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Meet the Sloths, Animal Planet’s eight-part, 30-minute series about The Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica, debuted in the U.S. on Saturday, November 9th at 11AM. For information on when the series will air in the U.K., China, and other countries, take a look at the Meet the Sloths website. Previously, we’ve written about Lucy Cooke’s Meet the Sloths documentary.

video via Animal Planet Canada

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Maryland-based comic artist Kelsey Wailes has created “The Gallifreycrumb Tinies,” a parody of The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey. A larger version of the full collection can be found at Wailes’ deviantART gallery.

images via Kelsey Wailes

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Get ready for the return of Bing Bong the Archer, Hector the Well-Endowed and Marrr. Community is making another Dungeons & Dragons episode! With special gust star David Cross! Which is hilarious considering NBC tried to kill the original beautiful episode before it aired.

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A couple of months ago I went through a break-up and met a border guard, a pillar of humanity who has seen this exact thing, I am assuming: So Very Many Times.

haha it’s all good now but when it happened I thought “well I’m going to draw this sometime.”  Thanks United States/Canada Border services! 

Birdseye view of Asbury Park, New Jersey (1897)

Landis and Hughes' birdseye map of Asbury Park, New Jersey in 1897. Birdseye view of Asbury Park, New Jersey Date: 1897 Author: Landis and Hughes Dwnld: Full Size (18.0mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other New Jersey maps that you might want to check out. I'm not sure Landis & Hughes put enough local business...

the BIG Map Blog - Interesting maps, historical maps, BIG maps.

Major League Baseball and MTV unveiled a new multi-year, cross-platforming partnership on Monday that "will bring fans inside the intersection of pop culture and baseball," the league announced in a press release.

Content from the new partnership will air across MTV's platforms, which include MTV, MTV2, mtvU, MTV Hits and MTV Jams. MTV plans to integrate MLB players into existing shows as well as developing new specials and weekend programming.

President of MTV Stephen Friedman discussed the deal, stating:

"As sports and pop culture increasingly collide, we're thrilled to partner with MLB to cover baseball through a uniquely MTV lens. We will blur the lines between lifestyle and sports entertainment, spotlighting MLB's most exciting players in a way fans have never seen before."

David Ortiz and Andrew McCutchen will kick off the partnership with with a weekly, 30-episode series that will air on MTV2. The show will be shot from the MLB Fan Cave in New York City and will showcase the athletes off the field, highlighting their personalities and passions.

The league is looking to build off the success they have found with the MLB Fan Cave, according to executive vice president Tim Brosnan:

"The MLB Fan Cave has been an enormous success in showcasing the personalities of our star players to young fans and intersecting baseball with pop culture. Being able to partner with MTV on a weekly TV series will give us an opportunity to bring that concept to an even broader audience. We are excited to work with the creative team at MTV to develop content that our fans will enjoy."

Additional details of the partnership will be announced at a later date.

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• How to fix the: Twins | Marlins | Astros | Cubs

DavidGilbert99 writes "Nowhere is safe. Even in the cold expanse of space, computer malware manages to find a way. According to Russian security expert Eugene Kaspersky, the SCADA systems on board the International Space Station have been infected by malware which was carried into space on USB sticks by Russian astronauts."

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Gunman kills 3, then self, in rampage tied to New York rock group Los Angeles Times NEW YORK -- A gunman went on a rampage through a Brooklyn building early Monday, killing three people and then himself before police arrived, in what appeared to be a dispute among members of a local band, the Yellow Dogs. Police said the violence ... Man Fatally Shoots 3 Ex-Bandmates, Himself in NYCABC News Ousted Musician Fatally Shoots 3 Bandmates, Self in Brooklyn: PoliceNBC New York Yellow Dogs shooting: US-Iranian band members killed in NYBBC News New York Times -New York Post -CBS News all 173 news articles »

Accused shooter's attorneys create sideshow by targeting Fox reporter Fox News It's the ultimate character test for a journalist: give up your confidential source or face going to jail. And it's not just a theoretical possibility in this age of aggressive prosecutions. Judith Miller, as a New York Times reporter, spent 85 days in jail for refusing to ... and more »

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Finn and Jake, two characters from Cartoon Network’s popular animated series Adventure Time, will debut as a massive balloon during the 87th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City this year. The parade will air Thursday, November 28th, 2013 from 9 AM – 12 PM on NBC.

via Cartoon Brew

This is a review of downloadable content for BioShock Infinite. As such, it may contain spoilers for the main campaign.

Ham-fisted is one of my favorite expressions. As a term meaning awkward or graceless, it's wonderfully evocative. You can easily imagine someone desperately trying to shove a ham somewhere it was never meant to go, perhaps into a Volkswagen's gas tank. Or you might picture a fist literally made of ham: two indelicate things, indelicately smashed together

It's also a good fit for the first episode of BioShock Infinite's 'Burial at Sea' DLC, which is aggressive, salty and often clumsy.

Continue reading BioShock Infinite: 'Burial at Sea Part One' review: That sinking feeling

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What does the Silver Fox do after his Saints stomp all over America's Team? He gets down in there in the dirt and the mud with the PEOPLE and gives them what they wants. THE PEOPLE DEMAND ADULT BEVERAGES.

#RobRyan just bought me a drink at #MsMaes! #WhoDat #GeauxSaints #Saints pic.twitter.com/GAY3PSo2Es

— Mary B. Sonnier (@ChefMarySonnier) November 11, 2013

Thank you, Silver Fox, for understanding us so well. And also for dressing significantly more nicely for going out to a bar than for coaching a football game on national television.

ivyblossom:

Aptly-named beverage.

It’s not at all bad, as it happens. :)

Entrepreneurial startup companies have long been the foundation of business growth in the United States. Unfortunately, many startups never reach their desired potential; out of the country’s roughly 6 million employer firms, only 25% made more than $1 million in revenue. Accountability for success or failure lies to a great degree with the founder/CEO and his or her ability to scale and grow as the business does. Far too many entrepreneurial CEOs never do navigate this critical transition, usually to the detriment of their companies.

Startups require a special set of attributes: they must be revenue-driven, have few formal processes, embrace chaos, react quickly, be customer-centric and have a healthy dose of paranoia. The typical entrepreneur also brings certain characteristics to the table including, passion about the business model, comfortable making quick decisions without a lot of data, adaptable to change, confident in their intuition and willing to micromanage to a degree. These leadership skills are essential to a successful launch but can also become liabilities as a company grows.

These attributes and habits that are great for startup mode can actually hurt a company’s chance for success as it grows.  Startup-savvy entrepreneurs often make too many quick-decision errors that impact profitability and reputation, they may have a vision but no real plan to execute it, and the “seat-of-the-pants” management style that worked well in the early phases will never sustain itself in an established company.  As the popular adage goes, without a map, any direction looks good. Too often a startup entrepreneur forgets to design a map for long-term growth.  Many times, they even hire friends, relatives and/or former associates as managers who are “good guys” rather than qualified leaders for the future.  They bestow blind loyalty upon these folks, often to the liability of the company.  And unfortunately, in many cases, the people who got a company started cannot get it to the next level.

Over the past 12 years, I have counseled hundreds of entrepreneurs about what they have to do and how they have to lead to take their companies from $1 million mark to the $10 million mark, even from $10 million to $50 million. Often, the reaction I get from startup entrepreneurs has been that of horror, usually from the self-realization that they have to develop completely new skills and behaviors. They think, why would anyone put himself/herself in a position to do things he/she won’t like and isn’t good at? I usually advise these clients to consider bringing in a CEO who has the skills they need to grow. Sometimes, I ask startup-savvy business owners to consider selling the company and starting another one, where they can enjoy the chaos of startup once again.

In my experience, only about one entrepreneur in four is able to recognize, admit, and actually modify their leadership style to take a company to the next level of growth. The ones that do it are constantly learning, measuring themselves against other successful CEOs in larger companies, honing their leadership skills, asking peers to assess their performance and holding themselves accountable. They exhibit extreme humility. Great CEOs know that charisma can be a disease, that passion is important, and that motivational pep talks usually don’t last long. The tempered maturity required of a CEO of a $50 million company is a far cry from the “culture of chaos” in a startup.

A key element in moving from startup to mature growth involves a CEO’s commitment to core values and the development of people. Core values are the glue in any company and they usually evolve from the personal values of an entrepreneur. They define the owner’s reputation, the company’s reputation and conduct in the marketplace and guidelines for behavior. Great companies hire and fire for core values, recognizing that you can teach skills but not values.

Great CEOs make sure that only the right people get on the payroll. The recruiting and hiring process is rigorous, and if an error has been made, these companies make decisions relatively quickly and move on. In startup companies, the worst justification for keeping the wrong talent is a flawed philosophy that I call, “a warm body is better than nobody.” This mentality can be a real growth limiter.  If there’s one guarantee regarding people: jobs will always outgrow them (but that’s another article altogether).

So if you’re trying to take your business to the next level remember this, you cannot keep people whose jobs have outgrown them, even if that person is you—the startup-savvy CEO.

We welcome your comments at ideas@qz.com.

In 1993 I bought a box of unlabeled Sony dictation machine tapes from a Volunteers of America thrift store in Binghamton, NY. They contain what is surely Carl Sagan's voice dictating his personal notes, correspondence and business instructions, from around 1984. They are pretty compelling. What should I do with them?

Ranuel: Regarding a trilogy that ended this week:

cleolinda:

It got ugly.

@cleolinda: Imagining what it was like when Arthur Conan Doyle killed off Sherlock Holmes that one time

@cleolinda: Gentlemen shaking their canes when he passes. Ladies snubbing him in the street. Children setting fire to his shrubbery

@cleolinda: He boards…

(chuckle)

unlockaflockofwords:

Always reblog The Princess Bride

popular shared this story from xkcd.com.

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The United States Postal Service hasn't delivered regularly on Sundays for 101 years, but a force known as Amazon managed to persuade it to change. The company and USPS announced on Sunday they'd made an arrangement to deliver Amazon packages seven days a week, though they haven't made public the financial details. While the USPS loses money on first-class mail, The New York Times notes, it makes money on package delivery. But it wouldn't say whether it was open to deals with other companies. For now, Amazon gets Sundays all to itself, starting in New York and Los Angeles, and expanding to other cities next year. It's going to be a while yet before that lone mail Jeep goes bouncing down a country lane to deliver a copy of Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims a day early.

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