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(After you checkout, the page will lead you to PayPal. You do not need a PayPal account to pay. There is an option just below to enter your credit card.)
Interviews where I talk about the e-Guide:
VIDEO Interview with Amanda Abella of Grad Meets World
Love Your Work Life Podcast Interview with Betty Jean Bell
Peoplegogy Blog Talk Radio (audio interview on career)
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Zounds Hearing Aids in Jeffersonville, IN is now working with Valpak of Kentucky to distribute their money saving coupons through direct mail and Valpak's online and mobile platform
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The 2014 Consumer's Guide to Hearing Aids is now available and provides product comparisons and details on style trends, technology, and choices.
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Independent Audiologists, Click Hearing open a new practice in Springfield Hospital, one of the leading private hospitals in the East of England.
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Local independent hearing aid specialist, Click Hearing is helping to raise awareness of National Autism Awareness Month throughout April.
By Merion Matters
ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists has released results of a nationwide survey of speech-language pathologists and audiologists' salaries and compensation trends for 2012.
By New England Hearing Instruments
Leslie Soiles, Au.D., owner of New England Hearing Instruments, was recently honored with the President's Award at the 17th Annual American Hearing Aid Associates (AHAA) Convention in Orlando, FL.
By Center for Hearing Aids
What can you expect from a consultation with an audiologist, hearing aid dispenser or ENT specialist? You have probably wondered already what will happen during an expert consultation.
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As many as 70 crore people across the globe will be suffering from hearing impairment by 2015, primarily because of noise and sound pollution, according to a global study on the growth of hearing impaired people
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Portrait Health Centers for the Healing Arts is a multi-specialty clinic where families can come to experience the most cutting-edge treatment options available for those struggling with ADHD.
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Hearing loss in today's world is more common than many may realize. Usually it is other people who notice that someone may have a hearing problem. People can sometimes go for years and years without realizing that their hearing is deteriorating.
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How To Enjoy Amplified Music and Avoid Ringing Ears ( Tinnitus); Long Island Audiologist Dr. Stephen Glasser, Au.D., Comments
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A Quiz for National Audiology Awareness and Protect Your Hearing Month, with comments by Audiologist Dr. Stephen Glasser, Au.D. , director of Long Island Audiology.
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55 Cnc e: 0.74 day period, 8.57 Mearth, 1.63 Rearth, *11* g/cm^3!
May 2nd
Posted by afuller in Current Events & Research
The exoplanet 55 Cnc e may get its period and mass revised downward due to recent observations that support a paper from last year.
In short, we thought it had a period of 2.8 days and a minimum mass of 14 Mearth. This is from radial velocity measurements. The paper from last year, however, made the case that this period may be due to aliasing in the data. If the planet has a period closer to 0.7 days, it could appear to have a 2.8 day period in radial velocity observations. And if its period is 0.7 days, then there's a really good chance that it could transit its star.
Which, it turns out it does. These new observations confirm it has a 0.74 day orbit, and that it's mass is much lower: 8.5 Mearth. But because it's transiting, we can much more accurately determine its radius: 1.63 Rearth. This gives it an average density of 11 g cm^-3. For comparison, that makes it twice as dense as the Earth or Mercury. For further comparison, that iron meteorite we had at our Physics Fair table (just to the left of Veselin's laptop in the picture) has a density of roughly 7.5 g cm^-3 and weighs 24.5 lbs. It was roughly the size of a large dog's head. If it were a chunk of 55 Cnc e, then it would weigh 36 lbs., roughly a third heavier.
Detecting rings around exoplanets
Apr 28th
Posted by afuller in Current Events & Research
Just saw this on astrobites.com: Could Rings Exist Around Kepler "Warm Saturns"?
It's a new paper on arxiv.org that follows a couple of older papers that try to pin down the detectability of rings around exoplanets. In this case, the authors are focusing only on planets and candidate planets detected by Kepler. Astrobites does a good job of summing up the paper, so I'll just provide a couple of other quick-read papers and a book reference if you're interested in learning more.
Transit Detectability of Ring Systems Around Extrasolar Giant Planets
Detectability of planetary rings around an extrasolar planet from reflected-light photometry
Planetary Rings
This latter reference, a book from the Cambridge Planetary Science series, is a good introduction to (Saturn's) rings suitable for undergraduates.
50 billion and counting….
Feb 20th
Posted by afuller in Current Events & Research
From Discovery News:
There are at least 50 billion exoplanets in our galaxy. What's more, astronomers estimate that 500 million of these alien worlds are probably sitting inside the habitable zones of their parent stars.
The cost of a newly discovered planet
Feb 9th
Posted by afuller in Current Events & Research
I get forwarded stuff. A forward I got today is for a week-old BoingBoing post about Greg Laughlin's "exoplanet valuation" equation. Laughlin is essentially trying to find a way to quantitatively compare the importance of each exoplanet discovery. In this case, he's trying to put it in terms of dollars and cents. I don't see where on his site he does the derivation for the equation, and I haven't tried running any of the numbers yet (I'm still looking for a complete list of all 1200 new candidates), but the BoingBoing post says that so far:
At the time, the exoplanet Gliese 581 c was thought to be the most Earth-like world known beyond our solar system. The equation said it was worth a measly $160. Mars fared better, priced at $14,000. And Earth? Our planet's value emerged as nearly 5 quadrillion dollars. That's about 100 times Earth's yearly GDP, and perhaps, Laughlin thought, not a bad ballpark estimate for the total economic value of our world and the technological civilization it supports.
The BoingBoing link breaks down the equation, but you can find Laughlin using it everywhere on his blog.
Calling all podcasters!
Jan 11th
Posted by afuller in Current Events & Research
I mentioned this about a month ago to this list, so I'd like to remind everyone about a great public outreach opportunity. We're currently signed up for several slots in the 365DaysOfAstronomy.org podcast. This is a podcast open to submission from all over the world about any topic of interest related to astronomy. As such, people from all over the world with hugely varying degrees of expertise download and listen to this podcast. This is a great opportunity to get involved in public outreach, get your name out in front of the general public, as well as an important addition to your CV or grad school application. If you'd like to know more about the site and the podcast in general, I suggest reading through their "about" page.
I started doing these as an undergrad at Columbia University. The grad students there mobilized to establish a "Columbia Mondays" recurring series during 2009. We did quite a bit of them, and you can find links to all of them from here. I was thinking we could do something similar for astrobiology at JHU. We can do podcasts on any topic you like–current events, your research, hobbies, etc–as long as you can link it back to astronomy/astrobiology in some way. I've done about 6 of these myself, ranging from a discussion of the Galileo probe's discoveries at Jupiter, the science behind detecting moons around extrasolar planets, to an exploration of my interest in the history of astronomy.
Doing a podcast requires writing a transcript, recording yourself reading the transcript, and then uploading everything to the site. The writing part requires the most time and research, but if we do this as a collaborative effort (someone writes about an area of interest, the rest of us providing copy-edit and revisions) it should go quickly. Then, using David Coren's suggestion, we can record and edit the podcast at the Digital Media Center in Mattin in just a couple of hours.
We have four dates reserved on the calendar: Feb 12, April 25, Sept 26, and Nov 28. The very first one is Darwin's birthday. We should do something Darwinian related. Let me know if you're interested in doing this first one. We've got to have it submitted February 7th.
Kepler 10b — a very hot rocky planet
Jan 10th
Posted by afuller in Current Events & Research
Justin just posted this on the email list:
The Kepler team has announced their first terrestrial-sized exoplanet discovery, Kepler-10b. It's 4.6 Earth masses, 1.4 Earth radii (denser than Earth; more like solid iron or lead), and in an 0.84-day orbit. So, most likely way too hot to be habitable, but still, huge hope for detecting many more small transiting planets.
Hunt new planets in your pajamas
Jan 10th
Posted by afuller in Current Events & Research
Veselin sent this out to the email list a few weeks ago. PlanetHunters.org is an offshoot of the Galaxy Zoo project and a fun way to spend a few minutes (or hours) looking at light curves. Check out their introductory video:
Welcome to Planet Hunters from The Zooniverse on Vimeo.
Meet with Jim Kasting tomorrow at 10am
Dec 9th
Posted by afuller in Current Events & Research
Don't forget that Jim Kasting is presenting tomorrow at 12:30pm as part of the Astrobiology Lecture series at the John Bahcall Auditorium, STScI.
We've been given the opportunity to meet with him before his presentation at 10am in STScI room 311. If you're interested, reply to the list or drop me a line because we need to let Daniel Apai know if there'll be more than 4 of us.
Here's one of his papers on arxiv.org: "Exoplanet Characterization and the Search for Life."
James Kasting's Astrobiology Seminar this Friday at STScI
Dec 6th
From the Astrobiology Lectures listserv comes this announcement for Friday's astrobiology lecture at STScI:
Friday, December 10, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. in the John Bahcall Auditorium – STScI (Light lunch provided and discussion at 12:00 p.m., talk at 12:30 p.m.) For more information see http://astrobiology.stsci.edu
Speaker: James Kasting, Penn State University
Title: HOW TO FIND A HABITABLE PLANET
Abstract: Over 400 planets have been found around nearby stars, but none of them is thought to be at all like Earth. The goal now is to identify rocky planets within the habitable zones of their stars and to search their atmospheres spectroscopically for signs of life. To do this, we need new space-based telescopes such as NASA's proposed Terrestrial Planet Finders or ESA's Darwin mission (all of which are indefinitely postponed at the moment). If spectra of extrasolar planet atmospheres can be obtained, the presence of O2, which is produced from photosynthesis, or O3, which is produced photochemically from O2, would under most circumstances provide strong evidence for life beyond Earth. But "false positives" for life may also exist, and these need to be clearly delineated in advance of such missions, if at all possible. I will also contrast my optimism about the search for complex life with the more pessimistic view expressed by Ward and Brownlee in their book, Rare Earth.
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Astrobiological Factors in Exoplanet Exploration Strategies
Jun 17th
We've got another lecture in the STSci Astrobiology Lecture Series coming up tomorrow! This month the lecture will be by Wes Traub from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Caltech. It'll be in Mudd 100 at 12:30pm tomorrow. The lecture is entitled "Astrobiological Factors in Exoplanet Exploration Strategies." The abstract:
What is the best strategy for finding signs of life beyond the Solar System? Until recent years this was a purely philosophical question, but today we have the technical ability to search for signs of life on exoplanets around nearby stars, so the question is now a practical one. To start, we ask what kind of signs of life should we be looking for, and where should we be looking? Next we might ask about the methods we could use for such a search, and the kinds of evidence that we expect to obtain. Finally we can ask about the prospects for starting this search in the coming decade.
After the lecture, the Astrobiology Club gets to meet with Traub at 3pm in Mudd 128. Don't miss out!


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Chris Brown In New Instagram Rant Says 'I Can Handle the Hate but Enough Is Enough Yo'
The Chris Brown drama sometimes seems endless.
Brown who is now facing the possibility of being thrown in prison for allegedly lying about completing his community service which was ordered by a California judge after he was found guilty of assaulting his on and off girlfriend Rihanna took to Instagram where he went on a rant.
The singer who was recently involved in a fight with Frank Ocean where he apparently threatened to shoot him and used a homophopic slur against him said that he was tired of being hated on.
He revealed that he is not like Jesus – he is a simple human being who has feelings and can not understand why people will not leave him alone so he can focus on his music.
He wrote on his private account:
"Im a human being and I honestly think I deserve respect im sick of being accused.Im Tired yall just dont understand Ive been going through this shit since I was 19 years old..you cant sit here and tell me to calm down, when am I gonna get a positive outcome out of anything I do?.Just when everything seems to be going good, some new shit happens.A day in my shoes is a day in hell, believe it or not!.Im wise I can handle the hate but enough is enough yo!!.Yes it bothers me but its not my main focus! My music is."
Does Chris Brown deserve respect?
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It's official – Nintendo's Wii U can be finally pre-ordered from various online retailers
If you want to be one of the first to get your hands on the console, follow this link:
The Wii U will have some pretty amazing launch games, including Darksiders 2 – most of the games will make use of the new Wii U tablet-like controller. THQ has confirmed that it will add exclusive game content to the Wii U version of DS2, which makes it one of the best launch titles for the console
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Tips for Creating a Home Gym
December was a blustery month here in the Northwest, and record snowfall meant days trapped indoors and lots of canceled plans. Among our winter casualties? Regular workouts with a personal trainer. Though she offered "alternative" exercise (i.e. trudging through deep snow and climbing the basement stairs), nothing quite took the place of actual equipment. Which got us thinking...what does it take to create a home gym?
We took a quick look at Oregon Home's 16 Tips for Home Gyms and eHow's How To Build A Cheap Home Gym and were most impressed with the following suggestions:
- Create a co-op gym with friends where everyone splits the cost of equipment, but only one person stores the gear at his home or garage.
- Search for used gear on local online bulletin boards.
- Research the cost of various exercise options (including gym memberships and classes) before you spend money on setting up a home gym.
- Before you buy a big piece of equipment, measure and remeasure it and the room in which you'll use it.
- Protect hardwood, cement or tile floors from sweat, equipment grease and repetitive motions with a thick floor mat.
- Realize that the small things—bottles of water, a heartrate monitor, dumbbells—are as important as big, spendy exercise machines.
Do you have a home gym? If so, what tips do you have for pulling one together?
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Stumptuous.com home gym ideas. Mistress Krista is awesome!
A good set of dumbbells are the ultimate fitness accessory - you can get just about every type of exercise you need from dumbbells. Save yourself the gym membership fees (and the time it takes to get there and back).
when i first glanced at this title i thought it said "how to cheat at the gym." i got really excited.... THATS something i want to read about!!! :)
madsarah, I'm right with you! I also dance, and I was fortunate enough to get a large (5' by 4') mirror from a woman who had just bought a house with two mirrors on the wall that she didn't like. She offered both mirrors to me if I could haul them off (unfortunately, one was too firmly attached to the wall, so I had to leave it).
The mirror's been with me for a few years now and lives in my living room/dining room/yoga and dance studio. It's not the most chic decoration, but it does make the apartment feel much bigger!
Home workouts are great, especially when it gets cold out and especially now that $ are tight and I can't afford yoga 3x/week. I do yoga at home now with videos I download on www.beYOU.tv. Great addition to my home workouts. There are bootcamp and Pilates, too.
I like the work out method in the Terminator; just a floor, a place to do some pull ups and in a few months, you too can look like Sarah Connor.
Find a set of powerblocks on Craigslist and you're a large part of the way there.
In my tiny studio, I found I could throw one piece of resistance equipment in the center of the room - as long as it looked cool and had wheels.
I bought one of the more popular machines from a used sports equipment store and paid very little. Web sites provided exercise programs and eBay provided accessories.
Because it was in the middle of the room, I used it as soon as I got home from work. Between supersets I'd start dinner, clean the place up and get ready to go back out.
My advice would be:
1. Don't enter into a payment plan for fitness. Never finance discomfort and sweat.
2. Be a snob and recycle. Nordic Tracks, fitness machines, and ellipticals are given to every guy as soon as he hits 60. They are all eventually donated to Goodwill. Try them out and buy used.
3. Bribes. Get up early and watch brain-rotting tv. An old tv with DVD player can give you enough of your favorite series to provide 45 minutes of cardio.
4. Have cleaning supplies handy. That bowflex gets ripe.
5. If you do sets, try to set up your machines near the laundry. It's amazing how neatly I fold laundry when I'm faced with another circuit.
For the holidays, my daughter was given a Nintendo Wii with the games Wii Fit and Dance Dance Revolution. I've been sore everyday since! Without the room for a treadmill or the time/money for a gym membership, this "home gym" has been my saving grace this winter.
As a bonus, I now can bust a move AND do the tootsie roll with the best of 'em. :)
Trudging through the snow and ice has become my cardio (at least I can drag myself to the gym again).
I love www.yogatoday.com. You can stream hour long yoga classes for free (only ads at the beginning and end). They also offer free, 10 minutes video podcasts, which are also excellent (download through the website or iTunes). They have three instructors and offer a range of styles (anusura, kundalini, ashtanga, etc) and levels.
For strength training, I use my exercise ball and an application from iFit (download through iTunes for the iTouch or iPhone). It keeps track of reps, and has short video instructions for every move.
most home gyms aren't all that used. they are theme rooms or extra spaces that needed something in them. they are best reserved for people who truly love to work out (like a music room for an opera fan or a true library for a book lover).
personally i prefer to keep exercise, and work, outside my home if possible. i also think the gym environment and fitness classes are motivating. i'll also take trudging through the snow over 30 minutes on an elliptical trainer any day (ipod or not). the walk to my gym is part of my warm up as is my 2 mile roundtrip to my p.o. box, my 5-15 blocks for groceries, the 5 mile saturday loop to the farmer's market, and my 2 mile trip to zuni for margaritas. in a city, it really is about walkability. walk more and then all you need is access to light weights or resistance items and a mat.


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Why You Care for Michelle Williams' Happiness
Earlier today I posted a link on this blog's Facebook page to a few pictures of Michelle Williams, boyfriend Jason Segel, and Williams' daughter, Matilda, doing totally normal boring things.
A good male friend of mine Gchatted me soon thereafter, essentially asking about my interest in Williams and Segel. To summarize, "I don't understand: you and Lainey Gossip both love posting links to this stuff — but it seems like it's always just pictures of her and Segel….walking on the street? And he dresses worse than I do, and I work from home?"
But it did highlight a practice in which I didn't (fully, consciously) know I was engaging, namely, celebrating any evidence of Michelle Williams' domestic happiness/peace. We all "want" things for various celebrities — some people really, really want Jennifer Aniston to get married/have babies, for instance, whereas I really, really wanted Leonardo DiCaprio to not be dating Blake Lively. And don't even get me started on how excited I was at the rumors that Mulder and Scully were together at last.
Those wants generally have little to do with the celebrity him/herself — and much more to do with how we feel about what women deserve after being cheated on, etc. etc. And the way we care about Michelle Williams really isn't that different, even though her situation is very quite unique.
But here's the thing about my friend's confusion: he had no idea about the "uniqueness" of her Williams' situation. No idea that she was with Ledger, that Matilda was Ledger's daughter. No idea why the pictures of all three of them together would make people happy, no matter how ostensibly boring. And this is a guy who's quite culturally savvy — but just didn't read gossip until somewhat recently.
And here's where the backstory — the gossip narrative, if you will — becomes so crucial. No sad break-up; no Heath Ledger overdose; no even sadder pictures of Williams and Baby Matilda trying to avoid paparazzi in Brooklyn = no desire to see quotidian photos of Williams and Segel. Seriously: they're demi-stars. I love them both, I love them so much — but no one's taking dozens of pictures of, say, Amy Poehler and Will Arnett and their babies. A few, sure, but no one's posting pictures just to say "I'm so glad Poehler is happy!" "Look, they're holding hands!" "The kid is there, that's so great!"
That's what most of my comments on these photos have amounted to: I love that she is with someone who seems as loving and loveable as Jason Segel. Even though I don't know Jason Segel; I don't know what he's actually like with kids. I don't know how he's working the difficult maneuver of dating a mom with an early-elementary age kid who's never known her father. But his image makes me think that he's pretty awesome at it.
And that's what amazes me: that my knowledge of him, culled from his interactions with Terri Gross on Fresh Air, his devotion to The Muppets, his vampire musical theater act, his drum playing on Freaks and Geeks, plus all his other roles, makes me think that he's a decent guy who's very patient and loving and playful and perfect for someone as seemingly wounded as Williams.
BUT AGAIN: I don't know Williams. But I do know the fragility of her characters, her interviews, and first-hand anecdotes of her trauma following Ledger's death. My heart wants his image to help heal her image, which is really another way of saying that "woman grieving, accosted by press deserves solid man."
Of course, there's a paradox, as there is to most gossip. My own investment in this situation — my desire to see pictures like these, your desire to see pictures like these — fuels the market for pictures like these. Fuels the continued surveillance, the very thing that fueled the perceived discontent in the first place. We want what's "best," what's "happy," what's "peaceful" for celebrities, but we want to see it documented — we want to experience and endorse it.
And therein lies the rub. Celebrities are actual people, experiencing the commodity demands created by their images. The problem with someone like Michelle Williams is that she should, by all rights, simply be an actor, experiencing the same sort of attention devoted to Joan Allen, even Jennifer Lawrence. But her association with "scandal" (meaning: unexpected, not-totally-explained death) makes her gossip-worthy. Makes her a star — someone whose on-screen and off-screen parts attract equal interest — despite her desires.
I don't feel "bad" for the celebrity lifestyle. It's a hard one, but so are many, many "lifestyles," especially those with far less money. The academic lifestyle is hard, but you know what's really, really hard? Being a member of the working poor. Just sayin'. But as a consumer and cultural critic of gossip, I do feel conflicted about the way that attention and investment in situations like Williams' work. Do you? Should we?
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I guess I think that Michelle Williams has chosen this. Not her husband's death, of course. But the lifestyle of Hollywood is a choice. And they can choose to not be an actor, or they can choose to shun the spotlight as an actor (as Daniel Craig tries to do, for example). But, at the same time, they are selling themselves as a commodity. They are the product. And you, as the consumer, are purchasing that product by watching their films, or picking up US Weekly. Does that make any sense?


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Why short sales trash your credit
"They did the research later," Paperno said. "The good news for FICO is the data supported it."
The rates of default differ considerably, at least to civilian eyes. The FICO research showed 72% of those with a foreclosure later defaulted on another debt, compared with 55.1% of those with a short sale and 50.1% of those who arranged a deed in lieu of foreclosure, which means they voluntarily surrendered their keys to the bank rather than going through formal foreclosure.
So borrowers who were more proactive were significantly less likely to default than those whose homes were lost to foreclosure. Nonetheless, FICO views a one-in-two chance of default as exceptionally high risk.
"That's pretty high," Paperno noted. "It can be a lot lower and still not be a loan you would want to make."
FICO hasn't been moved in the past by arguments that things are different this time. It didn't alter its formulas after the huge wave of foreclosures in recent years, though many more people lost their homes because of economic circumstances beyond their control. If FICO's research shows people are more likely to default after a certain event, that event will continue to have an impact on scores.
Since FICO won't listen to your pleas for leniency, you'll need to take matters into your own hands to rebuild your scores. That means you should:
Defy expectations. Be among the 45% of people who don't default after a short sale. That won't change the initial impact of the short sale on your scores, but staying current will keep you from suffering more damage.
Use credit cards lightly but regularly. Using credit cards can help rehabilitate your scores, but you don't need to carry a balance or pay interest. Charge small amounts to your cards and pay them off in full every month. Try to use 30% or less of your credit limits at any given time. If you don't have a credit card, you can start with a secured card that gives you a credit limit equal to the deposit you make with an issuing bank.
Consider an installment loan. An open, active installment account, such as a student or auto loan, can help you build up your scores if you make every payment on time. If you don't have such an account, consider taking out a small personal loan from a credit union or bank that reports to all three credit reporting bureaus.
Don't shoot yourself in the foot. There are plenty of ways to hurt your scores inadvertently. These include closing accounts, applying for a bunch of new accounts in a short period and letting a dispute or medical bill fall into collections. If you use the diligence you applied to the short sale process to monitor your credit accounts, you should be able to restore your good scores within a few years.
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Some parts of this article are grossly inaccurate.
1. The hit on your Credit comes not majorly from the sale. Rather It comes from the delinquency reporting's on your Credit report, while waiting for the sale to go through
2. While it reports on your Credit report the same, a short sale is treated like a settlement and drops off after three years. A foreclosure is far worst. It stays on your Credit report for the full 7 years as well as the delinquencies.
3. If you stay on top of your other Credit Cards and other loans three years is about the time it will take to recover your Rating. This means; Staying below 50% credit utilization, using your Cards and paying in full, and no other delinquencies on any other Loans, or Credit Cards.
One Big Truth in this article
1. Stay on top of your lender. This means, double and triple checking that they have everything they need to complete your sale in a timely manner. Call them, write them and stay on top of them.
Also Keep records of who you spoke too. Dates, Times, content of the conversation, try to make the call from a Cell phone or have your company track the calls so that if subpoenaed you have the written documentation to support your claim.
My Advice;
If your short sale is occurring due to Underemployment or extemporaneous bills, once you stop paying on your mortgage, use that time to pay off or pay down your other debt.
Once again. WRONG WRONG & WRONG AGAIN. We had a short sale. It took months to go thru. They practically GAVE the house to the borrower. In fact they "sold" the house to him for $70,000 less than what we paid for it.
The bank wouldn't even consider a modification for us! We were being punished for getting behind in payments & we knew it. What was hard to swall ow was we got behind because my husband got hurt at work & we couldn't control the snail speed of Workman's Comp.
FICO believes people who have short sales will DEFAULT again w/credit cards w/in 2 years. WRONG! we paid off our credit cards & have NOT EVEN THOUGHT about getting anymore! We are DONE w/that song & dance.
Thanks alot FICO we tried to do the right thing w/a short sale & not foreclosure & got screwed anyway!
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- The old man hasn't caught a fish in 84 days.
- He sits in the terrace with Manolin.
- They reminisce.
- He and Manolin pretend to have dinner and talk about baseball.
- The old man falls asleep.
- He is woken by the boy and they eat.
- The old man talks about the lions in Africa.
- He dreams about the lions.
- He wakes up and then wakes the boy.
- He sets out on the fishing trip.
- The old man muses on skill being better than luck, and the quality of his eyes.
- He watches the sea turtles and jellyfish and characterizes them.
- He catches a tuna and uses it for bait.
- The old man talks to himself
- He hooks the marlin.
- The agony of holding onto the fish lasts overnight.
- He recollects having hooked a female marlin when her companion was there.
- He wishes the boy were there.
- The old man hooks another fish and cuts it loose (no time to deal with that now).
- The old man muses a lot about the fish, how he wishes he could see it, how it is his brother, etc.
- The fish surges and cuts the old man below the eye with the line.
- Another night passes.
- The old man feels he really ought to eat the disgusting and raw tuna.
- The old man gets a cramp in his hand.
- He believes a man is never alone at sea.
- He wishes the boy were there again.
- He gets excited because the fish is jumping.
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- He compares himself to DiMaggio.
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- He hooks a dolphin and clubs it over the head. If only the marlin had gone that easily...
- His cramp goes away.
- He looks at the stars and does what most people do when they look at stars: muse on them.
- He forces himself to eat some food.
- He takes a nap and dreams about the lions and is happy, or as happy as one can be when staying in Hotel Agony by the Sea.
- He is woken up by a sudden jerk from the fish.
- He forces himself to eat again.
- He harpoons the fish to death. Yay.
- The old man is nervous about the blood in the water as he heads home.
- He harpoons the first shark to death, but loses the harpoon in the process.
- He ties a knife to the oar tip for a weapon.
- He muses on whether or not it was a sin to kill the marlin.
- More sharks come. These are the stupid kind.
- He kills them, but they take a big chunk of dead marlin with them.
- His body starts to fail him as he tries to club the following sharks to death.
- He makes it home with the skeleton of the fish and heads to bed, resting on the way.
- He wakes and chills out with the boy. They talk about the extravaganza.
- He asks for the newspapers.
- He gives the fish head to Pedrico.
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Born in 1973 to Prof.Y.Kalyanasundaram and vocal musician Smt.Sharada Kalyanasundaram at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala in India, Krishnakumar started learning Carnatic music (vocal) from his mother at the age of eight..
After receiving the award of the National talent scholarship by the Government of India, Krishnakumar continued his learning in Carnatic Classical music in a very systematic manner from late Prof.Neyyattinkara.M.K.Mohanachandran Nair, former Head of Department of Music at Government Women's College, Thiruvananthapuram.
By then he also visited Chennai yearly during academic vacations and had advanced training from Padmavibhushan Dr.M.Balamuralikrishna. This bond of Guru – Sishya for more than two decades became very stronger as Krishnakumar moved his residence to Chennai. With the support singing, Krishnakumar also accompanies his mentor Guruji on concerts.
Now a popular musician in the Carnatic classical and film music circles, he is also famous as Trivandrum Krishnakumar.
The Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academi conferred the title "KALASRI" along with the
Academy Award 2012 on Carnatic music on both Krishnakumar and Binni.
Krishnakumar is a First-class graduate in Mathematics (1994), a First Rank with first class in both BA (1996) and MA (1998) in Music from the University of Kerala. He is also qualified to be a lecturer in Carnaticmusic according to the norms of the University Grants Commission of India. Krishnakumar has a Doctorate with PhD in Music (2014) from The University of Kerala.
Krishnakumar is an 'A' Grade artist as recognised by the All India Radio and performs music concerts regularly at AIR, Doordarsan and other private television channels in Classical music, Light classical music and Light music.
He has performed noteworthy National, Sangeet Sammelan, South-zone hook- up programmes and 'invited audience' special programmes of All India Radio and remarkable Invited Audience Special concerts & Southzone Regional Satellite Network vocal concerts for Doordarsan.
Krishnakumar performed his First music concert in public at the tender age of twelve at Sri Mangala Vinayaka Temple, Vinayak Nagar, Thiruvananthapuram.
During September - October 1998, Krishnakumar
visited various cities of the UnitedStates of America and Canada for
more than twenty concerts.
During April – May 2005 – visited and performed music
concerts in more than 14
countrieson the world tour organized by SOORYA - including
Abu Dhabi,
Doha in the Gulf, Koln in
Vienna in
Rome in
Zurich in
Koulalampur in
Malaysia and
2009-2010 – Duo vocal Concerts with Mrs.Binni Krishnakumar at
Kualalumpur-Malaysia, Melbourne-Australia and solo concerts at Canberra-Australia.
2011 – SOORYA Theme concert
– DWAYAM - tour to
Dubai, Abudhabi & Muscat in the gulf during MAY and Kualalumpur
& Serampan in
Malaysia during JUNE
LINKS to
some music tracks sung by Krishnakumar
Solo Carnatic tracks from various
The Duo Album – Divine Ragas
The Malyalam Devotional Album on Lord
Shiva - Shivam
Shivamayam - sung with K.S.Chitra
Some film and devotional songs sung by
Adhyatama Ramayanam
Krishnakumar is a member as 'FULL COMPOSER' in the IndianPerforming Rights Society.
He has composed music for the Light
and sound show - "SAMAVAAKYAM" and the
Title and theme music for the world premier mega stage show "DWAYAM"
– both directed by Sri.Soorya Krishnamoorthy
Krishnakumar has composed
music for more than 35 music albums - sung by popular playback singer Padmasree
K.S.Chithra and some by himself
View the details on the list of albums and songs, music composed by KRISHNAKUMAR
Krishnakumar has sung in many Fusion music concerts and Jugalbandi with Hindustani classical music.
As a PLAYBACK SINGER - Krishnakumar has sung in the Malayalam films
'Swaham' directed by Shaji.N.Karun
'Kaalachakram' directed by Sonu Sisupal
'Kalabham' music directed by late Ravindran
The famous Malayalam film music director of the yester years – late G.Devarajan selected Krishnakumar to present his new format of Ragam Thanam Pallavi, which is sung in six tempos – SHADKAALA PALLAVI. Krishnakumaar performed this unique classical musical form many times in the public, in the august presence of the composer himself and has won the appreciation of the connoisseurs of music. He was specially felicitated by the MACTA – Malayalam Cine Technicians Association – for the successful and impressive presentation of Shadkaala pallavi.


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Our public vs our private persona
Often what we project in public is an edited version of our private selves (or at least our private opinions).
Is this 'social editing' a hallmark of humanity?
Is it a good thing that we do this? Is it a natural human tendency that we have learned through peer pressure?
Or is it one of humanity's bigger flaws?
Is it an issue of honesty vs self-protection?
Should we risk social criticism so that we can reconcile the two and be completely open and honest in public?
Would this merely increase friction and argument or could it lead to greater acceptance of peoples' differences?
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Jun 25 2011: I would say that to some degree the practice of maintaining a public persona that is not necessarily identical to the private persona is not unhealthy and can greatly promote social harmony. To attempt to unite the two with absolution is a kind of grasping for extremities, in my view. We don't need to be as persistent and constant as a mathematical concept. We are living, changing beings that change and adapt to suit our ever-changing environment and variety of situational conditions (social, psychological, etc).
The public and private personas can be maintained as two separate sets of ideas that are not necessarily congruent at all times.
That being said, there are certainly times where one should risk compromising the good of social harmony to do away with some heinous or unsustainable sort of behavior.
To the last question, I have found that those of my friends who are currently in a struggle to be consistently that 'same person' with as few stipulations as they can have been subject to increased tensions in their social interactions and they don't seem to benefit much from having done so.
Furthermore, if we're already, somewhat naturally, tending to carry on as we are, what's wrong with it? Social patterns and sets of behaviors often emerge for a reason; often for good and advantageous reasons.
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African trypanosomiasis, also called African sleeping sickness, is a systemic disease caused by a parasite and transmitted by the bite of the infected tsetse fly. There are two types of the disease, named for the areas of Africa in which they are found. West African trypanosomiasis, which causes a chronic infection lasting years, is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. East African trypanosomiasis, which causes acute illness lasting several weeks, is caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. Infection of international travelers is quite rare, with an average of one case in a U.S. citizen per year, typically acquired in East African game parks.
African trypanosomiasis is confined mainly to tropical Africa between 15 degrees North and 20 degrees South latitude. The greatest risk of contracting the disease occurs in the following areas:
Central African Republic
Democratic Republic of Congo
Because tsetse flies inhabit rural areas only, living in woodland thickets of the savanna and dense vegetation along streams, visitors to urban areas are generally not at risk.
The following are the most common symptoms of African trypanosomiasis. However, each individual may experience symptoms differently.
Tsetse fly bites can be quite painful and travelers often recall the bite. Commonly, a painful sore, called a chancre, will develop within a week or so at the sight of the bite. Symptoms, which occur within one to four weeks of infection, are often initially nonspecific and may include fever, skin lesions, rash, edema, or swollen lymph nodes on the back of the neck. After many weeks, the infection then generally progresses to meningoencephalitis, which is an infection of the brain and the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. As the illness progresses, symptoms may include:
Severe headache
Personality change
Weight loss
Loss of concentration
Progressive confusion
Slurred speech
Difficulty walking and talking
Sleeping for long periods of the day
Insomnia at night
If left untreated, death will occur within several weeks to months. The symptoms of African trypanosomiasis may resemble other medical conditions or problems. Always consult a doctor for a diagnosis.
There is no vaccine or recommended drug available to prevent African trypanosomiasis. Therefore, preventive measures should be aimed at avoiding insect bites. The CDC recommends the following:
Wear protective clothing, such as long-sleeved shirts and pants. Tsetse flies can bite through material, so clothing should be made of thick material.
Wear khaki, olive, or other neutral-colored clothing. Tsetse flies are attracted to bright and dark contrasting colors.
Use insect repellant. While insect repellants are not effective in preventing bites by the tsetse fly, they can prevent other insect bites and illnesses.
Use bednets when sleeping.
Inspect vehicles for tsetse flies before getting into them.
Avoid riding in the back of jeeps, pickup trucks, or other open vehicles. Tsetse flies are attracted to the dust created by moving vehicles and animals.
Avoid bushes. During the hottest part of the day, the tsetse fly will rest in bushes, but will bite if disturbed.
See a doctor as soon as possible if you suspect an infection. He or she will order several tests to detect the parasite. Common tests include blood samples and a spinal tap. A sample of chancre fluid or tissue, or fluid from swollen lymph nodes may also be taken.
Specific treatment for African trypanosomiasis will be determined by your doctor based on:
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Extent of the disease
Your intolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies
Expectations for the course of the disease
Your opinion or preference
Medication for the treatment of African trypanosomiasis is available. Hospitalization is necessary and periodic follow-up exams, which include a spinal tap, are generally necessary for about two years. Because this infection is so rare, doctors are recommended to consult with an infectious disease or tropical medicine specialist for diagnosis and treatment. Doctors can also consult with the CDC for assistance with diagnosis and clinical management.


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Additions and/or corrections to the database are encouraged! Simple Add/Edit Procedure.
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Conemaugh, PA
(1.4 miles N)
Dale, PA (< 0.1 mile)
Lorain, PA (< 0.1 mile)
Southmont, PA (1.4 miles WNW)
Roxbury, PA (< 0.1 mile)
Moxham, PA
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Belmont, PA (1.4 miles SE)
Walnut Grove, PA (< 0.1 mile)
Hornerstown, PA (< 0.1 mile)
Stonycreek, PA (1.4 miles E)
Number Thirty-Seven, PA
(4.5 miles SE)
Robindale Heights, PA (10.5 miles NW)
Belsano Crossing, PA (15 miles N)
Concrete Bridge Crossing, PA (16.4 miles N)
Edwards Crossing, PA (16.4 miles NNE)
Adams Crossing, PA
(16.6 miles N)
Bakersville, PA (17.1 miles NNE)
Shirley, PA (17.5 miles WSW)
Lovell Park, PA (17.7 miles NE)
Preisser Crossing, PA (17.9 miles NNE)


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Baldur's Gate pulled from the App Store
Dungeons and Dragons fans may be dismayed to hear that Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition was removed from the App Store yesterday. Peter Cohen of iMore reported that Overhaul Games pulled Baldur's Gate due to some contractual issues that need to be resolved. If you previously purchased the game,...
Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition now out on OS X
In case you missed the announcement last week, the Enhanced Edition of the classic RPG Baldur's Gate (that previously came to the iPad) is now available on Mac OS X. You can pick it up directly from Beamdog's website for US$19.99 right now, and we're told it's incoming to the Mac App Store very...
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition coming to Mac on Feb. 22
Armchair adventurers take heed: Beamdog has announced that its 2012 remake of the classic Advanced Dungeons & Dragons-based title Baldur's Gate is finally arriving on Mac this week on February 22. Developed in conjunction with Overhaul Games, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition features redrawn...
Baldur's Gate for iPad will be under $10, include multiplayer
Good news on that new version of Baldur's Gate that was just announced. Not only is it going to be released for under $10, but it'll also include multiplayer of some kind. What kind? Details are still fuzzy, but developer Beamdog says not only would it be crazy to sell it for more than $10, but...
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USC researchers develop MEMS thermal sensor to identify pre-atherosclerotic lesions
Researchers at the University of Southern California have developed a new method to detect pre-atherosclerotic lesions.
When deployed by an angiogram catheter, a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) thermal sensor can detect the early onset of atherosclerosis.
Shear stress is the frictional force, which acts on the vessel walls due to the flow of blood. Combination of oxidative stress and inflammatory reaction causes atherosclerosis. The flow is disturbed in areas prone to atherosclerosis.
The USC team developed a MEMS by depositing platinum and titanium on a flexible polymer membrane. Sensing elements were formed by patterning the deposits. The scientists used an angiogram catheter to deploy the sensor into the abdominal and aortic arteries of rabbits, which were on a high-cholesterol and high-fat diet.
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Sophisticated Smartphone Hacking: 36 Million Euros Banking Theft
A sophisticated digital attack involving smart mobile phones has been used to steal 36 million euros or 47 million dollars from corporate and private banking customers across Europe. The attack appears to have emanated from cybercrime servers in the Ukraine. Android and Blackberry mobile devices have been specifically targeted, showing that attacks against Android devices are now a growing trend. A new customised version of the Trojan spyware application "Zeus" called "ZITMO" or "Zeus-In-The-MObile" has been deployed, which security companies have called Eurograbber. This enables a two-stage Trojan virus attack to progress that spreads from a victim's Personal Computer or PC to their mobile telephone. Eurograbber marks the first such case of PC-to-mobile Trojan malware targeted specifically at online banking. More than 30,000 online banking customers in Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands have been affected by this attack.
Second Major Online Banking Breach in 2012
The Eurograbber attack — the second significant online banking breach — follows a similar event earlier this year, known as Operation High Roller. High Roller utilised the same "ZITMO" technology to engineer 60 million dollars in fraudulent money transfers at 60 financial institutions. Like High Roller, Eurograbber also started in Italy before spreading to other countries in mainland Europe.
30+ European Banks Targeted
The criminal syndicate behind Eurograbber appears to have configured the Trojan malware to target customers of 16 specific banks in Italy, as well as seven in Spain, six in Germany and three in the Netherlands. Individual transfer amounts made by Eurograbber malware ranged from 500 euros (656 dollars) to 250,000 euros (328,000 dollars) per victim. Targeted European banks and law enforcement agencies in the affected countries have been notified.
Case Study of Eurograbber
The sophisticated digital attack is described in a new report called "A Case Study of Eurograbber: How €36 million was stolen via malware" by Check Point and Versafe. The report offers a step-by-step picture of how individual computers are infected and how the infected machines are then used to pull off the heist.
Summary of Report
Eurograbber was launched against banking customers, using a sophisticated combination of malware directed at computers and mobile devices. The malware, in conjunction with the attackers' command and control server, first infected the victims' computers, and then, infected their mobile devices in order to intercept SMS [text] messages to bypass the banks' two-factor authentication process. With the stolen information and the Transaction Authentication Number (TAN), the attackers then performed automatic transfers of funds, ranging between 500 euros and 250,000 euros, from the victims' accounts to mule accounts across Europe. To date, this exploit has only been detected in euro zone countries, but a variation of this attack could potentially affect banks in countries outside of the European Union as well.
Defeating Two Stage Authentication
The Eurograbber "ZITMO" elaborate attack is designed to defeat the two-factor authentication systems deployed by many banks. To do that, a companion, Smartphone version of the malware intercepts the one-time Transaction Authentication Number (TAN) that banks send to a customer's mobile device, via SMS or text, which the customer must then enter into a banking website prompt to authorise a money transfer. Verification codes appear to have been recorded and used to create further banking sessions in real time.
Two Stage Authentication Questioned
Two-stage authentication, whereby a customer enters a second code generated by the bank in addition to a regular password or pin number, is common in online banking and online eCommerce. It is also used by companies such as PayPal and Google to make cloud computing shopping and services more secure. More than 30 per cent of the EU and US banks appear to deploy similar security systems for online banking and eCommerce.
How Can Users Protect Themselves From Becoming Victims? Report Suggestions
1. Regular Updates
Attackers consistently look to exploit known security flaws so a critical preventative measure is to regularly update all computers that are used to conduct online banking transactions. Doing so ensures the most current vendor patches and security signatures are applied thus providing the most current security available. Below are the primary elements that should be regularly updated.
a. Operating System
b. Antivirus software
c. Java
d. Adobe Flash
e. Adobe Reader
f. Internet Browser
g. Any other tools or programs used for downloading files or web surfing
One of the most common infection methods is "drive-by-downloads" where malicious code is silently downloaded onto a web surfer's computer while they are surfing the internet. It is very likely that some of the Eurograbber victims were initially infected by drive-by-downloads. Maintaining current software and security products on your computer will provide the most protection against current infection techniques like drive-by-downloads. Additionally, conducting regular antivirus scans can inform users of existing computer infections so they can take remediation actions to remove the malware.
2. Never Respond To Unsolicited Emails
Social engineering is an essential part of the attack. The email directing the customer to "click on the link to improve online banking security" is the key that opens Pandora's Box and begins the attack. Known as "phishing" emails, if the banking customer recognizes the email as unsolicited and does not click on the link, their desktop will not be infected and the Eurograbber attack will not occur. It is very important to never respond to unsolicited emails from your financial institutions. If the message is concerning to you, then contact the institution directly. Use a different source rather than using a phone number provided in the email. Inform them of the email and follow their guidance.
As a user, following best practices — maintaining OS, application and security currency on your computer and exercising caution with unsolicited emails and during internet surfing — can provide some of the very best protection against becoming infected.
Conclusion of Report
Eurograbber is an excellent example of a successful targeted, sophisticated and stealthy attack. The threat from custom designed, targeted attacks like Eurograbber is real and is not going away. The threat community is alive and motivated to create ever more sophisticated attacks because the spoils are rich and many. Enterprises as well as individuals need to exercise due care and ensure they conduct important online business, especially financial transactions in the most secure environments possible. Further, individual users must be steadfast in ensuring all of their desktops, laptops and tablets have all possible security layers enabled and that they are kept current with software and security updates to ensure the best protection possible. Online banking customers should make efforts to ensure their computer is current and to also conduct their online banking transactions from the most secure environment possible. A computer that is current in OS and application updates and security protections combined with an office network that is protected with multiple layers of security will provide the most protection against attacks like Eurograbber.
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If you are looking to buy a used or new Boston Whaler Yachts Gls 13/rb yacht, we have all the information you need. List price for the Gls 13/rb is $6,613.00, with a bottom price of $2,490.00, typical price of $2,930.00 and top price of $3,430.00. The Gls 13/rb is 13 feet in length. A outboard yacht, the Gls 13/rb's hull is made of fiberglass, features a 5 foot 5 inch beam and weighs in at a net 360 pounds.
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If they are having that difficult a time coming to a clear decision, then it should go back to the states to have the states determine under which rules they would choose to be governed by. A 5/4 decision is by definition partisan.
For decades, it has been obvious that there are irreconcilable differences between Americans who want to control the lives of others and those who wish to be left alone. Which is the more peaceful solution: Americans using the brute force of government to beat liberty-minded people into submission or simply parting company? In a marriage, where vows are ignored and broken, divorce is the most peaceful solution. Similarly, our constitutional and human rights have been increasingly violated by a government instituted to protect them. Americans who support constitutional abrogation have no intention of mending their ways.
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The online store is accessed only from a computer (or tablet browser); you can't browse the movie store from the Cinema One itself. Currently the store only includes titles from Warner, which includes a lot of excellent movies, but it's just one studio.
One big difference between the experience of downloading a movie and streaming it from Netflix, is that downloading takes a while. With my Verizon FiOS connection, it took about four hours to download the three hour Cloud Atlas at 24Mbps. While that may seem slow, remember it's the full 1080p movie in DTS-HD with all the Blu-ray disc bonus features. If you plan on watching a movie in the evening, you should buy it during the day, and it will be waiting for you by the time you pour your after-dinner drinks.
If you have DVDs in your collection and you want to upgrade them to a high-definition download version, you can (provided they're in the Kaleidescape store) for $6.99 a title. Also, every movie you buy through the Kaleidescape store gets added to your online UltraViolet account, which can be viewed on a tablet or computer through services like Flixter and VUDU.
I also tried adding some of my own DVDs. Each one took about 20 minutes or less to load.
A few days after I'd received it, I finally found an evening when my kids weren't around to hog up the system. When you turn it on, the guide presents you with a wall of movie covers that you can scroll through left and right or up and down. When you pause the cursor over a movie, the whole grid reorients itself to show you similar or related movies. There's also an old-fashioned alphabetical list view.
When you select a movie, you can read some metadata on the title, select scenes or bonus features or jump right into the movie—that's the neat part; Kaleidescape never makes you sit through any commercials or INTERPOL warnings. The movie just starts.
Video quality for your stored movies, whether they're downloads or movies you've physically loaded yourself, is stellar. You don't have to put up with buffering or loading messages like you get with Netflix. The movie won't pause because there's heavy network activity on your street. It just plays perfectly. Cloud Atlas is a visually dynamic movie, and it was pristine on my 120-inch screen lit up with an Epson 5020 projector. I'd previously watched that movie in its Amazon streamed format, and there's just no comparison, especially when you're viewing it on a large screen.
I'm sure at this point there are people thinking that they could build a high-definition movie server for a lot less money. And they're right. I could build a meth lab too, but that doesn't mean the law would smile on me. Like it or not, there are rules of usage governing our digital media, and to date, Kaleidescape offers the only system in which you can legally copy and store DVDs and Blu-rays. Of course it can also play Blu-rays and DVDs directly from it's own disc drive, so you won't need a separate player in your system unless you want 3D—the Cinema One does not play 3D movies.
If you're a serious movie collector, the Cinema One is definitely worth considering. It's not perfect though. For one thing, the company really needs to add more studios to the movie store. I'm told that's in the works, so I hope for some news soon (UPDATE: Kaleidescape Adds Over 2,000 Movies from Lionsgate to Online Store). I also believe the price of the Disc Vault is a little out of sync with the price of the Cinema One, considering the fact that it does almost nothing—but I suppose that AACS license is expensive.
The Cinema One an easy way for home theater enthusiasts to begin to organize and add to their movie collections, and it offers good expansion options as those collections grow.
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Department - Veterinarian Dr. Melissa Erickson
Dr. Erickson joined us in the fall of 2012 after returning to Northern California from upstate New York where she practiced full-time for two years as associate veterinarian at a busy, multi-doctor, AAHA accredited small animal practice and part-time at a local emergency clinic. In addition, she volunteered weekly at the CNYSPCA to perform spays and neuters and to provide wellness care for shelter animals. Dr. Erickson graduated from the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine in 2010. She comes to us highly skilled in diagnostics, emergency medicine and surgery. We are happy to have an associate so dedicated to practicing high quality medicine and patient care.


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Antidepressants and Drug Effectiveness
A new study suggests antidepressants may be no more effective than placebo in all but severe cases of depression. A look at how drug effectiveness is measured and weighed against safety concerns in and beyond the drug approval process.
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science reporter for "The New York Times"
Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School; Chief of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women's Hospital; author "Powerful Medicines: The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs"
serves on the FDA's Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee, vice president for translational neuroscience at Merck Research Laboratories; board-certified psychiatrist
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Made hearty with shredded chicken, these easy sandwiches can be endlessly adapted to suit any taste. Substitute chopped fresh basil or chives for tarragon, use flavored wraps, or try an applewood-smoked bacon for a smoky punch.
Cooking Light JULY 2007
Combine reduced-fat mayonnaise, minced tarragon, and fresh lemon juice in a small bowl. Spread 2 tablespoons mayonnaise mixture over each flatbread. Top each with 1/2 cup shredded romaine lettuce, 1/2 cup chopped tomato, 1 bacon slice, crumbled, and 1/2 cup chicken. Roll up.
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I recently submitted one of my sites to the search engines with a few keywords that I didn't realise were so "unusal" to the the engines, that they would get me the first listing under that keyword. It was only about 4 days before I checked a few of the keywords and funnily enough, those that were the "unusal" ones were coming up as #1 listing, and had been indexed very fast. I tried another keyword, one that already has been submitted by others, and the site is not showing up with this keyword yet.
Are the words that are not already on the engines index indexed first, as they are unique, and will it start showing up results for my more popular keyword later, as it still has to sort this into the index for that word?