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Posted: October 25, 2012|
BUS services across Cornwall face major disruption tomorrow as a 24-hour walk-out looks set to go ahead, with more industrial action to follow.
The RMT union representing drivers, engineers and other First Devon and Cornwall staff has informed the company its members will take industrial action, from midnight tonight, after pay talks failed. The walk-out will affect all First depots.
The RMT called the two-year pay offer "long-overdue and derisory" and added that 85 per cent of members voted in favour of strike action, and 90 per cent for action short of a strike.
A second walk-out is planned on November 9, with a week-long ban on overtime November 11 to 17.
The company said the action was "deeply regrettable and very disappointing" and maintained it offered a "very generous deal" of up to 7.1 per cent over two years, with 3.9 per cent guaranteed. The remaining 3.2 per cent would be linked to efficiency improvements, which it said were needed to ensure long-term viability.
But RMT leader Bob Crow said: "This week's massive mandate for action by RMT members reflects their anger at the failure to come up with a serious pay offer and the attempt to bind up what is on the table with a whole load of strings to make it self-financing at the expense of the workforce."
As the West Briton went to press the company was looking at how to minimise service disruption and advised travellers to visit www.firstgroup.com/devon or call 0845 6001420.


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Wednesday, January 30, 2013
actually, Matt Lewis is full of poop
Actually, my problem has never been with Twitter itself, it's been with a particular attitude about its use-- which Lewis's piece exemplifies. Lewis talks about the ways in which Twitter has raised his profile and publicized his work. That's the good thing about a public medium! But when you say things in public, some times mean people say mean things about what you've said in public. That's the bad thing about a public medium! There are options you have to get the publicity; there are options you have to avoid the meanies. There are no options that give you both. Lewis completely undoes his own point when he mentions having a private, invite-only Twitter feed. Don't like mean people? There you go, Matt: make your tweets private. But he wants both, the publicity and the protection, and you can't have that. Lewis's problem is not with Twitter. It's with that basic contradiction.
If you don't like what Lewis said about Twitter, your best path forward is to do what he refuses to do: choose to have a public Twitter, or choose to have a private Twitter, and act accordingly. The funny thing is that I think Lewis's biggest critics here are often guilty of the same thing, which is acting like a public Twitter is a private conversation between friends. It isn't. When you have a public Twitter feed, your tweets show up on a freely-accessible website. (I believe it's called "Twitter.com.") I can see how you might lose track of the fact that your Twitter conversations are public, but sorry, that's the nature of the beast. Ask Nir Rosen about it sometime. Sometimes people get on me when I hit back at people who have talked shit about me on Twitter. (In fact, I had a certain blogger darling send me a very unhappy email about it.) Sorry, you guys: you put something out there in public, it's public. If you come at me, I'll come right back. Don't want that? Save it for your fucking diary.
Public or private-- it's up to you. But you have to choose.
Update: Regular emailer Zed: "Blogger darling who complained has to be Sunkara, right?"
No way. Bhaskar is in my bloc.
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- ryan said...
Of course, there is a third option:
Have a private Twitter feed for private conversations, and a public Twitter feed for public conversations. Accounts are free. Nothing stopping anyone from following both. You can ever retweet your public tweets in your private feed.
So I'd say his problem is beyond just failing to comprehend the contradiction between publicity and privacy. It's failing to make use of existing solutions offered by the site to manage that dichotomy.
- February 1, 2013 at 6:57 AM
- Freddie said...
- February 1, 2013 at 5:55 PM
Matt Lewis wants the pat on the head - and the deposit offshore.
He has no interest in the kick in the backside - or the IRS audit.
- February 2, 2013 at 1:37 PM
Along the same lines, did you see this story about Teri Buhl? She's a journalist who claims none of her tweets can be published, and threatened to sue someone who did.
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New Hope Elementary conducts career day event for grades 3-5
A career day event for third- through fifth-grade students took place March 14 at New Hope Elementary School in the cafetorium.
Vance-Granville Community College sent several representatives from different departments with information to share. They set up different stations that the children could rotate through. Topics ranged from criminal justice and cosmetology to electronics engineering, computer education and carpentry.
The Townsville Volunteer Fire Dept. also sent personnel, who were on hand outside the school to explain to students how equipment was used on two different fire trucks.
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Born and raised in the windy city and go back often. Have family members flying in from all over (a total of 8) on Friday October 4 and we are all staying in the River North neighborhood. Since everyone is coming in at different times from different airports it's impossible to make a dinner reservation. Any suggestions for casual yet creative food (no tapas or pizza please) in our neck of the woods? We prefer a more quiet atmosphere with good wine and with no reservations required.
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Sig Christenson: First witnesses testify at Hasan hearing
FORT HOOD — A Fort Hood worker testified today at an evidentiary hearing for Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan that she frantically called 911 from a crowded post deployment center, whimpering and crying behind a desk next to a moaning, mortally wounded soldier as gunfire ripped through the facility. Michelle Harper scurried behind the desk for […] [Read More]
Sig Christenson: Hasan lawyers get midnight deadline for motion
Attorneys for Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, charged with killing 13 people and wounding dozens more in an attack here last year, win a brief delay as an Article 32 evidentiary hearing starts at Fort Hood. They're want a continuance, or delay, in the trial until Nov. 8, but aren't saying why either in court or to the media. [Read More]
Sig Christenson: Judge delays Hasan hearing
Attorneys for Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, accused of killing 13 people and wounding dozens more in a Nov. 5 shooting spree here, ask Judge James Pohl to close an evidentiary hearing to the media and public. A delay is ordered so the defense can put its reasoning for a closed hearing into writing, but the proceeding should resume Wednesday. [Read More]
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Defense attorneys for Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan want to close a hearing for their client. They've contended that heavy publicity surrounding the shooting at a post deployment center has made it difficult to find an impartial military jury. [Read More]
Sig Christenson: Hasan in Fort Hood courtroom as evidentiary hearing looms
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Okay, so maybe you haven't heard of National Ear Muff Day, which just passed yesterday, but if you've been anywhere near a secondary school math classroom in the last decade–or have math nerd friends like I do–you've probably heard a thing or two about Pi Day. The Reader's Digest Version? It's March 14–3/14–and Pi, the irrational number that is related to the circumference and diameter of a circle, is approximately equal to 3.14, though the decimal places are though to go on forever. You can learn a little more about Pi here, or you can just dive in to some of the fun mathematical-themed knitting and crochet patterns I found on Ravelry to celebrate Pi.
|Knit Irrational Scarf by Anne Bruvold
|Knit Pi Digits Scarf by Christina J
|Knit Pi Dish Towel by Shannon Servesko
|Crochet Amigurumi Pi by Alicia Kachmar
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Every day is some kind of holiday, and I'm not talking about the big ones with leprechauns or bunnies. It turns out, today is National Earmuff Day, which obviously means I need to share some of my favorite ear-warming patterns with you. The good news is that all of these patterns are quick to knit or crochet, so you can whip them up in an evening and use them to keep your ears warm in the last dwindling days of cool winter and early spring weather. What do you say?
|Crochet Earmuffs in Extra Soft Wool Blend and Glitter Eyelash
|Crochet Ribbed Headband in Amazing
|Knit Braided Headband in Wool-Ease Thick & Quick
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Knitting teacher and author Heather Lodinsky joins us for another article on the wonderful world of cables. Click here to read her previous blog post on knitting cables.
Creating cables with yarn may conjure thoughts of knitting—but did you know that this magic twisting of stitches can be worked in crochet? Last month, we explored how cables in knitting are created by the use of a cable needle to change the order of stitches and to shape the resulting left or right twist of the cable. The first time I saw a crochet cable pattern, I thought there must be a complicated technique to "twist" stitches that were already worked. In knitting, cables are made rearranging the order of "live" stitches (ones that are not bound off, or finished). So, with the exception of the one loop on your crochet hook, how do you create a cable with stitches that are already finished? The answer lies in how you work each stitch and in which order they will be worked in a given row.
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In celebration of National Crochet Month, I'll be featuring advanced crochet techniques each Monday on the Notebook. Missed last week's feature on Tunisian crochet? Check it out here.
No matter what you call it–colorwork, tapestry crochet, fair isle, intarsia, jacquard or otherwise–the art of working a design into the fabric of a crocheted product simply by changing colors is a skill that never gets tired. Though intarsia has long been popular in Scandinavian-inspired knitwear, especially sweaters in rich neutrals, it is a method that lends itself to nearly any personal style, from formal and traditional to the fun, "geeky" project a friend is doing with the logos of favorite video games. Whether you seek to create a colorful abstract jacquard pattern or really want a blanket with your favorite sports team's logo stitched in, learning colorwork is the way to get there.
As difficult as it may look, the great news about colorwork–which is most typically called tapestry when talking about crochet–is that it's a relatively easy skill to learn, and only requires the patience of changing colors multiple times and following a chart as opposed to a typical pattern.
|All you have to do to change a color mid-row is to crochet your stitch except for the last yarn over and pull through.
|The last yarn over will be with your new color, and you'll pull that color through the two loops left on your hook from the previous color.
|Once you've linked that new yarn in, you'll continue crocheting as you had previously.Just don't forget to weave those ends in as you would any other end to ensure your treasured project doesn't unravel!
Now that you know the basics of how to change colors in crochet, take a look at some of these crochet blocks from stitch finder that will put those skills to work!
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As we head into spring, there are more days when you need to start and end the day with a light sweater, but you may want it to be something easy to throw on and off as necessary. That, to me, is quintessential shrug weather. Relatively quick to knit or crochet, they're great projects for "just because" gifts. Make one for your best friend, your mother, your goddaughter, or your niece. Whip one up for your little girl, your sister, or your coworker.
Whether their style is earthy and simple, a little glitzy, or fancy, we have patterns that are just right for them.
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This is a guest post from Vanna White.
I imagine that most people think my everyday life is glamorous because I'm on TV six days a week wearing beautiful gowns. But the fact is that my days are typically devoted to my two teenage children and doing errands like shopping for yarn (yes, I like to buy it in the stores) at my local craft store. Here is a story from a typical day last week.
I took my daughter, Gigi, to the DMV to take her drivers test. As I was waiting for her to pass I walked by a lady crocheting. She recognized me and came up to me and asked me to sign the label on the ball of yarn she was working with. I was thrilled to see that it was a ball of Vanna's Choice!! She was so excited! Not only did that incident make my day, my daughter passed her exam too! Yeah!
Want to hear more about Vanna? Click here to watch our series of interviews with her at her home!
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Franklin Habit returns to share his unique and humorous take on the life of a yarncrafter.
Things that are sure to happen every January: white sales, credit card bills, and some perky knitter chirping, "Ooooooooooooh, I love these cold, snowy days! Nothing's better than sitting inside, cozily knitting by the fireplace!"
This always brings forth a chorus of happy agreement from other perky knitters, calling to one another like cuckoos across the Schwarzwald: "Ooooooooooooh! Yes, yes! Snowy! Fireplace! Knitting! Love!"
I think spending a snowy day knitting by the fireplace sounds groovy. Perhaps, in my next life, I'll get to try it.
I'm not sure where these people live. In my imagination, it's farmhouses on hilltops in Vermont, or perhaps a cabins nestled in the pristine forests of Wisconsin. I also imagine independent incomes, household help, and heated garages–so that any trek into the blistering cold is purely voluntary. The perky winter knitter need only flounce outdoors to skate merrily around the pond; or playfully fling snowballs at her handsome, rugged husband until he playfully carries her back inside and playfully serves her a hot toddy–probably holding the cup to her lips so she can keep on cozily knitting by the fireplace.
Meanwhile, in Chicago, it is snowing sideways and we are out of milk. Much as I would like to sit inside, cozily knitting by the fireplace, I have to go to the grocery store. Five city blocks away. On foot. I could have milk delivered, yes; but that would drive the cost of the gallon up to $35.68 plus tip, and daddy isn't made out of money.
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Knitting expert Barbara Breiter joins us for her monthly column on tips and techniques for yarncrafters.
I don't need an extra closet for my stash…I need a whole extra house! If you've been crafting for any length of time, I'm sure you know the feeling: you've sworn off buying anything new but still…the new skeins always call your name.
There is an infinite number of ways to store yarn and supplies. Whatever method(s) you choose depends to some extent upon your available space, your budget, and the size of your stash.
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It's National Crochet Month, and I'm going to be highlighting some advanced crochet techniques on the blog every Monday in March. Today, I wanted to take a look at some great patterns that utilize the afghan stitch or Tunisian crochet. If you've never heard of Tunisian crochet before, you might be surprised by the technique. Like knitting, you'll keep all of your stitches on your hook at once while doing Tunisian crochet, which is why you'll generally use a longer hook that's specific to this style. It looks like a hybrid knitting needle and crochet hook, with a long shaft, an end-cap on one end and a hook on the other. The simple Tunisian stitch creates a sturdy, dimensional canvas that's perfect for embroidery or crocheting on top. To learn more about Tunisian crochet, check out the About.com guide.
Once you're ready to get started, you can try your hand at some small, simple projects, like cuffs or a headband crocheted in Bonbons, or you can dive in to an entrelac afghan or sampler stitch throw in the beautiful colorways of Vanna's Choice to practice all of your newly-learned stitches.
|Tunisian Crochet Cuffs
|Tunisian Crochet Headband
|Two-Color Tunisian Crochet Tote
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Did you know that March is National Craft Month and National Crochet Month?!
For those of you who want to share your love of these crafts, grab these fun badges for your blog, your Ravelry account, your Facebook page, etc. Simply right-click (Ctrl+click on Macs) the image and save to your computer, or copy/paste the HTML code below to use on your blog or website.

Finally, we hope you'll take a little time this month to enjoy these beloved activities, as well as to share them with someone in your life. For tips on teaching someone to knit or crochet, see these blog posts:
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Happy crafting & crocheting!*
*Knitters, we love you too–maybe we should start a petition to create an official "National Knitting Month"…
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Lady Trailblazers Extinguish Flames
Ohio Christian University beat the Flames of Free Will Baptist Bible College in three sets 25-12, 25-9, 25-12. The Flames got up early in the first set 4-2, but OCU came back to tie it up at 5-5 and never looked back. In the second set, Free Will got up 8-3, but the Trailblazers were able to regroup after a timeout and came out strong with a 22-1 run behind the serving of Junior Brittany Martin who earned 6 aces and Sophomore Marissa Tackett who added 3 aces.
"Our focus for Saturday's match was to keep our energy level up and stay aggressive throughout the entire match," Head Coach Wes Brothers said. "I was pleased with the team's overall performance."
Compared to the match against Free Will last year, the Trailblazers increased their hitting percentage by 20%.
Senior Marlaina Shotsky led the team with 11 kills followed closely by Tackett who had 10. Martin added 9 kills and had a career high 8 aces breaking her previous career high set against Appalachian Bible College October 22, 2007.
Ohio Christian University has three home matches against regional opponents this week beginning Tuesday night at 6 pm versus Kentucky Christian University. OCU will be back in the Leadership Center at 7 pm on Friday to play Johnson Bible College and again at 1 pm on Saturday to play Crown College.


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HOUSTON, TEXAS – The New Mexico State women's tennis team fell 5-2 to the 21st-ranked Rice Owls on Saturday, March 1. NM State drops to 4-7 this season, but sophomore Ashvarya Shrivastava continues with a six-match winning streak in singles play.
Rice swept the doubles matches to get the first point. Freshmen Brittany Collens and Chloe Jollliff fell at the No. 1 court 8-2, while the Aggie duo's at the second and third spots fell 8-2 as well.
At the fourth singles court, Shrivastava took her first set to a tiebreaker 7-6 (7-3) and won the second set 6-4 for her sixth consecutive win this season, improving her spring singles record to 8-3 this season.
The second Aggie win came at the No. 6 spot as Collens picked up her second straight win as her opponent was retired after the first set. She won set one 5-2.
The Aggies fell in straight sets at the other four courts with Jolliff battling a two-set loss at the No. 2 spot to the 74th-ranked Katherine Ip. She lost 6-0, 6-2.
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SAN ANTONIO - Shots were flying from two vehicles around 10:20 p.m. on Thursday -- all apparently aimed at a recording studio at East Drexel and South Hackberrry, San Antonio police said.
Bullets grazed two men who were outside, police said. A woman in a nearby taco truck was also hit in the leg. She was taken to Downtown Baptist for treatment.
"Some guys came out of the recording studio (and were) going around the car and then I think they shot at the car, and while we're doing this, watching this (and) watching the people and stuff from our house, we heard all the commotion," said Ramon Donato, who was at a house across the street during the shooting.
Donato said he was watching TV when the first shots were fired.
Thinking it was over, he said he went outside to investigate. But the two vehicles, described as a maroon SUV and a black four-door car, made a U-turn and came back for another round.
Donato said he didn't stick around to see what happened next, but he knows what he heard.
"I would say anywhere between 12 and 18 shots, and maybe more," he said.
Police said investigators found at least 15 shell casings from two weapons at the scene.
The man who owns the building with the recording studio had strong words about the future of the recording studio. He said this will be the first and last time something like this happens, because he's kicking the business out of his building.
"I think that sounds pretty good," Donato said.
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FREEPORT — State Education Commissioner Susan Gendron offered Pownal a one-time grant of $190,000 Thursday to help alleviate the town's increased tax burden as a result of its participation in Regional School Unit 5. According to a press release on the
FREEPORT — Regional School Unit 5 representatives and Superintendent of Schools Shannon Welsh will meet with Education Commissioner Susan Gendron this evening in Augusta. They hope to negotiate a way to reduce the cost of education in Pownal, where residents will vote June 9 in a ...
FREEPORT — Regional School Unit 5 has delayed its budget process because selection of a superintendent of schools has taken longer than planned.
FREEPORT — The new superintendent for Regional School Unit 5 is slated to be named next week.
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Whilst on holiday in the Costa del Sol, take some time to explore the region away from the beaches. There are parts of this lovely region, the hidden Spain, which you may not be familiar with. Salobrena is a smallish coastal resort set amongst high cliffs and lush tropical plantations with a tenth century Moorish castle, ideal for exploring on a day away from the beach on your holiday to Costa del Sol. Montejaque is a traditional rural village on the slopes of the Grazema National Park – complete with donkeys, sheep and rare birds. It is an ornithological and botanical paradise; and offers a real escape holiday on the Costa del Sol, complete with hot-air ballooning and caving.
All the mainstream resorts are reasonably close to each other. Each has a unique atmosphere but they all have a good choice of restaurants, bars and cafes. Most offer excellent watersports and tennis, and make excellent destinations for family holidays to the Costa del Sol.
For those who want to experience the traditional Spain, on your Costa del Sol holiday, you don't have to travel far to experience Andalucia, famous for bull-fighting, orange groves, Moorish towns, castles and sleepy villages. For a different experience on your holiday to Costa del Sol, a short trip will take you to Gibraltar where you can see the apes, visit St Michael's Caves and enjoy tax-free shopping.
For history buffs, on a Costa del Sol holiday you could hardly be better placed with numerous historical cities and monuments on your doorstep. Granada with its ancient buildings set against the snowy blue-tinged peaks of the Sierra Nevada is a stunning city to explore. The whole area is steeped in history - Malaga was the birthplace of Picasso, Cadiz home of the Armada and Huelva was the start of Columbus's journey to discover the New World. On holiday in the Costa del Sol, you'll soon discover there's a lot more to the Costas than just sunshine.
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Cape Town - Police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets to disperse crowds that hurled rocks, glass bottles and rubbish onto the N2 in a protest that began shortly before 5pm, closing the road for more than three hours.
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The inbound lanes between Spine Road and Mew Way reopened at about 8pm.
With the normal rush hour traffic clogging up the outbound lanes and the inbound lanes being closed, traffic on the highway was more difficult than usual.
But provincial traffic chief Kenny Africa said it would have been worse had the protests been on the other side of the road.
"It wasn't a major problem but we still had some backlog. We managed it."
Motorists were diverted to the N1.
Residents of the Khayelitsha BM Section tipped four portable toilets over the concrete fence and were dragging them on to the highway's inbound lane before police stopped them.
Two police Nyalas, along with other police vehicles, as well as traffic and law enforcement were deployed to the stretch of freeway to maintain order.
Police spokesman Colonel Thembinkosi Kinana confirmed that police had fired stun grenades into the crowd to disperse them, and said officers would remain into the area to maintain peace.
"I think the protest is service delivery related, but there seems to be some resistance from the people and we have sent more police to the area."
Kinana said it was a difficult situation to police as people ran onto the road to throw rubbish and then ran back into the informal settlements.
"We have not arrested anyone as they go attack and then run back into the shacks. One car was damaged and the person is going to lay a charge."
The residents stood on top of concrete toilets and threw stones at passing cars, media and police. They said they were fed up with their toilet situation and would not stop protesting until they saw results.
Nangamso Ntshutsha, in his mid-30s, said he had lived in the BM Section for most of his life and had seen little change: "If we had proper sanitation it would be so much better, but we don't want proper sanitation here, we want it in proper houses like other people that have normal houses."
Ntshutsha said they would meet again on Friday for another protest.
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Ticonderoga About 3,000 runners will be in Ticonderoga this fall as part of a nearly 200-mile relay race.
Ticonderoga Middle School has been selected as an exchange point for the second annual Ragnar Adirondack Relay, which will feature more than 260 12-member teams running from Saratoga Springs to Lake Placid.
Since Ticonderoga is an exchange point, every runner in the 192.7-mile race will be here. It's one of only six exchange points in the race.
"Each team will have two vans with six runners," explained Katie Aston Seely, race director. "Since Ti is an exchange point, one van of runners will be completing a leg and the other van will be starting one. One group will be in Ti waiting for its team, then the other group will stay in Ti to rest and refuel."
Ticonderoga was also an exchange point for the race last year.
"We're happy to host the race again," John McDonald, Ti school superintendent, said. "Last year it was all good. Everything worked very well."
Ticonderoga Middle School will be open to runners beginning Friday, Sept. 27, at 4:45 p.m. to Saturday, Sept. 28, at 5:30 a.m. Actual hand-offs in the relay race are expected to take place between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
The race will allow several student and community groups an opportunity to make money, according to Bruce Tubbs, the Ti event coordinator.
Last year Ti Middle School students raised money for their whale watch trip by charging runners $2 for showers in the school locker rooms. The Ti High baseball team sold fruit and coffee. College For Every Student participants raised money by charging runners $1 to sleep in the school gym. There is also a pasta dinner served in the cafeteria that raises money for the school itself.
"We received many very favorable comments last year," McDonald said. "It's a great event."
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JOHANNESBURG South Africas former President Nelson Mandela has made progress in getting better after contracting a lung infection, officials said Wednesday.
A short statement issued by current President Jacob Zumas office announced Mandelas status, as the 94-year-old leaders stay in a military hospital near South Africas capital, Pretoria, stretched into a fifth day on Wednesday.
Doctors attending to former President Mandela have reported that he has made progress during the past 24 hours and they are satisfied with the way he is responding to treatment, the statement by presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj said.
The statement offered no other details.
Mandela was admitted to 1 Military Hospital on Saturday for tests. It was several days before authorities announced that Mandela was ill. Each day he spends hospitalized has caused growing concern in South Africa, a nation of 50 million people that largely reveres Mandela for being the nations first democratically elected president who sought to bring the country together after centuries of racial division.
In January 2011, Mandela was admitted to a Johannesburg hospital for what officials initially described as tests but what turned out to be an acute respiratory infection. The chaos that followed Mandelas stay at that public hospital, with journalists and the curious surrounding it and entering wards, saw the South African military take charge of his care and the government control the information about his health.
Mandela has a history with lung problems. He fell ill with tuberculosis in 1988 toward the tail-end of his prison years. While doctors said it caused no permanent damage to his lungs, doctors and experts say it can cause problems years later for those infected.
Mandela was a leader in the struggle against racist white rule in South Africa and once he emerged from 27 years in prison in 1990, he won worldwide acclaim for urging reconciliation. He won South Africas first truly democratic elections in 1994, serving one five-year term. The Nobel laureate later retired from public life to live in his remote village of Qunu, in the Eastern Cape, and last made a public appearance when his country hosted the 2010 World Cup soccer tournament.
Mandela disengaged himself from the countrys politics over the last decade but continued campaigning against AIDS. He has grown increasing frail in recent years.
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SOUTH WHITLEY — Thursday's dreary weather couldn't stop a rivalry where both parties got to experience a victory.
When a late afternoon shower canceled some events, the track and field doubleheader at South Whitley carried on with Whitko playing host to the girls and boys track teams from Columbia City.
Whitko got its victory for the night on the boys side of the meet but the Columbia City Lady Eagles evened the score handing the Lady Wildcats a 97-35 loss to remain undefeated on the season.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The New Mexico Athletic Department, in partnership with the American Cancer Society, is sponsoring "Pen Pal Day" Sunday, May 16 at Isotopes Park as the Lobo baseball team takes on Air Force at 12 p.m. More than 20 classrooms from the Albuquerque metro area have participated in the "Pen Pal" Program this season, in which the classrooms and a baseball player have written back and forth all spring. Students will receive autographs after the game from their pen pal, and the first 500 kids in attendance will receive a Lobo Baseball wrist band.
The American Cancer Society is sponsoring the event as part of its "Sun Safety" campaign. The ACS will be doing screenings for those at risk for skin cancer on the concourse during the game, as well as handing out information on sun safety. When attending the game, remember to:
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Excellent article! I like the idea to have the feedback also go back to the client!
Appraisals are extremely effective listing tools.
Excellent points, very true, sometime no mater what you say and how much proof there is you just can not change some once mind.
Your article is fresh and I love the idea of showing them homes to demonstrate they would be over-pricing themselves. I have actually thought about this but haven't followed up on it – Now, I will. Thanks for sharing!
I think Some sellers just don't want to sell , they keep saying words to attract people but they don't need the money. They are here to do profit , someone who needs money will surely follow the idea about other listings but those business men will surely not.,they will wait for the someone who get fall in love with their property and all this is quite troublesome for realtors .
I really liked the article. I have worked in real estate for years . You have to give people what they want or lead them gently to what you want.
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Although recent flu trends in North Carolina suggest that flu cases may have peaked, Durham County public health officials are not gambling on a statistical dip, according to Eric Nickens, information and communications manager for the Durham County Department of Public Health.
"With flu remaining widespread throughout the state, along with isolated vaccine shortages due to demand, providing Saturday hours removes yet another barrier for area residents who may have limited time during the workweek to get vaccinated against the flu," he said in a news release.
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- Picnic Blanket. When used, summons a nice picnic setup, complete with umbrella and grill. Anyone around can right-click the grill to get "Grilled Picnic Treat," a BoP food that gives a buff reading "Does nothing. Tastes great!" Hopefully this blanket is reusable, since it looks pretty neat when used (see pic).
- A pet monkey named Bananas. Come on, it's a pet monkey! Like Upper Deck says, who doesn't want a pet monkey? Very cute.
- Finally, there will be a "fortune-telling device." Click it and an imp appears and whispers an answer to you (allegedly to the entire party, in a future patch, though I think that would get old fast). Upperdeck says it's similar to "a certain toy you may have had as a child." This would definitely help make some decisions a bit easier.
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The word "class" really doesn't do justice to what medical students attend in the newly renovated lecture theatre at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.
The word "class" really doesn't do justice to what medical students attend in the newly renovated lecture theatre at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.
Stockton College and the FAA Tech Center are geographically close in New Jersey, but intellectually even closer thanks to their shared interest in technology, research, and collaboration.
Veterinary students who once huddled together to observe a surgeon's intricate moves now have another learning option at the University of Florida. There, AMX technology allows students near and far to have a bird's eye view of every small step of a procedure.
Most colleges and universities attending EduComm send one or two, sometimes three, people to the conference.
EduComm 2011 was a big success. Big in many ways. In addition to a record-setting attendance (more than 900 registered), EduComm 2011 had the biggest exhibit floor it has ever had, with more than 40 exhibitors.
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Overlooking the Hudson River, this tech center helps orient the Marist College (N.Y.) campus to the river and will help enforce the role of technology across disciplines.
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Professionals who have helped create inviting places for groups to study on campus have vivid memories of the uninviting study spaces of yesterday.
Call it the marathon without a finish line: As new network demands such as mobile computing and rich media increase, campus IT strategists are trying to keep running ahead, to ensure that their networks can meet the need.
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That pessimism, however, should not be seen as advocacy. I begrudge no one their career in writing, or journalism, or politics, or media, or the arts. I want a broad, diverse online media as much as anyone. And the forces that I see making paid online commentary harder and harder affect writers I love as much as those I dislike. Recently, Jacobin and The New Inquiry have held subscription drives, looking to support themselves and their writers; Digby, for my money the best political blogger there is, has held her annual funding drive. What's unspoken but apparent to me: it's hard. It's very hard to make this sort of financial stability happen. That's particularly true of a publication like TNI, which started out as a venture of people who weren't initially concerned with profitability and only wanted to make something work making. I want so much for all of them.
I say this in the shadow of a much-discussed move by Andrew Sullivan, and his (sizable for a blog) staff of seven, into direct self-publishing and metered access to his content. Sullivan has taken pains to say that it's not a paywall, and as others have noted, it's still perfectly easy to get access to the Dish's content without ponying up the $19.99 (or more) for access. Like a lot of paid content now, the model is really more of a patronage/support/charitable investment one than a traditional buying and selling model. Is that sustainable? Hard to say. As Alyssa Rosenberg points out, this sort of thing has the same fundamental limitation as Kickstarter: it's far easier for people who are already established to get funded this way, when of course the people who most need funding are often those at the beginning. But if anyone has the power, scope, and reader loyalty necessary to make this kind of thing work, it's Sullivan.
Now: I owe something to Sullivan, and here it is. In the post announcing this move, Andrew writes
The point of doing this as simply and as purely as possible is precisely to forge a path other smaller blogs and sites can follow. We believe in a bottom-up Internet, which allows a thousand flowers to bloom, rather than a corporate-dominated web where the promise of a free space becomes co-opted by large and powerful institutions and intrusive advertising algorithms.If you'll forgive me for being self-centered-- I can scarcely imagine a blog that is more emblematic of this commitment of Sullivan's than my own. I started this blog in 2008 at a tough time in my life. I was poor, unhappy, and directionless. (I'm still poor, but now I'm happy, and I have at least a plausible vision of my future life.) I literally started this blog at a public library, here on Blogger's free platform using Blogger's free server space, with no connections in media or journalism or commentary, no published work, and seemingly no entrance into the Byzantine and cliquish world of professional media. I had little thought of anyone reading this blog. But within two weeks or so of starting it, Andrew Sullivan had linked to one of my pieces, and from their came far more clicks, links, and attention. My readership is small, but it is committed, and while I am terrible at communicating with people who thank me for my work, their support means everything. This is still an amateur blog, one for which I have never received a dime, although I have had people buy me books from my Amazon wish list, for which I'm immensely grateful. That amateur status suits me fine, both pragmatically and theoretically. But to be in the conversation, to have the ability to weigh in and be listened to-- that's a blessing, and I owe it to Andrew and his deep commitment to equality on the level of ideas. Whatever disagreements I may have with Andrew or with the Dish as an entity, his fierce commitment to looking anywhere and everywhere for fresh voices, quality writing, and provocative opinions is a profound credit to him. When it comes to writing, he is truly an egalitarian. More than anything, that commitment, and the workload it requires, will be his enduring legacy. I can only thank him and his staff and wish them all the best.
Everyone is grading on a curve, here. Right now is the time of well-wishes and optimism; later comes the gas bill. It says an awful lot that Felix Salmon saves "The big unanswered question about Sullivan's business model is how the economics are going to play out" for his seventh paragraph. (The economics of a new business model-- seems important!) The fact that Salmon and other professional writers are lauding this move and sound a note of optimism speaks both to their very real admiration for Sullivan and to their pressing need for a new model, one on which their professional futures rest. Into that optimism must be injected caution.
I very deeply hope that Sullivan and his underbloggers are financially secure in the coming years. My prediction, were I forced to make one, would be that he will eventually catch on with another established media venture that has the war chest to adequately fund him and his staff. That's just an appraisal based on the difficulty that any new venture like this will face. But who knows? If they pull it off, I'll be the first to applaud, and my pessimism has been proven wrong many times. Here's to the wild chance.


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|Pilgrimages to the Past Torments and Exhilarations
|Two of America's pre-eminent critics and authors discuss the torments and exhilarations of their pilgrimages to the past. In the fall of 2006, Leon Wieseltier traveled for the first time to the remains of his parents' towns in Galicia. As it happens, Daniel Mendelsohn's family, also largely destroyed in the Holocaust, came from a town only a short distance away. Wieseltier and Mendelsohn compare notes on the ruins of their common origins.
|biography : LEON WIESELTIER
|Leon Wieseltier, Literary Editor of The New Republic since 1983, was born in 1952 in Brooklyn, New York. He was educated at the Yeshiva of Flatbush, Columbia College, Balliol College of the University of Oxford and Harvard University. Weiseltier was a Member of the Society of Fellows at Harvard University from 1979-1982. Author of Kaddish, the winner of the 1998 National Jewish Book Award, he has also authored Against Identity and Nuclear War, Nuclear Peace, and is the editor of The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent: Selected Essays of Lionel Trilling. He has published widely on Jewish culture and politics.
|biography : DANIEL MENDELSOHN
|Daniel Mendelsohn, an author, journalist, and critic, began his writing career soon after completing his doctorate in Classics at Princeton in 1994. His articles, essays, reviews and translations have appeared in such publications as The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, and Travel + Leisure, where is he a contributing editor. Mendelsohn's books include his memoir The Elusive Embrace: Desire and the Riddle of Identity (a New York Times Notable Book and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year), and a scholarly study, Gender and the City in Euripides' Political Plays. The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million, his latest book, the story of his search to learn about the fates of family members who perished in the Holocaust, became a national bestseller soon after its publication in September. Among his awards are the 2001 National Book Critics Circle Award for Excellence in Criticism, the 2002 George Jean Nathan Prize for Drama Criticism and the 2005 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. Mr. Mendelsohn is the Charles Ranlett Flint Professor of Humanities at Bard College.


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The Albuquerque Journal reports that the test centers will be located in Albuquerque; Denver; Orlando, Fla.; Burlington, Vt.; and Las Vegas, Nev.
The centers will provide enhanced monitoring and improved performance prediction capabilities for new technologies being introduced to the market and will have detailed weather stations and measuring and monitoring equipment.
They will help develop standard procedures to assess performance of large-scale systems that other labs, utilities and investors can use.
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I was yesterday in Otwereso, a community near Akim Oda in the Eastern Region, to sympathize with a brother who had lost a father, a native of that area, but on the sidelines, I witnessed a very fascinating scene. A section of the Kwaniakwa stream just close by the community has been declared since time immemorial as a taboo for man to fish from since a particular catfish and its descendants are considered the gods of the stream.
Curious as I was, I went to the stream to have a glimpse of this magnificent catfish, that I was told, even has a golden ornament on its head, but without my shoes, a normal practice, because of the reverence the natives have for the fishes in that part of the Kwaniakwa stream. I was even fortunate to have a few photo shots of the fat and healthy catfishes.
Though I did not see this much talked about magnificent catfish because it usually came out for public viewing on special occasions and under the persuasion of the fetish priest of the river god, I was extremely satisfied with the spectacle of the other catfishes, supposed descendants of the giant catfish, I saw. Looking at the shallow nature of the stream compared with the number and sizes of these catfishes, you cannot but just agree that the catfishes have some mystical connotation.
However, upon further probing of the natives and other frequent visitors to that spot of the stream, it was revealed that in the other parts of this same stream, just meters away, that it is not a taboo to fish, one hardly finds even fingerlings of catfish.
The questions then are: Is it true that there is a mystical gigantic great-grandparent catfish with gold on the head that produces these catfishes? On the other hand, are these fat and healthy catfishes in this shallow stream always readily available for viewing by visitors because their natural habitat has not been destroyed and that they are not disturbed by the destructive activities by man through fishing? Could it be also that the ancestors of this community just used this taboo as a covert conservational measure to preserve the ecology, specifically, the natural habitat of these catfishes for posterity?
Examples of this taboo abound in many of our rural communities, especially, where Christianity is not pervasive. Most Christians in their quest for spiritual salvation abhor taboos. Nevertheless, are we not supposed to practise the Christian precepts that would lead us to the spiritual salvation in this physical world? If the ecology is totally destroyed by the actions and inactions of man, certainly, man would meet his hell on earth before meeting the creator.
Taboos were the sciences of the times of our ancestor to preserve the world for our generation. If we abhor them today because of our spiritual believes, then we should as a matter of urgency, device other universal conservational means to preserve the little left after strangulating the earth's ecology with our greed so that posterity would not curse our generation before the creator punishes us for annihilating his creation.


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GeoML: intro
GeoML is a Java library for constrained geometry, it allows to describe a geometric model in XML, as an example an ellips can be described as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE model SYSTEM "GeoML-v01.dtd"> <model name="ellipse"> <!-- Free parameters --> <number name="A" value="1"/> <number name="B" value="2"/> <number name="phi" value="0"/> <number name="dx" value="0"/> <number name="dy" value="0"/>
<!-- The center: --> <point name="c" x="0" y="0" visible="false"/>
<!-- The circle: --> <circle name="ellipse" center="c" radius="1"/>
<!-- The transformation: --> <rototranslation name="rototransl" scalex="A" scaley="B" x="dx" y="dy" angle="phi"/> <transform name="ellipse" transformation="rototransl"/> </model>
In a GoML model there are: parameter elements: numbers ad plain numbers, ranges, etc. geometrical elements: points, lines, circles, curves, etc. computation elements: transformations, equations, ecc. each element has a set of attributes describing how it must be created. For a better documentation see libs/ActiveTemplates/doc... or read the source code libs/ActiveTemplates/src ;)
Once a model is defined, put it in a reachable directory (with the DTD GeoML-v01.dtd) and use it by the given Matlab functions "GeoML*".
A geometric model can be used to generate curves and to discretize them in sets of points, these points can be used to compute an energy function on an image; the minimization of the energy function depending on the values of the parameters (the number elements) morphs the model adapting it to the objects in the image. Let's try it!!!
Note.. that a simple model viewer and "deformer" can be found in "lib/ActiveTemplates" in "src" and "classes" as the class "com.dsi.libs.geoml.terminals.GeoMLModelViewer". For unix/linux users, in the directory "lib" a BASH executable script "GeoMLViewer.sh" can be found, for Windows users the file is "GeoMLViewer.bat".
Loading the tools:
To let the code work properly, take the files "*.jar" placed in the directory "lib", and put them in a reachable directory (as an example "/usr/java/lib"), type in Matlab:
> edit classpath.txt
and add the references to the libs:
... /usr/java/lib/jep.jar /usr/java/lib/djep.jar /usr/java/lib/Jama.jar /usr/java/lib/GeoML.jar
then restart Matlab so that it can load the listed Java libs.
The following code adds to the matlab path the M-Files directories only if required.
% Olny if not jet done: if exist('GeoMLParseModel','file')~=2 % Load the 'mtools' M-Files: addpath(genpath('mtools')); end
Loading a model:
At first, load a GeoML model using "GeoMLParseModel". This gives you two things: the GeoML model as a Java instance of the class "com.dsi.libs.geoml.Group", and a set of free variables in an array and in a struct where the fields have the same names of the variables.
% Loading a model: [model,free,freeMap] = GeoMLParseModel('spirals'); % The free variables: disp(fields(freeMap)');
'x1' 'y1' 'x2' 'y2' 'x3' 'y3' 'x4' 'y4' 'dist'
Generating the discrete points set:
The model is useful only if points can be generated on an image, to do that the function "GeoMLIterate" is provided.
% Iterating on the model to generate the points: pts = GeoMLIterate(model); % Take a look! figure; plotpoints(pts,'r.');
Changing the model's variables:
The model is useful only if it can be morphed by changing the free parameters and updating the whole geometry (including all levels of dependency of the gemometrical elements one from each other). This can be done using the "setValueUpdate" on the variables: this method changes the value and then updates the whole model. Another possibility is to use the method "setValue" for all the variables that must be updated, and then to call "model.update" on the model to force the updating. These two solutions are, from the computational complexity point of view, the same. In the example the two parameters "true,'real'" are passed to "GeoMLIterate". The first one say that the obtained points must be joined in a single sequence (true), in fact it is possible to split them among the geometrical structure of th model (the Group class instances). The second one say that the discretization of points must generate the real curves' coordinates, not the integer approximations generated to fit the model in the pixels discretization of the image, this can change the number of generated points.
% Changing the free variables: freeMap.x4.setValueUpdate(20); freeMap.y4.setValueUpdate(-20); % Take a look! pts = GeoMLIterate(model,true,'real'); figure; plotshape(pts,false,'r');
Model optimization: generating a test image
Let's work on model fitting: at first a test image is synthetized by loading the model, setting the parameters, generating the points, setting the corresponding pixels to white, filling the ellipse, and then adding noise.
% Loading: img = zeros(256,256); [model,free,freeMap] = GeoMLParseModel('ellipse'); % Real image synthesis: freeMap.dx.setValue(125); freeMap.dy.setValue(125); freeMap.A.setValue(100); freeMap.B.setValue(50); freeMap.phi.setValue(1); model.update; pts = GeoMLIterate(model); ptsIdx = sub2ind(size(img),pts(2,:),pts(1,:)); img(ptsIdx) = 1; img = bwfill(bwmorph(bwmorph(img,'dilate'),'thin',Inf),'holes'); img = imscale(gaussianFilter(img + randn(size(img))*0.1),[0.6,0.8]); % Take a look! figure; imshow(img);
Model optimization: initialization:
Let's set the initial parameters of the model to an acceptable initial value, they can be obtained by image processing techniques, its only a rough initialization that allows the optimization process to start from a "good" position in the energy function.
% Setting parameters freeMap.dx.setValue(120); freeMap.dy.setValue(120); freeMap.A.setValue(90); freeMap.B.setValue(60); freeMap.phi.setValue(1.1); model.update; % Take a look! pts = GeoMLIterate(model,true,'real'); figure; imshow(img); hold on; plotshape(pts,false,'r');
Model optimization: the optimization process
The optimization process is based on an optimization algorithm (by default fminsearch) and an energy function (here ATE_GradientNorm based on the gradient's norm of the given image). In this example an iterative optimization process is used with a little bit of randomizzation to prevent to be stuch in local minima of the energy function, this is only a rough algorithm, choosing carefully the optimization algorithm may be better (from the performance point of view).
% Iterating on optimizations: for i=1:10 % A random noise in the optimization process prevents to be stuch in % local minima positions of the energy function: freeMap.dx.setValueUpdate(freeMap.dx.getValue+randn); freeMap.dy.setValueUpdate(freeMap.dx.getValue+randn); % Optimizing: opt = ATOptimize(img,model,free,@ATE_GradientNorm); end % Take a look! pts = GeoMLIterate(model,true,'real'); figure; imshow(img); hold on; plotshape(pts,false,'r');
Very complex models:
Very complex models can be defined with equations, transformations as R2->R2 maps, geometrical constructions, locuses, procedures, recursion and more!
% A very well-known fractal, the Koch's snowflake: model = GeoMLParseModel('fractal'); pts = GeoMLIterate(model,true,'real'); figure; plotshape(pts,false,'r'); axis equal;


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Alright, My King top alternative reads:Robert R. McCammon and Dan Simmons have been suggested, often-justifiably so- therefore I must move on to my other personal favorites. Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child -in tandem or alone- make GREAT page turning stuff. Clive Barker can make you queasy or have an epiphany. Daniel Easterman is a veritable historical reference, I recommend "The Night of the Seventh Darkness". "The Brotherhood of the Tomb" ,"The Ninth Buddha","The Number(Name?) of the Beast" He is like Ian Flemming, Preston and Child- but historically based -and terrifyingly hallucinogenic. If I need something of a faster-and more sarcastically delectable read; I go to Kurt Vonnegut. I used to read Dean Koontz , but i found myself re-reading-in separate novels- his flowery prose peppered with his all -time favorites- "cul de sac" and "bougainvillea", thus I like "Lightning" and "Shadowfires" written under a pseudonym, initially; and I deigned to try his Frankenstein series ( they are pretty damned good). It just goes to show one; not every harvest is the best. Also Bentley Little can turn the most banal places into Satanic dens of iniquity. Last-but certainly not least Is the Larry Niven's co-written- (sorry not in front of me)- Lucifers Hammer ( This one is brilliant)! Hope you have not read all of their anthologies. Enjoy, between King publication releases.
I would suggest James Herbert, Scott Smith, Steve Berry for suspense and thrillers. Of course Dan Brown and Ken Follet for mix of history and fiction. Those are my faves.
I kinda like Diana Gabaldon, especially her first book called "Outlander". That one kept me turning pages long into the night
"Steve had been asking if I was reading the 50 Shades of Grey books and I told him I wasn't primarily because I was involved with the Outlander series as my guilty pleasure. That's when he told me he'd read a few of the Outlander books and liked them saying they were a lot better than 50 Shades"
I actually tried to read the second in the series (i.e. 50 Shades Darker and it sucked (in my humble opinion). Actually if you look at the premise of the first book, what are the chances that a virgin is going to meet up with a multimillionaire who just happens to be a bit kinky? I did read the initial book but I do feel kinda like it was a "guilty pleasure" at best.
I can't believe I saw no mention of Dennis LeHayne (Shutter Island.) I read "Shudder," I did not see the movie, so I cannot compare the two. I do highly recommend the book.
If you can stand King at his bloodiest, then you can handle Cormac McCarthy and his novel "No Country for Old Men." I recommend the book over the movie if you have the choice. And if you can tolerate McCarthy's prose at some of it's more mind bending and obtuse, like in "Blood Meridian," then I recommend William Faulkner, especially "Light in August" and "Sound and the Fury." I personally feel that the opening paragraph in Quentin's chapter of "Sound and the Fury" is one of the most skillfully executed and insightful in English language prose (or at least of all the prose I have read in my short 40 years). The paragraph in question was the one paraphrased by the old man in season one of the t.v. show "The Walking Dead." Faulkner's influence on McCarthy shows if you ever read Faulkner before McCarthy. However, McCarthy's prose is right up there with Faulkner in the skill level, he is by no means a cheap imitator.
Dean Koontz.
I can't get enough of this guy's work.