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|Date / Time
|Friday August 01, 2014 @10:57AM
|NASA Announces Mars 2020 Rover Payload
|Monday July 28, 2014 @03:36AM
|How Bird Flocks Resemble Liquid Helium
|Sunday July 27, 2014 @08:46PM
|Newly Discovered Virus Widespread in Human Gut
|Saturday July 26, 2014 @09:08AM
|Soccer Superstar Plays With Very Low Brain Activity
|Saturday July 26, 2014 @08:43AM
|Soccer Superstar Plays With Very Low Brain Activity
|Thursday July 24, 2014 @06:25PM
|Lawrence Krauss: Congress Is Trying To Defund Scientists At Energy Department
|Thursday July 24, 2014 @09:57AM
|Empathy For Virtual Characters Studied With FMRI Brain Imaging
|Wednesday July 23, 2014 @11:57PM
|Ebola Outbreak Continues To Expand
|Wednesday July 23, 2014 @08:40AM
|China Plans Particle Colliders That Would Dwarf CERN's LHC
|Monday July 21, 2014 @10:36PM
|Experiment Shows People Exposed To East German Socialism Cheat More
|Monday July 21, 2014 @11:21AM
|Method Rapidly Reconstructs Animal's Development Cell By Cell
|Sunday July 20, 2014 @11:24PM
|Researchers Create Origami Wheels That Can Change Size
|Friday July 18, 2014 @07:45AM
|Cosmologists Show Negative Mass Could Exist In Our Universe
|Thursday July 17, 2014 @06:13PM
|New Map Fingers Future Hot Spots For U.S. Earthquakes
|Thursday July 17, 2014 @04:18PM
|NIF Compresses Diamonds With 50 Million Atmospheres of Pressure
|Wednesday July 16, 2014 @11:23PM
|Fossils of Cambrian Predator Preserved With Brain Impressions
|Wednesday July 16, 2014 @01:10PM
|Researchers Find Evidence of How Higgs Particle Imparts Mass
|Wednesday July 16, 2014 @07:54AM
|Mt. Fuji Volcano In 'Critical State' After Quakes
|Tuesday July 15, 2014 @12:48PM
|Your Personal Data Is On Your Phone -- In the Form of Bacteria
|Tuesday July 15, 2014 @10:36AM
|The Last Three Months Were the Hottest Quarter On Record
|Tuesday July 15, 2014 @09:54AM
|Brazil Nut Effect Explains Mystery of the Boulder-Strewn Surfaces of Asteroids
|Monday July 14, 2014 @06:05PM
|Walter Munk's Astonishing Wave-Tracking Experiment
|Monday July 14, 2014 @10:40AM
|Chemists Build First "Buckyball" Made of Boron
|Sunday July 13, 2014 @03:46PM
|Elite Group of Researchers Rule Scientific Publishing
|Sunday July 13, 2014 @03:15PM
|Scientists Have Developed a Material So Dark That You Can't See It
|Sunday July 13, 2014 @12:02PM
|How Deep Does the Multiverse Go?
|Saturday July 12, 2014 @11:45PM
|Geographic Segregation By Education
|Saturday July 12, 2014 @07:51PM
|CDC Closes Anthrax, Flu Labs After Potentially Deadly Mix-Ups Come to Light
|Saturday July 12, 2014 @07:27PM
|New Technology Uses Cellular Towers For Super-Accurate Weather Measurements
|Saturday July 12, 2014 @06:22PM
|Chimpanzee Intelligence Largely Determined By Genetics
|Thursday July 10, 2014 @10:01PM
|Hints of Life's Start Found In a Giant Virus
|Thursday July 10, 2014 @09:49PM
|Hair-Raising Technique Detects Drugs, Explosives On Human Body
|Thursday July 10, 2014 @09:33PM
|Peer Review Ring Broken - 60 Articles Retracted
|Thursday July 10, 2014 @05:13PM
|The Oatmeal Convinces Elon Musk To Donate $1 Million To Tesla Museum
|Thursday July 10, 2014 @09:00AM
|Mathematicians Solve the Topological Mystery Behind the "Brazuca" Soccer Ball
|Wednesday July 09, 2014 @12:45PM
|A Brain Implant For Synthetic Memory
|Wednesday July 09, 2014 @09:26AM
|Physicists Spot Potential Source of 'Oh-My-God' Particles
|Tuesday July 08, 2014 @05:06PM
|Mapping a Monster Volcano
|Monday July 07, 2014 @04:04PM
|Ancient Bird With Largest Wingspan Yet Discovered
|Monday July 07, 2014 @02:19PM
|Tractor Beam Created Using Water Waves
|Sunday July 06, 2014 @04:44PM
|Consciousness On-Off Switch Discovered Deep In Brain
|Sunday July 06, 2014 @01:08PM
|A Tour of One of the World's Only Underwater Labs With Fabien Cousteau
|Sunday July 06, 2014 @10:33AM
|Study: Whales Are Ecosystem "Engineers"
|Sunday July 06, 2014 @08:29AM
|When Beliefs and Facts Collide
|Thursday July 03, 2014 @10:47PM
|Study: People Would Rather Be Shocked Than Be Alone With Their Thoughts
|Thursday July 03, 2014 @07:58PM
|Researchers Create Walking, Muscle-Powered Biobots
|Thursday July 03, 2014 @06:25PM
|How Did Those STAP Stem Cell Papers Get Accepted In the First Place?
|Thursday July 03, 2014 @06:12PM
|New Class of Stars Are Totally Metal, Says Astrophysicist
|Thursday July 03, 2014 @01:06PM
|Senate Budgetmakers Move To End US Participation In ITER
|Wednesday July 02, 2014 @11:15PM
|Solar-Powered Electrochemical Cell Used To Produce Formic Acid From CO2
|Wednesday July 02, 2014 @06:55PM
|Tibetans Inherited High-Altitude Gene From Ancient Human
|Wednesday July 02, 2014 @12:48PM
|Hierarchical Membrane For Cleaning Up Oil Spills
|Tuesday July 01, 2014 @12:07AM
|Ninety-Nine Percent of the Ocean's Plastic Is Missing
|Monday June 30, 2014 @07:51PM
|'Vampire' Squirrel Has World's Fluffiest Tail
|Monday June 30, 2014 @08:15AM
|Cambridge Team Breaks Superconductor World Record
|Sunday June 29, 2014 @07:43PM
|Researchers Claim Wind Turbine Energy Payback In Less Than a Year
|Sunday June 29, 2014 @10:35AM
|Swedish Farmers Have Doubts About Climatologists and Climate Change
|Saturday June 28, 2014 @04:30PM
|Secret of the Banjo's Unique Sound Discovered By Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist
|Saturday June 28, 2014 @12:15AM
|A Physicist Says He Can Tornado-Proof the Midwest With 1,000-Foot Walls
|Thursday June 26, 2014 @10:17PM
|Air Pollution Can Disrupt Pollinating Insects By Concealing the Scent of Flowers
|Thursday June 26, 2014 @03:12PM
|Is Time Moving Forward Or Backward? Computers Learn To Spot the Difference
|Thursday June 26, 2014 @02:22PM
|New Chemical Process Could Make Ammonia a Practical Car Fuel
|Thursday June 26, 2014 @08:36AM
|Neanderthals Ate Their Veggies
|Wednesday June 25, 2014 @06:39PM
|Match.com, Mensa Create Dating Site For Geniuses
|Wednesday June 25, 2014 @06:23PM
|What's Your STEM Degree Worth?
|Wednesday June 25, 2014 @06:02PM
|Astronomers Discover Earth-Sized Diamond
|Tuesday June 24, 2014 @12:15PM
|Long-Lasting Enzyme Chews Up Cocaine
|Monday June 23, 2014 @08:22PM
|Climate Change Prompts Emperor Penguins To Find New Breeding Grounds
|Monday June 23, 2014 @07:28PM
|Fresh Evidence Supports Higgs Boson Discovery
|Monday June 23, 2014 @01:57PM
|Fabien Cousteau Takes Plunge To Beat Grandfather's Underwater Record
|Monday June 23, 2014 @10:06AM
|New Sensors Will Scoop Up "Big Data" On Chicago
|Sunday June 22, 2014 @11:58PM
|Great White Sharks Making Comeback Off Atlantic Coast
|Sunday June 22, 2014 @01:33PM
|Big Bang Breakthrough Team Back-Pedals On Major Result
|Sunday June 22, 2014 @08:50AM
|US Government Introduces Pollinator Action Plan To Save Honey Bees
|Saturday June 21, 2014 @07:08AM
|Construction of World's Largest Telescope Finally Underway in Chile
|Friday June 20, 2014 @02:21PM
|Modular Science is Building Hardware and Software for Lab Automation (Video)
|Friday June 20, 2014 @07:32AM
|First Movie of an Entire Brain's Neuronal Activity
|Thursday June 19, 2014 @06:29PM
|Test: Quantum Or Not, Controversial Computer No Faster Than Normal
|Wednesday June 18, 2014 @10:33PM
|The Game Theory of Life
|Wednesday June 18, 2014 @06:45PM
|Fish-Eating Spiders More Common Than Thought
|Monday June 16, 2014 @09:27PM
|Balloon and Duct Tape Deliver Great Space Photos
|Monday June 16, 2014 @04:35PM
|Humans Not Solely To Blame For Passenger Pigeon Extinction
|Monday June 16, 2014 @12:38PM
|New Sensor To Detect Food-Borne Bacteria On Site
|Monday June 16, 2014 @08:53AM
|"Super Bananas" May Save Millions of Lives In Africa
|Monday June 16, 2014 @01:36AM
|Why the Moon's New Birthday Means the Earth Is Older Than We Thought
|Sunday June 15, 2014 @04:13AM
|"Eskimo Diet" Lacks Support For Better Cardiovascular Health
|Saturday June 14, 2014 @06:51PM
|EU May Allow Members Home Rule On GMO Foods
|Saturday June 14, 2014 @02:59PM
|Study: Deforestation Depletes Fish Stocks
|Friday June 13, 2014 @07:56AM
|EU Ministers backing GMO Food. Allowing Nation States Approve or Deny.
|Friday June 13, 2014 @07:32AM
|New Evidence For Oceans of Water Deep In the Earth
|Thursday June 12, 2014 @09:25PM
|Open-Source Hardware For Neuroscience
|Thursday June 12, 2014 @06:26PM
|Japanese Stem Cell Debacle Could Bring Down Entire Center
|Thursday June 12, 2014 @08:12AM
|Getting the Most Out of the Space Station (Before It's Too Late)
|Wednesday June 11, 2014 @06:10PM
|Aliens and the Fermi Paradox
|Tuesday June 10, 2014 @11:15AM
|Fuel Cells From Nanomaterials Made From Human Urine
|Tuesday June 10, 2014 @10:57AM
|Lyme Bacterium's Possible Ancestor Found In Ancient Tick
|Monday June 09, 2014 @10:37PM
|Silver Solution Ink Makes Faster Flexible Circuits
|Monday June 09, 2014 @03:32PM
|Skilled Manual Labor Critical To US STEM Dominance
|Monday June 09, 2014 @11:47AM
|Study: Male Facial Development Evolved To Take Punches
|Monday June 09, 2014 @09:32AM
|Greenland Is Getting Darker
|Sunday June 08, 2014 @05:32PM
|Study: Rats Regret Making the Wrong Decision
|Sunday June 08, 2014 @04:06PM
|Interviews: Forrest Mims Answers Your Questions
|Sunday June 08, 2014 @09:17AM
|Scientists Race To Save Miami Coral Doomed By Dredging
|Friday June 06, 2014 @11:09PM
|Lose Sleep, Fail To Form Memory
|Wednesday June 04, 2014 @06:28PM
|Plastic Trash Forming Into "Plastiglomerate" Rocks
|Wednesday June 04, 2014 @12:47PM
|Key Researcher Agrees To Retract Disputed Stem Cell Papers
|Wednesday June 04, 2014 @11:06AM
|Geophysicists Discover How Rocks Produce Magnetic Pulses
|Tuesday June 03, 2014 @12:59PM
|'Godfather of Ecstasy,' Chemist Sasha Shulgin Dies Aged 88
|Monday June 02, 2014 @06:16PM
|Science Moneyball: The Secret to a Successful Academic Career
|Monday June 02, 2014 @12:09PM
|Small Genetic Change Responsible For Blond Hair
|Sunday June 01, 2014 @08:01PM
|Optical Levitation, Space Travel, Quantum Mechanics and Gravity
|Sunday June 01, 2014 @05:47PM
|Study Finds Porn Exposure Associated With Smaller Brain Region
|Thursday May 29, 2014 @10:02PM
|Happy 95th Anniversary, Relativity
|Thursday May 29, 2014 @10:20AM
|Belief In Evolution Doesn't Measure Science Literacy
|Thursday May 29, 2014 @10:12AM
|Study: Stop Being So Cynical, You Could Give Yourself Dementia
|Wednesday May 28, 2014 @06:15PM
|Shrinking Waves May Save Antarctic Sea Ice
|Wednesday May 28, 2014 @09:44AM
|The Earliest Bird To Sip a Flower
|Tuesday May 27, 2014 @10:37PM
|"Belief In Evolution" Doesn't Measure Science Literacy
|Tuesday May 27, 2014 @11:49AM
|Wikipedia Medical Articles Found To Have High Error Rate
|Tuesday May 27, 2014 @10:08AM
|Organic Cat Litter May Have Caused Nuclear Waste Accident
|Sunday May 25, 2014 @11:30AM
|Should We Eat Invasive Species?
|Sunday May 25, 2014 @02:38AM
|Kiwi Genetically Closer to Extinct Elephant Birds Than to the Emu
|Saturday May 24, 2014 @02:11PM
|Hawaii's Oahu Used To Be a Bigger Island
|Thursday May 22, 2014 @01:06PM
|CERN's Particle Smashers List Their Toughest Tech Challenges
|Wednesday May 21, 2014 @12:10PM
|These Brakes Are How You Stop The 1,000 MPH Bloodhound SSC
|Wednesday May 21, 2014 @08:51AM
|Even In the Wild Mice Run In Wheels
|Monday May 19, 2014 @07:14PM
|Spanish Conquest May Have Altered Peru's Shoreline
|Monday May 19, 2014 @01:30PM
|ESA's Cryosat Mission Sees Antarctic Ice Losses Double
|Monday May 19, 2014 @01:00PM
|Fujitsu Is Growing Radiation-Free Lettuce In Japan's Fukushima Prefecture
|Monday May 19, 2014 @11:43AM
|Esa's Cryosat mission sees Antarctic ice losses double
|Sunday May 18, 2014 @06:46PM
|Scientists Propose Collider That Could Turn Light Into Matter
|Sunday May 18, 2014 @06:46PM
|James Cameron and Eric Schmidt's SOI Grieve Loss of Nereus ROV
|Sunday May 18, 2014 @02:19PM
|Radioactivity Cleanup At Hanford Nuclear Reservation, 25 Years On
|Sunday May 18, 2014 @02:08PM
|Studies: Wildfires Worse Due To Global Warming
|Friday May 16, 2014 @01:30PM
|IBM Discovers New Class of Polymers
|Friday May 16, 2014 @10:36AM
|Climate Journal Publishes Referees' Report In Response To "Witch-Hunt" Claims
|Thursday May 15, 2014 @09:21PM
|The Physics of Hot Pockets
|Thursday May 15, 2014 @06:44PM
|How Predictable Is Evolution?
|Thursday May 15, 2014 @08:30AM
|Momentous Big Bang Findings Questioned
|Thursday May 15, 2014 @12:17AM
|Air Force Prepares to Dismantle HAARP
|Thursday May 15, 2014 @12:08AM
|Orca Identified As 103 Years Old
|Wednesday May 14, 2014 @05:58PM
|Cellular Compound May Increase Lifespan Without the Need For Strict Dieting
|Wednesday May 14, 2014 @01:05PM
|Interview: Ask Alan Adler About Flying Toys and the Perfect Cup of Coffee
|Wednesday May 14, 2014 @12:20PM
|Supermassive Black Hole At the Centre of Galaxy May Be Wormhole In Disguise
|Monday May 12, 2014 @06:49PM
|What Caused a 1300-Year Deep Freeze?
|Monday May 12, 2014 @02:11PM
|Scientists Warn of Rising Oceans As Antarctic Ice Melts
|Monday May 12, 2014 @08:42AM
|Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Loses Deep Sea Vehicle
|Sunday May 11, 2014 @08:57PM
|Harvard Study Links Neonicotinoid Pesticide To Colony Collapse Disorder
|Sunday May 11, 2014 @06:58PM
|Interviews: Stewart Brand Answers Your Questions
|Sunday May 11, 2014 @05:54PM
|Electric Stimulation Could Help You Control Your Dreams
|Sunday May 11, 2014 @01:30PM
|Scientists Discover Nickel-Eating Plant Species
|Friday May 09, 2014 @08:06PM
|Why Scientists Are Still Using FORTRAN in 2014
|Friday May 09, 2014 @07:45AM
|Single Gene Can Boost IQ By Six Points
|Thursday May 08, 2014 @10:37PM
|As Species Decline, So Do the Scientists Who Name Them
|Thursday May 08, 2014 @03:57PM
|Mathematical Model Suggests That Human Consciousness Is Noncomputable
|Thursday May 08, 2014 @11:21AM
|Electromagnetic Noise Found To Affect Bird Navigation
|Wednesday May 07, 2014 @12:06PM
|First Transistors Made Entirely of 2-D Materials
|Tuesday May 06, 2014 @11:05AM
|Elderly Mice Perk Up With Transfused Blood
|Tuesday May 06, 2014 @10:06AM
|US Climate Report Says Global Warming Impact Already Severe
|Tuesday May 06, 2014 @08:20AM
|Skepticism Grows Over Claims That MH370 Lies In the Bay of Bengal
|Monday May 05, 2014 @11:35PM
|Earthquake Warning Issued For Central Oklahoma
|Monday May 05, 2014 @06:33PM
|Computer Game Reveals 'Space-Time' Neurons In the Eye
|Monday May 05, 2014 @04:48PM
|Ancient Desert Glyphs Pointed Way To Fairgrounds
|Monday May 05, 2014 @08:47AM
|Ask Stewart Brand About Protecting Resources and Reviving Extinct Species
|Sunday May 04, 2014 @10:28PM
|Scientists Race To Develop Livestock That Can Survive Climate Change
|Sunday May 04, 2014 @04:40PM
|Finally, Hi-Def Streaming Video of the ISS's View of Earth
|Sunday May 04, 2014 @02:39PM
|Meet Ununseptium, Best Contender Yet For Element 117
|Sunday May 04, 2014 @11:49AM
|Let's Call It 'Climate Disruption,' White House Science Adviser Suggests (Again)
|Sunday May 04, 2014 @02:47AM
|Is There a Limit To a Laser's Energy?
|Saturday May 03, 2014 @06:33PM
|Breaking Bad's Scientific Consultant On Making Meth and More
|Thursday May 01, 2014 @07:18PM
|Physics Students Devise Concept For Star Wars-Style Deflector Shields
|Thursday May 01, 2014 @04:55PM
|An MIT Dean's Defense of the Humanities
|Wednesday April 30, 2014 @11:30PM
|Graphene Could Be Dangerous To Humans and the Environment
|Wednesday April 30, 2014 @09:12PM
|Understanding the 2 Billion-Year-Old Natural Nuclear Reactor In W Africa
|Wednesday April 30, 2014 @06:36PM
|What It's Like To Be the Scientific Consultant For The Big Bang Theory
|Monday April 28, 2014 @11:57PM
|The Koch Brothers Attack On Solar Energy
|Monday April 28, 2014 @11:38PM
|You Are What You're Tricked Into Eating
|Monday April 28, 2014 @10:16AM
|How Concrete Contributed To the Downfall of the Roman Empire
|Monday April 28, 2014 @12:16AM
|Brazilians Welcome Genetically-Modified Mosquito To Help Fight Dengue Fever
|Sunday April 27, 2014 @08:37PM
|Scientists Give Praying Mantises Tiny 3D Glasses
|Sunday April 27, 2014 @04:51PM
|Waste Management: The Critical Element For Nuclear Energy Expansion
|Friday April 25, 2014 @11:59AM
|Siphons Work Due To Gravity, Not Atmospheric Pressure: Now With Peer Review
|Friday April 25, 2014 @09:52AM
|Blood of World's Oldest Woman Hints At Limits of Life
|Thursday April 24, 2014 @02:29PM
|New Shape Born From Rubber Bands
|Monday April 21, 2014 @10:39PM
|Experiment Suggests Monkeys Can Do Basic Math
|Monday April 21, 2014 @11:11AM
|Venus' Crust Heals Too Fast For Plate Tectonics
|Sunday April 20, 2014 @03:39PM
|Why Portland Should Have Kept Its Water, Urine and All
|Thursday April 17, 2014 @11:26PM
|Plant Breeders Release 'Open Source Seeds'
|Thursday April 17, 2014 @07:13PM
|'Accidental' Siberian Mummies Part of Mysterious Ancient Arctic Civilization
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MIDDLEBURG — The Snyder County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees (SCPASR) has awarded teacher grants to Tracey Mitchell, art teacher at Midd-West High School, and Lydia Jackson, third grade teacher at Selinsgrove Area Intermediate School.
Mitchell requested the $200 grant to help pay the expenses for a professional artist from the Artist In Residency Program to spend two weeks with students creating a portable mural for the school. Jon Laidacker, a graduate of Warrior Run High School, now a resident of Philadelphia, is the artist who will teach 300-plus art students from the art 1-4, advertising art and computer art classes. The resulting mural can be displayed all over the school and will feature changeable APs from many different students.
A $200 grant was given to Jackson to purchase a digital video camera and tripod which will be used by the third grade classes to create video stories to incorporate an educational objective with today's technology. Approximately 200 students can benefit from this activity. Students are extremely motivated by the final outcome of the digital story. They research the topic, write scripts and help in the production of the videos. In previous years, third graders have made 11 class movies. This school year with the new camera, Jackson's class has already researched and produced a movie about the planets, "Journey Through Space." Students enjoy the process of producing the movies and parents love to be able to upload the videos to view at home and see the results of their children's work.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Police arrested a man who they said tried to run over another man who would not help him get drugs.
The victim told police that 25-year-old Jeremy Johnson asked him to help him get drugs on Tuesday night. When he refused, he said Johnson left, but later came back to the 2400 block of Wooddale Drive in a car, and then started driving toward the victim at a high rate of speed.
The victim was struck, but he was able to roll over the hood of the car. He was not seriously injured.
Johnson was charged with aggravated assault.


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The glitz and glam of Vegas took center stage at this year's Saint Agnes Women's Club Fashion & Entertainment Event, October 26, at the Fresno Convention & Entertainment Center's Valdez Hall.The show was host to the season's latest fashion trends, featuring Fresno's finest boutiques and retailers, and with hair and makeup by top local professional stylists and artists.A huge thank you to all those who attended and made the night a special one. It's because of your contribution that we are able to serve the women of the Holy Cross Center for Women in downtown Fresno.To view photos from the event, click here. If you are interested in purchasing Fashion Show photos, visit MichaelKaribian.com. Proceeds from the event benefits Holy Cross Center for Women in downtown Fresno – providing food, shelter, clothing and diapers, medical and dental care, job training assistance, plus shower and laundry facilities for poor, homeless and underserved women and children.
For more information, call Saint Agnes Foundation (559) 450-2040.
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Do We Need an Energy "Manhattan Project"?
Many politicians say the United States should spend hundreds of billions on a crash clean-energy program.
Can Big Government really solve the energy crisis? It would be nice to believe that. While America has a much-deserved reputation as the land of free-market-loving entrepreneurs, that doesn't mean Uncle Sam can't occasionally take the lead and achieve some pretty impressive results. Two that quickly come to mind are the Manhattan Project ($20 billion in today's dollars), which developed the atomic bomb, and the Apollo space program ($100 billion in today's dollars), which eventually put 12 men on the surface of the moon. And it's those two examples of successful collective action that many people think should serve as the models for how we deal with our current power problems, whether it's slowing climate change or achieving energy security. As Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama has put it:
There's a reason that some have compared the quest for energy independence to the Manhattan Project or the Apollo moon landing. Like those historic efforts, moving away from an oil economy is a major challenge that will require a sustained national commitment.... Washington needs to get serious about working together to find a real solution to our energy crisis.
"Washington to the rescue" may be the classic liberal rallying cry, but this doesn't seem to be a Democrat-Republican, left-right issue. You can find folks across the political spectrum—Obama, Hillary Clinton, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Thomas Friedman, Sam Brownback —who seem to think a multibillion-dollar, government-led research and regulatory effort is just what is needed right now to develop clean energy sources in America. This, for instance, is what Romney told me during his unsuccessful campaign for the GOP presidential nomination:
I wish we could become energy independent for only $100 billion. But energy independence is going to take a long-term commitment and the public and private investment which will most likely be quite substantial, but the return will be even more substantial. We send over a billion dollars a day out of our country to buy oil and energy from other countries. Building nuclear power plants, developing carbon sequestration, liquefied coal, or gasified coal will be the more expensive efforts, but the payback is enormous.
There are all sorts of ideas floating around for a Manhattan Project or Apollo program for energy. Some cost less than the original articles, some many times more. Here is a quick summary of a few of them:
1) Set America Free wants American taxpayers to spend $12 billion over the next four years to provide incentives to auto manufacturers to produce and consumers to purchase plug-in and flex-fuel hybrid vehicles, as well as mandate substantial incorporation of plug-ins and FFVs into government fleets. It also advocates providing incentives to transform existing fueling stations so they serve all liquid fuels and to enable utilities to enter the transportation fuel market. It also favors government policies to encourage mass transit and reduce vehicle-miles traveled.
2) Barack Obama wants American taxpayers to spend $150 billion over 10 years to push the next generation of biofuels, advance the commercialization of plug-in hybrids, promote development of commercial-scale renewable energy, invest in low-emissions coal plants, and begin the transition to a digital electricity grid. He also wants to spend $10 billion a year on a "clean technologies" venture capital fund. In addition, Obama wants to spend an unspecified amount of money on training workers for green energy jobs.
3) Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute wants American taxpayers to spend $180 billion over 10 years to double U.S. oil efficiency by making vehicles out of advanced composite materials and spurring their adoption via rebates to consumers and through government purchasing policies. He wants to create a domestic biofuels industry through advances in biotechnology and cellulose-to-ethanol conversion. He also advocates using "well-established, highly profitable efficiency techniques" to save half the projected 2025 use of natural gas, making it again abundant and affordable, then substitute part of the saved gas for oil or convert it to hydrogen.
4) The Apollo Alliance wants American taxpayers to spend $300 billion to develop hydrogen fuel cells, promote "green" buildings, construct high-speed rail, and advance renewable technologies such as solar and wind. It also tosses in massive infrastructure spending for everything from carbon capture and sequestration to road and bridge maintenance in urban areas.
My take:
1) You say "Manhattan Project" or "Apollo," I say "Project Independence" or "synfuel"—two failed 1970s attempts to break us from our "addiction to foreign oil," the latter of which blew $60 billion in four years (in today's dollars) with nothing to show for the effort. Here is the problem: Both the Manhattan Project and the Apollo program attacked a definable—and "technologically sweet," to borrow the words of Robert Oppenheimer—challenge, the basic parameters of which were pretty well understood. Governments, even hapless ones like that of the old Soviet Union, can throw resources at those sorts of problems and come up with some sort of workable solution. (I am reminded of the 1990s film Contact, where aliens send us the blueprint for a mysterious machine that the Clinton administration goes ahead and successfully builds. It cost only $1 trillion. So that's where the surplus went!) Alternative energy is more amorphous. Solar, wind, next-generation nuclear, and clean coal may all have varying roles to play, but how exactly? Superefficient, nanotech solar cells? Genetically engineered trees that breathe in carbon and turn it into fuel? Who knows? But I am pretty sure government planners and bureaucrats have lousy crystal balls.
2) Why not subject all possible energy paths to the cool logic and reasoning of Mr. Market—investors, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs? Last year, venture capitalists sank some $3 billion into alternative energy—with some industry estimates far higher—and four of the 10 biggest VC deals in the first quarter were related to alternative energy. Google is making direct investments in areas such as enhanced geothermal and concentrated solar power. High oil prices are sending a powerful signal to the private sector about the profit potential in alternative energy. And an analysis by JPMorgan Chase found that there are a number of promising technologies involving coal and tar sands that become economically competitive when oil prices reach $110 per barrel.
3) Not only might the government-dominated effort produce poor results—it might waste a lot of money in the process. Just look at the most expensive plan I listed, the one from the Apollo Alliance. The group wants to invest all sorts of dough in old-economy infrastructure projects and worker retraining programs, all of which seems a bit off point. It's easy to see how all sorts of pork-barrel projects would be justified as being part some great national energy initiative.
4) Despite all of the above, it is unlikely that Uncle Sam will just sit back and let the markets handle things. So here is one smart and effective path. First, focus any new spending on helping to push existing technologies to market, such as through government purchases of civilian and military vehicles. Second, set prices for carbon through a tax or a cap-and-auction system—with revenue rebated to taxpayers—then cut subsidies, with the money again returned to taxpayers. Third, create innovation prizes for key technological breakthroughs and let the best idea win, as with private prizes such as the Ansari X Prize for space flight.
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And they continually mispronounced it too, during that entire instrumental song.
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Accessory Review: "The Bobine" Flexible USB Charger/Tripod (Coolest Charger EVER)
Sure the latest rage in the smartphone world is wireless charging, but what about those of us without the Qi awesomeness, or maybe we don't have a wireless charger…. yet. Well fear not, for I present to you what is possibly the coolest way to charge your phone without ditching the wires…The Bobine! The bobine does the impossible and combines a USB charger cable with a tripod, making what is certainly the most "interesting looking" charger I've ever seen.
The Bobine charger is a 60 cm/24 in. long Full USB to Micro-USB cable made of some flexible coiled material which allows it to hold practically any shape you give it, which is what allows the Bobine to double out as a tripod. You can (with some manipulation) get the 808 to balance properly and start recording, however the above average weight of the 808 makes it a bit difficult; and it seems almost impossible to use on the 920.
The Bobine can be used in both portrait and landscape mode, giving you ease of use, personally I find this great for anyone with a Symbian device or an N9 since it goes great with the always on sleeping screen, allowing you to charge it up while keeping practically everything visible at all times.
The trick to getting a properly propped tripod or just a desk stand is to make the loop in contact with the surface as large and flat as possible (and almost parallel to the phone)… it's physics I guess.
It would seem as if the Bobine would work best on phones with the Mirco-USb charger port on the bottom (and surprisingly the 920 is the only one of my phones with it there), but it does seem to work pretty well on the N9 and the 900; and while it does work on the 808 the increased weight might cause it to tip over or simply fall off with time.
In all honesty getting the perfect balance of the phone while connecting it to a wall charger is tricky, made even more difficult by the placement of the USB port on the top of most recent Nokia phones, but once you find the sweet spot (you'll get the hang of it with time) it's definitely worth it.
You can order the Bobine from Photojojo, one of the coolest camera oriented mobile accessories stores online, unfortunately most of their stuff is iPhone related, but there are some pretty cool universal accessories over there (plus this pretty cute camera charm , I definitely need to get myself one of those!)
The Bobine costs $30 on photojojo; but think of it as a tripod, plus a kickass charger
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About the Author (Author Profile)Hey, my name's Ali- Currently a fifth (and final) year Dental Student from Chicago; studying in Jordan. I love all sorts of gadgets almost as much as I love my cookies! Be sure to follow my Twitter handle @AliQudsi and Subcribe to my Youtube for the latest videos - no pressure. Thanks.
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Nice accessory but wont it damage your port in the long run? =x
Exactly my sentiment, for phones hanging off the port (top port), or even those with a side port. Port fix isn't easy either…
Of course it will, since the port is not designed to hold a phone on its own but merely to fasten a connector. Well, the phone repairing business was not exactly thriving anyway…
that is cool
It's a cool thing, but also a very efficient way to destroy your port and/or internal connection.
HS is so cool, but is a shame that this charger never land in LATAM
I am damn sure it will damage the port, so better try for portable normal USB chargers.
Ha! Amazing! Deffo gonna get one for my N9
There you spotted it Andy! #N9 with this cool accessory will be awesome!
At only 2 foot long, I'd have to get a USB extension cable to make this work as a desk stand. Is it coated with vinyl? Does the microUSB connector fit as tightly al a Nokia cable?
Using two of the heaviest phones to test it… well done.
Hey Ali, how does this fit into the charging port of the N9 with the special protective flap that the N9 (and Lumia 800) has? It looks as if you've removed the flap in order for the microUSB plug to fit in, with its huge black plastic outer plug, or am I missing something from your photo? Cheers mate, Andy
This has to be the daftest idea ever. You WILL break your micro USB connector as it's not structural. It'll either break off from the traces on the board or the central pins will snap.
Nokia will not repair physical damage under warranty or even outside warranty. They wouldn't repair the USB socket on my Lumia 800 and I had to get it repaired by a third party repairer.


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i'm really looking forward to the werner herzog's upcoming "My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done". "Bad Lieutenant" was an interesting curiosity and and if you haven't seen aguirre, the wrath of god, get to it!
"The film opens with a shot of perhaps 200 Spanish Conquistadores and Indian slaves, making their way down a narrow path with a 2,000 meter drop on either side. They drag cannon and supplies. It is muddy and slippery. Only half a dozen were professional actors. The others were native Indians or hippies and street people recruited in the nearest small city. He sent them up the path in the reverse order that he wanted them to descend. Were they happy to wait up there? The path was too narrow for two to pass. If he held up the line at the bottom, they had no choice."
For me it hardly matters if a Herzog film provides conventional movie pleasures. Many of them do. "Bad Lieutenant," for example. "My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done," on the other hand, confounds all convention and denies all expected pleasures, providing instead the delight of watching Herzog feed the police hostage formula into the Mixmaster of his imagination. It's as if he began with the outline of a stunningly routine police procedural and said to hell with it, I'm going to hang my whimsy on this clothesline.
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- What is Google Wave? | Business Center | Macworld – "Google describes Wave as "what e-mail would look like if it were invented today," in the world of instant messaging, wikis, and online forums. But while the initial idea may have been to reinvent e-mail, in practice Wave is more akin to Google Docs than it is to Gmail. For example, how many times have you tried to develop a document through e-mail, with all those criss-crossing message threads clogging your inbox? Wave seeks to do away with that, by providing a single, hosted copy of a conversation that everyone can edit and discuss."
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- The Find: Magic Wok in Artesia – latimes.com – "Magic Wok is a porcine palace, a restaurant where the pillars of Filipino cooking are fortified by all things pork. Kids chomp on shards of pig skin as crisp as potato chips, grandparents leisurely ladle hunks of pork from sour tamarind soups — the homey restaurant went whole hog long before quivering cubes of pork belly cropped up on happy-hour menus and bacon became an almost de rigueur dessert."
- My Roger Ebert Story – Roger Ebert – Deadspin -Sir, Mr. Ebert, this is Will Leitch, an editor at the Daily Illini. I've had a bit to drikn and am going to just ask. There is an old story that you had sex on the EIC desk. Is that true? Everybody wants to knwo. Sorry for this.Best, Will"
- The Find: The Slaw Dogs in Pasadena – latimes.com – "The Slaw Dogs is reimagining the humble hot dog with offerings such as a chicken Caesar salad dog, a Thai slaw dog and a Oaxacan dog."
- Los Angeles – "On a recent afternoon in the Eastside neighborhood of Lincoln Heights, Fay Green stands in the hallway of her apartment complex, which sits just feet above the bumper-to-bumper traffic of the I-5 freeway. A soft-spoken black woman, she lives with her five kids and one grandson in an urban planner's idea of perfection: the dense, "Avenue 26″ master-planned community, touted by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the city's Department of Housing as an environmentally smart "transit-oriented development" in the city's core, efficiently served by light rail. From the outside, the stylish-looking village of 156 condos, called Puerta del Sol, and 378 other apartments squeezed between Avenue 26 and the thundering I-5 gives off a Crate & Barrel vibe. But Green's four-bedroom unit, in the building dubbed Tesoro del Valle Family Apartments, is regularly dirtied by a heavy film of what she calls "dust." She explains, "I clean the place up, and in two or three days, I have to wipe again."
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- Well, This Employment Graph Is Just Terrifying – "This graph shows employment declines at the same chronological point during America's last six recessions. Guess which one represents the current recession. Go ahead, guess. [New York Times] (Thanks, Dan!)"
- Los Angeles subway shots and Hollweird, CA – "i walk these all the time and have never seen them this way. great eye"
- The New Commandments | Culture | Vanity Fair – "Thus we are fully entitled to consider them as a work in progress. May there not be some old commandments that could be retired, as well as some new ones that might be adopted? Taking the most celebrated Top 10 in order, we find (I am using the King James, or "Authorized," version of the text):"
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Intellectually gifted but emotionally unfulfilled, Quentin Coldwater is as much at sea as any high school senior. He still takes refuge in the fantasy novel series he read as a kid, waiting for happiness to fall in his lap. Surprisingly, it does indeed seem to when an elite and secret college of magic recruits him. Mark Brahmall wonderfully inflects the gaggle of fallible little geniuses Quentin grows up with there: Elliott the flaming drunkard, Janet the flashy attention hog, Alice the wallflower, Josh the bumbling frat boy, and Penny the punk rocker. This is not the nice and polite world of Hogwarts. These 17-year-olds spend five years drinking, screwing, cursing, and occasionally buckling down to work with spells that sound more like chemistry labs than fantastic miracles.
Magic is hard, and growing up proves even harder. Brahmall ages this group of would-be adventurers, gradually inserting the pessimistic uncertainty that creeps in as their graduation approaches, and then the slovenly vulgarity that accompanies their post-grad malaise in New York. But their voices find fresh purpose and energy when Penny discovers that Fillory, the magical land of those books from their youth, is real. Fraught with the tensions sprouting between them, each member of Quentin's posse has reasons to escape into Fillory. Brahmall gives voice to everything from a birch tree to an ancient ram, as the group's quest for a brighter future turns ever more ugly and alarming. Quentin's once idyllic dream now corrupted, he struggles to regain a sense of self and return to the more banal hostilities of the real world.
This is a story narrated with all the wonderment and gravitas inherent in the great tradition of magical coming-of-age tales, to be sure, but it rests firmly on the rocky foundations of a realistic human volatility and longing that may want to keep the characters snatching defeat from the jaws of victory to their bitter end. This world is nothing like Narnia or Middle Earth, and listeners with knowledge of those places will find plenty of insider references here to keep them laughing through the disasters. Grossman has captured a shamefully universal set of psychological quandaries, and Brahmall has expressed them in tones that are terrifyingly recognizable. Megan Volpert
Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. A senior in high school, he's still secretly preoccupied with a series of fantasy novels he read as a child, set in a magical land called Fillory. Imagine his surprise when he finds himself unexpectedly admitted to a very secret, very exclusive college of magic in upstate New York, where he receives a thorough and rigorous education in the craft of modern sorcery.
He also discovers all the other things people learn in college: friendship, love, sex, booze, and boredom. Something is missing, though. Magic doesn't bring Quentin the happiness and adventure he dreamed it would. After graduation, he and his friends make a stunning discovery: Fillory is real. But the land of Quentin's fantasies turns out to be much darker and more dangerous than he could have imagined. His childhood dream becomes a nightmare with a shocking truth at its heart.
At once psychologically piercing and magnificently absorbing, The Magicians boldly moves into uncharted literary territory, imagining magic as practiced by real people, with their capricious desires and volatile emotions. Lev Grossman creates an utterly original world in which good and evil aren't black and white, love and sex aren't simple or innocent, and power comes at a terrible price.
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"This is a book for grown-up fans of children's fantasy and would appeal to those who loved Donna Tartt's The Secret History. Highly recommended." (Library Journal)
"Provocative, unput-downable....one of the best fantasies I've read in ages." (Fantasy & Science Fiction)
"The Magicians is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to a glass of weak tea." (George R.R. Martin)
"Not an average book"
The thing to know about this book is that it is not a 3.5 star book with a so-so plot and a so-so narrator. It is either a five star book or a two star book, depending on the listener. After reading the reviews, I went into this book with trepidation, but I am so glad that I did! I thought it was a fantastic read. I can't wait for the sequel.
The author does rely heavily on the fact that much of his listening audience will have had exposure to the Chronicles of Narnia as children. I think this is a useful plot device, not stealing nor sneering at Narnia. Without Narnia's influence on the listeners, this book wouldn't work at all. It is because the Chronicles of Narnia are embedded in our psyche that we can understand the main characters and why things go so totally wrong for them.
Fundamentally, this is a dark coming of age story with plenty of humor and a touch of horror. If that does not appeal to you on any level, you will hate this book from start to finish. I think everyone else should give this book a try.
"A book more about people than magic"
Even though this book has the trappings of fantasy fiction, the best gauge of whether or not you will like it has more to do with whether or not you like writers like Michael Chabon. In fact, I would go so far as to say that this novel is what would have happened if Chabon had written the Harry Potter series. Think of it as The Chronicles of Narnia mashed up with The Mysteries of Pittsburgh. Characters screw up, screw around, and generally flounder through messy, complicated lives. Heroes turn out to be losers; losers turn out to be heroes. The gains and losses of trust, love, and faith between the characters is far more important to this book than the details of a magical world.
Even so, the book does have a magical world, along with fantastic creatures and a well-crafted, driving plot. My only complaint along those lines is that the pace sometimes clipped along rather TOO quickly, especially at the beginning. Quentin's whole five-year academic career passes in under 100 pages; those readers looking for something like Harry Potter's quirkily detailed mundane-but-fantastical school days will be disappointed. This is a book about people, not magic.
This is not a book for children; neither is it for escapists. But that doesn't mean it is a depressing or mean-spirited book: the characters' revelations (like those of David Copperfield, Elizabeth Bennett, or T. S. Garp) are hard-won and compromised by the losses they endured to achieve them, but they are genuine revelations, and the book is overall a hopeful one.
I'm a voracious audiobibliophile, mainly interested in speculative fiction, with the occasional mimetic fiction or non-fiction title sneaking in.
"Amazing. Wonderfully narrated."
Brahmall's narration is spot-on in this absolute masterpiece of modern, literate fantasy. Comparisons to "Harry Potter for adults" don't begin to capture the depth and reality of this book. It owes more to The Once and Future King and acts more as a discomplement of Narnia than it alludes to Harry Potter, though indeed the book occurs in our present world, a world where all of these books exist. Quentin is an honestly voiced character throughout, growing though a middle class high-performance student upbringing, to bit by bit coming to terms with his adulthood, his powers, his mistakes, and himself. This is a book about finally growing up, about self-realization, about love and loss and longing, and yes, about magic. And Grossman's prose is wonderful, the story true, never saccharine, and, again, Brahmall's appropriately at-times dry, at-times tender, well-characterized narration is a delight, capturing the tone and spirit of the book and its characters. I can't really recommend this book enough; definitely one of the top 10 genre novels of the 2000s, perhaps the very best in its subgenre, facing competition only from Perdido Street Station, Finch, and American Gods. (For more taste comparisons, my other picks from the decade in other subgenres are: R. Scott Bakker's The Darkness That Comes Before, Paolo Bacigalupi's The Windup Girl, etc.) If you haven't read the book, or perhaps even if you have, enjoy these 17 and a half hours, and join the wait for the sequel in 2011.
If you are looking for a Harry Potter clone, this is not it. If, you enjoy fantasy novels, but wonder what they would could be with a more realistic point of view, this is a wonderful interpretation that melds classic fantasy tropes with a true reflection of flawed characters in extraordinary circumstances.
"Wow, then meh, then it ends"
When I discovered that Lev Grossman is the brother of Austin Grossman (Soon I Will Be Invincible) I was immediately curious to see how their prose compared. It turns out Lev's writing is COMPLETELY different but no less brilliant.
The first half of this book is amazing. Even though you know there will be revelations they are still surprising and they just keep coming.
After graduation though, it just plods for a loooong time. It's also around this time that Quentin does something that completely removes any chance of his remaining a sympathetic character. The whole bit in Narnia...um, I mean "Fillory" is much more tedious than the mundane world but maybe that's intentional. Anyway, the ending ties it all together fairly well.
My biggest complaint involves the drinking. Not the fact that everybody drinks (and believe me they do...HEAVILY...ALL THE TIME), but it's superfluous and pretentious to name all the various drinks as if anybody cares what TYPE of wine they drank way too much of for every single occasion.
"very entertaining"
Don't go into this book expecting a Narnia or Harry Potter type tale. The author is clearly, even mockingly, using that sort of fantasy as a scaffold to tell a deeper story. He does it well and I found myself hoping for a sequel when the book ended.
"An entertaining adult take on classic themes"
Overall this book was entertaining, and the story, particularly the first half, was engaging. As previous reviewers have mentioned, there are times when it gets tedious. Also pointed out to some extent is the fact that the characters can be somewhat unsympathetic. I think this is compelling, in that the author is attempting to create a "reality story," fraught with human failings, in a fantasy context; so that there is not a clearly defined hero.
I disagree with those who claim that this book is a collection of stolen ideas. The book is a play on the Narnia concept as a vehicle for a modern day coming of age story, and is far from an allegory. Furthermore, the fact that a major setting is a school for magicians no more makes The Magicians a rip-off of Harry Potter than such presence makes Harry Potter a rip-off of Discworld. I found this story to be quite original and a refreshing departure from the typical fantasy/magician story.
"I was hoping for so much more..."
Just not a big fan of this book. Kept hoping it would get better but I was unfortunately disappoointed. Keeps feeling like an adult Harry Potter without the fantastical world and great dialog. Was more like Harry Potter meets Wicked and I felt the same way about Wicked. Most of the book was narrator exposition with little actual dialog and when there was, it was boring and lacked dramatic tension. The protagonist, Quentin, was annoying at best, and there was nothing sympathetic about him to care about.
As a fan of both Harry Potter and the Chronicles of Narnia, I thought I would enjoy this much more than I did. I can't bring myself to finish it. There is a fine line between being inspired by a concept and ripping it off and this story crosses it. I may have enjoyed this more if it was a different narrator...Mark Brahmall definitely did not add anything to the telling of the story...instead it just put me to sleep.
This book was ok but the story was very choppy. Several times, there were major occurances that the author went nowhere with. I kept waiting for them to be tied back into the novel but it didn't happen.
I felt like this book got pushed through the publishing system at this level of editing because the author is the book reviewer for Time Magazine and no one was willing to be harsh enough with him. It really does need a good edit and more continuity.
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A closer look at Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing
Laura considers the cultural impact of Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing, in UK cinemas from today...
Silly as we feel writing this about a 400 year old story, this feature contains Much Ado About Nothing spoilers.
On May 16, the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) opened with a showing of Joss Whedon's Much Ado about Nothing, with Whedon, and stars Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Clark Gregg, and Nathan Fillion in attendance, giving me - both as fan of Whedon's work and Shakespearean academic - a chance to talk to them about this labour of love.
Much Ado about Nothing is easily one of Shakespeare's most accessible and enjoyable plays, and Whedon, who used to host Shakespearean read-throughs at his home with various actors and friends from the Whedonverse, has done some really wonderful things with it.
The play, set in Messina, is ostensibly about the love of Hero and Claudio, the young couple whose happiness is almost destroyed by the evil Don John. But really it's about a second couple, Beatrice and Benedick, who were lovers at some point in the past but, when the play opens, are no longer together and cannot be in each other's presence without "a skirmish of wit between them."
In other words, they are the prototypical rom-com couple: squabbling like children until they realize they're actually in love and fall into each other's arms. Terribly modern and terribly funny.
What is not so modern is the Hero and Claudio storyline. Don John tricks young Claudio into believing that the virtuous Hero is anything but - that she is not the "maid" she appears to be, and has actually bedded another man the very night before her wedding. Claudio waits until she meets him at the altar and then publicly humiliates her and refuses to marry her. Only by the accidental intervention of a Shakespearean clown and his assistant (played quite well by Fillion and Buffy's Tom Lenk) does it become clear that Don John lied and that Hero's virginity is intact.
It was this that I asked Whedon about. The question of Hero's virginity, especially when the play is set in modern times and the actress is clearly pushing thirty as is true in Whedon's production, is a difficult one for any director because it comes off as artificial and makes Claudio out to be even more of a jerk than he would have appeared four hundred years ago.
But for Whedon, I thought it might be even more of a problem. After all, while he's gotten a lot of credit for the way he deals with female power, the way he writes and portrays female sexuality is even more interesting. Women (even the evil ones) in the Whedonverse are allowed to be fully sexual beings without apology or shame. Buffy's Willow and Firefly's Kaylee are two of the more groundbreaking female characters on TV in the 90s and 00s in this respect: Willow's coming out as bisexual is treated as a non-event (except in that it is the start of a really beautiful relationship) and wide-eyed, ever-optimistic and acutely innocent Kaylee describes the torch she's carrying for Simon, ending with the observation "Goin' on a year now, I ain't had nothin' twixt my nethers weren't run on batteries!" For Joss, there's simply nothing threatening or negative about Willow's discovery of a more expansive sexuality and no contradiction between Kaylee's innocence and her own adventurous (remember how she got on the ship in the first place?) sexuality.
So producing a play where the major plot development is all about female sexuality and mandatory shaming is not exactly a natural fit for Whedon. When I asked him about it, he explained that essentially, Claudio is an idiot. "He's a jock." For Whedon, it's not the virginity that's at stake for Claudio (although the director made the decision not to remove that word or the related word "maiden"), but Hero's fidelity. He's jealous and irrational in that jealousy and reflects the kind of shaming so common in our culture. Either way, Joss says, "I don't really have much hope for that marriage." Agreed.
In fact, it's not Claudio who uses the word "virginity" but her father Leonato. When the accusation is made that Hero "knows the heat of a luxurious bed," Leonato first misunderstands the nature of the accusation and tries to shield Hero by intimating (in one of the more modern moments of the play) that if Claudio has successfully "vanquish'd the resistance of her youth, and made defeat of her virginity," that the groom is just as much to blame for any slip in chastity as the bride. When Claudio responds that he has left her untouched and reveals "proof" that she was actually with another man the previous night, Leonato turns all his emotion on Hero and attacks her, even wishing her dead. Only the priest stepping in mitigates his fury enough to save Hero from her father.
One of the things that struck me when I read about the casting of the film was Clark Gregg in this role. Clark Gregg is an intensely kind-looking man. Even when he's kicking ass as Agent Coulson, you still sense an underlying gentleness that almost belies the character. It was hard to imagine him in a role where he's raging against his daughter and telling her she's better off dead. In most productions, Leonato physically attacks Hero - it was hard to see Gregg pulling that off.
I should have known Whedon would find a way to make it work. Gregg's Leonato does get angry initially, and it looks as though he is about to attack her, reaching for her aggressively. But when he finally grabs her and pulls her violently toward him, he ends up wrapping both arms tightly around her and breaking down in tears. The two of them cling to each other, sobbing hysterically at the personal and social tragedy they are caught up in, and we are made all too aware of something elided in other productions: with her an only child and his wife gone, they only have each other.
But the most compelling change Whedon makes to the play is one that really resonates. In Shakespeare's text, Beatrice makes reference to having a romantic past with Benedick but gives no details. Joss expands on this by opening his film with Benedick slipping out of bed and getting dressed quietly, as Beatrice pretends to be asleep. It's apparent that neither of them are happy about them parting, but neither is willing to do anything to stop it. They aren't mature enough yet to deal with what they feel.
But this then gives a depth to the interplay between the two of them that we rarely see in other productions. In Whedon's Much Ado, it's not simply witty banter between Beatrice and Benedick based on some previous flirtation as other directors suggest. There's real pain and real anger underneath it all, though it's clear that the anger is just as much if not more self-loathing as a sense of betrayal by the other.
Something else that surprised me were the performances by Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof. Frankly, I was really concerned at the casting of Acker. Beatrice is arguably the strongest woman in Shakespeare's comedies. Acker herself is quite small and soft-spoken, so I was worried she wouldn't be able to give Beatrice the power Shakespeare wrote into her. But Acker pulled it off quite well, filling each scene with a presence that quite rightly dwarfs that of the much taller and broader Hero (Jillian Morgese) and playing the role with an air of maturity rather than bravado.
Unfortunately, for me Denisof's Benedick was less effective for me. It took me a little while to understand why his performance rubbed me the wrong way, because it certainly wasn't that he didn't have the proper emotional resonance. Instead, it was his handling of the Shakespearean text itself. Shakespeare's work has a specific cadence - a meter - which means that the first challenge an actor faces is in not making the spoken word sound too sing-songy.
Denisof went the other way. His phrasing is odd, and he fails to add appropriate pauses (which helps to break the text up into meaningful chunks, especially for those less familiar with the Bard's language). Lines that should be distinct were run together, making it difficult for someone even with training in Shakespeare's language to follow, let alone the average moviegoer. Denisof is, according to Whedon, a bit of a Shakespeare scholar who coached other actors on set by pointing out that "Shakespeare used to phrase things like this, and he'd always put the emphasis here."
Denisof was likely factually correct in his observations. However, Shakespeare also spoke in a way and dialect that is, especially to American audiences, but even to British ones, difficult to parse. Authenticity must and should give way to the need for understanding.
This type of elevation of historical accuracy over contemporary accessibility, because it occurs in one of the two leads, puts a drag on the production as a whole. It becomes quite distracting, and at times keeps the audience from connecting to plot developments.
That said, there's a lot here worth seeing. Fillion's turn as Dogberry is unusual but quite funny. Amy Acker's confident and still comical Beatrice is a revelation both of character and actress. And the compressed two-week shooting schedule and single location (Whedon's own home) means quite different choices than say, Branagh's £4.5 million version, and virtually all of those choices are good.
Perhaps my favorite is the strange juxtaposition of contemporary setting/costume with black-and-white film format which give the production a timeless quality. Let's not mince words: Shakespeare is a tough thing for Whedon to pull off not because of a lack of ability but because Shakespeare is seen as almost the opposite of what Whedon is famous for: geek adventures. But what he is equally famous for is an audience that will follow him to the ends of the Earth.
So yes, if he builds it, they will come. The question of whether they would enjoy it, and of whether the supposed other end of the spectrum - dedicated Shakespeareans - would take it seriously, was another one entirely. But Whedon, to a great extent, pulled this off largely by doing the kind of production he did: by casting geek favorites (largely in counter-intuitive roles) and doing an excellent job in making the plot and language accessible, he ensures his usual audience. By taking chances, reinventing the Beatrice and Benedick relationship, and letting his palpable love of Shakespeare (rather than geek marketability) drive his directorial vision, he pleases the more traditional audiences of the Bard's work.
And so it was at this year's SIFF gala. As Seattle's cultural elite mixed with the Microsoft/Nintendo/Google geeks of the Puget Sound area, the response was positive and eye-opening on both sides. The film's June release will undoubtedly accomplish much the same result on a much larger scale. For pop culture and Shakespearean geeks alike, Whedon's Much Ado is a must-see this summer.
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Interesting piece. I think you're a bit harsh about Alexis Denisof: Much Ado is written in prose and does not have a 'meter' (penta- or otherwise). So lines can and do run over in interesting ways. Denisof, as you say, feels confident to work with this and I didn't myself feel that the meaning suffered at all. Amy Acker is better though. A real match for Emma Thompson and great at the physical comedy too. (Watch those stairs!)
Actually, while most of Much Ado is in prose, it does contain blank verse as well (see Act III sc i, for example). However, my criticism wasn't that Denisof was ignoring line breaks in performing blank verse, since those can often have little to do with meaning or how you say the lines. It would be closer to the truth to say he was ignoring punctuation (regardless of whether it came at the line break or in the middle of a line, or whether it was in verse or prose) and then verbally adding his own in places where it confused a text with which many viewers may already struggle.
And I agree about Acker. She played it neither restrained (but more intensely witty) as the classic Thompson did nor as broadly physical as Catherine Tate did. And yet she entirely owned the part. She was one of the very best bits of an already good production. Both she and Sean Maher (who was INFINITELY better than Keanu, not that that's difficult) were wonderful surprises.
Your piece makes really interesting reading and it's good to see people writing in-depth about this. This is an interpretation of Shakespeare's work, Branagh also ignored punctuation where it suited for added comedy and drama - though admittedly it was less-pronounced in his work because it is more faithful to the original text in that respect. The blank verse moments are certainly fewer so I wouldn't say that the first challenge of this play is to make it less "sing-songy." The beauty of Shakespeare, or indeed any text, is that a new interpretation can bring new meaning or depth. Shakespeare loved word play so, who knows? He may have been totally cool with Denisof and Whedon's reading.


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Glenn Llopis, Contributor
I share the immigrant perspective on leadership & workplace innovation
When you wake up in the morning, what is the passion that fuels you to start your day? Are you living this in your work? If others asked you what drives you to achieve, would the answer be obvious? The triggers that motivate people to achieve are unique for everyone. Many would say its money; more people are starting to claim that they are driven to make a difference. Regardless of what motivates you and drives you to reach peak performance – it must be managed and balanced. Too much motivation in one area will weaken other parts of your game.
Motivation has been studied for decades and leaders in the workplace have used assessments like DISC and Myers-Briggs to determine their employee's personality types to better anticipate behaviors and tendencies. Additionally, motivational books are used as tools to get employees to increase their performance and / or get them back on track. While assessments, books and other tools can help project and inspire short and long performance, the factors that motivate employees to achieve evolve as they mature and begin to truly understand what matters most to them. Therefore, as leaders we must hold ourselves accountable to build meaningful and purposeful relationships that matter with our employees. This allows us to better understand those we are serving, just as much as ourselves.
As a leader, don't just read the assessment scores, get to know those whom you are leading and be specific about how you help each of them achieve their goals, desires and aspirations. The objective should be to help one another and to accomplish this each of you must identify those things that motivate you both to work together.
To help you get the most from your employee relationships, here are the nine (9) things that ultimately motivate employees to achieve. As you read this, think of how you associate with each of them. Share your story and perspectives – and comment about it. This is a hot topic and the more we can discuss it, we can help one another become better leaders.
1. Trustworthy Leadership
Leaders that have your back and that are looking out for your best interests – will win the trust of their employees who in turn will be more motivated to achieve. I once had a department manager that always looked out for me. He was upfront in communicating his performance expectations and his feedback was direct. He never treated me like a subordinate and looked for ways to include me in senior management meetings. This opened my eyes to what lied ahead in my career and thus motivated me to reach the next level and in the process exceed the expectations of my boss.
Trust is a powerful motivational tool and those leaders that are more transparent with their employees will find surprising results and new types of opportunities to develop talent.
2. Being Relevant
In today's world where everyone wants to be noticed and recognized for their work – employees are motivated to achieve to remain relevant. As such, employees are in search of new ways to learn, improve their skills and invest in themselves. This is an opportunity for leaders to get involved and understand how to build the depth and breadth of their employee's skill sets and aptitudes. For example, find ways to elevate your employees' high-potential status.
Helping employees increase their relevancy is important and those leaders that participate in this process will help cultivate increased performance levels and loyalty. Helping your employees get discovered will elevate their motivation to achieve.
3. Proving Others Wrong
This particular motivation to achieve has been heighten as of late from younger professionals that seek to prove themselves faster amongst older generations in the workplace. Employees never want to be stereotyped or marginalized, but for many younger professionals this serves as the trigger to awaken them from within. This certainly is not a generational issue as many of us have been questioned about our ability to achieve at a high-level. I learned this the hard way throughout my career. For example, as a former C-level executive (in my early 30's) and later as a successful entrepreneur – people begin to envy and / or doubt me thus igniting my hunger and drive to over achieve.
Great points Glenn. I would suggest having a collaborative culture that focuses on delivering a solid customer experience serves as the positive foundation for any plan to motivate employees. After all, when people are capable of collaborating — whether in-house or remote, they feel a sense of security, meaning and belonging. And, when customers are happy it's easy to keep the team happy.
Hi Glenn. I read your article with great interest and I fully support your view on that people are motivated by different aspects and factors. Therefore, people should be managed and motivated differently in the work place and not with an one size fits all approach that many companies practice through HR policies and compensation systems. I am not saying that these kinds of systems are not good for something, but I think it is about time that we start taking years of research in and knowledge about people motivation and work place performance seriously and truly start acting on it.
Happiness is highly underrated. If employees aren't having fun, paychecks and perks might keep them around, but it won't keep them committed.
Top 9 Things That Ultimately Motivate Employees To Achieve- Well written article.
Allow your employees to create a positive lasting influence with their accomplishments, don't under estimate what they have to offer your company. Diversity is key to developing new ideas. Being willing to edge out of your comfort zone to acquire a new way of doing business. Don't stay stuck!
You can't say in general what motivates everyone. What everyone wants is a fair wage to cover their expenses and allow them to live the lifestyle they desire. Then what makes a job desirable is the benefits or perks such as a flexible schedule and telecommuting, but also what they stand for and how they treat their people. Every company can embrace a culture of appreciation to build a foundation that can make their organization a great place to work.
My, my, my. I like it when you talked of career advancement. Truly that is the most important factor. I f managers could see this and be encouraged to make it a point that they help employees to advance then the results would be waooo. Great Glenn!


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▶ The Adirondack Park may well be on the way toward the same type of acid rain devastation that afflicts forests in northern Europe, an environmental coalition reported. "We're afraid that what we've found may be the beginning of more serious and more widespread damage," said a spokesman for the Adirondack Council. The pictorial report, entitled "Beside the Still Waters," shows extensive damage to the red spruce trees on New York's highest peak, Mt. Marcy.
▶ Highway superintendents in five Clinton County towns were charged by federal agents with accepting about $20,000 in payoffs from a Washington County firm. Donald Roushia, highway superintendent for the town of Plattsburgh; Paul Schnob of Mooers; Larry "Chub" Moore of Ellenburg; Louis Recor of Chazy and Terry Dumont of Beekmantown were charged with allegedly accepting bribes or kickbacks from Adirondack Highway Materials of Hudson Falls. It was the second set of charges against Recor and Dumont.
▶ The Pulp Hill Road Bridge in Redford, one of the seven spans crossing the Saranac River here, will be replaced next year as part of a $250,000 project jointly funded by the state and Clinton County. According to county Highway Superintendent Frank Madden, the state has agreed to fund about 75 percent of the cost, leaving the county with a share that could reach $50,000, depending on the final bid price. The project will proceed if county legislators approve the spending in 1988.
▶ A Mohawk bingo palace, begun on land near the Ganienkeh Indian Project on Route 190, could bring high stakes gambling to Clinton County. Details about the construction and operation of the building are sketchy. However, members of the Ganienkeh community acknowledged that excavation begun there was the start of a bingo hall.
▶ An upper Rugar Street trailer court owner said he has obtained 14 property owners signatures on a petition asking the Town of Plattsburgh Board not to let the city operate a dump in their neighborhood. The protest arose after the town supervisor, Bernard Amell, and Mayor John J. Tyrell last Wednesday conferred over the city's dump problem. They reached agreements clearing the way for the city to use an abandoned 24 acre gravel pit as a landfill dump.
▶ The Chamber of Commerce parking committee is reviving interest in the ramp parking plan for downtown. The plan, first proposed in 1960 by Shoppers Downtown Parking Inc., called for creation of a 325 car parking lot on South River Street at an estimated cost of $900,000. The city administration turned thumbs down on the proposal for three principal reasons: 1) the total cost, 2) because it would take so much taxable property off the tax roll, thus in effect bolstering taxes, and 3) because it was to be financed by revenue from the city's parking meters.
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▶ Two persons were killed instantly and 10 injured, one fatally, when a passenger car and a truck collided on the Plattsburgh – Chazy Highway, 5 miles north of the city yesterday morning. Terming the accident the worst ever to occur in Clinton County, district Atty. Andrew W. Ryan, sheriff's deputies and state police began an investigation of the tragedy that may take five lives. Sheriff's deputies said that the passenger car, driven by Raymond Mary, crashed into an oncoming truck as it attempted to pass a parked milk truck.
▶ While en route from Hogansburg to Malone in his automobile, W. A. Donovan of Tupper Lake discovered flames coming through the floor of the car. Realizing the danger of a gasoline explosion, as the car contained 30 gallons of gasoline, Donovan and the one passenger who was making the trip with him, jumped to the side of the road. In a moment it was a mass of flames, and soon an explosion occurred when flames reached the gasoline tank, and the blazing fluid was thrown all over the road. It was a moment or two before the car was destroyed, with nothing remained but the framework of iron.
▶ Getting wind of the fact that poker was being played at the Mansion House, on the corner of Main and Fort Covington Streets in Malone, the authorities of that village made up their minds that they would look into the matter, and they did. Sheriff Edwards, Chief of Police Robarge, Undersheriff Williamson, District Attorney Getraway and Officer Bouvier made up a raiding party. They took a walk up to the mansion house and found two rooms running at full blast. Two tables, under the supervision of two out-of-town men, who claimed Syracuse as their residence, were going full tilt when the place was raided.
▶ Paul and Chilton's general store at Ellenburg Depot was burglarized, with thieves gaining entrance to the building through a window in the rear. The burglary was discovered about six o'clock in the morning when the store was opened by one of the proprietors. Everything in the store was in great disorder, the thieves apparently having gone about their work deliberately and selecting only such articles as they desired to take away. The work was evidently done by two strangers who were seen in Ellenburg early in the evening.
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CUAbroad 2012-2013 Photo Contest Winners
Congratulations to this year's CUAbroad photo contest winners!
1st Place: 2nd Place: 3rd Place:
Maria Docal Rebecca Teter Jakub Deptula
"Pura Vida" "Prayers at Sunset" "Dying Rose at Auschwitz"
View all 2012-2013 photo contest submissions:
View photo contest submissions from 2011-2012.
Photo Contest 2013-2014: Submitting Your Photos
Eligibility Requirements
- CUA students who have participated in an approved education abroad program during the 2013-2014 academic year
- Faculty and staff who traveled abroad for CUA during the 2013-2014 academic year
Submission Guidelines
- Participants may submit a maximum of 3 photos.
- The student who submits the photo must be the person who took the photo.
- Entries must be in jpeg format, no larger than 7MB each.
- Entries will first be judged by CUAbroad.
- Finalists will be displayed at the 2014 Education Abroad Fair, where students will vote for the best. Prizes are awarded to the top three.
- Submission deadline: To be announced.
Contest finalists will be revealed at the CUA Education Abroad Fair. Students and faculty will have the opportunity to vote for the top three winners.
To be announced.