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The 4th of July ~ A Celebration in Song ~ David Archuleta
Posted by djafan on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Happy Independence Day To All!
Here are some favorites and a mashup by Abrra for you to start your 4th celebrations. No one sings Patriotic like David Archuleta!
Enjoy and be safe!
Star Spangled Banner Mash Up
by Abrra
My Country 'Tis Of Thee ~ America The Beautiful Stadium Of Fire 2011
by 8throwcenter
America The Beautiful
by r2rod2
Star Spangled Banner Stadium Of Fire 2011
by 8throwcenter
God Bless America
by oldphatone
Smilebox by Angelica
29 Responses to "The 4th of July ~ A Celebration in Song ~ David Archuleta"
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 8:13 AM
Happy July 4th American fans! Have a very special day.
On the 'exclusive preview page', there are 108 comments at this monent, directed to David and the snippet. These comments are clearly written and not in fast twitter form that keep rolling on. It is easy to see comments coming in from around the world.
So, please comment on that page because the numbers should be much higher by now. It is going to be a fabulous album that will carry us in listening for a long while.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 8:39 AM
I miss David singing patriotic songs…still hoping for Super Bowl one day!!
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 8:44 AM
Happy July 4th to all. USA is the birthplace of David and so I will be eternally grateful for sharing with the rest of the world.
Thank you very much.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 10:29 AM
Happy July 4th to all my American David friends! Thanks to David I can now say I know how to sing the Star Spangled Banner! LOL.
And may I say that little snippet is the best little snippet in the whole wide world. My ears are truly very very happy. August 7 where are yooouuu????
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 10:43 AM
Happy Independence Day!!
Dja, thanks for the lovely post.and the videos, and may I just say,that top picture of David is all kinds of awesome!…beautiful.
SB and Gladys, thank you♥
Have a WONDERFUL DAY today ,everyone!
I can honestly admit that I enjoyed the Beach Boys as a teenager, but I am not a teen, and they are in their 70′s… somebody give me strength to get thru this tomorrow night. I will definitely be grateful that Scotty McCreery is there. *idea — play a video of last year's show "
*haha big Beach Boy fan too♥ Oh my, how time flies by. Hope you have fun, and let us know how the show was. I hope the BB's can still walk out onto the stage without assistance! LOL
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 11:50 AM
Happy 4th of July!!!
Great post. Love all the patriotic songs David has done, particularly the one with the flag being unfurled, such an emotional, heart-tugging performance. You're right, no one does partiotic like our David. ♥
3. Abrra,
Love, love, love that pic of David with the guitar. Wouldn't you love to see him walk out like that one day and play for us?
I too was a Beach Boys fan. "Wthey all could be California girls …" I used to want to move to California to be one every time I heard that song. haha
Have a great day everyone. I'm gonna spend some more time listening to a certain little snippet. 😉
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 11:52 AM
Geez, what happened to what I typed?
* Should be "Wish they all could be"
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 12:35 PM
The picture I posted is not my creation. It's from Rabid ( thanks for refreshing my memory, Angeluca) . It's so old that I for hey whose it was. I should have credited it as unknown earlier.
I will correctly credit it when I am home from work.
I blame all errors ont iPhone.
Abrra. 632 days
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 3:36 PM
heading out, but I've been meaning to comment, on the AWESOME newer pics on the sidebar!♥
Very very nice! Woo Hoo! Love all of em!
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 5:20 PM
Hello all,
Hope all my American friends has a very nice celebration on 4th July.
Djafan great patriotic post, love David's Star Spangled Banner at Stadium Of Fire whoever behind this arrangement was a genius !!
Abrra #3 never seen that pic before, very nice editing from R4D love to see David play it (full song) oneday 🙂
Bebereader, love your imagination…David and his guitar-full house audience-screaming fans…
I made BEGIN album promo with snippet of "somewhere only we know" that I'd like to share hope you all don't mind..here it is..
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 6:51 PM
Sir Paul, yes, I can hear it too. My first thought when I heard the clip was … just like we find him a many of many faces, he is also "a man of many voices." He never fails to amaze me. There are so many different ways he sings, and each one seems more beautiful than the one before. (Or maybe that's just the ODD kicking in. lol)
Love the fan vids with the Somewhere Only We Know clips. Hmm … I think my last comment in chat last ngiht was, I need a MGR of that clip. LOL Thanks Pocoesly and JR for obliging. 😀 I am in love with that snippet. (Hmmm … Can you actually be in love with a snippet? haha IDK, but I think I am. ♥)
You have a great imagination. I'm with you. *Chills* haha I get goosebumps just thinking about it.
15. Those pics are a nice addition. You can NEVER have too many David pics. 😀 And I agree with Sky, sidebar's lookin' good!
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 7:13 PM
Hellooooo! Happy 4th to everyone! Good to be back home after a wonderful vacation … though sorely missed my David time with all of you! Have to say that no matter where I was, there was always some little reminder of D around. Just wanted to thank & send hugs to Besty, Dja, FG, MT … what each of you shared on your previous posts was very special & meaningful!
Dja! No one makes patriotic songs sound this good. His God Bless America from the Arizona Constitution Fair 2011 is one of my favorites but that one from when he was 11 yrs old is just … WOW!
Mspoohbear! Glad you had fun at the SoCal gathering … certainly looking forward to meeting you one day!
I can't get SOWK out of my mindddd! So there I was waiting for my flight, looking all pretty with my green D shirt & SB's bracelet when I saw the tweet about the snippet. Darn phone would freeze & sputtered as I tried to listen. Shook it & turned up the volume only to have my daughter give me a horrified look, trying to shush me in the crowded airport but sorry, couldn't help myself, lol. Finally I got to hear it straight through & it was pure HEAVEN!!!! What torture not being able to replay it but I'm sure making up for it today, haha! Such a dreamy voice … who needs vacation when you can have That Voice!
MT; #10 … It's never too late to move to Cali … Thought David would laugh at this postcard I set him
(Abrra, can you post it for me, TY!). Appearances can be deceiving … remember it's what's on the inside that counts, lol! So glad Kari is still forwarding the fan mail.
Sky, Abrra; Love the new sidebar pics but for whatever reasons, I never can see them on my silly phone.
Bebe; Ooooh, Madison Garden? Would die to be at that concert! Also, I'd love to see him perform in an outdoor evening venue such as Arena at Pula in Croatia … it'd be so romantic.
BEGIN. can't get here soon enough! Love all the fan promo … nicely done Pocoelsy & JR! Now all I need is a BEGIN. T shirt to wear!
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 9:09 PM
Happy Fourth of July, to everyone here in the USA! Going to go see some safe fireworks with my own David!! ^_^
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 9:28 PM
hey Blueberry! welcome home! That picture postcard is a hoot! hahaha. David will get a big kick out of that.
18. Abrra, that's it! ♥thanks for finding, it was driving me crazy. haha
ok, fireworks are starting, gonna walk down to the end of the street for a clear view.and get sweaty.


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I've kind of avoided the topic of Black History Month this year until now, almost the end of the month. The reason is, I've been kicking around in my mind this notion of "Black History Month Syndrome." Now, stay with me a minute.
What is Black History Month Syndrome? I'll define it roughly as "the national, institutional, or personal tendency to reduce the value of racial, ethnic, or cultural awareness and celebration to a designated day, week, or month of the year." That is, we do our annual observance of the thing for that set period of time, and then we don't think about it seriously again until that same time next year. This could pertain to our current national Black History Month in general, or any similar type of annual heritage observance. Think of the annual Diversity Sunday at your church, or the great PBS documentaries on race that you have be on the lookout for during that elusive 28-day window in February, or that special issue of Time, Newsweek, or Christianity Today that trots out the usual ethnic or female voices for the annual "special issue" on African Americans or Asians or Hispanics or women.
When I was with Christianity Today, I often felt conflicted about this phenomenon. On the one hand, I rejoiced at the idea of being able to profile a significant nonwhite figure or highlight dynamic things happening in other parts of the church besides the white evangelical majority. However, on the other hand, I disliked the idea that we could only do it in a significant way usually one issue per year. I always felt our ethnic, nonwhite, and female readers could see right through our shtick. They knew we were just paying our annual homage to diversity and that it wasn't a real living and breathing part of who we were. My argument always was that we should strive to incorporate those diverse voices into the magazine on a more regular basis, not just in annual splashes. We needed to let nonwhite and female readers know that they were a valued part of the evangelical community and not just some exotic oddity that we turned the spotlight on once or twice a year. (To its credit, I think CT does a better job nowadays of being more diverse and multicultural year-round, though I know some critics would still beg to differ.)
Over the years, I've struggled mightily with this phenomenon. While I appreciate Black History Month (as well as Hispanic Heritage Month, Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, Native American Heritage Month, and Women's History Month) and value the opportunity to highlight special achievements and honor an important part of our national history, I also long for a time when we'll no longer have to consign the recognition of that history to a particular week, month, or magazine issue.
That brings me to my main reason for doing this post. I've been kicking around this theme of "the myth of post-racial America" for a possible book project, and as part of that I've entertained the admittedly outrageous (and possibly heretical) idea that perhaps we should set an actual date in the distant future for the official dissolution of Black History Month, sort of like President Obama setting a withdrawal timetable for our troops in Iraq. For instance, let's say we resolve that in 2020 we'll officially discontinue all celebrations of specific heritage months (African American, Hispanic, Polish, etc.) and begin to incorporate a recognition and appreciation of those various heritages into the regular and daily flow of our national calendar and lives. This will mean that we study black history and American Indian history and Hispanic history regularly in our school curricula, that on July 4th we include Native American, black, Hispanic, and Asian historical figures in the mix along with the other great American patriots that we commemorate on Independence Day. (This may also necessitate an immediate abolishment of Kwanzaa and a renewed national effort to remind Americans that Christ did not enter the world as a blonde, blue-eyed European infant.)
Alright, I know I'm sounding loony now. But my point is, when does it end? Will we always need Black History Month-type observances? Does authentic racial and cultural reconciliation in our country require that we observe our various annual heritage events in perpetuity? Or would true progress in reconciliation suggest that as a church or community or nation we should decide that, at some point down the road, we'll need to grow out of the necessity of our Black History Months and move on toward a more natural and genuine embrace of the diversity of our nation?
I understand that part of the reasoning behind these various heritage months is that the United States has not always been kind to those on the margins of society. The full benefits of citizenship were not always available to those of a certain race or gender. And to this day, the majority culture still tends to divide the nation based on what it has historically deemed to be the "real Americans." Therefore, we've needed to designate a special time to acknowledge, teach, honor, and celebrate the value and contributions of those groups that have been forgotten, oppressed, or systematically excluded from the national canon of history. But does our nation's sinful and dysfunctional record on matters of race and diversity mean that we will always need to manufacture these annual days and weeks and months as a reminder of what we're really supposed to be—as a nation and as human beings?
The apostle Paul said, "For we now know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways" (1 Cor. 9-12). Might this principle of "growing up" also apply to our annual heritage celebrations and observances?
A few years ago, a friend of mine told me a story that has stuck with me ever since. My friend, who is white, is a strong believer in racial reconciliation and justice ministries. A talented musician, he leads a multiracial community gospel choir. He shared an experience that he had as a seminary student interning at an African American church. Leading special music during a Black History Month program at the church, he introduced a song by saying, "This month we celebrate Black History, but our prayer is that, one day, we will no longer have a need for a special month like this." His point, of course, was that ideally someday our nation would progress to the place where a special heritage month was no longer the only time that we would acknowledge and value the importance of black history. However, in an awkward moment, the pastor pulled him aside after the service and politely advised him, "Don't ever say something like that again." My friend was very apologetic, and after a brief moment he was able to recognize why what he said was problematic. For that black church leader, the suggestion that we should strive toward no longer needing a Black History Month was tantamount to saying we should work to get rid of Christmas or Easter.
That pastor's reaction leads me back to my original concern. The question again: If Black History Month and our other annual cultural heritage observances are really accomplishing what they're intended to, wouldn't it be reasonable to expect that the day will come when we will no longer need them?


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Vote for Your Favorite Cake in the Taste of Home Cake Decorating Contest
The Taste of Home Cooking Show with Jamie Dunn is coming to Tyler on Sept. 6 at Harvey Convention Center, and leading up to the big show, you can vote for your favorite cakes in our cake decorating contest!
Four amateur cake decorators, decided by your votes, will be pitted together in the ultimate cake-decorating contest the day of Taste of Home. Celebrity judges from Chez Bazan, Bernard Mediterranean Restaurant and ZaZa's Italian in Tyler will be on hand to pick the winner.
We have it narrowed down to seven finalists, and the cakes with the top four votes will be participating in the showdown at Taste of Home 2012.
So, without further adieu, check out the cakes and vote for your favorite!
Amanda Jackson
Barett Henderson
Brittney Waller
Emily Smith
Melanie Cooper
Michelle Monk
Ressa Peel
All that's left to do is vote for your favorite!


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Since the onset of psychology as an academic discipline at the end of the 19th century, it has been functioning on the premise of a disease model: most psychologists were mainly interested in what´s "wrong with people" – and then finding cures for all those wrongs. Which is fine, but … just not the only way looking at humankind. It took psychology about a hundred years to take on the opposite perspective: trying to find out what´s right with people. Together with a colleague, the late Christopher Peterson, Martin Seligman published the book Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification about ten years ago, which scientifically classifies and describes 24 human strengths based on six broad virtues.
In order to make their list, a character strength had to satisfy most of the following criteria. Character strengths should be:
- fulfilling;
- intrinsically valuable;
- non-rivalrous;
- not the opposite of a desirable trait;
- trait-like (stable over time);
- not a combination of the other character strengths;
- personified by people made famous through story, song, etc.;
- observable in child prodigies;
- absent in some individuals;
- and nurtured by societal norms and institutions.
The six virtues and 24 character strengths are:
Wisdom and Knowledge
(strengths that involve the acquisition and use of knowledge)
- creativity
- curiosity
- open-mindedness
- love of learning
- perspective and wisdom
(strengths that allow one to accomplish goals in the face of opposition)
- bravery
- persistence
- integrity
- vitality
(strengths of tending and befriending others)
- love
- kindness
- social intelligence
(strengths that build healthy community)
- active citizenship
- fairness
- leadership
(strengths that protect against excess)
- forgiveness
- humility
- prudence
- self-regulation
(strengths that forge connections to the larger universe and provide meaning)
- appreciation of beauty
- gratitude
- hope
- humor and playfulness
- spirituality
What are my signature strengths?
Why should anybody be interested in his/her strengths? The rationale for finding out what our real strengths are is rather simple: Using our so-called signature strengths in daily life and work makes us happy – and most likely: successful. It makes us feel good about ourselves. It invigorates and energizes us. It´s the real deal…
You can find out what your signature strength are by taking a comprehensive scientific test on Martin Seligman´s website: the Signature Strengths Questionnaire. I´ve taken the test about a year ago – my main character strengths are:
Curiosity and interest in the world
You are curious about everything. You are always asking questions, and you find all subjects and topics fascinating. You like exploration and discovery.
Love of learning
You love learning new things, whether in a class or on your own. You have always loved school, reading, and museums-anywhere and everywhere there is an opportunity to learn.
Zest, enthusiasm, and energy
Regardless of what you do, you approach it with excitement and energy. You never do anything halfway or halfheartedly. For you, life is an adventure.
Humor and playfulness
You like to laugh and tease. Bringing smiles to other people is important to you. You try to see the light side of all situations.
Capacity to love and be loved
You value close relations with others, in particular those in which sharing and caring are reciprocated. The people to whom you feel most close are the same people who feel most close to you.


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Jeffrey P. Bezos, the next owner of The Washington Post, says he doesn't have all the answers for what's ailing the newspaper industry or for the financially challenged news organization he is preparing to buy. But he says he's eager to start asking questions and conducting experiments in the quest for a new "golden era" at The Post.
In his first interview since his $250 million purchase of The Post was announced in early August, Bezos said his basic approach to operating the business will be similar to the philosophy that has guided him in building Amazon.com from a start-up in 1995 to an Internet colossus with $61 billion in sales last year.
"We've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years, and they're the reason we're successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient," he said. "If you replace 'customer' with 'reader,' that approach, that point of view, can be successful at The Post, too."
Bezos, 49, spoke via phone from Seattle on Friday, four days before he was scheduled to visit The Post for the first time since the announcement of its purchase from The Washington Post Co. and the controlling Graham family. The sale, which shocked the news industry, is expected to close in October.
Bezos said his major contribution to the business will be in offering his "point of view" in discussions with the paper's leadership about how the publication should evolve. He also said he provides "runway" — financial support over a lengthy period in which the management can experiment to find a profitable formula for delivering the news.
"If we figure out a new golden era at The Post . . . that will be due to the ingenuity and inventiveness and experimentation of the team at The Post," he said. "I'll be there with advice from a distance. If we solve that problem, I won't deserve credit for it."
During his visit Tuesday and Wednesday, Bezos plans to meet with Post publisher Katharine Weymouth and top managers of the paper's business and editorial operations. He will tour the newsroom in downtown Washington and the production plant in suburban Springfield, Va.
Wednesday's visit will be bracketed by meetings with Post journalists — first with about 20 reporters and editors in the morning and concluding with a town hall-style meeting with the entire newsroom in the afternoon. The last time Bezos encountered a roomful of the paper's journalists was in 1999, when he was the guest of Katharine Graham, the company's late chairman, during a luncheon interview with reporters and editors.
Based on his comments in the interview Friday, Bezos appears unlikely to make any major decisions or pronouncements during his visit or propose any immediate changes. He said he is eager to meet with and listen to managers and learn about the news organization's operations.
The Post is the first newspaper that Bezos has owned and will be operated as a stand-alone business, independent of Amazon. Bezos intends to keep his "day job" as chairman and chief executive of Amazon and will continue living in Seattle, where the company is based.
Bezos is one of the world's richest men, with a net worth of around $24 billion, based on the current value of his Amazon stock holdings. His deep pockets, technological savvy and reputation as a long-term strategic thinker were among the attributes that Post Co. chief executive Donald E. Graham cited in selling him The Post after 80 years under the Graham family's control. Graham said he saw no alternative to continued investment, which would be difficult for a publicly traded company.
Graham and Weymouth, his niece, quietly put the business up for sale earlier this year after concluding that The Post required an owner capable of making sustained investment in it.
Bezos agreed: "It's important for The Post not just to survive, but to grow," he said. "The product of The Post is still great. The piece that's missing is that it's a challenged business. No business can continue to shrink. That can only go on for so long before irrelevancy sets in."
In the interview, Bezos stressed that he has no immediate fixes for newspapers in general or for The Post, which is beset by Web-based competition that has weakened its advertising base and steadily sapped its print readership.
"Don was helpful in interviews [following the purchase] when he said, 'Mr. Bezos is a businessman, not a magician,' " Bezos said. "I thanked him for that afterwards. In my experience, the way invention, innovation and change happen is [through] team effort. There's no lone genius who figures it all out and sends down the magic formula. You study, you debate, you brainstorm and the answers start to emerge. It takes time. Nothing happens quickly in this mode. You develop theories and hypotheses, but you don't know if readers will respond. You do as many experiments as rapidly as possible. 'Quickly' in my mind would be years."
But Bezos suggested that the current model for newspapers in the Internet era is deeply flawed: "The Post is famous for its investigative journalism," he said. "It pours energy and investment and sweat and dollars into uncovering important stories. And then a bunch of Web sites summarize that [work] in about four minutes and readers can access that news for free. One question is, how do you make a living in that kind of environment? If you can't, it's difficult to put the right resources behind it. . . . Even behind a paywall [digital subscription], Web sites can summarize your work and make it available for free. From a reader point of view, the reader has to ask, 'Why should I pay you for all that journalistic effort when I can get it for free' from another site?"
Although he said he reads The Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal regularly, Bezos didn't grow up immersed in newspapers or dreaming of being involved with one. His "love affair," he said, has always been with "the printed word in all its forms." Amazon started as an online book retailer; it now publishes its own books. It has also moved into video production, competing with Netflix and others in streaming original programs. Bezos's wife, MacKenzie, is a published novelist.
The Internet and Amazon's launch of the Kindle e-reader convinced him that the printed word doesn't have to be on paper. "The key thing about a book is that you lose yourself in the author's world," Bezos said. "Great writers create an alternative world. It doesn't matter if you enter that world" via a digital or printed source.
After Graham broached the idea of Bezos buying the paper earlier this year, Bezos said he spent two months contemplating what he could bring to the business. He was convinced that The Post was "an important institution," and he said he was optimistic about its future. But he needed time to think over a third issue.
"I had to convince myself that I could bring something to the table," he said. "I discussed this at great length with Don. I thought I could, because I could offer runway and some skill in technology and the Internet and a point of view about long-term thinking, reader focus and the willingness to experiment."
Added Bezos: "I'm a genetic optimist. I've been told, 'Jeff, you're fooling yourself; the problem is unsolvable.' But I don't think so. It just takes a lot of time, patience and experimentation."
Asked how he saw The Post — as a local, national or international news organization — Bezos demurred. "That's a question that needs to be answered in concert with the leadership team of The Post. Is it local? Or national? Is it something new?" Whatever the mission, he said, The Post will have "readers at its centerpiece. I'm skeptical of any mission that has advertisers at its centerpiece. Whatever the mission is, it has news at its heart."
Craig Timberg contributed to this article.


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It's rare to find a teen phenomenon who successfully makes the transition to adult superstar, and nearly impossible to find an artist who continues to remain relevant and innovative more than three decades later. Yet throughout her career, Amy Grant has always been in a class by herself.
Grant's early work in the Christian music field helped define the genre, and her crossover success in the pop market brought her a global audience. Grant has sold more than 30 million albums, won six Grammys, 26 Dove Awards and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her acclaimed 2013 album How Mercy Looks From Here debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Christian chart, becoming her 16th chart-topping Christian album.
Up next, the iconic artist throws her fans an enjoyable curve ball with In Motion: The Remixes. Enlisting the best remix engineers and DJs in the business, Grant delivers an engaging collection that reveals the timeless power of such classic hits as "Baby, Baby," "Every Heartbeat," "Stay for Awhile," and "Love Will Find a Way" alongside more recent fare such as "Better Than a Hallelujah," which has evolved from poignant ballad to buoyant celebration.
"I thought that 'Better Than A Hallelujah' was the biggest left turn," Grant says of the 2010 hit, which becomes a soulful anthem in the hands of the godfather of gospel house DJ Mark Picchiotti. "Sometimes I find with a lot of things, whether it's music or food, sometimes an experience that seems like a hard left becomes more intriguing with time."
Always intriguing, Grant's catalog of hits takes on a new life with In Motion: The Remixes. "Hearing this made me so happy," Grant says. "It's just a great combination of nostalgia and this totally new spin. I am humbled and honored that these amazingly talented producers have leant their gifts to my songs. They just basically made them new songs. I'm still singing all of those songs, so to hear those messages in a new musical setting, while holding onto the essence of the song, it just made me re-engage. It reminded me of the kind of enthusiastic energy that I haven't felt for a long while. It just made me want to get up and dance."
Over the years, Grant's fans have gotten a little taste of how her music would sound with different interpretations. "The first remixes that I were a part of were back in the early 90's when I was on A&M Records. We had multiple remixes for five singles off of the Heart in Motion album and then two song off of House of Love but we never did a collection of remixes for an album until now," says Grant, who credits her manager, Jennifer Cooke, with suggesting the project to executives at Capitol Christian Music Group. "All along, I have had fans who have begged for a remix project, so Jennifer just went to the label and said, 'I really feel like there's a market for Amy in this.'"
The top DJ and remix engineers in the business were excited about lending their skills to Grant's timeless tunes. Dance producer Chris Cox breathes new life into "That's What Love is For" while British DJ and electronic music duo Danny Harrison and Arthur Smith, best known as Moto Blanco, add a fresh spin to Grant's upbeat 1991 hit "Every Heartbeat." Tony Moran and Warren Rigg put Grant's compelling vocal front and center in their new version of "Stay for Awhile," which explodes from the speakers with an unprecedented urgency that will bring you to your feet.
Grammy nominated producer, DJ and remixer Dave Audé brings his formidable skills to "Baby, Baby," which first topped the charts for two consecutive weeks in 1991. The new remixed "Baby Baby" debuted at the No. 1 Breakout spot on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart quickly earning a new legion of fans. "Remixing 'Baby, Baby' has definitely been one of the highlights of my career," Audé enthuses. "I loved this song when it was released in 1991, and I still love hearing it today; you can't say that about many records 23 years later. 'Baby, Baby' has crossed genres, and I'm hoping my remix will add yet another genre to this timeless classic."
It is Grant's ability to dissolve musical boundaries and impact music lovers of all ages and cultural backgrounds that has made her one of the world's most celebrated talents for more than three decades. She grew up in Nashville, Tennessee and was just an earnest young singer/songwriter with a guitar when she caught the attention of Word Records. Her career exploded and her name became synonymous with the burgeoning contemporary Christian music movement. When A&M Records took her to the pop world in the early 90s, her fan base expanded exponentially. To date, she has earned three multi-platinum albums, six platinum albums and four gold albums along with ten Top 40 pop singles and seventeen Top 40 Adult Contemporary hits as well as a string of No. 1 songs on the Contemporary Christian charts.
There's more to her impact than a treasure trove of award show trophies and a lengthy list of successful chart statistics. Ask any fan and they'll tell you that attending an Amy Grant concert is like a great visit with an old friend. The intimacy and authenticity that informed the music of Amy's heroes Carole King and James Taylor has become the bedrock of her own pioneering body of work. The Remixes showcases the songs that have made Amy Grant a household name in a totally new light, and though the production may be different the timeless messages of hope and optimism remain. "I love how they breathed fresh energy to these songs," she says. "I love the current remix sensibilities being applied to those old songs. I thought they breathed incredible new life into nostalgic melodies. It was amazing to me that they could take well known lines and recreate a whole new sonic structures."
In Motion: The Remixes is just the latest chapter in a career that has been constantly in motion for nearly four decades. "In the last several years, the majority of the music that I have produced has been more reflective," Grant says. "This is something that I'm so excited about it right now. I never dreamed at 53 that I would be a part of a music production that felt so youthful and made you want to dance. It's great to want to dance again!"
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Amy Grant - Grown-Up Christmas List - Christian Music Videos
The perfect Christmas gifts under the tree this year all come from Amy Grant's 'Grown-up Christmas list. She sings the longings in our hearts.
"So here's my lifelong wish. My grown-up Christmas list. Not for myself, but for a world in need.No more lives torn apart. Then wars would never start. And time would heal all hearts. And every one would have a friend and right would always win, and love would never end."
Can you imagine waking up to a Christmas where love has won the world over? The news would be filled with inspiring and heartwarming stories instead of wars, the pandemic, and senseless tragedies. Families would be together and children would grow up without anxiety and fear. Wouldn't it be truly miraculous? Almost like heaven on earth. We can all take something from Amy's song and put it into action. While we may not be able to create world peace, we can show the love of Jesus by being his hands and feet when the opportunity comes in our own lives. Maybe it's volunteering at a soup kitchen, inviting lonely neighbors to dinner, or showing kindness to a stranger.
As children, we thought the best things in life were wrapped in shiny boxes topped with a perfect red bow. Now that we're grown up, we know it's things like peace, hope, and love. It's special moments like being surrounded by friends and family. It's having our health and a strong relationship with Jesus too. Those are the best gifts that don't come perfectly wrapped.
May this Christmas be filled with love, joy, and peace. May we all take Amy's words to heart and find a way to spread the love of Jesus this Christmas season.
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law," Galatians 5:22-23.
Amy Grant Albums
Be Still and Know... Hymns & FaithApril 2015
Album Tracks
- Be Still and Know
- Carry You
- Deep As It Is Wide (feat. Eric Paslay & Sheryl Crow)
- El Shaddai
- Holy, Holy, Holy
- It Is Well With My Soul/The River's Gonna Keep On Rolling
- Jesus, Take All of Me (Just As I Am)
- Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
- My Jesus, I Love Thee
- Power In the Blood
- Rock of Ages (feat. Vince Gill)
- Softly and Tenderly
- This Is My Father's World
- 'Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus
- What a Friend We Have In Jesus/Old Rugged Cross/How Great Thou Art
In Motion (The Remixes)August 2014
Album Tracks
- Baby Baby (feat. Dave Aude)
- Better Than a Hallelujah (feat. Mark Picchiotti)
- Every Heartbeat (feat. Moto Blanco)
- Find a Way (feat. Ralphi Rosario)
- Mega Mix (feat. DJ Andy 7th Heaven) [Medley]
- Out In the Open (feat. 7th Heaven) [Radio Edit]
- Say Once More (feat. Hex Hector)
- Stay For Awhile (feat. Tony Moran & Warren Rigg)
- Stay For Awhile (feat. Tony Moran) [Destination Mixshow Edit]
- That's What Love Is For (feat. Chris Cox)
- You're Not Alone (feat. Guy Scheiman)
How Mercy Looks from Here (Deluxe Edition)May 2013
Album Tracks
- Better Not to Know (feat. Vince Gill)
- Deep As It Is Wide (feat. Eric Paslay & Sheryl Crow)
- Don't Try So Hard (feat. James Taylor)
- Faith
- Free
- Golden
- Greet the Day
- Here
- How Mercy Looks from Here
- If I Could See (What the Angels See)
- Not Giving Up
- Our Time Is Now (feat. Carole King)
- Shovel In Hand (feat. Will Hoge)
Somewhere Down the RoadMarch 2010
Album Tracks
- Arms of Love (2010 Version)
- Better Than a Hallelujah
- Come Into My World
- Every Road
- Find What You're Looking for
- Hard Times
- Medley: Imagine / Sing the Wondrous Love of Jesus
- Overnight (feat. Sarah Chapman)
- Somewhere Down the Road
- Third World Woman
- Unafraid
- What Is the Chance of That
She Colors My Day - EPMay 2009
Album Tracks
- Baby Baby
- Oh How the Years Go By
- She Colors My Day
- Unafraid
Heart In MotionAugust 2007
Album Tracks
- How Can We See That Far
- Hope Set High
- Good for Me
- Baby, Baby
- Every Heartbeat
- That's What Love Is For
- Ask Me
- Galileo
- You're Not Alone
- Hats
- I Will Remember You
Home for ChristmasAugust 2007
Album Tracks
- The Night Before Christmas
- Emmanuel, God With Us
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
- Joy to the World / For Unto Us a Child Is Born
- Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)
- O Come All Ye Faithful
- Grown-Up Christmas List
- Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
- Winter Wonderland
- I'll Be Home for Christmas
House of LoveAugust 2007
Album Tracks
- Our Love
- Children of the World
- Lucky One
- Say You'll Be Mine
- Whatever It Takes
- House of Love
- The Power
- Oh How the Years Go By
- Big Yellow Taxi
- Helping Hand
- Love Has a Hold On Me
Lead Me OnAugust 2007
Album Tracks
- Sure Enough
- 1974
- If You Have to Go Away
- Say Once More
- Lead Me On
- Shadows
- Saved By Love
- Faithless Heart
- What About the Love
- If These Walls Could Speak
- All Right
- Wait for the Healing
The CollectionAugust 2007
Album Tracks
- In a Little While
- El-Shaddai
- I Have Decided
- Too Late
- I'm Gonna Fly
- All I Ever Have to Be
- Father's Eyes
- Ageless (Medley)
- Stay for a While
- Love Can Do
- Find a Way
- Everywhere I Go
- Angels
- Thy Word
- Emmanuel
- Where Do You Hide Your Heart
- Sing Your Praise to the Lord
Rock of Ages...Hymns & FaithMay 2005
Album Tracks
- Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
- El Shaddai (Re-Recorded)
- I Surrender All
- O' Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go
- Anywhere With Jesus
- Carry You
- Sweet Will of God
- Joyful, Joyful (We Adore Thee)
- Jesus Loves Me / They'll Know We Are Christians / Helping Hand
- Rock of Ages (duet With Vince Gill)
- O Master, Let Me Walk With Thee
- Abide With Me (LP Version)
- God Moves In a Mysterious Way / the Lord Is In His Holy Temple


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libccid and USB selective suspend
I committed in revision 5706 a patch to activate the USB automatic power suspend. The idea is to power off a reader when it is not used.
What is it?From the LessWatts page about Device and Bus Power Management:
USB selective suspendIt should be a good idea to use the USB selective suspend for USB smart card readers.
This is a project in progress for the USB subsystem. USB selective suspend allows you to suspend a USB device on demand. If one device doesn't support selective suspend, then the entire bus must remain active. This not only consumes USB bus power unnecessarily, but also prevents the CPU from entering lower power states.
How does it work?The very good news is that USB selective suspend is managed by the kernel itself when set in automatic mode. The libccid driver source code do not have to be changed in any way.
The only thing to do is to tell the kernel to use the
automatic mode (instead of always
on mode). This can be done by a udev rule. Since libccid version 1.4.1 a udev rule file is provided to set the access rights for the pcscd auto start feature.
I just needed to a new line to the udev rule file to enable the automatic USB selective suspend:
ENV{ID_USB_INTERFACES}=="*:0b0000:*", RUN+="/bin/sh -c 'echo auto > /sys/$devpath/power/level ; echo auto > /sys/$devpath/power/control'"
DetailsFor every device with ID_USB_INTERFACES set to 0xB or 11 (CCID devices) do:
- echo
- echo
$devpath will be expanded by udev to something like
bus/usb/devices/8-1.3. So the full filename is something like
I use two echo lines because
.../power/level is used in "old" kernels like the 2.6.32 used by Debian squeeze (stable) but has been deprecated in Linux kernel 2.6.35 and replaced by
.../power/control. So to be able to work on a majority of kernel versions I use both filenames. The old filename should be removed at some point in the future.
Automatic USB selective suspend does work if no process if using the USB device. So pcscd must not be running so no driver is using the USB device. Since pcscd auto start feature, pcscd also does an auto stop so if no application is using the PC/SC API no pcscd should be running and then the kernel will be able to suspend unused USB smart card readers.
The default kernel timeout is 2 seconds. So 2 seconds after pcscd exits the USB smart card readers should be suspended. For example with my Gemalto PC Twin reader the LED will stop blinking and will be off.
Possible issuesI have not used many different readers with this change. So it may be possible that some readers does not support well the USB selective suspend.
ConclusionI have not measured the power saving of this new feature. The
MaxPower (returned by lsusb) of the Gemalto PC Twin reader is 200mA. But I guess the power really consumed if less than that. And on a desktop computer the difference will be quiet small.
But if you have a laptop and you rarely use your smart card reader the saving will be more interesting.


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"When I first came inside, it almost sounded louder inside than outside." Yes, it does. It's like living inside a drum.
I sat in my living room reading this article last night with painfully throbbing ears and a headache, due to turbine noise that penetrates through the walls of my house. The noise kept me awake until 3 a.m. I had to write a reply to the tripe that was published in the OBSERVER (Feb. 19).
I bought my home to reside, because of its semi-secluded, quiet and peaceful nature. There is a river across the road from me and wooded area that surrounds me. I enjoyed listening to the river and birds, which is about all I ever heard, until a wind farm was erected around my property. There is a never-ending, jet-like sound that rips through my property and house. There is nothing natural about the noise that comes from these turbines and they are loud! The peaceful existence I once enjoyed here has been stolen from me!
EDP Renewables and the town of Chateaugay's Jericho Rise Wind Farm was planted too close to my house. There are four 482-foot turbines approximately 1,800 to 2,600 feet from my home. The industry standard for turbine "setbacks" from residences are ridiculously too close.
Much of the time, sound levels at the west and south side of my home is above the allowable 50 dBA which the town of Chateaugay has deemed to be acceptable and legal. The lower frequency dBC levels for sound, or infrasound, are not even taken into account. According to acoustic engineering experts, dBC sound levels have a much higher pressure rating than dBA readings. This noise is detrimental to human health and is well documented throughout the world. I am living proof. The noise inside and outside of my home is a completely menacing nuisance.
I am not a "naysayer." I am living with these behemoths that surround my property. In fact, I have been living with wind turbines from an older wind farm approximately 3-4 miles from me for the past 6 1/2 years. About 7 months out of the year, due to leafless trees, I can see 15 of them from my front porch. They really don't bother me. I can't say I like them, but I can't hear them either.
I was never an opponent of wind power. I am a science teacher of 11 years and teach about sound and alternative energies. It is in the state curriculum. I even went to an all day wind power teacher's workshop to get a better understanding of wind energy eight years ago. The wind industry has been setting us up for a fall a long time ago.
By the way, standing directly underneath a turbine is the quietest place to listen to them. Stand back 500, 1000, 1500 feet and downwind from them, and if you still think they are not loud, then you must be deaf. If anyone would like to come to my home in Chateaugay to get a true experience of what these monsters sound like, you are welcome to visit. A town councilman from a neighboring town was here yesterday and he said, "When I first came inside, it almost sounded louder inside than outside." Yes, it does. It's like living inside a drum.
As far as a tax base for your community is concerned, there will be none. They will not pay any business property tax whatsoever. The wind farm company will cram a Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) Program down your throat. The county, town and possibly school district will receive a pittance compared to what the wind developer receives in government subsidies. This is how they can afford to build these wind farms.
The absurdity of saying that birds will just fly around the towers is also ridiculous. Birds of prey are looking down to the ground for food, not what's in front of them. Migratory birds are flying in excess of 40 miles per hour. They do not have the ability to just stop in mid-air and fly around.
Putting "hope and trust" in the wind company is dangerous. I have made many complaints to EDP Renewables and Chateaugay about the nuisance noise. They have been to my house once to take a sound test. It was taken on a day with 2-3 mph wind speeds, and in between my house and garage which blocks all of the south wind. The town engineer said the reading was 38.5 dBA.
Folks, it is not a far stretch from 38.5 dBA to over 50 dBA when the winds are from the west or south in excess of 12 miles per hour. I know, because I have been taking my own sound level readings since Jan. 1. The town and EDP Renewables said they would be taking multiple tests. Two days later, with no notice, town board members popped into my backyard at 9:30 a.m. with a sound meter. I wondered what they were doing here, because it was a legal holiday and again, practically no wind. They acted as though they didn't realize I was home. They didn't even knock on my door.
They stated they would be back. Just before they left, one town board member stated, "We wouldn't want these in our backyard either." I called the town supervisor later in the day and asked to be notified 24 hours in advance and that I want to be present when these tests were done. They have not been back since. It has been almost two months. I have been lied to and ignored.
During this time, I was introduced to a well credentialed acoustic engineer through a friend. He sent me data on what a proper sound test should include. I have continued to call the EDP Renewable complaint hotline. They were supposed to take more tests last week. I sent EDP Renewables operations manager, town engineer and town supervisor data from the acoustic engineer about what I would be expecting for a proper sound test. I am being ignored once again. So, if anyone thinks that the process of developing a wind farm (before, during or after) is honest and trustworthy, you really should be talking to people that are living in the middle of a wind farm.
Please, do not be fooled by any wind farm company! Also, if you are a non-participating landowner, do not sign their "Neighbor Agreement." You will lose all your rights (on, under, over, around, etc.) as a property owner. If you have any of the problems I am experiencing right now, you will lose the ability to do or say anything to anyone about it. It is a "gag order" for a very small annual payment.
In closing, I need to say that I gain nothing by writing this. It is only to help those that may be in danger of having to live with a wind farm near their home.
Kevin Sigourney is a resident of Chateaugay, which is located in Franklin County in northern New York near Massena.
Published in Observer March 12, 2017: http://www.observertoday.com/opinion/commentary/2017/03/once-turbines-arrive-say-goodbye-to-peace-quiet/


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I made these little pastries using the Persian Quince Jam from last post but you could use any jam you like. I have used this lovely fig & honey compote before too which is great if you don't like using sugary jams.
Sambouseks are little samosa-like pastries that are normally savoury and filled with meat or cheese. I made these savoury Fig & Feta Sambouseks before, so this is just a little step in a sweeter direction. The picture below is of the savoury sambouseks and demonstrates the folding technique.
Sweet Quince, Fennel Seed & Pistachio Sambousek Pastries Recipe
Makes 16-20 pastries. Vegetarian/Vegan.
- 225 g (1 1/2 cups) white spelt flour (or normal)
- 4 tbsp olive oil plus extra for brushing
- a pinch of salt
- 1 tsp fennel seeds
- 1 tsp sugar
- 110 ml (1/2 cup) warm water
- jam/compote/carne de membrillo
- feta cheese or ricotta or queso fresco (optional)
- honey or agave syrup
- a handful of pistachios, very finely chopped
Sieve the flour sugar and salt into a large bowl then stir in the fennel seeds. Add the olive oil, mixing it in with a fork then make a well in the middle of the flour and pour in the warm water. With your hand, fold the flour into the water, turning the bowl as you go until you get a sticky dough.
Turn it out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and no longer sticky, 1 or 2 minutes. Wrap in clingfilm and rest in the fridge for at least an hour.
Preheat the oven to 180C and line two baking sheets with parchment brushed with a little oil.
Flour your work surface and rolling-pin and roll the dough out until it is about 2mm thick. Cut out small circles about 3 inches in diameter (use a floured cutter or a glass). Lift the excess pastry away from the circles and re-roll it and cut out more circles. Keep doing this until you have used most of the dough. You should get 16-20 in total depending on the thickness of your dough.
Put the circles on the lined baking tray and, using a teaspoon place a small amount of jam in the centre of the circle and top with a little cheese (if using). Lift up the two opposite edges and seal them above the filling. Seal the two other ends by pinching them together to create a four-cornered sambousek. (See picture above). They can be refrigerated at this point if necessary.
Brush the tops of the sambouseks with a little olive oil and bake for 15 -25 minutes until golden and cooked. Leave to cool slightly then brush the tops with honey or agave syrup and dip them in the finely chopped pistachios.
Serve the sweet sambouseks warm or at room temperature with a glass of fresh mint tea or Turkish coffee.


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Robert Downey Jr and Jeremy Renner are in Nashville with their kids. On Monday they all went to the Nashville Zoo. Here are Iron Man and Hawkeye pushing strollers around. For RDJ it's his son Exton and for Jeremy Renner, it's daughter Ava Berlin. His girlfriend Sonni Pacheco was also there.
It's kinda great that the Avengers are hanging out all family styles, right?
I quite like RDJ's man bag. Better than a fanny pack, non?
Also you can tell that Exton has great hair already, like he does.


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Manti Te'o won't participate in the Senior Bowl, a decision that's probably for the best, given recent circumstances involving the Notre Dame linebacker.
That doesn't mean Te'o won't remain a topic of discussion, however. NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock is in Mobile, Ala., where he was asked on Monday's edition of "NFL Total Access" if Te'o's draft stock has been hurt by the hoax involving a fictitious girlfriend.
Te'o had been thought to be a first-round pick by many draft experts before his world caved in last week.
"As far as Manti Te'o is concerned, we're over three months from the draft," Mayock said. "And I try to tell everybody all the time: the draft is a process. It doesn't happen just because of your regular season or your bowl game. He's coming off a bad bowl game. He's coming off a situation where he's become somewhat of a national punchline.
"However, given the timeframe we have, does he have time to rehabilitate his image? I would tell you that until the facts come out, until we know everything that has actually happened, that no one knows how it will affect his draft status. But what I like is there's so much time left, all 32 teams are going to do their homework. On the field, he's a first-round pick to me, and at that point, he's just got to rehab everything, look people in the eye and say, 'I am that guy, maybe I made a mistake.' "
Given the nature of the 24-hour news cycle, the Te'o controversy will seem like it happened decades ago by the time we get to April. That said, this scandal won't be forgotten, especially by NFL teams deciding what rookie deserves a seven-figure investment.


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My Mom looks at her hands constantly….she touches them, rubs and worries over them, she will even comment that her hands look so bad. I beg to differ with her…I consider them the strong symbols for a life lived, proof of her endurance.
Yet she, seems surprised by the look of them….I know why, it is a daily reminder of the days lived, her age can't be hidden from her hands. All the beauty products in the world can't conceal the well worn years, lipstick and blush can paint in our youth but, our hands reveal our true self.
Now that she has been overcome by the perils of Alzheimer's, her life has shifted, she no longer is …"I am woman, hear me roar!", a pseudo strength that propelled her to raise kids and work after divorce when not everyone was so understanding of her independence…she is although, still somewhat the master of her domain even within the realm of her small world now, it is baffling and yet touching to see these hardworking hands lend comfort to her new friends.
She extends kind words and a soft touch, holding the hands of those precious souls who have her same disease, maybe a little farther gone but, still in need of a friend. I witness hands that once cooked great food and that held my hands across my life, now helpful in the lives of others. She is showing kindness and love and actually ministering there in this home where she lives. I asked her once about her relationship with God, she quickly set me straight…."……..how do you think I ever got through my life without trusting in God!!!!!!!!" Special emphasis on the exclamation marks….she set me in my place! I will forever have hope that was her testimony and now her hands are His hands extended there in her world.
Although she frets the aged-ness revealed in her hands, I enjoy the touch of her gentle hands, the mother's love that I long for, for which i felt I didn't always get as much as I wanted, I am blessed to receive now. I find myself noticing my hands more, a few age spots….dang Sun worship.…now I know why Southern Belles wore those cute white gloves….should have thought that one out…oops. I am learning how important it is to connect with people, be present at the moment, especially now when the few moments I get to sit with her are running low.
Life is a gift…..our parents are gifts…..our children and grandchildren are our joy…..Life goes full circle. (I feel like I am about to break out singing The Lion King …….and no one wants that to happen!!!!)
But, I will say one line from an old song….."put your hand in the hand of man that stilled the water…" and in the hand of someone who needs it. Thanks Mom for holding mine….still.


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By Attorney David Engler
Yesterday, an ICU physician gave me the concept of "The Documentation of The Demonstration of Love." It is a beautiful concept and especially useful when trying to determine at the end of life, who is truly acting as the next of kin.
This came up because I am litigating a case for two adult daughters and adult son-in-law who were taking care of their father at the end of his life. To their shock, Adult Protective Services jumped in without a court order and took the ailing father off to live with a longtime "lady-friend." The father, completely incompetent because of long term COPD, told APS and hospice that he wanted to go back to a friend's home outside of the county. The man was being loved by his only daughters and son-in-law as well as his grandchildren. The government brought in a local police officer and literally strapped the dying man to a stretcher and carted him away. The scene was emotionally charged as Father and Grandpa was being loaded into the back of an ambulance. They would never see him again. He would die two months later, but not before the lady-friend changed the life insurance, power of attorney and will.
Is there a value for losing the presence of your dying parent for the last two months of his life? How do you measure the loss of ability to provide loving care for your dying parent? Maybe the better question is, whether a value can be placed on this sacred time.
But, back to the Doctor's comments about "The Documentation of The Demonstration of Love." His thought was brilliant. Just being related by blood. as opposed to friendship, does not mean your loss of time with a dying person has value. The physician who sees life and death on a daily basis had a keen intuition as to the relationship between the patient and those who have come to be near at the moment of death. Some might be there looking at their smartphone in the lobby dealing with the guilt of not having been there enough for Mom. There is the family member who is counting down the minutes to inheritance, big or small. They are there to make sure the troublesome sibling isn't getting one over. There are those who are inconvenienced by the process of death. Imagine the mind of the Doctor whose sole interest is the patient. He is looking for the Documentation of the Demonstration of Love. Was the family member at the rehab center every day? Was Mom's hair brushed by her daughter no matter what meanness came out of the Mother's mouth controlled by a progressing dementia? Did the family turn their family room into a hospital room? Was money spent? Are there pictures of smiles and a hand being held? Or was the grieving "lady-friend," twenty years his junior, constantly on the receiving end of money from the older man? Were his clothes clean?
Now, the government agency should never have come in and taken a dying elderly man from his only daughters without some court order. It was a screw up when it happened and that is why we have a lawsuit. But having a legal point is not the same as proving the damage that comes from not being their when your Dad is dying. We have to dig deeper. We need proof to show; where was the love?
And as we go through life, maybe it's not a bad idea to live as if you were preparing for a jury trial. One day there will be a judgment day and someone will ask to see the documentation of the demonstration of love. If it is important to you that you be seen as having loved, then make sure your life is filled with proof. Did you leave a smile? Did you sacrifice your time? Did you do the tasks that were difficult; like changing a soiled sheet or holding a person's hair back when they were sick? Did you bring gifts? Did you send cards? If we live our lives knowing that we will be asked to document our love then we will live in peace with our self and the ultimate finder of fact.


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Everyone has a feature or two that they'd like to change. Don't believe it? Pull out some photos and take a visual stroll down memory lane with some of your favorite celebrities. Check out pictures of Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts and Liv Tyler over the years. Lip augmentation? No one's confessed, but the rumor queens are convinced. Dermal fillers have been a popular method of plumping up thin and wrinkled lips for years.
Botox injections are another popular cosmetic procedure enjoyed by those who work on screen as well as the general public. The procedure is becoming so commonplace that people are more inclined to admit they've had it. Not that you'd have to. Surgery-free and done in the privacy of your doctor's office, Botox injections relax facial muscles, allowing fine lines to fade and your skin to smooth. A regular target of these injections are the "11" lines that form between your eyebrows as you get older. Fine lines at the corners of your eyes can be softened as well. Alternative drugs with actions similar to Botox include Dysport and, most recently, Xeomin.
The tweaking of features doesn't end at the lips and brow. Your nose can get into the act as well. A nose job, or rhinoplasty, can decrease self-consciousness or repair a nasal injury. Alexa Joel has been open about her nose job. A deviated septum was reported to be the cause of Jennifer Aniston's rhinoplasty. Whether the effect is the dramatic reduction of a prominent bump or the thinning of the nasal tip, the center-stage position of the nose on the face makes almost any change impossible to deny. Many would attest that the benefits are worth the disclosure.
The same could be said when it comes to a facelift. It's difficult to keep dramatic changes hush-hush. Facelifts are typically reserved for that time when injectables, like fillers and Botox, are no longer able to keep up with telltale sags, bags and creases. The surgical tightening of muscles and removal of excess skin creates numerous age-defying changes in your appearance. The average age range for a facelift is 50 to 65, although several celebrities much older than this are rumored to have had the procedure with positive results.
If you're considering cosmetic intervention, perusing celebrity before and after pics can be a great way to gather information. Looking at actual results gives you an idea about changes you'd like to make and possible options. Determine your personal cutoff point, too. There's a line between a good thing and too much of a good thing. A qualified plastic surgeon, such as a plastic surgery Dallas provider, can help you navigate the realities of cosmetic procedures and assist you in formulating a plan to age both beautifully and gracefully.


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Is the academic paper the best way for students to demonstrate their learning? Will learning to write papers help students develop the skills they will need later in their lives?
One of my heroes, Virginia Heffernan of the New York Times (whose Sunday Magazine column, The Medium, is sorely missed) writes this week that "Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade." She is reviewing a book called Now You See It, in which Cathy N. Davidson asks "whether the form of learning and knowledge-making we are instilling in our children is useful to their future."
Davidson examines the roots of our contemporary education culture and suggests that we need to look back to pre-Industrial-Revolution models and forward to the murky future. As Heffernan explains it:
The contemporary American classroom, with its grades and deference to the clock, is an inheritance from the late 19th century. During that period of titanic change, machines suddenly needed to run on time. Individual workers needed to willingly perform discrete operations as opposed to whole jobs. The industrial-era classroom, as a training ground for future factory workers, was retooled to teach tasks, obedience, hierarchy and schedules. That curriculum represented a dramatic departure from earlier approaches to education. In "Now You See It," Ms. Davidson cites the elite Socratic system of questions and answers, the agrarian method of problem-solving and the apprenticeship program of imitating a master. It's possible that any of these educational approaches would be more appropriate to the digital era than the one we have now.
This is old news – education needs to be skills-based, collaborative, constructivist, blabla. However, Heffernan focuses particularly on Davidson's discussion of the academic paper. After reading insightful, well-written student blogs and then being appalled by the quality of their research papers, Davidson began to wonder whether it was the form, not the students, that was at fault. After some rigourous research, Davidson concludes that, in Heffernan's words,
Even academically reticent students publish work prolifically, subject it to critique and improve it on the Internet. This goes for everything from political commentary to still photography to satirical videos — all the stuff that parents and teachers habitually read as "distraction."
I am not, at first glance, convinced by this argument – we've all read the "work" published every day on the Internet, and in many cases its "prolificness" is one of its many problems. That said, I have students keep blogs in some of my courses, and I love them – you can SEE the learning happening as students wrestle with course topics and literature and relate them to their own experiences. I don't do blogs in every course because a) I am required to have them write a certain number of papers, and it can all get to be a bit too much for me, and b) the majority of my students have not received the time-consuming training in digital communication that Davidson says they need. However, if more space were made in the curriculum for online forms of writing, and we could limit the number of formal papers and make them an outgrowth of the online work, we might be on our way to something resembling "authentic learning tasks."
So I need to get my hands on Davidson's book, which is not being released until next week. I have been saying for a while that the research paper is going the way of the dinosaurs, and that we need to develop viable academic approaches to the blog and other online forms so that students can learn to write things that people actually read. (The fact that no one reads academic papers is not a new phenomenon, of course, but now we have an alternative that gives researchers a real potential audience.)
What is the place of the formal academic paper in the future of education? Should it continue to look the way it does now, or is it time to ask students to do something new?
Check out Siobhan Curious's new Facebook Page and "Like" it to receive updates in your News Feed!
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Duncan delivers again for Spurs
Sacramento, CA – Tim Duncan seems to have found the fountain of youth.
The 36-year old big man poured in a game-high 23 points on 9-of-12 shooting and pulled down 12 rebounds, leading the San Antonio Spurs to a 97-86 win over the Sacramento Kings on Friday.
Duncan has posted double-doubles in four of his team's first six games this season. Patty Mills netted 18 points off the bench for the Spurs, who bounced back from a loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday.
"He was real big; he helped us get this win," Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich said of Mills. "We needed points from other players and Patty got it done for us."
Kawhi Leonard contributed 11 points and nine rebounds in the victory.
Jason Thompson scored 17 points to go with six rebounds, while Marcus Thornton donated 17 points for the Kings, who fell to 2-4 on the young season. DeMarcus Cousins added 14 points and nine boards and Tyreke Evans finished with 12 and six rebounds in the setback.
"I thought our guys played really hard," Kings coach Keith Smart said. "But, when you play a team like this, you have to be almost perfect. We had too many unfinished plays."
The game remained close throughout the first quarter, as neither side led by more than five, but the Kings netted five of the final seven points in the frame to lead 27-24 after the opening 12 minutes.
A Thornton layup early in the second quarter gave the Kings a 29-26 lead, but the Spurs roared back with a 17-4 outburst to go ahead 43-33 with 3:32 to play before halftime.
Thompson finished off the first half with a slam for Sacramento, but the Spurs held a comfortable 47-39 lead at the break.
Duncan put home 1-of-2 from the free throw line with 7:42 to play in the third, giving the Spurs a 58-47 lead, but Sacramento began a comeback effort.
Thompson netted 1-of-2 from the stripe at the other end, igniting the Kings on a 13-1 run to take a 60-59 lead with 2:49 left.
A Manu Ginobili layup gave the lead right back to the Spurs, 61-60, and they led 69-68 heading into the decisive final stanza.
Cousins put home a layup with 5:37 remaining, cutting the San Antonio lead to 79-76, but the Spurs pulled away from there as the Kings missed seven of their final 10 shots from the floor in defeat.
Game Notes
Sacramento fell to 0-4 this season when trailing at halftime ... Kings rookie Thomas Robinson served the first game of his two-game suspension after elbowing Detroit Pistons forward Jonas Jerebko in the head ... San Antonio has won nine consecutive games in Sacramento ... The Kings shot just 35.2 percent from the field.


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How to Respond to Door-to-door Evangelists and Hotel Room Bibles
Christian Evangelism is a common practice in the United States and throughout the world. Whether it comes in the form of missionaries who travel to underdeveloped nations to convert natives or door-to-door solicitors who hope to convince you of their "Truth" in your own home, it affects almost everyone. In many areas, you can't even stay in a hotel without a Gideon-sponsored Bible in the nightstand. But how do you respond?
You could debate with the Jehovah's Witnesses, have in-depth discussions with the Mormons, and annotate hotel Bibles with plot holes and original criticisms, but now there's something much easier and more effective. I've put together some of the best arguments and most damning biblical contradictions from my first book, Disproving Christianity and other Secular Writings, into a four-page flyer that serves as a response to common Christian arguments. At very least, you might encourage a few believers to think and research their faith… and researching is never a bad thing!
Download the free pamphlet here: Disproving Christianity Flyer
David G. McAfee is a Religious Studies graduate, journalist, and author of The Belief Book, a children's book explaining the origins of beliefs and religion, and Mom, Dad, I'm an Atheist: The Guide to Coming Out as a Non-believer. He is also an editor for Ockham Publishing and a contributor to American Atheist Magazine. McAfee attended University of California, Santa Barbara, and graduated with bachelor's degrees in English and Religious Studies with an emphasis on Christianity and Mediterranean religions.


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In the media is a weekly round-up of features written by, about or containing female writers that have appeared during the previous week and I think are insightful, interesting and/or thought provoking. Linking to them is not necessarily a sign that I agree with everything that's said but it's definitely an indication that they've made me think. Also, just a note to make it clear that I'm using the term 'media' to include social media, so links to blog posts as well as traditional media are likely.
You would have had to be living somewhere with no media access since Tuesday not to know that after 55 years, Harper Lee has a 'new' novel coming out. Go Set a Watchman is the prequel/sequel/first draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, discovered in a bank deposit box and set to be published on both sides of the Atlantic in July. There's probably already been as many words written about the book as there are in it. Harper Lee's/Go Set a Watchman's week in the media went something like this:
On Tuesday, The Bookseller broke the news, then 'About that new Harper Lee novel…' was published on the Lawyers, Guns & Money blog. Vulture published, 'Read Harper Lee's 5 Amazing Nonfiction Pieces' with links to them all before Jezebel ran 'Be Suspicious of the New Harper Lee Novel' and The Guardian ended the day with 'Harper Lee to publish new novel, 55 years after To Kill a Mockingbird'.
Wednesday began with Vulture publishing an interview with Lee's editor which Mallory Ortberg responded to in The Toast with 'Questions I Have About the Harper Lee Editor Interview'. Judith Claire Mitchell wrote about her dream date with Atticus Finch on the 4th Estate website. The Atlantic published, 'Harper Lee: The Sadness of a Sequel' while The Guardian said, 'Harper Lee is excited about new book, says agent after sceptics raise doubts'. Electric Literature came in with 'Should We Hold the Horses on the Harper Lee Celebration?'; Buzzfeed gave us '12 Beautifully Profound Quotes From "To Kill A Mockingbird"', while The Huffington Post ended the day with '12 Women On What Harper Lee's Work Has Meant To Them'.
By Thursday morning, Hadley Freeman in The Guardian was telling us 'Let's not assume Harper Lee is being exploited. Atticus Finch wouldn't' and then a new statement arrived and was reported in The Bookseller, 'Harper Lee 'happy as hell' with book reaction'. The Guardian reacted to the statement with, 'Harper Lee's 'lost' novel was intended to complete a trilogy, says agent'. Then Lincoln Michel came in with 'Harper Lee And Exploitation In The Name Of Literature' on Buzzfeed, while The Telegraph asked 'Could there be a third Harper Lee novel?'; the Times Literary Supplement ran a piece titled 'Harper Lee: happy as hell' and cartoonist Emily Flake drew 'What Harper Lee's Really Been Up To All These Years' for The New Yorker
The Huffington Post began Friday by asking 'Is The New Harper Lee Novel A Mistake?: Author Idolatry And "Go Set a Watchman"', followed by Sarah Churchwell in The Guardian telling us 'Why To Kill a Mockingbird Is Overrated'. The Guardian also ran, 'Harper Lee book news leaves home town surprised, bemused and sceptical' before Slate stated, 'Don't Publish Harper Lee's New Novel, HarperCollins'. Flavorwire went for 'Harper Lee's New Book: The Case for Optimism' and Salon started speculating on the content of the novel, '"Scout is a lesbian": Some modest theories on what Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" follow-up will hold'. The Guardian finished the day with, 'Harper Lee and the vexed question of who owns an author's work'; Yahoo interviewed one of Lee's friends, 'Harper Lee was fine the day before sequel announced' and the Wall Street Journal wrapped it up with 'Harper Lee Bombshell: How News of Book Unfolded'.
The only news since then came on Saturday when the cover of Go Set a Watchman was revealed. Here's Bookriot on it.
The other person to have a bit of a week in the limelight is Kelly Link whose latest short story collection Get in Trouble was published in America this week (it's out in the UK next month). She's interviewed on Electric Literature, Publishers Weekly and NPR Books. You can read 'The Summer People' from Get in Trouble via Random House or 'Stone Animals' from Magic for Beginners on Electric Literature
Elsewhere, there's been a reoccurring theme of friendship (thanks to Longreads for pointing this out): Anne Helen Peterson wrote 'The Genius of Taylor Swift's Girlfriend Collection' on Buzzfeed; Claire Comstock-Gay wrote the story 'I Knew I Loved You' published in Midnight Breakfast; Jennifer Weiner wrote 'Mean Girls in the Retirement Home' in The New York Times; Meghan O'Connell wrote 'Trying to Make Mom Friends Is the Worst' in The Cut; Nicole Soojung Callaghan wrote 'Friendship and Race and Knowing Your Place' in The Toast; Freddie Moore wrote, 'Is Every Unhappy Friendship Unhappy In Its Own Way? On Emily Gould's Friendship and Lindsay Hunter's Ugly Girls' on Electric Literature
The best of the rest articles/essays:
- Eva Wiseman, 'Why are creative women dismissed as 'quirky'?' in The Observer
- Caitlin Moran, 'Why page 3 should go' in The Times
- Emma Dabiri, 'Afrofuturism: An invitation to dance, or a provocation to insurgency?' on Media Diversified
- Diane Watt, '#mylgbtbooks 1-7 February' on Storify
- Emma Healey, 'By 16, I had already made several plans to end my life' in The Sunday Times
- Roxane Gay on The Sacrifice by Joyce Carol Oates and writing difference in The New York Times
- Caitlin Moran, 'Caitlin Takes New York' in The Times
- Anne Enright, 'How the World Reads Irish Writers' in The Irish Times
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 'Lights Out in Nigeria' in The New York Times
- Stephanie Merritt, 'Colleen McCullough's obituary shows looks aren't everything. Unless you're a woman' in The Guardian
- Jillian Dunham, 'The Real Reason Women Freeze Their Eggs' in The Cut
- Emma Claire Sweeney and Emily Midorikawa, 'Nancy Hamilton and Helen Kellor' on Something Rhymed
- Maria Konnikova, 'Is Bilingualism Really an Advantage?' in The New Yorker
- Laura Macdougall, 'The Struggle for Equality Goes On' in Standard Issue
- Helen Brocklebank, 'The Jilly Cooper Cure' on Mrs Trefusis Takes a Taxi
- Ruth F. Hunt, 'Disability in Fiction: Would YOU Dare to be Different?' on The Single Feather
- Barbara Taylor, 'My Asylum' in Guernica
- Alison Flood, 'Jane Austen family letters offer 'deeply personal' insight into author's world' in The Guardian
- Lauren Van Den Berg, 'Flight' in The Butter
- Ron Rosenbaum, 'The Other Tolstoy and the Book of Night' on Slate
- Alison Herman, 'Jill Soloway Will Never Be a Perfect Voice for Trans People — So Why Are We Expecting Her to Be?' on Flavorwire
- Meghan O'Rourke, 'Seeing Is Not Believing' (On Rachel Cusk) on Slate
- Laura Sook Duncombe, 'Literary Ladies Cage Fight: American Gladiators' in The Butter
- Suzanne Ushie, 'Lipstick, Eyeliner & Everything in Between' on Brittle Paper
- Amanda Miska, 'Stalking My Ex-Boyfriend's Girlfriend on Facebook' in Hippocampus
- Lindy West, 'What happened when I confronted my cruellest troll' in The Guardian
- Sarah Seltzer, 'We Need Diverse Books: Can Children's Authors End Publishing Industry Prejudice — and Change the Way America Reads?' on Flavorwire
- Kathryn Harrison, 'The Rise of Joan of Arc' on Longreads
- Ann Friedman, 'The Problem With Those 'Feminist' Super Bowl Ads' in The Cut
- Henriette Lazaridis, 'Honey, Would You Read My Book' on The Millions
- Kathryn Schulz, 'On Wintery Mix' in The New Yorker
- Laura Tanenbaum, 'What Does 'Slut' Mean, Anyway?' on The Huffington Post
- Elizabeth Alexander, 'Lottery Tickets' in The New Yorker
- Lois Leveen, 'Appropriating (F)Acts In Feminist Fiction: Excavating the Life of Mary Bowser' on For Books' Sake
- Gaby Hinsliff, 'Can Theresa May make it to the top' in The Guardian
- S.M. Hulse, 'Is The Western Genre Still Relevant Today?' on Huffington Post
- Sarah Smarsh, 'Beyond the Churn' in Aeon
- VIDA Roundtable on Misogynist Content and Editorial Responsibility
- Libby Purves, 'Alice in Wonderland: 150 years on, we still adore her marvellous adventure' in The Telegraph
- Roxane Gay, 'Actually Usher Baby, Shawty Does Mind' in The Butter
- Victoria Beale, '"You understand it to the point that it almost tears you to pieces": Growing Up with Mary Gaitskill' in the Los Angeles Review of Books
- Mistress Trinity, 'Fifty Shades of Meh: A Real Dominatrix Takes On the Bestseller' on Huffington Post
- Laura Bates, 'On Louisa M. Alcott' on Great Lives
- Sara Baume, 'Spill Simmer Falter Wither' on her blog
- Sara Baume, A 'cautionary tale about what it costs to be a writer' in The Irish Times
- Jenny Erpenbeck (tr. Susan Bernofsky), 'Homesick for Sadness: A Childhood in Incompletion' in The Hudson Review
- Katy Waldman, 'How the Paris Review Snagged the First-Ever In-Person Interview With Elena Ferrante' on Slate
- Alison Stine, 'Could Whisky Save Our Water?' in The Butter
- Soraya Chemaly, 'Silicon Valley sexism: why it matters that the internet is made by men, for men' in the New Statesman
- Claire Fallon, 'Why Everyone's Talking About 'The Girl On The Train'' on Huffington Post
- Juliet Greenwood, 'The Story That Changed My Life' in The People's Friend
- Laura Dattaro, 'Bot Looks Like a Lady' on Slate
- Sarah Seltzer and Jillian Mapes, 'Beyoncé Says "Goodbye to All That"' on Flavorwire
- Eva Holland, '"It's Yours": A Short History of the Horde' on Longreads
- Shari Goldhagen, 'Against being "sponsored": I never wrote less than when my boyfriend supported me' on Salon
- Linda Grant, 'How I Won the Housing Market (Without Really Trying)' in The Guardian
- Kaleigh Rogers, 'Wikipedia's Gender Problem Has Finally Been Quantified' on Motherboard
- Sara Sheridan, 'Literary Snobbery' on Women Writers Women's Books
- Frances Ryan, 'Mind the gap: how charities are mopping up after the government's failure to care' in the New Statesman
- Adèle Geras, 'Quick Reads' on Foyles' blog
- Sarah Ditum, 'If you think decriminalisation will make prostitution safe, look at Germany's mega brothels' in the New Statesman
- Caroline Moorhead, 'Place of Terror' in the Literary Review
- Shawn Wen, 'A Closer Joan' in The White Review
- Tracey Thorn, 'The more attention we pay to childish behaviour, the more we get' in the New Statesman
- Amber Sparks, 'The Internet Is a Hard Place to Be Human: Toward a Better Internet Discourse' on Real Pants
- Bim Adewunmi, 'Lusting Out Loud: Women, Social Media, And Desire' on Buzzfeed
- Maria Konnikova, 'You Have No Idea What Happened' in The New Yorker
- Deborah Smith, 'How Korean Is It?' on translating Han Kang's The Vegetarian on English Pen
- Arabelle Sicardi, 'My Body, The Unwelcome Relative' on Buzzfeed
- Remembering Kathy Acker on The Allen Ginsberg Project
- Rob Williams, 'Laura Ingalls Wilder's 148th Birthday: Google celebrates 'Little House on the Prairie' author' in The Independent
- Katharine Norbury, 'Walking with my daughter, everything starts to flow' in The Guardian
- Amy Jenkins, 'Fifty Shades of Grey: This enters a new terrain of toxicity – and no feminist can think otherwise' in The Independent
- Tishani Doshi, 'In Defence of Literary Dandies and Dandizettes' in Open
- Alison Taylor, 'What happened when I joined Happn' in The Independent
- Antonia Honeywell, ''I lurch from one to the other' on Motherhood and Writing' on One Book Lane
- Katharine Norbury, 'Pleasures of…January' on Caught by the River
- M Lynx Qualey ''Immortal' Algerian Novelist Assia Djebar Dies, 78' on Arabic Literature (includes links to work available online)
- Ijeoma Olou, 'Why Don't We Talk About Africa?' in The Archipelago
- Elizabeth Weil, 'What Really Happened to Baby Johan?' in Matter
- Rebecca Traister, 'Labor Pains' in the New Republic
- Diana Saverin, 'The Thoreau of the Suburbs' in The Atlantic
- Christina Patterson, 'I've found a little bit of heaven for those who've been in hell' in The Guardian
- Alison Flood, 'Laura Ingalls Wilder memoir reveals truth behind Little House on the Prairie' in The Guardian
- Laura Bogart, 'The Price I Pay to Write' on Salon
- Jennifer Niven, 'My Inspiration: Virginia Woolf' in The Guardian
The interviews:
- Richelle Mead on Publishers Weekly
- M.J. Carter on Publishers Weekly
- Anya Schiffrin in Guernica
- Lucy Ribchester on The GB Bookshop
- Helen Lederer in The Telegraph
- Katherine Heiny on Longreads
- Mary Pilon in Publishers Weekly
- Angela Neville in The Guardian
- Sarah McGrath (US editor of The Girl on the Train) on Publishers Weekly
- Excerpts from interviews with Hilary Mantel, Lydia Davis and Elena Ferrante in The Paris Review
- Anne Tyler in The Daily Mail and the New York Times
- Roxane Gay in Now
- Rilla Askew on Longreads
- Kim Gordon in GQ
- Jacqueline Wilson in The Guardian
- Margaret Atwood on Slate
- Jennifer Clement on We Love This Book
- Ayelet Tsabari on Room
- Amanda Filipacchi on the Huffington Post
- Miranda July in The Observer and on The Book Show on RTE
If you want some fiction/poetry to read:
- The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award longlist was announced last weekend. You can read the longlisted stories, including pieces from Ann Beattie, Louise Doughty, Emily Franklin, Rebecca F. John, Yiyun Li, Elizabeth McCracken, Paula Morris, Mary O'Donoghue, Julianne Pachico, Mona Simpson, Erin Soros, E.J. Swift and Madeline Thien here.
- The New Writing 2015 eBook sampler from Scottish Book Trust includes writing from Orla Broderick, Alison Gray, Ann Elizabeth Mackinnon, Juliette Forrest, Lindsay McKrell, Em Strang and Bridget Kursheed.
- 'Sweetness' by Toni Morrison in The New Yorker
- 'Co-operative' by Sarah Barber in Guernica
- The first three chapters of Touch by Claire North
- Three Prose Poems by Sharmistha Mohanty in Granta
- 'What Grief Feels Like…' by Onomarie Uriri on Brittle Paper
- 'Calcium Commune' by Anna Katharina Hahn (tr. Marshall Yarbrough) on n+1
- An extract from The Hourglass Factory By Lucy Ribchester in The Scotsman
- Poems from Her Father's Daughter by Nessa O'Mahony
- 'World Is Your' by Rosa Campbell on Litro
Or some non-fiction:
- An extract from Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon in The Guardian
The new edition of The Letters Page was published this week including letters (fiction and non-fiction) from Rosa Campbell, Naomi Alderman, Kim Sherwood, Haisu Huang, Emma Chapman, Evelyn Conlon, Melissa Harrison and Karen McLeod.
The lists:
- 5 Great Books to Read in February on Buzzfeed
- 14 Books to Give As Valentine's Day Gifts This Year on Bustle
- Kim Gordon's memoir Girl in a Band: 10 things we learned in The Guardian
- 15 Of February 2015's Best YA Books To Get You Through The Snowy, Cold Weather on Bustle
- 10 Must-Read Books For February on Flavorwire
- 5 Splendid New Short Story Collections on Huffington Post
- The top 10 novels featuring works of art in The Guardian
- 10 Funny Books by Women on Scottish Book Trust
- 7 Fictional Women Whose Life Stories Inspire Us on the Huffington Post
- 9 Books To Read This February in Red magazine
- Your Must-Read Books of 2015 in Paper
- 10 Reasons to Love Vera Brittain on For Books' Sake
- Top 5 Literary Heroines Every Young Girl Should Meet in The Big Issue


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