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*** Lesson Details ***
You will learn to play with ease and proficiency while learning the Music Theory that supports your playing. You will also receive ear training, which will make learning more rapid, and more thorough.
*** Studio Equipment ***
Studio with pianos; parents can sit in on lessons.
*** Travel Equipment ***
When needed, I provide printed learning supplements or in e-mail. The student should hav
*** Specialties ***
Gospel, Classical, Pop, Inspirational, Sacred, Wedding, etcetera
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· Violin · In studio
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Glenda J.
Glenda J.
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I have been teaching music lessons both privately in schools and in my home for over ten years.
I take beginners as well as intermediate students.
The students learn the lines and spaces of both Treble and Bass Clefs with me during their regular music lesson. They also learn the note values and the time and key signatures in both clefs. This is done at the same time of their music lesson.
I also use the tool of Music Ace Deluxe for their computer, which the students find a lot of fun, and it is a easy way to remember the theory that they have learned in their lesson. I also teach music theory as a memory skill by use of some games and flash cards. Music Theory is something they they will use for the rest of their lives.
About Kathy
I received my Bachelor of Arts from Marygrove College in Detroit in Language Arts with minors in Music Education and History,and my Masters Degree from Wayne State University in Education with emphasis on English as a Second Language and Sign Language for the Deaf. I have studied Music Education for K-5 at Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan.
I am also a published author of five children's books. You can find them through my
I also tutor for Take Lessons Grades 1 to Grade 8 all subjects except higher level Math.
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Piano: All students start out learning both Treble and Bass Clefs, and their lines and spaces. Each student then starts to learn their major scales with both right and left hand for piano. They also learn the note values, and are able to put them together in a song. I use Michael Aaron curriculum, which takes in all of the above and their technique lessons. I use all the Michael Aaron Book One, Lessons, Theory, Technic, and Performance Books for any student that is age 6 and above and I would ask that parents would buy them from Anderson Music in Dearborn, Michigan as well as any other lesson books listed below before they come to my home for lessons.
Cello: Using String Builder and Strictly Strings, the students learn the bass clef, lines and spaces, scales, and songs. Students will learn how to hold their bow correctly.I have played cello in the Waterford New Horizons Concert Band for over six years. I have also been the only cellist they have as a member of the band.
Violin: Using String Builder and Strictly Strings, students will learn lines and spaces of the treble clef, note values, major scales, and songs. Students will learn how to hold their bow correctly.
Drums: Using Rockin' Rhythm Raps, and using drum pads instead of drums, students will learn the correct way to hold drum sticks and the rhythms of all the notes in the treble and bass clefs. They will also learn songs to play.
*** Studio Equipment ***
Upright piano w/ seating for parents
*** Specialties ***
I enjoy teaching beginners in any area, because then you can see how far they have come at the end of the year.
· Piano · In studio
· Piano · In studio
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· Piano · In studio
Kathy B.
Kathy B.
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This is great for all students of guitar and music in general. It helps the student understand the mechanics of the instrument; and how music in general works and blends those sounds we love.
I highly recommend at least a basic idea of music theory for all students.
About Bill
From first lesson beginners to highly advanced students; and from simple songs to elaborate music theory, improvisation, and songwriting development; all are welcome to sign up with this patient, and highly recommended teacher.
Starting guitar lessons at a very young age; Bill went on to win many regional, national, and international awards through out his formative years as a student. Writing and recording in several different styles over the years; and also being a vocalist and songwriter; he founded Indie Fusion trio The Static Dia
Feel free to message with any questions about potential lessons; we'd love to hear from you!.
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As an instructor, I start students with the basics (open chords, major/minor and blues scales, general rhythm/timing, and beginner technique), and like to get at least a basic ability to sight read (music notation).
For younger students, I get them started on a beginner book for sight reading music and simple/basic songs to start with and build up their ability.
If a student is a little more capable, we start on a more modern/popular song they like. For my more advanced students, we get into music theory (cycle of fifths, harmony, chord language, etc.) and with some students we study specific genres.
My approach is one of building up a student's self confidence, and ultimately making learning fun. I take teaching seriously and value my student's time; so I work to get the most out of them, and to make their lessons worth while. All ages and levels are welcome!
*** Studio Equipment ***
Studio space in Helen's of Troy. Office is furnished with seating, music stand, and amplifier.
Student must have their own instrument and pick.
*** Specialties ***
I'm a singer/songwriter as well as a guitar player/instructor, so the construction and arranging of a song; from the music to the lyrics; are very much within my experience and teaching.
· Guitar · In studio
· Guitar · In home
· Guitar · In studio
Bill G.
Bill G.
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Music theory instruction is included for each instrument I teach, which includes, notes of music, major and minor keys, scales, chord construction, reading, ear training, timing and rhythm, improvising and how to play songs, i teach not just to play but to understand what you are playing.
About Ivan
*** Lesson Details ***
Depending on the student's current level of understanding music and playing your instrument, i start with the healthy way to play your instrument, traditional left hand and right hand techniques, learning exercises, scales, chords, keys, ear training for how to find the part in songs, also music theory including how to read music, and improvising, then different styles of playing bass and guitar, including thump and pluck, now known as slap bass, hammer and tap, harmonics, flamenco and more, most of all i make it fun. With practice you will know how to play your instrument very well, or if you just want to learn songs or licks, its all good i work for you. are you ready? i am, lets go
*** Travel Equipment ***
i can provide a bass, a guitar, a keyboard and amp, but i expect student to have their own instrument and amp to practice
*** Specialties ***
i teach all genres, and i teach you to understand the music on your instrument.
· Bass Guitar · Online
· Guitar · Online
· Bass Guitar · Online
Ivan W.
Ivan W.
About Marc M.Close
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Theory is used in all lessons, but I do specialize in concentrated classes applying the concept of music theory. This is to either boost the complexion of your original material, or to better understand genres of existing music. All Genres are covered, Classical, Jazz and Mainstream. As you learn I show you fast and easy to understand methods to apply these concepts into your guitar playing.
About Marc
I am a classically trained guitarist that performs both as a soloist and for ensemble in a wide variety of styles. I graduated in 1996 from Schoolcraft College with an Associates degree in Music performance, and then, studying under the tutelage of Brian Roberts went on to receive my Bachelor's degree in Guitar Performance with a secondary in Jazz from Wayne State University in 2004. While at Wayne State and along the way I've performed and participated in several masterclasses with renowned artists: William Kanengiser, John Holmquest, Philip Candelaria, Jason Vieaux, Scott Tennant, and Antigoni Goni. I have also completed the teacher requirements for books 1-a and 1-b for the Suzuki Guitar Institute.
Many of my classical guitar and electric guitar students have went on to study further at the collegiate level, some achieving scholarships. My most recent students are current Berklee school of music graduates now in a band called "Flight of Fire", recently opened for Bonjovi this past summer and are getting air time on local radio stations... well on their way to living the dream! â¦the bulk of my students become full time professional musicians.
*** Lesson Details ***
I am an extremely patient person who has been teaching for over 20 years. I am laid back so there will be no pressure. With my electric and steel string guitar students, I host a special "Jam Session" 2 - 3 times a year to which will be one of your goals to participate in. This includes playing with a drummer, bassist, singer and another guitar player (usually me) and having it recorded. This should serve as your motivation to practice. This really eliminates the need for me to pull out a "yardstick" and "smack" your hands over the knuckles when not practicing your scales as many old traditional teachers may have done!
At your first lesson I will talk with you and give you examples of music that is played with a Flat-Pick, or music that uses the Finger-Style technique. This will be an important process as it will dictate which direction you will go in as a musician and especially during our lessons.
For the most part, playing with a Flat-Pick is generally used with the electric guitar and with most mainstream styles of music like "Rock and Roll", "Blues", "Rock-a-Billy" "Funk", and playing with the Finger-Style technique is used in styles like "Classical" and "Folk." After a while, I will introduce you to the other style of playing as well, as most great guitar players use both techniques in their playing...musicians (guitarists) such as: âJimmy Pageâ, âBrian Setzerâ, âStevie Ray Vaughanâ, âJoe Satrianiâ, âLindsey Buckinghamâ, âPaul McCartneyâ, âJohn Mayerâ, and many, many more.
To make learning the guitar Fun, I make sure to incorporate your main interest(s) first. Whether it be learning your new favorite song(s), learning how to write a song, or just learning some basics that you can use for when sitting around the campfire. This will be intertwined with which style you choose to start with: Flat-Pick or Finger-Style.
Pending on the level that you are starting at, (beginner, intermediate, advanced) I will include tidbits of music theory that will be used in a consistent manner. These will usually be progressive, pending on your level. For example, the songs you learn will be written out in an easy to understand chart that will have the fundamental aspects of theory (IE, chords, key, and rhythm pattern) that all musicians should understand.
With Children learning with a Flat-Pick, I encourage the use of a basic guitar instruction book.
Level One (beginners) :
"Hal Leonard Guitar Method Book One" by Will Schmid.
I will also use as a substitute for Level One:
"Alfred's Basic Guitar Method" by Alfred's Publishing Co.
More advanced players who can read music already (and graduates from book one) I prefer;
"Hal Leonard Guitar Method Book Two"
With Adults, I will ask if learning to read music interests you. It is a vital part of a practicing musician, but sometimes your needs may require a more one dimensional approach as time may be of essence. Again, I learned by ear and educated myself later...so I understand the person who wants to hold off on reading right away.
Students who want to learn the Classical (Finger-Style) approach will be encouraged to purchase a beginners book that I use written by one of my first instructors/mentor. It is a very intuitive book that covers the technique in great detail yet is very easy to understand (along with my help.) I will provide means of acquiring this book at your first lesson.
Students who want to learn the Folk (Finger-Style) approach will usually start in the above book, unless your an adult who just wants to learn some basics.
At your first lesson I will also provide you with documentation that goes more in depth about the various styles of guitar as the above info is scaled down.
*** Studio Equipment ***
-Guitars (Electric, Acoustic, Classical, Bass)
- PA (loud speakers so you can Turn it Up! When playing along)
-Band in a Box (to play along with real prerecorded instruments seamlessly interleaved into a band type setting with almost unlimited genre choices...very impressive technology)
- Pro Tools (recording gear for all needs)
- Guitar Pro and Finale (to transpose music into sheet music)
-Skype (for out of town interactivity. Can do lessons via Skype)
-Basement with plenty of seating for parents, and or observers.
*** Specialties ***
I specialize in Classical Guitar, Electric Guitar, and Acoustic Guitar; Improvisation, Songwriting, Backup Vocals, Fretboard Harmony, Music Theory, Performance, and Recording.
· Guitar · Online
· Songwriting · In studio
· Classical Guitar · In studio
Marc M.
Marc M.
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Having complete the full course of undergraduate music theory, I have a firm handle on both classical theory as well as jazz theory and harmony, and can both help students prepare for tests, as well as teach them how to apply that theory to enhance the music that they play in their everyday lives.
About Nicholas
Nicholas been a musician in some form or another for as long as he can remember. His musical journey started when he was only six, with a delve into the realm of classical piano. While there he studied under world class child prodigy Josh Cullen. The composers that he studied include Bach, Beethoven, Barton, Hayden and many others.
From here he progressed to playing jazz trumpet, studying the Jamey Aebersold method un
Then at the age of 11, with the help of his grandfather he discovered the guitar. He learned quickly on his old SR guitar. He quickly discovered that he had a natural taste for blues phrasing, and his soloing abilities quickly blossomed. 2 years later, he had formed his first band, Spherical. It was through this band that he found the bass.
His journey into the realm of bass, began out of necessity and progressed into love of the bottom end. Since then, he has been collecting basses, playing, living and breathing bass. He now realizes the importance of a funky beat, a subtle line and most important of all A Tight Groove!!!
The benefit of studying under someone with a vast array of both talent and experience is clear.
*** Lesson Details ***
During his musical career Nicholas has played almost every style of music; from folk to experimental from jazz to rock. One thread holds true through all music, it has to groove.
During the course of a lesson he will cover a broad range of topics starting from the basics, and moving into ear training, sight-reading, theoretical knowledge and most important for bass players, groove. Just as every player has their own musical personality and voice, so to does every lesson that Nicholas gives.
In a supportive, patient environment, every lesson is custom tailored to the student.
*** Studio Equipment ***
Home: lessons in dedicated music room with piano and stereo, guitars/basses, cables/amps
*** Specialties ***
Jazz Studies major at Wayne State University. Has a firm understanding of music across both the classical and jazz idioms spanning multiple instruments.
· Piano · In studio
· Trumpet · Online
· Trumpet · In studio
Nicholas C.
Nicholas C.
About Benjamin M.Close
As a Composer, I have been schooled in Music Theory and 12-tone Theory. I have also developed an Interval Method that is uniquely mine. I currently teach all three theories.
About Benjamin
Whether you want to pursue a Musical Career or simply learn how to Play your Favorite Tunes for friends and family, I am here as your Teacher and Guide. I teach at my own home, at the Student's home or through the use of Skype.
I am originally from Ann Arbor. I spent much of this century living in NYC and prior to that I lived in Chicago. Those experiences vastly helped me develop Networking, Performance and Teaching experience. I now live in southwest Detroit near River Rouge.
As a Father of four, I have had the joy in teaching my own children Guitar, Saxophone, Songwriting, Composition and Keyboard. As a parent I have found that Patience and Encouragement is often the best form of support.
It has been proven that learning Music helps develop intuition, self-awareness, and social skills as well as imp
One of the most important aspects of playing Music is being able to Play by Ear. This has been a priceless gift that I was born with and have developed throughout my life. I encourage all musicians, young and old, to do the same. The use of simple Rhythmic Dictation and Ear Training exercises can do wonders for "picking out" Beats and Harmonies no matter what Genre we are interested in.
I attended music courses at The Boston School of Contemporary Music and Thomas Jefferson College (MI). I have a BA at Columbia College Chicago double majoring in Music Composition and English .
My band THIRD BORDER's "Sun of Water; Sea of Light" was selected to be nominated for the Grammy's as The Best Alternative Album of the Year in 2006. On this record, I played Guitar, Saxophone, sang Lead Vocal and wrote all the Songs. If you are a Songwriter, we can polish up your approach.
As a Composer, I have done Sound Design for Film, Dance, Spoken Word and Multi-media Performance - most notably with renowned poet Anne Carson and former members of The Merce Cunningham Dance Co. I also formed and composed two symphonies for my 12-member saxophone orchestra in NYC. Currently, I am rehearsing new work with a Detroit-based multiinstrumental orchestra.
I hope to talk to you soon!
*** Lesson Details ***
My teaching style is relaxed with a forte on Patience and Encouragement. Though I have specific expectations on what needs to be learned, I gear each lesson towards the student's wishes and their personal direction in Creativity. Whether you are a beginner or an advanced student, I can guide you wherever you are headed!
For Guitar (acoustic or electric), you will learn the fundamentals of Music Theory, Chord Structure, varied Strumming and Picking Techniques, and Scale Positions to travel from one part of the neck to the other. Any song you wish to learn, I can teach!
For Saxophone, you will learn proper Embouchure technique, Notation, Music Theory, and Scale Patterns for improvisation. Whether you are interested in a Classical, Blues, Funk or Jazz approach, I can help you find your own sound that is both personal and professional.
I teach 2nd year Piano and Drums/Percussion directing you into Intermediate level.
For those leaning toward the experimental genres, I am well-versed in the use of Electronics. Much can be accomplished with my lessons on Sound-Scape Improvisation either as 1 on 1 or Group Workshops.
*** Studio Equipment ***
At Home Studio: music stands, metronome, guitar amps, electric and acoustic guitars, guitar tablature, staff music paper, a scanner for weekly homework. I can also record and send MP3s of our lessons to review at home if you wish.
*** Travel Equipment ***
Students will need their own instrument, a mutually chosen music book to learn from, a metronome, and hopefully easy access to a keyboard (very helpful!)
*** Specialties ***
I am fluent in Rock genres, Blues, Beginning Jazz, Beginning Classical technique, Prepared Guitar, Electronics/Sound Art.
· Saxophone · In studio
· Saxophone · In home
· Saxophone · In studio
Benjamin M.
Benjamin M.
About Cheryl M.Close
With over several decades of theory knowledge from early beginners to junior college level, I start at any level and move from the known to the unknown. I make sure that the basics are covered before moving on to greater challenges.
About Cheryl
accompanist and musician in the greater metropolitan Detroit area. I have earned several degrees,
which include a Bachelor of Music Performance in Organ and a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and
Music both from Wayne State University. My studies included wonderful instructors. I have studied
extensively with Albert Fillmore for ten years, Mischa Kottler for four years and Robert Conway for
five years. The last two instructors were from Wayne State and also played with the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra. I have studied organ with Ray Ferguson who played with DSO as well and I have studied
voice with Marjorie Gordon, coloratura soprano.
With over 40 years of experience as professional musician, I am confident that I possess the
qualifications needed to make a difference and an impact i
Most of my career tenure has been with the Detroit Public Schools. I have worked at various
levels in Pre-K – 12 schools but the longest has been twelve years at Cody High School. I have
enjoyed coaching the students and working with the music staff at the Cody Complex. These students
are very talented and eager to express their creativity and musical ability. I am a seasoned musician
with sight reading, transposing and improvisational skills. I used these skills to work with children
and young adults in small groups, larger groups and individual coaching in preparation for festivals
competitions and auditions.
I would like to continue providing this service to the young people within the Greater Metro
Detroit Area. Music is an important part of youth development in math and English. It also helps to
produce character and leaderships skills of discipline, teamwork, commitment and self esteem.. I've also done the same for my private piano students, in studio as well as in a corporate setting.
*** Lesson Details ***
I am a diligent instructor that possesses intuitive goals, almost from the first few lessons! I am always encouraging, and give modest yet helpful criticism. I insist on teaching and developing the fundamentals in private study, ie, standard concepts and music theory. In three months time, the student will know whether we are a good fit, whether or not they like my instruction, and discover their unique abilities as a result of my facilitation!
*** Travel Equipment ***
I expect the student to have an acoustic piano, or a full-sized weighted keyboard. All equipment should be adequately functional.
*** Specialties ***
I am a classically trained musician. I am also a church musician. My other styles do include pop, jazz, oldies, gospel and contemporary christian music. I start with the basics before moving to any other styles of music.
· Singing · In studio
· Singing · In studio
· Piano · In studio
Cheryl M.
Cheryl M.
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Experienced teacher of 3 years, specializing in many different areas and levels of music theory. My curriculum is customized and catered to the needs, goals, and personal tastes of the student. If you're seeking out music theory lessons to practice, perform, compose, or otherwise create music, then I can help you seek out the knowledge that you need to become a better musician. Send me a message to see if my training matches your needs!
About Paige
Students under my tutelage find that they learn quickly and can see their improvement from week to week. Students gain more confidence in their abilities and are excited to learn more constantly. They are able to play/write/create/understand music they love, as well as understand music from a more holistic, worldly perspective.
When I teach, I encourage creativity and an
· Piano · In home
Paige B.
Paige B.
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I am able to to teach music theory from the very beginning up until post-tonal theory. I specialize in teaching beginners with basics like recognizing all key signatures/circle of fifths, solfege, reading in different clefs, intervals, triads, and different types of scales. However, I am an experienced tutor in many levels of theory and can most certainly be of help for homework assignments and creating exercises to understand different concepts.
About Ellen
As a musician leading a double li
· Piano · In home
Ellen S.
Ellen S.
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I recently had an encounter with a customer who felt I wanted to fix his equipment "too good." He felt I was trying to rack up extra repairs by pointing out every little missing pin, bracket and safety latch. He was a master at using tarp straps, duct tape and zip ties to keep machines running, and felt "factory repairs" were an unnecessary waste of time and money.
I confess that on my own vehicles and equipment I can be creative in making temporary repairs. I'm not too proud to use tarp straps, duct tape and zip ties to finish a job or limp home. Anything to get me by until I've got the cash or time to fix things right.
But there are farmers all across this land--and you know who you are--who take secret pride in using tarp straps, duct tape and zip ties for permanent repairs. I am sympathetic--I understand the reasoning behind using duct tape to patch upholstery on a chore tractor. I support the use of tarp straps in place of broken access door latches. I've zip-tied a lot of wiring harnesses and hydraulic hoses in place after their wiring looms or hose clamps mysteriously disappeared.
But when I run across machinery where creative repairs impinge on safety, I draw the line. I've seen hydrostatic cable linkages attached to hydrostatic transmissions with duct tape and baling wire. I've seen batteries vaguely held in place in a combine's engine compartment with a single over-length tarp strap. Then there was the brake linkage on a tractor that was missing a pivot pin, and the owner had wrapped a chunk of baling wire around and through the linkage yoke to hold things together.
For me to berate farmers for being creative in the way they make temporary repairs would be a case of the pot calling the kettle black. I feel a little more comfortable taking a stand on permanent repairs that are related to safety. I occasionally bump heads with customers about such repairs--sometimes they don't want to spend the money to fix things "right." In that case, I often hide behind the excuse that, "I can't legally send the machine out with a known safety issue..."
I admit that's the cowardly way out. But it lets me sleep soundly at night, and offers up lawyers and bureaucrats as targets for the customer's ire for having to spend money on a safety issue even though, "...the duct tape was working just fine."
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Sex segregation in Islam refers to the legal requirement for un-related males and females to remain separated in accordance with shari'a.
- And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband's fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or the slaves whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments.
- ...the veil is a symbol of sexual apartheid and the segregation of the sexes. In countries where Islam rules, like in Iran, the separate entrances for women in certain government offices; separate areas for women's seating on buses for example; the banning of women from certain public arenas like sport stadiums; a curtain dividing the Caspian sea for segregated swimming and so on is what it means in practice to be a female under Islam. That people transgress these rules daily is a testimony to their humanity and not the laws or state that imposes it by force.
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Lewis Howes is a former professional athlete and self-made social media guru. He told a group of Wabash students Thursday night that social networking sites can change their lives.
After using example after example of people who've established a personal brand online, he was very direct.
"I don't think you guys understand the power of the internet and social media," he said. "If you don't get on LinkedIn and Twitter now you're going to be far behind. If you don't take action you're going to be sitting at home and regretting it after you graduate.
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Howes used the power of LinkedIn to create a network of sports executives. His marketing email list has grown to 23,000. It all started when his Arena League Football career came to an end with a broken wrist. He couldn't work out so he'd spend hours every day online studying networks.
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Howes was invited to speak at Wabash because sophomore Adam Miller '12 works in Career Services and was receiving the SportsMarketer newsletter.
He started his program by talking about one of the most successful marketer in social media, Gary Vaynerchuk. Vaynerchuk's family owns a New Jersey wine shop that was doing $4-5 million yearly in wine sales. Vaynerchuk started an off-beat daily wine video blog, built his brand through social media and in just a few years has grown his business to $60 million annually.
He also cited successful, and self-made, internet marketers Dan Schawbel, Chris Brogan, Ryan Stephens, Nate Riggs, and Christy Hammond.
At his noon presentation he conducted an informal question and answer session. He explained how he started his business while at home nursing his broken wrist.


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The husband-and-wife team also co-authored two previous books, "Thunder from the East" and "China Wakes." They were awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1990 for their coverage of China, and in 2009 were awarded the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.
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Former FBI Director and Hudson Valley native James Comey has been invited to testify before Congress about notes from one-on-one meetings with President Donald Trump prior to his firing.
Chaffetz asked Comey to testify before a public session at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 24.
House oversight committee chairman Jason Chaffetz has also set a deadline for the same date, May 24, for acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe to disclose documents involving the recently ousted FBI Director and Trump.
Comey has not yet confirmed he will be able to attend at that day and time.
Chaffetz's invitation came just hours before former FBI Director Robert Mueller was named special counsel in the investigation of possible collusion between Trump campaign staffers and Russia. It is unclear if Mueller's appointment will affect Comey's decision on whether or not to appear before Congress.
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In a letter to McCabe , Chaffetz cites a New York Times report that describes a conversation "in which the President referenced the FBI investigation of former National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and said to Comey, 'I hope you can let this go.'"
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In April 2010, Microsoft finally took the wraps off Project Pink and introduced two new phones targeted at the younger generation of social butterflies: the Kin One and Kin Two. However, the reveal was shrouded in questions and doubt rather than excitement. Who would want this kind of device, especially in the wake of the Windows Phone 7 announcement? Even though Microsoft was very clear in saying that the Kin devices would not appeal to everyone and was specifically targeted at a younger, more social crowd, we were still apprehensive.
Flash forward to now, when we've had a couple of days to check both the Kin One and Kin Two and can see things more clearly. Stepping back from our role as tech journalists and trying to get in the mind frame of the target demographic, we can see how the Kin One and Two might appeal to teens and 20-somethings. The phones offer instant access to favorite friends and a constant connection to them through the tight social-networking integration. They also offer a different and fun user experience than a lot of other full-featured phones on the market.
All of this is well and good, but as we said before, part of the devices' success would depend on the pricing of the phones and data plans. Interestingly, when we first received the phones, Microsoft and Verizon said the pricing would be $79.99 for the Kin One and $149.99 for the Kin Two, both with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate. We were just about ready to launch into a tirade when at the last minute we received word that the pricing had been changed to $49.99 and $99.99, respectively–much, much better. Unfortunately, though, there's no adjustment to the monthly data plan. Both the Kin One and Two will require monthly $29.99 unlimited data plans, just like Verizon's other smartphones and 3G multimedia and feature phones. Considering the amount of data the handsets use, it makes sense, but still: the target group probably doesn't have much disposable income, and this may pose a problem to the Kins' overall success. In addition, for the same price (or sometimes less), you can get a full-fledged smartphone, so why would you pay more for less? Hopefully, all parties involved will reconsider the pricing scheme, but for now, we'd go with one of Verizon's other feature phones or smartphones, such as the Palm Pre Plus or HTC Droid Eris.
The Microsoft Kin One and Two will be available for preorder through Verizon's Web site starting May 6 and will ship within 48 hours. The devices will be in all Verizon stores nationwide May 13.
The Kin Two has a familiar design, resembling a number of other touch-screen slider phones on the market today. The handset is pretty nondescript, aside for some branding on the back, which isn't a bad thing, but certainly is a stark contrast from the Kin One. It will also take up more room in a pants pocket, as it measures 4.25 inches tall by 2.5 inches wide by 0.75 inch thick and weighs 4.7 ounces. It's a hefty phone, but it feels solid.
Of course, one of the advantages of having a bigger device is a bigger screen. The Kin Two features a 3.4-inch capacitive touch, so you can see more information at a glance than you can on the Kin One. The screen is also sharper than the Kin One's and includes a built-in accelerometer so you get support for portrait and landscape mode. The accelerometer was pretty quick to change the screen orientation, but it takes a couple of seconds to repopulate the Loop screen with all your feeds.
Similar to that of the Kin One, the scrolling experience wasn't very smooth on the Kin Two. It catches a bit as you try to scroll through longer lists, but the smartphone does offer pinch-to-zoom gesture support in the browser and picture gallery. Again, you get only one physical control button below the display, which takes you back to the previous screen. We really wish Microsoft and Sharp had added at least a home shortcut to easily get back to the main screens when deep in an app, because hitting the back button multiple times is not fun.
To expose the Kin Two's keyboard, just push the screen to the right. The sliding mechanism is smooth and the screen securely locks into place. The keyboard is reminiscent of the Sidekick LX's–not surprising since the Kin phones are made by Sharp, which also made the Sidekick for Danger and is now a part of the Microsoft family after the April 2008 acquisition. The circular buttons are on the smaller side, but there's a nice amount of spacing between them so that cuts down on any mispresses. There are shortcuts for the phone app, search, and emoticons on the bottom row.
There are other controls scattered around the edge of the phone. There's a 3.5mm headphone jack on top and a power button and volume rocker on the right side. You'll also find a camera activation/capture button near the bottom of the right spine. Unfortunately, it's also awkwardly located on the downward slope of the phone's edge, making it difficult to press while trying to hold the handset steady to take a picture. It usually took us a couple of tries to get a clear picture. As usual, the camera and flash are on the back and the Micro-USB port is on the bottom of the device.
The Kin Two comes packaged in a cylindrical canister along with an AC adapter, a USB cable, a wired stereo headset, and reference material. For more add-ons, please read our cell phone accessories, ring tones, and help page.
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Both the Kin One and Two use the same user interface. The software on both devices was created on the core elements of Windows Phone 7, but the user experience is designed completely around social communication, with the Loop home screen at the center of it all.
Loop displays all your contacts' updates and tweets from Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and Windows Live, and will also pull in any content from your subscribed news feeds. It retains a bit of the look and feel of Windows Phone 7 with the tile layout, and you can tap each tile to either read the full story or comment on a person's status. Information is shown in chronological order with the most recent news up top; as more updates and stories come in, stories are pushed down, but be aware that the screen doesn't pull data in real time but rather in 15-minute increments. Your status and image, however, always remain at the top, where you can instantly update your MySpace or Facebook status or send out a tweet by simply tapping the screen. One note about the social-networking integration: though you can upload photos to MySpace and Facebook, you can't upload to Twitter, which is unfortunate.
To the left of the Loop screen, you will find all the phone's apps, such as e-mail, music and videos, phone, browser, settings, and so forth. When you swipe to the right you'll find all your favorite contacts. You can have up to 51 favorites and adding contacts is simple. You can't change the size of the tiles, but you can rearrange them, as well as apps, by doing a two-finger tap on the screen.
The Kin One and Two aren't just about having access to information: they're also about sharing, and the phones have a unique way of doing so with a feature called the Spot. The Spot is literally a green dot at the bottom of all three home screens to which you can drag and drop content and then add contacts (also through drag and drop) with whom you want to share the information with via text/MMS or e-mail. You can share anything from the Loop screen, as well as Web pages, which we thought was pretty cool.
It's a simple process and works as advertised. You just do a long press on an item until you see a smaller version of it and then drag it down to the Spot; you do the same with contacts. We don't know if it's the most efficient way to do things, but it's certainly different and innovative, setting it apart from many of today's feature phones and smartphones.
In general, the UI on the Kin One and Two can be completely overwhelming at first, much like Motoblur. There's a lot of information to digest, but there are ways you can pare down the feed. For example, you can filter the Loop screen so that only one of your social-networking sites populates the screen. Then again, perhaps for the targeted audience members, this is what they want: to be connected all the time and to have access to all their social networks with just a press of a button. Even so, there's a bit of a learning curve and accessing submenus within apps can be confusing.
There's more to the Kin One and Two than just social networking, however. Of course, with devices like these, phone calls may not be the first choice of communication. If you actually feel like making a call, you can! Voice features include a speakerphone, conference calling, a proximity sensor, text and multimedia messaging, 3G support, and stereo Bluetooth. Wi-Fi is also onboard as well as a full HTML Web browser (more on the browser in the Performance section) and Bing Web and local search.
The handsets' address book is limited only by the available memory; each contact card offers room for multiple numbers, e-mail addresses, custom ringtones, and photos, birthdays, and more. If an individual has a Facebook or MySpace page (and as long as you've synced those accounts to the phone), you can open up an individual entry and then swipe to the right to view any contact info that's been pulled from those sites. It's also possible to link and unlink duplicate contact cards.
E-mail support on the Kin One and Two includes POP3/IMAP accounts as well as Exchange with push delivery, though we certainly wouldn't recommend this as a business device. The Kin doesn't offer a unified in-box, but rather something reminiscent of the Windows Phone 7 hubs that you can swipe to the right and left to view your various in-boxes.
E-mail is well-represented, but we're baffled by the lack of any IM clients as well as any kind of calendar app. There are other omissions as well, such as gaming capabilities and an app store, but we're less concerned with these features since we think there are enough distractions on the phones to keep you occupied, but the first two just seem like no-brainers. When asked about this, Microsoft said it really wanted to nail down the social aspects first, so some features had to be sidelined. However, both the Kin One and Two are built to support over-the-air updates, and the company didn't rule out adding these capabilities in the future.
Among the several unique features that the Kin Two has to offer is a media player that is anything but standard. Along with the Kin One, it's the first Windows phone to come with a fully integrated Zune HD interface, which we daresay is a considerable step up from the Windows Media Player app found on previous products.
Those who are familiar with the Zune HD will be extremely comfortable browsing media on the Kin Two. As on the standalone player, navigation is handled entirely via the touch screen and the tactile back button, and it's a very smooth process. Media is also organized in the Zune HD manner, with the main screen dedicated to five categories: music, videos, radio, Zune Pass, and settings. (Unsurprisingly, photos are separated out because of their relation to the phone's camera feature.) The top screen also features a graphically intense margin of "pins," playback history, and recently added content. This video illustrates this area better than we could ever describe it in words.
Delving into the various menus on the Kin Two's Zune player reveals a simple radio with autoscan and presets; a straightforward video player; and music organized handily into artist, album, genre, song, and playlist subcategories. The music section and playback screen feature prevalent album art, which keeps things visually appealing. The playback screen further offers shuffle, repeat, and "heart" soft keys; the latter let's you like or dislike songs for later sorting. You can listen to the songs through the integrated speakers, or with the included earbuds, which aren't terribly comfortable, but at least provide clear-sounding audio. On the whole, the player provided solid audio and smooth performance during testing, except for a minor glitch that prevented the audio from rerouting from the speakers to the headphones when they were plugged in during playback. Restarting the phone once fixed the problem.
Another distinctive feature of the Kin devices is the Web-based Kin Studio service. This is a bit like Microsoft's My Phone service for Windows Mobile, as it automatically backs up your phone's contacts, text messages, and multimedia files to a secure Web site for free. When you log on to the Kin Studio Web site and enter your Windows Live ID and password, all your information will be there, including a current version of your Loop screen, any news feeds, and call logs. There's also a Timeline feature, which is pretty awesome, as it opens up all the photos, all the people you've been in touch with, and all the messages you've received for a designated time period and places them in a timeline.
Aside from the obvious physical variations, there are a couple of other differences between the Kin One and Two. Most notably, the Kin One offers 4GB of internal memory, whereas the Kin Two offers 8GB. Also, the Two has an 8-megapixel camera–the One's is 5 megapixels–and can shoot HD video.
We tested the dual-band (CDMA 800/1900; EV-DO Rev. A) in New York using Verizon service and call quality was decent. Despite some slight background hissing, we could hear our callers just fine and had no issue using an airline's voice-automated response system. Most of our friends didn't have much to say about the audio quality one way or the other, but a couple of them mentioned that we sounded a bit muffled. The Kin Two's speakerphone was louder than the Kin One's, so it was easier to have a conversation even if we were in a noisier environment, but the audio sounded hollow. We had no problems pairing the handset with the Logitech Mobile Traveller Bluetooth headset and the Motorola S9 Bluetooth Active Headphones.
With support for Verizon's 3G network, Web browsing was pretty swift on the Kin Two. CNET's full site loaded in 35 seconds, whereas CNN's and ESPN's mobile sites loaded in 7 seconds and 10 seconds, respectively. The Kin's browser is a bit clunky to navigate: though it's easy to refresh or favorite a site, it's hard to figure out how to do anything else within the browser, and there's no support for Flash or multiple windows. However, the Kin Two's larger display definitely made the browsing experience better than it is on the Kin One.
The Kin Two has a better camera than the Kin One, but the photo quality was pretty disappointing for an 8-megapixel shooter. Images had a soft quality to them and colors were pretty washed out. In addition, our recorded HD video looked more like standard definition.
The Kin is powered by a 600MHz Tegra APX2600, and the phone struggled a bit to keep up with our demands. It's not like we were expecting the smartphone to be a power device, but we noticed some delays when switching screens and launching apps. Speaking of which, there seemed to be a lot of unnecessary transition screens when opening apps. Aside from the slight delays, we didn't have any problems or crashes that required us to reset the device.
The Kin Two features a 1390mAh lithium-ion battery with a rated standby time of 9.6 days. We are still conducting our battery drain tests, but will update this section as soon as we have final results. According to FCC radiation tests, the Kin Two has a digital SAR rating of 1.29 watts per kilogram and has a Hearing Aid Compatibility Rating of M4/T3.


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It was on the pages of Amazing Fantasy No. 15 where the Amazing Spider-Man first appeared. And in March 1963, one year after his first appearance, Spider-Man was starring in his own comic book and on his way to becoming Marvel Comics' most popular super hero ever!
Through the years, Spider-Man has also been a superpower in the world of licensing, appearing in paperback books, on posters, as an action figure, and in video games. And in addition to his licensing ventures, Spider-Man is also capturing bad guys in a hit animated TV show.
In 1977, Spider-Man began starring in his own newspaper comic strip written by his creator, Stan Lee. The Amazing Spider-Man can be seen in newspapers worldwide and was a part of the first-ever comic strip/comic book crossover story.
In the summer of 2002, Spider-Man swung onto the silver screen and broke box office records with its massive first weekend receipts. Based upon the freak accident that miraculously granted Peter Parker with his incredible spider-like abilities, the movie starring Tobey Maguire became a smash hit with audiences worldwide. The sequel was released in the summer of 2004.
During a scientific experiment, hard-luck high-school student Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider and given superhuman powers. But it wasn't until after he refused to stop a thief, who would later murder his Uncle Ben, that Peter learned his most valuable lesson: "With great power there must also come great responsibility." From that moment on, Peter Parker has used his superstrength (and the ability to stick to walls) in his never-ending battle against evil as the amazing Spider-Man!
After several rocky years as Peter's on-again-off-again girlfriend, Peter and MJ decided to tie the knot in 1987. It was shortly before their big day that Peter revealed his superpowered alter ego to her. Now, in addition to her adjustment to marriage and her career, Mary Jane has also had to adjust to the realization that every day they spend together could be their last.
After the death of her husband, Peter's aunt has focused her energies on him. Always concerned for his welfare, Aunt May would really have a heart attack if she knew what Peter was up to in his spare time.
Although he has no superpowers, perhaps no one is more of a nemesis to Spider-Man than the cantankerous J. Jonah Jameson. As publisher of the Daily Bugle, this cigar-chomping newspaperman has dedicated his life to destroying the Web-swinger's reputation. In Jameson's mind, the world would be a perfect place without the presence of its superpowered inhabitants especially that of Spider-Man!
Fortunately, not everyone in the world shares Jameson's hatred for Spider-Man. Next to his wife Mary Jane, Spider-Man's biggest supporter has to be Robbie Robertson. As editor in chief of the Daily Bugle, Robbie has spent his career trying to convince his publisher of Spider-Man's value to the city, but to no avail. Peter has always had the utmost respect for this honest, hardworking family man. And although Peter can never tell him, it's Robbie's faith in Spider-Man that has kept him from giving up his career as a crime-fighter on more than one occasion.
Victor Von Doom's scarred visage is the result of an experiment gone bad! Shame caused this brilliantbutmad scientist to hide his disfigurement in a metallic, armored exoskeleton which he has endowed with a number of weapons and other surprises for his arch enemy Spider-Man. Crazed by his accident and driven by an insane loathing for the rest of his "inferior" colleagues in the world of science, Doom is bent on world domination through his many monstrous creations.
Dr. Otto Octavius was a brilliant atomic researcher who developed a harness of four mechanical limbs to assist him in handling radioactive substances at safe distances. A freak laboratory accident left Octavius' invention permanently bonded to his body and his mind forever altered. Doc Ock (as he is commonly known) will stop at nothing to acquire power and wealth! And if our friendly neighborhood arachnid gets crushed along the way, then so be it!
Ostensibly the president and owner of many legitimate New York City-based businesses, Wilson Fisk masterminds the criminal activities of the shadowy East Coast underworld. Although he is publicly known as the "Kingpin of crime," his dual identity has never been officially proven. A fanatic about bodybuilding, he has excelled in the Japanese art of sumo and takes great pleasure in physical combat with his enemies.
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I mean, in terms of intelligence and huge vocab.
It's so strange, I have conversations with Chance. She always asks me if I'm okay. "You okay? YOU OKAY? Are you okay? What're doingggg?" It's crazy! It's like I live with a feathered person with the temperament of a spoiled child... "Step up! NOW! NOOOOOWWWWW! Pleeeeease step up." She can be polite when she wants
And she laughs. It surprises people. She called my brother a "Russian" (?? I know, what the heck) and also says hello in another language that she picked up.
The intelligence of Chance is really shocking. Parrots don't "parrot" back words. Chance actually understands and yells and demands things. "Some water? Can I have some water? A cup of water?" SERIOUSLY it's amazing. I honestly can't say how many words she can speak because it's off the charts! She will argue with you, tell you to "STOP! BE NICE!" The intelligence of these beings are probably the same of dolphins!


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Coldwater Creek is, alas, joining Blockbuster, Borders, Burdines, Circuit City, Linens-N-Things and Mervyns as another gift card-issuing company going out of business. My wife received an e-mail from the CEO on April 11 relaying the sad news. Cards were immediately removed from the company's website and stores.
If you have any active cards on hand, now would be a good time to use them up. Going-out-of-business sales begin tomorrow.


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Rocker Richie Sambora has lashed out at his band mate Jon Bon Jovi, urging the front man to stop discussing his decision to bow out of the group's current world tour.
The guitarist pulled out of Bon Jovi's North American shows in April, citing a "personal matter". He subsequently extended his break and will miss the upcoming European and South African legs of the band's Because We Can trek.
In a recent interview, Jon Bon Jovi gave an enigmatic answer as to why Sambora was struggling to fulfill his commitments, saying, "It's getting more and more difficult every day to not just sit here and say something. … Because all I can say is this – it's for personal reasons."
Now Sambora has warned his longtime band mate to keep quiet about the hiatus, and even accuses the singer of suggesting he is not an essential part of Bon Jovi performances.
He tells Britain's Daily Mail, "I don't have any major problems in life right now, I love my fans and I feel bad for them at the moment. Bottom line.
"My opinion is Jon wants to see if he can pull off stadiums by himself. He is making it very difficult for me to come back. Enough with the trash-talking! Jon needs to stop talking about me publicly. I am fine working very hard on my fashion company Nikki Rich and this is a private matter."


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My wife(49 years old) is found colon cancer on 2016/11/01 in Canada, and a surgery is made on 11/30/2016.
2017/01/17 is found multiple liver metastases, the maximum is 2.3 cm. After 1/17, we has 5-FU+OX 4 rounds already so far.
On 2017/02/10, we recheck with MRI, and finds 8 liver metastases within the right liver lobe(maximum is 2.6 cm, average is 2.0 cm), one of them at the junction with the left liver lobe (segment 5/4B). The liver doctor says she can have a PVE and then target a surgery to completely remove the liver cancer cells. But the PVE procedure is scheduled to happen on 2017/04/20(Canada is slow), which is 50 days later. Now, we plan to go to China to make a TACE to decrease the risk of cancer spread. Please advise if TACE is important before PVE? How long gap time is the best between TACE and PVE? If we do nothing and simply continuously use the 5-FU +OX chemo, is it safe for us to wait for the 4/20 PVE? Please advise, thanks!
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Microsoft Carves a Notch in Nook
May 1, 2012 5:00 AM PT
Microsoft on Monday said it will pay US$300 million to get a piece of Barnes & Noble's Nook tablet action for the Windows 8 platform.
The two companies will partner in a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary which will push further into the education market.
Barnes & Noble will initially create a Nook app for Windows 8.
The bookseller has been seeking new ways to monetize its highly profitable Nook business since January, when it announced record sales for that division.
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The subsidiary to be created by the strategic partnership will focus on the digital and college businesses of Barnes & Noble. Microsoft will invest $300 million in the subsidiary for a 17.6 percent equity stake. That investment is valued at $1.7 billion.
The new subsidiary, which Microsoft tentatively calls "Newco," will have an ongoing relationship with Barnes & Noble's retail stores, Microsoft said.
This could result in Windows 8 tablets loaded with the Nook app being sold in the bookseller's stores.
A presence on the Windows 8 platform will extend Nook's reach by providing e-books, magazines and newspapers to hundreds of millions of Windows customers in the United States and abroad, Microsoft said.
Newco will distribute Barnes & Noble's Nook Study software, Microsoft said.
The agreement also saw Microsoft and Barnes & Noble settling their patent litigation over the use of the Android platform in the Nook.
Microsoft said Barnes & Noble has not yet decided how to structure the new subsidiary and hasn't yet agreed on the name "Newco."
Microsoft declined our request for comment for this story.
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Microsoft "likely sees this as a leverage point of sorts for widening its position in the education market," Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, told the E-Commerce Times. "If students buy textbooks for the Nook, a Nook app for Windows 7 laptops or tablets might be pretty attractive."
Further, a Windows 8-based device might offer Barnes "a way of clearly differentiating itself from Amazon's Kindle, especially the Fire," King pointed out.
The timing of the announcement is highly strategic, given that the United States Department of Justice filed suit against Apple and several publishers earlier this month over their alleged conspiracy to raise retail e-book prices and limit competition in e-book sales, King suggested.
"If Apple's position in the crosshairs of the ... investigation impacts its position in the education market, [this deal] should offer Microsoft and Barnes & Noble multiple commercial opportunities," King explained. Further, it will offer an alternative to Amazon's domination of the market.
Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet reportedly has about 50 percent of the Android tablet market in the U.S.
It's All About the Learning
If the subsidiary is successful, "it will put Microsoft back into schools and on tablets, where they have been bleeding badly," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times.
Schools "are the seed corn for the rest of the market, and if you lose that, you will likely eventually lose business, at least with respect to the client platform," Enderle said. Further, the tie-up with Microsoft will "remove the cloud" of possible failure that hung over the Nook. There have been concerns that Barnes & Noble might go belly up because of competition from Amazon, like Borders did.
The timing of the announcement gives Microsoft and Barnes & Noble four to five months to get a product ready in time for the kick off of the school year in September, Pundit's King stated.
However, much work remains to be done for the combined Microsoft-Barnes & Noble subsidiary.
"Just removing the cloud of possible failure won't be enough," Enderle pointed out. "They still have to come up with a solution education finds compelling."
Barnes & Noble did not respond to our request for comment for this story.


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Lolo Jones will likely end her Olympic career without winning a medal after she finished fourth yesterday in the 100-meter hurdles behind two of her own teammates.
Lolo has been widely criticized for not being good enough to justify the media attention she gets. And from her quotes last night, it seems like she was very aware of all of her critics.
Here's what she told Bill Plaschke of the LA Times:
"I guess all the people who were talking about me, they can have their night and laugh about me.... I'm really disappointed in myself, and I felt like I let a lot of people down. "
In fact, Lolo might be too aware of the media attention. She tweeted a correction to the LA Times' story, after Plaschke wrote that she walked off the track without congratulating her teammates.
billplaschke rewindtape & u'll see I went up to dawn & congratulated her. Kellie was too far down the track & officials stop non medalers — Lolo Jones (@lolojones) August 8, 2012
No matter what your opinion is on Lolo, it's jarring to see how distressing it is to an athlete who fails to live up to the hype.
Stressed.5am no sleep post race. Almost went britneyspears on ya & shave my head til I read ur tweets. Thx 4 lifting me up during this time — Lolo Jones (@lolojones) August 8, 2012


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Members of the Detroit City Council have approved articles of incorporation to establish a five-member public lighting authority in Detroit.
The council passed the measure on a 6-3 vote Tuesday.
The authority is expected to issue $160 million in bonds to pay for improvements to street lights in Detroit neighborhoods, along streets and freeways.
An initial plan is due by mid-March. Fewer than half of Detroit's 88,000 streetlights are thought to work.
Mayor Dave Bing said last summer that during the first phase of his lighting plan, lights currently working in neighborhoods will remain on, while the backlog of reported outages would be fixed within six months of the authority's creation.
Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation in December to allow lighting authorities in some cities.


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Jerrold Lewis "Jerry" Nadler (born June 13, 1947) is the U.S. Representative for New York's 8th congressional district, serving since 1992. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
The district includes the west side of Manhattan from the Upper West Side down to Battery Park, including the site where the World Trade Center stood. It also includes the Manhattan neighborhoods of Chelsea, Hell's Kitchen, and Greenwich Village, as well as parts of Brooklyn such as Coney Island, Bensonhurst, Borough Park, and Bay Ridge. It includes many of New York City's most popular tourist attractions, including the Empire State Building, Central Park, Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge and New York Stock Exchange.
Nadler was born in Brooklyn and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1965 (where his debate team partner was the future philosopher of science, Alexander Rosenberg, and his successful campaign for student government president was managed by Dick Morris). Nadler graduated from Columbia University and Fordham University School of Law. He is a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. He worked for Eugene McCarthy in the 1968 presidential campaign and was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1976.


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Mug shot of a wolf, magpie names, goodbye Rat Island
Sometimes you get lucky.
Ken Tape feels that way, after a time-lapse camera he set up in northern Alaska captured a full-frame portrait of a wolf. He shared the image with me, and, now, with you.
This spring, Tape, author of the book The Changing Arctic Landscape, set up 14 time-lapse cameras in Alaska north of the Arctic Circle. He programmed them to snap one picture every 15 minutes from April 24 to May 23. He wanted to record the great spring migrations of creatures large (caribou) and small (ptarmigan). Here's what he had to say about serendipitously capturing a wolf's mug shot:
"The most crazy aspect of it is that the camera was not motion-triggered (it doesn't even have that capability), but was instead simply shooting at 15 minute intervals!" Tape wrote in an email. "The wolf was either very curious and stuck around for awhile, or the camera got lucky on the timing . . . There are two faint red lights that blink every several seconds, so perhaps the wolf was curious about those, and of course the fact that (the camera is mounted on) a dark post jutting out of the white snow."
The image of the wolf has enlivened Tape's task of reviewing 80,000 images captured by his cameras this spring. The lone wolf was the only wolf captured on that particular camera, along with 103 caribou and 29 ptarmigan.
I wrote a while back about the northern invasion of black-billed magpies, leading with an anecdote about an elder in a southwest Alaska village who did not know a word for magpie, suggesting that the birds were not common there in the past. My friend Walkie Charles of the Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks wrote me to say there are two words for magpie in the area: neqaiq refers to any food-stealing bird such as raven, gull, gray jay and magpie in the Iliamna Lake region. Qalerayak is the word for black-billed magpie throughout the entire area in which people speak Yup'ik.
Rat Island is no more. After more than 200 years with that name, the small island in the western Aleutians is now called Hawadax, pronounced "How-ah-thaa." The island's official name change came about because of a somewhat controversial project executed by biologists for the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge starting in fall 2008. Their goal was to kill every rat on the island using deadly grain pellets. Had they left one pregnant female rat on the Homer-size island, the project would have failed. The biologists' goal was to return the island to the birds, as it was before a Japanese ship ran aground there in about 1780 and Norway rats swam to the island and thrived in part by eating the eggs of and young puffins, auklets and other birds that make their nests on the ground.
Though bald eagles and glaucous-wing gulls died during the operation, the biologists succeeded in removing all the rats from Rat Island, marking the first time rats have ever been removed from an Alaska island. Biologists have accomplished the feat on 300 other islands around the world, including New Zealand, atolls near Hawaii, and off the coast of California.
The re-naming of Rat Island is another example — after the removal of foxes from many Aleutian Islands and the subsequent recovery of the Aleutian Goose — of people working hard enough in a place remote enough to reset a place's biological clock to a time before human arrival. That doesn't happen many places in the world.