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about Rick James Has A Bitch Of A Time Running For City Council

It ain't easy being the real Rick James, bee-yatch!

An aspiring Mississippi politician who shares the same name as the late "Super Freak" singer has been fighting an uphill battle trying to keep his campaign signs from being stolen or defaced by fans of a popular sketch on Comedy Central's "Chappelle's Show."

"I've heard all the jokes," said the 53-year-old political hopeful who, prior to the campaign, had been unaware of comedian Dave Chappelle's satirical routine in which he repeats the phrase "I'm Rick James, bitch." The candidate for city council in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, claims his "Vote Rick James" signs are now being displayed proudly in local college dorm rooms instead of on lawns.


James’ wife wrote a letter to Comedy Central, asking if they wouldn’t mind chipping in to campaign coffers to help replace stolen yard signs, which cost $4.75 each. And not only are people stealing the signs, they’re blogging about stealing the signs.

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With the hip-hop and video game worlds colliding very often, it only seems right that the two entities help each other out. The next phase in advertising comes in the form of product placement in video games.

Games such as “25 to Life”, “Splinter Cell” and others will have billboards and flyers lodged within the game that advertise different musical artists. The demographic that this will cater to is 18-34 year old males, who consume both music and video games on a regular basis.

Not only that, but artists like Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent have found their ways into the video game world. 50 is close to seeing the release of his own game titled “Bulletproof” which will allow multiple ad opportunities within the games wide open layout.

"MTV, BET, Hot 97 and all the rest by definition have limited space for me to get one of my artists some love," says one industry executive, "plus I have no idea if that BDS spin on Monday afternoon hit my key demo. I like the idea of advertising in the games because I know kids will be paying attention to my poster or listening to my tracks. Especially if in '25 to Life' you are running from the cops and my billboard is the landmark for the safehouse."

about Study Shows Newspapers' Front Page Fonts

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A study released on Nov. 9, 2004 found that newspapers use only a few typefaces even though there are many more available for newspaper design.

The study, conducted by Ascender Corporation from Sept. 30-Oct. 22, also found that many of the typefaces were designed specifically for the newspapers. Thirty-five out of the 97 newspapers studied use a custom-designed typeface in addition to fonts that can be purchased "off the shelf."

An analysis of the typefaces used by nearly 100 leading newspapers shows that 10 fonts have emerged as industry leaders. According to the study, the 10 most popular typeface families (in order) are: Poynter (36 newspapers), Helvetica (28), Franklin Gothic (27), Times (20), Utopia (12), Nimrod (9), Century Old Style (8), Interstate (8), Bureau Grotesque (7), and Miller (7).

The study was conducted by examining PDF versions of newspapers that are posted on Newseum's Web site.

Using the "Today's Front Pages" section, Ascender examined 85 newspapers that embed their font information with the PDF file. Fifteen newspapers were either not posted on Newseum's site, or didn't have embedded font information. The Font Bureau, a Boston-based type foundry, provided typeface information for 12 of those 15 newspapers.

Ascender said it could not determine fonts for three newspapers.

Some newspapers have links on their Web sites to the printed pages in a PDF format exactly as they were printed that day. Fonts for the newspaper can be embedded with the PDF, or the newspaper can use fonts that are close approximations of the newsprint fonts.

Electronic editions of newspapers raises many questions. First, if a newspaper uses "off the shelf" fonts what are the restrictions that would prevent them from being used for electronic editions? Are there copyright restrictions or licensing issues? And, if a newspaper has fonts designed specifically to use on newsprint how can the paper use those fonts electronically?

What does this typeface study mean for readers, designers, and publishers? It could mean better on-screen reading of newspaper Web sites, if different typefaces are designed specifically for electronic editions. But then the paper has to figure out how to better transport fonts in PDFs and other files. And, it could mean that newspapers need to figure out whether they are using custom fonts and what that means for their Web-based publications.

Bill Davis, the study's author, says he hopes the report will stimulate discussions about typeface usage in print and online at newspapers.

"One of the things I wanted to do is find out what newspapers use for fonts in their print editions," he said. "When you move publications to the Web it's a whole different paradigm."

He said the study brought up two significant issues in his mind: "That of all the thousands and thousands of typefaces out there, that certain typefaces have intended uses or work better, and certain ones work best for newspapers." And second, that type has demanding challenges to perform.

Davis was also surprised at the wide use of custom typefaces or modifications made to fonts to make them fit the look and feel of the newspaper.

Customizing a typeface could involve something as simple as putting your newspaper's name in front of the typeface you use most often. If you work for the Daily Bugle, and want to make sure your designers are always going to use the right version of Times New Roman for body text, you could modify the name of the font to say, "Daily Bugle Times New Roman." This can make it easier to find in a font menu. Or, a modification can be as complex as re-designing specific characters to accommodate the newsprint you use and how the letters look on the pages.

Some frequently-used typefaces were missed since the study only looked at the front pages of newspapers, Davis said. But, the study has also helped raise many questions about where type technology in newspapers and electronic editions of newspapers may go next.

Davis said there are still a lot of unanswered questions. He said people need to think about these typeface issues upfront when considering a re-design, or their electronic editions.

Consider the restrictions if your paper uses custom fonts. Think about the typefaces your publication uses, and how you use them. Are they strictly reserved for print, or are some functions of the typefaces you use migrating over into electronic versions of the paper?

Fostering typeface discussion now might alleviate some headaches later, when new or improved technologies become available.

about Burrito Boy - School Mistakes Huge Burrito for a Weapon

A call about a possible weapon at a middle school prompted police to put armed officers on rooftops, close nearby streets and lock down the school. All over a giant burrito.

Someone called authorities Thursday after seeing a boy carrying something long and wrapped into Marshall Junior High.

The drama ended two hours later when the suspicious item was identified as a 30-inch burrito filled with steak, guacamole, lettuce, salsa and jalapenos and wrapped inside tin foil and a white T-shirt.

"I didn't know whether to laugh or cry," school Principal Diana Russell said.

State police, Clovis police and the Curry County Sheriff's Department arrived at the school shortly after 8:30 a.m. They searched the premises and determined there was no immediate danger.

In the meantime, more than 30 parents, alerted by a radio report, descended on the school. Visibly shaken, they gathered around in a semi-circle, straining their necks, awaiting news.

"There needs to be security before the kids walk through the door," said Heather Black, whose son attends the school.

After the lockdown was lifted but before the burrito was identified as the culprit, parents pulled 75 students out of school, Russell said.

Russell said the mystery was solved after she brought everyone in the school together in the auditorium to explain what was going on.

"The kid was sitting there as I'm describing this (report of a student with a suspicious package) and he's thinking, 'Oh, my gosh, they're talking about my burrito.'"

Afterward, eighth-grader Michael Morrissey approached her.

"He said, 'I think I'm the person they saw,'" Russell said.

The burrito was part of Morrissey's extra-credit assignment to create commercial advertising for a product.

"We had to make up a product and it could have been anything. I made up a restaurant that specialized in oddly large burritos," Morrissey said.

After students heard the description of what police were looking for, he and his friends began to make the connection. He then took the burrito to the office.

"The police saw it and everyone just started laughing. It was a laughter of relief," Morrissey said.

"Oh, and I have a new nickname now. It's Burrito Boy."

about Googles initiative to digitize all books of the world

Googles initiative to digitize the books of the world's great libraries

Google (GOOG ) can search an astonishing 8 billion Web pages. And yet, that's just a drop in the bucket compared to the knowledge that's stored in the world's libraries but not available online. click for the rest of the article

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Life Poster - Photoshop Instructions


Step one
Create a new folder on your drive and copy 98 images that you want to include in your life poster to that folder. Make sure that you are copying the images and not moving the images.

Step two
You are going to want all your photos in a 4:3 ratio so cropping will be necessary for any landscape photos before you put your poster together. This is simple to do in photoshop, simple open the file, select the cropping tool icon, enter the ration in the boxes provided under the tool bar then simple select the area of the photo that you want – the election box with hold the correct ratio for you.

Step three
Use the “Contact Sheet II” tool (File> Automation> Contact Sheet II) to apply the following properties:
Use: Folder
Browse: The folder you’ve created
Units: inches
Width: 19.5
Height: 30
Resolution: 200 pixels/inch
Mode: RGB
Flatten All Layers: Check
Place: eitherway, whatever feels lucky to you
Columns: 7
Rows: 14
Use Auto-Spacing: Check
Click OK.

Step four
Sit back and watch photoshop do it’s magic. This is an automated process so the action is going to be taking place on the screen and not in the background – each image will open, resize, copy into the poster document and be places. No doubt this will take up a lot of your computer’s mojo so best to just let it sit.

Step five
Now it is time to add the side margins… Image> Canvass Size
Change Width from 19.5 to 20 and hit ok – this will add a quarter of an inch margin to each side of the image.

Step six
All set to save (TIFF is always good) and either upload to the photo processing site or take it into Kinkos or such to be printed.



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http://www.mikematas.com/blog/2005/01/how-to-make-life-poster.html