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Two Unitarian Universalists—Diane Bassett and Jennifer Greene—have created a food-education curriculum designed to support the UUA's 2011 Statement of Conscience on ethical eating.
Titled, "Demonstrating Our Values Through Eating," or DOVE, the curriculum has six sessions of one-and-a-half to two hours, which include discussions on food marketing, climate change, food-worker justice, nutrition, food insecurity, and other food-related topics.
Greene said the course can also be used for individual study. It is not just for vegetarians, she noted. "It will be useful for people no matter where they are on the continuum of current food choices."
The first session is an orientation. The second is a viewing of the documentary Food Stamped, which must be purchased or obtained from a library. Several sessions involve cooking, so a kitchen is needed. The curriculum itself is free online.
A Planning/Publicity Kit includes a timeline for promoting the course and preparing for it. Greene can be reached at jrg123 at optonline.net.


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Former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul says the election system is rigged and the 'Deep State' manipulates everything at the expense of the people's will.
It is all leading to danger for America's security and the loss of freedom and liberty.
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Former congressman Ron Paul is outspoken. When he retired from Congress, he called lawmakers psychopathic authoritarians to their faces. He's also called Donald Trump an authoritarian and asserted Hillary Clinton could have run as a Republican. And just last week, Paul took aim at the foundational structure of American 'democracy.'
In a recent episode of his web show, the Liberty Report, Ron Paul discussed the Department of Homeland Security's decision last month to take a more active role in U.S. elections. Secretary Jeh Johnson said he was "considering whether elections should be classified as 'critical infrastructure,' affording them the same kinds of enhanced protections that the banking system and the electrical grid receive," POLITICO reported.
The potential move came on the heels of the notorious DNC leak in July, which exposed intentions within the Democratic Party to manipulate the primary race against Senator Bernie Sanders. Politicians and the media quickly blamed the hack on Russia, failing to cite conclusive proof of their allegations yet spawning the narrative that the Kremlin and other foreign threats could compromise U.S. elections.
On his show, Paul took issue with the notion that the Department of Homeland Security, an agency riddled with incompetence and failed objectives — case in point, the TSA — is capable of securing U.S. elections.
Speaking on DHS's decision to become more involved in the process following the DNC hack, Ron Paul offered a scathing indictment of the federal organization, arguing it will capitalize on troubling events to seize power:
"They may have false flags and they may do a lot of things, but no matter how an emergency comes up, they're going to make use of it. And the use of it isn't to say 'Hey, how are we going to protect the American people?' Are they worrying, when they talk about doing something about rigged elections, [that] the votes are counted? No, they're making sure that the votes aren't counted and they're irrelevant and the government has all this power."
Ron Paul speaks about rigged elections from personal experience. In 2012, when he ran for president within the Republican Party, he was silenced by the media and the political establishment. Primaries and caucuses in Maine and other states showed irregularities, and at more than one caucus event, the lights were simply turned off when Paul supporters stood up to Republican leadership. At another caucus, police assaulted and arrested them.
"The elections don't matter. This is a ritual that we go through," Paul observed last week. Instead, he referenced a seemingly omnipotent power much more influential than the 'will of the people.'
"My belief is that the control is the Deep State, and people have to realize that," he said.
Michael Lofgren, a former Republican congressional aide, has written extensively on the Deep State and describes it as "a hybrid entity of public and private institutions ruling the country according to consistent patterns in season and out, connected to, but only intermittently controlled by, the visible state whose leaders we choose."
Lofgren continues:
"The Deep State does not consist of the entire government. It is a hybrid of national security and law enforcement agencies: the Department of Defense, the Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Justice Department."
Lofgren notes the financial system is also under the influence of the Deep State and that certain areas of the judicial system, namely, the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, are manipulated by the opaque, shadowy apparatus.
As Ron Paul observed:
"Those powers are already there and I think those individuals who are behind the scenes who really find out what the policies are going to be, regardless of who's in office, know exactly what we argue: that this place, our country, and our financial system and foreign policy is very precarious and something terrible is going to happen."
One of those things, he argued, is the continued usurpation of civil liberties:
"This is where the real enemy is right now. Sure, we have to have a national defense. But I don't agitate and read and study and try to change people's minds because I think somebody is going to invade us. I want to change foreign policy so we are less in danger. But really, the greatest danger since 9/11 has been the taking away of our liberties. Our civil liberties have been undermined. This will only add fuel to the problems we have already."
He concluded:
"We do accept the notion that our elections are rigged, but we certainly don't come down on the side of believing that the Department of Homeland Security and the TSA will unrig our elections."
"It is a distressing thing to think that — [this is probably a] true statement — no matter what you do [with] your vote, whether you vote or not, the Deep State is in charge and that is what we have to deal with."
Nevertheless, Paul remained positive:
"But it is good to be politically active, to preach this message, to show people exactly what the government's doing to us and why we should be involved."
"But of course, the whole purpose, in the end, has to be that we change our economic philosophy, we change our attitude about protection of our civil liberties, and we change our attitude about getting involved in the internal affairs of other nations, occupying other countries, and being involved in nation-building. If we do those three little things then, believe me, the world would be much more peaceful and we would all be much more prosperous."
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Keith Olbermann: Special Comment on Hillary Clinton
Olbermann Says Clinton "Campaigning Like a Republican"
By Keith Olbermann / MSNBC / March 12, 2008
Finally, as promised, a Special Comment on the presidential campaign of the Junior Senator from New York.
By way of necessary preface, President and Senator Clinton — and the Senator's mother, and the Senator's brother — were of immeasurable support to me at the moments when these very commentaries were the focus of the most surprise, the most uncertainty, and the most anger.
My gratitude to them is abiding.
Also, I am not here endorsing Senator Obama's nomination, nor suggesting it is inevitable.
Thus I have fought with myself over whether or not to say anything.
Senator, as it has reached its apex in their tone-deaf, arrogant, and insensitive reaction to the remarks of Geraldine Ferraro… your own advisors are slowly killing your chances to become President.
Senator, their words, and your own, are now slowly killing the chances for any Democrat to become President.
In your tepid response to this Ferraro disaster, you may sincerely think you are disenthralling an enchanted media, and righting an unfair advance bestowed on Senator Obama.
You may think the matter has closed with Representative Ferraro's bitter, almost threatening resignation.
But in fact, Senator, you are now campaigning, as if Barock Obama were the Democrat, and you… were the Republican.
As Shakespeare wrote, Senator — that way… madness… lies.
You have missed a critical opportunity to do… what was right.
No matter what Ms. Ferraro now claims, no one took her comments out of context.
She had made them on at least three separate occasions, then twice more on television this morning.
Just hours ago, on NBC Nightly News, she denied she had made the remarks in an interview — only at a paid political speech.
In fact, the first time she spoke them, was ten days before the California newspaper published them… not in a speech, but in a radio interview.
On February 26th, quoting…
"If Barack Obama were a white man, would we be talking about this, as a potential real problem for Hillary? If he were a woman of any color, would he be in this position that he's in? Absolutely not."
The context was inescapable.
Two minutes earlier, a member of Senator Clinton's Finance Committee, one of her "Hill-Raisers," had bemoaned the change in allegiance by Super-Delegate John Lewis from Clinton to Obama, and the endorsement of Obama by Senator Dodd.
"I look at these guys doing it," she had said, "and I have to tell you, it's the guys sticking together."
A minute after the "color" remarks, she was describing herself as having been chosen for the 1984 Democratic ticket, purely as a woman politician, purely to make history.
She was, in turn, making a blind accusation of sexism — and dismissing Senator Obama's candidacy as nothing more than an Equal Opportunity stunt.
The next day she repeated her comments to a reporter from the newspaper in Torrance, California.
"If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept."
And when this despicable statement — ugly in its overtones, laughable in its weak grip of facts, and moronic in the historical context — when it floats outward from the Clinton Campaign like a poison cloud, what do the advisors have their candidate do?
Do they have Senator Clinton herself compare the remark to Al Campanis talking on Nightline… on Jackie Robinson day… about how blacks lacked the necessities to become baseball executives, while she points out that Barock Obama has not gotten his 1600 delegates as part of some kind of Affirmative Action plan?
Do they have Senator Clinton note that her own brief period in elected office, is as irrelevant to the issue of judgment as is Senator Obama's…
…while she points out that FDR had served only six years as a governor and state Senator before he became President?
Or that Teddy Roosevelt had four-and-a-half years before the White House?
Or that Woodrow Wilson had two years and six weeks?
Or Richard Nixon… fourteen… and Calvin Coolidge 25?
Do these advisors have Senator Clinton invoke Samantha Power — gone by sunrise after she used the word "monster" — and have Senator Clinton say, "this is how I police my campaign and this is what I stand for," while she fires former Congresswoman Ferraro from any role the campaign?
Somebody tells her that simply disagreeing with and rejecting the remarks is sufficient.
And she should then call, "regrettable", words that should make any Democrat retch.
And that she should then try to twist them, first into some pox-on-both-your-houses plea to 'stick to the issues,' and then to let her campaign manager try to bend them beyond all recognition, into Senator Obama's fault.
And thus these advisers give Congresswoman Ferraro nearly a week in which to send Senator Clinton's campaign back into the vocabulary… of David Duke.
"Any time anybody does anything that in any way pulls this campaign down and says let's address reality and the problems we're facing in this world, you're accused of being racist, so you have to shut up.
"Racism works in two different directions. I really think they're attacking me because I'm white.
"How's that?"
How's that?
Apart from sounding exactly like Rush Limbaugh attacking the black football quarterback Donovan McNabb?
Apart from sounding exactly like what Ms. Ferraro said about another campaign, nearly twenty years ago?
"President Reagan suggested Tuesday that people don't ask Jackson tough questions because of his race. And former representative Geraldine A. Ferraro (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that because of his "radical" views, "if Jesse Jackson were not black, he wouldn't be in the race."
So… apart from sounding like insidious racism that is at least two decades old?
Apart from rendering ridiculous, Senator Clinton's shell-game about choosing Obama as Vice President?
Apart from this evening's resignation letter?
"I am stepping down from your finance committee so I can speak for myself and you can continue to speak for yourself about what is at stake in this campaign.
"The Obama campaign is attacking me to hurt you."
Apart from all that?
Well. It sounds as if those advisors want their campaign to be associated with those words, and the cheap… ignorant… vile… racism that underlies every syllable…
And that Geraldine Ferraro has just gone free-lance.
Senator Clinton:
This is not a campaign strategy.
This is a suicide pact.
This week alone, your so-called strategists have declared that Senator Obama has not yet crossed the "commander-in-chief threshold"…
But — he might be your choice to be Vice President, even though a quarter of the previous sixteen Vice Presidents have become commander-in-chief during the greatest kind of crisis this nation can face: a mid-term succession.
But you'd only pick him if he crosses that threshold by the time of the convention.
But if he does cross that threshold by the time of the convention, he will only have done so sufficiently enough to become Vice President, not President.
Senator, if the serpentine logic of your so-called advisors were not bad enough…
Now, thanks to Geraldine Ferraro, and your campaign's initial refusal to break with her, and your new relationship with her — now more disturbing still with her claim that she can now "speak for herself" about her vision of Senator Obama as some kind of embodiment of a quota…
If you were to seek Obama as a Vice President, it would be, to Ms. Ferraro, some kind of social engineering gesture, some kind of racial make-good.
Do you not see, Senator?
To Senator Clinton's supporters, to her admirers, to her friends for whom she is first choice, and her friends for whom she is second choice, she is still letting herself be perceived as standing next to, and standing by, racial divisiveness and blindness…
And worst yet, after what President Clinton said during the South Carolina primary, comparing the Obama and Jesse Jackson campaigns — a disturbing, but only borderline remark…
After what some in the black community have perceived as a racial undertone to the "3 A-M" ad… a disturbing — but only borderline interpretation…
And after that moment's hesitation in her own answer on 60 Minutes about Obama's religion — a disturbing, but only borderline vagueness…
After those precedents, there are those who see a pattern… false, or true.
After those precedents, there are those who see an intent… false, or true.
After those precedents, there are those who see the Clinton campaign's anything-but-benign neglect of this Ferraro catastrophe — falsely or truly — as a desire to hear the kind of casual prejudice which still haunts this society voiced… and to not distance the campaign from it.
To not distance you from it, Senator!
To not distance you… from that which you as a woman, and Senator Obama as an African-American, should both know and feel with the deepest of personal pain!
Which you should both fight with all you have!
Which you should both insure, has no place in this contest!
This, Senator Clinton, is your campaign, and it is your name.
Grab the reins back from whoever has led you to this precipice, before it is too late.
Voluntarily or inadvertently, you are still awash in this filth.
Your only reaction has been to disagree, reject, and to call it regrettable.
Her only reaction has been to brand herself as the victim, resign from your committee, and insist she will continue to speak.
Unless you say something definitive, Senator, the former Congresswoman is speaking with your approval.
You must remedy this.
And you must… reject… and denounce… Geraldine Ferraro.
Good night, and good luck.


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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Shrinkage in multi-level hierarchical models
In a previous post and in a video, I used baseball data to illustrate some ideas about shrinkage and multiple comparisons in hierarchical models. Here I take it a step further, to multi-level hierarchical models, to illustrate shrinkage of estimates within different levels of the model.
Background: Consider the sport of baseball, in which players have opportunities at bat during a season of games, and occasionally hit the ball. In Major League Baseball, players typically hit the ball on about 24% of their opportunities at bat. That ratio, of hits (H) divided by opportunities at bat (AB), is called the "batting average" of each player. Players also must play a position in the field when the other team is at bat. Some fielding positions are specialized and those players are expected to focus on those skills, not necessarily on hitting. In particular, pitchers are not expected to be strong hitters, and catchers might also not be expected to focus so much on hitting. (But I'm no baseball aficionado, so please forgive any inadvertent insults or errors! My thanks to colleagues Ed Hirt and Jim Sherman for tutoring me in some of the basics of baseball rules.)
Our goal is to estimate the underlying probability of getting a hit by each player, based on their hits H, at bats AB, and primary position. The model will put each player's estimated hitting ability (i.e., probability of getting a hit) under a distribution for the primary position, and put those position distributions under an overarching distribution across all positions. Here is a diagram of the hierarchical model. It should be scanned from the bottom up, as described next.
The data are from 948 players in the 2012 regular season of Major League Baseball. Thanks to Matthew Maenner for posting a comment explaining how to download the data. The model simultaneously estimates 948 + 9*2 + 4 = 970 parameters.
Summary: With multi-level hierarchical models, there is shrinkage within each level. In this model, there was shrinkage of the position parameters toward each other, as illustrated by the pitcher and catcher distributions. And there was shrinkage of the player parameters within each position, as shown by various examples above. The model also provided some strong inferences about player abilities based on position alone, as illustrated by the estimates for individual players with few at bats.
Monday, November 12, 2012
Video: Bayesian Methods Interpret Data Better
Another 15 minute talk, (to be) presented at the Psychonomic Society Special Session on Improving the Quality of Psychological Science. This talk briefly discusses sequential testing, the goal of achieving precision (as opposed to rejecting a null value), and multiple comparisons. The video can be found here.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Video: Bayesian estimation supersedes the t test
Bayesian estimation supersedes the t test in 15 minutes of video.
For the complete info, see the article and software at this site.
For the complete info, see the article and software at this site.
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In the article, Concepts – Parental Phasing, I explained why it's so important to have at least one, if not both of your parents DNA tested in addition to your own DNA. Having at least one parent tested allows you to determine, at least for the matches that match both of you, which side the genetic ancestral connection is from, assuming the match is only from one side.
At GedMatch, you can utilize the kit of you and one parent to subtract out the DNA of your known parent. The results are the other half of your DNA, that of your missing parent. Now, this technology isn't perfect. Let's say for example that you have your mother, as I do, but not your father. At one location, you and your mother both have an A and a T. There is no way to know whether you inherited the A or the T from your mother, and which one you inherited from your father, so these situations are unresolvable.
So are areas where they are no-calls or bad reads.
In other studies that I've been involved with, we can obtain a significant amount of your half of the other parents' DNA, around 40% of their entire DNA sequence. So that's certainly better than nothing, given that you only have 50% of their DNA to begin with.
A New Series – Managing Autosomal DNA Matches
I'm going to step through how to create a second phased parent at GedMatch, because you're going to need to do this for one of the upcoming Concepts Series – Managing Autosomal DNA Matches articles. Yes indeed, I'm introducing a new series soon – and this article is to help you prepare!
Test Your Parents and Close Family Members Now!
So here's a big hint for the new series. If you have a parent who has not yet tested, now is the time to order that test. You can test at Family Tree DNA or at Ancestry and then transfer your results to Family Tree DNA and GedMatch. However, if you order from Ancestry, make sure to read this article first to understand fully the rights you are conveying to Ancestry. Also, Ancestry is changing to a new chip, and we're not sure how compatible their new autosomal file will be with either Family Tree DNA or GedMatch, and we won't know until after those vendors have had some time to evaluate the new chip file results, so perhaps Family Tree DNA would be the safer bet right now for new tests, because you will need to transfer your parents results to both Family Tree DNA and GedMatch. Yes, you will need your known relatives results in both locations, because relatives help identify match and triangulation groups.
So, order that kit today so you'll have results and can fully participate in the new series' exercises. We'll we walking through matching, phasing and triangulation vendor by vendor one step at a time to create your own matching DNA Master file.
No Parents to Test? You're NOT Out of Luck!
If you don't have either parent, you're not entirely out of luck. You won't be able to participant in parental phasing, BUT, you will be able to participate in other types of phasing and matching. In order to do this, you'll need to test as many of your relatives as possible, beginning with testing as many half or full siblings as possible.
Test any grandparents, aunts, uncles, great-aunts, great-uncles and any and all cousins that you can find and arm-twist (in the nicest way of course) too, because their matches will help you – and that goes for whether you have one, both or neither parent tested.
The only people in your family you don't need to test are people both of whose parents have tested, or the relevant parent (to you) has tested.
For example, if your first cousin has tested, you don't need her child too, because that child inherited half of your first cousin's DNA, and you already have that in your first cousin's test. However, your first cousin's sibling is an entirely different matter, and you'll want to test as many cousins (and their siblings) as you can find.
Creating a Parent at GedMatch
To create a phased parent, you'll need your kit and the kit of one of your parents. If you have both parents tested, you don't need to do this.
Sign into your GedMatch account and select the Phasing option, 6th from the top.
Enter the kit number of the child, which is you, and the kit number of the parent whose DNA you do have.
Click on generate.
When the utility is finished, you will receive the following message.
GedMatch has created a phased maternal and paternal kit with the leading letters PM (for 23andMe kits), PT (for Family Tree DNA kits) and PA (for Ancestry kits) and the trailing letters P1 and M1. P1=Paternal and M1=Maternal.
The kit number of the child is imbedded inbetween PM and P1, so for example in PT524738P1.
These phased kits, because they are only "half kits," can be utilized to determine which of your matches are from which side of your family.
I wrote about how to do that in the article titled, Phasing Yourself.
But let's be very clear here, a phased kit is never as good as the real McCoy, so by all means, get that parent tested if at all possible.
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text: Suppose a system could help alert people to online sexual predators? Many might like that. But suppose that same system could allow people to look for gun purchasers, government critics, activists of any sort; what would we say then? The tension between these possibilities is before us. Mashable reports that Facebook and other platforms are now monitoring chats to see whether criminal activity is suspected. The article focuses on the child predator use case. Words are scanned for danger signals. Then "The software pays more attention to chats between users who don't already have a well-established connection on the site and whose profile data indicate something may be wrong, such as a wide age gap. The scanning program is also 'smart' — it's taught to keep an eye out for certain phrases found in the previously obtained chat records from criminals including sexual predators." After a flag is raised a person decides whether to notify police. The other uses of such a system are not discussed in the article. Yet again, we smash our heads against the speech, security, privacy walls. I expect some protests and some support for the move. Blood may spill on old battlegrounds. Nonetheless, I think that the problems the practice creates merit the fight. The privacy harms and the speech harms mean that even if there are small "false positives" in the sexual predator realm, why a company gets to decide to notify police, how the system might be co-opted for other uses, and the affect on people's ability to talk online should be sorted as social platforms start to implement monitoring systems.


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Hudson's Cue Sports aims to add a degree of fresh realism in contrast to Gameloft's Midnight Pool, which is a much more light-hearted affair. Will its boast of Wi-Fi support and extensive game modes give it the edge as the definitive cue sports game on WiiWare?
The main mode and attraction of Cue Sports has to be 'Matchup', which offers Wii owners the chance to play variations of well-known cue sports, including Snooker, 9 Ball, 'Rotation' and 8 Ball (commonly known as 'Pool'). The first game, Snooker, is played on a large table with six pockets, and involves the alternate pocketing of red and coloured balls, with each giving different points (red being the lowest at 1 point and black being the highest at 7). These points tally up a score that decides the winner of the frame after every ball has been cleared. This mode offers a lot of entertainment, especially when playing with/against a friend, whereas playing against the computer lacks a little bit of personality and can get quite dull after a while. The other three modes in Matchup offer something a little different which ensures the formula doesn't become too stale. Don't worry if you're not accustomed with the rules of each game type though, as a brief explanation is given when choosing your mode of play.
Obviously the key to making an enjoyable snooker game lies in how successfully the Wii Remote is utilised as the sole controller, and thankfully Cue Sports doesn't disappoint too much here. Similar to the aforementioned Midnight Pool, the game employs the Wii Remote to act as a virtual cue, asking you to pull the controller back and thrust it forward to manipulate the power of the shot, after using the D-Pad to alter the direction and using the Remote's pointer to choose a position on the ball to hit. This permits the player to realistically add spin or perform a trick shot. This control method works well for the most part, but there is a noticeable issue with using the D-Pad to choose the direction. Most likely because of the developers' intention to allow for very precise shots, moving the cue left and right can take a ridiculously lengthy time because it slows down as it moves over each ball on the table. This can result in the cue taking up to 15 seconds just to rotate 360°, and becomes very tedious, especially at the start of games when the balls are scattered everywhere on the table. The D-Pad is also used to manage how hard the ball is hit. This allows for more precise power-gauging since using the Remote for power isn't quite as intricate as it probably should be -- pulling back not always being recognised by the game.
A significant issue lies in the camera: when taking a shot, a first-person view is always shown with the option to have a top-down view of the table. This can be very restrictive, and a more free-form camera would have been much appreciated for tougher shots.
Impressively, the game offers many more modes, including Practice, where you can learn the basic controls as well as how to play each of the four main games. In addition to this a Puzzle mode is present, offering 50 challenges of increasing difficulty, with each new one unlocked after finishing the previous puzzle; an example of an early challenge requires two balls to be pocketed using a single shot, and each challenge following this employs the same format. Within this mode a nice little addition is the 'Create a Puzzle' option, allowing the player to create their own challenges along the same lines as the pre-made puzzles. Although a welcome feature that undoubtedly adds to the game's longevity, it doesn't go quite far enough in taxing the player's imagination, offering fairly limited customisation options, which is a bit of a shame. It also doesn't feature a story mode, which is a bit of a mystery considering the multitude of other game modes.
Notable are the extensive options, most of which allow modifications to individual games within Matchup. Also, when choosing how many players will be participating, you can add a handicap to any player (COM or human-controlled), allowing those unfamiliar with the concept of the game to join in on the fun. Following this, you have the option to change to one of three venues, as well as the ability to alter the ball set, table design and racks (frames) needed to win a game. Unfortunately, none of these options can be previewed before entering a game, so it's basically a backwards-forwards job from a new game to the main menu so you can see all it has to offer in this department. This customisation is much appreciated, especially in Practice, which allows many rules to be altered and gives the player an opportunity to set up games just the way he/she wants. Additionally, a simple but worthwhile addition to Cue Sports is the ability to save a replay of any shot you make and then watch it from the main menu, with more than enough spaces available to save your favourite shots.
Cue Sports' most noticeable flaws lie in its overall presentation. The sound, while suiting the nature of the game, is very repetitive with the same one or two jazz tracks being constantly played. It's catchy enough but it would have been nice to see a few other pieces of music being thrown in to mix it up a bit. The graphics are solid and consistent throughout, but it's fairly standard stuff really and lacks any real charm. As a result of this, Cue Sports gives off a very dull and uninspired vibe, with atmosphere being practically non-existent during games. This is especially clear when we compare it with the over-the-top charm of Midnight Pool's characters and varied locations.
A much appreciated feature of Cue Sports is the addition of online play via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, which was noticeably absent from Gameloft's pool title. Within this mode you can choose to play each of the four main game types against another player or team up with someone else for 2v2 games. Although finding a game through the standard worldwide search proved unsuccessful on several attempts, the matches which were completed online went very smoothly, without any lag whatsoever and minimal loading screens throughout the frames. A 45-second timer prevents the player having to wait too long for their next chance to have a shot, as a foul is committed if an attempt is not made within this limit. This online mode may be the feature that gives Wii owners a reason to download Hudson's game over Midnight Pool.
On the whole, Cue Sports is a solid adaption of the 'sport'. Although playing by yourself is enjoyable enough, 4-player multiplayer is great fun and will be the main reason you'll be coming back to it again for a few frames now and then. For 800 Wii points Cue Sports offers enough modes and features to satisfy the pricing. However, the game is definitely not perfect - the presentation is considerably lacking and the controls could be slightly more polished than their current state, but this certainly doesn't detract from the substantial package you're receiving.
For die-hard fans of snooker, billiards and pool, Cue Sports does the job nicely and may even be preferred to Midnight Pool because of its more serious nature and the addition of full on-line multiplayer. If you can overlook the flaws there's a very rewarding game here that offers something a little different for newcomers as well as veterans of the genre. If only Hudson had been able to match the charm and atmosphere found in Midnight Pool it would have made the whole package a bit more enticing.


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For the student with a spiritual mind-set or is already a member of the clergy, earning a Christian counseling degree can be a great way to blend psychological and theological insights and can potentially add valuable knowledge to your existing skills. BLS data reports that the projected growth rate is 3% for members of the clergy, which is a great motivating factor for choosing a pastoral counseling degree program. In fact, entry-level jobs require a bachelor degree, so earning a Christian Counseling degree could be potentially helpful in a future job search. Find the right Christian counseling graduate programs for you. (Source: BLS.gov)
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Christian counseling approaches psychological counseling through the lens of the Bible. Christian counselors may work with individuals, families, or larger populations to provide guidance on issues ranging from marriage and addiction to depression. Because they are providing counseling that is derived from the Bible, professionals often work for Christian churches, schools or other organizations. The 3 foundations of a Christian Counseling degree as seen in this illustration are: psychology, psychotherapy and the bible.
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Mitchel Resnick is the LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the head of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab. His research group is best known for inventing two blockbuster educational technologies: the programmable bricks used in the LEGO Mindstorms robotics kits and Scratch, a computer programming language that allows children to create and share interactive stories, games and animations. The Hechinger Report talked to him about whether technology is changing education for better or worse.
Question: Millions of kids around the world are using your simplified computer programming language, Scratch. I once read that Scratch accounts for 10 percent of all visits to MIT websites. What's worked and what hasn't?
Answer: One of the reasons for Scratch's success is that it's really easy to mix together different animations, photographs and graphics. And you can share them in an online community and see what other people have created. In our mind, two of the most important aspects of any learning experience are creating and collaborating.
But the creating and the collaborating were in two separate worlds. You had to download the Scratch software and create on your own computer. Then, when you went online to the Scratch community you would see a project and wonder, "Oh, can I make a little change to that?" You'd have to download it to your local machine, then if you wanted to share it with others, you'd have to upload it to the website. It was frustrating.
In May (2013) we introduced Scratch 2.0, the biggest change since we launched Scratch in 2007. Now you can create inside a web browser. If I like one character in your project, I can just grab that character and bring it into my project. It's much easier to share and remix.
Q: What ages are using it?
A: Scratch is usually for kids eight years and up. But we're working on a Scratch Junior version for younger kids, ages five to seven, that will launch next year in 2014. We have a National Science Foundation grant, along with a colleague at Tufts University, Marina Bers, to develop it.
Q: Do you make money from Scratch and LEGO Mindstorms?
A: Since Scratch is free, my group and I don't financially benefit from it. I don't have any financial interest in any LEGO products, but I do serve on the board of LEGO Education, and I receive a stipend for that.
Q: Should every kid learn to program? Or are we in the midst of a senseless computer programming fad in schools?
A: In the last year, there's been a lot of excitement about learning to code. New York City Mayor Bloomberg made it his New Year's resolution that he was going to learn to code. The country of Estonia said [it is] going to teach all of its first graders to code.
It's important for everyone to learn to code in same way that it's important to learn to write. Coding, like writing, can help you organize your thinking. As people learn to code, they think systematically. They start to identify bugs and problems and fix them in ways that carry over to other activities. You learn basic strategies for solving problems, designing projects and communicating ideas. That will be useful to you even if you don't grow up to be a programmer, but a journalist or a marketing manager or a community organizer. We sometimes say, it's not so much about learning to code, but coding to learn. As you code, it's helping you learn other things.
Q: What are you working on now?
A: I taught an online course this last spring for the first time. I generally haven't been so excited about the way many people are doing online courses. A lot of the conventional MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), for my taste, are focused too much on information delivery. But I figured rather than complaining about it, I should try it and see what I would do.
Along with a couple of colleagues, we created a course called, "Learning creative learning." The idea was to help people learn about creative learning environments. It was meant primarily for educators.
We wanted it to be different than a lot of the conventional MOOCs. We tried to see how we could create an online course that focuses more on interacting with peers and working on projects. I wouldn't say we came up with the perfect online course. But for me, it's been a great learning experience.
One of the things we really liked about it was that at the end of the course, participants wanted to continue interacting with each other. Although it started as a course, it became a community. In my mind, that's exactly what I think is best about online interactions – being part of a community.
Q: How many people signed up? And how many completed?
A: Completed is hard to answer. We did not give any type of certification or credits for this course.
That's another thing that has worried me about online courses. They invest so much energy into credits and ways of assessing, that it takes away from other aspects of the learning experience.
In particular, if you're going to give credit or some type of online credential for a course, then, of course, you have to do some type of assessment. And if you're going to do an assessment of a large number of people, it limits the activities that you're able to assess. It's easiest to assess things that have yes/no answers, true/false or multiple choice. We wanted to avoid that. It's much harder to assess a design project or a written essay.
But to answer your question, something like 25,000 people signed up. But that's inflated. We spread the word about the course by sending out a few tweets. Then it got covered on some blogs that weren't so relevant to the course. So lots of people registered and they quickly saw that this wasn't the right thing for them. About 10,000 people took the step of registering in a Google-plus community that we set up for the class. That's probably a better measure of who signed up. Some were active participants. A lot of other people were just lurking. In the low thousands participated in some ongoing way.
Q: Will you teach a MOOC again?
A: Yes, we'll do the course again, probably next spring, but what's most interesting to us is how to sustain this community. We'll probably get some members of the community to play some role in the course. We're now seeing the course as introduction to the community.
Q: What do you think of so-called adaptive learning, where computers tailor instruction for each student?
A: Clearly there are some advantages at having certain things personalized for you. As long as it's some options, choices and suggestions, then it's okay. But I wouldn't want to be limited only to what a machine suggests for me. If it's central to my experience, if I'm categorized in a certain way and pushed down a certain path, it could make a much worse experience for me.
The machine could have students avoid things they might have been interested in. If the machine is trying to make a guess, based on how I answered one question, what would be appropriate to show me next, even if you and I answer a question the same way, it could be for different reasons. Even if we make the same mistake on the same question, it might be for different reasons. When a machine tries to make suggestions for you, a lot of time it's wrong. It can be more frustrating than it's worth. I personally tend to be somewhat skeptical when the machines try to be too intelligent.
One other caution would be, it's great to have things that are specialized for me, but it's also great to be part of a greater community.
I sometimes worry [that] it's very easy for computers to give feedback these days. It's seen as this great thing. Students are filling out answers to problem sets and exams. Right away it shows them if they're right or wrong and they can get feedback right away, which can influence what they do next. Getting feedback is great. I'm all for feedback.
My concern, it's only easy to give feedback on certain types of knowledge and certain types of activity. I think there's a real risk, that we as a society, are going to end up giving too much privilege to the types of knowledge and the types of activity that are most easily evaluated and assessed computationally.
Q: Are you worried about more multiple-choice worksheets in our schools?
A: if that's the result, then it's a really bad result.
Q: What do you think of using data to influence instruction? Using big data sets to change how schools teach kids?
A: To be honest, being at a place like MIT, people here are focused a lot at looking at data and treat data in a very privileged way. I'm often on the side of saying, "Wait a minute. We shouldn't be designing everything just on the data." Yes, we should take advantage of the data. But there are other ways of trying to get information as well. For example, if we want to understand how and what children learn, sitting down and talking to one of the students can also be very useful.
Q: Then why are you collecting data on Scratch usage?
A: Now that Scratch is online, we can have access to lots more data about what kids are doing. And that can be useful. If we see that certain of the programming blocks are not used, it might make us wonder, should they even be there? Or is it confusing for some reason? Should we change them to make it less confusing? It could influence our design.
If we want to see, how is it that students start using a certain concepts? When do they start using variables? Are there certain experiences that people have that are more likely to lead into using variables? There are things like that that might change some of our pedagogy.
Looking at the data might change some of our design and some of our pedagogy. But I want to be careful not to make all of our decisions based on that.
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Perhaps the best part of the film Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice were the two behind the scenes books that provided superb coverage of the costumes, props, and vehicles from the film: the Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice Tech Manual reviewed here, and Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice: The Art of the Film, reviewed here. These books demonstrate that despite the negative reception of a film by audiences, fans of the beloved characters have some resources to find inspiration for their next cosplay or prop-building project. The next in the line of books probing behind the scenes of the DC Comics universe created for the big screen is this summer's Wonder Woman: The Art and Making of the Film by Sharon Gosling (author of Planet of the Apes: The Art of the Films Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of Planet of the Apes). Anyone needing good source photographs of Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman and the Amazon warriors of her origin story for their next cosplay project will find some great references here, including photos of the greatest of the Amazon warriors, Robin Wright's badass general Antiope, plus swords and shields of key characters developed for the film.
The best section of the book provides interviews with two-time Academy Award-nominated production designer Aline Bonetto (Amélie) and Academy Award-winning costume designer Lindy Hemming (Topsy-Turvy) as they discuss the planning and development of audiences' first look at Themyscira on film. Both worked together closely coordinating design elements between their departments as concepts were developed. You'll find 192 pages of artwork, marketing images, on-location photographs, and costumes as they were sketched and later finalized for wear, all in quality color photographs on thick paper stock. Costume designer Lemming notes that the entirety of the Amazon warrior costume components were prepared by hand, without 3-D printers or similar modern techniques, intending for the resulting products to look as the characters themselves might have made them. Although Gadot's costume was already set prior to Hemming's involvement due to Wonder Woman's introduction in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice–the costume was designed by Academy Award-nominated designer Michael Wilkinson (American Hustle, Tron: Legacy)–Hemming discusses re-designing the boots and attempting to make the rest of the costume more comfortable for Gadot, and this was an element for the other costume designs as well, many of which would be used for stunt and action scenes requiring significant movement.
Two-time Academy Award-winning visual effects supervisor Bill Westenhofer (The Golden Compass, The Life of Pi) managed the film's significant use of CGI along with practical effects where possible. Westenhofer discusses stunt sequences (including the end of film fight scenes) and points out where the film required digital rendering to illustrate the story's grand environments.
Although artwork and photos, both screen shots and production stills, are the big draw of Wonder Woman: The Art and Making of the Film, readers will find plenty of text including interviews with stars Gadot and Chris Pine, producer and story writer Zack Snyder, and director Patty Jenkins. As new worlds had to be created for the first third of the film and an interpretation of World War I for the remainder of the film, Academy Award-nominated set decorator Anna Lynch-Robinson (Les Misérables) provides insight into her creative process. Also included are Hemming's designs for her World War I-era clothing recreations.
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Wonder Woman: The Art and Making of the Film is published by Titan Books and is available in hardcover now here at Amazon. This edition includes an insert frameable replica 8″X10″ photo prop depicting the photo provided to Diana by Bruce Wayne in the film.
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HOW, HENRY, chemist, mineralogist, and educator; b. 11 July 1828 in London, England, son of Thomas How; d. 28 Sept. 1879 at Windsor, N.S. He married, probably in Great Britain, Louisa Mary Watkins, and they had five children.
Educated at a private school in Beaconsfield and at the Royal College of Chemistry, Henry How then became assistant to Dr Lyon Playfair, professor of chemistry at the College for Civil Engineers, Putney. How was analytical chemist for the Admiralty Steam Navy Coal Enquiry; he also worked with Dr Thomas Anderson first at the University of Edinburgh and then at Glasgow university. In 1854, on Dr Anderson's recommendation, he was appointed professor of natural history and chemistry at King's College, Windsor, N.S. He was given an honorary dcl by King's in 1861, and appointed vice-president of the university in 1877; he also served as librarian and curator of the university museum.
In 1861 How was appointed to the Nova Scotia Board of Commissioners responsible for arranging displays at the London International Exhibition of 1862, and was selected to make an illustrative collection of Nova Scotia minerals. He was one of the organizers in 1862 (with John Matthew Jones, Dr Alexander Forrester*, Dr J. B. Gilpin*, John R. Willis, R. G. Haliburton*, Captain Campbell Hardy, and others) of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, an organization which grew out of the interest aroused by the display of the province's natural resources at the London Exhibition. Over the years he contributed ten papers to the Transactions of the institute.
How also prepared a collection of minerals for the Paris Exposition of 1867, and this collection became the basis of the Nova Scotia Museum, founded in 1868. He brought the most recent chemical techniques from Europe to Nova Scotia and provided Nova Scotia students with an alternative to classical studies. In addition to his 25-year career as a teacher, he constantly corresponded with learned men in Great Britain, carried on original research in both analytical chemistry and mineralogy, and served as a consultant to government and industry. Through his pupils and his writings, he strongly influenced science in Nova Scotia in the 19th century. His chief work was The mineralogy of Nova Scotia (1869), consulted and used for many years. He discovered and named several Nova Scotia minerals; "howlite" was named in his honour by one of his students. He contributed at least 44 papers on chemistry, analytical chemistry, mineralogy, and botany to British, American, and Canadian periodicals.
Henry How, Sketch of the mineralogy of Nova Scotia, as illustrated by the collections of minerals sent to the Paris Exhibition, 1867 (Halifax, 1867); The mineralogy of Nova Scotia: a report to the provincial government (Halifax, 1869).
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LABEX of MA gives back to the community...
North Grafton, Mass., February 8, 2012— The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University today announced a collaboration with Worcester Technical High School (WTHS) that will bring a low-cost primary care clinic to pets from underserved areas throughout the Greater Worcester Area.
Located on the high school's campus on Skyline Drive in Worcester, the clinic will pair fourth-year veterinary students in the Cummings School's Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program with students in the veterinary assistant program at WTHS—believed to be the first time a veterinary school has chosen a high school clinic venue to facilitate an educational and outreach partnership.
Work has begun on the clinic space, and an opening is anticipated in late spring.
"This collaboration represents a different way of looking at service to the community, care for needy animals, and educating compassionate, knowledgeable veterinary professionals," said Deborah T. Kochevar, DVM, PhD, dean of the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. "Animals and their owners, and students from both schools, win with this model."
"By pairing veterinary assistant students alongside professional DVM students, we will be able to do more than just treat the critically underserved pets among the neediest communities in the area," added WTHS Principal Sheila Harrity. "We will demonstrate to our students the career possibilities beyond high school while giving them hands-on education."
By requiring proof, for example, of government assistance or residency within a residence at the Worcester Housing Authority—the clinic will focus exclusively on individuals who do not have the means to bring their pets to another clinic in the area. Once approved, pet owners will have access to vaccinations, well-being visits and simple surgeries at significantly reduced fees—just enough to cover the clinic's costs.
In addition to providing hands-on experience for both groups of students and pet owners from disadvantaged backgrounds, the clinic is likely to create a public health benefit by increasing the number of pets who are vaccinated against communicable diseases like rabies, as well as providing surveillance data on outbreaks of animal disease that otherwise might go undetected.
Organic Origins
The idea of the clinic grew over time from both sides of the collaboration, but spearheading the concept were two faculty members in the Cummings School's Department of Clinical Sciences. Associate Professor Elizabeth A. Rozanski, DVM, and Professor John E. Rush, DVM, first conceptualized a clinic to give veterinary students more primary care clinical experience while serving needy animals.
The veterinary school's involvement in the Greater Worcester area has increased since 2009, when students and faculty began to offer an annual free vaccination and wellness clinic at Worcester Housing Authority residences. That effort has since grown to serve 200 pets each year at six WHA sites.
The Cummings School's Shelter Medicine program, led by Dr. Emily McCobb, began around the same time. The program has engaged local shelters and organizations such as the Worcester Animal Rescue league to provide low-cost spaying, neutering, vaccinations and other services to un-owned animals and pets owned by individuals from disadvantaged areas.
Dr. Rozanski, who serves on the advisory board for WTHS' veterinary assistant program, identified the high school as a logical fit for a low-cost clinic, and the idea was embraced by Technical Director Peter Crafts and Edwin B. (Ted) Coghlin, chair of the board of advisors at the technical high school.
Drs. Rozanski and Rush worked with Christina Melvin, BS, CVT—a former veterinary technician at Tufts' Foster Hospital for Small Animals and now a teacher within the WTHS veterinary assistant program—to craft the two schools' supporting curricula. They completed the plan within a year.
"The students at WTHS have access to the very best—a state-of-the-art school at which to learn, the best faculty available, and now access to the brightest veterinary students," said Coghlin. "By capitalizing on these resources, they will become leaders in the industry in the future, and serve their community while doing so."
The clinic will be overseen by recently hired clinic director Gregory M. Wolfus, DVM, a 1998 graduate of the Cummings School. Instruction of the veterinary assisting program students will be overseen by Melvin and fellow WTHS faculty member Melissa Supernor, CVT, VTS, current president of the Massachusetts Veterinary Technician Association.
A Benefit for All
In addition to benefitting under-served pets in the area—many of whom receive little or no care currently—the clinic presents advantages to the students and the community at large.
Students in the technical high school's veterinary assistant program will take increasingly larger roles as they progress through the four-year curriculum, learning safety and hygiene protocols, scheduling appointments, handling transactions, helping to take histories and steady animals during exams and supervise the younger students in the program.
By working alongside veterinary students under the supervision of WTHS and Cummings School personnel, veterinary assistant students learn valuable skills, Harrity said, and may also aspire to become veterinary technicians or veterinarians themselves.
What's more, students in programs other than the veterinary assistant curriculum will have a hand in the clinic's creation. Students in the school's Computer Aided Design and Drafting program, for example, have helped to design the physical space, others in the Coghlin Construction Technology program will build it, and Graphic Communications students may be tapped to design print and web advertising for the clinic.
In a two-week rotation, Cummings School students would lead clinical care for the pets brought to the clinic, performing examinations and diagnostics using the on-site radiology and laboratory equipment, and creating a clinical treatment plan in consultation with Dr. Wolfus.
The Worcester clinic will allow Tufts students to gain more experience with routine care and engage in direct communication with clients about financial and medical matters. All of these are keys to creating well-rounded, service-minded veterinarians, Wolfus says.
Startup and operation costs for the clinic have been offset by $225,000 in donations from two foundations—the Manton Foundation and the Caccomo Family Foundation—and an anonymous donor, as well as an $85,000 equipment grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center. About $9,000 in equipment for the clinic was donated by Worcester-based LABEX of MA. Cummings School and WTHS personnel are also soliciting monetary and material donations from some Worcester-area and veterinary industry corporations.


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1.a In paragraph at Wikipedia/Entropy it is stated:
This is because energy supplied at a high temperature (i.e. with low entropy) tends to be more useful than the same amount of energy available at room temperature
1.b But at What is Entropy? there is:
The higher the temperature of the gas, the faster the gas particles are moving on average, so the wider the range of possible velocities for the gas particles, and hence, the more uncertainty we have about the velocity of any particular particle. Thus, higher temperature, as well as greater volume, mean higher entropy.
2.a I was trying to obtain information on relation between entropy and work. Basically, if an external process modifies a system so that its entropy is reduced, then it is expected by me that work was done on the system and energy was contributed to it. I received good answers ( Connection between entropy and energy ). However I feel that I was not properly understood.
2.b In 1953 paper of L. Brillouin ("The Negentropy Principle of Information") wrote what I basically had in mind when I asked the question. I am not aware if the approach is correct and accepted.
An isolated system contains negentropy if it reveals a possibility for doing mechanical or electrical work. If the system is not at a uniform temperature T, but consists of different parts at different temperatures, it contains a certain amount of negentropy. This negentropy can be used to obtain some mechanical work done by the system, or it can be simply dissipated and lost by thermal conduction. A difference in pressure between different parts of the system is another case of negentropy. A difference of electrical potential repre-sents another example. A tank of compressed gas in a room at atmospheric pressure, a vacuum tank in a similar room, a charged battery, any device that can produce high-grade energy (mechanical work) or be degraded by some irreversible process (thermal con-duction, electrical resistivity, friction, viscosity) is a source of negentropy.
3.a There is often a contradict intuition about information entropy. Shannon approach sees maximum entropy as maximum uncertainty / information.
3.b Joe Rosen in "The Symmetry Principle" states that maximum entropy is maximum symmetry – which means maximum redundancy, so minimum amount of information.
4. Non-equilibrium thermodynamics – the branch is not mature and does not serve as a tool to solve issues like in 2.a, AFAIK.
I was seeing The Physics of Maxwell's demon and information as very good guide through equilibrium (what about non-equilibrium?) thermodynamics, its connection with work and information. The authors did, however, when elaborating on entropy of a system in Brillouin's view, put an equal sign to it and Shannon entropy – which I think is contradict to Brillouin itself – who as I cited in 2.b stated that it is disequilibrium that allows system to work – meaning a complex, information-rich system (in other paragraph he also explicitly sates that negentropy is information). This conforms to Rosen 3.b.
Are there other good compilations on entropy, information, maybe complexity science? Such that solve the contradictions, form compatible non-equilibrium foundation?


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Here we are, then: each of us a year older, and each of us a little wiser as to what's great about music, and what sucks. In 2006, we were subjected to both inarguable poppy brilliance and unforgivable sloppy shite: for every amazing single from the likes of Klaxons, Peter Björn And John, Guillemots and Mates Of State, there was a Daz Sampson. Daz Sampson. Ef Ef Esssss, indeed.
And that Embrace World Cup song? Let's not go there. Ever. Again.
2006 saw a number of bands break through, and weren't we pleased to have them: Arctic Monkeys were the world and its wife's tip for success at the end of 2005, and they delivered in brilliant style. But did anyone see Lily Allen becoming the megastar she is at this very moment? What about The Kooks? Okay, so the latter combo aren't actually that great, but they still sold a lot of records. Which next to nobody expected a year earlier.
Now, we're not saying that our tips for the forthcoming twelve months are going to attain a level of recognition and critical and commercial success comparable with the above. Far from it. What we are saying, as simply as possible, is that these are some of the bands we're excited about right now, and we want more more more from them in 2007. Some are already making tracks; others are yet to leave the traps. All are great.
Below are fourteen of our gonna-be-brilliant-this-year selections; part two, featuring a few more recognisable faces, we'd wager, will run tomorrow. 'Til 24 hours from now, explore, investigate, enjoy and get excited.
Oxford-based Foals have a particularly busy beginning to 2007 lined up: the quintet – Yannis, Jack, Edwin, Jimmy and Walter – are to tour themselves silly from the end of January until the end of March. Along the way they'll play an NME Awards bash on February 26, in London, and the annual South by Southwest music conference in Texas in March (dates). Recently signed to Trangressive – home to The Young Knives among many other quality indie outfits – after a single release through the ever-excellent Try Harder label (review), they might even get an album out before 2007 becomes 2008 (at the very least we'll get a few singles). Fingers crossed for a long-player, though, as DiS rates their jerky polyrhythms and foot-tapping party beats very highly indeed, so much so that they're rarely far from the office stereo.
For fans of: Youthmovies, Battles, The Rapture
I Was A Cub Scout
From Nottingham they come, fresh of face and delicate of emotions, this indie duo of no little acclaim already. But deem them emo at your peril, for Messrs Toddy and William write songs far removed from what is today considered that much-maligned of contemporary genres. Although feelings dominate lyrical proceedings – an aspect of the band never clearer than on their superb 'Pink Squares' single of November '06 – the music the pair craft owes more to synth-rockers Stateside such as Minus The Bear, Les Savy Fav and So Many Dynamos than it does any traditional heart-on-sleeve guitar-dominated outfit. They, like Foals, are to tour their little backsides off in early '07: they're on the road throughout March, so be sure to catch them at a venue near you (check dates).
For fans of: The Dismemberment Plan, Minus The Bear, The Postal Service
MySpace is great isn't it? Especially if you're a band. Suffice to say this writer found Esiotrot through another band's 'Space, and it made him happy. Happy enough to write about himself in the third person. Anyway, Brighton's Esiotrot are presumably named after the Roald Dahl novel of the same name (it's Tortoise backwards, innit) and make the kind of twinkly indie-pop that's far too rare on these rainy shores. Think Pavement and The Shins, 'praps. Mmm. You'd like them. WD
For fans of: Those bands mentioned, just there; Neutral Milk Hotel, Daniel Johnston, Sufjan Stevens
Mother Vulpine
A spunky young quartet (three guys and a gal) from Leeds (as ever), who so far have recorded only one tune of note. It's called 'We'll Be Detectives For The Day'. Sounds like a stoned Alkaline Trio fighting off the indie ghetto. An impressively immature six months old as their current entity, the band have been clawing their way through Leeds, attracting a melange of indie kids offering them stick 'n' paste record deals. Already. Naturally, we expect bigger things than that, and so, we think, do they... hot rock. GD
For fans of: Bloc Party, Biffy Clyro, angry yet melodic rock and roll
Meet Me In St Louis
DiS has been watching Meet Me In St Louis from not really afar for some time now – in addition to catching them in support slots with some of the best rockers around (These Arms Are Snakes for one), we put them on at one of our regular DiScover Clubs in Notting Hill back in June. Chances are we'll be seeing them again soon too, listening out for new songs from their forthcoming debut album, set to be produced by Alex Newport. Yes, the same Alex Newport responsible for Rather Good records by The Icarus Line, The Locust and At The Drive-In. Said album, due out through Big Scary Monsters, is unlikely to be the Surrey quintet's Relationship Of Command (really, come on…), but there's a good chance it could be their In/Casino/Out.
For fans of: At The Drive-In, Blood Brothers, Joan of Arc
This time last year we doubt there was a single publication, online or otherwise, tipping this decidedly British quintet for pages upon pages of coverage in both the major music weeklies and to be headlining a Koko club night at the start of 2007 off the back of an amazing debut album (review) that featured in even more magazines' end-of-year lists (like ours). The fact of the matter is that Gallows exploded onto the scene with their vitriolic punk rock in such a fierce manner that they forced everyone to take notice. You ignore this band like you ignore a suspicious bunch of hooded teens outside your house just as you're leaving for a fortnight in Majorca with the family. Fuck, even if you acknowledge them they'll still kick your head in and shag your daughter. RR
For fans of: The Bronx, JR Ewing and some very angry young punk rockers
Enter Shikari
You can hate the nature of their hideously contrived music as much as you want, but we can guarantee that if you see this band live you will struggle to find another set quite as exhilarating for a while either side of it. Just like Klaxons – the other dance-rock hybrid due to hit it big in '07 – Enter Shikari are amazing live and bring their songs to life. That they sold out London's Astoria whilst unsigned is a decent yardstick of how good they can be in the flesh. Music aside, it's very interesting to see that despite every single major label and their dogs trying to court the quartet into signing a mega-quids album deal, they have decided to stay completely DIY and release their album themselves. Now even the most cynical bastard out there has to stand up and applaud that, because you won't see a business move quite as punk rock for a long while. RR
For fans of: Ferry Corsten, Napalm Death and the (other) next big thing with glowsticks
Yndi Halda
Already one of the finest instrumental acts in this country – a fact backed up by praise on these pages and those of more inky publications – Yndi Halda's 2007 begins with the release of their debut EP-cum-album Enjoy Eternal Bliss (review); if it doesn't have critics stunned into adoration at its almost unprecedented beauty, then said individuals are most certainly deaf. That, or they've no heart and soul, for Yndi Halda's music is the sort that tugs at the strings of the former and stirs the latter like a thick soup simmering on a hob. They're the spoon, you're the soup, or something. As affecting as Japan's Mono, Yndi Halda are many an emotional mile ahead of any of their domestic peers. If you're not moved to tears the first time you witness them, then you'll at least be moved to the merchandise stall to pick up their wares.
For fans of: Mono, Explosions In The Sky, Jóhann Jóhannsson
Blood Red Shoes
Responsible for DiS Recordings' final release of 2006, the exhilarating 'You Bring Me Down', Blood Red Shoes' horizons in 2007 look set to be even brighter than those they've left behind. The punk-pop-rocking two-piece – it's hardcore you can dance to, fo'real! – are habitually regularly on the road, and they're all over the country during the first few weeks of this new year. Catch them with Maximo Park in London on February 21, or in their hometown of Brighton's Engine Room on January 31; full dates can be found at their MySpace page. Release-wise, another DiS-released single is expected at the end of February.
For fans of: Death From Above 1979, Le Tigre, hip-shakin' punk-pop
Wires On Fire
Basically the best band to blast their way out of Los Angeles since The Icarus Line unleashed all manner of unholy punk-rock hell with their Mono album, Wires On Fire have been getting certain DiS writers all hot under the collar for months now – their self-titled album arrived in the office ages ago, but doesn't receive an official UK release until this month, through the Buddyhead label. We've got our fingers and toes crossed for some UK tour dates in the not-too-distant future, but American readers can catch them in California throughout January – our pick of the bunch is their show in Visalia on the 23rd, with Hella. With influences as disparate as Neil Young and Black Sabbath, Wires On Fire really aren't your everyday punks.
For fans of: The Jesus Lizard, Mclusky, The Icarus Line
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Nottingham punk-rockers formed from select ashes of The Murder Of Rosa Luxemburg, Lovvers have been high on DiS's list of ones to watch since we witnessed them for the first time supporting US hardcore loons xbxrx at London's Luminaire in September; they're all set to tour Ireland with Blood Red Shoes this month (see BRS's details above), and will play DiS's regular club in Nottingham, at Junktion 7, on February 10. What should the uninitiated expect? Noisy riffs, discordance, vocals full of anger and aggression, and tunes enough to have the slowest mover breaking into a rock and roll sweat. This is what we might have said, once: "Remember their name: Lovvers. As in "spreading the lovve". Only with two 'v's - one for violent and the other for visceral. Unmissable."
For fans of: The Faith, Unwound, Wives
Culprit One
"Bridging the gap between Moby and Massive Attack," says BBC Music, but don't let that put you off, as Cardiff producer and all-around hip-hop/electronica fellow Culprit One has also received the DiS seal of approval twice: once for his Sway EP, released in August (review), and again when he played second fiddle on Subtle's UK tour in November (review). While his music isn't yet entirely his own – it's impossible to listen to anything on the aforementioned release and his new Hollow EP without tracing the roots of each song to the influences listed on his MySpace page – 2007 should see Culprit One develop into a very special talent indeed, finding his own unique voice along the way. With an approach that will appeal to DJ Shadow-loving chill-out fans and upbeat beat-freaks alike, Culprit One's potential audience is massive.
For fans of: Massive Attack, UNKLE, Four Tet
It seems odd to be tipping Youthmovies – or The Band Formerly Known As Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies – for success in 2007 considering DiS's long-term love for the Oxford quartet, a love that stretches back so far that the time can't be measured in smiley face emoticons, let alone weeks and years. Also, the band have already enjoyed no little critical acclaim, with their Hurrah... EP (review), released via Fierce Panda in 2004, receiving adoration from across the critical board (one horrible dad-rock-centric monthly aside). But 2007 will see the band release their first-ever album proper, and we, frankly, can't wait; a new song on 2006's Truck compilation, 'TNGIAM', only whetted the appetite further. Watch this space is all we're going to say…
For fans of: intelligent, inventive and heartrending progressive rock music
(Photo by Gregory Nolan, Website)
Rolo Tomassi
With certain members still too young to vote, it took DiS totally by surprise that Rolo Tomassi are so damn good – their self-titled EP of late 2006 left us so breathless we had to e-mail the Sheffield quintet to ask if they'd play a DiScover Club for us. They kindly said yes, so now you can witness their keyboard-mangling terror-core in the flesh on February 17, at the Notting Hill Arts Club, for nothing (clicky). Hurray! They're also playing a number of other dates in February – check their MySpace page for full dates. If you're a fan of the freakish art-punk purveyed by the likes of Blood Brothers and An Albatross and haven't yet picked up their EP (review), do yourself a favour and do so, immediately.
For fans of: An Albatross, Daughters!, Trencher
Words by Mike Diver with Raziq Rauf (RR), Gareth Dobson (GD) and Will Dean (WD)


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