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It was a whirlwind wedding weekend with Drew Barrymore tying the knot at a highly anticipated ceremony at her estate, a couple of Bachelor Pad contestants becoming husband and wife, and Kelsey Grammer saying "I do" to his wife all over again.
But celeb hitchings weren't the only thing brewing in and around Tinseltown this weekend.
We've got all the deets on which stars wowed us at the MTV Movie Awards, who took home the tiara at Miss USA and much more, right here.
• Saying "I Do": Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman tied the knot Saturday at the Going the Distance thesp's estate in Montecito, Calif., after wining and dining at a snazzy rehearsal dinner Friday night at San Ysidro Ranch. Meanwhile, former Bachelor Pad contestants Holly Durst and Blake Julian wed Saturday as well, doing the deed at the Cliffs country club in South Carolina. Kelsey Grammer also married his wife Kayte again in an intimate ceremony in Las Vegas. And finally, Ashley Biden, Vice President Joe Biden's daughter, wed Howard Krein in Delaware.
• MTV Movie Awards: The Hunger Games dominated this year's MTV movie awards, taking home four golden popcorns. The Best Kiss Award went to Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart for the fourth consective year. Other noteworthy moments include Johnny Depp's perfomance with The Black Keys and The Dark Knight Rises exclusive preview.
• Smallest State, Hottest Babe: Miss Rhode Island Olivia Culpo crowned Miss USA 2012 Sunday night in the televised Las Vegas extravaganza.
• Courtroom Drama: While reports surfaced that Nicollette Sheridan's case against Desperate Housewives show creator Mark Cherry was thrown out, her lawyer told E! News the trial is still set to go on September 10.
• Diamond Jubilee: Queen Elizabeth II kicked off the first major event of her Diamond Jubilee weekend with a trip to the Epsom Derby with her hubby Prince Phillip and some of her royal relatives.
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• What Relapse?: Following Brooke Mueller's reported relapse that landed her back in rehab, her lawyer Yale Galanter told E! News she didn't relapse at all, but is in a treatment facility as a part of a planned treatment plan.
• Lap Dance: Watch out Ryan Seacrest! Tom Cruise was treated to a lap dance from the E! News host's ladylove, Julianne Hough, for a scene for the duo's upcoming flick Rock of Ages.
• Sad News: Just weeks after Kathryn Joosten delivered an emotional death scene as Karen McCluskey on Desperate Housewives' series finale, the Emmy-winning thesp died at the age of 72 Saturday morning. Family Feud host Richard Dawson also passed away Saturday at the age of 79 from complications due to esophageal cancer.
• Slaying the Box Office: Snow White and the Huntsman rocked the box office this weekend, nabbing an estimated $56.3 million, followed by Men in Black 3 at $29.3 million and The Avengers at $20.3 million.
• Back On: Teen Mom 2 star Jenelle Evans and fiancé Gary Head are back together after calling off their engagement after a bitter Twitter spat on Thursday. Jenelle posted a photo of her hand donning her engagement ring on top of Gary's. That was fast!
• Olympics Watch: Gymnast and 2012 Olympic hopeful Shawn Johnson annouced her retirement from the sport. Johnson was attempting a comeback after a 2010 knee injury, but the rigorous training proved too difficult for the 20-year-old four-time Olympic medalist.
• Season Finale: Fan favorite Game of Thrones had its season-two finale tonight. The epic show brought lots of twists, turns and action for its Sunday night ending.
• Keeping Up With Kim: Kim Kardashian had quite the busy Sunday evening! The E! reality star juggled everything from getting Punk'd by Ashton Kutcher, guest starring on the season four premiere of Drop Dead Diva and hosting the Hard Rock Hotel's Rehab pool party—whew!
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Thursday, February 20, 2014
I was one of those hands-on kind of kids.
If I watched something on television, either a great war movie, an episode of Superman or the Wide World of Sports, I wanted to take the enjoyment of my TV viewing outside afterwards.
For example, after watching the movie, The Dirty Dozen, which starred my all-time favorite football player in Jim Brown, when Jims character ran from chimney to chimney, dropping a hand grenade down each venitlation shaft, I felt compelled to do the same with a handful of rocks around the backyard afterwards.
If it were an episode of Superman, before dashing out into the yard I would first call out, Great Scott, Lois is in trouble, and bolt for the linen closet and one of my moms good bath towels.
You see the developing trend here. It was February 1968 and wed been watching the Winter Olympics on our tiny 19-inch black and white TV. It was my first such Olympics. I was 10 years old and in fourth grade. I was fascinated by this stuff, and after the giant ski slalom I threw on my winter coat and idiot mittens to head outside and try some slaloming of my own.
So did everyone else living in my neighborhood, Tommy, Roger and Mike, Moose and Skeeter, Ricky and Greg, and Jeff from across the street.
We wanted our own downhill slalom ski course but we were faced with one big logistical problem: Few significant downhills and no snow.
We did, though, have some cold, so the whole snow thing providing a slippery course was just a temporary inconvenience.
You have to remember this was the Age of Imagination, where we could take a crooked stick and turn it into a Thompson .44 caliber machine gun.
Need ice?
Direct me to the nearest water faucet and thou shalt haveth ice.
All we needed was the nearest hill.
This presented itself in the form of Jeffs driveway.
The temperatures that Saturday afternoon hovered around 22 degrees.
Cold. Ice worthy.
It was Tommy who turned on the faucet and directed its flow down the concrete hill of Jeffs front driveway. It was a good hill as driveways go. Not too steep, with a nice patch of front lawn to use as a stop zone at the bottom. Great for a giant downhill slalom course. Since it was his driveway, we gave Jeff the honors of running the course first - not a good idea. You see, Jeff was what we called a bleeder growing up. He was always cutting or bumping something and then hed bleed like he lost a limb.
I remember his first day playing baseball, all decked out in his bright white uniform. We were playing catch before his game and I showed him this new pitch Id just learned - a curve ball.
It curved just fine, away from Jeffs glove and SMACK! to hit him square in the nose. He bled all over that white uniform like hed been shot.
So we sent Jeff down the driveway first when it would have been more prudent to wait until good ice covered the entire driveway.
Jeff hit a dry patch.
Jeff pitched forward.
And left some significant DNA on the concrete at the bottom of the hill. Our second problem arose when we saw all that blood.
We run at the sight of blood. Its every man for himself.
Yes, we left Jeff crying in a wounded huddle along the sidewalk.
Our third problem presented itself when Jeffs dad came home from work three hours later and tried to navigate a frozen driveway.
This happens when you forget to turn off the water.
We werent allowed to play outside again until baseball season started.
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1 cup
uncooked long-grain white rice
2 tablespoons
vegetable oil
1 tablespoon
minced garlic
1 tablespoon
minced fresh ginger root
1 1/2 pounds
pork tenderloin, cut into thin 1 1/2 inch strips
2 tablespoons
oyster sauce
1 teaspoon
3 (8.25 ounce) cans
sliced canned beets, juice reserved
1 1/2 cups
This was a very good combination if you like beets! I didn't have any canned beets so I boiled some fresh ones and used the water I boiled them in for the sauce. I would suggest adding the suger gradually and tasting after each addition...I think I only ended up adding about 1/4 of a cup.
This was good and easy to make. I used fresh beets, boiled, and saved the water, just like another reviewer. I used 1/4 cup of honey instead of any sugar, and it was great. The family liked it.
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Made it with textured vegetable protein.
Really yummy and easy. My little girl liked it and liked that it turned the rice pink. Watch out for drips on clothes though! I only used 1/4 cup sugar and I didn't have oyster sauce so I substituted 1/2 teaspoon of fish sauce. I'm betting it's much better with oyster sauce.
This was a quick and easy recipe... I was looking for a recipe to use my homemade pokeberry juice which is about the same color as beets and came across this recipe... I also had several ingredients in the freezer which needed to be used up like a pork tenderloin with freezer burn some prosciutto (extra bonus) and ginger. I had my usual garlic in the crisper and just happened to have oyster sauce... so... voila!... I had everything except the beets... it still tasted OK... a bit sweet to eat every day (I used a cup of sugar) but good nonetheless... I would make it again and try some variations... I suspect it is a very forgiving, versatile recipe... probably better with a veggie in it... beets or even green pepper...
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Sweet Pork with Beets
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Amount Per Serving
** Calories: 491
** Calories from Fat: 68
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"Egypt for the Egyptians": An Expert Panel Discussion on the Uprisings in the Middle East
In response to the momentous changes in Egypt and the protests fomenting across the Middle East, from Iran to Yemen and Tunisia, Pomona College will host a panel discussion titled, "Egypt for the Egyptians," with experts in U.S. foreign relations in the Middle East, Middle Eastern history, politics, anthropology of religion and Muslim women's participation in the public sphere. This event will be held on Thursday, February 24 at 4:15 p.m. in Pomona College's Hahn Building (Room 101, 420 South College Ave., Claremont).
The experts are as follows:
James L. Gelvin is professor of modern Middle Eastern history at UCLA, whose forthcoming books include, From Modernization to Globalization: The United States, the Middle East, and the World Economy in the Twentieth Century, and a co-edited volume, Circuits and Networks: Islam and Islamic Communities in the First Age of Globalization, 1870-1914. Among his previous works are The Israel-Palestine Conflict: One Hundred Years of War (2005), The Modern Middle East: A History (2004) and Divided Loyalties: Nationalism and Mass Politics in Syria at the Close of Empire (1998), along with numerous shorter works on nationalism, historiography, Islamic movements, Palestine, Syria, political economy, and secularism.
Lara Deeb is professor of anthropology at Scripps College. She is the author of An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon (2006) and articles on Muslim women's participation in the public sphere, the transformation of religious ritual, and Hizbullah in Lebanon. She is currently co-writing a book, titled Leisurely Islam: Negotiating Social Space and Morality in Shi'ite South Beirut. She is a member of the editorial committee for Middle East Report and the editorial board for the International Journal of Middle East Studies.
Anthony Shenoda, an anthropologist of the Middle East and a visiting professor at Scripps College, has a particular focus on Coptic Orthodox Christians in Egypt. His research interests include the anthropology of religion, the anthropology of Christianity, materiality, miracles, vision, dreams—especially as these relate to institutionalized forms of religious power—and Muslim-Christian relations.
Victor Silverman, history professor at Pomona College and an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, is an expert in international history and global institutions, and teaches the history of U.S. foreign relations and the U.S. in the Middle East.
Historian Arash Khazeni is is the author of Tribes and Empire on the Margins of Nineteenth-Century Iran (2010), which won the 2010 Middle East Studies Association Houshang Pourshariati Book Award. He teaches North African and Middle Eastern history at Pomona College.
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Dear Judy,
My thanks to Leslie Cantu for her article " More Money for Mayor Likely."
I appreciate the dedicated work Mayor Bill Collins has put forth on our town's behalf but feel it would be degrading of the platform he ran on to get elected if he excepted this pay raise.
He touched my heart with his generous offer of a FULL TIME MAYOR ON PART TIME PAY, as he wanted to give back to the town, he so very much loved, now that he was retired. I know he must be embarrassed by this attention, smelling 30 pieces of silver, council is offering (also known as BAIT and SWITCH).
I am asking our council members to reconsider this ordinance out of respect to the voters and candidates Bill Collins ran against in 2011. The $72.000 additional debt to the town and the unblemished fine reputation Mayor Collins has earned through his hard work is not worth the negative implications to his legacy as our mayor.
Dec,31.2015 is only 19 months away, at that time the voters can decide the Who, What, When and Why's of our local form of government and not just six council members in executive session ...that just doesn't pass the smell test to me!
Then again it just might be the pollen, 'ya think ?
Thanks Judy, for letting me give my 2 cents.
Sue George
Country Club Blvd.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - The third-ranked Georgia men's golf team remained within striking distance at the Ping-Golfweek Preview Invitational on Saturday by firing a 1-over-par 285.
The Bulldogs stand in third place at 7-over 575, four shots behind Clemson and two shots behind Florida. Georgia won the Preview a year ago on its way to a school-record six tournament titles.
"All we have ever asked of our guys is to be in contention heading into the final day," Georgia coach Chris Haack. "Fortunately, that's where we are heading into the last round. Our players have been very steady over the first couple of days and we'll need to keep that up on Sunday."
Through the first two rounds of the season, the Bulldogs have displayed the kind of consistency that made them so effective last year. The players with the four counting totals are separated by just five shots.
Senior David Miller fired the team's first under-par round of the year on Saturday as he carded a 3-under 68. That moved Miller to 1-under 141 for the tournament, tied for fifth place and four strokes behind Florida's Ari Savolainen.


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I know this has been mentioned before but really the main impressors of Vista seem to be the glass gui. Thats it!
The rest of the feature spec seem to have been lifted directly from OSX. Most noticable form the preview was a spotlight application called search. ( great name) Alias has no been mimicked completly in its entirity. By dumping shortcuts windows vista has the alias system, or as they like to call it dynamic folders.....It now has thumbnail rescaling sliders...The guy from MS actually stated we want to make it more OS10 like to give users a better experience.....mmmm okay. I wondered if he had seen the Imac on my desk?
We now have user password prompts on all new folder creations and application executions....I've seen that before somewhere....Also we have security alert locks similar to the OSX padlock but for some reason on Vista this seems to be far more aggresive in terms of keep popping up, and oh boy did it keep popping up ,so much so that our man from MS got confused and then had to disable it.....lol
One feature that seemed to excite some of my business was the built in parental controls as it can be set via ESRB ratings, but since everyone who works in my office is no longer a child it seems pointless in a office environment....was this guy trying to sell us home versions as well, anyhow it does prevent games from being played such as solitare....why not just not install them in the first place...?
Under IE we get tab browsing and to be honest thats about it...did i mention the glass gui.....its probably the only nice implementation. In essense to me it looked like what XP should have been form the start. I have not talked about the dock as in our version it had been removed so i cant pass comment, though the widgets...whoops i mean gadgets were active.
the technical specs for Vista seem to dictate a mean PCI-E graphics card with a min of 128mb and stable performance with all gui options enabled on top end dual core processors. Suddenly the Mac Mini seems like a good proposal.
I am unsure what MS are trying to do in so much as they have made a poor mans Tiger on MS architecture with all the inherant issues of an aging OS. The same basis for every version of windows seems to still be there and when i promted the question of the well known MS rot issue, which effects most IT admins, ( the phrase is used regard to how windows seems to break down after a period of time on the machine after software has been installed/uninstalled etc) the demonstarter only commented that it was never going to give the same foundation of stability of UNIX. What an admission....
The key here is it shows how behind MS is both in terms of product offering but more importantly how it thinks, MS should launch a new ad campaign "THINK THE SAME", hopefully the replacement for Tiger will usher in a further series of enhancements that continue the trend of innovation and push OSX technological lead further.
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Whilst it booted in the same timeframe as XP, the interface was noticably slower and many of the buttons felt smaller ( like the window close ones ) and harder to hit with the mouse.
The graphics card couldn't handle the Aero effects so you're left with a substantially poorer looking interface.
As for comparing to OS X - considering how slick OS X works on current mid-range hardware ( lets take a G4 mini for example - even with 512Mb ) then its even harder to justify a jump to Vista.
As for copying things - its always going to happen - accept it and get over it. to a degree, its good to have some commonality in the manner in which things work. This means that a new user to a computer who has experience of another OS should be able to pick up the new OS quite quickly.
As for programs which dont generally follow the accepted manner of working . . . . dont get me started ( lotus notes . . . mutter mutter mutter )
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Microsoft is pushing a lot the idea of using the same OS everywhere, maybe it's true that Bill Gates wants to take over the world... With the new Origami project they may kill PocketPC within a year and finally put a Windows machine in every pocket around.
Anyway, they are supossed to release a version of Vista with the original GUI, so low level PCs may use it.
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i personally liked the Vista beta i played around with; i thought it very nice.
From a G4 400MHz to an Intel Mac Mini to iMac Core Duo to a Macbook Pro 2.6GHz.............gotta love Apple!
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I just get the feeling that windows have become so lumbersome and really doesn't make the best use of the a PC's resources.
i know that they are starting to do this approach now, but ever since seeing quake 2 and halflife, i've always wondered why an OS doen't run in a full openGL 3d space where each window is a polygon setup and the window content a simple texture wrapped over the polygons.
back then it was obvious that textures would soon be manipulated well enough to allow average sized text/detail on textures and when running in OpenGL, window manipulation would be much smoother and offloadable to the graphics card.
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Also, one of the rules for bussines in MS is the idea of creating products for the future. When XP came out the average user had a PC working around 500-800mhz and 64mb of RAM, yet XP was designed for bigger and better machines. It also helped the bumps in speed Pentium IV had and it "helps" big PC brands like HP or Dell, that work on corporate clients. Think about this: Vista is supossed to be the safest version of Windows yet, and the most [insert here whatever you want] in the history of MS, but of course if you want to really take advantage of all that you [insert company name here] have to upgrade your machines. Great deal for MS and PC makers, bad deal for average customer.
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And in fairness to MS, Apple did lift a number of 'Vista/Longhorn' features and dropped them into Tiger. The difference is that Apple was quicker to the market with these features; where as the development time of Vista has been so much longer than anticipated (and NT5/2000 was meant to be the mother of all monster projects...) that it appears to be the opposite scenario that MS copied Apple.
In some senses I don't think anyone seriously sat down and said; let's copy OS X 10.4. They probably thought "Well we pencilled that in before even OS X 10.0 was released but we were just too **** slow to get it to market, and as for that feature, well it's cool and I want it on my PC so I want to implement it.".
I'm not really fussed about Windows, they can copy OS X if they like; but they probably can't capture the feel of Mac OS X and my Macs. There is something so intangible about the experience that I would be hard pressed to find anywhere else.
And Vista is a bit of a pap name (though the names of big cats doesn't rank that highly on list either!!).
Though Corel wins hands down for Painter IX.5 :flower: And all those saying 10.4.9 will mean 10.5 is around the corner, all Apple has to do is name it Mac OS X 10.4.X :flower
Either way; so long as I have my Macs, I couldn't give a monkeys what is used more, who does what and so forth; so long as Apple don't cock up monumentally, I'm a happy bunny.
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I would say they are much more fixated on going after google right now and feel they can weather a less that expected OS release... But if it takes them another 6 years to get it right then they may actually end up with a problem in the OS arena. Especially if somebody can come up with a way to compete with MS Office.
We'll just have to wait and see. As lil said... As long as I have my Mac... I'm happy.
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They scrapped all of their ideas and gave up. The only reason Vista might sell is because it might have the capability to dual boot and everything will start coming out for vista, making XP an old OS where no programs come out for it.
Of course, everyone could get a mac and the world would be a better place...
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Bluegrass singer/songwriter Peter Rowan makes his way around the whole United States performing intimate gigs and festival headliners on a regular basis. Rowan is generally touring with multiple different projects at once and in the studio. He's released four original albums since 2010 including with his bluegrass band, his Twang an' Groove project and solo. The bluegrass icon began his career in 1965 when he was hired by founding father of bluegrass Bill Monroe into his Bluegrass Boys band.
On Saturday night of Thanksgiving Weekend, RAILROAD EARTH dedicated their first set to performing the classic bluegrass album, "Old and in the Way," from front to back with founding member Peter Rowan at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg, PA during RRE's Horn-O-Plenty Getaway.
The John Hartford Memorial Festival has released another line up for the 2014 festival, happening May 29-31 at Bill Monroe's Music Park & Campground in Bean Blossom, IN.
Cheers erupted from the crowd as the first line up announcement was made for the 4th Annual John Hartford Memorial Festival (JHMF), during the morning Chompdown at their annual Fall Festival & Pickin' Party that recently occurred. For those who may not know, Chompdown is a pot luck-style gathering where volunteers cook up fresh food and goodies for all to enjoy, adding a community feel to a public event.
What was once an anomaly is now a standard. Many lovers of classic Bay Area rock, blues, bluegrass, and beyond are investing in live archival releases above studio albums. Thanks to accessibility through vault discoveries and painstaking restoration, live recordings that are forty-plus years old are being heard by the band and fans alike for the first time. Artists such as Neil Young, Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Hot Tuna are releasing performances that haven't been heard by audiences since the date of original performance.
Award-winning mandolinist and music producer David Grisman announced today the HD release of Old & In The Way – The Complete Boarding House Tapes. The 4-set compilation comes exactly 40 years after the band played two shows at The Boarding House in San Francisco – the first on October 1, 1973 and second on October 8, 1973, from which the original LP was produced. This is the first release of complete shows by this stellar bluegrass ensemble and includes 55 tracks, 14 of which have never been issued in any format before today.
At MerleFest, the glass, red plastic cup, coffee mug or Mason jar is always half full. Making sure the glass stays half full, the presenters of MerleFest provide music industry award winning performers as well as musicians with the skills to win the hearts of fans, generation after generation.
Z2 Entertainment is proud to present Poor Man's Whiskey at the Fox Theatre on Friday, June 14th, 2013. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, April 12th at 12:00pm for $13.00 in advance and $15.00 day of show.
As Tim O'Brien and Friends kicked off the final set of RockyGrass 2012, I planted my feet a couple of yards behind the elevated stage. The canopy of treetops overhead, awash in color from the stage lights, absorbed a light drizzle. To my right, the deity of all double bassists, Edgar Meyer, calmly warmed up next to the main stage staircase.
The Suwannee Music Foundation in partnership with The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park today announce Suwannee Valley Flood Jam: A Benefit For Suwannee, Hamilton & Columbia Counties on August 17 & 18 at The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, FL.
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
A Place for Cats?
KO: Let me first say: I love cats. I am a definite cat person. Growing up,
we had so many cats that I'm not sure I can name all of them. Some
didn't last too long, but others we had for a long time. As an adult,
I had a cat named Thisbe for 20 years. When I met my husband, I told
him I'd had Thisbe longer than any man. He took that as a challenge.
Sadly, Thisbe went to the big catnip patch in the sky five years ago.
But we now have two cats, Eloise and Hemingway. They are both a little
too fat, even though we don't feed them as much anymore. Eloise does
like to nibble crumbs off the floor, so maybe she's getting too many
carbs. She was named after Eloise at the Plaza; she's more than a
little crazy. Hemingway was named after Ernest, because while he's
very macho, he's also a little bit gay.
Again, I want to say that I love cats. But I have been very reluctant
to put them in a book.
In my first mystery series, my protagonist, police reporter Annie
Seymour, couldn't possibly have a cat. Annie is a bit too
self-centered and too independent to have to worry about a cat. She's
working all the time and wouldn't have time for it. In my tattoo shop
series, Brett Kavanaugh lives with her brother, Tim, a Las Vegas
police detective. They're both in their 30s, single, and not thinking
about a pet. In fact, they could possibly both be dog people, but
since dogs are way too high maintenance, it just won't work to give
them one. Somehow going out and solving crimes isn't conducive to
walking the dog a few times a day.
That said, I know how much readers enjoy a good cat in a story. And I
don't mean the cats that solve the crimes or speak to their owners or
each other. My good friend Clea Simon writes wonderful books with cats
in them, and the cats never speak but play a big role in the plots.
Always looking for a way to connect with readers, I began to wonder if
I shouldn't put a cat in one of my books. Should Sylvia Coleman, the
elderly tattooist in my Ink series, own a cat? Maybe Bitsy Hendricks,
the tattoo shop manager who is a little person, or Joel Sloane, the
tattooist who looks like a biker but has a much gentler soul (see
reference to Hemingway, above).
No, none of those things would work. I tried. Really I did. But what I
ended up with was the perfect cat for PRETTY IN INK, set in Vegas with
drag queens at its plot's center: A stray, feral cat skittering
through the parking lot at Chez Tango, the drag queen club, with a red
ribbon in its mouth. His appearance is brief, but notable. It plays a
role in the plot without being overt about it.
What about you? Do you think cats have a place in mystery novels?
JRW: Always room for a cat, Karen! Good luck with the new book! Read more about Karen, her cats, and her series at her website. And she's standing by for comments and questions.
19 comments:
- Sheila Connolly said...
Of course. What a silly question.
But you raise a good point: if you're going to add a pet to your series, you have to treat them responsibly. Your protagonist can't just leave town for three days, without making arrangements. She can run out of food for herself and live on take-out, but she must never run out of pet food. The pets aren't just an accessory, they're characters in the book!
- March 4, 2010 at 9:46 AM
- Sandra Parshall said...
Ah, it's Cat Week on Jungle Red Writers. I think any mystery is improved by the presence of a cat, and even some male writers agree with me. Robert Crais's Elvis Cole doesn't exactly own a cat, but he feeds a feral cat that sorta, sometimes, considers Elvis's house his home. Rick Riordan's books have a great cat. I prefer cats that don't talk (good grief, aren't they demanding enough without the ability to speak Human?) and don't solve crimes (how would they ever stay awake long enough?) but are simply cats.
- March 4, 2010 at 9:50 AM
- Jungle Red Writers said...
Yes it's cat week, Sandy! and we didn't even plan it that way!
You're right Sheila, pets must be treated well or readers will be horrified. In Deadly Advice, my character has a cat foisted upon her and of course he becomes integral to the series.
Karen, I bet your next series will have a cat onstage--you're moving in that direction!
- March 4, 2010 at 10:45 AM
- Jan Brogan said...
HI Karen,
Can't participate in the cat love, deathly allergic. I once picked up a kitten and was sick for a week. Even with shots, I can't actually stroke one.... so sad...... especially since they are so cute.
But I think cat-loving and mystery-loving go hand in hand, so best of luck and CONGRATS
on PRETTY IN INK!!
- March 4, 2010 at 12:30 PM
- Rosemary Harris said...
No mas! I've taken the kool-aid. There are two cats in my next book. Although it's doubtful they'll be making a return appearance, my heroine could use a pet. Lord knows she isn't getting any other kind of cuddling!
- March 4, 2010 at 12:41 PM
- Karen Olson said...
Jan, sorry to hear about your allergy. When we were kids, we thought my sister had an allergy at one point and got rid of our cat, but it turns out she's just fine with cats.
Rosemary, LOL! And not just one cat but two!
Roberta, you may likely see a cat sometime in the future in one of my books. I don't know how much longer I can resist it!
- March 4, 2010 at 1:41 PM
- Jan Brogan said...
Sorry Karen, I misread the original post and thought you WERE putting a cat in the book.
SO Rosemary is taking up the cat slack.
- March 4, 2010 at 2:34 PM
- Hallie Ephron said...
I had a cat named Eloise so I can relate. I'm ok with cats in books, but I hear your hesitancy about it, Karen. Because it can be just another cliche unless the writer does it really well.
- March 4, 2010 at 4:12 PM
- John said...
I was told that my kitten is inbred. He has amazing agility and balance--and he likes to body slam the bedroom door at 6:30 in the morning if he feels that it's time for some attention. Or food. Or water. Or whatever. He can jump 3/4 the way up the wall and also finds it enjoyable to scale our elliptical (glad it serves some purpose!) and then hang from the top of the door frame...
Karen, what do you think of cat tattoos? ;-)
- March 4, 2010 at 4:58 PM
- Karen Olson said...
Hallie, you're so right about the cliche.
John, hmmm, cat tattoos...I'm not sure about that.
- March 4, 2010 at 5:45 PM
- Rhys Bowen said...
I have shied away from pets in any of my books for that very reason--you get letters if you don't look after them properly.
Actually love both dogs and cats, but we travel so much that I have to get my dog fix from my daughters' dogs--Sunny and Oscar
- March 4, 2010 at 5:47 PM
- Hank Phillippi Ryan said...
Cats in books--where would archie be without mehitabel? Where would Alice be without the Chesire? And where would whatshername played by Kim Novak be without Pyewacket?
And I think Botox plays a necessary role for Charlie.
I agee, you can't just stick in a cat. But people have cats!And for their own reasons. And when they work, that's why they work.
Hi Karen! COngratulations on launch day--and thanks again for being such a wonderful tour pal in North Carolina! (Julie Hyzy was our terrific third Musketeer--all for one and one for all!)
- March 4, 2010 at 5:51 PM
- Kathryn Lilley said...
My protagonist Kate has a beautiful Ragdoll cat, Elfie, who is modeled on my own cat Smokie. My daughter brought Smokie home as a kitten--he was so young he had to be bottle fed. She'd gotten him from someone at school who couldn't keep him, and swore she would find another home for him in "two weeks." Well, Cut to ten years later, and my daughter has graduated from college, and Smokie is the king of my house. I love him to death.
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Senate Republican insiders are privately fuming at Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., the Tea Party Express, and others who they believe cost them Senate seats in Nevada, Delaware, and Colorado by backing candidates they regard as subpar. The barely submerged intra-party spat underscores one of the huge management challenges facing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in the next Congress.
DeMint, in an interview with National Journal Wednesday, claimed sweeping success for the conservative candidates he backed. He blamed prominent tea party losses in part on his party's failure to give candidates enough help.
GOP Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell of Delaware "might have had a shot," if she had not been "vilified" by some Republicans, DeMint said, in what may have been a reference to comments by Karl Rove, an advisor in the George W. Bush administration, though he declined to fault Rove by name. He also criticized the failure of Rep. Mike Castle, R-Del., to endorse O'Donnell after she beat him in the GOP primary.
DeMint is set to challenge GOP leaders by seeking a GOP conference vote to ban earmarks, which he said he expects will cause tension with leadership, but he also praised top Senate Republicans.
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Republican aides defending their party's performance on the Senate side last night noted that GOP candidates selected by the National Republican Senatorial Committee and GOP leadership won in Ohio, New Hampshire, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Wisonsin, and Illinois. With the exception of GOP Rep. Mark Kirk, who won President Obama's old Senate seat in Illinois, they all won by big margins and with relatively small spending by the NRSC, the aides said.
"In contrast, the DeMint/Tea Party Express-backed candidates lost big in Nevada and Delaware, effectively throwing away two Senate seats," said one GOP Senate aide who asked for anonymity to discuss an intra-party dispute. Many Republicans argue that onetime Nevada GOP frontrunner Sue Lowden would have beaten Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Castle would have easily beat the eventual Delaware winner, Democrat Chris Coons.
Another potential loss that has GOP insiders angry came today in Colorado race, where Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet declared victory over tea party-backed Ken Buck is trailing .
The GOP aide said that if NRSC-backed, former Colorado Lt. Gov. Jane Norton, who Buck beat in the primary, had been the GOP nominee, "We would have had [Colorado] in the bag."
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"Can you only imagine if [Stutzman and Lamontagne] had won those primaries?" the aide asked.
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Pork Medallions with Asian Flair Recipe
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"When I became serious about losing weight and getting healthy, my kids missed the Chinese delivery that I used to order so frequently. I combined a few recipes to come up with this tasty winner." Dianne James - Edmond, Oklahoma
- 1 pork tenderloin (1 pound), halved and thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1/4 cup sherry or reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 3 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Hot cooked brown rice, optional
- In a large nonstick skillet, saute pork in oil in batches until tender. Remove and keep warm.
- Add the remaining ingredients to the pan; cook and stir over medium heat for 3-4 minutes or until thickened. Return pork to the pan; heat through. Serve with rice if desired. Yield: 4 servings.
Originally published as Pork Medallions with Asian Flair in Healthy Cooking June/July 2008, p27
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The Sara Cowl: A Sari Ribbon Knit Cowl
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I hope you're having a great day! Sara over at Sans Limites has really been on a kick of making up some kick ass patterns for Darn Good Yarn. They are killer. Have you taken a moment to visit her store? http://www.etsy.com/shop/SansLimitesCrochet
A hand crafted recycled sari ribbon cowl that makes a global difference!
Gosh, sometimes when the chilly air graces the forecast we can tend to "frump out" on our outerwear. Well, put a stop to it with this wonderful cowl. You can use any of Darn Good Yarn's Sari Ribbons so you can go in any color direction you want! Not only is it awesome, the yarn you're using for this project is hand made by underprivileged women in India and Nepal using recycled silk sari pieces. So, you're making and difference and looking oh so awesome!
Supplies: US 19 24" Circular Needles, 3 skeins of Darn Good Yarn's Silk Sari Ribbon (Sara used Bliss for her cowl), stitch marker.
Stitches: K (Knit), C4F (Cable 4 Front) – slip next 2 stitches onto cable needle and hold at front of cowl, knit next 2 stitches from left needle, then knit the 2 stitches on cable needle, C4B (Cable 4 Back) – slip next 2 stitches onto cable needle and hold at back of cowl, knit next 2 stitches from left needle, then knit the 2 stitches on cable needle.
Cast on 54. This pattern is worked in the round. Begin with Row 1, taking care not to let the cast on stitches twist. Mark the beginning of the row with a stitch marker so you know when a row is complete.
Row 1: C4F 13 times
Row 2: Knit
Row 3: K2, C4B 12 times. K2.
Row 4: Knit
Repeat Rows 1-4, 4 more times making a total of 20 Rows.
Bind off.
Cut and bind off. Weave in ends and stay cozy in your new cowl!
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Staff Human Resources and University College and Extension Services (UCES) are launching the CSULB Staff Employee Discount Program for UCES Professional Development for non-credit courses and programs. This program entitles CSULB staff employed for six months or more to a 30 percent discount on select UCES Professional Development courses and programs. A list of covered courses and programs as well as more information are available at either Staff Human Resources, Brotman Hall, Room 335; UCES Registration windows, Foundation Building, 1st Floor; or by calling 562/985-5561.
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This is the direct of result of the foolishness that the NOPD has been getting away with for years in the lower income black communities. They mistakenly thought that they could carry this barbaric attitude with them to white areas during Mardi Gras and got a rude awakening. Kudos to all who have stepped up to shine light on the NOPD's illegal activities. The behavior of the majority of our police officers is horrid and should not be tolerated.
Why does it seem that only black politicians are trying to push this bill through that primarily affects other blacks negatively? First, Derrick Shepherd (The now convicted criminal) and now Rickey Hardy. I wonder what skeletons we'll uncover in his closet. These kids are merely trying to express themselves and say to the world that no longer will you judge me on the outside, but rather what is within. Remember, Hitler and Napoleon committed horrible atrocities to this world and they dressed immaculately.
I think that Peja, Hilton Armstrong, Rasual Butler, Devin Brown, and often times Melvin Ely and Mo Pete should all forfeit their salaries and be charged admission to play on the court. All they do is stand around and watch Chris Paul. I mean seriously, Chris is running around trying to make something happen and they just stand there in bunches. This is the laziest team that I've ever seen. It's not just this game. What is it with the 2nd and 3rd quarter with this year's Hornets? I mean we've grown to expect them to just not show up and then expect some miracle from Chris Paul in the 4th quarter. This is an embarrassing season. I sincerely hope George Shinn puts a better product out on the court next year.
Maybe we can pick up Sidney Torres, since the city is trying to get rid of him, and he can start to clean house. Starting we Hilton Armstrong and Melvin Ely, next would be Peja. We need some consistency and these guys just can't do it. Only consistent thing Hilton does is make funny faces on the bench. To blow a 20 point lead in the 4th quarter is just unacceptable.
I kinda missed the sweet stench of day old urine.
You can thank Jason David for Drew riding the bench.
THANK YOU JEEEEZZZZUUUUSSSS!!!! I've been a fan of Mike James, and when we acquired him I was excited. When he showed some nice sparks off the bench last season, I thought that we would be ok without Pargo. Mr. James has done NOTHING this season. I have seen nothing in pre-season and nothing yet either. And is it just me or why is it that we haven't brought Antonio McDyess in? With the poor play of Hilton Armstrong, he seems to be a perfect fit. We could dump Bowen and McDyess could offer some leadership to Julian Wright. Come on Coach, do what's right!!!
I wonder if any guards will cite him for his pants being down when Bubba gets him in the eye that stinks, instead of the eye that winks.
I bet he has some strippers at his house now.
And correction, when you're at your house alone and getting a lap dance, those are known as whores.
Hell, if he would've only been smoking crack, he might have been as bad as Marion Berry.
Mr. Shawn Barney get ready to hit the campaign trail.
It makes me very upset to see everyone raking Cynthia Hedge-Morrell over the coals for this. I agree that her actions may have been a little drastic, but I'm sure that I'm not alone when I say that I've seen police officers speeding and running through red lights only to make a detour to a coffee shop. If this were a white politician or another police officer, there would not have been one word in the news about this. Her problem was this simple and sweet, she got upset with an officer who didn't know her, and he got nervous and defensive. Had she merely showed her badge and said she was late for a meeting he would have automatically let her go. And who is this guy who has nothing better to do than chase behind her. I'm sure he has political alterior motives that should be questioned. There are constantly people who speed and drive erratically. I make the drive from Houston to New Orleans at least twice a month and see crazy drivers on each and every occassion. I'd really like to know how many others this guy has reported in the past. My guess is not many, however, he somehow seems to remember her license plate and everything and even managed to stay in the car while the police officer tracked her down. Give me a break. If it is unacceptable for Ms. Hedge-Morrell to drive in the manner that she did, then there should be a system for reporting unsafe driving actions and public feedback should be in place to see exactly how that problem was settled for each and every offender. Otherwise, leave Ms. Hedge-Morrell alone.


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Sightseeing - All tips in one, Warsaw
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We've all been there: visiting a new city for the first time, confused about where to see what, and at what time, yet we're too embarassed to pick-up those little tourist leaflets from the hotel reception, or (god-forbid!) even head down to the tourist information office! (*gasp!*)
Thankfully some wonderful little publications exist that spare us the confusion and embarassement:
I picked-up the "Warsaw Insider" from a newspaper stand, and found it immensly useful. This publication covers everything from restaurants, clubs, cafes, events, sights, movies, music & theatre and much more.
Price for the A5-sized magazine is 9,90 Zloty.
Fondest memory: The picture shows September's issue with a special on the city's best restaurants.
I took the "Warsaw Insider" back home with me... little magazines like this are very helpful when writing VT-tips as well ;-)
TIP: >> And if you want to keep up-to-date even when you're not in this lovely town, you can visit their website (in English): Warsaw Insider.com!
>> And here is their online Events Calendar: http://www.warsawinsider.pl/calendar/index.shtml
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We stayed three days in capital of Poland. I should say it was enough to see essential, but also better to have more time visiting Warsaw. I think the three day planning was quite full and useful, so I put my used plan here:
First day was a day of visiting so called Royal Route from Nowi Swiat street (De Gaulle rondo) to Royal castle, including Opera house and Pilsudski squares. Old town was visited also with few churches, barbican, market square.
Second day from central part we took a bus to Wilanow palace and park, also coming back by the same bus visited Lazenki palace and park, so in this way the other part of Royal Route was visited. Also, at the second half of the day we continued walk to new town (Nowe miasto), visiting few churches, monument for those killed and murdered in the East, Uprising monument.
Third day we took tram to Uprising museum and also visited Praga district to see other side of Wisla river. The last hours were spent near square of Palace of Culture and Science and taking a break at Zlote Tarasy supermarket.
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Warsaw was destroyed during II World War but it's rebuilt and it's big and interesting city. So you're welcome to visit my hometown.
You can't miss Old Town, Royal Way with Royal Castle, Krakowskie Przedmiescie Street, Nowy Swiat Street, Lazienki Park, Wilanow. Palace of Culture and Science. The Tomb of Unknown Soldier. Museums. Churches. And many, many more.
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As Warsaw tries to become more friendly for tourists also the municipal government makes some effort to promote attractions that you can experience wandering around streets of Warsaw.
One of the major activities was establishing plates with bilingual information (PL + ENG) on more interesting buildings downtown. So look out for for transparent plastic plates on some buildings since they may give you some more information on life and history of Warsaw.
At the link below you can find all of the plates (tresc modulu - content) that were hanged in Warsaw together with their location (lokalizacja) in the city:
The information is sometimes really interesting even for locals:-)
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When you are wandering in Warsaw and you don't like to check every move with your map, there is a chance that you can do find without any help.
Just look at the skyline and in almost 100% of cases you will see there, in some direction, the top of PKiN (the Palace of Culture and Science) that is located in THE CENTER of the downtown. Apart from being good orientation point this gift of the 50's from the people of ex-USSR (but Poles had to pay for it in many ways...) is pretty useful since it accomodates a lot of cultural and other organizations and institutions (like theaters, concert venues, museums, temporary fairs etc.).
But for some people, as it is soc-realism artifact, it reminds the commie's past as it is twin (but a bit smaller) to many similar building in ex-USSR cities (eq. Moscow has a few of them and much much bigger than Warsaw's PKiN)...
The next orientation point could be the Palm that is seated at de Gaulle Round-about in the downtown (the junction of Nowy Swiat Str. and Jerozolimskie Ave.) but it looks like it is not tall enough. Anyway you can have a t-shirt with it at:
Fondest memory: When I come back to Warsaw from any trip either by car, train or bus the first sign of approaching WAW is the PKiN in the skyline:-)
Favorite thing: Go to the 30th floor of the Palace of Culture and Science, visit the Old Town and the Royal Castle, walk around the 'Lazienki' Park. Go shopping to the 'Galeria Centrum'...
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go to Palace of Culture & Science, Lazienki park( it exactly means toilet!!!), Wilanów, Zoo, Old Town,
Fondest memory: my school,which is situated near to big shopping centre-KLIF
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By: Chris Ramirez and Peter St. Cyr, KOB Eyewitness News
Halloween is full of superstitions and spooky houses.
It's a good time to dress up and go trick or treating. People love trying on different costumes and disguising themselves as ghosts, zombies and even werewolves.
Of course, everyone expects to see scary things on Halloween night.
But, be warned. After shopping for masks and wigs, KOB's 4 On Your Side team discovered another scary holiday fact – costume masks and wigs can be breeding grounds for germs and bacteria.
Using an undercover camera, we found masks lying on store floors and watched customers trying everything on in sight.
What most customers don't realize is that the masks they are trying on have already touched the faces and eyes of countless other shoppers.
Our 4OYS producer bought several masks, a few wigs, and even items he found in a discount bin at a local thrift store. After shopping, we delivered the costumes to Qwest Diagnostics for testing.
"We found bacteria that actually grew," Lab Director John Golobic said.
Cultures showed signs of staph, strep, and other micrococcus.
Golobic said families have to take precautions.
"Anything that you can do to protect yourself is always a good thing."
He said some of the bacteria could even cause pink eye (an extremely infectious disease), skin rashes, and others that could spread cold viruses.
Albuquerque shopper J.P. Pacheco woke up early Saturday. After decorating his yard with tombstones and lights that look like ghosts and pumpkins he went shopping for masks with his girlfriend's son Fabian.
Pacheco told KOB Eyewitness News even though he saw other people touching and wearing masks he tried on himself he never thought about germs while he was shopping.
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Two non-profit charities founded by Madonna are having a rough week. Raising Malawi, a charity based in the country where Madonna adopted two of her children, was supposed to provide an academy for girls in the impoverished country, but plans for the school fell apart after accusations that its board mismanaged donated funds. Tens of millions of dollars worth of mismanaged funds. In addition, a lawsuit was filed against Madonna last week by former employees of the academy who claim they were never paid. After an audit of the company, it was discovered that the donated funds were used for "salaries, office space, cars with private drivers and a golf membership."
It was just revealed that another of Madonna's charities, Success For Kids, is under investigation by the FBI. Success for Kids has raised over $33 million since its inception but it is currently being investigated for "several irregularities and suspicious activity." The charity reportedly provides lessons on emotional empowerment to children all over the world. The Kabbalah Center of Los Angeles, which helped found and fund these charities, is also under investigation for misappropriating funds. Dear Madonna, sounds like you should get out of the charity game now before anything else goes wrong.
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October 22, 2013 — Bracco Diagnostics Inc. announced the availability of syringe packs with spikes, to be used when loading contrast and saline for delivery with power injectors in computed tomography (CT) suites. Bracco syringe packs are specifically designed for use with the EmpowerCTA and Empower CT contrast delivery systems, offering greater flexibility in contrast and saline preparation.
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