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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Brideby Daniel James Brown
From the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier
"An ideal pairing of talent and material.… Engrossing.… A deft and ambitious storyteller." — Mary Roach, New York Times Book Review
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From the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier
"An ideal pairing of talent and material.… Engrossing.… A deft and ambitious storyteller." — Mary Roach, New York Times Book Review
In April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Illinois with her new husband, her parents, and eight siblings. Seven months later, after joining a party of pioneers led by George Donner, they reached the Sierra Nevada Mountains as the first heavy snows of the season closed the pass ahead of them. In early December, starving and desperate, Sarah and fourteen others set out for California on snowshoes, and, over the next thirty-two days, endured almost unfathomable hardships and horrors.
In this gripping narrative, New York Times bestselling author Daniel James Brown sheds new light on one of the most legendary events in American history. Following every painful footstep of Sarah's journey with the Donner Party, Brown produces a tale both spellbinding and richly informative.
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In April 1846, as young newlywed Sarah Graves departed her Illinois home on a journey to California, she could not foresee the misery and horror that awaited her. After numerous delays on their difficult westward path, she and her family found themselves dangerously behind schedule as winter loomed, and they decided to join an ill-fated wagon train under the leadership of George Donner. Ending up snowbound and starving in the Sierra Nevada range, the Donner party descended into cannibalism, a well-known and grisly episode of pioneer history. Given a fresh and intriguing telling here thanks to the supple, readable, and well-researched narrative by Brown (former managing editor, Microsoft Corp.; Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894), Graves's dark tale is engrossing and appalling in equal measure. Never melodramatic or maudlin, Brown's work gracefully balances graphic depictions of extreme privation with humanizing glimpses of the emigrants' everyday hopes and fears. Brown also skillfully weaves relevant historical, cultural, and scientific information into his chronicle, creating a rich and contextualized background. Likely to appeal to true adventure and history fans, who may also like Frank Mullen's The Donner Party Chronicles, this work is strongly recommended for larger public libraries.
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- 337
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It has been years since I have found a book that I literally could not pull myself away from. This is it! Daniel James Brown is a gifted author who obviously spent a great deal of time researching not only the Donner Party, but countless other aspects of American life in the mid-1800's, even going so far as to physically re-trace the steps of these courageous pioneers when current weather conditions concurred with those they had endured on their 2000-mile trek to a new life in little-known California. Brown uses, and completely notates, numerous resources to substantiate his historical documentations and uses modern-day forensics and science to bring this tragic story to life. The contents of this book will stay with you as you meet its characters, who Brown transforms from vague names in an American History textbook to real-life families, neighbors, people you might have known in 1846.
I picked this book up expecting little by way of originality given the topic, but upon a friend's recommendation, gave it a chance. This book was a bit slow at first, but pulled me in with every turn of a page, and in the end, I cried for what happened to the lives it brought to life, for despite the span of decades, the emotions shared are, in the end, shared by all of us and easy to feel when written as well as this book has been...well worth reading, even for the high school crowd,...this will forever maintain a place of honour in my library.
Much misinformation is unfortunately available about what has come to be known as "The Donner Party." Daniel Brown has done considerable research on what happened to it in 1946-7. If you have time to read only one book on the subject, read this one.
As did others, I learned about the Donner Party in History classes. Yet, how many of us truly knew the soul-searching and gut wrenching decision these people faced, all in an effort for survival? I venture to say not many of us. Perhaps, it's because merely the mention of "cannibalism" is enough to shut down further thinking. Brown takes an interesting tact to further illuminate the struggles for mere survival the members of the Donner Party faced - Brown has the reader "walk" in the shoes of one of the members, a young gal married days before heading West with her parents and siblings. This, alone, puts a human face to this tragedy. To gain a new perspective and respect for these pioneers, I highly recommend this book, one that does not read like a History lesson. Then, put yourself in the shoes of any of one of the Party's members: What decision would you make merely to survive?
There are so many books available on the Donner Party disaster of 1846/1847. If you read only one, this should be it! The Donner Party epic could be a very gruesome and depressing read but the author, Daniel James Brown tempers the gore that one should expect when reading about the Donner Party and fills that void with fact, medical knowledge, and psychological analysis. The reader will feel the cold, feel the pain, and experience the anguish of one Sarah Graves as she struggles to survive. Unlike other books, this book continues with the survivors life story even after the rescue. Five Stars is not enough of a rating for this incredible story.
This is definitely the most indepth and well researched story about the Donner party. He takes you, via the story and his travels to the places that the party traveled and gives you an insight into the lives of the travelers before their journey started and how they lived out the remainder of their lives. Good story and definitely worth reading.
I remembered little from school history lessons about the Donner Party other than "caught in the mountains" and "cannibilism". This was a very good history of what came to be known as the Donner Party crossing; a very harrowing account, and gives much food for thought. This was a "perfect storm" of events that transpired to create a human tragedy that really could have happened to anyone in that situation. I highly recommend this book.
Indifferent Stars is a riveting account of the limits to which human endurance can be pushed. To anyone who has ever heard tales of tehe Donner party or who thinks they have reached the breaking point it is a must read.
Not a lover of non-fiction, but this is impossible to put down.
Would never have read a story about the Donner Party, but I like the author. Was not disapppointed. Really enjoy this "other Dan Brown"; he has a nice way with words, does his research, and puts thing in perspective. Loved "The Boys in the Boat"; glad I bought this one too.
I have read other stories of the Donner Party including the original by C.F. McGlashan. Wasn't sure what to expect with this version. From the very first page I was hooked and had a hard time putting it down. Love how the author did so much research on the topic. Not only did he tell their tragic story, but incorporated it with what was going on in the US and California during that time. The history behind the economy of the US, the history of California gave me a much better understanding of the reason for their emigration west. Even though I grew up in California and have been to Truckee many times, I learned so much about this area that I had never learned before.
I couldn't put this book down. The only time I did was to tell people about it (pretty sure everyone got sick of me spouting out facts lol). Honestly one of the best non-fiction books I've read in a long time.
Excellent read. More like a novel than non-fiction. Lots of background on the story - how stress, cold, fear, hunger, affect our bodies. The author not only researched the facts involved, but also travelled the same trail that these pioneers took. I came away with a profound respect for their strength and determination. I'm not sure any of us today could begin to live the lives they did. I could barely put the book down.
I enjoyed this book immensely; it is a compassionate and detailed account of the Donner party's history from the time they left the Midwest, until their harrowing ordeal in the Sierra; and tells stories of the survivors who were rescued. Writer includes personal reflections as he retraces the path of the pioneers, which I found compelling and endearing.
Most of us who have traveled to the West are familiar with Donner Pass. This book is an eye opener and a must read for anyone to understand the history of the development of the West.


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But leaders who are at home in their skin give the OK for others to feel at home in theirs. That's when things get done.
Unlike former CEOs such as Al Dunlap of Sunbeam, Reagan demonstrated that leaders need not be mean to be tough, says Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, associate dean of executive programs at the Yale School of Management.
Reagan was secure enough to surround himself with former opponents, including his vice president, George Bush, and Treasury secretary James Baker, Sonnenfeld says.
Maintain a sense of humor.
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Via Positiva: Cosmic Kindergarten
Watch Your Mouth!
By: Candace Chellew-Hodge
Preached on Sunday, August 26, 2012 at Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, SC
Song of Solomon 2:8-13: "The voice of my beloved!"
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23: "All these evil things come from within"
Hear this sermon at the Jubilee! Circle Web site.
Our first song this morning comes from singer and actress Madonna. She was born Madonna Louise Ciccone (chee-co-nee) in Bay City, Michigan in 1958 and originally planned to be a modern dancer. Instead, she became a singer and released her debut album in 1983. Since then she has sold more than 300 million records and is recognized as the world's top-selling female recording artist of all time by the Guinness Book of World Records. This song, Like a Prayer, stayed at the top of the Billboard charts for 3 weeks in 1989. Let's try it:
Life is a mystery
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like home
When you call my name
It's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees
I wanna take you there
In the midnight hour
I can feel your power
Just like a prayer
You know I'll take you there
Anyone who knows me well knows I like to cuss. There is just something about swear words that feel so good. Some have an especially good mouth-feel to them and they just spill out so easily sometimes. Often, there are situations where an F-bomb is the best thing you can deliver.
My love of swearing came way before seminary and ordination - but I can tell you that seminary students are a lot like sailors, in that they take a certain pleasure peppering their speech with F-bombs and other un-seminary like words - if not because it's a habit, but because it's kind of fun to see people react to cussing seminary students.
As kids, we're taught not to swear - which is, of course, why we want to do it as often as we can. When we were younger, we like to shock our parents and older adults with our salty language. We enjoyed being shushed or scolded for our abuse of the English language. I never quite got to the point of enjoying the taste of soap, however - since that was usually mom's way of punishing me when my tongue got the better of me in her presence.
"You watch your mouth, young lady!" my mother would say to me before pulling out the golden bar of Dial soap.
Swearing, however, has it's good side. A recent study by Keele University in the UK showed that swearing has a painkilling effect. Y'know, when you stub your toe in the middle of the night and let out with a string of cuss words that would make a sailor blush? Apparently, if you didn't swear, it would hurt worse. Try it next time and see if I'm right - but if you're like me, the swearing is sort of automatic in those situation ...
But, this study reveals far more than the painkilling effects of words - it also reveals the ultimate power of words. Language has a strong effect on us, whether we're aware of it or not.
Whether we're swearing or uttering a heartfelt prayer, the words we use are extremely powerful. In the schoolyard we often found ourselves saying: "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me!" We usually said that after someone had said something to us that actually did hurt us very deeply, but we were putting on our brave face. We didn't want anyone to know that they hurt our feelings.
Words can shape our behaviors, our beliefs, our opinions, feelings and ultimately our actions. Hear enough violent words, and you can become violent.
Hear enough people you love and respect call you stupid, and, voila, you believe you are stupid, and you may even act the part, even if you're otherwise very smart. Tell a child often enough that they will amount to nothing, don't be surprised when they don't.
Words are powerful. Research has shown that repeated words of hatred breed hatred, and repeated words of love improves compassion for ourselves and others and improve our moods and reduce anxiety.
This is why we must watch our mouths because careless words - or even intentionally mean words - can hurt just as much as the broken bones produced by sticks and stones. The broken hearts, the broken spirits, the broken self-esteem is just as debilitating - and often can take an entire lifetime to heal - if they ever really do. In short, Jubilants, our words have the power to hurt, and the power to heal.
How do we speak in the world, Jubilants? Do we speak the barbed and dangerous language of insults - or do our words sound like prayer to the rest of the world?
I hear your voice
It's like an angel sighing
I have no choice I hear your voice
Feels like flying,
I close my eyes Oh God I think I'm falling
Out of the sky I close my eyes
Heaven help me
When you call my name
It's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees
I wanna take you there
In the midnight hour
I can feel your power
Just like a prayer
You know I'll take you there
Do you know what the most popular word is in any language? Your name. And when your name is spoken by the ones you love the most, it's like music to your ears. It's like the most beautiful prayer you've ever heard spoken.
When we hear our names spoken in love, we are transported just as the two lovers are who sing to one another in the Song of Solomon: "The voice of my beloved! Look, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills. My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he stands behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice. My beloved speaks and says to me: "Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away; for now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. The fig tree puts forth its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away."
Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away ... how we long to hear those words, spoken to us by the voice of a loved one.
It's almost strange to read and hear words like these in Hebrew Scriptures. Amid the books that detail bloody wars, horrible murders, the abuse of women, the abuse of the earth by humanity - we find these beautiful, intimate, almost blush-producing words of love. A prayer from one lover to another.
The Song of Solomon, also called "The Song of Songs" is one of two books within the Bible that never mentions God. Do you know what the other one is? Esther.
It is also the only book in the Bible where the female voice is predominant. This is the only book where a woman's words are not mediated through men, or told through male narrators. Instead, the Song of Solomon gives us a strong female voice, unmediated, uncensored, assertive and sensual. She talks about the "mother's house" and Jerusalem's daughters - giving them a voice in an otherwise testosterone soaked world.
No wonder this book feels like one long prayer - one long message of love and kindness. The feminine most often offers us the language of love, the language of care and compassion and nurture. Even though it never speaks about God, it is easy to hear the voice of God in, through, and around the words of this ancient book, calling us by name and encouraging us to "Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away."
As a child, often the first word we ever learn to write is our name. It becomes the jumble of letters used to identify who we are. At our cubbies in kindergarten, the teacher writes our name above the space where we store our coats and supplies. We are recognized by our names, they give us not just an identity, but a sense of belonging. When it's spoken by our loved ones, it's like a little prayer, said just for us to the universe.
Even better, it is the Holy that constantly prays our name, as a parent prays the name of a beloved child. As theologian and monk Henri Nouwen writes: "Long before your father and mother, your brothers and sisters, your teachers, your church, or any people touched you in a loving as well as in a wounding way - long before you were rejected by some person or praised by somebody else - that voice has been there always. 'I have loved you with an everlasting love.' That love is there before you were born and will be there after you die."
The Holy calls us beloved, and calls us to speak love to everyone around us - to pray the names of both our loved ones, and our enemies.
Like a child
You whisper softly to me
You're in control just like a child
Now I'm dancing,
It's like a dream
No end and no beginning
You're here with me it's like a dream
Let the choir sing
When you call my name
It's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees
I wanna take you there
In the midnight hour
I can feel your power
Just like a prayer
You know I'll take you there
Life is a mystery
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like home
Just like a prayer, your voice can take me there
Just like a muse to me, you are a mystery
Just like a dream, you are not what you seem
Just like a prayer, no choice your voice can take me there
"Gamble everything for love," writes the poet Rumi.
"Gamble everything for love, if you're a true human being.
If not, leave this gathering. Half-heartedness does not reach into majesty. You set out to find God, but then you keep stopping for long periods at mean-spirited roadhouses."
This is the danger we court when we don't watch our mouths, Jubilants.
I would submit that our entire society is in the midst of a long stop at a mean-spirited roadhouse, where we badmouth each other with impunity, where we gossip about one another, tell lies about one another, and tear our world and our communities apart.
We long to gamble everything for love, but we remain drunk on division and hatred inside that mean-spirited roadhouse. I invite you, Jubilants, listen deeply for the Holy. Even inside that mean-spirited roadhouse, the Holy prays our names, and beckons us to "Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away." The Holy beckons us to arise, to come to that new Jerusalem, where speak words of love, compassion and mercy to all who will enter.
Breathe deeply.
Our second song comes from singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman. Born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1964, began playing the ukulele at age 3 and graduated to the guitar at the age of 8. She used those skills to pen four Grammy award winning songs and 8 albums full of other great songs. This song, "Speak the Word," comes from her 2000 release "Telling Stories."
[verse] Unsettled hearts, promise what they can't deliver
Bring me the wine, and the cold night air to clear my head
Gray matter memory house, master of this trembling flesh
Steady still my doubts
Let me speak the word that precedes bliss
[Chorus] Let me speak the word, Let me speak the word
Love love love love love love love love
Let me speak the word, Let me speak the word
Love love love love love love love love
Let me speak the word, Let me speak the word (2x)
In our Jesus story, we find Jesus spending a little time in one of the mean-spirited roadhouses of sorts. He's teaching and preaching at a little town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee and some scribes and Pharisees have followed him over to see the show. They're not there to be gushing Jesus fans, though. Instead, in their mean-spirited ways, they search around for something to attack Jesus over, and they find it, when they see his disciples eating without first washing their hands.
Now, as classmates in this Cosmic Kindergarten, we may think that the scribes and the Pharisees have a pretty good point. One of the many important things we learn early in life is to wash our hands before we eat. Not only is it good hygiene, but to these old time religious leaders, this is an ancient tradition of the elders that is not to be disregarded.
Jesus firmly rebukes the religious authorities, accusing them of abandoning God's laws for human tradition.
Then, he hits them with the zinger: "there is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile, but the things that come out are what defile. For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: fornication, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person."
In other words, we cannot judge people on whether or not they wash their hands, or observe some ancient law. Instead, we can only see another person's true nature by watching what they do, not what they say they believe.
In his own way, Jesus was telling the scribes and the Pharisees, "watch your mouth," because out of their mouths they showed what was truly inside their hearts. They put more emphasis on religious rules and traditions than they did mercy and compassion. They honored God with their lips, with their rules, but their hearts were far from God's commandment to love everyone unconditionally, and to welcome everyone at the table - whether they have washed their hands or not. The lesson here is clear - we cannot speak words of love, unless we embody love. We cannot speak words of compassion, unless we embody compassion. We cannot speak words of justice, unless we embody justice. We cannot speak words of mercy, unless we embody mercy. We cannot speak words of peace, unless we embody peace. We cannot speak words of grace, unless we embody grace.
Nothing from outside of us can defile us - those mean-spirited roadhouses we stop at and stay for awhile are not outside of us - they are inside of us. When we live in those mean-spirited roadhouses in our own souls, others see it. We are full of theft, murder, adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly.
Jesus invites us to get back on the road to the Holy, to leave that inner mean-spirited roadhouse and get on with learning the deep lessons of love, mercy, peace, justice and compassion. Until we embody the qualities of the Holy, we will be just like those scribes and Pharisees, seeing nothing but dirty hands all around us.
Breathe deeply.
[verse] These weakened knees,
have not touched ground or pew in ages
I haven't bowed my head, to offer thanks to any god
or to ask for favors
But watch me now. I'm falling down, praying
To speak the word that precedes bliss
[Chorus] Let me speak the word, Let me speak the word
Love love love love love love love love
Let me speak the word, Let me speak the word
Love love love love love love love love
Let me speak the word, Let me speak the word (2x)
The other popular phrase tossed around the playground besides the old "sticks and stones" saw is this one: "I'm rubber, you're glue. Whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you."
This is what Jesus says to the scribes and Pharisees that day as they sat beside the sea. The Cosmic Kindergarten lesson in this little scene is that we don't have to take it personally when people criticize us. When others refuse to watch their mouths and speak words meant to challenge or hurt us - Jesus' advice is this - be rubber. Let the words uttered from the mean-spirited roadhouses of others bounce right off of you - and stick to them.
Those who have not learned to watch their mouths do much damage in this world, using their words to tear down others and wreck relationships. But, when you're rubber, you can become a source of compassion for those people instead someone who continues to perpetuate the cycle of verbal abuse.
The true wisdom of learning how to watch your mouth, however, is knowing when to be rubber and when to be glue. Just as you should be rubber in the face of insults and verbal abuse, you should be glue whenever you hear the voice of the beloved calling your name out like a prayer.
"Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away."
Just as it may feel good to cuss whenever we stub our toe, it can feel equally as good to become sticky like glue when we hear words of love, peace and compassion being spoken to us. These are the words that soothe our weary souls, that move us along from that internal mean-spirited roadhouse - that let us know that we are the Holy's beloved, always being called to arise ... and come away ... to come away from the world of hateful words that break our bones and our spirits.
Likewise, Jubilants, we are called to speak words of love that turn those around us into glue, so that all the words we speak to others will sound like prayer to their ears. And, somewhere, in the speaking and the hearing, we are all transformed and never again tempted to take long pit stops at those mean-spirited roadhouses.
I invite you, Jubilants, in everything you do, say or think, speak the word. Speak the word ...
[Chorus] Let me speak the word, Let me speak the word
Love love love love love love love love
Let me speak the word, Let me speak the word
Love love love love love love love love
Let me speak the word, Let me speak the word (2x)
[Ending] Let me speak the word, Let me speak the word
Love love love love love love love love [repeat out]
Oh, Yeah!
Candace Chellew-Hodge is a recovering Southern Baptist and founder/editor of Whosoever: An Online Magazine for GLBT Christians. Her first book, Bulletproof Faith: A Spiritual Survival Guide for Gay and Lesbian Christians, published by Jossey-Bass is now available at http://www.bulletproofbook.com. She currently serves as the pastor of Jubilee! Circle, a progressive, inclusive community in Columbia, South Carolina. She is also a spiritual director and is currently taking on new directees. She blogs regularly at Religion Dispatches. She can be reached by email at editor-at-whosoever.org or by using the suggestion box.
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The fans say this sounds like summer:
Cimorelli gave us a little audio tease this week. Can't wait to SEE the videos for ALL of these songs!
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Lucent Technologies donates $18 million in flat panel display manufacturing equipment and intellectual property
Gov. John Engler (left) joined Interim President Homer A. Neal and other University officials in announcing the $18 million gift from Lucent Technologies.
A significant donation of flat panel display manufacturing equipment and intellectual property, valued at $18 million, has been presented to the Center for Display Technology and Manufacturing (DTM). U-M officials, along with Gov. John Engler, accepted the donation from Lucent Technologies during a ceremony held July 30 at the U-M. The donation will reinforce the Center's position as a world-class research, training and education facility supporting the U.S. flat panel display industry.
In addition to the donation from Lucent Technologies, DARPA---the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency---is transferring related equipment, valued at approximately $4 million, to the U-M.
The Lucent equipment, formerly part of Bell Laboratories' flat panel display research effort, will be integrated into the Center for Display Technology and Manufacturing at the College of Engineering. The Center, in partnership with its corporate members, is a focal point for research and development within the flat panel display manufacturing arena leading to high quality, low cost displays. These displays have numerous consumer and commercial applications, including automobiles, televisions, airplane cockpits and laptop computers.
"The fact that the DTM research center has been chosen by Lucent Technologies and DARPA to receive this equipment attests to the center's reputation in the flat panel display industry," said Interim President Homer A. Neal. "Since its creation just three years ago, DTM has emerged as a leader in industry, university and government efforts to address manufacturing issues critical to the emerging U.S. flat panel display industry."
Established in 1993 in cooperation with the federal government and private industry and with a major grant from the state of Michigan, the Center for Display Technology and Manufacturing conducts a wide range of advanced research in display manufacturing, provides technical employee training in cooperation with Henry Ford, Oakland, and Washtenaw County community colleges, provides technology transfer and commercialization, and sponsors an annual strategic forum to discuss policy and manufacturing issues in the global flat panel display industry.
"It is exciting to see how the Center has expanded and established Michigan as a world leader in the flat panel display industry," Engler said. "The additional momentum created by this generous donation from Lucent Technologies and DARPA will increase the Center's research and development capabilities and provide state-of-the-art job training opportunities for Michigan high-tech workers into the 21st century."
"The U-M Center for Display Technology and Manufacturing is one of the world's finest research, training and educational facilities supporting the U.S. flat panel display industry," said Bill Brinkman, physical sciences research vice president for Bell Laboratories. "With this state-of-the-art equipment, researchers will have the tools they need to develop new manufacturing technologies and materials that will benefit the entire industry."
"DTM is a perfect example of how industry, government and university resources can be combined in innovative ways for maximum impact on important areas of basic and applied research," said Stephen W. Director, dean of the College of Engineering.
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Much as many of us love pets, we need to be aware of the problems our pets can cause for nearby wildlife (including fish) and work to prevent them. Pets, especially dogs and cats, can and often do revert to their natural instincts when out of the house – instincts to track, stalk, chase, attack, and kill other species. This is certainly true for pets that are allowed to periodically roam freely in an area (think neighborhood cats) or the feral offspring of pet cats that have been released to the wild. It can also apply in the case of pets that have at least temporarily escaped human control (e.g., a lost dog, or pack of neighborhood dogs).
Stresses on Wildlife
Being flushed from a hiding place or pursued is stressful for wildlife. It is especially dangerous for species with unprotected young nearby. Often the act of a pet harrying wildlife turns ugly, with significant injuries and death of the wild animal – and its eggs or young – being the result. Even animals that may seem insignificant to us, such as the insect-eating shrews a cat delivers to our doorstep, provide important functions in the natural world. At a minimum, they serve as food sources for many of the other wild species we enjoy seeing.
Managing Pets
It is critical to keep control of your pet at all times. For dog owners, this means keeping your dog within sight and under voice control. Many communities have leash laws that direct where pets must be restrained with a leash or, conversely, where they can be off their leash; learn and follow the rules your community has established.
For cat owners, it's a different story: The average number of small animals each cat kills annually has been variously estimated at between a dozen, to as many as 1,000. Multiply this by the number of households and farms with such cats, and you see the magnitude of the concern for wildlife conservation. Sadly, cat bells have been shown to be relatively ineffective at keeping cats from killing birds. The single most effective action a cat owner can take to help protect wildlife is to keep their cat indoors.
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mike4 replied to mike4's topic in GDNet Comments, Suggestions, and IdeasStill some people vote down on very old topics. Can I make that invisible as they must be following my profile? How about ditiching that crappy vote system? It p* me off
@ kuramayoko10: Ah I've overlooked Nextstep which is derived from BSD 4.3. Hence Jobs had Nextstep for around 20 years before going back to Apple? I've never heard of that OS prior to a Film about Steve Jobs in TV. Must not have been very successful? Did it already use the Bash or other common Linux stuff? @ sik: ok but I run Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash, Rage etc. wihout remarking any differences. Probably you need to update?
mike4 posted a topic in GDNet LoungeIn my other topic I was talking about iPhone and it was locked. So to clarify this: In german N-TV they were clearly talking about Apple, but I cannot refind it online. The only thing I found, was those below saying generally smartphones to contain that much patents: [url="http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bluewin.ch%2Fde%2Findex.php%2F53%2C443528%2FGoogle___Android_ist_unter_Beschuss__%2Fde%2Fdigital%2F"]http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bluewin.ch%2Fde%2Findex.php%2F53%2C443528%2FGoogle___Android_ist_unter_Beschuss__%2Fde%2Fdigital%2F[/url] http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pctipp.ch%2Fnews%2Fgesellschaft%2F63872%2Fpatentwesen_im_reformstau.html My personal opinion on such is that essential patent has gone insane.-
mike4 posted a topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingSit down and hold on tight. A iPhone contains not less than 250'000 patents!-
[url="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Unix_history-simple.png/800px-Unix_history-simple.png"]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Unix_history-simple.png/800px-Unix_history-simple.png[/url] Yes, stumbled across this a while ago. Anyone know of a picture including also Windows/Mac? I also wonder where Nextstep's timeframe would fit into. @Sik. Nobody said that. It was you that said Wine to be slow...which is a false statement at least with Nvidia.
It's wrong to say that Wine is generally slow. Have a look at for ex. those apps: [url="http://appdb.winehq.org/"]http://appdb.winehq.org/[/url] Everyone has a different opinion, hence also saying Linux is to complicated, is wrong. It might be true for you, but not for millions of other people. [img]http://public.gamedev.net//public/style_emoticons/default/tongue.png[/img]
So you must be doing something wrong. False drivers etc. Wine is definitely NOT slow at all!
No, Rage runs as fast and even FSX was only a little slower in a test some months ago with a GTX 460. [url="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_1210beta_desktops&num=1"]http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_1210beta_desktops&num=1[/url]
Yes, played Serious Sam3 yesterday on Ubuntu, as I'm a beta tester. I also have fortress to test later. Many years ago, I had to follow a M$ Office course and since I'm saturated for life with proprietary OS.- I've only installed osx86 from the other patent troll but it's much less fun than Linux. TheCubu, you can run almost anything with Wine. Currently I run perfectly Rage with Wine 1.4 on Ubuntu 12.10.
[quote name='mhagain' timestamp='1352464115' post='4999253'] It's quite clear that you have a poor understanding of these matters so let m [/quote] Without reading all I guess you haven't read my link as well: ---- Left 4 Dead 2 is running at 315 FPS on Linux. That the Linux version runs faster than the Windows version (270.6) seems a little counter-intuitive, given the greater amount of time we have spent on the Windows version. However, it does speak to the underlying efficiency of the kernel and OpenGL. Interestingly, in the process of working with hardware vendors we also sped up the OpenGL implementation on Windows. Left 4 Dead 2 is now running at 303.4 FPS with that configuration. --- Any yes I might post back, after testing X-Plane with newest drivers, by simply rebooting my machine. Anyway my message is: Bye bye proprietary OS. ( and republicans [img]http://public.gamedev.net//public/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.png[/img] )
[url="http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/faster-zombies/"]http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/faster-zombies/[/url] In my personal test with a GTX460 and even older driver, I got on X-plane with Win8 ~56 FPS but on Linux ~60 FPS. This is especially nice for WINE games, so they should catch up with Windows. I'll try soon FSX after updating the driver.
mike4 posted a topic in GDNet Comments, Suggestions, and IdeasI get the feeling some admin needs a psychiatrist. I got downrated for a very old posting around 6 x 3 within the hour. x3 and also multiple within a short time can only be done by an admin? There have not been ratings for days...probably a Windows freak...or even a republican...[img]http://public.gamedev.net//public/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.png[/img]
mike4 posted a topic in GDNet Lounge[url="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nvidia-delivers-massive-performance-boost-to-linux-gaming-2012-11-06"]http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nvidia-delivers-massive-performance-boost-to-linux-gaming-2012-11-06[/url] This should leave Windows 8 behind by around 15% and OSX even more.
mike4 replied to 8bitHeart's topic in For BeginnersOgre might interesting for you, Torque3D might only get cross platform in a while hopefully. There's also gamekit, well most can import from Blender it depends on the language you want to program. [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_game_engines"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_game_engines[/url]
mike4 replied to Orymus3's topic in GDNet LoungeIf Linux would disappear as Server not much would change as most servers are AIX, HP-UX, Sun etc. anyway. Linux is small but more widely used than Windows for servers. In typical server rooms you might have one Windows frontend, Linux for web, email etc. And most high performance on expensive Unix machines.


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The Berkeley, Calif.-based organization recently partnered with the supplier of yachting-related products and services to help protect critical island locations.
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Bexar County Sheriff-elect Susan Pamerleau has almost finished assembling her management team, announcing several more selections today as she prepares to take office Jan. 1.
Tapped as deputy chief for criminal investigations was George Saidler, who's been working in the Bexar County district attorney's office. Chosen to lead training was Michael E. Dickey, a veteran of the Air Force and security analysis.
Debra Nicholas, formerly a SAWS executive, will be chief administrative officer. Ottis L. Hutchinson Jr., a management consultant, will be chief financial officer.
Pamerleau previously announced choices for several top roles, including chief deputy. A key appointment pending is for deputy chief in charge of patrol and special operations.
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The Future Is Here: Doctors Allow Us To Telepathically Control Electronics, Get Skinny Sans Effort
It often seems like the future is never coming. I mean where are our hover boards and why haven't Dippin' Dots caught on yet? But scientists are coming up with some super-futuristic solutions that will be improving our lives way sooner than you'd think. Within the next decade, we could all be skinny, telepathic, and have the ability to fly! OK, so I lied about the last one, but who needs to fly when we'll be able to turn on the TV with our brains and lose weight from the comfort of our own couches? Doctor Jon Spratley (who happens to be a hot 28-year-old genius) from England is developing a telepathy chip that will let a person control computers, televisions, and light switches with their brain power. Yes, we use our brains to control these things already, but this time it will be hands-free. The sensor will be placed on the brain's surface and use electrical activity of nerve cells to wirelessly contact a receiver on the skull which will be able to operate electronics, guide electric wheelchairs, and move a computer cursor. Though the chips haven't been tested on humans yet, trials on brain slices (eww) have been promising and now Spratley is seeking funding to begin human trials. [DailyMail]
Sure, this chip has been created to help people who can't move their limbs, but it's only a matter of time before everyone has to have one.
I've been gradually letting myself go over the past four years, convinced that by the time I'm morbidly obese there will be a miracle drug to help me. That or someone will fall in love with me for my "good personality." But now it looks like doctors may have found the key to jump-starting our metabolisms without changing our diets or exercising. The discovery centers around a gene known as IKKE which controls metabolism, and, when it is taken out, allows the subject (in this case mice) to stay skinny even while consuming a lard-based diet. Removing the gene also prevents bad diet-related liver problems and appears to protect against diabetes. Doctors in the study hope to produce a drug within the next decade, but apparently a drug of this type could make the body more vulnerable to infection. So I guess healthy food and exercise it is? [Daily Mail]
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Thousands expected to celebrate children this Children's Day
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett will be among tens of thousands of New Zealanders celebrating Children's Day this weekend.
This Sunday marks the 14th annual Children's Day, and around 150 events will be held around the country all weekend.
"Children's Day is a great time for families to have a bit of time out and fun together," Mrs Bennett said.
Events being held include the South Waikato Community Collective in Tokoroa, with activities and competitions for children and teenagers, and an appearance by Waikato Chiefs rugby players.
Christchurch is holding a Children's Day event at the Ferrymead Heritage Park with over 10,000 expected to attend.
"All the exciting events lined up embody the Children's Day theme of treasuring our children, with plenty of fun and colourful activities, games and performances for families to get involved in."
"The most important thing about Children's Day is spending time with them, whether that's at an event, an outing or at home."
"It's a chance to celebrate the important place children have in all communities, and to focus on ways we can build stronger, more resilient families so children have the best opportunity to thrive."
Children's Day is also a time for New Zealanders to pause and think about those children who don't receive the love and support they need to grow up healthy and happy.
The Children's Action Plan contains more than 30 initiatives, each aimed at protecting and nurturing vulnerable children, and preventing abuse and neglect.
That includes Children's Teams, with two already working in Whangarei and Rotorua, and the changes introduced in the Vulnerable Children Bill, which is currently at Select Committee.
"This Government is firmly invested in supporting vulnerable children, and we're working right alongside communities to make a difference in their lives," Mrs Bennett said.
"There are over 12,000 fewer children living in benefit-dependent homes compared to 2012, which means a much brighter future for them and their families."
"Children's Day is a fantastic opportunity to come together and celebrate the biggest treasure in our lives – our children."
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1. The Houston Rockets have acquired yet another draft pick as they've dealt Chase Budinger to the Minnesota Timberwolves for the 18th pick in the upcoming NBA Draft. With the way they've stocked picks and all the movable pieces they have already on their roster (one less now with Budinger gone), they're putting themselves in position to go after a major free agent. That free agent that they want it Dwight Howard.
But the Rockets aren't done dealing. They can't score Howard with the 14th, 16, and 18th picks. Rumor has it that Houston is actually shopping Kyle Lowry to a team with a top 10 pick and Houston would likely throw one of their other picks in with that deal.
The newsworthy part of this story isn't that Budinger has been dealt for a pick, but that Lowry and not Goran Dragic is the one on the trading block. It was widely accepted that the Rockets would rather keep Dragic based on his play after Lowry got injured but because of Lowry's injury, Dragic would likely make the better trade chip. But Lowry is still valuable to a lot of teams so it looks like the Rockets will be able to hang on to Dragic. And that's the right move.
It's also a perfect move to go after Dwight Howard because the one thing that the Rockets couldn't do last season was consistently grab rebounds and score in the paint. For all the great shooters and tall guys they had, a great player in the paint would have not only pushed them into the playoffs, but might have gotten them home court advantage in the first round.
2. The Houston Astros lost a back and forth affair with the San Diego Padres in extra innings 8-7 last night.
There were a few Astros that had multiple hits, but the key guy was Brian Bixler. In yesterday's Daily Six Shooter we talked about how even though the team's best hitter Jose Altuve injured his hamstring, Bixler had been hitting well and he continued to do so in this game going 2-3 with a walk, an RBI and three runs scored. Bixler has a hit in all of his starts this month which has shot his OPS all the way up to 1.012 in June. Chris Johnson is also starting to quietly pick things up. He's hit safely in six straight games and five of those games have been multi-hit games.
Wandy Rodriguez had a disappointing outing even though he was set to get the win when he left the game. He threw 6.2 innings and gave up five runs on eight hits. Sadly, "The Regulators" didn't live up to their nickname as the bullpen gave up the lead and then allowed the winning run in the 10th inning. Closer Brett Myers, who pitched a scoreless 9th inning, was the only guy who pitched well in this game. It was a surprise that he didn't stay in the game longer even though his spot came up in the 9th inning (when there was one out and nobody on).
Despite their early success, Houston relievers rank near the bottom of the league now and the team ERA in June is tied for the worst in the league.
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3. I had some friends attend Houston Astros games this week and they were astounded by the number of empty seats and announced attendance. Last night, the team announced that about 14,400 people were at the game. And we all know that the number is always inflated because it looked worse than that.
If you can believe it, with how poorly the Astros have played as an organization the past few years and with the club dumping just about every star it had last season, Houston doesn't have the worst attendance per game in the league. They're actually only 5th worst in attendance.
The teams that rank lower are the Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners, Oakland A's, Tampa Bay Rays and (if you're a fan of Major League, this shouldn't come as a surprise) lastly the Cleveland Indians. Interestingly, Houston is doing comparatively well compared to those other franchises considering the recent history of all those teams.
First of all, why the heck are the White Sox near the bottom. They're in 1st place in their own division! They had a perfect game thrown at their park earlier this season! It's a bad sign if you're winning and making history and struggling to get people to the park. Same for Tampa Bay. They have the 4th best record in the AL and are just a few games back of the division lead. Cleveland doesn't have as good a record as Tampa, but they're only a half game behind Chicago for the division. Ironically, whoever wins the division, there likely aren't going to be many people around to see it.
Seattle and Oakland are in the same division, with the Mariners in last place and the A's hovering around .500. It'll be a surprise if Oakland finishes with a winning record, so no surprises there. Here's the catch though. With the exception of the Mariners, every one of the teams behind Houston on that list have made the playoffs more recently and have a pretty good chance of making the playoffs this year.
What's their excuse?
4. The Texas Rangers aren't having problems drawing a crowd, but it's not because of games like the one yesterday when they lost to the Detroit Tigers 8-2.
Texas was doomed from the start as starter Justin Grimm couldn't get out of the 2nd inning and gave up six runs in just one inning of work. He threw 40 pitches in the first inning, giving up five runs, and then gave up another before got an out in the 2nd when Ron Washington finally pulled him. Michael Kirkman gave up just two runs in five innings of relief, but most impressively Mike Adams threw three innings of no-hit relief.
There was one point when Texas was close to getting back into the game. The Rangers loaded the bases in the bottom of the 6th inning with two outs and Mike Napoli coming to the plate. Even down 8-0, a few more hits would create some momentum and the crowd sensed it. Sadly, Napoli struck out and the Rangers never threatened again.
Even though Texas only scored two runs, I'd put this loss on Grimm and look forward to moving on with Yu Darvish on the hill tonight and Roy Oswalt going the next day. Texas was even able to use just two pitchers in relief so the bullpen wasn't hit that hard. The Rangers actually found a great way to lose this game and are still in great position to take the series.
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5. The Round Rock Express announced that Derek Holland will make make rehab starts this week with them as Holland works his way back from a shoulder injury. His first start will be on Wednesday and he'll be on a 50 pitch limit.
Texas has said that they don't want to push him, so Holland will likely be out until after the All Star break. The All Star Game will be played on July 10th, which means that he could possibly make three full starts in Round Rock before rejoining the team in Arlington.
6. Finally, I'll end today's Daily Six Shooter on a light note. Despite his controversial claims that were taken out of context last week, I'm a fan of Adam Carolla. I listen to his podcast every day, have read both of his books, own his movie The Hammer, and will be seeing him live next month when he comes to San Antonio.
On his podcast yesterday, he unveiled an "animatic," which is basically a rough animated pilot, for a show based on a character that he's had since his old radio days called Mr. Birchum. Birchum is a shop teacher who is basically an extension of Carolla's own ego and, as you can see, is a funny guy. Check out this animatic for yourself. If this was on the air, my DVR would have another reserved spot. Unfortunately, this is all we get.
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