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June 9, 2012
72 comments:
- Pogo said...
Some executive wise-ass made the the Humor and Women sections separate, but adjacent for full comic effect.
- Jason (the commenter) said...
Currently reading "Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History". It's okay, but probably would have been better if it weren't written by a woman who felt the need to make breasts "fun".
- wyo sis said...
And, after all what would a woman know about how fun breasts can be?
- wyo sis said...
Also, note the adjacency of women and criticism. That's some pretty snarky merchandising.
- Pogo said...
Arts and Crafts is in the same aisle as Love and Sex.
Let's make a macrame swing!
- Bertram Wooster said...
If Bradbury had written about the rise of electronic information leading to the demise of print and a government campaign of destruction undertaken as the final nail in the coffin of uncontrolled information he would have place his own work at the head of the list for destruction.
Of course, it's easy to say so now. From here we can see over the brink. - 6/9/12, 9:20 AM
- chickelit said...
Where do they shelve bodice rippers these day? Do they still have lurid covers?
- Bertram Wooster said...
I suppose Fahrenheit 451 was a thrust in that direction, really. The exact form of the net was hard to foresee but the nature of the beast that animates government remains the same.
- edutcher said...
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- Bertram Wooster said...
It's been 45 years since I read it so I looked at a synopsis to remind myself. Wikipedia points out:
Bradbury has stated that the novel is not about censorship, but a story about how television destroys interest in reading literature, which leads to a perception of knowledge as being composed of factoids, partial information devoid of context.
So Bradbury was better than I remembered. Television may have been as close as he got to the net but that's pretty close. - 6/9/12, 9:29 AM
- edutcher said...
You guys are on a road trip.
Well, stop by a shady tree, pull out the books and lean on each other as you read.
wyo sis said...
And, after all what would a woman know about how fun breasts can be?
how much fun
(sorry, sis, pet peeve)
When did fun stop being a noun and start being an adjective outside Valleyspeak?
chickelit said...
Where do they shelve bodice rippers these day? Do they still have lurid covers?
In the Romance section and, yes.
The Blonde likes what she calls a "slut book" every now and again, but only the ones that "cut to the chase". Forget the hundred pages of foreplay. - 6/9/12, 9:29 AM
- Paco Wové said...
"Arts and Crafts is in the same aisle as Love and Sex."
An overlap that can lead to unexpected results. - 6/9/12, 9:30 AM
- AllieOop said...
I've crocheted some of those for a bachelor party gag gift! Useful for the guys when ice fishing.
- Dr Weevil said...
Could be worse. Last time I was in a certain bookstore near Dupont Circle in D.C., they had a single rack split between 'sexuality' and 'self help'.
- Ron said...
I like to think of this as Bukowski Althouse on one of those all day Saturday benders....start in a bar...around 10AM...wind up 3 sheets to the wind on some obnoxious collection of cheap liquors...come back waxing poetic about how Dylan is the Uber-Squirrel...and worse.
Ah, good times, good times.... - 6/9/12, 9:47 AM
- The Farmer said...
Quaestor , Michael, Rusty, thanks for the shotgun tips!
- The Farmer said...
Bertram Wooster! I want to change my screen name to Roderick Glossop now! We can spar!
- madAsHell said...
Love and Sex
It's just one book isn't it? - 6/9/12, 10:04 AM
- pm317 said...
We can read those books but will be punished if we write on them.
- Jason (the commenter) said...
chickelit: Where do they shelve bodice rippers these day?
That's what Kindles are made for. - 6/9/12, 10:25 AM
- Saint Croix said...
Katie Roiphe tackles equality and abortion. And she seems to acknowledge that for the man, there is none.
Indeed, she acknowledges that there was equality before Roe v. Wade. "In a certain sense, all of this was simpler in the days when a baby was simply an accepted risk of sex—if everyone knew and understood and agreed that if you fell into bed with someone there might be a baby."
There still might be, dummy! Roe v. Wade didn't actually make the baby disappear. It just gave you ladies a kill right.
"Most liberal youngish people...operate under the general assumption, after a couple of glasses of wine, that you can go home with someone and not end up with 18 years of bills for diapers and babysitters and Lego ninjas."
If these liberal youngish people are men, they are in for a rude shock when they are made fathers against their will. Yes? That sex fantasy has been shot all to hell.
"One of Conley's more whimsical solutions to this impasse, in the conversation we had about it, was that people should download an app, a sort of contract before having sex, in which they agree to what they would do if a baby were conceived. This seems impractical, as well as anti-romantic and anti-aphrodisiac. There are some things that are better left not talked about, and what you would do if you accidentally conceived a child seems like it might be one of them."
Yeah, so much better to be ignorant. Why bother with intimacy at all? Just drink a couple more glasses of wine, Katie. - 6/9/12, 10:27 AM
- Craig said...
The last Bradbury book I read was called Green Shadows, White Whale. It's a memoir about writing the screenplay for Moby Dick on location in Dublin. I highly recommend it.
- Gahrie said...
- Paco Wové said...
I also saw that Roiphe piece, and I have to say that the line
"There are some things that are better left not talked about, and what you would do if you accidentally conceived a child seems like it might be one of them."
seemed so bizarre that I had to stop and read it several times.
"Huge consequences may result from our actions, but that's such a downer, so let's just pretend they don't exist!"
What a strange attitude.
Then this line was just plain depressing:
"Now that the majority of babies born to women under 30 are born to single mothers..."
I don't consider myself a social conservative. I rarely, vote for people considered social conservatives. But damn if a lot of the things predicted by socons in my youth are, in fact, coming to pass. - 6/9/12, 10:34 AM
- ndspinelli said...
The movie Bernie is a must see for all of us enlightened people who know nonfiction is superior to fiction.
Jack Black is like Robin Williams, when you put some controls on him he's a very good actor. - 6/9/12, 10:41 AM
- JohnnyT1948 said...
Time to toss in a political comment - even HuffPost is ripping on WI Dem Chairman Mike Tate and his read on the recall polling.
"This episode teaches two lessons. First, given the historical pattern, be skeptical of publicly released partisan polls, especially if little or nothing is disclosed about their methodology. On average, they're probably skewed two or three points in favor of their sponsor.
Second, when the results come wrapped in the sort of mindless mud-slinging practiced by the chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, don't trust them at all."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/09/wisconsin-recall-polls-tom-barrett-partisan-polls_n_1581919.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter - 6/9/12, 10:54 AM
- bagoh20 said...
Still no section on Jurassic Technology. When will we begin to really explore the world?
- bagoh20 said...
I'm in the mood for a Bukowski day.
Years ago before he died unexpectedly, my best friend (who was a big Bukowski fan) and I would wander around the seedy bars of Hollywood drinking up the "culture". At times it was amazing how close it would get to a Bukowski scene, with characters and moods identical to his. I wouldn't recommend it long term, but we sure had fun with that on occasion. My friend essentially lived a Bukowski life, and it killed him in his 40's. Like I said, I wouldn't recommend it long term. - 6/9/12, 12:35 PM
- Freeman Hunt said...
I'm just back from a phenomenal used book sale. It was so good that I think I'm on an endorphin high from it.
- Freeman Hunt said...
You know what's great? Dover Publications. That is unrelated to the book sale I attended, but it should be said. Dover Publications rules.
- AllieOop said...
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- AllieOop said...
There is something to be said for a used book, it's like looking into the mind of the previous reader to find gems in the margins,notes, doodles, underlines, exclamation points.
I have a book on Christian eschatology in German from my Grandmother, replete with copious notes in her Gothic style scrawl. It's a massive book and it's taking me years to read it, as I have to interpret some of the German I don't understand. - 6/9/12, 12:59 PM
- LarsPorsena said...
Blogger ndspinelli said...
The movie Bernie is a must see for all of us enlightened people who know nonfiction is superior to fiction.
Jack Black is like Robin Williams, when you put some controls on him he's a very good actor.
I agree. Saw it yesterday. Hilarious. Best movie of the year ,so far. - 6/9/12, 1:13 PM
- AllieOop said...
More good news about coffee, may delay memory loss and Alzheimer's
In this newer study the correlation was the caffiene levels themselves. A few weeks ago a different study indicated that coffee drinkers may live longer, caffiene wasn't believed to be the factor in that study.
Enjoy that third cup of coffee, feed your brain. - 6/9/12, 1:30 PM
- AllieOop said...
Caffeine, going to get my third cup.
- Chip Ahoy said...
I can do without novelty shapes which are altogether bad on the bookshelf but I see how they would be attractive to very young readers.
A Piece of Cake by david Pelham is a good example with fine little mechanisms inside for such a small book and excellent art besides. Plus a good story and poem. Astute readers will see the denouement a mile away, as they say, but so. It also has simple mechanism ideas not seen elsewhere that can be easily incorporated into cards. In one instance a little mouse pops up and sits on the edge of the page with its feet hanging over, a very simple mechanism with a single fold. My used copy was rated 'very good' but it still needed several repairs that showed me where a little kid somewhere sat there and used the shit of them until they broke. But the little book is in the shape of a slab of cheese and it does not set well with other books so I cut out that gimmick from the cover and now it is flat. That part was like surgery on a box.
Pelham is big on these gimmicks. He must have a higher appreciation for the things that attract children along with a streak that is subversive to librarians. The Sensational Samburger is in the shape of a hamburger. Nothing can be done with it. It must sit there like a hamburger. Terrible shelf footprint. In the book, someone kept stealing Sam's sister's hamburger so he fixed them good by putting all kind of icky bugs in a hamburger for a trap. Each page of the book is a hamburger layer with a hidden layer concealing something gross. Spoiler alert: the thief turns out to be their dog and he loved all the extra goodies. - 6/9/12, 1:38 PM
- Methadras said...
I went to Barnes and Noble today in the engineering section and it is scant and piss poor in terms of selection. No wonder we are diminishing as a country.
- wyo sis said...
You're right about odd shaped books and libraries. I love them, but they present a dilemma. Pop-ups are a seldom-if-ever purchase because they just don't stand up to multiple check-outs.
I have to admit to purchasing Samburger, Jolly Postman, Dream Snow and several Sabuda essential classics, but I treat them like little gold nuggets and only use them for storytime. There is just something delightful about books with mechanisms. - 6/9/12, 2:44 PM
- Richard Dolan said...
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- Freeman Hunt said...
wyo sis, you're a librarian?
If you're inclined to answer, what are you favorite books about math, languages/writing systems, and history for elementary school students?
I asked our librarian, but she didn't have any favorites, she just told me where to find those subjects. (Which seemed like a strange thing to say to an adult, but so it goes.) - 6/9/12, 2:49 PM
- Richard Dolan said...
Nice close-up of the Everyman's classics. A great series, both for the titles they've chosen and the production values of the books-as-objects (paper, type, binding, book size are all very user friendly).
The Strand was selling them very inexpensively for years here in NYC -- less than $8 a title, which Strand was able to do because they were imported from England where the publishing cost had been subsidized using gov't lottery funds. The low-cost Brit imports didn't have colorful dust jackets -- just simple black type on white background, giving the title and author, with a border framing it all. I preferred that look to the tarted-up norm for most book jackets (including those featured by Ann's pix today). I bought well over a hundred titles in the hope that, if the book were on the shelf, someone in the house would pick it up (preferably one of my daughters, but it didn't much matter who). Alas, that experiment has had only limited success so far. But the books aren't going anywhere (except perhaps to college with one of my kids), there's plenty of time for it to play out, and I'm not in any rush.
It's also the only popular book series that I recall ever seeing used by an author as a way to comment on the characters in a novel. I remember a description of a domestic scene where the author points out that the shelves are filled mostly with everyman's classics, as a dismissive way to suggest that the house's residents were solid and respectable middle-brow strivers. II suppose that's what a too-focused attention on the classics will get you in the estimation of a certain Oxbridge crowd.
I don't recall the book anymore (perhaps one of the EM Forster novels -- something like that anyway). Another reason to be thankful for the favors we've obtained from Jolly Old - 6/9/12, 2:55 PM
- Paco Wové said...
My favorite picture of the past week, a propos of yesterday's firearms discussions.
I sometimes wonder if historians of the distant future will say that the two Elizabeths bracketed the beginning and the end of England's greatness. - 6/9/12, 3:05 PM
- wyo sis said...
Freeman Hunt
Never ask a librarian unless you want to listen all day.
Here's a pretty good list but by all means not comprehensive.
I'm an elementary school librarian. My favorites are going to be slanted toward K-6, but I like :
Math Poetry by Franco
Attack of the Chicken Nugget Man by Sathy
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Lasky and she has written others as well.
Sir Cumference by Neuschwander
Math for Smarty Pants by Burns is old but many of my students have loved it so much they wore it out. There are others in the series from Brown Paper School book.
Math Curse by Scieszka is a loony little gem.
Henry Pluckrose, Stuart J Murphy, Tana Hoban, Amy Axelrod, Eve Merriam, Virginia Kroll, Loreen Leedy and Steve Jenkins all have written some good math concept books.
I have less to offer in the languages area, It's harder to find good stuff.
If you want dictionaries/ABC types some of the best visually are done by DK Publishing.
Ruth Heller has written some very visually pleasing books about parts of speech.
Steve Jenkins has some good books in this area as well as almost any science related area.
Comparing Languages by McGurn
Small, Medium and Large by Emily Jenkins is delightful with math words and gatefolds. Alas I didn't buy it for school because gatefolds die quickly.
Kathleen Connors, Brian P Cleary, Nancy Jean Loewen, Loreen Leedy (again), and The Word Fun Series by Capstone Press, are all good.
I'm not at all familiar with foreign language books for children.
Now there's a big subject!
DK's Eyewitness books are very eye catching and give wonderful overviews of history and virtually any other thing that can be visually presented.
The old children's biographies Childhood of Famous Americans that used to be in the orange bindings have been rereleased and updated and kids with a historical bent love them. There are some very good biographies for children called Who was …? published by G&D.
Kathleen Krull is the biography queen in our middle grade schools.
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson is excellent.
The Don't Know Much About… series by HC is great.
Horrible Histories Series appeals to a certain group that's sometimes hard to reach.
There is so much in history I'd have to have a better idea of what you want to be very specific.
I hope Ann doesn't kick me off for the long comment. - 6/9/12, 3:59 PM
- wyo sis said...
And, as you mentioned Dover Books are wide ranging and wonderful. I don't get as many Dover books as I'd like because they are so often very specific and children tend not to be attracted by them in general. I sometimes get them for teachers to use for research.
- Indigo Red said...
We no longer have a bookstore that sells new books in my town - Auburn, Ca. The nearest B&N is nearly 20 miles away. We only have a handful of used bookstores and even those are having trouble staying in business. My favored UB store actually is having more people come in to sell their book collections than to buy. Too many folks here using Kindles and buying from Amazon.
- Michael K said...
"We only have a handful of used bookstores and even those are having trouble staying in business."
The used book business is booming on the internet. Now Amazon has snapped up a lot of that business but it pays well, like eBay. Of course, the state would like to put them out of business by taxing them.
The brick and mortar book business is dead, not least because they fiddled with the books written by anyone perceived as conservative. Those were all on back order or hidden in the corner. Lefties are incurably dumb. - 6/9/12, 4:30 PM
- chickelit said...
Paul's Books on State St. used to have an eclectic collection of used books in Madison. Are they long gone?
- Michael K said...
"the end of England's greatness."
That was clearly the First World War. It's difficult to imagine the cost of that war to England. I once shocked a friend who is retired British military (a doctor) when I said we should have stayed out of WWI. I quickly added, "You should have too."
It would have been Franco-Prussian #2. Unfortunately, Bismarck was gone. Someone should have done Germany a favor and assassinated Wilhelm. - 6/9/12, 4:35 PM
- Deb said...
@Wyosis: that makes two librarians who hang out here.
- Marc said...
Bukowski's name prompted this; what has happened to... I cannot think of the commenter's name. She is or was loathed by many for her rambling incoherent posts that did sometimes succeed in making an intelligible point or two. Was she-- I'm sure it was 'she' not 'he'-- proscribed?
- Paco Wové said...
Now that we're talking books, England, and WWI, I recently read The Great War and Modern Memory. It really does seem like WWI killed something in the western European spirit, much more than WWII did. It makes me wonder how the US would have been affected in the long run if we had been in it from the beginning -- and lost an equivalent number of young men.
- chickelit said...
Wilhelmine Germany actually gave the world lots of good things: Krupp steel, Haber-Bosch munitions and fertilizer, Planck and Einstein, lots of invaluable chemistry and technology,..etc.
We should have intervened to stop the French from exacting revenge--could have prevented WW II. - 6/9/12, 4:48 PM
- chickelit said...
Paco Wove wrote ..and lost an equivalent number of young men.
It wasn't just the number but the kinds of men killed too. Yale historian J.M. Winter wrote:
Social class position determined military rank in the early days of the war. Men from the upper and upper middle classes were likely to enlist earlier than men of more modest means; elites passed the rudimentary medical examinations at greater rates and joined the officer corps largely because they were deemed the right sort of people to do so. Since the officer casualty rates as a whole were about twice as high as those of men in the ranks, it follows that the higher a man was in the social scale in 1914 Britain, the greater his chances of joining the 'Lost Generation.'
link - 6/9/12, 4:57 PM
- God said...
I am not really God; I am just a showroom shopper browsing the bookstore of life.
Today, for the first time in 22 years, I went to ye' ole Saturday Catholic confession.
I confessed to my local parish priest that I felt I had been possessed by a demon for these decades, having experienced nothing but terror and horror nearly every day as a young person, and carrying this demon forth ever since. Worst was when I sought help in the Catholic Church; instead of help, I got a completely insensitive lecture on how damned my soul was because I considered my own feelings too important.
But the Catholic Priest who gave me that lecture, and who indeed helped to terrorize my young soul, is now dead and gone.
I asked my local parish priest, with invocation of his full name, to take this evil demon that I had carried for so long from me. (I have felt for some months that this demon wanted to go home-- back to the church where he belongs!!!)
The priest commented on how beautiful it was that I made this confession on Corpus Christi. I had no idea that this day had the same label as some city in Texas.
He told me to say three Hail Marys and three Our Fathers sometime later today. That seemed like a very light penance to me, considering that I had carried a demon around with me for twenty-some years. So I said triple just to be on the safe side.
And I left that demon down at the local parish. He's still there, I'm sure, waiting to inhabit a new soul.
Meanwhile, I am relieved to be free of that burdensome demon. And I have a new-found respect for this whole Corpus Christi thang... - 6/9/12, 4:58 PM
- Erika said...
My older kids (ages 6, 8 and 10) love Susan Wise Bauer's Story of the World series. They're primarily meant for read-out-loud, and they are long format. We read a little bit each evening. My kids will also pick up the volumes we've finished and browse through them; there are also activity books that go along although we haven't used those. We don't homeschool, but I feel that public school history curricula leave a lot to be desired, so that's what we use to supplement.
http://www.susanwisebauer.com/books/the-story-of-the-world/ - 6/9/12, 5:01 PM
- Jim in St Louis said...
This is where we are going tonight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QXnOabCEpVk - 6/9/12, 5:07 PM
- God said...
Story of the World is very good.
The adult version is very good too; although Miss Susan has only completed half of the four volumes.
He's Mormon. He's gay. He's been produly married for ten years and is a proud father. And he wrote this blog post with his wife.
He's coming out of the closet.
Surely, this sort of post will piss off some religious conservatives who think that having homosexual urges, even those which are deliberately sublimated and not acted upon, makes someone less than human...
Still, it's quite a post. An admirable post. A confession, in a way. Fitting for Corpus Christi. - 6/9/12, 5:09 PM
- Michael K said...
"We should have intervened to stop the French from exacting revenge--could have prevented WW II."
The Versailles conference, and Wilson's naivete, turned off a lot of Americans. The 1920s were a very anti-military period with lots of disarmament conventions and treaties. "Daddy Warbucks" came to the comic strips.
The French were petrified that Germany would do it again, and they were right, but they did bring some of it on themselves. I read a book recently about the summer of 1914. It made the French much more villainous in the period just before the war. They had a lot of resentment about 1870 although they had started that war. If the book is true, and it is exhaustive in detail, the French ambassador to Russia had serious responsibility for the war. - 6/9/12, 5:22 PM
- Erika said...
Your accusation is unkind and false. Religious conservative types, including my fellow orthodox Catholics, do not think those with homosexual urges are less than human. We think they are struggling with sin just like everyone else, and are to be treated with love, prayer and respect, like everyone else. Perhaps you could go see that priest again and have a discussion and get to a better understanding of that which you don't know much about? - 6/9/12, 5:28 PM
- Alex said...
Enjoy some Chicago
I've Been Searchin' So Long - 6/9/12, 5:28 PM
- Lem said...
Gay Mormons..
Kushner should have registered the idea..
There are probably more gays than Mormons.. I dont know what that means but.. to my mind the Mormons are more of the the 1 percent.. or something.
I'm not good at math.. thats what we have rh for. - 6/9/12, 5:33 PM
- God said...
@Erika -
I'm sure that you and the orthodox Catholics you personally fellow sincerely believe what you write-- that we all struggle with sin etc...
It's more the likes of Kansas pastor Curtis Knapp that I worry about, since he implores the American government to start systematically killing people who exhibit homosexual urges.
What I witnessed, as a young Catholic, was somewhere in between Erika's enlightened open-mindedness and Knapp's murderous harangues. - 6/9/12, 5:39 PM
- Synova said...
Everyone plans their own bookstore, don't they? Like little girls planning their wedding day. You decide if yours will have a bookstore cat or not, and coffee, and what sort of books.
(I refuse to believe everyone does not do this and I'm some sort of freak.)
Anyhow... my bookstore has big windows and a garden, and it might have a cat, but it's certainly got a huge fish tank. There's tea, coffee, hot cocoa and green chili stew.
It's called Dreadful Penny and only sells genre "pulp" fiction. There are stained glass windows and heavy beams to give it a somewhat gothic look. Each section has a big gaudy poster to announce what is there... no tasteful signage that says "women" or "humor". Romance has a huge Fabio book-cover, Mystery has Sherlock, Science fiction has one of those golden age babes in bikini space suit things, Fantasy goes to Frazetta. Westerns, something similarly pulpy. There would have to be a pirate section, just to have a pirate poster, Vampires too, because people loooove vampires, even if I don't.
Visiting would be an event! And there would be event space. Have your book launch at my store. Or at least your book group.
I even worked out a modest merchandising plan. Penny, our Dreadful icon, is half sweet girl and half exposed evil robot with a hint of fangs. There are reusable fabric book-bags and genre specific coffee cups.
Those book store pictures up there are sort of... dull. - 6/9/12, 5:43 PM
- Synova said...
Dang it... now I want to change my major to business.
- Lem said...
If I'm killed, I hope I'm in the "systematic" column..
Accidental death would not give me much in the way of preparation. - 6/9/12, 6:20 PM
- Bertram Wooster said...
@ The Farmer
Don't forget that Bertie and Sir Roderick ended up bosom pals following their shared misadventures in Thank You, Jeeves and teamed up later in Jeeves in the Offing, where the spirit of brotherhood was cemented by the discovery that as children they had both been caught sneaking into their headmaster's study after hours to steal biscuits. - 6/9/12, 6:23 PM
- Indigo Red said...
Synova said...
Everyone plans their own bookstore, don't they?
I was 12 yrs old in 1966 when I planned my book store that would also sell good coffee, but I was told it was a dumb idea because no one would buy books in a coffee shop nor coffee in a book store. - 6/9/12, 7:32 PM
- wyo sis said...
See that, librarians show up in all kinds of places! I sometimes think I'm not at all a typical librarian because I'm far more conservative than most, at least the ones who write blogs and articles. The ones I know personally are most likely like me and keep their political views to themselves in public.
I have the bookstore fantasy, but mine is for kids and much less interesting. I'd love to do story times all day, but I suppose I'd have to do paperwork in a bookstore too.
When I decided to be a librarian it was because I love to read and I love books. I found out that time to indulge in both loves gave way to time spent doing paperwork and management. But, it's still the best job in education and I love it.
WV sushacs 1---Not kidding how did it know this was written by a professional susher? - 6/9/12, 7:49 PM
- The Farmer said...
Bertram Wooster said...
Don't forget that Bertie and Sir Roderick ended up bosom pals following their shared misadventures in Thank You, Jeeves and teamed up later in Jeeves in the Offing, where the spirit of brotherhood was cemented by the discovery that as children they had both been caught sneaking into their headmaster's study after hours to steal biscuits.
I havent read Jeeves in the Offing yet but it sounds like you and I are headed for big things! - 6/9/12, 9:43 PM
- bagoh20 said...
I think your are referring to Carol Herman, but I don't know why she's gone. Maybe the same reason Bukowski is. - 6/9/12, 10:31 PM
- Palladian said...
And, as you mentioned Dover Books are wide ranging and wonderful.
I second this. I absolutely love Dover books! As an artist, technician and person interested in hyper-specific esoterica, Dover reprints some of the most wonderful books that would otherwise be unavailable except to those with access to a rare book library. - 6/9/12, 10:37 PM
- chickelit said...
i third FH's and Palladian's appreciation of Dover Press. Just tonight and by pure coincidence, I noticed something in a footnote which they had rescued from obscurity: Lecture notes given by Max Planck at Columbia U. in 1909.


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Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC): Current price $22.64
Over the weekend, the analyst David Wong at Wells Fargo commented on Intel for the first time listing the Bay Trail microprocessors on its online price list. Wong has an Outperform on the shares and a "valuation range" of $28 to $33. He considers the addition of the chips to Intel's published prices significant because it affirms his confidence that the firm will make lower-power versions of the chip available for tablet computers near the shopping season.
Bay Trail employs the "Silvermont" chip architecture that Intel revealed earlier in 2013 and that is expected to afford Intel a larger edge in the tablet market where it has lagged behind competitors like Nvidia and Qualcomm.

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On Dec. 4, Carl Icahn added Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN) for the sixth time in the last five months. Nuance provides speech, imaging and keypad solutions for businesses, organizations and consumers worldwide. Let's take a look at this company and try to explain to investors the reasons this is an apparently appealing investment opportunity.
Next-Generation Dragon Drive
Internet plays a critical role in today´s businesses and organizations because it has created demand for Internet-based software. The company focuses on helping people using their phones, tablets, TVs, cars and computers, just by using their voice. Dragon Drive is a part of Nuance's broad Dragon portfolio, which includes the Dragon ID voice verification software for smartphones and mobile phones, showing good acceptance in the market. Also, in the recent months, the firm introduced a new generation of its Dragon Drive connected car platform. Just by using the voice (and available in 12 languages), it enables consumers to search quickly and easily for what people say, for example, "Find the nearest restaurant," "Looking for bars open today," "Find financial news" and more.
Doctors and Others Health Care Professionals
Nuance is the leader in health care speech recognition and dictation software. In March, Nuance introduced a product called Clintegrity 360, whose innovative features are speech-recognition and language-understanding technology as well as coding software. Nuance's technology will help significantly improve productivity for computer-assisted coding and clinical documentation.
In terms of valuation, its price-to-book ratio of 1.6 indicates a discount versus the industry average of 2.39 while the price-to-sales ratio of 2.3 is above the industry average of 1.83.
Earnings per share (EPS) decreased in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago and is below the historical 10-year average.
Finally, I always like to see one of the most important financial ratios applying to stockholders, the best measure of performance for a firm's management: the return on equity. The ratio has decreased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of major weakness. Nevertheless, it is better than those shown by Jive Software Inc. (NASDAQ:JIVE) and NetSuite Inc. (NYSE:N).
Final Comment
Nuance´s revenue growth has doubled the industry average of 7%. I expect this trend to continue aided by the innovative new products. Despite having found a major weakness in the result of ROE, the firm has other highlights like its revenue growth since 2005.
For a long-term perspective, I would advise fundamental investors to consider adding Nuance to their portfolios as the Voice Ads product has the potential to expand Nuance's customer base.
Hedge fund managers have also been active in the company. Gurus like Ray Dalio, Steven Cohen and Louis Moore Bacon have invested in it.
Disclosure: Damian Illia holds no position in any stocks mentioned.


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When David Helfgott made his comeback as a concert pianist after years of psychiatric problems, harsher critics maintained that we were applauding him not for playing brilliantly but for managing to play at all. Any such concerns about the return of Peter Green are blissfully unnecessary.
If the name is unfamiliar, it may help to know that Green was in Fleetwood Mac when they were good. If you're still stuck, he's the man who wrote "Albatross". One of the most celebrated acid casualties of the 1960s (during his decline, it's said he taught his parrot to whistle "Waltzing Matilda" backwards), he withdrew from the world, dug graves, was diagnosed as schizophrenic, and as late as the mid-1980s was reported to be sleeping rough.
He relearnt the guitar and harmonica by playing along with the satellite TV Country Music Channel, and his gradual re-emergence was confirmed with last year's well-received album, The Robert Johnson Songbook, and a showcase gig at Ronnie Scott's. At Dingwalls he looked focused and serene, although when someone shouted his name longingly, he shot an "Oh blimey" look into the crowd.
It was clear from the off, with renditions of numbers like Otis Rush's "Homework" and his own "Black Magic Woman", that Green is still a white man who can play the blues. His fingers may have slowed down in their old age, but the sensitivity and feel is all there. For instance, on "Supernatural", an old John Mayall number, he constructed epic runs, swooping and gliding.
In the Splinter Group he has a fine band behind him, too, particularly guitarist Nigel Watson, whose best work was a match for that of his boss. They combined spectacularly on a gorgeous, moody, almost sombre account of "Albatross", a nod to the past that was rounded off by a stately yet menacing "Green Manalishi".
These days, this reviewer is used to feeling like everyone's dad. At Dingwalls it was like being everyone's eldest son, but it was back to quasi-parenthood the next night, for Pavement's first London gig for a while. The American lo-fi practitioners made their name in the early 1990s, the love-child of Kurt Cobain and the Fall's Mark E Smith, conceived in the Pixies' bedroom. There was a loose association with Blur, and singer Stephen Malkmus was a frequent house-guest chez Albarn. But then, as now, they have a sound that is utterly their own.
Performances used to be a byword for spontaneity and barely contained disorder. Songs would be interrupted by long discussions about what to play next, and the eccentric second drummer, Bob Nastanovitch, was prone to making cinnamon toast for the audience while Malkmus expounded on matters arcane and surreal.
A few years on, and proceedings run more smoothly, the only seminar coming before the last number, when bassist Mark Ibold appeared to be teaching everyone else the chords. But although the amateur ethos was part of the appeal, the new-found efficiency doesn't offend. Smooth is not necessarily bland, and Pavement are still endowed with enough jagged edges.
They devoted most of the set to the forthcoming album, Terror Twilight, a more polished effort than ever before. The slow, grand "Cream of Gold" reverberated round the Scala, a glacier of sound, while the new single, "... And Carrot Rope" zipped along like the Fall redone by Abba (or vice versa).
It was the old stuff, predictably, that incited the most mayhem, especially their biggest hit, "Stereo", disjointed and fractured yet intense and driving. They may have grown up a little (though they all still look about 17) but they certainly haven't mellowed.
"We're all civilised. Everyone I talk to is civilised," Malkmus had said as he took the stage. And indeed, it was all over by 10.30, some of the band shaking hands with the moshers as they exited the stage. Civilised indeed.
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text: The ethics commission today voted to fine L PAC, an out-of-state political action committee that supports gay marriage, for missing filing deadlines leading up to the Nov. 6 election. In early September, the group solicited donations in support of Question 1 by asking for contributions through its Facebook page, but had not yet filed as a PAC with the state, said Jonathan Wayne, executive director of the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices. Even after it did register, the group then missed three more filing deadlines. L PAC donated $40,000 to Mainers United for Marriage, the lead group in support of the ballot question. Mainers voted 53 percent to 47 percent to approve the initiative. In total, Mainers United raised $4.8 million and received nearly $1 million in in-kind services, according to reports filed late Tuesday with the state. At Wednesday's meeting, ethics commission members agreed to reduce the penalty from a possible $11,558 to $889.50 because the group said it was unfamiliar with Maine laws and because they attempted to comply.


text: Japan's Craziest Religious Game to Ascend AgainBrian Ashcraft3/16/12 5:30amFiled to: El shaddaiEl Shaddai: Ascension Of The MetatronXbox 360PS3JapanKotakueastKotakucore32EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink In El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron you are guided by a pre-fall Lucifer who carries a cell phone with God on his speed dial. Inspired by the Old Testament's Book of Enoch, you star as Enoch himself, a human called to heaven in order to help God round up seven fallen angels in order to prevent the flood that would wipe out mankind.The result was an oddly beautiful, and unique game. And it looks like there is going to be more of it. A teaser website launched, with the tagline: "Who is the greatest angel according to God?" The website reads "El Shaddai new project website is open" under the section marked "update". Advertisement Advertisement So look forward to El Shaddai resurrecting itself sometime in the future!エルシャダイ新プロジェクトプレサイトオープン! [El Shaddai via Kotaku Japan]Reply32 repliesLeave a reply


text: housing Mobile Homeowners Have Less Financial Mobility By Tennessee Watson • Mar 3, 2017 Tennessee Watson Across the United States, mobile and manufactured home owners are without the same access to the American Dream as their neighbors with site-built homes. That's because mobile homes are often classified as personal property, like a car or a boat. And converting them to real property — like a house — can be complicated. But in Wyoming, one feisty homeowner decided to take action. Bill Could Improve Mobile Homeowners' Economic Mobility By Tennessee Watson • Feb 20, 2017 FLICKR Wyoming is among the states with the highest proportion of people living in mobile homes, but they don't have the same rights as other homeowners. House Bill 56, which is now before the Senate, will fix an oversight in how mobile homes are titled. New Study Shows Tribes Nationwide Need About 68,000 Homes By Melodie Edwards • Feb 2, 2017 Melodie Edwards The Housing and Urban Development Office has released a large scale study evaluating the severity of the housing crisis in Indian Country. It's the most comprehensive research conducted on the subject and the only study of its kind in about 20 years. The study concludes there's a need for about 68,000 new homes across tribal lands nationwide. Jackson Org Draws Plans For The Grove, Affordable Housing Complex By Alanna Elder • Jan 17, 2017 U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Johansen Laurel Teton County's Habitat for Humanity has released design plans for twenty-four low income homes that will help address the housing shortfall in the area. Many of the people who work in the Jackson area can't afford to live there, and a recent study found that a third of the county's residents spend more than thirty percent of their income on housing. A local group hopes to build the three bedroom units over the next four years, and sell them to people who make less than eighty percent of the county's average. Native Renters Struggle With Discrimination In Reservation Border Towns By Melodie Edwards • Jan 13, 2017 Over the past few months, we've been looking at the housing crisis on the Wind River Indian Reservation. The shortage of homes there—and the lack of funding to build more--has led to overcrowding and homelessness. Many Native Americans are often forced to find rentals in border communities off the reservation. Even there they still struggle to find places to live because of racial discrimination. On Rural Reservations, Homelessness Less Visible Than Elsewhere By Melodie Edwards • Dec 9, 2016 Melodie Edwards There's a housing crisis going on at the Wind River Indian Reservation in central Wyoming. For its fast growing population of 15,000 residents, there aren't nearly enough homes to go around, and very little funding to build more. The problem has led to high rates of homelessness in Fremont County. But on rural reservations like Wind River, homelessness doesn't look much like it does in big cities. Low Income Housing Solutions Suggest Jackson Pay For Infrastructure By Maggie Mullen • Sep 29, 2016 JACKSON HOLE COMMUNITY HOUSING TRUST Two new housing proposals in Jackson recommend that the town pay for infrastructure improvements on behalf of private developers, as long as they limit access to those facilities to lower income renters. Mayor Sara Flitner said private developers are usually responsible for building their infrastructure as needed. But because the cost of housing has eclipsed wages in Jackson, Flitner said the town council is considering an exchange of infrastructure improvements, such as water and sewage, for income restrictions on new development's housing. Solutions To The Reservation Housing Shortage Blocked By Many Obstacles By Melodie Edwards • Sep 2, 2016 Melodie Edwards Overcrowding in homes on the Wind River Reservation is a real problem, as seen in the first story in our "Reservation Housing Shortage" series. In the early 2000s, the number of homes with more than six people living in them grew by 5% for Eastern Shoshone homes and by over 10% for Northern Arapaho. And the reason is, there just aren't enough houses on the reservation. Overcrowded Lives: The First In A Series On The Reservation Housing Shortage By Melodie Edwards • Aug 12, 2016 Melodie Edwards The two tribes on the Wind River Indian Reservation are growing and prospering. The Northern Arapaho is expected to reach 11,000 this year, the Eastern Shoshone is almost 5,000 strong. But while the number of people has been expanding, the number of homes where all those people can live has not. The situation has led to severe overcrowding, and the social problems that come with that. 85-year-old Northern Arapaho elder Kenneth Shakespeare has lived in this house north of Arapaho with its view of the mountains and fertile hayfields for a lot of years. Small Wyoming Catholic College Faces Challenges As It Grows By Aaron Schrank • Feb 29, 2016 Photo Courtesy Wyoming Catholic College via Facebook Wyoming Catholic College in Lander is steadily growing, and administrators say it's been difficult to find housing for new students. Wyoming Catholic College President Kevin Roberts says enrollment is currently at 150 students. That's up from 110 a few years back. "What we've seen in the last 3 years is record enrollment growth," says Roberts. "Each freshman class has been larger than the previous one." Jackson And Teton County Move Toward Housing Plan By Aaron Schrank • Oct 15, 2015 The Jackson Town Council and Teton County Board of Commissioners agreed to a draft housing action plan for the community this week, following a 3-day summit. The 80-page plan will need to be approved by a vote at a joint meeting November 2. Under the plan, the county and town will work together on housing issues with a joint Town-County Housing Director. The Teton County Housing Authority will be restructured to allow for joint control with the town of Jackson. It will remain a quasi-governmental agency, but its scope and focus will be significantly reduced. Why Jackson's Housing Crisis Isn't Going Away Anytime Soon By Miles Bryan • Jul 10, 2015 Miles Bryan When the housing shortage in Jackson comes up, Joshua Landon might be the face that comes to mind. When we met outside of my hotel in Jackson he arrived in a beat-up 1997 Chevy Suburban. It was smoking. Heavily. "This is really bad," Landon says. It's kind of important Landon keeps this thing running. Because it's not only ride...the SUV is his home, too. "I got a mattress back there," he says, pointing to where the back seats were folded down. "Memory foam--pretty comfy." Why Is Cheyenne Putting Its Youth Crisis Center In A Jail? By Miles Bryan • Jul 10, 2015 Miles Bryan Seventeen year old Robert Bruner has put his mom Jackie through hell--and he's the first to admit it. Bruner says it all started a few years ago, when he was hit with a serious depression. "Instead of coping with it the right way: writing stuff down, listening to music, being positive," he says, "I would smoke weed, snort pills, do whatever." They fought a lot. Robert was on probation for drug use, and when, one night, his mom caught him sneaking out to get high, she couldn't take it anymore. "So I brought him to the Crisis Center in Laramie." House Rejects Gay Housing Protections By Bob Beck • Mar 3, 2015 An amendment that would have added gay and transgender people to a bill intended to protect Wyoming residents from housing discrimination—failed Tuesday. Openly gay Laramie Democrat Cathy Connolly tried to add the two groups of people to the list of protected classes. Connolly, who is also a University of Wyoming Professor, says it's a serious concern. "I can tell you that at least once a year, a student comes to talk to me about the fear of losing his or her apartment or trailer, simply because they are gay." INSIDE ENERGY: Meet The Men Who Study Man Camps By Emily Guerin • Feb 6, 2015 Andrew Cullen "Man camps," or temporary worker housing, are a defining characteristic of an oil boom. Development happens so fast, there's never enough time to build adequate permanent housing. When oil prices come crashing down, the man camps empty out. Wyoming Gears Up For Annual Homeless Count By Aaron Schrank • Jan 27, 2015 Aaron Schrank/WPR All day Wednesday, volunteers will be canvassing Wyoming's homeless shelters and streets in an effort to come up with a sort of homeless census. The annual effort is what's called a homeless 'point-in-time' count. The results are used by agencies like the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development to determine how much funding and assistance is needed in the state. Brenda Lyttle with the Department of Family Services is Wyoming's homeless coordinator. She says last year, Wyoming's count of homeless residents was about one-thousand. Housing Shortages In The Boom: A Tale Of Two Wyoming Towns By Miles Bryan • Dec 19, 2014 Miles Bryan If you move to Wyoming to work in oil or gas you probably know to expect long hours and a big paycheck. You might even know to expect to be sleeping in your car. Housing is a perennial issue in boomtowns, one that pits the needs of energy workers against the interests of long term residents and there's no easy fix. Oilfield Families Struggle To Find Housing In Booming Economy By Melodie Edwards • Dec 19, 2014 Melodie Edwards When you think of towns impacted by energy development, it usually involves transient workers, increased crime, and RV parks. Maybe not the most family oriented place. But plenty of oil and gas workers try to make it work, which could be just the cure for some of these social ills. The challenge is finding these families adequate housing. Cheyenne Is A Destination For Those In Need Of Housing Help By Miles Bryan • Oct 31, 2014 In the last few years demand for public housing assistance across the country has skyrocketed, while congressional funding has stayed flat. Right now federal funds covers less than a fourth of families in the United States eligible for a Section 8 housing voucher. Waitlists for voucher in big cities are often years long, if not closed all together. As Wyoming Public Radio's Miles Bryan reports that made small cities like Cheyenne more attractive to those seeking housing aid, because of shorter wait times. VA Awards Wyoming $3.4 Million In Grants By Caroline Ballard • Aug 13, 2014 The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded two grants of $1.4 million and $2 million to Wyoming to prevent homelessness among veterans. Announced Monday, the grant will fund services provided by the Southwest Wyoming Recovery Access Program, or SW-WRAP, like housing counseling, legal assistance, temporary financial assistance, and childcare for veterans and their families. Cathie Hughes, founder and CEO of SW-WRAP, said that making these services visible is one of the biggest challenges. Casper Facing Shortage In Homes By Jordan Giese • May 16, 2014 Jordan Giese As the Oil City Casper has seen its fate is closely tied with the energy industry and the recent boom in production is seeing Casper's population expand at an astounding rate. One thing not expanding fast enough however is affordable housing. Wyoming Public Radio's Jordan Giese reports. JORDAN GIESE: Despite new commercial development one thing in Casper you'll struggle to find are for-sale and rent signs. With all the new energy work, people have poured into Casper, sometimes leaving little for the residents already there. Home Values Drop Amid Energy Booms By Willow Belden • May 2, 2014 When there's an energy boom, it usually brings an influx of workers into the area. And that leads to more demand for housing. That's great for landlords who are looking to rent out their properties. But as some communities in Wyoming are finding, oil and gas drilling can actually be a problem for people who are looking to sell. Wyoming Public Radio's Willow Belden reports. WILLOW BELDEN: Rhonda Holdbrook owns a real estate firm in Douglas, and she's exceptionally busy these days. Oil production in Converse County is booming, and energy workers have flocked to town. Indian Housing Block Grant Program Can Be More Efficient, Report Says By Irina Zhorov • Apr 2, 2014 Wind River Reservation A report by the Government Accountability Office says some things need to change in order for Indian tribes to be able to effectively carry out affordable housing activities under the Indian Housing Block Grant program. The program provides grants to tribes to build affordable housing. Remoteness of reservations and lack of infrastructure was one major challenge the report identified. But lack of coordination among federal agencies also delays initiatives and makes it harder to lump funds from various agencies for one project. Demand drives up Jackson Hole housing market; supply becomes scarce By Rebecca Martinez • Apr 24, 2013 The housing market in Jackson Hole is booming, and it's getting even more expensive to live there. Last week, the Jackson Town Council decided to buy an apartment building to house town employees, so they could afford to live in the area. That makes it 15 housing properties the town will own.


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See the Real-Life Childhood Pet That Inspired Tim Burton's 'Frankenweenie'
It's always fascinating to see the ways in which real-life childhood memories help inspire some of the most memorable fictional characters in our favorite movies. Though he tends not to divulge too much information, Tim Burton isn't hiding the fact that much of Frankenweenie was inspired by his own experiences growing up, watching monster movies and dreaming of becoming a filmmaker one day. But what about Frankenweenie himself, Sparky the dog?
In a great piece by Anthony Breznican over at EW, Tim Burton reveals that the true inspiration for Frankenweenie was actually a fluffy white dog named Pepe that he had as a kid. In the photo above, you'll see that Pepe is the white dog sitting between Burton's mother and his kid brother. Their other dog, Frosty, sits atop his mother's lap, while kid Burton looks on from the left. On Pepe, Burton explains what it was about the dog that eventually helped inspire the creation of Sparky. "He was a dog that was meant to sort of not live for long and had distemper," Burton told EW. " He ended up living quite long," Burton says. "It just had a good spirit, that dog."
If you look a little closer at the pic, Burton fans will notice another familiar element from one of his most popular films. Yup, that's his kid brother holding a shrunken head, which you'll recall as being one of the more amusing parts of Beetlejuice. "The shrunken head... I remember buying that. He got it off me," Burton recalled.
So what other aspects of Burton's childhood have inspired characters in his films? Well, take a look at this Halloween costume that his mother made for him as a kid. Look like someone familiar? Jack Skellington, perhaps?
The EW piece is definitely worth reading, if only for this one quote that basically sums up all of who Tim Burton is. "I always felt like I was a fairly normal person, but at a certain age, I thought, 'Maybe I'm not because everyone's saying I'm not.'"
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Apple releases last pre-Leopard update for Mac OS X
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Apple has updated Mac OS X to version 10.4.9, offering patches for both Intel and PowerPC versions of the operating system, taking in its server and client forms. The company has also updated its iPhoto application, and beefed up the security of Mac OS X 10.3.9.
The operating system updates apply fixes to a wide array of components, including graphics drivers, Bluetooth, networking, image handling, font management, sync services, Dashboard widgets and Rosetta, Intel-based Macs' PowerPC compatibility mechanism.
Apple also claimed the update speeds application launch times.
The iPhoto patch simply "addresses issues associated with EXIF data compatibility and Photocasting", Apple said.
Finally, Security Update 2007-003 blocks a number of holes in a variety of system components for Mac OS X 10.3.9. It also contains fixes previously applied by Security Update 2006-007.
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Which Joe gave his name to 'sloppy joes'? We look at five interesting sandwiches and their lexical origins.
informal1A surgical or other operation.
- 'Until the double transplant ops, Laura was forced to spend nine hours every day hooked up to a dialysis machine.'
- 'Next month, she will have been off booze and cocaine for three years and ops to rebuild her nose have been a success.'
- 'More worrying is that they are encouraged to use national health beds and operating theaters to do private ops the next day.'
- ''It varies from traumatic amputation landmine injuries, gunshot wounds, motor vehicle accidents or elective cases through to minor ops,' he said.'
- 'It will separate planned surgery from emergency care so patients do not face cancelled ops at the 11 th hour.'
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- 'The staging was such that the trees were drip-fed onto the stage from the downstage OP corner, with those in the downstage line receiving the trees and then passing them back to the assorted soldiers and villagers behind them.'
- 'EPA has significantly reduced OP risk through actions impacting fruit and vegetable uses of two pesticides methyl parathion and chlorpyrifos.'
- 'This OP, manufactured mainly by Dow AgroSciences (sold as Lorsban for farm use and Dursban for home and structural pest management uses), is the most widely used insecticide in America, with major farm and urban uses.'
- 'At this same time, the agency published a schedule for review of old pesticides and announced that the organophosphate (OP) insecticides would be a top priority.'
- 'The results showed that cumulative OP exposure from about two-dozen foods often exceeded a child's acceptable Reference Dose (RfD).'
- 'Bicknell referred, long before they were commonly known about, to organophosphorous (OP) compounds.'
- 'If you've read my op on human evolution, you may notice I contradict myself a little, as in this op I argue for human evolution being at a relative stand-still, whereas in the other I make a case for it being faster than ever.'
- 'The EPA should be able to reduce OP risks in major children's foods like apples, pears, grapes, peaches, green beans, and tomatoes by 98 percent or more by targeting actions against just a half-dozen higher-risk OP pesticides.'
- 'If EPA stays on course, most high-risk OP exposures will be either eliminated or dramatically reduced.'
- 'Fresh and processed apples account for over one-half of total OP exposure and risk for children.'
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- 'Maciej Zieba, OP, Hittinger himself, and others gave lectures on Catholic social thought to two dozen senior undergraduate and graduate students from America and Eastern Europe.'
- 'Womanist theologians in this group include Sr. Jamie S. Phelps, OP, in Chicago.'
- 'Ardeth Platte, OP, 66, became a Grand Rapids Dominican Sister on Sept.8, 1954.'
- 'Jackie Hudson, OP, 67, entered the Grand Rapids Dominicans on Sept.8, 1952.'
- '"We established guidelines to measure the minimum amount needed to provide a 'living wage' for a family and to realign our financial priorities so that we could pay that amount," Sister Maureen Geary, OP, told Sojourners.'
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- 'The OP has stated that a long-term relationship is his goal, so your advice isn't good in this case.'
- 'To answer the OP, good books do it for me.'
- 'I barely got scratched and would have been happy to drive away and leave it at that, like the OP did.'
- 'The OP seems a bit behind the trend, and for those interested in scrapbooking, it might be useful to check out what those on the "cutting edge" of the hobby are producing.'
- 'Maybe the OP is judging the reactions of the people who seem to not be connecting with her as much as she fears they are judging her for not connecting with them.'
- 'Guess I didn't really answer the OP's question in my long, rambling post.'
- 'I don't know where the OP found her links, but they sound to be 3 or 4 years out of date to me.'
- 'I was surprised at the tone of the OP.'
- 'I do not want to repeat the mistake of the OP and assume that I know or can find out with a Google search.'
- 'If the children's parents don't choose to be adults, then the OP's friend is going to have to be an adult.'
- 'I watched Buffy from the end of season 3 on, and I really enjoyed season 6, pretty much for the reasons in the OP.'
- 'Oops, upon closer inspection of the OP, I see you weren't looking for a "blame" song.'
- 'My advice to the OP would be whereas you want things to be comfortable for you, keep in mind that someone else lives there also.'
- 'But the OP doesn't tell me what's going to make him and his wife happy with the outcome, either together or apart.'
- 'To the OP: I hope you will continue to explore this venue.'
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Results of the Ifo Business Survey for January 2013
Ifo Business Climate for Eastern Germany Brightens Significantly
The Ifo Business Climate Index for industry and trade in Eastern Germany rose sharply at the beginning of the year. This marked the fourth successive increase in the climate indicator, suggesting that the lowest point of the downturn has been overcome. Although Eastern German survey participants assessed their current business situation only slightly more positively than in December, they are expecting business to improve considerably over the next six months. The economic climate in Eastern Germany improved significantly at the beginning of the year as a result.
In Eastern German manufacturing the Ifo Business Climate Index remained unchanged at last month's level. While Eastern German manufacturers are less satisfied with their current business situation, they are nevertheless more optimistic about their future business developments. Average capacity utilisation stabilised this month, after three successive decreases. The manufacturers surveyed continue to expect positive, if slightly weaker impulses from international business than last month.
The business climate in Eastern German wholesaling deteriorated slightly in January. The wholesalers surveyed assessed their current business situation as better than in December, but expressed greater pessimism about their six-month business outlook. The climate indicator rose in Eastern German retailing thanks to less unfavourable business expectations. Retailers' assessments of their current business situation remained unchanged from last month.
The business climate improved significantly in Eastern German construction. This is due both to more favourable expectations with regard to future business developments and improved assessments of the current business situation.
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Results of the Ifo Business Survey in Germany in all details
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Detaillierte Ergebnisse des ifo Konjunkturtests Deutschland im Januar 2013. Details
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The Ifo Business Climate in Eastern Germany is based on ca. 1,200 monthly survey responses of firms in manufacturing, construction, wholesaling and retailing. The firms are asked to give their assessments of the current business situation and their expectations for the next six months. They can characterise their situation as "good", "satisfactory" or "poor" and their business expectations for the next six months as "more favourable", "unchanged" or "more unfavourable". The balance value of the current business situation is the difference of the percentages of the responses "good" and "poor", the balance value of the expectations is the difference of the percentages of the responses "more favourable" and "more unfavourable". The business climate is a transformed mean of the balances of the business situation and the expectations. For calculating the index values the transformed balances are all normalized to the average of the year 2005.


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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraq tribunal on Tuesday announced new criminal charges against Saddam Hussein and six others in a 1980s crackdown against the Kurds, including the gassing of thousands of civilians in the village of Halabja.
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RATIONALE: Hyperthermia therapy kills tumor cells by heating them to several degrees above body temperature. Using MRI to measure heat may help to determine the effectiveness of hyperthermia therapy. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as ifosfamide and doxorubicin, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining hyperthermia with radiation therapy and chemotherapy before surgery may kill more tumor cells and shrink the tumor so that it can be removed.
PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects of hyperthermia when given together with radiation therapy and optional chemotherapy and to see how well they work in treating patients who are undergoing surgery for soft tissue sarcoma of the limbs.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Sarcoma |
Drug: doxorubicin hydrochloride Drug: ifosfamide and mesna Procedure: hyperthermia treatment with an MRI Compatible Radiofrequency Extremity Hyperthermia Applicator Radiation: radiation therapy |
Phase 1 Phase 2 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Magnetic Resonance Based Non-Invasive Thermometry for Hyperthermic Treatment of Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcomas: A Multimodal Phase I/II Study |
- Temperature Rise from Baseline [ Time Frame: 1 hour ]MR-based thermometry measures: We are assessing agreement between the non-invasive MR measurements versus the invasive interstitial point measurements. The equivalence of median temperature measured within one or more MR ROI's (regions-of-interest in the MR image) and temperatures measured invasively in tissue immediately adjacent to those ROI's;
- Overall Survival [ Time Frame: every 6 months for up to 5 years ]
Enrollment: | 15 |
Study Start Date: | November 1999 |
Study Completion Date: | October 2009 |
Primary Completion Date: | July 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: Magnetic Resonance Based Thermometry
Patients will receive hyperthermia throughout the course of radiotherapy delivered once weekly for a total of 5 treatments. Each treatment will last 1-2 hours with a goal of delivering a cumulative thermal dose of 10-100 CEM 43˚T90. Interstitial temperature measurements will be taken by placing a single (less than or equal to) 15 gauge thermometry catheter into the tumor. In addition to hyperthermia treatment and radiation therapy all patients will receive conventional surgery for the removal of their tumors. Some patients will also receive chemotherapy if their treating physician thinks it is the their best interested (including the possibility of doxorubicin hydrochloride or ifosfamide and mesna). |
Drug: doxorubicin hydrochloride
To be dosed at 75 mg/m2 i.v. push every 4 weeks for 4 cycles. This treatment is optional and will not be used on all subjects.
Other Name: Adriamycin
Drug: ifosfamide and mesna
2 gm / m2 ifosfamide mixed in 1000 cc D5W infused continuously over 24 hours daily for 6 days (144 hours); total ifosfamide dose 12 gm/ m2. For the day infusion only MESNA (sodium 2-mercapto-ethanesulphonate) is mixed with ifosfamide as above and given at 2.5 gm / m2 / 24 hours.
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Procedure: hyperthermia treatment with an MRI Compatible Radiofrequency Extremity Hyperthermia Applicator
Patients will receive hyperthermia throughout the course of radiotherapy delivered once weekly for a total of 5 treatments. Each treatment will last 1-2 hours with a goal of delivering a cumulative thermal dose of 10-100 CEM 43˚T90.
Radiation: radiation therapy
External beam megavoltage (≥ 4 MV) beams will be used at SSD, SAD ≥ 70 cm at a dose rate of > 100 cGy/min. Fraction sizes of 180 cGy will be used 5 times per weeks in a continuous course. Total dose will be 45 Gy + 10%, consistent with sites being treated.
Detailed Description:
- Determine the feasibility and accuracy of real time magnetic resonance-based non-invasive thermometry in patients with grade 2 or 3 soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity receiving combination hyperthermia, radiotherapy, surgery, and optional high-dose ifosfamide and doxorubicin.
- Determine the local control, disease-free survival, and overall survival of patients treated with this regimen.
- Determine acute and late toxic effects of this regimen in these patients.
- Correlate measurements of tumor physiology, defined by gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and tumor oxygenation, with clinical and/or pathological response and/or metastatic potential in patients treated with this regimen.
OUTLINE: Patients may receive high-dose ifosfamide IV continuously over 6 days (144 hours). Beginning 3 weeks after the completion of ifosfamide, patients undergo radiotherapy once daily, 5 days a week, for 5 weeks. Beginning 1 hour after radiotherapy, patients also undergo hyperthermia (with heat measured by conventional and magnetic resonance-based thermometry) over 1-2 hours once weekly for 5 weeks. Approximately 4 weeks after the completion of radiotherapy and hyperthermia, patients undergo surgery. Approximately 1 month after surgery, patients may then receive high-dose doxorubicin IV once every 4 weeks for 4 courses.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 10-30 patients will be accrued for this study within 2-6 years.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients will have histologically proven grade 2 or grade 3 soft tissue sarcoma.
- Karnofsky performance status ≥ 70.
- Life expectancy ≥ 6 months.
- There is no specific tumor size limitation, but the involved extremity must fit within the hyperthermia applicator.
- Patients must be ≥ 18 years of age.
- Patients who are to receive chemotherapy must have a left ventricular ejection fraction on resting MUGA scan of at least 45% to confirm adequate cardiac function
- Patients must competent to consent to be in the study and sign an approved informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant patients
- Patients with cardiac pacemakers and implanted defibrillators or other devices not compatible with ultrasound or microwave technology
- Patients who have any metal in their bodies including orthopedic rods, surgical clips, bullets, or shrapnel, etc. unless cleared by MRI staff and Hyperthermia physicians
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00093509
United States, North Carolina | |
Duke Cancer Institute | |
Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710 |
Principal Investigator: | Ellen L. Jones, MD, PhD | Duke Cancer Institute |
Principal Investigator: | Zeljko Vujaskovic, MD, PhD | Duke University |
Responsible Party: | Mark Dewhirst, Professor, Duke University Medical Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00093509 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
Pro00008831 DUMC-1308-04-7R5 ( Other Identifier: Legacy Duke IRB number from paper system ) DUMC-G880018 CDR0000388048 ( Other Identifier: National Cancer Institute (NCI) ) |
Study First Received: | October 6, 2004 |
Last Updated: | August 29, 2014 |
Keywords provided by Duke University:
stage I adult soft tissue sarcoma stage II adult soft tissue sarcoma stage III adult soft tissue sarcoma stage IV adult soft tissue sarcoma |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Sarcoma Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Doxorubicin Liposomal doxorubicin Isophosphamide mustard Ifosfamide Mesna Antibiotics, Antineoplastic |
Antineoplastic Agents Topoisomerase II Inhibitors Topoisomerase Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating Alkylating Agents Protective Agents Physiological Effects of Drugs |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 24, 2017


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