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I made this for my husband as stated the first time and we really liked it. We had almost enough for a second dinner, so to augment, I added about 1/4 pound of sliced sausage and 1/2 pound of sauteed mushrooms. Even more delicious, so I think I will make it that way in the future. Also, my package of pierogis contained 28 and not 20. I only used 20, but would augment as noted above and add the entire package of pierogis the next time.
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StacyYC Posted: 11/12/13
Easy and tasty, especially on a cold night. Like others said, I used the whole box of mini-pierogis. I could not find unsalted chicken stock so I used the regular kind and just did not add any additional salt to it. It was plenty salty. Will make again for sure.
taves7 Posted: 03/18/14
So good & easy to make. This was great! Me and my DC loved it! I added some extra spices to the mix but kept it mostly the same.
starinmypocket Posted: 01/03/14
My kids and I love this recipe, it's become a regular at our house. I did cut back on the Thyme, and I haven't been able to find the mini pierogi either, but other than that it's a great recipe.
kbwaldman Posted: 11/25/13
Very comforting and tasty. I added some fresh herbs (thyme, parsley, and basil) along with extra black pepper. I browned the chicken breasts whole and simmered in the soup to cook through, then pulled them out and shredded them to add back at the end. At the end, I also tossed in a handful of frozen peas. And like others. I used the whole box of mini pierogi. The finished soup was a bit thicker than I would like, so I added an extra 1/2 c. broth and I got one extra bowl. I will make again when craving chicken and dumplings but want something quick.
lisarigby Posted: 03/04/14
This recipe is an example of why I love Cooking Light: using readily available ingredients in creative ways to pull together a delicious meal on a busy day. Using frozen pierogis in soup is brilliant! Delicious and I am making this again.
Cat053 Posted: 08/18/13
Just made this for the family last night. It was indeed quick, easy, and awesome.
JillyBurke Posted: 09/09/13
Needs more salt or low sodium stock as opposed to unsalted.
katykaro Posted: 09/02/13
Made for our first chilly fall night, and it was awesome! I added some peas and used the whole box of the pierogies (28 instead of 20) but we had enough left over for lunch tomorrow. Will for sure make this again because it was so quick but the husband thought it had cooked all day.
JoSkeen Posted: 09/24/13
Quick, easy and super kid friendly. I didn't have the mini-pierogis and had tho use the full size ones but they worked just fine.
SoleilVA Posted: 11/10/13
I wouldn't say this is worthy of a special occasion, but I gave it four stars because it tastes very good and can tick off a lot of winter food cravings like chicken pot pie, chicken and dumplings, a hearty stew, etc. Guilt-free comfort food. I used low sodium chicken broth and added some salt...it does need it. A few extra turns on the pepper mill don't hurt, either. It was easy to make and I got dinner for two and two lunches out of it. I accidentally bought the full-size pierogies, but they worked out fine--just had to cook it longer. Those come 12 to a box; I used the whole box and included three per serving. I also like the serving size to calorie ratio on this one...it's a decent portion for not too many calories. Admittedly, I don't love the packaged food aspect (and I don't like that these items are showing up more in CL recipes), but it is a convenient and clever use of the pierogies.
citizenkym Posted: 10/22/13
This is such a go-to recipe for me now. Satisfies my need for pot pie, chicken and dumplings, and mashed potatoes all at once. It's a comfort food hat trick! The veggies are easy to replace with whatever you like or have on hand. A new twist classic at our house.
Kdoggett Posted: 03/04/14
Easy and so good! A nice way to have chicken and dumplings with minimal effort.
Vjenningscpm Posted: 10/18/13
Very good! I love pieroges but forget to ever fix them. This was tasty and easy to make. I also chose to not use unsalted broth etc.
IoneTaylor Posted: 09/26/13
This tasted just like chicken pot pie! It was super delicious and satisfying. I made it exactly according to the recipe. It was simple to put together and made a great weeknight meal.
steponme Posted: 11/05/13
My grocery store did not have the mini pierogi, so I used the regular size. I also used a rotisserie chicken. Never heard of this little pasta/dumpling, they're great and very versitile. After doing a query search in MyRecipes, I discovered that CL has a homemade recipe for pierogies; may try it. This recipe was a delicious, comfort meal, a cross between ravioli and chicken pot pie; love them both. Note: I did add a little extra salt, pepper and thyme for my taste.
PastaRD Posted: 11/07/13
It was good! The mini pierogi add lots of flavor. I followed the recipe, with the exceptions of browning the veggies in a little olive oil vs. cooking spray, and added the entire box of 28 pierogi. Fed my family of three with no leftovers!
trophymomha Posted: 10/23/13
This was a very good basic recipe that could benefit from some tweaking. I made the recipe exactly as directed except I added a little extra chicken which I browned in a tsp. of canola oil and I used low sodium chicken broth. I agree with other reviewers that the recipe needs more salt. Even with the addition of the low sodium broth I thought the final dish was a bit bland. I will definitely make this again but will try deglazing the pan with a bit of white wine before adding the flour mixture to give it more depth of flavor, and adding some frozen peas with the pierogies for added veggies. Mushrooms or corn might work well too. As reviewers mentioned, this dish resembled a deconstructed pot pie, so some biscuits for dunking in the rich sauce would be a nice addition to take the place of the crust. As written, this recipe was good. With a little creative tweaking it would be excellent. I Will definitely be making this again as my family loved it.


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The first lesson about using social media is that there isn't really a "right" way to do it. The ways people use it are constantly evolving, and the platforms themselves are constantly changing. But you don't have to keep up with every change to make it work for you and your organization.
What you do have to do is be authentic, ready to engage with people, and consistent. What people want to see when they follow an organization or "like" a company is a lot of activity with frequent updates, but they don't want to hear canned messages; they want to hear someone's voice. The authentic voice is the key to social engagement—people like to feel as though they have an "in" with the company they are following, that they have some sort of connection with real, live people on the other end.
Facebook is probably one of the most dominant social media sites out there. More than 500 million people are on Facebook, and it's one of the best ways to create engagement with your audience. Why? Because Facebook is more about conversation than Twitter, which is more broadcast-oriented. Facebook allows you to connect directly with your audience by enabling you to respond to questions, to comment on what people are saying, to start discussions, to post pictures and links that your audience may find relevant, and so forth. (To be clear, Twitter does allow a lot of these things, but it's more organic on Facebook.)
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2457 AD. The longest space voyage in history has begun: 230 light years from a ravaged Earth to the pristine star system of New Eden — a beacon of hope following the Doom Star days. Aboard the ship are human colonizers, the Space Navy, fierce "Monitors" once bred to fight Cyborgs, and four "Specials" — humans with psionic abilities, capable of ripping holes in space to jump vast distances. But one Special has his own agenda and when an alien presence makes an offer he can't refuse, the entire mission takes a deadly turn. Cyrus Gant, a former Dust-dealing gang member from Earth's subterranean slums, is onto the renegade Special. And while his psi powers aren't as strong as he might like, Cyrus's street smarts more than make up for this seeming disadvantage. This will be crucial, because as the ship makes the final, frightening leap toward New Eden, Cyrus is everyone's last hope for survival.
Alien Honor is Vaughn Heppner's opening book in the Fenris series, which is set in 2457 AD. Humans are using telepaths to power FTL (faster-than-light) spaceships. The majority of the book focuses on Cyrus Gant, a gritty gang boss who was plucked out of the slums and trained in a special program for the development of telepathic humans. Earth sends a colonizing ship 230 light years to the New Eden star system with hope for a new beginning. Of course, things go horribly wrong and we encounter dinosaurs in space posing as philosopher-kings, as one does when venturing into space.
Vaughn Heppner is ambitious. SF is a genre known for tackling issues of social inequality set against an alien backdrop as a means of providing alternative perspective. We encounter interspecies slavery, telepath typecasting, and military stereotypes reinforcing the old misguided mantra of stronger=bigger=better. Unfortunately, Heppner's near continual use of contemporary language/slang became an increasing source of irritation. The story is set over four hundred years in our future, yet Heppner has characters dropping insults like "prick" and "bastards." Anytime I stumbled across characters using present-day language and contemporary idioms, it yanked me out of Heppner's world.
Jeff Cummings narrates the audiobook and does a fair job. As a reader, he never becomes bigger than the story. There were times when I felt his delivery was overdramatic and slower in pace than I am accustomed to, but this is minor.
Personally, I felt things picked up nicely when the dinosaurs came on the scene. I mean come on, space Velociraptor cast as philosopher-king. You know what that means, right? Philosoraptor, YEAH-BABY!!!
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The SFFaudio Podcast #232 – Scott, Jesse, Jenny, and Tamahome talk about The Prestige by Christopher Priest.
Talked about on today's show:
Simon Vance, Blackstone Audio, The Prestige (2006), explicit, cursing vs. casting spells, I'm going to trick you, a nice complement to the book, Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, Momento, The Princess Bride, epistolary, Dracula, Pike's Peak, Colorado Springs, under the influence of the man on top of the mountain, David Bowie, Nikola Tesla, Any sufficiently advanced technology…, what is the genre?, Gothic fiction, old fashioned horror, Science Fiction, Scott's review, Fantasy, a nice twist of Lovecraft, the deaths, "the other detective" (Jenny's Freudian slip), a mystery, Sherlock Holmes, the prestige materials, Borden vs. Angier, Penn & Teller, seance (fake) vs. prestidigitation (the pact), the pledge -> the turn -> the prestige, you ruined our act, "when Simon Vance says…", "some days you love me, some days you don't", did she know?, the honest liar, Christian Bale, does it matter who sired a child matter if you're identical twin may have inseminated your wife?, which twin is it (the father or the uncle), Fallon, doubling, everything is doubled, a double agent, Olivia or Julia?, Andrew Wesley Borden -> Nicolas Julius Borden, Lord Caldlow, a book with two authors, revenge via tribute, A,B,C,D,E,F, what happened when the great-grandson of Borden was three years old?, a repeated pattern, a red herring, invited to Dracula's castle, Franklin was imprisoned in California but his cult has a duplicator in the basement in England, another Angier wraith or the same one?, why Lovecraftian?, wiggling bodies, The Outsider by H.P. Lovecraft, a return to a Gothic home, an explanation for the premise of The Outsider, did the wraith of Angier fail?, 100 times, noir, can the Tesla machine duplicate the soul?, AMAZING!, a side trip, Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, wraiths, "waiting to wake up", telepathy, addicted to transportation, pain and depression, is it a teleportation machine? a photocopier?, Star Trek's transporter, Think Like A Dinosaur by James Patrick Kelly, the metal rod, "that's the thing about science", "more like a real Tesla", Tesla spoke English with an accent, Angier is American in the movie, Hugh Jackman, California, Jesus came out of the tomb, the cult denies the appearance of Franklin, a bi-locating religious fanatic, Angier's first magic practice was at a pub called "The Land And Child", The Church Of Christ Jesus, the history of the house, during WWII it was RAF Transport Command, Christopher Priest is really really smart, Angier -> Anger?, how the French get Angier and Angier and Angier!, his brother, because that's what he's looking for that's what he sees, The Fly (1986), "explicit material", The New Transported Man (PUN!) vs. In A Flash, a doubling and a denialing of the doubling, "he's really stuck on the doubling", The Lamb is The child, pointless and flat women, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, wooden women, Katherine, Borden's wife's journals, it's a guy show really, everybody gets the short shrift except for these two and a half guys, where in literature are women magicians, Now You See Me, stage performance magicians, why doesn't Luke Burrage go into magic?, Luke is the evil twin, would she wear the tophat?, Zatana (DC Comics), a female magician who acts as the assistant, a missed opportunity, Lady Katherine is very enigmatic and is playing some sort of game, a wink from The Invisible Man (by H.G. Wells), playing cards hidden under pint glasses, the James Patrick Kelly problem, killing yourself is ok if you have a copy?, Identity Theft by Robert J. Sawyer, John Scalzi's Old Man's War handwaves the problem away, they don't rot?, was the soul transported too?, What's with the echo?, Angier's cancer goes into remission when the ghostly Angier gets closer, Good Kirk vs. Rapey Kirk, wimpy Kirk need the rapey Kirk, recombination, complete transfers work well for the transported Angiers, Borden's injury, Angier's injury, the Borden seaside history is all lies, the Bordens were cartwrights and coopers, IT'S ALL LIES, stop with the woodworking (the JESUS motif again), one of the mes, when did they start living as one man, you're supposed to apply the lesson of the Chinese magician to the entire story, one of the few things unchanged between the book and the movie, a fake that's also true (doubling again), the timeline is somewhat mysterious, one of the Borden's is more of a writer and the other is more of an editor, "I'm staying with my girlfriend", fantastic narrative, a relatively modern book that will become and remain a classic, it's porous and open and hard, book vs. movie, Tam fell asleep and became confused, beautiful moments, Tesla is almost like a magician, he is like a wizard, brilliant genius weirdo, the nemesis, Thomas Alva Edison vs. Tesla (doubling), AC vs. DC, Edison's DC vs. Tesla's AC, and ultimately a synthesis, electrifying an elephant, "it's like they were two magicians competing", Nyarlathotep by H.P. Lovecraft is about a Tesla-like character doing essentially a Tesla-show, possibly an elder god, Dracula Edison Gothic Horror Science Fiction Horror Detective Noir Fantasy, The Inverted World, The Islanders, twins, fraternal twins vs. identical twins, the Christopher Priest Wikipedia entry, denouement, a tie-in edition of the paperbook, the movie's editing, The Magic by Christopher Priest, David Langford's review:
"It seems entirely logical that Christopher Priest's latest novel should centre on stage magic and magicians. The particular brand of misdirection that lies at the heart of theatrical conjuring is also a favourite Priest literary ploy – the art of not so much fooling the audience as encouraging them to fool themselves… The final section is strange indeed, more Gothic than sf in flavour, heavy with metaphorical power. There are revelations, and more is implied about the peculiar nature of the Angier/Tesla effect's payoff or "prestige" – a term used in this sense by both magicians. The trick is done; before and after, Priest has rolled up both sleeves; his hands are empty and he fixes you with an honest look. And yet … you realise that it is necessary to read The Prestige again. It's an extraordinary performance, his best book in years, perhaps his best ever. Highly recommended."
a prestigious career in newspapers, he wants to be a dead body (or many), the great reveal was surprising, Frankenstein, very much in the Gothic tradition.
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The SFFaudio Podcast #228 – READALONG: Last And First Men by Olaf Stapledon
Filed under: Podcasts
The SFFaudio Podcast #228 – Jesse and Jenny talk about the Last And First Men by Olaf Stapledon.
Talked about on today's show:
the near and far future, not a novel, an imagined planetary history, the scope, Penguin Books, philosophy, the introduction, The Iron Heel by Jack London, a future history, human civilizations, two thousand million years (two billion years), universes => galaxy, man is a small part of the universe, Starmaker by Olaf Stapledon, Doctor Who, 2001: A Space Odyssey, what the plot would look like if there was one, the eighteen periods of man, evolution and construction, it's set in 1930, is there ever an end to humanity?, Last Men In London by Olaf Stapledon, Last And First Men was popular in its day, Stapledon served in the ambulance service in WWI, plotlessness, period themes, the flying theme, the depletion of fossil fuels, The Mote In God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, Venus, Mars, Neptune, the Martians, the Venusians, the genocide on Venus, Luke Burrage (the Science Fiction Book Review Podcast), racism, a Science Fiction mythology, the poetic musical ending, deep time, to the end of the Earth and beyond, Stapledon as an historian, civilizations always fall, there's no one thing that ends civilizations, humanity as a symphony, the returns to savagery, establishing the pattern, Arthur C. Clarke, The House On The Borderlands by William Hope Hodgson, The Night Lands, The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, H.P. Lovecraft and cosmicism, the Wikipedia entry for Last And First Men, Fritz Leiber, Forrest Ackerman, scientificion, matchless poignancy, S. Fowler Wright, Lovecraft's love of the stars (astronomy), one of the species of man is a monkey, another a rabbit, no jokes but perhaps humour, a cosmic joke, monkeys have made human their slaves, Planet Of The Apes, an ability to hear at the subatomic level, intelligence, a fourteen foot brain supported by ferroconcrete, obsession with gold, obsession with diamonds, pulping people, it's written like a history textbook or essays, the Patagonia explosion, the upstart volcanoes, Earth Abides by George R. Stewart, The Scarlet Plague by Jack London, chiseling knowledge into granite, Olaf loved coming up with different sexual relationships, the 20 year pregnancy, suicide, euthanasia, an unparalleled imagination, groupthink, telepathy, oversimplification, we must press on, the baboon-like submen, the seal-like Submen, the divergence of man into other ecological niches, the number of ants in New York, ecosystems, nuclear weapons, robots are missing, where is the robot man?, the over-emphasis on fossil fuels as the only source of energy, if you could see us now, post-humans, ultimately a love letter to humanity, not aww but awwww!, Starmaker as a masterpiece, Sirius, uplifting a dog, a fantasy of love and discord, dog existentialism, who am I and where is my bone?, Olaf Stapledon in the PUBLIC DOMAIN, influential vs. famous, a very different read.
Posted by Jesse Willis
The Coming Of The Ice by G. Peyton Wertenbaker
Filed under: Online Audio
I posted about this story, as part of a larger LibriVox collection, back in 2009. Then, I described it thusly:
The Coming Of The Ice explains the strange and sad fate of a man who undergoes an operation to make him immortal (and sterile).
I had somehow forgotten about it. But, as I heard someone describe it recently I was reminded of it, tracked it down again, and enjoyed it wholly afresh today.
The Coming Of The Ice deserves to be far better known. Not only is it a really terrific story, but the narration, by Giles Baker, is absolutely outstanding too!
Sam Moskowitz, in his introduction to the 1961 reprint of The Coming Of The Ice wrote the following about it:
One of the gravest editorial problems faced by the editors of AMAZING STORIES when they launched its first issue, dated April, 1926, was the problem of finding or developing authors who could write the type of story they needed. As a stop-gap, the first two issues of AMAZING STORIES were devoted entirely to reprints. But reprints were to constitute a declining portion of the publication's contents for the following four years. The first new story the magazine bought was Coming Of The Ice, by G. Peyton Wertenbaker, which appeared in its third issue. Wertenbaker was not technically a newcomer to science fiction, since he had sold his first story to Gernsback's SCIENCE AND INVENTION, The Man From the Atom, in 1923 when he was only 16! Now, at the ripe old age of 19, he was appearing in the world's first truely complete science fiction magazine. The scope of his imagination was truly impressive and, despite the author's youth, Coming of
the Ice builds to a climax of considerable power.
Back in 1926 the editorial introduction, presumably by Hugo Gernsback himself, said this about The Coming Of The Ice:
This powerful and tragic story by the author of "The Man From The Atom" tells of a man who acquired terrestrial immortality – tells of a world many centuries hence – a time when everything is changed. This one man remains as a relic of the 20th century, He is alone with strangely developed human beings, the product of ages of evolution. Climactic changes are taking place. The world begins to grow cold. New York is almost in the Arctic region and Italy is covered with snow all the year around. In spite of their enormous intellectual development, all human beings must perish. Our hero alone can withstand the intense cold. He wanted eternal life – and he got it – eternal life, purely intellectual. What does he do with all his years? And how does he enjoy them?, Read this powerful story.
The Coming Of The Ice
By G. Peyton Wertenbaker; Read by Giles Baker
1 |MP3| – Approx. 40 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: February 4, 2009
"Strange men, these creatures of the hundredth century, men with huge brains and tiny, shriveled bodies, atrophied limbs, and slow, ponderous movements on their little conveyances … it was then that I was forced to produced my tattered old paper, proving my identity and my story." First published in Amazing Stories, June 1926.
Here are two PDF versions:
Amazing Stories, June 1926 |PDF|
Amazing Stories, July 1961 |PDF|
[Thanks also to David T. and Carlo!]
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The SFFaudio Podcast #217 – NEW RELEASES/RECENT ARRIVALS
Filed under: Audio Drama, New Releases, Podcasts, Recent Arrivals
The SFFaudio Podcast #217 – Jesse, Tamahome, Jenny, and Marrisa VU talk about audiobook NEW RELEASES and RECENT ARRIVALS.
Talked about on today's podcast:
Hammer Chillers, Mr. Jim Moon, British audio drama horror anthology, Hammer Films, Janette Winterson, Paul Magrs, Stephen Gallagher, the official physical list, spaceship sci-fi, Honor Harrington, David Weber, Audible.com, Horatio Hornblower in space, broadsides and pirates, gravity propulsion, Steve Gibson, a telepathic treecat, Lois McMaster Bujold, Luke Burrage (The Science Fiction Book Review Podcast), David Drake, S.M. Stirling, 90% of Lois McMaster Bujold's sales are audiobooks, Sword & Laser, a girl writer, Prisoners Of Gravity, religion, J.R.R. Tolkien, George R.R. Martin isn't Tolkien deep, secondary world, The Curse Of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold, Blackstone Audio, Paladin Of Souls, Miles Vorkosigan, low magic vs. high magic, high fantasy, Westeros world vs. Harry Potter world, the Red Wedding (and the historical inspiration), the guest host relationship, John Scalzi, Redshirts, Agent To The Stars, The Human Division, The Ghost Brigades, Old Man's War, William Dufris, Wil Wheaton as a narrator (is great at 2x speed), snarky comedic Scalzi stories, Little Brother by Cory Doctorow, Kirby Heyborne, Fuzzy Nation, Andrew L., Starforce Series, Mark Boyette, military SF, Legend: Area 51 by Bob Meyer, Eric G. Dove, traditional fantasy, epic fantasy, conservative fantasy, elves princes quests, fewer tattoos more swords, Elizabeth Moon, Graphic Audio, truck drivers, comic books, westerns, post-apocalyptic gun porn, Paladin's Legacy, Limits Of Power, elves, simultaneous release, Vatta's War, horses in space, The Deed Of Paksenarrion, Red Sonja, non-beach armor, Elizabeth Moon was a marine, sounds pretty hot, Any Other Name, the split-world series, Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, The Assassination Of Orange, Terpkristin's review of The Mongoliad Book 1, The Garden Of Stones by Mark T. Barnes, books are too long!, books are not edited!, cut it down, self-contained books, find the good amongst the long and the series, Oberon's Dreams by Aaron Pogue, Taming Fire, Oklahoma, urban fantasy, Blue Blazes by Chuck Wendig, Adam Christopher, blah blah blah quote quote quote, "Wow I've never read anything like this before!, a head like a wrecking-ball, cool artwork, Lovecraft sounds like the book of Jeremiah, Net Galley, a Chuck Wendig children's book, Under The Empyrean Sky, The Rats In The Walls, "two amorphous idiot flute players", Old Testament Lovecraft, Emperor Mollusc Vs. The Sinister Brain by A. Lee Martinez, lucky Bryce, Legion by Brandon Sanderson, we have sooo many reviewers!, Deadly Sting by Jennifer Estep, Jill Kismet, Flesh Circus by Lilith Saintcrow, Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors, a vampire child, B.V. Larson, The Bone Triangle, Hemlock Grove (the Netflix series), True Blood, Arrested Development, House Of Cards, House Of Lies, The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu, Angry Robot, the Angry Robot Army, a complete list, Peter Kline, in the style of Lost, The Lost Room by Fitz James-O'Brien, Myst, Simon & Schuster, Random House, Joyland by Stephen King, Hard Case Crime, Charles Ardai, HCC-013, Haven, The Colorado Kid, setting not action, mapbacks, Iain M. Banks died, the Culture series, Inversions, Player Of Games, Brick By Brick: How LEGO Rewrote The Rules Of Innovation And Conquered The Global Toy Industry by David Robertson and Bill Breen, Downpour.com, At The Mountains Of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft, Edward Herrmann, Antarctica, Miskatonic University, The Gilmore Girls, M*A*S*H, 30 Rock, The Shambling Guide To New York City by Mur Lafferty, New York, great cover!, Spoken Freely … Going Public in Shorts, Philip K. Dick, Edgar Allan Poe, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Turetsky, Xe Sands, The Yellow Wallpaper, The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes, a time-traveling serial killer, Chicago, Jenny's Reading Envy blog, fantasy character names, Ringworld by Larry Niven, Louis Wu, The Shift Omnibus Edition by Hugh Howey, The Wool Series (aka The Silo Series) by Hugh Howey, a zombie plague of Hugh Howey readers, why is there no audiobook for Fair Coin by E.C. Myers?, The Monkey's Paw, YA, Check Wendig on YA, what is a "fair coin", rifling through baggage, dos-à-dos, The Ocean At The End Of The Lane by Neil Gaiman, Coraline, The Graveyard Book, Odd And The Frost Giants, The Wolves In The Walls, Audible's free Neil Gaiman story, Cold Colors, Shoggoth's Old Peculiar, Audible download history and Amazon's Kindle 1984, the world is Big Brother these days, George Orwell, dystopia, BLOPE: A Story Of Segregation, Plastic Surgery, And Religion Gone Wrong By Sean Benham, The Hunger Games, Philip K. Dick, The Man In The High Castle, alternate history, Antiagon Fire by L.E. Modesitt, Jr., William Dufris, what podcasts are you listening to?, Sword & Laser, Dan Carlin's Common Sense, Dan Carlin's Hardcore History, Sword & Laser's interview with Lois McMaster Bujold, ex-Geek & Sundry, Kim Stanley Robinson, KCRW Bookworm with Michael Silverblatt, The Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, Writing Excuses, A Good Story Is Hard To Find, the Savage Lovecast, WTF with Mark Maron, depressed but optimistic, Maron, Point Of Inquiry, Daniel Dennet, Neil deGrasse Tyson, S.T. Joshi, how do you become a Think Tank, a weird civil society thing, Star Ship Sofa's SofaCON, Peter Watts, Protecting Project Pulp, Tales To Terrify, Crime City Central, the District Of Wonders network, Larry Santoro, Fred Himebaugh (@Fredosphere),
Beyond the valleys, green and grand,
Peek the frightened eyes of the weak colossal Stan,
the giant boy of infant lands.
Stan grasps with Herculean hands the pinnacle peaks,
Clutching feebly with avalanche force.
It's azure bulky hides his enormous and titanic hulk
From the frightening lights of the big small city.
Stan's fantastic feet,
Like ocean liners parked in port.
His colossal thighs,
Like thunderous engines resting silently for a storm to come.
His tremendous teeth like hoary skyscrapers shaking in an earthquake,
like a heavenly metropolis quivering beneath a troubled brow,
above a wet Red Sea of silent tongue.
Stan, insecure in his cyclopean mass,
Feels fear for his future beyond the warm chill range of the bowl-like hills
That house his home and heart.
Stan fears a fall filled with
Judging eyes,
Whispered words,
Of mockery and shame.
How could city slick students stand Stan's pine scented skin?
His dew dropped pits dripping down in rivulets turned to rivers!
And what does a giant know of school and scholarship?
What can mere tests, of paper and pen, say
For the poor and friendless figure who quakes and sighs
Behind the too small mountain looming high over
A big small city to which young Stan has never been?
SFSqueeCast, vague positivity, Charles Tan, SFFaudio could use more positivity, Hypnobobs, Batman, weird fiction, Peter Cushing, The Gorgon, Christopher Lee.
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People I Want to Punch
Teresa Strasser: If one more mom tells me, "Go to the movies now, because after you have the baby, you'll never get to go to the movies again," or "Go on a trip now, because once you have the baby, you'll never leave town again," or "Have a date night now, because you will never see your husband again," I am going to punch her right in her tired, defeated face.
Hey, how about you shut your rude, projecting, bitter soup coolers and let me be?
Just let me just deal with the fact that I feel like I've been strapped to the spinning tea cup ride at goddamn Dizzyland for the last 11 weeks.
Allow my nauseated, terrified, pregnancy-hobbled brain to stick to its usual troubling fare, and by that I mean non-stop oscillating between thoughts of various fatal genetic defects and how best to phrase it to people if I end up having a "non-viable pregnancy."
Stop to consider that as a first-time mom-to-be, I'm kind of overstocked with worries right now. It's like you're peddling mortgage-backed securities to AIG. No gracias, I got enough of those and they're all toxic, anyway.
To see me all bulging about the middle is to know I'm in a serious "no backsies" type situation, so keep it to yourself if you think my life will be a dingy wasteland once my bundle of joylessness arrives.
Let's talk about a girl named Kim.
Having heard I was pregnant, she messaged me on Facebook with the following advice, "Take a look at your body right now, because it will never look this way again. Your stomach will be so pock marked and stretched out, there will be nothing you can do about it, so enjoy it now."
I barely know this woman, and while I am impressed at her ability to paint such a richly hued portrait of how crappy I'm going to look, I can't understand what drives her other than pure evil.
Stretch marks are genetic, and they may also be caused by excessive or rapid weight gain. However, what if there is another, more mysterious cause? What if the collagen gods punish people like Kim for being passive-aggressive twats?
You can't laser that away, Kimmy. See you on Punch you in the Facebook.
If I do morph into a bleary-eyed, pock-marked, sad sack with spit-up and organic oatmeal in my hair who is too neurotically attached to her precious child to allow anyone to baby sit, I hope to have enough compassion to lie my saggy ass off when I see a pregnant girl and simply say, "You are going to love being a mom."
|Teresa Strasser is an Emmy-winning writer and Emmy-nominated television host, who also served as co-host of "The Adam Carolla Show." As a journalist, Strasser is a contributor to the L.A. Times and a columnist for the L.A. Jewish Journal. Other TV credits include "Good Day New York," "Good Day Live" and "On Air With Ryan Seacrest." She currently co-hosts "TV Watercooler" on the TV Guide channel. For more, go to TeresaStrasser.com
Im jewish like you, and I envy the days of the "big red tents" when women get together during their periods, and sit and relax for days, make crafts, talk about their bodies, their marriages, and most importantly, their kids.
"Unsolicited" advice in pregnancies is one of the few things left in our society that one is free to do, and makes you feel part of something without filing a membership form.
I fell sorry that you, like many other moms, can not see the whole picture, and just enjoy the moment. Sooner or later, you will find out what "play-dates" are really about: the coffee and the talk.
Marie, you are so right. I loved the attention, the advice, the unsolicited belly rubs, the community of being pregnant; of joining the mommy club.
And while yes, a lot of the horror stories were kind of daunting, at the same time they were NO exaggeration. Actually, there was a lot of stuff that no one warned me about that I wish I'd been better prepared for.
As a new mom, I felt like a failure, like I was doing everything wrong because wow. What a crazy few weeks! But when I talked to other moms I found out, that's normal! I was totally normal! And doing just fine. Ah, other moms. My saving grace.
Good luck to you. Though I'm sure you don't need it from me.
Sigh, I get the whole community support-the-pregnant woman, but I don't get why people are negative. I want the whole on truth from family and friends, but not negative comments from strangers.
I heard similar comments to the author when pregnant, and now with my infant, each stage she gets to I hear "oh enjoy it now because next she'll be doing X and it's down hill from there."
I'm about a week out from delivery and am getting sick of the warnings from coworkers and strangers alike about delivery. At this point I am going to start acting shocked and scared when they warn me about poo-ing on the table and tearing. I think that's what they are hoping for.
People used to say that to me all the time.
Try this instead:
1) operate through life for one day without using your arms and your mouth taped up and try to get stuff accomplished
2) think (really loud) to yourself what you want your husband to take care of. In the future, you'll be able to say it aloud but will find the same results
3) attempt to dress a drunken frat boy and try to make a specific appointment (on time) with that drunken frat boy. That's a great glimpse into your daily existence in getting a kid or more ready for school, to attend a party or get to a train on time.
4) Give anyone annoying you a lollipop, a toy or a knife just to shut them up. This is a great exercise especially when attending a funeral or making a deposit at an ATM.
5) from now on, use public bathrooms but leave the stall door open for all to see. this will prep you for the humiliating and ever-lasting experience of having an entourage with you to pee, poop or even change a tampon.
If you are planning to return to work, please let me know and i'll help you through the exercises of that pleasant experience too!
PS. I really do love my kids and family. But that is really what it feels like unless you have an obedient husband and/or a nanny :-)
Perhaps they are giving you a heads up on how your life will change becasue no one gave them a heads up.
Furthermo, we as a society keep perpetuting this myth of the "perfect" mom and post baby bodies of actresses don't help either (Hey there's Jessica Alba bad to her perfect bod two months after giving birth!)
Thank God for other women being honest - like Brooke Shields and post partum depression and these women you want to punch.
Get one of these put on a shirt:
"Please submit all L&D horror stories in writing to File 13 clerk for processing"
"I like horror movies not horror stories"
"Don't make me puke on you"
and my fav
"I can lose the weight, You can't lose the ugly"
They help keep the bad advice away, and your real friends just laugh at them with you.
This is hysterical. Yeah, right on! Other women's experiences will not necessarily be yours.
I laughed out loud at the truth of what you wrote, and though I haven't been in the position of receiving such advice yet (TTC), I've definitely internalized that advice I've heard given to other women. Keep writing!
Could you help me. I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
I am from Guatemala and also now teach English, give please true I wrote the following sentence: "Fleas and ticks can cause serious health problems for your cat."
With love :), Galt.
Good afternoon. So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.
I am from Andorra and also now'm speaking English, give true I wrote the following sentence: "They added interviews of serjeants' inn very after being revealed to the music, apply lace wigs."
Regards :-) Merrick.
Yep i hated advice like that and all kinds of other "helpful" advice that i have since my kids were born.
Perfect. Absolutely perfect.
tubal pregnancy concern more conscious from the women because the pregnancy after the tubal reversal is not an easy and simple task and it just like the health threat if you don't follow the rules and cautions. Following are the important symptoms if you find during pregnancy so must be consult with your doctor. these symptoms are as follows. these symptoms are as follows vaginal bleeding, abdominal cramping or pain, or pain during bowel movements.
In the very early phase, tubal pregnancy symptoms are just like those of a healthy pregnancy. A little daybreak illness, some breast tenderness, being tired, and missed periods – the same symptoms that lead to the pregnancy diagnosis. A little bit into the pregnancy, however, some other cryptogram that the pregnancy may be ectopic may occur. Such symptoms include cramping or pain in the abdomen, spotting, and dizziness or light-headedness. If the pregnancy is not determined ectopic until the tube in fact ruptures, the symptoms include severe, sharp, or sudden pain. A tubal pregnancy happens when the fertilized egg does not achieve its objective – the uterus – and instead becomes implanted in a fallopian tube.
The actual tubal ligation reversal is a long-lasting and exacting procedure, requiring exaggeration and very fine suture material. The surgery is performed under general or regional anesthesia. The average operating time is just about 3 hours. Most women are able to return to their normal behavior or work within four to six weeks. If a woman is considering this surgery, her physician may review the operative and pathology notes from the initial tubal ligation. Additional information may also be gained from an HSG (tubal dye test). Finally, if any doubt exists that the procedure would have a good chance of success, the physician may perform a diagnostic laparoscopy before deciding if there is a good chance that the tubal ligation can be effectively reversed.
The actual tubal ligation reversal is a long-lasting and exacting procedure, requiring exaggeration and very fine suture material. The surgery is performed under general or regional anesthesia. The average operating time is just about 3 hours. Most women are able to return to their normal behavior or work within four to six weeks. If a woman is considering this surgery, her physician may review the operative and pathology notes from the initial tubal ligation. Additional information may also be gained from an HSG (tubal dye test). Finally, if any doubt exists that the procedure would have a good chance of success, the physician may perform a diagnostic laparoscopy before deciding if there is a good chance that the tubal ligation can be effectively reversed
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See and share Beautiful Nature Photos and amazing photos of interesting places
(For Aline)
Because the road was steep and long
And through a dark and lonely land,
God set upon my lips a song
And put a lantern in my hand.
Through miles on weary miles of night
That stretch relentless in my way
My lantern burns serene and white,
An unexhausted cup of day.
O golden lights and lights like wine,
How dim your boasted splendors are.
Behold this little lamp of mine;
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First FletchI don't think that book was meant as a parody. The Zapatista movement is at war with their government. A one party government. They could be right and they could be wrong. Mexican police can be armed thugs too. Any history of Mexico in the Chiapas region will show you that force had been used by the state.


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I hope you can tell that's supposed to me Lordaeron/Under City
I haven't touched my tablet in a good 6+ months.. have a new icon for my inspiration blog.
All done, Adrie! <3 I based it off one of your drawings but I hope you like it anyways :3
I did a thing for a friend and posted it on my main account :D
Tiny 40% version with the general inks done :D
I hope you can tell that's supposed to me Lordaeron/Under City
God I forgot how hard it is to do anything in Teg -__-;;
i am surrounded by jerks and they frustrate me more often then not.
Only happy when it rains.
Felt like drawing me and the waifu in space school girl outfits <3
Hot damn I want that bag now!
Mortimae of the Shattered Sun by ~YellowRibbons
Mortimæ, my discipline and shadow priest. She belongs to the Shattered Sun Offensive before the Alliance.
Tubmlr was messing up the high-res viewing :c
I decided to redraw an old dA ID to see if I'd really gotten better.. turns out I have :D
I see that my instructions have gotten a lot of attention and brought me new followers. Hello and how do you do :D
For those of you who might be wondering what the instructions where for exactly it's for my Etsy shop, ThePaperNebula.


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Pregnancy and Pre-Existing Depression
Depression is probably the most common psychiatric disorder today. As a result, it is a commonly encountered pre-existing condition during pregnancy. Additionally, women have it twice as often as men, and among women, there is an increased tendency toward it during the reproductive years. How the menstrual cycle fits in as a contributing factor is still unknown, as we've only just scratched the surface of the PMS mystery. Certainly borderline depression can be affected by the hormones associated with the menstrual cycle and by pregnancy, too.
Pregnancy is a particularly fertile field for depression to either begin or worsen, if already a problem. There are extra physical, financial, marital, and sexual stresses that come along with pregnancy whether one is ready or not. On top of that, any new, poor self-image feelings associated with pregnancy can reinforce a depressed person's existing negative self-perceptions.
An obstetrician is qualified to handle mild depression, anxiety, "the blues," and general moodiness. But severe depression can be life threatening and is a serious illness that requires the additional care of a psychiatrist. (I'm talking about suicidal tendencies; so all moodiness should be questioned.)
Diagnosing depression can be challenging. For instance, a common cause of depression is thyroid disorder. Many women who have hypothyroidism will present first as a depressed patient, so testing thyroid function is a good idea in any patient complaining of depression. Also, depression can be over-diagnosed. For instance, if a woman's husband has just died in a car crash, her house has burned down, she's been mugged and beaten up recently, and she's seeking medical attention for depression. Her condition is probably not an illness but a reasonable reaction to recent events. The point of this ridiculous example is that it's not inappropriate to be "bummed out" over really bad events in one's life. Clinical depression, on the other hand, often causes inappropriate reactions to things, known or unknown.
Predisposing Factors
There are predisposing factors that make depression more likely.
These are:
- Childhood trauma, like the death or illness of a parent or sibling
- Childhood sexual abuse, which distorts the well-being of a person on many levels
- Family history of depression
- Lower socioeconomic status (poverty)
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The world is and always has been a seemingly scary place. From cavemen too freaked out to go outside at night coz of that fuckin bear or tiger running around eatin shit, to politicians and public figures being very damn careful about the very words out of their mouths in order to keep themselves credible to some degree…
me? im not much. im a musician in my 30's with a privileged lifestyle in terms of most, less concerned therefore less knowledgeable about global issues unless they're put directly in front of my face. But i am, just like anyone else on earth, awarded with personal views, whether i choose to express them is entirely up to me.
As a species, were pretty far from perfect. It seems our cultures are divided up into separate planets in some cases. We all have different systems of belief, which is what i think the big problem is. Not to say "oh well gee, the simple solution here is to just HEY lets all just get together, share the same beliefs and work at our problems as a single unit" that's not going to happen soon. Not in my lifetime i feel.
In fact, that might not even be the solution to anything for all i know. Online social media has done both some amazing and terrible things. Hell, i owe my own personal success to online social media… i really do. Im sure there are millions of more success stories to come of social media in the future as well… but, it's an all encompassing giant, spanning across virtually every topic conceivable, not just "hey check this guy out". everything from "sup twitter im taking a shit" to "Konys a big asshole" to "stop this privacy bill" … we can't very well distrubute the weight of the entirety of social media on ONE issue or topic… but sometimes we do for some reason, which is the result of a "trend".. Some trends benefit the personal success of a single entity, some draw attention to causes, and others let me know just how biebers hair is fuckin doin.
you obviously cant measure the actual "value" or "score" of a trend in terms of its nobility, value, priority, sometimes it seems all you can do is just follow the numbers.
If i had to interpret trends as "information" my view on the world would probably be, "oh okay, lets see here… Lady gaga is touring, syria is burning, snookis pregnant, lol, were all watching the grammys coz yeah, its the grammys, and oh theres some war criminal in Uganda exploiting children, and yeah, that makes me mad, so ill retweet that to get other people mad"
yeah, check me out crazy newsroom guy from the film "Network" … YOU HAVE TO GET MAD…. GOD DAMNIT, IM MAD AS HELL, AND IM NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE"
well YES… i do get a lot upset inside when war is waging in other lands, and im sitting here making music, or planning a tour. Seems the only thing i can do is just read up about a little more about it, maybe spread a little more "awareness". But to me "awareness" is a funny thing…
So there i was standing outside my house as it was burning down. To create awareness, i screamed out loud, i tweeted, i facebooked, "HOLY FUCK, EVERYONE… MY FUCKING HOUSE IS BURNING DOWN" everyone came over… and we were all very upset, we talked about it, we raised more awareness… yeah.. everyone was well aware that my shit was burning down. Then my fucking house burnt down.
What would have been awesome is if people brought a hose, or a bucket of water, or something that might subdue the flames.
So obviously, yes, creating awareness to global issues is a wonderful thing… but out of all that awareness, how much action is possible? obviously if it were a matter of simple math, say for every 10 people who knew about something then one person does something, then ergo, the more awareness the better…. but a funny thing happens with social media…. weve got awareness overload… what action can be taken across such different world views? Im not debunking any particular cause or claim here… but i just feel like the world is so far separated in belief systems and cultures that we need to overcome QUITE a few more global conflicts and culture clash before we can globally solve a problem overnight.
I dont know, im nothing even close to a philanthropist, politician or nothing even NEAR an activist or even fucking EDUCATED for that matter. This isnt gospel. (thats another fuckin story right there) I just want to encourage more people to think for themselves more often… were all very apt at "spreading awareness" as a nation, a culture, WE HAVE THAT SHIT DOWN. Let's focus a little more on what kinds of peaceful resolve and positive action *insert grain of salt here* (according to our western values) can be taken to resolve a global issue. By asking the people claiming to be the "frontmen of the cause" (which is no doubt, usually a noble cause) who are asking for money or attention, WHERE is this going, HOW is it getting there, WHERE is the data, WHO is doing the footwork, and most importantly what are the predicted results.
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Physicist Bruce Macintosh heads the GPI project that has resulted in the most powerful tool so far for directly imaging exoplanets.
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Emerging Trends in Environment and Economic Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean
July 22, 2010 // 9:30am — 12:30pm
Economic development and environmental sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean are intrinsically connected. Experts discuss trends likely to shape the economy and natural environment in the region for the next 10 years.
Meeting the Health Challenge of Urban Poverty and Slums
July 20, 2010 // 12:00pm — 1:15pm
The rapid urbanization of the developing world has brought the growth of slums and increases in urban poverty. Two leading experts examined how non-health- specific programs in urban areas such as housing, water and sanitation, infrastructure improvements and micro finance can improve the health conditions in slums.
Defusing the Bomb: Overcoming Pakistan's Population Challenge
June 09, 2010 // 9:00am — 4:30pm
According to UN mid-range projections for Pakistan, the country's population—currently about 185 million—will rise to 335 million by 2050. Experts examine both the challenges and opportunities of Pakistan's demographics.
Immigration, Jobs, and the Economy
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The Places We Live: Slums & Urban Poverty in the Developing World
April 30, 2010 // 10:00am — 12:00pm
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Lecture: "Respect: Nourishing Goodness in Education"
March 25, 2010 // 5:00pm — 7:00pm
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March 09, 2010 // 2:00pm — 3:30pm
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February 24, 2010 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
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January 25, 2010 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
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Stephen Moore is a Singapore-based journalist and industry consultant with more than 20 years of experience in writing on technical matters. Fluent in Japanese, and initially writing for a Tokyo-based technology wire service, Stephen worked for McGraw-Hill's Tokyo bureau as Asia-Pacific Editor for its Chemical Engineering and Modern Plastics titles, earlier in his career.
Since September 2012, Stephen has been the inaugural contributor to ThomasNet News' Fluid & Gas Flow Journal. Since 2003, he has written for several publications as a freelance journalist, including Modern Plastics Worldwide, Injection Molding Magazine, Plastics Today, Australian Manufacturing Technology, Plastics Age, Turbomachinery Magazine, and Platopia.
Stephen is a graduate of New Zealand's Auckland University, with a B.S. in Chemistry. He holds a M.S. degree from the University of Tokyo. A Japanese Ministry of Education (Monbusho) Scholar, Stephen has been published in the Japan Journal of Applied Physics.
Japanese Supplier's Friction-Free Ball/Seat Design Minimizes Maintenance
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The design, which uses a off-center rotating ball valve and a removable side flange to access the valve seat for in-place replacement, maximizes uptime.
UF/NF Membranes Push New Extremes in Aggressive Process Stream Filtration
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An Israeli company is positioning its ultrafiltration and nanofiltration membranes, made of proprietary materials, as being ready for extreme pH, temperature, and pressure conditions.
Twin-Screw Pumps Focus On the Food Industry
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The food processing industry is taking a closer look at twin-screw pumps for the product quality they yield despite their costlier upfront investment.
Azbil Looks to Grow in North America, Soon to Launch Advanced Valve Positioner
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Japan's Azbil, formerly known as Yamatake, will debut the AVP700 Series valve positioners and target global markets with the product. Company is also building a North American product development base.
Closed-Loop Evaporative System Touted for Process Fluid Cooling
November 13, 2013 By Stephen Moore Leave a Comment
Heat exchanger maker J.D. Cousins has introduced a closed-loop evaporative system for cooling or condensing process fluids and gases. Process fluids are protected within tube bundles.
Chemical-Free Effluent Treatment Takes Aim at Manufacturing Wastewater
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Toshiba is marketing a non-chemical feed filtration system that replaces the use of coagulants with reusable magnetic powder as a filter aid.
Fracking May Raise Arsenic Levels in North Texas Groundwater
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Researchers believe the increased presence of metals could be due to a variety of factors, including faulty gas well casings, mechanical vibrations from natural gas drilling activity disturbing particles in neglected water well equipment, or the lowering of water tables through drought or the removal of water used for the hydraulic fracturing process.
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Electromagnetic Flow Sensor on Diaphragm Pump Bolsters Metering Accuracy
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Jonathan Rosenbergs open letter comes in close after Eric Schmidts unfortunate privacy remarks and unsurprising
When I discussed my predictions for IT next year, I gave one example from Novell. Being without much work, I have had too much free time on my hands, so I have taken to donwloading podcast for my time in the gym. In this I have come across twit. It's not new (in Internet time). It's been around since 2005, and has been started by Leo Laporte, from ZDTV (circa 1998). So this is a project started by so-called old media people.
This is going to be a bad year for IT. While budgeting delays may seem to be the main cause for that, and assuming the current economic crisis is coming to close, I think there is more to it then that.
This year will be the year in which all consumer electronics will be judged in the shadow of Apple.
All of this will be both good and bad for Apple. It will strengthen it's position as a market leader but will also create end-to-end user experiences (device to service) in which apple might not have a hold, or even a share. This will not be a terrible plow to Apple, as it's availability on more US carriers will, at least in the short run, compensate for that.
The Google Phone will most likely be remembered as the spaghetti phone. Whether of not this is a reference device for Google and other developers, or an actual device aimed at consumers or carriers is not relevant right now. It will be relevant when Google will find it to be relevant.