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Donation to new library a fitting legacy for three sisters and an investment in city
To the Editor:
Ann Lyons died last August. She and her late sisters, Maury Leigh Lyons and Julia Lyons, spent their adult lives teaching children in the Petersburg schools.
When Ann died, we decided to give $75,000 from her estate to the Petersburg Library Foundation, in order to name the Cafe in the new library in memory of all three of them. The library is one of Petersburg's most important educational institutions, and it's close to our hearts because of long personal association with libraries and the library profession.
Also, the "Lyons girls" were very sociable, as we were constantly reminded whenever we went out in public with any of them. It wouldn't be long before someone would come over to say, "Miss Lyons, you probably don't remember me, but you taught me in ..." whatever grade, and that would lead to a long conversation in which the Lyonses would catch up on every detail of what that former student had done since then. We think the Cafe, where people will gather to socialize, would be the Lyonses' favorite part of the new library.
We live in Wooster, Ohio, a city about half the size of Petersburg. Wooster and Petersburg have a lot in common. Both were manufacturing centers that saw major industries move away, taking both jobs and corporate civic engagement with them. Like many American cities, both lost population downtown, as more people moved out to the country and started patronizing new shopping centers and malls. But Wooster saw the problem coming early and seized the opportunity to reverse the deterioration. The big downtown department stores closed, but local developers renovated the properties for smaller specialty shops at street level, with loft apartments above. New locally-owned and operated restaurants opened, offering both quality and variety.
But the biggest boost to downtown development came from a new public library, anchoring the business district and linking with the nearby Arts Center, created several years before in a former school building. Our leading citizens got out their checkbooks, and the voters approved a bond issue, to build the new library, because they knew it would be good for the community and absolutely essential to downtown revitalization.
With Petersburg's redevelopment of Old Towne, renovation of its older residences, and opening of outstanding new downtown eateries, this beautiful and historic city center is on the same track. With the conversion of the old high school into the Appomattox Regional Governor's School and the construction nearby of the new public library, the anchors for a sustained downtown renaissance are nearly complete. The library will be so much more than books and computers, providing space for exhibits, learning events, community meetings, educational activities, and opportunities to socialize for citizens of different ages, ethnicities, and economic levels.
Because of dedicated local leadership, something good is already happening in downtown Petersburg, and we're excited to be a small part of it. The Lyons family used to live downtown. They were invested in it, literally. Their father was a city councilman and businessman. Now they will be part of its redevelopment through the Lyons Cafe in the new library.
So far, library supporters have given $10,331,523 for the new building, with a little over $2.4 million to go. We're reasonably sure there are people in Petersburg who can make up that difference easily, but who haven't come forward yet. We understand the discouragement that older residents of the city may feel when they remember how downtown Petersburg used to look.
But we also know from our experience in Ohio that positive change is happening here in Petersburg now, and that the Public Library is an absolutely essential part of it. We want you to share our faith in Petersburg's future. Surely, two Yankees from Ohio can't believe in Petersburg more than you do! So please, if you're able, write out a check to "Petersburg Library Foundation," and put down a number with a lot of zeroes after it.
Mary Lyons Temple Hickey
Damon Douglas Hickey
Wooster, Ohio
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Brilliant "Sinister Memoir"!
"Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta." With those famous opening lines, Nabokov begins a sordid tale told by Humbert Humbert, one of the most fascinating characters in all of American literature. Even many people who have never...
Published on Sept. 29 2003 by H. F. Corbin
3.0 out of 5 stars Laborious Read
At a recent English language conference in St. Petersburg, a Russian woman asked an American poet after his reading what he thought of Nabokov. The poet was smart enough not to mention Lolita. I confessed to my colleagues that I had just read the novel. Three of them admitted that they had tried but could not venture far into the story. The "controversial masterpiece"...
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Brilliant "Sinister Memoir"!,
H. F. Corbin "Foster Corbin" (ATLANTA, GA USA) - See all my reviews
Ce commentaire est de: Lolita (Hardcover)
"Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta." With those famous opening lines, Nabokov begins a sordid tale told by Humbert Humbert, one of the most fascinating characters in all of American literature. Even many people who have never read this novel know the basic story here since the word "Lolita" has become a part of American culture in that that someone with a "Lolita complex" is attracted to very young girls.
Published in 1955, this novel caused a storm of controversy; it is still provocative today even though there is not a four letter word in it. That is not to say that the book is not extremely erotic in many places. What Nabokov does with words is brilliant. As always he plays constant word games with the reader. Someone goes on a "honeymonsoon" to India. In seaching for Dolores aka Lolita and her run-away suitor, Humbert finds the name "Will Brown, Dolores, Colo." in a hotel register. Humbert and Dolores have breakfast in the "township of Soda, pop. 1001." There are allusions to Poe ("in a kingdom by the sea") and other writers throughout the book. You skim paragraphs at your peril.
The book is wondrously satiric. Nabokov captures the vapidness of the motels in small and middle America in the 40's and 50's with great brilliance. Humbert, with all his perversions, is often a terribly funny character as well. The scene where he wrestles with Quilty comes to mind. "We rolled all over the floor, in each other's arms, like two huge helpless children. He was naked and goatish under his robe, and I felt suffocated as he rolled over me. I rolled over him. We rolled over me. They rolled over him. We rolled over us."
We cannot forget, however, that Humbert is ultimately guilty of an ugly sin. In his own words he has deprived a "girl-child" of her childhood. In their cross-country journey, she cries every night. The picture is not pretty.
In an essay written in 1956 Nabokov writes about writing LOLITA. HE says that he is "neither a reader nor a writer of didactic fiction, and. . .. LOLITA has no moral in tow." He further denies the charge made by some readers that the novel is anti-American. Finally he says there are three subjects "utterly taboo as far as most American publishers are concerned." Obviously the theme of this novel is one. The other two, in Nabokov's words, are: "a Negro-White marriage which is a complete and glorious success resulting in lots of children and grandchildren; and the total atheist who lives a happy and useful life, and dies in his sleep at the age of 106." A most interesting observation. I wonder just how much has changed in 47 years.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Nabavoks disturbing masterpeice,
Kerri (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
Ce commentaire est de: Lolita (Paperback)
This is unarguably a one-of-a-kind book. It's a difficult read, the language and prose is gorgeous, but can get a bit mundane. In a sense, it is a love story...but Humbert does not actually love Lolita herself, but he loves her for the fact that she resembles his lost childhood love. He never gets to know the REAL inside Lolita, he constantly talks about her nubile and pubescent beauty. He speaks of how she tortures him, but she is just a young girl. Humbert morally corrupts the girl to the point where she sleeps with other men and becomes involved with child pornography. This is the kind of book that weeks after finishing it, you continue to cotemplate it. What makes it readable, despite the distrubing concept, is that Nabavok adds humor, but all of the humor is dark and eerie.
It is a wonderful book, but it's definatly not meant to be read by everyone
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Unabashed wordplay masterpiece,
Amazon Customer (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
Ce commentaire est de: Lolita (Paperback)
Nabokov: the master of whatever.
I feel a bit like a sham writing a review for this, but 360 other readers can't be wrong, right? True, there is not much that I can add to the substantial literature available on Lolita, or the volumes of Vladdy in general. But I can say a few things about what I liked about the book, sprinkled here and there with some minor criticisms, mostly based on personal biases.
First, Nabokov is as much a master of the English language as anyone before or after, as far as I can tell. Lolita could be read at many different speeds. You could speed-read it, I suppose, if you have cultivated that ability, but you would only get the outline of the story, which is a good one, to be sure, but you'd miss some of the finer details - the nuances of word play (there must be fifty examples of themes based on the words "Dolores" and "Haze" - I became a bit obsessive-compulsive after finishing the book - no doubt because of the contagious neuroses of Humbert Humbert - and spent twenty minutes trying to decide if Nabokov, in the afterward (in my edition, there is a six or seven page note written by V.N. a year or two after publication), was teasing the reader with the use of the word "daze" - a final amalgamation of an ongoing thread?); references to Joyce, (thanks Adan) among others; allusions to cultural confrontations, including the confused traditionalism of Europe having to reconcile itself with the nothingness/everythingness of America; and examples of self-reflexivity that would make Brecht blush. You could spend a year reading this book (another type of Joycian reference - or homage, perhaps), analyzing it sentence by sentence, seeing if there is something within the microcosm of the page that reflects the universe of the book. But you don't need to get down to this level of detail to get a reward from this book - I think a steady, conscious reading can bring surprises on every page; this is how I read it, and it's what I'd recommend to most readers.
The question of whether H.H. truly loved Lolita - or whether he was simply in love with her ability to transport him to a nostalgic past - is an interesting one, but I don't know if there is a satisfying solution. It kinda depends on what your definition of "is" is. Is there any other kind of love than that which takes you somewhere happier?
Another obvious question is: Was H.H. a homosexual? There seems to be ample evidence of this, albeit mostly circumstantial. But his similarities to the undeniably gay Zemblan king in Pale Fire make me think that H.H. was a sort of prototype for Charles Kinbote. But, if this is the case, Kinbote's homosexuality could be just a variation on a theme of sexual deviancy.
As a contemporary reader, I find it difficult to create the character of Humbert Humbert in my mind. Or, better yet, I find it difficult to believe. He seems an impossible combination of old-world European (which has probably ceased to exist), ultra-literate intellectual, and pedophile, capable of superhuman acts of vice and destruction. One could argue that such a complex characterization makes him more real; but I think the better argument is that the surreal nature of Humbert Humbert makes a sharp and intentional literary contrast with the banal normalness of America. Lolita, the American girl, is the subject of a deranged and futile 19th-century European man's scrutiny.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars I read it every other six months.,
H. Saenz (Amherst, MA) - See all my reviews
Ce commentaire est de: Lolita (Paperback)
When I was recommended this book, I was intimidated by the " erotic, incestual theme" ( I have a great dislike and annoyance of raunchiness. Everyone thinks something is wrong because I never laughed watching American Pie and during Junior High sex- ed) and almost didn't bother picking it up. For the past few months, I read nothing but Kurt Vonnegut and was begining to think this would be a bore. However despite the bad reviews, I loved the book. Many people complain over it's " vulgar, disturbing" content but Nabokov never did really say on account what he did with Lolita. He was very metaphoric with his descriptions of the characters created; in my opinion, I think he intended on not telling what Humbert did because he knew that the reader will imagine will most likely be worst than what actually really did occur.
I must warn readers who are planning on reading Lolita: have patience ( It takes time before he mentions the plot and the first 80 something pages are talking about his past life in Europe. ), keep a dictionary handy if you are vocabulary challenged, and don't be so held up with the theme.
In shorter terms, I love the book. I, at first, would have gaven it three stars but I just kept coming back to it more intrigued every time I read it. By the way, I don't think anyone really mentioned this but it's a funny book when you think about. There were many times, I was laughing out loud in my study hall class because of Humbert's annoyance but devout love for Lolita.
Heather ( Grade 9)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The most seductive bedtime story-teller ever...,
"sophia2k" (Budapest Hungary) - See all my reviews
Ce commentaire est de: Lolita (Audio Cassette)
Reading 'Lolita' is a decisive moment in every reader's life. If it isn't for the controversial issue or the overwhelming narrative, then it's for the unique half-ironizing, half-desperate tone that Nabokov and nymphets will stay in our minds forever. As I see it, the book is no light meal; it has to ripen like fine wine in the reader's own dark vault.
Listening to Jeremy Irons' voice performance is about as decisive for the literary gourmet as the reading of the book. Quite simply, Irons has THE voice for the text as well as he has THE looks for a silver screen Humbert. This trained, sophisticated British voice with its alternating speed and tone irresistibly lures the listener into Humbert's secret world. Irons has amazing command of his text. The job's extremely difficult, given the sheer size and the draining complexity of the Nabokovian text; but Irons has the talent to show the taste of every single word, so that the plainest descriptive bit turns into textual pleasure. (He manages elegantly even with the French quotes; an additional delight!) Needless to say, pleasure peaks at the rare love moments Humbert and Lolita share. Forbidden passion vibrates in Irons' dark-chocolate voice that virtually melts along with Humbert's lonely ecstasies and despairs. Yes, it's mainly about pleasure - Irons delivers all the delight and harmony that Humbert never experienced. To put it briefly, this 12-hour voice performance is a pleasure you would not want to miss. So, buy and enjoy!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Important to Know: This Book Is Comedic,
Cookie Crawford (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
Ce commentaire est de: Lolita (Paperback)
I should probably be better prepared before writing about an important piece of literature such as LOLITA, yet had to jump in to defend one of the most perfectly crafted books I've ever read. Of the readers who are APPALLED by the pedophilic (sp?) aspect of the story, I wonder if they realize that the novel is esentially a comedy. The book is loaded with humor, with the situation between Humbert and young Dolores satirizing several things. Mainly, (and just off the top of my head), the fact that Lolita is such an ordinary, bratty girl makes Humbert's overblown fascination seem funny. Not only is she the wrong age for him, she's so shallow and mundane that she doesn't seem worthy of worship. Doesn't this say something about pop culture, and about whatever your own sexual obsessions might be.....how the most ridiculous, ordinary things can reduce us to dithering idiots? In a broader sense, the book satirizes that whole genre of novels in which innocent American girls (such as DAISY MILLER) go overseas, only to end up being ruined by suave, continental men. In LOLITA, a sophisticated European comes to New England and is demolished by the girl next door. A girl in roller skates with scabs on her knees.
What makes the book haunting, though, is the dark sadness that runs beneath the situation. Because Humbert Humbert and Dolores Haze are so terribly mismatched, (their age just being part of it), they can never achieve true love. And even if Dolores could return the older man's affection, he'd stop loving her as she grew up. Yes, if the story were taken seriously, it would be disturbing. But who's taking it seriously? And what no review can convey is the quality of Nabokov's prose - - his sheer gift for the use of language. The words carry you like a river.
Incidentally, if you respond to Nabokov's tone, you might check out another book that made me think upon reading the first page, "God, this writer is a real craftsman." I AM MARY DUNNE by Brian Moore.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars (Review),
Jeff Perl (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
Ce commentaire est de: Lolita (Paperback)
Sneaky, sneaky, wonderful book. The best parts -- the most revealing and most entertaining -- of Lolita are contained in parentheses, asides, oddments, lists, or clauses offset by dashes. So revelatory are these moments that one might be tempted to ignore the main narrative of this amazing book, but for the fact that every passage of any sort is a wonder. Some examples follow:
"I imagined Lo returning from camp -- brown, warm, drowsy, drugged -- and was ready to weep ...".
"A few more words about Mrs. Humbert while the going is good (a bad accident is to happen quite soon)"
"My very photogenic mother died in a freak accident (picnic, lightning) when I was three ..."
What this all actually reveals in some symbolic way I have no idea, but I have never seen such a full-scale use of the tools of language in a straightforward (non-Ulysses) book, and I love it. I have read exactly one other novel that comes close to being as entertaining and well-written: the uncelebrated Love Songs of the Tone-Deaf (pleasing, rewarding).
A postscript: you know, dear friends, that English wasn't even Nabokov's first language, do you not? (Good God, what absurd talent.)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars In response to the negative reviews,
MissCritique (Queens, NY) - See all my reviews
Ce commentaire est de: Lolita (Paperback)
Yes, the subject of Lolita is disturbing, I agree. But the reader is not meant to sympathize with him but rather see what a truly sick, irrational, obsessed man he is. We are seeing things from his view and although everything is justified to him, a reader of sane mind can see through this.
Yes, at times the writing can be irratic, or use French, or perhaps use "big" words but again, this is a view into a mad man's mind. Such writing only enhances the experience to make you feel as though you are reading a person's secret diary.
Brilliantly written, it almost hypnotizes you stirring every emotion within. My favorite thus far.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars unbelievable,
E. Knights "penseur" (Providence, RI) - See all my reviews
Ce commentaire est de: Lolita (Paperback)
Easily the most amazing book I have ever read. Nabokov's prose is of another world entirely. It would be a blessing if American authors could master the English language with such eloquence. This novel demands an intelligent audience (which is why readers who are closer to the illiterate end of the spectrum have rated this book poorly). If you thought Da Vinci Code was well-written, you do not deserve Nabokov. caveat lector, after having devoured this book, it is quite easy to fall into a state of disillusionment concerning all other available reading material.
5.0 out of 5 stars just plain beautiful,
Dr. Biped (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
Ce commentaire est de: Lolita (Paperback)
lolita is the most beautiful and touching novel i've ever read.
i generally come across 2 main problems that people have with it: 1) they find the subject of the book offensive or disgusting, and 2) they have trouble staying interested because of the slowish pace towards the end and copious descriptive passages, or because they cannot relate to the characters.
personally, i perceive neither of these problems in lolita. the first, i think, can be dismissed immediately: a serious reader should realize that the book in no way condones pedofilia or the relationship between humbert and his "nymphet." furthermore, lolita, though young, is by no means innocent; she manipulates humbert, and, it turns out, has had previous sexual experiences - in short, the story is not about a grown man corrupting an innocent child. moreover, the relationship between hum and lo is both tragic and beautiful, and though i am as disgusted as anyone by pedofilia, i found humberts lustful obsession with lolita to be the most touching and lyrically told love stories i have ever heard - all the more beautiful for its dark, cruel, and tragic nature. therefore, i find no moral qualm with the book, and have no sense of disgust when reading it.
as for the second complaint, i suppose it is a more subjective one, and therefore harder to argue against. i know that personally, i read through the book very quickly my first time, and was swept along from the first page to the last. the writing is consistantly gorgeous and helps draw you along (the descriptive passages are not at all tedious; they are extremely rich and enhance the story). i also found myself emathizing deeply with both humbert and lolita. i think that that is the key to defeating the second complaint: one must be willing to feel for the characters, to share in humbert's passion, to fall in love with lolita with him, to feel for her as she weeps in the night, to hate her as she tears humbert apart, to hate humbert as he tears her apart, above all to empathize with both. that does not mean you have to lust for a little girl like hum does, it just means you have to be willing to feel the strength of his lusting, loving passion, and you have to be willing to appreciate the beauty he sees in her.
if you read lolita estranged from the characters, i can see how it could get a little dull, though i think it would still have undeniably beautiful writing and endless layers of depth and complexity (the intricateness of the plot, the allusions, the psychological and emotional journey humbert undergoes, the questions of what love really is, what beauty is, how much of a victim lolita is, etc., etc., etc.). however, i would advise anyone thinking of reading lolita to do so with a willingness to see what we would normally see as disgusting as it is (ironically) portrayed: beautifully. feel for both characters as much as possible. dont forget the true nature of hum and lo's relationship, but dont be afraid to get lost in their ecstasies, sorrows, pains, and desires.
but however you plan on reading it, the most important thing is that you read it
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Weekend Project: Pass on Your Skills!
Here at the Kitchn, we all spend a lot of time teaching ourselves new skills, trying out new recipes, and improving our technique. This weekend, let's flip the tables a bit, shall we? Let's invite someone into our kitchens and share some of what we've worked so hard to learn! It could be a best friend, your 5-year-old, a neighbor, or a parent - what one skill would you like to pass on?
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I think experimentation is possibly the best skill a person can learn. Many of my friends were brought up by mothers who had a box full of recipe cards and followed to the T the one on the back of the Nestle bag of chocolate chips.
If no one experiments, food doesn't evolve, tastes stagnate, and the status quo never gets broken.
I don't use recipes; I know what should go well together and I take chances when I'm not sure if something will work. I've had to toss or salvage my fair share of wrongs, but for the large part, the best meals I've made have come from simply tasting as I cook, adding a bit of this and that, and finding a complimentary side.
To properly experiment, follow these steps:
1. Remember foods that others have made that you like.
2. Try to recreate them by taste. (And I repeat, as you cook...taste, taste, taste! Never serve something you wouldn't yourself eat.)
3. Note the faults for next time.
4. Ask for feedback from others.
5. Rinse, repeat.
My teenage niece is visiting next week to kick off her summer break before her job starts. We will be cooking together up a storm. We are both excited. She is super jazzed to learn to make my soymilk.
Cooking and baking by ratio rather than recipe.
I taught the kids in my family to cook and bake, just the way my mother taught me, and it helped them develop a lot of self-confidence. I knew it had an impact when the eldest, in a conspiratorial whisper, asked me to teach him some 'appeteasers' that would impress his new girlfriend (he was all of 14, g).
I'm looking forward to the comments here! Inspired by someone's post a while back looking for comprehensive books to help her teach her boyfriend how to cook (rather than how to read a recipe), I wanted to try teaching my engineer boyfriend techniques (who is perfectly competent, but agonizingly slow when it's his night to cook because he relies on complicated and precise recipes), and we're off to a great start.
Our first try was fish baked in parchment.
I'm trying to lure him in so I admit I did a lot of prep, julienning carrots and snow peas and mushrooms and various sprouts and herbs and lining up a variety of condiments so that all he had to do was assemble his own and twist it up. I figure we start with the fun creative part, and then we'll backtrack to the chopping.
I figure we'll try stir fry next. And then maybe souffle, I think he'll be excited by the egg whites. What are other people doing? Is anyone trying a structured approach?
Organization -- if my kitchen isn't organized so that everything is at-the-ready, I typically can't get myself primed enough to go digging for it. Instead, I'm inclined to just grab what is easy/at the front.
A well organized kitchen not only makes cooking/baking more enjoyable and easier, it also creates a nice vibe that encourages people to spend more time there.
If I were passing on only one skill, that's what it would be - I'd help them get their kitchen all set up so that whenever a creative urge or hunger pang hits, they'll have a functional, efficient space that allows them to focus on the food, not on the finding.


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Henry Fool may have reached for a lot more than it could grasp, but independent figurehead Hal Hartley's follow-up doesn't even have high ambitions to excuse its failures. The only American entry in France's "Collection 2000" series of millennium-themed fare, The Book of Life is a glib exercise in kooky obscurantism -- the cinematic equivalent of hearing someone laugh at his own joke. It's hard to say what's more frustrating, the film's deliberately smeary digital-video palette or its maddeningly elliptical storytelling style; the film is literally a chore to watch, both visually and narratively. In her acting debut (not counting her highly theatrical stage shows), protean rocker PJ Harvey glides serenely through her role as Magdalena, the Biblical whore who now serves as Christ's bodyguard. Meanwhile, Henry Fool's Thomas Jay Ryan continues to chew scenery in another larger-than-life role, this time that of Satan himself. Martin Donovan cleverly plays Jesus the same way he has played any number of other passive-aggressive protagonists for Hartley, Don Roos, and other directors. Despite plenty of cleverly written scenes between these principals, however, the film never really adds up to much. Too many digressions and too much pretentious banter will wear out all but the most reverent audiences. The film's chief strength is its brief, one-hour running time. Stunt casting and profane Christian revisionism yielded far more kinetic results with Kevin Smith's subsequent Dogma, while other "Collection 2000" filmmakers, including Laurent Cantet, seemed more inspired by the approaching 21st century.
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If Aliens Were Tuning Into Our Television Frequencies…
In a different take on a timeline of television, Abstruse Goose, a web comic, shows us what aliens would be watching if they were able to tune into our television frequencies light years away. It doubly serves as a reminder of how old you are.
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That's a great picture. Bummer, they get to sit through all the re-runs too. Of course, this graphs assumes that they're not tuning in from HERE…in fact, I suspect that most of our programming is actually dreamt up by aliens…
Whenever I see or read something like this, I assume the author or designer knows something about the speed of light, but little about the inverse square law. Those television signals become weaker in a ratio to the square of the distance from the broadcast source. At some point (not all that far away) they are too weak to be distinguished from the background noise of the universe. I find it very doubtful that any possible civilization on Arcturus is monitoring our television transmissions–because the signal by that point is undetectable. I can't prove this, of course, but I can do a thought experiment. If we assume there are civilizations within a 70 light year distance who could be monitoring our broadcasts, we have to ask the question, why haven't we picked up any of their broadcasts? I suggest that the answer is the inverse square law. Even if they are there, they are invisible to us…and vice versa.
psst, it's a comic :)
And, actually, I believe that we could see the equivalent of the Earth's strongest transmitter (~1 MW) from 1-few hundred light years away with the best radio telescopes in use today. So the physics of the comic are probably correct, even if the likelihood of such nearby listeners may not be.
RWB – a friend of mine has a good theory re this…he says sure, there's heaps of life in the universe, but intelligent life tends to snuff itself out quickly shortly after the stage that they invent complicated things like television. So there's lots of signals flying about the universe, but of relatively short duration, and of rapidly decreasing detectable strength due to the inverse square law.
So the chance that we're tuned in and listening right at the same time that someone close by is broadcasting is abount the same probability as the chance that you turn on a TV, flick though all the channels and find quality programming on each and every channel…and no ads whatsoever!
I see that aliens are over run with American television just like certain channels here in Britain!!
I think Britain is starting to infect American television too. We just got Merlin this summer :)
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Which goes a long way to explaining why we've not heard from ETs – we're not worth speaking to…
Man, that doesn't leave me much time to build a quantum teleportation device, get to Alpha Centauri, set up a radio telescope array, a television and a couch in time to catch the first season of Arrested Development.
shoot for the stars, i say
Because of the noise generated by the galactic magentic field, no radio or TV signal from Earth can be detected beyond 80-100 light years (depending on direction).
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The Great Lakes Regional Competition (GLRC) was hosted by Bradley University last year and will be held at Trine University in the spring of 2013. Our ASCE chapter is very competitive in the major GLRC events:
• The concrete canoe competition (our 13th year in competition)
• The AISC steel bridge contest (our 6th year in competition)
The top team in each event will advance to their respective national competitions. The National Concrete Canoe Competition will be held at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne in the summer of 2013. The National Steel Bridge Competition will be held at Texas A&M May 20-21, 2011. Both of these competitions spark a great amount of rivalry between universities, but we also make many friends along the way.
The University of Evansville ASCE chapter is active in the community, sponsoring the annual Balsa Wood Bridge Competition which is held at the University of Evansville as a part of National Engineer's Week. Organized and run entirely by UE ASCE members, the competition shows younger area students just how much fun Civil Engineering can be, while giving them a chance to compete with others in building the strongest bridge. We also participate in hosting "Webelo's Day" for local Boy Scouts to receive their engineering badge and "Space Day" for all local elementary and middle school students.
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This seems like borderline dangerous thinking to me. There is a very concrete disconnect between avatar based interaction and real world play. Children may learn general courtesy, sure, but they're learning it through several degrees of separation. Vocal inflection, body language and facial cues are FUNDAMENTAL for human communication, and an environment like WoW can, at best, only offer a distant approximation of them.
Now I know she's not saying it's a substitute for play, and it's wonderful that she monitors her child's time on the computer, but as we edge closer and closer to a purely digital childhood I fear that some parents may take the easy route of letting their MMOs babysit their children, which is a playtime that can in no way be compared to the face to face playtimes of yesteryear.
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- Calories from fat: 0.0%
- Fat: 1.9g
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- Monounsaturated fat: 0.0g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.0g
- Protein: 9.7g
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Senior (2012-13)Jordan Reinertson made nine tournament appearances as a senior, averaging 75.96 strokes in 27 rounds. Reinertson opened the season with his best finish at the Fairway Club Invitational, where he placed 17th. In the spring, he competed in six out of seven events, firing a season-best 1-under-par 70 at the ASU Red Wolf Intercollegiate in April. At the Hawkeye Invitational, Reinertson tied for 21st with a 223 total.
Junior (2011-12)Reinertson showed improvement during his junior season, appearing in all seven spring tournaments after playing in one fall tournament. Reinertson opened the spring season with a victory at the Big Ten Match Play over Michigan State's Dave Ellis, 1 Up. Reinertson recorded his career-low 54-hole score two tournaments later, shooting 220 at the Denver Desert Shootout.
Reinertson posted one of his two rounds better than par at the Hawkeye Invitational in the second round, where he fired a 3-under-par 69. He tied for 28th, which was his best career finish as a Husker. He matched that finish two weeks later at the Big Ten Championship, where he led the Huskers with his 308 total.
Reinertson claimed academic All-Big Ten honors for his success in the classroom as well as the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award. He also was named to the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll. In the community, Reinertson earned a prestigious Nebraska Student-Athlete HERO Leadership Award.
Sophomore (2010-11)Reinertson played in three tournaments for the Huskers during his sophomore season, compiling a 76.78 stroke average. During two fall tournaments, Reinertson tied for 40th at the Fairway Club Invitational and tied for 51st at the Kansas Invitational. Reinertson received the 2010-11 Dick Spangler Scholarship and was named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll in the fall and spring semesters, earning a 4.0 GPA for the entire year.
Freshman (2009-10)Reinertson competed for the first time in his Husker career at the Fairway Club Invitational, where he tied for 37th with a 224 score. Reinertson qualified to compete as an individual in the Bill Ross Intercollegiate in October, and he scored a 231 for the Big Red, which tied him for 37th. Reinertson ended his first year with the Big Red with a 75.83 stroke average.
He posted a perfect 4.0 GPA during the fall semester to earn a spot on the Big 12 Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll.
Redshirt (2008-09)Reinertson redshirted during his first year in the Husker program. He earned spots on the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Rollin the fall and spring semesters, including a 4.0 GPA in the spring.
High School Reinertson competed at a small Nebraska high school, but brought a big-time game to the Husker program. At Gibbon High School, Reinertson was the Nebraska Class C-1 individual champion as a sophomore, the highlight of an outstanding four-year career.
Reinertson finished second at the state tournament in 2007, helping Gibbon capture its first-ever state team championship. Reinertson was also the runner-up as a freshman in 2005. Reinertson finished sixth at the state tournament as a senior.
In the summer of 2007, Reinertson finished eighth at the Nebraska Men's State Amateur. In 2006, Reinertson won the Future Legends tournament, an American Junior Golf Association event.
Reinertson also received the honor of being selected to compete with the best junior golfers in the world at the Footjoy Invitational in North Carolina and the Rolex Tournament of Champions in Ohio in the summer of 2007.
Reinertson was a four-year honor roll member and was an Academic All-State selection at Gibbon.
PersonalJordan is the son of Paul and Carolyn Reinertson and has two brothers, Josh and Rylee. Josh is also a member of the Nebraska men's golf team. Jordan was born July 14, 1989. Jordan earned his bachelor's degree from Nebraska in May of 2013 after majoring in finance, business, marketing and information technology. He earned CoSIDA Academic All-District VII honors in 2013. A Big Ten Distinguished Scholar in 2012 and 2013, he claimed academic All-Big Ten honors in 2012 and 2013. He was a four-time selection to the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll, and was a five-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll. In the community, he earned a prestigious Nebraska Student-Athlete HERO Leadership Award in 2012.
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Career StatisticsLow Round - 69 (Hawkeye Invitational, 4/14/12)Low 54-Hole Score - 220 (twice)Best Tournament Finish - T-17th (Fairway Club Invitational, 9/11/12)Rounds Under Par - 3


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China won't be manipulated in euro chaos
Reports about the possibility of China dumping European bonds in response to debt crisis are absurd.
OK, let's figure out some other way
to take the euro down.
I am talking about what now looks to be the totally specious report by the Financial Times that the Chinese were going to dump their holdings in European bonds, something I dismissed last night as highly unlikely, because unlike the US, the tariff-happy Europeans would have quickly put import duties on the 25% of Chinese exports that head to Europe.
story seemed too perfectly timed. Lots of hedge funds --which are known for betting on falling stocks -- have had a great May and
it would have been horrible to ruin that performance with a couple of good days
inspired by American fundamentals and a better Chinese market.
So, I think, we had a whole new factor at work Wednesday, something I will call the "markdown" factor.
you recall, we were having a slam-bang session with the Dow ($INDU) up
133 points, when the Financial Times "broke" the story about
the potential Chinese bond dumping. I thought the story was pretty absurd if
not "evergreen" as this is what the bears used to say the Chinese
would do about what must be the greatest investment in the history of
communism: long-term US government bonds.
But other outlets seized on it when the euro fell and that was all she wrote, and a drop of 200 points enveloped us.
It hit me this morning: Hedge funds at the margin are the only games in town, meaning they are the ones who are controlling prices. Equity inflows have stopped since the "flash crash." The equity inflows were never that substantive anyway and the individual investor is closing accounts and fleeing to anything, including housing, as Bob Toll, the CEO of Toll Brothers (TOL) said last night. So hedge funds, like the mutual funds of olden yore, have to protect their gains.
Who isn't fretting about bonds worldwide? The fact that the story hit at a maximum impact moment felt as if it were planted by people desperate to preserve their lead.
Today we see how hard it is to manipulate the Chinese. That country knows where its dumplings are buttered --- do they butter dumplings? -- and quickly dismissed the story lest the retaliation begin today. Smart guys.
It's crummy timing for the bears, but great timing for the bulls, with only one day left in the month. Do they have the firepower to keep it up? I doubt it.
But they have the Chinese on their side and a globe-trotting Tim Geithner and no quitting on "top kill" yet, so after a 12% decline in May, the return to where we were before the story floated looks to be in the cards.
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