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• Mammals may not get to cool climates in time

  Holy Kaw!

  16 May 2012 | 12:09 pm

  Nine percent of the Western Hemisphere’s mammals—and up to 40 percent in some regions—may not be able to outpace climate change. “I think it’s important to point out that in the past when climates have changed—between glacial and interglacial periods when species ranges contracted and expanded—the landscape wasn’t covered with agricultural fields, four-lane highways and parking lots, so species could move much more freely across the landscape,” says Joshua Lawler, associate professor of environmental and forest sciences at University of…

• Novel Approach To Stimulate Immune Cells Has Potential For Treatment Of Immune Diseases And Cancer

  Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News From Medical News Today

  14 May 2012 | 1:00 am

  Researchers at Rutgers University have uncovered a new way to stimulate activity of immune cell opiate receptors, leading to efficient tumor cell clearance...

• First Look: Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim Robbins In Sex-Addiction Comedy ... - Indie Wire (blog)

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  16 May 2012 | 12:21 pm

  HeyUGuys.co.ukFirst Look: Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim Robbins In Sex-Addiction Comedy Indie Wire (blog)The critically-acclaimed drama was a rare picture to tackle the question of sex addiction, and while it hasn't quite opened the floodgates, it's made it easier for other filmmakers to tackle the subject matter. For one, Gary Oldman says he's got a New Images from Thanks for SharingHeyUGuys.co.ukall 2 news articles »

• When Members Of The Military Are Addicted To Drugs, Alcohol

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  4 May 2012 | 6:12 am

  Substance abuse is a concern for all branches of the military. Although drug and alcohol addiction affect people in many different careers, when a service person is dealing with addiction, it can be a very special case. Drugs and alcohol addiction can be especially troublesome for military personnel:  Soldiers and other military personnel who are [...]Challenges Addiction Treatment

• The UK Responsibility Deal and its implications for effective alcohol policy in the UK and internationally

  Addiction

  ADRIAN BONNER, IAN GILMORE

  15 May 2012 | 6:27 am

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  Holy Kaw!

• Mammals may not get to cool climates in time

  16 May 2012 | 12:09 pm

  Nine percent of the Western Hemisphere’s mammals—and up to 40 percent in some regions—may not be able to outpace climate change. “I think it’s important to point out that in the past when climates have changed—between glacial and interglacial periods when species ranges contracted and expanded—the landscape wasn’t covered with agricultural fields, four-lane highways and parking lots, so species could move much more freely across the landscape,” says Joshua Lawler, associate professor of environmental and forest sciences at University of…

• Time of year matters for vitamin D risk

  16 May 2012 | 12:08 pm

  When considering a patient’s blood vitamin D levels, it may be best to consider a lower threshold for concern, as well as the time of year. "In evaluating health risk," the University of Washington researchers conclude, "season-specific targets for Vitamin D blood concentration may be more appropriate than a static target when evaluating patients health risk." Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• The (not so correct) anatomy of sea life

  16 May 2012 | 11:52 am

  Marine biology, scharine schiology. Pleated Jeans skips scientific facts for its series of sea life diagrams. Via Pleated Jeans. (H/T @laughingsquid) Laughing is good for you. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• The mechanics of eclipses [infographic]

  16 May 2012 | 9:11 am

  When the moon passes in front of sun, as viewed from Earth, the eclipse that occurs is visible from a narrow path on Earth that corresponds to the location of the moon's shadow. During a total solar eclipse, this path is known as the path of totality. WARNING: Never look directly at the sun during an eclipse with a telescope or your unaided eye. Severe eye damage can result and scientists use special filters to safely view the sun. Via Space. The view from space. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• Clean air improves heart health, Olympics show

  16 May 2012 | 8:39 am

  Using the 2008 Beijing Olympics as a lab, researchers found evidence that even short-term reduction in air pollution exposure improves a person’s cardiovascular health. “Beijing is one of the most polluted cities in the world, and the Chinese government had proposed to reduce pollution levels to be comparable to other Olympic host cities,” says USC Professor Junfeng (Jim) Zhang. “We wanted to take advantage of such a huge intervention and look at what happens to people biologically.” Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Permalink |…

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• Novel Approach To Stimulate Immune Cells Has Potential For Treatment Of Immune Diseases And Cancer

  14 May 2012 | 1:00 am

  Researchers at Rutgers University have uncovered a new way to stimulate activity of immune cell opiate receptors, leading to efficient tumor cell clearance...

• 21.8% Of Pregnant White Women Smoke

  13 May 2012 | 8:00 am

  According to a study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), 21.8% of pregnant white women between the ages of 15 to 44 years smoked cigarettes within the past 30 days, which is considerably higher compared with the smoking levels amongst pregnant Black women (14.2%) and pregnant Hispanic women (6.5%) within the same age range...

• Changes Triggered In Brain's Neuron Structure By Chronic Cocaine Use

  11 May 2012 | 1:00 am

  Chronic exposure to cocaine reduces the expression of a protein known to regulate brain plasticity, according to new, in vivo research on the molecular basis of cocaine addiction. That reduction drives structural changes in the brain, which produce greater sensitivity to the rewarding effects of cocaine...

• Facebook Addiction - New Psychological Scale

  11 May 2012 | 12:00 am

  Researchers in Norway have published a new psychological scale to measure Facebook addiction, the first of its kind worldwide. They write about their work in the April 2012 issue of the journal Psychological Reports. They hope that researchers will find the new psychometric tool useful in investigating problem behavior linked to Facebook use...

• A New Abused Drug Is Methoxetamine (MXE), Sold On The Internet As A "Legal" Alternative To Ketamine

  10 May 2012 | 1:00 am

  A group of researchers from the IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute) and from the INAD (Hospital del Mar Neuropsychiatry and Addictions Institute) has participated in an international study aiming to give a general overview at a chemical, pharmacological and behavioural level of a recently appeared new chemical compound, according to the Recreational Drugs European Networ...

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• First Look: Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim Robbins In Sex-Addiction Comedy ... - Indie Wire (blog)

  16 May 2012 | 12:21 pm

  HeyUGuys.co.ukFirst Look: Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim Robbins In Sex-Addiction Comedy Indie Wire (blog)The critically-acclaimed drama was a rare picture to tackle the question of sex addiction, and while it hasn't quite opened the floodgates, it's made it easier for other filmmakers to tackle the subject matter. For one, Gary Oldman says he's got a New Images from Thanks for SharingHeyUGuys.co.ukall 2 news articles »

• Veterans, Addiction and PTSD: Let's Talk About It - Huffington Post (blog)

  16 May 2012 | 12:18 pm

  Veterans, Addiction and PTSD: Let's Talk About ItHuffington Post (blog)The stigma attached to addiction and trauma keeps too many veterans out of treatment -- whether it's the warrior ethos that's been instilled throughout their service or the fear of consequences for admitting they need help.

• New guidelines redefine alcoholism, addiction - WNEM Saginaw

  16 May 2012 | 8:41 am

  Today's THVNew guidelines redefine alcoholism, addictionWNEM SaginawEntertainment News from AP New guidelines defining addiction may amount into 30 million more people being classified as having some sort of addiction. (Source: CNN) Most health advice has us feeling guilty over our indulgences.New guidelines may change definition of addictionWAOWall 17 news articles »

• Families hear facts on video game addiction - Reminder Newspapers

  16 May 2012 | 8:38 am

  Reminder NewspapersFamilies hear facts on video game addictionReminder NewspapersBy Steve Smith - Staff Writer Author and recovering addict Ryan Van Cleave said part of the solution is understanding the real problems of video game addiction. Photos by Steve Smith. Of the nearly 40 local residents who attended a presentation by Ryan

• Pot Addiction Study Tracks the Brains of People Who Really Enjoy Weed, Maybe ... - Dallas Observer (blog)

  16 May 2012 | 7:05 am

  University of Texas at Dallas (press release)Pot Addiction Study Tracks the Brains of People Who Really Enjoy Weed, Maybe Dallas Observer (blog)A University Texas at Dallas professor was awarded nearly $2 million dollars to study marijuana addiction for the next five years. We're talking pot, the addiction suffered in silence -- or in inappropriate laughter at anything that sparkles, limps, UT Dallas Professor Gets $2 Million To Study Addictiveness Of PotCBS LocalResearcher Awarded $1.9 Million to Study AddictionUniversity of Texas at Dallas (press release)all 4 news articles »

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• When Members Of The Military Are Addicted To Drugs, Alcohol

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  4 May 2012 | 6:12 am

  Substance abuse is a concern for all branches of the military. Although drug and alcohol addiction affect people in many different careers, when a service person is dealing with addiction, it can be a very special case. Drugs and alcohol addiction can be especially troublesome for military personnel:  Soldiers and other military personnel who are [...]Challenges Addiction Treatment

• Help For Painkiller Addiction

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  30 Apr 2012 | 8:44 pm

  Although no one starts taking prescription painkiller medication in order to get addicted, it can happen if there are several pre-existing risk factors in a person’s life. If you or someone you love is struggling with painkiller addiction, there is hope. How Does Painkiller Addiction Start? Painkiller addiction can sneak up on a patient without [...]Challenges Addiction Treatment

• What’s Included On A List of Hallucinogens

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  30 Apr 2012 | 8:43 pm

  Hallucinogens come from natural sources or are made synthetically. Although they come from different sources, they produce the same types of results – distorted perception, loss of social inhibitions and emotional changes. Hallucinogens are synthetic or natural substances that disrupt the communication between the brain and central nervous system in order to distort a person’s [...]Challenges Addiction Treatment

• Addicted To Hydrocodone (Vicodin)

  admin

  26 Apr 2012 | 6:03 pm

  If you or someone you love is dealing with hydrocodone (Vicodin) addiction, it’s important to know that there is help out there. With care, support and the right resources, Vicodin abuse can be a thing of the past.  More commonly known by its generic name, Vicodin, hydrocodone is a substance that is not difficult to [...]Challenges Addiction Treatment

• Three Types of Drug Addict Rehab

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  26 Apr 2012 | 5:59 pm

  Drug addict rehab can give someone you love a new lease on life. No matter how much they’ve been through in the past, a visit to a qualified rehab facility can help them overcome the physical, psychological and mental hold that drugs have had over them. If you’re seeking help for a friend or family [...]Challenges Addiction Treatment

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• The UK Responsibility Deal and its implications for effective alcohol policy in the UK and internationally

  ADRIAN BONNER, IAN GILMORE

  15 May 2012 | 6:27 am

• Mediational Relations between 12-step Attendance, Depression, and Substance Use in Patients with Comorbid Substance Dependence and Major Depression

  Matthew J. Worley, Susan R. Tate, Sandra A. Brown

  11 May 2012 | 5:37 am

  AimAmong patients with substance dependence and comorbid major depressive disorder (MDD) receiving treatment in a controlled trial, we examined if group differences in depression were mediated by 12-step involvement, and if the effects of 12-Step involvement on future alcohol and drug use were mediated by reductions in depression.DesignControlled trial of Twelve-Step Facilitation (TSF) and Integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (ICBT), delivered in outpatient groups for 6 months with adjunct pharmacotherapy.SettingOutpatient dual diagnosis clinic in Veteran's Affairs Healthcare…

• Prospective memory and future event simulation in individuals with alcohol dependence

  Alison Griffiths, Robert Hill, Celia Morgan, Peter Rendell, Khashayar Karimi, Shamil Wanagaratne, H Valerie Curran

  11 May 2012 | 5:37 am

  AimTo objectively assess prospective memory (PM) performance of individuals with alcohol dependence and determine whether the use of an imagery technique at the point of encoding can enhance their performance.DesignAn independent group design was used to compare individuals with alcohol dependence with social drinkers.SettingOne UK residential substance misuse service.Participants24 abstinent ‘individuals with alcohol dependence’ and 24 social drinkers matched on age, gender and years of educationMeasurementsThe Virtual Week (VW); Story Recall; a Category Fluency task; Trail Making Test…

• Does it matter who you see to help you stop smoking? Short-term quit rates across specialist Stop Smoking Practitioners in England

  Leonie S. Brose, Andy McEwen, Robert West

  9 May 2012 | 5:05 am

  AbstractAimsA network of Stop Smoking Services has been set up within the National Health Service (NHS) in England. The services deliver a combination of behavioural support and medication. It is important to establish the degree of variability in quit rates attributable to differences between individual practitioners, to gauge the scope for improvement by training and professional support. The aim of the present analysis was to examine how far short-term quit rates depend on the practitioner delivering the intervention after adjusting for potential confounding variables.DesignObservational…

• Associations Between Substance Use Disorders and Major Depression in Parents and Late Adolescent-Emerging Adult Offspring: An Adoption Study

  Naomi R. Marmorstein, William G. Iacono, Matt McGue

  9 May 2012 | 5:05 am

  AbstractAims: To examine whether major depressive disorder (MDD) and substance use disorders (SUDs: specifically, nicotine dependence (ND), alcohol use disorders (AUDs), and cannabis use disorders (CUDs)) in parents predicted increased risk for these disorders in late adolescent–emerging adult offspring and, specifically, the extent to which the pattern of risk differed for adopted and non-adopted youth. Participants: Late adolescent and emerging adult participants from the Sibling Interaction and Behavior Study (mean age=18.8), a community-based investigation of adopted and non-adopted…

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• Zebrafish study isolates gene related to autism, schizophrenia and obesity - Science Codex

  16 May 2012 | 11:17 am

  Science CodexZebrafish study isolates gene related to autism, schizophrenia and obesityScience CodexHead size is also a feature of other major neurological disorders, such as schizophrenia. "In medical research, we need to dissect events in biology so we can understand the precise mechanisms that give rise to neurodevelopmental traits," said senior and more »

• Scientists pinpoint schizophrenia genes; discovery may aid in diagnosis and ... - New York Daily News

  16 May 2012 | 10:11 am

  New York Daily NewsScientists pinpoint schizophrenia genes; discovery may aid in diagnosis and New York Daily NewsScientists claimed Tuesday to have pinpointed the genes most responsible for schizophrenia in a breakthrough they say will allow better diagnosis and treatment of the debilitating mental illness. In a study involving genetic information from thousands New Clues to SchizophreniaWebMDSchizophrenia's core genetic features proposedScience NewsIntegrated Analysis Defines Potentially Predictive Schizophrenia Risk GenesGenomeWebScienceBlog.com (blog) -Times of Indiaall 33 news…

• 'Schizophrenia Risk In Kids Associated With Mothers' Gluten Antibodies' - Medical News Today

  16 May 2012 | 9:06 am

  PsychCentral.com'Schizophrenia Risk In Kids Associated With Mothers' Gluten Antibodies'Medical News TodayChildren are nearly 50% more likely to develop schizophrenia later in life if their mothers are sensitive to wheat protein gluten, say researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore.Gluten and Schizophrenia LinkeddailyRxGluten Sensitivity in Mothers Linked to Schizophrenia Risk in ChildrenPsychCentral.comall 3 news articles »

• Study: Reducing Off-Label Use of Antipsychotic Meds May Save Money - Gant Daily

  16 May 2012 | 3:25 am

  Study: Reducing Off-Label Use of Antipsychotic Meds May Save MoneyGant DailyResearchers say that 57.6 percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications in data from 2003 did not have schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, the conditions for which the drugs were approved for use. Use of medication for treatments that is not and more »

• Schizophrenic knifeman to be sentenced for schoolboy Kasey Gordon's murder - London24

  16 May 2012 | 12:49 am

  London24Schizophrenic knifeman to be sentenced for schoolboy Kasey Gordon's murderLondon24Aslan, who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, went up the road and returned after buying a £1.49 kitchen knife which he hid in his hand with tissue paper. He stabbed the 16-year-old boyfriend and other boys who tried to help him.Care home criticised after mentally ill resident is jailed for killing schoolboyThe GuardianMentally Ill Man Sentenced to Life for Schoolboy MurderLBC 97.3all 20 news articles »

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  Schizophrenia News From Medical News Today

• Schizophrenia Risk In Kids Associated With Mothers' Gluten Antibodies

  16 May 2012 | 9:00 am

  Children are nearly 50% more likely to develop schizophrenia later in life if their mothers are sensitive to wheat protein gluten, say researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore...

• Key Genes And Prototype Predictive Test Identified For Schizophrenia

  16 May 2012 | 1:00 am

  An Indiana University-led research team, along with a group of national and international collaborators, has identified and prioritized a comprehensive group of genes most associated with schizophrenia that together can generate a score indicating whether an individual is at higher or lower risk of developing the disease...

• Link Between Anxiety Disorders And Cellular Metabolism

  16 May 2012 | 1:00 am

  Anxiety disorders, ranging from social phobia to post-traumatic stress disorder, are the most common psychiatric diseases in the United States. Research in mice suggests a link between the gene that encodes Glyoxylase 1 (GLO1) and increased anxiety; however, the mechanism underlying this association has remained unclear...

• New Genetic Findings: Gifts Of The MAGI In Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorder

  14 May 2012 | 12:00 am

  These findings are not about the classic story of gift-giving, although the MAGI genes (officially named membrane associated guanylate kinase, WW and PDZ domain containing proteins) do influence brain function in important ways. MAGI1 and MAGI2 are genes that code for the MAGI proteins...

• Cortical Abnormalities In Schizophrenia Disturb The 'Tuning' Of Brain Circuits

  11 May 2012 | 1:00 am

  In 1619, the pioneering astronomer Johannes Kepler published Harmonices Mundi in which he analyzed data on the movement of planets and asserted that the laws of nature governing the movements of planets show features of harmonic relationships in music. In so doing, Kepler provided important support for the, then controversial, model of the universe proposed by Copernicus...

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  Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia

• Motivational Interviewing Workshop - Halifax

  16 May 2012 | 4:00 am

  Beginning TODAY, May 16th, 7:00 pm!The HRM Chapter of the SSNSpresentsA Motivational Interviewing WorkshopwithDr. Zenovia Ursuliak Nova Scotia Early Psychosis ProgramMotivational Interviewing (MI) is a counseling style that enhances peoples' internal motivation to make healthy behaviour changes. As a family member you may feel hopeless and frustrated when you see your loved ones making unhealthy choices. This workshop will teach you MI skills that you can use to diffuse tension and build a collaborative relationship with your loved one.DatesEvery Wednesday from May 16th to June 6thTimeMay…

• Kings County Chapter of the SSNS

  16 May 2012 | 3:30 am

  TODAY, May 16th, 7:00 pm!Meetings of the Kings County Chapter of the Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia are held the third Wednesday of each month, beginning at 7:00 pm, at the Kentville Lions Club, 78 River Street, Kentville, Nova Scotia. Meetings are not held during the summer months of July and August.Board of Directors of the Kings County ChapterFront row: Pam Langille, Rick Ball, Margaret BurtonMiddle row: Roger Cann, Margie MacNeil, Tony NetteBack row: John Eakin, Sadie Cann, Pat MacLeanPlease click on the photograph to enlarge it. Also see:Support for Family and Friends of Persons…

• Creative Fire - Final Sale!

  16 May 2012 | 3:00 am

  Tomorrow, May 17th, 11:00 am!Please click on the image to magnify it.Also see:Creative Fire Studio

• From Recovery to Discovery -- A Mental Health Peer Support Group in Halifax

  16 May 2012 | 2:30 am

  Tomorrow, May 17th, 6:30 pm!MeetingsEvery Thursday Evening6:30 pm to 8:30 pmThe Hub2nd Floor, 1673 Barrington StreetHalifax, Nova ScotiaThe From Recovery to Discovery Peer Support Group is open to anyone affected by any type of mental illness, and this includes family members and friends.Free! Thursday, May 17th, 2012An interactive presentation on Come Together: Report & Recommendations of the Mental Health and Addictions Advisory CommitteewithCecilia McRaeMember, Nova Scotia Mental Health and Addictions Strategy Advisory CommitteeCecilia McRaeCecilia is President of the Schizophrenia…

• The Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia's 30th Anniversary Celebration!

  15 May 2012 | 4:00 am

  Saturday, June 16th, 12:30 pm!Please click on the image to magnify it.Pay what you can” contributions at the door will be appreciated.Plenty of free parking available on site.Please RSVP by Monday, June 4th, 2012, by calling the SSNS at 465-2601 or 1-800-465-2601 (toll free in Nova Scotia), or by emailing hilary.thorne@bellaliant.com.For a map of the event location, please click here.For information on the Park Bench Players, please click here.

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  Unreality Shout - Music

• Single Review: Scissor Sisters - 'Only The Horses'

  Dara Hickey

  15 May 2012 | 9:47 am

  “The musical refrain climaxes in a prostitutes-on-poppers finale” 3 STARS Digital Release: May 13, 2012 Physical Release: N/A read more

• Album Review: Keane - 'Strangeland'

  Dara Hickey

  5 May 2012 | 9:14 am

  Keane - 'Strangeland': 5.2 Keane are one of many British outfits to befall the wrath of the media. Though unlike many, they didn’t even get passed their first album before the praise that lauded ‘Somewhere Only We Know’ turned them into a synonym of soaring sissy-rock; a wetter version of Coldplay. read more

• MATT CARDLE: Platinum Album, Sell Out Tour, LA and Album 2

  amazinsuphilips

  3 May 2012 | 4:37 pm

  Here's a brief round up of many (not all) things Matt Cardle over the past few months. So the Letters album went Platinum a while ago and Matt has been touring Britain promoting it. The warm up tour took in the Highlands and Islands, culminating at the legendary Koko. I was there and his voice was as good as I'd ever heard it. He kicked off with a new version of the title track Letters that was half acoustic, half rocking out and it set the mood for the whole show where soaring falsetto interspersed some belting performances. He was thrilled when the audience sang along to what were still new…

• Single Review: Tulisa - 'Young'

  Dara Hickey

  3 May 2012 | 10:28 am

  “Tulisa sings with all the likeness of witnessing the un-anaesthetised vasectomy of a large fruit bat” 1 STAR Digital Release: April 29, 2012 Physical Release: April 30, 2012 read more

• Single Review: The Ting Tings - 'Hit Me Down, Sonny'

  Dara Hickey

  28 Apr 2012 | 6:55 am

  “Does everything possible to fortify The Ting Tings image. Unfortunately for them, it’s just not a very good one” 1 STAR Digital Release: April 23, 2012 Physical Release: N/A read more

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• 46% Of U.S. Thinks Facebook Is A Fad [SURVEY]

  Bruce Houghton

  16 May 2012 | 9:50 am

  Don't stop updating your Facebook page yet, but almost half of the 1,000 people polled by the AP and CNBC believe that Facebook is just a passing fad. 51% have a favorable impression of the company, while 23% have an unfavorable opinion. And not that the average American is a financial analyst, but half of those polled also believe the initial stock asking price (which has gone up since the poll) is is too high. THE CHARTS:

• String Cheese Incident Scalps $20,000 Of Own Tickets In Battle With Ticketmaster

  Bruce Houghton

  16 May 2012 | 8:58 am

  Continuing their ongoing battle with Ticketmaster, jam rockers String Cheese Incident sent 50 fans to the box office of LA's Greek theater armed with $20,000 in cash from the band. Each was on a mission to buy eight tickets for $49.95 plus any services charges for the group’s show there in July. Then the 400 tickets were sent back to String Cheese's Boulder HQ and put back on sale on the band's web site for the very same $49.95, sans most charges. “We’re scalping our own tickets at no service charge,” Mike Luba, one of the group’s managers, told the New York Times. "I would argue…

• Monetizing Music Videos & Live Shows With Evinar & Gyroskope

  Clyde Smith

  16 May 2012 | 8:53 am

  Both Evinar and Gyroskope are services that musicians can use to monetize streaming video. Evinar focuses on livestreaming via Facebook while Gyroskope features videos for which customers pay to stream as often as they like. Neither service is exclusive to musicians but both seem potentially useful to musicians attempting to diversity their revenue streams. Please let us know what you think about these options in the comments. And please consider answering this question, what are you looking for as a musician seeking to monetize video on the web? Evinar - Monetize Live Concerts on Facebook…

• How To Book A Tour: Unconventional Advice

  Natalie Cheng

  16 May 2012 | 8:00 am

  When booking a tour, there are various challenges that can come up. On Music Think Tank, Simon Tam posts about potential pitfalls in booking. What problems have you faced when booking a tour or shows? “It’s always a good idea to know what kind of situation you’re booking into: Will they have an adequate stage? Will they have a sound system and engineer?” (Read On)

• U. S. Approval Of Universal EMI Purchase A Toss-Up, Say Anti-Trust Experts

  Bruce Houghton

  16 May 2012 | 7:43 am

  U.S. approval of Universal's EMI purchase is a toss-up, according to a Reuters survey of anti-trust experts: "Eight antitrust experts interviewed about the issue were divided about the chances for approval, largely because the music landscape has changed so much in recent years that it is not clear that a deal that would concentrate 40% of the recorded music industry in one company would harm competition." "Ten years ago, the labels had power. Today they don't have any power. If they (the U.S. Federal Trade Commission) block it, it's just because they don't understand the market," Daniel…

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• Guy Gerber Tapped for Fabric 64

  XLR8R Magazine

  16 May 2012 | 12:00 pm

  Tel Aviv tech-house whiz Guy Gerber has mixed the 64th installment of the Fabric mix series. read more

• Fatima Al Qadiri "Corpcore (Kingdom Remix)"

  XLR8R Magazine

  16 May 2012 | 11:00 am

  Fatima Al Qadiri's 2011 EP Genre-Specific Xperience impressed us with its ability to draw from a diverse pile of genres and sounds with coherence and ease. Now, it appears that the EP is getting a similarly impressive remix treatment. The star-studded GSX Remixes drops on UNO next week, featuring reworks by Kingdom, Girl Unit, Ikonika, DJ Rashad, Nguzunguzu, Dubbel Dutch, and Dutch E Germ. LA's Kingdom takes on Xperience closer "Corpcore" here, clearing up the original mix and adding in an array of physical bass rumbles and quick percussive flares. Nevertheless, the idiosyncratic electro…

• Sam Tiba Drops Third Jersey Club Mixtape

  XLR8R Magazine

  16 May 2012 | 10:00 am

  Last fall, Club Cheval member Sam Tiba began a series of mixtapes devoted to the infectiously hyperactive Jersey club scene. The first two chapters were both impressive documents, especially considering that they were created by a DJ in France, but it's fair to say that Tiba's third volume, conceived in collaboration with Belgium's Pelican Fly label and released today, takes things to another level entirely. read more

• Yakine "Rise (feat. James Teej)"

  XLR8R Magazine

  16 May 2012 | 9:00 am

  Rising Parisian producer Yakine took a circuitous route to his current terminus in the world of techno and house, first unleashing his musical passions as a guitarist in a metal band before his love of hip-hop steered him in the direction of the dancefloor. Eventually introduced to the sounds of underground house and techno through his older brother, Yakine has since released a string of four-on-the-floor-driven singles and EPs on various European labels dating back to 2009. Next week, Yakine will be dropping his first EP for Ghostly sister label Spectral Sound, a four-song effort called…

• Review: Sony MDR-V55 DJ Headphones

  XLR8R Magazine

  16 May 2012 | 8:00 am

  MSRP: $99.99, Sony For any self-respecting audiophile, finding a winning pair of headphones that suits each and every one of your needs to a tee feels next to impossible. You want high-quality, honest sound in the form of balanced drivers, a wide frequency range, and strong impedance to power your time spent both in the studio and on the street. Sony's new MDR-V55 DJ Headphones offer a variety of interesting takes on the traditional swivel earcup DJ model, bringing in features that cherry pick from both the worlds of the four-channel mixing maestro and the casual commuter looking for…

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• Take a load off, Levon

  graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English)

  20 Apr 2012 | 11:49 am

  The Weight “Beautiful.” -Mavis Staples

• Unreleased Album From The Vault…

  graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English)

  29 Nov 2011 | 5:33 pm

  Become a Facebook Fan and Get this Never-Released Album From The Vault! Fear The Monk was a song-oriented funky rock project. It gets dark and intense at times. But it always grooves and there’s some killer musicianship in there. It’s burnin’! Move On – Passionate and dreamlike. “Five o’clock yesterday, I dreamt of leaving you behind.” Gone, Gone, Gone – Huge chorus. Creative arrangement. Sick guitar solo! “You’re gone, gone. No longer we. And you’re down on me?” Rescue Me – Dark and moody. Build and builds.

• Bob Dylan Word Clouds

  graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English)

  19 Nov 2011 | 4:21 pm

  You a Dylan fan? Yeah, me too. The problem with really liking, I mean really liking Bob Dylan, is that it’s almost too easy. It’s even more obvious with The Beatles. I LOVE The Beatles. But who doesn’t? Some things are pretty much default and don’t count towards your life experience points. Still, the reason we love The Beatles and Bob Dylan is because it’s really damn great stuff. Almost undeniable. Or at least, if you do deny it, you look a little out of touch. It’s the reason I’ve spent so many hours analyzing Dylan’s songwriting. Did it…

• Blog Update

  graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English)

  11 Nov 2011 | 7:04 pm

  The blog has been asking for some love for a while now. I’ve had several projects requiring long and intense attention and I’m happy to say that she’s back on my list of high priorities. First, here’s some of what I’ve been up to. I completed my Songwriting Master Certificate with Berklee College of Music! I laid down some jazz/funk keys on Field Trip‘s album, There’s Shag On Jupiter. I redesigned Logic Studio Training. I launched a new site, Stomp Box Guru. I toured Sweden with Field Trip. Wow! I got not one, but two Boston Terriers, Miles and Ella.

• Somebody To Love

  graham@grahamenglish.com (Graham English)

  4 Apr 2010 | 10:20 am

  Download: Somebody To Love Just when I thought the coast was clear I settled my plans and you appear If that isn’t how it goes The things that you need to know They’re never what you have in mind Maybe I’ll be right this time Everybody Needs Somebody Somebody To Love Everybody Needs Somebody Somebody To Love My head’s in the clouds most of the time Polishing dreams until they shine But it’s been a crazy day My dreaming will have to wait ’cause it’s getting real down here Maybe this will be my year Everybody Needs Somebody Somebody To Love Everybody…

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  Computer Audiophile

• Peachtree Audio Decco 65 stereo integrated amplifier with built-in digital-to-analog converter

  Sumflow

  16 May 2012 | 3:00 am

  Tube sound I was looking at the Peachtree Audio Decco. Can Peachtree Hybrid amps be made to sound warm like Mac tubes? Does anybody make a Hybrid that produces the low fatiguing sounds like a tube Macintosh amp? Can an equalizer or some other device contribute to making Hybrids sound more like tube Macintosh's? Clipping In the late 80s we were advised to have 100 watts per channel on hand for the then new digital music sources. How can these current products get by with so few output watts? Are they all designed for little, tiny speakers? We had to upgrade to our Macintosh’s to amps with…

• No audio from Mac Mini Server to Rotel HSP-1572 receiver

  illstylist

  15 May 2012 | 10:24 pm

  I've spent countless hours trying to configure my 2011 Mac Mini Server to my Rotel HSP-1572 receiver. When the server is connected directly to my HDTV via HDMI, audio works perfect. Whenever it's connected to the receiver there's absolutely no audio. After making sure all the output settings were correct in system preferences and audio midi setup, I read in another forum that a user had to connect an optical cable in addition to HDMI to get it to work. I've tried this as well without any luck. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make this work either through HDMI or HDMI and optical?

• Berkeley Alpha DAC / DCS Debussy

  wdw

  15 May 2012 | 10:14 pm

  Hello All, Haven't made the leap to the Berkeley Alpha USB (have the DAC) and am ready to pounce but if I consider the cost of the unit then add in a USB cable and a second balanced digital cable...throw in a power cord...I'm now knocking on a door in the neighborhood of the Debussy. Any thoughts would be welcome. Thanks WDW

• Battery Powered Front End - Off The Grid

  The Computer Audiophile

  15 May 2012 | 9:50 pm

  Hi Guys - I'm researching powering my front end, preamp and DAC at least and amp if possible, from batteries. I just spent about an hour looking for solid information but did't find what I was looking for. I'm sure it's out there I just didn't find it. I'm not interested in powering my computers or music servers from battery yet, just the components. Does anyone have experience powering components from battery? What's needed to do this?

• A nice little app for those of you who dual purpose a Mac...

  AudioDoctor

  15 May 2012 | 9:35 pm

  Maybe some of you, like me, dual purpose a Mac at times and would like to have an easy way to prevent it from going to sleep or starting the screensaver? I listen at my iMac a lot now and got tired of always opening the system preferences to get into Energy Saver to temporarily set it not to sleep, etc... Enter Caffeine: Mac App Store - Caffeine Quote: Caffeine is a tiny program that puts an icon in the right side of your menu bar. Click it to prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep, dimming the screen or starting screen savers. Click it again to go back. works like a charm for me!

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  Sound And Vision Magazine: Main Feed

• This Week in Blu-rays and Music, May 15, 2012

  Ken Korman and Brett Milano

  15 May 2012 | 9:30 am

  All the entertainment you'll need 'til next Tuesday This Week in Music Santana gets back to the guitar, The Sugarman 3 get retro, My Bloody Valentine rereleases the EPs, and more.           This Week In Blu-rays Revisiting John Malkovich in HD, facing wolves with Liam Neeson, returning to 1900 with Bertolucci, levitating with Chronicle, and more.

• This Week in Blu-rays, May 15, 2012

  Ken Korman

  15 May 2012 | 9:08 am

  Being John Malkovich The Grey Chronicle 1900 (Novecento) Rampart Albert Nobbs

• This Week in Music, May 15, 2012

  Brett Milano

  15 May 2012 | 8:36 am

  Santana: Shape Shifter The Sugarman 3: What the World Needs Now Willie Nelson: Heroes Various: Occupy This Album My Bloody Valentine: EPs 1988-1991 Tom Jones: The Decca Years Bill Withers: Just As I Am Pantera: Vulgar Display Of Power (Deluxe)

• Review: Creative HN-900 Headphone

  Brent Butterworth

  14 May 2012 | 7:30 am

  Noise-cancelling ’phones for just 99 bucks Tech ^2 Thanks to Bose’s overwhelming success in the category, most of us now think of noise-cancelling headphones as products that cost about $300. I’m sure every other headphone company would like to thank Bose for that, even if none of them ever will. But there’s really no reason that a noise-cancelling headphone has to cost so much. The basic noise-cancelling circuit is pretty simple: just a couple of cheap, tiny microphones feeding a simple amplification stage with some filter circuits thrown in. In fact, noise-cancelling ’phones can…

• Giveaway: Storm Corrosion

  Michael Berk

  11 May 2012 | 10:36 am

  The long-awaited collaboration from Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt is finally in our hands. And it should be in yours! Like many of you, we at S+V have been looking forward for a long time now to Storm Corrosion, the collaborative project from surround master Steven Wilson and Opeth frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt. Well, the album is finally here, and it does not disappoint. While the album certainly follows in the mold of Wilson's solo work and Åkerfeldt's more reflective moments on Opeth's recent Heritage, it's a bit of a departure for both, with some of its stately string arrangements and…

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  Mix

• Billboard Latin Music Awards Rely On Shure Wireless Systems

  16 May 2012 | 12:59 pm

  Shure Inc. in Niles, Ill., reports that the producers of this year’s Billboard Latin Music Awards used Shure products exclusively for the telecast and live-sound production of the event, including several wireless microphone and personal monitor systems. The event was held on April 26 in the 8,000-seat BankUnited Center in Miami, Fla., and was broadcast live to 2.4 million viewers by Telemundo.

• Black Box Microphone Preamp

  15 May 2012 | 2:55 pm

  Black Box Analog Design announces the Black Box Microphone Preamplifier ($2,500 MSRP). Handcrafted in Ventura, Calif., the Black Box mic pre was designed by Eric Racy and Robert Wainscott, who implemented an entirely analog audio path; custom, hand-wound Cinemag input and output transformers; hand soldered point-to-point wiring; independently controlled Pentode and Triode tube stages (as well as independent Pentode/Triode “Tone Boost” switches; a 350-volt linear power supply; and the ability to shape the frequency response without the use of an EQ.

• Peavey Announces MuseBox Sound, Effects Module

  14 May 2012 | 4:39 pm

  Peavey Electronics announces that its new MuseBox, developed in collaboration with Muse Research, is now available from dealers throughout North America. MuseBox ($1,400 MSRP; $1,000 street) offers an extensive library of studio-quality sounds and effects for electric and acoustic guitar, keyboards, vocals, and drums, and runs them in a compact package made of steel and aluminum.

• Shure Announces Winners of the 2012 Fantastic Scholastic Recording Competition

  14 May 2012 | 4:25 pm

  Shure Incorporated in Niles. Ill., announces that a team from Middle Tennessee State University has won this year's Grand Prize Winner of Shure's eighth annual “Fantastic Scholastic Recording Competition.” The three-student team of Taylor Bray, Jeff Braun, and Grant Hartford, with faculty advisor Associate Professor Michael Fleming, won this year’s contest with an original composition by aspiring singer-songwriter Rebecca Roubion entitled “Falliday.”

• elysia Introduces nvelope 500 Stereo Dynamics Processor

  14 May 2012 | 4:21 pm

  elysia in Nettetal, Germany, announces the nvelope 500 ($1,049 MSRP; $975 MAP), a two-rackspace 500 Series stereo dynamics processor that is capable of making subtle or drastic changes to a sound by altering its impulse structure, providing direct control over the envelope of a signal by shaping the intensity of its attack and sustain.

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  World of Psychology

• What is Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder?

  John M. Grohol, PsyD

  16 May 2012 | 8:25 am

  In the late 1990s and continuing on into the past decade, bipolar disorder started being diagnosed more and more in children. This became a problem only because the criteria for bipolar disorder in children have never been firmly established. Researchers developed their own set of criteria which contradicted the official diagnostic criteria for the disorder. The research criteria basically did away with the need for a manic or hypomanic episode, and instead replaced it with irritability and anger. Coincidentally, a few pharmaceutical companies also released a set of medications — called…

• 4 Ways to be Braver

  Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S.

  16 May 2012 | 4:15 am

  Courage is plentiful. In fact, it’s all around us, writes Robert Biswas-Diener, Ph.D, a positive psychology researcher and founder of Positive Acorn, in his latest book The Courage Quotient: How Science Can Make You Braver. And it doesn’t just happen on the battlefield: It also happens in the boardroom, on a bike ride and at the grocery store, he says. Courage lives in the everyday and helps us lead more fulfilling lives. According to Biswas-Diener, courage “allows you to pursue the life you want, to overcome obstacles that hold you back from living a full life, and to put your core…

• Is Comfort Food Causing Your Depression?

  YourTango Experts

  15 May 2012 | 12:45 pm

  This guest article from YourTango was written by Nicole Burley.  Well, it’s official. There is now absolutely zero reason to be eating fast food whatsoever! For those of you who always knew that fast food wasn’t healthy but ate it anyway because it made you feel happy, I have some unfortunate news. A recently published study in the Journal Of Public Health Nutrition showed that people who ate hot dogs, hamburgers, and pizza were 51% more likely to suffer from depression than those who rarely or never ate the stuff. Yikes! Do you get what that means? It means that your Happy Meal…

• Introducing Sorting Out Your Life

  John M. Grohol, PsyD

  15 May 2012 | 8:15 am

  We all face problems and difficulties in our lives. What often differentiates a person from being able to cope with the challenge or not is understanding what’s really going on. Why did we overreact to that comment from our boss? Why can’t we let that painful end of a relationship go 5 years later? Sometimes gaining perspective and psychological insight means looking beyond the surface, and digging a little deeper. And we hope that our new blog, Sorting Out Your Life, will help you do just that. This blog will be focused on helping people sort out their lives. Blog topics may include tips…

• Best of Our Blogs: May 15, 2012

  Brandi-Ann Uyemura, M.A.

  15 May 2012 | 3:30 am

  A lot of suffering comes from things we don’t have control over. It’s all that worrying about the state of our health, our normalcy, our lack. Spend a minute listening to your thoughts and you might even hear it. How many times have I caught myself worrying about the weather, or whether I offended a friend, or over the potential of negative outcomes (bad health/career/relationship)? Too many. You can get sucked into the things you will never be able to control or you can stop that tape, focus on what you can control and get on with your life. This week you’ll read about the…

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  TidBITS: Apple News for the Rest of Us

• OpenDNS Blocks Flashback and Other Threats

  16 May 2012 | 5:26 am

  How can changing your DNS server make your Mac — or a Mac owned by a family member — less prone to being attacked, phished, or subverted? OpenDNS blocks malicious sites, which helps both before and after malware is discovered. Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control…

• FileMaker Pro 12 Updates Themes and Layout Capabilities

  15 May 2012 | 3:11 am

  A new file format and few new features make this a visually attractive but less-than-essential update to the long-standing database program from Apple subsidiary FileMaker. Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control orders and other Apple-related products.

• Apple Releases Security Updates for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

  15 May 2012 | 3:04 am

  Two security releases from Apple bring a Flashback malware removal tool and protection from exposure to vulnerabilities in older versions of Adobe Flash. Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control orders and other Apple-related products.

• External Link: Bad Backup Nearly Obliterated “Toy Story 2”

  14 May 2012 | 11:11 am

  We frequently harp on not only keeping data backups, but on ensuring that your backups are good. (That’s why Adam Engst has designated every Friday the 13th as International Verify Your Backups Day.) It’s inconvenient to lose some recent files or email messages, but a good backup policy is even more essential for larger projects — like an entire movie, for example. Two people involved explain how Pixar nearly lost a year’s worth of work on the movie “Toy Story 2” after someone accidentally entered rm * (the Unix command to remove everything) and the company discovered their backup…

• Security Update 2012-002 (Snow Leopard)

  14 May 2012 | 8:04 am

  Security update addresses vulnerabilities in various components of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. (Free, 238.73/258.11 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control orders and other Apple-related products.

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  Macworld

• Hands-on with Google Docs's new research tool

  16 May 2012 | 12:15 pm

  Google Docs has unveiled a new 'research tool' meant to help writers streamline their browser-based research, making it easier for them to find and cite the information they need while composing text.

• HTC One X, Evo 4G LTE imports blocked by patent dispute

  16 May 2012 | 11:30 am

  U.S. Customs is holding up imports of HTC's One X and Evo 4G LTE Android phones because of HTC's ongoing legal battle with Apple.

• Google to incorporate 'knowledge graph' into search results

  16 May 2012 | 10:45 am

  Google will begin in the next few days to incorporate the "knowledge graph" it has been building for two years into its search results.

• Mozilla readies app marketplace for public beta

  16 May 2012 | 8:30 am

  Mozilla Marketplace will be online in a few weeks to take on Apple App Store and Google Play Store

• Google releases Chrome 19 with tab sync and bug fixes

  16 May 2012 | 8:00 am

  Google released Chrome 19, patched 20 vulnerabilities in the browser, and doled out $16,500 in bug bounties and rewards to independent researchers.

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  Cult of Mac

• Safely Browse The Web With Multi-User Private Browser [iOS Tips]

  Rob LeFebvre

  16 May 2012 | 12:00 pm

  So I don’t know if you have kids or not. Or a wife, or husband. Or a boyfriend or girlfriend. If you do, you might share your iPhone, or at least your iPad. I know I pass my iPad to my kids often. They’re usually more interested in the games I have downloaded on it, but my son has been known to occasionally drop into Safari to look for Minecraft videos. Anyone using your iOS device has the same access to the browsing you’ve done on the web via mobile Safari as you do. You may not want to share all your browsing history with your children or significant other, am I right?

• Retina MacBooks Mean More Manufacturing Costs For Apple

  Alex Heath

  16 May 2012 | 11:55 am

  Retina displays will be more expensive for Apple to put into new MacBook Pros. Apple’s upcoming lineup of MacBook Pros are expected to feature a slimmer design, Intel Ivy Bridge architecture and jaw-dropping ‘Retina’ displays. Like the last two iPhones and newest iPad, Apple’s new MacBook Pro and iMac models are supposed to flaunt a screen like you’ve never seen on a computer before. And if iOS device marketing is any indication, such a display will likely be the flagship feature in new Macs. Apple is expected to unveil the new MacBook Pros at WWDC next month,…

• Cisco’s BYOD Strategy – Charge Users $600 To Use Their Personal iPhone Or iPad

  Ryan Faas

  16 May 2012 | 11:32 am

  Cisco offers a BYOD program but charges employees to participate in it Cisco released a new report on BYOD programs at U.S. companies. The survey provides insights into the prevalence of BYOD, how companies manage BYOD programs, and some of the costs associated with BYOD approaches. While those stats are useful and important, the biggest and most surprising revelation in the report came from Cisco itself. In planning and implementing its BYOD program, Cisco opted to charge users a fee (on average of $600) for the privilege of using their own devices at work. Perhaps even more shocking than…

• The Loop Is My Favorite iPod Nano Wristband To Date [Review]

  Killian Bell

  16 May 2012 | 11:30 am

  The Loop is a sleek, stylish, and lightweight iPod nano wristband. The Loop is a silicone wristband for the sixth-generation iPod nano that promises to turn your device in a “high end timepiece.” Its sleek, stylish design does away with the unnecessary bulk and aims to showcase your iPod nano rather than drawing attention away from it. Once fitted, the Loop provides full access to your iPod’s headphone jack, dock connector, volume buttons, and sleep/wake switch. It features a stainless steel buckle that won’t perish up against your sweaty wrist, and it comes in a…

• Photoshop Elements 10 Course $19 [Deals]

  Tris Hussey

  16 May 2012 | 11:27 am

  Photoshop Elements 10 is the Photoshop for “regular people”, sure Photoshop is awesomely powerful, but Photoshop also awesomely complex. So we have Photoshop Elements for “the rest of us”, but working with photos is still a pretty complicated and (potentially) daunting task. Hey, I’ve been there. Lots of “good” photos that you want to make “great” but don’t really know how to tap into all the power and features of Elements to get that done. That’s where a video course on Photoshop Elements 10 from Udemy comes in. Regularly a course like this (8 hours of content over 90…

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  MacUser

• Next iPhone to have 4in screen says Wall Street Journal

  Kenny Hemphill

  16 May 2012 | 9:28 am

  Apple has ordered 4in screens, believed to be for its next iPhone, from suppliers in Asia according to the Wall Street Journal. ‘The new screens measure at least 4 inches diagonally, the people said, compared with 3.5 inches on Apple’s latest model, the iPhone 4S. Production is set to begin next month, the people said. Analysts have predicted that the next iPhone will come out in the fall,’ reported the Journal. That story was corroborated by another from Reuters which said that early production of the new screens had begin at LG, Sharp, and Japan Display Inc. The report…

• Apple prepares iCloud upgrade with photo sharing features

  Kenny Hemphill

  14 May 2012 | 3:07 pm

  When Apple unveiled iCloud last summer and announced that it would replace MobileMe, much of the debate revolved around the MobileMe services which didn’t have a replacement in iCloud. One of those was the ability to post photographs online from iPhoto and Aperture. That may be about to change. The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reports that Apple ‘is preparing a big upgrade to its online service iCloud that includes new photo-sharing features.’ Some of those features, says Wired, will ‘resemble the photo-sharing app and service Instagram.’ Among…

• 10% off Macs at new Wales store

  Adam Banks

  11 May 2012 | 9:11 am

  Online shopping is all very well, but plenty of buyers still want to see and touch the kit before they make a decision. As if to prove high-street retailing is alive and well, Apple dealer Stormfront will open its 17th store (yep, seventeenth) in St Catherine’s Walk, Carmarthen at 11am on Saturday 12 May. The latest store is the retailer’s first in Wales, and to celebrate there’s a 10% discount on any Mac bought or ordered on the day. Stormfront will also be offering its popular ‘Personal Trainer’ service free of charge with any Mac purchase to help customers get…

• Latest Issue: Volume 28 No 10

  Adam Banks

  11 May 2012 | 4:17 am

  Adobe Creative Suite is the most comprehensive bundle of pro apps available for the Mac, so a new release is always big news. This time it’s even bigger. Not only does Creative Suite 6 bring substantial updates to almost all the major components, but it comes with a new way to buy your essential software: Creative Cloud. To get all the apps in Adobe’s Master Collection – covering print, web, interactive and video – would normally set you back over £2500. But you can now subscribe to Creative Cloud instead for just under £47 a month. Does it work out cheaper? That…

• Proview rejects Apple £10m offer to settle iPad name dispute

  Kenny Hemphill

  10 May 2012 | 8:11 am

  Apple offered 100 million yuan (£9.8 million) earlier this week to settle its trademark dispute with Chinese firm, Proview International Holdings over the iPad name. The Beijing Times reports that the offer was made to secure the right to use the name in China, but Proview declined. It is believed to want 400 million yuan (£39.2 million) in order to pay off creditors. On Tuesday, a federal judge approved an Apple motion to dismiss a suit brought by Proview in the US, ruling that the argument should be resolved in Hong Kong. The US lawsuit asserted that by using a proxy company based in the…

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  Mac Tricks And Tips

• Have Multiple Instances Of VLC or QuickTime to Play Movies or Music

  admin

  1 May 2012 | 10:55 am

  Hey Here is a trick that will allow you to have two or more instances of VLC or Quicktime Player open, which can allow you to play more than one movie at the same time. This is useful if you are in an environment where you have an attached monitor and want to play one movie on one screen, and a second movie on a different screen. All running from the same Mac. This tip can also be used to play more than one movie or music file (or any media) at the same time. Useful if you want to watch a whole season of The Simpsons, but don’t have to time to watch them individually. Opening Up More…

• Test The Disk Speed Of Your Hard Drives

  admin

  30 Apr 2012 | 9:09 am

  Hey, Very are various different bottle necks on your Mac that effect the performance of your computer. Originally it would be your CPU being too slow, then RAM was an issue and resulted in a lot of disk paging. Now, I think, the issue of bottle necks on your system is your hard drive. This post will show you a cool app designed to test your hard drive speeds. Its one of the nicest looking, and easiest to use apps out there. Although you can use Activity Monitor to gauge the hard disk speed, this app can be used on individual disks. The app in question is Blackmagic Disk Speed Test. It will…

• Rebuild Mail’s Mailbox

  admin

  26 Apr 2012 | 9:00 am

  Hey, This is just a quick post detailing a neat feature of Mail and the ability for it to solve minor problems relating to emails appearing twice, not at all or it being generally confused if you updated your POP settings. The trick is to rebuild your Mailbox. This method causes Mail to delete the database and catalogue each email that you have downloaded. It will rebuild the database, so if an email appears twice or looks a bit strange this should clear it up, it also helps if you can’t find an email when you search for it. To rebuild mail’s mailbox, select the mailbox you want…

• Find Duplicate Photos In Your iPhoto Library with PhotoSweeper

  admin

  24 Apr 2012 | 11:23 am

  Hey, With the ever growing trend of digital cameras and the ability to take many shots a once, particularly if you have an DSLR, you may find you have a lot of duplicate photos. Although disk space isn’t a premium as it once was, having many duplicate files of the same image really is pointless. Today’s app is called PhotoSweeper and it is designed to search through your iPhoto, Aperture or simply the images you add to the app, and see which are duplicates. It does this based on how the image looks so it can be pretty good. Find Those Images When you start the app, you are given a…

• Ignore / Disable File Extension Change Warning

  admin

  23 Apr 2012 | 12:14 pm

  Hey, Every time you change the extension of a file, whether it be an image, movie or a system file you Mac will throw up a warning telling you about the change. Although this is useful most of the time, sometimes you may just want to get rid of it and ignore the warning. Thankfully I was given a solution to this problem allowing you to change this setting with Terminal. From my understanding this tip works in Lion and Snow Leopard, it probably works with older version too. The annoying warning dialog box. Easy to get rid of. To remove the warning open up Terminal located in Applications >…

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  Web Analytics Demystified

• Digital analytics is like basketball …

  Eric T. Peterson

  4 May 2012 | 7:38 am

  If you follow me you know I’m a huge fan of digital measurement, analysis, and optimization. I’ve written books about it, I’ve given talks about it all over the world, and for the last five years I have been building a rapidly growing company around it. The Web Analytics Demystified brand, at least according to Google, has become more or less synonymous with the subject, and for that my partners and I are grateful. What you may not know is that I’m also a huge fan of basketball. This time of the year, when the NBA playoffs are in full swing, is my favorite time of the…

• 2012 WAA Award of Excellence

  Eric T. Peterson

  8 Mar 2012 | 8:02 am

  On Tuesday at the Emetrics Summit the Web Analytics Association membership awarded Web Analytics Demystified a 2012 Award for Excellence and dubbed us the “Most Influential Agency” in the digital measurement sector. We are incredibly honored by the award but there are a few folks I forgot to thank at the event that Adam, Brian, John, and I wanted to recognize: Our wives and families, without whom we would not be able to do the work we do Our clients, whose continued support keeps us participating in some amazing analytics around the world Our partners, including Keystone…

• Can you help the Analysis Exchange?

  Eric T. Peterson

  2 Mar 2012 | 9:20 am

  A lot of the conversations I have been having with my peers lately have been about change in our industry. In a nutshell, things seem to be heating up dramatically, especially in the past twelve months. Perhaps due to economic recovery, maybe because of the current hype cycle around “big data”, or possibly because companies are really starting to wake up to the power and value of digital measurement, analysis, and optimization. Regardless of why, it’s delightful to be smack in the middle of what I suspect will in retrospect be a Golden Age for analytical practitioners,…

• Web 3.0 and the Internet User’s Bill of Rights

  Eric T. Peterson

  23 Feb 2012 | 12:21 pm

  Back in 2007, on the subject of the evolution of the web analytics industry, I proffered that “If Web Analytics 1.0 was all about measuring page views to generate reports and define key performance indicators, and if Web Analytics 2.0 is about measuring events and integrating qualitative and quantitative data, then Web Analytics 3.0 is about measuring real people and optimizing the flow of information to individuals as they interact with the world around them.” At the time I was thinking about the onset of digital ubiquity — an “always on” Internet that followed…

• Welcome Demystifier Brian Hawkins!

  Eric T. Peterson

  1 Feb 2012 | 12:36 am

  Adam, John, and I are incredibly excited to announce that industry veteran Brian Hawkins is joining Web Analytics Demystified to help us expand our offerings around testing, optimization, and personalization of all forms of digital communication. Brian is the most widely recognized expert in the field when it comes to Enterprise-class optimization and personalization technology, integration, and strategy. He comes to us from Offermatica by way of Omniture and Adobe, and we are delighted to build on our support for Adobe’s solutions, adding Brian’s expertise on Test&Target to…

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  Google Analytics Blog

• Two new Analytics webinars -- for advanced and beginning users

  Google Analytics team

  15 May 2012 | 10:30 am

  Interested in learning how to use Analytics to make better decisions for your business? Here’s your chance; join us next week for two webinars.  We’re partnering with the Learn with Google team to present an introductory session on Getting started with Analytics, and a more advanced session covering one of the most requested topics - Digital Attribution & Conversion. Here’s a little more detail on what we’ll cover: Getting Started with Google Analytics Level of content: Beginner Covers the basics you need to get started with Analytics. Highlights the most helpful reports for…

• Looking Ahead at Next Generation Measurement

  Google Analytics team

  14 May 2012 | 1:36 pm

  Marketers today have no shortage of data. In fact, there are more than 40 million online touch points measured every minute by Google Analytics. Technology advancements are helping marketers understand their customers more across channels and devices, and better analysis tools are finally making that massive amount of data accessible and actionable. This is fueling what we see as next generation measurement. Today I spoke at the Federated Media Conversational Marketing Summit about the most important trends that every CMO needs to know. Here's what I told them:  Next generation brand…

• How Nissan Uses Ecommerce Tracking Without Directly Selling Online

  Google Analytics team

  11 May 2012 | 9:04 am

  This post originally appeared on the Google Analytics Japan blog Google Analytics’ e-commerce tracking allows online merchants to measure items sold and tie those results back to their digital marketing activities. But did you know that it can also be used to track non e-commerce activity? Nissan Motor Company does just this. Nissan operates in the automobile industry, and owns a network of websites designed to help consumers around the world decide which Nissan vehicle they would like to purchase. Nissan uses e-commerce tracking whenever a visitor submits a request for a test drive or a…

• Reminder: Migrate to the new Core Reporting API

  Pete Frisella

  10 May 2012 | 10:13 am

  At the end of 2011 we announced the Google Analytics Core Reporting API as a replacement for the Data Export API. We also announced a 6 month deprecation period for the Data Export API version 2.3, after which all v2.3 queries will return a v2.4 response. Well, it's almost been 6 months since the announcement was made. If you haven't already moved to our shiny new APIs, and we know there are quite a few of you out there who haven't, we urge you to get movin' or risk your application not working come June. The good news is that we published a new, easy to follow migration guide to help you…

• New Google Analytics Easy Dashboard Library

  Nick

  9 May 2012 | 10:19 am

  Many developers save time by using the Google Analytics API to automate Analytics reporting tasks. For example, you can use the API to create a dashboard to report data across multiple profiles. The Google Analytics App Gallery includes many 3rd party solutions that do this. What if you want to build something quickly that’s custom-tailored  to your business? You would typically have to spend time learning the API, figuring out how to handle authorization, then deciding how to integrate this data with a visualization library. You could build a custom solution, but it took a lot of…

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  Social Business Advisor: Social CRM and Enterprise 2.0

• Free Webinar: Common Collaboration Problems with the CIO of Pabst Brewing Company

  Jacob Morgan

  15 May 2012 | 12:28 am

  This Wednesday the 16th at 10am PST Ben Haines, the CIO of Pabst Brewing Company will be joining me on a webinar to discuss some of the common collaboration problems that organizations face today.  We’re going to try to have a casual discussion around what obstacles organizations are running up against and how they are overcoming these obstacles.  The event is being powered by Cisco which is allowing us to host the event on their platform. Here are the details taken from the event site: Collaboration is not new. In fact, we have collaborated for thousands of years. However,…

• What Would Happen if Your Organization Didn’t Invest in Collaboration?

  Jacob Morgan

  10 May 2012 | 11:40 am

  I (and many others) have spent a great deal of time talking about why organizations should invest their resources in collaboration tools and strategies.  But let’s assume for a moment that you didn’t.  How long do you realistically see your organization going on without making this investment; 1 year, 2 years, 3 years?  Do you really see your organization waiting this long? At this point I have probably worked with, spoken with, and researched hundreds of companies and it’s rare to come across an organization that nothing in place when it comes to collaboration.  At the…

• Implementing Enterprise 2.0 at IBM

  Jacob Morgan

  8 May 2012 | 1:06 am

  I had the opportunity to have several in-depth conversations with John Rooney (CIO of Technical Strategy) and Ethan McCarty (Senior Manager, Digital and Social Strategy) of IBM.  The conversations resulted in our recently released case study on Implementing Enterprise 2.0 at IBM.  Here is an overview of that case study. With over 420,000 employees in over 70 countries, IBM is one of the largest and most recognized companies in the world today.  A company of this size needs to be able to coordinate and collaborate, share business processes, and respond to market demands. In order to make…

• The Twelve Principles of Collaboration

  Jacob Morgan

  3 May 2012 | 10:41 am

  1.  Individual benefit is just as important as the overall corporate benefit (if not more important) Don’t focus on the overall corporate value and benefit when communicating collaboration to employees.  Employees care about how this will impact them on an individual basis.  How will this make their jobs and lives easier? 2.  Strategy before technology Before rushing to pick that shiny new collaboration platform focus on developing a strategy which will help you understand the “why” before the “how.”  This is crucial for the success of any…

• New Study: Only 10 Percent of Employees are Engaged

  Jacob Morgan

  1 May 2012 | 11:52 am

  I don’t like reading things like this, I really don’t.  But today I came across a report released by Modern Survey which found that we have a lot of work to do around engaging our employees.  Modern Survey isn’t the first firm to report low engagement numbers, Gallup and Blessing White (along with others) have all found low engagement rates within our organizations.  The questions, approaches, methodology, and data that all of these firms get is different but the trend and overall findings remains the same.  I don’t think we realize how crucial employee engagement…

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• Manitoba Lotteries MS Walk coming soon - Lac du Bonnet Leader

  16 May 2012 | 11:33 am

  Manitoba Lotteries MS Walk coming soonLac du Bonnet LeaderReminder that the Lac du Bonnet Community Centre will be hosting the Manitoba Lotteries MS Walk on May 27, 2012. By Jordan Swerid On May 27th, the Lac du Bonnet Community Centre will be hosting this year's Manitoba Lotteries MS Walk.and more »

• Free program offered on Multiple Sclerosis May 21 - Isanti County News

  16 May 2012 | 11:14 am

  Free program offered on Multiple Sclerosis May 21Isanti County NewsBy Elizabeth Sias on May 16, 2012 at 1:00 pm Cambridge Medical Center neurologist, Karen Truitt, DO, will present information on Multiple Sclerosis (MS) at a free program on Monday, May 21. The program will be held in the Foundation Room at Cambridge

• Smoked cannabis relieves tightness in MS patients - CBS42

  16 May 2012 | 8:24 am

  Mother Nature NetworkSmoked cannabis relieves tightness in MS patientsCBS42A new study finds that smoked cannabis can provide relief from pain and muscular tightness - otherwise known as spasticity – in people with multiple sclerosis at the risk of adverse cognitive effects. Spasticity causes patients with multiple sclerosis Marijuana may ease multiple sclerosis symptomsReutersConfirmed. Medical Marijuana Helps MS Spasticity.About - News & IssuesMultiple sclerosis symptoms may be relieved by marijuanaMother Nature NetworkMedical News Today -Los Angeles Timesall 97 news…

• Multiple Sclerosis Foundation to sponsor health fair Saturday - NOLA.com (blog)

  16 May 2012 | 6:41 am

  NOLA.com (blog)Multiple Sclerosis Foundation to sponsor health fair SaturdayNOLA.com (blog)By Eva Jacob Barkoff, The Times-Picayune The Bayou Multiple Sclerosis Foundation will sponsor the 12th annual MS Health Fair on Saturday. It will be held in the Solomon Theater at St. Martin's Episcopal School, 5309 Airline Drive, Metairie.

• Medina woman taking part in MS Walk to honor late sister - The Daily News Online

  16 May 2012 | 2:04 am

  Medina woman taking part in MS Walk to honor late sisterThe Daily News OnlineMS TEAM: Denise Withey and the rest of her We'll Beat MS team will participate in Sunday's MS Walk in Batavia. Withey lost her sister to the disease last year. (Submitted photo) Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 5:00 am | Updated: 1:30 am, Wed May 16,

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• Pot Might Help Ease Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms

  15 May 2012 | 12:00 am

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• FDA Issues Multiple Sclerosis Drug Alert

  15 May 2012 | 12:00 am

  Title: FDA Issues Multiple Sclerosis Drug AlertCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/14/2012 6:05:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 5/15/2012 12:00:00 AM

• FDA Issues Warning on Controversial MS Treatment

  11 May 2012 | 12:00 am

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• New Warnings for MS Drug Gilenya After FDA Review

  23 Apr 2012 | 12:00 am

  Title: New Warnings for MS Drug Gilenya After FDA ReviewCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/21/2012 11:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/23/2012 12:00:00 AM

• Early Use of MS Drug May Cut Likelihood of Progression

  20 Apr 2012 | 12:00 am

  Title: Early Use of MS Drug May Cut Likelihood of ProgressionCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/19/2012 6:05:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 4/20/2012 12:00:00 AM

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• FEDERAL FRIDAYS

  11 May 2012 | 1:00 pm

  Breaking News: CRPD.  As many of you are aware, we have been engaged with many other organizations in working to secure leaders in the Senate to champion ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).  More recently we engaged Chapters and MS Coalition members to urge President Obama to transmit the CRPD to the Senate so it can begin the ratification process – yesterday we received notice from the White House that it is ‘expeditiously’  transmitting the CRPD to the Senate for ratification.  We will continue to engage and will work…

• Ensure Equal Access to Swimming Pools for People with Disabilities

  4 May 2012 | 1:22 pm

  In 1990, Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with broad bipartisan support and President George H.W. Bush signed it into law. This historic achievement granted people living with disabilities the rights they deserve and protection from discrimination due to a disability. Specifically, it protects people with disabilities in employment settings, state and local government activities (such as public education and voting), public accommodations (such as hotels and restaurants), commercial facilities, transportation, and telecommunications.Since its enactment, the ADA has…

• CALIFORNIA MS ACTIVIST IN ACTION

  2 May 2012 | 2:14 pm

  MS activist Melanie Rowen recently provided eloquent and compelling testimony before the California State Assembly Committee on Health about difficulties affording her MS disease modifying therapy. She was there advocating for AB 1800, a bill that would help people like her and so many others facing exorbitant out-of-pocket (OOP) costs for drugs to manage her disease and its symptoms. Assembly member Fiona Ma (D-San Francisco) introduced the bill and it is co-sponsored by the National MS Society’s California Action Network and the statewide health care consumer advocacy coalition…

• State Success: Rhode Island Purchases 13 New Accessible Taxis

  1 May 2012 | 11:34 am

  On April 13, 2012 thirteen new accessible taxis were introduced to Rhode Island, greatly improving access to transportation for the mobility impaired. Local taxi companies purchased these vehicles, with support of the Federal Transit Administration’s New Freedom Program. The New Freedom Program aims to reduce barriers to transportation services and expand the transportation mobility options available for those living with a disability. Click here, to read more about the program. The RI Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) and the RI Division of Public Utilities and carriers also provided…

• FEDERAL FRIDAYS

  27 Apr 2012 | 7:12 am

  Today’s edition got a little longer than usual but be sure to read to the end – you don’t want to miss the part about Ben Bernanke warning that we’re about to go over a ‘fiscal cliff’.  And you’ll then want to click on the article to see how the author rephrases ‘fiscal cliff’ as ‘economic Armageddon.’  But there’s a lot of good stuff in here too so read on! What happens if ACA struck down?  In a word, chaos, according to this story about how winding down the law would be as challenging as implementing it.  The National MS Society Public Policy…

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• Zionist Evangelicals Are World-Class Censors of Truth About Jewish Supremacist ... - Al-Jazeerah.info

  16 May 2012 | 10:08 am

  Zionist Evangelicals Are World-Class Censors of Truth About Jewish Supremacist Al-Jazeerah.infoSuch routinely keep from their followers vital truth about Judaism, Jewish control, and Zionist abuses in the Mideast. To be a Christian and heir of the truth-seeking legacy means one abhors censorship. Of course, we are not obligated to provide a

• Society of St. Pius bishop blames Jews for antagonism - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

  16 May 2012 | 9:09 am

  Society of St. Pius bishop blames Jews for antagonismJewish Telegraphic Agency(JTA) -- A bishop for a traditionalist Catholic breakaway group said the relationship between Jews and Christians is a fundamentally antagonistic one. Jews "see in Christianity the cause of their situation today," Bishop Bernard Fellay, the Society of and more »

• 'A work of progress' - New Jersey Jewish News

  16 May 2012 | 7:46 am

  'A work of progress'New Jersey Jewish Newsby NJJN Editorial Acceptance of gay rights is as close to consensual as any issue in the Jewish community. Excepting the Orthodox, three-quarters of American Jews support same-sex marriage, and the majority of Jewish groups back gay rights.and more »

• From Polish neo-Nazi to black-hatted Jew - The Times of Israel

  15 May 2012 | 11:57 pm

  The Times of IsraelFrom Polish neo-Nazi to black-hatted JewThe Times of IsraelThe journey of Pawel Bramson toward Judaism began 14 years ago. Today an assistant to Poland's chief rabbi, he says it's an endless exploration By Katarzyna Markusz May 16, 2012, 9:55 am ARSAW (JTA) — Fifteen years ago, Pawel Bramson was a skinhead and more »

• This Day, May 16, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin - Cleveland Jewish News (blog)

  15 May 2012 | 6:04 pm

  This Day, May 16, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. LevinCleveland Jewish News (blog)Saadia was forced to deal with the challenge of assimilation of the upper-class Jews of Babylonia who were attracted to the Greek philosophers whose works had been translated into Arabic. Saadia wrote a philosophic work, The Book of Beliefs and and more »

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  NYT > Jews and Judaism

• Exhibition Traces the Emergence of Jews as Medical Innovators

  13 May 2012 | 9:00 pm

  An exhibition offers a look at the emergence of European and American Jews as innovators in medicine, despite their status as outsiders frequently scorned by the establishment.

• Q. and A. With Times Reporters About Abuse in Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Communities

  10 May 2012 | 9:00 pm

  Taking Questions: The Times reporters Sharon Otterman and Ray Rivera are responding to readers' questions about abuse cases in the ultra-Orthodox community.

• Beliefs: Bronx Teenager Knows Her Torah Trivia

  10 May 2012 | 9:00 pm

  Yeshiva University last weekend hosted the National Bible Contest, which tests students’ knowledge of stories from the Hebrew Bible.

• Who Speaks for the Children?

  10 May 2012 | 9:00 pm

  Religious leaders in Brooklyn’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities must ensure that molesters are brought to justice.

• Bloomberg Among Critics of Brooklyn District Attorney

  10 May 2012 | 9:00 pm

  Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and leading mayoral candidates rebuked Charles J. Hynes, the Brooklyn district attorney, for his handling of sex-abuse cases in the ultra-Orthodox community.

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  Create Digital Music

• Skrillex, as Reviewed By Very Young Children

  Peter Kirn

  15 May 2012 | 10:20 am

  This may already be the image you have in your mind of Skrillex’s fan base, but let’s get real: these are actual kids, and they really are getting introduced to electronic dance music through Skrillex for the first time. “What is dubstep?” Darned if I know any more, kid. What have we learned? 1. All kids sound cooler when they have English accents. (It’s unreal. They can be throwing a temper tantrum and still sound oddly sophisticated, or at least charmingly in-character. CDM’s sizable readership of English people may wonder what the heck I’m talking…

• I Dream of Wires Documentary: Carl Craig, Canada, and Modular’s Beauty and Agony [Video]

  Peter Kirn

  15 May 2012 | 8:21 am

  Like the modulars themselves, an upcoming documentary on these analog synth beasts has been lurking behind closed doors. But that won’t be the case for long. “I Dream of Wires,” the crowd-funded documentary that probes artists’ fascination with making music by connecting patch cords, will see a public showcase at Montreal’s MUTEK Festival. This and an upcoming film release, atop a big get-together in New York, could make this a proper summer of modular. In anticipation of their showcase, MUTEK has released two significant excerpts from the film. One talks to Carl…

• Music for Plants, Music by Plants, in Two Eco-Themed Album Releases [Listen, Galleries]

  Peter Kirn

  14 May 2012 | 11:27 am

  These green things, for once, are the stars, in Data Garden Quartet. From the installation version in Philadelphia. All Data Garden photos courtesy the artists. “On lead synthesizer, a philodendron …” (And the crowd goes wild…) Vegetation may not be the first association you have when thinking of electronic music. But two new albums, each released via Bandcamp, celebrate biological life of the green, leafy variety. One is a benefit compilation, with proceeds going to help trees and music inspired by that green goodness. The other uses plants as…

• Modular Lovers to Gather in NYC, Celebrate Legacy of Buchla, CV

  Peter Kirn

  14 May 2012 | 7:53 am

  A look at a Buchla, up close, from Messe in March. Some of the most innovative modules – and certainly some of the strangest parameter and module labels – have come from this designer. And for lovers of all things Control Voltage, a coming event in New York seems a don’t-miss. You could almost call it Buchlafest. Led by Manhattan electronic music hub Harvestworks, fans of modular synthesis, composition and performance with patch cords, and Don Buchla’s modular synths are set to gather in New York this summer. In the video below, they introduce not only their event…

• Remembering Adam Yauch, and the Videos You Probably Haven’t Seen That Should Make You Smile

  Peter Kirn

  11 May 2012 | 5:54 am

  By popular reader demand, CDM remembers Adam Yauch this week, teaming up with our friends at Network Awesome, who dig deep into the archives for some video gems. Peace, Adam, indeed. Try http://networkawesome.com/2012-5-11 if the video above isn’t loading for you. It’s not hard to understand the impact of the loss of Adam Yauch, aka MCA, founding Beastie Boy. With the passing of music idols comes a sense of the passage of time, all the more so when they’re barely into middle age. But MCA, to a swath of music fans, is more than a distant idol. He, and the band he helped…

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  Music Producers Forum

• Playing live with Ableton Live and Maschine Mikro without hitting ‘play’: possible?

  Jomar

  12 May 2012 | 9:37 pm

  Reblogged from rUbba nEck: The building blocks of a live set up in Ableton Live, courtesy of Beem. I’ve been trying to figure out how to play live in Ableton Live. And I mean really ‘live’. Inspired by Mr Invisible’s Justin Aswell, I want to use the sounds I’ve created in Ableton without resorting to [...]

• Sounds-Underground.com and Production Team

  Jomar

  2 May 2012 | 9:15 pm

  Reblogged from Jomar Music: Cinematographer and documentary producer Max Sayganov Sounds-Underground.com is the official domain for the music documentary series I’m working on. Eventually it will be a subdomain of MusicProducersForum.com, Sounds-Underground.com will announce the progress of pre-production, filming and post production. Currently in the midst of development stage I’m happy to say that the [...]

• Soundcloud: five favourite flavours for April

  Jomar

  2 May 2012 | 9:08 pm

  Reblogged from rUbba nEck: Every month, we pick out our five favourite flavours from the artists followed by rUbba nEck on Soundcloud; songs we think have something that makes them ear-bendingly brilliant. Here are the favourite five flavours for April: Rise and Fail: Lowbob This is a freebie from the guys from Hamburg. Opens with [...]

• Taylor Swift – Hitting the right notes in music and business

  Jomar

  19 Dec 2011 | 2:35 pm

  Taylor Swift’s multi award winning career, has made her one of the most successful singer-songwriters before the age of 21. In January 2010 Nielsen SoundScan reported Swift as the most successful digital artist in music to date with over 34.3 million digital tracks sold*. I must admit, I have never given a minutes attention to [...]

• Logic User Group for Music Producers Forum’s Linkedin members

  Jomar

  4 Dec 2011 | 2:52 pm

  Dec 2011: The Music Producers Forum group on Linkedin has launched a User Group for users of Logic midi and audio recording software. Apple’s Logic is one of the music production industry’s leading software platforms for digital audio workstations. The product has its beginnings dating back to the early 1990’s, and was acquired by Apple [...]

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  Dispatches from Tanganyika

• Forest of Delusion

  Billy Martin

  15 May 2012 | 4:14 pm

  I've made a bunch of new stuff, but none of it is quite finished yet, so I've listed some regular books on eBay. This isn't just any old PZB auction week, though. No, this is Bidding Starts At $5 Week! The chapbooks Stay Awake and Crown of Thorns, as well as hardcover copies of Plastic Jesus, Wrong Things, Antediluvian Tales, and even the deluxe tenth anniversary edition of Lost Souls, are all available for opening bids of just $5. Besides blank journals, treasure boxes, and new covers for old books, I've also been making captions. Grey takes a photograph and writes a piece of prose to go…

• Exquisite Corpse Edition of One

  Billy Martin

  14 May 2012 | 9:52 pm

  Since my "special edition" of Drawing Blood was well received, I'm working on a unique hardcover copy of Exquisite Corpse incorporating Grey's photos as well as other patterns and textures. It's bloody and decay-y, but (I think) kind of gorgeous.

• No Can Talk

  Billy Martin

  14 May 2012 | 10:47 am

  I'm sorry I haven't made a real entry in a while. There are things I want to talk about, but I've been feeling mostly non-verbal. I am making a lot of stuff, though. Images seem to rule my world right now.When people send me things from my wish list, I like to send them actual, physical thank-you notes. Unfortunately, Amazon no longer includes the gift-giver's mailing address, so I can't do that anymore. Instead, I offer a big public thank-you to Carl Kesner, Lisa Warner, Ed Stites, Jeremy Karass, and Kelly Wright for the lovely birthday gifts. Hope y'all see this. And not to drop hints, but…

• More Blank Books

  Billy Martin

  8 May 2012 | 1:25 pm

  Also: blank book auctions ending this evening (the last two listings in the store).

• Me & Grey: Blank Book Collaboration!

  Billy Martin

  7 May 2012 | 4:29 pm

  So back when I was making blank books a couple of years ago, one of my biggest problems was that I wanted to use photographic images in my collages, but didn't want to steal them from their creators or mess with getting dozens of permissions. Clearly the only solution was to start dating a photographer with a vast and gorgeous repository of images, especially if said images are homoerotic and/or set in New Orleans. When we met, I didn't even know Grey Cross was a photographer, let alone that he would inspire me to be creative again after years of lying fallow. But there was an immediate,…

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• Advance praise for Pirate Cinema

  Cory Doctorow

  14 May 2012 | 10:37 am

  My next YA novel is Pirate Cinema, which hits stands on Oct 2. The book has been complete for a long time, and now is the part in its lifecycle where it is in ballistic flight, having been launched from my device with all the skill and concentration that I can muster, with nothing else for me to do until it arrives at its destination. It's a bit of a nailbiting interlude in the lifecycle of a writer, and that's why it was such a treat to read Daniel Kraus's starred review of it in the next Booklist. I don't think I'm supposed to quote the whole thing, so here are some highlights:…

• The problem with nerd politics

  Cory Doctorow

  14 May 2012 | 8:47 am

  The Guardian

• Nerd fatalism, nerd determinism: the problem with nerd politics

  Cory Doctorow

  14 May 2012 | 8:47 am

  My latest Guardian column is "The problem with nerd politics," and it discusses the twin evils of "nerd determinism" and "nerd fatalism" -- both convenient excuses for people who care about technology policy to avoid politics. In "nerd determinism," technologists dismiss dangerous and stupid political, legal and regulatory proposals on the grounds that they are technologically infeasible. Geeks who care about privacy dismiss broad wiretapping laws, easy lawful interception standards, and other networked surveillance on the grounds that they themselves can evade this surveillance. For example,…

• Why the death of DRM would be good news for readers, writers and publishers

  Cory Doctorow

  14 May 2012 | 8:40 am

  Here's a podcast of my last Guardian column, Why the death of DRM would be good news for readers, writers and publishers: At the end of April, Tor Books, the world's largest science fiction publisher, and its UK sister company, Tor UK, announced that they would be eliminating digital rights management (DRM) from all of their ebooks by the summer. It was a seismic event in the history of the publishing industry. It's the beginning of the end for DRM, which are used by hardware manufacturers and publishers to limit the use of digital content after sale. That's good news, whether you're a…

• Seattle library hides 1,000 books around town for young people to find

  Cory Doctorow

  11 May 2012 | 1:05 am

  The Seattle Public Library system's annual Summer Reading Program is called Century 22: Read the Future, and is tied in with the 50th anniversary of the Seattle World's Fair. Young people are encouraged to scour the city's landmarks for 1,000 books hidden throughout town, and then to re-hide them for other kids to find. Among the books in this summer's program is my own YA novel Little Brother, which is a source of utter delight for me.

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• Canadian wave heads to Cannes Film Festival

  16 May 2012 | 11:21 am

  A strong Canadian contingent is heading to La Croisette for the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, which will screen new movies from both established names like David Cronenberg and budding directors invited to the French fest for the first time.

• Liza Minnelli set for Montreal jazz fest honour

  16 May 2012 | 10:27 am

  Stage and screen star Liza Minnelli, folk singer-songwriter James Taylor and filmmaker and musician Emir Kusturica will receive special awards at the upcoming Montreal International Jazz Festival.

• Lobster, moose and bagel deliver rights lessons

  16 May 2012 | 9:53 am

  A P.E.I. lawyer is finishing up a children's book series on Canada's Charter of Rights with some help from a New Brunswick lobster, a Montreal bagel, a Saskatchewan moose, and Anne of Green Tomatoes.

• Marianas Trench leads MuchMusic Video Award contenders

  16 May 2012 | 8:11 am

  Drake, Hedley score 5 nominations each

• Aaron Sorkin to pen Steve Jobs biopic

  16 May 2012 | 6:45 am

  Hollywood screenwriter Aaron Sorkin is going from Facebook to Apple, with the Oscar-winning writer to pen a screenplay based on the Steve Jobs biography