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Why is the petition to Gina McCarthy in support of the NSPS important to you?
This being the only source of heat for our home I want it to be clean burning and efficient and expect the product I use meet these standards.
Would prefer not to need a protective face mask while breathing.
Arbey E, RUMNEY, NH
Clean air is life!!!!
Kerry G, ALANSON, MI
Cleaner air is always important to all of us.
Vivian M, AKRON, IA
Wood heat is important to the working poor. Let's clear the smoke and make an affordable wood stove for those that need the heat!
Vito L, STATEN ISLAND, NY
Why is this important to me? Grandchildren's lungs
Frank B, LAPEER, MI
Best available data I have seen indicate that we are on the way to a global environmental catastrophe. I want to do whatever I can to help avoid that. Cleaner burning wood stoves is a small part of the solution that I can contribute to.
William H, MAKANDA, IL
I burn wood for my heat but also believe that I am responsible to help preserve the integrity of "Spaceship Earth" for clean air.
John C, HAMMOND, LA
Having clean air to breathe is important for present and future generations.
Paula C, CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NJ
Our environment is our life, we must do all that we can to protect it and make it better.
John F, TREVOSE, PA
I believe in any opportunity to improve the environment if available should be provided.
Jennie S, ATLANTA, GA
At my former home, we were seriously negatively affected by our neighbors outdoor wood boiler. At the time there were no legal approaches to stop our unwilling neighbor from engulfing our home in smoke. We suffered respiratory problems and our farm animals needed medial attention. Our property was constantly accosted with particulates deposited on the surface of the buildings and grounds. We had a horse farm and hay fields. One of my horses never recovered and still suffers from respiratory problems and neurological issues. Please do what you can to stop dirty discharges from outdoor wood boilers. Thank you.
Mary Jane D, POLAND, ME
Clean air should be important to everyone
David R, CLAREMORE, OK
Burning the smoke and gasses will create more usable heat.
Rick S, LISBON, IA
The environment and its protection are absolutely necessary for our, our children, and all future generations. The new regulations will help insure such protection.
David S, GARDINER, NY
Keeping the burning of renewable fuels as clean as possible will assure they remain as part of our energy solution. I live in an area where quality firewood is plentiful and burning wood keeps my energy costs low.
George W, ELK RIVER, MN
Wood is a renewable resource, and if we can burn it cleanly we help save our earth.
Wendy F, DANSVILLE, NY
I like to breathe fresh air and clean burning woodstoves make that more possible
Wes C, WILLIAMSVILLE, VT
Fresh air is one of the essential elements on earth. Clean stove technology is widely available and to be used in place of old smoky stoves and fireplaces.
Brian L, DARIEN, CT
I think we should do what ever we can to improve our air. We love our stove.
Donna V, MIDDLEBURGH, NY
John S, TIMONIUM, MD
It's good for the world and for our health. It's the right thing to do.
Emily H, COLVILLE, WA
Wood can be an important source of heat in many parts of the country and can be environmentally sound if you use a low emitting stove. I fully support these standards
Liz K, VOOHEESVILLE, NY
We heat our home with wood, because we can't afford the oil our furnace burns. We use an efficient stove and are pleased with our choice from an ecologic, economic and political perspective.
Ellen M, BARRINGTON, RI
A great way to heat homes with a renewable resource. The cleaner the better.
Ronald B, AWENDAW, SC
I want clean air for my children's, children's, children
Elliott R, RONKONKOMA, NY
This is important to me because I have had too many friends and relatives die from lung cancer. We bury another tomorrow.
Roy L, MARLBOROUGH, MA
I believe wood fired heat is a zero net carbon emissions, renewable and relieves some of our dependence on fossil fuels, therefore a wise decision and even wiser to work towards cleaner and more efficient wood stoves
Daniel V, BETHANY, CT
I have a next door neighbor who has an outdoor wood boiler and it sends more pollution into the air than 15 Woodstock Soapstone Stoves. I own a Woodstock and I am proud to be able to burn wood and still keep the air clean.
Robert D, CHEPACHET, RI
Clean air is important for all. Also carbon emission contribute to global warming
Richard E, EL DORADO, AR
As Woodstock Soapstone says, it's environmentally right thing to do.
John B, WYNNEWOOD, OR
I support this as it is "the right thing to do" - clean burning stoves are not just good for air quality but they reduce waste (more heat in the home for the wood). However, effort needs to be made to encourage folks to burn clean - even a good stove can pollute if burned improperly.
Erik H, MILFORD, MA
Cleaner wood burning stoves are great. Since I have been using mine I have not seen the build up in the stove pipe as I did with my old cast iron stove plus it saves me in the amount of wood that I burn each year. You build great stoves Woodstock Soapstone Co.
Otis F, VOTAW, TX
Cleaner air should be everyone's concern and responsibility
Frank H, NORTH BRANCH, MI
My Keystone puts out more heat using 1/3 less wood. When the catalytic is on, there is no visible smoke indicating a very clean burn. I am all for clean burning stoves. It means , for one thing, that less wood is being used. I do have a problem with the feds telling us we have to. I think that, like gun controls, the end game is to make heating with wood illegal, and as with the EPA, making it so expensive to farm that the small producers will be moved out of the market. The feds are not your friends. They are like coyotes. If they get their nose under the gate they will eat all the chickens.
Jon L, ST. JOSEPH, MO
Clean air and water are vitally important to me and my children.
Gregory S, CUMBERLAND, ME
Cleaner wood stove technology means more BTUs of heat in my living room and less particulates in my lungs!
Gerald C, SPRINGFIELD, NH
For this generation and generations to come ..... we all need to do what we can to keep the air clean that we all breathe.
We all need to work toward cleaner air.
Jerry W, NEW MARKET, MD
We need to be able to heat and breathe!
Jane R, AYER, MA
We burn wood as do many of my neighbors and there is nothing more offensive than a smoldering stove emitting large amounts of smoke and fumes
Brian N, TORRINGTON, CT
I paid more for my more valuable stove and after 9 years of use a professional chimney sweep came to clean our double-walled stainless steel chimney and went away saying, "There is nothing there to clean". We always burn seasoned hardwood but took no other precautions on a daily basis.
Judy G, COLUMBIA, MO
I use and support the choice to use clean, efficient wood stoves!
Will F, BLOCK ISLAND, RI
Because the public health benefits outweigh the costs of compliance.
Paul T, MAYS LANDING, NJ
Need to bring 20th century technology into the woodstove business.
Peter T, NASHUA, NH
Clean air is better for everyone. If this can be done affordably I can't imagine why there would be a reason not to set higher standards for clean air.
Tricia L, DAWSONVILLE, GA
I support clean burning, efficient, affordable, renewable, wood heat. Manufacturers can provide it without raising prices or shaving jobs! Lets make them earn an honest living.
Daria W, BLOOMFIELD, NM
Cleaner air is healthier air
Steven C, ASHTON, MD
It's actually more important to my yet to be born grandchildren.
Bart G, SHOREHAM, NY
I am a believer in clean air and free renewable resources to heat my house.
Jim N, MIDWAY, UT
We live in an area where a lot of people burn wood. This is a PUBLIC HEALTH issue!!
Andy H, SNOHOMISH, WA
We heat with wood stoves and wood-burning pollution is a concern of ours.
Steve H, IDAHO SPRINGS, CO
We all must do our part to clean up our environment
Frank M, KENNEBUNK, ME
I spent several hundred dollars more for a stove with a catalytic converter, which is quite easy to operate, I also mostly burn eco-bricks.There are so few people in the nation that heat with wood stoves perhaps 1 in 700 that cleaner air efforts would be better spent elsewhere.
Stephen B, PROVO, UT
Cleaner burning woodstoves = less fossil fuel use and more money remaining in the local economy for fuel expenditures, as well as higher 'burn for the buck' and lower emissions. best of all possible worlds.
Jen D, FREEVILLE, NY
I own a wood stove and do not want to pollute our air.
Larry S, PLYMOUTH, NH
I like wood stoves but not dense smoke and want to do my bit for a better environment.
John S, CRESTED BUTTE (SOUTH), CO
My old smoke dragon used to literally choke me when I was outside. Our new Woodstock EPA stove burns so clean I can't believe I waited so long to switch.
Each of us need to be good stewards of our environment and do what ever we can to maintain and try to improve the health of the space we live in and will pass on to others.
Clean air and water are two of our most critical and easily achievable resources.
We MUST do everything possible to clean up the air we breath and keep it clean.
The technology is available.
So that my children's children can breath.
We only have one planet
Clean air is a no-brainer in theses times of global warming.
Clean air is a basic right to all living things.
We still can make a difference. On those cold still winter nights the smoke in the air is choking. We need to do better.
My old smoke dragon used to literally choke me when I was outside. Our new Woodstock EPA stove burns so clean I can't believe I waited so long to switch.
Tony L, BOXFORD, MA
Thomas B, EVART, MI
Bruce McL, ARMUCHEE, GA
Edward S, WOODBRIDGE, CT
Larry M, LOUDON, NH
Bob U, EDISON, NJ
We only have one planet
Patrick G, MEDFIELD , MA
Bonnie W, PRINCETON, ID
Chris W, SEATTLE, WA
Richard M, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ
The difference between trying to clean the chimney with or without a combustor, should tell you what's going into the air. I have had a neighbor think we were not home because there was no smoke coming out of the chimney.
Paul L, MANITOWISH WATERS, WI
We need to minimize airborne particles and pollutants
Michael S, DEKALB, IL
I love my wood burning stove but want to burn as clean as possible.
Eldra R, WEST CHICAGO, IL
Its about the air that we breath
Jon F, BALLSTON SPA, NY
A cleaner environment and minimal cost is not rocket science!
David J, TALLAHASSEE, FL
I like to breathe.
Birgit K, ROAN MOUNTAIN, TN
I feel like it is the responsible thing to do.
Jeffrey L, RONKS, PA
Clean air is vital to all.
Robert W, WEST ROCKPORT, ME
We need to do all we can now for the future generations.
Katherine H, LEARY, GA
Higher efficiency relates to less wood used helping to preserve one of our valuable renewable resources. Less particulate matter is another reason.
Jeffery V, FENTON, MI
New emission standards are important for the environment so we can all continue to breathe the fresh air.
Winifred S, PARSONSVILLE, ME
Because most woodstoves stink. They pollute the air and make it hard to breath.
Jeffrey E, CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI
Device burns cleaner / more efficiently therefore we need to chop less wood - a win-win!
Every little thing we can do to help protect our environment is good.
Lawrence B, MILLERTON, PA
since nothing is being done on a national level to alleviate greenhouse gases
Patricia K, SHELTON, CT
Cleaner air is everybody responsibility.....
William P, CHERRY VALLEY, MA
I know that sustainable wood can help us transition away from coal by freeing up electrical power for industrial use.
Linda H, HOUSTON, TX
To stop acid rain
John D, RAMSEY, MN
All new stoves should meet certain emission standards.
Byron M, PLACERVILLE, CA
Wood! truly renewable
Ronnie C, PORTLAND, TN
We all need clean air. Current technology has proven the proposed clean burn guidelines are achievable. There is no reason not to implement these new requirements.
Mark K, PITSBURGH, PA
Clean air and efficient stoves are essential to solving climate change.
Bill K, BROADALBIN, NY
We need to take all the necessary steps and continually improve our technologies to promote regional diversities for the most efficient.
Steven W, BRADFORD, VT
I have friends with breathing problems.
Paul D, PERKINSTON, MS
The technology is available and clean air is a high priority for me and everyone I know.
Mark L, PRINCETON, NJ
I live in the mountains of Tehachapi and want to continue using my wood stove with lower emissions.
Marie Christine O, TEHACHAPI, CA
Cleaner air with new technologies is possible while maintaining traditional (and renewable) heating methods.
Steven C, LITTLE DEER ISLE, ME
At this stage of the game the planet needs all the help it can get and cleaner burning wood stoves are a no brainer. Hats off to Woodstock Soapstone.
Gary V, GLASTONBURY, CT
Bottom line I can't survive without clean air. I am asthmatic and clean air is the only air that I can breathe. Thanks to Woodstock Soapstone I am able to own a woodstove that doesn't interfere with the environment.
Sharon C, PHOENIX, NY
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From Basement Boostrapper to Prominent Retailer How this young entrepreneur grew his basement-housed clothing startup into a multi-million dollar retail and online community business.
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.
Greg Selkoe, 33
Karmaloop, Boston, Massachusetts
Projected 2008 sales: $40 million
Description: Streetwear retailer and online community
Wear it's at: With brand names like Artful Dodger, Married to the Mob and Naughty Monkey on its roster, Karmaloop is a far cry from your local mall's cookie-cutter clothing stores. "One of the things that makes Karmaloop unique is that we're much more than an e-commerce site," says founder Greg Selkoe. "We're a community of style." With his recent video venture KarmaloopTV and upcoming social network Junglelife.com, Selkoe has come a long way since bootstrapping the clothing retailer from his parents' basement in 1999. "We had to learn on a very tight budget and be very careful about every penny we spent."
Fashion forward: Karmaloop now has a passionate global customer base of more than 2.5 million unique web visitors per month. "We've framed it as a movement to help save people from the evil forces of McFashion," says Selkoe, whose Street Team consists of customers who go out and promote the store. The Kazbah section of the site features a handpicked set of up-and-coming underground designers who help keep Karmaloop on the cutting edge of urban fashion.
Harvard man: Streetwear may seem like an unusual market for someone with an urban planning background and a public policy degree from Harvard, but it's all led to a deeper cultural understanding that's helped Selkoe develop his business the same way a city grows from a small town. "Karmaloop is a lifestyle. It's not just selling clothes," he says. "Clothing and music and culture are completely linked. It's all symbiotic."
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What is your secret to success?
Selkoe: Staying positive. A number of things have come up that would make a lot
of people think this company would never succeed. The most important thing is believing in myself, the people I'm working with and the concept.
What advice would you give other entrepreneurs?
Selkoe: Don't give up. If you have a good idea and you think you can do it, it
takes longer than you think. There were many years when we didn't make money. If you have a good concept, eventually, it's going to work out.
When did you know you had "made it"?
Selkoe: You never know that 100 percent. There was never one exact moment when I knew I made it. The thing that kept me going was the tremendous response
from our customers, even when it wasn't going well in terms of money.
What was the first toy or reward you bought for yourself when you became successful?
Selkoe: Staying in nice hotels is the main thing I started doing, and sometimes flying in first class. For so long, I was taking the bus and staying in flop houses. I would stay in hotels that should have been condemned. Now I'm starting to stay in nicer hotels.


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The festival of lights Diwali is celebrated on Ashwayuja Krishna paksha Amavasya or the no moon day of the Aswayuja month as per the lunar calendar. As per the Tamil calendar Diwali is celebrated in the Aipasi month. This year diwali is celebrated on Tuesday, 2nd November, 2032.
Diwali is the short form of the Sanskrit word Deepawali or Deepavali, which means a row of lights. Deepa means light and wali or vali is a row. On Diwali people would light diyas and arrange them in a row hence the name Diwali. It is a festival of light and every one rich and poor would like to decorate his house with lights to the maximum possible extent. The main ritual of Diwali is the Laxmi Puja done in every household in the evening of the Diwali Day.
It is believed that Goddess Laxmi resides in oil on this day and hence people apply oil to their whole body before taking bath. The houses are cleaned and decorated witl lights to welcome Goddess Lakshmi or Laxmi. It is believed that Goddess Laxmi will only enter the house that is very clean and hence no one would take a chance with the cleanliness.
The legend for celebrating Diwali is different based on the region.
In North India Diwali is celebrated to mark the return of Lord Rama to Ayodhya along with Sita and Lakshmana, after killing the demon Ravana. In South India Diwali is celebrated on the occasion of killing of the demon king Narakasura by Lord Shri Krishna with the aide of his wife SatyaBhama.
It is a common practice to burn firecrackers in the evening after Lakshmi Puja in front of houses and other establishments. Diwali is normally observed as the start of new year for business and people would close the account books and start new account books on Diwali.


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One of the dishes we had tonight we actually made first a week or so ago, but Jeff requested that we have it again. While this Strawberry-Basil Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette was quite good, I think he was so excited that most of it was grown right in our back yard!
There isn't much to this at all, but the basic combination of ingredients sure made for a dramatic side! If you want a crispier green, by all means use a head of romaine - however, we have a couple rows of red butterhead lettuce that are still thriving and while tender, we've found it is firm enough to hold up to this type of salad. Hand torn, we tossed those lettuce leaves with slices of just-picked strawberries (the plants are still producing!), sweet crunchy arcs of Vidalia onion and fresh basil.
To let these ingredients shine, a straightforward dressing composed of good olive oil and balsamic vinegar, spiked with salt and fresh ground black pepper, was all that we needed to moisten this salad. You could go and throw in chunky pieces of cheese, toasted nuts or grilled chicken if you must, cluttering the surface, but I think what was so appealing about this salad was just how clean and simple it was. I was intrigued at first by the addition of basil, but as its fragrance lifted from my plate and I got a taste of the combination, the refreshing anise-like flavor came sweeping through and made complete sense, anchoring this dish with such a pleasing note. This is the second time we've enjoyed this salad and I bet it won't be the last during this summer!
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Pub lunch in Shabbington
Wild Boar & Pork Stew at Hampton Court.
Potato chips in flavors like Cajun Squirrel, Chili & Chocolate and Crispy Duck & Hoisin (We didn't see these until the airport so we didn't get to try them)
I'm actually really happy to be back in my own kitchen cooking our meals. On to Menu Planning Monday...(You might notice we picked up a copy of Jamie Oliver's magazine while in the UK & are trying a few things from it.)
Chicken & Leek Pie - from Jamie Magazine
Pork Souvlaki - We love this recipe from Kalofagas. Maybe we'll even do it on the grill since the snow is gone.
Chicken Korma
Roast Brisket with Melting Bean & Garlic - from Jamie Magazine
Black Bean Stir-fry with Chicken & Green Beans
Stilton & Cauliflower Soup - from Jamie Magazine
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Eugene K. Crider is now charged with murder |
A third person has now been charged with murder in connection to the February disappearance of a Highlandville man.
On May 7th Stone County prosecutor Matt Selby charged Eugene "Gene" K. Crider, 42, with first-degree murder. Crider was charged in March with tampering with physical evidence in connection to the disappearance of Carl Glenn Anderson.
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Crider lived with Teri Dean-Morrison and Cheryl Crawford at 263 Akita Run near Hootentown. In early March investigators found blood throughout the home that lab tests determined belonged to Anderson.
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Anderson was last seen at a party at the Hootentown address, according to authorities.
According to the probable cause statement filed against Crider, "On 02-27-12 Eugene admitted to a witness that Carl Anderson was beaten to death with a hammer and that during the attack he broke the window's and door when he (Anderson) attempted to flea (sic). Eugene also admitted that he disposed of Carl Anderson's body by burning it and he asked to use her vehicle to move his remains."
In the probable cause statement's filed against Dean-Morrison and Crawford, who are also charged with first-degree murder, investigators said that home was cleaned up and some of its contents were burned, moved and/or replaced in an effort to conceal Anderson's murder.
Stone County Detective Matt Maggard writes in the newest probable cause affidavit, "Eugene Crider was aware that evidence of Anderson being murdered was found and that evidence that he had helped dispose of the body was located. On 03-06-12 a shovel and gas can were observed in the back of his pickup. On 03-07-12 he left the residence and on 3-8 the truck was parked and left at Wal-Mart in Springfield to avoid law enforcement from finding it. Eugene later had Krystal Buras remove and hide items from his truck including the shovel."
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Last month, Krystal Nicole Buras, 30, of Spring, Texas, was arrested and charged with tampering with physical evidence when she attempted to visit Crider at the Stone County jail.
When Crider, Crawford and Dean-Morrison were arrested near Lake Ozark on March 9th their cell phones were confiscated and proved to be a valuable tool in pinpointing the areas the trio had been.
One of the places the suspects had spent a considerable amount of time at was the rural property of Earl Kearney off of Highway OO near Reeds Spring. Kearney is a former boyfriend of Dean-Morrison.
A search warrant was granted on March 19th for investigator's to search Kearney property. It was during a second search of Kearney's property on March 21st that detectives found human remains in a pond. The Missouri Highway Patrol Crime Lab determined that the remains belonged to Anderson.
Crider, Crawford and Dean-Morrison remain jailed on $1 Million dollars bond each. Crider is due back in court on May 22nd.
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Ottawa, ON – Melissa Lantsman, Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, and Pierre Paul-Hus, Quebec Political Lieutenant, released the following statement on the end of ArriveCAN requirements:
"Since Pierre Poilievre became the Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, the government has conveniently realized that Canadians were suffering from their inflationary deficits and planned tax hikes. Now, days later, they have also signaled that they will be ending the mandatory use of the ArriveCAN app.
"Ever since it was introduced, the ArriveCAN app has killed jobs, suffocated economies all over the country, and told visitors they weren't welcome in Canada. Along with unscientific vaccine mandates and mandatory random testing, ArriveCAN created the longest delays ever seen at Canada's airports. Seniors without cellphones were detained for hours at ports of entry, and fully vaccinated travellers were told to quarantine for no reason.
"Meanwhile, the Prime Minister jet setted around the world, with zero regard for his own rules and restrictions. While Canadians suffered for hours in airports, they watched as Justin Trudeau travelled maskless, breaking his own rules whenever he wanted.
"Worst of all, Canadians who couldn't or wouldn't comply with the ridiculous ArriveCAN restrictions were fined $6,255 for failing to go along with the government's nonsense.
"Now, Justin Trudeau is walking back his disastrous and unscientific mandates, including the mandatory use of ArriveCAN. This decision is extremely overdue, and Canadians deserve an apology.
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American Beauty: Aesthetics and Innovation in Fashion
On view November 6, 2009 - January 9, 2010
The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) presents American Beauty: Aesthetics and Innovation in Fashion, the first exhibition to explore how the "philosophy of beauty" is allied to the craft of dressmaking. Each of the 75 looks on display was chosen to exemplify the relationship between technical ingenuity and artistic excellence. Curator Patricia Mears has focused on approximately 25 American fashion designers, ranging from the obscure, such as Jessie Franklin Turner, whose work dates from the late 1910s, to rising stars of the present day, such as the Mulleavy sisters of Rodarte. Other designers featured include Adrian, Bonnie Cashin, Maria Cornejo, James Galanos, Halston, Elizabeth Hawes, Charles James, Charles Kleibacker, Claire McCardell, Norman Norell, Rick Owens, Ralph Rucci, Isabel Toledo, Pauline Trigre, Valentina, Yeohlee, and Jean Yu.
Halston, American Beauty Rose gown in red silk organza, 1980. Photograph: William Palmer. | Claire McCardell, evening dress in black crepe faille, circa 1939. Photograph: Irving Solero. | Pauline Trigre, evening coat in cream wool, 1969. Photograph: William Palmer. |
"The garments in American Beauty are connected by one overriding criterion: They have all been created by designers who utilized the craft of dressmaking as the point of departure to create beautiful, wearable objects," said Patricia Mears, deputy director of The Museum at FIT. "This focus on construction further illustrates that each designer's method of attaining innovative shapes and forms could only have come about because craft was the central focus of the creative process. While this exhibition most definitely is not a retrospective, the range of clothing types included in American Beauty is comprehensive in that it includes both high- and low-priced fashion from the past 100 years of American fashion."
Maria Cornejo, One dress in felted grey wool, 2003. Photograph: William Palmer. | Elizabeth Hawes, evening dress in lavender, violet, and ivory striped silk brocade, 1936. Photograph: Irving Solero. | Yeohlee, wedding gown, spring 2007. Photograph: William Palmer. |
Ralph Rucci, Infanta gown in graphite gray duchesse satin, fall 2004. Photograph: William Palmer. | Valentina, dinner dress in beige silk and chiffon, circa 1938. Photograph: William Palmer. Collection of Beverley Birks. | Charles James, Tree evening dress in pale pink silk taffeta, 1955. Photograph: Irving Solero. |
American Beauty includes such dressmaking disciplines as draping, geometric forms, tailoring, and rigid construction from a broad spectrum of clothing styles, including daywear, suits, evening gowns, and active wear. The link between aesthetics and innovation will further be explored by illustrating the diversity of creative styles in the United States, from highly functional and economical ready-to-wear garments to elaborate couture creations and Hollywood costumes. The exhibition will be designed by Charles B. Froom.
Adrian for MGM, gown for Joan Crawford in The Bride Wore Red in red pave bugle beads, gold beads, red crepe, 1937. Photograph: Irving Solero. | Charles Kleibacker, evening caftan dress in white nylon jersey, 1969. Photograph: Irving Solero. | Rodarte, evening dress (back view) in steam dyed silk tulle, black mohair yarn, fall 2008. Photograph: William Palmer. |
A lavishly illustrated book, also called American Beauty: Aesthetics and Innovation in Fashion will be published by Yale University Press, with proceeds going to the Fashion Institute of Technology. A wide range of public programs, including free lectures and tours, will accompany the exhibition. For a program of events, call (212) 217-4585 or email [email protected].
Jean Yu, dress in white jersey with black grosgrain ribbon, circa 2006. Photograph: William Palmer. | Pauline Trigre, cloque dress and coat, in navy blue and white cotton, circa 1964. Photograph: William Palmer. Collection of Beverley Birks. | Yeohlee, Bellows dress in grey silk, fall 2007. Photograph: William Palmer. |
1stdibs, the online resource for antique and vintage design, is a main sponsor of the exhibition, American Beauty, and the American Style symposium. Throughout the run of the show, 1stdibs will present editorial features on its website, including exhibition coverage and a book review, interviews with the exhibition designer, and an exclusive conversation with museum director, Dr. Valerie Steele, about MFIT's permanent collections.
The Coby Foundation is a New York-based organization that supports exhibitions and educational programming that combine excellent scholarship and effective interpretation of the needle arts, including fashion.
Yoox.com, the online retailer, is the museum's media partner for American Beauty. The site will post interviews with some of the key designers featured in the exhibition, including Ralph Rucci, Yeohlee, and Rodarte. Yoox.com also will produce an insider's view of the exhibition and detail the construction of featured objects, such as the interior of Charles James's magnificent evening gowns, Adrian's complex tailored suits, and Halston's geometrically-cut evening wear.
The Museum at FIT is the only museum in New York City dedicated solely to the art
of fashion. Best known for its innovative and award-winning exhibitions, which have
been described by Roberta Smith in The New York Times as "ravishing," the museum has a collection of more than 50,000 garments and accessories
dating from the 18th century to the present. Like other fashion museums, such as the
Muse de la Mode, the Mode Museum, and the Museo de la Moda, The Museum at FIT collects,
conserves, documents, exhibits, and interprets fashion. The museum's mission is to
advance knowledge of fashion through exhibitions, publications, and public programs.
Visit www.fitnyc.edu/museum.
The Museum is part of the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), a college of art and design, business and technology, that educates more than 10,000 students annually. FIT is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) and offers more than 44 majors leading to the AAS, BFA, BS, MA, and MPS degrees. Visit www.fitnyc.edu.
The Couture Council is a membership group of fashion enthusiasts that helps support the exhibitions and programs of The Museum at FIT. The Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion is given to a selected designer at a benefit luncheon held in the Rainbow Room every September. For information on the Couture Council, call (212) 217-4532 or email [email protected].
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My News and Reviews
Two reviews were posted at Experiments in Manga last week! The honor of the first in-depth manga review of the month (and of the year, for that matter) goes to Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki's Oishinbo, A la Carte: Fish, Sushi & Sashimi. I love food, I love manga, and so I love Oishinbo, too. I happen to really like fish and sushi as well, so I particularly enjoyed this volume. I also posted a review for Edogawa Rampo's mystery adventure The Fiend with Twenty Faces which is the first novel in his series The Boy Detectives. I've read some of his stories and essays written for adults, but this was his first work for younger audiences that I read. It's a lot of fun.
As for news and other interesting things found online: The English translation of Toh EnJoe's Self-Reference Engine (one of my most notable release of 2013) has been nominated for a Philip K. Dick Award. The University of Michigan will be hosting an international conference on Natsume Sōseki from April 18 through April 20. (If you happen to be in Michigan around then, it's be free and open to the public!) After months of no news, it looks like those who supported the Kickstarter for Osamu Tezuka's The Crater may actually receive their rewards. And finally, Joe McCulloch takes a look at some of Suehiro Maruo's most recent work over at The Comics Journal. Now if only more of his manga would be licensed in English!
Quick Takes
Basara, Volumes 6-10 by Yumi Tamura. I love this series so much! It really is a shame that Basara is going out-of-print in English, but at least Viz has begun to release it digitally as well. The story is epic and engaging and the characters are complex and multi-layered. These particular volumes of Basara include the Okinawa story arc, which I especially enjoyed. It's very interesting to see how Tamura is using events and politics from throughout Japan's history to inform her post-apocalyptic world and culture. There are definite echos from the Warring States period, World War Two, and so on. Just as it was historically, in Basara Okinawa is a separate country from Japan that maintains its own traditions, relies heavily on trade, is largely at the mercy of foreign military influence, and is beset by natural disasters. Also, it's the homeland of karate, which plays a part in some of the battles. (As a karateka myself, I couldn't help but appreciate this.) I'm really looking forward to reading more of the series.
Entangled Circumstances by Kikuko Kikuya. I ended up enjoying Entangled Circumstances much more than I thought I would. I found the first chapter or so to actually be a little boring, but by the end of the volume Entangled Circumstances had managed to turn itself into a rather funny, and even a little sweet, boys' love story. Actually, bonus chapters after the main story were the funniest and probably the favorite part of the manga for me because of that. Shibui and Himeko were once college classmates, but now they work at the same advertising agency. Himeko's been in love with Shibui for a while now, but after a past awkward love confession, things have been strained between the two men. Often they seem to act like high schoolers rather than full-grown adults, so it's difficult to take Entangled Circumstances completely seriously. It's a lighthearted and fluffy sort of manga. The manga is nothing extraordinary, and I don't know that I will necessarily need to read it again, but it was quite enjoyable.
Zoo by Andy MacDonald. I haven't read the original novel Zoo, a science fiction thriller written by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge, but MacDonald's graphic novel adaptation somehow came into my possession, so I figured I'd give it a try. Since I haven't read the original, I can't definitively say how the graphic novel works as an adaptation, but I get the impression that MacDonald has been very faithful to the source material. The Zoo graphic novel can be somewhat text-heavy and some of the plot lines are a little compressed (though not exactly rushed) but I was never confused as to what was going on. Even so, I may have rolled my eyes a bit at the plot's development and some of the rather predictable "twists." Unfortunately, Zoo just doesn't have that original or great of a story to begin with and I had a difficult time suspending my incredulity. The ending in particular was rather disappointing. Zoo starts out as a fairly action-packed, and bloody, doomsday scenario, but its heavy-handed moral can be a bit much.
Meganebu! directed by Soubi Yamamoto. I already knew that I enjoyed Yamamoto's visual style from her previous work and so I wasn't disappointed by Meganebu!'s brightly colored and slightly eccentric animation. Even so, it took a few episodes for the series to really grow on me. There's not really much of a plot to Meganebu!. There are the members of the Glasses Club and their continuing efforts to create a pair of glasses with X-Ray vision (with some very unexpected and explosive results) but mostly the series just follows their daily lives and the trouble they all get into. Once I got over the fact that Meganebu! is fairly pointless, I could sit back and enjoy its peculiar sense of fun. As a glasses wearer myself, I could particularly appreciate all of the humor surrounding eyeglasses. To the members of the Glasses Club, glasses are more than just a fashion accessory. Neither are they simply used to correct vision. Glasses have the power to change the world. Meganebu! is an absurd anime, but I'll admit to enjoying it.


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A 'brain training' iPad game developed and tested by researchers at the University of Cambridge may improve the memory of patients with schizophrenia, helping them in their daily lives at work and living independently, according to research published today.
A 'brain training' iPad game developed and tested by researchers at the University of Cambridge may improve the memory of patients with schizophrenia, helping them in their daily lives at work and living independently, according to research published today.
This proof-of-concept study is important because it demonstrates that the memory game can help where drugs have so far failed
Barbara Sahakian
Schizophrenia is a long-term mental health condition that causes a range of psychological symptoms, ranging from changes in behaviour through to hallucinations and delusions. Psychotic symptoms are reasonably well treated by current medications; however, patients are still left with debilitating cognitive impairments, including in their memory, and so are frequently unable to return to university or work.
There are as yet no licensed pharmaceutical treatments to improve cognitive functions for people with schizophrenia. However, there is increasing evidence that computer-assisted training and rehabilitation can help people with schizophrenia overcome some of their symptoms, with better outcomes in daily functioning and their lives.
Schizophrenia is estimated to cost £13.1 billion per year in total in the UK, so even small improvements in cognitive functions could help patients make the transition to independent living and working and could therefore substantially reduce direct and indirect costs, besides improving the wellbeing and health of patients.
In a study published today in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, a team of researchers led by Professor Barbara Sahakian from the Department of Psychiatry at Cambridge describe how they developed and tested Wizard, an iPad game aimed at improving an individual's episodic memory. Episodic memory is the type of memory required when you have to remember where you parked your car in a multi-storey car park after going shopping for several hours or where you left your keys in home several hours ago, for example. It is one of the facets of cognitive functioning to be affected in patients with schizophrenia.
The game, Wizard, was the result of a nine-month collaboration between psychologists, neuroscientists, a professional game-developer and people with schizophrenia. It was intended to be fun, attention-grabbing, motivating and easy to understand, whilst at the same time improving the player's episodic memory. The memory task was woven into a narrative in which the player was allowed to choose their own character and name; the game rewarded progress with additional in-game activities to provide the user with a sense of progression independent of the cognitive training process.
The researchers assigned twenty-two participants, who had been given a diagnosis of schizophrenia, to either the cognitive training group or a control group at random. Participants in the training group played the memory game for a total of eight hours over a four-week period; participants in the control group continued their treatment as usual. At the end of the four weeks, the researchers tested all participants' episodic memory using the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) PAL, as well as their level of enjoyment and motivation, and their score on the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale, which doctors use to rate the social, occupational, and psychological functioning of adults.
Professor Sahakian and colleagues found that the patients who had played the memory game made significantly fewer errors and needed significantly fewer attempts to remember the location of different patterns in the CANTAB PAL test relative to the control group. In addition, patients in the cognitive training group saw an increase in their score on the GAF scale.
Participants in the cognitive training group indicated that they enjoyed the game and were motivated to continue playing across the eight hours of cognitive training. In fact, the researchers found that those who were most motivated also performed best at the game. This is important, as lack of motivation is another common facet of schizophrenia.
Professor Sahakian says: "We need a way of treating the cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia, such as problems with episodic memory, but slow progress is being made towards developing a drug treatment. So this proof-of-concept study is important because it demonstrates that the memory game can help where drugs have so far failed. Because the game is interesting, even those patients with a general lack of motivation are spurred on to continue the training."
Professor Peter Jones adds: "These are promising results and suggest that there may be the potential to use game apps to not only improve a patient's episodic memory, but also their functioning in activities of daily living. We will need to carry out further studies with larger sample sizes to confirm the current findings, but we hope that, used in conjunction with medication and current psychological therapies, this could help people with schizophrenia minimise the impact of their illness on everyday life."
It is not clear exactly how the apps also improved the patients' daily functioning, but the researchers suggest it may be because improvements in memory had a direct impact on global functions or that the cognitive training may have had an indirect impact on functionality by improving general motivation and restoring self-esteem. Or indeed, both these explanations may have played a role in terms of the impact of training on functional outcome.
In April 2015, Professor Sahakian and colleagues began a collaboration with the team behind the popular brain training app Peak to produce scientifically-tested cognitive training modules. The collaboration has resulted in the launch today of the Cambridge University & Peak Advanced Training Plan a memory game, available within Peak's iOS app, designed to train visual and episodic memory while promoting learning.
The training module is based on the Wizard memory game, developed by Professor Sahakian and colleague Tom Piercy at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge. Rights to the Wizard game were licensed to Peak by Cambridge Enterprise, the University's commercialisation company.
"This new app will allow the Wizard memory game to become widely available, inexpensively. State-of-the-art neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, combined with the innovative approach at Peak, will help bring the games industry to a new level and promote the benefits of cognitive enhancement," says Professor Sahakian.
Sahakian, BJ et al. The impact of neuroscience on society: Cognitive enhancement in neuropsychiatric disorders and in healthy people. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B; 3 Aug 2015
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Well, I follow Skype numbers since the very beginning of Skype's birth in August 2003, and despite the very scarce information provided by the new owner Microsoft I developed a feeling concerning "normal or abnormal" changes in users online behavior. Therefore I dare to make some guesses. Sometimes they are wrong, sometimes they prove to be right.
In my post of August 27 I guessed this was a "fake growth" due to Outlook.com users logging unknowingly on to the Skype application, or double logging in, and it seems I am right. Last week it never went over the 62 million people online, and also today, the maximum I saw was 62 million and a bit.
Such a downfall of about 8 million people online is NOT usual, never happened either. So, what happened?
- Did a lot of Skype users abandon Skype last week? I don't think so!
- Did Skype change the way it calculates the users online?
- Or change something in the automatic logon of Outlook.com?
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Dolly Parton expressed her support for Black Lives Matter in an interview with Billboard, saying that while she hasn't attended any marches this summer, she supports the protest movement and its push for racial justice.
"I understand people having to make themselves known and felt and seen," she told the magazine. "And of course Black lives matter. Do we think our little white asses are the only ones that matter? No!"
Two years ago, Parton renamed the Dixie Stampede dinner theater show — one of many business ventures she runs — after criticism in the wake of the 2017 Charlottesville white supremacist rally. Today the Civil War-themed show is known as Dolly Parton's Stampede. (The renaming of the attraction was the subject of an episode of the podcast Dolly Parton's America).
In her interview with Billboard, Parton addressed that controversy, saying she was guilty of "innocent ignorance" and "would never dream of hurting anybody on purpose."
"When they said 'Dixie' was an offensive word, I thought, 'Well, I don't want to offend anybody. This is a business. We'll just call it The Stampede,' " she said. "As soon as you realize that [something] is a problem, you should fix it. Don't be a dumbass. That's where my heart is.
The country music group formerly known as The Dixie Chicks came to the same conclusion earlier this year.
The 74-year-old songwriter, singer, businesswoman and philanthropist also said her entire business empire has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, but she's still hopeful for the future.
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June 22, 2013: Crowdfunding Focus: Adventures On The TabletopDouglas Morse of Grandfather Films is directing and producing a documentary about board games, covering the entire process from concept to table. It covers design, playtest, and manufacture, seeking to give you an in-depth look at how some of your favorite games are made. It also contains interviews with a number of industry professionals, our own Steve Jackson among them. Funds for the project are mainly going toward the travel expenses necessary to take the crew around the country for more interviews and expanded content. The Kickstarter ends on June 25. If you ever wanted to get a behind-the-scenes look at the process and impact of board game design, you may want to pledge to this. PS - I enjoyed the interview at Origins. Douglas asks good questions, and does the Annie Liebovitz thing of encouraging his subjects toward non-standard poses. So after doing the interview, and then reading the Kickstarter proposal, we dropped a big chunk of support on the project. Phil Reed, as an individual, is also supporting. So really, I encourage you to look at this project now (it's almost over) and consider supporting. I think it might be a significant help for new designers, both in terms of creating the game and seeking publication. And you guys WANT new designers to succeed, right? Right. (And I expect to learn a thing or two from it, myself.) Share this post! |
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If evangelical Christians are hesitant to support Ron Paul's candidacy for the Republican nomination for President, two reasons are usually proffered: he does not support Israel, and he wants to bring the troops home from Iraq.
Unfortunately, many (if not most) of today's evangelical Christians have bought into the whole neocon warmongering mentality. Somewhere along the way, evangelicals have forgotten the historic Christian understanding of "just war," not to mention our Savior's promise of divine blessing upon peacemakers. They have allowed President George W. Bush and his fellow warmongers to hijack the legitimate use of defensive war and turn it into a commitment to aggressive and preemptive war.
If the United States continues on its current path of aggressive, preemptive war, incessant nation-building, empire-building, and globalism, our country will collapse. If history teaches us anything, it teaches us that no super-power can long survive global warfare. The economic, moral, and spiritual strain on the nation would be more than it could long endure. In other words, Bush's war doctrine has put America on a crash course with disaster, and evangelicals are downright foolish to go along with it.
Ron Paul is anything but a pacifist. He is a U.S. Air Force veteran, for goodness' sake. He believes in Ronald Reagan's "Peace Through Strength" philosophy. He believes in a strong military. He believes in defending the United States. That is not in question.
Obviously, however, Ron Paul rejects nation-building, empire-building, preemptive war, and globalism. By the way, this is something the Republican Party also used to reject before George W. Bush came along.
And please understand, this is something that the vast majority—and I mean vast majority—of the American people also reject. If the GOP nominates a pro-Iraq war, pro-attack Iran, pro-preemptive invasion, pro-aggressive war candidate, they can kiss the November elections goodbye. The American people (except for the most fanatically loyal Bush supporters) are sick to death of American soldiers and Marines dying for Mideast oil, million-dollar Halliburton contracts, and "surrender-your-liberties-because-we-are-at-war" drivel. However, it is evangelical Christians' misunderstanding of Ron Paul's position on Israel that seems to be the most problematic.
To be sure, not all believers agree on the subject of Israel. Christians are divided between pre-millennialism, post-millennialism, and even amillennialism. For the most part, pre-millennialists (such as me) believe that God will yet fulfill the Davidic Covenant with the nation of Israel. Post-millennialists, on the other hand, believe that the Church, which is the Body of Christ, is the complete fulfillment of God's promises to Abraham and David.
Regardless of one's particular view of Eschatology, believers should be united in their support for protecting the sovereignty and independence of these United States. If this were really true, the vast majority of believers would enthusiastically support the candidacy of Ron Paul, as there is no one in Washington, D.C., who more faithfully defends the integrity of America's sovereignty and independence. The problem is, some Christians seem to give more loyalty and support to the government of Israel than they do their own country's independence and freedom.
In this regard, it is incredible to me how evangelical pastors and leaders can continue to associate with—and support—radical Israel apologists such as John Hagee. His ranting about Jewish people having a special covenant with God and needing not to come to the Father through Christ—and even that Jesus never claimed to be Christ—is nothing short of blatant apostasy.
Whether one believes in a future Davidic Kingdom or not is immaterial to the preservation of America's freedom and independence. If God intends a future place and purpose for Israel, He is certainly capable of fulfilling that place and purpose. He will not need your help, my help, or Ron Paul's help. I know that is shocking to the pride and arrogance of many evangelicals, but it is true nonetheless.
Does that mean that an American President should deliberately inflict harm upon the State of Israel? As long as they do not inflict harm upon us, no. No more than he should deliberately inflict harm upon any nation that does not inflict harm upon us. A free and independent nation—not to mention a nation whose roots are grounded in Christian philosophy—should seek only that which promotes peace and prosperity. Of all people, Christians should understand this. Ron Paul does understand this.
Accordingly, Ron Paul rightly wants to return America's foreign policy to the established and historic principles of its founding documents and sentiments. That means free and fair trade with all and entangling alliances with none. Not even Israel.
My dear Christian brethren, let's get real: America's policies toward Israel have not been a blessing to her. They have been a curse. George W. Bush and most other Presidents during the last 40 years have treated Israel like the proverbial red-headed step-child.
For example, America continues to furnish Israel's enemies with three times more aid and assistance than it does Israel. Three times. Is that being a blessing to Israel? America gives unflinching and magnanimous support to militant Muslim governments such as Saudi Arabia. There is no nation in the Middle East that has harbored, trained, supplied, and supported more terrorists than Saudi Arabia. Is that being a blessing to Israel? In addition, every time an American President wants to meddle in Middle Eastern affairs, he insists that Israel give up land for peace. President Bush is doing that very thing anew and afresh at this very moment. Is that being a blessing to Israel?
Let me assure the reader (if he or she needs assurance) that Israel knows how to defend itself. In fact, Israel has over 300 nuclear weapons. Israel has enough weaponry and nuclear capability to take out any threat to its sovereignty that any Arab nation—or group of Arab nations—could mount against it.
Herein lies another problem: it is a heavy-handed, dictatorial, do-as-I-say foreign policy from Washington, D.C., that prevents Israel from defending itself. Before Tel Aviv can do anything, it must come hat-in-hand to Washington for permission.
If Iraq was a legitimate threat, Israel could have taken out Baghdad, Saddam Hussein, and his entire army with little difficulty. The same is true right now with Iran. If Iran is a legitimate threat, Israel could launch whatever attack is necessary to defend itself. It should not need Washington's permission. Israel is a sovereign nation. It should have the right to defend itself as it deems necessary. Frankly, it is none of Washington's business. The truth is, Israel's perennial precariousness is a direct result of Washington's constant interference.
Ron Paul would put an end to Washington's deleterious and insatiable appetite for nation-building and entangling alliances. The result would be a stronger Israel and a more stable Middle East. Not to mention the lack of resentment and hatred that results from the worldwide perception that America is an arrogant and bullying country.
Furthermore, Christians need to understand that Jewish interests are not always harmonious with the interests of Christianity or the interests of the United States. Israel certainly did not act in a friendly fashion when it attacked the Navy intelligence ship, the USS Liberty, in 1967. That attack was the second deadliest against a U.S. vessel since the end of World War II. The attack also marked the single greatest loss of life by the U.S. intelligence community. 34 U.S. servicemen were killed and 173 were wounded in that attack. In addition, Israel is often found to be engaged in espionage within the United States. Should America turn a blind eye to such activities? Of course not.
Beyond that, Hebrew Christians are still pretty much regarded as second-class citizens in Israel. There is no freedom of religion for Christians in Israel. I have spoken at the only two Baptist churches in Israel (at that time): the First Bible Baptist Church in Jerusalem and the Bible Baptist Church in Bethlehem. The vast majority of the churches' members were Palestinian or Arab; they were not Jewish. Most of the opposition to Christianity in Israel comes from Jews not Arabs.
Evangelical Christians in the United States also need to seriously consider the impact of America's actions upon the Christian missionaries throughout the world, but especially in the Middle Eastern world. There are numerous Christian missionaries throughout the Muslim states. Ask any of them and they will tell you that America's meddlesome foreign policy makes their job harder—not easier.
What I am saying is that Ron Paul's position on Israel is not problematic for Israel's future security or prosperity. And neither is it problematic for America's future security and prosperity. In fact, Ron Paul's foreign policy is compatible with both historic American principles—not to mention constitutional government—and with deeply regarded Christian principles. The real problem is that many evangelical Christians have themselves lost their appreciation and understanding of these principles.
Dr. Chuck Baldwin is the pastor of Crossroad Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida. He hosts a weekly radio show. His website is here.


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In a step toward understanding and exploiting an exotic form of matter that has been sparking excitement for potential applications in a new genre of supercomputers, scientists are reporting the first identification of a naturally occurring "topological insulator" (TI). Their report on discovery of the material, retrieved from an abandoned gold mine in the Czech Republic, appears in the ACS journal Nano Letters.
Pascal Gehring and colleagues point out that synthetic TIs, discovered only a decade ago, are regarded as a new horizon in materials science. Unlike conventional electrical insulators, which do not conduct electricity, TIs have the unique property of conducting electricity on their surface, while acting as an insulator inside. Although seemingly simple, this type of surface could allow manipulation of the spin of an electron, paving the way for development of a quantum computer. Such a computer would crunch data much faster than today's best supercomputers.
The research team describes discovering that the mineral Kawazulite, found in the Czech gold mine and processed into nanoflakes, is a natural TI. The flakes were so small that thousands would fit inside the dot over an "i." Based on the discovery, natural TIs may exist in other minerals, the report states. Scientists, they recall, once believed that quasi-crystals—topic of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry—were available only synthetically, but those materials recently were discovered in sky-fallen meteorites.
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A surprisingly interesting business article in the Los Angeles Times this past weekend pointed out that an "industrial real estate boom" is underway east of the city: "Nestled on the windy plains at the foot of the San Bernardino Mountains," we read, "once austere stretches of agricultural land have morphed into the country's most desirable industrial real estate market, and it is growing faster than any other industrial region in the U.S."
[Image: Construction work at a future Amazon.com warehouse in San Bernardino, courtesy of NBC Southern California].
What's at stake? Eager buyers are snapping up "vast warehouses—some are bigger than 30 football fields under one roof—where they can store, process and ship merchandise such as clothes, books and toys to ever more online shoppers and handle the rising flood of goods passing through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach."
It's a logistics rush "so intense" that "developers are erecting more than 16 million square feet of warehouses on speculation, meaning they are gambling that buyers or renters will rush forward to claim the buildings by the time they are complete."
As it happens, though, huge volumes of empty space framed by walls and ceilings are something of the ultimate testing ground for robot intelligence: "Once upon a time, a warehouse was where you stored things for weeks or months, such as toys and canned food that retailers would grab to restock their shelves. Sorting, organizing and moving the inventory was a constant challenge."
However, now, in this age of empty architectural airspace, "Tracking goods in the modern age of bar codes, scanners and computers is a comparative breeze. The location of every widget can be identified with pinpoint accuracy and fetched by robots that can lift and carry 3,000-pound loads with ease."
[Image: An unrelated warehouse photo from CCI Flooring].
I'm reminded of something novelist Zachary Mason said in an interview with BLDGBLOG three years ago. Mason, who has also worked in the field of artificial intelligence, pointed out the spatial problems faced by any truly emergent A.I.:
One of the problems with A.I. is that interacting with the world is really tough. Both sensing the world and manipulating it via robotics are very hard problems, and solved only for highly stripped-down special cases. Unmanned aerial vehicles, for instance, work well, because maneuvering in a big, empty, three-dimensional void is easy—your GPS tells you exactly where you are, and there's nothing to bump into except the odd migratory bird. Walking across across a desert, though, or, heaven help us, negotiating one's way through a room full of furniture in changing lighting conditions, is vastly more difficult.
The prospect of Artificial Intelligence finding its way into the world not by way of unmanned aerial vehicles flying in Mason's "big, empty, three-dimensional void" but, instead, in the vast and echoing elsewhere of speculative warehouse space built in the desert outside Los Angeles is an incredible, and even somewhat frightening, thing to contemplate.
However, I started this post actually hoping to point out one small thing mentioned merely in passing at the end of the L.A. Times article.
One of these warehouses, it turns out, is actually so huge it must be laser-leveled against the curvature of the earth.
[Image: A laser-leveling target used for calibrating car scales, taken by someone named "Butt Dyno," via an evolutionm.net forum].
The building in question "has 32-foot ceilings and enough doors to load or unload 124 trucks at the same time," presenting insane combinatorial possibilities that would make the bridges of Königsberg blush; but, even more unbelievably, this "480,000-square-foot facility recently built for Quaker Oats Co. on land that used to be part of Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino… is so long at 1,000 feet that contractors laying the concrete floor used lasers to gently follow the curve of the Earth and keep the floor level."
Of course, this means that you could also work in reverse, and thus deduce, from the precise leveling of the warehouse floor, the curvature of the planet it rests on, which, bizarrely enough, makes studying this building—an empty warehouse in the California desert—an unexpected subset of astronomical calculation.
Last week, for instance, we looked at various "benchmarks" that have been used for measuring the circumference of the Earth, but perhaps future generations will simply drive out to a cluster of warehouses somewhere on the fringes of Los Angeles—next century's Stonehenge, a new Solomon's Temple, or Superstudio meets Eratosthenes—ritually laser-level the floor on a hot summer afternoon, and thus deduce the limits of our world itself, all by way of the most "fundamental" of architectural interventions: the floor.
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Happy New Year slash almost February!
I had a few brunch-related posts all ready to go before Christmas, in case anyone needed some inspiration for Christmas morning or New Year's Day brunch, but then I got lazy (even though it's scientifically impossible for the mother of a 10-month old to be lazy). And now it's January 30. So, maybe next year!
We had so much fun with the Little Man's first Christmas! From the taste of the needles on our fake Christmas tree, to squealing at the snow from our living room window, to the endless amusement derived from an empty cardboard wrapping paper roll, he loved Christmas. He even tolerated sitting on the lap of the mall Santa with horrible mothball breath.
We spent the evening of Christmas Eve with my side of the family at my parents house, and then Christmas Day we were at the Hubby's aunt's house, then on Boxing Day we were back with my family, and then on the day after Boxing Day we were back with The Hubby's family. So there was a lot of eating and drinking. For Christmas Eve dinner I brought a chocolate peppermint cake that no one wanted to eat after the gigantic dinner that my mom prepared (except my brother - yay for bottomless pit brothers!!!). For Christmas Day dinner I brought a spicy cranberry cream cheese spread appetizer that seemed to disappear quickly. For Boxing Day my dad basically bought every appetizer in Costco, so I came empty-handed (although I did birth a grandchild for them, just saying). And then on the day after Boxing Day I brought my yummy Parsnip and Carrot Puree.
And now it's January diet time! I feel like I write this same post every year. Fun, fattening recipes in December, and clean, boring recipes in January. Oh, traditions - ha!
I've been using my Looneyspoons cookbook a lot this month. Every recipe is a winner, and they are all healthy or low calorie, but secretly delicious. I've also been trying to use up some of the meat lurking in my freezer, so I thawed out a pork tenderloin and decided to give this roasted pork tenderloin in maple-orange sauce a try. The Hubby said that this may be the best pork he has ever had. I asked, "best pork tenderloin?" He responded, "no, best pork of any pork." So you know this is a keeper in our house. I served it with a vegetable fried rice, another recipe from the Looneyspoons cookbook. We will be making it again!
Happy new year everyone!
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Roasted Pork Tenderloin in Maple-Orange Sauce
Serves: 4
- 1 1/2 pound (680 grams) pork tenderloin, trimmed of all visible fat
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 1/2 teaspoons grated orange zest
- 1 1/2 teaspoons curry powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground coriander
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Place pork into a large Ziplock or heavy-duty resealable plastic bag. In a medium bowl, whisk together all remaining ingredients and add to bag, turning bag a few times to make sure the the pork is fully covered. Refrigerate for one hour.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Transfer pork and marinade to a baking dish. Bake uncovered for 40 minutes. Remove from oven and let rest for 5 minutes before slicing pork (it should be slightly pink in the middle). Drizzle extra sauce over pork and serve. Enjoy!
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"This is a super fun continuation of The Thursday Murder Club. I'm very happy to spend more time with Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim, Bogdan, and the others!"
— Kira Wizner, Merritt Bookstore, Millbrook, NY
An instant New York Times bestseller!
The second gripping novel in the New York Times bestselling Thursday Murder Club series, soon to be a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg at Amblin Entertainment
"It's taken a mere two books for Richard Osman to vault into the upper leagues of crime writers. . . The Man Who Died Twice. . . dives right into joyous fun."
—The New York Times Book Review
Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim—the Thursday Murder Club—are still riding high off their recent real-life murder case and are looking forward to a bit of peace and quiet at Cooper's Chase, their posh retirement village.
But they are out of luck.
An unexpected visitor—an old pal of Elizabeth's (or perhaps more than just a pal?)—arrives, desperate for her help. He has been accused of stealing diamonds worth millions from the wrong men and he's seriously on the lam.
Then, as night follows day, the first body is found. But not the last. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim are up against a ruthless murderer who wouldn't bat an eyelid at knocking off four septuagenarians. Can our four friends catch the killer before the killer catches them? And if they find the diamonds, too? Well, wouldn't that be a bonus? You should never put anything beyond the Thursday Murder Club.
Richard Osman is back with everyone's favorite mystery-solving quartet, and the second installment of the Thursday Murder Club series is just as clever and warm as the first—an unputdownable, laugh-out-loud pleasure of a read.
About the Author
Richard Osman is an author and television presenter. His novels, The Thursday Murder Club, The Man Who Died Twice, The Bullet That Missed, and The Last Devil to Die, were number one, million-copy international bestsellers as well as New York Times bestsellers. He lives in London with his wife, Ingrid, and Liesl the cat. We Solve Murders is his fifth novel. The movie adaptation for The Thursday Murder Club will start filming in 2024, produced by Amblin Entertainment.
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Praise for The Man Who Died Twice:
"These septuagenarian sleuths of the Thursday Murder Club don't miss a beat…"
"It's taken a mere two books for Richard Osman to vault into the upper leagues of crime writers… The Man Who Died Twice. . . dives right into joyous fun. Osman's writing reminds me of Anthony Berkeley's in its mixing of sparkling humor and resonant emotion. . . No wonder readers, myself included, have surrendered to [the Thursday Murder Club members'] abundant charms."
—The New York Times Book Review
"Think of the Thursday Murder Club itself as a senior version of 'The A-Team'. . . Funny, moving and suspenseful. . . So delicious, even adorable . . A wildly entertaining book."
—The Washington Post
"[Feels] like a reunion with old friends. Clever, witty, and touching, this thriller has it all."
—Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before She Disappeared
"A thing of joy. Osman has a natural sense of humor that he's able to translate into both character and dialogue."
—Kate Atkinson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Sky
"Osman delivers another must read full of humor and heart. I loved it."
—Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Win
"This book is SO MUCH FUN! Fiendishly clever and brimming with wit on every page, The Man Who Died Twice is the tonic we all need. Osman just gets better."
—Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door
"He's back and he's better than ever! By turns moving, hilarious, and brilliantly suspenseful, the novel keeps us flipping pages from start to finish."
—Jeffery Deaver, #1 international bestselling author of The Final Twist
"Osman's novels are so much more than just brilliantly engineered mysteries... They're also funny, warm, and big-hearted. He can't possibly write them fast enough to suit me. These books are absolute gold."
—Joe Hill, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman
"Richard Osman's action-packed second outing with the Thursday Murder Club overflows with wit, friendship, and derring-do, as the eccentric quartet of British crime solvers joins forces from a countryside retirement village. They tussle with the mafia, investigate murders, and, of course, enjoy teatime."
—The Christian Science Monitor
"The club makes a triumphant return… The Man Who Died Twice, like its series predecessor, is an unalloyed delight, full of sharp writing, sudden surprises, heart, comedy, sorrow and great banter."
—Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal
"Fun and ingenious … Osman blends humor and pathos while weaving his tangled web of intrigue and deception. This is the perfect book with which to unwind."
—Malcolm Forbes, Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"Osman follows The Thursday Murder Club, his supremely entertaining debut, with an even better second installment. . . A clever, funny mystery peopled with captivating characters that enhance the story at every quirky turn."
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"It's impossible to single out any one feature that makes The Man Who Died Twice such an absolute treat... Richard Osman creates real magic with his characters. They are frequently laugh-out-loud hilarious but also entirely real and three-dimensional...If possible, this sequel is even better than the Osman's charmer of a debut, The Thursday Murder Club. This series is both a load of fun and an ode to how the power of friendship is important throughout one's life but especially during the final stretch. Don't miss it."
—BookPage (starred review)
"[The Man Who Died Twice] captures the spirit of older folks who don't want to be pigeonholed by their age and who capture the charming insouciance of those who've seen a lot. . . the dialogue at a sprightly clip, while the plot itself often gallops. But it is the four very different. . . but utterly endearing members of the club who will leave readers eager for Osman to call the next meeting to order."
"Riveting. . . The twisty plot, knotty issues of relationships with life partners, and steadfast loyalty among the sleuths provide depth and poignancy. Those who prefer their mysteries with touches of spycraft, humor, and eccentricity will be well pleased."
—Publishers Weekly
"This slick sequel will leave you buzzing with 'the gentle hum of contentment.'"
—The Times (London)
"If you liked The Thursday Murder Club, you're in for a treat, as this sequel is even better."
—Good Housekeeping (UK)
"It's balm for the soul."
—Daily Express (London)
"It's an unalloyed pleasure to spend time with Osman's sparkling, well-observed characters who are also wittily perceptive about our foibles and the quirks of modern life."
—Sunday Express (London)
"Osman's characters are beautifully drawn, and the result is a novel that's pure pleasure to read."
—The Observer (London)