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For this sixteenth edition of the $25 Shopping Cart, I had planned to go to Smart & Final. While it's really meant for restaurants & other businesses, this smaller warehouse-type store actually has some pretty decent deals on everyday items that aren't sold in Costco sized packaging (a huge plus for those of us living in postage stamp-sized apartments). But then I got my latest email from the Just4U program at Safeway, and it was so packed with great deals & coupons that I had to push back the Smart & Final trip for another time.
I realize that Safeway is not a chain found in every city or state, but it's big enough that most people have heard of it. I've shopped there for years, preferring it over other large chains because of their selection & prices. I've been a huge fan of their Club Card specials since they started that whole thing about ten years ago, but last year they launched an even better savings program called Just 4 U, and it is phenomenal!*
Part personal shopper, part coupon service, the Just 4 U program is an extension of their regular Club Card membership that offers personalized deals on items you buy most, in addition to regular specials. While some of the coupons don't really apply to me because they're designed for larger households or only offer discounts for heavily processed foods, I absolutely love the personalized deals section. Not only are the deals amazing, but many of the special prices can be used over & over again, as opposed to the one-time use of most coupons.
Anyway, this time around they not only tempted me with things like affordable milk and eggs, they offered up a special coupon for $3 off one's entire order. When you're working with a $25 budget, those $3 go a long way, so that was definitely tempting. The only catch? You have to buy produce. Um, OKAY!!! (Like that's hard for me to do, lol.)
So, with my coupons loaded onto my club card, my Safeway shopping list emailed to my phone, and my running inventory of what I already had at home (one of the keys to having a successful $25 Shopping Cart), I walked the 10 blocks & started shopping. Here's what I got this time around:
- 1 quart of skim milk – $1.25 (on sale)
- 1.5 dozen eggs – $2.49 (on sale)
- 1 head butter lettuce – $1.99
- 1.4 lbs hot house tomatoes – $2.79 (on sale at $1.99/lb)
- 8 oz. carton of mushrooms – $2.00 (on sale at 2 for $4.00)
- 1 loaf Safeway Kitchens nut & oat bread – $2.50 (on sale at 2 for $5)
- 2 bags frozen mixed vegetables (Asian blend & Santa Fe blend) – $5 (on sale)
- 0.76 lb sirloin steak – $3.18 (on sale)
- 2.91 lbs turkey necks – $3.70 (on sale)
- 1 package whole wheat pizza dough – $0.99 (!!! It was also on sale at 30% off)
- 1 lb sweet cream butter – $2.49 (on sale)
- 1 16 oz bag of semi-sweet mini chocolate chips – $0.99 (on clearance at 50% off!)
Grand total for the trip with all my coupons & specials applied: $26.37! Woo hoo, just a buck & some change over what I'd projected! Thank goodness for those extra deals because I sure couldn't have done this without them.
While it's not the awesome score of random products that I'm used to picking up at other stores, it's still a pretty impressive spread. Because I knew I was well stocked on things like pasta, rice & other grains, I made sure to buy things to augment those bare bones staples. The steak & veggies will help make several one-dish meals when combined with the aforementioned staples, and I've decided there's no such thing as having too much pizza dough on hand (seriously, that was my favorite score of the day!).
Also, I realize some of you may be scratching your heads (or saying "Ew!") at the idea of turkey necks, but believe me when I tell you that those things make the best turkey broth in town! The bones give it a really rich flavor, and once the broth is made, you can freeze it to use in later recipes. The meat can then later be used in things like my Spicy Turkey & Chipotle Pepper Soup, Turkey Shepherd's Pie, etc.
Speaking of what I can make with the ingredients I purchased on this trip (combined with my bare bones staples & other ingredients already in my kitchen), here's some of what I plan to put on my menu these next couple of weeks:
- Spicy Turkey & Chipotle Pepper Soup
- Mushroom, Spinach & Gouda Quesadillas (though I'll use Monterey Jack instead of gouda since that's all I have on hand)
- My Favorite Grilled Steak Sandwiches
- Quinoa w/Mushrooms, Tomatoes & Scallions
- Deviled Egg Sandwiches
- Quinoa, Edamame & Sweet Pepper Lettuce Wraps
- And whatever else happens to strike my fancy when I'm in experimentin' mode!
With most of those meals making at least 2 servings apiece, eating well for the next couple weeks is going to be pretty easy. Remember, when you go on your own $25 Shopping Cart (or $50 or $75, depending on how large your family is), think in terms of whole ingredients that you can combine with other basic staples so that you can stretch your meals as far as possible. As long as you don't fall into the pre-packaged dinners-for-two trap, you'll have great success in making every one of your food dollars count, no matter what store you shop.
Thanks for checking out this edition of the $25 Shopping Cart! Next stop: Smart & Final. Or the Sac Natural Foods Co-op. Or…… :)
Where would you like to see Poor Girl go on her next $25 Shopping Cart trip? Share your ideas in the comments below!


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This year, the Pac-10 season opens up with what looks like a mismatch on paper. When these teams met last year, Stanford completely dominated, and they're even better this time around. Toby Gerhart still leads the offense, they should have a much better quarterback in Andrew Luck, and their run defense should be strong, which makes a big difference, especially since the Cougars don't look like they'll have much of a passing game, especially early on. This could absolutely be another big blowout.
On the Other Hand:
Week one games can be weird sometimes, and after Stanford's major road struggles last year (only beating Washington, and then just barely), there's definitely no guarantee. The Cougars may seem in disarray, but right now with basically zero expectations they have absolutely nothing to lose, and will come out fired up to make this year different from last year's disaster.
Bottom Line:
Stanford is simply a much better team. Something weird would have to happen for this game to be close, much less an upset. And it's more likely that "something weird" would come at the expense of the home team, given how frequently they coughed up the ball and gave up big plays last year.
Stanford 35, Washington St 13
Oregon (+4) @ Boise St
This looks like an interesting game. Both teams come into the season with a substantial amount of hype, both desperately need this win in order to justify the hype, and both have a number of important question marks. On the "Smurf Turf", Boise has been very tough to beat, not losing a regular season home game since Washington St took it to them back in 2001. And against a Duck secondary that has to deal with the loss of Patrick Chung and Jairus Byrd, the Broncos might have a big day through the air and simply outscore the Ducks.
On the Other Hand:
If the Broncos could have a huge day through the air, the Ducks could have a huge day through the ground. Oregon may have some offensive line issues, but the Broncos' front seven doesn't look very strong, which means they probably won't be able to take advantage. And that means that Jeremiah Masoli and LaGarrette Blount should have huge days running the ball.
Bottom Line:
This looks like a major shootout; the best bet is probably the over, since it's only 63.5. Overall, I think the Broncos are a bit better, and they're at home, which means that 4 points is probably a touch light, though not much.
@ Boise St 38, Oregon 31
Maryland @ Cal (-21.5)
I just don't buy this as any kind of close game. The Terps lose a massive amount from last year, when they were already bad on the road, it's a week one cross-country road game, and Cal is going to be very well motivated for payback after last year's big upset loss.
@ Cal 42, Maryland 13
Central Michigan @ Arizona (-14)
The real question here is whether Central Michigan is one of the mediocre teams that Arizona makes a living crushing, or whether they're good enough to hang with the 'Cats, in which case this could actually be an upset. The Chippewas might have the overall talent to hang with them, but Arizona's secondary should put the clamps on CMU's pass-happy offense, and their receivers have the talent to torch the CMU secondary. Unless Arizona gets bad quarterback play, I don't think this is a close game.
@ Arizona 34, Central Michigan 14
LSU @ Washington (+17.5)
If LSU has regained the form they had through 2007, when they were a consistent top team, they could roll, but if they're as vulnerable as last year it could definitely be an upset. My guess is LSU is somewhere in between the two extremes, which means that U-Dub should be able to give them a game at home.
LSU 28, @ Washington 17
San Diego St @ UCLA (-19)
Last year San Diego St was just awful, and while they should definitely be improved, it won't be enough to hang with a UCLA team that's going to be a lot better than they were last year.
@ UCLA 38, San Diego St 10
San Jose St @ USC (-33.5)
With a big game coming up next week against Ohio St, expect USC to give freshman quarterback Matt Barkley as much work as they can to build up his confidence; ditto for the defense, which doesn't have much experience. However, they'll still make some mistakes, and those will be enough for an experienced Spartan team, led by a decent QB in Kyle Reed, to pull the cover.
@ USC 42, San Jose St 10
Idaho St @ Arizona St (NL)
@ Arizona St 45, Idaho St 3
Portland St @ Oregon St (NL)
@ Oregon St 45, Portland St 3
National Games of the Week:
Virginia Tech vs Alabama (-6.5)
Even with their running back injury, I'm surprised to see the Hokies as full touchdown underdogs. Bama should win, but this ought to be a close game.
Alabama 21, Virginia Tech 17
Georgia @ Oklahoma St (-5.5)
Considering the incredible success Georgia keeps on having on the road, I think this line is a touch high, but I still like the Cowboys to pull out the win.
@ Oklahoma St 28, Georgia 24
BYU vs Oklahoma (-21.5)
I think BYU is a legitimately good team, but Oklahoma is the sort of team that flat-out hammers other teams; they crushed Cincy, TCU, Nebraska, Tech and Mizzou by more than this last year, and this year they should be even better.
Oklahoma 48, BYU 17
Missouri vs Illinois (-7)
It's a shame that this series will soon be ending, as it's nice to see a regular early season matchup between teams from different BCS conferences. This year, Illinois just looks too good for Mizzou.
Illinois 35, Missouri 17
Colorado St vs Colorado (-10.5)
This game is usually fun. Before last year, there were six straight games decided by a TD or less, and I think that the Rams have improved enough that we'll see a fairly close game again.
Colorado 34, Colorado St 24
Cincinnati @ Rutgers (-5.5)
The first of two potentially fun Labor Day games. I like Brian Kelly, and he's definitely doing a good job at Cincy, but they've just too many key players to be able to hang with Rutgers, especially in week one. Throw in the revenge factor for three straight Bearcat wins in this series and it's easy to see this one getting a bit out of hand.
@ Rutgers 31, Cincy 17
Miami @ Florida St (-6.5)
Slowly but surely, Miami is getting better. However, I think the 'Noles are going to make huge strides forward this year, and at home I like them by more than a touchdown.
@ Florida St 28, Miami 17
Bad Lines
Notre Dame -14
The Irish may by flaky, and may not be well-coached, but they've got a boatload of talent, and they're playing against a team that doesn't do much on defense, and that has a powerful tendency to get blasted by top 25 teams early in the year.
Baylor +2
I'm mildly surprised this line keeps going up. It seems obvious to me that Baylor should be the better team, and even on the road I give them better than even chances at winning. Free points just sweetens the deal.
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Caloric restriction increases healthy lifespan. That's true in a range of organisms, and probably in humans. But it's never going to be popular - and what's more, it's not going to be feasible, either, given how clearly people like to eat. So the search has been on for just how it exerts its effects, with a number of interesting clues turning up.
And now there's another one. There's a longevity gene in fruit flies known as INDY (short for, I fear, "I'm Not Dead Yet", and if you don't get that reference, you should probably turn in your geek license. This would be a good time to note, as required by law, that the fruit fly people are a longstanding and apparently endless fountain of weird nomenclature). Reducing INDY expression definitely lengthens lifespan in flies and in the nematode C. elegan.
A recent paper in Cell Metabolism, from a large-multicontinent team involving the Shulman group at Yale and many others, explores the effects of the mammalian homolog, mINDY, in mice. The knockout mice are smaller, although they take in the same number of calories. They are much leaner, though, with remarkable less fat. Their metabolism seems to be ramped up, as you might figure from that situation, and they're especially good at fat oxidation in the liver. Very interestingly, they maintain this phenotype as they age, while normal mice tend to put on more fat. They have lower basal glucose and insulin levels, and are better at clearing glucose, apparently through better uptake in skeletal muscle. They also seem resistant to the bad effects of a high-fat-chow diet, show a much reduced tendency to putting on weight and developing insulin resistance. All in all, this is what you'd call a desirable metabolic phenotype, and it fits in very well with what has been worked out in the fruit flies.
So what does this gene code for? Turns out that it's a citrate transporter, which might not be the most obvious thing at first, but it makes sense. Citrate is converted to acetylCoA, which is the building block for fatty acid synthesis. Cutting down its availability basically starves the liver tissue, which depends on fatty acids for a good part of its energy needs, and causes it to efficiently burn off whatever fatty acids it can acquire. And this effect might just be one of the things that produce the benefits of caloric restriction - in other words, you might not have to deprive your whole body of calories, just the key parts of it. To show that I'm not overinterpreting here, I'll let the authors say it:
These data suggest that mIndy may be a key mediator of the beneficial effects of dietary energy restriction. Since prolonged caloric restriction is very difficult to achieve in humans, our observations raise the tantalizing possibility that modulating the levels or function of mIndy could lead to some of the health-promoting effects of calorie restriction, without requiring severe caloric restriction.
And as they go on to suggest, this makes for a very interesting target for obesity, diabetes, and fatty liver disease. What about extending lifespan? Well, I've dug through the paper several time, and can find no mention of mice older than 8 months, and no numbers on their longevity. I assume that this will be the subject of another paper as the rodents get older - it's too big an issue to ignore, and this paper seems determined not to say a word about it.
And as they go on to suggest, this makes for a very interesting target for obesity, diabetes, and fatty liver disease. What about extending lifespan? Well, I've dug through the paper several time, and can find no mention of mice older than 8 months, and no numbers on their longevity. I assume that this will be the subject of another paper as the rodents get older - it's too big an issue to ignore, and this paper seems determined not to say a word about it.
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1. Anonymous on August 15, 2011 10:53 AM writes...
Who is developing the drugs against this target?
2. DCRogers on August 15, 2011 11:04 AM writes...
OT: the perils of outsourcing
3. MTK on August 15, 2011 11:27 AM writes...
Being completely ignorant in this area I'd like to ask a few questions:
a) Did the knockout mice live longer?
b) I thought the whole caloric reduction leading to increased lifespan was due to a slow down in metabolism rather than a ramp up? Basically, we only have a finite number of turns on the crank and that by slowing down the rate of turns life span in increased? Incorrect?
c) Wasn't obesity one of those areas that lots of folks wish they'd never heard of?
Just wondering.
4. zensci on August 15, 2011 11:56 AM writes...
Just FYI, the paper is published in Cell Metabolism. Cool paper.
5. Anonymous on August 15, 2011 12:00 PM writes...
Well, it doesn't matter about the aging effects since Sirtris and GSK are all over that with their sirtuin pipeline. Moncef and Patrick are going to live forever!
6. Curious Wavefunction on August 15, 2011 12:40 PM writes...
Not directly related but I couldn't help but note; apparently Starbucks just came out with a new super size 916 ml drink, a "Trenta" cup that's larger than your stomach. Another milestone on the highway of caloric restriction.
7. In Vivo Veritas on August 15, 2011 1:15 PM writes...
Shulman? Longevity? Novel target?
Metabolic Disease discovery organizations of big pharma, start your engines. This paper will haunt groups like mine for the next year at least, wether it gets replicated or not.
I wonder how many folks wasted time looking for the target of Shulmans last big find, NAPE....
8. MoMo on August 15, 2011 2:23 PM writes...
You sure you have the biochemistry straight? I thought oxaloacetic acid condenses with acetyl CoA to form citric acid, etc etc. But they do things differently in Cambridge I guess.
But I wonder what happens when you deprive cells and mitochondria of citric acid transporters, which are everywhere?
ACCase is a much better target and more directly involved in FA biosynthesis.
Don't waste your time here drug designers-Get It?
9. milkshaken on August 15, 2011 2:45 PM writes...
"prolonged caloric restriction is very difficult to achieve in humans"...
Not in North Korea - they successfully tested it on the entire population (the dear leader and his family serve as controls)
10. Jon on August 15, 2011 3:05 PM writes...
916 mL? That's nothing. I used to drink a Double Gulp fairly often in high school. That's 1.9 L of soda goodness (diet, so it's not as bad as it sounds.) Heck, a large soda at most fast food places is either 950 mL or 1.3 L.
11. Virgil on August 15, 2011 3:09 PM writes...
Dare I say it, but there's at least the beginnings of a mechanistic link to sirtuins here...
The enzymatic activity of sirtuins (well, one of them) is the removal of acetyl groups from lysine residues on a multitude of different proteins (mostly metabolic enzymes). This is how they supposedly act as master regulators of metabolism. Thing is, the acetyl groups are put there in the first place by acetylases (in the same way that kinases and phosphatases antagonize each other), and there's some pretty nice work showing that the proximal source of the acetyl-CoA used for acetylation is ATP-Citrate lyase, which of course uses... you guessed it... citrate as a substrate.
So, messing with citrate metabolism might be expected to have an impact on protein acetylation levels, which conveniently is the same mechanism by which sirtuins are proposed to work. Personally, I'd love to see some acetyl-lysine proteomics in the mINDY knockout mice. It would also be pretty easy in the model organism systems to see if the mutations in SIRTs and INDY are epistatic.
(one last point - the name of those pesky worms is C. elegans, with an S on the end, not elegan)
12. OHNOO- on August 15, 2011 3:11 PM writes...
@ In Vino Veritas: As someone who was (gulp, intimately) involved in the NAPE work, I'm sorry this brought you grief; it brought me grief too. If you had asked (yes, we will communicate with the fearsome pharmateriat) I would have advised you to work with the aqueophile glycerophospo NAPE metabolites (GP-NAEs), which are what's really active it turns out. Buy some from Cayman and inject it in mice (say 1-100 mg/kg). If you're not completely impressed/weirded out by what happens, I'll buy you a bottle of Vino. Can't help you with how they lower food intake yet but they do light up GPR119's fatty little world.
13. Anonymous on August 15, 2011 3:43 PM writes...
What's the Shulman NAPE story?
14. Liz on August 15, 2011 3:57 PM writes...
Ok, a few random questions (yes, I s'pose I ought read the original paper, huh?)-
To what degree is INDY expressed in humans versus the species tested? It is comparable? More to the point, is it druggable?
If hINDY is inhibited, what other feedback loops are involved?
It sounds as though the pathway is in the early phases of investigation and thus, still under heavily scrutiny. I'm curious to see what is downstream from INDY as well as what measures aside from those initially observed are employed by the body.
While one can fantasize about taking an anti-hINDY pill then gobbling a 4-course dessert, it would still do us goo to remember that excessive caloric intact can lead to more than merely increased body fat. Cavities come to mind, among other things.
15. watcher on August 15, 2011 5:03 PM writes...
Certainly, an interesting scientific finding and observation leading to extrapolated hypotheses as a potential target for medical intervention. Superficially, the science makes some sense. But, like so many previous genetic manipulations in rodents which have anticipated great impact for treatment of human health and improved well-being, it's just the beginning of a POTENTIAL story. Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Oh but wait! Is there a biotech with sketchy data ready to be marketed for close to $1B? VCs----open your checkbooks and keep a generous line of credit.
16. Greg Hlatky on August 15, 2011 5:21 PM writes...
Eat sensibly, exercise regularly, die anyway.
17. Forming simulation on August 15, 2011 8:11 PM writes...
Hi Derek,
Thanks for your article..It was awesome.
18. gippgig on August 15, 2011 8:42 PM writes...
This is probably just another way to activate AMPK, which is very promising but is old news. For a good recent review of AMPK see Biochemical Society Transactions vol. 39 p. 1.
19. Handles on August 15, 2011 9:21 PM writes...
I think the link between sirtuins and metabolism is more direct than that. SIRT1 uses NAD+ as its deacetylation reagent. With no citrate to run the TCA cycle, the concentration of NAD+ is raised, and sirtuin activity increases.
20. DCRogers on August 15, 2011 11:15 PM writes...
Wow, lots of miraculous discoveries this week. Here's another one, dispassionately titled "Scientists develop miracle drug that can cure any viral infection":
21. Anon 1 on August 16, 2011 3:10 AM writes...
If only all academic science were so easily transformed into useful applications for human use, consumption and well-being.
22. sepisp on August 16, 2011 4:10 AM writes...
Just think about it: if caloric restriction was a drug, it wouldn't make it to the market. At least in the case if actual clinical outcome, not biomarkers were assessed. Poor efficacy, large part of the patient population being poor responders, very long and time-consuming treatment regime, persistent compliance problems. Active pharmaceutical ingredients poorly identified or disputed. Only minor cardiovascular and memory improvements, with significant clinical benefit only in the sickest part of the population (think of the "cherrypicking patients" accusations!). Risks: higher mortality (that one's a killer), muscle mass loss, malnutrition, cold sensitivity, menstrual irregularities, infertility, infections, anorexia, tiredness, weight loss, gallstones, constipation, inapplicability to the young (think of the children!). The only alternative is bariatric surgery.
With competing treatments like this, I very clearly see the point in developing new drugs.
23. drug_hunter on August 16, 2011 4:27 AM writes...
@22 "sepisp" -- As Derek would say, a classic case of ignoratio elenchi. Pharma wastes its time on obesity drugs NOT to mimic the effects of a calorie restriction diet, but in a futile attempt to overcome the gluttony of the American public.
PS Wonder what else citrate is useful for and what danger there might be in blocking citrate transporters...
24. johnnyboy on August 16, 2011 9:08 AM writes...
@20 DCRogers: to be fair, the news outlet you cite took its cues directly from the MIT PR office, whose press release was titled "New drug could cure nearly any viral infection".
Do I have to mention that the efficacy claims in question for this new 'drug' are almost entirely based on cell culture work ?
25. sepisp on August 17, 2011 1:51 AM writes...
#23 drug_hunter: Then it's just a question of selecting the right target. Unfortunately it appears eating behavior in humans is no longer controlled by animal instinct, but the higher brain. We already know several drugs that knock the higher brain out or modify its behavior, for example amphetamine works wonders. Side effects, meh.
26. Morten G on August 17, 2011 3:45 AM writes...
I thought it had already been shown that the positive effects of caloric restriction could be achieved with intermittent caloric restriction without having significantly reduced average calorie intake?
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Clinicopathologic features and surgical outcome of solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas: analysis of 17 cases
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2013, 11:38 doi:10.1186/1477-7819-11-38Published: 6 February 2013
We summarize our experience of the diagnosis, surgical treatment, and prognosis of solid pseudopapillary tumors (SPTs).
We carried out a retrospective study of clinical data from a series of 17 patients with SPT managed in two hospitals between October 2001 and November 2011.
All of the 17 patients were female and the average age at diagnosis was 26.6 years (range 11 years to 55 years). The tumor was located in the body or tail in ten patients, the head in five patients, and the neck in two patients. The median tumor size was 5.5 cm (range 2 cm to 10 cm). All 17 patients had curative resections, including seven distal pancreatectomies, five local resections, four pancreaticoduodenectomies, and one central pancreatectomy. Two patients required concomitant splenic vein resection due to local tumor invasion. All patients were alive and disease-free at a median follow-up of 48.2 months (range 2 to 90 months). There were no significant associations between clinicopathologic factors and malignant potential of SPT. Ki-67 was detected in three patients with pancreatic parenchyma invasion.
The SPT is an infrequent tumor, typically affecting young women without notable symptoms. Surgical resection is justified even in the presence of local invasion or metastases, as patients demonstrate excellent long-term survival. Positive immunoreactivity for Ki-67 may predict the malignant potential of SPTs.


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"We're very happy with this pole, we focused a lot on race set up this afternoon going from one bike to the another making small adjustments to improve the bike a little," Stoner said in a team release. "The conditions aren't perfect at the moment, it's quite windy so hard to see if you've improved or not, but my Honda was working really well and I never found myself pushing to the limit too much which is always good. This is our third pole of the season, but we've only converted one of them into a victory so we hope to have a little more luck this week here in Le Mans and fight for the win."For Simoncelli, it was close. Very close. And he says he will be there at the finish of this one.I got really close to my first-ever pole today 0.059s is hardly anything!" Simoncelli said. "Strangely it is the same gap that I missed out on the podium by last year at Estoril. In any case I am happy and we are not in bad shape for the race. We have improved from session to session so I am confident. We have improved under braking today, but I still don't feel 100% secure. My objective tomorrow is to get to the end of the race and bring some important points home. I won't be pushing over the limit to get a result at all costs. I want to manage the race well."Then came Stoner's teammate, though probably not the one most anticipated as Andrea Dovizioso put his RC212V on the front row for the first time this season."I'm very happy to start from the first row, even though this was our target, I didn't expect it," Dovizioso said in a team release. "I was behind [Marco] Simoncelli for two laps and this helped me because I followed his lines. This afternoon we did some small changes to the set up and my feeling with the front improved. We arrive to the race very confident, I think we can fight for the podium. Tomorrow the race will be tough, Casey [Stoner] is very fast and he may try to run away, I have a good pace and I think I will fight with Simoncelli and Dani [Pedrosa]. I want to thank my team for all their hard work and hope we can get a good result tomorrow".Another Honda was fourth with Repsol's Dani Pedrosa leading row two over countryman and World Champion Jorge Lorenzo, giving Honda the top four spots on the grid. It was the first time the two Spaniards failed to qualify on the front row this season and the pair were both over half a second behind Stoner.Monster Tech 3 Yamaha's Cal Crutchlow was a best ever sixth in is rookie season, the Brit besting his teammate Colin Edwards by .259 of a second with those two the last riders within a second of Stoner.Yamaha's Ben Spies and Ducati's Valentino Rossi had the exact same time and will join Edwards on the third row, with Rossi's teammate Nicky Hayden leading row four. He'll be joined there by Randy de Puniet, Alvaro Bautista and Hiroshi Aoyama.
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Hey, I'm no stranger to ghetto-fabulousness, either. Look at my worklog when my PC was running off an inverter w/ a 15" screen on the floorboard.
Hell, I still don't have a "proper" screen!
Heh, yeah, we all have our ghetto period i guess
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This emphasis provides a broad overview of microbiology, including virology, microbial genetics, and general microbiology. It is excellent preparation for careers in microbiology in the health sciences or industry and for graduate training in microbiology and related fields.
Introductory track: 840:051; 840:052; 840:100**; 840:140**.....15 hours
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A few days ago I made a posting in which I shared an animated video of a keynote presentation by John Seely Brown in which he talked about the concept of an entrepreneurial learner, and today I'd like to follow up on that post.
To recap, and to explain the term, "enterpreneurial learner", JSB says:
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Bacon and Onion Quiche
- Active Time 20m
- Total Time 1h 30m
Serves 6
The true quiche is the one from Lorraine, a French provincial specialty that has conquered both the international gastronomic world and the food production industry. If there is one French dish known everywhere in the world, it is the quiche. The classic recipe uses only bacon, eggs and cream. Here, the addition of onions makes it even tastier.
- For the Pastry:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 pinches salt
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 egg
- For the Filling:
- 1 tablespoon peanut oil
- 5 ounces smoked bacon, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 medium onion, sliced
- 1 1/2 ounces Gruyere cheese, grated
- 3/4 cup light cream
- 2 eggs
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1/3 teaspoon grated nutmeg
Mound the flour on a work surface, sprinkle the salt over it and make a well in the center. Cut the butter into small pieces and put them in the well with 1 egg. Mix with the tips of the fingers, from the center outwards, working quickly and not kneading the dough too much. As soon as it no longer sticks to your fingers, roll it into a ball and put it in a plastic bag. Refrigerate for 15 minutes.
Roll out the dough on a work surface. Butter a 10 1/4-inch tart pan and line it with the dough. Prick several times with a fork, without piercing the dough right through; refrigerate for 25 minutes, or until firm.
Heat the oil in a 9 1/2-inch nonstick skillet and brown the bacon strips quickly. Remove and set aside on a plate. Wipe out the pan and melt the butter in it. Add the onion and quickly brown. Set aside on a second plate.
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
Take the pastry shell from the refrigerator and cover it with the onions. Scatter the bacon strips over the top and sprinkle with the grated cheese.
Pour the cream into a saucepan and bring just to a simmer. Break the remaining 2 eggs into a ceramic or glass bowl and beat them with a fork. Gradually beat in the hot cream, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Carefully pour this mixture into the tart shell.
Bake for about 45 minutes, until golden. Remove from the oven and let rest for 10 minutes before serving it warm.
Recipe reprinted by permission of Weldon Russell. All rights reserved.
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DENVER (CBS4)– A bill aimed at getting rid of a state background check to buy a gun in Colorado has passed the state House.
Supporters believe the rule duplicates a federal background check already in place.
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Teenage carer from Newquay becomes surf instructor at her old project
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A TEENAGE carer from Newquay has qualified as an International Surfing Association surf instructor after volunteering at a surfing project where she was once a client.
Now 16, Ebony Cave spent most of her early teenage years caring for her uncle David, who had Down's syndrome, and had little time to meet people or enjoy her favourite hobby, surfing.
In September 2011 the county's Young Carers Service referred her to the Wave Project, a not-for-profit company that aims to help young people gain confidence to meet challenges in their lives through surfing, and undertook a six-week free course.
"I used to surf quite a lot when I was younger, but as I became a young carer I had a limited amount of time to do it," she said.
"I was referred on to the Wave Project and loved it straight away. It was really good fun. All the volunteers who worked with me were really supportive and encouraging."
After completing the course, Ebony decided to volunteer at the project so she could help other young people: "I saw what an effect it had on myself and other people, and I wanted to give something back.
"I wanted to help some of the other clients feel as happy and as encouraged as I was. I felt like I was part of a little community of surfers helping other people."
Ebony now has to complete a further 20 hours of surf coaching as a volunteer to become fully qualified and says she plans to reach her target by continuing to volunteer with the Wave Project during the spring before she completes her GCSEs later this year.


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HOBOKEN, N.J.>> Sophomore All-CAC forward Brendan Saberton found the back of the net just 33 seconds into overtime to lift the York College men's soccer team to a 2-1 win over Stevens in the second round of the NCAA Division III tournament on Sunday night.
The Spartans advance to their second straight Sweet 16 and will face Rutgers-Camden next weekend. York improves to 19-2-1, while Stevens saw its campaign come to a close at 17-2-1.
Saberton was the whole offense for the Spartans. The sophomore scored both goals for the York and now has a team-leading nine tallies.
The Ducks got on the board first as Stephen Dunbar struck for a goal in the 18th minute of the game. Curtis Stecyk fed Dunbar who came down the left side and beat Spartan netminder Brad Schmidt with a lofted shot from 20 yards out.
The Spartans had their chances in the first half as both teams squeezed off six shots while the Green and White also had five corner kicks.
York turned up the pressure on the Ducks in the second half. The Spartans pressed into the Stevens defensive zone as they needed to get an equalizer to extend the season. Senior Austin Johnson had a golden opportunity in the 61st minute but his shot sailed just high as the Ducks held onto the one goal lead.
The Spartan pressure finally paid off in the 76th minute when Johnson pinged a short cross to the middle of the box where Saberton one-timed a shot past Stevens goalie Paul Killian. Johnson did a great job of creating the opportunity for Saberton for the tying goal.
The Spartans got four more shots before the end of regulation but couldn't find the back of the net as they headed to overtime for the second straight game.
Saberton's heroics were set up by senior Tobi Iguade, who set up Saberton with a pass from the right across the goal mouth. Saberton took the pass and drilled it inside the left post for the game-winner.
"The thing that I am most proud of is how we played together and stayed as a family," said Spartan head coach Mark Ludwig. "We stayed with the game plan. We stayed the course when we got the tying goal and then again with the winning goal."
The Sweet 16 appearance for York is the fifth in school history. The Spartans' previous appearances came in 2012, 2009, 2007, and 2006.
Stevens College 1 0 0 -- 1 York College 0 1 1-- 2
First half -- St , Stephen Dunbar, (Curtis Stecyk), 17:56
Second half -- YCP, Brendan Saberton, (Austin Johnson), 75:55
Overtime -- YCP, Brendan Saberton, (Tobi Iguade), 90:33
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Corners -- St 4, YCP 6
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24-y-o sentenced for boxing woman
A 24-year-old man accused of boxing a woman in her face was sentenced in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
Shavoy Edwards, of a Corporate Area address, was before the courts on a charge of assault occasioning bodily harm.
The crown alleges that Edwards assaulted the complainant, boxing her in her face causing several bruises and swelling.
"Mi a look her friend, and a talk to her friend, then she say a she mi fi take on ... . Then mi say, a wha do da stinking gyal ya? Mi get stress out and box her," Edwards told the court.
Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey ordered him to pay $10,000 or serve six months in prison.
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Assisi, Rocca Maggiore, this splendid fort is said to have resided there also Frederick Barbarossa and Federico II still child dominates the city and the whole valley and from it you can admire a unique panorama.
It was built on the ruins of an ancient Etruscan arce, was destroyed in the twelfth century and rebuilt in the fourteenth century made by Cardinal Albornoz, preserving the original structure, which was added to the Minor Castle, started in 1458 other extension work, with the construction of polygonal tower, connected to the Rocca Maggiore by a fortified corridor.
Both fortresses are located on the highest points of the city are connected by a long wall in which it is said that there is a secret path - Perugia - Umbria


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ICC World Cup: Netherlands v South Africa
Thursday, 3 March 2011 at Mohali
South Africa beat Netherlands by 231 runs
Netherlands won the toss and decided to field
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Umpires: E A R de Silva, R A Kettleborough, J J Crowe, Taufel
Netherlands: Kervezee, Barresi (W), Cooper, ten Doeschate, Zuiderent, de Grooth, Borren (C), Bukhari, Seelaar, Loots, Westdijk
South Africa: Amla, Smith (C), Kallis, de Villiers (W), Duminy, du Plessis, van Wyk, Peterson, Steyn, M Morkel, Tahir
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08/12/05: Me + terrified of heights + this...Well, I replaced my second window. Also upstairs, but this time without a porch to stand on.
I had NO idea that an extension ladder would bend and sway that much! I ran into two hiccups this time - the window sill was pretty rotted. Wood epoxy has come a long way - first I treated the wood with a drying agent to dry out any moisture still in it, then I filled it with a two part wood patch epoxy that hardened like steel afterwards.
The second problem was that the black stripe that was above that window on the outside wasn't just the wood behind the siding like I'd always thought. I literally had a 2 inch high, 32 inch wide HOLE in the side of the house from where the people putting up the siding screwed it up. It was large enough that there were leaves inside the wall. I filled the gap with expanding foam, then covered with a piece of trim, painted white.
08/09/05: Coming out of the closetWell, I got the closet framed in and most of the sheetrock up in the bedroom. Still need to put up joint compound, sand and paint. You can also see the ceiling fan I added.
Here's a before picture, but facing the other way - there was no closet to begin with and I never took a photo that direction.:
08/01/05: Finally grounded!My house wasn't grounded- no ground for the breaker box, meter, cable or phone.
This weekend I drove me an 8' ground round and grounded the breaker box and cable. My phone access box is so old I'm not exactly sure how to even ground it, but at least I can feel more comfortable around these summer thunderstorms!


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My Beauty Diary Alice in Wonderland Gift Sets
Imomoko has new seasonal My Beauty Diary Alice in Wonderland Gift Sets. If you haven't tried My Beauty Diary Sheet Masks before do brush up on some of my older reviews for details. They happen to be a favorite sheet mask of mine!
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The sets are quite costly at $29.99 by means of price increase versus their original Taiwanese price however by USD standards and locating such items stateside, I guess they could be considered cheap.
Each set includes 17 Sheet Masks which works out to a little less than $2 per mask.
Aside from the outside packaging you are getting the same masks in each set and no new masks (there isn't some sort of Alice in Wonderland style mask you're getting simply a package that has an Alice in Wonderland theme and design).
I'd buy these if they were in the more traditional box set design that My Beauty Diary occasionally releases however since they are in the more flimsy plastic case design like their other 15 Piece Sets, I guess I can safely skip, although it is, I admit, very hard to say no.
Those new to the brand should indulge in my opinion. It's alot of variety for the price plus you get the brilliant Alice packaging to indulge in!
Sets include sheet masks in the following formulas:
- Strawberry Yogurt
- Southern France Apricot
- Bird's Nest
- Mixed Berry
- Japanese Cherry
- Black Pearl
- Cooling
- Sake
- Apple
- Pearl Powder
- Aloe
- White Rose
- Natto
- Red Vine
- Collagen
The sets links are as follows:
Yellow Set (Alice and the Red Queen)
Blue Set (Alice and a deck of cards)
Pink Set (Alice and the White Rabbit)
Imomoko is a great seller and I've always had successful transactions with the shop however I am not affiliated with this store, it's merely a suggestion where to purchase these masks. You can also try E-bay but beware of black market masks.
The sets are cute as I said and I'm very tempted but I have all of these masks already and the packaging just isn't quite getting me, if it was a box, I'd probably not be able to resist in the least.
Any Beauty Diary fans?
Want to learn more? Check out the official website at www.beautydiary.com.tw
Disclaimer: Johnny Depp is not included in the purchase of any My Beauty Diary Alice in Wonderland Gift Sets, I checked.
1/3/11 20:39 Libby:
Your disclaimer ;____; the only reason I would want to buy these
1/3/11 21:31 Cj:
I love these so much! Ever since you did that bird nest sheet mask post I've been buying these religiously ;D Their helping me survive this winter lol
1/3/11 21:41 jonnie:
Hmm, may need this. I am almost out of MBD masks, and they are about the only ones I'll use with any regularity… the sheet makes it seem easy to me.
1/3/11 22:14 xin:
so cute! co-incidentally my sis is having trip in TW right now, she said she bought some cute mask for me too but it is not from the MBD. perhaps i should get her to get this for me as well!
I haven't tried a sheet mask ever! I've always wanted to, so maybe getting one of these sets would be a good idea!
1/4/11 0:01 jojoba (My Makeup Reviews):
OMG!!!!!!!!! I need all three sets. so many people rave about these masks and I am dying to try them out.
1/4/11 1:53 Suzy:
I'm a huge fan of these masks! I recently tried the Bird's Nest mask after reading your review and it was lovely (both the mask as well as the review haha)!
1/4/11 3:10 Jessie:
My friend went to Taiwan and he helped me buy this. It's only NT$299 there, which is about RM 32, which is about USD 11!
I love the bird nest btw
1/4/11 5:37 Jennifer:
I recently went to Taiwan and bought 14 boxes lol…think i would skip these since i love individual flavours more than all of them
2/16/11 23:14 Panda:
It's selling at Malaysia's Guardian at RM45. Will also get some when going to Taiwan in April…yehh!!
1/4/11 10:12 dark nyx:
OMG Muse, how, oh HOW could you say no!?!? Alice and MBD? I love both! Anyhoo, thanks for the heads up! I will definitely be on the look out for these. xD
1/4/11 13:00 regina:
my mom just got me a whole bunch of these from hong kong and taiwan but omg the packaging is making me want to get these too even tho i already have a lot…alice in wonderland! <3
1/4/11 14:37 Marina:
Lol! I love your disclaimer. I'm a sucker for anything Alice, but I'll pass on these!
1/4/11 18:04 breyerchic04:
they make natto masks?! Ew
1/4/11 21:34 Lenna:
@breyerchic04 – The Natto Masks do not smell like natto. They just kinda smell weird, but not too strong.
I WANT THESE SO BAD. I can never decide which flavor I like best so I try to buy mixed sets like this but I'm trying to wait until after bills and stuff. And it doesn't help that I love all things Alice in Wonderland. u_u.
1/4/11 23:11 thebethesdabliss:
I just put in an order for the blue and the yellow box! I love sheet masks but haven't tried the Beauty Diary ones yet so thought this was the perfect opportunity with the cute Alice theme and all! Thanks for your quick updates
1/4/11 23:29 Christine:
I have the Bulgarian white rose one, and it smells so lovely. They sell My Beauty Diary in Asian supermarkets here, forgot the price though. Gonna have to go check if they have these Alice packs!
1/5/11 1:19 Yan:
just a heads up muse!
Yesstyle also has the alice in wonderland set. for cheaper than imomoko: $28US
Except im' not sure if it has the nice packaging (it should right? otherwise what makes the masks 'alice in wonderland'ish' lol
1/7/11 2:08 Lucy:
Asian brands are so tempting. Love that adorable packaging. I'm bummed that Johnny Depp doesn't come with these.
1/8/11 16:52 Cynthia:
Ha ha cute and amusing, and love your disclaimer. These makes are so adorable. Do need to stock up on some mask and thanks for posting this.
I know it's been a while since you posted this, but I really hope you're still checking comments. I need some help. I'm not sure if the masks i bought are real. Have you tried the Southern France Apricot masks? If you have, would you say that they're more liquid-y? For some reason the ones I have seem to have a lot more serum than my other masks.. the consistency is also lighter.. I wasn't sure if it was just this type of mask or if mine are fake =/
Please drop me a line if you have time!
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Another school of thought, most influential in Europe, denies the existence of a Dark Age at all and claims that the three hundred years between the early seventh and early tenth centuries never existed, and were merely a fictional creation of scribes working for the Emperor Otto III at the end of the tenth century. The most important proponents of this theory are German writers Heribert Illig and Gunnar Heinsohn.So, in essence, we're not living in 2014, but rather 1714. And there was no Charlemagne. Outlandish, sure, but interesting enough to get its own Wikipedia entry: The Phantom Time Hypothesis
The phantom time hypothesis is a revisionist history and conspiracy theory developed in the 1980s and '90s by German historian and publisher Heribert Illig (born 1947 in Vohenstrauß, Germany). The hypothesis proposes that periods of history, specifically that of Europe during the Early Middle Ages (AD 614–911), are either wrongly dated, or did not occur at all, and that there has been a systematic effort to cover up that fact. Illig believed that this was achieved through the alteration, misrepresentation, and forgery of documentary and physical evidence.Aside: The period of time from 400 to 1000 AD has been attracting a ton of ink, some of it acrimonious, over the past forty years, much of it spawned by archeological finds. I'm really "digging" it. Expect more posts about this era over the next several months.


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YIELD: Serves 2 to 4
- 1 pound yellow-fleshed potatoes such as Yukon Gold
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
In a large saucepan cover potatoes with salted water by 2 inches and simmer until tender, about 25 to 30 minutes. Drain potatoes in a colander and cool. Chill potatoes, covered, at least 4 hours and up to 2 days.
Peel potatoes. Set a four-sided grater in a large bowl and coarsely shred potatoes into bowl. Season potatoes with salt and pepper, tossing mixture with a fork.
In a 9- to 9 1/2-inch nonstick skillet heat 1 tablespoon butter and 1/2 tablespoon oil over moderate heat until foam subsides. Add potatoes, spreading them evenly and tamping them down with a rubber spatula to form an even cake. Reduce heat to moderately low and cook rösti until underside is golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes.
Slide rösti onto a large plate. Invert another large plate over rösti and invert rösti onto it. (Browned side of rösti should be on top.) In skillet heat remaining tablespoon butter and 1/2 tablespoon oil over moderately low heat until foam subsides. Slide rösti back into skillet, browned side up, and cook until underside is golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes.
Slide rösti onto a serving plate and cut into wedges.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories338
- Carbohydrates40 g (13%)
- Fat19 g (29%)
- Protein5 g (9%)
- Saturated Fat8 g (39%)
- Sodium15 mg (1%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat2 g
- Fiber5 g (20%)
- Monounsaturated Fat8 g
- Cholesterol31 mg (10%)


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Mystery author and recent migrant to Maine, David Rosenfelt has two new books out this week: Unleashed and Dogtripping.
Unleashed follows in the style of his previous mystery books featuring main character Andy Carpenter.
Dogtripping, a memoir, chronicles Rosenfelt's personal journey across America moving from Southern California to Maine - with 25 dogs.
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A forest aflame is what Dellarobia Turnbow sees as she pauses on her march up the mountain. She is on a mission to destroy her disappointing marriage by consummating a flirtation with the telephone man. In the smokeless silence, the ambivalently Christian Della knows she has been the recipient of a kind of grace and backtracks to return home. Barbara Kingsolver follows Dellarobia and the aftermath of her vision in her most recent entry on the New York Times bestsellers list, Flight Behavior.
Della and her husband Cub live with their two young children in the shadow of his domineering parents on the family farm situated in a rural Tennessee valley. Scarcely adequate high school educations and a severe dearth of employment opportunities mean the Turnbows, along with most folks in their community, are scrambling each month to survive. In danger of losing their land, Cub's parents view Money Tree Logging Company's bid to clear cut a portion of their property as an answer to their fiscal prayers. Silent about her vision and uncertain as to its import, Della convinces the family to hike the land, where they discover Della's fire is actually an immense roost of Monarch butterflies.
As in earlier books such as Prodigal Summer, Kingsolver intertwines an environmental issue—in this instance, climate change—as in integral piece of the larger story. Along with the King Billies, as the butterflies are colloquially known, come scientists, tourists, and opportunists which include the local media, all with a different interest in the flock. Della and her family struggle to come to terms with the changes brought by the insects both to their community and individually. With a background in biology, Kingsolver marries the scientific tale of migratory butterflies to the human struggle for meaning and self-fulfillment in Flight Behavior.
You are cordially invited to attend Angelica Silverstein's fairy tale wedding in Yona McDonough's A Wedding in Great Neck. Angelica is set to marry Ohad, a former fighter pilot, but this event is more about Angelica's family than the bride and groom. The whole Silverstein clan is gathering in Great Neck, including one ex-husband, two separated spouses, and one sullen teenager. Angelica's sister, Gretchen, is dealing with a failed marriage and twin teenage daughters, including Justine who is exceptionally moody. Brother Teddy is a bit of a blowhard, while other brother Caleb is up in the air with his career and new romance. All three siblings are dealing with repressed jealousy of Angelica, the perceived favorite of both parents. And let's meet those parents - Betsy and Lincoln. Betsy is on her second husband and he's given her security and the dream lifestyle she's always wanted. Lincoln (hubby number one) is a recovering alcoholic and something of a slouch when it comes to work and family. Rounding out the family circle is Betsy's mother, Lenore, who usually limits her advice to foundation garments, but has decided her loved ones need help and they need it today.
When Justine's actions threaten the wedding, all of the bottled-up family tensions bubble to the surface. Whether Angelica and Ohad become man and wife is at question, and before the day is over the lives of all the players are irrevocably changed. Written in three parts over the course of the wedding day, readers are treated to the inner workings of a wedding extravaganza while meeting unique, real characters with recognizable issues. Enjoy the delights of white tents and black ties, diamonds and designer dresses, but ultimately this is a story about the distinct characters which create a most remarkable family.
Grab a coffee and croissant and settle in with The Bookseller, Mark Pryor's debut novel and the first book in a promising new series. Pryor has written a fascinating story featuring intelligence officer Hugo Marston. Marston works for the United States Embassy and is lucky enough to live in Paris, where he seems to thrive in the "City of Lights." Although American, he clearly relishes in the daily habits of the French. He enjoys coffee or wine in outdoor cafes and buys his books from the sidewalk bouqinistes (or booksellers).
Marston's idyllic life in Paris is suspended when he witnesses Max, his favorite bookseller, being kidnapped at gunpoint. Marston sets off on a hunt to find Max. Through his investigation, he discovers that Max is much more than a humble bookseller. Max is a Holocaust survivor who went on to become a Nazi hunter and has tracked down some of the war's most notorious criminals. Max's background is just one of many surprises that Hugo encounters. As he gets further into his search, he uncovers corruption and dark secrets from France's past.
Pryor clearly has a passion for Paris. He brings the city to life, giving readers a tangible sense of daily life in the city. His atmospheric prose transports the reader directly to the streets of the city. The Bookseller is highly recommended fans of John Le Carre or Alan Furst.
Home by Matthew Costello follows a mother and her two children as they make their way back to New York City in a hostile post-apocalyptic environment. Tragic events preceding this novel have forced Christie Murphy and her two children to flee a family vacation camp and head out into the unknown. Creatures known as Can Heads are roaming in mobs, killing and eating anything or anyone that gets in their way. Christie needs to usher her children past several small towns that could possibly have a mob mentality and try to make it to the safety of a fenced and protected highway. They must face check points for entry, and their lack of any identification could hinder their progress. Without any active radio broadcasts, they cannot be sure that things are still the same in New York. Their home and neighborhood could have been overrun with horrible, hungry, feral cannibals. Will their home still be safe and protected or will they need to formulate a plan that could take them to another destination?
Readers who love a chilling, horror tale will really enjoy Costello's writing style. He is good at terse suspense, and his use of shorter chapters and many action sequences keep the novel fresh and exciting. He creates an interesting zombie-like villain without trying to recreate actual zombie lore, and this makes Home a thrilling read. The novel Home picks up after the events in his earlier novel, Vacation. Fans of The Walking Dead will really devour this novel.
Good things come in small packages this time of year, as this delightful trio of recently published stocking stuffer-sized books demonstrates. From pondering the idiosyncrasies of domestic life with man's best friend (dog or cat) to a quirky collection of curious tidbits about our world, here are some lighthearted, quick reads to enjoy or give.
Feline lovers will cheer for Toby Jug, the enterprising black and white kitten in Denis O'Connor's Paw Prints in the Moonlight: the Heartwarming True Story of One Man and His Cat. Set in rural Northumberland, O'Connor rescues the badly injured kitten one snowy night and brings it back to his 18th century cottage, where he keeps the kitten in a large cotton ball-cushioned pitcher. The kindhearted nature lover and his Maine Coon form an inseparable bond through many of Toby Jug's escapades. Lovely descriptions of the English countryside and delicate color illustrations enrich this poignant and charming tale for young and old.
Unfortunately, it's not all domestic bliss for Richard Cohen when the family pet gets in the way. His new book, I Want to Kill the Dog, chronicles in jest the master-versus-canine tug of war. The author is married to television journalist Meredith Vieira, definitely the animal lover of this long married couple. Jasper is the "dog of many flavors," whose many annoying habits (ear splitting bark, for one) threaten marital harmony. Pet peeves aside, Cohen's story belies what is really important: marriage and family come with good and bad and even the dog.
A potpourri of trivia awaits readers of Alex Palmer's Weird-o-pedia: the Ultimate Book of Surprising, Strange, and Incredibly Bizarre Facts about (Supposedly) Ordinary Things. For instance, did you know that mosquitoes prefer people with Type O blood, or that humming is good for your sinuses? In 12 humorous chapters, each containing alphabetized entries, Palmer focuses on food and drink, friends and family, work, play, and so forth. A useful list of sources is also included. Parents beware, though; some mature topics are presented.
Audiences continue to be fascinated by the life and work of legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. He is the subject of the new theatrical film based on Stephen Rebello's Hitchcock!: Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho. Rebello begins with the story of Ed Gein, whose grisly crimes inspired Robert Bloch to write the novel Psycho. Hitchcock's selection of Bloch's gruesome novel was an abrupt departure from the expected, eliciting doubt from everyone including the studio. When Paramount made it clear that they wouldn't back Psycho, Hitchcock offered to finance the movie himself if Paramount would distribute the finished product. Rebello pulls together details about the production of the film and explores the public reaction after its record-breaking openings in Boston, Philadelphia, and Chicago in June 1960. Hitchcock, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Dame Helen Mirren, brings to life Hitchcock's relationship with his wife Alma and their collaboration during the production of Psycho.
Audiences looking for more Hitchcock will also want to see HBO's The Girl. The film focuses largely on Hitchcock's dark and often abusive relationship with Tippi Hedren, leading lady in his iconic films The Birds and Marnie. Hitchcock and Hedren, played by Toby Jones and Sienna Miller, create unforgettable films together but at a steep price to Hedren's well-being.
One Times Square: A Century of Change at the Crossroads of the World, written and impressively illustrated by Joe McKendry, is the history of one building and the surrounding neighborhood situated at one of the planet's most well-known intersections. The "bow tie" confluence of Broadway and Seventh Avenue in New York City has attracted millions to gaze at its lights, and one night a year, the dropping of an illuminated ball that marks the end of one year and the beginning of another.
Given the varied phases that Times Square has gone through in just the past fifty or so years, it can be hard to imagine that in the 19th century the area was a rural pasture. Later in the 1800s it became a manufacturing center, particularly for carriage builders. Only in the end of that century did the first theatres move into the area. The name "Times Square" first came into being in 1904 when the New York Times constructed the building whose address would become One Times Square. Although the newspaper quickly outgrew the tall, thin, ornate structure, and moved to a nearby street off the square, the name for the area stuck.
McKendry does an amazing job with vivid watercolors that match the hustle and bustle of Times Square. Pages are filled with signs, lights, and advertisements that place the reader into the pages' chronology. Line drawings and illustrations in sepia hues mark earlier eras. Even the cover imagery is chosen smartly, with a depiction of the intersection closely resembling the stage lights of Broadway theatres. Fascinating details about the history and engineering of the lights, marquées, and the "zipper" news bulletin that wraps around buildings is included. For those who are preparing for their first visit to the heart of Manhattan, or for those who have walked through the area on countless occasions, One Times Square is a visual and historical treat.
Children's Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis honors seventeen civil rights heroes in the beautifully illustrated collection, When Thunder Comes: Poems for Civil Rights Leaders. While Lewis' poems celebrate well-known leaders such as Coretta Scott King and Mohandas Gandhi, he also uses this as an opportunity to present lesser known heroes to today's children. These include Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democracy activist. and Dennis James Banks, Co-founder of the American Indian Movement and Anishinabe political activist. The verses bring to life the spirit of these men and women who impacted the world at large and each is accompanied by a beautifull artwork from four of today's most celebrated illustrators.
Activism is at the heart of Crow, by adult author Barbara Wright, her first novel for children. It's the summer of 1898, and Moses Thomas of Wilmington, North Carolina is looking forward to a fabulous summer vacation. But things don't go as planned when his best friend finds a new pal, his father and grandmother intensify their squabbling, and his mother works long days as a maid for a rich white family. He also grows increasingly aware of the escalating tension between the African American and white communities. Moses' dad is an alderman in town and works for the African American newspaper. The African American middle class in Wilmington is growing, but not everyone is pleased with the power wielded by this population, and a White Declaration of Independence is issued. Leading African American figures, including Moses' father, are told to leave town. The resulting riots bring devastation to the community and directly impact Moses' family and future. Told from the realistic point of view of a courageous young boy, this story combines historic details of the disenfranchisement of the African American community in one town with a moving coming of age story.
In Kate Locke's God Save the Queen, the Plague has infected the Aristocracy with something called the Prometheus Protein, which led to vampirism in England and lycanthropy in Scotland. Queen Victoria, a vampire, is about to celebrate 175 years on the throne. British society is now a strange blend of Victorian and modern, and the social ranks are comprised of the infected Aristocracy, Halvies (the half-blood offspring of the Aristocracy), and humans. They all coexist, but animosity between humans and the infected is high.
Xandra Vardan, a member of the Royal Guard, is a halvie; her mother was a human courtesan, and her father is an Aristo vampire. Shortly after Xandra's half-sister Dede disappeared, her family was told that Dede committed suicide, but Xandra has good reason to believe that the corpse provided for her family to identify is not her sister. Xandra's search for Dede leads her to the goblins' underground kingdom and to Bedlam where she learns about dark secrets that someone would kill to keep hidden. She soon realizes that everyone she trusts may be part of a conspiracy, and her blood could be key to it all. With the help of Vex MacLaughlin, the sexy Alpha of the UK wolves, and an unlikely cast of outsiders, Xandra must navigate the secrets and lies that could bring down the British Empire.
Locke's unique blend of alternate history, urban fantasy, romance, and steampunk will appeal to readers who enjoyed Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series. Xandra is a tough, smart heroine, and the story reads like the script of an action movie. The Queen is Dead, the next book in Locke's Immortal Empire series, will be published in February 2013.
Unrelated secrets simultaneously surface, threatening to destroy a family, a neighborhood and a country in Susan Richards Shreve's latest novel, You Are the Love of My Life. A community on the outskirts of Washington, DC is the perfect backdrop for this story set in 1973, just as Watergate is ready to engulf the capital and the nation. In this seemingly tranquil neighborhood, Lucy Painter grew up in a family drowning in secrecy. Her father, an advisor to Harry Truman, committed suicide due to "the information he kept". Her mother changed their last name and moved them across the country for a fresh start, but these actions only served to catapult Lucy towards an adult life equally full of secrecy and lies. When Lucy moves with her two children back to her childhood home, she hopes for a life of anonymity. But intrusive neighbors, especially fellow mother Zelda who has been hiding a dysfunctional marriage, threaten the protective shell she's built around her life. When Lucy's daughter Maggie becomes entranced with Zelda and further isolates herself, Lucy realizes she must lay bare her past in order to move forward in her own life and rescue her daughter.
Shreve does an excellent job creating nuanced characters who don't reveal all their cards. In addition to Lucy and Zelda there is August, a former professor who's widowed and struggling with professional shortcomings, Lane, who is coping with the then-shame of breast cancer treatment, and Adam, Zelda's husband and Vietnam veteran who is silently suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Shreve's novel highlights a time in American history when normalcy and conformity battled with larger social issues and political blunders too big to ignore, a time when underlying tensions came to a roiling boil.
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This week, there are select Vegetable Classic Progresso Soup cans on sale for $1.00. Thanks to the new coupons and SavingStar rebates, we can stock-up on soup for the colder months
Progresso Vegetable Classic Soup, $1.00
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