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Proof that Some Carbs are Good for You
By Michael A. Smith, MD
Glycemic load is important to consider when trying to manage and control sugar metabolism — which is the ultimate goal for diabetics. Why? Because with large sugar spikes there's a greater risk for insulin resistance — the hallmark of type 2 diabetes.
But new research is showing additional benefits of a low glycemic-load diet. It turns out that carbohydrates with a low glycemic load can also lower inflammation and boost blood levels of adiponectin. Let's take a look at each one.
Slowly Digested Carbs Reduce InflammationIn a controlled, randomized feeding study involving 80 men and women — half of normal weight and half overweight or obese — a low glycemic diet in overweight and obese participants reduced levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation, by 22%.1
Lead author and member of the Cancer Prevention Program in Seattle, Marian Neuhouser said, "This finding is important and clinically useful since C-reactive protein is associated with an increased risk for many cancers as well as cardiovascular disease. Showing that a low-glycemic-load diet can improve health is important for the millions of Americans who are overweight or obese."
This supports the research conducted at the University of Toronto. Dr. Masters and colleagues concluded that whole grains with low glycemic load — like quinoa, bulgur wheat, barley, oats, rye — lower CRP and are helpful in treating different types of inflammatory conditions like arthritis.2
So far, so good. But now it gets really interesting. Neuhouser's team identified a key hormone affected by low glycemic carbs, which is called adiponectin.
Low Glycemic Carbs Increase Adiponectin
We call adiponectin a command signal. It's produced and released by fat cells and has profound effects on insulin sensitivity. It's also been shown to have anti-atherosclerotic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-diabetic roles.3-6
Basically, as adiponectin levels increase, insulin sensitivity improves. The result is better sugar metabolism. All of this from complex carbs? Who knew!
The Type of Carb You Eat Makes a Huge DifferenceYes, you can eat carbs — just make sure they're the right kind — those with a low glycemic load. In Neuhouser's study, high-glycemic load carbohydrates were identified as:
- Low in fiber
- Highly processed
- Canned syrups
- White flour
- High in fiber
- No to little processing
- Whole grains and oats
- Not white
Neuhouser is confident in saying, "Because the two diets differed only by glycemic load, we can infer that the changes we observed in important biomarkers were due to diet alone."
The Right Carbs to Eat – Low Glycemic LoadHere's a list of carbs with the lowest glycemic load. These are the carbs to eat and enjoy.
|Glycemic Load
|Oat Bran
|Rolled Oats
Please note: The values shown are from www.nutritiondata.self.com. Each number is based on one cooked serving. Most experts consider a low glycemic load to be less than 25.
Glycemic Load versus Glycemic IndexRemember, glycemic load is a measurement of immediate blood sugar impact — the higher the number, the greater the impact. This is different from glycemic index which is a measurement of sugar content.
A great example that clearly shows how the two are different is watermelon. Take a look at each measurement below:
- Watermelon's glycemic index = 71
- Watermelon's glycemic load = 3
So eat away … well, at least eat within limits. As we know, overeating anything is never a good idea. However, since these low glycemic load carbs can help ease inflammation and improve sugar metabolism, they're certainly worth working into your diet.
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- J Nutr. 2010 Mar;140(3):587-94.
- Atheroscler Suppl. 2005 May;6(2):7-14.
- Int J Cardiol. 2008 May 7;126(1):53-61.
- Clin Nutr. 2004 Oct;23(5):963-74.
- Diabetes Obes Metab. 2003 Sep;5(5):349-53.


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Hey guess what everyone? The NFL network has helpfully offered you a segment where Vanilla Ice offers words of wisdom to Tim Tebow for sustained professional success. I want to kill myself.
Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger also gets in on the act because, well, I have no earthly idea. Because he heroically landed a plane in the Hudson river and Tebow heroically ditched his shirt for a slow motion rain run?
Mary Lou Retton discusses getting autograph requests from underneath a bathroom stall because let's piss all over the excitement of the first Sunday of the NFL season.
William Hung is still alive and talking to people.
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It's no surprise that President Obama spent much of his State of the Union address Tuesday night tackling two of the most critical problems facing our nation: the weak economy and dwindling access to education. He devoted plenty of rhetorical energy to convincing the American people that he has big ideas for improving these thoroughly intertwined challenges.
But one proven solution that didn't make it into his speech is far under the radar of most politicians, policy wonks, and pundits: a two-generation strategy to educate families and bring them out of poverty. Simply put, this means programs that educate poor Americans by providing services that empower both children and adults.
For too long the United States has bifurcated social services, as if individuals aren't rooted in families, just because they happen not to live like the Huxtables. Many government and privately funded programs provide subsidized daycare, but do little to help mothers find and keep jobs. Some provide job training, without addressing the mammoth challenge parents face of finding reliable and affordable daycare.
In not serving the whole family unit – whatever it looks like – America not only fails the poor, but perpetuates cycles of poverty that strain the wellbeing of our entire economy.
America should be focused on equipping its most vulnerable citizens with the tools necessary for economic mobility. And those vulnerable citizens are invariably children and single mothers. Though the strained economy has been hard on Americans across the board, a whopping 40.7 percent of single parent households are struggling below the poverty line – the majority being single-mother households.
Further, these inequities fall along deep racial lines. In 2010, 47.6 percent of black and 50.3 percent of Hispanic single-mother families lived in poverty, compared with 32.7 percent of white and 30.1 percent of Asian single-mother families. These concentrations of poverty, the result of centuries of structural and even strategic racism, demand structural and strategic solutions.
Despite endless hand-wringing about the stubborn grip of poverty, solutions do exist. Quality early education and parents' educational attainment are among the best predictors of economic mobility. This all adds up to a fairly intuitive and still little acknowledged approach: educate young children and their single mothers simultaneously and you create a real possibility for systemic change.
Programs operating with this philosophy have been popping up throughout the country for the last couple of decades, largely unnoticed. The Jeremiah Program, a nonprofit organization that receives a combination of foundation, corporate, and private funding, first started in Minneapolis in 1998 with a mission of eradicating poverty. After much deliberation, the program adopted a model to serve single mothers. They are given free housing. (Women pay 30 percent of their income for rent, which averages $135 per month). And they get life skills and job training while their children are given early education opportunities – all over a two- to three-year period.
The success is startling. Women apply and enter the program earning an average of $8.39 an hour and leave with career-track employment, earning an average livable wage of $15-16 an hour. Ninety percent of program graduates maintain consistent employment, and 55 percent go on to obtain a four-year degree. Ninety-five percent of alumnae mothers report that their children are performing at or above grade level. Jeremiah Program's goal is to have a presence in 12 cities by 2020.
How expensive is it to get these kinds of results? Jeremiah Program's cost per family is approximately $25,000 annually. That may sound like a lot, until one considers the alternatives. This same population – without a comprehensive, two-generation approach – is typically served piecemeal and at considerable cost to the public.
A poor, single mother and her child are often likely to utilize, for example, out-of-home placement (foster care, temporary guardianships) and chemical dependency treatment. They are also often likely to have encounters with the criminal justice system, require emergency room service, and need ongoing welfare support. In addition to being punitive and largely unsuccessful in breaking cycles of poverty, this kind of scatter shot government intervention is estimated to cost as much as $98,000 per family annually. That means that taxpayers save $6 for every one invested in Jeremiah families.
Similar success stories and program costs are demonstrated by organizations like Keys to Degrees in Beverly, Mass., and Career Advance in Tulsa, Okla.
Ascend, the family economic security program at the Aspen Institute, recently commissioned a study by Lake Research Partners to find out what single parents, again mostly mothers, themselves want and need. Parents surveyed in five different cities attested that they knew education was the key to uplift – both for their children and for themselves – and they liked the idea of programs that addressed their entire family. Though some did express ambivalence about residential approaches, which might feel isolating, there was an overall sense that single mothers, especially, want opportunities that educate multiple generations.
Though much hay has been made about the fact that Americans are facing the first time in history when the majority of parents are not confident that their kids will be "better off" than they are, there is one beautiful exception. Single mothers, when surveyed by Lake Research Partners, still believed that their kids had a chance at something better. One African American single mother in Detroit described her simple dream for her family: "A secure life, like for my children to have something that they can start with, but I think a lot of times we don't have anything to start with."
Programs that operate with an enlightened two-generation approach to eradicating poverty – educating parents and their children in a coordinated, supportive program – are just that: something to start with. As the presidential election season revs up, let's remind the candidates that it is interventions like these – proven and profound – that will really make a difference in the quality of our citizens' lives.
Courtney E. Martin is the author of "Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists," in addition to four other books, and a speaker. Learn more about her at www.courtneyemartin.com.


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I really like the way you can (easy) pick which area's (items) will be colored or B&W. I started thinking having this in place it can't be that difficult to give the option to clear the B&W area's and so more or less cut out your subject from the picture.
Hert, am I right and is this an idea to make the app even more usefull.
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Lindsey Foster joined the Cal State Northridge women's basketball program as an assistant coach prior to the start of the 2010-11 season.
Before arriving at Cal State Northridge, Lindsey Foster was an assistant coach at UC Riverside since 2004. During the 2003-04 campaign, Foster served as an undergraduate assistant coach at her alma mater, Northern Arizona University.
As an assistant coach at UC Riverside, Foster helped elevate the Highlanders to one of the top collegiate women's basketball programs in the Western United States.
In six seasons as an assistant coach, UC Riverside enjoyed five winning seasons including a school record 21 wins in 2006-07, three trips to the NCAA Tournament, one journey to the women's NIT, and three championships at the Big West Tournament. In the last two seasons alone (2008-09, 2009-10), UC Riverside produced 36 wins, 25 victories in Big West competition, two post-season berths, and six all-conference players including the 2009 Big West Conference Player of the Year.
Foster graduated from Northern Arizona University (NAU) in 2004 with a degree in Health Promotion, an emphasis in Secondary Education and a minor in Biology.
As a player at Northern Arizona, Foster is NAU's all-time leader in career assists, steals, and free throw percentage (.818). Foster's name appears in NAU's Top-10 in 14 other categories. A four-year starter and letter winner, Foster gained Big Sky Conference Honorable Mention honors twice. She was also a four-time Golden Eagle Scholar from 2000-03.


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Carnotaurus - delving into self-parody?/
This is Carnotaurus sastrei, a theropod that seems to be little more than a mouth with a set of legs to carry it around. Carnotaurus belongs to an aberrant group of theropods called abelisaurs, which dominated much of the southern hemisphere during the Cretaceous. While all abelisaurs appear odd to our tetanuran-biased eyes, it seems like Carnotaurus is striving for weirdness as a means to its own end; as if it were making some sort of meta-commentary on abelisaur diversity.
I should take a moment to make a public service announcement: I apologize for my absence from blogging and other social media that last several weeks - I've been producing more than a few new skeletals (on a schedule), so time has become a scarce resource. On the upshot, several of the new skeletals address blog-worthy topics, so I'm going to produce some shorter posts that examine them.
One of the questions raised in the comments of a previous post involved the hyoid bones - the bones that support several muscles, including in dinosaurs the tongue musculature. Being long, slender bones that don't directly articulate to other bones, hyoids are often not found (and other times are probably not collected or m-identified). Even when they are found, their lack of a direct connection to other bones makes restoring them problematic. In Carnotaurus this wasn't a problem, as they were found in direct association with the underside of the mandible, apparently in their life position. The fact that extensive skin impressions were found with Carnotaurus reinforces the likelihood that the soft tissue holding the hyoid in place had not been disturbed.
In the skeletal above you can see part of the hyoid sticking out from under the bottom-rear part of the jaw. Part of the hyoid is obscured, but there's not much I can do about that. Having the hyoid is actually pretty useful - the trachea and esophagus have to pass through it (or above it), so having a properly positioned hyoid constrains the throat tissue.
Carnotaurus is also striking due to its advanced arm reduction - in side view the arms almost disappear, as they don't even extend past the stomach. What on Earth could such arms be used for? Hold on to that thought, as I'm not ready to go public with my thoughts on that just yet. But it sure reinforces the "legs carrying a head" image.
Finally, for those of you paleo-artists out there considering Carnotaurus as your next paleo-subject, I wanted to point out something not obvious in side view: Carnotaurus is really flat on top. The transverse processes on the tail actually stick up in a V-shape that reaches just about to the level of the neural spine. Persons & Currie recently described how this impacts the tail muscles (TL;DR version is the tail is very wide at the base, and quite flat on top).
From Person's & Currie
The back and neck also have osteological structures that raise up to, or above the level of the neural spine. So most of the animal should be restored as having a remarkably flat top. Given how narrow the head is, this must have produced a really strange life appearance.
A final note on the skeletal itself: while Carnotaurus is a wonderfully complete specimen, the lower legs and much of the tail is missing, so those elements were restored after its close cousin Aucasaurus.


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Finger painting is a fun and simple way for children to express their creativity. Most children love how finger paints feel on their skin. They enjoy the smooth texture and coolness of the paints.
Aside from the textural pleasure, finger painting can help strengthen the muscles in the hands and fingers. This is also a brilliant way for children to exercise their muscles, which will eventually help them on how to hold a pencil properly.
Tapping your hand lightly on the paper, then slowly lifting it will leave your hand shape print.
Scratching with one finger tip or nail onto the wet paint will leave a different effect on the paper, compared to using your hands. This process is called Sgraffito; it is a painting procedure where the artist scratches the paint to revel areas of the surface underneath.
I hope you will open the jars of finger paint and allow the children to get messy, and have loads of fun!


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Fuels Tax - General Information
When is the fuels tax imposed?
Fuels tax is imposed as the fuels leave the terminal rack. The terminal rack is the point at which fuels physically leave a terminal and are delivered into a tank truck, rail car, or other means of transfer. The only exception is when fuels are imported into Virginia by ways other than the terminal transfer system or when fuels are blended in Virginia outside the terminal transfer system. In these cases, taxes are imposed upon import or blending.
What are the categories of fuel in Virginia?
Virginia divides fuels into two categories: motor fuels and alternative fuels.
- Motor fuels include gasoline, diesel fuels, blended fuels, and aviation fuels.
- Alternative fuels are defined as a combustible gas, liquid, or other energy source that can be used to generate power to operate a highway vehicle and that are not motor fuels. All Alternative Fuels are required to be converted to the Gasoline Gallon Equivalent (GGE) before reporting. A list of alternative fuels and their conversion formulas, along with a conversion tool, is available on Converting Alternative Fuels to GGE.
What are the fuel tax rates in Virginia?
You can obtain tax rates for motor and alternative fuels by referring to the Fuels Tax Rates page.
What fees are collected with the fuels tax?
In addition to the fuels tax, a Storage Tank Fee (.006) is collected on each gallon of the following fuels sold and delivered or used in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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The storage tank fee will not be imposed on any of these fuels when they are sold and delivered to the United States government for exclusive use. In addition, the storage tank fee will not be imposed on alternative fuel or aviation jet fuel.
Who needs a license?
If you are buying or selling fuel in bulk in Virginia, or if you are importing or exporting fuel in bulk, you may be required to obtain a license. Distributors and Permissive Suppliers may elect to be licensed.
Who pays the tax to DMV?
Suppliers, Importers, Blenders, Aviation Consumer, Alternative Fuel Providers, Retailers of Alternative Fuel, and Bulk Users of Alternative Fuel pay the fuels tax to DMV.
For more information, please refer to Paying Fuels Tax
Who files fuel activity information?
All persons issued a Virginia fuels tax license are required to file fuel activity information EXCEPT exporters.
When are the fuel activity information and the payments due?
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Nihonbashi is the heart of Japan's financial district and a preferred location of several large pharmaceutical companies. Wakamatsu building is located in the up-town area of Nihonbashi, offering an extremely desirable corporate address. Tokyo's main Mitsukoshi store and Takashimaya stores are within walking distance and together with newly opened shopping malls such as COREDO Muromachi and YUITO, also within three minutes walking distance from the building, the area has become more attractive than ever.
Contrary to its reputation of being a predominant financial district in Japan today, Nihonbashi brings a lot of history and culture to the area. Literally named "Japan Bridge" after the famous bridge in Nihonbashi from which all the distances in Japan are measured.
From Narita International Airport: 60 min by Narita Express to Tokyo Station, 2 min by JR Line from Tokyo Station to Shin Nihonbashi Station 75 min by Airport Limousine bus to Mandarin Oriental Hotel. From Haneda Airport (Tokyo International Airport): 17 min by Keikyu Line or Tokyo Monorail to Hamamatsucho Station, 8 min by JR Line from Hamamatsucho Station to Kanda Station 30 min by Airport Limousine bus to Yaesu South Exit of Tokyo Station, 2 min by JR Line from Tokyo Station to Shin Nihonbashi Station.
Right across the street from Exit 6 of Shin-Nihonbashi Station on JR Sobu line. 3 min walk from Exit A9 of Mitsukoshi-mae Station on Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and Hanzomon Line. 5 min walk from South Exit of Kanda Station on JR Line. 5 min walk from Exit 3 of Kodenmacho Station on Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line.
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The Fantasy Book Recommendation Thread
Well, I'm always on the lookout for good books to read. And usually when someone mentions a good book to me, I think to myself "Hey, I'll have to look into picking that up." Of course, by the time I make it to the bookstore I've completely forgotten what book I'm looking for. So, I thought I'd start a thread to keep those recommendations where I can find them.
I'd like to keep the thread primarily fantasy, and it would be nice if you would provide a bit of description. Also snazzy would be a link to the book on amazon.
I'll list a few of my favorites to get things started.
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
Probably best described as "Science Fantasy", Zelazny manages to mix technology with good old fashioned fantasy elements. The prose is excellent and he manages to fill things with flavor without being overly wordy.
Ill Met in Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber
The first book in the reprinted Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser series. Lieber is a great mood setter and these stories come across both witty and darkly humorous. There are three other volumes that complete the series, all well worth the read.
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
The first book in the Song of Ice and Fire series. Definitely the best new fantasy series I've read in a long time. Martin's characters are grittily realistic and the world comes alive. This is followed up by A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords
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Wow. You have great timing Gral. So far next to my brother's name on the Christmas list is "Book - ??"
Frostwing by Richard a. Knaak.
Elements of gothic romance, epic fantasy and horror story blend in this intriguing tale of a centuries-old curse destined to be fulfilled in, of all places, Chicago. Grigori Nicolau has wandered the earth for hundreds of years, but he's unable to recall his origin or most of his past. The source of his confusion is a giant gargoyle who materializes in Grigori's dreams and systematically removes pieces of his memory. *Stolen from Amazon*
Running With the Demon by Terry Brooks
Another modern fantasy book; and the first in a trilogy. It's a good book, where the Hero isn't someone you'd want to be, and the Villain is the perfect manipulating evil, that always seems one step ahead. A good read, with likeable characters, and a good pace.
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Personally I hate almost all fantasy books
However, Robin Hobb is the light in the darkness. Somehow she does the impossible and writes good books which happen to be fantasy
Currently she has three trilogies all set in the same world (they all mesh together nicely) and a fourth is in the works
The Farseer Trilogy
1.Assassin's Apprentice
2. Royal Assassin
3. Assassin's Quest
Starring Fitz, and the Six Duchies
The Liveship Traders Trilogy
1. Ship of Magic
2. The Mad Ship
3. Ship of Destiny
Starring Bingtown and the Vestrit family, further South down the coast from the Duchies
The Tawny Man Trilogy
1. Fool's Errand
2. The Golden Fool
3. Fool's Fate
And back up the coast to the Duchies with Fitz many years on
I don't really want to mention the plots as I feel that even knowing what they are about might spoil the fun (I started the first one when my Brother thrust it at me after I said I'd run out of things to read). Just go to the shops. Now. Buy them. Read them. Understand what well written fiction is.
BRR just likes to punish us. He does it because we are weak. --The Alcotroll
I have nothing to say except the following:
I want to have George Martin's lovechild. That is all.
If you haven't, check out The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind.
The first book is Wizard's first rule, This guy tells killer stories and I like his style.
The world it takes place in develops with each chapter thoughout the [nine-book] series. www.terrygoodkind.com
I'm not a major Stephen King fan but he wrote a really good fantasy novel which I seem to remember as something like The (or behind the) eyes of the Dragon.
In fact that's where I picked up on the screenname Flagg.
We all live n learn, when we survive.
War of the Spider Queen Series. Especially Dissolution, the first one.
More of my recommendations:
Conan by Robert E. Howard
I'm talking about the original stories, not the stuff written or edited by anyone else. In my opinion, the real beauty of Howard is in the way he tells a story. The descriptions are impressively vivid and concise. The original versions of the stories are in the process of being reprinted, with two volumes currently available and more slated for the future.
The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian
The Bloody Crown of Conan
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson
Depending on who you talk to, these books are either excellent or horrible. I'm in the group that considers them excellent. Definitely a different take on a fantasy hero. Donaldson excels at drawing you into the motivations and feelings of his characters.
Lord Foul's Bane
The Illearth War
The Power that Preserves
What about the Second Chronicles?
Third Chronicles, too, now.
"When I read Grey's Anatomy, my mouth waters. Does that make me a bad person?"
I figured if you like the first ones, you'll probably read the second chronicles. In my opinion, they are better written than the first. I haven't read the third chronicles yet, but book 1 is on my christmas list.
If you are interested in Thomas Convenant, then Gilden Fire is also noteworthy. It's basically a chapter that was cut from the original chronicles, told from the point of view of one of the Bloodguard (Korik, I believe).
I have another two series of books to recommend and I think both fall under the category of fantasy. Plus this thread needed revival as I've been needing something to read for a while now and as much as Fantasy isn't usually my bag, I may well take a ch-chance.
I'm bad at writing the little blurbs for these. This is largely to do with how I pick and read books. I try to know as little about them as possible. I soley base my decisions on people saying "such and such is good" and following authors I like. I prefer everything about a book to be a suprise and I refuse to read the blurbs on the back (often those things give far too much away).
Both of these should be obvious...
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
1. The Northern Lights
2. The Subtle Knife
3. The Amber Spyglass
Allegedly these are children's books but I'm not entirely sure that children could appreciate them as fully as they should be. I'd rather not spoil anything, and I'm sure you've heard of these, so if you haven't read them then do.
The Dark Tower by Stephen King
1. The Gunslinger
2. The Drawing of the Three
3. The Wasteland
4. Wizard and Glass
5. Wolves of the Calla
6. Song of Susannah
7. The Dark Tower
Personally I'm waiting on book 5 to come out in paperback (I dislike hardback novels as much as I dislike paperback text books). These books manage to catch the essence of fantasy while subscribing to few of the common cliches of fantasy tales which is quite a feat. Don't worry if you've read other Stephen King novels and disliked them, I'm told that these are something really quite different from his normal work.
The books start with a man following at the heels of another man across the desert. The Dark tower is Roland's destination and he knows this from the outset and once again I Don't want to say anything more in case I give anything away.
... in other news, Hurrah! Robin Hobb is writing a new book.
BRR just likes to punish us. He does it because we are weak. --The Alcotroll
I read the first three gunslinger books before SK got creamed by a drunk driver, which induced a lengthy recovery period and an even lengthier break from writing. He seems to have taken them up with a vengeance since his muse finally returned, although in the interim I've somewhat lost interest. Maybe I'll pick them up again, though.
I might as well list some of the big ones.
Magician by Raymond E. Feist
If you've read his later works and were discouraged, don't let it stop you from checking this one out. It was his first book and the hight of his work. It was that good enough to sustain every other book that came afterwards - think the original Star Wars saga compared to the new ones. People who are familiar with DnD will notice the similarities as the world was one created by a roleplaying group. (That may be hearsay)
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Dune by Frank Herbert
1. Dune
There are a bunch more to the series, but this is the only one I've read. Well, sort of read. After managing to avoid reading this for nearly 25 years, I finally caved. I'm about bout 3/4 of the way through and I am really enjoying it.
And my other blurbs weren't too revealing were they?
I believe there is a copy of Dune in what used to be the spare room at home (ir is now something more like the archive room of a library). I may have to dig it out as it comes under the list of "things I really should read"
BRR just likes to punish us. He does it because we are weak. --The Alcotroll
Hmmm. Well, I'll go back and fix the first one, as it does contain a brief overview of the plot. The rest were more descriptions of the author's style and general notations about why I liked them. I figure that information is useful for people trying to decide if it's something they might like or not.
And my copy of Dune was purchased for 50 cents at a flea market or something, many many years ago. I recall it floating around my room for a long while, back when I lived with my folks and finally making it's way into their attic. Recently, they cleaned out the attic and it turned up once more . . .
Susan Cooper - The Dark Is Rising sequence
Children's books, but wasted on them. The second book is my favourite, and the first my least favourite - I'd recommend starting with the second. (It's OK to do that, because the first two books introduce a group of characters each and have self-contained stories - then the groups meet in the third book.)
1 - Over Sea, Under Stone
2 - The Dark Is Rising
3 - Greenwitch
4 - The Grey King
5 - Silver On The Tree
The 'modern' world' of the books (they are set in England and Wales...mostly) is a bit dated now, as they were written between 1965 and 1977 - but that didn't spoil them for me. They also draw heavily on English myth and folklore; I don't know any US-types who have read them and would be interested to know how/if the stories work for non-Brits.
Dreams are true while they last,
and do we not live in dreams?
- Tennyson
Sheesh Kebeb! I remember reading those. Must have been at prep at the time...
Phillip Pulman's 'His Dark Materials' are pretty good too, and similarly wasted on children.
Ursula LeGuin's 'Wizard of Earthsea' quartet is good (though most of her others are rubbish).
And I can't believe I haven't got around to plugging Steven Erikson's epic saga (yes, it's one of those...) that starts with Gardens of the Moon. I heartily reccomend any Fantasy novel with beleivable military campaigns in it, and the characters are refreshingly gritty and cynical too. No honest-yeomen-turned-shining-heroes here.
My little brother started reading Robert Jordan's 'Wheel of Time' series, which looked vaguely promising (for all that the first few chapters of the first book were a hugely blatant Tolkien rip-off). Unfortunately, we're now as far as book six, and the main characters are still the same bunch of stupid, inbred peasants they were when they started.
It would distress me too much to explain here, but you'll understand when you read the books. Every chapter one of them is faced with some sort of life-and-death choice, and each persists in doing the most moronic and counter-intuitive thing possible. After a while you run out of empathy and start wanting to crawl inside the pages so's you can give them a good kicking.
"Is French kissing not kissing with tongues? And is French cricket not cricket with tongues?"
The Dragonlance series by many authors
i like the ones by Marget Weis and Tracy Hickman
I just finished the last book of the Legend series
Test of the Twins
Love and Peace!
Wouldn't Dune be Sci-Fi?
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I was in a bookstore the other day, and they proudly had a list of their top 5 selling science-fiction books. Unfortunately only one of them actually was science-fiction (the Hitchhiker's Guide), the rest were fantasy-fiction.
This amused me.
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It's a blurry line at best, most things to do with genres are. I think music genre determination is one of the most bloody battlegrounds in the known universe.
BRR just likes to punish us. He does it because we are weak. --The Alcotroll
Pretty much any bookstore I've been in groups Science Fiction and Fantasy together, so it wasn't really my intent to make a rigid distinction.
Science Fiction is nothing more than a subcategory. It might put an emphasis on science and technology, but at the end of the day, it is Fantasy. Hence the two are lumped together.
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A Brazilian neuroscientist is racing to finish a mind-controlled exoskeleton that is scheduled to debut in less than 50 days at the opening ceremonies for the World Cup.
Miguel Nicolelis, a professor of neurosciences at Duke University, told ABC News that he is counting down "the hours" before the exoskeleton -- made to help paraplegic patients walk again -- is scheduled to debut on the field during the World Cup opening ceremonies in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
"Running out of time is out of the question. When you make a promise to 250 million people, you can't run out of time," said Nicolelis. "We left last night at 3:30 a.m. and back at 9:30 a.m. Everybody knows that we will never have anything like [this] again."
Nicolelis is running the Walk Again Project along with an international group of at least 100 scientists and researchers to develop the device. The machine is "worn" by the user and has small motors inside to help a paralyzed person walk or even kick a ball.
The Amazing First Steps of an Exoskeleton
The user wears a cap fitted with electrodes that read the users' brain waves and allow them to control the device through these sensors. The machine "reads these" electrodes so that it starts walking. Running so far is out of the question.
"We're on track so—the most important part is the human part. They're all trained and all ready to go," said Nicolelis of the volunteers who are trained to operate the machine.
During the opening ceremonies one volunteer will wear the robotic suit, walk onto the field, and a kick a ball.
Although mind-controlled exoskeletons have been used before, Nicolelis said this is the most involved machine and says while the machine's movements are limited they are not simply pre-programmed into the device. Nicolelis said the users have had to practice controlling the device in a simulator to mimic the noise and pressure of walking onto the field during the world cup.
"We created distractions. Even in the middle of that huge sound and [with] people screaming and people rooting we were able to do it," said Nicolelis. "You can get focused to your task if you train a little bit."


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Perhaps you're a couple of years into your first job, and are contributing to your 401(k). Maybe you have a family and a mortgage, and are thinking about your next steps. Or maybe you're an empty nester, and looking forward to retirement. Whatever your stage in life, you might come to a point where you're wondering: Do I need help investing my money? At this point, you're probably considering a financial advisor, but how can you find a financial adviser you can trust? Use these four tips to help you make a decision that works for you, no matter your stage in life!
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FINRA Series 6: Looking for a financial planner who can sell mutual funds? You'll want an advisor that has passed his or her Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Series 6 exam.
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Financial advisors do not work for free. Typically, they are paid two different ways:
Fee-Only: This means your financial advisor will charge you a rate based on what assets they are managing.
Commission: A financial advisor may also be paid via commission, based on what products you purchase from him or her. This is more common when selling annuities, life insurance or disability insurance.
Determining what a financial advisor will charge and when can help you make a decision that works best for you. Feel free to sit down with the advisor and ask what he/she charges for their services. There may be an initial planning fee, for example. Cost shouldn't be your only factor in choosing a financial advisor, but it's best to understand these aspects up-front.
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Trail and Pleasure Saddles: Trail Saddles are our best seller product. They are Light weight with a deep padded seat, designed for maximum comfort for horse and rider allowing a more enjoyable trail ride.
Differences: Padded seats, wider stirrups and light weight
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The trail saddle is also known as a pleasure saddle. It is specifically designed for pleasure riding. Comfort is the main goal of the saddle. Spending hours in a saddle over an uneven terrain will really make you appreciate a saddle that is designed to lessen the wear on your body and make your experience a lot more enjoyable. Since most riders will not be doing heavy work on their pleasure rides, Trail and Pleasure saddles are much lighter weight than working saddles, such as ranch or roping saddles. Because trail saddles are so popular and the choice of so many riders, you will notice they come in more styles than any other western saddle type. You can still choose from a wide variety of trees, swells, horns, seats, and skirt styles.
The most common features of a trail and pleasure saddle include:
- Higher fork to help you stay more secure in your saddle
- Thinner horn to hold on to, opposed to dallying a cow to
- Most often they have a padded seat
- Cantle of medium height and with a pronounced dish (recess in the front side) for comfort
- Most often has cutout or round skirts so that it will lessen bulk and weight
- The fenders are positioned underneath the rider's body to assure the rider is in the proper riding position
- Stirrups with wide tread for comfort and stability
- Double rigging to tighten the back of the saddle down
- In-skirt rigging to lessen the weight
- Some include a Breast Collar to ensure the saddle won't slide backwards while climbing hills
- Multiple saddle strings for tying gear and jackets
- All around lighter weight saddle
Trail or pleasure saddles are the most commonly purchased saddles today. Most riders simply ride for pleasure and do not require heavy working saddles. Because of their popularity, the trail and pleasure saddle type is also where you'll most often see new materials (i.e. synthetics) first appear and gain traction. While some pleasure riders prefer the security, comfort, and tradition of the ranch-type saddle, the trail and pleasure saddle, with its lighter weight and many varieties, will be the ticket for the majority of riders.


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I'm trying to solve a system of springs and masses that is confusing me. First, the balls are all lined up linearly. Secondly, the ball in the middle has a smaller mass $m$ while the first and last balls have a larger mass of $M$. The larger balls are each connected to the middle ball with a spring with a spring constant of $k$. They are assumed to move in the right direction and there is no additional external force.
x_1 x_2 x_3
*--------*---------* ------> x
M k m k M
I'm trying to solve this system using the eigenvalue concept, but I'm having trouble. I've dealt with a two mass spring system, but never a three mass, so I'm a bit confused.
From what I gather, I just set the $\ddot{x}$ to $F/m$ and set up the matrix, much like for a two mass system. But I don't know how to do that with the third mass. Like for example, for $\ddot{x}_1$, I think that we have
$$0 -(k/m)(x_1-x_2) -(k/M)(x_2-x_3) $$
and for $\ddot{x}_2$
$$ 0 -(k/m)(x_2-x_1) -(k/M)(x_2-x_3)$$
and for $\ddot{x}_3$
$$ 0+0-(k/M)(x_3-x_2)$$
but I really don't know if I'm right. I highly doubt it. So if some kind soul could tell me what I'm doing wrong/right and point me in the next direction, I would be forever grateful.