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Castro's pants and underwear were pulled down to his ankles when he was found, leading the state to forward those facts to the state highway patrol to consider the possibility of auto-erotic asphyxiation, according to the report from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
The report suggests — but does not conclude — that Castro may have died as the result of auto-erotic asphyxiation, whereby individuals achieve sexual satisfaction by briefly choking themselves into unconsciousness.
Castro did not leave a suicide note and "multiple levels of assessment" did not find tendency toward suicide, the report said. A comprehensive mental health evaluation found "no evidence of serious mental illness or indications for suicide precautions were present," according to the report.
Surveillance video indicates guards did not do at least eight required checks on Castro the afternoon and evening before he died. Two checks were done properly just before Castro hanged himself on Sept. 3 at a prison reception center south of Columbus.
The report also said an ambulance contracted to provide medical assistance at the prison was significantly late in arriving, but the delay likely didn't affect the outcome.
The report also said staff failed to make sure Castro watched a suicide prevention video when he first arrived in August.
Castro, 53, was a few weeks into a life sentence after pleading guilty in August to kidnapping three women from the streets of Cleveland, then imprisoning them in his home for a decade during which time he repeatedly raped and beat them. He was accused of limiting their access to food and toilet facilities and chaining them at times to a pole in the basement. Rescued with the three women in May was a 6-year-old girl Castro fathered with one of the victims.


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by Gil 'N Mechanicsville
So here we are, the final month of the season. A point in the past where we have seen the Braves totally collapse and limp into the postseason. No such worries this year, the Braves lost this season in April with a 5 wins, 18 loss record. May and June were hardly any better going 10-18 and 12-16 respectfully, so yes, it was over early for los Bravos. In fact, until August 31st, the Braves appeared to have a stranglehold on having the first overall pick in the 2017 draft.
All that seems to have turned around though with a good, not great record, but relative to the rest of the season, a very good August. 13-15 for the month is not going to win many championships but considering the state of the Braves pitching staff, it was a pretty spectacular month. Two things seem to have the greatest impact on the turnaround for the home boys in Atlanta: (1) Matt Kemp and (2) resurgence in the young pitchers.
Matt Kemp, no longer the All-star caliber player he was in LA is still head and shoulders above anyone else the Braves have had playing left field in years. He was traded for a guy who was a huge disappointment for all concerned with both the Dodgers and Braves. The Dodgers did at least recover some of their investment but the Braves basically ate about 30MM dollars. A guy who was so toxic, the Padres dropped him before he could get on a plane and fly to San Diego. Of course Olivera will have to console himself with the 62 million dollars he is signed for. A fellow can live pretty well in the Dominican Republic with that kind of scratch.
Matt Kemp was a salary dump for the Padres, plain and simple. All I can say is it must have been a pretty miserable marriage for the offensively challenged Padres to want him off their roster. Kemp showed up in Atlanta about 30 pounds overweight and somewhat out of shape but he has made a big difference for Freddie Freeman in particular and the Braves in general. No longer fleet afoot, he still can drive in runs and has played a decent left field. In the final game with San Diego, he actually laid out for a sinking line drive. He came up just short and the ball rolled to the wall for a triple but hey, up by 7 runs at the time, it was gutsy and I'm sure the effort was not lost on his teammates.
This team might be well out of it but they are not playing like it. The final month of the season is upon us and the Braves can only play the role of spoilers. They will again be playing a majority of NL East rivals. While the Nationals have pretty much wrapped up the division, the Mets and the Marlins are both clawing for a wild card berth. The Braves are playing for a modicum of respect and several are playing for a spot on next season's roster.
It should be interesting as to who will make up the roster when the Braves take the field in their new ballpark next April. Truthfully, I only see two spots on the roster as being givens: Freddie Freeman and Dansby Swanson; everyone else is on the bubble as far as I can tell. It should be an interesting offseason for the Braves.


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Editorial: Thirty Years of Waterbeds and Home Energy Magazine
Welcome to the 30th anniversary of Home Energy magazine. In commemoration of our 30 years we will be publishing some of our earliest articles. We hope that these articles are both entertaining and informative.
This first "Retro" article is about the energy use of waterbeds. Let me tell you what I like about this article. It targets the energy auditor—another nearly extinct species—and provides clear information about an energy-using product based on actual measurements. Then it describes possible conservation measures, along with actual measurements of savings. All this, along with a bit of humor—courtesy of quirky cartoons—probably created a lasting impression on the reader. Those qualities of a memorable article have not changed, even though we now have the Internet, videos, and color to assist us.
These days, who knows what a waterbed is? Yet only 30 years ago waterbeds were popular pieces of furniture. When Home Energy (then called Energy Auditor & Retrofitter) wrote this article, about 15% of American homes had a waterbed. These beds were new and "cool". Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy magazine, installed a huge, fur-covered waterbed in his luxury mansion. But simpler waterbeds were also one of the cheapest and most portable types of bed available, so poor people bought them too. And you could stay cozy through a chilly winter night while dialing down the furnace's thermostat. As a result, waterbeds were especially popular in rural Maine and other cold locations.
But the heaters under those beds loved electricity! A queen-size waterbed could easily use 1,500 kWh/year, often making it the largest consumer of electricity in the home. And that consumption was basically invisible because the 300-watt heater was hidden underneath hundreds of gallons of water. Home Energy recommended several conservation measures based on actual measurements. One of the most effective measures was to make the bed. Covering a bed with a comforter cut consumption by as much as 30%.
When it came to data about the energy consumption of waterbeds, Home Energy was the source. In fact, DOE adopted Home Energy's estimates as official statistics in the Residential Energy Consumption Survey. (We're not sure whether we should be honored or alarmed.) Even today Wikipedia cites Home Energy for its energy numbers, as do many articles that you will find on the web.
In 2014 less than 2% of American homes have waterbeds and the government no longer even collects ownership data on them. (Do you know anybody with one?) The technology has not evolved much since then. Of course the controls are now digital instead of analog, but the heaters are still consuming over a 1,000 kWh/year.
Looking backward made me wonder which of today's popular energy-related devices will follow the waterbed into oblivion. What is commonplace today that will appear quaint in thirty years? It's fun to speculate; the incandescent light bulb for sure but what else? Send us your ideas (and explain why) so that you can be called a prophet.
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Lys, Arg ¹³C and ¹⁵N metabolically labeled recombinant protein fragment.
Lys, Arg ¹³C and ¹⁵N metabolically labeled recombinant protein fragment.
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GST 13-13, GST class-kappa, GSTK1-1, Glutathione S-transferase subunit 13
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By taking Megaupload offline and charging its leaders with criminal activity, the feds are hoping to drive purveyors of illegally distributed copyrighted content out of business. But in doing so, they've also eliminated a service that was used by many to share files acquired and distributed in a perfectly legal manner.
Megaupload is most well known for the distribution of pirated movies, games, software and the like, but a certain percentage of the site's usage—how much, we don't know—was legitimate. We reached out to readers today to find out how and why they used Megaupload to distribute and acquire content that didn't infringe anyone's copyright, and what they plan to do now that the site is off the Internet.
There is no shortage of file-sharing services, of course. Why would someone who's not a pirate use Megaupload instead of, say, Dropbox, which presumably is under no threat of closure? Readers and followers on social networks tell us that generous storage allotments, ease of use in sharing, and fast upload speeds were among the key reasons.
While we expect the vast majority of users would have their content backed up locally, there is no readily apparent way for Megaupload users to regain files they've hosted on the service. Refunds for holders of premium accounts is another unresolved issue. We've asked a Justice Department spokesperson if any method of re-downloading legitimate content from the servers will be available, or if the content will still be on the site should Megaupload ever be allowed back online.
In response, a Justice spokesperson cited the site's FAQ which covered the possibility that their files might one day be lost or inaccessible: "This is still an ongoing matter," the spokesperson told Ars. "It is important to note that Megaupload clearly warned users to keep copies of any files they uploaded. Megaupload.com expressly informed users through its Frequently Asked Questions ('FAQs') and its Terms of Service that users have no proprietary interest in any of the files on Megaupload's servers, they assume the full risk of complete loss or unavailability of their data, and that Megaupload can terminate site operations without prior notice."
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"We do a decent amount of video stuff here and so I have to move too-big-for-email files around with some regularity," staff attorney Michael Weinberg of Public Knowledge tells Ars in an e-mail. "I like sites like Megaupload because they do not require an account—you just upload it, get the link, and send it out. It is also easy to tell other people to use it because you do not need to make a new account."
Public Knowledge is a prominent SOPA opponent, and Weinberg was using Megaupload throughout the SOPA debate and right up until yesterday's action against Megaupload. "As luck would have it, over the weekend I used my home laptop to pull down the stream of the House Judiciary Committee SOPA markup," Weinberg says. "I wanted to transfer it here to work so that I could cut it up into a video we were using. I uploaded it, but before I had a chance to download it Megaupload was shut down. I can't speak for everything happening on the site, but Megaupoad was providing me a completely legitimate service for a completely legitimate end."
Reader Mark Ellul tells us "I used my account for online storage and backups, also to send my personal home video files from Spain to Australia, so my parents can see HD videos of their granddaughters. I have received tweets from DJs who used it to share their legal creations. Obviously there was a pirated use, but there were so many uses to have unlimited space in the Web. Now I find it hard to trust in any service, because Dropbox or any of the other competitors could be brought down by the FBI."
The free Megaupload service allowed uploads of files up to 2GB in size and total storage of 200GB. Fee-based plans offered unlimited storage.
One user in Colorado who goes by "daveIT" in the Ars forums said he paid for the premium service for increased speed, and used it to collaborate with a friend in Alaska on music tracks. "Not a huge blow personally—other than having to waste the time to re-upload tracks on my slow DSL," he wrote, noting that with Megaupload he had uploaded files 6GB to 8GB in size with no problems.
Perhaps worst of all, the reader may be out of luck in getting a refund. "I had just renewed my subscription for 2 months and this happens a couple days later...wondering if they will refund that??" he wrote. "They'll probably need it for litigation!"
Megaupload important for Android developers
Another reader tells us in the forums that "I'm an Android phone enthusiast, and Megaupload was one of the best ways to distribute custom ROMs and other Android mods. In fact, the ROM my phone is running right now I downloaded from MegaUpload shortly before it was shut down. There are a number of similar sites for this use, but Megaupload was always the fastest."
On Google+, Massimiliano Fanciulli tells Ars "I've used Megaupload for distributing betas of my app Sleepy before publishing it on the Android Market. It was quick and easy to upload and share things."
Fanciulli said he might start using Google Docs to share files instead. Other users suggested RapidShare, FileSonic, Dropbox, or even Amazon's Simple Storage Service (although Amazon's developer-focused service is for more technically inclined users).
Professional musician Suzanne Barbieri e-mailed us to note that she used Megaupload to store and share music in part because most of her projects "are too large for something like YouSendIt. A Megaupload free account allows you to send files of up to 2GB. I have no idea where I will upload files now." Barbieri tells Ars the pre-release tracks she makes are confidential and intended only for the recipients' use, so she doesn't like the files being in the US government's hands.
"I do session work in my home studio and upload the files so the clients can download them," Barbieri says. "The work I do for them is usually urgent with tight deadlines, so I have to be able to upload files. A courier service would be too expensive and too slow. I also use Megaupload to get my own music to my record label."
One reader admits to having used Megaupload "for both legal and iffy purposes," including distribution of modified Minecraft clients to friends, and for obtaining rare albums and games. "Any time you needed to send a couple of large files to someone, it was easy to just zip them and dump them onto Megaupload or another such site," he says. "Another added bonus was anonymity."
Another reader tells us of accessing Phish concert MP3s—which are distributed legally because the band permits recording. Rob Beschizza, managing editor of Boing Boing, notes that public relations people use Megaupload to send the site "everything from high-resolution images to unreleased albums, videos and such for us to review and publish."
Vancouver resident Geoff Luk says he volunteered to take photos and videos at the 2010 Winter Olympics and used Megaupload to store files that were 4GB in size. "The biggest loss of my media is two ISO DVD images that I created from PPT slideshows and photos and video taken while I was volunteering with the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games," he says. "As the team I worked on was huge (about 75 Downtown Vancouver, and another 25 in Whistler/Blackcomb), it was nigh impossible to physically share both DVD copies of the photos, videos, and ISO files after the Olympics had ended."
Luk says he has everything backed up locally, although uploading files again to another service will be inconvenient.
Users say federal action "too broad a brush"
One Ars reader suggests in the forums that users who lost access to content and paid for services they now won't receive should file a class-action suit against the US government. "I am not saying that distribution of illegal content is ok, but killing all other legitimate content as a sort of a ' collateral damage' in this case is surely not ok," the commenter writes.
While such a suit seems unlikely to succeed, the sentiment is reflective of users' anger about the lost service. A book editor named Cassandra Olivia says graphics designers and editors she works with use Megaupload to exchange files for review, and that she uses it herself for sharing family and vacation photos with relatives who are "just technologically adept enough to click on a link."
"I'm glad my Megaupload account was just backup and I still have the photos somewhere, but now I have to retrain my family into using Dropbox or similar," she says. "Taking Megaupload down without distinguishing between infringing and non-infringing content did the legitimate users a disservice and was a violation of due process. Too broad a brush, I think. I hope I get my account, and my photos back."
How many other Ars readers used Megaupload? Which alternative services will you use now? Feel free to weigh in.
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When I recently began noticing a sharp pain in my right hand paired with a strange, tingling numbness in my fingers, I paid my doctor a visit. 'Sounds like it could be carpal tunnel,' he told me, handing me a wrist brace and instructions to take ibuprofen as needed for the pain. I can't say that I didn't see the diagnosis coming. I'm a freelancer and my at-home workstation at the kitchen table certainly hasn't passed the ergonomic scrutiny of a knowledgeable HR professional. I'm fairly certain the straight back wooden dining room chairs don't offer the proper lumbar support, there's no wrist guard on my laptop and the screen isn't positioned at eye level. These factors combined with the fact that I'm on both my computer and phone constantly and also lugging around an almost-30-pound toddler are probably the perfect recipe for a repetitive strain injury. It seems in the digital era, back-breaking work has been replaced by nerve-compressing work. And while improperly operating a smartphone isn't as dangerous as improperly operating a backhoe, it's not without risks. So in the spirit of safety, I thought I'd round up some of the most common technology-related health issues that can affect both you and your kids. Repetitive strain injuries This is an
for any number of conditions (including things like carpal tunnel and tendinitis) that can result from overuse of different parts of your body. Over the years, this has included everything from BlackBerry thumb to
, and
have shown that these types of injuries are on the rise in the U.S., especially among young children. Whether you're spending hours and hours a day typing on a keyboard, swiping on a tablet, texting on a phone or clicking buttons on a video game controller, you're putting added stress on the muscles, tendons and nerves in your hands, wrists, arms, shoulders and neck. Symptoms include pain, tenderness, throbbing or tingling (think pins and needles) as well as a loss of sensation or strength in the affected area. Treatment includes using anti-inflammatory painkillers like aspirin or ibuprofen, applying heat or cold packs to the affected area, elastic supports and firm splints. If those are ineffective, steroid injections, physical therapy or surgery might be needed. To prevent these types of injuries, experts recommend properly positioning equipment to minimize strain, good posture and frequent breaks. Distracted walking Texting behind the wheel isn't the only danger to cell phone users. Injuries from walkers distracted by mobile devices is a
. Need proof? Just head to YouTube where there are plenty of
of people walking into walls and fountains and off subway platforms. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, in 2010 more than 1,100 people – double the number from the previous year – were treated in emergency rooms for injuries that resulted from walking and using a cell phone or other electronic device.. And the problem isn't limited to texting – the number of serious injuries in pedestrians wearing headphones tripled between 2004 and 2011; in 70 percent of those cases, the headphone wearer died, according to
by the University of Maryland. Distracted pedestrians risk things like facial lacerations, nose bleeds and ankle injuries from tripping or walking into buildings, poles or other people – or even worse, when hit by a vehicle. The problem has become so pervasive, that some local governments have rolled out
, urging people to look up from their phones, or even
who are using phones. Computer Vision Syndrome Just as our fingers start cramping after a long day spent tapping away, our eyes can get tired out from staring at a screen for prolonged periods of time. Symptoms of CVS include eyestrain, headaches, blurred vision, dry eyes, and neck and shoulder strain, according to the
American Optometric Association
. And while these symptoms usually go away after you've stopped using the computer, some people can experience reduced visual abilities, like blurred vision, even after they've ceased working. Factors that can contribute to these symptoms are poor lighting, glare on the computer screen, improper viewing distance, poor seating posture and uncorrected vision problems. So, here again,
and frequent breaks contribute to treating the problem. Cell phone dirt When's the last time you cleaned your cell phone? I thought so. With the amount of use they get, the surfaces of all of our devices can be a breeding ground for bacteria and a landing pad for viruses (one study found they are dirtier than the
). Some of the problems you might face with a dirty phone include
, colds and flu.
even reported a patient who contracted
from her phone. To that end, make sure to clean your phone regularly, as directed by the manufacturer – especially if you've been sick. Wash your hands frequently with soap and water and avoid touching your eyes, mouth and nose. You can also avoid contact with your face by using the speaker or a hands-free set to talk. As for me, well, it's probably about time to pop a couple ibuprofen and give my eyes a break – maybe I'll even clean the keyboard while I'm at it. I don't want to kick off spring with a cold, after all.


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Top Moments: Parks and Rec Delivers a Big Twist and Anne Hathaway Sets "Da Club" on Fire
Our top moments of the week:
13. Best Kiss: After Adam's laser-tag-turned-make-out birthday party on The Goldbergs goes awry, it seems like he won't get his first kiss after all. But when Adam ends up throwing the original laser tag party he wanted, and that brings Dana in the line of (laser) fire, he valiantly dives in front to save her. How does she thank him? With a kiss! Awww!
12. Saddest Discovery: When Rebecca Jones' stubborn father refuses to let her continue training as a firefighter and makes her switch to PR, she takes things into her own hands on Chicago Fire - but not the way fans would expect. At the end of the episode, the normally tough-as-nails Jones is seen crying as she writes a letter addressed to Dawson. Moments later, Dawson gets a phone call telling her that Jones' body has been found. Rest in peace, friend.
11. Best Family Bonding: In the series finale of Raising Hope, Virginia's estranged father Arnold (Jeffrey Tambor) returns to Natesville and tries to patch up their relationship by asking for her help in planning his wedding. In return, he'll pay for Hope's college education. However, it's revealed that he spent all of his money on the wedding - which it turns out is really for Virginia - and doesn't have anything left for Hope. Initially outraged, Virginia forgives him and even agrees to let her dad move into Jimmy's old room now that he has nowhere else to go. Everybody loves a sleepover!
10. Best Dogfight: When Joffrey's dog is denied his chickens, things get barking mad on Game of Thrones. When The Hound gets into a skirmish at the inn, Arya uses it as an opportunity to retrieve her sword Needle from Polliver and get some cold-blooded revenge. The young wolf literally stabs her former tormenter in the back before repeating the same words to him that he said when he killed her friend Lommy and stole her sword. Afterwards, Arya makes sure Polliver can never speak again.
9. Worst Advice: Kurt tells Rachel not to drop out of NYADA on Glee because it's good to have a degree as backup in case her Broadway dreams don't immediately come true. However, Rachel disagrees, and they get into a heated argument in which she chastises him from being too safe and not taking enough risks before walking out on their dinner. Forced to walk home alone, Kurt sees a gay man getting beat up in an alley and runs to his defense, but he in turn winds up bruised, beaten and in the hospital. Got any more words of wisdom, Ms. Berry?
8. Best Breakup: Just when he thought he was back in, he pulls himself back out! On Suits' season finale, Mike decides to accept Jonathan Sidwell's investment banker job offer (again) after getting questioned by the U.S. Attorney's office for his shady deals in the Ava Hessington case. "I'm tired of putting the people I care about in jeopardy," he tells Harvey. "I took the job." But that doesn't mean Mike is gone for good since, as he points out, Sidwell is a Pearson Specter client. "Which means technically, you work for me now." Boom!
7. Best Betrayal:Justified's long (and sometimes uninteresting) prison arc for Ava finally pays off in the season finale. When Raylan is asked to help the Marshal Service bring down Boyd Crowder & Co. before shipping off to Florida to be with his ex-wife and baby girl, Raylan goes straight for the jugular. He arranges Ava's release from prison under one condition: that Ava once again gets close to Boyd and helps Raylan bring him down. This one-time love triangle is sure to turn super messy in the final season -and we can't wait to see it!
6. Worst Low Blow: Mark was so last season. Julianne Hough targeted Maksim Chmerkovskiy this time around on Dancing with the Stars during her guest-judging stint. She accuses Maks of not bringing his A-game to his switch-up jive with Danica McKellar because he knew he'd be reunited with his original partner Meryl Davis. "I felt like it was a little bit like you couldn't wait [to get past this week] so you could get back with Meryl and you just had to phone it in," she says. "That was definitely not the case," Maks insists, admirably suppressing his infamous temper. We're not saying Julianne should've hit below the belt like that, but there's probably a smidgen of truth to it.
5. Worst Betrayal: Captain America: The Winter Soldier's harrowing tale of Hydra's infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D. continues on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. On this week's episode, Clairvoyant is revealed as Agent Garrett, a member of Hydra who is quickly arrested. Unfortunately, Hydra's infiltration runs much deeper, and Ward is revealed as a sleeper agent on Coulson's team when he kills Agent Hand in order to set Garrett free. We did not see that one coming.
4. Worst Breakup: Danny was the one who first kissed Mindy and started their relationship on The Mindy Project, which is why it's so infuriating/heartbreaking/maddening when he decides to call things off just a month in. After one of his exes calls him out on his inability to commit, Danny gets cold feet and tells Mindy that they fight too much and he can't risk having things end badly because she is his best friend, and he needs her in his life. Someone pass the wine bra stat!
3. Best Remix: We know Anne Hathaway can sing and rap, but leave it to Jimmy Fallon to have her sing hip-hop songs as show tunes on The Tonight Show. The Oscar winner gamely belts out 50 Cent's "In Da Club," Snoop Dogg's "Gin and Juice" and Kendrick Lamar's "B---- Don't Kill My Vibe" in over-the-top Broadway style with Jimmy on piano. It's not totally LOL funny, but stay for the end when she gives her Hathahaters a shout-out!
2. Best Last Shot: After kidnapping and assaulting Benson and then going to jail for his crimes on Law & Order: SVU, William Lewis aka "The Beast" breaks out so he can get one final confrontation with his favorite victim. Just as the cops are narrowing in on their location, Lewis puts one bullet into his gun and forces Olivia to play Russian roulette with him. When they work through all the rounds except for one, Lewis points the gun at Olivia's temple and tells her "this is the last thing you're going to think about before you die." But at the last second, he turns the gun and pulls the trigger, killing himself as his blood splash across Olivia's stunned face. Breathe easy fans, Benson has officially been saved.
1. Best Sequel: Parks and Recreation revisited one of its best episodes - and worst times of year - flu season with hilarious and surprising results. Leslie falls hilariously ill once again, but soon realizes her symptoms are less flu-like and more akin to ... morning sickness. That's right, Leslie Knope is pregnant! JJ's Diner had better order extra waffle batter.
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Earlier this week, Ashley discussed some of the ways to hack your advisor–but what if you get stuck with someone you don't like? Or doesn't know much about your field of study? Or just plain stinks? Lucky for you there is an oft-neglected source of sage wisdom and comforting words: the mentor.
While I'm lucky enough to have a fantastic academic advisor, I'm even luckier to have found a mentor to give me more practical advice. Mentors are a kind of unofficial advisor, a professional who works in the field with whom you can have a close and open connection with. Where your academic advisor can guide your classroom choices, mentors offer insight into the information profession. Often, your mentor can be a family friend, a work supervisor, or even a seasoned colleague. Whatever your association with your current or prospective mentor, here are some things I've learned about mentorships.
Why bother?
Mentors are people who, pardon my slang, know what's up. Because they work in the field that you want to work in, they have the inside information about hiring trends, marketable skills, and the nuances of daily life that can make or break a work environment. Moreover, mentors know what you're going through. They went to library school, they had to search for a job, they had to navigate the uncertainties we all feel as graduate students. Most importantly, they came out on the other side–they have some good advice to share!
Where to find one
Like I said above, mentors can come from just about anywhere. Some schools offer an official mentorship program, linking students up with professionals in your community; if your school does, take advantage! Look around places where you work or volunteer–is there someone you're friendly and comfortable with? Is there someone who loves to give (useful) advice? Does your mom's best friend's niece work in your dream job? Do you follow someone on Twitter who links to interesting things and has thoughtful things to say? Ask them if they would mind if you emailed them for advice or to find out more about their job. In my experience, people are happy to talk about themselves; after all, librarians love to help!
What to look for
Ok, I'm going to be real biased here and say that I have an amazing mentor. She's smart, funny, has my dream job, and loves to calm me down from the proverbial library school ledge. But what makes her great?
She's a current information professional.
Being in the profession, she has a perspective different than the bright-eyed one I carry with me. She's honest with me and tells me with equal enthusiasm what she hates and loves about her job. Knowing she has a passion for information service despite the administrative craziness she often deals with helps me understand that, above everything else, librarianship is a job that has its ups and downs. Find someone who can speak to you candidly about the profession and loves what she does.
She's a forward thinker.
Similar to above, my mentor has a good grasp of where the profession is going and the kinds of skills I should be developing. She is a fierce advocate for ebook lending and DRM-free materials. A mentor who thinks about the future of the profession and is engaged with current debates and theories is a mentor who will stimulate and challenge you.
She's an alum of my graduate school.
While it isn't strictly necessary to have a mentor with the same alma mater as you, it is helpful when I need advice choosing classes. She knows most of the faculty, is familiar with the curriculum, and can tell me the courses she still refers to in her work. If you can't find a mentor from your program, look for someone locally or who works where you'd like to work. Having someone on the "inside" is the only way to get the advice your academic advisor isn't allowed to tell.
As Ashley mentioned in her post, mentors are a fantastic source of practical advice and guidance. With their insight, you can feel better about entering the profession and have a better idea of what kind of work is right for you.
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Cricket is a funny game don't you think, Na I don't mean the way India are playing at the moment in the Second test against England getting thrashed . so much for being a spin playing nation who has world-class spinners and what not .. Well here we are our spinners can't get wickets .. while the foreigners are getting all the wickets …
Our batsmen well again can do bugger all.. they are getting out to SPINNER which they are supposed to play properly and Experts in.. Anyway forgetting about that .. Cricket is a funny .. it's the only game where if you hit a ball out of the ground you get 6 runs or 6 points ..
But here is a thought – > There is this batsmen all padded up with a helmet on , Pads all over him , leg pads – thigh pads – gloves , protecting him all over .. and yet there is this guy sitting outside without a shirt , a beer in hand relaxing and a BALL HITS HIM.. what happens the Batsmen gets 6 runs .. and the bloke nothing .. other than a BUMP on his head … 🙂
Have You seen the Olympic opening ceremony, Especially when they all come out the athletes I mean representing their countries .. Now there are some countries which we have never heard of , The opening ceremony is the only time we hear the names . I mean at least I have not heard of some of them , Where do these countries exist and how come only during Olympics we find them, I bet the person who is announcing the names of the countries is just sitting and making up the names ..
and Here is the team from "Make-up-Istaan" or "Made-Up-istaan" .. and then I think the same man runs, changes his jacket and come out with a different flag "he-is-Back_istaaan"
I had this brain wave , We are lucky nowadays that phones have gone digital and with the advent of mobile phones things have changed a lot , But cast you mind back to the good old days .. Those big Black Telephones.. which have a Dialler and you have to put the tip of your finger to dial the number ….
Right Ne think about the emergency numbers , WHO was the intelligent person who decided on the numbers 999.. Now imagine there is an emergency , someone is laying on the road hit by a truck or something , you run to the nearest phone booth and it is that OLD dialler phone ..
You are rolling the digit 9.. and then letting it go ..
rolling again and letting it go ..
rolling the number 9 and then letting it go,.
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Those of you who don't have the (sometimes mis-) fortune of living in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania probably haven't been following the entertaining on-going saga of the Wine Kiosk.
This strange idea is the brain-child of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, who have a state-run monopoly on the sale and distribution of alcohol in the Commonwealth (at this point, you might be wondering what the difference is between "State" and "Commonwealth" – "Commonwealth" allows you to have a billion more levels of government that can tax that hell out of you, I think). And the fine blogger and fellow PA-resident Lew Bryson has a particularly insightful take on the new kiosks, which have now entered the prototype phase.
Lew posted a video from the Harrisburg Patriot-News in which one of their reporters attempts to purchase wine from the kiosks, which the PLCB claim can safely dispense wine to a non-inebriated customer of legal drinking age in 20 seconds or less.
It takes the reporter over 10 steps and 2 and half minutes to complete a transaction of purchasing one bottle from the kiosk. During the purchase, he has to –
Call me crazy, but I do not want to be the first person whose data gets hacked from one of these kiosks, since it sounds like enough data that it could be used by evil scientists to physically clone you and recreate your full identity. Big Brother is not watching you… we swear!
I'm stumped as to how the wine kiosk is a viable alternative to an actual human selling wine, or any safer than buying a wine from a trusted retailer over the Internet. Especially when you consider that Pennsylvania's underage drinking rate remains above average for the 50 states and the Commonwealth remains above average in DUI fatalities per mile driven. It's tough to blame PA residents like me for feeling a bit bitter, or faulting them if they conclude that the PLCB isn't delivering on all of its promises or potential value for money.
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Anderson Cooper, Nancy Grace, Mark Geragos and Jeffrey Toobin discuss the prosecutor's strategy in the Jodi Arias trial.
I believe Jodi Arias was assisted by her father, His Gun was stolen, so he had to be on high alert, Jodi was the thief, or he himself. Jodi might of confided in her father, and he insisted on helping her, to ensure she wasn't over powered. Jodi said he could lift 500 lbs. In one photo of travis, he's posing, but his eyes are distressed, he's nude, and seems to be holding up 2 fingers, possibly a last ditch effort to assist in the investigation of the murder he knew was coming, this was not a normal pose, his eyes are distressed, The car rental dude said Jodi had a guy with her. Additionally, Jodi said a man and a woman Ninja committed the crime, she might of felt crime scene evidence or eyewitnesses reports might of shown a man and a woman were at the scene.
my only question is...was it normal for Mr. Alexander to keep knives in his bedroom closet or where did the knife actually come from???
Did anyone not notice when she was crying and raised her left hand to her face her ring finger was not bent out of joint
and the time of the killing..ha..she wanted to have her usual sex play with him before she did the dirty deed......and that photo of him in the shower [just his face] is terrifying..his eyes look like he was in emotional pain..and the rope and knife..another story..she used that one to say Travis had brought a knife upstairs to cut the rope and she grabbed in in her fantasy self defense..that was HER knife she brought for the kill..and gun she stole from her grandfather..and personally I don't think the prosecutor was too hard at all..did u hear her answers to him??..she has the ego of a super star..
I cannot for the life of me comprehend what ANYONE that has seen the pictures of the the crime scene and his autopsy photos when even begin to think that the Prosecutor went to far... In my opinion he was too easy on her. No only did she slaughter him she was evading police, altered the crime scene, tried to destroy Travis' character, but she gave two other stories before the one that is playing out at trial that make zero sense. For shame, for shame!!!!
I agree with Beth. The look on his face was not one of a happy person. While watching today the crying looked fake. She was able to talk clearly and around her eyes didnt turn the least bit red. I hope the jury can see thru the lies and give Travis and his family justice.
If Jodi had murder on her mind intentionally she could have killed him after he went to sleep early in the morning.Furthermore how,if she is such a liar, can one believe her if she says she killed him? Maybe someone else did it and she is afraid to tell?
I'm not sure how much of this trial you have actually seen...Because even the premeditation has been proven to me...With the gas cans, no cell phone use, NO purchases at all in AZ. She definitely wanted no one to know she was there at all.
Bull Carp That chick is a cold hearted killer. Why didn't she kill him while he was sleeping? Cause she wanted him to suffer.She wanted him to bleed,so he would feel her pain. She got great joy in killing him, now she needs to pay for the pain she caused Travis. She did it, she admitted to it, she admitted to it all on the stand. Even what she couldn't "
Why is everyone saying that Jodi Arias "broke down", while testifying.
To me, she is faking. Completely.......
I am shocked that all the commentators say she "broke down" and was "sobbing". I watched one re-run after another and I never saw a tear. She kept dabbing at her nose, but I didn't see one tear around her eyes. These "breakdowns" are for two reasons - to get the sympathy of the jury and to buy some more time to concoct her responses to the prosecutor. She's a self-centered actress, but a bad one.
Travis wasn't taking her to Cancun with him and she was enraged by that. His punishment for that was a brutal death.
Because I work, I have missed most of the trial, at least on the defense side. I am not saying she is innocent but when I see those photos of the closet I see a very strict OCD behaviour. Definitely not an expert, but I would worry if it wasn't mentioned on at least the defense side.
OK, I am not saying in any way that Travis deserved to die; however, I am saying that, again, another woman is exploited for her body, abused mentally, probably told she is not good enough marriage material and has been pushed to her absolute limit and flipped-out. Not everyone has the same tolerance level and Jodi was definitely addicted to Travis and he to her, sexually. I think temporary insanity should have been her defense. How many women have found themselves in the same situation? Alot, but most don't react the way Jodi did; they just feel like it.
...hence the reason she's completely guilty. We all get mad at people, but only a few of us go kill them.
OCD for sure and the prosecutor has gone way too far. He is acting like the animal he is trying to prove that she is in my eyes.
OCD..?..no, don't think so..more like a guy who came from nothing and was proud of what he accomplished..and had his closet just the way he wanted it..alot of ppl dream to have a nice closet..
No he has not. She butchered someone and is lying about it under oath.
Midi arias doesn't want to look at the horrible pictures of Travis but what about HIS mother and family!
The last photo of Travis Alexander looks like he was shocked and scared by his killer while he was in the shower. The look on his face is chilling. It looks like someone has a gun aimed at him. This disputes Arias' whole false testimony about her time with her victim. She stalked and killed him. This photo is evidence of his fear!


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We rolled out the map and pinned the corners with our beers. With a finger I traced the Jeep path to the first lake and the steep three miles to camp ...
We rolled out the map and pinned the corners with our beers. With a finger I traced the Jeep path to the first lake and the steep three miles to camp above tree line, ending at the mountain Crestone Needle (14,197 feet). Garland, Jennifer and Scott listened as I described the route.
Up the wide crack by headlamp, low fifth class. We'll leave the right trough for the bighorns that like to sleep up there. There's a few hundred feet of low-angled cobblestones to a steep move around the arete where your ass hangs over a 1,000-foot drop.
I noticed Jennifer's jaw clench in a look of consternation.
We'll have lunch on the ledge before we tackle Head Crack, an old-school 5.8, I continued. That's the crux. We don't want to get caught here in a storm, because the last two pitches are glass-slick from run-off, the holds are water-polished, and I don't think we could use them in the rain.
How's the camping? Jennifer asked. She was an elementary-school teacher in the little town of Wharton, Texas. Her husband,
Garland, was a construction contractor. Scott was the town attorney. None of them had been climbing for more than a year, but they were eager to try their hands at Colorado mountaineering.
Dreamy, I said, laying my finger on the blue dime of water that indicated South Colony Lake. We'll stake our tents at 12,000 feet in the cirque. Lots of wildflowers. You might even get cold. Sounds like paradise, she said.
It was snowing hard. Jennifer stood at the base of Head Crack, trying to catch her breath. She'd chug the thin air for a minute, then pull on and grapple with the overhanging slot. She was bonking. As Jennifer struggled, the snow built into cloud-like mounds on top of the burnished stone buckles that provided the only route to the top. With her last grit of will, Jennifer clawed up the studded crack to the belay.
The last two pitches took two hours to climb. The temperature was falling and the rain froze across the rock in a sheet. I used my nut tool to chip away the ice and palmer-housed up the face without pro, careful as a grandmother.
We reached the summit at dusk in a whiteout and short-roped down the East Face until the trail disappeared under heavy snow.
We should bivy, I said.
It was dark. The snow was a swirl of shipping peanuts crenellating my headlamp's beam. We were tired and very cold. My friends looked into my face and reflected my horror.
We found a narrow hall between two boulders and huddled in a scrum until the snow heaped to our waists. Garland spotted an exposed overhang that offered shelter and we moved under it, covered ourselves with the one sleeping bag, and rested our helmets against the dripping rock wall. Hoary gusts swirled through the cusped peaks of the Sangre de Cristos and smacked us with the impunity of ice water poured on sleeping kittens.
Freezing is purported to be one of the gentlest deaths, but we were just freezing without dying, and take my word, freezing is no bed of roses. My teeth tocked like castanets and my body was wracked with rhythmic shivers. My gloveless fingers felt like blisters. My toes were dead in my sneakers, but my feet throbbed with broken-bone pain. I was wearing shorts over poly-pro long johns and a thin rain parka. The night wore on, as did the suffering®seemingly interminable and under the pitiless gaze of a mountain Jehovah.
Six hours later the wind stopped and the sun emerged. It nudged the Munster-colored clouds aside and the snow started to melt. I was amazed to find that I was OK, just fine, in fact, as were my friends. We hurried down the mountain, plunge-stepping through the thick snow back to our tents. The sun lit the yellow fabric and the shelters glowed like lantern mantels. I listened as Scott, Garland and Jennifer burrowed into their down sleeping bags. Jennifer sighed with the unmistakable, un-fake-able contentment of the survivor, and said, Now this is paradise.
Paradise, from the Persian word pairida'za, walled garden, is a slippery concept®dependant on individual tastes and circumstances.
The famous 15th Century Egyptian writer and Islamic teacher Imam Al-Suyuti was reported to have said of paradise: Each chosen one will marry 70 virgins with lustrous eyes.
Sometimes paradise is 70 virgins. Sometimes it's a glass of water, a healthy elbow, or a good night's sleep. Paradise, like wells, rooms and people, is always defined by empty space, by something lacking.
Like a warm tent after a mountain epic, a marquee-destination climbing trip can be the perfect tonic to the 8-to-5 hustle that defines most of our lives. In this issue, we've put together the ultimate road trips. From the tepuis of Venezuela, to the tufas of Turkey, from the temple of the monkey god in India, to the stone tidal wave of the Taipan Wall in Australia; these are dream destinations, rock-climbing paradise, every one. As you'll see, however, in some of the stories, and as the wise already know, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a climber to enter®and remain in®paradise.


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Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson say goodbye to 'Twilight' as 'Breaking Dawn Part 2' hits theaters
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson sit side by side on a sofa at the Four Seasons hotel, discussing the end of the five-film project that made them famous and brought them together.
"Twilight" rocketed both to superstardom, and their real-life romance only propelled them further. With Friday's release of the final film in the franchise, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2," the young actors bid farewell to the worldwide fantasy sensation, but not to the tabloid attention they garner wherever they go.
PHOTOS: Kristen Stewart and Rob Pattinson at the 'Twilight' premiere
Dedicated Twi-Hards were devastated when Stewart admitted in July to cheating on Pattinson in a "momentary indiscretion" with her married "Snow White and the Huntsman" director. Bella and Edward, er, Stewart and Pattinson briefly split, which not only threatened to jeopardize marketing for the final "Twilight" film, but unraveled the real-life element of the vampire love story.
Now reunited, the pair finish each other's sentences during a recent interview as they talk about how much their lives have changed since the first "Twilight" movie was released in 2008.
"After the first one, I mean, it's a different world you're living in," says Pattinson, 26.
"Also, we're at that stage of life when things are shifting anyway," adds Stewart, 22, who was just 17 when she first played Bella Swan.
Global fame makes growing up challenging, they say, acknowledging they've become more insular.
"It's a really weird thing because you kind of have to hide," Pattinson says, "and hiding really destroys the thing which, for one thing..."
Stewart interjects: "That fuels you as an actor."
"Yeah. It destroys your fuel," he continues, "and also it destroys — you get to the point where you start to lose interest in things because you spend so much time..."
"Guarding," Stewart says.
"Yeah, and that's your world," Pattinson says. "Your world gets smaller. There's a massive contraction. And the weirdest thing is the more you contract it, the more the (public) interest goes up. It's so crazy. There's no way around it. You're either on a 24-7 reality-TV show, or people think you should be."
"No, it's hilarious," Stewart says, not looking like she finds it very funny. "Either way, people are like, 'Ugh. Famewhores.'"
But she has wanted every "Twilight" film to be successful and knows it's not popular to complain about the personal costs of fame.
"This is a really scary question to answer because people instantly just hate you for even saying that anything is close to unsavory or whatever or however you want to put it," she says.
Director Bill Condon, who began working with Stewart, Pattinson and Taylor Lautner in 2010, says the young megastars understand the pressures of the spotlight.
"They appreciated the good stuff about it, they were able to kind of glide through the stuff that wasn't so good, and, really, they're three very grounded human beings who really just, I have to say, matured into better versions of themselves," Condon said. "They didn't get altered by it, which is kind of extraordinary."
Stewart said it's been an indulgence to play the same character for so long, but there is some relief in having reached the end of her story.
"There are so many beloved moments in this series that we would think about for five years," she said. "They weigh on you, whereas in a normal movie, you've got five weeks, five months... We, for five years, have been waiting for the story to be told. And now that it is, I don't want to say that I'm so excited that it's done, because that sounds like I just don't want to do it anymore, but I'm just excited that we don't have that on us anymore."
Wrapping up the second "Breaking Dawn" film was a relief for Condon, too.
"It's something you obsess on for so long," he said. "It's good to say goodbye to it."
Pattinson and Stewart are also glad to finish the last round of "Twilight" promotions and press interviews.
"Doing press for a different movie, you're literally just talking about the movie," Pattinson says. "This, 90 percent of the time we're talking about our lives rather than the movie."
"But this is it," Stewart says. "It definitely makes today easier."


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Jessica Simpson gives birth to son
NEW YORK – Jessica Simpson's daughter has a new playmate -- a baby brother named Ace.
Simpson's rep confirmed that the entertainer gave birth to Ace Knute in Los Angeles on Sunday via planned C-section. The details were first reported by Us Weekly.
This is the second child for Simpson and her fiance, Eric Johnson. Simpson gave birth to daughter Maxwell last year.
Simpson, who got her start as a singer and has a successful apparel and accessories line, most recently appeared on NBC's "Fashion Star."


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Todd Skinner Killed on Leaning Tower Rappel
Yosemite's leaning tower hangs like a tilted ironing board over the Merced River. Tipping out at an average of 110 degrees, and less featured than El ...
Yosemite's leaning tower hangs like a tilted ironing board over the Merced River. Tipping out at an average of 110 degrees, and less featured
than El Cap, the Tower's 1,200-foot West Face had been the exclusive domain of aid climbers ever since Warren Harding's first ascent, in 1961.
Then, in 2001, the Brits Leo Houlding and Jason Pickles did the unthinkable, patching together a largely free version of Harding's route. Their Westie Face (5.13 A0) was thought to be it for free climbers until four years later, when Todd Skinner and Jim Hewitt fired off the improbable Wet Lycra Nightmare (5.13+ A0), a free version of the old aid line Wet Denim Daydream. Skinner, stoked at having found a free line on the tower, and doubly psyched to
have discovered that the wall was more featured than anyone had thought , soon began planning yet another free route up the wall. In 2006, with his
partner Hewitt, he began work on the 1992 Eric Kohl and Eric Rasmussen horror show, Jesus Built My Hotrod (VI A4 5.7).
On October 23,
after having worked the route off and on for some two weeks, Skinner and Hewitt began rappelling back to the valley floor from ropes fixed off Ahwahnee
Ledge, a large bivy platform about 800 feet off the deck. Skinner fixed his Grigri to the rope, clipped to it with a locking biner and began the free-hanging
rappel. Hewitt heard a sound, then looked to see Skinner on the ground.
Skinner's Grigri and locking carabiner were found still on the rope. The belay/rappel loop on his harness, to which he had clipped the Grigri, was broken,
and was found at the base of the wall a day later. An examination of the belay/rappel loop showed that it had worn nearly through. Prior to the accident,
Hewitt and Skinner had noticed the frayed loop, and according to Hewitt, the two were concerned about it.
Wearing through a belay/rappel loop is extremely unusual. Typically, the leg-loop tie-in point is the first part of a harness to wear out, as it is constantly
subjected to the nylon-on-nylon sawing action of the rope. The belay/rappel loop usually only sees action from carabiners, which cause nominal wear. In
addition, because the belay/rappel loop is a non-redundant and critical component, it is usually sewn in a doubled thickness, making it all the more difficult
to wear out.
According to an initial report, Skinner had his daisy chains permanently girth-hitched to the belay/rappel loop, a common set-up for many big wallers.
Rigging the daisychains this way prevented the belay/rappel loop from rotating, so every time he weighted a daisy chain, the belay/rappel loop rubbed against
the leg-loop strap in the same spot. Over time, and given Skinner's prolific use, the chafing action simply sawed through the loop.
Inspect your harness Manufacturers mean it when they tell you to examine every inch of your harness every time you put it on. Especially
pay attention to the leg-loop cross strap, typically the first area to wear, and the belay/rappel loop. Replace your harness if any component appears
worn. Replacing your harness every two years even if it still appears in good shape is advisable.
Don't girth-hitch daisy chains or any sling to your belay/rappel loop. This is the most important lesson to take away from Skinner's accident.
It underscores the danger of nylon-on-nylon abrasion, especially when the wear is concentrated on one specific area. Your harness belay/rappel loop
must be free to rotate so it can wear more evenly, and you should only clip your locking belay or rappel carabiner to it.
If you must fix daisy chains or slings to your harness for jugging or anchoring, thread them around the leg-loop cross strap and around
the swami belt. To do this, take your harness apart and pass the leg loops through the bottom loop of your daisychains, then re-assemble your harness,
also passing the waist belt through the daisy chain's bottom loop. This configuration spares the belay/rappel loop from wear, and is redundant. If
the leg-loop strap breaks, you still have the waist-belt back-up, and vice versa. Alternately, you can girth-hitch the daisy chains or slings around
the leg-loop cross strap and waist belt. This method doesn't require taking off your harness, so you can rig it on a climb, but it squeezes your leg-loop
strap and waist belt together.
Use a backup. Many versions of the rappel backup exist, and there are pros and cons for each system. There is no argument, however, against
using a backup. If you have ascenders, you can clip one on the rope above your rappel device, and hold it open with your top, or guide, hand as you
rappel. If you have a prussik, you can put this on the rope beneath your rappel device, and clip it to a leg loop. Hold the prussik in your brake hand
as you rappel (see Climb Safe, Rock and Ice No. 136.)
Make your back-up independent. Tragically, even if Skinner had used a back-up, the outcome might have been the same because his daisy
chains, which would have connected him to the back-up, were only hitched to the belay/rappel loop, which failed. Use a back-up and connect it to a
structural part of your harness that is independent of your belay/rappel loop.


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Should NY Post have printed photo of man about to die?
- Photographer said he tried to warn the train driver with the flash of his camera
- New York Post has a history of pushing the envelope
- Police have a suspect in custody
NEW YORK — The New York Post, a gritty tabloid known for highlighting the wrongs of others, received harsh criticism Tuesday after running a front-page photo of a man about to be struck by a subway train.
The newspaper took heat from journalism critics, users of social media and New York City subway riders for publishing a picture of Queens resident Ki-Suck Han seconds before he was fatally struck.
"Pushed on the subway track, this man is about to die," said the Post's Tuesday headline. A photo showed Han standing on the track with "DOOMED" written underneath.
The newspaper cover, as well as an inside story and photos that described how Han was thrown to the tracks by an attacker on Monday, were condemned as insensitive and sensationalist.
"To say the cover of @nypost is despicable would be an egregious understatement. Love of capital over care for humans, wholly disgusting," said a Twitter user who goes by the handle MDSN.
"That's some really, really bad journalism @nypost. When you pair that photo with text on the cover it's incredibly insensitive. Shameful," said Tim Bowman (@tibowman).
"Disgusting! Whatever happened to integrity? Or just basic morals?" said Natasha Henry (@NatashaSHenry).
R. Umar Abbasi, a New York Post freelance photographer who took the pictures, said he used the camera's flash to warn the driver to stop.
"I just started running, running, hoping that the driver could see my flash," he told the Post.
He was denounced for not trying to hoist Han, 58, from danger.
"He had a moral obligation to try to get to the guy and pull him out of the subway well," said Kelly McBride, senior faculty member for ethics at the Poynter Institute, a journalism education group.
"Maybe it wasn't possible. Maybe it wasn't doable," she said. "There are many things that aren't doable, but you have to try."
Student Charlene Johashen, 26, of Brooklyn said she would rush to help if she saw a man on the tracks.
"I wonder about myself and whether anyone would help if I was pushed," she said.
Nina Berman, an associate professor of photojournalism at Columbia University's Columbia Journalism School in New York City, said Abbasi shouldn't be so harshly criticized.
He said he tried to alert the train driver, so he didn't just ignore the victim, she said.
In such a situation, "it's convenient to blame the photographer" for not taking enough action to help, she said. "But what about all the other people there who you don't see in the frame?"
"I bet the photographer is traumatized," she adds. "He's a witness to a death, and he is vilified. And probably everyone on that platform is traumatized."
There is a lot more to consider than jumping into a situation blindly and attempting, perhaps with disastrous results, to save a life, said photographer and musician Dorian Hurodry, 32, of Queens. "Some people confuse reality with fiction," he said.
Abbasi didn't return e-mails requesting an interview. A public relations representative of the Post did not supply a response to a request for comment.
Han was pushed onto the tracks by a "deranged" man who subsequently fled the scene, the Post reported.
Police had a man in custody Tuesday afternoon. They released a video that showed the suspect arguing with Han.
Abbasi told the Post that Han tried to scramble to the platform as onlookers screamed for the train driver to stop. The train slowed, but Han could not escape.
On Tuesday, headlines such as "New York Post Cover Sparks Outrage" spread across the Internet. Journalists, social media experts and media watchers debated the ethics of using the photo.
For Poynter's McBride, there was no clear "journalistic purpose" to running such as image.
It's "not bearing witness to something people need to know about," she says.
"This isn't children fleeing a napalm bomb," referring to a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo from the Vietnam War, she said. "There has to be a journalism purpose behind a decision to run a horrific photo."
She said that even taking into consideration "the best possible version of this story -- that the photographer was trying to help and the pictures were a byproduct" -- still, "running the photos is horrible."
The newspaper cover "was distasteful," said Gene Russianoff, staff attorney and spokesman for the Straphangers Campaign, a New York City transit riders' advocacy group, "but we live in a country with free speech."
The Post, the nation's seventh largest newspaper by circulation, is known for attention-grabbing headlines and photos.
When a nor'easter followed the devastating superstorm Sandy, it ran a headline that said in part "GOD HATES US."
In 2007, the Post's provocative headlines were compiled in a book titled Headless Body in Topless Bar after one of its infamous headlines.
Despite the controversy it often courts -- and Tuesday's coverage that was "definitely pushing the envelope" -- the Post does do some good work, said McBride.
"They have a reputation for being shocking and scintillating, and within that culture or ethos, they actually do some clever, good things," she said. "Sometimes their headlines are absolutely the right thing."
They do some good journalism," she said. "It's not like they're the National Enquirer."
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James Garfield
20th president (1881)
Background/Early Life
• James Garfield grew up on a farm in Ohio. His father died when James was a baby and he helped his mother farm before embarking on a variety of careers: He spent a short time as a teen working on canal boats between Cleveland and Pittsburgh, but became sick after falling overboard a number of times. He worked as a carpenter, teacher and janitor while going through school, then after graduating college taught courses at one of the schools he attended. He would serve as president of the institute for a short time, then, after studying law independently, passed the bar exam.
• Garfield was an abolitionist and entered the political world as an Ohio state legislator before fighting in the Civil War and being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
• He spent eight terms in the House, gaining valuable financial experience serving on a number of important committees.
• Garfield won a tight election in 1880, by about 7,000 votes.
How he defined the office
• Garfield brought his financial expertise to his plans for the presidency: Before his assassination he was able to recall government bonds that were refinanced and save millions of dollars on the country's budget.
• Although he was not a big supporter of President Lincoln, Garfield recognized his importance to the country's history and named Lincoln's son Robert as his secretary of war.
Successes and failures
• Garfield's short time in office didn't allow him to accomplish much other than the appointing of cabinet and other government positions. Some of these appointments led to disagreements which, when Garfield stuck to his picks, established him as the leader of his political party.
• Garfield was shot and killed by Charles Guiteau four months into his presidency, at Washington's Baltimore and Potomac train station. Guiteau, known as emotionally disturbed, killed Garfield because he wasn't given a position in the government. Garfield was shot July 2, 1881, and died Sept. 19 that year from blood poisoning and complications.
Notable Quote
• "The finances of the government shall suffer no detriment which it may be possible for my administration to prevent." – from his inaugural address March 4, 1881.