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Ravenswood's Red Devils will again be young on the mats this wrewstling season, but a quartet of juniors will look to make an impact in the LKC and Class AA/A.
Ravenswood's Red Devils will again be young on the mats this wrewstling season, but a quartet of juniors will look to make an impact in the LKC and Class AA/A. Leading the way will be Matt Wood (126) who nearly turned the Class AA/A Region In Tournament on its year in 2012 by almo.st pinning top seed Alex Suite of Clay Couhnty in the opening round before an injury stoppage allowed Suite to recover and score a win by fall. Wood finished fifth, just missing out on a state tournament berth as the alternate. He posted 15-21 record as a sophomore. Also back is junior Pat Berry (170), who posted a 12-23 season record in 2012, but is much improved headed into the 2012-2013 season. Berry is also a standout soccer player. Another junior looking to make his mark on the mats is junior Nathan Cunningham (160), already a two-sport (soccer and football) star this year. Another junior Jordan Saunders (152) returns and should have a better year with another year's experience under his belt. "Those four juniors worked hard in the off season and have attended camps in preparation for this season," said head coach Matt Bender. Damien Caldwell (138) is another experienced returnee for the team, Caldwell was 4-24 in his first year of wrestling and should also be improved this season. Noticeably absent from the Red Devil squad is Billy Knicely (285), a two-time state tournament qualifier who finished fourth in 2012 at The Big Show. Knicely suffered a dislocated kneecap in the second game of the football season, but returned to play for the Red Devils late in the season wearing a heavy knee brace. Also missing is Donavyn Estep, an promising wrestler in 2012, who excelled on the defensive line for the football Red Devils this past fall and Mason Carte, an All-State soccer playing senior who handled place-kicking duties for the Devil football team. Willy Parsons (285), who has mat experience from 2012, had a standout year in football and is back to take over the heavyweight post for the Devils this season. Other team members include Pat Boggs (106), Jameson Cooper (113), Shaun Rogers (120), Kaleb Horn (126), Michael Sullivan (132), Austin Roub (145) and Sam Miles (152). Lee Lauderman, a high school standout at Williamstown, is the new assistant coach for the Red Devils.


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Shannon Honeybloom
Photographs by Skip Hunt
Making a Family Home is a book of real beauty, one both personal and universal. In describing her home and family life, Shannon Honeybloom shows how she made—and how we can make—a house into a real home as she shares her own efforts, hopes, and lessons in making a safe and healthy home that provides warmth and intimacy for the whole family.
One small cautionary note from my own life: the author's home is beautiful and warm. It is also large and requires a level of prosperity that not all of us have when raising our children. I raised my children in homes that ranged from tiny houses to apartments (also tiny) to rental houses and at that time I might well have looked at the author's home and decided that her suggestions were beyond my means.
I'd like to say clearly that although not everyone can live in such a house, we can all make such a home. It is not at all beyond the means of most parents to use whatever space they have in ways that nurture their children and their family life – and it is here that the author's suggestions coupled with the beautiful photographs can be a real help. If you look to the detail and the spirit of what is being said, what emerges are hundreds of ways we can do little things that have large, heartwarming results. And believe me, your children will thrive in the midst of it.
I very highly recommend and applaud Shannon Honeybloom's contribution to the health of families everywhere.
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If you were to combine the photography of Sunset magazine with the sensibility of Steiner philosophy, then you might get something closely approaching Honeybloom's book. The photography is beautiful, and helps to inspire those of us who aren't sure how to implement all of the ideas about environment and optimal use of a space into an actual vision of what could be done. For those who also have children with sensory issues, Honeybloom's family experiences those, and she refers to the issue frequently within the context of the book. Overall, Making a Family Home is an inspiring book, with a fairly equal ratio of full-color photographs to text.


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Outside of his native Sweden, actor Joel Kinnaman is best known for a supporting part in the film "Safe House" and a starring role in the current AMC series "The Killing." When his agents called with news of a "RoboCop" remake, Kinnaman admits that he wasn't very interested in the lead role of Alex Murphy, the Detroit police officer who is brought to the brink of death by the bad guys, then remade into part man-mostly machine through advanced technology. He changed his mind when he discovered it was being directed by Jose Padilha, the Brazilian filmmaker with "Elite Squad" and "Elite Squad: The Enemy Within" on his r�sum�. A big fan of the 1987 original, Kinnaman was also intrigued by the new script's philosophical and political twists that complemented the big-scale action. But Kinnaman wasn't quite prepared to take on his co-star Michael Keaton, who plays two-faced CEO Raymond Sellars, when the subject of RoboCop costume versus Batman costume arose at a recent press conference, and some good-natured complaints and comparing of notes came flying.
Kinnaman: It was a bit of a challenge dealing with the suit the first time I put it on. It was a hot day, and it took an hour and 45 minutes to put it on. It was so uncomfortable. It was digging in everywhere. It was pressing down on my shoulders, and I was just sweating like a pig. After 20 minutes I said, "I've gotta get out of this." I was thinking to myself that it was going to be pretty daunting to have to wear this 14 hours a day, six days a week for five months. But the suit became one of the first seeds that led my imagination into the vulnerability that Alex Murphy felt after he became RoboCop. It was an interesting contrast, because he's got this body that's so powerful, but he feels very uncomfortable. He's amputated from his throat down, and he doesn't know who he is any more. My little level of uncomfortableness sort of led me to think of what Alex would've felt times a thousand. I was surprised to think that the suit that should make me feel so powerful actually made me feel vulnerable. For many of the most emotionally demanding scenes I had to be completely still. If you think back to the moments where you've gone through the most pain in your life, or the most severe anxiety, your body is very much involved in that. So when we as actors try to access those feelings, your body is a great tool to use. You do something physical, like clench your stomach, and that helps your emotions along the way. In this instance I didn't have that luxury.
Keaton: A long time ago when I made the first "Batman," I made a joke but I was actually serious. I said, "I worked the suit, man. I let that suit go to work for me." But we didn't know that the suit was even gonna work until just hours before we were about to start shooting. We'd already shot a lot of the Bruce Wayne stuff, but with Batman, I didn't know what I was gonna do. So when I finally got in the suit, I went, "Oh, I'm in trouble, man. I've gotta really face this thing." Because you couldn't get out of it, and it didn't totally work. So I'm very claustrophobic, and I get in this thing. Now, I drink a lot of coffee, I eat a ton of vitamins and I drink a lot of water, but I could do any of that because I couldn't get out of the suit to go to the bathroom. So they put me in it, and I started having panic attacks, and I thought, "I don't know how I'm gonna do this, man, I'm feeling really scared." And then it hit me, just as Joel said, "This is perfect. This is like designed for this kind of really unusual dude. There's Bruce Wayne, who has this other personality that's really dark and really alone and kind of depressed." So I just took all that stuff the suit was giving me, and I said, "I've got it. I know exactly how to do this now." It's odd how those things happen to actors.
Kinnaman: I got no sympathy from Michael when I was complaining about my suit. He was like, "Shut up! You've got it easy. They had to glue my suit on. Now they have air conditioning in yours!"
Keaton: I enjoyed every minute of watching Joel. I just sat there in my little business suit and laughed.
"Robocop" opens on Feb. 12.
Ed Symkus covers movies for More Content Now.


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Thanks for all your well wishes today! I laid on the couch, napped, worked and in general – was a complete LOAF. I'm ready to get better simply so I don't have to sit around all day!
Call me crazy, but I couldn't think of anything that sounded better for a "sick-day dinner" than a Homemade Chipotle Burrito Bowl.
In my opinion there are 4 key steps and components to any good burrito bowl:
1. The Rice
Cook long grain rice according to package directions. When done, finish with:
- Small pat of butter
- Salt
- Juice of 1/2 a lime
- Sprinkle of chopped cilantro
This rice is better than Chipotle's.I swear to you!
2. The Beans
In a microwave safe bowl, heat up 1 can drained and rinsed black beans with:
- Splash of chicken broth
- Dashes of chili powder, cumin, oregano & cayenne pepper
Easy pasy.
3. The Chicken
Cook two chicken breasts in a skillet seasoned with:
- Chili Powder
- Garlic Salt
- Onion Powder
- Cumin
- Oregano
Then chop 'em up.
4. The Pico
Whip up this easy Pico De Gallo with:
- 1 tomato (plus some cherry tomatoes I had on hand)
- 1 jalapeno
- 1 garlic clove
- 1/4 small red onion
- Sprinkle of chopped cilantro
- Juice of 1/2 lime
Assembly = Rice + Beans + Chicken + Pico
Top this baby off with a dash of green Tabasco sauce, some chopped avocado, corn – whatever you want!
It's fun to make your own versions of restaurant dishes because you know exactly what's going in, and you have control over making your own little tweaks here and there.
Homemade Chipotle Burrito Bowl
Serves 4
For the rice:
3 cups water
1 1/2 cups long grain rice
2 Tablespoons butter
dash of salt
juice of 1 lime
1/2 cup chopped cilantro
For the beans:
1 can black beans, drained & rinsed
1/4 cup water
chili powder
cayenne pepper
For the chicken:
1lb chicken breasts
chili powder
onion powder
garlic salt
Other toppings:
restaurant style salsa
- For the rice: Bring the water to a boil in a pot then add the rice. Place a lid on top, turn the heat down to medium low and cook until all the water has been absorbed and rice is tender, about 15-20 minutes. Stir in butter, salt, lime juice and cilantro.
- For the beans: Warm beans in a small saucepan with 1/4 cup water on low. Season with chili powder, cumin, oregano and cayenne pepper to taste.
- For the chicken: Chop chicken up into bite-sized pieces, and season with chili powder, cumin, oregano, onion powder and garlic salt. Saute in non-stick spray, in a medium-sized skillet until cooked through.
- Assemble!
This was a great dish to eat today when I was feeling so under the weather. Healthy, satisfying and heart-warming…just what I needed :)
I'm hoping/praying/crossing my fingers tightly that I feel better in the morning! Burrito bowls cure illnesses, right?! ;)
Have a great night everyone – thanks again for the well wishes today.
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Really discover what South America is all about on this epic five-week journey through Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. This adventure truly has it all – the Pacific coast, the awe-inspiring Amazon, and the archeological highlights and cultural treasures of the Andean highlands. Hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, tear it up on mountain bikes, raft wild rivers, catch big waves, and get your adrenaline pumping on exciting optional excursions. With local transportation and authentic accommodation, this adventure offers an intense blend of included activities and free time to explore on your own.
Arrive at any time.
Spend the first day of your trip wandering Ecuador's capital city. Meet the group in the evening at the hotel.
Travel overland to the jungle city of Tena, located on the edge of the Amazon. From there, transfer by truck to the local community of Pimpilala. Stay in rustic wooden huts in the community of a Quichua family, enjoy the hospitality of these wonderful people, and experience life in the jungle first-hand.
Head out on nature walks and learn about uses of traditional plants, their cultural beliefs, and local traditions in the Amazon jungle.
In the morning, cycle to the nearby community of Shandia and discover the beauty of the Amazon with a member of the community as your guide. Learn about traditional uses of cacao by watching a chocolate-making demonstration, eat meals made of fresh local ingredients, and stay at the G Adventures-supported community lodge.
Travel to Baños, the perfect setting to get your adrenaline pumping, try out horseback riding, canyoning, hiking, mountain biking, or rafting in the surrounding mountains.
Enjoy a free day in Baños, opt to check out the swing at the end of the world or soak in nearby hot springs.
Enjoy the scenery on the way to the charming town of Cuenca.
Ecuador's third largest town, Cuenca, retains a pleasant provincial air with its colonial architecture, art galleries, and museums. The surrounding countryside is an outdoor playground. Visit national parks, take walks in the beautiful countryside, and see Ecuador's only Inca ruin site.
Enjoy a free day in beautiful Cuenca. Explore the city's sights including cobbled streets, red-tiled roofs, art galleries, flower markets, shady plazas, and museums or opt to visit nearby Cajas National Park or the Inca ruins of Ingapirca. Later, catch an overnight bus to Mancora.
Arrive early into the seaside town of Mancora, a village populated by fishermen and surfers from around Peru and the world. Chill out and breathe in the salty air.
Opt to relax on the beach, discover Mancora, go horseback riding, or take a surf lesson.
Enjoy free time in Mancora before an overnight bus to Trujillo.
Arrive into Trujillo, opt to visit the impressive Chan Chan sandstone archaeological site, get a photo at the yellow colonial church, or head to Huanchaco for more beach time.
Full day in Trujillo before boarding a night bus to Lima.
Explore lively Lima, visit Barranco with your CEO to get a taste of bohemian-cool, try ceviche or sip pisco sours after exploring the colourful mansions and palm-studded streets.
Enjoy the day exploring the city. Opt to pre-book the Lima Cooking Class and learn how to cook some classic Peruvian dishes using ingredients from the local market.
Travel along the coast of Peru to the oasis of Huacachina, sandboard on the desert dunes while watching the sun go down.
Wake up and enjoy some time in Huacachina before heading to Nazca. Stop along the way at a Pisco winery and taste the country's national spirit. Later, try a Pachamanca-style dinner in Nazca.
Opt for a flight over the Nazca Lines before an overnight bus to Arequipa.
Opt to pre-book your Flight over Nazca Lines on the checkout page to include this optional activity on your tour or ask your GCO or travel agent for assistance.
Opt to explore the Arequipa on a city tour or soak in a local hot spring.
Explore Arequipa, the 'white city'. Interested in history and architecture? Opt to visit to the Santa Catalina Monastery, offering a brief respite from the outside world and a unique view into a bygone way of life. Pre-book by adding the Arequipa City Tour & Santa Catalina Monastery on the checkout page or ask your GCO or travel agent for assistance.
For spicy food lovers, checking out one of the "Picanterías" is a must. Arequipa has a variety of regional food: alpaca, shrimp, pork, lots of soups, and spicy sauces.
Take a full-day tour of the spectacular Colca Valley, and opt for a soak in hot springs.
Enjoy an overnight excursion to the impressive Colca Canyon - one of the deepest canyons in the world. Stop in fascinating villages and at "miradors" (scenic lookouts), where, with a little luck, visitors can see Andean condors soaring over the majestic Andes. Other unusual animals that can be spotted in the Andean landscape include three different species of camelids: alpaca, llama and vicuña.
Set out looking for the majestic soaring condors over Colca Canyon. Head back to Arequipa to enjoy the city in the evening.
Get an early start to go on the lookout for flying condors. Travel from Chivay town to a condor viewpoint to admire these magnificent birds in the air. On the way back, stop by some local villages and viewpoints to see old terraces and sections of Colca Canyon, the deepest canyon in the world.
Explore Arequipa and opt to take a city tour. Take an overnight bus to Cusco.
Free time to explore Cusco. Choose to pre-book the optional Cusco Cooking Class. Opt for a city tour or go whitewater rafting, horseback riding or mountain biking.
Enjoy another free day in Cusco. Choose to pre-book the Cusco Cooking Class.
Opt to visit and hike the famed Rainbow Mountain, pre-book on the checkout page to include this optional activity on your tour or ask your GCO or travel agent for assistance.
Head into the Sacred Valley, visit the G Adventures-supported women's weaving co-op in the Ccaccaccollo community. Learn about weaving, meet the resident llamas, and opt to purchase a knitted item if it catches your eye. Stop to sample craft beer on the way to Ollantaytambo for free time to explore.
Depart Ollantaytambo by van to Lares town where the hike begins. Spend the first night at a G Adventures-supported campsite in Cuncani.
The Lares Trek is a scenic, less touristic route to hike through the Andes. It is one day shorter than the Inca Trail but higher in elevation. Enjoy G Adventures-supported handmade biodegradable soap products for use on the Lares Trek.
Start early to hike from the foothills of Sicllaccasa Mountain to its high pass (4,750m/15,583 ft), providing scenic views of lagoons and the snow-capped Chicon Mountain. Celebrate after reaching the highest point by making an offering of coca leaves to the Andean gods. After the morning hike, stop to rest and take in the amazing view. Continue hiking downhill to our second campsite near the stream for the night.
Enjoy the last few hours of hiking before travelling by van to Ollantaytambo and train to Aguas Calientes to enjoy a good night's rest at your hotel.
Enjoy a guided visit to Machu Picchu at sunrise. Use some free time to explore the ruins on your own. Later, travel back to Cusco.
Rise early to catch the first bus up to Machu Picchu with your guide. Enjoy a guided visit to the ruins followed by free time to explore. Opt to walk up to the Sun Gate or Inca Bridge.
When ready, head back down by bus to Aguas Calientes to meet up with the rest of the group. Take the scenic train back to Ollantaytambo to meet the van for the ride back to Cusco.
Free day to explore more of Cusco or just relax.
Travel through the high Altiplano region to travel to Puno on Lake Titicaca.
Guided tour of Lake Titicaca with a homestay in a local village.
Head out by boat across Lake Titicaca. Visit the community on Taquile Island and enjoy a local lunch with spectacular views.
After, cruise to another village for an overnight homestay on the shores of the lake (the homestay location can vary based on community availability). This experience provides an opportunity to learn more about rural life in the Peruvian highlands and to participate in local traditions. Eat with the family, learn some Quecha and Spanish language skills, try on traditional costumes, and help out with daily chores around the village.
Visit the floating islands of Uros. Optional visit to the Sillustani burial site.
Leave the homestay families late morning, and visit the Uros Islands on the way back to Puno. A popular optional activity in Puno is a visit to the spectacular chullpas (funerary towers) of Sillustani, a pre-Inca archaeological site only a short drive away.
Opt to pre-book the Lake Titicaca Kayaking on the checkout page to include this optional activity on your tour or ask your GCO or travel agent for assistance.
Cross over into Bolivia for a night out in the highest city of the trip. Oxygen bar anyone?
Enjoy a full-day drive around the lake and through the Altiplano to La Paz. Bolivia is filled with spectacular views of the countryside. La Paz sits nearly 4,000m (13,120 ft) above sea level, so be prepared for cool evenings and mornings.
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DJ Rap necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 58 diseños de 24 diseñadores freelance.
Propa Talent & Impropa Talent
Propa Talent / Impropa Talent
DJ RAP has been the undisputed queen of the turntables and the number one female DJ in the world, simultaneously a label owner, producer, and recording artist. She has been a prime mover, the prime female mover in fact, on the jungle and drum & bass scene. Six years ago her first album, LEARNING CURVE, was released on Sony in the UK and on Columbia Records in the USA and ended up selling 2 MILLION copies worldwide. She has many seminal dance classics to her credit, with several mix compilation CDs, and upwards of 20 releases on her own drum & bass imprint, PROPER TALENT.
Finally, we see the birth of "IMPROPA TALENT" the sister label to "PROPA". With an army of upcoming fresh talent and DJRAP's own production we see that a new style is born.
Our target market consists of fans of dance music all over the world.
You can see our current logo design here: http://propajournal.blogspot.com/20…ion-1.html
What we're after is a new identity that is consistent with current design in todays evolving market. It should be immediately identifiable and it should look good very small as well as blown up in detail. This logo will appear on everything from flyers, to websites, to iTunes, to billboards.
Being that there are two labels, we'll need something that can coexist next to itself appropriately. This might be an inversion of the other, a color change, or some other way they can be displayed together without appearing confusing.
Looking forward to all your submissions!
luv and bass,
DJ Rap
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I don't think I managed a single post in 2016 so I am taking time to stock take 16 things to remember from 2016 before I can't remember them... So here goes...
When Nugget turned ten, he and I had a trip to Nepal. It was such a wonderful experience to have together; something we connect over regularly. All the little in-jokes about selfie-sticks and pea-cocks and the memories. Such beautiful memories. It was a real bonding moment for us; our first experience as equals.
We wanted Doo Dah to have a similar opportunity when he turned ten this year. Unfortunately for me, it was the Geege's turn to have the
A few of their favourite things...
- The Luge at Queenstown
- Nepalese Dumplings from the Noodle Market eaten by Lake Wakatipu
- Mini golf and Jet Boat rides in Queenstown
- Ferg Burgers - Chief Wiggum and Cockadoodle Doo
- Rock skimming in the many rivers
- Juicy Lucy van
- Leaning tower of Wanaka
- Visit to Mt Cook
- Bouldering at Castle Hill, NZ
- Lake Tekapo aka Lake Take-a-poo
- Tobbogganing sans toboggan at Coronet Peak
- Erik's fish'n'chips at the beach
The Geege's final facebook update spoke volumes to me about the importance of this trip:
"2 weeks with my boy Dec in NZ. Memories made and forever held. Love you Dec. See you soon family".
Have you had a 1:1 trip with any of your children? How did you find it?
PS: I will be back in a week or so - am off to Fraser Island with the fam.


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Researchers in the US have demonstrated an experimental wireless energy transfer system that could pave the way for truly wireless computing. The team has already successfully made a 60W light bulb light up from a distance of 2 metres. This might be very early days, but the work has been described as "truly pioneering" by …
Nice demo of technology but if it ever becomes widespread then we will be using far less efficient means of power delivery and hence use a lot more power... The example of a 60W light bulb being lit at 40% efficiency means around 150W of power are needed to light it!
This is hardly 'new'. Nicola Tesla did the same thing 150 years ago. Hence the Tesla coil and that excellent White Stripes cameo in Coffee / Cigarettes from four years ago.
Still, Americans 'invent' everything. After all, Turing was Texan, the Enigma code was cracked in the Bletchley CA and the all american apple pie is German.
So when all the pigeons come crashing down out of the sky on the wireless power hotspots I think that the view that no effect on the body may change.
Also how do people think that Magnetic Resonance Imaging works!!!!!! Umm Magnetic field to wobble all your atoms around so that they give off a radiative effect that can be measured!
Sadly this is a typical science soundbite that is necessary for them to get continued funding!
Electric toothbrushes use this principle to get charged (wireless) - so all that's new here is the scale and separation.
But just think of the field day (no pun intended) all those panicking about wireless networks will have when they find out about Wireless mains power !!
Perhaps you should look up "photic sneeze" - it affects about 20% of the population. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photic_sneeze_reflex)
Sensitivity to bright lights varies. I find that a fluroescent tube or sometimes even an ordinary tungsten bulb can trigger it, so I don't think it's far fetched to suggest that somebody particularly sensitive might be affected by staring at a bright LCD screen.
old idea and practical? I think having 30cm wide copper loops around a lightbulb is practical certainly especially if you lose 60% of the energy...
OH COME ON! This is pointless and stupid especially considering most people are trying to save money. There are already much better devices coming out for phones, pdas, etc based on this anyway.
From the BBC article on the same...
"Measurements showed that the setup could transfer energy with 40% efficiency across the gap."
They'll need to do a lot better than that in today's "green" age. (I know that some end devices, such as incandescent bulbs, are very inefficient. Even so, we can't afford to throw away another 60% on the path from energy source to energy use.)
I can just see them... huge Tesla - sorry, WiTricity - towers, encircled by crowds of deeply confused migratory birds wondering why they're not in Finland yet.
Still, might be a way of solving the Pigeon Problem in London, just set one of these up with an enormous bug-zapper installed downwind.
Do you mean to tell me that all the money I spent on magnetic bracelets, insoles, matress covers and belts has been wasted?
I feel sure that there will be comments about magnetic fields. There is an entire industry based upon the therapeutic effects of magnetism. Since the crystal believers already believe in this stuff, there is no way you can eliminate the furore simply by stating that there is no scientific evidence for magnetism having any effect on the human bodies.
If they believed what scientists say, they wouldn't have the magnetic bracelets....
One for Panorama, methinks.....
"The team adds that it is about a million times more efficient than non-resonance based induction."
And possibly a million times less efficient than a mains adaptor. And the only reason I have so many adaptors is that every gadget needs a different one.
Although the fact the many nowadays can be recharged from a USB socket is enforcing standardisation.
What we really need is a mains adaptor that can charge several USB rechargeable devices simultaneously.
Reminds me of a very old (first published in the 1920's, I think) Finnish book for technically minded kids called somethig like "the Book for experimenters and inventors". It had recipes for several fun experiments along those lines involving what the book called "a Tesla transformer." There was also a simple wireless telephone based on induction coils: Wind two 2-meter diameter loops of wire (I don't recall how many windings you need, except I recall I ran out of wire when trying to build one) , hook a telephone microfone and battery to one and a telephone earpiece to other, and talk up to 100 meters distance.
I think you Tesla fans are brandishing your clubs of outrage without good cause. It appears that the chaps at MIT are using a rather different mechanism of power transmission than that used by Tesla.
Just because the great man came up with a way of wirelessly transmitting power doesn't mean that he has dibs on all mechanims for doing this.
'So when all the pigeons come crashing down out of the sky on the wireless power hotspots I think that the view that no effect on the body may change.'
Pidgeons have eyes. They only used magnetic fields for long distance navigation. I don't think there will be a 'Core' like barage of missile pidgeons hitting skyscrapers all of a sudden after flying through a teslectric field...
Take a Tesla coil and measure the electric field around it.
Now the MIT bunch say that there is almost no electric field on their contraption (and magnetic and electric field are highly linked usually -- hands up the Right Hand Rule), and on their device even the magnetic field is constrained unless it is energising another coil. This is more like high frequency antenna/wave guide design than a couple of loops of copper.
I'd imagine one of those fluorescent "low energy" lightbulbs would make it go bananas, though.
And the point about the sheer numbers of crystal believers and magnet healers is very true. I suspect the MIT guys don't hang around many wholistic healing neighbourhood markets.
You are damned bastards, you'll cause additional eletromagnetic pollution and hazards.
N. Tesla was always sick for its continuous experiments with magnetic fields, he had a deficit in immuno systems and he can't suffer the contact of common objects and foods. All this because his body was always exposed to magnetic fields.
Now you want to use magnetic fields for transmitting electric power: you should be cooked in a microwave slowly, you bastards, together with all your companions.
I can't believe no one has mentioned this yet. According to this article, the wireless power transfer uses a MAGNETIC FIELD to transfer the power. The researcher may be correct in saying that magnetic fields have not been shown to have an effect on the human body. But magnetic fields sure as hell do have a very noticeable effect on electronics. Go ahead, recharge your laptop's battery using that magnetic-field wireless power transfer. Just don't expect your hard drive to contain anything meaningful afterwards. Oh, and be sure to keep any CRT monitors or televisions far away as well.
Ooooh yeah... There's a very good reason I set my CRT monitor to have a refresh rate of at least 75Hz. It gives me a headache to watch that obnoxious flicker that only becomes more pronounced in my peripheral vision. Just imagine having a constant 60Hz wobble on the screen.
In regards to the hard drive though, I suspect the magnetic field is not as strong as you think. The entire reason it affects the pickup coil is because it's at just the right size for the frequency of the power signal to get picked up. So though it may decrease the overall life expectancy of any data on a drive due to the constant low-grade magnetic fluctuation, it will not immediately wipe it clean. The platters aren't conductive, and even if they were, they wouldn't be the right size to pick up on the signal as effectively as the pickup coil.
So you have an electric toothbrush that recharges wirelessly. This is via induction, re-read the article.
The article also seems to have neglected to emphasise that one of the charcteristics of resonant-coupled circuits is that there are very little stray fields produced, that is how a high(ish) efficiency is achieved compared to inductive transfer.
I don't know about other people but I don't consider having to cart around a 2ft diameter coil as being particularly convenient...
Lastly, I think this is the first scientist I have heard that categorically states that it is only the electrical bit of microwaves that cooks the chicken, or maybe they just forgot what the M in EM radiation means...
I saw Tesla do this with my own eyes in "The Prestige" ;-) Lit up a whole hillside of bulbs, pretty neat. So these guys don't impress me!
The sun makes me sneeze too, especially through overhead wires or even scragly trees. I've heard it's a genetic thing. Same things with my 2 yr old son - also sneezes when I turn on the light in his room at night to see what he's yelling about. It's for real man!
There are some very interesting I-wear-a-tin-foil-hat-all-the-time comments above. I thought most people were at least moderately proficient in reading. ;-)
To the anonymous poster @10:52 Fri 8th June: The article is from "BrainCourse", and "Creative Alternative" web site that professes methods of learning to use our brains one hundred percent. Sounds a lot like the old Einstein joke. (Which his memory doesn't deserve the blame for.) Related to Scientology maybe? I'll pass anyway... :-)
And the one who asks: "...how do people think that Magnetic Resonance Imaging works!!!!!!" (oh wait, missing a question mark, so not a question, and I haven't seen that many exclamation marks since my last viewing Jeff K's "hoemapeg". ;-) Well: How do YOU think it works? The 'by "wobbling" the atoms inside you?' is not all wrong, but I think you paint the wrong picture. You make it sound dangerous, even lethal, when in fact no studies have shown that to be the case yet. MR is primarily a problem for people carrying electronics (and metals) inside them, like them "auto resize breast implants" and stuff like that.
I agree that it's a burden to carry around these 60cm coils, and I am lay man on the matter so this comment may be misplaced, but hey: Computers started out big, and look now. Maybe we all carry around micro coils in 20-30 years. :-)
Too bad Terrence didn't attack the Reg Staff by the way, otherwise I think it would be a nice FToW. :-D
Much as the inventors enthuse about this new technology, (or is it a re-invention of the wheel?) I cannot help but think that there are more dangers to this than are at first apparent. We already live in an ever increasing atmosphere of RF smog. (Any radio enthusist will confirm that.) I would suggest we need electricity measured in MHZ, which is, by definition, surely in the RF bracket, as much as a fish needs a bike! The more of these gizmos there are, the worse things will get. As far as magnetism being harmless, why has so much been spent on law suits in various countries by people living under power lines and becoming ill? Why are there massive signs at radar esatblishments telling people NOT to stand near radar antenna(whoops. nearly said aerial!) and why are pilots of radar equipped aircraft forbidden to switch on radar sets whilst still on ther ground? Anyway, switching lights on from a distance is no big deal. I turned my upstairs light on tonight from downstairs. Sure is a powerful thing, this 'ere sunken wiring!


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Welcome to Florida!
The Current Florida Cabinet (2014)
Governor Rick Scott, Chief Financial Officer: Jeff Atwater
Attorney General: Pam Bondi, Commissioner of Agriculture: Adam Putnam
Welcome Visitors and New Residents to the State of Florida!
Purchase and enjoy The NEW FLORIDA STATE SONG "I Am Florida"
The Florida State Senate in 2013 recognized the New Florida State Song.
Allen Autry, Sr. requested to his Christian friend Walter "Clyde" Orange that Clyde have a song written to be named "I Am Florida" which is the same name of the approved Florida State Poem written by Allen Autry, Sr. The "New Florida State Song" is co-written and sung by Walter "Clyde" Orange, Grammy Award Winner and vocalist of the world famous musical group "The Commodores", who have sold over 60 million records in the past 40 years. Allen Autry, Sr. requested and had the new song "I Am Florida" approved by The Florida Senate in 2013 as the State Song.
Walter "Clyde" Orange has been a lifetime resident of Florida, where he lives with Carla, his wife, and raised their children. Their children were educated in the State of Florida. Clyde was committed to developing a Florida State Song, which was strictly about the beauty of this state and the delight of living in Florida.
The Approved Florida State Poem, "I Am Florida", written by Allen Autry, Sr. illustrates the reasons that millions of men and women, families and retired residents have made the beautiful state of Florida their home. Also, contained in the poem are major historical events which have contributed to the growth of Florida. The original Florida Poem, "I Am Florida", was unanimously endorsed by Governor Crist and the Florida State Cabinet on October 12, 2010.
H. Allen Autry, Sr. also wrote the Christian book, "Miracle in a Small Mountain Town"(MIST), which was the number one Christian book in the USA for five weeks. Dr. O.S. Hawkins, the USA chairman of First Baptist Church, wrote the introduction for this religious book, because he had previously been the pastor of First Baptist Church in Fort Lauderdale and approved of the book written by Allen Autry. You can purchase MIST by checking "MIST" on the top of this website. You can receive a 50% discount on your purchase.
Click here to see and listen to the first verse of the new Florida State Song, which has beautiful pictures of Florida and emotional lyrics.
FLORIDA ELECTED OFFICERS: Remarks on the new Florida State Song "I Am Florida"
I Am Florida" was approved in 2013 as the new Florida State Song, based upon the Florida Poem, which is also named "I am Florida". The poem was written by Allen Autry, Sr. The new State Song describes why Florida is our beloved home state.
I suggest that Florida organizations including businesses, charities, churches, schools and organizations check into the wholesale purchase of the new State Song for use with their customers, employees and friends.
- Tom Gallagher, State CFO and Insurance Commissioner (Retired)
Part of the Florida Senate Resolution, May 2nd 2013:
Autry's poem "I Am Florida" reflects Clyde Orange's deep love and affection for his birthplace and home and so he composed the ballad, "I Am Florida" to lovingly reflect the beauty and history of this great state.
The ballad "I Am Florida" illustrates the reasons that millions of men and women, families and retired persons have made the state their home and references historical milestones that have contributed to the growth of this state.
"I Am Florida" is deserving of recognition as a great song honoring this state, NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida, that we recognize the ballad "I am Florida" written by Walter "Clyde" Orange.
- Don Gaetz, President of Florida State Senate


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Over on FlowingData, Nathan Yau pulled public data from the tracking site RunKeeper.com to map out the common running routes of twenty major cities. The results are neat to look at, but it's also interesting to see the park systems, waterways, and urban grids of these cities come to come life.
A stylized Washington D.C. is above (up is west, FYI). Here's Minneapolis:
It's important to remember that this data is biased towards people who would use an app like RunKeeper, so you can imagine that it's not representing a perfect demographic sampling of a city's runners. Another quirk is that Yau did not distinguish between organic runs and runs with set courses, so some of the major paths are clearly marathon routes.
Here's New York; people don't generally run up 4th Avenue in Brooklyn like that, except for that one day when 48,000 people do (the New York map in general is a little sparse/goofy):
Yau was inspired by this project by Nikita Barsukov. He also made maps for London, Paris, Chicago, San Francisco and 15 other cities, all of which are worth looking at.


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alwinc necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 88 diseños de 21 diseñadores freelance.
Release-eZ is the flagship product of a new and exciting start up company "Winnergenic" (need help with that too! http://www.winnergenic.com )
We endeavor to make kick-ass, lust worthy, fully awesome software that does complicated tasks with optimized performance and all the while... STILL managing to look good.
Release-eZ is a sophisticated software that enables small & large corporations to easily manage their change and release management processes by allowing users to easily collaborate, share knowledge, activities and automating releases upon approval.
The system allows changes to be executed in Test, and easily propagated into Production with just a single click of a button ensuring what was tested, will be what goes into Production.
Corporate world
Risk Managers
IT Managers
IT developers
However... we want to educate everyone about how awesome and funky our software is. Our software FULLY ROCKS and looks good.
The main buyers of our product will be the corporate business, but we are a hard core, fun loving IT development warehouse.
We want to show both professionalism, sophistication and simplicity.
So it has to appeal to corporate personnel and also, the cool work from home IT developer.
When people see the logo, I want people to remember that we made something difficult seem like a walk in the park.
We need a logo for our product
Name: Release-eZ
Capital 'R' on the Release; then hyphen '-'; then small 'e'; then capital 'Z'.
Tag line: Change Release Management Made Easy
What we want
- must stand out and easily transferrable to brochures, billboards, business cards, websites etc
- I like logos where it can incorporate the 'eZ' bit into some favicon (icon on the top corner of web pages).
- Font should be in the sans-serif family (Verdana, Tahoma etc) and can be 'stretched' depending on look & feel
We want to emphasise
- easy
- simple
- but awesome & brilliant
Current Application colour scheme is a blend of
- Green (#79AA36)
- Greyish (#473D38)
- and a dash of orange/yellow look
But we want your professional designer's opinion on the look and feel.
Go nuts and have fun! We want to see your creative juices fly!
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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Johnson signs on to lend his magic to Dodgers
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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Magic Johnson is about to learn $2 billion only buys you so much. Now he'll need to bring the Los Angeles Dodgers the same success he brought the Lakers.
News that Johnson and his partners agreed to purchase the team sparked a groundswell of excited chatter and optimism Wednesday that the man who ran "Showtime" could restore luster to the once-proud franchise.
The amount Johnson and his partners are paying would be mind-blowing if it was just for the team itself. But it also gives Johnson's group the right to reel in future riches from TV and real estate associated with the Dodgers.
"A big part of the purchase price is all those other things," said David Carter, executive director of USC Sports Business Institute. "You've got a great piece of property you can develop and make a game-day experience around Chavez Ravine. A likely billion-dollar cable (television) rights deal that will come out of it makes it a very unique sale."
Current owner Frank McCourt hand-picked Johnson's group to buy the Dodgers on Tuesday, just five hours after Major League Baseball approved three finalists in a bankruptcy auction. The deal is one of several steps toward a sale of the team by the end of April. It is subject to approval by a federal bankruptcy judge.
"The interest in this franchise and its historic sale price are profound illustrations of the great overall health of our industry," baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said. "This has been a long, difficult process, and I once again want to thank the great Dodger fans for their loyalty and patience."
Selig has the right to review the final agreement. If MLB has any objections, it would bring them up with mediator Joseph Farnan Jr.
Johnson's group would gain the ability to sell the Dodgers' local broadcasting rights starting with games in 2014. It likely would use money gained from the rights sale – or from the team's own network with outside investment – and use those funds to pay down the acquisition debt. The team's debt stood at $579 million as of January, according to a court filing.
Johnson is seemingly a perfect fit. He lives locally, he already knows what it takes to win championships, and he's proven he can succeed in real estate, retail and entertainment – keys to helping the team bolster its coffers in pursuit of big-money free agents.
"He's well-grounded and well-respected," Carter said. "You have a strong presence in the community, he's connected to city hall, and has a good relationship with the media. All these things are important and will help the community get over Frank."
And Johnson still has the dazzling smile that will make him a great public face for what once was – and could be again – one of baseball's marquee franchises.
"Great day for the Dodgers," slugger Matt Kemp said from spring training in Glendale, Ariz. "As Magic used to say, the Dodgers were the team that used to run L.A. Definitely we were going to have more fans out there this year. Now there's another reason to have the fans turn out."
Retired Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda has known Johnson since he first came to play for the Lakers.
"The most important part is he'll talk to some of the players individually about how to win. That's what we got to do right now is win again and bring our fans back," he said. "He knows how to talk to people, he knows how to impress people and how to build people up."
Hours after the announcement that Johnson's group was the winning bidder, the Dodgers said their April 10 home opener was sold out.
"As soon as you hear the name Magic Johnson, it turns into a positive," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "There's positive energy around the ball club, around the city."
Johnson's group didn't comment Wednesday, but he said after their winning bid was announced that he was thrilled to be part of the franchise "as we drive the Dodgers back to the front page of the sports section in our wonderful community of Los Angeles."
Johnson's business acumen is equal to his success on the court. The 52-year-old Hall of Fame guard won championships at Everett High in Lansing, Mich., at Michigan State and five NBA titles with the Lakers.
After being forced to retire suddenly in 1991 with HIV, Johnson remade himself into a successful entrepreneur and became a respected voice as an HIV activist and campaigned to educate people about the disease.
Johnson is well-known for his self-named nationwide chain of movie theaters, movie studio, and promotion company. He previously owned more than 100 Starbucks franchises and had a minority ownership in the Lakers. His other ventures include commercial real estate and health clubs.
"Magic Johnson is probably the most beloved sports figure in Los Angeles history," Lakers owner Jerry Buss said. "He has been a success in everything else he's become involved with, most notably his spectacular business career and also his educational campaign on behalf of HIV awareness."
Johnson's reputation as a winner in sports and business lends a new air of credibility to the Dodgers, who saw attendance plummet below 3 million in McCourt's final season when fans bashed his stewardship of the team.
"I think they'll be able to fill the stadium just because of Magic," said Mike Baldwin, a longtime fan who quit going to games after McCourt bought the team in 2003. "I don't think baseball could have done a better job than to pull him in."
Johnson's partners in buying the Dodgers include Stan Kasten, former president of the Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals; and Peter Guber, a longtime Hollywood executive and co-owner of the NBA's Golden State Warriors.
Mark Walter, chief executive officer of the Chicago-based financial services firm Guggenheim Partners, would be the controlling owner. Kasten would be the top day-to-day executive. The group's other investors include Guggenheim Partners President Todd Boehly and Bobby Patton, whose investments include oil and gas properties.
When baseball's ownership committee considered the bids, there initially were four votes against Johnson's group, a person familiar with baseball's deliberations said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the details were not made public. Those owners were concerned about the financing of the group, with money coming from insurance funds at Guggenheim.
During the conference call of all teams Tuesday, there was concern expressed about whether the auction process was being run properly. Farnan got on that call and persuaded them to approve all three finalists, saying he would be at the final auction and make sure it was run correctly. Following that, all three groups were approved unanimously.
The process never reached a Wednesday auction, given the Johnson group's bid.
Other finalists were groups headed by St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke and Steven Cohen of the hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors. Cohen's bid at the time of the MLB teleconference Tuesday was $1.3 billion, the person familiar with baseball's deliberations said. Kroenke was at $1.5 billion.
While others are putting far more money into the winning group, Johnson's name and smile are what lit up fans' moods in the city where he remains the most enduring and beloved sports superstar.
"There's a lot of euphoria about the fact that it's Magic and it's no longer Frank," Carter said. "He'll have a honeymoon period and I think most people in Southern California hope he doesn't need it."
AP Sports Writer Ron Blum in New York and Associated Press Writer John Rogers in Los Angeles contributed to this report.


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Loo for Two: His-and-Hers Bathrooms on the Rise
Bathrooms are evolving into spaces where couples can spend time together
After viewing hundreds of homes from Los Angeles to San Diego, in the fall Debbie and Jim Winters finally found their dream abode—one with a master bathroom and bedroom suite so large it consumes nearly a third of the 3,480-square-foot house.
The bathroom has manufactured quartz countertops and a soaking tub with a heater to maintain the water at a constant temperature. The 52-square-foot shower—three times as big as the industry's typical 16 square feet—has crushed-glass tile and two entrances. In all, the couple spent $44,000...


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The Magic of Villa Cordevigo
Once upon a time in Renaissance Italy, the wealthy and noble Pignolati family bought a piece of uninhabited farmland, on which they built an impressive village. Today, we call this village Verona. Now, through a path of monumental cypress and nestled among vineyards and olive groves, the magic Details


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Family defends brothers charged in Florida plot to support terrorists
OAKLAND PARK, Fla. (AP) -- Two Florida brothers charged with plotting to support terrorists are caring family men who enjoyed living in the U.S. and would never hurt anyone, their family said Saturday.
Authorities swarmed a quiet, lakefront condominium near Fort Lauderdale earlier this week and arrested Sheheryar Alam Qazi, 30, and 20-year-old Raees Alam Qazi, charging them with plotting to provide material support to terrorists and to use a weapon of mass destruction. Prosecutors said the two are naturalized U.S. citizens originally from Pakistan. They remained jailed Saturday without bond.
Two people who identified themselves as the men's mother and brother told The Associated Press outside their condominium that one of the jailed men is married. They repeatedly refused to disclose their full names to an AP reporter.
"It's just a whole misunderstanding. A family like this with a baby like this would never do anything like this," the brother said. He was reluctant to talk, worrying "a lot of people don't know what's true" and stressing that his family has strong values.
"Always love people, always try to help people, if your car breaks down I will help you," he said.
Both referred to a 1-year-old boy who lived in the condo with them and missed the brothers who were arrested. However, it was not clear how the child was related to the two jailed men.
The mother said her sons' arrest has been hard on the family, saying "the wife is crying" all the time. But she said she was hopeful and repeated that her sons liked living in America.
"This is good America, good state, good job," she said. She spoke little English and said she and her husband did not have jobs.
Federal authorities said the investigation was still very active. But they offered few details about the plot, and information was scant in the three-page grand jury indictment released Friday. Authorities said the case was not an FBI sting operation but declined further comment.
The indictment alleges that the two provided money, property, lodging, communications equipment and other support for a conspiracy to obtain a weapon of mass destruction between July 2011 and this week.
It wasn't clear whether the conspirators actually did obtain explosives or what their potential targets might have been.
The brothers' arrest shocked residents in the community, where about a dozen two-story apartment complexes surround a pool and fitness center. Several residents walked their dogs along the tree-lined street Saturday, and a handful of children played outside.
Neighbors said residents of the apartment complex had to submit to a detailed background check before moving in. The entrance has a security gate with a guard house and video surveillance around the pool clubhouse.
Neighbor Martica Albu, who has lived in the complex for about seven years, said the brothers seemed nice and always greeted her warmly, but said she didn't know them well.
"It's terrifying. It's right here, right where you're living in your condo complex," 41-year-old Lano Tice said as he was taking out the trash.
The Qazi brothers had initial court appearances Friday, but court-appointed attorneys for the two did not respond to emails seeking comment. An arraignment and bail hearing is scheduled for Dec. 7.
They could face up to 15 years in prison on the conspiracy charge and up to life in prison on the weapon of mass destruction charge.
South Florida has seen several high-profile terrorism cases, including the conviction of al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla. Five men accused of plotting to join forces with al-Qaida to destroy a landmark Chicago skyscraper and bomb FBI offices in several cities also were convicted in Florida.
More recently, a Miami Muslim cleric and one of his sons are facing trial on charges they provided thousands of dollars to the Pakistani Taliban terrorism group.


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Stevens Community Honors Gianforte Family for Record-Setting Donation
Alumnus Greg Gianforte '83 recently gave a record-setting $10 million gift to Stevens because of what the university gave to him – a strong work ethic, a problem-solving orientation, a real-world focus and a value set which he described as "invaluable" to his career and life.
On Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, the Stevens community expressed its own gratitude for the "invaluable" generosity of Gianforte, his wife, Susan, and members of his immediate family, including father, Frank, a Stevens alumnus from the Class of 1958.
In a special on-campus reception in Babbio Atrium, university leaders and approximately 200 faculty members, staff and students formally honored the Gianfortes and recognized the positive impact their immense investment will have on academic life at Stevens far into the future.
Stevens President Nariman Farvardin called Gianforte a "sparkplug for good" in the university community.
"This is a historic day at Stevens; a chance to express our appreciation to the Gianforte family for this most generous gift," he said.
Gianforte's donation will fund the Gianforte Academic Complex, a state-of-the-art interdisciplinary educational and research building. The complex – where Farvardin said the "future generations of the next Gianfortes" will sit – will enable Stevens to expand and will directly support Stevens' ten-year strategic plan, which calls for significant growth in the student population as well as increases in course offerings and research programs.
"This donation will give life to the ambitious goals of Stevens' strategic plan," Farvardin said. "Because of this gift, Stevens will be able to grow in size, offer new programs to our students, and launch new initiatives to help solve society's biggest problems."
University leaders said financial philanthropy from Gianforte and others in the alumni body is critical to building momentum for the transformational changes that will come about from the strategic plan, which was launched this year in an effort to increase Stevens' impact and influence in education, research and other areas.
"The strategic plan is about Stevens showing the world that you can have a world-class research university that is also student-centric," said Michael Bruno, dean of the Charles V. Schaefer School of Engineering and Science. "This donation and this building are key enablers. They will allow Stevens to acquire the space and tools to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers who will problem-solve the very real challenges we face."
"This donation is the first stepping stone on Stevens' path of growth," added Teddy Poppe '13, president of the Student Government Association. "It is part of a plan for Stevens to grow larger, more prestigious and more technologically advanced."
The theme of the reception on Friday afternoon was gratitude to the Gianfortes. It was expressed in a video tribute featuring offerings of thanks from countless representatives from the university community; in the presentation of a presidential pin and Class of 1983 yearbook to Gianforte; in a stirring performance of the Natalie Merchant song, "Kind and Generous," by Stevens students; and in the official remarks by various speakers at the reception.
"This building will serve as a long-term monument to the history and success of Stevens," said Stevens Board of Trustees Chairman Larry Babbio. "It is truly an inspiration. You can already see the energy it has brought to this campus."
"Greg Gianforte has made it clear that he loves his alma mater, but that he also has higher expectations for it," said Farvardin. "He wanted to do something that would accelerate the progress of Stevens, and he is doing just that. We are amazed, inspired and grateful to him and his family."
Gianforte – who earned his B.E. in Electrical Engineering and M.S. in Computer Science from Stevens and has been a highly-successful software entrepreneur and innovator – said it was he who should be grateful.
"I have personally been blessed by the education I received at Stevens," he said. "Today there is an opportunity here at Stevens to change the economy and society by educating more people who work hard and dream big."
"Stevens has put down a very solid foundation throughout its history, and the time is now to build to the next level on top of that foundation," he added. "It is my pleasure to come alongside Stevens in its rise and transformation."


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This video program features two case studies on countries in Latin America:Mexico: Motive to Migrate and Guatemala: Population and Conquest.
The first case study, Mexico: Motive to Migrate, explores migration both within Mexico and to Mexico's northern neighbor, the United States. A pattern of departure from Mexico's Mesa del Norte is apparent from immigration records. This arid plateau has a poor, agricultural economic base and a depressed silver mining economy. Migration to the United States is common among the people of the rural town of Cedral, located in the heart of the Mesa del Norte, though many migrants return to their homelands after a season or a year in the U.S.
But not all migrants in Mexico are headed to the U.S. The city of Monterrey, the capital of the border state of Nuevo Leon, has recently experienced a large population influx, growing from 1.7 million to 2.8 million people in the past fifteen years. One of the reasons for this growth is the labor demand created by the expansion of Mexico's manufacturing industries, or maquiladoras.
Maquiladoras are the result of a government program to expand Mexico's role in international trade. Industries relocate to Mexico in exchange for tariffs on the value-added portion of products shipped out of the country. By shipping the parts of a product to Mexican maquiladoras that then complete the assembly of the product, foreign companies are helping to invigorate the economy of the border region.
With the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), migration patterns in Mexico will once again be altered. One result of NAFTA will be the end of governmental price supports for Mexico's agricultural sector. Even as this further impoverishes farmers in the Mesa del Norte, new opportunities will arise as the maquiladoras of northern Mexico begin to locate throughout the north central region, including the community of Cedral. This will help diversify the economy of that region, decrease the unemployment rate, and decrease migration out of the community.
The update to this program includes more of Dr. Richard Jones' research and current trends in Mexican migration, as well as a wealth of new maps showing migration patterns.
The second case study, Guatemala: Population and Conquest, examines the historical geography of Guatemala. The country's history of Spanish conquest began in 1524, when Mayan mountain Indians were subjugated, not for their land or wealth, but to provide the labor needed to create and maintain plantations and haciendas. After Spanish rule was overthrown in 1821, the country lapsed into a period of political turmoil until 1873 when Justo Rufino Barrios redistributed the lands of the Roman Catholic Church and revived the plantation economy. The Mayan Indians were once again exploited as a source of labor, this time by international businesses intent on producing crops such as coffee, sugar, and bananas. The political status of the Mayans deteriorated as land ownership became more concentrated, with three percent of the population controlling two-thirds of the land.
A second attempt at land reform in the 1950s led to a U.S.-backed invasion of Guatemala that overthrew the liberal-democratic government of Jacobo Arbenz Guzman, touching off a civil war. The country continues to experience civil unrest, and many historic homelands of the Mayan Indians are now occupied by the Guatemalan military.
Updates to this case study include new research by Dr. George Lovell as he revisits the family profiled in the original program, explores the difficulties the Maya face in feeding themselves, and examines future population growth of the Maya people.
Find additional resources, including primary source materials, interactives, and downloadable print materials, at: http://www.learner.org/series/powerofplace/page21.html


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2010.5 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2 Long Term Report: Part 1Posted in Vehicle Reviews on January 1, 2012
Our winner of the 2011 Four Wheeler Pickup Truck of the Year competition was the 2010 Ford F-150 Raptor SVT, which handily defeated two other trucks to earn the distinction of our PTOTY champion for 2011.
With factory-supplied Fox Racing bypass shocks and long-travel suspension, the Raptor excelled at everything we threw at it. We found the new 411hp and 434 lb-ft of torque 6.2L to be a power churner, easily able to roast the 35-inch BFGoodrich All-Terrains in to nothing more than long black smudges on the blacktop. The Upfitter switches, Off-Road Mode electronic nanny reducer (which can completely shut them off), any-speed rear locker, and the bold styling won over our judges.
As with all OTY winners, we get a chance to live with the winning vehicle for an entire year. Ford didn't have any 2011s at the time, so the company provided us with a 6.2L-equipped 2010.5 model, which was closely representative of the '11 model, missing a couple of features new-to-2011, such as the Driver Information Center—otherwise it was mostly identical.
Our Raptor arrived with a base price of $38,020. To that we added Molten Orange paint ($495), the 6.2L SOHC V-8 ($3,000), the Luxury Package ($1,950), Graphics Package ($1,075), Sony Navigation Radio ($2,430), Trailer Brake Controller ($230), Rear View Camera ($450) and Raptor Orange Accent Seats ($395). Together with the $975 destination fee, our Raptor's MSPR ended up at $49,020.
During our first quarter, we put 3,618 miles on our Raptor. While the majority of those were commuting, we soon discovered that the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor could be just as fun in the city as it can be on the dirt. This is one of those vehicles that can turn any driver into an instant celebrity, garnering looks from truck fans off all ages, as well as those who aren't car folks but just plain think it looks cool. Although, Molten Orange may be a bit loud for those not looking for such elevated celebrity status.
Around town the 6.2L dares you to mash the throttle at every stoplight. The rumbling tone of the exhausts rewards the ear with aftermarket sound quality, yet is quiet enough to take a backseat on the highway. The way the 6.2L makes power is deceptive. Because there is so much torque at such a low RPM, the engine never labors and the sense of building speed is much slower than in reality. More than once we've found ourselves approaching the century mark on the speedo while passing on a two-lane highway. It was accomplished with such ease that we never realized just how fast we were going.
We've found that the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor is a great ride on the highway, not what you would expect from a truck with a foot of suspension travel. With firm, controlled suspension motions, the ride can best be described as sporty. Highly bolstered bucket seats squeeze you in place, and a tall center console puts everything at your fingertips for that cockpit-like experience.
In the dirt, the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor is most fun when driven sideways with the suspension and drivetrain under full duress and the nannies in the backseat. Throw in a few foot-high moguls mid-turn and don't even think about it. The Raptor soaks up undulations like a ShamWow soaks up liquids at a country fair demonstration.
With a payload capacity of 930 pounds and a towing capacity of 6,000 pounds, we plan on hooking the Raptor up to a few loads over the course of the year to see just how the supple suspension handles some weight.
Our only negative to report at this time is the 6.2L's insatiable thirst for liquefied Velociraptors and other prehistoric Earth inhabitants. With gas prices still high, the cost of fun can certainly come at a price. During the first quarter we averaged 12.34 mpg, with our best highway tank approaching 15 mpg. Maybe our staff enjoyed the throttle a little too much this quarter.
With three more quarters to go, we are sure the staff will continue to have fun in the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor . This is one rig the staff can't wait to put some serious good-time miles on over the course of its stay.
Report: 1 Of 4
Previous reports: None
Base price: $38,020
Price as tested: $49,020
Four-wheel drive system: Part-time, two-speed, electronic shift-on-the-fly
Long-Term Numbers
Miles to date: 3,618
Miles since last report: First report
Average mpg (this report): 12.34
Test best tank (mpg): 14.16
Test worst tank (mpg): 10.58
Problem Areas
What's Hot, What's Not
Hot: 6.2L powerhouse, great ride, stand-apart styling
Not: Fuel economy
Our Take: Our choice for beating a two-track into submission
Logbook Quotes
"Fuel economy in the city is pretty lackluster, but what do you expect from 411/434 power output?"
"This thing just begs you to stomp on it and light up those 35-inch BFGs."
"Hit the dirt and this thing is just unbelievable on the trail."
"Molten Orange is great for photos, not so much for my quiet neighborhood."
"Love the Raptor. Everything about it exudes cool."


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A 9-year-old with Recurrent Stomach Pain Attention Problems and "Mood Swings"
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After reading this article and answering the review questions the reader will be able to:
- List the signs and symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
- Differentiate GAD from Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), bipolar disorder, and social anxiety disorder
- Describe the components of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and the role of pharmacotherapy
Megan is a 9-year-old girl who presents to your office for evaluation of increasing school problems, mood swings, and stomachaches. Her parents state that these symptoms have been present for the past year, but progressively worse since the start of the current school year. Megan has always excelled at school, but now is more reluctant to attend school, as well as any activities away from home. She has had more difficulties with peers, which her parents feel are related to her tendency to be "bossy" and critical with friends, yet also being very sensitive to perceived criticism and possible rejection by them.
Megan's parents describe her as highly structured in her approach to each day including attention to schedules at home and school. Transitions and change are very difficult for Megan. She has likewise always been "rule-bound" and becomes very frustrated when others do not follow the rules or disrupt the environment. Megan has had increasing difficulty falling asleep. She sometimes will get up to make sure her backpack is ready, and her homework done. At other times, she seeks out her parents during the night and asks to sleep with them, or demands that one of her parents sleep with her in her bed until she falls asleep.
Megan's parents report that she is very different at home than at school, "it's like Jekyll and Hyde." Teachers describe her as the "perfect student," "friendly, helpful to others," "a pleasure to have in class," and doing very well academically. At home, she is highly irritable, and has frequent "meltdowns" characterized by yelling, crying, and becoming inconsolable in general. These episodes occur randomly and over seemingly minor triggers.
Family members feel they are "walking on egg shells" and adjust their family plans and activities to try to avoid upsetting Megan. She has always achieved very high grades in school; however, she often becomes frustrated that she cannot concentrate well, and worries that she will not complete all of her homework or do it perfectly. Her parents recently learned that Megan will have the lead role in the school play, which confuses her parents even more given her tendency to not want to do anything outside of home and being somewhat shy.
Upon separate interview, Megan focuses on stomachaches that she has every morning and often in the evening. She also reports increasing problems with attention and problems completing her homework. She proudly tells you she "always" gets straight A's, and becomes somewhat irritable with you when you suggest that it might be alright to sometimes get a B or C. When asked what she thinks may be causing her stomachaches, she acknowledges that she worries about having cancer or another illness. When discussing her concentration problems, she worries that her grades may slip, and that she therefore may not do well in middle and high school, and then won't be able to get into a "good college." With further discussion, Megan also describes worrying about the welfare of her pets, her parents' safety, and her grades. She reports having "tons" of friends and denies avoiding interactions, citing her lead role in the school play.
On mental status exam, Megan is a thin girl, in no acute distress, but appears tired. She sits at the edge of the chair throughout the interview, and has frequent hand fidgeting. Her eye contact is relatively intense; her affect is anxious. There is no objective evidence of difficulty paying attention during the interview, or gross cognitive or developmental deficits. She denies thoughts of hurting herself or others. Her vital signs, physical exam, and screening labs (CBC, TSH) are all within normal limits.
Final Diagnosis: Megan's clinical history and presentation meet diagnostic criteria for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD).
The evaluation of a child with suspected anxiety ideally involves interviews of the parents and child separately, as well as together. When with parents, children with anxiety will often be more resistant to engage, may appear more regressed, for example, trying to hide their face by pressing against their parent's arm or speak very quietly in one-word answers. When alone, they will often appear more guarded and tense in their posture and behavior. Their mood and affect are frequently anxious, with increased range of affect observed when discussing topics of interest to them. Children with anxiety will often deny parents' concerns of possible anxiety, and either deny any problems at all, or focus on somatic problems such as stomachaches or headaches. They will generally relax somewhat during the interview, and discuss things that are "harder" for them or that they don't like. They may describe worries when asked, but more often, will initially say "no" but later acknowledge specific things they feel "nervous" about, or that make them feel "frustrated" or "mad." They may admit to becoming easily "mad" at home, and feeling bad afterwards that they "blew up." It is always critical to also ask if they've ever felt so "nervous or mad" that they didn't want to be alive or thought of hurting themselves or others. Many children may acknowledge, when asked, that they've had thoughts such as "I get so mad I wish I could just go away or fall asleep and not wake up," or tell you that they have tried to hurt or kill themselves in the past with a specific plan.
The physical exam of the anxious child should include a review of all major organ systems and consideration of baseline screening tests to rule out potential underlying medical problems that can contribute to symptoms of anxiety such as arrhythmias, thyroid function (hyper- and hypo-), anemia, or infection. Somatic symptoms commonly occur with anxiety and usually are not associated with primary medical abnormalities, but nevertheless, must be considered. Gastrointestinal symptoms such as stomachaches and constipation are very common.
The interview should also assess recent stressors or changes for the child or family such as a move, divorce, new school, death in the family, etc. Stressors frequently exacerbate symptoms that have been present for some time, but that the patient and family have been able to accommodate to. School itself is a significant stressor for many children with anxiety given the progressive academic and social/peer expectations associated with advancing years in school. Parents will often report that their child's controlling behavior and "meltdowns" have become a major stressor in their marriage and for the family as a whole.
Overview of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
GAD is among the most prevalent types of anxiety disorders in children, yet is also among the least commonly diagnosed. Other types of anxiety are more readily and easily identified, with more circumscribed symptoms (for example, separation or social anxiety), while symptoms of GAD are more diffuse and often concealed.
Diagnostic criteria of GAD include the following:
- Excessive and multiple worries about a number of different events or activities (for example, school performance), and the worries are difficult to control. Worries may vary and encompass concerns about the future, such as an upcoming project or achievements they will have as an adult, and/or include day-to-day "fretting" about things that could go wrong that day (for example, if they forget to do part of their homework, if their parents might be late in picking them up, if they will get called upon in class).
- Anxiety and worry are associated with:
- Restlessness, tenseness, feeling "keyed up" or "on edge"
- Fatigue
- Difficulty concentrating or mind going "blank"
- Irritability
- Muscle Tension
- Sleep problem
- The anxiety and worry cause significant distress and/or impairment in school, social, or other important areas of function.
Generalized anxiety disorder is frequently misdiagnosed as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a mood disorder such as bipolar disorder, or social anxiety disorder due to the overlapping symptoms with these other disorders. Key features to differentiate include:
Attention problems and academic decline: The diagnosis of ADHD is typically apparent early in grade school, and symptoms of inattention are pervasive (e.g. at school and at home), and generally also include problems with organization, completion of tasks, losing things, and being forgetful. Attention problems associated with GAD are: 1) often related to tenseness and vigilance to the surroundings e.g. watching who in the classroom might get "in trouble and make the teacher mad," and 2) compounded by underlying worries and setting high expectations of themselves to do what is expected, and doing it well, to avoid perceived criticism or "disappointing" others. Their grades generally reflect their effort to excel and please. Procrastination may occur due to worry of not doing it "perfectly." Perfectionism associated with GAD differs from that of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). A child with GAD will feel the need to complete his/her work exceedingly well due to a self-imposed expectation to please others, including teachers, and not wanting to "look bad." In contrast, perfectionism related to OCD is typically due to an inner drive to have homework look and be perfect regardless of others' perception of it.
"Mood swings" and "meltdowns": GAD is commonly characterized by irritability that is easily and seemingly randomly triggered. Irritability is often described as "meltdowns" of intense outbursts of negative emotion (e.g. anger, crying, yelling, and hitting) that the child is unable to control, but feels remorseful about afterwards. These episodes most often occur at home, and rarely at school or elsewhere due to an underlying goal of publically appearing in control and not "losing face." Stress and tension are experienced during the day, but kept quietly internal, with outflow within the familiarity of family and home. When GAD becomes increasingly severe, outbursts may begin to occur elsewhere (e.g. at school), which typically indicates increasing tension that becomes more difficult to publically hide and control. This is in contrast to a primary mood disorder e.g. bipolar disorder, in which symptoms are more pervasive in all domains, and associated with more global evidence of impaired mood, behavioral changes, and functional impairment.
Social withdrawal and social difficulties: Children with GAD frequently tend to avoid activities away from home as symptoms become more impairing. Reluctance to engage in things outside of home is typically related to the need to control things. Children with GAD frequently feel a strong desire to "be ready" for whatever comes up. Home is familiar, comforting, predictable, and controllable; and children with GAD are often allowed to further "have their way" in order to avoid meltdowns. There is increasing resistance to change and more problems with tolerating any degree of stress. Engaging in any activities outside of home becomes equated with feeling more vulnerable and unpredictable, and hence, being at increased risk of something happening and "catching me off-guard and not ready." Activities that children with GAD previously enjoyed are increasingly avoided and resisted; their "world" becomes increasingly smaller, restricted, and controlled.
Social problems similarly stem from a need to control and avoid not being in control. This is often observed in needing to direct what group play will consist of, and what role each peer will assume in the play. This increases order, predictability, and feeling in control of others. This pattern of play unfortunately is also frequently associated with difficulties sustaining friendships and having more meaningful relationships with peers. Children with GAD will often describe having many friends, but will have difficulty describing them in any detail. They may also describe feeling lonely. In contrast, involvement in lead school activities such as the school play or singing a solo is common. Children with GAD often have a strong desire to please others and excel, thus receiving the accolades of adults for their accomplishments. Involvement in lead roles may seem counter-intuitive to trying to avoid risk of public scrutiny. This type of experience, however, fits perfectly for youth with GAD; the roles are highly scripted and can be (and are!) practiced extensively outside of school, hence minimizing any risk of not being prepared and maintaining control, and garnering the positive attention of adults. Children with social anxiety/phobia may exhibit similar patterns (i.e. involvement in public performance situations), but will generally have pronounced difficulties in unscripted settings (e.g. sitting at the lunchroom table or attending the school dance), due to a primary fear of social embarrassment vs. need to control and be seen positively.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): CBT is the most important treatment for children with GAD, and should be considered as first line treatment. CBT is a type of psychotherapy for anxiety that is symptom-focused, time-limited, and empirically supported by multiple studies of children and adults. The "cognitive" component of CBT focuses on the relationship between feelings of anxiety and anxious thoughts. Children are taught to increasingly identify worries and "automatic" anxious and (often catastrophic) negative thoughts associated with anxiety. Cognitive strategies include challenging the likelihood of worries, and "cognitive restructuring" of anxious thoughts to more neutral or positive thoughts. Behavioral components of CBT address features of tension and avoidance-related behaviors. Children and their parents learn relaxation interventions. Graduated exposure to situations that evoke anxiety (and that are generally avoided) is essential to decreasing and eliminating anxiety; children learn to use cognitive and behavioral strategies while experiencing anxiety in these graduated exposure situations. CBT emphasizes practice and use of these skills at home, at school, and any activities outside of home/school. Involvement of the child's parents in their CBT is also critical in order to guide them on how to respond to their child's anxiety symptoms at home, including encouragement of use of specific CBT strategies reviewed by the CBT therapist. Mindfulness-based interventions are also often beneficial in conjunction with CBT.
- Pharmacotherapy: For many children, treatment with CBT will effectively decrease/eliminate symptoms of anxiety and should be considered first-line. For those with more severe and impairing symptoms, medication may be used to augment CBT interventions. Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the only evidence-based medications for treatment of anxiety in youth. The SSRIs include fluoxetine, sertraline, citalopram, paroxetine, and escitalopram. The SSRIs require compliance with daily use, and an initial treatment period of 4 to 6 weeks to assess the efficacy of initial treatment doses. Side effects are generally limited or absent, and may include changes in sleep, appetite, or feelings of jitteriness that generally abate within 1 to 2 weeks. For some children, SSRIs may result in dis-inhibition and include appearance of impulsive, or activating, behaviors. SSRIs, like all anti-depressants, also carry FDA warnings of possible increase in self-harm ideation and behaviors. Parents should be advised to contact their primary care provider with any changes in behavior or related concerns after initiating SSRI treatment. Moreover, some children may have negative responses to one SSRI and not to another; there is unfortunately no way to know ahead of time if this may occur. The initial recommended treatment trial for an SSRI is 9 to12 months of sustained improvement and clinical stability. After this period, reassessment of dose/need for treatment should occur, with stepwise decrease in dose every 4 to 6 months thereafter if symptom stability is maintained. If symptoms re-emerge on a lower dose, the dose should be raised to the preceding dose for another 4 to 6 months. Treatment of anxiety with SSRIs should never be considered "lifelong" (i.e., symptoms should always be reassessed at regular intervals and adjustment of dose based upon clinical status).
Other medications may be considered for short-term relief of anxiety symptoms in conjunction with SSRIs for severe and impairing anxiety (e.g., benzodiazepines) but should never be used as first-line treatment or for lengthy periods of time. Use of these medications should be judicious and for circumscribed periods of time, i.e. during initial 4 to 6 week period of SSRI treatment. As with SSRI's, monitoring for behavioral dis-inhibition should also be undertaken. If used, longer acting agents such as clonazepam are generally preferable to avoid repeated use of shorter-acting agents during the day, and associated physiological and psychological rebound effect, which can further exacerbate feelings of anxiety and agitation.
ConclusionGAD is very common among children and adolescents. The assessment should include questions about worries, in addition to behaviors indicative of avoidance, control, academic struggles, and difficulties with friendships, irritability, and sleep. Moreover, externalizing symptoms such as irritability and tantrums are typically very evident at home and absent at school in most cases. Treatment for all children with GAD should include consideration of cognitive behavioral therapy, with use of adjunct pharmacotherapy for more severe and/or refractory cases.
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10 books a day (or 13, in my case).
I'm joining up with Sarah Bessey today (who has been sparking on online peek into one another's bookshelves all week) to write about my favorite novels that I would recommend over and over again. The standbys, the ones that never let you down. I actually really suck at making lists like these (my memory is the size of a walnut), but I tried hard to remember the fiction books that changed me. Here they are, in no particular order:
1. The Brothers K by David James Duncan. Not the famous one you are thinking of, this one still gets at all the emotions of the human condition. Long, but not sprawling, I found this novel about families to be fascinating.
2. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. My mom has always said this is one of her favorite books, and I agree. Don't we all love immigrant stories?
3. The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver. I used to have it in my head that Kingsolver was a "popular" author in the vein of John Grisham or something. But boy, can that lady write well. This books makes me laugh and sob (sometimes on the same page) and I love how Kingsolver captures a whole lot about both toddlers and (unexpected) mothers in this book.
4. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer. This book made me feel such intense emotions I felt angry with it at the end (it was that heartbreaking). Don't bother with the terrible movie, just read this incredibly kind account of the devastation of 9/11.
5. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers. Fiction? Memoir? Literary Non-Fiction? Who knows. All I know is that I read this when I was 19 and I realized there are some people out there for whom the rules don't apply (writing or life-wise) and that Eggers was one of them. I still find this book absolutely refreshing (and funny, and devastating).
6. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery . I recommend this book to every person I know who loves books. An underappreciated recent publication, this book is so well-written and tackles so many important themes that you will walk away feeling both a better and a smarter person after reading this book. This one is about loneliness, risk, alienation, happiness and tragedy. I will give you a dollar if you hate it, ok? That's how much I think you will like it.
7. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Well. This is the book that shaped my young adulthood, so I can't leave it off the list. I still think about this book all the time, and how so many people I know mirror certain aspects of the text. How it gets to the heart of what all of us confused adolescents (and beyond) really want: to be in the business of saving many lives, even if we can't articulate that.
8. East of Eden by John Steinbeck. I described it to my friend as "Steinbeck rewrites the book of Genesis based on a translation of The Message". Epic in so many ways, it is the little details that get you. You know as a reader that Steinbeck gets the whole misery of the human condition thing, and he is gentle with it.
9. The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling. Obviously. These books made me think more thoughts about God, good and evil, friendship, and love than most "Christian" fiction ever did. I wish I could have one teaspoon of the wit and whimsy of Rowling.
Ok, I have to be honest. I am going to stop at 9 because anything else will not really be true to the list. (There are also all sorts of embarrassing books I read and love that don't have the same, erm, timeless appeal--YA books and the like--that I will not be putting on the Internets).
As I was writing this list I realized that in recent years I have derived the most pleasure from reading nonfiction essays from famous fiction writers. People who are so brilliant that their novels make me feel small and diminished seem to open up my world in their small and personal writings. Off the top of my head these would be David Foster Wallace, Michael Chabon, Ayelat Waldman, Madeleine L'Engle, and good ol' Annie Lamott.
Ok, that was a ramble.
I want to know yours: what are the books you are always recommending? What are the books that give you the greatest sense of pleasure?