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Temple Shearith Israel (TSI) invites the community to join in celebrating Shabbat Across America on Friday evening, March 1, 2013, at TSI. The synagogue is located at 46 Peaceable Street in Ridgefield.
On the evening of March 1, TSI, along with hundreds of other congregations across North America, will host Shabbat Across America, an annual celebration encouraging people to experience the joys of Shabbat. Unaffiliated guests from the community are especially welcome to participate in this welcoming event. This year, TSI's celebration will begin with a family service at 6:00 pm, led by Rabbi Eric Eisenkramer. This will be followed by a special "oneg" (hot and cold finger foods, beverages, and desserts), singing led by Cantor Deborah Katchko-Gray, and Israeli dancing. There will also be a featured contest for the best tasting kugel. Entries are welcome and prizes will be awarded.
"This is a great opportunity to break out of the winter doldrums, and end the work or school week with the light, peace and uplifting spirit of Shabbat," commented Karen Taylor, co-chair of TSI's Ritual Committee. "…Not to mention good food and music, which is a particular passion at TSI."
The event is open to the entire community, and there is no cost to attend. For more information, please call Temple Shearith Israel at 203-438-6589, or email email@example.com.

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(three fights in one stop in play) with Matt Foy
Vote below for the best photo (and remember, we're trying to find the best photo... not just your favorite player):
If the spectator reactions at Toyota Center are anything to go by a fight will always win.
So I don't really understand how the fight could have come out of the regular season only as the 8th seed.
Provocation in the morning.
Because when we ranked them, that photo didn't rock our socks as much as the others, though that moment was kinda jaw-dropping and we felt it warranted a spot.
And just to set expectations, because while the boys like to be fair and democratic and whatnot, I don't care about that stuff: There is no shortage of work behind this contest, between Fred's hard work and expense taking, sorting, editing, etc. the photos and Andrew's and my work setting up the contest (which has been surprisingly tedious... there is no "bracket contest" widget in Blogger).
So whining or kvetching or rabble-rousing won't be looked upon kindly, at least by me. And I carry the big stick. So play nice. *smiling sweetly*
I choose the fight
oh no, I should have remembered....
beware the goalies and their big sticks!
(Hextall "vs" Nilsson)
btw thank you for the effort to set this up and for the great photos.
Keeps me away from my online hockey addiction:
The hard part for me is going to be picking the photo on the quality of the photo (because let's face it they are all awesome!) and not on my personal memory of the event. I can't imagine the work you had to go through picking the ones for the brackets.
Jen, it was certainly a mixture of the two when selecting them, because you're right, Fred just doesn't give us bad pictures to choose from. And frankly, few of us are qualified to judge the photography. I think votes will more than likely come from a "which one moves me the most" kinda place.
We just want to end up with a really great photo at the end. Honestly, I don't think we can go wrong.
Much as I hate to admit it, the fight pic reminds me of a certain, strange, "I told you so" satisfaction I felt seeing Matt Foy self destruct for the last time in front of my very eyes.
I vote group hug/celebration
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Who cares about the rest of that stuff?
Yeah I know!
I was watching a fight and a frickin hockey game broke out!
Always so annoying!!!
(enter a whole page of sarcasm indicators here)
I guess you could just title the tournament as "The Best Aeros Moments From 2008-09 Captured on Film by Fred."
Wedding (inspired by THE word below)the awesome photos with what moves one the most, plus what one remembers, wishful thinking kinda things-all soo difficult.No really..am not kidding, this time!
Am currently shaking my head.. oyweh, what dilemmas, Mamma Mia! And many more to come, phew!
This has been a surprisingly hard (but enjoyable) task! I've been trying to leave all emotion out of it and look at the design, composition, and Fred's ability and instinct to capture a moment that I, as an amateur, would have a next-to-impossible time getting myself.
Again, it's the expressions that get me here. Love the look on Scott's face. Such intensity. Of course, I also like fights... but....
I was looking at all the pics again and just noticed that if you look directly behind Locker's skates, the reflection (or whatever ... ) makes it look like the ice is cracked and uneven. Cool! Just like Houston's streets ...


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The Daily Iowegian
---- — Gospel sing along to be held
A gospel sing along will be held at the historic Second Baptist Church on Sunday, Nov. 10 at 6 p.m. Special guests this month are the Men's Barbershop Chorus. Group singing will be led by Bill Thom. Everyone is welcome.
Journey Bound Quartet to perform
Enjoy an evening of Southern Gospel music with Journey Bound Quartet at Brushy Community Church on Sunday, Nov. 10 at 6:30 p.m. for a free will donation. The church is located one mile south of Bridgeview at Rathbun Lake on Highway S70.
Appanoose County Weekly Meals menu
Everyone is invited to enjoy a free meal and fellowship every Monday night at Faith Methodist Church on Highway 5 north of John Deere.
Meals are available from 5-6 p.m. Rides are no longer being provided at this time.
The menu for will be baked potato bar with all the fixings, cornbread, lettuce salad, a surprise dessert with milk, water lemonade, coffee or tea to drink.
The Plano Christian Church Youth will host this meal.


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I do like these book covers by Dutch design studio Moker Ontwerp:
You can see more of their handiwork here.
(via Theo Inglis)
July 23, 2014
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I do like these book covers by Dutch design studio Moker Ontwerp:
You can see more of their handiwork here.
(via Theo Inglis)
July 22, 2014
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Peter Long, Senior Designer at Black Inc. Books, has kindly let me know that the shortlist for the Australian Book Design Awards has been announced.
The Book Design Awards are Australia's longest running graphic design awards, but in 2013 the Australian Publishing Association decided to discontinue them. To keep the awards running for a 62nd consecutive year, a group of Australian designers formed the ABDA as an independent, non-profit entity in March 2014.
There is some lovely work up for this years awards, and you can download full a list of the nominees as a PDF. Here are a few of the book covers that caught my eye:
Letters to the End of Love by Yvette Walker; design by Allison Colpoys (UQP July 13, 2014)
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton; design by Jenny Grigg (Granta September 2013)
The End by Bianca Nogrady; design by Sandy Cull (Vintage May 2013)
Madness: A Memoir by Kate Richards; design by Allison Colpoys (Viking January 2013)
The Messenger by Markus Zusak; design by Sandy Cull (Pan Macmillan Novemeber 2013)
Zac & Mia by A. J. Betts; design by W. H. Chong (Text Publishing July 2013)
The winners of the Australian Book Design Awards will be announced in Melbourne on August 22nd, 2014.
July 18, 2014
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The brilliant Jason Booher, whose cover for A History of Histories featured in my previous post, kindly just sent me his original design for the book. I think this could be the meta-cover to end all meta-covers. Sadly, the editor decided it might be a little too much of a good thing.
July 17, 2014
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It started, innocently enough, with a tweet from my friend Steven Beattie, book review editor of Canada's Quill & Quire magazine, about the cover of The Most Dangerous Book, Kevin Birmingham's new 'biography' of Ulysses by James Joyce, designed by Ben Wiseman (Penguin June 2014).
That sparked a conversation with designer David Gee and Joseph Sullivan of The Book Design Review about books on book covers. Joe wrote a a post on the subject in 2009 on the subject, and I rather naïvely thought it would be easy (EASY!) to post a few contemporary examples of the trend, completely underestimating what an undertaking such a project would become.
What follows is an attempt to showcase some of different ways designers incorporate books into their cover designs. Along side covers from the past five years, I've included some earlier examples from Joe's post, and this post about 'meta-covers' from HTML Giant. Many of the images of the older titles are small (and some are just not very good), but where I have been able to source a larger image, I've included it at full (or close to full) size. I'm indebted to the Book Cover Archive, which is still an invaluable resources after all this time, Ferran Lopez's (also mothballed) Jacket Museum, and all the designers and book folk who sent me cover images, and helped me in numerous other ways. Thank you. This isn't comprehensive survey but, to be honest, I had to stop somewhere…
Seven Hundred Penguins; design David Pearson / illustration Clare Skeats (Penguin Sept 2007)
Cover by Peter Mendelsund; design by Peter Mendelsund (powerHouse Books August 2014)
Kapitalismus und Hautkrankheiten by Jasmin Ramadan; design by Books We Made (Klett-Cotta Verlag April 2014)
The Knowledge by Lewis Dartnell; design by Kris Potter (Penguin April 2014)
Priceless by William Poundstone; design by Jennifer Carrow (Hill & Wang January 2010)
Publish Your Photography Book by Darius D. Himes & Mary Virginia Swanson; design by David Chickey & Masumi Shibata (Princeton Architectural Press March 2011)
The Yarn Whisperer by Clara Parkes; design by John Gall (Abrams September 2013)
The Arsonist by Sue Miller; design by Greg Heinimann (Bloomsbury June 2014)
Best New Poets 2013, guest editor Brenda Shaughnessy; design by Atomicdust (Meridian January 2014)
Christine Falls by Benjamin Black; series design by Keith Hayes (Picador January 2008)
Half World by Scott O'Connor; design by Christopher Lin (Simon & Schuster February 2014)
Heaven is Small by Emily Schultz; design by Ingrid Paulson (House of Anansi )
(And if your not Canadian, you may not know that this is a riff on Ingrid's design for the hardcover of Heaven is Small, featured in this list.)
The Keep by Jennifer Egan; design by John Gall (Knopf August 2006)
The Last Winter of Dani Lancing by P. D. Viner; design by Oliver Munday (Crown October 2013)
Mess; series art and design by Keri Smith (Penguin September 2010)
Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton; design by Matt Dorfman (Pantheon June 2012)
(This is what the cover looks like under the jacket if you're curious)
Salinger by David Shields and Shane Salerno; design by Christopher Lin (Simon & Schuster September 2013)
What Makes This Book So Great by Jo Walton; design by Jamie Stafford-Hill (Tor January 2014)
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde; cover art by Thomas Allen, series design by Jaya Miceli (Penguin 2011)
And those of you with a good memory will remember Chip Kidd used also art by Thomas Allen for a series of James Ellroy titles publisher by Vintage in the US:
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury; design by Matt Owen (Simon & Schuster January 2012)
Fiction Ruined My Family by Jeanne Darst; design by Alex Merto (Riverhead September 2011)
The Most Dangerous Book by Kevin Birmingham; adapted from the US cover with additional design by Jessie Price (Head of Zeus June 2014)
Marcel Proust's Search for Lost Time by Patrick Alexander; design by Jamie Keenan (Vintage March 2010)
The Real Made Up by Stephen Brockwell; design by David A. Gee (ECW October 2007)
Stoner by John Williams; design by Julia Connolly (Vintage July 2012)
An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine; design by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich (Grove April 2014)
And while it's not an actual book, let's give Tom Davie of studiotwentysix2 a round of applause for his famous novel redesign print (which you can buy here).
Book Was There by Andrew Piper; design by Andrea Guinn (University of Chicago Press November 2012)
Erotic Poems by E. E. Cummings; design by Gabriele Wilson (Liveright February 2010)
How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti; design by Rebecca Seltzer (Henry Holt & Co. June 2012)
A Journey with Two Maps by Eavan Boland; design by Chin-Yee Lai (W. W. Norton October 2011)
John Dies at the End by David Wong; design by Rob Grom (Thomas Dunne October 2009)
A Life in Books by Warren Lehrer; cover art by Warren Lehrer in collaboration with Jonathan Rosen (Goff Books October 2013)
The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan & Quentin Fiore; design by Yes Studio (Penguin September 2008)
A Most Dangerous Book by Christopher B. Krebs; design by Mark Melnick (W. W. Norton June 2011)
The Novel: A Biography by Michael Schmidt; design by Graciela Galup (Belknap Press April 2014)
Philology by James Turner; design by Kara Davison / Faceout Studio (Princeton University Press, May 2014)
The Pox and the Covenant by Tony Wilson; design by Jason Gabbert (Sourcebooks April 2010)
What to Look For in Winter by Candia McWilliam; design by Richard Ljoenes (Harper March 2012)
Where I'm Reading From by Tim Parks; design by James Paul Jones (Harvill Secker November 2014)
The World by Bill Gaston; design by Kathleen Lynch / Black Kat Design (Penguin August 2013)
Writers Between the Covers by Shannon McKenna Schmidt and Joni Rendon; design by Lucy Kim (Plume October 2013)
Penguin by Design by Phil Baines; design by David Pearson (Penguin May 2005)
Wormholes by John Fowles; design by Carin Goldberg (Little, Brown & Co. 1997)
Bad Teeth by Dustin Long; design by Rex Bonomelli (New Harvest May 2014)
The Broadview Introduction to Literature; series design by Michel Vrana (Broadview August 2013)
First Novel by Nicholas Royle; design by Suzanne Dean (Jonathan Cape February 2014)
How To Be A Heroine by Samantha Ellis; designed by James Paul Jones (Chatto & Windus January 2014)
How to Read Literature by Terry Eagleton; design uncredited1 (Yale University Press Jun 2013)
The Junior Officers' Reading Club by Patrick Hennessey; design by David Wardle (Penguin June 2009)
Ajax Penumbra 1969 by Robin Sloan; design by Irene Pineda (Atlantic Books June 2014)
The Rise & Fall of the Great Powers by Tom Rachman; design by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich (Dial June 2014)
Stoner by John Williams; design by Julia Connolly (Vintage November 2013)
Vagina by Emma L. E. Rees; design by Alice Marwick (Bloomsbury August 2013)
Why I Read by Wendy Lesser; design by Rodrigo Corral (Farrar, Straus & Giroux (January 2014)
The Year of Henry James by David Lodge; design by Nathan Burton (Vintage May 2014)
The Year of Reading Dangerously by Andy Miller; design by Jo Walker (Fourth Estate May 2014)
And then there's this…
You Are Not a Gadget by Jaron Lanier; design by Olly Moss (Penguin January 2010)
July 15, 2014
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If you follow me at all on Twitter, you'll know that I'm working on a post about meta-covers, or book covers with books on them. It's proving to be a much more difficult task than I first imagined, and it's taking a very long time to pull it all together. It is, finally, almost done, and I hope it will be on the blog in the next couple of weeks. In the meantime, however, I came across these remarkable book posters by German designer Gunter Rambow for S. Fischer Verlag from the 1970s while compiling images for the post, and I thought I would share them now while you wait.
There is also a book, Gunter Rambow: Plakate / Posters, that collects Rambow's posters from 1962 to 2007 when the Museum fur Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt mounted a major exhibition to his work.
July 10, 2014
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Next month, the fine folks at Gestalten are publishing Hello, I Am Erik, a 'visual biography' of typographer and designer Erik Spiekermann. In this new interview with GestaltenTV, Spiekermann talks about his 30 year career, and how working with blocks of movable type is different from designing on a screen:
July 9, 2014
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As well posting great cover designs for books released in July, I've taken this month's round-up as an opportunity to catch up on a few I missed earlier this year. Enjoy!
Adam by Ariel Schrag; design by Christopher Moisan (Mariner June 2014)
American Blonde by Jennifer Niven; design by Sara Wood (Plume July 2014)
The Arsonist by Sue Miller; design by Gabriele Wilson (Knopf June 2014)
California by Edan Lepucki; design Julianna Lee (Little Brown & Co. July 2014)
Cartwheel by Jennifer Dubois; design Eileen Carey / photograph by Kniel Synnatzschke (Random House May 2014)
Cubed by Nikil Saval; design by Oliver Munday (Doubleday April 2014)
Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson; design by Allison Saltzman, cover art Bryan Nash Gill (Ecco June 2014)
Friendship by Emily Gould; design by Jennifer Carrow (FSG July 2014)
Gottland: Mostly True Stories from Half of Czechoslovakia by Mariusz Szczygiel; design by Christopher King (Melville House May 2014)
How To Be Danish by Patrick Kingsley; design by Andrew Smith (Atria February 2014)
A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain by Adrianne Harun; design by Kristen Haff (Penguin February 2014)
The Martian by Andy Weir; design by Eric White (Crown February 2014)
Nobody is Ever Missing by Catherine Lacey; design by Charlotte Strick; illustration by Patrick Leger (FSG Originals, July 2014)
No Country by Kalyan Ray; design by Christopher Lin (Simon & Schuster June 2014)
My Fellow Skin / Shutterspeed / Marcel by Erwin Mortier; design by David Pearson (Pushkin Press July 2014)
Night Film by Marisha Pessl; design by Shasti O'Leary Soudant (Random House July 2014)
Out of Time by Lynne Segal; design by David A. Gee (Verso July 2014)
Panic in a Suitcase by Yelena Akhtiorskaya; design by Helen Yentus / Photograph by Emine Ziyatdinova (Riverhead July 2014)
The String Diaries by Stephen Lloyd Jones; design by Keith Hayes (Mulholland Books July 2014)
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons by Sam Kean; design by Will Staehle (Little, Brown & Co. May 2014)
June 27, 2014
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Focusing on European architecture, art and design in the second-half of the twentieth-century, German Post-War Modern is currently one of my favourite Tumblrs.
June 24, 2014
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In this new short film for The Creative Influence documentary series, designer Michael Bierut talks about his mentor Massimo Vignelli, what makes an enduring logo, and how the internet has changed the way we work:
June 24, 2014
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Simon Schama profiles artist and illustrator Quentin Blake for the FT Weekend Magazine:
Blake comes straight out of this 18th-century tradition of rococo mischief, the arabesque ride through the storyline. I ask him if he ever thought of painting full-time? He tells me that he didn't think he could make a living as a painter and then, more importantly, that his instinct was always for the marriage of words and image, the connections that propel a tale forwards. Though everyone who loves his work will have their own laugh-out-loud moments… Blake doesn't think of himself as a humorist.
"The humour is a by-product [of the story]. You draw the scene, what people are doing, their reaction to it, and if it's funny, it comes out. There are certain books where you play it for laughs but it's always more interesting in a dramatic situation."
'Inside Story', an exhibition of Blake's work, opens at the House of Illustration in London July 2, 2014.
June 24, 2014
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I didn't see this weekend's Guardian, but I assume Tom's cartoon is in reference to Olivia Laing's article about 20th century female writers who drank, a follow-up to her excellent book The Trip to Echo Spring, which examines the link between creativity and alcohol through the lives F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, John Berryman, John Cheever, and Raymond Carver:
Female writers haven't been immune to the lure of the bottle, nor to getting into the kinds of trouble – the fights and arrests, the humiliating escapades, the slow poisoning of friendships and familial relations – that have dogged their male colleagues. Jean Rhys was briefly in Holloway prison for assault; Elizabeth Bishop more than once drank eau de cologne, having exhausted the possibilities of the liquor cabinet. But are their reasons for drinking different? And how about society's responses, particularly in the lubricated, tipsy 20th century; the golden age, if one can call it that, of alcohol and the writer?
June 23, 2014
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If you follow book design on social media at all, chances are you've come already across Matt Roeser's funny, if somewhat dinosaur-fixated, Twitter feed. But over the past couple of years as senior designer at independent children's publisher Candlewick Press in Massachusetts, Matt has been quietly producing some bright, brilliant, and original covers for their line of young adult titles.
I first came across Matt's work about 4 years ago when he first started a Tumblr project called New Cover, and was working outside publishing in St. Louis. Now he is designing books full-time, it only seemed appropriate to ask him a few questions about his interests and influences, his work, and his career. We corresponded by email.
Were there a lot of books in your house growing up?
Absolutely. We lived two blocks away from our library, so my parents were always taking my brother and I there and letting me bring home as much as I could carry. That, paired with the book order forms our teachers would pass out every month (of which I had an unhealthy level of excitement for) meant there was always a constant stream of books in our house.
Did you have a favourite book as a kid?
I had three, and to this day, still can't decide which one I like the most because they're each fabulous in their own way: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler because the kids run away and live in a museum (I'm still hoping to do this one day!), The Westing Game, because it's an epic murder mystery, and The Phantom Tollbooth, because it's so imaginative and full of wordplay, which I have a soft-spot for.
Do you remember when you first became interested in design?
Yes, and it was paired with reading in a way. The movie Jurassic Park came out when I was 10 and I went with my brother to see it at least 5 or 6 times and was just completely enthralled. Then my brother bought the book with the now-classic Chip Kidd design on the front. I read it and, being my first "big-person" book that I had read, it really stuck with me. I remember thinking it was so cool that the design of the jacket was used for the logo for the park in the movie. And it was on t-shirts, lunchboxes, everything. The fact that a new Jurassic Park movie is coming out next year, and they're still using Chip Kidd's design just makes me so happy. So while I don't think I completely realized it at the time, that's the moment that I became aware and interested in design. And since I've never actually grown up, all of the things I loved as a child (dinosaurs, space, time travel) still excite me to this day (thus why a majority of my tweets revolve around dinosaurs). I even had a Jurassic Park themed 30th birthday party which was simultaneously my most proud and most embarrassing moment in life.
Is anyone else in your family creative?
Yeah, my immediate and extended family is full of carpenters and woodworkers, interior designers and painters and people that just generally like to create and build with their hands.
Did you study design at school?
Initially, when I started college, I dove deep into marketing. However, I quickly found out, after taking macro-economics and a plethora of other numbers-based courses, that the business side of marketing was not at all interesting to me. I then started taking a bunch of creative communication classes that included various advertising and graphic design courses, and quickly felt much more at home. Ultimately, a lot of my design education was self-taught, but at school I learned the basic process of working on creative projects that really stuck with me.
What were you doing before you joined Candlewick?
I worked with the creative team at Atomicdust, a branding and marketing agency in St. Louis, Missouri. I definitely learned the ins and outs of the creative process while there. We had a great array of clients that allowed us to flex our creative muscles in a variety of ways as we came up with messaging and then decided the best ways to get that message out. Learning how to boil down a company's entire purpose/goals/soul into a clear message was great experience for what I do now: communicating an entire book's essence through its jacket.
Before you were designing books professionally, you started New Cover, a self-initiated project redesigning the covers of some of your favourite books. Was your goal to get a job in publishing?
Ultimately. It was really driven from the fact that I love to read and I love design, and it had always been a secret "dream-job" ambition of mine to make of career of combining the two. Part of my job at Atomicdust was hiring designers, and as a result, I was sent tons of resumes and portfolios. Every once in a while, there would be someone who didn't have any work to show but was still looking for a job, but you can't really hire a designer without seeing any of their work. And then it hit me; if I wanted publishers to hire me to design book covers, they weren't just going to do it because they saw that I could design websites and brochures. They would need to see book covers. So I picked a few of my favorite books and started creating new covers for them. The project was featured on a couple of design blogs and then spiralled from there into real work from publishers.
Can you tell me a little bit about Candlewick Press and what it's like to work there?
Candlewick has all of the best elements of a smaller company mixed with the structure of a larger corporate company. There are about 95 employees in total and we're all on one huge floor of a building in Davis Square, a sort of hipster-y area right outside of Boston. It's a really open and encouraging environment that gives me the freedom to fully visualize the design ideas I have for titles. We're the companion company to Walker Books in the UK as well as Walker Australia, so occasionally we'll take on some of their titles and vice versa, or we'll coordinate a global launch for a title that we will all be simultaneously publishing. It also means we have an almost never-ending source of imported chocolates and cookies coming to the office via visitors from our other branches.
How many designers work in your office?
The art department has about 15 designers, a majority of who work primarily on picture books. I mostly work on young adult and middle grade fiction and a non-fiction title every now and then.
Did you ever think you would make a career of designing kids' books?
Looking back at previous jobs, you can definitely see all of the stepping stones that got me here. In high school, I worked in the children's room of my town's library. Then, during college, I worked at a preschool. So I've always sort of been surrounded by kids' books. That, paired with graphic design in college and at Atomicdust, and it makes sense.
Can you describe your process for designing a book cover?
First, I read the book. I like to think that the jacket idea is already there in the text somewhere and I just have to find it and bring it to fruition. Once I've read the manuscript, I start sketching out ideas both on paper and on my computer. Sometimes I have a really clear initial vision of what the cover should look like and the final cover ends up looking pretty similar. Other times, I won't have as clean-cut of an initial idea, so I'll do really broad image searches based on a few keywords I've written down while reading just to get the wheels turning. It's hard to say where ideas come from. The ultimate goal is to make a finished product that would catch someone's eye, regardless of who the specific audience is. If I can make it interesting enough for anyone to pick up, I've done my job.
What are your favourite kinds of projects to work on?
Anything that's a little off. As a reader, I like stories where about 75% of what's going on seems normal and then there's this gray space remaining where something unexpected/bizarre/weird is happening. It's why I like books like The Prestige, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, A Tale for the Time Being, and the TV show LOST. So story-wise, those are projects I get the most excited about. Also, anytime a book is part of Launch (the titles that the publisher is really pumped about) because that ultimately means they're willing to try different things to set the book apart. Whether it's a die-cut through the case for More Than This, or a ¾ jacket wrapped around a printed case, or stamping the entire design in foil, I enjoy playing with the materials in new ways.
Who are some of your design heroes?
Chip Kidd, Jonathan Gray, Peter Mendelsund. Their designs are always interesting, unique and more often than not, little works of art.
Who else do you think is doing interesting work right now?
Will Staehle and Oliver Munday. They are two people that whenever I see their name on a book jacket, I'm simultaneously super excited to see a great cover and also maddeningly jealous of their innate talent that makes it look so easy. I haven't seen a cover of theirs that I don't like.
Is there a particular author or a book you'd like to design (or redesign!) a cover for?
Hmm, this is tough. I feel like a lot of them I did as part of New Cover back in the day, although I should revisit some of those and the questionable design decisions I made at the time. Some of those author names are in such a tiny point size that I just laugh thinking about it now. I would love to take on a series redesign as it's something I haven't gotten the chance to do professionally.
What's in your 'to read' pile?
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell! I've been anticipating this book for a while after reading and falling in love with his novel Cloud Atlas. A coworker was able to grab an ARC of the The Bone Clocks at BEA, so I'm currently immersed in it. I'm also looking forward to the new Murakami book coming out in a few months. And, after numerous people have told me that they can't believe I haven't read it yet, The Lost City of Z is the next book I'm reading.
Do you have a system for organizing your books?
A few years back, I saw a floating pile of books on a wall in a design store and thought it was genius. Then, like I do with most things, I went overboard and bought 15 of them to hang over my desk. (See photo) They're perfect for displaying some of my books in a way that's a little different than normal. I try and fill them with a good mix of books I love and books that are visually amazing, and then put the majority of my other books in these three huge old steel lockers I have. One day, I will have a room with shelves going up every wall and a rolling ladder that I can ride around on like Belle does in the beginning of Beauty and the Beast and then I will truly be happy.
What's the one book you recommend to everyone?
Cloud Atlas. It's one where I would pause after reading a sentence and look out the window and contemplate life and just wonder how anyone could possibly be this good at writing. If you only saw the movie and hated it, go read the book. Before that, A Confederacy of Dunces. The dialogue is hysterical and I don't remember laughing more at a book in my entire life.
What does the future hold for book cover design?
I think regardless of how popular ebook readers become, there's always going to be those titles that people want to buy a physical copy of. Maybe this means, as an industry, we make fewer (but more special) physical versions of books, which I don't necessarily see as a bad thing. I'm a big believer in quality over quantity and if we want people to buy physical books, they need to be everything that they can't get in an ebook: the materials should be exceptional, the design should be a work of art, the interior should have (gasp!) well thought out margins. It should be something they want to display. On the flip side, there's always going to be an audience that only cares about the content. They don't want stacks of books everywhere, don't want to lug them around, don't care (gasp!) about margins. I can understand all of that. But there will still be a need for associating some sort of image with the book. I can't/don't want to imagine a future where there's just a long text list of titles that people choose from with no accompanying visual. When that day comes, you can find me barricaded in my own personal library, muttering to myself as I zoom around on my rolling ladder.
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Brain surgeons literally control people's ability to use their brains. However, there have been very few new developments in mind control. Luckily, the old practice of giving a patient a lobotomy has become nearly extinct.
A lobotomy is a medical procedure that consists of the brain surgeon cutting connections from the thalamus to the prefrontal cortex. The point of the surgery was to inhibit a patient's ability to feel emotions. Generally, lobotomies were given to patients with severe mental illnesses. During the 1940s and '50s, over 40,000 people received lobotomies.
The movie, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, shoved the ethical implications of this medical procedure into the spotlight. It didn't seem like such a good idea anymore once we saw that it was basically a removal of the patient's personality—even their soul, practically. Not everyone has the greatest personality, but it isn't really the surgeon's place to determine whether or not they get to keep it.
The practice declined thanks to new anti-psychotic drugs that are now on the market.


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I had it down as a colourful tropical fish
If you look at the 3rd image in the pano - can you see the disconnected ion tail?
That was a treat to watch it slowly disconnect over a few days. We are sort of looking down its whole length so we see only a foreshortened cross sectional view
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We honestly have no idea why the Tampa Tribune is insistent and publishing stories on the Rays stadium issue every other day when there is nothing new to talk about. And we really have no idea why they would just reprint a previous story on the front page of their Sunday paper. Noah Pransky has the details. Slow news day? [Shadow of the Stadium]
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The Board of Trustees officially approved the change of our department name to "the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science" in the April 2014 board meeting.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass., January 11, 2006 - Springfield College senior Alicia Hart (West Hartford, Conn.) finished first in the 100 butterfly (1:03.05), took second in the 50 freestyle (26.07), and was the third leg of the Pride's winning 200 medley relay team (1:56.00) as SC defeated Smith College, 155-141, on Wednesday afternoon, January 11, at the Art Linkletter Natatorium.
Joining Hart on SC's winning 200 medley relay squad was freshman Moira Price (Berkeley Heights, N.J.), sophomore Emily Sheahan (Erin, N.Y.), and junior Julianne McCormick (East Walpole, Mass.). Price and Sheahan also picked up individual victories in the meet, as Price took first in the 100 free (56.77), and Sheahan won the 100 breaststroke event (1:15.18).
Smith College sophomore Shanti Freitas won both the diving events for the Pioneers on the afternoon, taking first on the one-meter board with a 267.68 score, and first on the three-meter board with a score of 281.40.
Other individual winners for SC included senior All-American Sarah Strout (Boothbay, Maine) in the 200 free (2:02.45), senior tri-captain and reigning Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Swimmer of the Week Emily Phillips (North Windham, Conn.) in the 100 backstroke (1:04.88), junior Meaghan O'Hara (Bedford, N.H.) in the 50 free (26.03), freshman Kristen Schadow (Ballston Spa, N.Y.) in the 200 back (2:18.07), and junior Brittany Hargis (East Lyme, Conn.) in the 200 breast (2:44.66).
SC improves its overall record to 5-4 on the season, as Smith drops to 0-3. The Pride will next travel to NYU for a meet on Saturday afternoon, January 14, in a 1 p.m. start. SC will then host MIT on Sunday afternoon, January 15, also in a 1 p.m. starting time.


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EYEWITNESS LOCAL NEWSPowerful Winds Leave Mark On Winfield Neighborhood
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Reported: Nov. 1, 2013 2:05 PM EDT
Updated: Nov. 1, 2013 6:42 PM EDT
Winfield , Putnam County , West Virginia
Powerful winds early Friday morning sent a double carport on an amazing flight through a Winfield neighborhood and knocked down trees in Putnam County.
Winfield Avenue sustained the most serious damage. Dale Lewis' carport was ripped from its location and ended up precariously balanced on top of the roof of Roy Young's home.
"I was asleep," Young said. "I climbed out of bed at 3:30. I looked out the window and I said, 'What's on the roof?' When I looked, there was a carport."
The strong storm also knocked over a tree and power lines, blocking Winfield Avenue. It took a couple of hours for the power company to confirm the lines were dead so they could cut away and remove the tree.
While some neighborhoods escaped with just some downed tree limbs and leaves, the double dose of heavy rain and powerful winds left a mess on Winfield Avenue.
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Girl Scout Cookies sales continue. Here are some local spots that you can buy Thin Mints, Samoas and other favorites this weekend.
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To kick off the holiday season with warmth and cheer, Ambler Farm invites you to the annual Art of the Wreath holiday party: a festive evening with friends, at 7pm on Friday, Nov. 30th!
Join us for a night of music, mingling and merrymaking, a holiday boutique, a retro photo booth, and of course, bid on fabulous wreaths to deck your halls! Enjoy bespoke cocktails by The Spread's very own Chris Hickey and savory passed bites by the inimitable Maria del Castillo of Bistro du Soleil.
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Lockport Union-Sun & Journal — Hydraulic Race Corp. is moving to secure a permanent operating base for the Lockport Cave & Underground Boat Ride.
The company secured eight variances from the Zoning Board of Appeals on Tuesday, so that it can build a ticket sales office at 5 Gooding St., vacant land north of the Pine Street bridge that overlooks the Flight of Five canal locks area.
Plans call for construction of a 24-foot-by-32-foot "visitors center," where tickets for cave tours, and Lockport souvenirs, will be sold. An attached pavilion and an observation deck off the back of the visitors center also are in the plans, which still have to be approved by the city planning board.
With construction of the visitors center, ideally by May 1, Lockport Cave will have a permanent operating base for the first time. It was based in rented quarters at Old City Hall, 2 Pine St., for the past 12 years.
"We think it's time we became part of the tourism industry in Lockport," co-owner Thomas Callahan said.
Hydraulic Race Corp. had put in an offer for 79 Canal Street — one of the newly refurbished buildings on the block — but later withdrew that offer.
Also for the first time, the Lockport Cave ticket office will double as a showplace for items from Callahan's collection of Birdsill Holly works. Holly was an engineer and inventor whose Holly Manufacturing Co. was powered by the movement of canal water through the hydraulic raceway that's now known as the Lockport Cave.


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Services for Esther McConnell will be held Saturday, at 11 a.m., at New Beginning United Methodist Church, Porterville, with Rev. Jimmy Jones officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery with E.E. McDonald Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. McConnell, 98, formerly of Meridian, died Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, at Sanctuary of Holy Cross Nursing Home of Mishawaka, Ind.


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oh good, i was in need of a new mug. oh wait, this is a real lens?! ben, why do you keep messing with us, why, why?!!!
Now you know I felt when I tried to attach my mug to my camera.
Keeps hot cocoa cold. Good.... in for one.
Oh FYI, I got a stainless Canon mug on eBay for $20 shipped from a Brooklyn warehouse. It's an older generation and the IS button doesn't move and the print quality is not super great (looked better in the pics). So YMMV when it comes to these mugs. That said, current generation may not be signficantly better but i wouldn't know since I never beheld one...
3rd party glass is some of the worst buys in photography... and Quantaray is THE worst...
I believe this Quantaray lens is a rebadged Tamron 18-200mm.
when you buy a DSRL, a good lense is a must. This one is NOT
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'Prospective Students' Needed for Internet Strategy Survey
Faculty and staff: Help us find high-schoolers and community college-age students to participate in a survey about Pacific's internet strategy.
Pacific University is working with Oak Tree Digital in developing a comprehensive website strategy, which will result in the development and launch of a new university website. The input of our stakeholders (internal) and audiences (external) is critical in the current phase, "Discovery, Strategy and Planning."
In addition to 14 stakeholder input sessions currently being held with a variety of individuals from across our campuses and stakeholder groups, we also are interested in hearing from our target audience: the prospective students who use the website to find their way to Pacific.
Faculty and staff, if you work with groups of teens in the high school and community college age range and who might be interested in providing online feedback about the types of features and information they look for in a website, please contact Tammy Spencer, firstname.lastname@example.com, by Dec. 7. We will conduct the online survey during the month of December.
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Staff Profile: Jaret C. Daniels
Assistant Professor & Curator
Jaret Daniels received his B.S. in biology from St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn., in 1990 and his Ph.D. in entomology from the University of Florida in 1999. His Ph.D. dissertation focused on mechanisms of seasonal variation found in sulphur butterflies of the genus Eurema. During the same time, Daniels managed a project on captive propagation and reintroduction of the endangered Schaus Swallowtail butterfly. Working out of the Boender Endangered Species Laboratory on UF campus, he was responsible for breeding live cultures, caring for host and nectar sources, collecting data and writing reports to the granting agencies. He participated and supervised reintroduction of the endangered species into the wild and conducted annual surveys of its status following the reintroductions.
After graduation, Daniels was hired as a curator of Lepidoptera and research for the Butterfly Kingdom Conservatory and Invertebrate Science Teaching and Research Center on Hilton Head Island, S.C. He was responsible for the development of captive breeding and support plant nursery facilities, oversight of in-house native and non-native Lepidoptera livestock production programs, exhibit planning and design, conservatory and outdoor garden concept development and website design and development. He also coordinated board development for the non-profit INSTAR Center and initiated and directed invertebrate research and conservation programs. Daniels also developed adult and school education programming and assisted with facility and site design. He later brought his expertise back to Gainesville and was responsible for the development of various research programs at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, including the oversight of field and laboratory research on the endangered Miami Blue butterfly. His current focus is on conservation biology of imperiled Lepidoptera, but his primary academic research interests remain broad and include conservation and population biology, ecology, life history, behavior, biodiversity, seasonal ecology and polyphenism.
McGuire Center: Jaret C. Daniels has a joint appointment with the Florida Museum of Natural History as assistant director of exhibits and public programs and assistant curator of Lepidoptera, and the entomology and nematology department, where he serves as an assistant professor, teaching courses and supervising graduate students. He remains involved in programs focused on imperiled butterfly recovery and native insect pollinator conservation. He also works on a number of nationwide initiatives related to advancing insect conservation, conducting professional training workshops, developing conservation-related educational materials and working with various stakeholder groups.


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n a recent Rule-of-Three article, Rodney Thompson talked a little bit about our approach to monster design. That column was well-timed, because we're starting a big push on monsters right now. The D&D Story Team is leading the charge on this effort for the moment, and this column is a place for us to share what we're thinking so that we can solicit your input.
Our job right now has very little to do with monster statistics. We are tasked with making sure that everyone is in agreement about the core story idea of D&D's most important monsters. We're going to be producing one-page documents for each of those monsters, and each page will describe what they are, what they're good and not-so-good at, how they live, how they fight, what their special abilities are, and what they look like. The idea is that we can hand these documents over to the design team, and the designers can provide statistics that express all that information in the context of the D&D Next rules.
At the same time, we can also give these documents to a team or a licensing partner working on a D&D board game, digital game, or T-shirt design, so they can take that information and find the right expression of those monsters for their own particular media. In the case of T-shirt design, we just need to make sure the dragon on the shirt is recognizable as a D&D dragon. But for digital games and the like, when you're fighting an orc in any D&D game, you should recognize it as a D&D orc—not just because it looks like an orc, but because it acts like an orc.
So this column is a way for us to make sure we're not going wildly astray. I have a lot of issues and questions I want to explore and get your opinion on as this column continues—we'll talk about goblinoids, wereboars, metallic dragons, locathah, yuan-ti, devils, wolverines, and more before we're done. It seemed to me that a good place to start was with the Rule-of-Three article from July 3, 2012.
That's not always going to be the case, though; many monsters, especially among the humanoids, are likely to be very similar in their numerical statistics. As such, they may need something more exceptions-based to differentiate them from one another, so that you feel the difference when you're fighting an orc as opposed to a gnoll. —from Rule-of-Three: 07/03/2012
That's not always going to be the case, though; many monsters, especially among the humanoids, are likely to be very similar in their numerical statistics. As such, they may need something more exceptions-based to differentiate them from one another, so that you feel the difference when you're fighting an orc as opposed to a gnoll. —from Rule-of-Three: 07/03/2012
The various humanoid races were a starting point for our discussions, and orcs and gnolls make a good example of the sorts of things we've been talking about. Let's start with orcs.
Orcs are savage, both in the sense of being fiercely violent and untamed, and in the historically loaded sense of being uncivilized and primitive in their technology. They're good at offense—when an orc hits you, you're going to feel it. They use big weapons such as greataxes or greatclubs. And they're known for their fury in combat, launching a ferocious and violent assault against their foes. They're strong and hardy—you'd expect orcs to have high Strength and Constitution scores—but they're not very smart (low Intelligence).
They're not so good at defense. They rely on their sheer ferocity to keep them going despite their wounds, rather than wearing heavy armor to protect them from wounds. Their choice of armor ties to their primitive technology as well: you expect to see orcs in piecemeal armor, such as hides ornamented with plates and belts stripped from fallen foes. The armor serves as a souvenir of past successful battles as well as protection.
Similarly, orcs aren't very good at organization. They're chaotic evil, gathering in loose bands or tribes where the strongest rule and the weak are bullied or killed. They do have a modicum of social order, with a rough hierarchy based on relative strength, and they use ritualized combat to resolve challenges. In combat, it's every orc for itself, with each orc more interested in earning personal glory than in securing victory for the group. They hate sunlight, and they fight less effectively in daylight.
Orcs raid neighboring settlements for treasure, supplies, and slaves. Their bands leave trails of destruction, slaughtering and burning everything in their path. Those unlucky enough to be captured by orcs are put to work, and these slaves work until they die from exhaustion or starvation.
The bulk of an orc band is made up of common orcs with little in the way of special abilities. Powerful individual orcs with special abilities might include an Eye of Gruumsh (an orc champion devoted to the one-eyed orc god), or a cleric or shaman who serves any one of the orc deities. Other uncommon individuals in a band include orogs (larger, elite orcs) and berserkers, who turn their race's natural ferocity into a thing of terror on the battlefield.
To borrow a turn of phrase from the original AD&D Player's Handbook, "Orcs are fecund and create many cross-breeds, most of the offspring of such being typically orcish." In other words, you can also expect to see a number of very orclike half-orcs fighting among a tribe of orcs. Ogrillons (half-ogre orcs) are a particularly fierce breed, and half-orcs with human parentage can put their superior intelligence to good use in leading groups of orcs, though they must constantly prove their strength and ferocity to defend their positions against challengers who see them as weak. As well as half-orcs, it's common to see ogres, boars, and wolves as allies to an orc band.
Gnolls have certain characteristics in common with orcs. Both races are predominantly chaotic evil, and thus lacking in structured social organizations or regimented military forces. Gnolls gather in family groups (packs) that are led by the strongest individual, which is sometimes a female. Both orcs and gnolls tend to be strong and pretty dumb. They both might have champions who fly into berserker rage during combat, and they wear hides and scavenged pieces of armor.
On the other hand, gnolls have a lot to differentiate them from the savage orcs, and these differences are largely tied to their close association with hyenas. Hyenas are actually pretty disturbing animals. The strange laughing sound they're known for can be really eerie. They're also a strange example of convergent evolution: an animal related to cats and mongooses that looks more like a dog. Strange anatomy, the way they mark their territory—hyenas are just strange. I suspect that's why folklore tends to associate them with witchcraft and grave robbing.
Gnolls are strange and loathsome, too, largely because of their close association with the demon prince Yeenoghu. They're demon worshipers, so they're not just savage like orcs, they're downright depraved. Gnolls kill and dismember their foes because they enjoy it. According to the 2nd Edition AD&D Monstrous Manual, they "favor intelligent creatures over animals [as prey] because they scream better." They offer blood sacrifices to their demon prince, and they're sometimes rewarded with the aid of a demon for their next raid or assault.
In addition to their interactions with demons, gnolls often have hyenas (or the giant dire hyenas) as guard animals or companions, treating them as members of the same pack. Occasionally multiple packs join together for large raids, though fighting between members of different packs is common during these raids, particularly when they squabble over food. A town or village that suffers such a raid is an eerie and terrifying place: blood is splattered and smeared over floors and walls, and only scraps of bodies remain uneaten. Any residents who survive the attack are dragged back to the gnolls' home and tortured, sacrificed to Yeenoghu, or simply eaten when the gnolls have regained their appetite.
A few other things that differentiate gnolls from orcs: Gnolls are more agile (high Dexterity) and poor leaders (low Charisma). They have accomplished archers, partly because of that high Dexterity. Gnolls are cowardly, so they're apt to flee from a fight that turns against them. They prefer hunting in outdoor environments (having no difficulties in sunlight), though they make their lairs in caves.
Unusual gnolls in a pack might include the beastmasters who work most closely with the hyenas, specialized archers or rangers, demon summoners, and sacred warriors believed to be imbued with the killing spirit of Yeenoghu.
So now you've read an example of the kind of things we're thinking about monsters right now. We've gone through the most common humanoid races, and we're talking about the iconic undead right now.
How are we doing? Would you say these descriptions match up with your ideas of what D&D orcs and gnolls are? Did we miss the mark? Did we forget something important? Let us know in the poll below and in the comments, and we'll be back next week to talk about another group of monsters.


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Chargers sign pair of O-linemen
The Chargers signed O-linemen Colin Baxter and Stephen Schilling and placed WR Seyi Ajirotutu and C David Molk on injured reserve.
Ingram, Taylor to get extra looks in Chargers' final month
In the final month of the season, injuries will pave the way for some youngsters to show what's in store for San Diego's future.
AFC West Spin cycle: Denver stays hot, clinches division
It's only Week 13, but the AFC West has been won. The Broncos clinched the division with their win over the Buccaneers.
Bengals top Chargers for fourth-straight win
Andy Dalton scrambled for a 6-yard touchdown with 4:11 left for the go-ahead score and the Bengals won their fourth straight game, 20-13 over the Chargers.
Chargers blacked out for second week in a row
The Chargers-Bengals game in San Diego will be blacked out on local television this Sunday.
WR Spurlock rejoins Chargers
The Chargers claimed WR Micheal Spurlock off waivers from the Jaguars and waived RB Curtis Brinkley.
Chargers SS Bigby placed on I.R.
Chargers SS Atari Bigby was placed on injured reserve with a groin injury, the team announced Tuesday.
Broncos sign RB Hester
The Broncos signed former Chargers RB Jacob Hester on Monday, the team announced.
AFC West Spin cycle: Chiefs give Broncos a scare
Romeo Crennel's Chiefs gave the Broncos quite the scare, but Denver hung on and is one win away from clinching the division.
Ravens come back to stun Chargers in OT
Justin Tucker kicked a 38-yard field with 1:07 left in overtime to complete a stunning comeback for the Ravens, who beat the staggering Chargers 16-13.
Chargers place OT Gaither on injured reserve
Chargers OLT Jared Gaither has been placed on injured reserve with a groin injury, the team announced Friday.
Chargers-Ravens blacked out in San Diego
The Chargers-Ravens game on Sunday at Qualcomm Stadium will be blacked out on local television, the Chargers announced.
Rookie DE Reyes a new bright spot for Chargers
The youth movement in the Chargers' front seven got another boost in Week 11 by the play of DE Kendall Reyes.
AFC West Spin cycle: Broncos add to lead
The Broncos are in command of the underwhelming AFC West after knocking off the Chargers in Week 11.
O-line play not helping Chargers' cause
The Chargers have not come close to hitting preseason expectations on the offensive side of the football, and the O-line play is a big reason.
New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis says the club has cut veteran tight end David Thomas and Patrick.||||||| The 5-11, 191-pound Patrick was New Orleans' second third-round draft choice in 2011 and played in 24 games over two seasons with one start. He was credited with 29 tackles on defense and six on special teams.
Patrick has hurt his right leg during Sunday's regular-season opener against the Washington Redskins, and has been carted to the locker room after being examined on the sideline.||||||| Patrick, who started after New Orleans scratched Jabari Greer (groin), was hurt while breaking up Robert Griffin III's pass near the Saints' goal line. He needed help to the sideline, where trainers appeared to be looking at his right knee. The injury left the Saints with only three active cornerbacks: Patrick Robinson, rookie Corey White and Jerome Murphy, who was claimed off waivers from St. Louis at the end of the preseason.
Patrick has left New Orleans' preseason opener against San Francisco with an apparent knee injury.||||||| Trainers were looking at Patrick's right knee behind the Saints' bench during the second half of Friday's exhibition game before the former Louisville standout was taken from the sideline on a cart. Patrick, selected with one of the Saints' two third-round picks last April, was credited with three tackles in his pro debut. Saints officials did not provide immediate word on Patrick's condition.


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This is a guest post by recent college graduate (English major) Annamarie Jennings.
I wish new college graduates could set up registries like marrying couples or expectant mothers. What nobody ever told me is that being a recent college graduate requires an entirely new set of necessities.
Things that were once luxuries (a fancy smart phone, a car that's consistently full of gas) are now essentials. Things I took for granted (feeding myself, feeding my ravenous cats, paying my water bill) are suddenly, sickeningly unstable.
I need a job.
Needless to say, this is a daunting hurdle in this economy.
I am not the only English Literature major searching for work. And don't make a joke about becoming a barista. Don't you even dare.
At this point, graduating feels less like taking off in a star-bound rocket ship, and more like being pushed off of a high dive. Into a pool filled with sharks. And the sharks are impervious to the sharpened corners of my mortarboard because they all have mortarboards of their own.
We are all thrashing about together, lunging for the fish scattered sparsely through the water. Obviously, I want the fish I catch to be a big one. A huge, sturgeon-sized-or-larger thing that will keep me in cat treats and "Game of Thrones" episodes on Netflix.
What can I do to ensure that the fish I get is sufficiently meaty and as big as I deserve?
There are entire organizations dedicated to teaching women the art of fish-wrangling, known outside this metaphor as salary negotiation. And we need this training, because it's very common for women to ask for less salary than men during a negotiation.
The very existence of organizations dedicated to teaching women to negotiate their salary shows just how prevalent the problem is.
What is less well known is the reason behind the statistics.
Why It Matters
Your starting salary may not seem like a big deal at first, but it significantly impacts your lifelong earnings. The starting salary that an employee proposes plays a huge part in the entire negotiation.
If an aggressive proposal isn't on the table right from the beginning, the prospective employee is much less likely to walk away with an ideal salary.
I wonder how many of the guys went into the meeting know what the average base starting salary is for the industry? Then bumped that up 15% to 30% for two reasons.
1. Wiggle Room.
2. If they try to low ball me it could be a sign of poor corporate culture.
Ask yourself why are the looking to hire. Is it do to growth and need more help? Is it do to natural ebb and flow of people coming and going? Or, is it do to poor work environment?
Be willing to walk away. A win should only be defined as getting the job and the salary and benefits should be at the very lest be industry average, not just getting the job.
A guy's perspective.
If You Don't Ask, You'll Never Receive
Fear of an uncomfortable and unfavorable outcome holds most women back. Work through your fear of rejection.
Others probably don't enjoy negotiations any more than you do. They may even want to give you what you ask, but your request may be beyond their control. Depersonalizing your comments will help take the anxiety out of the interactive process.
In a work situation, you will want to be prepared with a plan that includes trying to determine what the other side may want and why. Of importance will be a statement that points out what it is you are looking for and where you add value to the organization. This will bolster your confidence when you speak.
It is important to be aware of how your behavior and body language impact others. Be attentive to your tone of voice, facial expressions and attitude. Be diplomatic, calm, objective, reasonable, and considerate. If you lose control, you will lose in your negotiations.
Realize that being told "no" or not getting all you ask for is not the end of the world. Be prepared to offer some other options if the negotiations stall. The upside is that you will gain valuable practice for the next time!
More at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/098358656X/
Thanks for the good advice John! Very practical solution ideas to the problem the article highlights.


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Ethics Commission undercuts the main witness against Mirkarimi
The testimony of the star witness in Mayor Ed Lee's official misconduct case against suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi came in for harsh criticism by the Ethics Commission last night, with that body striking most of it as prejudicial and unsupported hearsay evidence that should have never been introduced, something that even the city's attorneys admitted and apologized for.
It was a serious blow to the city's case that also undercuts the written testimony of the city's domestic violence expert, attorney Nancy Lemon, who based much of her analysis and judgments on this discredited and disallowed testimony of Ivory Madison, the neighbor and confidante of Mirkarimi's wife who reported the Dec. 31 domestic violence incident to police.
Meanwhile, Lee was confronted by a large pack of reporters following his monthly appearance before the Board of Supervisors earlier the day, which peppered him with pointed questions about his decision to bring what is evolving into an expensive, complicated, and nasty prosecution of Mirkarimi rather than simply allowing him to be recalled by voters. The exchange made news when Lee characterized Mirkarimi's arm-grabbing incident as "the beating of his wife."
Mirkarimi and his attorneys labeled that comment and much of the city's case as simply a smear campaign that goes well beyond the narrow question of whether Mirkarimi committed official misconduct and should be removed from office, which the commission is still in the process of setting up procedures to answer.
Yesterday's hearing dealt mostly with deciding whether to exclude or allow the written testimony of nearly two dozen witnesses. The only testimony that was stricken entirely was that of Paul Henderson, Lee's criminal justice adviser, who testified that Mirkarimi's guilty plea to misdemeanor false imprisonment for the grabbing incident would hurt his ability to function as the sheriff. The commission found the testimony to be irrelevant and prejudicial, clearly upsetting Deputy City Attorney Sherri Kaiser.
But the big news from last week's hearing was the dim view that the commission took of Madison's 22-page declaration, which painted Mirkarimi as domineering and oppressive, a bleak picture that she attributed to his wife, Eliana Lopez, as conveyed during repeated conversations between October and December as the couple was having marital problems. Madison is the main source supporting the city's most serious allegations: that Mirkarimi abused his wife and then tried to thwart a police investigation
Commissioner Paul Renne – a career litigator appointed to the commission by the District Attorney's Office – took the lead role in criticizing Madison's testimony and the city for allowing it, ruing the fact that it was used by the Examiner and other media outlets to paint a defamatory "portrait of verbal abuse and child neglect inside Mirkarimi's fear-ridden household," as the Examiner put it on the cover of yesterday's paper.
"I saw that and I thought maybe this idea of [taking initial testimony through written] declarations is not protective of the interests of everyone," Renne said.
"I was disappointed by the content of Ivory Madison's declaration. A first-year lawyer should know that much of it is inadmissible and it should not have been given to us," Renne told Deputy City Attorney Peter Keith, calling it "clearly hearsay, clearly having the intention of poisoning the well of this hearing."
Keith didn't even try to defend most of the declaration, responding to Renne by saying, "We have an independent witness that is represented by [her own legal] counsel and we didn't have control over everything that was submitted...I think the criticism is well-taken and we didn't mean to put matters before the commission that are not relevant."
"But you were the one who submitted the declaration," Renne responded, telling Keith that the city must avoiding engaging in character assassination that goes beyond the scope of the commission's inquiry, which will result in a formal recommendation going to the Board of Supervisors near the end of summer.
"My recommendation is we reject the declaration and you bring her in for live testimony," Renne recommended. The rest of the commission seemed to agree with Renne's criticism, but it opted to go through the declaration line-by-line, removing most of it from the proceedings. Madison is also expected to testify live and be subjected to a tough cross-examination by Mirkarimi's attorneys, who say she has blown the incident out-of-proportion and broke the confidence of Lopez, who denies that Mirkarimi was ever abusive.
In arguing unsuccessfully for much of Madison's written testimony to remain in the record, Keith told the commission that it was the basis for Lemon's assessment of patterns of behavior by batterers, thus undercutting that testimony as well.
"If they're untrue, they're meaningless, right?" Renne asked Keith, referring to the sensational tales Madison told about Mirkarimi's controlling behavior.
But Keith said that even if the stories Lopez told Madison were untrue or highly embellished – as Lopez's attorney, Paula Canny, has implied as she characterized her client as building a child custody case in the event the couple divorced – they are still relevant to understanding why Madison reported Mirkarimi to the police.
"Whether or not these actions happened, it's relevant to her concerns," Keith said.
But Mirkarimi attorney Shepherd Kopp said that, like much of the city's case, hearsay testimony based on flawed and prejudicial information should be irrelevant to these proceedings and shouldn't be allowed as evidence against Mirkarimi.
"Their expert, Ms. Lemon, can believe what she wants, but that doesn't mean it should come in as evidence," Kopp said.
The hearing was continued to next week when Mirkarimi, Lee, and other key witnesses are expected to begin giving live testimony before the commission on June 28 and 29. Click here to read the various documents associated with the case.
proceedings which, to an impartial, neutral eye, seems both objective, fair and dispassionate.
But then I'd expect the Ross camp to become ever more desparate and partisan as their idol loses ever more credibility and support.
76% of SF voters want Ross gone, versus only 14% who want him to stay, with 10% not caring a toss.
Toast, and he only has himself to blame.
All the documents pertaining to the hearing can be found here:
Sorry to repeat what was already linking in the story. I found the neighbors declarations very compelling and wanted to draw attention to them.
are not direct witnesses ..they are hearsay witnesses with compelling personal reasons to write the declarations they did.
Thank you Christine Craft for coming forward. I only want to see the truth and not read all the comments that attack our Sheriff. These people appear to be bias and tainted by what they want to see. I believe in the truth. Our Sheriff is becoming the victim and it is all smear tactics by the mayor. I overheard Barbara Upton stating she wanted to see our Sheriff gone. She will continue to spread her false allegations to wield power from the Mayor. I hope true justice prevails. Thanks for your reporting factual information.I like your style. I hesitate to write comments because people attack you. They can take a flying leap.
He also tried to hush it up. That's really all we need to know, and makes him unfit for public office, as 76% of voters now believe.
"76%?" "voters?" You cannot justify your statement. You cannot.
but the "twice" bit ..you got from a hearsay statement made by someone who saw and witnessed nothing.
comes out of it with an enhanced reputation.
The rest, frankly, is self-serving, grim and depressing.
the contrary.
while the neighbor tried to help Eliana escape from a violent situation.
And it worked - Eliana is now safe. She's just bitter because the salary that she was counting on for alimony has been taken away by the wishes of the people.
and you know this how exactly? She just finished a movie in Venezuela. Did you think she works for free?
Whoever you are, Guest, you need to delve a little deeper into the who, what and why's of this case. If you simply rely on sensationalist headlines...then you might just miss the truth. Maybe Eliana went to Venezuela because she's not been allowed to be with her husband all this time. So why bother staying in a City that's completely ignored her wishes in the name of what it deems Politically Correct? It's been quite the Heavy-Hand keeping sway around here. I hope justice will prevail. And putting words into someone mouth re alimony? Nice imagination you've got...She's a professional, who was doing quite nicely before she got involved with Ross, and who could conceivably make it quite well on her own from hereon in if need be. Could we have some reality checks around here???
You've been busted
particularly at 56:00 minutes in...for the bombshell. YOu wouldn't mind other people looking at the archive..would you??
www.sfgovtv.org...archive for last night's Ethics Commission hearing.
Finally..some actual reporting!!
Who paid for that poll? Thanks.
questions were and how the sample was taken; basic poll methodology which if not divulged renders the poll beyond suspect. What is to hide? No, it is most accurate to ask "What poll?"
There was no fucking poll except the CBS push poll taken before Mirkarimi had a chance to tell his side of the story.
for the Mayor's actions in firing the SMirk.
all the information as to how the question(s) and what question(s) were asked and how the sample was generated secret, so you just have to take my word for it. Jerk.
suggest they are inaccurate. The people I speak to almost all want Ross gone.
Sounds like an intellectual cheat. Show evidence that the second poll had an honest population sample and show evidence that it did not have an eggregious push-poll character.
I have already shown evidence that the first poll was conducted immediately after the sheriff's plea deal before his side of the story could be heard. I've already shown evidence that the first poll -- which didn't, by the way, have the numbers cited here -- had a push-poll character.
The fact that this second so-called "poll" has been kept completely secret is *highly* suggestive that it is completely worthless except as propaganda for the Mirkarimi haters.
You show evidence now. You have none.
And since those polls refute your position, you have no choice but to try and discredit them regardless of their validity and veracity.
Poof. Nothing. No sample data, no margin of error, no methodology, no list of questions. Were only rabid running dogs of the San Francisco Chronicle polled? Nobody knows because the poll is secret. That second "poll" is a big ZERO.
The first poll is a push poll on its face because they prefaced their question as to whether it was right for the mayor to remove the sheriff with a provably false statement to the effect that Mirkarimi had gotten off lightly with his plea bargain.
These are all facts in evidence yet you continue to referr back to some supposed poll which is meaningless.
>"The first poll is a push poll on its face because they prefaced their question as to whether it was right for the mayor to remove the sheriff with a provably false statement to the effect that Mirkarimi had gotten off lightly with his plea bargain."
Exactly! Could not be clearer about this proof that the people are actually behind Mirkarimi. I'm convinced. Don't know why the rest of you are having so much trouble getting what lili is teaching us.
I'm sure that if anyone did a clean poll, e.g., 'In December Ross Mirkarimi gently guided his wife from the car. Is it right that Pak/Brown/Lee are now trying to remove him from his elected office based on totally trumped up charges?' that the vote would show Mirkarimi's popularity with the people.
and exaggeration in order to dispute the rightness of my position; further proof to the opposite. Facetious claims made by Troll and attributed to me are not valid.
hahahaha!! i'm sure that is true....the people I speak to part, that is.
The local CBS TV affiliate, which has no dog in the fight and nothing to gain, nonetheless commissions a 'push poll' against Mirkarimi. Shows the complete intellectual bankruptcy of lilli and the others.
And of course, now that Mirkarimi has explained that he was only 'guiding' his wife's arm the sympathy is pouring in and the poll results would be completely different.
Okay, awaiting the explosion now so that I can have another good laugh.
Gotta love these euphemisms.
FYI: I was referring to the following poll as reported by Matier and Ross.
The May 16-21 poll, conducted by Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz and Associates, found that 76 percent ... Just 14 percent disagreed with Lee's call to toss Ross
The poll was conducted for an unnamed client as part of a broader survey.
Unnamed client? So my question still is: Who paid for the poll? Thanks.
Either you believe that FMMMA know how to conduct a valid poll or you don't. I know of no reason to believe that they would dishinestly report opinions expressed to them.
And easily 3 out of every 4 people I know would say the same thing. If anything I'd say this poll may understate the percentage of voters who think Lee did the right thing.
I know -- and knew -- exactly of the tripe poll to which you were referring and I agree with your question, but yet I think it is more direct to ask what the methodology of choosing participants in the poll were, what the margin of error, and *WHAT* *OTHER* *QUESTIONS* (i.e. push-poll material) were included in the study. The question of who paid for it less material.
I have never seen a poll cited so much which is *COMPLETELY* secret. All we know is who did the poll -- an outfit, by the way which stresses "results" on its web page -- and who is willing to tout it without any kind of justification; i.e. the pro-machine whores at the Chronicle. (Sorry working ladies, just a figure of speech and not an indictment for your honest work.)
Poll? I have no credible poll showing that ... and neither do you. I don't need a poll though. You *are* a liar.
I am responding to comments that talk about tainted window. Ross is not going anyhere. He is the Sheriff. You can move on yourself. I know you are with the Mayor's team of hoodlums. Can't you see the Mayor is one of the bad guys.
We see the facts are coming out and that's the way we want it to be, factual and not hearsay.
voted for him not knowing about the spousal abuse.
except in your mind.
bold-faced lie. I'd ask you to show a citation to back your ridiculous mendacity, but I know you'll just come back with another stack of bs.
I don't know much about that poll that is often cited. But the figure of 76% of the people wanting Ross to leave sounds quite reasonable.
Start with the November election, where 61.5% of the voters wanted someone else to be Sheriff (UCSF has said that Mirkarimi probably would not have won a traditional run-off).
Of that 61.5% who didn't want him in the first place it is very conservative to assume that at least 95%, or 58% still don't want him. Probably safe to say that 25% of his voters want him gone now (it is not unreasonable to assume a LOT of his female voters regret their choice, as does Aaron Peskin and others with Progressive pride). Now you are up to 68%. Throw in some people who didn't vote in November who would love to vote against him now that they know who he is and the 76% sounds pretty good.
There was also the CBS Poll (I love mentioning it because lilli starts ranting that the local CBS TV affiliate is a biased part of the Mirkarimi lynching) that had a figure in the mid 60%s.
RossGate has killed his credibility and ability to do his job. Time to move on.
suspending an elected official and it's highly unlikely that, having taken legal and political advice, he would have done that unless his private polls showed overwhelming public support for that action, which they did, followed by two public polls showing an over-riding majority of voters wanting the wife-beater gone from office.
To take risks, you need the people on your side.
out that your assertion is crap. And, by-the-way, I don't feel an absolute need to prove it... again... because it is so fucking obvious... again... but I will remark that your reference to "two public polls" is irredeemably fucked because you are referring in part to a secret poll which may have only included right-handed psychopathic armadillos in its sample -- that which you pompously refer to as "voters."
Somebody in this world just has to be a jackass I suppose.
impartiality, neutrality, and objectivity?
I don't remember being surveyed. Did you want to list a reference for the survey you mention?
Ivory Madison can't stand the smell of her own shit.
Whereas, I absolutely love the smell of anyone's shit as long as they have a penis that isn't attached to my partner
What the hell does that even mean, marcos?
He employs it every time he loses a debate.
Which is every time he opens his mouth.
What part of "pleading guilty" do you not understand?
"official misconduct" and "administrative hearing" do you not understand?
In case you haven't noticed, someone else has been doing the sheriff's job for the last few months and, by all accounts, doing a great job.
We don't need a wife-beating egomaniac and ideolog in that office.
"We don't need a wife-beating egomaniac and ideolog in that office."
You see? Right there, that is the problem. Ross grabbed his wife's arm during a heated argument. That does not constitute "wife-beating".
"Egomaniac?" "Ideologue"?
Your simplistic vitriole is not appreciated. Justice will prevail. From cool heads, who know the difference between an arm-grab, and "beating".
Go back to school. That's where one learns how to think and analyze. You may not have been paying attention. I wish you well.
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