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Thursday, May 19, 2011
What I've Been Working On: Part 1
I'm not telling you this to earn your sympathy (well, maybe a little) but to encourage everyone to cultivate the habit of disinfecting shopping cart handles before you use them and to never touch the "T" on your face (eyes, nose, mouth) without first washing your hands. Seriously, people!
I want to thank my friends here who found out what was going on and checked up on me daily and who, along with my daughter and son-in-law, helped ferry me to my appointments and keep me supplied with food, water, and stuff.
I titled this entry "What I've Been Working On: Part One." In it I will reveal, much more than I have on any public forum, what I've written since 2008 when I delivered the final draft of Mind Over Ship to Tor. This will explain why you haven't seen anything new from me since that book. In Part Two I will reveal to you as much as I dare about what I am currently working on, my brand new, hopefully outrageous, poignant, and darkly humorous novel.
OK, first off, unfortunately, I have to disappoint some of you. Some of you think that I'm working on the third installment in my Counting Heads series. I'm not. Except for a few notes on the next book, I am taking a hiatus from that whole universe. I think you have got to agree with me that for all its good points, that universe is unrelentingly bleak. And if it was bleak for the reader, just imagine what it was like for me to dwell in it for so long. As you may know, much of the writing process takes place not while the author is actually writing but while doing other things. The ideas don't conform to a schedule. They act spookily, at least in my case, like an obsession. I started developing the universe and characters in 1993, with five short stories, starting with "We Were Out of Our Minds with Joy." I didn't start Counting Heads, the novel, till the winter of 1999, when "The Wedding Album" came out. So by the time I wrapped up Mind Over Ship in 2008, I had occupied that world of slugs and nasties and aff conspiracies for 15 years. I decided I needed a reality break, especially since I had other stories I wanted to tell. Will I ever go back to Book 3? I honestly can't say.
The Holy Family
In 2008, I started a novel titled The Holy Family. From its title you can glean that its major theme was religion. As an atheist (proud and loud), religion has always fascinated me. As some of you may know, I was raised a Catholic in a big family (7 sibs) mostly in the Midwest. At the age of 14, I entered the minor seminary for the priesthood (a cloistered high school). What I learned there was probably the opposite of what they thought they were teaching me. That is, I discovered that religion is a wholly human invention, with no divine involvement whatsoever. This revelation matured over the years and on my 19th birthday I renounced my religion. Still, I wasn't an atheist. I set off on a 30-year journey of spiritual exploration, from Eastern mysteries to New Age and create-your-own-reality silliness. It took that long before I could say that I am free of all the fleas of faith, except for a few harmless superstitions. (Such as, I read the entire help wanted section in the Sunday paper. When people ask me why I explain that it's a good way to take a pulse on a community. The real reason is because if I do, I'll never have to apply for a job again. Fortunately, it's not a large section in the Fairbanks paper.)
Yet, after all my exploration, I understood nothing. I had no difficulty refutiating religion (to use my ex-gov's neologism), but what about faith? And why do nearly 90% of my fellow Americans cling to religion? Could everyone (but you, my dear readers) be stupid? And not just Americans, but all cultures in all of history? At one point I concluded that people weren't stupid, per se, but psychologically immature. After all, if I could fight my way out of the papist brier patch, why couldn't they fight their own culture's fairy tales? I know how elitist this must sound, and by 2008 it was no longer adequate an explanation for me. So I began to research and read all the "militant atheist" books by Hitchens, Dawkins, Dennett, et al, but I felt they were barking up the wrong tree. They were largely engaged in polemics, not analysis. It seemed to me they were trying to browbeat a world of right-handed people into becoming left-handed, and none of their strictly biological arguments moved me much. (But as a member of their choir, I enjoyed reading them anyway.) I read other theories; the ecstasy of nuns at prayer or theta waves during meditation seemed unrelated to faith. The God Gene theory has long been refutiated (I seem to like that word.) Even the book's author hesitated to claim there was an actual gene, and it was his publisher who gave the book that title over his objection.
Then, while I was reading a popular science journal article at Barnes & Noble about a recent discovery in neurobiology, everything started falling into place. I suddenly understood why faith is so prevalent in the human animal. What a kick in the head! The explanation was similar to something Dawkins wrote in The God Delusion, but it took it farther than he did and, from my readings, no one has quite come up with it. I could easily be wrong, but it may be an original idea. Or at least an uncommon one. (Though my big idea might be false, it passes the test for a good science fiction story--plausibility.) And it did not denigrate faith or people of faith, or non-believers, for that matter.
I literally plowed into my story, which I set in a mixed-faith family in the generic Midwestern landscape of my youth. But, as some of you who know me can guess, I wasn't satisfied with writing a mere book. The Kindle had recently been released, and I envisioned my new novel to be wholly digital. Also I knew that my agent, Ralph, had a Kindle of his own. He had started loading his clients' manuscripts on it to eliminate the burdensome reams of paper he used to carry on his daily commute between Manhattan and Long Island. So in 2009, I bought a Kindle. My book would have illustrations and internal and external links. It would have an attached website where fans could pin their own fan versions to the text at appropriate places (controlled by me so as not to distract from my story) and download monthly updates to the novel. The genre wasn't exactly science fiction but fictionalized science. I wrote most of the "scientific" articles that under gird the story, but I also linked to actual articles in popular magazines like New Scientist and Nature. It was great.
My plan was to write and polish part 1 (of 4 parts) and send it in Kindle format to Ralph. This took me an entire year. I sent it off and nervously waited for his reply. When it came, I was devastated. He wrote, "I do not understand what this is you sent me." And I hadn't even revealed the most outrageous part. That is, the internal illustrations would gradually take over from the text, and the entire 4th part would transform into a comic novel. This was not a gimmick; the story required it.
Ralph's disapproval was not enough to sink the project. What did sink it in the end was a niggling realization in the back of my mind that I had stepped over the line from fiction to didacticism. I wasn't spinning a yarn; I was giving a lecture and pounding my fist on the lectern. I had my big idea; but I didn't yet have my story. So sad. I put it in a drawer and dreamt about what might have been.
And, no, I'm not going to reveal my big idea. Read the upcoming "What I'm Working On: Part 2."
What Choice Did We Have?
Somewhere around this time, a respected editor asked if I had a short story for an anthology of his. I had only one in the pipeline, and I agreed to push it along. It was of novelette length and eventually took the title "What Choice Did We Have?" It was a fantasy, my first. It was also set in my generic Midwestern city. I sent him my finished piece, and he rejected it.
Some years ago at a con, someone told me there was a rumor going around that if a story of mine was rejected even once, I abandoned it. I'm sorry to say that the rumor is mostly true. I realize that that's no way to try to earn a living writing fiction, and that's why I still live in a crummy cabin and drive a 20-yr-old pickup. At least I have the freedom to write what I want, which I believe is at least as important as money. Anyway, although he had suggestions on how to improve it, I withdrew it from consideration. He wrote back encouraging me to revise it and that he'd like to see it again. I thought, what the hell, why not? I revised it, completely changing the ending to make it more clear what I was after. In the end, he rejected it a second time but assured me that another editor was bound to snap it up.
I do believe it's good enough that another editor would take it, and if not, I could self-pub it, as I'm doing with my older stories. But I deep-sixed it anyway. There's a thread running through it that now makes me uncomfortable. The thread is so essential to the plot that there's no way I can think of to extract it. And so the story sits, completely finished and polished and sparkly and new, occupying a few hundred KB of hard drive, and it will never see the light of day. So sad. But I am master of my own career, even if it's a leaky dinghy.
Queen Sarah
You might get a kick out of this next one. In late 2009, I was attending an educator's conference event for authors and having drinks with authors from around the state. I opined, "You know what would make a million dollars? A counter-autobiography of Sarah Palin." Her own fictional autobiography, Going Rogue, was about to come out. People around the table chuckled and went on to other topics. But the next day, one of them quietly approached me and asked when could we begin. We began at once, laying out our collaboration agreement at the banquet table.
Here what was going through my head. I'd never particularly wanted to collaborate with another writer, with a few exceptions. One being, to work on a project I wouldn't consider doing myself or was a newbie at (like a screenplay). And this one fit the bill. We were both competent writers, and while I enjoyed the polishing process, she could draft at least twice as fast as me. Writing is usually such a lonely process, I thought it might be fun to work as a team, albeit living in two different towns.
Also, and this may sound petty and vain to some of you, though I've been publishing quality fiction from Fairbanks for 18 years, up here I'm not actually considered to be an "Alaskan" author. I'm not asking to be made state writer laureate or anything, but geesh, it would be nice to be recognized as an Alaskan writer whose topic just happens not to be Alaska, or her land, people, history, beauty, or wildlife but rather an Alaskan writer whose subject is the attack of brain-melting nano-goo. I might be overreacting but it's a personal pet peeve of mine. This book would fix all that in one swoop, even though we planned on releasing it under pseudonyms.
We set ourselves a two-month deadline to come up with a killer idea. The counter-autobiography fell by the wayside early on. Going Rogue hadn't come out yet, and it was possible that we'd be unable to come up with anything wackier than her own words. Whatever it was to be, it would be political satire, using our knowledge of the state and current affairs. We worked hard, bouncing encrypted emails back and forth every day. We followed the anti-Palin blogs, read and annotated Going Rogue (what a chore), tried formats like in Stuff White People Like. (Entry: Wasilla, the whiz stop on the way to Denali Park) Despite our best efforts, at the end of two months, we didn't come up with an idea we had confidence in. Meanwhile, other projects were beckoning my partner, and so we dissolved the collaboration and parted on friendly terms.
I was left contemplating what I should start next. Two things occurred around this time. Another writer friend, this one in Fairbanks, told me in passing that she had an entire novel on the gov finished and almost ready to go to an agent in NYC who was eagerly waiting to read it. I told her about my and the Anchorage writer's project. We marveled at the coincidence. Secondly, I learned on the blogs that Palin was in talks with a cable network to produce a series on her life to be called Sarah Palin's Alaska. Boy, this chapped my bum! Now she was claiming the whole state as hers? What an insult.
Back when I was writing Mind Over Ship, I watched an episode of The Apprentice and wondered how men named Donald felt about Trump appropriating their name for himself. As in "the Donald." I thought I'd do Donalds everywhere a favor and reclaim their name for them. That's why I named the space station line of clones, "the donalds," and drew them as so unappealing. No Donald has yet thanked me for this, but that's OK. It was a freebie. Now my half-term governor was claiming my entire state. That was intolerable.
While brainstorming about my next project, I found I couldn't wean myself off the Palin blogs. They were deliciously vile and informative, and I continued to browse them every day, mainly Palingates.blogspot.com, which is a compendium of the Queen's many sins. (I realize that by now I may have alienated all Christians and Palin supporters reading this blog. Sorry, the migraines made me do it.) A couple of months later, the Fairbanks writer emailed me to say that her agent asked for revisions to her Palin novel. We met at a coffee shop to discuss her novel, and before long we agreed to collaborate on a completely new Palin novel. I shouldn't have done it. I was learning that collaboration between writers, as opposed to artists in completely different fields, like writer and illustrator, is an iffy proposition, much like a marriage. The Anchorage author, with several collaborative novels under her belt, was able to guide us through the rocky patches, and we emerged on the other side unscathed. I knew in the back of my head that the Fairbanks author and I might have less than complementary writing styles, maybe even incompatible ones, but in my eagerness to save Alaska, I ignored any warning bells and jumped right in.
Our strategy was to write a realistic novel, an alternate biography, but with a snarky tone. Our model, except for the tone, was the 2009 bestseller, The American Wife, which is a fictionalized biography of Laura Bush. As in that book, all the names would be changed, and we invented a new Wasilla that was a composite of various Alaskan small towns we knew well. Thus we "owned" it in a literary sense and could write about it as experts. As in my earlier train wreck, THF, we would draft and polish Part 1 (of 4 parts) and start shopping for an agent. Since my agent didn't like THF, I didn't think he'd want anything to do with this one either, but we would give him a crack at it.
I was totally engaged in the work. I was having fun, a reason to jump out of bed each morning. And we made decent progress. Unfortunately, our personal differences started to show up and interfere. Still we mushed on. It took us nine whole months, but we produced a good reader draft of part 1. But just as we were passing it around to our first readers for feedback, the collaboration imploded from shear incompatibility. Probably my fault more than hers. I guess I'm not easy to work with, to put it mildly. So we quit, it never went to the agent, and that was that. Palin won again, dang her; Alaska was still in peril.
That pretty much catches us up to November, 2010. Failed literary masterpieces: 3. David: 0. Time elapsed: 3 years. But wait! Is that a phoenix I see rising from the ashes? Is a new day dawning? All I can say is: Watch the skies, my friends. Stay tuned and look for "What I've Been Working On: Part 2.' Coming soon on this blog.
And now for some crass PR. If you are enjoying my new commitment to keeping you in the loop, why don't you press the Subscribe To link in the sidebar so you don't miss an episode (even if I do). And if you have friends who appreciate my work, or you think might like to read me, for God's sake, tell them about this blog. Sorry if that sounded too strident. It's the migraines.
And now for some really crass PR. You can't have all read my Playboy story by now, "She Was Good--She Was Funny," but the Kindle store stats say you're not buying the ebook version (and they know who you are). What's the matter? Don't you have an e-reader yet? Are you dwelling in the past? Today's financial section says that Kindle announced that since April 1, they've sold more ebooks than paper, even when the free ebooks are not counted. If you're waiting for the Nook version, that was delayed by my illness but is coming very soon. Also you can download free Kindle and Nook apps for your phones, tablets, and computers. True, the story isn't science fiction, but it's a hoot, and it's set in Interior Alaska! Not Sarah Palin's Alaska but in David Marusek's Alaska. Where else can you find such world class entertainment for only 99 cents? Anna Nicole Smith was on the original cover, for crying out loud. It was translated into Dutch, and Drew Barrymore was on that cover. It's cosmopolitan, people. The protagonist was a Brit--in Alaska! On the Italian cover was Shannen Doherty with doves perched on her knees! What more can you ask? Don't do it for me; do it for Alaska.
I think I need a nap.
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I am not alienated even though I am a Christian and an admirer of Palin's vision of America. I guess I am idealist in the sense that I believe that in the United States, our constitution gives us freedom of speech and a freedom of religion. I don't need to criticize or demean anyone whose political beliefs or religiosity is different than mine. I just think to myself "He's different than me. So what?" Freedom is wonderful.
I bought your Talking Heads when it was first published. Unfortunately between back and forth to Brazil, being a newlywed, buying a house, studying with my wife for US citizenship etc I didn't have much time and it got packed away for one of my moves and disappeared. It was recently discovered (in the last month) when we were simplifying our lives by getting rid of stuff we didn't use or need anymore and opened the box with your book in it. I want to read it. Now my problem is I got a Kindle for Christmas and after a brief adjustment time I became hooked on digital readers. It was a surprise that this happened because I loved the feel of books, the smell of books, the utility of books not only for reading but also for esoteric chores like holding a door open or pressing leaves. Anyway, I haven't gotten to it yet but I have the desire to read your prose so I know your words and ideas will find their way into my cerebrum eventually.
I did download She Was Good from Amazon and I enjoyed it immensely. I kept thinking to myself, "Wow that's my little cousin that wrote this short story and it's good!"
I am tickled that I have a famous cousin.
Love you cuz.
Welp, apparently Xians hit up your page quite often. I'm a Xian, but ardently oppose fox news and palin. I suppose this is paradoxical to some, but they just chose to ignore the old testament. Oh well. I so love your way with words, and your writing acumen. I need help with that type of finess. Maybe I'll email you about it..
Your niece,
- michel v said...
I am glad that you recovered, and wish you not to suffer through this again.
A little less glad to see the Counting Heads on a hiatus, but then if it does not inspire you it must be better than writing an uninspired sequel just for the hell of it.
On your previous post I was about to launch into a big time rant about e-readers and publishing exclusively there, but this morning I was pleasantly surprised to be able to purchase your latest piece on the Kindle store.
As a European though, I do hope your publishing company will not lock your next full length novel to the northern american market, as happens with other writers all too often.
Can you believe that to purchase some books as iBooks or Kindle files, I had to pay friends in the US so that they would download the books for me and strip DRM off of them? (Mostly this happens when a local company buys the rights to releasing the translation and then sits on them.)
So in the end, I wish you to eventually settle the score against failed literary pieces, and to release more quality material, but material that can be enjoyed by readers regardless of their location. :)
- David Marusek said...
For my self-published ebooks, I will always reject DRM and will enable lending. But tell me, in what country do you live, and are my three ebooks published by major publishers--Counting Heads, Mind Over Ship, and Getting to Know You--locked out of your region?
I was genuinely dismayed to hear about your illness - what an ordeal! Glad you're recovering.
Re: your riff on nonbelief - I recently read "The Belief Instinct" and it clarified issues I've been thinking about for several decades (I, too, am quite deaf to heavenly choirs and belief puzzles me). You might like it.
- michel v said...
Hi, sorry I didn't see the reply until now.
I live in France, and your books are available on the Kindle store (only in English).
They are not available for iBooks or FnacBook (big French retailer's e-reader).
Have a nice sunday.
- David Marusek said...
@michel v
Perhaps you can help me with a problem I have with Fnac. They have the translation of my second novel, Un Paradis d'enfer, listed under the author name Maruzek. I have tried writing them to correct the misspelling with no success. Of course, I don't speak French and have a hard time navigating their customer service. Do you suppose you could alert them to the error and ask them to fix?
all best,


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Ambassador Cam, #42
A year after the destruction of the final piece of the Ambassador Hotel (the Cocoanut Grove, which had survived the initial tear-down), here's what's now on the site. So far, the frame looks a lot like the old hotel, as if it had been stripped to its studs.
According to the LAUSD's December "Monthly Program Status Report" for new construction, here's the latest news from the site:
• The Phase I K-3 project is currently 70% complete and is scheduled for occupancy in fall 2009. The methane mitigation system and underground utility rough-ins are complete. Classroom framing is complete, utility rough-ins are complete, and interior finishes are well under way. The structures for the central plant and parking facility are complete and finishes have commenced. Delivery and installation of central plant equipment is well under way. Site retaining walls and other structures are well under way.
• The MS/HS project is 38% complete, with school occupancy scheduled for fall 2010. Underground utilities, methane mitigation system and building foundations are nearly complete. Structural steel framing is complete, with a traditional "topping out" ceremony scheduled for November 21, 2008. Fireproofing, utility rough-ins and interior framing are well under way. Site retaining walls are well under way. Off-site work is well under way.
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BATON ROUGE — Louisiana's two U.S. senators are appealing to Russian President Vladimir Putin to reverse his country's ban on adoptions by American families.
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana's two U.S. senators are appealing to Russian President Vladimir Putin to reverse his country's ban on adoptions by American families.
The ban that took effect Jan. 1 is keeping Russian children and their would-be adoptive families in limbo.
Sens. Mary Landrieu and David Vitter are also urging President Barack Obama to get involved.
Landrieu, a New Orleans Democrat who co-chairs the Congressional Coalition on Adoption, said it is not fair to American families who were already in the midst of a Russian adoption.
"The U.S. families matched with these children already love them like their own and have invested a great deal of time and resources in pursuit of a final adoption," she said.
Landrieu, who has three adopted children of her own, said an agreement needs to be reached with Russia, which has in recent years enjoyed a strong relationship with the U.S. in terms of international adoptions.
The State Department and Citizenship and Immigration Services estimates between 350 and 500 adoptions involving Russian children and American families were in the pipeline prior to Russia's ban.
Each year, American families open their homes to about 1,000 Russian children through adoption.
Vitter, a Metairie Republican, said international politics were at play when it comes to Russia's decision.
"Putin's ban is simply retaliatory," he said. "We need to stand up to this ridiculous order, stand by our support for human rights, and continue processing the adoptions that have already been matched.
Vitter added that Putin's ban was issued in response to Congress's decision to hold Russian officials responsible for the illegal imprisonment and murder of Russian attorney Sergei Magnitsky in 2009.
The human-rights provision was included as part of the Russia Permanent Normal Trade Relations bill in December.
In a letter cosigned by Landrieu and Vitter, the American and Russian presidents are urged "to look beyond politics and see the people this law most directly affects."
Landrieu pointed out that Russia's own Ministry of Science and Education estimates that 110,000 children in Russia live in institutions, many of whom have special needs that many orphanages cannot adequately address.
Long-term institutionalization has been proven to lead to neurological and emotional difficulties in children, she said.
Over the weekend, Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told CNN that an agreement with the U.S. is not unlikely.
The Russian ban is known as the Dima Yakovlev law, in honor of an adopted child with the American name of Chase Harrison, and whose adoptive father from Washington left him in a hot car. The child died of heatstroke.
"Unfortunately, in our country we know a lot of cases when children adopted by American parents died or were tortured or lost their health in the U.S.," Medvedev told the cable news channel, "and even one such case would be enough to suggest the draft of a law for consideration."
Russian officials have used the ban as a way of encouraging its citizens to adopt more native infants and children.
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Cloud Transcoding Leader Improves Accessibility, Performance and Security With Closed Captioning, Enhanced Aspera Integration, Dolby Digital Audio, and Microsoft PlayReady DRM
Cloud Transcoding Leader Improves Accessibility, Performance and Security With Closed Captioning, Enhanced Aspera Integration, Dolby Digital Audio, and Microsoft PlayReady DRM
LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwire - Apr 13, 2012) - NAB Show -- Zencoder, the performance leader in cloud-based video transcoding, today unveiled significant new features that give professional content providers the most comprehensive video transcoding solution in the cloud.
"With features like closed captioning, enhanced content security and transfer and Dolby audio, broadcasters, studios and content providers can fully take advantage of the cloud for professional transcoding," said Jon Dahl, CEO and co-founder of Zencoder. "This gives media customers the tools they need to quickly and efficiently publish video to any Internet-enabled device."
The scalability of the cloud is perfectly suited for processor-intensive jobs such as video transcoding, yet bandwidth constraints can make it challenging to transfer high bitrate content. To address this, Zencoder has partnered with Aspera to improve transfer speeds of large files, and the two technologies will be demonstrated at NAB this week at Aspera's booth (#SL10315).
Also at NAB 2012, Jon Dahl will be presenting at the Amazon Web Services Media Lifecycle Seminar on strategies for handling large-scale video processing in the cloud. The Seminar takes place on Wednesday, April 18th at 1pm. Free registration: http://aws.amazon.com/nab_2012.
On April 30th, important regulations go into effect that mandate the use of closed captioning for internet delivery of broadcast content. Zencoder is the first cloud transcoding provider to support captioning for a range of delivery formats, including Apple's HTTP Live Streaming format for adaptive video delivery to iOS devices.
Today's announcements builds on Zencoder's cloud encoding and transcoding capabilities, ensuring security for professional content, from ingest all the way through media processing and playback. Key technologies available today are:
First, Zencoder is offering its customers a secure transfer tool that combines Aspera FASP transfer acceleration technology along with AES-256 encryption at rest. In the cloud, content is only decrypted during transcoding, resulting in the fastest, most secure transfer and media processing available.
"Zencoder takes full advantage of the scale and parallel processing that the cloud provides, and our partnership ensures that content providers with large files can easily tap the power of the cloud as an extension of existing workflows," commented Bhavik Vyas, Director of Cloud Services and Partnerships at Aspera.
Second, Zencoder is the first cloud encoding provider to support encryption for Microsoft's PlayReady technology and announced a partnership with leading digital rights management (DRM) service provider, BuyDRM. Zencoder worked with BuyDRM to implement PlayReady and the Zencoder platform is now integrated with BuyDRM's KeyOS platform.
"This partnership yields a really efficient workflow. Zencoder's cloud encoding service is the most efficient way to prepare content for the multitude of consumer devices, and BuyDRM helps secure that video for a sound business model," said Christopher Levy, CEO of BuyDRM.
Finally, Zencoder announced upcoming support for Dolby Digital Plus. Both surround sound audio and Dolby Digital Plus are increasingly important as more and more premium content is delivered to the living room via the internet.
Zencoder will be demonstrating their cloud encoding at NAB this week in Aspera's booth, #SL10315.
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Zencoder (http://www.zencoder.com) is the largest and fastest cloud-based transcoding service in the world. Founded in 2010, its products enable content providers to quickly deploy Internet video to consumers on virtually any Internet connected device. Zencoder's service delivers a 99.9% encoding success rate, supports the greatest number of input video formats in the industry, and offers the fastest video transcoding available in the cloud. Using a simple REST API, Zencoder's customers can easily access highly scalable, professional-quality video and audio encoding technology without expensive upfront hardware investments or ongoing maintenance fees. Customers include major broadcasters and internet publishers, including PBS Television, IGN, KIT Digital, Khan Academy, TwitVid, Posterous, College Humor, and Yammer. Zencoder is also the creator of the web's most popular open source HTML5 video player, Video.js, which is available at: http://www.videojs.com
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Amelia Earhart was last seen flying over the South Pacific Islands with her navigator Fred Noonan. Some believe the Japanese took Amelia and Fred hostage because at that time in World War 2 the Japanese controlled many of the islands in the South Pacific, but the Japanese deny this theory. They say they had nothing to do with the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, many people disagree. The odd thing about Amelia running out fuel in the middle of the South Pacific and crashing is that her plane nor body was ever found. Theres still a possibility that she couldve crashed but no one knows why her plane, Elactra 10E, was never found near where the plane supposedly crashed. On the day of July 5th1937 ships near the South Pacific picked up Amelias voice over the radio, but the crew never arrived. This was only 24 hours into the flight; Amelias destination was Howland Island after she departed from Papa New Guinea. President Roosevelt ordered nine naval ships and 66 planes to help search for Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan. 4,000 men searched the South Pacific, but had no luck with finding Amelia Earhart or Fred Noonan. All we can say about the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan is that they just ran out of fuel in the middle of the ocean, even though we cant be 100% sure that this is what happened, its probably what did happen because her plane couldve floated away from the point where she crashed or sea creatures couldve moved the ship somewhere else.
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Hello bikini season! Summer is the best time to get started on a health and fitness regimen. I love looking to Pinterest for healthy recipes and quick workouts (like this!) I can do from anywhere (more on my top 10 fitness tips here)! While discussing the importance of working out for overall health and to have more energy with my sister, who recently had a baby and just got back into working out), I decided to share a few more tips with you to start a new routine or stay on track.
1. Find something you actually enjoy and do a variety!
If you're not having fun, it's hard to stick with it! I find that changing it up every day keeps things fresh so I don't get bored. Different group Pilates and bar classes, walking with friends, elliptical machines and lifting weights are my favorite way to start the day. Don't let vacation stop you -- when at the beach, hike or walk in the morning, then paddle board in the afternoon!
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Popular Chess Terms
Planning the Pieces
The First volume of Ludek Pachman's great trilogy Complete Chess Strategy which first appeared in Czechoslovak and German. Planning the Pieces deals with the long term planning, handling and positioning of the individual chess pieces.
Complete Chess Strategy - VOLUME 1
A Primer of Chess teaches you how to find the good moves. When it is your turn to move, your objective as a chess player should be to find a good move. If every move you play in the game is a good move, you will win, usually because your opponent will throw himself on the sword.
A Primer of Chess
Modern Chess Strategy by the well-known Czech Grandmaster and theorist Ludek Pachman, is widely recognized on the continent of Europe as the standard work on the middle-game.
Pachman's Modern Chess Strategy
Samuel Reshevsky is the ideal person to write a book on positional play because that was exactly the way he played: positionally. Reshevsky preferred to crush his opponents slowly, like a python, rather than to win with a blaze of tactics.
The Art of Positional Play in Chess
The f4 Sicilian has become popular and feared because it avoids the frightening amount of knowledge required to play Open Sicilians. It is often not treated with the respect it deserves. The strategic aims are quite simple to understand: CHECKMATE. The first edition was written when the Grand Prix Attack was just becoming noticed by strong chess players. Now there are over 20,000 examples in the databases. Nevertheless, the opening remains based more on the ideas explained by authors Hodgson and Day than on "theory".
Sicilian Defense:Grand Prix Attack
Most players prefer to attack, resulting in defensive technique being the weakest part of their game. There are a number of methods of playing against an attacker, which include passive defense, simplification, blockade, stalemate, or a trap. Alternatively a player can defend actively or launch a counterattack.
The Art of Defence in Chess
The art of strategic planning is not easily acquired from most teaching materials, yet it is one of the most important aspects of practical play. In this book, positional factors have been approached, with examples showing how a certain specific weakness can be exploited by specific means. This book includes complete games where the strategic and positional factors are seen in the complex interplay of the middle game and end game.
Chess Strategy for Advanced Students
Chess Grandmaster Raymond Keene chronicles the history of the development of the chess combination as an art form. In 86 complete games in descriptive starting from the 15th century, Keene provides examples of combinations played by Greco, Philidor, Mac Donnell, Von der Lasa, Staunton, Anderssen, Morphy, Zukertort, Steinitz, Lasker, Cabablanca, Alekhine, Euwe, Botvinnik, Keres, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, Fischer, Karpov and Korchnoi.
The Chess Combination from Philidor to Karpov
How to Calculate and Win
In The Inner Game of Chess, GM Andy Soltis shows that the key to good calculation is good visualization of the position in front of us and then after the moves we're considering. Being aware of tactical motifs; knowing when to stop looking; and verifying your chosen move are essential, but they all depend on the basic requirement to see clearly what's going on. The author discusses common obstacles to clear visualization and offers techniques to overcome them in your own play.
The Inner Game of Chess
This book is aimed at beginners who know the rules and nothing more. This is how chess players start. They must learn the simple tactics. This is the only workbook at this level. Completing the puzzles in this book will lead to improved results immediately!
First Chess Tactics
"Tactics," said a famous chessmaster, "is 99% of chess." It follows that the most effective way to increase your playing strength is to master the tactical aspect of chess. There is no surer or easier or more enjoyable way to acquire this vital chess skill than by studying Rudolf Spielmann's authoritative work on "the art of sacrifice in chess."
The Art of Sacrifice in Chess
Vladimir Vukovic (26 August 1898, Zagreb 18 November 1975, Zagreb) was a Croatian chess writer, theoretician, player, arbiter, and journalist. He was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1951 and International Arbiter (IA) in 1952.He played for Yugoslavia on second board in the 1st Chess Olympiad at London 1927, posting a record of +7?6=2.
The Chess Sacrifice
A Chessworks Publication
This book provides one thousand combinations from chess tournament play. It is not the typical book with positions and their solutions. Rather, it tests the actual players against the computer. Sometimes the computer finds the correct solution but not always. The reader needs to study the positions and determine for himself whether the move selected by the computer is correct or not.
Big Book of Chess Combinations
In this book, the great Dutch World Champion, Dr. Max Euwe, discusses both strategy and tactics in chess, having special emphasis on the latter, to which about two-thirds of the book is dedicated. Tactics have been, comparatively speaking, neglected in chess literature, and it is therefore, interesting to find that five out of eight chapters of this book are devoted to combinations which are analyzed and classified.
Strategy & Tactics in Chess
David Levy, International and World expert on computer chess, has analyzed the brilliancies of the masters and, in this book, explains how you can learn to recognize the symptoms and produce your own stunning finishing stroke. Make a small sacrifice and buy this elegant combination of explanation and instruction!
Play Chess Combinations and Sacrifices
This is a collection of problems and puzzles selected by Charles Dealtry Locock, a British Amateur Chess Champion, which he found to be the most valuable in teaching his students how to attack. These are problems which have a practical application. The author used them to teach attacking chess to hundreds of students. The theme of this book is how to use your imagination to develop a winning attack.
Imagination in Chess
This is a quiz based on very hard puzzles taken from master games, not from composed problems. Because of the difficulty and complexity of the puzzles, you score points just for getting the first move right. You do not have to see all the way to the end. At the end of the quizzes, you are rated based on how many you got right.
Chess Puzzles for Students
The Best Move is a collection of very hard Chess problems based on actual grandmaster games. The reader is asked who has the advantage and why. Points are awarded not only for getting the answer right, but for seeing deeply into the positions. These problems are based primarily on the games of Grandmaster Hort and Grandmaster Jansa. These are not the typical ''White to play and Win'' problems. rather, the reader is asked to decide who is better. These are very hard problems. Do not be surprised if you do any of them, or if you get them only by guessing.
The Best Move
Match Your Wits Against the Greatest Chess Masters
This book enables the average chess player to match wits against the greatest masters of all time. The result is a book that is as instructive as it is entertaining.
Solitaire Chess
Edited by Peter Yu, Carolyn Withgitt Photographs by Richard R. Shorman After Chess Voice magazine (1968-1985) ceased publication and left a void in Northern California chess, Hans Poschmann stepped up to create and edit the California Chess Journal (1986-2004). In the July periodical, the tireless Bill Wall interviewed GM Eugenio Torre, Philippine Champion and the first Asian Grandmaster.
California Chess Journal - Volume 4-6 1990 - 1992
One of the best chess articles ever written about chess appeared in the June-September 1979 issue: ''How the Whales Got Unlucky at Masson'', again by the poet chess master Dennis Fritzinger. This was John Larkins last issue as Editor. Chess Voice was again voted the ''Best State or Regional Publication of 1979.''
Northern California Chess Voice - 1979-1982 Vol. 12-14
This is a study of the six greatest chess players in the world during the period 1870 to 1950 including all the games they played against each other, with biographies, annotations and statistics by chess master and mathematics professor Dr. Nathan J. Divinsky.
Around the Chess World in 80 Years
'Chess the Hard Way'' is the autobiography of Daniel Abraham Yanofsky, who was not only Canada's first chess grandmaster buit was Canada's only grandmaster until the modern era. His career is remarkable. He was from a remote Indian town in Central Canada where there were no chess masters. Almost invariably, strong chess players only develop in places where there are strong players.
Chess The Hard Way
The Spring of 1975 saw the rebirth of Chess Voice with the new Editor, John Larkins, at the helm.
Northern California Chess Voice - 1976-1979 Vol. 9-11
Chess Voice had the good fortune to publish during the Golden Age of California chess; 1968 to 1985. The chess landscape in the mid to late 1960's was dominated by chess clubs and chess club leagues; tournaments, not played within a club, were intermittent.
Scaccic / Chess Voice No. 1-21 - 1968-1971
The Memoirs of a Grandmaster
Ludek Pachman's account of his political struggles is interspersed with numerous chess anecdotes about many of the masters he faced in tournament play, such as Alekhine, Bobby Fischer, Botvinnik, and Tal
Checkmate in Prague
Chess Voice had the good fortune to publish during the Golden Age of California chess; 1968 to 1985. Romona W. Gordon took over as Editor for the August 1983 issue, just in time to cover the Pasadena 1983 United State Open. Richard Fauber continued to write his historically important column, ''Our Chess Heritage.''
Northern California Chess Voice - 1983-1985 Vol. 16-18
After Chess Voice magazine (1968-1985) ceased publication and left a void in Northern California chess, Hans Poschmann stepped up to create and edit the California Chess Journal (1986-2004).
California Chess Journal - Volume 2-3 1988-1990
Die Grossmeister des Schach Wie sie spielten, wer sie waren, und königliche Spiel zu höchster Vollendung brachten Von Genies, Geistesheroen und Sonderlingen berichtet diese Geistes- und Kultur- geschichte des Schach
Die Grossmeister Des Schach - GERMAN EDITION
California Chess Journal Vol. 7-10 1993-1996 Edited by Carolyn Withgitt, Peter Yu, Eric Schiller, James Eade Photographs by Richard R. Shorman After Chess Voice magazine (1968-1985) ceased publication and left a void in Northern California chess, Hans Poschmann stepped up to create and edit the California Chess Journal (1986-2004).
California Chess Journal - Volume 7-10 1993 - 1996
In March of 1970, chess happenings on the world stage intruded into Northern California. Bobby Fischer emerged from his semi-retirement to play second board in the USSR vs Rest of the World match against former World Champion, Tigran Petrosian.
Central California Chess Voice - 1971-1976
California Chess Journal Vol. 11-15 1996-2001 Edited by Allan Fifield, Frisco del Rosario Photographs by Richard R. Shorman After Chess Voice magazine (1968-1985) ceased publication and left a void in Northern California chess, Hans Poschmann stepped up to create and edit the California Chess Journal (1986-2004).
California Chess Journal - Vol. 11-15 - 1996-2001
The book offers a sketch of the life and work of a talented writer and Soviet grandmaster Alexander Kotov. Chess games with commentary selected and grouped by topics (debut, a combination tactical strikes, defense, etc.) so that the book was not only an outstanding monograph on the players, but also a kind of textbook on the management of chess.
Alexander Kotov - RUSSIAN EDITION
By 1985, the Fischer Generation was aging...and finding it harder to compete in local tournaments with the Post-Fischer Generation. Chess Voice went into chess history with the generation that had created it.
Northern California Chess Voice - 1982-1983 Vol. 14-16
After Chess Voice magazine (1968-1985) ceased publication and left a void in Northern California chess, Hans Poschmann stepped up to create and edit the California Chess Journal (1986-2004).
California Chess Journal - Volume 1 1986-1987
A brief autobiographical sketch of one of the strongest chess players of the last century, who introduced theoretical innovative ideas in chess.
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Former Maple Breeze Park included in 100-acre parcel in foreclosure auction
More than 100 acres of land in Stonington and North Stonington that includes the former Maple Breeze Park will be on the auction block June 8 in a bank foreclosure sale forced after a previous developer was convicted in a bribery scheme.
Bidding on the 9-acre Maple Breeze Park property at 30 Liberty St., valued at $1.85 million, will require potential buyers to bring a deposit of $185,000. The parcel, owned in part by convicted scammer Richard Girouard of Norwalk and his company North Stonington Group LLC, resonates with locals who remember three decades of summer fun at the park's waterslides, bumper boat rides, go-kart track and miniature-golf course.
"We've seen significant interest in the property," said Norwich attorney Michael E. Driscoll of Brown Jacobson, who is serving as committee of sale for the auction.
The auction of the former Maple Breeze property will occur at noon, while another 97-acre property owned by Girouard in North Stonington will be sold off at 1 p.m. The North Stonington site, near the rotary at Routes 2 and 184, has been valued at $2.7 million, with a required deposit of $267,500 to bid, according to court documents.
Both of the properties were acquired by Girouard in June 2008 with a $3 million promissory note from Hartford-based Peoples United Bank.
"They're separated by maybe a mile," Driscoll said.
Girouard owes about $3.1 million on the loan and would have to forfeit that amount to the bank, plus any extra costs associated with the sale or taxes. But he and his associates would stand to receive some of the proceeds of the sale if bids are close to the appraised value of the properties.
The highest bidders June 8 will walk away with the properties, subject to approval by the courts. If the bids are not approved or there are no bidders, the bank will likely move for a strict foreclosure, Driscoll said, which would mean People's United would take over ownership of the properties.
Girouard, who at one time owned the Ocean House in Watch Hill, had a 61-unit townhouse proposal for the Maple Breeze site rejected before winning approval for a supermarket. But before the project got underway, Girouard was arrested and then convicted in 2010 of masterminding an effort to rig an auction of bank-owned property by trying to bribe a Bank of America official. According to court documents, Girouard spent time in a federal prison camp in Florida for the crime.
Keith and Lois Main ran Maple Breeze Park for years before selling it in 2002 to James Justice of Lisbon, who had planned a 30,000-square-foot health club on the site. But Justice hooked up with Ledyard financier Blake Prater, whose Wellspring Capital Group offices were raided by federal agents hours after the health club held its groundbreaking ceremony.
Prater was convicted in 2007 of running an Internet Ponzi scheme, receiving a 10-year prison sentence and $3.4 million fine.


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Griz Hold On to Beat Wildcats
In Ogden, Utah, the University of Montana Grizzly football team forged ahead by 10 points with under 4 minutes to play..but, then allowed a 100 yard kickoff return to let Weber State back into the game. They held on to win 24-21.
Montana's Peter Nguyen had over 100 yards rushing and nearly 100 yards passing to be the player of the game on offense, while defensive end Zach Waggenman was the sackmaster on defense.
The Griz are now at .500 for the year at 5-5, and must beat the MSU Bobcats on November 17th to salvage a winning record.
The Griz now have a bye-week, and several players are expected to return. Running back Dan Moore is coming back from a high ankle sprain. Three other players were suspended for the game, freshman linebacker Nick Holt, and starting linebacker John Kanengotta'a and center Kjelby Oiland for disobeying team rules. Starting offensive lineman Trevor Poole was suspended after being charged with felony drug possession.
The win marks the first time this season the Griz have won two straight games.
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The former president and six officers of First National Bank on Thursday pleaded not guilty in federal court to charges in a 35-count indictment that accuse them of scheming to defraud the bank and other institutions out of millions of dollars.
Defense attorneys entered pleas during an initial appearance for:
• Heys Edward McMath III, 58, who served as the president and CEO. McMath is charged with conspiracy, bank fraud, misapplication of bank funds and false statements to influence a bank.
• Stephen Michael Little, 65, who served as the executive vice president and CFO. Little is charged with conspiracy and bank fraud.
• Robert Wilson Dailey, 51, who served as the city president and senior lending officer. Dailey is charged with conspiracy, bank fraud and false entries made in bank records.
• Jay Patrick Gardner, 62, who served as a vice president and the chief credit officer. Gardner is charged with conspiracy and bank fraud.
• Isaac Jefferson Mulling, 53, who served as a senior vice president and commercial loan officer. Mulling is charged with conspiracy, bank fraud, false statements to influence a bank and false entries made in bank records.
• Alan Robert Fleming, 36, who served as the city president of the Tybee Island branch and a commercial loan officer. Fleming is charged with conspiracy, bank fraud, misapplication of bank funds, false statements to influence a bank and false entries made in bank records.
• Jeffrey Allen Farrell, 44, who served as the city president of the Richmond Hill branch and a commercial loan officer. Farrell is charged with conspiracy, bank fraud, false statements to influence a bank and false entries made in bank records.
U.S. Magistrate Judge G.R. Smith set unsecured bonds of $50,000 for all defendants except Little for whom a $100,000 bond was set.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney James Durham, who is heading the government's prosecution team, told Smith prosecutors considered the case "complex" because of the extensive evidence.
"Discovery is enormous," Durham said.
Smith will allow defense lawyers 90 days to prepare their pre-trial motions, and prosecutors will have an additional 60 days to respond.
Defense lawyers normally get 10 days to file motions before Smith. Also Thursday, Durham told Smith U.S. District Judge William T. Moore Jr. has removed himself from handling the case, which has been re-assigned to Chief Judge Lisa Godbey Wood in Brunswick.
Prosecutors contend the long-running scheme contributed to the failure of First National Bank in 2010, which will cost the FDIC deposit-insurance fund more than $90 million.
First National Bank closed its doors and was taken over by the government in the summer of 2010. It remains in receivership of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The Savannah Bank took over its deposits and operations of its four branches.
The indictment comes on the heels of the 2011 prosecution of Savannah real estate developer Richard Guerard for scheming with First National Bank officials and employees to defraud the bank and others to cover loan shortfalls for two of his companies.
Guerard pleaded guilty in May 2011 and was sentenced to 52 months in federal prison in August 2011.
According to allegations in the indictment, as First National Bank's financial condition began to deteriorate, the defendants schemed to hide millions of dollars in non-performing loans from the bank, members of the bank's board of directors and from federal regulators.
According to the indictments, the defendants loaned money to unqualified individuals to make interest and other payments on other non-performing loans; enticing others to take over non-performing loans with hidden promises, side deals and other terms unfavorable to First National Bank; and recruiting other banks to fund non-performing loans based on fraudulent misrepresentations about the quality of the loans.
The defendants also falsified and fabricated numerous bank documents and records, the government charges.


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Lisle, Illinois ~ Mary Formosa, Maureen O'Brien and Geneace Williams, Ph.D., are the featured speakers of the 2013 Greater Chicago Women's Leadership Summit presented by the College of Business and the Office of Community Development at Benedictine University at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, October 4 on the second floor of the Krasa Student Center.
The leadership summit is a regional conference that addresses the issues of working women and features nationally recognized female executive leaders who speak on topics such as financial literacy, work/life balance, culture and innovative leadership.
O'Brien made a strong impression at her first job out of college – selling building products to contractors in the Chicago area. People were intrigued by her choice to work in a field dominated by men.
After the birth of her first child, O'Brien launched her own exterior remodeling company, O'Brien & Son Inc., which has remained in business for 27 years.
Today, O'Brien is a sought-after business speaker and author who is considered an expert in sales and negotiating skills, leadership development, strategy and personal branding.
She has been honored as "One of the Most Influential Women in Business" by the Business Ledger in partnership with the National Association of Women Business Owners Area Chapter, the "Humanitarian of the Year" by the National Speakers Association-Illinois, and as "One of the Most Powerful and Influential Women in Illinois" by the National Diversity Council.
In 2009, O'Brien launched the Global Women's Leadership Forum®, a Women's Business Enterprise National Council-certified organization which focuses on women's business resource groups, leadership development, and helping women to develop and demonstrate their full potential within Fortune 500 Companies.
Formosa, the vice president of human resources for Navistar's Global Truck and Engine Group, Quality Procurement and Safety, is responsible for developing and implementing human resource strategies that align with the group's overall business strategy.
Before joining Navistar in 2008, Formosa worked for the Tribune Company, a Chicago-based multimedia company with more than 50 business units and 23,000 employees. During her 20-year career with Tribune, she held a variety of senior-level positions in human resources, including leading the company's corporate human resources, employee relations, recruitment and diversity functions.
Formosa has a strong background in employee and labor relations, organizational effectiveness, leadership development, performance management, compensation and benefits, recruitment, training and development, and dealing with acquisitions and divestitures.
She also owned her own consulting business, where she focused on human resources assessments, improving employee engagement, leadership coaching and developing policies and procedures.
Formosa is actively involved with many professional organizations, including the National Latino Education Institute, the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce and Empowering Women Network, which she serves on as a board member. She has been a speaker at the Diversity Solutions Best Practices and Empowering Women Network conferences, among others.
Williams is the managing director of Our Living World (OLW) Communications Inc., a boutique consulting firm specializing in the advancement of forward-thinking leaders and the organizations they serve through a strategic approach.
She is a trusted advisor offering innovative leadership counsel, and has a long history of leading change and managing conflict and crises. Today, she adds value by helping leaders drive results in their business, business goals and leadership acumen.
Prior to consulting, Williams enjoyed a distinguished 20-year career as an attorney, business advisor and counselor. She was previously responsible for a national litigation practice for the McDonald's Corporation, where she advised senior company leadership on numerous matters.
Williams is the author of "Leadership DASH: Breaking Through the Finish Line," an award-winning and insightful work that gets at the heart of how people become leaders of influence. Having spoken in diverse venues around the world, Williams' strategies for leadership have positively influenced many.
As a minister, Williams is passionate about the issues that affect women and the underserved. She serves on the board of directors for the Northern Illinois Food Bank and is a member of Leadership Illinois Class of 2013. In 2011, she received a National Power Ambassador Award for her work with the American Heart Association's "Power to End Stroke" campaign.
The summit will be emceed by Barb Dwyer, a community activist, inspiration speaker, executive coach and author.
The summit begins with registration and a continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m., and continues with speakers and lunch until 1:30 p.m. Early bird registration is $30 per person or $240 for table of eight. After September 25, registration is $40 per person or $320 for table of eight. Expo tables are $250. Table sponsorship opportunities are available.
The event is sponsored by Nicor Gas, Navistar and Brennan & Brosnan LLC.
Visit www.ben.edu/wls or call the College of Business at (630) 829-6206 to register.
Benedictine University is an independent Roman Catholic institution located in Lisle, Illinois just 25 miles west of Chicago, and has branch campuses in Springfield, Illinois and Mesa, Arizona. Founded in 1887, Benedictine provides 55 undergraduate majors and 17 graduate and four doctoral programs. Benedictine University is ranked No. 1 among the country's fastest-growing campuses between 2000-2010 in The Chronicle of Higher Education's list of private nonprofit research institutions, and Forbes magazine named Benedictine among "America's Top Colleges" for the third consecutive year in 2013. Benedictine University's Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) program is listed by Crain's Chicago Business as the fifth largest in the Chicago area in 2013.
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A high performance, quickstart tennis lesson. Classes are one hour long and feature a small student to teacher ratio. We have developed a high velocity system: students always hit at least 100 balls in a class. We focus on developing eye hand coordination, agility, strength and fitness as well as proper stroke mechanics. We also teach life skills and values such as cooperation, integrity, goal setting, sportsmanship and communication. Students may bring their own racquet or they can borrow a racquet. Students should wear comfortable clothes and bring a water bottle.
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ElfTennis is a portable tennis school based in New York City. ElfTennis provides comprehensive, affordable tennis classes at convenient, state of the art locations. ElfTennis is top notch tennis for top notch kids!
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ElfTennis owner and instructor, Esther Forrester, likes to use positive reinforment in her classes. Instead of correcting what is wrong with a shot, Esther asks her students to take a moment after a good shot to internalize what made it good, helping the student to replicate that same shot over and over again.


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CHICAGO – In 446 career games that have included more than 8,500 minutes of ice time, Patrick Kane has been tempted to drop his gloves and pound an opponent with bare fists.
Each time, the Blackhawks' forward has thought twice before impersonating a hockey goon.
"There's been a few times I've wanted to. It just hasn't really happened," Kane said with a grin Thursday at the United Center. "I thought it might have happened against Anaheim this year with [Saku] Koivu at the end of the game.
"I don't know. It's not something you really think about when you're getting ready for a game. If it happens, it happens, so we'll see."
The guess here is that it will not.
Kane, 24, was named as one of three finalists for the NHL's Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, which is given every year to the player who best combines skill and sportsmanship. Other finalists include Martin St. Louis of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Matt Moulson of the New York Islanders.
Being a finalist for one of the league's many trophies is one thing, but Kane's nomination represents something bigger. He has matured on the ice and seemingly off of it as well, avoiding the pitfalls that dogged him as a young superstar in his first few seasons.
As a rookie, Kane had 52 penalty minutes, many of which resulted from a lack of discipline. The next season, Kane improved slightly in that category but still had 42 penalty minutes.
As for this season? Kane earned all of eight penalty minutes in 47 games.
"I think it kind of speaks volumes of where my game has gone since my rookie season," said Kane, who could become the Hawks' first Lady Byng winner since Stan Mikita won the award during back-to-back seasons in 1967 and 1968. "I remember I used to take a lot of penalties that were kind of unnecessary, and I got that out of my game a little bit."
It's fair to say that Kane had some nudging along the way.
Hawks coach Joel Quenneville remembered benching his winger after one too many penalties. Kane quickly got the message and worked on improving his focus on the ice.
"That's all part of it," Quenneville said. "But I thought each and every year 'Kaner' has gotten better as a player in all aspects of his game. He's gotten stronger and better and he's growing up, as well. It's a real nice progression in his career."
That career already includes one Stanley Cup title, and it could feature a second if all goes according to plan this spring for the Hawks. Kane leads the team with six assists in the playoffs but remains in search of his first playoff goal after scoring 23 during the regular season.
The Hawks will host the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday afternoon for Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals, where they will look to improve upon a 1-0 series lead.
Barring a wild turn of events, Kane will not drop his gloves.
Nor will he apologize for being a Lady Byng finalist.
"Like they say in the [description], it's skill and sportsmanship put together," Kane said. "I think it's an award that you want to be up for. I'm excited about it and I think it's a great honor, for sure."


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Feds Accused Of Distributing Malware That De-Anonymizes Tor Users
from the left-hand,-meet-the-anonymous-right-hand dept
Shortly after Marques' arrest last week, all of the hidden service sites hosted by Freedom Hosting began displaying a "Down for Maintenance" message. That included websites that had nothing to do with child pornography, such as the secure email provider TorMail.So why do people think the feds are involved? The bit of malware scoops up various identifying information -- MAC address and Windows hostname -- and then sends it to a server in Virginia to find the real IP address of the computer in question. The Virginia server is controlled by the infamous contractor SAIC, who works with numerous government agencies.
Some visitors looking at the source code of the maintenance page realized that it included a hidden iframe tag that loaded a mysterious clump of Javascript code from a Verizon Business internet address located in eastern Virginia.
By midday Sunday, the code was being circulated and dissected all over the net. Mozilla confirmed the code exploits a critical memory management vulnerability in Firefox that was publicly reported on June 25, and is fixed in the latest version of the browser.
Though many older revisions of Firefox are vulnerable to that bug, the malware only targets Firefox 17 ESR, the version of Firefox that forms the basis of the Tor Browser Bundle – the easiest, most user-friendly package for using the Tor anonymity network.
It's no secret that law enforcement has wanted to identify folks who are trying to be anonymous. And, as discussed just last week, the FBI has been using malware at an increasing rate. So it wouldn't be a huge surprise to find out that little tricky bit of malware was designed to provide more info on Tor users who might be up to nefarious activity (or, you know, they might just want to surf anonymously). I imagine that this is not the end of this particular story...


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Along with other medications to keep on hand, you should stock a year's supply of any prescription drug needed.
An understanding of the bacteria that cause disease is necessary if you are to prescribe antibiotic treatment. While there are hundreds of bacteria, there are relatively few that that cause most of the problems in people. They can be classified into four classes: gram positive, gram negative, anaerobes and others.
Gram positive bacteria include:
- Staphylococcus: Causes boils, abscesses, impetigo, wound infections, bone infections, pneumonia, food poisoning and septicemia.
- Streptococcus: Causes Strep pneumoniae and the Strep pyogenes. Strep pneumoniae causes pneumonia, ear infections, sinusitis, meningitis, septic arthritis and bone infections. Strep pyogenes causes sore throats, impetigo, scarlet fever, cellulitis, septicemia and necrotising fasciitis.
Gram negative bacteria include:
- Neisseria meningitides: Causes bacterial meningitis and may also cause pneumonia and septicemia. Can be rapidly fatal.
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Causes gonorrhea.
- Moxella catarrhalis: Causes ear and sinus infections, also chronic bronchitis exacerbations.
- Haemophilus influenzea: Causes meningitis (especially in children under 5), epiglottis, cellulitis and a sub group cause chest infections.
- Escherichia coli: Causes urinary infections, severe gastroenteritis, peritonitis (from bowel injury), septicemia.
- Proteus sp.: Causes UTIs, peritonitis (from bowel injuries), wound infections.
Anaerobes include:
- Bacteroides sp.: Causes infections following injury to the bowel or in wound contamination and causes abscess formation.
- Clostridium sp.: Produces spores and toxins.
- C. perfringens/C.septicum: Causes gangrene.
- C.tetani or tetanus: In tetanus and botulism, the damage is from toxins, not the bacteria themselves.
- C. botulinum. Causes botulism.
- C. difficille. Causes diarrhea following antibiotics.
Bacteria that fall into the "other" category include:
- Chlamydia sp. ( C.pneumonia): Causes a type of atypical pneumonia.
- C.trachomatis: Causes the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia.
- Mycoplasma pneumonia: Causes atypical pneumonia.
The list of antibiotics and the bacteria they treat most effectively is:
- Penicillin: For Streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections, anaerobic infections "above the diaphragm" such as abscessed teeth. This drug is relatively cheap and causes fewer side effects such as diarrhea and vaginitis. Unfortunately, streptococci and pneumococci are increasingly antibiotic resistant.
- Ampicillin or Amoxicillin: For urinary, middle ear, and lower respiratory infection. This is a broader spectrum penicillin. Staphylococci are usually resistant. Is also available in suspension for children who cannot swallow amoxicillin capsules.
- Erythromycin ethylsuccinate: For pneumonia or Streptococcal sore throat. It is also of some benefit in Staphylococcal skin infections.
- Tetracycline: For plague and various other insect-borne infections, urinary infections, bronchitis, infected animal bites, some venereal diseases and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Pregnant women and young children should avoid using this drug, if possible. A more expensive drug in this class is doxycycline. Doxycycline has fewer gastrointestinal side effects and is better absorbed than tetracycline with food in the stomach, but is more likely to sensitize the skin to sunlight.
- Metronidazole: Very effective against certain protozoans, including amoebae and Giardia, and for anaerobic bacteria such as those that normally inhabit the bowel and the female genital tract. It can be extremely useful in intra-abdominal, pelvic and wound infections caused by such bacteria.
- Chloramphenicol: For anaerobic infections, typhoid and other Salmonella infections, psittacosis, rickettsial infections, or meningitis due to Hemophilus or Meningococcus. This drug is very well absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and penetrates well into the cerebrospinal fluid (hence, its value in meningitis). However, it causes fatal aplastic anemia in about one in 50,000 persons treated with it, and some drug companies have stopped manufacturing it.
- Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole DS (Bactrim, Septra): For urinary infections and some types of bacterial diarrhea or as a back-up drug for sinusitis, bronchitis, ear infections (for resistant organisms or allergic patients).
Some other drugs to have on hand — if you can get them — and their uses are:
- Adrenalin: To treat acute anaphylaxis or drug or other allergy such as bee sting, or for a severe asthma attack.
- Prednisone: For severe cases of asthma, poison ivy, sunburn and allergic reactions; but it is not a substitute for epinephrine because the response is not fast enough. Use with great caution because steroids depress the immune response, among other side effects; however, the drug can be life-saving.
- Theophylline preparation: For asthma. Combinations with ephedrine (such as Theodrine), while out of favor these days, may be much cheaper. Theophylline is being used much less often. Tea contains a little theophylline.
- Prochlorperazine: For nausea and vomiting, this drug also may be of some value in acute psychosis.
- Phenobarbitol: As a sedative. Caution: Barbiturate addiction is very dangerous; fatal withdrawal reactions have occurred.
- Xylocaine 1 percent or 2 percent: As a local anesthesia.
- Acetaminophen with codeine: As a pain reliever in combination with acetaminophen (or aspirin). It also relieves severe cough.
- Proparicaine ophthalmic solution 0.5 percent: Will anesthetize the cornea of a patient with a foreign body in his eye. Use only once to enable you to remove the foreign body. Continued use may allow severe damage to the eye to occur without the patient's awareness.
- Nalbuphine hydrochloride: For relief of severe pain. This drug is considered to have less potential for abuse than morphine because it is also a narcotic antagonist (that is, it will cause acute withdrawal in an addict).
- Hydrochlorthiazide: Helps to control high blood pressure or congestive heart failure.
- Nitroglycerin 11150 gr: Helps to relieve angina (heart pain).
- Lanoxin (digoxin) 0.25 mg: Good for certain cardiac conditions such as congestive heart failure or atrial fibrillation with rapid heart rate.
- Atropine 0.5 mg/cc (30 cc): Because it speeds the heart rate, this drug is useful in some heart attack victims if they have a profound decrease in pulse. More importantly, it is an antidote to many poisons (such as organophosphate insecticides, some poisonous mushrooms and chemical warfare agents such as tabun and sarin).
And don't forget the medicines you and your family take every day. You should have a year's supply of any prescription drug needed. Rotate each year. This is especially important for drugs with a short shelf life, such as insulin. (Insulin lasts about six months at room temperature, but for only two to six weeks at 80 degrees F.)
Finally, don't forget to have a good supply of common, everyday over-the-counter medications like aspirin or ibuprofen for fever and pain relief, Kaopectate for diarrhea, Pepto Bismol or Mylanta for stomach maladies, diphenhydramine for insect bites and allergic reactions, cortisone cream for insect bites and skin allergies, and antihistamines for respiratory allergies.
Colloidal Silver
Until the beginning of the development of modern antibiotics in the 1940s, colloidal silver was the natural antibiotic of choice and had been for 50 years. Pharmaceutical antibiotics looked like miracles because, in the beginning, there were no antibiotic-resistant strains of disease organisms. There was a lot of excitement over the new wonder drugs. So naturally, colloidal silver disappeared into the memory hole.
But as there are more and more resistant strains to antibiotics, colloidal silver is reappearing. There is no doubt about the antibacterial and antimicrobial properties of colloidal silver. It is very effective against bacterial infections like Strep throat and flu and fungal infections like Candida.
Germs can't escape colloidal silver no matter how much they mutate. And colloidal silver doesn't harm good bacteria. There are no known risks to using colloidal silver internally or externally.
October 29, 2012 by Bob Livingston


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Passing fancies in lettering often vanish without a trace, and no style has died a harder death than Art Nouveau. Even in its heyday, the style's contributions to typography were slight: there were never many Art Nouveau typefaces, and the few eccentrics that have survived may owe something to a resurgence in the sixties, when their smoky and vegetal forms found favor among the psychedelic set. It was not typography but lettering in which Art Nouveau reached full flower — sometimes literally — famously in the posters of Alphonse Mucha, and the Paris Métro signs of Hector Guimard.
Parisians have guarded their Art Nouveau treasures well; New Yorkers less so. New York was no stranger to the style — two blocks south of our office is Ernest Flagg's splendid Little Singer Building, and it was in the borough of Queens that Louis Comfort Tiffany established his factory — but lettering from the period has become scarce. This morning, David W. Dunlap writes in The New York Times of a new piece of lettering that has surfaced, in of all places, the uptown platform of the No. 1 subway line at Columbus Circle. A visit is yours for $2.
Dunlap's article contains the full and fascinating story, including this irresistable opener: this lettered encaustic tile, specially created for the station, is somehow older than the trains themselves. —JH


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Recycle your used cooking oil at one of several convenient locations in San Francisco and Treasure Island. We'll convert your used cooking oil into cleaner-burning biodiesel to power the City's fleet (including MUNI buses)!
See what can happen to sewer lines clogged by improper grease disposal.
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Wipe up with a paper towel and throw in the green compost bin. Same goes for: salad dressing, pasta sauce, marinades, dairy products, peanut butter, fatty food scraps – just put in the green compost bin!


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The Striders Gold Cup Elite Series competition is a series of select qualifying road races. These races will be a subset of the Gold Cup races and will be selected after the Gold Cup schedule has been decided each year. The purpose of this competition is to allow the most competitive adult (age 19 and over) runners in our club to compete in a fair competition that rewards speed at various distances in road racing.
Must complete 10 Gold Cup races.
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It's time to put those booties away ladies – it's officially sandal season. With longer days and warmer weather, you and your girlfriends can share laughs and stories under clear blue skies and beautiful starry nights.
Glamping – glamorous camping – has been named one of the five hottest trends in girls' getaways by the Travel Channel and is the perfect warm weather get-together to bond with girlfriends. If hectic work schedules make coordinating a getaway with girlfriends too hard, you can still enjoy the warm days and nights by recreating the glamping experience in your own backyard. Here are a few tips to create a posh outdoor experience:
* Keep the ambiance cozy. Turn your outdoor lounge space into cloud 9 by overflowing the space with the plushest pillows, blankets and throws. Nothing rivals a good laugh with the girls while snuggling in the softest blankets. For extra "twinkle," add candles or a portable fire pit. For added ambiance, have your girlfriends send you one or two songs to be compiled into the perfect playlist – you can even turn it into a game by guessing who recommended which song.
* Host a paint party. Your nails will be getting a lot more face time in the warmer months, so make sure they have a fresh spring coat. Pinterest is a great place to look for new color trends and nail art inspiration to try.
* Indulge in treats. A girls' night always calls for decadent treats. The SKINNY COW brand makes indulgent frozen snacks and candy treats that are insanely delicious yet ridiculously sensible. Dress up the traditional s'mores campfire dessert by swapping in SKINNY COW Candy Dreamy Clusters for an added bonus of crisps and caramel. For those hotter nights, keep cool by enjoying decadent SKINNY COW frozen treats, like their new Chocolate Mousse Ganache Cones.
* Create the perfect picture backdrop. Camping naturally provides a perfect background for pictures – so when you are glamping in your backyard, create a fun glamping-themed backdrop to take pictures against. You can even get creative and make props for guests to use in their photos and create a hashtag to track all the glamp-tastic photos that are uploaded from the night.
If you and your girlfriends are looking to actually get away this summer, the SKINNY COW brand is giving you the chance to have your own glamping experience with the "Girls Gone Glamping" promotion. Nine grand-prize winners will win a getaway to the premier glamping destination, The Resort at Paws Up in Montana, and experience glamping – in style (butler provided). Each winner can even bring two of their BFFs. To learn more about the "Girls Gone Glamping" promotion and how you and your BFFs can qualify for this amazing experience, visit glamping.skinnycow.com.
No purchase necessary to enter. Open to residents of the 50 US & DC, 18 or older. Promotion ends August 4, 2014. Visit glamping.skinnycow.com for official rules. Void where prohibited.
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