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Standing at the Crossroads
Posted by Mike in Interviews, Writing on September 20, 2013
Recently I wrote a piece for Bastard Books about standing at the crossroads of writing and the decisions I am making about what comes next. There is a brief extract below, but click the link for the full article:
With the completion of the fourth and final book in The Courts of the Feyre I find myself at a cross-roads. Up until now I've styled myself as an Urban Fantasy Author, because that's what I've written and it makes it easier for readers who are likely to enjoy my work to find me. For most people, though, urban fantasy isn't a genre, and the words urban and fantasy simply don't mean anything together. I might as well say goldfish collider for all the sense it makes to them. (Now I have an image of two goldfish swimming around a giant toroidal tank in opposite directions until they collide and scales and fins fly off in spiral patterns. That's what an imagination will do to you. Be warned.) Click here to go to the full article…
Review: Rivers of London – Ben Aaronovich
I haven't been doing book reviews on this site; I've been posting them on GoodReads and I've generally reviewed favorite books. There is always room for change, though, and this is a little different because (a) it's a review of Urban Fantasy, and (b) it's a book by someone I've met.
The meeting is a story in itself. Back in 2009 when Sixty-One Nails was first published I was working in London quite close to Covent Garden. The first book in the Courts of the Feyre series features that area quite strongly, partly because I knew it well. I have paced along many of the paths traced in the book, though it has changed somewhat since that time. Given that the main character in the book practically walked past the door of Waterstones Bookshop on New Row, I felt it was appropriate that they should stock the book, especially for those readers wanting something local but also something different from the usual ghost tours and old London books. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
So being the brazen self-promoter that I am, I went in and introduced myself to the staff, explaining that I wanted to speak to the person responsible for SF and Fantasy. I was politely told that he wasn't in that day but that if I called in another day I should ask for Ben. A couple of days later I returned and was introduced to a large guy who met my enquiries with a strangely bemused look – yes, he knew what urban fantasy was, no he didn't know about my book, yes he would accept a copy from me. It was a short meeting, but I pressed the book into his hand and felt that my work was done.
What I didn't know was that the guy in Waterstones had just started work on his own urban fantasy, and was ten thousand words into his opener, Rivers of London. The other side of that story is here, at Ben's website: The Folly. I have been asked on numerous occasions if I knew of Ben's work, and had to admit guiltily that I had not read it, but having finally finished The Courts of the Feyre, I was determined to catch up on some reading and this was top of my list.
It's a good read. If you haven't caught up with Ben's work by now, then you probably should. Certainly if you are here and reading this article and like the mix of history and fiction in my work, then you will not be disappointed by Ben's story.
Like me, Ben writes in the real world, but his is the world of policemen and crime scenes, mixed with wizardry and genius loci – the spirits of place that come to embody a sense of belonging. His characters are strong and likeable – his hero, Peter Grant is someone you would be glad to meet and get to know. The character's humour is infectious and his indefatigable optimism becomes a driving force in the story – you just can't keep a good guy down. Contrast this with Mike Carey's Felix Castor (another favorite) and you see two sides to the same coin – one darkly sardonic, the other an irrepressible optimist. Both work, but for entirely different reasons.
I liked the initial motivation to become involved in supernatural crime – it's that or the case progression unit (the desk job) – this sets the rookie police officer Peter on a path that is only partly revealed in this book. There is so much left unexplained, which for me is an attraction. It left me wanting to know more about this character and the world he is only beginning to know. In this sense there is a parallel with my own work, in that you discover the world through Peter's eyes and it is revealed as he finds it, as we do with Niall in Sixty-One Nails. We benefit from his knowledge and suffer with his mistakes. It's a great way to expose magic in the real world and it works well.
There are now three other books in the series – Moon Over Soho, Whispers Underground and, released at the end of July 2013, Broken Homes, and while I have not caught up with the full series yet I think it's safe to say that they will be well worth reading – I look forward to it.
A final word – thanks to Ben for being okay about the strange man who pressed a novel into his hand that day. It was good to meet you and I hope we'll get the opportunity to renew our acquaintance soon.
The Eighth Court: End-Notes and Acknowledgements
Posted by Mike in Books, Publishing, The Eighth Court on June 10, 2013
Some of you may be aware that the deadlines for The Eighth Court were very tight, and an extension was needed to get the book to where it needed to be. I am immensely grateful to my Editor, Lee Harris, for his patience and understanding while all this was going on. He's a star, and he gave me the time I needed.
Unfortunately, that didn't leave Lee much time to get everything done for the release date, and when things get pressured mistakes can be made – in this case, the acknowledgements and end-notes for The Eighth Court were missed and the paper version went to press without them. This is not so bad in the case of the electronic versions – they are being updated and if you delete the book and reload it you should get the newly uploaded version. I'm not sure exactly when this will happen, as it's down to the eBook Store concerned when it gets updated, but it's being worked on and the update is in progress.
The paper version is much more difficult as it's been type-set and it's really difficult to change once that has happened. However, we live in the age of the Internet and there are things we can do. If you go to the following address, you will find the End-Notes and the Acknowledgements for The Eighth Court.
Apologies that they are not in the back of the paper version – all I can say is that these things happen and, through the miracle of technology, we can still make them available.
I hope they will add to your enjoyment of the conclusion of Niall's story.
EasterCon 2013 – EightSquared Bradford
I'll be in Bradford for Easter weekend for the 64th EasterCon and I'm thoroughly looking forward to the event. I have a number of sessions programmed throughout the weekend – see below for details:
Friday 29th March
- 6:00 PM – Avalon, Sherwood Forest and Alderley Edge: The Magical British Countryside
- How does the landscape of Britain affect stories set in it? Where does the magic lurk, and how does it inspire writers? Sue Mason moderates Tiffani Angus, Anne Sudworth, Mike Shevdon and Freda Warrington.
- 9:00 PM – Underground London
- Take one London. Add magical society hidden from most people. Mix in famous places from the city, and optionally garnish with police procedural. Why is this such a great recipe? With Paul Cornell, Roz Kaveney, Anne Lyle, Simon Morden and Mike Shevdon.
Saturday 30th March
- Genre Get-Together – Fantasy
- A chance to meet the authors, get books signed and chat about books, stories and other stuff.
Sunday March 31st
- Author Readings
- I will be reading from The Eight Court, along with the lovely Emma Newman who will (I hope) be reading from her new book – Between Two Thorns.
If you would like a book signed or just to say hello, I will be around the convention for most of the weekend. There are a host of events, panels, games and discussions with plenty to do throughout the weekend.
If you're at the event, please come and say Hi – it's always nice to meet new friends. See you there!
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Posted by Mike in From the Food Blog on February 12, 2013
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Finishing the Series
The Eighth Court, the fourth and final book in the series, The Courts of the Feyre, is finished. It's with my publisher, who may request some revisions or amendments, and after that it has to go through copy edit, and proof-reading, and all the other publication magic but, to me, it feels finished. I'm not going to spoil it for readers by sharing the plot, but I would like to reflect on the series, and what writing the last book was like.
It was hard. The last year hasn't been the easiest of times for reasons to do with the health and well-being of the people closest to me. Fortunately everyone seems to be pulling through and things are generally on the up, which is a relief to us all. Setting myself apart from all that to write has been difficult, but even without the events of the year this book would have been hard.
I've been working full-time while I've been writing, which is great because it pays the bills. I have a job in IT that is engaging, complex and sometimes difficult, and one of the challenges has been the gear-change between working, where I'm thinking about networks, servers and infrastructure, and writing, where I'm thinking about characters, plots, scenes and settings. Writing requires a different mind-set, and I confess that some evenings I wasn't able to make the switch, which meant that either I got no writing done, or the next day I would sit down and delete everything from the previous day and start again. Although the book is just under 120,000 words, I estimate that I've written closer to 180,000 words. Some chapters have been written two or three times before I felt they were right.
I set out with some clear goals. I already knew how the series would end, or I thought I did, and I had to work towards that end in a way that made sense for the characters and the situation that had already been created. There were some questions that were created by the previous books in the series, and those questions needed answers. The series themes, of things hidden in plain sight, of events from long ago having impact in the present day, and of a hidden world beneath the one we know, needed to be continued and developed. The one big question – what has this all been about – needed an answer.
With this being the final book in the series, I didn't want to bring in a lot of new characters or elements which hadn't been seen before. There are already well over 50 characters in the books, some of whom are dead, or won't be seen again, but I felt there was plenty to work with. There are a few minor characters that appear in this book but mostly they're people we've already encountered earlier. The magic in the book is consistent with the magic that already exists. There are some surprises, but those are consistent with what we already know. The world of the Feyre has a lot of detail behind it which dictates how and why things are the way they are, and in this final book more of this will be revealed, but the world will remain largely mysterious. Be assured, there are rules and constraints and reasons, but they're not in the book. Perhaps one day there will be a Courts of the Feyre bestiary, but not yet.
Most of all, I wanted this to be a satisfying end to the series, and that meant delivering on the promises set by the previous three books. Niall, Blackbird and Alex each have their own plot arc, and each of these arcs needed to reach a conclusion in this book. Each of them had been changed by the events in the series, and in the final book those changes needed to bear fruit – we should feel that they have reached a conclusion and a resolution. It turns out that writing the final book in a series is harder than writing any of the others. I think I said once that if I'd known how hard writing would be I would never have started – that applies even more to a series. I liken it to rolling a snowball – the more you roll it, the bigger it gets and the harder it is to roll, but roll it must.
And when I got to the end that I'd planned from the start, it didn't work the way I thought it should. I was forced to step back, reconsider, and write a different ending. I like the new ending, but it was a total surprise. I had no idea it was going to end quite like that, but the new ending works so much better.
Before I sent the book to my editor, Lee, I went back to my goals and asked myself where exactly I had delivered on the objectives I'd set for myself. I found the pieces in the text and read them back to make sure I'd done what I set out to do. To me, it's all there, and that's why I can say that it feels finished. Of course, I'm not the final arbiter of that, and you the readers must judge that for yourself.
To me, though, The Courts of the Feyre feels complete, and I've told the story I set out to tell.
Sheffield Botanicals 2012
As an add-on to the visit to Sheffield Central Library, we stayed on to visit my son who is at university in Sheffield. It was a lovely clear morning on Sunday, and the students were all asleep, so we went to Sheffield Botanical Gardens for a wander around and a cup of (very good) coffee. A visit is highly recommended, but in case it's not within your reach, here are some pics:


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Napoli to fight Newcastle for Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa
According to talkSPORT, Napoli are ready to offer Newcastle United target Yanga-Mbiwa a move to the Serie A.
The 23-year-old starred last season at Montpellier, producing some fantastic performances which clinched them the title. The youngster who captained Montpellier last season stated his dream move would be to Manchester United even though Sir Alex Ferguson has gone cool on the player for now.
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Fire Destroys Historic Calif. Lodge
CARMEL VALLEY, Calif. --
Early Sunday, Carmel Valley lost one of its iconic structures, the Robles Del Rio Lodge -- a vacation destination that has sat idle for more than a decade.
It took crews about three hours to get the fire under control, and investigators are calling the fire suspicious.
Carmel Valley resident Cindy Thatcher said the building can be replaced, but not the artifacts inside.
Thatcher said in the 1920s and 30s the lodge was the central watering hole and dining spot in the area, but it fell into disrepair in recent years, and efforts to rebuild it were stifled.
"People would stay there, and they would swim and enjoy the summers," Thatcher said. "It was a retreat."
A resort website said developers planned to spend $20 million to renovate and reopen the lodge. But information on the site hasn't been updated for years.
During the fire, Carmel Valley resident Jeff Honda said he went to door-to-door to alert neighbors, many of whom are elderly. A complete evacuation of the area was conducted because high winds tossed embers around, causing fits for firefighters.
Miles Schuler, with the Carmel Valley Fire Department, said access to the area was very difficult, and a fire of its magnitude took a lot of water to put out.
It's unclear how many historic paintings and other memorabilia were in the lodge at the time of the fire, but Action News discovered through documents obtained from the Monterey County Recorder's Office that it appears the property was up for auction.
A notice of trustee sale went up in April and is one of the contributing factors in why both firefighters and neighbors said they are calling the fire suspicious.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) (the "Company") today announced that it has recently completed the acquisition of nine communities with a total of 1,295 units for an aggregate purchase price of $121.3 million, plus customary transaction expenses. The communities had previously been operated by the Company under long-term leases that were accounted for as operating leases.
"Acquiring these communities gives us the opportunity to move forward with renovating and repositioning these assets to improve their financial performance. By owning these assets outright, we will capture the assets' entire value creation potential and preserve important optionality with respect to these assets, including the ability to expand some of these communities if we decide to do so or to dispose of those that may not fit our long-term strategy," said Bill Sheriff, Brookdale's Chief Executive Officer.
The Company financed the transaction with $77.9 million of first mortgage financing secured by seven of the communities and $15.0 million of seller-financing secured by two of the communities. The $77.9 million first mortgage facility has a ten year term. 75% of the facility bears interest at a fixed rate of 4.21% and the remaining 25% of the facility bears interest at a variable rate of 30 day LIBOR plus a margin of 276 basis points. The $15.0 million mortgage loan has a two year term and bears interest at a fixed rate of 7.0%.
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Conference Paper: Spatial multiplexing algorithms of cognitive base-stations
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ABSTRACT: The existing cognitive network can not provide the spatial sectors for a cell, since the base-station (BS) has one omni-directional antenna. Thus it is impossible for a base-band channel to be shared by several mobile stations(MSs) with one omni-directional antenna. To solve the problem, this paper proposes the spatial multiplexing algorithms for transmitter and receiver of cognitive BS. In the proposed scheme, the cognitive BS has a uniform circular array (UCA) with 8 elements, it can provide five nearly orthogonal sectors for MSs, and a base-band channel can be shared by 5 sectors, but the MS has one omni-directional antenna only, and simple transmitter and receiver. The experimental results verify that the proposed algorithms are able to increase the cellular capacity to nearly 5 times with low co-channel interference, and the co-channel interference also can be canceled by LDPC codec.Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (ICWMNN 2010), IET 3rd International Conference on; 01/2010 - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: In this paper, based on the analysis of the UCA beamforming algorithm, an efficient SDMA scheme using the uniform circular array (UCA) with 8 elements is proposed. As the scheme devised, the cell is sectored by 2 crossed beam groups formed by UCA and the large elevation area of the cell is covered by UCA omni-directional pattern. With SDMA technique applied in the sectors, the cellular capacity can be increased nearly 5 times with low co-channel interference. The simulation results verify that, the scheme is of good feasibility in implementation and has a practical worth to be applied in hot spots.The IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS); 01/2010 - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: 3D reconstruction is an important technique in the domain of computer vision. The existing systems of 3D reconstruction are often built on specialized hardware such as structured light or laser scanner with high cost. And some systems require intricate calibration procedures using complex calibration objects. These are not practical to reconstruct the 3D model of an arbitrary scene. In this paper, a flexible method of 3D reconstruction based on uncalibrated image sequence is proposed. This system consist a series of processes such as feature points extraction and match, projective reconstruction, self-calibration, dense match, and finally the dense surface of 3D model can be reconstructed. Experimental results prove that this method is practical and has higher precision.Signal Processing, 2008. ICSP 2008. 9th International Conference on; 11/2008 -
Conference Paper: A new method of 3D reconstruction baseing on images sequence using hand-hold camera
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ABSTRACT: 3D reconstruction is an important technique in the field of computer vision. The traditional 3D reconstruction technology involves the self-calibration method basing on dual absolute quadric. However, some drawbacks in this method cause this technology less robust. First, usually the solution of the dual quadric matrix can not satisfy the positive-definiteness condition caused by loud noise in data; second, if the motion of the camera is too restricted, the calibration degeneracy will turn up causing the reconstruction failed. To these questions, we design a new method for calibrating the camera using the camera pure rotating calibration and decomposing the essential matrix. So, the metric structure can be got directly avoiding the less robustness caused by self-calibration. Experiments show that, using this method the reconstruction has an efficient result and the procedure is convenient.Machine Learning and Cybernetics, 2008 International Conference on; 08/2008 -
Conference Paper: Two-layer image retrieval method based on wavelet and local color spatial features
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ABSTRACT: An improved method based on two layers image retrieval is proposed. The first layer retrieval extract edge of wavelet modulus maxima and use 7 moment invariants as the shape features and the averages and variances of the multi-scaling 2-D wavelet decomposition coefficients as the synthesis eigenvector. The second one consists of the local color histograms. Difference weights are assigned to every block according to the importance of its spatial distribution. This method combines the advantages of the 7 moment invariants and the local spatial features, thereby achieving the better retrieval performance.Wavelet Analysis and Pattern Recognition, 2007. ICWAPR '07. International Conference on; 12/2007 -
Conference Paper: Two-Layer Method of Image Retrieval Based on Global Color Histogram and Local Color Spatial Features
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ABSTRACT: A new method based on two layers image retrieval is proposed. The first layer retrieval feature is global color histogram and the second one consists of the local color histogram, the averages and variances of the multi-scaling 2D wavelet decomposition coefficients. Difference weights are assigned to every block according to the importance of its spatial distribution. This method combines the advantages of the global and the local color histogram, thereby achieving the better retrieval performance.Machine Learning and Cybernetics, 2007 International Conference on; 09/2007 -
Conference Paper: A Method of Calibrating the Intrinsic and Extrinsic Camera Parameters Separately for Multi-Camera Systems
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ABSTRACT: In this paper, a flexible method of camera calibration is proposed: Firstly, calibrate the intrinsic camera parameters including a coefficient of radial distortion by moving a ID object (points aligned on a line) with a invisible fixed point; Secondly, calibrate the extrinsic camera parameters relative to a given world coordinate system using the four-point object which right-angle shaped involving three collinear points and one point on the perpendicular direction. The calibration objects are simple to make and can be perfectly observed from any orientations. With these merits, the method is very practical to calibrate the multi-camera systems. Experimental results show that, the calibration is of high precision and the procedure is very convenient.Machine Learning and Cybernetics, 2007 International Conference on; 09/2007
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Campaign-Finance Reform
Campaign-finance reform, or as Sen. Joseph Bruno calls it, millionaire re-election campaign, was one of those issues that Gov. Eliot Spitzer campaigned on, and it was one of the issues that invigorated his supporters. If implemented properly (and there are plenty of examples nationwide), campaign-finance reform could lead to some heavy-duty reform here in Albany. So far, it looks as though the governor isnt backing down, no matter how the senator spins it. Heres to the steamroller for sticking to his guns.
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Harry Tutunjian
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It is unlikely that any one man knows the smooth countertops of Pearl Streets bars more intimately than Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings. We are told you might find Jennings inspecting the floors at Blue 82, perched on a stool at Envy or checking the stock at the Pearl on any given weekday. Heck, he even shut down the street to traffic for a while to make sure things stayed tidy.
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Eliot Spitzer vs. Joe Bruno
Or, the Effing Steamroller vs. the Wily Old Boxer. Newly elected New York Gov. Spitzer seemed to think he could just roll over Senate Majority Leader Bruno. Yes, the governor earned a mandate with his crushing electoral victory, but he should have been around Albany long enough to know that legislative leaders can be bullied only so farthey have too much power to steamroll. So when Spitzer tried to bring the smackdown to Bruno, the former pugilist turned out to have not a glass jaw, but an iron fist. Spitzer may win the fight in the long run, especially if a couple of Republican state senators are knocked out in the 2008 election, but all of the recent rounds have gone to Uncle Joe.
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Last year we got to pick Best Place to Drink With Your Congressman, and it just so happened to be at a Union frat house. We feel much better to be able to inform residents of the 20th District that if they have issues with their Congressperson this year, they can speak to her face to face thanks to a thorough open-door policy, a series of town-hall meetings, and Congress on Your Corner events that see Gillibrand out and among her constituents. We cant tell you where you might go to get a drink with Gillibrand; we doubt she has time for a drink. Where can you drink with your former congressman? That we can tell you.
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Dominick Calsolaro
Albany Common Councilman Dominick Calsolaro will not be denied. Calsolaro has been unrelenting with his criticism of the Albany Convention Center, and his press for a citywide gun violence task force. No other council person dares to press the issues as hard as Calsolaro, and even when faced with a brick wall in the form of opposition from City Hall, he doesnt wither. As a result, Calsolaro has steadily become one of Albanys most popular politicians.
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Mayoral Committee
Annoyed that the citizenry are chattering about change? Are they pressing hard to have public-access TV or do they want to see the legislative body have more power? The answer: Create a committee, appoint your friendsthose who are indebted to youand let them think about it for a good long timelong enough so that hopefully everyone will forget why you formed a committee in the first place.
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David Soares and Andrew Cuomo
It isnt quite clear whether the Albany DA and the state AG are a power couple or a powerfully odd couple, but one thing is for sure; Soares and Cuomo are both ambitious. With politicians from around the state banging on their doors for them to investigate alleged misdeeds, it is certain they will both have their time in the limelight and possibly bust some corrupt heads in the process. Has anyone started making up those Cuomo/Soares 2018 buttons yet?
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Kirsten Gillibrand
She doesnt leap over buildings in a single bound, as far as we know, but Kirsten Gillibrand does leap from cars to save wayward puppies. According to the Post Star (whose bloggership has already deemed Gillibrand Wonder Woman), during a recent phone interview with Gillibrand, she paused the conversation for a moment to rescue a dog that had fallen out of the window of the car that was stopped at a traffic light in front of her. And this wasnt on any old country road, no, this was on Wolf Road in Albany. We hope Gillibrand decides soon to move past the puppy-saving beat and on to the super-villain-thrashing side of having superpowers. *Boff!* Take that Cheney! *Biff!* There is no escape now, Bushy! *Ka-pow!*
Best Energizer Bunny
State Assemblyman John Jack McEneny
This is likely the only time you will see Jack McEneny compared to a bunny, but it is a necessary evil. You see, this man just goes nonstop. A health problem that would have sidelined lesser men for weeks barely had him away from his duties. He even took a call from one of our hard-working interns while at his doctors office. Day or night, McEneny is always on call.
Best Public Advocate
Leonard Morgenbesser
For years Morgenbesser has catalogued media reports of gun violence in the city of Albany. And while the simple task for gathering these reports may not be terribly complicated, Morgenbesser has made people pay attention to an issue that some city officials would seem inclined to sweep under the rug.
Best Place to Get the Bad Guys
At the end of 2006, David Soares was riding high on his successful plea bargaining of the Hevesi case. In 2007 he followed that up by . . . going to Florida to prosecute a steroids ring. While Soares steroid-busting initiative may be all well and good, it did nothing for the perception among certain local groups that Soares is focused on making headlines rather than making a dent in local crime.
Best Place to Have a Municipal Credit Card
Apparently, the constraints on using city credit cards in Hudson were loose enough to include dry cleaning and signing up for a dating service. Sweet!
Best Whistleblower
Colleen Regan
We dont know yet whether what she alleged is true. But what we do know is that Regan has caused a whole helluva lot of discomfort for some Rensselaer County politicos. As the initiator of Tanyagate (which involves juicy allegations of election-year skullduggery, sexual intimidation, and all-around corruption), she has raised anger over a perceived Legislature run amok to a fever pitch in Rensselaer and even drawn the attention of Albanys District Attorney, David Soares, in the way of special prosecutor. The betting man puts his money on heads rolling out of Rensselaer Republican offices sometime this year.
Best Orange Mayor
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Best Way To Get Your Street Paved in Albany
Know Someone
This year the Albany Common Council commissioned a study of Albany roads to access which of Albanys thoroughfares were in most need of repair. The answer? Mostly the ones where the poor people live.
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Colonie Center
Latham Circle Mall
Neither mall has been the premier mall in the area for some time. Yet, the owners of both malls seem to have the same idea about how to change their fortunes. They want to add more outdoor dining and exclusive stores, and make their malls more like strip-mall plazas where customers drive from store entrance to store entrance. In fact, Colonie Center moved its bus stop away from the building, apparently to make outdoor dining more pleasant. We cant wait to enjoy our defrosted mall meal while taking in the enchanting parking-lot views, that asphalt smell, and the sure-to-be-increased roar of traffic.
Best Park: Central Park.
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Best Park (all access)
Central Park
We have many lovely parks, but we had to pick one, and Central Park just has so much to offer: tennis courts, playing fields, a kids playgound, a music stage, ice skating in the winter, lots of open spaces and trails, and paddleboats. Love those paddleboats.
Best Park (restricted access)
Washington Park
A full block sitting in the middle of Troys ritzy Washington Park neighborhood, this private, gated vanity park is well-maintained and luscious. But on busy days, youll still only see the random, lonely human pretending to read or a couple of birds swooping down to peck at worms. Most days, it just sits empty. In such a compact, urban setting like Troy, its a real shame to see such a great park go to waste.
Best Airport to Bring a Bomb to
Albany International Airport
Cmon, guys. We know you have a tough job. Seriously. But you take the bottle of water and leave the fake bomb? Thats. . . . Oh, whats the word? Scary.
Best Womens Retreat
Wiawaka Holiday House
3778 State Route 9L, Lake George
Wiawaka is a gem of a place situated on the shores of Lake George. Founded in 1903 by progressive womens rights activist Mary Fuller, Wiawaka was created to give women an affordable respite from work and life, and to provide a place for them to bond with nature and each other. Under the guidance of executive director Wendy Littlefield, Wiawaka Holiday House remains true to its mission today.
Best Reason to Visit Coxsackie
Hi-Way Drive-In Theatre
Sick of the indoor megaplex, its pumped-in oxygen, the screaming pre-teens, and the fact that you actually have to get out of your car to watch a movie? The Hi-Way Drive-In provides megaplex movies in double billings that will satisfy any movie fanatic. Looking for some summer action? Nothing will ever likely beat the pairing of Transformers and Live Free or Die Hard. But if action is not your to your liking, theres likely something else playing, seeing that the theater features three screens with two flicks apiece.
Best Evidence of Tech Valley
Dorks are Everywhere
The notion hit us while we waited in a theater in Crossgates mall for the Transformers preview screening: Were surrounded by dorks! And we mean dorks in the coolest way possible. The guys in the row next to us had worked on the Transformers video game. (Were so jealous!)
The folks in the row in front of us were also in the video-game industry and were discussing the celebrities they had worked with. Then only days later while at Stuyvesant Plaza we encountered the King of Dorks as he enjoyed a drink in his designer shades and jeans. He hopped into an open-topped Ferrari, gunned the engine and sped by us as we imagined all the babeage that car could secure us. We caught his license plate before the exhaust stream could obscure it. It read: Dr. Nano.
Best Comic-Book Guy
J.C. Glindmeyer
Legend has it that J.C. Glindmeyer, owner of Albanys Earthworld Comics, is the living inspiration behind the Simpsons Comic Book Guy character. J.C. is the Capitol Regions resident expert on all things comic book and is regularly featured on popular comic-book Web sites as an expert pundit. Besides his comic book knowledge, J.C. is renowned for his Comic Book Guyesque sarcasm, dry kiss-offs and geek elitism.
Best Use of Sand
Albany Pine Bush
Albany Nanotech recently donated 300,000 pounds of sand to the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. This will help the good folks who manage the preserve to begin to restore the formerly massive sand dunes that made up part of the landscape before being mined for numerous area construction projects. This will, in turn, make life more hospitable to the native plant and animal species. Most of uswell, all of us, except for one editorhave no freaking idea what in the hell Albany Nanotech does, but were all grateful to them for helping the Pine Bush.
Best Scenic Drive
Route 9J
This wonderful, under-traveled state highway winds its way along the Hudson River from Rensselaer to the outskirts of Hudson. Its deceptively pleasing, because, for most of the way, theres nothing but wetlands, farms, glimpses of the river and the Amtrak mainline to New York City. Little towns spring up, as if out of nowhere; tight curves appear just often enough to keep you at an honest speed; and finally, as, you near the city of Hudson, the road ascends, and, depending on the time of year, affords majestic views.
Best Pool: Peerless Pool.
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Best Pool
Peerless Pool
Saratoga Spa State Park
You park your car in the big lot, you wind your way through the WPA-era brick-walled maze of entryways and locker rooms, and you reemerge into the bright sunlight to discover that Peerless Pool is . . . HUGE! Like football-stadium huge! And it slopes up at one entire end so you can wade in! And theres a kiddie pool! And two huge corkscrew slides that you can race your friends down! Or race your kids down (theyll win)! All this, and you can swim laps too, if thats your idea of fun. OK, should I swim laps, or . . . Last one downs a rotten egg!
Best Golf Course (Public)
Orchard Creek Golf Club
6700 Dunnsville Road, Altamont
This course has finally grown into a real golfers golf course. Decent length, tough par-threes, water hazards on at least 13 holes, and the greens. . . . Oh, those greens. Some of the greens are like postage stamps and others are like football fields, multi-tiered and fast, like concrete. One of the most simple and best amenities is the scorecardit doesnt sound like much, but its important. The detailing of each hole is very useful to the novice and the low handicapper. Other local courses should take note: Its an inexpensive investment to inform players and to keep play moving. However, do have one criticism: The cart paths are atrocious. A little gravel or macadam would help.
Best Golf Course (Private)
Mohawk Country Club
1849 Union St., Schenectady
The perennial winner in this category. There are many great private courses in the Capital Region, but when the pros come to town for their annual skins game, this is where they play. As you drive toward the stately clubhouse, you know you entered a real hard-core golf palace. The differences between public and private golf courses are many, but the most noticeable are the amenities, and this place is loaded with the little things that make a big difference. The course layout is lengthy and narrow, and to score well, you must manage shots and the greens. Good luck!
Best Golf Course (Public That Plays Private)
Saratoga National Golf Course
458 Union Ave., Saratoga Springs
In Saratoga, horses run on a track; golfers play on a track. Horses get treated like royalty; golfers get to play on a course fit for a king. Horses get tons of money bet on them, golfers bet tons of money. This $100-plus round of golf (prices vary based on the day) is well worth the price of admission. Get out and play it now, because after next week, this track will be packed and youll have to wait till September. Wetlands and water hazards in play on all 18 holes, and enough sand traps to start a public beach, and the greens? Well, lets just say, we spent a little extra time testing the greens. This course is a must-play for any avid golfer
Best Mini-Golf Weekend
Lake George
Lake George being as kitschy and theme-oriented as it is, its no surprise that the many mini-golf courses here have names like Pirates Cove, Lumberjack Pass and Around the World. And theyre just so much fun. So pack up the minivan, get your family a couple of rooms at the motor inn, bring your swimsuits and sunscreen, and build your weekend around a mini-golf tournament. And stop fighting over the orange ballyou can have orange next round.
Best Mini-Golf Afternoon
The Knights Tale
618 New Loudon Road, Latham
With themes based on medieval fantastical tales, The Knights Tale Mini-Golf course provides an imaginative, fun backdrop to your afternoon of put-put. And, if it starts to rain, you can duck into the black-lit indoor 18-hole mini-golf course right next door.
Best Sports Bar With Girlie Drinks: Legends.
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Best Sports Bar with Girlie Drinks
288 Lark St., Albany
Legends has everything a sports bar should have, and then some. Theres tasty bar food (try the custom pizzas or a hearty Milwaukee Brat) evocative of a trip to the stadium, cool sports memorabilia on the walls, and a TV in almost any direction you turn your head. What they have that most sports bars do not, however, is an excellent selection of frothy, refreshing girlie drinks. Colorful concoctions with a tantalizing assortment of tasty spirits, liqueurs and mixers. How do we know this? Weve enjoyed many of them, these lazy summer afternoons. And who would know more about girlie drinks than journalists?
Best Welsh Pub
Peint O Gwrw
36 Main St., Chatham
Not a lot of competition in this category, but Peint O Gwrw deserves recognition for its eccentric devotion to all things Celtic, free music and good beer. Of the dozen-or-so beers on tap, four of them dispense the brand new Chatham Brewerys product, including a hand-drawn cask ale. Love that draft experience, but not a beer fan? Then try the local hard cider, or even a root beer, both on tap. Single-malt Scotches and a notoriously mediocre wine selection are also featured (its a Welsh pub, what do you expect?). Friday nights feature area bands and there are Irish and bluegrass open jam sessions on Sundays. Go on a Celtic saints day (David, Patrick, Robbie Burns birthday, etc.), and youll be treated to a free feast, bagpipes and perhaps some local lovelies dancing on the bar. But its the bizarre decor we keep going back fortin ceilings, wood paneling, swords and armor, Welsh flags, skulls, stuffed cats, a buffalo head (in the Buffalo Lounge!), 50s and 60s kitschit shouldnt work, but it does.
Best College Bar
The Ruck
104 3rd St., Troy
Russell Sage girls cutting loose and burgers of mouthwatering greasy deliciousness. Need we say more?
Best Afterparty
Troy Night Out
Brainchild of skfl (sometimes known as Jason Steven Murphy) and the mighty Goodship (with DJ Back From Japan, aka Kevin Luddy, at the helm) the Official Unofficial Afterparty for Troy Night Out started out with bang a few months ago and quickly became a highlight of the Collar Citys monthly arts night. Featuring a healthy rotation of super-talented whatnots playing live and robot music, trance-inducing video, and beats addictive enough to whip even the stodgiest misanthrope into a dancing fury, this is one afterparty we hope never ends.
Best Gay Bar Crawl
Water Works
76 Central Ave, Albany
77 Central Ave., Albany
Because one gay bar on that block of Central wasnt nearly enough. . .
Best Soul Bar
Silver Slipper
97 Henry Johnson Blvd., Albany
Theres nothing like the sense of camaraderie we feel when we enter the Silver Slipper in Arbor Hill in Albany. Owner Phil is usually behind the bar, quick with a smile and greeting, and equally as quick to get a cold brew into your hands. The jukebox kicks ass, and the atmosphere is cozy and convivial. Wed move our offices into the Slipper if we could.
Best Dive Bar
City Line Tavern
1144 Broadway, Albany
Talk about a dive. Bad lighting, a little TV in the corner showing soap reruns, an amalgam of ridiculous wall art, canned beer, and lax rules. We love it.
Best Bartender
Hal Hughes
DeJohns, 288 Lark St., Albany
Hal knows what we shouldnt be drinking, and he lets us drink it anyway, and that is why we love him. When we say, Hal, make us a drink with egg in it! Hal says, Bring me an egg! and after he makes it, he saves a little bit to taste it himself. Yes, he is an adventurous soul. He knows your drink, and he is always ready to listen to your joke, or throw a joke your way. He will even help you find a new drink, to help make sure next time your joke is just a little bit funnier. He even created our new favorite drink, the Stiff Arnie, a mixture of lemonade, iced tea and vodka. No other bartender keeps us as comfortable when were hammered than Hal.


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For instance, imagine a few of these chard transplants in your garden beds snuggled up next to some of your favorite red and white flowering plants. Lovely, right?
Lucky for us, these edible greens are high in vitamins C and A, as well as flavonoids, antioxidants and several B-complex vitamins. Chard also has healthy amounts of minerals like calcium, iron and phosphorus. Plus, it tastes good, and can be used in a many different culinary dishes.
Typically, I grow my chard in the summer, and sow the seeds in the garden right after the last frost date. But after I moved back to California I began sowing Swiss chard seeds earlier, by February and March. In fact, this leafy vegetable grows all year long here, if you keep it watered and well tended.
In my garden, I'm growing 'Neon Glow' Swiss chard, which is a mix of 'Golden Sunrise' and 'Magenta Sunset'. The names come from the rainbow colors of the stems, which I eat along with the leaves. Chard is a pretty forgiving plant, and grows in different conditions rather well. But it prefers well-draining soils that have been amended with compost, worm castings or other types of organic matter.
Swiss chard starts easily from seeds sown directly in a sunny spot in the garden. Or you can buy small transplants from local garden centers. The birds like the little leaves too, so I'll sometimes cover my little seedlings with bird netting. Fortunately, when you pick chard leaves back to the ground, the plant grows new leaves. This means you'll enjoy lots of delicious harvests, starting in about 50 to 60 days, from only a few plants.
Regular feedings of compost tea or fish emulsion will keep your chard producing well all season long, so you'll have plenty of chard for this Crustless Chard Quiche recipe.
I'm a big fan of quiches, because you can use whatever seasonal ingredients are on hand. But I'm also trying to reduce my consumption of carbohydrates, so I'm making this quiche without a crust. I've borrowed from recipes at Food.com and the Boston Globe, while adding and revising the ingredients to suit our family's needs. Give it a try, and let us know how it works for you.
1-2 teaspoons olive oil
1 sweet onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 bunch of Swiss chard
2 ½ cups shredded cheese
4 eggs
1 cup milk (or almond milk)
Sprinkle of cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon of dried thyme or 1 tablespoon of fresh thyme leaves (pulled from stems)
Salt and pepper to taste
Sprinkle of paprika
1) Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2) Wash and dry chard. Cut a bit off the ends, and discard. Then pull leaves from the stems. Roughly chop the stems and leaves; keep separate.
3) Sauté onion and garlic in olive oil. Cook until they soften and start to become translucent. Add Swiss chard stems, and cook like celery pieces until they soften. Then add the leaves and cook about 3-4 minutes at medium heat until they get limp. Don't overcook, or the leaves will nearly disappear. Add salt and pepper to taste.
4) Grate the cheeses, and put in a big bowl. Use your creativity with the cheeses. We used about ½ cup of parmesan cheese, and 1 cup each of shredded cheddar and gruyere.
5) Wisk the eggs, and add the cheeses and milk. Then add the thyme and cayenne. Fold in the Swiss chard mixture. Stir well, and add more salt and pepper, if desired.
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Firefighters rushed to the scene after multiple reports of what sounded like an explosion at the steelmaker's plant at around 8:50 p.m.
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Mister D (11-15-2012)
And your party exploits blacks and other minorities for you own personal purposes. That makes your party not the party to determine what is or isn't racist. Liberals are the racists in American and they whine the loudest about imaginary racism. And, they consign the poor to inadequate education, no jobs, and a future of subsistence and servitude on the dole. For liberals, there is no American dream but only nightmares.
Actually, it is looking more and more like when it comes to consigning people to no jobs, the Democrats are increasingly equal opportunity. They don't care whose job they kill with their failed ideas.
Whenever you think of giving up, just think of all the people who would Love to see you FAIL
Its origin has been embedded in this nations consciousness since the Nat Turner revolt; a pathological fear that the oppressed will one day rise up and inflict vengeance upon the oppressor.
Again, totally irrelevant. The troika is not made up of the bright or the quick.


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Helene Grant To Remain Closed Through Wednesday
by Staff | Feb 4, 2013 8:05 pm
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Officials announced that Helene Grant School will be closed an additional day—Wednesday—while they prepare a new temporary home for the students and teachers.
The school district sent out a release Sunday night announcing that the Goffe Street building will be closed on Monday and Tuesday because of "elevated levels" of an unspecified "material" discovered during some preconstruction work.
Monday night the district announced that the closing will remain through Wednesday—and that they've decided on a new location for the school once it reopens: the former Amistad Academy space at 560 Ella Grasso Blvd.
The Goffe Street School building was already slated to be demolished this coming summer and the school body relocated to a new site.
Now, because of the discovery, the district will is speeding up the time table.
Schools Chief Operating Officer Will Clark said officials are taking a "conservative approach" to protect the health of staff and students.
The district was conducting pre-demolition tests on the 40-plus-year-old building, Clark said. The tests determine what kind of disposal process the district will use once demolition begins.
As with most cement buildings that age, the tests turned up heightened levels of adhesives leaking into cinderblock, he said. The district could put money into patching up the school for the short term. But officials decided "why even mess with it? We're going to knock it down anyway. Why not accelerate the demolition process?" Clark said. The district is already in the process of preparing vacant swing space.
Schools spokeswoman Abbe Smith released the following statement Sunday night:
"Helene Grant School will be closed Monday, February 4, and Tuesday, February 5. The school will be closed as a safety precaution after pre-construction work on the building uncovered common, but elevated levels of a material that requires the district to take action. Helene Grant is slated for demolition this summer to make way for construction of a new facility as part of the district's School Construction Program.
"Helene Grant School will be relocated to its temporary home a little earlier than planned until the new school is completed in 2015. More information will be provided to parents on Monday, including the new location of the school when students return Wednesday."
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