text: Favorite Books of 2011 The Year in Books: Our 2011 Must Reads by Tara Block 12/28/11 6 Reactions 978 Shares Print 738 200 40 0 0 Every month we share with you our picks for what to read in our Must Reads feature. And this year there have been some great page-turners! From juicy celebrity memoirs to magical fiction novels to nonfiction explorations of love and relationships, there have been some smart and sexy books to dig into. So we want to make sure you didn't miss any of the great reads of 2011! Here are all the books released this year that made our Must Reads roundups. Pick one up for holiday travel downtime or as a gift to the women in your life. Dive into the books of the year now! Bossypants What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tina Fey's memoir Bossypants had me at its cover, but really sealed the deal with its description: "From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon — from the beginning of this paragraph to this final sentence." 1 / 122 A Billion Wicked Thoughts What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Two neuroscientists, Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam, analyzed a billion web searches along with countless websites, erotic videos, erotic stories, personal ads, and digitized romance novels to come up with startling stats on men and women's sexual desires in A Billion Wicked Thoughts: What the World's Largest Experiment Reveals About Human Desire. 2 / 122 The Night Circus What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Part historical romance, part fantasy science fiction, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern is a magical, dreamy love story critics are calling the next Harry Potter. This novel tells the love story of two dueling magicians in the night-only Le Cirque des Rêves. Check out our interview with Erin Morgenstern! 3 / 122 William & Catherine What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 The dust has barely settled from the royal wedding mania, and there are already books documenting the big day! My pick is William & Catherine: Their Story, which was written by biographer Andrew Morton, who authored Princess Diana's biography and has followed Prince William's life since he was born. This book follows the early lives of William and Kate Middleton through the ups and downs of their relationship, finishing with photos and details of their royal wedding. 4 / 122 Everyday Icon What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Written by Time style writer Kate Betts, Everyday Icon: Michelle Obama and the Power of Style explores the sartorial and societal implications of Michelle's clothing choices. As a bonus, it provides a look at first-lady fashion throughout history. 6 / 122 The Lover's Dictionary What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 YA author David Levithan takes on adult readers in The Lover's Dictionary. In it a nameless narrator explores the complexity of love with 26 chapters, broken down by letters of the alphabet. 6 / 122 The Steal What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rachel Shteir gives shoplifting a serious look, studying its history as an ancient crime and how it is misunderstood in modern times. The Steal: A Cultural History of Shoplifting examines why people shoplift, how society punishes it, as well as how to treat it. 7 / 122 Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chelsea Handler has written several books, but this latest read is actually a collection of stories from her loved ones. Friends, family members, and co-workers of Chelsea Handler share the tall tales the comedienne has told them over the years in Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me. 8 / 122 1Q84 What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 An ode to Orwell's 1984, Haruki Murakami's hugely popular 1Q84 has been a bestseller in Japan and is being released in the US for the first time this month. Set in 1984 Tokyo, this dreamy novel has been described as "a love story, a mystery, a fantasy, a novel of self-discovery, a dystopia." Intrigued yet? 9 / 122 Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Comedy writer and The Office actress Mindy Kaling will crack you up with her musings in Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns). This book is part memoirs of Mindy's shy childhood as a daughter of immigrants and observations of Hollywood life, and part life advice on everything from romance to friendship. And with The New York Times calling Mindy "Tina Fey's cool little sister," we can't wait to dive in! 11 / 122 Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2 What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Adapted and illustrated by Young Kim, Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2 is the follow-up to Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 and is a visual companion work for fans of the Stephenie Meyer Twilight saga. 11 / 122 Normal Gets You Nowhere What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kelly Cutrone marches to her own drum, and in Normal Gets You Nowhere she invites you to do the same. Cutrone's latest book is about not pretending to be like everyone else to fit in, but taking a cue from other outstanding individuals in history by flaunting what makes you unique, weird, and awesome. 12 / 122 The Most Dangerous Thing What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Years after a group of friends keeps a terrible secret one of the friends dies, forcing them to deal with their hidden lie in Laura Lippman's psychological thriller The Most Dangerous Thing. 13 / 122 The Fatal Gift of Beauty What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 In The Fatal Gift of Beauty: The Trials of Amanda Knox author Nina Burleigh explores the lies, conspiracy, corruption, and police incompetence surrounding the real case of Amanda Knox, the young American girl convicted of murder in Italy. 14 / 122 Don't Kill the Birthday Girl What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Author Sandra Beasley's food allergies are so extreme that when she was young, her mom had to warn birthday partygoers about keeping her away from the potentially lethal birthday cake by saying, "Don't kill the birthday girl!" In her memoir Don't Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales From an Allergic Life she talks about the struggle it's been living as the "allergy girl." 15 / 122 A Singular Woman What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother tells the story of President Obama's nontraditional mom, Stanley Ann Dunham. Reporter Janny Scott interviewed Dunham's loved ones and went through letters and photo albums to give us a peek inside the woman who raised our commander-in-chief. 16 / 122 Spirit Junkie What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 NYC publicist-turned-guru Gabrielle Bernstein shares her journey of self-discovery in her self-help book Spirit Junkie: A Radical Road to Self-Love and Miracles. Gabrielle helps others overcome addiction and self-doubt in this spiritual guidebook for the next generation. And for more self-love tips check out our interview with Gabrielle Bernstein. 17 / 122 Then Again What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Actress Diane Keaton shares intimate and emotional stories about her life and her relationship with her mother in her memoir Then Again. Along with personal stories, Diane incorporates bits and pieces from her mother's extensive journals to paint a portrait of herself and her family's history spanning generations. 18 / 122 Gone With a Handsomer Man What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 In funny murder-mystery-meets-chick-lit Gone With a Handsomer Man by Michael Lee West, engaged pastry chef Teeny Templeton first dumps her fiancé for his indiscretions, then is jailed for his murder, and then finds herself falling for her old flame, now her lawyer. 19 / 122 Happy Accidents What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Between hosting the Emmys and releasing her first book, Glee's Jane Lynch has a busy month ahead of her. In her memoir Happy Accidents, Jane takes us on her journey to success, which started with her dream to become an actress at 14 years old. It wasn't an easy path. She struggled with anxiety and her sexual identity, coping with the help of alcohol. Finally, at 31, she came out to her parents and quit drinking, and her big break soon came in the form of a Frosted Flakes commercial. Jane's story is a likely must read for anyone dealing with sexual identity acceptance — or looking for a laugh. 20 / 122 Neü Sex What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sasha Grey's become some kind of thinking-woman's porn star. In Neü Sex, she turns the camera on her world, showing us the daily grind (sorry) of an adult actress. 21 / 122 A Stolen Life What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 In Jaycee Dugard's A Stolen Life: A Memoir she tells the story of the 18 years she was kept captive and abused and how she's overcome the horrific experience. 22 / 122 Girls in White Dresses What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jennifer Close's Girls in White Dresses follows a group of young women in the city who must deal with post-college realities, relationships, friendship, and the disappointments of life not turning out quite how you expected it to. 23 / 122 11/22/63 What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stephen King's sci-fi thriller 11/22/63: A Novel follows a high school teacher who travels back in time on a mission to prevent the JFK assassination from happening. 24 / 122 Spoiled What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Written by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, the writers of the irreverent GoFugYourself.com, Spoiled follows Molly Dix, a 16-year-old who discovers she's really the love child of an international movie star. Molly moves to LA and engrosses herself in the Hollywood lifestyle, while getting to know her spoiled, gorgeous half-sister. 25 / 122 No Higher Honor What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 In No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington, former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice details the highs and lows of her eight-year tenure with the US government, including her harrowing experiences during the 9/11 terrorist attacks. 26 / 122 The Marriage Plot What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Author of The Virgin Suicides and Pulitzer Prize-winning Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides brings us The Marriage Plot, which circles around a love triangle between recent Brown grads in the 1980s. It's a coming-of-age story for post-college intellectuals attempting to figure out life, love, and what adulthood really means. 27 / 122 Then Came You What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Three women's lives unexpectedly converge in Jennifer Weiner's Then Came You: A Novel, a story about the relational complications of surrogacy, motherhood, and modern science. 28 / 122 The Best of Me What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nicholas Sparks's latest The Best of Me follows two former high school sweethearts as they are reunited 25 years after parting. Attending the funeral of a former mentor, the star-crossed pair learn some painful truths about their past and must decide how to move forward. 29 / 122 Prime Time What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Workout pioneer Jane Fonda's self-help book Prime Time: Love, Health, Sex, Fitness, Friendship, Spirit — Making the Most of All of Your Life offers advice for living a successful and mature life. 30 / 122 Spousonomics What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 The economic principle that overconfidence causes booms and busts also applies to marriages. Spousonomics: Using Economics to Master Love, Marriage, and Dirty Dishes claims that couples shouldn't overconfidently assume they will be together forever. Instead, it says, they should take into account how much strain certain events might put on their relationship and plan accordingly. 31 / 122 There Are Things I Want You to Know About Stieg Larsson and Me What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fans of the late author of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson won't be able to resist this intimate account by his lifelong partner Eva Gabrielsson, There Are Things I Want You to Know About Stieg Larsson and Me. 32 / 122 The Pioneer Woman What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Author Ree Drummond has been blogging and writing about her journey from city life to ranch wife for years. In The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels, she writes about how she fell in love with her cowboy husband. 33 / 122 Seriously . . . I'm Kidding What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Funny lady and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres opens up about her personal life, shares words of wisdom, and throws in plenty of hilarious stories in her latest autobiography Seriously . . . I'm Kidding. Specifically, Ellen talks about her short-lived hosting gig on American Idol, modeling for CoverGirl, and her royal connection (she's related to Kate Middleton!). 34 / 122 All These Things I've Done What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 The romantic mystery All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin takes place in 2083. Chocolate and coffee are illegal (oh no!), and paper and water are scarce. The story follows a 16-year-old chocolate mafia princess accused of her ex-boyfriend's murder. It sounds like a futuristic prohibition love story, which sounds good to us! 35 / 122 Call Me Irresistible What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 The daughter of Hollywood royalty finds herself cut off from her family's money and stranded in a small Texas town. As she hilariously finds her way, she falls in love — to the town's dismay — with the local golden boy and mayor in Call Me Irresistible. 36 / 122 Not Afraid of Life What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bristol Palin has had many incarnations in only two decades of life. She's been the first daughter of Alaska, a teen mom, Levi Johnston's finacé (twice), and reality TV star. Now she can add author to the list, as she's giving readers what she's describing as a first-time intimate look at her life with her new memoir Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far. 37 / 122 It's All Relative What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 With a mixture of humor and heartfelt sincerity, Wade Rouse's fourth collection of family essays, It's All Relative: Two Families, Three Dogs, 34 Holidays, and 50 Boxes of Wine , deals with holidays from Christmas to Secretary's Day. 38 / 122 Daphne Guinness What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Style icon Daphne Guinness is interviewed by fashion historian Valerie Steele in Daphne Guinness. Chock-full of fashion eye candy, this book explores the woman designer Tom Ford has called "one of the—if not the—most stylish women living." 39 / 122 Chick Lit and Postfeminism What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 From slang for Princeton University's female literary tradition course in the '80s to a turn-of-the-century humorous subgenre of fiction, Chick Lit and Postfeminism examines the genre's rise to notoriety. 40 / 122 The Weird Sisters What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 We've read, seen, and heard a lot about weird families, but Eleanor Brown creates a world stranger than Augusten Burroughs's (Running With Scissors) worst day in The Weird Sisters. 41 / 122 One Thousand Gifts What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 One Thousand Gifts is simply a memoir of a woman, mother, and writer who lives on a farm, but it's been getting big praise like this "is the most gorgeous thing I've ever read" and "it's like C.S. Lewis for mortals." 42 / 122 Flash and Bones What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bones anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan must solve the case of a body found in a raceway-side barrel of asphalt in Kathy Reichs's latest mystery Flash and Bones: A Novel. 43 / 122 Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 "Never date a philosopher" is what nobody ever told me, but somehow seems like innate knowledge. These extraordinary overthinkers are exceptionally bad at romance, and Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love puts their thoughts on love together for a fascinating and funny read. 44 / 122 The Science of Single What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 The Science of Single: One Woman's Grand Experiment in Modern Dating, Creating Chemistry, and Finding Love chronicles Rachel Machacek's attempt to date scientifically: committing one year of dating by every means possible. 45 / 122 I Think I Love You What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Allison Pearson's first novel, I Don't Know How She Does It, has been turned into a film starring Sarah Jessica Parker. Pearson's latest is based on her own teen obsession with David Cassidy. I Think I Love You starts in the 1970s with two Welsh teens obsessed with Cassidy and picks up decades later when a lost love letter brings the two friends together again. Pearson explores how teens use celebrity crushes to work out fears about real relationships. 46 / 122 Explosive Eighteen What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Part mystery, part romance, Janet Evanovich's Explosive Eighteen follows bond hunter Stephanie Plum as she tries to help the FBI track down a murderer by remembering a photograph a dead man showed her. 47 / 122 The Oprah Winfrey Show What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 After 25 years on TV, The Oprah Winfrey aired its last episode on May 25, 2011, and it was truly the end of an era. Deborah Davis compiles photographs, essays, and more in her tribute to the show and its effect on our culture and history, The Oprah Winfrey Show: Reflections on an American Legacy. This is a must read and a must-have gift for Oprah fans! 48 / 122 The Perfect Bride For Mr. Darcy What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Because what the world needs now is one more riff on Pride and Prejudice, there's The Perfect Bride For Mr. Darcy. But if you loved the original, you'll revel in this Jane Austen fan fiction, which is basically a P&P rewrite. 49 / 122 The Science of Kissing What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Learn the evolutionary and cultural history of the kiss, its chemistry, and future in The Science of Kissing. 50 / 122 Love Shrinks What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Despite having been interviewed on Oprah as a marriage expert and being a bestselling self-help author, Sharyn Wolf's own marriage was so bad that in 15 years of marriage her and her husband only had sex twice. In Love Shrinks: A Memoir of a Marriage Counselor's Divorce, psychotherapist and relationship expert Wolf opens up about how she came to grips with her failed marriage amidst doling out love and marriage advice to other people. 51 / 122 How I Planned Your Wedding What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 When your mother's a romance novel writer, you can assume she has big plans for your wedding. But Elizabeth Wiggs Maas never imagined just how specific those big plans were. Together with her mother, prolific novelist Susan Wiggs, they cover wedding planning from both ends of the knot in How I Planned Your Wedding. 52 / 122 The Rules According to JWOWW What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Looking for something a little more lowbrow? The Rules According to JWOWW will help you land a mint guy or stay fresh to death. You may want to brush up on Jersey Shore slang first. 53 / 122 Damn You, Scarlett O'Hara What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Take a break from following the moves of modern celebrities and dive into the scandalous affair of these two 20th century icons. Damn You, Scarlett O'Hara: The Private Lives of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier offers sexual excesses, anguish, and graphic detail. 54 / 122 Cinderella Ate My Daughter What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Peggy Orenstein finds out how sexualized girlhood impacts young women today in Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches From the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture. She wants to know how the Girl Power of the 1990s got replaced with today's pursuit of physical perfection. 55 / 122 Shockaholic What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carrie Fisher is at it again with her hilarious and slightly bonkers Shockaholic, which follows her experiences with electro-convulsive shock therapy. Specifically, it's about how the therapy is wiping her memories, but she likes it too much to stop. 56 / 122 Split-Second Persuasion What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Here's some advice we can all use: how to get people to do what we want! Kevin Dutton's Split-Second Persuasion: The Ancient Art and New Science of Changing Minds promises to help you persuade people in your dating, professional, and family life. 57 / 122 Found What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Best-selling author, youngest actress to ever win an Oscar, and daughter of actors Ryan O'Neal and Joanna Cook Moore, Tatum O'Neal opens up in Found: A Daughter's Journey Home about experiences many everyday women can relate to: being a single mother, overcoming substance abuse, and learning to forgive. 58 / 122 Killing Kate What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Julie Kramer's crime fiction novel Killing Kate: A Novel follows a TV reporter who uncovers an unsettling connection between a black angel statue and a serial killer. 59 / 122 The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 A satirical look at friendship in the modern world, The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim is about a man with 70 Facebook friends (that's not very many?) and nobody to talk to when his marriage breaks down. He hits the road for a life-changing journey, which I promise you doesn't end in him discovering Twitter. 60 / 122 The Dovekeepers What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 In historical meets fantasy fiction novel The Dovekeepers, author Alice Hoffman follows the intertwined lives of four women in ancient Judea as they overcome adversity in a misogynistic and tragic society. Alice explores themes like religion, tradition, sacrifice, and endurance with a touch of magic in this heavy novel. 61 / 122 Joan Crawford What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joan Crawford was the original inspiration for Mommie Dearest. Her daughter penned the memoir in 1978, describing the famous actress as an abusive alcoholic with militant love for order. But long before that, she was loved by the spotlight — and her older children. It's believed she had breakdown at some point, but Joan Crawford: The Enduring Star puts her late-life reputation aside to examine her lesser-known, better-liked side. 62 / 122 Finding Sarah What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 After getting caught trying to sell access to her ex-husband, Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, found herself in a downward spiral. She's since opened up about her mission to regain control of her life, and through diary excerpts and personal letters and emails, she continues that journey with her memoir Finding Sarah: A Duchess's Journey to Find Herself. 63 / 122 Women on Screen What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Are you a Jackie or a Marilyn? As far back as we can look, the media has carefully curated the portrayal of women by dividing, categorizing, and stereotyping. Women on Screen looks at how females are represented in both television and movies today. 64 / 122 Oprah What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 "I pretty much just do whatever Oprah says," is how Liz Lemon describes her religion in a 30 Rock episode. Tina Fey may have tapped into the Oprah-as-God phenomena years back, but now Kathryn Lofton finds a secular messiah when she investigates Oprah's media empire in Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon. 65 / 122 Man Down What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 What a lady's man! Dan Abrams set out to challenge the female stereotypes that put women down, so he pored through studies and statistics to find fairer sex is the better sex — at just about everything — in Man Down (aka Women Are Better at Everything). 66 / 122 MM — Personal What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 It's been quite the year for Marilyn Monroe, as far as years for dead people go. Michelle Williams portrayed her in My Week With Marilyn while Naomi Watts is set to play her in Blonde. Dig deeper with MM — Personal: From the Private Archive of Marilyn Monroe. It's not just a peek, but a full-on stare into the blond bombshell's psyche and private life, using 10,000 never-before-published documents, snapshots, letters, memorabilia, and ephemera from her own filing cabinets. 67 / 122 No Regrets What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 If you liked La Vie en Rose, you'll want pick up No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf, a biopic of the famous French singer. 68 / 122 The Provence Cure For the Brokenhearted What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 A French countryside home that has mended broken hearts since World War II is at the center of The Provence Cure For the Brokenhearted, by Bridget Asher. After her husband dies, Heidi travels to France with her 8-year-old, OCD son and jaded teenage daughter, to spend the Summer repairing the family home in the South of France. The rest of the story involves a shocking confession, family secrets, and an enigmatic Frenchman. 69 / 122 Three Stages of Amazement What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 A novel about a banker and his socialite wife during the recent economic downturn doesn't exactly sound promising, but Carol Edgarian portrays her characters and their marriage with care and exacting detail. They may look shallow on the surface, but readers will find humanity, love, and poignancy in Three Stages of Amazement. 70 / 122 The Friendship Fix What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Andrea Bonior's The Friendship Fix: The Complete Guide to Choosing, Losing, and Keeping Up With Your Friends is all about developing healthy and lasting relationships in your postcollege 20s and 30s, when it's easiest to let work, boyfriends, and life get in the way of building and sustaining friendships. 71 / 122 Girls Like Us What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 After Rachel Lloyd survived commercial sexual exploitation in her teens, she devoted her life to help other victims in the sex industry and founded nonprofit GEMS, Girls Educational and Mentoring Services, to help others with similar stories to her own. Her memoir Girls Like Us: Fighting For a World Where Girls Are Not For Sale, an Activist Finds Her Calling and Heals Herself is about her own life as well as the lives of those she's helped. 72 / 122 A Jane Austen Education What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Austen scholar William Deresiewicz's A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter intertwines the life lessons that can be gleaned from Jane Austen's novels and how they affected his own personal experiences. 73 / 122 A Helluva High Note What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hitmaker Kara DioGuardi's memoir A Helluva High Note: Surviving Life, Love, and American Idol shares the highs and lows of her life and career, including battling an eating disorder, facing stage fright, and her short stint as an American Idol judge. 74 / 122 The Long Goodbye What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slate journalist and poet Meghan O'Rourke tells the heartbreaking story of her final months with her dying mother and sorrowful aftermath in her memoir The Long Goodbye: A Memoir. 75 / 122 Attachments What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 In Attachments, a novel by Rainbow Rowell, an Internet security guy intercepts two female co-workers' chats about their lives and relationships and then falls for one along the way in this modern You've Got Mail-like love story. 76 / 122 In Defense of Women What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Federal judge Nancy Gertner shares courtroom dramas that illustrate the way women in the legal profession and gender-driven laws have evolved over the years in her memoir In Defense of Women: Memoirs of an Unrepentant Advocate. 77 / 122 Semi-Sweet What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Roisin Meaney's novel Semi-Sweet: A Novel of Love and Cupcakes follows Hannah Robinson as she tries to make her newly opened cupcake shop a success despite losing her boyfriend to another woman, her best friend's relationship struggles, and a possible love interest with one of her customers. 78 / 122 Kris Jenner What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 We're always hearing from the Kardashian girls Kourtney, Kim, and Khloé, but now we finally have the chance to hear from the matriarch of the family. Kris Jenner tells all in her candid memoir Kris Jenner . . . and All Things Kardashian about being the mom and manager of a reality TV family franchise. 79 / 122 Why I Love Singlehood What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Why I Love Singlehood is a novel by Sarah Girrell and Elisa Lorello about a thirtysomething owner of a coffee shop who is proud of her single lifestyle until she finds out her ex-boyfriend is engaged. The book follows her journey through the murky waters of online dating, speed dating, and other attempts to find what she's really looking for in life and love. 80 / 122 Queen of Kings What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 The dark, romantic novel Queen of Kings by Maria Dahvana Headley mixes history with vampire lore, imagining Cleopatra as a vengeful, bloodthirsty queen who travels to the underworld to save her kingdom and her king. 81 / 122 Dead Reckoning What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fans of True Blood will be thirsty for the latest installment in Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse series, Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 11), which may be the second to last book in the series. 82 / 122 If You Ask Me What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 With seven decades in the spotlight, spunky Betty White looks back on her life in her funny and sweet memoir If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't). Betty addresses rumors, makes life observations, and shares stories surrounding her recent Hollywood projects. 83 / 122 Sister What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Taking place in London, the thriller Sister: A Novel follows Beatrice, a woman who has just lost her younger sister in an apparent suicide. Beatrice believes her sister was murdered and goes on a mission to find out the truth. Mysterious details come out about the time leading up to the death, in this story written as a letter from Beatrice to her late sister. 84 / 122 V Is For Vampire What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 A is for Arterial Spray, B is for Bedroom Window . . . and so on. Adman-Troy Castro and illustrator Johnny Atomic take us through the alphabet of vampires in V Is For Vampire: An Illustrated Alphabet of the Undead, adding some substance to the Twilight-fueled pop-culture obsession with the undead by explaining the myth of garlic and the downside of eternal youth. 85 / 122 The Man in the Rockefeller Suit What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Telling a story too crazy to be fiction, The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Imposter recalls how a man born in a small German town convinced everyone that he was a Rockefeller. Vanity Fair journalist Mark Seal tells us how the con man found his way into exclusive clubs, Wall Street firms, and the arms of a rising star businesswoman who believed she had just married a Rockefeller. 86 / 122 Showtime What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 For you theater junkies out there, respected music professor Larry Stempel has put together decades of research about Broadway musicals in Showtime: A History of the Broadway Musical Theater. Stempel promises to bring the 150-year history to life and offer cultural context. 87 / 122 Nothing Daunted What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 In 1916 Smith College grads Dorothy Woodruff and Rosamond Underwood decided to set out from Auburn, NY, to Colorado. 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I have been "meeting" a lot of people (parents, teachers, and administrators) in the Gifted and Talented community on Twitter and thought I'd share how my school's GATE program works. Hope to hear an overview of some of your programs as well!
First of all, all the schools in my district support GATE students, but in different ways. The classrooms at my school are of mixed ability. My school chose to spend the money to hire a GATE teacher to support the approximately 100 students in 4th-6th grades. The teachers have had trainings in differentiation and have a Universal Access or Workshop time where they work in small groups. They differentiate the California standards for the gifted students to challenge them.
Here's where I come in… I pull the gifted students into the library/media center for 1 hour a week to provide even more depth, complexity and enrichment. One hour a week doesn't sound like a lot, but it gives me a chance to teach them tools like Thinking Maps (adding a Frame of Reference for metacognition) and Depth and Complexity icons in a homogenous group. Then, I will be showing these tools to the teachers so they will be able to embed them into the rest of the curriculum.
Another bonus to me pulling them out of their general education classroom is it gives the teachers an hour a week to reteach and review with a smaller number of students. If a gifted student happens to need to be retaught a concept, the teacher can keep them instead of sending them to GATE with me.
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Rickus, who still lives in the City of Tonawanda, specializes in artisan artwork and paints on natural objects, like wood and stones. Most of his work depicts natural, realistic scenes and landscapes.
"A lot of my work is designed to look like stained glass," Rickus said. "I call them stained wood."
Rickus said he always had an artistic side, but didn't have time for his crafts for much of his busy career. But when he retired in 2003, he was able to rediscover the hobby.
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Laying up sails with taped seams
March 06, 2009, 04:01 PM »
First post - got to start somewhere
I've seen various methods for sticking together panels on taped seam sails. When I got started with taped seams I was shown a method suited to doing a lot of sails which, if you have the space, makes short work of it. I'm not sure I've ever written it up so here goes:
Get some drafting film, the heavy opaque plastic(?) tracing paper used by architects and draughtsmen. Copy the sail pattern onto a single sheet - I do my templates without seam allowances so I lay out all my templates and draw around to get a full size plan. It ends up about 8ft by 4ft so you need a big table or you could do half a sail maybe.
Next in strategic positions on the film stick down 1" lengths of seam tape. I find 4 or 5 per panel is good, keep them about 1" away from the edge of each panel (because you need to lift the edges). Bainbridge or Venture tape is excellent for this, the 3M stuff is a bit too aggressive IMO.
Now peel all the backing off these strips of tape and roll the palm of your hand over the tape, over and over to take most of the sticky-ness off the tape. You want it to hold icarex in place without actually sticking to it.
A digression here - some will say you could us spray mount but in my experience its too tacky and grabs too quickly even after using it a lot. Great for stopping your templates slipping when cutting out but a PITA for this
Now stick all your panels on the film until you have a complete sail but don't add the tape between seams yet! Ensure that as you lay out the panels, for each edge, the panel that should finish underneath, is
on top to begin with
(hope that makes sense when you read the next para. ).
Now you have a complete sail, minus tape, lay the tape on the uppermost piece of Icky for each seam, stick it down. leaving the backing on, slip a pinky under the panel edge underneath and slip it out and over the panel edge you've just taped.
Now just whip the backing off and rub down the panel edge above and move on to the next seam.
When the whole sail is done just lift it off the film ready to sew.
This really needs photos
but with all the tacking down to the film all the panels stay flat, you don't get any creases or wrinkles and you can blast through laying up sails in no time.
A bit long winded for a single sail but if you make half a dozen of the same kite (B'zar or Le Virus fans?) this method is fast and a piece of cake.
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Re: Laying up sails with taped seams
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March 09, 2009, 04:57 AM »
KMAC's method is to use a sticky mat. It definitely saves a lot of time, but it's expensive if you only build a few kites per year. However it should last quite a while if you can keep dust from settling on it.
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March 09, 2009, 07:21 AM »
I've been using masking tape to hold my panels in place (taping them to the plan) then gluing them together with Bostik "Quick Stick" glue sticks. It works really well on everything but the dacron (wear patches and leading edge) and nose webbing. Way faster and than using seam tape. Less expensive too.
I always wanted to be a procrastinator..........
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Denny, you should try out the 3M DS tape gun. Talk about fast and easy.
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I'm really happy to see Mr Newham volunteering as a moderator for this section and the excellent start he's giving it. His website is one I rely on and pass on to anybody who is considering designing & building sport kites. With starts like this Steve's new forum is really getting a leg up.
I do use the spray adhesive over the whole pattern technique myself, the trick is VERY LIGHT dusting and let it DRY before placing the fabric down, it remains tacky enough to hold things nicely and I've had no problems with it releasing. I first tack down a copy of my pattern then dust it, that way I have a layout for my panels right there. Usually I just lay the fabric on and cut it right on that pattern and leave it stuck down, just roll the edge back to cut the adjacent panel, of course your pattern is toast when your done but I don't produce multiple kites so making templates is just an extra unneeded step for me. If I intended to make multiple kites I'm sure I would be rethinking my process.
I use the one wing at a time method when building sport kites even though I have an 8' x 8' worktable.
My taping process after all the panels are cut and still stuck to the pattern is much like Ian's although I fold back the top layer, tape the bottom layer then let the top layer fall back onto the tape.
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and Ian didn't go into depth here. Spread your fingers out and lightly tap the top layer to the tape all along the seam starting in the middle and working out. Leave an inch or two between your fingers then move out and tap again. Go back to the center and repeat until until the whole seam is stuck, you'll see the fabric becomes more translucent where it's stuck. If you need to reposition, the taps haven't stuck the fabric so strongly that the tape won't release easily. Never start at one side and rub it down or you'll stretch the fabric and cause wrinkles and alignment problems. Once tapped down press harder with your palms, again without sliding them along the seams. Then use a rubber roller if you feel you need to. The result is the same in the end, a flat sail with no wrinkles.
A 4' x 8' sheet of hardboard/masonite makes a fine cutting surface and is inexpensive enough that after many kites and a buildup of glue and cut marks I can replace it and have always found a use for the old one without tossing it. I leave a little extra fabric around the perimeter of both halves then lay them face to face and cut the final outline through both layers at once giving me a perfectly symmetrical sail.
I'm sure everybody finds their own methods, mine is just an amalgamation of techniques I've learned from others over the years and evolves as I incorporate new idea's from builders I talk with or read in their posts like these.
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For prototypes and one-offs I just stick the templates together and waft over a bit of spraymount but when making a few kites at a time the bits of tape method had the advantage that I could slap a panel down and easily slide it around to get it into position whereas with the spray mount, even after drying I need to lift the panel up to reposition it - I can't slide it around.
Everyones got their favourite way of doing it.
If anyone is about to use tape for the first time and without a gun - don't stretch it! Lay it down gently, don't hold it tight by either end or your seam will not so much wrinkle as get odd bulges as it shrinks back.
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The world is full of adults. But once upon a time, all of those adults were teenagers. We have all lived in that crazy space between childhood and adulthood, where you are expected to be independent enough to make your own decisions but are still limited by the rules of society, parents, and social norms.
Do you remember what it was like to be a teenager? I have memories of wanting to learn everything about what life had to offer. I felt like I could do anything, and that the possibilities were endless for my future. I also remember feeling like I was being held back by my parents, by society, and by my peers. I couldn't wait to become an adult and have my freedom.
As I have grown older, I have learned that the freedom of adulthood can come with a price. I have been disappointed, rejected, and surprised, and all of those things have affected my cumulative outlook on life. Like many adults, I have taken on more of the weight of the world and lost some of the starry-eyed wonder of my youth.
As disconnected as we become from our teenage years, we are even more disconnected from the life that will be experienced on this planet in seven generations.
Over the last few decades, the earth has been inundated with more and more environmental crises. Habitat destruction, global climate change, water pollution, oil spills, species loss…it doesn't seem to end. And what's more interesting is that the environmental degradation on our planet has exponentially grown since the industrial revolution less than 300 years ago. That's much shorter than seven generations ago.
Learning about all of these environmental issues can be very discouraging. I often wonder how teens these days are coping with this information and what they think about the earth that they will soon inherit.
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"What is the most important thing that people can do to help the earth?"
Here are their unprompted answers. Some were expected, some surprising, and all were inspirational.
Danny, Age 14: "People just need to care…"
Walker, Age 17: "Reduce usage of essential resources."
Sara, Age 14: "The most important thing is for people to learn about what they can do to help, and try their best to appreciate nature and help."
Poet Julian, Age 17: "To be open-minded is the cure, the disease is ignorance. People may say that ignorance is bliss, but alas, 'tis not, 'tis a spreading cancer."
Chantal, 19: "I think the most important thing people can do to help the earth is to spread awareness. I think one of the biggest issues is that no one really knows about many of the environmental issues and therefore people aren't able to act upon them. People tend to step up and react when things get personal."
Eli, Age 15: "Find alternative energy sources to use instead of burning fossil fuels."
Sarah, Age 14: "Carpool to save gas and walk or bike places to prevent pollution."
Alexia, Age 18: "Keep the oceans clean by disposing of waste properly and stop building over the woods to protect wildlife."
Jake, Age 15: "Learn and educate others about the problems. Once we understand and talk about the problems more people will want to do something about it and won't need to be told how."
Jeremy, Age 16: "Educate people and alert them to the seriousness of the problem."
Justin, Age 17: "People have to educate others about the problem."
Ethan, Age 15: "Support carpooling!"
Eamon, Age 15: "People should focus on living in a more individual society instead of being part of a massive, consuming, corporate environmental destroyer."
Shaun, Age 15: "More use of wind energy."
Alex, Age 16: "I think the most important thing is to recognize that the earth isn't our toy to mess around with, it's our home, and we need to utilize it correctly. Humans need to see that the earth is very rapidly becoming in a bad way because of us."
Max, Age 19: "I think that the most important thing that people can do for
the environment is think about our actions. Our earth is fragile, not because it wants to be, but because we made it that way over time. We need to really take into consideration what is really best for the earth at this moment in time."
I learned from this group of teens that even they, who will soon inherit all of the earth's problems, believe that there are solutions. And the solutions seem to lie largely in people's connections with each other. This type of optimism is refreshing and so vital in this time in history where social, political, economic, and cultural divides still separate us. I have great hope for the future, but am reminded that our responsibility still lies in our choices today. Today is the only day we can control, and the only moment is now.
How would you answer the question:
"What is the most important thing that people can do to help the earth?"
Tell us in the comments.


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McALESTER — McAlester alumni and Southeastern Oklahoma State University sophomore Chris Burns has been named the 2012-13 Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year at SOSU.
Burns played tennis for both SOSU and MHS, qualifying for the state tournament as a Buffalo in his sophomore, junior and senior years.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The brewing industry wants Tennessee lawmakers to declare last call on the state's ballooning beer taxes.
Under a proposal unveiled Wednesday, the state wouldn't lose its ranking as the highest-taxed beer in the country, but it would halt future increases tied to rising costs and inflation.
"It impacts consumers and there are less beer choices out there. Its hard for small breweries to flourish and grow. It just really limits what we are able to do," said Linus Hall, of local Yazoo Brewing Company.
Beer in Tennessee is currently subject to three taxes. Brewers pay federal and state taxes per barrel, and then a 17 percent tax is charged to wholesalers based on price. Consumers pay sales taxes on top of the previous charges.
"Tennessee beer drinkers are already paying more than their fair share, but this is getting out of control," said Scott Turner, president of Ajax Turner Co. Inc. "We are completely out of step with the nation's 49 other states. In addition to higher taxes, this is having a detrimental effect on economic development and consumer choice."
The measure would convert the local tax to be based on volume. The proposal would mean no loss in revenues for city and county governments in the first year but would halt the steady growth in beer tax collections in future years.
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Hey Tony,
I see you softening those challenges and negotiating more out of life, this year. :O)
I'm happy to say I've started the year right with a blog post about my recent fairy-tale writing in connection with a levitating plaything with which girls are sure to have fun.
What do you think, Tony? Wanna take a look behind-the-scenes?
Sunshine & Blessings for 2012,
Hey Tony,
Thanks for your friendship. :O)
Hopefully, you're feeling a little more grounded, a little less stressed-out, than the last time I dropped in. :P
Even if you're feeling better, I might have a tool to help you safely soften the edges. It's a spoken word recording I created with the help of an awesome studio engineer and a producer who's all heart. I'm NOT selling it, for now. But I am sharing it with people I think might appreciate it.
It's unusual in that it does NOT use subliminals, does NOT require use of earphones (They're so annoying), does NOT require you to concentrate or even try to make sense of what you hear or repeat anything in your mind. It generates flashes (at least) of hallucination (mostly of a magical multi-acre spa experience), and the experience feels different every time. Oh, and many people report a weird temporal distortion (I've done my best to program that into the recording, anyway). It's eighteen minutes long but feels like a very pleasurable hour of rest.
What you hear, basically sounds like a whimsical fairy tale. I've been asked whether it's hypnosis by those who don't understand hypnosis or meditation. Hint: The difference between hypnosis and meditation has more to do with how the experience is introduced than anything else. So, yes, this helps you access the same resources that hypnosis or meditation does. BUT, I use none of the cheesy, exhausting methods people expect from hypnosis or meditation to get you there. You access that state of open mind in seconds!
Arghhhhhh! I know that all sounds like hype, Tony. But I just like people to know what they're getting into.
Oh, now, you must put aside eighteen minutes to simply lie down or sit with your eyes closed and listen to this. This is worthless during exercise or driving. Hey! This recording can't be all things to all people.
Use it, and your inner chatter will just plain stop for what feels like an hour. Is that important to you, Tony? Would you like that fresh long-rested feeling? Does that elude you?
If so, what makes sense to me is for you to private message me an email address at which you can receive the mp3 attachment, and to write PUSH-BUTTON BLISS in the subject line. I'll send you the recording as soon as I receive that.
What do you think, Tony?
Sunshine & Blessings,
Hey Tony,
At the forum, it sounded like you were really stressed-out. :P
I know what that's like. I've got certain family hassles, for example, that take up more of my focus than I'd prefer.
Hopefully, you've found some relief. A lot of people, here at PI, offer some pretty good advice.
If you've still got issues, maybe we can talk about it. Since you're a DJ, there are some things I think you'll get about me that not everyone is ready for. Possibly--just possibly--this may turn out to help you relax. It's an intuition I have.
Anyway, I don't want to get ahead of myself. You can friend me, and we'll see where it takes us? That's what makes sense to me, now, anyway.
What do you think?
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December 9th at Cheoy Lees' shipyard in Doumen, was the day when the two halves of the second Marco Polo project became one. Until that time, the steel hull and foam cored composite superstructure had been underway, independently at separate ends of the shipyard. With both portions complete to the stage to allow them to be joined, the components were drawn out of their respective fabrication halls to see daylight (albeit overcast) for the first time. The placement process was quick and successful, and the more lengthy process of sealing and mechanically fastening the large components together followed.
Combining a steel hull with a composite superstructure is fairly common place at Cheoy Lee. Typically used for commercial vessels whose hulls need to withstand the rigors of their daily work, yet requiring a lighter weight structure for operating efficiency and stability, Cheoy Lee has also used the configuration on a number of yacht projects, notably, the first Marco Polo and the 52m yacht SeaShaw. Compared to the more typical steel and aluminium combination (which other yards find easier to do), GRP avoids all corrosion problems associated with dissimilar metals, provides for better thermal and noise insulation, and offers considerably lower maintenance.


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LEWISBURG—March is National Quilting Month and The Public Library for Union County is celebrating by hosting several unique quilting programs in honor of Audrey Baylor.
Local quilter Susan Ball Faeder will host a class in the intricate style of Japanese Sashiko Stitching at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 2. Each participant will receive a piece of Japanese hand-dyed, hand woven indigo fabric, needle, thread, marking tool, and the use of borrowed stencils. Cost is $7 and class size is limited to 15. Participants should bring a ruler, pencil, Scotch tape, scissors and a thimble.
Thursday, March 7, join Sherry Walter, local quilter and founding member of The Piecemakers of the Susquehanna Valley, in a journey back in history and explore how quilting became much more than a hobby for many women. The Civil War Era 'Dear Jane Quilt' will be featured. This program begins at 6:30 p.m.
Were quilts used as part of the Underground Railroad to help African Americans escape slavery? Join the debate in this presentation by Cassandra Stancil Gunkel, a folklorist with the Pennsylvania Humanities Council. This program is supported in part by National Endowment for the Humanities, a nonprofit organization, that inspires individuals to enjoys and share a life of learning. This program will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, March 25.
For more information or to register to attend any, or all, of these fascinating quilting programs, call the library at 570-523-1172 or visit the circulation desk at 255 Reitz Boulevard, Lewisburg.
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All the talk leading up to the start of the Broncos vs. the Giants on September 15, 2013 was Manning vs Manning, as Peyton prepared to take on Eli. After the dust settled and the game was over, much of the talk was about Knowshon Moreno's dazzling night. Moreno powered his way for two touchdowns while amassing 93 yards on 13 carries. This beautiful jersey was worn by Moreno on that chilly September night and shows plenty of battle scars proving he was indeed the workhorse of the evening.
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Welcome to our guide to Aspen / Snowmass dining, activities and services! Please use the options to the right to narrow your search.
520 Grill is a lunch spot in Aspen with a burger menu fitting anyone's appetite. For a light lunch, try their tasty salads, like the Veggie Farmer Salad. For heavier fare, try the "Pig Out". For a tasty, quick lunch, 520 Grill is the place to go in Aspen.
520 E. Cooper Ave.Aspen, CO, 81611970-925-9788
Ajax Adventure Camp is an Aspen, Colorado summer camp which focuses on outdoor adventure and unique and creative recreating. The camp operates over a 9 week period starting June 13th and offers everything from whitewater rafting and backpacking to horseback riding and camping. It accommodates flexible schedules w
Located in the Aspen Mountain Gondola Plaza, Ajax Tavern serves delicious bar food with an upscale twist. With a sunny patio right at the base of Aspen Mountain, Ajax Tavern is the ideal place to gather for apres ski cocktails and appetizers, and makes for the perfect end to a day of skiing on Aspen Mountain. Enjoy a creative menu featuring locally-sourced, seasonal produce.
The Anderson Ranch Arts Center serves to cultivate an artistic vision and creative understanding in people of all ages. They encourage artists participating in one of their many outstanding summer workshops and artists in their residency program to experiment and draw inspiration from the surrounding mountains.
Specializing in authentic Asian cuisine, Asie serves sashimi, sushi, dim sum, and soups. A great lunch spot, Asie has a number of daily lunch specials ranging from pad thai and tofu dishes to noodle bowls and soup. Visit for dinner, and enjoy dumplings, spring rolls, and tempura, in addition to nigiri sushi, kobe beef sashimi, and rice and noodle dishes.
Aspen Alpine Guides is an Aspen, CO guide company leading backcountry adventures year round. Their professional guides offer backcountry skiing trips, cross country skiing lessons, and snowshoeing adventures in the wintertime. Aspen Alpine Guides also offers hiking tours, backpacking trips, mountaineering adventures, and more backcountry exploration and fun.
The Aspen Art Museum (AAM) has been a fixture in the Aspen arts community since 1979, and since then, they have provided visitors with insightful and inspiring exhibitions featuring the work of international contemporary artists working in a wide variety of media.
The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) has four locations situated in the Roaring Fork and Frying Pan Valleys dedicated to promoting an awareness of our relationship to the environment. They offer community garden space at their Hallam Lake and Rock Bottom Ranch locations during the summer.
The Aspen Club & Spa offers the largest health club in Aspen along with daily classes, a mind/body studio, indoor lap pool, tennis and racquetball courts, and a boxing room.
Aspen Expeditions is an Aspen, CO outdoor guide company that offers mountaineering trips on local 14,000 foot peaks, rock climbing adventures near Independence Pass, and more. Leading trips year round, Aspen Expeditions professional guides lead backcountry skiing adventures during the wintertime to backcountry huts, ice climbing trips, and avalanche courses.
Also called the Aspen Saturday Market, the Aspen Farmers' Market is a seasonal market running from June through October, and showcases Colorado grown produce and products made in Colorado by state artisans.
Aspen Film has been in existence since 1979 with the goal to contribute rich, intriguing film programming to the Aspen community. Each year, Aspen Film hosts three noteworthy festivals: the Shortsfest, the Filmfest, and the Academy Screenings. These festivals feature over 200 brilliant films, each of which are truly a treasure to be on view in such a rural area.
Aspen Guide Service offers guided fly fishing trips, from float trips to wade trips, on rivers in and around Aspen. From the Roaring Fork River to the Colorado River, enjoy the beauty and challenge of fly fishing in the Colorado Rocky Mountains with the assistance of a knowlegeable guide.
The Aspen Historical Society provides visitors and local residents alike with the opportunity to explore the rich history of the Roaring Fork Valley. With their Wheeler/Stallard museum, housed in a beautiful West End Victorian home, and their Holden/Marolt Mining & Ranching museum, they offer an insightful perspective on the history of this special place.
The Aspen Music Festival and School has been a major cultural institution in Aspen since 1949. Each summer, the Aspen Music Festival and School brings talented musicians to Aspen.
The Aspen Recreation Center (also known as the ARC) offers a state of the art fitness center, rock wall, indoor and outdoor ice rinks, swimming pool, and aerobic studio. The pool is a favorite for families with a two story water slide, lazy river, diving board, and lap pool. Great after a day of skiing or on one of the few rainy days in Aspen.
The Aspen Santa Fe Ballet is a reknowned dance company based in Aspen, Colorado and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Throughout both the winter and summer seasons, the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet hosts a number of performances showcasing the incredible talent of the dancers in the company as well as the creativity and innovation of notable choreographers.
Aspen Whitewater Rafting offers Aspen, Colorado rafting trips on the Roaring Fork and Arkansas Rivers. Plan a family rafting trip on the Middle or Cemetery stretches of the Roaring Fork River, or try your hand at more advanced rafting in Slaughter House Fall on the Roaring Fork or Pine Creek and the Numbers on Arkansas River.<
The Aspen Writer's Foundation was founded in 1976 with the purpose of inspiring writers and readers through programming that brings people together to share in a love of reading and writing.
The Baldwin Gallery is an art gallery located in the heart of downtown Aspen, Colorado. The Baldwin Gallery represents artists like Will Cotton, Eric Fischl, Robert Mapplethorpe, Mariyln Minter, Tom Sachs, and James Turrell.
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Sunday, April 21, 2013 — Louise Elizabeth Thompson, 83 years of age, of Stanfield, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2013, at CMC Northeast in Concord.
Mrs. Thompson was born December 14, 1929, in Kershaw County, S.C., to the late Joseph Darling Baker and the late Theola Myers Baker.
She was also preceded in death by her husband, Benny Tillman Thompson, in 1985.
The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. Saturday, April 20, 2013, at Hartsell Funeral Home in Midland.
The funeral service was at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 21, 2013, at Providence Baptist Church, 3334 Providence Road, Kershaw, S.C. There was a one hour state prior to the hour of the service. Rev. Dwight Mabry officiated. Burial followed at Providence Baptist Church Cemetery.
Survivors include son, Benny Thompson and wife Cheryl Ann of Ohio; two daughters, Pat Clontz and husband Jerry of Stanfield, N.C. and Oletta Johnson of S.C.; sister, Minnie Lee Thompson of S.C.; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Stanly County, 960 N. First St., Albemarle, NC 28001.
Hartsell Funeral Home is serving the Thompson family.
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$10 here. $15 there.
By putting little charges on your credit card some companies are making tens of millions of dollars a year. These are businesses that you never gave your credit card number to.
Some consumer groups call it fraud, but it may be perfectly legal.
Christie Frison-Thornton, of Rainier, spotted a $19.95 charge just a few weeks ago. A company called "Privacy Matters" billed her credit card.
"I thought what the heck is this? Cause I really did not have a clue," said Frison-Thornton.
A check of back statements found more charges, dating back six months.
She called "Privacy Matters," which said it got her credit card number from a company she did recognize, Classmates.com, the school reunion Web site on which she entered her credit card number last summer.
"It's really scary when it's a company you think you can trust and you can't," said Frison-Thornton.
Internet companies call this "post transaction marketing." To consumers it might feel more like electronic pickpocketing.
Some time after Frison-Thornton gave her credit card number to Classmates, a survey or free trial offer probably popped up. It didn't ask for her credit card number or any personal information so she clicked it.
But she didn't know that meant classmates would sell her credit card number to another company, like "Privacy Matters" which, ironically, offers a credit card protection service. Yet it put unwanted charges on Frison-Thornton's bill.
"I feel like my credit card was fraudulently used," she said.
Internet companies argue that customers agree to the release of their credit card information in disclaimers often buried in fine print.
Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna says evidence collected by his office shows many consumers are being tricked.
"In our state alone we estimate that over a four-year period companies using these tactics took about $50 million from Washington residents," said McKenna. "It's a huge amount."
McKenna testified last year as the U.S. Senate considered tightening the law.
Washington's legislature has twice considered bills. But there's still no criminal law against it and authorities can only stop the worst violators by using time-consuming lawsuits.
"The complaints mount every year," said McKenna. "Sometimes we can take action on them and sometimes we can't because they're not strictly speaking illegal."
After last year's senate hearings some companies say they stopped selling credit card numbers to third parties.
Intelius in Bellevue, which wouldn't comment on camera, says it cut off its business relationship with Privacy Matters.
Renton-based Classmates.com also turned down an interview request. It provided KING 5 with a transcript of its CEO's announcement in January that Classmates "terminated" such agreements.
But he also admitted Classmates made $20 million last year from these controversial tactics and that the company is working on a new model for "post transaction offerings."
Frison-Thornton thinks that can't be good for her. "I will never go to classmates.com, again," she said.
Experts say the best advice is not to click any surveys or free trial offers because it's hard to be sure exactly what you're agreeing to.
Frison-Thornton got her money back from Privacy Matters, but others have complained they've had a hard time getting refunds and subscriptions canceled.
Editor's note: This story has changed from the original version that was published on March 8.


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Sometime in the 1920s my grandmother, Mary Willis McSwain Rambo, arranged to have her youngest sister, Lottie Lucille Willis (b. 1906, KY), admitted to the National Jewish Sanitarium in Denver for the treatment of tuberculosis. Lottie's roommate at the sanitarium was Frieda Freed. Frieda remained friends with my grandmother and (great) Aunt Lottie for the rest of their lives. I do not know that this is the same Frieda, but Lottie (1906) and Frieda (1908) were almost the same age. I have put up four pictures of Frieda, two with my grandmother, Mary Willis McSwain Rambo. My Aunt Sue said that Frieda "later moved to California and nursed at City of Hope." I believe the photos were taken during a sailing trip to Avalon, Catalina Island, but I don't have a year, unfortunately. ...more info