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OPINION: The other is Enhancing Matauranga Maori and Global Indigenous Knowledge by Taiarahia Black, until recently a professor at Massey University.
With Palenski's book there is a warning: "Much of the information in this book cannot be found on the internet."
Good on him; an old print man at heart. He has knocked together 576 pages with two All Black biographies per page.
It is one of those bibles which you keep within arm's length for when taking one of the obligatory micro-pauses from the confounded computer screen.
Like the latest Rugby Almanack, it has come out of Upstart Press Ltd in Auckland. The former Moa upstarts, Kevin Chapman and Warren Adler, a former Manawatu Evening Standard sports reporter, have reinvented themselves as Mower, with a lawnmower logo, and good on them for keeping New Zealand-born sports books coming.
To give Palmerston North's NZ Rugby Museum credit, they do have All Black bios on their website.
Palenski's book certainly settles debates as to where All Blacks went to school. There are, by my count 1130 All Blacks, up until February this year.
The Indigenous Maori book is different. Tai Black, father of rugby players Whitiaua and Otere, tells me stacks of them have been sold to American universities.
He was watching rugby at Taupo recently when accosted by Chiefs coach Dave Rennie who asked him to come to his car because he had something for him. Black was flummoxed when Rennie and Wayne Smith produced a copy of Black's book and asked him to sign it.
Their interest was in the chapter entitled Maori Culture Counts, A Case Study of the Waikato Chiefs, written by Massey University's Jeremy Hapeta, the former Manawatu prop.
It centres on the Chiefs' successes in 2012 and 2013 coinciding with the change in coaches, how they were athlete-centred and returned to the cultural roots of the region, where "creating a champion team is a spiritual act".
The Chiefs are also the only Super Rugby team to have their own haka, composed by the players.
The book is for academics and uses terms like "backward-chaining" which Smith uses when coaching.
For those not tired of Lance Armstrong doping revelations, The Race to Truth arrived from Bantam Press on Tuesday.
It is the memoir of Emma O'Reilly, the Irish woman who was a masseur on Armstrong's US Postal team - and you don't get much closer to the rotter than that. O'Reilly ended up spilling the beans to courageous journalist David Walsh and he based much of his book, Seven Deadly Sins, on it.
Both of them were put through hell by Armstrong before he was outed. Her book includes a photo at her reconciliation meeting with Armstrong in Florida last year, and she looks awkward.
It must have been a magnanimous act of forgiveness that she asked Armstrong to write the foreword to her book, which he did.
It's also ironical that the people Armstrong castigated are now making money at his expense.
■ When the national league basketball press releases arrive, it is difficult to decipher who is who.
They are utterly besotted by sponsors' names, although at least our Jets do have Manawatu in their title. Take this week's. -
"The Breakers Manawatu Jets have ended their season on a high with a 112-76 rout over the James Blond Supercity Rangers. The Pacific Jewellers Saints get their 12th win, edging out the Advice First Pistons.
The Saints will return home, where they host the final four, playing the Fico Finance Giants. The IMS Payroll Hawks will play the Zerofees Sharks in the first semifinal."
Translation: Manawatu beat Waitakere, Wellington beat Waikato. Wellington will play Nelson and Hawke's Bay will play Southland.
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Leadership is Dead: How Influence is Reviving Itby Jeremie Kubicek
Leadership is alive when it is used for others. It dies when it is all about you. Anyone can make an impact. All you need is influence—the most potent professional asset on the planet. The problem is that influence is also the most underused asset on the planet. And the primary reason is that the enemy of influence is a universal human trait:
Leadership is alive when it is used for others. It dies when it is all about you. Anyone can make an impact. All you need is influence—the most potent professional asset on the planet. The problem is that influence is also the most underused asset on the planet. And the primary reason is that the enemy of influence is a universal human trait: self-preservation. You guard your ideas, your status, and your reputation. Within your self-constructed walls you must cast safer visions, take smaller risks, and accept shallower relationships to ensure the security of all you are protecting. This is the downside of self-preservation: While your walls protect you and yours from demise, they also restrict your influence. You must break down your walls of self-preservation and sacrifice your security for the sake of others. Only then does the escalating paradox of personal generosity come into play: The more you give, the more you receive. This audio book shows that the key to effective leadership is learning how to influence in a way that engenders greater trust, stronger partnerships, and more impactful endeavors.
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Making Your Leadership Come Alive
Death is not a popular subject, especially when discussed within the context of leadership.
The first death to transform my life took place in my early twenties, when I was a pioneering entrepreneur in the Wild West–like city of Moscow, Russia. Car bombs and Russian Mafia hits terrorized the streets. The daily newspaper headlines made you numb to gunfights and ritual bombings.
As a young American in this setting, I felt like a cross between James Bond and John Wayne. In my mind, I was both invincible and brave. But while the business opportunity was intoxicating and the landscape thrilling, I must admit that I was a bit nervous.
My business partners and I arrived on the cold tarmac of Sheremetyevo International Airport outside of Moscow with a grand vision and eager attitudes. We were there to start a marketing consulting business and participate in the founding of an economic school. There were hundreds of leaders like us, taking risks as we hoped to establish "new" ways of doing business in a land that was very old and corrupt. Over time, we realized that there were hundreds before us who had tried to establish footholds for capitalism well before the walls of Communism had crumbled.
Paul Tatum was one of those leaders. When I moved to Moscow in 1993, two years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he had already built the premier commercial center for international business in the city. He was a mover and a shaker with a flashy and cocky manner. The Russians didn't know what to do with Paul. For many of the local businessmen, he was one of the first American capitalists they'd ever met.
Paul had a lot going for him: steel nerves, a string of successes, and an unmatched network of powerful political and business leaders. He had one major problem: few trusted him.
Paul had a lot going for him: steel nerves, a string of successes, and an unmatched network of powerful political and business leaders. He had one major problem: few trusted him, including many of his one hundred–plus employees. His business partners were drawn to him for his connections and financial prowess, but it seemed to me that he had few real friends because of his eccentric style.
Our company did contract work with Paul's company for a couple of years on various projects, and it was clear that self-preservation was a priority in every aspect of his life. While he didn't have many true friends, he did have some serious enemies. Eventually Paul had to add a fourth layer to his three-piece suits: a bulletproof vest. The two bodyguards who accompanied him everywhere were another clue that the man had some "people issues." Few wanted to do business with him anymore, not even his former Russian partners.
I came to see that Paul had no true influence. When I'd met him, he had wealth that had bought him power in the gangsterlike city of Moscow after the Iron Curtain fell. Paul used his cash and his brash manner to manipulate and coerce his way into a power position in Moscow, but his success was short lived.
I fell in line with others who were at first intrigued and charmed by him, but then were appalled by his bold self-centeredness. I remained a friend to him longer than most, however. I was twenty-one years old when I met him. I thought Paul was drawn to the fact that my partners and I had the guts to start a business in such a challenging environment. Maybe he felt he could trust me because I was trustworthy, but if I was ever tempted to trust him, the feeling usually passed very quickly.
Paul and I met regularly for breakfast in the restaurant of a safe hotel. His bodyguards stood by the door. I listened without complaint to his self-centered banter, and I encouraged him in his business dealings. Once he felt confident in my friendship, he began to tone down the bravado and talk about his family background and his struggles in business. Paul, who'd always considered himself a maverick, was at war with his former Russian partners, and their battles were heating up. Their fight was about to turn public, and the terrible aftermath would receive international media attention.
One day, I walked down a hall from our temporary office to come upon a bloody scene: one of his bodyguards had been stabbed. By now, Paul was under twenty-four-hour protection and working odd hours because he feared being ambushed.
I did my best to remain a friend and a positive influence on him during this period. I drew him out with questions, and we'd talk for an hour or so. Paul had isolated himself to the point that he was either working or at home. He was a virtual prisoner of his security guards, but even their vigilant efforts were not enough.
Paul was murdered on November 3, 1996, in a busy Moscow metro station near his office. His death was reported worldwide as a symbol of Russia's struggles with both its new freedoms and its lawlessness. He was believed to be the first American killed by Russian mobsters.
Paul was shot eleven times in the head and neck. He died unmarried and without many close companions. He was buried in Russia, a country he'd come to love. It was a sad story, but all too familiar in many ways.
Sadly, Paul's fierce devotion to self-preservation and winning the game left him walled off from anyone who could have helped him.
Paul had Domination tendencies—someone who could manipulate others and give no thought to any agenda but his own—fighting against an army of the same types of leaders. His murder would have been avoidable had he understood how to use his influence properly. Sadly, his fierce devotion to self-preservation and winning the game left him walled off from anyone who could have helped him.
I had the privilege of seeing some of the goodness in him. He unburdened himself to me and my partners, and doing so seemed to lighten his soul. At one point, he told us that ours was the only stable relationship in his life. The truth is that I really liked him, though I was not sure I trusted him. On my last meeting with Paul, he thanked me for being a good listener and asked me to pray for him. He then told me and another partner to stay clear of him from that point onward. As he said it, he motioned to the bulletproof vest under his business suit.
After his violent death, I wished that I'd found a way to help Paul overcome his self-destructive ways. He had so much potential. He could have been a leader of great and positive influence. His death is one of the primary factors that led me to a career of working with leaders to free them of their fears and to help them reach their highest levels of positive influence. I don't think I failed Paul. If anything, I provided him a lifeline as his life was spiraling out of control. Unfortunately, he did not grasp it, nor did he understand that there were other ways—much better ways—to be a leader in business and in life.
In hindsight, I was very underprepared to serve, or save, someone of his complex nature, but I had been willing to serve as a light to someone in a very dark situation. When you are young, you meet role models for good, and role models for bad. You aspire to be like the good ones and you vow never to be like the bad ones. I learned from Paul Tatum the kind of leadership that I never wanted to practice. I saw how he died violently and alone. That was not the ending I envisioned for my life.
I had seen selfish, erratic behavior from other high-profile leaders during my international business foray. Manipulation and power maneuvers were their everyday approach. Rarely in my Russia experience did I see the type of leadership that I wanted to emulate. I watched too many leaders say one thing and then do another, and I lost respect for not just them but also for the position "leader" itself.
After decades of greed by corporate tycoons, financial moguls, and political egos, this generation is searching for authentic, selfless leadership that holds a mission higher than and outside of themselves.
This is a paramount issue for the next generation of leaders. After decades of greed by corporate tycoons, financial moguls, and political egos, this generation is searching for authentic, selfless leadership that holds a mission higher than and outside of themselves.
Paul's death was surreal. I could not process the abrupt loss of someone I'd been close to or the potential that was squandered. I reflected for many months on where this dynamic and brilliant man had gone wrong.
I have spent years analyzing leadership and influence within the role of leader. I have met and spent hours upon hours with many famous leaders—some good, some bad. In each and every meeting, I have sought to understand who they were and review their motives under the lens of desired impact and use of leadership. It is vitally important to me that leadership is no longer squandered or abused. This dedicated effort has taken almost a decade.
Before I knew it, I would suddenly be forced to reflect on my own leadership through a dramatic event. Almost ten years after Paul's tragedy, everything would change.
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Insulin/IGF-1 signalling (IIS) profoundly influences stress resistance and longevity in diverse organisms, possibly including humans. It is well known that IIS promotes aging by inhibiting DAF-16/FOXO proteins, but our lab has shown in C. elegans that IIS also directly inhibits the transcription factor SKN-1, which has conserved functions in stress resistance. SKN-1 promotes longevity, and contributes to stress resistance and longevity increases that are associated with reduced IIS. Our expression profiling shows that under normal conditions SKN-1 upregulates genes involved in many stress defense and cellular repair processes, and may directly repress numerous genes that limit stress resistance or longevity, including some IIS genes. In contrast, SKN-1 responds to stress by inducing a smaller group of detoxification genes. These findings show that SKN-1 plays a critical role in fundamental mechanisms that promote longevity, making it of major significance to understand how it functions and is regulated by IIS, and affects the organism when IIS is reduced. This project will investigate how IIS regulates gene expression by inhibiting SKN-1, and how SKN-1 promotes longevity and stress resistance in response to IIS reductions. Microarray-based profiling will be used to identify genes that are either up- or down-regulated by SKN-1 in response to reduced IIS, and to dissect effects of SKN-1 and DAF-16, thereby revealing processes and regulatory mechanisms that are controlled by both SKN- 1 and IIS. Our robust capability to analyze SKN-1 DNA binding in vivo by chromatin immunoprecipitation will be used to identify and compare genes that are directly regulated by SKN-1 under normal and IIS conditions. The functions of representative SKN-1 target genes will then be examined, work that will reveal processes through which SKN-1 contributes to these IIS phenotypes, and is likely to identify new longevity genes. Additionally, it will be investigated whether SKN-1 contributes to IIS stress and longevity phenotypes by acting only in the intestine, the major detoxification organ, or also in other tissues that are influenced by IIS. It will also be determined conclusively whether SKN-1 directly represses longevity-regulatory genes, and whether its repressive activity is relieved by stress. Finally, the regulatory effects of IIS on SKN-1 will be studied, first through an analysis of the 14-3-3 proteins PAR-5 and FTT-2. These proteins are likely effectors of IIS signals but regulate SKN-1 oppositely, with PAR-5 inhibiting SKN-1 and FTT-2 being a required cofactor. It will be investigated whether these 14-3-3 proteins interact with SKN-1 in response to IIS, and how FTT-2 might promote SKN-1 nuclear functions. In addition, proteomic approaches with which we are experienced will be used to identify proteins that associate with SKN-1 under normal and reduced IIS conditions, and may regulate its activities.
An understanding of mechanisms that increase productive lifespan and protect against chronic disease may provide the greatest cost/benefit ratio of any area of biomedical research. Reductions in insulin signalling promote longevity and resistance to metabolic stresses in diverse organisms. This project will use a powerful model organism, the nematode worm C. elegans, to investigate how a master regulator of mechanisms that defend against cellular damage and toxins contributes to the beneficial effects of reducing insulin signalling, and is itself controlled by the insulin signalling pathway.
|Ewald, Collin Y; Landis, Jess N; Porter Abate, Jess et al. (2015) Dauer-independent insulin/IGF-1-signalling implicates collagen remodelling in longevity. Nature 519:97-101
|Moroz, Natalie; Carmona, Juan J; Anderson, Edward et al. (2014) Dietary restriction involves NAD? -dependent mechanisms and a shift toward oxidative metabolism. Aging Cell 13:1075-85
|Mizunuma, Masaki; Neumann-Haefelin, Elke; Moroz, Natalie et al. (2014) mTORC2-SGK-1 acts in two environmentally responsive pathways with opposing effects on longevity. Aging Cell 13:869-78
|Ruf, Vanessa; Holzem, Christina; Peyman, Tobias et al. (2013) TORC2 signaling antagonizes SKN-1 to induce C. elegans mesendodermal embryonic development. Dev Biol 384:214-27
|Glover-Cutter, Kira M; Lin, Stephanie; Blackwell, T Keith (2013) Integration of the unfolded protein and oxidative stress responses through SKN-1/Nrf. PLoS Genet 9:e1003701
|Li, Xuan; Matilainen, Olli; Jin, Congyu et al. (2011) Specific SKN-1/Nrf stress responses to perturbations in translation elongation and proteasome activity. PLoS Genet 7:e1002119
|Wang, Jinling; Robida-Stubbs, Stacey; Tullet, Jennifer M A et al. (2010) RNAi screening implicates a SKN-1-dependent transcriptional response in stress resistance and longevity deriving from translation inhibition. PLoS Genet 6:
|Oliveira, Riva P; Porter Abate, Jess; Dilks, Kieran et al. (2009) Condition-adapted stress and longevity gene regulation by Caenorhabditis elegans SKN-1/Nrf. Aging Cell 8:524-41
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Winds of Fate is the first book in the Mage Winds Trilogy.
High Magic has been lost to Valdemar centuries ago when the last Herald-Mage gave his life to save the kingdom from destruction by dark sorceries. Yet now the realm is at risk again. And Elspeth, Herald and heir to the throne, must take up the challenge, abandoning her home to find a mentor who can awaken her untrained mage abilities. But others, too, are being caught up in a war against sorcerous evil.
The Tayledras scout Darkwind is the first to stumble across the menace creeping forth from the "Uncleansed Lands." And as sorcery begins to take its toll, Darkwind may be forced to call upon powers he has sworn never to use again if he and his people are to survive an enemy able to wreak greater devastation with spells of destruction than with swords....
©1991 Mercedes R. Lackey (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
"Not the right narrator for this book"
So this is a high paced sword and sorcery adventure story, and the narrator seems to have turned it into an audio tranquilizer. Painfully slow narration, with odd pacing and inflections and strange accents and voice choices for the characters. Sometimes it almost sounded like the book was being read by a text-to-speech program instead of a human actress.
Ultimately, it was unlistenable for me. I've loved these books for years, but I'll have to go on loving them as *books* and not audiobooks, because this was a total bust. Especially disappointing because I really enjoyed listening to the audiobook versions of Mercedes Lackey's 500 kingdoms series, as well as the Elemental Masters series. A pity that her flagship Valdemar series received such lackluster treatment.
"Read all of the Typos (but Great Story!)"
I'm a long-time Mercedes Lackey fan and was prepared to enjoy this familiar story in a new medium. I like the tension between Elspeth and the Companions, and I loved that she dressed up and went around with a brassy female mercenary on their journey. However, the narration was not of the same quality I'm used to from other audiobooks. Free public domain librevox recordings have better editing.
Need, probably, because this book is where her character goes from a vague idea to an actual personality, which I enjoy.
I might have to find Karen White and fight her if she says "mere" one more time when she means "merc." She did it once in the same paragraph that she said "mercenary company." There is no way that the context clues were not pointing toward ::shortened version of the word mercenary, which begins "m -e - r - c":: even if an error did cause many of the "merc" references to show up as "mere." But it's possible she was not permitted to correct even very obvious typos? I'll listen to the rest of this series, but not seek her narration out again.
"Narrator... *sigh"
I give this audiobook a 3, because the story is great, but the narrator.. ugh.
Euan Morton. Karen White has serious issues with masculine voices, as well as keeping track of who uses what kind of accent or voice change. ALL of her male voices are high-pitched, raspy, breathy, hissy. It is highly irritating. For accents overall, she does not seem able to maintain any one accent for one character.
"Love this book"
I first read this book in middle school, over fifteen years ago, and it's just as good then as it is now. It starts slow but the story develops beautifully once the two main characters come together. I do wish the narrator would stick to accents and would stop attempting to make the male characters voices sound gruff and gravely. It would have been a great deal more enjoyable if a male narrator performed the men and Darkwind, but we can't always get what we want. The narrator made Elspeth sound like a spoiled annoying brat, while reading the actual book originally made her seem strong and more fierce. I found myself disliking Elspeth when listening to the narrator interpret her.
"Love this series"
I just wanted to say that Audible needs to get the entire Valdamar collection! I have read them all & want to double my collection!
"Barely passable"
This is a familiar book to me that I enjoy, but the performance is just so sub par that it should be redone. I can only assume that the author never had anything to do with the recording -- or ever read the e-book (OCR) version of her books, or ever heard the final product.
It's fanciful and fun and I generally like the way that the Valdemar books are written.
Karen White's cadence is deliberate and ponderous. Early on, the inflections of her sentences is remarkably similar. She was obviously uncomfortable and unpracticed with the fantasy words used.
Also, she's not an amazing actress in general. Her voice is pleasant. I wish she would have used accents less -- I would have rather had a more homogenous world than the sense that characters spoke their own languages slowly and uncomfortably.
Well, I like the book and had some credits to burn, so I won't be turning them back in. However, it should never have been 18 hours. That length was based on the slow pace of the reader.
The OCR errors should never have gone live. I'm truly shocked that no one in the recording and reviewing process ever questioned words that appear to be randomly inserted into sentences in ways that don't make sense. I understand that the fantasy words could be mis-read without anyone not familiar with books. However, when the text is english, there's no excuse.
"Great story, not so great narrator"
I love this story I always have. I wish Audible had all of the Queen's Arrows series the predecessor of these. A story set in a different world, different countries, different ways of ruling, add in true magic, mind magic, and swordsmanship. Add in loyalty, love, betrayal, loss. The story especially when all are read has some wonderful twist and turns and outcomes. I will say it is more geared to a younger crowd, teens to early twenties, and does not deal in depth into philosophical issues. Its just a good story with nothing riding beneath it.
That said. the narrator... She could be good, maybe. The narrative voice is excellent. the character voices are somewhat grating. Her pronunciation of some of the strange words, at first did not bother me. by then end I was correcting her constantly it was starting to get to me. That said though I have previously listened to the Magic Price stories, that thankfully have good pronunciations and that is probably some of my irritation. I am getting the books one at a time, in case I reach a point I can not tolerate the narrator, I am hoping I can as I enjoy listening to books, not just reading them.
"narrator is a talentless hack"
I loved this story until I heard this presentation of it. I suppose if you want to fall asleep this will do.
BORING!!!! the narrator destroys the story with her awful reading.
"Good reading, minor error grates"
Good, but the reader repeatedly says "merc" as "mere". It's the abbreviation of "mercenary", not "merely" anything. Clearly, it's a usage the reader wasn't familiar with, so she replaced the "c" with an "e" to make the word familiar.
Other than that, a couple of names came out differently than were pronounced in older works. The Queen's Own is "Talia", whom this reader pronounces "tah-LEE-uh" instead of the usual "TAH-lee-uh". Fans of this author get very picky about things like that.
All that aside, it was a wonderful reading.
Celtic Maenad
"Love the book, narration needs a copy editor"
The book is one I've read before and it's one of my 'comfort food' books. This review is for the narration.
The narrator's voice is pleasant, though slow (I sped up the play back for my own preference). There are many times the word merc (as in short for mercenary), is read as the word mere. There were a few other places where the wrong word is read, possibly due to typos in the text the narrator is using. When this happens itt throws me out of the story.
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as 6:2017cv00050
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Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures
Monster Black Holes: What Lurks at the Center of Galaxies?
Dr. Chung-Pei Ma (University of California, Berkeley)
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Black holes are among the most fascinating objects in the cosmos, in part because they can grow to monstrous size, swallowing the mass of millions or billions of suns. Dr. Ma describes recent discoveries of record-breaking black holes, each with a mass of ten billion times the mass of the Sun. New evidence shows that these objects could be the dormant remnants of powerful "quasars" that existed in the young universe.
Lifting the Cosmic Veil: Highlights from a Decade of the Spitzer Space Telescope
Dr. Michael Bicay (NASA Ames Research Center)
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As the infrared cousin to Hubble, the Spitzer Space Telescope was launched in 2003 to study the cool universe with waves that are invisible to the human eye. It can probe the birth and youth of stars and planetary disks, and study of planets orbiting other stars. Dr. Bicay describes the long road leading to Spitzer's launch, and presents highlights from the mission's first decade of discovery.
Exploding Stars, New Planets, Black Holes, and the Crisis at Lick Observatory
Dr. Alex Filippenko (University of California, Berkeley)
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Lick Observatory, the first remote mountaintop observatory in the world, has had a remarkable record of discovery spanning 126 years. (Its first Director also founded the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.) Lick continues to be a vibrant research facility, especially for projects that require large numbers of nights on modest-size telescopes. Dr. Filippenko discusses the research areas in which Lick remains a world leader. However, the University of California Office of the President has decided that the university's funding for Lick will be terminated by 2016-2018. Find out, from the President of the Lick Observatory Council, what is being done to try to keep Lick open.
Black Widow Pulsars: The Vengeful Corpses of Stars
Dr. Roger Romani (Stanford University)
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NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has revealed a violent high-energy universe full of stellar explosions, black hole jets, and pulsing stars. These cosmic objects are often faint when observed with visible light, but glow bright with gamma rays. Dr. Romani describes the quest to discover the true nature of the most puzzling of these gamma-ray sources. Several turn out to be a kind of bizarre star corpse called a 'black widow' pulsar.
The Chelyabinsk Meteor: Can We Survive a Bigger Impact?
Dr. David Morrison (SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center)
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In February 2013, a rocky projectile entered the Earth's atmosphere and its explosion, at an altitude of 14 mi, released energy equivalent to a couple dozen Hiroshima-sized atom bombs. About two minutes later, the shock wave reached the ground in Chelyabinsk, Russia, breaking windows and injuring about 1500 people from flying glass. Has this event served as a kind of cosmic wake-up call for planetary defense? NASA recently announced a "grand challenge" to find all asteroids that could threaten human populations, and to figure out how to deal with them. David Morrison, a nationally-recognized expert about asteroids, discusses the Russian impact and evaluates ways we might meet the grand challenge to protect our population from space debris.
How the Universe Went from Smooth to Lumpy: The Modern Origins Story
Dr. Eliot Quataert (University of California, Berkeley)
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Dr. Eliot Quataert provides an overview of the modern understanding of our origins in astrophysics. The story begins in the infant universe, which we now know was remarkably smooth compared to what we see around us today, with only tiny differences in its properties from one part to another. By contrast, in the present universe there are enormous differences in the properties of matter in different locations. Dr. Quataert describes how the universe has evolved to its current state, emphasizing how gravity reigns supreme and builds up the planets, stars, and galaxies required for biological evolution to proceed.
Being a Mars Rover: What It's Like on the Surface of Mars
Dr. Lori Fenton (SETI Institute)
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The complex, yet flawless landing of the rover Curiosity on Mars in August 2012 led to worldwide acclaim. What has NASA's youngest robot been up to since then, and what has it discovered? Where on Mars did it land and why was that site chosen above all others? Dr. Fenton gives an overview of the rover's capabilities, accomplishments, and plans on Mars, and describes what it's really like on the surface of the red planet.
Free-floating Planets: When You're Just Too Small to be a Star
Dr. Gibor Basri (University of California, Berkeley)
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The least massive star is six times heavier than the most massive known planet. In between is the realm of the mysterious "brown dwarfs." The first of these was discovered only in 1995, the same year astronomers found the first planet beyond our solar system. Since then we have found hundreds of each, and new techniques are giving us even more power to probe the properties of these enigmatic bodies. Dr. Basri, one of the discoverers of brown dwarfs, summarizes the progress we have made in understanding the domain of cosmic objects that don't qualify as stars.
Astronomy from the Stratosphere: NASA's SOFIA Mission
Dr. Dana Backman (Director of Education & Public Outreach, SOFIA Project, NASA Ames Research Center)
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Why did NASA buy a used passenger airliner, cut a 10′ x 10′ hole in the fuselage, add a roll-back door, and install a 17-ton telescope inside? Dr. Backman introduces us to the engineering marvel called SOFIA — the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. This remarkable airborne telescope began scientific research flights in 2010 and is already returning exciting discoveries about the birth of stars, interstellar chemistry, the atmospheres of giant planets, the environment around supermassive black holes, and other branches of astronomy.
How Galaxies were Cooked from the Primordial Soup
Dr. Sandra Faber (University of California, Santa Cruz and University of California Observatories)
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The lumpiness of today's universe of galaxies is a fundamental characteristic that took billions of years to grow. Dr. Faber reviews the prevailing "Cold Dark Matter" theory for galaxy formation (which she helped create) and compares its predictions to present-day observations. It's a remarkable saga involving invisible dark energy and matter, the properties of the Universe an instant after it was born, and the creation of structure from quantum fluctuations. (Just a few days before giving this talk, Dr. Faber received the 2013 National Medal of Science from President Obama, and she shares an anecdote from that ceremony.)


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MyCityWay is the platform-as-a-service that ingests more than 450 social media data feeds, including Twitter, Yelp, Facebook, Yahoo, etc, into a big data infrastructure with highly specialized algorithms. The platform extends to a mobile application and frictionless payment via beacon technology. With this capability, Cloud Partners has developed a use-case for a personalized, dynamic mobile-first experience providing a single view of a consumer based on relevance and context. This allows for one access point for engaging with the merchant, social media, and events, storing favorites, e-commerce and in0store orders/pickups.
With MyCityWay, Cloud Partners has integrated the entire mobile, social, payments experience into one platform.
Voodoo Lunchbox is the first real-time multi-tenant analytic cloud platform-as-a-service (PaaS).
Web, social media, mobile devices and RFID are just a few of the technologies driving big data and web analytics like never before. With Voodoo, Cloud Partners is helping our customers create business-focused use-cases that yield desirable insights. The platforms we create enable multi-dimensional analysis that accelerates time to insights by incorporating all of the dimensions of your web analytics data with real-time enrichment
Hadoop continues to gain traction as the de-facto big data open source platform Cloudera is the pioneer in bringing Hadoop to the enterprise. Through our partnership we help the enterprise become information-driven by leveraging the best of the open source community with the enterprise capabilities needed to succeed. Our partnership with Cloudera allows us to develop and deliver industry-specific use cases for big data.
Data RPM is based in the northeast and has developed a solution that changes the way the enterprise can make use of their data by offerin ghte simplest, fastest and most affordable Natural Language and business intelligence platform on the market today. The company is made up of a team of experts in cognitive computing, big data, analytics, Natural Learning Process (NLP), machine learning, data science, visualization business intelligence and search and security that is creating the future of big data discovery.
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Improving both their cloud solution offerings as well as to improve their solutions and strategies as part of 2 global outsourcing deal pursuits. The total contract value of the pursuits was greater than $1b over 5 years.
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Michigan's Glenn Robinson III will announce later this week that he'll forgo his final two years of eligibility and enter the NBA Draft, according to a report from the Boston Globe.
A source confirmed the report to CBSports.com on Monday and called it a "done deal" that Robinson is leaving Michigan. So this is happening, barring a suprising change of plans. But, as of Monday afternoon, another source told CBSSports.com that Robinson still hasn't informed the Michigan staff of his intentions, for whatever that's worth, and that he's not even scheduled to meet with his coaches until Tuesday at the earliest.
Robinson averaged 13.1 points and 4.4 rebounds this season.
Assuming he formally declares for the NBA Draft, Robinson is expected to be joined by teammate Nik Stauskas and possibly by fellow sophomore Mitch McGary. Both Stauskas and McGary have yet to publicly announce their intentions for next season.


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That was fun - do you know the choreographer and costume designer for this scintillating production?
I'd be willing to bet Kosloff choreographed it. I know Adrian did costumes for the film, but I don't know about those for the dancers.
Spoke too soon; IMDB credits "Leroy Prinz" as Dance Director?
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That is just amazing -- it reminds me of Fritz Lang's Metropolis. (along around 1:13:00)


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The apostles'teaching formed the basis of the instruction given to the first Christians. Parts of the NT draw a distinction between preaching and teaching, seeing the former as a means of converting individuals, and the latter as a means of instructing them after conversion.
Ecc 12:11-12 "goads" prod the sluggish to action, while "embedded nails" furnish a kind of mental anchorage. "Shepherd" is almost certainly a reference to God himself. See also Pr 1:8-9; Pr 3:1-2; Pr 4:1-4; Pr 6:20-23; Mt 5:19; 1Co 14:6; 2Ti 4:2-3
Pr 22:6 See also Dt 6:6-9; Dt 11:18-19; Eph 6:1-4
Ac 2:42; Tit 1:9 See also Mt 28:19-20; Ro 6:17; Ro 16:17; 1Th 4:8; 2Th 2:15; 1Ti 1:10-11; 1Ti 4:6; 1Ti 6:3; 2Ti 1:13-14; 2Ti 4:3; Tit 2:1
Ro 12:7 See also 1Ti 4:13-14
Through example 1Th 1:5-6 See also 1Co 4:17; 1Co 11:1; Php 4:9; 1Th 2:14; 2Ti 3:10; Tit 2:3-7
Through dialogue with the teacher Ac 20:7; Ac 19:8-9
Through explanation of ceremonies Ex 12:26-27; Ex 13:14-16
Through proverbs Pr 1:1-6,20-28
Through the law Dt 6:6-9; Dt 11:18-19; Dt 27:1-26; Ps 78:5-8
Through mutual edification Col 3:16 See also Ro 15:14; 1Th 5:11; Heb 5:12
Through the instruction of different groups within the church Eph 5:22-6:9; Col 3:18-4:1; Tit 2:1-10; 1Pe 2:18-3:7; 1Pe 5:1-5
Ac 15:35 See also Mt 4:23; Mt 9:35; Mt 11:1; Lk 20:1; Ac 4:2; Ac 5:42; Ac 28:31
Righteousness from God through faith in Jesus Christ Ro 3:21-22 See also Gal 2:20-21
Freedom in Christ from the demands of the law Gal 5:1-3
The humility of Jesus Christ Php 2:5-8 See also Heb 13:12-13
The supremacy of Jesus Christ Col 1:18
The superiority of Jesus Christ Heb 3:3 Hebrews also shows Jesus Christ to be superior to the angels, the high priest and the sacrifices.
Godly behaviour Eph 4:22-24 See also Ro 12:1-2; 1Ti 6:1-2
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NEC Corporation today announced that it has developed a mobile phone document viewer, which enables quick, high-quality display of e-mail attachments, even those comprised of rich media contents such as images and charts, on a user's mobile phone. Through its utilization, office documents can be viewed outside of the office at a quality equivalent to that on a desktop PC, allowing workers to communicate and execute quick decisions even while on the move. This technology can also be used to view manuals or magazines, and is expected to fulfill a broad range of viewing needs. It is expected that this document viewer will contribute to increased efficiency in working style.
Mobile viewer - Quick image transfer
With a working society that is ever increasingly dependent on e-mail and the transmission of huge volumes of data and text to execute their daily duties, the need to enable viewing of such data on mobile terminals at locations outside of the office is on the rise. Currently, however, many issues still exist toward achieving this goal. NEC has been carrying out R&D in this area for several years and with this breakthrough has succeeded in the development of a mobile phone document viewer that enables viewing of such documents through the development of NEC's proprietary image format and quick image transfer technology.
Mobile photo & document viewer - Main features
• Viewing of digital e-mail attachments is realized when the phone is within the service area. Furthermore, its easy adaptation to a range of mobile phones is expected as it is coded by Java.
• The data format technology allows the display of digital documents/images after they are generated and converted on the server. As any kind of data format can be displayed, the need to install individual application software is made obsolete and its small memory enables operation on mobile terminals. Moreover, as all digital documents are converted to a format suitable for display on a mobile phone with NEC's data format technology, the speed at which documents containing multiple images or charts are displayed is faster than that of a phone PDF viewer.
• The image compression method developed by NEC enables acceleration of the display speed by double that as compared with JPEG methods due to a lighter processing load (note 1). This new compression method allows display of both text and images at a quality equivalent to that on a PC as unlike conventional compression methods, it causes little deterioration in image quality. It also enables high quality enlargement or reduction of documents.
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NEC Corporation is one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its diverse and global base of customers. Ranked as one of the world's top patent-producing companies, NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of computer, networking and electron devices, by integrating its technical strengths in IT and Networks, and by providing advanced semiconductor solutions through NEC Electronics Corporation. The NEC Group employs more than 140,000 people worldwide and had net sales of 4,855 billion yen (approx. $45.4 billion) in the fiscal year ended March 2005.
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It's the start of a new year and the start of a new month of Netflix Instant releases. January brings all 10 seasons of 'Friends' to the streaming service, as well as some old classics and new favorites, and several new seasons of television for you to binge-watch as needed. Ready your queues and read on for our guide to the newest releases hitting Netflix Instant in January 2015.
For years now, Paul Reubens has teased that an all-new 'Pee-wee' movie is in the works, but it was only over the course of the last year that the project finally became more of a reality. With Judd Apatow's involvement and an official script locked in, Reubens revealed that production on the film is set to begin in 2015. But don't count on seeing Pee-wee back on the big screen—he's heading to Netflix.
The holidays are winding down and we're heading into the new year with a whole new schedule of films hitting theaters in 2015. January kicks us off with plenty of movie options to help you escape the winter blues, including anticipated releases like 'Taken 3' and 'Blackhat,' as well as more action, adventure, and even a couple of family friendly releases. Read on for our guide to the new movie releases coming to a theater near you in January 2015.
Your Christmas gift from 'Jurassic World' has arrived early. Previously, the first trailer for the upcoming sequel had teased a moment near the end in which Chris Pratt's character appeared to be teaming up with the super lethal velociraptors to take down the super-smart hybrid dinosaur wreaking havoc in the world's most ill-advised theme park. And now director Colin Trevorrow has revealed this pretty rad new photo of Pratt hanging tough with one of his raptor pals.
Following today's release of a message sent from the mysterious group responsible for the massive Sony hack, the company has now informed theater owners that they can opt out of screening 'The Interview' if they are concerned about the terrorist threat. Although the Department of Homeland Security responded by saying they could find "no credible info" on planned attacks, Sony has decided to place the decision to screen the film in the hands of theater executives.
While most of the leaked information from the Sony hack has revealed tons (so many tons) of potential 'Spider-Man' franchise plans, we've also been blessed with some information on one of our most anticipated projects: Paul Feig's all-female 'Ghostbusters' reboot. We already know that practically every funny and super talented lady wants to star in this thing, but what exactly is the plot and tone of the film? Newly uncovered e-mails shed some light on the details.
It's that time of the year, when pop culture websites and critics publish their annual Best Of lists and we heap praise on the best and most beloved movies and TV shows of the year. But what about the average moviegoer and TV-viewer? That's where Facebook comes in. The social media site has released their top 10 movies and top 10 TV shows of the year, based on the most discussed titled of 2014. While some are fairly obvious, the lists might surprise you and inspire you to contemplate the overlap between what's popular and what's actually good.
'Frozen' was a huge hit: financially (it is the number one animated film of all time), commercially (can someone please tell my neighbors to stop watching YouTube videos of toddlers singing "Let It Go" already?), and critically. A sequel is all but guaranteed, although we haven't gotten legitimate confirmation from Disney on a release date or firm plans for 'Frozen 2' just yet—only a short film called 'Frozen Fever,' hitting theaters next Spring. Every time a cast member from the film is interviewed, the subject of a sequel has to come up, and it seems like maybe Idina Menzel—the voice of Elsa—may have just sort of confirmed a sequel on behalf of Disney. Oops?
A few days ago, the YouTube page for Universal Spain posted memorable footage of the cup of water vibrating from 'Jurassic Park' as a teaser for 'Jurassic World,' which seemed pretty curious. But today brings our first official footage from 'Jurassic World' in the form of a far more awesome teaser for the trailer, which will hit the web on Thanksgiving day. If that's not something to be thankful for, what is?
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Week Two at the Capitol (03:20) Topics discussed by lawmakers this week at the regular session included the annual budget for state tourism, possible funding cuts for Fort Polk, and debate on an abortion bill. Shauna Sanford has the latest from the State Capitol. SHARE
Abortion Debate (11:17) We take a closer look at HB 388 sponsored by Rep. Katrina Jackson (D-Monroe). "The Unsafe Abortion Protection Act" would require physicians who perform abortions to have active admitting privileges to a hospital that provide OB/GYN services within 30 miles. Opponents say the bill is unnecessary. SHARE