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Dear Bossip: They Haven't Been Married A Year Yet & I've Developed Feelings For My 20-Year Old Neighbor
Dear Bossip,
I'm a 24-year old newly divorced single mom.
I'm in the military and living off-post. Eight months ago a new couple moved next door to us (my husband and I before the divorce). My neighbor is 20-years old and his wife is 37-years old. They seemed cool so we started doing couple dates and hanging out and stuff. Me and her became closer over the months, but things between me and my hubby got bad, and she and her husband began to separate as well.
My husband left me and my son soon after, and it was long overdue. I was so happy for my newly found freedom. Then, my neighbor tried talking to me about what he and his wife were going through. I denied him several times until I noticed we were both going through similar problems. They met when while she was teaching at his school and he was 15-years old at the time when they started dating. Now, he wants to divorce her and she won't have it. The more we talked, the more we see to have in common. My son absolutely loves him, seriously. And, he wants to be with me and my son so badly. But, I am feeling really badly for having feelings for him when I have been cool with his wife. I don't want to hurt her by 'betraying' her. They haven't been married a year yet, but she clearly doesn't want the divorce and he is trying. What do I do? – Confused Love
Dear Ms. Confused Love,
I can't! You are a wretched mess!
There are all types of wrong with this situation. And, it's obvious that you and your fling don't give a flying freak about the boundaries you're crossing and the people in the crosshairs who will be affected by your actions. SMDH!
You do know that the military provides FREE professional counseling for couples who are going through a divorce, and that you and he don't need each other to be counseling one another? Especially as you're lonely and vulnerable, and for him you're some new coochie! He's 20-freaking years old!!! HELLO! The hell!
Whatever you're doing with him, because I know you are sleeping with him, you need to stop it today! The hell is wrong with your a**? I need to punch you in the damn throat! He is married. Regardless of what he is and his wife are going through he is still a married man! He needs to be communicating with his wife and letting her know what's going on instead of confiding in you and laying up in your legs. And, you've just gone through a damn divorce, so I'm sure you know how important communicating with your spouse is, thus, you don't need to be interfering with their marriage. Ugh!
I can't stand a woman who will knowingly go after another woman's husband, and especially when the woman is a friend of hers. You are a piece of work! I can just snatch you by your damn wig! Women like you don't have any problems sneaking and creeping into your friend's home and doing her man. Ole trifling a** bishes!
There is nothing you can say to me to justify what you're doing. There is no argument you can provide that will convince anyone that dealing with a 20-year old married boy is okay, and on top of that you are friends with his wife. What does that say about you? What type of woman are you? Oh, yeah, a home-wrecking tramp!
The problem and issues in their marriage is between he and his wife. Stop being a third party, and stop giving him access to you and your bed. It's not resolving anything, and it only constitutes as an affair with you as the sideline hoe. Besides, the very thing he is doing to his wife he will do to you. She met him when he was 15-years old, and she was a grown a** woman teaching at his school. Don't you see the issue and problem there? For once in your life, think damn it!!
He hadn't even developed yet, and she was already freaking his brains out. He wasn't thinking logically with his brain when they began their affair, he was thinking with his d**k! He was 15-years old! And, what type of relationship did she think she was going to have with a little boy? He can't even make mature adult decisions. So, of course after the thrill has worn off, and he sees some new coochie in his face he is going to want to run up in it. And, you're letting him.
I'm going to reiterate this again, please pay attention because I know some good young d**k probably has you going coo-coo crazy: HE IS 20-YEARS OLD. HE CAN'T BUY LIQUOR. HE CAN'T GO TO THE CASINO WITHOUT AN ADULT. HE CAN'T GET INTO MOST ADULT CLUBS. HE'S NOT EVEN TECHNICALLY AN ADULT. HE'S A BOY! AND, LIKE MOST BOYS HIS AGE ALL HE WANTS IS SOME COOCHIE!
Geez, get your damn head out of your coochie and wake the hell up! How about you work on your own self-esteem, and get into someone's post-divorce counseling to learn how to deal with your emotions and mentality so that you can move on from your divorce instead of sexing the next door neighbor. How about you leave the 20-yeard old boy alone, and allow him and his wife to work on their problems without any outside interference. How about you be a bigger woman and step away from the situation as you've befriended the woman, and the betrayal to her and her marriage constitutes nothing, and it makes you look like a sleazy whore. Have some dignity and respect for yourself. Besides, what lesson do you think you are teaching your child who is obviously watching his mother sleep with the man next door that is married to another woman? – Terrance Dean
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When John Dingell (D-MI) was first elected to the U.S. House in a special election on Dec. 13, 1955 at the age of 29, President Barack Obama had not been born, man had not reached the Moon, and the Internet had not been invented.
The longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history, at 58 years, 74 days, Dingell, 87, announced his retirement yesterday. When his final term ends next Jan. 3, he will have spent slightly more than 59 years in the House.
In announcing his retirement, Dingell said, "My standards are high for this job. I put myself to the test and have always known that when the time came that I felt I could not live up to my own personal standard for a Member of Congress, it would be time to step aside for someone else to represent this district. That time has come."
Dingell said that his health "is good enough that I could have done it again. My doctor says I'm OK. And I'm still as smart and capable as anyone on the Hill." But he added that, "I'm not certain I would have been able to serve out the two-year term. I'm not going to be carried out feet first. I don't want people to say I stayed too long."
According to Dingell, increased partisanship in Congress diminished his love of his job. "This is not the Congress I know and love," he said. "It's hard for me to accept, but it's time to cash it in."
Dingell became dean of the House in 1995 after the retirement of Jamie Whitten (D-MS), death of William Natcher (D-KY) and defeat of Jack Brooks (D-TX). On February 11, 2009, he became the longest-serving House member at 19,420 days, passing Whitten. He became the longest-serving member of Congress on June 7, 2013 at 20,997 days, breaking the previous record set by former Sen. and Rep. Robert Byrd (D-WV).
With his record-breaking tenure, Dingell leaves the House with a legacy of major accomplishments. Rated by journalists and other observers as one of the most powerful and effective House members, Dingell chaired the Energy and Commerce Committee from 1981 to 1995 and 2007 to 2009, while serving as ranking Democrat from 1995 to 2007. As committee chairman, Dingell led investigations that uncovered corruption and waste in the Department of Defense, Environmental Protection Agency, and Food and Drug Administration.
Generally liberal on economic, social and environmental issues, Dingell introduced universal health care legislation in every Congress in which he served until passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010, where he played a major role, and presided over the House when it passed Medicare in 1965. A skilled legislative craftsman and master of parliamentary procedure, he helped write the Water Quality Act, National Wilderness Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, Ocean Dumping Act, Clean Water Act, Food Safety Modernization Act, and the 1975 Energy Policy and Conservation Act, which set the first fuel efficiency standards.
A supporter of organized labor and Detroit's auto industry, Dingell has always represented a safe Democratic district. Initially representing part of the west side of Detroit in the old 15th District, his 12th District today includes Dearborn, Downriver and southwest Wayne County Detroit suburbs, Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. He received 68 percent of the vote in 2012.
Aside from the big Republican years of 2010 (57 percent) and 1994 (59 percent), he never received less than 62 percent of the vote in any general election. Dingell's only serious challenges occurred in Democratic primary fights against fellow incumbents caused by redistricting. He defeated the more conservative John Lesinski in 1964 and the more liberal Lynn Rivers in 2002.
When Dingell was first elected, he succeeded his father, John Dingell, Sr., a New Deal Democrat first elected in 1932, who had died in office on Sept. 19, 1955. And the Dingell family legacy of more than 80 years in Congress may be extended even further.
After Dingell announced his retirement, speculation immediately began that his considerably younger second wife, Debbie Dingell, 60, may run for his seat. A consultant for the American Automotive Policy Council and former General Motors executive, Debbie Dingell has plenty of political experience of her own as a member of the Democratic National Committee and chairperson of the Wayne State University Board of Governors. On Friday, she is expected to announce her candidacy for her husband's seat. Her high name recognition and political prominence make her a clear front-runner, and she will have her husband's full support

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Recording artist and boxing promoter Curtis Jackson, who entertains audiences under the name 50 Cent, told TSS it's easy for him to promote lightweight Yuriorkis Gamboa because the hard-hitting Cuban has both the technical skill and raw ability to end fights at any moment.
"I'm not selling fighters," 50 told me. "We're selling the excitement surrounding Gamboa!"
Still, I asked Jackson if he felt like it was difficult to sell audiences on a fighter from Cuba. After all, I reasoned, Gamboa's contemporaries Guillermo Rigondeaux and Erislandy Lara have done just about as well as one can do in the sport but have still failed to really resonate with the boxing public.
Jackson wasn't having it.
"You point out Rigondeaux, but you know what? No one who is hardcore into the sport of boxing can point out someone who can beat Rigondeaux. It may not be the most attractive thing to see, but he's a technician. He's going to outsmart the other fighter. You know? I mean, it's tough to reprogram a guy to go get hit a few times or to go through things they don't train to do."
Jackson said it boils down to the boxing culture being racial by nature. In fact, he said that if his fighter, Gamboa, was from Mexico, he'd be as big a star in the sport as Floyd Mayweather.
"These are some of the top fighters in boxing right now, and because they're Cuban...maybe I'm living in my own little world not looking at ethnicity and just saying great is great. Ethnicity won't save you if you get in there as an opponent to them."
I argued the point a little with him. I said that it wasn't necessarily that they were from Cuba, but rather it was the Cuban fighting style, the one taught in the country's stalwart amateur system, that turned some fight fans off. While some boxing people, like me, appreciate the Cuban fighters for what they are, many folks simply don't want to watch a fighter with such a defensive mindset.
Jackson wasn't buying it.
"They Cuban! They are Cuban," he said with a laugh. "Look, the sport of boxing is very racial. So Mexican fighters will have a huge audience with huge passion connected to the fighters, because culturally the people just embrace the sport."
Jackson put his promoter hat on a bit at this point and talked about the importance of helping a fighter navigate his career no matter what kind of culture he has behind him. He said it was up to a fighter's team to help put him in the best position possible to succeed.
"But when you run into that guy who isn't part of the plan, we can't fight for them--not that night. No matter how much support you might have for them emotionally, you can't help them out."
Since starting SMS Promotions back in 2012, Jackson has worked with Top Rank on several promotions, an interesting choice considering Bob Arum and company are Gamboa's former promoters. Next weekend's bout between Gamboa and Terrence Crawford is such an example. Both promoters are high on their undefeated lightweight and expect their guy to win but still see benefit in working with each other.
Still, Jackson said his working relationship with the company was as good as it can be.
"Like most promoters, they'll protect their assets at different points. It's as good a working relationship as you can actually have."
I asked whether or not Jackson believed his status as a celebrity might help bring additional eyeballs to both his fighter and the sport in general. I relayed a story to him about a friend of mine named Melissa Bradshaw, a married mother of three from Tyler, Texas.
Melissa doesn't follow boxing. I'm sure she knows about the existence of Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, but that's probably about it. But Melissa has listened to rap music her whole life, artists such as Tupac, Master P and Young Bleed. So Melissa might not know much about boxing, but she knows a heck of a lot about 50 Cent.
I asked Jackson how to sell someone like Melissa on the sport.
"All I do is tell her I'm connected to it and invested in it, and she should actually take a look at it…just having something that she does relate to be connected to it would make [boxing] more interesting to her than [having] nothing connected. So the fighter who isn't connected to SMS Promotions and isn't connected to 50 Cent, she has zero interest in."
So Jackson believes he can help bring more relevance to the sport among the mainstream crowd?
"Of course. It works, and it brings additional relevance to the sport."
But Jackson recognized he can only help get people to the door. Once there, he said it was the fighters who have to do something worth watching.
Jackson said Gamboa was up to the task.
First Pitch Blues
In May, Jackson was invited to throw out the first pitch for the New York Mets. It went just about as poorly as any first pitch has ever gone. Jackson didn't come anywhere close to the plate. It was as if he was aiming sideways or something. If you missed it, you can check it out here. It's pretty funny.
So what happened, 50 Cent?
"Oh…um…it slipped."
Jackson was good natured about it. He said he had practiced the pitch beforehand but let his nerves get the best of him.
"I did pretty well when it didn't mean anything. And then you come in front of the audience and everybody is there and you go to throw the ball and it slipped. If I threw the ball four or five more times, you'd see me throw the ball over the plate four or five more times."
So even 50 Cent gets nervous performing in front of a stadium full of people?
"Of course I'm nervous in front of a stadium full of people! You don't actually throw the ball in front of a stadium front of people, do you?"
I told him I don't, but that I also wasn't used to performing in front of a stadium full of people the way he was because of his music career.
"Yeah, but I'm not pitching in a professional baseball game!"
Fair enough.
Andre Dirrell Update
Jackson said fans could expect to see super middleweight Andre Dirrell back inside the ring in the near future. He would not specify the exact timing of the fight or an opponent, but indicated it would be within the next few months.
"Andre will be back in the ring shortly. I'm excited to see him move forward in his career and get things going. Sometimes, there doesn't have to be anything in the way. Sometimes the guys will be in their own way. I think you should expect to see him shortly. I know he's back actively training."
Kelsey McCarson contributes to The Sweet Science, Boxing Channel and Bleacher Report. To read more from his discussion with 50 Cent, click here.
Interesting and challenging interview.
I'd like to see Fifty and Gamboa succeed this weekend but the odds are not stacked in their favor.
Kotelnic had to retire because Don King wouldnt get him fights.
I hope this isnt Dirrell's fate.
Dirrell used to be a terrific prospect. It was dissappointing to see him benched because of a head trauma.
After I saw him in Scotland, I have every faith that Crawford will pull this off. He's easily one of the smoothest lightweights active today.
After I saw him in Scotland, I have every faith that Crawford will pull this off. He's easily one of the smoothest lightweights active today.
Who will win the Sergey Kovalev vs Andre Ward fight?


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PHILADELPHIA—Two Philadelphia-based internet companies, National A-1 Advertising and R.S. Duffy Inc. have pled guilty to charges of money laundering and conspiracy which arose out of the companies' operation of Escorts.com, which federal authorities contend was a site that prostitutes and escort services used to connect to clients.
As a result of a plea agreement announced today, the companies will forfeit $4.9 million in revenues from the site, pay a $1.5 million fine, and be put on 18 months' probation. The companies must also forfeit the domain Escorts.com to the government.
Although no individuals have been charged with crimes in connection with the plea—notably, local businessman Richard Cohen, who reportedly controls both companies—a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney in Philadelphia said that despite the plea agreement, the government reserves the power to prosecute individuals associated with the companies.
According to an article on the Philly.com website, the two companies received subscription fees and payments in the form of money orders, checks, credit cards and wire transfers from users of Escorts.com throughout the nation, which were deposited into various accounts held by the two firms.
The charges grew out of raids conducted by the FBI, state and local police of the companies' headquarters in October of last year. At that time, 120 employees of the companies were detained and questioned, and hundreds of documents were seized over the two days the authorities spent on the companies' premises.
Also housed at the site were the servers for HotMovies.com, HomegrownVOD.com, AVNVOD.com, ElegantAngelVOD.com, ExtremeVOD.com, GayMovies.com, GroobyVOD.com, EdPowersVOD.com, BuckAngelVOD.com and more than a dozen others.


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ADINA (Automatic Dynamic Incremental Nonlinear Analysis) is a general linear and nonlinear finite element analysis system for solids and structures, heat transfer, CFD, field and fluid flow problems. It also offers a comprehensive array of multiphysics capabilities including fluid-structure interaction and thermo-mechanical coupling. Reliable and efficient finite element techniques are used with ample user conveniences for building models and evaluating results. ADINA has its own totally integrated Graphical User Interface.
Installed on blacklight.
Access to ADINA is restricted to those who have a local ADINA academic license through their university. Contact PSC User Services to be authorized to use ADINA at the PSC.
- Create a batch job which:
- Sets up the use of the module command in a batch job.
- Loads the adina module
module load adina
- Runs the program with a command like:
adina8.6 -t 8 input-file
- Submit the job with the qsub command.


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by SLICK TRACY
Hotel Detective & Food Sleuth
Southern California is home to a variety of unique locations, hotels, restaurants, and other special venues that attract visitors. The Canary Hotel in downtown Santa Barbara, located on Carrillo Street, is one of those 'stand-outs' that deserves a second look from those visiting the area.
The hotel has been located at the same spot for years, although it has changed its name. It was turned into a retirees' home and called the Carrillo for many years. It was called the Hotel Andalusia for many years also. Then, new owners rebuilt it as a luxury, boutique hotel in 2004 and renamed it the Canary Hotel. Now the Kimpton chain is the owner of the property. The Kimpton owners now call it 'Canary Santa Barbara.'
When it was opened as the Canary Hotel, the theme throughout was a mixture of Spanish and Moroccan influences. It was most often compared to the influence of the Canary Islands and promoted as having 'island tranquility.' The theme and design are definitely depictions of the famous archipelago located off the Moroccan coast, yet under Spanish control.
Kimpton's Canary Santa Barbara is considered the only full-service hotel in the downtown center area and has retained the Canary Islands, Moroccan, Spanish looks. In fact, while the hotel is very upscale, it offers a casual feeling in an exotic getaway. There are dark wood floors, decorative hand-painted tile walls, sea-grass color schemes, elegant wrought iron, an abundance of Moroccan rugs, and other items. Even the guest hallways are lined with framed textile pieces rather than photographs or paintings. It all blends nicely into a relaxing mood that sets into the guest almost immediately upon arrival.
Inside the rooms, you find large walnut four-poster beds, candles, a small fridge, and yoga mats. There are even yellow binoculars in each room with a suggested bird-watching tour around town. The rooms all have great views, large windows that offer an abundance of light, and thick shades to block the light for sleeping. The swimming pool is located on the sixth-floor rooftop. The rooftop area is called The Perch and offers a guest-only lounge as well as terrific views of the ocean, mountains, and downtown Santa Barbara. The lobby floor offers the Finch & Fork restaurant, serving outstanding upscale meals utilizing mostly fresh, local ingredients. The Finch & Fork attracts many area locals for a night-out-on-the-town as one of the premier restaurants in the Santa Barbara vicinity.
Extra touches that create an enjoyable stay include a hosted wine reception in the lobby each evening between 5:00 and 6:00 pm. Morning coffee and tea is available every morning. A unique amenity are the beach cruiser bicycles that are available for guests to use. Free WiFi is part of the package throughout the hotel. This is also a pet-friendly hotel as well as family-friendly.
For those who enjoy leisurely shopping, the Canary Hotel is a short block away from the noted State Street. Strolling up and down this main thoroughfare offers open doors to a variety of small shops and boutique locations.
What about the canary bird logo? No one could really answer that, other than a name association. It is marketed, however, in various ways. The rooftop lounge and pool area is called The Perch. There are bird-watching guides in each room along with yellow binoculars. The bird logo is whimsical.
Not everything was perfect. The drive-through portico was often crowded and difficult to maneuver. The carved wooden poster beds look great, but require a step-stool to climb in and out. The French doors opening onto the room balconies are almost sound-proof except for the trash trucks arriving in the wee-hours of the morning. The rolling of the dumpsters along the tile rattled me awake over and over, notably between 4:00 and 5:00 am. A limited supply of newspapers are available in the lobby, but none are placed at your room door and unless you are early, those papers disappear. A small coffee pot could have easily been placed in the room since there was such an abundance of other items. A trek down the hall, down the elevator, across the lobby, and back requires early risers to get fully dressed just to have a single cup of their morning java.
Brochure rates are rather pricey for the 97 rooms and suites, but discounts and package prices are available. If you choose to visit the Santa Barbara area, the Canary Hotel is definitely worth a look-see.


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The trial of Yazeed Essa began on Monday with opening arguments laying out the stories of the prosecution and the defense of the Akron General doctor accused of poisoning his wife, Rosemarie.
The prosecution's theory is that Yazeed laced Rosemarie's calcium supplements with cyanide in 2005 and then fled the county after her death an hour after a car accident. Assistant Prosecutor Steven Dever described Essa as a "narcissistic sociopath" during his arguments. From Essa's known philandering, his flight to Lebanon to avoid prosecution, and attempt to escape from a Cypriot prison supposedly with help from the Russian mafia, this almost seems an understatement if it's all true.
The defense is keeping up the salacious nature of the case with its major theory: that one of Essa's lovers envied Rosemarie enough to kill her. Essa's lawyer, Steven Bradley, describes the prosecution's case as circumstantial. The defense is all but pointing to one former lover in particular: Marguerita Montanez. She had a relationship with Essa up to his engagement to Rosemarie.
Bradley doesn't deny Essa's cheating ways, labelling his client a "playboy" in arguments. This is likely to be fatal and the near "accuse someone else" story has problems. There are questions of how Montanez could get access to cyanide, get to Rosemarie's supplements, fill them with more than enough cyanide to kill someone (it's harder than it seems) without revealing tampering that Essa could detect (again, easy to spot an opened capsule), and not be seen doing this.
Deputy Coroner Dr. Elizabeth Balraj testified on Tuesday on Rosemarie's autopsy and revealed that if the accident were more violent, no one would have thought to look for poisoning. Cyanide is so rare, it's not part of the standard toxicology tests.
Despite what the media would have us believe, cyanide poisoning is not very evident. Defense attorney Mark Marein found this out the hard way on his cross of Dr. Balraj. Years of literature, movies and television tell us that cyanide leaves an immediately recognizable "bitter almond" smell. This is not true as the average person is not familiar with the scent of bitter almonds. The ability to detect cyanide by smell is common, however. Only one in four people can't smell cyanide. The other common symptoms are weakness, euphoria, headaches, dizziness and difficulty breathing. These are common to other disorders.
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Explore your inner Valley girl or breakdancer at That 80's Party at 11/12 Lounge on Lee Road in Orlando on Saturday night. And make sure you buy a fresh can of Aqua Net because Guys With Ties, the philanthropic organization hosting the event, wants you to dress the part if you're coming to the party. Hair teased, crimped or scrunched will gain you access. Along with leg warmers, off-the-shoulder shirts and Members Only jackets. Oh, and a cover of $15 online and $25 at the door (benefits Freedom Ride, Inc., which provides therapeutic horseback riding to adults and chilldren with disabilities). Once you get your shoulder pads through the door, drinks are complimentary from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m., so it's probably smart to get to this party a bit early.
WHEN: Doors open at 8:30 p.m. Saturday
WHERE: 11/12 Lounge at 840 Lee Road in Orlando
COST: $15 online or $25 at the door (includes complimentary drinks from 8:30-10:30 p.m.); 21-and-up only
ONLINE: guyswithties.org/orlando


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Podloso: First Linux virus for iPod
One of the major antivirus companies Kaspersky Labs announced that they have found the first virus called Podloso that infects iPod mp3 players.
The virus is functional on iPods that have Linux OS installed. So far the virus is not able to run automatically and has to be launched by user. When launched the program scans hard disc of the player and infects all *.elf executable files.
When infected *.elf files are launched, the message «You are infected with Oslo the first iPodLinux Virus» is displayed.
Podloso virus does not pose any danger for your devices yet, since it belongs to the "proof of concept" class. The virus is not malicious and, since it requires manual loading by the user, it doesn't have capability to infect devices of unsuspecting friends.
However now that we have a working "proof-of-concept" it shouldn't take long to see more dangerous mutations. Good news and more work for Kaspersky and other antivirus vendors, I guess
Source: Kaspersky


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As part of my research into the subject of Canadian crime fiction--conducted for the purpose of writing a two-part feature for Kirkus Reviews--I had the opportunity to interview Marilyn Rose, a professor in the Department of English at Ontario's Brock University. With Jeannette Sloniowski, an associate professor in Brock's Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film, Rose has created the online database CrimeFictionCanada, a scholarly resource dedicated to the study of detective fiction in English. Rose and Sloniowski are also co-editors of the book Detecting Canada: Essays on Canadian Detective Fiction, Film, and Television, which is due out in July from Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Rose was kind enough to answer my questions, via e-mail,
about Canada's crime-fiction-writing history, the trouble Canadian mystery
authors often encounter in making their work better known to American readers, and her
favorite current north-of-the-border contributors to this genre.
J. Kingston Pierce: Can you pin down for me the names of the first couple of Canadian crime writers, who they were and what/when they wrote? And how long a history does this genre have in Canada?
Marilyn Rose: Jeannette Sloniowski and I are co-editing a collection of essays on Canadian crime writing ... called Detecting
Canada. In it, there is an essay by David Skene-Melvin that deals with the history of Canadian crime fiction, which he divides into ... five periods: from the earliest begetters to 1880; 1880-1920; 1920-1940; 1940-1980; and 1980 to the present. He states that the decade 1970-1980 is one of transition in which the genre, as a
truly Canadian expression of national consciousness, begins to emerge full
Skene-Melvin argues that the Canadian crime-writing tradition begins with
broadsides published in 1783 and 1785, which recorded speeches and confessions
of convicted criminals about to be hanged for murder and theft. He notes,
however, that the earliest English-Canadian crime novel per se was Walter Bates'
The Mysterious Stranger, which was
published in the United States and in England in 1817. He notes that Bates was
the Loyalist sheriff of King's County in New Brunswick who bases the novel on
the real-life story of Henry More Smith, alias "Henry Moon," a notorious
horse-thief, confidence man, and jail-breaker in the community at the time. He
says that "the best candidate" for first French-Canadian crime novel was probably
L'influence d'un livre (The Influence of a Book), by
Phillipe-Ignace-François Aubert de Gaspé, published in Quebec City in 1837.
Skene-Melvin then traces the history of Canadian crime
writing--which is remarkably full by his account--focusing particularly on the
emergence, between 1880 and 1920, of what he calls "the Northern"--crime
stories that deal with the Canadian West and particularly the North-West Mounted
Police (which evolved into the RCMP, or "Mounties"). Many of these novels celebrated Canadian landscapes, particularly wilderness settings, as well as referencing specific historical events, such as the Riel Rebellion of 1885
in Manitoba and the Klondike
Gold Rush in the Yukon in 1897-1899. Such
novels of mystery and adventure were popular in Canada as the Canadian West was
opened and settled, and they played into romantic attitudes towards the vast
and unknown western landscapes that were held by the settled easterners in
Canada, who had heard about but not seen such places and events.
The popularity of the "Mountie" subgenre makes sense, Skene-Melvin argues,
since there wasn't much of a "wild west" in Canadian settlement history. As
many others have pointed out, civilian settlement of the Canadian West was
preceded by the presence of the Canadian Mounted Police (not to mention banks
and churches!) under the national banner of "peace, order, and good government."
This is a very different mantra than that of the United States, with its
reference to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
By the 1940s many Canadian crime writers were turning to the cities and to the
kinds of crime fiction already popular in the United States and Britain, from
village or drawing-room mysteries to stories set in well-established and
flourishing Canadian cities such as Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto. By the
time of the final two decades of the 20th-century there is a great deal of
Canadian crime fiction in circulation and it reflects the many subgenres that
appear elsewhere--the United States, the UK, Australia, Europe, and so on.
There is certainly an abundance of contemporary Canadian crime fiction available
for American readers to sample. As Jeannette and I note in our introduction to Detecting Canada, there are Canadian "cozies,"
police procedurals, "noirs," and so on. Themes vary widely and reflect
contemporary interests. There are works of detection reflecting ethnicity,
gender, class, and demographic divides such as the urban, suburban and rural, and
political issues of all kinds, including Canadian-American relations. Canadian
crime fiction is exceptionally diverse, as is the country itself--which includes
substantial aboriginal and immigrant populations, the existence of provinces
and territories with separate and powerful governments and statutes, and
regional formations with their own habits and identities, all of which are
reflected in detective stories of one kind or another. It is the heterogeneity
of the crime-fiction genre in dealing with such national diversity that is
We invite you to look into our database called CrimeFictionCanada and to "play
with" our list of Canadian crime novels. You can search our lists by author, or
book title, or by keywords. In doing so I think you will be amazed at the
breadth and variety of Canadian writing that exists, much of it produced within
the last 20 years or so. Whatever your interest, you will be able to find
examples of novels that fit your profile. ... [R]eaders might be interested in
this searchable database as a source of information and for leads in terms of
finding new writers and series that might be right up their alley.
JKP: Is the tradition of writing crime fiction in Canada as long and strong among French-speaking writers as it is among English speakers?
MR: There is a long tradition of crime writing in
French, but this is not an area of expertise for me. My understanding is that
much of French-Canadian crime fiction is in the tradition of the French policier, but I can't
speak authoritatively about this. I would say there is less French-Canadian
crime fiction, and fewer sales, than in English Canada, but that has to do with
the relative size of Anglophone and Francophone reading populations here (there
are substantial numbers of Francophone readers in Quebec, New Brunswick, and
parts of Manitoba, I believe, but few elsewhere) and with the access that
Anglophone Canadian writers have to readers in the United States and the rest
of the English-speaking world, at least potentially.
JKP: It seems that U.S. readers are familiar with some writers they don't even realize are Canadian--Linwood Barclay, Louise Penny, Alan Bradley, etc.-- but are pretty ignorant about the vast majority of Canadian authors working in this genre. Why do think that's the case?
MR: It's a matter of awareness, of
course. It is hard for Canadian writers to penetrate the sphere of "readerly
knowledge" that characterizes American readers of this genre. American media
focus on American writers, of course, and only rarely does someone like Marilyn
Stasio, of The New York Times, review
Canadian crime fiction at all--though it is always exciting to us when she
does. And then there is the fact that reviewing of books in newspapers and
magazines has itself declined with the reduction in number of book review
sections in these publications. Literary "buzz" now seems to depend much more
on reader-to-reader connections, especially in the social media. And then there
is the David and Goliath or elephant-and-mouse issue. Canada is a very small
nation and market compared to that of the United States. There is so much
American crime fiction produced and consumed in the U.S.--and so much of it is
good and well-publicized.
In addition, however, there is, perhaps, the "exotic" factor. American
audiences do tend to be attracted to stories set in faraway places, we are told--but
Canada, which is not well-known by Americans, generally speaking, may not
strike American readers as particularly exotic. It seems to be seen as a rather
more rustic, ice-and-snow version of the United States, though with a decidedly
more leftist bent. This monochromatic version of a hugely diverse nation to the
north may not have intrinsic appeal to American readers--until they sample it
through fiction. Certainly publishers in the past have tended not to be
confident that they can drum up interest in Canadian-set stories in the
American marketplace: we are told that Canadian writers are often advised to
neutralize or obscure their Canadian settings in order to appeal to American
However, times may be changing in this regard. I participate in many electronic
networks where crime fiction is discussed in the United States and Britain,
including the redoubtable Dorothy-L forum ... From this vantage point I see three trends that may help Canadian crime fiction to achieve better traction with American readers.
The first is that there is at present quite an interest in
the United States in settings other than America. The popularity of
Scandinavian fiction in recent years is evidence of this, as is the interest in
Italian-set fiction, such as that of Donna Leon, or Scottish fiction, like that
of Ian Rankin.
The second is that when readers of crime, mystery, or
detective fiction congregate (whether on such lists or through blogs or the
like, or at the huge mystery conferences that take place in the United States
and Britain these days), it is evident that subgenres and specialties all have
their fans and those readers are very interested in extending their outreach to
novels in English from all over the world. I am thinking of those interested in
village mysteries (like those of Louise Penny), or police procedurals (like
those of Giles Blunt and
Peter Robinson), or noirs (like the cross-border novels of Howard
Shrier), or gay crime fiction (such as that of Anthony Bidulka). Just
this week there was a request by someone on Dorothy-L for the names of crime
novels featuring rivers, and writers from Canada, like Barbara Fradkin, were
able to mention their own novels, involving settings on Canadian rivers, as examples
that this reader might want to access.
And this is my third point: More and more readers are
relying on social media for information about writers who might fulfill their
personal interest criteria when it comes to crime fiction. I am interested in
police procedurals that are serial, with continuing characters whose families
and relationships evolve over time. I have read Canadian writers of this
stripe, such as Peter Robinson. But thanks to electronic lists, blogs, online
reviews, and Twitter feeds I have discovered and read my way through writers
like Donna Leon (Venice), Deborah Crombie (American but sets her novels in
London), and Susan Hill (England). For American writers, this kind of online
connectedness will lead to the discovery of many excellent Canadian writers
whose works conform to their preferences. Some readers, I know, read mainly for
place. When traveling or for other reasons, they like to read mysteries
reflecting that travel destination. One of the reasons why we were determined to
make our Canadian crime novels lists on our CrimeFictionCanada Web site
searchable by keyword is so that "place readers" can find novels set in spots
they are interested in--whether in Canada or elsewhere (since Canadian crime
writers do not set their work only in Canada).
In completing this point about social media, I want to note
also how many Canadian writers are tweeting and "following" all over the 'Net
these days, and participating in discussion lists of various kinds. They are
getting their own word out in broader ways than any (even the most expensive)
literary tour could manage to do.
JKP: Is there something about the type of story Canadian crime novelists are prone to tell that American readers don't respond to?
MR: I'm not sure
whether there is anything all that different about Canadian crime writing in
terms of story "types" than is found elsewhere. We have feminist fiction, gay
fiction, aboriginal fiction, small-town fiction, big-city fiction, and so on. Some
of the themes might have slightly less pull for American writers--or American
readers might assume, at least, that what they see as a categorically liberal
nation to the north will produce something "softer" than the kind of writing
they are used to. One of the examples of this actually being the case is the
so-called soft-boiled crime fiction of Howard Engel, whose detective, Benny
Cooperman, is the antithesis of gun-toting hard-boiled American P.I.s. Engel
goes in for humor as much as noir thrills. However, for the most part, the
characters you meet in Canadian crime fiction live in somewhat different
settings, and cultural details vary, especially from region to region. But this
ought to be a plus rather than a negative for American readers. Who doesn't
want to learn about new places and mores when reading? (It certainly works for
Scandinavian writers, these days.)
So I think it is more a matter of many American readers simply not knowing the
richness of crime writing that exists "up here." Awareness is all. And that is
why the proliferation of information via social media and other electronic
means is so important. (As is our book, I hope--the first full-length book on
Canadian crime writing ever.)
JKP: Is part of the reason Americans
aren't exposed to more Canadian crime fiction that U.S. publishers are reticent
to take on Canadian crime writers, or that the writers themselves aren't trying
hard enough to break into the American market?
MR: I don't know enough about the
American publishing market to answer this. I think U.S. publishers respond to
proven U.S. demand. There probably hasn't been enough of demand for
Canadian-produced crime fiction demonstrated in the past, but that may change. Electronic media have a way of erasing national boundaries in ways that hard-copy
publishers would have difficulty managing. It is as if reading is beginning to
evolve into "literature without borders."
As for Canadian writers, I see quite a few cropping up on
own Twitter account, which has been in existence only a very short time
(#detectingcanada), so I know that a number of them are working hard to keep
their names and works in the forefront. I also see these writers actively participating in Listservs and responding to blogs both national and international, wherever detective fiction readers congregate. We have to remember that writers only have so much time to self-promote: in a sense, their careers are only as strong as the sales of their next book, and they have to have writing time and the free time that feeds the creative juices in order to keep up their momentum. They have only so much touring time and self-promotion-on-the-Web time. I have a hard time seeing the writers are being responsible for their own lack of profile, if they are not prominent enough. And on the publishers' side, it
doesn't help that publishing budgets are continually shrinking, which has an
obvious effect on how much promotion they can do.
JKP: Finally, if you had to name the five (or
more) authors you think best represent the quality of modern Canadian
crime-fiction writing, who would they be?
MR: Among the best, in my view, are:
• Peter Robinson, Canadian
though Yorkshire-born, [who] sets his police procedurals in fictional Yorkshire
Dales. His Inspector
[Alan] Banks is an appealing, evolving character and the stories are
intelligent and very well-written--cracking good mysteries, full of local
detail, which have been used as the basis for a successful television series in
Britain, now into its second season.
• Maureen Jennings, whose police procedurals are set in Toronto in the late 1880s, before the era of modern scientific police forces. Her detective, William Murdoch, struggles with his Catholic background in Protestant Toronto and also with a police force skeptical of his interest in the newly created sciences of fingerprinting and
ballistics. The seven Murdoch novels have been adapted not only as made-for-TV
movies but also as a popular Canadian television series, Murdoch
Mysteries (2008-present).
• Louise Penny, whose charming mysteries are set in "Three Pines" in the Eastern Townships in Quebec, featuring Inspector Chief Inspector [Armand] Gamache. The Beautiful Mystery has received wonderful reviews in
Canada and the United States, but really all of her novels are marked by great
elegance and intelligence as well as by considerable empathy for human
complexity and the human condition.
• Giles Blunt, who spent some years as a film writer in New York City, I believe, and whose experience with dramatic and visual representation spills over into his novels. His John Cardinal novels are set in Algonquin Bay, which is very similar to North Bay, Ontario, where he grew up. His police procedurals that take on a
number of contemporary political issues. The first Cardinal novel, Forty Words for Sorrow, won the British Crime Writers'
Silver Dagger Award, and the second, The Delicate Storm, won the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel. He has been twice longlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Award.
• Barbara Fradkin is a retired psychologist and multiple award-winning mystery author whose Inspector [Michael] Green novels are compelling. The Ottawa
Citizen once said that "Fradkin's forte is the emotional cost of crime" and
I think that this captures something of her appeal and her excellence.
READ MORE: "Canada's
Crime Novelists: Making a Killing," by Greg Quill (Toronto Star).
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
What's a Little Crime Between Neighbors?
Posted by J. Kingston Pierce at 4:29 AM
Labels: Canadian Crime, Interviews, Kirkus
1 comment:
- Kristopher said...
Another great interview! And the book sounds like a MUST BUY.
I think that one of the barriers to Canadian fiction spreading has been availability. Like with the UK, before The Book Depository, it was sometimes hard for Americans to get their hands on these books.
That is why attending conferences where ones books can be sold can be so successful. I have discovered many authors, Canadian and otherwise via the Book Room at Bouchercon and Malice Domestic.
And certainly, these authors should reach out to bloggers in the US. Being one myself, I know that we are always looking for "new" and "fresh" content to cover.
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Ruffled Toddler Apron Tutorial
Posted by SarahM on Monday, January 27th, 2014
Hello, Riley Blake fans! My name is Sarah and I blog on Bombshell Bling. I blog about a wide variety of things, from jewelry making and sewing tutorials to food and family traditions. I hope that you will come and visit me!
Today I am going to share with you how I modified a simple toddler apron pattern to create this darling little ruffled apron for my little princess. Years ago I made my son an apron and a matching chef's hat for his second birthday. In fact, it was the first sewing project that I had ever attempted unsupervised! I had sewn with my mom's help some, but this was the first time that I tried something on my own. My mother-in-law had just gifted me a sewing machine for my birthday, so I decided to be bold and just go for it. It has been almost three years now, and my boy still wears his apron every time that we cook together, which is often. He is not as willing to wear his chef's hat, however. It still looks brand new. Stinker. Anyway, my daughter just recently started showing interest in cooking with me, and she is always so jealous of her brother's apron. I have found her wandering around with it hanging from her neck like a tie many a time. Cutie-patootie.
I was planning to make a brand new apron pattern for you, but then I thought, "You know....why reinvent the wheel?" So, instead, I am going to share with you the link to the pdf pattern from Mama Liberated that I used so many years ago, and then I am going to show you in pictures how I modified it to fit a tiny, floofy little diva. So, here we go!
For this apron I used the new line of Summer Breeze Cotton fabric. Here are the exact supplies that I needed:
* About 3/4 yard of Summer Main White
* About 3/4 - 1 yard of Cotton Shade Citrus (You need more of this because it is the fabric for the backing as well as the straps.)
* 1/4 yard Summer Splash Blue
* 1/4 yard Summer Splash Yellow
* a small amount of white velcro
* about 17 inches of 3/4" wide elastic
* straight pins and white thread
* scissors and a measuring tool (a rotary cutter and mat will speed things up if you have one)
Ok, start by printing out that PDF pattern and cutting out the pieces. Here are the changes that I made: Since my daughter is tiny, even for her age, I modified the apron pattern a bit. I left the body measurements as they are, but I took took off four inches from the waist strap measurent.
Now, you will need to cut four extra strips for the ruffles! The modifications that I made were only in the neck and waist straps (mentioned above) and adding the ruffles. The body of the apron is 14 inches across. If I were making a mega ruffled twirly skirt or something, I would double the width of the body in order to make the ruffles, but I wanted these to be more gathered and subtle, so I just added half as much as usual. In short: Cut four strips for the ruffles that are 1.5" wide and 21" long. Two of the strips should be Summer Splash Yellow and two of the straps should be Summer Splash Blue.
PRIOR to following the sewing instructions on the PDF pattern you will need to deal with the ruffles. So let's get started with the picture portion of this tutorial, shall we? You should have your four ruffle strips precut. (1.5" wide by 21" long) Gently pull a few strings on each side so there is a bit of fraying. This is the look that I chose to go with. If you want your apron perfectly hemmed then make your strips a bit wider and iron/sew on a small hem on each side of each ruffle strip. I didn't think it was worth the time, personally. I have a gathering foot, but if you don't then it is still very simple to create a ruffle. Baste straight down the center of your strip. (Meaning use a very long stitch.) DO NOT BACKSTITCH ON EITHER END! Grab one of the strings on one end of the ruffle. Gently pull the string as you gather/push the fabric to create bunching and ruffling, as shown below. One your ruffles are evenly spread pin them to your apron front. I put one close to the top and three on the bottom, each far enough that they wouldn't get caught in the machine when I was sewing around the outside of the apron, about 1 inch. I pinned them carefully and left the extra edges hanging off, even on the neckline. Using a regular straight stitch, slowly sew down the center of each ruffle to secure it in place. Remove the pins and prepare to follow the instructions on the PDF pattern precisely. After you sew around the outside (with the right sides together) be sure to trim down the excess ruffles so that the apron with turn/reverse and iron down nice and neat. What do you think? I am thrilled by how it turned out! My little lady the cutest little kitchen helper that you ever did see! (Sadly, she is not the most cooperative model lately, so I don't have any pictures of her to share today. Bummer.) Thank you for having me, and please come visit me on my blog, Bombshell Bling!
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2D Barcodes Cracked ...
By Tim Dexter-Oracle on Jun 28, 2006
A few weeks back I wrote about the barcode encoding solution thats now available for use with XML Publisher for advanced barcode encoding calculations prior to applying the bar code font to the output. I found some time to take a look at some of the 2D barcodes and their requirements for encoding and rendering. Once you have the encoding class set up in your environment its pretty simple to add the 2D barcode encoding code.
XML Publisher does not yet license fonts for ... they're coming, although no 2D barcodes. So I have been working with the PDF417 and Data Matrix fonts available from IDAutomation, along with the fonts they also provide neat java classes to do all the encoding you need. Its just a case of making their classes available in your environment and calling them in your encoding class. Then with a neat trick in your RTF template et voila you can have funky 2D barcodes in your output.
Step 1: Get the barcodes and encoding classes
So you'll need to license the fonts from the vendor, in this example I worked with the sample fonts available from the IDAutomation site.
PDF417 Font - http://www.advancemeants.com/downloads/IDAutomation_PDF417FontEncoderDEMO.zip - you'll get a zip file with the font and java class plus a bunch of other useful integration tools. All you need is the PDF417Encoder.class and the IDAutomationPDF417nX.ttf font from the AdditionalFonts.zip where 'X' is the X to Y ratio of the font shape, 3 is the standard.
This is explained better on the web site, http://www.idautomation.com/fonts/pdf417/faq.html#Specifications
Step 2: Update your XMLP encoding class
Now you need to add the encoding code to your encoding class, take a look at our entry from a while back on Advanced Barcode Support.
In the encoder class we created we import the font vendors encoding class and add an entry for the pdf417 font
import IDautomationPDFE.PDF417Encoder;
ENCODERS.put("pdf417",mUtility.getClass().getMethod("pdf417", clazz));
and create a pdf417 method that just calls the class provided by the font vendor:
public static final String pdf417( String DataToEncode )
PDF417Encoder pdfe = new PDF417Encoder();
return ( pdfe.fontEncode(DataToEncode) );
Compile and deploy to the server as normal.
Step 3: Use the font in your template
Install your font into the <<WINDOWS_HOME>>/fonts directory and fire up MSWord. Create your template and for the data that you wish to use the barcode for:
(a) Use a formfield or raw text
<?format-barcode:ITEM_DESCRIPTION ;'PDF417';'XMLPBarVendor'?>
where ITEM_DESCRIPTION is the data to be encoded
PDF417 is the name of the encoding method to be used
XMLPBarVendor is the name of our encoder
(b) Mark the formfield or text with the PDF417 font
Now save your template and deploy.
Now when you run the template the data will be encoded and the font applied.
I have uploaded a sample encoding class and template to help you out.
The same process can be applied to the Datamatrix barcode to generate that output. We had a customer test the result of the PDF417 and Datamatrix barcodes and their 2D barcode hardware read the resulting barcodes perfectly.


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Mumford & Sons probably have one of the year's most eagerly anticipated new albums, and yesterday they gave their fans a taste of what's to come with the release of the first single, "I Will Wait." (…) Read more
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Photo Diary: More Highlights from the XPoNential Music FestivalJul 24, 2012
One of my favorite things about the XPoNential Music Festival is the atmosphere. … it's full of great music, great people, and great food and vendors. (…) Read more
Wilco, Avett Brothers, Dr. Dog and More Highlights from the XPoNential Music Festival 2012Jul 24, 2012
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We're right smack in the middle of festival season right now, still coming down from the fun of Pitchfork and already thinking about Outside Lands in August! We were talking about what our dream festival lineup would be, and we ended up with two (incomplete) lineups that we were torn between. Can you help us (…) Read more
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I think I ask myself this question every week! There have been some amazing new releases lately that I wanted to share with you guys – and tell me, what's the last album you bought? (…) Read more
New Music from Cat PowerJun 29, 2012
It has been so long since we've heard new music from Cat Power! I am definitely loving the sound of her new song "Ruin" – check it out below, and look out for her new album Sun in September! Tell me what you think – is Cat Power still the greatest? (…) Read more
Exitmusic at Milkboy PhiladelphiaJun 28, 2012
I first heard of the band Exitmusic when I was in Brooklyn for the Northside Festival a couple of weeks ago, and they blew me away with their expansive, breathtaking sound that sent chills down my spine. When I found out they were playing a show at Philadelphia's Milkboy this week I was eager to (…) Read more
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Beachwood Sparks is one of those bands that seems like they belong in the sixties – sweet, swirling psychedelic rock with a country twinge that should be listened to on a sunny day spent barefoot in the park. (…) Read more
Caveman Band Interview at Northside FestivalJun 22, 2012
While at the Northside Festival in Brooklyn last weekend I had the opportunity to hang out with the guys from the band Caveman again, before their Friday night show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. (…) Read more
Northside Festival: Lady Lamb the BeekeeperJun 19, 2012
A couple of weeks ago I told you about Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, aka Aly Spaltro – the talented Brooklyn based musician who I can't stop listening to. This weekend I got to see her live at the Northside Festival, where she reinforced the fact that she is one seriously talented lady. (…) Read more
New Music: Beat Connection, The Palace GardenJun 19, 2012
Get your day started on the right foot with some new music from Seattle based quartet Beat Connection, whose new LP The Palace Garden is out today. (…) Read more
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text: Hamline University Names Dr. Nancy Sorenson as New School of Education DeanHamline University has named Dr. Nancy L. Sorenson as dean of its School of Education. Sorenson will begin her new role on July 1, 2012. Sorenson has a wealth of experience in academic leadership positions. She hails most recently from Saint Mary's College of California, where she served for ten years as dean of the School of Education. Prior to that, she spent six years at College of Charleston as dean of its School of Education. She also served four years as interim and associate dean of the College of Education at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse."Dr. Sorenson brings many successful years as dean of prominent schools of education, and we are fortunate that her experience and depth of knowledge as an academic leader and able administrator will benefit Hamline's students, faculty, and staff," Hamline President Linda Hanson said. "She is a respected and influential advocate for teacher preparation, and we look forward to the exceptional community outreach her record of achievement will bring to the communities we serve." Sorenson is well-published and has delivered many presentations at national and international conferences. She has served in several prominent roles, including as director of the management seminar for new assistant and associate deans on the board of the National Association of Academic Affairs Administrators, where she spent eight years as a member of that organization's governing board. She has also served ten years as a member of the NCATE Board of Examiners.She has held several prestigious and influential positions on national-level professional organizations, including her time as a reviewer for U.S. Department of Education Teacher Quality Grants, state representative to the Association of Liberal Arts Colleges of Education, and member of the American Associate of Colleges for Teacher Education's committee on global and international education. "It is rare to interact with a group of people as vital and committed to their work as those who make up the Hamline School of Education," Sorenson said. "Together we face a future that will demand of us the highest levels of flexibility and creativity. I am convinced that the School of Education faculty and staff are eager to tackle the challenges that lie ahead. I am energized by the opportunity to work with them."Sorenson was named "South Carolina Administrator of the Year" in 1997 and won a Bush Leadership Fellowship in 1992. She earned her PhD in education with an emphasis on language and literacy development from Arizona State University. She also holds an MS in education with a focus on school administration and a bachelor's of education with concentrations in English, fine arts, and library science from Bemidji State University.


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African Facebook Demographics – Part 1
Nick Gonzalez has created a very useful site called checkfacebook, to check Facebook demographics by country. Here are some of the statistics for Africa. This could be incredibly useful for entrepreneurs interested in placing ads targeting Facebook users from Africa as well as entrepreneurs in the social networking space.
Countries below 100,000 have been excluded.
Countries in Africa with the most Facebook users
Interestingly, even though Egypt has the largest internet penetration amongst African countries (according to internet world stats), South Africa which comes in at 4th for internet penetration has the highest number of facebook users in Africa.
Percentage of Internet users on Facebook by country
When you take a look at the number of internet users for the countries above, and compare that to the number of Facebook users a different picture emerges.
Ghana comes up top with over 100% of internet users that also have a Facebook account. (Internet stats from internetworlstats.com). With Nigeria having the lowest Facebook user count when compared to internet penetration.
Implications of the above: There is room for another social network to step in where Facebook has failed to get users. For example Nigeria would be perfect example, a low Facebook userbase but it has the second highest internet penetration on the African continent.
* Post has been updated, since the internet stats for Ghana was outdated
This is the first part of the series covering Facebook user demographics for African countries, we will cover each country in more detail in followup posts.
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Heart Disease Health Center
Understanding Heart Attack: Symptoms
In this article
What Are the Symptoms of a Heart Attack?
The symptoms of a heart attack include:
- A crushing, squeezing, or burning pain, pressure, or fullness in the center of the chest; the pain may radiate to the neck, one or both arms, the shoulders, or the jaw. The chest discomfort lasts more than a few minutes. It can diminish in intensity and return.
- Shortness of breath, dizziness
- Nausea, heartburn, or upset stomach
- Sweating or feeling "the chills"
- A weak, fast pulse
- An irregular heart beat
- Cold, clammy skin, or a gray color to the face
- Fainting or loss of consciousness
- Fatigue
You may not feel all of these symptoms. Some people experience no symptoms -- this is called silent ischemia.
Understanding Heart Attacks
Find out more about heart attacks:
Women may have different symptoms of a heart attack than men. They may not experience chest pain but have other symptoms, such as pain high in the abdomen, jaw, back, or neck or non-pain symptoms like shortness of breath or fatigue.
Call 911 Immediately About a Heart Attack if:
- You or someone else shows signs of a heart attack. Seek emergency help right away, without delay.
- Your angina (chest pain) no longer responds to medication. This may indicate that a heart attack is beginning.
- Your angina attacks become more frequent, prolonged, and severe. As angina worsens the risk of heart attack increases.
Call Your Doctor About a Heart Attack if:
- You are taking aspirin to prevent heart attack and your stool appears black and tarry. This may indicate gastrointestinal bleeding and could be a sign that aspirin has thinned your blood too much, problems that can and should be corrected.
WebMD Medical Reference
Reviewed by James Beckerman, MD, FACC on February 28, 2015
© 2015 WebMD, LLC. All rights reserved.
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What is a warning stroke or transient ischemic attack? Bret Michaels had a warning stroke or transient ischemic attack resulting "numbness on the left side of his body, predominately his face and hands" .
But what is that?
The American Heart Association says of a warning stroke the following:
"A TIA is a "warning stroke" or "mini-stroke" that produces stroke-like symptoms but no lasting damage. Recognizing and treating TIAs can reduce your risk of a major stroke. Most strokes aren't preceded by TIAs. However, of the people who've had one or more TIAs, more than a third will later have a stroke. In fact, a person who's had one or more TIAs is more likely to have a stroke than someone of the same age and s** who hasn't.
"TIAs are important in predicting if a stroke will occur rather than when one will happen. They can occur days, weeks or even months before a major stroke. In about half the cases, the stroke occurs within one year of the TIA."
Dr. Joseph Zabramski tells press that the news is "devastating…to Bret and his family.
"The good news is that it is operable and treatable and we think we may have diagnosed the problem that caused the…warning stroke; however we feel it is highly unlikely this is connected to the brain hemorrhage he suffered just a few weeks earlier. Once again, it is great that he quickly reacted to the severe numbness and got to the hospital immediately."
"I realize Bret wants to make a full recovery so that he can be active with his family, attempt to attend the finale of Celebrity Apprentice and especially get back on the road to continue making music. Without a doubt he is very determined to get healthy and make a 100 percent recovery.
"Medically speaking it is a fantastic attitude both mentally and physically for him to have. However, Bret's brain and body are not quite 100 percent yet, especially with the hole found in his heart."
Bret's rep added:
"Bret wants everyone to know he cannot thank you enough for all of the well wishes, prayers and good vibes you have sent his way. Even though these last few months have been tough on him and his family, especially this most recent setback, he is in good spirits, great medical hands and is positive and hopeful that everything is going to be OK. He is up, walking, talking, continuing his daily rehab and very happy to be alive but he has made it clear he is sick and tired of being in the hospital and is ready to rock again."


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Fort Morris State Historic Site
Midway, GA 31320
When the Continental Congress convened in 1776, the delegates recognized the importance of a fort to protect their growing seaport from the British. Soon afterward, a low bluff on the Medway River at Sunbury was fortified and garrisoned by 200 patriots. When the British demanded the fort's surrender on November 25, 1778, the defiant Col. John McIntosh replied, "Come and take it!" The British refused and withdrew back to Florida. Forty-five days later, they returned with a superior force, and on January 9, 1779, Fort Morris fell after a short but heavy bombardment. Under the name of Fort Defiance, this bulwark was once again used against the British during the War of 1812, and Sunbury's harbor was guarded by armed barges. Today, visitors can stand within the earthwork remains and view scenic Saint Catherines Sound. A museum and film describe the colonial port of Sunbury and the site's history.
Info & Amenities
Hours of Operation
Thursday: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Friday: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Saturday: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Admission & Fees
Adults $4.50
Child (under 6) $1.00
Group rates available with advance notice. please call 912-884-5999
Seniors (62+) $4.00
Youth (ages 6-17) $3.00
Facility Amenities
Gift Shop, Parking on Site, Picnic Area, Public Restrooms, Self-guided Tours
General Information
Group Amenities
Near Interstate Highway
Site Information
Primitive Camp Sites Available
Special Tags
Civil War Site
Suitable for Ages
All Ages
Independence Day Colonial Faire
07/04/2016 - 07/04/2016
Celebrate the 4th with colonial games, contests of skill, colonial music, musket firings, cannon firings and activities. Prizes will be awarded to all participants. This event is sponsored by the City of Flemington, Ga., Friends of Fort Morris and the Liberty County Convention and Visitors Bureau.read more
Labor Day Commemoration
09/05/2016 - 09/05/2016
Commemorate Labor Day holiday with hourly soldier talks and musket and cannon firings at this scenic coastal fort.read more
"Come and Take It!" A Revolutionary War Encampment
11/19/2016 - 11/19/2016
This American Revolution encampment commemorates Col. John McIntosh's defiant reply to a British demand for surrender. Enjoy colonial demonstrations, musket and cannon drills, musket, blacksmithing and more.read more
Colonial Christmas
12/03/2016 - 12/03/2016
Get away from the over-commercialization of the holidays and visit Fort Morris for a more peaceful celebration. Join park staff for colonial refreshments, a yule log, bonfire, 18th century music, caroling, dance and firing of the Christmas guns.read more


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An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.
Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719)
Contributed by: Zaady
I think I may define taste to be that faculty of the soul which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike.
The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, the important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome.
Source: Cato. Act i. Sc. 1.
The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.
In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow, Hast so much wit and mirth and spleen about thee, There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
Source: Spectator. No. 68.
The transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity is unable to trace.
Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
And those that paint them truest praise them most.
Source: The Campaign. Last line.
When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.
Source: Cato. Act iv. Sc. 4.
Copyright © 2016 Gaiam, Inc.


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Jones is the first Saluki to earn Player of the Week honors this season.
Feb. 25, 2013
ST. LOUIS - SIU Catcher Matt Jones was named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week, the conference announced Monday.
Jones had a red hot week at the plate for SIU, hitting .474 with 10 RBI in four games. In a three-game series at Jacksonville State, Jones went 8-for-15 with three doubles and three multi-hit games. On Friday he recorded three hits and drove in five runs, the most by a player in the MVC this season. He followed up that performance by recording three more hits and driving in five more runs in Saturday's game. His nine hits during the week gave him a conference leading 15 on the season.
Jones and the Salukis will be in action again on Tuesday with a 3 p.m. road game against Austin Peay.


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Holleyear Hotel Changsha
- Location:
- Address: 133 South Shaoshan Road, Yuhua District, Changsha
- Tel: 82811111 (Book this hotel, call 800-2682918)
- Hotel Name in Chinese: Holleyear Hotel Changsha
- Lowest Price: $46
Holleyear Hotel is located at 133 South Shaoshan Road, Changsha, at the intersection of Shaoshan Road and Zhonghuan Road.
The hotel has 5 different styles of meeting rooms including theater style with a capacity of 300 people, Hui shaped meeting rooms with a capacity of 180 people, a "U" shaped meeting room with a capacity of 100 people, and meeting style with capacity of 40 people.
Opened in 2003.
- Prices not include 18% service fee and tax.
- Payment Method: pay using our secure online payment service or pay at the hotel at some hotels.
- Triple/quad occupancy may require an extra bed at extra cost.
Hotel Amenities
|Hotel Services
|Luggage service, Car rentals, Laundry service, Room service, Wake Up Call, 24hr Reception, Permanent English-speaking staff, Business Centre, Copy Service, E-mail, Translation Service, Fax Service, Typing Service
|Room Amenities
|Air conditioning, AM/FM radio, Alarm clock, Color Television, Coffee/tea maker, Telephone, Hair dryer, Iron and ironing board, Refrigerator, Bath and Shower, Free for Internet
Hotel Amenities: Elevator, Parking, Air-Conditioned Facilities, Beauty Salon, Business Center, Gift Shop, Meeting Room, Deposit Box at Front Desk, Fire Detector
Dining Facilities: Chinese Restaurant, Western Restaurant
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Defending Jacob by William Landay
Release date: 2012 / 432 pages
Synopsis (from Amazon.com): Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for more than twenty years. He is respected in his community, tenacious in the courtroom, and happy at home with his wife, Laurie, and son, Jacob. But when a shocking crime shatters their New England town, Andy is blindsided by what happens next: His fourteen-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student.
Review: One of my favorite things about being in a book club is experiencing new genres. I know I could do this on my own, but I probably wouldn't since there are so many titles in my favorite genres that I'll never experience. One of my new book club's picks last year was Defending Jacob — a crime thriller that is exceedingly character-driven (which I love). I usually avoid thrillers out of an aversion to violence, and because I assume this genre tends to be more plot-driven than character-oriented.
But Defending Jacob has the page-turning speed of most thrillers with the added benefit of morally-complex characters (at least regarding the protagonist — a few of the other characters were a bit too good or too evil, as expected). The premise of Jacob reminded me of We Need to Talk About Kevin — well-meaning parents who may have produced a morally deficient child. Yet Jacob focuses on the father's perspective, which was refreshing and credible and not quite as devastating somehow.
Defending Jacob's narrative structure transverses two court cases as well as the daily lives of the parents of the accused child. The point of view is of the father, but he explores his wife and son's experience thoroughly, so all three seem well-represented. I loved the slow suspense of the novel — and how the reader is more aware or informed than the narrator throughout. I also loved the moral dilemmas presented — what is the responsibility of a criminal's parent? What would WE do if we suspected our own child of a heinous crime — or, at the very least, of moral vacancy?
I passed this novel on to my husband and then father-in-law, so I cannot give away my copy. But I strongly recommend this as a great discussion-generator for book clubs!


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The outstanding design of Vector III and the new Vector III Micron, secures all riser and pincover flaps, even in the most radical freefall, without using Velcro. The main pin flap's closing, from the bottom up, protects the pin better, particularly while moving around in the aircraft and during freestyle maneuvers.The Uni-Body construction, while providing a smoother profile contour, also creates a pocketed corner, which safely routes the main bridle to the bottom of the container. This feature is built into the reserve container and protects it during unstable openings. No matter which main pilot chute location you choose, the bridle will be safely hidden and snag proof. The ergonomically designed harness curves over your shoulders nicely. It provides greater comfort and it fits narrow shoulders as well. The harness is also stronger as a result of improved confluence construction.The Vector III has an overall cleaner look, a more protective design and a tailored design and comfortable fit.
3D SPACER FOAM BACK PAD, LEG PADS & PADDED STABLIZERSYou can now fly your Vector 3 in full comfort, with the introduction of the 3D Spacer Foam backpad. The difference is unbelievable – the spacer foam conforms to the jumper after several jumps, and the cut-out channel on the backpad allows for air circulation on the back. All of our test jumpers have also reported that their rigs feel incredibly stable on their backs, with far less movement with the same tension applied from their harnesses. The spacer foam also extends to the leg pads for increased comfort.Center Flap:Refer to the Vector drawing on the Sport Order Forms (Micron :: M-Series) and enter the colors you have chosen next to the corresponding numbers. It may help to color the drawing first, to get an idea of what your rig will look like. You may use one of our printed coloring sheets for this or use our 3-D coloring program that is located on our website. Please be aware that neon fabrics and tapes fade rapidly. Their color brilliance may be lost within a year. For available colors please check the latest Relative Workshop color samples. If you use other manufacturers samples please send a physical sample in with your order. We also offer split color options. Please refer to our split color option order forms. Tie-dye is available for the whole rig or just certain panels.Piping:This decorative trim adds accents of color. Folded trim tape is inserted and stitched in between each wedge of the center flap, A-G (2-7). Piping is optional.Louie LoopOver the top dive loop raises the dive loop over 1" from the position of the standard dive loop giving greater power in your dives and less physical strain on your arms.
*You must select the Louie Loop option for your risers when ordering*
F-111: Due to its properties it lets some air through and produces less "dancing" of the bag as the pilot chute inflates and pulls the main canopy from the deployment bag.
ZP: Zero Porosity has a greater pull force because little to no air passes through it this in turn exerts a greater pull force. ZP on average last twice as long.
Custom made order:Print the PDF, complete it and fax it to us:click on Micron PDF Order form / M-Series PDF Order Formor Go to Coloring Program to design your canopyContainer Sizing ChartColoring Sheet


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The Modern Medicine Cabinet
Some traditions are worth keeping around in the modern bathroom. Photo Credit: Lawnmeadow
We don't normally think of the words 'medicine' and 'style' as a good match, and normally they are not. Unfortunately, the former is an inescapable part of our lives and subsequently, a standard feature of bathroom design, modern or not. That need for health, well being, and bathroom storage has led modern medicine cabinet manufacturers on a mission to somehow meld function and style into a gleaming product that friends and neighbors will wish they had.
Every bathroom needs a mirror, and it is behind mirrors that medicine cabinets have long hidden and where they continue to do so. Some traditions need no fixing (although transparent glass doors are not unheard of). The appeal of the modern medicine cabinet is in its diversity. Choices now include:
- Location - Surface mount, recessed, or corner cabinets.
- Size - 12-24 in. wide, 16-36 in. high.
- Shape - Square, rectangular, oval, arched, etc.
- Doors - Single-, double-, triple-door models are all common choices.
- Shelves - Adjustable or fixed, glass or steel, and so on.
- Mirrors - Beveled or flat edges, exterior and interior of cabinet, framed in or not.
- Frames - Anodized aluminum, stainless steel, and custom wood frames are a few.
- Lights - Optional light bars detached above or attached at the sides, single lights atop the cabinet, interior lit and more.
The options are seemingly endless and go on to include such features as bathroom cabinet and vanity combos. Many companies allow you several choices for each product, most of which affect the end price. And in price, modern medicine cabinets are equally diverse. NuTone makes the most affordable products, ranging from about $100 - $400 on average. But the higher end appears quickly. You'll soon find cabinets beginning at $500 and moving higher. Here are a few models from MedicineCabinetShop.com that illustrate the diversity in both function and price of the modern medicine cabinet.
- NuTone Horizon Triple Door Surface Mount Medicine Cabinet offers a triple-door design, beveled-edge mirrors, two interior shelves, concealed hinges, your choice in width (from 24" to 48"), and an optional light bar. With all those options comes a wide price range; list price varies from $260 to $660, depending on size and the light bar.
- Robern Modern Medicine Cabinet even purports to represent all-things-modern with this sleek but simple design. What sets it apart are its features: a swing-out, interior magnifying mirror for makeup application, optional electrical outlet, widths between 16 and 24 inches, and adjustable hinges. The 24-inch, electrical, recessed model retails at nearly $1,300.
- NuTone Surface Mount Corner Cabinet is as basic as a corner mount medicine cabinet can be. It has a chrome frame and a frameless look, steel body and is eight inches deep at its deepest. For simplicity you get a reasonable list price of $150. (Compare that to a Robern deep corner cabinet starting at $1,010.)
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