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College is overrated. There, I said something you've probably suspected since you were in high school and may have confirmed several years after you entered the workforce. You probably know many people who excelled in college and can barely string together a cohesive thought. And you probably know many successful people who never went to college, barely made it through college, or work in a field unrelated to their degree.
Why is that? How can some people struggle when they have a degree from a quality institution, while others can be successful without a college degree or in a field unrelated to their degree? In my opinion, it's because a college education doesn't guarantee success. Success is up to many other factors – factors that colleges often don't teach.
You Don't Need a College Degree
A college degree is simply a certification. In basic terms, a degree is simply a piece of paper certifying you met a certain level of scholastic achievement. But what happens in the class room doesn't always translate into the real world.
College degrees don't always pay well or guarantee a job. There are many high paying degrees. But for every high paying degree, there are two low paying degrees. There are also degrees that have a limited market. Simply having a college degree doesn't guarantee a job, nor should it. Employees need to bring marketable skills to the table, as well as the ability to continue learning, growing, and providing value for their employer.
I am not saying people who choose low paying degrees aren't successful – far from it. Many people choose degrees based on what makes them happy, and it is easy to admire someone who chooses happiness over wealth.
The truth many people aren't willing to admit is you don't need a college degree to be successful. But you do need an education, along with a desire to continue to learn, work hard, and adapt.
You Need an Education and You Need Marketable Skills
An education is different from a degree. An education can be formal, informal, self-directed, on the job training, professional licenses and certifications, or any other form of education.
There are hundreds of careers which don't require a degree. And they all share one thing in common: They require results, and in many cases, require years of hard work and study to achieve success.
It's easy to discount athletes, musicians, actors, and others who don't go through a traditional four year degree program. But the amount of hard work, training, practice, and study they go through to achieve their success often equals or far exceeds the amount of effort put into an average 4 year degree. But let's look beyond those careers, which are far too rare to be a practical vocation for most people to aspire to.
A more realistic example. I'll use a friend of mine as an example. He is in his 40's and is by most measures, a successful man. How successful? He brings in a quarter million a year as a small business owner.
"Oh, one of those…"
Yes, one of those. Want to know what he does? It's not sexy, but it's a great career. He is an electrician… or, I should say he owns a small business focusing on residential and small commercial electric installation and repair jobs. He built his business from the ground up in a manner that almost anyone can do if they want to. His story is along the lines of the tortoise and the hare – slow and steady wins the race. It just takes time, hard work, and a continuing desire to learn and improve.
He started as an electrician's apprentice out of high school, achieved his license, and eventually started his own business. He now employs a couple people who are following in his footsteps. The best part is his job will never go away. People will always need electricians. And plumbers, and landscapers, and mechanics, and dozens of other jobs which don't require a degree. But these jobs require an education and hard work. These folks have marketable skills and provide services people need. Many of these jobs also require licenses and certifications which require study and continuing education.
A College Degree is Beneficial, but Not Always Required
I am not against college degrees. I have one, and recommend college for many people. But some people are better off not going to college because it doesn't align with their skills or career aspirations.
Success doesn't rely on a piece of paper. And it shouldn't. Success is the actions you take to achieve your dreams and goals in life. If that means attending college to receive a traditional 4 year degree, then awesome. And if that means doing on the job training and studying at night to get a license or certification, then that's great too.
There is a lot of emphasis put on achieving a college degree, but it's not the right choice for everyone. And it shouldn't be. Choose the career path which makes you happy, work hard, continue to learn and provide value, and success will follow.
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Susanne Wetzel
Universitaet des Saarlandes (Germany), 1998, Dr.-Ing.
Universitaet Karlsruhe (Germany), 1993, Dipl.-Inform.
My research interests are in cryptography and algorithmic number theory. In the field of cryptography, my research is focused on wireless security, secret sharing, privacy, and biometrics, and my contributions range from analysis to protocol design. In algorithmic number theory, my research is centered on lattice theory, in particular on developing new algorithms and heuristics for lattice basis reduction.
Patents & Inventions
- Jakobsson, M., Wetzel, S.: Method and Apparatus for Ensuring Security of Users of Bluetooth-enabled Devices. United States Patent 6,574,455 - June 3, 2003.
- Bohannon P.L., Jakobsson, M., Monrose, F., Reiter, M.K., Wetzel, S.: Generation of Repeatable Cryptographic Key Based on Varying Parameters. United States Patent 6,901,145 - May 31, 2005.
- Jakobsson, M., Wetzel, S.: Secure Distributed Computation in Cryptographic Applications. United States Patent 6,950,937 - September 27, 2005.
- Jakobsson, M., Wetzel, S.: Method and Apparatus for Ensuring Security of Users of Short Range Wireless Enable Devices. United States Patent 6,981,157 - December 27, 2005.
Selected Publications
Book Chapters
- Jakobsson, M., Stolterman, E., Wetzel, S., Yang, L.. (2008). "Crimeware-Resistant Authentication", Crimeware, Markus Jakobsson and Zulfikar Ramzan, Symantec Press.
- Savarte, D., Wetzel, S., Patterson, W. (2011). "Analyzing Massively Collaborative Mathematics Projects", The Mathematical Intelligencer, Springer. 33 (1), 9-18.
- Cordasco, J., Wetzel, S.. (2008). "Cryptographic versus Trust-based Methods for MANET Routing Security", Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, Elsevier. 197 (2), 131-140.
- Tsow, A., Jakobsson, M., Yang, L., Wetzel, S.. (2006). "Warkitting: the Drive-by Subversion of Wireless Home Routers", Journal of Digital Forensics Practice, 1 (3), 179-192.
- Backes, W., Wetzel, S.. (2002). "Heuristics on Lattice Basis Reduction in Practice", ACM Journal on Experimental Algorithms, ACM. 7.
- Monrose, F.,Reiter, M.K., Wetzel, S.. (2002). "Password Hardening based on Keystroke Dynamics", International Journal of Information Security, Springer. 1 (2), 69-83.
Conference Proceedings
- Lechler, T., Wetzel, S., Jankowski, R. (2011). "Identifying and Evaluating the Threat of Transitive Information Leakage in Healthcare Systems", Proceedings of the 44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 44).
- Mayer, D., Teubert, D., Wetzel, S., Meyer, U. (2011). "Implementation and Performance Evaluation of Privacy-preserving Fair Reconciliation Protocols on Ordered Sets", Proceedings of the 1st ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY). 109-120.
- Mayer, D., Neugebauer, G., Meyer, U., Wetzel, S. (2011). "Enabling Fair and Privacy-preserving Applications Using Reconciliation Protocols on Ordered Sets", Proceedings of the 34th IEEE Sarnoff Symposium.
- Tang, C., Naumann, D., Wetzel, S. (2011). "Symbolic Analysis for Security of Roaming Protocols in Mobile Networks", Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks (Securecomm).
- Backes, W., Wetzel, S. (2011). "Parallel Lattice Basis Reduction - The Road to Many-Core", Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC).
- Backes, W., Wetzel, S. (2011). "Improving the Parallel Schnorr-Euchner LLL Algorithm", Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing (ICA3PP).
- Braun, M., Meyer, U., Wetzel, S.. (2010). "Efficient Mutual Authentication for Multi-Domain RFID Systems Using Distributed Signatures (Award for Most Innovative Technology-Related Paper)", 4th International IFIP WG 11.2 Workshop for Information Security Theory and Practices (WISTP). 122-137.
- Cordasco, J., Wetzel, S.. (2009). "An Attacker Model for MANET Routing Security", 2nd ACM Conference on Wireless Network Security (WiSec). 87-94.
- Backes, W., Wetzel, S.. (2009). "Parallel Lattice Basis Reduction using a Multi-Threaded Schnorr-Euchner LLL Algorithm", 15th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par). 960-973.
- Jakobsson, M., Yang, L., Wetzel, S.. (2008). "Quantifying the Security of Preference-based Authentication", ACM CCS 2008 Workshop on Digital Identity Management (DIM). 61-69.
- Jakobsson, M., Stolterman, E., Wetzel, S., Yang, L.. (2008). "Love and Authentication", ACM Computer/Human Interaction Conference (CHI).
- Meyer, U., Wetzel, S., Ioannidis, S.. (2007). "Distributed Privacy-Preserving Policy Reconciliation", IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC). 1342-1349.
- Backes, W., Wetzel, S.. (2007). "An Efficient LLL Gram Using Buffered Transformations", 10th International Workshop on Computer Algebra in Scientific Computing (CASC). Springer. 31-44.
- Meyer, U., Wetzel, S.. (2006). " Introducing History-Enriched Security Context Transfer to Enhance the Security of Subsequent Handover", 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Pervasive Computing and Communication Security (PerSec). 277-282.
- CS 578 Privacy in a Networked World
- CS 579 Foundations of Cryptography
- CS 600 Advanced Algorithm Design and Implementation
- CS 693 Cryptographic Protocols
- CS 306 Introduction to IT Security
- CS 306 Introduction to IT Security


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The Variant Call Format (VCF) is a flexible file format specification that allows us to represent many different variant types ranging from SNPs, indels to copy number variations. However, variant representation in VCF is non-unique for variants that have explicitly expressed reference and alternate sequences. A failure to recognize this will frequently result in inaccurate analyses.
On this wiki page, we describe a variant normalization procedure that is well defined for biallelic as well as multiallelic variants. We then provide a formal proof the procedure's correctness.
The normalization of a variant representation in VCF consists of two parts: parsimony and left alignment pertaining to the nature of a variant's length and position respectively.
In the context of variant representation, parsimony means representing a variant in as few nucleotides as possible without reducing the length of any allele to 0. It is a property describing the nature of the length of a variant's alleles and is defined as follows:
Taking the example below, the Multi Nucleotide Polymorphism (MNP) is represented superfluously for the first 3 representations and parsimoniously for the 4th representation. When a variant has superfluous nucleotides on the left side, it is defined as not being left parsimonious as there is a need to left trim. The concept is symmetric for right parsimony and trimming. Parsimony applies to Indels too which we shall demonstrate in the left alignment section.
This figure shows multiple representations of a MNP. The left shows 4 possible representations differentiated by color. The right shows the corresponding representation in VCF. The last representation represents the parsimonious representation of the MNP.
Based on the definition of parsimony, it is easy to see that:
However, the converse is not true.
Left aligning a variant means shifting the start position of that variant to the left till it is no longer possible to do so. It is a concept associated with insertion and deletion variants and describes specifically the nature of a position of a variant as opposed to its length. In order to further differentiate left alignment from simply left padding a variant, the definition is as follows:
The following figure shows examples of an unnormalized short tandem repeat which is a special class of indels. The color of the text is synchronized to the variant that is described in the figure.
This figure shows multiple representations of a CA tandem repeat. The left shows five possible representations differentiated by color. The right shows the corresponding representation in VCF. The last representation represents the left aligned and parsimonious representation of the STR.
In order to detect if a variant is normalized, we first prove the following lemma (1).
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American Idol Winner and platinum-selling R&B artist, Fantasia Barino will soon join the list of celebrities turned reality star as she will star in her own VH1 reality show.
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VH1 will give viewers a close-up view into the complex, touching and surprisingly relatable life of recording artist, actress and American Idol winner Fantasia. The series follows Fantasia as she juggles her career and single-motherhood while devoting her energy into recording her highly anticipated third album. The 8 episode, 30-minute docu-series Fantasia For Real is slated to premiere January 11, 2010 at 10PM on VH1.
Six years ago, Fantasia was a young single mother from High Point, North Carolina singing in her church choir and struggling to raise her daughter, Zion. On a whim, she tried out for the third season of American Idol, and seemingly overnight the world discovered Fantasia's tremendous voice. Five years and 8 Grammy® Award nominations later, life couldn't look more different for Fantasia. Her first album, Free Yourself, was a platinum-selling, chart-topping success, bringing her wealth, fame, and recognition as an accomplished artist. Fantasia has worked with many music industry legends, including Elton John, Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle, and Missy Elliot. In 2007 Fantasia was chosen to star as Celie in the acclaimed Broadway musical The Color Purple. Her book Life is Not a Fairy Tale made the New York Times bestseller list, and she also starred in a made-for-television movie based on her life.
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Epping School Board supports proposal to reinstate its school resource officerBy JASON SCHREIBER
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December 23. 2012 10:52PM
EPPING - The school board is backing a town proposal to reinstate a school resource officer's position at Epping schools.
The board voted unanimously on Thursday to support a town warrant article seeking money to hire a new officer in a move that would allow the police department to then assign one of its experienced officers to the school district on a full-time basis.
While the proposal will appear on the March ballot, a majority of selectmen voted not to support it at a meeting on Dec. 17 because of concerns over town and school spending.
The position would cost $35,570 for the second half of next year and then $76,350 for all of 2014. The police department had a school resource officer in place until 2002, when it was short-staffed and had to place the officer back on patrols.
School board member Gregory Dodge, the town's former police chief who is now town administrator, said police began discussing the idea of reinstating the position with the dean of students from Epping schools before the shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
"It's been a work in progress and I'm sure some people are going to think that it's a big opportunity for the police to add to their patrol and get someone back into the school. That was never the intent. It's something (the police department) wanted to do for a long time," Dodge told the school board.
Police Capt. Jason Newman said the armed officer would not only deter crime, but also build up a rapport with students and serve as a resource for them and the staff at the elementary, middle and high schools.
School board Chairman David Mylott said reinstating the officer isn't an "emotional" response to the Connecticut tragedy. He said the district had an officer years ago and supported the position.
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Innovative Broadcasters Make Immediate ROI withHD Radio™-on-Translator Plays
The chicken and egg syndrome has impacted every major broadcast rollout. The issue is straightforward: TV or radio broadcasters are reluctant to spend the money to create new content before there are a lot of receivers in the market capable of getting that new content. But device makers won't invest to build new devices until there is content out to support them. Who goes first, the chicken or the egg?
I count five mass market over-the-air broadcast technologies which broke through chicken and egg: AM and FM radio, black and white and color TV, and digital TV. [One could add satellite radio or TV to the list, but let's focus on 'open' systems used by hundreds of broadcasters.] All these transitions took over twenty years to go fully mainstream. Proponents employed various methods, including a government mandate and analog turn off date with digital TV, but they all got it done. At least one technology, AM stereo, never made it.
Four more are at various stages of fighting chicken and egg. I am biased, but HD Radio Technology appears to be breaking through (more on that in a minute). 3D TV looks to be moving backwards and may not make it in a major way, with ESPN most recently shutting down 3D broadcasts. Mobile DTV and Ultra HDTV are just now getting off the launching pad.
The one constant for all successful media transitions has been the passage of time, and that patient strategy is working for HD Radio Technology as well. Back in the mid-2000s, many forward looking broadcasters made a strategic decision to upgrade their stations to digital broadcasts. They were the initial chickens and the eggs have followed over time.
Take a look at the chart nearby that shows annual HD Radio receiver sales growth (it's based on our September fiscal year). From 2010 to 2013, we see 50% annual growth, most of it driven by automotive uptake: almost 30% of new cars will ship with HD Radio receivers in 2013 and by next year, there won't be an auto dealer in America that does not have HD Radio equipped vehicles on the lot. We forecast similar results for the next several years. It sure looks like that famous inflection point experienced by many successful technologies, where sales trundle along for several years and then break through and head straight north.
So unquestionably, with a lot of effort and patience, we are getting there. And, as we've discussed in the past, broadcasters are making money on their HD Radio investments in a variety of ways – advertising, sponsorships and leasing of HD2/HD3/HD4 channels, and most recently, by broadcasting real time traffic services to navigation systems over HD Radio signals. With receivers flooding the market, these opportunities increase dramatically over time.
The Sprint Deal is a Big Deal: We are tremendously enthusiastic about the deal bringing FM chips to Sprint mobile phones. As I've discussed in past columns, getting FM into phones is essential to radio's long term competitiveness, and this deal is an important first step. The NextRadio app moves us toward the vision of a more compelling, fully featured, interactive broadcast radio experience, which takes advantage of IP connectivity in the phone. Congrats to Jeff Smulyan and Paul Brenner for their commitment in pulling the industry together and getting the deal closed.
But with around 15 million HD Radio receivers sold thus far, we still need some more eggs to become totally mass market and for broadcasters to fully monetize their HD Radio investments. And understandably, a response of 'just wait a few more years' is less than satisfying.
That's why we are excited that some innovative broadcasters have come up with a creative way to beat chicken and egg. They are deploying the increasingly popular 'HD Radio-on-Translator' play, and making real money doing it. The practice first began a few years ago and is now widespread across the country.
The HD Radio-on-Translator playbook is fairly straightforward. An FM station upgrades to HD Radio broadcasting. They expand their content offering by programming a new HD2 (or HD3 or HD4) channel. Here's the innovative part: they take the HD2 content and simulcast it on an analog translator, making the digital broadcast simultaneously available to all analog radio receivers already in the market. No more waiting around for more digital radios, because they can also rely on all the analog ones out there and sell ads immediately.
In effect, it's like getting another unique analog FM signal for a tiny fraction of the cost of a new station. Get that translator's antenna up high enough, and it's basically a new Class A for the cost of the HD Radio upgrade.
We've seen the dynamic in HD Radio station conversions. For the past two years, 2/3 of digital upgrades have involved an HD Radio-on-Translator initiative, often in small and mid-sized markets. By getting the new analog station with the HD2, the ROI on the HD Radio upgrade is compelling.
There are dozens of success stories around the country, and it seems like I hear a new one every week from an enthusiastic broadcaster. Stations have been generating significant audience and advertising dollars in markets large and small. Here are a few of my favorites:
WYDS/Decatur, IL: Cromwell's Bud Walters looked around Decatur and saw an underserved Urban market. They installed HD Radio equipment, put an Urban AC format on the HD2 and simulcast that on a 250 watt analog translator. The result? A 9.4 share in the Spring Arbitron.
KYGO/Denver, CO: Lincoln Financial is running the All Comedy Network on their HD2, filling a programming void and pulling a 2.4 share via simulcast on a strategically-placed analog translator.
WKCN/Columbus, GA: PMB Broadcasting has gone all in, simulcasting their HD2, HD3 and HD4 channels on different analog translators, literally covering the market with Country, Rock and Hispanic formats. Solid ratings and ad sales have followed.
KDXY/Jonesboro, AR: Saga's station is another small market success story. The analog/HD1 channel is Country with a 14.2 share. The HD2 and HD3, both simulcast on separate translators, are Top 40 and Oldies respectively, nice compliments to the Country powerhouse. The HD2/Top 40 has a 2.3 share, HD3/Oldies a 1.7. What a killer combo buy.
WMJJ/Birmingham, AL: Another Urban AC HD2 filling a programming void, with Clear Channel leasing a translator from a local owner and pulling a 2.7 share, just beating their sister station, WERC-HD2, which pulls a 2.5 share with Gospel simulcast on a 100 watt analog translator.
And my personal favorite, WHFS, DC's iconic alternative rock station, which has been back on the air for some time at 106.5 HD2 in Baltimore, is now also on an analog translator at 97.5; I do my listening on the HD2, they are multiplying their reach on the translator.
The list goes on and on. Real listenership is starting to build. As of last fall, Arbitron counted almost 3.6 million weekly listeners to over 500 different HD2, HD3 and HD4 channels. That's a 60% increase in one year. A big chunk of that listening is taking place on analog translators.
You don't have to own a translator to play. As many broadcasters have found out, there are plenty of large and small local and national operators who own multiple translators (think religious broadcasters) that have been willing to lease or sell them. Many stations make money this way, many more opportunities are available.
HD Radio-on-Translator also supports the creative programming element we have been seeing on HD2, HD3 and HD4 channels. These channels are blank canvasses that can let young talent develop and serve as a proving ground for new formats. Like early FM in the 60s and 70s, up and coming PDs can cut their chops with little risk of failure. New niche formats, like comedy which has gained an analog footing after launching on HD2s, can emerge. It may have a rough around the edges, but that's great for the industry.
Most stations create their own HD2 programming, but for those concerned they don't have the time or staff, other options exist. I like what SummitMedia did recently in Birmingham. They partnered with a popular local internet-only operation to carry their programming full-time on their HD2/translator combination, getting a complete package they can put on the air with no additional ongoing effort.
So the HD Radio-on-Translator play is the best of both worlds: Stations get instant incremental revenue from selling an analog signal that couldn't carry separate content without an HD2 to feed it, and they stake out the digital high ground, establishing their digital broadcast presence in a market that adds HD Radio receivers at the rate of one every six seconds. The HD2 signal gets established in the market on the analog translator, and as more listeners get HD Radio receivers, listening will move from the analog simulcast to the digital HD2. Translators are like training wheels that allow a seamless transition from analog to digital while bringing listeners along for the ride.
Most radio folks (but by no means all) tell me they know that HD Radio broadcasting is the future, and that the migration from analog to digital is an inevitable part of our industry's evolution. But they struggle with how to justify the cost of the HD Radio upgrade while waiting for 25 or 30 million HD Radio receivers to hit the marketplace. In other words, they struggle with chicken and egg. Well, HD-on-Translator is a solid solution.
So thanks again to those crazy, creative broadcasters who figured out a way to beat the chicken and egg. You should explore getting in on it.
Thanks for reading, and let me know what you think: email to email@example.com. I read, consider and try to respond to all of them. To read my past columns, CLICK HERE
Bob Struble
Columbia, MD
August 2013


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Horrorfest '08: Perkins' 14 (US - DVD R1)
And just like that Gabe's Horrorfest '08 experience went into the crapper...
Dwayne Hopper (Patrick O'Kane) is a small town cop with a major chip on his shoulder. Several years ago Hopper's son was kidnapped along with thirteen other children, and was never recovered. On the tenth anniversary of the first abduction a strange man named Ronald Perkins (Richard Brake) is taken into Hopper jail for a traffic problem. Hopper is rubbed the wrong way by Perkins, and eventually figures out that the unassuming man may be the serial kidnapper that took his son. Things get worse from there.
The Perkins' 14 box art is a giant lie. It looks like some kind of early '70s Spanish throw-back. In reality it's a very modern film that wants to recall a half dozen other modern films. It's starts as low rent Silence of the Lambs, spends a couple minutes as low rent CSI, a couple more as a low rent Friday the 13th, then it spends its final half as a low rent mix of 28 Days Later and Night of the Living Dead. The first half kind of works, even if we've seen it done better before, and it sets up a semi-interesting second half, but the proverbial ball is dropped hard. There's some decent gore, but the story becomes a huge mess.
What Perkins' 14 lacks in cohesion it makes up for with very realistically drawn characters and dialogue. Actually, no, I take that back, the situations, the characters and dialogue start the film somewhat realistically, then everyone starts making really stupid choices, and they start speaking like they're written by children. It's too bad things never really come together plot-wise, and that the characters devolve into mongloids, because the other things could've added up to a solid cheapo thriller. Decent idea, decent production, not so decent storytelling.
Perkins' 14 features another average video presentation for the new Horrorfest set. The transfer is pretty grainy (and even features a few slices of artefact), but it doesn't appear that any DVD mastering compression has taken its toll, rather, it appears that this was shot on a budget, possibly not using the most up to date equipment. The film's also shot in a very gritty fashion, so the less than overwhelming clarity is forgivable. There are times when the lighting is too low to tell what's going on, but I seriously doubt high definition video would make a difference in this case. There also isn't a lot of colour to speak of in the mix, but the gradation is pretty smooth, and considering the low-light things are pretty natural. Every disc in this set features the same problem with two or more lines cutting across the frame, but these are only really visible when thin lines of extreme contrast cross the frame, specifically with the closing credits.
From the opening titles Perkins' 14 has a standout soundtrack. The best themes repeat too often, but still exude originality and top notch menace. The music is the Dolby Digital track's only impressive element. The super low budget nature of the rest of the production leads to mostly centred, dynamically flat dialogue and a few effects. The effects that do find their way into the surround and stereo channels are so stylized they might as well be score.
Besides the usual trailers and Ms. Horrorfest Webisodes, Perkins' 14 features some making-of webisodes all its own. Despite the music video quality of these little productions, the behind the scenes information is actually pretty interesting. Apparently the production went out of their way to hire amateurs to write the story and star in the film, sort of like a sweepstakes, and these webisodes chronicle the process.
If you're looking for an After Dark Horrorfest entrée that mimics 28 Days Later check out last year's Mulberry Street instead. The rat-zombies may be silly, but they're framed by a much more interesting and entertaining plot. Still, the latest Horrorfest was weak enough that this is one of the more substantial entries.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Gildia Member Join Date: January 2008 Location: United States Posts: 241
This was the film of the latest Horrorfest that intrigued me the most. Too bad the story is terrible.
By the way, I love the fact that the reviews are sans scores now. People are now made to read your excellently written reviews Gabe. Out of the half dozen or so DVD sites I visit, your reviews are always my favorite. About the only problem is an occasional spelling error.
By the way, I love the fact that the reviews are sans scores now. People are now made to read your excellently written reviews Gabe. Out of the half dozen or so DVD sites I visit, your reviews are always my favorite. About the only problem is an occasional spelling error.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,719
Thanks Gildia. And yes, I am a horrible speller.
Fabricio De Zuasnabar Member Join Date: July 2005 Location: United States Posts: 1,350
slaughter wasnt bad... and i recently bought 'THE BROKEN' cuz of gabe's review... i really trust his work =) and so far i liked what i read and then bought =)
and yeah, one more thing, which one is the best of this 3rd horror fest? any other recommendations?
and yeah, one more thing, which one is the best of this 3rd horror fest? any other recommendations?
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Gabe Powers wrote: Thanks Gildia. And yes, I am a horrible speller.
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I really haven't enjoyed any of this series for a long while.
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I really haven't enjoyed any of this series for a long while.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 31st March 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Extras: Miss Horrorfest Webisodes, 10 Making-Of Webisodes
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Craig Singer
Cast: Gregory O'Connor, Patrick O'Kane, Katherine Pawlak, Shayla Beesley, Mihaela Mihut
Genre: Horror
Length: 95 minutes
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Past studies have shown that those who attend religious services at least weekly tend to live longer and healthier lives. Now, new research indicates that frequent churchgoers also face those additional years with more optimism and greater social support than other people. A study involving more than 92,000 postmenopausal women showed that those who reported weekly attendance at religious services were 56 percent more likely to be above the median in terms of their optimism level. They also were significantly less likely to be depressed or characterized by cynical hostility. The study was published in the Journal of Religion and Health on Nov. 11; the research was conducted by a team led by Eliezer Schnall, a clinical associate professor of psychology at Yeshiva University in New York. Schnall said his research team postulated that "maybe there could be some social strains having to do with religious identification or networks or associations," but the research did not support this hypothesis.
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Episode 22 of the Hinderaker-Ward Experience features the Obama administration's attack on religious institutions, the ongoing saga of the GOP presidential nomination, Chris Matthews's inability to distinguish North from South Dakota–a common failing, as any native of South Dakota can tell you–and more, including the Loon of the Week and This Week In Gatekeeping.
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From the Braver Institute
I like technology. While I keep one foot firmly planted in the ways of old, the other one is always stepping into the future. With technology, we have the things of science fiction past at our fingertips today, and technology is cheap too.
Not long ago I bought a new computer. The whole thing cost less than four-hundred dollars, which seems a shockingly low price to me. Years ago I remember hearing rumors about fivehundred dollar computers being available in the future. I remember laughing at how ridiculous that idea sounded.
It reminded me of the first computer system at my family's trucking company. While it wasn't first generation in the world of computers, it was certainly close to it in the small business environment. We had three desktop computers and three printers. We used them in the office for billing, accounts receivable, dispatching, and most importantly, for playing solitaire. We really only used two of them with any kind of regularity. The third one just sat there. The best thing about these computers was that they cost only twenty-five thousand dollars. Yes, you read that right—only twenty-five grand. There was a time when one computer cost that much and it didn't even include a printer.
I worked in billing and accounts receivable, and I used one of the computers to run aging reports (aging reports tell whether a customer's account is current or past due and how long it is past due). We had over three-hundred customers in our system and running the aging report took a fair amount of time since the report also had to be printed. For some reason, technology at the time didn't think that just looking at the information was good enough— back then we still needed to hold the information in our hands.
I used to run the aging report once a week and I would start it at the end of the day because running an aging report took six or seven hours, and six or seven hours of listening to a dot-matrix printer do its thing could make you insane. By running the report at the end of the day it would conveniently be waiting for me the next morning, and my sanity remained in check.
The computer was actually a huge time saver over manually putting together that kind of report.
A few years later we found ourselves in need of new computers. We were shocked at how cheap they had become. I bought two new computers with printers for only five-thousand dollars. Yes, you read that right— only five grand.
On top of being so much cheaper, they were also unspeakably faster. My new computer would run the aging report in only a half-hour! Now I could run the report on demand and not be concerned with the dot-matrix printer buzzing away for most of the work day. Now I just had to listen to it for part of an hour. I had no problem with only partial insanity.
Cheaper, faster, better. Technology seems to work in a paradox. We accept that everything else gets more expensive and progressively lower in quality, yet we expect technology to cost less and be better than its more expensive predecessors.
My first digital camera was an ordeal to buy. I spent months carefully researching cameras and then I spent a few more months trying to get the one I wanted on eBay at a more affordable price. My first digital camera was a 3.2 megapixel point-andshoot that cost me only threehundred dollars. It was capable of producing high-quality 8x10 prints, and as a bonus, it could shoot video! I was in digital photography heaven.
Of course today such a camera is laughable. I think you can now find cameras like that at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box.
Last month, on a lark, I bought a new point-and-shoot camera. This one is a 14.2 megapixel unit. It will produce high-quality prints the size of Montana. As a bonus, it shoots high-definition video. Unlike my first digital camera, it has a built-in rechargeable battery and wirelessly transfers photos to my computer. Everyone knows what a time consuming hassle it is to hook a camera up to a computer and wait for images to transfer. It kind of makes me wonder how we ever thought that one-hour photo processing was fast, let alone regular photo processing.
I paid eighty-nine dollars for the camera. Yes, you read that right—eighty-nine dollars. It wouldn't surprise me if the computer in this camera could run an aging report in two seconds.
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As Sprint begins to phase out the old Nextel network used for that company's Push to Talk (PTT) solution – made popular with the Motorola devices, but since adding a number of other phones – AT&T is seeking to fill in some of that void with a new offering.
(Sprint plans to continue offering Push to Talk options even after the Nextel network is shut down in favor of Sprint's CDMA technology.)
Seeing opportunity, AT&T launched a PTT trial in February. That Enhanced Push to Talk solution gained such positive feedback from customers, AT&T said, that it is now doubling the number of business PTT users who may participate in the free trial.
"A feature-rich PTT solution plus an exciting lineup of SAFE mobile devices – it's an ideal combination," said Tim Wagner, vice president and general manager of enterprise sales at Samsung Mobile. "Samsung has a long history of working with AT&T, and we're collaborating again on the launch of AT&T Enhanced PTT. Between AT&T's service and our PTT phones, which today the support 810F Mil-STD for ruggedness, we're helping make business communications better and faster for our customers."
Samsung offers one of five new smartphones compatible with the PTT trial.
One company that is involved with the test is CourierNet, an Atlanta-based courier business. The business model requires dispatchers to be in constant – and time-sensitive – contact with drivers.
One company involved with the AT&T trial is CourierNet, an Atlanta-based courier company with more than 500 drivers and 75 dispatchers.
"Our customers call us and want answers now. The quickest way to find the answers is with PTT," said Steve Colkitt, IT director at CourierNet. "What separates AT&T's service from other PTT technology is the speed and quality of the connection. We will invest whatever it takes in a solution that reaches the level of quality we experienced in the trial of AT&T Enhanced PTT."
There remains a place for PTT solutions in the market, particularly in businesses such as CourierNet's as well as applications where mobile workers may need to reach the office or each other to identify parts needed in the field or to receive their next assignment.
"We've heard what our customers are asking for an enhanced PTT solution that offers great performance, advanced features, integration with mobile apps and interoperability with radio systems – all running on the nation's largest 4G network," said Chris Hill, vice president, Advanced Mobility Solutions, AT&T Business and Home Solutions. "We want people to know that AT&T will be not just an option for PTT service, but also one with clear advantages – and that's why we're expanding the opportunity for some customers to try the solution today."
To display its Enhanced PTT solution as well as other wireless technologies, AT&T is holding its Field Force Automation Advanced Technology Forum road show. The event will travel to 27 cities in the U.S. to display the technologies.
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My Friend Jeromy and I recently rented this movie .
At first , we loved it , the story was so deep, imaginative , and a bit creepy at times .
The girl, Leslie held us enthralled , and quickly became our favorite character .
That is why we were so crushed when she died.
We had sat there discussing the events of the movie , and the progression in the personalities of the main characters , and were cracking jokes at the lame comments made by the bullies .
And then ...... silence .
We had let this story grab our hearts , and it abused our trust .
It was awkward.. sitting next to my best friend and trying not to cry . As we continued to watch , I heard Jeromy , a 350lb 6 foot 4 man ,sniffling and trying to hold back his tears .
We didn't speak or look at each other for the remainder of the film .
I still enjoyed this piece of cinema , but would suggest our more emotional members stay clear of it, unless the like sitting in a puddle of tears.
Just wasting time.
i read the book and compared the movie to it its stupid
Peace through power!
Peace through power!
I thought it was pretty sad as well. I think that the thing that got to me was Leslie's charisma, just like you guys.
^^^Having a better book doesn't make the movie any worse. Just judge things as standalone works.
What was funny was that when my class read it, we were caught completely by surprise because the girl's name was Leslie Burke, but there was a girl in the class named Leslie Burkehalter.
I normally don't cry when reading a book, but that ending did make me shed more than just a few tears.
My soul finds rest in God alone.
the movie didn't grab my interest...i thought, until now, its a kiddy fantasy movie...
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I guarantee it's another one of those third-grader fantasy films.
Seriously, I'd rather be at home making maps.
yeah, i said i wouldn't post again, but this thread warrants it.
this is not a third grade "fantasy" movie, though the book is often read in elementary school (where i first read it in about 1992, i believe i was in fourth grade at the time).
this movie/book is more focused on the lives these kids have outside of their make-believe world. it focuses on bullying, family relationships, friendships, and how reality has a bad habit of crashing down on us. this is one of the few stories that death actually has an impact on the audience/reader. most films now it's so hollywood it doesn't mean anything. this makes it very personal. yeah there are some special effects eye candy, but it's pretty mild for the majority of the movie. i thought the special effects were very tastefully done.
when i was very young i drew all the time, played in a huge expansive forest, wrote/read, and was a social outcast so this book always meant a lot to me. i used to build tree forts and let my imagination run wild, something i think very few kids really do anymore even at a young age.
i was horrified when i heard they were making a movie out of it since i was sure they would turn it into a harry potter knock off or something. this is on a short list of "sacred" things to me that i'd just as soon hollywood kept their damned hands off of.
but my fears were relieved after seeing the movie. this is an exceptional work and well worth seeing for anyone mature enough to appreciate the story. i think they captured the spirit of the book and updated it well enough for a new generation.
No idea what this is, but downloading now as gev and az approve of it...
it thought it would be more... magical, from what i saw in the trailers i expected the movie to be something really different to what it turned out to be (not that it was bad but its not my cup of tea)
[catching up]
I really liked this movie, and I went to see it by myself and I was already sad so, it gave me a weird feeling in my throat...I knew she or someone close to the boy was going to die, but it still shocked me
I think its a really good movie
yeah i cried when they found out she died *sniff sniff*
i went to the movies to watch it with my friend and we looked like sissies
but we werent covered in puddles of tears
the girl died. T)T
Wow, the movie stuck to the plot, huh? I shall try to watch it then.
But seriously I was dodging the Harry Potter bullet.
Discovering Brecht
uh-oh, i've seen the movie sooo many weeks ago (or a month so). I simply adore the movie. Isn't it remarkable that kids can actually create a new world through imagination, is it? .. spoilers?! yeah, the girl died.
I must say that the movie seemed light hearted and fun...you are on a high note the whole movie then out of nowhere comes a giant truck of emotional trama...i will never watch that movie again...i died a little inside after that movie
Crunch hard or go home!!


text: I just got my son out of the NICU, and he is living proof that every baby is different when it comes to breast feeding. I've decided I'm just not designed to carry to 40 weeks-DD was a 37 week baby at 5 lbs 8 oz, DS 36 weeks 6 lbs 6 oz-so, large for gestational age, whereas DD was tiny. She did have a very brief NICU stay due to jaundice, during which time they determined she lacked muscle tone, even as a full term newborn, to suck from a bottle and they insisted on finger feeding her. Looking back, she never had a good sucking reflex, even at a bottle or pacifier, never mind the breast. So, I freaked when the NICU doctor said they had to bottle feed my son before they would release him. DH (who is very supportive of breastfeeding, for what it's worth) was the voice of reason and said the sooner he eats, the sooner we can get him home and you can feed him however you want. DS is nursing like a champ-the only problem is with me, as I make way too much (a year of exclusive pumping for DD made me respond very well to the pump). So even if they insist on bottles in the NICU, it's not a lost cause.


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The main updates from the PDC weren't that exciting... I haven't seen anything on Azure storage yet - hopefully soon...
The coolest thing I saw was Anders talking about c#5 - async and await - think linq for async tasks - see http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2010/10/28/asynchrony-in-c-5-part-one.aspx and download CTP from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/vstudio/async.aspx - I liked :) Full video available on the pdcplayer... probably too much effort to find it!
The main things that might impact some of the projects that I'm working on were:
- a much better Azure management portal is on the way - at last!
- full IIS7 hosting - so you can set custom properties and so your web role can host multiple web projects :)
- Remote Desktop access to your web and worker role instances (not sure it's that useful to my projects but it made me feel happier)
- Velocity (Memcached) will be available soon
- Java will become a "first class citizen" ?!
- Extra small instances - I suspect that most of my worker roles could move to these
Azure overview is here:
Will keep an eye on some of the sessions tonight - especially Jai's deep dive into storage.


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Charges dropped against FPU student charged following fatal Jaffrey wreckBy MEGHAN PIERCE
Union Leader Correspondent
April 22. 2013 3:55PM
JAFFREY - Charges against a Franklin Pierce University student in connection to a fatal accident on Route 202 earlier this month have been dropped, police said Monday.
Edgard Henriquez, 19, of Rindge, had been charged with negligent homicide and aggravated DWI following the crash.
In the early morning hours of Sunday April 14, a northbound Honda Accord on Route 202, River Street, near Red Dam, crossed the center line and crashed into the woods.
The car landed on its roof and caught on fire. Passing motorists pulled one of the occupants from the burning wreck and called 911.
Police said Henriquez, who is originally from Dedham, Mass., was the alleged driver of the Honda. He was hospitalized and subsequently arrested and charged with aggravated DWI and negligent homicide.
Police released him on $50,000 personal recognizance bail and gave him a June court date for his arraignment.
He and passenger Tyler Tobin, 18, of Dedham, Mass., were taken to Monadnock Community Hospital for treatment.
Tobin was treated and released the same day. Henriquez was transferred to UMass Medical Center in Worcester, Mass., and listed in stable condition as of last week.
The third passenger, who died in the fiery crash, was identified as Peter Melville, 19, of Dedham, Mass.
"The cause of death as ruled by the Medical Examiner's Office was blunt force trauma," Jaffrey police said.
Monday afternoon Jaffrey police made this statement, "A continuation of that investigation by Jaffrey police has resulted in information that, at this time, warrants the charges against Mr. Henriquez be withdrawn. The investigation is ongoing, and no additional information can be provided at this time."


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There hasn't been much talk on Ridley Scott's upcoming film Prometheus for at least a couple of weeks, and suddenly it all floods in at once. First the guys over at STYD have revealed that Charlize Theron (pictured right) has signed on to star in the film. She will star alongside Noomi Repace and Michael Fassbender in an ever growing cast.
I'm not sure if casting Theron is a good idea or not, but maybe she will fit in nicely, what do you guys think?
The recently cast Michael Fassbender spoke to the guys over at MTV for an exclusive interview where they asked him if Prometheus is connected to Alien?
"Oh, absolutely. There's a definite connecting vein," Fassbender told MTV News when asked pointblank whether or not "Prometheus" and "Alien" are connected. "You realize you're part of something else, but it's definitely in keeping with the old ones."
Although it explores other areas of that universe, it appears that "Prometheus" and "Alien" exist in the same space. For Fassbender, that connection was initially a bit overwhelming: "When I read it, I was like, 'Well, okay, another Alien. Where do you go with this idea?' And then I sort of read the script, and it's new, yet it's in keeping with the old traditions as well. But there's a whole new revelation within this film."
Check out the video interview below to hear what else he had to say:
Plot outline according to Ridley Scott; "While Alien was indeed the jumping off point for this project, out of the creative process evolved a new, grand mythology and universe in which this original story takes place. The keen fan will recognize strands of Alien's DNA, so to speak, but the ideas tackled in this film are unique, large and provocative. I couldn't be more pleased to have found the singular tale I'd been searching for, and finally return to this genre that's so close to my heart."
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11 Oct 18 - No more Paris Agreement. No more ministry of environment. A paved highway cutting through the Amazon. That's what Jair Bolsonaro will bring to the presidency of Brazil.
Amazon floods have increased fivefold
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Brazil court overturns glyphosate ruling
6 Sep 18 - Brazilian farmers will continue to have access to the worlds most-used weed killer after a court reversed a ruling which had suspended the existing and new registration of glyphosate-based products.
Deforestation claims movie-star macaw
6 Sep 18 - Spixs macaw, a brilliant blue species of Brazilian parrot that starred in the childrens animation Rio, has become extinct this century, according to a new assessment of endangered birds.
Brazil could restore a huge swathe of the Amazon
30 Aug 18 - Although almost 40 per cent of the Brazilian Amazon is conserved by protected areas and indigenous lands, some 428,721 sq km has been deforested over the past three decades.
Brazil candidate threatens to quit Paris pact
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Brazil hits deforestation cuts ahead of schedule
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China gives Venezuela $250m to boost oil
6 Jul 18 - Venezuela will receive $250 million from the China Development Bank to boost oil production, the South American countrys Finance Ministry said.
Farming goes underground to win the climate change fight
22 Jun 18 - Bolivian farmers are going underground in order to protect their crops from drought, flash floods and increasing temperatures.
Costa Rica reckons it can be the first country free of carbon
14 May 18 - Costa Ricas newly elected president is vowing to make his country the world's first truly carbon-zero territory.
New river brings havoc to Argentina
3 Apr 18 - A new river in Argentina is playing havoc with farmland and roads and even threatening a city but also highlights the potential cost of the countrys dependence on soya beans.
Brazil fights emissions cap for shipping
9 Mar 18 - Brazil is seeking to water down prospective climate targets for the shipping sector.
Amazon wildfires send emissions soaring
15 Feb 18 - Climate change-induced wildfires are now the biggest source of carbon emissions in Amazon forests.
Chile creates five national parks over 10m acres
31 Jan 18 - Chile has created five sprawling national parks to preserve vast tracts of Patagonia the culmination of more than two decades of land acquisition by two US philanthropists.
How deforestation is starving São Paulo of water
30 Nov 17 - São Paulo could face more devastating water shortages if farmers continue to clear the Amazon forest, warns the utility chief who recently steered the biggest city in the Americas from the edge of...
Brazils recession grows as emissions rise
16 Nov 17 - Brazils recession has earned it an unhappy distinction: it is the only major country in the world where damage to the climate is growing while people are becoming poorer.
Brazils carbon emissions rose 8.9% in 2016
1 Nov 17 - Despite Brazils worst recession in history, national greenhouse gases emissions are estimated to have risen 8.9 per cent in 2016 and reached the highest level since 2008.
For cattle farmers in Brazil, money cant buy love
31 Oct 17 - In regions of the Amazon where farmers could choose to grow more sustainable and lucrative crops like fruit or vegetables, ranchers persist in their low-income cattle business.
Brazilian Amazon loses 660,000ha of forest in one year
24 Oct 17 - The Brazilian Amazon lost 6,624 sq km of forest between August 2016 and July 2017.
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By Matthew Wade Reynolds.
Robert Flaxman
It's a situation all too familiar – the hard work of writing the script is done, now for the tricky task of getting it read.
Friends and family are too nice. Agents too busy. And producers don't know what they want until after someone else gets it. ("How about a talking car ?" "Can you make the killer more likable?")
As one veteran manager put it recently, "First-time writers should truly consider paying to have their scripts read."
He wasn't being cynical. We pay for doctors and mechanics – why not professional script analysts? For first-timers and old pros alike, getting that first read may be worth shelling out a few bucks.
Creative Screenwriting was lucky enough to speak with one of the leading script consultants in Los Angeles, Robert Flaxman, whose Deep Feedback consulting service has been relied upon by writers for more than 17 years.
What is your approach to analyzing a screenplay?
It's what I would call a common sense approach. I play the part of an audience watching a film, and I try to play the part of a reader, a hundred fictitious readers. I say to myself as I'm reading a script – "How could any reader with a modicum of intelligence misinterpret what you intended?" And I find out what you intended as we go through your script, stopping at those places which might be confusing to a reader.
Is your background in writing or filmmaking?
My background is in filmmaking. The last thing I ever intended to do was be a screenplay consultant. After I graduated (from the University of Michigan) I worked professionally as a film editor and started making my own short subjects which played at festivals. One day someone very innocently came to me and asked if I would look at a script. After I'd studied it I spent about three or four hours doing deep feedback – before I knew what deep feedback was . A month afterward someone else came to me, and then someone else. And I was doing this for nothing.
Something tells me it's not for nothing now. So how does it work?
If someone hasn't worked with me before, I suggest they do the demo. First I have a phone conversation with a client, before they send anything. They need to give me a call. I like to see what kind of experience they have in terms of screenwriting. I want to find out the genre, what film or films are similar to their scripts.
They send me the first 15 pages of their script – because that's what hits the studio reader – and I go over it with the same fine-toothed comb that I use for an entire script, and I take up to an hour and a half, which is more than what most people do with an entire script, which is what I understand anyway.
This works well if you have a similar perspective but one of you prefers to write, or has more time to write, and the second author is content to let that person lead the direction of the book.
This is different to working with a ghostwriter ; you're not 'handing over' the writing to someone else and taking all the credit.It's important that you both approach this as ajoint project and that you value the input of the other person, even if it feels as if one is giving more of their time or expertise.
The win-win is youressential foundation or any collaboration will ultimately fail.
Pros : You can work to your respective strengths and make something new that would not otherwise have existed.
I've done this with training courses , working with someone who has more expertise than I do , and bringingmy skills and experience with contentcreation, training and marketing. It's worked well and has led to long-term collaborations in my case.
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The third, and final way (and my least favourite if I have to be honest) is to make it a true collaboration, and to contribute equally (more or less) to all stages and all parts of the process.
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Ability Sequence
Jungle Mundo goes where he pleases!
Open up discussion on whether or not your team is going to do the dragon. Either way, step 1 is the same, but step 2 can change depending on your side and if you are dragoning or not.
Step 1)
Right off the bat, buy your cloth armor and 5x health pots. Immediately head towards mid/dragon and throw cleavers in all the bushes. If you hear a THWACK, that means there's somebody there, now its time to back up to safety, but at least you have alerted your team that there is an early dragon attempt going on.
Step 2 if dragoning)
While you were messing around mid/dragon, your team should be scouting/setting up in the blue jungle around the lizard. Around the 1:20 mark, you head to the lizard yourself and lead in a quick kill, be sure to drop 1 health pot while tanking the lizard and use your smite to finish it off. Welcome any team ganks the other guys might have in store for you as Cleavers are ridiculously powerful at level 1. Nothing should really be much of a surprise if you have checked the jungle thoroughly anyway.
After the lizard is down, head straight for the dragon, drop your rally and another health pot on the dragon and he will be down in about 8 seconds. This is especially effective if you have 1 teammate stay out of the dragon fight as 4 people in close proximity will mean 4x level 2s @ the 2 min mark of the game.
From there you can either pick up the Purple golem buff for one of your casters, or head to bottom/mid for an easy gank depending on how things have played out.
Step 2 no dragon)
If your team doesn't want to do an early dragon kill, get out of the area at around the 1 min mark. Tossing cleavers at their team while they are trying to set up a dragon kill, alerting your team that they are there, and maybe leading up to a counter dragon gank is 1 thing; sticking around too long and getting killed due to a well placed flash/exhaust or something is just dumb. Don't stick around long enough for this to happen.
Head towards your jungles lizard. Check the surrounding brush and be ready to start the fight by standing directly behind where the lizard will spawn. Make sure you are in place by the 1:39 mark.
Cleaver, pot, hit hit hit, Cleaver, Smite, hit till dead (in that order specifically) will give you a 6 second lizard kill and mopping up the small lizards will get you to level 2.
Clear the other two camps in the area starting with the golems/wolves camp, then heading to the wraiths camp should get you to level 3.
********From here on out, you put emphasis on ganking and jungle only when there are no exposed lanes or you need a lizard buff.********
At this point you are hitting for about 120dmg a swing. Crits will hit in the 250-300 range, and cleavers snare people enough that they won't get away without flash.
Start with mid lane. Wait in the brush for them to push too far up. Have your teammate lead with what the other guy will think is a stupid move. He can back out right away, all we need is for the enemy to over commit. Landing a cleaver on the charge will give about a 90% chance of killing them. Landing a cleaver after the charge will give you about a 60% chance of killing them.
If the gank went well and you have 2 in mid with no opposition now - push the tower, drop rally and you will have mid tower down by the 5 min mark. Watch for teleport after the rez or top/bottom to come protect the lane though.
Head back to town, finish your Madred's, and if you did particularly well, pick up a vampiric scepter, then back to the jungle, you could probably use the other lizard buff right about now so go check it out.
You should be level 4 right now, so no single character can kill you alone in the jungle. Charge into their jungle, take the lizard buff, and back to ganking. Top and bottom are easier to gank if they are pushed up to your tower than mid was. You have to watch all 3 lanes and be ready to move in at any moment though.
Continue this way until the teams start to move together. It should happen rather quickly as you will be eating them up while they are spread out in the lanes.
***Team Fights***
Hopefully, you can finish your Berserker boots and Malady before you get into the team fighting phase.
Jungle Mundo is not a tank, but don't be afraid to initiate fights either. The only things that can stop you are stuns, blinds, and an executioner's calling if they spent all their early game gold on it. Hitting your ult about 5 seconds before a fight actually starts is very beneficial as losing 20% of your HP after the action has started can actually be the cause of death often time. Between your 200dmg Masochism swings, your 1.4 attack speed due to your items, Malady's 15% life steal, and dropping Rally if you really need it, you should have no issue keeping yourself alive through just life steal. 1 Crit can hit for upwards of 500 dmg and heal you for at least 70hp.
***Other tips and tricks***
-Practice your cleaver toss when charging in. Psychology dictates that enemies will take a step towards their base right as you get into cleaver range. Throwing a cleaver 1 step behind the enemy when charging is a great way to greatly increase your chances of landing it. Always throw cleavers where the enemy is going to be, not where they are. Most times people run in a straight line away from Mundo as fast as possible because he will wreck their face (and everything else) if they don't.
-People will position themselves with creeps in between you and them so that you can't hit them with cleavers. If you find they only have 1 creep in the way, smite the creep with an immediate cleaver is a great way to catch them off guard and most likely close the deal on a kill.
-Look at the item build. All emphasis is placed on attack speed and nothing else. Masochism gives you +100dmg and further additional damage based on how much HP you are missing. The lower you get, the faster you kill people. The best way to increase Mundo's damage is through attack speed. If at any time you feel a Elixir of Elusiveness will benefit you more than moving the item build forward, go for it. It a great use of 300g at any point in the game.
-Madred's Razor is gotten early to help with jungle/pushing speed and to help keep your HP higher while not in an actual fight. There is nothing better than critting a creep for 900 dmg at level 4 (healing yourself for 135hp in the process) or clearing a whole wave of enemy creeps in 6 swings (happens quite often between crits and madred procs).
-Once you get to level 8, always go into fights with Burning Adrenaline on. It has a high health/sec cost, but you drain more than that by attacking, and the damage it deals along with the CC-reduction it gives are definitely worth it.
-If the other team is running in a tight group and yours isn't so much, don't be afraid to solo push.
If you see their whole team pushing on bot and you're on top. Do a deep push until they turn to come stop you. You can usually time how long it will take their team to cross the map. Hit Sadism and Burning Agony and hightail it out of there right before they can get their hands on you. If you have Zeal, nobody can catch you without a solid stun or immobilize. Even then, if only 1 or 2 guys catches you, they won't kill you before the stun/immobilize is over and you zip away anyway.
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What's the point? Do they really think they can charge Adobe et al enough licensing fees to make this worthwhile?
The Dave Coffin story was interesting, but dont use it as an excuse to let Nikon off the hook.
What is it they are really trying to hide?
Countless similar examples could be contrived. Just because someone develops a product doesn't mean that other manufacturers shouldn't be able to offer accessories for it.
Quotebut most Nikon shooters don't see it that way.Do you have scientific poll data to back up this claim?
Through use of the Nikon Software Developer Kit, authorized developers can produce software by applying creative concepts to their implementation and adding capabilities to open Nikons NEF file and use NEFs embedded Instructions and Nikons Libraries. Nikon photographers reap benefits from independent developers approaches, because it allows the photographer to open and process their NEF images.After a developers software is created using the Nikon SDK, a NEF file can be opened, edited in either TIFF or JPEG format, and then saved in formats available in the developers software. This process has been available since the first Nikon SDK for NEF.With each introduction of a new Nikon digital Single Lens Reflex model, Nikon updates the available SDK selection to provide new information; this is the situation with the D2X, D2Hs and D50 models. As stated above, application for the Nikon SDK is possible for bona fide software companies that send Nikon a written application for the SDK. Once approved, the SDK is provided to the developer at no charge and they are authorized to use it.Nikon has provided its confidential SDK software to many software developers. With the Nikon SDK, developers may design excellent and creative compatibility between the NEF and their software, all without compromising the integrity of the NEFs original concept, and ensuring that work done by the photographer during the picture taking process can be incorporated into the rendering of the image.
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Mrs. Margaret Mary Lunt Kellner, age 86, of Roaring River, died Sunday, January 27, 2013 at Select Specialty Hospital in Winston Salem. Mrs. Kellner was born September 25, 1926 in Whitehall, New York to Lance Barlett and Anna Frances Bunny Lunt. She was a member of St. John's Catholic Church, retired as a registered nurse of 37 years, a volunteer with the Crisis Pregnancy Center and Wilkes Literacy. Mrs. Kellner was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Jack Lunt.
Surviving are her husband, Martin Joseph Kellner of the home; one son, Joseph Martin Kellner of Roaring River; one daughter, Monica Ann Omans and husband, James David of Alexandria, Virginia; two sisters, Betty Kurtz and husband, Daniel of Montgomery, New York, Lorraine Pulcastro of Murfreesboro, Tennessee; and three grandchildren, Kira Omans, Kevin Omans, Kristin Omans all of Alexandria, Virginia.
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