Certain activities, especially those at or near sensitive facilities, including government, military or other high profile sites or places where large numbers of people congregate, may indicate terrorist planning phases. Suspicious activities of interest that should be reported to law enforcement are commonly referred to as the 7 Signs of Terrorism.
Surveillance: Recording or monitoring activities. May include drawing diagrams, note taking, use of cameras, binoculars or other vision-enhancing devices or possessing floor plans or blueprints of key facilities.
Acquiring Supplies: Attempts to improperly acquire items that could be used in a terrorist act. May include the acquisition of explosives, weapons, harmful chemicals, flight manuals, law enforcement or military equipment, uniforms, identification badges or the equipment to manufacture false identification.
Suspicious Persons: Someone who does not appear to belong in a workplace, neighborhood or business establishment due to their behavior, including unusual questions or statements they make.
Dry Runs/Trial Runs: Behavior that appears to be preparation for a terrorist act without actually committing the act. Activity could include mapping out routes and determining the timing of traffic lights and flow.
They just described life on a typical college campus.
None of these tactics will get people to buy more newspapers. I don't know what will
E-Paper readers and wireless delivery. Once the tech gets cheap enough to make a Kindle-like device "Free With Subscription" then the news media will finally catch up with the rest of the world.
And the trees will sleep a little easier at night.
The cure to the low level blues is to earn enough money to buy the combat character of your dreams. Rates used to be about 100m ISK per 1m Skill Points but the economy ain't what it used to be.
It's not impossible to pick up a 10-15m SP toon for about the cost of a cap ship. It's certainly not cheap, but for ambitious new players it is a legit option -- character transfers are fully supported and encouraged by CCP (for a $20 fee, usually paid by the seller).
If this is the kind of reaction scenes from the Watchmen gets, you REALLY shouldn't let your kids watch "Schindler's List" until they graduate highschool.
MPR's radio antenna might be strong, but it's not going to cover the continental US. I'd be surprised if it reaches as far as the end of their driveway;)
Music hasn't gotten worse. The way we find it has. Radio has failed it's audience, MTV doesn't even live up to it's name anymore, and the only acts that are promoted were either big 5 years ago or sound exactly like them.
With a billion videos on youtube and just as many Myspace pages, it's just plain harder now to siphon out the wheat from the chaff through the Myspace/Blogosphere million-to-one S/N Ratio. Anyone with a Mac can upload their own 1-chord no-rhythm hackjob online, and Green Day already had that role filled years ago.
Except none of those are a broadcast medium accessible by any car made since 1980 or a common portable device.
The reason satellite radio failed so hard was because they never figured out a way to sell it without a giant tether. HD Radio is going to go the same route, if they can't sell a $19.99 receiver you can fit in your pocket.
If the only fans of rock acts are the ones who remembered back when they used to be on the radio, how do you grow a fanbase? How do casual music fans find out, for example, that Dream Theater has a new album coming out in June? Do you think it's going to get a giant Wal-Mart display?
For non-pop bands, your last best hope for new exposure is the Amazon "What other customers bought" tab.
I don't think it's so much that the quality of modern music has dropped, as has the quality of it's presentation.
I agree with the theory that the homogenization of radio has effectively killed it as a medium of finding new and interesting talent, as well as the nearly extinct music video.
If there's anyone to truly blame for the downfall of the CD, it's got to start with the media and how new acts are not exposed to the world.
Instead of giving new acts a prominent place to demonstrate their wares, radio and TV have turned into an echo chamber for the old and recycled.
Welcome to the Myspace generation - where everyone wants to do it themselves, and the S/N ratio is a million to one.
Except they're almost as bad as Q104.3 when it comes to recycling their back catalog. You really only get new stuff played by Matt Pinfield in the mornings, and those songs never get into regular rotation before disappearing anyway.
On 101.9 I've randomly heard decent songs by My Morning Jacket, Snow Patrol, The Ting Tings, The Duke Spirit, Spoon, and Kings of Leon. Sandwiched between yet ANOTHER replay of Cashmere, Baba O'Reilly, or Us and Them.
I'm complaining that the songs on the radio are too OLD. I'm TIRED of hearing Led Zeppelin, The Who, and Pink Floyd as half my listening time. Rock stations weren't always this abusive of the old material -- there was a time when there was new music being pushed over the air, and I bought a lot of CDs based on one song because that might be the only chance you got to hear that band before they were replaced on the playlist by ANOTHER new song.
I want to hear something new and interesting, not just "Listen to the white kid trying to rap over an endlessly looped guitar riff and a beat machine" that's been branded as modern Rock. Pop music has never interested me, but it's only been the past few years when I've really felt like there's no alternative between Dance or The Oldies.
As long as I'm listening to the radio on the way to work, there is no real indy alternative being broadcast over FM, and this is NEW YORK CITY. Honestly, you have a better chance of hearing new music during the intro to a TV show then you do on the radio.
Really, I haven't heard a decent mainstream track in the past year. At least, not one that made me want to go out to the store and buy an entire album. Last year, I got most of the singles I wanted via Amazon spending Pepsi Points.
New York just lost it's biggest rock station, which switched to be yet another top-40 "pop" broadcaster. Everything else is classic rock -- and really, how is playing Led Zeppelin twenty times a day going to boost record sales? The state of modern music is so bad that radio stations can't find enough songs to play to fill up an hour's commute with songs made in the last decade.
Just like in Real Estate, it's a combination of the right house being in the right neighboorhood. Just like you wouldn't want to build expensive condos in the middle of South Central, putting a high-priced Sci-Fi show on Friday nights almost guarantees disappointment (and occasionally, riots.)
It's too bad there isn't a station that's dedicated to creating good Sci-Fi programming. With all the hundreds of syndicated cable networks, surely *one* should be focused on creating the next great futurist vision. A place where shows with long story arcs mingle with expensive SFX shots, and while might not draw Idol-like numbers, still develop loyal and enthusiastic fan bases.
Too bad what's laughably titled the "Sci-Fi Network" would rather develop reality-based "Scare" programming. I'm surprised they haven't started re-running Cops, Cheats or Ninja Warrior in prime time, like G4 does now.
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Seven Signs of Terrorism
Certain activities, especially those at or near sensitive facilities, including government, military or other high profile sites or places where large numbers of people congregate, may indicate terrorist planning phases. Suspicious activities of interest that should be reported to law enforcement are commonly referred to as the 7 Signs of Terrorism.
Surveillance: Recording or monitoring activities. May include drawing diagrams, note taking, use of cameras, binoculars or other vision-enhancing devices or possessing floor plans or blueprints of key facilities.
Acquiring Supplies: Attempts to improperly acquire items that could be used in a terrorist act. May include the acquisition of explosives, weapons, harmful chemicals, flight manuals, law enforcement or military equipment, uniforms, identification badges or the equipment to manufacture false identification.
Suspicious Persons: Someone who does not appear to belong in a workplace, neighborhood or business establishment due to their behavior, including unusual questions or statements they make.
Dry Runs/Trial Runs: Behavior that appears to be preparation for a terrorist act without actually committing the act. Activity could include mapping out routes and determining the timing of traffic lights and flow.
They just described life on a typical college campus.
ALL YOU UNDERGRADS ARE TERRORISTS!
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None of these tactics will get people to buy more newspapers. I don't know what will
E-Paper readers and wireless delivery. Once the tech gets cheap enough to make a Kindle-like device "Free With Subscription" then the news media will finally catch up with the rest of the world.
And the trees will sleep a little easier at night.
The cure to the low level blues is to earn enough money to buy the combat character of your dreams. Rates used to be about 100m ISK per 1m Skill Points but the economy ain't what it used to be.
It's not impossible to pick up a 10-15m SP toon for about the cost of a cap ship. It's certainly not cheap, but for ambitious new players it is a legit option -- character transfers are fully supported and encouraged by CCP (for a $20 fee, usually paid by the seller).
A failed donation can make you feel like crap
So can a successful one.
1. Generate a random mashup of various pots and pans being dropped down a flight of stairs.
2. Sell them through Google.
3. In China*
4. Profit!
* Note: Model only valid in China.
RIP PalmOS
If this is the kind of reaction scenes from the Watchmen gets, you REALLY shouldn't let your kids watch "Schindler's List" until they graduate highschool.
Is "Free Republic" any less so?
No, I'm not Sparticus.
I have a truly marvelous joke for this proposition which this post is too narrow to contain.
Meanwhile, in Louisiana, Governor Bobby Jindal mutters something about all this wasteful government spending.
MPR's radio antenna might be strong, but it's not going to cover the continental US. I'd be surprised if it reaches as far as the end of their driveway ;)
got booklets with no lyrics (two Midnight Oil albums), or incomplete lyrics (some Aerosmith album)
The only thing more undecipherable than Eddie Vedder's singing is his handwriting.
Music hasn't gotten worse. The way we find it has. Radio has failed it's audience, MTV doesn't even live up to it's name anymore, and the only acts that are promoted were either big 5 years ago or sound exactly like them.
With a billion videos on youtube and just as many Myspace pages, it's just plain harder now to siphon out the wheat from the chaff through the Myspace/Blogosphere million-to-one S/N Ratio. Anyone with a Mac can upload their own 1-chord no-rhythm hackjob online, and Green Day already had that role filled years ago.
The talent pool has turned into a kiddie pool.
Except none of those are a broadcast medium accessible by any car made since 1980 or a common portable device.
The reason satellite radio failed so hard was because they never figured out a way to sell it without a giant tether. HD Radio is going to go the same route, if they can't sell a $19.99 receiver you can fit in your pocket.
Which turns into a chicken/egg problem.
If the only fans of rock acts are the ones who remembered back when they used to be on the radio, how do you grow a fanbase? How do casual music fans find out, for example, that Dream Theater has a new album coming out in June? Do you think it's going to get a giant Wal-Mart display?
For non-pop bands, your last best hope for new exposure is the Amazon "What other customers bought" tab.
I don't think it's so much that the quality of modern music has dropped, as has the quality of it's presentation.
I agree with the theory that the homogenization of radio has effectively killed it as a medium of finding new and interesting talent, as well as the nearly extinct music video.
If there's anyone to truly blame for the downfall of the CD, it's got to start with the media and how new acts are not exposed to the world.
Instead of giving new acts a prominent place to demonstrate their wares, radio and TV have turned into an echo chamber for the old and recycled.
Welcome to the Myspace generation - where everyone wants to do it themselves, and the S/N ratio is a million to one.
Except they're almost as bad as Q104.3 when it comes to recycling their back catalog. You really only get new stuff played by Matt Pinfield in the mornings, and those songs never get into regular rotation before disappearing anyway.
On 101.9 I've randomly heard decent songs by My Morning Jacket, Snow Patrol, The Ting Tings, The Duke Spirit, Spoon, and Kings of Leon. Sandwiched between yet ANOTHER replay of Cashmere, Baba O'Reilly, or Us and Them.
I'm complaining that the songs on the radio are too OLD. I'm TIRED of hearing Led Zeppelin, The Who, and Pink Floyd as half my listening time. Rock stations weren't always this abusive of the old material -- there was a time when there was new music being pushed over the air, and I bought a lot of CDs based on one song because that might be the only chance you got to hear that band before they were replaced on the playlist by ANOTHER new song.
I want to hear something new and interesting, not just "Listen to the white kid trying to rap over an endlessly looped guitar riff and a beat machine" that's been branded as modern Rock. Pop music has never interested me, but it's only been the past few years when I've really felt like there's no alternative between Dance or The Oldies.
As long as I'm listening to the radio on the way to work, there is no real indy alternative being broadcast over FM, and this is NEW YORK CITY. Honestly, you have a better chance of hearing new music during the intro to a TV show then you do on the radio.
Really, I haven't heard a decent mainstream track in the past year. At least, not one that made me want to go out to the store and buy an entire album. Last year, I got most of the singles I wanted via Amazon spending Pepsi Points.
New York just lost it's biggest rock station, which switched to be yet another top-40 "pop" broadcaster. Everything else is classic rock -- and really, how is playing Led Zeppelin twenty times a day going to boost record sales? The state of modern music is so bad that radio stations can't find enough songs to play to fill up an hour's commute with songs made in the last decade.
I think the term he's looking for is "Rickroll'd"
Because Sci-fi would rather re-broadcast "Scare Tactics" or "Ghost Hunters" then develop a show with a high SFX budget and long story arc.
(hint: go check your local cable listings to see what "Sci Fi" is broadcasting tonight)
Just like in Real Estate, it's a combination of the right house being in the right neighboorhood. Just like you wouldn't want to build expensive condos in the middle of South Central, putting a high-priced Sci-Fi show on Friday nights almost guarantees disappointment (and occasionally, riots.)
It's too bad there isn't a station that's dedicated to creating good Sci-Fi programming. With all the hundreds of syndicated cable networks, surely *one* should be focused on creating the next great futurist vision. A place where shows with long story arcs mingle with expensive SFX shots, and while might not draw Idol-like numbers, still develop loyal and enthusiastic fan bases.
Too bad what's laughably titled the "Sci-Fi Network" would rather develop reality-based "Scare" programming. I'm surprised they haven't started re-running Cops, Cheats or Ninja Warrior in prime time, like G4 does now.
Make it a legal drama on a planet you know gets destroyed in a few years so everything that happens is irrelevant.
Oh, I thought you wanted how NOT to reinvent a story.