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Rabbit Room Review & Reprise 05-09-2014
First things first, I just got an email confirming that The Warden and the Wolf King has been shipped from the printer. That means that Monday afternoon we'll be unloading thousands of books in the rain—which is bound to be just as fun as it sounds! Pembrick's Creaturepedia is scheduled to ship either this afternoon or first thing on Monday morning. That means that if all goes as planned, we'll begin shipping Kickstarter rewards next week! I can't wait for you guys to see (and read) these books. Now, on to the weekly review . . .
Monday morning, Chris Yokel gave us a post that explores some of the themes at work in the Lego movie, like teamwork and creativity. Here's an excerpt from "The Power of a Building Block":
"We need the boring stability of the everyday, the organized structure of the plan. We need the wild, think-outside-the-box creativity of the charismatic individual. These things are not opposed to each other, but are designed to work in harmony The structure provides context for the artist, and the artist provides fresh meaning and perspective for the structure." Read the post here.
Tuesday saw the long-awaited release of Jeremy Casella's new album, Death in Reverse. The record was inspired by N. T. Wright's Surprised by Hope, and if that's not enough to recommend it, the track below should do the trick nicely. The album is available in the Rabbit Room store.
"Letter to an Old Friend"
by Jeremy Casella
from Death in Reverse
Matt Conner was supposed to be working this week, but instead he was sitting in a coffee shop eavesdropping on strangers. The result is a post called "Coffee Shop Symphony" and, thankfully, it's not as creepy as it sounds. In fact, it's kind of beautiful. Read the post here, and be careful what you say if you're sitting beside Matt at Starbucks.
And finally, in my ongoing mission to write a short story each month this year, I submit to you the latest of my Tales from an Unremembered Country. This one's called "The Oracle of Philadelphia," and it takes place mostly in the Arctic. There's even a frozen shark, a whale, and a hypothermic polar bear. No lie. Read more about it here, and pick it up in the Rabbit Room store (PDF and ePub) or on your Kindle (or Kindle app) via Amazon—it should also be available in the iBookstore any time now. Oh, and you can click here to read a preview. Enjoy!
New Short: The Oracle of Philadelphia
You may recall that I'm on a mission to write a short story each month this year. I started in February, and that story was released in March—The Timely Arrival of Barnabas Bead is available here. I know, I know, I'm already running behind, but the next one is finally ready to go. It was written in March and April and not a sentence of it came easy. Like squeezing blood from a stone, I tell you, but such is the work of writing.
This one's called The Oracle of Philadelphia, and it revolves around an expedition into the Arctic Sea. I don't know why, but I've always been fascinated with polar exploration. Annie Dillard's "Expedition to the Pole" is one of my favorite essays of all time (it's found in her book Teaching a Stone to Talk). Josh Ritter's song "Another New World" has some of the most magical lyrics in this or any world, and, like a moth to a flame, I'm drawn to any book or documentary about the Shackleton expedition. Heck, I'll even thrown in John Carpenter's The Thing as a reference (that movie scared me to death when I was a kid). So consider this my humble entry into the hoary canon of polar literature. Hope you enjoy it, and I assure you, it's much lighter fare than any of the aforementioned works.
Special thanks to Daniel Sorensen for providing an illustration for this month's story. Check out his website. He's a talented guy.
The Oracle of Philadelphia is available as a PDF and ePub file in the Rabbit Room store. It's also available on Kindle (God bless those who leave reviews!) and (soon) in the iBookstore.
(Note: the observant reader may spot direct ties between this story and Fiddler's Green.)
Rabbit Room Review & Reprise 5-2-14
Big news! Not five minutes ago I confirmed our featured speaker for Hutchmoot 2014! We'll make an official announcement soon, but I have no doubt that you guys are going to love her. Let the rampant speculation begin.
We also received a bunch of boxes this week filled with giant, full-color maps of Aerwiar. So for those keeping track, here's what we've got so far: Monster in the Hollows hardback—check; Giant maps—check. Still to come: Pembrick's Creaturepedia—delayed at the printer, expect them to ship next week; The Warden and the Wolf King hardback—delayed at the printer, expected to ship May 15th.
We're really disappointed about the delays, but they are beyond our control. Unfortunately, this sets the Kickstarter shipments back a couple weeks. Don't worry, though, we'll start shipping you the books just as soon as we have them in hand.
Here's what else is going on in the Rabbit Room this week.
Sitting down to create something out of nothing can be one of the most intimidating things in the world. Anyone who's ever gone to the creative well and then gone back for more has experienced the fear that when they get there, it might just be empty. Andrew Peterson knows exactly what that fear is like. Time has given him some perspective, though, and he shares some of what he's learned in a post called "Process: Starting from Scratch."
If you've looked at many of Jamin Still's paintings, one thing you're sure to notice is that they tend to hint at larger stories lurking just beyond the frame. This week, Jamin explains why that is by taking a close look at one of his works and walking us through its development. Check out "Ellen and the Peacock, or 'What If?'" for details.
In her essay "The Present Eternity," Jen Rose reminds herself, and the rest of us, of the importance of the present moment, and how neglecting it can have eternal consequences. C. S. Lewis's Screwtape shows up in a supporting role: "The humans live in time, but our Enemy destines them to eternity. He therefore, I believe, wants them to attend chiefly to two things, to eternity itself, and to that point of time which they call the Present. For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity."
And finally, 2014 Rabbit Room Memberships are now available. Membership is primarily a way to support the Rabbit Room and all the books, music, and events we create, but that doesn't mean it doesn't come with some rewards. This year's membership benefits include exclusive mugs, access to the 2013 Hutchmoot audio archive (nearly 18 hours of audio), store discounts, a free Molehill, and more. Thanks for your support. We love what we do and couldn't do it without you.
Rabbit Room Membership 2014
People often ask how they can best support the Rabbit Room, the work we do, the content we create, and the people involved. The first and best answer is to support the authors and musicians we feature and the books we publish. By purchasing those works through the Rabbit Room store, you can be sure that the artist is receiving the lion's share of the profit, and the rest helps offset the operating expense of the Rabbit Room itself.
Many people, however, have asked how they can contribute in a larger way, and that brings me to Rabbit Room membership.
Rabbit Room Review & Reprise 04-25-14
I'm expecting a truck to pull up any minute and start unloading hardback editions of The Monster in the Hollows for Kickstarter backers. Maps and The Warden and the Wolf King should be here early next week and Pembrick's Creaturepedia shortly thereafter. I'm not sure where we're going to put all these books, but we'll figure something out. Let me see if I can get this Friday recap done before the truck gets here.
Going back to Good Friday, I reposted one of my favorite passages from The Supper of the Lamb. If you haven't read the book, then you must. My wife likes to say that if G. K. Chesterton and N. T. Wright got together to write a cookbook, this would be the result. And reading it during Holy Week is a traditional worth keeping . . . this passage especially.
Then on Saturday, Jen Rose and Chris Yokel showed up with some Lenten poetry. Chris wrote a trio of poems fittingly called a "Lenten Triology," and Jen's, "How it All Ends," specifically commemorates Holy Saturday. Let the poets know what you think.
On Monday morning, David Bruno decided to put together the two most disparate subjects he could think of. The resulting post puts Wendell Berry and space travel together for the first time and asks you for your opinion. Check out "Garden Tomatoes and Rocket Ships" and join the discussion.
Andy Osenga's life is changing in a big way. He's turning in his guitar for a desk—okay, that's just me being dramatic, but it's also partly true. He broke the news this week in a piece called "New Beginning." I know Andy's really excited about this new direction in his career, and I can't wait to see where it takes him. Read the full post for the scoop.
Matt Conner checked in with the Monday Music Update (he was late, and it almost became the Tuesday Music Update, which isn't nearly as alliterative). Read the post for news about Don and Lori Chaffer (Waterdeep), Randall Goodgame (Slugs & Bugs), Andy Osenga (Stage-It show), Andrew Peterson and Ben Shive (covering Rich Mullins), and Chris Slaten (Son of Laughter).
On Wednesday, Barbara Lane delivered a post of, in this editor's biased opinion, impeccable literary taste and insight. The piece,"Ink Between the Lines," takes a look at one very real way that Barbara has turned pain into beauty in her life (and in her arm). Luci Shaw and Fin Button make welcome cameo appearances.
Jonathan Rogers kept it short and sweet this week with a brief anecdote called "Ball."
I think I heard a truck full of books pulling up outside, so I'll leave you with a couple of songs that Ben Shive wrote and recorded for his church during Holy Week. Enjoy.
"Remember Me"
by Ben Shive
"Into Your Hands"
by Ben Shive
Rabbit Room Review & Reprise 04/18/14
As I sit here and wait for a truckload of Thomas McKenzie's book, The Anglican Way, to be delivered, let me recap the week.
On Monday, Heidi Johnston delivered a post called "The Pursuit of Community," and it hit close to home for a lot of people, me included.
"Community is part of who we are. In its purest form it is a beautiful reflection of the intimate relationship between Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in whose image we are made. We have good reason to hope and long for it. The problem is that the practice of community can be a lot less romantic than the theory. The perfect ideal sits in tension with the fact of our brokenness so that life in relationship rarely works out the way we have pictured it." Read the entire post here.
A couple of years ago at Hutchmoot, we asked for essay submissions. We got a lot of great entries, but Alyssa Ramsey's stole the show. This week she's here as a guest contributor with a beautiful post called "Tremble – A Lenten Reflection." Take a few minutes this Good Friday and check it out.
I saw Noah on opening weekend and really enjoyed it, but I decided to put off a discussion of the film until the ugly firestorm of controversy died down. This week I posted my thoughts about the movie, and some good discussion has followed. I'd love to hear others' thoughts as well. It's definitely a thought-provoking film—and that's a good thing. I'll also commend to you this short video that was brought to my attention by Aaron Alford; I think it hits the nail on the head.
Yesterday, illustrator Joe Sutphin checked in with a behind-the-scenes look at his work on The Warden and the Wolf King. In the post ("How Andrew and I Introduced Each Other to a Boy Named Janner" —2014 recipient of the Longest Post Title Award), Joe discusses the approach he took to developing the appearance of one of the book's main characters, Janner Igiby.
The Warden and the Wolf King is being printed as we speak, and it, along with all the other Kickstarter rewards, will be delivered to us here in Nashville in the next week or so. We hope to start shipping them out to all of you before the end of the month! We'll soon be sending out a Kickstarter survey to collect shipping addresses.
Discussing Noah
This isn't a movie review, I'll leave that to Thomas, but I do want to talk about my impressions of the film and hopefully start some (civil) discussion. It's undoubtedly a film that challenges expectations and a lot of the comments and reactions I've seen online tell me that there are some who aren't sure what to do with those challenges. If you ask me what I do when a movie like Noah unsettles me, here's my answer: think about it (calmly and rationally), and then talk about it (calmly and rationally).
To begin with, let me tell you I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. The script has a few clunky spots and some things work better than others, but overall it's fascinating and packed with good performances, rich visual storytelling, and complex human characters behaving in often surprising yet understandable ways. Yes, the Nephilim are giant stone "ents." No, that doesn't bother me—in fact it really excites me. Yes, the story goes some strange places that aren't factual. No, that doesn't bother me either, especially considering that the story remains biblically accurate in its essentials. The film certainly embellishes the tale in imaginative ways, but I consider that a good thing, especially because in doing so it raises some thought-provoking questions. In fact, as I sit here and ponder it, I can think of almost no other "biblical" film that has been this interesting, this thoughtful, or this artful (though that's more a critique of "biblical" films than it is a praise of Noah).
In order to have a meaningful discussion, I'm going to assume you've seen the movie. If you haven't, or if you're on the fence, it's definitely a movie to see in the theater (don't wait for the DVD). I'll also say that you should leave young kids at home; this isn't your Sunday School Noah's Ark story.
If you don't want to know the details, now's your chance to stop reading. As River Song would say: Spoilers!
Rabbit Room Review & Reprise 04/11/14
First things first: Tomorrow morning at 11am, bring the family to Logos Bookstore in Nashville for the double-feature of Jonathan Rogers' re-release party for the Wilderking Trilogy and a Slugs & Bugs sing-along with Randall Goodgame. Good times. Good folks. Hope to see some of you there.
Kicking off the week, Matt Conner brought the Monday Music Update. Click here to check out news from Ron Block (and Jeff Taylor and Rebecca Reynolds), Andrew Osenga, Rain for Roots (Ellie Holcomb, Flo Paris, Sandra McCracken, Katy Bowser), Waterdeep, and Ben Shive (and Kelly Rae Burton).
In addition to taking pictures of fine imbibables (pretty sure I made that word up, but it definitely needs to be a word) and doodling, Barbara Lane also teaches English as a second language. This week she wrote a post called "Wordlessly" in which she talks about the ability of words and stories to build bridges between people.
A while back, Doug McKelvey began a series of posts called "Subjects With Objects Unplugged," in which he shares a behind-the-scenes look at his method of extracting meaning from (or possibly imparting meaning to) Jonathan Richter's paintings. I LOVE these posts, and this latest one, in which he waxes eloquent on the nature of materialism, is one of my favorites.
Chris Stewart is the last of our new contributors to enter the Room. He's an illustrator and a graphic designer (you may recognize his work from The Molehill covers or the Hutchmoot 2013 poster), and he debuted this week with a post about procrastination and the importance of trusting in the process of the creative act. But wait! It's a double-whammy and turns out to be a great post about Easter and New Creation as well. Nicely done, Chris.
And finally, Jason Gray's new record, Love Will Have the Final Word, was released a few weeks ago, and here he is with a short breakdown of the album, a look at how it came together, and a few other good words about the project.
Have a great weekend. We'll see you tomorrow at Logos Bookstore.
Rabbit Room Review & Reprise
The biggest news this week was the more or less instant sell-out of Hutchmoot 2014 tickets. Once again, we wish there was room for everyone who wants to come, but it just isn't so. For those who snatched up a golden ticket, we'll see you in October. For those who weren't so lucky, you're welcome to shoot me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com and I'll add your name to the waiting list—and neither is that an empty hope; each year we've gone all the way through the waiting list trying to fill last minute vacancies. Here's what else has been going on lately:
Eric Peters recently sat down with Barry Dunlap of the Twelve-Minute Muse to discuss music (including his new EP, Counting My Rings), books (including the Book Mole), painting, metaphor, inspiration, and a whole passel of other things (including LSU football). If you've got 12 minutes (or so) to spare, check it out here, or just hit play below.
Allow me to make a confession. I've never heard any of Gungor's music. Chris Yokel has, though, and his post last week about their new film, Let There Be, sounds fascinating. I suppose I'm going to have to get out of the old folks' home and go listen to some of that new music. We'll see. Where's my cane?
The cat-maligning Sam Smith poked his head out of the Story Warren with a few words of wisdom about introverts and . . . Star Trek. Can a bizarre Patrick Stewart meme be far behind? All joking aside, it's a great post. Sam never ceases to amaze me with his ability to shine light on things and speak with gentle wisdom. If only he'd stop hiding all that good stuff behind his raging cat-hatred.
Ben Shive is working on lots of new projects these days, and one of them is a record from a young artist you probably haven't heard of, Kelly Burton (check out her Kickstarter campaign here). I've had the pleasure of hearing Ben and Kelly working in the next room, and I'm really looking forward to the finished album. Ben wrote a great article this week about the processing of co-writing. If you're a songwriter, or really an artist of any sort, and you've found yourself in the sometimes-awkward position of collaborator, this is definitely worth your time. Good stuff. Check out the link to listen to a rough cut of one of the tracks Ben co-wrote for Kelly's record.
In cooperation with Rabbit Room Press, Jonathan Rogers has finally put his long out-of-print Wilderking Trilogy back into readers' hands. The books look great and you can order them in the Rabbit Room store, or anywhere else great books are sold. In commemoration of the release, Andrew Peterson wrote a post this week about his introduction to Jonathan and his work. Read it here.
David Michael Bruno dropped in with a post called "Good Middle," which happens to be great from beginning to end. He writes about relationships, both between each of us and between us and God, and illustrates the importance of making sure "there's some good middle happening." Strangely, the subject of jelly donuts is not addressed. Confused? Don't be. Read his post.
And last, but definitely most, Andrew Osenga gave birth to a new EP this week. Heart is the first of his four-EP project, Heart & Soul, Flesh & Bone. He wrote up a song-by-song analysis of the record for us and you can read it here, along with previews of each track. Good stuff. Thanks, Andy.
Release Day: Andrew Osenga's Heart
Andy Osenga kickstarted a project to record four EPs this year. He called the project Heart & Soul, Flesh & Bone, and each EP is to feature a different style of music. Today marks the public release of the first of those EPs, Heart. What style is it? Heart. Okay, that's not so helpful. How about we say it's very much in the style of my favorite of his solo records, Photographs. Those of us who kickstarted the project have been listening to the new EP (and loving it) for a couple of weeks. Now let the rest of the masses join in. The EP is now available in the Rabbit Room store. Here's a sneak preview.
"Out of Town"
by Andrew Osenga
Later this week we'll have a song by song breakdown of the record straight from the horse's mouth.
Hutchmoot 2014: Tickets Soon
Hutchmoot 2014 will take place on October 9-12th, and tickets will go on sale next week. We'll have more details in a couple of days, but I wanted to let everyone know in plenty of time. There are 140 tickets available and the price will be $295 per person. I can't wait for you guys to see what we've got planned. It's going to be a great year.
Rabbit Room Review & Reprise 03/21/14
First of all, I want to point out that Andrew Osenga's new EP went out to Kickstarter backers this week and I love it. Fantastic job, Andy! The EP, Heart, will be released to the public in the next couple of weeks and will be available here in the Rabbit Room store.
Lanier Ivester's post on Monday, "Love Begets," kind of shocked me with how good it was. I suppose I should have learned by now—if Lanier writes it, it's going to be awesome. Go read it, and don't be fooled, it's about much more than her dog. "Fear is a taste of hell because it cuts us off from the ever-offered rest of God's love. And fear cannot do one damn thing to avert the thing feared. Sorrow, on the other hand, is a kind friend, and when it comes, grace comes, too, and all the tender mercies of God."
This week in the Monday Music Update: Chris Slaten (Son of Laughter) is taking a break from teaching and heading to the Northeast to mount a spring tour. Almost all of these dates are linked to Rabbit Room folks and it looks like a lot of them are shaping up to be "mini-moots." Check out his tour schedule here to see if there's a show in your area.
Also in the update: Jill Phillips began recording this week for her new album due out this fall, and Ron Block and Jeff Taylor are still hard at work recording their new album in collaboration with Rebecca Reynolds. Check out the complete music update here.
Dr. Rogers pulled another priceless anecdote out of his seemingly bottomless well of them. This one's called "A Tricycle, A Leg Trap." With a title like that, does it really even need a story? I'm not going to spoil anything, but every time I read one of these things, I thank God that there's someone out there like Jonathan Rogers to write them down. This stuff is too good not to be true.
Barbara Lane made her Rabbit Room debut yesterday with a story about an encounter with a hitchhiker—which sounds like a set-up for a Jonathan Rogers anecdote but isn't. The post is titled "Lend Me Your Eyes." Read it and welcome Barbara to the Rabbit Room. We hope to hear much more from her in the months ahead.
My own project this year is to write a series of short stories, one each month. The process began in February and this week the first one is available. The series is called Tales of an Unremembered Country and maybe somewhere down the line I'll explain that a little. But for now, I'm proud of this first tale called "The Timely Arrival of Barnabas Bead," and I hope you enjoy it. It's available as a PDF in the Rabbit Room store and on Amazon via Kindle (Amazon reviews are much appreciated!).
And finally, Ed Stetzer invited Thomas McKenzie onto his show, The Exchange, to talk about how Christians engage our culture through filmmaking and film-watching. It's a great discussion that asks some hard questions. Check out the video below. Well done, Thomas.
Short Story: The Timely Arrival of Barnabas Bead
This tale, "Timely Arrival of Barnabas Bead," is about a hapless colonel and his long-suffering lieutenant, who are reassigned to a Confederate outpost in the Appalachian Mountains. The road they take to get to their new garrison, however, might just lead them somewhere else entirely. If you've read the Fiddler's books, you may recognize some parts of the world in which this is set. I'll leave it at that.
The story is available as a PDF in the Rabbit Room store (you can read a sample here), and in the Amazon store via Kindle (Amazon reviews are much appreciated!). This month's tale includes an illustration by Jonny Jimison, and I hope to involve a variety of illustrators in these stories throughout the year. I hope you enjoy it. I'll have another for you next month.
Neighbors Episode 1: Our Father
A few weeks ago, Jakob Lewis (a friend from church) sent me the first episode of his new podcast, Neighbors, wondering if it might be of interest to the Rabbit Room community. He said it featured a story about Thomas McKenzie, and, knowing that there are no dull stories about Thomas McKenzie, I was intrigued.
I listened to the episode and was immediately impressed. Not with Thomas's story (though I would be), but with the quality of the podcast. I've been a Radiolab fan for years and I could tell right off the bat that Jakob was too. I loved the sound, style, and pace of Neighbors, and any favorable comparison to Radiolab is a positive thing.
But Jakob's ear for a good story was just as in tune as his technical ability. He let Thomas's experience with the death of his father play out just like it should, with grace, insight, and a bit of revelation.
When I told Jakob how much I enjoyed the podcast, I learned that he's just been accepted to a residential radio storytelling program on Cape Cod. The course is led by Radiolab's Robert Krulwich and This American Life's Nancy Updike. They only accept nine applicants and Jakob was lucky enough (and talented enough) to be one of them.
The two-month course means that Jakob will have to take leave from his job and be away from his wife for two months, though, and he's currently in the middle of an IndieGoGo campaign to try to raise money to defray his expenses. He's not asking for much, but if you appreciate the kind of storytelling that Jakob demonstrates in this episode, consider helping him out. I did.
When Jakob completes the residential course he and his wife are hoping to drive across the country and collect stories along the way. Based on his work in this first episode, I can't wait to hear them.
You can stream the episode below. Check it out for yourself and visit the Neighbors homepage.
Neighbors, Episode 1
"Our Father: Two Fathers Trying to Out-Father One Another"
by Jakob Lewis
Hutchmoot Retreat: Back from the Desert
First of all, let me apologize to Andy Gullahorn for the awful Beyond the Frame joke you see in the picture above; I stole it from Sally Zaengle so you can blame her. That's Kathleen Norris being a good sport with the guitar.
We left for Texas on Thursday morning with quite a bit of anxiety. The opportunity to hold a "Hutchmoot" event at Laity Lodge was a dream come true, but none of us knew how well it would work. Would people recognize it as a uniquely Rabbit-Room-ish event? Would the community aspect translate in the same way it has at past Hutchmoots? Would the more spacious program still leave people fulfilled? Would Kathleen Norris feel at home and enjoy her time with us? All these and many other questions were on my mind when I got off the plane. And now, after three and a half days in the beauty of the Texas hill country, after lots of Psalms and poetry, after tables spread with great food including some legendary scalloped potatoes, and after lots of great conversation, I'll say that the answer to all those questions is a resounding "Yes!"
Thank you to all who came and participated so richly. Thanks to all the speakers and musicians (Andrew Peterson, Jennifer Trafton, Jill Phillips, Eric Peters, Andy Gullahorn, Paul Soupiset), you guys were fantastic; Saturday night's concert was one of the highlights of the weekend. And I'd especially like to thank Kathleen Norris, who had no real idea what she was getting into, but who came with curiosity and a beautiful, earthy humility. Her humor and wisdom were an absolute delight and it was a privilege to be able to sit at her feet and learn for a few days.
Now that we're home, I'm anxious again—but not with questions. I went to the desert drained, but now I've soaked up the poetry of the weekend and I'm full. I'm anxious to write—and that's a good thing.
I'm also anxious to get to work finalizing plans for Hutchmoot 2014. The dates are October 9-12. We expect registration to begin sometime in mid-March. We'll see you in October.


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As a collaborative project, the
and Russian space agencies expect to launch
a next-generation human spaceflight system by 2018. The design for the Advanced
Crew Transportation System (ACTS) (also called the Crew Space
Transportation System [CSTS]) was unveiled
on Tuesday, July 22, 2008. This new system for transporting humans to
the International Space Station (ISS) and to the moon is based
on previous technologies, including the Soyuz spacecraft. (A Soyuz capsule
was used to transport the first crew from Earth to the ISS in 2000.)
NASA, the U.S. space agency, has its own plans for launching more
humans into space—the Constellation
program. This program sprouted from
the nation's Vision for Space Exploration, announced by President George
W. Bush in 2004. The vision includes completing the ISS by 2010, getting
American astronauts back on the moon by 2020, and making manned spaceflights
to Mars by 2030.
The research and technologies developed and used for putting
(and keeping) humans in space, however, are vital to more than the
governments and people directly involved in these missions. NASA
technologies have also contributed to a number of commercial products
and services for the general public. For more than four decades, the
NASA Innovative Partnerships Program has boosted innovations in the
fields of health and medicine, industry, consumer goods,
transportation, public safety, computer technology, and environmental
resources. Examples of products include memory foam used in certain
mattresses, freeze-dried food used by backpackers, and cordless
portable vacuums.
During this week's lesson, you will take a tour of what technologies
NASA has contributed to modern life, and you will get a chance to develop
your own NASA-inspired innovation.
Start learning about NASA
in Your Life by exploring the interactive feature NASA
@ Home and City. As you tour the home and city sections, write a list of
comparable items that you may use or rely on in your own life.
Begin by entering NASA
@ Home. Tour the Bathroom by clicking
on items—called, NASA spinoffs—where the viewer screen
appears. You will discover, for example, how ingestible toothpaste
and infrared ear thermometers have improved children's health and
In the Living Room, you will see how NASA research has improved
guitar acoustics, produced superior sunglasses, and provided the freedom
of wireless headsets. In the Bedroom, you will find sports equipment,
clothing, and computer software inspired by NASA innovations. In the
Kitchen, see how NASA contributed to better baby food,
and take a look at the cool cutting-edge oven.
Hitting the button in the top-right corner of the screen, flip on
over to NASA City. Start with the Air Travel section,
where you will get a glimpse of an airplane's clean-burning engines,
anti-icing systems, and cabin pressure devices.
Continue your city tour in the Automotive section. Here, you
will see how NASA research has helped improve safety and fuel efficiency.
Discover more key innovations in the Sports & Recreation, Public
Medical, Manufacturing, and Grocery fields. Also,
check out how NASA has helped improve science and safety in Coastal areas.
To delve deeper into NASA's contributions to health and medicine,
dig into the separate NASA
Anatomy feature. Here, you can explore the body's major systems, and you can learn about robotic surgery and imaging technology.
Also, browse through NASA
Hits: Rewards from Space to examine even
more spinoff technologies.
analyze the list you created during your tour. For at least three of
the items, write a sentence that describes how NASA research has contributed
to that kind of product or service. Share and discuss your list
with classmates.
hit the official NASA
Spinoff site. View the Spinoff
2007 (or most current) issue, which highlights
the NASA technologies that have been successfully commercialized.
Focus on one of the main categories, such as Health and Medicine
or Transportation. Read all of the spinoff articles in that category
to get more familiar with the kinds of NASA research related to
that field.
Reflect on your set of articles, and choose one article that you found especially
interesting. Identify the original NASA research discussed, and describe that research in
one phrase or sentence. Using that phrase or sentence as your starting point,
create a flowchart that illustrates how that research developed, was
transferred to the private sector, and became a publicly available
product or service. Compare and contrast your flowchart with those
of your classmates.
Before leaving the NASA Spinoff site, get familiar with the Spinoff
Database by searching in your selected category and by using
one or more keywords in the article you read. You will also use
the database for your newspaper activity.
Browse through current issues of the e-edition to
find news related to your selected NASA spinoff category. Pick an article
that describes a problem that needs solving or features an old technology
that could use some improvement. Write out a description of what you
think is needed and why. Next,
think creatively about how you could solve the problem or make improvements
using NASA-based technologies. Use the Spinoff
Database to research technologies that could be helpful
to consider for this project. You may also wish to visit the main NASA
website to investigate additional research or current technologies NASA
is using that may not yet have a commercial spinoff. Based on your
investigations, engineer a commercial product or service. Draft a
product diagram or service plan that illustrates your product or
service and clearly references the related NASA research. Lastly,
develop a marketing item—a brochure, webpage, 30-second radio or
podcast plug, etc.—that could be used to market your innovation.

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I have a 3 year old with another LO on the way in March.
Back in May I bought a large breed puppy. He is a good dog. Dont get me wrong. The problem is my pregnancy, a toddler and a dog that needs more than I am able to give him.
A few weeks ago, I fell outside. I haven't been able to move around like before. My knee is totally messed up. Bending it causes excrusiating pain! It hurts so bad right now as we speak. About a hr ago, I was clipping my boys (the dogs) nails and when I got up, my knee buckled and never stopped hurting. I had to stand there for a minute just moaing in pain.
My back has also started to spasm on and off. My insurance no longer covers chiropractic care on the regular so it makes it really hard to give this puppy what he needs. I also sleep all day and work all night. i feel so bad because he get so excited and wants to be loved and unfortunately I dont have the energy to do so. I used to ride my bike with him but it will be a LONG while before I am able to do that with him again. Not safe to ride during the colder months. Snow and ice are unpredictable. Plus definately can't do it after the baby comes till she is at least 9 months. Taking long walks with him is hard because of my leg and back.
I just can't give him what he needs. He is so energic. I live in an apartment in the city and it is hard to get him to the park to play games.
Idk. I love the dog, but he is too much for me by myself, with a toddler and a baby on the way with my complications. Im thinking about giving him up but that is so hard to even fathom. I dont want to take him to the pound because of his breed (american bulldog), in essence he will automaticall get put down and then I dont want to give him to just anyone because of his breed. People like to fight bully breeds and he is so sweet. He just wants to play. He is good with my daughter. Lets her beat him up and all.
I want to keep him. I just can't handle him and itll be another year and then some before I can.
In the picture below he is 8 wks. he is such a beautiful sweet dispostioned pup. be is now 10 times that size. Lol


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Wayward Vagabond cosplay by TrueAlasoWatch
©2012-2016 TrueAlaso
RETRIEVE ARMS. oh i already have them.
My wayward vagabond cosplay. :3
My wayward vagabond cosplay. :3
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah that's so great!
Really nicely done!
Really nicely done!
I want to cosplay Wayward for an expo next year, and i'm looking for other cosplays you know to get ready and stuff, anyways yours looks amazing. (probably the best one i've found as of yet) i just want to know, what did you use for the face/head? Like the black mask thing?
Also do you have a pattern or tutorial for how you made the cosplay? ;v;
Also do you have a pattern or tutorial for how you made the cosplay? ;v;
I don't have a pattern or a tutorial just because I was winging it. The mask is from a foam base and then the face is a spandex mix fabric you can see out of, and the strips of grey are made from linen and it is all attached with hot glue.
oh, thank you. XD i'll try to wing it as well, lol but really, this was a really awesome cosplays all the others looked really floppy. XD
Oh God, that's awesome ;w, I wanna do such a good WV cosplay as you do.


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Anyone going to Mickeys not so scary halloween party 2011?? What nights are you going
Anyone going to Mickeys not so scary halloween party 2011?? What nights are you going
gwan you know you want toOriginally Posted by Wendy, post: 255269
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I know, but.......Originally Posted by Keith, post: 255271
Chris had a brilliant partner in crime last year for the trick or treating and I don't know if I'm up to the job this year
Hhhmmm I was introduced to Oh Henrys last year at MNSSHP and you want some sweets................so maybe I do need to go again
You are a bad influence
Not this year. I don't think we even arrive until Halloween night.
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I loved hearing the Clarinet Concerto (Carey Bell was great) and the Schubert Symphony. Blomstedt still has it in his late 80's! Very good concert!
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Beautiful music, great venue, relaxing atmosphere. We enjoyed ourselves and it was a nice night out. I deducted one star for never having left reality. I like to get lost in the performance and it never quite hit that level, but it was a very...continued
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Great performances, very easy to get there on BART (Civic Center station), and lots of good restaurants close by.
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Took BART, no hassles, walked to venue, music wonderful! What more could I want? Nada.....
Meet Maestro Blomstedt at a CD signing in the Symphony Store following the April 3 and 6 concerts.
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If you do a lot of reading on your Tablet and your tablet is an Android one then you will be happy to know that Amazon has pushed out a new version of the Amazon Kindle app for Android.
The big addition is the ability to view two pages side-by-side in landscape mode (as seen above). Otherwise, you'll now find additional options for margin and spacing controls, along with a number of bug fixes . Including the major bug that required you to re-sign in every time you restarted the App.


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After allowing an Automatic Windows XP update, my onboard sound devices
(SoundMax Digital Integrated Audio) disappeared. My motherboard is an ASUS
P4S800D-E Deluxe socket 478 board.
In device manager, the integrated sound card is there and "Working properly"
Selecting properties, then the properties tab, shows Audio devices, Midi
devices, and Mixer devices.
Each of these states "the driver is enabled but has not been started." I am
currently using SoundMAX Audio Driver version 5.12.01.3665, which is the
latest driver shown on the ASUS website. I have tried starting each device
under Component Services with no luck.. I have also tried doing a system
restore to the last known working setting and also no luck. Lastly I have
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Grateful Dead
Of spent nuclear fuel rods at it's six unit nuclear power operating station. TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) experienced hydrogen explosions and partial meltdown to all of it's six units after the tsunami wave swamped it. The tsunami, in turn, was caused by close offshore earthquake on 3/11/11.
It was disclosed today that 80 of the spent fuel rods that had been sitting in cooling ponds had been damaged before the accident.
There are ongoing leaks of radio-active waste water that is piling up inside the the containment vessels. The situation is clearly fluid and ongoing after 32 months. The government has just appropriated another 50 billion dollars to TEPCO in addition to an already appropriated 50 billion in loans.
One thing that is interesting to note is that people in the immediate area (more than 10 kilometers away) are being encouraged to move back into their homes because of new evidence that suggests there are safe, acceptable levels of background radiation. This is new and controversial but seems to have some weight behind it due to naturally occurring background radiation as well as man-made low-dose radiation from x-rays that are not observed to have adverse effects.
The Denver Airport has some rather bizarre pictures that many maintain have to do with the "New World Order". I'm not into conspiracy theories but with the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination coming up this week they do seem to be topical to current events.
Among the many pictures of original art at the Denver airport is a stealie that appears to be the artwork from Winterland 73: The Complete Recordings (A stealie in the pupil of an eye with a bunch of people milling about outside the eyeball?). I may have that mixed uo with the cover art of another box set or it may be a close approximation.
Does anybody know who the artist is?
I feel sorry for the mayor of Toronto. Ford has a major substance abuse problem and he refuses to resign and go to rehab.. The City Council cannot force him out but they are systematically stripping him of his powers.
The latest story has him slugging down shots of vodka after taking Oxycontin. He is also at the same time snorting lines of cocaine with a hooker in his office. Later, he has his driver pull over so he can urinate on a middle school.
I thought he would have done the sensible thing by now and bow to reality, biting the bullet for rehab.. Good luck Rob. You don't have to hit rock bottom before you get off the elevator.
For the Upton "Keep Your Health Care Plan Act of 2013" Bill. The vote was 261-157. The Bill has been announced DOA in the Senate. Obama has vowed to veto it should it reach his desk. The fact that it came up explains why Obama backed up yesterday on the ACA. It was political reality day after endless clips of "If you like...You can keep."
This bill would allow insurance companies not only to continue with "sub-par" insurance policies for people who got cancelled, but it would also allow those companies to sell to new customers. That is the really objectionable part that would effectively gut the ACA.
These Democrats who defected are the "Blue Dogs" in swing districts who needed to show their constituents that they are frustrated with the roll-out of the ACA. They are not changed on the ACA, merely bowing to reality.
Boy, this issue is red hot right now. Insurers will meet with the President today at the White House and state regulators will than have to weigh in. These parties have to agree to the regression.
"Society is at risk when any of us do not have insurance" Not my quote.
To get canceled policies reinstated for a year. It is amazing in this day and age that the sitting POTUS would apologize and back up. To me it shows character to admit "If you like it...You can keep it" was a mistake. Will insurance companies be able to reverse gears? Probably, with a lot of grumbling.
Hopefully, this will allow space for the web site to get it's fix and the ACA vehicle to get back into "Drive".
As far as the numbers go, the ACA is really not doing that badly when compared to the roll-out of the Massachusetts health care model based on the first month. Most people take a very deliberate and slow approach and tend to buy in the last month.
I sincerely hope all that wish to have affordable health care insurance get it and those who don't want any part of it find a way to avoid the 1% tax penalty for non-participation. I guess we live in a free country and that means if you don't wanna you don hafta, though there do seem to be a lot of examples to the contrary.
A whole lot of people are going to have pre-existing conditions covered, no lifetime caps and have their children covered to 26 years who are still at home.
A bill is currently before the House and being voted on that would effectively allow insurers to go their own way for some time. Imho this is tragic. The insurance companies have already done all the preliminary work to make this happen. I don't understand why people would want to continue with inferior insurance products.* We
definitely do have the "freedom" to spend our money unwisely.
* Not speaking about employers who discontinued health insurance plans.
to be getting back some cash from something you own that's sitting around doing nothing? I mean, I would like AirBnB, Uber, Lyft and the like just because of how much they're shaking up the hotel and taxi industries and forcing them to be more responsive to their customers.
When I was in line at the Greek, the out-of-town Heads in line behind me had used Lyft to get to the show. Which was very smart, in view of the parking and transit situation.
I am all for guerrilla approaches to finding better ways to do things and give people what they want. Like Shakedown vending.
I think what we all need to do when it comes to our reactions to the Affordable Care Act (I refuse to call it "Obamacare") is realize we have NO IDEA what it's like for the rest of us out there. I've made mention of this in various other posts on this site, but, in this age of social media, we as a society have forgotten the "We" and tend to focus solely on the "Me." Personally, I couldn't give a crap about the government dipping its hand into my paycheck if it means someone else gets to eat a much-needed meal or get some much-needed medicine. I have a wife and a baby and a dog, and this economy is tough on us all, but it's tougher for our fellow citizens who don't have a job, are on welfare, are disabled, etc.
The truth is that the system is severely damaged and in need of repair. Is the Affordable Care Act the answer? No, but it's AN answer, which is better than nothing. We all have to stop, sit back, and realize that something needs to change before this ship sinks. We're taking in too much water as it is; it's time to start with some long-term repairs. If the Affordable Care Act fails, so be it, but it could bring about something even better, and we need to stay positive and look forward to that day.
Can't we all just get along?
As the rich get richer and the poor get poorer there is a rise in the rental of anything of value one might own. A second car? Your apartment for a weekend your away? Your riding lawn mower. Put it on the net for rent for cash.
Anything for some extra scratch to get by. This is getting sad, folks.
Joe Scarborough, morning talk-show host and former Republican Congressperson, has released a book in a media blitz that is timed to try to influence the 2016 presidential elections. The book is called:
"The Right Path: From Ike to Reagan, How Republicans Once Mastered Politics--and Can Again,"
The gist? "We can win again and we will. And we can do it by following the right paths of Ronald Reagan and Dwight Eisenhower. We can do it by fighting for the core principles of conservatism and emphasizing those values that most Americans agree with. There will also be times when we will follow the lead of Reagan and Eisenhower by putting principled pragmatism before ideological battles that will undermine our ability to win elections, elect majorities, and take back control of the White House."
The air goes right out of his prognostication with the election of Chris Christy and the inevitable comparisons between a moderate Republican an a centrist Democrat. Christy gets crushed by the colored ascendency (Black, brown, yellow, whatever, the whole rainbow knows whose side their bread is buttered on) by 30 points in the polls if the election were held today. He offends the purist Right-wing Kingmakers.
With Republicans efforts to stop colored people (and their children who come of age) from voting and stopping immigration reform it is insuring their own defeat. I, for one, urge them on to greater and greater heights of rigid ideology as they fossilize in their rockers listening to Rush Limbaugh.
Look for Hillary Clinton to stomp any sacrificial offering put on the Republican altar. The saddest fact? It won't make any difference to working class American who gets elected, or environmentalists, or gun-control advocates, or doves, or anybody with an intelligent brain. Sorry Hillary, don't hit your head too hard on the glass ceiling.
The dysfunctional Congress is, er, disturbing (since we are toning down our speech per the mod.) What is even more frightening is that there is very little difference between old-line mainstream Republicans and and old-line mainstream Democrats. That used to be the core of our political sysytem and the core of our problem. No meaningful choices.
Well, that pat little theory got blown out of the water! The Republicans have now gone far to the right and dragged the traditional leadership behind them to ruin. The Democrats are timidly standing behind the president without much enthusiasm.
What should be Obama's crowning achievement has turned into a high-tech quagmire that will eventually be fixed. The Congress, probably not. And that is more frightening than the whole health care crisis. The strangest thing? One of the longest bull markets ever under a Democrat.
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We are performing postlayout simulation for a digital design which adopts TSMC 65nm standard cell library. During SDF back annotation by Verilog-XL 8.2, there are many SDFA errors, "Failed to find SETUP timingcheck" and "Failed to find HOLD timingcheck". But the simulation is still passed. Is it caused by mismatch Verilog model of the standard cells? or by improper EDA tools? Is it important?
It sounds like the timing checks in your verilog model do not match those in your .lib files. The SDF is generated based on the timing in the .lib file. During back-annotation, it tries to match the SDF timing to a timingcheck in the verilog model. What appears to be happening above is that during back-annotation, it can't find the setup and hold timing checks in your verilog model.
If this is what's happening, it is important, because even though the simulation is passing, it may be passing without performing setup and hold timing checks.
Check in you ncelab/irun log file for:
Annotating SDF timing data: Compiled SDF file: Your_Design.sdf.X Log file: logs/design.log Backannotation scope: tb.dut Configuration file: MTM control: MINIMUM Scale factors: 1:1:1 Scale type: Annotation completed with 0 Errors and 16 Warnings
Do you have any Errors ?
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Hi Scrivner,
I would like to know if the SDF is generated based on the timing in the .lib file, why is it not able to find the setup and hold timing checks in the verilog model which is in general generated by synthesizer or modified by router according to the same .lib file?
In reply to timchung:
The verilog models are not generated by synthesis or modified by the router. I think you might be referring to instantiations of gates in a netlist (which are synthesized and affected by the router).
The verilog models I was referring to are the verilog library of the standard cells. These define the funtions and behaviors of the gates instantiated in the netlist. They are used by ncverilog to simulate the instances in the netlist.
What you need to do is look at the timingcheck section for a flop in the SDF file and compare it to the timingcheck section in the verilog model of the same cell. For each timing check in the SDF, there should be a matching timing check in the verilog model. This matching timing check in the verilog model is what the SDF back-annotates to. When there is a timing check in the SDF that does not have a matching timing check in the verilog model, there is nothing for that SDF timing check to back-annotate to. That is when you get an error or warning like the ones you are seeing.
Hi Scrivner,
I have a situation similar to that of this thread. Some of our cells have sdf annotations unspecified in the verilog (giving a elaboration warning), but I also have missing sdf annotations requested in the verilog (thus leaving the default check values of 1 ns). I looked a bit but I'm still stuck.
Basically, if I use my hdl compiler to generate a sdf without RC, I get everything I need, and the elaborator does not complain. In this sdf, I have 3 setup checks, 3 hold checks and 3 width checks.
When I use encounter, I get 3 width checks, 2 setuphold checks and 1 recrem check. From the pin names of the recrem I'm pretty sure this sdf annotation replaced the missing setup/hold pair that I'm looking for. I tried telling encounter to use version 2.1 sdf with the -remashold switch, and got one more hold, related to a recovery (which is of course not in the verilog specify block).
Any ideas on which end to work? Add/modify the specify fields in the verilog, or work out how to write out the necessary fields in the sdf? I'd like to give more details, but I'm not sure what could be useful at this point.


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TOKYO — Top Japanese director Juzo Itami, helmer of films such as "Tampopo" and "Ososhiki" (The Funeral), has started filming his 10th movie, "Marutai no Onna," which is scheduled for a Sept. 27 release, a spokesman for Toho Inc. said.The new film is about an actress who witnesses a murder and is then threatened by members of a religious cult who committed the crime. She is placed in a witness-protection program. The film's title can be translated as "a woman protected by the police" ("Marutai" is a term used by police for a person put under round-the-clock surveillance). The project stars Nobuko Miyamoto, Itami's wife and leading lady for most of his films. She will be supported by a cast that includes many Itami regulars, such as Masahiko Nishimura and Toru Emori. Itami said the idea for the pic came after he was attacked by Yakuza crime syndicate members following the completion of his movie "Mimbo no Onna," about a woman lawyer who fights for people caught in a Yakuza extortion racket. The attack by Yakuza thugs left Itami hospitalized for several weeks. "I was given police protection for several months after my attack," Itami said. "This new movie will be explore the suspense and comedy of being placed in protective custody." The film is loosely based on the Japanese doomsday cult, Aum Shinrikyo. Leading cult members have been convicted of the March 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subways that left 11 people dead and injured thousands.
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Our South-Louisiana Winter Wedding
My husband and I have been married for a little over a year, and we still like to pull out our wedding pictures and video and reminisce. I thought I'd share our story with you!
We were married January 27, 2007 after a seven-year courtship. My only stipulation on the date was that we were NOT getting married in the months of June through October because it is just way too hot here! So we chose January, and the plans were underway.
I had very little luck when shopping for my dress. I knew I wanted something other than the typical strapless dress, but I wasn't sure what. A few years ago, the Prince of Spain was married and I remembered the bride's dress was lovely - with long sleeves and a regal collar. The more I thought about it, the more I knew I wanted THAT to be my dress because it seemed so fitting for the time of year we'd chosen. We found a couturier in New Orleans who could make a similar dress just from photos we provided. The process was really cool...after we had the silohuette, she sent the dress (in pieces!) to Pakistan to be embroidered with silver thread, pearls, and crystals. Then, they sent it back (still in pieces), where she sewed the final dress together after a few more fittings.
I didn't want a winter-themed wedding, so rather than going with icy tones, I decided to use subdued shades of seashell, persimmon, and violet. I allowed the caterer to explore her creativity, saying only that if it could look like a sushi bar, I'd be cool with that. We had about 200 people there, and my goal throughout the process was to have a very simple, understated, and elegant affair that didn't completely break the bank! Here are the results:


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Why the high volume with no move in the stock.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Looks like this will gap up huge and run over the shorts. Going to be ugly shorts. The crooks are ready to make it run up.
...probably just OMER unloading some of that $60,000,000 worth of stock that they can dump at ANY price they want...HAW, HAW, HAW!!!!...
Sentiment: Strong Sell
If dumping was happening the stock would go down. You are one clueless donkey. This should be gapping up anytime now.


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According to Peak (2007), every organization has a structure that includes specialization (p. 28); a vertical organizational structure (p.88). In fact, the division of labor is specialization and it is "crucial to effectiveness and efficiency in large organizations" or as a sole practitioner. Moreover, organizational specialization refers to confining each and every member of an organized group to a single function. (p. 28). Technical skills involve "specialized knowledge" toanalyze and use the tools of the specialty (p. 45 n60). Each discipline has its own set of skills and tools that must be mastered. For example, police detectives need"technical skills in interviewing, fingerprinting, breathalyzer machines, surveillance, conducting stakeouts, training animals, SWAT, hostage negotiators, hazardous materials team" or computer forensics (p. 45, 65, 89, 102, 163).
Advantages:•Delegated Responsibility to a person or group or specific unit for specific tasks within a department specialized and narrowly focused in separate and distinct areas of work like accident investigation, or crime investigation.
•Expanding expertise is a natural progression since knowledge is not stagnant. Those with special skills within a department expand on their knowledge learning related or new techniques or skills or learn new technology or processes like homicide investigators learning forensic pathology.
•Group spirit, esprit de corp, is a special bond, camaraderie, or team sprit held within a specialty group working together achieving success and dependant on each member individually for the success of the group which increases confidence and solidarity (p. 66).
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Could increased time spent in a thermal comfort zone contribute to population increases in obesity?
Version of Record online: 24 JAN 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00851.x
© 2011 The Authors. obesity reviews © 2011 International Association for the Study of Obesity
Obesity Reviews
Volume 12, Issue 7, pages 543–551, July 2011
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Johnson, F., Mavrogianni, A., Ucci, M., Vidal-Puig, A. and Wardle, J. (2011), Could increased time spent in a thermal comfort zone contribute to population increases in obesity?. Obesity Reviews, 12: 543–551. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00851.x
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- Issue online: 15 JUN 2011
- Version of Record online: 24 JAN 2011
- Received 24 October 2010; revised 22 November 2010; accepted 23 November 2010
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- Brown adipose tissue;
- indoor temperatures;
- obesity epidemiology;
- thermogenesis
Domestic winter indoor temperatures in the USA, UK and other developed countries appear to be following an upwards trend. This review examines evidence of a causal link between thermal exposures and increases in obesity prevalence, focusing on acute and longer-term biological effects of time spent in thermal comfort compared with mild cold. Reduced exposure to seasonal cold may have a dual effect on energy expenditure, both minimizing the need for physiological thermogenesis and reducing thermogenic capacity. Experimental studies show a graded association between acute mild cold and human energy expenditure over the range of temperatures relevant to indoor heating trends. Meanwhile, recent studies of the role of brown adipose tissue (BAT) in human thermogenesis suggest that increased time spent in conditions of thermal comfort can lead to a loss of BAT and reduced thermogenic capacity. Pathways linking cold exposure and adiposity have not been directly tested in humans. Research in naturalistic and experimental settings is needed to establish effects of changes in thermal exposures on weight, which may raise possibilities for novel public health strategies to address obesity.


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Tokyo Police Club at the Varsity, 8/19/10
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August 19, 2010
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The blogosphere can be a fickle mistress. Toronto quartet Tokyo Police Club went from teenaged basement band to playing every major music festival of 2007 pretty much overnight on the strength of the instantaneous blog buzz that greeted the release of their debut EP, A Lesson in Crime. All that adulation was heaped upon them despite the neophyte band boasting something in the neighborhood of 16 minutes of officially released music under their belts.
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Kicking things off with Champ's poppiest number, "Favorite Color," the band had the small-but-impassioned crowd fired up from the get go (the first floor of the venue was roughly half full and the upper mezzanine section closed for the night). The combination of the most robust light show I've seen at a club gig since the last time Cut Copy rolled through town and the band's kinetic stage presence - plenty of mid-song instrument hopping and bopping across the stage - managed to create a party atmosphere despite the relatively poor turnout.
The group appeared to really hit its stride about a third of the way into the set when the massive chorus of "End of a Spark" got the crowd chanting along, followed by a pair of Elephant Shell's finest numbers ("In a Cave," "Tessellate") that maintained the forward momentum. A wisely chosen set list helped TPC ultimately carry the day, with the band moving deftly between some of their newer melancholic ballad material ("Hands Reversed"), slick and propulsive pop numbers ("Wait Up (Boots of Danger))" and the slightly spikey angular punk tunes that initially garnered them the spotlight ("Cheer it On"). By showcasing all facets of their sound the band managed to evoke such disparate bands as Phoenix and Superchunk depending on the moment, a fusion of influences that ultimately results in an irresistible sound that TPC can claim all their own.
Critic's bias: I don't get on an exercise bike often, but when I do there's about a 90% chance Tokyo Police Club's Elephant Shell is blasting on my headphones.
The crowd: Even more baby-faced than the barely-legal-drinking-age members of Tokyo Police Club.
Overheard in the crowd: "Well, are you actually planning on sitting in that chair or can I have it if you're just going to stand the whole time? I mean, I'll totally buy you a beer for it."
Random notebook dump: Is there a connection between bands with bassist lead singers and bands with exceptionally melodic bass lines?
Set Time: 70 minutes
Set list:
Favorite Color
Nature of the Experiment
Top Five (new unreleased song)
End of a Spark
In a Cave
Hands Reversed
Big Difference
Not Sick
Be Good
Favorite Food
Citizens of Tomorrow
Breakneck Speed
Wait Up (Boots of Danger)
Your English is Good
My Name is Jonas (aborted after broken string and tuning issues)
Cheer it On
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