11/23/2008
Neural processing of auditory feedback during vocal practice in a songbird (Nature)
Songbirds are capable of vocal learning and communication and are ideally suited to the study of neural mechanisms of complex sensory and motor processing. Vocal communication in a noisy bird colony and vocal learning of a specific song template both require the ability to monitor auditory feedback to distinguish self-generated vocalizations from external sounds and to identify mismatches ...
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11/23/2008
Review: 'Dracula' at ISU's Performing Arts Theatre (The Pantagraph)
Frosty, dry leaves rattle like bones -– perfect weather for “Dracula” now playing at Illinois State University. Forget the tuxedo-wearing Dracula you know, Stephen Dietz’ 1996 stage version of Bram Stoker’s novel is more complex and less campy. | ISU brings the vampire back to life with 'Dracula'
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11/22/2008
When DNA is Not Destiny (Newsweek)
Experiences can silence genes or activate them. Even shyness is like Silly Putty once life gets hold of it.
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11/23/2008
Style not up to scratch (The News & Observer)
Even when engrossed and transported, we readers are in constant negotiation with our book's author. Example: your author tells you that a man wakes up in his bed and finds himself to be a cockroach. A cockroach, you say? OK, Franz, it's your book, but this had better be good. And because it is the great genius Kafka telling you this story, the negotiations go well and you invest some mindful ...
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11/23/2008
Denied diversion, constable gets 10 days (Morristown Citizen Tribune)
With a prior judicial diversion having made a second one impossible, Hamblen County Constable Paul J. King pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft in criminal court Friday afternoon.
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11/22/2008
Jailhouse suicides raise questions (The Wenatchee World)
While jail suicides are rare, this two-part series examines two deaths in 2005 and 2007 at Chelan County Regional Justice Center and efforts to prevent inmate suicides.
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11/22/2008
Shrink your profanity footprint (Isthmus)
I incurred an enormous profanity debt when I injured my back shoveling snow last December. In the weeks that followed, the litany of vulgarities that spilled forth was commensurate with the pain, which was acute. Most of the words were commonplace monosyllabic nouns and verbs with drawn-out soft-consonant sounds like fff or shhh at one end and hard exclamatory consonants such as k and t on the ...
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11/22/2008
Eight-month pregnant woman arrested in meth bust (Cullman Times)
By Patrick McCrelessstaff writerCullman County Sheriff’s deputies arrested an eight-month pregnant woman and a man Friday after a meth lab was allegedly found in their Good Hope residence.
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11/21/2008
IBM Cognos helps banks mitigate credit risk (IT World)
Armonk, New York-based IBM Corp. released on Tuesday an analytical application to provide banks and financial institutions better visibility and management of credit risk across loan portfolios.
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11/20/2008
New Version of Office-in-a-Box (PC World)
Think of this as a phone system with extra stuff, rather than a file and print server with added phones.
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