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The Reproducible Research Guilt Trip May Finally Be Paying Off
We might be closer to killing off the "Just take my word for it - I'm pretty sure I did this right" methods section
Why is this even an issue? Biologists in particular seem to be collectively and subconsciously reacting to those awful General Chemistry labs where they had you copy down pages of instructions verbatim into your lab notebook. It should come as no surprise that bioinformatics is ground zero for reproducibility activism.
It is unfortunate reproducible research is tied up with all sorts of other holier-than-thou practices: open access, open source, open data, literate programming, blogging, functional programming. This all-encompassing evangelism tends to polarize people. While wonky über-programmers like C. Titus Brown lay out fundamental practices for reproducibility, most PIs have been publicly giving lip service to the idea of reproducible research, belying a "I don't wanna eat my vegetables"-type disdain. There are now "corsortia" and an "initiative" to compel scientists to actually write their shit down, preferably with door prizes. If you think this has a "posture pals" (video) feel to it, you're not alone. As the number of pro-RR articles has steadily increased, few take these to heart.
This head against wall bashing has been the pattern for many years - better tools are now available (RStudio, knitr, Galaxy, cloud computing, figshare, github, bitbucket) and more rah-rah from the blogosphere - but little enforcement from major journals. But now a recent development has raised my hopes, because it indicates editors have been tightening the screws enough to cause discomfort:
People have actually started to argue against reproducible research!
Hearts and Minds
The founder of the irreplicability movement is Christopher Drummond, author of "Reproducible Research: a Dissenting Opinion". I will attempt to paraphrase his arguments here:
- Richard Feynman never had a Github account.
- No one is really going to read your damn code anyway.
- Writing shit down == A big drag, man.
- The Anil Potti incident proves liars always lie about their Rhodes Scholarships first. We should crack down on curricula vitae, not veritas curat.
A precursor to the dissenting opinion article is Drummond's "Replicability is not Reproducibility: Nor is it Good Science". A distinction is drawn between reproducibility and replicability, the former being what is advocated and the latter being more generalizable or scientifically provable. The idea we require researchers to submit their data and code, replicable research, is a narrow concept really only useful for ferreting out scientific misconduct.
It is not clear science can efficiently self-correct. So while replicability is not reproducibility, reproducibility is too slow to substitute for replicability. A manuscript that describes real reproducible biological phenomena is essentially conjecture until it can be repeated. The greatest ferret-legger the world has ever known will live in obscurity until they buy a ferret. We have a culture of scientists who refuse to buy a ferret.
Accounting for Tastes
- It is difficult to make polished software for others to use and that is not the point of research.
- Replicability is not reproducibility.
Getting these sequence analysis workflows to be reproducible will not require a highly skilled platoon of developers. Any willing researcher can submit a shell script or a build script of commands provided they avoid these common pitfalls:
- Using bioinformatics web applications with no web service capability
- Using desktop bioinformatics software with no logging capability
- Relying on proprietary institutional databases, perhaps with stored procedures that prove too unwiedly to dump
- Using command line programs without a directory-based bash history
- Using Excel to manually manipulate data
- The researcher was perfectly capable of submitting code but decided to retain a competitive advantage.
Replication does not prove a biological truth but we often don't even have the fleeting proof that a scientist did what they said they did.
Which brings us back to those damn chemistry labs. While many public access talk shows find chemists willing argue against evolution, you would be hard pressed to find a one who would argue against writing shit down.
In other words: Not writing shit down is an even worse idea than creationism.
There, I blogged in 2012.


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by Hugh Gilmore
I'm building up to telling you about the mysterious woman who changed me and then left without telling me her real name. But I must first let you see why she affected me so.
I'll begin with a warning to those of you planning to write a novel for the first time: The learning curve is steep and merciless. Assuming you do, you will eventually be cruising along, well into writing your book, proud as heck that you've stuck to task. You'll have 200 pages written, maybe, but suddenly you feel you'd best stop cruising along and listen to that whisper in your writer's ear: – somewhere along the way you learned a technique you wish you had known when you started. No, strike that, not "wished" you knew – something you should have known.
For example: Point of view (POV). If you have a first-person POV, how does your narrator know what is in someone else's mind? Or what that person did last night? Another example: How to write "a scene." Every scene should have its own tension if you expect people to read it. Another: Exposition. How do you let the reader know what someone looks like, or what his home looks like without interrupting the narrative?
When you first realize you've improved your management of these techniques, you'll think you should go back to the beginning and rewrite. Get it right. Come on, just do it. But, then again … maybe you should finish the next hundred or two-hundred pages. You knew you were going to revise the manuscript, so let's push on. Sadder-but-wiser,-etc., but push on. So you do.
(My poet friends will protest this, but I'll say it anyway: Writing a poem seems like running a dash when compared to the novelist's marathon. I had to restrain a laugh when I heard some poets on a recent panel, asked if they wrote everyday, reply that they'd like to, but found it hard to find the time.)
You push on with your novel – using your new knowledge, only to discover at the 250-page mark that you've learned more than you knew fifty pages ago. You now have 200 pages of Rotten and 50 pages of Rotten-plus-one, but are about to plow onward at a Rotten-plus-two level. So it goes, up to "The End" as you create your unevenly constructed book. If you were a first-time carpenter and this were a house, the final add-on shed you built might seem okay, but the rest of the place is ready to fall down, taking the shed with it.
That's okay, you knew you had to revise. You're willing to do that. Gung ho! Only, you'll face the same learning curve problem again. Each time. Your start realizing that perfection is unattainable. Even adequacy seems overly ambitious. This is obviously not a race that goes to the swift.
I can't tell you how lonely-making this Sisyphean process is. You've already committed a year or two of your life (or more) to a project no one else cares if you finish, and if you look up you'll see that, well, you'll have to rewrite this hundred-page section, and that will take, maybe, three months. So, yes, you'll start on Labor Day and finish the "final" rewrite … hmm … maybe by Christmas.
And that's what I did with my latest book, "Last Night on the Gorilla Tour." Big mistake.
The book was originally called "Garner" and the title character was based on a real person, an explorer and gorilla hunter named Richard L. Garner (1848-1920). I borrowed his name and many useful details of his life, but invented the plot I stuck him in and the people I surrounded him with.
I began writing the book 12 years ago and "finished" it after three years. After spending almost two years trying to find an agent, I had given up on publishing "Garner" and put it in a drawer while I worked on other writing projects.
In the years that followed, when I thought about that book, I thought the story had good scenes but was too talky. It also suffered from being written with too great a dependence on backstory. I'd put Garner on a train in the first scene and had his ride interrupted by people whose motives could only be known through their histories. The narrative flow was seriously flawed.
Last summer, however, while vacationing in Maine, hands behind my head while lying in a hammock, I decided to give the book another try. I now knew how to publish independently and had some sense of how to market a book. There were other projects I favored more, but, thinking through the timing of them all, I decided I could simply take time out and spend Sept. 1 to New Year's rewriting "Garner." The new organization seemed simple: I'd take all the other characters' backstories and present them chronologically. Then I'd put Garner on the train and let them all mix it up.
Shouldn't be too hard, I thought. Rewrite every page of a 300-page book in four months. Seventy-five pages a month. A little less than three pages a day. I had to push, but I made the deadline. In fact, by Dec. 21 I'd sent the manuscript to the publisher, designed a cover for it, written my publicity blurbs, and created a Kindle e-book version. To top it all off, I'd been offered the date of Feb. 22 to have a book-launch party at Musehouse, Chestnut Hill's fabulous literary arts center. Gateway to the stars! Top of the world, Ma!
Boy did I screw up. Please accept that as the first of several apologies I owe people.
Hugh Gilmore's best-selling book is "Malcolm's Wine: A Noir Crime Novel of Rare Books, Vintage Wine, and Sneaky People." Available now only through Amazon.com.
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In an effort to recruit more recent college grads to the advisor industry, TD Ameritrade Institutional on Friday announced that it has awarded scholarships to 10 talented students enrolled in undergraduate financial planning programs around the U.S.
These are the first scholarships that TDAI has awarded since it established an annual Next Generation Scholarship Program earlier this year. The 2013 recipients have all received $5,000 scholarship awards. Winners applied by May 15, and the scholarships were awarded on Aug. 1.
TDAI also plans to award a $50,000 grant to a university that best demonstrates a commitment to educating the industry's future financial professionals. Applications were accepted on April 15 through June 1, and the grant winner will be awarded to the selected university on Sept. 1.
"This is an industry that is facing a critical talent shortage at a time when the need for financial advice is on the rise," said TD Ameritrade Institutional President Tom Nally in a statement. "By supporting students like these, we look to help cultivate the next generation of financial professionals."
Over the next decade, TDAI plans to provide $1 million to expand the number of college students pursuing a career in the financial services industry. The Omaha-based brokerage and custodian joins a number of other firms and groups that are actively seeking to replace retiring advisors in the aging advisor industry with a fresh group of new recruits.
"I am always seeking top talent for our firm, but I'm also looking forward and considering who will be caring for them over the next 20 or 30 years," said David Kudla, chief executive and chief investment strategist of Mainstay Capital Management and a member of TDAI's Next Generation Advisory Board, in a statement. "I see a real need for our industry to step up efforts to support and engage a new generation."
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' most recent Occupational Outlook Handbook signals the strong demand for new advisors, saying that the job outlook for personal financial advisors saw a "much faster than average" growth rate of 32% between 2010 and 2012. This growth trend runs alongside the trend, as identified by Accenture, of 50-something boomer advisors approaching retirement and faced with the issue of succession planning.
Yet the TDAI scholarship announcement notes that financial planning is not a popular career choice among students, according to a recent survey by the National Society of High School Scholars. As a result, the firm hopes that its scholarship program will show more college students that a career in financial planning can be a satisfying one both on a monetary and a personal level.
To celebrate their achievement, scholarship winners traveled to New York City as guests of TD Ameritrade for a visit to Wall Street (see image), where they took tours of the Museum of American Finance and the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
"Financial advisors have the potential to make a huge difference in a client's life by providing them with confidence about their finances," said Kelsey Brooks, a TDAI scholarship winner now entering her senior year at the University of Georgia, in a statement. "I want to be that person in my client's life, someone they can rely on for straightforward advice."
In addition to Brooks, TDAI's scholarship winners are:
- Christopher Johnson, Texas Christian University
- Kayla-Lynn Kasica, William Paterson University
- Joshua Landau, University of San Diego
- Morgan McGovern, Virginia Tech University
- Kelly McNerney, William Paterson University
- Andrew Milling, William Paterson University
- Phillip Murphy, SUNY College of Technology at Alfred
- Eric Siss, Virginia Tech University
- Delroy Stauffer, University of South Carolina-Columbia
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Abstract: This dissertation consists of an introduction followed by four papers on issues related to the choice of entry timing and entry mode in transition economies. Below is a list of the papers that is included in the dissertation with information about their current publication status and coauthorships. * Jakobsen, K. 2007. First mover advantages in Central and Eastern Europe: A comparative analysis of performance measures, Journal of East-West Business, 13(1), 35-61. * Jakobsen, K. 2008. Competition for Markets in the Brewing Industry in Central and Eastern Europe. In J. Larimo (Ed.) Perspectives on Internationalization and International Management, Vassan Yliopiston Julkaisuja, p. 299-316. ISBN 978-952-476-228-1 * Jakobsen, K., & Meyer, K. E. 2008. Partial Acquisition: The overlooked entry mode. In J. H. Dunning and P. Gugler (eds.) Progress in International Business Research 2, Elsevier Science, p. 203-226. ISBN 978-0-7623-1475-1. * Jakobsen, K., & Meyer, K. E. 2007. Negotiating entry modes: Partial acquisitions in transition economies. Revise and resubmit at International Business Review URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7681
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As a company, Google has always worked towards protecting the privacy rights of its users from the prying eyes of various government branches. However, at times, it is cornered pretty badly by the judiciary and this is one such case. Google has been ordered by a district court judge in California to comply with FBI's warrantless data requests, or as they call it- a National Security Letter (NSL). The provision of this request forbids Google from disclosing the fact that such a request was made in the first place. This translates to plain and simple bullying, and the way things move in this case will lay the foundation for future secret requests by the FBI.
Declan McCullagh at CNET points out the evil in NSLs, saying,
They allow FBI officials to send secret requests to Web and telecommunications companies requesting "name, address, length of service," and other account information about users as long as it's relevant to a national security investigation.
Not just that, the FBI does not require a court approval for making the request, and neither is the company holding the data allowed to disclose that such a request was made. This puts the company in a perfect catch-22 situation.
However, it will be wrong to accuse the judge Susan Illston (if that name sounds familiar to you, Illston is also the presiding judge in the Sony vs. George Hotz case) of passing a biased verdict in this case. Her argument in this case was that Google went after the premises of issuing an NSL; instead of preparing a defense against the 19 NSL that were the real problem.
Illston has invited Google to try the case again. She also ruled earlier this year that NSLs are unconstitutional, and this proves that she has been quite fair in her verdict. However, the disheartening news is that Illston is stepping down form the case this July, and will not be the one passing the final verdict.


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Shortbread Candy Bar Recipe 2010-10-29 11:11:34
Shortbread Candy Bars
Shortbread Candy Bars
From Everyday Food
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
3/4 cup packed light-brown sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons coarse salt
2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
2 cups assorted chocolate candies or roughly chopped candy bars (12 ounces)
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter, brown sugar, and salt on medium-high until light and fluffy, 3 minutes.
- With the mixer on low, add flour in three additions and beat until combined (dough will be crumbly). Press dough evenly into an 8-inch square baking dish. Bake until golden brown and firm, 30 to 35 minutes.
- Scatter chocolate chips on top of shortbread. Bake until soft, 1 minute. With the back of a spoon, spread chocolate evenly over shortbread.
- Scatter candies over top. Let cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Refrigerate briefly to set chocolate, then cut into 16 bars. Store in an airtight container, at room temperature, up to 4 days.
Makes 16 bars.
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Willis Eschenbach asked the editor of Climate Dynamics to require the authors of Wilson et al 2007 to archive their data. The editor wrote back that, since the authors had provided the latitude and longitude of the samples, this was sufficient information to permit another laboratory to replicate their results and that it was not the responsibility of journals to ensure that data was archived.
Dear Sir,
The manuscript "Cycles and shifts: 1,300 years of multi-decadal temperature variability in the Gulf of Alaska", by Rob Wilson, Greg Wiles, Rosanne D'Arrigo, Chris Zweck contains a table providing the location of the dendrochronological series, so that any laboratory can go to the place and duplicate the work.
Archiving raw data is a normal process and should follow accepted practices, but this is not the responsibility of journal editors.
Jean-Claude Duplessy
Climate Dynamics will be a terrific journal for Lonnie Thompson to publish in. He can always say: I've provided the latitude and longitude of the Dunde ice core. If you want to verify our statistics, go drill your own f- ing ice core.
It's interesting that Duplessy's position as a journal editor is that ensuring that data is archived is not the "responsibility of journal editors". When I asked Susan Solomon about archiving at a CCSP Workshop, she gave the lame excuse that IPCC did not make authors archive data because that would be "interfering with journals". Here are my contemporary notes:
I asked Susan Solomon why IPCC did not require authors to archive data and methods. (I have had previous correspondence with her on this topic, which I'll discuss some time, as it's rather amusing.) She said that that would be interfering with journals, as "I well knew". Later, I asked Margaret Leinen of NSF the same question. Leinen said that NSF did require authors to publish in peer-reviewed journals. I pointed out that this was not responsive to my question. She said that I should pay attention to the NSF website as there might be forthcoming changes.


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Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are infectious diseases that spread from person to person through intimate contact. STDs can affect guys and girls of all ages and backgrounds who are having sex — it doesn't matter if they're rich or poor.
Unfortunately, STDs (sometimes also called STIs for "sexually transmitted infections") have become common among teens. Because teens are more at risk for getting some STDs, it's important to learn what you can do to protect yourself.
STDs are more than just an embarrassment. They're a serious health problem. If untreated, some STDs can cause permanent damage, such as infertility (the inability to have a baby) and even death (in the case of HIV/AIDS).
One reason STDs spread is because people think they can only be infected if they have sexual intercourse. That's wrong. A person can get some STDs, like herpes or genital warts, through skin-to-skin contact with an infected area or sore.
Another myth about STDs is that you can't get them if you have oral or anal sex. That's also wrong because the viruses or bacteria that cause STDs can enter the body through tiny cuts or tears in the mouth and anus, as well as the genitals.
STDs also spread easily because you can't tell whether someone has an infection. In fact, some people with STDs don't even know that they have them. These people are in danger of passing an infection on to their sex partners without even realizing it.
Some of the things that increase a person's chances of getting an STD are:
As with many other diseases, prevention is key. It's much easier to prevent STDs than to treat them. The only way to completely prevent STDs is to abstain from all types of sexual contact. If someone is going to have sex, the best way to reduce the chance of getting an STD is by using a condom every time (or a dental dam when a girl is receiving oral sex).
People who are considering having sex should get regular gynecological or male genital examinations. There are two reasons for this. First, these exams give doctors a chance to teach people about STDs and protecting themselves. And second, regular exams give doctors more opportunities to check for STDs while they're still in their earliest, most treatable stage.
In order for these exams and visits to the doctor to be helpful, people need to tell their doctors if they are thinking about having sex or if they have already started having sex. This is true for all types of sex — oral, vaginal, and anal. And let the doctor know if you've ever had any type of sexual contact, even if it was in the past.
Don't let embarrassment at the thought of having an STD keep you from seeking medical attention. Waiting to see a doctor may allow a disease to progress and cause more damage. If you think you may have an STD, or if you have had a partner who may have an STD, you should see a doctor right away.
If you don't have a doctor or prefer not to see your family doctor, you may be able to find a local clinic in your area where you can get an exam confidentially. Some national and local organizations operate STD hotlines staffed by trained specialists who can answer your questions and provide referrals. Calls to these hotlines are confidential. One hotline you can call for information is the National STD Hotline at 1-800-227-8922.
Not all infections in the genitals are caused by STDs. Sometimes people can get symptoms that seem very like those of STDs, even though they've never had sex. For girls, a yeast infection can easily be confused with an STD. Guys may worry about bumps on the penis that turn out to be pimples or irritated hair follicles. That's why it's important to see a doctor if you ever have questions about your sexual health.
For more information about the signs, symptoms, and treatments of some common STDs, click on the links below.
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"John has the uncanny ability to create recipes that all of us can make and enjoy. In this collection there are many sweet and savory dishes that are certain to become family favorites.
"So many chefs talk about recipes that can be made at home simply, easily, and successfully, but John Barricelli delivers. His sweets are just the kind you want to bake for family and friends, and just the kind that even beginning bakers can turn out. You will make these recipes year-round, and you'll make them over and over again."
"The Seasonal Baker is a dessert book you want to hug. It will actually become part of your kitchen (flour- and chocolate-stained) and not your library. John's pastry is always straightforward delicious. And if you don't make his Banana–Chocolate Chip Kugelhopf, you are simply missing out on one of the things that makes life worth getting out of bed for."
"I enjoyed getting to know John and his family through his heartfelt mix of savory and sweet recipes. He takes care to keep instructions clear and approachable; perfect for the home baker. I can't wait to try some of these with my family."
"My introduction to John was over his Lemon Daisy Cake at Martha Stewart's studio. It was so light and airy and at the same time tart and sweet. This perfect dessert is a reflection of John's background—a unique combination of family and professional cooking and baking, with his philosophy of using the best ingredients, that results in no-fail recipes. From simple Poached Pineapple or Grilled Peaches to Ratatouille Hand Pies, there is something here for everyone. I'm going to start with the Gingerbread-Pineapple Upside-Down Cake."


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Facial recognition software has been around for some years now and has become very sophisticated. It has been used by law enforcement for the serious business of finding criminals and for the less serious business of tagging family members and friends in the Google program Picasa. Some online genealogical database programs have facial recognition abilities such as MyHeritage.com's celebrity matches.
A new entry into the genealogy community has extended the reach of facial recognition software, PhotoFaceMatch.com. They were the Third-place winner in the recent #RootsTech 2014, Developer's Challenge. Here is a selection from their website explaining what they are attempting to do:
Facial detection and recognition are becoming significant tools in a variety of applications in today's hi-tech world, from homeland security, law enforcement, commercial security, and social media. PhotoFaceMatch is an initiative to apply facial analytics to the world of geneaology.The twist here is that they are extending facial recognition to people at different ages in their lives. This company does not come into genealogy from a main interest in genealogy, this is primarily a commercial face recognition company that recognizes that there is a possible niche in genealogy. The developer company is described as follows:
Using a technology that may be described as "facial arithmetic" we look forward to helping you identify people in old family photographs and manage your albums in a way never before possible.
Eclipse Identity Recognition Corporation (EclipseIR) incorporates advanced technology to identify individuals from live and stored video streams. In addition to genealogy applications such as PhotoFaceMatch, EclipseIR brings significant impact to government, law enforcement, public safety, health care, commercial and private security, as well as entertainment and social media.It does not look like an application can be downloaded as yet, so we will have to see what develops.


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MANASSAS, Va. – Homeowners who buy in Virginia's Prince William County or in Maryland's Frederick County get more home for their money than people in the inner suburbs, but a new study finds the cost of transportation may outweigh the affordability of the exurbs.
The Center for Neighborhood Technology reports people who live in D.C. or just outside of it pay far less to commute.
For example, someone who lives downtown in Dupont Circle pays an average $636 on transportation a month, while someone in Damascus pays $1,447 a month, according to The Examiner.
At $12,664 a year, D.C. ranks eighth in terms of the lowest annual commuting costs, the Center for Neighborhood Technology says. The center used Census data between 2000 and 2009 for its rankings
New York is the lowest at $10,158. The city with the highest annual commuting cost is Birmingham, Ala., at $14,928.
The Housing + Transportation Affordability Index analysis of nearly 900 communities concludes nearly three-quarters of American communities are unaffordable places to live once housing and transportation costs are combined. If just housing costs are used to calculate affordability, 76 percent of the communities are considered affordable.
People living in areas with access to transit, jobs and amenities saw smaller increases in transportation costs than those who lived in communities dependent on cars.
Since 2000, median transportation costs nationwide rose 39 percent and median housing costs went up nearly 37 percent. Income, though, only increased 22 percent.
Here are the communities with the lowest annual commuting costs:
- New York, $10,158
- San Francisco, $11,980
- Los Angeles, $12,154
- Chicago, $12,311
- Philadelphia, $12,365
- Boston, $12,394
- Denver, $12,662
- Washington, $12,664
- Miami, $12,822
- San Jose, $12,914
WTOP's Neal Augenstein contributed to this report. Follow Neal and WTOP on Twitter.
(Copyright 2012 by WTOP. All Rights Reserved.)


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If I could add 1 thing, what would I add to the WotLK expansion?
That's a tough one. The one thing? One?
Well, if it were just one:
For every instance, add 2 more of the same level and difficulty, just locate it somewhere else in a different environment and decked out with different story and place in the lore. We've got the Scarlet Monastery. Great. Thanks. Been there. Done that. Done that. Done that. No, done that. No, seriously done that. Stop done that. Uh, done that. Wait… Done that. And done that. Done (STOP!) Except you can't really stop, can you. This is where you *will* go in your 30's. If you're an Enhancement Shaman this is where you will go. If it's your second Shaman it's where you'll go. If it's… Get the picture? How about: Van Cleef wasn't the final boss in the Defias saga. He's not smart enough to be a real boss. And who was he building that ship for? Somebody located out in the islands south of the Maelstrom. An all new set of zones in which to adventure. And find out the true leader behind the Defias. Or simply the next in line.
Rather than having us "run" Scarlet Monastery multiple times, have us pay Van Cleef's Rat Bastard boss a visit instead. And discover more lore. And more of the world. And what connection do the Bloodsail Pirates have with Kul Tiras? And either of them to the Defias? Hmm.
One thing I'd want to see is more mid-level content.
But if I could make a list of things:
Give Draenei Shamans their own spirit animal form. We saw it in the beginning quests where they got cat form. Give the Draenei Shamans Ghost Cat form. (Not my idea, this is an old one I saw floated a long time ago.)
Give Shamans proper crowd control. Thrall wasn't a Druid. He was a Shaman. And he controlled the elements. And he had the earth working for him. Quicksand. Elemental Prison. Whirlwind.
And since I've seen Paladins, Warriors, and Druids all tanking mid-level end-game content, it would seem the tanking abilities are fine. Some are better than others in certain circumstances, and that's exactly how it should be. Cause if everyone ought to be able to tank equally, then I want my Fury Warrior and my Fire Mage to tank equally well as well. Fair, no?
Deathknights. I'm sorry. Why aren't these folks in their own faction? The Faction of the Damned? Like half the WoW population wouldn't love to join the Scourge? I mean, do we really need to see Gnome Deathknights having picnics out in the Barrens under umbrellas? Because we will. Goofy spunky pink haired Gnome DEATHKNIGHTS. Death. Scourge. Does that equate with Gnomeness? At some point everyone will be able to do everything and we'll all be the same. (And that will be Game Over.)
More Factions perhaps? Let players join the Scourge (starting area in the plaguelands somewhere, Skeletons, Zombies, and Necromancers) *or* the Burning Legion (starting area in Nagrand at one of the demon camps, Felguards, Succubi, Infernals, Warlocks). Two new Factions. Four total, all fighting against and amongst each other. And don't forget the Highborn Naga and Satyrs work for the Burning Legion. Maybe their area should start underwater (why not?) in the Maelstrom.
More variety in the Battlegrounds.
And how about Blizzard make one or two more armor models? You know how utterly cheap a decision it was to equip the draenei in SSC with 1) Horde Warrior level 60 rare pvp gear, and 2) the same hammer model, with glow, from a) Molten Core, and 2) Ring of Blood event reward. Stop recycling your armor and weapon sets! And, like someone once mentioned, Ironforge, and places like it, are beginning to look like a Power Ranger conference. Can you add more glow. More. MORE! MORE GLOW IS BETTER! No, not really. Glow should be very, very special. Now it's dispensed like those free real estate brochures.
Well, that's enough. I'm sure we, all of us, could go on and on about how our changes would make a better WoW. But that's Blizzard's job, and why they've got the big brains and dollars to make the changes they think best.
Seriously though. Gnome Deathknights having picnics under umbrellas with pink hairdos? … Your game will have been hijacked by the folks over at the asylum.


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Diet changes are usually the first step in lowering high cholesterol before medicines are added.
Many people whose cholesterol is high because they eat too many fatty foods are able to lower their cholesterol with diet changes alone.
The TLC (Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes) diet is recommended
by the National Cholesterol Education Program of the U.S. National Institutes
of Health. It calls for limiting saturated fats and avoiding trans fats in your diet.
The TLC diet focuses on cutting back on sugar.
The TLC diet focuses on limiting fats in your diet.
Continue to Why?
Limiting the amount of fat in your diet can lower cholesterol. The TLC diet helps you limit how much fat you eat.
Diet changes are usually the first step in lowering cholesterol before medicines are added.
If you use the TLC diet, you may be able to avoid taking medicine.
Following the TLC diet may lower my cholesterol.
You may be able to lower your cholesterol by following the TLC diet, especially if you are overweight.
Continue to How?
The TLC diet may seem complicated at first, but it's really not. Follow the guidelines in the table below, but take one step at a time. For example, start with the meat and beans group. When you feel confident that you're eating the right amount and type of meat and beans every day, move on to the next category.
You can also get help from a dietitian.
Lean meat, poultry, fish, dry beans, and dry
No more than 5 ounces total a day
No more than 2 yolks a week
Low-fat milk and milk
2–3 a day
2–4 a day
3–5 a day
Bread, cereals, pasta, rice, and other
At least 6 servings a day
Sweets and snacks
Within calorie limit (check labels for number of calories per portion)
Choose snacks that are low in fat or are made
with unsaturated fat.
For an example, see the topic TLC Diet Sample Menu.
Your doctor or dietitian might recommend that you add soluble fiber or a cholesterol-lowering margarine to your diet. These might help you lower LDL cholesterol. Soluble fiber is found in foods like oats, beans, and fruit. Cholesterol-lowering margarines contain plant stanols and sterols.
Check food labels for fat and cholesterol content. Try to:
For more suggestions on foods to eat and foods to avoid, see Healthy Food Choices to Lower Cholesterol.
If I follow the TLC diet, I can't have any sweets.
You can eat sweets on the TLC diet as long as you don't overdo it. Stay within your calorie limit, and choose sweets that are low in fat or are made
with unsaturated fat.
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Now that you have read this information, you are ready to start following the TLC diet.
If you have questions about this information, print it out and take it with you when you visit your doctor. You may want to mark areas or make notes where you have questions.
Visit the American Heart Association (AHA) website for information on
physical activity, diet, and various heart-related conditions. You can search for information on heart disease and stroke, share information with friends and family, and use tools to help you make heart-healthy goals and plans. Contact the AHA to find your
nearest local or state AHA group. The AHA provides brochures and information
about support groups and community programs, including Mended Hearts, a
nationwide organization whose members visit people with heart problems and
provide information and support.
The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) provides education and tips for patients about how to lower high cholesterol. The NCEP provides clinical practice guidelines for health professionals to treat high cholesterol. The goal of the NCEP is to help people lower high cholesterol because this can lower their risk of coronary artery disease. The NCEP is part of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
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Other Works ConsultedNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (2005). Your Guide to Lowering Your Cholesterol With TLC (NIH Publication No. 06-5235). Available online: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/chol/chol_tlc.pdf.
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As featured in the 28 May issue of NME magazine, musicians pick their unsung idols….
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75 Michael Rother
Michael Rother was half of the band Neu!. However, his solo stuff has really blown me away. His minimal use of melody in his songs is so emotive. The hooks are incredibly catchy, I can listen to his stuff over and over again. There's something about his personality that I really like, too. He's really quiet and reserved, almost the anti-rock star. He's a guy that loves making beautiful, interesting music.
74 Scott Walker
Scott Engel, a '60s teen idol in The Walker Brothers, couldn't cope with fame, suffered a breakdown, joined a monastery, tried to commit suicide, then reinvented himself in 1967 as a romantic balladeer. His subsequent solo output was reduced to one album a decade, each more void-staringly abstract than the last. Walker's music is some of the most breathtaking ever written, his voice colossal, his songwriting daring.
73 Robert Fripp
King Crimson's 'In The Court Of The Crimson King' was the record that made me want to be in a band. It blew my tiny child mind. The man behind the music was Robert Fripp. Fripp felt that music offered "the capacity to re-experience one's innocence" and listening back to 'Zootime', our first seven-inch, I couldn't believe how indebted to King Crimson it sounded.
72 Taste
I listened to Rory Gallagher's records from the age of 12 or 13. It was the glorious guitar playing that first inspired me to really go after the instrument. Not that I had any ambition then, other than just learning how to play. I saw him in Macroom in 1976. I love his early stuff, the pure energy. That was the era of the trio: Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream… and Ireland had Taste.
71 Lee Mavers
Now that Syd's gone there is nobody else in UK music surrounded by such enduring mystique as Lee Mavers of The La's. The perennial lost boy of Merseybeat, but he endures because of the quality of those songs he left behind: 'Tears In The Rain'… 'Callin' All'… these 'lost' tunes are as strong as the likes of 'Feelin'' and (almost) 'There She Goes'.
70 Gene Clark
He's one of the most underrated writers ever. He was the best writer in The Byrds, but his album 'No Other' is one of the best albums ever made, it should be up there with 'Dark Side Of The Moon'. He got all the best studios, all the best musicians for it. Listen to him singing, listen to his words. I think he's a great songwriter who you can learn off.
69 David Berman
When David Berman decided to stop the band I was sad, but then he put out a book of annotated drawings. Everything he does is part of the same landscape that he's been creating throughout his career. It's totally original, and like all the best art I feel his work is a world in itself for me to return to whenever I choose.
68 Klaus Nomi
Nomi was so confusing that none of the record shops knew where to put him. In California, he was seen as a death rocker. I'd go in my local record store and see his albums sandwiched between Diamanda Galas, Lydia Lunch and pitbull punks like Christian Death. It didn't matter what he was singing about, he sounded dramatic and fabulous.
67 Jandek
"I drive I don't know where I'm driving/I am I don't know what it is to be/You can just find me floating, sometimes/down rivers of t-tears". These were my first moments spent with Jandek, on 'Remain The Same' from 'Graven Image', and by God does it sound like you're in there with him. He lays himself bare but reveals nothing; he is the antimatter of song.
66 Captain Beefheart
My first boyfriend had pulled out Captain Beefheart's 'Trout Mask Replica' from his parent's record collection and I knew that this was going to be a lifelong love affair. Then I heard it. It was too much for my 13-year-old mind to comprehend. I wouldn't come across it again for another five years, when it swanned back into my life insisting on a second chance. It was the most exciting music I had ever heard.
65 Cage
He found himself aligned with Eminem in the late '90s after rumours spread that the talented-yet-generic-sounding Detroiter had switched to emulating the semi-biographical narrative flows that defined his NYC contemporary. But if it was Em's cartoony fun and technique that powered his meteoric rise, Cage's reptilian rasp, gruesome imagination and extreme 'realness' proved at least some trump.
64 Billy Childish
I can't think of a single person alive today who writes with such honesty. Sexual encounters with dogs, being abused as a child, kicked out of art college and feeling the wrath of Jack White are all events that have carved him into Britain's greatest cultural icon. If you need any further convincing, look no further than Kurt Cobain's record collection, which was littered with Billy's music.
63 Fugazi
They have this very strict ethos about music – it has to be pure and absent of money-making schemes, they won't charge more than a small amount for tickets to their shows, they don't sell T-shirts… I mean, they have respect for bands who do go out and become successful and sell millions of records and make lots of money, it's just that it's not their kinda thing.
62 Roland Kirk
'The Inflatable Tear' is about how he got an eye disease when he was two, and one day the nurse who was treating him put the wrong medicine in his eye and he went blind. He can remember the last minute he could see and the first minute he couldn't. The music is very primitive and instinctive. Like, it doesn't matter if it doesn't make sense because your head doesn't, does it?
61 Stiv Bators
Oh man, Stiv Bators is probably the biggest influence on Cerebral Ballzy. His Dead Boys stage antics totally ripped off Iggy, but who givesa fuck? Cutting himself and getting blowjobs onstage and the sheer, earnest straightforward rebellion. Watch the vid of 'Ain't It Fun' and you'll see what I mean. He's just such a stylishly badass songwriter, and his style? Second only to Richard Hell.
60 Talk Talk
They were marketed as a Duran Duran copy band, and when they realised what was going on they withdrew into themselves. You can hear on certain tunes the sound of someone desperately looking for something. I don't know what it was, but you've got to go somewhere to come back with that music. They gave me something to aim at… which I'll probably never achieve.
59 Tuli Kupferberg
Tuli Kupferberg is a favourite 'cult' musician of mine, though as he liked to say, he wasn't actually musically skilled enough to play "anything but the radio". Even through The Fugs' later incarnations up until Tuli's death in 2010, he continued to plough his own wonderfully unique lyrical furrow of politics, humanism, satire and outrage, sung in a voice that was more ghetto griot than pop idol.
58 Gesualdo
Gesualdo was an Italian composer who, because of mental illness, murdered his wife and her lover, and wrote music in the 16th century that was so progressive and extreme that no-one attempted to recreate his style until the 20th century. He wasn't revered in his lifetime, and after his death he was forgotten. It wasn't until centuries later that he was rediscovered, and his work is a huge inspiration to me.
57 Television
Television's first record still sounds as fresh today and as all-round awesome as it did in 1977. They played Copenhagen and I saw them in this tiny venue. I got the sense that here was a real band who were really connecting with each other. Some of the songs on that first album, like 'Friction', are just so intricate. 'Marquee Moon' is one of my secret tracks for Metallica to play. I'm gonna try and sneak it in without anyone noticing!
I'd have to choose something no-one knows about, which is STP – Julie Cafritz's band after Pussy Galore. It was four girls from New York and it was just this great band. They were the progenitors to that whole riot grrrl sound.
55 Hair Police
They're a noise band from Kentucky and they put out this record called 'Constantly Terrified'. We played with them in Detroit… being onstage with Hair Police, it's all about the drinking, being drunk, just thrashing out to that kind of music.
54 Wolf Eyes
I always describe Wolf Eyes as being this conflagration of MC5, The Stooges and the history of noise music. They play as if they are the MC5 or The Stooges – the music's inspired by noise music history. They're like the first 'noise' band to come on like a rock'n'roll band.
53 Violent Femmes
Their self-titled album was one of the very first records I considered all mine, rather than any of my older siblings'. It came out in 1983 and still sounds great. The band were these nerds who were punk, or violent toughs who were femmes, or aggressive musicians playing acoustics – it sounded so complicated and it blew open my ideas about maleness in rock. It was wussy and tough at the same time!
52 John Callahan
He's a quadriplegic political cartoonist from Portland, Oregon, but he put out this incredible LP in 2006. It feels strange and psychedelic. I was thinking about it a lot in terms of stuff I've done with Conor [Oberst] and M Ward. The lyrics are amazing. He just has a crazy way of looking at stuff.
51 Arthur Lee
Leader of LA '60s folk-rock troupe Love, Lee wrote almost all the songs, and even claimed he could play every instrument better than anyone else in the band. After two patchy albums, he conjured up 1967's 'Forever Changes'. His keening voice, sweeping strings, horns and acoustic guitar, should have made him a star, but instead Love simply fell apart. One of music's ultimate cult heroes.
50 Laura Nyro
I can't really remember how I discovered her, but I think it was through a girlfriend. I just went WOW. It reminded me of Broadway. She was a street singer, and she was a white girl singing with all these black girls. She's as pure a songwriter as I've ever heard. I'm just addicted to her stuff, everything from 'Eli And The Thirteenth Confession' to 'New York Tendaberry'.
49 Antiseen
They're probably the only band in the world that would cover Anti-Nowhere League and then also cover Sun Ra. They take their music right the way across the board. And they're also huge fans of professional wrestling (laughs). At the time I got into them, I did not like professional wrestling at all – I really have to credit them for getting me into it!
48 Moondog
Moondog was a blind street musician and poet prominent in the '50s and '60s. His father, when he was a child, took him to a Sun Dance, and this famously affected the way he viewed rhythm. He'd record songs in tropical bird sanctuaries or by the Hudson River, with the sound of the foghorns blaring in the background. He was hugely unconventional and original, and I love him.
47 Arthur Russell
Never to be constricted by genre or expectation, Arthur's compositions varied from disco to folk to avant-garde classical to minimalist cello drones. The albums 'Calling Out Of Context' and 'Love Is Overtaking Me' showcase his dexterous skills at their best. Hearing Arthur's music for the first time was so profoundly influential, like a painter discovering a new colour to use on their canvas.
46 Venom
I read this alarmist right-wing book about cults in my school library, and there was a section on satanic cults. They had a whole chapter about Venom's 'Black Metal' LP. It quoted the lyrics to 'Sacrifice' about drinking a chalice of blood – and I remember thinking "This is so stupid and crazy." I had to buy the album.
45 The Walkmen
They're not peers, they're older, but when I came to New York I interned at the studio they used to run in Harlem. Their first LP (2002's 'Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me Is Gone') came out before I went to college, and it had such a distinct sound. I love every song. It's the band I've paid most in my life to go see.
44 The Descendents
The Descendents don't have a political agenda or the sense of humour of a band like the Ramones. They're straight-up suburban punk. They still have this guttural energy and anger which comes from a different place. Just because you grew up in the suburbs doesn't preclude you from making exciting and important music.
43 Fela Kuti
Even though his music isn't a huge influence I'd say 'Expensive Shit' was probably the first African record I listened to a lot. In my teens, I was into punk rock, and looking at the album cover, it fits that aesthetic. I learned the back story about Fela getting busted for drugs. It was my introduction not only to the music, but also to the political situation.
42 Black Flag
In terms of punk and hardcore, it's gotta be Black Flag. With Black Flag, Henry Rollins established the whole touring circuit and tour ethic that bands like Trash Talk still totally follow now. They toured so hard and put 100 per cent into everything they did, and out of that they just established this whole new thing. People like me and my band are still fucking with it today, which is pretty unique.
41 Tom Waits
He's an artist who makes me not afraid of growing old. He creates characters in his songs better than anyone I've ever come across. He inspired me to want to make an instrument out of human skulls. As a musician, you go through stages where you think you know everything about music or lyrics or whatever. Tom Waits made me realise I don't know everything.
40 Ryan Adams
I like how he pretty much does what he wants to musically. He doesn't write the music his record label wants him to and he doesn't just try to please fans. I heard that one of the shows he played was full of songs he had just written on the flight over. Plus, he's probably made his millions, and is married to Mandy Moore.
39 Sparks
I saw them on Top Of The Pops 2 doing 'This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us'. I liked that somebody could get something so extreme across and yet it's still so catchy and direct. A couple of years ago I heard this guy talking behind me about doing this European tour back in 1973. I turned around and it was Ron Mael. I completely froze. Just what do you say to guys like that?
38 Damo Suzuki
Japanese-born Damo Suzuki busked his way around Europe before being invited to join the now-legendary krautrockers Can in 1970. Otherwordly and unhinged, his unique use of melody and rhythm is timeless and inspirational. 'Vitamin C' and 'Mushroom' are great examples of his psychedelic funk style: heavy, rhythmic and perfect for the dancefloor.
37 Nick Drake
Nick Drake's unique style of guitar-playing contributed hugely to his enduring appeal. His songs are just timeless, built on inimitable tunings and technique, while remaining totally understated. By the time of his death at 26 he had only released three albums, and while the singer-songwriter genre has a larger pool than most, he ranks alongside the very best.
36 Bob Lind
As soon as I heard this man's voice, I was sold. The album for me is 'The Elusive Bob Lind'. My favourite track is 'What Color Are You?', and the rest of the album is amazing. He started off at 23, in 1966, and has played with everyone from Jarvis Cocker to Richard Hawley. The first time I heard Bob was on Jarvis' compilation, 'The Trip,' so thanks Jarvis!
35 The Wrecking Crew
The Wrecking Crew were a large group of LA session musicians in the late '50s to the '70s. Chances are you've never heard of them, but you've probably been listening to them all your life. They worked behind the scenes, often cutting an album in a 15-hour day. They were so good they defined an era while all the time staying totally unknown.
34 John Fahey
He first presented himself in the late '50s as forgotten bluesman Blind Joe Death. The unbridled playing of his earlier records won me over instantly, and his later works are nihilistic and challenging. That's what I love about Fahey. He's made music in every decade we've had pop, never followed trends but always been relevant and exciting.
33 Mark E Smith
The frontman of The Fall is notorious for having a vocal delivery basically styled on a tramp shouting. After witnessing the bemused, 'Why is that drunk man yelling at me?' looks from those watching Gorillaz' 2010 Glastonbury headline slot, when Smith put his unique imprint on 'Glitter Freeze', it's clear that his singular vision to his craft is never likely to become part of the zeitgeist.
32 Neil Finn
He's the biggest influence on my songwriting. My sister used to play Crowded House songs when I was younger and I was intrigued about the way he wrote. He talks in metaphorical terms; he'll explain how much he's in love with somebody by talking about a daisy chained up in a lion's den. It always made a lot of sense, and as I grew older I thought I could do it too.
31 Edgar Jones
There's a guy from Liverpool called Edgar Jones, who used to be called Edgar Summertyme. He was in the band The Stairs. He's incredible – he's just known as Edgar in Liverpool. That guy gets far out, man. He gets further out than anybody else. People in London seem hell-bent on pushing music forwards, but those cats in Liverpool? They're going back in time, and Edgar goes further back than anybody.
30 Alex Chilton
I was really obsessed with his music and particularly his solo stuff. I like Big Star but I went backwards to the Box Tops and then jumped forward to 'Like Flies On Sherbert' and pretty much everything else. I briefly met him when I worked at Domino [Records]. I was trying to get in touch with him to get him to sign and do a record with Domino, but sadly it never happened.
29 My Bloody Valentine
When I first heard them, I was quite young and into Sonic Youth, The Jesus And Mary Chain and Dinosaur Jr. My Bloody Valentine were a band of that ilk. It might sound a bit wanky but there's something violent and vicious, yet soft and poetic about their sound.
28 Rosemary Clooney
I love The Four Freshmen, but Rosemary Clooney is the hero I have to mention here. She did that song 'When You Wish Upon A Star', which I learnt by just copying her. What was it about her that I liked? Her voice! She's a very beautiful singer, and I just like the sound of her voice. She has this great tone – I've loved it all my life.
27 Mike Patton
My brother came home with this CD called 'Mr Bungle', and I just thought, 'What the hell is this?' That album's literally the sound of a toilet flushing, and then some Transylvanian organs and songs about porn and sex and… John Travolta. It really threw me. But he's got such a range in everything he does, that's why he's so great.
26 Django Reinhardt
Django fused two of his fingers together when saving his guitar froma burning caravan, so folklore would have it. And yet he went on to become the best guitarist who ever lived. I used to love his records, every new chord I learned from Django would sound horrible out of context, but in context it'd be perfect. And from every chord I'd end up writing a song.
25 The Sonics
They really blow me away because they were so far ahead of their time. To hear this sound coming out of the speakers and realise it was the same time as The Beatles were singing 'I Need You' is incredible. It's true punk-rock and, like The Modern Lovers, The Sonics had this late-'70s sound, but in the mid '60s. I love finding these people – it's really inspiring.
24 The Meters
No-one can emulate these guys. The drummer, Zigaboo, plays with that New Orleans swagger – almost behind the beat, lazily hitting the groove. Then you've got George Parker, just the funkiest bass player on the planet. They lock things down and then you hear the guitar and organ just floating over the top. Listening to these guys set us off in a new direction as a band.
23 Chas & Dave
Chas n Dave burst into 'The Banging in your Head' and two old sorts give it the old edmonton shuffle! I'm not sorry to say that by the time they do 'Gertcha' this libertine is engaged in the time old ritual of a good old knees up… All night they've nattered between songs to us like old friends, and now they introduce the encore of 'There aint no pleasing you'. It's irresistable.
22 Chrisma
I was in this junk shop and I came across 'Chinese Restaurant' by Chrisma. It had the most incredible cover, these two people outside a Chinese restaurant with the guy looking like he's just had his face cut from his mouth to his ear. I bought it on the strength of the cover, and it was absolutely brilliant. There's a song called 'Black Silk Stocking' which is just phenomenal.
21 Junior Murvin
Junior Murvin is a guy with massive talent. We made 'Police And Thieves' together, and then The Clash made their cover of it later. He had a very special falsetto voice, like Curtis Mayfield. An international falsetto voice, we used to say – because you could hear him very clear all over the world. And when he started we used to say he sing like a girl! Or, maybe I should say he sing like a lady?
20 Cocteau Twins
There was a joylessness and obtuseness to a lot of 'independent' '80s music, and you couldn't get more obtuse than the Cocteaus. Heaven knows what their mission was. For me, the perfect time to listen to them is when I've been up all night talking about books and the possibilities of reincarnation. Then I stagger home and drift off listening to 'Victorialand'.
19 The Funk Brothers
I can't think of a tougher, more talented group than Motown's house band, The Funk Brothers. To my ears, no single band has slashed and burned so hard while breaking hearts and heads at the same time. The core rhythm section of Benny Benjamin, Uriel Jones, Richard Allen and James Jamerson never leaves me cold. At their best, they make me wanna claw my eyes out.
18 Lux Interior
Lux was one of the great rock'n'roll showmen/shamen. He seemed to want to burst free from his body and explode outta this world, taking his audience with him. Lux Interior and The Cramps were possessed by the wild, free spirit of rock'n'roll music and that is a truly beautiful and wonderful thing. Thanks for the music Lux. We miss you.
17 Harry Partch
I first heard Harry Partch when I was 17. I was unprepared for the sound. It was unearthly, exotic, woozy and cool. I then found out that the reason it sounded so unique was partly because he invented all the instruments only to accommodate his new pitch system. It seems obvious that in order to write your own music – why not create your own notes and instruments?!
16 Jock Scott
Basically, he's this fantastic poet and terrible singer, spewing tragi-comic tales of crushing heartbreak, and psychedelic sex and drugs experiments in Butlins. He must be almost 60 now, but there is more fire, spontaneity and mischief in Jock than anyone I've ever met. He's like a heroic drunk who's as bright as a button.
15 Son House
When I was about 18 somebody played me Son House. I didn't know that you could do that, just singing and clapping. It meant everything about rock'n'roll, everything about expression and creativity and art. One man against the world. 'Grinnin' In Your Face' is my favourite song. It became my favourite song the first time I heard it, and it still is.
14 Wendy Carlos
With what we would consider a prototype synthesizer, she made 'Switched-On Bach' – the first electronic music album to be certified gold and then platinum. Wendy is responsible for people taking electronic music seriously, but her reclusive nature at the height of her success prevented her from reaching any celebrity status.
13 Delia Derbyshire
Working largely in the 60s, Delia made otherworldly pieces by recording sounds to magnetic tape, then splicing the tape with razor blades. She is responsible for the much-revered Doctor Who theme song, for which she was uncredited – all too common at the BBC at the time. Perhaps ironically, she gave up on music when the synthesizer was born, reasoning that electronic music had become too impersonal.
12 Clara Rockmore
Born in 1911, Clara was a violin prodigy whose career was cut short by health complications in her teenage years. Her future as a violinist vanished; but Clara soon discovered the theremin which, because it needn't be touched to be played, was perfect for her sensibilities and condition. She was world renowned in her time, but history remembers her as little more than a novelty.
11 Warren Ellis
The members of Grinderman and Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds are a list of cult heroes in their own right. But one of the most intriguing associates of both bands is Warren Ellis, who also plays violin in the instrumental trio Dirty Three. Dirty Three's gigs are the kind that shoot straight into your top five of all time. And that's mostly thanks to Warren Ellis.
10 Slowdown Virginia
It was Tim Kasher's [from Cursive] first band. We started our label [Saddle Creek] 'cos we were all in love with this band and wanted everyone to hear it. We got all our friends to kick in money to make a CD. They were into the Pixies, high energy, amazing melodies. This was in '93. I was 13. Up until then I wasn't really playing music, but seeing them, I saw how it was possible.
9 M Doughty
As the frontman of '90s New York hipster-hop 'slacker jazz' band Soul Coughing, he encapsulated the sound of post-everything beat music. Even stylistically, the image of Doughty wearing black-rimmed spectacles had a resounding impact. Equally accessible and cryptic in words and tone, he's thoroughly deserving of cult status.
8 Link Wray
I had loads of people I could have chosen for this: But Link Wray was amazing. He was one of the first guitarists to take it to the next level. His record 'Rumble' – which probably everyone knows even if they don't realise it – is just one of the best guitar songs of all time. My old man has got it on his jukebox, and I still think it's brilliant to this day.
7 Jay Reatard
We've been fans since high school. Jay was young when he started out and you can read his discography as a timeline of his life – his progression from punk to pop, from fucked-up to a little less fucked-up. Whether he was onstage, recording, or just hanging out, he had an air of violent confidence; it made him attractive as an artist and persona.
6 Bobby Conn
I was in Chicago a few years back, and Bobby Conn gave me a copy of his first, self-titled record. It's quite out-there, but also contains the pure pop gem that is 'Never Gonna Get Ahead' (a song about not using oral sex to advance your career). It draws you in to his world, which seems nothing like yours. You'll love it, I'm sure. Whoever you are.
5 Teedra Moses
When I was about 15 my friend's dad was always in touch with new soul records. He put his daughter onto Teedra Moses and we rinsed the life out of 'Complex Simplicity'. She's been out of the loop since her record label went bust, and has been writing for other artists and releasing mixtapes. But you know what? I want a new album, Teedra!
4 John Cooper Clarke
I used to pull pints in this bar and Johnny Clarke was there supporting The Fall. He came on, and while I couldn't see him, I could hear the laughter, he was totally commanding this crowd. I first heard him when I was starting to write lyrics, and it showed me what you could be capable of with language. It really gave me a push, you know?
3 Guided By Voices
They're the band that reassured me that maybe I could make music. When I was, like, 15, 16, I had a best friend who just knew all these bands. He would never play them for anyone, but for some reason he would for me every once in a while. He started playing Guided By Voices. It was almost like hearing for the first time.
2 Jehst
Not only is Jehst the best British rapper of all time, he's also one the greats on an international level. He has the wordplay of a poet laureate, but the raw, uncompromising ferocity of somebody like Eminem. British hip-hop is so much more than the mainstream recognises, and the best will remain underground, where it should be.
1 Syd Barrett
No musician ever made the distinction between 'rock'n'roll star' and 'cult hero' more clear than Syd Barrett. Collaborators remember him once suddenly "wearing lipstick and high heels, believing he had homosexual tendencies". A dark, sporadically beautiful and to this day fascinating character – and the "sporadically" bit is absolutely key.


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I gave up playing video games when I encountered the second button. I was alright with jumping, but combination moves and shit like that tended to take me out of the formal (as in Platonic) perfection of a Pac-Man or Space Invaders. If I want gritty (as in non-Platonic) realism, I'll read Bukowski, or watch a Cassavetes film. I've since played a few of these realistic "moving" games where one drives through a simulated real city, running into other cars or over innocent bystanders (other variations of this game type have the player as a superhero, vigilante, soldier, or cute creature on some ostensible quest -- e.g., killing zombies -- but they're more about just moving through a virtual environment). The only thing they add to the endless struggle (at least, ideally) of a little round guy eating dots is more detail -- the ontology remains unchanged. Pac Man already had the truth of its and the player's existence written into its elegant design. That is, it said everything that needed to be said: keep playing, desire can now be quantified by the score; the goal never changes, nor will you ever get closer to it, no matter how fast things start moving.
Speaking of existence being reduced to the score, the reknowned junkie William S. Burroughs once narrated a video game based on the writings of Edgar Allen Poe called The Dark Eye. Looks interesting, although I hear it bombed:
But back to the yellow fellow: Speed, color scheme and fruit are pretty much the only differences in its levels. The game's "progression" is a matter of pseudoindividuation: slight variation to keep the player committed to/distracted from/entertained by the standardization. The techno-realism of a Grand Theft Auto only adds more complex layers of novelty to Pac-Man, bogging the player down with data (more places to visit, more visual detail, more complex controls), keeping him or her lost in the details. If Pac Man was sort of an existential map, the purpose of which was to lead us temporarily away from life's troubles, the more realistic derivations seem to be moving us in the direction of cyberpunk dystopias, where the map (virtual reality) is just as convoluted as the mapped (old-fashioned reality), eventually rendering any distinction seemingly useless, like in David Cronenberg's eXistenZ. Most games now have to supply the player with a map, so can the possibility of getting lost "in there" be that far off? And isn't that the fantasy behind realism, to get lost within the simulated reality, to not be able to distinguish the depiction from the depicted? If reality can't be controlled, substitute its image, which (supposedly) can, or, to appropriate Theodor Adorno once again:
Reality becomes its own ideology through the spell cast by its faithful duplication. -- "The Schema of Mass Culture"
I remember a bunch of criticism directed towards the blandness of Cronenberg's design for the gaming environment in his film, that it looked too plain. However, I took his point to be Adorno's: that no matter how much a game (or movie, or any other art) allows us to fantasize about being in control over our surroundings, someone else is doing the programming that sets the rules. The technologically enhanced realism furthers the fantasy, while ultimately decreasing our (the players') control on reality. The endgame of this fantasy -- where reality itself becomes its own simulation for our avatars to play in -- is the conceit of the new Bruce Willis vehicle, Surrogates (adaped from a comic book):
An intriguing idea, even if the execution looks like standard Hollywood sci-fi cheese. I guess what I've been angling for is this: If one of our primary fantasies is being in control, then it would seem that its logical, utlimate, fantastic realm would not look like some weird alien world, or an abstract dimension of colors and shapes (such as Pac-Man or TRON), but exactly like the one we know, only without any of the risks and vicissitudes of the real deal. That's why with all the technological innovations in film production, with a near boundless potential to create increasingly bizarre (ir)realities, the fantasy genre (in which I'd put science fiction, cartoons and whatever else I've been talking about lately) has been getting more realistic. Barring the occasional fetishist, I suspect most people would have sex with a simulated human on Star Trek's holodeck, not some sentient squid creature. Rather than expanding, or questioning, the predisposed ideas wrapped up in our common conception of reality as a good fantastic yarn can do (e.g., pick one of Samuel R. Delany's books), the realistic capabilities of technology are limiting the possibilities of imagination, of counterfactual situations, to think outside the box, when it makes the fantasy look like reality.
Thus, when it comes to diversionary entertainment, Pac-Man remains for me the most virtuous example, its abstract design never letting the player forget the line between simulation and reality. It might distract us from ideological concerns, but at least it doesn't indoctrinate us.


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It's weird because I don't believe Managers should have too big influence in the International cricket arena logically. But it's very shocking to see the correlation our results have to the managers of our National team in the recent past. And I am not talking about Test Cricket alone, it's very evident in ODI arena as well. Don't know what causes it, as I would like to believe there's more to the story than changing managers. But the correlations are staggering -
John Wright - Very Successful (Success in Tests away from home and reaching the World Cup finals, becoming the only side to somewhat threaten the mighty Aussies in both formats consistently)
Greg Chappell - Unsuccessful (though not nearly as much as Wright he had moderate success in Test matches, but India suddenly became pathetic in ODIs including the World Cup first round exit)
Gary Kirsten - Super Successful (India's no. 1 ranking in Tests; World Cup win; Tendulkar, Zaheer, Sehwag and Laxman's super-resurgence in form -- enough said)
Duncan Fletcher - Utterly Unsuccessful thus far (0-8 and pathetic show in the ongoing home series by India's standards - enough said)


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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Timeline for 100-year history of Beverly Hills Hotel:
1912: Hollywood Hotel former manager Margaret Anderson builds the Beverly Hills Hotel for $500,000 with architect Elmer Grey.
1914: Beverly Hills becomes an incorporated city.
1915: The first five of the hotel's private bungalows are built.
1919: Douglas Fairbanks buys a lodge and expands it into "Pickfair" house with his love Mary Pickford, above the hotel.
1928: Interstate Company of New York buys the hotel from Margaret Anderson.
1933: With the economy devastated by the Great Depression, the hotel closes in April.
1934: Bank of America reopens the hotel under trusteeship in February.
1939: William "Hernando" Courtright, Bank of America's then vice-president, is chosen to oversee the hotel's liquidation, and becomes the hotel's longtime manager.
1942: Courtright buys the hotel with friends Loretta Young, Irene Dunne, Harry Warner and Joe Schnitzer, and renames the El Jardin restaurant as the Polo Lounge in honour of polo players.
1942: Billionaire Howard Hughes moves into the bungalows, staying there on and off for 30 years.
1948: The hotel is painted pink, dubbed the "Pink Palace," as part of a redesign during the 1940s by African-American architect Paul Williams that includes the Crescent Wing and Fountain Coffee Room.
1954: Detroit real estate magnate Ben L. Silberstein buys the hotel.
1957: Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall's film "Designing Woman" is shot at hotel's pool, Cabana Club.
1959: Marilyn Monroe and Yves Montand stay in bungalows 20, 21 while filming "Let's Make Love."
1978: Neil Simon's "California Suite," starring Maggie Smith and Bill Cosby, uses the hotel as a set.
1979: Silberstein's daughters Muriel Slatkin and Seema Boesky inherit the hotel after their father dies.
1985: Seema Boesky and her husband Ivan Boesky gain control of the hotel. Ivan Boesky is indicted by the Securities and Exchange Commission for insider trading a year later.
1986: Denver oil executive Marvin Davis purchases the hotel.
1987: The hotel is bought by the Brunei Investment Agency. (The agency's luxury hotel properties now belong to the Dorchester Collection.)
1992: The hotel closes in December for a $100 million restoration.
1995: The hotel reopens that June.
2012: The Beverly Hills Hotel celebrates its centennial.
SOURCE: "The Beverly Hills Hotel and Bungalows — The First 100 Years" by Robert S. Anderson.


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Inguinal Hernia
Inguinal hernia is the most common surgical problem of childhood. It results from a small sac that comes through the inguinal ring that is normally open during fetal life and closes around the time of birth. For reasons we don't understand, it does not close in some infants. This sac then makes a pathway for abdominal organs to come through the inguinal ring into the groin. In boys, the organ is usually a loop of bowel and, in girls, it may be bowel or an ovary. In boys and girls, the hernia first appears as a bulge in the groin, and may appear and disappear, or may be present all the time. It will usually "pop out" when the child cries or strains. If only fluid comes through the inguinal ring into the sac, the problem is called a hydrocele.
Why does my child need surgery?
Inguinal hernias never go away without treatment. Furthermore, if the sac is left open, a loop of bowel or other organ may become trapped or incarcerated (strangulated) in the sac. Once trapped, the organ, which comes through this very small opening, can swell and compress the blood supply that is pulled along with it. Without adequate blood supply, the organ trapped in the hernia sac can become damaged or even die. If your child has an incarcerated hernia, he or she may have a hard, red, painful lump, may vomit, may be unwilling to eat and may stop stooling. This is an emergency. If this happens, your child should be taken to your pediatrician's office or, after hours, to the local emergency room. The pediatrician or emergency room doctors will contact us. If the hernia cannot be pushed back (reduced) into the abdominal cavity, your child will need immediate surgery.
What does the surgery involve?
The surgery takes about one hour. Your child's pediatric surgeon will close the opening to the hernia sac laparoscopically, using small instruments through 2 or 3 tiny incisions.
In some children, the hernia sac will need to be closed through a very small (about one inch) incision in the groin. This is called an "open" operation. The pediatric surgeon will tell you which approach is best for your child. Children less than one year of age, can have an open sac on the other side that could become a hernia later. Your child's surgeon may use a tiny telescope to look for a hernia on the opposite side and close it if there is one. The surgeon will discuss this with you before the operation. There will be no stitches to remove from the skin later because the stitches will all be under the skin and will dissolve on their own. Your child's skin will be covered with small bandages called Steri-strips®.
How long will my child stay in the hospital?
After the operation your child will return back to the recovery area, and you can be with him or her while he or she is waking up. Some children are upset and confused as the anesthesia starts wearing off. This is temporary and not unusual. Most children will go home as soon as they are awake and able to drink liquids after the operation. If your child was born prematurely, or has other health problems, the surgeon may keep him or her in the hospital overnight to monitor his or her breathing.
Homecare After Hernia Repair
Most children will go home as soon as they are awake and able to drink liquids after the operation. If your child was born prematurely, or has other health problems, the surgeon may keep him or her in the hospital overnight to monitor his or her breathing.
Pain Management
At the end of the operation, the surgeon will put a long-acting, numbing medication into the incision. Most children only need Acetaminophen (Tylenol®) or Ibuprophen (Motrin®) by mouth every four to six hours for the first 24 hours after surgery. If your child is still uncomfortable, call our office and we may prescribe something stronger.
Care for Dressings
Gauze and clear plastic dressings may be removed two days after surgery. Under the gauze, there may be a small amount of blood. This is normal. The skin surround the incision may be red and bruised, and the incision will be slightly swollen. Over the incision, there may be Steri-strips® that can be worn into the bath and can be removed one week after the operation.
In most operations, the wound is closed with dissolvable suture(stitches). These stitches are under the skin and do not have to be removed. In some children these stitches may come through the incision about 4 weeks postoperatively. This may be associated with a little local redness and pus and it may involve an end of the incision or a larger portion. This is normal and is best treated by gently cleansing the area with soap and water and waiting. When the suture falls out or completely dissolves, the wound will heal. If your child has worsening redness, swelling pain of the incision and a fever within 2 weeks of the operation, please call our office.
Swelling After Surgery
There will be some swelling at the incision. In boys, swelling of the scrotum is normal after the hernia surgery, and may take several weeks to go away completely. In girls, there may be some swelling in the skin folds below the incision. For both boys and girls, you will be able to feel a firm ridge under the incision that lasts several months. This is called a "healing ridge", and is where the tissues are sewn back together.
Bathing Restrictions
Your child may bathe or shower two days after surgery. Before then, he or she may take a sponge bath, but the Steri-strips® should be left on if they are present.
Activity Restrictions
There are no specific restrictions. Children will limit their own activity until they feel better, and most are back to normal activity in a day or two. Some children may require several days to feel better.
Do I see the surgeon again after the operation?
One or two weeks after the operation a nurse from our office will call you to see how your child is doing. A visit to our office about one month after the surgery is a good idea. Call our office if you're worried about how things are going after the surgery.
Call our office at 415-476-2538 for the following:
- Any concerns you have about your child's recovery
- A temperature of 101°F or higher
- A red incision
- Increasing pain and tenderness at the incision
- Any liquid coming out of the incision


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Let $C$ be a smooth projective curve of genus $g$ over a field $k$ and $J$ be its jacobian (defined over $k$). Let $\sigma: C \rightarrow C$ be a $k$-automorphsm of $C$. This automorphism $\sigma$ induces an automorphism (as abelian variety) on $J$, and hence on the tangent space $T$ at the origin $0_J$ of $J$. We know $\mathrm{dim}_k T = \mathrm{dim} \ J = g$. On the other hand, we can consider the sheaf of differential $\Omega_C$ on C. We know $\mathrm{dim}_k H^{0}(C, \Omega) = g$ and $\sigma$ induce an automorphism on $H^{0}(C, \Omega)$.
My questions is:
The induced maps of $\sigma$ on "the tangent $T$ of $J$" and on "the differential forms of $C$" are (canonical) related? (Over $\mathbb{C}$ only or true in general?)
In a book, the author mentioned that these two maps on vector spaces are the same without giving the reason. I am OK with this fact, but I just don't know how to see this. I would like to know if the identification is canoncial also?


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BEIJING, China - China's inflation declined in March, easing pressure on consumers but fueling questions about the strength of recovery in the world's second-biggest economy.
Government data Tuesday showed consumer prices rose 2.1 per cent, down from the previous month's 3.2 per cent and well below the official target of 3.5 per cent for the year. Wholesale prices declined by 1.9 per cent compared with last year.
Mixed data show the world's second-largest economy is limping out of its deepest slump since the 2008 global crisis but more slowly than Chinese leaders want. Analysts say the rebound could be vulnerable to a downturn in investment or trade.
Economic growth rose to 7.9 per cent in the three months ending in December, up from the previous quarter's 7.4 per cent. Analysts say the recovery is being propped up by government spending and bank lending, while consumer spending is growing slowly.
Lower inflation will give policymakers "more room to manoeuvr" to stimulate growth if industrial production figures due out next week show activity weaker than expected, said Goldman Sachs economists in a report.
The decline suggests consumer demand is still lacklustre despite the growth rebound.
"We have yet to see a surge in final demand ripple throughout the economy," said IHS Global Insight analyst Alistair Thornton in a report. "This is not a healthy recovery."
Figures early in the year often are distorted by the Lunar New Year holiday. Inflation fell to 2 per cent in January, then spiked to a 10-month high in February as vegetable costs rose due to cold weather and families stocked up on gifts and food for banquets.
The government's growth target for the year is 7.5 per cent, above Western levels but well below China's double-digit rates of the past decade.
Chinese leaders say they want to nurture more self-sustaining growth driven by domestic consumer spending and reduce reliance on exports and investment.
Manufacturing accelerated in March but was weak, according to the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, an industry group. Its purchasing managers index rose to 50.9 from February's 50.1 on a 100-point scale on which numbers above 50 indicate an expansion.
Goldman also saw a possible inflation impact from newly installed President Xi Jinping's orders to Communist Party officials to cut back spending on banquets and other frills in an effort to mollify public anger about corruption.
"Lower consumer inflation was also likely helped by the anti-corruption campaign which tends to lower prices of dining out and overall food prices," said the bank's economists in a report.
In a reflection of intense interest in China's economy, the statistics bureau said its website was temporarily offline following Tuesday's inflation announcement when the number of visitors spiked to 20 times the normal level. The bureau said it was looking into how to improve its technology to prevent future outages.
National Bureau of Statistics (in Chinese): www.stats.gov.cn


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Sky NotebookÜis set in the Colorado mountains where storms move through on a regular basis during the winter.
The narrator is a scientist and an amateur meteorologist who takes measurements and keeps detailed notes about the weather each day in his "Sky Notebook." Beautiful photographs illustrate what the narrator is seeing each day as he takes measurements and writes notes, so the storms that pass through can be experienced visually as well as through the data and description that is provided.
This book serves to model what students could do if they, too, wanted to track their own weather with a sky notebook. It also offers a second-hand data experience by giving students a chance to make predictions and inferences from the data that is included in the book.
Grade 3-4


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Extraction tools can be simple manual tools, or can have more complex working parts depending on the requirements of the connector series. Some tools contain spring activated buttons or levers that allow the tool affix around a contact and remove in an easy action.