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Butterfly Conservation
Butterflies are valuable components of our environment. From the grassland-dependent species of the Pacific Northwest to swallowtails of Central and South America, we work to conserve butterflies and moths throughout the world. The Red List of butterflies and moths assessed the conservation needs of some of the most at risk North American species. The Xerces Society works with state and federal agencies, landowners, and other nonprofit organizations to achieve effective Lepidoptera conservation.
Xerces is now reviewing applications for the 2015 Joan DeWind Award
We are now reviewing proposals for the 2015 DeWind Award. This award provides two students each year with an award of $3,750 each for research into the conservation of Lepidoptera, made possible by the generosity of Bill DeWind, husband of longtime Xerces supporter and pioneering member Joan Mosenthal DeWind. Read more
Xerces, Other Conservation Leaders Participate in White House Pollinator Initiative Meeting
Scott Black, executive director of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, attended the White House Pollinator Initiative Stakeholder meeting Wednesday, and provided oral and written comments on how the White House can protect the diverse array of pollinators.
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A new study from the Xerces Society shows that caution should be used when applying prescribed fire in rare butterfly habitat. This study highlights the need to leave substantial habitat when using fire as a management tool for mardon skippers, and likely other imperiled butterflies.
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Monarch Campaign
The Xerces Society works to protect the sites where monarchs thrive, breed, migrate, and overwinter.
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The Pap smear is a screening test for cervical cancer. Cells scraped from the opening of the cervix are examined under a microscope. The cervix is the lower part of the uterus (womb) that opens at the top of the vagina.
Papanicolaou test
You lie on a table and place your feet in stirrups. The doctor or nurse gently places an instrument called a speculum into the vagina to open it slightly. This allows the doctor or nurse to see inside the vagina and cervix.
Cells are gently scraped from the cervix area. The sample of cells is sent to a lab for examination.
Tell your doctor or nurse about all the medicines you are taking. Some birth control pills that contain estrogen or progestin may affect test results.
Also tell your doctor or nurse if you:
Do not do the following for 24 hours before the test:
Avoid scheduling your Pap smear while you have your period (are menstruating). Blood may make the Pap smear results less accurate. If you are having unexpected bleeding, do not cancel your exam. Your doctor will determine if the Pap smear can still be done.
Empty your bladder just before the test.
A Pap smear may cause some discomfort, similar to menstrual cramps. You may also feel some pressure during the exam.
You may bleed a little bit after the test.
The Pap smear is a screening test for cervical cancer. Most cervical cancers can be detected early if a woman has routine Pap smears.
Screening should start at age 21.
After the first test:
You may not need to have a Pap smear if you have had a total hysterectomy (uterus and cervix removed) and have not had an abnormal Pap smear, cervical cancer, or other pelvic cancer. Discuss this with your doctor.
A normal result means there are no abnormal cells present. The Pap smear test is not 100% accurate. Cervical cancer may be missed in a small number of cases. Most of the time, cervical cancer develops very slowly, and follow-up Pap smears should find any changes in time for treatment.
Abnormal results are grouped as follows:
ASCUS or AGUS
LSIL (low-grade dysplasia) or HSIL (high-grade dysplasia):
Carcinoma in situ (CIS):
Atypical squamous cells (ASC):
Atypical glandular cells (AGC):
When a Pap smear shows abnormal changes, further testing or follow-up is needed. The next step depends on the results of the Pap smear, your previous history of Pap smears, and risk factors you may have for cervical cancer.
For minor cell changes, doctors will recommend another Pap smear in 6 to 12 months.
Follow-up testing may include:
Noller KL. Intraepithelial neoplasia of the lower genital tract (cervix, vulva): etiology, screening, diagnostic techniques, management. In: Lentz GM, Lobo RA, Gershenson DM, Katz VL, eds. Comprehensive Gynecology. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Mosby; 2012:chap 28.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Practice Bulletin No. 131: Screening for cervical cancer. Obstet Gynecol. 2012;120:1222-1238.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Practice Bulletin No. 99: Management of abnormal cervical cytology and histology. Obstet Gynecol. 2008;112:1419-1444.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Committee Opinion No. 463: Cervical cancer in adolescents: screening, evaluation, and management. Obstet Gynecol. 2010;116:469-472.
Saslow D, Solomon D, Lawson HW, et al. American Cancer Society, American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, and American Society for Clinical Pathology screening guidelines for the prevention and early detection of cervical cancer. CA Cancer J Clin. 2012;62(3):147-72.
Susan Storck, MD, FACOG, Chief, Eastside Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Bellevue, Washington; Clinical Teaching Faculty, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Isla Ogilvie, PhD, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.
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Terceira: Overview
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Rope bullfights, Holy Spirit festivities, good food and always a smile on the people's faces. Is it the third most cheerful island of the Azores? Some say it is a true amusement park of the archipelago.
It started off being called Island of Jesus Christ, but now it is called Terceira. Why? Because it was the third (Terceira - meaning 3rd) island of the archipelago to be discovered. It's an easy explanation for a name, the name of one of the most beautiful pieces of land in this set of islands in the middle of the Atlantic.The settlement of the island began around 1450 in the areas of Quatro Ribeiras, Porto Judeu and Praia da Vitória. These were the safest areas for sailors to disembark. Thanks to these characteristics, the island began to gain an important role in navigation, as a stopover port for vessels coming from the Americas and the Indies.The dynamic of this port has granted to Terceira - and its capital, Angra Heroísmo - an interesting multicultural and a major open mind in its inhabitants that has been registered over the centuries. The island's strategic role has been recognized internationally and in the context of friendly relations and cooperation between Portugal and the United States, it is headquarter of a major North American air force base called Lajes.


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Nokia phones | Nokia 6700 Slide review
The Nokia 6700 Slide is an updated version of the 6500 Slide. Or alternatively, it's a slide version of the 6700 Classic. But whichever way you put it, there's no escaping the fact that both the 6500 Slide and the 6700 Classic were notoriously unreliable phones. But wait, there's more. In their wisdom Nokia have replaced the Series 40 operating system with Symbian version 9.3, making the 6700 Slide a smartphone and bringing three unreliable technologies together in one giant melting pot of innovation. What could possibly go wrong? First things first. Let's wipe the slate clean and assess the 6700 Slide on its own terms. It's a very nice looking slide design phone. Nothing remarkable about it. It's not ultrathin or anything notable, but it looks and feels well made. Like all Nokia slide phones it's surprisingly heavy and suffers from a slight wobble, but otherwise feels solid. The display is quite good for a slide phone, with 16 million colours and a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. However, it's only 2.2 inches in size, so it doesn't come anywhere near the size of the current generation of touchscreen phones. This tends to limit the kind of apps that you can run and leads us to question why Nokia decided to equip the phone with a Symbian operating system. The phone is priced as an entry-level smartphone or a mid-range "dumb" phone, so we don't expect too many features. So it's a nice surprise to discover just how good the camera is. At 5 megapixels, with Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus and dual flash, this is one of the best camera phones in its price bracket, and is on a par with the more expensive Nseries Nokia phones. The video camera is superb too, and is capable of recording in VGA resolution (640 x 480 pixels) at high quality. The phone is even equipped with a video editor, and there's a secondary video camera for making video calls. For music, the phone uses the Nseries music player, which is fully featured and can handle all popular digital music formats. The 2GB memory card supplied with the phone is enough to store around 500 MP3 tracks, and if you want more you can upgrade the card to a maximum of 16GB. There's also an FM radio with RDS. Disappointingly, the headphone connection is a Nokia 2.5mm jack, so you won't be able to connect any headphones that require a standard 3.5mm connection. The phone has a very fast internet connection, with HSPA providing downloads of up to 10 Mbps and uploads of 2Mbps, so data transfer is very fast. However, the small screen size and lack of touchscreen functionality hardly makes for an engaging web browsing experience, and with only a standard alphanumeric keypad, serious emailing is out of bounds. The limited range of apps once again brings into question what this phone is for. Apart from the fast 3G connection, connectivity is rather limited, with Bluetooth and USB being the only options. Memory is also severely restricted, with just 60MB of onboard memory, much of which gets eaten by the operating system. The battery is also rather small and battery life is relatively poor as a result. The Nokia 6700 Slide is a very strange beast. What appears to be a straight forward mid-range slider with a good camera reveals itself to be a Symbian-powered smartphone with lightning fast 3G data transfer. But with a small screen, conventional alphanumeric keypad and small memory, the power of the phone is severely limited. When you add in the general tendency that Symbian has to freeze or shut down completely, plus the many, many problems experienced with the phone's predecessors, it's very hard for us to recommend the phone to you. But it does look nice. And it's a Nokia. Nokia 6700 Slide features include:
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Not to step on Imenak's toes, but we all love X-men. We all love academy-style games. We need another X-Men academy-style game.
This one will be based in another alternate universe, at the Jean Grey Institute for Higher Learning. Characters should be high-school to college aged and newly-discovered mutants. There will be action, but it'll be less about action and more about interaction and character development.
I don't think I need a creative writing blurb to pique anyone's interest with this one, and I don't think we need to be super-complicated with creation and whatnot like I usually am. This one should be more low-key and fluid of a game, so as not to be stressful to anybody.
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[b]Age:[/b] (Let's try to keep it between 16 and 22-ish? Discuss with me if you want outside that range.)
[b]Physical Description:[/b] (Physical Description. Be thorough enough that others can envision your character. Pictures are okay, but must be accompanied by words, please)
[b]Personality:[/b] (Give me an idea of who they are. What they like. How they react to things. What they hate. What sets them off.)
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[b]Mutant Power:[/b] (Pretty self-explanatory, I think. Make it cool. I'm open to negotiate for things.)
[b]Special Plot Hooks:[/b] (Any special things I can use to make the game more interesting using your character. Ideas for furthering their character development based on your initial plan for them. Do you want to be a Summers child from another dimension? Let me know! Awesome ideas are awesome. Gimme awesome stuff to work with.)
Hana wrote:Oh, yeah. I forgot to say this. If anyone wants to play one of the teenaged mutants from the comics (Hellion, Pixie, DJ, Icarus, Wind Dancer, etc) feel free.
If you want to play someone 'adult-aged' canon, but want to regress them (Gambit, Beast, Jubilee, etc) PM me first and we'll see if we can hash it out for this universe. The only ones I'll definitely veto on that angle are Scott, Emma, Xavier, Jean Grey, Logan, and Eric...Pretty much. There may be a few others that -have- to be adults that I'm not immediately thinking of, but not everyone by far is locked into it.
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According to legend, the one who finds the bird's nest in the Christmas tree will have a year of good luck. Start your own family tradition with this stunningly detailed, multi-molded rendering of a golden robin watching over the eggs in her jewel-like nest. Made from hand-painted and hand-embellished glass, this Polish Glass Bird's Nest Ornament demonstrates the peerless craftsmanship of Polish glass artisans. Equally enchanting as part of a table decoration. Clip-on. Made in Poland. 4"h. x 5.5"l. x 4.5"w.
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33 Easy Summer Desserts
From sweet and fruity to light and creamy, few things are as refreshing as homemade ice cream and frozen desserts.
Plus, get summer grilling recipes and tips!
Classic Vanilla Ice Cream
It's a cold hard fact: This foolproof vanilla recipe is the perfect blank slate for multiple mix-ins.
Recipe: Classic Vanilla Ice Cream
Creamy Vanilla Frozen Yogurt
Start with our simple base recipe for homemade frozen yogurt, then try one of our five flavor variations, including blueberry basil, pictured here.
Recipe: Creamy Frozen Vanilla Yogurt
Indulgent Gelato
Have a slightly more adventurous palate? Try this decadent Italian treat pronto. Make our base recipe first, then pick your favorite of our five flavors.
Recipe: Indulgent Gelato
Brown-Sugar Balsamic Strawberry Sauce
This sweet strawberry sauce, flavored with brown sugar and balsamic, is a great way to jazz up classic vanilla ice cream.
Orange-Banana Smoothie Pops
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Ice Cream Sandwiches
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Raspberry-Buttermilk Ice Pops
Lighten up! Replace the sour cream and buttermilk with one cup plain nonfat yogurt to save 7 grams of fat and 41 calories per serving.
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Huckleberry Ice Cream
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Plum Smoothie-Pops
These frosted pops promise plum-fresh goodness and a frozen blast of cool. Can't wait? Grab a straw and sip. The mixture makes a great smoothie, too.
Recipe: Plum Smoothie-Pops
Watermelon Granitas
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Kiwi Ice Pops
This mouthwatering recipe makes it one of the coolest ways to extinguish summer's sizzle. Plus, its fruity flavor will appeal to kids and adults alike.
Recipe: Kiwi Ice Pops
Frozen Raspberry Layer Cake
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Peach Ice Cream
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Cherry-Vanilla Ice Cream
Melon Cooler
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Easy Variations on Vanilla
Chocolate ice cream: After straining mixture in step 1, add 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips and stir until melted and fully incorporated. Continue with recipe.
Mint chocolate chip ice cream: In step 1, substitute 1 teaspoon peppermint extract for 1 teaspoon vanilla. Once ice cream's made, stir in 2 cups mini chocolate chips.
Peanut butter ice cream: After straining mixture in step 1, add 1 cup smooth peanut butter and stir until fully incorporated. Continue with recipe.
Recipe: Vanilla Ice Cream
Raspberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
Recipe: Raspberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
Blueberry-Lavender Ice Cream
Recipe: Blueberry-Lavender Ice Cream
Asian-Pear Sorbet with Thyme
Thyme and vanilla bean deepen the flavor of fresh Asian pears in this refreshing summer treat.
Recipe: Asian-Pear Sorbet with Thyme
Lemon Sorbet
This fragrant sorbet can be served as an intermezzo to cleanse the palate and stimulate the appetite, or be presented, instead, with not-too-sweet cookies for a light dessert. Add fresh herbs to the sorbet to give this treat an unexpected twist.
Recipe: Lemon Sorbet
Confetti Ice Cream Pops
Recipe: Confetti Ice Cream Pops
Rosemary-Cranberry Sorbet
Butter Pecan Ice Cream
Recipe: Butter Pecan Ice Cream
Chocolate- and Candy-Coated Waffle Cones
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Homemade Ice Cream
How to Make Ice Cream
Chocolate-Mint Sandwich Cookies
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Campari and Grapefruit Granita
Recipe: Campari and Grapefruit Granita
Mocha Egg Cream and Orange Cream Float
Mocha Egg Cream
Orange Cream Float
Apricot Sorbet
Recipe: Apricot Sorbet
Banana Split
Frozen Lemon Soufflé
Recipe: Frozen Lemon Soufflé
S'mores Cookies
Turn the classic campfire treat on its head here, we take summer's favorite dessert ingredients and turn them into a delectably ooey-gooey cookie.
Recipe: S'mores Cookies
Strawberry Hand Pies
This easy-to-hold dessert combines strawberries, confectioners' sugar, and jam to create a sweet and fruity taste.
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Our lab is interested in identifying and characterizing genes and genetic mechanisms involved in neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood. Currently we are focused on Tourette syndrome (TS) and Obsessive Compulsive disorder (OCD), Autism and related pervasive developmental disorders, childhood onset schizophrenia and structural brain disorders. We have a long standing interest in the contribution of rare variation to these syndromes and focus on gene discovery as an avenue to elaborate molecular mechanisms of disease. We currently employ a range of approaches including traditional gene mapping in families demonstrating Mendelian inheritance, molecular cytogenetic analyses of de novo chromosomal rearrangements, and high throughput genomic approaches including genome wide copy number analyses and massively parallel sequencing.
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- Sanders SJ, Murtha MT, Gupta AR, Murdoch JD, Raubeson MJ, Willsey AJ, Ercan-Sencicek AG, DiLullo NM, Parikshak NN, Stein JL, Walker MF, Ober GT, Teran NA, Song Y, El-Fishawy P, Murtha RC, Choi M, Overton JD, Bjornson RD, Carriero NJ, Meyer KA, Bilguvar K, Mane SM, Sestan N, Lifton RP, Günel M, Roeder K, Geschwind DH, Devlin B, State MW (2012).De novo mutations revealed by whole-exome sequencing are strongly associated with autism. Nature. 2012 Apr 4;485(7397):237-41. doi: 10.1038/nature10945
- Sanders SJ, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Hus V, Luo R, Murtha MT, Moreno-De-Luca D, Chu SH, Moreau MP, Gupta AR, Thomson SA, Mason CE, Bilguvar K, Celestino-Soper PB, Choi M, Crawford EL, Davis L, Davis Wright NR, Dhodapkar RM, Dicola M, Dilullo NM, Fernandez TV, Fielding-Singh V, Fishman DO, Frahm S, Garagaloyan R, Goh GS, Kammela S, Klei L, Lowe JK, Lund SC, McGrew AD, Meyer KA, Moffat WJ, Murdoch JD, O'Roak BJ, Ober GT, Pottenger RS, Raubeson MJ, Song Y, Wang Q, Yaspan BL, Yu TW, Yurkiewicz IR, Beaudet AL, Cantor RM, Curland M, Grice DE, Günel M, Lifton RP, Mane SM, Martin DM, Shaw CA, Sheldon M, Tischfield JA, Walsh CA, Morrow EM, Ledbetter DH, Fombonne E, Lord C, Martin CL, Brooks AI, Sutcliffe JS, Cook EH Jr, Geschwind D, Roeder K, Devlin B, State MW. Multiple Recurrent De Novo CNVs, Including Duplications of the 7q11.23 Williams Syndrome Region, Are Strongly Associated with Autism, Neuron. 2011 Jun 9;70(5):863-85.
- Bilguvar K, Ozturk AK, Louvi A, Kwan Ky, Choi M, Tatli B, Yalnizoglu D, Tuysuz B, Caglayan AO, Gokben S, Kaymakcalan H, Barak T, Bakircioglu M, Yasuno K, Ho W, Sanders S, Zhu Y, Yilmaz S, Dincer A, Johnson MH, Bronen RA, Kocer N, Per H, Mane S, Pamir MN, Yalcinkaya C, Kumandas S, Topcu M, Ozmen M, Sestan N, Lifton RP, State MW, Gunel M. Whole-exome sequencing identifies recessive WDR62 mutations in severe brain malformations. Nature. 2010, 467(7312):207-210. PMID: 20729831
- Ercan-Sencicek AG, Stillman AA, Ghosh Ak, Bilguvar K, O'Roak BJ, Mason CE, Abbott T, Gupta A, King RA, Pauls DL, Tischfield JA, Heiman GA, Singer HS, Gilbert DL, Hoekstra PJ, Morgan TM, Loring E, Yasuno K, Fernandex T, Sanders S, Louvi A, Cho JH, Mane S, Colangelo CM, Biederer T, Lifton RP, Gunel M, State MW (2010). L-histidine decarboxylase and Tourette's syndrome. New England Journal of Medicine. 362(20):1901-1908. PMCID: PMC2894694
- Bakkaloglu B*, O'Roak BJ*, Louvi A, Gupta AR, Abelson JF, Morgan TM, Chawarska K, Klin A, Ercan-Sencicek, AG, Stillman AA, Tanriover G, Abrahams BS, Duvall JA, Robbins EM, Geschwind DH, Biederer T Gunel M, Lifton RP, State MW (2008). Molecular Cytogenetic analysis and resequencing of Contactin Associated Protein-Like 2 (CNTNAP2) in Autism Spectrum Disorders. American Journal of Human Genetics 82:165-173.
- Abelson JF, Kwan K, O'Roak B, Baek D, Stillman A, Morgan TM, Mathews CA, Pauls DL, Mladen-Roko R, Gunel M, Davs NR, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Guez DH, Spertus JA, Leckman JF, Dure LS, Kurlan R, Singer HS, Gilbert DL, Farhi A, Louvi A, Lifton RP, Sestan N, State MW (2005) Sequence variants in SLITRK1 are associated with Tourette syndrome. Science 310:317-320


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As a new and interesting aspect of kiteboarding, traveling to a country to find the flattest water would be something that seemed ludicrous to most surfers, an unimaginable fate, going to a country that has waves and yet choosing to go to the flat, lagoon sheltered coast and spend two weeks there, in a grass hut, with nothing except flat water and wind to keep you company. Well, as crazy as this would seem, and indeed I am a surfer too, this is exactly what I have done for the last two weeks here in Kalpitya, Sri Lanka. In search of the ultimate freestyle spot, a place to ride uncrowded flat water, try some new tricks and film my adventures...for me this is excitement of a different kind.
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AV collaborated with A Greenspan, a Pittsburgh-based recycler that only uses e-steward contractors to make it possible for the Westminster community and surrounding areas to responsibly recycle their used electronics. These materials may include appliances, computers, and televisions that could end up in local landfills or in third world countries without proper oversight. A Greenspan certifies that these electronics are being recycled or disposed of within proper guidelines that are beneficial to the community, the ecosystem, and the economy.
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Creating a Voice-Controlled Windows Phone 8 Music Information app with the Nokia MixRadio API
This tutorial explains how to combine the Windows Phone 8 voice services with Nokia MixRadio to make a voice-controlled Windows Phone 8 music information app.
Note: This article was a winner in the Windows Phone 8 Wiki Competition 2012Q4.
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With Windows Phone 8, apps can register to handle specific commands. For instance, a calculator app could handle the "add," "subtract," "multiply," and "divide" commands to provide instant, easy access from any place in the OS. Windows Phone 8 also provides text to speech capabilities, and Nokia has provided Nokia MixRadio API for Windows Phone which can be used to query a web service for music information.
This article explains how we can use these three features to create a voice-controlled music information app. The app will respond verbally to a voice command along the lines of "Music, what are the top songs by Adele?"
For clarity, the rest of this tutorial has been split up into three parts, Text to Speech, Nokia MixRadio, and Voice Commands.
Before you Begin
Before you begin, we'll need to add a few references, capabilities, and using statements to our project.
Create a new Windows Phone 8 C#/XAML application and name it "Music Info."
To use the Nokia MixRadio API in our app, we'll need to reference it. Right-click on References in the solution explorer, then choose Manage NuGet Packages. Use the search bar in the top-right of the NuGet window to search for nokiamusic, and then press the Install button to automatically reference the Nokia MixRadio API and its dependencies in your application.
In the Visual Studio solution explorer of your new project, expand "Properties" and double-click WMAppManifest.xml Choose the Capabilities tab and check both ID_CAP_MICROPHONE and ID_CAP_SPEECH_RECOGNITION.
Using Statements
Open MainPage.xaml.cs and add the following using statements to the top of the page:
using Nokia.Music.Phone;
using Nokia.Music.Phone.Types;
using Windows.Phone.Speech.Synthesis;
using Windows.Phone.Speech.Recognition;
using Windows.Phone.Speech.VoiceCommands;
Text to Speech
Our music app will need to be able to respond to the user verbally, and new features in Windows Phone 8 make that extremely easy.
With Windows Phone 8, Microsoft made speech recognition and synthesization simple with the new Windows.Phone.Speech namespace. Our code for the SpeakText function is fairly straightforward:
public async void SpeakText(string TextToSpeak)
SpeechSynthesizer synth = new SpeechSynthesizer();
synth.SetVoice(InstalledVoices.Default); //you can change the voice to use here
await synth.SpeakTextAsync(TextToSpeak);
Basically, we're going to create a new SpeechSynthesizer, set it's voice to the default installed voice (if you prefer another voice you can change it with synth.SetVoice()), and then await while it speaks whatever text is passed to the function.
Nokia MixRadio
API Key
Before we begin, you'll need to have signed up for an API key at nokia.ly/apisignup.
Creating the music client
We'll start off by creating a blank function that will allow us to respond to an artist's name with that artist's top songs. This function will be called from our voice command handler. Place the below in your MainPage.xaml.cs file:
public void RespondWithTopSongs(string ArtistName)
Next, we'll add the code necessary for the Nokia MixRadio API. Add the following line to the RespondWithTopSongs function we just created, filling in the App ID and App Code accordingly:
MusicClient nmClient = new MusicClient("App ID", "App Code"); //use the App ID and App Code values that you got from signing up at nokia.ly/apisignup
We now have a Nokia MixRadioClient that will allow us to query Nokia MixRadio for information.
Searching for the Information
With the Nokia MixRadio API, you find information by searching for artists, songs, albums, and more.
MusicClient has a SearchArtists() function that we will use to search for the user-specified artist. Here's the code we'll use to search for the artist:
(ListResponse<Artist> artistResponse) =>
if (artistResponse.Count() > 0)
Artist artist = artistResponse.First<Artist>(); //let's assume that the first returned artist is the one we're looking for
SpeakText("Sorry, we couldn't find any artist named " + ArtistName);
}, ArtistName);
The code uses nmClient.SearchArtists to search for all artists that contain the ArtistName, and return an error message to the user if no artist is found. The Nokia MixRadio API will by default return the artist who best matches our search first, so that's the artist we assign to the "artist" variable.
Next, we need to use the SearchProducts() function to search for all the products this artist has created, and then narrow that search down to only Tracks and Singles.
The following code will go after we set the artist variable:
(ListResponse<Product> productResponse) =>
var songs = productResponse.Where((x) => //productResponse will include all products, not just songs. this will only return tracks and singles
if (x.Category == Category.Track || x.Category == Category.Single)
return true;
return false;
List<Product> productList = songs.ToList<Product>();
if (productList.Count >= 3)
SpeakText("The top songs by " + ArtistName + " are " + productList[0].Name + ", " + productList[1].Name + ", and " + productList[2].Name);
else if (productList.Count >= 1)
SpeakText("The top song by " + ArtistName + " is " + productList[0].Name);
SpeakText("Sorry, we don't have song info for " + ArtistName);
}, artist);
This code will search for an artists products, narrow the results down to only real songs, then either return the top three songs, the top song, or an error message if there are no songs available. We then use the SpeakText() function we created earlier to speak our responses.
After you do the above, your RespondWithTopSongs() function should look like this:
public void RespondWithTopSongs(string ArtistName)
MusicClient nmClient = new MusicClient("App ID", "App Code");
(ListResponse<Artist> artistResponse) =>
if (artistResponse.Count() > 0)
Artist artist = artistResponse.First<Artist>(); //let's assume that the first returned artist is the one we're looking for
(ListResponse<Product> productResponse) =>
var songs = productResponse.Where((x) => //productResponse will include all products, not just songs. this will only return tracks and singles
if (x.Category == Category.Track || x.Category == Category.Single)
return true;
return false;
List<Product> productList = songs.ToList<Product>();
if (productList.Count >= 3)
SpeakText("The top songs by " + ArtistName + " are " + productList[0].Name + ", " + productList[1].Name + ", and " + productList[2].Name);
else if (productList.Count >= 1)
SpeakText("The top song by " + ArtistName + " is " + productList[0].Name);
SpeakText("Sorry, we don't have song info for " + ArtistName);
}, artist);
SpeakText("Sorry, we couldn't find any artist named " + ArtistName);
}, ArtistName);
Voice Commands
Anatomy of a Voice Command
Voice commands consist of three parts: the app name, command, and phrase:
- App Name: The app name is simply the name of your app. This part of your command is only necessary if the user is not using your app - if they're already in your app, there's no need for them to say the app name.
- Command: This is the portion of the voice command which actually tells you what the user wants to do. For example, in our app, the command would be "what are the top songs by"
- Phrase: The phrase provides more details about what exactly the user wants to do. In our app the phrase would be "Adele."
Registering a Voice Command
Voice Command Definition
Voice commands in Windows Phone 8 are defined with a Voice Command Definition file (or VCD). The most important parts of a VCD file are:
- CommandSet: This is a group of commands. You can refer to these commands in code with the CommandSets "Name" property
- CommandPrefix: This is the "App Name" portion of your voice commmand.
- ListenFor: A phrase that, if heard, will activate this command. {PLName} designates a PhraseList, {*} designates a wildcard, and [notneccessary] designates optional words.
- PhraseList: This is a list of words that the user can say as the "Phrase" portion of your command. You can refer to a phrase list in your ListenFor element using {}.
Right-click the project name in Visual Studio and then go Add->New. Select "Voice Command Definition" and name it something like "VCD.xml"
Once the file opens, copy and paste the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<VoiceCommands xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/voicecommands/1.0">
<CommandSet xml:lang="en-US" Name="MusicInfoCommands">
<CommandPrefix>Music Info</CommandPrefix>
<Example> What are the top songs by Adele? </Example>
<Command Name="MusicInfo">
<Example> What are the top songs by Adele? </Example>
<ListenFor> what are the top songs by {Artist} </ListenFor>
<ListenFor> what are the top songs by {*} </ListenFor>
<Navigate />
<PhraseList Label="Artist">
This definition file will look for someone saying "What are the top songs by" and then an artists name. After it receives a command, it will show "Thinking..." until our app launches, at which point we'll need to override the default OnNavigatedTo() handler and replace it with code to start looking for top songs.
Note: Looking at the above VCD file, you might be confused as to why we have two different ListenFor elements. In a perfect world, we would be able to use a wildcard ("{*}") and allow the user to say any name he would like. Unfortunantly, in Windows Phone 8 there is no way to allow the user to say any artist name; every possible response must be in a PhraseList. {*} is only useful when you want to see that the user has said something, but don't need to know what it is they said. To workaround this issue, we will load the top 200 artists into the "Artist" PhraseList when our app is first run (thus making use of the first ListenFor element), then allow the user to say something else with the second ListenFor element. In the case of the latter, our app will start and then ask the user to repeat the name of the artist. For more information, see here and here.
Now that we have the VCD file, we have to add the commandset it contains to the system. We want to do this when the app is launched, so we'll override the default OnNavigatedTo() handler. Add the following to your MainPage.xaml.cs file:
protected async override void OnNavigatedTo(System.Windows.Navigation.NavigationEventArgs e)
await VoiceCommandService.InstallCommandSetsFromFileAsync(new Uri("ms-appx:///VCD.xml", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute));
Handling the Command
Once we get a voice command, we'll need to add to our newly overridden OnNavigatedTo() handler to detect when it's being launched as a voice command. Copy and paste the below code as the OnNavigatedTo() function you just made:
protected async override void OnNavigatedTo(System.Windows.Navigation.NavigationEventArgs e)
if (NavigationContext.QueryString.Any())
if (NavigationContext.QueryString["reco"].ToString().Contains("..."))
SpeechRecognizerUI recogUI = new SpeechRecognizerUI();
recogUI.Settings.ExampleText = "Johnny Cash";
recogUI.Settings.ListenText = "Please speak the name of the artist.";
SpeechRecognitionUIResult result = await recogUI.RecognizeWithUIAsync();
await VoiceCommandService.InstallCommandSetsFromFileAsync(new Uri("ms-appx:///VCD.xml", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute));
var installedCommands = VoiceCommandService.InstalledCommandSets["MusicInfoCommands"];
MusicClient nmClient = new MusicClient("App ID", "App Code");
nmClient.GetTopArtists(async (artists) =>
foreach (Artist artist in artists)
await installedCommands.UpdatePhraseListAsync("Artist", new String[1] { artist.Name });
}, 0, 200);
The first thing that you'll notice when looking at the code is that we've added an if/then statement. The voice command is passed through the NaviagtionContext.QueryString variable, so we'll first check to see if there is anything in the QueryString.
If there isn't a QueryString passed, we want to install the voice command set. We've moved the await VocieCommandService.InstallCommandSetsFromFileAsync(new Uri("ms-appx:///VCD.xml", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute)); line into our if/then statement, which means that our voice commands will only be installed if the app is launched from the start menu (if it's being launched as a voice command, we can pretty much assume that our VCD file has already been installed). After that, we're using VoiceCommandService.InstalledCommandSets to get the command set we just installed with InstallCommandSetsFromFileAsync. We then create a MusicClient, use it to get the top 200 artists, and then add each of those artists to the Artists PhraseList we created in the last section (for more info on why we're doing this, see the note above).
If there is a QueryString passed, we want to send the artists name to our RespondWithTopSongs function. Before we do that, we need to check whether the artists name was recognized (whether it was one of the top 200 we inserted into the PhraseList). If it's not (which we can find out by using .Contains("..."), since {*} returns "..." in place of what the user said), we're going to launch a SpeechRecognizerUI instructing the user to repeat the artists name.
Congrats - you now have a working app that incorporates a few of the awesome new features in Windows Phone 8. You can learn more about these features with the links below.
Bibliography/See Also
- What's new in Windows Phone 8 (Nokia Developer Wiki)
- How Many Lines of Code Does it Take to Build a Complete WP8 Speech App (Rob Chambers Blog)
- How to create a PhraseList in a VCD file that includes every word (wildcard)? (MSDN Forums)
- The Nokia MixRadio WP API Client Test App (Github)
- Text-to-speech (TTS) for Windows Phone (Windows Phone Dev Center)
- Speech recognition for Windows Phone (Windows Phone Dev Center)
- Voice Commands in Windows Phone 8 (wiki)


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We are surrounded at all times by a ready-made power grid. It is called the Zero-point Energy Field, it is made of countless invisible photons. My invention is a simple way to plug into that power grid, any time, any place! This is the problem that I have solved: Normally, this power grid pushes just as hard on both sides of an object. For example consider the flat, strong plate of metal that is pictured below; it is pushing just as hard on each side; therefore; the photons cannot move it. This is why we cannot normally use this energy.
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My invention is a new variation of a thoroughly documented set of experiments where the zero-point energy field is selectively suppressed inside some sort of cavity, but not outside that cavity! So far, the theoretical calculations have matched the experimental results very closely! The following chart is a very reasonable extrapolation of this body of experimental data. The smaller we make the individual holes or grooves, the more powerful the resulting pressure is! This "Pressure" is pounds of force per inch of floor area of however many holes or grooves fit into a square inch, at the various wall separation amounts.
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BrokenLine wrote:Haha you got it right on the money man! i was watching avatar earlier that day and i LOVE Toph so i decided to make my own kina version of her from my head. ^^ (Toph rocks)
BrokenLine wrote:hehe i think your my only thread watcher Ipsalsaman so THANKS! XD
BrokenLine wrote:haha hey Gen that's mean! XD
Gen wrote:BrokenLine wrote:hehe i think your my only thread watcher Ipsalsaman so THANKS! XD
It's because you aren't worth watching.
frig, I just revealed myself *hides in the shadows*
(This was sarcastic, yes?)
BrokenLine wrote:heres another pic of my oc Wendl
As usual done on paint chat (i did erase Gen's doodles on the right though sorry Gen) X)
BrokenLine wrote:Ya i was a bit rushed you know how it is some days you can't sit down without people bugging the hell outa ya.
BrokenLine wrote:LOL i would help you guys understand but for 2 things: 1. I don't quite get anything myself X) 2. I'm not sure what u2 don't get .
So what u not get?
Yes Gen that would work. X3 (p.s. watched that show claymore. IS GOOD!)
Ty L_Leon and i agree with you about the shading thing but i was a bit rushed so i did not get to spend as much time trying to work it out as i wold have liked. Thanks a lot for commenting though! =)
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- Destinations:
- Aspen,
- Avon,
- Beaver Creek,
- Colorado,
- Jackson Hole,
- North America,
- Park City,
- Stowe,
- United States,
- Utah,
- Vail
These other moutain resort properties were voted best 100 hotels on the North American continent... Solaris can do the same. These are our competition now.
For all its historic cachet and white-steeple quaintness, Stowe had begun to grow a bit musty—until this $200 million masterpiece, built to help the... more
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Were this property located in the Vail Valley, it would probably not have made the Gold List. Our competition is much stronger in the Colorado and Norther Rockies.
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At opening, it had the distinction of being the only hotel in the Aman portfolio to be unprofitable.
Norwegian Stein Eriksen, who won a gold medal for giant slalom at the 1952 Olympics and then three gold medals at the 1954 World Championships, is director of... more
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Was also highly rated by the ratings companies - for years being among the handful rated both five stars and five diamonds.
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As I was onboard for the opening, I know they openly told employees at orientation that they wanted their first rating to be five-star/five-diamond. They got four-star/four-diamond.
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Has been rated five-star, five-diamond since opening and is now one of the longest such rated hotels in the US.
The ski-in, ski-out Arrabelle hotel is the keystone of chic Vail Square. Opened in the Lionshead area, this tiny "village" is modeled on quaint Mitteleuropa... more
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An example of a hotel not loved by the raters - only one of 2,500 hotels rated 4-diamonds - but loved by the traveling public.