titles...
Is this a bug or a feature? Is there any way I can get permalinks that point to the _real_ post title?
And what is the slug for anyway?