Wichita, Kansas. The big city with the small hometown feel. While it may be the biggest city in the state of Kansas (population 390,591 as of the last census), it never lost its charm with all the growth. Another thing the city hasn't lost is its affordability. The cost of living in Wichita is 8% lower than the national average (according to Payscale.com). This also led Areavibes.com to rank the city an A+ in the amenities category.
Luckily for certified perfusionists, SpecialtyCare is hiring there right now. If you're already in the field and thinking of a big move, Wichita is definitely worth your attention. Let's zoom in on what the city might have to offer if you were to move.
To kick things off, Wichita is home to over 30 museums, the best of which can be found at the Museums on the River District. All within 2 miles of each other, these 5 museums run along the gorgeous Arkansas River. There's Botanica Wichita, Exploration Place, the Mid-America All-Indian Center, Old Cowtown Museum, and the Wichita Art Museum, which is surrounded by a new art garden with plantings and pathways that highlight outdoor sculpture. Admission always free on Saturdays at the Wichita Art Museum.
Wichita also has art galleries, botanical gardens, and a world-class zoo called Tanganyika Park, an interactive zoo that allows you to get up close and personal with the animals, like feeding a giraffe and petting a kangaroo. And for film buffs, Wichita is definitely a movie town with one of the largest IMAX theaters in the country.
Once considered the biggest screen in the world, the Warren IMAX theater has an 82ft 3D screen and 601 seats. Then there's the annual Tallgrass Film Festival, specializing in independent films every October. It was ranked in the Top 50 Film Fests worth the entry fee by MovieMaker Magazine. Last year they screened a whopping total of 170 films.
Luckily for you, by moving to Wichita, you'll basically gain access to 3 big cities as a package deal. Oklahoma City is 2.5 hours away and Kansas City is only 3 hours away. For basketball fans, this is an absolute dream. First off, you have the Wichita State Shockers, a Division I team with 14 appearances in the NCAA Tournament and 2 Final Four Appearances. There's no traffic in Wichita, so catching a game is a total breeze.
Then for NBA fans, you have the Oklahoma City Thunder any time you feel like hitting a game. More into football and baseball? Kansas City's got you covered with the Chiefs and the Royals. And speaking of Kansas City, their live music scene will keep any fan happy all year round with popular venues like Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland, the Westport Saloon for roots-inspired music, and Riot Room for punk bands and indie rock.
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Eric Brown: Suchness
October 28 - November 11, 2016
Painter John Zinsser writes:
Eric Brown is having his first proper New York City solo show debut. He's been a serious abstractionist for 25 years, while working as an arts professional, mounting shows for other painters and bringing a scholarly eye to the post-war American canon.
He used to call himself a "secret painter," but has quite visibly gone public over the past three years, with solo outings at Ille Arts in Amagansett and at a survey show at Vassar College.
Brown's small-scale and medium-scale works are all about possibilities. Each displays a record of generative and transformational visual logic. They are mostly limited to two or three colors in hard-edged interplay. Often, a chromatic hue—orange, green, blue—surrounds silhouetted black form. The internal shapes can read as biomorphic figures, bulbous, symmetrical, often placed off-center in a kind of precarious imbalance. Two very recent larger black-and-white works employ shaped stretcher bar configurations. Throughout, subtly-inflected layerings of oil paint result in densely optical areas of flat opaque color.
Painted freehand, there is always a tenderness of human engagement. Mischievous absurdist humor runs against more traditional absolutist readings. At times, Brown allows a singular moment of "narrative" awkwardness to assert itself as a work's central subject. Here, it's like an invitation for the viewer to actively enter into the "crisis mode" of a painting's own moment of coming-into-being.
The nine works in this exhibition capture Brown at a critical moment in his development. Following an intense three-week residency at the MacDowell Colony this past summer, each new effort has an urgency of purpose: stating anew the terms of the previous works.
Viewers may initially bring their own lexicon of indexical sources: Ellsworth Kelly, Leon Polk Smith, Myron Stout. But the paintings resist such identification. They seem, in fact, adamantly non-appropriative. Instead, they arrive as "beings" among us—very much in the present.
—New York, October 2016

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Caley, Neal, and James are back in the basement with a new snack, and a taste test. Which Shape will prevail?
The trio remembers legendary commentator Paul Sherwen and call up Lance Armstrong, who worked with Sherwen at Motorola, to pay tribute to the beloved commentator.
In Nerd Alert, Specialized's Head of Human Performance Todd Carver joins the group to talk 'Q Factor,' aka pedal stands width, and how it might be responsible for your knee pain.


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## Overview

Lighthouse is a powerful code coverage explorer for [IDA Pro](https://www.hex-rays.com/products/ida/) and [Binary Ninja](https://binary.ninja/), providing software researchers with uniquely interactive controls to study execution maps for native applications without requiring symbols or source.

This project placed 2nd in IDA's [2017 Plug-In Contest](https://hex-rays.com/contests_details/contest2017/) and was later [nominated](https://pwnies.com/lighthouse/) in the 2021 Pwnie Awards for its contributions to the security research industry.

Special thanks to [@0vercl0k](https://twitter.com/0vercl0k) for the inspiration.

## Releases

* v0.9 -- Python 3 support, custom coverage formats, coverage cross-refs, theming subsystem, much more.
* v0.8 -- Binary Ninja support, HTML coverage reports, consistent styling, many tweaks, bugfixes.
* v0.7 -- Frida, C++ demangling, context menu, function prefixing, tweaks, bugfixes.
* v0.6 -- Intel pintool, cyclomatic complexity, batch load, bugfixes.
* v0.5 -- Search, IDA 7 support, many improvements, stability.
* v0.4 -- Most compute is now asynchronous, bugfixes.
* v0.3 -- Coverage composition, interactive composing shell.
* v0.2 -- Multifile support, performance improvements, bugfixes.
* v0.1 -- Initial release

# Installation

Lighthouse is a cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux) Python 2/3 plugin. It takes zero third party dependencies, making the code both portable and easy to install.

Use the instructions below for your respective disassembler.

## IDA Installation

1. From IDA's Python console, run the following command to find its plugin directory:
    - `import idaapi, os; print(os.path.join(idaapi.get_user_idadir(), "plugins"))`
2. Copy the contents of this repository's `/plugins/` folder to the listed directory.
3. Restart your disassembler.

## Binary Ninja Installation

Lighthouse can be installed through the plugin manager on newer versions of Binary Ninja (>2.4.2918). The plugin will have to be installed manually on older versions.

### Auto Install

1. Open Binary Ninja's plugin manager by navigating the following submenus:
    - `Edit` -> `Preferences` -> `Manage Plugins`
2. Search for Lighthouse in the plugin manager, and click the `Enable` button in the bottom right.
3. Restart your disassembler.

### Manual Install

1. Open Binary Ninja's plugin folder by navigating the following submenus:
    - `Tools` -> `Open Plugins Folder...`
2. Copy the contents of this repository's `/plugins/` folder to the listed directory.
3. Restart your disassembler.

# Usage

Once properly installed, there will be a few new menu entries available in the disassembler. These are the entry points for a user to load coverage data and start using Lighthouse.

Lighthouse is able to load a few different 'flavors' of coverage data. To generate coverage data that can be loaded into Lighthouse, please look at the [README](https://github.com/gaasedelen/lighthouse/tree/master/coverage) in the coverage directory of this repository.

## Coverage Painting

While Lighthouse is in use, it will 'paint' the active coverage data across all of the code viewers available in the disassembler. Specifically, this will apply to your linear disassembly, graph, and decompiler windows.

In Binary Ninja, only the linear disassembly, graph, and IL views are supported. Support for painting decompiler output in Binary Ninja will be added to Lighthouse in the *near future* as the feature stabilizes.

# Coverage Overview

The Coverage Overview is a dockable widget that will open up once coverage has been loaded into Lighthouse.

This interactive widget provides a function level view of the loaded coverage data. It also houses a number of tools to manage loaded data and drive more advanced forms of coverage analysis.

## Context Menu

Right clicking the table in the Coverage Overview will produce a context menu with a few basic amenities to extract information from the table, or manipulate the database as part of your reverse engineering process.

If there are any other actions that you think might be useful to add to this context menu, please file an issue and they will be considered for a future release of Lighthouse.

## Coverage ComboBox

Loaded coverage and user constructed compositions can be selected or deleted through the coverage combobox.

## HTML Coverage Report

Lighthouse can generate rudimentary HTML coverage reports. A sample report can be seen [here](https://rawgit.com/gaasedelen/lighthouse/master/testcase/report.html).

# Coverage Shell

At the bottom of the coverage overview window is the coverage shell. This shell can be used to perform logic-based operations that combine or manipulate the loaded coverage sets.

This feature is extremely useful in exploring the relationships of program execution across multiple runs. In other words, the shell can be used to 'diff' execution between coverage sets and extract a deeper meaning that is otherwise obscured within the noise of their individual parts.

## Composition Syntax

Coverage composition, or _Composing_ as demonstrated above is achieved through a simple expression grammar and 'shorthand' coverage symbols (A to Z) on the composing shell.

### Grammar Tokens
* Logical Operators: `|, &, ^, -`
* Coverage Symbol: `A, B, C, ..., Z, *`
* Parenthesis: `(...)`

### Example Compositions

1. Executed code that is *shared* between coverage `A` and coverage `B`:
```
A & B
```

2. Executed code that is *unique* only to coverage `A`:
```
A - B
```

3. Executed code that is *unique* to `A` or `B`, but not `C`:
```
(A | B) - C
```

Expressions can be of arbitrary length or complexity, but the evaluation of the composition may occur right to left. So parenthesis are suggested for potentially ambiguous expressions.

## Hot Shell

Additionally, there is a 'Hot Shell' mode that asynchronously evaluates and caches user compositions in real-time.

The hot shell serves as a natural gateway into the unguided exploration of composed relationships.

## Search

Using the shell, you can search and filter the functions listed in the coverage table by prefixing their query with `/`.

The head of the shell will show an updated coverage % computed only from the remaining functions. This is useful when analyzing  coverage for specific function families.

## Jump

Entering an address or function name into the shell can be used to jump to corresponding function entries in the table.

# Coverage Cross-references (Xref)

While using Lighthouse, you can right click any basic block (or instruction) and use the 'Coverage Xref' action to see which coverage sets executed the selected block. Double clicking any of the listed entries will instantly switch to that coverage set.

This pairs well with the 'Coverage Batch' feature, which allows you to quickly load and aggregate thousands of coverage files into Lighthouse. Cross-referencing a block and selecting a 'set' will load the 'guilty' set from disk as a new coverage set for you to explore separate from the batch.

# Themes

Lighthouse ships with two default themes -- a 'light' theme, and a 'dark' one. Depending on the colors currently used by your disassembler, Lighthouse will attempt to select the theme that seems most appropriate.

The theme files are stored as simple JSON on disk and are highly configurable. If you are not happy with the default themes or colors, you can create your own themes and simply drop them in the user theme directory.

Lighthouse will remember your theme preference for future loads and uses.

# Future Work

Time and motivation permitting, future work may include:

* ~~Asynchronous composition, painting, metadata collection~~
* ~~Multifile/coverage support~~
* Profiling based heatmaps/painting
* Coverage & profiling treemaps
* ~~Additional coverage sources, trace formats, etc~~
* Improved pseudocode painting
* ~~Lighthouse console access~~, headless usage
* ~~Custom themes~~
* ~~Python 3 support~~

I welcome external contributions, issues, and feature requests. Please make any pull requests to the `develop` branch of this repository if you would like them to be considered for a future release.

# Authors

* Markus Gaasedelen ([@gaasedelen](https://twitter.com/gaasedelen))

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Unique microtiter plate enzyme immunoassay for the quantitation of virions and assembled empty capsids of human Adeno-associated Virus 3. The recombinant capture-antibody detects a conformational epitope not present on unassembled capsid proteins.
The assay represents a fast, sensitive and reproducible method for titration of intact AAV3 wt virions, AAV3 recombinant virions or assembled and intact empty AAV3 capsids.
Unique microtiter plate enzyme immunoassay for the quantitation of virions and assembled empty capsids of human Adeno-associated Virus 3. The recombinant capture-antibody detects a conformational epitope not present on unassembled capsid proteins. The assay represents a fast, sensitive and reproducible method for titration of intact AAV3 wt virions, AAV3 recombinant virions or assembled and intact empty AAV3 capsids.


Straloch school continued until the early 2000's, when it closed as there were only a few pupils left.
Delightful to see a picture of this little school. I remember Mrs. Dutch as the teacher in the year 1968. Enjoyed my time there so much. Pity I had to leave the area. Remember pupils such a s Avril – Susie – Donald – Douglas – Stewart – Hamish. Wonder what they are all doing now, all these years later.


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On Monday 22nd January 2018, a special one-day conference in Canberra, Australia will take stock of the socio-political shifts, cultural dynamism and aspirations of Mon people in Myanmar/Burma and in diaspora communities across the globe.
After decades of intractable ethno-national conflict, military rule and economic stagnation, in the last five years Myanmar has seen a transition to partial civilian rule coupled with economic and political liberalisation. Since these changes and the signing of a preliminary ceasefire agreement between the New Mon State Party and the Myanmar government in 2012, the lives of many Mon people have changed markedly. Yet despite promising developments in some parts of Mon State the future of the Mon in Burma/Myanmar and around the globe remains less than clear.
It is in this context that a one-day conference titled 'The Mon in Myanmar - 2018 and beyond' will be held at the Myanmar Research Centre, Australian National University, Canberra. Following on from the Karen in 2017 conference co-convened with University of Oxford, the conference will form the first day of the 2018 Mon Democracy and Peace Forum organised by the Australian Mon Association.
Papers from a range of disciplines and perspectives are sought for the conference which explore these profound social, political and economic changes and the implications for the future of the Mon social and political world. The major topics for discussion will be: Mon politics, ethno-national conflict and the peace process, history, economic issues, Mon identity and culture, migration and the Mon diaspora, education, and media. We are also interested in papers which explore the role of Mon civil society and Mon political parties.
Full event details and registration link on ANU Myanmar Research Centre website.


Federal officials announced Thursday that autism cases are on the rise again. The rate of U.S. cases of autism and related disorders has risen to about 1 in 88 children, up from the previous estimate of 1 in 110, the Washington Post reports.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report containing the data showed that the largest increases over time were among Hispanic and black children. Researchers said they suspected that some of this could be explained by better screening and diagnosis. "However, this finding explains only part of the increase over time, as more children were identified in all racial and ethnic groups," the report said.


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The fourth expansion of Square Enix's critically acclaimed MMO, Final Fantasy XIV Online, Endwalker, has been announced for November 23rd, 2021. It is now available to pre-order. Naoki Yoshida (Director & Producer) revealed new information of the upcoming expansion during the opening keynote at the Digital Fan Festival 2021.
Here is a full cinematic trailer for Endwalker that debuted during the digital event, and a new theme song that was composed by Masayoshi Soken and vocals by Sam Carter from the band Architects:
The "Reaper" is the second job that will be introduced with Endwalker, a scythe-wielding melee DPS who calls upon an avatar from the Void to join them in close-quarter combat and can even serve as a host for their avatar. A first look at the reaper can be seen here:
Along with a male Viera being added as a new playable race, joining the existing female Viera, the trailer can be seen here:
Here's an outline of all the Endwalker content from the keynote address:
New Job: Reaper
New Playable Race: Male Viera
New City: Old Sharlayan
Travel to Expansive New Areas: Labyrinthos and Mare Lamentorum
A Labryinthos walkthrough trailer is available here:
A Mare Lamentorum walkthrough trailer is available here:
New Tribes to Encounter: Loporrits
New Threats to Overcome: The Magus Sisters
New Alliance Raid Series: "Myths of the Realm"
A New Data Center: Oceania
Details have also been revealed of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalkers Collectors Edition, that will be available for pre order on the Square Enix Store. For PS4, PS5, and Steam players, the Collector's Box will be able to be ordered as a standalone product. The Endwalker Collector's Standalone Box will not come with a copy of Endwalker, in-game bonuses, or pre-order bonuses, but will include the physical goods listed below:
Endwalker Special Art Box – A unique glossy, white-inlaid box that features an illustration of Hydaelyn and Zodiark by artist Yoshitaka Amano.
Expertly Crafted Paladin Figure – An impressive high-quality figure that showcases the Warrior of Light as a paladin using Passage of Arms to shield allies from harm. Including the base, the figure's dimensions are approximately W 6.10″ x D 8.46″ x H 7.28″ (W 15.5cm x D 21.5cm x H 18.5cm).
Art Collection & Frame Set – A collection of ten B5-sized (approx. 7.2″ x 10.1″ / 18.2cm x 25.7cm) art prints featuring key visuals from throughout the history of FINAL FANTASY XIV, from version 1.0 through Endwalker. The set also includes a frame so you can showcase your favorite image.
Azem Pin – A pin created to mimic the appearance of Azem's crystal. Designed to fit in the palm of your hand at approximately 1″ x 1.2″ (2.5cm x 3.0cm).
Loporrit Mini Plush – A mini plush version of a Loporrit. The plush is approximately 6.5″ tall (16.5cm).
The Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker Digital Collectors Edition is now available for pre-order from certain retailers, and will include the following in-game bonus items:
In-game Item: Arion Mount – A new mount designed to complement paladin, the signature job of Endwalker. A trailer showcasing the mount can be viewed here:
In-game Item: Wind-up Porom Minion – Porom, one of the young twins who joins your party in Final Fantasy IV, arrives as a minion you can share new adventures with.
In-game Item: Death Scythe: Reaper Weapon – The Death Scythe from Final Fantasy XI makes its appearance in Final Fantasy XIV as a reaper-exclusive weapon.
Players who pre-order Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker from certain retailers will be eligible to receive the following pre-order bonuses:
Early Access – Early access is tentatively scheduled to begin on Friday, November 19, 2021 at 1:00 a.m. (PST) and will allow users the ability to play Endwalker before the official release.
In-game Item: Menphina Earring – A gorgeous earring with a design that draws inspiration from the moon. This useful earring features attributes that will vary according to the user's class/job and current level when equipped and grants a 30% increase in EXP up to level 80 when worn.
In-game Item: Wind-up Palom Minion – Palom, one of the young twins who joins your party in Final Fantasy IV, arrives as a minion you can share new adventures with.
Pre-order bonus codes will be delivered upon pre-ordering Endwalker and can be redeemed immediately. Thanks to the in-game items that will be delivered ahead of launch, anyone pre-ordering Endwalker will be able to use their Menphina Earring to catch-up to level 80 before the expansion releases on November 23, 2021.
Final Fantasy XIV Online: Endwalker is set to release on November 23, 2021 for PlayStation Consoles and Steam, and is available to be pre-ordered now.
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Furious Cool Richard Pryor and the World That Made Him by David Henry, Joe Henry
Algonquin Books, 2013. 9781616200787.
Link to this review in the form of a comic strip by billba tagged biography
@bookblrb: Richard Pryor became a breakthrough comedian when he stopped telling jokes and started telling the truth.
The Lost Code (The Atlanteans Book One) by Kevin Emerson
Katherine Tegen Books, 2012. 9780062062796.
Link to this review by rose tagged coming of age • science fiction
Earth is in tatters. The seas have risen, the ozone layer is shredded, and just being out in the sun is dangerous. Humans live in underground habitats or massive bio domes modeled to look like the earth's surface once did. Owen Parker's life is not ideal; his father is often sick and his mom left when he was young. So when he gets invited to Camp Eden for the summer, he accepts. Everything is normal there until, when he nearly drowns, he grows gills. He meets a few more people like him one night when he goes swimming. He is accepted into their group and they show him the ropes, though none of them know why they have gills.
He begins to learn about a plan that the camp director is involved in, Project Elysium, that could potentially destroy the earth. The bio domes were actually created to save a handful of select humans, and the summer camp is a way to find kids like Owen and his friends.
Why I picked it up: It was given to me as a gift for Christmas. I love dystopian books! Plus, I've always thought the idea of Atlantis is pretty awesome, so I was intrigued by how that fit in.
Why I finished it: Owen changed throughout the book. He came to Camp Eden a quiet boy who just accepted his life, even if he didn't like it. He slowly gained a voice and found his backbone. He stood up to the people who bullied him, and became more daring about disobeying rules and sneaking around. By the end he was dodging bullets and saving people.
Readalikes: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, since Owen and the hero of that book, Katniss, are both rebellious teenagers screwing with adults' big plans for the world.
@bookblrb: The earth is an environmental disaster so Owen lives underground. One day, when he nearly drowns, he grows gills.
Maddy Kettle The Adventure of the Thimblewitch by Eric Orchard
Top Shelf, 2014. 9781603090728.
"Maddy Kettle... looks fantastic: every panel exudes quirky, gorgeous atmosphere. " -- Glen Weldon, NPR
"Quirky, beautifully illustrated, and frankly looks like it's going to be an instant classic. Don't miss it." -- Rob Bricken, io9
Eleven-year-old Maddy loved working in her parents' bookstore... especially when joined by her pet flying toad Ralph. But that was before the mysterious Thimblewitch turned her mom & dad into kangaroo rats!
Now Maddy's on the adventure of a lifetime. To save her parents, she'll need to sneak past an army of spider-goblins, scarecrow warriors, and much more... Fortunately, an assortment of new friends await, including the cloud cartographers Harry and Silvio, a bear and raccoon who explore the world in their moon-balloon. They'll help her along the way, but in the end, the fate of everyone will depend on Maddy's courage, compassion, and creativity.
Full of surprises and stunning artwork, Maddy Kettle is a truly magical debut for Spectrum-Award-winning cartoonist Eric Orchard. Climb aboard and let your imagination soar!
Flash Boys A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis
W.W. Norton, 2014. 9780393244663.
This explosive expose reveals how the New York Stock Exchange and forty other exchanges are systematically rigged against smaller traders, taking money from the people they are supposed to serve. High Frequency Traders (HFT's) are computer-driven firms that make trades involving billions of stocks per day, their "flash" trades measured in milliseconds. By physically placing their equipment close to the markets' servers (at great cost), they are able to intercept orders, buy stock at lower prices, and resell it to the original customer at a slightly higher price. It might be a penny per stock, but with hundreds of millions of transactions a day, it adds up to billions of dollars per year. One company dug a secret route from Chicago to New York, as straight as possible to avoid slowing the fiber optic lines, to cut milliseconds off the speed of existing networks. Pipeline space was sold to trading firms for millions so that they could exploit minute differences in prices between markets in Chicago and New York. Dark pools maintained by large Wall Street banks are supposed to only be used for trade between a bank's customers, and don't require reporting the trades' details. But dark pools are being used nearly half the time, even if there is a better price on the free market. Brad Katsuyama of the Royal Bank of Canada was the first to notice that firms were exploiting the slowness of his connection to the markets and spread the word on how the scam worked. Brad's company wrote a program to slow down their orders so they arrived at the same time at all forty exchanges, hamstringing the HFT's. He risked his career to create a new dark pool and HFT-free exchange (now active and trading as the IEX exchange) with a small team of believers who wanted to work with him to bring the markets back into alignment.
Why I picked it up: I have read several other books by Lewis, The Blind Side, Moneyball and Liar's Poker. They were complex, well-explained, highly dramatic, and real.
Why I finished it: I found it fascinating that Wall Street had gone from a bunch of hysterical traders yelling out orders on the floor of the exchange to impersonal machines. The trading companies are dependent on having the fastest connections to make money, so they are always purchasing new equipment, software, and pipeline space to keep up with the each other. It was sobering to see how average traders get fleeced. I am now eager to follow the growth of the most transparent and fair exchange: IEX.
It's perfect for: Will, my friend who always talks about his stock portfolio. Because he sometimes day-trades, he would recognize the examples that Lewis uses as he exposes each type of high-speed scam. Part of the problem on Wall Street is that some of the trading strategies are so complex that even the traders don't know the mechanics of how they actually work. Several traders quoted in the book said that making money on Wall Street was all about the algorithms (programmed mathematical formulas for computers to follow), not knowledge of firms and strategies.
@bookblrb: How the NYSE and other exchanges are rigged against smaller traders.
Untamed Hearts The Viper by Kele Moon
Loose Id, 2014. 9781623005429.
Marcos Rivera is a fighter. A gang member. Someone who has seen the dark side of humankind and survived. He has lost family and gained enemies. He has stolen cars and destroyed hearts, stripping one for money and the other for pleasure. His past is haunted and his future is bleak.
Until her.
Katie Foster is a high school history teacher. Smart, strong, and sexy. She is a woman Marcos shouldn't want. Shouldn't touch. Shouldn't love. He met her in Garnet, a backwards, hick town that's the last place in the world he wants to be, but he finds himself going back, all for a taste of the forbidden.
Katie represents all that is good in the world, and Marcos knows he's nothing but trouble for her perfect life. He fights and he screws. He commits crimes and he breaks the rules. He will never change and he will never escape his gang lifestyle.
Or can he?
What happens when two different people from two very different walks of life risk it all by giving into the passion that threatens to consume both of them? Can a woman who only knows how to play it safe give her heart to a man who lives hard and loves harder?
Can she survive The Viper?
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner, Julian Crouch
Candlewick, 2012. 9780763665531.
Link to this review by geneambaum tagged coming of age • science fiction
Standish Treadwell is different from the other kids in school. He can't read or write or spell his own name. In the totalitarian Motherland, it's not good to be different. Impure kids like Standish are usually sent away. He needs to keep his head down and not run afoul of the informers. When the bullies beat him up, no one cares. The teachers are expected to be cruel. He's just a kid who lives in a bombed out neighborhood in the wretched Zone Seven.
Standish briefly had a friend. Hector and his parents moved in next door to Standish and his grandfather, who took them in and helped them survive. But now Hector and his parents have disappeared, which is as good as dying.
A rocket from the Motherland is on its way to the moon. This is a demonstration of the Motherland's superiority and purity. Standish also knows it's a lie because one of the astronauts is hiding in his basement.
Why I picked it up: My daughter and I were reading another book aloud, and it really wasn't going well. The sentence structures were just too weird to speak. So we looked through the books on our shelf and read the first pages of a few of them aloud. This sounded like it was the transcript of a kid talking.
Why I finished it: The only way to get ahead in the Motherland is through absolute loyalty, which includes informing on others. It's clear at the beginning that Standish and his grandfather aren't merely being watched, they're under intense, round-the-clock surveillance. If they're caught doing anything wrong, that's it. The tension increases as the importance of the secret they're keeping is revealed.
It's perfect for: Dave. He studied entomology, so Crouch's illustrations that show the life cycle of a fly (maggots and all) in great detail will be a good hook. (These reinforce Standish's tale, in which everyone who is different is "maggot meat," and they would probably seem allegorical to people smarter and more poetic than me.)
@bookblrb: Standish is different -- he can't read or write. In the Motherland, that will get him sent away.
Will It Waffle? 53 Irresistible and Unexpected Recipes to Make in a Waffle Iron by Daniel Shumski
How many great ideas begin with a nagging thought in the middle of the night that should disappear by morning, but doesn't? For Daniel Shumski, it was: Will it waffle? Hundreds of hours, countless messes, and 53 perfected recipes later, that answer is a resounding: Yes, it will! Steak? Yes! Pizza? Yes! Apple pie? Emphatically yes.
And that's the beauty of being a waffle iron chef—waffling food other than waffles is not just a novelty but an innovation that leads to a great end product, all while giving the cook the bonus pleasure of doing something cool, fun, and vaguely nerdy (or giving a reluctant eater—your child, say—a great reason to dig in). Waffled bacon reaches perfect crispness without burned edges, cooks super fast in the two-sided heat source, and leaves behind just the right amount of fat to waffle some eggs. Waffled Sweet Potato Gnocchi, Pressed Potato and Cheese Pierogi, and Waffled Meatballs all end up with dimples just right for trapping their delicious sauces. A waffle iron turns leftover mac 'n' cheese into Revitalized Macaroni and Cheese, which is like a decadent version of a grilled cheese sandwich with its golden, buttery, slightly crisp exterior and soft, melty, cheesy interior.
The Body in the Woods by April Henry
Henry Holt and Co., 2014. 9780805098525.
Link to this review by danritchie tagged coming of age • mystery
Alexis, Nick, and Ruby are loners in their Portland, Oregon, high school. They are also cadets on the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue Team. An alert takes them out of school for an afternoon to look for a mentally ill man lost in Forest Park. As uncertified members of the team, they are given the least likely trail to search. Ruby takes the lead, and soon Nick and Alexis fall behind. As Nick hurries to catch up, Alexis sees a body in the underbrush. Thinking it must be the young man they're looking for, she calls his name. When there is no response, she looks closer and sees the body is that of a young woman, and it is very still. Nick radios for help, and the three become prime witnesses to a murder. After the three identify a man they passed on the trail, he is arrested and charged with the murder. This is the third homeless girl killed in Portland in a month. The police see no pattern, but Ruby enlists the help of her new friends to discover if the suspect is guilty, and who else might be murdering homeless girls.
Why I picked it up: I'm always looking for a good murder mystery. This one appealed to me because of the search and rescue aspect, which I know little about, and because it takes place in nearby Portland, one of my favorite places.
Why I finished it: While helping Ruby try to piece together proof that there is a serial killer loose, the three are also dealing with powerful issues of self-esteem. Ruby, logical and outspoken, is trying to curb the bluntness that turns people away from her. Nick, fatherless since his dad died in Iraq, needs to prove that he is as brave as his father was. Alexis is trying to cope with a mentally ill mom off her meds. She is ashamed of where and how she lives, and hides her personal life from everyone. It's compelling to follow these three as they grow individually and as a team.
It's perfect for: Kurt, a hiker, who will enjoy the bird watching throughout the story, and the surprising impact it has on what happens.
@bookblrb: Three Search and Rescue cadets discover the body of a homeless girl, the third such killing in a month.
Enduring Courage Ace Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker and the Dawn of the Age of Speed by John F. Ross
St. Martin's, 2014. 9781250033772.
Link to this review by flemtastic tagged biography • nonfiction
Eddie Rickenbacker was part of the birth of automobiles as racing vehicles, not only as a mechanic but also later as a very successful driver. Then, wanting to serve the U.S. in World War I, he volunteered for the fledgling air corps. Hurriedly sent over to Europe, American air crews in second-rate French biplanes flew over the front on observation missions. As soon as they were able to mount guns on their planes, they began taking part in dog fights, and even faced German Ace Manfred von Richthofen's infamous Flying Circus. Rickenbacker distinguished himself as a pilot and as a leader; his squadron made the most verified kills among American fliers. He ended the war as a bonafide hero, the American Ace of Aces, which meant he had the most verified kills of any American pilot. Encouraged on his return to the States to cash in on his wartime celebrity, Rickenbacker refused. He wanted to get to work. He even started an eponymous car company that produced luxurious, high-powered cars. His car company failed, but he went to work for Eastern Airlines as a manager. Later Rickenbacker led a group that bought the airline and established him as company president. He immediately spent heavily to modernize the planes, making Eastern a major player in the burgeoning airline industry.
Why I picked it up: I vaguely knew the name Eddie Rickenbacker, and when I saw the subtitle, I was hooked.
Why I finished it: Rickenbacker had serious drive. He refused to give up in any situation, including during two near-fatal plane crashes. In one, pilots had to ditch their plane in the South Pacific. Eight men survived in two rafts for over twenty days. Rickenbacker helped by cheering them on and chewing them out when they wanted to give up. And when a seagull landed on his head while he was sleeping, he grabbed it, divided it up evenly between the men, and used the guts for fishing bait. In the other crash, he was seriously injured and spent the night hanging upside-down in his seat, trapped in the wreckage, soaked in gasoline, one eye out of its socket, his skull crushed, an elbow and a hip shattered. After he was finally taken to a hospital, doctors put him in the hallway and operated on other, less-injured patients first, thinking he was going to die at any moment.
It's perfect for: My friend Chris, who works for Boeing. While his planes are much different today, he would appreciate the level of detail that Ross brings to describing the under-powered, cloth-winged biplanes that Rickenbacker and all Allied pilots flew at the beginning World War I, as well as the Spads that came later and allowed the Allies to control the skies. He would also admire the courage the fliers exhibited, knowing that when they left the base, there was a good chance they wouldn't make it back to home -- in one three-month stretch, Rickenbacker's eighty-man unit lost forty-one pilots.
@bookblrb: Eddie Rickenbacker was a mechanic, race driver, WWI ace, automobile manufacturer, and president of Eastern Airlines.
Still Life With Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen
Random House, 2014. 9781400065752.
Link to this review by emilyreads tagged literary
Rebecca Winter was the darling of art photography thirty years ago. Now, divorced, professionally adrift, and in financial stress due to her aging parents' care, she sublets her fancy Manhattan apartment and escapes to a run-down cabin in upstate New York. Slowly and carefully, she adjusts to rural living, forging a tentative friendship with chatty café owner Sarah and a possible romance with taciturn roofer Jim. Rebecca finds a series of small wooden crosses scattered mysteriously throughout the woods and begins taking photographs -- photographs that will both draw her closer to and push her away from Jim.
Why I picked it up: I've read every Quindlen novel since her first, Object Lessons, and never been disappointed. Her insights into the human condition, with all our clumsiness and strivings toward grace, are keen and tender. Yes, it's a novel about a woman in late middle age finding self-worth and purpose. But it's Anna Quindlen, so you know you're in good hands.
Why I finished it: I loved the stifling friendliness of Rebecca's new hometown, the gobsmacking indifference of her dementia-suffering mother, and the Sam Shepard hunkiness of Jim. But mostly I loved reading about her dog, a not-quite stray who adopts Rebecca when she most needs companionship.
It's perfect for: My running buddy Joe and my church friend Judy, both of whom are hardcore hikers. In Rebecca's fumbling treks behind her cabin, Quindlen beautifully captures the silence and complexity of the woods: how the light shifts, how the landscape changes subtly over time, and how the noises are both startling and comforting.
@bookblrb: After her life falls apart, art photographer Rebecca Winter tries to adjust to life in upstate New York.
Pretty Good Number One An American Family Eats Tokyo by Matthew Amster-Burton
Matthew Amster-Burton, 2013. 9781484126981.
Link to this review by sarahhunt tagged cookbook • nonfiction
Amster-Burton, his wife, and his eight-year-old daughter, Iris, spend a month in Tokyo eating their way through the best, worst, and most Japanese foods they can.
Why I picked it up: Both my mom and dad laughed their way through this book-- they ate their way through England and France with my brother and me, and recognized our enthusiasm in Iris.
Why I finished it: It was the best kind of foodie writing because it had a Dave Barry-ish sense of humor. Amster-Burton thrills to the amazingly good food at every 7-11 and eats the tastiest vegetables, grilled skewers of every part of the chicken (even the tail), and succulent broiled eel while his daughter devours a fried and salted eel spine.
I didn't pick up on the fact that this is a self-published Kickstarter project until the acknowledgments at the end. Amster-Burton did an amazing job, and chose a great copy editor and cover designer.
It's perfect for: Members of my tour group for my upcoming trip to Japan should mark the best foods and restaurants with Post-Its. Every chapter had something in it I wanted to eat, and Amster-Burton insists there is nothing in this world like real Japanese negi. (They should also read some of the books he recommends in the bibliography.)
@bookblrb: An American family spends a month in Tokyo eating the best, worst, and most Japanese foods they can find.
The Undertaking of Lily Chen by Danica Novgorodoff
Link to this review by geneambaum tagged graphic novel
When Deshi and his older brother, Wei, have a fight, Wei is accidentally hit by a car and killed. Deshi leaves his post on a military base to go tell their parents. His mother insists that he go find the dead body of a woman to become a corpse bride for Wei, so that he won't be alone in the other world.
After trying a matchmaker and a bit of grave robbing, Deshi is considering whether or not he'll have to kill a girl to get a bride for his brother. He sees Lily, who is outside her farmhouse to get water for tea. She wants to flee her father and his problems -- when she asks him to take her to Beijing, they hit the road together. But Deshi secretly continues to try to find a female corpse, and he also continues to consider whether or not he'll have to kill Lily, for his brother's sake, despite his attraction to her.
Why I picked it up: Novgorodoff's art knocked me out in in Refresh, Refresh and Slow Storm. The cover (and especially the amazing back cover) promised more of the same.
Why I finished it: The watercolor backgrounds and fill colors of some details really create a sense of place and draw my eye to their irregularity. The contrast between them and the flatter, more regular colors and inks used to illustrate the characters and other features give Novgorodoff complete control of where my eye roams across the page.
It's perfect for: Fans of foreign horror films, like The Host, a Korean monster movie. I like films from other countries because they seem to defy the rules and have a very different narrative structure than American films. Early in The Host, a young kid is killed, which is usually a big no-no in mainstream American horror films. It showed me that the film was going to be unpredictable, and gave a sense that anything could happen (it did) in the rest of the film. This narrative has that same sense. I had no idea at all where it was going but, like the best of stories, the end was entirely satisfying.
@bookblrb: Deshi has to find the corpse of a woman so that his dead brother won't be alone in the other world.
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Fu attivo durante il regno degli scià Peroz I, Balash e Kavadh I. Viene spesso confuso con suo padre, Zarmihr Hazarwuxt e con suo figlio Zarmihr Karen.

Biografia

Figlio di Zarmihr Hazarwuxt, un comandante sassanida di origine armena. Nel 484, Peroz I, prima di invadere il territorio degli Unni bianchi, investì suo fratello Balash del titolo di viceré, e Sukhra venne nominato ministro. Peroz I, comunque, venne sconfitto dagli Unni bianchi e ucciso alla battaglia di Herat. Secondo al-Tabari, Sukhra era il governatore del Sakastan prima di essere nominato ministro.

Sukhra decise di vendicare la sua morte, e assunse il comando della maggior parte dell'esercito sasanida; quando raggiunse Gorgan, il re degli Unni bianchi, Khushnavaz, venne prontamente informato del suo piano di attacco, e rapidamente preparò i suoi uomini per la guerra. Inviò poi un messaggio a Sukhra "chiedendogli delle sue intenzioni, cercando di indagare sul suo nome e sulla sua posizione." Sukhra rispose a Khushnavaz, informandolo circa il suo nome e la sua posizione. Khushnavaz, rispose a sua volta, avvertendolo di non fare lo stesso errore di Peroz I.

Ma le sue parole non scoraggiarono Sukhra, che marciò contro Khushnavaz, e gli inflisse una pesante sconfitta. A quel punto Khushnavaz chiese la pace, che Sukhra avrebbe accettato solo se gli avesse restituito tutto quello che aveva preso dal campo di Peroz I, che comprendeva i suoi tesori, il sommo sacerdote (Mōbadh) dell'impero, sua figlia Perozdukht, e suo figlio Kavadh. Khushnavaz accettò le sue richieste, e la pace venne siglata.

Dopo la sua vittoria, tornò a Ctesifonte, dove i nobili "lo accolsero con grande onore, esaltando le sue gesta, e lo elevarono ad uno status tale, che nessuno, se non i re fu in grado di raggiungere dopo di lui" Balash venne successivamente incoronato nuovo re dell'impero. Tuttavia, in realtà fu Sukhra che ebbe il controllo su tutto l'impero sasanide. Gushnaspdad, l'kanarang di Abarshahr, esortò Sukhra e il resto dei nobili sasanidi di condannare a morte Kavadh, che Sukhra aveva salvato.

Tuttavia, i nobili sassanidi rifiutarono il suggerimento e imprigionarono Kavadh. In seguito questi riuscì a fuggire ed a rifugiarsi nel territorio degli Eftaliti. Nel 488, Kavadh ritornò in Persia, con l'aiuto degli Eftaliti, e venne raggiunto da un gruppo di nobili Sassanidi, compreso Adergoudounbades, un parente di Gushnaspdad. Durante la rivolta di Kavadh, Sukhra disse a Balash che non era capace di regnare come re di Persia e lo depose, mettendo al suo posto Kavadh. Il nuove re sassanide fece mettere a morte Gushnaspdad.

Anche dopo l'insediamento del nuovo re sassanide, Shukra posseva ancora un enorme potere; secondo Firdusi, Shukra controllava tutto tranne la corona regale. Al-Tabari disse ciò sul suo potere: "Sukhra aveva il governo del regno e la gestione degli affari. La gente andava da Shukra e manteneva ogni rapporto con lui, trattando Kavadh come una persona di nessuna importanza e, per quanto riguarda i suoi comandi, con disprezzo".

Nel 493 Kavadh provò a ridurre il potere di Sukhra inviandolo nella nativa Shiraz, e successivamente con l'aiuto di Shapur di Ray, sconfisse i lealisti di Sukhra riuscendo a catturarlo. Sukhra venne portato a Ctesiphon, dove fu messo a morte.

Anche dopo la morte di Sukhra, la sua famiglia possedeva ancora molto potere all'interno dell'Impero sasanide. Suo figlio, Zarmihr Karen, aiutò Kavadh, nel 488, a reclamare il trono sassanide dal suo fratello minore Djamasp. Nello stesso anno, uno degli altri figli di Sukhra, Bozorgmehr, fu nominato ministro dell'impero, e continuò a servire durante il regno del successore di Kavadh, Cosroe I. Successivamente fu spahbod sotto il successore di Cosroe I Ormisda IV. Zarmihr Karen, insieme con l'altro figlio di Sukhra Karin, aiutò Cosroe I nella sua guerra contro i Turchi. Come ricompensa per il loro aiuto, Zarmihr Karen venne premiato con terre in Zabulistan, mentre Karin ottenne delle terre in Tabaristan. Entrambi diedero inizio alla dinastia Qarinvand, che regnò nell'XI secolo.

Il figlio di Sukhra, Simah-i Burzin fu spahbod del kust di Khorasan durante il regno di Cosroe I. Un discendente di Sukhra, Burzin Shah, fu il governatore di Nishapur durante il regno di Yazdegerd III (r. 632–651).

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Lady Aberlin / Betty Aberlin
Lady Aberlin and Daniel spend time together (1982)
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Lady Aberlin talks with Daniel about school (1979)
Lady Aberlin, niece of King Friday XIII, played by Betty Aberlin, is kind-hearted and empathetic, a caring friend to the puppets and people in Make-Believe. Lovely and loving, Lady Aberlin is a favorite of many.
A caring friend
When the characters are struggling, it's Lady Aberlin they often turn to. She knows how important it is to talk about things when someone is upset, helping us understand their feelings – and our own. Through her interactions with her Make-Believe neighbors, Fred articulated one of his core Neighborhood messages, "Whatever is mentionable can be manageable."
Her special relationship with Daniel Tiger provides some of the series most memorable moments. Watching their intimate, honest conversations, viewers forgot they were watching a person talking to a puppet. But they were actually watching Betty Aberlin and Fred Rogers caringly communicate.
Lady Aberlin shows a wide range of her own feelings, too. She gets frustrated and angry with her uncle the King when he's unreasonable or makes outrageous demands. And she sometimes makes mistakes herself, understanding that in the ups and downs of everyday life, there's room for mistakes and forgiveness.
A gifted singer and dancer, Lady Aberlin appears in every Neighborhood opera, bringing a special charm to her roles, whether she's the romantic lead alongside Metropolitan Opera star John Reardon – or a cow in "Potato Bugs and Cows."
On the last studio production day, noting that even puppets can age and Daniel might have been missing a whisker or two, Betty said, "It's the spirit of those creations by Fred – that's the real constancy. We hoped and believed that we could have a positive effect …. My part is to illustrate the best ways of interacting. We are modeling the most loving behavior."
Betty Aberlin and her love of the arts
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Regular measurements of thermal indicators on Earth demonstrate that the planet continues to accumulate heat in itself: thus, global warming continues and even accelerates, and its pace does not allow us to think about positive trends.
A team of independent experts from Australia, which has been dealing with global climate change for five years, voiced unfavorable information. It talks about the imminent prospects for people in the next 30 years. According to the authors of the work - and these include prominent scientists, public figures and politicians - humanity is on the verge of self-destruction. In this case, the critical point may be the year 2050.
Scientists insist on the only way to prevent the destruction of civilization. But for this we need to mobilize everyone to correct climate change on our planet.
The keynote speaker was the former Australian defense secretary, former Admiral Chris Barry, who is known as an active advocate for natural resources. He believes that climate change in three decades will lead to severe negative consequences that are difficult to predict in advance, since humanity has not yet encountered such large-scale violations.
According to scientists, if global warming does not slow down its growth rate, then very soon the changes will become irreversible. As a result, key ecological systems will collapse, including a system of reefs, rainforests, the Amazon and Africa.
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Crossroads (10-3) Lady Roadrunners Basketball won in the final minute over Brentwood (9-10) 51-50 during the Crossroads Extravaganza night that boasted the sports play of all the Winter Sports featured at Crossroads versus rival Brentwood in front of thousands of fans who flocked to support the two crosstown rival sports programs.
Crossroads forward Damonique Ballou was excited about the Crossroads Extravaganza and the win versus Brentwood in front of the massive crowd that came to support their teams.
"Brentwood is our rival," said Ballou. "Tonight, our defense really helped a lot. We just sucked it up and did what we had to do and out hustle Brentwood. We went out trying to create turnovers and take it all, and that's what we did."
The Roadrunners went on a run in the third quarter with Ballou leading the charge and scoring a bucket on a baseline jumper over Sammy Schlessel of Brentwood to extend the lead of the Roadrunners by three at 32-29.
Guard Kayla Mitchell came up with the steal on Brentwood's next position and found Ballou open under the basket for another bucket before Mitchell went on a six point run to put Crossroads up 40-33.
The run proved costly for the Eagles during their comeback where Brentwood was able to take the lead over Crossroads for a brief moment by one point at 50-49 with 1:07 left to play.
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An Israeli student's new app uses IoT and machine learning to keep dangerous drivers off the road
Gabriel AvnerDec 31, 2016
With New Year's Eve just around the corner, millions of people are beginning to ask themselves the same question. No, it's not if they can really lose 20 pounds in 2017 or any of the other resolutions (read lies) that we tell ourselves every year.
It's how the hell are we going to get home from the party after. If you have been drinking, then please, please, please, do not get behind the wheel of a car. It is estimated that some 10,000 people are killed every year as a result of drunk driving.
In recent years, there has been a spurt of breathalyzer devices aimed at letting people know if they have had a few too many to drive. Devices paired with apps like the BACtrack line of breathalyzers help users to make smarter decisions. However these kinds of devices generally run at around $100, and depend too heavily on the driver actually remembering to use it.
Looking for an alternative that could save lives, an Israeli Masters of Sciences student out of Ben Gurion University named Ben Nassi has developed an app that can detect intoxication based on the user's movement as monitored by their smartphone or wearable.
The idea for his research came to him after reading an article that was published two years ago about a drunk driver who killed a father and daughter near the southern city of Arad. He remembers seeing a photo of the car with a bottle of whiskey inside that he couldn't quite shake, leading him to wonder if there was a way to test for intoxication automatically.
Along with his advisors Professors Yuval Elovici and Lior Rokach of Ben Gurion University, Nessi developed as a part of his thesis a machine learning algorithm that is capable of telling the difference between a person's behavior when they are either intoxicated or sober.
The team ran their tests with a combination of devices, looking for an array of options. With a Samsung Galaxy S4 in their right rear pocket, an LG G-watch on their left hand, and a Microsoft Band on the right, the IoT-laden test subjects were topped off with Google Glass — the wearable that first set the taboo for wearable cameras until Snap Inc proved that good taste should never get in the way of your ability to upload pictures of your lunch — as they walked with the app tracking their movements, judging how intoxicated they were.
Ben Nessi testing out his app, decked out in IoT devices. Photo Credit: Ben Nessi
Interestingly, instead of asking the user to perform classic police checkpoint tests like walk a straight line, etc, the app follows the driver's more basic movement, checking to see how they are walking, and if it varies from their normal gait.
"Unlike others," Nessi tells Geektime, comparing their study to other kinds of tests, "We didn't use any specific challenge like the walk and turn test. We told ourselves that we didn't want to use these kinds of tests, but use more natural activity like the person's gait, to test if the person is intoxicated."
Since the app uses data from the user's phone or wearable, it is constantly collecting data on the person, learning how they behave under normal (read sober) circumstances. Since the app runs silently in the background, the idea here is that the user would not have to actively decide to turn it on before they start drinking or get up to drive, essentially making it an automated solution.
So far, they have been able to attain 93% accuracy with their tests on mid to late stage millennials, having taken it out to three bars in central Tel Aviv for some in-the-field experimentation that they say matches the standards of a police run check.
Nessi points out that their choice of test subjects, a group of 20 somethings, was quite deliberate as this is the group that is both more likely to be driving while intoxicated and already has an affinity to wearables.
"We actually used the kind of technology that they already love since they are already using it," he tells Geektime, making breathalyzers appear like cameras, where the best one is the one that you have on you. Nessi hopes that the fact that the users can utilize existing technology will help make its use more widely spread.
Actually getting people to use a breathalyzer, especially if they are drunk, is probably the hardest part of making a dent in the issue of intoxicated driving. Even his solution, he points out, is still a voluntary process since the person would have to download the app and use it.
However there are situations like those in the US that require people who have already been convicted of drunk driving to use a breathalyzer.
Speaking with Geektime, Nessi believes that while autonomous cars are probably the future, it will likely take a long time until they become the only kind of vehicle on the road. As such, stop gap measures like his will be necessary for keeping us safe. Ideally as the connected car becomes more widely adopted, the app will be able to communicate with the car, alerting it that the driver is intoxicated and that it should not turn on. He notes though that the level of effectiveness of apps like his will be dependent on how they are able to interact with the car, and if the auto manufacturers will develop a sufficient API for permitting this.
Similarly, this kind of app could branch out into identifying other kinds of driving impediments like the influence of drugs or drowsiness, a less spoken about yet deadly problem on the road.
In spite of the strong showings during their trials, Nessi says that he is still hesitant to upload his app to the Google Play store for use. Deeming it to still be in the research stage, he feels that it would have to be more accurate before allowing people to depend on it for getting behind the wheel safely.
Looking at Nessi's work, there appears to be a wealth of potential use cases for his technology but more so for his approach of constantly collecting data through IoT. This is hardly a new concept since most health trackers, including FitBits and Apple Watches, are already doing this. However, bringing the idea of providing automated warnings before risky behavior feels like a very good use for this kind of machine learning and monitoring tech.
Looking further ahead, this could be used to maybe even pick up on signs of something like an upcoming heart attack, letting the user know to get medical attention.
Some cities may find this app as a cheaper and more effective alternative to keeping tabs on those with DUIs. Parents could make having the app on their teen's phone a condition of them driving. The more options there are for taking decision making and paying attention to detail out of the hands of people, I argue the better.
Now as a software engineering intern at Google, Nessi is continuing to develop smart solutions that one can hope will save lives in the future.
At the end of the day, it is still up to the user — even the less than thoughtful one — to put the right systems into place to prevent them from making stupid choices. This can be things like downloading the app, paying attention when it tells you that you are too drunk to drive, or once the connected car becomes advanced enough that it can interact with the app, requiring the vehicle to receive the okay from the app before turning on. All of these are steps that a responsible person who is less likely to drive drunk in the first place will probably take. To address the issue of the wider public and reach those that are more likely to drive while intoxicated, it will likely require legal regulations, such as was what occurred with seat belts or child seats.
So while we may need to wait a little longer for Nessi's app to start impacting our lives, this New Year's Eve, do yourself a favor and order a cab or Uber if you must, but please avoid the wheel if you've been drinking. 2016 has been tragic enough, and we all need some better vibes heading into 2017.
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Explore Dickens' classic tale of order and disorder, death and resurrection with A Tale of Two Cities.
Taking place in London and Paris in the eighteenth century, in the years leading up to and during the French Revolution, Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities is one of injustice, revenge, rebirth, love, and sacrifice.
Originally published in thirty-one weekly installments in 1859, this novel is uncharacteristic for Dickens as it lacks comic relief, as well as a protagonist, though London and Paris are considered to be the true protagonists of the story. The turbulence found in this epic tale is also believed to reflect the turmoil in Dickens' personal life at the time.
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Lillet is a true apertif that was first created in 1872 near Sauternes in the Graves region of France. Lillet is a delicious blend of bordeaux wines and handcrafted fruit liqueurs produced in Podensac. It has been one of my favorite cocktails since first having a sip at the renowned Fearrington House. As usual I was having a hard time deciding my first drink of the evening, and was asked if I would like a Lillet or Dubonnet. Completely unaware of either, I was quickly educated and have been a big fan since. Lillet is available now in blanc, rouge, and even rose. I have yet to try the rose, but I believe I will enjoy the Lillet rose better than most rose wines! I drink Lillet beach side, traditionally on the rocks, with citrus garnish or for breakfast like this fabulous grapefruit Lillet slush.
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FICTION: A hilarious tale of tenderness, faith and small-town politics.
By CHRISTINE BRUNKHORST Special to the Star Tribune
May 21, 2015 — 4:42pm
When Harley Jackson walks into his barn on Christmas Eve to find a newborn calf with the image of Jesus imprinted on its flank, he responds as any reticent bachelor farmer might. He sighs, "Well, that's trouble."
But Harley's friend and neighbor, Billy, who lives in a trailer with his books and cats and occasionally tromps over to Harley's place in his oversized parka and orange crocs, sees potential in the miraculous cash cow. He takes one look at "Jesus rendered in black-and-white splotches like clip-art" and advises Harley to "get a lawyer … and start printin' T-shirts."
Normally, brouhaha — religious or otherwise — is something Harley avoids, but when the miracle visage is observed by Dixie the letter carrier, who then Instagrams a photo of the calf, uploads it to Facebook, tweets it to #JESUSCOW, then e-mails it to local TV stations, Harley is forced into a commercial enterprise he'd rather avoid.
After successful memoirs such as "Population: 485" and "Truck: A Love Story," this is Michael Perry's first novel for adults, and it's a good one. The tale, set in the small town of Swivel, Wis., is laugh-out-loud funny and propelled by plot lines that come together in an explosive climax.
One of the story lines concerns Carolyn Sawchuck, a failed academic and vehement environmentalist who has alienated the town's more socially lazy residents. While Carolyn works surreptitiously as a one-woman environmental cleanup crew, Billy and Harley, with the help of an International Talent Agency, market the Jesus Cow. Their plan? To sell enough religious paraphernalia sporting the calf's picture to be able to buy back Harley's father's farmland, which developer Klute Sorenson has turned into a wasteland of unoccupied split-levels.
It's an uneasy time for Harley and Carolyn, and for all the characters who seek love and direction — spiritual and otherwise. Carolyn is an outcast. Maggie is a devout Catholic widow who operates a junkyard. (The work, she figures, provides her "the momentum to persist" after her husband's death.) Harley meets and finds love with Mindy, a self-proclaimed "hippie chick in work boots," who, upon scattering a mob of overzealous Jesus Cow pilgrims by brandishing a Ruger Redhawk .44 mag on their second date, wins the bachelor's heart — but then soon breaks it.
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Given that the alleged miracle occurs in a manger on Christmas Eve, given the religious references, I worried that the novel would be snarky. But it's not. It's funny and deep and sympathetic.
The characters are flawed human beings trying to do the right thing — as we all are. "I don't have it," Harley thinks as he looks out over his yard amazed and humbled at the crowd of believers, "but I'm happy they do."
Christine Brunkhorst, a Minneapolis writer and reviewer, teaches English at St. Thomas Academy.
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In the beginning YAHVEH, not the Big Bang, created the heavens and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and empty. (It was underwater and had no sky). Darkness was on the face of the deep, deep heavenly waters above and the Spirit of God was hovering over the heavenly waters above.
6 Then God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst (or MIDDLE) of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters." 7 Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters (or the seas) under the firmament from the (heavenly) waters above the firmament and it was so (There are bodies of water above the firmament or sky, not space and not galaxies). 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. So the (end of the) evening and the morning were the second day.
14 Then God said, "Let there be lights IN THE FIRMAMENT OF THE HEAVENS TO DIVIDE THE DAY FROM THE NIGHE; AND LET THEM BE FOR SIGNS AND SEASONS, AND FOR DAYS AND FOR YEARS; 15 and to give light on the earth"; and so it was. 19 And the evening and the morning passed and they were the fourth day.
26 Then God, not Evolution, said, "Let Us make man in Our image (just like Us – The Father and The Son. And let them rule over the earth).
Gen. 2 And on the seventh day God had finished His work He had been doing and He rested on the seventh day from all His work, which He had done. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and had set it apart for holy use, because on it He rested from all His work which God had done.
8 But you must not forget this, says Peter in verse 8: A day to God is like a thousand years, and a thousand years to God is like a day. Man has ruled the world for 6,000 years without God and there has been national conflicts and wars ever since. Even today ISIS threatens the peace of the world and the military budget is expected to increase.
Before King Jesus comes back there will be 7 years of tribulation outlined in Rev. 6 with the 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse (the antiChrist, wars, famine, and death). Then the Saints and elect will be martyred and their souls will cry out to King Jesus: Sovereign Lord, how long before You avenge our blood? And King Jesus will say, wait until the rest of your brothers and sisters are martyred like you have been. Then the elements will melt away and King Jesus will return to rule on flat Earth for 1,000 years which will be the 7th or the Sabbath Millennium.
9 The King Jesus isn't really being slow about his promise to return, but He is being patient for the sake of the unsaved. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent and be saved.
11 Since everything around us is going to be destroyed, what holy and godly lives we should live, 12 looking forward to the day of God and hurrying it along. On that day, heaven and earth will pass away. 13 But we are looking forward to the new heavens and new earth he has promised, a world filled with God's righteousness.
14 And so, while you are waiting for these things to happen, make every effort to be found living peaceful lives that are pure and blameless in his sight.


Elegant, with bright green upright branches.
The Candelabra Cactus is green with a slightly creamy white marbled center on its branches that arch upward to form tiered "arms". This cactus is easy to care for and fairly self-sufficient and will forgive a missed watering.
Native to India, the Candelabra Cactus is technically a succulent not a cactus—it is actually in the Euphorbia family. This unique plant can live as an indoor plant but also on the patio in summer as long as it is brought indoors before cool temperatures arrive.
NOTE: The Candelabra Cactus is naturally shallow rooted and sensitive to repotting. Therefore, for the health of the plant, this cactus is only available in one pot color at this time.