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A co-author of a new Heritage Foundation study highly critical of the Senate’s bipartisan immigration proposal also wrote a doctoral dissertation in which he argued that immigrants generally have an I.Q. that is “substantially lower than that of the white native population.”

I've been in a "how to teach technical writing" workshop the past few days and probably the best thing I've gained from it is the term 'vomit draft'. And now I am sharing it with you. Education for all!

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Google is completely redesigning and revamping the Google Maps user interface and design.

AAAAAAAAAA. Lego. Steampunk. Official. Coming in July. We have pics and info. AAAAAAAAAA.

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The first trailer for The World’s End, an apocalyptic comedy created by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg, has just been released. The film completes “The Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy,” following Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. The World’s End stars Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine, and Eddie Marsan, and will hit theaters on August 23rd, 2013.

In The World’s End, 20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hellbent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by mate Gary King (Simon Pegg), a 40-year-old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their hometown and once again attempts to reach the fabled pub – The World’s End. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they realise the real struggle is for the future, not just theirs but humankind’s. Reaching The World’s End is the least of their worries.

image via The World’s End

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Here's the full, terrible Photoshopped art accompanying Yonhap's main news story about Obama and Park talking about South Korea's terrible neighbors (and fellow news image cut-and-pasters) to the North.

Chicago-based Arrfscarf has made a line of gourmet ice cream for dogs using fresh, organic, and preservative free ingredients in five meat-filled flavors: Peanut Butter Bacon, Chicken Cheddar, Beef Brisket, Pulled Pork, and Gouda Burger. The ice cream is currently available to buy in two Chicago stores and online.

We wanted our pup to experience ice cream. We wanted it to be healthy, nutritious, and fresh. We set out to create the best dog ice cream. It all begins with yogurt, vanilla, and honey. Those three ingredients are the simple base. The magic happens when we pair our ice cream base with one of our flavor creations. Now, we are on a mission to share our amazing creation with all the pups in the world.

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Guitar designer and builder Jimmy DiResta has turned an AK-47 assault rifle into a completely functional guitar for rapper Wyclef Jean.

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The 10 Most Exciting Cities in America:

1. Oakland, CA
2. Boston, MA
3. San Francisco, CA
4. Seattle, WA
5. Washington, D.C.
6. New York, NY
7. Milwaukee, WI
8. Atlanta, GA
9. Philadelphia, PA
10. Portland, OR

These are the 10 criteria we surveyed:

• Park acreage per person (#1: Virginia Beach)
• Percent of population between 20 and 34 years old (#1: Columbus, OH)
• Fast food restaurants per square mile (the fewer the better) (#1: El Paso, TX)
• Bars per square mile (#1: San Francisco, CA)
• Big box stores per square mile (the fewer the better) (#1: Tie, Detroit and Boston, both with 0)
• Population diversity (#1: Oakland, CA)
• Movie theaters per square mile (#1: Oakland, CA)
• Museums per square mile (#1: Oakland, CA)
• Theater companies per square mile (#1: Oakland, CA)
• Music venues per square mile (#1: San Francisco, CA)

'Star Trek Into Darkness' Heading Where None Has Gone Before: Foreign Profitability:

“We did a lot of focus groups in a lot of countries, and asked what they liked and didn’t like and we listened,” Marcoly said. “Basically, it was more action, more of the adventure elements and less of the real Trekkie stuff.” The stuff, in other words, that turned the 1960s TV show into a cultural phenomenon in America and launched the film franchise. Paramount didn’t have much choice. With a $195 million production budget, Abrams’ follow-up to his 2009 “Star Trek” reboot will have to score big overseas to be a success. And that’s a feat none of the previous films – including the last one – have been able to achieve.

A green woman with dyed-red hair is wanted in connection with a "wholly unprovoked assault" on a 17-year-old girl outside a McDonald’s in York, England in the early hours of April 26.

May 8, 1945

Click over to the actual site because this massive map is so detailed that the above screen-grab is pretty useless. Hundreds of interactive links on the map will take you to celebrity pronunciation examples found on YouTube. I've always found the Brooklyn-New Orleans accent connection interesting. Goodbye, morning. (Tipped by JMG reader Sean)

The Princess Who Saved Herself [MP3]

The "Code Monkey Saves World" project is about to stretch itself into the world of kickass princesses. Troubadour Jonathan Coulton and filmmaker and comics writer Greg Pak teamed up a few weeks ago to launch a crowdfunding effort to raise $39,000 to create a series of comic books based on the villains and other characters from Coulton's songs. On their way to blow past $200,000 in pledges, the dynamic duo added more pages to the future comics, promised JoCo would record an album of newly recorded acoustic versions of the songs referenced in the comics, and provided other rewards, most of which existing backers get added without having to increase their pledge.

Pak and Coulton have at least one more rabbit to pull out of their jointly worn hat: a children's book created from "The Princess Who Saved Herself," the title of which explains the song.

Illustration: Takeshi Miyazawa and Jessica Kholinne

"If ever a song wanted to be adapted into a children's book, this is it," Pak said in an interview. If the project hits $250,000, the book will be created after the "Code Monkey" comics are done, and fulfilled digitally. Existing backers at $15 or higher will get the "Princess" book as well. There's no plan (yet) for a printed version of the book.

The story is along the lines of Brave rather than, say, The Little Mermaid film. Pak pointed to little girls who may play at princesses today, as that's encoded in the culture and beyond, but wear ripped jeans under the ball gown and don't need someone else to guide their adventure and control the outcome.

It's a neat model they are following as goals keep being exceeded. Some Kickstarters have been criticized because they mostly pay the creator for his or her time; why that's a problem, I'm not sure, because people who make things deserve to be paid, and crowdfunding is a voluntary operation. As far as I know, Kickstarter does not send goons to homes to threaten people into providing valid credit-card information for stuff they don't like.

But for projects that start to grow extremely large, seeing additional creative efforts included from the new funds certainly makes them more appealing to those that haven't contributed. Pak said that he and Coulton have wanted to layer on more elements to each reward level as the pool of money has increased, which also means being able to pay all of their collaborators for more work. "Because people have supported it, because so many people have come on board, the whole thing can get better," said Pak. The rising tide of funds float everyone's boats. This includes working with the team creating the "Code Monkey" comics: Takeshi Miyazawa, Jessica Kholinne, and Simon Bowland.

After quickly passing their initial goal, Pak said that he is a state of constant amazement. Though he knows that his and Coulton's work has been well received and that fans have supported their projects directly in many ways in the past, the intensity and scale of response has been a "huge amount of fun."

Munster’s Map of the Holy Land (1588)

Palaestina, des heiligen Landes Beschreibung mit sampt den anstossenden Laendern und Voelctern alss die Ammoniter Munster's Map of the Holy Land (1588) Date: 1550 Author: Sebastian Munster Dwnld: Full Size (4.56mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of the Middle East that you might want to check out. A handsome...

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Nyan Cat Telnet Server:

This is an animated, color, ANSI-text telnet server that renders a loop of the classic Nyan Cat animation. (Mirrors) Open up a supported terminal^ and run: telnet miku.acm.uiuc.edu

hypnosec tipped us to news that India is rolling out a new intrusive monitoring system, using the authority of a 2000 telecom law. Quoting The Times of India: "However, Pavan Duggal, a Supreme Court advocate specialising in cyberlaw, said the government has given itself unprecedented powers to monitor private Internet records of citizens. 'This system is capable of abuse,' he said. The Central Monitoring System, being set up by the Centre for Development of Telematics, plugs into telecom gear and gives central and state investigative agencies a single point of access to call records, text messages, and emails as well as the geographical location of individuals." Privacy advocates are worried about abuse, partially because India has no effective privacy legislation, and the "...Indian government under PM Manmohan Singh has taken an increasingly uncompromising stance when it comes to online freedoms, with the stated aim usually to preserve social order and national security or fight 'harmful' defamation."

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AP Exclusive: Air Force sidelines 17 nuke officers Ct Post FILE - This 2002 file photo provided by the National Park Service shows the launch key mechanism at the deactivated Delta Nine Launch Facility near Wall, S.D. The Air Force stripped an unprecedented 17 officers of their authority to control _ and if necessary ... Nuclear weapon authority stripped from 17 US soldiersScotsman all 73 news articles »

Haaretz

Stephen Hawking reaffirms support of Israel boycott Jerusalem Post Hawking sends letter to President's Conference organizers saying he faced pressure to withdraw from Palestinian academics. Stephen Hawking Photo: Sheryl Nadler/Reuters. LONDON – After much back and forth on Wednesday, Prof. Stephen Hawking ... Stephen Hawking Joins Boycott Against IsraelNew York Times Furore deepens over Stephen Hawking's Israel boycottThe Guardian Hawking joins academic boycott of IsraelThe Hindu Jewish Telegraphic Agency -Telegraph.co.uk all 135 news articles »

New submitter giveen1 writes "I recieved this email as a former Demonoid.me user. I tried to go to the website and link is dead. ... 'Dear Demonoid Community Member, We have all read the same news stories: The Demonoid servers shut down and seized in the Ukraine. The Demonoid admin team detained in Mexico. The demonoid.me domain snatched and put up for sale. The Demonoid trackers back online in Hong Kong, but then disappearing. ... Now for some good news: The heart and soul of Demonoid lives on! Through an amazing sequence of unlikely events, the data on those Ukrainian servers has made its way into the safe hands of members of our community and has now been re-launched as d2.vu.'" But it turns out that the site was distributing malware, hosted on an American VPS, and quickly shut down after the provider discovered this. No word yet on how the Demonoid user database was acquired, but if you did make the mistake of trying to log in Torrent Freak warns: "New information just in suggests that if you logged into the fake Demonoid and used the same user/password combo on any other site (torrent, email, Steam, PayPal) you should change them immediately."

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The TARDIS Console Room through the Years

The Doctor. In the TARDIS. Next stop—everywhere.

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I have finished drawing letsdrawsherlock :)

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Original Artist: kay Nielsen “The Twelve Dancing Princess”

I like this picture in the picture of this artist most.

I did not have enough stamina to paint with a color…lol

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McDonald's to Cleveland man who helped missing woman: 'We'll be in touch' Chicago Sun-Times NEW YORK — McDonald's says it will reach out to a man widely quoted in accounts of the three women who were found in Cleveland after they went missing about a decade ago. Charles Ramsey, who lives in the neighborhood where the women were found, ... Rescuer of Cleveland kidnapping victims becomes an overnight starWWLP 22News Neighbor: 'I thought this girl was dead' - USA TodayUSA TODAY Screams heard, and a US kidnap saga comes to lightAFP NPR -Stabley Times all 76 news articles »