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Things that make me go "Hmmm"
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"With skill and strategy, even David can conquer a giant".–, Founder of https://t…
In: Events11 Apr 2014
That photo is not from a fashion show. It's not a concert. It's the TechCrunch LA Meetup I went to last night.
For those not versed in speed pitch events, it's basically speed dating for entrepreneurs and investors. In this case, each entrepreneur had sixty seconds to give their elevator pitch on stage. Then a panel of various industry leaders grilled them with follow up questions for the next five minutes.
Sure, that's not exactly how Warren Buffet would go about evaluating a company to invest in. And realistically, no VC would write a check without extensive due diligence beyond what happened on stage.
But the bigger point is, they're making the idea of coming up with an innovative idea and starting a company around it a cool thing. And in terms of what the youth of a city could channel their energy into, I think this is a pretty big win.
They packed a 1500 capacity venue to SRO, and it had the energy (and noise) of a live music show.
I hope this isn't just a trend. And I don't think it is. From Mashable to Shark Tank to people like Elon Musk, the startup world has moved into the spotlight. It's no longer confined to PowerPoint presentations in VC conference rooms.
We need kids to be excited about the future, and armed with the sense that they can shape it. And the more of them the better. As my childhood friend, a well-known football coach throughout the state of Illinois, told me about building a strong youth sports program: It's about the numbers. Getting large numbers of kids to join the mission and put their time and energy behind it.
It's not that different for how cities, states and countries can spawn businesses that will grow up to impact the world. And I'm glad to see this happening here in L
In: News16 Jul 2012
We just launched a couple of great new reports on Zuum. These should give unparalleled views on what subjects perform best on Facebook. Our Subject Explorer and Subject Analyzer are two reports that work together to give you the most accurate view ever of what content makes the biggest impact on Facebook.
Zuum users will find these reports on the left side navigation when they're logged into the Zuum tool.
Subject Explorer goes well beyond just showing you which keywords drive the best engagement. It gives you multiple parameters for filtering those subjects, based on critical engagement criteria. So the subjects it presents are subjects that work the way you want them to work.
Minimum Average Engagement Rate: Slider let's you view only words above a certain engagement level. For example, you may want to only view subjects generating 20% above the average engagement.
Minimum Number of Posts Containing the Term: A subject that works in one post is very different from one that works again and again. The more times a high engaging subject is used, the more consistently it's performing, and the more likely it will be to drive engagement for future posts. You may want to view at least 2-3 months of data to ensure there's a broad range of subjects to analyze.
Minimum Number of Pages the Term is Used On: Brand and product terms usually are among the most engaging terms. By selecting more than one page, you'll quickly eliminate most terms specific to a certain page, and get a better sense of what subjects are working across the entire industry.
You can rollover any term to get a quick view of its engagement rate, posting volume, and pages used by.
A detailed breakout of how a given subject is being used across all the pages you've selected. When you click on any term in the Subject Explorer, you'll go straight to this view.
Across the top is data on the posting volume, average engagement rate for posts with that term, what types of engagements is pulled, and the media type that term was used with.
Top Related Terms: Shows the most common terms used in all posts on this subject.
Posting Calendar: Which brands posted about that subject on which days.
Top Brand Post: The most engaging page post on that subject.
Top Fan Post: The most engaging fan post on that subject.
More Brand Posts: Click to view a listing of all brand posts on that subject, ranked by engagement.
More Fan Posts: Click to view a listing of all fan posts on that subject, ranked by engagement.
In: Articles6 Jun 2012
This posted on iMedia today. Facebook's been on a tear rolling out new features and new metrics. This article tries to define a fast-evolving subject.
With Zuum, it's pretty clear I'm betting on Facebook as the dominant consumer social media platform for brands to engage their best customers.
Here's the article: http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/29968.asp
This article breaks out posting activity trends across a number of industries, looking at things like how much to post, when to post, what topics to post, and what media type to use. Below is the chart that pretty much explains why if you're trying to engage mass consumers, your best bet is probably Facebook.
In: Fascinating24 Apr 2011
Saw the premiere of Morgan Spurloch's latest, Pom Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, last Tuesday.
If you're not familiar with the concept, Spuloch attempts to make a film financed entirely through corporate sponsorships. All the challenges — ethical, creative and logistic — are the theme throughout.
While the movie purports to show the process and challenges of placing a brand's products in a film, the real challenge and interest comes in putting the brand's staff in the film. Conversations about a brand's essence were never made for mass consumption. As someone once said, "Advertising is like hot dogs. You don't want to see either being made."
One of the flashpoints of the film is how Spurloch sets out to make a movie around brand sponsoships, and early in the movie you realize that the movie is well underway without a single sponsor. He's been making the movie throughout.
I was actually surprised to see any brand jump on board, the way I'm surprised to ever see any politician talk to a Daily Show correspondent. ("Uh, lets see, Morgan Spurloch. Past movie was Supersize Me … Uh, I think we'll pass)
I guess for some any exposure is irresistible.
That obvious disinterest should probably be shielded from the guy making the movie, though. In stating that they weren't interested in the project, Volkswagen execs let their disdain for Spurloch's blend of business and social commentary surface — stating there's "no way they'd ever do this movie" — unwittingly giving Spuloch a good foil throughout the second half of the movie.
I did like his construct for selling brand sponsorships. Whatever the brand, it would be the Greatest ____ Ever Sold. Simple and direct, like the movie.
I certainly got my share of laughs throughout the film, and I think most people in marketing or entertainment would enjoy watching a dramatized version of their job play out on the screen. The question is, Which screen. I saw the premiere for free, but beyond that, I'd say its a rental.
In: Photos3 Mar 2011
I was on an early AM ride up the bike path just after daybreak, and caught the sun breaking through the clouds, landing right on the pier.
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Much excitement in the world of the telephoto lens this week as the former Disney star and former inamorata of Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez was papped with her new tattoo on her hip.
Next to no less than 15 pictures covering the event, Gomez was shown by the Mail in a tiny bikini in loving close-up — with one picture of her hips so enlarged you could see traces of adolescent stretch marks on her buttocks — but not, alas, the exact details of the new tattoo.
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Dash Launch 2.32
It's been a long fun road full of headaches and cheers, and I'm glad you all
joined me on this journey. 2.32 marks the end of my work on this project as
well as bringing fast patch updates for new versions to other projects now that
the expert-tease of 3rd party product providers steps up to provide... well
that remains to be seen, but look to them when the next update rolls out.
Just a little bonus, its not documented elsewhere but was being worked on as
the next feature, and as it stands it is incomplete. fakelive=true, see what
happens when you use a live account to start an app. There, that is my expert-
tease to punctuate the last 2.5 years of work, and I didn't even try to sell
you a damned thing;)
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I would do it but I dont think this idea will be succesful.
If we can all rename/create a new mii with there name and there location on it so we now who were versing. for example : mine will be Fox[UK] and if this went as planned and caught on, then i could verse some someone called Sam[Fra], which would tell me i just beat/or was beaten by a person from france.
(if all that made sense)
what you guys think? will you help me get it started?
well if you do it (please) we can atleast try.
not a bad idea
I guess I could try it
thank you, this means alot, and if you could, could you mention it / or this thread to your friends who have MSCF please
yeh ill give it a try! but ill wait for next season (next week)
OK, thank you aswell, with alot of help it could make the overall online play more fun.
That is a very cool idea.
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Thanks are you gonna do it aswell? (please)
nice idea dude, ill do this when i nxt play
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Thanks for help
As a spokesman for the Veterans Family and Friends with PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) group, I would like to thank the organizations that have helped us grow from a group of eight or nine members in 2012 to a contact list of 40 as of January 2014.
We are a volunteer group of veterans, their families and friends who are dealing with PTSD and TBI (Traumatic Brain Disorder.) We meet Mondays at 7 p.m. at Fellowship of Oakbrook, 1400 Old Trolley Road in Summerville.
Our group costs you nothing, is totally anonymous and is unaffiliated with any organization or institution.
Our group is spiritual in nature, but we are not connected to any sect, denomination or religious organization. We are the only such group in the tri-county area that includes family and friends.
The VA will talk only to our vets; however, they have referred family members to us. We also work to eliminate the stigma associated with these disorders and to educate the community and health care providers about PTSD.
Because of this support we have inspired the formation of similar groups in Texas and Spartanburg.
As we say in our group - "we have an obligation to those who did not return to help those who did."
For more information you can visit http://www.meetup.com/Veterans-Families-Friends-w-Combat-PTSD-Support-Group or call or text to 843.509.0535.
Frank Ruse
Summer Trace Drive
Kudos to mayor
Once again, let's give Mayor Joe Riley a standing ovation for his heartfelt and succinct review of the accomplishments, goals and vision that the City of Charleston continues to meet year after year, as highlighted in his recent delivery of the State of the City address.
I am very proud of our Mayor Joe, and very proud of the City of Charleston.
Patricia L. Byrne
Civitas Street
Mount Pleasant
Merger concerns
Several letters in this newspaper have promoted a merger of the College of Charleston and MUSC. Others have outlined negatives and provided compelling arguments as to why a merger represents faulty thinking.
Both schools have done very well in achieving academic respect and success in their distinctly different market segments.
Their faculties and trustees should be applauded for their vision and planning.
But assuming that combining the two institutions with widely diverging missions would create a successful educational experience could be, at best, wishful thinking.
Other than both schools sharing a devotion to providing a great education, I fail to see the synergies between them. Rather than taking the chance that a merger might undermine the continued success of both organizations, wouldn't it make sense to consider another option?
If the need is for more graduate level programs in courses such as engineering and computer science, perhaps masters and doctoral level programs could be created through another Charleston institution that already offers undergraduate degrees in those areas, such as The Citadel.
The possibility of a virtual or online degree program using existing technologies should also be considered. Graduate online degrees would allow mid-career residents throughout the state to enroll.
If the goal is to provide the best possible educational opportunities for the continued economic growth of Lowcountry businesses, I'd say we're two-thirds there with our existing institutions.
Adding a viable third option would seem to be less disruptive, less expensive and perhaps the most likely to succeed.
Barbara Fry
Mobile Street
Mount Pleasant
Terminal motives
Having been in the shipping industry for 45 years, I read with interest the kerfuffle over the proposed new cruise terminal. This issue is getting totally out-of-hand and the more you read of what both sides are saying, the more the issue becomes obscured.
There is more pollution caused by the daily traffic of container and other vessels going in and out of the harbor than that of two or three cruise ships calling at the port on a weekly basis.
In fact, cruise vessels are much cleaner since they burn marine diesel or marine gas oil while entering and leaving port and at the berth, while a commercial vessel burns a dirty, lower-grade fuel oil.
As to the proposal by state Reps. Leon Stavrinakis and Jim Merrill to enable shoreside power to be supplied to a cruise vessel, that really does nothing since a ship does not shut down its engine while in port. It runs at reduced power to enable the tail shaft to turn. Further, you still burn fossil fuel to produce the electric power to the vessel.
It would appear to me that downtown residents of Charleston are suffering from the NIMBY effect. Did they complain in the first half of the 20th century when steamships went in and out of the port burning coal or bunker C fuel oil?
It is time that all sides of this argument sit down and have a substantive discussion as opposed to emotional arguments, which do nothing to resolve the dispute.
Charles Measter
Bent Twig
Seabrook Island
Correct ruling
The Maritime Association of South Carolina (MASC) applauds the S.C. Supreme Court's recent ruling concerning Carnival Cruise Lines and its use of the cruise terminal. The plaintiffs characterized the court's dismissal as being based upon a "technicality."
The court's ruling on standing is hardly a technicality. It's a doctrine with constitutional roots that requires the right party to litigate claims. If the claims are public in nature elected officials, not self-appointed interest groups should deal with them.
Traffic control and tourist regulation are entrusted to the mayor and City Council. They can be voted out if the public is unhappy with their decisions.
The doctrine prevents unelected individuals and special interest groups from usurping public functions - which is exactly what cruise opponents were trying to do.
The State Ports Authority terminals do not belong to downtown neighborhood associations, the Coastal Conservation League or the Preservation Society. They are important assets that should be used for the good of South Carolinians in Charleston and throughout the state.
The plan for redevelopment of Union Pier will give the people of South Carolina a modern, efficient passenger terminal that will add to the overall ambiance and attractiveness of that area as acres of terminal and warehouse space are developed into new commercial and residential uses or restored as open space and wetlands.
With this frivolous suit out of the way against an outstanding corporate community member, let's hope the State Ports Authority can now move ahead with the permitting process and get this long overdue project under way.
Pam Zaresk
Maritime Association of S.C.
Morrison Drive
Unfair treatment
I have a family member who owns a home in a not-so-great neighborhood here in Charleston. Unfortunately, she cannot afford to move although she has lived in fear for years due to the high crime in the area.
In addition to fearing for her life she is often the victim of petty harassment, which takes the form of minor theft, persons trespassing on her property, shining laser pointers on the house, etc. She has called the police numerous times over the years reporting various crimes in the area.
Recently, she sent a letter to Charleston County law enforcement asking for assistance in dealing with the harassment issues. A deputy was sent out to interview her. Instead of taking her concerns at her word, the deputy came to the conclusion that she was delusional.
The deputy then called a mental health evaluator who decided to have her involuntarily committed. She spent a week in mental health detention. She also had a shotgun in the house for protection, and it was confiscated.
So the homeowner who reaches out for help ends up being taken from her home in handcuffs, has her property confiscated and suffers loss of reputation and loss of work.
What kind of law enforcement is this? This instance shows a complete breakdown of due process.
Why is a responsible homeowner taken from her residence for asking for help? Why does the taxpayer and homeowner asking for help have to show cause? Why was her shotgun confiscated and not returned?
All of these questions remain to be answered.
David Scott Wiggins
Main Canal Drive
Mount Pleasant
Collective benefits
I would like to respond to the column by Charles Lane titled "Public union's collective flaw." He discusses the "agency fees" that are charged to prevent "freeloader" workers, who are covered by contracts but don't want to pay dues.
I know a lot of people who don't like paying taxes but they do so because they receive benefits from the government (think roads, bridges, military, police, firefighters, public education).
Collective bargaining helps create an economy based on shared prosperity, an economy that works for everyone. The question Mr. Lane asks is, "Is the public sector collective bargaining in the public interest?" He says no. I say yes.
I want teachers who can use their collective bargaining strength to keep class sizes from getting too big and who will fight to get our children the resources they need to learn.
I want nurses to bargain for staffing levels that ensure good patient care. I want firefighters to fight for safety issues such as two-in and two-out. I want aircraft engineers to use their collective bargaining voice to prevent corners from being cut in airplane design. We all depend on the work of others. As we say in the labor movement, work connects us all.
If Mr. Lane is concerned about what we pay for taxes, I suggest he look at all the billions of dollars lost through companies misclassifying employees, the billions of dollars spent on tax incentives for profitable companies to locate to your community, the cost of wars we are fighting, and the private contractors who charge hundreds of dollars for parts that could be bought much cheaper at a store that buys in bulk (collective).
If you live in a development that has a homeowners association and don't pay your dues you could lose your home, if you don't pay your taxes you can go to jail so why should you be able to get the benefits of a union contract without paying your fair share?
Erin McKee
SC AFL-CIO President
Short River Court
Mount Pleasant
Vital service
Every once in a while a politician emerges who acts as if he is subject to term limits, doing the right thing for his constituents without regard to the political implications to his own future. We are fortunate to have Charleston County Councilman Joe Qualey serving in that capacity.
Regarding the public outcry to save the Angel Oak, he is the only politician I've seen with political courage to call out the people who made this necessary. They are Mayor Joe Riley and members of Charleston City Council, individuals who made the outrageous and hugely unpopular decision to zone the area for high density development. After sensing the political fallout of their faux pas, they now try to burnish their "green" credentials with the grand gesture to buy back that property, at a premium price, with taxpayers' money.
Can we expect the same thing to happen with the Rawl property on Johns Island, where the City Planning Commission unanimously said "no" to a huge development on a rural tract only to be overridden by City Council in violation of its own urban growth boundary? Will Mayor Riley reappear on his green horse, saddlebags full of taxpayer's money to save the day again? I hope so, though it shouldn't be necessary.
Harry Polychron
Long Bend Drive
Seabrook Island
Preserve the name
You have got to be kidding. The venerable College of Charleston, founded in 1770, eighth oldest college in the United States and oldest college south of Virginia, whose name evokes prestige and tradition - gets to be called the University of Charleston, George Street Campus.
Please notice that the College of William and Mary is a "cutting edge research university" which bestows numerous graduate degrees and includes a prestigious law school, and does not call itself the University of William and Mary, Jamestown Road Campus.
Joanne H. Alexander
C of C Class of 1975
Parkshore Drive
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Who doesn't have memories that somehow involved frozen treats like Popsicles or Ice Cream? I remember many instances over the course of my childhood that featured frozen yummies. The victories tasted a bit sweeter and the defeats were a touch less painful after a couple licks. A scraped knee or an "A" on a test was also ice cream or popsicle worthy. How about you? Do any of your childhood memories feature frozen treats? And what about your kids? Do the celebrate the big win with a bowl of something divine like Breyers new S'mores Ice Cream?
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Shipshape tunes
A square rigger under full sail seems like an unlikely concert hall, but the history of maritime music is as broad and deep as the sea.
The Tall Ships Erie festival will plumb that history with a series of afternoon performances at the Bayfront Convention Center from Friday through Sunday.
Tom Kastle is a singer-songwriter, teller of tales and former captain of several tall ships. He performs original material, some derived from the two decades he's spent sailing on the Great Lakes. He also has a wide repertoire of shanties and ballads from the Atlantic, Pacific and Caribbean oceans and the Great Lakes. He's performed throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and New Zealand.
Kastle is also the co-director of the Chicago Maritime Festival, and a faculty member of the Old Town School of Folk Music.
When ashore, he lives in a 19th century log cabin in Madison, Wis.
Lee Murdock, from Illinois, has also made a specialty of the songs and stories of the Great Lakes, songs that are about "hard work, hard living, ships that go down and ships that come in," he said on his website.
"I'm interested in trying to find the life in these songs; in making music that's exciting to people today," he added. "I am looking for the songs and the interesting stories, not only for the people who already enjoy folk music, but for those who think they don't like folk music."
The HardTackers are a seven-man crew based in Columbus, Ohio, who sing sea shanties, the work songs born on 19th century American sailing vessels to accompany the pulling of lines and the winding of windlasses.
If you thought the syllables "yo" and "ho" were invented by rappers, you need to hear the HardTackers.
The Good For Nuthin' String Band plays traditional American roots music with the added colors of mountain and hammered dulcimers and cello. With Albion's Mark Beery, a familiar presence on the local folk scene, they represent the landlubber portion of the program.
Because the rhythm of this music flows best with a pint in one's hand, it stands to reason that the musicians will appear at the festival's Labatt Blue Beer Garden.
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• A retrospective analysis of 52 patients with intraductal carcinoma or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and 30 patients with microinvasive DCIS was performed. All patients but one were treated by mastectomy. The average follow-up was 5½ years. The clinical presentation of the patients having DCIS only included the presence of a mass in 33% (17/52), nipple discharge in 34% (18/52), or suspicious mammographic finding in 33% (17/52), whereas in those patients having DCIS with microinvasion, the initial presenting symptom was a mass in 63% (19/30) of the patients, nipple discharge in 13% (4/30), and mammographic finding in 23% (7/30). The presence of axillary lymph node metastasis was identified in one of the 52 patients with DCIS and six (20%) of the 30 patients with DCIS and microinvasion. Associated carcinomas in the mastectomy specimens of patients with DCIS were as follows: DCIS, 18% (9/51); lobular carcinoma in situ, 13% (7/51); Paget's disease, 8% (4/51); and invasive carcinoma, 2% (1/51). In the 30 patients with microinvasion, DCIS was found in other quadrants in 23% (7/51) of the patients; lobular carcinoma in situ, 7% (2/51); Paget's disease, 13% (4/51); and invasive carcinoma, 7% (2/51). There was one death due to cancer in the patients with DCIS only. Of the patients diagnosed as having DCIS with microinvasion, seven patients have developed metastasis and four have died of the disease.
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The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission is moving forward with plans to make energy supplier switches easier for consumers and require those companies to be more transparent in disclosing rate information.
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The PUC voted unanimously to institute the changes Thursday but they won't go into effect until they're approved by the Independent Regulatory Review Commission, Attorney General's Office, Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee and House Consumer Affairs Committee.
Spokeswoman Jennifer Kocher said the commission is hoping for approval to come before the end of the year. The public comment on the changes began March 17, she said, noting that governmental officials, utility companies and residents all chimed in. The process was put on an expedited track.
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Wage Subsidies and International Trade: When Does Policy Coordination Pay?
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National labour market institutions interact across national boundaries when product markets are global. Labour market policies can thus entail spill-overs, which suggests that there are benefits from international policy coordination. This paper studies the effects of wage subsidies in an international duopoly model with unionised labour markets. The authors document both positive and negative spill-over effects and discuss the benefits and costs from international policy coordination both for the case of symmetric and asymmetric labour market institutions. The results suggest that institutional differences could sign responsible for the slow speed at which labour market policy coordination has progressed so far.
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IT'S A BLISTERING SUMMER MORNING IN Phoenix, and Todd McFarlane is feeling cranky. Scorching heat isn't the problem, though, scorched flesh is. Seated in a cluttered office over the garage of his five-bedroom, ranch-style house, he's fuming about a charred action figure. "This does not look like road kill!" he roars. Inspecting another figure, identical except for a glossier ooze of pink, he brightens. "See how that looks like road kill?" he asks. "Now that works for me."
If anyone knows the value of burnt offerings, it's the 36-year-old comicbook artist turned mega-entrepreneur. As the creator of Spawn, the horribly scarred reincarnation of a murdered black government assassin who returns to Earth as a bone-breaking vigilante, McFarlane has raked in an estimated $75 million for his illustrious creations. In addition to action figures, there are Spawn video games and comic books (sold in 96 countries, they've been translated into 15 languages) and an animated Spawn series on HBO. On Aug. 1, McFarlane's otherworldly vision invaded the multiplex with the premiere of Spawn the movie, a $45 million thriller starring Michael Jai White (from HBO's Tyson) as Spawn and John Leguizamo as his nemesis Clown.
McFarlane's secret? "His artwork is very captivating," says Stan Lee, creator of Amazing Spiderman and McFarlane's former boss at Marvel Comics. "It just draws you to it." To parents worried that their offspring might identify with his dark hero, McFarlane advises lightening up. "There's no deep, hidden meaning there," he says. "Kids like creepy stuff that scares Mommy. I've never grown out of that sensibility."
It was a sensibility forged in Calgary, Alta., where he was born the second of four children of a printer and his home-maker wife (who divorced when Todd was in college). "I was the guy," he recalls gleefully, "who ran around with frogs and spiders and put snails under my brothers' lunch boxes because it bugged them." In high school he was a jock and, he says, "the best doodler in the class." But he was 17 before he discovered comic books. "I was a late bloomer," he says, "but [soon] poof, I was buying every comic I could find."
While attending Eastern Washington University on a baseball scholarship, McFarlane began to draw his own superheros, Spawn among them. Sending out portfolios of his work, he got 300 rejections until, three weeks before he graduated in 1984, New York City's Marvel Comics hired him to pencil in the artwork for an obscure title called Scorpio Rose. The steady paycheck enabled him to marry his high school sweetheart, Wanda, now 32 and an executive in her husband's production company.
After a brief stint at D.C. Comics, where he worked on Batman, McFarlane returned to Marvel, writing as well as drawing Spider-Man, a hip offshoot of Lee's original. The first issue (September 1990) sold a record-breaking 2.5 million copies. Soon, McFarlane was the industry's highest-paid artist, making almost $2 million a year. But in 1992 he turned his back on the bucks and, with five Marvel colleagues, started Image Comics with Spawn as its gory centerpiece. The gamble paid off. In May 1992 the first issue of Spawn sold 1.7 million copies—the most successful independent launch in comic-book history.
For all his success, McFarlane considers his family his biggest achievement. "I've got a wife I've been with for 20 years," he says, "and my kids [daughters Cyan, 6, and Kate, 2] like me." As for the "creative child" he calls Spawn, the nurturing has only just begun. "I want to raise him properly," McFarlane says. "To me he's still in grade two. I'll be ready to give him away when he's in college."
JOHNNY DODD in Phoenix
Spawn Meister
updated 08/18/1997 AT 01:00 AM EDT
•originally published 08/18/1997 AT 01:00 AM EDT


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Diana L. Burgess, 65, of Tiffin, passed away at 7:15 p.m. Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at her residence, after her battle with cancer.
Diana is survived by her father, Dale Krauss of Fostoria; two sisters, Mary Rohrbach of Tiffin and Mary (Russell) Clark of Findlay; a brother, Robert Krauss of Florida; her two children, Melody (Larry) Adkins and Gregory (Angel) Rhodes, both of Tiffin; and four grandchildren, Miranda Rhodes, Hunter Rhodes, David P. Myers and Brandon Kinn, all of Tiffin.
Diana was preceded in death by her mother, Geraldine Krauss, and a sister, Patricia Cromwell.
Diana enjoyed the outdoors. That's where you could find her most times, planting flowers or feeding squirrels. Diana cared deeply for others and loved her job as a nurse's aide, as well as caring for the elderly in their homes.
There will be no funeral or visitation at this time. A celebration of Diana's life will be at a later time. Engle-Shook Funeral Home and Crematory, Tiffin, is assisting the family with arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to Stein Hospice or any cancer center.
Private condolences may be sent to Diana's family at M. Adkins, 405 Miami St., Tiffin, OH 44883. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.engleshookfuneralhome.com.


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Don't Shoot the Messenger: Bad News for Martini Drinkers
Martini drinkers are conservatives. Not necessarily politically, but in temperament: They abjure fad and fashion in drink, hewing to the Platonic form of the cocktail. They would stand athwart history yelling Stop -- if yelling weren't inconsistent with the proper comportment of a Martini drinker. They dislike change. It is with some trepidation, then, that I bring what is almost certain to be received as appalling news: Noilly Prat, the dry vermouth considered by many devotees to be the only choice for a well-made Martini, is changing its U.S. formula.
"Noilly Prat is a necessary component of a dry martini," wrote the novelist and Martini connoisseur W. Somerset Maugham in 1958. He gave the French vermouth such a formidable endorsement that the company would, for years, devote full-page magazine advertisements to quoting his claim that, without Noilly Prat, "you can make a side car, a gimlet, a white lady, or a gin and bitters, but you cannot make a dry martini."
Maugham's digression into the essentiality of Noilly Prat comes from an essay in which Maugham is exploring a Hindu-inspired notion of man's fallen nature. "Man is born to sin," he writes, and "he would not be a man if he were devoid of evil." To flesh out his point, Maugham argues that "Evil is a necessary component of him just as (if I may be permitted a flippant comparison) Noilly Prat is a necessary component of a dry martini. . . ." The comparison may be flippant, but it does have a certain resonance. Just as evil is necessary to man, vermouth has come to be seen as a necessary evil in Martinis.
The question is, just how evil is the new Noilly Prat? For starters, it isn't exactly new -- according to the company, the dry vermouth is merely a return to the "original recipe," which has been the version sold in Europe all along. Unfortunately, the version sold in Europe has never been produced with Martinis in mind. And the new Noilly Prat marketing materials put Martini drinkers on notice that their druthers are passé: "Once considered primarily as a secondary cocktail ingredient," the new Noilly Prat is meant to be "served straight and chilled or on the rocks with a twist of lemon." The company claims to have enhanced "the bouquet, color, and flavor of the wine," producing a "sweet, floral blend." Uh-oh.
If that weren't signal enough that the stolid Dry Martini virtues are under threat, the new Euro-vermouth comes in an overproduced, curvilinear bottle, "dual-textured, with smooth and pebbled surfaces to indicate the weathered effects the natural elements have on the wine." Gone is the straightforward and dignified bottle that served civilized drinkers so well for more than a century; in its place you will soon find a fussy imposter.
Noilly Prat promises that these changes provide access to "the elegant and relaxed French lifestyle" and "an old-world European sensibility." Which gets right to the heart of the problem -- a problem identified several years ago by the head of product development for General Motors Corp., Robert A. Lutz, a man who cares about the correct construction of Martinis as much as (or more than) the correct construction of automobiles. "The dry martini is a uniquely American cocktail," he wrote in his management memoir "Guts," noting that the drink doesn't easily translate "into other cultures, especially in expensive and traditional establishments not daily frequented by Americans." Martini drinkers neither have nor want "an old-world European sensibility."
Now, one shouldn't take everything in Mr. Lutz's book literally. His second "Immutable Law of Business" is that "The Primary Purpose of Business Is Not to Make Money" -- and it seems his colleagues at GM have been following that dictum with a bone-headed tenacity. But when it comes to Martinis, Mr. Lutz is remarkably observant. Having worked at Ford of Europe and BMW, he found himself plagued by "a trivial but repetitive annoyance . . . the abysmal quality of dry martinis in places outside the United States." Partly at fault were the snooty European bartenders who refused to follow his explicit instructions -- Mr. Lutz was driven to drawing on napkins mechanical diagrams of the drink he wanted, to no avail. But he finally discovered that the core difficulty was that the people at "Noilly Prat send an entirely different, colorless, and much less aromatic version of their product to the United States, so if a European bartender goes heavy on the vermouth, it renders the martini pungently undrinkable."
Will that now be the fate of American Martinis? I fear so. I have argued in the past for making the drink with the sort of gin-to-vermouth ratio typical in the 1940s, about 4-to-1. But that assumed a dry, mild vermouth. A 4-to-1 Martini with the European Noilly Prat is a mess. The issue isn't the greater presence of herbal aromatics -- I like a flavorful dry vermouth, such as California's Vya. But I'm afraid that the Noilly Prat now hitting the shelves is so sweet that it simply can no longer be called dry.
How sugary is it? If you took an old bottle of the dry vermouth and mixed it half-and-half with the Sauternes-sweet aperitif wine Lillet, you'd have a pretty good approximation of what to expect.
The color of the new Noilly Prat will also startle Martini traditionalists. It is closer to the yellow hue of Lillet than the colorless ingredient we've come to expect when making Martinis (a drink, after all, nicknamed the "See-through" for its limpid purity). That said, the new color of Noilly Prat is closer to what was available 60 years ago. It was around then that the Boissiere brand of French vermouth was adjusted to the Martini imperative by being stripped of its vinous color. Noilly Prat and all the others eventually followed suit. But now that Noilly Prat is back to the golden hue of yore, it's easier to understand how the cult of the super-dry Martini was enforced. Anyone who drank a Martini with even a sixth part of vermouth in it would be instantly spotted, given the cocktail's faint coloration. With the European Noilly Prat you won't get the crisp and untinged visual clarity now expected of a Martini unless you dial the vermouth back to about an eighth or a tenth of the mix.
As an aperitif meant to be sipped on its own, the European Noilly Prat succeeds admirably, and has to be seen as an improvement over the vermouth the company has been shipping our way for decades. It may even attract the youngish, female drinkers who are clearly the new target audience. But the world-weary sophisticates for whom the Martini is a violet-hour balm will want to look elsewhere for the cocktail component, perhaps trying the dry French vermouths from Boissiere or Dolin.
In the preface to his scholarly musing, "Martini, Straight Up," classicist Lowell Edmunds writes: "In my experience of the Martini . . . how often have I seen the ravages of time." It is with such developments as the new Noilly Prat in mind that he quotes the poet Hugo Williams: "What a strange coincidence it is that everything always changes for the worse during the course of a single lifetime."
Mr. Felten is the author of "How's Your Drink?: Cocktails, Culture and the Art of Drinking Well" (Agate Surrey). Email him at email@example.com.


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UNFCCC Publishes France's GHG Inventory Review
6 July 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the report of the centralized review of the 2011 annual submission of France (FCCC/ARR/2011/FRA) that states that total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions decreased by 8.1% between 1990 and 2009.
The Expert Review Team (ERT) that conducted the centralized review concludes that France's inventory submission was prepared in compliance with the UNFCCC reporting guidelines, except for the reporting of some carbon pools. It also concludes that France's inventory is in line with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines, except for: the allocation of fuel combustion and fugitive emissions from petroleum refining and of fugitive emissions from biogas; and the estimation of emissions from manure management. The ERT recommends that France continue to improve the transparency of the national inventory report (NIR) according to recommendations from the previous review, and report on all recalculations in its next annual submission.
The ERT identifies various cross-cutting issues for improvement, including: the uncertainty analysis; the transparency and completeness of the information on the key categories analysis and recalculations; the transparency of the structure of the NIR, and the transparency and consistency between the NIR and the common reporting format (CRF) tables for the geographical scope of the information reported; and the transparency of the methodologies used in the industrial processes sector and in the agricultural sector. [Publication: Report of the Individual Review of the Annual Submission of France Submitted in 2011]


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Apple updates iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand for iOS
Mobile multimedia workers of the world unite behind these iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand for iOS updates that Apple released on May Day. Should we storm the Bastille or perhaps storm Apple's spaceship headquarters (once it's built)?
If you're looking for lighter and fart apps, try the Android Marketplace or Zune World or whatever Microsoft's Selling4Sure this week — these are real content creation apps for people that work for a living:
iPhoto 1.0.1
• Copy Link button when publishing a journal to iCloud now works
• Addresses an issue that could cause duplicate photos to appear in Photos view
• Includes stability improvements
iMovie 1.3.1
• Adds the ability to access Help when editing a project on iPad
• Resolves an issue where the incorrect frame was shown after splitting a clip
GarageBand 1.2.1
• Fixes an issue that could lead to crashing or missing songs when sharing to iCloud
• Resolves an error when logging into SoundCloud using a Facebook account
• Addresses minor issues related to performance and stability
Of course, these are all free updates for registered users. You can pick up your very own copies of iPhoto, iMovie and Garage for iPhone and iPad for $4.99 each, which is pretty reasonable as these things go.


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There's nothing quite as frustrating. One moment you're working at your PC, the next your screen turns blue and your system reboots, destroying all unsaved work. Then, an hour or so later, it happens again. What's going on?
To diagnose and fix blue-screen crashes you need to know what is causing them. But don't expect Windows to help.
Head off to 'Problem Reports and Solutions' in Vista, for instance, and you'll typically see useless crash descriptions like 'Windows shut down suddenly'. Gee, thanks. Fortunately there's a free alternative: Microsoft's debugger, WinDbg.
Point this at the last crash dump and it can tell you the most likely file, DLL or driver behind the crash; list everything else that was running; warn you of potential memory leaks; and provide useful troubleshooting and diagnostic information.
If your PC is unstable then there's no better tool to find out the cause.
Configure WinDbg
Microsoft does its best to hide WinDbg. You'll have to download the Windows Driver Kit ISO image, a chunky 619MB, and then burn it to disc.
Launch KitSetup and you'll be presented with a list of various driver development options. Just check the box for 'Debugging Tools for Windows' and click 'OK'.
For WinDbg to work properly it must be able to download 'symbols': files that help the debugger convert raw binary information into the function and variable names used by Windows components. These can be saved locally – a good idea as it'll mean you only have to download them once. Create a folder for them – something like 'C:\Windows\ Symbols' will be ideal.
You'll then need to tell the program where its symbols can be found and saved. Click Start, type WinDbg and click the 'WinDbg.exe' link to launch the debugger.
Click 'File | Symbol File Path' to see the current path. Next, enter a path like SRV*c:\windows\ symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols in the box, where 'c:\windows\symbols' is replaced by the path to your own local symbol folder. Click OK, close the program and click 'Yes' when asked if you want to save information for workspace – this will save the path you've just entered.
It's important to check that Windows is configured to create memory dump files when your PC crashes, because WinDbg needs these to figure out what was happening at the time. To set this up, click Start, right-click 'Computer' and click 'Properties | Advanced system settings | Startup and Recovery Settings'. Ensure that the 'Write an event to the system log' box is checked to make sure that Windows collects information on your crashes.
DIAGNOSIS: Crash diagnostics starts with the blue-screen error itself – this will sometimes name the file that's most likely to have caused the crash
Next, clear the 'Automatically restart' box so that you'll have a chance to read any on-screen error messages, and select 'Kernel memory dump' in the 'Write debugging information' list to ensure Windows saves all its memory blocks if it crashes.
Make a note of the dump file name – it's probably 'Memory. dmp'. This is the crash dump file you'll need to locate later. Finally, click 'OK' to finish the job.
Create a report
Once WinDbg has been set up, it's surprisingly easy to use at a basic level, and absolutely anyone can use it to find out more about their system's last crash.
To give this a try for yourself, click Start, type WinDbg and click the WinDbg link. Click 'File | Open Crash Dump', then navigate to and select your last crash dump file. This will probably be at '\Windows\Memory.dmp', although you may have additional files in '\Windows\Minidump'. Click 'Open', then wait as the file is analysed.
DEBUG-IT: Just open your crash dump file to make the Windows Debugging Tools identify the file that it feels caused the crash
This can take a while – five minutes or more – depending on the complexity of the dump file and the speed of your PC, so be patient.
A '0 : kd>' prompt appears at the bottom of the screen when it's done, and you can then scan the rest of the report to see what's on offer. Typically, near the bottom of the report, you'll see a line like 'Probably caused by : driver.sys', where 'driver.sys' is replaced by the name of the file that WinDbg believes was responsible for the crash. Perfect!
If you don't recognise the name, Google it – maybe with additional keywords like blue screen – and you might immediately discover the app behind the instability, as well as some potential fixes.
Blue-screen crashes can be complicated, though, because the file that caused the crash isn't necessarily the one responsible for your problems. That sounds odd, but look at it this way: if a faulty driver gives Windows an incorrect memory location, then this may be passed on to several other Windows components. Eventually one may try to access the memory, triggering a crash in that file – but the real problem is in the driver.
If WinDbg names some core Windows component or another application that you're sure is working just fine, then it may be a problem like this. You'll need to do a little more research to figure out what's really going on.
Dig a bit deeper
Scan your WinDbg report again, looking for lines highlighted with '** ERROR', complaining that 'symbols could not be loaded' for a particular file.
If you've correctly configured WinDbg then it will be able to load symbols with Windows components with no problem, so you'll know that these must be third-party drivers that were active at the time of the crash. Anything named like this is a possible culprit: again, search the web for the filename and you may locate other crash reports.
If that turns up nothing then click in the command line at the bottom of the WinDbg window, type !analyze –v (the '-v' means 'verbose') and press [Enter] for a more detailed analysis of your crash file.
The verbose report will be very much in developer-speak, with lots of figures, pointers, and development-related jargon, but you don't have to understand all of it. Just pick out the parts that provide more information.
You'll probably see an error message that spells out the crash reason, for instance. In one of our tests, the first report simply said our crash was 'probably caused by nvlddmkm.sys'. The verbose report explained that the crash occurred when an 'attempt to reset the display driver and recover from timeout failed', which is much more specific and useful.
If something similar appeared for you then you might install the latest driver updates for your display driver, and maybe that would solve the problem.
The verbose report may also contain details of the stack, essentially a list of the functions being called by Windows and your software immediately before the crash. This looks complicated – and to be honest, it is – but again, you don't have to understand every word. All you're looking to do is figure out what your PC was trying to do when the crash occurred, and the stack can offer very useful clues.
Examine your system
If the standard and verbose reports can't explain your crashes, you should take a closer look at your PC's configuration at crash time. It's just a matter of choosing the right command. Typing !vm and pressing [Enter] will display comprehensive details on your system's memory use, for instance. Scroll down the report, looking for oddities.
For example, is there a warning of 'excessive usage' around the 'paged pool' or 'non-paged pool' details? This could mean that you have a resource leak somewhere, perhaps a driver that's allocating Windows resources but not releasing them. Is your paging file near its maximum size, maybe? If this is happening, it may also be caused by a resource leak, or perhaps you've manually set it to a size that's smaller than it needs to be.
Finally, below the general report is a list of Windows components and the RAM they were consuming at crash time. Does anything stand out?
CRYPTIC MESSAGES: Windows event viewer will sometimes include error messages that explain problems
The Process command can also be useful, as it shows you the system processes that were running at crash time. Type !process 0 0 (to clarify, those are zeroes) and press [Enter] to get the full list.
Look for the HandleCount number here – this shows you how many Windows objects a process has open. This is normally a few hundred, perhaps a few thousand in some cases, but if it's many thousands without an obvious good reason – it's not an antivirus tool scanning your entire system, for instance – then again this might indicate that there's a problem.
For the in-depth report on exactly which processes were in memory when your PC crashed, type lmv and press [Enter]. The command is an abbreviation for 'Loaded Modules Verbose', and the report gives you a very long list of programs, drivers and Windows components that were active at crash time. Have a scroll through the list, and you'll probably find many drivers that you never knew you had.
On our test PC, for instance, were drivers installed by HWiNFO32, VMware, VirtualBox, Paragon Partition Manager, assorted security tools and more. If you want to keep similar third-party drivers on your PC, that's fine.
If you spot any relating to applications that you no longer use, though, it's a good idea to uninstall them. There's no guarantee that it will stop your blue-screen crashes, but you'll free up a few system resources and simplify your system, and that's always a solid step forward.
Perhaps the most important point of all is not to give up. Crash dump analysis is tricky, and WinDbg won't always help with every crash, but you should keep digging anyway. It's likely that, before long, it will provide the clues you need to get your PC running smoothly again.
First published in PC Plus Issue 298
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PITCHING MATCHUP: Giants RH Ryan Vogelsong (2-0, 1.42 ERA) vs. Tigers RH Anibal Sanchez (1-1, 1.35)
Jazz +5.0 @ Clippers Jazz boasts one of the best benches in the preseason and they don't intend to play loose tonight against the clippers.After getting back from China, they will not be able to matched up with jazz's energy and will to win.the books still underrate the jazz squad, in the meantime, why don't we cash in with them?
Nuggets +2.0 @ Blazers The Blazers have yet to play in front of their home crowd, nevertheless, their rival Nuggets will come in with set offense and defense whereas the Blazers are still trying to gel as a team. Blazers lack depth and will not be able to match up with the quickness Nuggets possess.
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Let's say you're looking to fill a CTO-level role for your organization. Maybe your company is looking for someone with 10-15 years of experience who has managed a development team for at least four years. Depending on your company's goals, you may have other requirements, such as hiring someone who will successfully manage your globalization efforts by localizing your site or product for 20+ languages, or maybe someone who can swiftly prime your product and development team for an imminent IPO.
Where do you even begin? As a recruiter, even if you plan on actively sourcing candidates, you probably start with a job description that defines all of these particular skills and competencies, then work on filling in the buckets. But is this really the best way to effectively scout out top talent? Not according to this recent Harvard Business Review article, which highlights the importance of assessing high-level candidates based on their potential, rather than simply by their past credentials. The reason is simple: Today's market is just too volatile for businesses to be able to rely on tried-and-true methods of strategy and management. What works today won't necessarily work tomorrow, so if you truly want to cultivate an environment of highly adaptive leaders for your organization, you need a different toolset when assessing candidates.
Of course, evaluating a candidate based on their potential sounds much more complicated than using an experience-based methodology. However, there are a few indicators of potential that you could apply in your recruitment strategy for mission-critical roles.
- Are they motivated by the right things?
It's probably no surprise to you that motivation was found to be a large driver of success among high-potential employees. But the tricky part as a recruiter is to identify the root of that potential. Is the candidate motivated by their own personal career or monetary goals, or are they looking out for the best interests of their team and the company as a whole? To vet this quality in an interview setting, you can ask questions like, "Tell me about how you ended up in your most recent role from your previous position." In the event that someone switched companies, was it for the money or were they truly passionate about the newer companies products or offerings? Pay attention to subtle clues that point you toward their unique drivers of employee engagement.
- Are they curious?
Like it or not, we're working in a highly dynamic, changing environment, which means that agility is more important than ever among your organization's leaders. Without continually seeking out new information and ideas, you run the risk of stagnating your growth and potential for success. Testing candidates for their level of curiosity can solve for this. Curiosity can also serve as a helpful indicator for openness and collaboration. When something changes or breaks in their strategy, how will that person respond? Will they invite feedback from others or resist change? When recruiting, be on the lookout for candidates who take deliberate steps to broaden their knowledge and stay one step ahead of the latest trends.
- Can they offer valuable insights?
Remember those students who simply memorized all of the information that they knew would be on the history test? Compare them with the ones who took the time to analyze the historical context of different situations. Who would you rather have working as the CTO at your company? While it's never a bad thing to have an array of knowledge at your fingertips, in a business setting, it can be far more useful to hire someone who can effectively gather new information, analyze it, and apply it in a variety of contexts. When seeking out "insight" as a quality in an interview, develop a set of problem-focused, relevant technical scenarios that may come up in a business context, and see how they address each issue.
- Can they connect with others?
When hiring for a senior-level role, it's critical that you hire someone who can effectively engage and communicate with all of the relevant stakeholders at your company. Even in the case of a CTO, don't just consider their ability to manage the existing developer team, but also whether they can connect with other executives, sales and marketing leadership, and the biggest stakeholder of all: your customers.
- Are they determined?
This may go without saying, but high-potential employees were found to have a high level of determination. When applied in the business context of your organization, you'll want to identify a leader who won't crumble under pressure and instead rise to the challenge. Look for candidates who can easily bounce back from negative experience as well as those who have what it takes to put up a fight in order to achieve challenging goals. As a recruiter, there are many different interview techniques you can use to test for determination and resilience in a candidate.
Credentials will continue to influence the type of candidates that you bring into your pipeline for any role, but at the end of the day, it's the potential of any individual that will truly impact their performance long term. Just as a college degree should not define an applicant, neither should minimal management experience. So whether you're looking to fill a senior-level technical role now or if you're simply looking to hire engineers who can develop their leadership skills as your company grows, using a potential-based model for hiring will ensure that you're bringing on employees who have a strong ability to effect change.