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I was curious on how it would be possible to split mathematical equations with parenthesis meaningfully using java's string regex. It's hard to explain without an example, one is below.
A generic solution pattern would be appreciated, rather than one which just works for the example provided below.
String s = "(5 + 6) + (2 - 18)";
// I want to split this string via the regex pattern of "+",
// (but only the non-nested ones)
// with the result being [(5 + 6), (2 - 18)]
s.split("\\+"); // Won't work, this will split via every plus.
What I'm mainly looking for is first level splitting, I want a regex check to see if a symbol like "+" or "-" is nested in any form, if it is, don't split it, if it isn't split it. Nesting can be in the form of () or [].
Thank you.

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A US drone firing missiles into a village in northern Pakistan killed at least 19 people over the weekend. The targets were militants said the US military. The victims included six dead children said a local tribal elder.
"Suspected US drone kills Suspected Taliban Commander." That's becoming the stuff of very suspect news stories. The reporting is so weak there's almost nothing confirmed except that the killer operator is far away in front of a computer screen somewhere.
Suspected killing of suspected people by suspected killers covered by unsuspicious media? It would be sci-fi if it weren't so damn here-now. And it's only going to get more so.
The Democratic administration made a big deal recently of cutting the cumbersome F-22 fighter jet -- we don't need it any more said the President. What he didn't say is that the defense department is seeking $3.5 billion for unmanned aerial vehicles. Funding is expected to increase to $55 billion by 2020. The air force is currently training more drone operators than fighter and bomber pilots.
Drones have been around since the US led NATO war in the former Yugoslavia. Since 06, drones have launched hundred of missiles along the Afghanistan Pakistan border kllilng as many as 700 civilians according to Pakistani officials.
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Forbes magazine's "king of the armed drone makers" is a little known company called General Atomics whose founder James Neal Blue came up with the drone as a way of defeating Soviet-backed Sandinistas by blowing up oil pipelines in Nicaragua. He's a fervent anti-communist and quite possibly the next Erik Prince -- only his mercenaries aren't Blackwater's flesh and blood killers, but conveniently inanimate machines, more expensive up front, but safer politically.
General Atomics is small by defense industry standards, but it has a lot of friends in Washington. Between 2000 and 2005, GA was the top corporate sponsor of privately funded congressional travel. So perhaps no surprise, there's little resistance to more drones in the US arsenal.
They're not cheap -- between $10 million and $12 million apiece per GA Reaper -- Their success rate is disputed, they kill civilians and even General David Petraeaus says they make people hate us.
But President Obama has a problem. Every American military commanders wants more troops but maybe, someday, the president's anti-war base will get restive.
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As a junior (2013): Competed in every spring race for the third straight year…began the season racing in the two seat with the second varsity eight during the boat's first two races…competed with the varsity eight the remainder of the spring, a span of nine straight races…sat in the two seat with the V8 on five occasions, and the three seat on four occasions…finished the year in the two seat.
As a sophomore (2012): A first team all-WIRA selection…began the season with the second varsity eight, competing in the seven seat each of the first two races…was moved to the varsity eight the final 10 races of the season, rowing five times in the three seat and five times in the seven seat…finished the season in the seven seat…also stroked the second varsity four at the Sacramento State Invitational…helped the varsity eight to a bronze medal at the WIRA Championships, and a sixth place showing (out of 33 entries) at the Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia.
As a freshman (2011): Competed with the novice eight in every spring race, primarily in the four seat…also competed with the varsity four (two seat) in five races, and stroked the novice four in the season opener…won a silver medal with the novice eight, and a gold medal with the varsity four at the WIRA Championships…the varsity four won gold despite fielding a boat that consisted of four novice rowers.
High School: A 2010 graduate of Del Oro High School in Loomis, Calif…played four years of volleyball and one season of track and field for the Eagles…won numerous team awards with the volleyball squad.
Personal: Parents are Nelson and Lise Busch…a business major…posted a 7:09.2 on the 2,000-meter ergometer test, the fourth fastest time on the team.


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New Blog Details The Unfortunate Experience Of Being On Homeland Security's Terrorist Watchlist
from the the-S's-stand-for-'stupid' dept
You don't have to be affiliated with any known terrorist group to be added to the government's terrorist watchlist. The Intercept's publication of the numbers behind the massive amount of people the government's keeping an eye on made that perfectly clear. A full 40% of the list -- 288,000 people -- are there without any particular justification. The agencies making these nominations clearly can't articulate why certain people should receive enhanced searches and questioning each and every time they seek to board a domestic flight. But they nominate these people anyway, using something no more scientific (or counter-terroristic) than a hunch.
Kashmir Hill at Forbes has a great profile of (not-very-anonymous-after-all) blogger Peter Young, who has received the dreaded SSSS designation from the TSA. Ringing up 4 S's means every TSA agent thinks you're a terrorist and every visit to the airport means extra patdowns and questioning. Young has been detailing the humdrum existence of your everyday terrorist over at his blog, "Jetsetting Terrorist," where he notes that his decidedly non-terroristic appearance causes the consternation and confusion at smaller airports where 4-S designations are few and far between. Not that being a jetsetting terrorist doesn't have its upsides…
He discovers some of the hidden benefits of being labeled a terrorist: his boarding pass is a ticket to the front of the security line. He realizes he can turn the confusion over his flying status into a free flight and drink vouchers.He also speculates as to why those on the terrorist watchlist aren't allowed to sit by emergency exits.
Terrorists hate humans so much we would physically block exit points in the event of a crash and/or fire."Stupid rules vacant of any rationale" aptly describes a large swath of the Terrorist Watchlist, including Young's 4-S status, which prevents him from utilizing technological advancements like checking in electronically using a mobile device or a kiosk.
They make you do that weird verbal confirmation thing after the fight attendant recites that exit row speech, and we're known for only speaking Arabic.
The TSA just likes making stupid rules vacant of any rationale.
As far as Young can tell, it's a nearly two-decade-old misdemeanor that's keeping him from traveling without additional molestation.
His full time job is running an online business, but he is also a prominent animal activist; the latter is what garners him the extra TLC from the TSA. The property crime for which he was convicted dates back to 1997 when he went on a cross-country road trip freeing minks from fur farms in three states. His weapon of mass destruction was a pair of bolt cutters. On the lam for a number of years, he was apprehended and tried in 2005, and found guilty of "animal extortion terrorism.""Animal extortion terrorism" isn't covered under the guidelines for the Terrorism Watchlist. In fact, Young was only ever convicted of a misdemeanor (pleading down from a felony) and served on two years for his federal crime. But that's still enough to make him a feared traveler, one who is never to be trusted, not even 17 years removed from the "crime spree" that first drew the government's attention. While the prosecutor tried to connect Young with a group the DHS actually recognizes as domestic terrorists (the Animal Liberation Front), it didn't stick. Young denies any connection with the animal rights extremists.
There's another reason Young is blogging about his experiences: this very public outing of his TSA-stained laundry makes it that much tougher for the US government to simply "disappear" him, air travel-wise.
According to the Intercept, there were 16 people on the No-Fly list in 2001; in 2013, it had exploded to 47,000. "I'm worried the government will slowly move people from the Selectee list to the No-Fly list," Young says. "I want a podium to speak from in case that does happen to me."As has been noted here, the No-Fly list is an unconstitutional joke. The "redress process" is so horribly ineffective that a court actually declared it to be a violation of Americans' civil rights. The Terrorism Watchlist is not only broader, but it's possibly more damaging. While it won't actually prevent you from flying (provided you don't mind every trip to the airport being the Full TSA Security Theater Experience), it does open your life up to a whole lot more government scrutiny.
In addition to data like fingerprints, travel itineraries, identification documents and gun licenses, the rules encourage screeners to acquire health insurance information, drug prescriptions, "any cards with an electronic strip on it (hotel cards, grocery cards, gift cards, frequent flyer cards)," cellphones, email addresses, binoculars, peroxide, bank account numbers, pay stubs, academic transcripts, parking and speeding tickets, and want ads. The digital information singled out for collection includes social media accounts, cell phone lists, speed dial numbers, laptop images, thumb drives, iPods, Kindles, and cameras. All of the information is then uploaded to the TIDE database.This is from the same rulebook and documents that admitted that nearly 300,000 of the 680,000 people on the government's Terrorist Watchlist have "no recognized terrorist group affiliation." Just another ridiculous facet of the Dept. of Homeland Security's security theater: loading up on unrelated "extras" just so it can boast it has a "cast of thousands" (and demand a budget of billions!). No terrorism experience necessary. Enjoy your flight!
Screeners are also instructed to collect data on any "pocket litter," scuba gear, EZ Passes, library cards, and the titles of any books, along with information about their condition—"e.g., new, dog-eared, annotated, unopened." Business cards and conference materials are also targeted, as well as "anything with an account number" and information about any gold or jewelry worn by the watchlisted individual. Even "animal information"—details about pets from veterinarians or tracking chips—is requested. The rulebook also encourages the collection of biometric or biographical data about the travel partners of watchlisted individuals.
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Longoria credits consistent health for success
TORONTO -- Joe Maddon recently commented that Evan Longoria was playing better than he had ever seen him play.
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TORONTO -- Joe Maddon recently commented that Evan Longoria was playing better than he had ever seen him play.
Longoria downplayed the Rays manager's compliment.View Full Game Coverage
"I just think that I'm happy I've been able to be healthy and on the field," Longoria said. "And just that in itself creates a real positive mentality, a real ability to just be focused on one thing every day. And that's going out and winning the game any way we can and being able to help in as many ways as I can.
"Again, I just continue to do the things I've been doing to stay healthy in the training room and in the weight room, and hopefully it continues to pay off on the field."
Longoria took a career-high 15-game hitting streak into Wednesday afternoon's game against the Blue Jays. There have been only six longer streaks in club history.
Longoria played in only 74 games last season due to a partially torn left hamstring. The Rays posted a 47-27 record in those games and went 43-45 when he did not play. To ward off the injury bug this season, Longoria normally spends a couple of extra hours on daily conditioning.
"It's a constant balancing act to keep in good shape and try not to tire yourself out, to be ready to play the game on a daily basis," Longoria said. "I've been doing a good job to this point and I'll continue to do the same thing."
Longoria confessed to reporters that he went through an early spell this season when he questioned his health.
"I felt pretty bad after the first week of the season; like 10 games in, I was kind of scared," Longoria said. "You probably don't play but three or four games in a row at the most toward the end of Spring Training. Once we got a week to 10 days into the season, my legs were tired and thoughts started to creep in about how I was going to do it for 162 games. But I had a [designated hitter] day and then we had an off-day. And ever since then, I've felt like my legs have responded really well on a daily basis.
"I haven't felt that same fatigue. I felt like my legs have been getting stronger and feeling better as the season goes. So with that worry behind me, it's just, again, I can be focused on other things. When you don't feel physically 100 percent, it's tough to do anything up to your capability. So I'm just happy that I feel well."
So how many games will Longoria play this season?
"Again, 155 would be awesome," Longoria said. "I mean, 155 games, there's probably just a fraction of the Major League Baseball population that plays 155 games every year. So to be included in that would be awesome. Of course I would love to be able to play 162, but I'd take 155 for a lot of years."
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com.


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Could College Dorm Rooms Hold the Key to Half a Million New US Jobs?
(DALLAS) -- Move-in day on college campuses is filled with a lot boxes, sweat, farewells and a few tears. But for incoming freshman Monica Resendiz at Southern Methodist University in Texas, hers was filled with a mission.
Inspired by World News, "Made in America" series she set out to outfit her new dorm room with only "Made in America" products. Unable to find any she tweeted the World News team for help.
"I haven't been able to find any #MadeInAmerica products to fill my dorm, suggestions," she wrote.
World News' Sharyn Alfonsi responded and found Resendiz in a bare room in need of everything from bedding to bath towels.
"No lamp ... nothing on your walls, your walls look sad," Alfonsi joked.
Resendiz's roommate, Michaela Starling, was already moved in and looked perfectly at home by the time World News arrived. Starling had bought most of her stuff from a catalog that is sent to all incoming freshman over the summer. The catalog, produced by On Campus Marketing, has similar deals with 850 schools across the country and sells dorm room staples like comforters, sheets, pillows and lamps.
Starling may have been all moved in, but her side of the room was foreign-made, with many of the products coming from China and Bangladesh.
It may not seem like bedspreads can spur an economic recovery, but consider this, the average U.S. back to college shopper was expected to spend more than $800 this season -- $46 billion in total. If all of that was spent on U.S.-made goods, economists say, that could result in almost a half-million new jobs.
But a majority of that back to school money is being spent overseas because of deals catalogue companies like On Campus Marketing have made. These companies give financial incentives to the schools who send their catalogues to the hundreds of thousands of incoming students. In turn students and their families are then using these as a one-stop shopping guide to college, despite the fact that none of the products are made in America.
So Resendiz and World News set out to see if they could find the made in America items being left out of these popular college catalogues. After hitting the campus bookstore and local department stores they were able to find little things like tape and a shower basket, but had no quick luck with necessities like comforters, sheets and lamps.
However after some serious online searching Resendiz was able to find everything she needed to stock up her dorm room entirely with American-made products.
But did the "Made in America" goods cost a premium or could a penny pinching college student afford them? World News compared the "Made in America" products to the ones from the catalog Starling used found that while the American-made bed sheet were $3 more and the American-made lamp was more expensive, overall Resendiz's American-made dorm room was $92 cheaper than the foreign-made room.
So if the American-made stuff was cheaper would the more than 800 universities that use On Campus Marketing's catalog be willing to make a switch and offer American-made items?
World News asked SMU if they would make the switch. The school told ABC News that the catalog company locks schools into contracts, but as soon as theirs was up in two years, they would seek out "Made in America" products.
It turns out dozens of universities are locked into contracts with the company, so World News asked On Campus Marketing if they'd start selling American goods.
The company said yes, as long as the American goods matched the quality and cost of the foreign-made products.
World News introduced On Campus Marketing to Celia Rachel in Mohican Mills, N.C., a company that makes bedding at the same price as its foreign competitors. Celia Rachel boasts that its sheets are not only the same price, but last three times as long as the ones On Campus Marketing is selling right now.
According to economists, if every year, the more than three million incoming college freshman decided to buy sheets from American manufacturers, companies like Celia Rachel could quadruple their workforce and hire more than 1,300 new employees.
Most college students just create messes with their dorm rooms, but an entire generation is capable of creating thousands of jobs with theirs.
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Mikveh Following Cancer
It is up to the veterans of radiation treatment to mark an end to treatment, and I decided on a ritual bath with supportive friends.
by Diane Bernbaum
The following article was reprinted with permission from Ritualwell.org.
I always have trouble with the verb. Is it: "I have breast cancer" or "I had breast cancer." It's clear when you have it. My mammogram showed a star shape, indication that something was adhering to a ductal wall and pulling on it. It was clear to the radiologist who biopsied it, the pathologist who put it under his microscope and the surgeon who removed it. What is unclear is that once the surgeon snips out the tumor and the radiation oncologist zaps the area daily for many weeks to blindly aim at any invisible cells that might or might not have remained behind, is anything malignant still there? Since medical science can only guess at the end of disease, it is left to us, the veterans of the experience, to mark an end, albeit knowing that this may be a true end or only a stage in a process.
Mikveh certainly has never been a part of my life. I don't observe the laws of nidah, ritual purity. When I got married I'm not even sure I knew what a mikveh was, much less that it would have been nice to visit one in preparation for the ceremony. In the last decade, as friends began talking about their experiences in the mikveh, my interest was piqued, but not enough to do anything about it.
The week after my surgery, one of my teachers, Michal, stopped by my office asking if I'd like to read her senior thesis on contemporary mikveh use. As an anthropology student raised in the Conservative movement, mikveh use was an aspect of Judaism that she had been able to study both with the dispassion of an outsider and the appreciation of an insider. While recuperating I had been dividing my reading time between two seven hundred page books: Susan Love's Breast Book and a biography of John Adams. Somehow an academic thesis proved a welcome diversion. Although Michal had concentrated mainly on discussing mikveh use for nidah, she did mention it as part of a healing ritual. The idea that I might like to do something like that at the end of a journey I was only beginning flitted into my head and promptly flitted out.
Although I had planned to join a formal support group, I soon found that I was spending hours talking on the phone to friends and acquaintances who had been in my shoes before, and they were functioning like my own personalized support group. One day I phoned a friend and colleague who was about two years ahead of me in the process. After telling me things that had been difficult about both her radiation and chemotherapy, she ended the conversation by saying, "And when you're done with your treatments, go to the mikveh. Find a woman rabbi and do it. It was the best thing I did."
Several weeks later in Office Depot, I bumped into my friend, Margie. Although I hadn't seen her recently, many people had told me that she had included my name in the prayers for healing at the synagogue where she is a rabbi and I was very comforted and moved that she had done so. Just as we were about to end our conversation and walk out the door, I stammered, "I actually was thinking about you the other day. I wonder if you'd be willing to go to the mikveh with me when I finish my radiation." She said she was honored but had never created a healing ritual like that. We would approach this experience as novices together.
Because Margie was going to be out of town the two weeks immediately following the completion of my radiation, there would be a break between the end of treatment and the day of the ritual. This was actually a good thing because during the six and a half weeks of radiation, the technicians mark the area to be treated with Sharpie pens and radiation itself leaves you burned. My breast was left with a bright red circle outlined in purple. It wasn't quite ready for the mikveh.
Margie and Michal took it upon themselves to create the ritual. They asked if I wanted to be involved. I thought about it and said I wanted to have the experience of the event, but had no investment in the creation of the ritual. They asked a few questions: Did I want Hebrew in the ceremony? (Yes). Did I want body language? (Yes). Did I want time to talk about the experience of being ill? (Yes). I had a choice between going to a mikveh that was esthetically lovely but would have an attendant and one that was sterile but where we could be alone. (I opted for privacy.)
I had felt badly that I would be excluding my husband Ed. He'd been so supportive throughout my whole illness. When I found out he would be out of town that day anyway, I was relieved. I never actually sat down and thought about who I wanted to have with me at the mikveh, but invitations kept popping out of my mouth. My good friend Dezzy had kept my office running when my body and mind couldn't be there. She was the first person to know I had been sent for a biopsy and had shared each daily part of the process of diagnosis, surgery and treatment. She probably knew what was in my head more than I did and had been intensely supportive. And as a plus, she was observant and had mikveh experience. She said she would be pleased to be included.
I asked a few other women who had also been very emotionally supportive, but they had work obligations the morning we had chosen. I thought of many more I would have liked to have invited, but knew that the space was small and even if it wasn't, the intimacy of the event didn't warrant large numbers. Then a few days before I called my friend Linda, my old next door neighbor. She had known just what to say to me when she found out my diagnosis and it seemed important to have someone there who had known me for 25 years.
The day before the ceremony Margie came over to my house to show me the outline of the ritual she and Michal had written. We talked about what I might want to say. I prefaced my incoherent thoughts with the caveat that I didn't think of myself as a very reflective or spiritual person. Our talk helped me focus on what I wanted to say. When Margie left the house I sat down and filed my nails in preparation for arriving at the mikveh in a way that was prescribed ritually. I started removing the polish from my toenails and got a better idea. I ran out to a pedicure salon and let a professional share in my preparation. I had to explain to the manicurist that this time I didn't want polish on my toenails. She told me they were very pretty without it.
The next morning I started out early to round up my four friends. It felt good to arrive in one car. Three of the women knew each other but visiting on the drive to the mikveh gave Linda a chance to become part of the group. The mikveh was in a synagogue. When the secretary unlocked the door of the room, we were in another world. The small anteroom was just big enough for the five of us. Margie said that when she first thought she and Michal would be the only people with me, it was perfect since Jewish events need two witnesses. Then when she knew there would be a third friend, it was perfect because a Jewish Bet Din requires three judges. Then when she knew there would be a fourth, it was still perfect because my friends would be representative of the four angels.
That was my segue into showing a drawing my friend Yiskah had made for me of the "five" angels, Raphael (healing), Gabriel (strength), Uriel (light) and Michael (Godlike spirit) with a picture of "Diane" in the middle. It had hung on the wall of my bedroom above a small clay golem that a neighbor had brought from Poland and a brocade amulet that Ed had brought back from a Buddhist temple in Japan, where he had written my name and a prayer on a wooden plaque and left it there a week after my surgery. It felt good to have multiple cultures rooting for my recovery. I explained that I was wearing a sweater my mother had knit for my father 50 years before and a necklace that was a long-ago Mother's Day gift and said "Mom". I felt as if my family was there with me. As we stood in a circle, I talked about my feelings of illness and of recovery. My friends each told how my illness had affected them. They spoke of vulnerability and of strength. Of friendship and of love. There were tears but mainly smiles.
Margie and Michal had created a lovely ceremony. We sang a song of protection and one of healing. I recited gomel, the blessing of thanksgiving. We read verses from Ezekiel about the cleansing properties of water. I recited a prayer looking to the future. Then I went into the private room where I showered and slowly slipped into the warm mikveh waters. My four witnesses came in to be with me as I said first the traditional prayer of immersion, then one praising God who heals and finally a Shehehianu. They left me alone for a few moments so that I could luxuriate in the healing waters. I dressed and joined them in the anteroom where they jointly recited the priestly blessing (in the feminine!) and we sang Oseh Shalom.
I gave each woman a gift of a small bowl and took them out to Japanese lunch. It sort of took on the flavor [of] a geriatric spiritual sweet sixteen party.
I felt a little unsettled because I realized in retrospect I had forgotten to remove my wedding rings. I knew about not wearing make-up, cutting my nails and not wearing jewelry, but somehow those rings were so much a part of my appendage I had just forgotten. One friend had noticed but decided I wanted to have part of Ed with me in the water. Not a bad thought, but it hadn't been intentional. I had wanted the experience to be perfect and this made it a little not so, but as a quilter, I know that each quilt has one little mistake that makes it more real and beautiful. I needed to not be upset at my forgetfulness.
By the next evening I was sneezing. At first I was upset that this magnificent celebration of healing was followed so soon by a cold. My friend Nancy reminded me that indeed the mikveh was a demarcation between one illness that was so scary and one that was so ordinary. It was ok to be sick. That Shabbat I asked for an aliyah to the Torah in order to bench gomel. I first heard of that custom during the Gulf War when a family had returned safely from an Israel filled with Scud missiles. Last Yom Kippur the person leading services asked everyone who had recovered from an illness or been through a dangerous experience to collectively bench gomel. At first I didn't know if I was entitled. I was only a few weeks past my diagnosis. But I had been through a lumpectomy and a week later a re-excision to create a wider margin around a second tumor the surgeon found during my first surgery. Making it through two surgeries with general anesthetic in eight days seemed to qualify me to stand and say the words, even though I had yet to determine future treatment or begin that treatment. So I tentatively rose and whispered the prayer. I found saying the words, "Praised are You Adonai Our God, Ruler of the Universe Who bestows loving kindness upon us. You have showered us with gifts beyond measure. We do not earn Your gifts; but with great humility we receive them" to be transformative. Now I wanted to bench gomel one more time in public to mark the end of my treatment and of my having gone to the mikveh. It felt odd to be praying for my recovery in the midst of a bad cold, but meaningful just the same.
The next week I visited my oncologist. She asked me if I had done anything to celebrate the end of treatment. I explained that I had gone to the ritual bath with some friends and then said the prayer for recovery from danger in my synagogue. I know she was expecting a different answer. One of my friends had sent an e-mail telling me to buy a significant piece of jewelry. At the beginning of my illness Ed and I kept daydreaming of all the places where we would vacation once I got healthy. I could tell on my oncologist's face that the answer she usually got to that question involved diamond earrings or trips to Hawaii or even dinners at Chez Panisse. I definitely had given her an answer she had never heard before but I could see that even though she was of a different culture, she thought this was an incredibly neat idea. And so do I.
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Diane Bernbaum was born in Milwaukee and went to college and graduate school in Boston. After teaching public school for a few years, she moved to Berkeley where she has lived since 1976. For the last 33 years, she has been director of Midrasha, a supplementary community Hebrew high school.
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BLOOD DRIVE from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 26 at Carteret General Hospital, Morehead City.
CIVIL WAR Roundtable of Eastern N.C. at 7 p.m. Sept. 26 at Golden Corral with program on �N.C. Generals.� Social at 6 p.m. Call 910-353-9559.
AMERICAN Legion Post 265, Broadhurst Road, hosts bingo every Thursday at 7 p.m.
NEW RIVER Lodge 736, A.F.&A.M., will have a Stated Communication at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26 with refreshments after meeting.
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Earth Institute at the American Geophysical Union
Earth Institute scientists are presenting scores of talks at the world's largest gathering of earth scientists, the fall 2008 meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Subjects include unseen natural hazards, changing climate, and how mankind will deal with these challenges. Most researchers at AGU come from two of the Earth Institute's largest centers: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and Goddard Institute for Space Studies. AGU is held Dec. 15-19, 2008, in San Francisco. Below, highlights. (Note: not all listings are in chronological order.)
Threat to the Planet: Dark and Bright Sides of Global Warming
James E. Hansen, director firstname.lastname@example.com
Hansen, one of the strongest and most consistent scientific voices on global warming, says we are approaching a "tipping point" into rapid, catastrophic climate changes. The bright side: if we act now to reduce greenhouse gases, we may avert not only the negative effects, but get cleaner air and water, improved human health and greater agricultural productivity. Unfortunately, says Hansen, the policies of even the "greenest" nations so far are impotent, and energy companies and reactionary governments have subverted democratic processes. Without change, public protests will grow—and young people and the unborn will pay the price.
Wednesday, Dec. 17, 1:40 pm. Room 3008. Session A33D
Secrets of the East Pacific Rise
John Mutter firstname.lastname@example.com; Suzanne Carbotte firstname.lastname@example.com
The newly launched Marcus G. Langseth, run by Lamont for the National Science Foundation, is the world's most advanced academic seismic vessel. This summer it produced the most detailed 3D pictures of a midocean ridge yet, and carried out many other investigations over the East Pacific Rise, some 500 miles off Mexico. Researchers observed deep hydrothermal circulation, earthquakes, magma bodies and other hidden phenomena. They present initial findings.
Tuesday, Dec. 16, 8:00am-12pm. Hall D. Poster Session B21A
Related: Suzanne Carbotte gives the Birch Lecture, "Focusing in on Mid-Ocean Ridge Segmentation." Wed. Dec. 17, 5pm. Room 3008. Session T34B
Implications of 'Peak Oil' for CO2 and Climate
Pushker Kharecha firstname.lastname@example.com
Much of the alarm about climate change focuses on burning of oil and gas; but Kharecha says the real key to keeping atmospheric CO2 below dangerous levels lies in eliminating emissions from coal. Projected declines in gas and oil reserves means their future emissions will be limited—but there is plenty of coal left, and its use is growing. Kharecha says eliminating coal emissions by 2030 by trapping gases or switching to sustainable energy sources would make CO2 manageable. Kharecha appears at a Wednesday press conference on Peak Oil; his full talk is Thursday.
PRESS CONFERENCE: Wednesday, Dec. 17, 9:00am, Room 3015
TALK: Thursday, Dec. 18, 10:20am. Room 3016. Session U42A
Further info: http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2261
Ancient Trees, Ancient Cultures, Abrupt Climate Change
Edward Cook email@example.com, Kevin Anchukaitis email@example.com and others
Lamont's Tree Ring Lab is unraveling the workings of the Asian monsoon, including the causes of sudden, devastating droughts. Searches across southeast Asia have revealed trees whose rings record temperature and precipitation for 1,000 years. They show droughts in the 15th, 17th and 18th centuries, concurrent with big human shifts, including the fall of Cambodia's Angkor Wat culture. Separate poster and talk, plus press conference on abrupt climate change.
POSTER: Tuesday, Dec. 16, 8:00am-12pm. Hall D. Poster PP21A-1403
PRESS CONFERENCE: Tuesday, Dec. 16. Room 3015
TALK: Tuesday, Dec. 16, 4:30pm. Room 3001. Session PP24A (Invited)
Harnessing Rocks to Soak Up CO2
Peter Kelemen email@example.com and Juerg Matter email@example.com
Kelemen and Matter work in the deserts of Oman, and say that peridotite, the dominant rock there, could be harnessed to absorb vast amounts of globe-warming CO2, and lock it underground. Peridotite is normally found in the mantle, but here, it pokes though the surface. The scientists say it reacts naturally with CO2 to produce solid minerals on a scale previously unsuspected—and that the process could be speeded a million times by simple drilling and injection of CO2-rich liquids. They think Oman alone might store more than 10% of annual human carbon output—and similar formations are spread from the Adriatic to the south Pacific. They hope to start a pilot project soon.
Monday, Dec. 15, 9:15am, Room 2002. Session H11J
More info: http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2301
Melting in the Antarctic?
Richard Cullather firstname.lastname@example.com; Stan Jacobs email@example.com
Antarctic coastal waters are becoming less salty—an indication that more fresh water is entering. The authors say the evidence points to increasing attrition of continental ice, and fast-moving changes in the extent, movement and thickness of sea ice, as climate shifts.
Monday, Dec. 15, 10:50am. Room 2020. Session OS12A
The New York City Climate Change Adaptation Task Force
Cynthia Rosenzweig email@example.com
New York has started one of the world's first, and most comprehensive, efforts to assess and deal with climate change. Advised by a panel of scientists, the city's task force seeks to predict and adapt to the effects of rising sea level, higher temperatures and extreme weather events. Water supplies, roads, subways, sewers and health systems are all part of the picture. Part of a larger session on regional adaptation.
Monday, Dec. 15, 11:20am. Room 2004. Session PA 12A
Further info: http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2228
Bangladesh's Weak Underbelly
Scott Nooner firstname.lastname@example.com; Michael Steckler firstname.lastname@example.com; S. Chowdhury firstname.lastname@example.com
With the immense discharge of the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta, a third or more of Bangladesh is flooded during monsoon season. The authors say that the waters weigh so much, and the sediments composing the region are so weak, the land surface is depressed as much as 6 centimeters, as measured by satellite and GPS instruments. Only the Amazon sees more water movement—but it does not sink nearly as much. Bangladesh's apparently weak underbelly may not only help spread flooding; it could heighten earthquake risk.
Monday, Dec. 15, 1:40pm-5:30pm. Hall D. Poster session T13B-1958
Short-Term Pollutants Are Driving Rapid Arctic Change
Climate Change and Shifting Rains
Wallace Broecker firstname.lastname@example.com
Broecker, a seminal figure in climate studies, earlier showed how oceans can interact powerfully with atmosphere. Now he is thinking about hydrology: how warming climate might pour rain onto the tropics, but make higher-latitude drylands ever more parched. The human consequences could be drastic. He says records from glacial times bear out the hypothesis.
Tuesday, Dec. 16, 11:40am. Moscone Room 3016. Session U22A (Invited)
Drew Shindell firstname.lastname@example.com
Airborne pollutants may travel great distances from inhabited regions to the arctic, and these are contributing significantly to the outsize warming and melting trends seen there. These short-lived but powerful substances include methane, low-altitude ozone and heat-absorbing soot. Shindell says emissions must be reduced.
Tuesday, Dec. 16, 4:35pm. Room 3016. Session U24B
New York Tsunami: Did It Come From Space?
Dallas Abbott email@example.com; Frank Nitsche firstname.lastname@example.com; and others
Evidence is building that a great tsunami hit the New York City area some 2,300 years ago. The story is told in a layer of disturbed sediment up to half-meter thick, stretching from New Jersey into the Hudson River estuary. It holds spherules and shocked rock fragments characteristic of a comet or meteorite impact—possibly the tsunami's cause. Given the huge population here now, it is important to understand this event. Two poster sessions.
Wednesday, Dec. 17, 8:00am-12:14pm. Poster P31A-1381
Friday, Dec. 19, 1:40-5:30pm. Hall D. Poster OS53B-1311
How We Helped Make the 1930s Dust Bowl
Ben Cook email@example.com
Natural temperature changes over the Pacific cause periodic droughts over southwestern North America. In the 1930s, poor farming practices amplified this natural event into the disastrous Dust Bowl, says Cook. Farmers replaced drought-resistant prairie grasses with fragile wheat, and allowed livestock to overgraze pastures. When drought came, ever more dust rose into the air; this in turn caused rainfall to drop even further, and moved the drought northward into the breadbasket regions of the Great Plains. Similar practices are now common in drought-vulnerable places including China.
Thursday, 8am-12pm. Hall D. Poster B41B-0374
Further info: http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2166
Virtual Ocean, and Other New Ways to Roam the Planet
William Ryan email@example.com
Like Google Earth does on land, Virtual Ocean, a new 3D rotatable globe, now takes you below the oceans. One can zoom from planetary scale down to seafloor topography, earthquake data, sediment layers and even photos of living things and other small features. Still being refined, it is already being used by researchers, school teachers and the general public. Two sessions.
Thursday, Dec. 18, 1:40-5:30pm. Hall D, Poster session IN43A
Friday, Dec. 19, 11:20am. Room 3008. Session ED52A
Go to: www.virtualocean.org
Where the Carbon Hits the Water
Samar Khatiwala firstname.lastname@example.com
The oceans absorb an estimated fifth to third of human-produced CO2, making them pivotal in climate; yet, we are still quite uncertain about the distribution and rate of uptake. Khatiwala has made the first observationally-based 3-dimensional reconstruction spanning industrial times. He confirms, as many suspect, that the Southern Ocean is the primary conduit—some 40% of the manmade carbon now in the oceans--but says its role has shifted significantly.
Thursday, Dec. 18, 1:55pm. Room 3016. Session U43D
Earthquake Ruptures: How Deep, How Dangerous?
Bruce Shaw email@example.com
It is conventional wisdom that earthquake faults do not go much deeper than the depths at which we detect seismic waves from slippage. However: recent work suggests that large faults could silently propagate much deeper. If this is true, it bears on our basic understanding of earthquake mechanics—and could affect hazard estimates where large quakes are a danger.
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Singer Louis Tomlinson is reportedly so keen to live a normal life that he is looking for career options after his band One Direction comes to an end.
Tomlinson enjoys high female fan base with fellow members - Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne and Niall Horan. But his wish is to lead a peaceful life with girlfriend Eleanor Calder.
"He's desperate for a more normal life where he can just take his girlfriend out without worrying some nutter is going to claw her eyes out. He can see a life after One Direction and that's increasingly appealing to him," Heat magazine quoted a source as saying.
Tomlinson is trying to explore other career opportunities and has already started working on them.
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The Grammy Award-winning country music trio Lady Antebellum performed a "mini-prom" for students of a southern Indiana town that was devastated by a tornado in early March.
Henryville Junior-Senior High School students won an online contest to bring in the top-selling act, which also is playing a full benefit concert later Wednesday at the KFC Yum Center in nearby Louisville, Ky.
At a prom-style party in Louisville's downtown arena overlooking the Ohio River, the band surprised the students by playing for them in a private show. Teens in casual clothes cheered and screamed under a disco ball hung over the dance floor.
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"Each and every one of you have inspired us, and we're so honored to be here, I know it's your second prom technically," said singer Hillary Scott. The band couldn't play at the high school's actual prom last month because of a scheduling conflict.
Scott and another band member, Charles Kelley, selected two students to dance with during the short acoustic show.
Henryville junior Kelsey Guernsey said she couldn't believe how close she was to the band.
Her home, like many of the students' houses, was damaged in the March 2 tornado that destroyed the school. She said private concert with the band was a high point of an otherwise tragic year.
"It seemed kind of unbelievable because Henryville is so small and we really don't ever get anything really big like this," she said.
Ty Griffin, a senior who filmed a video entry for Lady Antebellum's prom contest, said he was surprised by the private appearance.
"When they came out I was ecstatic," said Griffin. "I saw everybody crowd around the stage so I just ran up there."
Schools as far away as northern Wisconsin submitted YouTube videos on behalf of Henryville, an unincorporated town hit by two tornadoes — one packing 175 mph winds — on a day when storms killed 13 people in Indiana and 24 in Kentucky.
Scott, who came up with the idea for the band to play at a prom, toured Henryville earlier Wednesday.
"It was heartbreaking in a lot of ways," she said at a news conference before the show. "Where there's so much sadness and devastation there's hope being built in its place, so that was really inspiring to see."
Scott said the band was moved by what she called the "selfless" entries from other schools, including rival Silver Creek High School in nearby Sellersburg, Ind., which actually was the band's pick to win the contest but students there backed the Henryville bid.
"That was just such, honestly, an encouraging thing to think that those high schoolers, that generation, they're that helpless, they want to help each other that much," she said. "It was definitely an easy decision."
Each of Henryville's juniors and seniors received five tickets for floor seating at the show. The juniors and seniors at Silver Creek, the rival Clark County school that nominated Henryville, each received one ticket, said Tahnee Brown of concert promoter National Shows 2.
Lady A's Kelley said the band hoped to lift the Henryville community's spirits.
"We want to just go there and hopefully bring a little joy, meet them, shake their hands, encourage them to try to get through it as best as they can," the singer said.
The sold-out benefit is accompanied by an online drive that's one of several disaster relief efforts for Henryville. That online drive had generated more than $119,000 by Wednesday morning, but concert organizers say that reflects only a portion of the money that's been collected.
"With everything's that's happened — the tornado and the destruction — now we'll have something else to remember for the rest of our lives," said Henryville junior class vice president Kaitlyn Maloney, 17, who rode out the March 2 storm with her parents in the basement of their Henryville home. "This will give us something to remember that's happy."
The show also could be a sort of homecoming for many town residents, said Monroe Township Trustee Allen Bottorff, a lifelong Henryville resident whose home was damaged in the storms and lost a second one he and his wife were remodeling. He planned to attend the show with his family, including his 18-year-old twins, son Tanner and daughter Drew.
"It's going to be quite a bit of a reunion for a lot of people who have been scattered about," Bottorff said.
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Rookie QB embarrasses Bears defense
For all the concern over Jay Cutler's health and well-being, it is the fitness of the defense that gives pause to any talk of a serious playoff run.
There weren't many sellers when the Bears were stripping the football at a ridiculous pace, but buying in meant you had to believe Charles Tillman and friends would take the ball away four or five times a game.
It doesn't in any way detract from the skill it takes to steal the football, but it did distract from the age and performance of a banged-up defense, especially against vastly inferior opponents.
The Bears have balked at that notion all season -- to the point of being offended by any suggestion of the sort -- but it is the defense that now gives offense.
Nothing was more pungent Sunday afternoon at Soldier Field when the Bears lost to Seattle 23-17 in overtime, and no member of the defense was proud of the odor.
"That was shocking," said defensive back Kelvin Hayden. "We're going to have to look at the film and straighten it out fast."
While no locker room smells pleasant after a game, for a change it was the offense holding its collective nose.
"We didn't get it done," Hayden said. "The offense bailed us out and then we let it happen again."
Up 14-10, Bears punter Adam Podlesh pinned the Seahawks down on their own 3 with 3:40 left in the game.
Game over, right?
This is the vaunted Bears defense against a rookie quarterback, Russell Wilson, who isn't tall enough to see over his own offensive line. But like a 10-year veteran, Wilson walked the Seahawks down the field in 12 plays for the go-ahead touchdown, converting once on third down and once on fourth.
"He got out of the pocket a couple times and we missed a lot of tackles," said safety Major Wright. "We've got to make tackles."
With only 24 seconds left in the game, Cutler did what he does best. He kept a play alive with his feet and found Brandon Marshall for 56 yards, a classic drawn up on the playground, and nothing new for Cutler and Marshall.
"I told Brandon to run as fast as he could down there and I'll throw it to you and you make a play," Cutler said. "I tried to buy some time in the pocket, bounced around a little bit, and found him. I put it up and he did a great job coming back for it."
The catch put Robbie Gould in a position to tie the game as time ran out in regulation, and it felt again like the Bears would escape.
But Seattle won the toss in overtime, and Wilson again took his team 12 plays down the field for a touchdown, this time for 80 yards, including 3 third-down conversions.
"I think it's surprising," Cutler said of the defense being unable to get off the field. "Our defense takes a lot of pride in that."
Brian Urlacher, Tim Jennings and Chris Conte were among the starters who watched the ending from the sidelines; Jennings after getting run over by Seattle running back Michael Robinson, Conte sick and Urlacher wrapped in ice.
Lovie Smith said Urlacher was out with a hamstring and Jennings with a shoulder. Whatever the nature of their injuries, and considering Tillman (ankle) and Lance Briggs (ankle) were slowed to some degree, the Bears looked old and sluggish on a defense that before the season was forecast to be old and sluggish.
"I've been watching some of them," Wilson said, "for 10 or 15 years."
Wilson didn't mean to give offense, but some of them really have been around that long.
"I still think we have a great defense here," Hayden said. "We just can't keep doing the things we did today. We have to clean it up."
Much will be made of Lovie Smith's decision early in the second quarter to pass up points, and rightly so, especially in light of the offensive line being the offensive line.
"That's on us," said Roberto Garza. "It's a couple inches and we have to get that. We didn't do enough to win the game."
Against a strong Seattle defense, the Bears offense actually did just enough to win the game, but the defense allowed two very long drives at the end of regulation and in overtime, and that's why they lost.
"We're better than that," Wright said. "This is a tough one to swallow."
Once again, it's worth remembering that world did not end Sunday. There are four games remaining, and three are quite winnable.
The Bears (8-4) will need at least two of them to reach the postseason, but having lost three of four there are questions being asked of a team that hasn't provided many answers in the last month.
"There's a big run coming and we have to be ready for it," Hayden said. "We will be ready. I still see us as a playoff team."
Making the playoffs is one thing. Making a long playoff run is hard to envision as injuries mount and age takes its toll.
But no one takes more joy in bouncing back and sticking it to the critics than this Bears squad.
A defeat like Sunday's provides them all the opportunity they could imagine.
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There's typically no way around it. At some time during a motor's life, it is likely to experience high vibration levels. What's behind this maintenance phenomenon? The cause may be an electromagnetic or mechanical imbalance, loose components, rubbing parts, bearing failure, or resonance.
When a problem occurs, it is critical to quickly identify the source of the trouble and take corrective action. Using present-day diagnostic techniques can save you money and downtime.
Vibration levels shown in the Table below are considered excessive. If you find these levels during inspection, quickly resolve the situation to ensure you don't sacrifice motor reliability. Levels that are half as high as those in the table indicate excellent machine operation.
Shaft vibration vs. housing vibration
The necessity of obtaining housing vibration data vs. shaft vibration data depends on the problem. It is often desirable to obtain both, especially on a machine with sleeve bearings. If the problem originates in the housing or motor frame (for example, twice line frequency vibration), gather housing vibration data with magnetically mounted accelerometers. If the problem originates in the rotor (unbalance or oil whirl, for instance), obtain shaft vibration data with either a shaft stick or a proximity probe.
Proximity probes yield vibration data of the shaft movement relative to the housing, whereas shaft stick measurements yield vibration data based on an absolute reference location. Obtain shaft stick measurements by placing a handheld accelero-meter attached to a wood fishtail stick against a smooth rotating surface on the motor shaft. If the motor comes with proximity probes, use them. If it does not and relative shaft vibration is required, set up proximity probes with magnetic mounts. Always obtain housing vibration data with an absolute reference.
Take the correct direction of measurement
You should take housing vibration measurements in three planes (vertical, horizontal, and axial) on both bearing housings, as shown in the Figure on the right. Take shaft vibration measurements in two directions (90° apart) on one drive end of the motor. If the motor has proximity probes, you typically mount them at a 45° offset from both sides of the upper vertical centerline.
You can measure vibration in units of displacement (peak-to-peak movement in mils or thousands of an inch), units of velocity (zero-to-peak in in./sec), or units of acceleration (zero-to-peak in gs). Acceleration emphasizes high frequencies, displacement emphasizes low frequencies, and velocity gives equal emphasis to all frequencies. Troubleshooters commonly use displacement units for shaft vibration measurement and velocity units for housing vibration measurement.
Recommended troubleshooting procedure
If you suspect high vibration may be the source of your troubles, various tests can pinpoint the trouble spot. But first, you should perform some basic maintenance checks to answer these questions:
Are all the bolts tight?
Have you eliminated "soft foot"? Check for it by loosening the four hold-down bolts that pass through the motor mounting feet one at a time. A dial indicator should show no more than .001 in. of movement in the vertical direction of the mounting foot. Install shims to eliminate the situation.
Is hot (or operating) alignment good? If it's not possible to verify hot alignment, have you verified cold motor (or not-operating) alignment with appropriate thermal compensation checks?
Is any part of the system (such as the junction box top cover or piping) vibrating excessively? Are any of the parts attached to the motor resonant?
Is the foundation or the motor frame vibrating at a higher level (more than 25%) than the motor? If so, there could be a weak motor base.
Are any parts of the motor or shaft loose?
Have any fan blades eroded or broken off? Is coupling lubrication satisfactory?
If the above items are satisfactory, but vibration remains high, perform a thorough vibration analysis.
You can diagnose a vibration problem in two steps. First, obtain vibration data, but remember factors like noise, combined signals, and amplitude modulation can influence the data. Then, determine what operating conditions increase, decrease, or have no effect on vibration. Obtain vibration measurements with the motor operating under the following conditions:
Loaded, coupled, full voltage, all conditions stabilized. The first measurements you take should represent the machine under normal operation and may indicate the tests you should perform next.
Unloaded, coupled, full voltage. This condition removes some, but not all, load-related vibration.
Unloaded, uncoupled, full voltage. This condition removes all effects of the coupling and mechanical load driven by the motor. It isolates the motor/base system from the measurement.
Unloaded, uncoupled, reduced voltage (25% if possible). This test minimizes the effect of magnetic pullover. A 25% voltage reduction is usually only possible at a motor service shop or manufacturer's facility. If the motor is a Y-Delta connected machine, the Y connection is effectively 57% voltage as compared to the D connection at the same terminal voltage. A comparison of vibration under both connections reveals the voltage sensitivity of the motor.
Unloaded, uncoupled, coast down. This test reveals any resonance/critical-speed problem for the entire motor/base/driven equipment system.
More stringent specifications regarding motor vibration call for maximum velocity levels of 0.1 in./sec on the housing and 1.5 mils of displacement vibration on the shaft. The limits apply to a motor mounted on a seismic mass, and uncoupled or coupled to a piece of equipment in a way that eliminates any vibration in the driven equipment.
Vibration problems can vary from a mere nuisance to an indication of imminent motor failure. With a solid knowledge of motor fundamentals and vibration analysis, you can usually identify areas of concern well before they lead to a failure.
Finley is manager of engineering and Hodowanec is manager of mechanical engineering in the Large Motor Business division of Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. in Norwood, Ohio.


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October 17th, 2011 in Audiobook News, Awards & Accolades, Global
The shortlists for the 2011 Galaxy Awards have been announced today, and The Player of Games, read by Peter Kenny, has been nominated for the Audible.co.uk Best Audiobook Award.
This year's awards will be announced on 4th November. In the meantime, The Player of Games is available as an audio download from Audible.co.uk, Audible.com (for US-based listeners) and the iTunes store.
July 8th, 2011 in Global, Interviews
Stuck for something to do this lunchtime, Banks fans? Here you go...
The Guardian is holding a live webchat with the man himself at 13.00 hours today.
"When we asked you whom you'd like to see more of on the site, one of the names that came up over and over was Iain Banks. And who are we to argue?"
Details of how to participate are at www.guardian.co.uk.
[Heads-up via the always-vigilant David H of The Banksonian]
May 11th, 2011 in Awards & Accolades, Global
UK-based tech news website The Register has been running an online poll, asking it's readers to nominate the 'best sci-fi films never made'; books that have so far, somehow, been over-looked by Hollywood's movie moguls in favour of yet a.n.other sequel and / or re-hash.
And the winner, by a significant margin, was our very own Iain M. Banks' Use of Weapons.
The Register reports:
"The 50 candidates attracted a whopping 27,088 votes, with the winner securing 10,032. Runner-up was Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's The Mote In God's Eye, which was honoured with 7,099 votes. You can see the full results right here.
Worth noting that Consider Phlebas, Excession, The Player of Games and The Algebraist also featured, polling a few hundred votes between them. But it's clearly Use of Weapons that people want to see on the big screen.
Hollywood movie moguls, take note!
February 10th, 2011 in Global, TV, Radio & Film
The BBC iPlayer archive has dug up Iain Banks' guest appearance on the Desert Island Discs show, from way back in August 1997.
Visit www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer to hear presenter Sue Lawley quiz Iain on what he would have taken to his hypothetical desert island at the back end of the nineties...
[Thanks to David H of The Banksoniain for the heads-up]
January 28th, 2011 in Global, Interviews
Iain Banks has been interviewed by Derek Neale, Open University lecturer in Creative Writing, for the OU's OpenLearn website.
Here's the video recording of the interview (available via YouTube) which took place at the Cheltenham Literature Festival last year. Derek talks to Iain about various topics, including the digitisation of books, his writing process and the impact of world events on his work.
An audio recording of the interview is also available via audioboo.fm.
Many thanks indeed to David H (editor of Iain Banks fanzine The Banksonian) for the heads-up!
January 17th, 2011 in Bonus Material, Global
Mat McD sent in a link back in December (apologies for the delay in posting, Mat, it's been manic these past few weeks).
I'll let Mat explain:
At the book launch for the new Culture novel Surface Detail by Iain M Banks I asked people one question:
What do they want to see become science fact?
Initially inspired by the 50 people 1 question films by Deltree I thought that an audience gathered to see the most successful science fiction author since Asimov could be fertile ground for thoughtful comments on the future.
Many thanks to all contributors and the De La Warr Pavilion management for letting me shoot.
Shot on a 7d with a simple edit in FCP.
And here are the results:
Science Fact? from Mat McD on Vimeo
November 22nd, 2010 in Global, Interviews
You remember a while back we mentioned that UK Sci-Fi magazine SFX was looking for reader-submitted questions to put to Iain? Turns out the resulting interview was published in the October 20th issue of the magazine, and is available on the SFX website as well:
November 5th, 2010 in Global, Interviews
Mike French, editor of literary magazine The View From Here has been in touch to say:
"We interviewed Iain at the Luton Library Theatre before he went on stage, in a half-hour interview which turned out to be both amusing and insightful. The full interview is only available in our printed and digital editions."
Here's a taster question to whet your appetite:
The View From Here: Is there a grand plan for the Culture, are you taking it somewhere or just having fun with it?
Iain M Banks: "No – and yeah... it will go on until I stop having fun with it and then I will just sort of leave it to be. There's no overall strategic plan and in a sense that is the plan, having no plan is the plan. The plot of the Culture is not going to come to some huge climatic end, well unless I come up with an idea that can only work in those terms but I'll try not to.
"That is, the Culture just keeps on going: it's this society where by now you might have expected it to sublime, to retire from the normal matter base life of the galaxy and the universe and go off into this magical realm. (Which I may have to deal with as I keep getting asked about it these days, so I'm going to have to explain what the hell it is.)
"But it's definitely not doing this, deliberately staying back and surfing the crest instead of going down the wave - it wants to keep on doing good works, it wants to be part of the normal life of the galaxy. So it's deliberately not doing what it's expected to do. So that theme of continuance, of sticking around – like passiveness, almost bloody mindedness is why it can't just all suddenly come to a big crashing stop and I think eventually it will fade away, but it's going to leave lots of echoes.
"That was one of the questions today during the Twitter thing which I had to put in quite concise terms: somebody said, will the Culture ever fall? And I said, it's not going to fall but it will fade and that's going to leave echoes everywhere. ( Mock evil laughter )"
If you want to read the full interview you'll need to pay The View From Here the princely sum of $1 (one US dollar) or 69p (sixty-nine British pence) for the downloadable pdf edition, or $7.35 / £4.99 for a copy of the print remix.
More information from www.theviewfromheremagazine.com.
November 3rd, 2010 in Global, Reviews
Iain Banks' latest Culture novel, Surface Detail, was the subject matter of the Scotsman Book Club last month.
Five readers, two of whom (including a former editor of 2000AD) had never encountered a Culture novel before, discuss their reactions over at www.scotsman.com.
October 14th, 2010 in Global, Interviews
Via Tim Haigh Reads Books, Iain Banks talks Surface Detail with interviewer Tim Haigh.
Visit www.timhaighreadsbooks.com for an earlier interview with Iain on the subject of his previous novel, Transition.
[Podcast produced and hosted by Green-Shoot.]
October 12th, 2010 in Global, Interviews
Waterstones Booksellers (@waterstones will be hosting a Twinterview (that's a Twitter-based Interview, for the uninitiated) on 19th October and are inviting questions from members of the Twitter-using public (the Twupblic?)
To propose a question for Iain, tweet it with the hashtag #mbanks and the Waterstone's crew will scoop 'em up and pick the best ones to put to the man himself on the 19th, then tweet the resulting answers.
October 12th, 2010 in Global, Resources
Daniel Solis (Art Director by day, Game Designer by night) posted a thread on the Iain Banks forum recently to let Banks fans know that he's created a new font based on Iain Banks' Marain alphabet.
The font can be downloaded from Daniel's website at danielsolis.blogspot.com.
He's also posted a video about the creation of the font:
October 6th, 2010 in Global, Interviews
Iain M. Banks has been interviewed by James Rundle for SciFiNow.
Topics of discussion include Iain's writing history, his take on mainstream literature's opinion of science fiction, his influences, recommended writers and whether he thinks ebooks will eventaully take over form print media.
Read the interview at www.SciFiNow.co.uk.
[Another big thank you to David H of the Banksoniain for he heads-up!]
October 4th, 2010 in Global, TV, Radio & Film
Iain was a guest on Janice Forsyth's show on BBC Radio Scotland on Saturday October 2nd, along with actor and musician Tim Robbins. The interview with Iain kicks in round about 15:50 or so and ranges over a variety of topics, with plenty of background info on the new Culture novel Surface Detail.
The show is available to listen to until October 7th via the BBC website.
[Many thanks to David H of The Banksonian for the heads-up!]
September 29th, 2010 in Global, Reviews
With the publication of Surface Detail just over the horizon (UK: Oct 7th, US: Oct 28th) a few early reviews have started to appear.
SFX Magazine said that Surface Detail is "...one of the most entertaining Culture novels for a long time".
Sci-Fi Now Magazine said: "Famed for his profoundly dark and intelligent humour, Iain M Banks has succeeded in weaving another intricate tale that offers fascinating insight into the human condition."
And TheBookBag.co.uk's Robin Leggett summed Surface Detail up thusly:
"There's double-crossing aplenty, action, revenge, love stories, virtual and real action, tech and humour and some terrific characters. But what sets this book apart is the quality of the writing and the depth of the author's imagination. Amongst all the mayhem, Banks raises some interesting questions about identity, death and the whole point of Hell."
More info over on the Surface Detail page of the site.
September 28th, 2010 in Global, Website Updates
Not long now until the UK publication date of Iain M Banks' brand new Culture novel, Surface Detail, on October 7th 2010 (US readers will have to wait just a little longer, until October 28th).
To whet your appetite (and give you something to talk about over on the forum in the meantime) the whole of chapter one is now available to read here on the site.
Here's how it all begins:
"This one might be trouble."
She heard one of them say this, only ten or so metres away in the darkness. Even over her fear, the sheer naked terror of being hunted, she felt a shiver of excitement, of something like triumph, when she realised they were talking about her. Yes, she thought, she would be trouble, she already was trouble. And they were worried too; the hunters experienced their own fears during the chase. Well, at least one of them did. The man who'd spoken was Jasken; Veppers' principal bodyguard and chief of security. Jasken. Of course; who else?
September 10th, 2010 in Global, Resources
Dave H has dropped us a line to say that the latest issue of his Banksoniain Fanzine is now ready to download and peruse at your leisure.
Dave says:
"This issue reports on 2010 up to the publication of Surface Detail tracing the development of the book. Iain's appearances during the year so far, including Eastercon, are also examined. The Iain Banks iPhone App is discussed as are Hungarian translations, and as Surface Detail is out next month there are more than the usual number of events in the Calendar. Media Scanner highlights the interesting press coverage Iain has received since the last issue. There is a smattering of film news and a few snippets about book after next."
Download Banksoniain #16 from www.banksoniain.netfirms.com.
June 28th, 2010 in Event News, Global
David H, of Banksoniain fanzine fame, has just posted the following to the Iain Banks Forum:
The readings and conversations at the Prague Writers' Festival were recorded and are now online via www.pwf.cz.
Iain participates in the Tuesday evening conversation about Heresy, and the Wednesday evening readings.
More details on the forum.
June 23rd, 2010 in Book News, Global
Iain M. Banks' global publisher, Orbit Books, have revealed the cover image that will grace the brand new Culture novel - Surface Detail - when it is published worldwide in print and e-book editions in October 2010.
From the Orbit announcement post: "The title is Surface Detail, which refers to a number of things, not least one of the principal characters, who is covered, externally and internally, with congenitally administered tattoos."
Here's the cover in all its glory:
And here's the back cover blurb:
It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters.
It begins with a murder.
And it will not end until the Culture has gone to war with death itself.
Lededje Y'breq is one of the Intagliated, her marked body bearing witness to a family shame, her life belonging to a man whose lust for power is without limit. Prepared to risk everything for her freedom, her release, when it comes, is at a price, and to put things right she will need the help of the Culture.
Benevolent, enlightened and almost infinitely resourceful though it may be, the Culture can only do so much for any individual. With the assistance of one of its most powerful - and arguably deranged - warships, Lededje finds herself heading into a combat zone not even sure which side the Culture is really on. A war - brutal, far-reaching – is already raging within the digital realms that store the souls of the dead, and it's about to erupt into reality.
It started in the realm of the Real and that is where it will end. It will touch countless lives and affect entire civilizations, but at the centre of it all is a young woman whose need for revenge masks another motive altogether.
October 2010, folks. Don't miss it.
Edit 24.06.10
Here's the US cover variant with alternate font / logo:
June 11th, 2010 in Global, Interviews
SFX Magazine will be conducting a fan-interview with Iain Banks and are requesting questions to put to the author.
The deadline for submitting a question is Tuesday, June 15th. Details of how to submit can be found at www.sfx.co.uk.


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Willis McGahee returned to practice Tuesday with the Denver Broncos, just one day after acknowledging "if we played a game tomorrow, no I couldn't go" on the knee he injured two months ago.
|Take a look at the best photos of the Ravens vs. Broncos through the years.
The Denver Post reported the veteran running back wore a black jersey during the session, setting him apart from his teammates dressed in orange. Tuesday marked the first day McGahee could step on the practice field after being placed on the team's injured reserve/designated-to-return list with the torn medial collateral ligament and leg fracture he suffered in a Week 11 win over the San Diego Chargers.
McGahee -- with a history of knee injuries -- isn't eligible to play until the AFC championship, should the Broncos advance that far with a win over the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday.
Oft-injured Knowshon Moreno has been a nice surprise for the Broncos in the backfield, and we expect him to hold down the fort even if McGahee returns. Before the injury, nobody touched McGahee's workload as he led the team with 731 yards on 167 carries and four touchdowns through 10 games.
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