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Blog: Studio Bowes Art (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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An advance copy of my next book arrived yesterday, to my total surprise! I am absolutely thrilled with the way it turned out. (Hard to see in the photo, but there's a spot varnish on the butterflies, Charles, and the title. I totally wasn't expecting such a wonderful detail. The design geek in me is very, very happy!)
I'm feeling truly fortunate and thankful to be working with such an amazing Editor, Art Director, and the whole team at Abrams!
The book will be out in October... stay tuned for some behind-the-scenes book posts in the weeks leading up to release!
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One of the reasons I enjoy working with Edizioni EL is that they leave me a lot of freedom. When I told them that I was tired of my usual digital work, they let me try something a little different - a graphite rendering and digital colour. It's a good way to step away from the computer and the final result is very appealing to me at this stage. Here's a little preview of the work and some sketches. As you can see, I'm still working on the layouts digitally. It's easier for me, as I know how much room I have on the page, but then I transfer them on Fabriano FA2 and use pencils. Follow me on IG to see more as I move along - https://www.instagram.com/gaiabordicchia/
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March is Women's History Month and we're bringing the month to a close by celebrating in grand style. Before women make their history, they first had to have some focus, bravery, and perseverance to get them there. Let's face it, all women have hurdles to jump over, but every woman that makes, and contributes, to history qualifies as a "Gusty Girl!"
Before we continue, we need to pause for a…..
" Many of the situations that the author encounters in this book have inherent dangers and can lead to serious or even fatal injuries. One particular undertaking-Climbing the Golden Gate Bridge-is also illegal and should not be attempted. Readers should not venture into any of these situations without professional instruction, suitable training, and proper supervision. Neither the publisher nor the author assumes ay responsibility for any injuries incurred by the reader."
This is the first page of one of the greatest reads of the year. You're probably in one of two camps after reading this warning. The first camp can't wait to find out what could be in this book to create such a warning and the second camp will run as fast as they can. Just so you know, I'm in the first camp BUT I greatly advise people of the second camp to take a deep breath and read it anyway. There's something for everyone to help unveil the gutsy in all of us.
First I had to know more about that Golden Gate Bridge story and second I just had to know more about author Caroline Paul, what type of woman is she and what escapades in her life led her to write a guidebook for tween girls about creating such adventures? The Gutsy Girl:Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure is probably one of the finest reads I've picked up so far in 2016.
Author Caroline Paul was one of the first women on the San Franciso firefighting force as well as an experimental plane pilot, throughout the pages of her book we also learn that she is a recovering/rescue scuba diver. All this from a woman who says she was the biggest scaredy cat in the world as a child. Caroline greatly believes that girls are taught to be frightened by being instilled with the language of "fear", while boys are fed that bravery and resilience are the goals to aspire to.
The Gutsy Girl: Escapades of Your Life of Epic Adventure is her antidote to empower tween girls to embrace their own bravery and resilience. This book is FUNNY and extremely imaginative and really intelligently written. Inside she shares her own stories one by one and the lessons and bravery she learned. Not all of them have happy endings but all of them have a take away to a new understanding of who she is or was at that time. This book is also part manifesto using language, insights, and encouragement into bravery and shear gutsiness. This is a guidebook however, and guidebooks mean you have to take action. Caroline Paul has also placed many great and inventive activities called Daring-Dos, as well as journal pages to reflect on ones own Daring-Dos experiences.
While sharing her escapades, author Caroline Paul is brilliant about showing the boundary lines between being gutsy and being stupid. She is always cautioning against being reckless and the difference between recklessness and being adventurous . She just doesn't say it once, it's sprinkled everywhere throughout the book in many different ways.
Some of My Favorite Parts
I learned some fun new things….
The illustrations in The Gusty Girl :Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure are done by her partner Wendy Macnaughton who also has a great sense of humor. One of my favorite illustrations is the Gutsy Girl International Phrase Book. It had me howling probably because I've needed to ask these very questions of people in far off lands and unknown languages.
Did you know this about how to know what temperature it is ?
So cool right ?
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Writer Caroline Paul wasn't always brave, or adventurous.
"I had been a shy and fearful kid. Many things had scared me. Bigger kids. Second grade. The elderly woman across the street. Being called on in class. The book Where the Wild Things Are. Woods at dusk. The way the bones in my hand crisscrossed.
Being scared was a terrible feeling, like sinking in quicksand. My stomach would drop, my feet would feel heavy, my head would prickle. Fear was an all-body experience. For a shy kid like me it was overwhelming."
She gives great examples of current gutsy girls and women. Some known most we've never heard of but I'm so glad to know about them now.
Right within the pixels of Jump Into a Book we've had the pleasure of reviewing books based on Gutsy Girls. Here are a few of my favorites:
- Wilma Rudolf (The Quickest Kid in Clarksville)
- Malala Yousafzai (The Right to Learn)
- Helen Keller (Helen and Annie booklist)
Below you'll find a list and some links to some more gutsy girls. Go discover them and see what their bravery and adventuresome spirit inspires you to do.
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Laura Dekker who set sail on the boat she made and remodeled with her father. Just shy of her 15th birthday, she set sail around the world to become the youngest person to ever circumnavigate the globe ALONE.
Learn more about her here. She also has a blog and a book called One Girl, One Dream.
Marie Antoine started climbing trees as a kid for fun. Now she does it as her job. She's one of the few botanists who work in the canopies of the world's largest trees the redwoods. From 325 feet up in the air, you'll find her munching her lunch and taking a little snooze in the hammock she brings along. That's a long long way down. One of my personal daring dos is to climb up into a Redwood tree. Just thought I'd share that. I first learned of Marie from the book The Wild Trees by Richard Preston which talked about her and her husband Stephen Stillet and the work they do way up there. Here's a great look at their lives.
Shark Whisperer Cristina Zenato grew up is the African Congo. She is an accomplished diver. Christina calms the sharks by rubbing around their nose and mouth along small jelly filled holes. This quiets the shark into a semi-paralytic state for up to 20 minutes. During the time the sharks are hypnotized, Christina pulls out fishhooks, removes parasites from their skins, and extracts various samples for scientific research. In lieu of being fearful of these large sea creatures, she calls them family and says they are greatly misunderstood. Do you know who else says that ? My eldest daughter, "Bun-Girl" who also has had her own adventures with sharks.
To find out more about Christina Zenato have a look here.
This book honestly speaks to girls and women of all ages. I found it to be timeless in it's appeal. She beckons us to embrace the spirit of adventure or at the very least to explore the idea. She shares what it means to be brave, that perseverance is how to get through it, that we don't need to be perfect just present and the most important take away for being a Gutsy Girl is to laugh at oneself a lot. That's an important skill especially when trying to do nearly impossible things.
Are you a Gutsy Girl?
Ready to get your "sleuth" on? My Secret Codes, Mysteries and Adventures Activity PDF for kids will keep young minds percolating for HOURS!
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I was recently commissioned to do a few maps for an upcoming book* due out later this year. A few people asked to see the final art after I posted some work-in-progress details over on Instagram, so here it is, along with some process show-and-tell.
Since I'm usually asked to illustrate places that exist in reality, this project was super interesting, because these were more fantasy-based maps.
In this case, the art director sent over detailed notes about the story, along with a rough sketch of how the author visualized the world in her head. This was all extremely helpful, and gave me a great starting point, yet still left a lot of creative freedom...
Below is the first sketch sent to the publisher. (I swear I had some tiny rough thumbnails, but they were lost in the flurry-of-paper that is my studio.)...
Close up inking details and adding a tone wash...
Coffee meditation break. (No worries! None was spilled! Don't try this at home, kids!!)...
And voilá, one of the finished pieces...
*The book is called THORNGHOST (Dial 2016), by Tone Almhjell, coming in August. Check it out!
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Good art can be a little dark and disturbing. In the case of a new exhibition at the Whitney Library Gallery, it can also be classified as creepy, spooky, kooky, mysterious and more than a little fun. The show features dark drawings and haunting images, much of them from a new children's book, "The Stumps of Flattop Hill," by Las Vegas-based author Kenneth Kit Lamug.Add a Comment
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Not that those of us who love kidlit need an excuse to write for children, but here are some additional reasons.
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"... There are several other sources of enjoyment in a long voyage... the map of the world ceases to be a blank; it becomes a picture full of the most varied and animated pictures." –from THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE
Charles Darwin was born 207 years ago today, on February 12, 1809. Today is also Darwin Day– a celebration of Darwin's life and amazing contributions to the world of science. Cake for everyone!
*Art detail from CHARLES DARWIN'S AROUND-THE-WORLD ADVENTURE (Abrams 2016), coming in October!
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It's always fun to get copies of a new book with a map I've worked on inside.
This is from THE TURN OF THE TIDE, by Rosanne Parry (Random House BYR, 2016).
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I've been interviewed by the lovely Joanna Marple over at her blog, Miss Marple's Musings. Check it out!
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A KidLit TV EXCLUSIVE!
Follow along with Best Selling author Hervé Tullet's spirited reading of Press Here!
From Chronicle Books:
Press here. That's right. Just press the yellow dot, and turn the page. The single touch of a finger sparks a whimsical dance of color and motion in this joyful celebration of the power of imagination.
—School Library Journal, starred review
"An interactive book that gives the iPad a licking."
—The Horn Book, starred review
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It's time! Time for The Audrey Press Holiday Book Sale!! Giving Young Readers the Gift that they can Open Again and Again!
As the holiday season approaches, consider adding the gift of books to your shopping list. There are many wonderful booklists available for parents looking to give their child the gift of reading and adventure. A book makes a great gift because they are meaningful, beautiful, portable, appealing, and inexpensive and it's a gift that can be opened again and again. Books are the perfect gift for any age and a gift that doesn't require batteries or sizing instruction!
If you would like to get started on your family reading adventure, or would just like to add to your family bookshelf, Audrey Press has some special deals on their catalog of books to get readers and gift-givers on their merry way. From November 30th to December 15th, give the gift of reading, adventure and education at extra-special Black Friday prices!
Discover the joys of delving into this timeless children's literature classic and see the Secret Garden through new eyes and a modern twist! Kids and nature go hand-and-hand and enjoying the bounty that the great outdoors brings is not just a "summer thing." A Year in the Secret Garden is a delightful children's book with over 120 pages, with 150 original color illustrations and 48 activities for your family and friends to enjoy, learn, discover and play with together. Grab your copy ASAP for the Holiday Book Sale price of $15.00 More details HERE!
Do your young readers love nature and all of nature's critters? The Fox Diaries: The Year the Foxes Came to our Garden offers an enthusiastically educational opportunity to observe this fox family grow and learn together. From digging and hunting to playing and resting, this diary shares a rare glimpse into the private lives of Momma Rennie and her babies. Grab your copy ASAP for the Holiday Book Sale price of $12.00 HERE.
The Waldorf Homeschool Handbook is a simple step-by-step guide to creating and understanding a Waldorf inspired homeschool plan. Within the pages of this comprehensive homeschooling guide, parents will find information, lesson plans, curriculum, helpful hints, behind the scenes reasons why, rhythm, rituals, helping you fit homeschooling into your life. Discover The Waldorf Homeschool Handbook: The Simple Step-by-Step guide to creating a Waldorf-inspired homeschool will makes a great gift so grab your copy ASAP for the Holiday Book Sale price of $17.00
The Ultimate Guide to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Enhanced Digital eBook is an entertaining and educational children's book enhanced with animations, games, recipes, videos, and more providing hours of fun for kids and parents alike. Based on the beloved story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory this interactive children's e-book is filled with action and adventure. With over 20 crafts and activities (including creating Gobstopper Gum and Chocolate Rivers, golden tickets, handmade Willy Wonka hats, etc.), this beautifully illustrated e-book re-lives the wonder and amazement through Willy Wonka's world of magic. Download your copy ASAP for the Holiday Book Sale price of $3.99
Don't have an Apple device, but still want to experience the thrill, activities and magic of The Ultimate Guide to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? This entertaining and educational children's book based on the beloved story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is available in PDF form! With over 20 crafts and activities (including creating Gobstopper Gum and Chocolate Rivers, golden tickets, handmade Willy Wonka hats, etc.), this beautifully illustrated PDF re-lives the wonder and amazement through Willy Wonka's world of magic. Download your PDF copy ASAP for the Holiday Book Sale price of $5.00!
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From LITTLE AUTHOR IN THE BIG WOODS, A BIOGRAPHY OF LAURA INGALLS WILDER.
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Our past few weeks have been a swirl of doctor appointments and deadlines. I had to skip a few of my weekly Books We've Read roundups because usually I put them together on weekends, and my last three weekends were quite full! Three weeks' worth of books is too many for one post, but I'll share a few particular standouts…and next Sunday I'll be back on track with my regular "this week in books."
Mordant's Wish by Valerie Coursen: a family favorite, now sadly out of print (but available used). This is a sweet story with a chain-reaction theme. Mordant the mole sees a cloud shaped like a turtle and wishes on a dandelion for a real turtle friend. The windblown seeds remind a passing cyclist of snow, prompting him to stop for a snow cone—which drips on the ground in the shape of a hat, reminding a passing bird that his dear Aunt Nat (who wears interesting hats) is due for a visit…and so on. All my children have felt deeply affectionate about this book. The domino events are quirky and unpredictable, and the wonderful art provides lots of clues to be delighted in during subsequent reads. If your library has it, put it on your list for sure.
Sloth Slept On by Frann Preston-Gannon. Review copy provided by publisher. A strange, snoozing beast shows up in the backyard, and the kids don't know what it is. They ask around but the adults are busy, so they hit the books in search of answers. All the while, the sloth sleeps on. The fun of the book lies in the bold, appealing art, and in the humor of the kids' earnest search unfolding against a backdrop of clues as to the mysterious creature's identity. Huck enjoyed the punchline of the ending.
Possum Magic by Mem Fox, illustrated by Julie Vivas. I've had this book since before I had children to read it to: it was one of the picture books I fell in love with during my grad-school part-time job at a children's bookstore. Fox and Vivas are an incomparable team—it was they who gave us Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, which I described in 2011 as perhaps my favorite picture book of all time, an assertion I'll stand by today. Possum Magic is the tale of a young Aussie possum whose granny works some bush magic to make her invisible, for protection from predators. Eventually young Hush would like to be visible again, but Grandma Poss can't quite remember the recipe for the spell. There's a lot of people food involved (much of it unfamiliar to American readers, which I think is what my kids like best about the book).
Rilla and I finished Dancing Shoes, our last Saturday-night-art-date audiobook. Now we're a couple of chapters into Swallows and Amazons. She's a little lukewarm on it so far—so many nautical terms—but I suspect that once the kids get to the island, she'll be hooked. The Ransome books were particular favorites of Jane's and I'm happy to see them get another go with my younger set.
After Charlotte's Web, I chose Natalie Babbitt's The Search for Delicious as our next dinnertime readaloud (for Huck, Rilla, and Wonderboy). We're nearing the climax now and oh, this book is every bit as gripping as I remember from childhood. The kingdom is about to erupt in war over the question of what food should define "delicious" in the Royal Dictionary. The queen's brother is galloping across the kingdom spreading lies and fomenting dissent, and young Gaylen, the messenger charged with polling every citizen for their delicious opinion (a thankless and sometimes dangerous task), has begun to discover the secret history of his land—a secret involving dwarves, woldwellers, a lost whistle, and a mermaid's doll. So good, you guys.
My literature class (Beanie and some other ninth-grade girls) continues to read short stories; this month we're discussing Poe's "The Purloined Letter" and Thurber's "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty." In November we're doing Around the World in Eighty Days, so I've begun pre-re-reading that one in preparation. But I also found myself picking up a book I read, and didn't get a chance to write about, earlier this year: Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher. The fact that I've read it twice in one year is probably all the endorsement I need give: with a TBR pile is taller than the Tower of Babel, I really shouldn't be spending any time on rereads at all. But there I was stuck in a waiting room, and there it was on my Kindle, calling me. It's an epistolary novel—you know I love those—consisting of letters (recommendations and other academic correspondence) by a beleaguered, argumentative university writing professor. His letters of recommendation are more candid and conversation than is typical. He's a seriously flawed individual, and he knows it. But his insights are shrewd, especially when it comes to the challenges besetting the English Department. I thoroughly enjoyed this book on both reads.
Beanie finished Betsy and the Great World and is now reading Betsy's Wedding (Rose insisted, and I fanned the flames) and Rilla of Ingleside, as our 20th-century history studies take us into World War I. Don't Know Much About History continues to work quite well for us as a history spine, a topics jumping-off place, especially given the way it is structured: each chapter begins with a question ("Who were the Wobblies?" "What was the Bull Moose Party?") that serves as a narration hook for us later. Then we range into other texts that explore events in more depth or, as with the Betsy and Rilla books above, provide via narrative a sense of the period. I probably don't have to tell you I'm pretty excited about getting to include Betsy and Rilla in this study. Rilla of Ingleside is one of my most beloved books. The fact that my youngest daughter's blog name—which I use nearly as much as I use her real name—is Rilla is probably a good indication of how much this book (and Rainbow Valley) means to me.
My late-September busy-ness put me in a bit of a slump with my sketching progress—it's really the first time I've dropped the ball on my practice since I began just over a year ago. This week I pulled out our Illustration School books (Beanie and Rilla found them under the tree last Christmas) and decided that whenever I feel slumpy, I'll just pick a page in one of those, or in a 20 Ways to Draw a… book (we have Tree, Cat, and Tulip) and follow those models. It's an easy way to get some practice in and there's something satisfying in filling a page with feathers, mushrooms, or rabbits—even when I make mistakes. Which I do. A lot.
This roundup doesn't include much of the teens' reading, and nothing from Scott although he has racked up quite a few titles since my last post. I'll get the older folks in next time. And I suppose it goes without saying that these posts also provide a bit of a window into our homeschooling life, since I try to chronicle all our reading—a large part of which is related to our studies. If you're curious about what resources we're using (especially the high-schoolers, about whom I get the most queries via email), you'll find a lot of that information here.
Speaking of which: any favorite WWI-related historical fiction you'd like to recommend?
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So very hot. We were languid this week and didn't seem to read as much as usual, but maybe that's just me. We had a lot of medical appointment stuff happening with Wonderboy and it's possible I just didn't do a good job keeping track of what people were reading. A few things, though, absolutely shone.
A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat by Emily Jenkins & Sophie Blackall.
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner and Christopher Silas Neal.
Land Shark by Beth Ferry & Ben Mantle.
A Fine Dessert is one of those picture books everyone is talking about this year, for good reason. Four families, four centuries: mothers and daughters in Lyme, England, 1710; on a Charleston, South Carolina plantation, 1810; in Boston, Massachusetts, 1910; and a father and son in—we were all so excited to see the narrative arrive in our own backyard—San Diego, California, 2010. Each pair gathers the necessary ingredients for a most delicious-sounding dessert: blackberry fool. This is a deft and fascinating look at progress and culture: what changes over time, and what stays the same. Rich history, rich dessert: a delicious combination. Naturally, there's a recipe for the dish in the back of the book—along with informative notes from author and illustrator. Is there a blackberry fool in our future? Absolutely.
Huck really enjoyed Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt. You walk through the year with a grandmother and child, tending the garden and watching the activity of a whole village of little creatures below the soil. Sounds like familiar territory, but this is a new presentation, gorgeously illustrated, and my kids loved watching the below-ground bustle of roly polies, earthworms, and other nibbling creatures.
Land Shark: everyone read it but me! I'll have to report back later on that one. Seemed to be a hit, though.
The Glorkian Warrior Eats Adventure Pie by James Kochalka.
My Very First Mother Goose by Iona Opie and Rosemary Wells.
Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade by Landry Q. Walker and Eric Jones.
Huck devoured Glorkian Warrior—a young graphic novel I'm told is most entertaining. Now, the Mother Goose was a tiny bit of a cheat. This is a much beloved book in my house—a gift from my sister when Jane was born, and considerably tattered from hundreds of readings. Huck knows it more or less by heart. Which is where the cheat comes in: I have a policy of requiring a kid to memorize a poem before he (it is nearly always my youngest who asks) may download a new iPad app. The neighbor kid turned Huck on to some free motorcycle game, but Huck couldn't add it to our device until he recited a poem for me. He trotted off to the poetry shelf and came back—oh, it must have been seconds—later, triumphantly announcing he'd learned one by heart. Sure, he had. IN THE CRADLE, PRACTICALLY. He rattled off Jack and Jill and hustled away to download his game before I could muster an argument about loopholes. Next time I'll have to be more specific about which end of the poetry shelf he may draw material from, the scamp.
The Supergirl graphic novel was a Rilla read.
Continued from last week:
I don't know how I'm going to make it through the last two chapters of Charlotte's Web. Just the sight of the next chapter title—"Last Day"—got me all choked up. And, you know, this is very likely the last time I will read it aloud to my own children.
Vanessa and Her Sister is so good, you guys! I'm reading pretty slowly, just because I've been so busy and I zonk out quickly most nights. But that's all right because I'm happy to be savoring it slowly. Gorgeous writing. And I took Kortney's advice and requested Hermione Lee's Virginia Woolf biography from the library. It arrived and is about three inches thick. It doesn't seem to be available on Kindle, more's the pity. All fat books should be available on Kindle.
Beanie reread a bunch of Harry Potter books this week, and I don't know what everyone else was into. Rilla checked out a stack of library books about the moon. She's been spouting interesting tidbits at me all week.
I have two more crammed-full weeks ahead of me, and then I hope to get back to posting in between these Sunday book recaps. But for now, I'm just happy I've managed to pull this together four weeks in a row!
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We are doing a special promotion through 9/15/15 to coincide with our favorite season. We've teamed up with a bunch of really cool kidlit authors to offer some great free and discounted eBooks. 4EYESBOOKS has discounted The Nutt Family: An Acorny Adventure on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks & Kobo. Chess Nutt and his sister Praline are always pretending to have crazy adventures. What happens when these two acorn siblings have an unexpected real life adventure on their own? Things get a little nutty!
Other books in this great promotion will be discounted from 9/11 – 9/15. Check them out HERE.
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Here's a new black & white map for a middle-grade novel coming out soon. I'll post the book when I get a copy. (I've been humming that Dora the Explorer song A LOT lately... I'm the map, I'm the map, I'm the map, I'm the map...)
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Maggie meets her grandmother, and Oliver gets a scolding. (From MAGGIE & OLIVER OR A BONE OF ONE'S OWN.)
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Everyone else is doing it, so I thought I'd post my five reasons why you should apply to be a Cybils Awards judge. As you would expect, there's a lot of overlap with other people's reasons, but I'll add my own spin on them, and with an emphasis on my category, Young Adult Speculative Fiction. For those who don't know what speculative fiction is, it includes fantasy, science fiction, horror, dystopian, steampunk, and basically anything else with supernatural, fantastical, or futuristic elements.
1. Read and discuss good books. Hopefully you don't need an excuse to read, but it doesn't hurt to be able to say, "Sorry, I can't do the dishes, I have to finish this Cybils book." Cybils judges engage in intense reading - and for Round 1, a LOT of reading - and intense discussions with a small group of people who share your book passion.
In YA Spec Fic, we've sometimes had upwards of 200 nominated books in Round 1, and while you don't have to read them all, Round 1 judges in YA SF can expect to have to read at least 40 books over a 3 month period. (Presumably, you'll already have read some of the category nominations). It's crazy intense, but so much fun! Round 2 judges have to read 5 to 7 books in a little under 6 weeks, but they get to read "the best of the best" and choose a winner.
2. Make lifelong friends. Those intense discussions with like-minded people? Turns out they're a great basis for a friendship. I've made lifelong friends from serving together on a Cybils panel. (And KidLitCon is a great place to meet up with them in person!)
3. Influence the books available for children/teen reading. Yup, awards do have an influence. And while the Cybils don't get as much media as, say, the ALA awards, we have a pretty big and dedicated following that includes teachers, librarians, and booksellers. The books you choose may end up on reading lists, getting purchased by a library, or in bookstore displays. Books that win awards and get that attention may be more likely to be reprinted or have a sequel or other books by the author published.
4. Get your blog better known. Did I mention we have a following? Round 1 judges are encouraged to blog about the books you read, and while Round 2 judges can't blog the finalists during the round, they can post reviews after the winners are announced. Throughout the Cybils season, we post review excerpts with links to reviews by both Round 1 and Round 2 judges to the Cybils blog, thus further aiding discovery of judges' blogs. During the summer, you can contribute themed book lists for posting on the Cybils blog. Being a Cybils judge can bring greater visibility to your blog, increase your traffic, and give you greater credibility with publishers.
5. Learn a lot. I mean, a lot. I sometimes think I know a lot about YA SF, but every year I'm blown away by the knowledge and expertise of my fellow judges, and every year I learn more from them.
What I'm looking forAs Category Chair for YA Speculative Fiction, I have the responsibility to choose the judges for my category. It's my least favorite part of the Cybils: I hate having to choose one person over another, but unfortunately we usually don't have room for everyone.
Here are some of the things that I look for:
1. A passion for speculative fiction. If your "about" on your blog says that you don't really like most spec fic, then I'll most likely pass. If you don't post about SF much, I'll think long and hard before choosing you.
2. Knowledge of spec fiction and its subgenres. Speculative Fiction is a very diverse genre. One day you might be reading a scary ghost story, and the next a futuristic dystopian. I look for people who have read broadly within the genre and can discuss the various aspects, literary elements, and tropes of the genre.
3. Critical thinking skills. I have to know that you can think critically about books and analyze the literary elements and readability of a book. Reviews are a great way to demonstrate this, but if you don't review books, hopefully you can submit other blog posts that demonstrate your critical thinking skills.
4. Open to diverse perspectives. I want to see that you have a demonstrated interest in diversity, and a tolerance for worldviews different from your own.
5. Diverse backgrounds. I mean this in two ways. First, I look for people who can bring expertise or experience with one or more under-represented groups, in what we usually mean when we say diversity. For example, do you blog about people of color, LGBTQA+ characters, differently-abled characters, different religious or worldviews, etc.? Second, I look for a variety of personal and work experience, so that the panel is hopefully made up of a good mix of librarians, teachers, parents, booksellers, authors, etc.
So I have I scared you off yet? Oops, I was supposed to be convincing you why you should apply! Please do apply, and if YA Speculative Fiction isn't your thing, we have plenty of other categories ranging from Easy Readers to Young Adult. We even have a book apps category!
Here's the information on how to apply!
Also, see the following posts for more reasons to apply!
- Five reasons to apply to be a Cybils Judge (with particular referrence to middle grade spec fic) - from Elementary/Middle-grade Speculative Fiction chair Charlotte Taylor
- 5 Things I Love About Judging the Cybils - from Easy Reader/Early Chapter Books chair Katie Fitzgerald
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In the world of Jordan College at Oxford, Lyra Delaqua's life is more than simple. She shares many adventures with her daemon Pantalaimon and her best friend Roger. She occasionally learns from the scholars, but only when she's in the right mood. She's neither a peasant nor a noble child.
However, this simplicity only lasts until she catches the Master of Jordan trying to poison her nobleman uncle, Lord Asriel. This sets off a series of events that wrenches Lyra from her careless life at Oxford.
Lord Asriel is the first to introduce the aspect of Dust to her, something that he believes can only be found in the north, the place she desires to go more than anywhere else on planet. Thoughts of the great, white north race through her mind on a daily basis. This could be her chance—to travel to the north with her scholarly uncle to help him discover this so called dust.
But events are set in place to keep this from happening. Children are disappearing from Oxford. No one knows where they go or what happens to them once they are gone. All they know is who is taking them—the Gobblers. But the gobblers are faceless, and day by day, more children and their daemons are disappearing from all over the world.
After Lyra's uncle has departed for his journey into the north, Lyra is introduced to the charming and graceful Mrs. Coulter, who intrigues Lyra so that she agrees to go with Mrs. Coulter and her eerie golden monkey to become her assistant, learn the ways of traveling, and venture into the north.But before Lyra leaves Jordan College, she is called to the Master who gives her a curious device called an alethiometer—a truth measurer. He gives her no information—not how to read, nor why he is giving it to her. He only emphasizes the great need to keep it secret.
For the first few weeks with Mrs. Coulter, Lyra's life is drastically improved. She dresses well, bathes frequently. She learns about geography, cartography, and every other "ography." But dark secrets are soon revealed—secrets of Dust, something called the Oblation board, and possibly what is happening to the children snatched up by the Gobblers. Lyra escapes from Mrs. Coulter just barely, and on her journey to find truth and her friend Roger, she encounters and learns more than she could ever imagine including Lord Faa and Farder Coram of the water-bound gyptians, Lee Scoresby the hot air balloon pilot from Texas, Serafina Pekkala—queen of a tribe of witches–, and Iorek Byrnison, an exiled bear prince from Svalbard. Together this ragtag band of determined allies travel into the north, discover the secret of the Gobblers, and many more secrets that even the alethiometer kept hidden.
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- Canada
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The world is limited for people who can't read. Imagine not being able to read signs, medication labels, job applications, or a note from your child's teacher, and not having the pleasure of reading a novel. Reading helped me survive the abuse and torture of my childhood; I am saddened for the people who don't have that escape. And reading novels helps reduce stress, increase vocabulary and knowledge, stimulate your mind and possibly slow down or prevent Alzheimer's and Dementia, increase empathy, and do better at school and in life. People who can't read often have lower incomes, lower quality jobs, low self-esteem, and worse health. Yet nearly 800 million people worldwide cannot read or write, 126 million of them are children, and 2/3 are girls or women.
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Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes
Verse 1
Come one, come all
come boys and girls,
come ladies and gents
to the funniest place in the world!
If you want to torture your friends,
then this is the place for you.
'Cause where else will you find,
Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes,
and we live for fun.
Headless Hats and Portable Swamps,
there's enough for everyone!
Our mission in life is to
annoy and amuse.
So come on down
and see Fred and George.
Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes
is a sure cure for the blues!
Verse 2
Extendable Ears?
Excellent choice, my dear.
Hey, don't leave yet,
see what we have here.
This just came in,
I know you'll like it, at least I hope.
Get revenge on your enemies
with a Punching Telescope!
Verse 3
Come visit the shop any time;
we're open twenty-four-seven.
If you like to prank and joke,
you'll be stepping into heaven.
Our mum wasn't pleased,
no, not one bit.
But, honey, I'll tell you
it was so worth it!
So be sure to stop
in our little shop,
I'm sure it'll make you smile.
Buy some candy
or a Love Potion.
I'll make it worth your while.
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If Fred and George ever made a commercial for their shop, this is what it would sound like.
Could you please put this in a more appropriate category, such as Poetry / Song? Thanks!
whats the tune
U No Poo........ Rowling was SUCH a genious to invent The Weasley Twins!
I want to go visit the shop now! And buy Extendable Ears.
omg his is from the Joke Shop, i wish it was real lol
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The ethic behind Real Girls Like She-Males Too! is a gender-bending mixture of girls, guys and she-males, making up threesomes. At least that's supposed to be the premise. But it only happens once. The rest is standard tranny fare.
Mostly, this is a pretty average feature from beginning to end. A deserved "A" for effort in the first scene, featuring a couple and a she-male, making an interesting threeway. This gave us a taste for what a whole feature on that theme might have been like. And it would have been good. But this is mostly just average.
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Thanks for this completely incoherent post. Are you drunk on cock?
Uh, close your bold tag. You've bolded the whole Slog.
What a difference a state makes. My dad goes to "men's breakfasts" at their church in Maine. Last summer the menfolk all started complaining because there was a new pastor who made them pray and talk about the Bible and stuff during the pancakes.
They just wanted to talk about cars, the E Coli level in the lakes, their grandkids, etc., etc. But then someone had to bring up all that God stuff and ruin it...
In between my laughter, I suggested that they should go out to breakfast at the local diner instead.
Are you the new Adrian Ryan or what. That sucked, learn to make sense kthx.
Wichita Falls, Texas? I have family from there. So many summers when I was little involved Wichita Falls. Tarantulas, ticks, tornados, wax melting off my dead uncle's face at his open casket funeral. Ah, definitely good times in Wichita Falls.
I'm the new Rip Taylor. It's hard to make sense when your mind is ravaged by confetti and cancer wigs.
Death and Texas go so well together! My uncle was crushed by a cascade of giant telephone poles unloosed from their pile atop an 18 wheeler trailer bed.
And I am DYING to know who your family is! Small-Town Intrigue!
You know what would make this post better? In the middle, put SCROTUM! in bold and all caps.
Why are all these born again Christians so damn fat? Haven't they heard of dieting or the gym?
"Hold Your Load Balls" -fer tha fellas. Good thinkin.
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What does it say about me that I totally understood this post?
Also, does that pic remind any one of a hot bukakke scene?
non? dearling? have you just considered the fact that YOU'RE JUST TOO FUCKING SLOW TO KEEP UP? no? well. that's not so very surprising.
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Love it.
Horrors. From Texas, too.
HA! I SO relate to your post. OMG! Like I was your long lost gay twin cousin or some damn thing. I grew up Nazarene in Wichita Falls. The only balls I ever remember getting had absolutely nothing to do with purity. And yeah, what a total surprise to find out about the glory hole thing. Jeebus...
Thanks for giving me a great laugh this morning!
Good post, Nick. We had Promise Keepers where I was growing up, or, as my feminist theology professor liked to call them...the kindler, gentler patriarchy.
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Apartment 28 in 198 Elizabeth street had bed bugs on march 2012. We reported it to ozi mgmt and they ignored us until we reported it to the city. They confirmed with a specialist that we did have bed bugs, but our lease was up at the end of the month so they didn't treat it. When moving out 3 weeks later, they hadn't told any of our neighbors. We spoke to the bed bug company and they said it would take a minimum of 8 weeks for the treatment to work, but the place has already been back on the mar
ket for 18 days according to street easy.
Happy on 10/30/2010
As of October 2010 the landlord of both buildings say all signs of bedbugs are gone. OZI has spraying done once a month, and if they found a problem they are willing to spray. I have seen in person that the tenants in apt 28 of 202 Elizabeth have cleaned up their apartment. I don't know if apartment 24 in 198 Elizabeth has changed. As far as I now the rest of the apartments in both buildings are fine.
ananymous on 05/08/2009
OZI management (who runs 198 and 202) brought in M&M Environmental to inspect each apartment at 202 Elizabeth in early 2009. The situation seems to be either contained in apt 28, or omitted.
happy on 03/11/2009
The landlord has treated all the buildings and no bed bug infestaions have been found.
Anonymous on 12/01/2008
Jan 2007 Apt 24 - 2 treatments
Oct 2008 Apt 28 - 3 treatments
Also found bed bugs on sticky trap in the hall of the building. Landlord treated apts has not yet send a notice to other people in the building (as promised) to get inspection. My fear is that it's a building wide issue and it will continue to get worse. The adjacent building which is connected to this one - 202 Elizabeth street had a bed bug issue in August 2008 in Apt 28. They had 3 treatments. Have seen a tenant in apt 8 wi
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"AMBOSELI: DUST BOWL & SWAMP!" Top 5 Page for this destination Amboseli National Park by safardreams
Amboseli National Park Travel Guide: 120 reviews and 377 photos
Amboseli Reserve: Located in the Rift Valley, on the border of Tanzania. North West of "KILIMANJARO"! A small reserve
only 392sq.km.! To me ,it looks BIGGER! One of Kenya's more popular reserves.You can see the snow capped peak of KILIMANJARO,
from all over! Made into a reserve in
1974, even though small and very
fragile. There are plenty of game here. Also, many Birds. It is also home to the Masai people. Who share and live with the wild animals in harmony. Most of the time!
What I found most amazing about this place: Were the huge:
DUST DEVILS! Never seen one before! Also what looked like water.
Were really MIRAGES! The guys were teasing me about this.We kept
driving to a spot, no water. You can see some of the animals following
the water, but no water!
Kilimanjaro's melting snow feeds
the swamps and ponds. It is being
said now though. In 10 or 20 yrs.
there will not be any snow to melt!
Give you one guess why! Man has
changed everything!!
Amboseli, many Elephant here. This is the place of the:
Cynthia Moss, Elephant Project!
Started about 30yrs ago. But, also Lion, Buffalo, Zebra, Hyena ect.
Supposed to be Cheetah, didn't see
any! At times very dusty. Keep your
camera covered when you see dust flying your way from a passing:
MINNI-BUS! Because of the delicate
nature of the park. You are NOT
allowed to drive off-road!! The swamps are beautiful. There is also
a place called:Observation Hill, that
you can walk up. I suggest staying
in one of the Public Camp-sites.
With a BIG-FIRE!!
With a few visitors near camp!
Baboons and Maribu Storks crossing paths to the garbage pit!
Fun to watch really! Bring some:
Black N White film!! Many Elephant
Babies the time I visited.
From Dust to Bright Green! It would be a SIN for this to vanish someday!
Hope it won't! I have been trying to
find the names of both of these
Elephants here. Because of the Project, they all have names!
We have a Male: Water-Buck, blending in with sand!
This BULL-ELEPHANT must and will have his own T-LOGUE!! I know his name. I know where he travels! I
know how he lost his TUSK!!
If he had both TUSKS, he would be PERFECT! There is no way, without
being there to get a grasp on how big his SKULL is!
AWESOME!! Coming right at us!
- Pros:Easy to find almost everthing!, Many Elephants!
- Cons:The Dust!
- In a nutshell:Peaceful place, worth a 3nt. stay!
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Thanks for a showcase of wonderful pictures! Were most of the days clear enough to see Kili a lot? Thinking of going to Amboseli in Oct. and wondering if it is worth squeezing in ....
Brilliant destination thanks for your tips
Amazing place, thanks for showing those beautiful pics. I like the ELEPHANTS pics. ;-)
While viewing your page here, I was making a feeble attempt to eat my dinner. Needless to say, I couldn?t peel my eyes away from the screen long enough to accomplish the task. My wife is now pi$$ed. Great page.
Looking at your pages is like watching an interesting slideshow on Africa. The dust-devils are unbelievable! I thought the "Broken Sun" photo was especially beautiful.
fantastic! :)
Sunrise, sunsets, and babies! love them all, David!
Great pictures again David! Hard to say which are my favorites :-)
I did loved the sunsets !
After reading this huge page I can say only one word: FANTASTIC !!!(again!)
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So a few months ago I accidentally spilled a little water on a few of my usb flash drives. I really want to test and see if they work, but before I do, I just want to make sure that there's no risk of damaging my computer. I'm pretty sure it's fine, but I just got a new laptop and would hate to ruin it over something stupid.
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What value of stamp do I require to affix to a postcard which I plan on mailing from India to Croatia? Presumably it'd be the same as sending to anywhere in Europe?
I am an ex-India Post employee and we used to advise postage of Rs. 12 for International Post Cards, i.e. India to anywhere. I know few colleagues who encouraged stamps worth Rs. 15. Surface PostCard cost Rs. 4 to 7 while Airmail PostCard cost Rs. 12, except Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan which cost Rs. 8.
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Indian Post Website has a postage calculator which will show you the cost. Anyway most Post offices websites have this calculator feature.
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I have written code that randomly generates a 3D vector of random magnitude. I now want to create a histogram of how many vectors lie in the concentric spherical shells (n*delta r, (n+1)delta r) starting from (0, delta r). The simplest way to do this is just find how many endpoints end up in each shell but I'm not sure how to go about this.
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Wed, May 3rd, 2000
- Issue #40
Steven discusses the negative fan reaction when an established creator breaks new ground by going out on their own using Warren Ellis' recent announcements as an example.
Wed, April 26th, 2000
- Issue #39
Steven discusses the proper use of dialogue in comics and thoughts on Frank Miller's return to the Dark Knight.
Wed, April 19th, 2000
- Issue #38
Steven Grant finally answers his most frequently asked question, 'What's the secret of writing?'
Wed, April 12th, 2000
- Issue #37
Steven's on vacation, but turns his column over to fan Kristian Horn who answers the question, "What's good about the comic industry?"
Wed, April 5th, 2000
- Issue #36
Steven Grant shares his thoughts on the battle currently waging between Steranko and Marvel and his thoughts about how things are and should be.
Wed, March 29th, 2000
- Issue #35
A look at various industry awards, from the Academy Awards to the many awards given in the comics industry.
Wed, March 22nd, 2000
- Issue #34
An issue entitled "My Year of Shame," Steven discusses his days working for an upstart comics company called TSR Comics.
Wed, March 15th, 2000
- Issue #33
Does Steven Grant like comics? Plus, why Steven liked being able to say he worked in the same business as Howard Chaykin.
Wed, March 8th, 2000
- Issue #32
Comic pros use and dependence on storytelling shortcuts in the creative process.
Wed, March 1st, 2000
- Issue #31
What we've been calling the "graphic novel" really doesn't come close to that designation and Steven Grant explains why.
Wed, February 23rd, 2000
- Issue #30
Comics aren't just for boys and Steven Grant points out some comics young girls might enjoy. A must read for any parent trying to turn their daughter onto comics.
Wed, February 16th, 2000
- Issue #29
What is it that comics are missing today? Much has been said, but Steven found the answer last weekend. All story tellers should read this issue of MOTO.
Wed, February 9th, 2000
- Issue #28
The real life economics of working in comics. Is there money to be made in this profession?
Wed, February 2nd, 2000
- Issue #27
In a very special Master of the Obvious, Steven Grant remembers his friend and collaborator Gil Kane who died earlier this week. Grant reminisces about Kane's early work in the industry, times spent working together and the work that sadly won't be seen.
Wed, January 26th, 2000
- Issue #26
The comic companies have been waging a quiet war for about 20 years, but now the war is over.
Wed, January 19th, 2000
- Issue #25
The following sentence from today's MOTO describes this column best: In comic books, the art exists in service to the story.
Wed, January 12th, 2000
- Issue #24
It's time for comic fans, retailers and professionals to take this industry and it's fandom seriously, or things will never change.
Wed, January 5th, 2000
- Issue #23
He's said what heroism isn't, but now Steven adresses what heroism is and how most superhero comics don't have any real heroes.
Wed, December 29th, 1999
- Issue #22
Some thoughts on the new Millenium, plus the perfect comic book company.
Wed, December 22nd, 1999
- Issue #21
Reality, perceived reality and dystopian futures in comics, plus why comics hold the most promise
Wed, December 15th, 1999
- Issue #20
An examination of the word Hero. What does it mean and does it still apply to comics?
Wed, December 8th, 1999
- Issue #19
In comics the bit players of yester year played an important role in the development of the medium, but are too soon forgotten.
Wed, December 1st, 1999
- Issue #18
Self Publishing. The good and the bad. Is it worth it? The history of this segment of the industry, it's successes, failures and what it means today.
Wed, November 24th, 1999
- Issue #17
Comic Book Marketing. Three words that don't go well together. With an industry in dire need of help, why isn't there any sort of proper promotion?
Wed, November 17th, 1999
- Issue #16
Steven Grant explores the fascinating history of the Comics Code Authority. What purpose does it serve? What do they do? Have we ever or do we still need the CCA?
Wed, November 10th, 1999
- Issue #15
Hollywood's on again, off again love affair with comics. What happens behind the scenes and how the deals are made.
Wed, November 3rd, 1999
- Issue #14
"Violence in media." Television, movies and video games are all under fire, but comics have barely been touched. Why this is a good and bad for the comics industry.
Wed, October 27th, 1999
- Issue #13
Steven Grant misses the Golden Age of comics. He wants it back now, BUT not all of it. Also, what fans can learn from those days of past.
Wed, October 20th, 1999
- Issue #12
The cover. Good ones, bad ones, and are they really necessary? Steven Grant contemplates the comic book cover in this issue of MOTO.
Wed, October 13th, 1999
- Issue #11
The ascendancy of the writer in comics to superstardom, a look back on the way writers were treated in the past and work-for-hire in this MOTO.
Wed, October 6th, 1999
- Issue #10
Homages. Tributes. Derivatives. Steven Grant discusses the use, and over use, of what's come before in today's comics.
Wed, September 29th, 1999
- Issue #9
Steven discusses why Universes are bad for comics and why comics shouldn't mimic the real world.
Wed, September 22nd, 1999
- Issue #8
Steven Grant's first letters column in MOTO as he answers some of your questions inspired by previous columns.
Wed, September 15th, 1999
- Issue #7
This week Steven adresses the issue why some people literally can't understand comics.
Wed, September 8th, 1999
- Issue #6
Steven Grant elightens frustrated writers with why an editor will publish someone elses
Thu, September 2nd, 1999
- Issue #5
What can the comic industry learn from the WWF? Read Steven Grant's latest column to find out what.
Wed, August 25th, 1999
- Issue #4
Steven Grant tackles the concept of grim'n'gritty in comics, it's beginnings and why it doesn't work as well today.
Wed, August 18th, 1999
- Issue #3
Steven gives you the skinny on the future: the comic book as we know it is dead.
Tue, August 10th, 1999
- Issue #2
Steven Grant addresses the various excuses why the comic industry doesn't attract new readers and gives some sage advice.
Wed, August 4th, 1999
- Issue #1
The formula to always writing a Superhero story that will sell.


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NEW YORK (April 5, 2013)—Philip Ward will spend 18 years to life in prison for the beheading of his pregnant girlfriend in New York City in 1989.
Ward was sentenced Friday in Manhattan.
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Rihanna in Current/Elliott
Rihanna was spotted doing some shopping in New York City wearing an interesting fur hat and Current/Elliott zip legging jeans. Rihanna shopped at Toys R Us in Times Square, a Union Square jeweler and the Gucci and Louis Vuitton boutiques over on Fifth Avenue with her BFF Melissa. Reports are that on December 19th, Rihanna will be taking the stage for a very special performance at Rockefeller Center. Buy these jeans at Singer22 for $219.
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This girl has to be my favorite star of all time. She always makes me smile when I see her. Kate Hudson was seen wearing Current/Elliott skinny jeans in Loved Destroyed while on holiday in Aspen. Kate was strolling around the city with her mom Goldie Hawn, brother Oliver Hudson and his wife Erinn Bartlett. I love the irony of this outfit, ripped jeans in the snow.
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Hello all,
I'm happy to use WP User Fronted, but I have one small problem : posts can't be deleted thru the dashboard, system gives the message "You are not the post author. Cheeting huh!".
It's strange, because we can "edit" the message. It's only when we try to delete.
I have to say I use an Active Directory plugin to mange users, and perhaps the link to the author is not coded the same way to edit and to remove.
The author is "user1", when I look in the WordPress posts dashboard. But when I'm in the WP User Frontend's dashboard, it's written "email@example.com", because of my Active Directory integration.
Do you know chat I can do ?
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Writing an option page for a plugin, I have to deal with the tedious magic quotes escaping.
I think in WP there is already such a function (surely magic quotes are managed in the "public" part of WP, there is some row of code in wp-settings.php).
This function can be used and will be stable in the future? What's its name? I rhink in WP there are lots of functions useful for plugin writers: what about organize a section in the documentation for those features?


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Dick Harmon: Lance Reynolds retirement ends link to long history of BYU football
Ravell Call, Deseret News
Lance Reynolds was kind of a Santa Claus figure for three decades of BYU football players.
Kind, gentlemanly, and full of good cheer, he bridged time for Cougar football. He was a link to the Doug Scovil days of LaVell Edwards when it all began. Reynolds' institutional knowledge of BYU was unmatched. He was the longest enduring personal connection to history on the coaching staff.
After 31 years with the program, the assistant head football coach for the Cougars retired this past week, making the announcement at the Poinsettia Bowl. Former players remember him for his kindness, loyalty and virtue — a steady rock in a windy world.
Most of his BYU career, he coached running backs.
Reynolds coached seven of BYU's 10 all-time leading rushers, including career-leader Harvey Unga, No. 2 Curtis Brown, No. 3 Jamal Willis and No. 4 Lakei Heimuli. Others in that Top 10, who were Reynold's men, include Luke Staley, Ronnie Jenkins and Brian McKenzie.
Reynolds' coaching style was the antithesis of the screamer. He was a sweet-tempered fixer, listener, sympathetic ear and counselor.
The school's all-time leading rusher, Unga, says Reynolds always had his best interests in mind, even when he messed up. "I can't tell you how many times he's asked the guys, 'Where's Harv?' Whether in practice, meetings or even games, he was always asking where I was to make sure I was where I needed to be," says Unga. "I will always be grateful for coach Reynolds and everything he taught me."
Brown, whose BYU career record Unga broke, credits Reynolds for making him a complete player. Reynolds told him: "Everyone can run the football at this level. If you couldn't, you wouldn't be here. What will make you great is your ability to protect the quarterback and when not needed to stay in for protection, get the heck out of there and go catch passes."
Said Brown, "Reynolds' relationship with me was like I had with my father. He never really had to say much to pump me up, but I knew he was watching every move and all I wanted to do was make him proud."
Reynolds recruited Fahu Tahi out of Granger High. "He took care of me throughout me entire time at BYU like his own son. I wouldn't have survived or made it through without him," said Tahi.
"It wasn't because he was my coach, but because of how close we were as friends." Tahi considered leaving BYU before his senior year when then coach Gary Crowton left. "I stayed because Reynolds stayed. He's helped me become a better player and person and I'll always look to him for help and a good laugh. He's the best. There is no one like him."
Quarterback John Beck remembered Reynolds picking him up in his Suburban for a recruiting visit when he was 18 during the LaVell Edwards' regime before Beck's mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. When Beck returned from Portugal, he had been recruited by Edwards, played for Crowton and then Bronco Mendenhall.
"For me as a player, he was my only constant. He drove me around on my first visit," says Beck. "He helped me as a true freshman when BYU football was going through some rough years and he was giving me a hug when I made my biggest play of my career against Utah."
Beck remembers his sophomore year he walked from the locker room up to the film room area during training camp. "We crossed paths at the bottom of the steps right when I was coming up. He said, 'Beck, smile. You should always enjoy this.' I told him I would when we started winning games."
Reynolds replied, "I know. I want to win too, but have a good time doing this and we will win."
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