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Posted By: Rowan Whiteside, 29 March 2016
For seven years, Brave New Reads (formerly known as Summer Reads), has been recommending brilliant books to the people of East Anglia (and those further afield too). We've suggested intriguing works in translation, scintillating non-fiction, stunning poetry collections, amazing novels, and fantastic short story collections. We've included recommendations from all around the globe; from Australia to Kazakhstan, Jamaica to Mexico, Japan to India.
A Light Song of LightKei Miller
All the Birds, SingingEvie Wyld
"Bleak yet riveting. Be brave: this is life at its harshest and writing at its most affecting." - Readers' Circle
Fallen LandPatrick Flanery
Fallen Land charts the downfall of three generations of land-owners and the disintegration of their American dream. Louise reluctantly sells her family land, property developer Krovik builds on it and goes bankrupt, and the Noallies family move in, ready for an untainted future but unprepared for what's to come. Saturated with an eerie menace, the prose shifts and mutates to create an unsettling and gripping novel.
"A chilling portrait of obsession and how it can get out of control. Fallen Land is a brilliant and compelling read." - Readers' Circle
Strange Weather in Tokyo
The Beautiful IndifferenceSarah Hall
Let us know your favourites in the comments, or tweet us @WritersCentre using #BraveNewReads.
All of these books are available to borrow from the Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Library Services.
(tags: book club, book club books, summer reading, Summer Reads, Summer Reads 2010, Summer Reads 2011, Summer Reads 2012, Summer Reads 2013, Summer Reads 2014)
Posted By: Stephanie McKenna, 16 February 2016
(tags: International Literature, UNESCO, Arts Council England, British Centre for Literary Translation, Norwich, Publishers)
Posted By: Stephanie McKenna, 21 January 2016
(tags: City of Literature, Norwich, Reading)
Posted By: Anonymous, 19 October 2015
An original provocation for WCN delivered at Manchester Literature Festival on Monday 19th October, 2015.
In a world in which the internet, with its forums and discussion groups, has blurred the line between readers and writers almost to invisibility, the relationship between one and the other now seems increasingly difficult – audience participation in the creation of art is considered by many to be not only legitimate, but desirable.
Both on and offline, everyone has an opinion. And everyone has a platform from which to disseminate their opinions. Much of the time, this is a good thing. It allows a potential dialogue to exist between readers and creators. It allows readers to get in touch with the authors of work they have enjoyed. It allows writers to understand where and how they might have gone wrong, and how they can improve and grow. However, this breaking-down of barriers has also created a false sense of entitlement, giving some readers the impression that artists and writers not only inhabit a privileged world, in which there are no bills to pay and in which time is infinitely flexible, but that they also exist primarily to serve the public, to be available night and day, and to cater for the personal needs of everyone who contacts them.
The truth is, not everyone can – or should – be a writer, in the same way that not everyone can or should be an accountant, or a ballet dancer, teacher, pilot, soldier, or marathon runner. The same combination of aptitude, experience and acquired skills apply to being a writer as to any other job. We would never think of telling a doctor that we were thinking of taking up medicine when we retired. We would never expect a plumber to work for free – or a plasterer, for publicity. We would never expect to hear the word "privilege" of a teacher who has spent their career working hard to earn a living. We would never expect a lawyer who has paid to go through law school to tutor aspiring lawyers for free.
And yet, and yet, these demands are made of writers all the time. Perhaps it's because the value of writing is such a difficult thing to quantify. Everyone dreams. Not everyone gets to dream for a living. But are we writers expecting too much? Can we keep artistic control, whilst expecting to earn a living? And, in a world in which the consumer increasingly calls the shots, can we still hope for a relationship with our readers that transcends that of mere supply and demand?
Well, of course our readers do have a choice. And of course, we writers owe them a great deal. But a novel isn't a salad with interchangeable ingredients. Nor is the reader entitled to order from a menu. As writers, we are always grateful when a reader chooses one of our books. We hope that they will enjoy it. And most writers value feedback and dialogue with their readers. But ultimately, a reader's role is different to that of a writer. And a writer's role is to try to convey a series of ideas as honestly and as well as we possibly can, with minimal interference, and most of all, without being distracted by heckling from the audience.
I love my readers. I love their enthusiasm, their willingness to engage. I enjoy our conversations on Twitter and at festivals. I love their diversity, and the fact that they all see different things in my books, according to what's important to them, and according to what they have experienced. Without readers, writers would have no context; no audience; no voice. But that doesn't mean we're employees, writing books to order. We, too, have a choice. We choose what kind of relationship we want to have with our readers – whether to interact online, go to festivals, give interviews, tour abroad, teach pro bono creative writing sessions or even live in seclusion, without talking to anyone. Writers are as diverse as readers themselves, and all of them have their own way of operating. What may work for one author may be hopelessly inappropriate for another. But whatever our methods of working, the relationship between a writer and their readers should be based on mutual respect, along with a shared understanding of books, their nature and their importance.
But do readers ever ask themselves what authors want of them? Do authors ever ask themselves what they want of their readers?
I think that for most authors, it comes down to two deceptively simple things.
The first and most prosaic is: we want to make a living. This fact is at the same time obvious, and fiercely contested, not least by many authors, who rightly see their work as something more than just a means of paying the rent.
That's because, many authors find it hard to talk about money. It's considered vulgar for artists to care about where the next meal is coming from. And many authors are driven to write: would probably write whether or not they had an audience; or whether they were ever published or paid, just for the joy of writing. This is at the same time their strength, and also their downfall; with the exception of a canny few who treat art as a business, writers are often reluctant to think of their work as just another product. We do not like to think of our books as units, to be bought and sold. And yet, to the publishing industry, that's exactly what they are; the product of thousands of hours of work: of editing; copy-editing; design; marketing; proof-reading; promotion. Publishers spend most of their time thinking about the readers – the consumers of our work - but for an author, thinking about the readers (or, even worse, the pay-check) while trying to write a novel is like thinking about the drop when performing a high-wire act; dangerous, counterproductive, and likely to lead to failure.
But if, as Samuel Johnson maintains, no man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money, there must be a lot of blockheads in the writing community. I'll admit I'm one myself. Nevertheless, however much we may cling to society's romanticized views of art for art's sake, authors and illustrators need to pay their bills like everyone else.
Because what authors really want (and money provides this, to some extent) is validation of their work. We write because we want you to care; because we hope you're listening – that we can make a connection, somehow; that we can prove we are not alone.
Because stories – even fairy stories – are never just entertainment. Stories are more important than that. They help us understand who we are. They teach us empathy and respect for other cultures, other ideas. They help us articulate concepts that cannot otherwise be expressed. Stories help us communicate; they help eliminate boundaries; they teach us different ways in which to see the world around us. Their value may be intangible, but it is no less real for that. And stories bring us together – readers and writers everywhere – exploring our human experience and sharing it with others.
So this is my manifesto, my promise to you, the reader. From you, I ask that you take it in good faith, respond in kind, and understand that, whatever I do, I do for the sake of something we both value - otherwise we wouldn't be here.
1. I promise to be honest, unafraid and true; but most of all, to be true to myself – because trying to be true to anyone else is not only impossible, but the sign of a fearful writer.
2. I promise not to sell out - not even if you ask me to.
3. You may not always like what I write, but know that it has always been the best I could make it at the time.
4. Know too that sometimes I will challenge you and pull you out of your comfort zone, because this is how we learn and grow. I can't promise you'll always feel safe or at ease – but we'll be uneasy together.
5. I promise to follow my story wherever it leads me, even to the darkest of places.
6. I will not limit my audience to just one group or demographic. Stories are for everyone, and everyone is welcome here.
7. I will include people of all kinds in my stories, because people are infinitely fascinating and diverse.
8. I promise that I will never flinch from trying something different and new - even if the things I try are not always successful.
9. I will never let anyone else decide what I should write, or how - not the market, my publishers, my agent, or even you, the reader. And though you sometimes try to tell me otherwise, I don't think you really want me to.
10. I promise not to be aloof whenever you reach out to me – be that on social media or outside, in the real world. But remember that I'm human too – and some days I'm impatient, or tired, or sometimes I just run out of time.
11. I promise never to forget what I owe my readers. Without you, I'm just words on a page. Together, we make a dialogue.
12. But ultimately, you have the choice whether or not to follow me. I will open the door for you. But I will never blame you if you choose not to walk through it.
Joanne Harris has written fourteen novels, including Chocolat, which was made into an Oscar-nominated film. She has written two books of short stories and three cookbooks with Fran Warde. Her books are now published in over 50 countries and have won a number of British and international awards. Harris plays bass guitar in a band first formed when she was 16 and still lives in West Yorkshire, a few miles from where she grew up, with her husband and daughter.
This piece was commissioned as part of the National Conversation, a year-long discussion about the issues that matter to writers and readers. Find out more.
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(tags: National Conversation)
Posted By: Anna Scrafield, 16 October 2015
In advance of our National Conversation event with Joanne Harris on Monday 19th October, we asked Mike Carey for his response to the question - what is the role of the writer in contemporary society?
Mike Carey is a screenwriter, novelist and comic book writer. He wrote the movie adaptation for his novel The Girl With All the Gifts, currently in production. He has worked extensively in the field of comic books, completing long and critically acclaimed runs on Lucifer, Hellblazer and X-Men. His comic book series The Unwritten has featured repeatedly in the New York Times' graphic novel bestseller list. He is also the writer of the Felix Castor novels, and (along with his wife Linda and their daughter Louise) of two fantasy novels, The City Of Silk and Steel and The House Of War and Witness, published in the UK by Victor Gollancz. His next novel, to be published in April 2016, is Fellside, a ghost story set in a women's prison.
Joanne Harris will be discussing the role of the contemporary writer with Ellah Wakatama Allfrey, Lemn Sissay and Geoff Ryman on Monday 19th October at Manchester Literature Festival. Do join us, or read Joanne's provocation online after the event.
Posted By: Rowan Whiteside, 23 September 2015
Programme Director Jon Morley looks forward to our upcoming event Translation in the Margins. Taking place on the 3rd of October at the Free Word Centre, this practical symposium will investigate issues around translation. Tickets are still available at only £15.
Translation in the Margins, which I'm curating at the Free Word Centre on Saturday 3 October, will explore the radical edges of literary translation in an interactive, writer-led format.
When I used to study Postcolonial Literature in a Translation Studies department, it always seemed to me that there was something of a rift between the two fields. At the annual postgraduate conferences, I was often the lone postcolonialist, listening with fascination while translators outlined cutting-edge research. I remember illuminating presentations on the inadequacies of the classic English translations of Chinese poetry; on the pressure that Thai and Sri Lankan translators faced from Buddhist supremacists when they sought to bring narratives that challenged nationalist myths to a wider international readership; on unexpurgated English versions of Osama Bin Laden's speeches, whose rhetoric seemed uncomfortably close to that of emblematic heroes of Third World liberation struggles (Mandela, Castro or Cabral). Like the history of empire which I was discovering more about, translation seemed to turn the world on its head.
With performance techniques borrowed from the Caribbean poets I loved (including samples of reggae music in an analysis of poetry, for example) I was able in turn to seize the attention of the translators, exposing them to New World perspectives on literature. It always struck me as strange that, for translators, there was such novelty in mixing up 'literature' and common speech in this way, given that multilingualism and 'the oral tradition' are conditions of the developing world.
The debate is shifting. International Translation Day, In Other Words and Modern Poetry in Translation regularly include discussion of postcolonial 'englishes' and how they might serve to bring texts from Africa or Asia into European markets. But our event (funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation) seeks to refine the issue a little more, by including translators, writers and political activists on the same platform and seeing what kinds of discussion, what lines of enquiry, emerge.
Jamaican poet Olive Senior will start the day off with a keynote lecture that explores the issues from a new world, Caribbean perspective. Bestselling Korean novelist Sun-mi Hwang will talk about setting children's fiction – stories so dark and thought-provoking that they're categorised as books for adults when the English translations hit the shelves of Waterstones – in war zones and disputed territories. Meena Kandasamy, Tamil poet, activist and agitator will argue that translation is a feminist act, speaking about the intimidation and threats she has received as a result of translating the political writings of 'Untouchables'. Hamid Ismailov will reflect on the experience of being widely acclaimed as Uzbekistan's foremost novelist whilst living in political exile, and how translation has facilitated wider access to his work. We'll have a crash-course on how to translate poetry composed partly in Braille by Indonesian disability activist Khairani Barokka, radical publisher Deborah Smith will give her view on why the world still needs independent presses, Yrsa Daley-Ward will explore the new routes to publication that young, multiple-identity writers are experimenting with across Africa and the Americas, Francesca Beard will help us find new forms of expression through a live literature master-class, and we'll close the afternoon with the announcement of the Harvill Secker Young Translators Prize and an international poetry reading by several of our delegates.
Of course, there is much, much more that we could include. I hope the Q&A sessions will be lively debates where a multiplicity of writers, from different styles and different cultural backgrounds, can share their experiences and their hopes for the future.
The event runs at the Free Word Centre in Farringdon from 10.30am on Saturday 3 October. I hope to see you there!
Jonathan Morley
Programme Director, Writers' Centre Norwich
(tags: events, British Centre for Literary Translation, International Literature, Translation)
Posted By: Anonymous, 25 August 2015
A provocation by writer and psychologist Charles Fernyhough, first presented at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, August 31st, 2015
Open a book and a chorus of voices starts back at you. I remember being asked as a bookwormish child whether I could hear a novel's characters speaking in my head. 'I hear them,' I enthused (my own eleven-year-old son recently said the same). With a sheaf of printed pages in front of her, a reader settles in for an extraordinary internal performance. It's an everyday happening that illustrates a deep mystery of consciousness: how someone sitting alone in a room, ostensibly doing nothing but silently turning the pages, can be hearing the voice of an unreliable narrator, listening into conversations that never happened, conversing with the dead.
I want to do more than propose that fiction transports you into a different reality: it can certainly do that. Rather, I'm interested in how reading for pleasure can have specific effects of something like an auditory quality. It leaves its sounds resonating in our minds and brains. I want to suggest that one of the pleasures of reading fiction is an engagement with simulated voices with a certain phenomenology (the 'What is it like?' qualities of experience). If reading is a pleasure, tuning into these voices must be part of its appeal.
Psychologists have become increasingly interested in the phenomenon of 'inner speech': the internal conversation that occupies many of our waking moments. Reading colonises that inner dialogue in varied ways. If you are asked silently to read words with long vowels (as in cape) you will do so more slowly than if the vowels are short (as in hat). If you are told about a certain fictional character who speaks fast, you will read their speeches more quickly than those of a character with a more leisurely speaking pace. Such findings show that you as a silent reader are nevertheless sounding out the words: you are not processing the text purely at some abstract level of meaning, but rather are articulating those voices for yourself in your head.
In this context, voice can mean a whole lot of different things. We speak of writers 'finding' their voice, or of succeeding (or otherwise) in channeling the right voice for a particular piece. One of the most influential figures in recent literary studies, Mikhail Bakhtin, argued that novels work when distinct voices, manifested in language, come into creative dialogue with each other. When our team of researchers asked Guardian readers last year what the experience of reading was like for them, we wanted to be very specific about its phenomenology. When listening in to fictional characters, do readers actually hear something like a voice? It seems that many of them do. One in seven of our readers said that the voices they heard were as vivid as an actual person speaking. For some respondents, not hearing the voices of the protagonists was a sign that they were never really going to get into the book.
If hearing these fictional voices is a big part of the reading experience, you would expect that writers would have cottoned on. Any creative writing student will tell you that, if you want to make your characters' voices resonate, you should use direct rather than reported speech (compare Jane said 'I love you' to Jane said that she loved him). Glasgow neuroscientists recently demonstrated a neural basis for the observation that direct speech is experienced more vividly than its reported form. But writers give us their characters' silent, unheard voices as well as their externally uttered ones. They play with the fact that a character can think (in inner speech) something different to what she is saying out loud, and they build inner worlds through deft portrayals of the stream of verbal consciousness. They fill our heads with voices.
It stands to reason, then, that writers must hear those voices too. As the author of two novels, I am familiar with the experience of hearing my characters speak. They don't talk directly to me, but I overhear them. I know their accents and tones of expression, their choice of words and how their voices betray certain emotions. I don't confuse them with real people, but I do need to be able to hear them. It's a common view about the creative process that writers need to hear their characters speak before they can really bring them alive.
Eager to put that idea to the test, our researchers teamed up last year with the Edinburgh International Book Festival to ask professional writers about the voices they heard. Seventy percent of the writers who completed our questionnaire said that they heard their characters' voices; a quarter said it was as clear as if the protagonist were in the room with them. Two-fifths said they could enter into a dialogue with their characters. In detailed follow-up interviews, our researcher Jennifer Hodgson heard writers describing the experience as something like eavesdropping or taking dictation. One writer described it as a process of 'tuning in': 'It is intimate, like being let in on their thoughts.'
We conducted these studies as part of Hearing the Voice, an ongoing interdisciplinary study of the experience of hearing voices, based at Durham University and funded by the Wellcome Trust. Some of the writers we have been studying literally heard voices that no one else could hear. Dickens was pestered by his characters in all sorts of vivid ways. Virginia Woolf was troubled by auditory hallucinations related to sexual abuse, bullying and bereavement (she put some of her experiences into the character of her war veteran voice-hearer, Septimus Smith, in Mrs Dalloway). Thinking about the range and variety of heard voices points to measures for helping people who are distressed by their experiences, and some of these insights are being integrated into our cognitive behaviour therapy work with voice-hearers. Certain fictional characters can act as though they are beyond the author's conscious control; understanding the psychological processes involved holds out the possibility of relief for those troubled by uncontrollable voices.
Writers hijack the voices of our ordinary inner speech in all of these ways. Part of the contract we make as readers is to simulate, in our own minds, the vocal hubbub of other consciousnesses. Writers stimulate our regular inner dialogue too; they make us talk back. I am actually a highly distractable reader. If I'm reading fiction that delights, I am constantly fighting the impulse to put the book down and do my own writing. Even beloved novels and stories have the paradoxical effect of making me disconnect from the text for moments or minutes. I don't think that makes me less of a reader. In fact, I want to suggest that one of the pleasures of fiction is its capacity to make us wander off somewhere else.
To understand why that can be a blessing rather than a curse, we need to be easier on ourselves about this distractibility. A mind that is temporarily gazing away from a book is anything but disengaged. In our Hubbub project at Wellcome Collection in London, a diverse group of academics, artists and clinicians are taking an ambitiously interdisciplinary approach to rest and its opposites, and finding that a mind that is ostensibly doing nothing is a lively and varied place to be. Our psychologists and neuroscientists are tying richly detailed descriptions of consciousness to the complex patterns of activation shown by a brain that is busy with nothing in particular. This focus on the so-called 'resting state' is one of the growth areas in cognitive neuroscience, and I suspect that reading—or momentarily failing to read—offers many of us a direct line into it. I mean that gorgeous moment of putting a book down, not from boredom or external distraction, but because one's mind is full of new, unexpected wonders. Woolf herself, like plenty of other writers, enthused about the process of what she termed 'woolgathering', or what I would like to call creative mind-wandering. Watch me in my armchair: I may end up reading the same paragraph several times over, but in the process I am having delicious thoughts of my own.
Putting science to work on an experience as intimate, personal and deeply human as reading is a risky business. In a world of library closures and device addiction, it is natural to try to harness scientific evidence to prove a greater good. But we should tread carefully. I've suggested that some of the pleasures of reading fiction are its stimulation of the varied voices of our inner speech and its capacity to trigger creative mind-wandering. I'm not here to tell you that reading changes your brain (whatever that laughable statement might mean), or that books make you a better person, in the narrow definition of some inevitably limited research methodology. I am fascinated by how we sometimes seem to think that neuroscientific truth is somehow 'more' true than other kinds of knowledge, such that even literary people are disproportionately swayed by it. We don't need brain scans to tell us that reading is good for you. Rather, let's delight in the varieties of that exquisite internal performance: 'the beautiful stillness,' as Paul Auster described it, 'that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.'
This provocation is part of the National Conversation series of events featuring thought-provoking original ideas from writers. Read more, and follow the discussion here.
(tags: The National Conversation)
Posted By: Anonymous, 10 July 2015
Posted By: Alice Kent, 28 May 2015
An original provocation by Kamila Shamsie for our National Conversation event on women and publishing at the Hay Festival, 29th May
Kamila Shamsie is the author of six novels, including the 2015 Bailey's Prize long-listed A God in Every Stone and Burnt Shadows, which has been translated into more than 20 languages and was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. Three of her other novels (In the City by the Sea, Kartography, Broken Verses) have received awards from the Pakistan Academy of Letters. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and one of Granta's 'Best of Young British Novelists', she grew up in Karachi, and now lives in London.
Posted By: Anonymous, 14 May 2015
Just about one hundred and fifteen years ago, a young American anthropologist named John Reed Swanton travelled to a group of islands which were called, in his day, the Queen Charlotte Islands, off the northwest coast of Canada. He was in the employ of the Bureau of American Ethnology in Washington D.C., but he worked under the guidance of the influential anthropologist Franz Boas at the American Museum of Natural History, a place just a few blocks from where I grew up, on the Upper West Side of New York City. He had been sent to collect objects from the people who lived there: argillite carvings, wooden boxes, the kinds of objects you find in museums. But in the time he spent with the island inhabitants, he didn't collect objects, not really. He listened to stories. And he took down the names of the men who told him those stories: one was called Ghandl; the other, Skaay. He transcribed their words in their own language, as they were spoken.
I'm going to talk to you about discovery, and about what literature and art truly are, and the potential that they have to change our lives. Because lately I've been thinking that it's too easy to slip into a mindset in which we believe we are talking about art and literature – when what we're really talking about is business. Commerce. Not that it's wrong to talk about business. It's important to talk about business. But it's also important to consider how we can separate these two conversations.
We're told that we are in the midst of a civil war on which the fate of our reading habits will depend. In the world of the old stories the name 'Amazon' conjured a fierce, glorious image of a bold woman warrior: no more. Now the ferocity of an Amazon brings a new kind of terror: of a monopoly that will devour literature. We seem to be entering in a period of truce, it's true. Last month HarperCollins agreed a deal with Amazon over e-books; this followed on from the settling of the lengthy dispute over pricing between Amazon and Hachette, resolved before the end of last year. These are arguments and transactions that take place in a time of unprecedented flux: or so it would seem. But is that really the case? Are we really in a brave new world?
Let's say, for argument's sake, that modern humans have existed in roughly their present form for 100,000 years. Those early people led lives which were very different from ours, but their brains were like ours. The astonishing art on the walls of the Chauvet cave in the Ardèche valley of southern France was made about 30,000 years ago; some indigenous art in Australia is much older. Beowulf's 3,000 lines – which survive in a single manuscript – were written down around the 10th century CE. Now: the printing press of Johannes Gutenberg came into commercial use about 500 years after that, around 1450.
What am I doing by throwing these numbers at you?
The name of the islands John Swanton visited has changed since he arrived in 1900. Thanks to the efforts of the indigenous people who still live there, and who only narrowly survived the arrival of Europeans into their territory, these islands are now called Haida Gwaii, 'The Islands of the People' – and it was the Haida people Swanton had come to study. If you have been to the Great Court of the British Museum, you will have seen a Haida house pole, acquired three years after Swanton travelled there. The house in front of which it would have stood had been abandoned; as had the whole village. Many Haida villages had been abandoned by then. Smallpox and other European diseases had ravaged the population. 'The island population is now shrunk to not over seven hundred,' Swanton wrote in a letter. '...The missionary has suppressed all the dances and has been instrumental in having all the old houses destroyed – everything in short that makes life worth living.'
Do not mistake me. I am not comparing the destruction of an indigenous culture – of many indigenous cultures – to business arguments in the publishing world. What I want to demonstrate is that the human need to hear stories and to tell stories is something which I believe to be so ingrained in us (in our brains, in our hearts, in our souls) that it will survive no matter what; it will find new forms and flourish in different ways. For the past few hundred years the novel has been the dominant form of storytelling in Western culture; but as I've tried to show, that's a drop in the ocean of time. And what is a 'novel', anyway? It's a way to tell a story. Well, there are other ways to tell stories too. When I watched Breaking Bad, I discovered I was thinking about its plot and its characters with the same seriousness I've devoted to many novels. Perhaps not coincidentally, that series emerged in an industry which is also in flux: the old television networks no longer dominate the scene, and newcomers like AMC and Netflix are shaking up the industry. So perhaps it's no surprise that Amazon is coming into this market too.
But books are a hugely significant part of our culture. I know about John Swanton, you won't be surprised to hear, thanks to a book; I came to consider the great span of human culture I've just described thanks to a book. That is Robert Bringhurst's A Story as Sharp as A Knife, first published in 1999; translations from Swanton's transcriptions which were taken down nearly a hundred years before. There are two companion volumes, which are really not companions, but the central texts of Bringhurst's great work: they are Nine Visits to the Mythworld, devoted to the works of Ghandl, and Being in Being, which is devoted to the works of Skaay. Bringhurst is a Canadian poet and polymath, a scholar of Ancient Greek and typography, too. Bringhurst took many years to teach himself Haida in order to make these magnificent translations.
Publishers, booksellers and writers find themselves in an industry in transition: some of the changes that transition brings are inarguably troubling. Independent bookshops continue to close. There are fewer than 1,000 on British high streets now, the Guardian has reported; one-third fewer than the decade before. Fifty-seven independent bookshops in this country closed just last year. I've worked with the Society of Authors and the Authors' Foundation to distribute grants to writers struggling to make ends meet – I know that things are tough out there; not least because I'm an author myself. The results of a survey conducted on behalf of the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society released last month make sobering reading. Since 2007, the last time authors were surveyed, there has been a 29% fall in writers' incomes in real terms. And yet, while I have no wish to be a perceived as a Pollyanna, I wonder if there was ever a time when things weren't tough for the people we now call 'authors'? Sometimes, it's useful to take a step back – a really, really big, step back, as far back as 100,000 years – to get a different angle on things.
Swanton's work didn't find much of an audience when he came back east. And Bringhurst's work with the words of Ghandl and Skaay has, so far, found a smaller audience than it deserves. The edition I have was published in Canada by Douglas & McIntyre, a fine house; they went bust, however, a few years ago, a not-unusual fate for a publisher these days. But they were taken under the wing of another Canadian publisher, Harbour, and so have lived to fight – or publish – another day, at least for the time being. I have spent over a decade wondering why no British publisher would take on these texts, which deserve to be recognized as classics; I'm delighted to be able to say that the Folio Society is now preparing an edition, to be published in the autumn, with an introduction by Margaret Atwood and illustrations by the Haida artist Don Yeomans.
Atwood's association with these works goes back a long way – it's one of the things that brought us together as friends. Not long after I discovered the works of Ghandl and Skaay through the translations of Robert Bringhurst – by way of a series of chance conversations, for such is the way of these things, and it is by these conversations that our human future is made – I commissioned a piece from her on this epic trilogy; it was published in The Times a dozen years ago. Of what Bringhurst had done, she wrote that: 'It's one of those works that rearranges the inside of your head — a profound meditation on the nature of oral poetry and myth, and on the habits of thought and feeling that inform them. It restores to life two exceptional poets we ought to know. It gives us some insight into their world – in Bringhurst's words, "the old-growth forest of the human mind" – and, by comparison, into our own.'
So we see that these stories can still come to us from the most surprising places; we see that they can find a way through. I am sure that – whatever the future of the industry holds – this will continue to happen. So – can we say where publishing is headed? Where the industry will go? Will Amazon devour everyone and everything? I don't know. What I do know is that stories and storytellers will survive.
As the world changes – as it always has – and information passes between us in different ways – as it always has – good books, important books, get through. The Wake, by Paul Kingsnorth, was one of the highlights of 2014 to my mind (and indeed, I was one of the judges who put it on the longlist of the Man Booker Prize). This book, written in what the author has called a 'shadow tongue' of Old English, was published by the crowd-funded imprint Unbound; just the other day, I'm thrilled to say, it was named the inaugural Book of the Year at the Bookseller Industry Awards 2015. And Preparation for the Next Life, a gripping debut by Atticus Lish, was published first in the US by Tyrant Books, a small-press publisher; the book has been widely and warmly reviewed, both in the United States and in this country, where it has just been published by Oneworld; last month it won the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction We find the stories we need to hear.
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i remember it like it was yesterday
If im part of this dream i will say " Where is Celestia I need too talk about this!!!""
What the fuck?! Rainbow Dash is not gay!
And don't pervert!!!!
Scootaloo wants to marry Rainbow Dash and had a dream about it. So no need to argue about Rainbow Dash's sexuality.
Scootaloo's finally lost it
i really love how no one reads the descrption
For a chicken, she has weird fantasies o_o
I always love scoot's face in this, soooo cute >.<
nice picture. i like it.
Good grief! Couldn't Dash wait until Scootaloo got a LITTLE bit older!?
Wait! *reads the decription*
A dream Scootaloo is having??? That kid is SICK!
Wait! *reads the decription*
A dream Scootaloo is having??? That kid is SICK!
clertia wakes* dargh! gasp gasp, that dose it, no more cheese and white wine followed by reading fan fic before bed time,
That kid needs help, seriously, her obsession over RD is not healthy :c
Arnt they sisters or cousins or something..?
Ah well, adorable anyways ^-^
Ah well, adorable anyways ^-^
They're not related
I'm sorry, I really am sorry, BUT WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?! SCOOTALOO IS ABOUT 11 AND DASH IS 16 OR 17. WHY DO YOU SHIP THEM?! Okay, now that I got that shit out, I like the detail you put into the tail and mane for Dash. Very nice.
scootaloo is in something like 1st grade i think, and RD has a job and lives on her own so that makes scoot more like 6 or 7 and dash about 18 or something...
"This is supposed to be a dream that Scootaloo is having."
Cocaine is a helluva drug.
Pedo Dash
I'm going on the assumption that it's Scoot's dream.
Very nicely done, and it all comes together quite nicely
Very nicely done, and it all comes together quite nicely
Wow, most of the people commenting need to lighten up. It's supposed to be SCOOTALOO'S DREAM. A kid dreaming of marrying the adult they idolize is way different from an adult dreaming of marrying a kid.
Anyways, haha, this is cute!!!
Anyways, haha, this is cute!!!
I don't get the comments, this is supposed to be Scoot's dream right? It's a dream from Scootaloo's perspective. If she wants to dream about marrying RD let her, no harm no foul. I mean heck when I was a kid I dreamed about older women.
Stop hating folks and let Scoot have her fantasy.
Stop hating folks and let Scoot have her fantasy.
Dash she's only a kid
They aren't really married yet, and Rainbow is already working on her beer belly.
nice background
Scootaloo one day you will achieve your dream! Keep reaching for the moon!
Interesting. Well I'll just leave it at that.

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The Amarillo Police Department recognized the efforts of police volunteers during a Tuesday luncheon at Youngblood's Stockyard Café, 620 S.W. 16th Ave.
"They're some of the finest people," Sgt. Steve Davis said of the Handicap Patrol volunteers, whom Davis has supervised since the program started in 1995.
David Barnett, 78, who has volunteered for the patrol for about two years, was recognized for his 21 years of volunteering to help the department maintain its vehicle fleet by taking squad cars for oil changes and making sure the cars are stocked with emergency equipment like first-aid kits, among other efforts.
Barnett said he volunteers for three days each week, usually putting in about 20 hours weekly.
"I'm a half-employee," he said with a grin. "It's mostly something to do. You don't want to just sit around the house and be old."
"It just keeps him going," his wife Rebecca said. "I mean, he's good for it. He likes it."
Sharon Jones, volunteer coordinator, said the patrol has 17 active members.
Jones said the volunteers sometimes have to deal with moody vehicle owners but said people sometimes give a thumbs-up when they see the patrol working around town.
"That's the good part," she said.
At the luncheon, Volunteer Gary Pelfery was recognized by the police department for helping his partner.
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Two format options will prepare nursing students to take national exams for Adult/ Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner certification.
Continuing on a 72-year tradition of graduating the very best that nursing has to offer, Keuka College is proud to announce the launch of its Adult/Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Program, and will begin admitting its first group of students at the Keuka Park campus this September 2015.
Recently approved by the New York State Higher Education Office of the Professions, the Keuka College program will be offered in two formats. The first is a 42-credit master's degree program designed for Registered Nurses (RNs) holding a bachelor's degree. The second is a 19-credit post-master's degree certification program designed for RNs already holding a master's degree in nursing. Both formats prepare students for entry into advanced practice as an Adult/Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (NP) and both qualify graduates to take one of two national certification exams for NP certification.
Adult/Gerontology primary care NPs serve as primary health care providers in many settings. Keuka College's program focuses on developing the knowledge and skills necessary to deliver primary health care to all ages of adults. Classroom sessions are held one night a week, one course at a time, and the program consists of face-to-face and online instruction as well as 500 hours of clinical practicum.
Keuka College's addition of the program is a reflection of the ever-increasing need for nurses and advanced-practice nurses in an era of aging populations and the changes in health care delivery under the Affordable Care Act. According to Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Paul Forestell, the current and future demand for Adult/Gerontolgy NPs is expanding rapidly and dramatically.
"Keuka College's long record of excellence in educating nurses gives us confidence that we can help meet this need with outstanding graduates of our program," he said. "The program combines a dynamic, world-class group of doctorally-prepared faculty; an innovative curriculum that will meet the needs of our students; and an extensive network of professional practice relationships that will enhance our students' access to real-world experience."
According to Dr. Debra Gates, a nurse practitioner herself and chair of the Keuka College Division of Nursing, organizations such as the Institute for Health Care Improvement (IHI) further suggest a three-fold approach dubbed "Triple Aim" to address current health care needs. The IHI advises a need for professionals who will improve quality patient care and satisfaction, improve the health of populations and reduce per capita costs of health care. The new Keuka College NP program will ready nurses to meet these challenges, she said.
"Our faculty members are very excited to offer this program. It's been a long-time dream and we're hopeful to meet the anticipated need for nurse practitioners in the communities we serve," Dr. Gates said, adding that the College is eager to build on existing partnerships with regional health systems, especially those in rural areas serving these populations.
Providing an edge to the Keuka College degree is the depth of experience among the faculty, including eight of nine core instructors and another 15 adjunct professors all certified NPs. This means in addition to an education rooted in theory, students will glean hands-on experience from seasoned professionals.
Praising the potential in the College's baccalaureate and master's degree students, Dr. Gates added: "When they finish our R.N/B.S. or M.S.N. program, they already have tremendous capacity and expertise in so many clinical areas, we know they would be excellent candidates as nurse practitioners. We look forward to working with them."
Applications are now being accepted, with a submission deadline of July 1, 2015. For more information on how to apply, please contact Admissions Counselor Patricia White at [email protected] or (315) 317-8455.
Just before Christmas, Lisa Makarick finished a course in community health. Just after Christmas, Makarick discovered a profound contrast between the classroom and Cabarete, Dominican Republic, where she traveled with 11 others from Keuka College to bring health education to some of the youngest residents of the community.
"It's one thing to do a windshield study on [community health] and it's a whole other beast to do a service project, to get down there with the people and work hand-in-hand with them," said Makarick, a Hammondsport resident.
Makarick is pursuing her baccalaureate nursing degree through the College's Accelerated Studies for Adults Program (ASAP). She attends classes at Corning Community College, one of 2o ASAP sites around the state. Nine other nursing students from cohorts in the Syracuse, Elmira, Ithaca, and Utica areas, and one occupational science major from the home campus in Keuka Park, also traveled to Cabarete.
From January 2-9, the Keuka College group, led by Patty Mattingly, associate professor of nursing, assisted the Mariposa DR Foundation, which invests in sustainable solutions to end generational poverty, serving girls as young as 8-years-old. By battling barriers that keep the poor vulnerable and limited, and offering support such as access to quality health care and education, the Mariposa DR Foundation seeks to educate, empower and employ girls in Cabarete to ultimately give back to their community.
The students presented a workshop on dental hygiene and hand-washing, gave a first-aid presentation to parents, and made home visits to assess safety risks and recommend follow-up by Foundation staff. In addition, students also toured a public hospital and an HIV clinic in the area. The trip also fulfilled Keuka College Field Period ™ requirements for the students. Typically, a Field Period ™ enables a student to explore professions, other cultures, or even provide community service for others, but usually, only one of those elements happens at one time. However, the 2014 Keuka College team accomplished all of the above.
According to Makarick, a maternal service nurse and mother of five who will finish her nursing program in April, the trip was an "amazing experience" that she hopes to repeat. The team worked with 15 girls, ages 8 -11, providing encouragement with extracurricular activities that included simple games and health-care instruction. In that region, children only attend a half-day of school and often lack positive alternatives to "just wandering around all afternoon," said Makarick.
Thanks to one of her daughters, Makarick said she was educated on the threat of sex trafficking and modern slavery facing these young girls. According to New Friends, New Life, a human rights agency seeking to raise awareness, 13 is the average age at which American girls, particularly those vulnerable to poverty, are trafficked into the sex industry. For the poor and vulnerable from developing countries, where legal protection is nearly nonexistent, sexual exploitation and forced prostitution may happen even earlier. As such, Makarick said the impact the team could make was clear.
"I was absolutely not disappointed," said Makarick. "You can see the effect fairly quickly, even small, little [things] of having someone encourage them … they just bonded with us, and we learned from them, too."
The group split into two teams of six to conduct home inspections in the neighborhoods where the girls lived, and, in some cases, the level of poverty was "pretty overwhelming," Mattingly said, describing scenarios where rat poison was left where children could come in contact with it. One student described barbed wire "clotheslines" so low to the ground that children's bodies and faces bore cuts from running into it. Other elements of culture shock were encountered in el barrio (the ghetto) and the local hospital, which had just five beds in its Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and where equipment and staff practice was like "turning the clock back 30 years," said Makarick.
Keuka College has received a gift from Donald and Christine Wertman of Hall, N.Y., to help establish the Keuka College Center for Business Analytics & Health Informatics.
Donald Wertman is COO of Seedway LLC, vice president of the Keuka College Board of Trustees, and sits on the Finger Lakes Health (FLH) Board of Directors.
The Wertmans are supporting the Center because of their interest in health care, in particular student wellness.
"While we support all areas of the College's Long Range Strategic Plan, we are financially supporting the component of the plan that deals with student wellness in all forms—physical, mental, and spiritual," said Donald Wertman. "Wellness is critically important to student success."
FLH plans to partner with the College on the project because "we believe it has the potential to improve the struggling economy of Yates County while enhancing the region's health education opportunities and access to health care services," said Dr. Jose Acevedo, president and CEO of FLH.
Keuka College President Dr. Jorge L. Díaz-Herrera agrees.
"The Center will leverage the College's existing health care expertise and programs through its highly rated nursing and occupational therapy programs," said Díaz-Herrera.
Keuka offers bachelor's and master's degrees in nursing at sites around New York state through its Accelerated Studies for Adults (ASAP) program, as well as a bachelor's degree in occupational science and master's degree in occupational therapy on its home campus in Keuka Park.
Pending approval by the New York State Education Department, the College and FLH will jointly offer a bachelor's degree in nursing beginning in fall 2014.
Díaz-Herrera expects the Center to anchor a new college-town development—called for in the strategic plan— that will become the hub for Yates County entrepreneurial programs and research.
Part of that college-town development could include a health clinic—perhaps managed by FLH—that would serve the needs of students and the community, according to Wertman.
While a health clinic remains only a possibility for now, there is no doubt that the Center for Business Analytics & Health Informatics would be a boon to Yates County in terms of jobs.
"The Center will provide the required infrastructure for expanding business opportunities and job creation in the region," said Acevedo.
Díaz-Herrera said the Center will "create construction, high-tech, health sciences, and education jobs in addition to helping our region's fastest growing employment sector train and retain a highly educated work force.
"The Center will help the county and region support the need for new high-tech industry development while providing health care workers with specific health informatics training," said the president. "It is a perfect fit for our Digital [email protected] initiative."
"It's clear," said Wertman, "that the Center and partnership between Keuka College and FLH will not only be a win-win for both entities, but for our entire community. We trust that our gift will inspire others to evaluate how they might share resources in support of Keuka College's strategic plan."
A group of Keuka College nursing students attended the New York State Fair but not to play games, ride the Ferris wheel, or take in the Grace Potter or Luke Bryan concerts.
The students—all registered nurses (RNs) pursuing bachelor's degrees at Keuka's Accelerated Studies for Adults Program (ASAP) sites at St. Joseph's Hospital and Onondaga Community College (OCC)—were there to encourage fellow nurses to follow in their footsteps.
According to Associate Professor of Nursing Carolyn Christie-McAuliffe, the students completed their Field Period, an annual 140-hour required internship, by securing a booth at the fair promoting the Future of Nursing organization.
"The main goal of the Future of Nursing booth was to show the public what the nursing future looks like, and encourage nurses with their RN to go back to school and earn their bachelor's degrees," said Christie-McAuliffe, who serves as co-regional leader of the Central New York chapter of the Future of Nursing.
"I am in my 33rd year of nursing and until now, I have hesitated to be involved with any nursing group," said Christie-McAuliffe. "But the Future of Nursing is different. I think it represents all nurses equally, no matter what their level of education. The Future of Nursing organization provides opportunity for leadership and direction for nursing within the health care system."
And the Fair was a perfect vehicle to deliver the message.
According to Christie-McAuliffe, the students developed and provided information on specific schools for the various regions of the state; tips for adult students such as time management tricks; and information on how to obtain scholarships and loans to fund their continued education.
"The majority of RN visitors to the booth were clearly interested in pursuing their education, which we want to continue to encourage and support," said Christie-McAuliffe.
In 2008, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation approached the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to propose a partnership between the two organizations. The resulting collaboration became the two-year Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing at the IOM. Its goal was to look at the possiblitiy of transforming the nursing profession to meet the challenges of a changing health care landscape. The report produced by the committee, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, makes specific and directed recommendations in the area of nurse training, education, professional leadership, and work force policy.
Through the initiative, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation supports the research agenda set forth by the report and implements the recommendations in the areas of nurse training, education, professional leadership, and work force policy. New York state was designated one of five initial pilot regional action coalitions to advance the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action.
"One those recommendations—that RNs seek to further their education—was featured at our booth," said Christie-McAuliffe. "In fact, the Future of Nursing has a goal that by 2020, 80 percent of all nurses will have their bachelor's degrees. St. Joseph's Hospital in Syracuse has begun requiring all RNs to sign a pledge to complete their bachelor's degree in a certain number of years.
"In addition to this requirement, the hospital also financially supports their nurses to pursue their continued education," added Christie-McAuliffe. "Decisions by health care institutions such as this encourages nurses to obtain their bachelor's degrees. In part, because hospitals like St. Joseph's are making these investments, it is evidence that patient outcomes are improved when higher percentages of RNs in the institution have bachelor's degrees."
The students "were charged with everything pertaining to the booth, from initiating the contract with the state fair, soliciting volunteers from across the state, soliciting funds, and developing and distributing literature," said Christie-McAuliffe. "They also openly shared their experiences as a nurse and as a student with visitors to the booth. From this experience, the students will take what they have learned to their classes and places of employment. They will also analyze the results of the event for future recommendations and create a manual for next year."
Life can be particularly challenging for adult students.
Successfully juggling college studies with family and job responsibilities is a remarkable accomplishment.
Maintaining a lofty grade point average and serving your community while doing so is worthy of special recognition, which three students who earned, or are earning degrees through the College's Accelerated Studies for Adults Program (ASAP), received last night (April 24).
Randy Kuhn Jr., Edith (Edie) Smith, and Kellie Gatson were among some 30 adults who received the Rochester Area Colleges Continuing Education's (RACCE) Outstanding Adult Student Award at the organization's 30th Annual Awards Ceremony and Banquet at the Woodcliff Hotel and Spa in Victor. (more…)


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Kym Johnson was recently on a cruise, visiting Alaska and more amazing places. Now that she's back from sea, this Dancing With the Stars pro is making another major splash.
Kym was seen at the Screen Actors Guild Foundation, SAG-AFTRA and Career Transitions for Dancers Dancers Forum event in Los Angeles yesterday (July 25), joining So You Think You Can Dance's Nigel Lythgoe, choreographer Adam Shankman, and more famous faces.
Click through the gallery to see Kym flaunting her midriff in a belly-baring getup, speaking on the panel, and more! What do you think of her style? Sound off in the comments.
Catch the Dancing With the Stars Season 17 premiere on Monday, September 16, 2013 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ;ABC.


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CRISIS: Rarity by StarlightSparkWatch
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Rarity's horn is definitely radiating with positive energy.
So... is it Kritz or Uber?
dat healbeam
I want my mini-crits, plz.
I want my mini-crits, plz.
Ohhhh, buffs pls!
Rarity always there to lend a helping hoof
Is there ever any doubt that she is the best Element of Generosity?
Is there ever any doubt that she is the best Element of Generosity?
so theoretically, if her and insipid had infinite use of their powers, they could make an infinite stream of energy that is used just as quickly as its made. like a perfect machine.
Her powers really fit her personality. Looks a little weird here, but she is still pretty.
she strengh the power of her friends?!
she really is Generosity!!!
Awesome Starlight!!!
she really is Generosity!!!
Awesome Starlight!!!
rarity just beying fabulous
Benevolence is such a given... It's cool
hooray for best friend pony c:
When I'm done with *you*, darling, you're going to be just *fabulous*!


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High electricity costs killing jobs: Tim Hudak
Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak says companies and jobs are fleeing Ontario's because it has the highs electricity rates around.
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Ontario has among the highest electricity rates in North America, causing companies and jobs to flee the province, Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak says.
"Soaring electricity costs have taken Ontario from a competitive advantage in energy to nearly the highest costs in North America," Hudak said Friday in Ottawa, where he spoke to the Economic Club of Canada.
"The electricity price for large customers in Ottawa is more than twice what it is across the river in Gatineau, or in Winnipeg. It's twice what it is in Chicago," he said.
And it's only going to get worse, Hudak told the mainly business crowd.
Hudak's position was supported this week by a survey from the Association of Major Power Consumers of Ontario (AMPCO) stating Ontario industries pay more for electricity than competitors elsewhere in North America.
And the association concludes that leads to a growing risk of industries and jobs bypassing the province for lower-cost jurisdictions, the Star's John Spears reported.
Ontario industries pay 7.6 cents to 9.4 cents a kilowatt hour for electricity, according to the survey, based on 2012 power prices.
At the time of the survey electricity averaged 5.6 cents a kilowatt hour in New York, 5.4 cents in six New England states, 4.5 cents in 14 jurisdictions clustered around Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland, and 3.2 cents in a group of 15 Midwestern states. (All prices in Canadian dollars.)
The survey also found Ontario's prices are even higher than neighbouring provinces. In Quebec, which is rich with hydro power, industries paid 4.5 cents a kilowatt hour and in Manitoba it is even lower at 3.6 cents.
"There's no good reason for our energy to cost twice as much as in Chicago. We need to reverse the deliberate government decisions that have created this crisis," said Hudak, who intends to make electricity prices an issue during the next provincial election.
The Tory leader said a major contributor to the rising electricity rates was the Liberal government's decision under Premier Dalton McGuinty to provide "enormous subsidies" for solar and wind power.
"The auditor general said that for similar programs, every job gained was matched by as many as four jobs lost . . . because of higher energy prices," Hudak said.
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Last night I was getting hot and heavy Jane, and when she got into it, I slapded that ass. I mean I was really all over her ass like chris benoit at an all you can shoot steriod buffet.
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I have 05 ram 1500.i put set of obx headers with full flow resonters on my truck.so no more cats..i have o2 sencers before and after the resonters.my problem is now check engine lite is on for o2 sencers now .how do I fix with out choping my exhust up to put cats back on kit was made for no cats.any help would be awsome thanks hutch
try the spark plug non fouler trick for the O2 sensors after where the cat(s) were. Do not do this to the main two O2 sensors that were on the manifolds. Only the O2 sensors that were after the cat(s).... Here: http://www.ramforumz.com/showthread....ghlight=fouler
Scroll to the end there is pics by cheffred...
o2 sencers are already installed before and after the resanters also had to make wires longer for the back two o2 sencers.the code is because there are no cats now.dont remmber what the code was wordfor word hookin back up to buddys scaner later
dont know what that is what r they
click on the link I posted above ^^ scroll to the end of the thread, there are pictures posted by chefred, that's what you need on the two rear O2 sensors.
cool thanks will let u know
hutch, I understand you got your issue resolved, can you post exactly what you did, so I can update another thread I have that pertains to this issue. Mainly I am looking for info on the steel wool part of it... thanks
Hold on, the way I read that he had the fake cat sensors before AND after the resonator, as in, had fake cats in place of the O2s you actually NEED to be in the hear and in the ehxuast stream...
The non fouler trick in the downstream sensors should have done the trick for him. I think it didn't work, then he added steel wool in the non fouler and it worked.
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Jared Price Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band play Friday, June 1st, at Columbia City Theater. Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band
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Post-rock blog darlings Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band recently returned to the stage after an extended hiatus (they hadn't performed since 2010). Now they've got a new EP coming out as well, and next Friday, they celebrate its release at Columbia City Theater. Those who remember the glory days of 2008-2009 will undoubtedly be excited for their return, albeit in a slightly toned-down form. "Warm Bodies," the EP's single, is a somber, acoustic ballad that explores the pain of human existence, while opener "Best Bet" shows the spark and swagger that made their first album so compelling. "The Day" exhibits an almost dub sensibility in its pumped-up bassline. Singer Benjamin Verdoes' versatile vocal performance, at times ragged, at times sensitive and sad, completes the hypnotic overall effect.
Read on for a taste of Prehistory, and an explanation of why their second album got such a bad rap.
The songs on Prehistory are mellower than 2009's energetic-bordering-on-frenetic self-titled debut and more in the dark, moody vein of 2010's "misunderstood" (read: critically-maligned) Where the Messengers Meet. But that's not necessarily a bad thing, as the widespread bashing of that album was certainly due in part to the weird groupthink that inevitably follows a bad Pitchfork review.
In fact, the band's music and vision is consistent across all three releases. It's the tide of critical opinion that's changed. In 2008, reviewers loved their elaborate arrangements and complex, multi-part song structures. In 2010, they were tired of that model. Unfortunately, the band themselves have no way of controlling how people perceive their music, and therein lies the danger of getting picked up as a buzz band-- another thing they couldn't control. (The negative critical response obviously upset the band, as they went so far as to put out a video this year that explained the concept of the album... two years after its release.) Whether their songs will wear better critically in 2012 remains to be seen, but if you're a fan of their previous releases, you'll find something to love on Prehistory.
Sound on the Sound presents Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band with Wintersleep and You Are Plural Friday, June 1st, at Columbia City Theater.


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Do you feel like sleeping under the stars is a parenthood prerequisite, but that your family is more suited to the Ritz than roughing it? Fear not—there are plenty of options that can ease you and your broad into an overnight out in nature minus the sleeping on the ground part, from luxe camping services that will pitch your tent complete with a queen bed and kids toys to a spa-meets-eco-escape that even boasts summer camp-like activities for your little campers (so go ahead and schedule that facial).
Shelter Co.
Pick the spot you want to camp Shelter Co. will take care of the rest. This ingenious company, started by a pair of design-minded Bay Area parents, rents fully furnished canvas tents with all the necessary amenities for your family's needs. They can also make your camping extravaganza a huge party by accommodating your kids, their friends and family for birthdays, weddings and more.
Need to know: Consider getting an activity tent that's filled with children's furnishings and games, a stock library and even lights to brighten up the tent!
Online: shelter-co.com/
Photo courtesy of Shelter Co.
Casini Ranch
This Russian River Ranch lets you control exactly how much "roughing it" you want to do. Choose from RV or tent sites, where you can get a spectacular views of the river. There's secluded pockets of heavily wooded areas for exploration too. Every site is by running water and includes picnic tables, a fire pit and hookup spots with electricity. Don't forget to bring your smartphones and laptops, this truly luxurious camp has various WiFi hotspots!
Need to know: There is a 2 night minimum for weekends between May 1-Sept 30, and a 3 night minimum for national holidays. Check online for the rates.
22855 Moscow Rd
Duncans Mills, Ca
Online: casiniranch.com
Photo credit: Fer R. via yelp.com
Take a break from the city and rejuvenate in this eco-friendly resort and spa that'll make everyone happy. Relax and enjoy a massage while the little ones are out having fun at the kids camps (think tie-dye t-shirts, ice-cream-making and tide pool exploration). Feeling energized? Go horseback riding, hiking or kayaking and finish the day with a wine tasting at the Cascade Bar and Grille, before crashing in one of their simple yet comfortable lodges.
Need to know: The only ensuite bathrooms are in the Lodge, those in Comfort Stations have shared bathroom facilities. And don't forget to check the calendar for awesome family events!
2001 Rossi Road at Hwy 1
Pescadero, Ca
Online: costanoa.com/
Pigeon Point Lighthouse
This hostel sits atop a cliff and offers stunning views of the lighthouse and the water. Stay in one of their family rooms (for 4 to 6 people) and meet people from all around the world. Pigeon Point Lighthouse is a hub for international travelers. Whether you're looking to bike, hike or tour around the area, this hostel has all the maps laid out for you.
Need to know: At night, reserve a spot in the hot tub and enjoy a beautiful sky of stars.
210 Pigeon Point Rd.
Pescadero, Ca
Online: norcalhostels.org//pigeon/
Photo: Anita Ritenour via creativecommons flickr
Treebones Resort
If you want complete serenity with your family, spend the night in one of their fully furnished yurts — tent-like circular fabric structures with wood lattice frames– which offer spectacular views of the coast. Experience the area through hiking or kayaking and treat yourself to fresh, local, organic food at the Wild Coast Restaurant and Sushi bar.
Need to know: The Human Nest has the most spectacular views at Treebones, but it's not waterproof, so check the weather or bring a tent to set up nearby just in case!
71895 Hwy 1
Big Sur, Ca
Online: treebonesresort.com
Photo: Treebones
Safari West
Hidden away in the heart of wine country is a little piece of Africa. Spend a night on the Serengeti in their authentic African style tents. The heavy canvas and hardwood floors give the feel of camping, while still boasting essentials like heaters and ceiling fans. A Cottage is also available which has further amenities like a private bathroom, kitchenette, and outdoor seating area (but tents really are the way to go). The highlight of your stay far and away is the abundance of wildlife wandering the safari area.
Need to know: For the parents, since you're located right in California wine country, a visit to their tasting room for Wine on the Wild Side is a must-try activity.
3115 Porter Creek Rd
Santa Rosa, Ca 95404
Online: safariwest.com/
Photo: Ashley W. via yelp.com
Big Basin Tent Cabins
Located in the middle of redwood trees in Big Basin State Park, this is as close to camping as you can get without being cold at night. With over 80 miles of trails, the park is a perfect place for little hikers. Picture savvy families will also close to the ocean. Grill up some burgers at night and gather the family around the fire ring for some s'mores.
Need to know: The Camp Store and Gift Shop has an expresso bar that's open daily for parents who need the extra kick for the day.
Online: bigbasintentcabins.com/index.php
Windsong Cottage Guest Yurt
Pick between a guesthouse or a yurt, both with fireplaces and hot tubs for a magical family bonding experience. This unique glamping spot also features cable TV, free wifi and build-in electrical heat for the true relaxers. Don't forget to start your day right with the complimentary welcome basket filled with fruit, muffins and eggs before hiking around Point Reyes National Seashore.
Need to know: There is a 2 night minimum stay, although one night weekday stays can be arranged for special occasions. This place books fast, so check their calendar in advance!
Online: bigbasintentcabins.com
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Something's changed in Safari on my iMac recently. The start page has reset to apple.com and the frame size has changed. I can change the start page and resize the frame, but when I re-start Safari, it's back to apple.com and the larger, square frame. Any ideas on what's up or how to fix it???
Back up all data.
This procedure will unlock all your user files (not system files) and reset their ownership and access-control lists to the default. If you've set special values for those attributes on any of your files, they will be reverted. In that case, either stop here, or be prepared to recreate the settings if necessary. Do so only after verifying that those settings didn't cause the problem. If none of this is meaningful to you, you don't need to worry about it.
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If you have more than one user account, and the one in question is not an administrator account, then temporarily promote it to administrator status in the Users & Groups preference pane. To do that, unlock the preference pane using the credentials of an administrator, check the box marked Allow user to administer this computer, then reboot. You can demote the problem account back to standard status when this step has been completed.
Triple-click the following line to select it. Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C):
{ sudo chflags -R nouchg,nouappnd ~ $TMPDIR.. ; sudo chown -Rh $UID:staff ~ $_ ; sudo chmod -R u+rwX ~ $_ ; chmod -R -N ~ $_ ; } 2> /dev/null
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up. If you don't have a login password, you'll need to set one before you can run the command. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
The command will take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign ("$") to appear, then quit Terminal.
Step 2
Boot into Recovery by holding down the key combination command-R at startup. Release the keys when you see a gray screen with a spinning dial.
When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select
Utilities ▹ Terminal
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In the Terminal window, type this:
That's one word, all lower case, with no spaces. Then press return. A Reset Password window will open. You'renot going to reset a password.
Select your boot volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button.
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Custom hot key programming with acpid
Hooking the Script to acpid
Getting acpid to use your script is really just a matter of editing the /etc/acpi/event/ibm-videobtn file and replacing the action= line with a pointer to your script. On my system, the script is /usr/local/sbin/video-switch, so my ibm-videobtn file looks like this:
event=ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 00001007 action=/usr/local/sbin/video-switch
When you modify the files under /etc/acpi/events, you'll need to restart acpid to get it to pick up the changes.
Additionally, you'll want to get acpid out of debug mode, so hit Ctrl+C in the window in which acpid is currently running then enter /etc/init.d/acpid start as root to fire up the daemon normally. At this point, hitting Fn+F7 on the laptop should cycle it through the three display settings programmed in the script. Because this very simple hack works as advertised, I've gotten tons of "geek cred" at various Linux User Group meetings.
Programming your own hot key hacks is equally simple. First, run acpid in debug mode to figure out exactly which event is triggered by your key presses. Then check the /etc/acpi/event directory to see whether a configuration file related to this event already exists. If not, feel free to create one from scratch – you really only need the event= and action= lines for most simple events. From there, it's just a matter of scripting what you want to happen. In many cases, you might be able to find example scripts on the web to use as a starting point.
- Advanced Configuration and Power Interface: http://www.acpi.info/
- acpid: http://sourceforge.net/projects/acpid/
- ThinkWiki sample script: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Sample_Fn-F7_script
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Origins Available: English, Irish
Spelling variations of this family name include: Whitton, Whitten, Whytten, Whytton, Wytton, Wytten, Witten, Witton, Wyton and many more.
First found in Roxburghshire in the lands of Whitton, in Morebattle parish. The first on record was John Wytton, prior of St. Andrews in 1285 A.D. Michael and Adam Wytton both rendered homage to King Edward I of England in his brief conquest of Scotland in 1296. Michael was chief forester of the Forest of Selkirk. His seal showed a deer running. Richard Wyttone, a dignitary of the Church also rendered homage.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Whitton research. Another 163 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1165, 1400, 1370, 1303, 1635 and 1704 are included under the topic Early Whitton History in all our PDF Extended History products.
Another 47 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Whitton Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
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