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Disney Infinity 2.0 Launches for PS Vita on May 9th; Includes Exclusive Symbiote Spider-Man Figurine
Even with the imposing competition of Nintendo's amiibo and Activision's Skylanders series behind it, Disney Infinity has held strong with a huge stable of figurines based on classic Disney characters both new and old, and now the most recent release in the popular toys-to-life series, Disney Infinity 2.0, will be available in a portable Vita version tomorrow.
A new post on the PlayStation Blog revealed that Disney Infinity 2.0 (aka Marvel Super Heroes) will release for PS Vita tomorrow, May 9th, as a special Starter Pack exclusive to GameStop. The PS Vita Starter Pack will retail for $59.99 and alongside the PS Vita version will also include the wireless base, a Spider-Man Playset piece, two Marvel Super Heroes game discs, a Web Code card, a USB recharging cable, and the exclusive debut of the Symbiote Spider-Man figurine.
The black Symbiote Spider-Man figurine will also be compatible with the console versions of Disney Infinity 2.0, though Disney Interactive did explain that the special edition Spider-Man figurine will be debuting exclusively with the PS Vita version of the title, which will only be available at GameStop retail stores.
Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes will release for PS Vita on May 9th, 2015 exclusively at GameStop – you can check out a gallery of screenshots below, and a photo of the Starter Pack above:

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Factual error: Sharks can't roar - they don't have vocal chords.David Mercier
Revealing mistake: When the baby shark dies it is an obvious fake rubber shark with no movement before it died and no reaction from the watching crowd.
Revealing mistake: As Mike and Kathryn are underwater with the submarine, they pass the control room, and in the next shot, as the submarine turns around, the front of it suddenly goes transparent. (00:32:00)Mortug
Audio problem: Near the end of the film when the shark is in the control room he eats a man underwater. The man is heard to scream and cry out, and you can hear him taking breaths in between screams despite being underwater with no breathing equipment.
Revealing mistake: When the shark goes on a rampage at Sea World, whenever the fin goes above water, it is blatantly obvious that the fin is fake, and it is doubly obvious in some shots when we can see the welding line running right down the fin where the crew fused the two sides of the fin together.
Factual error: In the scene near the beginning of the film where a diver gets eaten by the shark, an unattached arm is left suspended in the water. Not one drop of blood was spilt into this water.
Revealing mistake: About two-thirds of the way through the film, there is a wide shot of Jaws swimming. Keep in mind that a shark swims by the moving of its body and tail. It's quite obvious to see that Jaws is a matted-in puppet as his tail moves only once and he is propelled a long distance. Also note the fact that the tail move is quite mechanical and not the easy motion a real shark would make, and his body doesn't move at all. The shark in Shark Attack 3: Megalodon looked better than this.
Revealing mistake: Matte lines are visible on the submarine as Mike and his girlfriend drive it through the reef.
Revealing mistake: Matte lines are visible around Jaws when he crashes into the window of the control room.
Continuity mistake: In the kitchen scene when Mike and Sean are eating breakfast, the phone cord hanging behind Mike keeps changing from being loose and free, to all twisted and tangled. (00:26:40)Hamster
Continuity mistake: In the breakfast scene, as Mike walks over to the table with the pot of coffee, the amount in the pot changes from barely full to almost full to the top as he sits down. (00:26:35)Hamster
Continuity mistake: In the breakfast scene with Mike and Sean, the angle of the Tropicana juice carton keeps changing. (00:26:10)Hamster
Continuity mistake: After the big shark dies Mike and the blonde girl are calling the dolphins, in one shot it's dawn and it's dark but suddenly in the very next shot it's completely daylight.oswal13
Revealing mistake: When the shark bites the fish in half just before the opening titles you can see the back of the fish tank the shot was being filmed in.jbrbbt
Continuity mistake: When Mike is in the water doing the welding on the tunnel patch he is wearing a full face mask with the rebreather attached at middle, but when he and Kay are swimming away and go into the door back to the control room after being chased by Jaws, he is wearing just a regular snorkel mask with the rebreather in his mouth.
Continuity mistake: The small shark shrinks a lot when it's brought into the enclosure. If it were its original size, it would have stuck halfway out of the tank.
Factual error: Although continually referred to by the workers at the park as "he, " the captive killer whale kept there is obviously female. You can tell by the shape and size of the fin.
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the movie with the scene of the water skiers, the amount of boats on the water goes from hardly any, to suddenly being loads. (00:02:35 - 00:03:40)Hamster


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Report: Hizbullah Targets Nusra Posts in Flita, Kills and Wounds Severalإقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Hizbullah and the Syrian Army have reportedly attacked military vehicles for al-Nusra Front militant group in the outskirts of the town of Flita in the Syrian Qalamoun region killing and wounding several, Hizbullah's al-Manar TV said on Tuesday
The TV said: "Several Nusra militants were killed and others were wounded when Hizbullah and the Syrian army fired guided missiles at posts controlled by al-Nusra in Flita."
It added: "Terrorist groups were also targeted with heavy artillery and machine guns."
Flita is just across the Lebanese border to Arsal, a crossing point 20 kilometers to the northwest which rebels and refugees have used regularly.
Hizbullah is a close ally of the Syrian regime and has been fighting alongside its government troops against an uprising there.
The Lebanese army has been battling the Syria-based Islamist militants who are entrenched on the porous border between Lebanon and Syria.
lulz lulz
Saudi American influence stopped the Army from attacking Nusra head on.
So now the Resistance does the job.
No western Saudi hands can stop our good Resistance from killing salafi scum.
did your good resistance stop the salafi-saudi-zionist trio from killing those two iranian jihadist terrorists in your avatar?
Jaafar iblisovich, no they did not!
Where is your Trump to save your little salafis?
Poor you.
My daddy is going to make you see bright stars at mid-day; you just wait mystic.
Salafi making Roleplay very cute.
Trump is a coward whom dodged his draft to Vietnam with his wealth, a real coward.
The brave Koreans keeps test firing their missiles, despite Trumps numerous threats.
They know he is a lousy rich corward, well it takes cowards to know each other, just like his recent visits to Saudi Arabia and Israel.
sure breibart a far right conservative media, very reliable lol!
Like your sister?
I don't have a sister in Bombay. But I hear they have Jews in India, Schlomo.
lol @almasdar and mowaten's sources
Here is a video of the events.
lulz @ doctored videos from WWII
I must thank you Southern for presenting facts the way you do and make them so simple to comprehend. By mixing cows, colonial influence and cowboys you brought the picture close to us, your adoring audience.
I have learned so mcc from you and yearn for some more.
Keep posting, please!
I say they both should take their rivalry back to their respective nations instead of bringing their crap into Lebanon. Both are foreigners, both commit horrible crimes against humanity.


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Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits Appoints John Acott to Vice President -- General Market of Illinois
Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits ("Southern Glazer's")— the world's pre-eminent distributor of beverage alcohol—today announced that it has appointed John Acott to the position of Vice President – General Market of Southern Glazer's Illinois.
In this role, Mr. Acott will oversee sales for the Chicagoland Wine and Spirits General Market, reporting directly to Southern Glazer's Vice President of Sales for Illinois, Mike Housey.
Mr. Acott spent the last five years as Southern Glazer's Vice President and General Manager of Minnesota. Scott Westerman, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Company's North Central Sub Region, will assume Mr. Acott's responsibilities in the interim, until the position is filled.
Prior to working for Southern Glazer's Minnesota, Mr. Acott held the position of Vice President of Retail Wine for 11 years in Illinois, where he led and managed five sales divisions, developing strong supplier and retailer relationships with the Company's largest wine partners.
"We are thrilled to welcome John back to Illinois," said Mike McLaughlin, Central Region President, Southern Glazer's. "John is a proven leader, which he has demonstrated over his 16-year tenure with the Company. Under his leadership, I am confident that the general market within Illinois will continue to thrive, meeting its sales objectives and delivering the very best for our suppliers and customers."
About Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits
Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits is the world's pre-eminent distributor of beverage alcohol, and proud to be a multi-generational, family-owned company. The Company has operations in 44 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, Canada, and the Caribbean, and employs more than 20,000 team members. Southern Glazer's urges all retail customers and adult consumers to market, sell, serve, and enjoy its products responsibly. For more information visit www.southernglazers.com. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @sgwinespirits and on Facebook at Facebook.com/SouthernGlazers.


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Oh, hey there Mr. Charmer:
How can someone be so effin' good looking? I almost hyper-ventilated when I saw this cover in one of the sites I frequently visit for Japanese fashion magazines. Unfortunately, the link indicated in the site was not working perfectly so had to scour the net just to find this issue. Fortunately, I was able to find this site featuring a chock-ful of Japanese and Korean fashion magazines. Credit goes to li8htnin8.blogspot.com for the scans.
MatsuJun looked more mature nowadys, compared when I first saw him in Gokusen. And it's been quite a while since I watched a drama featuring MatsuJun. The last one was Smile where he played Hayakawa Bito, a haffu who managed to be optimistic with everything in spite the bad experiences and misfortunes that came his way. This drama drained the life out of me–as I cannot help but shed copious amount of tears in every episode. Very ironic, considering the effin' title was Smile. I finished all episodes, but it felt like I've just been through the most draining emotional experience of my life, and fortunately, I emerged unscathed.
Smile proved that MatsuJun can act, and not be just some cutesy Japanese idol, boy-group extraordinaire. A pretty immense talent to match the perfectly awesome face.


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May 2, 1965
A Line Must Be Drawn
By SAUL MALOFF
f it were in fact a novel, and if the prototypes were at all interesting, and if it succeeded with some craft and art in playing the game of identity, Jack Kerouac's indifferently awaited "Desolation Angels" might appeal to our basest nature as a roman à clef. But if the term is to retain a shred of meaning, the book is not a novel, whatever the dust jacket may proclaim; and the characters are as fatuous in life as in art; and, as if to deny us even a low pleasure, Kerouac goes to considerable pains to identify his friends and business associates, stopping just short of spelling their names correctly. And for future historians of defunct movements who after plumbing the archives still do not know the poet of (as it is here) "Howling" or the author of "Nude Supper," Seymour Krim provides the key in his exegetical introduction.
By Jack Kerouac.
Introduction by Seymour Krim.
Perhaps none of this would much matter, if only the book were a fresh departure, instead of merely another version of the single, interminable matter if only the book were a fresh book that Kerouac has been writing all these years. Depressingly, he is celebrating life again--with ruthless inclusiveness, down to the last molecule. The last, the final one: "Happy, happy, the little gasoline fumes," eulogizes. Gagging, one draws the line.
A line more like a noose, for something larger is at stake here than yet another bad book. At style falls with this book, a way of writing, a kind of sensibility. The diaster is general. When the jangling note was first sounded in "On the Road," it had, if nothing else, a certain weirdness to commend it; but the spurious new soon fades and dies. What vitality there may have been spent itself in its first expression; thereafter it died and died. Yet so much clamor accompanied its dying that some people persuaded themselves that it lived, giving rise to the odd literary theory that, if only you beat it frenziedly enough, it is possible to return a corpse to life.
The fervency of Kerouac's belief is not without its dogged heroism. In book after book, he has flailed away with undiminished vigor; indeed, with increasing gladness of heart, restlessly following his multifoliate vision, listening with a fixed smile to his own voice and no other, declining valiantly to traffic in the usual amenities of prose. Grammar, syntax, apostrophes and the conscious exercise of intelligence are all--and equally--the anathema to art. To overuse the dash in the manner of Victorian schoolgirls is, apparently, to assert the freedom of the creative spirit; and, conversely, to punctuate less vividly and more accurately is to submit to the brutal force of the State, the dead hand of Tradition.
Even to use words accurately is an intolerable restraint of freedom. Besides, "fulsome," as in "fulsome breasts and thighs," sounds so much fuller than "full," say.
Sound determines so much for Kerouac. Admiration signifies poesy, and a chance to employ a fertile skill at it drives him to ecstasy, then past it. Past it to a kind of echolalia: the moon not only "yellows," it "mellows" as well, all in the same soft, ascending movement. And when the sound "poop" occurs, who could resist balancing it with "oop"? Not Kerouac.
Ecstasy ("Ecstasy Pie" is the sobriquet of his favorite lady), rapture, a strenuously induced euphoria--this, as always, is the prevailing tone of Kerouac's book, when it is not wistful, elegiac, or simply dejected. That is, the book is either high or hungover, as it were. Indeed, Kerouac must be the last remaining convert to the playful old notion that art results from the spontaneous combustion of the unconscious. Otherwise stated: anything goes.
With remorseless exuberance, Kerouac continues the vast, inconsequential epic of himself and his friends, no longer even attempting to disguise memoir with the trappings of fiction, and offering this as the sacred book of the Movement, the canonical work. Here we are told of the legendary time he went up into the mountain as a fire-watcher, there to confront the All-in-One--and all in a chanting lyricism, sodden with simulated mysticism, hilarious with solecisms.
Then to the inevitable road again, first to North Beach, then to Mexico, then back past, then on to Tangier, Paris, London, and back to America. Where not? Ah, God, those were joyous days, back in '57. Allen and Gregory stripping naked at private parties, small and large, hi-jinks on public platforms, anywhere, everywhere. Peter urinating in the street--just like that. That glorious whore house in Mexico City. Those never-to-be-forgotten pads and ah! those girls, always home, ready, waiting patiently, like so many Penelopes, no matter how long the Rover Boys were away.
Kerouac-Duluoz-Ti Jean--the author in several of his epic manifestations--goes all the way to Tangier, Morocco (he is careful to specify, lest we confuse it with some other Tangier) to drink at the fount of William Burrough's wisdom. On the evidence, he might have spared himself the long, hot voyage; and as far as London and Paris, they seem so like North Beach and the Lower East Side, one feels quite at home.
To put it another way: nothing changes, or has changed. Aging, Kerouac grows younger. The prose still leaps up and down, overjoyed to be itself; the boys and girls arrive and depart with inexhaustible energy; everything dissolves in the everlasting sea of confusion. At no time does Kerouac exult more than when he strikes a particularly infelicitous chord. If only he were putting us on; but no, he is beyond compare the most sincere writer we have.
Some Cassandras have climbed to notice, over the last decade, some flagging in the impulse of the unfortunately named Beat Generation. Now the last lingering doubt may be put to rest, for there can be no recovering from this final assault.
Mr. Maloff if Books Editor of Newsweek and has taught at Bennington.
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On May 7, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) will report its fiscal first quarter earnings and host a conference call. While most of the Street will be laser-focused on the results for the single quarter, whether analysts were asleep at the wheel or not, and any adjustments to guidance, there will also be new clues that may give you a better glimpse at the long-term future.
How statements affect valuation
Like it or not and whether or not it materializes accurately, Tesla trades with a valuation based on medium-term adjusted non-GAAP earnings expectations. The 2015 analyst estimates of $3.73 (at the time of this writing) is a common benchmark used.
With so many variables and unknowns, it's very difficult to even guess what earnings will be in 2015. As such, the estimates themselves are prone to wild, volatile swings. Any adjustments in the over a dozen analysts making estimates will likely be more affected by perceptions from statements than from single-quarter numbers, and so will the valuation over the coming months. Knowing what to look for could give you an edge.
Production, production, production
As Tesla CEO Elon Musk reconfirmed in at conference in Beijing last Monday, the company once again expects that production for 2014 will not be able to keep up with overwhelming demand. This means every Tesla car is already accounted for and sold before it's even made. As such, the question is how fast can Tesla ramp up production for 2015?
The latest target that Tesla gave was for the production of 1,000 cars per week by the end of the year. In the last conference call, Musk said that a "new final assembly line" is expected to be completed by the end of the third quarter and that it will push production over the top. Is this target date still on schedule? Is the company ready to make statements about 2015? The Gigafactory will be an important contributor down the road, but it won't be ready for next year.
Musk has described the demand so far, as being like going fishing and the fish are just jumping in the boat. Is that still happening? Is the anticipated order flow still expected to be higher than the production rate in 2015?
Word on the street
So far, Tesla hasn't spent a penny on advertising. Eventually, that will likely change. The first clue that there are sustainable signs of demand softening in relation to production is that you will hear somebody at Tesla talk about an advertising budget.
If you start to hear plans for advertising in 2015, it would be a double-edged sword. Staunch bears will call it a sign of demand weakness. Staunch bulls will call it a sign of production acceleration. The truth will be somewhere in the middle, but either way it means higher costs and probably lower bottom line profit margins. No news is good news when it comes to advertising.
Tesla has primarily relied on word of mouth from happy customers to sell its vehicles so far. The result has obviously been quite successful as new orders have to be added to a waiting list. Now that a growing chunk of deliveries have landed in Europe and the very first ones have arrived in China, is Tesla starting to see the same word-of-mouth trend that the United States saw and sees? Is it stronger or weaker?
Any unexpected costs or demand?
Recall the two fires that made a lot of headlines in late 2013. It wasn't until the February conference call that we learned that there was a "significant drop in demand" to the point that Tesla executives were "quite worried about it." Demand has since rebounded, but it begs the question that you should always be on the lookout for: is there anything on the horizon that could hurt demand again that Tesla is aware of?
Tesla has done an excellent job dousing the media firestorm. On March 28, the company stated in its blog, "Starting with vehicle bodies manufactured as of March 6, all cars have been outfitted with a triple underbody shield. Tesla service will also retrofit the shields, free of charge, to existing cars upon request or as part of a normally scheduled service."
Tesla performed 152 vehicle tests. Now the questions are: what sort of costs came with the engineering, the 152 tests, future tests, ongoing tests and maintenance, and how will it affect the profit margins of current vehicles? Will the cost be passed onto consumers? Is the cost immaterial on a $120,000 car? Will it slow down the production time at all?
Foolish final thoughts
Based on next year's current estimates of $3.73, Tesla trades with a P/E well over 50. Any time just about any company trades with a P/E that high, the market is telling you that it expects long-term sustainable and rapid growth. Any changes in the long-term perception of the trend, in addition to the numbers, could change the P/E ratio and stock price accordingly. Tesla is going to need to continually provide the market with psychologically positive medium and long-term developments and expectations in order for its stock to justify its current valuation or higher.


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Research by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) shows that schools across the region will see funding slashed by up to 10% under the plans, the Express and Star reports.
The government said its proposed formula would balance out funding across the country and was at the heart of a pledge to 'build a country that works for everyone'.
But campaigners have warned it will see 98% of schools worse off in real terms – with state schools with the highest number of pupils on free school meals set to be hit the hardest.
Sandwell is set to be hit hardest in the Black Country, with funding falling by 10% (£23.79m) by 2019/20.
In Dudley funding will drop by nine per cent under the new formula (£18.41m), while it will fall by the same level in Walsall (£19.15m). Wolverhampton's schools will see an eight per cent reduction (£14.35m). Meanwhile schools in Staffordshire will be £33.72m worse off under the proposals, a fall of 7 per cent.
Walsall South MP Valerie Vaz said 24 out of 38 schools in her constituency will see funding fall by £490 per pupil.
She has urged residents and school leaders to share their views in a consultation on the proposals.
NUT general secretary, Kevin Courtney, said: "These findings confirm that the government's proposed funding formula will work for no one unless more money is found.
"Almost every school is going to be worse off in real terms due to government funding policies. It is disturbing to find now that the children most in need are in the schools that will be hardest hit."
A spokesman for the DfE said the existing formula was based on 'patchy and inconsistent decisions' that have built up over many years, and on data that is more than a decade old.
"The government has protected the core schools budget in real terms since 2010, with school funding at its highest level on record at more than £40bn in 2016-17," the spokesman said.
"But the system for distributing that funding across the country is unfair, opaque and outdated.
"We are going to end the historical postcode lottery in school funding and under the proposed national schools funding formula, more than half of England's schools will receive a cash boost.
"We are consulting on how we propose to weight funding and we know that it is important that we get the formulae and system right so that every pound of the investment we make in education has the greatest impact."
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BYOx for the Most Secure Spaces
Article written by Jim Hansen, VP of Products, Security, SolarWinds
Earlier this year, the Department of Defense (DoD) released a policy memo stating that DoD personnel—as well as contractors and visitors to DoD facilities—may no longer carry mobile devices in areas specifically designated for "processing, handling, or discussion of classified information."
For federal IT pros, managing and securing "allowable" personal and government devices is already a challenge. Factor in the additional restrictions and the real possibility that not everyone will follow the rules, mobile-device management and security can seem even more overwhelming.
Luckily, there are steps federal IT pros can take to help get a better handle on managing this seemingly unmanageable Bring Your Own Everything (BYOx) environment, starting with policy creation and implementation, and including software choices and strategic network segmentation.
Agency BYOx Challenges
While there are overarching rules, each government agency has its own unique accompanying rules and regulations that help accomplish its mission.
Some agencies allow personnel to use their own devices, some do not. For those that do, the main challenges tend to be access issues: which devices are allowed to access the government network? Which devices are not.
For agencies that don't, there is also the challenge of preventing unauthorized use by devices that "sneak through" security checkpoints.
The most effective solutions, therefore, are multi-faceted to ensure that agency networks and data are protected no matter where the threat is coming from. Implementing some of the below best practices to support your government cybersecurity solutions can help ensure complete protection against a BYOx threat.
Three-Step BYOx Security Plan
Step One: Train and Test
A vast majority of security breaches are born from user error. Successful phishing attacks, for example, can be widely prevented through end-user education and effective policy management.
Most agencies do have mobile device management policies, but not every agency requires personnel to take training and pass a policy-based exam. This is highly recommended. Training can be far more effective—and taken more seriously—if agency personnel are tested on how they would respond in certain scenarios. It shouldn't be treated any differently than a harassment training or a workplace safety training class.
Effective training emphasizes the importance of these policies, as well as their consequences; what actions will personnel face if they don't comply or blatantly break the rules? In the testing phase, be sure to include scenarios to help solidify personnel understanding of what to do (and not to do) in scenarios that may not be completely obvious.
The more training, and testing, the better.
Step Two: Access Control
Policies have been implemented; personnel have been trained; they've been tested. No matter how much the federal IT pro prepares, there is still the potential for unauthorized access. Hence, the second step—Access Control—is a valuable next step to help ensure you have the right controls in place to manage BYOx in accordance with your agency policy.
Identity-based access management is used to ensure only authorized personnel are able to access the agency network using only authorized devices. Add a level of security to this by choosing a solution that requires two-factor authentication. I know, two-factor authentication (2FA) is a pain. But, if my grandmother's email account can be better protected from unauthorized access, your agency can benefit as well. Consider the extra authentication step for an added layer of security.
Additionally, be sure to create, maintain, and carefully monitor access-control lists to help ensure that users have access to only the networks and resources that are needed for them to do their jobs. This principle of least privilege is a foundational security concept that can help ensure you're more protected from fraudulent access by non-authorized devices and users who have been potentially compromised on those devices. When establishing these access control lists, include as much information as possible about the users and resources—systems and applications—they are allowed to access. A detailed list could aid in discovering and thwarting fraudulent access from a non-authorized device.
Step Three: Implement the Right Tools
The final step is almost an add-on to Step Two, but worth highlighting from a security perspective.
Mobile phones are far and away today's biggest BYOx issue for federal IT pros. As a result, access control (Step Two) is of critical importance. That said, ensuring the following basic security-focused tasks are being implemented is a critical piece of the larger security picture:
• Patch management – Countless breaches have occurred as a result of organizations not keeping up to date with the latest patches to their software. Patch management is a simple, and effective, security measure. Choose a product that provides automated patch management to make things even easier and keep your personnel's devices patched, up to date, and free of vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.
• Threat detection – Users often have no idea their devices have been infected, so it's up to the federal IT pro to be sure a threat detection system is in place to help ensure that compromised devices do not gain access to agency networks.
• Device management – Even after proper training, not every user will follow the rules. If a user tries to attach an unauthorized device to the network, the quicker the federal IT pro can detect and shut down access, the quicker a potential breach is mitigated.
• Anti-virus software – Every agency should have anti-virus software—it's probably the most ubiquitous, easiest-to-implement form of security available today.
• Access rights management – Provisioning personnel, deprovisioning personnel, and knowing and managing their access to the critical systems and applications across the agency is necessary to help ensure the right access to resources is granted to the right people.
BYOx is one of biggest challenges facing federal IT pros. Yet, as with any challenge, sticking to the basics and implementing a logical series of IT and end user-based solutions can help reduce risk. Follow the above three steps for a solid start to ensuring tight security in an increasingly BYOx world.


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Genital Herpes Treatment in Singapore: Genital herpes is viral, spreads by contact and causes genital blisters. Once you have herpes, it can recur many times. There is no cure or vaccine.
There are antiviral treatments available, which can shorten the duration and severity of an outbreak of herpes. The drugs reduce the pain as well as the number of blisters that form, and can limit the spread of the infection to adjacent areas. The antiviral medications can be taken orally, or can be applied as an ointment to the area.
Antiviral medications can also be used to reduce the rate of recurrence of genital herpes. This is called suppressive therapy. The person has to take the treatment every day, whether or not they're having an outbreak of herpes; this can be expensive and sometimes has side effects. Because of this, and because herpes is not a severe or life-threatening disease, many people with genital herpes don't take suppressive medications. It's usually only recommended for those who have at least four outbreaks per year. In those who do use suppressive therapy, doctors generally recommend stopping the medications periodically (usually after one year) to assess whether the treatment is still needed. Because the frequency of recurrences naturally decreases over time in most people, suppressive therapy may not continue to be useful for the lifetime.


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Blu-ray Review: Mission: Impossible Fallout
For over two decades Tom Cruise has continued to make the Mission: Impossible franchise arguably the best action franchise of all time. Usually by the time the sixth installment of a series comes around the actors are just going through the motions to grab a paycheque while audiences get more of the same; yet that's the exact opposite of how Cruise handles the M:I films, always aiming to one up the last one in story, stunts and all around action – and he's more than succeeded at that mission with the latest installment.
Mission: Impossible Fallout breaks new ground for the series, as it marks the first time a director has returned behind the camera for a second time. Cruise always wanted each film to have its own distinct feel, and by choosing a different director with a fresh vision for each movie it helped keep things fresh and unpredictable for audiences over the past 22 years – that is until Christopher McQuarrie came around. This pair has hit it off and delivered incredibly successful – and downright awesome films – in recent years, so it's not surprising that Cruise would bend the rules in this case.
In Fallout, McQuarrie continues his story about the Syndicate, its captured leader Solomon Lane (Sean Harris), and how both continue to haunt Hunt. The last mission, Rogue Nation, was a darker tone, especially after Tom Cruise's daredevil theatrics on the Burj Khalifa in the vibrant thrill-ride that was Ghost Protocol. With the latest Mission, McQuarrie balances the dramatic weight and the story by upping almost every action sequence to blockbuster-level proportions, constantly raising the stakes and never slowing down the pacing to allow audiences to catch their breath. Truly his best work as a director, particularly a car/motorcycle chase through the streets of Paris that's one of the best chases I've ever seen. The fight choreography is flawless, the camerawork is fluid and up close and personal.
With the Syndicate scattered after the capture of their leader during the events of Rogue Nation, Fallout also marks the first time that a villain has antagonized our hero across the span of two films as well. Yes, the notorious Solomon Lane returns once again as the bane to Hunt's existence. This time out a splinter cell of the Syndicate has formed called The Apostles and they'll stop at nothing to bring the world to its knees while restoring the order they see fit once and for all.
Fallout is absolutely packed full of so much entertainment to the point where you may have a hard time finding a Blu-ray that's still properly sealed in its wrapping. Okay, that was cheesy, but the point still stands! There's just so much to love about this movie that it's hard to put it into words without spoiling anything. The missions are an absolute blast, the stunts are jaw-dropping, the suspense is masterful and the throwbacks to previous films are spectacularly handled for fans of the franchise who have been there since the start – or even those who came in late but know their M:I film history!
Now let me talk about Cruise briefly here, as he once again shows why he's the best Hollywood has when it comes to giving action-craving audiences what they want. This is a guy who just turned 56 years old yet continues to do a large majority of his own stunts to the point of injury so that the cameras can get right in his face and audiences can get right in on the action alongside him. He actually broke his ankle while filming this movie in a scene where he's jumping from one roof to another. If you look up the scene before seeing the movie, you'll notice they actually use the shot of him running off screen after just breaking his ankle because that was the only take they had.
Yes, Cruise delivers on all cylinders once again as it seems like the older he gets, the more intense and wild the action scenes he takes part in become. But on top of that it's also the acting chops he brings to the scene that truly set him a rung above the rest. There's a lot of layers to Ethan Hunt, and Cruise knows just when to peel them away or wrap them back up whenever the moment calls for it. There have been a lot of extremely talented people involved in the Mission: Impossible franchise that have helped make it the powerhouse franchise it is today, but none more than Cruise himself, and he showcases that once again in here.
Mission: Impossible Fallout is hands down one of the can't miss movies of 2018, and is a no-brainer purchase if you're an action junkie looking to own one of the best movies of the year. That's right, not just one of the best action movies of the year, but Fallout is one of the best movies of the year, period! While it remains unclear if McQuarrie will return for M:I 7 (Cruise has reportedly already approached him about it) to complete what could be seen as a potential trilogy, one thing is for certain, Mission: Impossible Fallout is about as good as it gets for Hollywood blockbusters and no matter who is at the helm of the next installment, we're all in for quite the ride if they're looking to top this one!
Like its predecessors, Mission: Impossible Fallout looks stunning on Blu-ray. This is the type of movie you buy a big screen television with surround sound and all the trimmings for, and the studio has delivered in making sure its audio and video mix delivers! The picture quality is top tier, delivering incredibly sharp images that stay true to the director's vision, be it day or night, or inside a simply lit room or a crowded club with mirrors and lasers blasting all over. The sound is also perfection, with the sound effects taking the action to the next level, while never getting convoluted with the score or dialogue – both of which also blast out of the speakers as clean as one could hope for.
Special Features:
The Blu-ray disc itself has a few commentary tracks on it that give the viewer various views on the making of the movie from everyone that they'd likely want to hear from.
Audio Commentary – First up, there's a track with McQuarrie and Cruise, which will likely be the go-to listen for those who only have time to pick one – or for those choosing an order to go in. I mean, saving it for last may be the way to go also, but I think hearing their views makes the most sense, and opens up the other commentaries for their more specific takes.
Audio Commentary – McQuarrie and editor Eddie Hamilton take over this track, which is another great listen.
Audio Commentary – Lastly, we have Composer Lorne Balfe, who has a unique track, and not really a side we often get to hear from on commentaries – especially for giant blockbusters.
Isolated Score Track – This is quite fun and will be for the music lovers, or those looking to watch a movie in a unique way, as this viewing of the film simply plays the film's score without dialogue of sound effects!
Disc 2:
If you're ever wondering what a fully-packed bonus feature set looks like, it's pretty much all found here on this release. Not only is just about every angle covered on commentary, but there's also a Behind the Scenes feature called Behind the Fallout which runs at almost an hour long and is broken down into seven features.
Light the Fuse – This feature Is just over 11-minutes long and gives a nice in-depth overview of the franchise so far, the story going into Fallout, as mentioned in my review above, just how dedicated Cruise is to the series and how he sustained a major injury while filming, plus so much more! A really fun watch, as is most of this…basically look to set aside an hour when you begin this mission!
Top of the World — This feature is just under 11-minutes in length and focuses on the HALO jump scene in the film! This was briefly showcased on Youtube leading into the film to highlight how it's definitely Cruise leaping out of this plane over 100 times in order to make sure they get the proper shot! It's an awesome feature to watch, and truly enjoyable to see how much Cruise wants to make sure the audience gets the action they pay to see.
The Big Swing: Deleted Scene Breakdown – This is one of the shorter featurettes, coming in at just under four-minutes, and it focuses on the filming in the Grand Palais in Paris!
Rendezvous in Paris – This feature delves deeper into filming in Paris – particularly the epic chase scene through the streets!
The Fall – This feature comes in at under six-minutes in length and focuses on one of the big stunts in the film that takes place during the climax. I'll leave it at that for those who haven't watched the movie yet (though I have to ask, what are you waiting for?!)
The Hunt Is On – This feature is also 11-minutes in length and focuses on the helicopter chase in the movie (yes, two epically amazing chase sequences in one flick!) that also showcases Cruise's stunt work once again, as well as the work and extreme care and dangerous aspects of filming a sequence like this.
Cliffside Clash – This four minute featurette focuses on the showdown between Hunt and his nemesis in the film as they square off near the end of the film.
Deleted Scenes Montage – For fans of deleted scenes you get a few here with optional commentary by McQuarrie and Hamilton.
Foot Chase Musical Breakdown – This piece comes in at just under five-minutes in length and sees Composer Lorne Balfe break down the musical aspects of one of the action sequences piece by piece. It's really interesting to get to listen to things like this, which don't usually make the cut on the special features front.
The Ultimate Mission – This featurette lands at just under three minutes long and sees Cruise just gush about the franchise, what it means to him and why he holds it dear. He also touches on why he does his own stunts and how it benefits everyone in the end.
Storyboards – A few storyboards can be viewed here for those who like to see that sort of thing as well.
Paramount Pictures Presents Mission: Impossible Fallout. Written & Directed By: Christopher McQuarrie. Based on the TV series created by Bruce Geller. Starring: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Alec Baldwin, Angela Bassett. Running time: 150 Minutes. Rating: PG. Released on Blu-ray: Dec. 04, 2018.
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'Reforms' seems to be the buzz word these days in talking about addressing long standing challenges to the Pakistani economy, but what exactly does this mean? It is all very well to be talking in generic terms about the urgent need for third generation reforms in Pakistan, but such statements only confuse policy makers or leaders alike and add little clarity on what truly is required or should be done. Along with others, I also have been urging respective government to immediately undertake some necessary reforms instead of sweeping things under the carpet and now with this new but rookie leadership about to be sworn in, this could be the chance to walk the talk of their election rhetoric. Having said this, one does at the same time realize that explaining a comprehensive reforms' draft can both be technically difficult and rather complex. So for simplicity's sake and for the ease of understanding of an average reader, I thought that perhaps a good way to present the endless possibilities on reforms would be by quoting as examples of some landmark reforms that have recently been (successfully) undertaken by our neighbor, India. And also on how these reforms there have already started to make a significant difference to the lives of common men. While one can blame the Modi government on many fronts like intolerance, blatant breach of human rights, stoking regional instability, aiding terrorism at home and abroad, genocide of minorities to naked lynching in the name of religion, but one must concede that when it comes to the Indian economy, it has taken some bold decisions on de-monetization, documentation of the economy per se and in ringing some innovative structural reforms, which are already beginning to pay off – the fruits naturally manifesting themselves in the consistently growing electoral strength of the BJP. These structural reforms unleashed by India in the last two to three years have been aimed at providing jobs to a gush of young Indians entering the job market every year and more importantly, at making the resultant economy more equitable, thereby allowing average Indians (or at least the average Hindus) to lead a better life.
So, coming directly to the point, what exactly have they done? Answer: The following: Dismantling of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) of India and easing rules on foreign investment to open up the economy – it was done as early as 2015 in their current tenure. This streamlining of a rule based FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) regime is in-turn inspiring confidence in the Indian markets as the FDI touched $60billion in 2017, up nearly 100% over 2014 figures. To achieve this, we saw three main steps taken by the Mr. Modi government: 1) A completely new system on the general sales tax (GST) was introduced that discourages evaders, encourages national harmonization and consciously avoids a culture of coercive oversight. Further, the endeavor with managing the subject of Sales Tax in India has not ended and is being treated by the government as an on-going project. Latest global data on such a tax (known alternatively as the value added tax) suggests that as the global competition heats up and protectionism becomes ripe, more and more governments are reducing the rate of this tax, because this levy, if not rightly priced, can in-effect be counter productive by stoking un-competitiveness amongst domestic manufacturing/industry. Recent examples are numerous where developing countries have re-visited the national rate of this tax and have reduced it significantly: South Korea to 9%, Japan 8%, Thailand 7%, Malaysia 7% & Nigeria 5%. The Indian government has already announced that it will also be rationalizing this tax's rate in the upcoming budget or even earlier, if necessary; 2) Demonetization of the economy per se where cash transactions are being actively discouraged; and 3) Facilitating an e-commerce and e-banking culture by resorting to maximum possible digital payments on a mandatory basis. These are steps that have been game changing efforts to formalize the Indian economy. With these the transactions that were taking place outside of the tax net and in the informal sector have been brought into the formal sector. In the long term, formalization will mean that, a) tax collections will go up to place more resources at the state's disposal, b) the sheer size of the GDP will enhance, and c) citizens will be able to establish credit more effectively as their transaction records get more and more digitized.
Indian economy is a place where the government still extensively involves itself in large direct cash dole outs for poverty alleviation or kitchen-support, and where a lot of business is done through licenses and quota allocations. The JAM (Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile) initiative has been technologically upgraded and better funded and now through the Jam trinity, the government is dispensing an unprecedented level of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) with significantly reduced leakages. Just in 3 years, benefits amounting to IRS 1.75 lakh crore were transferred directly to beneficiaries, in-turn weeding out many ghost and fake beneficiaries and cutting out the traditional middlemen. On the latter point, policy making in ministries has been made strictly rule-based: All licenses, e.g. coal, spectrum, UDAN routes, etc., can now only be allocated through transparent auctions. The much-awaited (by Indian businesses) legislations on the Bankruptcy Code and an Alternative Assets Industry are now in place. Thus capital can be efficiently reallocated from unviable industries to newer, faster growing industries.
Freeing up or opening the Indian economy has also yielded other visionary breakthroughs. In that, one suddenly finds India at the forefront of innovations. Just in 2016-17, there were more than 400 new startups from student hostel rooms mainly from IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) campuses. The development is being linked to the Atal Innovation Mission, which is busy creating innovation centers in more than 1,000 campuses, enabling creation of fresh or new incubation centers. In addition, the Mudra program and the IAF (India Aspiration Fund) provide the necessary capital to transition these inventions into actual start-ups. Research tells us that "entirely" new industries or industrious ventures are the ones that carry the optimum potential for creation of new jobs and that these also comparatively incur faster economic growth.
Last but not least, we find that India is well on course to achieve 100% village electrification by the end of 2018 with the number of villages remaining to be electrified having been reduced to only 4,941 from 18,452 in 2014. As the new generation and market economy based structural reforms unleashed by the Modi Sarkar take root in the Indian economy, they endeavor to balance a better life for average Indians where they can now look forward to a basic safety net guaranteeing food, electricity, some form of employment, housing, a bank account, toilet, gas-based cooking, insurance coverage, micro-loans, and an infrastructure that helps ease doing business in India. Also, due to this the very cost of doing business in the Indian economy is fast decreasing, giving the Indian businesses an edge on their regional competitors. In a buoyant Indian economy the economic activity is growing exponentially and just to use as a yardstick, we see that in the FY 2016-17 alone, more than 160 million passengers in India flew from one place to another (an increase of 60% in less than 3 years), simply because these third generation reforms have been able reduce the cost of long-distance air travel (essential to connectivity within & without) in India to a paltry IRS5/km, ironically lower than even the auto-rickshaw fares in New Delhi!
The writer is an entrepreneur and economic analyst.


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Apr 19, 2020
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Another Jam back on the throne in Naya Balochistan
THE ruling family of the former Lasbela state are called "Alyani", but they are also known by their title, "Jam". The last ruler of the state was Jam Ghulam Qadir Khan Alyani, who was the first among the four princely state rulers who chose to join Pakistan at the time of independence from Great Britain in 1947. The Jam family has since then been considered to have a close working relationship with the country's powerful establishment.
Jam Qadir Khan twice became chief minister of Balochistan — in 1973 and in 1985. During his stints, he became popular as a staunch critic of the National Awami Party.
The Jam family though is not all about politics and power. They also have an appreciation of the finer things in life — like music. Jam Mohammad Yousaf Alyani, son of Jam Qadir Khan, was a connoisseur of classical music, and was reported to be quite a ghazal singer himself, with videos of him performing still available online. In 2002, he followed in his father's footsteps to be elected as chief minister of Balochistan.
Now, 'Naya Pakistan's Naya Balochistan' has another Alyani as chief minister, the bearded Jam Kamal Khan Alyani. Born on Jan 1, 1973, he is the 13th Jam of Lasbela — where he served twice as mayor. Jam Kamal had also been elected to the National Assembly in 2013 and served as minister of state for petroleum and natural resources in the cabinets of both Nawaz Sharif, and his replacement Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, but later ended his association with the Sharifs, joining the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) as its president.
Unlike other sardars and nawabs in the province, Jam Kamal is considered a lenient, softer man. He is married to an Urdu-speaking woman from Karachi, where he spends most of his time with his family.
His calm and modestly appealing persona aside, his family is not remembered for good governance. Both his father and grandfather have remained Balochistan's chief ministers, but little has improved in the Lasbela district. The underdeveloped area has several problems, chief among them is the fact that many educational institutes are not functional.
Jam Kamal is what you would call a classic example of an 'electable,' and he flies in whichever direction the wind blows. Ever since the resignation of the former chief minister of Balochistan, Nawab Sanaullah Zehri, the political dynamics of the province have taken turns that few could have imagined. As the pieces moved on the chessboard in the province, the game looked much grander than what all had imagined. The architects of what transpired in December last year had bigger plans in mind, which seem to have come to fruition. The victory for the invisible hand is the election of Jam Kamal as the chief minister.
Undoubtedly though, it has not been an easy ride for Jam Kamal as he is still struggling to unify his party leaders, who remain in conflict with each other. As Quetta-based analysts put it, everyone in the BAP is on their own — looking for their self-interests and nothing else. That is why, it may not be too much of a stretch to imagine that Jam Kamal will have a difficult time in office.
Published in Dawn, August 19th, 2018


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DescriptionBible verses about the freedom and liberty we enjoy in Jesus.
John 8:36
36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
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27 And in that day his burden will depart from your shoulder, and his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of the fat."
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7 For one who has died has been set free from sin. 8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. 10 For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. 11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. 13 Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. 14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
Romans 6:22-23
22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Galatians 5:13
13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
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In a converted warehouse on Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Mondre M.A.N. (aka Damondre Grice) sat looking a little disgusted. He held a cigarette with a paper clip stuck inside — the trick used in Pink Floyd's The Wall — to keep the ash hanging on while the paper burnt away. Waving smoke from his face, he complained about the smell of the incinerated stogie. It was a prop for a music video that he'd been posing for all day, and he was dead tired, ready to wrap.
Squadda Bambino (aka Charles Glover) hung in the background. He was appearing in the final scene of the day. His was to push play on a laptop and then mosey over to the front door, posting up like a watchman while Mondre sat contemplatively in his chair, a setting to anchor the video. The video looked promising: The key scene involving a young rapper wandering down the street, stumbling, and falling in and out of a half-lucid sort of dream sequence.
It was the vision of director Sam Fuller, who a few hours earlier was lugging a mattress out to a street in North Berkeley for Mondre to fall onto in the video's climatic scene. The duo stood outside, Mondre striding down the street and Squadda B leaning against a yellow hatchback. Their signature hoodies were just the right wear for the mild December afternoon. Why they chose this location wasn't too hard to figure out: clouds. Not real ones, but the ones dotted in paint along the facade of Subway guitar shop.
Clouds have come to symbolize Main Attrakionz and the nebula of collaborators that's coalesced around their Green Ova label. The tag "cloud rap" caught on several months ago when the blog Space Age Hustle (two guys who now manage the duo) coined it to sum up the young rappers' style, which was emerging as more and more suited for its own classifier. It's a style that's inextricably linked to production, and depends on fresh instrumentals (mostly using spacey, wistful sounds and soft female vocal samples) in carving out a new niche in the hip-hop world. These "bedroom producers" and beatmakers hail from every corner of the continent: Alabama, Detroit, Seattle, or Nova Scotia — you name it and they've got a connection.
"When was that one-hundred-tracks-in-June thing?" Squadda consulted Mondre on a break between takes. "Oh yeah, '09. We did a hundred tracks in June of '09." It's not hard to believe. That's the month they graduated high school, their first opportunity to focus completely on recording. It was their adeptness with the Internet that got them recognition in 2011, though. The network they've become a part of grew exponentially over the past year, and publications like Spin magazine took notice, ranking August's 808s & Dark Grapes II among the top thirteen rap albums of the year. Mondre and Squadda don't quite know what to think about it.
"Someone on my block told me, 'I saw you in Spin magazine!' Man that was wild." Squadda sounded at a bit of a loss. "But I never really fucked with Spin. I've always seen Spin, but I never bought a Spin, I was buying XXL, The Source, Murderdog, Scratch magazine — never picked up a Spin or a Rolling Stone, always just saw that stuff on TV."
To say that Mondre and Squadda relate to each other like brothers is probably selling it short, because they spend more time together than even the closest siblings. They've known one another since the seventh grade, when they began performing in talent shows under names such as 4Figgas and Cash Out Soldiers. They were also finalists in the star-search show Oakland Idol, a local television project that apparently got scrapped. That's also when they were first introduced to Shady Blaze, a slightly older Oakland rapper who's now a crucial part of Green Ova. They grew up within blocks of each other in North Oakland, and when Mondre's mom moved out of the city, he began staying with Squadda. There's a closet in Squadda's room, lined with pads and blankets, that's slowly becoming legendary as the origin of their early recordings. But it looks like they're bound for bigger studios.
"I feel like once we stopped really working for it, it came to us," Squadda shrugged. They've worked with the year's most critically acclaimed new up-and-comers, part of an expansive underground scene. For instance, Detroit's gap-toothed, nu-hardcore savant-rapper Danny Brown is one of their biggest fans, helping them boost their following even further. They spent a few days out in Harlem hanging with underground-turned-major-label success story ASAP Rocky and his crew, who Mondre called "real chill, down to earth."
Mondre M.A.N. and Squadda B are both good-natured, and compared to the ASAP crew, they're relatively shy and humble. They look down when speaking, shaking their heads and singing Green Ova's praises quietly but with deep conviction. Mondre is tall and can be found sporting a signature white knit cap, or with his hoodie drawstrings tied in a bow. Squadda is a bit shorter, sometimes wears glasses, and has high cheekbones and a broad, warm smile. They're humor is perhaps their strongest suit, and when they crack up it's infectious.
It's easy to imagine those grins pinned to their faces as they rap. Squadda's vocals are warm and high-energy, his voice stretching like elastic for maximum volume, inflection, and definition. Mondre has a commanding drawl, a more reserved delivery that makes his raps sound more reflective.
"Cloud" is just one of the many terms that have been thrust on them in recent months, another being "lo-fi," which Squadda said was a term that he hadn't even heard of until everyone started using it to describe his beats. "Finally, I ended up looking it up on Wikipedia one day — I still don't know what they mean," his voice dropped off and he chuckled.
The two follow their instincts and rap over what they like to hear. And they're experimentally minded, already tired of producers sending them the kind of beats "that they think they want to hear." They're excited to forge ahead and not get stuck in a genre that everyone seems to want to describe as "ethereal" rap music.
It's this open-mindedness that accounts for their success. The army of producers alone could probably fill a small venue. There's Ryan Hemsworth, Skywlker, Beautiful Lou, Keyboard Kid, Marlee B, Silky Johnson, Joe Wax, Bux, and Frienzone, to start. Then there's Clams Casino, a New Jersey-based producer who's rocketed to fame this year, and has made MAz some of their most quintessential and high profile beats. Clams works with scads of other rappers, too — everyone from Lil B to Soulja Boy.
"Real shit — I'm probably gonna have to stop listening to other people's music," Squadda confessed with a hint of desperation. He seems most concerned with not aping the style of other emcees. "That's what we try to tell our manager. Like, at our first couple performances he tried to send us videos and shit, but I didn't wanna click it and start soakin' up what these other guys are doing."
When asked what he's currently listening to, Mondre paused, "It's just whatever's on ...." he put down the Swisher he was gutting for a blunt and looked through his music library. "I'm trying to see what I've been playing recently, but it's all beats, or our shit."
They've also taken a wending path when it comes to live shows. "Frisco's payin'," Squadda explained about the lack of East Bay shows. "In Oakland, it'd have to be us spending the money, or some house party shit. I don't go see rap in Oakland. I'd never even been to a rap concert till we started rapping, this year."
It's odd: They had a live concert reviewed in the New York Times before they'd even played their first hometown show a few weeks ago at The New Parish. They'd like to play for their hometown but have found the best market in only very high-density urban areas. And being picked up by these publications is surreal, but that's all. They measure success by their own creative output, and it's only the magazines that they grew up coveting that still get them excited.
"Rumors — I can't get too emotionally attached to it, man. I'm talking about that XXL Freshman shit." Squadda seemed reluctant to mention the distinction that's given to a handful of young emcees every year. Main Attrakionz didn't show up in last week's list of candidates for the magazines 2012 Freshman Class, which includes even such fluke rappers as V-Nasty, a few from Odd Future who currently produce little or no music, and a score of guys that no one's heard of. Those who don't fall into those categories are friends, collaborators, and musicians they look up to: East Coast guys like ASAP Rocky, Danny Brown, and Future. They know they deserve to be there, but they can't afford to let it slow them down.
"You know what's gonna be crazy," Squadda says determinately, "is in 2013, it's gonna be above 'em. There's nothing they can do but just hop on or ignore us." Even so, they're trying to focus locally. Mondre dropped his solo EP M A N last month on Dream Collabo, and Squadda will drop his own solo release, Back Sellin' Crack, on Green Ova any day now. From there, 2012 has plenty of exciting prospects in store, namely the official LP, Bossilinis & Fooliyones (pronounced like Italian mobsters).
On Sunday, Mondre wandered through a small 9th Street gallery space with Oliver Monday, who helped orchestrate Mondre's video shoot and acts as a de facto handler while running his own small label, Dream Collabo. (For him, it's a labor of love.) Squadda was home asleep. Monday scored the space for his friends with big ambitions: an art installation and interactive exhibit revolving around Main Attrakionz's music. Mondre nodded as his collaborators from a CCA-based collective called On Task Family eyed the walls hungrily. Everyone was overflowing with ideas: TV screens in the windows, a recording booth in the mezzanine. All of it is set to condense into a big event at the end of February.
That's a grand gesture but it doesn't amount to hubris, not when you consider the rather plodding and calculated trajectory of Main Attrakionz career. It feels like they're just accumulating, ready to pout over the bay like easy, nurturing precipitation instead of merely taking a city by storm.
Correction: A previous version of this article misspelled Mondre M.A.N.'s legal first name. It's Damondre.
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The first major difference between the two services comes when referring to accessibility. iMessages are sent via Internet, so you need a WiFi or carrier data connectivity in order to use this iOS feature. Secondly, your chat partner has to also own an iPhone or iPad. Other smartphone owners can't engage in iMessage conversations. On the other hand, regular texts are sent using your carrier's signal. If your antenna shows 'No Service' but your WiFi connection has bars, you can rely on iMessages for getting in touch with your iOS contacts.
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If we talk about pricing, iMessages clearly top the comparison because they are free of charge. More, they comfortably support audio, video and image attachments, which make them obvious winners. Even if, nowadays, many companies provide high numbers and even unlimited SMS (Short Message Service) texting plans, it's still unlikely to find good MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) offers, that could rival with the free iMessage features.
If you're an iPhone user and wonder 'how to know what type of text you're sending?', when reaching for a conversation, here is a simple tip that will eliminate any confusion. iOS uses different colored themes to point out what texting service you are about to use. So, if your message input field is Blue then you are about to send an iMessage. If the same screen is Green you are on carrier text messages. Knowing this allows you to efficiently avoid acquiring additional carrier charges.
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