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If you followed our Smallville site, KryptonSite, you might remember the dedicated spoilers page detailing what is known or rumored for upcoming episodes.
Now, it's time for an Arrow spoilers page on GreenArrowTV! The purpose of this page is to collect known spoilers for the Arrow television series airing in the United States on The CW, but keep in mind that plans and details sometimes change. GreenArrowTV never intends to ruin the show by having a spoilers page. When new spoilers are known, we'll try to update this site as often as possible. Please do not reproduce spoilers and content from GreenArrowTV; instead, just place a link to the site.
General Season 3 Spoilers
- John Barrowman will be a series regular in Season 3 as Malcolm, which probably means Thea will have a very juicy storyline this year.
– J.R. Ramirez will be playing Wildcat, who will be training Laurel in how to fight. There is a boxing ring in the season premiere so perhaps he will show up as early as then.
– Amy Gumenick will be playing Cupid, the Arrow's #1 fan. The character first appeared in Green Arrow/Black Canary comics written by Andrew Kreisberg.
– Prior to Season 3, in the Arrow Season 2.5 comic, it is revealed that Felicity has been working for Kord Industries.
Episode #3.1: "The Calm"
Story By: Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay By: Marc Guggenheim & Jake Coburn
Directed By: Glen Winter
Guest Stars: Caity Lotz (Sara Lance), Brandon Routh (Ray Palmer), Karl Yune (Maseo Yamashiro), Rila Fukushima (Katana), Cynthia Addai-Robinson (Amanda Waller), Peter Stormare (Count Vertigo)
Air Date: October 8, 2014
- The official CW description for the season includes some new spoilers for the premiere:
In the aftermath of this victory, Season Three opens with Arrow now a hero to the citizens of Starling. Crime is down, people feel safer, and Captain Lance even calls off the Anti-Vigilante Task Force. Basking in his success, Oliver believes he can finally have a private life and asks Felicity out on a date. But the second Oliver takes his eye off the ball, a deadly villain reappears in Starling, forcing Oliver to realize that he can never be Oliver Queen – not as long as the city needs The Arrow.
- Sara Lance will be back, and Ray Palmer – as played by Brandon Routh – has a bid in for Queen Consolidated, specifically their Applied Sciences Division. Yes, Ray Palmer as in "The Atom" Ray Palmer. By the way, the "Jean Loring" we saw in Season 2 – and her connection to Ray – will be discussed at some point. Ray may be a possible love interest for Felicity.
– The Season 3 trailer shows Felicity bloody on a table after her date with Oliver – it sounds like some tragedy gets in the way of the happiness that Season 3 begins with. Don't expect Felicity to die or anything, though.
– Regarding her date with Oliver, Felicity has a line somewhere along the lines of "this wasn't the worst date I've ever had!"
– We will meet some characters in Oliver's past, including Maseo Yamashiro and his wife, Tatsu, better known to DC Comics readers as Katana.
– Peter Stormare plays Werner Zytle, a new version of Count Vertigo, as the villain of the season premiere.
– Roy Harper gets a nifty new Arsenal costume.
Episode #3.2: "Sara"
Written By: Jake Coburn & Keto Shimizu
Directed By: Wendey Stanzler
Guest Stars: Caity Lotz (Sara Lance, unconfirmed but with a title like that!), Colin Donnell (Tommy Merlyn, in flashback)
Air Date: October 15, 2014
- We will see Colin Donnell back as Tommy Merlyn in a flashback. Oliver will see Tommy and his father from a rooftop in the past, as well.
– A title like "Sara" seems ominous…
– TV Line said this about the villain plot: "Season 3's second episode will find Oliver hunting down a vicious killer and mercenary who is wanted for murder in seven countries and now is targeting victims who are associated with a specific company."
Episode #3.3: "Corto Maltese"
Air Date: October 22, 2014
Guest Stars: David Cubitt (Mark Shaw/Manhunter), J.R. Ramirez (Ted Grant/Wildcat)
- David Cubitt plays Mark Shaw, better known to comic book fans as the Manhunter. He has a past with Diggle.
Episode #3.4: "The Magician"
Air Date: October 29, 2014
Written By: Marc Guggenheim & Wendy Mericle
Directed By: John Behring
Episode #3.5: "The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak"
Written By: Ben Sokolowski & Brian Ford Sullivan
Directed By: Michael Schultz
Guest Stars: Charlotte Ross (Felicity's Mother, Donna)
Air Date: November 2014
- "Oracle" no more: Forget what you read below… per EW, the title of this episode is now "The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak."
– Revealed at Comic-Con: An upcoming episode of Arrow will feature some of Felicity's past at MIT and it will be called "Oracle."
Episode #3.6: "Guilty"
Written By: Erik Oleson & Keto Shimizu
Directed By: Peter Leto
Episode #3.7: "Draw Back Your Bow"
Written By: Erik Oleson & Keto Shimizu
Directed By: Peter Leto
Guest Stars: Nick Tarabay (Captain Boomerang/Digger Harkness), Austin Butler (Chase)
- Nick Tarabay of Spartacus fame plays Digger Harkness, a.k.a. Captain Boomerang.
– Austin Butler from The Carrie Diaries makes his first appearance in this episode as "Chase," a love interest for Thea.
Episode #3.8: Title Unknown
- The eighth episode of Arrow Season 3 will cross over with The Flash. No title has been announced yet but our money is on it being called "Arrow vs. Flash."
The Flash Pilot
Written By: Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg & Geoff Johns
Directed By: David Nutter
Stars: Grant Gustin (Barry Allen), Candice Patton (Iris West), John Wesley Shipp (Henry Allen), Jesse L. Martin (Detective Joe West), Carlos Valdes (Cisco Ramon), Danielle Panabaker (Caitlin Frost), Tom Cavanagh (Harrison Wells), Rick Cosnett (Eddie Thawne), Stephen Amell (Oliver Queen/The Arrow), Chad Rook (Clyde Mardon/Weather Wizard)
Air Date: October 7, 2014
- "Flash" Barry Allen gets his own pilot episode, and it is directed by David Nutter, who helmed the pilot episodes of Smallville and Arrow. The hope is that an episode like this could lead into a Flash spin-off.
– We will meet some of Barry's supporting cast in this one, as the action heads to Barry's home turf in Central City.
– Stephen Amell makes an appearance in the first episode as Oliver Queen/The Arrow.
– Classic Flash John Wesley Shipp will be playing Barry Allen's father.
– Originally this was going to be the 20th episode of Arrow Season 2; that plan has changed.
– The show will air Tuesdays at 8PM on The CW.
The Flash has been picked up to series – find more news here!
Flash Episode 4: "Going Rogue"
Air Date: October 28, 2014
Guest Stars: Emily Bett Rickards (Felicity Smoak), Wentworth Miller (Captain Cold)
- Felicity will be visiting The Flash at a time when drama between Barry Allen and his "team" is at an all-time high.
Flash Episode 8: "Flash vs. Arrow"
The eighth episode of The Flash will cross over with Arrow.
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Healthier Swimming in Gorgeous Natural Pools
Swimming can be great exercise and a lot of fun, not to mention an exciting sport at the Olympics. But the chlorine used in most pools can have some negative side effects, not the least of which is reliance on toxic (and finicky) chemicals.
Chlorine's damaging effects on hair are well known, but few people realize that a number of studies have linked inhalation of the chemical by swimmers to increased asthma rates (in fact a new Irish study published this April reported a significant link between the number of years a boy had been swimming and the likelihood of the child being wheezy in the past year.) A Norwegian study also documented an increased risk of wheezing among children who swim in pools before 6 months of age. Further, in an unpleasant reaction, pee and sweat in water can react with chlorine to form toxic breakdown products known as chloramines.
For health, environmental and aesthetic reasons, a lot of people have expressed interest in alternatives to chlorine pools, and luckily there are more and more options to get wet without smelling like cleaning products. A company called TechnoPure offers alternative pool systems that treat water by pumping it through a chamber containing coated titanium plates and copper and zinc ions. The units cost a relatively affordable $5,500. DEL Ozone makes ozone injectors that can reduce the need for chlorine up to 90% -- there's been one installed at the White House for years! Some systems rely on a combination of ozone and copper and silver ions, while others are saline, though saltwater pools result in the formation of chlorine in the water.
One elegant, eco-friendly solution that has had enthusiastic supporters in Europe for decades is the so-called natural swimming pool, which is slowly beginning to gain buzz in the U.S. Natural swimming pools, often called swimming ponds across the Atlantic, can be beautiful oases of greenery and sustainability, as well as safe, fun places to take a dip.
Managed properly, natural swimming pools have crystal clear water and require no chemicals to maintain, as they are self-cleaning mini-ecosystems. "You can drink the water if you want to, and you don't necessarily have to take a shower," says Morgan Brown of Idaho-based Whole Water Systems, LLC. The natural pools designer says the systems also have lower maintenance costs than conventional pools, and their installation costs are not much more than standard designs.
Read on for more info on natural pools -- sometimes called green pools or organic pools -- and photos of some of the most gorgeous designs around.
The materials and designs of natural pools can vary widely. Many are lined with rubber or reinforced polyethylene. In most popular models, such as those offered by Kansas-based Total Habitat, the swimming area is separated from a zone planted with aquatic vegetation, which acts as a biological filter. A small waterfall can add ambiance as well as valuable aeration. A skimmer may be used to collect large debris. Total Habitat typically adds a UV sterilizer to assure any germs are killed.
Worried about mosquitoes? Don't be! According to Total Habitat's president Mick Hilleary, natural predators and moving water make a natural swimming pools practically mosquito free. Hilleary says four tires stacked in your backyard will create 100 times more mosquitoes.
"Conventional pools that use ozone or chlorine are upsetting a natural balance. In fact it's hard to keep a chlorinated pool biologically dead, because nature gets in there," says Morgan Brown of Whole Water Systems, LLC. "With natural pools the living system takes care of itself."
Brown says he knows of a public natural swimming pool that opened in Europe 15 years ago, yet managers have never reported any instance of a health problem there. "That's astounding, because that's not the case for chlorine pools," explains Brown. "If a Caddyshack instance happens with a toddler in a conventional pool you shock it with chemicals, and it takes 12 hours before it is safe to go back in. That doesn't happen in natural environments because good bugs take care of the bad."
Brown says the hardest part about designing natural swimming pools is getting the water circulation right so that the water stays as crystal clear and appealing as a fresh alpine lake. When pools are first installed they sometimes take a while to settle to that level, and occasional growths of algae can discolor the water, even though they don't pose any health concern. Experts note that the longer the system has to stabilize, and the more established the plants in the filter zone become, the more likely it is that the water will be transparent. The reason wholly natural ponds are usually murky is because of nutrient overloading (often because of runoff from farm fields and treated lawns) and seepage of minerals and sediments from groundwater -- something blocked by a pool's liner.
According to Brown, people always ask the health question first. He says people just need to think about pools a little differently. "Instead of creating an abhorrence of nature where everything is dead, it's creating natural healthy water that takes care of itself," says Brown.
Brown believes properly designed natural pools provide virtually no risk of dangerous contamination, provided they are used reasonably, and not constantly stuffed to capacity with bathers. He says most health departments don't have any regulations on residential pools, so consumers have little worry about breaking any local codes. However, that's not necessarily the case with public pools, which often do have strict requirements.
"Some of the current regulations for public pools are things natural pools would never be able to do, like zero E. coli. There probably isn't a natural body of water anywhere that has zero E. coli," says Brown. Instead, Brown designs to German regulations, which he says are twice as stringent as the rules that govern beach closures in the U.S., in terms of acceptable levels of contaminants.
Morgan Brown says he first experienced natural swimming pools when he was living in Germany. In Munich a large public natural pool was his daily haunt, and it has safely supported sizable crowds for years.
"Natural pools evolved from ponds that people swim in," explains Brown. "People started gradually making them better for swimming, and fixing problems with water. Europeans have decades worth of experience."
The idea has admittedly been slow to catch on in America, some say because of our obsession with everything being clinically clean, and our apparent need to be in control of things. The well-heeled chemical industry certainly has had its stake in the popularization of pools. More Europeans, on the other hand, have been attracted to a back-to-nature mentality, and a people that has long popularized natural spa vacations, mineral water and walking for good health has found an appealing way to cool off.
So far most of Whole Water System's natural pool business has been aimed at eco-resorts and new planned communities. However, Brown says he is also excited to begin getting more into the residential pool market. He hopes green pools will resonate with eco- and budget-conscious Americans.
Taking up the natural pools banner in California is Vista-based Expanding Horizons, which has been designing and installing water features, gardens and other projects since 1978.
The approach of Expanding Horizons founder Bryan Morse is to construct what he calls a "hybrid pool," which incorporates technology commonly found in conventional pools such as pool cleaners, surface skimmers and main drains. The designs often include beach entries, and water plants are seeded into the nooks and crannies between the perimeter boulders to enhance the natural experience.
The regeneration zone is separate and forms an additional water feature in the garden -- what Morse calls a bog. In one design, a 70-foot long stream feeds purified water from the bog into the pool. Expanding Horizons digs a depression for the bog, lining it with a distribution network of pipes and washed aggregate. Then water-loving plants are seeded, such as cannas, dwarf horsetail, water cress, pennywort, rushes and umbrella palms. The result is a gorgeous garden that attracts wildlife and beneficial insects.
Based in Bristol in the United Kingdom, Clear Water Revival makes some of the most appealing, sparkling, drool-worthy natural pools anywhere. The company's goal is to bring back an essence of Victorian England, with modern understanding of science and ecology. The gorgeous pools can even replace some of the ecological functions lost with the vast destruction of wetlands, particularly in the form of habitat for plants.
Clear Water Revival tends to focus its natural pool designs around maximizing biodiversity and the educational value of the space, creating a very natural look and feel. There are a number of options offered, from simple clay linings to more advanced systems. Customers can even order DIY kits.
As an added bonus, many Clear Water Revival designs can also be used for ice skating in the winter!
gartenART Director Tim Evans explains that the company's international design and consultancy service does a good business with English ex-pats abroad, including in France, Italy, Spain, Greece, the Carribean and elsewhere. "We have had a lot of interest but not much actual business from the U.S. so far," says Evans. "We consistently get more website hits and email enquiries from the U.S. than from any country except the UK, but this has not yet translated into real action."
Will Woodhouse of UK-based Woodhouse Natural Pools has been developing and building natural swimming pools since 2000. Woodhouse has partnered with Austria's Biotop Natural Pool, which is one of the industry's original pioneers.
Woodhouse points out that, besides being beautiful, his natural pools naturally warm up fast and efficiently in the sun, meaning they don't cost a fortune to heat (like many conventional pools). Woodhouse also touts the "softness" of the water, which he promotes as being especially gentle on skin and hair.
Woodhouse Natural Pools offers a range of exciting options, from ultra-contemporary designs to features that integrate seamlessly into gardens or the surrounding landscape.

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Just in time for christmas we've just release a new version of Cube for iOS devices, alongside some notable improvements and features of Cube Anywhere.
Cube iOS
On Cube iOS we've added native Excel spreadsheet file export support in addition to the existing CSV and PDF file formats.
Need help or tips? Cube now includes a help file. Just go to Settings and press Help!
We've also improved data entry through inline editing. Reporting time and expenses is now even faster!
Cube iOS also had many, many design tweaks: Cube now shows only fields that have data, black leather theme is now also used on the iPhone, a redesigned calendar, improved data display and others!
Cube Anywhere
The first major feature that will probably stand out is right on the main page before you login: you'll notice right away that we've tweaked the login screen and include support for Yahoo and AOL accounts.
If you have an Yahoo or AOL accounts you can now login straight away with your existing username and password. Yahoo and AOL will securely verify your credentials and let Cube know who you are. This is the same security level and convenience that Google and Google Apps account owners have enjoyed.
Also on the main page you'll notice a new Features link that shows some of the features of Cube. We recommend that you have a look even if you are an experienced Cube user. Who knows - you might find something new!
Specifically for Cube Anywhere we added a new weekly company view report that shows the entries made company wide on a weekly basis. This works much the same as the individual weekly time reporting that you already know from the Recently table,
This new view can be reached from Company > Timeline.
New features across the board
We've also added some features that are common to both Cube products like budgets, non-billable entries and daily work rates.
You can now define a budget for a project. If you define a budget, Cube keeps track of the budget balance with your costs and expenses.
Mark your expenses, time or mileage as non billable and Cube will keep track of those for you, showing the total of non billable time and expenses you have at task, project and client levels alongside the billable entries and overall total.
If you bill per day instead of per hour you can now also configure daily rates and Cube will register as income that amount per day worked on that project.
PS: Don't forget our ongoing Christmas giveaway, we're giving out two Cube Pro for iOS iTunes codes every day: one on twitter (@bitrzr) and another on Facebook.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Cube in time for Christmas, Yahoo and AOL
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April 27th, 2013
4:21 pm
Not even a mention of The Spence or any of Richard's dishes?
April 28th, 2013
8:23 am
Ajc is a crap website. They put out a top 50 and all it shows when you click on it is a photo of a dish! Wow great! I'm sure that's exactly what viewers wanted. When you click on the photo it takes you here! Wow that' a great top 50 list!
Then you have all the junk they have added to their website that makes browwing a severe pain. Sometimes it takes 20 seconds before I can navigate on a webpage cause they have all this preloaded crap. And they think I want a subscription to that myajc garbage. Ha. Yeah charge for content that was free always? No thanks. Especially in light of your website issues.
April 28th, 2013
12:51 pm
Need a top 50 of where most average people want to eat. Not a top 50 of places you have to pay $10 to park just to go in and wait 90 minutes for a table so you can sit down and pay $50 for an ounce of salmon and a few leaves and apricots because the chef is famous and people want to be seen there. If I ate that dish in the picture, I'd be hungry an hour later and would be heading to Taco Bell.
April 29th, 2013
7:30 am
Could you be any more pretentious?
April 29th, 2013
9:42 am
Looks like something grandma would hang on her door aroung Thanksgiving
April 29th, 2013
12:39 pm
I, too, can't see but this one picture. C'mon AJC.


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Patch for new version of BookSmart
[Moderator's note: this thread was inadvertently deleted while a duplicate post was being removed. We are rebuilding the thread post-by-post, but please note timestamps will be off (this thread was actually started September 2, 2008) and hyperlinks/text formatting may be affected.]
Last week, we released a new version of BookSmart, and today, after lots of great feedback from our community, we have released a patch that fixes some major bugs tied to that release. I encourage you to download BookSmart 1.9.7 whether or not you encountered some of these bugs.
In addition to the list of new features and improvements we wrote about last week, 1.9.7 includes the following fixes and updates:
We've also made significant improvements to the way BookSmart handles spacing between lines of text. If you're almost finished with a text heavy book, we recommend uploading your book project before upgrading, as the new changes will result in slight shifts within your text layout. If you're ready to start a new project, you'll appreciate this improvement, so go ahead and upgrade now.
I want to thank everyone in the Forums for their patience as we worked through some of these new issues. Your detailed feedback has been unbelievably helpful and makes for a better BookSmart. And for that we are grateful.Enjoy the latest version. And of course, let us know what you think.
– Kathy
Thanks for all the hard work. But it still does not slurp Typepad correctlly. My system: BookSmart 1.9.7 on Intel MacPro Quad-Core, OS X 10.5.4, and a ridiculous amount of RAM and hard disk space.
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Sep 17, 2008 1:28pm PDTPermalink
My thanks for all your hard work too, however, it did NOT solve the text edit issue 1.9.6 created for me – any attempt to edit text in my book crashes the application. In fact, I created a new test book, put a couple images in it and cut and pasted text to it from another book (formatted or plain text) and the application crashes immediatly. 1.9.7 doesn't work.
Hi all,
Jeremy, Thanks for the tip, quick response, and professionalism. I'll give the export option a try and see how it goes.
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Sep 17, 2008 1:31pm PDTPermalink
cjallen1 wrote…I've just joined blurb and can't download the software,I've tried my pc and laptop,firefox and IE
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Sep 17, 2008 1:36pm PDTPermalink
If you're almost finished with a text heavy book, we recommend uploading your book project before upgrading, as the new changes will result in slight shifts within your text layout. If you're ready to start a new project, you'll appreciate this improvement, so go ahead and upgrade now.
I wish I would have read this blog before I uploaded. I was near the end of a text heavy recipe book and now I am having go go through and fix everything! This warning should be posted in the area where it tells you to upgrade… and if it was and I missed it, then it wasn't posted big enough.
Jenny, no answer for you I'm afraid, but two suggestions in this post…
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Sep 17, 2008 1:40pm PDTPermalink
If you want Blurb staff to look into this issue you need to raise a Technical Support Request, the forums are primarly meant to facilitate exchange of help and ideas between Blub users, though the staff do monitor the posts.
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Sep 17, 2008 1:41pm PDTPermalink
Any feedback on the new patch? After reading the posts when the new version came out i decided not to download the new version… what are the forums opinions on the new version now that the patch has been released? Is it worth updating?
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Sep 17, 2008 1:42pm PDTPermalink
Help! I am halfway through designing a book of fine art photography and I am using borders on the photos. Now I downloaded the new version of booksmart and have no option to add borders. on the bar at the top of the window I now only have options for "THEMES" BACKGROUNDS" AND ORNAMENTS" The borders tab is completely missing!!!! Now I'm halfway through the layout with all the photos having borders and I cannot continue. Can I still download the previous version?
Start Pagination Here does not work. I have tried it using both the drop down menu and the right click on the page. Have tried it on a new book and on a photo book of approximately 259 pages. Nothing works.
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Sep 17, 2008 1:44pm PDTPermalink
"Quote" Help! I am halfway through designing a book of fine art photography and I am using borders on the photos. Now I downloaded the new version of booksmart and have no option to add borders. on the bar at the top of the window I now only have options for "THEMES" BACKGROUNDS" AND ORNAMENTS" The borders tab is completely missing!!!! Now I'm halfway through the layout with all the photos having borders and I cannot continue. Can I still download the previous version?"
I should have finished my post, You have to select a photograph and you will see the Border button on the Photo Tools Bar.
How does one know if they have the latest patch? Mine shows Verson: 220.127.116.11866
Just loaded Booksmart, ran it, it froze the screen.
I really enjoy working with Booksmart, and it has been working flawlessly. Can't wait to publish my book.
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Sep 17, 2008 1:49pm PDTPermalink
I just installed the new 1.9.7 version. Now, everytime I try a "Get Photos" button, whether from a new or existing album, Book Smart shuts down completely.
Bonjour Kathy and
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Sep 17, 2008 1:53pm PDTPermalink
Well, against my better judgement, I downloaded the new patch for Booksmart. I usually wait quite a while before I d/l new versions of software because, frankly, I don't want to be an unpaid beta tester. However I am really enjoying Booksmart and was hoping against hope that your new version would be faster and easier to use.
Hi! I'm back. All the pictures finally loaded up and I can work with my book in progress. Maybe its my imagination but I do think that the layout is brighter, sharper and better proportioned than before but slower to react to changes I want to make. I had to review each page because some text no longer fit in the boxes they were in and some photos shifted position in multi-pictures pages. So that leads me to suggest two changes for the next up-date.
I just downloaded the new version (1.9.7) today, and wish I hadn't….. I had the older version (1.9.4) and have been working on a book for 6 months now. I had an occasional problem here and there, but I was always able to resolve it. Since I've downloaded the 1.9.7, I have not been able to do anything! I've tried changing the font….it crashes (I gave up after 6-7 times), I then had the bright idea to "reinstall" the 1.9.4 version and continue with my book…...NOT!! I could not open my book because it was now revised with the 1.9.7, and I needed to download that (again) to get access to my book. So, I did that, hoping that maybe the first time was a "fluke". It wasn't.. I'm still having the same problem as I did before. I've messed up some of the text after trying one of the new "features", and I can't keep BookSmart open long enough to fix my text before it crashes! I've sent an email to the Technical Support Team and hope I get some help soon.. I just want to finish my book and present it to my father… Yes, I've noticed others having the exact same problems I've experienced and I hope all of us get straightened out quickly….....Ugh!Frown
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Sep 17, 2008 1:54pm PDTPermalink
Hi all,
Hi Jeremy,
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Sep 17, 2008 1:56pm PDTPermalink
For those on a Mac, you might want to run "Repair permissions" in the Disk utility. I also run Applejack ( http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19596 ) when there are problems. The previous upgrade was quite sluggish and even locked up my computer to the point I could not do a "Force Quit".
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Sep 17, 2008 1:56pm PDTPermalink
i've had a few of the same problems noted above. I had been working on a book in a previous version and when imported into 1.9.7 I too noticed the bottom line of text was half cut off. I wasn't able to edit the text in the bottom line of text or cause it to be pushed into a new container on the next page.
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Sep 17, 2008 1:56pm PDTPermalink
I have already downloaded the latest version of the software, and have just completed a redo of my previous publication to remove a few of the self-inflicted hiccoughs that were in the original. Everything seemed to go very smoothly and the issues I had found with the previous version all seem to have been addressed.
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Sep 17, 2008 1:57pm PDTPermalink
I second what Emmymom said – the warnings should have been much bigger and louder about downloading the new version! I've been working on a huge cookbook for 6 months, meticulously editing each page, inserting fractions by hand, etc. and I still have a long way to go, shooting for November as my deadline. As the book has gotten bigger, over 200 pages, everything has gotten much, much slower and I have to sit and wait for every little change I want to make. Suppose I jumped the gun downloading the new version, hoping against hopes it would improve things. Sure enough, the text is all shifted, randomly changing fonts, but I could go through and try to fix that, but it's even SLOWER in reaction time for anything I want to do, like highlight text…wait…wait…bold it…wait…wait…wait…insert cursor in a new box….wait….wait….scroll down…wait….wait….wait. It took me almost an hour to put one recipe in, and I was only cutting and pasting from a Word document. And it has crashed 6 times in a row when i try to type capital B in my index. This is terrible, I have so much to do and I'll never get it done in time with such clunkiness. I was wondering if it has anything to do with how big teh book is getting, like is there a practical size limit, or how many photos there are? It worked so smoothly when I was starting out. I'm about to cry and/or give up. Any advice or help how to speed it up so it's worth working on would be great.
Also not slurping Typepad – only first 20 posts.
Hooray!!! Thank you Booksmart designers for adding the full justification option for working with text in this new verson. This is what had kept me from using Booksmart – so now I can go ahead with my plans. Awesome stuff – keep up the great work.
1.9.7 fixed one of my problems but created another. I use the Mac version. On importing text from MS Word into two column layouts, the Booksmart-added indent atop new pages is gone. But so are my indents throughout the document! I have tried all manner of saving the text before importing to no avail. I like the other changes, but this still kills my plans for my text-heavy book.
Hi Rickylyn1,
upgraded while working on a book. Now it hangs when I try to edit a text-field. Tried to downgrade but the bookfile is not backwards compatible. Nice.. What can I do?
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Sep 17, 2008 2:13pm PDTPermalink
Just lost a gig of effort when I tried cutting and pasting text. I should have backed up the latest version. Oh well… back up (export) often as I could no longer open the file without causing the program to shut down.
Came here after being unable to run the 1.9.8 version (After successfully downloading and installing, it won't run. Just get the error-reporting tool).
The latest release runs fine for by far the majority of users, but as you can see from this post there are some having problems. From what I have read on previous posts it could be a clash between BookSmart and your PC configuration (a common cause is not having the latest release of Java, for instance) and it is likely that Blurb staff can help you resolve this problem. Why don't you give that a try, their customer support is very good.
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I am confused. I see BP2U is talking about 1.98 version. I saw no mention of that being released anywhere. Has he just got his numbers wrong or is there in fact a new release? At the top of this thread there is mention of the 1.97 only.
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Thanks Jeremy,
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Jeremy – I tried deleting NativeSmart.dll and that didn't work either.
Hi BP2U,
Is it just me – or was it just my copy of the new version that has what appears to be a spelling mistake? Install4jWisard?
I am also experiencing that strange font glitch where text that should be 12pt is registering as 9pt. While it looks like 12pt, I can ony hope that when it goes to print it will, in fact, be 12pt. Is anything known about this glitch?


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Lock bumping became big news at last year's Defcon when 11-year-old Jennalynn showed an exceptional talent for being able to bump almost any lock set in front of her. This year she again shows her talent by bumping the Medeco M3 high security lock, a lock that is supposedly un-bumpable! Mark Weber Tobias and 12-year old Jennalynn talk about the Medeco lock and demonstrate bumping the lock in just a few minutes on camera.
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[…] Last year's hot topic was bumping regular locks. This year's hot topic was bumping a Medeco M3 high security lock, which is supposedly un-bumpable. Martin McKeay got interview and record Mark Tobias and Jennalynn on this very subject. […]
They were able to bump the M3, but it required research and some nifty computer algorithms, and they have not published the research so it's not like any joe-blow lock bumper is going to be able to do it. Medeco M3 locks are still the best defense against lock-bumping. You can find more information on lock bumping at antibumplocks.com.
JT, I'd agree with you, except that the Medeco M3 was originally advertised as being "Bump Proof" and is still being advertised as "Virtually Bump Proof". Marc Weber Tobias does point out in the video that he still considers the M3 one of the most secure locks currently available, but I hate to see vendors oversell the security of their products.
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From setting up the basic variables to deploying code, building a Java application can be like getting a train up to speed. It's slow to start, but once you're moving, you're moving. Fergus Kelledy, a Solutions Architect with Java development shop ProQuest, explains that their choice of Heroku, alongside the Play! framework, allowed them to enjoy the benefits of Java without the slow startup time.
And once they were moving, they were unstoppable.
"Heroku allowed ProQuest to develop the WorldRiderz website to a tight deadline, coupled with rapidly evolving and expanding functional goals by smoothly and seamlessly taking care of the standard, hosting, scalability, persistence issues with ease," says Kelledy, "thus allowing ProQuest's development team to focus purely on delivering WorldRiderz business functionality. Since deployment and go live WorldRiderz has experienced 100% uptime and 0% data loss as a result of choosing Heroku as our PaaS."
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WorldRiderz is a charity motorcycle ride being documented on the Discovery Channel, which enjoys a worldwide audience of more than 50 million viewers. The website compliments the television show with a full multimedia online presence, interaction between the cast and the audience, and full social media integration. Kelledy attributes his team's success building the WorldRiderz website to its use of Java with the Play! framework on Heroku.
"I come from a Java development background I've become a convert to the Play! framework. It's like learning to speak Java with a slightly different accent. There's not a huge learning curve and it makes life so much simpler," says Kelledy. "Combining Heroku, Play! and Java gives you fantastic flexibility."
The Play! framework, says Kelledy, is a solution by developers for developers. The framework helps developers get started quicker and easier, handling any number of common issues, including simple controller stubs, test stubs, logging, caching configuration, WebService integration, JSON handling, XML handing, messaging, and setting up and running background processing jobs.
Running a Play! Java application on Heroku is as simple as deploying the code. Heroku automatically recognizes use of the Play! Framework and acts accordingly. Kelledy says that Heroku's ability to handle all of the basic tasks, leaving the developer to focus on the problem at hand, is a differentiating factor that will have him recommending Heroku to anyone who asks.
"I've been around the developer block for 15 years and this combination of technologies rocks. The bottom line is Heroku is focusing on making it just work," says Kelledy. "There's so much stuff that just works out of the box with Heroku. You look at Heroku and see that there are Add-ons for for commonly used functionality, such as security, messaging, logging, et cetera, and you don't need to reinvent the wheel.
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March 1, 2011
James R. Thompson Center, 100 W. Randolph, OHIT Conference Room 2-201, Chicago
Wes Valdes opened the meeting with introductions and roll call. Wes asked for any edits or corrections regarding the minutes from the last meeting. Other than a few minor corrections, the minutes were approved.
Gwen Smith reviewed the elements of the CHIPRA grant that was awarded to HFS in January 2011, in collaboration with Florida. The grant covers a five-year period, with the first year dedicated to planning. There are five categories from which grantees were to select as the focus of their work. Illinois and Florida selected the following four focus areas:
CMS has established a matrix with a 24-core set of measures that Illinois and Florida are continually working through. This matrix identified Meaningful Use measures with immunizations, BMI, Chlamydia, Laryngitis, NQF measures, pre-school vision screenings, developmental measures, and Data Steward Measures. Laura Zaremba and Ivan Handler are on the state team, coordinating these grant efforts, along with Gwen and several others at HFS.
Wes asked which database the CHIPRA data would be feeding into. Gwen said the data is stored in the Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) Medical Data Warehouse. HFS obtains data from the administrative claims data by processing Medicaid claims.
Wes asked about data collection on the individual claims data level. There was a general discussion about data sets and data needs.
Gail Amundson responded that although linking the data sets would be convenient, the datasets will yield two different answers because there are fundamental differences between the claims systems/data and the practice systems/data. Gail noted that it is important to understand what kind of information both systems are providing, and what the limitations are. For example, the practice system would contain BMI data, where the claim systems will not.
Gwen added that the HFS Medical Data Warehouse is limited to Medicaid beneficiaries. However, HFS is in the process of linking data from other state agencies through inter-agency data sharing agreements. Among the data in the warehouse are data sets on public health, newborns, immunization, and lab results. HFS is working on coordinating these different data sets.
Mary Driscoll was curious as to how HFS is collecting and matching this data. She emphasized that if the information is not linked appropriately, then it is not useful knowledge. Gwen said that HFS has a detailed matching process that assigns ID numbers to the sets of data. Both Wes and Mary McGinnis reiterated that exploring these issues is the purpose of the work group. The work group's responsibility is to review these complex questions, and make recommendations on possible solutions to the newly appointed HIE Authority Board.
On the topic of the ILHIE Authority Board, Janna wanted to know if there were representatives of non-hospital entities on the board. Mary McGinnis provided an overview of the composition of the board and the nomination process. She added that the membership terms are going to be staggered with one-, two- and three-year terms. Mary also provided some information about the HIE Advisory Committee.
Wes initiated a discussion about the quality measures for Meaningful Use. Wes noted that work group members are familiar with many of these quality indicators, but the real issue is how to process this data in a meaningful way. What is the reporting responsibility of the enterprise, local and state HIE's concerning this data, and how will the data be shared?
Gail responded that if the practices are reporting these data sets, then the results are already known. How, then, can we compare reports and performances with other practices? Gwen responded that HFS has a system where they give providers clinical performance through a link. Mary Driscoll said the Illinois Department of Public Health Web site has a hospital report card, so much of their data is already publically reported. Janna added that the work group needs to ensure that the information flows easily for consumers to follow. Janna added, we need to make sure the information follows patients, as well as flows to the clinics, integrated delivery networks, and to the local HIEs. The work group agreed that there are benefits for the information to follow both the patient (for their convenience) and the clinics (for comparative performance).
One of the major tasks for the work group is make recommendations about how to accomplish this, and maintain the integrity of the information reported. Wes emphasized that data sources need to be viewed as trusted sources. Mary Driscoll mentioned that one of the goals of health information exchange is to focus on population health and, in addition, to care coordination. If there is no consistent process, it will not be representative of what is actually going on.
The meeting concluded with Marie Brown's recommendation on how to proceed in tackling the issues discussed. The participants in the meeting should pick a few measures that are easy to track, and that have the greatest validity. For instance, if we used BMI as a unit of measure to use as a pilot, we can track BMIs through the complexity of networks discussed. This pilot can then give us information on the kind of obstacles we may face, and how to further ourselves in the process.
The group's assignment is to e-mail Wes or Mary McGinnis on a few measures they would like to use as pilots. Wes and Mary will then compile a Top Five List of Units of Measures the group would like to track.
The next meeting will be held Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at 9 a.m., at JRTC 2-201.
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From their inception, electronic navigational devices capable of providing accurate positional information on a real-time basis have proven to be a major benefit to military and commercial vessels. The earliest was Loran (Long-Range navigation system), which relied on a chain of shore-based radio towers that transmitted signals on predetermined frequencies at specific time intervals. The first iteration of Loran, called Loran A, required a huge onboard receiver unit and an engineering degree to operate. The Loran A only had a modest degree of accuracy, so very few ever made their way onto recreational boats. That model was followed by an improved system designated Loran C, which incorporated microprocessors and provided an easier way to determine position. It proved to be amazingly accurate.
The onboard Loran C receiver would lock onto signals from two radio towers in different locations, and calculate the time delay from transmission to reception in microseconds. To determine your exact position, you had to record the numbers, go to the chart, find the gridlines that corresponded to the numbers, and locate where they intersected. It was a tedious process, but the rapidly shrinking size of the Loran receivers caught on with recreational boaters who navigated away from their home waters. In addition, fishermen loved it because they could now save the location of their fishing spots in TD logbooks, and return to the exact position with unerring repeatability.
Just as the initial Loran-based plotters were making their appearance in recreational boating, along came the introduction of the Global Positioning System (GPS). GPS does not rely on shore-based radio towers. Instead it receives signals from multiple satellites in geosynchronous (stationary) orbit. Today, GPS chart plotters are available for any size recreational boat to fit any budget. They have revolutionized navigation and dramatically enhanced boating safety, but a plotter is only as accurate as the electronic charts it displays.
Paul Michele is the national sales manager for Navionics,® the industry leader in electronic navigational charts. He is also an avid boater and fisherman who understands the importance of having the best and most current charting software in your onboard plotter.
Far too many boaters consider electronic navigational charts as little more than an afterthought, Michele said in a recent discussion. They buy a chart plotter, and rely on whatever imbedded background chart came with the unit. Or they spend the money on far more advanced charting software, but fail to update it periodically so it remains current and accurate.
The overwhelming number of chart plotters available to boaters in the U.S. are capable of running Navionics® software, considered to be the gold standard in electronic charts. Actually, it might be more accurate to say they are the platinum standard because the companys top of the line charts for marine and inland lake use are the Platinum+ series.
The data used to create and update Navionics® charts comes from a variety of sources including the government, both military and civilian branches, private sources, user-generated and our own proprietary soundings, Paul said. In the case of our freshwater lake charts, a good deal of the soundings data is from our own sources.
Navionics® Platinum+ multi-dimensional marine charts take the navigational experience to a whole new level with 3D view, integrated aerial imagery layering, and port photos that can overlay the already superior base chart to offer the boater perspectives well beyond that available from traditional charts. The aerial imagery provides extremely accurate representations of land masses and shallow water bottom contours on lakes and in bays, rivers, inlets and nearshore coastal waters that enhance boating safety, and can be a great tool for fishermen, too. The user can customize the on-screen appearance and types of data available for viewing to meet any navigational need.
One of the issues Navionics® has addressed recently is how best to provide the most current chart data, even to users who purchased their charts months or years ago, Michele continued. Bays, rivers, channels and nearshore ocean bottom features can change over time as a result of dredging or natural erosion. Major storms can quickly impart significant changes almost overnight. For this reason electronic charts can be out of date and fail to accurately represent current conditions.
Navionics® answer was to develop a new feature for their electronic charts called Freshest Data. Freshest Data provides daily updates online along with the new Navionics® PC App, and is available free with newly purchased Navionics® Platinum+ charts.
There is a modest fee for the service for charts purchased after June 2010. If your chart was produced before June 2010, you need to replace it to take advantage of the service. Freshest Data includes things like buoy changes, sand bars shifts, newly discovered rocks, submerged structures and more. These chart updates and improvements average more than 1000 every day and they are easy to download and install on your onboard plotter, ensuring you have the most current charts available for your boating safety.
Freshest Data also includes a revolution in digital charts called the Community Layer. This feature consists of hundreds of thousands of edits made by Navionics® users, like you, that are viewable on Navionics® mobile app, PC app and select chart plotters. There are also navigational charting apps for SmartPhones, allowing you to essentially carry your plotter in your pocket.
GPS chart plotters are one of the best ways to enhance your boating experience and are a major aid to safe navigation, but without accurate, up-to-date navigational charts, their benefits degrade with time. If yours are more than a few years old, its time to purchase new ones and advanced customer services like Navionics® Freshest Data will keep them accurate for years to come.
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Storrs, Conn. (April 23, 2010) – In a battle of BIG EAST baseball leaders, No. 19 Connecticut topped No. 21 Rutgers, 7-2, in Friday's series opener at J.O. Christian Field in Storrs. Conn.
The defeat snaps the Scarlet Knights' six-game winning streak and 18-game streak of five or more runs per contest. RU fell to 21-14 overall and 10-3 in the league, a game behind the Huskies' 11-2 conference mark. Connecticut improved to 31-7 overall with its 19th-straight victory.
UConn jumped on the board first with a Mike Olt RBI single in the opening frame but the Scarlet Knights responded with a run in the second to tie it up. With sophomore Russ Hopkins (Piscataway, N.J.) – leadoff single– on third, junior Brandon Boykin (Teaneck, N.J.) laid down a bunt down the right-field line for the sacrifice to manufacture a run as Hopkins raced home on the play.
The Huskies broke the tie with a pair of runs in the third as Mike Nemeth followed a pair of one-out walks with a two-run double down the right-field line to make it 3-1. The Scarlet Knights went to their bullpen bringing in freshman Rob Smorol (Clark, N.J.) in relief of starter Jerry Elsing (Montville, N.J.) later in the frame.
An infield error put Hopkins on second to open the fourth and RU sacrificed him over to third where Dan Betteridge (Sewell, N.J.) got him home on an RBI groundout to second as the Scarlet Knights pulled within one run of the Huskies.
UConn extended its lead with a run in the bottom half of the fourth on Nemeth's third RBI of the day to make it 4-2.
The Huskies loaded the bases with one out in the fifth but Smorol snuffed out any scoring opportunity inducing a groundout and posting an inning-ending strikeout to end the frame unscathed.
RU had a pair of Scarlet Knights in scoring position in the sixth but UConn starter Elliot Glynn got out of the jam with an inning-ending groundout.
Sophomore Nathaniel Roe (Plainfield, N.J.) came in on relief of Smorol for the final out of the sixth but ran into trouble in the seventh as the Huskies opened the frame with four-straight singles, capped by a two-run base hit back up the middle from Springer. UConn added a third run in the frame on Nemeth's fourth RBI of the contest to extend its lead to 7-2.
Elsing (2-1) was dealt his first collegiate loss with 2.2 innings in the start, while Smorol didn't allow an earned run in three innings of middle relief. Glynn improved to 4-2 with no earned runs allowed in seven innings of work.
Freshman Steve Nyisztor (Toms River, N.J.) and senior Jayson Hernandez (Belmar, N.J.) extended their impressive hitting streaks as Nyisztor collected two hits in the contest to extend his hitting streak to 17 games, while Hernandez had one hit to extend his to 16 games.
In a change from the original series schedule, Rutgers and Connecticut will play a doubleheader Saturday beginning at noon as rain is in the forecast for the area Sunday. Senior righty Casey Gaynor (Toms River, N.J.) will take the mound for the Scarlet Knights against junior lefty Greg Nappo for the Huskies in the first game, while RU freshman lefty Dan O'Neill (Garfield, N.J.) will face UConn sophomore righty Matt Barnes in the second game.


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Artist: Sun City Girls Title: Funeral Mariachi Release date: October 26 Label: Abduction Sun City Girls' last-ever record -- they've made dozens since forming in Phoenix way back in the early days of West Coast punk -- comes off as a more somber affair. And some of it is downright -- odd to ... More >>
Artist: Daft Punk Title: Tron Legacy (Original Soundtrack) Release date: December 7 Label: Walt Disney Records I'm a little surprised by the buzz surrounding the release of a soundtrack to a Disney movie. I understand that the kids love the helmeted French house duo Daft Punk and that said ... More >>
Artist: The Parting Gifts Title: Strychnine Dandelions Release date: November 9 Label: In the Red Last week, I didn't have many good things to say about the new record from Kanye West. This morning, a white co-worker walked into my office and said, "I read what you said about Kanye West. Whe ... More >>
Artist: Kanye West Title: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Release date: November 22 Label: Roc-A-Fella Fitting, perhaps, that Kanye West's new record, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, is one of the final 15 or so new records that I'll be listening to before this Nothing Not New project t ... More >>
Artist: Sharon Van Etten Title: Epic Release date: September 21 Label: Ba Da Bing! If you're relatively unknown as a musical artist, as is Sharon Van Etten, and you name your record Epic, you'd better be damn sure your record doesn't suck. The good news for Van Etten is that her seven-song r ... More >>
Artist: OFF! Title: First Four EPs Release date: November 23 Label: Vice Records In 2010, few things seem more ridiculous than a punk supergroup anchored by two guys who made their most indelible marks on American punk rock nearly 30 years ago. But, damn, OFF! pulled off an unlikely feat, ma ... More >>
Artist: Robyn Title: Body Talk Release date: November 22 Label: Interscope The critics sure do love the Swedish dance-pop star Robyn, who's been releasing Body Talk in chunks throughout 2010 and now has finally dropped the entire album as one 15-song compendium. But there seems to be a commo ... More >>
The Beatles: Unquestionably the most influential rock band of all time.Today The Beatles and the company formerly known as Apple Computer Inc. struck a deal resulting in the release of the band's music on iTunes for the first time.The band's entire output -- 12 studio albums with 193 tracks from ... More >>
Fresh & Onlys, Play It StrangeArtist: The Fresh & OnlysTitle: Play It StrangeRelease date: October 12Label: In the RedAnd just like that, I find myself a little bored by the sound plied and, possibly, perfected by San Francisco's The Fresh & Onlys. It's the sound that has passed for g ... More >>
Artist: Matt & KimTitle: SidewalksRelease date: November 2Label: FaderI suppose I should mention up front that I didn't like Tears for Fears in 1985 and I still don't 25 years later, even in a nostalgic sense. So it stands to reason that I have little use for Matt & Kim in 2010.It's not t ... More >>
Artist: Gospel Claws Title: C-L-A-W-S Release date: October 26 Label: Common Wall Media Gospel Claws are a local band (Tempe, I've been told) that is currently enjoying a little bit of national exposure, residing in a reasonably high position on some relatively obscure indie-rock-tallying ch ... More >>
Artist: Elvis Costello Title: National Ransom Release date: November 2 Label: Hear Music I really wish it weren't the case, but I'd have to file the new record by Elvis Costello under "For Completists Only" (of which I'm sure there many when it comes to Elvis Costello fans). If you heard hi ... More >>
Artist: The 88Title: The 88 Release date: September 28 Label: Rocket ScienceWhat do you do if you're a band like The 88? You're top-flight songwriters and musicians, you get your songs placed in all kinds of big-name TV shows and high-profile TV commercials, you tour the country opening ... More >>
Artist: Warpaint Title: The Fool Release date: October 25 Label: Rough Trade The musical path taken by L.A. foursome Warpaint is well trodden -- but this kind of ultra-moody, sort of experimental, Joy Division-indebted music is usually plied by men. But Warpaint is a quartet of women, and in ... More >>
Artist: Screaming Females Title: Castle Talk Release date: September 14 Label: Don Giovanni Back in the day, I'd hate to miss a good show (I'm still not happy that my parents wouldn't let me drive to Kalamazoo one Monday night to see Scratch Acid and Big Black play, ditto the time I couldn't ... More >>
Artist: Kings of LeonTitle: Come Around SundownRelease date: October 19Label: RCAI think it's funny that people are getting all bent out of shape over the supposed "selling out" of Kings of Leon, saying their new record sucks worse than that sucky one that sold a bajillion copies a few years ago. ... More >>
Artist: Sufjan Stevens Title: The Age of Adz Release date: October 21 Label: Asthmatic Kitty The new record by indie-music deity Sufjan Stevens is an hour-and-12-minute endurance test, one who's raison d'etre is revealed in the closing seconds of the record's final song, "Impossible Soul." A ... More >>
Artist: The Corin Tucker BandTitle: 1,000 YearsRelease date: October 5Label: Kill Rock Stars Who else loves Sleater-Kinney and was disappointed to hear they'd gone on indefinite hiatus after the release of one of their best records, The Woods, in 2006? In my opinion, we're one of the finer bands ... More >>
This guy is about to be a movie star.We thought enough of local Poison tribute band Unskinny Bop to give them a Best Of Phoenix award last year. John Cusack apparently thinks enough of them that they're slated to appear in his new flick Hot Tub Time Machine, which is filming in Canada right now. The ... More >>
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Trench, Dolphins Kill for Love, The Eleven Forties, The Secret Life of Painters, Longshore, Split the Enemy, Intrinzik, Goliath Monsignor, Shelby James & The Crying Shames
Brian Wilson gets his SMiLE on
Storytelling continues Todd Solondz's bluster of sex, rage and insanity
Mogwai mouths off, shuts up, and releases its most rewarding album yet
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Andy Roddick revealed on "FOX Sports Live" this week that he nearly fought Novak Djokovic following their match at the 2008 US Open.
You may recall that prior to the match, Roddick accused Djokovic of faking multiple injuries. In his pre-match news conference, Roddick went along with a reporter who cited all of Djokovic's injuries, only Roddick jokingly added in a few others like bird flu and anthrax.
"If it's there, it's there," Roddick said prior to their match. "It's just a lot. He's either quick to call the trainer or he's the most courageous guy of all time."
Djokovic beat Roddick 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 in that quarterfinal match. Nole addressed the injury controversy in an interview after the match. He was booed by the New York crowd as soon as he brought up the injury issue.
"Well, obviously Andy was saying I had 16 injuries," Djokovic said in his interview. "Obviously I don't, right?
"I know they [the crowd] are already against me because they think I am faking everything," Djokovic said. "That's not nice anyhow to say in front of this crowd that I have 16 injuries and that I'm faking it."
Roddick heard the interview, and that ticked him off. As he explained on FOX Sports Live this week, the interview led him to go after Djokovic in the locker room and nearly fight his opponent.


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Study Serves Huge Blow to 'Any Remaining Climate Change Deniers'
By Hannah Osborne April 14, 2014 International Business Times
Climate change deniers have been dealt a huge blow following the release of a study that says the natural warming hypothesis can be ruled out with 99% accuracy.
Scientists at McGill University, Montreal, have said they can say with overwhelming confidence that climate change is the result of man-made emissions. Published in the journal Climate Dynamics, the researchers analysed temperature data since 1500. Their findings almost completely rule out the possibility that global warming in the industrial era is a natural fluctuation in the planet's climate.
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LOWELL | When Lowell High School held its annual Senior and Scholar Night program last month, two members of the class of 2013 were recognized for a singular achievement.
Kyle Eller and Nicholas Porras both received appointments to the U.S. Air Force Academy, representing full, four-year scholarships worth approximately $180,000 to the Colorado Springs, Colo. school and training center.
"It's special when just one graduate receives an appointment to a military academy, but to have two graduates so honored is really special," said one school official.
Only about 1,000 of the 12,000 applicants are offered admission to the Air Force Academy, a highly competitive appointment.
Both Eller and Porras will have the opportunity to participate in many leadership development programs, including flying aircraft and freefall parachuting, as well as foreign exchange programs.
They will have their choice of 31 academic disciplines ranging from political science to aeronautical engineering and will also study Air Force history, military affairs, leadership and management in preparation for a bachelor's degree and commissioning as a second lieutenant in the USAF.


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Tom Hamilton, associate professor of finance, teaches classes in the UST MSRE program. In this Star Tribune article, Hamilton says that tax incentives are keeping median sales prices artificially low.
Read the full story at http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/yourmoney/87289632.html?page=1&c=y
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"The Charles Darwin Foundation is not only the archipelago's oldest private scientific research organization, it is also an institution that I believe the islands could not live without. There are manifold challenges endangering the biodiversity and environment of the Galapagos, and additionally the social challenge of having to achieve the "Buen Vivir" (good living) for local communities. Now more than ever is the time to invest in solid scientific research, in order to reach out to the decision-making bodies of the Government of Ecuador and provide them with sound information and technical advice."
Swen Lorenz, Execitive Director
Charles Darwin Foundation
The Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands (CDF) is an international not-for-profit scientific organization. The CDF has been working in Galapagos since 1959 under an agreement with the Government of Ecuador and with a clear mission to work closely with Government Institutions, providing scientific knowledge and assistance to ensure the conservation of Galapagos.
For fifty years, the Charles Darwin Foundation has worked closely with the Galapagos National Park Directorate (GNPD), the main local government environmental authority, overseeing the safeguarding of the islands' natural resources, providing the results of scientific research to conserve this living laboratory.
Over one hundred scientists, educators, research assistants, support staff, and volunteers from all over the world take part in this effort. The organizational staff is 90% Ecuadorian and CDF is committed to the training of Galapagos residents as future scientists for the good of the islands and the country at large.
"Our mission is to provide science that will help to conserve the environment and biodiversity of the archipelago and that enables decision-makers to work towards a truly sustainable Galapagos. We are doing this within the context of dynamic changes in the commercial, political, and social landscapes of the Galapagos Islands. It is perhaps fitting that in this bastion of evolution, the Charles Darwin Foundation continually evolves as a matter of adaptation."
Dr. Dennis Geist, President of the CDF
CDF's mission is to provide knowledge and assistance through scientific research and complementary action to ensure the conservation of the environment and biodiversity in the Galapagos Archipelago.
Within this context, the vision of the CDF for 2016 is to be the world's leading research institution dedicated to the conservation of the biological diversity and natural resources of Galapagos, and committed to building a sustainable and collaborative society to achieve this objective.