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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This book was a dichotomy. I simultaneously found it enlightening & trite, engrossing but unevenly paced, enlightening & bewildering. It was so hard to care about the protagonist. I was mostly hooked because I cared about the backround-the culture, the setting, the history. So I liked it but am not sure I could recommend it. The Very very best book of my reading in 2014. Excellent!!! READ IN DUTCH I liked reading The Kite Runner. It's about a world I didn't know much about earlier. When I read this, I found out all kinds of new things, which made me understand some things I heard better. I liked the story line. First it's all peaceful but in the end your are reading a thriller. Definitely! I would recommend this book to anyone. It's one of those books you should have read! Just an outstanding book - thoroughly enjoyed it A concise but lyrical prose takes us through a morally complex tale of guilt, betrayal, loyalty and love, as a man struggles to find redemption in an unjust world. Although the book begins in Afghanistan, the fabric of emotional pitfalls and successes are universal themes that transcend the outward differences of individual cultures, and demonstrate the commonality of the human spirit. The story is touching and poignant, the narrator disconcertingly candid, and there are some moments of suspenseful confrontation. The cross-cultural differences between life in Afghanistan and that in America are also highlighted. Hosseini shows himself to be a writer of vision and sensitivity. I enjoyed reading this book.
The Kite Runner begins in Afghanistan with a boy named Amir and his father living happy but after the threat of Soviet forces they flee to America then soon after in the book, Amir's father dies. Later on in the story Amir is wedded to his wife but then he is called upon by his fathers old friend to return to Afghanistan and then later on he ends up saving a boy, the son of a child hood friend, named Sohrab and that gives Amir his redemption The Kite Runner is about the price of peace, both personal and political, and what we knowingly destroy in our hope of achieving that, be it friends, democracy or ourselves. At times, the book suffers from relentless earnestness and somewhat hackneyed descriptions. But Hosseini has a remarkable ability to imprison the reader in horrific, shatteringly immediate scenes... The result is a sickening sensation of complicity. This powerful first novel, by an Afghan physician now living in California, tells a story of fierce cruelty and fierce yet redeeming love. Is contained inHas as a teacher's guide
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0747566534, Paperback)In his debut novel, The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini accomplishes what very few contemporary novelists are able to do. He manages to provide an educational and eye-opening account of a country's political turmoil--in this case, Afghanistan--while also developing characters whose heartbreaking struggles and emotional triumphs resonate with readers long after the last page has been turned over. And he does this on his first try.The Kite Runner follows the story of Amir, the privileged son of a wealthy businessman in Kabul, and Hassan, the son of Amir's father's servant. As children in the relatively stable Afghanistan of the early 1970s, the boys are inseparable. They spend idyllic days running kites and telling stories of mystical places and powerful warriors until an unspeakable event changes the nature of their relationship forever, and eventually cements their bond in ways neither boy could have ever predicted. Even after Amir and his father flee to America, Amir remains haunted by his cowardly actions and disloyalty. In part, it is these demons and the sometimes impossible quest for forgiveness that bring him back to his war-torn native land after it comes under Taliban rule. ("...I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.") Some of the plot's turns and twists may be somewhat implausible, but Hosseini has created characters that seem so real that one almost forgets that The Kite Runner is a novel and not a memoir. At a time when Afghanistan has been thrust into the forefront of America's collective consciousness ("people sipping lattes at Starbucks were talking about the battle for Kunduz"), Hosseini offers an honest, sometimes tragic, sometimes funny, but always heartfelt view of a fascinating land. Perhaps the only true flaw in this extraordinary novel is that it ends all too soon. --Gisele Toueg (retrieved from Amazon Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:22:43 -0400) An epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, that takes us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the atrocities of the present. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption, and it is also about the power of fathers over sons-their love, their sacrifices, their lies.… (more) |
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Tuesday, March 3, 2015 We have news of a house fire in Raleigh County.According to Raleigh County Dispatch the call in of a house fire at 7:07 a.m. Monday morning at 144 Deweese Court Pemberton, West Virginia.As of 9 o'clock Monday morning the fire was still active. Coal City Fire Department, Sophia Area and Sophia City Fire Department and Best Ambulance Service all responded. A firefighter suffered smoke inhalation and was taken to the hospital for treatment.
Monday, March 2, 2015 We regret to pass on to you that a Paramedic was killed in the Line of Duty while operating at the scene of a crash in Cambria County. It happened along Menoher Boulevard in Upper Yoder Township. 38-year-old West End Ambulance Paramedic Janice Livingston, of Johnstown was working the scene after two earlier crashes when a coal truck came around a curve on an icy road and essentially ran through the crash scene---PM Livingston died of multiple traumatic injuries.Apparently there were three different crashes, and in the third one, Paramedic Livingston was killed in the Line of Duty when a coal truck slammed into her.We'll post more as it becomes available. Our condolences to all affected. RIP.
Monday, March 2, 2015 Highway 61, near Highway P, in St. Charles County has reopened after a crash victim committed suicide.According to the Wentzville Police Department, a man's vehicle ran off the road into a tree line after being involved in an accident. An off duty firefighter ran to the man's vehicle to help, but the man told the firefighter to leave.As the firefighter was walking away, he heard a gunshot come from the vehicle and called police.This story is developing and will be updated when more information is available.
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Sunday, March 1, 2015 A home caught fire on Saturday night at the 9700 block of Carr Circle in Westminster.While inside, the roof of the house collapsed and Westminster firefighters were vacated from the building, Diana Wilson told FOX31 Denver.After nearly an hour of getting the fire under control, the fire was finally put out as of 9:30 p.m. Saturday.The residents were not inside at the time of the fire. No firefighters or residents were harmed in this fire.There is no confirmed cause of the fire, at this point.
Sunday, March 1, 2015 Firefighters rescued a man who had passed out in the midst of a raging fire on Dickerman Street late Saturday night.The rescued man, as well as a firefighter, ended up in the Connecticut Burn Center with serious injuries.The fire call came in at 11:56 p.m. Saturday. It was the city's fire of the day. (An earlier fire displaced 65 tenants of a group home on Howard Avenue; another minor fire occurred on Sheffield Avenue.)Firefighters arrived at 64 Dickerman to find the two-story house in flames.Three people lived in the 95-year-old house: A man occupied one floor, his ex-wife and child another.The woman and child had made it out of the house. The man was still inside.Battling flames and smoke, three firefighters from Engine 4 headed up the back staircase to look for him. One of the trio, Patrick Grant, worked the house to clear a path. The other two, Lt. Rob Celentano and Leon Brown, found the trapped man lying by a window ... [ more ]
Saturday, February 28, 2015 Two people were taken to hospitals Wednesday when a passenger car and fire truck collided at an intersection in south Snohomish County.A Mountlake Terrace woman, 91, was transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle where she was listed in serious condition in the intensive care unit on Thursday. She was driving a 1990 Volvo.The firefighter driving the Snohomish County Fire District 1 Spartan pumper truck was transported to Providence Regional Medical Center Everett. He is 54 and from Brier. He was treated and released. His three firefighter passengers were not injured but were given precautionary medical examinations.The fire truck was headed west on 228th Street SW in Mountlake Terrace with its emergency lights and sirens activated, according to a Washington State Patrol memo.The Volvo was southbound on 44th Avenue W when it entered the intersection against a red light and was struck by the fire truck, the State Patrol reported.Fire District 1 battalion chief Jerry She... [ more ]
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Saturday, February 28, 2015 A Leon County grand jury criticized the Consolidated Dispatch Agency in its performance in three high profile shootings.Grand jurors reviewed several calls from the Dan Markel murder case, the FSU Strozier Library shooting and the Caracus Court shoot-out.The harshest criticism was aimed at dispatchers for the incident at Caracus Court, in which Sheriff Deputy Chris Smith was killed by gun-man Curtis Wade Holley."Had this information been relayed (critical officer safety information) , the first responders would have addressed the call very differently and the life of Deputy Smith likely would have been spared."The grand jury blasted the CDA's handling of a Strozier Library victim's call. The wounded caller was placed on hold so that that person could be transferred to FSU dispatch."In reference to the Strozier Library incident, we find that the procedure allowed a victim who had been shot to be placed on hold while the call-taker tried to transfer the call, i... [ more ]
Saturday, February 28, 2015 A fire truck was stolen in Commerce Township on Friday. We're told a man took it from a station on Commerce Road. "The firefighter who discovered it missing put it over the air right away, we were very lucky to have our aviation unit close," said Sgt. Lloyd Lacey of the Oakland County Sheriff's Office.The fire rescue truck was found at Huron Valley Hospital Friday afternoon.Authorities could later be seen questioning someone and placing them in a squad car.We're told the suspect is in his late 20s or early 30s and is likely to face charges for auto theft.
Saturday, February 28, 2015 Four firefighters have been taken to hospital as a precaution after a shipping container containing insect repellent caught fire in west Auckland this afternoon.Northern Fire Communications shift manager Jaron Phillips said the insect repellent contained the chemical dimethyl phthalate, but it is not known whether the firefighters were affected by it or were suffering from heat exhaustion when they were taken by ambulance to North Shore Hospital.Exposure to dimethyl phthalate can irritate the eyes, nose and throat, according to the United States' Environmental Protection Agency.The shipping container caught fire after a controlled rubbish fire on Deacon Rd, in the suburb of Riverhead, went wrong about 3pm. No properties were at risk and more than two dozen firefighters had the fire under control by 6.30pm.
Saturday, February 28, 2015 Active and retired FDNY members gathered at Headquarters on Feb. 27 to mark the 40th anniversary of the Telephone Company fire."This fire reminds us all of the real dangers of the job," said Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro, who was among the firefighters who responded to the fire.Chief of Department James Leonard, whose father worked as a switch operator, said "I've never seen smoke like that, conditions were brutal. It tested the skills, training and ability of all members responding that day."The FDNY was called Second Avenue and 13th Street at 12:25 a.m. on Feb. 27, 1975.The fire was at the New York Telephone Company's main switching centers, housed in an 11-story building constructed in 1924. It started in a large cable vault located in the cellar that contained 488 telephone cables, with anywhere from 400 to 2,700 pairs of lines and covered in either lead or polyethylene.Firefighters encountered numerous structural obst... [ more ]
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Saturday, February 28, 2015 Things got a little hot for a probie in Brooklyn yesterday morning. Snyder Island E-310/L-174 responded 1st Due to a fire at 334 East 55 Street off Snyder Ave. The injuries sustained weren't serious, everyone eventually went home.
Friday, February 27, 2015 An Estero Fire Rescue truck on the way to a call collided with a car Friday morning.Firefighters say Ladder 41 had its lights & siren on when it was hit by a gold Lexus at the intersection of Three Oaks and Estero parkways just after 10 a.m.No one was injured.Firefighters gave the driver, who was cited by deputies for failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, a ride home after their car was towed.The engine was driven back to the station and will later be towed to a shop for repairs if needed.
Friday, February 27, 2015 Firefighters are there when we need them most. These brave men and women run into harm's way as we run from it.They accept that danger is a part of their job. But it's another killer that is taking down these everyday heroes: cancer.Think about it. When a firefighter dies in the line of duty we pause to pay our respects. But hundreds of firefighters are dying each year from cancer."I tell people I didn't see my life flash behind me or before me. But I did see everything I wanted to do that I hadn't done yet," explains Steve Westcott, who fulfilled a lifelong dream when he became a firefighter in Perkins Township back in 2001.Training prepared Steve for what could go wrong while responding to a fire or accident. Nothing could prepare him for the news he got after about seven years on the job.westcott weddingSteve and Aryn Westcott on their wedding day. Just six days earlier, Steve learned his cancer had returned. The couple canc... [ more ]
Friday, February 27, 2015 A fire in an electrical room led to reports of an explosion at the Palermo Village Retirement Residence Thursday evening.Oakville firefighters arrived to find smoke in the electrical room and preparation was underway for an evacuation of residents for their safety, according to a tweet from Halton police.Two firefighters received minor injuries and residents are reported safe.The Oakville Fire Department responded to the Palermo Village Retirement home around 7:30 p.m., after receiving reports of smoke in the building's electrical room.Halton police, as well as Halton EMS, converged on the scene. Two firefighters received minor injuries. All residents in the home were said to be safe.Power was out in the Bronte Road and Dundas Street area.
Friday, February 27, 2015 Cincinnati Fire Department's Jennifer Spieser said a fire engine was involved in a crash in North Fairmount Thursday afternoon.Spieser said the heavy-rescue 14 fire engine crashed into a car at the intersection of Hopple and Beekman streets.The fire engine was responding to a fire on Westwood Northern Boulevard. Authorities said the truck had its lights on at the time of the crash.Authorities said one person in his 80s was in the car and was taken to UC Medical Center for treatment. The severity of the victim's injuries was not immediately released.Authorities said no one on the fire engine was hurt.
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I am in two minds whether to write this review, because in doing so, I might let more people discover a hidden jewel, that then won't be so hidden. But I owe it to the hosts to let you know that this venue beats everything else. We travel a lot and especially around Europe, and I have to say that... More
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With the competition heating up with every passing day, things are beginning to steam up in the sixth season of the show 'Indian Idol', on Sony TV.
Names of the nine finalists have been decided as of now. These contestants will be soon seen gearing up for the final battle in winning the coveted title. The average age group of these nine finalists is between 18 to 25 years.
The selection of the final list is made from the choices of the judges, Anu Malik, Salim Merchant, Asha Bhosle and Sunidhi Chauhan. The names of the finalists declared are Deeksha Piyush (Delhi), Ritika Raj (Patna), Amitabh Narayan (Muzaffarpur), Poorvi Koutish (Chandigarh), Sohini Mishra (Cuttack), Amit Kumar (Amritsar), Vipul Mehta (Amritsar), Devendra Pal Singh (Ludhiana) and Kaushik Deshpande (Mumbai).
There is a strong possibility of a tenth contestant making it to the final list. Two names have cropped up, that of Charit Dixit from Rajasthan and Kritika Tanwar from Himachal Pradesh as being the tenth finalist. Who will make it and who will not? The wait is not far off.


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What an exciting post ! Help the handicap, but every time I get a dog good (good dog) enough to do that I give it away to someone who might need it more for them selves. One day I am so going to do that!!! ..
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Participate in the WUSV World Chasmpionship... what! To dream is free!!!!
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Recent poll shows more people are closet conservatives. According to Rasmussen, The Tea Party, widely considered the new voice of conservatism seized 23% of telephone survey takers overtaking 18% of people that carried the Republican moniker. It seems conservatives may be coming out of the closet.
Paronomasia aside, 73% of Republican voters believe their party has lost touch with its base. If the Republican Party wishes to perform the coup de etat in 2010 it should focus more on shoring up its base instead of pandering to the faux middle.
The Independent party is nothing more than an embarrassed Republican or Democrat. Not wanting to carry the stigma of being associated with either party, Americans are embracing the U.N. like Independent title.
With the looming 2010 elections, the middle of the road hitchhiker is going to have to man-up and pick a side as complacency is losing ground in United States politics. Conservatives are seeing that sitting on the sidelines while a Freshman Politician runs the Country into the ground, albeit a great example of "What not to do" instructional video, is disastrous none the less.
The American populous has made it abundantly clear they are not happy with the current way of things. (Gallup Poll regarding honesty and ethics by profession) Will this angst culminate in the next Conservative revolution in America? One is left to wonder if Americans will stand up once again and remind the government who is picking up the tab. Its last call, you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.


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09 May 2013 01:57amGEORGE TOWN, May 8 — Six MCA division leaders in Penang have called for the resignation of party president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek for what they described as MCA's disappointing performance in the 13th General Election (GE13). The six MCA divisions – Jelutong, Bayan Baru, Tanjong, Bukit Bendera, Permatang Pauh and Tasek Gelugor – want Soi Lek to take responsibility for the party's poor results. Bayan Baru MCA division chief David Yim said his resignation would restore the image and good name of the party. "This is also the only opportunity for Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek to redeem himself and apologise to all Malaysian Chinese and MCA members for all the damages he had done," he told reporters Jelutong division MCA headquarters, Also present were Tanjong MCA division's deputy chief Lee Hack Teik, Jelutong MCA Youth chief Tan Eng Hin, MCA Bukit Bendera vice president Tan Khai Beng, Permatang Pauh MCA division chief Datuk Ma Kok Ben, Gelugor MCA division chief Kong Chu Hock and Jelutong MCA division chief Datuk Leow Soo Tat. David Yim who represented the six MCA divisions said among reasons Soi Lek should take the blame for the poor showing in the GE13 was his selection of candidates who were mostly his cronies while members are also unhappy with his leadership as a self-centered person while the question of his tainted image continues to linger among the Chinese community. He added that division leaders were also unhappy with the current situation and status of the party that has been labelled as a 'Seven Eleven' party that sold only VCD. "As loyal party members, we want to support our party and help the party to rebuild, revamp and reform. If we don't reform it now I think in next general election, MCA will be totally wiped off," he said. In the GE13, MCA managed to win only seven of the 37 Parliament seats contested and 11 of the 90 state seats contested, a result that was far worst than in 2008 when MCA won 15 of the 40 Parliament seats contested and 32 of the 90 state seats contested. In JOHOR BAHARU, Pulai MCA division deputy chief Chia Song Cheng also urged Chua to resign following the poor performance of the second biggest component party in BN. The former Pengkalan Rinting state assemblyman who was not chosen as a candidate in the GE13 said Chua had made the wrong choice of candidates and for that reason his resignation would restore the image of the party. "The President (Chua) had said his chosen candidates were winnable candidates but the results had proven otherwise," he said adding that since he had lost confidence in Chua's leadership, he has decided to resign as the Johor MCA Public Complaints Bureau chief, a post he had held since 2009. "I have tendered my resignation letter to the president but I will remain a MCA member and Pulai MCA division deputy and chairman of Kampung Kempas Baru branch to serve the people. I am not doing this because I was disappointed for not being chosen as a candidate," he said. In MALACCA, Bukit Katil and Tangga Batu MCA divisions also called on Soi Lek to resign immediately. Tangga Batu division deputy chief Datuk Lau Puan Long said it was important for Soi Lek to step down as to restore the image, stability and relevance of the party. Bukit Katil division vice president Chua Kheng Hwa said MCA's poor results showed that Chinese voters had lost confidence in Soi Lek's leadership. In KOTA KINABALU, Labuan MCA chairman Datuk Chin Hon Vui said the Chinese tsunami that has swung support to the Pakatan Rakyat must not be regarded a "disaster" to sideline the community in the mainstream of development. Expressing fear of being sidelined in the appointment of the new cabinet line-up, following the change in political landscape due the casualties to his party, Chin said the party was hoping for a fair distribution in the spirit of Barisan Nasional's (BN) power sharing concept. "The party, being the oldest Chinese party will continue to struggle for the community's interest," he told Bernama in an interview today. Chin rubbished claims that the party would bid farewell following the defeat of its candidates in the GE13 in all seats it allocated, with the exception of MCA Sabah Liaison Chief Datuk Edward Khoo in Kapayan state seat and its women chief Datuk Agnes Shim in Luyang. Chin stressed the party would be undergoing a soul searching exercise to identify weaknesses and causes of the swing to the opposition. "Not all the over one million population within Kota Kinabalu and the Chinese community are with the opposition. We strongly refute an allegation that Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan parliamentary seats are opposition territory. 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Hide Your Smiling Faces combines drama, mystery, and fantasy in an atmospheric exploration of what it means to grow up in rural America
About this project
We're hoping to engage the Kickstarter community and asking our friends and family to help us make this film a reality, as we prepare to shoot in a short couple of weeks in Sussex County, New Jersey.
We'll be constantly providing updates here on Kickstarter and on our Facebook page throughout each stage of the production process, so keep checking in to see what's happening. Please spread the word and help us make Hide Your Smiling Faces!
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Small running feet trample warm grass. An abandoned car full of animal carcasses. Proving your toughness in front of friends. The love of a family dog. The death of a young friend.
Hide Your Smiling Faces explores the fleeting and ephemeral experiences of two young brothers growing up in the rural Northeast, following them as they confront friendship, responsibility, death and adolescence. Unfolding over a few hot summer weeks, the film acts as a portrait, exploring a transitional period in both of their individual lives as well as their relationships to those around them – most importantly to one another. Presented in a loose, vignette-based form, Hide Your Smiling Faces combines drama, mystery, and fantasy in an atmospheric exploration of what it means to grow up in rural America.
How you can help:
Your support for this project will help us to start production on Hide Your Smiling Faces. Our goal of $5000 will go toward the following:
- Equipment! The medium is central to how this story is told. Your donation will help us rent the camera, sound, and lighting equipment we need to make this beautiful film.
- Food! Making a movie is fun but exhausting and we need to keep our energy up. Your support will help feed the crew and cast as we make this film. Food is one of the best ways we can show our appreciation to all those who are helping making this film a reality.
- Transportation and Accommodations! We are a group based in NYC but will be shooting in Northeast New Jersey and Pennsylvania, so we will have to rent a van and equipment truck to get from location to location with cast, crew and equipment.
- A BLACK BEAR! What film about the rural Northeast US would be complete without one?
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Is your preschooler starting kindergarten this year? Just in time for summer, prepare your little one for class with the fun learning activities contained in a Wonder Box. Created by Education.com, which provides helpful content about preparing for kindergarten through college, Wonder Box is a subscription-based monthly service designed to enrich and entertain children ages 3 to 6. (A monthly subscription starts at $19.99.)
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POSTED: Saturday, January 7, 2012 - 8:09pm
UPDATED: Monday, January 9, 2012 - 9:20am
EL PASO - Two local bar owners have had enough of what they call harassment. They filed lawsuits this week against El Paso city leaders and a group of neighbors.
Constitutional and civil rights violations, defamation, and business disparagement are just a few of the serious claims the bar owners are making against city leaders and local neighbors. Michael Armstrong, the owner of Three Legged Monkey in East El Paso, filed a lawsuit against four people who live near his bar. In the lawsuit, he claims the neighbors have lied to police, the city, and local media by claiming illegal activity and multiple city code violations were happening at his establishment. The lawsuit suggests the neighbors claims led to the city terminating his lease and forced local investors to back away from doing business with him. Now Armstrong wants the neighbors to pay up for the damages, he says, they cost him.
Now to the second lawsuit, this one filed by former bar owner David Cooper. He's suing the same neighbors, and also several city leaders, claiming their actions forced his bar, Dallas Nights, out of business. He claims the neighbors made similar lies about his bar and the city responded by conducting illegal police searches. He says officers were ordered to go in and conduct "bar checks," basically officers would go in and demand to see ID's from people inside the bar. The lawsuit claims, those "bar checks" prevented customers from coming back, because they felt harassed. He claims that ultimately led to less business for his establishment, and it forced him to close down his bar. Cooper also wants the neighbors, and the city, to pay up for his losses.
Both bar owners have told us they've never done anything wrong or been involved in any illegal activity. The city was closed Saturday, but their policy is not to comment on pending litigation. We attempted to call the neighbors for comment, but either they were not listed or their phone number was disconnected.
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Mayor Cook is getting our City sued again for his retarded ways of persecuting the citizens of our city. Those are our tax dollars the city will lose for his stupidity. Cook is a bully who is persecuting legal businesses such as bars and churches. Cook, Byrd, and Ortega are tainted in infamy. They are costing us too much. Our city can not afford those clowns.
It's about time, the city allowed these few people to abuse the emergency system making false reports. These calls cost the city in police man hours. The city should of taken action against these people a long time ago so they wouldn't be in this position. Good to hear Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Cooper are taking action and standing up. It's no wonder the LULAC convention didn't want to mess with El Paso with all this corruption going on they didn't want to be part of it.


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Stable electro-optic response in wide-temperature blue phases realized in chiral asymmetric bent dimers [Invited]Published in Optical Materials Express, Vol. 4 Issue 4, pp.662-671 (2014) |
Spotlight summary: In recent years blue phase liquid crystals (BPLCs), also known as self-assembled soft crystals, have attracted increasing attention worldwide because of their exotic architecture, unique optical properties, and potential applications on next-generation displays as well as new photonic devices. However, the main obstacle to the application of BPLCs is their very narrow temperature range. Significant efforts have gone towards widening this range leading to considerable improvements, such as the stabilization of BPLCs by photopolymerization leading to polymer stabilized BPLCs (PSBPLCs), or designing molecules with biaxial shape. Nevertheless, widening the BP range brings with it some problems: PSBPLCs suffer from a high driving voltage and large hysteresis; since biaxial molecules cannot achieve BP without the assistance of a chiral additive due to their achiral structure, the composition of such BP system is rather complicated.
However, it now seems that the above-mentioned deficiencies might be overcome gradually, owing to the recent breakthrough of Aya et al. They designed and synthesized a new molecule with both a bent-shaped mesogen and a chiral center. Such molecular structure is distinct from those reported previously. The bent-shape provides a preferred structure for obtaining the stable BP, while the large helical twisted power (HTP), which is necessary for forming BP, is supported by the chiral center. Therefore, such molecules possess two prerequisites for BPLCs with wide temperature range. In fact, experimental results show a BP range of 37 K. It is worth pointing out that the reported stable BP contains only a single component and requires no additives, unlike conventional BPLCs, and thus this material is a 'real' BPLC. The reported BPLC has an evident Kerr effect, with a large Kerr constant as compared to that of PSBPLCs. As in earlier reports, the response time of such BPLC is on the order of several hundreds of microseconds. However, the most important aspect that needs to be stressed is their very weak hysteresis, only 0.1 V, which can be almost neglected compared with the driving voltage of tens of volts. In contrast, the hysteresis of PSBPLC is normally a few tens or even a hundred times larger. Additionally, such BPLC has a unique electrostriction effect: the size of BP lattice shrinks along the direction of the electric field as this field is applied across the cell, so the reflection band is blue-shifted. That is, these are electric-field-controlled photonic materials. The experimental results presented in this paper indicate that the lattice shrinkage is 7% when applying an electric field of 17 V/μm.
All in all, the BPLC molecule proposed by the authors, which presents both a bent-shaped mesogen and a cholesterol part, provides new insights into the molecular design of stable BPLCs with enhanced properties. Further improvements are necessary for their use in practical applications, e.g., the BP range should be decreased to room temperature, and the dielectric constant should be large enough so that the driving voltage is decreased and the electrostriction is enhanced. These properties are determined by the molecular structure, so the molecular design needs further refinement. We look forward to more breakthroughs to be reported in the near future!
--Zhi-gang Zheng and Dong Shen
ToC Category: Liquid Crystals
OCIS Codes: | (160.2100) Materials : Electro-optical materials |
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Check out some of the great shows that have been part of the Summer in the City series in prior years.
Yonit Spiegelman
Kendall Plaza
The 25-year-old singer-songwriter and bassist Yonít Spiegelman and her band create original music inspired by Irish melody lines in an intimate environment of acoustic instruments, touching lyrics, and tasteful simplicity.
Karamel Day
Kendall Plaza
Karamel Day, led by Dana Protsenko, draws mainly from the rich history of jazz but with a contemporary stylistic fusion of popular music. The group has performed at the Lily Pad, the Middle East, All-Asia Bar, the Cantab Lounge, Berklee Performance Center, and the Red Room at Café 939.
The Cuatro Venezuelan Project
Kendall Plaza
The Cuatro Venezuelan Project, led by composer and performer Carlos Capacho, plays original compositions inspired by world music and jazz.
C-bass' Infinity Band
Kendall Plaza
C-bass' Infinity Band is an improvisational group led by percussionist and composer Santiago Sebastian "C-bass" Chiriboga. The group combines music with visual arts, dance, speech, and theatre.
Josh Shpak
Kendall Plaza
With a rich style evident of influences from classic jazz to electronica, trumpeter Josh Shpak has made himself a commodity in the music world. This cross-generational quality has launched a career playing with jazz heavyweights such as Cedar Walton and Jimmy Heath, soul legends Tower of Power, and young crossover innovators like Esperanza Spalding, Christian Scott, and John Daversa.
The Maniacs of the 4th Dimension
Kendall Plaza
The Maniacs of the 4th Dimension, led by Davis Whitfield on piano, is a collective of creative individuals who share an interest in the Fourth Dimension. In trio, quartet, quintet, and sextet formats, the Maniacs offer a unique presentation of timeless standards and original jazz compositions.
Fabio Rojas Trio
Kendall Plaza
Hailing from Valencia, Venezuela, Rojas began his musical studies with drums at the age of 13. By 19, he was playing with the most acclaimed and recognized jazz musicians in Venezuela, such as Pablo Gil, Diego Alvarez, and Gonzalo Mico. Rojas has performed at numerous venues and events since coming to Boston, including Symphony Hall, TEDx Boston, the Berklee Middle Eastern Festival, and the Esplanade.
Tomas Latorre Quartet
Kendall Plaza
Tomas Latorre Quartet started playing together in fall 2013. With Josh Plotner on sax and flute, Evan Waarama on piano, and Tiago Michelin on drums, the group is led by Tomas Latorre on bass. They play an array of Latin music, mostly Latorre's original compositions blended with jazz and modern sounds.
Jan Esbra Quartet
Kendall Plaza
The Jan Esbra Quartet plays original compositions of all the band members. Originating in the fall of 2011, the Jan Esbra Quartet has recorded in the Berklee studios and performed in and around Boston.
Unidentified Fusion Orangement
Kendall Plaza
This jazz-rock group, based in Boston and founded in San Diego, plays jazz arrangements and compositions with electric vibrations.
Simon Moullier Trio
Kendall Plaza
Simon Moullier Trio is centered on jazz but uses it only as a color in the sound via acoustic instruments. The group is sometimes sullied by the effects on vibraphone or by the mad, itching rhythms of Simon's main influences: Thom York, Steve Reich, Tygran Hamasyan, John Coltrane, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Kenny Garrett, Robert Glasper, Archive, and Pink Floyd.
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CANCELED: This event has been canceled or postponed. The members of Amethyst have joined their love of contemporary jazz, acoustic pop, and various Latin genres with skill and taste. Each unique voice enriches improvisational arcs throughout every performance. Featuring Raquel Rivera's originals as well as collaborative cover arrangements, this group delivers accessible interpretations of human feeling.


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