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Science and Spiritual Practices: Transformative experiences and their effects on our bodies, brains and health
The latest book by Rupert Sheldrake
Now available in paperback
The effects of spiritual practices are now being investigated scientifically as never before, and many studies have shown that religious and spiritual practices generally make people happier and healthier. Rupert Sheldrake illustrates how science helps validate seven particular practices which underpin all the major world religions:
Connecting with nature
Relating to plants
Singing and chanting
Pilgrimage and holy places.
Rupert Sheldrake summarizes the latest scientific research on what happens when we take part in these practices, and suggests ways that readers can explore these fields for themselves. For those who are religious, Science and Spiritual Practices will illuminate the evolutionary origins of their own traditions and give a new appreciation of their power. For the non-religious, this book will show how the core practices of spirituality are accessible to all, without the need to subscribe to a religious belief system.
This is a book for anyone who suspects that in the drive towards radical secularism, something valuable has been left behind.
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Journalist Oliver Tickell covers Sheldrake in Resurgence & Ecologist (PDF)
Reviews for The Science Delusion/ Science Set Free
"Sheldrake will be seen as a prophet"
— The Sunday Times
"Rupert Sheldrake does science, humanity and the world at large a considerable favour."
— The Independent
by Rupert Sheldrake and Michael Shermer
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In this intensive dialogue between Rupert and Michael Shermer, Editor-in-Chief of Skeptic magazine, we see the nature and methods of science, its dogmas, and its future from two very different perspectives. Rupert argues that science needs to free itself from the dogmas of materialism while Michael Shermer contends that to look beyond materialist explanations is to betray science and engage in superstition. Issues discussed include: materialism and its role in science, whether belief in God is compatible with a scientific perspective, and the possibility of mental action at a distance.
Scientific and Medical Network
Book of the Year Award Winner
"Thirty years after his first heretical books, Sheldrake's new one, Science Set Free, is a landmark achievement. No science writing has inspired me more."
— Deepak Chopra, San Francisco Chronicle, read review
"Sheldrake drags ten of the most powerful dogmas out of the basement and into the light of day; and does science, humanity and the world a large, a considerable favour."
— The Independent, read review
"For those of us who are suspicious of the claims of materialism it's astonishing, and also heartening, to hear a scientist agree that it's a hidebound ideology, dismiss the belief in determinism as a 'delusion' and call on the 'high priests' of science to abandon their 'fantasy of omniscience'."
— Robert McLuhan, read review
More Reviews... The Financial Times ... The Spectator ... The Guardian ... Irish Times ... Country Life ... The Sunday Times... London Review ... JSPR
Interview by Alex Tsakiris on Skeptico
Translated Editions
Mylene Domnenky Vedy, Fontana, Olomouc, 2015
Der Wissenschaftswahn: Warum der Materialismus ausgedient hat, O.W. Barth, 2012
Vitenskapens vrangforestillinger, Flux Forlag, Oslo, 2012
Reénchanter la Science, Albin Michel, Paris, 2013
Le illusioni della scienze, Apogeo, Milano, 2013
El Espjismo de la Ciencia, Editorial Kairos, Barcelona, 2013
Ciência Sem Dogmas, Cultrix, Sao Paulo, 2014
Nauka Wyzwolenie Zdogmatow, Wydawnictwo Manendra, Wroclaw, 2015
Visindablekkingin: Tjöldin dregin fra, Stjörnuútgáfan, Reykjavik, 2015
Rupert Introduces the US Edition
Fully Updated and Revised in 2009
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A New Science of Life
The Hypothesis of Formative Causation
Excerpts from the Book
Excerpt from Chapter 11: Rat Learning and Morphic Resonance
Appendix A: New Experiments
The results of experimental tests since the first edition was published in 1981.
Appendix B: Sheldrake - Bohm Dialogue
A dialogue between Rupert Sheldrake and the physicist David Bohm.
"For decades, Rupert Sheldrake has been at the leading edge of highly innovative and controversial ideas about the organization of biological systems. Morphic Resonance poses a serious challenge to traditionalists and is a most welcome book about how we see the world and how we should head off into the future."
— Marc Bekoff, author of The Emotional Lives of Animals
"As far-reaching in its implications as Darwin's theory of evolution."
— Brain/Mind Bulletin
"Books of this importance and elegance come along rarely. Those who read this new edition of A New Science of Life may do so with the satisfaction of seeing science history in the making."
— Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Recovering the Soul and Reinventing Medicine
"Morphic Resonance is destined to become one of the landmarks in the history of biology. It is rare to find so profound a book so lucidly written."
— Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D., cell biologist and bestselling author of The Biology of Belief
Why do many phenomena defy the explanations of conventional biology and physics? For instance, when laboratory rats in one place have learned how to navigate a new maze, why do rats elsewhere in the world seem to learn it more easily? Rupert Sheldrake describes this process as morphic resonance: the past forms and behaviors of organisms, he argues, influence organisms in the present through direct connections across time and space. Calling into question many of our fundamental concepts about life and consciousness, Sheldrake reinterprets the regularities of nature as being more like habits than immutable laws.
Translated Editions
Nova Znanost O Zivtu
Une nouvelle science de la vie
Una Nueva Ciencia de la Vida
Das schöpferische Universum
Jaunā dzīves zinātne
Revised and expanded in 2012
"Few of us recognize revolutions in the making. Anyone who wants to be able to say in the future, 'I was there,' had better read The Presence of the Past."
— Nicholas Humphrey, author of The Inner Eye
"Bold, clear, and incisive, Sheldrake's thesis constitutes a sweeping challenge to the very fundamentals of established science. It may outrage or delight, but it will never fail to stimulate. Sheldrake has a remarkable ability to identify the weak spots of scientific orthodoxy."
— Paul Davies, author of The Edge of Infinity
"So compelling that it sets the reader to underlining words and scribbling notes in the margin."
— Washington Post
"Rupert Sheldrake is the most controversial scientist on Earth."
— Robert Anton Wilson, author of Prometheus Rising and The Illuminati Papers
Challenging the fundamental assumptions of modern science, this ground-breaking radical hypothesis suggests that nature itself has memory. The question of morphogenesis - how things take their shape - remains one of the great mysteries of science. What makes a rabbit rabbit-shaped? How do newts regenerate limbs? Why are molecules shaped the way they are? Why do societies arrange themselves in certain predictable patterns?
According to Sheldrake's hypothesis of formative causation, these questions remain unanswered in part because convention is hobbled by the reductionist assumption that finding the answers to such questions is largely a matter of figuring out the machinery of nature, of getting to the bottom of an ultimately mechanical universe. But, Sheldrake suggests that nature is not a machine and that each kind of system - from crystals to birds to societies - is shaped not by universal laws that embrace and direct all systems but by a unique "morphic field" containing a collective or pooled memory. So organisms no only share genetic material with others of their species, but are also shaped by a "field" specific to that species.
"Important, thought-provoking, and exciting. Sheldrake's combination of good science with an open mind and his willingness to dig deeply where others fear to tread makes for a fascinating, un-put-downable read."
— Graham Hancock, author of Supernatural
"... will change forever your concept of the nature of consciousness, not just in humans but in other creatures as well. It expands the reach of perception beyond the physical senses and beyond the constraints of space and time. What emerges is a new vision of human potential based not in fantasy but in cutting-edge science. This will prove to be one of the most important books of the 21st century."
— Larry Dossey, M.D., author of One Mind: How Our Individual Mind Is Part of a Greater Consciousness and Why It Matters
"Sheldrake's genius lies in his taking well-attested anecdotal phenomena like telepathy, the sense of being stared at, and anticipating alarm calls and putting them to the scientific test. In doing so his work not only extends indeed stretches the mind, it also extends science in a new and creative direction."
— David Lorimer, program director for the Scientific and Medical Network and author of The Spirit of Science
In this newly updated edition, Sheldrake shares his more than 25 years of research into telepathy, the power of staring, remote viewing, precognition, and animal premonitions. Drawing on more than 5,000 case histories, 4,000 questionnaire responses, and the results of experiments on staring, thought transference, phone telepathy, and other phenomena carried out with more than 20,000 people as well as reports and data from dozens of independent research teams, Sheldrake shows that these unexplained human abilities such as the sense of being stared at are not paranormal but normal, part of our biological nature. He reveals that telepathy depends on social bonds and traces its evolution from the connections between members of animal groups such as flocks, schools, and packs. Sheldrake shows that our minds and intentions extend beyond our brains into our surroundings with invisible connections that link us to each other, to the world around us, and even to the future.
Fully Updated and Revised in 2011
"Delightful . . . this book will turn our understanding of animals inside out."
— Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, author of When Elephants Weep
"Wonderful . . . splendid and thought-provoking."
— Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs
Excerpts From the Book
Appendix from the Second Edition
Controversies with skeptics about the unexplained powers of animals.
Many people who have owned a pet will swear that their dog or cat or other animal has exhibited some kind of behavior they just can't explain. How does a dog know when its owner is returning home at an unexpected time? How do cats know when it is time to go to the vet, even before the cat carrier comes out? How do horses find their way back to the stable over completely unfamiliar terrain? And how can some pets predict that their owners are about to have an epileptic fit?
These intriguing questions about animal behavior convinced world-renowned biologist Rupert Sheldrake that the very animals who are closest to us have much to teach us about biology, nature, and consciousness.
With a scientist's mind and an animal lover's compassion, Sheldrake compellingly demonstrates that we and our pets are social animals linked together by invisible bonds connecting animals to each other, to their owners, and to their homes in powerful ways. Sheldrake's provocative ideas about these social, or morphic, fields explain the uncanny behavior often observed in pets and help provide an explanation for amazing animal behavior in the wild, such as migration and homing.
Jaytee - A Dog Who Knew When His Owner Was Coming Home: The ORF Experiment Research by Rupert Sheldrake and Pam Smart
A Film by the Science Unit of ORF, Vienna
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"The Rebirth of Nature is a breakthrough book, beautifully written and spiritually oriented. It shows our intimate relationship with the universe that we are a part of a breathing, living, thinking cosmos and that intelligence is a pervasive reality inseparably one with nature. This book will take everyone who reads it to new heights of understanding."
— Deepak Chopra, M.D., author of Ageless Body, Timeless Mind
"This frontal assault on conventional science embodies a radical rethinking of humanity's place in the scheme of things."
— Publishers Weekly
"A beautifully written, deeply felt, and sinuously argued challenge to many habits of thought."
— Booklist
In The Rebirth of Nature Sheldrake urges us to move beyond the centuries-old mechanistic view of nature, explaining in lucid terms why we can no longer regard the world as inanimate and purposeless. Through an astute critique of the dominant scientific paradigm, Sheldrake shows recent developments in science itself have brought us to the threshold of a new synthesis in which traditional wisdom, intuitive experience, and scientific insight can be mutually enriching.
by Ralph Abraham, Terence McKenna and Rupert Sheldrake
First published as Trialogues at the Edge of the West
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"Records the exciting intellectual friendship of three amazing minds pushing to the edge of history in search of a new consciousness blending scientific observation, mythical imagination, and visionary speculation."
— Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice and The Blade: Our History, Our Future
"A book for all those who seek to quest beyond the limits of the ordinary. Three fine thinkers take us plunging into the universe of chaos, mind, and spirit. Instead of leaving us lost, they bring us back with startling insights and more wonder than we knew we had."
— Matthew Fox
"One finishes Chaos, Creativity, and Cosmic Consciousness with a sense of heightened awareness and wonder."
— ForeWord Reviews
Explore the relationships between chaos, creativity, and imagination, and their connection to the soul of the world. Join Ralph Abraham, mathematician and leader in the new science of chaos, Terence McKenna, shamanologist and ethno-pharmcologist, and Rupert Sheldrake, acclaimed biologist and originator of the theory of morphogenetic fields, as they "trialogue" on such questions as: How can chaos contribute to our lives? Is Armageddon a self-fulfilling prophecy? How can scientists and mystics share the same planet?
Chaos, Creativity and Cosmic Consciousness challenges us to the deepest levels of thought as it calls into question our current views of reality, morality, and the nature of life in the universe.
Trialogues at the Edge of the Millennium
Watch videos or listen to audio recordings of these trialogues, on which this book was based.
by Ralph Abraham, Terence McKenna and Rupert Sheldrake
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"A jam-session of the mind, an intellectual movable feast, an on-going conversation that began over twenty years ago and remains as lively and relevant today as it ever was. Sadly, Terence had to leave the conversation a little earlier than planned. But the appearance of this book of trialogues at this critical, historical juncture is a reaffirmation of the potency of the optimistic vision that the trialogues express."
- Dennis McKenna, brother of the late Terence McKenna
"...records the exciting intellectual friendship of three amazing minds pushing to the edge of history in search of new consciousness, blending scientific observation, mythic imagination and visionary speculation."
- Riane Eisler, The Chalice And The Blade
"Imagine sitting around a table with three of the leading intellectual and philosophical thinkers of today - you may not understand half of what they are talking about, but you get excited and inspired nonetheless. That's how I felt reading The Evolutionary Mind, a pretty mind-blowing conversation between such visionaries as biologist and author Rupert Sheldrake, chaos theory pioneer Ralph Abraham, and the late psychedelic researcher and shamanism expert, Terence McKenna."
- Curled Up, read review
"Three fine thinkers take us plunging into the universe of chaos, mind, and spirit. Instead of leaving us lost, they bring us back with startling insights and more wonder than we knew we had."
- Matthew Fox, author of Original Blessing and Sheer Joy
"...should be required reading for anyone who believes that science and spirituality cannot and should not interact. Do something daring: read this book, join the play, and go to the edge with them."
- Larry Dossey, M.D. D., Recovering The Soul
"They have figured out how to achieve one of the best of all possible worlds: the sharing of mental space and cosmic terrains over many years of deep friendship and profound dialogue."
- Jean Houston
Stimulating and often startling discussions between three friends, all highly original thinkers: Rupert Sheldrake, controversial biologist, Terence McKenna , psychedelic visionary, and Ralph Abraham, chaos mathematician. Their passion is to break out of paradigms that retard our evolution and to explore new possibilities. Through challenge and synergy they venture where few have gone before, leading their readers on an exciting journey of discovery. Their discussions focus on the evolution of the mind, the role of psychedelics, skepticism, the psychic powers of animals, the structure of time, the life of the heavens, the nature of God, and transformations of consciousness.
Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist and author of many books including The Sense of Being Stared At, And Other Aspects of the Extended Mind. Ralph Abraham is a mathematician, one of the pioneers of chaos theory and the author of several books including Chaos, Gaia, Eros: A Chaos Pioneer Uncovers the Three Great Streams of History. The late Terence McKenna was a scholar of shamanism, ethno-botanist, psychedelic researcher and author of many books including Food of the Gods and True Hallucinations.
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"In any generation, there are only a handful of people whose ideas contain the possibility of significantly altering the course of human history. Dr. Rupert Sheldrake is such a person. His ideas offer a real chance for humanity to regain its spiritual bearings. We have been blessed with a rare genius."
— Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Recovering the Soul and Reinventing Medicine
"... excites thought and stimulates debate, and it enables nonscientists to partake in the dialogue."
— Dennis Winters
Rupert Sheldrake's groundbreaking book examines unexplained natural phenomena and suggests explanations that push the boundaries of science. How does your pet know when you are coming home? How do pigeons home? Can people really feel a "phantom" amputated arm? These questions and more form the basis of Sheldrake's look at the world of contemporary science as he puts some of the most cherished assumptions of established science to the test. New edition with results update.
by Matthew Fox and Rupert Sheldrake
"In these cogent and passionate exploratory dialogues, they discuss the evolution of our view of nature, grace, the soul, prayer, ritual, and education, drawing upon a diverse group of sources, including Greek myths, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the Bible, the writings of Descartes, and Sheldrake's radical hypothesis of morphic resonance. As all productive dialogues should, these will inspire fresh perspectives and continued discussion."
— Donna Seaman, Booklist
The chasm between science and religion has been a source of intellectual and spiritual tension for centuries, but in these groundbreaking dialogues there is a remarkable consonance between these once opposing camps. In Natural Grace, Rupert Sheldrake and Matthew Fox show that not only is the synthesis of science and spirituality possible, but it is unavoidable when one considers the extraordinary insights they have both come upon in their work. Sheldrake, who has changed the face of modern science with his revolutionary theory of morphic resonance, and Fox, whose work in creation spirituality has had a significant impact on people's sense of spirit, balance each other with their unique yet highly complementary points of view. In these inspired dialogues a variety of ancient topics - including ritual, prayer, and the soul - are freed from the past and given new power for the future in the liberated universe Fox and Sheldrake show us.
by Matthew Fox and Rupert Sheldrake
Revised and expanded in 2014
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What are angels? Many people believe in angels, but few can define these enigmatic spirits. Now visionary theologian Matthew Fox and acclaimed biologist Rupert Sheldrake - pioneers in modern religious thinking and scientific theory - launch a groundbreaking exploration into the ancient concept of the angel and restore dignity, meaning, and joy to our time-honored belief in these heavenly beings.
"Two thinkers present an unusual synthesis of scientific and spiritual ideas, examining modern theology and science in a title which blends Bible passages, quotes from the writings of three great Christian mystics, and reflections backed by modern science. The passages are presented in dialogue form in which the authors respond to quotes, creating an interview-like atmosphere in this eye-opening, witty presentation."
— Midwest Book Review
Rupert Sheldrake's books have been translated into a number of other languages. The following is a list of titles and publishers.
Nova Znanost O Zivtu
Obelisk, Zagreb, 2015
Mylene Domnenky Vedy
Fontana, Olomouc, 2015
Teorie Morficke Resonance
Elfa, Prague, 2002
Sedm Experimentu
Elfa, Prague, 2005
Fizika Andelu
Elfa, Prague, 2006
De wedergeboorte van de natuur.
Kosmos, Utrecht, 1995
Zeven experimenten die de wereld kunnen veranderen.
Kosmos, Utrecht, 1996
Honden weten waneer hun baas thuiskomt
Kosmos, Utrecht, 1999
Trialogen op de rand van het westers denken
Kosmos, Utrecht, 1995 (+ Ralph Abraham & Terence McKenna)
Wetenschap & spiritualiteit
Kosmos, Utrecht, 1997 (+ Matthew Fox)
Engelen: Energieën in de kosmos
Kosmos, Utrecht, 1999 (+ Matthew Fox)
Het Zevende Zintuig
Kosmos, Utrecht, 2004
Une nouvelle science de la vie
Editions du Rocher, Paris, 1985 (nouv. éd. 2003)
La Mémoire de l'univers
Editions du Rocher, Paris, 1988
L'Âme de la nature
Editions du Rocher, Paris, 1992
Sept expériences qui peuvent changer le monde
Editions du Rocher, Paris, 1995
Ces chiens qui attendent leur maître
Editions du Rocher, Paris, 2001
Le Septieme Sens
Editions du Rocher, Paris, 2004
Les pouvoirs inexpliqués des animaux
J'ai lu editions, Paris, 2005
Reénchanter la Science
Albin Michel, Paris, 2013
Visindablekkingin: Tjöldin dregin fra
Stjörnuútgáfan, Reykjavik, 2015
La rinascita della natura
Corbaccio, Milano, 1993
Sette esperimenti per cambiare il mondo
Corbaccio, Milano, 1995
L'ipotesi della causalità formativa
Red, Como, 1998
I poteri straordinari degli animali
Mondadori, Milano, 2000
La mente estesa
Apogeo, Milano, 2006
La presenza del passato
Crisalide, Spigno Saturnia, 2011
Le illusioni della scienze
Apogeo, Milano, 2013
Jaunā dzīves zinātne
Jumava SIA, 2012
Niezwykle Zdolnosci Naszych Zwierzat
Ksiazka i Wiedza, Warsaw, 2001
Nauka Wyzwolenie Zdogmatow
Wydawnictwo Manendra, Wroclaw, 2015
A Presenca do Pasado: Os hábitos da Natureza
Instituo Piaget, Lisboa, 1995
O Renascimento da Natureza: O Reflorescimento da Ciência e de Deus
Cultrix, Sao Paulo, 1993
Caos, Criatividade eo Retorno do Sagrado: Triálogos nas fronteiras do Ocidente
Cultrix, Sao Paulo, 1994
Sete Experimentos Que Podem Mudar O Mundo
Cultrix, Sao Paulo, 1999
Caes Que Sabem Quando Seus Donos Estao Chegando
Objetiva, Rio de Janiero, 2000
A Sensacao de Estar Sendo Observado
Cultrix, Sao Paulo, 2004
A física dos anjos
Aleph, Sao Paulo, 2008
Ciencia Sem Dogmas
Cultrix, Sao Paulo, 2014
Una Nueva Ciencia de la Vida: La hipótesis de la causación formativa
Editorial Kairos, Barcelona, 1989
La Presencia del Pasado: Resonancia mórfica y hábitos de la naturaleza
Editorial Kairos, Barcelona, 1990
El Renaciemiento de la Naturaleza:
La nueva imagen de la ciencia y de Dios
Paidós Contextos, Barcelona, 1994
Caos, Cretividad y Conciencia Cosmica
Eliago Ediciones, Castellon, 2005
Siete Experimentos Que Pueden Cambiar el Mundo: Una guía para revolucionar la ciencia
Paidós Contextos, Barcelona, 1995
De Perros Que Saben Que Sus Amos Estan Camino de Casa, y Otras Facuoltades Inexplicadas de los Animales
Paidos, Barcelona, 2001
Ciencia y Espiritiualidad: La Neuva Vision.
Kier, Buenos Aires, 1999 (+ Matthew Fox).
El Septimo Sentido: La Mente Extendida
Ediciones Vesica Piscis, La Herradura, 2005
El Espjismo de la Ciencia
Editorial Kairos, Barcelona, 2013
Biri Beni Gozetliyor
Kaknus, Istambul, 2004
Uforklarlige krefter hos dyr
Hilt & Hansteen, Oslo, 2003
Vitenskapens vrangforestillinger
Flux Forlag, Oslo, 2012
Miksi Koirasi Tietää, Milloin Olet Tulossa Kotiin
Rasalas, Helsinki, 1999
by Rupert Sheldrake
and Anthony Freeman (Editor)
A special edition of the Journal of Consciousness Studies (JCS Vol 12 No. 6, 2005) in paperback format.
In 1981 Rupert Sheldrake outraged the scientific establishment with his hypothesis of morphic resonance. Subsequently he devoted his research to pioneering science, winning popular acclaim and continued establishment opprobium with a series of ground-breaking works. In this special edition of JCS, Rupert summarises his case for the 'non-visual detection of staring'. His claims are scrutinised by fourteen critics, to whom Rupert then responds. Anthony Freeman, in his editorial introduction, explores the concept of "heresy" in science and in religion and asks why it provokes such hostility.
Editorial Introduction by Anthony Freeman
The Sense of Being Glared At: What Is It Like to be a Heretic? (PDF)
Rupert's Papers From the Journal
The Sense of Being Stared At - Part 1: Is it Real or Illusory? (PDF)
The Sense of Being Stared At - Part 2: Its Implications for Theories of Vision (PDF)
The Non-Visual Detection of Staring - Response to Commentators (PDF)
Contributors' Papers
List of Contributors (PDF)
Anthony P. Atkinson
Staring at the Back Of Someone's Head Is No Signal, And a Sense of Being Stared At Is No Sense
Ian S. Baker
Nomenclature and Methodology
Susan Blackmore
Confusion Worse Confounded
William Braud
The Sense of Being Stared At: Fictional, Physical, Perceptual, or Attentional/Intentional?
Jean E. Burns
Detection of Staring Psi or Statistical Artifact?
R.H.S. Carpenter
Does Scopesthesia Imply Extramission?
Chris Clarke
The Sense of Being Stared At: Its Relevance to the Physics of Consciousness
Ralph Ellis
The Ambiguity of 'In Here/Out There' Talk: In What Sense Is Perception 'Out in the World'?
David Fontana
Rupert Sheldrake and the Staring Effect
Christopher C. French
A Closer Look at Sheldrake's Treatment of Rattee's Data
Dean Radin
The Sense of Being Stared At: A Preliminary Meta-Analysis
Marilyn Schlitz
The Discourse of Controversial Science: The Sceptic-Proponent Debate on Remote Staring
Stefan Schmidt
Comments on Sheldrake's 'The Sense of Being Stared At'
Max Velmans
Are We Out of Our Minds?


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Readers of Freakonomics have met this author before: Sudhir Venkatesh was the source of that book's fascinating explanation of why so many drug dealers live with their moms. A graduate student in sociology at the University of Chicago during America's crack epidemic, Venkatesh spent years around members of the city's Black Kings gang. He even got a copy of the gang's ledgers, which showed that, while a few top leaders of the organization were paid handsomely, the majority of drug sellers–the guys on the street, those most at risk of arrest and injury–earned very little. The compensation scale, in other words, was very much like that of many major American corporations. The dealers lived with their moms because they had to.
Following the success of Freakonomics, somebody realized that Venkatesh–now a tenured professor at Columbia University–probably had a pretty interesting story to tell about his gang days too, one that might attract a larger audience than his two books of sociology, Off the Books and American Project. And so we have the strangely titled Gang Leader for a Day.
It gets off to a brilliant start. Venkatesh, a ponytailed math major from suburban San Diego and the son of immigrants from India (his father is a professor too), wanders from cosseted Hyde Park into one of the poor neighborhoods that surround the university on Chicago's South Side. His professor, William Julius Wilson, is mounting a new study of urban poverty, and Venkatesh has volunteered to help administer a questionnaire. He's looking for young black men, and Census data in the university library point him toward a building in the Lake Park housing projects in nearby Oakland.
Told to get lost by gang members who are selling drugs in the lobby of the first building he enters, he moves on to a second. This lobby is deserted; seeking subjects to interview, Venkatesh climbs up a smelly staircase to the fourth or fifth floor, clipboard in hand. There he finds a group of his intended demographic shooting dice. Suspecting he's been sent by a rival gang of Mexicans, they circle around, one brandishing a knife; as Venkatesh tells it, he goes ahead with his administrative task and asks the first question on the survey: "How does it feel to be black and poor?" The multiple-choice answers are "very bad, somewhat bad, neither bad nor good, somewhat good, very good."
"Fuck you!" says one man. "You got to be fucking kidding me."
The question is, indeed, so ludicrous that the reader not only applauds the gang member but may be forgiven for wondering if the celebrated Professor Wilson really sent his graduate student out on such a risible mission, or even whether–forgive me–this little part of the tale, which took place back in 1989, is apocryphal.
But no matter. The more important thing is that Venkatesh, told not to leave, is eventually confronted by the gang's leader, J.T., with whom he establishes a relationship that lasts for years. J.T., with "a few glittery gold teeth, a sizable diamond earring, and deep, hollow eyes that fixed on mine without giving away anything," quickly takes charge of the situation:


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The following tips will help you get the nutrients you need, while keeping the costs of a vegetarian diet low.
"Preparing and cooking your own meals can be much cheaper than buying ready meals," says Su Taylor from the Vegetarian Society.
"Often we don't feel like cooking in the evening after a busy day at work. A cheap and time-saving solution is to cook in bulk and freeze the leftover portions.
"It can reduce the cost of each meal and can be a healthier way of making dinners that are quick to prepare."
Variety is the key to a healthy balanced diet. You don't have to stick to just fresh fruit and vegetables, or buy organic varieties, which can be expensive.
There's no scientific evidence that organic food is healthier. Eating organic is a personal choice and many people do so for environmental reasons.
Remember that fruit and vegetables which are fresh, frozen, canned, dried or juiced all count towards your 5 A DAY, so there are many ways to include a variety of them in your diet at a lower cost.
Try not to waste the fresh fruit and vegetables you have bought. If they've seen better days, don't automatically throw them away.
You could use up over-ripe bananas with some other fruit, or 1% fat milk, in a liquidiser to make a home-made smoothie.
Wrinkly peppers may not look great in a salad, but you can still add them to cooked dishes to give flavour and colour.
Shrivelled carrots or any other withered vegetables can be used to make hearty soups or stews.
Taking your own lunch into work can help you make healthier choices, since you can decide what goes in it. It can also be much cheaper than buying lunch out.
"Make your own sandwich fillings from leftovers," says Taylor. "Or if you cook the night before, cook an extra portion and take it to work with you the next day."
If you invest in a flask, you could take in home-made soups or stews, which can be eaten with bread.
A well-stocked store cupboard plays an essential part in creating budget-friendly, healthy meals. Here are some ideas for basic ingredients to keep in good supply.
Pasta, rice, noodles and couscous all make very good bases for meals, to which you can add vegetables and pulses.
If you have a window ledge, grow some fresh herbs from scratch. It can be a lot cheaper and less wasteful than buying bunches from the supermarket.
"If you can grow some of your own produce in your garden or an allotment, you could save money," says Taylor.
Get tips on growing your own fruit and vegetables.
Some children in England and Wales are entitled to free school meals. Find out how to apply for free school meals on GOV.UK.
Vouchers to spend on milk, fruit and vegetables are also available for some pregnant women and families with young children, as part of a scheme called Healthy Start.
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The annual Community Asset Awards search is underway and the Los Alamos Juvenile Justice Advisory Board and Chamber of Commerce want to know who you think stands out for 2012.
The Community Assets Awards strives to recognize the things people do — in and around Los Alamos — to make the community or the world a better place.
"I love that the Community Asset Awards honor those unsung heroes, those people who are not looking for praise or attention, but just do good things for the community because they enjoy doing them," said Katy Korkos, Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Member Services Director. " I love it that people who have a good idea and follow through with it are honored."
Each year, people of every age and background are nominated to receive recognition, with a youth and an adult recognized to receive the Director's Choice Award and someone who will receive the Spirit of the West Award.
The Spirit of the West Award was created to honor former Los Alamos County Councilor and Leadership Los Alamos alumni Jim West. Before his passing away, West knew the award was created, in his honor.
The annual event has several categories including youth, individual, couple, business and organization. There are eight asset categories from which to choose, based on the Search Institute's 40 Developmental Assets. The categories include support, empowerment, boundaries/expectations, constructive use of time, commitment to learning, positive values, social competencies and positive identity.
Nomination forms can be requested by calling Assets In Action at 661-4846 or by downloading it on the JJAB website at losalamosjjab.com. To fill one out online, visit AssetsInAction.info.
Last year, KRSN's Gene Mortensen received the Spirit of the West Award for his dedicated service to community athletics. Mortensen was at a basketball game that day and received his award in front of the home crowd, presented by JJAB Chair Judge Alan Kirk.
"Everyone who has been nominated in the past has been wonderful. What I've learned is that it just means that average everyday people are really interesting, once you know their story," Korkos said. "And everybody's contribution is important."
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Charlotte, N.C. – With two seconds remaining in regulation, junior guard Tanesha Stenson hit the game winning jump shot to lift the Coker women's basketball team to a 66-64 win over Queens University of Charlotte on Tuesday (Nov. 26) night. With the win the Cobras improve to 4-1 on the year, and 2-1 in SAC play.
In the last minute of the second half Queens (1-4, 0-3) led the Cobras 64-61 after McKell Oliverio connected on a jump shot for the Royals. The lead was short lived however as Hailey Yohn netted a three to tie the game just 15 seconds later. Coker then forced a missed three-point attempt from Queens, to keep the game tied at 64-64. Jenny Finora would then call a timeout with just five seconds remaining, and set up the game winning play for Stenson.
The game was a battle from start to finish. In the first half the score was tied five different times, before Coker entered the locker room with a slight 30-26 advantage. The second half would mirror the first as both teams had their chance to take the game winning shot.
Stenson led all scorers in the game with 21 points, while Yohn contributed 12. Jessica Cohen also reached double-digits with 10 points on the night.
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Now Is It Over?
The Phillies have been run through the gauntlet and lived to tell about it. Injury after injury, and bad luck that would make a professional poker player weep (somewhere, Phil Hellmuth is weeping).
It wasn't enough for the baseball gods to take our most valuable position player from us. They had to take our most valuable pitcher away from us now, as well.
Yes, Cole Hamels is the latest Phillies casualty, succumbing to a mild left elbow strain. According to the Phillies' website, "A worst-case scenario has the young hurler missing up to three weeks."
Without Hamels, the starting rotation includes a 44-year-old who passed his prime during the Clinton administration (Jamie Moyer), a right-hander with two months of Major League experience and an extremely low strikeout rate (Kyle Kendrick), the dictionary definition of average (Kyle Lohse), a right-hander that was passed over by three other teams before he was picked out of the dumpster by the Phillies (J.D. Durbin), and now, a question mark (?) should the Phillies feel the need to move along with a five-man rotation.
According to Michael Radano,
Hamels will miss at least two starts because he's getting an MRI on his mild strained left medial elbow. According to Hamels its at least that long due to the dye that will be injected and he won't be able to picth. Retro to Aug 17 means he can't come off the DL until Sept. 2. [SIC]
And, as much as ColeHamelsFacts declares otherwise, Cole cannot pitch equally as effective with his right hand.
At this point, they may as well give some of the Minor League talent a try.
- J.A. Happ: Has pitched at least six innings in his last five starts, and has allowed no more than three runs in those starts (including two consecutive shutout appearances of six and two-thirds and seven innings).
- Carlos Carrasco: Threw a six-inning no-hitter on Tuesday. He's had a few shaky outings recently, but he's the best pitcher in the Phillies' Minor League system and it might benefit both parties to give him some Major League experience.
- Zack Segovia: He's pitched well for the most part since the beginning of July. He's pitched at least six innings in six of his last eight outings, averaging an allowance of three runs in each one.
- Josh Outman: Pitched eight shutout innings on Monday, allowing only four hits, but he did walk five. Prior to that start, he had only pitched past the fifth inning once in his previous four starts, and seems to struggle with control. Nevertheless, he is a left-hander, and left-handers can always find a job at the Major League level.
Other than that, the Phillies really don't have many options available.
- They could trade for garbage by scrounging the waiver wires, but it wouldn't be worth it.
- Brett Myers won't be moved back into the rotation.
- It's unlikely they will mimic last season's desperation when they made lifetime relief pitcher Aaron Fultz make a spot start against the Blue Jays.
- Freddy Garcia still needs three or four rehab starts, according to Rotoworld.
It's just one more unfortunate situation the Phillies find themselves in, and it couldn't have happened to a more important player on the Phillies' roster. They will have to once again walk through the muck and try to survive these next two weeks and hope that the return of Chase Utley and Shane Victorino are adequate reinforcements.


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Narcissu 2 is set about six or seven years before the events of the original Narcissu, while Setsumi was still just a regular outpatient living at home near the hospital.
We meet Himeko, a former 7th floor helper at the hospital. Cheerful and full of energy, no one expected that she would one day be a patient in the same ward that she had spent so much time volunteering at. One summer day, while Setsumi was going to the hospital for an examination, Setsumi meets Himeko, and a long summer begins…
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It's nearly impossible to go a full week without a new Android phone announced these days. Samsung, HTC, Sony, Huawei, LG and Motorola will each deliver 10-15 new Android-powered devices this year, but our focus and consumer dollars will be appropriated to only a handful of flagship phones. While Sony and LG have some amazingly designed and spec'd devices in their lineups, the most fierce Android battle of 2013 will be fought between the Samsung Galaxy S 4 and the HTC One.
Based on what we saw in 2012, Samsung will certainly have no problems getting the Galaxy S 4 into the hands of consumers. There's no denying that Samsung has found a way to market its phones to consumers and drum up demand from those looking for an Apple iPhone alternative. The brand is hip. The messaging is uplifting. And the phones deliver exactly what consumers expect.
If you've been keeping up with your tech news lately, you may have heard that the Samsung Galaxy S 4 feels more like a refresh of last year's Galaxy S III than a brand new device. That may be true for the look and feel of the hardware and software, but Samsung has done an incredible job of adding dozens of new features like Smart Pause, Smart Scroll, WatchON, S Voice Drive, Home Sync Air View, Air Gestures, S Translate, Group Play, Drama Shot, Sound Shot, Dual Camera, S Health and Adapt Display. Just to be clear, we chose to end the list there.
There are so many new software features crammed into the Galaxy S 4 that we're a bit surprised they didn't throw in something called S University to take you through an accelerated learning course on how to use all of them.
On the other side of the spectrum, we have the new HTC One. While Samsung's been flying high on record earnings reports, the past 18 months have been extremely hard on HTC. HTC was hoping to turn things around with the HTC One X and One S last year, but the devices failed to gain carrier support in the United States. (The One X was picked up by AT&T, and the One S went to T-Mobile). HTC was forced create more variants of the devices for Sprint and Verizon. In an effort to turn the tides, HTC went back to the drawing board and came up with a single device – the HTC One.
Rather than pushing out a refreshed HTC One X, HTC chose to go in a completely new direction. The company threw out its polycarbonate design in favor of an all-aluminum shell. But that wasn't the only bold move HTC made. The HTC One sports a 4 megapixel Ultrapixel sensor, which reduces the size of pictures while allowing for better performance in low light situations, instead of a camera with bumped-up megapixels. HTC even redesigned HTC Sense to make BlinkFeed the default home screen, giving consumers news and social media updates every time they turn on their phones.
In the end we're left with two flagship Android devices: the Samsung Galaxy S 4 and the HTC One. Many think that Samsung took very few chances with the Galaxy S 4, while HTC took too many with the One. Both phones offer some amazing specs and will easily outperform the best phones from 2012. From the consumer standpoint, we all win. With its massive marketing budget, Samsung will easily win the battle when it comes to handset sales. But HTC's measure of success will probably be found in the company's quarterly earnings reports and stock price.
To give you an idea of what features or phone the Android and Me writers are looking forward to the most we took a short internal poll. While our writing staff is typically all over the board when it comes to polls like this, the HTC One and its features came out as the clear winner. Our internal stats match up with our latest reader poll in which you guys picked the HTC One 3:1 over the Samsung Galaxy S 4.
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Haven't you heard? Black is the new black.
For the past six months, I was anxiously counting down the days until September 24th. Not because it was my birthday, but because I had insider information that MAC was re-releasing its Volcanic Ash Exfoliator as part of the Style Black Collection. If you're a Spoiled Pretty regular, you've probably heard me mention it once or twice…or, possibly, a million times. That's how much I adore this scrub.
I've tested an excessive amount of exfoliants, so it takes a serious scrub to even get my attention…and the Volcanic Ash Exfoliator is, hands down, the best EVER. Yes, I said ever – as in since primordial soup 'til today.
Originally released as part of MAC's Future Earth collection last summer, it became a cult classic. Those who missed out were singing the shoulda woulda coulda's. And those who got a taste were wishing they could jump in a DeLorean, rev up the Flux Capacitor and go back to June 2008 and snag a lifetime supply. I fell into the second category, rationing my Volcanic Ash Exfoliator like it was a bag of beans on a season of Survivor.
Now that MAC has answered my prayers (and even packaged it in a convenient tube), I've stocked up and I suggest you do the same. It's already sold out on maccosmetics.com, so I suggest you do your best Sherlock Holmes impression and sleuth that sh*t out (hint: Macys.com and Nordstrom.com still have it in stock).
And don't just buy one lonely tube. Ah, naw. by the time you buy one, try it, and realize you can't live without it, exfoliating fools will have wiped out the supply. So just trust me on this one, act like you're at Costco, and buy in bulk.
The Style Black collection also includes these other gems:
Volcanic Ash Thermal Mask, $19.50
Formulated with volcanic ash and natural oils, this ash-black facial mask simultaneously deep-cleanses and treats the skin. When water is added, the mask heats up and the oils instantly lubricate the skin, leaving it feeling soft and clean. Helps keep skin moist, clean, soft and evenly textured.
Mineralize Eye Shadow, $19.50
Cinderfella: Mineralize black with silver pearl (frost)
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Cream Colour Base, $16.50
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Mattene Lipstick, $14.50
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Glimmerglass Lip Gloss, $18
Bling Black: Sheer black with gold pearl (as seen at NYFW Fall 2009)
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Blackware: Creamy true black
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ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian rebels trying to fight off an army offensive in Aleppo said on Tuesday they were running low on ammunition as President Bashar al-Assad's forces encircled their stronghold at the southern entrance to the country's biggest city.
Assad, dealt another political blow on Monday with the defection of his prime minister, has reinforced his troops in preparation for an assault to recapture rebel-held districts of Aleppo after repelling fighters from most of Damascus.
"The Syrian army is trying to encircle us from two sides of Salaheddine," said Sheikh Tawfiq, one of the rebel commanders, referring to the southwestern neighbourhood which has seen heavy fighting over the last week.
Mortar fire and tank shells exploded across the district early on Tuesday, forcing rebel fighters to take cover in crumbling buildings and rubble-strewn alleyways.
Tanks have entered parts of Salaheddine and army snipers, using the cover of heavy bombardment, deployed on rooftops, hindering rebel movements.
Another rebel commander, Abu Ali, said snipers at the main Saleheddine roundabout were preventing the rebels from bringing in reinforcements and supplies. He said five of his fighters were killed on Monday and 20 wounded.
But rebels said they were still holding the main streets of Salaheddine which have been the frontline of their clashes with Assad's forces.
A fighter jet pounded targets in the eastern districts of Aleppo and artillery shelling could be heard in the early morning, an activist in Aleppo said.
"Two families, about 14 people in total, were believed killed when a shell hit their home and it collapsed this morning," the activist said. The house was one street away from a school being used by rebels, he said.
As Assad's forces battle to retake Aleppo, the president has suffered a series of setbacks including on Monday when Prime Minister Riyad Hijab denounced the "terrorist regime" in Damascus after fleeing the country.
The defection of Hijab, who like most of the opposition hails from the Sunni Muslim majority, was a further sign of the isolation of Assad's government around an inner core of powerful members of his minority Alawite sect.
Opposition figures, buoyant despite setbacks in recent weeks of fighting in the two main cities Damascus and Aleppo, spoke of an extensive and long-planned operation to spirit Hijab and his large extended family across the border to Jordan.
"I announce today my defection from the killing and terrorist regime and I announce that I have joined the ranks of the freedom and dignity revolution," Hijab said in a statement read by a spokesman on Al Jazeera television. He declared himself "a soldier in this blessed revolution".
A spokesman for U.S. President Barack Obama hailed Hijab's defection as a sign that the 40-year rule of Assad's family was "crumbling from within" and said he should step down.
Western leaders' repeated predictions of Assad's imminent collapse have so far proven premature, however.
The security forces have overwhelming superiority in firepower, which they have wielded against lightly armed rebels.
The rebels gathered momentum last month, attempting to seize Damascus and Aleppo after an audacious bomb attack killed four members of Assad's inner circle. But the government counteroffensive has been devastating, with troops largely recapturing Damascus and using helicopters and tanks to hammer rebels who still control parts of Aleppo.
The war has increasingly divided the region along its sectarian faultline, pitting the mainly-Sunni rebels, who are backed by regional Sunni-led powers Turkey and the Gulf Arab states, against a government that is backed by Shi'ite Iran.
State news agency SANA said Assad met the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, on Tuesday. It gave no details.
Iran has expressed worry about the fate of more than 40 Iranians it says are religious pilgrims kidnapped by rebels off a bus in Damascus while visiting Shi'ite shrines.
The rebels say they suspect the captives were troops sent to help Assad. A rebel spokesman in the Damascus area said on Monday three of the Iranians had been killed by government shelling, and the rest would be executed if the shelling did not stop.
Hijab's defection was the latest sign of Sunnis abandoning Assad, but there has been no sign yet that members of his mainly Alawite ruling inner circle are losing their will to fight on.
"Defections are occurring in all components of the regime save its hard inner core, which for now has given no signs of fracturing," said Peter Harling at the International Crisis Group think-tank.
"For months the regime has been eroding and shedding its outer layers, while rebuilding itself around a large, diehard fighting force," he said. "The regime as we knew it is certainly much weakened, but the question remains of how to deal with what it has become."
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Top five James Bond cars
It probably hasn't escaped your notice that there's a new James Bond film coming next week.
"Skyfall" will be the third Bond movie to star the gritty Daniel Craig, and it promises to feature a plethora of automotive cameos.
Naturally, a certain classic Aston Martin makes its appearance in Skyfall – in fact, it'll be the sixth time an Aston Martin DB5 has been used in a Bond picture – and the association between Ian Flemming's literary character and the British sports car maker is a legendary one.
But, as we all know, Q hasn't always given Bond the keys to an Aston. Lotus, BMW, Jaguar Land Rover and even British Leyland have all tasted the Bond magic by supplying JB with a tasty set of wheels.
So, to mark the release of "Skyfall", we've brought together our favourite Bond cars and their car chases over the last 50 years. Enjoy.
Aston Martin Vanquish, Die Another Day
Marking the return of the Aston Martin-Bond relationship, it featured front mounted rockets, bonnet mounted self-targeting guns and the all-important ejector seat, used unconventionally to right the car after it flipped on its roof. The V12-powered Vanquish used spiked tyres to grip during the frozen lake chase and used "adaptive camouflage" to effectively turn the Aston invisible.
BMW 750iL, Tomorrow Never Dies
Returning to find villains surrounding his BMW, Bond uses his then "smartphone" as a remote control to drive the 750iL. After jumping through the rear window onto the back seats, Bond uses the car's full arsenal of roof-mounted rockets and boot-mounted caltrops through the epic multi-story car park chase.
Aston Martin DBS, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace
The second Aston Martin in our top five, but the DBS from these two Bond films had to feature, not least because both neglected to use any on-board gadgetry (rolling in Casino Royale and surviving an onslaught from a truck in Quantum of Solace). However, they more than made up for it by sounding as good as they looked.
Lotus Esprit, The Spy Who Loved Me
The infamous Lotus that turned into a submarine had to make it into the top five. Not only does it allow Bond to foil the baddies in an all-time classic style, but he does it all while impressing his beautiful sidekick along the way. Now we just need to find out how that fish made its way in the water-tight Lotus...
Aston Martin DB5, Goldfinger
Despite their best efforts, no Bond car has come close to the iconic Aston Martin DB5 from Goldfinger. It has it all: Smoke screen, bullet shield, pop out guns and even rotating number plates. Add to that the beautiful lines of the classic DB5 and you have yourself the ultimate Bond car.
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The public is invited to attend Lander University's 2012 Student Honors Recital, set to begin at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 26, in the Josephine B. Abney Cultural Center Auditorium. The concert, which is free, will feature the talents of a dozen music students selected from auditions held in December, and works by composers from German composer J.S. Bach to American composer George Gershwin. Performers include, from left, Matt Miller, of Greenwood, clarinet; Hobson Chandler, of Greenwood, vocalist; Haley Shelton, of Ninety Six, vocalist; Tyler Lambert, of Chapin, flute; Kelly Broome, of Starr, vocalist; Corrie Woods, of Junction City, Kansas, vocalist; and Kelsie Burgin, of Abbeville, piano. Not pictured are Preston Anderson, of Greenwood, euphonium; Cody Beard, of Ninety Six, trumpet; Markela Dandy, of Graniteville, vocalist; Jessica Hart, of Starr, vocalist; and Sarah Morris, of Abbeville, cello.


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There are few things in this life I find more relaxing than a thunderstorm. There's nothing quite like the rhythmic pounding of rain on your roof accompanied by the low rumble of thunder in the distance. Unfortunately, I have yet to master the art of summoning the weather at my leisure, so when I'm craving the soothing sounds of rain, the new Raining.fm app is the next best thing.
Raining.fm is a website that exists for one purpose: to serve you with the sound of rain. It's incredibly simple, and works incredibly well. The website is clad in neon-pastel colors, and easy to understand buttons. You can adjust the amount of thunder and lightning sounds, use a built-in break or sleep timer to automatically regulate the rain and use the image button to enable background scrolling, or pause on an image you like.
Released just this week on Android (and iOS), the Raining.fm app is a perfect translation of the website into app form. The same colors, backgrounds, options, features and icons are used, keeping things simple and consistent across platforms. While it may have a bit of an iOS look to it, with buttons across the bottom, the way it functions (with vertically-sliding panels) works well, and fits in nicely on Android.
Raining.fm for Android is $1.99, but it's well worth it. My favorite part about the app is that it plays in the background, and with other audio tracks. Paired with Google Play's new All Access Music, Raining.fm is a relaxation machine. Just last night, I was lulled to sleep by the sound Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata over a gentle storm (more rain, less thunder and lightning). I can't think of a better way to end a hot, muggy spring day.
If you aren't sold on the app, visit the website and let the rain wash over you. You can come back and use the download widget below when you're done.


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Even more scream-inducing power than the 215, because why settle for "good enough" when you can take it further? And much faster. With more luxury features. For tow sports thrills, add the optional wake ballast system and get exclusive arena seating. They'll be lining up on the dock behind a velvet rope, wishing they were onboard.
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MapGrand bird's-eye view of the Centennial Exhibition grounds and the surrounding country : showing the exact location of every building connected with the great international exposition, drawn in crayon from official topographic ... Perspective map not drawn to scale. Folded title: Bird's eye view of the Centennial grounds and map of Philadelphia from the Daily Graphic of May 4th and 9th. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed. "A comprehensive distance map of the city of Philadelphia" and advertisement on verso. AACR2
- Contributor: Graphic Company
- Date: 1876
MapThe Centennial--balloon view of the grounds : [Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, 1876]
Guide to the Centennial. | Bird's-eye view of the Centennial grounds Bird's-eye view of fairgrounds. Oriented with north toward the lower left. In upper margin: Supplement to Harper's weekly, September 30, 1876. Originally catalogued in book collection under LC classification: T825.A2G8. Title panel on verso of cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy somewhat soiled esp. in margins, worn along fold lines, missing 2nd part...
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* World No. 2 struggling with collarbone issue
* Heading straight for Melbourne ahead of Australian Open
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* World No. 2 struggling with collarbone issue
* Heading straight for Melbourne ahead of Australian Open
By Will Swanton
BRISBANE, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Maria Sharapova withdrew from the Brisbane International on Tuesday due to inflammation around her collarbone and the world No. 2 is still unable to hit a serve just two weeks before the start of the Australian Open.
Sharapova, who spoke optimistically about the new season on Monday, was forced to withdraw from her second-round match against Australia's Jarmila Gajdosova in Brisbane, saying it was the "smart move" to make.
The French Open champion also pulled out of an exhibition match against Caroline Wozniacki at the end of December in Seoul because of a sore collarbone.
"That's why I had to pull out of the exhibition match I had in Korea," she said at a news conference on Tuesday.
"I had a bit of inflammation in my collarbone. My doctor in New York told me I couldn't really do much overhead training for about a week.
"So to be fair, I haven't really given myself a chance to pretty much hit any serves or anything over my head. Just been practicing groundstrokes.
"So I just kind of ran out of time here."
While the season's first grand slam is set to start on Jan. 14, Sharapova was not overly concerned about her preparations.
"I still have quite a bit of time to prepare for the Australian Open," she added. "I'm on the right track, been training really well, so I just don't want to jeopardise what I've gained in the off-season so far.
"I just have to make a smart move here."
Sharapova said she expected to travel straight to Melbourne rather than make a late entry into the Sydney International next week.
"I have my own fair share of experience, and know that it's much more important to be healthy to go into a big tournament like the Australian Open than to go into something big with a lot of matches and feel like you're not prepared health-wise," she said.
"You never know with these things. I mean, there are so many parts of the body where I'm sure if every one of us did an examination we would find a lot things wrong with us.
"But when it started getting a little too painful, I had to do a few tests. The doctor said, 'You always want to train but it's the off-season. He said I just had to calm it down for like five days.
"When I started back here I was feeling much better, but just like I said, couldn't do much overhead stuff and ran out of time."
Brisbane tournament director Cameron Pearson said Sharapova had made every effort to play.
"We feel for Maria because we saw first-hand how badly she wanted to play for the people of Brisbane," he said.
"She has been fantastic since she got here and worked hard in the gym, on court and in the medical room to do everything she could to get herself right.
"Unfortunately she didn't make it. We hope that she can recover sufficiently from the injury to take the court for the Australian Open and wish her all the best for the summer." (Editing by Peter Rutherford)


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Is there any real evidence for "Dark matter" or is it just some mathematical formulas insist it must exist?
Size and rotational speed of galaxies show that either our theory for gravitational effects is vastly wrong, or that ~80% of a galaxy's mass is matter that interacts with gravity but not electromagnetic radiation (or else extremely weakly).
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"In this country, domestic violence is just about as common as giving birth, about four million instances of each. Think about that – hopelessness and hope, equally weighted in our society – and all too often intermingled in the same woman's life … domestic violence is an unacknowledged epidemic in our country."
Donna E. Shalala, Former Secretary of Health and Human Services
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Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women and costs employers between $3 and $5 billion every year in absenteeism, lower productivity, higher turnover and health & safety costs associated with battered workers.
To learn more about the signs of domestic violence, see our OWIMS domestic violence fact sheet.
Since 1998, the Office of Women in Medicine and Science (OWIMS) {formerly the Women's Health Center of Excellence for Research, Leadership, Education} has been active in supporting education and training on the issue of Domestic Violence. Until 2009, OWIMS sponsored the Excellence Triathlon, which has raised more than $140,000 to support domestic violence awareness education and training.
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Baylor Researcher to Present at Gilliland Military Medical Lectureship on ThursdayJuly 22, 2014
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WACO, Texas (July 22, 2014) – Lea Steele, Ph.D., research professor and director of the Veterans Health Research Program in Baylor University's Institute of Biomedical Studies, is scheduled to present Thursday during the Gilliland Military Medical Lectureship at Baylor Scott & White's Temple campus.
The lectureship aims to shed light on many facets of veterans' health and wellness post-deployment.
Steele and Drew A. Helmer, M.D., director of the War Related Illness and Injury Study Center in the VA New Jersey Health Care System, will participate in a discussion and offer research findings.
Steele will present information on the nature and impact of Gulf War illness, a complex medical condition affecting about 200,000 veterans of the 1991 Gulf War, particularly the medical and population research underway at Baylor University, in conjunction with Baylor Scott and White.
Before joining the Baylor Institute of Biomedical Studies in 2010, Steele served as scientific director for the federal Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' illnesses. The committee was mandated by Congress to conduct an independent review of federal research addressing health issues facing Gulf War veterans.
As director of the Baylor Veterans' Health Research Program, Steele testified (March 12, 2013) before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on the care provided to veterans of the Gulf War.
Steele focused on Gulf War illness and said the VA has been slow to clearly and accurately acknowledge the problem and has failed to establish an effective and strategic scientific research program to address Gulf War illness research questions.
She testified that within the Department of Veterans Affairs, there appears to have been backward movement, with actions that seem intended to ignore the science and minimize the fact that there is a serious medical condition resulting from military service in the 1991 Gulf War.
"Our primary objective is to improve diagnosis and treatment for the signature health conditions that persist in military personnel after they return from serving in a warzone," she said.
The lecture will take place from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Baylor Scott & White's Medical Education Building, Lecture Hall 1, 2401 S. 31st St. in Temple, Texas. The event is free and open to the public.
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On Saturday, April 19, Marian University will host the 18th annual Midwest Cycling Classic, one of the biggest criterium races of the collegiate season. Collegiate races will begin at 8 a.m. and continue throughout the day. Citizen races for Indianapolis and the regional cycling community will begin at 1 p.m.
The course is approximately 2.5 miles (4km) long and starts and finishes at the Indy Cycloplex, home of the Major Taylor Velodrome. For a complete list of the day's events, visit the USA Cycling website.
The Classic is the kickoff to the 2014 season at the Indy Cycloplex, which will include more than 20 race days on the track and USA Cycling's Collegiate Track National Championship, BMX racing, and cyclocross events in the fall.
For the second year, Marian University is partnering with the American Diabetes Association Tour de Cure for this event. Come out to the Indy Cycloplex and cheer on our 25-time national championship cycling team! Food trucks and Sun King Beer will be on site for the day.
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The main reason that I loved this book was because it was fantasy. But the suspension was another reason. Because Gemma and Kirtak (my two fav. characters) were meant to be together from the start. But they kept trying to deny it. And it wasn't till near the end that they relized that they could not deny it. My least fav. character turned out to be Pipa. Because she betrayed Gemma. I encourage all to read the first in this trilogy
The main reason that I loved this book was because it was fantasy. But the suspension was another reason. Because Gemma and Kirtak (my two fav. characters) were meant to be together from the start. But they kept trying to deny it. And it wasn't till near the end that they relized that they could not deny it. My least fav. character turned out to be Pipa. Because she betrayed Gemma. I encourage all to read the first in this trilogy[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?great+terrible+beauty'''''A Great and Terrible Beauty'''''].
My rating: 4
My rating: 4
Revision as of 15:49, 22 June 2011
Article in Young Adult Fiction category.
Book, movie, and CD reviews that have been written by teens participating in the 2011 Teen Summer Reading Program, "You Are Here." Posted with permission of the reviewers.
Ratings are on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best.
Book Reviews
- The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
The main reason that I loved this book was because it was fantasy. But the suspension was another reason. Because Gemma and Kirtak (my two fav. characters) were meant to be together from the start. But they kept trying to deny it. And it wasn't till near the end that they relized that they could not deny it. My least fav. character turned out to be Pipa. Because she betrayed Gemma. I encourage all to read the first in this trilogy, A Great and Terrible Beauty.
My rating: 4
Review by Paige, grade 8
- The 39 Clues: The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan
The first book of the 39 clues series, the maze of bones, is a great read. Its full of action, suspense, and mystery which will keep you hooked till the very end. Although the beginning is a bit slow and some of the other families are a bit irritating it is still a wonderful book. Even though it is filled with action and suspense there are many humorous parts between the 3 main characters which gives a lighter tone to the book. Over all this is a book I recommend to anyone who loves a good mystery.
My rating: 4
Review by Clare
- Betrayals: A Strange Angel Novel by Lili St. Crow
The second book to the Strange Angels novel was....okay. It had some funny parts in it and the characters were great, none of them were boring. They all had some importance to them. The reason I was not a huge fan of the book was because it dragged on and it didn't start off in a very upbeat way. I would recommend this book to older readers (teenagers) because there is some language and it's detailed when it comes to the death of zombies or other characters. I would also recommend this book for someone who is patient and can handle a slow moving story. I'm not that kind of person, so that's why I didn't enjoy this book that well. The thing I loved about this book was three characters. Shanks the werewolf, Graves the Loup-garou, and Christophe the djamphir. I loved Shanks because he is quick to act and he stands up for himself, even against someone he fears. Graves was once a normal boy but then got bit by a werewolf, thus becoming a Loup-garou. Leader of the pack, he is quick to protect Dru against anyone. He's a smart mouth just like Shanks but they cover that with their charm. Last but not least, Christophe (who I just called Chris) is a djamphir (vampire). He is a charming, but powerful vampire. He has powers none could believe, but you never know when he's using them. He is a mysterious person that I have some suspicions on but you have to read it too see if you agree. If you have the patience. ;)
My rating: 3
Review by Marlayna
- Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
If you enjoyed the Hunger Games trilogy or into science-fiction novels, then this first book of three is perfect for you. Set in the future about a girl named Tally, the book focuses on her difficult process of turning pretty - what all 16-year-olds are turned to by the government. However, after meeting a friend named Shay, her dream of turning pretty is changed forever.
A thriller of adventure and suspense - a must read for the summer!
Review by Anonymous
- Pegasus by Robin McKinley
Robin McKinley has written many good books (The Blue Sword, The Hero and the Crown) and though this one has some beautiful moment, it's not on the same level as some of her other works. This book was an interesting read, if you can get past the beginning. The start is very slow paced, and the first 30 or so pages are descriptions of the world this book is set in, and how the humans and pegasi met and formed their Alliance. After that period of almost nothing but the settings and characters being formed, and a long history explained, the pacing picks up. The middle is very well-written and entertaining, with beautiful descriptions of the pegasus' land, especially of their caves. The action continues from there, but the book ends right in the middle of a moment of tension, and you can't help but wonder why the author chose to end it there. It felt so incomplete, like all the characters were left balancing on the edge of a cliff, and you didn't know whether they would fall or not.
My rating: 3
Review by Kayleigh
- The Cat Who . . . series by Lillian Jackson Braun
These are the coolest books in the universe. I would recommend these books to anyone who likes mystery, humor, and of course cats!
My rating: 5
Review by Shelia, grade 8
- Monster High by Lisi Harrison
It starts with Melody and Frankie as new girls and learning to fit in at the high school. Melody is a normal girl in an area that is filled with Monsters, though people don\'t know that. Frankie was created by her parents and is one of the monsters, but she just wants to be who she is not some put on person. Her naivete coupled with her pop culture knowledge made her a great character to watch develop. Melody on the other hand was an ordinary girl until her father helped her along with some cosmetic surgery, now she is the girl all the girls are jealous of at her new school and this causes problems. Not to mention the one guy she is interested in seems to have two very different sides. There has been recent Monster Sightings in Oregan. Melody thinks that the guy she likes is in very close connections with them. Melody and Frankie have a time they meet but they don\'t really pay attention to each other until something weird happens in Merston High (the school they go to). This story is very funny and interesting. It will keep you hooked to the book.
My rating: 5
Review by Annesha, grade 6
- Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Love, Stargirl is overall a very good book. It was a fairly easy read. I almost didn't want to stop because of the lovely descriptions. It is in the young adult section, but I think that 10, 11, and 12 year-olds could easily read this. It is the sequel to Stargirl and I highly recommend it. Love, Stargirl was from a different point of view from its predecessor, Stargirls. I especially loved the hint of romance.
My rating: 4
Review by Hannah
- Stormbreaker: The Graphic Novel by Anthony Horowitz
Stormbreaker: The Graphic Novel was overall great. However, I do recommend reading the actual Stormbreaker book beforehand because the graphic novel was unclear at times. It did stay close to the plot-line most of the time but sometimes strayed away. Although, I do recommend reading this because it helps you put a good picture in your mind.
My rating: 4
Review by Hannah
- My Life as a Book by Janet Tashjian
I liked the book because it was fun, and the writing was good. It was about a boy named Derek who didn't want to work during the summer. His parents had different plans though. They think that the ideal summer would be better spent off at a reading camp. It was very good and would recommend it to anyone even a few ten year olds who would enjoy it.
My rating: 4
Review by Deija
- Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos by R.L. Lafeuers
This book was very good. Percy Jackson and Harry Potter lovers will die for this book. It's about a girl named Theodosia that removes curses on her family's museum. She finds ancient Egyptian curses within her parent's artifacts, then one day, after hiding this secret, she stumbles on a secret society that deals with curses. This secret society also deals with the serpents of chaos, an evil organization that uses their magic to try to take over the world. I love this book because of its exciting plot, and fair share of clif hangers. If you are a fantasy lover then you will love this book.
My rating: 4
Review by Abbey