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Go ahead and search for it...happy iPhone TV viewing!
downloaded and syncing to iphone as we speak!
sweet app, thanks!
you need wifi connection
this blows, what if i want to watch the inauguration tomorrow on the bus ride to school?
I don't see it
I would never downloaded it if I know I had to have Wifi to watch. Thats sux. I just wasted 3 seconds of my life. I want my seconds back.
downloading now. Thanks. Couldn't find it in the App store on iPhone but found it through iTunes on my Macbook Pro.
Cool. After 2+ months of waiting, finally something new and useful. Checking it out now.
***** fantastic. After 10 seconds of use, I went onto TELEMAX (to see what it is) and it froze up my iPhone, forcing a hard reset.
Nothing but a crashfest for me once I load a stream.
Ahhh you poor suckas w/o JB phones
3g = Wifi
mine is working like a charm. no crashes over here
Ustream Now Available for iPhone
Ustream Viewing Application [App Store], which enables iPhone and iPod touch users to view live video streaming from Ustream.tv is now available in the App Store. The free app provides access to both live and recorded video, as well as an integrated chat function for supported broadcasts.
Streaming video is available only over Wi-Fi and not 3G or EDGE connections. Video links can be easily shared with other users via one-click e-mail integration, and viewing is available in both portrait and landscape orientations. Users can also browse for featured videos selected by Ustream or for videos with the most viewers, and can also search for live broadcasts.
Article Link: Ustream Now Available for iPhone
You can follow the inauguration with the UStream application!
Wifi only. Boo!!!
this would of been a killer app it wasnt for the WIFI only =[
Awesome! Glad they made it free! Although, I would have gladly paid upto $3 for it.
This is awesome! Get it while it's free!
NOT compatible w/ 1G ipod touch
i get an error saying its only compatible with iphone when trying to download from 1g ipod touch. No info on 2G ipod touch.
Sweet!!! Was waiting for this! Sports at work = GG
Damnit! I need some way to watch the inauguration tomorrow, if this worked on 3G it would be perfect...oh well.
Its always good to restart your phone after installing. No crashes for me.
It works with the 2G iPod touch, I just downloaded it.
No you dont..... kinda....
Start up app with a wifi connection available. Now leave wifi area... it will still work on edge or 3g as long as you dont close the app (or jailbreak and use backgrounder to keep it running in the background). It only does a wifi check on startup.
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Kristin provided valuable advice in developing my estate plan. She had creative ideas to help me analyze choices to protect my wealth and to address my long-term concerns to protect my family and assets.
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Kristin provided the reasons for having a Trust in place vice just having a Will. I was not aware of all the aspects of state policies and how they could affect the transfer of title and ownership of my properties. Kristin was able to provide, in my case, clear examples of what "could happen" if I and/or my wife were to die.
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Townsend, Tennessee - Fly Fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, East Tennessee and Western North Carolina
Welcome to the Fishing Report. It is foggy, wet and 59 degrees in Townsend this morning. I woke up at 4:00 am to the sound of rain. Wow, do we need this. Most of the mountains I can normally see from my office are fogged in and it is dark outside.
The rain held off for the most part this weekend which was important to those attending and exhibiting at all the events held here. Everything turned out fine. Attendance to the Railroad Museum, Visitors Center, Heritage Center and Cades Cove was high. This weekend served as the introduction of Fall and the tourism business that comes with the season. All is well in Townsend this morning.
By all accounts that I know of, fishing was slow this weekend in the Smoky Mountains. I'm sure there were exceptions but most people I talked to reported fishing to be tough. The water was actually higher than the days during the past few weeks when fishing was good. It was sunny on Friday and partially sunny on Saturday. Most anglers seem to do best on overcast days. What about the moon? We have had plenty of moonshine lately at night. Maybe that was the problem. I believe that fishing is slower after a clear night and a bright moon. I think the fish feed more at night when the sky is brighter. I don't know for sure. If I ever find a talking trout, I will ask.
Well, conditions are different now. We have a 100% chance for rain today and tonight. There is a 60% chance tomorrow and a 50% chance tomorrow night. We have had ¼" of rain so far at the shop this morning. There is more to come. One weather website estimates we might get 1" today and ½" tonight. They are not saying what they think about tomorrow.
Little River has not risen at all yet. At 7:50 am, flow was 48 cubic feet per second (cfs). Median flow for this date is 80 cfs. The water temperature at that time was 63 degrees. That number is going to drop this week. We are going to see cool days and nights this week.
I would use nymphs over the next few days or at least that is what I would start with. The usual patterns should work. Try a Prince Nymph, Copper John, Tellico, Hare's Ear, Green Weenie or a Bead Head Pheasant Tail.
If we get some higher water that is somewhat discolored that will be good for us. I don't think the rivers will be blown out by this rain event but you never know for sure. Keep an eye on the Little River USGS gauge. If the water shoots up fast to 3' or more on the gauge, we might have some chocolate milk flowing out of the Park. It depends on how quickly the rivers rise. Downstream, you will be more likely to encounter dirty water.
The river smallmouth anglers are having a great time. Fishing for smallies in Little River and the Little Pigeon has been really good. Maybe it's the moon. Maybe the cooler water turned them on. I know one thing, my friends who fish for those river bronzebacks had a good week.
You should see what I'm seeing. The fog has lifted and the clouds over the mountains are beautiful right now. The clouds are moving fast too. I shot the picture below but the event I saw was about over when I pulled the trigger on the camera. It probably lasted a minute. Right now, the fog is back and the mountains are obscured. Oh well. Here's the photo anyway.
We are busy building 2013 merchandise spreadsheets. Daniel is working on the fly department and he said yesterday it was 14 pages long. I'm working on Orvis. Next I'll do Tiemco and Umpqua hooks. I just got a hook order in from Umpqua and I'm getting them out on the wall.
Our new Townsend T shirts are stuck in Nashville getting some digital design work done before they are printed. This new design contains 12 colors and many are blended. Getting our art ready for a 12 color (spot color) press takes some adjusting and this one is requiring more than normal. I'm hoping they will be printed this week. There are 200 shirts at the printer right now.
We are running low on the Brook Trout Restoration Shirts. As soon as the Townsend T's are shipped, I'll send the printer 200 more for the Brook Trout shirts. This will be that shirt's third printing since June. I don't like having two printing jobs in the plant at the same time. I'm afraid there will be a mix up. So, I wait until one job ships then begin another. Once one of our new designs is printed, the turnaround time on a re-print takes about two weeks because of shipping. The shirts are shipped from California where they are made, to Nashville where they are printed. These are USA made t-shirts.
We also have three companies doing our embroidery. I'm taking some hats and fishing shirt to our local embroiderer today. The other companies are located out west, one in California and one in Montana. The embroiderer is Montana is Simms. Some of the hats we will offer next year will actually be Simms hats with our artwork embroidered on them. Simms makes great hats.
Well, it's time to get to work. Enjoy your day and thank you for being here with us.
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Washington (AP) - House Democrats acknowledged they don't yet have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system, and signaled they may push back the vote until Sunday or early next week.
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters in a conference call Friday that the make-or-break vote on President Barack Obama's top priority that had been set for Saturday could face delay.
The apparent problem: Democrats have yet to resolve intraparty disputes over abortion funding and illegal immigrants' access to health care.
Hoyer sought to pin the blame for any possible slippage on delaying tactics expected from Republicans, who unanimously oppose the health care remake. But he acknowledged that Democrats are still short of the 218 votes they need to pass the bill.
"There are many people who are still trying to get a comfort level that this is the right thing to do," said Hoyer. "We're very close."
While Hoyer said he still expects a vote Saturday evening, he said he has put lawmakers on notice they may be called to the House floor Sunday afternoon, or even Monday or Tuesday.
House passage of the 10-year, $1.2 trillion legislation that extends health coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and puts tough new restrictions on insurance companies would be a breakthrough for Obama's agenda.
The president was set to make a personal appeal to the Democratic rank and file in a visit Friday to Capitol Hill. That was called off after the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, and rescheduled for Saturday.
Action on health legislation was slowed as senators waited for the Congressional Budget Office to weigh in on a bill written by Majority Leader Harry Reid in consultation with the White House and key committee chairmen. Senate votes could slip until next year, but in the House Democratic leaders pressed forward.
They expressed optimism that when it came time to vote, they'd have the majority needed to prevail in the 435-seat House.
Asked Thursday if she had the votes, Speaker Nancy Pelosi replied: "We will."
Pelosi and other Democratic leaders were finalizing language to bar federal funding of abortion and resolving a flare-up over the treatment of illegal immigrants in the legislation that had Hispanic lawmakers up in arms.
Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus object to a provision in the Senate legislation _ backed by the White House _ that bars illegal immigrants from buying health insurance within a proposed new marketplace, or exchange, even if they use their own money to buy from private companies.
Illegal immigrants can buy private health insurance now, so some lawmakers say the White House position goes too far.
Democrats were trying to toughen prohibitions in the bill against federal funding for abortions in a way that would satisfy enough anti-abortion Democrats. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was involved in the talks and a resolution appeared within reach late Thursday.
The House effort picked up two major endorsements Thursday, from the powerful seniors' lobby AARP and the American Medical Association.
The bill would cover 96 percent of Americans, providing government subsidies beginning in 2013 to extend coverage to millions who now lack it. Self-employed people and small businesses could buy coverage through the new exchanges, either from a private insurer or a new government plan that would compete. All the plans sold through the exchange would have to follow basic consumer protection rules.
For the first time, almost all individuals would be required to purchase insurance or pay a fine, and employers would be required to insure their employees. Insurance companies would be barred from denying coverage to people with pre-existing medical conditions or charging much higher rates to older people.
Associated Press writers David Espo and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar contributed to this report.
House Democrats acknowledged they don't yet have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system, and signaled they may push back the vote until Sunday or early next week.


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The Kimberley's sky is cloudless and mirrors the bewitching blue water unfit for swimming thanks to the plethora of unfriendly marine beasts. The frustration of not being able to jump into the cool depths is offset by the thrill of seeing saltwater crocodiles. Being inches away from a 9-foot prehistoric-looking beast induces heart palpitations no matter how many times you do it. When the zodiacs land on beaches, and we take walks, the crew reminds us to stay 10-feet away from the shore, adding the humorous addendum: make sure someone slower and smaller is always in front of you!
New species of marine life are not uncommon to find in the Kimberley. Orion marine biologists Harry Christensen and Brad Siviour point out a type of dolphin they have "discovered" that awaits a scientific name.
On the Orion, the ship's Captain Jean-Pierre Ravanat alerts us to Humpback whales playing nearby. We race across the bow to keep up with his announcements and the pods.
Birds circle overhead trying to discern if we are friend or foe. Non-migratory White-Bellied Sea Eagles – the second largest bird of prey in Australia – , Goshawk, and Ospreys keep the photographers on the trip busy. Ospreys are the only bird to build serving platter-sized nests on the highest points of the cliffs so as to avoid predators. We see many nests.
Conditions are harsh in The Kimberley, but conducive to a surfeit of marine life. The rich sediment churned up by the tidal movements ensures than an ample food supply exists for everyone up the chain all the way to the unchallenged crocodiles, and brings migratory birds from as far as Russia.


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Trust it to a visitor to our shores to explain the origins of the Trini word 'Liming'. Add that to the fact that that person had some very wonderful things to say about our twin-island paradise and you have Her 'Royalness' – and a most gracious Queen Latifah.
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WATCH: Weird Al Debuts 'Happy' Parody Called 'Tacky'
Pharrell's "Happy" was a huge hit, so naturally Weird Al Yankovic has put his own special touch on it with a parody called "Tacky."
The parody expert released a music video to go along with "Tacky" featuring appearances from some familiar faces like Jack Black (who shows off his twerk skills!), "Modern Family's" Eric Stonestreet, and more.
Check out all the tackiness in Weird Al's "Tacky" video below:
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As part of the winning alliance, led by Spartan Robotics Team 971 of Mountain View High School and including Citrus Circuits Team 1678 of Davis, California, Menlo-Atherton's Team 766 earned a spot at the national competition to be held April 23-26 in St. Louis.
Fifty-four teams competed at the Sacramento Regional Event. This year's game, Aerial Assist, required teams to pass an inflatable exercise ball between robots and then shoot the ball into various goals and over a center truss spanning the playing field.
People can see M-A's bot in action April 3-5 at the Silicon Valley Regional competition at the Event Center at San Jose State University. Admission is free.
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Kingston Urges Swift Action
In a conference call with Senator Johnny Isakson (R-Ga) and Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, Congressman Jack Kingston (GA-1) secured a commitment from the Department of Labor to send their top investigator to the site of the Imperial Sugar refinery explosion.
"Secretary Chao, Johnny, and I agree that we need to get to the root of what happened at the refinery," Congressman Kingston said. "This refinery is at the heart of our community and as we continue recovery and look to rebuild, we need to make sure this tragedy won't happen again."
During the call, Secretary Chao indicated she plans to send the head of the Occupation and Health Safety Administration, Ed Foulke, to the site on Monday. Mr. Foulke will be charged with determining whether current safety regulations are sufficient to protect workers. At Kingston's urging, Mr. Foulke will discuss the explosion and safeguards against future disasters with local media outlets.
"It's important to get this right. Workers must be protected. And safety must come first," said Congressman Kingston. "We must do anything that can be done to prevent another disaster. At the same time, rushing to the wrong fix could mean this plant and others like it could be moved to Mexico. We need to get the regulatory agencies, workers, and the chemists all on the same page."
"Johnny worked very closely with Senator Kennedy on the West Virginia and Utah mine disasters. Together, they came up with a balanced approach to prevent that kind of thing from happening again," Congressman Kingston said. "I know that Johnny has already had conversations with Senator Kennedy about our refinery and a well thought out solution like theirs would be very helpful in our situation"
According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearm, the explosion which shook Port Wentworth on February 7 was caused by combustible dust which ignited in the basement connecting two of the plant's three silos. While OSHA maintains regulations on dust, some, including the Chemical Safety Board, have called on tougher restrictions.
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Equestrianism: Ben Maher has had his share of struggles en route to the Olympic gold medal he won today
Ben Maher started his career with the local Pony Club near his home in Hertfordshire where he remembers "having a go at everything and falling off a lot". His mother, Leslie, rode as a hobby. His father, Richard, is the property dealer who was responsible for selling Rowneybury House (dubbed "Beckingham Palace") to David and Victoria Beckham.
After leaving Saffron Walden County High school at 16 – the year he won his second team gold medal at the European Pony Championships — Maher went to the Warwickshire-based yard of Ted and Liz Edgar and then to Beat Mandli, the top Swiss rider, for a year of intensive training that he described as the hardest thing he had ever done.
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Keira Knightley: Anorexia Battle
- Keira Knightley disclosed a family history of anorexia but said that she doesn't suffer from an eating disorder herself. But did PMS turns Keira Knightley into a gay man?
- More free gift cards! $100 Sephora Gift Card, $100 Guess Gift Card, and $100 Godiva Chocolates.
- Jake Gyllenhaal: Celebrity Athlete of the Year
- Rolling Stones' Keith Richards will play Johnny Depp's father in Pirates Of The Caribbean 3.
- Victoria Beckham's Exposed Bra Trend Continues
- Film critic Roger Ebert's wife reported he was doing well after an emergency operation to repair complications from a previous cancer surgery.
- Tara Reid Hits the Wrong Target
- Jared Leto falls flat on his face during on of his concerts: 30 Seconds to Face on Floor
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA! July 4th: Holiday Don't
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At peak season, the town reaches its 20,000-person capacity.
Often, small, local farmers do not have the capacity to undergo organic certification.
Below are a few modest proposals that could help improve our capacity for self-government going forward.
Even if we stayed for 20 years, building a government that can stand on its own might be beyond our capacity.
We are overwhelmed with data from every quarter, and our capacity to filter fact from fraud is limited.
A great portion of his strength lay in his capacity for deception.
It was plain that her education in that capacity had not begun.
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The more exalted the character and the soul, the greater is the capacity of love, and the deeper its fervor.
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TOP STORY >> Specialist could get axe
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Beebe economic development director Marjorie Arm-strong found out before Christmas that she might not have a job this year.
Beebe Alderman Janice Petray says she wanted to do away with Armstrongs job last year during budget time but held off out of respect for those who opposed her, in-cluding the mayor and the economic development commission.
But this year, with the proposed annexation that would have allowed the city to grow de-feated at the polls, Petray sees no reason to keep an economic developer, especially considering that the city doesnt have enough money to budget street maintenance.
Cutting the job Armstrong has held for three years would free up about $70,000. That may not be enough to make many re-pairs, but it would be a good start to-wards saving for those repairs, Petray says.
Economic development is a good idea that Beebe simply isnt ready for, Petray said. Its streets are dirty and need to be repaired.
People wont even move here under these conditions, Petray said. We have no money in the street fund whatsoever and we havent in years. It would be nice if we had money and could do everything we want to, but were at the point that we need to prioritize.
But Armstrongs supporters are rallying behind her to make sure she keeps her job.
Last year at this time, members of the Beebe Economic Develop-ment Commission attended a council meeting after they learned that plans to not fund Armstrongs job were in the works.
Jim Wooten, commission chairman, praised Armstrongs accomplishments: building a Web site for the citys new development plan, starting a community leadership training program and regaining the citys status as an ACE community.
But so far, her attempts to attract even a major restaurant to the area have been fruitless.
I think Marjorie has tried hard, but right now I dont think were in any position for much development, Petray said.
Wooten says that what everyone needs to remember is that economic development doesnt happen overnight.
Economic development is a long-term effort, Wooten said. It takes a long time to see tangible results.
Although the city council voted unanimously more than three years ago to create an economic development commission and hire an economic director, the only money that has been put into economic development is Armstrongs salary and bene its and office space at city hall.
It the council takes that away, the commission will be left with no one to take care of the details of economic development and the dream for a better Beebe might not survive, Wooten said.
The council meeting last month, when Petray announced her plan to find money for streets by doing away with Armstrongs job, was an explosive one.
Mayor Donald Ward was a strong proponent of creating the position and was angered by talk of ending it.
The council must pass a budget by Feb. 1, so Armstrong says she probably has a job at least until that time. Whether she gets to keep it will depend upon how much influence her supporters have over the council.
Wooten said like last year, the commission intends to make sure the council knows how important it is that Armstrong stays.


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Porous zirconia scaffold modified with mesoporous bioglass coating
Lin, Feng, Yan, Cheng, & Adam, Clayton J. (2011) Porous zirconia scaffold modified with mesoporous bioglass coating. In The First International Postgraduate Conference on Engineering, Designing and Developing the Built Environment for Sustainable Wellbeing, 27-29 April 2011, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld.
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Porous yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) has been regarded as a potential candidate for bone substitute as its high mechanical strength. However, porous YSZ bodies are biologically inert to bone tissue. It is therefore necessary to introduce bioactive coatings onto the walls of the porous structures to enhance the bioactivity. In this study, the porous zirconia scaffolds were prepared by infiltration of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) scaffolds with 3 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia slurry.
After sintering, a method of sol-gel dip coating was involved to make coating layer of mesoporous bioglass (MBGs). The porous zirconia without the coating had high porosities of 60.1% to 63.8%, and most macropores were interconnected with pore sizes of 0.5-0.8mm. The porous zirconia had compressive strengths of 9.07-9.90MPa. Moreover, the average coating thickness was about 7μm. There is no significant change of compressive strength for the porous zirconia with mesoporous biogalss coating. The bone marrow stromal cell (BMSC) proliferation test showed both uncoated and coated zirconia scaffolds have good biocompatibility. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) micrographs and the compositional analysis graphs demonstrated that after testing in the simulated body fluid (SBF) for 7 days, the apatite formation occurred on the coating surface. Thus, porous zirconia-based ceramics were modified with bioactive coating of mesoporous bioglass for potential biomedical applications.
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The Dynamic Delay effect in the POD HD multi-effects processors is, in my opinion, the cleanest sounding digital delay model in the entire device. It should be. It's inspired by* the famous T.C. Electronic® 2290 Dynamic Digital Delay, a true industry standard in the music world throughout the late 80s into the 90s and even […]
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ARLINGTON, Tex. -- The Texas Rangers can feel pretty darn comfortable this morning about Neftali Feliz's conversion from closer to starting pitcher. The Boston Red Sox must still be squirming about their decision to shift Daniel Bard to the rotation.
Feliz's first major league start couldn't have gone more smoothly. The 2010 American League Rookie of the Year, Feliz continued his dominance of the Seattle Mariners, pitching seven innings of four-hit shutout ball in a 1-0 victory Tuesday night. Mariners hitters entered the game 0-for-48 all-time against Feliz and that string extended to 58 at-bats before Justin Smoak's fourth-inning single.
Bard, 5-13 with a 2.88 ERA, primarily as a setup man, was making his first start in 193 appearances. He lasted five innings and was charged with eight hits and five runs in a 7-3 loss to the Blue Jays.
Feliz, 7-6 with a 2.55 ERA and 74 saves in 162 2/3 innings as a reliever, was making his first start after 154 relief outings. The Rangers feel confident they have a suitable replacement at the back end of the bullpen in veteran Joe Nathan, who pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his 263rd career save (second this season).
"It's a dream come true for me to become a starting pitcher in the major leagues," said Feliz, whose team is off to a 4-1 start. said.
So far, it's been more of a nightmare for Boston.
The back end of Boston's bullpen has been a mess in the early going, thanks in part to the thumb injury that has closer Andrew Bailey shelved for at least the first half of the season. The clamor to make Bard the closer intensified when Alfredo Aceves failed twice in the first three games of the season at Detroit.
Truth be told, Bard might have pitched better than his results indicate in his first start. Seven of the eight hits he gave up were singles, mostly grounders.
"He pitched good enough to win if we scored some runs," said manager Bobby Valentine, off to a 1-4 start. "It's not quite the results we were looking for and I know he's a little disappointed but you take that 30 times a year, you're going to get a lot of wins out of it. I'd bet anything on that."
Bard seemed to concur.
"I feel good about how I threw it," said Bard, who was still in a 3-1 game until the sixth when he walked Edwin Encarnacion, then surrendered a single to Brett Lawrie on his 96th and final pitch. Both inherited runners scored. "The results obviously stunk, I recognize that and I'm frustrated with it, but I wouldn't change the way I threw."
Feliz found himself in a taut 1-0 pitchers' duel with Blake Beavan, a right-hander who grew up in nearby Irving, Tex. and was traded by the Rangers to Seattle in the Cliff Lee deal. But he kept Seattle hitters honest by changing speeds off his mid-90s fastball.
Feliz, who threw 108 pitches, pitched around two walks in the first inning, getting an inning-ending double play from Smoak. In the seventh, after a pair of hits put runners at first and third, he failed to cleanly handle a Miguel Olivo tapper, but scrambled in time to throw him out.
"Obviously, it's only one start, but I think he's answered some questions about whether he can make the transition," said Texas outfielder David Murphy, who went 3-for-3 and drove in the game's only run.
For Feliz, the most important thing was his ability to use all his pitches effectively.
"There are certain hitters that you just can't pound fastballs at," Texas manager Ron Washington said. "You have to be able to get your secondary stuff across and I thought he used his fastball perfectly. He had a good mix and that's what you have to do to be a starting pitcher.
"He had a good changeup tonight, a good fastball, a good breaking ball and he used everything. He was in control, really."
Feliz became only the third Rangers hurler to pitch at least seven scoreless innings in his first major league start, following Steve Comer (nine innings vs. Baltimore 1978) and Brian Sikorski (seven innings vs. Yankees, 2000).
"I know I can use the changeup and everything else, but the fastball is my pitch," Feliz said, "and I'm going to use it when I need it."
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PRESCRIPTION: Butorphanol tartrate is a crystalline substance. the dose in expressed as the tartrate salt. One milligram of the salt is equivalant to 0.68 mg of the free base. The n-octanol/aqueous buffer partition coefficient of butorphanol is 180:1 at pH 7.5
STADOL® Injection, USP, is a sterile, parenteral, aqueous solution of butorphanol tartrate for intravenous or intramuscular administration. In addition to 1 or 2 mg of butorphanol tartrate, each mL of solution contains 3.3 mg of citric acid, 6.4 mg sodium citrate, and 6.4 mg sodium chloride, and 0.1 mg benzethonium chloride (in multiple dose vial only) and a preservative.
STADOL NS® is an aqueous solution of butorphanol tartate for administration as a metered spray to the nasal mucosa. Each bottle of STADOL NS contains 2.5 ml of a 10 mg/ml solution of butorphanol tartate with sodium chloride, citric acid, and benzethonium chloride in purified water with sodium hydroxide and/or hydrochloric acid added to adjust the pH to 5.0.
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Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997)
Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu was in her early 30s when her work in nuclear fission attracted the attention of the United States government during World War II. She was recruited to work on the Manhattan Project at Columbia University in New York City. At the end of the war, she remained at Columbia as a research scientist. She has been recognized as the "First Lady of Physics" and has received many honors, awards, and honorary degrees for her accomplishments.
Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu was born on May 31, 1912 in Liu Ho, China. Wu's parents enrolled her in a school that they had started, which only went through the fourth grade. In 1922, Wu went to boarding school in Suzhou and graduated at the top of her class in 1930. She graduated from the prestigious National Central University of Nanking in 1936, and after graduation she traveled to the United States to pursue graduate studies. She enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley where she studied physics and received her Ph.D. in 1940. Two years later, she married Luke Yuan, a Chinese physicist and former classmate from U.C. Berkeley. The coupled moved to the east coast, where Yuan taught at Princeton University in New Jersey and Wu split her teaching duties between Princeton University and Smith College in Massachusetts.
During World War II, Wu was asked to join the Manhattan Project at Columbia University, which was the Army's secret project to develop the atomic bomb. She helped develop a process to enrich uranium ore that produced large quantities of uranium as fuel for the bomb.
After the war, she stayed at Columbia as a research assistant. In 1957, she and her colleagues Dr. Tsung-Dao Lee and Dr. Chen Ning Yang overthrew a law of symmetry in physics called the principle of conservation of parity. Wu observed that there is a preferred direction of emission, which disproved what was then a widely accepted "law" of nature. Her discovery about the law of parity was not recorded, and both Lee and Yang won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics, but Dr. Wu was not included in the award.
Even though she did not receive the Nobel Prize, Wu received many other honors and awards. She was named full professor at Columbia in 1958 and authored the book Beta Decay in 1965. She was appointed as the first Pupin Professor of Physics in 1973. Wu was the first woman elected to the American Physical Society as well as the first woman to receive the Cyrus B. Comstock Award of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. She was also a recipient of the Medal of Science, the nation's highest scientific award, and became the first woman ever to be awarded an honorary doctorate from Princeton University.
Wu continued to teach at Columbia University and conduct nuclear research until her retirement in 1981. After her retirement, she lectured widely and encouraged the participation of young women in scientific careers and became known as the "First Lady of Physics". She died on February 16, 1997 in New York.
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Web Sites:
- The Manhattan Project Heritage Preservation Association, Inc.:
- Women's Hall of Fame
- Women in Technology International
- Cooperman, Stephanie H. Chien-Shiung Wu: Pioneering Physicist and Atomic Researcher. Rosen Publishing Group, 2004. [for ages 9-12]
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- The article is partially excerpted from NWHM's Exhibition "Partners in Winning the War: Women in World War II," Annandale, Virginia, 2004.
- "Chien-Shiung Wu," University of California, Berkeley, n.d., http://atdpweb.soe.berkeley.edu/quest/herstory/C-S_Wu.html (14 February 2006).
- "Chien-Shiung Wu," University of California, Los Angeles, 30 April 1997, http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/Phase2/Wu,email@example.com (14 February 2006).
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Georgia peaches Belle (Anna Faris) and Bell (Laura Breckenridge) long to break free of their small-town lives and head to the big city of Atlanta in this warmhearted comedy. But they face numerous obstacles, including Bell's rap-loving hayseed boyfriend. Just when they're getting close to scraping up enough money to make the move, another roadblock arises -- Bell falls for a handsome local cop named ... Rhett Butler (Justin Chambers).


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Thanks to envato I just received my $20 free money to spend at graphic river into my account – I entered one of the many "giveaway" competitions around opening day and was obviously successful! Yah!
Anyone else here win $20?
Thanks again envato!
Yes me too i just received 20$ for graphicriver. Thank you !
Congrats, everyone!
It's weird though, because the one moment when I read abduzeedo, I had the 99th comment.. However, the next moment it was the 103th.. which sucks
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still haven't used my $10 from the last giveaway lol
I've got my $20 too :)) And that rocks! \m/
Got 20$, and as i remember, i wasn't in the cut at any of the places, still got my 10$ bugs from the last giveaway, so i've got 30$ tu use on themeforest!
@DDGames, that's cool : D
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Same here, On abduzeedo my comment was pushed down from 99 to 103..


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- The Ship by Jay Caselberg
- Catch & Release by Mark Rich
- Fat Nate's Master Plan by Stepan Chapman
- The Rose Thief by Beth Adele Long
(Honorable Mention, The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, 17th Annual Edition)
- Maxwell's Letter by Ezra Pines
- Paul and the Computer by Kevin L. Donihe
- Dash for Cover by Nina DeGraf
- Mrs. Janokowski Hits One Out of the Park by William Shunn
(Honorable Mention, The Year's Best Science Fiction 21st Annual Edition)
- Trying to Fly by Chuck Hogle
- Human DNA by John Rubins
- Underwater by Christina Sng
- Compound Eye by John Rubins
- SF 101 by Jonathan Brandt
- Restoration by Christina Sng
- Attic Space: Robert R. McCammon by Bill Braun
- The Nitwit's Nitpicks: KJ Bishop'sThe Etched City by John Klima
- The Nitwit's Nitpicks: Nemonymous 1 & 2 by John Klima
HUMAN DNA by John Rubinshuman DNA
found on beta auriga–
inside coproliteBACK TO TOP
We'd moved under the sea.
With the dispersion of the ozone layer,
The rising tides, and the lack of funding
For the space-rehabilitation program,
All we had was undersea-faring technology
Out of the twenty-second century.
Of course, we couldn't all go.
Those left behind plunged underwater
In desperation, their skins charred
And bloated when they drowned
And became fish food.
That was where it began, the survivors said,
In resigned retrospection.
Marine life near the surface
Died from excessive UV exposure.
Soon only the deep sea creatures endured,
Leaving us, residing just beside them,
Their only prey. We never realized
How large they were this deep under.
They were too fast, too well-camouflaged
For our mechanical probes to detect.
Now I've finished saving our logs
On various mediums.
It is hopeful that someday,
Surface survivors, perhaps from
The coldlands, may find them and
Decode them, carry on our human heritage.
The pounding of our habitat continues.
An eye immensely larger than my porthole
Peers at me from a distance away.
I shut it quickly.
It is only a matter of time
Before they open this can.
And when they do, let's see
If they will be fast enough to catch us
Before we implode.
compound eye trained on
Seurat–evolved ant wonders,
just what is the point?
The book's a cookbook
They were on earth all along
You're a replicant
Two centuries later
The cloth doll endures,
Tattered and thin,
Her stuffing purging itself
From her rotten skin
But she continues to dig
With her pared-down hands
Into the grave of
Her former mistress who'd
Breathed life into her
Since she was a child.
A skull appears, white
In the moonlight, half-buried
In the dirt. The cloth doll
Unearths the sunken face
And grasps it gently,
Embracing it with
The stumps of its arms.
As she breathes into
The ancient face of
Her beloved mistress,
Flesh begins to form
And knot with blood and muscle.
The cloth doll breathes,
Expelling all of her living breath
In slow, controlled doses.
In an hour the body is restored,
And the cloth doll's mistress rises,
Clasping her angel in her arms.
She frowns at the arm stumps
And at the failing tapestry woven
More than two centuries ago
But she will fix it as she always has.
She kisses the unmoving doll,
Strokes its worn pate for
A tender moment, and then
Takes her first step
Into the new world.
Robert R. McCammon's Speaks the Nightbird
by Bill Braun
The editor and creator of this fine magazine, John Klima, has, in past issues of Electric Velocipede, referred to me as being an avid collector of rare books. Although my collection has become increasingly larger throughout the recent years, I'm not sure how it may compare in size and variety to those who may have an over abundance of money (unlike myself). Collecting books started out as a mild interest. It has since grown to become more of a hobby and passion. I must admit, however, that the books that I have come to love and enjoy the most particularly center on the four specific genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Mystery. Some may think that I do this to cash in on their profit in years to come. Sure, the thought has occasionally crossed my mind. But the truth is, I do this for the love of the written imagination. I also do it for the enjoyment that is received from simply looking for particular authors or titles. I like to think of this as the thrill of the hunt.
Of all the authors I have been searching for in years past, the one that has eluded me the most would have to be Robert R. McCammon. It's not that his resume is anything short of spectacular. Between the years 1978 and 1992, Mr. McCammon has published more than 13 full-length novels and numerous short stories. But it seems to have ended there. 1992 saw the release of his last hardcover title, Gone South. Since then…nothing. Therefore, it goes without saying that my overall interest in locating and obtaining as many of the McCammon titles available has become somewhat of a personal quest of mine. Sure, I could pick up the multitude of paperbacks that grace just about every shelf in ever bookstore. What I seek are the more difficult to find hard covers. Now I know that your thinking, why not just hop on the internet, do a Robert R. McCammon search, and get what I'm looking for? That's always an option. But as I have said before, it's the thrill of the hunt
This isn't to say that my search for these books is just to display them on shelves, collecting dust. I am searching high and low for as many of these books that I can get my hands on because I am also a huge fan of what Robert McCammon has been able to accomplish in the 15 or so years that he was a prominent figure in the publishing business. He has, without question, become one of my all time favorites. Like so few authors out there today, picking up a title by Robert McCammon is always a sure thing. I have never, not wanted to finish a book that he has written and, more importantly, I have never, not wanted to re-read a book that I have already read. Does that make sense? I'm sure you get the general idea. Robert R. McCammon is a fantastic author.
With this being said, you can only imagine the thoughts that screamed through my head when, during the summer of 2002 I began hearing rumors that Robert McCammon was preparing to release a new title. To say that I was mildly interested is an obvious understatement. Then again, they were just rumors at the time and I didn't want to get my hopes up too high. He had been out of the writing arena for nearly 10 years by that time. But then rumor became fact, a publishing date was scheduled and word was out. Robert R. McCammon was releasing Speaks the Nightbird, a mammoth 700+ page novel.
I must admit that although I have tremendous respect for the craft of Robert McCammon, I did have my fair share of reservations concerning the quality of this new release. With the confirmation of this new title came the understanding that this was a book that the author had actually written nearly eight years ago and was just now seeing the light of the publishing day. Uncontrollable thoughts began to formulate as the anticipation mounted. When things sit around for that length of time they can either age gracefully, like a fine bottle of wine, or they can stink the place up like a moldy piece of cheese. Fortunately, the analogy of aged wine is more appropriate for Speaks the Nightbird. From the very first page, grand hopes for a McCammon comeback began to formulate. But would these hopes come to fruition or does the author have other intentions?
Before I even begin to speculate the possible future of Robert McCammon and his relationship with the publishing industry, I feel that it is more appropriate that I tempt and tantalize with a brief review of what I believe to be one of the greatest accomplishments in Robert R. McCammon's career. In a January 23, 2002 interview conducted by Hunter Goatley, that can be seen on the Robert McCammon websitewww.robertrmccammon.com, the author himself enlightens his audience with a brief summary of his latest work:
It's about a witch trial in the year 1699 in the Carolina Colony, and
it involves a magistrate who has come to try the case, and his assistant,
a young man who is beginning to question the whole witch-trial process,
and is also beginning to question if there are really witches or not. I
wanted it to be more of a realistic book than one with, per se, a horror
payoff at the end…the book is about this young man who's beginning
to question the whole process of the witchcraft trials, and he's also
beginning to question whether this woman who has been accused of being
a witch, and of murdering her husband and putting a curse on this fledgling
town, is actually a witch, and that someone hasn't engineered the picture
to make her appear to be a witch.
In a nutshell, Speaks the Nightbird is a novel that centers on a witch trial. But, at the same time, the story is about so much more. This becomes evident in the manner and authenticity by which Robert McCammon presents to his readers a 1699 Carolina Colony. I can only imagine the weeks and months he must have spent researching not only that time period, but everything that goes along with it. In particular, I was fascinated from the very first page the depth that he was able to give both his main characters, as well as the characters that the reader just receives a glimpse of, during this grand adventure. This was masterfully done by the obvious attention to detail that Robert McCammon supplied in the use of dialogue. There is no question that he was able to nail down perfectly the language that was used during this tumultuous period in history. It's rare to come across a book that the reader absolutely feels he is witness to the events that unfold before him. Although I am no expert on the dialect that may have been used during this time in our nations history, the feel was right and it made for a wonderful addition to an already intriguing story.
Above and beyond Mr. McCammon's obvious time spent researching the language of this period was his knowledge of the mentality that made up a semi-large group of people struggling to survive in the once untamed land that is now a much more peaceful and sedate south. Without wanting to give away too much of the actual story line, lets just say that this would have been one period of time that you wouldn't want to become ill. The means in which Robert McCammon presents to his reader what was, I'm sure, at one time the modus operandus of the medical practitioner was both intriguing and horrifying at the same time. It's amazing to think of how far we've come in the medical field. When you completeSpeaks the Nightbird you begin to view you family doctor in a whole new appreciative light. Thank God for the invention of Penicillin.
Although Speaks the Nightbird is one of Robert McCammon's most ambitious novels to date I couldn't help but wonder, while tackling this monster of a story, why certain passages, and/or characters, were not, in the end, edited out from the whole. Especially after realizing that the original length of Speaks the Nightbird was more along the lines of 900+ pages. Now, I don't make the claim to be in the business of editing but I've read enough stories to understand what enhances a story and what detracts from it. At times, throughout the novel, I got the feeling that Robert McCammon felt compelled to include as much of his research into this novel as he was able to uncover. It was almost as if he was attempting to justify the length of this story by making it as authentic as possible. Sure, research and authenticity are import when tackling a project of this size, but I had to continually remind myself that, in the end, this was a fiction based story; Historical, but fiction nonetheless.
Again, without giving up too much of the plot's twists and turns, lets just say that I was particularly disturbed with a rather lengthy elaboration into the demented actions of a blacksmith who held his horse stock with just a bit too much regard. I was reminded of a phase in a movie that, for the life of me cannot recall the title, where the main character made the claim that "you can love your animals…you just can't loooove your animals." I'm sure you being the well-read individuals that you are can understand what I am speaking about. Now don't get me wrong. I love shock appeal in a good story just as much, if not more, than the next reader. But this particular portion of the book just felt out of place. It felt forced. It felt like Robert McCammon was trying to show the world that he, in fact, researched this novel. That's great. And I love the fact that he did. But what it boils down to, is, was it really necessary?
Please, don't let this tiny, infinitesimal detail detract you from being entertained by what I feel is probably one of the best books to be published in 2002. If you're new to the works of Robert R. McCammon, I'm sure you'll love it. If you've been a fan of Robert R. McCammon as long as I've been, you'll love it that much more. It's an obvious break from some of Mr. McCammon's other titles, but that's not always a bad thing. Some of you may be wondering how it ultimately holds up to some of his other, more popular releases. Unfortunately, I have neither the time, nor the space allotted in this issue to go into any deep, meaningful examinations of the complete works of Robert McCammon. I would, however, like to say that although Robert McCammon has been previously singled out and classified as a "horror" author, I couldn't disagree more. Yes, books like 1978′s Baal and 1981′s They Thirst did primarily concentrate on the horror aspect of story telling. But I don't feel the same could be entirely said for 1987′s Swan Song, 1988′s Stinger or 1989′s The Wolf's Hour. These titles dealt with religious notions, science fiction and historical fiction respectively. Basically, what it comes down to, and again, this is really my own take on the works of Robert McCammon, is that Robert McCammon is not an author that can be classified on the whole. His books have to be taken one at a time, digested, reflected upon and then decided what it most resembles. I hate to make comparisons but, in the case of Robert McCammon, I feel that it is necessary. His craft, his imagination and his variety truly remind me of another wonderful author by the name of Dan Simmons. Of course, if you have ever read a book by both of these author's you understand that their writing styles and preferences are not the same. What you may realize is that their diversity of the written imagination may dissuade you from lumping either one of their complete bibliographies into a particular category on the whole. And that, ladies and gentleman, is what I believe truly makes for a unique and generally creative author. Each title that is published tests your overall faith in that author's abilities to create something new and unique, while at the same time propels you to seek out everything else that they have ever worked on.
So, with this latest release of Robert McCammon what, you may be asking yourself, does the future hold for us? Unfortunately, if I could say to you with any amount of certainty that Robert McCammon is back, and back for good, I would probably quit my job, solicit the Sci-Fi channel for my own television show and walk off into the sunset a rich man. In other words…I don't really know. What I can tell you, is, that from everything that I've read, any additional new releases from the man himself is highly questionable at best. I can't place my finger on it but I get the distinct feeling that all the years Robert McCammon has had to deal with big business New York publishers may have left an extremely bad taste in his mouth. I don't know. Maybe it was his rejection of a multi-million dollar offer to publish Speaks the Nightbird in order to reserve the right to have control over his creativity. That's right. Did I forget to mention that Speaks the Nightbird was published by River City Publishing, a small Montgomery-based publishing house. Basically, I could care less who published this latest book. I'm still relieved that it was finally done. Kudos to you River City Publishing for giving Robert McCammon the much needed and much deserved respect he has been looking for.
Although I really feel like I'm being let down by one of my favorites, what can anyone really do about the situation. If Robert McCammon feels that he has said all he wants to say through the release of his prior novels; if he feels that the time has come to embrace the good life and share that with his family; I say, congratulations. The man has a right to do whatever makes him happy. All I can do is extend my most sincere gratitude for what he has given to his fans all these years. I am ultimately reminded of a rather pitiful experience that took place not that long ago. I happened to be scavenging amongst my local used bookstore (probably in search of a McCammon title) when I happened to overhear a conversation that took place between two young women. They both were frantically (and believe me when I say that I am not using this word lightly) searching for Stephen King titles. Now, I know for a fact that Stephen King is one author that no one should have any difficulty in obtaining. But what struck me the most about this conversation was when one woman, quite blatantly, said to the other: "I just can't believe that Stephen King is going to retire. There's got to be something here that I haven't already read before. What, exactly, am I supposed to read now?" In all honesty, I wanted to smack this woman up along side her head, grab her by the ears and scream, "Give it a rest!" Don't get me wrong. I love Stephen King. As do most people. But like Robert McCammon, if he decides to hang it up, so be it. Appreciate what you've been given and move on.
KJ Bishop's The Etched City
by John Klima
It is a rare occasion when a debut novel is this mature. The writing is on par with established authors like Jeffrey Ford and Tim Powers. From its opening pages, I was completely entranced by the world Bishop created for her characters Gwynn and Raule.
The two are both on the run from the same people, but the two are from complete opposites of the moral spectrum. Gwynn is a hired sword decadent on the level of Dorian Gray, while Raule is a physician who wants to believe in the rewards that come from helping others. Despite efforts to remain separated, their fates conspire to bring them in contact again and again.
Raule fights with her conscience (or lack of a conscience)about what she will do with her life to atone for her past. There is a feeling that Raule should feel guilty about what she's done, but can't bring herself to be. This is a point of contention between her and Gwynn who feels no such compunction. He feels there is nothing beyond this world so he better enjoy life. Raule takes work as a small church's physician. Gwynn hires his sword out to a slave-lord, and earns money moving slaves, guns, and violence in equal measure.
The characters are not necessarily anyone you would invite over for tea, but they are more than interesting enough to compel the reader towards the end of their story. The book flows through the fantastical, the metaphysical, and the philosophical. This book will make you think. At its core the book makes it characters–and through them the reader–examine the relationship between faith and reason and whether they are compatible. The characters purport to know which side of the fence they are on (the side of reason or the side of faith) but events in the novel make their assertions less certain.
The novel's primary focus is Gwynn. There are times when Raule appears so infrequently I nearly forgot that she was a character. It's too bad that the author did not have more about the physician to put in the novel, as she is just as important to the story as Gwynn. And they are vitally important to each other. It seemed as though Gwynn knew when Raule had been missing too long in the story and he would lead the author to her. Gwynn's story and the telling of it are so interesting, that I hadn't noticed this fact until I reflected on the book after it was done.
Time and again I found myself staying up late because I couldn't stop reading. Perfect for readers of Jeffrey Ford, Jeff VanderMeer, and China Mieville. This is the most stunning debut I've read since A Scattering Of Jades by Alexander Irvine. Bishop is a writer to watch. The book is available from Amazon or directly from the publisher, Prime Books, http://www.primebooks.net.
by John Klima
Nemonymous portends to be "a journal of parthenogenetic fiction and late labelling." What does that mean? It means that the stories that appear in this annual mix of a magazine and an anthology have no bylines. Author identities are kept secret until the publication of the next edition of Nemonymous.
When I first heard about the concept, the only place I found that spoke about Nemonymous at all was its own website, which of course was full of people raving about the magazine. Following the style of the magazine itself, none of the quotes were attributed to anyone. For all I knew, they could have been written by the creator of Nemonymous. There was no pricing information on the website, nor a way to order online, just two e-mail addresses to write to for more information. A hotmail address, and a postmaster.co.uk address.
At this point I was convinced that this was some frustrated writer who had decided to write in a series of different styles and self-publish the outcome. I couldn't have been more wrong. Time passed and eventually I found myself with the opportunity to review the first two editions of Nemonymous. Not sure what to expect, I waited excitedly for them to arrive.
Any concerns or questions you might have about Nemonymous disappear from the moment it arrives in your mailbox. They are extremely well made and strikingly designed. This is not something that was thrown together. It was made by someone who knows printed matter. Nemonymous is approximately the same dimensions as a typical trade paperback (except in length) but the editor chose to use the short edge as the spine, which makes a nice, neat package that is easy to hold onto and read. It may seem a small point, but just the fact that the creator of Nemonymous thought enough of what he was doing to make a product that rested comfortably in one hand, or your lap, means that the same care should be applied to the interior.
From the first story I was hooked. That's not to say that I enjoyed every story, but I liked enough of them that I quickly read through Nemonymous 1. The sixteen tales that make up the first annual in this interesting series were filled with atmospheric prose and imaginative worlds. It felt to me that with the intention of being anonymous, the authors took full flight into their fancy and let their minds take them where they would. The stories read with a ferocious freedom that I didn't typically see.
As I reflected on this first annual, perhaps it was me who read with freedom; spared knowing who wrote each story, I could read what was there instead of imposing some sort of expectation upon an author whose work I knew, or upon someone with the same name as I person I dislike, or even whether the author being male or female. I realized that there were external perceptions I brought to my reading without knowing it. I expect certain things from authors I know, expect different things from a male as opposed to a female author, occasionally get put off by someone who's named similarly to someone I view with distaste.
Is this fair? Obviously not, but it's human nature to pre-judge things. Part of how publishing works is setting up an expectation of a certain author for their audience and using that to market the next book or story from said author. What can you really do to avoid this? You publish a journal of anonymous stories, that's what.
Not every story was one I enjoyed. But that's ok. It's rare to find an anthology or issue of a magazine wherein you like everything. But on the whole, it was good enough that I opened the second annual with great interest.
As I expected, the stories in the second annual were stronger. I believe by that time the word was getting out and authors were learning that Nemonymous was something with which to get involved. One of the stories in the second annual, "The Assistant to Dr. Jacob" is being reprinted in The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, as well as the entire issue being on the Stoker Award ballot for Best Works Published 2002. That's an amazing accomplishment for a product in which you don't even know who made it.
There are stories in each annual that stuck with me. In the first one, "The Friends of Mike Santini," "The Gravedigger," "All for Nothing," "Double Zero for Emptiness," and "The Mansions on the Moon" were all well-written captivating stories. The second annual is harder to whittle down to a few stories because it is much stronger, but if I had to pick a few, I would include: "The Assistant to Dr. Jacob," "The Vanishing Life and Films of Emmanuel Escobada," "Berenice's Journal," "Adult Books," and "A Spot of Tea."
Interestingly enough, my favorite story from the first annual, "All for Nothing," was by the same author as the first story in the second annual, "Climbing the Tallest Tree in the World," a story that I almost didn't finish reading. There was an incident in the beginning of "Climbing the Tallest…" that threw me out of the story and I never got back into it despite the author having an entirely plausible explanation for it.
If I have any complaints, I feel that it is not particularly easy to get hold of Nemonymous. As I mentioned before, there is no way to buy online, nor is there any price/address information on the website. This forces you to contact the editor to get the product. This is not a bad thing, but I wonder how many are turned off by this. If you had to call a salesperson every time you ordered from Amazon, would you order from them? It would seem to me that the editor would go all out in his attempts at anonymonity and let people order without having to interact with another person.
Nemonymous is great in concept and wonderful in execution. My sympathy goes out to the editor on how to market this. It's something that will build in popularity and quality as more people find out what a good thing it is. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com for more info. Copies of Nemonymous are $10 apiece (shipping included from the UK!) and worth every penny.