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Nobody's said anything yet?? That's not right! Happy, happy birthday, Colly! Hope it is a good one!
Good day Colly,
Sorry for radio silence. I saw Coast Guard Alaska and thought about your son. I haven't fished 3 times since October last. I've had bronchitis from early November to a week before Christmas. Hope your holidays were good. Good luck in the coming season. Jeff Gish


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Because Sunday's game is such a spectacle, there's a good chance everyone you follow on social media is watching. And we all know what that means: hilarious, astute commentary on every over-the-top play and mildly humorous commercial. JK, no.
And yet the tweets keep coming: Last year's event prompted 24.1 million tweets, a world record that will probably be toppled when it all goes down again in a few days. Horrifying.
There are plenty of ways to deal with this tidal wave of social media, and we're here to help. Below, the Good To Be Bad team outlines the Twitter guidelines you'll need to survive the game.
1. Don't be part of the problem
Twitter is the one opportunity to do something you wouldn't have the restraint or wherewithal to do when holding people captive with your witty repartee: think about that joke before hitting send! For five minutes, even. The marketing guys with that hilarious talking dog commercial didn't hire you to write the jokes, so no need to hastily riff on it to your followers as though a bomb's about to go off if you don't spit it out ASAP.
2. Unless you're a football coach, don't remark on the play that we all just saw
The most common mistake people make when live-tweeting events is assuming their television is 15 seconds faster than everyone else's. It isn't — we're all watching the same rushes, passes and turnovers at the same time. Tweeting a one-word reaction to an amazing play misses the point of social media entirely. You're supposed to reorient the moment and add new insight — not point out something insanely obvious.
3. Twitter flies when you're having fun
Have you noticed that sometimes, when you're having fun, you forget to check your phone for long periods of time? This is a common occurrence at parties, concerts, bars — people are so distracted by actual life (or booze...or both) that they forget there's an accessible network of half-strangers blabbing on about nothing just a finger swipe away. Be one of those people.
4. 'Block' and 'Unfollow' are your friends
Here's your chance to unfollow that person you kinda hate but can't seem to shake off on social media. They're practically giving you permission to unfollow them any time they live-tweet an event; so don't miss this fantastic opportunity to banish their inane commentary from your feed once and for all. It'll feel so good! You can also mute retweets, to silence that one person whose thoughts on the game are so profund that they can be borrowed from someone else. Someone you're not even following. You don't need that noise.
5. Go cold turkey 'til the game is over
And if you want to get extreme, you should delete the Twitter application from your phone. That should save you all the stress and rage that comes with tweeting during some big, obvious, nationwide event. I can guarantee you: there is nothing you are missing. No one you follow on Twitter is that funny or that insightful. Watch the football game. The bad tweets aren't going anywhere.
6. When all else fails, curate carefully
If you're not feeling sadistic enough to unfollow everyone you know but masochistic enough to stay on Twitter through the game, add a few trusted tweeters to a list. It'll keep you away from your regular feed, and you can monitor people you wouldn't otherwise, like Darnell Dockett or the always fascinating Richard Sherman.
It goes without saying that while most tweeters are rote and ordinary, there are some that you should never unfollow. Namely, @JaguarUSA, @Deadspin, @TomHiddleston, et cetera. You should follow them blindly and cast off everyone else. Why, exactly? Well, because it's #GoodToBeBad.
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Nate Freeman is the Editor-in-Chief of Good To Be Bad. His writing has been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Observer.
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Atlanta - Earlier this week, John Beilein was asked to say a few words about the season he spent coaching Nazareth College - 30 years ago.
Specifically, he was asked what it was like having Jeff Van Gundy on the team, but it turned out the questioner was off by a year. Van Gundy didn't arrive at Nazareth until later.
No matter. It was another chance for Beilein to offer a quick history lesson.
"My first game at Nazareth was at Brockport State. Jeff Van Gundy was the starting point guard at Brockport State and his father was the head coach," Beilein said. "Both teams showed up with gold uniforms. The Brockport State guys had to go back to their rooms to get their new uniforms."
Beilein went on to explain how Van Gundy switched schools, heading to Nazareth around the same time Beilein left to take a job at LeMoyne. The anecdote had nothing to do with Michigan or this week's Final Four, but the 60-year-old coach was happy to tell the story - and that was no surprise to anyone who observes him on a regular basis.
Now in his 35th season, Beilein is still a stickler for details.
"He's coached so many games and won so many games, but he has an unbelievable memory," Michigan guard Josh Bartelstein said. "He's always talking about former players, former teams, games. He loves sharing that kind of stuff, and it's cool, because you realize how much experience he has and how much he's seen."
Beilein is in his sixth season at Michigan, and this is his first Final Four. His path has been methodical to say the least. He began at Erie Community College in 1978. After four seasons there and one at Nazareth, he coached LeMoyne for nine years.
Beilein eventually settled into a bit of a pattern, staying five seasons each at Canisius, Richmond and West Virginia. He reached the NCAA Tournament with all three of those teams before taking over at Michigan in 2007.
"I think he had a real vision for his coaching life," Richmond athletic director Jim Miller said. "He wanted to be tested at the highest level."
When Beilein came to Michigan, he still had a bit to prove. His reputation as a teacher and tactician was solid, but the Wolverines were not far removed from being one of the nation's glamour programs. Beilein had been to a regional final with West Virginia, but he didn't exactly fit the stereotype of a young up-and-comer.
"He's got very, very high standards," said John Maddock, an associate athletic director at Canisius who worked with Beilein as a sports information director. "He does adapt, but he can be old school."
Could Beilein recruit elite talent to Michigan? Would his approach, particularly his heavy focus on fundamentals, seem stifling to players?
These last couple seasons have helped quiet the doubters. In 2012, Michigan tied for its first Big Ten title since 1986. This year, the Wolverines were ranked No. 1 at one point, and now they're in the Final Four.
Beilein's Michigan team is talented and unselfish, young but coachable. Point guard Trey Burke fits the coach's system beautifully with his smooth combination of quickness and savvy. Glenn Robinson III and Tim Hardaway Jr. add extra athleticism, and Beilein allows them to be creative.
Discipline is still important to Beilein, both on and off the court, but this year's Wolverines can freelance a bit and push the pace in transition.
"You have to gain trust from your coaching staff," Hardaway said. "We've gained the trust from him."
Less than two weeks ago, Michigan faced its first major test of this NCAA Tournament when the Wolverines took on Virginia Commonwealth and its relentless press. In a fascinating contrast of styles, Michigan picked the Rams apart. It was a triumph of preparation and poise.
That victory put the Wolverines in the round of 16 for the first time since 1994, and Beilein took some time that weekend to enjoy the moment with family.
His description of the celebration quickly became a punch line.
"I think we had subs that day, so it was crazy," he said with a laugh. "The whole thing was really a knock-down, drag-out party."
That's apparently what passes for wild behavior from Beilein. Two wins later, the Wolverines are in the Final Four, and their basketball smarts will be tested again Saturday by Syracuse's zone defense.
Win that game and another after it, and Michigan will have its first national championship since 1989. If that happens, Beilein will surely be asked again to reflect - and chances are he'll look back on those days at Nazareth, Canisius, Richmond and all his other stops.
This well-traveled coach learned some new lessons every step of the way. "I'm sort of always thinking about, 'What can we do right now to be a better team? What can I do to be a better coach? A better father? A better teacher?'" Beilein said. "Always with the idea that if you do all those things, anything is possible in your life."


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There are gaps in the biblical record
But I think I have most of it solved
Like the 18-years Jesus went missing?
That's when the messiah evolved…
How the Son can be also the Father?
Why, the change doesn't faze me a bit
It's a series of tiny mutations—
Adaptations that made Him more fit.
Are these absences reason for worry?
Well, they might be for some, yes they might.
But the gaps in the biblical record
Have convinced me that Darwin was right.
The "God of the gaps" arguments have always amused me. They are not what they present themselves to be, first off. They present themselves as "if Darwin was wrong about X, then Y must be completely true", where X is any given gap in the fossil record, or big bang cosmology, or the psychology of some transcendent experience (not an exhaustive list), and Y is the complete and detailed religious belief system of the arguer (which, naturally, varies by arguer). What they actually are is "if I am ignorant of what science knows of X, Y must be completely true", with X and Y defined as above.
But of course, there are gaps and inconsistencies in the biblical record, and an entire
industry field to deal with them (apologetics). For me, it is clear as anything. Any gap in the bible is clearly evidence that Darwin was right. It's only logical: for their argument to be true, the two categories must be mutually exclusive and exhaustive. They are commanded not to bear false witness, therefore their argument must be true. The bible contains gaps and inconsistencies, therefore Darwin is right.
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Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2011 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former board member at Mariner Energy Inc. and his son with insider trading on confidential information about the impending takeover of the oil and gas company.
The SEC alleges that H. Clayton Peterson learned details about Mariner Energy's upcoming acquisition by Houston-based Apache Corporation during various board meetings and tipped his son Drew Clayton Peterson with the nonpublic information. The son, who was a managing director at a Denver-based investment adviser, then purchased Mariner Energy stock for himself, his relatives, his clients, and a close friend. Drew Peterson also tipped several other close friends who traded on the nonpublic information ahead of the April 2010 acquisition announcement. The insider trading by the Petersons and others generated more than $5.2 million in illicit profits.
"Clayton Peterson was entrusted with highly confidential information, and he abused that trust and misused his position and access to make a quick buck for his family," said Daniel M. Hawke, Chief of the SEC Enforcement Division's Market Abuse Unit and Director of its Philadelphia Regional Office. "Drew Peterson then gratuitously tipped his friends and traded on this confidential information, leaving a trail of greed for investigators to follow."
Sanjay Wadhwa, Deputy Chief of the SEC Enforcement Division's Market Abuse Unit and Associate Director of the New York Regional Office, added, "Shareholders rely on company directors to honor their fiduciary responsibilities and not use confidential information for personal gain. Our enforcement action is a forceful reminder to corporate insiders that they cannot exploit their insider status without risking SEC scrutiny."
According to the SEC's complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan, Clayton Peterson served on Mariner Energy's board of directors from 2006 to 2010 and violated his duty to keep Mariner Energy's discussions with Apache confidential. Peterson explicitly instructed his son to purchase Mariner Energy stock for a family member based on positive news that the company was about to publicly announce. As the April 15 announcement date neared, Peterson was even clearer in discussions with his son, telling him that the company was going to be acquired and would no longer be a public company within a few days. Based on this inside information, Drew Peterson purchased Mariner Energy stock for his own accounts and others. Following the public announcement, Mariner's share price rose 42 percent. Drew Peterson and his relatives and clients then sold the Mariner stock that he had accumulated for them. Among the close friends who Drew Peterson had tipped was a hedge fund portfolio manager who reaped approximately $5 million in illegal profits for himself, his hedge funds, and his relatives.
The SEC's complaint charges Clayton Peterson and Drew Peterson with violations of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder. The complaint seeks a final judgment permanently enjoining them from future violations of the above provisions of the federal securities laws, ordering them to disgorge their ill-gotten gains plus prejudgment interest on a joint and several basis, and ordering them to pay financial penalties. The SEC also seeks to permanently prohibit Clayton Peterson from acting as an officer or director of any publicly registered company.
The SEC's investigation was conducted by Joseph Sansone and Maureen Lewis — members of the SEC's Market Abuse Unit in New York — with the substantial assistance of Neil Hendelman of the New York Regional Office and Jay Scoggins, Jeffrey Oraker, Bruce Ketter and Craig Ellis of the Denver Regional Office. The SEC thanks the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for their assistance in this matter.
The SEC's investigation is continuing.
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PENTICTON, B.C. - Todd Nelson has been to a few of these tournaments before, but this one feels different.
"There's a lot more opportunity," said Nelson, the coach of an Edmonton Oilers prospects squad competing in the five-team event. "It's up to (players.)"
As summer begins to fade and fall looms, Oilers, Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, Winnipeg Jets and San Jose Sharks prospects have come to the South Okanagan Events Centre to pursue their pro dreams in advance of NHL training camps that start next week.
The annual pre-season tournament has resumed after last year's version was scrapped due to the NHL lockout.
Now, the salary cap negotiated in the new deal is slated to dip to $64.3 million from $70.2 million. According to a widely expressed theory, the lower salary cap will create, if not mandate, opportunities for younger, more affordable up-and-coming talent.
Nelson, coach of the Oklahoma City Barons of the AHL, Edmonton's top farm club, feels a greater sense of urgency in his role of developing NHL-ready talent.
"It seems like there's a lot more importance to it," he said.
Such tournaments featuring other NHL prospects are being held elsewhere around this time. They have become increasingly common in different regions of North America over the past two decades, but the emphasis has often been on determining how a young player today will turn out a few years into the future. There has been a realization that not all players, who include draft picks and free agents, will reach the NHL.
And that is often the case.
But Oilers president of hockey operations Kevin Lowe said that clubs now have a greater onus to produce NHL-ready talent.
"Development in the salary-cap world is so critical," said Lowe. "You're trying to find pieces that fit within the organization. But every player that you have, whether through the draft or a free agent signing, they're all valuable assets, and you want to develop them as best you can.
"Even if they don't play for you, you want to create some value so that they can, perhaps, turn into something for you down the line or, perhaps, something for another organization (trade-wise) that would be of value to your organization (in return.)"
Lowe, the first-ever NHL draft pick of the Oilers in 1979, has been a player, coach, general manager and top executive with the club. Despite modern advances in scouting that now see scouts use computers, video and other technology for evaluation purposes, it's more difficult to grade talent than in decades gone by.
"There's more competition," said Lowe. "It's a much tougher business than it used to be, I believe, in terms of the (preparedness) on the ice. Everybody's spending money on development. This tournament is good from an evaluation aspect. But there's a lot of day-to-day evaluating as well."
But Lowe, who has had the luxury of drafting three No. 1 overall picks in recent years in Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Nail Yakupov and granting them NHL employment right away, does not express a future-is-now view in wake of the reduced salary cap this coming season.
"It's probably no different," said Lowe of the cap's effect on development time. "There are specific players that can jump in right away, but in most cases, it takes player a couple, three years after they become a pro to move along the ranks."
The Canucks, who have limited cap space, in part because of a 12-year, $64-million contract given to goaltender Roberto Luongo, have expressed a desire to identify players who might be able to step into their lineup quickly as a result of financial constraints and poor drafting in recent years.
As he watches Flames and Oilers prospects warm up before a game, Calgary coach Bob Hartley is also taking a highly-critical approach with the present in mind - something a coach does not always do with young prospects. But Hartley, whose team missed the playoffs last season and unloaded captain Jarome Iginla as part of a youth movement, bases his comment largely on the team's strong need to improve following a difficult season.
But after talking to team management and scouts, it's evident that the theory of the lower salary cap generating more young talent will be seriously tested, even in wake of young stars like Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Chicago's Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane emerging in recent years - and the fact this year's draft crop is considered above average.
Toronto Maple Leafs pro scout Mike Penny said tournaments like this still give teams a chance to find diamonds in the rough. Teams can see how players respond after the puck is dropped and they can just play. Unknown players also get a chance to make a name for themselves with NHL dreams - and pro contracts - on the line.
"They have to start somewhere, and this is a good opportunity for these young guys to get noticed," said Penny, adding some players will take the experience back to junior and others who don't have contracts secured will earn invitations to NHL or AHL training camps.
Salary cap or no salary cap, he said, young players will only get the opportunity to skate in the NHL if they can perform at that level.
"You're not going to meld anybody in before their time," said Penny. "They'll work their way in."
It would be nice if the reduced salary cap enables teams to find more NHL-ready talent. But Penny is skeptical that it will lead to an infusion of new talent at the appropriate time.
"You'd like that to be the case," he said. "But if a guy's not capable of playing at the NHL level, you're not going to put him into your lineup if he can't do it. That's not going to work."
Even with all of the technology available and reduced salary cap, it's still important for teams to see their prospects perform over a considerable period of time, said Canucks scout Dave Babych.
"There's nowhere to hide anymore when you're out scouting," said Babych. "For me, personally, you can see someone and see that they have the talent to play. But then you have to watch them numerous times and see if their heart's in the same rank, and character and all that kind of stuff. When you see it's all put together, then you'll see them move up."
Boston Bruins scout Tom McVie said there is a greater sense of urgency to identify young NHL-ready talent because players don't get traded anymore - their salaries do.
"Your good players have gotta get the salaries and you've gotta bring new blood into your organization right away," he said.
But Canucks top 2013 choice Bo Horvat and Max Reinhart, who played 67 games last season, his first as a pro, with Calgary's AHL farm team in Abbotsford, B.C., and 11 games with the Flames, said they don't spend a lot of time thinking about how a reduced salary cap offers more NHL opportunities.
The Flames, said Reinhart, have been very clear in their expectations, and players know they have to meet them before sticking in the NHL.


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This is where I spend quite a lot of time.
Somebody said that you don't need paper anymore, that everything can be done on the Net. Would you believe me if I said that I mailed a letter last week. It weighed 2773 gr. Really. And I still left all the dust on my table. You can see that, too. There's lots of it. Some day I'll have to do something. Sometimes I do. But it somes back, as does everything else you can see.


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When Thom Yorke wailed "ambition makes you look pretty ugly" back in 1997 you suspect Adam Anderson and Theo Hutchcraft were not taking notes. Bedecked in razor-sharp suits and sporting cheekbones with angles a mountaineer would struggle to overcome, the core components of Hurts – a Manchester-based synthpop pairing with a predilection for grandiose musical symbolism – place stiff emphasis on delivering the aesthetic of aspiration. Ugly they ain't.
What they are depends on where you stand on darkly-veiled, sky scraping pop tunes. For some, their debut longplayer, 2010's Happiness, was ablaze with stylish (of course) slabs of austere melodies and rousing, neck hair-quivering choruses. Others were not so complimentary. To the naysayers, it was Eighties pastiche carried out by a pair of Bros lookalikes in awe of the New Romantics, but unable to conjure up the substance required to carry it off.
Exile will do little to change mindsets on either side of this divide. These 12 cuts are essentially a souped-up extension of their predecessors. If Apple's marketing department had got its hands on it, they'd probably have stuck an extra 'S' on the end of Happiness and accentuated the subtle tweaks that allows existing consumer products to be repackaged as a game changer. Something Exile certainly is not.
Instead, this is an album that maintains the joyless musical brand Hutchcraft and Anderson crystallised with their two million (TWO MILLION) selling debut. The totemic choruses that light up the clichéd-ridden melancholy of 'Cupid' are all in check; while the effete boy band styling of tracks like 'Mercy" and the abysmal 'Somebody To Die For' continue to be cloaked with industrial synths and metallic guitar lines that suggest there's something more macabre, more intriguing at work here. There isn't.
What there is, is a lot of volume. At times it's a flat track bully, overwhelming the listener with towering stacks of percussion and synthesizers, with the occasional smattering of brass, piano or a gospel choir thrown in to mix it up a little. Yet this hit 'em hard approach rarely works. The dark disco beat of 'Only You' belts out like an Enrique Iglesias-inspired Eurovision entry, while 'Mercy's orchestral writhes and ominous trumpet parps congregate as an anti-climatic swell bereft of hook or belief.
This lack of conviction is an ever-occurring issue. Each hackneyed narrative is more likely to have been crafted through a random Emo lyric generator than Hutchcraft's black and broken heart. The elegant and atmospherically charged 'The Crow', for instance, is permanently scarred by his croaky cries of "Cold heart, warm gun, a dying sun", and 'Somebody To Die For's talk of letting "the Devil know I was brave enough to die" could make even the moodiest, most mascara-caked 14 year-old baulk.
But given its creators, it's hardly surprising to find Exile lacking in depth. Substance isn't a ballpark Anderson and Hutchcraft have any intention of playing in. These big, slick slabs of black ice pop will wallpaper every tear-jerking vampire flick or poignant sporting moment that matters over the next two years. And once its teat has been milked, they'll do it again. And again. Because for a band like Hurts ambition isn't ugly - it's profitable.
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Paul Miller records and tours under the moniker DJ Spooky. He also writes books, makes art, writes articles and releases his music in an interactive, remixable music format: DJ Spooky and The Secret Song 2.
These apps not only let you remix his songs so they can sound different every time you play them, but you can upgrade for the ability to record sets and to get Wi-Fi party mode, which lets you mix and play your MP3s — and your friends' MP3s via Wi-Fi — on a sound system.
[partner id="evolverfm"] Evolver.fm: When we appeared at that WNYC event, you mentioned some crazy number of times that your DJ Spooky app has been downloaded. What's the latest — can you share that with us?
Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky: Musicsoft Arts has had about 10 million downloads. Apple has had about 25 billion apps downloaded. I want to point out that, yes, while we've had a very solid response to my app, it's built on the template of the DJ Mixer, but customized for DJ Pros.
Evolver.fm: What has having an artist-branded app done for you, and what about this particular approach have you appreciated?
Miller: In the last couple of months, I've basically been doing my sets from my iPad for my Antarctica project, The Book of Ice. What I do is basically run the elements that I've written for the graphic design scores from the book. So I want to think about graphic design and its relationship to DJing, but through the tools of sampling. A lot of my work is about exploring memory's relationship to sound — landscapes, "soundscapes" — and I'm inspired by app designers like Scott Snibbe, who did Björk's app for Biophilia. I took a studio to Antarctica and made compositions about it. The rest is sampling.
Evolver.fm: Which do you use, the "two turntables" layout or the digital one? Or are they each good in different scenarios?
Miller: The two turntables is an intuitive interface that maps old tools onto new interfaces. It's a bit old school, but that's why nostalgia is a big market. Memory is a place of permutation. I just wanted to update the idea through the turntable aesthetic. That's why it worked — so many apps that came after mine did a similar thing, so I must have been on a good path.
The "digital" version is essentially: You are lining up the waveform of a song. That's why editing is important, but not essential — you would want to be able to load songs and play them back at edits. It's very intuitive in a way that turntables aren't.
Evolver.fm: Users can only import your two songs and four of their own before paying $15 for the ability to add more of their own. A couple of commenters seemed not to appreciate that too much. What's your take on that situation?
Miller: Yeah, that was a team decision with Musicsoft Arts advocating for that price point. I would prefer a free open scenario, and for the most part, the locked features are really dynamic: Being able to record a mix while you are making it, and have everyone in the room be able to download your set immediately is kind of cool, plus the video mixing option as well.
They all are unique variations on how people interact with music, plus the Wi-Fi party mode that allows people to use the app like Sonos to control-remote sound systems — it's all worth the amount of money, depending on how you react to the features.
Evolver.fm: I'm by myself right now. Can you explain the Wi-Fi party mode a bit? From what you know of, is that a popular feature?
Miller: Basically, the Wi-Fi party lets people play material from your Apple devices on the iPad remotely.
You can take over sound systems and use material from any Wi-Fi-enabled device.
I'm quite interested in technology that allows your crowd to relate to the archive you have on your phone or iPad or whatever. We live in the post-playlist era. The Wi-Fi party is just a real-time reflection of what's up. You can see a live version on Engadget for example … an entire string ensemble scenario spliced and diced on my iPad software.
Evolver.fm: I read that you use your own app to DJ live, which is neat. I believe Google calls that "dogfooding," although I hate that expression. Anyway, do you have any pro tips for how people can take their usage of the app to the proverbial next level? I know, there's a tutorial included, but I thought I'd try to hear if you have any personal tips for getting the most out of it.
Miller: Yeah, I use it all the time now. Once you get into it, it's really, really addictive. Like all good technologies, it's a way to transform how you think into how you hear and take action. The rest is editing.
Evolver.fm: Anything else you want to tell us?
Miller: I've been doing book launch events for my new book about Antarctica [Book of Ice], and that has been my passion for the last couple of months.
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Research firm IDC this afternoon reported that shipments of tablet computers rose 142% in Q1, to 49.2 million units, more than all of the tablets shipped in the first half of 2012.
Apple (AAPL) led the market, shipping 19.5 million units, for 39.6% share, down from 58% a year earlier, but up 65.3% in unit terms.
Apple's shipments were above the 18.7 million units that IDC was anticipating.
IDC researcher Tom Mainelli remarked that,
Sustained demand for the iPad mini and increasingly strong commercial shipments led to a better-than expected first quarter for Apple. In addition, by moving the iPad launch to the fourth quarter of 2012, Apple seems to have avoided the typical first- quarter slowdown that traditionally occurred when consumers held off buying in January and February in anticipation of a new product launch in March.
Samsung Electronics (005930KS) does not disclose shipments, but IDC estimates it was in second place in the quarter, with shipments of 8.8 million, for 17.9% market share, up from 11.3% a year earlier, on a 283% rise in shipments.
Taiwan's Asus (2357TW) was in third place with 5.5% share, up from 3.1% a year earlier, on shipments of 2.7 million units, a 350% increase. Amazon.com's (AMZN) may have taken fourth place with 1.8 million shipments of its "Kindle Fire" tablet, IDC estimates, though Amazon doesn't disclose Kindle device family shipments. That would be a 157% rise.
Microsoft (MSFT) was probably in fifth place with shipments of 900,000 units of its Surface and Surface Pro tablets, the firm estimates, for 1.8% share. The device started to go on sale in October, and so there is no year-over-year comparison for Surface.
Apple common stock is down $3.52, or 0.8%, at $439.26.
Samsung shares today closed up 2.6% at ₩1,520,000 in Seoul trading.


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NEW YORK, N.Y. - Michael Douglas has been watching from a New York courtroom audience as federal appeals judges consider the validity of his son's nearly 10-year prison sentence for drug crimes.
A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals listened to lawyers in Cameron Douglas' case Wednesday. The judges didn't immediately say whether they thought the sentence was legally justified.
Michael Douglas watched the proceedings and left the courthouse about an hour afterward. The Academy Award-winning actor said outside court there wasn't much to say.
Cameron Douglas initially made a co-operation deal with the government and was sentenced to five years in prison for selling drugs. He was sentenced to another 4 1/2 years after he was caught using drugs in prison.


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Naperville, IL -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/10/2012 -- GAIL (India) Limited Petrochemicals Capacity and SWOT Analysis - 2012 Update provides detailed information of company's business activities. The report covers its petrochemical capacity, plants details and capacity share information. In addition, it presents company's financial details and deals landscape. It also details recent developments related to the company.
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As the cost of attending an Illinois state university continues to climb, Illinois lawmakers are pushing various pieces of legislation to try and address affordability.
One such bill, HB 5323, passed the Illinois House this month by unanimous vote. The bill requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, ISAC, to study the feasibility of "Pay it Forward" programs.
Such programs give loans to eligible students and only require the loan to be repaid in proportion to the income of the student borrowers, generally after they find work.
"I'm a father of two sons who are going to college," said the bill's sponsor, state Rep. Jack Franks, D-Marengo. "As I started digging into this, I wondered how people could afford it. This is very serious. Student loan debt has ballooned in this country, and I believe it's the next bubble."
According to ISAC, tuition at public universities more than quadrupled, from an average of $2,066 per semester in 1989 to $9,452 per semester in 2009.
Experts disagree as to why education costs have skyrocketed. While some argue that recent cuts in state higher education funding are the lead cause, others argue that state and federal subsidies caused the inflation in the first place.
"Since the 1970s the subsidies of higher education have really skyrocketed," said Daniel Bennett, a research fellow at the Center for College Affordability and Productivity based in Washington, D.C. "They are much higher no matter how you measure it. Over the same period of time tuition has gone up as has the so-called 'cost of college.'"
Bennett said the situation has created a revenue cost spiral, in which institutions hoping to get the same amount of resources every year have to find ways to spend their resources.
"The more money we give them the more things they find to spend it on, and nobody in an administrative capacity wants to cut spending in certain areas," he said. "It actually becomes a politically difficult situation for an administrator to actually cut anything."
Bennett cited rising costs of university bureaucracy and the plush amenities offered to students as a few ways universities have overspent their resources.
"On an institution by institution basis, university models don't behave like businesses. They behave like government bureaucracies," he said. "They don't necessarily think about cost and benefits in the way that any private enterprise would think about behaving economically. ... The risk they run is that by continuing to push up the price so high that people are going to seek out alternatives."
Dr. Randy Kangas, associate vice president of planning and budgeting at the University of Illinois, said the majority of U of I tuition went to salaries.
"The single biggest expense the university has is of course people. And tuition revenue, about two-thirds of it goes to what we call personal services. ... We're a people-intensive operation," Kangas said. "Top professors are now in a national or an international market. So we have to be competitive in compensation for those people. We're all capitalists at the end of the day, and you have to be competitive in salaries."
"We have reorganized and reduced staffing across the campus," said Southern Illinois University Chancellor Rita Cheng. "We look for ways that maybe we can reduce course offerings. In addition, we've cut our support staff by combining departments. ... We are deferring some of the maintenance on our buildings, we're replacing and upgrading equipment more slowly."
Cheng continued, "We have also focused a lot on new sources of revenue. One of those is developing a robust distance education, online program."
The new executive director of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, James Applegate, says there are many more ways to cut costs.
"We could look a lot at what private-sector entities have done to really increase efficiency," he said. "There are a lot of good examples. ... For example, in energy costs we could have multi-state shared purchased agreements, to help us come together in groups and purchase at scale to drive down prices and cost."
Applegate cited the university system in Maryland, which was able to drive down its energy costs by millions of dollars simply by purchasing its energy as a system instead of each school purchasing its own.
He added that by using technology and data, universities could increase their productivity. This in turn would help students graduate in less time.
"There is a lot we can do that's not exactly rocket science to become more productive and get students through faster and make college more affordable on the academic side," Applegate said. "In doing that... we are better able to make the case to our funders, whether they be the state or the federal government or foundations, that we are a good investment."
Applegate is among those calling for more state funding to education, but with Illinois' unfunded liabilities such as pension payments requiring more and more of the state budget, some lawmakers say the ability to do more with less may be the only way, ultimately, to drive down costs.
"We've created a system that we can no longer afford," said state Rep. Robert Pritchard, R-Hinckley. "We've got to do something to stabilize our costs. It can't just keep growing. ... That's why I think we need to challenge the whole institution of how they are delivering."
Students, meanwhile, are making the best choices they can.
Robert Hwang, from Crystal Lake, picked Illinois over his other choice, Iowa State, in part because the in-state tuition was more affordable.
"I'm very lucky that my parents are helping me out pretty much with all of my tuition," said Hwang, a sophomore at University of Illinois Champaign. "I'm also working and help with some expenses. But it's definitely tough for the kids who are independently paying for their tuition."


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What does desire feel like, and how does feeling desire -- or not feeling it -- have an impact on sex or masturbation? Is it okay to feel strong desire, low levels of desire, or even no desire? We aim to answer your most pressing questions on sexual or erotic desire.
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Risky Business: Learning to Consider Risk and Make Sound Sexual Choices
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Rehearsals: The Practice and Influence of Sound and Movement
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"Rehearsals: The Practice and Influence of Sound and Movement" presents works by acclaimed artists from the Walter O. Evans Collection in dialogue with selected contemporary works that explore themes of sound, movement, practice and process. This cross-generational exhibition features media ranging from painting and sculpture to video and photography, showcasing some of the diverse influences and expressions that have developed within cross-cultural artistic practices in the last century. Additionally, "Rehearsals" dovetails the unique and surprising correlations between audible expressions and visual languages in art.
Selected artists from the Evans Collection include Romare Bearden, Richmond Barthé, Beauford Delaney, Aaron Douglas, Clementine Hunter, Jacob Lawrence and Alma Thomas.
Selected contemporary artists include John Bankston, Sanford Biggers, Candice Brietz, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, Satch Hoyt, Jennie C. Jones, Rashaad Newsome, Dario Robleto, Jean Shin, Los Carpinteros and Xaviera Simmons.
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Education, youth, and the environment. Those are my passions. And now I have united them all with The Schoolbag. I have never been more excited or enthusiastic about an idea in my life… and I am ready to share a bit about it with all of you.
It all began with a trip I took to Haiti in March. After spending fifteen days working at the acute care hospital in Port-au-Prince and witnessing the physical and emotional devastation of the earthquake throughout Haiti's capital city and countryside, what stood out most to my eighteen-year-old self was the desperate need for education. While many children were not in school prior to the earthquake, largely due to financial burden, of those who were fortunate enough to attend classes prior to January 12th, very few had returned to school. With buildings collapsed, homes in rubble, family members and loved ones lost, and jobs eradicated, young people have nowhere to pursue an education. Without a destination, dozens of young children (relatives of patients) spent hours at the hospital kids' tent day after day. Many unemployed teachers worked as translators in the hospital; Sam was the overnight translator in the pediatrics tent. He told me how he longed to return to the classroom and challenge the minds of students, but lacked the resources and materials with which to execute any such plan. There exists a pressing need for school supplies and educational materials in order to begin this process to allow children to resume their studies and grow intellectually.
When I returned home, I could not stop thinking about this… and The Schoolbag was born in my mind. What is it? Literally, it's a tote bag (organic cotton canvas, of course) full of school supplies (eco-sustainable… I have a theme here), but it so so much more as an organization.
Here is how I sum it up. The Schoolbag enables children to pursue an education by providing basic school supplies to young people in need. Raising awareness about the lack of access to education around the world, each bag contains adequate materials for one student to learn for one year. The Schoolbag features environmentally sustainable and ethically produced tools and materials to initiate environmental education. Lack of access to, or availability of, satisfactory school supplies and materials prohibits many children from learning. Acquisition of knowledge is the first step on the path to global sustainability, prosperity, and world peace; innovation and progress stem from education, a universal right. The Schoolbag allows students to further their studies, particularly those living in disaster or conflict-stricken areas or chronic poverty.
I am piloting the program in Haiti, an extraordinary country that I have become quite attached to with my two recent visits. I just returned from three weeks in the earthquake-ravished country, conducting field research, gathering information, and assessing educational needs as it related to The Schoolbag. In concert with the Ministry of Education, Department of the Ouest (government of Western Haiti region), UNICEF, and other NGOs with ground presence, my friend Kristy (official Schoolbag representative from Australia) and I visited reopened elementary and secondary schools, orphanages, and pediatric wards of hospitals; met with dozens of teachers and educators to identify priorities and receive feedback on The Schoolbag components; documented the French education system which is followed throughout the country; and distributed hundreds of notebooks and pencils to students.
I want to plant the seeds of environmental consciousness from the start. In addition to containing environmentally responsible school supplies, every Schoolbag will contain a simple booklet to teach young people how to protect their environment. The educational tool, written in Creole and French for the kids in Haiti, will focus on steps students can take in their own lives and projects or actions they can bring home to their families. Printed on sustainable fibers, topics in the book will include conservation, efficiency, ecosystems, recycling, composting, agriculture, and more. Using nature as a teacher and one's own lifestyle choices for exploration, I hope to inspire environmental stewardship and engagement among the youth. To have the opportunity to work with youth, even younger than myself, thrills and excites me!
These past couple of months, as The Schoolbag has come to life, have been more than I ever could have expected. The response to my little idea has been overwhelmingly positive. I feel that The Schoolbag can truly make a difference for these children and better equip them to lead Haiti towards a healthy, peaceful, stable, prosperous, and sustainable future. Education is where all change begins — and access to education must be universal. My goal is to allow the world to learn, sustainably.
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Europa´s Churn Leads to Oxygen Burn
A model of Europa's interior, including a global ocean. If a 100 kilometer-deep ocean existed below Europa's ice shell, it would be 10 times deeper than any ocean on Earth and would contain twice as much water as Earth's oceans and rivers combined. Image Credit: NASA/JPL
There may be enough oxygen in the waters of Jupiter's moon Europa to support millions of tons worth of fish, according to a new study. While no one is suggesting there are fish on Europa, this finding suggests the Jovian satellite could be capable of supporting the kinds of life familiar to us here on Earth.
Europa, which is roughly the size of Earth's moon, is enveloped by a global ocean about 100 miles deep (160 km), with an icy crust that may be only a few miles thick. From what we know of Earth, where there is water, there is a chance at life, so for many years scientists have speculated that this Jovian moon could support extraterrestrials.
As we learned more about Jupiter's effect on its moons, the possibility for life on Europa grew even more likely. Studies showed the moon could have enough oxygen to support the kind of life we are most familiar with on Earth. The ice on the surface, like all water, is made from hydrogen and oxygen, and the constant stream of radiation pouring in from Jupiter reacts with this ice to form free oxygen and other oxidants such as hydrogen peroxide. The reactivity of oxygen is key to generating the energy that helped multi-cellular life flourish on our planet.
Voyager 1 took photos of Jupiter and two of its satellites (Io, left, and Europa) on Feb. 13, 1979. This photo was assembled from three black and white negatives by the Image Processing Lab at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Credit: NASA/JPL
Still, researchers had thought there was no effective method for delivering any of this oxygen-rich matter into Europa's ocean. Scientists had assumed the primary way for surface materials to migrate downward was from the impacts it would suffer from cosmic debris, which regularly bombards everything in our solar system. However, past calculations suggested that even after a few billion years, such "impact gardening" would never lead to an oxygenated layer more than some 33 feet (10 meters) deep into the ice shell, nowhere far enough down to reach the underlying ocean.
However, the new study suggests this oxygen-rich layer could be far thicker than before thought, potentially encompassing the entire crust. The key is looking at other ways to stir Europa's crust, explained researcher Richard Greenberg, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at Tucson.
The gravitational pull Europa experiences from Jupiter leads to tidal forces roughly 1,000 times stronger than what Earth feels from our moon, flexing and heating Europa and making it very active geologically. This could explain why its surface appears no older than 50 million years old — its surface underwent complete turnover in that time.
The surface of Europa shows signs of cracks that could allow material to pass to and fro between the ocean below and the irradiated surface. Credit: Calvin J. Hamilton, Voyager Project, JPL, NASA
A major resurfacing process on Europa seems to be the formation of double ridges, which cover at least half of its surface. Tidal forces may be causing fresh ice from below — probably newly frozen ocean water — to push upward and over the surface, where it would slowly get oxygenated. As ridges pile on top of ridges, older material gets buried, shoving this oxygen-rich matter downward. After one or two billion years, this process alone could spread oxidants throughout the entire crust, thus reaching the ocean, Greenberg calculated.
Other mechanisms could help stir Europa's crust also. Parts of the surface could partially melt from below, leading rafts of ice to break loose and tumble around before they froze back in place. Roughly 40 percent of Europa's crust appears to be covered with the ensuing "chaotic terrain." Also, as matter comes up from below and widens cracks, the nearby surface crumples, burying some material. These extra processes could help push some oxidants downward, but it would still take at least two billion years or so before radiation loaded the entire crust with oxygen.
As ice on the base of this oxygenated crust melts, even with the most conservative assumptions, after only a half-million years oxidant levels in the ocean would reach the minimum oxygen concentration seen in Earth's oceans, which on Earth is enough to support small crustaceans, Greenberg found. In only 12 million years, oxidant concentrations would reach the same saturation levels of Earth's oceans, enough to support our largest sea life. Given the cold temperatures and high pressures likely seen in Europa's ocean, it could actually take in more oxygen than Earth's oceans could before its water reached its saturation point.
"I was surprised at how much oxygen could get down there," Greenberg said.
Double ridges cover at least half the surface of Europa's ice shell. Image credit: NASA/JPL
One concern about all this oxygen was that it might actually do more harm than good. The extraordinary reactivity of oxygen could in principle disrupt the chemical processes that are thought to lead to the origin of life and that may have been an aspect of early life. On Earth, life had more than a billion years to evolve, before oxygen became plentiful in the atmosphere, and that delay gave organisms plenty of time to develop genetic mechanisms and physical structures that allowed them to use oxygen, instead of being destroyed by it.
The delay of 1 to 2 billion years before oxygen in Europa's crust made its way into its ocean is roughly the same amount of time it took life on Earth to develop before oxygen became a problem, so life might have enough of a respite to develop on the Jovian moon. Assuming life on Europa respired at rates similar to fish on Earth, the continuous rate of oxygen delivery there could sustain roughly 3 million metric tons of life, Greenberg said.
One might not have to wait for a probe to land on Europa to detect any oxygen there. "Spectroscopy done by telescopes on Earth or in orbit can tell what substances are mixed into the ice," Greenberg said.
Greenberg detailed his findings May 6 in the journal Astrobiology.


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When a member of the Pol Position staff suggested that an aging state senator might step aside to allow an up-and-coming councilman with an obviously bright political future to assume the post, he just let out a laugh.
He then told us about the transformation that occurs when a person gets elected to office, which he called "member head," and said that elected officials rarely voluntarily leave office, as they are convinced that the world will stop spinning the moment they return to public life.
We think we can understand "member head" - in our rare moments of self-reflection we here at Pol Position realize we might have an inflated self-worth of our own. That said, we don't know if there is a term yet for what ails State Senator Hiram Monserrate.
On Sunday, Monserrate characterized his bid to keep his seat in the State Senate following his conviction of assaulting his girlfriend as a "civil rights" battle. He then likened himself to a Queens College student who was killed in 1964 during the real Civil Rights Movement, although Monserrate had some of the facts in the case a little off. Monserrate's connection to this real civil rights pioneer? They both graduated from Queens College.
That, however, isn't actually the most outrageous comparison Monserrate has made to himself. Before he actually pled guilty to beating his girlfriend, he likened his plight to that of Jesus Christ. What we have here is a very severe case of member head.
Interestingly, Monserrate has been able to secure the services of noted civil rights attorney Norman Siegel to defend him, which actually adds some credibility to his argument. Time will tell if Siegel will be able to stomach Monserrate's outrageous statements and risk his own reputation trying to keep him in the State Senate.


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The Last Boy Scout
Lughaidh on Sept. 28, 2008
Fact: Gabe eats broken glass and scrap metal for breakfast, and poops rainbows.
Perin at 9:33AM, Sept. 29, 2008
Well, I fight dirty and mark.
Lughaidh at 8:59AM, Sept. 29, 2008
Yeah, figure I'm using Arial for the title, might as well carry it the whole way through.
joerocks1981 at 8:38AM, Sept. 29, 2008
the new Arial font works well. so does the joke. good form, sir.


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Emotionally full to bursting, "The Kid With a Bike"comes from Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Belgian brothers and masters of poetic realism whose movies, as they unfold, have the knack of fooling an audience that the artistry must've been easy to achieve. But think about it. How many so-called slices of life have ended up lifeless — death by earnestness — on screen?
The Dardennes' latest is one of their best, a memorable cinematic portrait of troubled youth and soul-saving charity.
The boy at the story's center is Cyril, an 11-year-old recently given up to a state-run home by his unreliable father. The bike, which falls in and out of Cyril's hands with painful regularity, is a remnant of his old life, a chimerical symbol of the love he seeks from his abandoning parent.
Escaping from the orphans' home, Cyril literally runs into his savior: a hairdresser who instinctively becomes the boy's protector and adoptive guardian. It's a lucky break for Cyril, but "The Kid With a Bike" manages to pack a stunning amount of incident, often harsh, into its 87 minutes. The boy, desperate for father figures, falls in with a criminal element. Combustible, frightened, stoic and violent by turns, Cyril at one point reaches a panicked state in which he wields a knife against the hairdresser. It's not a showcase moment; what keeps this encounter out of easy melodrama — what keeps the film itself above easy melodrama — is the ease and dispatch with which the Dardennes zing in and out of Cyril's complicated, painful emotions.
I think the Dardennes overpack the final 10 minutes of this highly compressed experience. But their touch with actors young and old is wonderfully assured. As Cyril, Thomas Doret does nothing to consciously break your heart or yank on your sympathies; he simply embodies a wary, disappointed but not hopeless preteen state of mind, in motion. (The fact that he's always on his bike, when he has it in his life, gives the film solid forward momentum.)
The top-billed performer is Cecile de France (known to American audiences for her work in Clint Eastwood's "Hereafter" opposite Matt Damon). You could argue the character of Samantha, the hairdresser who makes faith, hope and charity look as easy as breathing and as vibrant as sunshine, is more archetype than three-dimensional human being. Yet in the confines of this story, which the Dardennes have described as a fairy tale, she's superb. Dardenne regular Jeremie Renier portrays the father, and there's a sublime moment of connection between Samantha and this lost, bitter soul, where she forces him to tell Cyril the truth about whether or not they'll be seeing each other again.
This is the first film the Dardennes shot in the summertime. Excellent choice of seasons. I'm not sure I could've handled Cyril's travails without it, or without de France's smile.
'The Kid With a Bike' -- 3 1/2 stars
MPAA rating: PG-13 (for thematic elements, violence, brief language, and smoking)
Running time: 1:27; in French with English subtitles
Opens: Friday


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You can tell that we're getting closer to Hallowe'en, just by looking at this week's new comic releases: Vampires! Zombie plagues! Frankenstein's Monster! Nikolai Tesla! Okay, maybe not that last one. But these are still Comics We Crave.
Let's quickly get the superhero stuff out of the way, shall we? DC is launching a new Azrael series, mixing Batman and The DaVinci Code for a new religious hero to light Gotham's streets. Or something.
DC is also putting out a hardcover collection of the much-delayed, but much-awesome Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds series, that redefined the Legion of Super-Heroes franchise at least until the next reboot.
Marvel sees that collection and raises Captain America: Road to Reborn, another hardcover collection, this time of the Cap issues leading up to Steve Rogers' return. Marvel also offers Dark Wolverine Vol. 1: The Prince, a collection of the first solo stories starring Wolverine's bastard (in many senses of the word) son, and the special issue Dark Reign: The List - Hulk, in which gamma irradiated monsters come face to face with Marvel's current New World Order (I predict smashing).
Keeping outside of monsters for the time being, Nexus: Space Opera and Star Trek: Mission's End offer your fill of interstellar drama for the week, with the former bringing back the cult space cop superhero from its 1980s indie comic heyday and the latter offering a take on the final days of James Kirk's original five-year mission. Sticking with movies, the first issue of GI Joe Movie: Snake Eyes lets Ray Park, the movie's own silent ninja, co-write a story about his own character.
But none of those, as fine as they are - and Nexus and Star Trek are both particularly fine - hold a candle to Image Comics' reissue of Five Fists of Science, Matt Fraction and Steven Saunders' alternate-history tale of Twain and Tesla teaming up to save the world from forces more ancient and deadly than many could imagine. If ever there was a book I could eagerly recommend to the majority of io9 readers, it'd be this one. Go forth and buy.
Oh, but not yet. We've still got the Hallowe'enish books to go! You know about Angel Vs. Frankenstein after yesterday's preview, but IDW also has Frankenstein's Mobster, a pun-laden, funny gangster romp recasting of Mary Shelley's misunderstood monster, and Spike Omnibus, a collection of stories about Joss Whedon's other vampire with a soul, for horror fans this week.
Marvel, meanwhile, has the first issue of The Stand: Soul Survivors, a new series adapting part of the Stephen King novel, and DC are putting out their annual DC Universe Hallowe'en Special filled with spooky shorts starring superhero favorites. 'Tis the season, after all.
Whether you're looking for things going bump in the night, or giant steampunk inventions designed to scare the world into peace, you'll be able to find it on this week's shipping list from Diamond Distributors, and then inside your local comic store. But, seriously: At least leaf through Five Fists Of Science. You'll thank me afterwards.


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Police support Hate Crime Awareness Week
DYFED-POWYS POLICE will show its support and commitment to the National Hate Crime Awareness Week by raising awareness within communities as to what a hate crime or incident is.
Additionally, they will be encouraging members of the public to 'Make Hate History' and to report hate crime as 'reporting works'.
Chief inspector Rhiannon Ivens said "Hate crimes and incidents have a significant impact on victims and can cause serious distress, confusion and fear. By their very nature they are hostile and prejudice, targeting a person or people merely due to their disability, religion or belief, race or ethnicity, sexual orientation or transgender identity. We have to unite to stop this – together.
"By reporting these crimes and incidents when they occur, our residents and communities are joining us in the fight against crime, supporting us to investigate, identify offenders and bring them to justice and to stop this from happening to someone else.
"I want to encourage anyone who is a victim of hate crime to report it to us at Dyfed-Powys Police so we can investigate and offer as much support as possible. We also need to know where it is happening so we can understand the extent of hate crime in the area and be better equipped to diffuse community tension before it can escalate.
"We all share the responsibility to stop hate crime. Challenging perceptions and attitudes and encouraging others to 'think for themselves' is something we must all do consistently to drive out Hate and positively influence our environment.
"Whether you are a victim or a witness to hate crime, adult or child, please report it to us, we want to hear from you and stop this – together."
Police and Crime Commissioner Dafydd Llywelyn said "Hate crime can destroy lives, instil fear and can break down the fabric of our communities and neighbourhoods. Hate crime affects all communities and if not tackled can lead to the isolation and victimisation of individuals and vulnerable groups along with the polarisation of communities.
"I would like to see everyone challenging the underlying attitudes and behaviours in society that lead to hate crime being committed."
During the week, officers will be out and about in the community and speaking to the public to raise awareness of hate crime.
Victims are encouraged not to suffer in silence but to report hate crime by speaking to Neighbourhood Policing teams or via the 101 non-emergency number or 999 during an emergency.
Victims can also report electronically on the True Vision reporting system – www.report-it.org.uk
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Business offer Welsh Government help in 'non-essential' shopping row
THIS morning (Tuesday, October 27), the Wales Retail Consortium, CBI Wales and Association of Convenience stores presented the Welsh Government joint recommendation to resolve the confusion over non-essential items.
The three industry bodies' statement expresses the hope that the Welsh Government, 'will agree to these recommendations and the people of Wales can refocus all their energies on respecting the Fire Break'.
The recommendations come in response to confused and confusing messaging from the Welsh Government, which allowed its public health message to be drowned out over the weekend by rows over whether toasters, Lee Childs novels, and size 16 jeans were essential items for customers. The confusion was not helped by a mistaken tweet by supermarket giant Tesco which claimed women's period products were not essential items when they are and always have been.
The WRC, CBI Wales and ACS believe their recommendations will fulfil retail's role in tackling the spread of the virus while allowing for discretion to be used on an individual basis – as recommended by Health Minister Vaughan Gething in a tense press conference yesterday, http://pembrokeshire-herald.com/61929/welsh-health-minister-defends-retail-restrictions/.
The business bodies recommend:
- To limit the spread of the virus and allow for individual discretion, retailers will prominently display Welsh Government approved signage in front of known non-essential items and in communal areas. The signage will make clear the government's regulation and the need to abide by it.
- This message will be reinforced through in-store announcements and social media messaging. Advising customers to put off non-essential purchases
- We recommend the individual customer is trusted to make their own decision as to whether a product is non-essential or not, taking into account the notices displayed throughout the store and their immediate needs
- If the customer goes ahead with the purchase of the item the final liability ought to rest with the customer
- Retailers will remove special in-store promotional displays of non-essential items in order to minimise browsing and avoid triggering a non-essential purchase.
- These recommendations would mean non-essential items are not removed from shelves – or cordoned off in stores – but large notices are placed in front of the products and in communal spaces informing customers of the Welsh Government's regulations and the Welsh public are trusted to make the right decision.
They also say they 'look forward to engaging with Welsh Government again this morning and we hope consensus can be reached'.
Llanelli Christmas Carnival goes online
Preparations are underway to host the first ever virtual Llanelli Christmas Carnival.
The carnival will go digital for the first time in its 42-year history due to the Covid-19 pandemic and in line with current Welsh Government guidance and increasing concerns about the spread of coronavirus linked to large gatherings.
Whilst there won't be the usual street parade, people will be able to get into the festive spirit from the comfort of their own home.
The online celebration will be hosted as an event on Discover Carmarthenshire's Facebook page on Friday, November 13.
Over the years, thousands of people have been involved in the Llanelli Christmas Carnival – either dressing up to enter a float in the parade, volunteering, or simply enjoying the atmosphere with generations of their families.
They can still get involved this year by sharing photos and video to help people celebrate good memories and help others reminisce about carnivals gone by.
There will be a broadcast of music from talented local performers who would usually sing from the main stage, and people will still be able to countdown to the switch-on of the town's Christmas lights.
The largest Christmas carnival in Wales, Llanelli's festive celebrations are a joint effort by Carmarthenshire County Council, Llanelli Town Council, Llanelli Rural Council and Llanelli Round Table.
Cllr Peter Hughes Griffiths, Carmarthenshire County Council's Executive Board Member for Culture, Sport and Tourism, said: "It's very unfortunate that we can't hold Llanelli Christmas Carnival this year, but we're determined to keep the spirit of the carnival alive. Let's come together and celebrate one of the biggest events in Wales from the comfort of our homes – celebrate with generations of memories and look forward to a bigger and better carnival next year."
Sign up to attend Llanelli's first virtual Christmas carnival – visit facebook.com/discovercarmarthenshire
Free Community Crime Prevention Kits to be distributed in Llanelli area
OVER the coming weeks, residents from both the Ty Isha and Glanymor areas in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, will receive free crime prevention kits that will aim to deter offenders and make both communities safer.
The prevention kits have been purchased through funding that was secured from the Home Office's Safer Street Fund by Police and Crime Commissioner Dafydd Llywelyn.
The funding of £195,673 that was secured by Mr Llywelyn will go towards measures proven to cut crime, and will include employing two Community Wardens; purchase of SelectaDNA kits, Community crime prevention activity support, Environmental improvements and Community Crime Prevention kits.
SelectaDNA kits and Bike register kits are two of the Community Prevention kits that will be distributed to residents within the local communities over coming weeks.
The SelectaDNA kits are property marking kits that include a unique formula of DNA, UV tracer and microdots, which people can use to mark their valuable household items, so that if stolen, police are able to trace them.
Similarly, the bike register kits include stickers, frame markings and microdots to uniquely identify a bike. Users can add descriptions and photos to ensure that in the event of a theft, their bicycle can be easily identified and returned by Police through the BikeRegister Scheme.
Dafydd Llywelyn, Police and Crime Commissioner for Dyfed-Powys said, "I am delighted that both these crime prevention kits have been purchased through the Safer Streets funding that I secured earlier this year. Hopefully, as they are distributed over the coming weeks, we will see that they will have a positive impact within the area. Criminals know that DNA is the police's most powerful weapon in convicting criminals therefore the DNA fear-factor is highly understood and acts as a huge deterrent.
"I have invested significantly in the area over recent years with community grants I made available in addition to the new CCTV system that is in place across the town. These new crime prevention kits that have been purchased through the new additional Safer Streets funding will further build upon my work over recent years and I hope the residents will feel a positive difference in their communities.
Both Ty Isha and Glanymor areas are considered to be two of the most deprived areas in Carmarthenshire according to the Welsh Government's Index of Multiple Deprivation. The funding secured will focus on tackling all acquisitive crime such as burglary, vehicle theft and robbery within the identified areas.
PCC Llywelyn added, "Ensuring the security and safety of residents is a priority of mine – everyone deserves to live safely, and free from harm. Acquisitive offences are the crimes that the public are most likely to encounter, and they are estimated to cost society billions of pounds every year. There is strong evidence that these crimes can be prevented by tactics that either remove opportunities to commit crime or act as a deterrent by increasing the chances of an offender being caught. I now look forward to continue working closely with all partners that have supported us with our bid, to tackle these crimes in both areas and to ensure that they become safer environments for community residents."
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NEA President Dennis Van Roekel: Fundamental question unanswered heading into tonight's debate between Sen. Obama and Sen. McCain
WASHINGTON - October 07, 2008 -
NEA President Dennis Van Roekel will attend the 2008 Town Hall Presidential Debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. Van Roekel is there to listen to Sen. Obama and Sen. McCain talk about their visions for America's working families.
The following statement can be attributed to NEA President Dennis Van Roekel:
"This debate comes at a critical time for the American people. We're in the middle of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
"As educators, NEA members also are witnessing firsthand the effects of the economic and housing crisis. Schools are seeing record numbers of students who are homeless or qualify for free school meals. Rising fuel costs are forcing school districts to take drastic measures, including cutting all field trips and shortening the school week.
"Thus, the fundamental question on voters' minds as they watch tonight's debate is, 'Which candidate will focus on laying out real plans to address the issues that keep voters up at night, and which candidate will simply promise more of the same failed policies of the Bush administration, or even yet, just change the subject?'
"In their last debate, Sen. McCain refused to distance himself from the failed policies of the Bush administration. He failed to grasp the direct link between a robust economy and a 21st century education system. He made it clear that he would put business interests ahead of working families, promising to tax health care benefits for the first time in history. He didn't even say 'middle class' once during the entire debate.
"In contrast, Sen. Obama has shown that he understands that all roads to economic security and prosperity go through our public schools, promising to transform public schools to keep America competitive in this global economy. Sen. Obama's solution is to provide affordable health care for everyone who wants it. And he is bent on turning the page on the failed policies of the past eight years."
SPECIAL NOTE: NEA President Dennis Van Roekel is available for media interviews immediately following the debate. To secure an interview with President Van Roekel, or for comments, please contact Sara Robertson at (202) 230-8978.
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The National Education Association is the nation's largest professional employee organization, representing 3.2 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators and students preparing to become teachers.
CONTACT: Miguel A. Gonzalez (202) 822-7823


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It is that time of year again! The Great British Bake Off is BACK!
I am a massive fan of the show and have even joined a 'Bake Off' Fantasy league team in which a group of us compete against other teams and each other to guess which contestants will do well and which will throw their cake out of the pan. This week I thought Lee would be Star Baker so clearly not a great start, as he was the first one evicted from the show.
This year I have decided to take my love of the show one step further and Bake Along with the contestants.
Week 1 was cake week and contestants were asked to make their own twist on a basic drizzle cake.
I used Mary Berry's Lemon Drizzle Recipe but I added poppy seeds and a lemon icing.
In true Great British Bake Off style things didn't go that smoothly.
Firstly, my scales stopped working so I had to guesstimate the weight of the ingredients.
I also forgot to add the poppy seeds so had to add them after it had been in the oven for 5 mins (not ideal!)
I am pretty sure that Paul Hollywood be unimpressed with the slightly wonky shape.
I made the icing by simply adding some lemon juice to icing sugar until I got a nice drizzle consistency.
Mary Berrys recipe makes a fabulously light sponge, which is melt in the mouth yummy and no soggy bottom in sight!
It definitely passed the taste test!
The next episode is biscuit week!


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Today is President's day! What does that mean for you? For me, it means a day off: reading in bed, working on a couple home projects and deep conditioning my hair. I love three day weekends :).
I'm not a big political-type person, but I do believe that some of our former presidents were pretty darn smart. Today, I wanted to share my favorite Abe Lincoln quote with you all.
See, pretty smart, right? I think it's a wonderful reminder. I also love the poster's design. Mary Kate McDevitt has some other awesome art in her shop. Definitely worth checking out.
I hope you all have a wonderful day - whether you're at home or at work, or somewhere in between :).