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We're in that funky few months of the year when all of the good summer blockbuster releases are long gone, the crap that wasn't nearly good enough to be a summer blockbuster has been shown and quickly spit out, and the holiday season of award-worthy movies seems so far away. But now is the time for the best of the best trailers to start trickling out of the web, in anticipation of those awesome end-of-year flicks. Here are the best movie trailers and clips released this week.
The Fighter
Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams
Truth be told, we've kind of been in need of a solid motivational sports flick for a while now, and this street-guy-turned-boxer story looks like it could be it. Here's hoping we get at least four Bale-outs from Christian.
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Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, Wee Man
Never gets old.
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Saw 3D
Cary Elwes, Tobin Bell, Sean Patrick Flannery
The Saw movies have become an annual Halloween tradition at this point. Seven movies later, people are still flocking to the theaters to see the same plotline projected every year, and now it will finally be in 3-D. Not all filmmakers use 3-D the correct way, but it looks like this film might just pull it off.
In theaters Oct. 29
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Rainn Wilson, Liv Tyler, Ellen Page, Kevin Bacon
In Fantasy Movie World, a guy like Rainn Wilson can marry a girl like Liv Tyler. But then Liv Tyler drops him for a drug dealer. And then Rainn Wilson becomes a superhero to get Liv Tyler back. And then Ellen Page from the comic book store becomes Rainn Wilson's sidekick. Antics ensue. Watch the R-rated clip, the first video released from the flick.
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Megan Fox, Mickey Rourke
Does Megan Fox ever play anyone other than Megan Fox? Like it matters… In this indie drama, she plays a 1950s angel in Los Angeles, with Mickey Rourke as a trumpet player who finds redemption in her after attempting to save her from gangsters. Watch the almost-but-not-quite erotic first clip released from the movie.
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For months, a disgruntled dancer once acquainted with Casper Smart has publicly and cuttingly questioned his commitment to Jennifer Lopez. Radar Online breaks down the Twitter war waged by a rug-cutter named Joshua Lee Ayers, who hoofed alongside Smart on the 2010 flick "Step Up 3D" (they were both part of the House of Samurai dance crew, as anyone who caught this cinematic extravaganza already knows).
Since March, Ayers has accused J.Lo's beau of all kinds of things, from stealing dance moves (i.e., the plotline of "Bring It On") to not playing for the superstar's team, a claim he tried to back up by sharing a photo of a shirtless Casper sporting gold lamé hot pants jokingly stuffed with what appears to be a Snapple bottle.
"he a complete #POSERand foolin U and all Of @JLo fans...," tweeted Ayers. "The truth is come out soon. And u gonna feel stupid. Lol."
(Note to aspiring trash-talkers: Proper grammar is so important in the dissing game. Trust.)
The official word from the couple's rep (yep, they share a rep now -- Casper has officially arrived): "Casper is not gay," their spokesman tells Radar. "These comments are born from envy and jealousy."
But Ayers' bad-mouthing continues. He also took his bitterness over to In Touch, billing himself as Casper's "former best friend" and labeling him a "great self-promoter" with "questionable" talent.
See, according to Ayers, it was Smart's then-girlfriend who landed him the backup-dancing gig with Lopez, but "he used her to get what he wanted, then left her for J. Lo."
The miffed Ayers then warns, "He's willing to do whatever Jennifer wants as long as it furthers his own career."
J.Lo, 42, hooked up with Smart, 25, last fall, shortly after her marriage to Marc Anthony hit the skids. Since then, they've rarely been apart, with the superstar showering her non-famous squeeze with expensive gifts and promoting him to a choreographer on her tour.
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Dear Kenny,
Mental health defies exact explanation. Don't let anybody tell you otherwise. I speak to this with some professional experience - a large part of my job involves crisis counseling. I don't offer that tidbit of my personal life to ward off any criticism, but to distinguish these words from a typical radio call-in show pop-psychologist.
Kenny, I know that you hale from an affluent Atlanta suburb - Snellville. I watched you play for Brookwood High School - you were the best athlete for that decentish Broncos squad. 2007 seems like an eternity ago. Even though you didn't experience the poverty that many Atlanta-area athletes face (I'd encourage you to watch Undefeated if you haven't already), nobody but you knows what life was like inside the four-walls of your home. Even so, home life is a poor predictor of mental health.
I think any of us would consider your football career a success. You basically saved our running game two seasons in a row. Even so, success in one's profession is a poor predictor of mental health.
I know you're embarrassed. Shame is a funny thing, whether it be shame over one's background, one's current station in life, one's failures, or one's successes.
Kenny, please seek help. Get counsel. Ask for accountability. Have someone who's cool with you calling during your darkest moments no matter the time of day. Know that people care. And not just because you carried the football very well on Saturdays.
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Despite attempts to psyche out media and fans, David Haye and Tyson Fury are expected to announce a September 28 fight from Manchester this week, according to the Daily Star. From what I have heard personally, this fight has been agreed to for weeks at this point, but they were simply waiting to get it fully finalized, get the contracts signed, and announce it at the right time.
Haye (26-2, 24 KO) and Fury (21-0, 15 KO) are two of the biggest heavyweight attractions in the sport -- biggest attractions period, really -- and a fight between the two will be expected to draw a massive live number, and do very well on UK PPV, which will likely be carried by Sky Box Office, but could end up on the lesser Primetime.
Last year, Haye drew about 30,000 fans for his win over Dereck Chisora, and this fight with Fury should carry some of that quality with the pre-fight trash talk that entices buyers both at the gate and from home, as the two men are masters at manipulating the media when it comes to this sort of thing.
There is no word on US television, but I'd really expect it to wind up on TV here somewhere. Fury, after all, did the year's highest TV number in the US for his April 20 win over Steve Cunningham, with 1.7 million viewers on NBC, and Haye still has some name value, too. Even if it's Epix or WealthTV or something, I'm sure there will be some kind of US option.
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On Saturday, February 23, from 5-9 p.m. friends of Francine Wheeler, whose son Ben was killed in Newtown, are hosting a fundraiser for the Ben Wheeler Fund. The event will take place at Sunnyside Community Services, 43-31 39th Street, just three blocks from the 7 train. This will be a fun, family event featuring Music for Aardvarks music, the fabulous children's singer, Richard Younger, a magician, face painting, food and a monster raffle. Local Sunnyside bands will also perform. Tickets are $15 for food, $15 for drinks, $25 for both. Children 6 and under are free, those over 6 are $5. All proceeds will go to the immediate expenses of the family. The Wheelers lived in Sunnyside for years before moving to Newtown.
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In the spirit of John Idzik mandated competition, the Jets have brought someone in to compete with recently re-signed placekicker Nick Folk:
Congrats to the newest member of #Jets, K @DDimke13 Derek Dimke! Perfect in camp w/ #Lions in '12; a top K at @CoachZauner w/o in march!—
Paul Sheehy (@ProStarSports) April 11, 2013
Dimke made 40 and 31 yard field goals and three extra points in preseason last year with the Lions. The Lions themselves signed Havard "Kickalicious" Rugland today, a guy who the Jets were interested in a month or two ago.
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After being reviewed by both HEB and the city of San Antonio, a deed in Bexar County records dating back to 1948 that specified South Main be for "public use" will not affect plans to close South Main, according to HEB spokeswoman Dya Campos.
HEB has proposed closing South Main between Arsenal and Cesar Chavez Boulevard for its planned expansion of its corporate headquarters.
Campos said, "It is our understanding that the grantor's rights were acquired by HEB as part of the Arsenal property when it was purchased in 1982."
James Rodriguez, spokesman for the Main Access Coalition who found the deed, said the U.S. government that operated the arsenal now housing HEB considered the street to be surplus property.
Rodriguez said the federal government deeded over the street to the city for $1, giving it the right of way.
"Not only that, but if the street were ever abandoned or ever not used for the public, then it would automatically revert back to the federal government's ownership," Rodriguez said.
But he also said his group did not want to jeopardize the deal bound for the Planning Commission and the City Council by the end of the year.
"We believe the city of San Antonio and HEB have the community's best interest at heart when they're talking about putting in a grocery store here downtown," Rodriguez said.
Campos said, "We do not believe that any action or approval by the federal government is required for the closing of Main Avenue, the expansion of the HEB campus or the construction of a downtown grocery store."
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Online dating services are expert at setting up people who never knew each other before, and some 40 million Americans use them. Lately, a lot of attention has been focused on location-based mobile apps that help people find others to date — sometimes fleetingly — right in their neighborhood or local bar. But what about dating ideas for couples who are already attached and need to shake up their routines? Naturally, there are apps for that. Some, like HowAboutWe for Couples and BeCouply, are specifically for people in relationships. Others, like Vimbly or Sosh, aren't targeted solely at couples, but they are good for finding stuff to do around you. They can be accessed for free, either through the Web or your smartphone, and they lure you in by promising a better, more exciting dating life. So, instead of watching "Breaking Bad" on Netflix again, like some people I know, you could go horseback riding, wine tasting or dancing, all in the same fabulous day, all arranged by a bot. [ See post to watch video ] How did my parents ever survive 40 years of marriage without apps? I have no idea. Last week, I booked a handful of dates for me and my significant other using these apps, primarily HowAboutWe and Vimbly. We had a brunch date, took a jazz cruise around Manhattan, saw some art and went to the movies. We did all this in six days, like some sort of romantic boot camp
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Sunday - Israel Bound
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- Depart for Israel and spend night above the clouds.
Day 1 - Monday - Along the Coast
- Shalom & Welcome to Israel! Meet your staff and begin the journey!
- Celebrate Hanukkah with candle lighting, latkes, and doughnuts!
- Orientation and ice breakers in the city of Tiberius.
Day 2 - Tuesday - Hiking Along Israel
- Begin your day hiking in the Golan Heights.
- Tour the city of Katzrin.
- Observation point and former Israeli bunker on Mt.Bental.
Day 3 - Wednesday - Israelis Become Part of the Family
- Meet eight Israeli soldiers; they're spending the next five days with us. .
- Trek along the Banyas Hike, Israel's famous waterfalls.
- Ride your ATV to the Kibbutz Misgav Am, a Lebanese border lookout.
- Get to know the Israeli soldiers with a group activity.
Day 4 - Thursday - Exploring Tzfat
- Travel north for a tour of Tzfat, Jewish mysticism's birthplace.
- Meet Avraham Levental, the famous Kabbalah artist.
- Use your free time for shopping in Tzfat's Artist Colony.
- Tour the Doltan Winery and enjoy wine tasting!
Day 5 - Friday - The Pulse of Tel Aviv
- Walking tour of the historic Jaffa on the Mediterranean shores.
- Lunch in Nachalat Binyamin / Carmel Market.
- Visit Rabin Square, a famous public city square in the center of Tel Aviv.
- Shabbat experience with a concert and celebration at the Western Wall, Jerusaelm.
- Sing, dance, and eat at the Shabbat dinner in the center of the Old City, Jerusalem.
Day 6 - Saturday - Shabbat in Jerusalem
- Optional visits to local Jerusalem synagogues for Shabbat services.
- Group activity and walking tour of Jerusalem neighborhoods.
- Conclude Shabbat with a musical Havdallah ceremony.
- Leisure night on Ben Yehuda Street.
Day 7 - Sunday - Night in the Desert
- Join people from around the world at the Western Wall (Kotel).
- Dig into the past at the Southern Wall Excavations.
- Travel to our desert experience with the Bedouins.
- Ride through the Negev desert on a camel!
- Eat a traditional Bedouin Hafla dinner.
- End the night with a bonfire under the stars.
- Overnight in Chan Shayarot, Bedouin Tent.
Day 8 - Monday - Adventures in the Judean Desert
- Hike Masada, the ancient mountain-top fortress.
- Float and relax at the Dead Sea.
- Nature walk to the desert waterfalls at Ein Gedi Reserve.
- Cultural activity with Yishai Goldflam, an Israeli filmmaker.
Day 9 - Tuesday - Remembrance
- Visit Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust Memorial and Museum.
- Hear a personal testimony from a Holocaust survivor.
- Pay respects to Israel's fallen soldiers at Har Herzl.
- Guest speaker, Neil Lazarus, gives us an Israel political update in Jerusalem.
Day 10 - Wednesday - Remembrance
- Green Activity in Shvil Hasalat, a farm in the middle of the desert.
- Give back with a volunteer project for the community.
- Final Banquet.
Thursday - Saying Goodbye
- Bye, Israel! We'll miss you and hope to come back soon!
- Arrive at US Airport with new friends, amazing photos, fun souvenirs, and lots of memories!


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By TESA CULLI
The construction phase for the Daughters of the American Revolution Memorial to Honor Women Veterans officially began on Friday with a groundbreaking ceremony.
"With the support of the 7,500 Illinois Daughters and the Illinois Department of the American Legion Commander Richard C. Groharing, we set out to erect a tribute to encompass the first women veterans of the Revolutionary War to today's women veterans who serve in Iraq and Afghanistan and world-wide," said Luanne Frosch Bruckner, Illinois State Regent DAR. "The faces of Molly Pitcher, Margaret Ludwig Hays from the Revolutionary War to today's women veteran, represented by Tammy Duckworth, deputy director of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C., an Iraqi veteran who lost both of her legs after being shot down in Iraq, were used for the sculpture. Tammy is also a member of the DAR."
Linda Page, the president of the library board, said the groundbreaking is the culmination of a year of work by the library and the Illinois DAR.
"It's exciting," Page said. "We were surprised when they first called to say we had been selected for this honor. The whole library board is excited."
Mayor Mary Jane Chesley said the excitement and enthusiasm of the ladies of the DAR has spilled over into Mt. Vernon, and a partnership between the DAR and the city has been formed.
"It is a great honor for the city of Mt. Vernon to be chosen as the site for such a monument and recognition," Chesley said. "This will be the 15th sculpture for the city of Mt. Vernon. And, if you go to Cedarhurst, where the sculpture park is, there are 63 sculptures there. ... This is a city and a county that truly believes in honoring its veterans."
Chesley reminded the crowd in attendance the Illinois DAR genealogy library is located at Brehm, and the memorial is the only one honoring women veterans outside of Washington, D.C.
"In the terms of the younger generation, this project makes the DAR the BFF of Mt. Vernon," Chesley joked.
Illinois Department American Legion Commander Richard Groharing said a monument to honor women for their service to the country is long over due.
"It goes back to the beginning of the nation," Groharing said. "Women have always stepped up to serve, either as non-combatants providing support for the soldiers or, in more recent times, as part of the service. ... Since 1940, we've had a draft, and our draft is only for males. Women have volunteered to serve."
U.S. Rep. John Shimkus commented on being an alumni of West Point.
"I graduated with the first class of women who were allowed to serve," Shimkus said. "It was the class of 1980 when 60 trailblazing women entered the military with me in May 1980. I want to thank the DAR and the volunteers for what they are doing here today. ... This is a tribute to the women who, without their help, the service we need for this country couldn't be done."
Bruckner told how the idea for a memorial honoring women veterans came into being.
"Many years ago, a DAR, a former Army nurse, Gertrude Peterson of Rockford, told of her experiences as her group of nurses landed a few days after D-Day," Bruckner said. "She inspired those listening with her matter-of-fact story of the incredible services given by these women. As an active member of the DAR, (I) have seen much of Illinois, and nowhere could (I) find a statue erected to honor only women veterans. A dream of creating such a tribute formulated and in 2008, upon accepting the nomination to lead the Illinois State organization as the Daughters of the American Revolution, a project was born."
Page said construction on the site should begin next week, weather permitting. The sculptures are to be placed just before the official dedication of the memorial on June 18.


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- Welcome!
- Exhibitions
- Events
- About Ateneum
Ateneum Art Museum's year 2012 culminates in an international exhibition devoted to Symbolist landscape painting. The exhibition 52 souls presents a wide selection of poetic, mystical and sensual interpretations of nature, painted between 1880 and 1910, including landscapes by such masters as Paul Gauguin, Vincent Van Gogh, Edvard Munch, Piet Mondrian, Wassily Kandinsky, Claude Monet and James McNeill Whistler. Finnish Symbolist art will be represented by Väinö Blomstedt, Albert Edelfelt, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Hugo Simberg and Ellen Thesleff. In all, the exhibition will show works by 52 artists.
The exhibition has been made possible thanks to Ateneum's close cooperation with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the National Galleries of Scotland. The curators of the exhibition are two internationally renowned art experts, Rodolphe Rapetti and Richard Thomson. Ateneum's team in charge of the exhibition has been led by Curator Anna-Maria von Bonsdorff. The exhibition architecture is by Osmo Leppälä.
The paintings in the exhibition are being lent by the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, Tate in London, MoMA in New York, the Munch Museum in Norway, and the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, to name but a few. In addition, paintings have been made available by major private collections in New York, Paris and Italy.
Symbolism was one of the most influential trends in European art in the period 1880-1910. It was characterised by the desire to describe feelings and moods, a passionate pursuit of spirituality and a strong interest in mythologies. Symbolism was not a style, but rather an attitude and vision. It was in part a reaction to industrialisation and materialism that made artists focus on the richness within ourselves rather than on external realities. Visual artists, poets and composers inspired each other, and the interaction between the arts flourished.
Landscapes were an ideal subject for symbolists. The pulsating vitality of the sun, the rage of storms and the mystical twilight are familiar and recognisable experiences for everyone. Nature and its elements served as the raw materials that were shaped by the artists to express a certain state of mind.
From the Finnish perspective, 52 Souls – Symbolist Landscape 1880-1910 is a continuation of the exhibition Illusions of Reality, which presented international naturalism at the Ateneum Art Museum in the first half of 2011. 52 Souls also links Finnish art history with international trends.
Symbolist artists were interested in ancient mythologies, but also depicted paradises that they found in the modern world. Many escaped from the materialism of the present into the mystical Arcadia of antiquity, where they found peace and harmony with the nature around. The temple ruins and legendary human characters they portrayed looked back to lost civilizations and express their longing for an age of innocence. The wild and dramatic scenery found in their paintings underlined the smallness of man when faced by the magnificence of nature.
Night-time and dusk were popular subjects among these artists. They portrayed darkness as a kind of frontier zone which turned the day-to-day world into something mysterious and even frightening. The softness of dusk wraps the world in a soft blanket and generates a sense of mystery. This is expressed equally in a piano Nocturne by Romantic composer Frédéric Chopin, a poem by Finnish poet Eino Leino, and many late 19th century landscapes. The Midnight Sun of the far north was felt to be particularly magical.
We have all experienced powerful emotions in the face of nature. We tend to link certain emotional states with different kinds of landscape, natural phenomena and times of year. To the Symbolists, landscape offered a wonderful opportunity for the expression of powerful feelings and states of mind. One of their favourite subjects was forest, the magical spell it casts, its primeval wildness or its impenetrable darkness. Many Nordic artists, specifically, painted trackless wilds, mountains and lakes, often to underline their own national identity and personal feeling for nature.
THE COSMOS – THE RHYTHM OF LIFE and DREAM LANDSCAPES
Rapid developments in the sciences at this period had a powerful impact on artists, too. In 1859 Charles Darwin had shaken the scientific world with his Origin of Species, while Louis Pasteur's experiments with bacteria opened up amazing insights into the world of micro-organisms. This new knowledge about man's origins and evolution, and that of the universe itself, showed that man was just a tiny part of an enormous cosmos. Artists depicted the world as a process of constant movement and life-flow, a process of endless change and renewal. One crucial element in all this was the sun, which represented cosmic energy, a higher power or the unity of all living things.
Psychology was another challenging science in the 1890s, expanding human knowledge about man's mind and subconscious. In particular, Sigmund Freud's theories about the meaning of dreams, sexuality and death inspired many artists. The Symbolists depicted inner visions and dreams, as both nightmare-like horrors and poetic manifestations of the spirit world.
Migration from rural to urban areas accelerated throughout Europe in the late 19th century. Industrialization changed the face of ancient cities, turning them into bold new metropoli of the modern world, buzzing with life. The response of Symbolist authors was to write about abandoned and rejected towns. Artists painted dreamlike, nostalgic, even ghostly, visions of cities such as Bruges and Venice, their misty streets empty of people: here time seemed to have stopped.
Interaction between different spheres of the arts was important to the Symbolists. Works often contained references to music, and compositions underlined harmony between form and colour. In the early 20th century many artists grew interested in theosophy and search for the spiritual, leading partly to more simplified and abstract expression. In his major manifesto Concerning the Spiritual in Art (1911) Wassily Kandinsky wrote of the unity of colour, feeling and music: "Colour is the keyboard. The artist is the hand playing, falling variously on the keys and causing the soul to vibrate."
52 Souls - Symbolist Landscape 1880-1910
Introductions to the artists: www.ateneum.fi/en/52-souls
Ateneum Art Museum Kaivokatu 2, 00100 Helsinki
Open: Tue & Fri 10–18; Wed & Thu 10–20; Sat & Sun 11–17 (closed on Mondays)
Tickets to the exhibition 52 Souls: €15/13, free admission for visitors under the age of 18
Tickets in advance: Lippupalvelu outlets and online shop, www.lippupalvelu.fi
Further information: Marja Istala Kumpunen, Communications Manager, tel. +358 (0)50 555 3551, firstname.lastname@example.com
Ateneum's main partners are Helsingin Sanomat, HOK-Elanto and KPMG.


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The Official Insider's Guide to Knoxville
Tips, Shortcuts, Pointers, Advice, and the Straight Dope on Making Life Easier for Yourself in the Marble City
Some have long urged travelers to avoid central Knoxville altogether on University of Tennessee football home-game days. And when there are 109,000 people in Neyland Stadium, each of whom seems to have brought his or her own SUV, it's easy to understand why. Thanks to some traffic improvements, it's easier than it used to be. But one of the reasons it's easier now has to do with the draconian traffic laws that don't acknowledge anyone should ever be in the UT/Fort Sanders area except to go to the game.
Knoxvillians who aren't at the game have learned to avoid the one-mile perimeter around Neyland Stadium during the game. For that reason, even if you have no interest in football, it's useful to know when kickoff is. For non-fans, kickoff is a moment of rare peace, an excellent time to shop, or to go bowling. But it's good to avoid Neyland Drive and Cumberland Avenue for about three hours before kickoff, then again for about three hours after kickoff. You'll get the hang of it.
Game Days: Downtown tends to be quiet on game days, but it's not impossible to get to, especially if you arrive and park on the eastern side of downtown. However, some of the commuter surface lots, especially east of Market Street, will try to gouge you on game days. Don't pay more than $5. You may be able to park much cheaper than that in a metered parallel space.
Parking Meters: They are officially active until 6 p.m. every day but Sunday; but we've found that they're not often checked on Saturdays, and rarely (but not never) after 4:30 p.m. on weekdays. Look for the 10-hour meters on State Street, South Central Street, Church Street, and the tiny fractured piece of Cumberland Avenue near the off-ramp for James White Parkway. Cheap!
The Old City: You can now park for free at new public lots under the James White Parkway overpass. Cheapest!
Monthly Parking Bargain: Parking is offered at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, for only $20 a month. KAT's Blue Line Trolley service is available free of charge and will pick up every five minutes during peak hours (6-9 a.m. and 4-7 p.m.) and 10-minute service during non-peak hours.
Knoxvillians will tell you "we have no public transit," but it's a silly lie. The KAT bus system, much improved in recent years, runs from very early in the morning until late at night. The last buses pull out of downtown—the Main Street "transfer point" which serves as our transit center until the completion of the elaborate new building on East Church Street next year—at 11:15 p.m.
Most routes run just once every half hour during the day, and once an hour at night. But if you live within the city of Knoxville, chances are there's a bus stop within walking distance of your house, and you can use it for lots of practical trips, saving gas money, parking fees, and the environment in the bargain. There are all sorts of discounts offered to seniors, UT folks, etc., but to ride a bus, all you need is $1.50 in any sort of American currency. If you don't have change, give them two bucks or a five or whatever, and they'll give you change in the form of a card you can use for future fares. Just step up into the bus, and if you're shy or befuddled, the patient driver will walk you through it.
All the routes use Main Street as their hub; hence, all buses except for some of the UT trolleys are eventually bound for downtown. But with a transfer you can boomerang into different parts of town.
Also: Those over 65 ride free with proper ID. And during the summer, every Orange, Red, or Purple Air Quality Alert means free bus rides for all.
* Reclaiming Rover (And Fifi): This is critical, no exceptions, so listen up now: If your pet goes missing, you must, within a day, head over to the Young-Williams Animal Center off Sutherland Avenue and take a tour of the facility to see if your loved one is there. You can't call. You can't wait. You must go at least once every two days. That's because the center is flooded with unwanted animals and must euthanize most pets that come in. The state hold time on a stray is three days; if your pet has ID, state law says the center must hold it five days. The shelter's website (knoxpets.org) does list lost and found pets, but you are urged to visit the center in person.
* Don't Rationalize About Pet Surrenders, Part 1: They will tell you this at Young-Williams, and it's really true: A surrendered animal has almost no chance of making it to the adoption floor; there are just too many. Animals surrendered by their owners are eligible to be euthanized immediately. If you are thinking of giving up an animal, know what fate you are dooming it to. If you truly have financial difficulty keeping your cat or dog in food, the shelter does offer some help with extra chow, so try that first.
* Don't Rationalize About Pet Surrenders, Part 2: Knoxville's many rescue groups are also inundated with unwanted animals in this current economy, and while they may be the best bet, they also have to turn down some pets. The no-kill Humane Society of East Tennessee shelter is wonderful, but it also rarely accepts animals for adoption—they're usually full.
* Sixteen-Week Lead-Time on Free Snipping: Knox County has a spectacular program where any local cat or dog can be spayed or neutered free of charge. But plan carefully: There's a four-month waiting period, so get on the list while your pet's still a wee mite.
Movie night, no fee! About a year ago, the Knox County Public Library made DVD and VHS rentals free, and they really have some good stuff, not just recycled Wonderful World of Disney episodes as you might expect. Whole seasons of The Wire, multitudes of foreign films, lots of Hitchcock, and a surprising array of stuff that was first published this year are all available for seven-day check-out periods and two renewals. More great news: You can sit on your duff at home and browse the lot, at knoxlib.org. Here are the caveats, though:
1. You must have a valid library card
2. Most of the best DVDs are at the downtown library, though you can request one to be delivered free to a branch more convenient for you.
3. A tape or DVD can't be renewed if someone else has a hold on it (that's library talk for "signed up to be the next to get a limited copy").
4. Overdue video fines add up fast: $1 per day!
5. The downtown library closes at 5 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, so no impulse check-outs.
They do the legwork, you print the coupons. COUPON KATIE (couponkatie.com) is a stay-at-home mom in Knoxville who spends inordinate amounts of time perusing ads, collecting tips, and testing coupon deals so you don't have to. Just visit her site for direct links to, say, free chocolate samples, a complete strategy for matching coupons and sales at Walgreens for deep-discount health and beauty products, the best deals this week at Kroger, or printable coupons for anything from baby wipes to pasta sauce. Another local blogger who will lead you straight to great deals is Gabrielle at couponingincriticaltimes.blogspot.com. If you want tips on saving money, she's got 'em, along with insta-print coupons—Yankee Candle and free dessert at Mimi's were two recent ones—and other freebies like free downloadable cookbooks.
Regardless of your feelings about civil rights and red-light cameras issuing traffic tickets (well, sort of—there are still humans involved), here are six important points to know about the Big Brother machines:
1. You are unlikely to win if you protest a ticket. That's because they've already reviewed the video twice—two separate sets of eyes—and decided you truly ran a light. The ticket will tell you how to review your own video online; don't forget this important step.
2. If you do decide to protest a ticket, note well that a court hearing costs $118 extra if you're found guilty. (See above).
3. If you totally have an iron-clad case—they've issued a ticket to the wrong license plate, your video shows a parked car—skip the hearing and go to the Clerk of Court payment window to get it adjusted.
4. You will not get points on your license for a red-light camera citation. So if you did it, just pay the stinkin' $50 and be done with it.
5. If someone else was driving the car, the city will let you "nominate" them to pay the ticket, but if they don't, it's on you.
6. To avoid the next one: Go to the City of Knoxville website (ci.knoxville.tn.us/kpd/redlightcams.asp) for a list of red-light cameras in Knoxville. And keep in mind that the light has to be completely red when you enter the intersection to trigger the camera. So gun it a little if you're on your way and the light starts to turn yellow. But keep in mind you must come to a complete stop at red lights, even if you're turning right at an intersection.
According to UT's Veterinary School, what you mostly want to do with injured wildlife is be VERY cautious. (In the words of Sandra Harbison, the school's media relations expert, "If you can catch a bat or a raccoon, you shouldn't.") Though UT accepts good-samaritan animal patients and they value that potential learning experience, Harbison recommends that your first phone call be to Knoxville or Knox County Animal Control.
Knoxville City Animal Control: 865-215-8639
Knox County Animal Control: 865-215-5240
Sec. 3-28. Stunt flying.
It shall be unlawful for any person operating an aircraft to stunt fly over the city.
Sec. 5-13. Riding or herding animals on median strip separating traffic lanes.
No person shall ride or herd any animals on any median strip separating traffic lanes on any city street.
Sec. 5-28. Prohibition against sale or gift of animals under certain conditions.
(b) It shall be unlawful to color, dye, stain or otherwise change the natural color of baby chickens or other fowl or rabbits, or to sell such animals after their natural color has been altered.
Sec. 19-67. Parades.
(a) No person shall engage in, participate in, aid, form or start any parade unless a parade permit has been obtained from the chief of police.
Sec. 19-101. Electrically charged garbage cans.
It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, construct or maintain any apparatus or device which would electrify or electrically charge any garbage, trash or refuse container or any object or structure or facility in close proximity to such container, such that any person coming into contact with such container, apparatus, structure or facility will receive an electrical shock.
Sec. 19-186. Fortunetelling.
(a) Prohibited acts. No person shall advertise by sign, circular or handbill or in any newspaper, periodical, magazine or other publication, or by any other means, to tell fortunes, to find or restore lost or stolen property, to locate an oil well, gold or silver or other ore or metal or natural product, to restore lost love or friendship or affection, or to unite or procure lovers, husbands, wives, lost relatives or friends, for or without pay, by means of occult or psychic powers, faculty or forces, clairvoyance, psychology, psychometry, spirits, spiritualism, mediumship, sayership, prophecy, astrology, palmistry, necromancy, graphology or other crafts, science, cards, talismans, charms, potions, magnetism or magnetized articles or substances, oriental mysteries or magic of any kind or nature, or numerology, or engage in or carry on any business the advertisement of which is prohibited by this section. [Note: This fortunetelling law does not apply to any "accredited representative of a bona fide church or religion.]
(Source: City of Knoxville Municipal Code — Thanks, Edna!)
Have A Key From The Early 20th Century That Needs To Be Duplicated?
F.M. George Safe & Lock Co. (622 North Central St. 37917, 865-522-0841)
F.M. George was founded in 1911. At that time, they specialized in carriage wheels and umbrellas. They quickly evolved into crafters of locks, safes and vaults, and a broad array of smithing-related services at which they continue to excel. They're keen to just about any lock-related challenge, excluding laser-cut car keys. (If you have one, you know what it is.)
Inherited a Slaughterhouse and Need to Buy Some New Equipment?
A-1 Saw & Butcher Supply Co. (241 Neals Landing Rd. 37924, 865-933-2811)
If you've seen the David Mamet play American Buffalo, you may remember a much-discussed metal object—designed to splay the legs of an upended pig while its blood drains—and its possible uses as a weapon. Now you know where to get one. You can also procure or have serviced all manner of large sharp things. Call ahead; it's situated on a functioning family farm hidden inside a modern subdivision.
Has Your House Become a Crime Scene and Desperately Needs to Be Cleaned Up?
Distress Scene Cleanup (6001 Wichita Drive 37921, 865-694-4114)
Every good scout knows that you only need what you do not have. And since you now know who to call for expert recovery from "Homicide, Suicide, Decomposition, Odor Removal, or Biohazard," here's hoping you will never need to make that call.
Have a Knife That Needs Sharpening, But You Don't Actually Want to Drive Somewhere?
The Sharper Edge (865-202-6629)
Ron Bortolussi says all he needs is an electrical outlet and some shade to put a razor's edge back on your kitchen cutlery. He uses a whetstone grinder that turns slowly and doesn't damage the blade's temper. Then he hones by hand to the desired degree of sharpness. He also sharpens garden tools and scissors, though not salon shears. His rates are more or less determined by volume—actually total inches of edges to be sharpened—so you might consider pooling sharpies with a neighbor or two and making a day of it.
When traveling east to west, or vice versa, most Knoxvillians seem committed to using either Interstate 40 or Kingston Pike. Consequently, it can get mighty crowded. Wouldn't you rather be moving along, even at a slower clip, just so you can enjoy the feeling of constant motion? These aren't technically "shortcuts," per se, but they can whisk you past traffic pile-ups and allow you glimpses of nature.
Downtown to Bearden: Take Western Avenue, turn left on Middlebrook Pike, and left again on Sutherland. Enjoy the tour of funky shops and groceries as you cruise behind Bearden and eject to Kingston Pike just before Bearden Hill.
Bearden to West Knoxville: Jump on Lyons View Drive across from Western Plaza. Take it to the Northshore intersection. If you're heading to West Town Mall, take Westland Drive to Morrell Road, and turn right. If you're heading further west to Cedar Bluff, take Northshore to Ebenezer Road and turn right.
Downtown to Far West Knoxville: Take Western Avenue, turn left on Middlebrook Pike, and follow it all the way to Lovell Road.
Free lemon squares at Ace Hardware (5214 Kingston Pike): Every Saturday morning, Ace Hardware in Bearden gives out free lemon squares to its customers, so you can load up on all of your hardware supplies while getting the sugar rush you may need to push you through your job.
Free coffee at Fresh Market (11535 & 4475 Kingston Pike): If you're looking for a little jolt of energy in your day and don't want to make the $6 investment for a venti mochaccino (or whatever they're called), swing on over to The Fresh Market for free cups of joe. They have several varieties to choose from, and although they are small cups, here's a hint: There's no limit to refills.
Free flowers and cupcakes at the Flower Pot (700 S. Gay St.): This florist offers a free flower to those lucky enough to be named whichever name owner Gina McMurray picks out. Each day (Monday through Friday), a chalkboard displayed outside the front door of the store has two names on it, but don't fret if you never see your name—there is a drop box to place yours so that one day you may be on the sign outside! The Flower Pot also offers a free cupcake with any purchase (no limit on price) on Fridays.
Free food samples that are better than you'd expect: Make yourself a finger-food picnic at local grocery stores that offer cooked samples of their wares. Earth Fare (10903 Parkside Dr., 104 N Forest Park Blvd.): Expect exotic items like Halloumi fried cheese. Sam's Club (2920 Knoxville Center, 8435 Walbrook Dr.): Expect semi-interesting frozen foods freshly heated up as well as fruit pieces.
Free pizza at Preservation Pub (28 Market Square): Looking for a cheap bite with your brew? At Preservation Pub downtown, you can get free pizza at their happy hour buffet from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., every weeknight.
Free popcorn and possibly food at Marie's Olde Towne Tavern (202 W Magnolia Ave.): If you're pining for some more food with your beer, look no further than Old Towne Tavern (next door to Tennessee Valley Bikes). According to an employee of the bar, "If you're drinkin', you get free popcorn." Olde Towne also has free food for Sunday drinkers.
Knoxville's never been famous for its museums, but the city has several that are at least worth a rainy afternoon. And the best of them are free! Sometimes, at least.
* The Knoxville Museum of Art (1050 Worlds Fair Park Dr.) is free every day, and its year-old permanent exhibit, a sort of intuitive look at the broad history of Knoxville-area art since the Civil War, is worth an hour or so. And there's something weirdly appealing about the miniature rooms, which are famous in dollhouse circles.
* The McClung Museum (1327 Circle Park Dr., on UT's campus) is an underappreciated asset, so well laid out you don't notice how random it is. Paleontology, the Civil War, ancient Egypt, and usually a traveling exhibit about Japan or banjos or something. The most famous artifact on permanent exhibit here is the controversial (likely) hoax called the Bat Creek Stone, sometimes used as proof of ancient Europeans in the Tennessee backwoods. Even if it's purely a hoax, it's a very old one, and more interesting than many authentic relics.
* The McClung Collection (601 S. Gay St., named for a different McClung—we think they were cousins maybe) is a reference library, but it also serves as an art gallery, and as such offers the highest concentration anywhere of the work of Tennessee's greatest impressionist, Catherine Wiley. The library, an unusually complete historical archive, caters to people doing genealogical research, but you're welcome to come just to look at the paintings.
* The Museum of East Tennessee History (601 S. Gay St.) features everything from prehistoric Native American artifacts to Davy Crockett's rifle, as well as the desk of renegade Reconstruction Republican Horace Maynard and one of Dolly Parton's capacious dresses. It's free only on Sundays.


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HALO Wars
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HALO Wars
Halo Wars Review
Review By Steve Farrelly @ 01:19pm 10/03/09
So the majority of core users on our fine site, I know, are either PC purists, or old-school PC lovers/players who have branched to the console realm of gaming without forgetting their roots. To that end, reviewing Halo Wars from RTS stalwarts, Ensemble Studios is a daunting task for a number of reasons. One, it's a Real Time Strategy title on a console, and consoles don't have a keyboard and mouse combination, they have those filthy controllers. Two, it's a sacred PC genre that has been proven to ostensibly suck outside the desktop platform (ie on consoles). And three, it marks the end of the aforementioned RTS stalwart studio, Ensemble. So coming into this review, Halo Wars, by our core (and generalised by me for the sake of this intro :P) user-base, is already well and truly behind the pack.
But I'm here to attempt to bring the game back up to the rest of you, because all of the above aside (elements all of which I'll broach shortly), Halo Wars is incredibly worth your time, and a game that is a fitting end to one of the great strategy studios of our time. RIP Ensemble...
Before we get down to the nitty gritty, let's set things up. For the Halo watchers out there, Halo Wars is set some 20 years before the events of the first Halo title (Halo: Combat Evolved). Here we see the war between the Covenant and humans in full swing. The Covenant believe humans to be a slight against their gods, hence their initial aggression which has lead not only to war, but stands as a worthy pretext to dropping the player - seemingly mid-skirmish - on the human colonised planet, Harvest.
There may be some issues found with the tacky names, but ultimately this is a great story, and may actually become the driving force in you wanting to finish the game.
What's equally compelling about Halo Wars (beyond its incredibly strong narrative), is just how well the universe and idea translate to the RTS format. Though, Halo itself did begin life as a RTS in the minds of the Bungie boys, it has still manifested itself as a staple FPS with some of the best enemy AI, an incredible physics engine, and was arguably the first game to fully maximise the bottleneck concept of five minutes of traversing with intervals of 30 second(or-so) fire-fights. So taking that first-person experience and creating a full theatre of war style Real Time Strategy outing does seem like it would have been a daunting task, however, thanks to their pedigree and a seemingly throw back style of play, the late, great Ensemble Studios have more than pulled it off. And yes, even with that controller in tow.
If you've played an Ensemble RTS before, you're not going to be in for any new treats beyond the new setting. However, this isn't a bad thing. Instead of attempting to rewrite the RTS rulebook like Creative Assembly are with Stormrise, Ensemble simply carried everything across you'd expect such as resource management, base building, Hero units and technology advancements, among much more. Where they've spent most of their time is in simplifying controls for the console platform, and having units and skirmishes work in conjunction with not have as quick a reaction time to everything that may be going on. It hasn't dulled the experience, and it also seems somewhat fitting given you'll likely be playing this from the comfort of your lounge as opposed to hunching over your keyboard and mouse at your desk.
You need to improve your economy through smart resource management and technology advancement. Doing this quicker and better than the enemy will assure you victory. You can jump between bases with the D-Pad while the bumpers are used to select all units or all units on-screen, respectively. The A-button is used to select individual units (or more) with your cursor.
For the most part the camera movement is fast and concise, and levels (and level design) are also factored into the idea of camera/controller/console limitations, though they're not overbearingly small. You do get the idea while you're playing that everything has been formatted for the console platform, but somehow it's pulled off with a quaint charm that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy. The console will never truly recreate the true RTS experience, but like a little brother attempting to do everything an older brother does, because he's cooler – you can't help but appreciate the effort.
So the real catch here is playing through the Halo universe some 20 years before the first game, and learning more about what it is the Covenant hate about the humans so much (it is actually a bit annoying you can't play as any of the other races in the single-player campaign) and watching the awesomely incredible cut-scenes.
As far as multiplayer goes, there's a tremendous amount on offer. Up to six people can play with one on one, two on two or three on three and there are 14 different maps to play through. You can choose either human or Covenant (no Flood), and a skirmish can last anywhere between 10 minutes and two hours depending on play-styles. It's very much standard RTS fodder, much like the single-player portion, but again, given the platform and universe, we're not really complaining.
Halo Wars is easily the most competent RTS to grace a console, and it is so because of elegant design. The ethos here was clearly on accessibility and working within the confines of the platform, and for that Ensemble really ought to be applauded. The game is a little short, and does leaving you wanting more (especially because this is Ensemble's last game), but it's satisfying, and the multiplayer and co-op components will keep you coming back. Pursists may find it difficult to swallow, but don't shun it until you've tried it – you never know, you might actually enjoy a simplified RTS experience from the comfort of your couch.


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What's better than being in the stadium to see your home country score the opening goal in Euro 2012? Being out in a square watching it on big screens with tens of thousands of your closest, sweatiest friends.
People dressed in red seemingly everywhere there is room for a human body to fit exploded on Friday when Poland's Robert Lewandowski scored to give the host country a 1-0 lead in the tournament's opening match. It may not be as good as being in the stadium (it's really not), it's all sort of incredible.
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"Rape is rape," Obama said. "The idea that we should be parsing, and qualifying, and slicing what types of rape we're talking about, doesn't make sense to the American people."
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- Kristen Cashore on re-reading her first novel
- Marie Brennan wonders why is Faerie ruled by Queens?
- Jeff VanderMeer on his love of John le Carre
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The No. 6 Baylor Bears avoided being on the wrong side of an upset on Wednesday night by picking up a 63-60 victory over the Texas A&M Aggies. However, it was fraught with sweat over the last several minutes of the game. The two teams played a back and forth second half. The Aggies held a 60-58 lead with 29 seconds left on the clock. David Loubeau's jumper took the credit for that, but the Bears still had plenty of time left to get things done.
A dozen second after the Aggies took the lead, Baylor's Pierre Jackson sank a three to regain the lead, 61-60. The Aggies were only able to get one more shot off, a three-pointer that Elston Turner missed. Jackson was fouled with one second left in the game and made both free throws. It was game over for the Aggies.
Perry Jones III scored 15 points and pulled down five rebounds. Pierre Jackson was solid off the bench with 14 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds and 3 steals. Quincy Acy was the only Baylor starter to score in double digits, putting up 11 points.
The Aggies were led by David Loubeau's 16 points, but Ray Turner had the best all-around game with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
Baylor visits the Oklahoma St. Cowboys on Saturday before facing the Kansas Jayhawks next Wednesday.
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Alan Pardew held his news conference this afternoon for tomorrow's home game against Southampton, and the Newcastle manager seemed confident about tomorrow's game, especially when he pointed out his bench was very strong these days.
Ben Arfa – not sharp enough yet
Alan talked about how Rob Elliot would be involved tomorrow, and that it was a good chance for the 26 year old goalkeeper, and he said it wasn't yet clear how severe Tim Krul's ankle injury was.
Alan said that Tim would definitely not be involved tomorrow – and he again said that Rob Elliot had been brilliant in training – and he deserved his chance.
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Dear Mr. President: We're tired of simply hugging our childrenDecember 16, 2012 12:00 AM
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Dear Mr. Obama and Members of Congress,
We are once again a nation in mourning.
On Friday, at the hands of a shooter whose motives were as vile as they were unfathomable, more than two dozen people, including at least 20 children, were killed in a Connecticut grade school. This massacre of innocents is heartbreaking and gut-wrenching.
What it is not is unique. In the United States, now a society as violent as they come, these bloody scenes have become commonplace. There was Columbine, a mass murder of high school students, and Virginia Tech, a mass murder of college students. Now we have Sandy Hook, a mass murder of elementary schoolchildren.
What a country.
We know what will follow because we've been there before -- in the aftermaths of these grim episodes and others, including a Colorado movie theater in July (12 dead, 59 injured), an Arizona congresswoman's town meeting in 2011 (six dead, 13 wounded) and a Texas military base in 2009 (13 dead, 29 wounded).
What will follow are the empty defenses by the National Rifle Association of the right to own guns without limits, the speeches on the floor of Congress that call for action but lead nowhere and the visit by the president to the inevitable public memorial. More tears and more hugs, but no solutions.
We are tired of simply hugging our children, Mr. President. Kissing them good night and tucking them into bed is no defense against deranged gunmen with easy access to deadly weapons and more firepower than a police patrolman. Americans need action from Washington, not to mention some backbone.
It's time the nation took a balanced view of gun ownership, as if victims' lives mattered. It's time we took a hard look at the failed mental health system, to ensure it is doing all it can to keep potential killers off the streets. What will it take for the left and the right to agree on a real solution?
Mr. Obama, you promised "meaningful action" in the wake of this latest carnage, but we've heard it all before. With other nations shocked and dismayed by the gun violence that tears across America, the world looks to Washington for a potent response. If one doesn't come this time, after the loss of so many children, then the bloody hands will also be on the people we elected.opinion_editorials


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holy huge responses, batman!
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hot damn that was a lot of responses to my post yesterday on how we decide what to read next! just…. wow! Thanks to everyone who responded, it's going to take me a while to respond to everyone's comments, please don't hate me too much.
There was something that prompted that post. I ordered a couple of titles I've been meaning to buy for a long time. I requested a few ARCs from publishers (I try to only request something that I KNOW I am going to read). I found some old stuff I wanted on paperback swap.
Everything showed up at the same time, nearly gave the poor mailman a coronary. and this doesn't include the three other ARCs I requested, which should show up any day.
Thanks to an Amazon giftcard I purchased:
I did specifically request the Jon Sprunk, but the others were just happy surprises. Sent to me by very kind and friendly publishers:
Open Discussion:
We all own a ton of books. And then we buy some more books. And then we borrow from the library or from friends. and then there is netgalley. you might have a few of ARCs sitting on the coffee table.
How do you decide what to read next? How do you prioritize?
Taking it easy.
Posted December 18, 2013on:
Wow, where did the beginning of December go? Christmas is right around the corner, and then January. . . and then, well, January is sort of the start of some explosions for me. So in preparation for that, I won't be doing much in the way of formal book reviews and expected blog posts for the rest of the year. Sure, I've got another read along post (N.K. Jemisin is holy shit AMAZING btw), a "best of the year" post, and one more book review in the works, but I'm taking the rest of December easy. Taking a breather to mentally prepare for January.
That said, let's just have some fun discussions. I'll shamelessly steal discussion questions from i09, Sunday Salon posts, and discussion memes, and we can just sit around and chat in the comments.
First random discussion question:
What's your guilty pleasure in books?
this was on my mind recently, because I've had to come to terms with the fact that super hot sex scenes is a major guilty pleasure of mine. No thanks to reading The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, which for not having a ton of actual sex, has a ton of insanely steamy scenes.
I also have a major weakness for snarky, swear word filled dialog. But that's not so much a guilty pleasure, as I can find it just about anywhere.
Your turn! Take it over in the comments!
I knew Vintage Month was going to be awesome, but ya'll broke the mold this time!
20 bloggers posted over 40 reviews and discussions, there were guest posts, a giveaway (which still has a few hours left in it, go win yourself some goodies!), and new bonds formed in the blogging community. Wow people, is there anything we can't do? The only bad thing was that there was so much going on I couldn't keep up with it! I wasn't even able to comment on all the reviews, and I do apologize for that.
And I couldn't have done any of this without YOU. Give yourselves a round of applause for rocking it out AGAIN. Here's a listing of everyone I know of who participated. If you should be on this list, and aren't, shout at the top of your lungs in the comments, and I'll fix it up.
Marvelous tales
Over the Effing Rainbow
Nashville Bookworm
Bitter Tea And Mystery
Coffee Cookies and Chili Peppers
There's a right broad
Pan Spectrum Analyzer
Two Dudes in an Attic
Lynn's Book Blog
Impressions of a Reader
Stainess Steel Droppings
The Finch and Pea
You Can Never Have Too Many Books
Ready When You Are, C.B.
Geeky Daddy
Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations
Geek Banter
Dab of Darkness
Science Fiction times
Whether you posted one book review or ten, or did a discussion post or a guest post, or tweeted or retweeted or simply lurked and enjoyed what you saw on other people's blogs, I give you my heartfelt and sincerest thanks for spending the darkest days of winter with me and being willing to read some crunchy paperbacks by authors we'd never heard of.
I got some totally sweet stuff coming up in February too. A little less in the crunchy-dead-person department, but still, rockin' cool stuff is heading our way! (also, spring might be heading our way, which is also damn cool)
I got no discipline.
Posted November 1, 2012on:
After the second call in a week from our local bookstore letting us know something I'd ordered had come in, my hubby says to me "What would you do if you had to read all the unread books in the house before you could bring any more books home?" My response was a look of utter terror. Me, not bring books home? it's against the laws of physics!
on a scale of one to ten of enjoyment, I give reading a ten.
on a scale of one to ten of enjoyment, I give finding new interesting books a ten.
But I buy/borrow/library them far faster than I can possibly read them.
Our home really does look like a library threw up. books are stacked upon and stacked upon each other, the bookshelves are sagging. I have no discipline, whatsoever. It isn't a spending problem, as most of the books are purchased used or on loan from friends or the library. It's a space thing. and a discipline thing. I don't have the kind of free time that I did once upon a time, but I'm still interacting with books like I have all the free time in the world.
So dear bookish friends, how do you manage to get through the stack of books you want to read without getting distracted by a hundred other books that you want to read? Or should I just revel in the beauty of being surrounded by hundreds of my favorite fetish object, the book?
and before you suggest it, "just don't go to the bookstore/library!" isn't going to work for me. the bookstore lures me in with their friendly cat, and everyone there knows me. it's my Cheers. and don't go to the library? yeah, like that's going to happen. the library is my place of zen, my monastery, where I go when I need to relax and mentally detox.
thoughts? suggestions? maybe I should put my library card in a sooper seekrit hiding place, so seekrit that I forget where it is? Move further into the country, so the bookstore isn't so convenient?
I'm feeling some anxiety about this whole thing. Nothing a quick trip to the library won't cure! ;)
baby's first e-book
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as a surprise, a very good friend of mine lent me her kindle, preloaded with a few anthologies I'm interested in, and two Neal Asher novels, which I was very interested in. She certainly knew how to tease me.
Change, to mis-quote Agent Smith, is inevitable.
After a few days of staring at the thing, I decided I better pick it up and start using it. What if I couldn't figure out how it worked? what if I broke it (Don't worry E, it's perfectly safe!)? GULP, what if I liked it, and had all this time been a super-hypocrite of e-readers??
Here's goes nuthin', right?
Granted, I have read PDFs of books before, but they were usually exactly that – a PDF of the printed version, complete with page numbers at the bottom, identifiers at the top, chapter page breaks, etc. On the screen it looked exactly like the page of a book, and if I printed it out, it looked like I'd photocopied a page out of the printed book.
but these true e-books? these are interesting beasts. I feel like a scifi character on a mission of first contact. Will I be able to communicate with the alien? will their technology dwarf mine? how does their language and syntax compare to what I'm used to?
Some nice surprises that I liked about the Kindle, and the e-book experience:
The skinnyness of the thing is very nice. It nestles perfectly in my purse, and I feel very sophisticated reading from it during lunchtime at work. It also has a super durable leather cover, offering a little bit of tactile interaction, and a lot of protection. I'm not a klutz, but a little extra protection on an expensive electronic gizmo is always a plus.
The buttons and menus are very intuitive. it holds a battery charge a long time, and even better it uses the same universal charger as my cell phone. It took me less than 5 minutes of messing with the thing to figure out the basic menu options, how to tell how much battery was left, etc. Intuitiveness is a big plus for non-techies like me.
And the things that shouldn't have been a surprise, but were:
On Unlikeable Characters
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We've all read them. Some of us like them. Some of us are utterly turned off by them. Some of us find them deliciously alluring, and find that we crave them. Sounds like i'm talking about an anti-hero, but nope, I'm talking about antihero's black sheep of a redheaded stepchild, the unlikeable character.
And the sixty four thousand dollar question is, how unlikeable does a protagonist have to be for the reader to truly and utterly dislike them, to the point of not giving a shit about the end of the story?
First of all, what makes a character unlikeable? It's going to be different for every reader, because we all have our own very personal hangups, everyone is annoyed and/or deeply troubled by different things. Maybe the character never grows beyond a weakness and enjoys their own helplessness. Maybe they hate them self. Maybe they are a sociopath, or apathetic or a manipulative jerk or nihilistic or something more obvious like being cruel to animals. The thing is, if we read enough, we will all eventually run into a character we can't stand.
Okay, so we've met a protagonist we can't stand. The person eats live kittens for breakfast and then tasers kindergarteners followed by watching entire seasons of Keeping up with the Kardashians and Jerseylicious on TiVo. or something equally horrific.
Now what?
Is it possible to enjoy a book that stars an unlikeable character, or is populated by them?
What's been your experience with characters like that?
Is it sometimes a good thing to be exposed to characters and character traits that we can't stand?
Since we're talking about books, do you respond differently to unlikeable characters in movies or on tv?
spoiler of uselessness: I finished two books in the last 24 hours. I gotsta write me some reviews and post 'em. One of the books involves a severely unlikeable character, someone who I had a hard time giving a rat's ass about, and thus, a difficult time figuring out how i felt about the book, yet I found the book impossible to put down and zipped through it. The other features supremely delightful characters, and I adored every page of it. When you see the titles of the books, I hope to hell it is obvious which book is which.
Savor? or devour?
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When you suddenly discover that the book you just picked up is sublimely brilliant, how do you proceed?
do you savor every word and every sentence, tantrically drawing the experience out as long as possible, enjoying new portions of the book every day for over a week, waking up each morning looking forward to your precious moments spent reading those mind blowing words and hearing the breathless sound of your hand turning the soft, smooth pages?
or do you devour the book with an unrestrained animal urge, foregoing food, sleep and social interaction, in your desperate, pleading need to reach the climactic ending, secretly hoping it will end with a cliffhanger so you can smile crookedly at the promise of a repeat performance?
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AtHomeCon'ing this weekend
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What are you up to this weekend? Forget shoveling snow or getting caught up on laundry or making fun of people who are shoveling snow, I'm gonna be attending AtHomeCon over at DarkCargo(twitter handle @djerfisherite )
What's this AtHomeCon you say? As DarkCargo says:
"AtHomeCon is a flurry of frequently-published posts over a weekend. The idea is to sit your jams, with a cuppa whatever in one hand and Count Chocula in the other, reading up on what folks are doing and reading via the convenience of your laptop. As Barbara Friend-Ish said, Really, what you're wearing is fine."
And I am all about teh chillaxin' for a weekend and doing nothing but taking books with all my favorite people (that's you, by the way). So pull up a chair, refill your mug, and get ready for a weekend of giveaways, author chat, and gaming nerdiness. Basically all the fun you'd have at a con except the food is better, the prices are cheaper, and you don't have to worry about getting stuck in the elevator with that smelly guy.
(All the best giveaways, author chats and gaming nerd awesomeness will be taking place over at DarkCargo . You didn't hear it from me, but I heard she's giving away some vintage SF goodies. . . might come in handy for my January Vintage SF month!)


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Unions, like many other organisations frequently resort to abbreviations and acronyms to describe other organisations and activities. The list below is to help you find your way around these. If anything is unclear please ask.
AAU – New Zealand Academic Audit Unit
ACC – Accident Compensation Corporation
ACE – Adult and Community Education
AEU - Australian Education Union
ASM - Academic Staff Member
CA - Collective Agreement
CEA - Collective Employment Agreement
CEO - Chief Executive Officer
COPE - Council of Pacific Education
DL - Discretionary Leave
EBS - Education Benevolent Society
EEdO - Equal Education Opportunities
EEO - Equal Employment Opportunities
EFTS - Equivalent Full Time Student
EI - Education International
ERA - Employment Relations Act
EREL - Employment Relations Education Leave
GSF - Government Superannuation Fund
GSSG - General Staff Sector Group
HDA - Higher Duties Allowances
HR - Human Resources
IA - Individual Agreement
ITUC - International Trade Union Confederation
ILO - International Labour Organisation
IR - Industrial Relations
IT - Information Technology
ITO - Industry Training Organisation
ITP - Institute of Technology/Polytechnic
ITPSG - Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics Sector Group
ITPNZ - Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics of NZ
LWOP - Leave Without Pay
MECA - Multi-Employer Collective Agreement
MOE - Ministry of Education
MUCA - Multi-Union Collective Agreement
MUMECA – Multi-Union Multi-Employer Collective Agreement
NTEU - National Tertiary Education Union (Australia)
NWC - National Women's Committee
NZARE - New Zealand Association for Research in Education
NZCER - New Zealand Council for Educational Research
NZCTU - New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
NZEI - New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa
NZQA - New Zealand Qualifications Authority
NZQF - New Zealand Qualifications Framework
NZUSA - New Zealand Union of Students' Associations
NZVCC - New Zealand Vice Chancellors' Committee (now called Universities New Zealand)
PBRF - Performance Based Research Fund
PD - Professional Development
PG - Personal Grievance
PPTA - Post Primary Teachers' Association
PSA - Public Service Association
PTE - Private Training Establishment
QPEC - Quality Public Education Coalition
REAP - Rural Education Activities Programme
RPL - Recognition of Prior Learning
SRA - Special Responsibilities Allowance
SSC - State Services' Commission
TAFE - Tertiary and Further Education (Australia)
TEC - Tertiary Education Commission
TIASA - Tertiary Institutes' Allied Staff Association
TPK - Te Puni Kōkiri Ministry of Māori Affairs
TRCC - Teachers' Refresher Course Committee
TTH - Timetabled Teaching Hour
USG - University Sector Group
VC - Vice Chancellor