I usually like to check around before I share anything I find there and this turned up on Snopes.  But in an interesting way.  Whatever it is it's quite wonderful.  The audio link is available at the Snopes link.

Composer Jim Wilson has recorded the sound of crickets and then slowed down the recording, revealing something so amazing. The crickets sound like they are singing the most angelic chorus in perfect harmony. Though it sounds like human voices, everything you hear in the recording is the crickets themselves.

"I discovered that when I slowed down this recording to various levels, this simple familiar sound began to morph into something very mystic and complex ... almost human."

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Nonetheless, even if the original recording featured nothing other than the sounds of crickets chirping, exactly what was done to those sounds to create the finished piece remains a subject of contention. Critics contend that Wilson didn't simply slow down a continuous recording of crickets chirping; they interpret his statement that he "slowed down this recording to various levels" and Bonnie Joe Hunt's reference to Wilson's "lowering the pitch" several times to mean that he used multiple recordings of crickets, each slowed down by a different amount to produce a specific pitch, and layered them to create a melodic effect sounding like a "well-trained church choir."

According to her obituary in the Los Angeles Times, former Mayor John Lindsay first tabbed Bess Myerson to be New York's Consumer Affairs Commissioner in early 1969, in a bid to add a little glamour to an administration seen as stodgy and anachronistic. Yet she proved herself to be a very astute and highly effective public servant, who successfully championed and shepherded passage of the city's landmark Consumer Protection Act of 1969, which is still recognized as one of the strongest such laws in the entire country.

Myerson's political downfall came swiftly in 1987 as a result of her personal involvement with Andy Capasso, a wealthy contractor who was over 20 years her junior, and who was then in the midst of divorce proceedings. Accused of bribing the judge who was overseeing Capasso's divorce in an attempt to get her lover's alimony payments slashed in half, she was indicted and tabloids had a field day with what became known in New York as "The Bess Mess."

While subsequently acquitted at trial, Myerson was finished politically and she knew it. She subsequently withdrew from public life altogether in 1988 after she pleaded guilty to shoplifting $44 worth of cosmetics from a Pennsylvania department store, an inexplicable act on her part given that she was worth an estimated $16 million at the time of her arrest.

Nevertheless, Myerson was an accomplished trailblazer and role model during an era when women were first really flexing their political muscles and seeking greater roles for themselves outside the home, even though she herself came to reject any public characterization of her as a feminist icon. And for that, she should be acknowledged and respected

(NEWSER) - A group seeking to declassify data on 9/11 will speak out this week and highlight the possible involvement of Saudi officials in the terror attack, the New York Post reports. Leading the charge is Bob Graham, a former Democratic senator who co-chaired the panel that released the redacted congressional 9/11 report in 2002. Along with him, 9/11 families as well as Reps. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass) and Walter Jones (R-NC) will take part in the Capitol Hill press conference on Wednesday. Graham, who speaks of a "coverup," has long called for the US government to release the report's 28 redacted pages, the Miami Herald reports.link

On a serious note, I get the feeling that the lid is coming off this thing, and a lot of people aren't going to much like what flies out.  It's a little scary, actually, as I don't think it's going to take much to ratchet the unrest up.

Would it be in the same Book that demands the stoning of adulteresses and the putting to death of those who violate the Sabbath?

Many have remarked that "Fly" is the show's most polarizing episode. It has been widely praised by critics, and several publications have ranked it one of the series' finest episodes, particularly for its cinematography and directing, and for the dynamic between Walt and Jesse. On the other hand, the episode received a very mixed reception from audiences, some ranking it among the worst episodes. Donna Bowman of The A.V. Club gave "Fly" an A grade, praising Rian Johnson's direction and remarking that the episode "would have been stellar even with more conventional direction, but with the unhinged images and bold juxtapositions Johnson provides, it's one of the most distinctive hours of television we're likely to see this year."[3] Alan Sepinwall, writing for HitFix, speculated that "Fly" may be "the best bottle show ever" and remarked in the subtitle of his review that the budget-saving approach ended up leading to "an instant classic".[4] In 2013, Matt Zoller Seitz, writing for Vulture, named "Fly" the greatest episode of the entire series, calling it a "perfect Breaking Bad episode and a perfect hour of television."[5] The same year, the episode was ranked #5 in Entertainment Weekly's list ranking all the show's 62 episodes from best-to-worst, with Darren Franich writing, "Some people despise 'Fly' for its artsy pretensions and its go-nowhere plot arc. Others frankly think it belongs much higher on this list. But we can all agree that "Fly" is one of the great bottle episodes of the new golden age of TV."[6]

Last episode featured Cary accepting a plea and looking at two years in the can...

A complaint from a [John Doe] Grand Juror in the Daren Wilson Case in St Louis County MO.

Read the complaint. It appears that in fact the Jurors wanted to charge DW but could not/had not agreed on the charges.
Interesting tidbits gleaned so far: 1. the "implication that all grand jurors believed there was no support for any charges; 2. As of 11:40 AM, McCullouh's office has not been served the complaint but local press has it; and,  3. Plaintiff " would like to use own experience to advocate for legislative change to the way grand juries are conducted.

ST. LOUIS (AP) - A member of the grand jury that declined to indict the Ferguson police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown is asking a Missouri court to remove a lifetime order that prevents jurors from discussing the case.

It becomes suspicious at Track 368 with personal message for Unit 22 from Wilson [Unit 21] taking place at the same place in time as this 21:01:50 disturbance call and shooting event opened report.

What was that all about???

Note that Track 375 is a walkie talkie message labelled "UI", and yet the dispatcher responds "10-4 on Canfield" as if she understands. Under GJ questioning she denied understanding it or knowing whose voice it was.

Witnesses 57 and 16 testified that after the shooting Wilson was on his portable radio/walkie talkie. So was Track 375 Wilson and who was that for???  

Track 380 indicates UI communication between Unit 24 and supervisor in Unit 23. Was this also on a portable and really UI???

Track 382 is Unit 23 [the supervisor] announcing his arrival. The dispatcher calls out 12:04 -- the only real time on any of the Tracks.

This despite months of the media, police and prosecutors telling the public that the first units to arrive after the shooting did so at 12:04 when in fact it was the supervisor in Unit 23 that took that long to arrive.

The backup units had been there since Unit 24 at 12:02:22, followed by Unit 25 @12:02:41 and Unit 22 @12:02:49.

Now, too be fair, Christie is by his own admission a lifelong Cowboys fan. And honestly, anyone who'd vote either for or against a particular candidate on the sole basis of that candidate's favorite sports teams is by definition a fool. So as far as political criticism is concerned, the "Gov. Christie as Cowboys fan" meme is entirely beside the point.

And one thing that's always entirely predictable is Christie's reaction to his critics, whom he naturally dismissed while chatting this morning with WFAN-AM's Boomer Esiason on his morning sports show. Further, let's never mind the fact that as New Jersey's governor, he seems to be appearing everywhere in public but in New Jersey lately.

Rather, it's the reports that Jones flew Christie to Dallas at his own expense via his own private jet, since confirmed with the addendum that this wasn't the first time he's done so this season, which are likely to raise some public eyebrows, and may come back to haunt the governor once the presidential silly season kicks into full gear.

Certainly, the populist image the governor's been trying hard to convey to voters nationally is at least partially undermined by those TV images of him celebrating the Cowboys' victory with Jones and other elitists in that posh stadium suite yesterday, a sight which even Boomer Esiason -- himself an admitted Republican and unabashed Christie admirer -- called "creepy."

One would think that as a presidential hopeful who's long been casting himself as a "man of the people," Chris Christie would understand that in the age of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and live digital TV -- well, as Andre Agassi once quipped in those Canon camera commercials from a more than a few years back, "image is everything." That realization wasn't lost to people affiliated with American Bridge, a Hillary Clinton-touting SuperPAC, who wasted little time in taking Christie's most excellent Cowboys adventure out for a little spin.

(NEWSER) - A group seeking to declassify data on 9/11 will speak out this week and highlight the possible involvement of Saudi officials in the terror attack, the New York Post reports. Leading the charge is Bob Graham, a former Democratic senator who co-chaired the panel that released the redacted congressional 9/11 report in 2002. Along with him, 9/11 families as well as Reps. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass) and Walter Jones (R-NC) will take part in the Capitol Hill press conference on Wednesday. Graham, who speaks of a "coverup," has long called for the US government to release the report's 28 redacted pages, the Miami Herald reports.link

"gross failure to vigorously represent their client - the citizens of St. Louis, Missouri, in their capacity as prosecutors."

"It's made possible by the prosecutors, because as long as the police can expect not to be prosecuted for their misconduct, they will continue to over-police, they will continue to abuse citizens, they will continue to use excessive force," she said.

'The Supreme Court has said that grand jury secrecy must be weighed against the juror's First Amendment rights on a case-by-case basis,' Rothert said. 'The rules of secrecy must yield because this is a highly unusual circumstance.

The First Amendment prevents the state from imposing a lifetime gag order in cases where the prosecuting attorney has purported to be transparent.'

Jim Cohen, associate professor at Fordham University Law School and a grand jury expert, said the lawsuit will add to concerns about how the case was handled.

"Believe me, there's already more than a fair amount of skepticism about whether this process was fair, notwithstanding Mr. McCulloch's cynical attempt to pretend that it was fair," Cohen said.

Cohen believes the juror has a strong argument in the lawsuit.

Before summer tent poles are fully erected, and science fiction is dominated by spaceships, superheroes and special effects, "Frequencies" arrives to remind us that all sci-fi truly requires is a slightly surreal twist on life.  

In this ambitious little British film, written and directed by Darren Paul Fisher, every individual emits a frequency that determines his or her luck, particularly in love. The higher the frequency, the better the luck -- but also the lower the empathy.

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When they meet again years later, Zak (Daniel Fraser) claims to have found a way to ease their disparities. Marie (Eleanor Wyld) is first intrigued to learn how he has accomplished this. Then, when they are able to touch and even kiss, she is won over, at last able to feel.

 That's only the first of the movie's many mysteries, which unfold as it pursues issues greater than one romance. Teeming with ideas, "Frequencies" is just as interested in debating free will versus determinism, or investigating the science that might lie behind old superstitions. Flashbacks replay key scenes to reveal secrets hidden in plain view. While the detached, deadpan tone and occasionally stilted acting might leave some viewers flat, there's no doubting the fierce intelligence behind this admirable puzzle box of a movie.