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- Dimensions: 18-in. High, 6.3-in. Wide, 18.4-in. Diameter
- Material: Nonstick interior/heavy-gauge aluminum exterior, woodgrain handles
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What a delight to find the very same electric wok that I was trying to replace. The old one lasted many, many years, and I was bereft when it began to fail. Nearly drove to West Bend, WI, to try to find a new one, then found it on your site.
Thanks for making it possible for me to continue to produce fabulous stir-fry entrees without resorting to a non-electric wok on my gas or my electric burners.
This is a tried and true star in the kitchen! Love it.I recommend this product.
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Have had the earlier model for years. This adds the fully immersible feature, and the sturdier base allows you to use it on a gas range top. Nice.I recommend this product.
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I gave this item to my son for Christmas. He's is recently into oriental cooking and this was on his list. After researching several sites this was the best bargin. The fact that it is all non-stick, made by a reputable company and the entire unit can be put in the dishwasher made the decision easy. Thank you Cooking.com, I'll be coming back for more gifts in the future.I recommend this product.
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Received a gift card to cooking.com, so had to spend it on something. Haven't had a wok in awhile, so picked up this one, it's OK -- no internal rack and seems to either be too hot or not hot enough; only used it twice, so probably haven't mastered the heat settings yet. Useful appliance, easy clean up, seems overpriced based on local stores.I recommend this product.
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I gave this item to my son for Christmas. He's is recently into oriental cooking and this was on his list. After researching several sites this was the best bargin. The fact that it is all non-stick, made by a reputable company and the entire unit can be put in the dishwasher made the decision easy. Thank you Cooking.com, I'll be coming back for more gifts in the future.I recommend this product.
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349th State District Judge Pam Foster Fletcher sentenced Larry Warren to 60 years in prison and a $1,000 fine on Wednesday after being found guilty of murder three months prior for the shooting death of another local man.
Warren, 38, was convicted for the death of Jacob Kennedy at a residence in the 100 block of CR 1121, just south of Elkhart, where a dispute involving Warren's common-law wife, Audrey Clark, was taking place.
According to testimony presented during the four-day trial, Warren shot Kennedy in the head with a .22-caliber rifle outside the residence sometime around 1 a.m. on Aug. 29, 2010.
The state, represented by Anderson County District Attorney Doug Lowe and Assistant DA Scott Holden, founded their case on Kennedy being in the wrong place at the wrong time, a victim of mistaken identity by Warren.
Palestine attorney Mark Cargill, representing the defense, shared a different perspective of the event surrounding Kennedy's death — referencing a drug deal gone bad, as Clark had testified.
The punishment (or sentencing) phase of the trial was delayed by Fletcher in May due to the defense's request to bring in an expert witness regarding sudden passion.
Testifying for the state included family members of the victim, his parents Wes and Kim Kennedy; and his brother, Zack.
"They shared about the devastating loss and impact that Jacob's death had on the family — how it hurt each of them personally and how their lives had changed," Anderson County District Attorney Doug Lowe said Friday.
Angela Sheeley, a probation officer with the Anderson County Adult Parole and Community Services office, shared results of a pre-sentence investigation she had done on Warren.
Warren's criminal history included four driving while intoxicated charges and a family violence arrest. He also pled guilty to the charge of felony possession of a firearm in the shooting case.
Testifying on behalf of Warren included psychologist Dr. Thomas Allen of Flint, a friend of 10 years John Piersol and Bridgette York, the mother of Audrey Clark, Warren's girlfriend at the time.
"Dr. Thomas testified that Warren had a low likelihood of committing additional acts of criminal violence," Lowe reported. "Piersol said he felt that, in spite of his alcohol abuse problems, Warren was a 'good guy' who could stay out of trouble.
"York testified that she thought the whole incident was a drug deal gone bad — and Warren was trying to save Clark."
Warren's 60-year sentence includes an almost three-year credit for time served from his arrest in September 2010. He will have to serve a total of 30 years before he is eligible for parole.
"Our office is very satisfied with the punishment and are happy with the results," Lowe said. "We are hopeful that this will bring some resolution or finality to the victim's family."
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Dallas —
The rapid offensive pace Oklahoma's played at since 2009 might be reduced this season. That was the major nugget Sooner coach Bob Stoops threw out Tuesday at Big 12 Football Media Days.
"Well, it's something to consider, definitely, how fast you are going, how effective it is, how it is affecting the defense? So it's something to look at," Stoops said. "There is a lot of experience back. The one thing I think, no matter who the quarterback is, there's a lot of experience around the quarterback — three senior running backs, an experienced receiver corps, experienced line.
"So hopefully we can stay on the field, eat some clock. Even if we are going no-huddle sometimes, there's opportunity to still use up some of the clock."
The up-tempo offense has its positives, but the unquestioned negative it means your defense is going to be on the field for a lot more plays. Running three plays and punting in 30 seconds is the nightmare scenario.
OU saw that one play out repeatedly in the second half of its Cotton Bowl loss to Texas A&M to end last season.
"It is a tough balance. If you're going to be doing it, you need to stay on the field and score. So, anyway, it's a big issue," Stoops said. "I know we come out of, I think, the second half — we played poorly on defense, but the second half of the Cotton Bowl we had four straight possessions, three-and-out and a turnover. We did nothing and handed them right back the football back in good field position and that kind of thing. So we go hand in hand that way.
"So it is something that always needs to be considered and watched, how we're doing it and how effective it is."


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Niagara Gazette — Wilson cross country runner Shannon Nye placed ninth in a field of over 300 at the McQuaid Inviational on Saturday in Rochester. It was her second straight ninth-place finish at the event.
The Wilson team ran in the Unseeded A-2 division. Nye paced the girls with a time of 19:23. Emily Magoon finished 66th with a time of 21:12, and Kate Placek took 70th at 21:15.
The boys didn't fair quite as well. Justin Stephenson was the top runner, finishing 79th with a time of 17:54. Wes Trank (159th, 19:00) and Colin Delgado (214th, 20:11) rounded out the Lakemen top three.
Grand Island 8, Niagara Falls 0
Matt Seaman and Jake Dixon each had a goal and an assist for the Vikings (7-3 NFL), who had eight different goal scorers. Justin Figler earned the shutout in net.
Ken East 2, North Tonawanda 0
Richie Brinkman scored two goals and John Becker earned the shutout for the Bulldogs (4-6, 4-4 NFL).
CCA 3, Niagara Catholic 1
Brandon Eddy scored for the Patriots and freshman goalkeeper Colin Winkworth made 31 saves.
Grand Island 3, Aquinas 0
Madisyn Pezzino scored twice to propel the Vikings (6-2-2) over a traditionally-strong Section V foe. marina Scerra also scored and Meaghan O'Leary made eight saves to earn the shutout.
Lew-Port 4, City Honors 1
Erin Fitzpatrick scored two goals and Lindsey Gee and Rosie Spira each had one for the Lancers (4-5) in the non-league win.
Wilson 2, Albion 2 (F/OT)
Mariah Elsenheimer scored both goals for the Purple Eagles (4-3-1 N-O). Hannah Johnson and Angela Goodman scored and Lauren Austin had two assists for the Lakewomen (7-1-1).
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Sweet nothings for Cadbury
So far, Cadbury's hope that Italy's Ferrero and U.S.-based Hershey will make a counter-bid for the chocolate company look like a pipedream. Cadbury's stock has ticked up but is still pretty much where it has been since Kraft's hostile $16.8 offer hit the market. Nobody appears to be buying the idea that a white-chocolate knight will come up with a bid to seriously rival Kraft's.
The chance of a joint Ferrero-Hershey bid may be slim. Questions about funding commitments and investment restrictions set on Hershey by its charitable trust ownership structure make any deal involving the maker of chocolate kisses a tough sell.
And market sources say that if they were successful, a Ferrero-Hershey tie-up would likely lead to a breakup of Cadbury along geographic lines.


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MOORE — Question: We have a fourth-grader and a seventh-grader. We had planned to go on vacation the week before Christmas, and because of the school calendar, our kids will miss five days of school. Both schools are saying these days will count against them, and they are in danger of not receiving grades for this semester because of excessive absences. Are we wrong in thinking this is only elementary and middle school and doesn't really 'count' toward anything?
— Sandi, Newcastle
Dear Sandi,
Yes, we believe you are wrong. Not only do students learn something every single day they are in school (even though they say they don't) you are setting a precedence of school/education not really being important.
Habits are set early on, so when students reach the age of junior high/high school where credits count toward graduation, they still have the mindset that it's OK to miss the allotted number of times. So much instruction is missed when kids aren't in the classroom — for any length of time.
You didn't say what district or how many other times this semester your children might have missed, but in any case, there will also be the possibility of semester testing and not just holiday parties.
Attendance laws are made to be followed.
Why is it fair for your kids to not have the days count against them when they're on vacation but do count against a kid who might be sick and unable to afford to a doctor visit? It's a lot of extra work for a teacher to gather assignments early or grade them late. In most cases, the principal approves whether or not students can take tests early or if they'll have to wait until everyone comes back after the break. It may also make a difference as to when the semester ends for your district. There are a lot of variables to consider, but the bottom line is the school calendar is set at the end of the year before the current year, so it shouldn't be difficult to check for dates when school is in session so you can plan vacations accordingly.
Update: We received the following response to a previous article on teen pregnancy:
I have enjoyed your column and wish that you would have started it years ago. Many students and parents have questions and don't know where to turn for answers.
I do think that your response to the 16 year old pregnant teen was less than appropriate. As you both know, many of the emotions with unwanted pregnancy include fear and shame.Responding to this teen asking for help as "mothers" was only perpetuating those feelings. The teen is already pregnant and it was not helpful to give an "I told you so response."
What she needed was your expertise as school counselors to link her to agencies and services that would guide her through the process. She needed support and contacts and did not get either. She just got advice from two mothers. As a person that also works with teens in my profession I also have feelings about some of their unsafe or unwise choices. It is my role to guide them not judge. I look forward to future columns and despite that one response still feel it is an asset to the community.
— Stephnee
We would like to thank you for your response and kind words. Our hope is you will understand that as public school employees, when dealing with a child as young as 16, we are very limited as to the information we are able to give.
We are not sure to what agencies you'd have us direct her. We can't offer names of abortion clinics, adoption agencies, or general medical clinics, but instead, we would be there with her if she needed help talking to mom and/or dad. If she were 18, it would be a completely different story, and of course we could talk to her about her other options. As mothers, we would be most angry if one of our 16-year-old daughters were told where to get an abortion, medical help, or general assistance with a pregnancy or adoption without us first being included in the discussion.
We so appreciate the work you do with kids! Please feel free to email us any time
Sally Phillips and Jeannie DeLancey are certified school counselors with 49 years combined educational experience. Jeannie has two children and Sally has three. The responses presented don't necessarily reflect the views of any certain school district. Send questions to email@example.com or mail them to Class Act, The Norman Transcript, P.O. Drawer 1058, Norman, 73070.


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Well it actually has a small solar panel on the rear roof area. It is for charging the 12 volt accessory battery. The main drive battery has to be charged off the grid. I ordered the SL which comes with the 480v receptacle and the 240 receptacle. It also has a 120 v trickle charge adapter so yea, I can stop and charge if I have to. There are actually a couple of service stations that have installed chargers but I do not know what voltage they are or if they charge you to use them. It really is not a issue though. I can get to work and back on an 80% charge. If I need to go further, I can charge to 100% which will bump the range up by another 20 miles or so I am estimating.
The key to this car is to stay within its range. Not really hard to do. I made several trips with out charging at all this weekend as they were all local trips. At speeds under 40 the range can be as high as 130 miles depending on driving habits and outside temperatures. For comparison purposes, EPA fuel economy equivalent for the Leaf is 106 miles per gallon in the city and 92 on the highway.
My plan is to drive it only 1/2 as far as the range will allow. The other half will be spent getting home. I am going to post some good pictures when we get a sunny day and it is warm outside. Don't get me wrong guys, if it burns gas, make mine a Chevy. But the all electric Nissan Leaf is fun to drive, loaded with features and, in my opinion, the best commuter car if the range will work for you.86 911 Porsche Carrera
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its a interesting idea. ill buy into electric cars and trucks when you show me one that'll tow 15 thousand at 75 mph and go 400 miles.
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well if you get stuck with a dead battery atleast you always have the burban as a back up lol. ive read the prius's are worse on the environment than a hummer h2 is, because of how the battery is made and all thatGo-Recon "xtreme" amber scanning tail gate light strip, Cobra ultra2 CB radio W/ 4 foot firestix antennas, dual exhaust with 40 series single in dual out muffler, 305/65R17 Mickey Thomson Baja ATZ on 17 inch Mickey Thompson Side Biters, 3 inch body lift
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Accessories come off the 12 volt battery. They would not be an issue I do not think. Of course the accessory battery pulls off the main drive battery but that is not a big drain.
Alex, for me the electric car does not replace the Suburban, it complements it. I can have my burb for road trips and hauling without having to feed it gasoline to the tune of 4 gallons a day. The leaf saves me money and extends the life of the burb. Since many families have two cars one of them could be electric as long as the range works. As for hauling 15K at 75 for 400 miles, I don't think it will be coming any time soon. However, it hauls my 200 lb ass 60 miles at 65 mph with no problems.
I love the idea of a sustainable transportation and completely support the development of it, but I just dont think electric cars are going to be the answer. Electric cars still have a long way to go, mostly the batteries in those cars, with the range and the life of them. The technology of the cars and cost of manufacturing them needs to further develop before I can see its as the top solution IMO. Caddi, how you are using the car is perfect, and it does save you tons of money especially when you are staying locally. I am glad you love it and atleast you are one of the people that realize that a sustainable solution for transportation is needed.2002 Chevy Silverado & 1995 Ford Bronco
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not criticising the car, or you caddiac, more just making a comment on it. if the money worked i would look at a Volt, but the wife and I just cant afford it.
It falls in the realm of diesel cars. They are better on economy of fuel/power. But the initial costs are so much greater I think for most of us it is a budget killer. Not sure what caddi paid, and it is none of my business, but I here they go for 10-20,000 more than a car of similar size
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On Election Night last year, Alan Hoffman '88 was doing what most of America and much of the world was doing: watching the election results unfold on television. What's different about Hoffman's experience is that he knew if Senator Barack Obama and his running mate, Senator Joe Biden, were to win, the American studies graduate would be at the center of one of the most significant transitions of power in U.S. history.
Having served twice as Biden's chief of staff — first from 1998-2003, and again from 2006-08 — Hoffman was a natural choice to oversee the vice president-elect's transition team beginning Nov. 5. Seventy-six days later, on Inauguration Day 2009, Hoffman moved into his new quarters in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, right next to the West Wing of the White House, as Biden's deputy chief of staff. There, he helps run a department of about 120 people.
"Sometimes it's better to be lucky than to be good," Hoffman says of his initial opportunity to work for Biden in 1998 as a 32-year-old lawyer. "I had started my government career in '93 with the Clintons, having worked on their campaign in '92, and had a series of jobs, including working at the Justice Department, and then later as a federal prosecutor in Philadelphia."
In 1998, when Attorney General Janet Reno asked Hoffman to return to Washington to head the Justice Department's legislative affairs office, he sought Biden's counsel, as the position required Senate approval and the senator sat on the Judiciary Committee.
"I asked him for his assistance in the confirmation process if that were ultimately to happen, and he said, basically, 'Instead of going back to work for the attorney general, why don't you come back to work with me as my chief of staff?'" Hoffman explains. "There wasn't even an interview. I had worked with his son in the U.S. Attorney's Office and helped build the department. So his son knew me, and I think between the two of them they had concocted this crazy idea that I would go work for then-Senator Biden instead of going to work for Attorney General Reno. So, there really was very little conversation. At which point I said to him — we were driving in the car — I need to think about this!'"
In his current post, Hoffman functions much like a COO, managing the daily workings of Biden's office. He begins every morning by reading three major newspapers and being briefed about important developments by his staff. Depending on what's happening, "that sort of dictates what the day is going to be like," he says. Because the vice president has so many responsibilities — including managing the implementation of the Recovery Act, overseeing developments in Iraq, and chairing the Middle Class Task Force — Hoffman monitors all those areas and provides insight. He also accompanies Biden on almost all of his travels.
"I oversee all of [the vice president's] political activities, the day-to-day management of what it takes to run the vice president's office, all of our outreach to Congress, all of our outreach to local and state officials, and all of our outreach to public interest groups and trade associations and basically the general public at large," he says.
One of his toughest responsibilities may be overseeing Biden's well-known propensity for gaffes, though Hoffman shrugs it off. "One of the things, I think, that makes Joe Biden real is that he many times says what's on his mind, and he doesn't sugarcoat things, and he doesn't necessarily read the talking points that people give him," Hoffman says. "He has been in public life for 37 years, and he is a real person, and I think people like that about him."
Hoffman admits that the hardest part of the job is spending time away from his wife, Lizzie, and his inability to share with her all aspects of his work. "Many times you want to talk about what happened during your day, and there are things that are either politically sensitive or classified or should not be discussed outside the work environment…and so that is a challenge. But fortunately, I have an unbelievably supportive and loving wife who understands these things. And fortunately, she doesn't have a strong interest in politics."
The long hours and secrecy haven't dampened his enthusiasm for public service, and he marvels at what he's seen while working with Biden for most of the last 11 years.
"Think about it: In the Senate, I was there for an impeachment of a U.S. President," he says. "I've been there for the war in Kosovo, I've been there for 9/11, I've been there for a presidential election that was decided by the Supreme Court. It has been an unbelievable experience in terms of having a front-row seat on what's happening on the American and the international stage."


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We have to wait till Monday afternoon to see Short Dance
We have to wait till Monday afternoon to see Short Dance
EUROSPORT why do they bother ?
Where's the SD FD Pairs SP ?
Oh here's the snooker again
Eurosport wer due to show the pairs free & ice dance free this week. Now they are not. It's driving me insane. Snooker & tennis always wreck the Figure Skating being shown. It will be the same in January when the Europeans clash with the Australian Open.
Remember how bad the coverage of the Europeans was this year?.
You can't put the recorder on for skating and go out as you just end up recording snooker
Yes I've watched the SD and FDS on YT but it's not the same as part of the experience for me being a fan' is the commentators comments especially from Nicky being an ex ice dancer .
Even the gala is highlights.
Awaiting ES European coverage not holding my breath .Maybe will be better than last year
I don't care if it's not live and highlights as long as it's shown.
Bad news about British Eurosports coverage of the Europeans.
NOTHING on Wednesday & only one hour for the pairs free on Thursday. It's getting worse every year.
No short programs at all (no dance, pairs, men, ladies), not even a taped, abbreviated hour in the morning or late night. Obviously poker, tractor pulling and arm wresling are more important. It's almost worst than their GP coverage, which was dismal. Why do they bother getting the rights?
It's an insult, between the australian open and the african nations cup, europeans will get near zero coverage this year... atrocious
I'm surprised that anyone is surprised. This has been going on for several years now. As soon as I realized that the African Nations Cup is on this year, I knew we were not going to get much if anything. I can't really protest preempting live coverage for the Australian Open, but the early stages of the African Nations Cup?! I never understood it.
Oh well, at least the cup isn't on every year.
Then it is obvious, that skating has no meaning anymore for the TV channels. On German channels there is absolutly nothing anymore. (exept an hour of an exhibition).Obviously poker, tractor pulling and arm wresling are more important.
Hah. I get access to Eurosport for the first time in 9 years and their coverage has gone completely down the drain?
words fail me here...
if you happen to know alternative ways to watch Euros online, please share.
Why should we have to watch online?. I pay a subscription to watch Eurosport on TV. I have had it with being promised good coverage then getting nothing. Also, French Eurosport get everything live just like the grand prix series. Unfair. If we did not get the grand prix series figure skating would go the same way as other sports flushed down the toilet for tennis, snooker & football. Sports you can find on every sports channel you can watch.
Please complain to Eurosport about this.
If you live in the UK telephone British Eurosport on (020) 7468 7777 & complain.
I emailed them FIVE times & nothing.
It was so strange. This was beyond bad this year. To join the Ice dance free mid way through the group & not show the Gold medal winners was bad but then to show 20 minutes of Top Ten (The most stupid show on tv) & then join the ladies free with two of the final group already started was just slapping loyal viewers in the face.
I know they are showing the 4 Continents but this is Eurosport so they will screw that up to (remember the Grand Prix Finals?!).
It's time the ISU put the fans first & moved the Europeans until after the Australian Open which ruins skating every year.
Does anyone know why Eurosports coverage was SO BAD this year?. It's never been like this before.
Apart from the tennis there was also the Africa Cup of Nations football as well as World Cups in snowboarding and ski jumping.
It may be better to get in touch with these people http://www3.ebu.ch/cms/en/services/s...8-7363e32879c5 the European Broadcasting Union which I only heard of during my involvement with Euros 2012 in Sheffield due to our frustration over the lack of televised programmes. They have total control of everything shown on EurosportUK and Eurosport in other countries after buying the rights from the ISU. And of course because they had sole broadcasting rights, it meant that even though the whole of Euros 2012 was actually being broadcast live from the arena, anything which was not broadcast by Eurosport for whatever reason, we could not pay to view via the ISU stream because they had sold the rights.
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LOUISBURG — Organizers of the Impact Challenge weekend say there were significant successes and lessons learned through the event, held Friday through Sunday.
Zebulon United Methodist Church Pastor Tom Hollis, a member of the event's organizing board, estimated 700 people attended the faith-based showcase of Christian bands, speakers and vendors at Norris Creek Outdoor Entertainment Complex. The weekend was billed as the North Carolina debut of the movie "Jackson's Run" and the national kickoff for Impact Challenge Youth Weekend, which challenges people to commit their lives to God.
"It was thrilling to see the different churches come together and celebrate together," Hollis said. "I think we forged some very good relationships with the other churches who participated in the event, and (we) look forward to drawing our different denominations together for other events in the future."
The screening of "Jackson's Run" drew a crowd of about 500 on Friday. Mel Ferrell, a member of Wakefield Central Baptist Church, witnessed the movie's impact on youths as it told the story of a teenager coping with peer pressure.
"It was a good message to kids to stand up for your rights to be a Christian, especially if it's not the (accepted) way," Ferrell said of film. "It was just a great atmosphere with prayer, which our society is missing out on these days."
Zebulon teenager Wade Creech said the skits performed at Impact Challenge made him realize he was taking life for granted.
"We were active and had live bands playing," Creech said. "It really brought it down to a youth perspective."
Bunn teen Brittney Goodwin said the movie showed her people can go from a bad situation to a good one, and that it is important to have a good heart and forgive. She also enjoyed the interaction between her youth group and those from other area churches over the weekend.
"I loved it. ... (Others) seemed to like it just as much as I did," Goodwin said. " ... We got to hang out with different families, too."
Realizing the event got its message across, event organizer Cindy Privette said the event met its primary goal.
"One of the purposes of the weekend was to help families and young people to understand their relationships to each other and to God, and the hope that God offers," Privette said. "That was accomplished on many levels."
Impact Challenge planners had hoped to attract thousands for the weekend. They say the time of year and the fact it was a first attempt at organizing a large-scale event at the local venue likely affected turnout.
The event drew people from eastern Wake County and as far away as Wilson and Rocky Mount.
"We always want big numbers, but numbers wasn't what it was all about," Hollis said. "There was profound interaction, and you have to accept that's what God's will is – to reach those people."
Wakefield Central Pastor Keith Wagner said Impact Challenge strengthened the wider Christian community in the area.
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BREMERTON, Wash. -- With the threat of military civilian workers taking a 20 percent pay cut, the City of Bremerton is spearheading an effort to counteract potential losses to the business community.
An outreach effort called "Growing Bremerton Together" aims to broaden the city's customer base.
"We can't just count on the people living in our community to spend in our community," said Patty Lent, Mayor of Bremerton.
The city is equipping concierges at Seattle hotels with visitor guides and is hoping their word of mouth will attract spending.
According to Mayor Lent, the community was close to fully rebounding from the recession. Sequestration cuts could sink business profits down to that level again.
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"I'm just figuring it out day-by-day, seeing where it goes," said Duffin.
Aubin Ahrens Photography is developing similar plans.
"Our work is pretty much a luxury," said co-owner Theresa Aubin Ahrens. "People are going to continue to get married, they're going to continue to have babies, but they might get a smaller package than they were before."
One of Bremerton's newest businesses, Kama'Aina Grill, is lowering some prices by at least $3 to accommodate workers impacted by cuts.
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Duffin is hopeful he'll stay afloat while the government gets in gear.
Mayor Lent estimates economic uncertainty for at least the next six months, which falls in the area's busiest tourist season.


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What Packers Rivals Really Think – Bears Edition
As Packers fans, we know how we view our team and their NFC North Rivals. But I'd guess most of us are curious as to how opposing fans view the same subjects. So to find out, one of our regular readers/commenters here, Jesse Cook (aka Bearmeat) contacted a few friends who are (somewhat) sane fans of our Division rivals and peppered them (pun intended) with questions about our team and theirs.
First up, Chicago Bears:
1. Let's start big picture here: What is the fan perception of the Bears organization in the next 5 years? Where is the arrow pointing? Do you approve of the job Emery and Trestman have done so far?
- "In Emery we Trest". That seems to be the motto amongst most Bears fans in town these days. I would say that the fan perception of the Bears is that this organization has finally joined the modern era of football, both from a General Manager and Coaching standpoint. As every failed player from the Lovie/Angelo Era is shed, more positivitiy takes its There is much optimism for the near future of this organization as Emery and Trestman continue their growth together.
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- Cutler has and will always be a polarizing topic in Chicago. There is some reason for optimism for his 2014-15 season. Another year under the high-powered Trestman offense, an improved offensive line, most of his top offensive weapons back.
- In regards to Cutler's contract, I think it's beneficial for both sides. For the Bears, it gives them options on how to handle their future at QB. It's basically a 3 year deal (average $18 mil a year *cough*), giving the Bears the option to turn it into a 4-7 year deal as they choose. If they like what Cutler is doing, they can stick with him, or if they don't they can cut him. Or maybe they bring him back for an extra year as they groom a potential new QB. So yes, there's a lot of money to be handed out the next three years, but they have plenty of wiggle room after that.
3. A lot of Packer fans wanted Shea McClellin at ROLB 2 years ago. Yo got him and he hasn't worked out at RDE, so he's now moving to SLB. How does he look?


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Getting frisky isn't strictly for puppy love. With the release of 'Hope Springs', a romance for the AARP set, we reflect on our favorite older on-screen couples going at each other like the early bird special.
Your daily serving of hot, wacky, and just plain tacky celebrity sightings.
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Local chefs regale us with tales of Thanksgiving meals gone bad, and how they won't make the same mistakes this year.
The guest list and menu read like a who's who of Brooklyn cuisine.
Plus, a locavore festival and a pizza-and-beer pairing, in our roundup of upcoming food events.
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From Coverage to Care: Tips for Using Your HealthCare.gov Coverage
Here's what you need to know to get the most out of your healthcare benefits.
Some Storytimes Taking a Summer Break
Check here for the list of regularly scheduled library storytimes that are taking an end-of-summer break.
IndieFlix is Here!
Film lovers, have we got a streaming service for you? You bet! IndieFlix is the newest addition to Pima County Public Library's digital lineup.


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Mark Rogowsky, Contributor
I write about technology, trends and companies on the leading edge.
Internet music pioneer Pandora Media saw its stock price sliced by nearly 17% Friday on rumors Apple was considering entering its business. And certainly, that's a reasonable knee-jerk reaction. Mighty Apple, with its gold-plated balance sheet and loyal army of 300 million+ iOS users is a formidable foe. Plus, Apple is already the world's leading music seller via the iTunes music store. Pandora bulls were quick to defend the company. The 12-year-old company not only has reinvented radio, but is hitting on all cylinders, they are happy to explain. Just look at the recent August 29, second-quarter earnings announcement:
You'd think with all these wondrous results, Pandora was making money hand over fist. But, of course, it isn't. On a GAAP basis, the company actually lost $5.4 million. Excluding some stock-based compensation, Pandora made a profit of $622,000. (No, there aren't any zeros missing there.) So the good news is, Pandora is getting more profitable as it scales, right? Well, no, there isn't good news there either. Last year, the same non-GAAP measure was positive by $3.2 million. And the first half comparisons are even worse. In 2011, a loss of $1 million; in 2012, a loss of $14 million. Again, this is the non-GAAP version the company wants you to focus on.
Pandora, in fact, has never been profitable, with more than $105 million in losses over the five fiscal years ending January of 2012. And the reason is basically that the business structurally defies scale at this point. You see, despite reinventing radio — Pandora is up to a 6% share of radio listening in the U.S. from 3.5% a year ago — the company hasn't reinvented the business of radio. Worse than that, it has a business model that is fundamentally broken right now. For every incremental listener hour, it pays out additional dollars to music companies through something called a compulsory license. Without that license, Pandora listeners wouldn't have any music to listen to at all. But the terms of that license are onerous and get worse every year until the license is up in 2015.
(The license will have to be renegotiated at that point. In the meantime, the company hopes new legislation working its way through Congress will lead to more favorable royalty rates. The prospects for said legislation are unclear. Pandora can fairly argue that its content costs are much worse than terrestrial or satellite radio. On the other hand, those broadcasters don't offer one-to-one stations as Pandora does nor do they offer song skipping, user-programmable stations or the many features than make Pandora unique. And wonderful.)
In the meantime, content licensing went from 52% of first-half revenue last year to a whopping 63% this year. That was more than enough to take the progress represented by the above numbers and turn them into something that looks a lot like running in place.
Which brings us back to Friday and the Pandora stock plunge. Should Pandora investors really be nervous that Apple might come out with a similar service at some point in the coming months? Well, of course. Apple's aforementioned installed base and 400 million iTunes accounts represent a formidable threat to anyone attempting to profit in the music business. And Apple makes its money selling phones, tablets and computers. It has long insisted that the selling of music and apps merely helps promote those businesses, while not being especially important to Apple's bottom line. If Apple comes out with a Pandora fighter; its motivation will likely be more about delighting iPhone and iTunes users than about making much if anything from the service.
I bet the music publishers are making a tidy profit. Once more the short-term nature of the music industry is driving innovation away to the dark corners of the internet where they won't have services such as Pandora offering them a revenue stream.
Mark Rogowsky, do you think Apple might actually buy Pandora?
Thank you for your insights, Mark!
From an artist perspective: Pandora is one of the most supportive to musicians site I have ever experienced.
The exposure and monetary compensation, due to the incredible
algorithm utilizing a huge database of music attributes created by Pandora (years of development, I understand) is exceptional. I realize rates paid to artists could change soon, but even if the rates for artists go down, Pandora will remain an exceptional service for listeners, advertisers and artists.
If Pandora was owned by Apple, Apple might change the algorithm,
and flow of Pandora's site, and apps.
Furthermore, they (Apple, in this scenario) would strip away the Amazon/ Amazonmp3 buy links that accompany any given artist's song, anything that is not iTunes buy links. This would reduce artists' sales to Android, anything non iOS, device users.
In the long run, I think Pandora has the capability to succeed
competitive with an Apple service, in a more powerful way than if it
was to become owned by Apple.
Pandora is not Radio, it's software. There is no bar to enter this business.
Nice call, Mark.
You sure can pick an unhealthy company. Pandora's stock quadrupled in the 14 months following this article, going from a market cap under $2 Billion to over $7 Billion in a year. Yup, you called it dude – they were totally dead in the water. No buyers at 11, right? It's trading at 38.
Internet radio is a completely disruptive new industry that will also morph into much more – free to consumer digital media distribution. the mobility enabled behavioral revolution. there will be lots of Pandora's, and they will succeed at the expense of Clear Channel, Cumulus, etc.
I guess you've never heard of a company that has value before revenues.
I'm sure readers will be glued to your column looking for your next short.


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Jill Krementz covers Far From The Tree
Andrew Solomon and John Habich with their son George, born on April 6, 2009 at 9:51PM, "weighing 7 pounds, 12 ounces, measuring 20 inches, and already evincing a plentitude of fierce opinions and considerable impatience for good service."
Far From The Tree
Parents, Children and the Search for Identity.
by Andrew Solomon
Published by Scribner on November 13, 2012
Andrew Solomon
Far From The Tree
with an autobiographical chapter detailing his experience as the gay son of heterosexual parents. At the time of his youth, homosexuality was considered an illness — and a crime. It nevertheless became a cornerstone of his identity. As he tells us, illness describes something biological; identity is a word for something social.
Postage stamp on Scribner's invitation for party honoring Andrew Solomon and his new book,
Far From The Tree,
at The Temple of Dendur.
We use the word illness when we wish to disparage a way of being, and identity when we wish to celebrate the same way of being. This consideration of the tenuous balance between illness, identity, and the parent-child dynamic led to his research on 10 different kinds of exceptional children: deaf children, children with dwarfism, Down syndrome, autism, multiple severe disabilities, or prodigious genius; schizophrenic children; children conceived in rape; children who commit serious crimes; and children who are transgender. These individual differences, when considered collectively, unite much of humanity.
In twelve astonishingly acute and compassionate chapters, Solomon tells stories of children who have been heartbreakingly tragic victims of intense prejudices — but also stories of parents who have embraced their children's differences and tried to alter the world's understanding of their conditions. Solomon's humanity and erudition — and the eloquence he discovers in the voices of his subjects — are transformative.
Together the categories he explores compose an aggregate of millions whose struggles are heightened versions of a universal experience. The courageous and profoundly affirming stories of many of these families point a way for all of us to expand our definition of the human family and to increase tolerance.
Far From The Tree
is a masterpiece that will rattle our prejudices, question our policies, and inspire our understanding of the relationship between illness and identity. Above all, it will renew and deepen our gratitude for the Herculean reach of parental love.
As Andrew convinces us, people who can celebrate these children have a happier life than they who think it's a curse and an affliction. Holding your children to standards has to be determined by where your children lead you.
You will read this book and embrace your children and in embracing them you will celebrate their diversity. You may not feel responsible for your child but in the end you will innately know that you are responsible to your child. And you will realize that good listeners are better than good talkers.
I was grateful to begin my Andrew Solomon Photojournal by watching Brian Williams' weekly program,
Rock Center,
that aired on NBC on November 8th.
The segment, reported by Kate Snow, kicking off the launch of
Far From The Tree,
served as a crash course, so to speak, on a very complicated Solomon/Habich family tree. It was also a great introduction to some of the families included in this staggeringly good book.
Andrew and John's family tree. You will want to refer to this from time to time as you try to keep track of everyone in my photojournal. I even had to refer to it.
George reading with Andrew and John.
Checking out his various siblings.
The mothers, Tammy and Laura, of John's first two children, Oliver and Lucy.
Andrew with Blaine Smith.
One big happy family.
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Next big event was was a conversation with Paul Holdengräber at The New York Public Library on Monday, November 12th at 7PM.
If you're going to accumulate a pound a year for ten years, better that it be between covers of a book than around your hips. Andrew Solomon, no kidding, spent a decade interviewing more than 300 families and then whittled down 40,000 pages of transcripts to the roughly 1,000 pages (and ten pounds) of perfect prose.
First to arrive was Andrew's husband John Habich Solomon with the mothers, Tammy and Laura, of his first two children, Oliver and Lucy.
You might want to go back to that family tree.
Andrew's father, Howard Solomon, chairman of Forest Laboratories.
Sarah Billinghurst Solomon (Andrew's stepmother) is assistant general manager of the Metropolitan Opera.
Siddhartha Mukherjee and Nan Graham.
Dr. Mukherjee is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of
The Emperor of All Maladies.
Nan Graham edited Mukherjee's book as well as Andrew's last book, the best-seller
Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression,
and his new one, from now on referred to as
Graham edits many of my favorite books.
Tatiana Martushev, formerly Andrew's "chief of staff," with John. She is now a craniosacral therapist.
Brooke Berlind was smart enough to buy Andrew's book before the conversation. Brooke is on the board of the World Monuments Fund with Andrew.
Polly Shulman.
"We've been friends since Andrew was a freshman at Yale and I was a lofty sophomore. Back then he was an enchanting amalgam of Christopher Robin and Oscar Wilde, known for his opera cloaks and astonishing stories. His stories are still astonishing, and they've grown astonishingly deep and wise over the years.
"Nowadays I write novels for children — most recently
The Grimm Legacy
(Putnam) and its companion novel,
The Wells Bequest
(forthcoming in June 2013 from Nancy Paulsen Books/Putnam), about some kids who have adventures in a magical library."
Bunny Beekman, a sculptor, and her husband Bill, a lawyer (with Debevoise & Plimpton) and a serious collector of Virginia Woolf material. The Beekmans have been friends and admirers of Andrew Solomon since the time he was working on his book about depression.
Blaine Smith, Dr. Richard Hubbard, a neurosurgeon and Blaine's partner, and Sarah Billinghurst Solomon.
Nancy Novogrod and
's Amy Fine Collins. Novogrod, the editor of
Travel + Leisure
has worked with Andrew forever. "He's been a contributing editor for 20 years, first at
House and Garden
and now
Bradley Collins teaches art history at Parsons. He is married to Amy Fine Collins, who is an art work herself.
Randall Bourscheidt, Johnnie Moore, and Ashton Hawkins.
Peter Duchin and Wendy Goodman.
Judy Auchincloss.
Andrew off stage waiting to join Paul Holdengräber. Before the conversation commenced we all got to watch a wonderful video about several of the people profiled in
Nick Davis is a superb film-maker. I have known him since he was 15 years old and was one of 19 young people featured in my book,
How it Feels When A Parent Dies
. His mother Johanna Mankiewicz Davis, a novelist and writer for
Magazine, was killed by by a taxi when Nick was nine.
Since we are are talking about a book called
Far From The Tree,
let me say that Nick fell close to his own. His father, Peter Davis, made the Oscar-winning film
Hearts and Minds.
Nick's maternal grandfather, Herman Mankiewicz, co-wrote the scripts for
Citizen Kane
The Wizard of Oz.
Click above to watch trailer from the book. That's Clinton Brown III.
Susan Weinreich, an artist who lives in Mt. Kisco, is in the chapter on Schizophrenia.
The beautiful trans woman is the film-maker Kim Reed ("Prodigal Sons"), who is featured at length in the "Transexual" chapter, at the end. Before her transition, she was the QB of the football team at her high school in hometown of Helena, Montana. When her movie came out, she was invited to give a sermon there at her family's church, which arranged a screening.
Bill Davis and his autistic son, Christopher.
Retrospective diagnosis, albeit shaky science, suggests that Mozart, Einstein, Han Christian Anderson, Thomas Jefferson, Isaac Newton and a great many other visionaries would now be diagnosed on the spectrum.
Jackie Roth, who is deaf, is a real estate agent at Douglas Elliman. Jackie grew up as the child of deaf parents. Deaf children of deaf parents frequently have a higher level of achievement than the deaf children of hearing parents.
The conversation begins.
To close the evening, Andrew read aloud from his book. The passage he read was in part a response to the writer William Dean Howells's famous disparagement that "what the American public always wants is a tragedy with a happy ending."
"This book seeks the nobility buried in Howells's disparagement. It is predicated on an even more optimistic notion, which is that the happy endings of tragedies have a dignity beyond the happy endings of comedies, that they not only transcend the mawkishness to which Howells alludes, but also produce a contentment more cherished than one untempered by suffering. Sometimes, people end up thankful for what they mourned. You cannot achieve this state by seeking tragedy, but you can keep yourself open more to sorrow's richness than to unmediated despair. Tragedies with happy endings may be sentimental tripe, or they may be the true meaning of love."
At the end, a standing ovation.
A final bow!
Lucy, John, and Oliver are beaming with pleasure as Andrew joins them.
Blurb on book:
"This is one of the most extraordinary books I have read in recent times — brave, compassionate and astonishingly humane. Solomon approaches one of the oldest questions
how much are we defined by nature versus nurture?
and crafts from it a gripping narrative. Through his stories, told with such masterful delicacy and lucidity, we learn how different we all are, and how achingly similar. I could not put this book down."
— Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of
The Emperor of all Maladies
Andrew's agent, Andrew Wylie, with Anthony Marx, President of The New York Public Library.
Alexandra Munroe, Senior Curator of Asian Art at the Guggenheim, is a godparent to George, Andrew and John's youngest son.
Sheena Hill traveled to NYC from Baltimore for the evening's lecture. Ms. Hill is a certified parenting consultant who was interviewed for the book
Brian Hammerstein lives in Chelsea in Manhattan. He and Andrew roomed together at Yale College.
Mr. Hammerstein is currently the General Manager of Rokamat North America, and resides in and serves on the board of Mutual Redevelopment Houses in Chelsea, the largest cooperative housing complex in Manhattan.
Nan Graham, Siddhartha Mukherjee, and Howard Solomon.
Barbara Holdengräber and Jennifer Homans, dance critic for
The New Republic
. Ms. Homans wrote the critically acclaimed
Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet.
Johanna Bober, an editor of
In Style,
with actress Megan Ketch. Ms. Ketch appears in CBS's
Blue Bloods.
Flash Rosenberg, artist-in-residence for LIVE from the NYPL, with Katie Roiphe, author of
In Praise of Messy Lives,
a recent featured speaker at LIVE on October 10, 2012.
Rosenberg creates what she calls "live drawings" during the conversations and what follows are three from the Holdengräber/Solomon evening.
Andrew Solomon quotes his mother, "Good listeners are more interesting than good talkers," in response to Paul Holdengräber's request to define himself in 7 words.
"The opposite of suffering is boredom." — Andrew Solomon
Andrew Solomon was asked by the mother of a young Tutsi woman in Rwanda who had been raped during the atrocities, "How can I love my daughter more? Every time I look at her I think of what happened to me."
"Look at how much love there is in the question itself," Solomon observed.
Andrew with Nora Johnson, who went to Smith College with his mother. Nora wrote
The World of Henry Orient
and is the daughter of the great screenwriter Nunnally Johnson.
The ecstatic author.
Mary Libby works at Christie's Auction House.
Andrew with his cousin Mary Marks, who lives on a little farm in Virginia "with my chickens, my horses, my bees, and my three cats."
On November 13th, Howard and Sarah Solomon hosted a glamorous party celebrating the publication of
with drinks, food, music and dancing at The Temple of Dendur.
The entrance way to the The Temple of Dendur in the Met's Sackler Wing.
Andrew with his father, Howard Solomon and stepmother, Sarah Billinghurst.
Mary Krueger with her partner, Andrés Saavedra, of Carmona Design transformed the Temple of Dendur with exotic flowers, colorful cushions, votive candles, and palm trees projected on three walls (to reference the "Tree" in the title of Andrew's book).
They call themselves Fete Visualists.
Carmona Design's Mary Krueger.
"We were trying to create the feeling of a marvelous luxurious barge floating down the Nile."
Philip Gourevitch, author of
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families.
"Far-reaching, original, fascinating — Andrew Solomon's investigation of many of the most intense challenges that parenthood can bring compels us all to reexamine how we understand human difference. Perhaps the greatest gift of this monumental book, full of facts and full of feelings, is that it constantly makes one think, and think again."
Susan Horton and her husband, Eric Rayman. Mr. Rayman provided legal counsel for Andrew while he was writing
Joyce Cowin, whose daughter Dana is the editor of
Food + Wine
magazine, and one of Andrew's closest friends.
Ann Gussow lives just down the street from Andrew and is the widow of
New York Times
theater critic Mel Gussow, who was Howard Solomon's cousin.
Kent Carroll, publisher at Europa Editions, which translates select international literature for the American market. He is former editor-in-chief of Grove Press and founder-publisher of Carroll & Graf.
Now here's a guest who doesn't feel he has to smile for the camera.
Jason Kingsley. With another boy who had Down syndrome, Jason co-wrote the book
Count Us In,
in which he described the doctor who told his parents that he'd never talk or even recognize them. He earned a high-school diploma.
Emily Perl Kingsley, former
Sesame Street
writer, who wrote the oft-quoted "Welcome to Holland," likening the experience of having a child with a disability to a trip on which one has planned to go to Italy, but ends up in Holland instead. It can be a bitter disappointment — unless you realize that Holland is a place with different kinds of lovely things from those in Italy.
Cousins Emmett Solomon, "almost 12," and Oliver Scher, "almost 13."
Philip Gourevitch and his wife, Larissa MacFarquhar, a staff writer for
The New Yorker.
Cindy Spiegel is publisher of the Spiegel & Grau imprint at Random House. As founding editor of Riverhead Books, she edited
The Kite Runner
The Color of Water.
Writer-philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah is the author of
The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen,
and the partner of Henry Finder, Andrew's longtime editor at
The New Yorker.
Allesandro Ricciarelli is writer and a music therapist at Memorial Sloan Kettering. Carla Blumenkrantz is the editor of
a literary magazine. Allesandro
met Andrew when they were both at Yaddo.
Bill Davis's son is in the chapter on autism. They are also featured in the promotional video for the book.
Painter Cornelia Foss, the widow of composer Lukas Foss, has painted portraits of both Andrew and his son George.
Edith and Harold Holzer. Holzer, V.P. of the Met, is the foremost Lincoln scholar. Asked what he thought of Spielberg's recent bio-pix about our 16th President, Holzer replied: "I was a consultant on the film so I'm biased. The revelation for me is that Sally Field really is Mary Lincoln. I've never seen Mrs. Lincoln brought to life the way she has been in this film.
Francine du Plessix Gray's most recent book is
The Queen's Lover,
a historically based novel about Marie-Antoinette and her Swedish lover, Count Axel von Fersen. (published by Penguin Press and edited by Ann Godoff)
Deeda Blair is co-founder of the Alexandria Conference, a yearly invitation-only summit of leading scientists and thinkers to shape directions in life-science research. Andrew will speak at this year's Alexandria Conference on neuroscience in December.
Olivia Flatto, a scientist, is also chairman of the American Friends of the Paris Opera & Ballet.
The evening began with a toast from Andrew's editor, Nan Graham.
"This truly transformative work is spectacularly generous — to the people in the book whose stories of courage and resilience and abiding love have never been heard, to the people who read the book whose minds and hearts will be forever changed by it, and to the many many who will unknowingly be affected in the years and decades to come as it alters our policies, our embrace of difference, and our humanity. No one but Andrew Solomon could have dared to conceive this work; no one but Andrew has the intelligence and tenacity and imagination and grace and seemingly infinite compassion to execute it."
Howard Solomon:
"If Andrew's mother were alive today, I can hardly imagine how proud she would be. She taught her dyslexic son how to read and write. She worked with him every day, every day until he became literate — and he has indeed become very literate, in part because of his mother's devotion.
"This remarkable book will change the lives of many, many thousands of people, change them for the better, assure them they are not alone, assuring all of us of their humanity, perhaps assuring that none of us, all different, are alone if only we open our eyes and peer deeply around us and into ourselves. I suppose being Andrew's father I may tend to exaggerate the virtues of his book, but to me it's a masterpiece."
Andrew Solomon:
"Someone asked me this week how publishing this book felt different from publishing the last one, and I realized that when the last one was published, it was everything, and I felt if it didn't succeed, my life was purposeless. But publishing this one, I have a husband, and beautiful children, and the love of the mothers of those children, and while I'll be furious and distraught if this book doesn't take off, I won't be despairing."
At the end of Andrew's remarks he told us that he had, only hours earlier, been elected to the board of trustees of the Metropolitan Museum.
Emily Wilson and her wife, Anna Adelson. Anna is in the book. Behind them is John Rafferty, a retired partner at Ernst & Young, and the husband of Met Museum President Emily Rafferty.
Andrew and John.
John with his son, George.
Tom Campbell, Director of the Met museum with his wife, Phoebe.
Andrew's long affiliation with the Met began when, as a high-school student, he was hired to wear a unicorn costume for an event at The Cloisters. Nervous about the job, he asked his supervisor what he should do, and was told, "Grant wishes and kiss virgins."
A few years later, he won an internship at the museum and served as an editorial assistant to the legendary Diana Vreeland at the Costume Institute.
Nick Davis with his wife, Jane Mendelssohn, author of
American Music
I Was Amelia Earhart
In Nick's words: "Andrew has been a friend of my wife's since childhood, and he's been an inspiration to me since we met, almost twenty years ago. His generosity of spirit and amazing compassion are matched only by his tremendous vitality and incredible erudition.
"It was a total pleasure to make the 'book trailer' (a bastard art form, with a terrible name — but that's another story!), and I hope everyone buys the book, since of course it's about all of us."
Two mothers talking. Charlotte Clark introduced herself to Emily Perl Kingsley saying "I'm the middle of the Schizophrenia Chapter." Mrs. Kingsley replied, "I'm the beginning of the chapter on
Down syndrome."
Bunny and Bill Beekman, who were both at the NY Public Library the previous evening, are honorary aunt and uncle to George Solomon.
Geraldine Laybourne sold Oxygen to NBC and is now Chairman of Alloy Inc.
"I am elated women did so well in the last election!"
Blaine Solomon and George spent a good part of the evening enjoying their makeshift slides.
Susan Weinreich, who is in the video and talks in the book about her experience of schizophrenia, with Clinton Brown III, one of the stars in the chapter about dwarfism.
Bunny Harvey and Frank Muhly are the parents of composer Nico Muhly, a musical wunderkind profiled in the "Prodigies" chapter. Bunny is a painter who won the Prix de Rome and currently has a one-woman retrospective on view at the Newport Art Museum through Dec. 30.
Film-maker Nick Davis with three of the stars of his promotional video: Susan Weinreich, Catherine Featherstone, and Clinton Brown III.
To make the book trailer for
Far From The Tree
, Nick enlisted top documentary colleagues like cinematographer Tom Hurwitz (
Valentino, Queen of Versailles
) and used the Interetron technique, to allow the interviewees to speak directly to camera.
"We chose colored backgrounds to suggest, I hope not in a Benneton-y way, the infinite variety and color of the diversity of the human experience. We did interviews with seven of the people featured in the book, as well as a lengthy interview with Andrew.
"For the trailer, we tried to distill the essence of the interviewees into a simple story of obstacles, persistence, and transcendence. We used music by one of interviewees, NIco Muhly."
(Excerpts of all the interviews can be found on the book's website,
Andrew and Blaine Solomon.
Broadway and movie costume designer Suzy Benzinger, costumier John Schneeman, and John Habich Solomon. Schneeman designed and made Habich Solomon's suit, as well as all the costumes for the children who were wedding attendants at John and Andrew's wedding in 2007.
Cora Cahan is chairman of the New 42nd Street, and husband Bernard Gersten has been executive producer of Lincoln Center Theater since 1985.
Kimball Chen, Chairman of Energy Transportation Group.
"We advise national governments and international agencies regarding sustainable energy policies and climate change."
Photographer Adam Fuss, who took the photo on the cover of
Fuss is renowned for his unique cibachrome photograms. "I place the baby in a shallow tray of water (in which photographic paper is also placed, below the baby) because water is a metaphor for life and birth itself. It's a simple, life-size composition (simplicity and depiction of images at their true scale are characteristics of photograms), because I want it to be iconic and timeless. The blackest areas in the babies' silhouettes represent where their skin met the tray."
The baby portrayed on
is, of course, George Habich Solomon.
Kathleen Seidel was Andrew's research assistant for three years. A graduate of Columbia University, she is the mother of a son who transitioned from a female at fifteen and who has Asperger's.
Andrew's niece Abigail Solomon, 9, with her mother, Sarah Long Solomon.
Christina Harper, assistant to Sarah Billinghurst.
Jackie Roth was Miss Deaf America!
Clinton Brown III with his girlfriend, Sofiya Perez.
Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of
A Visit from the Goon Squad.
Ms. Egan has just moved from Knopf to Scribner and is working on another novel for Nan Graham.
Far from the Tree
is a landmark, revolutionary book. It frames an area of inquiry — difference between parents and children
that many of us have experienced in our own lives without ever considering it as a phenomenon. Andrew Solomon plumbs his topic thoroughly, humanely, and in a compulsively readable style that makes the book as entertaining as it is illuminating."
Oliver dancing with Sue Macartney-Snape, who is a noted English artist-illustrator.
Virginia Vitzthum's interview with Andrew was published in
Lithuanian photographer Aurelijus Varna flew to NYC from London to take photographs
for Andrew.
Camille Massey is vice-president for global strategy at the Council on Foreign Relations. She and her partner, the artist Gillie Holme, are the parents of 11-year-old Lucia Massey.
Adrian LeBlanc and Dr. Stuart Lewis.
Ms. LeBlanc, a recipient of a MacArthur fellowship, is the author of the best-seller,
Random Family,
published by Nan at Scribner. Dr. Lewis was a physician of the late Lucy Grealy, author of
Autobiography of a Face.
Adrian and Stuart met at a book party for Ann Patchett (where I photographed both Ann and Lucy).
By this time, my evening at the Met was reaching an almost scarey six-degree-ishness.
LeBlanc is working on a book about standup comedians. When I later saw her leaving the party, she was wearing Lucy's coat, bequeathed to her.
Melissa Rasmussen, an event producer, and Tatiana Martushev with a whole new look from the previous evening.
My friend Oliver. They are all holding bouquets of Coral Charm Peonies, a favorite of Andrew's late mother.
Jocelyn Alleyne has been a Met security guard for 24 years. She had been on her feet since 9AM, first working in the Islamic Galleries and then walking over to The Temple of Dendur.
A bouquet of Coral Charm Peonies, and some Purple Iris from California.
Novelist Thea Goodman and art historian Claudia Swan with their bouquets, Coral Charm Peonies from New Zealand and Hybrid Delphiniums from Holland.
Good night sweet Princes. Sweet Dreams!
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Wine labels. As I wrote the wine label text for the 2008 Kinkead Ridge reds and 2009 Kinkead Ridge whites, I found this hilarious web site to generate silly tasting notes.
Go visit the Silly Tasting Note Generator and scroll to the bottom of the page. Select Make a New Note and generate tasting notes like these.
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