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Using a newly developed imaging technique, researchers in the U.K. have for the first time observed what happens to the brain as it loses consciousness. The method known as "functional electrical impedance tomography by evoked response" (fEITER) uses a 32 electrode array to scan the brain at a rate of 100 times a second and by applying this as an anaesthetic drug takes effect, researchers are able to build a real-time 3-D video that will aid in better understanding of how the brain functions and the nature of consciousness.
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1955 Napoleon "Larry" Lajoie Single Signed Baseball, Greatest Thrill! With only eighty-two homers in over ten thousand career plate appearances, it's little wonder that a grand slam stands out in the early Hall of Famer's memory. One early collector, clearly decades ahead of his time, asked for more than just a simple autograph when he handed this "Official 97 League" baseball to Cleveland's favorite son, inspiring Nap to add to his "Larry Lajoie" autograph the date of "5-12-53" and the inscription, "Greatest Thrill Home run with bases full." We would have guessed he would pick "Having the name of the Cleveland American League team named after me in 1903," but perhaps that was too long to write on the ball. In any regard, his blue ink writing survives at a 7/10 boldness, due in part to a coating of shellac that has turned an amber color over the passing decades. Clearly it's one of the most intriguing Lajoie balls from a very thin supply, so we expect considerable interest among our bidders. Full LOA from PSA/DNA. Auction LOA from James Spence Authentication.
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There are lots of articles and essays of interest to modern Pagans out there, sometimes more than I can write about in-depth in any given week. So The Wild Hunt must unleash the hounds in order to round them all up.According to a Gallup poll, confidence in organized religion has reached an all-time low in the United States. Only 44% of those polled had a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in "the church or organized religion" today. Quote: "Two major findings apparent in Gallup … [Read more...]
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Just a few quick news notes for you on this Tuesday.Margot Alder on Witchcraft, Cults, and Space Travel: Margot Adler, NPR correspondent and author of the seminal 1979 book "Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America", talks to the Daily Camera in Boulder, Colorado about her life and work in advance of her presentations at the 64th Annual Conference on World Affairs. Of special interest to my Pagan readers will be the story of how she landed the b … [Read more...]
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Top Story: Solar Cross, a non-profit religious organization dedicated to pan-magical practice, worship, education, research and outreach, co-founded by T. Thorn Coyle, Jonathan Korman, and Robert Russell, has announced the official launch of their organization's e-publishing venture."Solar Cross is pleased to announce the official launch of our e-publishing venture with the release of the formerly out of print Magick of Qabalah. This is the first in a line of magickal, esoteric, and … [Read more...]


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Freesat, the UK's free-to-air digital satellite TV service, has announced the addition of 22 regional variations to the line-up of available at launch.
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Evaluating the Effects of Project DARE in Rural Southeast Minnesota Schools
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The Problem. The purpose of this study is to determine whether differences exist in knowledge and attitude toward chemical substances and use between groups receiving instruction with the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program and no specific drug education program. The study also investigates the effect of gender and pretesting. Procedures. A sample of over 500 students from eight rural Minnesota schools were included in the study. The students were administered a 36-item knowledge assessment to measure knowledge related to drugs, and a 74-item attitude survey used to measure drug knowledge, self-esteem, and attitude toward chemical usage, police, resistance, and drugs. The data were collected using a Solomon four group design and analyzed using the three-way Analysis of Variance. The alpha-level was .05. T-tests were used to determine differences for the DARE group that participated in the pretest and posttest administrations. Findinqs. The DARE students scored statistically significantly higher on the knowledge assessment. In both the DARE and non-DARE groups, girls scored significantly higher than boys. The results of the attitude survey revealed that students instructed in the DARE program experienced statistically significantly higher scores for self-esteem and drug knowledge scales. The attitude toward police scale was the only scale in which pretesting had a statistically significant effect. In the group of DARE students who took both the pretest and posttest, it was found that statistically significant differences existed for the knowledge assessment and for all of the scales of the attitude survey. Conclusions. The evidence presented in this study indicated gains in drug knowledge assessment, as well as drug knowledge, self-esteem, and attitude toward drugs scales from the attitude survey, can be attributed to the scope and sequence of the DARE program. In this study, the results were mixed as to whether the DARE program improves resistance and attitude toward police. Recommendations. Based on statistically significant results from the knowledge assessment and attitude survey, it is recommended that the Project DARE program should be implemented into a school's comprehensive drug prevention education program. It is recommended that the curriculum and instruction be reevaluated and modified with additional student instructional time being devoted to resistance training. A longitudinal study is recommended for DARE students during their high school years.
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My energy was completely gone the first trimester. I was sleeping 11 hrs a night, plus napping in the afternoon. I was shocked at how tired I was ALL THE TIME. So yes, it's normal. And I'm a week away from my 3rd trimester, and the energy hasn't really returned - better the last couple weeks, but I was still exhausted for the majority of my 2nd. I don't know how moms do it with young ones around!!!
Good luck and I hope this passes for you soon. Wishing you a happy and healthy pregnancy and easy birth :-)
It IS normal as these other ladies have said, BUT you may want to have your iron/hemoglobin checked at your next appointment. I did and mine was down to 9 (normal = 12-16). I started taking chlorophyll and focusing on iron rich foods and vitamin C, and two days later my husband was commenting on how much more energy I had!
Kendra (30), mum to ds (2/14/11), and one . Pregnant with my due 6/10/13, it's a GIRL!!!
Scruffy too - congratulations! Guessing it's your first, too?
Skycheattraffic - I keep telling my SO that I think I'm coming down with the flu but then never do and he reminds me that I'm "just expecting". This wasn't planned so originally I did think I had the flu. Lol. Try not to feel guilty as much as you can. You're doing the best you can and better to be safe and know your limitations. I feel I pushed myself too hard today Bc it was the holiday party at work I'd been planning since before I even found out I was PG. I learned my lesson with aching feet and back. Next time I won't feel like its a big deal for me to say just how tired I get.
OSUVet. Thanks and good point! I'll tell my midwife at next appointment. It may be normal but better to double check.
See if she will check you vit D too. Mine did with my second, found it quite low and fixing that helped. But still felt so tired.
Since this is your first, nap. Love the sleep. Bask in it. With my first I went to bed at 6.30. I am just started cooking #3 and hopping the exhaustion will hold off until after Christmas.
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I second the iron!
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In terms of when it changed, while I am still tired (week 27). However, somewhere around week 16 there was a shift from feeling nauseous and sleepy ALL THE TIME without differentiation, into a zone where everything kinda got separated out, and I could distinguish when I needed to sleep, when I needed to vomit (still happens every few days), and when I had energy. Though I rest at least 14 hours a day, it was around 18 weeks where things felt balanced and like I knew what I was functioning within. This has been a calm and lovely place. One of the things that was helpful for me, other than the Floadix (which I also support!), has been remembering that unlike when I haven't been pregnant, there are no stores of energy, thus "pushing through" as I'm typically accustomed to, is not an option. I'm not sure how long this sense of balance will stick around now that I'm in my third trimester, but here's hoping.
Live in Vancouver, Canada. Pregnant with first baby. Work in democratic/free schooling. Partnered.
I was absolutely wiped during the first trimester, to a point where I started to wonder how I was going to be able to keep working during pregnancy if it was going to be that bad (I was literally losing 10 minutes at a time because I kept falling asleep sitting any my desk). The second trimester got way better, but now (32 weeks) I'm going back to feeling nearly that tired all over again.
Single mama to an only born November 2012.
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My boyfriend asked me why women don't get first trimester leave yesterday because I've been SO ineffective for the last month! I told him that if we did, no one would hire women... sad truth.
Also, when I told one of my professors about being pregnant, he told me a few stories about his wife, who is a high-profile doctor, and how she barely made it through those first months without falling apart completely.
Really, if I didn't have such a flexible schedule right now, I dunno what I'd be doing.
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I'm hitting my second trimester in a couple of weeks so really looking forward to that renewed energy for a while.
My boyfriend asked me why women don't get first trimester leave yesterday because I've been SO ineffective for the last month! I told him that if we did, no one would hire women... sad truth.
Also, when I told one of my professors about being pregnant, he told me a few stories about his wife, who is a high-profile doctor, and how she barely made it through those first months without falling apart completely.
Really, if I didn't have such a flexible schedule right now, I dunno what I'd be doing.
You know I was wondering why I don't hear more often from friends or co-workers that have been pregnant how tired they get during the first trimester. I wonder if it has something to do with the whole job thing. I know I don't let on how tired I am at work because of that. Fortunately, my schedule is kind of flexible and I sit behind a computer all day. Downside to that though is because I'm not moving around I feel like I get more tired.
I have periods of exhaustion, too. For me it seems to intensify in the 2nd trimester. Kinda stinks. But I do best whenever I'm supporting my adrenals. Otherwise I just feel "blah" and tired most of the time.
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Meh. I think it must be some variation of normal. I felt hideous during the first trimester, and now that I'm almost into the third, still feel tired and off my game. No energetic second trimester for me.
With my first baby I felt beyond tired the first trimester and it eased up around 16 weeks. I had no idea one could sleep 12+ hrs a night and feel so drained.
Jean, feminist mama raising three boys: W (7), E (5) and L (2.15.13)
Oh and OP, I get a lot of headaches the first tri, too. It's the surge of hormones and completely normal.
Jean, feminist mama raising three boys: W (7), E (5) and L (2.15.13)
And do people taking choropyll have any tips on how to take it? I used to take it &tried floradix once but really didnt like my teeth turning so dark and stained, i feel like it attracted more germ to my teeth. I hope my newchapter prenatal has enough iron in addiyion to eating meat 1xday, and greens...alfalfa makes me have a rash on my face..?? Can i just say, this daily migraine is making me feel like...what if life is just a headache... Like why go on this way, is it really going to be worth it?? Why are we humans having these babies? I ask myself why, but most of the time i dont have the patience to figure anything out, i am just kinda surviving, slowly it feels harder, almost like a sign that i dont know how to interpret. Thanks for sharing everyone.
It's hard work growing a baby- totally normal!
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We're now in Croatia for the summer with our little one. I'd highly recommend coming to Croatia and especially going to the islands. It's a relaxed way to spend the summer with your family. Gorgeous clear sea, great food, and so much history! :)
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So you raced through the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan, all the way from The Lightning Thief through The Last Olympian. Then you settled into the Heroes of Olympus series, flying through those tomes like Hermes fleeing Typhon. Now you're just waiting around for your copy of The Blood of Olympus to hit the hold shelf and your journey through all things Greek and godly will be complete.
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Sure, you know all about Zeus, Athena, Poseidon; all the poster children of Greek legend and lore. And by now you've gotten a handle on what it means to be a demigod. But how about Minthe or Metis? Thetis or Themis? Ring any bells? Face it, when it comes to real expertise, you've got a ways to go. Fortunately, Professor Percy Jackson has got your back.
Here to guide you through the chaotic origins of Greek mythology, including nymphs, lesser gods, heroes and upstart mortals of latter days, Percy Jackson's Greek Gods covers it all.
Not in some boring lecture-style either. Nah, Percy wouldn't have the attention span for it, and you don't have TIME for that right now anyway! You're about to embark on the very last book in the Heroes of Olympus series for Pan's sake! Percy knows that and doesn't want to shake your focus.
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This fall, Maryland author Gary Krist will take readers into a little-known chapter of New Orleans history with his new book Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans. Krist brings to light the social and political struggles that New Orleans faced at the turn of the 20th century. Focusing on events from 1890 through 1920, Krist tells a tale of vice, politics, economic development, crime, jazz, racism and murder. The most shocking thing about this story is that it's all true! This engrossing book is a must-read for anyone who enjoyed Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America.
Krist recently answered some questions about Empire of Sin for Between the Covers. Read on to learn more about the city's politics, its remarkable residents and the Axman, a serial murderer who terrorized New Orleans for 18 months.
Between the Covers: Why New Orleans? Was it the story or the city that first captured your interest?
Gary Krist: It's hard to separate story from city, but I'd say it was a desire to write about New Orleans that first attracted me. For an urban historian, New Orleans is a particularly attractive subject, primarily because of its unique history. As a place with French and Catholic roots, it has a culture very different from that of other American cities. (My favorite observation about New Orleans is that it was the first major American metropolis to build an opera house but the last to install a sewer system.) So it was fascinating for me to see how this unique place weathered the great transition to modernity in this era.
BTC: I suspect that many of our readers don't know a lot about this chapter in New Orleans history. Will you describe the social and political climate of the city at the turn of the 20th century?
GK: The last decades of the 19th century were difficult for New Orleans. The city's prosperous antebellum days were long past; years of civil war and reconstruction had been hard on the local economy, and the city had become hopelessly backward in terms of urban development (hence that much-delayed sewer system). Northern capital investment was desperately needed to modernize the city's infrastructure, but Northern capitalists were reluctant to invest in a place with such a bad reputation for vice and crime. So the city's "better half" decided that it was time to clean up New Orleans, which meant doing battle with the city's long-entrenched underworlds of vice and crime. Basically, they wanted to make New Orleans "respectable"—and that was going to be quite a job.
BTC: During this time, a red-light district called Storyville was created in New Orleans. Tell us a little bit about its development.
GK: Interestingly, Storyville began as part of this clean-up campaign. Reformers knew that abolishing prostitution entirely would not be feasible in a city like New Orleans, so they tried instead to isolate and regulate the trade. An alderman named Sidney Story identified a particular 18-block neighborhood and wrote an ordinance making prostitution illegal everywhere EXCEPT in this one, out-of-the-way area. Reformers figured that this would be a good way of lowering the profile of vice in the city. But the plan backfired, and Storyville (as the district came to be called, much to Alderman Story's annoyance) soon was making New Orleans world-famous as a virtual supermarket of sin. And when reformers decided that they needed to close the district after all, it turned out that Storyville was a lot harder to kill than it had been to create.
BTC: Another notable thread of the story is the Axman murders, a series of grisly murders that took place from 1918-1919 and remain unsolved. What impact did these events have on the city?
GK: The Axman appeared at a critical time, just when the champions of respectability thought they had won their battle for New Orleans. Storyville had finally been closed in 1917, and the city's crime problem seemed to be under control at last. But then an anonymous murderer dramatically upended this sense of victory with a series of bloody nighttime ax attacks that terrorized the city for 18 months. With each succeeding murder, panicked New Orleanians became increasingly paranoid and irrational. Then an open letter—purportedly from the Axman himself—appeared in The Times-Picayune, claiming that the murderer was a devil from hell with a liking for the new jazz music. He threatened to kill again on St. Joseph's Night, promising only to spare any household in which jazz was being played. And, well, I don't want to reveal too much, but you can just imagine what a night of music and dancing took place in New Orleans that night.
BTC: Empire of Sin is filled with unbelievable characters, and the most amazing thing is that they were all real people. Do you have a favorite? Which person in this book will stick with the reader the longest?
GK: Oh, I could probably name a dozen—like Josie Arlington, the wealthy brothel madam who for decades kept her sinful life a secret from her beloved niece; or Buddy Bolden, the almost-legendary cornetist who is credited with being the inventor of jazz music; or Tom Anderson, the poor kid from the rough Irish Channel neighborhood who rose to become one of the most powerful (and strangely likeable) vice lords in the country. But my favorite character is probably Louis Armstrong, who grew up in the hardest and most degrading circumstances imaginable, but whose unfailing good-heartedness and matchless musical gift allowed him to rise above his harsh childhood to become one of the great artists of the century.
BTC: What is the most shocking thing that you learned in your research?
GK: Some of the beliefs of the so-called reformers shocked me. For instance, one of the leaders of the anti-Storyville campaign was a woman named Jean Gordon. She was firmly convinced that she was on the side of virtue, but as with many self-styled moral champions, her idea of "virtue" was often distorted by class and racial prejudice. So while she fought hard for female suffrage and child labor regulation, she also lent her support to the rise of Jim Crow discrimination and the disenfranchisement of African-Americans. Even worse, she held some astounding beliefs about eugenics, advocating for the forced sterilization of children who showed signs of a future in crime, prostitution or alcoholism. "Took Lucille Decoux to the Women's Dispensary July 17 [for an appendectomy]," Jean once wrote in her diary. "This was an excellent opportunity to have her sterilized…and thus end any feeble-minded progeny coming from Lucille."
BTC: What are you working on next?
GK: My fascination with cities in the early 20th century hasn't gone away, so I'm working on a book about Los Angeles in roughly this same time period. The book will center on the Hollywood of the silent-film era and weave in a few other elements. But the idea is still taking shape in my mind, so it's probably too early to talk about it.
Richard is going crazy. His 14-year-old cousin Malley doesn't want to go to boarding school. Now she has run off with some guy named Talbo Chock. Luckily for Richard, he crosses paths with Skink, the 72-year-old oddball protagonist in Carl Hiaasen's newest teen novel Skink: No Surrender. Skink has been around before. He is one of Hiaasen's most beloved characters first appearing in his adult novel Double Whammy over 25 years ago. Now he's back, just in time to dish out his own weed-whacking brand of integrity and justice.
Richard doesn't know what to make of Skink, the eccentric, one-eyed ex-governor of Florida. One minute Skink is burying himself in the sand waiting to catch Loggerhead turtle egg thieves, the next he's off to help Richard solve the mystery of Malley's disappearance. Richard and Skink's swampy journey leads them into one white-knuckle situation after another, thankfully diluted with plenty of humor along the way. Road kill for dinner, anyone?
Hiaasen, a Florida native and columnist for the Miami Herald, has long been an advocate for the Everglades. This latest plot-driven adventure, told from Richard's perspective, continues Hiaasen's subtle brand of environmental awareness while skimming over the creepier aspect of the story: a teenage girl's abduction by an older man. As with his previous books, nature — and man's disregard for it — pulse below the surface, as does the fact that imperfection is not, by itself, a bad thing. There's a place for even flawed superheroes, like Skink, when it comes to defending what's right. Marketed for teen readers, this latest effort, recently long-listed for the National Book Award, will appeal to the legion of Hiaasen fans who appreciate his popular brand of humor and zesty storytelling.
Wildlife is Australian author Fiona Wood's first novel to be published in the United States. It tells the story of two high school girls on their wilderness term at an Australian high school. Sibylla and Lou's elite school makes students spend one term at their outdoor education campus, living in cabins, going on solo hikes and learning to fend for themselves. Sib and Lou are thrown together in a cabin with a few other girls, and each have to deal with their respective relationship and friendship issues.
Sib has always been outside of the popular group, but a once-in-a-lifetime modeling gig puts her in the spotlight. Her newfound popularity catches the attention of the most attractive guy in her class, Ben. When the two start dating, Sib begins to worry about her inexperience in relationships because of pressure from her best friend Holly. The peer pressure leads her to question her relationship with Ben and eventually her existing friendships.
Lou, on the other hand, is a transfer student looking to start over after her boyfriend died in a car accident the previous school year. She keeps her distance from her fellow classmates, including Sib, until the situation between Sib and her friends escalates, and the two form a new friendship.
Ultimately a story about friendship, romance and growing up, Wildlife is a well-written novel that readers looking for a high school story with a twist will enjoy. Wood's characters are highly relatable and fully realized — Sib, Lou and their fellow students all seem real, their issues ones many teens face.
What happens after happily ever after? Mystery author P. D. James reimagines the futures of the characters from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice in Death Comes to Pemberley. Six years after Elizabeth and Darcy's marriage, a shocking event rocks the residents of Pemberley. On the night before their annual ball, Elizabeth's sister Lydia appears at Pemberley hysterically screaming that Mr. Wickham has been murdered. Upon investigation, it is actually Captain Denny who is dead, but in an even more shocking turn of events, the most logical suspect is none other than Wickham! Austen fans are well-acquainted with Wickham's past misdeeds, but could he really be capable of murder?
Death Comes to Pemberley is a well-crafted mystery written in a tone similar to Austen's own, making this a perfect companion to the classic novel. The audiobook read by Rosalyn Landor will whisk you away to the 19th century. James seeds the story with plausible suspects and a few red herrings, but in the end all questions are answered and readers are given a glimpse into the Darcys' future.
The novel has been adapted into a miniseries that will soon air on PBS. The miniseries will begin on October 26 and will be released on DVD later that week.
Would you know a monster if you saw one? Are you sure? Sometimes these creatures are easy to recognize, such as a vampire, a harpy or even a kraken. Other times, they may look like high school students who play in a garage band that just so happen to also be demonic. Don't forget the ones who appear to be ordinary people. To be on the safe side, you should read Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales, edited by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant.
A collection of 15 short stories, each author explores what it is to be monstrous. Whether it is a story about an actual supernatural entity, a human harboring an evil within or the horrors that lurk in the deep recesses of our own minds, no two stories address the aspect of being a monster in the same way. Some of the stories seem to be a retelling of a fairy tale or fable, while others are a refreshing new take on a folkloric creature. Link and Grant, known for their award-winning anthology Steampunk!, did an excellent job at bringing these various authors together and compiled their works into one cohesive book of tales that will leave the reader haunted, yet entertained. While focused on teenaged protagonists, this book is sure to appeal to adults who enjoy teen fiction or a wickedly good monster story.
So check under your bed, in the closet and deep within the shadows. You never know what kind of scary creatures may be lurking there. Just remember, you have been warned. Often, the monsters within are the most terrifying of all.
Adam Selzer brings life (and undeath) to the suburban Midwest with his young adult books set in Cornersville Trace, a fictitious neighborhood in Des Moines, Iowa, where the fantastic is not quite impossible. Selzer's latest novel Play Me Backwards is a story of reinvention through satanic machination, only in the Trace, Satan isn't a horned demon; he's a teenage burnout.
Before his girlfriend moved to England, Leon enjoyed his life as a quasi-intellectual, roguish guy wrapped in adolescent love. Four bleak years later, Leon is realizing he has come unraveled. His grades are so bad that he might not graduate, his girlfriend Paige is only with him because she hates being alone and his job at the Ice Cave sucks because the place is a den of teenage lechery and nobody should ever buy ice cream there. At least he gets to work with his lifelong best friend and fellow underachiever Stan, who it turns out might actually be Satan. His folks just dropped the first "A" so he could go to private school.
Stan gives Leon some otherworldly advice as a pick-me-up: Listen to Moby-Dick on audiobook, seek out an elusive flavor of frozen slushee called "White Grape" and do whatever else the Dark Lord may require. Leon and Paige spend their free time driving from convenience store to gas station buying frozen drinks and changing CDs, which turns out to be pretty fun. Stan's infernal intervention gives Leon hope that he could shape up and make something of himself, but doing so means leaving the teenage debauchery, Satan-worshipping and his former self behind.
Shamelessly allegorical and unabashedly funny, Play Me Backwards is great for readers who enjoy young adult fiction or alternative culture. Leon also appears in Selzer's 2007 debut novel How to Get Suspended and Influence People.
The aftermath of an energy crisis is explored in Edan Lepucki's new novel California. Frida and Cal are on their own, living in a shack and facing the uncertain future that may include the birth of a baby. Frida knows she may need help with the birth, and the couple discover that there is a community of people nearby, surrounded by a foreboding fortress made of tall spikes and broken glass. But is the fortress meant to keep strangers and roving bands of pirates out, or keep the insular residents in? Desperate to find acceptance, Frida and Cal decide to play by the rules. But a charismatic leader emerges with an agenda of his own, and both Frida and Cal begin to wonder if this is the paradise for which they had hoped.
A remarkable work of dystopian literature, California stays fresh with interesting characters and a suspenseful storyline. Frida and Cal are sympathetic protagonists, and Lepucki examines elements of their past life and slowly reveals how the world before has led to a dramatic and difficult present.
Although set in the future, the novel stays grounded in reality and will appeal to readers who enjoy strong characters facing hard choices in a realistic way. This debut novel for Edan Lepucki proves her to be a writer to watch. The audiobook is narrated by Emma Galvin, who brings life to the text for an enjoyable listening experience. Readers who enjoy this novel may want to also read Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel or The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber.
When he was a child, Bryan Stevenson's grandmother would tell him, "You can't understand the most important things from a distance, Bryan. You have to get close." That's exactly what Stevenson does for all of us with his new book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. The book focuses on the case of Walter McMillian, a man who was wrongly convicted and sent to death row.
McMillian was arrested for the 1986 murder of Ronda Morrison, the 18-year-old daughter of a well-respected family in Monroeville, Alabama. Despite a lack of physical evidence and the existence of several witnesses who could place him miles away at the time of the crime, McMillian was convicted of capital murder. Stevenson took on his appeal while working for the Southern Prisoners Defense Committee in Atlanta. After a lengthy appeals process, McMillian was exonerated and released in 1993 after spending six years on death row.
Readers will be astonished that these events actually took place as the book reads like a legal thriller that would do John Grisham proud. The story has a unique literary connection as well. McMillian lived in Monroe County, Alabama, home of To Kill a Mockingbird-author Harper Lee. Just Mercy is a gripping and thought-provoking read that would also be a great choice for book clubs.
Stevenson is now a law professor and the executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit organization that provides legal representation to those who have been denied fair treatment in the legal system. His TED Talk on race and justice has been viewed over 1.25 million times, and it was named one of five essential TED Talks by The New Yorker. You can view it on BCPL's Tumblr.
As the temperatures cool down and the days become shorter, a new season has arrived. With leaves falling and warm sweaters unpacked comes the desire for foods that exemplify warmth and coziness. Three recently published cookbooks express strong autumnal flavors that will surely bring pleasant aromas to your kitchen.
One style that always warms the heart and belly is Indian cuisine. Aarti Sequeira, winner of season six of Food Network Star, brings her winning personality and complex-tasting but simple-to-create spice blends to Aarti Paarti: An American Kitchen with an Indian Soul. After a short introduction discussing her background, she explains the many spices in the Indian pantry as well as a quick guide to lentils and the mystery of curry powder. Vegetarian dishes are well-represented, as well as Sequeira's fondness for sweets and desserts. Her recipes incorporate exotic flavors into American favorites, creating intriguing concepts such as South Indian Tomato Soup, Bombay Sloppy Joes and Masala Shrimp 'n' Grits.
Averie Sunshine, the popular food blogger at AverieCooks.com, has her finger on the pulse of one of this decade's hottest food trends in Cooking with Pumpkin: Recipes that Go beyond the Pie. She brings 50 of her favorite savory and sweet recipes together to create a group of mouthwatering fall dishes. From Parmesan and Cream Cheese Pumpkin Puff appetizers to Soft Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies, this is a book for the pumpkin lover. She also has suggestions for perfectly roasted pumpkin seeds and a number of pumpkin beverages that surpass the tired spiced latte.
A well-known British chef and international culinary superstar is back with Jamie Oliver's Comfort Food: The Ultimate Weekend Cookbook, a compendium of hearty-but-healthy recipes perfect for the home cook. Each recipe includes the preparation time and the caloric intake per serving, in addition to attractive photographs of the foods. Oliver states in the introduction that these recipes are intended for a leisurely experience, to celebrate and savor, and not simply for the everyday routine. Respected for his charge to improve school lunch menus worldwide, the chef returns to his roots with this cookbook to pore over and plan cold-weather weekend meals around.
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She calls my dh daddy
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Lots of kids call their grandparents Nana and Papa. My DD has 2 Papas, a Grandad and a Grandpa. I think your dh needs to chill it is not like your dad is trying to get LO to call him Daddy.
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I have a few friends whose kids refer to their grandfather as Papa. Here is a website giving many common nicknames for grandfathers other than grandpa. My kids call my father Pa. www.grandparents.com/family-and-rel...
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My great grandfather was Papa. It sort of sounds like your DH is being insecure, or does he have a deeper reason for being so offended?
My DS calls both of his grandpa's 'Pap'... sounds like your DH is being a totaly asshole about this.
maybe you could morph it to pappy, or we used to call my mom's dad Popeye (yes like the cartoon...), and my dad's dad was Popou (pop-oo) which is greek traditional...
but mostly you need to tell your DH to chill a little (in my opinion), and explain to your dad that DH's feelings are hurt and an apology telling him that he didn't mean to step on any toes might help.
Mostly I would tell DH to shut it, and stop being a baby -- but that is just our relationship.
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On the brink of a big win within the CNY Counties League National division, the Cicero-North Syracuse wrestling team got caught in the end last Wednesday night, falling to West Genesee 31-26 in a closely-fought meet.
Both teams came into the meet with 3-0 league marks, and the Northstars were at home -- but that only counted for so much.
Jordan Ramos (135 pounds) and James Segars (140 pounds) both lost close decisions at the start ---Ramos 4-2 to Mike Young, Segars 3-1 to Erik Krohl.
In a battle of strong 145-pound wrestlers, Todd Hagger beat Heitham Wady 7-2 to put CNS on the board, and Anthony Kite (152 pounds) followed with a 20-5 technical fall over Sean Clary to give the Northstars the lead.
WG won the next two contests, but that lead didn't last, either, as Jack Hotaling (189 pounds) took just 57 seconds to pin Dillon Goldman and Austin Morris, wrestling at 215 pounds, finished off Peter Schoneck in 42 seconds.
Again, the Wildcats climbed back into it with a pair of decisions, but when Kiel Dyer (119 pounds) pinned Brett Henderson in 2:52, CNS had a 26-22 advantage. One more win would do the trick.
CNS never got it, though, as Robert Brandt (125 pounds) got pinned and, in a dramatic 130-pound finale, Matt Dunham stayed in it all the way, but lost to Jon Fetterolf 6-4.
On Friday and Saturday, the Northstars go to Canastota for the Richard New Memorial Tournament.
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Amateur radio operation is fun, and that is one of the main reasons hamsdo it. But ham radio can provide communication during states of emergency. Ham radio works when all other services fail. After Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida in 1992, the utility grid was destroyed over hundreds of square miles. All cellular towers and antennas were blown down. Only amateur radio, the Citizens Radio Service ("Citizens Band"), and a few isolated pay phones with underground lines provided communication between the outside world and the public in the affected area.
Amateur radio operators are known as technical innovators, and have been responsible for important discoveries. For example, in the early part of the 20th century, government officials believed that all the frequencies having wavelengths shorter than 200 meters (1.5 MHz) were useless for radio communications, so they restricted radio amateurs to these frequencies. It was not long before ham radio operators discovered the truth, and were communicating on a worldwide scale using low-power transmitters. Thus the shortwave radio era began.
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Washington — No hitter in the major leagues has seen more potential hits taken away by infield defensive shifts than Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder, a pull hitter who often smokes balls directly at fielders playing in unique places.
"Sometimes it seems like there are 20 guys on the right side," said Fielder. "If you're not used to it, it will affect you."
Thus, it has been with particular glee that Fielder watched the Brewers take several hits away from opponents in their first 13 games with infield shifts. Beyond the noted pull hitters against whom every opponent employs defensive shifts, the Brewers have been doing it against a variety of hitters nearly every game.
In fact, the Brewers have used so many shifts against so many hitters on a nightly basis, it has become the talk of scouts around the National League as well as broadcasters from other clubs taken aback by those tactics.
First-year manager Ron Roenicke was in charge of opponents' spray charts - showing where hitters usually put the ball in play - as bench coach of the Los Angeles Angels. In one of the initial meetings with his coaching staff after being hired by the Brewers, Roenicke expressed a desire to employ defensive shifts more often.
"We're playing the percentages," said Roenicke. "We're looking at spray charts, seeing where guys hit the ball.
"It's always bothered me when, say, a right-handed hitter hits one ground ball to the right side and he hits 60 ground balls to the left side, why are we playing two guys on the right side? It makes no sense to me.
"There's going to be some situations where maybe we don't want to over-shift."
One of those situations occurred in the second inning Friday night when Washington scored three runs in what eventually became a 4-3, 10-inning victory over the Brewers. After Adam LaRoche drew a leadoff walk, the Brewers' infield shifted to the left against right-handed-hitting catcher Wilson Ramos, who punched a single through the right side.
Michael Morse followed with another single to right, loading the bases and leading to a pair of run-scoring walks by Chris Narveson. Had the Brewers used a traditional defense against Ramos, his grounder might have started a 4-6-3 double play.
But Roenicke is willing to give up the occasional hit if shifting his infield robs far more hitters of base knocks. On countless occasions this season, enemy hitters have crushed balls up the middle, only to have shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt or second baseman Rickie Weeks standing there to field it.
"I've seen Vladimir Guerrero, for so many years (opponents) over-shift and take base hits away from him," said Roenicke, who used infield shifts against four Washington hitters Friday night. "And now with Prince, so far in spring training and (the regular season), they take a lot of hits away because they over-shift.
"We're doing it against many (hitters) and it's strictly by spray charts. I don't want to say what other teams do but it makes sense for me to do it.
"In that inning (Friday), it hurt us on the catcher's ball. I don't know if he was trying to go that way. It looked like he was. Maybe that was his approach against 'Narvy.' But his next at-bat (Narveson) throws a slow curve and he hits it in the hole between third and short.
"But, so far, it has really helped us."
Roenicke said it has not been difficult to sell his infielders on playing "out of position," as some folks might want to call it.
"Once they take some hits away, they like it," said Roenicke.
"When we had our meetings in Milwaukee (over the winter), I asked (the coaches) what they thought about it. The last whatever years, I've been on spray charts. I'm looking at these things and thinking, 'Why are we playing two guys over here when they never hit ground balls there?'
"It's up the middle that's the big part. Guys hit a lot of balls up the middle, and I want that covered if I can. It's easier to do it on a left-handed hitter than a right-hander, especially if there's a runner on first base. That's one thing we'll have to look at to see how many guys are going to try to 'inside-out' the ball and try to hit it the other way."
Fielder, who has grounded into more 4-3 outs with second basemen playing in shallow right field than he'd care to recall, knows all to well how defensive shifts can mess with a hitter's head.
"I love (doing it to other hitters)," he said. "It makes sense. I think it's cool.
"You might get beat sometimes, but more often than not when they put on the shift I hit it to where they are. There's not many times I hit a ground ball right where the shortstop should be.
"As a hitter, it's frustrating at times. Now that I'm used to it, I don't let it bother me. I used to. But what can you do about it? It's going to be around the rest of my career."
Thanks to the Brewers' defensive tactics, other hitters now know that frustrating feeling.


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In a couple of weeks I'll be heading down to Austin Texas for the annual TCEA conference. This is one of the biggest and best (we are talking Texas after all) educational technology conferences going. I hope to attend the TA/CT SIG meeting where I always run into some wonderful high school computer science teachers. And friends of mine will be presenting a session about using XNA in the classroom for teaching computer science. I hope to see many friends old and new while I am there enjoying some real Texas BBQ!
Microsoft will also be hosting some workshops during the conference. Microsoft's sessions will be held in Room 410 located at the Hilton Hotel Austin next to the convention center.
Tuesday, February 9th - Room 410
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Enabling more Students to Access Technology – Windows® MultiPoint® 2010
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Using Xbox® 360, Zune® HD and Microsoft® Expression® Studio to Address 21st Century Skills
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Thursday, February 11th - Room 410
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Please pre-register in advance for sessions by clicking the links listed below each session. Registration is also available on site. I look forward to seeing you there.
When it rains it pours! I spent last week at FETC in Florida but kept a weather eye out for interesting things to pass on via Twitter (follow me on Twitter @AlfredTwo) and this blog. There sure was a lot going on. This is a larger post that usual which I guess is a good thing. Read though and I'm sure you will find something that is interesting and/or useful to you. Really! Oh and before I forget, a personal highlight of the week for me was being added to the CACM blog roll. I'm thrilled to be included on that list which you will really want to check out.
The amazing Rob Miles (@robmiles) had a new blog post: Free XNA Screencasts Which is about of all things some free XNA Screencasts. :-)
And speaking of games the US Imagine Cup twitter account @imaginecupus sent out this interesting link Microsoft Reveals the Science Behind Project Natal for Xbox 360. Some interesting technology going on here.
@Microsoft_EDU Twittered about using Mouse Mischief to create free, interactive classroom presentations!
Mouse Mischief is a tool that Microsoft makes available free of charge, and that allows teachers to work with Microsoft Office PowerPoint to make interactive presentations. With Mouse Mischief, teachers can add multiple choice questions to their presentations, and large groups of students can answer the questions using mice connected to the teacher's PC.
Mouse Mischief is a tool that Microsoft makes available free of charge, and that allows teachers to work with Microsoft Office PowerPoint to make interactive presentations. With Mouse Mischief, teachers can add multiple choice questions to their presentations, and large groups of students can answer the questions using mice connected to the teacher's PC.
Matt MacLaurin (@mmaclaurin) Twittered a link to the Kodu program in Victoria, Australia: 26 schools, 1000 kids, 500 Xbox controllers There is a lot of Kodu goodness at http://planetkodu.com. He also sent out a link to an outstanding Kodu walkthrough (Xbox version) from joystiq: http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/02/video-tour-kodu-microsofts-diy-game-builder/
From @MS_Student a link to How to Quickly Create a Movie Using Windows Live Movie Maker's AutoMovie feature. Are you or your students making movies? Want to? Check out the video. The software is free as are other tools that are part of Windows Live Essentials.
The FIRST Robotics season is in full swing. I see from @weemooseus that MIT and FIRST Ally To Encourage STEM Education Careers. This is a good thing. I watched as interest in STEM fields soared at the high school I was teaching at after FIRST Robotics took hold. A great program in my opinion.
Are you up to a contest for equipment for your school? From @unklar I learned that the CDWG -Discovery wireless classroom contest now open
Think about how The 21st Century Classroom - interactive whiteboard, notebook computers, wireless cart, projector and document camera - could extend your teaching power. ENTER NOW FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN ONE OF THREE GRAND PRIZE PACKAGES including a 21st Century Classroom and a $5000 digital media grant from Discovery Education. Plus, over 20 additional technology prizes!
Think about how The 21st Century Classroom - interactive whiteboard, notebook computers, wireless cart, projector and document camera - could extend your teaching power. ENTER NOW FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN ONE OF THREE GRAND PRIZE PACKAGES including a 21st Century Classroom and a $5000 digital media grant from Discovery Education. Plus, over 20 additional technology prizes!
On the women in computing front from @cuwise I saw that the call for participation open for Grace Hopper 2010. From the Grace Hopper people (@ghc) There is the Indiana Celebration of Women in Computing (InWIC) February 5-6, 2010, Spencer, Indiana
And Ada Lovelace Day is coming on March 24th: An international day of blogging to raise awareness of the achievements of women in technology and science.
A co-worker sent me a link to an article titled - IT hiring increases last month despite broader jobs decline Is your school preparing students for these jobs? And DARPA feels that the geek shortage is a national security risk. Wow!
On a related note, Mark Guzdial asks about The disconnect between the Geek shortage and the Geek layoffs. Every time we read a story like the one I linked to above we hear lots of stories about IT professionals who are laid off and can't find jobs. What's that about? Some discussion at Mark's blog in the comments.
From the Microsoft UK Partners in Learning people - New Innovids-Partners in Learning Network Join for free-access over 30 videos created by teachers for teachers.
Microsoft opened a new Technology Academics Policy web site http://www.techpolicy.com/ as a forum for academics on the impact of technological innovation in many areas. Well worth checking out.
Lastly, my personal congratulations to the MIT Scratch team as Scratch won a KAPi award at CES in the category of informal learning.
I'm writing this in the airport on my way home from FETC. And there in lies my first suggestion. Plan carefully before you go. I made my travel plans to FETC late and based when I travelled on my own speaking schedule. As a result I didn't pay enough attention to the full conference schedule and missed out on some good things that have and will happen today. I'm working more carefully on my plans for TCEA and will closely look through the schedule.
Closely related to that is that "playing it by ear" seldom works. One of the people I really wanted to visit with at FETC was Ken Royal (@KenRoyal blog at the Educators Royal Treatment). We exchanged phone numbers before the conference but did not set a specific meeting time. Big mistake. We did connect but between his crazy schedule (the man was everywhere and I can't wait until he blogs about it all) and my speaking/travel schedule we only had the briefest of conversations. Very unsatisfying. We're going to try to budget time at TCEA. I highly recommend that you make concrete plans to meet people at conferences.
Social networking tools are very big at Ed Tech conferences. Several companies and individuals worked at setting up Tweet ups. The only one I attended was, I think, the big one and was really more a grass roots event than a corporate sponsored one. The nice people at @SimpleK12 (http://www.simplek12.com/) helped with logistics and gave out door prizes which I think was very much appreciated. Beyond that they let it be a social networking experience and used it to build relationships rather than make it a sales event. I think that is the way companies should be involved. Provide logistical support, prizes, maybe food/drinks if you have budget for it, but mostly let it be an opportunity for the community to build. People will respect and appreciate you for it. Formal events with sales pitches or where employees (especially employees who are not active on the net) outnumber other attendees just doesn't work well with the online community.
The last two years have seen a huge growth in Twitter activity at edtech conferences. Naturally companies/vendors are trying to capitalize on this. At FETC I saw two kinds of vendor tweets using the conference hash tag. One was announcements of events/talks/giveaways/etc and the other was of the "retweet to win" category. I found some of this annoying. On the other hand as someone who was speaking I sent a few tweets along the lines of "At FETC? I'll be talking about XNA, Kudo and game development in Education at 11 in room 205B" I rationalize that as coming from me as a person rather than a company account shilling for the event. Yeah, its a close call. I'd rather have other people Tweet about my talk but that didn't happen.
The "retweet this to win" sort of tweet bothered me more just because there was so many of them and I didn't think they advanced the value of the conference to me. Several others said they had concerns about vendor tweets. Some suggested a separate hash tag for vendor tweets. not sure how well that would go over though. It would depend on who followed. Most of the vendor tweets came from accounts with relatively few followers. Without hash tag traffic few would see their tweets. It's something that will have to be worked out over time or vendor tweets will justly earn a bad reputation.
FETC did not have a specific meet up place/lounge for social media types. This is something I found to be very valuable at ISTE and TCEA. While it may not make sense for smaller regional conferences for the larger ones I think it is becoming a must have. It is a great place for people to put faces to names, voices to words, and generally expand relationships. I see that as a particularly valuable thing for conferences and a great added value. I can't help but wonder if that is a vendor sponsorship opportunity at some conferences. Though really conference organizers should see it as something they should make happen.
Well that is it for now. Hope to see some of you at TCEA. I plan on attending the TA/CT SIG meeting on Wednesday night of the conference. And will be stopping by the blogger meet up area from time to time as well. Drop me a note/comment/email/Tweet if you'd like to connect. Let's make it happen.


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Real fans watch hockey. Not all real fans feel the need to give their money to greedy owners and players by buying tickets, merchandise and concessions.
I completely agree with everything you've said in this thread. I'm a die hard fan as well, love this team with all my heart, but I was basically done after the last lockout. Since the last one, I went from a poor college kid scrounging money in an effort to pay for my coveted half season plan to a working professional that can easily afford a full season plan, and guess what, MSG hasn't and will not get my money anymore.
The worst part about all of this is that bringing the business aspect of the sport to the forefront kills the "magic". It forces fans to grow up. How do you root for something so passionately, and while doing so hand over a bunch of your hard earned money, when it is crystal clear that you care more than the people on the ice and in the front office? And once that becomes crystal clear, how do you continue to care?
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Until I have proper supplies I'm doing a few pen sketches. Did a few doodles while taking 5 min breaks from studying - working on a more substantial one now. I'd like to see how nice I can make it. It is - I think - two macaws preening.
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It's fall at the farm. The geese are back, devouring the tender young shoots of grass coming up in our newly planted pastures. Deer have moved in with the geese. They favor the new grass, too. So do the wild turkeys and pheasants and ducks and most everything else that lives out our way.
"Jeepers," I said. "The %^&*#$ wildlife are eating all our grass. That seed's not cheap, you know. And the little $*&%^@# are eating every blade of the stuff."
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"OK, OK," I say. "Spare me the sermon. Let 'em eat us out of house and home. See if I care."
I stalked off, shaking my head, huffing a bit for added effect.
I'm reading a new book -- "Wherever You Go, There You Are," by Jon Kabat-Zinn. It's about accepting what comes in life -- whatever it is, no matter how irritating or frustrating. Irritation and frustration are states of mind, the author says. We can choose calm and acceptance. We don't have to "be" irritated. (I read a lot of books like this. They all say pretty much the same thing.)
"The books don't seem to be working," Annie said. "Maybe you should try reading AND practicing."
Unfortunately, she's right. No matter how many books I read, little things still make me roil -- make my blood boil.
I resolved to change. I'd practice for an hour. No matter what happened during the upcoming hour, I'd accept it, bow to it, and honor it. But what would I do for the hour? I'd have to pick something unlikely to roil me.
"Read my book about acceptance and grace," I thought. "Hah! That'll be easy. It'll keep me on the straight and narrow. Good idea, Sam. You are something!"
I patted myself on the back, grabbed my book, and settled into my chair. I turned on my reading lamp.
I heard a faint buzzing. Then it stopped.
"Wonder what that was?" I thought.
I read a few words before the buzzing started again. It was sort of annoying.
"Honor and acceptance," I thought.
The annoyance subsided but the buzzing persisted. It was coming from the lamp. Suddenly a gigantic black fly -- the size of a small bus, I'm not lying -- rose from the top of the lampshade and lumbered into flight. He circled the lampshade several times, bumping into it repeatedly -- buzz ... thwack ... buzz ... thwack ... buzz ... thwack.
"That's annoying," I thought.
Oops ...
Here's another indicator of fall at the farm: every year we get two of three of these gargantuan flies. We don't see them the rest of the year. We never get more than two or three. Strange, huh? But regular as clockwork, I'm telling you. They're ugly, nasty-looking beasts, crawling with germs, hairy as all get out.
"Gross," I thought. "And annoying."
Oops ...
"That fly is one of God's creatures," I thought. "That's what Annie's always preaching. He has as much right to life as I do, she'd say. I'm going to honor that."
I returned to my book while the gargantuan black fly buzzed and thwacked the lampshade. Reading was impossible.
"He looks sick," I thought. "He looks like he's dying. Maybe I should kill him and put him out of his misery and stop that infernal buzzing."
Oops. I nodded to the fly and honored him. "Sorry," I said to the fly. "You are one of God's creatures. You're entitled to die in your own way. But the sooner, the better as far as I'm concerned."
Oops ...
I went back to my book trying to ignore the buzzing and thwacking, but concentration was still impossible. I closed my eyes, took a few deep breaths. "I will not be annoyed," I repeated to myself. "I refuse to be annoyed." I noted the blackness behind my eyelids and hummed my mantra. Actually, I don't have a mantra, so I just hummed -- stared into the blackness behind my eyelids and hummed, "Hmmmmmm ..."
Suddenly ... WHACK!
It was not an annoying thwack. It was a really loud WHACK!
I opened my eyes.
Annie stood by the lampshade, holding a rolled-up newspaper, a big smile on her angelic face.
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what causing this in crysis ?
whats the problem ??
some times its so smooth and some times like this
usually first run like this and second run is ok
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that was on 1920x1080@8xAA
Re: what causing this in crysis ?
Might be running out of video memory.
Have you tried turning blur settings lower to see if you can duplicate that?
I see that as well sometimes on my 570. I haven't received my 580 yet so I don't know if it will repeat, but I am hoping the extra memory will help :) I dialed back the blur and it stopped being as big an issue.
Re: what causing this in crysis ?
out of vram
Re: what causing this in crysis ?
Maybe it is triple buffering being off. Means that if you have vsync enabled and your monitor does 60Hz for current resolution then if your PC cant maintain 60fps (59fps or lower) it locks to 30fps unti lit can maintain 60fps. And so it will lock itself down to 20fps, 15fps if previous framerate target cant be maintained.
Solution is to either use D3DOverrider to force triple buffering or when your in game menu alt+tab and then get back to game as atleast with ATI GPUs this will make triple buffering get enabled.
So what triple buffering does is allow you to have any framerate between 0 and 60fps without sudden jumps to lower framerates.
Re: what causing this in crysis ?
if GTX 570 have 1280 VRAM do that means 2x GTX 570 have 2560 ??
do 6GB ddr3 in triple channel helps in that ??
I have just 4 GB
Re: what causing this in crysis ?
Turn down your AA from 8x and i bet it will go away.
Re: what causing this in crysis ?
This happens to me when I join a new map in Bad Company 2. But it only happens for about 20 seconds and then all is fine. Is this because my laptop starts using the shared memory for the GPU?
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The triple buffering in Nivida control panel only affects OpenGL applications/games so it wont affect DirectX games. So triple buffering is stilln to enabled.
Re: what causing this in crysis ?
It doesn't have any mini-hitches like I experienced with my 570 and looking at memory usage, I am hitting about 1GB with just 4xAA and my Blur turned low.
Essentially, I think he is hitting a vram limitation. I had hitching with blur on with my 570, don't have it now.
Re: what causing this in crysis ?
yeah its obviously out of vram. Turn down the AA.
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I tried it with no AA and same thing happened :(
even in lower resolution
maybe its better but it happens
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Several members from their wedding party attended. They also cruised from Hawaii to Australia in February, to be in the South Pacific during the summer.
They met on a blind date in 1960 when Harold returned to Walla Walla after serving three years in Germany with the U.S. Air Force.
They wed June 23, 1962, beside Jefferson Park pond. The Rev. Jasper Havens officiated. Nora Jane's maiden name is Wilson.
Nora Jane had a 20-yearbanking career and worked 10 years with the Department of Commerce. She retired in 1994 she and Harold moved back to Walla Walla.
A member of Beta Sigma Phi sorority, she held all offices in chapters and city council. While the children were in school she was PTA president several times and kindergarten president at a private school before it went into the public school system in Spokane.
She chaired the senior all-night party for graduations. She was a Blue Bird and Campfire leader when her daughters were active. She enjoys cross stitch, knitting, crocheting and ceramics.
Harold worked 29 years with the military and 10 years with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He retired in 1994.
He was affiliated with Veterans of Foreign Wars and Eagles while in Spokane and Lakewood, Colo.
While at Walla Walla High school he played in the Wa-Hi dance band and flew his own Taylorcraft airplane.
He was the Cub Scout leader for his son's troop and attended all the football games when his son played from seventh-grade to senior year.
He enjoys hunting, fishing and making and flying model airplanes.
The Bennetts enjoy watching their granddaughters' dance recitals and grandsons' baseball and football games.
They have two daughters and a son-in-law, Jennifer and Bruce McCutcheon and Becky Bennett, all of Walla Walla; a son and daughter-in-law, Frank and Lorilee Bennett of Spokane; five grandchildren, Alex and Jake Bennett, Thomas Ashley, Emilee Bennett and Savannah Ashley. Great-grandson Jaidyn Ashley died at 4 months.
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