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Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Writing on Wednesday: Why Writing in Bed is Not So Weird After All, or the Odd Writing Habits of a Few Famous Authors
Carl Hiaasen likes to face a blank wall, and wears noise-cancelling earmuffs.
Dan Brown occasionally dons a pair of gravity boots and hangs upside-down from a special frame.
Ruth Krauss kept her manuscripts in the refrigerator.
Agatha Christie ate apples.
Flannery O'Connor preferred vanilla wafers.
Victor Hugo wrote in the nude so he would not be able to leave the house and instructed his valet to hide his clothes.
Roald Dahl composed in the privacy of his garden shed.
James Joyce wrote lying on his stomach in bed with a large blue pencil and wearing a white coat.
Truman Capote also liked to write lying down.
Stephen King is quoted as saying he had a goal of 2000 "adverb-less" words a day.
Lewis Carroll preferred using purple ink.
Joseph Heller arrived at some of his greatest ideas while riding the bus.
Woody Allen was inspired during crowded subway rides.
Some of my fellow writers claim they must be at the local library or sitting in a Starbucks since there are too many distractions at home. Others keep to a strict daily two or three hour time frame or their required 1000 or 2000 words. Still others have warm up activities - such as write about the last thing that made you laugh/cry, or do 30 jumping jacks. Another must wear red flannel pajamas.
So what weird thing do you do? And does it help?
Maybe we don't have writer's block after all. Perhaps we are like Harold and all we need is a purple crayon.
Andrea Perry, November 19, 20114
Monday, November 10, 2014
First Friday Five Favorite Things - Crazy
by Linda Phillips
This past Friday, November 7, Marcy and I posted our answers to Linda's debut novel in verse, Crazy. Today, you get to read Linda's favorite's.
Great picks, Linda! We learned even more about your characters through your answers.
We hope our readers enjoy the story as much as we did.
1) What is your favorite line or paragraph from the novel as it relates to the main character's development and/or growth?
As for the main character's growth and development, it would have to be the very end of the book, in the last piece called "Figurines and Forgiveness." Laura has just asked forgiveness in her own way:
"I'm not sure if she gets it at all,
what I am trying to say,
but the important thing is
I get it
and I did what
I needed to do,
and it feels as good
as anything I have ever done."
2) What is your favorite chapter ending or cliffhanger?
Probably the most emotional and high-tension poem of the book is "The Sound of Breaking China." It's a cliffhanger in the sense that the reader doesn't know how Laura will react, but can expect that it will be bigger than the reaction she had to the first breakdown.
"The ambulance and the police get there as we pull up.
Someone makes me stay in the car,
makes me drink something, holds my hand,
tells me it's going to be all right,
tries to turn my head when
they take her away."
3) Who is your favorite secondary character and why?
Of course that would have to be Beth, Laura's cocky, irreverent best friend, who knew her well even though Laura never shared any part of her mother's illness. Beth was Laura's voice of reason, always with a dry sense of humor.
4) What is your favorite line or paragraph of description?
I love the description of Laura's parents and a brief glimpse of their relationship in "Puzzling Music."
"I stop playing after I hear them leave, and I
watch the old Studebaker chug down the hill
in the bright moonlight
with the frozen snow glistening all around
like precious jewels.
I catch the silhouette of the two of them
in the front seat.
It occurs to me
that the love they share
is both mysterious and haunting
like the song of the reed flute."
5) What is your favorite line of dialogue?
And speaking of Beth, this is my favorite dialogue sequence in the poem called, "The Call."
"He called. HE CALLED!"
"What? Stop shrieking. I can't understand you.
Speak clearly into the microphone, madam.
Did you say some is bald? Who is this, anyway?
"Beth, stop playing with me, you dimwit. You know
who this is and what I said."
"So darling Dennis finally called. So?"
Beth is unable to hide her biased opinion.
Congratulations to Linda and her debut novel Crazy. Kudos to Linda for this book being selected as a Junior Library Guild selection. Way to go!
To read more about Linda Phillips debut YA novel Crazy please go to:
Website: http://www.lindavigenphillips.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LVigenPhillips
Friday, November 7, 2014
First Friday - Five Favorite Things - Debut Novel Day
by Dave Amaditz and
Marcy Collier
Welcome to November's version of - First Friday - Five Favorite Things - Debut Novel Day. In this monthly series, we ask five simple questions about a debut novel that will hopefully entice anyone reading this post to pick up the novel and read it themselves, and/or give them at a glance some insight into the author's writing style and voice as well as how some of the characters might think or act. We do this by presenting, first, answers to our Five Favorite Things, followed by the author's answers in a follow-up post.
This month we're pleased to highlight debut YA novelist, Linda Phillips and her novel, Crazy, a novel in verse. Laura, the main character, is worried she's destined to suffer from the same mental illness as her mother. You'll love reading to find out if, and how she copes with the problem.
1) What is your favorite line or paragraph from the novel as it relates to the main character's development and/or growth?
Dave – This particular section comes from later in the book, and even though I don't think I'm giving the story away, I will label it as a "spoiler alert" - just in case. Laura has gone to see the family doctor to determine if in fact her mother's mental illness is hereditary.
I thank him,
even give him a hug,
and walk slowly out to the car.
The image of a shot put
comes to mind again,
and I realize the weight
is out of my hands.
I have no control over it now,
and the farther away it lands
the better.
Marcy – This passage comes a little later in the book when Laura's dad shares with her poems that her mother sent to him long ago. Laura begins to realize that her mother wasn't always the way she is now.
Now I'm confused, because I always
thought he was the one who
originally sent the poems to her,
but maybe it was the other way
around. Anyway, I get
embarrassed when he starts
showing them to me
because some of them are downright mushy,
even racy and passionate,
I'm thinking he's probably
made some mistake and gotten
an old girlfriend's stuff
mixed up with my mother's stuff
because this certainly isn't the mother
I know.
If this is my "old" mother,
I want to know more about her,
I already know more than I want to know
about this "new" mother.
thought he was the one who
originally sent the poems to her,
but maybe it was the other way
around. Anyway, I get
embarrassed when he starts
showing them to me
because some of them are downright mushy,
even racy and passionate,
I'm thinking he's probably
made some mistake and gotten
an old girlfriend's stuff
mixed up with my mother's stuff
because this certainly isn't the mother
I know.
If this is my "old" mother,
I want to know more about her,
I already know more than I want to know
about this "new" mother.
2) What is your favorite chapter ending or cliffhanger?
Dave - This particular section comes about three quarters of the way through the story. Laura's mother is in the midst of a breakdown. She's broken china and has blood all over herself. Laura has had to telephone the police.
The ambulance and the police get there as we pull up.
Someone makes me stay in the car,
makes me drink something, holds my hand,
tells me it's going to be all right,
tries to turn my head when
they take her away.
Marcy – I won't go into details so as not to spoil it, but everyone has that one particular friend who has an opinion about everything and is not afraid to share it. In Laura's life, Beth is that friend. Laura tells Beth about the date she had with Dennis.
Stunned silence.
For once,
Beth has nothing
to say.
For once,
Beth has nothing
to say.
3) Who is your favorite secondary character and why?
Dave – My favorite secondary character is Dennis. I love the lingo he uses - ripped straight from the 1960s. Following is an example:
"So Laura, babe, you look like glum with a capital G."
Plus, with lines like the one that follows, it's easy to see Dennis genuinely cares.
"Laura," he says, almost shouting. "For God's
sake, you look like death warmed over, you're angry
at the world, you've all but abandoned
the one thing that makes you happiest,
and you really ought to give up lying,
because you don't do it very well."
Marcy – Mrs. Boucher is my favorite secondary character. Laura visits an art gallery to shop for a present for her mother. When she realizes she can't afford anything, Mrs. Boucher takes her back to check out the sale items in the back of the store. When Laura admits she doesn't have enough money, Mrs. Boucher tells Laura she can pay her back when she gets the rest of the money. The two end up becoming friends and Laura finds refuge in the back of Mrs. Boucher's shop while they both create art.
Mrs. Boucher leans back,
sighs deeply,
takes both my hands in hers
and says, "Well, Laura,
it looks like we are in this
together. Do you know why?"
sighs deeply,
takes both my hands in hers
and says, "Well, Laura,
it looks like we are in this
together. Do you know why?"
"No…no, I really don't," I say,
giving her a completely honest answer
and a very blank stare.
giving her a completely honest answer
and a very blank stare.
"Well it sounds like
we both have work to do,
and we can do it right here in
my shop, together."
we both have work to do,
and we can do it right here in
my shop, together."
4) What is your favorite line or paragraph of description?
Dave – There were quite a few for me to choose from, but I think this particular section describes particularly well what it is that Laura has to endure on a day-to-day basis while living at home with her mother.
she sits and stares,
rocks and rocks the devil
out of the green rocker,
smokes and stares
stares and paces
paces and mutters
and stares and stares
out those blank eyes through that thick cloud of smoke,
eyes that shut you out of her secret world,
and sometimes
when you do break through,
you know,
you just know,
that she left part of herself on the other side of sanity
and she's trying to remember
where she was when she got lost.
Marcy – I love the way Dennis is ever so subtly trying to get through to Laura. In this instance, he has broken through the guard she puts up around everyone.
Dennis passes me a note:
"So sorry you didn't win,
but guess you can't win
if you don't try. Have you
given up?"
"So sorry you didn't win,
but guess you can't win
if you don't try. Have you
given up?"
Instead of writing back
I turn fully around and hiss,
"Not on your life, Dennis Martin,
not on your life."
I turn fully around and hiss,
"Not on your life, Dennis Martin,
not on your life."
He flashes his gorgeous smile, and I smile right back through a deep blush.
5) What is your favorite line of dialogue?
Dave – This particular line is taken from early in the novel. I chose this section to again give you a glimpse into what Laura has to deal with living with her mother. Her mother is in a manic state, up all hours of the night, painting, painting constantly.
"Oh, there's much more where that
came from, Laura, especially since
you suggested I start painting again.
You just wait and see.
No go on back to bed
and don't you worry. Everything is just fine, honey.
Just fine."
Marcy – This line said by Laura's best friend Beth made me laugh out loud.
"Well," Beth says dryly, "I'd be throwing up
too, if I had to spend an evening with 88 Fingers
and his cheerleading pals.
Seriously, I can't believe
your father will let you go,
and even if he does,
you wouldn't consider it, would you?'
too, if I had to spend an evening with 88 Fingers
and his cheerleading pals.
Seriously, I can't believe
your father will let you go,
and even if he does,
you wouldn't consider it, would you?'
Website: http://www.lindavigenphillips.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LVigenPhillips
Friday, October 31, 2014
You can count on the Count for a little Halloween Humor
Happy Halloween!
In the spirit of the season, pun intended, I'd like to share two vampire poems: One by Kenn Nesbitt, U.S. Children's Poet Laureate, and one by Andrea Perry, resident Route 19 Writers rhymer. You can count on both of them to produce a toothy grin:)
In the spirit of the season, pun intended, I'd like to share two vampire poems: One by Kenn Nesbitt, U.S. Children's Poet Laureate, and one by Andrea Perry, resident Route 19 Writers rhymer. You can count on both of them to produce a toothy grin:)
I think my dad is Dracula.--Kenn Nesbitt
I know that sounds insane,
but listen for a moment and
allow me to explain.
We don't live in a castle,
and we never sleep in caves.
But, still, there's something weird
about the way my dad behaves.
I never see him go out
in the daytime when it's light.
He sleeps all day till evening,
then he leaves the house at night.
He comes home in the morning
saying, "Man, I'm really dead!"
He kisses us goodnight, and then
by sunrise he's in bed.
My mom heard my suspicion
and she said, "You're not too swift.
Your father's not a vampire.
He just works the graveyard shift."
I know that sounds insane,
but listen for a moment and
allow me to explain.
We don't live in a castle,
and we never sleep in caves.
But, still, there's something weird
about the way my dad behaves.
I never see him go out
in the daytime when it's light.
He sleeps all day till evening,
then he leaves the house at night.
He comes home in the morning
saying, "Man, I'm really dead!"
He kisses us goodnight, and then
by sunrise he's in bed.
My mom heard my suspicion
and she said, "You're not too swift.
Your father's not a vampire.
He just works the graveyard shift."
Count Dracula is getting old
And less bloodthirsty, we are told.
As far from youth as you can be
And so long in the tooth is he,
That we have heard his bark, at night,
Is worse for victims than his bite.
--Andrea Perry
Friday, October 17, 2014
Five Fall Favorites on Friday from Frankenstein to Falling Leaves by Andrea Perry
by Adam Rex
"When life gives you lemons, make lemonade ..." or in this case, if the villagers chase you with torches and pelt you with rotten produce, make a sandwich! Adam Rex delights us with a number of stories about monsters, and even some about monsters AND food. Some of the hilarious offbeat monster subjects include The Creature from the Black Lagoon, who went swimming too soon after eating, The Lunchsack of Notre Dame, a lament about why one hump lumps this poor lad with all the other monsters, and Count Dracula Doesn't Know He's Been Walking Around All Night With Spinach in His Teeth, since of course his castle has no mirrors. Who should tell him so he's not embarrassed any further?? Halloween Hilarity Abounds.
by Laura Leuck and Mark Buehner
A light breezy monster verse about how baby monster knows how much its mother loves it. Who else but a loving parent would take their child to the swamp to swim, bake cookies filled with bugs, comb cobwebs out of their bangs, or breathe fire to start a cozy blaze in the fireplace? If your monster mama also tucks you into bed at night with a bat, that's how much you are loved.
by Lois Ehlert
Have you seen him? Leaf Man, a life-sized leaf collage (with body parts identified on a separate ending page) traveling across pages of die-cut panoramas, is simply beautiful. And after you enjoy his wondrous autumn adventure, you too will go looking for your own "leaf man" (or woman!) as the rainbow of October leaves gently drift and glide all around us.
by Jack Prelutsky and Peter Sis
Mother Ogre's Lullaby, just one of the seventeen poems in this monstrous collection, has always been one of my favorites:
"Hush baby ogre, stop raving and rest,
Slumber, sweet savage impossible pest.
Stifle your tantrum, no kicking, don't bite.
Close your red eye...baby ogre, good-night."
We also visit with witches, trolls, Bigfoot, wizards and goblins, not to mention a solitary yeti feasting on dinosaur bones. From stale witch birthday cakes with snakes instead of candles, to an invisible wizard unable to reverse its spell, to a troll full of sour applesauce, you will enjoy all of their garish gruesomeness.
by Keith Graves
Who could resist a Halloween book with a cover such as this, advertising "625 Monsters Inside...Can You Find Them All?"
Meet Edgar, a poor bored boy who can't find a Halloween costume scary enough to scarify him. He wanders past costume shops until he happens upon one he'd not noticed before. Dark and understaffed, he finds an odd machine there, puts in a dime and steps inside. So goes the rhymed verse tale of the Monsterator Machine, and what happens to Edgar once inside, complete with the fun final pages of a partitioned flipbook to monsterate on your own.
If you like to be scared silly, I am sure that one of these books is likely to delight!
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Fall = Comforting Food and Comforting Books
Books Cecelia loves to EAT!
by Danika Lagorio
|Ceclia--book lover
From pumpkin spice lattes to eggplant soup to apple everything else I am afraid that fall is becoming a dangerously fat time for me. And reading to Cecelia at bedtime might be the most perilous of all. There are some delicious fall books out there that fill our dreams with scrumptious delights. So please join us on our big comfy bed (Ce-Ce and I will try and move our big butts over) for:
an evening of adventure with food and books
First Course
Growing Vegetable Soup, by Lois Ehlert
Like many of Ehrlich's books, Growing Vegetable Soup is simple in text and image, but deep in understanding of small children. Using her classic bold colored art prints Ehrlich illustrates the tools and care needed to grow vegetable soup. Cecelia just now really understands that seeds will transform with time and care into yummy vegetables. For a girl who loves lyricism in her books, I think the appeal of this one is its ability to turn a complex idea into its most simple terms.
Main Course
Strega Nona, by Tomie de Paola
Strega Nona has been a favorite of Cecelia's long before this fall, but on these cool evenings I find myself dreaming of eating mounds of Grandma Witch's hot and wonderful pasta. Long ago in a little town in Calabria there lives a witch called Strega Nona, which means "grandma witch". She has a magic pot that makes pasta on command. The magic pot will keep making pasta until it is told to stop. Unfortunately for Strega Nona's assistant, Big Anthony (who never pays attention) misses how to stop the pot. Craziness ensues when Strega Nona goes out for the day and Big Anthony decides to show off for the town by making everyone pasta. Is it the bad Italian accents that my husband Jon and I use while reading this book? Maybe it is sweet and silly illustrations of Tomie de Paola's? Or it could be the idea of a whole town covered in pasta. One thing is for sure- Ce-ce always has two or three helping to this charming book.
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World,
by Marjorie Priceman
Save room for this one! Cecelia usually skips the main courses and just demands this one. Told in second person, Ms. Priceman takes "you" on an adventure around the world from Italy to Sri Lanka in pursuit of the finest ingredients for a perfect apple pie. The illustrations are the sugar and spice of this wonderful adventure. We spend a lot of time studying each picture. Ce-Ce loves looking for the cats who show up in places where cats usually are not like boats and train stations. I love the banana boat headed for Jamaica. I always pause a little longer on that page so that I can imagine collecting salt water at night on such a romantic boat. It is a perfect book to finish off the night (with or without ice-cream).
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Are We So OVER YA Dystopian?
by Kitty Griffin
First of all,
just what is a Dytopian Book?
It's the opposite
of a Utopian Book.
According to Dictionary.com it's
"a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding."
Hmmm. Not sure I'm in complete agreement when we talk about YA Dystopia because I consider Robert O'Brien's novel (soon coming out as a major motion picture with hunky hunk Chris Pine and gorgeous Margot Robbie—who is way too old for the part. Sigh. Why???) Z for Zachariah a dystopian, but when it opens we don't know what's become of the outside world, but things at the farm seem normal. It's just that mushroom shaped cloud in the far distance…
And Lois Lowry's book, The Giver (again where Hollywood put someone 25 in a role meant for someone much younger. Grump. Grump.) society is very calm, quiet, and no one is in squalor. They don't even realize they're oppressed.
So I'm going to tweak this definition and make it for YA Dystopian Book,
A story that takes place in an unfamiliar future where people might be oppressed but they won't know it until the main character discovers it for them. Then the main character will be igniting the spark that starts the revolution so society becomes free until it becomes oppressed and the people don't know until the main character discovers it for them.
Let's see…that fits for a number of books, albeit with a touch of snark.
Maybe I've read too many YA Dystopian Books. Not all of them stellar.
Because of the "Hunger Games" series this type of book has become hugely popular. Just type in Dystopian YA into Amazon search and see how many hits you get.
Why would kids want to read about kids surviving in a difficult future?
Well, with Hunger Games the stakes couldn't be much higher, right? Life or Death. Same with the new book Red Rising.
When it's Life or Death the main character is in peril very quickly.
So then the reader must ask, why does the main character want to live? Why did Katniss? Because she wanted to protect her mother and sister. It was LOVE. It was FAMILY.
While there were a fantastic number of Dystopian YA books right after Hunger Games, things may slow down, but my guess is, not for long.
I think this is a genre that will continue to interest teens.
Here is a small selection, no special order.
Z for Zachariah by Robert O'Brien
A bit dated, but holds up. What if you lived with your family in a remote valley, farming the land, living simply? What if one day you stayed behind while they went into town to get supplies? What if they never came back? What if the radio went out, the TV went out, and what's that weird mushroom cloud in the distance? What if you thought you were the last person alive on Earth until…is that someone on the ridge far away?
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
In this future world there is a country called Opium, a land of that produces the wonderful drug that makes pain go away. In this land is a boy named Matt. Why is he so despised? Why do others treat him so abysmally?
Because Matt isn't quite human. He is, but he came out of the belly of a cow. He was harvested, just like the opium from the poppy. He was grown to help prevent pain. Because his parts are useful to the old man who needs those parts, the drug lord, Matt's original body.
Feed by MT Anderson
What if you were bored? What if you could go to the moon to party? Right. Like, let's go!
This is set in the future where every kid wants to be attached to the FEED, to have the chip put right in the head to see the world electronically…but what if your girlfriend doesn't want the chip any more? What's a boy to do?
The opening to this book is brilliant.
Mortal Engines by Philip Reeves
What if your city was hungry and needed to eat? What if your city was London and it was up on tractors and had to be on the move to find smaller cities to survive?
Yeah. Social Darwinism taken all the way to this.
The fabric of the imagination stretched. The characters are memorable and the joy of imagining London as this living moving thing is fabulous.
Tanglewreck by Jeanette Winterson
Reviews were very mixed for this book. I loved it. Couldn't put it down. (Some people were confused by the heavy physics, oh well.)
This book is another imagination stretcher. For what if you lived in a world where twisters raged through the land, but these were time twisters that brought things from other times and left them as well as taking others away from their own time?
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
(Listened to this one via Audible)
Talk about imagination stretched! The Earth is dead. Long live Mars!
Darrow is a Red. In a color coded society, being Red is, well, almost dead. He's a miner, giving his life so that Mars can be mined and tamed and turned into a livable planet for dying Earthlings.
Only that's all a lie.
And to prove it, Darrow will become Gold, take away the "L" and you have god, for he will be close to being god-like. That's the ruling class.
Warning: extremely violent. This one is not for sissies. These kids are at war to survive and it isn't pretty.
But, you'll just panic wondering what is going to happen to Darrow?
I can't wait for book two. And that doesn't happen very often.
Now here is one that is quite popular, but I had a serious problem with it. (Maybe the problem arose because, again, I listened to it. Maybe it just wasn't a listening story)
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
I liked the characters well enough.
But I couldn't get past the stretch.
Here it is—that in the future the Anti-Choice and Pro-Choice factions go to war. The result? That parents can return a child between the age of 13-18 and that said child would be unwound. All their parts, their organs, every bit of their being, will be donated to those who need them.
I know teens can be miserable creatures to live with, but it's also when they can amaze you. I can't conceive of a world where this would happen. Therefore, I couldn't accept the premise.
But the book is hugely popular. I'm in the minority for this one.
Looking toward the future...
So, what do you think? Do you agree that teens will still want to read about an imagined future where a teenager figures out that grown ups are really stupid and they're crushing humanity and it will take a teen or a group of teens to save them all?
Yeah. Like, duh, of course dude.
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Oracle Commit to Java Modularity
Oracle have announced the second set of enhancement proposals (known as JEPs) that will deliver features for Java 9, including major news about Java modularity.
Amazon DynamoDB Streams and Event Notifications for Amazon S3 Launched at AWS re:Invent 2014
In their move to event driven architecture, Amazon introduced two enabling technologies allowing the conversion of DynamoDB and S3 written data into events, which can be consumed by other applications and used by Lambda architecture.
AWS Releases CloudTrail Processing Library
Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently released the AWS CloudTrail Processing Library (CPL), a "Java client library that makes it easy to build an application that reads and processes CloudTrail log files in a fault tolerant and highly scalable manner".
Microsoft Announces Pre-release of F# 4.0 in Visual Studio 2015 Preview
Microsoft announced a pre-release of F# 4.0 for Visual Studio 2015 Preview which can be installed through a Visual Studio update package. The update brings improvements to language and tooling features that can positively impact developers' daily life, several commenters said.
Hortonworks Data Platform Makes an Enterprise Push
Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) version 2.2 with features based around Hadoop and YARN has better support for enterprise features such as security, compliance and so on as well.
JCP Election 2014 Results Announced
The results of the Java Community Process Executive Committee (JCP EC) have been announced. All Ratified seats were returned. Elected members returned were: ARM, Azul, Hazelcast, Werner Keil and Geir Magnusson Jr.
Case Study of Agile and HR Collaboration
Jas Chong talked about HR in Agile and Agile in HR at the Agile Tour Brussels 2014 conference. She presented a case study where she worked as change manager together with an agile coach to introduce agile and lean practices in the organization, and worked closely with HR to realize these changes from the HR and organisation front.
Full Power, No Charge: Visual Studio Community 2013
Microsoft has released Visual Studio Community 2013, a copy of Visual Studio Professional that is free to use for users in a non-corporate setting. While the Express editions remain available this new version of Visual Studio provides developers with a single environment that can target traditional Windows applications, the Web, Android, and iOS.
More News from AWS re:Invent – Performance Enhancements to Compute and Storage Services
At AWS re:Invent 2014, Amazon has announced enhancements to Amazon EC2, Amazon S3 and Amazon EBS services.
Velocity-Driven Versus Commitment-Driven Sprint Planning
There are different opinions for conducting sprint planning. Long debate is happening between velocity driven sprint planning and commitment driven sprint planning. Mike Cohn, founder of Mountain Goat Software, shared his views in his recent blog on Why I Prefer Commitment-Driven Sprint Planning.
Amazon EC2 Container Service and Lambda Service Launched at AWS re:Invent 2014
As expected, Amazon has added container hosting to its compute building block service. Along with that, it also launched an event-driven compute service called AWS Lambda.
AWS Elastic Beanstalk Adds Preconfigured Docker Platform
After gaining generic Docker support in July 2014, Amazon Web Services (AWS) now added Preconfigured Docker as a new category of supported platforms to its platform as a service offering AWS Elastic Beanstalk. This category of platforms is based on the recently added official repositories for language stacks on the Docker Hub Registry.
"Age of Ascent" Case Study Highlights Cloud as Game Delivery Engine
Microsoft recently published a case study describing how a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game used Microsoft Azure to support tens of thousands of players in a single space battle. The case study looks at how architectural considerations like connectivity, latency, and scale can be addressed in an elastic cloud environment that must respond quickly to unexpected bursts in demand.
Designing an Environment for Leadership at All Levels
Esther Derby talked about leaders at all levels at the Lean Kanban Central Europe 2014 Conference. She showed how you can create a more flexible organization with improved communication and decision taking by working on the conditions for leadership at all levels in the organization.
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Block 7 Wine Company offers customers a concept-fusing combination of retail wine space, wine bar, and restaurant, the latter of which delights diners with a menu of elegant dishes backed by premium ingredients. Start by noshing on a Slow Dough Bakery pretzel with herbed honey mustard ($4), or opt for truffle popcorn with Italian black truffle salt ($4), the secret snack served to the Illuminati at movie-theater concession stands across America. Dry-aged fans of dry-aged beef might go for the 21-day dry-aged prime rib eye ($29) or choose the handheld convenience of the dry-aged patty on the Block 7 burger, which also sports gruyere cheese and smoked bacon "relish" ($12). Flatbreads, such as a "whole pig" option topped with Italian sausage, prosciutto, and smoked bacon ($12), defy Einstein's Law of Two-Dimensional Flavor Containment, and a "sloppy Giuseppe" with ground venison and wild boar confit ($10) exposes the inadequate sloppy sandwiches of childhood. A downsized lunch menu is also available to quash midday appetite coups, in addition to $9 lunch specials served Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (and Saturday beginning at noon). With a different lunch special each day, you can opt for choices such as bacon-wrapped meatloaf on a Wednesday, whiskey-infused pork chop on a Thursday, or fish tacos on a Friday.
Though King's Biergarten describes itself as the place "where it's Oktoberfest all year round," once a year the brew haven really goes all out recreating the traditional German beer and food festival. The restaurant transforms its parking lot into a colorful 400-person bier tent decked out with bells, ribbons, and servers dressed in lederhosen who shoulder drinks throughout the rows of beer hall-style benches and tables. Aside from sipping golden suds, crowds can also help themselves to a variety of traditional Oktoberfest foods. Bands will play live sets throughout the fest as attendees try their hand at challenging each other with the Bavarian strongman competition, festival jousting, and much more. VIP ticket-holders will be able to camp out inside the restaurant, where they can take advantage of three-hour table reservations.
The three-day event will kick off on Friday, September 26, when local politicians including Pearland Mayor Tom Reed and Friendswood Mayor Keving Holland will lead the ceremonial 100-year-old wooden keg tapping. From there on out, the German brews will flow for the remainder of the weekend, with attendees trading in beer tickets for half-liters of Hofbrau Oktoberfest, Hofbrau Dunkel, Hofbrau Hefeweizen, Stiegl Radler, and Staropramen Lager.
At the Latin Dance Factory, Christian Franco Gutierrez teaches students rather than a set of rigid moves. A native of Peru, Gutierrez emphasizes the importance of personal flair when dancing?but he also emphasizes the importance of repetition. Instead of teaching entire routines to beginners, he builds their dance repertoires with simple drills, ensuring that his footloose charges master the basic steps of their chosen style.
The studio's dance styles run the gamut from salsa and merengue to cumbia and kizomba. The lesson formats are similarly eclectic. Students can hone their skills in hour-long group lessons, four-hour intensives, or private lessons. For a more social atmosphere, newly minted two-steppers can practice at "date nights," candlelit dance lessons with wine and cheese spreads.
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Since opening in 2003, The Tasting Room has morphed from a wine bar to a full-service restaurant with four locations—all while retaining its wine-bar charm and racking up numerous awards and accolades. Diners can select libations from a list that boasts more than 200 wines, pairing them with contemporary dishes whipped up by executive chef Jonathan LeBlanc. TTR offerings run the gamut from small plates of mini grilled sandwiches and classic bruschetta to entrees including creole-spiced quail and Jamaican jerk chicken breast, which diners can savor at windowside tables or on the plant-ensconced patio and garden area.
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Dear City and County Inspector —
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Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf fled court in a speeding vehicle Thursday to avoid arrest after his bail was revoked in a case involving his decision to fire senior judges while in power more than five years ago.
The harried escape broadcast live on Pakistani TV marked a new low in Musharraf's troubled return from exile last month to seek a political comeback in the May 11 parliamentary election.
Musharraf made his exit with the help of bodyguards, who pushed him past policemen and paramilitary soldiers and helped him into a black SUV that sped off with a member of his security team hanging on the side of the vehicle.
The car carrying the former military strongman dashed to his luxury farmhouse. None of the security forces protecting the compound made any move to arrest Musharraf, likely because they were awaiting orders from senior officials trying to figure out how to deal with a delicate situation. Musharraf's legal team said they would appeal the arrest warrant in the Supreme Court.
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A former abortion clinic worker capped the five-week murder trial of her former boss with powerful testimony that she saw more than 10 babies breathe before they were killed.
"I thought they were breathing," Kareema Cross testified Thursday, explaining that she saw their chests go up and down. "He would say they're not really breathing."
Cross, 28, is the final prosecution witness in the capital murder case against Dr. Kermit Gosnell. He is charged in the deaths of a patient and seven babies allegedly born alive.
Cross, who worked at the clinic from 2005 to 2009, was so disturbed by its operation that she took photos and called authorities, although she gave a relative's name.
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Despite a spring storm that brought sleet and snow to Nebraska, the U.S. State Department hearing in Grand Island drew more than 1,000 people from the around state, as well as activists from outside the region who consider Nebraska a key battleground over the Keystone XL pipeline.
As they waited in line for an opportunity to speak, many activists outlined plans for civil disobedience and state-court lawsuits designed to keep the project from moving forward. Project foes have promised to block workers, lie down in front of equipment and do whatever it takes to stop the pipeline from connecting Canada's tar sands region to Texas refineries.
Syrian rebels capture base
Syrian rebels captured a military base in the strategic Homs province on Thursday as opposition fighters fought to expand territory under their control near the Lebanese border, activists said.
The central region is important to President Bashar Assad because it links Damascus, his seat of power, with one of his main allies, the militant Hezbollah group in neighboring Lebanon.
The latest rebel gains came during a government counteroffensive that has scored successes in the central and northern regions in recent days. The alternate gains highlight the shifting nature of the conflict in Syria, where victories in one area are often followed by reverses in another.


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I agree with the others: this has the wonderful scent of an Asian fruit. I just bought it hours ago, and I find it not only moisturizing (at least 5 hrs...had to wash my face), but not overly goopy on my lips. I have dry lips, and I find that the best thing that works for me is a jar of vaseline. However, that's not all that sexy. So this is pretty decent, and I love the fact that it is natural. I took off one lippy b/c it's not as moisturizing as my old standby. Another concern is how unsanitary it's going to be to dig the rest out of the bottom when I finish this off. Overall, this is a definite repurchase for me.
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I bought this along with the honeydew melon EOS balm, and while I love the HM, I hate this one. The smell is disgusting. It reminds me of fruit mixed with cat urine, seriously. I have cats and that's what it reminds me of. I guess I'm just not into this scent because a lot of people really like this one. If you aren't into weird stinging fruit scents, I would get the melon one instead.
i'm already on my second tube...err..SPHERE! the flavor is yummy and tropical and it works great. i love the design- very cute and easy to find in the deep dark depths of my bag, hahaha. i want to try sweet mint next!
I was at Rite-Aid picking up a few things and I happened to see this chapstick and I just had to pick one up because of all the raves I heard about it. I was debating between the honeydew(?) one and summer fruit and chose this because I do not care too much for honeydew. This smell is absolutely fantastic! If you've ever been to a japanese market and bought their candies, this is what it smells like. Almost like those lychee flavored candies.
However, the downside is that it is not at all moisturizing. Worse than regular chapstick I'd have to admit. You know when you put chapstick on and it feels really waxy that you've got to pile it on, this is 10x worse. It feels so waxy and hard and when you put it on, it feels like you didn't put anything on at all. Would not recommend to others, I think if it was in a normal tube, people would not be head over heels about this.
If you need a chapstick, do try Yes to Carrots, it's one of the best chapsticks I've tried. It's what I wanted normal chapstick to be for me but better. Super moisturizing, no funky taste, lasts forever.
I guess i would buy it again but i have a lot of different lip balms so it would be unnecessary. the smell is really nice and i like that it isnt overly strong when you apply it. the shape is fun and different but i wouldnt carry it around b/c i feel awkward putting it on. its just something unusual which i like but i would just keep it in my desk, not take it everywhere with me
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I love this little guy! I saw this a the checkout of my drugstore and had to have it. What can I say - I'm a lip balm freak. The egg-shaped packaging sold me. It's so cute and has a really nice matte rubber feel. The balm itself is pretty standard, but it is 100% natural and 95% organic, if you care about that stuff. It smells divine - like a mixed peach drink - but has no discernable taste. The spherical shape makes it super fun to apply, though I don't know how practical it will be once it wears down. And yes, the packaging is cute, but it's not exactly pocket-friendly. It does make my lips feel soft and mosturized, but leaves them just a bit sticky. I'd definitely repurchase, though. Costs about $3.
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You have got to be kidding me. I think it was one of the most boring films I've ever seen, full stop. I've mentioned this elsewhere a couple of times but I saw this at the cinema as part of the Reel Anime Festival back in 2010. In theory, seeing it on the big screen with a high volume, quality sound system should have been perfect to appreciate it. Despite all the noise and colour I constantly found my attention wandering. The guy next to me snored continuosly. After the movie, the woman behind admitted to her boyfriend that she had also fallen asleep. (Perhaps it was something the cimema complex put in the air conditioning.)
First and foremost, everything about the film, save the animation, is just plain silly. Plot and characterisation are not only given cursory attention but the mafia plot along with the character and design of JP detract significantly from any pleasure that may be had elsewhere in the film. I note that JP is rarely shown in any promotional material (it's almost always Sonoshee) and, where he is, his cockatoo display hairdo is obscured. Sonoshee is more appealing, both visually and behaviour-wise, but she isn't unique enough to save things. Luckily, the film doesn't take itself seriously, so it doesn't add the insult of pretension to the injury of idiocy.
Worst of all, the film is visually dull. I know it's a big call but I reckon Takeshi Koike's technical skills way exceed his artistic skills. All the noise, action and colour somehow fail to make what's happening interesting. I remember in the commentary to Paprika, Satoshi Kon explained that in any frame it was very important to organise the lighting so that the viewer is engaged. For all the wow in Redline there is a sameness about the imagery that left me and the people around me in the cinema disengaged.
My rating for this is so-so. To quote Shakespeare, Redline is a "tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
I am constantly surprised how much ANN boosts this very ordinary film. It understandably sunk without a trace in Japan. Really it's just a glorified sports anime - in this case, car racing.
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It's that part in the middle in between the Yellowline and Redline that gets viewers to actually feel something about JP and Sonoshee and to care about what happens later, as Zac says. Mileage will vary, of course. But when that content has a point and a purpose and a clear, tangible reason for existing, that most certainly isn't aimless. Before the restaurant scene & beyond we don't know these people or have much of a sense about what drives them...to drive.
I mean, the implication of this sentiment seems to be that Redline would be a better film if it had been near-nonstop awesomeness the entire time with no moments taken for anything else. That would be fun to watch, no doubt, but there's no way the payoff of the end would be at all the same. And you're left with an emptier product whereas what we have is anything but disposable.
No, it's just fine as it is.
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@ nechronius...it was the creators intent to make it a fun movie that doesn't take itself too seriously, and that is what makes it icing on the cake! What part of an epic Action/Comedy/Romance taking place in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy environment with no humans is not absurd? [There are humanoids but no humans from earth save for maybe one, but that is not made clear; but does it really matter at all?] JP's hair staying intact the whole movie (nearly...)? Absurd! The Super Boins 'shtick'? Absurd! Colonel Volton's solution for dealing with Funky Boy? Absurd!! The whole movie is absurd...and yet... it... is... AWESOME!
I can understand people not liking Redline for stylistic or overall content reasons, but the "boring" or "drags on" comments truly boggle my mind. If Redline was that boring you'd think that Evangelion 2.22 would be 'lights out' for its slooooweeerrr comparative pace and endless yapping, but I don't think this is the case for some strange reason...
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I watched REDLINE a while back and, to be honest, I didn't much care for it. It looks amazing, sure, but everything else just didn't stand up.
My thing about science-fiction is: The worldbuilding is a big part of what makes me to care about a work of science-fiction. Without it, there's little context. Sure, it keeps the story simple, but at the cost of immersion, and I felt like the whole movie was trying to make me care, despite the fact that it refuses to build its world. I never thought I'd use this phrase to seriously describe something, but it insists upon itself.
I didn't like the way REDLINE presented speed, either. I feel like the action's default speed was so fast that the only way to depict things accelerating beyond that was to make things more ridiculous.
As DRWii pointed out, the race spoiler[does come to a dead stop right in the middle.] I didn't care for the ending either, spoiler[particularly because it just ends. No epilogue, no nothing.]
The movie seemed rushed to me and, toward the end, was downright boring. By the time the aforementioned massive radioactive beast-weapon showed up and started its rampage, I felt like the movie had started phoning it in. I felt detached.
All-in-all, it felt like I was watching a movie. It felt like I was on the outside, looking into a world that just wants me to watch and care, but not get involved, if that makes any sense.
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I kept thinking the whole thing throughout when I was watching.
The last time I saw an anime movie with this much flare and pure excitement in every frame was Steamboy, and that was over 7 years ago.
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[expletive] sold.
Tremendous review. Only anime movies have really interested and delivered over the last few years. If Redline lives up to its hype to me, then I'm cool with the film being the format where anime can really express itself.
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I actually thought "Eva 2.22" went too fast, of all things. At least, that's the closest I can get to describing how I felt. The re-imaging of the events of the series were much more "epic" and Eva-esque than before, but I didn't really feel that epicness like I did during the final scenes of the first movie. The pacing was the only thing I could think of to blame; the movie probably would have been better if they had spaced the same material over a 5-10 minute-ish longer running time.
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That's exaggerated, Redline was good but it wasn't that special. First and foremost, I don't see anything original in the plot, a big deadly race and some evil organization pop up out of nowhere, bringing more messes at the end of it. JP is just another typical guy wanting to live every man's dream, he may fit so well with the setting but there isn't anything deep about him (or the whole movie itself). Let alone the big hole at the end. Everything about the movie went over the top, but for a racing genre like this, it's suitable. It was all pure mindless fun.
Speaking of the 10 years, it was released within the 10 years of Spirited Away, 5 Centimeters, Summer Wars and such so NO
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Ah, the ol' "your subjective opinion is wrong because I don't agree with it, here is how you should feel about this thing you like" argument. I love these. Like there's only one right way to feel about a film.
"Most entertaining" is different from "best" or "deepest" or "most emotionally resounding" or any other category, but I liked Redline as a work of entertainment more than all of the films you mentioned (and I'd watch it a zillion more times before snoring through 5cm per Second ever again).
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|I had a goofy grin plastered across my face for nearly 102 minutes, that alone says all that needs to said regarded how I felt about Redline.
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|I agree that Redline is an excellent sci-fi action film with great production values as well as a good story that's essentially nothing more and nothing less than what the material itself requires. This contributes to making it not only highly entertaining but also easy to enjoy, even for many people who aren't necessarily interested in contemporary anime at all. So, even though I'm slightly less positive about certain relatively minor aspects of the writing, such as how a couple of secondary characters were ultimately treated, I still think the gist of Zac's review is quite reasonable.
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@DRWii (first paragraph below)
My introduction to Evangelion is through the 're-birth' movies, so have no experience with the series. Have been thinking of getting the series, but only after the movies are completed. Really like Evangelion 2.22 and it was my favorite anime Blu-Ray until Redline came along. But to me, Evangelion 2.22 is just a great movie. Redline on the other hand is an instant classic/near masterpiece that takes anime in a different direction...a direction I would love to see more of (but we know that is not going to happen sadly.)
I really enjoy the OVA that spawned Redline [Trava Fist Planet] for it's genius comedic timing but Redline is the overall better title being less experimental and more refined. The combination of artistry, music, story direction, and character designs/mannerisms is what makes it for me and puts Redline in the same realm of enjoyability as the movie Tron Legacy - one of my favorite films that Redline has more in common with than the Speed Racer movie ( that despite the cheesiness and horrible Blu-Ray audio track I happen to love as well.)
Now the Bugatti Veyron may not be a car enthusiast's favorite car, but no-one can say that a 4,100lb car that goes 0-180mph faster than most cars reach 60mph and that tops out at over 250mph isn't something special or is not a masterpiece of engineering. Redline is anime's Bugatti Veyron... absurdity, insanity, technical perfection, and extreme excitement all rolled into one thing.
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I disagree! Spirited Away is engaging and fun, as is Summer Wars, but 5cm is slow, touching, and heartbreaking. I don't necessarily place "watching a movie that inspired me to crack open a bottle of scotch and spend the next few days contemplating my relationships to everyone I thought of as a friend for life when I was young" in the entertaining category. It's certainly valuable, and "entertaining" if you're talking about the anachronistic usage of the word which suggests an entwining of artist and audience (if I may paraphrase Michael Chabon) but it's not entertaining in the modern "go to a theater with friends and enjoy yourselves" sense. I went to and came from a theatrical screening of Redline with friends piled inside a customized Mustang and going down a lot of very straight roads very, very fast though, so I might be coming from a different cultural perspective.
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|the anime itself is great pretty adrenaline pumping mindless fun. never bored for a minute while watching it. i highly recommend the bluray because the dvd won't pop like it does in hd.
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Major Contracting Services, Inc. (MCS) of Colorado Springs, Colorado, protests the decision of the Army to continue performance of a contract awarded to DAV Prime/Vantex Service Joint Venture (DAV Prime JV) of Larue, Texas, under solicitation No. W911S2-08-T-3009 for portable chemical toilet services at Fort Drum, New York, which was issued as a service-disabled, veteran-owned, small business concern (SDVOSBC) set-aside. MCS contends that the Army must terminate DAV Prime JV's contract because the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) determined that DAV Prime JV was not an eligible SDVOSBC.
We deny the protest.
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NORTHEAST PORTS & CHEMICALS - Redefining The Hub: Port of Boston posts milestone year
| April 08, 2007 | Ports & Terminals
The Port of Boston handled over 200,000 teus at Massport's Conley Terminal in 2006. Breaking the 200,000 teus barrier was an important milestone. But after three consecutive years of operating at 100%, is there room for growth for the New England hub. Read More »


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Bono Wants to Apologize for His iTunes Apology
At first, Bono seemed taken aback by the outrage generated by U2's placement of their new album into the iTunes libraries of 700 million users.
At first, Bono seemed taken aback by the outrage generated by U2's placement of their new album into the iTunes libraries of 700 million users.
If you wondered how a little old "bike spill" could be serious enough to keep U2 from showing up for their scheduled week-long residency on 'The Tonight Show,' well, we don't blame you.
U2 singer Bono reportedly needs surgery after a New York City bike accident.
The mission -- this time to fund Ebola research, rather than famine relief -- and most of the faces were different.
If you find yourself strolling the German countryside in the near future and come across a pair of random underpants, hang onto them -- they might just be Bono's.
U2's Bono hasn't been wearing sunglasses for the last two decades to look cool. Instead, he's battling a light sensitivity caused by glaucoma.
So here's how much music is apparently worth in 2014.
U2 singer Bono has never been known for his guitar playing, and his bandmates would really like to keep it that way.
Bono says he's isn't surprised Sharon Osbourne that took to Twitter for a profanity-laced rant about U2's recent iTunes album giveaway.
When you're a big enough band to warrant a Super Bowl commercial for your new single, it's pretty safe to say you've made it. But U2 frontman Bono still has the same hopes and fears as any multimillionaire musician after decades of rock stardom.