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The SFFaudio Podcast #350 – NEW RELEASES/RECENT ARRIVALS
Filed under: New Releases, Recent Arrivals
The SFFaudio Podcast #350 – Jesse, Scott, Jenny, and Tamahome talk about new audiobook releases and recent audiobook arrivals.
Talked about on today's show:
Childhood's End, The Expanse, The Magicians book adaptions on Syfy tv, Caprica, Star Wars: The Force Awakens by Alan Dean Foster, Alien by Foster is Scott's favorite adaptation, Scott liked the Revenge of the Sith audiobook, The Tunnel Under the World by Frederik Pohl, (circled back to the Childhood's End adaption), Arthur C. Clarke's Guardian Angel, the original short story, on the pdf page, King of Shards by Matthew Kressel, Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki, is it a literary marvel?, Golden Fleece by Robert. J. Sawyer is a murder mystery on a generation starship, Sawyer's dinosaur book End of an Era, cover of Far-Seer, The Long List Anthology [of Hugo nominations], The Year's Top Short SF Novels 5, audiobooks are the new ebooks, audio that comes before print, Welcome to Night Vale:A Novel by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, zombies are mentioned, A Borrowed Man by Gene Wolfe, sounds like Dixie Flatline from Neuromancer, The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn #6) by Brandon Sanderson, The Seventh Bride by T. Kingfisher, scary fables, The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers, the lost episode about On Stranger Tides, I reviewed it, Penric's Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold, old audiobooks on cassette, a whole lotta Philip K. Dick short stories, what is the order?, how to consume short story collections, alien sex books!, approaching 100% PKD audio saturation, Podkayne of Mars by Robert A. Heinlein, has a feisty girl, humble-bragging, 19 Great Northern Audio titles, The Coming by Joe Haldeman, why Haldeman is good for Jesse's brain, skim reading, SFBRP #294 – Elizabeth Moon – Trading in Danger,
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The SFFaudio Podcast #338 – NEW RELEASES/RECENT ARRIVALS
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The SFFaudio Podcast #338 – Jesse, Tamahome, and Paul talk about new releases and recent arrivals (audiobooks, books, and comics).
Talked about on today's show:
Aftermath: Star Wars (Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens) by Chuck Wendig, read by Marc Thompson, not a curse fest, the crawl, grief, The Geeks Guide To The Galaxy, one star reviews, diversity up down left and sideways, a pink lightsaber, a rainbow lightsaber, Timothy Zahn, sounds like Star Wars names, Heirs Of Empire by Evan Currie, read by Deric McNish, Brilliance Audio, it sounds like a Stars Wars book (but isn't), a 47 North Novel, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick, read by Luke Daniels, drugs!, sounds trippy, re-reading Philip K. Dick (for The SFFaudio Podcast), different assumptions, by the inventor of Science Fiction… In the Days of the Comet by H.G. Wells, read by Walter Covell, the salvation of the human race, cynical then preachy, The Star by H.G. Wells, The Poison Belt by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1906, The World Set Free, The Sea Lady by H.G. Wells (a mermaid in Edwardian society), Stranger In A Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein, a comedic bicycling novel, military SF, David Weber, The Child by Keith F. Goodnight, read by Nick Podehl, Tam's macho voice, Adam Christopher's The Burning Dark, Event Horizon, hyperspace as a Hellraiser universe, this all goes back to H.P. Lovecraft's From Beyond, drugs plus radar shadowing, a terrific adaptation The Banshee Chapter, the 1980s adaptation of From Beyond, fear of the dark in a lighted world, The Oncoming Storm by Christopher G. Nuttall, read by Lauren Ezzo, the youngest captain in naval (future) history, what is 47 North? it's Amazon's publishing house, synergy, PlayStation has it's own TV show (based on a comic book called Powers), an Honor Harrington novel with the serial numbers filed off, fantasy (non epic), Locke And Key by Joe Hill, adapted by Elaine Lee and Frederick Greenhalgh, audio drama, AudioComics, 13.5 hour audio drama, Gabriel Rodriguez, Paul needs to get Welcome To Lovecraft, horror, dark fantasy, hyper-imaginative, Joe Hill looks and writes like his dad (Stephen King), kids in a creepy situation, the manipulation of power, more fantasy elements, the origins of the keys at Key House, back stories, Fred Greenhalgh as a champion of field recorded audio drama, a film production unit without cameras, listening with headphones, this could be the star of something really amazing, the business model, word-of-mouth then the long tail?, Elaine Lee's Starstruck, William Dufris, epic fantasy, Twelve Kings In Sharakhai (Song of Shattered Sands #1) by Bradley P. Beaulieu, read by Sarah Coomes, Paul is a fan of Bradley P. Beaulieu's writing, "his best novel yet", it is impossible to promote books you aren't enthusiastic about, "the ones that sing to the song in your blood", Paul is a long term epic fantasy fan, true confessions, Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, epic fantasy as a lifestyle choice, Kate Elliot, The Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher; read by Euan Morton, Penguin Audio, urban fantasy, airships!, a new steampunk secondary world, beautiful endpapers and maps Priscilla Spencer, books in the middle of series: Darken the Stars (Kricket #3) by Amy A. Bartol, read by Kate Rudd, The Ciphers of Muirwood (Covenant of Muirwood #2) by Jeff Wheeler, read by Kate Rudd, Unholy War (The Moontide Quartet #3) by David Hair, read by Nick Podehl, Dryad-Born (Whispers from Mirrowen #2) by Jeff Wheeler, read by Sue Pitkin, Jenny's favourite section "dystopia, unrest, destruction, apocalypse", an interesting theory about zombies and dystopias, it fits in with the Christian end times, Revelations and rapture theology, the 1950s optimism, we're not in Star Trek times anymore, 2 Walking Dead TV series and Z Nation, zombies never die, The Heart Goes Last: A Novel by Margaret Atwood, read by Cassandra Campbell and Mark Deakins, an economic and social collapse, the "Positron Project", what is the point of the premise?, allegory not SF?, an Asimovian word, she doesn't really care about the consequences of science, people who are interested in science, Ted Chiang, what if…, doesn't that mean XYZ?, let her write her books, paranormal romance, Dark Ghost (Dark Saga #28) by Christine Feehan, read by Phil Gigante and Natalie Ross, a bounty hunter, a vampire slayer, a geologist, fairy tales, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie, read by Robert G. Slade, history and folklore, "the time of the strangenesses", a djinn, 1,001 nights (two years, eight months, and twenty-eight nights), a Nobel Prize for Literature, a print book, Joy To The Worlds: Mysterious Speculative Fiction For The Holidays, a mix of mystery and speculative fiction and Christmas, Maia Chance, Janine A. Southard, Raven Oak, G. Clemans, upcoming authors, Andy Weir, that's how the young people are reading, get of Tam's lawn, House Of M, Marvel Comics, why is Thor a girl now?, Scarlet Witch can re-write reality, annoying-off people(?), the $1 floppy deals, Free Comic Book Day, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl is fun and fabulous, her squirrel sidekick, a silver age happy go lucky superhero in our cynical grim age, she's got squirrel blood!, writing comics for kids, Genosha, kids Squirrel Girl cosplaying looks fun, making your own costume, Princess Leia (Marvel Comics/Star Wars), there's something wrong with Princess Leia, Disney is making so much more product than Lucas, Alan Moore and Jacen Burrow's Providence (Avatar comics), Neonomicon, when will the first Providence trade come out, what Moore is doing and saying with Providence, an examination and meditation on H.P. Lovecraft stories, Providence doesn't seem to have a very important plot, Herbert West's equivalent, if you are deeply involved in Lovecraft…, if you don't know Lovecraft can you still enjoy Providence?, the turns!, not merely visually shocking, The Dunwich Horror, a trans-dimensional invisible character, Moore is wrestling with Lovecraft, Watchmen, Alan Moore and Gabriel Andrade's Crossed Plus One Hundred, "124C41+", "Return Of The King", "Glory Road", "A Canticle For Leibowitz", "Tyger, Tyger", "Foundation and Empire", the difference between crossed zombies and regular zombies, the Crossed series, Alan Moore is about thinking deeply about things, evolution, "the big surprise of 2008", bone piles, the change of language, AFAWK, Moore has reconstructed English in the way of A Clockwork Orange or Anathem, zombies as a fear of death, zombies as a fear of loss of individual volition and personality, a fear of Alzheimer's, we don't talk about death, The Walking Dead Volume 12 (hardcover), everybody's infected, no matter what happens you become a zombie, zombies as a non-scary version of momento mori, Brian K. Vaughn and Steve Skroce's We Stand On Guard, the invasion of Canada by the United States, the only time Canada has ever been invaded was by the United States, reading for writers not for artists, the Dark Adventure Radio Theatre series, The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, DART The Horror At Red Hook, a straight up adaptation of The Horror At Red Hook by H.P. Lovecraft, DART Dagon: War Of Worlds, Dagon by H.P. Lovecraft, imagine War Of The Worlds not from Space but from beneath, X-COM: UFO DEFENSE, X-COM: Terror From The Deep, aliens at the bottom of the ocean, the Orson Welles style War Of The Worlds, mapping out all of Lovecraft's squiddy watery fears, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, The Call Of Cthulhu, "I love that!", attention to detail, if it says it in the story they take it seriously, The Whisperer In Darkness, Infocom games included props, H.P. Lovecraft The Spirit Of Revision Lovecraft's Letters To Zealia Brown Reed Bishop, David Michelinie and Brett Blevins' The Bozz Chronicles, originally from Epic Comics, a 19th century Sherlock Holmes alien mashup, lots of nudity, The New Mutants artist, Dover Publications, a 200 page trade-paperback for $20, a feel of the new Doctor Who, Madame Vastra, what if Sherlock Holmes was not Sherlock Holmes, Fred Saberhagen's Bezerker story, Fred Saberhagen's Dracula novels, Conan Red Sonja, a lack of attention to details, 1980s sensibilities vs. 20teens sensibilities.
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The SFFaudio Podcast #329 – NEW RELEASES/RECENT ARRIVALS
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The SFFaudio Podcast #329 – Jesse, Scott, Jenny, Tamahome and Paul talk about new audiobook releases and recent audiobook arrivals.
Talked about on today's show:
ecomic, The BOZZ Chronicles by David Michelinie and Bret Blevins, Dover Publications, Iron Man, The New Mutants), a "plucky prostitute", Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson, the Guardian Podcast, a tyranny of circumstances, The Cold Equations, The Coode Street Podcast, Interstellar, interestingly depressing, Ali Ahn, Hachette, this is all Paul, City of the Chasch: The Tschai, Planet of Adventure, Book 1 by Jack Vance, interesting language, strange customs, fun books, Blackstone Audio, Resurrection House, Reading Envy, Archangel (Book One of the Chronicles of Ubastis) by Marguerite Reed, beasts, military SF, on a planet?, she's a mother, Terpkristin, Octavia Butler, Dark Disciple: Star Wars, Marc Thompson, Random House Audio, sound effects?, The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science fiction 7, Infinivox, read by Tom Dheere and Nancy Linari, Bryan Alexander, Elizabeth Bear, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Michael Swanwick, Peter Watts, The Flicker Men by Ted Kosmatka, Keith Szarabajka, scientists in labs, Robert J. Sawyer, FlashForward, Blackstone Audio, throwing on a throwback, Thorns by Robert Silverberg, Stefan "the great" Rudnicki, Skyboat Media, from 1967, Ultima, Proxima Book 2 by Stephen Baxter, wild galaxy spanning stuff, Tantor Media, Per Ardua Ad Astra = by struggle to the stars, the Xeelee books, "Traditional Fantasy", no homosexuals or gender swapping, Fool's Quest by Robin Hobb, lots of fantasy, she writes books people really like Queen of Fire by Anthony Ryan, read by Steven Brand, "urban or contemporary fantasy", The City And The City, Three Moments of an Explosion: Stories by China Miéville, WORKING FOR BIGFOOT Stories from the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, Buffy, American Harry Potter?, James Marsters, The Fifth Season: The Broken Earth, Book 1 by N.K. Jemisin, secondary world fantasy, post apocalyptic fantasy, City Of Stairs, Deceptions A Cainsville Novel by Kelley Armstrong, The Tale Of The Body Thief, Anne Rice, The Undying Legion by Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith, The Conquering Dark: (Crown & Key Book 3) by Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith, read by Nicholas Guy Smith, paranormal romance, Earth Bound (Sea Haven #4), Christine Feehan, horror/suspense, Finders Keepers, Stephen King, audiobook exclusive, Drunken Fireworks, a sample of Tim Sample's audio narration, THE BLUMHOUSE BOOK OF NIGHTMARES: The Haunted City edited by Jason Blum, The Geeks Guide To The Galaxy podcast, Joel and Ethan Cohen, The Purge, Ethan Hawke, Eli Roth, Alive, Scott Sigler, Empty Set Entertainment, the warping of society, contemporary criticism, nonfiction, Humans Are Underrated: What High Achievers Know That Brilliant Machines Never Will, Geoff Colvin, could our jobs be replaced by robots or computers?, Tam is their pet, Ex Machina is idea heavy, audio drama or "Audio Dramer", an Idahoan accent?, And the Sun Stood Still, LA Theatre Works, Dava Sobel, Nicolaus Copernicus, Werner Heisenberg, Niels Bohr, how do we get access to plays, television seems insane to Jesse, there should be a Broadway channel, new podcasts: the Black Tapes podcast, SERIAL, NPR-style audio drama, fake pop journalism, The Great Courses' The Torch podcast, Eric S. Rabkins course, The American Revolution (Great Courses), Neil deGrasse Tyson's courses on Netflix, the GENRE STOP! podcast (a readalong style podcast), Ancillary Justice, The Martian, engineering fiction, applied science, readalong style, The Writer And The Critic, The Incomparable podcast, Read-A-Long, "when you hear a chime turn the page", Books On The Nightstand podcast, The Readers podcast, Booktopia, Readercon, Fourth Street Fantasy, deep discussions, book centric panels, reader centric panels, a Roger Zelazny panel, a Jack Vance panel, Anne Vandermeer on Reading Envy, The Guardian Podcast, whooooah!, paperbook: The Dream Quest Of Unknown Kadath And Other Stories by H.P. Lovecraft and Jason Thompson (adaptor/illustrator) The White Ship by H.P. Lovecraft, Sergio Aragones, Groo, the marginalia in Mad magazine, page composition, J.H. Williams III, Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim, the final episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, a map of the dreamlands, it's a map man!, illuminated maps,
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The SFFaudio Podcast #322 – NEW RELEASES/RECENT ARRIVALS
Filed under: Audio Drama, New Releases, Podcasts, Recent Arrivals
The SFFaudio Podcast #322 – Jesse and Jenny talk about new audiobook releases and recent audiobook arrivals.
Talked about on today's show:
many sins, paperbooks, The Architect Of Aeons by John C. Wright, Tor Books, The Voyage Of The Basilisk by Marie Brennan, beautiful illustrations and blue text, cover art, a bias against bad art, the way kids talk about book covers, fonts and graphic design, stock photos, don't mix serif'd fonts, use classic art in the public domain, don't muddy it up, Graysun Press Class M Exile by Raven Oak, Star Trek, Self Made Hero, I.N.J. Culbard, The Shadow Out Of Time, The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward, The Dream Quest Of Unknown Kadath, the difficulty of promotion for small press publishers, Horror!, The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker, John Lee, Macmillan Audio, Pinhead, Hellraiser, random bloody body horror, The Midnight Meat Train, Bradley Cooper, the way Clive Barker's stuff works, Audio Realms, Limbus, Inc. Book 2, a shared world anthology by Jonathan Maberry, Joe R. Lansdale, Gary A. Braunbeck, Joe McKinney, Harry Shannon edited by Brett J. Talley, space for creativity, David Stifel's narration of The Monster Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Island Of Doctor Moreau meets Frankenstein done Burroughs style, The Man Without A Soul, David Stifel knows everything about Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, read by Scott Brick, Mad Max: Fury Road, 3D is a gimmick, Vampire Horror! by M.R. James, John Polidori, F. Marion Crawford, Anthony Head, M.R. James is the country churchyard ghost story guy, John Polidori was Byron's Doctor, Mary Shelley won the contest, The Vampyre by John Polidori, Lord Ruthven is kind of based on Lord Byron, an autobiographical fantasy horror, music!, all the good D words, Survivors by Terry Nation, Doctor Who, Blake's 7, who wrote House, M.D.?, writing credit in the UK, a familiar premise, the original TV series and the remake, The Walking Dead, all the fun stuff we like about post-apocalyptic storytelling, simultaneous existence, The Death Of Grass by John Christopher, A History Of The World In Six Glasses by Tom Standage, our dependence on grasses, The Road, canned food isn't a long term plan, Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, deer in the woods, the high price put on poaching, the other solution is cannibalism (also not very sustainable), The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi, cutting water, this is already how things are, the atomic bomb scenarios are played out, the water problem, the new dust bowl, North Carolina and South Carolina, Seattle and Vancouver, Dr. Bloodmoney by Philip K. Dick, read by Phil Gigante, a comic version of Doctor Strangelove, Marissa Vu, Paul Weimer, The Gold Coast by Kim Stanley Robinson, Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson, Luke Burrage's reviews of the Orange County books, Find Me by Laura van den Berg, silver blisters?, Guy de Maupassant style, The End Has Come edited by Hugh Howey and John Joseph Adams, Carrie Vaughn, Megan Arkenberg, Will McIntosh, Scott Sigler, Sarah Langan, Chris Avellone, Seanan McGuire, Leife Shallcross, Ben H. Winters, David Wellington, Annie Bellet, Tananarive Due, Robin Wasserman, Jamie Ford, Elizabeth Bear, Jonathan Maberry, Charlie Jane Anders, Jake Kerr, Ken Liu, Mira Grant, Hugh Howey, Nancy Kress, Margaret Atwood's serial, Science Fiction in Space and the Desert, Seveneves by Neal Stephenson, read by Mary Robinette Kowal and Will Damron, very sciencey, too many Jesses, Rob's commute, Nova by Margaret Fortune, read by Jorjeana Marie, a human bomb, Imposter by Philip K. Dick, The Fold by Peter Clines, read by Ray Porter, another Philip K. Dick story called Prominent Author, a joke story, 14 by Peter Clines, Expanded Universe, Vol. 1 by Robert A. Heinlein, read by Bronson Pinchot, Blackstone Audio, Robert A. Heinlein is a weird idea man, Nemesis Games by James S.A. Corey, Hachette Audio, Sword & Laser, The Darkling Child (The Defenders of Shannara) by Terry Brooks, read by Simon Vance, Casino Royale by Ian Fleming, larger than life voices, The Red Room by H.G. Wells, the accents, BBC audio dramas of James Bond books, the David Niven Casino Royale, The Brenda & Effie Mysteries: Brenda Has Risen From the Grave! (4), Bafflegab, Darwin's Watch: The Science of Discworld III: A Novel by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen, read by Michael Fenton Stevens and Stephen Briggs, Uprooted by Naomi Novik, read by Julia Emelin, The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen, read by Davina Porter, Sarah Monette's The Goblin Emperor, coming of age in a fantasy world, librarians recommend!
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The SFFaudio Podcast #309 – NEW RELEASES/RECENT ARRIVALS
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The SFFaudio Podcast #309 – Jesse, Jenny, and Tamahome talk about new audiobook releases and recent audiobook arrivals.
Talked about on today's show:
Contemporary Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Magics, An Unwelcome Quest (Magic 2.0 #3) by Scott Meyer, Finn Fancy Necromancy by Randy Henderson, The Mermaid's Sister by Carrie Anne Noble, Monster Hunter Nemesis by Larry Correia, Sad puppy Hugo campaign, Unseen (Unborn #2) by Amber Lynn Natusch, just read the first sentence, Claimed (Servants of Fate #2) by Sarah Fine, Hellbender (Fangborn #3) by Dana Cameron, Kate Rudd and Paul Rudd?, The Syndrome: The Kingdom Keepers Collection by Ridley Pearson
Alternative History, 1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies (Ring of Fire #15) by Eric Flint and Charles E. Gannon
Virtual Reality/Cyberpunk, Mountain Of Black Glass (Otherland, Book 3) and Sea Of Silver Light (Otherland, Book 4) by Tad Williams, these are chunky books
Military Sci-Fi, Gemini Cell (Shadow Ops #4) by Myke Cole, the Jump Universe and the Vicky Peterwald series by Mike Shepherd, not narrated by Matthew McConaughey, Tarnished Knight (The Lost Stars #1) by Jack Campbell, pronunciations, a new #1, Time Patrol (Nightstalkers #4) by Bob Mayer, Heir to the Jedi: Star Wars by Kevin Hearne, King of Thieves (Odyssey One: Star Rogue) by Evan Currie
Epic/Traditional Fantasy, Black God's Kiss by C. L. Moore, she's a woman, The Black Fire Concerto (The Stormlight Symphony #1) by Mike Allen, "ensorcelled" gains popularity, A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction by Terry Pratchett, Hypnogoria (Jim Moon) podcast covered Terry Pratchett, Toll the Hounds (Malazan Book of the Fallen #8) by Steven Erikson, the Circle of Magic and The Circle Opens and (later) the Immortals Quartet series by Tamora Pierce, Full Cast Audio is sort of audio drama, The Light Princess by George MacDonald, The Keeper (Watersmeet #3) by Ellen Jensen Abbott
Space Sci-Fi, Robot Dreams by Isaac Asimov, vs I, Robot, short story highlights, The Fortress in Orion (Dead Enders #1) by Mike Resnick, Under Different Stars (The Kricket #1) and Sea of Stars (The Kricket Series #2) by Amy A. Bartol, Old Venus edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, we can pronounce "Dozois", Venus as it should be, S.M. Stirling
Zombies, Apocalypse, Dystopia, Steampunk, Horror (Grab bag!), The Sky-Riders by Paul Dellinger and Mike Allen, Pinkerton (detective agency), Islands of Rage & Hope (Black Tide Rising #3) by John Ringo, Firefight (Reckoners #2) by Brandon Sanderson, The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes, sexy title, The Mechanical: The Alchemy Wars #1 by Ian Tregillis, clockpunk?, The Fire Sermon (Fire Sermon #1) by Francesca Haig, twins, Cheech and Chong, The Intruder and The Hunger, and Other Stories by Charles Beaumont, Untouched by Human Hands by Robert Sheckley, readalong by Sffaudio (no Tama), Fury by Henry Kuttner, old Venus is back
Related Non-fiction, Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges, part of the Guardian Essential Library, apples, The Interstellar Age by Jim Bell, read by the author, Scott will review, slingshot effect, back seat drivers, The Sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok translated from the Old Norse by Ben Waggoner, Vikings
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The SFFaudio Podcast #301 – NEW RELEASES/RECENT ARRIVALS
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The SFFaudio Podcast #301 – Jesse, Scott, Jenny, and Tamahome talk new releases and recent arrivals.
Talked about on today's show:
Reading goals and the Reading Envy podcast, spy novels, The IPCRESS File by Len Deighton is a more serious version of James Bond, film version stars Michael Caine, The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum, Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household, SFFaudio Podcast #95 features a discussion with Eric Rabkin about SS-GB by Len Deighton, a Britain-centered, less crazy version of Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick, Scott on rereading Hyperion (but hasn't read Fall of Hyperion), the Hyperion audiobook is highly recommended, Wool by Hugh Howey now a graphic novel, Jesse doesn't like open questions that require him to read more, Kindle Worlds, Mobile Library by David Whitehouse, Bookworm villain from Batman, The Magician's Lie by Greer Macallister reminiscent of The Prestige, A Pleasure and a Calling by Phil Hogan, some synopses are better-written than others, Patricia Highsmith, The Brenda and Effie Mysteries: The Woman in a Black Beehive by Paul Magris especially for audio, The Last Passenger by Manel Loureiro, Aurora CV-01 by Ryk Brown looks to be the perfect Scott book, this podcast features a real phaser, Hellhole by Gina Damico (not to be confused with the Kevin J. Anderson book of the same name), never underestimate evil on a sugar high, Proxima by Stephen Baxter, on how discoveries in astronomy affect science fiction, Kate Wilhelm in Orbit by Kate Wilhelm is a collection of her short stories from ca. 1966-1980 in Orbit anthologies, Scott didn't "get" Wilhelm's short story The Planners, SuperEgo by Frank J. Fleming, I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells, Dexter in spaaaaaaace!, A Murder of Clones by Kristine Kathryn Rusch is part of the Retrieval Artists universe, first audiobook in the series produced by Scott, the series would make a good TV show, The Android's Dream by John Scalzi narrated by Will Wheaton, Future Crime by Ben Bova, a collection of short stories, file sharing used to happen by mail, we demand the return of cassettes (not!), #GetOffMyLawn, Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson is part of a triptych, an actual utopia, Orange County of the future, Jesse and Scott met Kim Stanley Robinson at WorldCon, no kaiju, Mort(e) by Robert Repine, Southern Reach trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer now available in one package via Audible, "there must be something wrong with it, it's too popular!", Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison a.k.a. the book that inspired Soylent Green, Jenny lives on lentils and soybeans, The Deep by Nick Cutter, The Abyss meets The Shining, discussion of The Abyss which is recommended sans the last five minutes, Freedom Club by Saul Garnell, Trigger Warning short story collection by Neil Gaiman, on authors doing test runs or tryout stories to develop an idea, the difference between plotters and pantsers, The Globe: The Science of Discworld II by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, and Jack Cohen is actually a novel, Jenny debunks the theory that all stories come from an origin, Endsinger by Jay Kristoff, Marked by Sarah Fine, Piers Anthony's Apprentice Adept series, these books may or may not be kinky–weird kinky, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, David Hasselhoff does the musical, Markheim, a short story by Stevenson.
Posted by Jesse Willis


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Pattern Abuse
Hi folks,
I do not want to start a language war; therefore, the story I am telling is not about Java in general, but about the process by which things
Java into an enterprise solution platform.
I feel guilty, because as a pattern promoter (let's say the second generation) and author I helped many others getting the pattern hype. This allowed many developers to create better -- but often also far more complex -- solutions to their problems.
tells us that
is important, but simple is not easy; it is very hard.
What I observed over the past couple of years is the way that the Java platform is extended over and over, losing all its simplicity and elegance. Many people contribute specifications and libraries that do not follow a consistent usage pattern, except that they are complicated to use. The structure and often strong typing of interfaces is horrible for a client programmer, who is urged to use the things going on.
(a term Doug Schmidt introduced to me) explodes within things like J2EE specifications (more than 1000 pages if printed).
Why does every thing in the specification require an
or ManagerPattern
or both?
Why are so many properties not represented as PropertyList
or Anythings but by feature specific classes?
Why do designers specify interfaces without getting the experience of being a victim of their interfaces (XpTesting
might help here in the future)
Why do developers/designers not read the
fine print
i.e. the consequences of the patterns they apply?
Why are the specifications not created by the FrameworkRule
of ThreeKnownUses
Why does everyone think distribution of components is inherently good, even if it should be avoided if possible?
Why do so many people think that logical layers should equal physically distributed tiers?
Help me with my feelings. I think we intended to produce a curative drug with patterns and now everybody is taking overdoses. Will we have to have a FDA taking care of patterns, so that negative consequences have to be put on every pattern box in double size print?
Any comments are appreciated.....
The answer is the generalism of the APIs and interfaces. Take JavaMail
for example: of course it is possible to do SMTP and POP3 much easier, but if you want a general interface system for messaging you have to deal with abstract factories.
Programmers (as users of APIs) should have a right to get consistent and simple APIs. Programmers (as producers of APIs) should have the obligation to produce consistent and simple APIs. IMO the only way towards this goal is to develop a common language for programming. This language should express the *meaning* of the interfaces more explicitly and more completely than is common practice now. This language should be independent of special programming language features and should allow programmers to express meaning similarly in different programming languages. If such a language would prescribe a function interface: e.g. string=Url
String(url) then no library should ever use a different prototype and no programmer using any language should ever need to think about this twice.
See also:
I do not believe that language features or technology can solve the issue. It is a social and economic problem driven also by marketing. Therefore we need a force that has to drive a lot of people, otherwise we will continue to lament over bad interfaces and ugly solutions (as I do). However, you can even make money from that. We do some review projects that we nicknames
. --
With Java, API design is definitely motivated by economics and marketing. Sun wants Java to become a widely supported platform. To do so they need to gain support for the Java platform from other vendors. To get support, it must be possible for other vendors to make money from the Java platform by selling services that plug into it, beneath the standard APIs. This is why all the APIs are divided into the
and PrivateImplementation
classes that are usually loaded as
specified by system properties.
There are certain APIs in which this is a definite advantage. The crypto APIs are an example. It is imperative that user are able select trusted implementations of algorithms and different users will place different levels of trust in the same implementation. Applications must be shielded from the user's selection of implementation. Therefore the JCE (Java Cryptography Extension) uses
and the
to allow the user to select from different implementations of the same crypto algorithms.
Would you mind terribly moving the content of this page to one with a more appropriate title? Maybe PatternAbuseInJava
I just moved it from Guilty
Innocent to here --
Well the title isn't perfect, but it is a recurring theme not bound to what happens with Java. It is observable in many places. Getting rid of complexity is not where the majority are heading to. --
You don't get a simple design in a hurry. It takes refactoring. First you make something that works, then you figure out how to do it simpler, and simpler, and simpler. Short proofs are usually discovered after longer proofs. It is the same process. Most people are in a hurry, and don't have time to build simple systems. You are right; Java is just like everything else. --
I think j2ee is not overall bad. After all things like JDBC or JNDI can't be expressed to much differently anyway. The major thing that's flawed (well, IMHO flawed) is EJB. Maybe someone will address the issue and try to create and argument a different type of pattern. How do you organize this whole mess as an industry? Somebody (who?) writes some specs, but doesn't provide any reasonable argument why that spec is good or good in a particular situation. Then there are the marketing guys trying to sell no matter what. Then there are the masses of developers trying to implement and/or follow. Only after a long time somebody maybe discovers antipatterns (like where do you see applets on Web sites now?). Maybe the whole process can be organized differently. --
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> While going through the RFC 3413 and RFC 3584 for Proxy Forward
> application, there are certain procedures
> that are not clearly defined for proxy. Can some one provide insight
> into the proxy behaviour with respect to following items:
> > Implications on engine discovery. Intermediate or pass-through ?
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One thing to realise is that the Net-SNMP agent does not actually
act as a Proxy Forwarder as defined in RFC 3413. That document
described the forwarding of entire requests, based purely on the
administrative header information.
As such, there are indeed issues relating to which of the assorted
SNMP processing engines plays exactly what role in various situations.
Instead the Net-SNMP engine performs what I tend term "proxy
delegation", forwarding selected varbinds from within the request.
In terms of the RFC 3413 terminology, it acts as both Command
Responder, and Command Generator.
This simplifies the interpretation of RFC 3414, since you've
effectively got two separate paths of communication:
client <-> main agent and main agent <-> proxied agent
Engine discovery, access control, etc are performed independently
for these two connections.
As regards the correct behaviour for a "pure Proxy Forwarder",
this is probably a question that is best addressed to the IETF
SNMP working group, who defined the protocols in the first place.
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GM had hoped to finalize the deal last week. But that was delayed after the EU raised questions about the bidding process for Opel, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The EU said GM "should have the opportunity to reconsider the bidding process" because the German government made $6.72 billion in aid contingent on Magna being the winning bidder. That violates EU state aid and market rules.
GM still hopes to close the Magna deal, but could end up keeping the German-based brand and making deeper restructuring cuts than Magna has announced, the Journal said.
Shedding brands has proven to be an excruciating task for GM. A deal to sell Saturn to Roger Penske fell through earlier this month. And efforts to sell Hummer and Saab, which were recently finalized, took far longer than GM planned.


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Chalk this one up as the first 'embarrassing' loss in the James Johnson era as a 3-5 georgia southern team that was 1-5 against Division I opponents on the year and 0-2 in the Southern Conference came into Blacksburg and picked up their first ever win over an ACC team with a 78-73 win over the Hokies.
The sad thing is the game wasn't as close as the final score. Tech never led in this game. I repeat, the Hokies never led in this game, and other than 0-0, VT never tied this game. The Hokies trailed for the entire final 39:44 of the game.
The Hokies did make it interesting though. Tech trailed by 14 with 5 minutes to go, but cut it to 3 with 54 seconds left and had the ball with 30 seconds to go. But Erick Green missed a 3-pointer to tie the game with 23 seconds left and that was all she wrote.
How could we lose to an absolutely awful team, you ask? Well, if you read this site a lot, one stat will tell it all: gsu was 11/26 (42%) on 3-pointers, VT was 6/27 (22%) and that was after starting 0/11 from deep. Tech didn't make their first 3-pointer until 3 minutes into the 2nd half. Jarell Eddie, who was shooting 51% from deep coming in, started 0/7 from long range and finished 3/13.
Meanwhile, Reed and Roberts knocked down 9/17 from deep for gsu. They were shooting 50% from deep combined coming in, so apparently the Hokies didn't get the memo. For the second time in three games Tech got destroyed by 3-point shooting.
Tech's other bugaboo came into play, too. While Tech grabbed 18 offensive rebounds (42% of their misses), they allowed the eagles to get 44% of their misses (16 offensive rebounds). gsu regularly could launch a three and know that it would either go in 42% of the time, or they'd get their miss another 44% of the time.
The lone bright spot in this game was Erick Green extended his 20+ point streak to 10 games with a career-high tying 28 points. He was 12/22 from the field. The rest of the team was 15/46 (33%).
Robert Brown produced a whopping 4 points (he had 4 against mvsu, too) and Cadarian Raines, who was basically benched for Joey van Zegeren much of the game, was held scoreless for the second straight game.
Pardon me if I'm being too negative, but this was a BAD loss. And I'm not just talking NCAA Tournament (because you can put your Bracketology dreams back in the attic for a while). I'm just saying an ACC team should not lose, let alone get dominated (again, don't let the final score fool you – gsu dominated this game) by an 0-2 Southern Conference team.
Luckily, Tech automatically advances to the 'big boys' bracket of the Las Vegas Classic and will face bradley next Saturday. gsu will have to play mvsu in the semi-finals of the lil boys bracket.


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PETA got a permit to hold a protest at noon Tuesday at the intersection of Magnolia Avenue and 20th Street South.
An announcement from the group today says the "Nude PETA beauties" will shower on the sidewalk to voice their claims that the meat industry wastes water and produces greenhouse gases. The event is being held in conjunction with Earth Day on Thursday.
But the two women won't really be nude, a spokeswoman for the group and a spokesman for the Birmingham Police Department said today.
The women will shower behind a makeshift shower curtain with a statement on it that says "Clean Your Conscience: Go Vegan! 1 lb. of Meat = 6 Months of Showers." They will also wear flesh colored body stockings to appear as if they are nude behind the curtain,
police and PETA officials said.
Police won't be standing by but will monitor it and won't arrest any one unless people illegally expose themselves, a police spokesman said.
"We're not making plans to go out and arrest people as long as they abide by the law," said Birmingham Police public information officer Sgt. Johnny Williams. "We'll go by and make sure they are adhering to the permit."
Robbyn Brooks, a spokeswoman for PETA, said the group abides by local decency laws in conducting the protests around the country.
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For the past five years, the season-ending tradition has played out far away from Piscataway — once even in another country. The Rutgers football team puts the finishing touches on its final practice every season by having the seniors carried off on the shoulders of teammates in their position group.
Thursday, because of the absence of a bowl game for the first time since 2004, that meant the ritual took place on campus, and earlier than usual.
But coach Greg Schiano did his best to enjoy the moment, even though his 4-7 team has nothing of significance to play for when it visits West Virginia Saturday.
"You go through a lot with these guys," Schiano said after watching every senior — from tri-captains Howard Barbieri, Joe Lefeged and Charlie Noonan to little-used fifth-year senior offensive lineman Mo Lange — get a ride on the shoulders of teammates from the field turf practice field behind the Hale Center.
"But it's not like they're going to disappear. We really believe in the family that we have here. Guys keep coming back. They stay in touch.
"In a couple of days it will be time for them to move on to another chapter in their life. But it's not like they're going away."
Rutgers has 17 seniors who will play their final college game in Morgantown, W.Va. — and for all of them, this is the first time the final practice of the year didn't take place at a bowl setting.
With his team reeling and in the midst of a five-game losing streak, and now having to visit a place where Rutgers is 0-16 all-time, Schiano admits he has no idea how his players will react to the daunting challenge of playing an 8-3 West Virginia team that needs to win to keep its Big East title hopes alive.
"About 15 years ago I read a book and it talked about Bear Bryant saying that he gave up trying to figure out if they're ready to play because you never know," Schiano said. "So I said if Bear couldn't get it I'm sure Greg Schiano can't get it, so I stopped. I couldn't tell you. I hope we are (ready to play)."
The abrupt end to the season, though, has clearly left the Knights' 10th-year head coach with a bitter taste. It means he and his staff miss out on all the extra bowl practices they've become accustomed to.
"It stinks," Schiano said.
• Middle linebacker Steve Beauharnais has a theory on why Rutgers' defense has collapsed, allowing 109 points and 1,088 yards the past two games.
"We've kind of lost our swagger. I ain't going to lie," he said. "There's no getting around it at all. We just need to get it back. We need to get back on track to playing Rutgers defense."
• TB Joe Martinek appears out because of his ongoing ankle issues, but punter Teddy Dellaganna (quad injury) should be to able play in his final college game, Schiano said.
• Schiano said there is "no grand plan" to get backup quarterback Tom Savage any snaps. The former starter has not played in three of the past four games.
"There's always a chance," Schiano said. "There's no grand plan to do that but I'm certainly not against it. He's worked hard. He had a good week of practice. He's had a couple of good weeks of practice."
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- Higher early 2011 Western alfalfa hay prices than year ago
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- Respected California market analyst Seth Hoyt predicts higher 2011 California new crop alfalfa hay prices compared to a year earlier.
- Hoyt predicts new crop supreme hay could fetch $200 to $220/ton range delivered to Tulare, California's top dairy production area.
- Hoyt foresees 3 percent to 5 percent alfalfa acreage reduction in California this year, down to about 900,000 acres statewide.
- Western-state alfalfa acreage reduction of 5 percent to 10 percent is possible.
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Respected California market analyst Seth Hoyt predicts alfalfa hay prices will be higher in early 2011 compared to a year ago with new crop supreme hay fetching $200 to $220/ton range delivered to Tulare, California's top dairy production area.
The prediction is slightly lower than December 2010 prices but higher than early 2010 new crop prices, noted Hoyt, the kickoff speaker at the California Alfalfa and Forage Symposium in Visalia, Calif. held in December.
Initial softer prices for new crop hay would be a belated Christmas gift for dairymen who face fluid milk prices at or below production costs.
Hoyt, author of the newsletter The Hoyt Report and a retired hay market statistician with the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) in Sacramento, Calif., predicts Imperial Valley new crop supreme hay prices in the $160/ton to $170/ ton FOB range, with Central Valley supreme hay fetching $180/ton to $200 ton FOB.
Hoyt's crystal ball predicts a 3 percent to 5 percent alfalfa acreage reduction in California this year, down to about 900,000 acres statewide. For the Western states overall, a 5 percent to 10 percent alfalfa acreage reduction is likely, Hoyt says.
The drop in California acreage in the Central and Northern valleys would be partially offset by unchanged alfalfa acreage in the Imperial Valley plus increased plantings in the Palo Verde Valley. Roundup Ready alfalfa, if available in the spring, could temper the acreage decline, depending on the yet-to-be finalized planting restrictions.
In 2009 and 2010, alfalfa hay production in Western states fell 3 percent, according to NASS data. The decrease included a 9 percent production drop in California. Arizona posted a 12 percent increase. Nationwide, alfalfa production increased less than 1 percent.
During the same time frame, U.S. alfalfa acreage fell 2 percent while Western states posted under a 1-percent reduction. California hay acreage fell 5 percent while Arizona acreage jumped 7 percent.
During the two-year span, yields fell 4 percent in California yet nudged 5 percent higher in Arizona.
Hoyt also expects fewer planted corn silage acres in California, but stronger silage prices this year. Corn silage, along with alfalfa hay, are key ingredients in quality dairy rations. Corn silage was planted on 500,000-plus acres in California in 2008. Hoyt predicts 2011 silage plantings in the 300,000 to 315,000 acre range.
Hoyt noted, "The bottom line is as long as the money situation at dairies is questionable then growers will be very gun-shy of growing corn silage and increasing alfalfa acres."
Dairy driven
Hoyt predicts softer milk prices in the first half of 2011 in the $13 to $14/hundredweight range. The cost of milk production in California in the third quarter of 2010 teetered at the upper $13 hundredweight level, according to data from the dairy marketing branch of the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA).
"As a result we're looking at continued tight money in the dairy industry," Hoyt explained.
In the fourth quarter of 2008, California milk production costs averaged more than $17/hundredweight and have steadily declined since, CDFA reports.
California is the nation's top dairy state with about 1.75 million cows as of last October, down 20,000 cows from a year earlier due in part to the global economic recession.
Seventy-five to 80 percent of California-grown alfalfa hay is fed to dairy cows; compared to about 65 percent for the entire West region. The bottom line is the dairy industry, in good and bad times, commands the steering wheel on the alfalfa bus.
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An important California alfalfa hay milestone was achieved last year as California knocked off the Pacific Northwest region as the top West Coast baled hay exporter. Hay bales exported from California ports last fall totaled about 180,000 short tons, compared to about 140,000 short tons for Washington and Oregon.
"The main reason is ocean freight rates out of Long Beach and other California ports are more competitive than Washington and Oregon ports," Hoyt explained.
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Steadman stands firm in final civil unions Senate debate
DENVER — Leading his final Senate floor debate on civil unions, Sen. Pat Steadman was sentimental, sardonic and defiant, ignoring calls from Republicans to amend the bill to include an exemption for religious organizations and businesses that don't want to recognize legal state-sanctioned commitments between gay and lesbian couples.
During a 15-minute speech at the outset of the three-hour debate, Steadman wove the language of traditional marriage vows into a lengthy soliloquy about love and loss, coming just five months after the loss of his own long-time partner — and nine months after last year's House GOP majority shut down legislative proceedings as a last resort in order to kill a civil unions bill that actually included protections for religious objectors.
"Well, third time's the charm, isn't it?" began Steadman, alluding to the bill's anticlimactic legislative journey this year in a building where Democrats now control the House, the Senate and the governor's office.
"We are gathered here today to debate the worthiness of our fellow Coloradans and their loves, and their dignity and their rights."
The result was never in doubt; and all 20 Senate Democrats and one Republican, Sen. Ellen Roberts of Durango, voted for Senate Bill 11, which will head to the House after a final Senate vote on Monday.
But, despite that, the debate — mostly about the religious exemption — was robust, after first-year Sen. Owen Hill, R-Colorado Springs, offered an amendment to restore religious exemptions to the bill.
"Religious freedom is woven into the fabric of our lives," said Hill, whose amendment would have applied to adoption agencies and to any private business whose owners operate in line with their religious convictions.
"To undermine the most basic of rights, the freedom of religion enshrined in the First Amendment, on the path to expanded rights for gays and lesbians, leads us down the path of the very worst form of government policy, that which takes rights away from some in the process of granting them to others.
"Equal rights cannot be extended to gays and lesbians while taking religious freedoms away from others."
A number of GOP lawmakers, notably Sens. Kevin Lundberg of Berthoud, Ted Harvey of Highlands Ranch and Kent Lambert of Colorado Springs, strode to the well in support of Hill's amendment.
Interestingly, Roberts also went to the well and expressed concerns about the amendment, asking Hill whether religious hospitals would be allowed to deny gay couples visitation rights that will be afforded to them under this law.
But Steadman had made it clear at the hearing's outset that any Republican effort to restore the religious exemption wasn't happening on his watch.
"What to say to those who claim that religion requires them to discriminate? I tell you what I'd say: 'get thee to a nunnery, and live there. Go live a monastic life, away from modern society, away from people you can't see as equals to yourself'.
"Go some place and be as judgmental as you like, go inside your church, establish separate water fountains if you like. But don't tell me that your free exercise of religion requires the state of Colorado to establish separate water fountains."
During his turn in the well, Lambert shot back at Steadman, arguing that the sponsor of a bill about inclusion wasn't practicing what he was preaching.
"Telling us to get thee to a nunnery?" Lambert said. "That doesn't sound very inclusive to me."


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Having the kids home all summer is very nerve-wrecking and stressful…some days I just need to get away. But how can I? By creating my own little oasis! I was given the opportunity to create an oasis in my own yard by visiting World Market and spending $75. Now, I love looking at World Market, but hadn't been in there in at least a year. I don't know why, but I haven't had the time to stop in. I was SO excited to go check it out and see what I could come up with. I decided instead of creating my oasis in the backyard, I would use our patio off the master bedroom. A little escape where the kids don't have access to! I figured this would be a great place for my husband and I to relax in the evenings.
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I wasn't sure what I was going to buy at World Market, I mean I hadn't been there in quite some time. I headed in and was so surprised at how amazing the selection was! I walked around and found some great items!
The colors were so bright and inviting, I knew I'd be able to take our patio and make it something special with all that they had to offer. I first found a rug that I fell in love with and then started to get accessories. I wasn't sure what to get after a while, I walked around just looking at everything. I asked for the help of a sales associate and she was amazing! She walked me through and helped to show me how to put different colors together to make it look amazing. Yay!
I bought this rug for $19.99:
Then this placemat for $2.99, plate for $3.14, glasses for $2.99/each and parasol picks for $2.99:
These fans were just $3.99 each:
these gorgeous glass hanging lanterns were only $2.99 each! I bought matching purple candles to go inside that were $0.99 each!
and last but not least, what the amazing sales associate helped me pick out last was these great lantern lights for just $16.99!
When you put it all together, you get this amazing purple and orange creation to relax, drink a fun drink along with having a little snack on your cute new plate! Here is the finished product:
The setting is nice, quiet and relaxing. I love the carpet, which rolls up and can be taken to the beach or park or whatever. The fans will help to keep us cool while we relax and doesn't ever oasis need parasols in it's drinks?!?
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As a part of their Buy & Fly In-Store Promo, when I checked out I received a coupon for 15% off through Southwest Airlines! Any purchase over $20 will get you a coupon for 15% off a Southwest Airlines Roundtrip Wanna Get Away Fare. What a great deal! This is only available for the first 25,000 qualified customers…so hurry and get in if you want this great discount!
Then there is the Summer Getaway Sweepstakes, where each week during the sweepstakes World Market is giving away a trip for 4 anywhere Southwest Flies, including hotel accommodations and a $500 World Market gift card!
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Soccer Falls At Eastern Michigan
YPSILANTI, Mich. - The Ball State soccer team suffered its second straight Mid-American Conference loss as the Cardinals dropped a 5-1 decision to Eastern Michigan Friday afternoon at Scicluna Field. The loss drops the Cardinals to 9-6-3 overall and 4-3-2 in MAC play with two games remaining in the regular season.
Eastern Michigan (3-11-2, 3-5-1 MAC) struck early as it opened the scoring just two minutes into the game. Chelsea Detrick found some space 10 yards out and ripped a shot that was blocked by the BSU defense. The rebound fell to the foot of Bianca Rossi who deposited it past junior goalkeeper Aubrey Buehler (Waukesha, Wis./UT Martin) into the back of the net for the 1-0 EMU lead.
The Eagles extended their lead to 2-0 in the 20th minute of action as they took advantage of a beneficial bounce. The Cardinals' defense blocked the shot of Stephanie Clarke but once again Rossi was there to tap the rebound into the net off the hands of a diving Buehler for a two-goal lead.
Ball State regrouped and slowed the Eastern Michigan momentum in the 29th minute of play as its offensive pressure drew a corner kick. Junior defender Amanda Dreyfus (Grove City, Ohio/Grove City) drove the corner kick into the box where junior captain Brigit Reder (West Chester, Ohio/Lakota West) out-jumped the EMU defenders and drove her header past the goalkeeper into the back of the net.
The goal is the seventh of the season for Reder to move her back into a tie for the team lead. Her seven goals are a Ball State single-season record for a defender and she leads all MAC defenders in scoring this year.
Eastern Michigan answered back in the 33rd minute as it took advantage of a corner kick. Clarke sent the kick into the box where Emily Dzik sent a header past Buehler to make it a 3-1 EMU lead. The three goals allowed are the most Ball State has allowed in the first half this season since Illinois scored three goals in the opening frame on its way to a 5-0 victory (Aug. 26).
The Cardinals came out of the halftime break and peppered the Eastern Michigan goal with five shots in the first five minutes. Junior forward Paige Stroinski (Granger, Ind./Penn) came within inches of pulling Ball State within one in the 48th minute as she beat EMU goalkeeper Maggie Manville but her shot rung off the cross bar.
Eastern Michigan put the game out of reach as Angela Vultaggio scored in the 55th minute and Clarke found the back of the net in the 87th minute. The Cardinals were out-shot for just the fourth time this season as Emu held a slight 23-21 advantage in shots. Manville posted eight saves in the victory while Buehler posted five in the loss.
The Cardinals close out the weekend Sunday afternoon as they travel to Mount Pleasant, Mich., for a meeting with defending MAC Tournament champion Central Michigan at 1 p.m.


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June E-mini S&Ps (ESM13 -0.05%) this morning are down -0.05% and European stocks are down -0.45%. Asian stocks closed mostly higher: Japan closed for holiday, Hong Kong +0.99%, China +1.33%, Taiwan +0.42%, Australia +0.52%,Singapore +0.37%, South Korea -0.32%, India +0.50%. Commodity prices are mixed. June WTI crude oil (CLM13 +0.09%) is up +0.56% and jumped to a 1-month high in overnight trade after Israeli aircraft reportedly attacked a Syrian military research center on Sunday, which raises geopolitical risks in the Middle East. June gasoline (RBM13 -0.10%) is up +0.32%, June natural gas (NGM13 -0.49%) is down -0.84%, June gold (GCM13 +0.66%) is up +0.72%, July copper (HGN13 -0.57%) is down -0.26%. Agriculture prices are lower. The dollar index (DXY00 +0.06%) is up +0.07%. EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is down-0.10% after dovish comments from ECB Executive Board member Coeure weakened the euro. USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is up +0.19% as the yen posted a 1-week low. June 10-year T-note futures prices (ZNM13 -0.01%) are up +2 ticks.
Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Mekdad said that recent Israeli airstrikes on his country were a "declaration of war" and that his government would retaliate in its own time. Israel has staged air strikes into Syria twice over the past 3 days reportedly targeting a shipment of missiles thought to be bound for Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, according to the Associated Press who cited unidentified Israeli officials.
The German Apr PMI Services index was unexpectedly revised up to 49.6 from the originally reported 49.2.
Eurozone Mar retail sales fell -0.1% m/m, right on expectations, and fell -2.4% y/y, weaker than expectations of -2.2% y/y.
The Eurozone Apr PMI Composite index was unexpectedly revised up to 46.9 from the originally reported 46.6.
The Eurozone May Sentix investor confidence rose +1.7 to -15.6, weaker than expectations of +2.1 to -15.2.
ECB Executive Board member Coeure said the ECB is ready to cut interest rates further if the economic outlook in the Eurozone worsens.
The China April HSBC Services PMI fell -3.2 points to 51.1 from 54.3 in March.
The Chinese yuan fell back from a 19-year high of 6.1521 against the dollar after China's currency regulator said it will increase scrutiny of cross-border capital flows entering the country disguised as trade bills.
This week's U.S. economic schedule is relatively light and is focused on this week's $72 billion Treasury coupon package, Fed Chairman Bernanke's keynote address on Friday, and another heavy earnings week. Q1 earnings season has peaked but there are still 46 of the S&P 500 companies that are scheduled to report this week. Q2 earnings growth for the S&P 500 companies is now expected at +5.1% y/y, better than +1.5% as of April 1, according to Thomson I/B/E/S. There are 6 of the S&P 500 companies that report earnings today: Sysco (consensus $0.43), Tyson Foods (0.45), Andarko (0.95), Frontier Communications (0.06), First Solar (0.75), EOG Resources (1.19), Vornado Realty (1.71).
Conferences this week include American Gas Association (NYSEARCA:AGA) Financial Forum on Mon, Mizuho Securities USA Healthcare Access Day on Tue, Barclays Chemical ROC Star Conference on Tue, Robert W. Baird Growth Stock Conference on Tue-Thu, Jefferies Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference on Tue-Thu, ISI Bermuda Energy Conference on Wed, 17th Annual International Cash and Treasury Management Conference on Wed-Thu, Wells Fargo Industrial and Construction Conference on Wed-Thu, Skybridge Alternatives Conference (NYSE:SALT)-Las Vegas on Wed-Thu, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co IT Services Conference on Thu.
Tyson Foods (TSN +1.30%) reported Q1 adjusted EPS of 36 cents, weaker than expectations of 45 cents.
Cognizant (CTSH +3.53%) was added to Evercore's "Conviction Buy List" with a $96 a share price target.
Dollar General (DG +0.19%) was upgraded to a "Buy" from "Neutral" at BofA/Merril and they raised their price target on the stock to $60 a share from $55.
Comerica (CMA +2.26%) was downgraded to "Neutral" from "Buy" at BTIG due to valuation.
Jefferies reaffirmed its "Buy" rating on Kraft Foods (KRFT +5.11%) and raised its price target on the stock to $60 a share from $52.
ADT Corp. (ADT +2.47%) was upgraded to "Equal Weight" from "Underweight" at Morgan Stanley based on valuation.
Harley-Davidson (HOG +0.35%) was initiated with an "Overweight" at Morgan Stanley with a price target of $62.
Apollo Global (APO +1.30%) reported Q1 EPS of $1.60, well ahead of consensus of $1.24.
Retailers including J.C. Penney (JCP +2.74%), Best Buy (BBY +0.99%), Barnes & Noble (BKS +1.37%), McDonald's (MCD +0.84%), Home Depot (HD +0.86%), and Gap (GPS +2.21%), lost a court bid to invalidate patents held by Alexsam related to systems that activate and recharge gift cards, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Lord, Abbett & Co. reported a 12.1% stake in Overhill Farms (OFI -1.30%).
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) reported Q1 operating EPS of $2,302, better than consensus of $1,995.
Southwest Gas (SWX +0.42%) reported Q1 EPS of $1.73, better than consensus of $1.67.
Bunge North America reported a 10.14% passive stake in Renewable Energy (REGI +4.41%).
SAC Capital reported a 5.3% passive stake in RenaissanceRe (RNR -0.35%).
June E-mini S&Ps (ESM13 -0.05%) this morning are little changed, down -0.75 of a point (-0.05%). The S&P 500 index on Friday rallied to a record high and closed higher. Stocks found support from a larger-than-expected +165,000 increase in Apr non-farm payrolls (vs expectations of +140,000). March and Feb payrolls were revised upward by an additional +114,000. Also, the Apr unemployment rate unexpectedly fell -0.1 to a 4-1/3 year low of 7.5%. Stocks shook off the -4.0% fall in Mar factory orders (vs expectations of -2.9%), and the -1.3 point slide in the Apr ISM non-manufacturing index to 53.1, a bigger drop than expectations of -0.4 to 54.0. Closes: S&P 500 +1.05%, Dow Jones +0.96%, Nasdaq 100 +1.15%.
June 10-year T-notes (ZNM13 -0.01%) this morning are up +2 ticks. June 10-year T-note futures prices on Friday tumbled to a 3-week low and closed sharply lower. The stronger-than-expected Apr non-farm payrolls boosted the outlook for economic growth and sent the S&P 500 soaring to a record high, thus reducing the safe-haven demand for Treasuries. Closes: TYM3 -25.0, FVM3 -11.5.
The dollar index (DXY00 +0.06%) this morning is up slightly by +0.054 (+0.07%). EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is down -0.0013 (-0.10%) and USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is up +0.19 (+0.19%). The dollar index on Friday rallied initially on the stronger-than-expected Apr non-farm payrolls, but then shed its gains and closed lower on speculation the data wasn't strong enough for the Fed to reduce its dollar-negative stimulus. EUR/USD received a boost after ECB Governing Council member Nowotny said markets "over-interpreted" ECB President Draghi's comments Thursday that the ECB would consider a deposit rate below zero. Closes: Dollar index -0.099 (-0.12%), EUR/USD +0.00501 (+0.38%), USD/JPY +1.064 (+1.09%).
June WTI crude oil (CLM13 +0.09%) this morning is up +0.54 (+0.56%) and posted a fresh 1-month high in overnight trade after Israeli airstrikes into Syria over the weekend raised geopolitical risks in the Middle East. June gasoline (RBM13 -0.10%) is up +0.0090 (+0.32%). June crude oil and gasoline on Friday closed higher as June crude posted a 1-month high. Economic optimism boosted energy prices after U.S. Apr non-farm payrolls rose more than expected, which boosted the S&P 500 to a record high and stoked speculation that fuel demand will increase. Closes: CLM3 +1.62 (+1.72%), RBM3 +0.0448 (+1.61%).
US 1100 ET USDA weekly grain export inspections. 1600 ET USDA Crop Progress. GER 0355 ET Revised German Apr PMI services expected unch at 49.2. EUR 0400 ET Revised Eurozone Apr PMI composite expected unch at 46.5. 0430 ET Eurozone May Sentix investor confidence expected -15.0, Apr -17.3. 0500 ET Eurozone Mar retail sales expected -0.1% m/m and -2.2% y/y, Feb -0.3% /m and -1.4% y/y. UK 1901 ET UK Apr Lloyds employment confidence, Mar -45. JPN n/a Markets closed for final day of Golden Week holiday.
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Auburn Athletics Director Jay Jacobs said he has working list of replacements for coach Tommy Tuberville.
``We are going to hire the best person for Auburn regardless of what their current title may be, Jacobs said. ``We want to be as efficient and as quick as we possibly can, but we are not going to rush to judgment.''
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Mint Chocolate Truffles
- 8 ounces good-quality bittersweet chocolate
- 8 ounces good-quality semisweet chocolate
- One 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- Mint extract (3 to 4 drops)
- 8 ounces meltable milk chocolate
- Decorator's sugar
- Green food coloring
Heat the dark chocolates and condensed milk in a double boiler over medium-low heat until the chocolate is melted and the mixture is smooth. The mixture will have a slight marshmallow texture. Stir in the mint extract to your taste.
Remove from the heat, and then cover and refrigerate until completely cool, at least 2 hours.
Once chilled, roll in teaspoon-size balls, and then dip into the melted milk chocolate coating, using a fork to let the excess chocolate drip off.
Color the decorators sugar with a small amount of green food coloring and sprinkle on top of the truffles
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Most people probably think that this time of year, with the holidays, is a time when children are happy-go-lucky, having no worries or responsibilities; yet, research tell us that many children experience extreme stress during the holidays and have symptoms similar to those of adults.
Like adults, children often have bad feelings and have difficulty handling holiday stress. Unlike adults, children do not have the means or the skills to understand or manage their stress in appropriate ways. Children must depend upon us to help them. As parents and caregivers, we need to recognize when children are feeling stressed and help them develop positive coping skills. We can also help by diminishing the discomfort for the child and, in some instances, by assisting a child or family in dealing with the situation that caused the stress.
Stress is the body's reaction to a physical or emotional situation that causes imbalance in a person's life. Occasional stress is normal and predictable in our daily lives. Normal stress serves to present us with challenges for greater learning and opportunity, such as the stress we may experience when meeting new people or facing new situations. On the other hand, holiday stress can cause us many problems and, unless handled, can add to the stress of another situation.
Children respond in different ways to stress. Some children become ill. Some may become withdrawn and nervous while others show anger and demand attention. In some instances, development is affected. There are also some children who do not seem bothered by stress. We often call these children resilient.
Stress becomes a problem when the ordinary stress of daily life becomes overwhelming. When under stress, there is an increase in heart rate, breathing is faster and muscles tense up. When there are several stressors, the level and duration of the stress are greater.
Both negative and positive events can cause stress. Family holiday events are often a source of stress for children. The breakup of a family is a negative event that can cause stress in children and increase that stress during family holiday events. Events such as physical abuse, separation, rejection and fights are some other negative sources of stress. Other events such as a parent losing a job, or the death of a parent, grandparent or sibling, can create stress. Positive events that cause stress in children include birthday parties, new pets and the birth of new siblings. Holiday family obligations, events and routines can create stress and tension for the young child, as in the case of an active family that may be so busy during the holidays that the needs of a young child may be overlooked.
Parents and caregivers need to be aware of what is happening in a child's life that may affect the child's behavior. A sudden change in a child's behavior may be related to stress.
A first step in decreasing a child's stress is to be knowledgeable and aware of the symptoms of stress. These symptoms or warning signs include bed-wetting, upset stomach, irritability, nightmares, lying, withdrawal from activity, change in activity level, poor sleep or eating habits, teeth grinding or decline in school achievement. Recognizing children's stress symptoms is not easy. It is very important to recognize that it is normal for children to exhibit some of these signs at some times in their lives, especially during the holidays. Adults need to be alert when a child is showing a cluster of these signs or symptoms simultaneously, or when no apparent cause can explain why the child may be stressed.
In either of these cases, it is a sign that the adults who are involved in the care of children need to intervene. If the child feels it is impossible to handle the stress, he or she can become angry or aggressive. If the stress becomes too overwhelming for the child, then the child will experience anxiety. If the body remains in a state of anxiety, then physical, social and emotional damage and deterioration can occur.
The age of the child is a factor in recognizing stress. Children often cannot tell us what they feel, or they do not have the language to describe the stressful situation. They tend to show the stress through their behavior. When you notice a 3-year-old child crying constantly (or more than usual), or an 8-year-old having a temper tantrum, that may be the child's way of alerting you to something or letting you know that too much is happening.
Children react differently to stressful events and situations and also have different coping skills. Children can cope through tears and crying, through tantrums, or by retreating from unpleasant situations. Children who are around supportive adults and caregivers usually develop a variety of coping skills and are more likely to become more resilient.
Helping children to deal positively with stressful and tension-causing events prepares them for healthy emotional and social development. This is an important responsibility of parents, teachers and other caregivers to effectively guide and help children develop positive coping skills throughout the year, and especially at holiday time.
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Amy Jo Johnson
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Born Oct 6, 1970
Amy Jo Johnson is an American actress, singer, songwriter, musician and gymnast. She is best known for her roles in the TV series Flashpoint, Wildfire, The Division, Felicity, and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. She also starred in television films including… Read More
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1972 Birth Born on October 6, 1972.
1993 20 Years Old Johnson's first role was as Kimberly Ann Hart, the Pink Ranger, in the 1993 series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. … Read More
1995 22 Years Old After she left the series in 1995, Johnson went on to star in the Disney Channel's Susie Q and the Saved by the Bell: The New Class episode "Backstage Pass" as Linda.
1997 24 Years Old In 1997, she starred in NBC's adaptation of Lois Duncan's novel Killing Mr. Griffin as Susan McConnell and also played Andie Bradley, a gymnast with an eating disorder, in Perfect Body. … Read More
2005 32 Years Old She released another album, Imperfect, in March 2005.
2006 33 Years Old In 2006, Johnson co-starred in Magma: Volcanic Disaster, a Sci-Fi Channel telefilm. … Read More
2007 34 Years Old In December 2007 she contributed guest vocals to Koishii & Hush's cover of The Cars track "Since You're Gone", which was released as a single.
2008 35 Years Old Beginning in 2008, Johnson became a cast member of Flashpoint as Jules Callaghan, a member of the Strategic Response Unit of the Toronto Police service. … Read More
2009 36 Years Old For her role as Jules Callaghan on Flashpoint, Johnson was nominated for the 2009 Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role. … Read More
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Directions for Searching in PubMed
PubMed provides free access to MEDLINE on the Internet (http://www.pubmed.gov). Anyone with access to a computer with an Internet connection can find references to articles on medical topics. This guide demonstrates a basic search and points out some additional PubMed features.
Suppose a person were looking for articles about the use of acupuncture for headache in children. The search could be performed in PubMed by dividing the topic into parts (acupuncture and headache). Acupuncture, the first aspect of the search, is typed into the box.
The search may be limited to English, an age group, date range, or to a specific field (subject, author, title, etc.) by clicking on the word which appears below the search box. Choose the desired limits for the search. For this example, MeSH (medical subject heading), All Child: 0-18, and English were chosen. To execute the search click on the button.
Next, type in the second aspect of the search into the search box (in this case headache). Notice now that the box next to limits is checked. This means the same limits used for the previous search will be used again. Click on .
However, articles about BOTH acupuncture and headache in children were wanted. To combine these two searches, click on the word located below the search box. PubMed displays all of the previous searches.
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The Journals Database is useful for decoding a confusing journal abbreviation or for looking up the MEDLINE abbreviation for a journal. Type the journal or the journal abbreviation in the box.
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CATF announces summer lineup
SHEPHERDSTOWN - The 2011 Contemporary American Theater Festival will be held July 8-31 throughout Shepherdstown. Plays include "From Prague," "Race," "Ages of the Moon," "We Are Here," and "The Insurgents." Tickets range from $30 to CATCards for all five shows at $225.
For more information or tickets, call 304-876-3473 or visit www.catf.org.
Old Opera House to host 'Christmas'
CHARLES TOWN - The Old Opera House Theatre Co. presents the following productions for the 2011 season:
June 24-26: New Voice Play Festival;
July 28-31: Summer Youth Production;
Sept. 8-11, 15-18: "City of Angels";
Oct. 21-23, 28-30: "Unnecessary Farc"; and
Dec. 8-11, 15-18: "A Christmas Story." For tickets, call 888-900-SHOW.
'South Pacific' to be held at theater
FREDERICK, Md. - The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre and Children's Theatre presents its productions:
Friday to Sunday: "South Pacific"; and
Friday to Saturday: "The Three Little Pigs."
Shows run every Friday and Saturday evening, with some Sunday evening performances, as well as select Saturday and Sunday matinee performances. For more information, call the box office at 301-662-6600 or visit www.wayoffbroadway. com.
Md. ensemble announces shows
FREDERICK, Md. - The Maryland Ensemble Theater will present:
To June 18: "Clockwork Orange"; and
Saturday to June 25: "Nellie Darling and the Legend of Nasty."
For more information or tickets, call the MET Box Office at 301-694-4744.
Shenandoah schedule listed
WINCHESTER, Va. - The Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre has announced its 2011 season of Broadway musicals to be performed on the campus of Shenandoah University:
Wednesday to June 19: "South Pacific;"
June 22 to July 3: "Curtain;"
July 6-17: "Aida;" and
July 20-31: "Oliver."
For more information or tickets, call 540-665-4569 or visit www.shenandoahsummermusictheatre.com.
Wayside Theatre announces shows
MIDDLETOWN, Va. - The Wayside Theatre will present the following performances:
Saturday to July 2: "Reunion, A Musical Epic in Miniature"; and
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Your Chance to Shine is corporate business commercial background music. Its very positive, energetic and full of confidence. (A short version is included in the full download).
This track features the popular sound of a ukulele, confident but unimposing electronic drums, and a decisive glockenspiel and synth melody. There's a variation mid way through to create a feeling of anticiaption and then the main melody returns.
Your chance to shine is inspired by sporting success, rising to challenges, the pursuit of excellence and determination, working towards and achieving your goals, dreams and aspirations.
The full download includes a high quality WAV file and Mp3 duration 2:28 Also included is a short version (in Wav and Mp3) duration 1:07 without the mid way variation.
This track is one of my own personal favourites. Enjoy!
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Ukulele Under the Midnight Stars


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August 25, 2013 The MTV Video Music Awards were held Sunday at the Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
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I have followed the various advice given to connect my Netbook to a
Nokia 7110 (yes, this is the sort of phone I actually like) via IR.
However, while I can dial up and establish a PPP session, it's dropped
60 seconds after login. This isn't an inactivity timeout - it happens in
mid-SSH-negotiation, for example. Any thoughts?