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"The Antidote explores the negative path."
I used to do the lab. work for a local group of oncologists, and one evening I heard someone crying in the waiting room. The rest of the staff had left and the doctors were doing rounds, so I went to see what was going on. I found a patient, sitting there, crying quietly. She had been in remission twice, but had recently relapsed. She said she needed to talk to one of the doctors because she didn't know what she was doing wrong. When we talked further, she said she had been using some visualization tapes, where you are directed to imagine that lasers or your vigilante white cells are killing your tumor. She had also been using some "positive thinking for cancer patients" tapes where you are told to repeat, "I am healthy" and "I am cancer-free." She was incredibly upset, not so much by the cancer, but because she felt that her inability to cure herself with positive thinking meant that she was doing something wrong and it was her fault. For me, that moment confirmed that positive thinking, used in the wrong circumstances and for the wrong reasons, can do more harm than good. The Antidote explores that interesting idea.
Oliver Burkeman is not out to bash positive thinking, but rather to explore "the negative path", the idea that the more we search for happiness and security, the less we achieve them. This is done through chapters on Stoicism, the ways goals can be counterproductive or destructive, insecurity, the nonattachment of Zen Buddhism, failure, and our fear of death. He presents ideas about what might make our lives less unhappy, but this isn't in the typical self-help form of strict rules or a program to be blindly followed.
The conclusions Burkeman seems to come to are to embrace insecurity, and stop searching for happiness and quick fixes. Rather than thinking about everything in a positive way, it is much better to see things realistically, accurately, and truthfully. That is a philosophy I wholeheartedly agree with.
"Unremarkable small town, Remarkable story"
Although Plainsong is set in an unremarkable small town in Colorado, it is itself a remarkable story. The variety of characters and the situations they face are all written by Haruf with plain, simple, understated, and unflinching language; it is his writing that makes this story so quietly evocative and compelling. Tom Stechshulte's narration is perfect.
Holt, Colorado is populated by many characters, high school teacher Tom Guthrie, his depressed and fading-away wife Ella, their young sons Ike and Bobby, pregnant teenager Victoria Roubideaux, her abusive boyfriend Dwayne, bachelor brothers and ranchers Raymond and Harold McPheron, and teacher Maggie Jones, whose stories are told in alternating and overlapping chapters. There is loss of innocence, sex, violence, and death, but there is also kindness, decency, community, and family.
Plainsong is an honest and eloquently-told story that will be with me for a long time.
"She's drunk, divorced, and despondent"
Rachel, drunk, divorced, and despondent, is the girl on the train who uses her commute to obsessively watch her ex-husband Tom, his new wife Anna, and their baby. She also makes up names and a life story for the "perfect couple", Jess and Jason, who live in the same row of houses along the railroad tracks. When Jess (really Megan) is murdered, Rachel approaches the police with her observations and imaginings. Her alcohol-induced blackouts make her an unreliable witness and narrator.
What I hoped for with The Girl on the Train was something akin to Rear Window, but it didn't measure up to Hitchcock or the hype for me. While it was a pleasurable, i.e., average read, some of the book's initial strengths became its weaknesses in the end. The jumps of the story between narrators along with moving from present to past kept me guessing for the first half, but later became clunky, scrambled, and confusing. I felt there was a distinct lack of character development, to the point that at times it was hard to tell Rachel, Anna, and Megan apart. Rachel's alcoholic blackouts with only vague glimpses of what might have happened keep the reader wondering, but the reliance on her returning memories at the end of the book is completely at odds with what she herself (and more importantly, science!) has told us:
"But I'm feeling dispirited about ever recalling what happened on Saturday. A few hours of (admittedly hardly exhaustive) Internet research this afternoon confirmed what I suspected: hypnosis is not generally useful in retrieving hours lost due to blackout because, as my previous reading suggested, we do not make memories during blackout. There is nothing to remember. It is, will always be, a black hole in my timeline."
These are all things that kept The Girl on the Train from being great for me, but it was a pleasant and passable book.
"Hauntingly beautiful and tragic tale"
Several weeks ago, I was lucky enough to come across the perfect book at the perfect time, and it has happened again with Burial Rites. The bleak, gray, and icy grip of winter here has provided the perfect backdrop for Hannah Kent's incredibly well-written debut novel. She tells the tragic story of maidservant Agnes Magnúsdóttir, the last person executed in Iceland in 1830 after she and two others were convicted of killing Natan Ketilsson and neighbor Pétur Jónsson. Because there were no prisons in Iceland, Agnes is sent to live and work with District Officer Jón Jónsson, his wife, and two daughters on their farm. We come to know Agnes and her story through her talks with her spiritual advisor, young reverend Tóti, who is meant to prepare Agnes for her punishment so she can meet her end with contrition.
Kent has researched her topics well, and writes about the details of water-collecting, knitting socks, making blood sausage, shearing, lambing, and slaughter that make life on the farm difficult on a good day. She never hits the reader over the head with these illustrative details, but they are presented simply as an integral part of the story.
The narrator, Morven Christie, is superb, in her pronunciation of Icelandic names, timbre, and emotion. I was tempted to give Burial Rites four stars, but Christie's narration makes it a five-star listen. This is a book that will stay with me for quite a while.
"Self-control is a skill we CAN develop!"
It is a bit ironic and telling that while reading The Marshmallow Test I wanted Dr. Mischel to just give me the tips and tricks that would enable me to gain more self-control. Even if I lack patience now and probably would have been one of the children that wanted one marshmallow right now, he has written a book that gives me hope along with plenty of scientific explanation that self-control is a skill that I can develop, nurture and practice. I think he does an excellent job of explaining what self-control is, where it is warranted, instances where it may be more appropriate not to delay gratification, and what we might gain in our lives if we are able to better hone our willpower. As every science and statistics student has learned, correlation does not imply causation, and Dr. Mischel gives a well-reasoned explanation of what the ability to delay gratification may be correlated with. The reader is left with a clear understanding that waiting to get two marshmallows later instead of gobbling one immediately does not cause an easy and worry-free life! As other reviewers have stated, this is not a self-help book with a series of steps to be followed, but it is thoughtful and thought-provoking writing from the man who has spent his life researching self-control and provided us with the tools he has discovered.
"McEwan has written perfection in this novel."
Thank you, Ian McEwan, for writing exactly the book I've looked forward to for many months. Rationalism, science, biology, logic, law, and the absence of unnecessary drama and hyperbole are all things I prize in life, and it was a real pleasure to have them written so incredibly well in the character of Fiona Maye in The Children Act. Fiona is an English High Court judge in the Family Division who must decide the fate of Adam Henry, a 17-year-old Jehovah's Witness who has leukemia and is refusing a life-saving transfusion. Fiona is also dealing with a crisis in her personal life; her husband Jack has announced to her that "I love you, but before I drop dead, I want one big passionate affair."
Some of the best parts of The Children Act are the beautifully reasoned details of several of Fiona's decisions. In her judgements, she tries to bring "reasonableness to hopeless situations." Her decision in Adam's case has consequences that affect Fiona's personal life, and part of the miracle of this book is that McEwan writes this human drama without TV movie dramatics or bashing of religious beliefs. This is the first book I've read by Ian McEwan, and I'll approach some of his other books with a bit of trepidation, but The Children Act is about as close to perfection in a novel as I've ever read.
"Lydia is dead. But they don't know this yet."
"Lydia is dead. But they don't know this yet." I couldn't read the opening sentence of Everything I Never Told You and not read the book. As a mother, I would like to think that my connection to my sons is so strong that I would know if something life-threatening had happened to them. I know this maternal connection fairy tale I tell myself may be a bit at odds with reality, but it still bothers me intensely that a child could be dead and her family might not know it. Yet, that is the tragedy that befalls the Lee family. James is a Chinese-American father, married to his white wife, Marilyn. Because of his race, James has always felt like an outsider, so as he raises his children, Nath, Lydia, and Hannah in the 1970s in Ohio, he aches to have them be popular and fit in as he never has. Marilyn has unrealized dreams of becoming a doctor, and her unfulfilled dreams become her expectations for the favorite child, middle daughter Lydia. Everything I Never Told You explores how a family falls apart when they can't see, understand, and accept each other for who they really are. Celeste Ng writes this from each character's perspective while telling their stories so the reader can better understand why each family member acts as they do. She explains the culture and climate of the 1950s when James and Marilyn marry, along with the years of assumptions, misunderstandings, miscommunication, and sometimes total lack of communication that has led the Lee family to this point. There is no big reveal or twist, just a heartbreaking, poignant resolution.
There are several things that I don't understand or can't judge because I have no experience with them, and they affected how I felt about the book. I believe that a Chinese-American would have experienced some prejudice in the 1970s, and even more so in the 1950s, but I wonder if the level of prejudice displayed towards interracial parents and their children was as much as is written here. Also, Lydia seemed to be a lovely child, but I would have liked more detail as to why she was her parents' clear favorite, to the point that Nath and Lydia are barely noticed. Lastly and most importantly, I wonder about a completely reprehensible, almost unforgivable act that James commits after Lydia's funeral. I can understand being so emotionally distraught at the death of your child that you want to blot out all emotion, but what he did has repercussions later in the book, and I wish there had been some further exploration of why he behaved this way and his wife's response, or lack of it! I couldn't find any other reviewers that seemed to be bothered by this as much as I was, but it was a big one for me. This is a solid 3.5 star book, rounded up because it is a worthwhile read that has made me think.
The narrator of this book had an unfortunate habit of reducing her volume at the end of some sentences, especially during highly emotional scenes. This may have been an attempt to add some emotion to her narration, but there were some disruptive instances where it was just plain difficult to hear what was being said without rewinding and relistening at a higher volume.
"Mathematics is the extension of common sense..."
I run across a lot of books that I add to my to-be-read list and then forget about until after their publication dates or I stumble upon the book in the library or bookstore. How Not to Be Wrong was initially one of those books, but it sounded so good that I found myself obsessively thinking about it and started a search for a pre-publication copy. Since I'm not a librarian, didn't win a copy via First Reads, and don't have friends at Penguin Press, it took some time and effort, but having procured a copy and read it, I can say that it was well worth my time and $6.00. How Not to Be Wrong is a catchy title, but for me, this book is really about the subtitle, The Power of Mathematical Thinking.
Ellenberg deftly explains why mathematics is important, gives the reader myriad examples applicable to our own lives, and also tells us what math can't do. He writes, "Mathematics is the extension of common sense by other means", and proceeds to expound upon an incredible number of interesting subjects and how mathematics can help us better understand these topics, such as obesity, economics, reproducibility, the lottery, error-correcting codes, and the existence (or not) of God. He writes in a compelling, explanatory way that I think anyone with an interest in mathematics and/or simply understanding things more completely will be able to grasp. Ellenberg writes "Do the Math" for Slate, and it's evident in his column and this book that he knows how to explain mathematical ideas to non-mathematicians, and even more so, seems to enjoy doing so with great enthusiasm. I won't pretend that I understood everything discussed in this book, but it's such an excellent book that I also bought the audio version and am listening to it (read by the author himself!) so I have a much more thorough understanding. I've wished for a book like this for a long time, and I'd like to thank Jordan Ellenberg for writing it for me!
"Funny, quirky, original, and interesting"
This has to be one of the funniest, quirkiest books about a funny, quirky character that I've ever read. Isaac is a plumber in Paradise, Michigan but he really wants to be a surgeon. After high school, he dutifully took over his father's plumbing business, but he's been dreaming about attending the University of Michigan as the first step toward becoming a surgeon. For many reasons, he's been afraid to actually apply to college, but he has been busy conducting surgery on animals, reading medical journals, and carrying on an intense internal dialogue. It's this internal dialogue that really helped me connect with Isaac, see him as more than just plain weird, care about his character, and care about what happens to him. My internal dialogue was screaming, "NO, NO, NO!" at the end, but I don't think Liam Card could have ended it any other way.
"Sadly, I found this poorly-written & predictable."
I really hope my sister doesn't think I lied to her when I told her how much I was enjoying this book initially. While it is a heartwarming, sweet book, developments at the end turn it into a sickeningly sweet, predictable, TV-movie-type stereotype of a book. I originally thought I might be able to understand A.J. Fikry and his curmudgeonly ways. That may still be true, but what I don't understand is the "magic" that surrounds everyone on Alice Island that makes everything turn out fine, despite child abandonment, suicide, alcoholism, etc. If an author is going to give her characters difficulties like these, I think they owe their readers a better written and deeper explanation of how characters dealt with them than just a few cursory sentences. For me, this book was much closer to a fairy tale than fiction. They all lived happily ever after, but as a reader I have no idea how that happened. The story was worthy of 2 stars, and while Scott Brick can be an excellent narrator for action, drama, or sci-fi, he would not have been my choice for a book of this type.


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The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology serves as the nucleus for the study of animal diversity on campus, focusing on the evolutionary origins of the planet's animal species, their genetic information and the ecosystems they form. UMMZ houses world-class collections that span almost 200 years of regional and global biodiversity supporting a multi-faceted research and teaching program.
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Dichopetala and new Related North American Genera
The genus Dichopetala Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 sensu Rehn and Hebard, 1914 is revised, with the description of 6 new genera and 14 new species. (more)
Authors: T. J. Cohn (posthumous), D.R. Swanson, and P. Fontana
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UMMZ staff honored with well-deserved LSA Outstanding Team Award
The exemplary staff of the University of Michigan's Museum of Zoology was honored with the College of LSA Outstanding Team Award at a special ceremony recently.
Behind the Scenes Day 2015
Behind the Scenes Day is a rare opportunity to see collections at the four museums of the Ruthven Museums Building: the Museums of Anthropological Archaeology, Natural History, Paleontology, and Zoology. Visitors were welcomed into collections areas, research laboratories, exhibit preparation areas, and other spaces not usually open to the public.
Doug Nelson featured in Brazilian Society of Ichthyologists Bulletin
The Brazilian Society of Ichthyologist Bulletin features an interview with Doug Nelson, collections manager for the Museum of Zoology's Fish Division at the University of Michigan. The article is written by Andréa Thomaz, a U-M graduate student in ecology and evolutionary biology.
Please Note: The Museum of Zoology is a research facility. It is not usually open to the public. Please refer to the Museum of Natural History website if you wish to visit.


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The MyJohnDeere web portal will be available for use on computers, handheld devices, tablets, and smartphones.
Customers will really appreciate getting access to all their MyJohnDeere information on a convenient smartphone site.
OLATHE, Kansas (June 29, 2012) – To help agricultural producers manage their equipment information, production data and farm operations from a single website, John Deere introduces MyJohnDeere.com. Developed as part of the John Deere FarmSight™ strategy, the MyJohnDeere toolbox gives customers a centralized online portal to access, view, archive and manage a wide variety of business information.
Nathan Greuel, product manager, John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group, says users can log into MyJohnDeere.com and access key applications such as JDLink which allows them to view real-time information about their farm operations, field locations and important performance data from their equipment. Other applications include AgLogic™, JDParts, John Deere Financial, Stellar Support and My Equipment.
"This will be a new suite of technology to help producers plan, run and analyze their operations through the entire farming cycle," Greuel says. "The user can access their MyJohnDeere site to view the information that is most important to them, as well as allow access to their dealer, farm manager or other third-party individuals."
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Linda Cardellini's soft, natural waves are pinned back on top to help emphasize her beautiful features.
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Highest vocal register, ranging from about middle C to the second A above it. Sopranos are normally female but may also include boy sopranos and (previously) castrati (see castrato). Soprano voices are traditionally classified as dramatic (rich and powerful), lyric (lighter), and coloratura (high and very agile). The mezzo-soprano range is about a third lower.
Learn more about soprano with a free trial on Britannica.com.
A soprano is a singer with a voice range (using scientific pitch notation, where middle C = C4) from approximately (C4) to "high A" (A5) in choral music, or to "soprano C" (C6, two octaves above middle C) or higher in operatic music. In four part chorale style harmony the soprano takes the highest part which usually encompasses the melody. For other styles of singing see Voice classification in non-classical music.
Typically, the term "soprano" refers to female singers but at times the term male soprano has been used by men who sing in the soprano vocal range using falsetto vocal production instead of the modal voice. This practice is most commonly found in the context of choral music in England. However, these men are more commonly referred to as countertenors or sopranists. It should be noted that the practice of referring to countertenors as "male sopranos" is somewhat controversial within vocal pedagogical circles as these men do not produce sound in the same physiological way that female sopranos do. The singer Michael Maniaci is the only known man who can refer to himself as a true male soprano because he is able to sing in the soprano vocal range using the modal voice like a woman would. He is able to do this because his larynx never fully developed like a man's voice does during puberty.
In choral music the term soprano refers to a vocal part or line and not a voice type. Male singers whose voices have not yet changed and are singing the soprano line are technically known as "trebles". The term "boy soprano" is often used as well, but this is just a colloquialism and not the correct term.
Historically women were not allowed to sing in the Church so the soprano roles were given to young boys and later to castrati - men whose larynxes had been fixed in a pre-adolescent state through the process of castration.
The term soprano may also be used to refer to a member of an instrumental family with the highest range such as the soprano saxophone.
A singer's tessitura is where the voice has the best timbre, easy volume, and most comfort. For instance a soprano and a mezzo-soprano may have a similar range, but their tessituras will lie in different parts of that range.
The low extreme for sopranos is roughly B3 or A3 (just below middle C). Often low notes in higher voices project less, lack timbre, and tend to "count less" in roles (although some Verdi, Strauss and Wagner roles call for stronger singing below the staff). Rarely is a soprano simply unable to sing a low note in a song within a soprano role.
The high extreme: at a minimum, non-coloratura sopranos have to reach "soprano C" (C6, two octaves above middle C), and many roles in the standard repertoire call for D6 or D-flat6. A couple of roles have optional E-flat6's, as well. In the coloratura repertoire several roles call for E-flat6 on up to F6. In rare cases, some coloratura roles go as high as G6 or A6 such as the concert aria Popoli di Tessaglia or the role of Europa in Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta. While not necessarily within the tessitura, a good soprano will be able to sing her top notes full-throated, with timbre and dynamic control.
The following are the operatic soprano classifications (see individual articles for roles and singers):
To hear an example of a Light lyric soprano (Lucia Popp as Pamina in The Magic Flute) click on this link: Watch Here
To hear an example of a Full lyric soprano (Kiri Te Kanawa as Marguerite in Faust) click on this link: Watch Here
Some dramatic sopranos, known as Wagnerian sopranos, have a very big voice that can assert itself over an exceptionally large orchestra (over eighty pieces). These voices are substantial and very powerful and ideally even throughout the registers.


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I finally have the funds to build an AR-15 . I have absolutely no experience with the AR series of rifles so I obviously have some research to do. My main question at this point is could I take for instance a Bushmaster lower and a Rock River upper and combine the two? Basically I'm curious to know if I can take a different brand upper and lower and combine them to finish my AR-15 build.
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Yes, the AR-15 platform is modular and most parts are interchangable. Having one brand of lower and another brand upper is common among AR builders. Good luck on your build.
Congradulations, I was exactly in your shoes abotu 2 months ago. Now I have my very own AR that runs like a top (well atleast so far, work has gotten hectic and no time to go to the range) but it is a blast and it's easier than it looks as long as you buy a complete upper.
I've decided to go with Bushmaster for the lower receiver. I'm still looking at upper receivers, but I'm considering Rock River Arms, Bushmaster, and Armalite. Does anyone have experience with either of the three manufacturers?
I have experience with Bushmaster and ArmaLite uppers and would choose ArmaLite. But there are other brands that I believe are better, starting with BCM, Daniel Defense, Spikes and PSA. My DD upper is assembled better than my ArmaLite and consists of higher quality materials. I'd say the latter is of average quality, nothing terribly wrong with it. I have no experience with RRA.
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I've got the RRA standard A2 style upper and really enjoy it. I've only got about 300 rounds through it so far, but it seems well made. I think it was Cane that said he recommended to build the lower and buy a complete up if it was your first build. (It may have been someone else, can't remember.) So I built a Spike's lower and purchased the RRA upper. Only thing that sucks, is the wait time on from RRA. Mine was right around 2 months.
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I think many well-meaning families and individuals who live outside of challenged neighborhoods could easily prefer, because the situation is so complex, to forget about it and wash their hands of it and think it will go away.
From personal experience as an innercity parish pastor, I must insist that the church does play a key role as a corporate citizen in reversing the downward spiral of our urban neighborhoods. It is difficult for the small urban congregations to do this alone, without some support. We need to realize that to revitalize communities is an investment, which brings homeownership to people in need; it trains people for homeownership which gives people pride and dignity. Revitalized communities give people a future and a plan for their families, a stake in life. I believe it absolutely is our Christian responsibility, and beyond that is simply a civic good that should and ought to interest every person in a community.
We created Lutheran Housing Support to provide technical and financial support for our local congregations and their members. Congregations should be that driving force in neighborhoods that acts as a catalyst of change, fostering pride and creating home-ownership! What a wonderful gift we have been given in our vocations that enable us to make such a difference in God's Kingdom.
As a Christian I am called to love my neighbor. This is a privilege compelling me to live my faith in love. Join me in strengthening the capacity of our local churches to change their neighborhoods. Give generously for our task is urgent, complex, and requires our faithful prayers and support.
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86 Ron Browz Feat. Jadakiss
Check out 86, the latest from Ron Browz which features a guest appearance from Jadakiss on the. The track was released on Monday, October 18th, 2010.
Check out 86, the latest track from Ron Browz, featuring Jadakiss which dropped on Monday, October 18th, 2010. Ron Browz's movement grows stronger with each new release, and 86 has further strengthened that fact. It's a solid addition to the commendable body of work Ron Browz has been creating since stepping foot in the rap game, and we're definitely looking forward to what Ron Browz has on deck.
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Tags rainy day, folk, singer-songwriter, other
Genres indie, singer-songwriter, folk, acoustic, alternative (beta) (flag as incorrect)
Published June 02, 2012
Highly enjoyable rainy day playlist.
Gamine Girls, Glass Ceilings pt. 3 by paxbird
Vashti Bunyan, Leonard Cohen, Bryan Ferry and other gems.
folk, classic rock, pop, blues, r&b
Agog by paxbird
John Cale, The Doors, and Harry Nilsson included.
progressive, rock, alternative
Green pt. 4 by paxbird
I've got art in my heart, but my knees may well be made of folk music.
folk, pop, music boxes, trains, rock
Green pt. 3 by paxbird


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Applying predictive analytic technology to crime prevention
Former Marine Corps Reservist Yonathan Melaku was arrested June 17, 2011, at Arlington National Cemetery after a months-long spree of overnight shooting at military installations. Virginia State Police credit "geospatial predictive analytics" with helping them deploy resources as they were looking for the shooter. Here's how law enforcement antcipated where Melaku might strike next. Read related article.
Source: DigitalGlobe. The Washington Post.


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120GB Zune coming to a store near you
The device, which was just recently confirmed to be in the works by Microsoft, has popped up on a store shelf in Atlanta.
Updated at 2:30 p.m. PDT with Microsoft comment, and additional photos.
A reader was casually perusing the aisles of his local Fry's Electronics today hoping to buy an 80GB Zune. To Joe's surprise, he found the only-recently-confirmed 120GB Zune there, right below the Product Red 80GB version.
There were "about six" of the 120GB versions that he could see, but no new signage advertising it, he tells CNET.
He paid $250 for the device.
A Microsoft spokesman confirmed that this is "just the beginning" of the rollout of the newest Zune, and more retailers in other regions will start offering the device over the next few weeks.
(More pics after the break.)


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Tag: Mother Jones
Segment: Should The NFL Allowed to Keep Its Tax Exempt Status?
Due to some clever maneuvering by lobbyists in the 1960′s, the NFL's head office is classified as a non-profit organization. But the league's revenues were more than $250 million in 2011, and all of that went untaxed.
Time To Hit The Panic Button? OSU Basketball In A Free Fall
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text: Questions and Answers Sheila Finch is the winner of the 1998 Nebula Award for Novella for her story 'Reading the Bones'. Although born in London, England she is a long time US resident and teaches Creative Writing in a college in California. What are you currently working on? I'm doing a series of stories about a Guild of Xenolinguists who make the first contacts with aliens and crack their languages. Many of these stories have been published in F&SF. I just finished a second novel set in this same universe, but I've got a lot more material to work with because how languages work and the problems that arise in and between them fascinate me endlessly. Who or what has been a major influence on your writing and why? Early influences would have to include Rudyard Kipling, who I still re-read from time to time. Later on I discovered Ursula Le Guin and Isaac Asimov and Gregory Benford, and Ray Bradbury -- who taught me that science fiction prose can still be written as poetry. And then there's Ian Watson's wonderful first novel, THE EMBEDDING. All of these writers showed me secrets of writing science fiction, and I owe them a lot. With which of your works are you most/least satisfied and why? I don't particularly feel comfortable with the SHAPER trilogy anymore, although readers seem to like it. I originally conceived of that idea as Young Adult sf for a series Bantam (my publisher at the time) was inaugurating, but when I turned the first book in they wanted me to "adult-size" it for a number of reasons. I think now I should have folded up my tent and gone elsewhere. Who (Fact or Fiction) would you most like to meet, and what would you ask them? (a) Shakespeare. (b) Where do you get all your ideas? (Just kidding!) Is there a book or story you wish you had written? Scads of them! But perhaps most of all Harry Turtledove's alternate-Gandhi story, "The Last Article," because when I read it I realized I'd often wondered about the same moral question the story explores, but never followed through and wrote Is writing your full time occupation, if not what is? I teach full-time at a local college. My schedule includes creative writing and also the literature of science fiction, so the two parts of my career blend into each other quite happily. What was your first professional sale? How did it feel when you received the acceptance? I'd had a couple of short story sales previously, but my agent (actually, a succession of agents -- but that's another question) had been shipping the novel INFINITY'S WEB around for many months. I'd given up fretting about it when one day I returned home to a message on my answering machine: "Bantam wants to buy your book. Call me." Book, I thought, what book? I'm not selling off my library. Bantam wants to buy a book from me.... Oh, my god! BANTAM wants to buy my BOOK! If you could give one piece of advice to a would-be author, what would it be? There's a big old blackboard up in the sky with every would-be author's name on it, and next to the name is the number of rejections that author will receive before making a first sale. So if you lose heart and give up after 2 (or 20 or 200) rejections, you'll never know that the very next submission was going to sell. When did you first decide that you wanted to be an author? When I was five years old. I wanted to be a teacher, too (and I hadn't even gone to school yet!) I wrote little books on folded scraps of paper and taught my teddy bear to read them. When did you first feel that you were an author? To me, "author" has a whiff of snobbery about it. I'm a working writer. So as soon as -- and as long as -- I'm working at my craft, I'm a writer. Are you for or against e-books? They represent the future and I admit to being excited about them, but right now I'd advise all writers to be extremely wary and read the contract, read the contract, read the contract. Currently, e-books are a good way to keep backlists available for readers, and I'm arranging to have a reprint of TRIAD published electronically. I wouldn't do first publication as an e-book just yet. Are you a music fan? If so, what? I have eclectic tastes: Traditional jazz; rock and roll; reggae; the Romantic composers; Elizabethan madrigals; Hildegard von Bingen; Peter Gabriel. SF, Skiffy or Sci-Fi? What is the correct shortening of Science Fiction and does it matter? "Skiffy" is an insider's joke; better not let the great unwashed public know about that one. "SF" seems to be the officially sanctioned abbreviation. I've always rather liked Sc-Fi, but as a member of SFWA I keep that opinion to myself. Do you have a favourite place to write? I have a little cabin in the San Jacinto, California, mountains that is my ideal place to write; the wind soughs through the pines and at night the coyotes howl, and I don't have a telephone to disturb me. But I can write just about anywhere with my laptop. Why do you like SF/F/H? Because it allows me to explore all the really great important questions of human existence. (A radio interviewer once asked in a patronizing tone, "What's a nice lady like you doing in science fiction?" I answered sweetly, "Oh, I'm interested in female things, you know -- the fate of the family in space, what love and sex will be like with robots, what's for dinner and is it us?") What book are you reading at the moment? Two (I read one fiction and one non-fiction at the same time: Erdrich, THE LAST REPORT ON THE MIRACLES AT LITTLE NO HORSE. (not SF) Nettle and Romaine, VANISHING VOICES: THE EXTINCTION OF THE WORLD'S LANGUAGES. Plug away - what do you have coming out? Several short stories in F&SF, and -- hopefully next year -- the novelization of the Nebula winning "Reading the Bones," from a small press in California. (I'll keep you posted.) Many Thanks, Sheila Relevant Links Sheila Finch Bibliography Sheila Finch Short Story Guide Sheila Finch's Web Site |


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Authorities need your help identifying and apprehending a suspect who robbed a west Shreveport dollar store Tuesday night.
At around 8:20 p.m. Shreveport police officers were called to a robbery at the Family Dollar in the 3800 block of Linwood Avenue. When they arrived, patrolmen contacted a witness who told them a man entered the store and purchased a pack of chewing gum. As the clerk was opening the register, the man allegedly reached into a tote bag and raised it up as if he was concealing a weapon. The suspect demanded money, and after receiving an undisclosed amount of cash, ran from the scene.
No one was injured during the robbery.
The suspect is described a dark complected black man with a slim build, was allegedly wearing a blue dress and a red wig at the time of the heist.
Investigators are working at this time to recover surveillance video footage from the business. Anyone who has any information regarding this robbery is urged to call Shreveport Police Detective John Jackson at 318-673-6955 or Shreveport-Caddo Parish Crime Stoppers at 318-673-7373.
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Friday, Nov 16, 2012 · 7:00 pm
Longview Community Center Get Directions [1]
Original Broadway Production Directed by Martin Charnin
Presented on Broadway by Mike Nichols
Produced by Irwin Meyer, Stephen R. Friedman, Lewis Allen, Alvin Nederlander Associates Inc., The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, & Icarus Productions.
Based on "Little Orphan Annie" by permission of The Tribune Media Services Inc.
Originally produced by The Goodspeed Opera House, Michael P. Price, Executive Director
Directed by Brad Echols
Performances - November 15-17 at 7:00pm; November 17-18 at 2:00pm
at Longview Community Center, 500 East Whaley, Downtown Longview
Tickets on sale October 15; $12 in advance, $15 at the door
ArtsView Children's Theatre is closing its 2012 season with ANNIE, a Tony Award-winning musical blockbuster! It's a hard-knock life for eleven-year-old orphan Annie…that is, until she wins her way into the heart of wealthy "Daddy" Warbucks. The spunky little redhead enlists his help, and even that of the President of the United States, in searching for her long lost parents. Annie's tale inspires each of us to never give up, and to reach out to those less fortunate than ourselves – because, after all, the sun will come out tomorrow


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Dishwasher. Supply "pipe" inside washer to upper spray arm looked like swiss cheese. Robert M. • Thomaston, CT • March 12, 2014 My Repair & Advice Snap. Old came out easily, new went in easily. Watched the video which explained the repair first (5 mins?). Was this review helpful to you?
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This Easter, preschoolers can help Dora and Boots save the Hip-Hop Bunny's basket of eggs in Dora the Explorer: Dora's Easter Adventure. This perfect Easter gift features an exciting collection of adventures all new-to-DVD, and includes tons of DVD exclusive special features, including five Karaoke music videos, an interactive game, and two bonus episodes. Dora the Explorer: Dora's Easter Adventure features the following episode:
Dora's Easter Adventure: Dora and Boots are waiting for their friend, the Hip-Hop Bunny, to bring his basket filled with eggs and treats for their big egg hunt. Just as the Bunny arrives at the forest, Swiper swipes the basket and throws it far into the Rainbow Garden – where it's headed for a waterfall! It's Dora and Boots to the rescue as they join the Bunny on an Easter Day Adventure singing the Hip-Hop Bunny's Easter song, going past the scratchy flowers at the Garden and racing down the Rainbow River on a giant rubber ducky to save the basket.
Plus, beginning March 20th, you can visit NickelodeonDVDCoupon.com to print a $3.00 off coupon for Dora's Easter Adventure! Dora's Easter Adventure will also be made available for digital download on iTunes and will be the first Nickelodeon release with iTunes Extras. For Dora The Explorer episodes and bonus features on iTunes please visit iTunes.com/Dora.
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Thanks to Nickelodeon and Paramount, my youngest and I had the opportunity to watch Dora's Easter Adventure on DVD. My little guy is a huge Dora fan so he was really excited for this one! He's still learning about the Easter bunny so this was a cute way to teach him. Dora makes learning so easy! Plus he loved the Hip-Hop Bunny's Easter song!
Created by Nickelodeon Home Entertainment and distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, Dora the Explorer: Dora's Easter Adventure released to DVD on February 14, 2012 for the suggested retail price of $16.99 at retailers nationwide as well as online at Amazon.com.
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Not only with the design of both of these bags, but with the construction, the great design, the attention to detail, and fuctionality.
Design is well thought out and practical. Everyone at the course was asking what kind of bag it was and where they could get one. Thanks again for the great customer support...
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Should watch this.
It's inspirational, heartening, and damn catchy, and to say anything else just wouldn't seem adequate.
i've actually seen this before (cuz someone on this site linked to it in one of the forums a while back), but yeah it's definetely awesome!
how CUTE is that boy? he must be what, no more than 12 years old? yet sooo talented.
i dunno where this was broadcast from. Germany, Holland, Sweden or something? anyway, Europe is SO light-years ahead of the U.S. in terms of how accepting they are of same-sex parenting. Like, u would NEVER see anything like this broadcast in the U.S. i know there is some kind of Rosie O Donell cruise for gay parents and their kids, but come on, how lame is that? This video was SO much cooler, it was like *Skewl of Rock*, but about gay equality! even the kids in this video are cooler than American kids- did u see that little boy with the neon-orange mohawk, and the girl with red and blue hair? LOLz.
Yeah, I've seen this before too. But it didn't get any less cute. :3
He has two really proud fathers now apparently. I wish they could have stuff like this in the US. But a lot of places don't even let same-sex couples adopt or get married or any of that..
Yeah, my state, is going to have Civil Unions in January. That's not marriage, and it has a lot less benefits and things than marriage. And I'm reading about it and I'm like "What is this? Some kind of a compromise? You can't compromise about equality like that. Because that's not equality at all."
But yeah. Really cute video. :3
I completely agree, they don't have this kind of acceptance in Australia either, it suckss :(
Oh, and I'm proud to say that this is from Holland!!!
My half-heritage!!! :D
Gosh, I love the Dutch ^_^
Seen it before, but still SO SWEET!!!! w00t for Europe (they've so kicked our asses.... BUT WE CAN NUKE THE BASTARDS! YEE-HAW! Gee, don't you love America? -_- )
Megan: "Cheers are supposed to be simple, make people feel good."
Graham: "Cheers make girls do stupid cartwheels. Orgasms make people feel good."
-But I'm a Cheerleader
this is so cute!!!
i wish they'd show stuff like this in the states. :/ we're sooo LAME!!
I love this.. i saw it awhile ago someone posted it and it went around this site for awhile.
~~~Fear is only a verb if you let it be.. don't you dare let go of my hand~~~
*attackglomps video*
It brought tears to my eyes. Why can't they have stuff like this in America? I'd actually enjoy watching shows besides crime shows.


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OpenVizsla is an open source, high-speed USB sniffer that will help decode, debug and hack proprietary USB hardware devices. Read more
OpenVizsla is an open source, high-speed USB sniffer that will help decode, debug and hack proprietary USB hardware devices.
About this project
UPDATE: \o/ We made the target! Thank you!
But your pledges are still appreciated and needed.
Pledging more will allow us to buy larger quantities of components that will give us more buying power and access further price breaks with the distributors and vendors. Pledge to secure your badge, PCB, kit or finished OpenVizsla unit!
OpenVizsla is a project to design a device that will allow the capture and inspection of USB traffic that will help with the reverse engineering and debugging of proprietary USB devices, and will also be an invaluable tool for developers working with USB and especially those who are using USB in embedded designs. The project is created by bushing and pytey of Team Twiizers and iPhone DevTeam fame.
The name OpenVizsla comes from the Magyar (Hungarian) Vizsla, a multipurpose breed of dog that is skilled in seeking, tracking, pointing, and retrieving, if you are wondering how to pronounce the word "Vizsla" you can hear a clip here and here.
USB has a standard, published interface that is properly described (at great length) but the actual protocols for connected devices are not common and are often proprietary to the individual vendors or manufacturers. USB succeeded at eliminating most strange cables, but requires custom drivers for many types of hardware.
Often, these USB protocols are intentionally obfuscated to make them confusing and complex in order to attempt to restrict support to the original manufacturer of the device. In this case the USB packets themselves hold the key to the information that is necessary to write independent third party drivers.
Protocol analysis and reverse engineering is needed to create such drivers and these tasks rely on the real-time capture of USB traffic. Software-based analyzers are available, but only useful in certain limited applications.
Hardware based protocol analyzers are expensive and are usually out of the reach of most independent developers, hobbyists and hackers. The most popular products cost $1400+ and, with few exceptions, use proprietary Windows-only client software, proprietary protocols, and proprietary data formats that are hard to export for use with other software.
OpenVizsla will be a completely open design of a device that can capture USB 1.1/2.0 (high-speed, full-speed and low-speed) traffic passively between a target USB device and the connected host (usually a PC, but potentially anything that has a USB host port -- think Xbox 360 and PS3). It will be controlled by any computer using open-source client software or potentially in standalone mode (where captured traffic is stored onto an on-board SD card).
As is proper for any open and hackable design, unused I/Os on the FPGA will be exposed (via 0.1" header) for use as a primitive logic analyzer. We hope to eventually support additional sniffing interfaces (SPI, I2C RS232, SD card etc) that connect to a high-speed Mictor connector that can act as 'man-in-the-middle' and extend the device capability limitlessly.
The OpenVizsla device is built around a multi-layer PCB with around 180 surface-mount components that allow the target USB packets to be captured, buffered and delivered to the PC (or stored on SD card in standalone mode).
An XMOS event-driven processor will handle the huge amount of USB data (these little chips are fast!) and it will handle the overall communications with the host (which will be a fully published protocol!) and will provide on-board system programming, housekeeping and of course flash the status LEDs! In standalone mode, the XMOS chip will handle data acquisition and SD card storage; this processor is fully reconfigurable and can be modified and reprogrammed to improve the features or adapt to new requirements.
For the high-speed USB signals a Xilinx Spartan3E FPGA (with attached, expandable RAM) will capture, process and buffer the USB traffic from an attached USB transceiver that we use to deserialize the USB signals from the target link.
We have been working on this project in various forms for over two years now, and large parts of the hardware design have already been proven. We think we can produce a device that will be affordable to many, but only if we can buy all of the components in bulk and afford to have some prototypes professionally assembled.
With your investment in our project, we will finalize the design, order the components in bulk (so that automated assembly is viable) and we will have initial prototypes built. The components are very expensive, but they are worth every penny.
Though we have considerable experience in this area, we need your financial and moral support to kickstart our prototype and first production runs. Depending on your level of support, you will get various tokens of our appreciation, and you will get a chance to play a part in the Open Hardware revolution.
We have set up a website, which we will eventually fill in with the fruits of our labor. We will release schematics and design files under a Creative Commons license and we will set up a community to develop the device firmware, FPGA HDL, and client software. We think this will be a great start to creating open, powerful and affordable test equipment.
Funding this project will ultimately help with the ongoing development of open-source device drivers for various peripherals and gadgets. Even if you don't intend to buy an OpenVizsla device, helping fund the development really does help the rest of the community!
Some examples of successful USB protocol analysis -
- Independent drivers for the Microsoft Kinect device
- Linux support for your favorite USB modem or tethered mobile phone
- iPhone sync support for Linux.
- Linux and Mac support for a Windows only Logic Analyzer
- Development of an open-source "PS Jailbreak" device
The awesome music in the video is called Impromptu in A by the electronica duo DoKashiteru. They release this music under this creative commons license.
Have a question? If the info above doesn't help, you can ask the project creator directly.
Pledge $10 or more
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Backers who pledge $10 will be first in line to buy an OpenVizsla when we do our first production run, we'll also send you a badge to say a big 'thank you'.
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Backers who pledge $25 will receive a bare PCB, and a download link with design documents to build their own OpenVizsla analyzer, we also have a cool OpenVizsla badge that we are designing to promote OpenVizsla, these will be limited edition and will only be available to project members and investors.
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Possibilities for action depend on the fit between the body and the environment. Perceiving what actions are possible is challenging, because the body and the environment are always changing. How do people adapt to changes in body size and compression? In Experiment 1, we tested pregnant women monthly over the course of pregnancy to determine whether they adapted to changing possibilities for squeezing through doorways. As women gained belly girth and weight, previously passable doorways were no longer passable, but women's decisions to attempt passage tracked their changing abilities. Moreover, their accuracy was equivalent to that of nonpregnant adults. In Experiment 2, nonpregnant adults wore a "pregnancy pack" that instantly increased the size of their bellies, and they judged whether doorways were passable. Accuracy in the "pregnant" participants was only marginally worse than that of actual pregnant women, suggesting that participants adapted to the prosthesis during the test session. In Experiment 3, participants wore the pregnancy pack and gauged passability before and after attempting passage. The judgments were grossly inaccurate prior to receiving feedback. These findings indicate that experience facilitates perceptual–motor recalibration for certain types of actions.
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Volume 76, Issue 2 , pp 460-472
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- 10.3758/s13414-013-0578-y
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- Locomotion
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- 1. New York University, New York, NY, USA
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A six-tones NASA science satellite plunged through the atmosphere early on Saturday, breaking up and possibly scattering debris in Canada, NASA said.
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Q: Mike, before you turn it over to Mary Ellen, does the President plan to sign the same-sex marriage bill that's been through the House today, as he understands it?
MR. MCCURRY: Our views on that, I think you know. The President -- and they have not, the President's views have not changed. He's personally felt that way for some time. And as we've said before, if it's presented to him in final fashion the way it was advertised he would sign it, yes.
Q: Do you think that this is being passed primarily by Republicans in the House as a way of either causing the President to be embarrassed or forcing a wedge between him and the gay community, which has supported him in the past?
MR. MCCURRY: No, I don't think it necessarily is directed at forcing the President to have a dispute with the gay and lesbian community. I think, in fact, it is gay baiting pure and simple. They're raising an issue that, in fact, doesn't arise anywhere. The Hawaii statute -- the Hawaii issue is a legal issue that had been remanded back to a lower court, so this is not a pending matter. And it's a classic use of wedge politics that are designed to provoke anxieties and fears. That being the case, though, the President has very strong views, personal views, and he has to act consistent with those views.
Q: I'm sorry, but it sounds like you want it both ways. You say it's gay-baiting pure and simple, but then you're going to sign it. So in other words --
MR. MCCURRY: Well, as I just said -- I just said the President believes what he believes. The President believes what he believes and he has to stand firm based on what his convictions are. But the point is, the issue is -- is this a debate or a piece of legislation that's necessary? And it's hard to see how it is. And it clearly going to provoke some animosities.
Q: Then why is it necessary to sign it?
MR. MCCURRY: Because Congress passes it -- the way it works under the Constitution, Carl is that if Congress passes an act, they send it down here, we have to do something with it. In this case --
Q: He always can veto --
MR. MCCURRY: He can't veto something that he just -- I mean, he can't veto it because he believe, frankly, that the underlying position in the bill is right. That's consistent with his personal views.
Q: To quickly go back to the same-sex marriage bill, the President doesn't object to the legislation, does he?
MR. MCCURRY: No. He will -- if it's presented to him in the form that it's been stipulated, which is the definition and the applicability to state actions, he would sign it.
Q: I'm intrigued by your depiction of it as gay baiting and gay bashing and --
MR. MCCURRY: Not the legislation itself. It's the use of this issue in a way that clearly provokes hostilities towards gay and lesbian groups in some quarters.
Q: By drawing up the legislation, which the President will sign?
MR. MCCURRY: By drawing up the issue, raising an issue in which there's not substantive grounds to believe that there is a concern that should be addressed through federal legislation.
Q: Then why is he going to sign it if you don't think it needs to be addressed through federal legislation?
MR. MCCURRY: That's the exact question from Carl.
Q: Mike, back on same-sex marriage. If you're criticizing the Republicans for bringing it up now, but yet you're attacking them for trying to separate out the gays and provoke hostilities, aren't you really trying to do it both ways because you say you're going to sign the bill --
MR. MCCURRY: It's hard to understand why the issue arises, unless it's being done to somehow or other cast dispersions on gays and lesbians. That's the point.
Q: Yes, but you want it both ways.
MR. MCCURRY: But the point is it is -- in a sense, I acknowledge that, we do have to have it both ways because the President has a personal belief related to marriage and what it is and he has to act consistent with a personal belief. So that's what he's doing.
Q: You're alienating all these gay voters that voted for you in '92.
MR. MCCURRY: And we know that this has caused pain in the gay and lesbian community and we've tried to be as accommodating as we can in reaching out to them to discuss the issue. And more importantly, we tried to tell them that our focus will remain on what we think are policy implications, and that we will continue to work as hard as this President has worked to prevent discrimination against gay and lesbians, and more importantly, connected with this issue, because this is the firm belief in the gay and lesbian community that this issue arises because of an effort to cast aspersions on gays and lesbians -- that we speak out when we see examples where people are using legislative proposals or ideas like this to attempt to divide Americans.
Q: How do you accommodate them?
MR. MCCURRY: Well, we work closely. We have a liaison operation here that talks to them. We meet with them. We try to have a good dialogue with them in which we find areas in which we agree upon and work together and try to move forward.