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Skip to comments.US trade gap narrows as exports rise
Posted on 11/12/2004 6:39:20 AM PST by 1rudeboy
By Christopher Swann in Washington
Published: November 10 2004 13:51 | Last updated: November 10 2004 13:51
The US trade deficit narrowed unexpectedly in September, reflecting a fall in energy imports and a pick up in exports, according to data released on Wednesday.
The trade shortfall fell by $1.9bn to $51.6bn, compared with forecasts of a deficit of about $53.5bn.
The figures pointed to a stronger performance by US exporters. Exports of goods climbed by $900m to $68.9bn, offsetting a $100m fall in service exports to $28.5bn. Sales of semiconductors, computers and food were particularly strong.
HSBC said the improvement in the trade position could lead to an upward revision to economic growth in the third quarter from 3.7 per cent to 4 per cent.
In addition to the rise in exports, the deficit was reduced by a fall in energy imports. Despite a 3.5 per cent rise in the price of energy per unit, the total import bill fell by $500m to $124.5bn due to a 10 per cent decline in volumes. Imports of pharmaceuticals, semi-conductors and computers also fell.
Economists said the figures were encouraging but many expect the deficit to widen again, since US growth continues to outpace the expansion in Japan or the eurozone.
Goldman Sachs dismissed suggestions that the improvement in September was due to the hurricanes in the south-east of the US, pointing out that most ports were unaffected. But in a research note published on Tuesday it said the report was unlikely to signal a turning point in the trade deficit.
The figures did little to help the dollar, which has been edging to new lows against the euro. On Wednesday, the euro hit a record high against the dollar at $1.305 before falling back to around $1.29.
Analysts have become increasingly pessimistic over the outlook for the dollar after the currency failed to rally in response to there-election of President George W. Bush and a dramatic improvement in the employment figures. The strong jobs figures at the end of last week were seen as a mixed blessing for the dollar, increasing confidence in robust growth and higher investment returns but also underlining that the deficit may expand further if US growth accelerates.
Many economists say the dollar will increasingly be dragged down by the bloated US current account deficit, despite interest rate rises by the Federal Reserve.
Import prices for October were also released yesterday showing a 1.5 per cent rise in October. This largely reflected an 11.7 per cent rise in petroleum prices.
I thought the whole world hated us and refused to do business with us...at least, that is what John sKerry and the LameStream Media kept insinuating during Campaign 2004...
Can someone clear this up for me?
Does the falling dollar help to increase our exports and reduce our imports? I don't see that mentioned in the article.
I haven't had time to look at any details, but it would be very good news if the details also show good growth in some of the harder hit areas.
If we did so right away, then the turn-around would occur during the second or third Five Year Plan.
Theoretically, a falling dollar raises exports and reduces imports.
Don't forget to force Americans to buy only $500 union made DVD's and a $90,000 union made car.. That is the best solution to protect the American factory..
No doubt. Raise the minimum factory salary to $120K/year, and watch our economy take-off. Shoot for the moon, I say.
A lower U.S. dollar makes your exports more competitive price-wise with Canada and the E.U. This is good for the U.S. manufacturing sector, likely will result in job creation.
Another good trade-off is that imported cars will be more expensive than before, resulting in growth among domestics (GM, Ford).
On the flip-side, it will be more expensive for Americans to travel abroad. There's always trade-offs when it comes to changes in the value of the dollar. Some good, some bad.
Make sure that you do your part by voting for politicians that protect you own economic interests...no matter their character.
A decline in real purchasing power is also one of the trade-offs.
The dollar is finally not under the pressure it has been for all those years, The Euro, a self made monster is helping take off the pressure which for years was hurting our economy by pricing us off the markets. With a higher per capita productivity, lower fixed costs in electricity, logistics, fuel and so on, we have been highly competitive all along, but when we had 3.56 Deutsche Mark to $1 we were being crushed by our own currency.
Now even Russia is buying Euros (mixed with dollars) for its reserve and many Baathists fleeing Iraq were caught with guess what? Euros. Most used currency (For trade) in the Balkans? Euros.
For years some conspiracy theorists were coming up with ever crazier ideas of how the US had an unfair advantage because of the dollar and the fact that most trade in strategic resources is conducted with this currency. In reality, our trade was being hampered by our own currency. We ended up with a currency with had a high volume of counterfeiting and regulatory issues because foreign governments would buy money or sell it causing major monetary shifts which affected our economy.
I truly believe that a lot of the devaluation of our dollar is caused by the advent of the Euro. I think in the long run this will make us MORE competitive on the world scene. Games like intentional devaluation of currency as the Italians commonly practiced with the Lira will be difficult if not impossible with the Euro. The Euro zone will have similar issues as the dollar while taking off pressure of the dollar. Only they are not as competitive and will have a harder time dealing with the pressure in the long run. In the end, US products will end up cheaper while Euro zone products will be more expensive. Imports will sink, while exports rise. But these are long term developments. In the short term businesses will suck up the costs in the hope of this trend changing. Eventually they will be forced to cave in. This will also bring MORE business into the US since our competitive advantage is now noticeable and can be taken advantage of. So Mercedes will build MLs in Mississippi and import them to Germany to sell. BMW will build Z3s to import to Germany to sell. As a manufacturing base we become more cost effective as well.
The Euro is a great thing. Hats off, I like it.
Don't forget to include BMW, Toyota, and Honda in the "domestic" column. We need to stop the scourge of insourcing ASAP!
Don't forget about Hyundai..
But...Dan Rather said it isn't so!
We do tend to benefit from the stupidity of Europeans.
The most desirable market is the American market. It has the most disposable income by far. But Europe and Asia will have much more difficulty in accessing it. American companies will therefore see a return to having control over pricing their products in the U.S. market. This is all good news for the investor.
rudeboy, I thought a trade deficit was a sign of a booming economy!? When are you free traders going to get your story straight?
Sorry LCJ but this is a lie. According to the household survey there are over 2 million more Americans working now than when President Bush first entered office. The problem you have is you are relying only on the jobs survey which covers mostly big business.
Our economy is changing. Most new jobs are people going into business for themselves or working for small companies. These are not included in the jobs survey and are always ignored by the enemies of America (Old media)
We have more people working now than we ever did. They are making (on average) more money than they ever did. and it only looks to improve as we destroy more of islam and recover more from 911
Yes very true.
Remember Yankee go home in Germany? Oooops- 30,000 jobs went by by too. Nearly 20 Billion dollars a year dried up. Yes, that's with a "B".
They live in an ideological world where even if all facts refute their view they will just find some whacko who tells them what the want to hear. Why do you think Michael Moore is so popular in large parts of Europe? Even though factually wrong, spun and with situations taken out of context, they like to hear that because he tells "what" they want to hear.
So as an expert 2 years ago said The Americans just cant spend themselves out of this recession (He was from the Deutsche Bank), and we cut taxes and did just that. They increased their VAT tax to 16% from 14% (A tax like a sales tax) and their economy is dying. They managed to increase a whole plethora of taxes and the consumer can hardly make ends meat. But they do believe that the war in Iraq was a diversion from the horrid economic conditions in the US. They will be forced into a humiliating economic crises eventually which will force them to adopt change. In the mean time they will push on with blinders, telling themselves the merits of their Social economy, the great Kyoto protocol and other crap fed to them by their current demagogues in the SPD and Greens that are leading their country and media.
Ironically the media which is in Germany even partially owned by people closely associated with the political party in power also has to a large degree state ownership of much of the media as well. They point their finger at the US and say FOX is bad and propaganda as they watch their state official, on the state run TV channel tell them how great everything is in their Sozialstaat.
Being of German/Austrian decent (I'm more German than most Germans), I take the liberty to say that the masses in both of these nations are subjects. People who see group think as a good thing that needs practice. People who have replaced religion with a form of government that shall provide from cradle to grave. People who went from UNmoral to Amoral after WW2. Not all are bad, but they are on a downward glide path and cant even see why; nor do they really want to.
Conversely, I thought a trade deficit means we are DOOMED!? When are you protectionists going to get your story straight?
Yes, that remains the long term prognosis as our productive industries continue to migrate offshore.
Nevertheless, it IS hilariously entertaining to watch you hypocritically change your spin and hype with every little statistical anomoly and media sound byte along the way.
LOL! What a phony pile of BS!!!
I always aim for the bullseye.
But I gotta admit, it's almost too easy with such a slow moving target.
Excellent post. Thank you.
The improvement in exports is certainly welcome news, and is probably due to several factors. Your analysis of the currency exchange rates is likely the most important. Other effects should be the higher productivity of the US, particulary compared to China and Europe. The socialism of Europe is finally beginning to destroy their economy to the point that even their excellence in engineering cannot accomodate.
Of course, the major issue is the relative labor costs.
The popular refrain is that Chineese or Indian labor cost about 1/20 that of American. That sounds bad, but it isn't as bad as it seems. The reason is that China in particular has emphasized LOW productivity. That's right, low productivity. Following the inestimable lead of American unions, the Chineese attempt to reduce unemployment by keeping productivity low, so that they can employ as many as possible. The idea is that their wages are so low that they can still produce a cheap product with inefficient workers (not the workers fault, though).
The NET difference, if you include only direct wages, is only a factor of 2 on average, particularly when you include other costs, such as transportation and such. 1/2 is a lot better than 1/20.
The bigger problem is that government regulation and federal law impose additional costs to hiring people. The US Chamber of COmmerce (sorry, I don't have the link) estimates that the actual cost of hiring an employe is a factor of 2-3 above his wage level. You pay the employee $10; it costs the company $20 - $30. Most of this is federal employment law which is the basis for employee lawsuits for discrimination and such. Interestingly enough, over 90% of discrimination lawsuits are brought by present employees, rather than applicants that were not hired (as the law was putatively designed to address).
Tort lawyers to the rescue again!!
The cost of tort lawsuits for employment law cost companies directly in lawsuit settlements, but indirectly in additional inefficiencies in operating a business. When you include these effects, the difference between net, effective wage rates becomes 1/6. That is too high.
The solution?
1. Allow the currencies to float to appropriate levels (dollar weaker, China currency stronger).
2. Tort reform and simplification and reduction of employment law.
This approach won't save all manufacturing jobs and output, but remember that we are operating on a distribution; this is not a binary effect. Every bit we become more efficient and economical means more manufacturing that will move here.
Ooooops, you can't take credit for THIS one, WG.
sixmil is the one who nailed that bird.
Don't get carried away...
Gotta give credit where credit is due!
I look forward to anyone demonstrating that my views are false seeing that Willie cannot.
You of all people calling others hypocrites. You've wailed about our deficits and at the same time a falling dollar. You've tried to come across as the champion of the American people but yet you want to hose them by asking them to pony up more for the goods that they want to consume. The majority of the time you truly believe there are free lunches. You claim to be conservative but yet post (and agree with) the garbage you find on union, Leftist, and various collectivist thinking websites...and then you call us capitalists the Marxists.
You have marginalized yourself as a one trick, doom & gloom pony, who rarely gets it right. I can tell that you've been learning things as time goes by because you'll incorporate new - new for you - terminology into you pathetic arguments. But yet you continue with the same tired arguments. As your learning process continues, I do hope that you'll finally acquire the wisdom to see that the paradigm that you've been clinging to has been rooted in emotion and not logic.
Good luck to you, Mr. Green.
Why are we not surprised?
Come on Todd, it's the "structural ramifications" that are involved! Many pay up for the sake of the few; you know, redistribution. But yet we're the Marxists, go figure.
You mean how globalism reduces productive capacity to drive up prices for those commodities?
You happen to have any real world examples where globalism has driven up the price of a commodity?
So do you have any stats that show that oil production has fallen? Or are you making stuff up again?
Didn't see anything in that post about falling oil production. Try again.
snip..Shell Oil Products announced Thursday it will close down a refinery in Bakersfield next year because of the decreasing supply of crude oil in the area
Evidence Shows Shell to Demolish Profitable Refinery, Drive Up Gas Prices
Nothing in this post about oil production.
The Great Refinery Shortage, America needs oil
Another post about refining, not about oil production
Still nothing about declining oil production, let alone that it was caused by globalism. Come on Willie, you can do better.
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Utah was allowed to put off recognition of marital benefits for same-sex couples who married during a two-week period after a federal judge in December struck down the state's ban on such unions.
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What is SharePoint anyway? What's the difference between SharePoint and Dropbox or SkyDrive for example?
They all share files.
Why should anyone use SharePoint instead of SkyDrive or Dropbox?
What is SharePoint anyway? What's the difference between SharePoint and Dropbox or SkyDrive for example?
They all share files.
Why should anyone use SharePoint instead of SkyDrive or Dropbox?
SharePoint allows you to share files (it's a document library), but it's also
SharePoint is so many things that it is really very hard to categorize but I'd probably call it a 'portal' (a word that is vague enough to cover just about anything), as most places seem to refer to it.
Sharepoint is more than a fileshare. It´s more like a Application Plattform with a set of prebuild features and the Abbility to implement your own logic.
Have a look here for a list of features and compare it to what you can do with dropbox (Btw Skydrive is implented in Sharepoint aka Office 365)
In an (larger) Enterprise settings - SharePoint is viewed as a 'knowledge' management & sharing platform that provides communication, collaboration & "content curation". The latter term is for aggregating content found dispersed across the Enterprise and brought together by search & metadata tools. This post gives a good oversight about it - Sharepoint and Enterprise 2.0: The good, the bad, and the ugly. (it's a bit dated but is still a very relevant reading).
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Attack Ballista – 15G
Defeat 10 enemies in quick succession with one Bow attack.
The only Bow capable of delivering an attack powerful enough to kill 10 enemies is Bow Of Eros. This is dropped by Dark Archers found in the Challenge "Argos Castle Area". Once you've got the Bow head over to Challenge "Looming Skeletons" to unleash the Skill "Volley III" (may require Gifts to upgrade)
Wrath of the Anemoi – 15G
Defeat 10 enemies at once with one Wing attack.
Upgrade a Feather weapon sufficiently and head over to Challenge "Looking Skeletons"
Aerial Dance – 30G
Hit an enemy 20 times while it is in the air.
Two-headed dogs are good targets for this. Use "target + hold back + Y" to launch them into the air then use the Dual Sword flurry attack "Rising Blade" to keep them there. May require upgrading to nail 20 hits.
Deadly Poison – 20G
Stun 3 enemies at the same time using the Tail attack.
Select a Tail weapon that paralyses and hit 3 enemies at the same time. All 3 should end up on the floor covered in goo.
Won't Let You Die –15G
Use a "Healing Core" 5 times to recover the health of a dying support character.
You'll be joined by characters throughout the game. Your Healing Cores will restore their life bar too – do so 5 times when they are near death.
The Grace of Erebus – 30G
Activate a "Dark Blade" Underworld Core attack and successfully connect 50 times consecutively.
This one is a bit tricky.
I used Essence Of Hatred upgraded to Dark Blade III. Find a Quest with multiple enemies. I unlocked on Gladiator 4 but any Quest with multiple enemies will do. This isn't 50 connects in one attack - it is cumulative.
Press "B" to begin the attack and hit an enemy - purple fire on impact = dead enemy - then immediately target another enemy and hit "B" to chain kill, and so on. The first kill doesn't count towards the achievement, only the kills made during the chain. The chain doesn't have to be kil-kill-kill etc, you can miss an enemy and pick up a kill on the next move - as long as the chain attack isn't broken.
The Pyre – 20G
Use a "Flame Core" attack to defeat each type of undead monster, except undead bosses.
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Impenetrable Defense – 15G
Defend 100 enemy attacks using a Barrier.
Use Barrier Core "Absolute Wall", go to Challenge "Mating Season" and use Barrier II to defend against the rampaging frogs!
The Body of a god – 15G
Use the "Spirit of Argos" to take down 5 enemies at once.
Ger Martial Arts Core "Spirit Of Argos" and fire up Challenge "Looming Skeletons"
Aesthetic Destruction – 15G
Using the Battle Song on Perseus, destroy a part of the "Skeleton King".
"Battles Song" is a Skill on the Piscium Harp. Cast the Skill and then smash a leg/arm off Skeleton King with a Hammer. Challenge "Skeleton King"
Draw Out the Ichor – 20G
Destroy the heads of 20 giant animated statues.
These are the larger, unarmed moving statues you'll come across. The Cyclopean Maul (Hammer) will decapitate them on first hit. Boostable on Challenge "Argos Castle Area"
Sharp Shooter – 15G
Pierce a cyclops' weak point with a Bow.
You'll come across Cyclops and Polyphemus during the story playthrough. Equip a Bow and shoot either in the eye. If you miss it in story you can meet them again as you unlock Challenges "Son Of Poseidon", "Blue One-Eye Giant" or "Gladiator 5".
Beaten to the Punch – 20G
Defeat 20 skeletons who are preparing to throw skulls.
Challenge "Argos Castle Area" has a fight with 4 skeletons; 2xDeath Soldiers and 2xDeath Warriors. To pursuade them to throw their heads you need to put them in Sub Weapon Seize state (ie flashing orange) several times. Once they are flashing orange leave them alone. If they come out of SWS state and then start flashing orange again WITHOUT you hitting them then are about to pull of their heads - use Soul Seize to kill them instantly once they've pulled their head off - else hit them again, but them back in SWS state and wait until the flash of their own accord. (Thanks to K1llerMonkey & COokieAndCream)
Vanished Threat – 20G
Destroy all parts of the Scorpioch.
This is the big scorpion boss - smash his claws with a Hammer. The tail may take some doing and requires a decent Dual Sword jump attack to destroy. If you miss it in story you can meet it again as you unlock Challenge "Blood-Born Demons"
Curse of the Gods – 20G
Clear "Mating Season" with the ability "Erosion of the Abyss" set.
There are 4 Sub Weapons you can use for this. Savage Blade (Dual Sword) and Gorgon's Blaze (Bow) need to be upgraded to "Heartless Soul" ability or Fang Of Tartarus (Dual Sword) and Talon Of Tartarus (Bow) upgraded with "Price Of Corrosion". Both of these abilities include the negatively impacting "Erosion Of The Abyss". Start up the quest "Mating Season". 100 kills in 2:30 mins. Do not change your Sub Weapon during the quest. You can make kills with it, just make sure you don't select any other Sub Weapon from your d-pad.
The Hunter's Title – 30G
Collect all Gifts.
No guide needed. Just make sure you kill every enemy with Sub Weapon Seize to improve your changes of getting their rarest drops. Everything can be tracked in-game
Complete Conquest – 50G
Complete all quests.
Complete them. All. Once you've completed all the Challenges head over to the Story levels and you'll have a couple of sneaky new Challenges hidden in there that'll need to be completed too.
Height of Olympus – 50G
Obtain S Rank in all Main Quest and Challenge Quests.
See main text above.
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Co-Op Achievements
Partner - 15G
Play 2P Mode for the first time.
Turn on Controller 2 and press Start
Trusting Heart – 20G
In 2P Mode, have a support character perform a Sub Weapon Seize.
Using Controller 2 batter an enemy until they flash orange and press "LB" to activate Sub Weapon Seize
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Aug. 13 was ace day for the Brick Landing Plantation LGA. The low net score of the day won ace of the month honors.
The first flight winner was Jean Lakey with a 66. Keith Webb was second with a 72 and Irene Dowdy was third with a 74. Barbara Karkut won the second flight with a 62. Shirley Dowd was second with a 63 and Cathy Shanley was third with a 71. Peggy Campana won the third flight with a 61 and took ace of the month honors. Bernice Logan placed second in the flight.
Everything appears to be set for the West Brunswick High School football team except for the most important position: quarterback.
Ryan Hill has moved on to Navy, and three players, West coach Jimmy Fletcher said, are now contending to be the starter: junior Quan Bates (6-3, 175), sophomore Cameron Smith (5-9, 150) and freshman Markel Jones (5-7, 170).
BOILING SPRING LAKES—They say football is won in the summer in the weight room, and if that is the case, the South Brunswick High School football team, with 65 or so players who showed up this summer, should have a great year.
These dedicated Cougars also have a lot of respect for their new head coach, Roman Kelley.
"It is a wonderful opportunity to come in and follow a guy like coach Gordon Walters, who has established a well-respected program and work ethic, which all of the players are following," Kelley said.
LELAND—The backfield is set, but who will block for it is one of the questions North Brunswick High School football coach Garry Bishop was trying to determine during the first week of practice.
North graduated 18 players from its 2008 playoff team, but A.J. Perkins returns at quarterback.
"He did an excellent job last year as a junior," Bishop said. "We asked him not to make a whole lot of mistakes early in the year, and he got a little bit more involved as the year went on.
Despite hot days and windy conditions, anglers are still finding fish in our inshore waters. Flounder and redfish have given local fishermen some good action lately. The best thing about summer fishing is although the fish aren't as numerous they tend to be larger.
Capt. Mark Dickson of Shallow Minded Charters has had some successful trips lately, fishing both inshore and out at the jetties. I spoke to him Monday and he told me about fishing at the jetties earlier that day.
I first met Steve Mona when he spoke at the annual meeting of the Carolina Golf Course Superintendents several years ago in Myrtle Beach, S.C. At that time, he was the CEO of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA).
Last week, I had the pleasure of seeing Steve again. He was in Brunswick County speaking before 15 members of The First Tee from seven chapters in North and South Carolina. This was the annual Summer Leadership Academy at St. James Plantation, an event that has been hosted by The First Tee of Brunswick County for four straight years.
For high school football fans, the 23rd annual BB&T Football Jamboree on Friday at Legion Stadium in Wilmington means the start of the football season.
This scrimmage is a fundraiser for 10 southeastern North Carolina high schools and student scholarships.
The jamboree begins at 5 p.m. with a cheerleading showcase that includes squads from West Brunswick and South Brunswick high schools.
The Leland Dixie Youth Majors baseball team has won its first two games in the Dixie Youth Baseball Majors World Series in Laurel, Miss.
Leland's team of 12-year-olds opened the series by routing Florida (San Antonio Pasco) 11-1 Saturday night.
Leland, representing North Carolina in the 11-state tournament, scored four runs in the first inning, all with two outs, manager Bobby Scoggins said. Blaine Hollis hit a three-run home run.
"Pretty much everybody else contributed," Scoggins said. "We had a good night hitting."
The First Tee of Brunswick County received its charter in 2005 and began programs in February 2006. Since then, the local chapter has grown and flourished through community support, donors, parents and guardians, and enthusiastic kids.
Each year, more than 400 children are reached through after-school and Saturday programs and summer camps. Another 6,500 Brunswick County students receive the National Schools Program of The First Tee through their physical education classes.
SUMTER, S.C.—Brunswick County reached the final six before losing 11-1 in six innings Monday night to host Sumter in the Dixie Debs Softball World Series.
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For those who often wonder which picturesque wine bottle on a liquor store shelf holds the best wine, certified sommelier Alex Meloi has devised a festive way to learn. He describes his Wine Camp, on six Sunday afternoons at Westfall Winery in Montague, N.J., as a blend of "wine class, game show and social event."
As he explains how factors such as climate and "terroir" determine flavor, campers taste several wines that illustrate his points, and then games test their new knowledge. By the end of the first class, "Cool Climate Wines vs. Warm Climate Wines," campers should begin to discern the origins of a wine by tasting it. Campers who demonstrate their prowess by planting a pushpin on a map closest to where their taste buds tell them a wine was made win a prize.
"I want to pique people's sense of adventure about discovering new and interesting wines, going way beyond cabernet and sauvignon blanc," Meloi said.
His boyhood chores included stocking wine shelves in his family's Montague liquor store, Meloi's Liquors, which is sponsoring the event. Their customers' "thirst for knowledge" inspired his enrollment in sommelier training.
"It's daunting to look at wine shelves. I wish there was a way to choose wines without trial and error," Meloi said. "I've read books, but I wanted professional training."
He graduated at the top of his 26-week class of 30 at the Sommelier Society of the Americas last summer.
"The teachers are mentors, providing their facts and opinions, passions and impressions," Meloi said. "But the amount of studying was unbelievable."
Having watched how people typically choose wine, he now sees how they could do better.
"The way Americans buy wine, they find a brand and buy its chardonnay, merlot and other varieties. Many brands taste good, but have no personality," he said. "Some of the best wines come from small producers, like Oregon wineries," where they consider the best quality wine they can get from their land.
"Because it's cooler, they make good pinot noir, pinot gris and chardonnay. The climate is similar to Burgundy (France). In cold climates, fruit is more restrained," he said. "The taste is more earthy and crisp. In warm climates, the sun ripens the grape and wines are rich in fruit."
Meloi says both beginners and more experienced wine tasters can gain from his classes, and each class stands on its own. "You just use your mind. You don't need to know about wine," he said.
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The SPD is not "100 percent" sure of the shooter's identity, so the department is letting the King County Medical Examiner confirm. The office is unlikely to release that information till tomorrow.
There are no new updates on the medical conditions of the two victims taken to Harborview Medical Center. Again, one has life-threatening injuries and the other is conscious and has been interviewed by police.
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Ona Lee Johnson has been named the first executive director for the Amarillo Area Tennis Association.
The AATA elected Feb. 4 to give Johnson the position on a provisional basis for 2013. Four people applied for the part-time post.
Johnson will be paid $5,000 this year, according to AATA President Dave Martel.
He indicated the board will examine the salary and the position itself at the end of this year to see if changes need to be made.
The position was created after a year of discussion by AATA members.
"It became apparent that the AATA needed someone who could invest the time to bring in new board members and initiate, or grow, new and existing programs," Martel said.
He also said the executive director will serve as the public face of the AATA.
The executive director "presents a can-do personality, is tactful and respectful of differences, projects the mission and vision of the AATA to a wide variety of audiences, is energetic and has integrity, a people person, and enjoys meeting challenges," he said.
Johnson sees one of those challenges as attracting volunteers.
"With all the programs, play days, tournaments and many other activities our organization manages, there is a huge need for a few hours from a great number of people," she said. "Too often people think they have to be very proficient in tennis to volunteer, and that certainly is not the case."
She said she plans to get the AATA thinking and planning for programs six months down the road rather than just immediately. She doesn't want the organization being in a reactive mode.
"Our organization must constantly remember to be proactive so we don't have to be reactive," she said.
Johnson, a longtime Amarillo league coordinator, has been active in the AATA for about 20 years and has served in various roles with the United States Tennis Association Texas Section.
■ Drop shots: That wild and wacky World TeamTennis recreational league play is set for the weekends of Feb. 22 to 24 and March 1-3 at the Tascosa Tennis Center.
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Concluding this week, DC Comics' Convergence put the big in "big event": There were 89 individual comic books – a nine-issue weekly miniseries and 40 two-part miniseries – created by more than 75 writers and pencilers, plus a comparable legion of inkers, colorists and letterers.
Because of the sheer size, it's difficult to review the event in its entirety, so I'm not going to bother picking it part here. The main series wasn't particularly good, while the 40 tie-in series varied from terrible to excellent, with most of them falling somewhere in between.
In case you've watched this leviathan of a superhero event passing by without reading much – or any – of it, I thought it would be worthwhile to point out some of those excellent books, the ones that you should read if you decide to pick up any of Convergence, regardless of your interest in, or affection for, particular characters.
Veteran artist Timothy Truman recently revealed on his Facebook page the first of several paintings he was commissioned to create for the Grateful Dead's 50th anniversary celebration. The veteran illustrator worked with the band in their active years on album covers, T-shirts, and even comics for an almanac series.
Truman hasn't said how this painting will be used, but he's also creating art for an acoustic guitar produced by Alvarez for the anniversary.
It's time once again for our monthly trip through Previews looking for cool, new comics. As usual, we're focusing on graphic novels, collected volumes, and first issues so that I don't have to come up with a new way to say, " Dark Horse Presents is still awesome!" every month. And I'll continue letting Tom and Carla do the heavy lifting in regards to DC and Marvel's solicitations.
Also, please feel free to play along in the comments. Tell me what I missed that you're looking forward to or – if you're a comics creator – mention your own stuff.
Puss in Boots Movie Prequel – I don't care for movie prequel comics as a rule, but swashbuckling cats are awesome in any incarnation. As long as these are fresh gags and not just ones warmed up from Shrek, I expect to enjoy this.
Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Creation Myths, Book 1 - I just introduced my son to The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth a couple of weeks ago, so this is great timing. He had the same questions about The Dark Crystal's world that I always do, so I'm looking forward to seeing Archaia's take on answering those. Totally feel like the world's in good hands with this publisher and these creators.
The Sigh - If Archaia's snagging Marjane Satrapi's (Persepolis, Chicken With Plums) new book has been reported already, I missed it. I'm surprised that wasn't bigger news.
Siegfried, Volume 1 – I've been meaning to read P Craig Russell's Ring of the Nibelung adaptation for years, so I think this might be what pushes me to finally do it. It would be fun to read Russell's and compare it to this version by Alex Alice.
Tim Truman of Scout, Jonah Hex, Conan and Grimjack fame is teaming up with his son Ben for a new six-issue comic book series from IDW Publishing.
Hawken, according to the press release, tells the story of aging gunman Kitchell Hawken and "his bloody, one-man vendetta against the Tucson Ring, a brotherhood of arms merchants and corrupt politicians who once employed him." Hawken is joined on the path to vendetta by the ghosts of everyone he's killed, who are cursed to help him.
"In many ways, it's not the ghosts who haunt Hawken. It's Hawken who haunts them. They try to trip him up at every turn," Tim Truman said. "Folks would be hard pressed to find a character as ruthless and pissed-off as Kit Hawken. He has good reasons for his rampage, and believe me, a rampage it is. For once, the bad men have truly messed with the wrong guy."
The father and son team co-created the series, which Tim will draw and Ben will script. Ben said the idea came to them while Tim was visiting him in Tucson.
"My parents were visiting here in Arizona, and while driving through Sunset Crater Park I asked Dad if he's ever seen any accounts where a man had survived a scalping," Ben Truman said. "Somehow, that kicked it off. Hawken grew from the landscapes of each new place we visited: His name in Flagstaff, his past in Bisbee, the curse in Tempe, his vendetta in Tombstone. By the time we left San Xavier Mission, the first issue was plotted. A year later, we signed a contract with IDW. We all hope this story will grab people like it did us."
The first-ever C2E2 — Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo — is all but over, and no doubt Brigid and Michael will have more to say about the whole experience here soon. For now, here's a roundup of news and info coming out of various panels from today, to go with our roundups from Friday and Saturday.


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An officer accused of buying child pornography and sexually assaulting children was seen in court Tuesday morning. According to court documents, he's now facing 83 total charges in association with sexual assault on children.
Tuesday, CSPD officer Joshua Carrier stood before a judge on charges of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust, in addition to new charges of sexual contact involving a fake medical exam, and enticement, among others. The prosecution now says there are at least six victims who have come forward accusing Carrier of sexual abuse and that there could be as many as 15.
Parents have been coming forward to KKTV 11 News from children at Horace Mann Middle School, where Carrier was a volunteer wrestling coach. These parents say Carrier told their kids they had to check them for ringworm and made them get completely naked in an office alone with him. Because Carrier's arrest affidavit is sealed, we do not know if these accusations are part of the basis of these charges, but we are working on confirming that.
CSPD officer Joshua Carrier was formally charged on 11 counts of child pornography last week, leading police to suspend him without pay. Court documents now show he's facing 12 counts of child pornography.
Carrier has a bond of $500,000. His attorneys attempted to have his bond reduced Tuesday but the judge denied that motion.
Carrier will be back in court June 7 for a bond hearing. His preliminary hearing will be held on June 28.


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Actually Rambr0, I quite liked the "piss yellow streak" as it happens - it grew on me. I'll keep wearing my current (away) shirt with its flashes of lime green, oh and of course because it also has my beloved Dawson's name on the back ... ;-)


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The Opposite of Loveby Julie Buxbaum
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With perfect pitch for the humor and heartbreak of everyday life, debut author Julie Buxbaum has fashioned a heroine who will be instantly recognizable to anyone who has loved and lost and loved again.
When twenty-nine-year-old Manhattan attorney Emily Haxby ends her happy relationship just as her boyfriend is about to propose, she can't explain to even her
With perfect pitch for the humor and heartbreak of everyday life, debut author Julie Buxbaum has fashioned a heroine who will be instantly recognizable to anyone who has loved and lost and loved again.
When twenty-nine-year-old Manhattan attorney Emily Haxby ends her happy relationship just as her boyfriend is about to propose, she can't explain to even her closest friends why she did it. But somewhere beneath her independent exterior, Emily knows her breakup with Andrew has less to do with him and more to do with...her. "It's like you get pleasure out of breaking your own heart," her best friend Jess tells her.
As the holidays loom and Emily contemplates whether she made a huge mistake, the rest of her world begins to unravel. She's assigned to a multimillion-dollar lawsuit where she must defend the very values she detests by a boss who can't keep his hands to himself… her Grandpa Jack, the person she cares most about in the world, is losing it, while her emotionally distant father has left her to cope alone…and underneath it all, memories of her deceased mother remind her that love doesn't last forever.
How this brave young woman finally faces the fears that have long haunted her is the great achievement of this marvelous first novel, written with authority, grace, and wisdom.
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Ariadne Meyers gives a masterful performance of this realistic novel about Emily, a young woman whose life is unraveling: she breaks up with her longtime boyfriend, hates her job, and her beloved grandfather is dying. Meyers inhabits the role perfectly, conveying all the nuances of Emily's character: her doubt and confusion, anger, love and vulnerability. Meyers especially shines in Emily's monologue to her late mother's tombstone that starts out joking as a defense mechanism, then gets serious and then gradually starts to break down, her voice trembling and full of tears. Meyers also creates distinctive, authentic character voices-the elderly, New York-accented tones of Emily's grandfather and his female friend Ruth; Emily's two closest female friends, including a scene in which one friend is drunk and sobbing; her smug, lecherous boss; a backstabbing co-worker; a Russian diner owner; and a soothing psychologist. She switches seamlessly between the voices during conversations without missing a beat. The abridgment is likewise seamless. This excellent production is a must for chick lit fans. Simultaneous release with the Dial Press hardcover (Reviews, Nov. 5, 2007). (Feb.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Buxbaum's debut is a welcome addition to the having-it-all genre. The characters are likable, and the story line moves along so amusingly that you'll want to keep reading into the night. Emily Haxby is an up-and-coming attorney at a big firm in Manhattan. From the outside, she seems to have her life tied up flawlessly with a big red bow; however, the package is coming unraveled. On the verge of becoming engaged to Andrew, the perfect guy, she freezes and breaks up with him. Other life events creep in to sidetrack Emily. She's given an assignment on a sleazy legal case defending a company that's knowingly polluting the environment, and her lecherous boss propositions her in a hotel room. Then Emily's favorite family member, Grandpa Jack, starts to exhibit the frightening symptoms of Alzheimer's. Repeatedly mourning the death of her mother (when Emily was a child) and her completely distant politician father, Emily finds that the turmoil in her life is leading her to take harsh actions. Can Emily pull it together-work, family, love life, and all? You'll be turning pages until you find out! Highly recommended for all fiction collections. [See Prepub Alert, LJ10/1/07.]
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"You'll want to keep reading all night."—Library Journal, Starred Review
"A witty, touching debut novel rich with emotional truths. Women everywhere will relate to Julie Buxbaum's thoughtful, young heroine and her journey of loss and love."—Emily Giffin, author of Love the One You're With
"Gripping, wise and extremely refreshing. I loved it."—Marian Keyes, author of Sushi for Beginners and Angels
"Buxbaum makes an appealing debut with this tale of...[a] single gal-in-the-city [who] finds her white-knuckle hold on life and love slowly slipping."—Publishers Weekly
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The Opposite of Love
By Julie Buxbaum
The Dial PressCopyright © 2008 Julie Buxbaum
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Chapter One
Last night, I dreamt that I chopped Andrew up into a hundred little pieces, like a Benihana chef, and ate them, one by one. He tasted like chicken. Afterward, I felt full but slightly disappointed. I had been craving steak.
I plan to forget this dream. I will block out the grainy texture of moo shu Andrew. The itch of swallowing him dry. I will erase it completely, without lingering echoes or annoying daja vu, despite the possibility that my dream led me inexorably to this moment.
Because I already know that, unlike the dream--this dead end--this one is going to stick. I am living an inevitable memory.
Today, I break up with Andrew in a restaurant that has crayons on the table and peanut shells on the floor. A drunken young woman in the midst of her bachelorette party, wearing little more than a cowboy hat and tassels, attempts to organize a line dance. I realize now that I should have waited for a better backdrop. It looks as if I think our relationship adds up to nothing more than a couple of beers and some satisfying, but fiery, buffalo wings. This is not the effect I was going for.
I had imagined that disentangling would be straightforward and civilized, maybe even a tiny bit romantic. The fantasy breakup in my head played out in pantomime; noexplanations, only rueful smiles, a kiss good-bye on the cheek, a farewell wave thrown over a shoulder. The sting of nostalgia and the high of release, a combustible package, maybe, but one we would both understand and appreciate.
Instead, Andrew looks at me strangely, as if I am a foreigner he has just met and he can't place my accent. I refuse to meet his eyes. I quell the overwhelming desire to run outside into the swill of Third Avenue, to drown in the overflow of people spilling out from the bars and onto the street.
Surely, that would be better than feeling Andrew's confusion reverberate off his skin like a bad odor. I lock my legs around the bottom of my bar stool and stare at the bit of barbecue sauce that clings to his upper lip. This helps assuage my guilt. How could I be serious about a man who walks around with food on his face? In all fairness, Andrew is not walking around anywhere. He perches there, stunned.
And I, too, am adorned in condiments. The ketchup on my white tank top makes it look like my heart is leaking.
"This was never going to be a forever, happily-ever-after sort of thing. You knew that," I say, though it is clear from his silence and from the last few days that he did not. I wonder if he wants to hit me. I almost wish he would.
Seems strange now that I didn't realize this moment was coming, that I hadn't started practicing in my head before yesterday. I'm usually good at endings--pride myself on them, in fact--and I always find people disingenuous when they claim that a breakup came out of nowhere. Nothing comes out of nowhere, except for, perhaps, freak accidents. Or cancer. And even those things you should be prepared for.
I guess I could have just let the weekend unfold, followed the original plan with military precision, and woken up tomorrow with Andrew in my bed and his arm thrown across my shoulder. Later, at work, I would have been able to tell some funny Labor Day anecdote around the proverbial water cooler, the weekend always better in rose-colored instant replay. But though I firmly believe that a tree does not fall in the forest until someone later tells an amusing story about it, I realize now that there will be no tidbits to share tomorrow. At least not funny ones. I have made sure of that.
Today, during the last moments of the Labor Day weekend, I find myself sitting across from Andrew, the man with whom I have spent the past two years, attempting to explain why it is we need to stop seeing each other naked. I want to tell him it is merely our ages--I am twenty-nine, Andrew is thirty-one--that are at fault here. We are acting under a collective cultural delusion, the one that demands random connection after the quarter-life mark, a handcuffing to whoever lands by your side during a particular game of musical chairs. This is the only way I can explain how Andrew went so out of bounds yesterday, with his intimations of a ring and permission, with his hints of an impending proposal. But I don't say any of this out loud, of course. The words seem too vague, too much like an excuse, maybe, too much like the truth.
We had never been one of those fantasy-prone couples who presumed a happy ending or named their unborn children on their first date. Actually, our first date was at a restaurant remarkably similar to this one, and rather than talking about the future, or even ourselves, we had a fierce competition over who could eat more hot wings. We left the restaurant with lips so swollen that when he kissed me good night I could barely feel it. Four months later, he admitted rushing the date because the wings gave him diarrhea. It took me two more months to confess that I had let him win.
He didn't take that so well.
Whenever the future did come up, though, we always included convenient "ifs" in our language, deflating whatever followed into something less loaded.
"If we ever have kids, I hope they have your eyes and my toes," I would say, while tracing circles on Andrew's stomach with my fingertips.
"If we ever have kids, I hope they have your intestines. That way, we could enter them in competitive eating contests and retire to Mexico on their winnings," he would say, and gather my hair into a ponytail and then let it slip back through his hands, like the strands were only on loan.
Perhaps the lesson here is to pay attention. There is always a lesson, isn't there? There has to be, because without one, what would be the point? So maybe this time it is to be vigilant, to watch out. Because somehow, sometime yesterday, without my noticing, without my perceiving, our fault line shifted.
The plan was to walk up to Central Park with our friends Daniel and Kate, to jointly celebrate our limited free time by wantonly wasting it. The curtain of Manhattan humidity had been replaced with a whistling breeze, and after a choking August, we were relieved to be balancing between seasons. Since the rest of the city had better places to be over the holiday weekend, we took advantage of having the sidewalks to ourselves. Andrew and I weaved back and forth, elbowing each other in the ribs, sticking out our feet to trip the other, pinching sides in a game of gotcha-last. I was feeling pure pleasure, not dithering happiness. No buzz of anxiety or free fall in my stomach to warn of what was to come.
Daniel and Kate walked in front of us. Her engagement ring, whose presence loomed out of proportion to its size, would occasionally catch the sun and paint shadow shows on the sidewalk. Our closest friends--we could still say "our" yesterday, we were still a "we" then--and somehow, more than that, they were also symbols of how things can be for some people, how effortless commitment can look. Daniel and Kate were the adults leading this brigade, though at a languid pace, since it was clear that we should savor this last bit of summer before the trees shed their leaves to make room for the snow.
After I caught Andrew in a sneaky gotcha-last move--the never-fail distract-and-mislead maneuver--he ended the game by lacing his fingers in mine. We walked that way for a while, hand in hand, until I felt him start to toy with my empty ring finger, wrapping it with the whole of his palm in an infant grip. And though he kept quiet, it was as if he said the words out loud. He was going to ask me to marry him.
His thoughts, I could tell, were wholly methodical--the hows of proposing, not the ifs or the whys. Finding a free day to take the train out to Connecticut to get my father's permission or to Riverdale to ask my Grandpa Jack. Conjuring up the name of my favorite restaurant and his family jeweler. No meditation on whether he knows me well enough to zip together our futures, no concern that he can't decipher the infinite thoughts that run through my inaccessible brain at any given moment. But that's who Andrew is, ultimately; someone not overly bothered by the ifs and the whys.
Before I could wonder if my rising panic was merely the result of an illusion, he pulled me toward a jewelry-shop window, his arm cupped around my back. I imagined the rings winking at me, laughing at my discomfort.
"Do you like anything?" he asked.
"That bracelet is pretty," I said. "Oh, and those earrings are gorgeous. I like how dangly they are. I never wear dangly. And, look, they have a one hundred percent money-back guarantee. I like when you can get your money back."
"How about those rings?"
"Too sparkly. I prefer the dangly earrings."
"Come on, what kinds of cuts do you like? Princess, oval, marquise?" The man had clearly done his homework. This is not the first time he has thought about this, I realized.
"I don't know the difference. It's not my sort of thing," I said, which was true. I thought Marquise was an island in the Caribbean. And then, because I didn't know what else to do, I pointed far into the distance.
"Look!" I said, like a child who has just learned a new word. "A puppy."
The rest of the afternoon unraveled like a well-scripted sitcom, with the four of us playing a silly game of monkey-in-the-middle in the park, jokingly competitive, and tackling one another unnecessarily. I was perhaps the silliest of all, overcompensating for the dread I was feeling, somehow believing that goofiness would stave off the inevitable.
But there was no way out, really. I had made a promise not to work this weekend, even "accidentally" left my BlackBerry behind in the office, something I had never done before in my almost five years as a litigator at Altman, Pryor and Tisch, LLP. I was off my leash, which had seemed like a good idea before the weekend, when I thought I needed a break from the billable hour, not from my life. I hadn't known I would want to dive right back into the pile of papers on my desk, run away to a place that has no room for words like "our" and "we."
But work would have been mere procrastination. I had come to my decision in front of the jewelry store. I was going to break up with Andrew before he knelt down and asked an impossible question. I would shatter our naive and comfortable world like the kid who plays with a gun in an after-school special.
Self-awareness is a slippery thing, though, when you find yourself at odds with a "supposed to" in life. I understand that I am supposed to want to marry Andrew. That some women wait their whole lives to stand before a bended knee or fantasize about a sparkly stone that silently announces to the world, See, someone loves me. Someone picked me. That some women dream of that choreographed first dance with their new husband before the crowd erupts into a vigorous "YMCA."
Or, better yet, that almost all of us want someone to be our very own partner in crime, to drive us home from the airport, to cheer when we succeed, and to hold our hair when we vomit. And if I am honest with you, I do want that, in one form or another.
But getting married? To Andrew? 'Til death do us part? I can't do it. I would be nothing more than a fraud, a pretend grown-up, a con artist playing the role of bride. I don't even want to spend the rest of my life with me. How can Andrew? And how do you explain to someone you love that you can't give yourself to them, because if you did, you're not sure who you'd be giving? That you aren't even sure what your own words are worth? You can't tell someone that, especially someone you love. And so I don't.
Instead, I do the right thing. I lie.
"Well, I guess that's it, then," Andrew says to me now, his voice barely audible over the jukebox. His tone is hard and resigned, without even a hint of pleading. He handles this like a professional. Clinical acceptance.
"I'm sorry."
Andrew just nods, as if he is suddenly sleepy and his head is too heavy a burden to carry.
"I want you to know I care about you a lot," I say, like I am reading from a book on how to break up with someone. I even have the nerve to add "It's not you. It's me."
Andrew lets a strangled laugh escape. I have finally provoked him. He has moved from confusion to sadness and now, finally, to what I am most comfortable with, anger.
"You're fucking right. It is you, Em. Don't you worry. I know that this is all about you." He grabs his jacket and is about to leave. I want to stop him, to prolong this terrible moment before finality. But there is nothing left to say.
"I'm sorry," I whisper, as he throws some bills onto the table. "I really am." This takes the air out of the moment, and the tightness in his shoulders softens at the sound of my words.
"I know," he says, and his eyes bore into mine. Surprisingly, they are not filled with anger or sadness or love, but with something that looks a hell of a lot like pity. Andrew clears his throat, kisses me on the cheek, and walks calmly out of the restaurant.
Within seconds, he gets absorbed into the swell of Third Avenue. And it is me who is left sitting alone, watching the door and chewing on the bones of his leftover hot wings.
I walk the twenty blocks to my apartment, and it helps to clear my head. The air tingles in my nose, another hint that autumn will soon relieve summer. I take Madison Avenue and watch the crowds savoring the last few moments of the long weekend and the season, sitting with shiny cocktails on makeshift street-level patios. I envy them their last taste of freedom before the workweek. For a moment, I consider stopping for a cosmopolitan at a swanky bar; maybe I can pretend to be one of them, in camouflage, and postpone feeling anything for another hour or two.
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Julie Buxbaum is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Law School. The Opposite of Love is her first novel.
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No matter where you are in your life you can relate to something that happens in this story. I couldn't put the it down.
I loved this book. I recommend this book to every one!!
This book had me reading until it was done. I am a person that gets distracted easily and forget that I was reading a book, well with this book I wanted to read more all the time. I could not put it down and I hope that Julie writes more like it.
This book should not be characterized as 'chick lit' it is so much more than that I must admit it was what I expected, however, especially as a first novel (please keep writing more), I was blown away it was heartfelt, inspiring, funny, and most of all, hard to put down. By the end of the book, I felt that Emily was someone I would love to know, as a sister, friend, sister-in-law, etc. WHAT A JOY AND DELIGHT THIS BOOK WAS.
This is my favorite book in all the world. The way Buxbaum creates complete characters, I felt like I knew all of them and loved them all. The characters are very human, with frailties and souls. I could read this book over and over and I have!!
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Julie Buxbaum has you laughing, crying, and rooting for Emily. Everyone can relate to her in one way or another.
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The author conveys one's fears and how defensive mechanisms are put in place very well. The main character breaks up with her boyfriend before he can propose, fearing the hurt the future may bring. The story feels real; it is very touching, deep, and inspirational. She has to accept and deal with her grandpa's ill health who has been more like a parent to her, she's bothered by her fading memory of her mom, she's irritated that her father is not as involved, and she's not quite comfortable and happy with herself. There are so many levels to this book. It tackles grief, communication, fear, and the journey to find oneself and happiness. It was a pleasant surprise and worth the read.
First of all I love this book. After reading this book I am now a fan of Julie Buxbaum. This was her first book, and I am glad to say she has another one, After You, coming out August 25, 2009. The Opposite of Love was a great read. It was so well written and funny. Great humor, I read it with a smile on my face most of the time. The novel is threaded beautifully with humorous moments and tear jerking scenes. You feel Emily struggles and are rooting for her all the way. Emily's life is so messed up, by her own doing, but you can totally relate to her. "Come on Emily get it together" you want scream at her. I guess it is catagorized as Chick-Lit., but it is written so much better than most of the Chick-Lit. I read. I can't imagine being disappointed by reading, The Opposite of Love. Highly recommend.


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