Marshawn Lynch has torched the Saints yet again on Saturday. His first touchdown run was vintage beast mode up the middle, but his late 31-yard touchdown run went around the edge to break it open and likely finished off the Saints. The first run prompted the usual Skittles shower, but busting a long one in the final three minutes is deserving of ALL of the damn skittles, packaged neatly in this Skittlesbomb.
Skittles.
How distorting are map projections? Here's what four commonly used systems of projection do to a human head.
    
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firehose"newspaper is a python based article extraction framework. It can produce pocket-like results. While it is very easy to use as a python library, I thought it would be interesting to turn this into a hosted app. Its all setup to be heroku app."
basically, this app generates ideal content for a bookmarklet WINK WINK NUDGE NUDGE HEY BOOKMARKLET
A year since Aaron …
… why forget when we can remember?
One year later, web legends like Tim Berners-Lee honor Aaron Swartz: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2014/01/aaron-swartz-documentary-clip/
The documentary: http://aaronswartzthedocumentary.com/
firehosenot surprised that nobody wanted to talk about Colston, though
enjoy the blueprint for victory, Carolina
avenge us~
Jimmy Graham had words for the Seahawks before the game, and the Seahawks had some words for him afterward.
Before Saturday's Divisional round game, Saints tight end Jimmy Graham did a little school yard jawing with some players from the Seahawks. He knocked off someone's chapeau, but it never lived up to the scrape Twitter made it out to be. However, Graham gave the kids at home a good lesson about Karma, something the Seahawks players were all too eager to remind him about after the game.
This http://t.co/PojpxfJz7I pic shows Jimmy Graham ripping the hat off #Seahawk Bruce Irvin http://t.co/ydFYcb8AXS pic.twitter.com/7bi1djCT7a
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 11, 2014
Drew Brees tried to find his tight end a total of six times on Saturday night, but it was no use; Graham didn't catch a pass until the Saints' last drive of the game. He finished with one catch for eight yards.
Seattle defensive end Michael Bennett was all too eager to share his feelings about New Orleans' All-Pro tight end.
Seahawks' Michael Bennett called Jimmy Graham soft and the most overrated player in the NFL.
— mike freeman (@mikefreemanNFL) January 12, 2014
"Nobody likes Jimmy Graham. He's overrated. I don't like him as a person or a player" - Michael Bennett on the radio just now #damn
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) January 12, 2014
Richard Sherman weighed in too ... of course he did.
Richard Sherman on shutting down Jimmy Graham: "We’re not scared of him. We have to deal with him but he has to deal with us." #Seahawks
— Tim Booth (@ByTimBooth) January 12, 2014
Remember, save your trash talk for AFTER the game, especially if you're playing against the Seattle secondary.
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firehosealright, but seriously, when can we start talking about major sports leagues rigging games
firehosevia multitasksuicide: "remember: the US (while perhaps having the greatest capacity to do so) does not have an exclusive lock on sleazy spying."
The Communication Security Establishment of Canada -- a secretive spy agency that's already been caught lying to a judge and illegally spying on diplomats at the Toronto G20 -- has admitted that it illegally spied on Canadians as well.
CSE also admits it's allowed to help CSIS, the Mounties and Canada Border Services Agency "in a variety of circumstances — including intercept operations against a Canadian or individuals in Canada."
National security blogger Bill Robinson says that means CSE can use information gleaned from Canadians.
"If it falls into the government's collection priorities, they certainly will use it," he said Friday.
CSE admits it 'incidentally' spied on Canadians [Daniel Proussalidis/Observer.ca]
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firehoseBoudin hates the rain. California dogs have problems with Portland
It became necessary to go outside, and it was not fun for anyone. I’ve never seen Gretsch actually enjoy The Towel to the point of willingly and enthusiastically huddling under it.
firehosenot pictured: Overbey throwing Skittles
Taste the Rainbow, Marshawn. The touchdown is cool, too.
Well, there were reports of heavy rain leading up to Saturday's Divisional round matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and the New Orleans Saints but Seattle running back Marshawn Lynch generally inspires a different kind of rain.
Presented without further comment -- Lynch being pelted with Skittles by Seahawks fans:
You can't just buy a jacket like that.
It's "Drake Night" in Toronto. The rapper now closely associated with the RAPTORS BRAND is in town for the Raps' game against the Nets, and he's sporting some custom threads:
@drake rockin' his jacket with retro Raptors jersey lining at #drakenight pic.twitter.com/lKtxn3YHZA
— Dave Haggith (@davehaggith) January 11, 2014
On one hand, cool. On the other hand, maybe pick the jersey of someone other than the most hated former Raptor (Toronto fans still hate Vince Carter, right?) to line your jacket?
Pete is wet, but Pete is happy.
The order may differ depending on your preference, but Pete Carroll and Jim Harbaugh are definitely the top two giffable NFL coaches. Harbaugh is usually captured losing his mind reacting to a call, while Carroll is usually the subject of some smug strutting. Carroll has been relatively muted during the Seahawks dominating first half against the Saints, but there was a moment when he gleefully took in the pelting rain upon his face:
With another half to go, this could just be the start of the Pete Carroll postseason library.
The latest issue of Popular Science features some counterintuitive commentary from one Bob "Words-Are-Hard" Quackenbush.
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firehosevia willowbl00
B.A. English, Azusa Pacific University
"Ethical Brutality: The Art of Death Metal"
Read Thesis Here: tinyurl.com/owabt55
firehosevia willowbl00: "Evil fucks."
Marketing, Vaasa University of Applied Sciences
'Utilizing fandoms as a semi-controlled word-of-mouth in popular culture'
By Robert Reich.
The stock market ended 2013 at an all-time high — giving stockholders their biggest annual gain in almost two decades. Most Americans didn’t share in those gains, however, because most people haven’t been able to save enough to invest in the stock market. More than two-thirds of Americans live from paycheck to paycheck.
firehose'The College Football Playoff selection committee will meet confidentially, then announce the identities of the playoff participants by edict. That’s not exactly what I’d call “settling it on the field.” '
It’s now up over at Grantland:
The primary advantage of a playoff is certainty, and after years of endless BCS debate — which followed decades of debate under the earlier bowl systems — certainty has real allure. But in most sports that have playoffs, like the NFL or the NBA, the criteria for getting to the playoffs is basically objective. Most playoff spots are decided based on win/loss records, with certain mechanical tiebreakers in place and known in advance. It’s not that the playoff crowns the best or most deserving team — just ask the 10-6 New York Giants that knocked off the undefeated New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII. It’s that the loser has nothing to complain about: Everyone knows the rules.
Yet the new College Football Playoff lacks the very thing that makes playoffs in other sports so palatable, namely a semblance of objective certainty. While the defective BCS formula should have been interred long ago, it has been replaced by a Council of Platonic Guardians. The College Football Playoff selection committee will meet confidentially, then announce the identities of the playoff participants by edict. That’s not exactly what I’d call “settling it on the field.”
Read the whole thing.
Virgin Galactic's space plane, SpaceShipTwo, finished its third rocket-powered test flight yesterday, breaking the sound barrier and reaching an altitude of 71,000 feet – the loftiest in a spate of recent test-runs. Here for your enjoyment is a highlight reel of yesterday's flight.
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Denys Cowan’s missing art is back where it belongs.
Last month it was revealed that Milestone co-founders Michael Davis and Cowan had shipped 28 pages of original art by Cowan to the Geppi Entertainment Museum in Baltimore, to be included in the “Milestones: African Americans In Comics, Pop Culture and Beyond” exhibit opening in December. But when the package arrived, 27 pages were missing, and it was the belief of many, most notably Davis, that the art had been stolen. But Cowan has announced that all 28 pages have now been returned to him, though some are not in the condition they were in when they were sent out.
Upon realizing that the art had gone missing, Davis, along with the museum’s owner — as well as Diamond Comics founder — Steve Geppi and president Missy Geppi immediately sought an explanation from UPS, while also taking to the internet to inform fans to be on the look out for anyone who may potentially be selling the art. Now the artwork has been returned to Cowan, and on his Facebook page to extend his gratitude to everyone who offered support:
First off, I would like to thank the thousands of fans who reached out concerned about my missing artwork.
Due to the efforts of my friend, Michael Davis, as well as the entire Geppi family, most especially Missy Geppi, the President of the Geppi Entertainment Museum,
UPS “found” and returned the artwork.Every single page has been returned to me — all 28 pieces. I’m elated, but also dismayed because of the condition of some of the artwork.
However, I’m grateful for all the love and support. It continues to help me through a tough time.
A special thanks to Steve Geppi for his personal involvement in this difficult situation.
What happened to the art is still unclear, as is the nature of how UPS handled the situation — you’ll note Cowan put the word found in quotation marks in his statement — but what’s most important is that the 28 pages are once again where they belong.
[Via ComicWow!]
Squat Lekythos (oil bottle)
Apulian
Greek
365-350 BC
Found Italy
Designs red on black ground, with accessories of white and yellow. Above the design, myrtle-wreath and egg-moulding; below, maeander and chequer; at the back, palmettes and two rosettes.
The infant Heracles suckled by Hera (?): In the centre is Hera seated to left, with curly hair, stephane ornamented with palmettes, earrings, necklace, long girt sleeved chiton and embroidered himation with maeander border, sandals, and veil at the back of her head; in left hand she holds a sceptre ending in a lotos-flower; her right rests on the back of Heracles, who is represented as a nude youth, with bracelets, shoulder-belt and anklets, and who sucks at her right breast. On the right is Iris to right, winged, with curly hair tied in a bunch, necklace, bracelets, short girt bordered chiton with cross-belt, endromides with white studs leaving the toes and heels bare, and knotty staff in left hand; she looks down upon Alcmena, who is seated on a rock before her, with hair tied in a bunch, embroidered opisthosphendone, earrings, necklace, bracelets, long girt chiton fastened with fibulae on the shoulders, and bordered himation over lower limbs; in right hand she holds up a wreath; above her is a window. Before Hera is Athene turned to the front, with long curls, necklace, bracelets, long sleeved chiton and diploidion fastened with fibulae on the shoulders, with broad black border and girdle, hanging down in pteryges at the side, aegis on left arm, and sandals; in right hand a spear, in left she holds out a flower. On the left is Aphrodite seated on a rock to right, with hair in a bunch, embroidered opisthosphendone; earrings, necklace, bracelets, long girt chiton, bordered himation over lower limbs, and sandals; in left hand a mirror. Below her is a myrtle-tree; on a higher level, Eros looking down to left at Aphrodite, with hair in a knot, wreath over right shoulder and endromides, wings spread, holding out a wreath in right hand and an embroidered taenia in left. The ground-lines are indicated throughout.Source: British Museum
"The Real Thing" (Negative Burn #13, 1994)
- Brian Michael Bendis (Words & Pictures)
firehose19-yard punt
Poor Thomas Morstead.
It's rainy in Seattle, which means the ball is slippery, which means no one is safe:
Good on Thomas Morstead for catching that anyway, and good on whoever invented those pouch fannypack things football players wear. They do much more than warm your hands.
firehosevia saucie
On January 6, two new trains joined Amtrak’s Oregon fleet, making commuting exponentially more convenient between Eugene and Vancouver, B.C.
The Talgo Series 8 trains were added to the Amtrak Cascades corridor, which already featured three trains owned by the Washington Department of Transportation and two owned by Amtrak.
With the added trains come the replacement of several bus routes, new bus stops, and new bus services. The trains also add more departure options, so that passengers aren’t as limited when traveling north from Eugene or south from Portland. This means a roundtrip can happen by train in one day, which was previously impossible.
“The passengers I talked to were really excited,” said Kathy Homes, Program Coordinator for ODOT who rode one of the trains, dubbed ‘Mt. Jefferson,’ on Monday. “The new trains allow us to have the new schedule, which is something that people have been asking us for for a long time.”
