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The appointment of Legato, who is currently director of human resources in the Yorktown Central School District, is scheduled for the Katonah-Lewisboro school board's May 8 meeting, according to the announcement. Her start date with the district is July 28 and if appointed she will replace Harry LeFevre, who is in the position as an interim administrator.
"I'm delighted to have the opportunity to join the staff of the Katonah-Lewisboro School District and I would like to thank the Board of Education and the Superintendent for this wonderful opportunity," Legato said in a statement released by Katonah-Lewisboro. "The district has an outstanding reputation and I look forward to making contributions that accrue to the benefit of children, families and taxpayers."
"We are pleased to be able to recommend Ms. Legato, who has significant experience in school district human resources in multiple communities," Michael Jumper, Katonah-Lewisboro's interim superintendent, said in an accompanying statement. "She will be a welcome addition to the staff."
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C&G 7407 Unit 105 Learner Support "Teachers and teaching teams need to be effective in providing learners with support for their learning, guidance on current and future opportunities and requirements, and personal tutorial support. This involves meeting learners' entitlements and providing them with access to the full range of facilities and opportunities that will enable them to benefit from their programme of study. Teachers and teaching teams will need to know how to access and use a wide range of services to help meet learners' needs." (FENTO) The subject of leaner support is an interesting one. The FENTO statement above at first glance seems quite straight-forward; but education, colleges, teachers, learners, legislation and society at large make it a fascinating and compelling subject. There is a whole myriad of complexity just below the surface: learners can be visually impaired confined to a wheelchair they could be dyslectic they could have learning difficulties stretching back to childhood ESOL students work hard, but language can be a primary barrier they may have child care issues; be socially isolated; have no support they could be financially disadvantaged In 2001, SENDA came into force with the government's main theme being that a disabled person should have equal rights in terms of education, opportunity and employment. The Race Relations Act and the Equal Opportunities Act have been in force for many years, so it is vital for colleges, principals, teachers and teaching teams to be aware of this legislation and apply those principles both in and out of class. Vincent Stevenson unit 105 C&G 7407 At the start of a new course, I ask my learners to relax. I inform them that this learning experience will be fun, sometimes intensive, but thoroughly beneficial. I tell them that I love my subject, otherwise I'd be doing something else. They like that, it tells them that I'm passionate about my subject and I want them to be passionate about it too. I then invite them to participate in a simple ice-breaker exercise where they introduce the person next to them. It only involves mentioning their name, where they're from and what they hope to get out of the course. How they present that information tells me something about their level of confidence and I tick a small chart with marks from 1 to 10. It's hardly conclusive, but it's just to reference my first impression. At the first break, I make a point of coming down five minutes later than the class. I observe if they've spit off into small groups sitting around coffee tables, hopefully chatting enthusiastically. I keep my eye open for 'loners'. If I identify one, I make a point of inviting him/her to sit with me and I gently ask the following questions: . why are you doing the course? . what courses have you done previously? . did you find that course easy or did you have any problems? . what activities best suit your learning style? . what are your long term aims regarding study and work? I ask again about their expectations of the course. This level of personal interest if done sensitively can have a beneficial motivational effect on the learner. Geoff Petty – Teaching Today (Nelson Thornes) – page 513. I have noted in other assignments that the teacher's communication skills can make or break the entire learning programme. If a learner has confidence in the teacher as a person, his integrity, teaching style and interpersonal skills, the likely outcome will be that of success. Petty references Paul Martinez's '9000 voices' research stating that a learner's favourite aspect of FE was a supportive relationship with their tutor. He goes on to suggest common themes in learner's requirements of the tutor: 'A tutor who has time for me when I go to see him.' 'Someone who'll listen to me.' 'A person who doesn't make me feel stupid.' Vincent Stevenson unit 105 C&G 7407 'Someone who's not always running aound and taking it out on us.' 'A person who takes us how we are.' 'Someone who'll help me when I have a problem.' Petty makes the point that interpersonal skills are valued higher than subject matter knowledge, liaison, organization, time management and planning. Interpersonal skills make the difference between the learner staying or leaving. Petty makes the distinction that learners on a full time course would expect to have regular access to their tutor throughout the learning programme. Study support would include the following: . agree a programme of study and an Individual Learning Plan (ILP) . review each learner's progress every six to eight weeks, or more often if necessary, producing two reports a year . ensure that students reflect on their own progress and achievements and take responsibility for their own learning . agree targets and individual learning plans for each learner and review them periodically in 'one-to-one' or small group sessions . maintain individual student records and ILPs With regard to Pastoral Support, Petty suggests the delivery of an active and useful whole-class tutorial which includes induction, careers, pastoral issues and study skills etc. Support is usually provided by a combination of whole-class tutorials and one-to- one tutorials. One of the key skills in being a teacher, I believe, is to be resourceful. Not just in the classroom where it's imperative, but outside of the classroom where additional learner support is required. Learners, like teachers are busy people. They must have good motivation and time- management skills to achieve their goals. Learners can also be quite demanding and when a genuine concern arises, they appreciate a considered and timely answer. We often make the assumption that what learners need is more handouts, bibliographies and theories, when what they actually need is information and advice on less academically orientated material. Vincent Stevenson unit 105 C&G 7407 The problem with these weighty tomes is that learners can often feel they're drowning under a sea of paper. Learners often live in cramped conditions and in my experience they are not always as organized as they could be. Useful reference material often becomes misplaced. Reflecting on my own experience, I have a folder already bursting at the seams with handouts from this course. There are many different colours of paper and it's not always clear which piece of paper relates to which module. Yes, I should have noted which session it pertains to, but I did not and I often handle and read the same piece of paper a number of times to see where it fits into the jigsaw. Bromley Adult Education College offers comprehensive resources to ensure access to guidance opportunities for learners. It's the teacher's role to act as the signpost and direct learners to the appropriate materials. For example, access to information about training, employment and educational opportunities can be found in a number of resources: . the leaner handbook . the college prospectus . the Learndirect centre . the college web site / intranet . the office staff have a pivotal role in the process of enrolment; ensuring that learners sign up for the correct course and informing them of alternative learning opportunities. The office staff should also inform teachers of any 'special needs'; for example, if the learner is blind, from the application form. This allows the teacher to prepare how best to handle that learner's special needs. From there, we have support services for basic skills to advise on further actions and opportunities. It's also possible to request a classroom assistant, to provide extra time on an individual basis or in the preparation of specialist learning aids. Teachers can give support in terms of providing advice and information on certain specialist web sites. Vincent Stevenson unit 105 C&G 7407 College open days are a great opportunity for learners to interact with teachers and get a 360 degree view of who's who and how the entire process hangs together. Mentoring is another option where learners meet regularly with their teachers for review and direction. Teachers can also fall back on their senior colleagues' vast experience of knowledge and resources. This can work in two ways; informally through a personal network or more formally through staff meetings. Teachers can also offer references to learners and former learners, recommending them for further study or for interview situations. Learners can be further supported by adding their details to specialist databases with regard to career progression. Finally, we can learn a great deal about our learners' needs simply by asking them questions. This can be done informally at one-to-ones, or more formally via class questionnaires obtained throughout the learning cycle. Vincent Stevenson unit 105 C&G 7407 Case Study I am currently working on a Media Skills Project where I deliver a three day interactive workshop to four students. The aim of the project is to embed previously learnt ICT skills and then to demonstrate how to produce quality DVDs utilizing still photography, sound, music and video. The learners are all unemployed and they attend a council funded nature and environmental establishment in a deprived area of the borough. The learners are a mixture of male/female, young/old, and with representation from many ethnic minorities. A number of the learners have low self-esteem, dyslexia, learning difficulties due to literacy and numeracy problems, some of the foreign learners have problems with their English. We also have some single mothers. The workshop introduces learners to a digital video camera; how to shoot footage without creating vast amounts of waste. I then show them how to download multiple video clips to the PC hard drive. Then how to digitally edit the clips, fade-ins, fade-outs, and removal of unwanted video footage. How to add music, digital photographs and then how to insert DVD navigation buttons. When those activities are completed to the required standard, we then test the products and burn them on to DVDs. Most of these learners have poor work records, poor motivation and they have had little or no structure in their lives. Many of them have a poor attendance record at the centre which often causes problems with the administration staff who have to report this to the various funding agencies. By the end of three days, 95% of them have with guidance, completed the tasks to the required standard. What has amazed me is the level of commitment to the project. Of the five workshops completed there has been 100% attendance and about 90% punctuality. Many of the learners have never used nor had access to these tools and you can feel the pride they exude as they hold the camera and record their own projects. As all of the groups who've completed this project are now assisting with other projects at the centre, this project is the one most often informally discussed. Many students from previous workshops are coming into class at lunch times, asking to go over various details. Some have asked for the slides of the objectives screens. Some have asked for the five flow chart screens which make up the big picture of the activities. Some have invested in digital cameras over Christmas and want confirmation that the USB ports on their camera will work with our laptop. Sadly, many do not have a computer of their own but would like to see pictures of Christmas with their families on screen. Although these workshops are highly intensive and the day flies by quickly, I find it impossible not to stay behind after class and give them further opportunities to handle the tools and familiarize themselves with the hardware/software. This workshop is a winner because the learners define their own learning context. For most, it will be the Vincent Stevenson unit 105 C&G 7407 competent recording, production and distribution of family events on digital media. For others young enough to find a foothold in the market, this could be the first vital step to a new career. I have seen some remarkable changes of attitude and appearance in five short weeks. Almost 50% of the learners have asked me for advice regarding changes to their CV following successful completion of the course. These learners are now taking responsibility for their own learning. Some have taken the unprecedented step of joining the library. Others are making regular visits to bookshops. All are suddenly engaged in learning and they're finding it a fun and rewarding. Many of them tell me they have had no adult training and this wasn't a problem because they 'hated' their experience at school. When this project ends, the learners will still have contact with me through a page on the centre's web site. This includes email contact information, bibliography and further web sites where they can buy media at a fraction of the high street cost. The workshop files can be downloaded as well as the slides for the objectives which explain 'the big picture'. The course centre has internet access as well as qualified assistants who help with job search activities, so the learners will continue to have access. A number of the assistants have asked if they could attend the three day workshop to assist the learners when the project ends. Personally, I think this is an excellent idea, however, the funding criteria does not allow me. Thankfully, the course centre is going to fund a workshop for assistants from another funding stream. Although these arrangements are far from ideal, the learners are being supported as well as possible under the circumstances of my professional availability and current funding. A number of clients are single mothers. When I know that single mothers are part of learning group, I factor £30 per day childcare costs into the budget before submission to the funders. This sum is a recognized figure and as such is never questioned as part of the learners' rights. BIBLIOGRAPHY: FENTO – Further Education National Training Organization Geoff Petty – Teaching Today (Nelson Thornes) – page 513 Paul Martinez – 9000 voices – www.lsda.org.uk/pubs C&G 7407 Unit 105 handouts Vincent Stevenson unit 105 C&G 7407
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The New Orleans Hornets possible name change to the "Pelicans" is not the only adjustment the franchise is planning to make. Come this Saturday, the for-now-known-as-Hornets could be tweaking their roster with the expected return of guard Eric Gordon this coming weekend. According to John Reid of NOLA.com, Gordon will reportedly re-join the team after missing all 25-games this season because of recurring problems with his right knee and the shooting guard's return could not come at a better time for the struggling franchise who is hurting through a nine-game losing streak. New Orleans remains uncertain when Gordon will actually get back on the floor, but Gordon himself is adamant that he will play before the end of December. 'I had a lot of pain and all throughout my knee cap,' Gordon said before Wednesday night's game against the Los Angeles Clippers in which he watched from the bench. 'It shut down all my muscles around my leg from my calf to even my quads. So that's what I was dealing with and if I would have kept on going I would have had to undergo possible surgery.' Slowly but surely he will be back on the floor and after everything that has transpired between New Orleans and its marquee player, this sure beats the alternative. Since being acquired from the Los Angeles Clippers last season, Gordon has only appeared in nine games before undergoing arthroscopic surgery last February. That has not kept Gordon from making news however. And that is where the fun really began: Gordon sat out the Olympics, entertained signing an extension with the Hornets, was courted hard by the Phoenix Suns and signed a four year, $58 million offer sheet, watched in awe and perceived frustration as the Hornets matched the lucrative offer, and as the 2012-13 season got underway headlines ran weekly that Gordon "desperately" wants out of New Orleans or was at least "trying to sit out." Well, in some ways he got his wish. Gordon was able to travel to Los Angeles where he has been rehabbing his knee for the last month and from the sounds of the process has been beneficial to Gordon, perhaps even the Hornets in the long run. Not only has the L.A. stay helped strengthen Gordon's quad, but you have to imagine has revamped his mental approach to the situation in New Orleans, even despite their horrid five-win season. 'Coming out here definitely was the best thing because I'm better mentally and physically,' Gordon said. 'They train you a whole different way and it just worked out. Now, I'm in position to really get back with the team and really get things going as far as practicing and getting back to playing.' Now if the Hornets (5-20) can just get back on the winning track and somehow salvage this season. [follow]
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Matt Adams projects to open the 2014 baseball season as the Cardinals' starting first baseman and is preparing for that role with an extensive offseason diet and workout program. Listed last year at 6-foot-3 and 260 pounds, he showed off a much more slender physique this weekend at the Cardinals' annual Winter Warmup fan festival in downtown St. Louis.
The 25-year-old is, by all indications, in The Very Best Shape of His Life. MLB.com's Jenifer Langosch had a chat with Adams early Sunday morning …
Matt Adams spending his offseason losing body fat, adding muscle and hitting lefty sliders. #stlcards
— Jenifer Langosch (@LangoschMLB) January 19, 2014
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Adams batted .284/.335/.503 with 17 home runs and 51 RBI in 108 games last season for the NL champs.
- ozzies85dinger - Jan 19, 2014 at 3:14 PM
Smart move. Nothing good can come from starting a MLB career at 250+lb.
- missingdiz - Jan 19, 2014 at 3:16 PM
I like the "hitting lefty sliders" part even more than the weight loss bit. Regarding the weight, the hard part will be to keep it off during the season. If he lives on pizza and potato chips on the road, the weight will jump on him like Ironman's suit.
- spudchukar - Jan 19, 2014 at 3:42 PM
He is now 6′ 6″, weighs 280, and runs a 4.4 forty, with 0.5% body weight.
- chacochicken - Jan 19, 2014 at 5:15 PM
No, you are confusing him with J.J. Watt. He does look a bit rhombus like however.
- yahmule - Jan 20, 2014 at 3:09 AM
In the previews to that movie called Grudge Match – which I still can't believe happened – Stallone opines that "round is a shape." I swear it feels like it takes him a solid ten minutes to get to the punchline on a one sentence joke.
- okobojicat - Jan 20, 2014 at 10:39 AM
Sounds like its time to start building up the BSOHL roster:
C – Buster Posey*
1B – Matt Adams
SS – Starlin Castro*
RF – Jeff Francoeur's eyes (aren't they dreamy)
SP1 – Kevin Gausman
SP2 – Matt Harrison
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Peter Hoeg has created a delightful novel with a cast of zany characters in his newest book The Elephant Keepers' Children. Fourteen-year-old Peter and his older siblings Tilte and Hans are thrust into a mystery when they are informed that their parents have mysteriously vanished. Hans manages to evade capture, but Peter and Tilte are caught and taken to Big Hill, a home for abandoned children and recovering addicts on the island of Fino. Determined to find their parents, Peter and Title plan and execute an elaborate escape, beginning an adventure that is destined to change their lives forever. They encounter several curious characters along the way, including Count Rickardt Three Lions, a recovering heroin addict and resident of Big Hill, Leonora Ticklepalate, a nun in Fino's Buddhist community and resident computer scientist and IT specialist, and Lars and Katinka, two police officers who are also star-crossed lovers chasing the children. Not everyone they encounter is out to help the pair. They are also being chased by a hapless bishop and her secretary, and a professor and his wife. Peter and Tilte are aware that their parents are up to something and they believe they are going to a conference in Copenhagen that will gather together great scientific minds and religious leaders of all faiths. Along the way, Peter reflects on his own brand of spiritualty and wonders what is left when you cut through the dogma.
Readers may remember Peter Hoeg from Smilla's Sense of Snow but will encounter a very different novel with The Elephant Keepers' Children. Peter is an imminently likeable narrator, and the novel is full of humor, adventure, and incredibly memorable characters. There is also a philosophical undercurrent running through the novel that readers who enjoy a second layer will certainly appreciate. The tone and atmosphere are remarkably fun and there are a few great chuckles along the way.
According to the Sinatra song, "Love is lovelier the second time around." These two new romances prove him right with stories of couples giving love a second chance. Rescue My Heart by Jill Shalvis, the third in her Animal Magnetism series, brings readers Adam's long-awaited story. When he was a teenager, Adam Connelly left behind Holly Reid, the only woman he ever loved, to join the military and make something of his life. After a rescue mission in Afghanistan went terribly wrong, Adam returned to Belle Haven, the veterinary clinic he runs with his brothers, to piece his life back together. He trains Search and Rescue dogs and coordinates rescues, but no longer works in the field. Holly is desperate to find her father who is missing on the mountain. When she asks Adam to help her, he can't refuse. The longer Adam and Holly are together, the more he realizes that he never stopped loving her. Full of loveable dogs, steamy romance, and snappy dialogue, Rescue My Heart, like Adam and Holly's relationship, was definitely worth the wait.
Fifteen years ago, Jocelyn Bloom, the heroine of Roxanne St. Claire's Barefoot in the Rain, left behind her abusive father and her life in Mimosa Key, Florida. Her only regret is that when she escaped that world, she had to leave behind Will Palmer, the boy next door and her first love. Jocelyn returns to Mimosa Key after a tabloid scandal damages her reputation as a celebrity life coach in L.A., and she finds that Will is caring for her estranged father who now has Alzheimer's. It's time for Jocelyn to make some serious decisions in her life, and Will is determined that they give their love a second chance. St. Claire is known for her heart-pounding romantic suspense, but her new contemporary romance series shows her versatile talent. Readers will want to revisit her Barefoot Bay series soon.
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something explosive? In Love Bomb by Lisa Zeidner, Tess and Gabe's wedding is hijacked by a rifle-wielding woman wearing a strapless white wedding gown. Her ensemble is completed with an antique gas mask and a small bomb strapped to her arm. Tess and Gabe wanted a simple home wedding with close family and friends. Tess's mother, Helen, had the usual worries of weather and food that accompany hosting such an important event. And of course, the guest list was a bit tricky as it included bitter exes, jealous girlfriends, and way too many psychiatrists. But those wedding day worries pale in comparison to the hostage drama that unfolds.
As the players in this theater, the wedding guests realize that this woman is seeking revenge for love lost. The guests each wrack their brains to try and seek a connection with the masked woman, and soon are confessing secrets and sins in the hopes of placating the "love terrorist." Among the confessors are the bride's thrice-married father, her recently divorced brother, and the groom's sister's movie-star boyfriend who is no stranger to stalkers. All of the psychiatrists try to take over the situation and talk to the hostage taker, but it is Helen who creates a bond with her and begins to pick up clues as to the woman's identity.
The reader learns of Crystal's (the hostage taker) sad story before the wedding guests, and her motives are almost understandable. Despite the heavy artillery and potential for bloodshed, this is a comedy of manners about love gone horribly wrong. The hostages' stories about failed love are the centerpiece of this story and are entertaining, depressing, and pathetic. This satirical story about the infinite varieties of passion and heartbreak reaches a tender, satisfying, and surprising conclusion.
Negotiating life outside of London's Caldwell council estate is a little like surviving a video game for the sympathetic characters in British writer Zadie Smith's most recent novel, NW. The NW stands for the gritty northwest corner of London, where this story takes place. Just like a video game, cantilevering to the next level involves luck, mobility, chance encounters, and the ability to beat perceived demons. The fictional housing project known as Caldie to locals is ground zero for Smith's thirty-something survivors who now cope with the vagaries of their life beyond their rough beginnings. At its core are Leah and Natalie, longtime best friends whose divergent paths belie their internal struggles to thrive. While Natalie in her dogged fashion goes about shedding her old life (she becomes a lawyer), Leah appears stuck in a morass of her own making. Their march toward college, adulthood, and marriage is not without the hardship of merging the past with a present that is strewn with self-doubt, regrettable decisions, and misguided envy. Along the way, their messy lives entwine with others from the old neighborhood, including likeable Felix, a recovering addict whose desire for a respectable life proves illusive.
No stranger to literary rebellion, Smith's brassy tinkering with narrative style asks a lot of her readers. She divides the story into sections, with the largest given over to Natalie and conveyed in 185 snapshots, some only a sentence long. The author of several highly regarded novels, including White Teeth, Smith is adept at drawing out the heart and soul of her characters and sandwiching them between the rough edges of a diverse, violent, and modern city. In this case, it is a world too layered to fully understand and too fluid to remain still.
There is an unsettling mystery at the heart of Bianca Zander's debut novel, The Girl Below, a tale of family secrets and self-discovery set in modern-day London. When Suki Piper was a little girl, she lived with her parents in a basement flat in Notting Hill. One night, her parents threw a party in their building's courtyard. During the revelry, Suki and a few others became trapped underground in a World War II-era air raid shelter on the property. Suki has no memory of how she escaped, and this incident haunts her repeatedly, in dreams and also in waking moments when she is suddenly transported back to the party. She has other strange memories, including a hand which would reach out to her from a wardrobe and an unnerving statue of a girl in her neighbor's flat. In the present day, Suki is in her late twenties and having a tough time. After a decades-long lonely existence in New Zealand trying to reconnect with her father, she has returned to London. Having little success with a job search or friendships, she becomes reacquainted with her former neighbors, a nice but dysfunctional family. Suki is once again launched into her past and must make sense once and for all of her fractured family and the missing pieces.
Suki can be a frustrating narrator, coming across as fairly lazy, impulsive and immature. Yet as she embarks on her search and more is revealed about her unstable family and upbringing, she becomes a more sympathetic character. Childhood events are relayed as Suki remembers them, giving a large portion of the story a fantastical, magical bend. Among her influences, Zander cites authors as diverse as Haruki Murakami, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Sarah Waters. From these inspirations, a unique story is spun.
At the center of The Good Woman by Jane Porter is Meg Brennan Roberts, who has always been good. As the oldest of a large Irish-American family, she is the good daughter, always available for support for her siblings, especially now that their mother's cancer has returned. She is a good wife to Jack, her loving, successful architect husband and a good mother to three wonderful children. She has a good career as a publicist for a small winery in Napa. But lately, Meg has been having thoughts that are anything but good.
It all starts on a business trip to London with her younger, handsome boss Chad Hallahan. The international locale and whirlwind of fine food and wine prompt Chad to passionately express his feelings for Meg. She is flattered, and upon returning home cannot get him out of her mind. His declaration coincides with her recent feelings of emptiness, second-guessing her life choices. All of that, combined with the recent emotional distance of her husband, leads Meg right into Chad's arms.
The guilt is overwhelming, but when she is with Chad, she feels like herself again and is blissfully happy. Unfortunately, that happiness comes at the cost of everyone else in her life and who they need her to be. She chooses her family, but Jack discovers the affair, kicks her out of the house, and turns their children against her. Her family is shocked at their good girl's behavior and heaps judgment upon her. This is an emotional story that packs a lot of punch. Porter captures the sisterly relationships perfectly and shares the story of infidelity without casting Meg as victim or villain. It is a real life story about tough choices and the aftershocks of mistakes. Readers will rejoice as this is the first of a trilogy, guaranteeing future meetings with the fabulous Brennan sisters.
Grace Grows by debut novelist Shelle Sumners proves once again that opposites attract. After growing up in the wake of her parents' ugly divorce, sensible Grace Barnum has worked hard to create an ordered world for herself. She knows that her life is on the right track. She has a safe job editing textbooks. Grace lives with her boyfriend Steven, a reliable patent attorney who she is comfortable with but isn't certain she truly loves. She carries anything that she could possibly need throughout the day in her purse (which she calls Big Green), so she is never caught unprepared. Grace is a perfectionist, and she works hard to live up to her own expectations. Then, she meets her neighbor's dogwalker Tyler Wilkie. Tyler is a musician who just moved to New York City. His life is as different from Grace's ordered world as you could possibly imagine. As their friendship deepens, Grace is confused by her feelings for Tyler who writes beautiful songs to share his feelings about her from the start. Grace has to learn to let go of perfection and open her heart to the love and life that she wants and needs. Sumners tells the story of this slow-building romance with wit and honesty, making readers want Tyler and Grace to overcome the obstacles and find a way to be happy together. This is a love story that will appeal to fans of Emily Giffin and Jennifer Weiner.
Tyler's handsome exterior and poet's soul charms the reader along with Grace. Sumners brings his voice to the novel through the soulful lyrics of his original songs, which were written by her husband, singer-songwriter Lee Morgan. The soundtrack to Grace and Tyler's story is available on the author's website.
I Am an Executioner: Love Stories by Rajesh Parameswaran is an unusual collection of nine stories that tackle love and ecstasy, each with elements of the grotesque. Each story becomes odder with each turn of the page. "The Infamous Bengal Ming" recounts one catastrophic day in the life a heart-breaking sincere tiger who finds himself irreversibly in love with his zookeeper, Kitch. Told from the tiger's perspective, it becomes obvious that even the kindest of intentions can have deadly repercussions.In "The Strange Career of Dr. Raju Golarajan" we find Gopi, who has recently been fired by CompUSA. He takes this opportunity to fulfill his dream of being a doctor by checking out medical books from his local library and opening his own practice in a filthy old pet store. In a cringing series of events, Gopi and his wife, Manju, become lost in the murky realms of pride, illness, and deception.
For readers who like exploratory narration, this rich, unsettling collection plays with nontraditional points of view and alternative storytelling. From the single collective voice of a community to a group of insects under attack from humans on their planet Lucina, each new world feels both familiar yet foreign. Although it is impossible to guess where Parameswaran will lead you, be assured, where you will end up will be like no place you've ever been. Be forewarned.
Baltimore author Dan Fesperman has written a tribute to classic spy novels - in the form of another spy novel. For espionage aficionados, Double Game is a dream book because Fesperman ingeniously scatters clues from classic spy thrillers throughout his riveting new book.
Reporter Bill Cage has been obsessed with spy novels since he was a boy. His father, a Foreign Service officer, introduced him to masters such as John Le Carre, Len Deighton, and Graham Greene. It is former spook and novelist Edwin Lemaster, however, who has the most impact on Cage, and the fictionalized Lemaster is the center of Double Game.
As a young journalist, Cage gets the interview of a lifetime with his idol, Lemaster. Unfortunately, in an attempt to please his new bosses, he ends up betraying the author. Fast forward many years later: Lemaster returns to Cage's life in a most unexpected way. Cage begins to receive anonymous messages suggesting that the great Lemaster may have a dangerous past. These messages set Cage off on a chase that will reveal dark secrets from his own background.
Double Game stands on its own as a suspenseful, fast-paced spy story but much of its appeal is Fesperman's homage to the genre itself. In referencing many of the very best spy novels, readers will want to search out classics they have overlooked and re-read old favorites.
Some novels seem designed for escape, others for amusement, and yet others to satisfy an intellectual craving. Karen Engelmann's The Stockholm Octavo fits into none of these particular niches yet embodies the characteristics of them all by simply engulfing the reader. With each passing scene, Engelmann sweeps the reader further into to a richly-detailed hybrid of 18th century Swedish politics and mysticism.
Emil Larsson has fared well for himself in this world. A rising sekretaire, skillful gamer and thoroughly contented bachelor, Larsson is a man immersed in the pleasures and glory of Stockholm's Golden Age. However, destiny is about to deal Emil an altogether new hand. One night, shortly after learning he must give up bachelorhood to maintain his prestigious government post, Emil is approached by Mrs. Sparrow, the proprietress of his favorite gaming house. A known seer, Mrs. Sparrow tells him she has had a startling vision of his future and invites him to undergo the cartomancy ritual known as the Octavo.
The Octavo is a rare and delicate reading – granted to few and successfully wielded by yet fewer. Revolving around a singular life-changing occurrence and the eight people who will bring the event to pass, the Octavo is no mere game. It is a chance meeting of known destiny and free will. And as Emil is about to discover, he is not the only player.
The Stockholm Octavo will appeal to a wide range of readers. A wholly original and dazzling blend of historical events, personal fortune, political intrigue and mysticism awaits readers who dare to follow Emil on his perilous journey.
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Tracy Morgan Still Loves 'SNL,' Wishes Michael Jackson Could Be on '30 Rock'
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Tracy Morgan just wrote his first book, 'I Am the New Black.' And the star of upcoming films 'Death at a Funeral' and 'A Couple of Dicks,' stopped by to talk about that accomplishment.
In part two of our interview (Catch Part One Here), the funnyman shares with us who would be his dream guest star on '30 Rock,' what he thinks about 'Saturday Night Live,' and how excited he is to perform stand up at Carnegie Hall. Watch It
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"I just think that this was the right time. I mean, you know, I was mature enough. And I wanted to tell my story. I don't know how long I'm gonna be here, and I think,you know, the changing in the world and the president, all of those things that happened in world in the last two years inspired me," Tracy Morgan explains to PopEater why he wanted to write his book, 'I Am the New Black.'
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What can we expect on '30 Rock' this season? "The same thing you got last year. Good funny stuff, those writers aren't running out of ideas anytime soon. I don't mean it to sound arrogant or nuttin' like that, but I love being on that show, and it's so easy to be on that show because those writers are so brilliant, and talented, all I have to bring is me to the table. You know, I don't have to bring no silverware, I don't have to bring no food, it's all there already. And they spread it out abundantly; Judah, Jack, everybody gets theirs - and I love that. The show is so balanced."
Who would be your dream guest star on '30 Rock'? "I couldn't leave nobody out. I mean, I accept and appreciate all the guest stars that want to come on the show, so for me to pick out one, I don't - I don't want to disappoint myself like that. You know? I shoot for the stars, but my dream guest, to be on '30 Rock', in all honesty, is not even alive anymore. Michael Jackson
Do you still watch 'SNL'? "I hosted it last year, and I think there's crazy talent there. I think their young people there are talented, and they are the next group that's gonna hold the candle."
Are you excited to perform stand up at Carnegie Hall? "This is the first time in my career I've ever really got to be me. I'm a very intense person, and I'm edgy, I'm a edgy person, but that's where I grew up at. And if you read the book that explains that. I grew up in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn. There were no ponds and ducks in the back yard, there weren't none of that. There were none, of none of that. I come from a very - inner city New York kid, growing up in a very tough part of town, and I guess sometimes people misunderstand that, but I guess I'm always going to be misunderstood. My tombstone is gonna say, here lies Tracy Morgan, misunderstood. You know what I'm saying? 'Cause people take me being edgy, as angry, and I'm not. I have my frustrations just like you, but I'm intense, and I don't see myself as angry. I just see myself as a fat guy, with bad feet, and very passionate."
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America's Most Wanted, the popular TV show that focuses on catching fugitives from justice, will return to television, just weeks after being dropped from the Fox network.
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
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9/8/2011 (3 years ago)
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Keywords: America's Most Wanted, John Walsh, Lifetime network, Fox
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The new home for the show will be the Lifetime network. A deal between John Walsh and the network was announced on Tuesday. The show will return for its 25th season later this year. America's Most Wanted has been on television since 1988 and has helped authorities capture nearly 1,200 fugitives.
In announcing the deal, Lifetime president Nancy Dubuc said, "America's Most Wanted is a seminal program that provides a very valuable service to both viewers and law enforcement agencies. For more than two decades John Walsh has been leading the fight against crime and it's an honor to partner with him on bringing back this important show."
Walsh remarked, "We've often been called the court of last resort," referring to the show's purpose of helping law enforcement to capture dangerous fugitives who might otherwise elude authorities.
Last spring, Fox said it was dropping America's Most Wanted because of its high cost of production. Fox did promise to air four quarterly specials and Walsh confirmed that Fox still intended to air those shows. The first Fox special will air in October.
Despite the cancellation, Walsh reminded viewers that the website and hotline remained up so people could still see who to look out for and report new leads to authorities. Since then, Walsh said that four most wanted fugitives have been caught with tips from viewers. "The viewers didn't give up on us," said Walsh.
John Walsh has been on a lifelong mission to hunt fugitives and send them to justice. He began his crusade after his 6-year-old son, Adam, was abducted and murdered. He has successfully advocated tough new laws against sex offenders, cooperation between agencies, and public involvement in law enforcement.
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is defending the FBI's handling of the Boston Marathon bombing investigation as Republicans ready for oversight hearings on the attack.
Obama tells the Spanish-language television network Univision he doesn't think it's fair to say law enforcement "dropped the ball"
The president says "there are going to be times where individuals decide they want to cause harm to people for crazy reasons, for no good reason, for ideological reasons."
He says it's a challenge when would-be attackers are "self-radicalizing" and not part of a broad conspiracy. Obama says the FBI "can't arrest somebody just based on a rumor."
The first of a series of House hearings is set for Thursday before the GOP-led House Homeland Security Committee.
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Orlando Magic Chief Executive Officer Alex Martins has been named to Orlando Magazine's Most Powerful People list for the eighth consecutive year, ranking twelfth on this year's list. Martins has remained a fixture in the rankings of the most dynamic leaders in Central Florida for much of the past decade. He was a "Hall of Power" member after ranking in Orlando Magazine's Top 5 for five years in a row of their "Most Powerful People" rankings and sat atop that list in 2012.
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Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft, has been a part of several brand launches that have elicited mixed feedback from consumers. He was well aware of the backlash that the new logo received on social media Wednesday and Thursday. "Many people really don't like change in this world, they really don't," Ballmer said. "If we changed the user interface on a software product, people didn't like it. Some people do but the people that are set and comfortable don't like it. I know when newspapers change their formats, it takes getting used to and this will take some getting used to for people who really liked where we were. The overwhelming sentiment from the people who communicated with me initially was 'change.' I'm glad we did what we did and I don't expect to do it every year."
Some professional sports teams take two years working on rebranding, but Ballmer said he felt the need to introduce change before this season, ahead on the one-year anniversary of his purchase of the team. He also said he briefly considered changing the team name before ultimately deciding to keep it. "I think the name has actually developed value," Ballmer said. "It's a name that stands for a team overcoming difficulty. I kind of like that. Overcoming difficulty is not a bad thing. So I didn't want to change the name. I was kind of hardcore about that in my thinking but I did want to signal a new day, a new age and a new generation. So we said let's keep the colors, keep the name and change everything else."
"It was important because I know I bought a team in L.A. that will be in L.A. forever," Ballmer said. "I know a lot of people say, 'Hey, the guy doesn't live here and what's that all about?' But the Clippers will always be in L.A. Hey, let's face it, for most of our history we've been the number two team in L.A., but we embrace this place and we're as fired about it and care as much about it as anybody else around. We're here. We'll always be here. I don't even think about it. I've never thought about it. I was quite clear when we were bidding on Sacramento, the group that I was with, we were moving the team to Seattle. But when I bought a team in L.A. there was no question in my mind that was a team for L.A. I like L.A. It's a place I like to come visit. It's a wonderful place. While my family will stay living where we're living, that doesn't mean this isn't a great place to get away for business and watch games and do all that. It's a great place. The value of the team is highly dependent on it being here in L.A. If you move a team anywhere else, it's not the same. Atlanta just sold for $850 million. That's not what I paid for L.A."
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There have been discussions between Kidd's custodian and more than one potential buyer but no deal, say sources. An attempt to reach Kidd through his lawyer failed.
Kidd owns 0.42 percent (roughly 2/5ths of one percent) of Nets Sports & Entertainment, the minority stakeholder in team and arena, said a source familiar with Kidd's holdings. That in turn gives him a 0.084 percent (roughly 1/12th of one percent) stake in the team and 0.231 percent (roughly 1/4 of one percent) stake in the arena, according to the source. The disparity is due to the larger NS&E stake in the arena. In addition, NS&E reportedly owns a stake in Nassau Events, LLC, which is rehabbing the Nassau Coliseum, through NS&E. The investments are indivisible, according to a league source, that is, he can't dispose of the interest in the team and retain the interest in the arena.
In January, Bloomberg News reported the league had given him an extension. But now, nearly a year after his ugly departure from the Nets, he still retains the stake in Nets Sports and Entertainment which controls 20 percent of the team and 55 percent of the arena, according to multiple sources.
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Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is donating $5 million to Indiana University, his alma mater, for a new technology center that will give students a leg up in the business world and possibly a competitive advantage to Hoosier sports teams. An official announcement came Friday in Bloomington. The new Mark Cuban Center for Sports Media and Technology will be built inside Assembly Hall, where the Hoosiers' basketball teams play. Cuban says students and coaches will have access to 3-D, multicamera and virtual reality technology, some of which isn't even available commercially yet. The Dallas Mavericks team owner says he came up with the idea as he looked for ways to give his team a competitive advantage in the NBA, and thought the Hoosiers should have the same advantages.
"My family didn't talk to me for a while, because I was selling the team. They were all against me," she says over a late-afternoon snack around the small table in their airy, beach-facing kitchen. The Sterling family had owned the Clippers for 30 years. It's who they were. And in a little over a month, that life was finished. Shelly hasn't given any interviews in the year since she sold the team to Steve Ballmer for a record $2 billion on May 29, 2014. When people ask to take pictures with her, she politely declines. "That's not my role," she explains. "My role is to not be known."
But in looking at how she spent this past year, it does seem that she's been looking for a way forward while preserving the parts of the past she never wanted to let go. "It was very difficult for me to lose the team," she says. "It was like my family. I've seen them [the Clippers] grow for 33 years. The coach [Rivers] used to be our player. And now to see his son [Austin Rivers] play, it's like part of your family. "I never wanted to sell it, and we never would've sold it. But I didn't want to see it being dismantled. I mean, maybe they wouldn't even play for the whole year. I didn't know what the league was going to do. The only thing I knew is that I had to keep the team from being dismantled."
Yet there are also persistent rumbles in league circles that the real reason the Nets aren't being actively shopped to potential bidders is the structure of the deal Prokhorov struck to buy the team mandates he sell Barclays Center in conjunction with his basketball team. Word is the entities can't be sold separately, which is said to have chilled the market due to the complexities involved in such a transaction and the significant price tag it would carry.
Does Mikhail Prokhorov really want to keep this team? That has been the steady insistence from Prokhorov in recent weeks and months. He keeps saying he is only willing to sell off a minority stake in the team … up to 49 percent. Around the league, mind you, skepticism persists.
The group leading the bid to bring the 2024 Olympics to Boston is shaking up its management. Boston Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca is taking over the bid committee, replacing construction magnate John Fish. The group is trying to revive its chances of bringing the Summer Games to the city after early stumbles left the USOC second-guessing its decision to pick Boston as the American bid city. The USOC would have to submit a formal bid to the IOC in September. The host nation will be picked in 2017. Boston is expected to compete against Rome; Paris; Hamburg, Germany; and Budapest, Hungary.
Before addressing the Timberwolves' needs in the NBA Draft, Chris Webber made a push for Kevin Garnett to become an owner of the franchise. "First of all before that, I would have to make KG an owner," Webber, a Turner Sports analyst who played 15 season in the NBA, said Tuesday. "It would be attractive to come there and to have some sense of legacy."
NBA Communications: Today's @kevinmdraper Deadspin post is grossly misleading and contains many false assertions. FACT: Roughly 1/3 of teams losing $ this year. New TV money does not kick in until 2016-17 season. As in past, all league and team audited financials will be shared w/ NBPA in collective bargaining. Avg player compensation in '16-17 projected to be more than $8 million, roughly 50% higher than '10-11. Notion that BRI rules disadvantage players is fiction. Specifically: 1. BRI definition hardly 'out-of-date'; was negotiated in 2011 w/ NBPA; 2. Assertion that CBA assumes "owner doesn't own any related businesses" is false; 3. CBA expressly addresses related parties, incl. arenas and broadcasters, to ensure players get fair share of BRI; 4. Equity received in broadcast deals is not a BRI "workaround." 2011 CBA specifically covers receipt of equity; 5. BRI reviewed by NBPA and audited by independent accountants every year.
Even with the union demurring, you can bet that the Knicks will be one of the five, and that more generally the union will target teams that earn the most revenue and have a host of complicated related party issues. An informed guess would be that the Knicks, Nets, Mavericks, Nuggets, and Lakers will be audited, with the Rockets, Bulls, and Warriors candidates as well.
Now the NBPA has decided to once again undertake an action sure to displease the league's owners, telling Deadspin that it plans to exercise its option to audit the books of up to five teams later this summer. The union has held this right since at least 1995, but has rarely, if ever, utilized it. The collective bargaining agreement, or CBA, that governs the league doesn't expire until 2021, but either side may give notice by Dec. 15 of next year that it plans to opt out after the 2017 season. Roberts herself has said that it is a "pretty good bet" that the union will opt out, and independent experts don't think she's bluffing.
The announcement of Williams' firing was made via press release in which executive vice president Mickey Loomis and GM Dell Demps expressed nothing but praise for Williams, who'd become not only popular in the locker room but also influential in the league as a member of the competition committee and, like Thibodeau, an assistant with Team USA. But league sources pointed out Tuesday that the people whose names were on the press release may not be the ones making the decision. Former Pistons executive Joe Dumars, a Louisiana native, has been providing input with the team and has a close relationship with Loomis and owner Tom Benson.
Jeff Zillgitt: Based on those two @Mark Cuban tweets I RT'd, it's an indicator of where one owner stands on the Hack-A- issue. Hard to see change coming.
Mark Cuban: @J.A. Adande instead of bitching about this series look at all the players who are no longer Hack a victims because they worked at it. I bet you think Chamberlains 100 pt game was in Hershey Pa because of hack a wilt
Mark Cuban: @J.A. Adande Better chance there is a parent saying 'come watch this. This is why you practice free throws'. How is a guy getting to the line from attacking the basket any different ? Game stops. And there is less drama because ft goes in.
J.A. Adande: @Mark Cuban It's already taken 45 minutes and we're 1 minute into 2Q. There's a TV product to worry about, too. If you're gonna sign off on this, might as well go back to jump balls after every basket. Game flow is wrecked
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Mikhail Prokhorov has said he never wanted to sell a majority interest in the team. "I never intended to sell the team and have looked at selling only the minority stake," he said on April 8, noting there have been "approximately" 10 offers for his shares. "And for the time being there is nothing on the table. . . . If somebody wants to send me any kind of proposal, why not? Just to have a look. But we're only speaking about minority stakes in the team."
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While his Nets battle in the playoffs, Mikhail Prokhorov will celebrate his 50th birthday over a wild weekend. The oligarch's birthday is Sunday, and sources tell Page Six the Russian billionaire will throw a three-day bash at a new house he's built in Turkey, where guests will include an endless supply of models. "They are being paid," said a source. "Some have been offered $20,000 to attend a three-day party." Guests will meet in Moscow and then fly privately to Milas–Bodrum Airport. His rep didn't respond.
Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander is putting his Manhattan penthouse on the market for $49.75 million, just two years after he bought it for $42 million, according to listing agent Melanie Lazenby of Douglas Elliman Real Estate. The apartment is located at 18 Gramercy Park, a prewar building recently converted to condos by Zeckendorf Development and Global Holdings. Mr. Alexander bought the apartment from the developers, going into contract in 2012 and closing in 2013, according to Ms. Lazenby, who sold Mr. Alexander the property. She is co-listing the apartment with Dina Lewis.
"Our fans were truly galvanized by your dedication. Our theme this years was to Take Flight. I an confident that we have begun to take flight as a team. We now must turn our attention to getting better and coming back for the 1015-16 season with an even stronger resolve. I am very excited about the future of our Pelicans and you have my word and my resolve to bring everything to bear to win. New Orleans deserves an NBA Championship and we have the foundation, facilities and fans to make this a reality. Sincerely, Tom Benson, Owner."
New Orleans Pelicans owner Tom Benson on Tuesday sent a letter of congratulations to coach Monty Williams and his staff and players, along with general manager Dell Demps and his staff for the team's winning season and playoff appearance. The letter reads as follows: "Dear Monty, Dell and all of the Pelicans Coaches and Players: I wanted to thank each and everyone of you for a job well done this past season. We made the playoffs in a very strong finish at the end of the season. That is a tribute to your hard work and determination. You were able to overcome the adversities that face every team, but it was the way you all came together as a team that made us all very proud.