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As such, any errors are my own fault. Also, since the show's jokes rely heavily on improv, I picked some of my favorite jokes for each of those lines. Italics indicate singing. (Lightning flashes and the NARRATOR enters stage right, along with a man with a camel puppet) NARRATOR Oh, I come from a land From a far away place Where the caravan camels roam Where it's flat and immense And the heat is intense It's barbaric, but hey, it's home When the wind's from the east And the sun's from the west And the sand in the glass is right Come on down, stop on by Hop a carpet and fly To another Arabian Night! (sparkles fly out of her hand, the CAMEL exits stage left) Ahhhh, salaam and good evening, weary travelers. Headed towards Agrabah, are we? Well, let me help you pass the time with a tale. The desert night hides a thousand stories! (the stage behind her is revealed, showing JAFAR, IAGO, and PEASANT at the entrance to the CAVE of WONDERS) Ah, the Cave of Wonders. The setting of one of our most famous legends. The tale of the magic lamp. (the NARRATOR exits stage left) CAVE Who dares approach the Cave of Wonders? may enter. All else will perish. JAFAR You are to fetch me that lamp. Now go! Only the diamond in the rough
(the PEASANT enters the Cave, which collapses on him) PEASANT Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh! IAGO Oops. JAFAR That's the third peasant this cave has eaten this week! to become sultan without that lamp? IAGO Lamp, lamp, lamp. that stupid How am I ever
lamp? JAFAR Patience, Iago. That peasant was obviously less than worthy. I think I'm gonna have a heart attack
IAGO Now there's a big surprise! from not surprise JAFAR (grabs IAGO'S neck) Silence!
IAGO Choking bird choking JAFAR We have to find that diamond in the rough. possibly be? Now where could he
(JAFAR and IAGO exit stage right, passing ALADDIN as he runs across from stage right to stage left, pursued by the GUARDS. ) GUARD Halt you worthless street rat! ALADDIN That's MR. Worthless Street Rat to you! MALE CITIZEN That boy has been stealing my apples again! MALE CITIZEN He's a public menace! ALADDIN (appears in a window) Uh, guys, let's not do anything drastic, okay? I mean, you wouldn't attack a guy just for stealing one measly piece of fruit, now, would you? (the GUARDS draw their swords) I'll take that as a yes. (tosses an apple down to the guards) Here, take it back! I didn't want it anyway! MALE CITIZEN Hey! He's getting away! FEMALE CITIZEN That boy is such a nuisance! FEMALE CITIZEN They should put him in the royal dungeon and throw away the key! MALE CITIZEN Somebody stop him!! (the curtain rises to reveal the Agrabah marketplace. ALADDIN runs onstage from stage left, ducking behind the buildings. As he begins to sing, everyone else freezes)
ALADDIN Gotta keep One jump ahead of the bread line One swing ahead of the sword I steal only what I can't afford And that's everything! (everyone resumes motion, and ALADDIN jumps onto a cart) One jump ahead of the lawmen That's all, and that's no joke These guys don't appreciate I'm broke (ALADDIN jumps off the cart and steals bread from a FEMALE CITIZEN) FEMALE CITIZEN Riff raff! GUARD Street rat! CITIZEN Scoundrel! (the HEAD GUARD stops ALADDIN, pushes him to the ground) HEAD GUARD Take that! ALADDIN Just a little snack, guys! (ALADDIN dodges the GUARDS' swords, then ducks behind a group of girls) CROWD Rip him open take it back guys! ALADDIN I can take a hint, gotta face the facts I could use a friend or two GIRLS True! Oh it's sad, Aladdin's hit the bottom He's become a one man rise in crime (ALADDIN, behind a BELLY DANCER, compliments her movements to hide) WOMAN I'd blame parents except he hasn't got em ALADDIN (jumps from behind the BELLY DANCER, and the crowd spots him) Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat Tell you all about it when I got the time (ALADDIN crawls through the crowd on hands and knees as they look for him) One jump ahead of the slow pokes One skip ahead of my doom Next time, gonna use a nom de plume (ALADDIN grabs a feather from a basket) One jump ahead of the hitmen One hit ahead of the flock
GUARD (spots ALADDIN) Hey! ALADDIN I think I'll take a stroll around the block (ducks behind a building) CITIZEN Stop thief! CITIZEN Vandal! CITIZEN Outrage! GIRLS Scandal! (ALADDIN, carried by GUARDS, is brought from behind the building) ALADDIN Let's not be too hasty GIRLS Still I think he's rather tasty (the GUARDS push ALADDIN to the ground and the HEAD GUARD raises his sword) ALADDIN Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat Otherwise we'd get along (the GIRLS pass a basket along, and the last one places it over the HEAD GUARD's head, allowing ALADDIN to duck away) CROWD Wrong! (as ALADDIN hides, the HEAD GUARD tries to get the basket off his head, finally succeeding) CROWD One jump ahead of the hoofbeats! (ALADDIN runs across the stage, almost into the HEAD GUARD's sword) HEAD GUARD Vandal! ALADDIN Gotta face the facts! CROWD One hop ahead of the hump!
(ALADDIN ducks another direction and runs into another GUARD) GUARD Street rat! ALADDIN Gotta eat to live! CROWD One trick ahead of disaster! (ALADDIN ducks the third GUARD'S sword) GUARD Scoundrel! ALADDIN Gotta steal to eat! CROWD They're quick ALADDIN But I'm much faster Here goes (exits stage right and returns moments later) Better throw my hand in Wish me happy landing (flies across the stage with the CROWD in pursuit, and they exit stage left) All I gotta do is jump! (ALADDIN appears from behind a building in the center of the stage, then runs into JASMINE as he starts to jog away) Oh, sorry about that (JASMINE continues on her way) on second thought, maybe I'm not! Maybe it was an act of fate! (he ducks behind the buildings to get in front of JASMINE, stealing an apple along the way) JASMINE (to a SELLER) Oh no thank you ALADDIN (holding out the apple to JASMINE) Hungry?
JASMINE (walking away) You stole that, no doubt. ALADDIN (chases after her, stops her, and offers the apple again) Well, the way the sultan taxes his people, we have no choice but to steal. JASMINE And do you always give away your stolen goods? ALADDIN Only to the less fortunate or in your case, the more beautiful! (JASMINE starts to walk away again) You can't escape on an empty stomach!
JASMINE (turning around) What makes you think I'm trying to escape from something? (ALADDIN gestures at her disguise) Is it that obvious? ALADDIN Look, these streets can be dangerous. the matter? Don't you trust me? JASMINE (takes the apple) You're very kind. You'll need a guide. What's
ALADDIN The name's Aladdin, but most people call me GUARD Street rat! ALADDIN That too! Come on!
(they try to run, but are grabbed by the GUARDS) GUARD There's no sense in running, boy, we've got you surrounded! GUARD (takes the apple from JASMINE) And it looks like he's got an accomplice! ALADDIN Hey! Leave her out of this! fault! She's innocent GUARD Silence street rat! JASMINE Unhand me this instant! (she is thrown roughly to the ground) stop calling him street rat, he's a person just like you or me! GUARD Well, listen to the little vagabond! The way she's ordering us around, you'd think she were the princess of Agrabah herself! (the CROWD laughs) JASMINE (pulls away the cloth covering her head to reveal a crown) I am the princess of Agrabah! (the CROWD and GUARDS fall to the ground and bow. ALADDIN, stunned, falls a moment later) And I demand that you set this poor peasant boy free immediately, or I shall report all of you to the sultan. GUARD A hundred apologies, your majesty, but we were only following the laws. And She didn't do anything! It was my
HEAD GUARD And with all due respect, it is your father who makes the laws, not you uh, your highness. ALADDIN It's all right, princess. I appreciate the effort.
JASMINE (to the HEAD GUARD) You are to do nothing with him until I speak with my father. (to ALADDIN) Don't worry, this will all be resolved before any harm comes to you (she goes to leave, but the GUARDS are still in the way) you're in my way. HEAD GUARD (jumps aside) A thousand pardons your majesty!
(JASMINE exits stage left) CROWD (laughs at the guards) GUARD Clear out of here! (the GUARDS grab ALADDIN) HEAD GUARD You may think you have friends in high places, boy, but no matter what the princess says, we're free to handle criminals as we see fit right here on the street! (he draws his sword) JAFAR (entering from stage right, disguised as an old man) Stop everything! Stop everything! There you are, my boy. Your mother and I have been so worried about you! (he pulls ALADDIN away from the guards) ALADDIN And you would be? JAFAR Play along, boy, unless you want to sleep with the prison mice tonight, or worse. (to the GUARDS) I'm the boy's father. ALADDIN Right! He's the boy's father! wait I'm the boy, he's the father JAFAR He's always getting into trouble, this one. But he's a good boy. has a true heart and a noble spirit. You might almost call him a diamond in the rough. Whatever it is he's He
stolen, I'm sure this will more than repay the debt. (he tosses a bag of coins to a GUARD) You'll notice a few extra gold coins there for all your hard work. HEAD GUARD (grabs the bag of coins) Well, seeing as the debt has been repaid and then some you're free to go. Just don't let us catch you ever again! ALADDIN Believe me, that's the plan. (the GUARDS start to jump at him, but JAFAR holds up a hand, and the GUARDS exit stage left) JAFAR Well, that was almost too easy. ALADDIN Why'd you help me out like that? JAFAR Oh, just compassionate, I guess. another. ALADDIN I had a feeling there was a catch. (JAFAR shoves ALADDIN, and the background reveals the Cave of Wonders) CAVE Who dares approach the Cave of Wonders? may enter. All else will perish. ALADDIN (approaching the Cave) stopped by JAFAR) Only the diamond in the rough Of course, one good deed deserves
(turns to leave, is
JAFAR Not to worry, Aladdin. I've consulted an ancient oracle. diamond in the rough. (ALADDIN moves toward the Cave again) IAGO Yeah! Move it or lose it, Diamond Boy!
JAFAR Go! Or I shall return you to the palace guards! ALADDIN But JAFAR
Go now! There is no time to waste. the lamp. ALADDIN Well, here goes nothing.
(he ducks into the Cave and diappears) IAGO He's inside, your foulness! (the backdrop changes to the dark Cave) JAFAR It's only a matter of minutes now before all of Agrabah will be calling me Sultan Jafar remember, only touch the lamp! (ALADDIN appears high up, walking slowly into the Cave) ALADDIN Only touch the lamp, got it! Only touch the lamp. Only touch the lamp. Hello? Is anybody down there? Oh, it sure is dark in here. How did I get myself into this mess? I'm not so sure this is any better than the royal dungeon. All right Aladdin, don't panic. Just get down there, grab the lamp, give it to the old geezer, and call it a night. One jump ahead of the lawmen, one swing ahead of the sword better throw my hand in, wish me happy landin'! (he exits stage right, and reappears moments later) What was that?? One trick ahead of disaster, on skip ahead of my doom Hello?? (the backdrop rises to reveal a treasure room) Whoa only touch the lamp only touch the lamp only touch (spotting the lamp) the lamp! (he climbs up to grab the lamp, and knocks over a piece of treaure. CARPET jumps up) I can assure you Mr. Cave of Wonders person, that was just an accident! (the treasure falls away, and ALADDIN quickly grabs the lamp and ducks a cave-in, setting the lamp on the ground downstage. CARPET also escapes the cave-in) Oh great, just great! Now how am I supposed to get out of here? Oh, this isn't fair! Hey, somebody! Somebody help me plea (he comes face-to-rug with CARPET, and jumps back) WHOA! Hey you trying to get out of here too? (CARPET nods) I know how you feel. The name's Aladdin (he shakes CARPET's tassel) Well, this way looks blocked. Got any other ideas? (CARPET gets excited and moves toward the lamp downstage) What's that, you see something? Oh, yeah. All that work for this measly piece of junk. (CARPET mimes rubbing the lamp) What's that? (CARPET mimes it again) I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're trying to say. (to the audience) Does
anyone out there speak Carpet? (the audience responds) What? Rub the lamp? Okay what good is that gonna do? (he rubs the lamp, and GENIE billows high into the air and reappears onstage in a plume of smoke) GENIE Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's Genie!! Wow, thanks kid, you have no idea what it's like being trapped inside that lamp for the last 10,000 years, 22 hours, and 53 seconds. I have the world's worst wedgie. (noticing his gut) Whoa! Shades of Jiminy Glick! How'd that get there? (to ALADDIN) Come on be honest, do I have lamp odor? ALADDIN Who are you? GENIE I used to be Mr. Clean before I won a breath holding contest I'm a Genie! And you know what that means? You've got three, count 'em 3, really groovy wishes coming your way, baby. Oh, behave. ALADDIN I do? GENIE Yeah, but before we get started, let's go over the rule book, sport. Let's see "How to Keep Your Puffy Pants Puffy" by MC Hammer"Men Are from Mars, Genies are from Lamps" "Harry Potter," "Harry Potter," "Harry Potter" I'm a big fan. Ah, here we go! "Genie Rule Book"! Rule number one! No wishin' for more wishes! It's against Genie labor laws, and you don't wanna cross that picket line, even to go to the grocery store. Rule number two! I can't make someone fall in love with you. I did that once for Britney Spears. Apparently the magic only lasts 55 hours. Rule number three! I can't raise the dead. I did that for Ben Affleck, then he went and made that movie Gigli. Two words poooooo tinky! ALADDIN Let me get this straight. You're my genie? And I'm your master?
GENIE No. But I did just save a ton of money on my car insurance Yup! That's what we genies do. It's ALL we do. Oh, sure, it sounds like a glamorous gig, but you gotta spend your whole life trapped inside that teeny lamp, doling out wish after wish, no real freedom of your own. But hey! What am I talkin' about me for? This is your lucky day, son not mine. And you have no idea what's in store, friend! Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves
Sheherazadie had a thousand tales But master you in luck Cause up your sleeves You got a brand of magic never fails You got some power in your corner now Some heavy ammunition in your camp You got some punch, pizzazz, yahoo and how See all you gotta do is rub the lamp And I'll say (CARPET brings out a small table with a covered dish) Mr. Aladdin sir, what will your pleasure be (GENIE grabs a notepad and writes) Let me take your order, jot it down You ain't never had a friend like me No no no (GENIE puts on a suit jacket that CARPET holds out) Life is your restaurant and I'm your maitre'd Come on whisper what it is you want You ain't never had a friend like me Yes sir we (GENIE lifts the lid on the dish to reveal a GENIE HEAD) GENIE HEAD Pride ourselves on service You're the boss the king the shah Say what you wish, it's yours, true dish How 'bout a GENIE HEAD AND GENIE Little more baklava! (GENIE re-covers the dish and grabs a menu) GENIE Have some of column A Try all of column B (slaps the menu shut and sets it down) I'm in the mood to help you dude! You ain't never had a friend like me! (GENIE pushes ALADDIN downstage, where ALADDIN sits, then GENIE "throws his voice" to CARPET) Can your friends do this? (a GENIE pops up in a puff of smoke) Can your friends do that? (another GENIE flips onto the stage from stage right) Can your friends pull this (GENIE pulls flowers out of a hat and hands them to CARPET) Outta their little hat? Can your friends go poof? Well, lookie here Can your friends go abracadabra Let 'er rip! Then make the sucker disappear! (CARPET disappears in a puff of smoke) And that's just the appetizer! (the rockslide rises to reveal a whole chorus of GENIES on a Vegaslike set, ALADDIN jumps up)
GENIE CHORUS So don't just sit there slack jawed, buggy eyed I'm here to answer all your mid-day prayers You got me bona fide certified You got a genie for your charge d'affaires! I got powerful urge to help you out So what you wish, I really wanna know (the GENIES pick up ALADDIN) You got a list that's three miles long no doubt Well all you gotta do is rub like so (GENIE rubs the lamp ALADDIN holds out, then the GENIE CHORUS sets ALADDIN down and runs offstage) And oh! (a few GENIES breakdance, then run offstage, leaving ALADDIN and CARPET. The GENIES, led by GENIE, appear at the top of the staircase, hats and canes in hand) GENIE Give it up for the genies! (GENIE and the GENIE CHORUS do a kickline down the stairs) GENIE/GENIE CHORUS Mr. Aladdin sir, what will your pleasure be Let me take your order, jot it down Come on whisper what it is you want (GENIE brings ALADDIN to stand next to him, they dance) GENIE Let's kick it, kid! GENIE/GENIE CHORUS Mr. Aladdn sir, have a wish or two or three I'm on the job, you big nabob You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend ALADDIN, GENIE, AND CHORUS You ain't never had a friend like me GENIE CHORUS Oh yeah Wah wah wah Oh my Wah wah wah Oh yeah GENIE You ain't never had a friend like me ALL Hah! (ALL strike a final pose, and the lights go out)
(IAGO appears in a window and waves at the audience, disappearing as JAFAR and JASMINE enter stage right) JAFAR I'm sorry, princess, but I know all about your little plan to help some poor street urchin, but rules are rules! JASMINE But he was only trying to feed himself JAFAR Uh-uh-uh! We can't go changing our laws every time the princess gets a whim! What kind of example would that set? (IAGO enters stage left) JASMINE But the boy! What have you done with him? He deserves a fair trial!
JAFAR I'm sorry to say, but the boy has already been how to put it? IAGO Eaten by a giant cave, shaped like a tiger's head! didn't wanna go but you shooooved him inJAFAR The boy has been disposed of. matter. JASMINE But he only meant to help JAFAR You have more important issues to concern yourself with, such as your royal lineage. (he moves very close to JASMINE) (the SULTAN enters from stage right as a fanfare plays, JASMINE runs to him) JASMINE: Father! JAFAR Aaaah, your highness! The princess and I were just discussing her upcoming marriage! Everything is in order the feast, the festival the only thing we seem to be lacking is the groom! SULTAN Yes, Jasmine, you must make a decision and quickly. The people of Agrabah cannot wait forever for their new sultan. I promised them you would marry the next eligible suitor who seeks your hand. Remember? He
JASMINE But they're all egotistical braggarts! JAFAR Princess, with all due respect, we can't just sit around and wait for someone to burst into the palace, blow a trumpet, and announce that they've found the love of your life(a trumpet blows and the curtain rises to reveal GENIE) GENIE Preeeeesenting Prince Ali Ababwa, the love of Princess Jasmine's life! (the theater doors on the stage left side of the theater open and ALADDIN enters on an elephant, with an entourage. They make a loop through the orchestra level of the theater) Oh, I can see him right now, the paparazzi is going crazy CROWD Make way for Prince Ali Say hey, it's Prince Ali CROWD/GENIE Hey, clear the way in the old bazaar Hey you, let us through It's a bright new star Oh come be the first on your block to meet his eye Make way, here he comes Ring bells, bang the drums Are you gonna love this guy! Prince Ali, mighty is he, Ali Ababwa Strong as ten regular men, definitely He faced the galloping hordes A hundred bad guys with swords Who sent those goons to their lords? Why, Prince Ali! CROWD He's got 75 golden camels GENIE Watch where you step! CROWD Purple peacocks he's got 53 GENIE And they couldn't be prouder! CROWD When it comes to exotic-type mammals GENIE My mammal! CROWD Has he got a zoo I'm telling you
It's a world-class menagerie! Prince Ali (the elephant stops next to the stage, and ALADDIN jumps off, the elephant exits) CROWD/GENIE Prince Ali, fabulous he, Ali Ababwa Heard your princess was a sight lovely to see And that, good people, is why He got dolled up and dropped by CROWD With sixty elephants, llamas galore With his bears and lions A brass band and more With his forty fakirs, his cooks, his bakers His birds that warble on key Make way CROWD/GENIE for Prince Ali! ALADDIN Fair princess, might I introduce myself? I am called Prince Ali Ababwa! (GENIE mimes twirling a cape) Oh. (ALADDIN twirls his cape and strikes a proud pose, then moves to kneel before JASMINE) And I would be delighted to ask for your hand in marriage. GENIE (to JASMINE) Well? you think of his fabulousness? JASMINE Another fraud! Don't keep the home viewers in suspense! What do
CROWD (gasps, then disperses, leaving SULTAN, GENIE, ALADDIN, and CARPET alone, but IAGO and JAFAR are secretly watching from a window stage right) GENIE Wait a minute. There's gonna be sandwiches He never worked for Enron! where are you all going?
SULTAN I'm sorry, Prince Ali. it comes to suitors. (he exits) ALADDIN Is it something I said?
GENIE Maybe the parade approach was a little too Vegas. much. You know, Al, maybe you need to speak to the princess alone.
ALADDIN You're right! Of course! help, you deserve something in return. GENIE Naaaaaaaaaw.
ALADDIN No! Once I get the princess to fall in love with me, I'll use my last wish to set you free! I promise. GENIE You mean it? Me? Free? Oh, Al, think what this will mean for the emancipation of genies everywhere! Now, Al, you need to go speak to the lovely princess alone. And whatever you do, be yourself. It's what's inside that counts. ALADDIN Well, she certainly isn't going to fall for some street rat. GENIE Oh, Al, you can't think of yourself as a street ratALADDIN Wait, Genie, I know what I'm doing! CARPET, and they exit) Come on, Carpet! (he grabs
GENIE Wait no wait for me beeeeee yourseeeeeeeelf! audience) I'm gonna go find Nemo. (exits stage left)
JAFAR Ooooooh, a genie? The street rat must have found the lamp, and now he's passing himself off as this Prince A-blah-blah person. IAGO But he shoulda been trapped in the Cave of Wonders! JAFAR Well, we might have to do some trapping of our own. evilly, then disappear) (they laugh
(the curtain rises on the stage to reveal JASMINE standing in her room, with a bird cage off to one side) JASMINE Is this to be my fate? Forced to marry someone who doesn't even know me. But what other choice do I have? Lucky bird inside a gilded cage Golden words spoke by an ancient sage Everything you may have in life Still all you hold is dust
Must I yearn forever to be free Free to climb a tree and ponder Free to wander There's no desire I hold fonder Than to be Simply me To be free How ungrateful is this lucky bird Spurning privilege for one simple word Freedom to stretch these golden wings Freedom to touch the sky Why, some would ask Would she want to be Free to throw away a treasure Poor with pleasure I'd sacrifice riches beyond measure Just a girl With a boy What a perfect fantasy To find love To feel joy To be really free (ALADDIN rises up on the other side of her balcony) ALADDIN Excuse me princess? I didn't mean to intrude Who granted you permission to my private Guards! Nonononononono! I only wanted
JASMINE (ducks behind the bird cage) quarters? (runs toward stage right) Guards!
JASMINE You're just like all the rest! You show up with your imperial menagerie and expect me to go weak in the knees! Well, let me tell you something Prince Ali. My hand, as well as my kingdom, can't be bought by some second rate royal. You're only here to increase your personal wealth and property. ALADDIN That's not why I'm here. JASMINE I suppose you're here because you're in love with me? Well, if you expect me to believe that you can take a flying leap off my parapet for all I care. ALADDIN (looks down dejectedly, then notices CARPET waving frantically from the far side of the balcony) Oh, okay! (to JASMINE) Very well, as you wish. (he goes to the edge and steps off the balcony)
JASMINE Ali!! (ALADDIN pops up) ALADDIN You called? (he steps back onto the balcony)
JASMINE How did you do that? ALADDIN You were worried about me! JASMINE No ALADDIN Come on, how about a little spin on the ol' carpet? Please princess? I don't care about your wealth or your kingdom. I only ask for the chance to get to know you a little better. What's wrong, don't you trust me? JASMINE Are you sure I don't know you? ALADDIN Uhhhhhh, your carpet awaits! leads her to the carpet, they disappear) Come on! (he takes her by the hand and
(above the audience, the carpet lowers down, with ALADDIN and JASMINE on it, and soars around. Dancers with models of famous landmarks fill the stage) ALADDIN I can show you the world Shining, shimmering, splendid Tell me princess, now when did you last Let your heart decide? I can open your eyes Take you wonder by wonder Over, sideways, and under On a magic carpet ride A whole new world A new fantastic point of view No one to tell us no Or where to go Or say we're only dreaming JASMINE A whole new world A dazzling place I never knew But when I'm way up here It's crystal clear That now I'm in a whole new world with you (the carpet soars out of view, and ALADDIN and JASMINE reappear on the carpet onstage)
ALADDIN Now I'm in a whole new world with you JASMINE Unbelievable sights Indescribable feelings Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling Through an endless diamond sky A whole new world ALADDIN Don't you dare close your eyes (ALADDIN and JASMINE step off the carpet) JASMINE A hundred thousand things to see ALADDIN Hold your breath it gets better JASMINE I'm like a shooting star I've come so far I can't go back to where I used to be ALADDIN A whole new world JASMINE Every turn a surprise ALADDIN With new horizons to pursue JASMINE Every moment red letter ALADDIN AND JASMINE I'll chase them anywhere There's time to spare Let me share this whole new world with you ALADDIN A whole new world JASMINE A whole new world ALADDIN That's where we'll be JASMINE That's where we'll be ALADDIN A thrilling chase JASMINE A wondrous place
ALADDIN AND JASMINE For you and me (they kiss) JASMINE Goodnight, Prince Ali! ALADDIN Wait! Where are you going? JASMINE I have to speak with my father about something very important. exits stage left) ALADDIN Goodnight princess (CARPET appears in the background, exhausted. left) GENIE Well, how did it go with her majesty? ALADDIN She's perfect! GENIE Great! ALADDIN Is it? GENIE He doesn't remember the promise he made us, does he, preciousssssssssssssss? First I freed you from the cave, big dance number with hats and canes, that was wish number one. Then I turned you into fancy-shmancy prince-type person 36 people and an elephant suit that was wish number two. Now all that's left is wish number three, which means it's Genie freein' time! Hit me with the digits! ALADDIN But Jasmine thinks I'm this big important Prince Ali guy. supposed to keep fooling her without you around? GENIE I thought we had a deal. ALADDIN I know we did. But I might still need that final wish. How am I You like her, she likes you, now it's time for my wish! GENIE enters from stage (she
GENIE Sure. I understand. You're just like all the rest. I don't understand why I let myself get all excited. I guess I thought you might be the kind of person that actually kept your
promises. ALADDIN Genie GENIE Ah ah ah ah ah! ALADDIN But GENIE Ah ah ah ah ah! You better talk to the left hand, cause you ain't right! Don't you worry about me, Al. If you need me, master, you know where I'll be. Trapped, inside my sardine can. (he disappears in a puff of smoke) ALADDIN (to the lamp) Come on, Genie, you gotta understand where I'm coming from! (CARPET starts to leave) Wait, where are you going? You're not mad at me too, are you? (CARPET makes an upset gesture, then exits stage left) Oh, I don't know what I'm doing anymore! (JAFAR enters stage right with the GUARDS and IAGO) JAFAR I'll say! Seize him! The GUARDS
(IAGO grabs the lamp from ALADDIN and gives it to JAFAR. grab ALADDIN and put him in chains) JAFAR (to the GUARDS) Bring me the sultan! kingdom will be mine! (he rubs the lamp) (two GUARDS exit)
At last, the
GENIE Look Al, if you're here to apologize, you're too late. But as long as I've got you here, could you scrub my left shoulderblade? It gets so cramped in here EEEK! A man! JAFAR I believe you owe me three wishes. ALADDIN Don't do it, Genie! GENIE I got no choice, Al. IAGO Whoever holds the lamp controls the genie. book! It's in the genie rule
JASMINE Let us go! (the GUARDS throw them to the ground) the sultan this way? SULTAN Jafar! JASMINE He's hypnotized the palace guards.
ALADDIN I'm afraid we've got even bigger problems than the palace guards. JASMINE What do you mean? JAFAR Everybody who's got three wishes coming, raise their hand. (beat, then he raises his hand) Oops, looks like it's only me! Genie! For my first wish, I wish to rule the kingdom! Make me the sultan. (GENIE grants the wish. The SULTAN clutches his chest)
GENIE Poof. You're the sultan. We're all very impressed if your last name was Peppershaker, you'd be Sultan Peppershaker. Nawwwww, you look good up close you'd look better from Jafar Look at me, I'm in-SULTAN him! Are we through yet? JAFAR No! We're just getting started! But perhaps merely being the sultan isn't enough. For my second wish, I want you to make me the most powerful sorcerer on Earth! (GENIE grants his wish, and JAFAR uses his staff to force JASMINE to come to him) How do you like your sultan now, my little desert blossom? Together we shall be unstoppable! ALADDIN Leave her alone! She doesn't love you and she never will
(JAFAR uses his power to knock ALADDIN to the ground) JAFAR You stay out of this, street rat! JASMINE (going to ALADDIN) Street rat? But I thought you were Prince Ali.
ALADDIN I meant to tell you sooner or later. JAFAR Prince Ali, yes it is he
But not as you know him Read my lips And come to grips With reality Yes meet a blast from your past Whose lies were too good to last Say hello to your precious Prince Ali (JASMINE runs to her father) So Ali turns out to be merely Aladdin Just a con, need I go on? Take it from me His personality flaws Give me adequate cause (the GUARDS pull ALADDIN's hands over his head) To send him packing on a one-way trip So his prospects take a terminal dip His assets frozen, the venue chosen Is the ends of the Earth, whoopee! So long, ex-Prince Ali! But how to eliminate him? IAGO (mutters unintelligibly) JAFAR Ahhhh, yes! There's only one way to get rid of a street rat! moves to stand behind ALADDIN, holds up his snake staff, and vanishes) JASMINE Where'd he go? (a large snake JAFAR rises up downstage) JAFAR You're done for, now, street rat. Time to bid this world goodbye. He's no match for the most powerful sorcerer on the planet! (ALADDIN escapes the GUARDS) ALADDIN Why, you're not so powerful! ever have! JASMINE What are you doing? ALADDIN (to JASMINE) he can take them away! Trust me! (to JAFAR) The Genie gave you your powers, The Genie has more power than you'll (he
JAFAR He's right. For my third and final wish, I want you to make me an all-powerful Genie! GENIE Now you've gone and done it, Al! grants the wish) Whatever you say, snake boy! (he
JAFAR Yes! Yes! I can feel the power coursing through my veins! Aladdin, prepare to meet your doom! (ALADDIN holds up the lamp, and JAFAR slowly sinks away) Wha what's happening? Aaaaaaaaaaaaagh! (everything is returned to normal) ALADDIN You see, the only problem with being a genie is you got no freedom. Isn't that right, buddy? GENIE Oh, Al, you're a GENIE-ous. Ten thousand years in the Cave of Wonders ought to do him a world of good. Please stand clear of the doors. Por favor mantengase alejado de las puertas. And as for the talkin' poultry (IAGO approaches) IAGO Oooh, I'm so glad you got rid of that Jafar person. All that negative energy! Look at me! I'm a good guy now! I'm I'm a whoooooole new biiiiiiiird! GENIE I got a question for you. IAGO Yeah? GENIE Original, or extra crispy? IAGO Aaaaaaaaaaaagh! SULTAN I believe we owe our thanks to you, young man. (ALADDIN kneels and bow his head) JASMINE Father, I think I've finally decided upon a suitor. ALADDIN But you know the truth now. JASMINE (taking ALADDIN's hand) and noble of spirit. SULTAN I agree. GENIE (bawling) CARPET, I'm no royal prince. You are true of heart
And besides, who am I to argue with true love? Awwwwwwww, Al, I'm soo happy for ya! (he blows his nose on
CARPET wipes it on GENIE) Yeah, just wipe that anywhere. We gotta start planning the wedding! We'll need something old, something new, something borrowed and me! ALADDIN Genie, do I still have one more wish coming? GENIE Sure do. My wedding present to ya. What'll you have?
ALADDIN I wish for your freedom, Genie! GENIE I wha? You actually kept your promise! I'm finally freeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Free at last, free at last! Thank you Al, thank you all, thank you tip your ushers, cause I get half. Come on, Carpet I'm goin' to Disneyland! (CARPET and GENIE exit stage left) SULTAN Your Genie isn't the only one facing a brand new future. (to the audience) Royal subjects of Agrabah! My daughter has finally made her choice. (a group of dancers enter, and ALADDIN and JASMINE skip away. Moments later, they enter again on a pedestal, and JASMINE is wearing a wedding veil) CROWD/ALADDIN/JASMINE A whole new world A dazzling place A new fantastic point of view A whole new world (A whole new world) That's where we'll be (That's where we'll be) A thrilling chase, a wondrous place For you and me GENIE (soaring over the audience on CARPET) I'm soarin' over California!! CROWD Aaaaahhhhhhh A whole new world (ALADDIN and JASMINE kiss) Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh Aaaaaaaaahhhhhh Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh A whole new world! (ALL strike a final pose, and the lights go out) (the cast then returns to the stage for a final curtain call) ALL: Goodbye everyone! Hey, look,
Mr. Aladdin, sir Have a wish or two or I'm on the job You big nabob You ain't never had a Never had a friend You ain't never had a Never had a friend You ain't never Had a Friend Like Me You ain't never had a HA!
(they pose, and the lights go out) (the lights return, the cast takes a final bow, and disappears offstage as the curtain falls. GENIE is the last to leave, laying on his stomach to get a final wave in before the curtain drops) THE END!


text: Cochlear Implants The Pediatric Ear, Hearing, and Balance Center at Massachusetts Eye and Ear provides state-of-the-art multidisciplinary care for infants and children who have severe to profound hearing loss and may be candidates for a cochlear implant. We are the only center in Boston that provides both experience and expertise for all three FDA approved cochlear implants made by Advanced Bionics Corporation, Med-El Corporation, and Cochlear Corporation. Cochlear implant candidates are seen and evaluated by a pediatric otologic surgeon, pediatric audiologist, and a speech therapist. Additionally, children who have congenital hearing loss and whose parents are interested in pursuing full developmental and genetics evaluation are referred to our colleagues at the Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, who can then provide state-of-the-art testing and evaluation of an infant or child who has a congenital hearing loss. This is done to ensure that there are no other conditions associated with a child's hearing loss, as well as to determine the potential cause of the hearing loss through genetic testing. Infants and children who are found to be cochlear implant candidates can undergo implant surgery one ear at a time, or simultaneously in both ears, based upon the family's wishes and the child's hearing loss status. What is a cochlear implant? A cochlear implant is not a hearing aid. It is the most successful example of a bionic device interfacing with the human brain. It replaces the cochlea, a special sensory organ, with an implant that provides electronic sensations to the hearing nerve or auditory nerve found in the inner ear. This is the portion of the device that is surgically placed during a 1-2 hour outpatient surgery. This internally implanted device communicates wirelessly across the skin with an externally placed speech processor which has a battery, microphone, and electronics to convert sound to an electronic signal that is then transmitted via an FM antenna to the internally implanted device. If the child has profound hearing loss at birth, habilitative services as well as continued and close follow up with Audiology are absolutely important to ensure success with the cochlear implant in order to achieve speech and language skills associated with enhanced sound and speech perception with the cochlear implant. Therefore, the cochlear implant bypasses the non-functioning hair cells of the inner ear to electrically stimulate the auditory nerve. The signal is then sent to the higher processing cells in the brain to provide enhanced sound and speech understanding. Who is a candidate for cochlear implants? Patients are evaluated by a pediatric otologic surgeon, a pediatric audiologist, and a speech therapist. Testing and evaluation at the Massachusetts General Hospital for Children is also recommended for those with a history of congenital hearing loss and whose parents are interested in pursuing such options. Children are also seen in Ophthalmology to insure that there are no other associated eye problems with the hearing loss. Children also undergo imaging which might include a temporal bone CAT scan or MRI scan of the skull base and of the brain. These imaging modalities are complimentary. For those found to have a connexin 26 mutation, imaging is not necessary as there is generally normal inner ear anatomy and present auditory nerves. Those who do not have a connexin 26 mutation or who have note had genetic testing, imaging certainly is indicated for preoperative planning. A CT scan is helpful for looking at the bony anatomy to determine the size of the cochlea, abnormal balance orders, or small channel through which the hearing nerve travels. Common inner ear abnormalities that are found include large vestibular aqueduct or a small cochlea such as Mondini malformation. Other than exceptional circumstances where the anatomy is severely affected, these bony abnormalities found on CT scans are not contra-indications for surgery and most children with mild to moderate inner dysplasia can be very success cochlear implant users and achieve significant improvement in sound and speech perception. For those born with complete or profound hearing loss and no responses on auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing or behavioral testing, or if CT imaging suggests small or absent auditory nerve based on the size of the internal auditory canal or the cochlear nerve canal, a high resolution CT scan performed at MEE is important to determine the presence of absence of the auditory nerve itself. That nerve travels from the cochlea (inner ear) to the brain. That nerve should be present to provide the ability of the cochlear implant to electrically stimulate the inner and allow the signals to be sent along the nerve to the rest of the brain. In rare cases an auditory nerve is found to be very deficient or absent on MR imaging. Although this is not an absolute contra-indication to cochlear implant surgery, pooled data on cochlear implant outcomes in children with severely deficient or absent auditory nerves suggest that the overall performance is quite modest compared to those who have a near-normal to normal auditory nerve. These children appear to have some degree of sound awareness, but no true speech perception. Additional lnformation For more information about cochlear implants, please speak with your physician, or call the Infirmary's Audiology Department at 617-573-3266. Information source: Mass. Eye and Ear Contact Us Today! 617-523-7900

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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- David Einhorn's hedge fund Greenlight Capital lost 4.9% in the fourth quarter of 2012, which lowered its year-to-date net return to 7.9%, according to Einhorn's letter to investors dated Jan. 22 which was obtained by MarketWatch. Einhorn described the fourth quarter as "disappointing," reducing the fund's annual returns "from good to pedestrian." "While it is hard to view our performance last year as a catastrophe, it nonetheless falls short of our goals," the letter said. At the end of the fourth quarter, Greenlight's largest disclosed long positions were in Apple Inc. AAPL, +2.36%, Cigna Corp. CI, +0.96%, General Motors GM, +1.45%, gold and Vodafone Group VOD, +0.85%, according to the letter. Marvell Technology Group Ltd. MRVL, +3.57% was the biggest loser for Einhorn's fund in 2012, but he remains bullish on the stock.
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Archive for the 'prop 9' Tag
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The most important right as a citizen is to vote.
No matter how you vote, if you are over 18 and an American citizen, you OWE it to yourself to vote. This is your land and your government. Whether we like the results or not, you should not ignore your fundamental duty!
These are my recommendations for the California initiatives. You will either agree or disagree, or change your mind from one to the other based on what I write or make you seek out additional information – which is the best. If you cannot have a level-headed discussion with friends and family, write it here.
Prop 1A: High Speed Rail Bonds. YES. We have already outgrown our infrastructure. We will continue to grow sooner or later. It's time to work on alternative transportation. $9.95 billion in bonds.
Prop 2: Standards For Confining Farm Animals. YES. This is a simple initiative to treat farm animals like pregnant pigs, calves raised for veal, and egg-laying hens, humanely. It is SICK that anyone finds it acceptable to not allow these animals to fully extend their limbs/wings or be able to lie down, stand up, and turn around all of their lives. Even sicker is the fact that people find food from these confined animals acceptable as well! Opponents allege increased salmonella and bird flu from eggs coming from Mexico and out-of-state and increased costs to farmers. Here's a simple recommendation: Only buy California eggs. As simple as the theory of supply and demand. The farmers have until 2015 to comply, which is plenty of time to spend the money in upgrades. If it puts them out of business, then I question their ethics in the first place. Abuse is unacceptable in any form and certainly has no place on my dinner table.
Prop 3: Children's Hospital Bond Act. NO. Another $750 million in bonds. Go back and look at 2004's Prop 61 that authorized the sale of $1 billion in bonds that apparently remain unspent today. What happened there? Time to organize the existing funds accordingly. Then if there isn't enough, come back and ask for more.
Prop 4: Waiting Period For Parental Notification Before Termination Of A Minor's Pregnancy. NO. This will only force illegal or out-of-state abortions and a likely increase in abandoned infants. This isn't the right measure to involve parents.
Prop. 5: Nonviolent Drug Offenses. Sentencing. Parole and Rehabilitation. YES. Keyword: nonviolent. It provides for rehab before and after prison time. Opponents allege there is a loophole for violent criminals to escape prosecution. I haven't seen that but if there is, I don't doubt the law would go through the courts to close any loopholes. Opponents also allege sentencing for meth dealers would be reduced. Prop 6 should take care of that.
Prop 6: Police And Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Penalties and Laws. YES. There it is: Sentencing increased for such things as meth sales (see Prop 5). Opponents allege $1 billion will be taken from schools, health care, fire protection, and proven public safety programs, empty argument. Funding will actually come from the General Fund but any budgets or existing bonds for the schools would not be affected.
Prop 7: Renewable Energy Generation. YES. Requires government-owned utilities to generate 20% of their electricity from renewable energy by 2010, 40% by 2020, and 50% by 2025. Currently the standard of 20% applies only to private corporations (way to stick it to them – totally unfair). Opponents allege this would lead to higher electricity costs and potential for another energy crisis. We have to start somewhere. Like anything, costs may increase, but eventually will decrease as clean energy becomes the norm. It's rather convenient for opponents to say this isn't the time because of the economy. It's highly suspect that gas prices are falling as we head into our election, which may give people a false sense that we don't need to start changing our habits after all. If not now, when is the time?
Prop 8: Eliminates Rights of Same-Sex Couples To Marry. NO. If you've seen my first blog, or the blog before this, you will know where I stand. More "it's about the children" ads popping up. This is a pure and simple discriminatory initiative to amend the California constitution. It's only about equal rights. Hell, if they stop gays from marrying, what's next, repealing the rights of blacks and women to vote? FYI – apparently ProtectMarriage.com does not allow anyone to comment or blog on it's blog: http://www.protectmarriage.com/blog/ Guess they don't want to hear how they are for inequality and discrimination.
Prop 9: Criminal Justice System. Victims Rights. Parole. YES. Requires notification to victims and opportunity for input during processes such as bail, pleas, sentencing, and parole. Considers victim safety for bail and parole. Opponents allege current statutes already protect victim rights. If that's true, why do we need this one?
Prop 10: Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy. NO. This title comes off like Prop 7 in the use of the term "renewable energy" but is not that at all. It call for rebates to consumers to purchase clean, alternative fuel vehicles, increases grants to universities to develop cheaper alternatives to gasoline. Leave it up to the private corporations already researching and developing alternative fuels and save the $5 billion in bonds.
Prop 11: Redistricting. NO. Takes it out of hands of our elected legislators and puts it into a 14 person commission made up of California voters. These voters are not elected, nor will there be any audit for their processes. So where do they come from and where's the accountability. Not sure this is worth amending our California constitution, but rather, revisit the process. Seems opportunistic for corruption.
Prop 12: Veterans' Bond Act of 2008. YES. Replenishes Cal-Vet home loan program. Veterans are doing a job for our country whether I agree with war or not. They volunteer to defend our country. They deserve some type of benefit whether they ever see combat or not. Fact is, many get benefits and perks through their employers, so why shouldn't a veteran – who unselfishly works for our country – not be entitled to benefits for doing that job as well. Opponents suggest citizens insist this program be limited to the most needy and deserving veterans such as those injured in combat. I disagree.
Prop A: City of Los Angeles Special Gang and Youth Violence Prevention, After-School and Job Training Programs Tax. YES. Seems like a no-brainer. Annual $36 special tax on each real property parcel and allows for Low Income and Lifeline Rate reductions. Good for Los Angeles. No skin off my back.
Prop B: Update of Low Rent Housing Authorization. NO. Enables the City to receive State funds for the development of previously approved affordable housing units within the City's zoning and land-use laws. Does not tax residents or increase the number of allowable units in any area. Will not change land-use or zoning laws. Does allow access to previously provided funds of $2.8 billion under Prop 1C. Opponents say current aging and neglected infrastructure cannot support this. This needs to be addressed as part of the package to get my vote.
And that concludes my recommendations.


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Google unveils cell phone software and alliance
|CNET News.com
By Marguerite Reardon and Elinor Mills, Staff Writers
Published: November 5, 2007, 8:13 AM PST
Last modified: November 5, 2007, 10:40 AM PST
|Update: Google's cell phone strategy took shape Monday with the announcement of a new open software platform and an alliance of wireless heavyweights that will help form the development community for the planned phones.
Container Ship Strikes Bay Bridge
|NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
By Staff
November 7, 2007
|At 8:30 am PST on November 7th, the container ship M/V Cosco Busan struck the Bay Bridge in San Francisco Bay, California. A 100-foot gash in the hull of the vessel caused the release of an estimated 53,000 gallons of fuel oil (IFO 380) into the water (as of November 8, 2007). The vessel is no longer leaking product and is undergoing inspection.
30,000 birds dead after Black Sea oil spill
By agencies
Last Updated: 7:01pm GMT 13/11/2
|More than 550,000 gallons of fuel oil have now spilled into straits connected to the Black Sea in what Russian officials are calling an environmental catastrophe.
The oil from a tanker cut in two during a storm at the weekend has killed an estimated 30,000 birds and there are warnings the effects of oil sinking to the sea bed could linger for years.
Ancient beer pots point to origins of chocolate
| NewScientist
By Jeff Hecht
November 12, 2007
|Chocolate was first produced by the ancients as a by-product of beer, suggests a new archaeological study. And evidence from drinking vessels left by the Mesoamericans who developed chocolate suggests that the source of chocolate, cacao, was first used 500 years earlier than thought.
Better Blood Vessels
New artificial blood vessels could help a wider range of patients
Technology Review
|Researchers have developed artificial blood vessels that are derived from human cells but appear to have long shelf lives and are unlikely to provoke an immune response. Such vessels could someday prove valuable to patients undergoing heart-bypass operations, dialysis, or other procedures in which portions of blood vessels, or vascular grafts, may be needed.
Time Slows When You're on the Fly
|ScienceNOW Daily News
By Elizabeth Quill
13 November 2007
|Einstein was wrong. So, in essence, begins many a screed by some poor crackpot who aspires to be a physicist. Still, many legitimate physicists are willing to entertain the possibility that, in formulating his theories of relativity, Einstein didn't get it exactly right. Some are looking for slight deviations from the prediction of his theory that might point to some deeper understanding of the universe. Alas, they'll have to search even harder than before: A new experiment tests the stretching of time predicted by Einstein's special theory of relativity and finds it spot on the money to 1 part in 10 million.
|ScienceNOW Daily News
By Martin Enserink
12 November 2007
|Mention resistant staph bacteria, and most people think about the almost invincible strains–officially called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)–that infect immunocompromised and sick people in hospitals. But in recent years, strains of MRSA that are even more virulent have started spreading outside hospitals and attacking perfectly healthy people (Science, 14 March 2003, p. 1639). Now, researchers say they have discovered how these bugs, which some see as a major public health threat, do their damage.
Climate change is delaying spring in some areas
13 November 2007
|The last thing a seasoned gardener would expect from global warming is for leaves to appear later in spring, but exactly that is happening across the southern US.
|ScienceNOW Daily News
By Phil Berardelli
November 8, 2007
|It's a little like being in a room with the proverbial 800-pound gorilla–every little burp or twitch keeps you on your toes. That's the way geologists feel about the caldera that sits under Yellowstone National Park. Scientists have detected accelerated activity on Earth's surface that they think is originating from deep inside the geological structure known as a hot spot, and they are attempting to determine whether the giant volcano is growing restless or just turning over in its sleep.
China Reaches the Moon
|Sky & Telescope
By Jonathan McDowell
November 13, 2007
|China's space science program took a major step when its first deep-space probe, Chang'e 1, began orbiting the Moon on November 5th. Two days later the 21⁄2-ton craft — named for the Chinese Moon goddess — dropped to a circular 125-mile-high orbit and prepared to begin its close-up studies of the surface.
Cyclone kills hundreds in Bangladesh
USA Today
DHAKA, Bangladesh — The death toll from a cyclone that slammed into Bangladesh's coast with wind speeds of 150 mph, has risen to at least 1,100, a local news agency reported Friday.
While government estimates had earlier put the death toll at 242, the United News of Bangladesh — which has reporters deployed across the devastated region — said they had made their own count in each affected district taking the toll to 1,100.
Guba upgraded to Category 3
By James Luffman
November 16, 2007 19:42
Tropical Cyclone Guba reached Category 3 intensity in the Coral Sea late on Friday, according to weatherzone.com.au
The first named system of the season, Guba continued on a southward track off far north Queensland during Friday, at a pedestrian speed of about 4 km/h. Although slow moving, the cyclone intensified to produce wind gusts of up to 170 km/h, developing a clearly visible eye. By 4pm EST Guba had been upgraded to a Category 3 storm.
Bizarre Dinosaur Grazed Like a Cow, Study Says
National Geographic News
A weird-looking dinosaur with a muzzle resembling a vacuum cleaner suggests long-necked plant-eaters such as the well-known Diplodocus didn't always have their heads in the trees.
The findings are based on fossil analyses of a 110-million-year-old dinosaur found in the Sahara region of Africa by National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Paul Sereno, a paleontologist at the University of Chicago, and his colleagues.
The Brain in Chronic Pain
Sophisticated brain-imaging studies suggest new ways to treat chronic pain.
Technology Review
|Anyone who suffers from chronic pain knows that the experience is fundamentally different from enduring a scratch or a broken toe. Growing evidence from brain-imaging studies supports this notion: people with chronic pain show fundamental differences in both the structure and function of their brain. Scientists are now using these findings to develop and test new drugs created specifically for chronic pain.
Start-up makes electric power from motion
|Cnet News
By Martin LaMonica
November 16, 2007
The company's mission, in essence, is to apply the long-understood Faraday Principle–that putting a conductor near a magnetic field will produce voltage–to 21st century applications. Its initial target is to create a D-size battery for the military and then create batteries for consumer electronics.
Magnet and coil generators are typically too large for use in mobile electronics. The company's technologists have been able to generate enough electricity to power small devices by manipulating the electromagnetic field that is produced when a coil moves near a magnet.
Chile's President Visits Earthquake-Ravaged Area as Aftershocks Continue
|Voice of America
By VOA News
15 November 2007
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has toured northern towns hit by a major earthquake that killed two people, injured more than 100 and left thousands without homes.
Tocopilla and the nearby mining town of Maria Elena were hardest hit in Wednesday's 7.7 magnitude earthquake. Several thousand homes were damaged or destroyed, leaving 15,000 displaced people.


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Dogs Slated for Death Get Final Chances
By VERENA DOBNIK,AP
Posted: 2007-10-15 14:33:06
Filed Under: Nation News
NEW YORK (Oct. 15)
Sweet William, a young black Labrador retriever in Illinois, has two days to live.
Sandy, a golden female Jindo in New York, also has just two days left. Kate Hepburn, a tan female boxer in California, has 18 days to live.
The Web site Dogsindanger.com works with more than 120 shelters nationwide, helping them match dogs with new owners before the dogs are euthanized.
On Saturday, these were some of the dogs in shelters across the country slated for death — their fate posted on a Web site that aims to save their lives by offering them for adoption.
Each is tagged with a death date set by a shelter — and a countdown clock showing the days, or hours, until the animal is destroyed.
Dogsindanger.com works with more than 120 shelters nationwide that destroy dogs. How much time the dogs get before death varies from state to state. In New York City, a stray dog must be kept a minimum of three days, while a shelter has the legal right to immediately destroy an animal that is abandoned there by its owner.
About 4 million dogs are put to death each year in the United States, by injection or gas.
In the three weeks since the site has been up, dozens of dogs have found new homes. Their photos are posted on a section of the site marked "Success Stories." The images of dogs that didn't make it adorn the site's "In Memoriam" wall.
"It's not the fault of the shelters," said Alex Aliksanyan, a pet adoption advocate who made money in the Internet travel business. "They don't like doing this, but they have to abide by the law, which requires a shelter to control its animal population."
Aliksanyan spent a half-million of his own dollars to start The Buddy Fund Inc., a nonprofit organization that operates the site and is named after his miniature American Eskimo dog.
"I've done well, and it was time to give something back," said the 50-year-old Turkish-born entrepreneur of Armenian heritage. "So I thought, let's bring the story of these animals dying quietly in these shelters to the public and say, 'Can you do something?'"
He hired a half-dozen staffers to manage and market the site. Shelters post information about each dog directly, with daily updates and information on how each shelter can be contacted. Aliksanyan ships out free digital cameras and software for the task.
A shelter can sometimes delay a dog's death date — if it has room in its kennel and few new strays coming in. A death date can get moved up, too, if the shelter becomes overcrowded.
The adoption service is free both for shelters and people looking for pets, allowing users to search by location, breed or time until death.
The in-your-face site, Aliksanyan said, "is not a place to sit with your 6-year-old and say, 'This one's going to die, that one is going to die.'"
He said he is driven by the philosophy of the Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi, whose words are posted over the "In Memoriam" page: "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
Here's their website - http://www.dogsindanger.com/


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I have been using Macs since February 1984. From just about the day the Mac was announced I was writing software for it from my college dorm room using one of the school's two $10,000 Apple Lisa computers. The Lisa was, at that time, the only tool you could use to write Mac software, and no one else at The University of Pennsylvania seemed to know what to do with it, or even care.
I say all that to say, from the beginning of the Mac's life, I have been a fan. As an entrepreneur, I have built Mac hardware and software businesses and I think Apple, and Steve Jobs have indeed changed the planet. And as impressive as is Apple's long past, its current and next generation products such as the iPhone and the iPad are no less revolutionary.
But all that said, I am also, at times, critical of Apple. Sometimes very critical. I try to be a totally dispassionate truth teller. Needless to say that is very hard to do, I obviously sometimes fail, but I do try to filter my biases. That said, in recent years, as Apple has gotten bigger, more successful, and more powerful, there have been some issues that cry out for criticism. But being highly critical of Apple is not a historically natural stance for me. In fact this blog's name and first post were really an homage to Apple. But based on recent facts, I think criticizing Apple is the right thing to do.
I have been a fan of John Gruber, and his website, daringfireball for some time. For those of you that are not familiar with him, John writes, generally positively, about Apple. Gruber has always been far more pro Apple than me. And that has been ok for me. I have enjoyed reading him because his defenses have generally been pretty air tight, and he has seemed willing to criticize Apple when appropriate. He has not been, it seemed to me, a rabid illogical fanboi.
But recently, my sense has changed. I hadn't been able crisply describe any single bit of writing that was obviously problematic, but as a whole, his defenses and promotion of Apple have seemed more zealous. I no longer feel like I am listening to someone who I can get the straight scoop from. I am starting to feel like he is devolving into a pure Apple partisan.
To put this in a political context, I am a Democrat. And while I definitely lean left, particularly on economic matters I have a great appreciation of well made, logical, conservative arguments. That does not mean I always agree, but it means I am open to seeing the other side's point. In fact I always try hard to. And sometimes I do indeed agree. Of course in the current climate, conservatism seems to be becoming more "fact free" (think Obama birth certificate and death panels), so there are fewer reasonably argued ideas to embrace. But I digress.
The point is that many years ago I used to enjoy the David Brinkley version of the Sunday morning talk program This Week. And aside from enjoying Brinkley's acerbic wit, I really used to enjoy conservative commentator George Will on the show. I liked him because I felt like he was a conservative who followed logic and reason and would tell the truth as he saw it, regardless of ideology. He was willing to criticize Republicans as well as Democrats, and that gave him extra credibility in my mind. And because his language was so crisp and powerful, it was fun to watch him do it.
But times have changed. And while I do not think George Will is some Rush Limbaugh scale wacko, I no longer feel the same way about him.
Unfortunately, such is becoming the case with John Gruber. It used to be that while I knew he came from a very specific computo-political perspective, Gruber was willing to speak what was obviously the truth, regardless of where the chips fell. But I just no longer feel like that is the case.
To be clear I am not suggesting Gruber is being in any way disingenuous in his arguments. I think he is a thoroughly decent fellow, and I believe he believes his writing is thoroughly logical and fact based. But I do believe he is *much* less likely to follow logic to its natural conclusion when that conclusion is not favorable to Apple. There just seems to be more cheering, and less dispassionate analysis. I think, like all politicians and opinion givers in the modern age, it is very difficult to remain a moderate. Wildly divergent opposing forces insist that you pick sides. It is much harder to have truly fact driven political debate than it used to be. And it seems that is the case with the politics of computing as well.
And while this sense of a shift with Gruber has been coming for at least several months, the thing that triggered me to write this piece was something that Gruber said yesterday in a blog post. It was probably an off-hand comment, but it speaks volumes about where John's current psyche is. He said:
iPhone critics have seldom let facts get in their way.
Essentially, anyone who has criticized the iPhone, or presumably Apple is just someone not dealing with the facts. The only reasonable position one could have after looking at any iPhone related facts is, generally, acceptance and approval.
Yes, it is true that many iPhone critics are unmoved by facts. But so too are iPhone supporters, a.k.a. fanbois, who would more likely dine on Steve's output rather than accept even the slightest criticism of Apple.
And so, for me, John Gruber has officially jumped the shark. And while his often insightful analysis will still be in my regular rotation, just as I still occasionally watch George Will on the latest incarnation of This Week, it will never be the same. I used to trust John Gruber. Now I will just read him.


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The Hollywood veteran saw 12-year-old soprano Jackie Evancho when she was competing on the show in 2010, and decided she would be perfect for his new political thriller "The Company You Keep."
Redford, who directed the film, admits he took a gamble on an unknown talent but the risk paid off.
He tells Extratv.com, "I'm sitting in the hotel room and I'm surfing TV, boom there comes this beautiful, angelic face on a show called 'America's Got Talent.' I thought, maybe she could act. It was a risk. She showed up two days later … it goes to show you risks are worth taking; she turned out to be the most real, human kid."
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James, Demetri and Alistair are three vampires each showing one of three closely related special abilities that can be generally called tracking sense. They can locate the position and movements of a target, generally a living being, possibly intended as prey, but on occasion, even inanimate objects. While most vampires track their targets using the five senses, these vampires track them using supernatural means. Therefore they are called trackers. In Life and Death, James's power belonged to his female counterpart, Joss.
- "He was a skilled tracker, able to sense in advance the most likely moves of his prey."
- ―Entry on James's gift[src]
After crossing the scent of a human or an animal, James could instinctively predict his prey's most likely moves and use it as a means of tracking and then follow his target until he caught up. He could pick up a target's scent, then walk away and leave it alone for a while before beginning to hunt. The hunt may have taken time, but he never lost his prey. He could also predict his prey's moves in advance and pick up an old, faint scent that most vampires were probably unable to.
James's power of predicting his prey's moves wasn't perfect, meaning his target may change course of movement without his knowledge. Supposedly, he was only good at tracking living beings.
As a human, James was trained by his father to track and trap his prey, learning quickly and becoming the best tracker on the frontier. With this skill, he learned to survive in the forest as a child and adolescent. He could track his prey's movements in minutes.
As a vampire, James's hunting skill manifested in a form of power, which allowed him to track his prey by predicting their move, dedicating his existence to hunting for sport. To challenge himself, he first picked a person in a crowd, picked up the scent with one whiff, then left it alone for sometime (weeks or months)before he started hunting; when that became too easy, he started picking someone on a crowded dock, follow the ship a few months later, and search for his prey in another country. When he got bored of such quests, he started hunting vampires; he especially liked picking a coven member, as the other members would attempt revenge when he killed one of them. He even hunted a werewolf across Siberia once, though he didn't know what it was at that time.
While hunting Victoria, her ability to escape made it impossible for him to kill her, as she always sensed his dangerous presence and avoided him. Even after years of chasing, he never caught up to her. Eventually, James became so impressed with her evasion that he felt attracted to her. James never viewed letting Victoria survive as a failure, because he had found her and—in a way—claimed her life.
While pursuing a different prey, James came across Mary Alice Brandon's faint scent: she was what the Volturi called a "singer" for James. He followed her trail to an asylum. However, Alice's power of prediction warned her of his coming, and she confided in her only friend, an old vampire who worked nights at the asylum. After realizing he wouldn't be strong enough to stop James, he bit Alice and took her away. By the time James caught up to them, Alice was already in the final process of her transformation; there was no trail of blood left for him to savor.
- "He's a tracker, Alice, did you see that? He's a tracker!"
- ―Edward[src]
In Twilight, James and his coven met the Cullen family, another vampire coven, in Forks. James decided to hunt Bella Swan after seeing Cullens' protectiveness (especially Edward's) of the human girl and Alice's surprising presence, which made the most exciting game for James.
Laurent warned the Cullens that his power made him deadly, and they should be very careful around him, since hunting was James's obsession.
Edward attempted to mislead him with Bella's scent―it worked sporadically. Trusting his instinct, he followed Bella all the way to Phoenix, where he set a trap for her by luring her to a ballet studio to separate her from the Cullens.
Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined
In Life and Death, James's female counterpart, Joss, went through the same process. She crossed Beau Swan's scent and set on killing him as a challenge since she needed to get past seven vampires to succeed. While confronting Beau at a ballet studio, she mentioned being unsure about his seeking refuge in Phoenix, since they made her believe it would be the last place he would go to for hiding, but by trusting her hunch, she managed to escape the Cullens' pursuit and find Beau in Phoenix.
- "He is a skilled tracker. He catches the essence of a person's mind and then follows it like a scent over any distance."
- ―Entry on Demetri's gift[src]
By coming across the "essence" of an individual's mind and focusing on it, Demetri can find said individual no matter where they are. He is known as the greatest tracker in the world, far superior even to James. He doesn't need to have physically met the person to be able to track them down; by coming across someone else who had met the target, he can pick up the essence through him or her.
Seemingly limited to finding living beings only, Demetri can only link to his targets once he has physically met them or has picked up his or her trail from someone who has met them in the past. It has been confirmed by The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide that only strong mental shields such as Bella Swan's can render his power useless.
Though there was no official description as to how his power manifested, it was implied that Demetri was already skilled at tracking as a human, which drew Amun's attention and prompted him to turn Demetri into a vampire.
The two worked together to develop his ability and in time, Demetri's power was matched by no tracker. This eventually drew the Volturi's notice, and Aro replaced his previous tracker with him, who had a less potent power of tracking.
Ever since then, he had been part of all of the Volturi's important missions. Whenever a coven or individual had committed a crime that drew the Volturi's notice, Demetri was assigned to find them, since no one could ever escape his power.
New Moon
- "He's a tracker―a tracker a thousand times more gifted than James was. His ability is loosely related to what I do, or what Aro does. He catches the... flavor? I don't know how to describe it... the tenor... of someone's mind, and then he follows that. It works over immense distances."
- ―Edward's description of Demetri's gift.[src]
Upon leaving Volterra by the end of New Moon, Edward tells Bella and his family that he did not want to touch Aro's hand again, because he did not want him to find out he had discovered that Demetri's tracking ability is mental. Working from this statement from the book, it is fair to assume that thoughts linger or leave behind some kind of trace Demetri is able to pick up and follow. The interesting part of the workings of Demetri's ability is that it would be ineffective on Bella, due to "her brain being wired wrong".
Demetri is assumed to have accompanied Jane, Felix, and some of the other Volturi guards under Aro's orders to study and eradicate the Seattle newborn army.
In the movie, Demetri accompanies Jane, Alec, and Felix to Seattle and then Forks, hinting that he tracked the newborn army to their locations.
Breaking Dawn
In Breaking Dawn it is also commented that if Demetri's power did not make him the greatest tracker in the world, Aro would have replaced him by now, as Aro doesn't surround himself with "second best".
The Cullens believed that, because of his skills and capabilities, killing Demetri would be one of their main priorities if it came to open war with the Volturi. Renesmee, Bella and Edward's daughter, was the primary target on the Cullens' side, and they knew that if somehow Renesmee did escape with her life, Demetri would be sent to find her and bring her in for "justice".
- "Alistair can track both people and things. He can sense the general direction of whatever he is looking for, but it takes him a long time to narrow this feeling down to a specific location. If whatever he's seeking is on the move, he may never catch up."
- ―Entry on Alistair's gift[src]
Alistair is the only vampire known to be able to track inanimate objects in addition to living beings.
His power works by focusing on a target to find its general direction; he can also narrow down a location and the distance between them. It is described as a kind of a magnetic pull toward the target, though it is possible to avoid it.
Given that this power can track objects in a magnetic form, it is likely to be unaffected by Bella Swan's shield.
Though useful, this ability is more limited than those of James's and Demetri's. Alistair mostly feels the general direction of the object he focuses on, and it takes some time to narrow his feeling down to a specific location. If whatever he is seeking is on the move, he may never catch up.
Alistair had a passion with animals and was a fairly skilled hunter.
By becoming a vampire, this trait manifested into a sort of power that allowed him to track any object he focused on.
Breaking Dawn
- "Alistair was a tracker, though not nearly as precise and efficient as Demetri. Alistair just felt an elusive pull toward whatever he was seeking."
- ―Bella's description of Alistair's talent.[src]
Edward describes Alistair's ability to Bella when he first arrived in Forks, though begrudgingly, to witness for the Cullen family. Alistair flees Forks after sensing the numbers of the Volturi and their witnesses coming to confront the Cullens.
Unnamed tracker
According to The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide, the Volturi had another, less powerful tracker before Demetri joined them. There is no confirmation as to how this tracker's power worked nor what happened to him after he was replaced by Demetri.
Similar abilities
- Alice Cullen has the power of foresight. Though this power is not the same as tracking, it can be used in that method to anticipate a target's moves and the direction it is headed.
- Edward Cullen has the power of telepathy. Though this is different and far less efficient in tracking, it can be used to keep tabs of a target's thoughts and use that as a means to find their location.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference recently announced the 2009 NEWMAC Spring Academic All-Conference Team. Once again, MIT reigned supreme, collecting a league-best 48 honors, and finishing the year with a total of 124 awards.
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The NEWMAC consists of 10 highly selective institutions committed to academic excellence: Babson College, Clark University, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, Springfield College, Wellesley College, Wheaton College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Springfield secured the second-highest number of honorees with 41 selections, followed by WPI with 25. The following is a list of MIT's representatives on the NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team:
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Nest Developer Program Launches with First Works with Nest Integrations from Jawbone, LIFX, Mercedes, Whirlpool and More.
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Palo Alto, California — 23 June 2014 — Nest Labs, Inc. (nest.com) today launched the Nest Developer Program, which makes it possible for Nest and the more than 5,000 developers who've expressed interest in the program to work together to create meaningful interactions among Nest products and others – both inside and outside of the home. More than just linking and remote controlling the devices in your home, the Nest Developer Program allows everything from lighting to appliances to fitness bands and even cars to securely connect with Nest products, bringing the conscious home to life by making those homes safer, more energy efficient, and more aware.
"The Nest Learning Thermostat and Nest Protect alarm are already helping people save energy, stay comfortable, and improve home safety – but that's only the beginning," said Matt Rogers, founder and vice president of engineering, Nest. "Our goal has always been to bring this kind of thoughtfulness to the rest of your home and life – and that's what the Nest Developer Program is all about. To kick off the program, we've worked with iconic brands like Mercedes-Benz and Whirlpool, as well as new industry leaders like Jawbone and LIFX, to build seamless, secure and practical Works with Nest experiences for the home."
Featured Works with Nest integrations that are available now include:
IFTTT – Create your own connections with one simple statement: "If This Then That." For example, "If my Nest Protect detects smoke, then send a text message to my neighbors."
Jawbone – Nest knows which temperature you like and the Jawbone UP24 band can tell when you wake up. Working together, Nest will start to heat up or cool down the home before you even step out of bed.
LIFX – If Nest Protect detects elevated smoke or carbon monoxide (CO) levels, LIFX light bulbs can flash red to let you know there might be danger and help signal those who are hearing impaired. And when you're on vacation and your Nest Thermostat is in Away mode, LIFX can make it look as if someone's home by randomly turning on and off lights throughout the house.
Logitech – With the press of a button, the Logitech Harmony Ultimate universal remote can dim your lights, turn on your TV and start a movie. Now, it can also set the temperature on your Nest Thermostat, all from the comfort of your couch.
Mercedes-Benz – Your car can tell Nest when you'll be home so your thermostat can start heating or cooling at exactly the right time. You don't end up wasting energy when you're not home and you're comfortable the moment you walk in the door. You can also safely check on the status of your thermostat while driving.
Whirlpool – If your Nest Thermostat notices you're away, it can have your Whirlpool washer and dryer keep clothes fresh and wrinkle-free when the cycle ends. The dryer can also switch into a longer, more energy efficient cycle when you're away. And if you're enrolled in Rush Hour Rewards with a participating energy provider, Nest can let Whirlpool know when an energy rush hour is about to happen, and your washer or dryer will delay the start of the cycle until the rush hour is over.
Additional integrations launching this fall include:
Chamberlain – Open your garage with Chamberlain, LiftMaster or most brands of garage door openers when you arrive, and Chamberlain MyQ can tell Nest you're home. Close it on your way out, and your thermostat can go into Away mode so you don't waste energy heating or cooling an empty home.
Google – Just speak a command, "OK Google. Set Nest to 75 degrees," and your Nest Thermostat will do as you say. And with Google Now, you can be on your way home, and your thermostat will start heating or cooling before you get there.
"When we first heard about the Nest Developer Program, we knew we wanted to be a part of it," said Phil Bosua, LIFX founder and CEO. "Nest brings a whole other dimension to LIFX. Who would have thought by combining Nest products and LIFX products, we could help save lives?"
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"Nest is a great example of how the right idea can change the world," said David Krane, Google Ventures General Partner. "We invested in Nest because we believe in the company's vision for the connected home. Nest has delivered on that early promise, and now we're ready to support the next generation of founders and companies to push the boundaries in this space."
Privacy and Security for Nest Customers Nest believes in being open and honest about how we use customer data and we do everything we can to protect customer information. For authorization, we use the industry standard OAuth2.0. In addition, we require that our developers let users know what information they're requesting and why they're requesting it. That way, when users choose to authorize a connection between their Nest device and another product, they understand exactly what they're authorizing and how it will benefit them. Nest limits the amount of data held by developers by not sending them personally identifiable information about users or permitting them to retain more than ten trailing days of data. Users can choose to disconnect an integration at anytime. If for any reason they decide to delete their Nest account, Nest will automatically disconnect any active integrations, as well as erase their personal information from Nest servers.
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Nest reinvents unloved but important home products, like the thermostat and smoke and CO alarm. The company focuses on delighting customers with simple, beautiful and thoughtful hardware, software and services. The Nest Learning Thermostat™ and Nest Energy Services offerings address home energy consumption, and Nest Protect: Smoke + Carbon Monoxide™ helps keep people safe. Nest products are sold in the U.S., U.K. and Canada, and are installed in more than 120 countries. For more information, visit www.nest.com.


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