This is the Modem World: The internet used to be better

Each week Joshua Fruhlinger contributes This is the Modem World, a column dedicated to exploring the culture of consumer technology.

Back in the '90s -- before many of you were born -- the internet was much better than it is today. I'm only halfway kidding, too. Let me explain.

At the time, we were sure anything was possible. We were also pretty stupid. We launched sites that just sold socks. Others sold balls. Social networking was just something we did -- we didn't need a site or a name for it. We were happy to go out at night and create real-life memes over drinks regarding the 2-minute video that took all afternoon to download.

Every site was new and fresh and daring. Two of the most shameless sites of the time introduced something that I am afraid we will never get back. Those sites were Kozmo.com and Urbanfetch.com. Some of you will remember them fondly. Others might recognize the names. Others, well, sit down and listen to a story of yesteryear when unicorns roamed the earth and virtually anything was available to your door within an hour at any hour.

Both Kozmo and Urbanfetch -- we're still not really sure which one came first -- would deliver items to your place within an hour. If they didn't get it to you within an hour, you got a discount or a gift certificate code. You could rent a DVD that was returnable to any mailbox-like receptacle on street corners. You could order a pint of ice cream that came sealed in its own freezer bag. You could order a stereo and make some poor soul carry it up five flights to your walk-up apartment on the Lower East Side. You could order a case of beer.

And we did.

Oh, how we did.

We ordered frozen pizzas in the afternoon, shampoo at midnight and boxes of fresh coffee in the morning. We were crazy addicts, sucking at the teat of ridiculous convenience. We were sure this was the future. We didn't step inside real stores. Who needed real stores when it all came to you?

And then it all ended. Someone realized that selling stuff at a discount, warehousing it, paying couriers to carry it around major cities and doing it at little to no cost to the consumer wasn't a very sustainable business plan.

The first few months without our citywide concierge services were rough. We were incredibly spoiled by the whole thing, and walking into regular drug stores to buy cold medicine felt foreign, ancient and wrong.

We didn't know it then, but we had emerged from the magical era of the internet and into the rational, present one filled with marketers, social networking experts, advertising schemas that made money and business plans that placed a premium on profitability rather than straight-up awesome. The sorcerers were gone, replaced by search engines and cookies.

Some other reasons the internet was better:

1. Not everyone was on it. While there were plenty of trolls and not-so-smart people already, there was a certain headiness to it all. Maybe it was pretentious -- who knows -- but there was a lot more interesting experimentation going on. Sites like Word.com, Charged.com, Suck.com and Slate.com were changing the way we were entertained.
2. There was no social networking. Your high school friends weren't online, weren't posting pictures of their children and weren't announcing their relationship status.
3. It was slow. As much as we love instant streaming video, the slowness of the internet forced people to return to the real world and find other forms of interaction.
4. Cool Site of the Day. The internet was so small that we looked to this one DJ-like site to tell us what was new and noteworthy. It was exciting, surprising and sometimes amazing.
5. It was innocent. The world was still super optimistic, the economy was irrationally on fire and criminals hadn't yet realized that the internet was a great place to do all sorts of nasty things.

Yes, it was a silly era, and yes, it had to end. But we enjoyed it while we could, and someone out there like me still keeps a Kozmo bag in the back of a closet just for memories. And because it's great for picnics.

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Joshua Fruhlinger is the former Editorial Director for Engadget and current contributor to both Engadget and the Wall Street Journal. You can find him on Twitter at @fruhlinger.

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NBC Orders Carlton Cuse Drama, Sitcoms From Dick Wolf, Jason Bateman and Justin Spitzer

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - NBC has ordered a pilot from "Lost" producer Carlton Cuse, as well as three comedies - one of them a Dick Wolf production called "Girlfriend in a Coma," about a 34-year-old who wakes up to find she has a 17-year-old daughter.

Insert "Law & Order" sound effect here.

The other comedies are produced by "The Office" writer Justin Spitzer and "Arrested Development" star Jason Bateman.

Cuse will executive produce "The Sixth Gun," written by Ryan Condal. Based on a bestselling graphic novel from Oni Press, it is a supernatural western that follows the story of six mythical guns. Eric Gitter and Andy Borne will also produce the Universal Television project.

The first of the comedies, "Holding Patterns," also from UTV, is written and executive produced by Spitzer. The multi-camera ensemble comedy follows a group of friends whose lives change after a plane crash. Peter Traugott and Rachel Kaplan will also executive produce.

An untitled project from "Up All Night" executive producer DJ Nash, which also counts Bateman and Jim Garavente among its executive producers, is about a son, his blind father, and a mother who rediscovers her adolescence post-divorce. The single-camera comedy comes from UTV and Aggregate Films.

"Girlfriend in a Coma," from "Nurse Jackie" co-creator Liz Brixius, comes from UTV and Wolf Films. Brixius, Wolf and Danielle Gelber will executive produce the single-camera series.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/nbc-orders-carlton-cuse-drama-sitcoms-dick-wolf-023647930.html

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Following OpenTable Deal, Restaurant Data Provider Locu Adds More Big-Name Partners, TripAdvisor And CitySearch

Locu, a local business data provider which extracts structured data from business websites and then makes it available via an API, is today announcing two major new partnerships, specifically for its restaurant data: CitySearch and TripAdvisor. The news comes only a couple of months after OpenTable signed with Locu on a similar deal.

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Review: Naturalism of 'LUV' beset by cliches

NEW YORK (AP) ? It comes as a disappointment that "LUV," a drama about the tragic realities of fathers and sons in unforgiving urban environs, can't measure up to the lyricism of its star's own music.

The film stars Common, the thoughtful, charismatic Chicago rhymer who, in three- and four-minute hip-hop ruminations, summons more vibrant social imagery than the well-intended but hollow 1 ? hours of "LUV."

Common has been more of a cultural ambassador for years now (he was a bizarrely controversial White House guest in 2011), and has increasingly concentrated on acting. "LUV," for which he is also a producer, is perhaps the best close-up yet of an uncommonly smooth performer.

In the film, the feature film debut of Sheldon Candis who co-wrote it with Justin Wilson, Common plays the former convict Vincent, an uncle to the parentless 11-year-old Woody (Michael Rainey Jr.).

"LUV" takes place over a day in Baltimore in which Vincent, driving Woody to school from his grandmother's, instead detours for a lesson-filed day of bonding. Vincent pledges that he'll teach the shy Woody how to "handle your business across the board."

Dressed handsomely and driving a Mercedes, Vincent appears an upright father-figure, but he's desperate to put to work a business plan for which he's $22,000 short. Worse, gang warfare is raging and the word on the street is that Vincent got out of prison suspiciously early.

It's a promising enough conceit ? a stressed, untrustworthy but inherently decent guy trying to play the role-model ? but the day takes awkward, implausible turns, jumping from violence to stone-skipping in the harbor. The dialogue, too, is often cringe-worthy as the two meet various friends and associates of Vincent's, with cameos by Danny Glover, Dennis Haysbert, Clark Johnson and Michael Kenneth Williams.

Along the way, Vincent teaches Woody (whom Rainey Jr. plays with poise beyond his years) some tenants of manhood: how to properly open crabs, how to give a strong handshake, how to drive a car, how to shoot a gun. Though lacking some dynamism, Common has the gravity to keep the film grounded.

The film, wearing its inspirations on its sleeve, is a kind of "Training Day" hoping for interstitial Terrence Malick poetry in the Baltimore landscape of "The Wire" with the occasional sensationalism of an action film. The clich?s mount as the journey leads to bloody standoffs and drug dealer confrontations. Surely there is plenty here to scar a child, though there's little that suggests any trauma for Woody.

Still, there is tenderness in "LUV." One suspects Candis can mature as a naturalistic director if he follows the tagline of his film: "Follow your hero, or become your own man." After all, we are not exactly showered with intimate, aspiring films of urban life.

"LUV," an Indomina Media Inc. release, is rated R for violence, language, child endangerment and some drug content. Running time: 95 minutes. One and a half stars out of four.

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Motion Picture Association of America rating definition for R: Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/review-naturalism-luv-beset-cliches-012735171.html

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How do I break into the EV field? | GreenBiz.com

Welcome to Dear Shannon, our new career advice column for sustainability professionals and wanna-be professionals. If you have a question for Shannon, send it to her at shannon@walkoflifeconsulting.com. Let us know your thoughts on the column in the comments section below.

Dear Shannon,

I've spent the last 20 years in the automotive industry as a management consultant working closely with car companies. I am now looking to reinvent myself taking advantage of a profitable yet sustainable business opportunity related to my sector and noticed the growth of the electric vehicle (EV). But I am not sure how to break into this growing field. Can you offer any advice?

-- Kevin, Los Angeles

Hi Kevin,

The EV sector is gaining momentum and you seem well placed to break into it. Charging stations are popping up at supermarkets, hydrogen cars are competing with electric ones, battery leasing is becoming an alternative business model, and the big brands like GM, Nissan and Mitsubishi are all launching versions of the EV.

However, while there are opportunities in this growing field, career changes at senior level usually happen slowly. If you're prepared to take the time to lay the foundations, though, there's no reason you can't build the career you want. Here are some practical, strategic steps you can take to prepare yourself for a successful, environmentally conscious career in a dynamic sector.

1: Do your homework

When a client comes to me to talk about making a career switch, my first question is always this: What do you know about the sector? Swiftly followed by: Where do you want to sit within it? And: Have you done enough deep diving into the field to speak intelligently about it?

With this in mind, your number one job right now is clear. Learn the sector by researching, reading and engaging with the people who are already in it. As complementary as it may seem to the automotive industry, the EV sector is very different; you have to unpack it, dissect it and learn it from the inside out. This includes reading about what each and every company in this space is doing -- the entire supply chain. So pour yourself a coffee and get used to staying up until 2am reading, for at least two months.

You'll also need to understand where it's going, and where it has the potential to go. Technology-focused niches like this one change quickly, so it's important to stay ahead of the curve and keep on top of what's happening in the media, legislative and scientific worlds. Make the most of social media by finding and following the thought leaders in the field, subscribing to the most relevant blogs and starting your own, which can help you build conversations with future colleagues in the EV field.

As part of your research, map out the market and do a SWOT analysis, where you look at strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (hence, SWOT),to identify the besttwo or three companies to target for your new role, Some questions to ask:

• Who are the key players ? company names and leaders?
• Who is getting venture capital funding? Government subsidies?
• Which companies are leading in which geographical markets?
• What legislation is affecting the sector in which markets?
• Which business models are working and which are not? In a new and growing sector, a lot will be trial and error.

Next page:? Who are you, anyway??

Source: http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2013/01/08/career-advice-sustainability-ev

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Manufactured Housing Goes Hunting | Daily Business News

AmmoLand reports from Fremont, Ohio that MH building products maker StyleCrest is teaming with Mossy Oak to produce Wildside Camo Siding for hunting blinds, lodges, cabins and sheds. The extrusion-process camouflage siding will resist UV rays and extreme weather conditions, and is easy to install. As MHProNews has learned, StyleCrest supplies numerous residential products to the MH industry from HVAC, plumbing and electrical to doors, decks and foundation covers.

(Image credit: AmmoLand)

Categories: Business, Company News, Manufactured Homes, News Item Tags: camouflage, decks, doors, extreme weather conditions, extrusion process, fremont ohio, hunting blinds, MH industry, MHProNews, plumbing, residential products, siding, stylecrest, uv rays

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Syrians brush off Assad speech as fighting rages

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Fighting raged across Syria on Monday with clashes reported just a few miles from where President Bashar al-Assad had unveiled a "peace plan" that Syrians on both sides said would do nothing to end the country's 21-month-old uprising.

Hours after Assad addressed cheering loyalists at the Damascus Opera House on Sunday in his first public speech in months, fighting erupted near the road to the city's international airport, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

The opposition-linked group said artillery hit the district of Aqraba, 3 miles (5 km) from the Opera House. Fighting continued all night and into Monday around the capital, as well as in the northern provinces of Idlib and Aleppo, it said.

In central Syria, the towns of Taybet Imam and Halfaya were bombarded with aerial strikes and artillery, said Abu Faisal, an activist speaking over the internet from Taybet Imam.

"Every four to five minutes, we hear the burst from a rocket. We cannot get any wounded out because we are essentially under siege by the shelling," he said, adding that many civilians had fled. Taybet Imam sits on an entrance to Syria's main north-south highway, close to the central city of Hama.

The government restricts access by international media and the accounts could not be verified.

Damascus residents said Assad's speech, which offered no concessions to his foes, was met with celebratory gunfire in pro-Assad neighbourhoods.

But even there, some saw no sign peace was closer: a loyalist resident of southern Damascus reached by internet said the speech was eloquent but empty.

"It sounded more like gloating than making promises," said the woman, who gave only her first name, Aliaa. "I agree with the ideas but words are really just words until he takes some action. He needs to do something. But even so, everything he suggests now, it is too late, the rebels aren't going to stop."

"NO ONE CARES"

In the once-affluent district of Mezzeh, scene of several bomb attacks, an Assad critic said people had more pressing concerns than a TV speech. "Here, no one cares about this speech. They care about food and electricity."

Another said few people had watched the speech and that Assad's crackdown would not stop: "Military operations will continue in full swing, and he is staying."

France, the United States, Britain and Turkey all said Assad's speech, his first to an audience since June last year, showed he had lost touch with reality after unrest that the United Nations says has killed 60,000 people.

U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland had harsh words for Assad when she was asked whether the United States regarded him as a rational actor and whether he was "evil."

"I don't think anybody who is guilty of the kinds of crimes against your own people that he's guilty of could be considered rational," Nuland told reporters in Washington. "I personally consider what he's done evil."

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accused Assad on Monday of "directing state terrorism".

"Bashar al-Assad's speech is further evidence of just how far he has cut himself off from reality in order to justify his repression of the Syrian people," French Foreign Ministry spokesman Philippe Lalliot said.

The plan described by the Syrian leader as a new peace initiative proposed an army ceasefire only after rebels halt their operations and summoned Syrians to mobilise for a war to defend the state against "a puppet made by the West".

The United Nations said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was disappointed that Assad's speech rejected the idea of a transitional government to pave the way to new elections - a central plank of a peace plan promoted by international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi.

"NATIONAL PROGRAMME"

Syria's Prime Minister Wael al-Halki called on Monday for a special cabinet meeting to implement the "national programme announced by President Bashar al-Assad yesterday to solve the crisis in Syria", the state news agency SANA said.

George Sabra, vice president of the opposition National Coalition, said the putative peace plan "did not even deserve to be called an initiative".

"We should see it rather as a declaration that he will continue his war against the Syrian people," he told Reuters.

Assad's ally Iran defended the speech as offering a "comprehensive political process". "This plan rejects violence and terrorism and any foreign interference," Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said.

There was no immediate response from Moscow, which has acted as Assad's main protector on the diplomatic stage. Russian state offices were quiet for the Orthodox Christmas holiday.

Syrian state television played up the speech, showing footage of convoys of cars driving through main streets in Damascus. People waving the Syrian flag leaned out of car windows and some braved the cold and rain to walk alongside.

"It was a victorious speech that respects the martyred Syrian soldiers," said one man on state TV, adding that his brother had been killed fighting the opposition.

After six months of advances, rebels now control wide areas of northern and eastern Syria, most of its border crossings with Turkey and a crescent of Damascus suburbs.

Assad's government is still firmly entrenched in the capital and controls most of the densely populated southwest, the Mediterranean coast, the main north-south highway and military bases countrywide. Its helicopters and jets are able to strike rebel-held areas with impunity.

U.S. military cargo planes carrying equipment and personnel arrived at the Incirlik air base in Turkey on Monday, part of a deployment of NATO Patriot anti-missiles to bolster security along Turkey's 900-km (560-mile) border with Syria. Dutch Patriot missile batteries bound for Turkey left an army base in the Netherlands.

(Additional reporting by Ayat Basma in Beirut, Jeffrey Heller in Jerusalem, Vicky Buffery in Paris and Arshad Mohammed in Washington; writing by Peter Graff; editing by Philippa Fletcher and Giles Elgood)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/syrians-brush-off-assad-speech-fighting-continues-131436245.html

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Biophysical Society announces winners of 2013 CPOW travel awards

Public release date: 8-Jan-2013
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The Biophysical Society has announced the winners of its second annual CPOW travel awards to attend the Biophysical Society's 57th Annual Meeting at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, February 2-6, 2013. CPOW, the Society's Committee for Professional Opportunities for Women (CPOW), has initiated these travel fellowships to increase the number of women biophysicists and encourage their participation at the Meeting. The recipients of this competitive award must be postdoctoral fellows presenting a poster or oral presentation at the conference. Each awardee receives a travel grant and will be recognized at a reception on Saturday February 2.

The 2013 recipients of the CPOW Travel Award are:

Karen Callahan, University of Chicago, "COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF THE PROKARYOTIC SODIUM CHANNEL"

Carolina Carrasco, National Center for Biotechnology-CSIC, Madrid, Spain, "DNA SCANNING MECHANISM OF A TRANSLOCATING MOTOR PROTEIN"

Laura Estrada, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, "EXPLORING THE CHROMATIN ARCHITECTURE IN LIVING CELLS BY MINUTES-LONG TRACKING OF GOLD NANOPARTICLES"

Begoa Garcia-Alvarez, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, "EFFECT OF CHOLESTEROL AND PALMITOYLATION ON THE STRUCTURE, ORIENTATION AND LIPID-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS OF PULMONARY SURFACTANT PROTEIN SP-C"

Paraskevi Gkeka, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Greece, "STUDY OF NANOPARTICLE-LIPID BILAYER INTERACTIONS: INSIGHTS FROM COARSE-GRAINED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS"

Elena Jeworutzki, National Research Council, Genoa, Italy, "GLIALCAM AFFECTS CLC-CHLORIDE CHANNELS BY ACTIVATING THE SLOW GATE"

Heidi Kolds, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, "SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION BY A CYTOKINE RECEPTOR: MULTI-SCALE COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES OF THE MEMBRANE ASSOCIATED GP130 RECEPTOR COMPLEX"

Ellen O'Shaughnessy, University of North Carolina, "DEVELOPMENT OF A RAP1 FLARE.DC BIOSENSOR FOR QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT OF SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS IN VIVO"

Sarah Rauscher, Max Planck Institute, Gttingen, Germany, "STRUCTURAL ENSEMBLES OF INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED FG-NUCLEOPORINS DEPEND ON FORCE FIELD"

Mariana Rossi, Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin, Germany, "BENCHMARKING THE WATER-PEPTIDE INTERACTION"

Francesca Stanzione, Colorado School of Mines, "MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF PEGYLATED COMPOUNDS IN DOPC LIPID BILAYER"

Li Wang, University of Iowa, "CARDIAC MYOSIN BINDING-PROTEIN C (CMYBP-C) PHOSPHORYLATION AFFECT CROSS-BRIDGE FUNCTION"

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The Biophysical Society, founded in 1958, is a professional, scientific Society established to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics. The Society promotes growth in this expanding field through its annual meeting, monthly journal, and committee and outreach activities. Its 9000 members are located throughout the U.S. and the world, where they teach and conduct research in colleges, universities, laboratories, government agencies, and industry. For more information on these awards, the Society, or the 2013 Annual Meeting, visit www.biophysics.org.

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Public release date: 8-Jan-2013
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Contact: Ellen R. Weiss
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240-290-5606
Biophysical Society

The Biophysical Society has announced the winners of its second annual CPOW travel awards to attend the Biophysical Society's 57th Annual Meeting at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, February 2-6, 2013. CPOW, the Society's Committee for Professional Opportunities for Women (CPOW), has initiated these travel fellowships to increase the number of women biophysicists and encourage their participation at the Meeting. The recipients of this competitive award must be postdoctoral fellows presenting a poster or oral presentation at the conference. Each awardee receives a travel grant and will be recognized at a reception on Saturday February 2.

The 2013 recipients of the CPOW Travel Award are:

Karen Callahan, University of Chicago, "COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF THE PROKARYOTIC SODIUM CHANNEL"

Carolina Carrasco, National Center for Biotechnology-CSIC, Madrid, Spain, "DNA SCANNING MECHANISM OF A TRANSLOCATING MOTOR PROTEIN"

Laura Estrada, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, "EXPLORING THE CHROMATIN ARCHITECTURE IN LIVING CELLS BY MINUTES-LONG TRACKING OF GOLD NANOPARTICLES"

Begoa Garcia-Alvarez, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, "EFFECT OF CHOLESTEROL AND PALMITOYLATION ON THE STRUCTURE, ORIENTATION AND LIPID-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS OF PULMONARY SURFACTANT PROTEIN SP-C"

Paraskevi Gkeka, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Greece, "STUDY OF NANOPARTICLE-LIPID BILAYER INTERACTIONS: INSIGHTS FROM COARSE-GRAINED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS"

Elena Jeworutzki, National Research Council, Genoa, Italy, "GLIALCAM AFFECTS CLC-CHLORIDE CHANNELS BY ACTIVATING THE SLOW GATE"

Heidi Kolds, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, "SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION BY A CYTOKINE RECEPTOR: MULTI-SCALE COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES OF THE MEMBRANE ASSOCIATED GP130 RECEPTOR COMPLEX"

Ellen O'Shaughnessy, University of North Carolina, "DEVELOPMENT OF A RAP1 FLARE.DC BIOSENSOR FOR QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT OF SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS IN VIVO"

Sarah Rauscher, Max Planck Institute, Gttingen, Germany, "STRUCTURAL ENSEMBLES OF INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED FG-NUCLEOPORINS DEPEND ON FORCE FIELD"

Mariana Rossi, Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin, Germany, "BENCHMARKING THE WATER-PEPTIDE INTERACTION"

Francesca Stanzione, Colorado School of Mines, "MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF PEGYLATED COMPOUNDS IN DOPC LIPID BILAYER"

Li Wang, University of Iowa, "CARDIAC MYOSIN BINDING-PROTEIN C (CMYBP-C) PHOSPHORYLATION AFFECT CROSS-BRIDGE FUNCTION"

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The Biophysical Society, founded in 1958, is a professional, scientific Society established to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics. The Society promotes growth in this expanding field through its annual meeting, monthly journal, and committee and outreach activities. Its 9000 members are located throughout the U.S. and the world, where they teach and conduct research in colleges, universities, laboratories, government agencies, and industry. For more information on these awards, the Society, or the 2013 Annual Meeting, visit www.biophysics.org.

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AT&T?s Screen Pack Is No Netflix Competitor, And We Shouldn?t Pretend That It Is

AT&T?s Screen Pack is not going to kill Netflix. It?s not going to compete with Netflix. It?s not going to take on Netflix. It?s merely going to exist alongside Netflix until AT&T gets bored of it, and either rolls it into its existing offering as a nice add-on, or decides to do away with it.

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UI researcher learns mechanism of hearing is similar to car battery

Public release date: 7-Jan-2013
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Study made use of the fruit fly 'love song'

University of Iowa biologist Daniel Eberl and his colleagues have shown that one of the mechanisms involved in hearing is similar to the battery in your car.

And if that isn't interesting enough, the UI scientists advanced their knowledge of human hearing by studying a similar auditory system in fruit fliesand by making use of the fruit fly "love song."

To see how the mechanism of hearing resembles a battery, you need to know that the auditory system of the fruit fly contains a protein that functions as a sodium/potassium pump, often called the sodium pump for short, and is highly expressed in a specialized support cell called the scolopale cell.

The scolopale cell is important because it wraps around the sensory endings in the fly's ear and makes a tight extra-cellular cavity or compartment around them called the scolopale space.

"You could think of these compartments as similar to the compartments of a battery that need to be charged up so they can drive electrons through circuits," says Eberl, whose paper made the cover of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "In the auditory system, the charge in the scolopale space drives ions, or electrically charged atoms, through membrane channels in the sensory endings that open briefly in response to activation by sounds.

"Our work shows that the sodium pump plays a particularly important role in this cell to help replenish or recharge this compartment with the right ions. The human ear also relies on a compartment called the scala media, which similarly drives ions into the sensory cells of the ear," he says.

How was the research done? This is where the fruit fly love song comes into play.

Testing whether or not a fruit fly can hear the love songa sound generated by a vibrating wingenables Eberl to learn whether electrical recharging is occurring in the fly ear. The fruit fly love song played a role in the research by stimulating the fly to move whenever a sound was emitted and received.

"In these experiments we tested the fly's hearing by inserting tiny electrodes in the fly's antenna, then measuring the electrical responses when we play back computer-generated love songs," he says.

Eberl notes there are many similarities between fruit fly and human mechanisms of hearing. That means his work on the fly model to identify additional new components required for generating the correct ion balance in the ear will help scientists to understand the human process in more detail.

Eberl's co-authors on the paper are Madhuparna Roy, postdoctoral associate at the University of Pittsburgh, and Elena Sivan-Loukianova, UI biology research scientist. At the time of the research, Roy was a graduate student in the UI Graduate College studying in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Department of Biology.

The title of the paper, published last week, is "Cell-type-specific roles of Na+/K+ ATPase subunits in Drosophila auditory mechanosensation."

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The research was supported by the National Institutes of Health (grant number 5P30DC010362-03) and the Iowa Center for Molecular Auditory Neuroscience at the UI (grant number P30DC010362).

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Public release date: 7-Jan-2013
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Contact: Gary Galluzzo
gary-galluzzo@uiowa.edu
319-384-0009
University of Iowa

Study made use of the fruit fly 'love song'

University of Iowa biologist Daniel Eberl and his colleagues have shown that one of the mechanisms involved in hearing is similar to the battery in your car.

And if that isn't interesting enough, the UI scientists advanced their knowledge of human hearing by studying a similar auditory system in fruit fliesand by making use of the fruit fly "love song."

To see how the mechanism of hearing resembles a battery, you need to know that the auditory system of the fruit fly contains a protein that functions as a sodium/potassium pump, often called the sodium pump for short, and is highly expressed in a specialized support cell called the scolopale cell.

The scolopale cell is important because it wraps around the sensory endings in the fly's ear and makes a tight extra-cellular cavity or compartment around them called the scolopale space.

"You could think of these compartments as similar to the compartments of a battery that need to be charged up so they can drive electrons through circuits," says Eberl, whose paper made the cover of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "In the auditory system, the charge in the scolopale space drives ions, or electrically charged atoms, through membrane channels in the sensory endings that open briefly in response to activation by sounds.

"Our work shows that the sodium pump plays a particularly important role in this cell to help replenish or recharge this compartment with the right ions. The human ear also relies on a compartment called the scala media, which similarly drives ions into the sensory cells of the ear," he says.

How was the research done? This is where the fruit fly love song comes into play.

Testing whether or not a fruit fly can hear the love songa sound generated by a vibrating wingenables Eberl to learn whether electrical recharging is occurring in the fly ear. The fruit fly love song played a role in the research by stimulating the fly to move whenever a sound was emitted and received.

"In these experiments we tested the fly's hearing by inserting tiny electrodes in the fly's antenna, then measuring the electrical responses when we play back computer-generated love songs," he says.

Eberl notes there are many similarities between fruit fly and human mechanisms of hearing. That means his work on the fly model to identify additional new components required for generating the correct ion balance in the ear will help scientists to understand the human process in more detail.

Eberl's co-authors on the paper are Madhuparna Roy, postdoctoral associate at the University of Pittsburgh, and Elena Sivan-Loukianova, UI biology research scientist. At the time of the research, Roy was a graduate student in the UI Graduate College studying in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Department of Biology.

The title of the paper, published last week, is "Cell-type-specific roles of Na+/K+ ATPase subunits in Drosophila auditory mechanosensation."

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The research was supported by the National Institutes of Health (grant number 5P30DC010362-03) and the Iowa Center for Molecular Auditory Neuroscience at the UI (grant number P30DC010362).

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French actor Depardieu meets Putin, picks up Russian passport

MOSCOW (Reuters) - French film star Gerard Depardieu met Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea town of Sochi and obtained his Russian passport, the Kremlin said on Sunday, after he left his homeland to avoid a new tax rate for millionaires.

Putin signed a decree on Thursday granting Russian citizenship to Depardieu, who objected to French Socialist president Francois Hollande's plan to impose the 75 percent tax rate. His decision to quit France had prompted accusations of national betrayal.

The Russian president and Depardieu were shown on state-run Channel One shaking hands and hugging each other early on Sunday during what the Kremlin said was a private visit by the actor to Russia.

"A brief meeting between the president and Depardieu took place," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "On the occasion of his visit to Russia, he was handed a Russian passport."

Peskov did not say whether Putin personally gave Depardieu the passport or if he picked it up through standard procedures. He said the actor also told Putin about his career plans.

Depardieu, star of the movies "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "Green Card", is a popular figure in Russia, where he has appeared in many advertising campaigns, including for ketchup. He also worked there in 2011 on a film about the eccentric Russian monk Grigory Rasputin.

Putin asked Depardieu whether he was pleased with his work in the movie, TV footage of their meeting showed, with the French actor saying he had already sent Putin some excerpts from it.

Depardieu bought a house in Belgium last year to avoid the French income tax increase. French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault called Depardieu's decision to seek Belgian residency "pathetic" and unpatriotic, prompting an angry response from the actor.

Putin said last month that Depardieu would be welcome in Russia, which has a flat income tax rate of 13 percent, compared to the 75 percent on income over 1 million euros ($1.30 million) that Hollande wants to levy in France.

He offered Depardieu a Russian passport, saying he had a close, special relationship with France and had developed warm ties with the actor, even though they had rarely met.

Some of Putin's critics said the passport move was a stunt and pointed out that the president announced last month a campaign to prevent rich Russians keeping their money offshore.

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Soao Dish: AMC & OTL Coming Back?

Happy New Year friends it is Soap Dish time again and this week I am dishing about the one thing that is on every soap fan’s mind, the news that All My Children and One Life To Live are going to live on. The past couple of weeks the media world has been a buzzing with the news that Prospect Park is bringing back AMC and OTL. As you may or may not know the company bought the rights to both shows from ABC not long after the network cancelled them. However there were some serious snags and it seemed that both soaps would stay dead. Thankfully it is looking like that is not the case at all, woohoo! Although there are not really any specifics about the intentions of Prospect Park but what is known at the time is deals have been reached with WGA as well as SAG and AFTRA. Plus Agnes Nixon, the woman behind the creation of AMC and OLTL, has confirmed that both shows are going to relaunched online. Oh yes there is no more speculation which is freaking awesome. Most recently some major players from AMC have inked deals to join the new revamped [...]

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Blogs Linger ? Rochester Web Development

One of the most popular activities that take place on the internet is the use of email, which 92 percent of online adult users do every day. The Pew Internet and American Life Project came up with this statistic showing email use being second only to search. Therefore, it shouldn?t be a surprise that Rochester web development companies focus on providing email hosting along with other important marketing services used for generating success on the web. Identifying quality email hosting services is achieved by understanding what elements should be involved. For example, quality email hosting should involve the tools needed to filter spam and viruses.

It?s important to find Rochester web design companies that offer solutions to filter spam and viruses from email. This information is obtained by asking questions or researching Rochester web development companies online. Rochester web development companies offering email hosting solutions should also offer plenty of customizable configurations and the ability to handle multiple accounts. Custom domain names are also commonly used, especially by internet marketers and online business owners. Most people don?t realize the first email was sent in 1971 on a system known as ARPANET. ARPANET is considered the forerunner of our modern internet today.

During Bill Clinton?s presidency, Bill Clinton sent two emails. One email was considered a test email while the other email was sent to John Glenn, who was aboard the space shuttle at that time. Today, email is an important element for communications and advertisements. People should do their research on Rochester web development companies because not all of them offer quality email hosting programs. Your particular need for email hosting will dictate what type of plan to choose. Some plans are designed to handle a significant amount of email and accounts, while other plans are used for smaller business owners that need only a bare minimum of services.

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Credit card predictions for 2013: more e-payments, big bonuses

Credits cards will more widely adopt ?electronic payments in 2013, and big reward bonuses will come with a lot of red tape. Those are among several predictions for credit cards in 2013. ?

By Jason Steele,?Contributor / January 6, 2013

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1. More sign-up bonuses?? with more spending required.?This has clearly been the case with cards like?British Airways Visa Signature Card?offering 100,000 miles and the?Ink Bold Business Card?offering 50,000 Ultimate Rewards points. As predicted, these product have large minimum spending requirements to earn the entire bonus.

2. More non-mileage perks.?We have seen this happening on many cards. For example, in April theAmerican Airlines card from Citi?began offering first checked bag fee waivers, priority boarding, discounts on in-flight purchases, and a 10 percent discount on award bookings.

3. Fewer foreign transaction fees.?This is happening, but slowly. Chase recently dropped these fees on its?Southwest Airlines credit cards. Nevertheless, I am disappointed more?credit card?issuers aren?t following suit.

4. The return of zero-percent balance transfers with no fees.?Here, my predictions flopped. Thankfully, Chase continues to offer zero-percent balance transfers with no fees on its?Slate card. But overall, we didn?t see a major comeback.

5. More attempts to lower credit card merchant fees ? and kill rewards.?Frankly, making this prediction was like speculating the sun will rise tomorrow. Merchants will try everything possible to cut their swipe fees. In 2012, a multi-billion-dollar legal settlement over credit card swipe fees was proposed, but this agreement is?far from a done deal.

So where are we going in 2013?

I?ll give myself a 3.5 out of 5 for 2012. Let?s take a look at 2013:

1. Electronic payments.?Credit card issuers will try to tie their cards to smartphone applications to make it easier for cardholders to use their phones for?payments.

2. EMV smart chips everywhere.?Right now, there are only a few?credit cards?that are compatible with a new system that is common overseas. (See?Why Your Credit Card Might Not Work in Europe.) I think that?s?about to change as banks roll out this system in larger numbers in 2013.

3. Big bonuses, but big hoops to jump through.?I don?t think large sign-up bonuses are going away, but I believe credit card issuers will try to make sure you are using your card every day to qualify. Look for banks to give out bonuses in several stages based on spending or renewing your credit card.

4. Major changes to loyalty programs.?Some of the major airlines are about to shake up their frequent flier programs, and this will have a dramatic effect on how we earn credit card rewards. Look for airline rewards to be more valuable to frequent fliers with elite status, and less valuable to infrequent travelers.

5. No change in interest rates.?The prime rate has been steady for years, and there has been very little change in the terms of promotional balance transfer offers over the last year. Expect more of the same this year.

Jason Steele is a writer for?Money Talks News, a consumer/personal finance TV news feature that airs in about 80 cities as well as around the Web. This column first appeared in Money Talks News.

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Congo rebels demand government sign ceasefire for talks

BUNAGANA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Congolese rebels on Thursday threatened to walk away from this week's peace talks to end their nine-month revolt unless the government signs an official ceasefire, a demand Kinshasa dismissed as unnecessary.

The rebel March 23 Movement, preparing for talks on Friday in Kampala, capital of regional mediator Uganda, said government troops had reinforced positions in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and warned it would resist an offensive.

"If Kinshasa continues to refuse to sign a ceasefire, M23 is going to ask its delegation to return to DRC. We will wait and when they say 'we're ready to sign (a ceasefire)' we'll go back," Jean-Marie Runiga, head of the rebels' political wing, told reporters in Bunagana, a border town under rebel control.

The first attempt at peace talks to end the nine-month rebellion in Congo's volatile east failed last month amid threats and accusations.

A government spokesman dismissed the rebel demand.

"There's no point in a ceasefire. When did we declare war?" Lambert Mende told Reuters by telephone. "This group wants permission to kill Congolese without the army reacting, and we will never accept that. If they attack us, attack the people, the army will defend the people."

Negotiations began last month after regional leaders secured a rebel pull-out from the city of Goma in Congo's eastern North Kivu province. The front lines have been quiet since, although the talks quickly stalled in a climate of deep mistrust.

Foreign powers fear the conflict could spark another regional war in a borderlands zone that has suffered nearly two decades of turmoil. Neighbouring Uganda and Rwanda are accused by a group of U.N. experts of supporting the rebel campaign.

Successive cross-border conflicts have killed and uprooted millions in the Congo basin since the colonial era, driven by political and ethnic divisions and competition for minerals.

At first, M23, named after a 2009 peace deal for eastern Congo, said it had taken up arms because the Kinshasa government failed to honour its side of the bargain, under which rebel fighters were integrated into the army. It later broadened its goals to include the "liberation" of all of Congo and the removal of President Joseph Kabila.

U.N. BLACKLISTED

M23 is led by Bosco Ntaganda, a Tutsi warlord indicted by the International Criminal Court. This week the United Nations blacklisted M23 along with another Congolese rebel group.

"We need encouragement from the U.N., not sanctions," said Runiga, dressed in a sharp suit and flanked by fighters clad in crisp fatigues and brandishing automatic rifles.

Nestled in lush green hills less than a kilometre from the Ugandan frontier, Bunagana fell into rebel hands last July after government soldiers fled.

The other group hit with U.N. sanctions was the FDLR, or Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda. The FDLR is a Rwandan Hutu group that opposes Rwandan President Paul Kagame's Tutsi-led government and includes militiamen suspected of participating in Rwanda's 1994 genocide.

One M23 commander, Bertrand Bisimwa, said Congo's government had air-dropped FDLR fighters to reinforce army positions near Goma last month. Officials from the government were not immediately available to comment on the accusation.

The U.N. peacekeeping force in Congo, MONUSCO, rejected talk that the number of FDLR fighters had risen to several thousand.

MONUSCO said on Wednesday that the group had "no more than a few hundred" fighters in the region and dismissed claims that weapons and munitions were being supplied to the FDLR.

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Second honor in a week: Park City one of 'America's best ski towns ...

The back-to-back national tributes for Park City and Salt Lake City in recent weeks provide the folks who promote the state with some welcomed leverage.

Tourism ? Travel + Leisure names 11 as must-visit destinations.

For the second time in less than a week, Utah is receiving national raves as a ski destination.

Travel + Leisure magazine has included Park City among 11 spots in a piece it titled "America?s Best Ski Towns."

It said this: "Nearly a million annual visitors descend on Park City, whose Main Street still has the rugged good looks of a 19th century western mining town. It puts skiers in easy reach of mountain resorts, hosts the Sundance Film Festival, and has become a culinary hotbed.

"The ski-in High West Distillery & Saloon offers customized flights of craft creations paired with dishes like Kentucky whiskey beer cheese and bourbon three-onion soup. The seasonal tasting menu at Talisker on Main incorporates vegetables and herbs grown on its rooftop, while the Canyons? Bistro restaurant is the first and only certified kosher restaurant at a U.S. ski resort. With the restoration of the 1889 Washington School House into a 12-room hotel, you?ve got a new home base?plus complimentary transportation to your preferred slopes."

Others on the list included Telluride, Colo., and Taos, N.M.

Last week, the travel website TripAdvisor ranked Salt Lake City No. 4 in its top 10 "Best Value Ski Destinations"

It noted that Utah?s capital city boasts seven major ski resorts within 45 minutes of downtown.

The back-to-back tributes provide the folks who promote the state with some welcomed leverage.

"There?s nothing better than a third-party endorsement," said Nathan Rafferty, CEO of Ski Utah, marketing arm for the state?s 14 resorts. "It?s one thing when we say we have the best snow, it?s another when someone independently says good things.

"We?ll shine a light on these rankings because they get a ton of traction. They have credibility."

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Shirley MacLaine: 'Downton' castle is 'haunted'

By Alexis L. Loinaz and Bruna Nessif, E! Online

Could "Downton Abbey" be haunted by more than just the ghosts of romantic yearnings and gilded eras past??Shirley MacLaine seems to think so: The Oscar winner, who joins the cast of the hit series and whose (in)famous otherworldly pursuits have included ramblings about her past lives, says that the show's iconic manse, Highclere Castle, is bursting with spirits.

"It was a fantastic experience; Highclere was haunted, and the pictures came off the wall," she tells the New York Daily News.

"The energy of the castle, grounds, (its) past and the hauntings was inspiring. I am very much into that stuff," adds the 78-year-old actress, who plays the feisty American mother of Elizabeth McGovern's Lady Cora.

(Lotsa spiritual juju in that joint: King Tut's tomb was once reportedly stored in Highclere's basement.)?

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"Shooting there was a once-in-a-lifetime experience," she muses.

Then again, if you've got multiple lives like MacLaine, it's a once-in-every-lifetime experience.?

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The SDF for Jaffna: Female Empowerment and Bolstering ...

January 3, 2013 ? 10:05 am

Michael Roberts
The SDF should not be confused with the STF (Special Task Force). However, the Social Development Foundation does serve as an innovative pathfinder and remover of obstacles in the manner of special combat forces. They have been empowering smallholders and poor rural folk in the District of Jaffna through enterprising savings and microfinance activities for over a decade now. They have sponsored fifty savings clubs in recent times and have 4634 members, with an overwhelming majority (4103) being women.
The SDF was initiated in 1988 by a retired asst commissioner of co-operative development, serving Jaffna District- Mr. Shanmugam Gnanaprakasan (since deceased) and was registered under the GA, Jaffna according to the Social Service Act. It depended purely on private and local funds. But it had a chequered history at the outset because of the wartime conditions. It then suffered a body blow when the SL Army broke out of its Palaly enclave in 1995 and the LTTE chose to enforce an exodus of all the people of Jaffna town and the peninsular west as part of its military strategy.
In recent times, however, the SDF has been growing in strength by the day. It has a flow of capital from its cluster of savings deposits and revolving credit schemes (see below), though also benefiting from donations provided by individual well-wishers. Through the People?s Bank it received a loan of one hundred lakhs from the National Trust Fund in 2011 and is now anticipating a loan of 200 lakhs in the coming year. These donations are used exclusively for granting assistance in kind (for e. g. seedlings) to the lower and lowest income groups of the membership.
The SDF now has its own savings of 58 lakhs which generate interest. As vitally, none of its members are in default in paying back the small loans that they have received at 15% per cent interest (with 3 per cent of this return being folded back into their local club).
The SFD system sets up local savings clubs whose members are encouraged to keep savings books. The clubs then promote candidates for the receipt of micro-finance loans from the central body for specified productive enterprises. Decisions as to WHO should receive WHAT are taken by the central body. The emphasis is on productive ventures not consumption ? so that loans are towards self-empowerment and capital growth on a small scale.
Thus, typically, the loans are directed to the support of smallholders in paddy vegetable and tobacco farming. While the motto of SDF speaks of ?little drops of water making an ocean,? to my mind the metaphor which captures their pursuit best is that associated with seedlings: say, ?from little acorns sprout great oaks.? Indeed, I was informed that several small farmers who were part of this micro-financing venture have grown into substantial business ventures.
I have no reason to doubt this claim. In any event Myrna Setunga, who directed me towards the SDF, has actually visited a few of the smallholder recipients and was animated by the viability of the whole enterprise. Note, moreover, that the ?formation of saving clubs and creation of revolving credit schemes? is just one of the SDF?s objectives. Community development, leadership training, ?the eradication of illiteracy? and health education are among the aims that it embraces. The SDF brochure also speaks of rehabilitating widows and the handicapped in the context of the recent wars and the ?promotion of ? social justice and reconciliation.?
My conversation with Ms Jeyamani Joseph (Vice-President), Ms Rugmany Anandavel (Coordinator) and Mr. P. Chandrasundaram (Secretary) on 22nd November 2012 revealed the foundations of thorough-going accountancy that underpinned the work of this organization. Behind this method, I surmise, are three deep societal currents: (A) the spirit and method of the old-school cooperative movement established by the British in the second quarter of the twentieth century; (B) the sound educational traditions of the Jaffna people; and (C) the habits of thrift and meticulousness sustained by middle-class Jaffna. By ?middle-class? I refer here to the middling and lower-middle class rather than the landowning, gentrified haute bourgeoisie that people down south have been more exposed to.
Anecdotal information indicates that small-scale micro-financing efforts can be found elsewhere in Sri Lanka today. I have no information on their degree of success. What requires stress here is the Social Development Foundation of Jaffna is a model these others should emulate. As local and migrant philanthropists as well as the government seek at this moment to rehabilitate the northern reaches of the Vanni, the SDF exemplifies one pathway of sustainable enterprise among the farmers, traders and fishermen of these areas. It is a form of self-empowerment centered upon womenfolk. Since women probably outnumber men in the war-torn north, this emphasis is particularly pertinent. In the office-bearers of the SDF those Tamils and others who desire to aid the people of the northern Vanni have teachers of method, accountancy, honesty and industry that can launch a thousand sprouts of economic well-being.

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Recommended Reading: The Music Industry Doesn't Have to Kill You

"Music has an extremely unique way of impacting each one of us; but the realities of the business that surround it are far from safe, comfortable, or loving. Frankly, it can often be terrible and destructive...The music industry does not have to kill you. Nor does it have to make you generally miserable. This is not a self-help book. Nor is it a how-to guide. It is my first step in spending the rest of my life encouraging people in the music industry to think differently." - John Clore,?The Music Industry Doesn't Have To Kill You,Introduction?

The music industry isn't just known for its art and the glitz and glamour of the red carpet, it also has an infamous reputation captured in the well-known phrase (not to mention countless movies) "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll" and the similarly popular Hunter S. Thompson misquote "the music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like gods. There's also a negative side."?It may be a misquote, but there are reasons it became popular.

That can be pretty discouraging if you're pursuing a music career simply for the love of music and not based on an interest in becoming rich and famous yourself (and if that's actually the case, you might want to reconsider). The good news is it doesn't have to be that way.

The Music Industry Doesn't Have To Kill You: Conversations with Remarkable People from the Music Industry?is a compelling series of interviews with established music industry veterans written by John Clore (who is a music industry vet himself). It's filled with both knowledge of how the music industry works and insights on how to maintain your ethics and character while still building a successful career. ?But honestly, this is not just about reviewing some book and telling you to buy or even read it, because I don't just write about anything on here. I won't review a book unless I've read it myself and really believe it has something of value to offer, it's not about advertising. John was nice enough to send me a copy of his book to check out and I truly enjoyed reading it. I bookmarked or made a note of something at least once every few pages because this book has that many quote-worthy and thought provoking ideas. The book focuses on the Nashville scene and includes interviews with 23 different music industry people of varying backgrounds including everything from executives to tour managers and people like?Jim Foglesong, Brenda Lee, and Alan Parsons. Clore uses these interviews to showcase how these individuals have managed to succeed while giving back to their communities, overcoming addictions, keeping their egos in check, sticking with their morals, and generally just being a decent person. The interviews almost feel like you're in the room listening in, and you'll learn a lot from them, but my favorite parts are actually Clore's own short anecdotes between the interviews. These sections help provide some of the bigger pictures lessons (like one of my favorite sections "You Probably Aren't That Cool) and gives the book a very personal feel.

The Music Industry Doesn't Have To Kill You?is a great read for anyone who's interested in the music industry, especially students or anyone who might be feeling discouraged, and a great start for the new year.?It will help you learn about how the industry works while confronting the stereotypes you've heard and challenging you to change them.

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Overview of services from EBCI Health & Medical Division Programs ...

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EBCI WIC Program

Program services: Provides Nutrition, Brestfeeding Education and monthly WIC food issuance for women (pregnant, postpartum, or breastfeeding), infants (0 ? 12 months old) and children (under 5) to those that are income eligible.

Manager: Julie B. Maney

Contact information:

554-6234 ? Julie B. Maney, WIC Manager

554-6230 ? Brenda Cruz, WIC Nutrition Coordinator

554-6238 ? Brian Owle, WIC Administrative Assistant

554-6235 -? Kimberly Lambert, WIC Nutritionist

554-6237 ? Paige Crowe, WIC Processing Specialist Coordinator

554-6232 ? Mary Maney, WIC Processing Specialist

554-6233 ? Tina Hornbuckle, WIC BFPC

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Cherokee Home Health

Program services: Cherokee Home Health offers CAP aide services, Respite Caregiver Services, In Home RN, Physical Therapy and C.N.A services.

Manager: ?Melanie Ashe RN COS-C

Contact information:

554-6872

554-6886? ? Jackie Raby, Intake specialist

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Tsali Care Center

Program services: ?The facility provides skilled nursing services on a short term and long term basis. Medical services are provided by an attending physician, licensed nurses, nursing assistants, physical, occupational and speech therapy. Additional services include; social services, behavioral health, activities, dietary and housekeeping including laundry.

Manager: ?Program Manager is David Hunt, NHA

Contact information:

Facility number (828)497-5048

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EBCI Children?s Dental

Program services: Provide dental screenings, Fluoride varnish applications and classroom dental health education to students at daycare centers, Dora Reed and Cherokee Elementary School.? Oversees the braces referral program for enrolled members aged 6-17 (certain qualifications must be met to be eligible for the braces program.)

Manager: ?Mellie K. Burns, RDH

Contact information:

554-6197

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Cherokee Community Health

Program services: Registered nurses? provide home and community visits for case management and medication management with an emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion.? They also provide occupational health services and screening to Tribal worksites. The Community Health Representatives provide home care to patients as well as community services with an emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion.

Manager: Vivian Solis

Contact Information:

554-6882

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Cherokee Choices

Program services: Adult Cherokee Lifestyle Balance Classes (CLB)

Family Cherokee Lifestyle Balance Classes (CLB)

YOGA (During lunch) (Tuesdays & Thursdays) (Open to everyone)

Girls on the Run (3rd ? 5th grade girls)

Jus Boyz running Club (3rd ? 5th grade boys)

Walk-N-Talk (6th ? 8th grade students)

Afterschool Program (4th & 5th grade students)

Remember the Removal Bike Ride (15 years and older)

Class mentoring program (4th OR 5th grade students)

Cherokee Community Wellness Team (Open to any healthcare professionals and community members interested in promoting wellness throughout the community)

Youth Garden Program

The youth garden employs 5-10 enrolled Cherokee youth for an intensive 8-week gardening? program.

Trail advocacy/Track Trails

Farm stand (Offered to all ages during the summer and fall months)

The farmstand averages about 10-15 customers per week over the course of 8 weeks, resulting in approximately 100-120 people.

Manager: Sheena Kanott, MPH

Contact information:

554-6781? ? Phyll Reed, Office Administrator

554-6193? ? Keahana Sluder, ?Prevention Specialist

554-6785? ? Robin Bailey Callahan (FTE), Nutrition/Fitness Education Coordinator

554-6783? ? Tara McCoy, Behavioral change specialist/Mentor

554-6784? ? Catcuce Tiger, Mentor

554-6788? ? Tinker Jenks, Project Coordinator-Healthy Roots

554-6787? ? Rose James,? Nutrition Assistant

554-6786? ? Karrie Joseph, Lead Program developer- Healthy Roots

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Healthy Cherokee/ Injury Prevention

Program services: ?Promotes and provides health education, substance abuse prevention education, health promotion, and injury prevention education to the local elementary, middle, and high school, worksites, childcares centers, recreation centers, youth centers, community venues, as well as individual communities.? Child Passenger Safety Program, Bicycle Helmet distribution, Drug/ Alcohol/ Tobacco Prevention Programs, Risky Behavior Program, Handwashing Program,? SAFEKids Trick or Treat Night.

Manager: Radonna Crowe

Contact Information:

554-6181? ? Radonna Crowe, Program Coordinator

554-6182? ? Manuel Hernandez, Community Coordinator

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