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Short eBooks or online books are the future of technical publishing
When I began making books over ten years ago we had a completely different outlook to publishing. At the risk of sounding nostalgic, it was more about making the best 500 page tome possible and hang the expense.
This led to us creating titles that were, quite literally, difficult to pick up, let alone read from cover to cover. Still, they sold well - people needed the information and paid $60 a copy for it.
Those days are long gone. The problem is not that people don't want that information. The problem is that in the time it takes to create anything over a few hundred pages, the technology itself has moved on.
The writers have to go back to the start and update their book before its even published. That notwithstanding, for a popular technology, the book has a very limited shelf life before the next edition needs to come out.
Another factor limiting the size and amount of resources that can go into a contemporary technology book, is the amount people are prepared to spend. It's been steadily dropping since the first major recession hit after 9/11.
There's a much bigger market for books around $20 than there ever was for the big, $50 dollar books. There's an even bigger market for the $10 booklets, or eBooks.
It's far more valuable for a consumer to purchase a niche title that contains precisely the information they need. Almost without fail, larger, more general books are going to cover material that the reader is already familiar with.
This means that readers are effectively wasting a percentage of their buying dollars on content they don't need. Smaller niche titles can target very specific niches and don't suffer from this problem.
Additionally, Smaller titles are easier for the author and publisher to update, meaning that it is easier to maintain a high quality product. If a piece of content becomes redundant, it can be isolated, edited and updated almost immediately. eBooks or online books are physically much easier to update than a print book too - further lowering costs.
To summarize; short eBooks or online books are:
- cheaper
- easier to make
- easier to maintain
- more focused
- higher quality
- better value for money
- better for the environment
Really, the only major hurdle for a complete swing to eBooks or online documents (at least in the technical world) is the preference of the consumer to read from hard copy and not a computer screen. I must confess, I still prefer to read a book I can hold in my hand - although, Amazon's Kindle is pretty nifty, and is doing a lot to change things.
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Nalle sent the new Wheel of Chaos V14 yesterday for the second ascent! I don't know how the flat-lander scandinavian made it up, its at like almost 11k feet. oh well :/
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Health News
Study: Many heavy kids think they're normal weight
Parts of Chinese city sealed for bubonic plague
Part of northern Chinese city quarantined after man dies of bubonic plague
Lacrosse injuries mount as sport's popularity rises
More than 170,000 teens around the country play lacrosse -- a lot of them, around here. And as their numbers rise, so too does the rate of injury.
Excerpts from conflicting health law rulings
Excerpts from conflicting federal appeals court rulings on Obama health care law
Meningitis diagnosis prompted W.Va. clinic probe
Investigation of West Virginia clinic that reused needles started after meningitis diagnosis
Undercover probe finds health law failings
Congressional investigators got subsidized health insurance using bogus identities
Hopkins pays $190M in pelvis exam pix settlement
Johns Hopkins to pay $190M after doctor secretly took gynecological images with tiny cameras
Tigers lean on experienced trainer Kevin Rand
Tigers lean on experienced trainer Kevin Rand in and out of season to keep players healthy
UK announces inquiry for Russian spy death
UK government announces full inquiry on death of Russian spy poisoned in 2006
White House: Health subsidies not halted by ruling
Obama administration says health care subsidies will keep flowing despite court decision
Ackman goes after Herbalife's nutrition clubs
Activist investor Ackman attacks Herbalife's nutrition clubs; market shrugs off allegations
7 ex-NFL players appeal terms of concussion deal
7 ex-NFL players appeal terms of tentative concussion deal; league would pay minimum of $765M
Poor teens' health may benefit from top schools
Poor teens may get more than academics at top schools; less risky health behaviors seen, too
First lady tells America to 'Drink Up' more water
Mrs. Obama expands campaign to 'Drink Up' water, as study sees rise in bottled water sales
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Owner of Georgia allergy clinic pleads guilty to faking patients' test results to save money
Prescription pain medication abuse
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Watching too much TV can kill you
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German court: chronically ill could grow marijuana
German court ruling paves way for some chronically ill patients to grow own medical marijuana
Dream coach Michael Cooper has tongue cancer
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Mar 6, 2013The technology works consistently well, assuming you're sitting on the floor in a reasonably well-lit room. But just as importantly, Book of Spells has clearly been crafted with the Potter fan in mind, featuring incantations, settings and characters taken straight from the books.
Feb 6, 2013Not impressed by Wonderbook. I gave it to a group of 9-year-olds. It turned out that the lack of Harry Potter (the game was developed in cooperation with J.K. Rowling) was not an issue and they did not complain that they had to do practically same things over and over again. [CD-Action 02/2013, p.64]
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UPDATE 9.55pm: THE Werona fire is under control.
A CFA spokesman said the majority of trucks had returned home but a few units would remain overnight monitoring the fire.
He said the fire started on the side of the road and burnt into rocky, hilly countryside, burning about 100 hectares.
The fire is not being treated as suspicious at this stage.
7.15PM: Ambulance Victoria spokesman John Mullen said an ambulance was called to the scene and the three men had no obvious injuries.
"The three men are a little bit shaken up, obviously, " he said.
"One man was taken to Bendigo hospital for further assessment, but he did not have any obvious injuries.
"As far as I know the ambulance did not have any difficultly because of the terrain. We did have a helicopter on standby but it was not needed."
ONE man has been taken to hospital after a firetruck rolled in Werona, near Daylesford, as it was on the way to a 100 hectare grassfire burning nearby.
Newstead Police Leading Senior Constable Grant McDonald said the firetruck was going up Robinson Road, a dirt road, when it hit a rock that was sticking out, and rolled onto its side.
"The road is quite small and there are a lot of rocks," he said.
"At about 4.30pm the truck has clipped a rock and tipped over."
Three people were in the truck, one man has been taken to hospital as a precaution.
A State Control Centre spokesperson said the Werona fire was still burning out of control and a watch and act warning had been issued.
"No properties are under threat at this stage," she said.
"It is quite difficult terrain.
"We have 19 trucks and two water bombers at the scene."
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"On balance, we didn't believe that the evidence supported an FTC challenge to this aspect of Google's business under American law"
see Google's FTC Settlement Is An Epic Fail For Microsoft.
We've seen it in comments to this blog. M$ has hired folks and slaves also volunteered to spread FUD about Google's ethics and business-practices.
"Microsoft has spent the past 10 years missing out on every big new trend — search, social, mobile. Instead of looking inward and trying to fix its own problems, Microsoft has become ever more obsessed with Google."
Chuckle, for a business M$ scoffed at for having "no business plan", Google became their worst fear, a company giving away a competing product, Android/Linux, and a company giving away prime real estate on the web, $free web services. M$ probably spent more spreading FUD than Google spent on Android and Google was able to provide the world with popular products and services very cheaply because they are all based on FLOSS (Free/Libre Open Source Software).
At the same time that Google was perfecting its arts, M$ was shipping stuff that BSODed and collected malware like a whale eats krill and restricted users' ability to use the hardware they owned (restrictions in the EULA) . Now, M$ is telling the world that "8″ is that other OS even though consumers don't recognize it and are not buying it. M$'s house is on fire and instead of attending to that, M$ is throwing stones at their neighbour's house.
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I think there are very good reasons to hate Windows and Microsoft, but even more good reasons to despite.
It's also a shame for mankind that people have so long tolerate crap of Microsoft. Any respectable developer and geek has never admired Windows as a "good operation system". Never.
"I do not understand why he can hate "Free Software" while loving M$…"
I don't think Linus hates FSF and loves MS. The way I read it is, he disagrees with the former, and doesn't hate the latter.
I am often wrong, but, IMHO, hatred is destructive, poisonous, and most importantly, repulsive. No one wants to listen to a hater, let alone follow one.
This "hatred" on "free software" is not actually hatred of the software itself, its just part of the old FSF/Linux rift/rivalry/whatever, the same reason why FSF insists everyone to call linux GNU/Linux. It's a competition of two ideologies, "open source" vs "free software" – while most people don't really care too much and just call it FOSS.
I also think that linus quote was taken a bit out of context – it was refering to a very specific situation. I don't know if his stance on microsoft would be different today – he's after all sometimes expressed very much opposite views regarding microsoft.
He doesn't post comments here, and probably doesn't qualify as a MS slave or vollunteer, and yet he said: Microsoft hatred is a disease. Is there any reason not to assume he simply spoke his mind, freely and openly?
Are you really surprised there are lots of hateful comments here? Do you ever read your own blog posts after typing them?
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Mercer Cross Country Teams Produce Solid Results At Savannah State Meet
SAVANNAH, GA—Kacie Niemann and Jacob Law highlighted a strong afternoon for the Mercer cross country teams, as the duo took home a pair of first-place finishes in the men's and women's 5,000 meter races on Saturday afternoon at the Savannah State Eye-Opener hosted by Savannah State University.
Niemann took the top spot with a time of 17:48.72, which was 49 seconds clear of UNC Pembroke's Carri Blankenship in second position, while Law posted a time of 15:27.16 and was one of seven Bears to produce a top-eight finish on in the men's 5,000-meter run. Niemann's time was also a school record.
Kasie Knapp and Kylen Hughes ran strong in the women's steeplechase, finishing with times of 12:37.33 and 13:33.33, respectively.
Joining Niemann in the women's 5,000-meter run for the Bears were Christina Kivi, Iliana Garcia and Caley Cranford. Kivi posted a fourth-place finish with a time of 19:18.62, while Garcia finished eighth with a time of 20:17.58. Cranford posted an 11th-place finish with a time of 21:48.79.
Austin Pfeifer posted a 10th-place finish in the men's 1,500-meter run, finishing with a time of 4:23.05. Joel Aguilar finished the 1,500-meter run in 17th, clocking a time of 4:38.62.
The Mercer cross country teams will return to action on Mar. 23-24, taking part in the Georgia Relays, with the men's team taking part in the 10,000-meters, while the women will compete in the 1,500-meter relay.


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Shrimp Pineapple Kabobs Recipe
"I don't remember where I got this wonderful recipe," jots Terry Hammond from Shohola, Pennsylvania, "but my husband and I just love it! It couldn't be easier and always makes an impression with dinner guests."
- 2 cans (20 ounces each) pineapple chunks
- 2 cups fat-free Italian salad dressing
- 2 cans (8 ounces each) tomato sauce
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons prepared mustard
- 2 pounds uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined (about 64)
- 4 large sweet red peppers, cut into chunks
- 2 large onions, cut into chunks
- Drain pineapple, reserving 1/2 cup juice; refrigerate pineapple. In a small bowl, combine the salad dressing, tomato sauce, brown sugar, mustard and reserved juice. Pour 3 cups into a large resealable plastic bag; add the shrimp. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 3 hours. Cover and refrigerate remaining marinade for basting.
- Drain and discard marinade. On 16 metal or soaked wooden skewers, alternately thread the shrimp, red peppers, onions and pineapple. Using long-handled tongs, moisten a paper towel with cooking oil and lightly coat the grill rack.
- Grill, covered, over medium heat or broil 4 in. from the heat for 6-10 minutes or until shrimp turn pink and vegetables are tender, turning and basting occasionally with reserved marinade. Yield: 8 servings.
Originally published as Pineapple Shrimp Kabobs in Light & Tasty April/May 2006, p63
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FORT ANN, N.Y. - A large section of Route 4 in Fort Ann is still closed in both directions after the state Department of Transportation works to remove debris from a rock slide that happened on Monday morning.
Route 4 remains closed in both directions from Route 22 to Broadway in the area of Kelsey Pond Lane after a massive rock slide occurred just after 9 a.m. Monday.
Crews continue to work removing the massive boulders that pushed their way 50 feet across the roadway into moving traffic.
NYSDOT staff is working to determe the extent of the damage to Route 4 and the best way
to contain the remaining rock that is adjacent to the road. The contractor worked throughout Monday night from both sides of the rock slide.
They say much of the roadway was detroyed and the
highway is expected to reopen later this week.
Police spent the day Monday investigating the incident after one witness reported she was driving as the rock fall occurred and observed a car disappear under the heavy rocks as they fell.
However, the investigation done by state police using heat-seeking technology on a helicopter came back negative for this report, and additional digging efforts led police to be confident no one was trapped under the rocks.
DOT soil engineers reviewed the site and gave the "OK" for the rocks to be smashed and removed.
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Natural Selection 2 News Update - The Babbler King
Techercizer 7th Player Join Date: 2011-06-11 Member: 103832Posts: 1,850MembersI, for one, welcome our new zergling overlords.
Once the infestation reaches the Command Chair, the process begins. One Gorge enters the chair to provide the necessary height. Another climbs on its shoulders to access the controls.
A Gorge Lab is quickly established, staffed by microscopic Gorges who work tirelessly to unlock the secrets of Frontiersman Technology, stopping only to change their lab coats when they become dirtied. Once the research progresses to a certain point, the Gorgecom gives the order. Nanites are called into service.
The armature forms. A chosen Gorge, tested many times in the field of battle, enters the machine.
Servos whir; miniguns spin up in diagnostics; an Exogorge is born.
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Bang on target! South Korea cop 7th straight Olympic archery team gold
LONDON, England (AP) — South Korea won the Olympic gold medal in women's team archery yesterday for the seventh straight time.
Ki Bo-bae, Lee Sung-jin and Choi Hyeonju hugged and pumped their arms in the air after their 210-209 victory of silver medallist China. Japan took bronze for their first ever medal in women's archery.
The American team, which finished second in the ranking round on Friday, fell 218-213 to the Chinese in the quarter-finals. The US trailed by just a point going into the final round but China got five 10s in the final round, while the Americans got only one 10.
Miranda Leek, a first-time Olympian with more experienced teammates, Jennifer Nichols and Khatuna Lorig, said the trio talked about the work they put in to qualify for the games before they shot their last six arrows. They qualified in the last qualifying opportunity in Utah last month.
This is Lorig's fifth Olympics, having represented three countries beginning in 1992, when she won bronze in the team competition on the Unified Team of the former Soviet Union. Nichols has been to two Olympics before.
The US women's team hasn't won a medal since 1988.
"We've been through the pressure cooker," Leek said. "We've been through thick and thin and we've done our fair share of preparation and so all we needed to do at that point was go out there and do what we've been doing to get us to this point. I think we all shot good shoots. It just wasn't enough.
South Korea and China also shot for the title in Beijing under similar rainy conditions. In 2004, the South Koreans also beat the Chinese. Choi said South Korea prides itself on its Olympic achievements. "To win gold is our target because we really, really want to achieve that," Choi said. Fang Yuting of China said she knows South Korea is "a bit stronger" than her team now. "We are determined and we are not afraid of them," she said.


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Every day many people find their bodies choked off from life-sustaining oxygen, a potentially deadly problem.
This could be caused by a blockage (like choking on something or a crushed windpipe), or by liquid infiltrating the lungs and blocking the gas exchange that happens inside them.
This is dangerous because that oxygen needs to get into the lungs for the rest of our bodies to survive. Damaged lungs mean all parts of the body are starved for oxygen. A loss of oxygen can cause damage to the brain and other organs, or can even cause a heart attack, any of which could lead to death.
To extend a doctor's ability to intervene in these situations, one researcher, Dr. John Kheir of Children's Hospital Boston, designed an innovative, and potentially lifesaving, injectable oxygen foam that could keep organs alive even when a person can't breathe.
Testing the foam
The foam is made by surrounding tiny oxygen particles with a layer of fatty molecules to form a tiny bubbles using ultrasonic sound waves in the lab. The foam contains about 50 to 90 percent oxygen. The researchers published their animal trials — performed in rabbits — in the journal Science Translational Medicine on June 27.
The rabbits had blocked windpipes, so they couldn't get oxygen into their lungs. Without the foam, the rabbits were on the verge of death — their blood was dangerously low in oxygen. But when the researchers administered the foam, without reopening the animals' windpipes, the rabbit's blood oxygen levels returned to normal within a few seconds.
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It carries about three to four times as much oxygen as blood does.
Bubbles in the body
The gas bubble membranes allow transfer of oxygen "just as in the lungs: Oxygen gas can cross it and can become solubilized and dissolved in plasma," Kheir said. The oxygen gas diffuses through the fatty layer around the bubble and enters the bloodstream, where it's picked up by red blood cells.
The rabbits kept alive by the foam had many fewer incidences of heart attack and other oxygen-deprivation related injuries than the rabbits that hadn't been injected with the foam.
After the oxygen leaves the lipid bubble, the fatty shells crumple and break apart in the blood vessels. They are picked up and excreted or are reabsorbed. "They end up as circulating lipid globs that are then metabolized by the liver," Kheir said. The animals showed no evidence that these lipid globs hurt them.
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Image concept by J. Kheir; Illustration by E. McIntosh and E. Harris.
The foam doesn't serve the same purpose as blood replacements, which still need the lungs to function in order to deliver oxygen to the body. The injection would give the doctors time to insert a tough-to-place breathing tube, or put the patient on a heart-lung machine.
If it works in larger animal trials, the researchers will hope to get it in to emergency rooms, where it could be used in combination with currently available life-saving strategies. In those situations, an extra few minutes of oxygen is enough to save a life.
"It's intended to make them healthier; it's a short-term substitute which is a very useful thing in my opinion," Kheir said. "It's not going to replace anything that's out there, it's going to make it easier to rescue patients from severely low oxygen levels."


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Global Studies Minor
The global studies minor is a multidisciplinary program that adds a rich, experience-based intercultural emphasis to any student's major course of study. Whereas global studies majors complete both the Los Angeles Term (domestic/multicultural) and the Global Learning Term (international/cross-cultural) programs, minors choose one of the two programs with the guidance of their faculty advisor. They then take a combination of "common" and "track" specific courses. Why a regional program in a global curriculum? The simple answer is that global learning can no longer be defined either by the exoticness of cultures or geographic distance from home. The realities of L.A. and the wider world—whether cultural, economic, political or environmental—interpenetrate and mutually define each other. Students opting for the L.A. Term track interact with peoples and cultural forms from throughout the world, even as students who choose the GLT track encounter peoples and places abroad that are profoundly shaped by financial flows and cultural products originating in cities like Los Angeles.
Program requirements include:
|Requirements for the Global Studies Minor
|25-27 units
|Common courses required for both tracks
GLBL 301Anthropology for Everyday Life
|Select one of the following:
POLI 320Comparative Politics
POLI 385Politics of Developing Countries
POLI 390History and Politics of the Non-Western World
|Choose one of the two tracks listed below
|Los Angeles Term Track (see above for details)
GLBL 320Global Engagement in the 21st Century
GLBL 420Sustainable Societies
|Global Learning Term Track
|Global Learning Term (see above for details)
HIST 210World Geography
GLBL 305Peoples and Places
GLBL 425Integration and Formation Seminar
GLBL 465Globalization and Development
**Meets the Upper-division Writing Intensive requirement.
Sociology Minor
|Sociology Minor Requirements
|21 units
|Core Courses
|6 units
SOC 120Introduction to Sociology*
SOC 298Basic Sociological Theory
|Sociology Electives
|15 units
|Select electives for the sociology minor from the list of sociology major elective courses. In addition, elective choices for the minor include PSYC 299, SOC 471, and SOC 472.
*Meets a General Education core requirement.
^Prerequisite: PSCY110
The TESOL Minor
- Prepares students to teach English as a second language in public adult schools, private language schools, and developing countries.
- Prepares students for service in the U.S. among refugees, immigrants, and international students, and also for mission opportunities abroad.
- Prepares students to pursue graduate studies in TESOL or applied linguistics. TESOL minors who pursue graduate studies in TESOL at APU will already have completed two of the required courses for the M.A. in TESOL.
- Enhances students' prospects for employment or acceptance to a graduate program, including their changes of obtaining a teaching assistantship at a university. In particular, students with the minor are prepared for the California Designated Subject (ESL) Adult Education Teaching Credential.
- Facilitates the development of public speaking and general classroom management skills.
|Requirement Units
|21 units
ENGL 402Principles of Language
ENGL 404Approaches to Grammar
ENGL 406Advanced Composition**
TESL 545Second-language Pedagogy I^
|Select one of the following:
TESL 456Teaching Practicum
TESL 557Reflective Teaching^
|Select one of the following:
ENGL 435Social and Psychological Aspects of Language
TESL 505Second-language Acquisition^
|Select one of the following:
ENGL 405American English Language History
GLBL/COMM 310Intercultural Communications**
**Meets the Upper-division Writing Intensive requirement.
^Senior Standing Required


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Quick Surface RT review roundup54
Hey guys,
Thought I'd post a quick roundup of the reviews that came out tonight of the Surface RT (ordered from what I perceived to be the least to most favorable). Disclaimer: I'm one of you MS fans, and plan on picking up a Surface Friday morning, so I promise when I highlight some negative things below, it's not the product of some terrible bias....
- Takeaway: "There may be a time in the future when all the bugs have been fixed, the third-party app support has arrived, and some very smart engineers in Redmond have ironed out the physical kinks in this type of product which prevent it from being all that it can be. But that time isn't right now — and unfortunately for Microsoft, the clock is ticking." Very mixed review, 7/10.
- Pros: the Verge liked the build quality, the ability to use Office, the performance of the Touch Cover, and the Windows RT OS generally.
- Cons: They didn't like the form factor, finding the size/aspect ratio somewhat awkward, and the hinge/touch-cover combination difficult to use on your lap. They found some performance slowdowns, even in native apps, most notably when playing in-browser video.
- Takeaway: The Surface is most competitive when it includes a Touch Cover, but at the $600 price, the value proposition becomes "trickier." The biggest determining factor is the app selection - "as the store grows, so too will the value of Windows RT systems, and so too will the value of Surface."
- Pros: Loved the build quality, performance was generally good, terrific WiFi reliability/connectivity, Touch Cover works, bright and easily-readable display
- Cons: Tablet stuttered a little when switching back and forth between video and non-video, touchpad wasn't particularly usable, low-res screen
- Takeaway: "if gaming and music and movies and reading are what you're looking to enjoy, then we might advise sitting this one out for a few months just to make sure that all your bases will indeed be covered. If, however, you're looking for an impeccably engineered tablet upon which you can do some serious work, a device that doesn't look, feel or act like a toy, then you should get yourself a Surface with Windows RT."
- Pros: Love the build quality/design, very nice display despite the resolution, Touch covers are surprisingly good, very good battery life, speedy webpage rendering,
- Cons: Some slowdown in app switching, video playback support is limited in terms of formats until VLC is ported over, page-turning in Kindle app can be slow, lots of major apps missing (for now)
- Takeaway: "[O]verall the device is easily in recommendable territory. The biggest issue I have with recommending Surface is that you know the next iteration of the device is likely going to be appreciably better, with faster/more efficient hardware and perhaps even a better chassis... If you've wanted a tablet that could really bridge the content consumption and productivity device, Surface is it."
- Pros: Great build quality, transitions between modes of using it feel seamless, Touch/Type covers are generally very good, flexibility in ports/storage options, great UI responsiveness
- Cons: Type Cover occasionally dropped keystrokes, charge port is annoying, app launching is slow, Atom tablet used for comparison was noticeably quicker.
- Takeaway: "For a first-generation product, the Surface with Windows RT is astonishingly polished. It's not a replacement for a full-strength PC, but as a companion device that offers light weight, excellent entertainment options, and the ability to use full-featured Office apps, it's irresistible... Enthusiastically recommended."
- Pros: Very good battery life and fast charging, very bright and attractive display, able to use kickstand/touchpad combo in the lap, video/audio applications worked stutter-free
- Cons: Not many... makes me a little suspicious of this review...


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NEW YORK (MainStreet) — Let's face it: Retirees may not want to hang up their work clothes forever.
For seniors who want part-time work, a nonprofit agency called ReServe can place older workers — often retirees — in good, part-time jobs that can make a huge difference to their communities in retirement.
U.S. News & World Report cites Alan Greenfield, a 65-year-old site coordinator for a nonprofit tax advisory program in Boston. He earns up to $15 per hour working part-time using his business and financial skills helping lower-income Bostonians meet their financial obligations with the IRS while maximizing their benefits.
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ReServe says its mission is as much about helping seniors build rewarding vocations in their 60s, 70s and beyond as it is about helping the disadvantaged.
"We accomplish our mission by matching 'continuing professionals 55-plus' with rewarding part-time service assignments at nonprofit organizations and public institutions in order to strengthen their communities while earning a modest stipend," the company says on its website.
There are some rules of the road for seniors to follow before signing on with ReServ:
- The organization has a limited reach, operating in New York City (where it has more than 3,000 "reservists," as the company calls staffers) and has recently opened offices in Newark, N.J.; Baltimore; Miami; Milwaukee; and Boston, which rolled out its service in January.
- Jobs are part-time, with most in the 10- to 20-hours-per-week range.
- You have to be 55 or older to qualify.
The nonprofit tries to match senior workers with projects and associations that can harness a particular skill set, such as putting a former financial adviser at a credit counseling service or a retired lawyer at a nonprofit community legal center.


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CNN Again Hosts Van Jones, Host Soledad O'Brien Tosses Mostly Softballs
Once again, CNN hosted former Obama "green jobs" czar Van Jones, giving him plenty of air-time to tout his new book and defend himself against accusations from conservatives. Unsurprisingly, anchor Soledad O'Brien tossed mostly softballs at Jones on Wednesday's Starting Point.
However, even though O'Brien passsed on grilling the former Obama advisor, conservative guest Will Cain was up to the task. "You said you flirted with socialism, communism, various aspects," Cain told Jones, and asked "What I'm curious about is when you were inside, you were part of this administration. How much does your ideology reflect the ideology of the administration?" [Video below the break. Audio here.]
That question prompted a defensive response from Jones, who accused people like Cain of "smearing me and lying about what my ideas are." Jones, Obama's "green jobs" special advisor, resigned from the administration in 2009 after reports surfaced over his controversial past. He had previously signed a petition that charged the Bush administration may have allowed 9/11 to happen, called Republicans "a**holes," and described himself as a communist, among other things.
On Starting Point, Jones admitted to his radical past but put it behind him. "Look, I was on the left side of Pluto when I was in my 20s," he told the panel.
O'Brien also failed to ask Jones about the failure of "green energy" companies, like Solyndra, that received Stimulus money from the Obama administration. Jones himself told her that his philosophy of "creating green jobs, putting people to work in green industries is exactly what the President ran on." So how did O'Brien not then ask him about the failure of multiple "green energy" companies that were subsidized by Obama?
The liberal Jones has been a welcome guest on CNN before, to talk about Occupy Wall Street. CNN host Suzanne Malveaux even flattered him that he would make a "good spokesperson" for the movement.
A transcript of the segments, which aired on April 4 on Starting Point beginning at 7:53 a.m. EDT, is as follows:
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN: We want to talk about Van's book because not only is he a panelist this morning. He's also written a new book. It's called "Rebuild the Dream." And it's all about being inside the Obama White House. You write about the hope bubble being burst. You say this, "Where did the forces that elected Obama go wrong? The movement didn't crash primarily because of the losers of 2008 created a fear machine. It crashed because the winners mishandled and inadvertently dismantled the hope machine." That's an interesting perspective. You say this is three books in one. What do you mean?
O'BRIEN: You say this, "We overestimated our achievement in 2008, we underestimated our opponents. We did not lose because the backlashers got so loud. We lost because the rest of us got so quiet. Too many of us treated Obama's inauguration as some kind of finish line and we should have seen it as the starting line. Too many of us sat down at the very moment when we should have stood up." So what was the implication of that do you think?
VAN JONES, co-founder, Rebuild the Dream: Sure, well, the problem was I think that – progressives, Democrats and the independents that elected Obama, we thought, look, you got Obama in the White House. You got 60 votes in the Senate –
O'BRIEN: Done and done.
JONES: – you got Pelosi –
O'BRIEN: – for the Democrats –
JONES: We're done. So we thought that was enough to govern. It turns out that was only one third. You also have to have a disciplined media strategy, Fox was able to demonstrate that, and you have to have a grassroots movement, people. The Tea Party demonstrated that. LBJ did not lead the Civil Rights Movement. Obama is the head of state. He's not supposed to also be a social movement leader, but the grassroots didn't understand that. We expected him to do for us what we have to do for ourselves.
WILL CAIN, CNN contributor: Interesting that your disappointment in the accomplishments of this administration is largely focused on those outside who opposed it. Van, your ideology as opposed to your activism – we're talking about your ideology here – it's been very open. You said you flirted with socialism, communism, various aspects. What I'm curious about is when you were inside, you were part of this administration. How much does your ideology reflect the ideology of the administration?
JONES: Well, first of all, it's funny. The reason I wrote the book is because, you know, people like this had such a great job of smearing me and lying about what my ideas are.
O'BRIEN: Do we need to separate the two of you?
CAIN: No, I'm not. If I'm wrong, please tell me I'm wrong. But I thought you were open about some of these things.
JONES: Let me finish. I figured you'd jump in here and try to make some points for yourself. But here's the deal, the reality is this. I, just like a lot of people when I was younger I experiment – some people experimented with drugs and alcohol. I experimented with ideas, world views, philosophies. When I was younger, I decided that I was going to do everything I could to change the system, to make sure that poor people didn't mistreated. I grew up, I learned, I changed.
And just like Shirley Sherrod who could tell her story about how she used to be, you know, suspicious of white people and then she learned, I was going around telling my story, that the way you're going to deal with poverty is with business solutions. The way you're going to deal with poverty is with free enterprise. The way you're going to deal with poverty is putting people to work.
O'BRIEN: But you didn't answer Will's question, which is how much of what your philosophy is reflects what was going on in the administration.
JONES: My philosophy of using business-based solutions to fight both poverty and pollution, putting – creating green jobs, putting people to work in green industries is exactly what the President ran on. My mature views are the views of the administration. And so the reason I wrote the book, we are now living in a situation where the information system is very sophisticated, but the wisdom system is not.
O'BRIEN: And we're back with our conversation. We were talking earlier about politics and also Van's book, which is called "Rebuild the Dream." And the two of you were getting into it a little bit. You took great umbrage when you mentioned socialism and communism and then you – and asked sort of how that would frame – I think I'm re-framing this correctly – what the –
CAIN: I reflected on the President's ideology. Van took big issue with that. And I want him to tell me where have I got it wrong?
O'BRIEN: What's wrong with that question?
JONES: Oh, well, basically, I think what I wanted to be able to clarify with you, and we were talking off camera –
O'BRIEN: You can hit him if you want to.
O'BRIEN: I'm kidding.
JONES: Look, all – all these are fair questions. Look, I was on the left side of Pluto when I was in my 20s. Everybody knows that. I was talk – I talked about that on the record. But what I learned is as I was you know going through the rest of my life, those ideas were not working. We – I was going to more funerals than graduations for kids in Oakland. And I said we've got to do something to get jobs in this community.
And so we – the solar industry was taking off, so we said why don't we get these young kids jobs putting up solar panels? And it opened up a whole new way of my understanding about how it is you could use enterprise – green businesses to fight both pollution and poverty.
Wrote – wrote a book about it. Those were the ideas that I think captured the attention of a lot of people in the country. I got a chance to go to the White House, I was there for six months working on those ideas. I think those are good ideas, I think they're good ideas because they're good – if you believe in markets, they're great because they're free-market based ideas. And the book talks about that.
CAIN: So what I'm appreciating – what I appreciated about Van and it didn't come off I guess personally between us, is the honesty in his own ideology. And he's telling us now where he was versus where he is today.
JONES: Right.
CAIN: And what I'm curious about is – even – but even today you embrace some concepts like the Occupy protest. And – and what I'm curious about is how much do the Occupy protests in this – wherever we put it on the left end of the spectrum, reflect on the President? And you've had personal interactions and worked with the President, there's the source of my question.
JONES: Sure I mean, I think the President –
O'BRIEN: And did he want to you resign? When you resigned from your position was there pressure?
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Is it just me, or has the MSM defaulted to interviewing
Submitted by johnsonl on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 5:38pm.
each other and agitating?
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Sorry, don't buy it. This guy
Submitted by MrSnuggles on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 5:50pm.
Sorry, don't buy it. This guy is as big a marxist as he was when he was in his 20s.
Would anyone on the right ever get a pass for their Nazi past (hypothetical question)?
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The National Socialists were right wing?
Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 6:13pm.
mmmmmm, who knew that our socialists would adopt so many right wing policies?
1. Price controls on goods and services
2. Nationalized Health Care
3. National controls on housing including subsidies
4. Blame the rich (Jews) for societies inequalities.
5. Peoples' Automobile (Volkswagen)
6. Government-created "equality" (as long as you were the "right" race).
7. Removal of religious powers (Jews , Catholics , Lutherans , Christians)
8. Overt racism.
9. State approved media
10. Centrally planned government that controlled allocation of resources .
11. Redistribution of property that benefited the establishment party members.
12. Forced abortions, sterilizations, medical experiments and other atrocities by government done
for the common good AKA "eugenics" .
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Don't get me wrong, I know
Submitted by MrSnuggles on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 8:14pm.
Don't get me wrong, I know the Nazi's were as left wing as Stalin I was merely trying to come up with a equally absurd example on the right of Van Jones suddenly NOT being a commie anymore and the media just accepting it at face value.
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Submitted by Unsane on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 8:51pm.
The Nazi's weren't Left wing. If they were, they would not permit private property. Not to mention, the KPD would be their bosom buddies, instead of brawling with the Nazis in the streets.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
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Left Wing
Submitted by lilium479 on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 9:37pm.
Read your history.......Fascism , Nazism, Communism are all Left Wing.
They only differ in degree.
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Read YOUR history, hypocrite
Submitted by Unsane on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 9:50pm.
Unfortunately for you I have probably studied history for longer than you have been alive. What, is Richard J. Evans three-volume series on the Third Reich not good enough for you? Or Shirer's tome?
If the Nazis were so Left wing, please explain why they permitted provate property. Please also explain why the Communists wanted nothing to do with them and engaged in street battles with the Nazis.
People in glass houses should not throw stones.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
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Read some real history...
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 9:59pm.
There were and are ideological features of nazism and fascism found in both wings.
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Yeah the liberal historians use to love fascism more
Submitted by gmaniac1 on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 9:54pm.
than communism actually, especially Mussolini and Franco. Nazis may be to the right of Stalin but only ever so slightly. The liberal historians would love for us to believe that Nazis are a right wing ideology since that whole holocaust thing got in the way of their agenda.
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Submitted by Unsane on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 9:55pm.
So why didn't Stalin order the KPD to throw in with the Nazis to form a coalition government and take over Germany legally that way?
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
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I don't know I'm not Stalin but if I ever see him in Hell
Submitted by gmaniac1 on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 11:41pm.
I'll ask. Maybe Stalin was having a bad hair day who knows?
From a historical perspective the Nazis and Commies were alike except in one simple fashion which is in how they industrialized their countries. Fascists do use different fiscal principles but only by means of privatization of industry through government. That's why the Ron Paul fans always called Bush a fiscal fascist because of the first stimulus bill which did just that, i.e. privatized industry through government intervention. Commies are full fledged command and control economists so need to explain that. However, Nazis and Commies are more closely related in ideological terms technically speaking than fiscal/social conservatives.
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Left vs Right
Submitted by Unsane on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 5:53pm.
Actually, Stalin was having a bad moustache day. And also, Stalin knew that the Nazis and Communists did not get along. Actually, THAT is an understatement. Put a Commie and a Nazi in the same room and they will be trying to kill each other within minutes.
The reason - the SOLE reason - the Nazis and Fascists are kicked to the Right is due to one concept: private property. The Nazis and Fascists were good with private property (so long as you did what the State told you and weren't a political enemy, no problem, go ahead and own property). The Communists cannot and do not tolerate private property.
Also, so long as aristocrats/upper-class supported the State, Nazis and Fascists left them alone by and large. The Communists wanted them wiped out: aristocracy and the upper class were enemy #1 to them.
Yes, the systems of each look very much alike, but how each get to that point is the source of the political argument.
"Privatized industry through government intervention" What was privatized? Did Bush get rid of Amtrak in 2008? Last I saw, in the first stimulus bill, an argument could be made that nationalization occurred, not privatization. (But then the Ron Paul worshippers, the reactionaries that they are, don't get very much right.)
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
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6 things jump right out at you..
Submitted by greggy on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 6:39pm.
1. Van Jones constantly side-steps and avoids specifically answering the question, about his having identified himself as a communist, and saying he adhered to socialism.
2. Van Jones never did answer the question, concerning the extent to which socialist and communist ideology is held by other members of Obama's administration.
3. Van Jones states "people like this had such a great job of smearing me and lying about what my ideas are", but never once gives a single example of something he'd been falsely accused of saying or doing. Even when prompted by Cain to provide such an example, Van Jones was not able to state a single denial of his self-ID as a communist/socialist, nor to state a single thing he'd been "smeared" about.
4. Van Jones makes a vague reference to "dabbling" or "flirting with" communism and socialism when "he was in his 20's", yet some of his comments in question were well after that.
5. Van Jones first disingenuously states that the question Cain asked is just a smear - then later states "all these are fair questions". So, when first asked about his statements of support for communism and socialism, he flatly denies it, basically saying this is a lie and a smear, then a few minutes later, states "all these are fair questions". In other words, admitting that what Cain asked him about was true and it was legitimate - a few minutes after saying it was all "lies and smears" from people like Cain.
6. When O'Brien gives Jones permission to hit Cain, it's because she likes Van Jones and doesn't like the question Cain asks - even though she admits it's a totally legitimate question. Is she joking? Of course. But does the joke signal that she likes Van Jones and dislikes the fact that Can has put him on the spot? Of course. The joking permission to hit Cain is rooted in her genuine affection for the liberal, and lack of affection toward the conservative.
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FLIRTED with
Submitted by celator on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 7:54pm.
FLIRTED with communism????
More like he jumped into Lenin's swimming pool and never got out.
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Bigot birds flocking
Submitted by sngnsgt on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 8:07pm.
Bigot birds flocking together. Ain't it grand!!
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Soleda, Oh Sloedad
Submitted by lilium479 on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 8:30pm.
A racist and a communist......not so strange bedfellows........and CNN?
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Soledad is every bit as pointless as Mika...
Submitted by krendler on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 8:38pm.
...only Soledad's a lot more obsessed with skin color than Mika is.
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Questions I'd like answered
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 9:51pm.
Who funds Rebuild the Dream? How much money is in there? How much does Van Jones make? How much are the other executives paid? Is it non-profit? What do they produce/services do they provide?
Because I'm thinking of starting up an organization with no measurable goals that I can earn a lot of money running and I'm wondering if this is my model.
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The good news....
Submitted by KornKing on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 10:37pm.
9 or 10 people watch Soledad masturbating every day....
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Spoken like Bill Maher.
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 10:37pm.
Aren't you special.
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delete double
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 11:27pm.
delete double
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Korn King
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 10:46pm.
Korn King, your vulgar "jokes" like this one and your description of Mike Malloy are not funny.
Try making a reasoned argument instead of tossing off lousy one-liners.
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But he is soooooooooo gush, gush cute.........
Submitted by Tomorama on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 9:47am.
He was on Morning Schmoe this morning as part of his reinvention tour and as expected got total props and slurping from the usual suspects - softballs and slurps for everyone.
Of course Beck was made out to be a liar for REPORTING his actual words and thoughts - how dare he.
They would like to hold a milkshake summit to discuss their differences.
Beck would come armed with facts, Jones with lies and bullshit.
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Why is this commie on TV?
Submitted by sngnsgt on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 9:57am.
Why is this commie on TV?
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Ohhhh Van Jones......
Submitted by bigdaddy on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 10:13am.
....He's SO Dreamy!!!....
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Standards 2
- Movie Music
Preview the Music
Music is often spoken
of as forming the soundtrack of our
lives. Movie score music compounds the effect,
marrying melody with image, the exponential power of
24 frames per second combined with soaring tunes and
magical counterpoint to provide all of us who love
the movies a powerful emotional and cultural
reference point, time and again. And who doesn't
love a good movie or song?
These songs are standards in both the jazz and
cinematic sense.
Compiling any sort of list, however, risks sinning
by omission. Nowhere does this seem more evident
than in a collection of music from movies. Please
forgive these sins. Each musician was invited to
bring in a tune or two for the project. We played
the music in concert the evening before the
recording, and were encouraged by the audience's
delight in reliving these timeless melodies as told
by the jazz quartet. We're already looking forward
to the next volume.
KMF Audio Stereo Tube Microphone figures heavily in
Standards 2, Movie Music, as it did in
the making of the Grammy-nominated Standards CD. We
hope you'll enjoy listening to the sounds on this
album as much as we enjoyed making them. The tunes
and the films from whence they come deserve mention:
The 1939 film Gone With The Wind is widely
considered to be one of the greatest movies ever
made. Max Steiner's score for this epic is a
masterpiece unto itself. Over 2� hours of music are
heard throughout the film, and "no other film score
has found such a warm and lasting place in the
affections of so many people," according to film
music historian Rudy Behlmer. "Steiner's theme for
Tara is the most recognizable melody from the film.
I can grasp that feeling for Tara," said Steiner in
1939, "which moved Scarlett's father and which is
one of the finest instincts in her, that love for
the soil where she had been born, love of the life
before her own which had been founded so strongly.
That is why the Tara theme begins and ends the
picture and permeates the entire score."� My
arrangement here treats the first 3 notes of the
melody as a pickup to the tune. This was the first
track recorded for the album, and we got the
performance in a single take. The blowing changes
come from "I Fall in Love Too Easily"� ~ how
appropriate for Scarlett! ~ written by Jule Styne
and Sammy Cahn for the 1945 film Anchors Aweigh.
West Side Story opened on Broadway in 1957,
became a Hollywood blockbuster in 1961, and its
can be considered the signature work of Leonard
Bernstein and librettist Stephen Sondheim.
Biographer Humphrey Burton writes: "Bernstein had
originally intended his song "Somewhere"� to serve
(with a different lyric) as the love music for the
balcony scene between Tony and Maria played on a
tenement fire escape. (Book author Arthur) Laurents
and (director-choreographer Jerome) Robbins were not
convinced, so Bernstein and Sondheim created a new
love duet, using the "Tonight"� music from the
quintet heard later in the act. "Somewhere"� found
its ideal position in the second act as the
introduction to the dream ballet. The tune finds an
ideal position here as track #2, While this musical
has inspired many jazz album versions, Alan Pasqua's
arrangement of "Somewhere"� is an evocative and
swinging retelling, and Bob Mintzer's classical tone
perfectly suits Bernstein's ode to the two young
lovers. The film starred Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer as Maria and Tony; the voices heard singing
in the movie belong to vocalists Marni Nixon and
Jimmy Bryant.
the character Dr. Kildare appears in many films
(including Young Dr. Kildare (1938),
Calling Dr. Kildare (1939), The Secret of Dr.
Kildare (1939), Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
(1940), Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940), Dr.
Kildare's Crisis (1940), The People vs. Dr.
Kildare (1941), Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
(1941), Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942), and so
on), the theme song heard here comes from the
medical drama television series which ran from
September 27, 1961 until April 5, 1966, for a total
of 190 episodes. Kildare told the story of young
intern Dr. James Kildare (Richard Chamberlain),
working in a fictional large metropolitan hospital
(Blair General) whilst trying to learn his
profession, dealing with the problems of the
patients and winning the respect of senior doctor
Dr. Leonard Gillespie (Raymond Massey). In the
series' first episode, Gillespie tells the earnest
Kildare, "Our job is to keep people alive, not to
tell them how to live." Kildare ignores the advice,
which provides the basis for stories over the next
four seasons. The main theme by Jerry Goldsmith is
one of the finest and most memorable to come out of
Hollywood, and the song "Three Stars Will Shine
Tonight,"� crafted from the title music, became a hit
single in 1962. Vardan Ovsepian wrote the
The Gay Divorcee is a 1934 American film
based on the musical play Gay Divorce.
Censorship guardians
of the time, The Hays Office, insisted on the name
change, believing that while a divorcee could be gay
or lighthearted, it would be unseemly to allow a
divorce to appear so. The movie stars Fred Astaire
and Ginger Rogers, and is a screwball musical comedy
with a slim plot. While this was the second of the
Rogers and Astaire musicals (Flying Down to Rio
(1933) being the first), it is the first of the
series to feature Ginger and Fred as the main
attraction. The stage version included many songs by
Cole Porter, most of which were cut from the film,
"Night and Day" being a notable exception. Bob
Mintzer's arrangement allows for the band to really
open up and stretch out. While doing so we all
shared a collective realization of how great the
tune is. Fred sings it in the film on a beach at
night; we played it during an afternoon in the
Neurosciences Institute's lecture hall. The song
works wherever and whenever you play it. Maybe that's why Cole Porter called it Night and Day.
Baby is a 1968 American horror/thriller film
written and directed by Roman Polanski, based on the
bestselling 1967 novel of the same name by Ira
Levin. Krzysztof Komeda (born Krzysztof Trzciński 27
April 1931 in Poznań, 23 April 1969 in Warsaw) was
a Polish physician, composer and jazz pianist.
Perhaps best-known for his work in film, Komeda
wrote the scores for Polański's Rosemary's Baby,
The Fearless Vampire Killers, Knife in the
Water and Cul-de-sac. Komeda's 1966 album
Astigmatic is widely regarded as one of the
most important European jazz albums, described by
one critic as "marking a shift away from the
dominant American approach with the emergence of a
specific European aesthetic." The Komeda Sextet
became the first Polish jazz group playing modern
jazz, and its pioneering performances opened the way
for jazz in Poland. Komeda came to Los Angeles in
1968 to compose the music for Rosemary's Baby. In
December 1968, Komeda had a tragic accident there as
a result of friendly but drunken rough & tumble with
writer Marek Hłasko; Komeda fell down and suffered
head injuries that would later prove fatal. The
Komeda Jazz Festival has been held on a regular
basis in Poland since its inception in 1995. We are
grateful to bassist Darek Oles� Oleszkiewicz for
bringing this haunting melody to the project.
Cinema Paradiso is a love letter to the
movies, and Ennio Morricone's melody is as
unforgettable as the
film (Morricone's son Andrea is also credited).
Originally titled Nuovo cinema Paradiso and
released in 1988, it won an Academy Award for Best
Foreign Film. Told largely in flashback to childhood
years, it tells the story of the return of
successful film director Salvatore to his native
Sicilian village for the funeral of old friend
Alfredo who was the projectionist at the local
"Cinema Paradiso". Young Salvatore (Totò) develops
the passion for films that shapes his life's path.
In several scenes of movies being shown at the
cinema, there is frequent booing from the audience
during the censored sections. The films suddenly
jump, missing a critical kiss or embrace. The local
priest has order these sections be cut. Alfredo's
widow tells Salvatore that the old man left him
something: an unlabeled reel of film. Salvatore
returns to Rome and watches Alfredo's reel and
discovers that it is a very special montage. It
contains all of the kiss scenes that the priest
ordered to be cut out of the reels. The powerful
magic of music fusing with imagery can best be
appreciated watching this scene. Apropos of these
kisses, I employ the chord changes of You Or
No One� (from another movie, 1948's Romance On The
High Seas, song written by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn
and sung by Doris Day) to provide us with an
improvisational grid.
Melody of 1940 is an MGM movie musical starring
Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell and George Murphy. It
was directed by Norman Taurog and features music by
Cole Porter, including "Begin the Beguine" in what
is considered to be one of MGM's finer set pieces
for dance (and acknowledged as being the longest
popular song ever written), and I Concentrate On
You, a dance routine credited by at least one
critic as being a cinematic low point. The song is
good, however. The film was the fourth and final
entry in MGM's loosely connected "Broadway Melody"
series, and is notable for being the only on-screen
pairing of Astaire and Powell, who were considered
the finest movie musical dancers of their time. Fred
Astaire had just left RKO, and Broadway Melody...
was his first leading-role film for MGM. Astaire was
reportedly slightly intimidated by Powell, as she
was considered one of the few female dancers capable
of out-performing Astaire. According to Powell in
her introduction to the book The MGM Story, the
feeling was somewhat mutual.
Powell recalled finally saying to Astaire, "Look, we
can't go on like this. I'm Ellie; you're Fred. We're
just two hoofers," after which, they got along well,
and rehearsed so much they wore out their pianist.
The trailer for the movie proclaims: "big as
Broadway and twice as gay!" That's saying something.
Bob Mintzer arranged this Porter tune as well.
"For All We Know"� is a popular song published in
1934, the music written by J. Fred Coots with lyrics
by Sam M. Lewis. The Rosemary Clooney version is
heard over the closing credits of Dan Ireland's 2005
British film, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont. Alan Pasqua created this album's brooding arrangement.
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Sesame Chicken Strips Recipe
These tasty chicken strips dipped in the lightly sweet sauce are a wonderful finger food. They go over really well at outdoor summer gatherings. This recipe puts a new twist on fried chicken - a staple at most picnics. -Teri Rasey, Cadillac, Michigan
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons dried minced onion
- 2 teaspoons ground mustard
- 1 cup crushed butter-flavored crackers
- 1/2 cup sesame seeds
- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons honey
- In a shallow bowl, combine the mayonnaise, onion and mustard. In another shallow bowl, combine the crackers and sesame seeds. Cut chicken lengthwise into 1/4-in. strips.
- Dip strips into mayonnaise mixture, then into the sesame seed mixture. Place in a single layer on a large greased baking sheet.
- Bake at 425° for 15-18 minutes or until juices run clear. Combine sauce ingredients and serve with chicken strips. Yield: 10-12 appetizer servings.
Originally published as Sesame Chicken Strips in Taste of Home August/September 1995, p29
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This is nice.
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2013 Edited Nov. 13, 2013
This is nice and tasty.
Reviewed Mar. 5, 2012
Very tasty & a healthier option than fried chicken strips!
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2011
This is an all-time favorite of our family! I use less than half of the mayonnaise and stir the chicken strips into it.
Reviewed Aug. 1, 2011
These were pretty good. I didn't get a lot of sesame flavor, so maybe I should have toasted the seeds. I used chicken tenders, and they were nice and crispy. I didn't make the sauce since there was enough mayo in the recipe already. I sprayed my baking sheet and didn't have any trouble with them sticking.
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Well, too bad, because it's getting one: Howard Stern is co-producing a remake of the 1982 film that will have its script penned by Alex Winter, a.k.a. Bill from the Bill & Ted movies and the director of Extreme's video for "Decadence Dance." "This movie seemed so ripe for a remake," Winter told Variety. Call me crazy, but I have a feeling that the role of the Ramones will get played by, I don't know, McFly or Busted or some other band that some desperate major-label exec is really trying to "break." And if that does indeed come to pass, the whole enterprise is going to be more than a little bogus, dude. [Variety / YouTube]
Does The World Need A "Rock N Roll High School" Remake? (Even If It's Written By Bill S. Preston, Esq.?)
God! MTV wants to remake Rocky Horror Picture Show and now this. No people. NO!
I'm going to advocate the devil on this one. Between THE IDIOT BOX and FREAKED, Winter has a track record of inventive, oddball stuff. If someone has to remake the movie (and believe you me, I'm not saying they have to), then he's as good of a guy as any.
I don't get super-pissy about remakes, generally. There's been no law passed that I know of demanding that all old copies of the original movies be rounded up and burned. At this point, it's just fun to sit back and watch Hollywood desperately scramble to "re-imagine" any moldy ol' property that has one iota of brand recognition.
I look forward to the "Forbidden Zone" remake with Spencer and Heidi.
Wyld Stallions! ?
Oh come on, we all know that Tokio Hotel is going to be involved one way or another.
@tigerpop: Well they are one of Howard's favorite bands, although the death of Derek Frigo will obviously be an obstacle to a full reunion.
@Maura Johnston: For "Rock N' Roll High School?" That would actually be best case scenario, wouldn't it?
One of the main reasons why RNRHS worked (besides the fact that PJ Soles is STRAIGHT FIRE) is because the central conceit of the Ramones inspiring Beatlemania-like symptoms in a town's teenfolk is just freaking hysterical. Sure, the Ramones were as popular as they were ever going to be in 1980, but it was always going to be with the kids who hung out behind the school.
If you're telling me that this movie is going to be about a bunch of teeners who are killing themselves to get high on a New Thing, as it were, then I would Shalit your ass by saying, "Enuf is certainly NOT Enuf! Fly High, Michelle to your local cineplex, because it doesn't take an Animal With Human Intellegence to know that I'll B the 1 2 Luv this movie!"
What if they got King's X, and called it "Rock N' Roll Parochial School?" I'd see that.
Arcade Fire?
Just be glad this wasn't done ten years ago as "Rap 'n' Roll High School", centered around Crazy Town.
Only if they bring back Clint Howard as Eaglebauer.
@Maura Johnston: I know! He was really quite good, too.
@joshservo: King's X are playing with the reunited Extreme in NYC on Monday. So tempted.
Good Charlotte?
@The Van Buren Boys: Haha. Tokio Hotel would be HILARIOUS!!!! Or emos like MCR.
Paramore? Come on, girl power. She could at least actually BE in high school….
Or something hip hoppier? Are Gym Class Heroes hip-hoppy rock? I have no idea. Then Katy Perry could be in it, too! (This seems disturbingly feasible.)
If it was made super contemporary, it might at least be useful in some way as a memento.
If they try to copy it outright, baby pandas and ducklings will cry. If they try to give it hipster appeal it will just turn out like…Where the Wild Things Are or something.
This is sacrilege, plain and simple.
Let's just hope something will match the first movie's awkward attempt to posit Joey Ramone as crush-worthy.


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... It spikes? Never seen it do anythin' 'sides diagonal-upwards knockback.
Ganon's Up-Tilt can knock someone off a ledge, but not spike.
The opponent gets knocked diagonally-downwards on low percentages, and diagonally upwards on high percentages. They can still recover quite easily.
Demo 2.6 removed Ness's Easter Egg. ;__;
And Charizard's Side-Taunt is different, I think. I don't remember if that was the same in 2.5b.
Toon Link's Bombs (Down-B) now deal two consecutive hits upon impact. Makes them a lot stronger, but more risky.
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Classic is very traditional and timeless. Simple. It is very ladylike and tailored. Think of Grace Kelly and Katherine Hepburn
Chic is very powerful. It is sometimes monochromatic. Great accessories are a must. Think Jackie Kennedy-Onassis and Audrey Hepburn
Whimsical or playful style can be very eclectic. At first look you may think it was just thrown together. You can get very creative with this style. Vintage clothing can also play a part in this look. Think Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City.
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