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ATORNEYS H. L. MYERS DISPLAY TAG Filed April l1, 1931 mwmwwwww .2. H N. ..,L...\-.\J
Nav, 17, 1931.
, 50 bodying my invention;
Patented Nov. 1K7, 1931 'UNITED 'STATES HAROLD L. MYERS, or ,Monnisrowim :NEW Jnnsninssrcnoamo AEisenmannFABER PENCIL oo., or BBQQKLYN, new Yoan, A coRPoaATIoN or NEW 'YORK y DISPLAY 'res Application led April 11,
rlhis invention relates :in ,general Ato display l tags to be Aremovably attached to articles for V*display purposes, for ,exampletoy a lead .pen
cil-or the like. v
One object of theinvention is 'to provide a device of this character formed ofa single piece of suitable material, for example cardboard or the like, and embodying novel and improved vfeatures of construction whereby',
the Vde-vicecan be blanked out of sheet material and folded to form a body portion and a bracket arm for connecting the body portion to an article, so that the bracket shall be positively rigidly held in proper position to engage the article and shall positivelyV hold the tag against unfolding or collapse.
Other objects are to provide a formed of a single piece of material and com- Y prising a body portion including two intef grally connected superposed sections one of which has a liap at a point oppositethe connection of the two sections, the other section having a slot through which the free end of the flap is inserted between the ltwo sections, i v A posed relation, asshown-,-n Figure :2 `of the drawing... vvThe Yflap-4 is Y.then bent ,along `-the dines., 9 andi@ ..toward xthe body portionof .the ,tagiacross the .edge ofithe -`o posite b ody section 1 into a position general y illustrated Visby the heavyfdot and dash. lines in Figure 2 and said flap having two spaced and alined openings to receive an article to which the tag is to be applied; to vprovide a tag of this character in'which the:-
ap comprises three sections one of which ris am inserted through the opening in the body portion so that the other two sections are disposed at an angle to each other an project rearwardly from the body portion, the lastf; mentioned sections having spaced and alined g 5 openings to receive an article for attaching the tag to the article, so that the flap when folded forms a rigid bracket arm which is positively held against collapse by the sec- 0 tion thereof inserted through the openingin the body portion and arrangedbetween fthe body sect-ions; and to obtain other advantages same reference characters,
Figure 1 is a rear elevation of av tag emkure 1, fand display tag Referring to the accompanying drawings,
in which corresponding and like parts are des. ignated throughout the several views by thej Figure 121is -a .transverse Yvertical .sectional viewtherethroughnn ythe line 2-r2 olfiFig- Y lli'gure is :a plan view off .the blank lfrom which thevtagis formed.
t. Specifically describing the illustrated ernbodimentfof the invention, rthe .tag includes a body portion of sheet material, such as-card.- beard-,comprisingitwosubstantiallyidentical sections 1 and 2 which are integrally connectlegit-at 3so as tobe ,folded ,into superposed relation, @ne of vkthe sections is l provided at .a
point-,opposite the connection 3 .with :an A.integral lagp Ll,con-iprising,three sections'f,` 6 `and i i In ,ffoldivngthe-hlank,,theitwo .body-:sections l and2-are .folded 1alongifhe line y3 :into superiof4 theldrawfings. The end section `7 ofthe ,iap'is then insentedthroughthe slot l11 ,in
the directionof fthe., other endiof itheiiap and betweenithebody E,sections f1 fand 2,-as clearly shown ein .solidlines inligure .The tag is ',Ethusfcompleted, andl itwill be @observed that `,the body sections are ipesitively ,held z against unfolding .or -.-relative `movement by `the dla-p,
,and the flap Y,is y,positively :and rigidly ,-held with the sections 5and 6 at an angle toeacfhA :other and projecting rearwardly 4.from the fbody portionsbytheendsection 17 Ylc'etvveernthe afm.:
; The :sections lgand 16 of ,ilapsarefpro- -Ividedrwitli fthe respective openings 12 and -13 nwhichrv are #disposed @ali-nement withaeach i `.are of iaisiLzegto frictinnall'y `receive thea-ntibodyfsectionsLandZ, soi-as to 'forni a bracket y cle to which the tag is to be applied, for eX- ample a pencil 14 shown by dot and dash lines on Figures 1 and 2 of -the drawings. In attaching the .tagr to the pencil, the pencil is slipped through the openings 12 and 13 and the frictional engagement of the edges of the opening upon the pencil hold the tag in the desired position. -f
Gbviously the shape of the body sections l and 2 inay be Vwidely varied according to the purpose for whichV the tag is to be used, and the shape and size ofthe openings 12 and 13 in the bracket arm may also be varied. Also, the tag can be formed of several' separate pieces instead of in one piece as described. y
Therefore, ity will be understood that-while I have shown the tagas embodying certain details of construction, and as applied to a 'certain use, the invention may be embodied in other details of construction" and the tag used in connection with other articles, withoutdepa'rting from the spirit or scope of the invention.
Having thus described the invention, what Iclaiinis: 1 V
1. Adisplay tag VcomprisingV a body portion including two superposed sections one of Y projecting integrally from the edge of one main section opposite the juncture of said sections, the other main section having an opening to receive the free end of said flap and said flap-having openings spaced longitudinally thereof to receive an article to which the tag is to beapplied.
6. A display tag comprising a body including two portions in spaced and opposed relation, and a Vflap extending rearwardly from the body and comprising three sections one of which at the free end of the flap is inserted into said space between said portions wliile the other two sections of the flap project rearwardly from said body at angles to each other and have alined'openings to receive an article for mounting the tag thereon. HAROLD L. MYERS.
which has an opening while the other has a i flap extending rearwardly .from the body portion with the Afree end inserted through said opening and between Asaid body sections, Y said flap having means for engaging an article to which the tag1 is to be applied.
2. A display tag comprising aV body por- -tion including "two superposed sectionsone of which has an opening while the other hasa Hap composed of three sections one of which at the free end ofthe flap is inserted through Vsaid opening. andfbetween said body sections while the other two sections of the apfproject rearwardly from the body portion at ani angle to each other and have alined openings l for mounting the tag A 'Y to receive an article thereon.
3.y A display tag 'comprising a body por# l-ios tion including two superposed sections oneof which has an opening while the other has j a flap at its free edge extending across the corresponding edge of the other sectioniw'ith f applied;
the free end of the flap inserted through said Vopening and between said body sectionssofl that the lap'projects rearwardly froinsaid i gaging an article 4, display tag `comprisin a bodyportion including two superposed sections one of which has an opening while the otherhas a flap at its free edge extending across the corresponding edge of the other section, said flapy comprising three sections the Lone ofwhich'A Y atthe free end of the flap is inserted through i' said opening in the direction ofthe other end and between said body sections while thev Vother two sections'of the flap projectk rear-
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Oh what a good disc we have here!The words used by Gidon Kremer to introduce the spirit of this project are moving,and the high value of music as a food for soul comes out so intrestingly.The most striking feature of the disc, for me, comes with the first track,Scene with Cranes by Sibelius;I always considered Sibelius as a great musician, but quite a relic from romantic era in the 20th century.This piece, instead,sounds so modern and makes for a great introduction to the climate built up by the remaining tracks, which span from Schubert(1813) to Lera Auerbach(2009). Some tracks are quietly flowing( Nyman, Piazzolla...), others rather anguished(Auerbach,Schnittke...), but each one takes to the surface a treasure which is inside the composer, and pushes us to take out our treasures.
As Kremer says, music is far more precious than oil ( oil is used as a symbol of inner energy that can serve the people in this compilation, and in its beautiful, typically ECM, cover graphics),and this disc is far more precious that the umpteenth Beethoven's Fifth.
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Just a quick post today. Been working on some fast daily(ish) ink drawings while I'm letting my hip recover -- here's a few!
Two lovely-haired harpies
Just a quick post to share some harpy sisters in progress--I love the angry bird heart of a harpy who will eat all your food and then vomit it all over you. Please never shut up, dear harpies.
Also these two icthyobabies are nearly there!
- More to come soon! My sister solved a childhood book mystery for me last weekend and I am now anxiously awaiting it in the mail --will post pictures when it arrives Also less than two weeks to the new hip and feeling a strange mix of excitement for less pain and more mobility coupled with super freaky scared. Will be good to be on the other side of it and recovering and am planning for a lot of studio time during my recovery--focusing on art helps, as usual.
Paintings, puns, goddesses, and hips
Ok, getting back in the blog saddle after missing last week's posting goal. Just a quick post today of a painting I made from one of the daily Inktober drawings I did back in October
Lot happening in the studio right now -- still working on some site updates and hope to launch a store for original artwork purchasing soon. And in my personal life -- I'm counting down the days to a much need hip replacement surgery (yeah, I'm super young for it, long story) in mid-February. After a very painful year, I'm actually looking forward to it, but focusing on tons of studio time to keep the scary thoughts at bay. I should be home and getting used to my new hip by Valentine's Day. Maybe I should get a pink cane for the occasion?
Happy 2015!
Happy 2015 everyone! I'm working to blog more in this new year and share more of my studio process, work in progress, and inspiration. My plan is to start with posting weekly so keep an eye out! So far I've been spending the new year cleaning and rearranging my studio, updating my site, and working on a few new paintings, as well as making fudge, playing video games, resting my arthritic hip, and taking a cat with a cold to the vet (happy to report he will be just fine!)
I was excited to get a chance to do this commission for a friend at the end of 2014 -- she asked me to create something that involved her family in a fantastical setting so I put them in a fairy forest. Her family are fans of the Oakland Gnomes, so I had to add a special gnome friend discovering their tiny family in the forest. I love doing commissions -- please get in touch if you are interested in having me create something specifically for you.
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1894-05-21 (110lbs) George Corfield w pts 20 Bill Moore, Norfolk Road Drill Hall, Sheffield, England
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Switching from old builder grade paint
Hi there!
I'm having a devil of a time getting the proper formula for an older builder color (Monarch paint, "Botany Beige") to a new, better quality paint. The Monarch paint is horrible, but I love the color; in fact, I have it in every wall of the house. So, I've tried to do the color matching thing, but SW, BM and Home Depot can't seem to find the formula in their data base or match the paint precisely. I've wasted a lot of $ buying cans of paint that just aren't a match.
What would you suggest? Do I have to bite the bullet and change colors to get a better quality paint?
I was planning on keeping the flat finish. We have textured walls, so a sheen would really bug me. Do I go into the store and up front say that they might have to work on it? Am I expected to pay for a new gallon each time it doesn't work? Don't really know the protocol....
Can you get a chip? If so, go get it color matched. If not, check out SW Maison Blanche or BM Muslin. They're close.
If you're playing around at the paint store, have them make the smallest amount possible. You shouldn't have to buy gallons for samples.
I guess the protocol can vary from store to store, so you should ask, 'Can you match this?' It's not really about finding a formula. They will pick a color that is close and then add colorants until the match is acceptable. Some stores will stick a sample into the computer color eye too and match it that way. You will need to provide a sample though, unless the store has a Monarch color deck on hand. If you have some of the old paint, you can just bring in and they should make a sample for you. You should not have to pay for extra gallons. Sometimes, a clerk can ruin a gallon by going too far with the colorants, but that is not your fault usually and it's why you see stacks of mistinted paints in most stores on discount.
Thanks! Woodsy1, I'll check out those colors. Paintguy, I've done the sample thing through BM and SW, and the mix turns out either too gray or too peach. I'll start having them do quarts, although paint is getting so $$ these days, I'm sure quarts will be $20...:P
Find somewhere to scavenge a reasonably sized chunk of material with paint in it ... if you are that determined toi get THAT color, cutting out a chunk of drywall wouldn't be too much to do.
Take the sample in and have them color match it.
Bring it to ME!
I'll nail it...I usually do.
Tweaking??!?! Yes, that's a given.
I'll scan a chip, back-off on some key colorants, etc.
(this is something only gained by knowing a particular scanners' habits!!)
Then I'll shoot the color, brush out a little bit, and dry it by using a cool-setting hair dryer.
Next comes the tweaking!
Depending on a stores' tinting/scanning capabilities, colorant lines, etc., Qts. may not be available for real light colors.
I've got a big COROB tinter with C2's 16 colorants available, so it's EASY to match colors!
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I've seen some of our C2 chips "matched" into other brands....usually NOT very well....AT ALL.
The customer wanted to "save some money" getting a C2 color matched into somethin' else. Well...they usually end buying the native brand as well!
So, from one standpoint, they LOST money by trying to SAVE $$.....
PG has a crucial point-
The higher the sheen, the darker A GIVEN formula will appear. There's NO WAY to compensate for it either!! That's a fools' game!


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I'd like an evergreen tree for shading my west facing sliding patio door. Fast-growing since I don't plan on being in the house for much longer than 5-10 years. Not huge, because there is only about 30 feet between my orange and pecan tree, but the sun beats right through that slot from June-Sept.
If you can wait until October, I'd recommend shopping at the Desert Botanical Garden fall plant sale. It's held on the 19th-21st, with the 19th being members-only (another good reason to become a member!)
Here is a link that might be useful: Desert Botanical Garden sale
If you don't find what you want at DBG, I recommend A&P Nursery. They have two locations in Mesa and one is pretty far east. Locally owned and very knowledgeable people on hand to answer questions. Where I will **never** shop again: Moon Valley Nursery. Bait and switch ads and used car salesmen tactics.
The Lindsay/Baseline A&P is my primary nursery, it's so close and the young guys working there are very helpful and friendly though I haven't tested their knowledge very often
As far as Moon Valley, I've haven't gone there since I heard they were commission based. I stopped one time when they had a bunch of clearance plants by the road ($5 roses) and some lady came strolling out handing me all these garbage roses telling me they looked fine. See ya
Many, many years ago, Moon Valley started having various workers plug the nursery here on AZ GW under assumed names. I haven't looked back once.
I also hate that they so heavily market (or did at one time) the Indian Laurel/ Ficus trees ... lovely as they are, they're water guzzlers and many people lost a huge investment in time and money when they got deformed in a cold snap.
Im currently looking for trees myself. I was duly impressed with Treeland. Every tree has a computer printed tag that lists the relevant info: price, growth rate and size, frost level, etc. Best of all stores when it comes to self-service, plus their folks seem knowledgeable. Next Id say its Whitfill nursery on Southern and 32st (this is their tree location). I looked at A&P but most of their trees were 15 gal or 24" box trees, i wanted bigger. After two tries at Moon Valley I can say without a doubt I will never buy from them again. As someone else posted, they might work on commission and that would explain a lot of the BS i dealt with there when I didnt know any better. I asked up front and at least at Treeland and Whitfill they do not work on commissions.


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I have a unidentified bamboo that's approx. 2 1/2 feet tall., could someone please tell me what's a good companion plant for these. I live in zone 4/5. Thank you
There are some bamboo which are that height as mature plants, but I'm curious what bamboo that would be in your Zone. Are you absolutely sure it's bamboo? Could you post a picture or describe it better? In particular, do the culms/stalks die back in the winter, or does it simply defoliate? How old is this planting?
F. murielae is a nice one. Bamboo coexist with almost anything. I have quite a few bamboo -- albeit in a more temperate climate, Zone 8 -- and I have been successful with ferns, various groundcovers, cotoneaster, and smaller flowers like marigolds, California poppies, and smaller-size daylilies and irises. Some of those may be too big in scale for your bamboo now, but murielae is quite hardy and should size up to a respectable height in coming years.
My neighbor in the back of my house has an excessive growth of bamboo used as a wall and/or property divider. The bamboo is nice but I would like to know how do you manage the roots for growing other plants? The roots have extended quite a distance and within this distance, I would personally like to include various plants. I have previously tried gardening but the bamboo roots kills the plants. What could I do to prevent the bamboo roots in killing my plants?
Lilies might be a pretty good companion since they offer a big contrast come in all sizes from 1ft up to 8ft, and bloom in all sorts of colors. I have a collection up to 8 species of different forms.
They area easily propagated, but don't really spread if left alone and are very cold hardy.
Here is a link that might be useful: my lilies


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January 22nd, 2015, 09:01 AM #1
[Spoiler] Command. May it be like other forums?
Hi People,
I was trying edit my Story thread, using the Spoiler command to looks like this one:
The chapters looks fine when posted in a hidden box.
But in this forum, the Spoiler command works like this:
My story here
Can't let a fine thread with a big black page like that.
There are another way to hide my chapters, so anyone can choose which one they want to read?
January 22nd, 2015, 11:02 AM #2
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Hmmm, as far as I know, our forum software only displays the big, black box of doom with the spoiler tags. There are no other formatting options.
You could post your chapters somewhere else on the web and link to them instead of putting them entirely in the thread. Or you can upload the chapters to the thread as an attachment (though, folks may not want to download them for fear of viruses and such). Or, I'm not sure if the Stories Section (as opposed to the Stories sub-forum) is still working, but if it is, you can post the story there and link back to it from within your forum thread.
Does that help?
January 22nd, 2015, 11:25 AM #3
Yes, helped. Now I know that there is no easy way to solve the problem.
I thought I'd post links from another site, but people do not seem to click these links.
Think of a creative solution. I just can't display the whole story in my Workshop thread... think I'll post the fixed chapters in my wattpad.
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The Kite Runner (original 2003; edition 2004)
by Khaled Hosseini
Truly loved this book because of the loving relationship between the boy and his father and because it showed the overwhelming costs and ruination caused by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
totally engaging book with good writing that shows even better potential. some parts were a bit predictable but it didn't really interfere with my enjoyment of the book. i like reading about characters who struggle with the versions of themselves they've created, and this is a nice example of that. also the literal and metaphoric idea of the kite runner is a good one to anchor the book; that was well done.
This was an interesting book. There was something about it that drew me in. I ended up reading it all in one sitting. Well listening, but the same thing. I think it was a combination of the prose and the characters. Something. I can see why so many people liked the book. I enjoyed reading about the middle eastern culture, the little that was portrayed in this book. I think I do recommend this book. :)
Amir and Hassan have been close companions since birth in pre soviet Afghanistan. But Amir is from the ruling caste of Pashums and Hassan is from the impoverished servant class Hazara. Their peaceful world is shattered amidst the dying years of the Afghan monarchy in the 1970s and the rise of the Taliban. Amir abandons the loyal Hassan when he needs him the most. After many years of living with his guilt in America he finally seeks redemption when he learns that Hassan was actually his half-brother and makes the journey back to war torn Afghanistan.
I had absolutely no empathy for the self-absorbed main protagonist until more than halfway through the book and felt that the second half of the book was better than the first half. It's a powerful story and I shed tears for little Sohrab and the fate of Afghanistan.
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!!!
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.
This book was well written. There are some topics in the book that are heavy, but regardless the story plot was excellent. It felt authentic.
I listened to the audiobook on this one. It was read by the author.
This was a very enjoyable book. I didn't know if I would like it when it started but as I got into it I really liked it.
Plot -- 20 out of 20 points
For anyone baffled by the Afghan conundrum, this book is the perfect introduction to the complexities of the cultural divide within a country ravaged by endless war and religious conflicts. Kite running was a popular national custom for children, especially in the days before the Taliban. Fiercely competitive and fraught with perils (strings dipped in shattered glass can cut the opponent's kite free, but they can also injure the kite runner), these tournaments brought great rewards to the winners and shame to the losers. The Pashtuns (Sunni Muslims) are long-time oppressors of the Hazara people (Shi'a Muslims). Amir, the privileged son of Baba, a wealthy man, forms a friendship with Hassan, the son of Baba's loyal family servant, Ali. Raised together as children, the boys are eventually pushed apart by a series of ugly secrets and heartbreaking cruelty. Cast aside, the brutalized Hassan never falters in his belief in Amir, even through Amir's own doubts about himself and the world; Hassan's unfailing love for his friend becomes Amir's emotional albatross. How can such a humble human being like Hassan, son of a servant, be so forgiving and believe in something far greater than what the privileged son of Baba understands?
Characters -- 20 out of 20 points
Dr. Hosseini has a knack for creating all-too-human characters, with frailties and faults that sometimes push them to the very edge of moral decency. Amir learns early to conceal his own weaknesses by focusing on his social status, even as his conscience foments shame and inflames his inner turmoil. He knows that Hassan is a good and true friend, far more worthy of respect for his actions than Amir is. His jealousy, over the affection his father, Baba, shows the young Hazara, just seems to feed the demons in Amir. But it is the relationships Amir has with Ali, his father's servant, and the wise Rahim Khan that prove to be his salvation in the end, allowing him to find his way back to the goodness that Hassan represents in a war-weary Afghanistan years later. In that return, Amir discovers his true purpose in life. Baba's complicated personality was shaped by events hidden from Amir's view over decades, and Amir, feeling betrayed, must come to grips with the imperfections of other human beings before he can address his own. That he has a wife like Soraya is part of that healing; her strength and determination to forge a better life in the United States after fleeing Afghanistan pushes him to be a better man, even as they cannot agree on what it will take to make him so. For Amir, the real test of courage comes when he returns to Afghanistan and finally confronts the devil he most fears, not by choice, but by necessity. It is that moment that defines him as a human being and lifts him out of the vice of that holds him down. Letting go of tribal Afghan conformity in favor of a greater recognition of humanity becomes his freedom, and he severs the old mindset like a champion kite runner slices the string of a competitor's kite.
Setting -- 20 out of 20 points
The story takes place over decades and moves from Afghanistan to Pakistan to the United States, and then back again. The changes that these societies go through as the years pass, along with the perils that remain, highlight the tragedy of a nation, Afghanistan, that seems locked into unending war. This fictional story offers a window of understanding into that puzzle. The tragic journey of the refugees as they flee, the struggles of the Afghan community in the United States as people try to assimilate, brings home the reality that there are always trade-offs in leaving the old life for the new. Baba, the once-wealthy man, is forced to take a job as a gas station attendant just to keep a roof over his and Amir's heads. It's a sober reminder that, in the end, the hardships faced by humans are sometimes unavoidable; despite the best efforts to improve our lot in life, we are sometimes defeated by physical circumstances until we understand that our faith in and love for our fellow humans can raise us up through the darkness. That is the triumph of spirit.
Pacing -- 19 out of 20 points
As the book opens, the reader is drawn into the world of two young boys. Their idyllic days of playing together, sharing adventures, seem perfect, but little by little, the reality of Afghan life begins to intrude on their friendship, driving a wedge between them. By then, the reader has already begun to feel for both boys. That emotional connection begins to tear the reader apart when sympathy for one boy's plight is challenged by a conscience desire for justice for the other boy. Amir retreats into his own selfish cocoon, hoping to save himself even as Hassan is sacrificed. It's hard not to feel dread as the inhumane acts pile up across Afghanistan. The strength of the tribal culture within Afghanistan is apparent as those in charge mete out harsh punishment for any who defy the demands of society. Individuals are forced to choose between acting out of conscience and conforming for the sake of survival.
Tone -- 19 out of 20 points
While much of the book focuses on the harsh realities of Afghan life, the author paints his portraits of individuals with the deftness of an illuminist, adding little glimmers of light to all but the most closed-minded of cretins. The reader's sense of uncertainty never quite fades, but neither does the hope that one day Afghan will find its way. This book was written more than a decade ago; in the current climate of Islamic jihad that has taken over parts of Syria, Iraq, and other parts of the Middle East in the hope of creating an Islamic caliphate, it still stands as an important story for any reader who yearns to understand how things can become so twisted. What allows the Afghan people to tolerate the cruelty of the Taliban? What allows them to view women as property and the Hazara as servants? The complicated answer to that is revealed in the lives of two young boys whose paths diverge and later reemerge, their bonds woven together like a primitive tribal rug in a pattern created centuries ago and passed down through the generations.
The novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is about redemption and reveals that people have regrettable actions they want to recover from and fix. The story is about Amir's life from when cowered away from saving his best friend, Hassan, from being brutally attacked to feeling guilty about it through his life until he saves Hassan's child Sohrab. Amir feels like he has fully redeemed himself after he takes Sohrab back to his house and wife and teaches him about kite fighting.
I think Hosseini's uses of brutal and vivid images to fully capture the severity and malevolents of the different character's actions makes the story more interesting to read. He implicitly puts Amir's regret into the story by having Amir feel down and depressed about life and his sad memories of Hassan and him together. I enjoyed reading about Amir's whole emotional transition and the different aspects of it from feeling happy and upbeat to feeling guilty and down to feeling relieved and guilt free at the end of the story. I also liked how the author embedded values that are intertwined in Amir's emotional change, like Baba teaching Amir to be strong and stand up to what he believes in. Some of the parts of the book that were not my favorite when I was reading it are when Amir is first with his wife wife and some of the time after their marriage. I understood the point of those sections closer to the end of the book, but they seemed boring and prolonged when I did not understand how it correlated with Hassan and his guilt.
Excellent voice. Lots of twist. Boring in places, but worth the skim over to get back to the good. I love his descriptions.
This book started out okay, then quickly got boring. I hoped it would get more exciting (and it sort of did) but it was all predictable, and very, very depressing.
The author knows how to write interesting phrases, but the story left me feeling a combination of sad and icky.
This book was read as part of our reading group. Basically the group was split, some people absolutely loved it, and others (like myself) thought the book was mediocre, and some hated it. In my view the book was bland. I found the main character to be irritatingly weak and never develops as a person. All the interesting people with character and depth are all the people who live around the main character, e.g. Rahim Khan, Hassan and Shoraib. The main character is so weak I cannot even remember his name.
The writing itself is simplistic, and really glosses over those things that had great potential interest. For example, after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, the author skips over that whole period of history and never discusses how the characters lives were destroyed under the invasion.
I didn't really get a great sense of Afghanistan culture, religion, and society the way the book really had an opportunity to present. One comment that came out of our reading group, that I think is really true, is that the book seemed so formulaic, that you could pick any third-world country and plug the characters into, and the story would almost read the same. Another words, there was nothing that really conveyed a unique perspective of Afghanistan. The book was generic in this sense.
Although, the book had some bright spots and some points in the book where the book was chilling-like where the main character witnesses an execution Taliban-style.
On the whole, the book probably presents enough Afghanistan for most readers to seem exotic, but it really is quite banal.
Even back in high school when I was assigned this book, it was obvious that it was false to its core, the equivalent of a "true crime" thriller, melodrama posing as documentary, a core of cynicism hiding behind a veneer of empathy.
This book was definitely better than I expected. I had mainly heard taglines describing it as being about "The one event that changed both their lives forever..." but it wasn't about that at all. That was only a part of it. Really, this was about war, and also about the American immigrant experience. A very fascinating book. Overall, I think it was well-written. Downside: it felt very calculated, and every single thing of note came back in a more important role later in the book. It was too wrapped up in itself.
A stunning first novel, with beautiful descriptions of Afghanistan before various conflicts broke out. It is a bittersweet tale of families, friendship, loyalyy and shame. I like the simplicity if Hosseini's language, but felt the story let him down somewhat. I was pleased to see there was no twee happy ending.
O caçador de pipas' conta a história de Amir, um afegão há muito imigrado para os Estados Unidos, que se vê obrigado a acertar as contas com o passado e retorna a seu país de origem. O ponto de partida do livro é a infância do protagonista, quando Cabul ainda não era a capital do país que foi invadido pela União Soviética, dominado pelos talibãs e subjugado pelos Estados Unidos. A história de Amir e Hassan, os personagens de 'O caçador de pipas', já conquistou o mundo. Publicado em 32 países, o romance é um best-seller internacional. 'O caçador de pipas' ganha, aqui no Brasil, uma edição especial, com capa dura, fotos do Afeganistão, especialmente feitas para o projeto dessa edição, e uma carta inédita do autor, Khaled Hosseini, comentando sobre a experiência de ser um escritor afegão estreante nos Estados Unidos depois do 11 de Setembro e sobre como ainda fica surpreso com a repercussão do livro pelas cartas que recebe de leitores de todo o mundo.
I'm struggling to decide whether I liked the book, loved it or hated it with every single inch of my saddened heart. Seriously, it's been a very, very long time since a book touched me so deeply and made me shed so many tears. This book is all about the importance of family bonds, friendship, loyalty, everything written in a fluid, simple, easy language and yet Hosseini managed to turn this book into something deep, imbued with just too much meaning with so few words, it's not even funny.
I was unfortunate enough to get a couple of spoilers for the book (friendly advice: if you're in the middle of the book, it is NOT a good idea to check for the trailer of the movie's adaptation, as it contains mild spoilers), so nothing struck me as absolutely unexpected, yet the book still kept me trapped to its fascinating world until the very last page.
One of the best thing about this book is how it talked about the character's life in the US without patronizing the country, always making sure that Amir was a coherent character, with a heart deeply rooted in the values and traditions of his home country. It was also interesting to finally see a story by the point of view of someone most uninformed people consider a "terrorist".
I just can't seem to find words enough to express how this book change the way I saw Afghanistan, its people, its culture. I loved every single page of The Kite Runner and feel like it's going to leave an empty space in my heart...
A very brutal heart wrenching book that is at times very hard to read but worth persevering with for the experience. Not for the faint hearted, at no time did I find it happy or uplifting in any way. Just an intense story.
This book reads like a kite. Just when it is going smoothly a strong wind pulls it and your stomach drops thinking it's all about to come crashing down. In the end, though, you'll feel like flying.
Shortly after starting The Kite Runner I mentioned to someone that I had just started reading it. "Ah, I loved the first part of that book.", she said. I replied with "Oh? You didn't like the rest?" and got the answer: "Oh, I did. It's a good book."
It seemed like a strange thing to say at the time. Having now read the book myself, I think I know exactly what she meant.
The Kite Runner is a really good book for many reasons. It has some really beautiful moments, some really uncomfortable moments, and some moments that are just downright gut-punching. The raw and seemingly effortless way in which it conveys happiness, but also sadness, guilt, hopelessness, anger, and pain makes it a really special book.
At the root of it all is the story of a boy from Afghanistan, and the story of his life as he transitions from childhood to adulthood. With that comes a window into a culture, a way of living, and often a way of thinking that is foreign to me. Much of this is extremely interesting, but more importantly it also feels very real, and adds an extra layer to the story itself.
This book has so much going for it, and it is therefore a bit of a pity that I loved only the first part of it. Because, again, there are so many great things in this book. There are quite a few gear-changes in the story, which isn't a problem in itself, but during one of them I think the book loses some of its emotional intensity, and never quite manages to get it back. It goes from being an engrossing emotional story to being a story with plenty of engrossing emotional moments. While the latter is still good it's just not quite the same.
The Kite Runner is a really well done, solid, good, worthwhile read, and I'd recommend it to anyone. I just think it could have been a little bit more.
Maybe it's because I'm getting older and seeing how much of a mess life can be, but I don't usually appreciate books where everything neatly fits together. This is one of those books, but it seems destined to be so, and proves a point by doing it. The descriptions of memories are beautiful, and the child's remorse so sympathetic, that the perpetual references to the one seminal event in the child's life is not as tiring as it could have been. Really good story, didn't want to put it down. Hopeful.
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im just wondering what would cause the left prong on a three prong power tool to blacken and melt the plug on the cord of the tool. and yes this is the factory plug not a replacement. my school just bought a new sander and a new band saw and they both blackened when they were used just like the older tools. again the prong is the one that goes in the left side of the outlet when plugged in. thanks and sorry for writing so much, matt
Bad contact in the wall receptacle.
It actually wouldn't turn both black if in fact that is the problem. It would only arc and blacken where the connection is loose. It's not very common to replace a receptacle and for this to happen, but sometimes during instalation I have seen people take a screwdriver and push it in that prong and try to straighten an outlet that is twisted. It could of course just have been damaged anywhere from when factory made it to untill the time it was installed
absolutely. If this truly is the problem (which it seems very likely) the more likely situation to occur is that the arcing from the loose connection will heat up to the point where it will cause a fire. I would reccoment to at least replace the outlet in question. We are talking about one outlet that is doing this, correct?
nooooo this is just about every outlet in the school. my laptop cord actually had to be replaced because of this issue also. im not sure exactly what this issue is and i just got a voicemail that 5-7 computers have melted plugs also and this is worring me alot now.
bus and petey have it right. the prong is getting hot because of a high resistance "bad" connection at the receptacle. replace one of the bad receptacles with a high quality one from supplier, not from those on hand. then plug in an appliance thats plug has not been compromised. you will not have a problem at the newly replaced receptacle. Then you will have many others to replace.
You don't need an electrician you need a Priest, as this is not an elecrical problem it is a poltergeist. A Bible a Cross and a bottle of Holy water and you are set. If you do call the power company and ask why they are suppling you with defective power, please record the call so you can post verbatim their answer.
The OP has not indicated that he is a student, and certainly could be in a position where he would be allowed to replace outlets. However it does seem that his problem defies explaination somehow. How about let's blame it on Chinese drywall and move on.
Sorry if I'm being cynical, but does anybody else have the word "troll" come to mind...? When I was in school, I was never allowed to replace outlets and check all the connections in the panels... Give me a break!
heh... I was in a position, as a high school student, where I was permitted to do this - as well as replacing light ballasts and occasional tinkering with the wiring to the 1940s boilers...
Of course, I also had the principal making "wooden washers" with a tablesaw during the installation of an intercom system... it was definitely an unusual school.
All that aside, this thread is BS. The OP has made up a scenario which is not scientifically possible. I vote we track his IP address and semipermanently install his face in a concrete wall.
im calling you out on this one. we need to see pictures of this anomaly.
twenty seven eight-by-ten color glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one was. we need pictures of the approach, the getaway, the northwest corner the southwest corner and that's not to mention the aerial photography.
please post these on the web somewhere and provide us with a link.
I suspect Matt is telling the truth.......
Here's a wiki "three-phase" excerpt:
""If the supply neutral of a three-phase system with line-to-neutral connected loads is broken, the voltage balance on the loads will no longer be maintained. The neutral point will tend to drift toward the most heavily loaded phase, causing undervoltage conditions on that phase only. Correspondingly, the lightly-loaded phases may approach the line-to-line voltage, which exceeds the line-to-neutral voltage by a factor of â3, causing overheating and failure of many types of loads.""
After the 2004 Hurricanes in Florida I saw all kinds of weird single-phase problems associated with poor/broken Neutral connections.....Many of the strain reliefs (or connections) broke AND they were used as part of the Neutral conductor........
Disclaimer: I'm NOT an Electrician....just a handy guy
the loose neutral problem may destroy 120v equipment as it will tend to increase and decrease voltage on the lines in proportion to the loads applied to them. this situation does not cause the problem described by matt. this problem is caused by heat developed at a bad connection. if matt is telling the truth, let him post the pictures. I can't wait to see the evidence.
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NEW! * Friday, February 25, 2000 - Thursday, March 2, 2000. Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
CARTOON NOIR comes to LA. This multi-technique film is a feature-length
compilation of animated shorts from American and European artists. Featured
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companies a rare opportunity to showcase their work to a global audience.
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Disney's Imagine Finds New Home At Fox
Imagine Television, the makers of THE PJS, is leaving Disney for its new
home at Fox. The three-year collaboration between the small screen arm of
production house Imagine Entertainment and 20th Century Fox Television will
take effect at the end of April 2000. Worth up to $30 million, the deal
also includes a two-year option extension. Imagine TV had been based at
Walt Disney Television since it was formed in 1997 by Imagine Entertainment
Disney Channel With A Latin Touch
On Friday, January 14, 2000, Walt Disney International-Latin America
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satellite television distribution agreement with Galaxy Latin America, LLC
for DIRECTV service in Spanish-speaking Latin America. "Launching the
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BEAVER-like family. As the family reads about the Selectcare program, the
commercial washes over in bright Technicolor hues. The voice-over
concludes, "Sometimes the answer can come right out of the blue." Jennifer
Lucero produced for V12.
Red Rover Raps Molson Spot
Toronto-based RED ROVER's directors Andy and Linzi Knight created the
"subliminal" message for the Molson Export "Subliminal" spot. The 30-second
spot slyly transforms the bubbles in a glass of beer into the image of
three go-go girls dancing to "And the Beat Goes On." The spot was produced
for McClaren McCann of Toronto. Linzi Knight said, "This is the kind of
commercial people look forward to seeing because they're always looking to
see if they notice anything else going. That kind of viewer attention is
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animated spots for Hasbro's "Together TV" and Tiger Electronics' "Find
Furby" game. Both spots were directed by Steven Dovas and were produced for
New York-based ad agency Posnick & Koklaer. The "Together TV" spot features
live-action heads placed atop animated bodies. The spot highlights parents
spending time with their children. The "Find Furby" spot brings animated
versions of the Furby dolls to life as they bounce around the sky from
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type graphics and stock footage for an RCA spot entitled "Static." Graphics
weave together images of static, distortion and color bars, until finally a
crisp picture of the two RCA Dalmatian mascots appear to illustrate the
growth of television from its early days to HDTV. The spot ends with the
tag "RCA. Changing entertainment. Again." Graham Wood directed for Curious
Pictures/Tomato and Quiche Campbell produced.
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families their new CD-ROM, PAJAMA SAM 3: YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT FROM YOUR
HEAD TO YOUR FEET. Pajama Sam is back to uncover the mysterious
disappearance of four Peace Delegates who have not arrived at the Food
Pyramid for a Peace Conference. The suggested retail price will be $24.99.
Renegade Creates Trix Yogurt Spot
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spots for New York-based ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi. The spot starts out
with a group of sad kids in a black & white colored world until they taste
Trix Yogurt. They use their spoons as magic wands to paint the world in
bright colors. The cel animated spot was directed by Darrell Van Citters
and produced by Jeff Poehlmann of Johnson Burnett Productions.
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yU + CO, in collaboration with Digital Domain, provided the motion graphics
design for seven new American Express "Blue" commercials. The titles appear
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highly pixilated image, before coming into focus as letters. The titles
where designed to comment on the physical flexibility and the holographic
blue box center of the new card. Garson Yu was designer and director for yU
Radium Raps Mervyn's Spot
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California commercials. In "Yo-yo," Goetz takes live-action footage of a
dancer and puts them into a yo-yo that spins and jerks off the screen. In
"Kung-fu," Goetz creates the transitions between scenes by creating
rice-paper doors that slide in front of the camera. Radium's Andrea Mansour
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RALLY for PlayStation with Nintendo 64, PC and Sega Dreamcast to follow
shortly. Developed by Tantalus Interactive, the kart-style racing adventure
features mission-based game modes and 27 characters from the Comedy Central
series. All versions of South Park Rally will include multiplayer modes
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have been assigned to create a new animated comedy series for Oxygen,
Geraldine Laybourne's new network to launch February 2, 2000 to accompany
the Web site of the same name. The comedy series titled HEY MONIE is based
on the life and longings of a single African-American professional woman in
big city America. This is the first network animated series based on an
African-American woman and her friends. The show is scheduled to air on
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toon JOE PSYCHO & MOOFROG CARTOONSHOW. Set in the fictional town of Spleen,
Oregon, JOE PSYCHO revolves around humorous mishaps of the local TV station
where crazy Joe and mind-mannered MooFrog work.
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Send your registration form before January 20, 2000 and
save 50% on your entry fee. The Imagina computer conference
and festival is the rendez-vous for all digital
audio-visual professionals. For its 19th edition, in
keeping with tradition, the event will start in Monaco,
January 31-February 2, 2000, but will then continue in
Paris, February 2-4, 2000 with the exhibition of new
industrial developments and technologies. The events in
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The 19th Brussels Cartoon and Animated Film Festival takes
place February 28-March 11, 2000. This year, in addition to
its regular program, the festival presents Anima 2000, a
4-day event with various conferences, screenings and panel
discussions. The program includes: "Be Realistic, Demand
The Impossible: Creatives' Dreams," on interactive
animation; "Lucas Arts," on how video game developers see
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ASIFA-Canada Comes On Board!
AWN is pleased to welcome ASIFA-Canada to the AWN family.
ASIFA (International Animated Film Association) was
founded in 1957 in France by a group of professional
animators to promote the art of animation. Today, there are
ASIFA chapters in nearly thirty countries worldwide, but
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various festivals and other events in the US, Canada, France,
Belgium and Germany. Bill will be appearing at the Comics Festival
in Angouleme, France, January 26-31, and at the Zagreb World
Festival of Animated Films in Zagreb, Croatia, June 12-25, 2000.
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Visual Magic Magazine, AWN's 3D animation and digital effects
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Jim Williams has been watching birds and writing about their antics since before "Gilligan's Island" went into reruns. Join him for his unique insights, his everyday adventures and an open conversation about the birds in your back yard and beyond.
A reader wrote recently to say she does much of her birding in her yard, from her deck, because she has Lyme's disease, and now prefers to avoid habitat that might harbor deer ticks. Lyme's is transmitted by the deer tick, as you probably know. Those tiny ticks also carry a couple of other disease agents. One of them will give you what is now called human anaplasmosis, formerly known as ehrlichiosis. I was infected with that disease.
My symptoms arrived suddenly while I was driving back to our Wisconsin home from a visit with my elderly mother. Mom was a sweetheart, but often a difficult sweetheart, her pure Norwegian stubbornness too visible. In the car, hearing north on I-35, one minute I was fine. The next I had a terrible headache and chills and sweating. I told myself that visits to Mom could be stressful, but my goodness, the day hadn't seemed that bad.
I felt no better when I got home, so drove to Shell Lake where my doctor had her office. I found her at the hospital there. She drew blood from me, and took it off to the lab. When she returned she said I was to stay and be treated for ehrlichiosis. She explained what that was. Fine, I said. I'll drive home for my toothbrush and a book and be back in an hour. No way. I was put to bed five minutes later, an IV hooked to my arm, anti-biotics going to work. Unlike Lyme's, ehrlichiosis has no lingering symptoms. You cure it or it kills you in about two weeks. It will destroy your kidneys among other things. I went home two days later, a weak but well man.
I think about ticks when I bird. I don't often restrict myself from going where I please, but I'm careful about checking my body for ticks. I remember too well the headache, the chills, and the heavy sweating. And I feel bad about blaming that on my sweet old mom.
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Delgado picks team that 'has a chance to win'
Updated: January 28, 2005, 12:08 AM ETAssociated Press
MIAMI -- Carlos Delgado is willing to stand up for his beliefs -- or, in his case, not stand up.
At his introductory news conference Thursday with the Florida Marlins, Delgado said he'll continue to not stand up this season during the playing of "God Bless America."
An opponent of the war in Iraq, Delgado refused to stand when
"God Bless America" was played last season at games involving his
Toronto Blue Jays. Instead, he would stay on the bench or go into
the dugout ...
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