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A Critical Review of Beautiful Creatures, by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
I was really looking forward to reading Beautiful Creatures. I actually talked like crazy on my Tumblr blog about how much I was anticipating reading this book, and how I couldn't wait to lose myself in the world of Gatlin, South Carolina. The movie trailers were intriguing and I had the idea that this was the type of novel that I was going to love.
Boy. I couldn't have been more wrong about this book. Not only did it take me three weeks to get through the entire novel, but it left me with a bad taste in my mouth and a sense that continuing to read this saga would be intellectual suicide.
This is the typical boy-meets-girl story, told from the perspective of a sixteen year-old boy named Ethan Wate. In his dreams, he meets and falls in love with a girl who is utterly strange and completely remarkable. It is only then that she arrives in the town of Gatlin, bringing storms that follow her wherever she goes. Because Lena Duchannes, you see, is different. She's very different. In fact, she's a caster.
In my review of Beautiful Creatures, I'll tell you what I did and did not like about the novel. I've been very critical of it, and this is the third review that I'm writing. Every time I write another review of this book, I uncover more reasons that I simply didn't love it. I hope that you'll understand, and that if you did enjoy this story that you'll leave your comments at the end.
This is a spoiler-free review.
A Brief Summary of the Novel
Nothing ever changes in Gatlin, South Carolina. Ethan Wate is desperate to get out, but he knows that he'll never leave Wate's landing, where generations of his father's family have lived. He's tired of the South, tired of their conservative ideals, tired of the War for Southern Independence, tired of the Daughters of the Revolution and just plain tired of Gatlin.
But lately he's been having strange dreams. Dreams from which he wakes up with dirt under his finger nails, his bed soaked in water (not sweat) and his bedroom window wide open. In the dreams there is a girl. She is amazing, beautiful and compelling. And Ethan is in love with the dream girl, even though he's never met her.
Then one day Lena Duchannes moves into town on a storm (during Hurricane Season) and the moment that Ethan lays eyes on her, he realizes that she is the girl from the dream, and that he is madly in love with her and has been since before they met.
What Ethan doesn't know (at least not in the beginning) is that Lena Duchannes comes from a long line of Casters (witches) and she has a lot to contend with -- including the fact that on her sixteenth birthday she will be Claimed for the Dark or for the Light and that she has no choice in which way she is claimed!
Initial Reactions
Boy is this book long.
At first I thought that I was enjoying the book, though later on I realized that was primarily because I felt like I was supposed to enjoy the book and not because I was really loving it. It took until I reached roughly 1/3 of the way through the book and realized that it was only just beginning to "get good" for me to realize that this book is entirely too long.
As I mentioned in my review of Safe Haven (by Nicholas Sparks), I don't particularly like this trend of taking nearly half of a book to develop characters who ultimately have very little personality to begin with. And like Safe Haven, these characters were underdeveloped.
What I Liked about Beautiful Creatures
The two characters at the right might be the only two redeeming features in this entire novel. If you're a reader and not a moviegoer, you'll just have to try to imagine that the upper image is of a gorgeous blonde sixteen year old and not of Emmy Rossum, who appears to me to be one of the worst casting choices in the history of casting choices.
Alright, so lets get down to business.
This book didn't come alive for me at all until Ridley entered the scene. She comes into the book about 1/3 of the way through the novel, introducing herself to Ethan and to his friends. Unlike her cousin, Lena (the heroine of the novel), everybody takes to her instantly -- including most of the people whose reviews of this book I've read. Interestingly enough, most people who downrate this book (as I have), love Ridley, but disliked the book generally.
Macon is something else entirely. While he appears early on in the novel (if only by rumor), he is dynamic and interesting (for the most part) and his character is fully-developed, which I cannot say for the majority of the teen characters in this novel. I wish that we had more of a chance to see his interludes with Amma and other adult characters in the book, but his parts were so brief that I was disappointed that I hadn't gotten enough of him (and Jeremy Irons in the movie does not hurt!).
These two characters make up the extent of what I enjoyed about this book. I tried very hard to like Beautiful Creatures and I wanted to love it more than anything. In fact, I was eager to get my hands on Beautiful Darkness and am only happy that I didn't jump the gun and waste my money!
Do you plan on reading Beautiful Creatures?
What's Wrong with Beautiful Creatures?
As usual, I'm going to put this into list form. This is easier for me to do with books that I rate lower than with books that I rate high. Bear with me; this list is by no means short!
- It's written by two authors. Alright. Granted, these two did a good job of blending their styles together so that there isn't any jarring quality that you sometimes get when two people work on a book together. The problem with this pair is that their reasons for co-authoring a book are entirely bizarre; Garcia wanted to write a paranormal romance and Stohl wanted to write a story set in the South. So together they combined their ideas into a paranormal romance novel set in the South. The concept itself isn't terrible, except that there are some ideological clashes in the book.
- It's stereotypical and ridiculous. This book would have you believe that all Southerns think about nothing but the War for Southern Independence, that they are unable to get over it, and that all Southern Women wander around in hoop skirts. I may be exaggerating just a little bit, but it is implied that Southerns are prejudiced (I'd venture to say that the authors are!) and that they are intolerant idiots, generally speaking. This is as stereotypical as it comes, and is totally unfair to people who actually come from this part of the country!
- Two grown women writing from the first-person perspective of a teenage male. It can be done. I have no doubt in my mind that it can be done by someone who has studied the male psyche and is very cognizant of the hormonal feelings and urges of the average sixteen year-old boy. As it is, the running joke about this book is I didn't know Ethan was a guy! He is as feminine as a male protagonist can be without actually having a feminine name. At no point in the book is he believably male. This might appeal to some readers, but surely not to me.
- Ethan has no personality. Really. There's nothing to him. He's as one-dimensional as everyone is fond of saying Bella Swan is one-dimensional. There isn't much to him other than the fact that he runs with the popular kids, is a wiz at basketball and he's got the hots for Lena. He is as boring a protagonist as I've ever read in my entire life, and I've read Nicholas Sparks, so that's saying something.
- Lena acts 25, at least. Lena, who begins the book at the tender age of fifteen, acts at least twenty-five years old. At least at first. Once the meltdowns starts, she's more believably fifteen, but her maturity levels are all over the map. One minute she doesn't care what the girls at school think of her and the next minute the fact that they hate her is the end of the world. She's not a believable teenager at all. Ridley is pretty much the same. Maybe Emmy Rossum wasn't the worst pick for the role after all!
- I don't think that the authors know the meaning of the word "mortal." Casters are mortal. They can be killed and as far as I can tell, they live normal life spans. But the differentiation made between the different classes of characters is "mortal" and "Caster." This rubbed me wrong, even if perhaps it shouldn't have done so. I found it incredibly irritating, but the fact that there are other strange definitions in this book (which would spoil the story were I to reveal them) enhances my displeasure with this particular point.
- The book is slow to start. I've said that already. Some readers appear to feel that this book took of the start the way that it did in order to develop the setting and the characters, and that it did it well. But I have to say that a good writer doesn't need to work character development that way in order to accomplish what these two were going for; the story should give the personalities of the characters as it goes along, rather than taking 150 pages to bore the reader doing what you could have accomplished naturally.
Will you see the Beautiful Creatures Movie?
Will I See the Movie?
Yes, I'm probably going to see the movie. My best friend has been eager to see it since the trailer was first released, and I know that she's going to want to see it in spite of my failure to enjoy the book.
The trailer (which you can watch at right) doesn't impress me all that much. It gives away enough to reveal the majority of the plot of the story (since there is so little to it to begin with) and I'm pretty sure that the fact that the actors are altogether too old to be playing such young character is going to come into play with me (though this is often the problem with young adult novels that are turned into movies).
My hope in seeing this is that in spite of the strange casting that it might be able to make up for what the book was lacking. Sometimes actors can round out characters that were flat to begin with (though Kristen Stewart -- who I think is amazing -- didn't manage it in Twilight).
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It was long, but if there is one thing I've learned in the South, it is patience! I appreciated the Southern setting. I was born in the Midwest (not much different from the South in many ways) and have spent the past 22 years becoming as Southern as an Indiana girl can become. The stereotypes are meant to make a point, and I think they do--they give the protagonists something to fight!
Haha. I won't lie, Son of a Witch is even harder to keep your attention than Wicked was. But it is an interesting read.
I appreciate your honesty and I believe that's what makes you an excellent book reviewer (as I spent some time earlier reading some of your other reviews). We share some similar ideas about some of the novels you've reviewed, and I think you have great opinions and points.
I had a similar love-hate relationship with Wicked, by the way. :P
I thoroughly enjoyed your review. Probably more than I did the novel.
I don't believe I disliked the book as much as you did--though I did have to keep myself interested, which is an author's job--I still was glad when I reached the end.
I will say the the second and third books are improvements, though not much better. That said, I also think that the third book is very anticlimactic in the way that I felt "Breaking Dawn" was as a novel.
As for the film, I would suggest you see it, if you have not already. I feel the characters have more depth to them (at least Ethan does in the first fifteen minutes) than they do in the novel. Whoever penned the screenplay tried his or her very best to work with something that wasn't easy to work with. I did rather enjoy Emmy Rossum's performance in the film (and felt like it compensated a lot for the rest of the movie) though it was not much like the character I had been hoping for from the novel.
I agree with the the Southern cliches, which I was slightly offended by. As a writer (and I will come back to this) from Texas, I couldn't help but desire the Southerners to be less of bigots than they were portrayed to be. Yes, there are a lot of Southerners that still believe the South will rise again, but it does not make up the majority of us, nor does this sort of perpetuation help our cause any in our constant fight against stereotypes. Meanwhile, neither does the fact that I saw horses been ridden down Interstate 10 the other day, but I digress.
What I feel as though these authors were trying to do, but did not successfully accomplish, was write something similar to Anne Rice's "The Witching Hour" (if you have not read it, it's like a much better, much more adult, and much more horrifying version of this novel, and I urge you to for it is just fantastic). Rice perfectly examines Southern life (mostly because she lives in the South herself) and puts that magical twist onto it.
From the perspective of a wanna-be-novelist, I also believe the character development took too long to turn out the way it did. Had the characters had more...well, character...this would have been forgivable. But Ethan and Lena was so all over the map that I couldn't forgive it so easily.
I'm glad you and I share similar opinions. And I highly advise you to check out "The Witching Hour" if you have not already. Though, that book is long as well. But the story keeps you wanting more.
Well I am a southern woman so I will take you at your word I would be disappointed and offended. Thank you for sharing.
This sounds like a bad re-telling of Twilight (as if it could get any worse). haha. I'm glad I didn't end up reading it. I was thinking about it since the movie came out but...now, I don't think I will after reading this. But you do recommend Divergent? Because I've been debating reading that, as well.
Great review! I had considered reading this book, but from your hub, I can see that it would not be something that I would enjoy at all. Now my time can be better spent reading other things. :)


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Throw a bachelorette party in NYC: Alternative bachelorette ideas
Planning a bachelorette party without strippers and novelty hats? Try these noncheesy bachelorette ideas and activities for brides-to-be.
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For the artist: Figure drawing class at the Artful Bachelorette
If you're stuck somewhere between high tea and a strip club, be sure to try out the drawing classes offered by Australian artist Fleur Childs and entrepreneur Samara Hodgson. Even the hardest partying bachelorettes will be satisfied to learn that their subject is a nude male model. While you sketch, the instructors walk around and help perfect any budding artist's masterpiece. Each session is two hours long and includes art materials, a glass of bubbly and a shirtless male waiter. • 646-470-1760, theartfulbachelorette.com. $85 per person, 12 person minimum; by appointment only.
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For the style maven: Fascinator workshop at Artikal
We've spent the last year fawning over Kate Middleton's sophisticated and glamorous style; from ivory lace to L.K. Bennett nude pumps, it seems the woman can do no sartorial wrong. Parrot the Duchess of Cambridge by creating your very own fascinator during a hands-on workshop with milliner Holly Slayton. Grab the girls and BYO cocktails to Slayton's cozy East Village studio. (Or if you prefer, Slayton can travel to you at no additional charge.) All materials will be provided, but expect a bit of hand-sewing; Slayton will assist those who don't know how to stitch. Three and a half hours later, each member of your party will walk out with a headpiece worthy of Prince William himself. • 212-260-0278, artikal.com. $60–$70 per person, five person minimum; by appointment only.
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For competitive brides: Battle of the Bites at My Cooking Party
If the bride-to-be prefers ganache to apple martinis, she'll love the cutthroat cooking matches offered at this Garment District academy. Competitive bachelorettes face off in an Iron Chef–style contest, with the girls vying to make the best hors d'oeuvres. Judging criteria—such as taste, design and creativity—as well as the number of pieces to be made are settled upon prior to the challenge. Afterward, teams will be able to enjoy the fruits of their labor—and, of course, bragging rights (and silly paper chef's hats). At the end of the cooking portion, all the girls get to sit down to a three-course meal prepared by MCP's own chefs. The pricey class does come with plenty of perks, such as MCP aprons to take home and unlimited complimentary red and white wine. Plus, the bride-to-be dines free. • 888-435-2433, mycookingparty.com. $165 per person plus 20 percent gratuity, 16 person minimum; by appointment only.
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For funny girls: Improv class at the Peoples Improv Theater
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Whether your party is made up of limelight seekers or wallflowers, a two-hour workshop at the Peoples Improv Theater will give both a chance to shine. Led by PIT team members Chris Roberti and Bradford Jordan, activities can be as raunchy or as clean as you like. Games might include Pandora (in which one person sings a song and the next participant follows up with a new ditty based on the first) or pass-the-object (in which a participant mimes an item for the group to guess, and the next person has to use the same imaginary thing in a different way). Ladies, time to hone those acting skills. • 212-563-7488, thepit-nyc.com. $75 per person; by appointment only.
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So Enjoyed myself immensely at EdCampOmaha. At the same time my brain could not stop thinking about ways we could make it better. These are ideas and not critiques nor do I think I have a monopoly over these ideas in fact I will not be surprised if I learned that some have already been tried and may have even failed. I will not be able to sleep if I did not share them so here goes.
1. Newbie sessions. I noticed that most of the presenters/ session orgizers were veterans. There is nothing wrong with that but I wonder if allocating a room or a time slot that has to be reserved for first time session leaders will encourage others to dare and cross the threshold from attendee to session leader.
2. Requests online. Google employees have an online discussion page with voting to suggest topics for their weekly meetings. We can use a similar approach in which everyone interested in coming can suggest topics or vote on existing ones. This way people can have an idea of what attendees have on their mind.
3. Planning session. How about giving some morning time to plan joint sessions by people who have never before worked together and give those sessions their own time slot/ room. This can encourage new and wonderful sessions.
4. Going to scale- I would just love a district that does a professional development day like that. Ah to dream.
5. Un-poster session- most of the conferences I go to have poster sessions. These are some of my favorite since you can stop at one idea and have a long discussion. In an un-poster session paper and markers are provided and many presenters draw/ write a few key ideas from their practice or experience. Everyone else walks around and interacts.
6. EdCamp is right now mostly about technology (though @mrbalcom gamification session was decidedly low tech). Could we think of ways to bring in art, music or engineering?
Now that I shared I would like to repeat that I loved EdCamp and would come again no matter what the format. Keep it going...


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2008/05/21 悠遊強星 -- Johnie
Hello everyone,
This introduction by myself seems too late. I joined Yoyo club in April 2008.
I very pleased to participate in Yoyo family. My English name is Johnie. I know that seems a little strange. Maybe you assume I spell wrong, missing a letter n , possibly your thinking is right. I don't know. I only remember my English name was entitled by a foreign teacher when I was an elementary school student and when my first time, went to learn English in informal English school since my Chinese name is 孫家強. The pronouncement of the last word is similar to John. A little pity is the name like a kid's, when I'm getting old, I feel embarrassed. However, this is my English name which has been with me almost 18 years although that's somewhat special.
I am thirty in this year (2008). The age is an importance in Chinese culture. As a proverb say: "三十而立." But I still keep catching up on five essentials (money, cars, a wife, sons and houses) those seems a mature man has to own, the most crucial is money : p. while I understand that isn't the key to have a happiness life.
I am a software programmer despite I doesn't really like coding because I prefer to communicate with people rather then a machine. Actually, I am trying to alter my job type, but anyway, currently, do so is my only income.
My habits could be parted outdoor and indoor. I love to play basketball, jogging and poor ball (should be indoor ^^") and I believe I am a good amateur player in these. Welcome to play with me. In additional, I love to read novels, KTV and movies which drama type is my favorite. I have a list of movie that I think people need to watch but I would like to recommend one to you here –"Dogville (厄夜變奏曲)." Probably, in first 30 minutes, you would blame me in your mind but please trust me, you will get satisfied until the end of this movie.
I also have a long list of novel which I want to recommend you. I really love reading since I read 金庸 series when I was a junior high school student. Recently, the best impression in my memory is " we need to talk about Kevin ( 凱文怎麼了 ) ." The fiction adapted a real fact mention about a teenager massacred 9 people including his teacher and then his mother had kept to asking by herself and through dialogue in letters with her husband, why did this tragedy happen? I strongly suggest you must read this book. Because after reading, you will, I promise. You will be deeply touched like me.
Are you ware of that? I am such a wordy man. So I appreciate for your time to acquaint with me and thanks yoyo give me a opportunity to introduce briefly by myself:D


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LONDON--Fenton Communications, the largest public interest PR firm in the US, has launched its first overseas operation in the UK.
Fenton has lured Climate Group co-founder Alison Lucas to head the operation, and revealed plans to assemble a global network of "like-minded" social impact firms.
Earlier this year, the Holmes Report revealed Fenton's UK launch plans.
Lucas previously ran an environmental communications consultancy and was Director of Communications for the World Wildlife Fund's International Forests Campaign, where she helped create the Forest Stewardship Council certification program.
London is Fenton's fifth office, after New York, Washington, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The firm was founded by progressive PR guru David Fenton in 1982 as a firm dedicated to advancing the public interest by only working on causes it believed in. The firm has worked on such issues as apartheid, global warming, food safety, nuclear power, sustainable fishing and liquor advertising.
Clients include liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org, the American Lung Association, Malaria No More and Americans for Financial Reform.
Founder and CEO David Fenton will be travelling regularly to London as part of the European expansion, along with the firm's chief change officer Lisa Witter.
"We have always worked internationally with clients and governments in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East," said Fenton in a statement. "As the world faces critical global health, environmental and economic issues, we are out to show that a global firm can 'do well by doing good,' as we have done in the US for three decades. London is the natural place for our global expansion to commence."


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In my first catch up post, I alluded to the fact that we finally had the time to start making the summerhouse into a lovely garden room, rather than the extra space for garden storage, that it became over the summer.
We had always planned to use it as a nice place to sit with a good book ( Or in my case Kindle) and a cup or tea or something stronger. As the summer progressed our time was taken up with so many other things, it got a bit neglected and very full of all sorts of garden stuff.
So a week or so before I went away, we finally had the time and the inclination to do something about it. I did my balancing act on the roof and painted that and Jim did the outside, so before I went away it was simply a matter of choosing a colour for the inside.
I chose a very nice shade of White! and yes there are lots and lots of shades of white.
So off I went and left Jim with the Jasmine White and a painting project. Little did I know as I sipped cocktails in Mexico that it was turning into a major job. The building arrived with a coat of preservative, that we were told would do for the summer but would have to be added to. Hence the painting Job. But as usual, it was that rather disgusting orange colour that most manufacturers of garden buildings, believe that we all love to have things painted. It was as orange as Katie Price's fake tan.
So, as Jim painted layer after layer of Jasmine white, the orange kept seeping through. He tried Undercoats, Primers and anything else he could find and eventually after a solid 10 days of painting it was finally White. A rough count of layers yesterday came to 12 coats of paint. He deserves a medal for perseverance.
I came home to a beautifully painted outdoor room.
Gibson had to get in on the act as usual..
So now it was painted it was time to make it a nice place to sit. I showed you the jelly window stickers I got in Florida, and they looked good when they were finally on the windows.
You can probably see in the background, he had also put up a nice track light.
So now a few pictures. I put the plaque from Florida in prime position on the back wall, with two of Jim's very good beach pictures either side.
I re-hung my sparkly thingies in the windows
And my bunting over the doors.
The fridge went back in the corner, ( It needs something to cover it but I will make that on a rainy day) and an old mirror I got from my charity shop and repainted, went on the opposite wall.
After a quick sweep the outside furniture, which sadly didnt get much use this year, went in.
And then the cushions.
and finally it was ready. (Well almost, a few bits more to tweak)
We are both really pleased with how it turned out. I had my lunch sitting in the sunshine and spent a happy half hour reading as well, very indulgent..
Elsewhere in the garden, things are now coming to an end, but leaving me lots of seeds to collect and use again.
I love antirrhinum and bought some seeds quite a few years ago on a visit to The Lost Gardens of Heligan . I have been using them ever since. As usual this year I had numerous beautiful plants and now they are producing literally thousands of seeds.
I have cut loads more today to dry out so I think I will have the most I have ever collected. Not a bad investment £2.00 for years and years of beautiful plants.
I noticed my Coriander had also gone to seed. The smell when I picked the seeds of was wonderful .
Elsewhere, I have given my strawberries a trim. They have only just stopped producing fruits.
and I finally picked my biggest Chilli's. We had them last night in a rather nice curry I made, to share with some friends.
And finally, with a grant from Unesco, which allowed me to buy a ball of sting and two tent pegs, Drum roll Please......
I have saved the Leaning Tower of Barton. I know historians the world over will be as delighted as I am, that the eighth Wonder of the World remains intact.
On that wonderful note, I am off for a well earned G&T


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We wrap up the Wizard Boot Camp series with a third and final article about utility programs that you should know about — and some not-so-obvious ways to use them.
csplit, split
Some large files — including archives, multipart email messages, business information for a large set of customers, and data files with repeating patterns — may need to be split into smaller "chunks" for reorganization, easier storage or transport. That's what csplit(1) is for. Give it a pattern, an offset, a repetition count, and/or a line number, and it will parse an input file into a series of smaller output files.
By default, csplit's output files are named xx00, xx01, and so on. To rearrange a big file, you can simply cat those output files together in a different order. Here's a simple example using the shells' curly-brace operators:
$ csplit oldfile '/pattern/' '{5}'
...creates files xx00 - xx05...
$ cat xx0{5,0,2,1,3,4} > newfile
$ rm xx0[0-5]
Using a shell wildcard operator, like xx0[502134], wouldn't work with cat because it sorts filenames in alphanumeric order. We'll see more about csplit in a future column — part of a new series about handling text files.
In these days of multi-gigabyte files and terabyte (or larger) filesystems, a file can still be "too big." For instance, if you're trying to send a huge file over a network connection that often times out, even the automatic-retry ability of some file transfer utilities won't get all of the file through.
Splitting the file into smaller chunks, then reassembling the pieces on the other end, can save headaches and time. The split utility is great for that. It splits input — either files or stdin — into equal-sized files named (by default) xaa, xab, xac, and so on. (The last file may be smaller.) For instance, on the sending side, split the file into 1-Megabyte chunks:
$ ls -l kcpr.mp3
-rw-r--r-- ... 70535208 ... kcpr.mp3
$ split -b1m kcpr.mp3
$ ls -l x??
-rw-r--r-- ... 1048576 ... xaa
-rw-r--r-- ... 1048576 ... xab
-rw-r--r-- ... 280616 ... xcp
After you've transmitted all of the files, do a quick check on the receiving side to be sure they all have the same size. Then cat them together.
% ls -l x??
-rw-r--r-- ... 1048576 ... xaa
-rw-r--r-- ... 280616 ... xcp
% cat x?? > kcpr.mp3
% rm x??
Using a checksum program like md5sum on both the original file and the reconstructed version can give you more confidence.
In general, Linux doesn't require filename extensions such as .exe or .txt to know what to do with a file. Executable files — files whose execute bit was set by, for instance, chmod — start with a two-byte magic number. The best-known magic number is probably #!, which lets you specify the file's interpreter (/bin/sh, /usr/bin/perl, etc.)
The file utility will guess what type of data is in many types of files. That includes unidentified or mis-identified files you receive attached to an email message. For example:
$ file mystery-file.dat
mystery-file.dat: PDF document, version 1.3
locate, updatedb
If your system runs the updatedb utility (from cron or otherwise), you'll have a database on your system that lets you find files or directories by name much faster than a command like find / -name .... The locate utility searches that database. For instance, to find all files and directories whose name includes examples:
find / -name ...
$ locate examples
The locate manpage has details — including how to use wildcard characters to restrict matching. But some uses aren't quite so obvious. If you think about the syntax of the pathnames you want, you can often use string-matching to find them. To locate any file in a directory named examples, for instance, use a search pattern that matches a directory name in a pathname:
locate /examples/
To do more sophisticated pattern-matching, you can filter locate's output through a tool like grep. You can even dump the entire database:
locate / | grep ...
To search the contents of files or directories with a certain name, pipe the list of pathnames to xargs grep. For instance, to search all files with a name including foo for text containing bar, try this:
xargs grep
$ locate -0 foo | xargs -0 grep -Hs bar | cat -v
/usr/local/bin/ascript:echo "back at the bar..."
Binary file /usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/mail/footnote.elc matches
We're using the -0 (zero) option for both locate and xargs; it separates pathnames with NUL characters, which avoids problems caused by "special" characters in filenames. The grep option -H makes tells grep to always output a filename (even if xargs happens to pass only one filename to grep). And the grep option -s keeps grep silent about arguments that are directory files or unreadable files. The cat -v avoids sending "unprintable" characters to your terminal.
cat -v
You may want to run updatedb multiple times to make more than one locate database: one for all users, one for system files, one for each user's home directory (readable only by that user), and so on. In that case, you and other users may want to set the LOCATE_PATH environment variable to tell locate which databases to search:
$ grep LOCATE_PATH /etc/profile
export LOCATE_PATH MANPATH PATH
Everyone knows about the grep utilities. Less well-known is look. It searches the first characters on each line of data — like a grep search starting with the anchor character ^ (caret). look defaults to a linear (sequential) search or uses binary search with its -b option. A binary search rapidly searches a sorted data file — even a very large one.
By default, look searches the system word list. That's handy for checking spelling. If there are words that start with the argument you type, you'll see them:
$ time look gas
real 0m0.088s
user 0m0.065s
sys 0m0.009s
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Life for the kids has been busy lately. Besides spring bringing along warm weather, green grass and blooming flowers it also brings dance recitals, singing recitals and baseball games. The kids have been spending their time with practices and extra practices and performances. It has been fun watching them but I have to admit that I am glad it is all over now. With baseball twice a week, singing twice a week, and dancing lessons it gets a little crazy. All this, and the kids are only 6 and 4. I can't even imagine what it will be like when they are older. I am grateful for the time that we have to spend together as a family right now and I know I need to cherish it while I can! I guess I am officially becoming a soccer mom.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
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- lindsey v said...
oh, they're so cute!
i'm looking forward to club next week!
see you soon!
- June 18, 2009 at 9:44 PM
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I have to confess. I've invested my time in reading Chinese novels(xianxia mostly) this semester more than I've spent it on studying. It started with a simple manhua I found on the MangaRock app – Tales of Demons & Gods. It caught my interest enough and to my delight it had over 300 chapters translated already! That was how I found my first source of addiction. It hardly took much time for me to reach the latest chapter. Although at the time it was translated almost daily (Mon-Sat excluding sponsored chapters) I craved for more. That was how I started reading I Shall Seal The Heavens/ISSTH and Battle Through The Heavens/BTTH. I managed to read ISSTH till book 5 which is around 700 chapters. The story got a bit too repetitive though that isn't surprising for most of xianxia novels.
After reading a couple other novels, I found myself bored again. It was basically the same kind of plot everywhere. I didn't mind it that much though. What I found most amusing in these kind of novels are the character's interactions between each other. But it got kind of annoying to read "voluptuous" girls throwing their body at the MC every single time. Maybe well- since I'm a girl. I wanted to read one with a female lead! Coincidentally, not too long ago I complained to my sister about the lack of nice JRPG games with a female MC. So I did what any person with Internet would do…..
I used google. And that's how I found my latest source of addiction. Pretty sure I would've overdosed a long time ago if these novels were considered some kind of drug. Between ongoing translations such as DKC and completed ones like A Lonesome Fragrance Waiting to be Appreciated, I devoured them all. The latter being exceptionally 10/10 filled with heart wrenching moments but thankfully it ended on a good note~
Okay! Back to the main topic at hand(as you can see from the title). I'm here to talk about the cutest Chinese novel I've read so far.
Just One Smile Is Very Alluring
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What is it that makes a man fall in love with a woman at first sight? Appearance? Aura? Wealth? NO.
When campus prince and gaming expert, student Xiao Nai first saw Bei Wei Wei, what made him fall in love was not her extraordinary beauty, but her slim and slender fingers that were flying across the keyboard and her calm and composed manner! Embarrassing, no?
At the same time, gaming expert Bei Wei Wei, at this time and place was on the computer, methodically commanding a guild war, and won a perfect and glorious victory despite being at a disadvantage, and was completely unaware that cupid is nearby. Soon after basketball player, swimmer, all-around excellent student, and game company president, Xiao Nai, uses both tactics on and offline to get to this beauty's heart. Therefore, this romance slowly bloomed.
The art was more than enough to lock me in. The manhua only had a few chapters but I recently found the novel was fully translated! It didn't matter that I have two upcoming tests. Nor did I cared that my
short story assignment needed someone to write it. Unlike many romance novels, there were no misunderstanding drama. They were both considered good looking and suit each other very much. It was adorable to see Wei Wei slowly fall in love with Xiao Nai and how she befriends XN's friends easily to his amusement. Dared to badmouth his wife? Be prepared to fail your last continuous quest! Dared to use his wife as a villain in a video contest? Be prepared to lose your levels! The chapters itself are pretty short but Wei Wei's thoughts makes the whole experience hilariously cute. For example: An excerpt from Chapter 22
Wei Wei, whose soul has flown to the sky, thinks — ah, Great Master's home is nearby?
In the distance, Xiao Nai is riding his bicycle over.
Wei Wei, whose soul has flown to the sky, thinks — turns out not only does the Great Master look handsome riding on a white horse, he's even handsome riding a bike ~~~
Xiao Nai stops the bike with a foot and says, "Get on."
Wei Wei, whose soul has flown to the sky, thinks — Eee, Great Master wants her to ride together?
Adorable right?! Ugh. It makes me wanna pinch her cheeks truly~~
In any case I'm still enjoying the story and reading it slowly ⃛ヾ(๑❛ ▿ ◠๑ ) But I definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a short fluff~


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You're officially brilliant. I have been obsessing over all the wonderful knit pillows on the market this time of year, but they are so pricey! I'm going to head off to the thrift store to find sweaters to do this ASAP! Thank you!! And thanks so much for linking up with Found & Foraged tonight! So nice to have you!! xo, LauraReplyDelete
Ha ha! Thank you so much! I'm laughing because I can't stop going to the thrift store, I keep finding amazing sweaters! Make sure you look in the men's department, they are much bigger! They are very pricey! I'm excited to link up to Found & Foraged, thank you! Now I'm looking at flannel shirts! Lol! I need to stop!!!ReplyDelete
Genius idea! The pearls are such a unique touch and really make your pillow something special. Would you mind sharing this with my readers at my link party? www.andersonandgrant.com/2014/12/your-turn-to-shine-link-party-10.html It is a simple DIY that I think they will love!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much Jamie! I would love to share, thank you for the invite xxDelete
Your pillow looks beautiful, what a creative idea! I love anything with pearls, and this is such a cute idea! Beautiful!ReplyDelete
Thank you Maria! I almost used crystals, which would have been lovely too, but pearls looked much more sophisticated! xDelete
Hi there, I hopped over from Bouquet of Talent! I just love your pearly Christmas tree pillow--so lovely & clever! Blessings, CeciliaReplyDelete
Thank you so much Cecilia! Have a great weekend xxDelete
I love your pillow! A sweater and some pearls are always great, but in a pillow--gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Oh, and I'm your newest follower too!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much Robin, following you right back! I love how it turned out! Have a great Sunday xxReplyDelete
This is so pretty, Shirley! I've never thought to repurpose a thrift store sweater into a pillow cover, but it's such a great idea. I"m stopping by from Your Turn To Shine, thanks so much for linking up with us!! :)ReplyDelete
Thank you so much Amy! You can't beat the price! I love to shop at thrift stores for sweaters, especially cable knit ones as they cost a fortune in the stores! Have a great day xxDelete
Love your pillow. Can you tell me what you did at the ends of the pearls so that they don't slip off?ReplyDelete
Hi Patty, thank you! I just tied the string they were on a few times and tested it to make sure they didn't come off, then put a little spot of hot glue to make sure!Delete
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This morning, Cullen got some hands-on experience with GRAVITY, RESISTANCE and PROPERTIES OF ICE.
Seriously, with all of the local schools out today because of the icy roads and the neighborhood full of squeals and screams as the kids slid around, there was no way we could tackle any of our regularly scheduled learning until we joined in for a while. So we dug out a cardboard box, which is what passes for a sled here in the deep south, and headed outside.
It is so cold and I am such a wimp that we didn't manage to stay out too long. The older kids across the street were experimenting with pouring water on their sloping drive to make a faster place to slide. I wanted to get my kid inside before the serious daredevil runs began. He thinks he can keep up with anyone and anything, but I don't think I could watch that. I told you I was a wimp.
Now Cullen is warming up with a cup of hot chocolate, and I'm thinking some snuggle time on the sofa with a couple of books and a blanket would be just about perfect. At least until he starts begging to go out again!


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Uh-oh, the pickings are getting slim. I'm almost out of photos to scrap from our 2011 trip to Walt Disney World. I've been scrapping them off and on for four years now! And it's going to be a few more years until we make it back there. Sigh!
Meanwhile, here's the latest, created mostly with Crate Paper's Journey collection:
In the journaling, I describe another drawback to the long wait for the Star Tours attraction. All that time moseying though the queue gives a person too much time for thought. Reading and re-reading the many caution signs had an unintended effect on my adult daughter. She chickened out before we made it to the front of the line!


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One of the major planks of Justin Trudeau's election campaign to be prime minister of Canada was to "restore" Canadians' faith in the federal government due to the Stephen Harper government being secretive and untrustworthy.
The Liberal Party of Canada website has a particularly cringeworthy quote from Trudeau that says "sunlight is the world's best disinfectant" and that Liberals would "shed light" on the government.
So far, all that has come to light is Trudeau's hypocrisy.
The prime minister hasn't had a great week. He's currently embroiled in a scandal over accusations that he broke conflict of interest rules by taking a private helicopter to his buddy the Aga Khan's island. He had a rather embarrassing encounter with an Ontario woman over her skyrocketing hydro bills, and got booed at an Edmonton Oilers game (via video appearance) after saying the oil sands in Alberta would eventually need to be phased out.
I'm not going to touch too much upon the oil sands comments, because I generally agree. Trudeau's remarks were badly-worded, no doubt; the way he casually and disdainfully dismissed an industry which serves as the backbone of an entire province was an obvious lapse in judgement. But there's no doubt the oil and gas industry will see massive changes over the next 50 to 100 years. The dropping price of a barrel of oil has been called the new normal and investment into and demand for renewable energy isn't expected to decline (although fossil fuels, too, are seeing a rise in demand, especially as the middle class in countries such as China and India increasingly buy cars that run off gas).
From a character standpoint, I'm far more concerned about the vacation debacle. For one, the Aga Khan is a very elitist figure. Although he's the head of a private, not-for-profit foundation that does a lot of good work internationally, especially in developing countries, he's also a billionaire who owns a yacht and a huge horse-racing and breeding operation. Somehow those two things don't quite go together for me.
While the Aga Khan's personal fortune may be irrelevant, the fact is the Aga Khan's foundation has received millions of dollars from Canada's federal government and continues to actively lobby them for grants. Flying the prime minister of the same country that gives your foundation money in a private helicopter to your private island is more than just an appearance of a conflict of interest. Trudeau then dug a deeper hole by refusing to answer a reporter's basic questions on how many times he has visited the Aga Khan's island.
This week, news broke that Canada's second-highest ranked military official, Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, had been suspended from his post. On Tuesday, Trudeau refused to say why he had been removed from his post, only stating that the government supported the decision to remove him.
It didn't take long for a media leak to reveal that Norman had been relieved of duty due to a possible RCMP investigation into a leak of classified information.
As a newsman, I certainly appreciate the vital role the media still plays in holding politicians to account. But Canadians shouldn't have to rely on the media for answers from a prime minister who pledged to be open and transparent.
Unnamed sources quoted in Postmedia Network newspapers said a member as high-ranking as Norman being removed from his post is "unprecedented". In an age where cyberattacks and foreign espionage are real threats, we deserve answers on what exactly happened that prompted the change.
Leaving the public wondering is more than bad optics, it's a breach of Trudeau's election promises and a disheartening journey back into cynicism. In the midst of more than enough worries for working families the last thing to add on is particularly bad weather — but for now it's cloudy with a chance of Trudeau flurries.


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Not just a victory but a blow out perfect war! This time we achieved a perfect war within the first three hours of the start of the war. This was our fourth perfect war! I just can't help having a little fun with their fondness of Satan. That they made a pitiful attempt to join us just causes me to rub more salt into the wounds. The matchup did favor the Knights and I thought from the beginning this would be one of our easiest wars so far. We got off to a late start due to a CoC update that pushed us back by more than two hours. The match up was not far off but their stats indicated to me that the devils would struggle in this war. It clearly proved to be correct.
The final score was 45 to 28. Only one of their member scored six stars. Their number one attacked our number 15 and 13.
Six Star Knights
Gnamsu, TinyTowerMaster, Flirtilizer, Sir Doom, and Frostbyte. Tiny did go for drama on one of her attacks. She used up every second of the three minutes getting the last building hut in the corner with zero seconds left on the clock. Jill, Happy and Mr. Yosa destroyed their top three bases within an hour of the war starting. She only needed one attack with her TH8s.
I can't believe that a clan called Devil King's would try to spy using the in game name "Devil" but that's what happened.
Other stats are shown below:
We are now 55 experience points away from reaching level three clan level perks. If we show up, we should have that for the next war. This gives us a win streak of 3 and now that CoC is considering that in matchups I wonder if we will get a more challenging opponent for our next war. They probably have brackets for this criteria, like 4 in a row or 5 in a row or perhaps 2 in a row. We are not likely to ever know the specifics. It will make it more difficult to run up a long winning streak. I can still hope we will have one.
I will mention that one of our clan members had his first war attacks tonight and got three stars on his second attack. That was the knight known as Blargh.
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DotNetNuke 6.1 officially hits the street today and along with some performance and security management improvements, the open source Web CMS now makes it easier for you to launch and manage your mobile websites.
An All New DotNetNuke
DotNetNuke (DNN) 6.0 was released in July and while it wasn't a complete rewrite of the open source content management platform, it offered up a brand new simplified user interface, integration with the Azure cloud and a few more important elements of functionality.
And like any other Web CMS vendor, it wasn't the end of the improvements. Today, DNN is announcing a few more and the key focus you find in DotNetNuke 6.1 is the ability to create mobile websites.
DNN 6.1 Goes Mobile
DotNetNuke Mobile Capabilities
DNN 6.1's basic premise is that it's easy to set-up, manage and deliver mobile versions of your website. This was a big demand from DNN's customers, which isn't really surprising, considering Gartner has indicated that mobile, which includes both smartphones and tablets, is one the top ten strategic technology trends for 2012.
Mobile Website Management is built on the DNN 6.0 User Interface, so you should find it very intuitive to use. Some key capabilities include:
- Use the DNN Page Administrator interface to quickly add a mobile page.
- Built-in Google Analytics.
- Automatic device detection and site redirection, so it doesn't matter where the user lands, they are automatically redirected to the interface that best suits them.
- Optimized mobile menus, so you can create different menu functionality based on device.
- Built-in mobile content previewer for Android, Apple, BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7
- A mobile template that mirrors the Awesome Cycles 6.0 template for websites.
DNN Mobile Redirection settings
DotNetNuke's mobile capabilities leverage HTML5 and CSS to provide the optimal user experience. It licenses WURFL, an open source device detection repository to detect the devices used.
DNN Mobile Preview
What About Native Web Apps?
I did ask Shawn Walker, DNN's CTO why DNN decided to go with mobile websites instead of mobile apps. He told me that mobile websites were an immediate solution, DNN could easily leverage the DNN content management platform to redirect people and content to mobile devices.
He also indicated that DNN is looking at a services layer for native mobile apps, so we may hear about that somewhere in DNN's future.
Security & Performance also on Tap for DNN
Not to be left out, security and performance improvements are also a part of DotNetNuke 6.1. A new Site Groups features makes it easier to manage users across multiple sites. With the help of Single Sign On (SSO) and a single profile, you can manage the permissions of users across multiple websites.
And performance. DNN has managed to speed up page rendering by 70%, which effectively speeds up the delivery of your user experience. These performance improvements were made across all DNN editions: community, professional and enterprise.
It's a DotNetNuke World
DotNetNuke is doing very well these days, showing record revenues in its third quarter from commercial sales. The company attributes this to the release of DNN 6.0 and to organizations committing to longer terms, as well as more enterprise licenses (where you'll find its SharePoint connector). DNN has also made a number of key hires over the year and plans to focus a lot of energy on its growing European market.
Also good to point out that DotNetNuke made a Gartner Magic Quadrant: it is a niche player in the Horizontal Portals market.


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|Paper Shrimp at A Taste of Asia II
in Chatham, NJ
The first half of the menu contains about a dozen soups, salads and actual appetizers. The other half is 15 different gluten free entrees. Before ordering, I asked our waiter about dairy free and like almost all other Asian cuisine, nothing on the dinner menu had dairy. I also asked where the fried items were fried. He let us know that they have two fryers, one is dedicated gluten free!
With that we ordered the Paper Shrimp appetizer (pictured at right). Most of the entrees can be made spicy on a five point scale, but the one I ended up deciding on was a minimum of 3 – which was actually perfect for me and mostly mild with a slight kick. I had the Chili Chicken and my friend had the Borneo Orange Chicken. To avoid cooking a couple of nights, before we left I ordered the Curry Chicken Malaysian Style and the Ayam Basil to go (I had only eaten half my dinner and each take out portion served me twice). All four dishes were quite good but the Chili Chicken was by far my favorite.
|Chili Chicken at A Taste of Asia II in Chatham, NJ
There weren't any desserts on the gluten free menu but after perusing their standard dessert menu, I think next time I need to inquire what if anything can be done gf/df. It certainly appears that quite a few desserts are naturally gluten free and probably dairy free as well.
This is definitely somewhere I would go back, especially given all of the options.
Other restaurant reviews:
Gluten Free at Bangkok Kitchen
Gluten Free at Pandan Room
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QS Meetup Groups
Friends of QS
We recently started a program to invite QS Toolmakers to contribute directly to funding our events. We call this program Friends of QS. If you would like to participate we invite you email us to learn more.
Today we're happy to announce that we're opening up a scholarship application for the 2015 Quantified Self Europe Conference. Since our first conference in 2011 our aim has been to foster an inclusive environment, and with the help and guidance from many attendees we've benefited greatly from exposing ourselves to the wide range of ideas about what it means to get "personal meaning from personal data."
In the last few years we've listened to our community, in particular our friends Amelia Greenhall, Maggie Delano, and Beau Gunderson, regarding how we can best make our events meaningful and open for all. In that time we've published our anti-harrassment policy for our conferences and implemented a code of conduct designed to make our meetups a more welcoming place. But, we know that publishing codes and policies is only one piece of a bigger effort to make sure that our Quantified Self community continues to grow and welcome those who are typically left on the fringes of technology-related events and conferences. Earlier this year we opened up our first scholarship application for the QS15 Conference and Exposition. We were amazed to receive interest from individuals all over the world who wanted to come learn, participate, and be a part of our community. Due to the generosity of our sponsors and our Friends of QS we were able to welcome over a dozen scholarship attendees, many of whom took part in shaping the program and adding their unique voices to the multi-day event. It was so great to see, and we're excited to do it again.
The 2015 Quantified Self Europe Conference will be held in Amsterdam on September 18th and 19th at the intimate Casa 400 Hotel. If you identify with a group that has been typically underrepresented and would like to attend the 2015 Quantified Self Europe Conference and Exposition we want to hear from you. We've made a simple application form for you to fill out so you can tell us a little about yourself. We'll be reviewing applications as they come in. Because the conference is attendee-drive we place an emphasis on those would like to contribute to the program. As you fill out the application, please be as descriptive as possible so we can best understand why you'd like to attend and how you might be able to contribute.
Interested in attending the 2015 Quantified Self Europe Conference? Early Bird registration is now open, but tickets are selling fast. Act now to register for only €149!
Today we're happy to announce that we're opening up a scholarship application for the QS15 Conference and Exposition. Since our first conference
in 2011 our aim has been to foster an inclusive environment, and with the help and guidance from many attendees we've benefited greatly from exposing ourselves to the wide range of ideas about what it means to get "personal meaning from personal data."
Last year, thanks to the leadership of our own longtime friend and collaborator, Amelia Greenhall, we published our first anti-harassment policy for the 2013 QS Global Conference. We leaned heavily on the great work of the Ada Initiative to make sure that our event attendees were supported and protected. We were further inspired by QS Boston and QSXX Boston organizer, Maggie Delano, to implement a code of conduct in order to make sure that our meetups are a welcoming place where community members can come together and safely share and learn from each other.
Opening up this scholarship application is an continuation of these ongoing efforts to support diversity and openness. We're taking cues from other exemplary events such as Portland's XOXO Conference & Festival and listening to thoughtful leaders in our community. QS15 is not your typical tech-focused event, our conferences never have been. They're special because they're attendee-driven. The community guides the program by sharing their self-tracking experiences and facilitating discussions on a wide range of topics. It makes sense to turn our beliefs on inclusion and diversity into action by welcoming and supporting those who have typically been underrepresented in our events and the broader techno-culture. These efforts also reflect our mission to support access. We're currently in the early stages of a new effort to encourage and communicate about the importance of personal data access (see our QS Access App here). But access doesn't have to stop at being able to download a CSV file. Access to our community of leaders, exemplary users, toolmakers, and researchers matters too.
If you identify with a group that has been underrepresented and would like to attend the QS15 Conference and Exposition we want to hear from you. We've made a simple application form for you to fill out so you can tell us a little about yourself. We'll be reviewing applications as they come in. Because the conference is attendee-drive we place an emphasis on those would like to contribute to the program. We run our conferences on a shoestring, but this year we are going to do what we can to provide both registration and travel grants in this program.
Thank you to all those that applied. We are currently unable to offer any additional scholarships to the QS15 Conference at this time.
We're experimenting with moving our comments from the blog to our QS Forum. To discuss this post we invite you to join the forum thread here.
It's a long one today, so buckle in and get ready for some great stuff!
The Quantified Self: Bringing Science into Everyday Life, One Measurement at a Time by Jessica Wilson. This piece, from the Science in Society Office at Northwestern University, explores the Quantified Self movement, with a particular focus on the local Chicago QS meetup. Always interesting to see how individuals draw distinctions between self-tracking projects and "real science."
Diversity of Various Tech Companies By the Numbers by Nick Heer. Recently Apple released data about the diversity of their employee workforce. This marked the last major tech company to publish data about diversity. In this short post Nick takes that data and shows how it compares to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Interested in more than just the big six listed here? Check out this great site for more tech company diversity data (Hat tip to Mark Allen for finding that link!)
Intel Explores Wearables for Parkinson's Research by Christina Farr, Reuters. Intel is in the news lately based on their interest in developing and using their technological prowess for qs-related activities. In this post/press release, they describe how they're partnering with the Michael J. Fox Foundation to explore how they can use wearable devices to track and better understand patients with Parkinson's Disease. It appears they're also working to get their headphone heart rate tracking technology out to market.
Spying on Myself by Richard J. Anderson. I'm always interested in how people talk to themselves about self-tracking. This short essay describes the tools that Richard uses and why he continues or discontinues using them. His follow up is also a must read.
Dexcom Mac Dance by Kerri Sparling. You know we're fascinated by the techniques and tools developed and refined by the the diabetes community. In this short post, Kerri highlights the work of Brian Bosh, who developed a Chrome extension to access and download data from Dexcom continuous glucose monitors on a Mac. (Bonus link: Listen to Chris Snider's great podcast episode where he talks to John Costik, one of the originators of the CGM in the Cloud/Nightscout project.)
The Three-Year Long Time Tracking Experiment by Lighton Phiri. Lighton is a graduate student at the University of Capetown. In 2011 he became curious about how he was spending his time. After installing a time-tracking tool on his various computers, he started gathering data. Recently, after 3 years of tracking, he downloaded and analyzed his data. Read this excellent post to find out what he learned.
Experimenting with Sleep by Gwern. One of our favorite self-experimenters is back with some more detailed analysis of his various sleep tracking experiments. Read on to see what he learned about how caffeine pills, alcohol, bedtime, and wake uptime affects his sleep.
QS Bits and Bobs by Adam Johnson. Adam gave talk at a recent QS Oxford Meetup about his lifelogging and self-tracking, his custom tools for importing data to his calendar, and what he's learned from his experiences. Make sure to also check out the neat tool he's developed to log events to Google Calendar.
FuelBand Fibers by Variable. A design team was given Nike FuelBand data from seven different runners and created this interesting visualization of their daily activity.
I don't Sleep That Well: A Year of Logging When I Sleep and When I'm at Work by Reddit user mvuljlst. Posting on the r/dataisbeautiful subreddit, this user tracked a year of their sleep and location data using Sleepbot and Moves. If you have similar data and are interested in exploring your own visualization the code is also available.
In the City that We Love by Brian Wilt/Jawbone. The data science team at Jawbone continues to impress with their production of meaningful and interesting data visualizations based on data from UP users. In this post and corresponding visualizations they explore the daily patterns of people from around the world. Make sure to read the technical notes!
From the Forum
Export Moves Data to Day One
Understanding Patents – All your transmission data belong to us
Quantified Self, It's Benefits
Sun Exposure and Vitamin D Levels Wearable Tracker
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Dental Insurance Plan Quotes – Illinois
Get Free Quotes on Dental Insurance in IL
If you're looking to buy dental insurance or a discount dental plan in Illinois, you have several different dental care coverage plans to choose from. At DentalInsurance.com it is free and easy to compare rate quotes from several different dental plan providers in Illinois to help you choose an affordable dental plan that best covers your individual or family's needs. Simply enter your zip code above to compare free rate quotes on the plans available in your area, and make sure you understand what the differences are between the various types of IL dental insurance.
Types of Dental Plans in Illinois
Illinois has five different plans available for patients seeking affordable dental insurance. Each type of plan covers dental service in a different way, and have different methods of payment. Understanding these differences will help you save money and ensure all your needs are provided. The types of dental plans available in Illinois are:
- DHMOs (Dental Health Maintenance Organization)
- PPO (Preferred Provider Organization)
- Indemnity Plans
- Discount Dental Plans
PPOs (Preferred Provider Organizations)
PPOs (Preferred Provider Organizations) work through a preferred network of dentists who agree to offer their services at a reduced cost for patients within the plan. PPO patients are assured of a maximum cost of service for approved procedures, but may have higher co-pays if they seek treatment outside the network. Check to see which procedures the provider covers, as well as their policies for seeking treatment outside the approved list of dentists. PPO providers in Illinois include HumanaOne, Ameritas and Nationwide.
DHMOs (Dental Health Maintenance Organizations)
DHMOs (Dental Health Maintenance Organizations) are a type of "managed care" in which patients pay a monthly or annual fee for membership in exchange for dental care at an extremely reduced price or free. They are often the most affordable plans available, but may have a limited choice of available dentists, and may have a waiting period in between services. Patients shopping for DHMOs should be aware of how many dentists are available within the patient pool, as well as which procedures are covered under the main plan. HumanaOne is the only Illinois provider that offers a DHMO plan.
Discount Plans:
Discount Plans can offer unlimited health care at a discounted rate in exchange for an annual or monthly fee. They may be extremely attractive for patients with inadequate dental health insurance, and the savings far outweigh the cost of the discount card. Patients are usually required to pay the balance of the service not covered by the discount at the time of the visit. Careington International is the only dental insurance provider in Illinois that offers a discount plan.
(*Discount plans are not insurance and are not intended to replace health insurance.)
Indemnity Plans
Indemnity plans typically offer the greatest choice of dentists available compared to PPOs and DHMOs. They reimburse certain procedures based on the provider's "fee schedule," which is determined by a UCR fee (Usual, Customary, Reasonable) fee determined by the provider and participating dentists. Indemnity plans usually cover a significant portion of dental services, but only after receiving and reviewing the bill, which may mean higher out-of-pocket cost for the patient. When shopping for an indemnity plan, familiarize yourself with the provider's fee schedule, as well as their policy for how often they update the fee schedule. Indemnity plan providers in Illinois include American National, and Nationwide.