Stephen King e book price war intensifies with Under the Dome
Scribner sets the digital list price at 35 for Stephen King s Under the Dome a 1000 plus page novel Amazon and other retailers face pressure from publishers to keep e book prices higher than the bargain bin. The book will not be released as an e book until December 24 as publishers seek to protect hardcover sales amid a fierce online pricing battle. King a pioneer of e books earlier offered Riding the Bullet for free in 2000 helping fuel online interest in digital publishing.
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Lasseter to receive Selznick Award from Producers Guild
John Lasseter, creator of Toy Story, will get the David O. Selznick Achievement Award at the Producers Guild of America ceremony on January 24. He is the first animated film producer honored, cited for elevating both animation and live action filmmaking through Pixar and Disney.
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Lil Wayne DNA hearing in New York gun case reviewed
In a Manhattan courtroom, rapper Lil Wayne faces a DNA profiling hearing on low copy number DNA techniques. Prosecutors cite a gun on his tour bus from a 2007 incident. Wayne pleads not guilty and could face decades if convicted.
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Dear Abby Workers Must Speak With One Voice
A call center staff writes that a recently hired female coworker with mental illness hears voices and believes coworkers plot against her. She disrupts others by asking if they can hear what is said about her. The supervisor urges the team to stay quiet.
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Dear Abby Advice Column Fragments From Ohio and Yonkers
Abigail Van Buren offers guidance on workplace mental health and a personal wedding dance request. She urges supervisor action for a coworker with untreated voices and discusses a mother/daughter dance after a son’s death, stressing open discussion with family and consent.
Ask Amy Romance Advice on Online Dating Trust Issues
A reader questions when to discuss a partner’s online dating presence after two months of dating. Amy urges self trust, advises not to obsess over site activity, and says the topic should come up only if the couple becomes exclusive or sexually involved.
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New Insights in Taste Receptors and Flavor Perception
Monell researchers explain how taste receptors detect sweet bitter salty and umami and discuss how taste signals influence digestion and food choices. They note internal receptors in the intestine may affect obesity and diabetes and that repeated exposure can shift salt preference and overall taste liking.
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Manufactured sweetness and taste bud desensitization
A home test shows how taste buds desensitize after exposure to sweet foods. Eat a sweet banana bite, then a candy bar, chew long, spit, and retry the banana to see the shift to cardboard. The demo suggests repeated refined sugar dulls natural flavors per Health101.org.
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Smokers Taste Less in Taste Threshold Study
A August study tested 62 Greek participants using tongue electrical stimulation to measure taste sensitivity. Of 28 smokers and 34 nonsmokers, smokers showed higher thresholds and flatter fungiform papillae with reduced blood supply, as reported in BMC Ear Nose and Throat Disorders.
Supertasters more sensitive to bitterness and chili pain
Supertasters, about a quarter of people, sense bitter flavors more intensely and feel pepper heat about twice as strong. A regular taster may have 11 taste buds per cm^2 versus 1,100 in a supertaster. Linda Bartoshuk, University of Florida, links mouth pain to pain receptors around taste buds.
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