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North Korean hackers preyed on banks' weaknesses; Japan grapples with the 500.com bribery scandal
MLex Market Insight · North Korean hackers preyed on banks' weaknesses; Japan grapples with the 500.com bribery scandal
A long-term, successful North Korean hacking heist targeting banks around the world has sparked a conversation about financial institutions' readiness to take on cyberattacks. The hackers' ability to make away with the loot and launder large sums has also raised questions about how lax practices have played into the hands of criminals. Meanwhile, in Japan the 500.com bribery scandal has left observers to question how effective the country is likely to be in regulating its new, growing gambling industry.
North Korean hackers said to have identified banks' vulnerabilities
22 February 2021 23:46 by Robert Thomason
For years, North Korean-led hackers allegedly slipped into the computers of banks around the world.
500.com bribery case sees eight convicted in Japan, but company remains untouched for now
22 February 2021 06:30 by Ben Lucas, Toko Sekiguchi
More than one year since allegations emerged that Chinese online gambling company 500.com had paid bribes in Japan.
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Ben Lucas Correspondent
Ben Lucas is a correspondent based in MLex's Hong Kong office covering financial crime in the Asia-Pacific region. Before moving to Hong Kong in 2018, Ben reported on financial crime and compliance in the UK and Europe for MLex from our London office. He joined MLex in November 2015 after graduating with a Master's degree in journalism from City, University of London.
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Toko Sekiguchi Senior Correspondent, Tokyo
Toko is a senior reporter in Tokyo covering antitrust, anti-bribery & corruption and regulatory issues. Before joining MLex, she has worked as a journalist for Dow Jones News, Bloomberg News and Time Magazine.
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Robert Thomason Correspondent
Robert Thomason is a journalist who has specialized in the environment, commodities and conflict. He is a former foreign news researcher for the Washington Post and was a writer for various sections of the newspaper. As an independent he worked for the National Geographic magazine, Bloomberg BNA, Natural Resources News Service and the Center for International Media Assistance.
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Death toll rises to 7 after landslide on southern Italian island
Landslide: At least seven people have died and others remain missing after a landslide on the Italian island of Ischia. ( Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images)
By Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
The death toll has risen to seven after a severe storm triggered a landslide on the southern Italian island of Ischia, authorities said Sunday.
Among the dead recovered by a search team were a 3-week-old child and a pair of young siblings buried in mud, The Associated Press reported.
The other victims were identified as the infant boy's parents, a 5-year-old girl and her 11-year-old brother, a 31-year-old island resident and a Bulgarian tourist, according to the news organization.
Search teams have recovered seven dead, including a 3-week-old infant and a pair of young siblings, buried in mud and debris that hurtled down a mountainside and through a densely populated port city on the resort island of Ischia, Italian officials said. https://t.co/CarItvhXvi
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 27, 2022
The island, located in the Gulf of Naples, is known for its natural hot springs and has a population of 20,000.
"We are continuing the search with our hearts broken, because among the missing are also minors," Giacomo Pascale, the mayor of a town on the island, told Sky News.
Firefighters in Italy said that a rainstorm began at about 4 a.m. local time on Saturday, causing flooding and a landslide on the island, Reuters reported.
1 dead, at least 12 missing after storms trigger landslide on southern Italian island
The island received nearly 5 inches of rain in six hours, officials said. That is the heaviest rainfall in 20 years, according to the AP.
Claudio Palomba, the prefect of Naples, confirmed that five people remained missing, according to the AP. Officials fear that more bodies are buried under the debris of the landslide, which struck the town of Casamicciola. The force of the landslide collapsed buildings and pushed vehicles into the sea, the news organization reported.
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Q: Cut end of multiple videos I need a script to cut off the last 6 seconds of multiple videos. The videos do all have different length.
I can't find anything helpful online.
Does anyone know how to do that?
thx

A: A method that uses ffprobe to get the input duration, bc to calculate the desired output duration, and ffmpeg to perform the cutting. This method does not require the inputs to contain an audio stream, but it requires two additional tools (ffprobe and bc) instead of just ffmpeg.
Your preferred scripting language wasn't mentioned so I'll assume bash will do. In a script form as requested:
#!/bin/bash
for f in *.mp4; do
cut_duration=6
input_duration=$(ffprobe -v error -select_streams v:0 -show_entries stream=duration -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 "$f")
output_duration=$(bc <<< "$input_duration"-"$cut_duration")
  ffmpeg -i "$f" -map 0 -c copy -t "$output_duration" output/"$f"
done

Or as a single line:
for f in *.mp4; do ffmpeg -i "$f" -map 0 -c copy -t "$(bc <<< "$(ffprobe -v error -select_streams v:0 -show_entries stream=duration -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 "$f")"-6)" output/"$f"; done

A: It is almost impossible to do this for windows batch files. Here is the script for the Powershell:
$ListsFiles = Get-ChildItem "D:\VIDEOS\1\" -Filter *.avi;

Foreach ($file in $ListsFiles){
    $input_d = [math]::round((ffprobe -v error -show_entries format=duration -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 $file.Fullname));

    $output_duration=$input_d-5;

    $ArgumentList = '-i "{0}" -map 0 -c copy -t {1} "D:\VIDEOS\1\output\{2}"' -f $file.Fullname, $output_duration, $file;
    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green -Object $ArgumentList;
    Start-Process -FilePath ffmpeg -ArgumentList $ArgumentList -Wait -NoNewWindow;
}

A: You have to use a roundabout way to achieve this,
ffmpeg -i file.mp4 -itsoffset 6 \
       -i file.mp4 -c copy -map 0:a:0 -map 1 \
       -shortest -f nut - | \
ffmpeg -y -i - -c copy -map 0 -map -0:0 -ss 6 trimmed.mp4

This runs two ffmpeg processes connected by a pipe, although you can do it with two ffmpeg commands run one after the another.
The first command ingests the file twice and offsets the 2nd input's timestamps by 6 seconds. It maps an audio stream from the first input and all streams from the second. The output of the first command is set to terminate with the shortest stream, which is the audio stream from the first input. The side-effect is that the last 6 seconds of the 2nd input are chopped off. In the 2nd process, all streams except the first audio stream are copied into a new container.

If you're unsure whether a file has audio, you can replace -map 0:a:0 with -map 0:0

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So, the worst place in Nicaragua to live if you like nightlife and thing do would be the Caribbean side, while the best places would be Granada, San Juan del Sur or Managua.
(Beach at Carazo, Nicaragua, pictured.)
No matter what place I say is among the worst places in Nicaragua to live and retire, there will be a group of expats would rise up against me and state something different.
Certainly the east coast of Nicaragua is knockout gorgeous. It's just so wild still – the titles to the land may not be good, there's really no police presence, the infrastructure such as electricity and water doesn't exist, and there are no roads to the east coast. They're getting ready to build the first one soon, so until that happens you're going to have to get there by boat, which takes several hours. So, from a personal perspective, I would say that's beyond what I would be willing to do. I don't mind living basically, but for me, that's going a little bit too far. However, I do like to visit there because it's truly unspoiled.
Other than that, everybody has his or her own preferences. For example, a lot of people come to Granada (where I live) and they say it's too hot for them. They say the same thing about Leon, which is even hotter than Granada. It all depends on what somebody is looking for.
Part of the comfort factor for us is that we like having expats here because, while many people come down here and say, "I moved into the local community to be part of the local community and not to live with other expats, etc." the reality is, you need to speak to someone of a similar cultural and educational background from time to time. For example, I wouldn't mind living in Esteli, Matagalpa, or Jinotega up in the mountains, but some of those places have so few expats it just won't be satisfying for me.
(Bluefields on the east coast Nicaragua, pictured.)
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I would say Managua is the worst place in Nicaragua to retire, not because it is awful, but if you are going to retire, I would think that you would want something more relaxed, so you would seek a place with no traffic, in a natural environment. I would recommend to anybody going to retire to go outside of the capital. My recommendation would be to go to the beaches or the mountains.
In Managua, there is more traffic and it is not much different than other the cities that you left. It would still have the same level of traffic, congestion, and pollution, and it's not a natural life. If I were to retire, I would go to a special place where I would feel more like I am the owner of the place.
I live in Managua, so it is not a bad place, but it is just a bad place to retire.
(The city lights of Managua, Nicaragua at night, pictured.)
The worst places in Nicaragua to live and retire would probably be the urban areas of Managua. In contrast, the rural areas are actually the ones that catch more attraction because we have nice beaches in Nicaragua. The reasons that you would not want to be in urban Managua is because it does not have the things that people move to Nicaragua for, which would be the beaches, beautiful nature, etc.
Although, this is not the same for everybody. There are some Americans who fall in love with living in Managua. It just depends on your preference. Managua is a growing city with more and more cars and lots of traffic, so living there living there is like living in a bustling urban area. It could also get pretty hot there. If you are a person who likes urban living, there is no reason why you wouldn't like Managua. I would just suggest that you steer clear of places that have a higher crime rate, which are limited to only in certain parts of Managua. Other than that, Managua is a pretty nice place, which is also pretty close to some beautiful beaches and a beautiful lake.
The northern parts of Nicaragua are nice places, too. Even the east coast (Caribbean) areas of Nicaragua has an appeal. You will find lush greens, sandy beaches and clear water. They all have their appeal and I think it just depends on a person's preference.
*In photo: Galeria Siman in Managua
Valeria Espinoza - Gran Pacifica
Which are the worst places in Nicaragua to live and retire depends on what you like.
For example, most of the expats I've met don't like the central city area of Managua, because it's too crowded, disorganized, the traffic is terrible and it gets messy very easily. By the way, I live in the city area of Managua, but I totally understand how some people feel about living there, because many people are looking for a peaceful and relaxing atmosphere. However, if you don't live in the main central part of the city of Managua, and instead live in Villa El Carmen or San Rafael del Sur, where all of the Managua beaches are located, like Gran Pacifica (pictured above; definitely not like the city area), Masachapa, or Pochomil, it's a totally different and quiet atmosphere. Yet, for lack of a better name for the beaches areas, they're still sometimes called "Managua", even though living at the beaches is nothing like living in the central part of the city.
Some people don't like the beaches, so they think the beach is not a good place to retire. They prefer the mountains, lakes or lagoon, so like I said in the beginning the best or worst place to retire in Nicaragua will always depend on your taste.


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Tyler Ross has worked for the [email protected] School Program for the past year and a half where he met Rebecca and the two found that as a team, they worked well with the kids in their program. Between summer camps, nannying, and co-running the J at School program, Tyler has been working with children aged 5-13 yrs for the better part of a decade. In addition to his work with children, Tyler has been performing professionally as a comedian for the last 6 years.
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Q: Open Directory with Special Panel in C# wpf I Open a Folder in C# with following codes. But I want to disable the address bar so that someone does not understand the file's address. And nobody can go to the previous or next folder!
 System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("explorer.exe", @"D:\Project WPF\Atlas\Samle\D-File\MyFiles");

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WALSALL: David Grof, Andy Butler, Dean Holden, Nicky Featherstone, Flo Cuvelier, Jamie Paterson, Ashley Hemmings (Richard Taundry), Ben Purkiss, George Bowerman, James Baxendale (Will Grigg), Andy Taylor.


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"""
Log Server
"""
import sys
from time import gmtime, strftime
from enum import Enum
from core.observer import Observer
from core.base_component import BaseComponent

class LogLevel(Enum):
    """"
    Enumeration for setting a log level
    """
    INFO = '\033[0m'
    DEBUG = '\033[0;37m'
    SUCCESS = '\033[92m'
    WARNING = '\033[93m'
    ERROR = '\033[91m'

class LogServer(BaseComponent):
    """
    Class for LogServer
    """
    def __init__(self):
        BaseComponent.__init__(self)
        self.log_observer = LogServer.LogObserver(self)

    class LogObserver(Observer):
        """
        Class for log observers
        """
        def __init__(self, outer):
            self.outer = outer
        def update(self, observable, package):
            log_message = strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", gmtime()) + " " + \
                       package[1] + ": " + \
                       package[0]
            log_line = package[2].value + log_message + '\033[0m'
            if package[2] == LogLevel.ERROR:
                print(log_line, file=sys.stderr)
            else:
                print(log_line)
            self.outer.send({'log_message': log_message, 'log_level': package[2].name})

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While no illnesses have been reported in connection with the targeted foods, the ministry is warning against eating the affected bagels even if they look and smell fine.
Global News dropped by the store on Saturday morning.
A sign on St-Jean bagel's door says it will be closed temporarily. Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019.
A sign left on the door said only that the store was closed temporarily due to water infiltration. There was no mention of the government warning.


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using Bridge.Test.NUnit;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Bridge.ClientTest.Batch3.BridgeIssues
{
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        }
    }
}


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My Record Cover Was Featured On Current TV Last Night
|| 11/12/2009 || 1:47 pm || 1 Comment Rendered || ||
Last night a friend of mine from college, Andrew Wiseman, left a message on my Facebook wall saying that he saw the map I made on Current TV. Knowing that I had met the film crew back in June of this year at the 18th Street Lounge, I was expecting the show to eventually broadcast. Earlier today the full show was uploaded to YouTube:
Around 18 minutes into the episode, while Eric Hilton and Rob Garza of Thievery Corporation are at the record shop Som Records (about 4 blocks from my house), Rob picks up the record Supreme Illusion, which I licensed Pentagon Quilt and Lower Manhattan Quilt as the cover artwork.
If you don't want to watch the entire show, you can skip to 50 second mark on this truncated version of the show:
[Watch on YouTube]
The Pentagon Timelapse Animated GIF (2001-2005)
|| 9/1/2009 || 5:00 pm || + Render A Comment || ||
Still frame from The Pentagon Timelapse Animated GIF featuring USGS aerial photography from 2005
Click the image above to watch the animation
Last night I was going through one of my external hard drives and rediscovered a cache of "old" satellite imagery. I rarely publish any entries that use satellite imagery due to copyright issues because, generally speaking, the company that owns the satellite also owns all the pixels and this prevents me from legally creating derivative works. Today, however, I decided to test the boundaries with this legacy satellite imagery of the Pentagon and feel that this creation is protected under the fair use doctrine of US copyright law. You can always contact GeoEye if you are interested in purchasing satellite imagery from the IKONOS satellite.
The Animated GIF below features 9 frames consisting of 7 satellite images from the IKONOS Satellite (2001-2002) and two public domain aerial photographs from the USGS (2002 & 2005). It begins with satellite imagery taken four days before 9/11/01 and ends with a USGS aerial photograph taken in September 2005. The frames in between show the aftermath and the subsequent rebuilding of the Pentagon. I did my best to line up the building in my image editing program, but it's not 100% perfect due to the angle in which some of the imagery was taken.
I have chosen to place the The Pentagon Timelapse Animated GIF "below the fold" so that visitors to the front page of this website are not downloading the somewhat large file. Please be patient while it downloads……
On page 149 of Experimental Geography: Radical Approaches to Landscape, Cartography, and Urbanism by Nato Thompson and Independent Curators International
|| 12/3/2008 || 12:20 pm || Comments Off on On page 149 of Experimental Geography: Radical Approaches to Landscape, Cartography, and Urbanism by Nato Thompson and Independent Curators International || ||
Today I received my copy of Experimental Geography: Radical Approaches to Landscape, Cartography, and Urbanism by Nato Thompson and Independent Curators International. As I mentioned before, my Pentagon Quilt #3 was included in Daniel Tucker's WE ARE HERE Map Archive that is featured in Independent Curators International traveling exhibition. The catalog for the exhibition and goes on sale next month when the exhibit starts its two year international tour. My map is on page 149 next to Lize Mogel & Dario Azzellini's The Privatization of War: Colombia as Laboratory and Iraq as Large-Scale Application.
Interviews with Alex Jones at the DNC in Denver and other videos
|| 9/11/2008 || 11:13 pm || Comments Off on Interviews with Alex Jones at the DNC in Denver and other videos || ||
My friend just put up the interviews on YouTube that I filmed while in Denver, I figured today was the best day to post these.
My interest in Alex Jones was first piqued in January of 2001 (pre-9/11) when I saw his cameo in Richard Linklater's innovative film Waking Life:
My map of the Pentagon to be featured in the "We Are Here" Map Archive in the touring exhibition "Experimental Geography" [2008-2010]
|| 8/15/2008 || 1:39 pm || Comments Off on My map of the Pentagon to be featured in the "We Are Here" Map Archive in the touring exhibition "Experimental Geography" [2008-2010] || ||
I was contacted by Daniel Tucker in January of this year to participate in his map archive. I thought it was a great idea so I offered my Pentagon Quilt #3 map. I received notification this week that the map archive starts its tour for the next two years with the exhibit called Experimental Geography. Here's the blurb from the website:
EXPERIMENTAL GEOGRAPHY
Geography benefits from the study of specific histories, sites, and memories. Every estuary, land fill, and cul-de-sac has a story to tell. The task of the geographer is to alert us to what is directly in front of us, while the task of the experimental geographer, an amalgam of scientist, artist, and explorer, is to do so in a manner that deploys aesthetics, ambiguity, poetry, and a dash of empiricism. This exhibition explores the distinctions between geographical study and artistic experience of the earth, as well as the juncture where the two realms collide (and possibly make a new field altogether).
The manifestations of "experimental geography" (a term coined by geographer Trevor Paglen in 2002) run the gamut of contemporary art practice today: sewn cloth cities that spill out of suitcases, bus tours through water-treatment centers, performers climbing up the sides of buildings, and sound works capturing the buzz of electric waves on the power grid. In the hands of contemporary artists, the study of humanity's engagement with the earth's surface becomes a riddle best solved in experimental fashion. The exhibition presents a panoptic view of this new practice, through a wide range of mediums including interactive computer kiosks, sound and video installations, photography, sculpture, and experimental cartography.
The approaches used by the artists featured in Experimental Geography range from a poetic conflation of humanity and the earth to more empirical studies of our planet. For example, Ilana Halperin explores the intersection of personal, historic, and geologic time, as may be seen in the photograph of her stooping at the edge of natural hot springs to boil a small cup of milk. Creating projects that are more empirically minded, the Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI), a research organization, examines the nature and extent of human interaction with the earth's surface, embracing a multidisciplinary approach to fulfilling its mission. Using pragmatic skill sets culled from the toolbox of geography, CLUI forces a reading of the American landscape (which includes traffic in Los Angeles, submerged cities, and the broadcast towers in the San Gabriel Mountains) that refamiliarizes the viewer with the overlooked details of their everyday experience.
Experimental Geography is curated by Nato Thompson, curator and producer at Creative Time in New York, and is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue.
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The Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI)
the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP)
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Ilana Halperin
Lize Mogel
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Ellen Rothenberg
Julia Meltzer and David Thorne
Spurse
Deborah Stratman
Daniel Tucker, Organizer, The We are Here Map Archive < --- Hi! Alex Villar
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Featured in Daniel Tucker's We are Here Map Archive:
1. Bill Rankin "My cities" 1978-2004
2. Bill Rankin "The United States" 2003-2007
3. Counter Cartography Collective "Disorientation Guide" 2006
4. Nikolas R. Schiller "Pentagon Quilt #3" 2007
5. Ashley Hunt "Prison Map" 2003
6. Friends of William Blake "The People's Guide to the RNC" 2004
7. Subrosa "Biopower Unlimited" 2002
8. Ecotrust Canada "Statement of Intent Boundaries" 2008
9. NYC Indypendent "Threat to Peace"
10. Repohistory "Circulation" 2000
11. Lize Mogel and Dario Azzellini "The Privatization of War: Colombia as Laboratory and Iraq as Large-Scale Application" 2007/2008
12. Beehive Design Collective "FTAA" 2003
13. Jeffrey Warren "Armsflow" 2006
14. Center for Urban Pedagogy "Cargo Chain" 2008
15. Temporary Travel Office "Contaminating the Preserve" 2008
16. Hackitectura (Pablo de Soto, Jose Perez de Lama osfa, Marta Paz sweena), Indymedia Estrecho and collaborators "Tactical Cartography of the Straits" 2004
17. Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri "Fear is Somehow Our For Whom? For What? and Proximity to Everything Far Away" 2006
18. The Los Angeles Urban Rangers "Malibu Public Beaches" 2007
19. The Los Angeles Urban Rangers "Los Angeles Urban Rangers Official Map and Guide" 2004
20. The Los Angeles Urban Rangers "LA County Fair" 2006
21. The Institute for Infinitely Small Things "City Formerly Known As Cambridge"
22. Amy Franceschini "Silicon Valley Superfund Sites" 2006
23. Amy Franceschini "Intentional Communities in Silicon Valley" 2008
24. Adriane Colburn "Whose On Top (race to the pole, part two)" 2008
25. Bureau d'études "World Government" 2005
26. Grupo de Arte Callejero "Aqui Viven Genocidas"
There will be a catalog for the exhibition that will be published by Melville House Books. I look forward to getting a copy when it comes out.
The tour starts next month and has dates that are still available. I would like for it to come to Washington, DC! :-)
Exhibition Itinerary
Richard E. Peeler Art Center , DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
September 19 – December 2, 2008
Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota
February 7 – April 18, 2009
The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
June 28 – September 20, 2009
October 2009 – January 2010
Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine
June – August 2010
Click on the detail of Pentagon Quilt #3 below to view the rest of the map:
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A New Map of the Pentagon
|| 10/9/2007 || 2:52 pm || Comments Off on A New Map of the Pentagon || ||
: rendered at 15,000 X 10,000 :
I was inspired by this animation of the Möbius Transformation. This "new map" is a camera perspective looking up at a mirrored sphere (the top) reflecting a hexagon quilt projection of the Pentagon (the bottom). I wasn't sure what to call it at first. It kinda reminds me of the Death Star from Star Wars. Or a new moon on th horizon. I like the way the raster forshortening looks in the bottom half because I normally don't overproject the imagery this way.
View the Google Map of the Pentagon
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The Pentagon Spheres
|| 10/1/2007 || 9:41 pm || Comments Off on The Pentagon Spheres || ||
This map combines the tessellation elements of the Shanghai Map with that of the Lenz Projection. Using a portion of Pentagon Quilt #4 as the source tessellation, the perfect spheres decrease in height from top to bottom, leaving the top half with over-magnified aerial photography, and the bottom half without magnification. The result is quite unique.
Pentagon Quilt #4
|| 9/24/2007 || 8:27 pm || Comments Off on Pentagon Quilt #4 || ||
In light of the album cover, I decided to make a few more maps of the Pentagon. Using new imagery taken in September of 2005 by Aerial Express and released by the USGS at 0.5 meters (approximately 1.6-foot). The first rendered was a botch. Somehow when I was changing the design around I messed up and created an imperfect map, which I prefer not to publish. Howerver, I was able to sample it to make a derivative tessellation that I used for this map.
: zoom out from center :
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My first album cover: Thievery Corporation – "Supreme Illusion"
|| 9/17/2007 || 1:06 pm || Comments Off on My first album cover: Thievery Corporation – "Supreme Illusion" || ||
I am very honored to have my first album cover be from DC-based, international recording artist, Thievery Corporation. They have been nominated twice for a Grammy Award for best package design and I personally feel that this album cover uniquely showcases their "outernational" style. Record cover features Lower Manhattan Quilt and Pentagon Quilt
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Darkseid makes grand return in weekly 'World's End'
Brian Truitt
Daniel H. Wilson isn't even trying to hide his big guest star in Earth 2: World's End this week.
With raging red eyes and looking evil amid the flames of his world Apokolips, Darkseid graces the cover of the DC Comics series' 10th issue (out Wednesday) and appears within pages as Mister Miracle is looking for a showdown with the cosmic New Gods villain.
And you thought Apokolips slamming into the moon was a massive moment.
In chronicling the battle between Earth-2 (an alternate world to the familiar heroes of the DC Universe) and the forces of Apokolips that will lead to the stories presented in its fellow weekly series The New 52: Futures End, World's End has Wilson and his fellow scribes Tom Taylor, Marguerite Bennett and Mike Johnson pitting various pockets of heroes vs. Darkseid's nefarious forces.
Underground beneath a fire pit, a thought-dead Superman was found powerless by Lois Lane (now the android Red Tornado), Power Girl, new Kryptonian hero Val-Zod and the Batman of Earth-2, Thomas Wayne, while exploring factories used to create Parademon hordes and champions out of superheroes.
But now this super-group has to face a very powerful Huntress, Power Girl's best friend and Wayne's granddaughter who's been transformed by Desaad into one of Darkseid's Furies after the vanquishing of Famine.
And the fight rages on another front on Apokolips. Mister Miracle, Fury (the daughter of Wonder Woman and Darkseid's deceased general Steppenwolf) and Big Barda have begun their assault to blow up this invading planet alongside scientists Michael Holt (aka Mr. Terrific) and Terry Sloan.
However, Miracle is a little distracted by his family issues — Paternus, a member of the Court of Apokolips, told him Darkseid might not be the dad Miracle thought he was, and now he's dead-set on confronting his father.
"He's really trying to find his place and he's trying to figure out who he should be fighting for, and it's difficult," Wilson explains. "Ultimately, everyone is being manipulated by Darkseid, even though we haven't seen him yet.
"What makes the really powerful characters fun to write is that they all have really powerful emotions. It reminds me of the Greek gods, the way they're grappling with these really fundamental and very human emotional issues, and meanwhile they've got the power to consume planets."
Wilson and his writers and artists have been juggling multiple story lines in World's End, but the next issue is a breather from that barrage and focuses solely on what's going on with Miracle, Fury, Barda and Darkseid.
When it comes to writing DC's arguably biggest villain, Wilson has one rule: "Any panel he appears in, he's got to be the most badass character there."
He approaches Darkseid with a mix of fear and awe, Wilson says. "He does not act crazypants, he's always in total control, he chooses his words carefully — he's the ultimate powerful bad guy who tends to speak with his actions.
"In some ways, he's smarter than everybody else. He's the god who set this whole thing in motion and he's the one who knows all the secrets and what's happening and he's not telling anybody, not even the Court of Apokolips."
The heroes dealing with the fire pits will be dealing with a variety of issues themselves. "They get pulled in a lot of directions," Wilson says, "and it's really fun to watch them negotiate that while they kick a lot of butt."
Batman struggles with a Miraclo addiction, Power Girl is torn between her friend and the needs of her own father, and then there's Superman who is lacking in the "super" department when it comes to abilities.
The next few issues, however, will explore the fact that he's just the same iconic good guy he always is, Wilson says. "He's still willing to make the same sacrifices and put himself in harm's way, whether he has the power to back it up or not."
Sloan and Holt, both of whom have proven themselves adept at dimension-hopping in DC's Multiverse, act as bridges between humankind and the gods, so "they're the perfect ones to visit Apokolips and maybe even survive," says Wilson.
While Sloan has surprises up his sleeve, Holt is more straightforward in his attempts to help — and in upcoming story points with Fury, Holt's trying to learn more about how the New Gods' powers work and why and just where they came from and "what it's all about to be a god," Wilson says. "He's trying to replicate a lot of what they can do through technology."
The April 1 finales of World's End and Futures End lead into DC's major two-month event Convergence, and Wilson teases that the upcoming battle ramps up to epic levels. "By the end, people and gods are flying around every which way and you don't find out until the very end what the fates of these characters are."
The next few issues of Wilson's series, though, will shift the mentality of fighting back and destroying Apokolips into more of a survival mode.
"I know it sounds kind of grim but it's actually more hopeful," Wilson says. "It's really about everybody taking stock of what really matters.
"You see the real strength of that humanity when your back is against the wall and your family is threatened and you see what people can really do."