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I'm looking for a book featuring… characters with a disability
Posted on | September 10, 2012 | 33 Comments
Welcome to "I'm looking for a book about….", the topic-themed monthly carnival of children's literature.
Every month I'll be encouraging anyone who likes to review books for children (of any age) to leave links to their reviews of books that match the given month's theme. The idea is that over time, this carnival will become a resource for parents, teachers, carers, librarians looking for books by subject.
Old reviews, new reviews, and reviews for any age are welcome. You may also submit multiple reviews, as long as they are all relevant to this month's theme.
This month's theme is…
I say theme, but actually I'm hoping that we'll create a resource of books which are about all sorts of things, which just happen to feature characters with some disability, rather than disability being the sole focus of the books in question. I'm hoping that with the close yesterday of the 2012 Paralympics, lots of children will have seen many more people with varying disabilities and that it will have been both a topic of conversation and also something "normal", part of everyday life.
Let's kick off this round up with a review from Sandie at Picturebooks in ELT of Susan Laughs by Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Tony Ross. As the blurb on the book cover says "Without being condescending or preachy, the words, pictures and design of this very simple picturebook show that a physically disabled child is 'just like me, just like you'"
Susan Laughs is also included in the round up of picture books included in Kinderbooks with Everything's post for International Day of Persons With Disability. Do click through to see 3 more pictures books which show people with disabilties in a positive light.
Melanie at Library Mice has a review of Wonder by R.J. Palacio. I think every review I've read of this book has been glowing. Melanie writes, "You know the type of books that leaves you feeling a little bit more hopeful for human kind, and that you can't help yourself hugging once you have turned the final page? Wonder is one of those books. It is heart wrenching and heartwarming, bleak and hopeful, cruel and kind, all at the same time."
Over on Maestra Amanda's Bookshelf there is another review of Wonder, this time written by someone (Amanda's sister, Allison) who themself has a disability. Allison writes about how moving it was to read a story with someone like her as the lead character.
Denise, writing at the Nerdy Book Club, has a whole shelf-ful of books to recommend featuring characters with disabilities ranging from speech difficulties to Downs Syndrome. The list, mostly of picture books, was inspired after a reading of Wonder by R.J. Palacio. One of the books reviewed by Denise is Junkyard Wonders by Patricia Polacco, and this is also reviewed in more detail by Myra at Gathering Books. It sounds like a tremendous picture book.
Over on the Nosy Crow blog there is a wonderful list of books and other lists of books featuring characters with hearing and or sight loss. Do check out the comments for even more useful ideas about (reading and writing) books which include characters with a disability.
Jax at Making it Up brings Just Because by Rebecca Elliot to our attention, "narrated by a little boy, about his very special big sister and her special chair. It's a sensitively told story about a little girl with special needs and is a wonderful introduction for children who might not have come across this type of situation before."
Library Mice also has a review of Just Because by Rebecca Elliot, alongside Elliot's 2nd book featuring the same characters, Sometimes. Melanie writes "Just Because is an amazingly positive introduction to the notion that everybody is different; it is a heartfelt and effective first exposure at disability."
Sherry Early at Semicolon has a raft of reviews for us, starting with Window Boy by Andrea White. About a character with cerebal palsy, Sherry says of this book "Kids who need to understand the world of disability, and all of us do, should also get a taste of Window Boy. It's not at all didactic, but highly educational nevertheless."
Next up is a review of The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd, also from Sherry Early at Semicolon. "Although the word "autistic" is never used in the book, Ted is obviously a high-functioning, but autistic, child."
Sherry also offers us reviews of Rules by Cynthia Lord, Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin, Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko all of which feature characters with autism (although this is not always explicitly stated in the books in question). She also reviews Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree, by Lauren Tarshis which has a character who probably has OCD or Asperger's.
Sandhya reviews two books from Indian publishers: Why Are You Afraid To Hold My Hand? by Sheila Dhir and Chuskit Goes To School written by Sujatha Padmanabhan, illustrated by Madhuvanti Anantharajan. Her reviews are part of a longer article about diversity in children's books.
There's a slightly longer review of Chuskit Goes To School over on Saffron Tree. Choxbox writes "apart from the heart-warming storyline, it tells you many things about life in Ladakh in beautiful words and illustrations."
Susan, The Book Chook, has a review of Samurai Kids, Book 1: White Crane by Sandy Fussell. "Despite their disabilities, or sometimes because of their disabilities, the Samurai kids want to prove to themselves and those who despise them that they are worthy of the title Samurai Warrior."
Kinderbooks with Everything highlights a favourite picture book of mine, The Black Book of Colours by Menina Cottin and Rosana Faria. "This extraordinary book emphasises other ways of 'seeing' using the other four senses in the way that a blind child needs to. The format makes this book unique. All the pages are black. The text is written firstly in Braille and then in a white font. The illustrations are textured rather than coloured."
The same book, The Black Book of Colours by Menina Cottin and Rosana Faria, is reviewed over at My Little Bookcase. Jacqui is "truly smitten by this book" (I'm with her on this) and she includes some great photos so you can see something of how amazing it is.
The Seeing Stick by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini is also recommended by Kinderbooks with Everything. Once again, "The pages are textured and beg to be touched. The angle that the viewer is positioned at in the beautiful double-page spreads makes for an involvement that renders you transfixed."
I'm Here by Peter H. Reynold is reviewed by Polly over at The Little Wooden Horse. It's a terrific review of a wonderful sounding book which "was published to support children and families living with autism". Unbelievably it's not yet available readily in th UK…
As it happens Ali at Literary Lunchbox also gives a glowing review of I'm Here by Peter H. Reynold.
SpeakWell, Readwell shares The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie with us. "The main character, Arnold Spirit Jr. is a fourteen-year-old Indian living on a reservation, who was born with "water on the brain", grew ten extra teeth, stutters and has a lisp. He also has the most engaging voice I have read in a long time"
Rosemary Sutcliff's Warrior Scarlet is the subject of Ali's post on her blog Fantastic Reads. Apparently this isn't the only book where Sutcliffe wrote sensitively about disability (in this case the lead character has a withered arm). It's a long quote but I love what Ali says at the end of her post: "I love that Drem's character is influenced by his disability, but it is not informed by it. In many children's books, a period of disability is a test that characters must go through in order to become better people (such as Katy in What Katy Did or Deenie in Deenie) or disabled characters have special powers (Percy Jackson in Rick Riordan's novels who has dyslexia and ADHD but is the son of a God), but for Drem, his disability is something that he must learn to manage in order to become a functioning part of his society. The adjustments that he makes and ultimately the concessions that his tribe makes allows him to do this, and after all, isn't that what the able-bodied world should be doing with people with disabilities? Shouldn't that be our Paralympic legacy?"
A character with learning disabilities, especially problems with reading, is the focus of May B by Caroline Starr Rose, which is reviewed over on jen Robinson's Book Page. It sounds like a fascinating book – a verse novel that will appeal to fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Another book with a character with learning disabilities is reviewed by Library Mice: My Brother Simply by Marie-Aude Murail, translated (from the French) by Adriana Hunter. "The theme of My Brother Simple is not in itself new: the arrival of someone "different" in ordinary people's lives which ultimately changes them and their outlook on life forever has been visited many times by different authors. But this sometimes heartbreaking yet often heartwarming tale of the love and bond between two brothers stands out from the rest because its delivery is such a joy."
Shelf-employed highlights My Sister, Alicia May, by Nancy Tupper Ling, illustrated by Shennen Bersani. It "a beautifully realistic story of a young girl whose sister has Down Syndrome… that will do more to instil a compassion for those with disabilities than any lesson ever will"
Three more books including characters with Downs Syndrome are included in Kinderbooks with Everything's post for World Down Syndrome Day.
What with the Paralympics and the Jubilee year here in the UK, Me, the Queen and Christopher by Giles Andreae, illustrated by Tony Ross, reviewed by Library Mice, could hardly be more topical. It's "a very funny and utterly fictitious story of a an encounter between a little girl and the British Monarch," which just happens to feature a character with a disability.
Knockin' On Wood, Starring Peg Leg Bates by Lynne Barasch is a non-fiction picture book reviewed on Perogies and Gyoza. It's about Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates (1907 – 1998), a black tap dancer who lost a leg in an accident but didn't let that stop him doing what he loved – dancing. It sounds like quite an inspirational book!
On RuthsReads there is a round up of books including characters with epilepsy and characters who are deaf. She also includes a list of useful organisations and websites.
Other books recommended by readers include Different Just Like Me by Lori Mitchell, Zoom! by Robert Munsch, My Left Foot by Christy Brown, Seal Surfer by Michael Foreman, White Dolphin by Gill Lewis, Stakeout by Bonnie J. Doerr, The Amberella Tales: Amberella in the City by Rosemarie Kaupp, and Wonder by R.J Palacio. Thanks to Sandhya, Cheryl, Choxbox, Corinne, Gill, Rebecca, Bonnie, Rosemarie and Jane for these suggestions.
Looking forward to discovering more books as you link to your reviews (new or old) of children's books which include a character with a disability. Please add them by clicking on the blue "Add your link" button below, or by leaving them in the comments.
Also, please do take a look at this guest post by Alexandra Strick, a consultant on children's books and disability: Capitalising on the Paralympic Spirit – how books can help to build on our kids' increased awareness of disability.
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33 Responses to "I'm looking for a book featuring… characters with a disability"
September 10th, 2012 @ 12:10 am
I've not actually read the book, but I recently saw a review of 'Just Because' by Rebecca Elliot, which looks fantastic.
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Sandy Brehl
September 10th, 2012 @ 1:09 am
I'll be posting later this month about some PB titles as well as featuring an interview with author Jacqueline Houtman as her middle grade novel is released in paperback. The Reinvention of Edison Thomas is a terrific story of Eddy, whose patterns suggest he is on the autism spectrum, but this is never overtly stated. The character, situations, and story are all highly recognizable and yet unique and memorable.
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Sherry Early
September 10th, 2012 @ 2:57 am
Window Boy by Andrea White
London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd.
Rules by Cynthia Lord.
Anything But Typical by Nora Leigh Baskin.
Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko.
Emma Jean Lazurus Fell Out of a Tree by Lauren Tarshis.
September 10th, 2012 @ 4:07 am
Zoe, I recently wrote an article about books to teach children under 10 years about respecting diversity, for an online women's magazine, womensweb. I would like to link up to that article- the first two books featured there deal with disability. Tulika books' "Why Are You Afraid to Hold My Hand" and Pratham books' "Chuskit Goes to School."
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September 10th, 2012 @ 5:40 am
Here Zoe, reviewed by yours truly:
September 10th, 2012 @ 5:44 am
Aha, was going to point you to Sandhya's article, can see she's done the honours already
Here's one more by Lori Mitchell – Different Just Like Me. http://www.amazon.com/Different-Just-Like-Lori-Mitchell/dp/0881069752
Remains one of my 7-year old's favourites, and to think I found it in used books shop
September 10th, 2012 @ 6:28 am
OK, first time I've pipped you to it, Choxie!:)
Thanks for recommending my article.
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Cheryl Lescheid
September 10th, 2012 @ 6:33 am
Hi, as a Canadian I love recommending our native authors! Robert Munsch is a beloved Canadian children's author and writes stories featuring many children he's met across the country. He has a wonderful story about a girl who has a fantastic wheelchair called ZOOM! Here is a link to his website: http://robertmunsch.com/book/zoom
September 10th, 2012 @ 6:33 am
Also, am currently reading an amazing book for 9-12 year olds called "My Left Foot" that is an autobiographical version of Christy Brown's struggle with Spasticity. http://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Left-Foot-Christy-Brown/dp/0749391774/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1347255018&sr=1-1
Also on my reading list currently is this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wonder-R-J-Palacio/dp/0370332288/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1347255208&sr=1-1
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September 10th, 2012 @ 6:35 am
OK, where did my last comment go?
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September 10th, 2012 @ 6:42 am
Sweet justice there Sandhya – I wrote a comment reply which has now got lost in the ether! But what I was saying is that comments with more than one URL in them have to be personally approved by me – lots of spam comments include multiple URLS so I've set up the system to ensure I moderate all comments with multiple URLs – and yours should be showing now. Thanks for all your input today – am gradually working my way through the posts, reviews and suggestions and am just about to get to yours
Myra from GatheringBooks
September 10th, 2012 @ 6:54 am
Hi there Zoe! I see that Junkyard Wonders is already part of your post. Let me duplicate that (hehehe) by sharing my review of Patricia Polacco's lovely story. Hope that's ok.
We intend to have a bimonthly theme on Celebrating Diversities sometime next year. This link of yours would definitely come in handy.
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September 10th, 2012 @ 7:27 am
@Cheryl: Munsch needs no introduction! We love his 'Paper Bag Princess'!
September 10th, 2012 @ 12:24 pm
I have written about two wonderful picture books where the main character is blind
• The Black Book of Colours by Menena Cottin
• The Seeing Stick by Jane Yolen
Rosemarie Kaupp
September 10th, 2012 @ 12:45 pm
My book, The Amberella Tales: Amberella in the City, features a puppy, Casper, with a stuttering problem.
Bonnie J. Doerr
September 10th, 2012 @ 2:51 pm
I'm pleased you are listing books that happen to include a character with a disability rather than featuring the issue. It was a surprise to me when my character, Ana, appeared in a wheelchair. I hadn't planned that. But I was intrigued when I first saw a beach wheel chair some months before I began writing StakeOut. It must have made quite an impression on me!
StakeOut, an environmental mystery for tweens, has a wheel–chair bound character with Spina Bifida. It takes a while before the reader realizes she has a permanent disability because she doesn't let it define her. The book was a 2012 Green Earth award finalist.
Ruth Humphreys
September 10th, 2012 @ 6:38 pm
Great article, good to see more visibility and positive images of disability. I am have reviewed a number of books in this blog post:
September 10th, 2012 @ 6:41 pm
At the risk of stating the obvious, has anyone included 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in Night Time'?
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Jackie Small (@littlebookcase)
September 10th, 2012 @ 7:13 pm
Oops! I was working backwards tonight. I responded to an RSS email and I added my link first. Then read your post to find that you'd already featured The Black Book of Colours.
Sorry, but do things the right way next time.
I love this topic. Thanks for collating
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Beth Cox
September 10th, 2012 @ 10:43 pm
Some great books here but can I also direct people do the In The Picture project from Scope as they reviewed loads of inclusive books: http://www.scope.org.uk/campaigns/scope-campaigns/children-picture/books-list
Also the Bookmark project from Booktrust where Alex Strick chooses and inclusive book to review each month: http://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/children/bookmark/book-of-the-month/
Hope it's ok to post these kind of links.
Just a note regarding an earlier comment on here: no one is bound to their wheelchair so the phrase wheelchair user is more appropriate. Don't take me mentioning this the wrong way, but if no one says anything, nothing will change.
September 11th, 2012 @ 9:14 am
I've just thought of some more good books:
September 12th, 2012 @ 1:17 am
And another – don't forget Jeanne Willis' Mole's Sunrise
September 12th, 2012 @ 2:59 pm
The German Wimmel-Bilderbüchern are very good at including characters from all aspects of life and society in their stories. Although non-verbal, the picture books provide a very good starting point to discuss children and adults with disability with the youngest readers.
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September 14th, 2012 @ 1:30 am
[…] 14th, 2012 · No Comments TweetOnce a month Playing By the Book has a call for books with a specific theme, and this month, in line with the Paralympics, the theme […]
September 14th, 2012 @ 2:00 am
Finally our list is up… it took us forever to settle on books!!! A wander through the library was not enough… we had to go back and choose again… because honestly a lot of books in this section were not that great… but we settled and finally got a list up for you!!! And thank you so much for creating this wonderful list of topics on your blog – love it!!!
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September 16th, 2012 @ 9:48 pm
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September 16th, 2012 @ 9:54 pm
I finally finished my post! Better late than never…
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September 17th, 2012 @ 4:56 am
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Jackie Small (@littlebookcase)
September 17th, 2012 @ 5:48 am
Hi Zoe,
I just wanted to let you know that I feel that this is such an important book list. I shared it as a featured post in this week's Children's Bookshelf round up.
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Sandy Brehl
September 30th, 2012 @ 1:56 pm
Hello, Zoe!
Back again to let you know how much I enjoy this conversation, and to add that I have a post on this topic this week titled Reinventing Friendships. It features picture books and middle grade books, an interview, and a give away (limited to US mailing, sad to say). I also have a page option with additional titles on this topic. I linked to your post at the end of mine.
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October 1st, 2012 @ 9:33 pm
Thanks so much for linking Sandy.
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Brenda Green
December 8th, 2014 @ 2:27 pm
Hi There
I have just finished reading to my son a Amazon Kindle book called 'Four Wheeled Hero' based around a young boy named Tommy who is wheelchair bound and his best mate Smithy. Every night I would read him one chapter before he went to bed, and he could hardly wait for bedtime to come to hear the next. The book is very funny as well as having a story line that keeps you glued to the book from start to finish. The reason why I have sent this note to you is the fact that I have never seen a book published where a child in a wheelchair is the hero of the day and as such would give that feel good feeling to any child in that situation who reads it, as it did my son. As a mother it was wonderful to see his face as we worked our way through the chapters, watching the enjoyment and excitement he showed as the two boys followed their quest. I have added a couple prints from the book that can explain it better than me
This is an Amazon Kindle Book and if anyone cannot afford to buy the Kindle Tablet then go onto the Amazon Kindle Book web page where you will find a free kindle app available to download onto PC's mobile phones etc. This app gives you all of the Kindle Tablet programme to allow you the get your copy of Four Wheeled Hero as well as thousands of other titles, some free of charge.
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After snapping ties with BJP, Nitish faces his toughest political battle ever
He was seen as Bihar's development man and a master of social engineering. But in the middle of the general elections, Modi holds the development plank, Lalu the Muslim vote, and Nitish finds himself alone, and at the wrong end of caste calculations. Has the arrow missed the mark?
Tyag tej tap bal se rakshit yah swatantrata, dukhi manujata ke hit arpit yah swatantrata/ ise mitane ki sazish karne walon se keh do, chingari ka khel bura hai (Sacrifice and penance sustain freedom, and this freedom is dedicated to humanity. Tell those who conspire to maul this freedom, don't play with fire)'.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar put this verse up on Facebook recently. The message was clear to those who read between the lines and even those who didn't, for these were from a poem written by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the former prime minister and conscience keeper of the BJP.
Few could have predicted this a year ago, that the man who once thought he had proved himself in Bihar would find himself with the most to prove in the state — least of all Nitish, who after taking the gamble of snapping ties with the BJP over Narendra Modi is facing his toughest political battle ever.
At a rally in Harnaut, a town in Nalanda district, a crowd is gathered on April 17 to hear the CM speak. It's a small venue, and this is Nitish's backyard. But the high school ground is only half full, with just about 3,000 people turning up. Nitish begins by reading out names of 20 party leaders and some mukhiyas, and moves on to talk about the improvement in law and order, the development he has brought to the state, and the 'special category' status he has planned for Bihar. "Vote for the pride of Nalanda and the progress of Bihar," he appeals as he garlands the JD(U) Nalanda candidate, Kaushlendra Kumar. The audience is listless — there are no cheers for JD(U), Kaushlendra or Nitish. Instead, two youths murmur "no, no, do not garland him".
Nitish senses the change. Instead of talking about himself and his development story, his campaigns, including his speeches, are now increasingly centred around his bete noire Modi and the BJP's "bayan bahadurs (tall claimants)". Even the JD(U)'s poll punchline, 'Abki baar karen vichar, sahi neeti sahi sarkar', sounds a lot like the BJP's 'Abki baar Modi sarkar'. However, even party insiders admit that the game plan may not work.
It was in June 2013 that Nitish pulled out of the NDA after the BJP declared Modi as its prime ministerial candidate, perhaps confident that if Modi was the "development man", continued…


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Adobe MUSE
MUSE—Another interesting and designer centric project/product from Adobe. I like the apparent ease of use and UI similarities with other other Adobe apps like InDesign. I'm not a huge fan of having to have your site hosted by Adobe.
"Design and publish HTML websites without writing code. Create websites as easily as you create layouts for print. You can design and publish original HTML pages to the latest web standards without writing code. Now in beta, Muse makes it a snap to produce unique, professional websites." via Adobe
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"I Want To Make A…" Poster Series for Canal +
I thought the flowcharts were pretty genius along with solid illustrations for each of the posters: Action, Horror, Animation, Porn and Short Film. Via I believe in advertising and ferembach.com.
Hotwheels Outdoor Billboard
A playful spin on outdoor advertising that makes the ad professional and the kid in me both say hell yea! via Adfreak and adverblog.
Web Typography: Educational Resources, Tools and Techniques
Smashing magazine collected and posted a fantastic and extensive overview of educational resources, tools, articles, techniques and showcases all related to web typography. Be sure to check out the full post.
Invitation Crush did a nice post on their blog about Jackie and Monte's letterpress wedding invites I designed. Always fun to see your work being appreciated by peers. You can see the post here and be sure to check out their site it has some amazing stuff on it. Big thanks to Invitation Crush for the post!
Lost World Fair's
A colleague turned me onto Lost World Fair's (thanks Emir), aside from the stunning illustrations and typography the site takes advantage of HTML 5, CSS3 and WOFF. If you look behind the curtain you'll notice that all the typography uses web fonts vs. images which makes the site all the more impressive. Now that IE9 is on board the web appears to be full steam ahead!
Lost World Fair's—Internet Explorer 9 now supports WOFF, and the Friends of Mighty have joined forces to explore typographic possibilities on the web.
25 Useful Videos and Presentations for Designers
Smashing Magazine has put together a great collection of interviews and presentations from design-related conferences and events from around the world. It gives those of us who are not able to attend a great opportunity to look, listen and absorb from all the fantastic speakers.
Below is a small sampling from their awesome post, be sure to check out all the interviews and presentations.
Interview With Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere
Speaker: Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere
Hoefler and Frere-Jones are American typeface designers. Here is a clip of them talking about everyone's favorite font in the documentary Helvetica.
Happy Design
Speaker: Stefan Sagmeister
Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister takes the audience on a whimsical journey through moments in his life that made him happy and notes how many of these moments had to do with good design.
Typographic Hierarchy
Speaker: Tony Pritchard
Typographic hierarchy is about analyzing textual information and prioritizing based on meaning. The designer determines the order in which the user views information through basic typographic techniques such as size, weight and position of type.
An Interview With Debbie Millman
Speaker: Debbie Millman
AIGA President Debbie Millman talks at AIGA Philly about the need for designers to embrace technology and how the AIGA can adapt to changes in the field through an active membership.
Amazing Street Photography
A nice reminder that life gives us unexpected moments and sometimes an illusion or two when we stop to look around. Street photography by Siegfried Hansen. via My Modern Met
YouTube Expendables Channel
Awesome…I believe that testosterone did infact mate with an explosion. Check it out.
Post-it: Grand Central Station Installation
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Syrian elite forces and more fighters from the Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah have been sent to reinforce government troops battling rebels in the strategic border town of Qusayr, activists report.
Government fighter jets launched early on Wednesday six air raids on the rebel-held areas of the town, Hadi al-Abdallah, an activist in Qusayr, told Al Jazeera, as clashes raged between forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and opposition fighters on several frontlines.
"Up to 40 tanks and 40 pick-up vehicles fitted with heavy machine guns were moving towards the town from Qalamoun [in Damascus province]. Rebels will try to foil their advance," Abdallah said.
Rami Abdul Rahman, of the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights network, said the latest reinforcements "indicate that the regime is gearing for a major offensive" on neighbourhoods in the north and west of the town still under rebel control.
"Despite the intense bombardment, the rebels are resisting fiercely," Abdul Rahman said.
Control of Qusayr is essential for the rebels as it is their principal transit point for weapons and fighters from across the border in Lebanon.
It is also strategic for the regime because it is located on the road linking Damascus with the Mediterranean coast, its rear base.
"If Qusayr was not strategic, the rebels would not be fighting to the death and the regime and Hezbollah would not have brought in their heavyweights," Abdul Rahman said.
Hezbollah involvement
Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran and is a close ally of Assad, sent almost 1,700 fighters to Qusayr more than a week ago to support the regime's assault on the rebel stronghold.
Initially Hezbollah said it wanted only to defend 13 Syrian villages along the border where Lebanese Shia Muslims live, and the Sayyeda Zeinab shrine near Damascus, which is revered by Shias around the world.
However, its fighters later encircled Qusayr as regime troops prepared for the launch of a fierce assault on the town that is home to 25,000 people.
The developments in Qusayr come as Assad's office said he was set to give an interview to Al-Manar, the television channel of Hezbollah, on Thursday.
The interview would be broadcast simultaneously on Syria's official television channels at 9pm local time (18:00 GMT), the president's office announced on its Facebook page.
Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's leader, has promised that his fighters would help deliver "victory" in the battle for Qusayr, seen as a potential game-changer in Syria's drawn-out civil war in which more than 94,000 people have died, according to the UN.
For his part, Salim Idriss, head of the supreme military council of the opposition Free Syrian Army, gave warning on Tuesday that if Hezbollah fighters did not stop their aggression in Syria within 24 hours, "we will take all measures to hunt [them], even in hell".
"I will no longer be bound by any commitments I made if a decision to stop the attacks ... is not taken and implemented," Idriss, a former Syrian army brigadier-general, said.
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Mid-Market Report: Best Practices for Tech Operations
Some are public, some are family run, some are owned by private equity firms. Their ranks include manufacturing companies, service providers and government contractors. They would seem to have more differences than similarities.
But from the perspective of their information-technology efforts, mid-market companies have more in common than not. Their I.T. budgets are usually limited. They're usually better at responding to immediate needs than formulating long-term strategy. They often let their technology systems evolve on a decentralized basis. This reduces their efficiency, increases the time staff has to spend putting out fires and can make their CIOs look ineffective and expendable. Some of these challenges were evident in an August survey by Ziff Davis Media's CIO Insight in which 51% of small-company I.T. professionals said they work in departments that are changing faster than ever before.
To learn how these companies are addressing their I.T. challenges, Baseline sought out two management experts and four CIOs currently working at midsize companiesthose with $200 million to $700 million in revenue and with about 100 to 2,500 employees. Here's a distillation of their best-practice advice for managing I.T. in a half-dozen areas.
1. IDENTIFY CORE PROCESSES Every company has at least one process that's central to how efficient it is across its businesses. For a brokerage firm, this might involve how it handles client data. For a cable provider, this might be how quickly the company gets new customers up and running and adds them to its billing system.
At defense company VSE Corp. (2005 sales: $280 million), the core process is purchasing from subcontractors. The Alexandria, Va.-based company retrofits Navy ships for sale to other countries, and often buys parts and labor from other companies en route to fulfilling a contract. But its bidding process, which must comply with federal regulations about the use of taxpayer money, has largely been done via paperwork. That is not efficient, says CIO David Chivers. If a bid gets lost, work has to be re-created. Even a simple delay in approval signatures can put a project behind schedule and force it over cost.
Six months ago, VSE decided to automate the bidding process and move it to a secure Web-based system. This will reduce the amount of time VSE has to spend making copies of different bids, gathering them into folders and sending them to the government agency that made the requisition. It will also reduce the likelihood of bids being lost altogetherthey'll be sitting on a server, accessible to the many parties involved in government work. VSE is paying TSA of Mechanicsburg, Pa., about $190,000 to provide consulting and build the system, which Chivers expects to roll out early in 2007. "This will help improve the efficiency of what we do," Chivers says.
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2. CENTRALIZE Decentralized decision-making is a corporate catch-phrase, but for small-company I.T. departments it can be a dangerous strategy. The gaming company Churchill Downs (2005 sales: $409 million) used to let each of its five racetracks and its television unit buy technology independently. As a result, its I.T. department ended up having to support three different operating-system platformsMicrosoft, Unix and Linuxand a half-dozen wide-area networks. Jay Rollins went about changing this after he joined Churchill Downs as vice president of information technology in June 2004. "We weren't really leveraging the size of the company on vendor management purchasing," he says.
Rollins standardized on two vendors: Microsoft for computing and Verizon for telecommunications. The Microsoft decision was strictly pragmatic: Microsoft expertise was readily available near Churchill Downs' home base of Louisville, Ky. The Verizon decision was more explicitly economic: By offering the company "a full book of business," Rollins was able to negotiate a discount and save about $600,000 a year.
Another mid-size company that has found a way to centralize I.T. is Installed Building Products, a privately held subcontractor that sells and installs insulation, garage doors and other products and has offices in 29 states. Every time Columbus, Ohio-based IBP buys another company, it inherits another computing environment. The acquired businesses generally aren't bigsome have as few as 20 employeesbut CIO Marty Luffy says, "You have the same set of problems you'd have at a big company, just on a different scale."
Unaddressed, the differences in systemsespecially for financial controlswould make it hard for top management to be certain how the company as a whole was doing. So every time IBP buys a new company, Luffy dispatches a team of two to three I.T. workers who install IBP's core database system (it's based on Microsoft SQL) and stay around to train the new company on using it.
Next page: Outsource When Possible
3. OUTSOURCE Getting outside firms to handle routine I.T. mattersthe help desk is one example; commodity infrastructure is anothercan be a great idea. It's a mistake, though, for midsize companies to entrust mission-critical I.T. work to outsiders. For one thing, firms in a position to provide affordable I.T. contract services to midsize companies may not have the skills to do complicated custom work. And sometimes their deficiencies aren't obvious until a project's completion date is frighteningly near.
Next page: Adopt New Technologies
4. ADOPT NEW TECHNOLOGIES Companies don't necessarily need an elaborate system for evaluating new technologies. The problem comes when they have no process at all. "I'm working with an insurance carrier in the $10 billion range that does not have a regular defined process for gathering business requirements," such as the design of a system or the number of users it will ultimately have to support, says consultant Chris Curran at Diamond Management and Technology Consultants. "It doesn't have to be fancy," he adds. "But you do need a standard process," whatever the company's size.
Dismayed by the babble of systems that resulted from his company's ad-hoc procurement approach, Churchill Downs CIO Rollins established a two-step process and a project management office to oversee it. In the first step, managers seeking new technology create a one-page document that explains the business benefitusually a productivity gain, revenue increase or cost savings. The projects that pass muster get evaluated by a management committee, which assigns a priority to projects it approves.
5. MANAGE THE BUDGET At big companies, it's standard operating procedure for a CIO to sit down with the chief executive or chief operating officer and discuss the I.T. budget for the coming year. The same thing should happen at midsize companies, according to Curran. Cost-plus budgetingin which the chief financial officer calculates a percentage increase over the previous year and "just hands the head I.T. guy his budget"is a bad sign. While that calculation needs to be done, it is insufficient without a separate bottom-up analysis, Curran says.
CIOs should also have the discipline to do periodic checks of their I.T. budgets during the year, perhaps on a quarterly basis. The point is not just to see whether expenses are under control. It's also to determine if modifications are needed to support new needs that have arisen on the business side.
"At the end of the day, I.T. is a support organization," says Gabrielle Wolfson, CIO of $433 million (2005 sales) Par Pharmaceutical in Spring Valley, N.Y. "You try to work up front, but nothing is perfect."
6. JUST SAY NO Information technology at medium-sized companies may be primarily a support function, as Wolfson says, but that doesn't mean "Yes, we can" is always the right answer. Jeanne Ross, principal research scientist at MIT's Center for Information Systems Research, recalls how the incoming CIO of a consumer products company once objected to the decision to plow ahead with a global human-resources system. "He said, 'Who's going to take blame for this if it fails?' They said, 'You.' He was able to push back," Ross says. "CIOs have to be savvy enough to say, 'I can't take responsibility for that.'"
Of course, as with a lot of situations in business, you also need to be savvy about how you say something isn't going to happen. "The ability to say no or to force management to prioritize is important to the well-being of the staff and the CIO in particular," agrees Luffy of Installed Building Products. "But you have to have done enough for them so that when you do say, 'Wait a minute,' they'll listen."Staff">
Business Smarts Help Tech Staff
There is so much hands-on technical work at a medium-sized company that you'd be crazy to join its tech department without being well-versed in Microsoft software, BlackBerry support and Internet security. But if technical know-how is a prerequisite, an ability to understand business is increasingly the key to getting ahead.
Nowhere is this more obvious than at Par Pharmaceutical, a drugmaker in the process of adding branded prescription drugs to its lineup of generics. While business-I.T. dialogues are limited to a few high-level executives at many medium-sized companies, at Par such conversations are now part of the job description of many I.T. workers.
Since joining Par four years ago, chief information officer Gabrielle Wolfson has been increasing the I.T. department's use of such staff, whom she calls business analysts. "It could be someone who has been in purchasing for 10 years, or a CPA who decides to go into technology," she says.
About one-third of the 30 I.T. staffers at Par now have the title of either business analyst or systems analyst. Wolfson expects that percentage to rise, helped by a jump in the quality of commercial software that's letting I.T. focus on deployment, rather than immerse itself in development.
In the past, Wolfson says, a manager in Par's procurement department might go to I.T. with a request. While the request might have made sense from the individual manager's perspective, it didn't take account of the whole "procure to pay" process at Parwhich flows through not only procurement but also raw materials, inventory, the manufacturing resource planning system and accounts payable. Now, before Par's I.T. department develops a solution to a problem, a business analyst assembles managers in all of those areas. "In many cases, we end up with a solution that may not even include technology," Wolfson says.
Par may be unusual among midsize companies in the complexity of its businessand the systems needed to manage them. In addition to running laboratory management and enterprise resource planning programs, the $433 million company also expects to implement a sales-force automation system to support its expansion into branded drugs. Last year, Par, based in Spring Valley, N.Y., got approval for Megace ES, a drug that combats weight loss from conditions like anorexia and AIDS.
Still, the imperative for I.T. workers to understand business as well as technology isn't limited to any particular sector. "It's going to apply in all industries," says Wolfson, a former PricewaterhouseCoopers consultant. "I've seen it."
And it may be that a company like Par offers the best chance for young technologists to see how well they can span the disciplines. According to Jeanne Ross, principal research scientist at MIT's Center for Information Systems Research, "The great thing about smaller companies is that a person could get their arms around the business with less experience."


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6 Things That Will Be Better When Cars Drive Themselves
When pundits, politicians, and performance-vehicle enthusiasts decry the coming of the autonomous car, they dwell on the creepingand at times creepycessation of human control. Surely Christine, brain atrophy, and the Singularity are soon to follow. But as a professional car tester, I spend much of my time behind the wheel wishing that the majority of our nation's drivers were replaced by a series of complex algorithms. (Full disclosure: I've always rooted for the Decepticons.)
By Brett Berk
Car Insurance
Think back to your last engagement with the mandatory extortion racket known as the insurance industry. Now imagine that the next time the adjuster puts you on endless hold or provides a ludicrously lowball repair quote, you can tell him to speak to your black box. We just need to figure out who's at fault if two driving machines get into a fender bender.
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Pool Corporation Reports First Quarter Results And Affirms 2013 Earnings Guidance Of $2.13 To $2.23
COVINGTON, La., April 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pool Corporation (Nasdaq:POOL) today reported results for the first quarter of 2013.
"As anticipated, 2013 started with a more normalized onset to the season versus 2012, which impacted both sales and margins. We realized sales growth despite one less selling day and the tough comparison, given last year's unusually mild winter. We were also able to maintain good pricing discipline and expense management," said Manuel Perez de la Mesa, President and CEO.
Net sales for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 increased 2% to $370.4 million, compared to $362.0 million in the first quarter of 2012. Sales in the first quarter of last year benefited from record warm temperatures across the Northeast and Midwest, which prompted an earlier than normal start to the 2012 season. This shift contributed to sales growth of 16% in the first quarter of 2012 over the first quarter of 2011. Base business sales were up 2% in the first three months of 2013. The impact of weather on our first quarter results is evidenced by growth of approximately 10% in our largest year-round markets while our more seasonal markets experienced declines of close to 10%. Sales on the irrigation side of the business were up 14% due in part to the gradual recovery of the housing market in some of our key states.Gross profit for the first quarter of 2013 was essentially flat at $104.8 million. Gross profit as a percentage of net sales (gross margin) declined 60 basis points to 28.3% in the first quarter of 2013. This decrease is primarily due to unfavorable product mix as well as competitive pricing pressures. As a result of the slower start to the 2013 season, geographic regions with generally higher margins experienced a proportionally smaller share of our total sales.
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UPDATE: I just had a long chat with my friend Chuck Sapienza, Director of Programming for ESPN980. He outlined the situation and this is my take:
ESPN980 is trying to pay the bills. Media is fragmenting and getting a larger share, in order to charge more for ads, is very important.
Online listening, to put it mildly, doesn't pay the bills. So the station is attempting to make a move that will help generate revenue that will keep the programs on-air.
The problem isn't with the station – it's with the radio industry as a whole which has, to this point, given VERY little value to the online audience. And advertisers like buying ads in local markets. Sorry, Internet Listeners, you don't count nearly as much as a listener in the station's local market. It sucks and it's unfair…but there is no real alternative.
So instead of trashing the station and Chuck, let's use this space to come up with solutions. What's your suggestion?
I spent a massive chunk of my career working in the sports and entertainment PR world before shifting into purely digital over the last few years.
What few people know is that upon college graduation, I weighed two job offers: one with a PR company and one with the entity that is now ESPN980 in Washington, DC.
Sports radio was – and still is – a passion of mine…just not something I want to do for a living. I've got boxes full of tapes from my college broadcasting career, if you're interested!
And over my sports PR career, I loved working with the folks at SportsTalk 980, which was purchased by Red Zebra Broadcasting and rebranded as ESPN980 a few years back. Absolutely loved it.
Now, it pains me to see them delaying their podcasts by 24 hours, as discussed by Dan Steinberg's Washington Post Sports Bog. As stated above, they HAVE to try something different.
The station's director of programming, Chuck Sapienza (whom I've worked with and talked to countless times and really, really, really like and still do after our conversation today), cited the need to keep the focus on their core product – radio. The radio station supports the podcasts, so everything should be done to protect it.
It appears to be a money decision, as anything that could increase live radio listening is a positive and anything that reduces live radio listening is a negative. This is because radio stations set their billing rates by Arbitron ratings, that don't count podcasts. Yes. This is the heart of the matter.
That makes sense.
However, this is where the
station industry needs to evolve.
We are in a media age where people want infotainment (and if sports radio isn't infotainment, I don't know what is) on-demand. We want what we want when we want it, not a moment sooner or a moment later. Let's also remember that in the digital age, radio has gone from hyper-local to global. Content rules all.
The station's line-up features the nationally-popular Tony Kornheiser. And people want to listen to Tony.
Thankfully, technology makes these demands completely realistic.
What the station appears to be doing is attempting to turn back time to a point where you HAD to listen to the radio live. True. Because the podcasts, and ads generated from podcasts, aren't paying the bills.
But those days are over.
People's listening habits have irrevocably changed.
Delaying podcasts of popular shows won't increase the audience. People listen to podcasts to time-shift. They are at work, meetings, appointments, vacations, whatever and CAN'T listen live. Or people outside the media market tune-in because they just like your programming. Downloading a podcast allows them to consume the programming you want them to consume at a time when they can consume it.
One would hope that a media outlet would find a way to capitalize on this advancement.
ESPN980 The radio industry, sadly, is just shunning it.
Here are just a few ways that a radio station could take advantage of podcasting:
– Sell more expensive ads on the web page where the podcasts can be downloaded.
Have exclusive online-only ads. Thanks to federal guidelines, this doesn't seem too feasible.
– Sell naming rights for the podcast. ("The Joe Smith Podcast Presented by [Brand X]")
- Set-up audio pre-rolls before popular podcasts begin. See above.
– Create a podcast-only branded segment heard at the end of the show.
My basic point is this: We are not going to get any LESS digital. Radio stations will need to diversify their "core product" in order to survive.
ESPN980 the radio industry seems to be thinking backwards instead of forwards.


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"Fighter of the Decade" Manny Pacquiao was supposed to start his up-tempo grind for his much-awaited rematch against WBO welterweight champion Timothy "Desert Storm" Bradley at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 12, but the eight division champion was hit by jet lag and was forced to skip working out at the Wild Card Gym of trainer Freddie Roach yesterday.
Pacquiao's adviser Michael Koncz told the Manila Standard that Pacquiao who reunited with former strength and conditioning coach Justin Fortune and one-time heavyweight contender who fought champion Lennox Lewis "ran this morning (at Griffith Park in Los Angeles) and has been sleeping the rest of the day" after jetlag hit him.
Pacquiao is expected to buckle down to business on Tuesday (LA Time) which is normally set aside as a day for sparring.
Roach who was pleased with Pacquiao's condition when he spent two weeks with him in GenSan indicated that "the real business begins on Monday at Wild Card" pointing out that he had lined up some "great sparring waiting for Manny" but it had to be pushed back by a day.
Among those Roach has picked are former world junior welterweight champion Kendall Holt, former lightweight champion Steve Forbes and Speedy Gonzales.
Roach told the Manila Standard that Holt who lost his title to reigning welterweight champion Timothy "Desert Storm" Bradley despite dropping Bradley once in the opening round and once in the last round "likes to sometimes engage and will give us the power."
Speedy Gonzales, as his name implies will be there to hone Pacquiao's already potent hand-speed while Forbes will provide Manny "the best look as a boxer besides being an intelligent fighter."
Roach made it clear that Pacquiao "wants that title back and if Bradley thinks he's going to see the same compassionate Manny he saw the first time they fought, he is in for a very big surprise."
Pacquiao told us he is focused on the task ahead and is "determined to bring back the aggressiveness and perfect my timing, speed and movement."
With a month to go before his eagerly awaited rematch with Bradley, Pacquiao said "what I am trying to do this time around is to bring back the young Manny Pacquiao to prove that I am still young, an elite fighter and my time is not done yet."
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Dáil Éireann - Volume 586 - 27 May, 2004
Written Answers - Citizenship Referendum.
Mr. F. McGrath Mr. F. McGrath
199. Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the need for a referendum on citizenship when only 1% of newly born babies countrywide in 2003 were born to women who were non-Irish nationals out of a total of 60,000 babies born in Irish hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16058/04]
Mr. McDowell Mr. McDowell
Mr. McDowell: I cannot accept that the contention implicit in the Deputy's question has any basis in fact. If it were true, the total figure for births to non-nationals in the State in 2003 would be 600 but the number of births to non-nationals for 2003 in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, alone exceeds that figure by 88. The total figure for births to non-nationals in Dublin maternity hospitals for 2003 is 5,471.
The referendum on citizenship arises from the need to eliminate an aspect of our law that exposes Irish citizenship to abuse. I have outlined the circumstances of that abuse in my contributions to the Dáil and Seanad during the debates on the Twenty Seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004. In summary, the abuse comes about by virtue of the fact that under the law as it stands, it is possible for someone who has no connection with Ireland to arrange their affairs so as to give birth to a child in Ireland, whereupon that child acquires an entitlement to Irish citizenship. This is not acceptable to me nor, in my view, to the Irish people at large.
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This new set of spy shots indicates that the Transit Connect will borrow liberally from the front end of the Fiesta, with headlights and grille both mimicking that fetching small car. Around back you'd be hard pressed not to notice the thinner, longer rear lighting elements, which appear both sleek and modern even in this heavily cladded context.
The Ford prototype in question makes use of a one-piece tailgate that is hinged on the roof, though we'd expect that the side-hinged double rear doors of the current model will still be available.
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Stylish rooms, great roof top bar, excellent food in the restaurant.
Bags were left unattended for a few hours while the room was being made ready.
Everything! :)
Nothing :)
The corner room at the 8th floor was really nice. The staff and specially the valet guys were top of things. Great bed. Room were bigger and nicer than it seemed in the photos.
One night had to wait in the lobby burger bar food like 45 minutes even there were only me and one other customer. They claimed that room service jammed the kitchen, but still…
Location in down town LA is great
Parking situation is not acceptable.
Roof top pool bar/club. Restaurant food and service. Super Wi-fi. Modern spacious rooms
This hotel is fantastic! I booked it on a whim to celebrate my birthday and the staff went absolutely overboard to make me feel special. They sent fruit and champagne to my room. Upgraded me to a larger corner room and comped all my guests attending the rooftop bar. Because of an apartment renovation I have been staying in a lot of hotels lately, and NO ONE has bent over backwards to make me feel welcome the way that The Standard did. I really felt special.
Parking is outrageousssssss.
walked to LA music center sat night - rooftop pool all to myself sunday morning!
nice pool party
pool a bit dirty the day after
The staff are very helpful and prompt. The room area and layout is great and very comfortable.
Like in all US toilets, no bidet!
Amazing service--friendly, helpful, smiling, and charming young people. The desk staff helped me in many ways--one of them even emailed a paper I needed to his own email address and printed the missing pages for me after I had trouble getting all of it printed at the business center! Valet parking attendants were also very helpful and nice to talk to. I think I was the oldest person there as it is a hot spot for young hipsters, but I enjoyed the scene and felt welcome. (I am a Mom in her 60s). I swam in the heated infinity pool in the early morning and had it all to myself with an amazing roof top view of LA--the night before the roof was wall to wall with young people hanging out together. I highly recommend the crispy poached egg with spinach, lardons, and grits for breakfast--the waiter told me it was a new dish and wanted to know how I liked it--it was delicious!
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you have to open the door for other ppl coming into your room. the key won't work if someones already inside the room.
Friendly accommodating staff especially valet attendents and restaurant staff, impeccably clean guest room, liked minimalist scheme in guest rooms, food was of high quality and reasonably priced.
Had to ascend stairs/carry bags up stairs from valet parking area to lobby, noisy due to nightlife in hotel even during middle of the week, poor lighting in bathroom, no body lotion provided, shampoo and conditioner were of poor quality, no tissues in room, retro-hip theme was overdone
We loved the roof top pool complete with beer garden- party the night away surrounded by incredible views of LA! Room was spotless and staff very helpful and friendly.
Price was a little steep for us but you get what you pay for. The showers were interesting!
Restaurants in Los Angeles (staff is professional). Convenient location downtown L.A.. Check out 7th&Fig newest "shopping" destination.
To any visitor headed to this Hotel location over the age of 25 yrs. old. Really should be offered AARP membership stay/package! The Standard is for a younger travelers choosing either Las Vegas or Los Angeles. Very South Beach.
We had a big,nice room with really nice view!the staff were so friendly!!!
The roofbar close early.
Very relax environment. Great rooms, excellent views from the room & rooftop, club only played 80's music
Restaurant left a lil to be desired, bad experience with room service, club only plays 80's music no exceptions.
Nice clean modern minimalistic rooms. Location. Rooftop bar is nice.
Good for party. Not good for vacation and long sleep.
Its a great hotel with different options to do at night time.
Room was to small and I did not like the se thru shower. Also I purposely got the hotel for the roof top pool. Well, I never got to enjoy the pool. There was always at least 60 people that were not even staying at the hotel there and drunk. So needless to say I did not get to enjoy the pool.
Staff was friendly and accommodating. Super easy to take a cab. Location is great for city people used to public transportation. Cool vibe. Always something going on.
Can be a bit loud at night. Wi-fi was slow; you have to pay for a speedier connection.
Location Wifi Contemporary design
Dirty, smelly corridors Badly cleaned rooms Playground for loud, pot smoking partykids Inefficient elevator system
The place is great with a rooftop bar, 24/7 restaurant, people who work there are really nice
The bathroom walls are made of glass!!! I went with my sister and one had to leave the room so the other could shower with some privacy
Staff was super friendly. Location is perfect.
Gym could be upgraded. Some of the machines were not working. Quiet floors are not so quiet on the weekend. Can only see the tv when laying in bed!
Pool in the Roof was dirty
very quick elevators. breakfast in the yellow restaurant was excellent for food and service.
The room smelled like the inside of a gym bag. The rooftop area was a poser-fest. My client wanted to meet at the beer garden but it was repeatedly closed for unannounced private parties.
Staff was pleasant
Hotel was just average. Nothing special
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This example illustrates how to take help from any other text file which is
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Zapata's Place slugs the front of its menu with this slogan: "The First Authentic Mexican Gourmet Food in Florida." That's a pretty bold claim for this North Miami newcomer to make. Surely somewhere in Florida there's an honest-to-goodness gourmet Mexican eatery that has been in business for more than six months. The owners of Las Puertas in Coral Gables, for instance, might take issue with the assertion.
Which is not to say that Zapata's owner Miguel Chibras, a Mexico City native, has erred completely in his evaluation. The restaurant is Mexican. And chef Gerardo Ponce, who has manned the stoves at various Miami Mexican restaurants (including Las Puertas) since 1979, is ambitious, if not always entirely successful.
Ambition meshes nicely with a touch of elegance in this handsome 75-seat restaurant, the former site of the North Dade branch of Darbar, which cleared out of the space last summer and is now back to a single (Coral Gables) location. The walls are decorated with Mexican paintings, the tables dressed with maroon linens (inherited from Darbar) and heavy silver chargers that come in handy to catch stray drips of chunky tomato salsa and pinto bean dip that slide off the freshly fried tortilla chips served gratis before the meal. A handy assortment of Mexican beers -- Bohemia, Carta Blanca, Simpatico, Tecate, and Chihuahua -- complements these munchies.
The beans, served warm and spiced with jalapenos, cilantro, garlic, vinegar, and melted cheddar cheese, put us in the mood for a cup of fish soup, a special offered on the night we visited. The soup was well stocked, with an abundance of onions, carrots, celery, and potatoes, but it was as briny as Biscayne Bay. Chunks of snapper were welcomingly mild but could not entirely sweeten the salt. For the summer-sensitive, a serving of refreshing (if slightly celery-heavy) gazpacho is an option. Even better, though, is the house salad, made with spinach and tossed with crumbled bacon and pine nuts. A Mexified version of Thousand Island dressing -- ketchup and mayonnaise spiked with garlic and cilantro -- coated the gently curled leaves.
The season is just right for avocados, a fruit that was showcased to great advantage in a creamy guacamole, embroidered with cilantro and tomato, that adorned an order of mini-quesadillas. Each of the three crunchy corn triangles, more maxi than mini, boasted a different filling: cheese, cheese and chopped mushroom, and cheese and ground beef. An intense pureed tomato sauce was drizzled over the pressed tortilla sandwiches, adding spark but not sog to a finely rendered dish.
Cazuelitas fondue was misleading but tasty: Though warm and melty, the "fondue" comprised ropes of cheese with a mozzarellalike consistency, best enjoyed rolled in the flour tortillas perched alongside. Made with Chihuahua cheese (what Chibras calls the "American cheese of Mexico"), the appetizer was divided between two bowls, one topped with mushrooms, the other with bits of pungent chorizo.
Soft flour tortillas provided the starchy bases for generous beef tacos. Three overstuffed tubes contained cubes of steak that had been marinated and grilled. A trifle dry, the beef was tasty nonetheless, and an oniony pico de gallo added some moisture. More guacamole and bland refried beans completed this main course.
Another meaty entree, carne a la tampique*a, proved far superior. -- flank steak had been butterflied, then rolled around a filling of sauteed peppers, tomatoes, onions, and ham. The whole delicious concoction, which had been wrapped in bacon to keep it juicy while it grilled, was doused with a sauce made of the same vegetables as the stuffing. Though salty by virtue of its ingredients, this dish wasn't inordinately so. Three different rices -- colored with herbs and spices to resemble the Mexican flag -- guacamole, and refried beans rimmed the rolled beef.
Grilled fillet of red snapper, an Ixtapan dish, was a hefty specimen, thick and flaky. Unfortunately, a bath of lime juice and herbs didn't do much to tenderize it; the fish was as chewy as oft-maligned mutton snapper. The ribbons of rice (as above) were largely flavorless despite their optimistic hues, but the wonderful avocado relish garnishing the fish did some salvage work.
One of owner Chibras's goals is to dish up fare that's more creative than run-of-the mill Mexican offerings. To that end, he has introduced nightly specials of the ilk Laura Esquivel describes with such passion in Like Water for Chocolate. We tried a quail dish that highlighted rose petals and cranberries, combining them in a brilliant and tangy sauce. Too bad the pallid pair of quail weren't as expertly done. The tiny birds were stretched out on a bed of shredded, flash-fried leeks, looking like frogs on an unruly bale of hay. Despite having been grilled, the skins were soft and unappetizing, the flesh stringy and tough. A molded scoop of mashed potatoes was equally lifeless.
The list of sweets -- flan and arroz con leche -- was as limited as one might expect from a Mexican restaurant. Sometimes you just aren't in the mood for flan. But the cafes mexicanos we ordered were dessert enough, foamy and sweet. Tilting back one last chilled Bohemia would have made a pleasant cap to this satisfying meal, as well, and it would have been an opportunity to toast another of Zapata's slogans, this one printed on the back of the menu: "There are no strangers here, only friends that haven't met."
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- 1Nov 17, '12 by nursedanny614I am riding on my connections. My mother knows people who know ceo's, cfo's, cno's etc. I am hoping that works. My resume and cover letter were just sent to a recruiter on friday so I am keeping my fingers crossed.
- 0Nov 18, '12 by Emilynn09If you have no reason that is anchoring you to where you live now, I would search for states that are in most need of nurses and start applying outside of your state. You need to get experience some how, and maybe moving out of state and living in somewhere remote for a year or two might get you the experience you need. There is A LOT to be learned at a rural hospital. I spent my first year as a nurse in a rural hospital and I learned SO MUCH. It may not be fancy and full of technology, but you will learn and that's going to be the way to get to where you want to be some day. If you are open to it, I would also consider finding employment outside of the hospital setting. Maybe you might like home health, school nursing, long term care, case management, a doctor's office or surgery center. Open your mind, and think outside the box. You CAN get a job, you just have to be open minded about experiences.
- 0Nov 19, '12 by nursedanny614Yeah I am looking into doctor's offices too.
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Jim Cramer: Apple's cursed right now. I was joking this morning with Squawk on the Street, they can announce a better than expected earnings, double the dividend, big buyback, split one to ten. And it doesn't matter what they do. People don't like Apple right now. It's over-owned. That said, this is a Nokia (NOK)-killer. Nokia's owned that market. By the way, Intel's (INTC)trying to be in that market in the white-label low-end phone. You want to offer something to China? You need an inexpensive phone. You want to blunt Samsung (SSNLF)? You get a better system that works with European telcos, and you have an inexpensive phone. You want to cover the Waterfront? You want to own every single market, and Apple has to do this. Once again, this is not the "Oh whim-Jim looking for the thing from Apple that just dazzles."
I have a mini iPad, I really like it, but it's not enough to be able to do the trick. Apple, in order to get out of the funk, it has to break down technically, it has to get rid of all the people who don't understand that Apple is no longer going to be able to grow 30, 40 percent, and then when it introduces something like a low-end phone, we want to buy it, instead of just thinking, "Well, time to sell Nokia back, too."
Debra Borchardt: Don't you also feel that Apple has too many products on the market right now? It used to be that Apple only had a small number of products. That made them unique and special. You go into Wal-Mart (WMT)now, there's Nanos, there's Shuffles. It's so many things that they just don't even need anymore.Jim Cramer: That's a good point. Debra Borchardt: And no one's buying it. It seems like if they culled their product line down, it makes them special again. And it feels like a cheap iPhone is not special.
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