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Goodyear Farm Tires has launched a new category called Extreme Flotation. These new tires offer a number of advantages, including tighter turn radius, a smoother ride, reduced soil compaction and better flotation.
Two tires are being offered in the Extreme Flotation category — the Goodyear Super Terra Grip XT 1000/40R32 and the Goodyear DT930 1100/45R46. Low Sidewall (LSW) technology allows the tire to have better lateral stability on hillsides, and it also reduces road lope and power hop.
The tires are an ideal substitution for narrow dual tires, particularly for no-till or minimum-till growers because of the reduced compaction.
Goodyear recommends placing the DT930 1100/45R46 on the rear of a front wheel drive tractor and the Goodyear Super Terra Grip XT 1000/40R32 tires on the front, which increases the contact area by almost 20%, greatly reducing ground pressure.
The LSW technology in the tires means they have a larger wheel diameter and smaller sidewalls compared to a conventional tire. This technology helps prevent recoil and improves the ride and stability.
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as we approach the end of our trading year I thought it best to pop our holiday break schedule here to be seen:
close 5pm saturday 22nd december, re-open 10am thursday 3rd january
Mosman Park
close 5pm saturday 22nd december, re-open 9.30am thursday 3rd january
this silly duffer is hobbling around with a sprained ankle - just in time for the christmas festivities.
I know I had been given many messages to slow down and because I didn't listen a wonky ankle was in order, forcing the issue.
please don't wait for such an eventuality... try to relax, treat yourselves to a cuppa and spend time making and creating.
let's keep this christmas season real, maybe ditching some of the excessive expectation and make choices that work for you and your closest loved ones.
tif fussell's (dotti angel) got it right here:
'do feel a little crafty at least twice a day'

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Alzheimer disease, degenerative brain disorder that develops in mid-to-late adulthood. It results in a progressive and irreversible decline in memory and a deterioration of various other cognitive abilities. The disease is characterized by the destruction of nerve cells and neural connections in the cerebral cortex of the brain and by a significant loss of brain mass.
The disease was first described in 1906 by German neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer. By the early 21st century it was recognized as the most common form of dementia among older persons. An estimated 47.5 million people worldwide were living with dementia in 2016; that figure was expected to increase to 75.6 million by 2030.
Stages of the disease
There are three recognized stages of Alzheimer disease: preclinical, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and Alzheimer dementia. For clinical diagnosis the two most relevant stages are MCI and dementia. Recognition of the preclinical stage acknowledges that the Alzheimer disease process begins before symptoms are apparent and anticipates advances in diagnostic testing that may eventually enable diagnosis at the preclinical stage.
MCI often is subdivided into different types, namely amnestic and nonamnestic. One of the first symptom's marking the transition from normal aging to Alzheimer disease is forgetfulness. This transitional stage represents amnestic MCI and is characterized by noticeable dysfunction in memory with retention of normal cognitive ability in judgment, reasoning, and perception. In nonamnestic MCI, impairments in cognitive functions related to attention, perception, and language predominate over deficits in memory. However, as MCI progresses to Alzheimer disease, memory loss becomes more severe, and language, perceptual, and motor skills deteriorate. Mood becomes unstable, and the individual tends to become irritable and more sensitive to stress and may become intermittently angry, anxious, or depressed. Those changes mark the transition to Alzheimer dementia, which in its advanced stages is characterized by unresponsiveness and loss of mobility and control of body functions; death ensues after a disease course lasting from 2 to 20 years.
About 10 percent of those who develop the disease are younger than 60 years of age. These cases, referred to as early-onset familial Alzheimer disease, appear to result from an inherited genetic mutation. The majority of cases of Alzheimer disease, however, develop after age 60 (late-onset) and usually occur sporadically—i.e., in individuals with no family history of the disease—although a genetic factor has been identified that is thought to predispose some of these individuals to the disorder. Rosacea, a chronic inflammatory condition of the skin, is also associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer disease, particularly among individuals age 60 or older.
Neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles
The presence of neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain are used to diagnose Alzheimer disease in autopsy. Neuritic plaques—also called senile, dendritic, or amyloid plaques—consist of deteriorating neuronal material surrounding deposits of a sticky protein called amyloid beta (or beta-amyloid). This protein is derived from a larger molecule called amyloid precursor protein, which is a normal component of nerve cells. Neurofibrillary tangles are twisted protein fibres located within nerve cells. These fibres consist of a protein, called tau, that normally occurs in neurons. When incorrectly processed, tau molecules clump together and form tangles.
Both neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, which also may be found in smaller amounts in the brains of healthy elderly persons, are thought to interfere in some way with normal cellular functioning. However, it is not known whether the plaques and tangles are a cause or a consequence of the disease. Research in animals suggests that amyloid-beta plaques form naturally in the brain in response to infection, serving to entrap microorganisms. The idea that amyloid beta serves as a natural antibiotic implies that Alzheimer disease may be in some way linked to brain infection, plaque formation being either excessive in older individuals or abnormal in some other way in persons who eventually develop Alzheimer disease.
Other features have been noted in the brains of many persons with Alzheimer disease. One of these features is a deficiency of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine; neurons containing acetylcholine play an important role in memory.
Abnormal insulin signaling in the brain has been associated with Alzheimer disease. Under normal conditions, insulin binds to insulin receptors, which are expressed in great numbers on the membranes of neurons, to facilitate neuronal uptake of glucose, which the brain depends upon to carry out its many functions. However, neurons in the brains of patients with Alzheimer disease have very few, if any, insulin receptors and therefore are resistant to the actions of insulin. As a result of the inability of insulin to bind to the neurons, it accumulates in the blood serum, leading to a condition known as hyperinsulinemia (abnormally high serum levels of insulin). Hyperinsulinemia in the brain is suspected to stimulate inflammation that in turn stimulates the formation of neuritic plaques. Abnormal insulin signaling in the brain has also been associated with nerve cell dysfunction and death, decreased levels of acetylcholine, and decreased levels of transthyretin, a protein that normally binds to and transports amyloid-beta proteins out of the brain.
Genetic variants
Underlying genetic defects have been identified for both late- and early-onset cases of Alzheimer disease. The identification and characterization of these defects has provided important insight into the pathology of Alzheimer disease and has informed the development of new approaches to diagnosis and treatment.
A defect in a gene known as APP, which codes for amyloid precursor protein, may increase the production or deposition of amyloid beta, which forms the core of neuritic plaques. This gene, however, is thought to be responsible for only a very small percentage of all early-onset cases of the disease.
A defect in the gene that directs production of apolipoprotein E (ApoE), which is involved in cholesterol transport, may be a factor in the majority of late-onset Alzheimer cases. There are three forms of this gene—APOE2, APOE3, and APOE4—two of which, APOE3 and APOE4, are associated with an increased risk of disease and influence the age of onset of disease.
Studies employing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have shown that individuals between ages 20 and 35 who carry the APOE4 variant frequently have increased activity in the hippocampus of the brain. This region plays a central role in the formation and recall of memories and is involved in the production of emotions. Scientists suspect that in some APOE4 carriers hyperactivity of the hippocampus early in life leads to this region's later dysfunction, which contributes to the development of Alzheimer disease. Brain imaging using fMRI in young APOE4 carriers may be useful for identifying those carriers at greatest risk of disease.
Genetic screening to determine the status of a gene known as TOMM40 (translocase of outer mitochondrial membrane 40 homolog [yeast]) can be used to provide additional information about the risk of Alzheimer disease and to predict the age of onset. There are several forms of this gene, which differ in their length due to variations that influence the number of repeats of a specific base-pair segment within the gene sequence. In persons who have inherited variants of TOMM40, the occurrence of a long form of the gene, in conjunction with either APOE3 or APOE4, correlates with onset of the disease before age 80. In contrast, short forms of TOMM40 were found to correlate with onset of the disease after age 80.
Several other genes have been implicated in Alzheimer disease. Examples include CD33, which encodes a cell surface protein of the same name; PICALM, which encodes a protein involved in endocytosis (the cellular uptake of substances); and CD2AP, which encodes a protein that interacts with the cell membrane and may have a role in endocytosis.
There is no cure for Alzheimer disease. However, there are several therapeutic agents that can be used to slow disease progression or to alleviate symptoms. In roughly 50 percent of patients, the progression of amnestic MCI can be delayed for about one year by drugs called acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (or anticholinesterases). These drugs, which include galantamine, donepezil, and rivastigmine, work by slowing the breakdown of acetylcholine. Common side effects of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors include nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Symptoms of Alzheimer disease can be reduced in some patients by the drug memantine, which decreases abnormal brain activity by blocking the binding of glutamate (an excitatory neurotransmitter) to certain receptors in the brain. While this drug can improve cognition and enable patients to become more engaged in daily activities, it may cause certain patients to become unusually agitated or delusional. Other treatments aim to control the depression, behavioral problems, and insomnia that often accompany the disease.
There are also a number of experimental drugs for Alzheimer disease in early- and late-stage clinical trials. One drug that has demonstrated some success is methylthioninium chloride (Rember), more commonly known as methylene blue (an organic dye), targets the tau protein of neurofibrillary tangles. In clinical trials, methylthioninium chloride either stopped or significantly slowed the progression of cognitive decline in patients with Alzheimer disease. It is the first drug capable of dissolving tau protein fibres and preventing the formation of neurofibrillary tangles.
Early detection
Improved detection and treatments for Alzheimer disease are areas of concentrated scientific investigation. Progress in early detection has been of special significance, underlying important changes in diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer disease. The first guidelines, implemented in 1984, restricted clinical diagnosis to the final stage of dementia, generally with diagnosis confirmed on autopsy. However, in 2011, as a result of improvements in diagnostic methods and in scientists' understanding of the pathophysiology of Alzheimer disease, new guidelines that accommodated diagnosis at three different stages of the disease (preclinical, MCI, and dementia) were developed, allowing for more rapid incorporation of new or experimental diagnostic technologies and for earlier disease detection.
Early detection of Alzheimer disease is based largely on advances in diagnostic imaging, on the discovery of biomarkers (physiological changes specific to and indicative of a disease), and on the development of methods sensitive enough to measure those biomarkers. Several detection methods being developed for Alzheimer disease include blood tests to measure increased expression of a protein present in certain white blood cells and positron emission tomography to detect increased levels of an enzyme in cerebrospinal fluid.
A test designed to analyze spinal fluid for certain biomarker signatures indicative of Alzheimer disease has shown promise in early detection of the disease. Fluid for the test is collected via lumbar puncture (spinal tap). The sensitivity of the test is such that it can identify persons who are affected by mild cognitive impairment and hence are at the greatest risk of later developing the disease, thereby providing time for intervention strategies to delay its onset.
Lifestyle factors and prevention
A number of lifestyle factors that benefit cardiovascular health are associated with decreased risk of dementia and Alzheimer disease. Examples of such factors include regular physical exercise, a healthy diet, and low stress. In contrast, in persons genetically predisposed to Alzheimer disease, diets high in fat and sugar are suspected to negatively affect the brain by facilitating the development of neuritic plaques.
Dietary substances such as vitamin B, caffeine, and alcohol also have been implicated in reducing the risk of Alzheimer disease. For example, a clinical trial involving a small number of subjects found that vitamin B12 can slow the rate of brain atrophy in some persons with MCI. This effect is attributed to the ability of vitamin B12 to control blood levels of an amino acid known as homocysteine. Unusually high levels of homocysteine have been associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer disease. In studies of Alzheimer mice, intake of caffeine at concentrations equivalent to five cups of coffee in humans resulted in decreased levels of amyloid-beta proteins in the brain and blood. The effects of caffeine were strongest in mice displaying MCI. The substance also was found to improve memory significantly in these animals. In persons aged 75 and older who have normal cognitive function, the consumption of moderate amounts of alcohol, defined as being between 8 and 14 drinks per week (one drink equals 0.5 ounce of 100 percent alcohol), has been shown to reduce the risk of dementia by nearly 40 percent. However, in persons in the transitional stage to Alzheimer disease, who have symptoms of MCI, alcohol consumption is linked to accelerated progression toward dementia.
Another factor associated with a decreased risk for Alzheimer disease is rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic inflammatory disease of the connective tissues of the body. A protein known as GM-CSF (granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor), which is present in arthritis patients, is thought to stimulate the production of immune cells that destroy the amyloid-beta proteins. In studies of mice affected by cognitive impairment mimicking Alzheimer disease in humans, treatment with GM-CSF reduced the burden of amyloid plaques in the brain and was associated with improved performance on memory and learning tests. A form of GM-CSF known as sargramostim, which is used in the treatment of patients with acute myelogenous leukemia, has been investigated as a form of treatment for persons with Alzheimer disease.
Alzheimer disease risk may be linked to periodontitis, a form of gum disease. Research has shown that persons with chronic periodontitis have a significantly higher risk of developing Alzheimer disease compared with persons without gum disease. Scientists have also found Porphyromonas gingivalis, a bacterium associated with gum disease, in the brains of patients with Alzheimer disease. P. gingivalis secretes a protein known as gingipain, which is toxic to neurons and is associated with increased amyloid beta production in the brain. Whether periodontitis and the entry of P. gingivalis into the brain causes or is a consequence of Alzheimer disease remains unclear, however.
Learn More in these related Britannica articles:
human disease: Alzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia, being responsible for about two-thirds of the cases of dementia in patients over 60 years of age. Women are affected twice as often as men. More rarely there are familial forms of the disease…
mental disorder: Senile and presenile dementia…common causes of dementia are Alzheimer disease and cerebral arteriosclerosis. Dementia from Alzheimer disease usually begins in people over age 65 and is more common in women than in men. It begins with incidences of forgetfulness, which become more frequent and serious; the disturbances of memory, personality, and mood progress…
nervous system disease: Dementia…common cause of dementia is Alzheimer disease. The disease is common in the elderly. The entire cerebral cortex, particularly the frontal lobe, is affected. Alzheimer disease has a slight familial tendency, but the cause of the disease is not known. Environmental factors, such as lifestyle and diet, likely play an…
therapeutics: The nervous systemAlzheimer disease is the most prevalent form of dementia (loss of intellectual function), and treatment had been primarily supportive until drugs that showed modest promise for improving cognition (e.g., tacrine) were developed. Evidence that the continual use of cognitive faculties slows memory loss in the…
human nutrition: Adulthood…of cardiovascular disease and with Alzheimer disease, the most common form of dementia; certain B vitamins, particularly folic acid, may be effective in lowering homocysteine levels. High concentrations of aluminum in the brains of persons with Alzheimer disease are most likely a result of the disease and not a cause,…
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Do you ever get the feeling that somewhere on the other side of the country people are pushing a giant yellow likeness of your head down the street?
I know. Me, too!
At first, I thought I was just paranoid, but then my dear friend author Beth Kephart shot the photograph you see on your right and posted it on her most excellent blog.
Yup, I thought when I saw it, that's the one. (It's like nothing at all has changed since my third-grade school portrait.)
But, Anna, you might ask, why did Ms. Kephart post a photo of your parade-float noggin on her blog?
News That's Even Bigger Than My Chicken-Wire Head
I'm thrilled to share with you that I recently got a book deal and I am currently putting the finishing touches on a humor book that will be in stores nationwide this October.
The book's title is:
It's a humorous dictionary that contains hundreds of the words and phrases women use, along with their "definitions." I'm having the best time writing it!
I will keep you posted along the way, of course, and as the publication date nears, I'll also be sharing sneak peeks of some of my favorite definitions.
The totally normal-sized-headed Ms. Kephart (whose highly anticipated 13th book YOU ARE MY ONLY will be released this October as well) very generously posted about CHICKTIONARY on her blog and said some really nice and completely unsubstantiated things about me that I greatly appreciate. For all the details and links, please click through to her post. (BTW, if she asks about the flatbed trailer I borrowed back in February, please play dumb. Thanks.)
In the meantime, huge (and I mean huge) thanks to Betsy Amster of Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises and to Diane Garcia at Adams Media (a division of F+W Media). I am beyond grateful to them both for many, many reasons.
I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank you (yes, you). Thank you for reading, thank you for subscribing and thank you for bringing your particular brand of awesome to my rumpus room. Without you, it wouldn't be any fun at all.


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Bowling leagues' popularity hit its zenith sometime in Ronald Reagan's first term, but they appear to be making a comeback among the elderly in competitive leagues played on Nintendo's Wii console.
That a video game system aimed at (and made by) children has become adopted by retirees is strange enough; but watch the video above, from Tampa cable net Bay News 9, and you'll see Wii bowling leagues are SRS BSNS. Teams have uniforms and everything! (Like, actual bowling shirts, not identically-garbed Miis.)
You'll also learn that senior citizens give fuck-all about using the Wii wrist strap, which maybe explains why they're playing the game in the wrong aspect ratio through a projector aimed at some vertical blinds. We find nothing wrong with this, and admit some of our parents have Wiis themselves. It's just strange, and yet compelling. Mr. 300 has some competition. [BN9]


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2008-09: Placed eighth at the Blue Devil Cross Country Invitational, recording a time of 28:21 on the five mile course...Won the 1,000 meters at the Maine Open in a time of 2:35.69...Took ninth place in the 3,000 meter steeple chase at the Northeast Conference Outdoor Championships with a time of 10:04.14...Best steeple chase time on the season was 9:48.64 (18th place) at the New England Outdoor Championships.
2007-08: Season best in cross country was 28:13.80 at Murray Keatinge Invitational...Placed 10th in the 1,000m with 2:39.28 at Boston Indoor Games...Season best in the 800m (2:01.54) at UMass Invitational...Placed eighth in the 3,000m steeple chase with a 10:12.74 finish at the NEC Outdoor Championships.
Before Central: Participated in cross country and track and field for four years at Middletown High...Captained track and field and cross country as a senior...Holds school record in 2,000m and 3,000m steeplechase.


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Willie Nelson Tour Bus Accident Leaves Three Hospitalized
Three people were hospitalized after Willie Nelson's band's tour bus slammed into a bridge pillar on I-30 in Sulphur Springs, Texas early Saturday morning (Nov. 23). The singer was not on board, but the incident has resulted in the postponement of several tour dates.
No serious injuries were sustained. A note on Nelson's website clarifies earlier reports that one band member had broken a hip. Billy English suffered a bruised hip, while Paul English injured his ankle and crew member Tom Hawkins cracked a rib. The other band and crew members aboard are "sore, but … expected to recover fully."
Nelson initially shared the news with fans at his Facebook page: "Willie Nelson's band bus (not Willie's bus) was in an accident overnight on icy I-30. 3 members of the family were hospitalized. Additional information will be released as we get it."
The Associated Press reports that seven people were on board, adding that the three injured men were taken to a hospital in Sulphur Springs. The state's Department of Public Safety confirms there were wet roads and high winds at the time of the crash. A photo of the bus from radio station KOKE-FM in Austin shows significant damage to the front passenger side of the vehicle, with the roof peeled back in places.
Nelson had 14 remaining dates scheduled for 2013, but the four shows scheduled for November have been postponed. The tour is expected to resume on Dec. 10 in Las Vegas, Nev.


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Tips for Setting Your Fitness Goals
Work, friends, family. How does anyone find time to exercise?
You know you should, but getting motivated can be a problem. However, it's important to find some way to incorporate activity into your busy lifestyle. Researchers have found that moderate daily exercise may reduce your risk of heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, and other chronic diseases.
If you are seeking general health improvement, just 30 minutes a day should do the trick. And, this thirty minutes can be broken down into 10 minute segments throughout the day. Even exercising just three times per week (if you can't do it daily) can have benefits (mental and physical).
The key is that the exercise is "moderate." Moderate exercise consists of any activity that causes an increase in breathing, forcing you to take deeper breaths. You should be able to carry on a light conversation, but should not be breathless. If you are looking to improve your fitness-training, try three to five continuous workouts per week at 60 to 90 percent of your maximum heart rate. Subtract your age from 220 to determine your estimated target-heart rate.
If you are a beginner, multiply this number by 60-70 percent. Advanced exercisers can target a higher heart rate by multiplying this number by 70-90 percent. If you are looking for strength training, you should work each major muscle two to three times per week. Perform at least one set with 8-12 repetitions.
Before exercising, stretch each muscle group (those which will be used in the activity) for 8-12 seconds. This will help to increase flexibility. You should feel some slight discomfort (not pain) while stretching. To help get you started, decide on a goal, and make a workout plan designed to meet this goal. Once you decide upon a plan, remember to keep a log. This keeps you motivated and "on track."
Source: adapted from WebMD and CNN
Becoming & Staying Fit
Becoming and staying fit is a lifelong process, so don't become discouraged. Small steps, each day is the key. Also, keep these tips in mind:
- Exercise with a friend
- Mix your regular training with more traditional activities.
- Keep fitness magazines, books, and articles on hand when you have free time.
- Keep a tight fitting pair of jeans (or any other article of clothing) around. This encourages you to exercise. It also allows you to monitor changes in your weight or body.
- Plan for bad weather. Have an alternative to your usual outdoor activity.
- Work out at different times of the day, and then write down how you feel before and after each work out. Discover the best time of day to work out.
- Combine housework with more strenuous activity. For example, shuffle, squat, jog or dance while cleaning up.
- Make exercise a priority.


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The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, Volume 1
R. E. Asher, J. M. Y. Simpson
Elsevier Science & Technology, 1994 - Reference - 5644 pages
The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics meets the need for a truly international work of reference and reviews current knowledge in the fields of linguistics and language studies. The work makes a systematic effort to take into account the many different views and perspectives encountered in research and thinking in the fields of linguistics and language studies, emphasizing the multidisciplinary nature of the subject. Alphabetically organized, the work consists of ten volumes, each of more than 500 large format pages, including an index volume which contains a contributor index, a three-level subject index, a systematic outline of the Encyclopedia , an article on the bibliographic sources of information in linguistics and language studies and a glossary of technical terms used in the field. In planning the presentation of the Encyclopedia the Editorial Board and the Publisher have considered the wide range of potential users, including not only specialist research workers but also those individuals and institutions in need of information in this diverse field.
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Appeared in all 12 games ... Earned spots on All-Ivy League and NEILA All-New England second team ... Scored 13 goals and handed out six assists for 19 points ... Had an assist and ground ball against Canisius (Feb. 27) ... Scored a goal, assisted on another and grabbed three ground balls at Georgetown (March 3) ... Netted a goal, caused a turnover and snared two ground balls in victory at Holy Cross (March 6) ... Tallied three goals and added an assist in win at Massachusetts (March 13) .... Named to Inside Lacrosse National Team of the Week (March 16) ... Assisted on a goal against Colgate (March 16) ... Attained a career-high four goals and picked up a ground ball against Brown (March 20) ... Scored two goals and collected a ground ball in win over Dartmouth (March 27) ... Snared a ground ball against No. 7 Duke (April 2) ... Netted a goal, handed out an assist and picked up a ground ball at No. 10 Cornell (April 10) ... Caused a turnover and and grabbed a ground ball at Penn (April 17) ... Found the back of the net and assisted on another tally in win over No. 6 Princeton (April 24) ... Picked up a ground ball at Yale (May 1).
2009 (Freshman):
Saw action in 12 games ... Grabbed a ground ball in victory at Duke (Feb. 22) ... Snared a ground ball in win at Stony Brook (Feb. 28) ... Tallied first goal of career and grabbed three ground balls in victory over Hartford (March 13) ... Had two goals in victory against Penn (March 21) ... Scored a goal and snared two ground balls against Presbyterian (March 27) ... Tallied two goals on two shots at Cornell (April 4) ... Netted a score at Princeton (April 11) ... Had a ground ball and caused a turnover in win over Holy Cross (April 18) ... Handed out two assists in victory at Dartmouth (May 2).
Before Harvard:
Brother, Alex, is a freshman on the Harvard men's lacrosse team ... Three-year letterwinner in both lacrosse and football ... Member of one state championship team and two state finalists in lacrosse ... Two-time member of state finalist in football ... Father, Sumner, was a three-year letterwinner and captain of the 1977 Harvard lacrosse team and played football for two years.


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Biomedical Engineering Sciences Major
The biomedical engineering sciences major is offered to students interested in medical school. Faculty from Thayer School and The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth jointly advise the research projects.
The Geisel School of Medicine offers an opportunity for accomplished engineering sciences majors to apply for admission to The Geisel School through the Biomedical Engineering Early Assurance Program (BME EAP).
For advice, contact professor Brian Pogue, Soloman Diamond, or Douglas Van Citters.
Majors are expected to have a basic understanding of calculus, physics, chemistry, and computer science. First-year students interested in the major should take the placement test in mathematics.
Unless otherwise prohibited, prerequisites may be taken under the Non-Recording Option.
Mathematics (3 courses)
- MATH 3: Introduction to Calculus
- MATH 8: Calculus of Functions of One and Several Variables
- MATH 13: Calculus of Vector-Valued Functions OR MATH 11 Multvariable Calculus for Two-Term Placement First-Year Students
Chemistry (1-2 courses)
- CHEM 5-6: General Chemistry OR CHEM 10: Honors First-Year General Chemistry
Physics (2 courses)
- PHYS 13: Introductory Physics I
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I am in the beginning stages of writing a book about geocaching, and would like to include information about the OpenCaching websites. What are the policies regarding usage of logos, trademarks, screenshots, and so forth?
I take it that I can let him know he can freely use our logo and other images?
Given that I assume he plans to sell his book and not give it away for free, I assume the Europeans / Germans might not allow usage, but I'll at least try to reach out to them.


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Nigerians Want Bread and Broadband!
The just concluded Broadband for Nigeria Stakeholders Forum was indeed a meeting that delivered on its objectives. It was held on Wednesday July 28, 2010 at the NCCE Hall, Central Business District, Abuja. Association for Progressive Communications (APC) provided the support funding while Fantsuam Foundation, Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria, ATCON; Nigeria ICT Forum of Partnership Institutions and Telecom Answers Associates supplied the faculty which put the forum together.
After kicking off with exchange of pleasantries and a welcome address, the first Nigerian Broadband Stakeholders Forum got down to serious business with the presentation of a Broadband framework supported with a background document.
Engr. Titi Omo Ettu, President, Association of Telecommunication Companies in Nigeria, took the audience through these documents, spicing his presentation with examples and inside information which only long-time IT practitioners were privy to. Thereafter, delegates were invited to make their input. The BB4NG team had made efforts before the event to ensure a wide dissemination of the two key documents, through print and internet, and this seemed to have paid off as attested to by the quality and passion of contributions made by participants at the Forum.
The discussion and observation that followed the document presentation was rich and diverse, and it was one of such observations that seemed to have captured the essence of what the Nigerian Government needed to do, and do quickly. It was observed that Nigerians are at various levels in awareness of and demand for Broadband internet access, and the consensus is that this should not be a question of choosing either Bread or Broadband. Nigerians need both Bread and Broadband!
It was observed that beyond ensuring that the Broadband for Nigeria framework document, synergizes with ongoing and previous efforts of Government, it must be made explicit and clear to Government that BROADBAND IS THE MEDIUM THAT IS NEEDED TO ENSURE A SUCCESSFUL, SUSTAINABLE, AND INCLUSIVE ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR MGD COMMITMENTS AND VISION 2020-20.
This message came through this stakeholders forum loudly and clearly and it presents the Nigerian Government an opportunity to make Nigeria's MDG commitments and Vision 2020-20, not a pyrrhic victory but a lasting reality. The message is that: broadband is the critical and efficient medium needed for the timely delivery of MDGs, Vision 2020-20 and ICT4D. In order to ensure that Nigeria's MDG commitments and Vision 202020 reach their target audience in ALL the 774 Local Governments, it will require a substantial completion of fixed Broadband infrastructure that gives optimum connectivity within the country and to the global internet.
The First Nigerian Broadband Stakeholders Forum has delivered on its objectives and it has presented us the opportunity to make Nigeria's MDG commitments and Vision 2020-20 a reality. The next crucial steps is to ensure that this message reaches all the people who will be responsible in developing the policy that will make this a reality.
The Forum, under the chairmanship of Mr. Olusola Teniola, Chief Operating Officer of Phase 3 Telecom, brought together a wide range of stakeholders. Senior Civil servants such as Dr. Moses Olateju Ojo Director, NCCE; Mr Obi Adindu, Senior Special Assistant to the Minister of Communication made contributions.
Chairman of NITDA, Hon Mohammed Bulama gave an inspiring speech while Secretary General of the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, Prof Jibril Dahiru Amin pledged the full support of Nigerian Universities for this effort and this was echoed by representatives from several research and educational institutions.
The IT industry had Dr Armstrong Takang, and other Senior Executives from IEEE, Monarch Communications Ltd, Linkserve, and President of the Information Technology Association of Nigeria, Dr Olufuye, were key contributors at the Forum.
Mr. Adrian Wood the pioneer MD of MTN, now CEO of BryMEDIA Consortium was there while President of Nigeria Computer Society, Prof. Charles Uwadia sent goodwill message and endorsement to the Forum. The presence of grassroot politicians, such as Councilor Ibrahim La'ah from Kaura Local Government of Kaduna State, showed the extent to which information about this event had been circulated. The Nigerian Military through Navy Commodore James Oluwole and Air Commodore Pat Udabor and other very senior Military officers also expressed full endorsement of the framework document. Civil society organisations such as Life Impact Foundation Intl., One World UK, Abuja Photographers Association, Center for Information technology & Development, Telecommunications Consumers Association of Nigeria, Development Information Network and national youth Corps members were also present.
Six additional items/ isssues were accepted to be addressed in the Framework Document.
Delegates represented the following organisations: Abuja Photographers Association; Adamawa State University; African Science & Tech Digest; Ahmadu Bello University; All Voices; Analytical Technology Ltd; ATCON; Bayero University Kano; Brymedia Group Ltd.; Businessday; Center for Information technology & Development; Committee of Vice Chancellors; Compass Nigeria; Consultancy Support Services-CS2; Daily Independent; Data ZA Ltd; Datasphir; DCOMMS-Defense Hqtrs.; Development Information Network; Fantsuam Foundation; Far Eye Marketing & Communications Ltd; FCE Kano; FCT Secondary Education Board; FCTA; Fed. Ministry I & C; Federal University of Tech. Akure; Financial Standard; Galaxy Backbone Plc.; Globacom Ltd.; Goga Investment Nig. Ltd.; Grassroot Systems Ltd.; Hafasco Communications Ltd.; Huawei Technologies Company Nigeria Ltd.; IEEE Nigeria; ITAN; Kasuf Continental Ltd.; Kaura LG. Kaduna; KJ Technologies Ltd.; Kolmart Nig. Ltd; Layer 3; Life Impact Foundation Intl.; Lifeboom Century; Linkserve Ltd.; Media Trust; Megadi Security Service; Muhtasib Resources Ltd. Sokoto; National Planning Commission; National Teachers Institute; National Youth Service Corps; NBTE; NCCE; News Agency of Nigeria; ng ICT Forum; Nigerian Airforce; Nigerian Navy; Nigerian Tribune; NITDA; NITEL; One World UK; ONSA; Phase 3 Telecomm Ltd; Rural Electrification Agency; Sapphire Consult; Self Employed; Special Advisor ICT, Sokoto State; Step B; Swap Technologies & Telecoms Plc; Technology Support Centre Nigeria; Telecom Answers Associates; Telecommunications Consumers Association of Nigeria; Tinitop Technologies Ltd.; Unetcom Technologies Ltd.; University of Agriculture, Makurdi; University of Ibadan; University of Mkar; Vanguard; Wise Point Technology; and Yentech Services.
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What's worse than a bad first date? A great first date. The anxiety that happens in the week following an amazing romantic encounter is enough to put me off experiencing any type of happiness ever again.
I didn't always feel this way, of course. Back when I was 25, I worked as dresser for Marc Jacobs. My days were spent zipping and unzipping women who were easily a foot taller than me. It was the brink of summer and I was excited because I still believed that summer meant having lots of adventures and random hook ups on rooftops that would lead to taking a seasonal lover. One of my favorite models was the shockingly adult age of 30, and while sewing her into her dress I babbled on and on about how great summer was going to be for our dating lives. She turned to me with cheek bones so high you could cut cheese on them and said, "I hate dating because I hate text messages and I hate strangers." I could not believe my ears—those were two of my favorite things! Four years later however, and I couldn't agree more. Texting especially has become the bane of my existence.
The endless misunderstandings in the first few weeks of dating someone have worn me out. It's that mistaken feeling that I know a guy, only to find out he's not the special fantasy version I made up in my head—it all just makes me want to go to bed with a dude and wake up in the middle of the relationship. Fuck the honeymoon period, bring on the part where we pee with the door open.
I used to live for beginnings. They were my drug, all the more thrilling and emotionally dangerous because I would invest everything in them. But then the come down from those magical beginnings would be all the more devastating. As an actor in this city for the last five years I can say with some degree of authority that there is nothing all that different between a great first date and a great first audition. In both situations you spend the next few days losing your hair in anticipation of getting a call back.
Thus, for us all (including me) to move on and live happier and healthier lives, I think we should acknowledge this period of anxiety and accept it. In order to do this, I've created a list of the 5 phases of the great first date panic.


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I have always wanted to inquire about training frisbee with my dog. I was looking for a thread here or any good articles anyone knows about? Is this a sport we can work towards or are some dogs just born for it?
I know in dock diving, basics are taught on teh ground, not water, so was wondering what basics are started with disc dog training? and I mean like tricks and jumping and all things frisbee. If i were to start I don't want to set my dog up to fail. We dont' really have events like this around me so any info is really appreciated!
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I am trying to obtain information on two small ships built by the CAMPBELTOWN SHIPBUILDING Co.
MARIE built 1878 [yard number 2] for IRVIN & Co,Glasgow
MARIE built 1880 [yard number 6] for IRVIN & Co,Glasgow.
I have been unable to obtain any information on these two vessels so if anyone can assist me I would really appreciate it.
Perhaps there is some information in the local papers as to what type of vessels they were and why the same owner had two ships built at Campbeltown with the same name only two years apart.Did the first one sink or was it sold ?
Any help would be really appreciated.
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VERGENNES — The Vergennes American Legion Auxiliary Unit 14 will be hosting a Halloween Costume Karaoke Dance Party on Sunday, Oct. 27, from 1-2 p.m. at the American Legion in Vergennes, followed by Trunk or Treat in the parking lot from 2-3 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
VERMONT — Spring has long been the time when Vermonters Green Up. This fall Vermonters will be encouraged to "Button Up." Saturday, Oct. 5, is the first annual Button Up Vermont Day of Action. Vermonters have a powerful opportunity to participate in a local effort — or start their own — to encourage friends and neighbors to lower their energy bills this winter by weatherizing their homes.
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department points out that three new hunting rules passed by the Legislature are now in effect.
1. A person shall not take or attempt to take any wild animal by shooting a firearm, a bow and arrow or a crossbow while on or within 25 feet of the traveled portion of a public road.
2. It is also illegal to shoot a firearm, a bow and arrow or a crossbow across the traveled portion of a public road.
MIDDLEBURY — The Champlain Valley football team came to Middlebury Union High School on Friday night with the same 4-0 Division I record as the Tigers. At least for that evening, any further resemblance between the two teams was limited to the number of players each put on the field and to the fact that all wore helmets and cleats.
WINDSOR — The Mount Abraham/Vergennes football team scored two dramatic touchdowns late in Saturday's Division III clash to defeat host Windsor, 34-32, in overtime.
Tommy Lee Hodsden's rushing touchdown and two-point conversion in overtime overcame the 32-26 lead the Jacks had just taken on a 10-yard pass from Nick Kapuscinski to Hunter Patenaude to open the extra session. But Windsor's two-point try failed.
BRANDON – The Otter Valley Union High School football team scored seven times in the first half on the way to a 77-24 Division III win over visiting Mount St. Joseph on Saturday.
The OV offense, including its second string after the break, was never stopped, and Vytas Nielson also returned an interception for a score as the Otters celebrated their Homecoming Day.
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9/28 OV vs. MSJ ................................ 77-24
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MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan Touts Left-wing Group to Convict Sean Hannity Over Freedom Concerts
MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan on Monday eagerly attempted to convict Sean Hannity
for the supposed misuse of funds by a pro-troop organization he supports, a
claim already investigated and
debunked. The anchor highlighted complaints against the Freedom Alliance
group by the George
Soros-backed Center
for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), but never identified
their liberal
Ratigan promoted CREW's assertions that the Freedom Concerts, which the Fox News host promotes, aren't giving all the money they take in to scholarships for the families of fallen soldiers. He sneered, "Hey, what the heck? You come up with a good cause. Give ten or 15 percent away and keep the rest for yourself. What do I know?" Not much, apparently. The MSNBC anchor made almost no effort to offer Hannity's side of the story or that of the Freedom Alliance.
David Frum's website analyzed this controversy and found the charges to be bogus. But, Ratigan wasn't interested in this. Instead, he mocked, "Who knows what happens to the rest of [the money]? But, not going to the kids, apparently."
also publicized the allegations on Monday. Writer Jen DiMascio failed to
identify the liberal nature of CREW. She only referred to it as a "Washington
watchdog group." However, she did feature this quote from Alliance President Tom
There is absolutely no merit to the scurrilous charges launched against Freedom Alliance from two of the most left-wing organizations in the country," Kilgannon said in a statement. "The smear-mongers who have launched this politically motivated witch hunt against Freedom Alliance will be proven wrong as we aggressively defend ourselves in the days and weeks ahead."
For more on this subject, see MRC President Brent
Bozell's statement.
A transcript of the March 29 Dylan Ratigan Show segment, which aired at 4:50pm EDT, follows:
DYLAN RATIGAN: Up next, a series of charity concerts organized by Fox News' Sean Hannity hitting a little bit of a sour note. The shows are billed as helping the innocent victims of war, an admirable cause. The children of troops. Here's Mr. Hannity himself explaining the charity's mission.
SEAN HANNITY: These guys have kids. The purpose is all of the money that we make we put in a scholarship fund for the children of these slain heroes.
RATIGAN: A noble case, no doubt. But, it's simply not the case, according to the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. They have now filed- that's a funny title for that town. Anyway, they filed complaints with both the Federal Trade commission and the IRS claiming we will never know if every penny goes to the kids. The complaint alleges, quote, "illegal and deceptive marketing practices by suggesting that all money generated by ticket sales for the freedom concerts that Hannity sponsors each summer goes to scholarships for children of killed and wounded service members." In fact, according to an '08 tax filing by the Freedom Alliance, which runs this charity mission for Hannity, the group actually only gave 12 percent of its revenue to the children of fallen soldiers, while spending more than $150 grand on travel expenses. The list goes on. The Freedom Alliance says their financial records not only meet but exceed charity standards. Hey, what the heck? You come up with a good cause. Give ten or 15 percent away and keep the rest for yourself. What do I know? Who knows what happens to the rest of it? But, not going to the kids apparently.
-Scott Whitlock is a news analyst for the Media Research Center. Click here to follow him on Twitter.


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Campus Far from Silent as Students Engage in Summer Research
As the weather heated up, many students and professors abandoned the campus, but the library and science labs are hardly gathering dust.
Working alongside more than 20 professors from the astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, and physics departments, dozens of Haverford students – almost five percent of the student body – are staying on campus to do research in the sciences. Sixty-two students, including a few recent graduates from the class of 2003, are spending many of their days, and some of their nights, working on a variety of projects and not just in the sciences. Students studying the humanities are doing research as well on a variety of subjects ranging from the classics to English to anthropology. Additionally, professors with private grants in many other departments are also offering students the opportunity to study and explore their fields of interest in a manner that only graduate students are permitted at most other institutions. The College is certainly a quieter place during the summer, but it is hardly a ghost town.
Third-year student Noor Ali is working as a research assistant for several members of the anthropology department; Andrew Cantino '05 and Reid Sherman '04 are involved in a collaborative effort between the astronomy and computer science departments to sort through data collected from the Parkes Observatory in Australia to locate extremely dense, rapidly spinning stars called pulsars. Eric Acton '04 and Carl Lederman '05 are also doing interdisciplinary research under the direction of mathematician Robert Manning and physicist Suzanne Amador Kane, studying the polymer physics properties of aggregates made from myosin-II rod domains through image analysis of atomic force microscopy.
The following list highlights some of the students and the research they are undertaking with members of the faculty over the summer months.
Eric Acton '04 & Carl Lederman '05 - Analyzing AFM images of the rod domain of myosin II
Adolphe Alexander '05 - Studying a method for calculating phase diagrams of two dimensional materials
Noor Ali '05 - Researching topics in anthropology
Jeff Barton '04 - Synthesizing a molecule that binds to cobalt
Jake Bilhartz '04 - Researching the IAP class of proteins, especially survivin
Priscilla Bisnath '05 - Compiling biography, bibliography, and critical bibliography for a course on Caribbean literature
Brooks Bond-Watts '04 - Making and characterizing nanowires that can be activated by light
Andrew Cantino '05 & Reid Sherman '04 - Developing a distributed data processing site at Haverford for use in pulsar searches
Emily Chen '05 - Researching the activity of caspase proteins and its expression in T-cells
Sarah Czarkowski '05 - Working on the synthesis of a model for the beet dye, betacyanin, and studying the model's reactivity with thiols
Jamie Diorio '04 - Researching the fluid dynamics of polymer solutions
Megan Ehrenwerth '04 & Katrina Julian '04 - Researching the total synthesis of the RNA polymerase inhibitor antibiotics, Ripostatin A and B
David Fask '04 - Compiling articles from magazines of the late 19th century relating to public perception of literature and"genius"
Romy Gibly '04 & Margot LeClair '04 - Designing and making new light-activated devices that can serve as solar cells, sensors of pollutants, or diagnostic instruments
Ben Gordon '04 - Investigating the stability determinants for long coiled coils, a subclass of helical proteins, using a minimalist design approach
Donald Grunewald '04 - Researching wage differentials between men and women in high-technology firms
Katie Hart '04 - Designing nanowires using peptide/porphyrin complexes
Joshua Havassy '04 - Performing a molecular and cytological study of him-5
Brook Henkel '05 - Researching the optical properties of extreme radio galaxies
Brandon Johnson '04 - Researching the role of heat resistant agglutinin 1 in colonization by enteroaggregative Escherichia coli
Lucy Joo '05 - Researching the comparative genomics of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli strains
Jeff Jopling '04 - Exploring the role of the amino terminal residues on polymerization of the rod domain from Acanthamoeba castellanii myosin II
Seung-hee Kim '04 - Determining the structure of the him-5 gene and analyzing the him-8 gene
Brian Kovaric '05 & Tom McNicholas '04 - Researching ways in which molecules similar to chlorophyll interact with DNA
Judy Lackey '03 - Researching residential segregation and concentration of poverty in urban areas
Susannah Locke '05 - Investigating how molecular signaling pathways differ between immature and mature T cells
Andrew Maier '05 - Studying the effect of the sulfoxide spectator ligands in stereoselective reactions
Kevin Monahan '05 - Researching the incorporation an azobenzene photoswitch into a coiled-coil designed to form long polymers in solution
Tania Mucci '04 - Researching the virulence plasmids of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O119
Shilpa Narayan '05 - Researching the electrical conductivity of porphyrin nanorods
Emily Nietrzeba '04 - Researching an antereograde molecular motor in the flagella of Chlamydomonis reinharditii
Collin Rich '04 - Researching carbon nanotubes as probes for single cells
Peter Schaefer '04 - Studying diffusion processes in surface alloys
Nalini Singh '04 & Abigail Stern '03 - Researching the effects of sexual orientation on labor market outcomes
Charles Thomas '05 - Researching the behavior of granular materials interacting in a fluid and the principles of self-organization exhibited by these materials
Matt Weiss '04 - Researching translation theory and the act of textual translation through a variety of mediums


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I've reviewed a decent amount of metal records, I've made four Black (Metal) Mixmas mixes, and last year's non-genre list had a few metal records in it, but I've never done a full metal-only list (except for the little thing in Black (Metal) Mixmas IV), so I hope this doesn't seem too out of place, but honestly I listen to wayyyyy more metal than I ever write about on AGB, so this sort of makes up for that I guess. I'm not as deep into the metal scene as I am the drone one, so I'm sure there's way more awesome obscure metal records that would've made it onto this list had I heard them, but whatever. If you've got any recs, let me know in the comments or email!
And in case you're not a huge metal fan, know that there's plenty of stuff on this list that A: is only debatably metal (see: numbers 15, 13, 12, 1) and B: has plenty of AGB friendly elements aka drone, noise, etc (see: numbers 9, 6, 5, 4, 1).
Have fun. Thanks for reading/listening/appreciating.


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A Pittsford woman was charged Friday, Dec. 27, by Ontario County sheriff's deputies with fourth-degree grand larceny.
Deputies allege Gabrielle A. Sabuncu, 18, of 3660 Monroe Ave., Apt. 11, stole merchandise with a total value of $1,458, from Von Maur in Eastview Mall in Victor.
She was issued an appearance ticket for Victor Town Court.


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The company has received Letters of Award from SECI for the 600 MW projects.
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The new site in western Maharashtra would be at Raigad district, about 100 kms south of the country's financial capital Mumbai
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Numerous setbacks plaguing Tesla Inc in its quest for sustained profitability as well as a dramatic slide in sales and problems with some cars at Chinese startup Nio Inc have also put investors on their guard
Shell sees more opportunities for floating LNG after Prelude delays
Shell Australia Chair Zoe Yujnovich said on Wednesday that it was too early to tell whether Prelude, one of two floating LNG projects in the world, would be replicated in future, as the company was still commissioning the project
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The Bangladeshis were angered when a colleague fell to his death at the plant near the port of Payra, 200 miles (320 km) from Dhaka
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5 Android Apps I Couldn't Live Without
The phone I have isn't too fancy but it's by far the faniciest phone I've ever owned and It's allowed me to do more than I could ever image with a phone. When the upgrade was nearing on my old contract I knew I had to go for an Android phone.
The biggest thing to get over when moving from a fairly standard phone to a full touch screen is the simple lack of buttons. I had huge difficulties at the start finding a comfortable solution to inputing text into my phone. I couldn't get along with the stock keyboard. My thumbs were just too fat! It even drove me away from texting and any other activity which required the delicate touch I lacked when it came to input on this new breed of phone.
This brings me to probably the most important and underrated app on my phone. Most likely because once it's there you don't need to think about it. I probably use it more than anything else and it just makes my phone usable for someone like me. (I even wrote a blog post about it)
#1 – Swype
I started using this in it's early beta after hearing about it from some blog (no idea which one). In fact it's still actually in beta but it's works beautifully and I've never had any issues. The concept is quite simple, the keyboard is laid out like any other and all you need to do is drag your finger around over the letters to make the word you want to spell. It doesn't even have to be that accurate and it does a pretty good job of guessing the word you want.
#2 – Opera Mini
This is a bit of a swiss army knife app. I use it both as a backup browser; when I need something fast (bus/train times, other info etc). I also use it when I'm nearing my data limit as it manages to get you what you need with minimal bandwidth. It acheives this by running all of it's traffic through Opera's servers and compressing the web pages, often by as much as 90%. I can't really get on with it on a full time basis as it's not overly pretty, lacks some features and because of the compression, pages may not render properly. Though it's not a huge app but it's incredibly powerful so it's always good to have around when you might need it.
#3 – Juice Defender
If you have a samrtphone you're probably well aware of their terrible battery life. You more than likely plan when your next charge is going to come from and probably stare anxiously at the battery level. Either that or you're phone is dying in the middle of an important call.
There are a whole host of battery saving/monitoring apps out there. I used to use APN Droid which cuts off all your connectivity apart from calls and SMS. I still do use it for extreme battery levels and times when I know I wont be using my phone but still need it on. I also use it when I need to restrict my data usage.
However there are other occasions where simply cutting off connectivity doesn't seem to cut it. We're paying for these 3G data speeds and it kind of defeats the point of having a smartphone if we're not using them to their full capacity.
The happy medium comes with Juice Defender. It cleverly and comprehensively monitors and restricts battery usage according to a plethora of different settings. It's aim is to give you the longest life of your battery while still being able to use your phone to it's full potential. If you go and get this app now you'll instantly notice a difference.
There really is so much control you can take over what aspects of your phone use up your battery that you're more likely to get lost in the settings. The free app is enough for most but for those control freaks the paid app is more than worth it.
#4 – EasyTether
This is another one of those 'emergency apps'. For those occassions when you're out with your laptop and can't get any free WiFi but have have your phone in your pocket with super fast connectivity and you desperately need to get some work done. After trying the free app I had to pay for the upgrade to get the https option. It's probably the cheapest option out there and it's cross-platform, working great on my Ubuntu netbook and Windows 7 desktop.
There isn't much to say here as it does exactly what it says on the tin and turns your phone into a modem. I'm very happy with it. If you need a tethering app (without root) this is the one.
#5 – DropBox
This app would probably be on most people's lists and there's not a whole lot I can say about it except it's helped me out of a few tricky situations where I desperately needed a document but had no Internet but my phone. In a way it's starting to help my phone to act as a USB 'gateway' drive (or some similar kind of jiberish). It's something I'll always have with me and lets me access important files when I might need them.
Bonus App! – The Trainline
This is a recent little gem I've found which has already saved me a bit of money. I do a fair bit of travelling by train and know a few ways of saving money and getting the most out of my tickets. This app has allowed me to buy advanced tickets for the next day or the week ahead at a fraction of the price and at crutial times when I don't have my laptop with me.
It's quick, easy and from what I hear, very secure. My only gripe is the booking fee (£1 each time). It's not huge but on the ocassions when I do have my laptop I'll always book with Virgin Trains as they don't charge a booking fee. Virgin Trains say there is an Android app on the way and for that I cannot wait. Until then The Trainline app is great!
So that's my toolbox of apps I don't think I could get along without. Are any of these on your list of favourites? Or do you have a few others which you rely on?


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Coulter should have stuck with "no comment" on DC inaugural costs
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After stating that she didn't know about the Bush administration's refusal to reimburse the District of Columbia for costs associated with the presidential inauguration, and therefore she couldn't comment on it, right-wing pundit Ann Coulter went on to remark: "This is the first I've heard that, but I know it's not true. There's something that's wrong." But, as Fox News host Alan Colmes responded to Coulter's assertion: "Well, it is true, Ann. Unfortunately, it is true."
According to a January 11 report in The Washington Post, District of Columbia officials stated on January 10 that "the Bush administration is refusing to reimburse the District for most of the costs associated with next week's inauguration, breaking with precedent and forcing the city to divert $11.9 million from homeland security projects." Administration officials told the District to cover inauguration expenses by using some of the $240 million in federal homeland security grants that the District received "because it is among the places at highest risk of a terrorist attack."
Congressional aides told the Post that last year the District unsuccessfully sought an increase in the annual security reimbursement fund of $10 million to pay for 2005 inauguration expenses, while both New York City and Boston were able to obtain $50 million from Congress to cover local security costs for the 2004 national political conventions.
DC Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D) has estimated that the inauguration will cost the city a total of $17.3 million, primarily for security, the Post also noted. And while the city can use an unspent $5.4 million to offset the cost, taken from a federal fund that reimburses the District for costs incurred because of its status as the capital, a gap of $11.9 million will remain, as Williams stated in a December 27 letter to the Office of Management and Budget Director Joshua B. Bolten and Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge.
Williams's estimate of $17.3 million in security costs for the 2005 inauguration is nearly three times as much as the cost to the District for the 2001 inauguration, which was just under $6 million according to a January 11 Washington Times report. That money was reimbursed by Congress in accordance with the 1973 District of Columbia Home Rule Act, which states in part:
The United States shall reimburse the District for necessary expenses incurred by the District in connection with assemblages, marches, and other demonstrations in the District which relate primarily to the federal government. The manner and method of ascertaining and paying the amounts needed to so reimburse the District shall be determined by agreement entered into in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.
While the federal government has historically reimbursed DC's inaugural costs through an appropriation, "this year the Bush administration has decided to break from that practice," according to a January 11 Washington Post editorial. OMB spokesman Chad Kolton has stated that no additional appropriation is needed for the inauguration: "We think that an appropriate balance of money from [the annual reimbursement] fund and from homeland security grants is the most effective way to cover the additional cost the city incurs."
According to a January 10 Associated Press story, a spokesman for Representative Tom Davis (R-VA) called the administration's refusal to reimburse the District "an unfunded mandate of the worst sort. How can you ask the district to take funds from important homeland security projects to pay for this instead?" The spokesman added, however: "We think at the end of the day, OMB will see the light and realize that the district needs supplemental money to pay for this."
From the January 11 edition of FOX News Channel's Hannity & Colmes:
COLMES: [T]he Bush administration, it turns out -- we find out today, refuses to reimburse the city of the District of Columbia for inaugural costs forcing them to go into the homeland security budget to the tune of $11.9 million from homeland security. Good idea or bad idea?
COULTER: I don't know what you're talking about, so I can't really comment on it.
COULTER: Wait a minute, I think you've just given me additional information on this. You're talking about they're using homeland security [money] for homeland security the same way they did at the Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention.
COLMES: No, no -- let me correct you on that, Ann, you're wrong. The District anticipates spending $8.8 million in overtime pay for DC police because of the inauguration, $2.7 million to pay a thousand-plus officers sent by other jurisdictions across the country because of the inauguration.
COULTER: Right. But they're not spending it on balloons.
COLMES: This is not a homeland security issue --
COULTER: Of course it is.
COLMES: This is directly related to the inauguration of the president.
COULTER: Right. The same way there was additional protection in Boston during the Democratic National Convention and in New York during the Republican National Convention.
COLMES: But it was not passed on to the city of Boston --
COULTER: The way you phrased it made it sound like they were spending it on, you know, balloons.
COLMES: But the DNC paid for it. It wasn't passed on to the city. That's what's going on here. And this city is being told, "Take it out of your homeland security budget."
COULTER: This is the first I've heard that, but I know it's not true. There's something that's wrong.
COLMES: Well, it is true, Ann. Unfortunately, it is true.
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Musicians regularly get together and jam. It's not always serious. Sometimes it's just jazzing about, goofing off, making shit up while still searching for a note, a thread, a pathway to something viable. Actors do the same thing through improvisation. Comedians too.
Writers, however, are rarely thought of as improvisers in the same way. The obvious difference is that writing is a solitary vocation and they're usually not open to input from family, friends, and colleagues until well into revision stage. To put it bluntly, most writers simply don't play well with others.
Collaboration still occurs between writers though. I've always wondered how those things work when two hot-shot novelists get together. Do they sit in the same cramped room together bashing the keys? Does one type while the other dictates, then they switch roles at the end of every chapter?
I figure what ever way crime writers Ken Bruen and Jason Starr managed the practicality of writing their Max & Angela trilogy, they sure as hell had a great time doing it. All three Hard Case Crime mass market paperbacks–Bust, published in 2006; Slide, published in 2007; The Max, published in 2008–feel like two writers having a laugh. It feels like a lark and I haven't giggled so hard reading in a long time. The humor, though, is dark. This is caustic stuff, but always hilarious.
"Max was barely listening to the rabbi's eulogy, but when he realized that everyone was breaking down in tears, he knew he had to show some reaction."
Bust is the most traditionally noir of the three. It introduces our two anti-heroes–schlubby middle-aged businessman Max Fisher and his busty unqualified assistant and mistress Angela Petrakos–and digs a hole deep for the both of them. Neither one of them is smart, to put it nicely, and part of the diabolical fun of the novel is watching these two overconfident idiots get themselves into terrible situations and… get into worse situations.
Max wants to knock off his wife. He hires a sketchy Irishman with mangled lips (they were cut with a broken bottle) named Popeye to do the deed. Popeye claims to be a professional killer, that's why Angela brought him to Max in the first place. It should go off without a hitch, but hardly anything goes right and when Max's wife is horribly murdered it sets off a chain of misfortune that would make the Coen brothers' heads spin.
Novels like Bust, including the rest of the series, are essentially perverse reads. The comedy arises from events that are truly terrible–beatings, murder, kidnapping, and a whole lot of other nasty business. The worse it gets and the farther Max and Angela descend into the pit, the funnier it is. Max is the worst offender of the two. He's arrogant, delusional, and sociopathic. He's one loathsome character, but he's also funny because he's completely clueless about how bad he really is. And as we move through the subsequent books, Max gives into those negative characteristics even more. Angela, a half-Irish-half-Greek American bombshell, is horrible in a whole different way. She's certainly amoral, dumb, and gold-digging. But I think her worst trait is her horrible taste in men. When it comes to hooking-up, the woman would bed a rock if she thought she could squeeze some gold out of it.
"Max's big problem was, despite all he'd been through over the past few months, his ego was all there. He might've looked like a cesspool on the outside, but inside, he was still the same happening, suave, debonair, hip Max Fisher he'd always been."
Slide picks up a year after the events in Bust. Max aka The M.A.X. is now a "big time" coke dealer living in a Manhattan penthouse apartment with his new mistress Felicia (a stripper Max pays to be with him) and his in-house sushi chef. He's living the American Dream, or so he believes. Maybe he's just watched Scarface too many times. Angela has fled to Ireland, her ancestral homeland, in hopes of riding the Celtic Tiger to wealth and fame. But the economic boom has flat-lined and she gets mixed up with an American culture-loving Irish serial killer named Slide, who originally intended to kidnap and murder Angela when she accosted him on a Dublin street. He quickly feels that she's a kindred spirit and Angela, as per her usual routine with bad men, gets stuck with another loser… albeit a very scary, fucked up one.
I missed not having Max and Angela interact like they did in the first novel, but I thoroughly appreciate that Bruen and Starr don't repeat themselves. No fun in that. And while Bust was undoubtedly a comedic book, it still very much adhered to noir tropes in a straightforward manner. Slide's plot is looser. It feels like a free-for-all at times… not that there's anything wrong with that. It feels like two writers jamming.
I don't know how Bruen and Starr actually divided the work load, but you get the feeling that each one tried to set up the other one with improbable (and hilarious) plot complications and then said, "Now, try to get out of that one!" It feels improvisatory to some degree. If you go in looking for a ruthlessly plotted suspense tale, you may throw down the book in frustration. It is suspenseful and quite the page-turner, but this is even more of a lark, and an outrageous one at that. The transformation of Max into The M.A.X. is indeed a sight to behold.
"You got The M.A.X., you don't need nothin' else, dig?"
If The Max was a song, it would be turned to 11. This is one hysterically over-the-top book and slightly better than the second one because it amps everything up to an even more ridiculous level. This kind of far-fetched plotting is understandably not for everyone. And The Max is really out there: The M.A.X. is now in prison, Attica, and reality is crashing down on him hard. Angela is now in Greece, her other ancestral homeland (Ireland didn't work out too well), and trying to live the high life with no money. She gets involved with a suave grifting Englishman, Sebastian, who comes from money but doesn't have any, and the two set off a domino effect of mayhem that will travel halfway 'round the world and end up intersecting with Max at Attica. Toss in a desperate midlist crime writer who wants to write a biography of Max, plenty of crime genre/writing biz in-jokes, loads of politically incorrect humor, and you've got yourself another Hard Case winner.
All noir fiction straddles a line between humor and horror, tragedy and comedy. If the existential odds are stacked up too high against our poor sap protagonist, a writer runs the risk of alienating their reader, pushing them too far. There's only so much trouble a character (and a reader) can take. Maybe the size of one's ego determines how far you can shove them closer to the void. Max–who is oblivious in the first book but turns into a monstrous caricature by the second one and insanely destructive by the third–is unlike any fictional character I've ever run across. At times he comes across like a sociopathic Elmer Fudd… a cartoon character with malicious intent who thinks he's Joe Pesci in Goodfellas, or Al Pacino in DePalma's Scarface remake. The latter comes up a lot in Slide, since Max watches it all the time and tries to pattern his gangsta-lite persona on Pacino to become the de facto King of New York.
Or so he imagines.
If there's one major theme running through these novels, it's self-delusion… of characters not being able to see themselves clearly, of being unable to deal with reality truthfully. For all of the gratuitous violence and extreme situations Bruen and Starr wallow in, they are completely insightful about this negative trait in us. Everyone is capable of self-delusion. I couldn't help, however, seeing this as an exaggerated (because everything in these books is cranked up really high) examination of a specific strain of American self-delusion. If the last ten years has taught us anything (you did learn this lesson, right?), it's that American exceptionalism is a fantasy. You can believe all you want that Americans are inherently different from everyone else in the world. But that kind of destructive thinking only works so long and only within the borders of fortress America. Go out into the world–and I'm not even talking the "exotic" Third World–and try acting like a know-it-all exceptional American. Try it. See how far it gets you on your crusade to win friends and influence people.
Max and Angela are American self-delusion personified. Max adopts personas (badly) throughout the books–loving husband, good boss, ladies' man, murderer, drug kingpin, gangsta, convict, genius. He is incapable of being authentic, incapable of being what he truly is. The frighteningly funny depth of his psychosis is brilliantly shown in how he reacts in the aftermath of his wife's murder. He eventually convinces himself that he didn't hire Popeye and that he was the real victim of the whole affair, not his dead wife. Max was the one suffering.
Angela's delusions are more normal… for what it's worth. She's dumb as hell, but she's aggressive about living the good life. Unfortunately, she's not very good at attaining what she wants. But damn if she doesn't keep trying. That's what you call a real American can-do spirit! Which is not a bad thing, mind you. She's a survivor, no doubt about it.
These are not sympathetic characters. They don't need to be. The only thing that matters in fiction is that the characters are engaging. Noir has always traded on that… not catering to good taste or offering up vanilla protagonists for fear of alienating readers/viewers. The only moral or decent characters in this book–less than a handful–end up either dead or ineffectual… as it should be when we're talking noir.