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Hear AC/DC's "Hells Bells" on Church Bells
The classic song like you've never heard it before
November 30, 2018
"Hells Bells" has received an exorcism.
Related: 450 Guitarists Break World Record by Playing AC/DC's "Highway to Hell"
The classic AC/DC song was broadcast to the heavens from the bell tower of a church in Halle, Germany.
Video surfaced on YouTube of a man identified as David Drambyan playing "Hells Bells" on a carillon, which according to Merriam-Webster is a "set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard."
This probably isn't what brothers Angus and Malcom Young and Brian Johnson had in mind when they wrote the track decades ago, but it's pretty cool nonetheless.

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Jason Bateman, Wife Expecting Daughter No. 2
"I'm going to be a grandfather again," says father-in-law Paul Anka
Credit: Jason Merritt/Getty
Jason Bateman and wife Amanda Anka are about to become parents for the second time.
"I'm going to be a grandfather again," Amanda's father, singer Paul Anka, tells ET Canada in an interview that airs Wednesday night.
What will it be for the couple, who are parents to 4½-year-old daughter Francesca Nora? It's "another baby girl," proud grandpa Anka says.
Married to Amanda for 10 years now, Bateman, 42, is "the actor in the family," adds Anka, saying: "He's a very smart boy, a wonderful guy for my daughter."
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Webinar for Libraries and Museums on Integrating Early Learning Activities with State Systems
Join IMLS and the BUILD Initiative on August 4, 2:00 P.M. Eastern
Washington, DC—The early learning and development systems of many states are making exciting progress to meet the needs of young children and their families. Many of these efforts have not included museums and libraries within the core of early childhood systems work. IMLS and the BUILD Initiative will present a free webinar providing an overview of the state systems of early learning and how libraries and museums can align their early learning activities with these systems on August 4, 2:00-3:30 p.m. EDT. The registration link is: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cid=8sxnhx4qmukh.
Sherri Killins, BUILD's Director of State System Alignment and Integration, will moderate and lead a conversation about the scope, roles, and functions of state early learning and development systems. She will be joined by Char Goodreau, QRIS Administrator for the Washington State Department of Early Learning, to discuss how state early childhood leaders can strengthen the work of museums and libraries in intentionally supporting the growth and development of young children with high needs and their families and caregivers.
BUILD and IMLS will collaborate over the coming year to create deliberate connections between the efforts of museums and libraries and those of early childhood systems builders to support the growth and development of children from birth to age eight with an emphasis on children from birth to age five. The August 4 webinar is the third in a series of webinars to share information about the potential benefits of partnerships between early childhood leaders and museums and libraries.
Title: BUILDing Partnerships for Supportive Communities: Expanding the Reach of Early Learning and Development Systems through Libraries and Museums
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Sherri Killins is the former commissioner of early education and care for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Under her leadership, Massachusetts secured the Race to The Top – Early Learning Challenge to provide financial resources to accelerate the work already under way in Massachusetts. Sherri is known for crossing organizational boundaries to create a child development lens on the work of informal organizations as well as within other state agencies, including public health and housing. She has worked as an advocate for children and families in a variety of ways for more than 25 years. She has been a provider of direct care and has served in leadership roles on issues relating to children and families.
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The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation's 123,000 libraries and 35,000 museums. Our mission is to inspire libraries and museums to advance innovation, lifelong learning, and cultural and civic engagement. Our grant making, policy development, and research help libraries and museums deliver valuable services that make it possible for communities and individuals to thrive. To learn more, visit www.imls.gov and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.


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One of the fun things about Designing SQ7 was the Wealth of locations available – The Universe has everything, whether it makes sense or not! 😉
Asteroid Halle Berry
One of the things about Space is that there's always more places to go, more things to see, and we wanted to explore a few we'd never run into before.
One of the early locations we brought Roger to was an Asteroid- Not a huge, developed Asteroid like Vohaul's layer, but a much more natural, floating in Space, asteroid.
It let us play with Caves, and gave Roger an area he could explore fully, without us needing "invisible walls" keeping the player from going past them.
There were a few main areas, separated by a small tunnel, as shown below.
We also were able to throw in a few fun creatures, which Roger could harvest to use on his quest.
Habitrail City
There was a "Fun" puzzle with Habitrail City where you needed to return to the city multiple times- Each time things would be slightly different.. This gave a cool dynamic, somewhat similar to Day of the Tentacle. Things you did in one visit mattered in the next, and you could create neat puzzles by leaving items for yourself, or dealing with the consequences of what you've done.


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Withering, William (1741-1799).
An Account of the foxglove, and some of its medical uses, Birmingham, 1785.
William Withering was a keen observer of plants and their medicinal uses and had already published a widely respected and comprehensive treatise on "Botanical Arrangement of all the vegetables" when this, his most famous work was printed. A graduate of the University of Edinburgh and later appointed an early physician to General Hospital, he noted the success of a complex herbal folk recipe in the treatment of "dropsy" (cardiac edema). Withering isolated the active component as the dried leaf of the foxglove (Digitalis purpura) which had been used indiscriminately (mostly as a diuretic) for centuries. It was Withering's careful documentation and analysis of his many cases together with his instructions for preparation and dosage that introduced digitalis as a safe drug for a specific purpose. The book was written not only as a directive but as warning against the over-use of the drug which, of course, remains in use today. The exquisite hand-colored illustration of the foxglove plant included in this copy is in near mint condition.
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Eve was ranked #46 on VH1's 50 Greatest Hip Hop Artists. She was the only female artist signed to the Ruff Ryders label, after splitting from Ruff Ryders in 2004 she signed on to Dr. Dre's label. She starred in her self-titled television show ("Eve") and was the Co-Executive Producer from 2003-2006.


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Guitarist Gary Holt
Interview by Luxi Lahtinen
Off/onstage pictures by Terhi Pihlaja
Transcription by Martin Heaps (Psychophobe)
Thanks to Silke from Tough Enough Promotion for setting up the interview
Finland is known for its several summer festivals – big or small, but every year some of them do surprise with some interesting band announcements that just cannot be shrugged off totally.
This year, one of the most interesting festivals appeared to be 3-day Myötätuulirock, which has annually been arranged in Vantaa, Finland for 14 years in a row – and is heavily based on some of the hottest Finnish rock/metal names of each ongoing year. The Bay Area veteran thrashers Exodus was announced to be the headliners of the first day of the festival, so that alone made the festival interesting enough to be checked out.
Exodus´ 9th full-length album, EXHIBIT B: THE HUMAN CONDITION was released through Nuclear Blast Records on May this year. There performance surprised many festival attenders by their immensely brutal and heavy load of thrash delivery as the last act on Friday evening. The band confidently churned out both new and old stuff from their well-oiled killing machine over the enthusiastic audience ("The Ballad of Leonard and Charles", "Blacklist", "Piranha", "The Toxic Waltz", etc.), and was also very well received by a fanatical crowd that seemed to go absolutely berserk in front of their masters, song after song.
Before Exodus went to punish their Finnish fans onstage at Myötätuulirock festival, Gary Holt had a moment to talk to Metal-Rules.com about his memories about the band´s 1st live appearance at Provinssirock festival in Finland in 2003, the ongoing tour, new album, but also reminiscing some blasts from the past.
So, anyway, first up thanks for coming along to this festival and coming to destroy this space around here.
Yeah, that's what we planning on doing, is destroying everything so, I'll do my best, ha-ha!
Actually the first time when you played in Finland happened at this Provinssirock festival in 2003.
Yeah, yeah… That was great!
What kind of memories do you have from that?
It was crazy! It was like playing a giant rave, because it was a mainstream festival. David Bowie was a headliner, Black Eyed Peas played and the Roots – and Exodus, Testament, Hypocrisy and Tesla as well. You know, when I was just walking around that first day I saw so many crazy things. It was nuts, people where so drunk, be like right when doors opened, people painted all these crazy colours and – you know, I saw like one girl who was so drunk the paramedics were seeing if she was breathing, right – you know like she was almost dead and a couple of hours later she was front loafing with the Distillers; just jumping up and down, you know, – it was like, how can that be the same little girl we just saw if she was alive?! It was pretty nuts – it was crazy!
One of those crazy things I was seeing there was like you guys were throwing the darts, using this one guy´s (from the Extreme Duudsons that is) stomach as a target…
Ha-ha… That was awesome!
Actually, quite bizarre and extreme would be more precise words, ha-ha!
They handed me like a big zucchini (or courgette), or some vegetable and let me just beat him over the head as hard as I could with it and just exploded it across his fucking head and threw the darts in his stomach and stuff, that was pretty cool I liked that, had a good time.
Exodus´ newest album, EXHIBIT B: THE HUMAN CONDITION is your 9th studio album and it came out in Europe and the United States in May – and even before the release of the studio album you were actually doing quite a lot of touring, you had this Testament tour together with…
The Megadeth tour…
Yeah, the Megadeth tour. I think this was kind of a very successful tour for you guys, wasn´t it?
Oh, it was an awesome, you know. Like 99% of the shows were all sold out. Actually the only shows that didn't sell out, were two of the biggest venues. You know, the place holds like 4700 people and maybe there was 4400, so it was not sold out. It didn't mean much though. It was still a lot of people – it was a lot of fun, you know, touring with old friends. It was a good time.
And if we talk about this new album of yours, this is quite different from your previous album, this is more based on the human condition lyrically – like cruelty, ignorance, inhumanity and brutality of human beings. Was it any way for you somehow easier to write this album, you know, and talk about these different sides of human beings, compared to those things for example like religion and stuff that your previous album was all about – well, at least most of it?
Well, fortunately the human race leaves us no shortage of song subjects, you know, because we're pretty fucked up people and there's always something we're doing that is worth writing about. You know, we want every album to be different from the last, we don't want to repeat ourselves but we want to be true to what Exodus is all about, and I think this album is, you know… super brutal, more melodic at the same time, it's fast as hell then there's some slower stuff. I mean it´s a perfect album for us at this point, right now.
Yeah, like you said, this new album is kinda faster and more melodic and more organic sounding I would say.
Yeah I think so, yeah.
Can you actually give any reasons why it turned out the way it turned out, you know, having all this lengthy songs on it, but still maintaining this very distinct Exodus sound you've always had over the years?
Well there's no real reason, you know, it´s just everything is the natural thing that we do, you know, when I'm sitting down and writing a riff; I just write a riff and, you know – whatever happens – happens, you know – there's no real thought about it, you know. So, who knows what the next album is going to be like, it might be 20 songs that are all four minutes long, I don't know, you know. Have to wait and see it in a couple of years, but right now we're proud of this record.
I have noticed that especially on the couple of last Exodus albums, the song lengths have been increasing all the time; you have had like 7 to 10 minute songs, so what kind of things keep you feeding your songs by all those huge riff monsters?
Well, you know, once again it's all natural. The song is finished when the song tells me it's finished. Certain songs end up kind of epic, you know. One guy in an interview I did the guy called us the ´Pink Floyd of Thrash Metal´, you know. Another guy called us the ´Rush of Thrash Metal´ – and they where both meant as total complements, so I was like "Okay, cool", you know, we've been pretty progressive as of late, but like I said heaven knows what the next album will be like, I have no idea.
It is basically so that you mostly write all the rhythm guitar work on your albums – and Lee (Altus, that riff master in Heathen also) comes up with all the solos and places them into the songs. Do you think it's going to be like this in the future too – you concentrating on writing all these big riffs, and Lee doing his best effort to throw in some killer solos into the new Exodus songs?
I dunno, I mean Lee wrote two songs on this album, and he and Rob (Dukes) wrote also two songs together for this album, you know. I tend to write fast, very prolific, you know – and who knows what the next album's going to be like. And the more they write the less work I have to do so it's kinda good too, you know.
What about Andy Sneap´s role on your latest album; how much do you actually give credit for him for coming up with this kind of crazy sound this album has, having this pleasingly organic and heavy sound?
Andy understands this band better than anybody, you know. We´ve been friends forever and you know, fans – and first time we had Andy we played together in 1987 in Dynamo festival when he was still with Sabbat, originally. And you know, every album he knows what it should sound like – we never have any discussion about the new album; about what the mix should sound like. He just knew – and we knew and it did come out, you know, more organic and a little less digital perfection, a little more raw, I think. And that's just perfect for these songs.
Do you think he's just that kind of guy around nowadays who has the best understanding about how Exodus should sound like – what kind of sound Exodus needs to sound like, you know, Exodus in the first place?
Yeah, we both do, you know, and that's why we work together so well.
That's cool. If we talk about music sales, as you know the Internet is kind of opposed by the whole music industry because younger kids seem to download lots of music through the internet, getting it all almost completely for free from there.
Yeah, sure. That´s really the downside of this music business.
How much do you think this has an effect on Exodus, and your album sales?
Well, it affects everybody, I mean – hell, you know, you're looking at what bands are selling, and you figure for every one song there's five people downloading it for free, or more, who knows, you know. It affects everybody but it's not going to go away, you know, I think the record industry is going to be dead within ten years. People will just make albums and put them up as digital downloads and no one will even concern themselves with like the album booklets, you know. I'm old school, I love getting the vinyl and taking it home and putting that disc on for the first time and listening while reading the lyrics and poring over all the pictures, you know. That was a part of the experience, you know. When people just download and listen to their iPods, they're missing out on all of that, you know.
Exactly. I completely agree wit you on this. If you don't have the physical format in your hand, then listening music is not that much fun anymore…
Yeah, and it's not as personal as it should be.
If we continue talking about your touring plans, you are going to have your own headline tour coming up on August called "March of Brutality".
Oh yeah…
… and actually you're going to tour with some really good bands like Malevolent Creation and Bonded by Blood…
Plus, with Holy Grail.
Yeah, with them, too.
It's going to be awesome, they are one of my favorite bands.
So I guess you are pretty much looking forward to touring with all those 3 great names on this tour?
Yeah it's going to be a lot of fun, you know, I'm a big fan of all the bands, and I've been friends with Malevolent Creation for quite a while – and the Bonded by Blood guys have played a few shows with us over the years. I've yet to meet the Holy Grail guys but they sent me some killer T-shirts and stuff so that's, that's sweet, you know, and they're one of my favourite bands in the world right now they're so awesome so should be really good
According to the band name Bonded by Blood, I think it´s like their own tribute Exodus, naming their band by the title of Exodus´ debut album…
I guess so, yeah. We have Bonded by Blood playing on the tour – and we'll play "Bonded by Blood", so you'll have the best of both worlds, you know.
Yeah, of course! Then you're going to have this New Zealand and Australia tour coming up in October and it's going to be like your first headline tour over there.
Yeah… First time in New Zealand we're also going, returning to Bangkok, Malaysia, Indonesia and I think Beijing also that are all new places for us, so that's going to be a lot of fun.
Do you think it's going to be quite a lot different to tour over there because you don't have that much of experience to tour in those aforementioned exotic countries?
Nah, it's all the same to me, you know. You just gotta kick people in the teeth and have a good time doing it, you know, doesn't matter where it happens.
What about the fans over there, do you have any idea how fanatical or crazy the fans might be in these countries, I mean, countries like Malaysia and Indonesia?
Well, we've been to Australia before you know, and the fans were awesome, but it's the first time we're headlining so you know, I'm expecting it to be violent and a lot of fun.
The metal fans over there supposedly don't actually make too much difference if you compare them to the metal fans either coming from Europe or the States?
Not really. They're pretty nuts though, so it should be all good.
Like in Japan for example, where it´s said to be some of the most fanatical metal fans in the whole world?
Japan's awesome! We did actually inspire quite a bit of mayhem there, which is unusual for the Japanese crowd, you know. Last time when we were there, they tore out barricades, but politely handed them over the crowd to the front, you know.
Was it this "Thrash Domination" tour you did over there at that time?
Yep, that was it… last year. Because they have the main barricade at the front, and then they had two rows of barricades through the crowd – and they just fit into holes in the floor of the venue and they tore them all out so they could get a big circle pit. People said they'd never seen anything like that so that was awesome.
Do you have any plans to do some sort of "Thrash Domination" again?
We're playing this year, yeah – with Overkill and it's us and Overkill – and it's a co-headliner and they close one night, we close the next. One night it´s Exodus, Overkill, Nevermore and I just saw this today, and I forget the other band – and the next night it´s gonna be Overkill, Exodus and Sanctuary.
I also heard about that, Sanctuary, they're making a new album…
Yeah, that's going to be fun, I can't wait.
Me neither, it's really cool. Anyway, January 2011, you're going to go to the sea and do this world´s biggest floating heavy metal festival called "70000 Tons of Metal" cruise with around 40 bands or whatever.
Yes, it'll be 40 bands in total, yeah, it's going to be awesome, I can't wait for that!
All the way from Miami, Florida to Mexico – and back to Miami, FL again.
Cozumel in Mexico, yeah, four days. It's going to be great, just lotsa fun to do it.
Have you ever done anything like this before?
No, never, when I heard about it I called up my management and agents and I said I really want to play this it's going to be fun, I need a vacation!
Yeah, there's old school bands there like Sodom, Raven, Saxon, Trouble, etc. – some of your friends in bands like Death Angel and Forbidden will also be a part of this cruise…
Yeah – and Testament, too.
And so many other bands as well. How much are you looking forward to seeing some of these bands live there like Raven, or Uli Jon Roth or…?
It's sick, you know, Trouble, Finntroll, Sonata Arctica – you know, Stratovarius – who else is playing? A whole bunch of people, they still have a lot of bands to add. It's going to be great! (Editors note: Stratovarius had to cancel due to scheduling conflicts)
Yeah, it's like a big boat packed with all these metalheads you know, partying like for four days, enjoying their beers, bands, good company and so forth.
Ha-ha, yeah, it's going to be wild and crazy for sure.
That´s something I'd like to be part of, you know, some day anyway.
That's going to be great, you should go.
Ah, it´s just the money issue that I have some little concerns about, you know.
Oh yeah, but you have a year to save, so… almost a year, not quite a year.
Changing the subject a little bit now, next week actually already – June 22nd precisely, there's going to be this so-called ´Big Four (i.e. Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax)´ playing first time together in many years in Sofia, Bulgaria. What´s your take on about getting this ´Big 4´ together?
I think it's great for the fans, you know, they're going to get to see something they haven't had a chance to see before, it should be awesome.
You know, last week I was talking with Mark (Osegueda) from Death Angel at this one festival in Finland, he was actually kind of sarcastically saying that the REAL ´Big 4 of Thrash´ should actually be bands like Testament, Forbidden, Death Angel and Exodus…
Ha-ha! I guess I know what you mean by this. Thanks Mark!
My point is like, you know, if you're thinking about these so-called ´godfathers of thrash´ – Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax, when they started out it was all about thrash, but nowadays when you're thinking of those bands – and their whole careers up to this very day, they've gone quite far away from their original thrash roots, having had their weaker moments album-wise – and therefore I can easily relate to Mark´s point of view, you know, of having like Exodus, Forbidden, Testament and Death Angel on tour at the same time if people have a demand to see a REAL thrash tour.
Anyway, have you ever been you know, talking with these guys about doing a tour like this – all the 4 bands together, like that would be something you should really consider doing some day?
We talk about it all the time, it's just all about timing – and stuff like that, you know. Maybe some time next year we might make it happen, who knows. In fact, if I come to think of this idea a little bit closer, we will be kind of already doing something similar, you know, in Europe in November. We're coming on tour together with Death Angel, Kreator and Greek Suicide Angels. That's going to be a lot of fun too – that's going to be great! Looking forward to that one.
So, since your 1st gig experience at Provinssirock festival here in Finland was kinda crazy in many ways, I need to ask from you what do you expect about these crazy Finnish mother-fucking Exodus fans over here at Myötätuulirock festival then?
It's going to be awesome! They are crazy, I hope they're getting drunk already, you know!
I think most of them are already reaching that happy state, little by little, ha-ha!
But not too drunk, you know. They need to have a little energy, but the Finnish fans, you know, still have a lot of life in them even after drinking all day, so they can drink like nobody I've ever seen that's for damn sure!
Ha-ha, I guess you are very right about that Gary. Are you planning to charge the party up after your show, by the way?
We got a very early lobby calls, we will have a couple of drinks for sure, you know, but we don't move from the lobby round the corner until six, so…
Well, thanks very much for your time, and best of luck with your upcoming shows!
Appreciated! Thank you.


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Picks: Reviews of Selkie Rescue Data Recovery, PolderbitS DVD Creator, DART CD-Recorder, and ZoneAlarm Pro.
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Selkie Rescue Data Recovery, by Tugboat Enterprises Ltd. is a program I've reviewed before, but it just keeps getting better and I thought it was time to look at it again. Selkie Rescue Data Recovery has been given the "Tucows Editor's Choice Award" for excellence and it's appeared in our "Must Have Applications" also. The product is slick and easy-to-use, perfect for users with all levels of experience. If your computer is failing this is your solution. Anyone can use it and that's just one of the things I like about it. One of the benefits is that Selkie Rescue Data Recovery can recover your data even if the operating system won't boot. The program creates a bootable CD which gives you access to your computer even if Windows won't start. From there you have access to your computer and the program walks you through the process of moving data to another computer on your network. It's quick and it's painless. Even if you do regular backups, like I do, you'll still have files on your computer that you may want to save if you have a crash. Trust me, you don't always have warning when your PC is going to die. There are so many things that can cause your computer to crash. Power outages, viruses, rootkits, a failing hard drive, a burned out fan, and more. Sometimes the biggest problem is the ability to access the computer. Selkie Rescue Data Recovery eliminates that problem. It gives you nearly instant access to your machine and to your network. You don't even need any additional software because the downloadable package burns a CD for you. To me this is a program that everyone should have in their software library. Download it and check it out for yourself. I give it my highest recommendation.
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PolderbitS DVD Creator, by PolderbitS Software is a cool tool for putting together your own video DVDs. In testing it out I used some video from home movies, some videos of various musical groups, and a few other things. The program is intuitive and easy-to- use, perfect for both new and experienced uses. You can use video from a variety of sources and combine it all on a DVD. In using it I can see that it would be great for putting your home movies together, like from a vacation, for example. You can do some cool "fade" effects so you can transition from one movie or one scene to another. The program gives you lots of control over the process and you can be your own film editor while using PolderbitS DVD Creator. The program even lets you make a menu for your DVD which is a cool feature. There are themes or template that come with the program or you can also create your own. Once you have everything in place you simply tell the program to create the movie image. You should keep in mind that depending on the length of your movies and the video quality, it can take a bit of time to finalize your project. I'd suggest creating movies when you aren't doing other things on your PC because the process takes some processing power. PolderbitS DVD Creator works well and does a nice job. So, if you're looking to put video on DVD, this may be the solution you've been looking for.
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DART CD-Recorder, by DARTech, Inc. is a product I first looked at when it was at version 1.x so I decided it was time to take another look at it. I recall buying that first version. This is a cool program for working with audio and I like the fact that it's a multi-faceted audio program. It has lots of features and plenty of functionality. This isn't just a program for playing CDs or ripping music. You can use it to record audio and it does a good job. You can even fade in and out to make your recording classy. The program supports all types of CDs and it makes CDs that you can play in any CD player. DART CD-Recorder is easy-to-use and perfect for both new and experienced users. It works really well to fix audio that may have problems with it. For example, you can use DART CD-Recorder to remove hiss and clicks from recordings. You can also use the program to create playlists and keep your music organized. There's a nice graphic equalizer so you can adjust the sound of your music. In testing it out I also found that it has a "normalize" function that will help you to set the volume to a common level for all songs. Another cool feature is a recording function that has a timer. You can use it to record online radio broadcasts that occur at a specific time and much more. DART CD-Recorder is a full-featured program for really working with audio. Create it, fix it, manage it, and play it. Take a look for yourself, I recommend it.
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ZoneAlarm Pro 7.1, by Zone Labs is a powerful utility for protecting your PC from viruses, spam, and spyware. It also provides a firewall and protects against identity theft, phishing, and monitors email attachments. I reviewed this product when it first came out and decided to take another look. This is a complete package for protecting your computer. For example, it detects wireless networks automatically and monitors any possible threats. At the same time it has a "Game Mode" that protects you while you play games without disturbing your fun. Slick. ZoneAlarm Pro also has an "Operating System Firewall" that gives you extra protection from rogue programs. This feature monitors program installation, including changes to the Registry, to help protect you from things like "rootkits". This product is simply loaded with features and even has parental control functions to protect children. I tested it on one of my machines for a week and it did a solid job. I liked the fact that didn't seem to bother me as much as some similar programs I've tested. Software is always a matter of personal taste, but I think system protection is an area where each person especially has to make their own decision. For years I used the same product and then I finally decided to look around and try out different protection software. ZoneAlarm Pro is a solid choice for keeping you and your computer safe.
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Vail Daily columnist Richard Carnes: Now the real debate can begin
So you think Romney received a tremendous boost in actual voters after last week's debate?
Don't be too sure, and certainly don't let it go to your conservative head, because my sources tell me it was all a liberal strategy to accomplish two main goals:
• Lull the Republicans into a false sense of security, thus lowering their total voter turnout potential.
• Wake up the previously lulling Democrats from their already existing false sense of security that they were afraid was lowering their total voter turnout potential.
Don't laugh. It actually might be true. And sure, my sources are about as reliable as a political poll conducted immediately after a stump speech from the exact crowd applauding the speech. But this will prove itself one way or the other a week from today, during the second debate.
Remember how both sides were kissing up to each other all week before the debate?
"You're great."
"No, you're great."
"Well, you're greater than I am."
"Oh, no, certainly not. You're much greater than I am."
"Aw, shucks. You're just sayin' that. I really think you're the greatest."
"Well, I think you're pretty great too, and your hair, I love your hair …"
And on and on it went, incessantly, for the entire week leading up to the debate. Look my picture in the eye and tell me you don't think that was a strategy. It's an old ruse, and when done correctly, it pays off in spades.
Speaking of debates, since we all are apparently fully aware of the strategic maneuvering that can occur during these staged pretend arguments, think about how you can be directly affected when it comes to Eagle County commissioners and the decisions they make on a weekly basis.
This Thursday at 7 p.m., all five commissioner candidates will be debating at the Homestead Court Club in Edwards.
Yes, they've already had a few debates, and yes, the Vail Daily has been asking each candidate a specific question once a week. But we all know there is no such thing as having too much information when it comes to choosing political candidates (post-Kennedy administration, of course).
I hope most of you read the individual profiles last week, and have at least a glimpse into each candidate's personal history, and their goals for the future. But Thursday night is an opportunity to learn a little bit more before we all start using those mail-in ballots.
There will be a few questions asked by the moderator at the beginning, then written questions will be accepted from the audience. After review, and time permitting, some will certainly be asked and ideally answered by the candidates.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, I've never thought "all politics is local," yet the effects of all policy changes at any level will always either begin or end locally. Like it or not, that is a huge part of what makes a county commissioner position so potentially powerful.
Pay attention, ask questions, understand issues and don't feel like such an uninformed dork when you vote.
And yes, the Biden-Ryan vice presidential debate will be on the boob tube at the same time. But who really cares about sitting through that nonsense when you can watch our local nonsense live, and possibly even have the question you ask answered?
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The woman and I decided this past weekend to "do it up right", by which I mean that I practically forced her out of the apartment on an adventure to a flea market in the middle of nowhere followed by her choice of fun eating establishment, namely Stevie B's pizza buffet (which is like the unloved smaller cousin of Chuck E. Cheese with a lot less games and a lot more weird pizza toppings.)
I sought out the flea market in hopes of finding some fun gems from the 80's but didn't really find anything. There was one stand that had a bunch of comics and a few magazines. The comics were so mixed up that it was way too much of a chore to look through them, though I did find an issue of Marvel's Alf for $0.50, so I snagged that. I found a couple Starlogs from the early 80's with articles on the Dark Crystal and V, so I'm sure I'll be sharing those in the coming months. Other than that it was a bust though, so I left feeling like I'd never find anything cool from my childhood, at least not this particular weekend.
When we hit Stevie B's my only expectation was weird ass pizza and some ghetto skee ball. As far as pizza goes, we hit the jackpot. On the buffet were no less than five weird ass pizzas including, baked potato pizza (slices of baked potato, bacon, and cheddar cheese with a sour cream-esque sauce), taco pizza (slasa base topped with ground beef, cheddar cheese, black olives and lettuce), nacho pizza (same as the taco pizza with no lettuce and a lot more corn tortilla chips), mac & cheese pizza (think pizza crust topped with mac & cheese and then topped with mozzarella cheese), and for dessert, Boston cream pie pizza (let your imagination run wild.) Definitely cheered me up.
I was coasting on semi-terrible yet amazingly fun pizza when we hit the tiny game room in the back, hoping that the Galaga machine was at least still there, when I saw them. Two boys were cashing in their meager strings of prize tickets for these little red and yellow envelopes that contained a blast from my childhood. Power Prop Flying Gliders. The day was now complete.
I must have won a hundred of these fragile Styrofoam WWII gliders from Chuck E. Cheese, Showbiz pizza, and the couple of arcades I went to as a kid. Out of all the bins of plastic spider rings, crayons, little plastic jumping frogs, super bounce balls, fake plastic moustaches and pixie sticks, the Power Prop Flying Gliders looked like the best possible option, the winner of the beauty pageant that was cashing in tickets for prizes. It was like the Wheel of Fortune back in the 80's when you'd spend your loot on the crap residing in the rooms on the spinning platform, and the gliders were always the first choice, with a spider ring thrown in to spend out the ticket change.
As you can see from the scan above, they really are simple as hell. One body with two slits punched in it for the wings and tail rudders, one plastic weight (and propeller holder), and one propeller and pin.
I managed to get enough tickets on crappy skee ball and this weird "shoot a token into a hole via a ski slope" game to get three of these gliders. These are exactly as I remember them, down to the styles and packaging. I'm not sure if these were a product of the 80's or if they were gliding through parking lots and crowded birthday parties in the 60's and 70's as well, but I haven't seen on in almost 25 years.
I left it up to the lady at the ticket counter to pick out my three gliders because I wanted to be surprised, and she did a pretty good job picking. Not only did I not get a duplicate, but I also got one of three different WWII factions, America, Japan, and Germany. She also managed to pull out one of my favorite designs, the EOCKE Wulf TA 152H, better known in my simple mind as the purplish, blue-red one with the German symbol on it.
After a quick scan of the available designs on the back, the Wulf is the one I'd choose first every time. So yea, me. When I got home and constructed them I went through the same range of emotions that I probably went through as a child, that it felt too light and skimpy to actually fly and then the amazement of watching it soar along my apartment hallway when it did in fact fly very well.
When I was a kid I always wanted one of those large sturdy Styrofoam airplanes that people were always demo-ing in the mall, the all white ones with the blue and red stripes down the side and a penny inserted into slits on both sides of the nose to give it weight. They would always do these awesome loop-de-loops in the open air of the mall and it fascinated me, though they were a bit steeply priced for what they were and I invariably ended up with the flying gliders that I'd score at Chuck E. Cheese instead. In the end, I'm glad I did.
All in all it made for a nice capper to a fun weekend.


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Life on Earth could not survive in the absence of bacteria. All of the wastes we throw into the ground, certain that they will be broken down and rot away, disappear because of bacteria. Thus, all of our waste products can be processed and recycled. Bacteria break down each part of a dead substance into small minerals that living things can use as food. They purify our water, make our soil fertile, synthesize vitamins in our intestines, convert what we consume into useful sugars and polysaccharides (a carbohydrate group), and combat the harmful bacteria we ingest with our food.
The nitrogen cycle, which is of vital importance to Earth, depends entirely upon bacteria to take nitrogen from the air and convert it into nucleotides and amino acids, our own building blocks. This literally amazing process cannot be carried out by any other living thing, including humanity. Bacteria effortlessly carry out a process that can be achieved only at a temperature of 500 degrees Celsius and at a pressure 300 times greater than normal by using industrial techniques in a matter of seconds.
More important, bacteria provide us with the oxygen we breathe. In fact, much of Earth's breathable oxygen is supplied by micro-organisms through photosynthesis. Cyanobacteria, algae, and other micro-organisms that fill the oceans, release some 150 billion kilos (331 billion lbs.) of oxygen every year.
All of these things are manifestations of Allah's artistry, for He created and brought together these awesome complexities, perfect structures, and flawless abilities. This example shows just how complex a single cell can actually be and what superior characteristics it can actually possess. Allah reminds us that we live in need of a single-celled life form. Those who learn from this will strive to attain His mercy and Paradise and appreciate Him as is His due, for He created everything for a purpose:
The keys of the Unseen are in His possession. No one knows them but Him. He knows everything in the land and sea. No leaf falls without His knowing it. There is no seed in the darkness of the ground, and nothing moist or dry that is not in a Clear Book. (Surat al-An'am, 59)


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This is such a bizarre anime. I've seen anime and movies with trippy imagery. I've read stories with pages of gibberish, yet few works of fiction left me with a sense of culture shock like this. Such anime are so original it's hard to make them truly terrible, since the novelty value is there. Creators also tend to be as confused as the viewer, so they rarely reach their full potential.
When you have a unique premise on your hands that doesn't owe anything to any tradition, there are two ways to go about it. You can either go full retard, mine the premise for anything it has and throw the kitchen sink along with everything. Since you have no idea how your anime is supposed to work, all you can do is try everything and hope something sticks. There's a famous anime who did this and it's called Future Diary.
The other route is the safer one. You let your story flow, but you never try too hard to understand it. You let characters interact and explore your world, but you refrain from anything too attention-grabbing. The anime will narrow its focus. Its structure will become almost RPG-like, giving the protagonist a basic objective to complete and finish it off.
Sundays Without God takes the latter route, but the result isn't a complete failure. Despite not playing with the structure, its setting and premise are so weird that the feeling of culture shock is persistent. The stories that make up the anime are also good enough on their own and take advantage of the setting. You cannot tell them in any other context. Still, something feels off. It's not completely weird, not completely normal and leans towards the weird without mining it too much. The result is anime that's enjoyable like an ordinary anime while feeling weird.
The best thing about the anime is it unique setting and tone. It's a perfect example of how you don't need a lot of details to create a unique world. The world here is simple. God is gone, no one can get born and dead people don't really die. It's apocalypse in slow motion. We've had a lot of stories about what happens after the apocalypse and we tend to imagine it as something swift and fast. Here, the world is in the process of ending.
Human beings are resilient things, though. Even if the sun will explode, we'll most likely try to save something. Survival instinct is so strong that it defies rationality and free will. In this case, the world isn't ending so much as life reaches its epilogue. Life isn't bad, but it keeps moving in an ordinary pace towards its ending.
What do you do when you're the last generation? The anime is essentially about this, but it seems so weirded out by its premise it doesn't really explore it. The first stories deal directly with these themes – one character is about to be the last of the last generation, which is the worst isolation you can have. The city of the dead is an interesting expressions of the Metaphysical Rebellion – how we can rebel against our circumstances and reject them.
The structure doesn't prevent exploration of these topics, since many shows used shorter length with depth. The method of storytelling gets in the way. There's an objective to solve, and the characters spend more time trying to solve it. While the pacing isn't thriller-like, it's too fast for such a premise. It doesn't slow down enough to show how characters exist outside the story.
Characters' existence outside the story is one of the best ways to convince us they're real, to make us care about them and see their humanity. Stories are something humans create and we don't live in just one. A focused storyteller shows snippets of other stories the characters can have, but then goes back to the main one. A master storyteller can imply these side-stories and connect them to the main plotline. The anime doesn't do this. Its focus is too narrow.
It's a shame, because the storytelling is quite excellent. The format is familiar – we have a good, well-meaning character visiting people and helping them. Ai isn't just a vehicle to tell the stories of these people. Her personality and position is directly tied to her role. In a world where everyone's ready to die or desperately fighting death, she's a piece of light. She's the youngest person alive, a possibility that there might be a future.
She's not a lantern, though. When things go bad, Ai doesn't say some nice things and the story ends. Often, she gives those pep talks but stumbles. The world is, after all, ending. Problems still exist and are hard to solve. Ai may be an optimist, but she's a struggling optimist. We see her doubts, how much she tries to cling to her optimism despite everything.
This is where the anime's faults lay. Although this is an excellent usage of such a character, they don't take it far enough. Ai struggles, but the creators put her so much in the role of problem-solver she doesn't have time to ingest the struggling. There's no time to see how the possible failures affect Ai's psych. Stories don't always end just like she wants them to, and that should influence her worldview. How do you stay optimistic when things don't go as expected? Do you blind your own eyes? Do you become pessimistic, or do you accept things as they are? The anime never addresses these questions.
The themes of wishing does make its appearance, but the creators aren't sure what to do with it. People wish for things. Sometimes they come true, sometimes they don't and sometimes they come true but the result is painful. It speaks volumes when a messy anime like Big Order addresses these themes better. They're present, but wishing is not a plot device here and there aren't enough angles to explore this topic from. It's just there.
The art style continues the weird nature of the quality. The character's looks are distinct and memorable enough, but the art style itself isn't. You can put these characters in a school anime and they wouldn't feel out of place (except for the outfits). There's variety in how everyone looks and the school arc lets them show off their designs, but nothing connects it. Characters shouldn't just look distinct but there should be a style that connects them, quirks that make the design memorable and make you wonder what else you can do with it.
On the other hand, the color schemes and backgrounds are beautiful. The anime finally fulfills potential. The colors are balanced. Light and dark tones are mixed. A burning red or a cold blue is are the dominating colors, and they have just enough brightness to make the world seem normal. There's also a little darkness in them that reminds you that the world is dying. It's a balance that's hard to get. You can easily find yourself in bland colors, but here they're the perfect mix of darkness and lights that fit the weird tone of the series.
Sundays Without God is a flawed anime, but nevertheless an anime like no other. Its failures hold it back from greatness, and but their nature prevents them from being offensive. When it falls, it's not because it does stupid things. Rather, it's too afraid to play with its ideas. They stand on their own, and even as basic storytelling it's good enough. Someone might one day run away with these and render this irrelevant, but until then it's worth your time.
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I noticed that if there is a file named "splash.png" in PICO-8's directory, it will be displayed at launch before the boot sequence. This also works with cartridges exported as binary.
Good one, UB !
I'll have to try out this logo thing too. I was actually going to mention it in suggestions, so you are not taking necessarily a picture from your program but something better, a full 128x128x16 custom imported .PNG - as you've done here.
too bad you have to press a key. also it's displayed before the boot sequence...
what would be great is a function to display the label (which is never to be seen in exports btw)
dw, I was talking about the original topic.
for anybody wondering:
graphics you "ctlr-c" in pico can be "ctrl-v" in the forum (and back, click on the [128x128] on the side of my pic above, you can copy the text and paste in pico's sprite editor)
now the trick to copy 128x128 pixels from pico:
put the sprite editor in fullscreen (second icon top-left), maximize your windowed pico-8, use the select tool from 0,0 to 127,127 (past the actual pico screen).
in any case that's how I do it, I'd be glad to hear about something easier :)
something like ctrl-f5 to copy the current screen would be ace. and ctrl-a for the sprite editor :)
btw, here's a cute one, for everyday use ;)
Clipboard-text screenshot in one line:
s="[".."gfx]8080" for a=0x6000,0x7fff do h=tostr(peek(a),true) s=s..sub(h,6,6)..sub(h,5,5) end printh(s.."[/gfx]","@clip")
Clipboard-text spriteshot in one line:
s="[".."gfx]8080" for a=0,0x1fff do h=tostr(peek(a),true) s=s..sub(h,6,6)..sub(h,5,5) end printh(s.."[/gfx]","@clip")
Note: I had to break up the opening gfx tag across two concatenated strings in this code because the BBS was interpreting the gfx tag inside the code block as a tag, rather than code. Obviously you don't really need to split it like that. :P
I think it's a "work in progress feature" more than a hidden one. Or a subliminal easter egg. Pay close attention when you first launch PICO-8 - it kind of "fades in and out" extra quick.
Does anyone know if this is still a feature? I can't seem to get it to work, so i assume it is no longer supported?
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As Ars' Infinite Loop readers know, we handed out awards for six categories of notable Mac OS X software this week. The winner of our Best Mac OS X App for Education category was Papers by Mekentosj, and we sat down with (most of) the Papers team for a quick chat about their future on the Mac and where the mobile space is going.
For those who aren't familiar with it, Papers is largely targeted at the scientific and education community (read our review of the Mac version for more details, as well as the iPhone version). Our own science writers here at Ars are big fans of Papers, as are a number of their peers in the scientific community.
Mekentosj's Mark Bate and Charles Parnot—and Alex Griekspoor in spirit—told Ars that they plan to continue focusing on the Mac for as long as their target audience remains there, which they expect to be for quite a while. "The Mac side of Papers is still going strong," the team said. "Apple wants to focus on iOS, but there will still be space for the Mac. Our audience is scientists—it's a more professional kind of user who will likely use computers for a lot longer than the average consumer."
Parnot and Bate did say that the reason Alex didn't come to WWDC with the rest of the team was because of Apple's heavy focus on the iOS, but that the company believes the Mac and mobile space will come back together at some point. "There will be a middle ground between the Mac and iOS," said Parnot.
And, after all, despite the team's commitment to continuing development on Mac OS X, they're not doing too shabby on iOS. Not only does Mekentosj offer an iPhone version of Papers, there's also a popular version available for iPad. "The iPhone app was pretty successful," Parnot told Ars, "but the iPad app is huge. It's definitely more popular, as the iPad is a much better fit for reading scientific papers."
The team didn't want to make any serious announcements today, but did indicate that Papers 2 for the Mac is coming along well and would be available "soon."


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|Organic Pastures FDA Lawsuit
Got Raw Milk?
Brad Jordan
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The battle for raw milk and food freedom is well under way. Demand is rising, and that has mega pasteurized-milk producers running scared to government officials, looking for protection in the name of public safety.
They aim to limit our access to this highly nutritious food so they don't have to compete with it. Currently, the so-called "white gold" can't be sold across state lines, leaving many with little to no options for obtaining this whole and complete food, which has been nourishing people for centuries.
Up until 1987 raw milk producers could ship raw milk to any state in the good ole' US of A. But in the last couple of decades, access to nutrient-dense foods such as these is becoming more and more scarce because of pressure from food and pharmaceutical industry giants who view them as a threat. These special interest groups lobby government officials who, in turn, legislate or regulate small farmers out of business, thus eliminating their competition.
The food-pharmaceutical complex and its hired hands in the government have gone so far as to lie about the health benefits of raw milk and other organic foods. Hell, they even lie about their own products – just look at their labels.
Their biggest hired thug is the FDA, whose aim isn't public safety but corporate protection. That's right, it's mission is to protect "big" cheap food from having to compete with "little" healthy food, leaving us simpletons with pre-packaged, sterile foods, which contain little to no nutrients.
Mark McAfee of Organic Pastures – the largest raw milk dairy in the country, based out of Fresno, California – has had enough and is taking the FDA to court. He's suing the agency over its current ban on the interstate sale of this precious and delicious food, and I was lucky enough to speak with him in a recent interview.
Mark claims that there is overwhelming evidence that proves raw milk, from healthy grass-fed cows, is far superior in flavor and nutrition than the pasteurized swill found in the meg-lo-marts around the country.
He wants to sell his fine product to stores in Arizona, where people have been demanding it. It's natural – really natural, unlike the naturally labeled "stuff" in commercial grocery stores – wholesome and safe. If it's safely nourishing people in California, why can't it safely nourish people in Arizona? It's not going to spoil or go bad by crossing some arbitrary line carved out by our overlords. Or as Mark said, "There's nothing that happens across a geopolitical line that causes someone to spit in the milk."
When asked why the FDA wouldn't respond to his citizen's petition, filed over four years ago, about the ban of interstate sales of raw milk, he said, "The FDA is a corrupt food organization. It's a revolving door for former employees at Monsanto, Tyson Food, Dean's Food, and the Dairy Processors, who can't get their greedy their mitts on my food. It's not meant for long shelf life, like pasteurized milk, it's meant for the gut. It goes from my farm to the consumer."
That has the big "food" producers mad because they want a cut of his action. They want to get paid for processing his food. Well it ain't gonna happen.
Tear Down the Wall
It's high time people start telling government officials enough is enough and demand their freedom back, especially when it comes to food. Why should people in Arizona and other states where raw milk is unavailable suffer because of this interstate ban? Many of them need access to this healing, medicinal food. If the crummy state legislatures don't have the spine to legalize raw milk production, at least let it come in from another state.
This wonder tonic has been known to cure ailments from autism to allergies, and for me – it makes me feel good, healthy and alive. I can drink a glass of raw milk and egg yolks and feel like I'm on top of the world, not even Bill Gates with his vaccinated GM crops, the FDA, or any other pathetic corporacratic agency can stop me.
McAfee has been busting his hump for 13 years, been shut down three times and continues to fight like a rabid dog. This man won't be beat. In order to survive, though, he complies with new rules and regulations to a T.
Mark explained, "In order to shift the paradigm, I need to stay open and grow my business." You can't do much that if the state shuts you down. Quick compliance is the key to staying in the fight.
It's hard to challenge state goons head on. They have all the guns, money and resources and can make a farmer's life miserable in a matter of days, stealing all the fruits of his labor. They don't care; they're bottom feeders, gut-maggots with no guts. Instead of letting us milk, drink, and sell our own raw cow's milk, they'd rather milk us instead. Pump us with pharmaceuticals, sterilized foods, soft drinks and other unhealthy junk to make us productive for 8 hours, and then crash on the couch and zombie off watching Dancing with the Stars. We're looked at like confinement cattle. Our overlords only let us out of our cage for the occasional milking and then back to work.
We're the cash crop and they've been harvesting us for too damn long. Well, I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore! And neither is Mark. "We're gonna battle the FDA out in the open and make them respond and look at the facts," he said.
So, now he and the Consumer Legal Defense Fund are bringing the fight to FDA, by slapping a lawsuit down upon them. He wants an answer to why they continue to ban the interstate sale of this wonderful product. And while the courts haven't responded to his suit, the line in the sand has been drawn. What side will you stand on, freedom or tyranny?
To hear to Brad's interview with Mark, click here.
Brad Jordan hosts a podcast called Food Riot Radio. He and his co-host Sara Burrows work to expose how a collusion between government, big agriculture, big pharma and big food has determined what ends up on our plates and offer ideas for how to fight back.
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For decades, Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries tried to replicate the Silicon Valley model of innovation and early stage financing. As Susana García-Robles from the MIF stated "this Silicon Valley-obsession led to LAC being called "the Copycat Region". Investors were wondering if innovation could come from countries like Brazil or Jamaica.
For many years the answer was not clear. It was not only a question of innovation; markets and technology were being developed. The advance of smartphones and internet penetration led to the creation of innovative companies coming from LAC. It was just a matter of time.
The role of entrepreneurs
Not only innovative companies are coming out of LAC, but also scalable companies. The growth in number of the region's US$1+ billion companies is attributed to the expansion of the global market itself.
As part of the study of LAC giants released by NXTPLabs and FOMIN earlier this year, Tecnolatinas, we featured the most valuable companies. We found 9 companies with a valuation exceeding the +1 billion. And, as it is a growing market, these days, LetGo was added to this top list. This is just the top of the iceberg. There are more than 125 companies valuated over US$ 25M mapped in the Tecnolatinas report. Reaching this kind of valuations used to take more than a decade before … think for example in the founders of Despegar o MercadoLibre. But it only took two years for Let Go to reach that valuation with a complete disruptive business model.
Having this kind of cases makes the region grow. It also shows the shift at the entrepreneurial mindset. In the 90's the hero entrepreneurs were the "Serial Entrepreneur," the one who sold his company. After 2010, that changed. Now is the one who grows his company from zero to Initial Public Offering (IPO), examples of that are the founders of MercadoLibre, Globant or Despegar.
As Francisco Coronel stated in his article Copycats vs. Disruptors, there are more companies coming out from LAC with innovative business models. He quoted two of NXTP Labs´s portfolio examples:
Semtive is producing affordable small turbines designed for low wind speeds — unlike traditional wind farms that rely on speeds of 30 mph or greater.
Satellogic has launched its six nanosatellite into orbit, and plans to build a constellation of nanosatellites that will generate real-time images from all over the globe — a highly valuable asset for hundreds of industries. Satellogic's approach has the potential to actually disrupt the satellite data market.
We only mentioned two of the many existing cases. Especially in the fintech arena, there are more startups creating solutions for unbanked segments of population, which is a typical problem of emerging markets such as LAC.
The role of goverments to encourage the entry of investors
As the governments are catching up and supporting entrepreneurs, we still lack private investors putting their money in LAC venture funds. The private sector (including corporations) needs to think with a long-term approach of investing in high impact and dynamic startups, as well as contributing to build ecosystems.
There is still a substantial difference between the origin of the funds in the Americas. In US, 70% of funds for venture capital come from private institutional investors: pension funds, endowments, insurance companies, banks, and corporate funds. Meanwhile, in LAC, the resources are coming from Development Financial Institutions (DFI) such as MIF, IFC, CAF; which are trying to fill a gap between the government funds and the family-owned companies and high net individuals, which are only the 9% of limited partners in US. Sometimes the main reason why pension funds can not invest in VC is regulation.
In LAC, governments are attempting to close this gap in different ways. There is the case of the Mexican Pension Funds which invest sometimes in other funds using CKDs or the National Value Commission (Local SEC). Argentina is approving mutual funds like the one NXTP Labs has presented. Governments need to invest in venture funds to contribute to innovative ecosystems.
The role of the governments in the LAC entrepreneurial landscape
In Latin America the investment ecosystem is getting stronger. Innovation grows slowly if it is not accompanied by capital. In this way, one key improvement in the region is that entrepreneurial support as part of regional government agendas.
Governments have concluded that the only way to generate local innovation is with dedicated funds and policies that facilitate the creation and good business administration of this type of enterprise. LAC governments are finally recognizing that without public policy and dedicated funding, an ecosystem like Silicon Valley is impossible. It is a fact that behind every great company that started in Silicon Valley, one can trace government funds, as Mariana Mazzucato described in The Entrepreneurial State in 2013.
This evidence has helped create government programs in the region during the last years.
In Mexico, INADEM and NAFIN teamed up to replicate the Yozma model, believing that spreading money across as many funds as possible has its advantages. For one, the number of companies funded by venture capital is what matters in job creation and GDP growth, rather than the actual amount invested in each company. More venture capital flowing means that more investors are provided with the opportunity to learn the trade.
In Chile, the long term political agenda on entrepreneurship has attracted more funds and entrepreneurs. Two of the initiatives we can describe are CORFO and Startup Chile. We should also take into account the Chilean pension reform launched last year.
In Argentina, that has always been an active entrepreneurial ecosystem, the government has recently passed an entrepreneur's' law that includes fast-tracks for company registration, new channels of financing, attractive tax incentives for investors and other unprecedented features. It's also a tropicalization of Yozma model.
What is still missing?
Besides the private and public investment, the other outstanding debt as a region is incorporating more women as founders of high-impact startups and venture capital fund managers, as well as investing in gender-diversified startups. Unfortunately, it's slow work all around the world, but things are getting better.
Universities are arriving a bit late to join the ecosystem mostly because the areas of research and development are usually divorced. Success cases like Technion in Israel or Stanford in US took decades to develop. There are some universities in LAC creating Centers of Entrepreneurship, IAE in Argentina is one of the oldest in the country, UDESA (Argentina), Prodem at UNSAM (Argentina), Tecnológico de Monterrey (México), but we are still missing companies like Yissum, the technology transfer company of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem or similar.
We are better, we are on track, but there is still a long way to realize our potential.
Marta Cruz
Cofounder & Director, NXTP Labs
Marta has worked for more than 8 years at MRM Worldwide, the McCann Worldgroup digital agency, as Latam Regional Director, managing accounts likes of HP, Intel, Coca-Cola, GM, Hilton Hotel, Nortel and MasterCard. Marta has a BA degree from Buenos Aires University- and a postgraduate specialization in management from IAE, Austral University. She is also professor at San Andres University (BA) and ADEN Business School.
Ariel Arrieta
Ariel is a serial entrepreneur. Since 1994, he is involved in the Internet/Online Media Industry. He founded Digital Ventures, Directa Network, Performa Network, Afiliados Hispanos and InZearch all online advertising companies acquired by FOX in July 2007. He is a frequent speaker at AdTech, IAA, IAB, Online Marketing Europe, OMD, Marketing 2.0 and AMDIA among others. Ariel has completed OPM at Harvard Business School.


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Suddenly a world which worries about an unpredictable nuclear state has been taken aback by a new kind of power.
Now it's Iran's "charm offensive" that's causing a stir.
A country whose image is often portrayed in black veils and clenched fists now has a smiling, twinkly-eyed, tweeting president reaching out to the West.
When news broke on Friday of a historic telephone call in New York between an American and an Iranian president, social media fizzed with excitement and euphoria.
"Given how painless that was, and how many millions of people it made happy, it's amazing it took 34 years to make that call," remarked leading Iran expert Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.Biggest taboo
One of the most extraordinary tweets from the @HassanRouhani twitter account was: "In a phone conversation b/w #Iranian & #US Presidents just now: @hassanRouhani: "Have a Nice Day!"
@BarackObama: "Thank you. Khodahafez [Goodbye]."
The return to Tehran descended into a chaotic reminder of Iran's fractious politics"End Quote
After three decades of talking past each other, the Iranian and American leaders seemed to be speaking the same language, at least for some of the words it takes to fill 140 characters on Twitter.
"The biggest taboo in Iranian politics has been broken," remarked Ali Vaez of the International Crisis Group.
While on his trip to New York during the United Nations General Assembly, President Rouhani even dropped one of the defining anti-American slogans of the Islamic Revolution. He referred to the United States as "the great nation", rather than "the Great Satan."
But like a late-night celebration which loses its sparkle in the bright light of day, so did a tantalising buzz lose some of its allure.
By the time the Iranian president and his entourage landed in Tehran, the stream of tweets describing his 15-minute conversation with President Obama had been removed from his account.
And after a New York visit which seemed carefully choreographed, the return to Tehran descended into a chaotic reminder of Iran's fractious politics.
"He returned to reality on the ground," observed my Iranian colleague Amir Paivar watching developments from London.
A reality check came from both sides of a political divide often defined by attitudes to opening up to the West. "Long live Rouhani, everlasting change," chanted one group while cries of "Death to America" rose loudly from another.
Even eggs and shoes were hurled.
Thomas Erdbrink of the New York Times, one of the few Western journalists in Tehran, reported that "President Rouhani was trying to keep smiling but security people tried to shield him off with an umbrella, then pulled him into car and drove off."
Political protection was provided by the official who received him - Dr Ali Akbar Velayati, representative of Iran's most powerful player, the spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. It sent a signal that the elected President Rouhani is the Ayatollah's man, empowered by him to achieve results, especially when it comes to easing the sanctions crippling Iran's economy.
"The excitement is outside, we still don't feel it here," a leading businessman in Tehran told me by telephone. "Nothing has happened yet when it comes to sanctions."Beaming
Still, social media in Iran was awash with the cautious hopes of those in a young generation with access to the internet, who are chafing at a life of rules and restrictions.
In the past one side was ready and the other was not"End QuoteTrita Parsi
Optimism of some kind was also evident in a tweet which wasn't removed from President Rouhani's account. A photograph showed the 64-year-old cleric beaming just after he finished his momentous telephone call and boarded the plane to take him home.
"President Rouhani is a pragmatic politican," explained Ali Vaez. "He had the courage to cultivate this historic moment for thawing relations with the US whilst having the prudence to do it in a way that would reduce risks for a domestic backlash."
Informed observers believe Ayatalloh Khamanei, known to be deeply suspicious of the West's intentions, has given the reformist president a window to show results.
That may explain why President Rouhani spoke, with surprising optimism, of a nuclear deal within three to six months.
Much will depend on how the international community responds to this outreach.
"In the past one side was ready and the other was not," commented Trita Parsi in a nod to years of missed opportunities for some kind of engagement.
"Now two sides are moving at the same time," said Parsi who heads the US-based National Iranian American Council.
President Obama has made clear that "while there will surely be important obstacles to moving forward and success is by no means guaranteed, I believe we can reach a comprehensive solution".
In New York, President Rouhani reiterated his country's key demand in years of protracted nuclear talks . "We will never forego our inherent right to benefit from peaceful nuclear technology, including enrichment."
But he also emphasised Iran would "leave no stone unturned" to reassure the world that its nuclear programme was entirely peaceful.
There's still some scepticism and cynicism over this new-look Iran. The loudest warning came from Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who's described the Iranian president as "a wolf in sheep's clothing".
A change in tone will soon be put to the test in the next round of talks between Iran and world powers set to take place in Geneva in mid-October.
The first encounter in New York, where Iran's American-educated Foreign Minister Javad Zarif opened the meeting and sat next to the US Secretary of State John Kerry sent an even more substantial message of change than the presidential call.
In the end, it will come down to what will be many months of old fashioned face-to-face talks between two countries, with a history of enmity and fundamentally different world views, which now realise there are good reasons to engage.
There are also certain to be many more mundane telephone calls and, perhaps, a more restrained succession of tweets.
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Bronx Eats: Mexicocina, Source for Genuine Home Cooking, Gets Two New Locations
We have written about Mott Haven's Mexicocina before, praising their cooking for its variety and warmth. In the short time since that first review, owner Antonio Vilchis has opened up two new locations (Mexicosina and Mexicozina), and converted the original Mexicocina into a take-out spot with limited bar-seating. The tables have moved to Jackson Avenue, a bigger and sunnier space with a deliberate and welcoming aesthetic—no small thing in a neighborhood of diners and dives. It is a place where a pair of electronic fireplaces exude an strangely genuine warmth.
Highlighted by chilaquiles ($8-12) and picaditas ($7-10, 3 an order), the selection of antojitos is standard and, as at many Mexican restaurants in New York, you may find yourself wishing for less ubiquitous dishes. When ordering, look instead—first and foremost—to the specials menu, which is nearly identical across the three locations.
On that menu you may find enchiladas de borrego ($9; lamb enchiladas), pipian verde de pollo (chicken in green pipian), and costillas de cerdo en salsa verde ($9; pork ribs in tomatillo-chipotle sauce). Some confusion worth clearing up: at the original location, those ribs are advertised as costillas en salsa chipotle. This is a misnomer. The sauce favors the tang of the tomatillo over the smoke of the chipotle, much like Vegas would Lebron in a 1-on-1 against Tyler Hansbrough.
Mole de hoya* is not, as I hoped, a colloquial name for Oaxacan mole verde but rather a common spelling for mole de olla. (When a craving strikes, the green mole can be found a few blocks south at La Morada.)
*Hoya means "leaf," as in "hoya de aguacate" or avocado leaf.
Before speaking of more flashy fare, it's worth pointing out how well-prepared a side of black beans the kitchen here puts out—so often are they neglected and puréed into a bland, pasty mess. Sprinkled with snowflakes of grated cheese, the beans are pleasingly inconsistent in their texture. They will have you reaching for more.
The previously mentioned costillas in salsa verde, which Scarlett wrote about in her initial review, should be ordered whenever available. There is a homebody's dinner of pollo a la cacerolla ($9; chicken casserole), a dish of flavorful but slightly mushy potatoes and simply seasoned chicken baked in broth, onion and tomato thickened ever so slightly with masa. What the chicken lacks in smoke and fire it makes up for in juicy and tender meat. This is not an ambitious dish, but it is one that will fortify you on a rainy day.
More indulgent are their alambres Mexicocina ($11, skewered meats), a smattering of crumbled chorizo, chopped bistec, and—a house twist—bacon blanketed in Oaxacan cheese. (You may wish, as I did, for bite-sized chicharrons instead of the bacon.) The chorizo, purchased from a New Jersey butcher at a volume of 40 pounds a week, is spicy and fresh, with a smokiness that is amplified by the bacon. While not quite as good as the homemade chorizo Casa Enrique makes, it is still superior to what you will get at most taquerias throughout the city. The squiggles of bistec, though, are smoldered and short on flavor.
The highlight of my most recent meal, however, came by way of a steaming mug of arroz con leche ($2.50). There is a clarity of flavor here not found in lesser mugs; the milk and rice with a cinnamon waft. It is as unimpeachable a rendition of the drink as I have found in New York, one could be improved only—if it at all—by a fancifying touch of cocoa bitters or orange zest.
The cooking at Mexicocina's original and new locations is good; I have so far found several dishes I have enjoyed considerably. But there is inconsistency, and missteps that need addressing. The tortillas, which do not taste homemade, are pulled from the grill prematurely and have precious little in the way of nutty flavor. A glass of agua de limon ($2) tasted like Minute Maid, though there were plenty of slices of lime in the vat. Then there was the overcooked lengua, no longer nimble but tough. Nonetheless, most of the food is worth celebrating. We are drawn to the restaurant for its selection of well-executed and less common dishes in New York, and for its promise.
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