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Late Bloomerby Fern Michaels
From New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels comes her most emotionally powerful novel to date -- a heartwarming tale of love and envy, friendship and forgiveness, that introduces an unforgettable heroine, Cady Jordan, who comes into her own as she recovers her memory of a childhood tragedy. Twenty years have passed since the incident involving six lonely children at a secret playground in Indigo Valley, Pennsylvania, which left the town bully dead and ten-year-old Cady Jordan seriously injured. Now Cady has returned to the valley to care for her ailing grandmother, Lola, an eccentric retired Wlm star, who is the only person Cady has ever truly loved. While Cady has recovered physically and has grown into an attractive and intelligent but overly cautious young woman, she has no memory of her childhood tragedy. Lola desperately wants to see Cady embrace life and Wnd the happiness she deserves, so she pushes her granddaughter to "remember" so she can go forward with her life. As Cady reacquaints herself with her old friends -- Amy, who is now a wife and mother; Andy, an insurance agent; Pete, an attorney; and Mac, the town's chief of police -- she begins to recall bits and pieces of what happened that fateful day. Cady also discovers a new zest for life and falls in love for the Wrst time. But her friends don't want her to remember. If the truth comes out, their safe and secure lives might be ruined forever. Which of them will do what is best for Cady and acknowledge the truth? Which of them will betray her again and do what is best for themselves? With vibrant characters, Michaels's distinctive blend of humor and poignancy, and a suspenseful story line that holds readers engrossed until the Wnal page is turned, Late Bloomer takes readers on a young woman's journey of self-discovery that is at once exciting, heartbreaking, and ultimately triumphant.
Late Editionby Fern Michaels
Leaving La La LandTeresa "Toots" Loudenberry has a knack for finding adventure, even when she's not looking for it. But ever since Sophie convinced her friends to start holding regular séances, life in Los Angeles is getting a little too dramatic even for Toots's tastes. When Ida receives a message from the beyond suggesting that her late husband was murdered, a spooked Toots decides it's time the Godmothers left LA for her hometown of Charleston. . .Meanwhile, Mavis has been acting suspiciously, mailing packages in bulk and refusing to divulge what she's up to. She should know by now that Ida, Toots, and Sophie will never let secrets rest or ignore a friend in need. And when the Godmothers discover that whoever killed Ida's husband has plans for Ida too, they'll do what they do best--rally together, concoct a daring plan, and show the world there is no match for these four formidable friends. . ."The Godmothers series [is] pure recession-proof fun." --Publishers Weekly
Lethal Justiceby Fern Michaels
The women of the Sisterhood are fun, smart, sassy, and determined to get their way every time. But most of all, they are the best friends a woman wants by her side in good times and bad. Meeting once again in Myra Rutledge's beautiful Virginia home, they're ready to face a new challenge and right a vicious wrong. . .Alexis Thorn, once a successful securities broker, spent a hellish year behind bars for a crime she never committed. Now she has her freedom, but she's left with haunting memories of being hauled from her office in handcuffs. . .of the cell door clanging shut behind her. . .of her pleas going unheard. Meanwhile the real criminals--her former employers, Roland Sullivan and his lover Arden Gillespie--continue to make millions by conning the innocent, especially preying on the elderly and taking their life savings. Alexis dreams of getting even. The legal system failed her, but the Sisterhood won't. They have a delicious plan that can give Sullivan and Gillespie a taste of their own bitter medicine. . .
Lethal Justice (The Sisterhood, Book #6)by Fern Michaels
Alexis Thorn, once a successful securities broker, spent a hellish year behind bars for a crime she didn't commit.
Listen To Your Heartby Fern Michaels
New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels has captivated readers worldwide with her heart-stirring stories of love and family, friendship and renewal. With Listen to Your Heart, she spins the unforgettable tale of a young woman who might be falling for a match made in heaven... Listen To Your Heart With her beloved mother gone, her twin sister about to be married, and no hint of Mr. Right on the horizon, Josie Dupré is lonesome. Luckily, she has her booming New Orleans catering business to keep her busy, and her fluffy white dog, Rosie, to keep her company...until an obnoxious Boxer brazenly captures Rosie's undying devotion. Even worse, the budding romance puts Josie in close proximity to the dog's owner--sexy, love 'em and leave 'em Cajun playboy, Paul Brouillette. Paul's all for l'amour, but ever since he came into Josie's life, strange things have been happening. She hears music that isn't there, and she smells her mother's favorite cologne in an empty room. Maybe her mom's trying to send her a message...something about finding love where you least expect it...and listening to your heart.
Making Spirits Brightby Fern Michaels Rosalind Noonan Elizabeth Bass Nan Rossiter
Secret wishes, sweet surprises, and gifts straight from the heart. Delight in this season's most joyous presents with these four sparkling tales. . ."Making Spirits Bright" by Fern MichaelsMelanie McLaughlin desperately wants to adopt two orphaned siblings and give them a real home for Christmas. A just-for-the-holiday marriage to Bryce Landry fits her plan perfectly. . .until unexpected sparks have Melanie dreaming of forever by his side. . ."Runaway Christmas" by Elizabeth BassA glass of wine, lounging in pajamas, and catching up on movies--that's Heidi Bogue's idea of a perfect Christmas. Until her thirteen-year-old niece makes a surprise visit--and a snowstorm turns Heidi's café into a community refuge. Now one handsome cop is giving Heidi plenty more reasons to celebrate. . ."Home For Christmas" by Rosalind NoonanJo Truman needs a replacement Santa for her gift shop's Christmas Eve party. She'll do whatever it takes to convince lonely soldier Sam Norwood that he's perfect for the part...and that the season for love is always. . ."Christmas On Cape Cod" by Nan Rossiter Maddie Carlson would do anything for her best friend. And helping Asa Coleman babysit a rambunctious puppy Christmas Eve night is her one chance to help the troubled teacher put his past to rest. . .and give the sweetest gift of all.
The Marriage Gameby Fern Michaels
In a celebration of friendship and love, acclaimed bestselling author Fern Michaels brings her trademark wit and warmth to a thrilling story of a group of women who bond Survivor-style . . . and find romance along the way. When Samantha Rainford--newly wed to Douglas Rainford III--returns from her honeymoon to find divorce papers, she's shocked and heartbroken. Discovering that she's actually the fourth Mrs. Rainford, she puts into practice the old truism: Don't get mad, get even. Sam enlists the three other Mrs. Rainfords to do whatever it takes to bring down their ex-husband. At a top-secret special-ops training program, these determined women meet ex-CIA operative Kollar Havapopulas. Handsome as a Greek god, "Pappy" is the best at transforming civilians into highly skilled fighting teams. He's less adept at telling a woman how he feels, and before long he's developed very warm feelings for Samantha Rainford--an attraction seemingly fated to be a disaster. Two personalities as strong as Sam and Pappy are sure to strike sparks, but will the fire burning between them consume everything in its way?
Mastering A Sinnerby Fern Michaels Joanne Fluke Kate Pearce
Bound by sensual secrets and illicit fantasies, the select members of the Sinners Club are privy to carnal pleasures too shocking to share. . .Seductive SurrenderAlistair Maclean enjoys his work as secretary at the Sinners Club until the women at the Club demand a secretary of their own. Suddenly Alistair finds himself at the mercy of a wanton beauty who demands Alistair submit to her in ways he's only ever dreamed about. . .Deep SubmissionDiana, Lady Theale, has secrets from her past she must protect. But that doesn't stop her from enjoying passion in the present. She needs Alistair's help to untangle the mystery of her parentage, but she also needs his body to satisfy her darkly erotic desires... "A shocking, sultry journey into a world of secrets and dark desires. A promising start to an intense and titillating series." --RT Book Reviews on The Sinners Club
Merry, Merryby Fern Michaels
Previously Published in I'll Be Home For Christmas. The joyous season turns memorable in the hands of the incomparable #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels. . . Some people think owning buckets of money gives them the right of way. Well, if cosmetic king Peter King thinks he's going to buy struggling veterinarian Andi Evans's family property out from under her, he's got another thing coming. This Christmas, Andi is not in a giving mood. . . but is she ready to receive something her heart never expected? Praise for Fern Michaels and her novels"Heartbreaking, suspenseful, and tender. "--Booklist on Return to Sender"Fast-moving. . . entertaining. . . a roller-coaster ride of serendipitous fun. "--Publishers Weekly on Mr. and Miss Anonymous33,500 Words.
Mr. and Miss Anonymousby Fern Michaels Myla Jackson
Fast-moving. . .Entertaining. . .a roller-coaster ride of serendipitous fun. --Publishers WeeklyHope Lies In The PastLike many college students struggling to get by, Lily Madison and Peter Kelly help pay for tuition by making donations to a local fertility clinic. One day they meet each other at the clinic and find they have more in common than their mutual attraction, like the odd feeling all is not as it seems at the clinic. But their meeting is brief and Lily and Pete go their separate ways.Twenty years later, Pete, now a wealthy entrepreneur, sees Lily in an airport and instantly falls for her all over again. While they enjoy their unlikely reunion, a story on the news captures their attention: the disappearance of two teenage boys may be linked to the fertility clinic Pete and Lily visited in college. In a shocking twist, one of the boys looks exactly like Pete. . ."Thrilling." --Booklist"A page turner and one of the author's best romantic suspense tales to date." --Fresh Fiction
No Place like Homeby Fern Michaels
Join beloved bestselling author Fern Michaels in her first holiday novel, a spirited, touching tale of three dynamic siblings who will do anything to bring their grandmother home for Christmas. The Cisco triplets are appalled by their widowed father's behavior. He seems to care more about his gold-digging fiancée than he does about his own son and daughters. Even worse, Dad put their spunky grandmother--head of the family candy company--in a nursing home against her will. Setting out to spring Granny Cisco, college seniors Sara, Hannah, and Sam soon prove that trouble comes in threes. Apparently, so does love.... As the triplets get their grandmother the medical care that will make her independent again, all three find unexpected romance. If everything goes according to plan, there's going to be quite a crowd at Granny's house come Christmas--and more proof than ever that there's no place like home for the holidays. ly novel, Family Blessings
No Safe Secretby Fern Michaels
In her powerful new novel, #1 "New York Times "bestselling author Fern Michaels weaves a story of betrayal, courage, and starting over From her silver Mercedes to her designer kitchen, Molly's life is gleaming and beautiful--at least on the surface. Married to Tanner, a top cosmetic dentist, she has a wonderful daughter finishing high school and twin stepsons from Tanner's first marriage. No one in her exclusive neighborhood in Goldenhills, Massachusetts, knows what living with the demanding Tanner is really like. They know even less about the life she left behind in Florida almost two decades ago. Back then, Molly was Maddy Carmichael, living with her twin brother and neglectful mother in a run-down trailer park amid the orange groves of Florida. After the terrible events of her high school prom night--and the act of vengeance that followed--she fled north and reinvented herself. But the veneer of Molly's polished existence is finally cracking. As secrets old and new are revealed, Molly must face painful truths and the choices she made in their wake--and find the strength to become the woman she once hoped to be. "
The Nosy Neighborby Fern Michaels
Lucy Baker walks away from her high-flying legal career when she successfully defends yet another heinous criminal. Almost a year after her life-changing decision, Lucy has never been happier. Leaving New York City for the suburbs, tending her garden and her dog, Lucy is making future plans with her fiancé, Jonathan St. Clair -- and getting acquainted with her neighbors, including the handsome, exasperating one next door, Wylie Wilson. But when FBI special agents confront Lucy with shocking revelations about her fiancé's secret double life, everything about her husband-to-be is cast in suspicion. Recovering from a freak accident that has left her with a heightened sense of intuition, and getting closer than she ever dreamed to Wylie, Lucy must determine who to trust -- and fast, before someone breaks down her defenses and targets her....
Paybackby Fern Michaels
Some Women Get Angry. . . The Sisterhood Gets Even. Meet the Sisterhood--seven very different women who found one another in their darkest days and formed an indelible friendship, strong enough to heal their pasts and bring laughter and joy back into their lives. In Myra Rutledge's beautiful, Virginia home, amid hugs and fresh iced tea, shrimp fritters and shell-pink tulips, the friends have gathered to embark on their second mission of sweet revenge for one of their own. Julia Webster's husband, a U.S. Senator, has used his wife's graciousness and elegance to advance his career even as he's abused her trust at every turn and left her dreams for the future in tatters. Now, on the eve of his greatest political victory, he's about to learn a serious lesson in payback. Because the senator crossed the wrong woman. . .and there are six more where she came from. . ."Revenge is a dish best served with cloth napkins and floral centerpieces. . .fast-paced. . .puts poetic justice first."--Publishers Weekly
Paybackby Fern Michaels
Some Women Get Angry. . . The Sisterhood Gets Even. Meet the Sisterhood--seven very different women who found one another in their darkest days and formed an indelible friendship, strong enough to heal their pasts and bring laughter and joy back into their lives. In Myra Rutledge's beautiful, Virginia home, amid hugs and fresh iced tea, shrimp fritters and shell-pink tulips, the friends have gathered to embark on their second mission of sweet revenge for one of their own. Julia Webster's husband, a U.S. Senator, has used his wife's graciousness and elegance to advance his career even as he's abused her trust at every turn and left her dreams for the future in tatters. Now, on the eve of his greatest political victory, he's about to learn a serious lesson in payback. Because the senator crossed the wrong woman. . .and there are six more where she came from. . ."Revenge is a dish best served with cloth napkins and floral centerpieces. . .fast-paced. . .puts poetic justice first."--Publishers Weekly
Payback (The Sisterhood, Book #2)by Fern Michaels
Some women get angry, the sisterhood gets even! 7 women embark on their 2nd mission of sweet revenge for one of their own.
Perfect Matchby Fern Michaels
An injured ex-athlete discovers that giving up on the game of life is not an option...As far as former NFL star Jake Masters is concerned, dreams are risky propositions. Years ago he came achingly close to achieving his ambition of playing in the Super Bowl--before a spinal injury ended his career. Confined to a wheelchair, unwilling to take a chance on another risky surgery that could restore his mobility, Jake now stays cocooned behind the imposing gates of his lavish home.But his twin sister, Beth, has no intention of letting him languish there forever. After years of flitting from one failed business idea to another, all fueled by Jake's generosity, she now owns a highly lucrative matchmaking service. And she's gifting the business to Jake--whether he likes it or not--while she follows her dreams of making it as a singer in Nashville.Though Jake had plenty of women falling all over him at the peak of his success, he knows nothing about matchmaking. He's willing to try for his sister's sake, and it's soon clear that he needs an assistant. Enter Gracie Sweet, whose slender frame belies a take-no-charge toughness that would put any linebacker to shame. Grace begins by revamping the business and soon she's overhauling Jake's entire life--and to his huge surprise, Jake's enjoying it. But when their clients become victims of theft, Gracie and Jake must reconcile their very different outlooks if they're to have any chance of saving the business...and if Jake is to make another play for the life he thought he lost...
Picture Perfectby Fern Michaels
From the back cover In the woods, a cunning killer is hiding evidence of his most recent crime. But his work interrupted by an unwelcome visitor..a little boy who has seen it all, and must be silenced. Pediatrician Lorrie Ryan has been looking forward to this camping trip with her seven-year-old nephew, Davey. It's a chance to let the hemophiliac boy spend time away from his nervous, overprotective parents and have the adventure he's always wanted. And Loi will be on hand to administer Davey's daily, life-sa\| dose of antigen. In the thick cover of woods, she ne| imagines they are not alone...or that their idyllic i will soon become a chilling nightmare of survival. In one shocking moment, Davey disappears. The local police find no trace of him, and a desperate Lorrie turns to the one man who can help FBI agent Sta Saunders. Now, the hunt is on for a child growl weaker by the minute...and a cruel predator whose twisted game of cat-and-mouse has only just begun. Well paced suspense and telling descriptions.
Picture Perfectby Fern Michaels
"A heart-pounding thriller. " --BooklistLost In The WoodsPediatrician Lorrie Ryan has been looking forward to camping with her seven-year-old nephew, Davey. It's a chance to let the fragile, sheltered boy spend time away from his nervous, overprotective parents, and have the adventure he's always wanted. But in the lush woods, Lorrie never imagines they are not alone. . . or that their idyllic trip will soon become a chilling nightmare of survival. . . In one terrifying moment, Davey disappears. The local police find no trace of him, and a desperate Lorrie turns to the one man who can help--FBI agent Stuart Sanders. Now, the hunt is on for a child growing weaker by the minute. . . and a cruel predator whose twisted game of cat-and-mouse has only just begun. . . Praise for Fern Michaels and her novels"Well-paced suspense and telling descriptions. " --Library Journal"Heartbreaking, suspenseful, and tender. " --Booklist on Return to Sender"A knockout story. " --Publishers Weekly on Dear Emily
Picture Perfectby Fern Michaels
"A heart-pounding thriller." --BooklistLost In The WoodsPediatrician Lorrie Ryan has been looking forward to camping with her seven-year-old nephew, Davey. It's a chance to let the fragile, sheltered boy spend time away from his nervous, overprotective parents, and have the adventure he's always wanted. But in the lush woods, Lorrie never imagines they are not alone...or that their idyllic trip will soon become a chilling nightmare of survival...In one terrifying moment, Davey disappears. The local police find no trace of him, and a desperate Lorrie turns to the one man who can help--FBI agent Stuart Sanders. Now, the hunt is on for a child growing weaker by the minute...and a cruel predator whose twisted game of cat-and-mouse has only just begun...Praise for Fern Michaels and her novels"Well-paced suspense and telling descriptions." --Library Journal"Heartbreaking, suspenseful, and tender." --Booklist on Return to Sender"A knockout story." --Publishers Weekly on Dear Emily
Plain Janeby Fern Michaels Jennifer Beckstrand
Back in college, Jane Lewis would have given anything to be like homecoming queen Connie Bryan. Instead, she was just Plain Jane--overweight, frumpy, and painfully shy. That was then. Today, a lovely and confident Dr. Jane Lewis has a thriving psychotherapy practice, her own radio talk show, a beautiful old Louisiana mansion, and her affectionate, nutty dog, Olive, to keep her company. The only thing missing is someone to share her life.Jane has never forgotten Michael Sorenson, the boy she'd admired from afar in college. Now, he's inspiring her to hope for a future together. She's also never forgotten the brutal, unsolved attack that ended Connie Bryan's life--and haunts Jane still. Suddenly, the present collides with the past, as she finds clues into the identities of Connie's attackers--clues that send her into a world of risk and excitement, challenging her to become a truly extraordinary woman...if she dares.
Point Blankby Fern Michaels
The women of Fern Michaels' New York Times bestselling Sisterhood series are beloved for bringing justice to strangers in need. And when one of their own needs help, that loyalty and commitment goes double... Nothing compares to the bond between Sisters--except perhaps the special brotherhood between some of their menfolk. Nikki's husband, Jack Emery, and Yoko's partner, Harry Wong, have forged a deep friendship over the years. So when Jack awakens one night, knowing in his bones that Harry's in trouble, he immediately rushes to Harry's dojo. Harry, pacing like a lion, has received a phone call from his old schoolmate Jun Yu in China. Both were educated at a Shaolin temple--the same temple where Harry's daughter, Lily, is now a student. But Jun Yu has had to vacate the temple urgently. He's managed to get his son out, but Lily is missing. And now Jun is trusting Harry to guard the most precious things in his life--his wife Ling and their two children, whom he has smuggled to America. While long-time ally Pearl Barnes whisks Ling and her children to safety via her underground railroad, the Sisters and their allies head to the war room to make plans. Finding Lily is a top priority, and Kathryn's partner, Bert Navarro, comes up with a way for the group to travel to China. They'll go to Macau, nicknamed "the Monte Carlo of the Orient," on the pretext of opening a casino there. But what will they find once they reach their destination? Can they hope to rescue Lily when the enemy has the home advantage...and the will to kill? The odds are stacked against them, but when the Sisterhood is involved, you can always bet on the underdog...
Pretty Womanby Fern Michaels
"Fern Michaels shines," raves Publishers Weekly -- and in all of her USA Today and New York Times bestsellers, she touches a chord with women everywhere, creating characters that linger in the heart and mind. Now, take off on the extraordinarily fun and inspiring adventure of an ordinary woman who takes charge of her life by ending her disastrous marriage, losing fifty-five pounds, and getting fit -- and finds she has gained more than she ever dreamed possible! Rosie Gardener and Vickie Winters were best friends, closer than sisters. Partners in a successful mail-order company, both women lived comfortably in lush Savannah, Georgia. Svelte and single Vickie only wanted the best for her friend -- and she couldn't stay quiet when Rosie, overweight and unable to see her own worth, fell under the spell of Kent Bliss, a two-timing cad whose meal ticket was vulnerable Rosie. The night before Rosie's wedding was the last time Vickie spoke to her -- to warn her about Kent's true nature, and to quit their business before leaving for Europe. Now, on her third wedding anniversary, Rosie realizes Vickie was right -- and that the Porsche and other indulgences were her attempts to buy the love of a man who only cared about himself. Fed up with his mistreatment, she vows to change her life -- starting by kicking him out that night. The next day, she begins a diet and exercise regime. But more life-changing news awaits: Rosie has the single winning ticket in the Wonderball lottery -- and she's won $302 million. With Kent lurking in the shadows to claim a share of her money, Rosie needs her friends more than ever -- and when Vickie returns to Savannah, Rosie learns the power of forgiveness. As she loses weight and works out under the eye of sexy personal trainer Jack Silver, a new Rosie emerges. This pretty woman is making a fresh start, and no one's greed or bitterness -- or even her own occasional self-doubts -- will stop her from jumping into life and love with a passion she didn't know she possessed.
Razor Sharpby Fern Michaels
A Friend In Need...Needs The SisterhoodWhen it comes to repaying a debt, the women of the Sisterhood--Myra, Annie, Kathryn, Alexis, Yoko, Nikki, and Isabelle--never forget. And now one of their allies needs help only they can give. A powerful attorney with a cut-throat reputation, Lizzie Fox has just taken on a high-profile new client--Lily Flowers, the Madam of a high-end bordello operating under the guise of a summer camp.The chips--a.k.a. the prominent Washington politicians who frequent the bordello--are stacked against Lily and her girls. But one phone call to the Sisterhood might just swing the vote. And soon, even the highest courts in the land will prove no match for seven fearless friends determined to ensure that real justice is served, Sisterhood style.Praise for Fern Michaels and her Sisterhood novels..."Delectable... deliver[s] revenge that's creatively swift and sweet, Michaels-style." --Publishers Weekly on Hokus Pokus
Razor Sharp (The Sisterhood, Book #14)by Fern Michaels
When it comes to repaying a debt, the women of the Sisterhood never forget. And now one of their allies needs the kind of help only they can give, in this 14th novel in the series by #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author Michaels. The final 100 pages are previews of her next 3 books and a short interview with the the author.
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The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie, Illinois draws heavily on symbolism and cultural references. As it turned out, these are traits for which Pittsburgh Corning glass block is perfectly suited.
The project opened in November 2008 and consists of two buildings clad in aluminum panels, hinged at the centre and oriented towards the east and Jerusalem. The first building is finished in somber colors, representing a descent into darkness. The second building, finished in white, represents the visitor's ascent back into light.
"There are a number of Holocaust museums around the world," said principal architect Stanley Tigerman of Chicago-based Tigerman McCurry Architects. "This is a unique one." With most buildings, one enters and exits the same way. With this one, visitors enter one way and exit another, symbolizing an inability to turn back, as was the case for those who experienced the Holocaust.
At the very end of the museum is a cylindrical reflection area overlooking the exhibition space in the second, lighter building. It is in this space that glass block forms the culminating feature, a western-oriented circumferential wall.
Tigerman chose Essex® AA pattern glass block for this wall for several reasons, including its relationship with light. As natural light floods the room from the east to rest on the glass block wall, the effect symbolizes the promise of the Messiah's arrival to believers, as well as the hope that emerged after the Holocaust. In turn, the glass block diffuses this natural light over the exhibition space below in a dramatic counterpoint to the first, dark half of the facility.
There was also another, less expected advantage. The building is deeply rooted in symbolism, Jewish tradition and references to the ancient Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. For instance, glass block comes in sizes very close to the cubit, a biblical measurement used to build the Temple. Since the entire museum is based on these measurements, glass block proved an ideal fit. And if you count the number of glass blocks used (4,200), you get multiples of both the cubit and numbers significant to the Holocaust, including the six million Jews murdered.
The glass block wall, with its curved form, also references the curtain delineating the holiest place in the ancient Temple. It was the Essex block's ability to fulfill the architect's vision and stand for more than aesthetics that made it such an evocative choice.
"I thought about using lexan, fiberglass, a whole list of materials," said Tigerman. "But there is no size to them. With glass block, you know it has a size. It has a certain inevitability."
"What's nice about this product is that it's measurable," Tigerman continued, lending itself to the symbolism of the building. "It was the only material that I could imagine for this."

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5 sur septembre 25, 2016
Best trip ever.
4,4 sur juillet 28, 2013
We had a fantastic stay in Snow Lodge. We felt almost we were at home. Specially de lady "M" was very kind and offered us an excellent breakfast and a cozy atmosphere. She is really special. We recommend!! Sonia and Paulo
5 sur octobre 17, 2011
What a great place to stay when you are in Aspen. The rooms are wonderful, breakfast is served with a smile and the staff makes you feel right at home. This beautiful Victorian is very impressive with a mixture from the past to the present. I have stayed there twice and will go back again next time I am in Aspen. Jo-Ann
5 sur septembre 09, 2010
Great stay at the Snow Queen Lodge. We were a large group that took over all the rooms. We were in town for a wedding at the Little Nell and wanted a place that was both comfortable and casual. The rooms were tidy and the owners were friendly and warm. We liked that they were not always around babysitting us. They trusted us to be respectful and we were. Other travelers seem to be a bit needier and want the owners around. When we needed them, they were available. We found it to be very affordable given how expensive Aspen is and other properties were more expensive with comparable accommodations. It was also well-located and we could walk everywhere in town within ten minutes. We had a lovely stay and would definitely recommend it.
4,4 sur juin 24, 2010
Our flight arrived in Aspen before 9:00 AM Saturday morning. David let me know through an e-mail that our rooms were not being used Friday night, so if we wanted to stop by and check in Saturday morning and freshen up after our flight, that would be OK. "M" and Norma welcomed us and helped us settle in and we felt more like being at home with family. Any time we were around the kitchen table, "M" would sit and join us and provide helpful suggestions about places to eat or things to do around the area. I personally wanted to invite her to go site seeing with us and be part of our family and guide us around the area, but knew she had responsibilities around the Snow Queen she had to attend to. Norma was a darling to visit with and David was always friendly and helpful, especially when we were trying to get some group pictures taken. The Snow Queen is a home away from home.
4,6 sur mai 17, 2010
We had the place to ourselves. Great location in downtown Aspen. We were able to walk to dinner.
4,4 sur mars 31, 2010
I came to Aspen the first time ever and was looking for a room to stay for one night. I got the address of the "Snow Queen Lodge" from the tourist information desk. When i saw this little Lodge, i was excited of that historic house and its pretty blue painting. The rooms were really nice and lovingly equiped with historical goods, pictures and furnitures. The historic oven in the living room made me feel like a time traveller to the bygone days of the first pioneers in Aspen. All in all i had a very warm and intimate feeling. I travel a lot through the world, but a hotel room that gave me such a "homelike" feeling, i never saw before. I was welcomed by a young, friendly lady who explained all the rooms and told me some interesting things about Aspen. The night was very quiet, warm and comfortable. The breakfast was really private, delicious and abundand. Further more, i had again a cute conversation with the young lady about the live and habits in Colorado and Aspen. Thanks again to her. She cares about the house in the name of the owner. As a conclusion, i will definitively come back to the Snow Queen Lodge some day. Thanks again for having me at that wonderful place. Michael Coelsch, Pirmasens, Germany


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It isn't fair to expect people to make drastic changes in their faith overnight. In today's Points of Power Yolanda Adams and AV discuss taking time to grow in the Lord and respecting other's timetable of maturing in the word of God.
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Trisha Yearwood offered a simple but heartfelt messages to graduates of her first alma mater on Saturday when she delivered the commencement address at Young Harris College in Georgia.
"Claim your happiness. Don't wait for someone else to do it for you," the country music and cooking star told students. "Be happy and you will attract happy."
The slimmed-down Food Network host also used the words of humorist Mark Twain as she spoke to the class of 2014: "I never let my schooling interfere with my education," she said.
Yearwood, 49 and married to country music superstar Garth Brooks since 2005, was awarded an honorary doctorate of music degree by the college after her speech. She earned her own associate's degree in business administration at Young Harris in 1984, later finishing her bachelor's degree at Nashville's Belmont University in 1987.
While at Young Harris, Yearwood made the most of her time. She was active in music programs, participating in chorus, plays and operettas. She also was president of her sorority, Sigma Beta Sigma.
After moving away from her native Georgia, Yearwood parlayed her studies and talents into a successful music career, charting nine No. 1 hits since her 1991 debut and recording 12 albums. She also went on to win three Grammy Awards, three Country Music Awards and two Academy of Country Music Awards.
In addition to her singing, Yearwood's love of cooking led her to pen two successful cookbooks, which earned spots on the New York Times Bestseller list. Her Food Network show, Trisha's Southern Kitchen, which debuted in 2012, earned a Daytime Emmy Award in 2013.
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John Dudley: Williams sent the right message in pulling Harper
It's been said in this new era of expanded baseball playoffs that one regular-season win really can make all the difference.
If so, then Matt Williams, the Washington Nationals' rookie manager, certainly took a risk by pulling Bryce Harper from Saturday's game for failing to hustle.
When Harper's spot in the order came up with two on and one out in the ninth inning of a two-run game against the St. Louis Cardinals, it's reasonable to assume Harper might have given the Nats a better chance to win than his replacement, Kevin Frandsen.
Frandsen grounded out to third, pushing a run across, but the rally died when Jayson Werth struck out to end the game.
One swing of Harper's potent bat might have won it, and that was the point of some of the anti-Williams (and, by extension, anti-establishment) blowback that showed up online in the hours after a loss that might or might not ultimately make a difference in Washington's season.
The reaction included this, from D.J. Short on NBC.com's Hardball Talk blog: "It should be said that the play in question was a simple comebacker to the pitcher, so there's no way (Harper) would have been safe even if he busted it up the line."
"And for a guy who is coming back from a quad injury, there was little reason to needlessly push it on such a routine play," Short said.
To which I have two responses.
1. Errors happen, and hustle can make them hurt.
2. If you're not healthy enough to avoid hurting your team, stay in the dugout.
One of the disturbing aspects of runaway salaries and ballplayers who have become mini-celebrities (or in some cases, full-blown ones) is that some finer aspects of the game have been lost in the process.
Before you accuse me of being another old guy out of touch with what makes modern athletes tick -- trust me, I get to hear this from my own kids all the time -- consider how few players can actually bunt for a base hit anymore.
(Although that's not to suggest it can't be done. Derek Jeter, one of the great hitters of his time, has bunted for an .840 average since 2002. And don't even get me started on sacrifice bunts, which have declined by nearly half in the past 40 years.)
What Harper failed to do Saturday -- running out a ball in play -- is one of the first unwritten rules of the game Little League coaches try to impress on pint-size players.
Baseball fans understand this and seem to agree. A few years ago, ESPN.com asked readers to name the worst offense a baseball player could commit, and 21 percent said failing to hustle. Betting on baseball was next at 19.5 percent.
It's no secret that effort can help close the gap between the most talented athletes and those with more limited gifts.
Williams knows that. He also knows if he lets his best player get away with jogging up the line on a comebacker, he's sent a message to the rest of his team -- and to aspiring big-leaguers toiling in Washington's minor-league system -- that not going hard is acceptable if you have a big enough contract.
If the cost of sending that message is a win, it's a small price to pay in the long run.
JOHN DUDLEY can be reached at 870-1677 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNdudley.


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Cracked the modules open.
Looks user repairable if I didn't want to wait for a potential replacement turnaround.
Estimated at 4 weeks.
Although I really need to figure out why it crashed in the first place.
Led crushed by the light tube.
Inductor partially broken.
-Flight Controller.
Led crushed by the light tube.
Inductor partially broken.
Capacitor ejected off board.
IC shifted, pads ripped off board.
Top case show signs of impact from components
$5 in replacement components
1 hr with on the bench.
Buggy firmware - Priceless
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Following on from my problem with motor spin-up, etc...I have stripped the machine and rebuilt it to ensure for myself that I had got it right...all ok on that front but the problem is still there. I've checked the settings and they appear to be all ok... aircrft type 1, SBUS, etc.. I took a risk and attempted to fly it, but it in auto, and it immediately flipped as a couple of motors are too high in revs and started to lift the machine before the other two get up to speed. I noticed something in the manual about setting it to aircraft type 10 but to be careful of the props. ??? and in the absence of not knowing what to do next and just for the sheer hell of it all I set the aircraft to type 10 and sure enough it overcomes the spin-up problem...the motors spin up generally together but at a tremendous rate...so much that it still flips the aircraft. I'm absolutely lost on what to do about this problem. Rob, if I have to get anew one do I wave bye-bye to my waypoint upgrades ? One small point though that I have just thought of is the waypoint enhancement upgrade was installed between the initial crash and just recently when the aircraft parts arrived. this is the first time that this aircraft has 'flown' with the upgrade...any thoughts on that ? Before the initial crash and the upgrade the aircraft was a dream to fly with absolutely no problems at all.
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Do they spin up at the same time when in 'Init' mode?
I would think if you got a new unit additional unit you would not get an extra upgrade.
If you had your current one replaced, any upgrades would be carried over.
If not, that would be a poor replacement policy.
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Mr-Westie...that was a very quick reply...No the problem is the same regardless...I've also replaced the receiver, disconnected the IMU and the Wi-fi so I'm pretty much sure itisn'to do with that . At the moment it all seems to point to the MC.
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Hello everyone. My copter in X650, MT3506. 12X60 fiber prop, 3S.YS-X6. flying weight 1.5kg. I calibrat it many time ,but when I want take off it go right. one else if I push throttle ,the motors starts same time at 10%, and want fly when throttle is 75% , when I down throttle to 30-25% the two motors was stoped.I calibrated ESC throttle range,but that problem is still there
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It sounds to me as if the throttle calibration needs to be done again. Is everything on a new frame? If so, then did you recalibrate everything again after installation.
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Are you using the sponge under the IMU. If so remove it and use double sided tape.
Try recalibrating the throttle range again. Have you zeroed your gyro's
Take off in Manual mode 1 first and see if it works. I find that flying in Manual Mode 2 (Altitude hold mode) it sometimes moves to the right when taking off. I now only take off and fly in Manual mode 1 as this is the Attitude mode, and then move directly to Position Hold mode when needed.
Edit: I have read that the MT3506 has timing issues using different esc's and Club Heli have this on the website "Please note that our Technical Support Team recommends that these motors operate best when you use a "HIGH" timing for the PWM ESCs. We are also finding that they do NOT work with some MK i2c speed controllers." Maybe this is your problem. Personally I try and keep away from pancake motors.
Edit2: Your maximum thrust for those motors with the props that you are using is about 890g (I used 12x3.8 as no data for 12x6) so using the empirical formula of 50% of max thrust the max AUW you can carry is 1780g, which means you almost at you max AUW, which is not desirable. http://www.rctigermotor.com/show.php?contentid=142
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I realise I have probably missed out on something but for the life of me I just cannot see what it could be.
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I have never used the PC GCS to calibrate the system, so I cannot help you there.
On the GCS for the Android Tablet/phone they have an "install guide" which takes you through each step needed. It is well written and easy to understand. And I cannot see the install guide on the PC GCS.
Later today, I will go through each step and write it down and post it here.
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Rob, many thanks, that would be brilliant. From the processes of elimination it seems to be down to stuff like incorrect calibration steps, etc. or the FC as a very last possibility (I really hope it is not that).
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Hi David
This is almost a direct extract from the "Install Guide" on the Android Tablet. I have not translated it.
Start Install
Check Data is connected. If connected click next
Step 1 : Please press the button "Channel Alignment" and confirm it, and then push/pull all pole positions of the RC Tx to the maximum and minimum of the leftmost/rightmost within 5 seconds. After 5 seconds the AP will finish the auto collection. Please confirm whether the manual operation and real RC operation displayed in "Data Interface" keep coincidency when moving any operating level. Only go to the next step after confirming that they are coincident.
Step 2: Check CH5/CH6 and set FS
Please carefully confirm whether the CH5/CH6 channel is correct: check whether the flight status bar on the GCS interface is switched to "Manual" "Circle Position" "Auto waypoint circling" and "back Landing" when moving CH5/CH6.
Set the FS of RC Tx as CH5=position 3, Channel 6: position 3, Thr is near the middle position and check whther the flight status is "Back Landing" by powering off the RC Tx.
Step 3: ESC stroke calibration
Please get into the settings first (Flight status displays "Settings", break the pole as V shaped to open throttle insurance and push the THR pole position to the maximum within 5 seconds, power on the ESC after completing above operation. Pull the throttle pole back to minimum after a prompt sound from the ESC. After completing the ESC stroke calibration please exit the settings, and get into next step.
Step 4: Set craft styles and parameters
Please read the user manual carefully, fill in correct parameters and recheck it. Push the throttle after breaking the pole and check whether the mixing control method is correct after starting the motors
Step 5: Check the installing directions of the IMU/GPS
Step 6: Complete magnetic calibration in outdoor space
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Step 2: Check CH5/CH6 and set FS
Please carefully confirm whether the CH5/CH6 channel is correct: check whether the flight status bar on the GCS interface is switched to "Manual" "Circle Position" "Auto waypoint circling" and "back Landing" when moving CH5/CH6.
Set the FS of RC Tx as CH5=position 3, Channel 6: position 3, Thr is near the middle position and check whther the flight status is "Back Landing" by powering off the RC Tx.
Which is correct? Based on manual version 1.2, fail safe setting is ch5 position 3 and channel 6 on position 1. After power off it will go into hover mode and 3 secs later it will do back landing if no transmitter signal is recovered.
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> Williams leads PBA Senior PoY race
Williams leads PBA Senior PoY race
Published: July 26, 2012 |
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Heading into the final two tournaments of the Professional Bowlers Association's 2012 Senior Tour season, Hall of Famer Walter Ray Williams Jr., holds a commanding lead in the Senior Player of the Year points race.
That's probably a welcome relief after the PBA Tour's all-time career titles record holder experienced probably his worst season on the PBA Tour in a career that began 31 years ago.
As the Senior Tour's only two-time winner this season, the 52-year-old Williams holds a 16-point lead over fellow Hall of Famer Amleto Monacelli and Mike Edwards heading into the PBA Senior South Shore Open presented by DV8 which returns to Olympia Lanes in Hammond, Ind., Aug. 6-9. The Senior Tour season wraps up the following week with the PBA Senior Decatur Open presented by Brunswick Aug. 11-14 at Spare Time Lanes in Decatur, Ill.
With 16 Player-of-the-Year points going to the winner of each event, plus eight points for second, four for third and two for fourth place, Monacelli or Edwards would have to win in Hammond or Decatur (or finish second in both) while Williams would have to go point-less in order to lose the Player of the Year contest.
Williams' good fortune on the Senior Tour this season could be considered an unlikely turnaround after a PBA Tour season in which his highest finish was 16th and he failed to make a TV finals for the first time in 26 years.
"Bowling on the regular tour the last two years has been very frustrating for me. But bowling with the Seniors this season has definitely given me back a little bit of confidence," said the 2010 Senior Rookie of the Year. "I'm planning on bowling as many (PBA) Tour events as I can this upcoming season. In fact, I just won a paid entry into the World Series of Bowling at a recent regional tournament."
Williams' first title this season came in the Senior Don Carter Memorial under trying circumstances. Mid-way through the event, his father passed away after a lengthy illness. He followed that emotional victory with a string of top-10 finishes which included a second in the Senior U.S. Open and seventh in the USBC Senior Masters.
His second title of the season and fourth of his Senior Tour career came in the PBA Senior Northern California Classic in late June just prior to a six-week break for the Senior Tour. His worst finish this season has been 11th in the PBA Senior Dayton Classic.
This season four players have scored wins in their first year of eligibility including Lennie Boresch Jr., who won the Sun Bowl in The Villages in his Senior Tour debut; former PBA Tour player Bob Learn Jr. (Senior Mooresville Classic), Monacelli (Senior U.S. Open) and Edwards (USBC Senior Masters). Hall of Famer Johnny Petraglia was the other winner this season, winning the Senior Dayton Classic to become the first player to win either a PBA Tour or Senior Tour event in six decades.
"There are plenty of good bowlers who are becoming eligible and successful on the Senior Tour each year — it's just a matter of how much they want to bowl," said Williams, who is hoping to record his first Senior Player of the Year crown to go with his record seven on the PBA Tour. "For the guys who are just coming off the regular tour or are bowling both tours, they naturally have the advantage on the Senior Tour. But the guys who primarily bowl the Senior Tour, they're plenty competitive as well. They just might miss a few more shots than they used to."
In 2011 Williams finished 13th in Hammond and fifth in Decatur, where he was also top qualifier last season. He has also won a PBA Tour title in Hammond (the Lake County Indiana Golden Anniversary Championship in 2008).
"I have bowled well in both of those houses in the past so I'm hopeful of having good tournaments to finish the season," Williams said.
The season-ending Senior Decatur Open will be covered live on PBA's Extra Frame online bowling channel. For subscription information, visit pba.com and click on the Xtra Frame logo.
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Tonight, Pia Zadora, every comedian's favorite 97-pound punch line, makes her Carnegie Hall debut as a singer. But that's not the most stunning fact of the evening. The most stunning fact of the evening is that the staid venue is almost sold out—nearly 3,000 seemingly normal people have shelled out up to $22.50 to hear a woman whose career, so far, makes the Titanic look like a brilliant success. What are these people doing here? "She's such a lousy actress, I want to see if she's a better singer," says one. "I saw her movie Lonely Lady, and it was so trashy, I loved it," gushes another in a left-handed compliment. "She never performed before and suddenly she's at Carnegie Hall," says a third. "Why?"
Inside, on a stage that has played host to Rubinstein, Heifetz, Callas and Garland, 5'2" Pia, 29, steps into a spotlight and begins to sing. She belts out a sultry rendition of Come Rain or Come Shine. Skeptics in the audience begin to sit up. She torches through The Man That Got Away, and the audience forgets it's watching what one movie critic called "one of those fabricated personalities with a rich husband and a tiny talent." Before the curtain drops, Zadora gets a standing ovation for her finale, I Am What I Am.
A standing O? For Pia Zadora? This may be the most remarkable comeback since Dempsey climbed back through the ropes to flatten Firpo in 1923. For years everyone from movie critic Vincent Canby ("She looks like Brigitte Bardot recycled through a kitchen compactor")to Johnny Carson ("She's the next Rula Lenska") has mined her image for comedic ore. Not that Pia didn't ask for it. What with posing nude in Penthouse and emoting fitfully through such R-rated film hoots as Butterfly and The Lonely Lady, even Pia admits she was rapidly becoming "the Queen of Sleaze."
Having flopped at movies, she turned to music. Late last year she released Pia & Phil, an album of nightclub standards recorded with the London Philharmonic. She also began giving concerts in Europe, where her American reputation hadn't preceded her. Then last November came the litmus moment, when Pia performed at the Beverly Theatre in L.A. "I knew I was walking into the lion's den," she recalls. "I knew that night would be the beginning—or the end. If I flopped, they wouldn't even book me at the Carnegie Deli." Leonard Feather, a respected L.A. Times music critic, gave Zadora a rave. "She has it all: the range, expert intonation, a sensitive feeling for lyrics," he wrote. "The poor little rich girl finally has it made." It was, he concluded, "a musically impeccable evening." Zadora says she was so shocked that she checked the Times the next day to make sure the paper hadn't run a retraction. "I went with no prejudices," says Feather, who stands by his review. "The reason she's not achieving acceptance," he theorizes, "is her husband's wealth."
He is Meshulam Riklis, 62, a billionaire who financed both Butterfly and Lonely Lady as star-making vehicles for his wife. When Pia won the 1982 Golden Globe award as Best New Star for her performance in Butterfly, Hollywood was flabbergasted—and rumors circulated that Riklis had used his wide influence to sway voters. Butterfly, after all, had not yet been released, and Pia's competition that year included Kathleen Turner, Howard Rollins and Elizabeth McGovern.
"My husband did pay for a lot of things," says Pia. "But they didn't help me. You just can't thrust something on the public is what I've learned." She would have liked to have appeared in better films, but "no one offered me Kramer vs. Kramer or Frances, and I wanted to work," says Zadora. Though stung by the critical venom, Pia says she understands it. "I couldn't even argue because I knew the films were lousy. I didn't blame the critics for panning them."
Perhaps surprisingly, Zadora's singing credentials are very much in order. She began at age 6, studying voice with an aunt who was a soprano in the New York City Opera. At 8, she won a music scholarship to Juilliard. As a child, she sang in such Broadway hits as Fiddler on the Roof and Applause, and later, as a small-time cabaret act, opened for Tiny Tim in Florida.
Not all critics have echoed Feather's enthusiasm, but most have given Zadora's singing a thumbs-up. Even mixed reviews would be a breakthrough for a woman who says she had only one thought with which to console herself during her years as a national giggle. "I felt awful sometimes," she says. "But I always knew I had at least one thing going for me—everybody knew my name."
Believe It or Not, Now the Critics Say That Pia's Zadorable
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- 4 cups Pictsweet frozen Sliced Yellow Squash
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 3 tablespoons diced pimentos
- 2 teaspoons herb and garlic seasoning
Place frozen squash in saucepan and cover with water. Place on stove top and bring to a boil. Boil 3 minutes. Drain. In a bowl, combine cooked squash, sour cream, pimentos and seasoning; mix well. Place in a greased 8x8 casserole. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
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With the 2013 MLB regular season approaching its end, the Texas Rangers are close to beginning of examining which players they must let go this offseason.
Throughout the course of the season, the Rangers have been battling the Oakland Athletics for first place in the AL West. The season surely isn't over, but grades have been produced in B/R's articles Grading Each Player on the Texas Rangers' 40-Man Roster and Grading Every Rangers Player for the Month of August.
One player who received a poor grade in the aforementioned articles is David Murphy. Since agreeing to a one-year contract after a stellar 2012 season, Murphy has failed to put up close to similar numbers during this 2013 season. A valuable platoon player, Murphy hasn't done enough to show that 2012 wasn't a fluke.
Murphy and the other players that will be mentioned are not guaranteed a spot on the 2014 Rangers roster. They will either hit the free-agent market or could get cut before the start of next season. These players aren't key to the Rangers' success in the near future.
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My father was a physician; I spent a lot of time by his side, going on house calls and visiting the hospital with him. The good he brought into the world and the healing power he possessed left a tremendous impression on me. I knew it was a worthy way to spend my life. I chose pediatrics because I enjoy being around children; they're so resilient and have an amazing spirit.
What I love about my work is helping children achieve their fullest potential, overcome relatively long odds, and move from illness to health. As a physician, it's really important to be absolutely accountable. I address the problem as definitively as possible, and promise to give everyone the individual, personalized compassionate care they deserve.
I like working at this hospital, because there is a caring grace that permeates the air here. Everyone is focused firmly and squarely on children and their families. We do whatever it takes to provide the very best in care.
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What goes around comes around, as the old expression goes After having been in business for 28 years, owner John Lee of Video Depot in Santa Clarita has seen all the independent movie-rental stores disappear while the chains took over the market, pushing the "little guys" out.
Today, the chain rental stores are going out of business while the small rental business owned by Lee and his wife, Gina, are still going strong.
The small businesses once spread across the American landscape, until Blockbuster plowed its way into every market — only to be followed by Hollywood Video. Small-business owners couldn't compete against the prices or inventory offered by the chains.
The big guys
The independent video-rental store business model perished rapidly as customers were lured away, but the market shifted dramatically as cable and satellite dish companies began offering movies in the convenience of one's own home. Next came the Internet service companies giants, such as AT&T, that also provide movie broadcast services to home viewers.
And RedBox reinvented the rental business by offering movies from vending machines, eliminating all overhead costs of running a brick-and-mortar store.
Netflix began offering Internet video-streaming services to customers in 2008. By May 2010, Hollywood Video filed for bankruptcy, as did Blockbuster in September 2010.
Video Depot survived through it all.
Movie lover
Long before Netflix or the big movie-rental chain stores opened, Lee opened Video Depot in New-hall because he loves movies, he said, especially the classics. The new movies have too much violence for Lee. He prefers the romance and stories of the old movies.
"We have a lot of classic movies," Lee said. "We had more than 4,000 classic movies on VHS, but they're gone now. I've been collecting titles on DVDs now from over 100 other video stores."
The former school teacher and current real estate agent also used to own a restaurant that his wife ran. And, although, he says it's not easy to stay in the movie-rental business, he continues to run the business because it "just fits him," he said.
A longtime local resident, Lee also owns the UPS store next to Video Depot on Lyons Boulevard. But the movie-rental business came first.
Business model
When small video-rental stores first opened, the business model was very different. Rental prices were much higher by today's standards and customers paid $100 membership fees to rent videos at Video Depot.
The retail price for a VHS video at the time was over $100, Lee said.
Membership fees later dropped to $50, and with the introduction of the chain stores, fees were dropped altogether. A new customer only needed to place a credit card on record.
"That was a really good time," Lee said. "Customers came to our store to buy VCRs and camcorders because there were no WalMarts back then. We sold a lot of equipment back then, especially at Christmas."
But times have changed, Lee said. Whereas Blockbuster and Hollywood Video stores once moved into retail centers throughout the Santa Clarita Valley, almost all have closed or will close, Lee said.
"But we're still here."
Key to success
Staying in business for nearly three decades hasn't always been easy. About four years ago, Video Depot had to move to a smaller location to afford the rent, downsizing from a 4,000-square-foot store front to a store one-half its size.
The movie-rental store's success is achieved due to customer service and pricing, Lee said. His story rents out movies on DVD and Blu-Ray discs for $2.75 and $3.60, respectively. And, as the chain stores went under financially, they retreated from their liberal rental policies, but Video Depot continues to offer new releases for two days and non-new releases for five days.
Lee's other key to success, he says, is employee Brian Dennis.
"Brian knows lots of movies," Lee said. "He watches three movies a day, knows all the titles and makes recommendations to customers."
With parents who specialized in props and worked in the industry, Dennis said he's been interested in movies ever since he was a little kid.
Customers sometimes come in to the store recalling just a few details about a film, but can't remember the title of the film.
"I have a little bit of a 'Rain Man' quality to me," Dennis said. "I just remember very specific things about films and help them find the movie they want."
Video Depot's best feature, Dennis said, is that the store has that small-town feel. The Lees and Dennis know everyone's name, he said. And he really likes being there to assist the customers.
"John and Gina are great to work for," Dennis said. "They're really great with customers, and it's a great working environment."


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Guidance Councilor for Adults?
Are there guidance councilors for adults? I never learned how to find a job or advance within career paths. [more inside]
The 40-Year-Old Electrical Engineer
How are things looking for Electrical Engineers? [more inside]
Will Work for Cash.
I've been "mentoring" a kid with Asperger's Syndrome for years. He's about to graduate from High School and he needs a Summer job. I need recommendations on how to make this as smooth as possible for him. [more inside]
My job: prepress technician / production artist / deigner. My question: Where do I go from here? [more inside]
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I am in the process of building an archive of work from Guardian and Observer pre-2000 and other magazine work. It can be found through this link but is ongoing as I have 10 years material to unearth and upload. It will probably never be comprehensive.
The bulk of my work from the last 10 years is to be found on the Guardian and Observer website archive, which can be searched through this link.
The articles start in late 2000, but are complete from 2001.
To find an individual race, narrow the search criteria and look for the relevant year. Among the 1300 and rising articles listed you should find the following:
- Tour de France 2001-2007 inclusive; 2008, 2010 in part
(I didn't report these Tours in full).
- Olympics 2004 and 2008
- Rugby World Cup 2003 and 2007 – mainly France
- Commonwealth Games 2002
- World road championships 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- World track championships 2002-6 inclusive; 2008-2011
- Tour of Britain 2004-2010 inclusive
Other picks include:
London 2012
Selection of London 2012 articles from Guardian. These will be added
to in the coming months:
The state of GB cycling six months out
Full length Jason Kenny profile
Hayles and Boardman on how rule changes affect GB
The rivalry between Sir Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny
The Pringle opens its doors + how selection battles are hotting up
First up at the Pringle - a night of world records
More to come from team pursuit + London World Cup hits + misses
GB team pursuiters win gold at worlds
Pendleton wins sprint at worlds
Wiggins & The Tour
Madison report from Athens 2004
Full-length interview from January 2005 in which he discusses his distaste for doping
Column written for Observer after 2007 Tour de France
Explaining his 2009 Tour success
Sky's open doors policy during the 2010 Tour
Click on the links below:
InterviewsThere are many of these, mainly cycling, obviously, but a fair few in rugby and some other sports as well: just a few to choose from:
Mark Cavendish (2007) – includes a legendary (mis?)quote
Nudging 400 Guardian articles to choose from, mainly newsy, but three of the substantial picks include:
David Millar – the first interview after his downfall in 2004
From The Guardian archive:
Wales v New Zealand World Cup (2003)
France v New Zealand World Cup (2007)
Fabien Galthie on the death of French flair (2002)


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A New London jury awarded more than $3.8 million Wednesday in a wrongful death lawsuit brought against an Oakdale truck driver and United Parcel Service stemming from a Nov. 23, 2010, crash that resulted in the death of George Upton.
The jury found that UPS driver Joseph Socha had acted recklessly and negligently, awarding Upton's estate $508,132 in economic damages, which included future lost wages, $1.5 million in non-economic damages, and $1.875 million to Upton's widow, Julie, for loss of consortium.
The trial started Jan. 24 before Judge Susan A. Peck in New London Superior Court. The six-member jury's deliberations had started last week but were interrupted by the blizzard.
According to testimony, Upton, 54, of Jewett City was driving to work on Interstate 395 South when his pickup truck was rear-ended by a UPS van driven by Socha.
New Britain attorney Kevin C. Ferry, with assistance from attorney Stephen M. Reck of North Stonington, represented Upton's survivors. Ferry said that Upton, also a truck driver, was on his way to work at Trimac Transportation in Bozrah about 3 a.m. and was driving between 47 and 52 mph on the straight downhill stretch of roadway prior to Exit 82 when he was killed.
Socha, who had picked up a load of packages in Chelmsford, Mass., was driving 66 or 67 mph in the right-hand lane when his van struck Upton's truck from behind, sending it over the right-hand guardrail and into the woods, according to testimony. Upton was ejected from the truck, which landed 25 feet down an embankment. He suffered blunt traumatic injuries and was declared dead at the scene.
According to Ferry, Upton was a safe driver who often "preached" to his family to give trucks plenty of room on the road because it takes them a long time to stop. Socha failed to keep a lookout and was driving too fast to stop in time to avoid the collision, he said.
"UPS never accepted responsibility here, that's the key, and spent $80,000 on an expert to say George Upton was at fault," Ferry said over the phone Thursday.
He said Upton was a "great family man who provided for his family," and that after his death his wife lost their home and had to move into an apartment.
Representing UPS and Socha, attorney James Gordon of Columbus, Ohio, had told the jury the accident "would not have happened except for the fact that Joe Socha was cut off." He said Socha, a 30-year employee of UPS, had done nothing to cause the accident and that he wasn't able to stop the truck after Upton suddenly drove into the lane
Lyme-Old Lyme High School student charged with sending sexually explicit emails from teacher's account
Ex-Connecticut Gov. Rowland reports to prison for a 2nd time
Lunch with the Candidates: Kevin Ryan and Joseph Mark Taraya
Gray tasting freedom after long incarceration for New London shooting death
Ex-Connecticut Gov. Rowland reports to prison for a 2nd time


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Posts Tagged 'bad poetry'
The Poetaster
December 1, 2014 | by Dan Piepenbring
In 1876, Julia A. Moore published The Sweet Singer of Michigan Salutes the Public, a best-selling series of poems to honor our nation's centennial. Moore was an obituary poet: the elegy was her preferred mode. Local death notices and tales of wartime derring-do moved her to versify. She was especially fond of addressing poems to dead children.
Her work is, in a word, bad.
In fact, her collection sallied forth with such cloying sincerity—a note from the publisher claimed that any profits would be used "to complete the Washington monument"—that the satirists of the time decided to have a field day with it. Mark Twain parodied her in Huckleberry Finn; Bill Nye—the nineteenth-century humorist, not the contemporary scientist—said that hers was a poetic license that ought to have been revoked; the Hartford Times noted her collection's "steady and unremitting demands on the lachrymal ducts"; and a critic in the Rochester Democrat wrote of her work, "Shakespeare, could he read it, would be glad that he was dead … If Julia A. Moore would kindly deign to shed some of her poetry on our humble grave, we should be but too glad to go out and shoot ourselves tomorrow."
Best of all, maybe, was the review in the Worcester Daily Press: "[Moore] reaches for the sympathy of humanity as a Rhode Islander reaches for a quahaug, clutches the tendrils of the soul as a garden rake clutches a hop vine, and hauls the reader into a closer sympathy than that which exists between a man and his undershirt."
And so Moore gathered renown, like William McGonagall, as a poetaster, i.e., an inferior poet. (The word has fallen into disuse lately, but maybe it can have a renaissance in 2015.) You may chide her critics for their ironic jeering—it took some time, apparently, for Moore to get the joke, and eventually she was cowed into silence. By 1878 she'd been mocked from coast to coast and lampooned at her own public appearances. "Literary is a work very difficult to do," she said to those who teased her.
But before you cluck, have a look at Moore's poetry, which may make you want to throw tomatoes at her.
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Prizes Make Books Less Popular, and Other News
February 21, 2014 | by Dan Piepenbring
- "Is the goal so far away? / Far, how far no tongue can say, / Let us dream our dream today." The worst poems by canonical writers. (Those lines are Tennyson's—not his finest hour.)
- On the commercialization of nostalgia: "The memorial-industrial complex ensures that our past—our collective past—permeates our present."
- How did Jeopardy! get its strange the-question-is-the-answer format? It was Merv Griffin's doing.
- Aspiring writers: better to toil in obscurity. Studies show that literary prizes make books less popular. "Winning a prestigious prize in the literary world seems to go hand-in-hand with a particularly sharp reduction in ratings of perceived quality."
- New behind-the-scenes footage from Full Metal Jacket shows Kubrick's perfectionism in full force; "He labors to get just the right spacing between lime-covered actors playing corpses in an open grave."
- Blunders—they're a good thing!
The Timid Investigators: An Homage to Roberto Bolaño
December 24, 2012 | by Frederic Tuten
We're out this week, but we're re-posting some of our favorite pieces from 2012 while we're away. We hope you enjoy—and have a happy New Year!
Then Maria came in and I said do you want café or café con leche, and then Bebe came in and I said do you want a café con leche or a mescal. Maria said she wanted a mescal with a fat worm and then Bebe said she wanted a clear tequila, then Maria said Verlaine is a better poet than Rimbaud who turned Verlaine from anapest to pederast, then Luiz came in with a kitchen knife and started cutting his dick right in front of us, but when Maria, who came from Xochimilco and whose father was a tram conductor and whose mother had run a small brothel in Taxco before she saw the light of Jesus and married and had Maria and several other Brats as Maria called them, and Maria said stop cutting that huge magnificent dick of yours or at least don't do it here in the kitchen, and Luiz said he was going to start a magazine and publish only nuns and queers. Fuck you, I said, fuck you, chinga tu madre! Then two guys I didn't know came in high from pot and giggling like tweens, Maria said hello Paco, hello Paquito. They were the twins from Guadalajara and wrote for a magazine called Anal Retention and they were stars in the poetry world faction that sided with Quevedo against Gongora and said they would stomp anyone who read that pussy Quevedo, but they were frail and I could not imagine their stomping a sleeping cockroach drunk on pulque, then I said, Hey! Twins, you want a café solo or a café con leche or a diet Coke or a zero Coke or maybe a Fanta lite, or maybe an Aztec cola but just then Maria took me by the arm and said come with me, I have to tell you something. And we went to the bedroom where a young woman was sleeping off the night before and Maria said don't mind her, that's just Silvina, she's blind and gives handjobs for five pesos, and an extra five if you come on her face. She must make a lot of money I said. She does, she's rich and owns property in Pedregal and in Chapingo but nobody knows so don't tell, anyway I wanted you to know I don't love you and that I will never sleep with you no matter what you do so don't write any poems for me because that won't work the way it did when you fucked my sister, Leche de Amor—I never fucked her I said. Yes you did she said, Carlota el Camino told me and Leche de Amor told her. I saw bright lights flash in the window, then the slam of a car door, then two huge guys the size of shipyards barged in pistols in hand. "Where is that faggot Noche de Azul?" one said, spitting out a plank of a toothpick cut from plywood.
"Where is that Quevedo faggot?" the one with the flat nose said; "We have a little present for him," the other with a flatter nose said.
"Who's looking?" I asked.
"The Gongora twins," they answered with flames.


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Hey guyz,
I have aquired a job that requires a complete assesment of an installed system consisting of 12 various crown amps. I noticed some of the cooling fans were running when I powered them up and others were not. All had signal and speakers. Does anyone know why some fans ran and others didnt?
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According to leaked secret memos, top advisors to the British leader gave him explicit warnings three years ago that the U.S. had "No leadership, no strategy, no coordination, no structure and [was] inaccessible to ordinary Iraqis."
Not that this kind of thing shocks us anymore, but it's still eye-opening when it's confirmed by a staunch ally.
Daily Kos tees off on this.
The Guardian:
Senior British diplomatic and military staff gave Tony Blair explicit warnings three years ago that the US was disastrously mishandling the occupation of Iraq, according to leaked memos.
John Sawers, Mr Blair's envoy in Baghdad in the aftermath of the invasion, sent a series of confidential memos to Downing Street in May and June 2003 cataloguing US failures. With unusual frankness, he described the US postwar administration, led by the retired general Jay Garner, as "an unbelievable mess" and said "Garner and his top team of 60-year-old retired generals" were "well-meaning but out of their depth".


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4 Responses to Texas Board of Legal Specialization Induction Ceremony
You have always been certified to me.
What is this? I was promised a video of the Texas Tornado and by God I'll have it!
Thanks, son, for giving credit where credit is due.
And your readers now know you can figure out that isosceles triangle thing.
At first, I thought it was the 'shoes' then I saw the hat.
Am I the only one that thinks that it should be mandatory to be Certified in areas one wishes to practice Law in, when the area involves the possibility of up to 99 years and / or death for the client due to utter incompetence and / or simply not being 100% familiar with the entire process (from pre-trial investigations, motions and that thing called a jury trial). No ? mark.
*Or, is ok with everyone to allow their degreed colleagues' to simply wing it and learn from the avoidable mistakes as one takes a break from say Divorces / Wills and dabble in a felony or two as to wet the whistle. No ? mark. Ask your next felony consultation if they'd prefer to be represented in a jury trial by a 'Dabbler' vs. a Board Certified Criminal Defense Lawyer / Attorney and share the results here, if you dare. Remember, there's no shame in referring out, especially if you receive a commission. I do it every friggin day. Thanks.