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The Cool
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The Cool
Release Date: December 18, 2007Tracks: 1836
I appreciate your messages and hope you do well :] and I'm a 40yr old lady who has a son that has a style similar to you and his friend too...we are in Nebraska. I especially like the song "Streets are on Fire" take care Lisa
I write music also and I really can't explain what Lupe has done for my life, we need more artists like him. He's such an inspiration. He'll make you look at life from a different angel, a completley different prespective. I feel the words that he spits, his information is loud. And he is one of the greatest rappers alive, one of the most lyrical, I really appreciate people that know real rap, now a days it's whack. If people would just sit down and realize what's going on and what he's saying, this world may be in a different condition. He spoke out and let the whole world know what was and is still on his mind. Our goverment is the Larget crime organzation ring ever! And our whole country looks right past it, its sad. I have major respect for Lupe, he telling us things that we need to know, not how much money he has, or what car he's driving today etc.I dont know what's running through your mind Lupe, but it's an amazing experience. Keep doing what your doing. I'd really love it if you'd contact me on Twitter or Facebook.
yo guys i love lupe so much he is my favorite rapper. I made a page dedicated to his the cool album. There is a cool vote you take to see who likes which album best. The results are pretty interesting. Hers the link : http://www.squidoo.com/the-cool-album
The cool is hands down to me the best out of all of them. This album is so deep and it hits the heart. The coolest is the best song ever to me and is so deep that I don't think everybody who listens to it understands. That song goes further than the on the surface metaphor or personification. This was the album that really made start listening to Lupe. I heard this one before I even heard Food and Liquor. Everybody knows the entire Michael Young History story and everything, but this was the first time I heard any rapper use a concept in their album. Lupe's music really change how I thought about music and what rap music was suppose to be like. I was like everybody else just listening for the next dance song and song that was hot. All the songs seemed to match together wonderfully. It's funny even looking back to the reviews of The Cool when it first came out because most people in the reviewers didn't understand the story behind it. They just talk about it not being together and all over the place. But, as time went forward, people started understanding what the album was about and started appreciating the album more. I talk to different people about the album or a song or Lupe in general and people just really don't take the time to figure out his albums or his songs they just write him off. But, sometimes, I get people to look in to it and they come out very surprised and shocked. I truly believe some people think they're stupid or slow if they have to look up a meaning of a song or album, but they got to understand that some rappers put out intelligent things for us to try to understand. Or, that brilliance can come from rappers also. I don't know, but some people are just into the beats. People got to understand music isn't always just for enjoyment, it can be thought provoking, challenging, and intellectual. Some music challenges you to think and figure out. That's why I can't wait for Food and Liquor 2 I know this album will be special of Lupe's design.
Lovee this album favorite songs: "The Coolest" & "Hip-hop Saved My Life". Still listen to this album!
the cool...heh...the cool was a cool album indeed see when i heard this album i started acting like a boss like i knew evrything thats just how much this album touched me but when i heard the song the die on this one i kind of started turning my back on people because what lupe said in this song matched(not exactly)some of the words the people i called my friends would say and i didnt know that the people i called my friends was really my enemies now the song little weapon really really really made me want to call up the government president whoever that was in cahrge of the war and tell them to stop i actually wanted to go to some of those countrys that make there children fight because it hurt when i heard that song alot of other songs inspired me on this album too but im not gonna get into it dont want to take up other fans chances of there experience but VERY VERY VERY COOL ALBUM LUPE
Does anyone know where I can find deep technical information about smart cards?. I'm doing a report for the company I'm working for. vernon getzler Print Photos
ok now this album i love also ....how he had some song where like story tell the album i love songs like the coolest..put u on the game ...gotta eat love it all i must say he is one of many rappers underated
fighters man....thats it right there for me....its like excerpts from the quran...it hit home man...thx
Lupe, THIS IS TRUTH. I have had favorite artists before but none who touch the soul and speak truth regardless of what "they" all do... I was a huge Pac and Wayne fan forever, and still am. I used to spin their shit and every gig but after finding you, the dude who cleared my view, they seem like shadows of a desirable past, or failed attempt like good conscience that just came and went. "THIS IS THE ARTIST I HAVE WAITED FOR MY WHOLE LIFE" Is what i said. The one who is gonna change the way people think and bring back feeling and love to making ALL KINDS OF music. Build the future with the gift you have, and keep given all of us the ONE VOICE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AS TRUTH... The ONE artist that has the ducks lined up no matter what they try and cover up.. you are the best, Never stop, US FANS WILL BE YOUR VEST. thats whats up Sincerely, ME.. US -Lupe, never change what you came here to do.. your an inspiration to a lot of people and thats the truth, now get back to the booth and let loose
so hard to pick just one fav song on this album. lupe fiasco is going down as one of the best of all time
I always knew lupe was the best but dude this man is the most talented in the game. He is beyon a rapper this man is so amazing its sad to see that he is unliked simply because he is smart and spits the truth. TO HELP OUT TELL EVERY ONE U KNOW ABOUT THIS MAN AND HIS GIFT TO CHANGE THE GAME BUT MORE IMPORTANT TO CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE LIVE.go lupe
no 18 is wat its about we can all relate to the words we all miss someone who passed, moved, someway exited our life but we gotta be strong ya know! even if were surrounded by fighthers and we the only lovers, that's what i think Lupe tellin me ill be sad after lupEND but he will have left us somuch music includind his mixtapes that are on u tube, GO LUPE!
honestly, i never like hip hop much until i heard Lupe's Daydream, then it just changed my whole view on hip hop. His music aren't about hoes and money, but bout realistic conflicts which is represented by his metaphors in his lyrics. well thats all i got XD. Keep it up
Excellent work of music and art.. so freak-in great!! lmao.. you go man!~ i cannot go without listening to the cool album songs more than once after its on! It means a lot. >;D fav album so far, but.. i havent really given the other ones a listen as much as this.. so maybe thats why.. chk chk im out! lol Peace!~
I am native from Augusta, Ga. I am writing to inform everyone that I am organizing a protest of the upcoming Masters Golf Tournament this year. Because of their discriminatory practices against womena and minorites I know this is a shot in the dark but I was hoping to gain the support of Lupe and the rest of THE LASERS ready to right an age old wrong of the deep south...oh and i rap too myspace.com/eyeamjoyce Facebook: Marquinctez Jackson
Lupe Fiasco es el mejor, abajo todos los reggaetoneros, el rap nunca sera vencido. Lupe Fiasco is the best, reggaeton singers suck, rap music never be defeated.


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People start having memory problems as they age, but a new study shows that muscles don't. According to animal research reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, muscles appear to retain a memory of their former strength. It seems that nuclei in muscle cells created in response to workouts remain inside some muscle fibers, sticking around even if the muscles they're part of are withering from lack of use. "Muscle memory might last in humans for decades or forever," speculates study coauthor Kristian Gundersen, PhD, professor of molecular biology and physiology at the University of Norway in Oslo. So when you want to build up muscles you've worked out in the past, they become strong faster than they would if you had never exercised them—which gives you a big head start in achieving fitness again. Here, in their own words, are the stories of five women who found that love of a sport can be better the second time around.
Terry Hastings Powers | 48
Novato, California
Director of development, independent K–8 school
Having always been slender, I was upset and frustrated when I had my second child at 43 and couldn't lose the 15 to 20 pounds of pregnancy weight. On our family's annual summer trip to Lake Tahoe, I was so self-conscious, I covered up my bathing suit with a T-shirt and shorts whenever I was out of the water. Luckily, during that same vacation two years ago, I ran into some friends from home who presented a possible solution. They had just joined a new masters swim team in our area called the Marin Pirates Masters. They said the coach was amazing, kind and so supportive, and they encouraged me to check out the team.
I've always loved being in the water. At the age of two and a half, I dog-paddled the entire length of the big (adult) pool at the community swim club, which meant I could swim there whenever I wanted. For years I spent my free time at swim-team practices and swim meets and just hanging out in pools with girlfriends. My best strokes were freestyle and butterfly. But by 14, I felt burned out by competitive swimming. I was tired of hearing whistles blow all the time. Plus, I could do other sports like tennis and field hockey on school grounds and not have to be schlepped around.
Thirty-two years after I quit the swim team, I ventured out of my comfort zone and paid a visit to the Marin Pirates practices. I watched a couple of sessions before getting wet—but once I jumped in, I never looked back. I soon began attending swim practice from 5:30 to 6:45 am four days a week. Within a month of starting, I was comfortable with all my strokes again. In the beginning, my biceps and shoulders were very sore, and I grew tired at work by midmorning. But all that passed after about six months.
Meanwhile, my body was changing noticeably. I dropped 15 pounds after the first three months. My pants buttoned more easily, there was space between my thighs, the dimples on the front of my legs were going away, and the front and back of my torso became firmer and more muscular. Upper-arm definition came next.
But the transformation of my figure was the least of my accomplishments. After practicing for six months, I entered my first meet as a Pirate. Now my times are better than they were when I was a teen. Sometimes I even win ribbons, which at my age makes me giggle.
My coach helped improve my performance by teaching me some techniques that have been developed since I was young. With freestyle, I learned how to glide and skim the surface with my hands before pulling under. For the butterfly, I mastered undulating slightly and pressing my chest against the water, a modification that makes you more efficient and gives you greater stamina.
Swim practice has become my sanctuary. I don't think about my troubles. The water is quiet, monochromatic and soothing—it makes me feel hugged. The fun I have, the laughter I share with my lane mates and the strength I've gained both physically and mentally are gifts—and they are all mine.
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Students Earn Public Policy Fellowships
Undergraduates Antonio Rivera-Martinez, SIS/CAS/BA '14, and José Ramirez-Rivera, SIS/BA '14, have received Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Fellowships for 2013.
The PPIA Fellowship Program, sponsored by the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs and the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, helps students achieve a master's degree or joint degree, typically in public policy, public administration, international affairs or a related field. Accepted students attend an intensive Junior Summer Institute, where they are equipped with the knowledge and skills they will need to succeed in graduate school and, ultimately, in influential roles serving the public good. The PPIA's partnerships with universities and alumni networks connect these students with nearly 4,000 individuals who share the same interest in public service. SIS's winners, both natives of Puerto Rico, will attend the summer institute in 2013. Rivera-Martinez will study at Princeton University, and Ramirez-Rivera will go to Carnegie Mellon University (Pa.).
"The PPIA fellowship represents our precise goals for undergraduate education in international affairs: the movement of committed students into public service, in which they take what they have learned in the classroom and use it in addressing critical global issues," said Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education Patrick Thaddeus Jackson. "We are very proud of these awardees."
Rivera-Martinez studies economic development policy and law and has held multiple internships with non-profit groups in Puerto Rico, a Virginia state-senate campaign, the Puerto Rican Popular Democratic Party and with the Organization of American States . At AU, he is active in Model United Nations. Antonio is currently studying abroad at King's College, London.
At SIS, Ramirez-Rivera focuses on the international relations of the Americas. In fall 2012, he held a full-time internship with the State Department in the Office of Caribbean Affairs. He participated in the first Latino Leadership Summit, organized by Teach for America. Ramirez-Rivera received the Killam Fellowship for study abroad in Canada and is spending the spring 2013 semester at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick.
"I think the PPIA is an incredible opportunity that will prepare me for graduate school and help me with a possible career in public service," said Ramirez-Rivera. "It is surreal that I will be attending Carnegie Mellon University this summer, and I am very excited about it. The PPIA opens the door for a graduate education for me."
Jane Lai, SIS/KSB/BA '14, has been accepted as an alternate for the summer institute at Princeton University. To learn more about the PPIA Fellowship, click here.


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Saw this on another forum I frequent, thought some may enjoy it.
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Looks like it is branded Food for Health International.
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11-05011 Meis v. Wells Fargo Bank, NA fka Wells Fargo Bank, Minneso (Doc. # 122) - Document Text
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SIGNED this 27th day of September, 2012.
JAMES A. MEIS, ) Case No. 10-13207
) Chapter 11
Debtor. )
Plaintiff, )
v. ) Adversary No. 11-5011
WELLS FARGO BANK, NA fka WELLS )
Defendants. )
If James Meis can stand in the shoes of a hypothetical bona fide purchaser for value, he can
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avoid Wells Fargo's mortgage on his homestead acting as a debtor in possession wielding the
trustee's avoiding powers under 11 U.S.C. § 544(a)(3). But if the summary judgment record shows
that as a matter of law, Meis was on actual or constructive notice of Wells Fargo's lien, summary
judgment must be entered against him on that claim. That, in turn, depends on whether anything in
the instruments in the chain of title did or should have placed a hypothetical purchaser on notice of
the lien. After careful review of the record on summary judgment, I conclude that it did and that
Meis cannot prevail as a hypothetical bona fide purchaser. Wells Fargo is entitled to summary
judgment on the lien avoidance claim. Wells Fargo is also entitled to summary judgment on Meis's
resuscitated standing objection that this Court previously dismissed in its December 9, 2011 Order1
because the conclusions in that order are now the law of the case.2
An action to avoid a lien on debtor's homestead under 11 U.S.C. § 544(a)(3) is a core
proceeding over which this Court may exercise subject matter jurisdiction.3 A chapter 11 debtor-inpossession
has all the rights and powers of a trustee under 11 U.S.C. § 1107(a), including the right
to exercise § 544(a) avoidance powers.4 Accordingly, Meis has standing to bring this lien avoidance
action under § 544(a)(3).
Summary Judgment Standards
1 Adv. Dkt. 58.
2 The plaintiff-debtor James Meis appears by his attorney Elizabeth A. Carson of Bruce,
Bruce & Lehman, L.L.C. The defendant Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. appears by its attorneys Adam
R. Burrus and Thomas J. Lasater of Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C. No other parties
appeared in these summary judgment proceedings.
3 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(1) and (b)(2)(K) and § 1334(b).
4 Zilkha Energy Co. v. Leighton, 920 F.2d 1520, 1523-24 (10th Cir. 1990).
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Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c), incorporated in adversary proceedings by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7056,
directs the entry of summary judgment in favor of a party who "shows that there is no genuine
dispute as to any material fact and that the movant is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law." If
the party moving for summary judgment does not bear the burden of proof at trial, it must show that
there is an absence of evidence to support the nonmovant's case.5 The Court's function in reviewing
a motion for summary judgment is to first determine whether genuine disputes as to material facts
exist for trial. In making this determination, the Court may not weigh the evidence nor resolve fact
issues.6 All reasonable inferences and doubts are resolved in favor of the nonmovant Meis.7 Once
the Court determines which facts are not in dispute, it must then determine whether those
uncontroverted facts establish a sufficient legal basis upon which to grant movant judgment as a
matter of law.8
Findings of Fact
After Wells Fargo filed this motion, the parties submitted an agreed pretrial order that
contained a series of stipulations that, along with the facts that are uncontroverted on summary
5 Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 325 (1986).
6 First Sec. Bank of New Mexico, N.A. v. Pan Am. Bank, 215 F.3d 1147, 1154 (10th Cir.
2000) (citing Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242 (1986)); Concrete Works of Colo.,
Inc. v. City and Cnty of Denver, 36 F.3d 1513, 1518 (10th Cir. 1994) (Court may not resolve
disputed questions of fact at the summary judgment stage).
7 Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 255 (1986)
8 E.E.O.C. v. Lady Baltimore Foods, Inc., 643 F.Supp. 406, 407 (D. Kan. 1986) (Even if
there are no genuine issue of material fact, the movant still has the burden to show it is entitled to
judgment as a matter of law.).
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judgment, are summarized as follows.9
In 2001, Meis and his then-wife Sheri acquired a tract of land by deed in Section 12,
Township 27 South, Range 28 West and another adjoining tract in Section 13, all in Gray County,
Kansas. Meis's homestead is located on the Section 13 tract and is commonly known as 18502 U
Road, Cimarron, Kansas. They mortgaged both tracts for construction to the First National Bank of
Cimarron in 2001 and both mortgages were filed of record. In 2002, they made two mortgages to
M&T Mortgage Company to refinance the Cimarron Bank debt, but both mortgages covered the
section 12 land. In 2003, the Meis's applied to Bank of America for a mortgage loan that would
encumber their homestead on section 13. They granted a mortgage to BOA to secure repayment of
$400,000 and, on September 17, 2003, BOA recorded a mortgage that mistakenly described the
section 12 tract instead of the section 13 property. Both the Meis's and BOA had intended that the
mortgage would encumber the tract in section 13 and when BOA learned from James Meis that his
homestead was situated on the section 13 tract, it re-recorded a correction mortgage on June 14,
2004 that included the correct legal description. Sheri and James Meis subsequently divorced, but
the summary judgment record is silent as to when that occurred.10
That both mortgagors intended the lien to attach to section 13 is evidenced by the Uniform
Residential Loan Application prepared and signed by Meis and his former wife as well as Meis's
9 See Adv. Dkt. 83, 104, 109 (parties' summary judgment memoranda) and 97 (final
pretrial order entered June 11, 2012)
10 The title commitment obtained by James Meis that is part of Exhibit 4 to the Bank's
statement of uncontroverted facts contains a copy of quitclaim deed from Sheri K. Meis, "a
single person, former wife of James A. Meis," to James Meis, "a single person, former husband
of Sheri K. Meis." See Adv. Dkt. 83-22. That deed was recorded on September 29, 2009, more
than five years after the correction mortgage was filed.
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deposition testimony. Meis testified in his deposition that before BOA filed the correction mortgage,
Meis faxed documents from his business office in May of 2004 indicating that the homestead was
located on section 13. He also sent a copy of his original deed for both properties that he had marked
with a handwritten notation that the section 12 property "should be clear."11 When BOA filed the
correction mortgage on June 14, 2004, it also filed a partial mortgage release rendering the section
12 tract free and clear. Neither Meis nor his wife executed the correction mortgage; instead, BOA
simply annexed the section 13 tract's legal description to the original mortgage and filed the
document with the Gray County Register of Deeds. BOA's mortgage as originally filed contained
the wrong legal description, but it also contained a correct reference to the common address of the
Meis homestead, 18502 U Road, and a "parcel ID number, GA00545." This parcel number is
different from that which appeared on one of the M&T mortgages that encumbered the section 12
tract, 156130000000102-0.12
Meis filed this bankruptcy case on September 21, 2010.13 On September 22, 2011, Meis
obtained a title insurance commitment covering the section 13 tract and the re-recorded mortgage
was listed as an exception to the commitment. According to Mitch Little, a licensed abstractor
familiar with the search methodology in Gray County and who examined the chain of title for the
section 13 property, the re-recorded mortgage is in the chain of title.14
11 See the Bank's statement of uncontroverted facts, ¶¶ 14, 15, and 16. Adv. Dkt. 83, p. 5.
12 The second M&T mortgage, covering the section 12 tract, contained no parcel number.
13 The case was commenced as one under chapter 13 but converted to chapter 11 on June
30, 2011.
14 Adv. Dkt. 83-4.
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The BOA note was endorsed in blank by BOA.15 BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P., as
servicer for Wells Fargo, has filed a proof of claim on Wells Fargo's behalf, to which Meis has
objected.16 In his amended complaint, Meis challenged BAC and Wells Fargo's standing to enforce
the note and mortgage but as previously determined by this Court on Wells Fargo's motion to
dismiss, BAC or Wells Fargo had standing to enforce the note and mortgage as it was the holder of
the note and BAC was acting as Wells Fargo's servicer.17 This proceeding will determine whether
Wells Fargo's claim is secured or unsecured. Under Meis's confirmed plan, if he successfully
avoids Wells Fargo's lien against his homestead, the proceeds from the sale of the section 13
property will be divided between debtor and his unsecured creditors; if he fails, the homestead sale
proceeds will be distributed to the lienholders in order of priority.18
Meis asserts that the re-recorded mortgage is not sufficient to place a hypothetical bona fide
purchaser [BFP] on notice of its existence because neither he nor his former wife signed the
correction mortgage and because the correction mortgage was not properly acknowledged. Wells
Fargo responds that re-recording a mortgage to correct a clerical error is an accepted legal practice
and that the recording places successors in interest to Meis on notice of the mortgage lien.
15 The BOA note was attached to Meis's amended complaint, as well as the proof of
claim filed by BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. as servicer for Wells Fargo. See Amended
Proof of Claim 10-3.
16 See Amended Proof of Claim 10-3. Meis's claim objection is tracking with this
adversary proceeding.
17 Adv. Dkt. 58, Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Motion to Dismiss entered
December 9, 2011..
18 Dkt. 340, Order Confirming Chapter 11 Plan entered February 22, 2012; Dkt. 307,
Amended Chapter 11 Plan dated November 14, 2011.
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Meis's second claim is that Wells Fargo and its servicer lack standing to enforce the
mortgage. Though Meis reintroduces argument in favor of that claim in the briefing of this motion,
the claim has already been dismissed. When Meis filed his amended complaint on August 1, 2011,19
Wells Fargo responded with a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim. The Court denied the
motion as it pertained to the count seeking to avoid the mortgage, concluding that the complaint met
the plausibility standard. The Court granted Wells Fargo's motion to dismiss Meis's second count
questioning its standing (and that of its servicer) to enforce the note.20
The re-recorded correction mortgage was sufficient to place a BFP on
notice of Wells Fargo's lien.
Only if a purchaser has neither constructive nor actual notice of an encumbrance in the chain
of his grantor's title does he take the property free and clear of encumbrances.21 KAN. STAT. ANN.
§ 58-2222 provides that every recorded written instrument shall "impart notice to all persons of the
contents thereof; and all subsequent purchasers and mortgagees shall be deemed to purchase with
notice."22 As long as the instrument contains a sufficiently specific description that identifies the
land that is encumbered, it imparts that notice.23 The re-recorded mortgage contains the correct
description of the land the parties intended to encumber and, if it is not otherwise subject to
challenge, it is sufficient to place a potential bona fide purchaser on notice of the mortgage's
19 Adv. Dkt. 34.
20 Adv. Dkt. 58.
21See Miller v. Alexander, 13 Kan. App. 2d 543, 547, 775 P.2d 198 (1989) (recorded
instrument imparts constructive notice where subject land is described with sufficient specificity
to identify the premises). See also Luthi v. Evans, 223 Kan. 622, 629, 576 P.2d 1064 (1978).
23 Luthi, supra.
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Wells Fargo relies on Beck v. Brooks as authority for the proposition that a party's correction
of an "obvious mistake" is not a material alteration of an instrument when it does not change the
provisions of the corrected instrument from those the parties originally intended.24 In Beck, Brooks
bought two combines from Beck, an implement dealer in Oklahoma. In addition to granting Beck
a security interest in the combines, Brooks granted Beck a real estate mortgage on land in Osborne
County. The mortgage's legal description was erroneous: it purported to cover "80 acres SE ½ 19-511."
When he granted the mortgage, Brooks owned an undivided one-fourth interest in the south half
of that section. The following year, Brooks received a deed pursuant to a family settlement
agreement that conveyed to him"80 acres E ½ SE 1/4 19-5-11." On July 2, 1973, Brooks mortgaged
this tract to his mother. Then Beck attempted to file his mortgage, but the register of deeds returned
it, advising that the description "80 acres SE ½" was incorrect. Beck returned the mortgage after
correcting the real estate description, and the register of deeds recorded it on July 18, 1973. When
Beck foreclosed its mortgage, the trial court held that the alteration of the mortgage voided it
because Brooks had not ratified the alteration. On appeal, the Kansas Supreme Court held that the
doctrine of equitable mortgages should be applied to prevent injustice and inequity and that the
correction of the "obvious mistake" on the mortgage did not void the instrument because it did not
"change the terms, rights or obligations of either party from that originally intended."25
I distinguish the Beck case from other Kansas authority that questions the validity of altered
instruments when those alterations affect the rights of intervening third parties. In Kirkpatrick v.
24 224 Kan. 300, 303, 580 P.2d 882 (1978).
25 Id.
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Ault, land was conveyed to Ault and his wife, Margaret.26 After their deed was recorded, Kirkpartick
took a judgment against Ault which then became a lien on his undivided interest in the property.
Several months later, the Aults' grantors filed a "correction deed" that named Margaret as the sole
grantee. In a declaratory action to determine the validity of the correction, the Kansas Supreme
Court held that "as against third persons an alleged defective deed can be cured only by a bill in
equity, and not by a confirmation assuming to relate back to the original deed."27
In In re Owen, the debtor Gerald Owen intended to convey four parcels of land to Patricia
Owen, but the quitclaim deed he drew for that purpose misdescribed one of them, placing it in
section 25 rather than section 26.28 The Owens' owned no land in section 25. A bank took a
judgment against Gerald later and, when, after Gerald's bankruptcy, Patricia tried to sell the parcel,
she discovered that it had been erroneously described on the deed. Gerald filed a motion in his
bankruptcy case to allow the parcel to be sold and Patricia to receive one half of the proceeds. The
bankruptcy court permitted the sale, concluding that the misdescription was the result of a mutual
mistake. District Judge Rogers affirmed, concluding that when the error is the result of a mutual
mistake, there is no evidence of fraudulent intent, and the rights of third parties are unaffected, the
deed could be reformed. Judgment creditors are not innocent third parties whose rights override
26 177 Kan. 552, 280 P.2d 637 (1955).
27 Id. at 557. In Kirkpatrick, there was no mutual mistake by the grantors and grantees, a
significant distinction noted by the court in In re Owen, infra.
28 Citadel Bank of Augusta v. Wittman (In re Owen),101 B.R. 266 (D. Kan. 1989).
29 Id. at 268 (citing to RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF CONTRACTS, § 155, comment f
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In the pretrial order, Meis and Wells Fargo stipulated that they intended the 2003 mortgage
to encumber the section 13 tract.30 They also stipulated that Meis applied for this loan with the
intention of encumbering that section and that the re-recorded mortgage accurately reflects the
intentions of the parties. After the 2003 mortgage was recorded, Meis supplied BOA with
documents to show that the tract he intended to mortgage lay in section 13. Meis and BOA made an
"obvious mistake" and Beck supports concluding as a matter of law that BOA's correction of that
mutual mistake in no way strayed from what the parties intended when they executed the mortgage.
No intervening third party's rights were affected by the correction. Meis's hypothetical rights as a
debtor in possession did not arise until the date of his petition in 2011, seven years after the
correction deed was filed.31 With respect to the correction mortgage he is not an "intervening" third
party. Therefore, the correction mortgage is not void and, because it was properly recorded, it
imparts constructive notice of the mortgage's lien under KAN.STAT.ANN. § 58-2222 to an otherwise
bona fide purchaser, defeating any hypothetical status that could be claimed by a state law potential
bona fide purchaser or, as in this proceeding, by a trustee or debtor in possession.
My conclusion that filing the correction mortgage without the Meis's ratification did not
amount to an unlawful or void alteration also compels the conclusion that the mortgage is not void
as a homestead encumbrance not approved by both spouses. Nor does BOA's failure to secure a re-
acknowledgment of the correction mortgage render it ineffective. If, as discussed above, Kansas law
contemplates the unilateral alteration and recording of a corrective document without the signatures
30 Adv. Dkt. 97, p. 6.
31 § 544(a)(3) ("The trustee shall have, as of the commencement of the case . . . the rights
and powers of . . . (3) a bona fide purchaser of real property . . . .").
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of its makers when the alteration corrects an obvious error, reflects the parties' true intent, and does
not affect the rights of intervening third parties, an acknowledgment of their signatures should not
be required. Both James and Sheri signed the original mortgage document and James Meis makes
no complaint about the sufficiency of its acknowledgment. Moreover, ancient Kansas case law holds
that an unacknowledged deed passes title equally with one that is duly acknowledged.32 A
defectively acknowledged and recorded instrument imparts constructive notice where the defect is
latent.33 My holding in In re Androes does not help Meis here either because that case dealt with a
patently defective acknowledgment of an original mortgage, not a correction to a previous and
properly acknowledged one.34 Here, the corrected mortgage was a copy of the previously
acknowledged mortgage; that defect is latent, not patent.
As to the homestead issue, James and Sheri were married and, as he freely admitted, intended
to consent to the encumbrance of their homestead in 2003. The filing of the correction mortgage to
conform it to their intent, even without either of their signatures anew, does not run afoul of KAN.
STAT. ANN. § 60-2303. That statute requires that both husband and wife execute a document
conveying an interest in their homestead for the conveyance to enforceable. Here, both James and
Sheri signed the original 2003 mortgage as that statute would require. Nor should James be able to
assert claims on behalf of Sheri when she deeded her interest in the section 13 tract to him in 2009.
Prior conveyances in the chain of title would place a potential purchaser
on constructive notice of the mortgage lien in the section 13 tract.
32 Arn v. Mathews, 39 Kan. 272, 18 P. 65 (1888).
33 Hildebrandt v. Hildebrandt, 9 Kan. App. 2d 614, 618, 683 P.2d 1288 (1984).
34 382 B.R. 805 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2008) (Acknowledgment of 2002 mortgage "on day and
year last above written" – the maturity date in 2017 – failed to comply with Kan. Stat. Ann. § 53501
et seq., the Uniform Law on Notarial Acts).
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A purchaser of land is deemed to have notice of the contents of all the prior recorded deeds
and mortgages in his grantor's chain of title.35 What notice would a prospective purchaser of the
section 13 tract receive from his imputed knowledge of the documents in its chain of title? The
summary judgment record contains a recitation of the chain of title from Meis's deed to the section
13 tract until the date of his bankruptcy petition, the date of the hypothetical bona fide purchase.
Even if Kansas law did not operate to place Meis's purchaser on notice of the mortgage itself, the
contents of earlier-recorded documents do. Those documents would be located by anyone perusing
either the grantor or grantee index, both of which the Gray County Register of Deeds was required
by law to maintain.36 In addition, the Register of Deeds may also maintain the optional numerical
or "tract" index that indexes conveyances by quarter-section.37 As the Tenth Circuit stated in In re
Colon, the task of the court is to determine what someone examining the grantor-grantee indices
might ascertain from a review of documents in the chain of title.38
To determine what falls within the chain of title, a purchaser should examine each
conveyance from the grantor during the period of his ownership to see whether it affects the parcel
in question.39 If the search leads to a deed by the grantor of a different parcel, the purchaser would
35 Bacon v. Lederbrand, 98 Kan. 631, 160 P. 1029 (1916) (citing to the 1909 GEN. STAT.
version of what is now § 58-2222).
36 See KAN. STAT. ANN. § 19-1205 (2007).
37 See KAN. STAT. ANN. § 19-1209 and 1210 (2007).
38 Hamilton v. Washington Mutual Bank, F.A. (In re Colon), 563 F.3d 1171, 1173, 118081
(10th Cir. 2009) (mortgage real estate description misstated the lot number it encumbered, but
correctly stated the street address and parcel identification number), citing Bacon v. Lederbrand,
39 563 F.3d at 1182.
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not be charged with notice of that. But, if, for example, the purchaser might be placed on notice by
examining a metes and bounds description and determining the correct section number from it, he
would be charged with knowledge.40 So, if an examination of the grantor's index would reveal an
instrument that patently affected the parcel in question or could be construed to do so, any such
document would lie in the chain of title. With that in mind, we turn to the documents said to be in
the chain of title according to the affidavit of Mitch Little, an abstracter in Gray County.41
That affidavit shows that James and Sheri Meis received a deed to both the section 12 and
13 tracts on February 23, 2001. Then, it appears they granted construction mortgages in both tracts
to the First National Bank - Cimarron in 2001 and, in April of 2002, granted two additional
mortgages in the section 12 tract to M&T Mortgage Corporation. The terms of the construction
mortgages to First National stipulate that the proceeds of the construction loans they secure are to
be used to erect buildings on the mortgaged premises. Notations that each mortgage has been
released are contained on the first page of all four of the mortgages. So far, careful study of each
conveyance would reveal that Mr. and Mrs. Meis received one deed describing two tracts in
different but adjoining sections, that the tracts nevertheless shared a common address of 18052 U
Road even though the section 13 tract appears to lie some 30 feet to the south of the section 12 tract,
and that construction mortgages had been filed against both tracts. The next document in the chain
is the BOA mortgage that bears the description of the section 12 tract; that document also shows a
common address for the property of 18052 U Road. After that is the re-recorded correction mortgage
40 Hildebrandt, 9 Kan. App. 2d at 617 (description showed that tract lay in section 34, not
section 24).
41 Adv. Dkt. 83-4.
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that is an exact copy of the prior mortgage and includes the common address, but also annexes the
description of the section 13 tract. The final document in the chain is the partial release of the BOA
mortgage with respect to the section 12 tract.
An examiner of the record would ascertain that all of the mortgages on either tract show a
common address of 18052 U and that the First National mortgages secured construction loans,
suggesting that improvements had been erected on the premises. The examiner would also note the
presence of the correction mortgage that describes the section 13 tract as well as the
contemporaneous partial release of the BOA mortgage as to section 12. Taken together, those facts
place a prospective purchaser on notice that a problem worthy of further inquiry exists. Even if the
purchaser disregarded the correction mortgage in its entirety, the presence of a "partial release" of
the underlying BOA mortgage as to section 12, combined with the presence of a deed for both the
section 12 and 13 tracts, the construction mortgages, and the common address issue would surely
excite some curiosity about whether some form of encumbrance of section 13 had been granted. The
content of these documents in the chain of title suffice to place a would-be purchaser on notice of
a possible encumbrance of the parcel in section 13.42 This is enough to thwart a trustee's or debtorin-
possession's exercise of his hypothetical state law bona fide purchaser powers under § 544(a)(3).
Wells Fargo is entitled to summary judgment on Count I of Meis's amended complaint as a matter
of law.
Meis's renewed claim concerning BAC's standing as Wells Fargo's
servicer is not properly before the Court on this motion.
42 See Hildebrandt at 617 (error in deed naming section 24 is remedied by reference in
metes and bounds description to section 34; this along with common name of tract "affords a
reasonably certain and sufficient means of identification within the deed itself").
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In his response to Wells Fargo's motion for summary judgment, Meis asserts a series of
"uncontroverted facts" that bear on his objection to Wells Fargo's claim. Wells Fargo says in reply
that the order granting its motion to dismiss Count II of Meis's complaint renders these assertions
moot. In that count, Meis prayed for a determination that BAC's proof of claim on behalf of Wells
Fargo be disallowed on account of various alleged violations of a Pooling and Servicing Agreement
among Wells Fargo, a Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Trust, and BAC as servicer. In
granting the motion to dismiss this count, I concluded that, as Wells Fargo was the holder of the
BOA note, it had the right to enforce it under Article III of the Kansas Uniform Commercial Code.43
Meis did not challenge Wells Fargo's or BAC's possession of the note.44 Instead, he relies on a
violation of the Pooling Agreement. Meis's objection to claim filed in the main case recites that
Wells Fargo, not BAC, is the actual creditor and that nothing in its proof of claim "establishes the
right of BAC Home Loans Servicing LP to act on behalf of Wells Fargo . . . ."45 This objection is
similar, if not identical, to the allegations in the dismissed Count II that Wells Fargo as trustee of
the REMICT and its "alleged servicer" BAC are legally barred from enforcing the note and
mortgage. The objection to claim, filed in January of 2011, predated the dismissed Count II by
eleven months. When the Court dismissed the amended complaint as it related to standing, it
essentially resolved the objection to claim. In any event, the briefing of this motion is not the
43 See KAN. STAT. ANN. § 84-3-301(a); Adv. Dkt. 58, Order Granting in Part and Denying
in Part Motion to Dismiss entered December 9, 2011.
44 Since the December 2011 Order on the motion to dismiss, BAC's counsel has filed an
affidavit in the bankruptcy case stating under oath that BAC sent the original BOA note to him
on July 26, 2012 and that he (BAC) remains in possession of the note pending this Court's
decision. See Dkt. 346-1 filed August 2, 2012.
45 Dkt. 81.
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appropriate place to fight that battle as Meis's Count II has been dismissed since December of 2011.
With the entry of summary judgment in favor of Wells Fargo and BAC on Count I today and
Count II having been dismissed on December 9, 2011, and with the resolution by journal entry of
Count III, a claim filed against the Fowler State Bank, no work remains to be done in this adversary
proceeding. Wells Fargo and BAC are entitled to judgment on Meis's lien avoidance action. A
judgment on decision will issue this day.
Because the effect of this Order is to determine that BAC/Wells Fargo holds an allowed
secured claim against Meis properly secured by a lien on his homestead and that Wells Fargo is
entitled to the proceeds from the sale thereof, there are no further issues to resolve in connection
with Meis's objection to Wells Fargo's claim. The question of standing has been previously
resolved by the Court's December 9, 2011 Order on Wells Fargo's motion to dismiss. No issues
remain for trial on the claim objection. Accordingly, the final pretrial conference setting of October
9, 2012 is terminated and the related motion to strike expert witness is moot.
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If the body's cells don't get enough water, they become less efficient," says Brooks. Drink three to four ounces of water every 15 or 20 minutes during your workout and try to sip frequently throughout the day.
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"When you reach 40, it becomes harder for your muscles to recover from exercise and you need more protein to assist in the repair process," says Lisa Dorfman, RD and sports nutritionist. Try to eat about half your body weight in protein grams every day.
Women who sit for more than three quarters of the time they're awake are 85 percent more likely to die in 12 years than those who move the most, regardless of how much either group exercises or smokes, according to a recent study. Even for workout nuts, a life spent largely in a chair may pose some surprising dangers, such as increased risks for heart disease and diabetes, say scientists working in the relatively new field of "inactivity physiology." If your workday is largely sedentary, stay active by standing when you talk on the phone, using the stairs whenever possible, and walking to coworkers' desks instead of emailing them.
Women who are sleep-deprived are more likely to overeat and not have enough energy for exercise. Getting proper rest is also essential for muscle recovery between workouts.
Around 50, your sense of equilibrium may start to falter. Practice balance exercises daily. Stand on one foot while waiting in line, putting on socks or tying a shoe.
Find a workout buddy to help keep you on track. Or, join a healthy-focused online community, such as Spark People, where you can swap ideas and updates with other motivated members. Research shows you'll be more likely to stick to your workouts.
When setting goals, don't set yourself up for failure by having unrealistic expectations. "One important piece of advice I give my clients is to not feel overwhelmed when they are starting a training plan," says Joy Di Palma, a Los Angeles-based personal trainer and founder of Core Conditioning CrossFit. "It took them some time to put on the weight or fall out of shape and it will take some time to lose the weight and get back in shape." If you want to slim down for a specific event, allow enough time in advance of the event to get ready for it. "On average, you can safely lose one to two pounds per week with the right foods and exercise," says Di Palma. "There are no quick fixes—it takes time and discipline."
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Even though the weather was frightful at last night's Red Butte Garden show-Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion Summer Love Tour-the evening was in all ways wonderful. It was comfort-food calm, funny, enjoyable, mellow-there was even some jitterbugging going on. It was what I expected from Mr. Keillor and more.
I always enjoyed Keillor's NPR shows, but really got bitten by the Prairie Home Companion bug in a graduate writing workshop with Patricia Hampl, an essayist and lecturer at the University of Minnesota. Ms. Hampl was discussing her early days at the school's paper, when Garrison Keillor was the editor-in-chief. He taught her about Flaubert, the French novelist who coined the term, "Le Mot Juste," otherwise known as, "The Perfect Word."
Ms. Hampl then went on to describe how Keillor had edited her work, and swapped the word, "warm," for "moist," which gave her story about college curling a whole new twist.
Last night was filled with lots of mots juste, and though much of Keillor's delivery seemed spontaneous, everything fit together just right.
The night actually started with Keillor greeting the crowd outside the venue. The show was on hold due to the weather, and the audience lined up for an hour outside the gates. Just before people got cranky, Keillor stepped out and calmly made his way through-shaking hands, conversing, playing with a child's hair and posing for photos. He thanked everyone for coming.
The evening kind of went like that, and in fact, Keillor's band started playing before he even made it back into the venue and up onto the stage. It was as if we were "all friends."
The music moved from ragtime to bluegrass and Keillor sang with Nickel Creek's Sara Watkins, his soft voice in perfect harmony with her raspy bass. Keillor then set the pace by discussing slow, old-time summer nights, poetry and love. He talked about the girls of his youth, how one could "turn (his) losses into profits," and everything else that's dreamy and fitting of a summer night-no matter how crappy the weather. "There's no storm that can really surprise the people of Salt Lake City," Keillor said.
Watkins played her fiddle some more, and Keillor launched into more mellow monologues, often poking humor at himself. "I was a geek," he began, "and it was no surprise since my initials were G.E.K."
The night moved seamlessly between Watkins' old-style country melodies, Keillor's comforting humor and lots of laughter and smiles. A Prairie Home Companion's "sound effects guy," Fred Newman took the stage and nearly stole it with his hilarious aural "illustrations" of Keillor's stories. There was the family barbecue, a hunted-down gazelle, dolphins, baby screams, lotions, aromatherapy steam and even the path of sperm. Fun entertainment, to say the least-all infused and interspersed with highly listenable music. There was 50's rockabilly, lots of bluegrass and Keillor's famous sing-along intermission, which concluded with Amazing Grace.
Keillor closed things off with his infamous Lake Wobegon Days monologue, complete with its simple yet complex stories of marital relationships, senility and teenage pregnancy. The cherry for the audience, though, came when Watkins and Keillor wrapped with their farewell duet of the Grateful Dead's Brokedown Palace. Talk about a well-rounded show!
On that note, Keillor's band deserves a shout-out: Pianist Richard Dworsky, bassist Gary Raynor, and guitarist Pat Donohue all shined. They literally could play it all-and in tight, perfect timing. Or perhaps we should call it, "Le Timing Juste."


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Though they arrived in a van instead of a sleigh, the Publisher's Clearing House sure brought some unexpected joy to the winner! Faulks' life has changed forever, and AOL is playing a huge part in this exciting moment.
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Be sure to tune in to NBC's Nightly News tonight - you'll see a Publishers Clearing House commercial announcing Faulks as the winner and sending viewers to AOL.com to watch the entire Winning Moment. PCH would normally send their viewers to pchtv.com or their Facebook page to watch the video, but this year AOL holds that honor.
This is an excellent example of AOL partnering with brands to create innovative online experiences for consumers! In July, Publishers Clearing House ran an attention-grabbing ad encouraging users to enter this very contest on our AOL Mail sign-in page. The strong messaging and fun design proved extremely successful in terms of user engagement!


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Key Stage 3 Prose resources
From the oh so popular texts (Holes, we're looking at you) to the more obscure (how many of you are teaching The Breadwinner?), there's a vast range of prose resources to choose from.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (22)
A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines (8)
Abomination by Robert Swindells (8)
Across the Barricades by Joan Lingard (6)
Adam's Common by David Wiseman (1)
The Ant Colony by Jenny Valentine (3)
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (11)
Billy the Kid by Michael Morpurgo (1)
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell (1)
The Black Book of Secrets by F.E. Higgins (11)
Blitzed by Robert Swindells (11)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (4)
The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis (5)
Brother in the Land by Robert Swindells (6)
The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo (1)
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (5)
Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan (2)
Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce (2)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (4)
Daz 4 Zoe by Robert Swindells (6)
The Demon Headmaster by Gillian Cross (8)
The Doomspell by Cliff McNish (1)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (The Strange Case of) by Robert Louis Stevenson (1)
Eragon by Christopher Paolini (1)
Face by Benjamin Zephaniah (2)
Fat Boy Swim by Catherine Forde (2)
The Firework-Maker's Daughter by Philip Pullman (1)
The Foreshadowing by Marcus Sedgwick (11)
Friedrich by Hans Peter Richter (1)
Gangsta Rap by Benjamin Zephaniah (10)
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope Lively (1)
Goodnight Mr Tom by Michelle Magorian (5)
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (11)
Groosham Grange by Anthony Horowitz (2)
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (3)
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (10)
Holes by Louis Sachar (26) New resource!
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (20)
I'm the King of the Castle by Susan Hill (2)
Journey to Jo'burg by Beverley Naidoo (2)
Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo (1)
The Kingdom by the Sea by Robert Westall (1)
The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean (7)
Life as we knew it by Susan Pfeffer (1)
The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall (7)
Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce (4)
The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs (5)
My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick (12)
Nightmare in Yellow by Fredric Brown (1)
Northern Lights by Philip Pullman (11)
Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman (7)
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (2)
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (14)
The Other Side of Truth by Beverley Naidoo (18)
The Pearl by John Steinbeck (1)
Pig Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman (10)
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (1)
The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (12)
Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo (9)
The Railway Children (Ladybird abridged version) (1)
Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah (3)
Roald Dahl's short stories (5)
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (2)
Room 13 by Robert Swindells (2)
The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman (2)
Scarper Jack and the Bloodstained Room by Christopher Russell (13)
The Secret Diary of Anne Frank (9)
The Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman (5)
Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (15)
The Spook's Apprentice by Joseph Delaney (2)
Stone Cold by Robert Swindells (23)
The Story of King Arthur by Robin Lister (1)
The Maze Runner by James Dashner (3)
The Messenger Bird by Ruth Eastham (1)
Throwaways by Ian Strachan (3)
Tony Kytes the Arch-Deceiver by Thomas Hardy (1)
The Tulip Touch by Anne Fine (5)
Tunnels by Roderick Gordon, Brian Williams (2)
The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler by Gene Kemp (9)
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer (1)
Two Weeks with the Queen by Morris Gleitzman (7)
War Game by Michael Foreman (1)
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (1)
Ways to live forever by Sally Nicholls (3)
Whispers in the Graveyard by Theresa Breslin (15)
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Open Networks Provide Needed Flexibility in IT Market: White Paper: Part One
Today's networks are overly complex, partly due to an increasing variety of proprietary, fixed-function appliances that are unable to deliver the agility and economics needed to address constantly changing market requirements. This is because network elements have traditionally been optimized for high packet throughput at the expense of flexibility, thus hampering the development and deployment of new services. Another concern is that rapid advances in technology and services are accelerating the obsolescence of installed hardware; and in turn, hardware isn't keeping up with other modes of feature evolution, which constrains innovation in a more network-centric, connected world.
In response, the industry has begun to develop more interoperable solutions per the principles outlined by Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and a complementary initiative, Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). At the heart of these two approaches is the decoupling of network functions from hardware through abstraction. The end result is software workloads will no longer be tied to a particular hardware platform, allowing them to be controlled centrally and deployed dynamically throughout the network as needed. Moreover, network functions can be consolidated onto standard, high-volume servers, switches and storage, further reducing time to market and costs for network operators.
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The Pacers have gotten off to a rough start, and the recently re-signed MAX contract of Roy Hibbert hasn't been a move to match its expected merits.
Indiana coach Frank Vogel is trying to plug leaks up and down his rotation, so Hibbert�s poor start to 2012-13 � and mental toughness � are just two of the problems. �It�s confidence and adjustments to new roles by pretty much everybody on our team except our two big guys,� Vogel said. �Roy and David [West] are dealing with everybody else on the team adjusting, and them trying to keep a rhythm while that�s happening.�
The Big East Edition threads are for match-ups against the East's upper echelon teams. Each Big East Edition will feature a mini video mix of a particular Knick.
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Neshama works at the Fairfax Library.
This is an official blog for the Marin County Free Library.
All branches of Marin County Free Library will be closed on Monday, July 4 for Independence Day.
This installment: three novels about family dysfunction (a "specialty" of mine). One with a galvanizing death, one mixing teenage angst and magic, and one about the trickiness of marriage. And they manage to entertain, despite.
The World Without You by Joshua Henkin
Nothing like the family gathering at the country home to stir things up, especially when it's also the unveiling ceremony for Leo, the youngest of 4 siblings who was killed on journalistic assignment in Iraq. The parents are splitting up, and each of the offspring has tsuris: fertility issues, anger, religious constraints. (Noelle, once the designated Bad Girl, is now an Israeli Orthodox wife with 4 kids of her own.) No one's a happy camper, though a peculiar deus ex machina in the form of the fierce 94-year-old matriarch manages to shuffle the distraught deck of conflicts with some positive results. How could I forget Thisbe, Leo's young widow, and young son Calder. Is she really still part of the family, as they profess, and does she want to be? Thoughtful, yeasty, and a leaven of absurdity. (But isn't that always part of the family mix by definition?)
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
There are woods in Westchester and that's where miserable14 year old June flees when she needs solace, wearing vaguely Medieval garb and wishing she were back in time. Her beloved Uncle Finn is dying of AIDS in NYC and supposedly his mysterious partner Toby gave it to him. Or so says family lore. But Toby reaches out to June, surreptitiously, and they form an uneasy alliance. June feels abandoned by older sister Greta, who has her own problems. Her parents, both accountants, are busy--it's tax season. Finn's last painting, a portrait of the sisters, lies in a bank vault, and family members visit it periodically with some interesting results. This book is a fascinating mix of the familiar (teenage angst, homophobia) and the magical (that amazing teapot, Toby's flea circus, and is that howling really wolves?). Life can get surreal under stress. The message-- facing home truths, claiming one's true identity--is powerful and and it's an entertaining read as well.
The Forever Marriage by Ann Bauer
Carmen fell into a marriage in a feckless state when she was young. She knew she never really loved Joel, a mathematician, and was deep into an ongoing affair with Dan, a sexy librarian (yes, they exist...) when Joel dies of cancer. But predictably, his death doesn't bring immediate relief. The years together, the three children, deep connection regardless--no such thing as a clean break. Then Carmen gets cancer and everything intensifies and regroups in surprising ways. A good friend, her in-laws, her oldest son Luca, who has Downs syndrome, and Dan come through for her but what a grim, searing time they all experience. While the themes: Death, Cancer, Infidelity, might seem like ultimate downers, the book manages to entertain the reader and celebrate the human spirit. It's a paradox, a lot like the complex emotional tangles in the characters' lives. I loved it!
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The Barlow Collection Of Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades Goes On Display At The Ashmolean Museum
From Wednesday 15 February visitors to the Ashmolean Museum will have the opportunity to see the Barlow Collection of Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades. The collection of 450 objects, formed by Sir Alan Barlow (1881-1968), is one of the leading 20th-century English collections of its type.
The collection is an exceptional complement to the Museum's existing holdings of Chinese art, including some rare objects that have not so far been on display. Highlights from the collection will be exhibited in the Early and Later China galleries (10 & 38). The remainder will be available for study and research in the Eastern Art Jameel Study Centre.
Some of the finest and most celebrated Chinese ceramic wares from the collection include two brushwashers, one of Ru ware and one of Guan ware. Ru ware from north China was made only for some forty or fifty years in the late 11th and early 12th centuries, during the reigns of the last two Northern Song emperors. Until the discovery of the kiln site in 1987 around forty examples were known, half of which were located in London between the British Museum, V&A and Sir Percival David collections, testimony to the strength of the English collections. Guan ware was made in south China in the Southern Song dynasty, following the loss of the north, as a replacement for Ru ware in the imperial household. These and other exquisite pieces are shown in a single case in Later China dedicated to the Barlow Collection, fulfilling an important role in the overall display as well as linking to the gallery's themes of collecting, connoisseurship and painting.
Sir Alan Barlow enjoyed a distinguished career in the Civil Service. He took particular interest in and was especially effective in the spheres of industrial relations, and education. His educational concerns extended to sharp questioning of the role of the collector and its justification, most explicitly in a paper he delivered in 1937 on 'The Collector and the Expert' to the Oriental Ceramic Society (of which he served as President from 1947 to 1963). In it he refers to the responsibilities of collectors to share their pieces for the advancement of knowledge. It was with this thinking that in his lifetime, his collection of Islamic ceramics was dispersed to numerous university and museum collections (including the Ashmolean). Following his death the Chinese collections were formed into a Trust, to be looked after at the then newly established University of Sussex, transferring to the Ashmolean in 2011.
Jeremy Barlow, grandson of Sir Alan Barlow and senior trustee of the Barlow Collection, said: "The move to the Ashmolean fulfils my grandfather's wish that the Collection should be used for teaching and to stimulate creativity, and that handling by students should form an integral part of the educational process."
Dr. Christopher Brown CBE, Director of the Ashmolean, said, "The collections of Chinese ceramics formed in England during the 20th century remain the finest outside China, and the Barlow Collection is one of the best. We are delighted to exhibit this outstanding collection at the Ashmolean, enabling the widest possible audience to enjoy the works on display as well as presenting a new resource for the University's growing engagement with and commitment to research and teaching in both History of Art and Chinese Studies."
The Ashmolean Chinese Collections
The Ashmolean houses both the greatest collection of Chinese greenware to be found outside China and the largest body of modern Chinese painting in the western world. China's increasing role on the world stage demands a higher profile for China in the cultural institutions of the west. The Ashmolean is able to recognize this role in two new galleries which situate Chinese art and culture in their global context. The Museum's Chinese collections range from jades and ceramics of the Neolithic period to contemporary paintings and prints. Many of the seventeenth and eighteenth century porcelains the Museum now houses were acquired during the nineteenth century, while most of the classic wares of the Tang and Song dynasties (seventh to thirteenth centuries) were given to the Museum in the 1950s by the collector Sir Herbert Ingram.
Eastern Art Jameel Study Centre
Visitors are welcome to The Jameel Centre to view the Ashmolean's study collections of Eastern Art. The Eastern Art collections comprise over 30,000 objects spanning 5,000 years. They include ceramics, textiles, sculpture, metalwork, paintings, prints, and other decorative arts from the Islamic world, South and South-East Asia, China, Japan, and Korea. Highlights of the collection include the world's foremost collection of modern Chinese art; Japanese art of the Meiji period; Islamic ceramics, embroideries and textile fragments; and Indian, Tibetan and South-East Asian sculptures. Launched in February 2010, The Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art, provides online access to the Ashmolean Museum's Eastern Art department collections. As part of the University of Oxford, the collections hold particular value for teaching and research, but they also appeal to visitors who may not be as familiar with the material. This project aims to open up the collections and enable everyone to find what they are interested in; whether for research, artistic inspiration or general curiosity. Visit: http://jameelcentre.ashmolean.org


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The 292-seat Gorecki theater serves as a large lecture room, recital hall and meeting room as well as a facility for the dramatic arts. The stage house is separated from the theater by means of the traditional proscenium opening. It is a simple rectangular room with fixed seating for approximately two-thirds of the audience. The remaining one-third is seated on the same type of seat, mounted to non-mechanized moveable seating wagons. By raising the orchestra pit-forestage elevator, and moving the seating wagons to the sides, it is possible to convert this room to a projected or open stage arrangement with three-quarter round seating, ideal for acting, recitals, chamber music and as a lecture demonstration area.
In addition to these fully equipped performance facilities, the Benedicta Arts Center houses the academic departments of Art, Music, and Theater as well as the auxiliary facilities and equipment required for complete curricular instruction in the arts. The lower-level Studio Theater is used to teach acting classes and also serves as an alternative space for Theater Department productions.
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Rail bridge work starts as part of SunRail project
Published: Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:50 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:50 p.m.
Workers on Friday started replacing pieces of the railroad bridge over the St. Johns River near DeBary as part of the SunRail project.
The Florida Department of Transportation plans to start operating the commuter train between DeBary and Orlando in 2014. Crews on Friday, Saturday and Sunday are pile driving steel sleeves into the riverbed for new concrete piers and beams.
The concrete will replace wooden trestles on the north end of the bridge, according to Steve Olson, a department spokesman.
The work is being done between 4 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily to accommodate train traffic that rolls through at night.
No vehicular traffic will be affected, Olson said.
Boat traffic patterns are not being changed this weekend, said Jennifer Golloway, office manager for the Boat Tree Marina in Sanford, on the south bank of the river. "It's not disturbing anything," she said.
However, boaters are expecting to see more delays as the commuter rail starts rolling.
"They can't open the bridge to let through traffic if the train is within 15 minutes of the bridge," Golloway said. "A lot of traffic does have to sit out there and wait, and it's only gonna get worse."
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