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" Genre: Biography / Author: Anne Frank / Edition: Re-issue / Paperback / 368 Pages / Book is published 2007-06-07 by Penguin Books Ltd / Alternative title: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition "
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I regularly search through banned books lists, as I find many of the books on them quite interesting. If nothing else, if someone hates a book enough to want it banned - it has at least left an impression on them. Of course it is difficult to actually ban a book now, so more often we are talking about books that people attempt to have removed from local libraries or school libraries. As far as I know, challenges against this book have come from the USA only, but it still made me curious as to what exactly in the diary of Anne Frank could be classed as porn - even by the right winged religious set, so I chose this to celebrate Banned Books Week.
I ended up with this version purely by chance. It happened to be the cheapest edition on Amazon at the time at a very reasonable £1.97 including postage. I am very glad I did get this now, and knowing how much more detail there is I would happily have paid much more for this edition. It seems that there were actually three versions of the Diary Of Anne Frank, referred to as versions a, b and c. Version A is the original unedited which would have been written in that first red and white checked journal which she received as her 13th birthday gift. When it later became known that diaries and documents from the war would be collected as part of a national record later, Anne began keeping a second diary, which was edited, polished, and omitted many sections she felt would be less interesting - or perhaps less suitable for publication. This version was known as version B. Anne Frank's father was in possession of both diaries, which he edited into the best known version of this book "Anne Frank: The Diary of A Young Girl". This became known as version c, and omitted all references to sexuality, as well as some entries he felt were unflattering to his wife. He was also limited for space as he was required to trim the entries down to fit a set number of pages. This book was made using all three sources, and as such contains a significant amount material not found in the version most of us grew up with. This adds more depth to the story, but also more heartbreak.
There is sense of peering into Anne's private thoughts and feelings. She continued to keep in write in her beloved Kitty - which she never intended anyone else to see, even while she kept the less intimate version which she planned to allow others to see after the war. In fact it may have been the instance of other residents of the secret annex that Anne's diary would be a wonderful thing to hand over that encouraged her to keep two - one for the world and one for herself, but this book clearly contains passages only intended for her own eyes. I can't help but feel we are invading her privacy in some way, but this does really allow us to see the real Anne.
I will assume anyone reading this review is aware of the basic facts behind the Diary of Anne Frank so will keep my summary of events very brief. While I am a usually a stickler for spoilers, I do feel that an exception may be made in very well known historical cases such as this. However, I originally read Anne Frank the Diary of a Young Girl in primary school, without knowing the eventual outcome, and it certainly made for a different reading experience. If you honestly don't know how this ends, please skip the next paragraph.
The Diary of Anne Frank begins with a happy child, although times are stressful. Soon Anne, her parents, and her older sister Margot are forced to take refuge in the secret annexe, a carefully sectioned off part of the factory her father had been the manager of before. Another family, now known as the van Pels, but referred to in the diary as Van Daan to protect their privacy is interned with them. This family includes to adults and a boy a few years older than Anne - Peter. The final resident is invited later, a dentists referred to as Albert Dussel. The family has a very large supply of provisions, as well as money to hold out for some time and they have four brave and kind Dutch helpers, but they are all forced together into a very overcrowded space, unable to ever go outdoors and in constant fear of discovery until their eventual arrest in August,1944.
When this story begins, Anne is very typical teenager in most ways. She is quite confident, a bit loud, outspoken and perhaps a bit on the quarrelsome side as well. Quite a lot of the first part of the diary is devoted to complaining. Perhaps that isn't a nice thing to say, but that is the way I saw it. Anne rants on about all the other residents except her father, for whom she feels the strongest attachment, but even then, with all the difficulties, Anne does feel very strongly for the suffering of others and seems honestly delighted at the prospect of another resident being brought into the annexe, even though this means she will have no privacy whatsoever and forced to share her tiny room with a elderly man.
Anne was 13 when she entered the annexe and 15 when she left. It is only natural that she would have some awareness of her sexuality, and this is the reason that I believe this book has fallen foul of the religious right. It does include a fairly graphic description of the female anatomy, which I feel would be a bit a bit too much for primary school aged boys, but this is not in anyway sexual. Instead it is a young girls wondering about the basic facts of life - in particular child birth. I suspect that the major reason for wanting this pulled from American libraries though is the fact that Anne expresses homosexual desires at an early age. The only way I feel this is relevant to the story is that it really gives a deeper insight into the inner turmoil she was experiencing. She was in fact religious. In the culture in which she lived I can hardly imagine such feelings being accepted. This is something she has to hide about herself, and it is no wonder the poor child was experiencing conflicting emotions. I honestly believe this is the primary reason for calls for this book to be removed from libraries. as I have noticed it before with other books. As soon as a character has any inclinations that are not purely heterosexual - some parents start panicking at the effect it will have on their children - although they often scramble for any other excuse. A bit silly if you ask me, but to each their own. Anne will later have feelings for a boy as well, but she always feels something is missing and one does feel that the artificial environment she has found herself in has played a role.
I've often read that the Diary Of Anne Frank should be required reading. It puts a human face on the suffering of innocents during the war, and gives us a first hand glimpse into history. Most of all, people feel we should read to make sure that such atrocities never happen again. These are all valid reasons, but they are not the reason that I would recommend this book. This doesn't change the way I felt about this part of history in any way. I would be just as certain that it was wrong beyond words regardless. As to preventing it from ever happening again - I will quote Anne directly: "There's a destructive urge in people, the urge rage, murder and kill. And until all of humanity, without exception, undergoes a metamorphosis, wars will continue to be waged, and everything that has been carefully built up, cultivated and grown again will be cut down and destroyed, only to start all over again". It is a horrible thought, but I believe we are destined to repeat are mistakes, over and over again. Perhaps if some day, we could raise children in a kinder fashion, we could teach them from birth to value and respect all human life, and as much as possible all life. Perhaps if we could raise more builders instead of destroyers we might have a better world - but I don't see that happening anytime soon. This book does show us that everyone needs to take a stand against evil and hatred, but I don't believe that the lesson is easily learned, and I see people today, as frightened to speak out against horrific crimes as the people were in this era - and we have much less to fear now.
The reason I would recommend this book is to see the metamorphosis within Anne herself. As Anne grows she develops a deep and beautiful compassion. She sets about to improve herself, to be a better, kinder more generous person. The changes she makes in herself in turn affect the rest of the residents of the annexe. It all goes back to one of my favourite stories, The Parable of the Long Spoons. If you are not familiar with it - Google it. In short we create our own heaven and hell, and while Anne's confinement can hardly be seen as heavenly, her ability to look for the best in a situation is inspiring. Her efforts to make the first step towards reconciliations, and to be mature enough o overlook other people's shortcomings makes this book worth reading. In all honesty, I did not find the first pages of the book as moving, but the latter pages are truly inspirational.
I had seriously considered allowing my oldest to read Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. I have decided against this, because he is still only 8 years old, and he has seen more than enough of the evil in the world lately. But - if I were to give him the book - and I wasn't much older when I first read it, I would prefer the original edition simply because I think a pre teen boy would find the small section on female anatomy embarrassing. I imagine most teens already have a better idea than I did - in fact Anne knew more detail than I did even now before reading this. I also feel the shorter version would be easier for a younger child to read. But I do feel that so much is left out. If I were recommending a book for anyone over age 13 - I would recommend this one.
Anne Frank is a book I first read when I was a young teenager and it had been stored away on my book shelf ever since,until about a year ago when I decided to read it again.
This book is a true modern classic which has been used for educational purposes in schools whilst being one of the most read books for families also,the story line is based around a young school girl named Anne Frank who is living in Holland which at the time is occupied by the Germans during the war.
Anne Frank and her family are Jewish and the beginning of this book shows how the Germans took control of the Jewish communities,they were treated inhuman and kept away from the rest of society with restrictions on just about everything they did,they were all made to live together in terrible conditions,the Jewish families were even subjected to curfews.
From these terrible conditions things were destined to only get worse for the Jewish people as the Germans had started to organize the execution of the Jewish race,as people started to be kidnapped and taken away by the SS it was time that Otto,Anne's father decided to move his family underground and in to hiding so they all moved to a place they called the Annexe,and this is where Anne started writing her diary who she named Kitty and it is this Diary which is transformed into the true story called Anne Frank.
Living in hiding the Frank family share there tiny living space with another family the Van Daams and other than a couple of friends and ally's helping them out by bringing them food and staying for a chat the two families do not see anybody,they live for years in hiding not going outside and having to be quite inside so not to be caught by the enemy,food is hard to come by mostly surviving on dry stored foods which just adds to there misery.
As Anne Frank starts to grow up she continues to write about her life in Kitty she writes of her emerging sexuality,her conflicts with her mother and other members in the Annexe as well as her growing love for Peter the son of the other family they are in hiding with.
This book ends when Anne is no longer able to write in Kitty the tension and anguish builds up leaving you in no doubt about Anne's fate,there was only to be one survivor after the war had finished Otto,he survived the Annexe as well as the concentration camps and it was he who published Anne Frank's amazing story.
What is so amazing about this book is that after the war the world especially the Jewish people found it hard to find documented proof on the evil things which had taken place yet here we have the diary of a young girl who is beyond her years and between the pages of her diary is a story filled with horror,inhuman treatment and certain death.
If you have never read this book then it is time to go pick it up,it will cost 6-7 pounds but you can get it much cheaper second hand,filled with terror and tension this book explores the raw emotions of Anne Frank as she tries to live through the suffering and even if you have read this book when you was younger I recommend you read it again as the more older and wiser you are the more you will get out of this book.
We as members of the human race should never let this story be forgotten,we have a lot to learn about the world we live in through reading Anne Frank Diary and we have a duty to make sure nothing so evil and inhuman ever happens again.
As part of my degree course I am writing an essay on children's literature written during or about the second world war. I was surprised when I realised I had actually never read 'The Diary of a Young Girl' by Anne Frank as it really seems like a classic read that everyone should undertake.
Like most people would I had expectations of what this book would be like - given it's notoriety and historical context. I have to say I was surprised - both by how narrow my expectations were and how broad and interesting the book is. That is not to say I was expecting it to be a dull read - but I thought it might deal more heavily with the persecution of Jewish people in Germany and the events of the Second World War. I was pleasantly surprised to find a young writer who astutely describes the social dynamic of the group in hiding. Not only do you read a perceptive account of adults through the eyes of a teenager but you also experience first love all over again when reading this book.
Overall I think this book is a must for everyone - and don't be put off by what you might expect to be a very heavy and upsetting account of world war II. This book proves that through terrible adversity and danger people can find solace in the small things in life. It also demonstrates that even when living through the terror of a war people do not lose their humanity - they still squabble over petty and trivial matters and they still seek approval from others.
The version I am reviewing is the 60th anniversary addition - compiled and edited by Otto Frank (Anne's father) and Marjim Pressler. This version combines aspects of version A (Anne's original diary), version B (Anne's re-edited version she planned to publish) and version C (the original publication produced by Otto Frank which edits out some of the sexual references and unflattering portrayals of Anne's mother). This can at times be confusing but the editors have attempted to make this understandable by italicising and dating entries which Anne amended.
I thoroughly enjoyed this read and would recommend it to anyone looking for a more challenging book for younger readers.
(This review may also appear on Ciao under the name Doll12)
This is one of those books that almost everyone has heard of and knows at least a little about. I think what makes this book one that has remained so popular is because of the situation that Anne was in when she wrote it, and also the very sad fact that she died during the War, mid-way through her diary. It is certainly not because the writing is spectacular and the plotline so complex (it isn't - not much really happens). This is, after all, a teenage girl's story and it is full of the things you would imagine such a diary to contain; musings about the boy she likes and about her own appearance.
I enjoyed this book when I first read it many years ago, and I enjoyed it again when I re-read it last month, however to say that one "enjoyed" such a book seems wrong. I think perhaps it is better to say that I found it interesting and felt deeply for poor Anne and her family and friends who were reduced to living in such cramped and squalid accommodation, living in fear daily and having their lives snuffed out prematurely at the hands of an evil tyrant. It is perhaps not "enjoyable" so much as moving.
One might wonder really how the decision was ever taken to publish her private and personal diary, given that a teenage girl obviously wrote it for herself and herself alone and didn't surivive to be able to approve its publication. The fact is that had she survived her diary would almost certainly not have been of such significance.
Some books through History are regarded as essential reading, books that are used in simple off the cuff references that give the impression that everyone has read them, well, I had not read Anne Frank but fairly recently had it passed to me so that I may catch up on what I had been missing. A lot of people I believe are going to strongly disagree with this review but to be honest, this is a site built on personal opinion, so I'm going to carry on anyway.
If you are not aware of the concept of the book then let me give you a little back round, Anne Frank was a teenage Jewish girl growing up in the Netherlands when Hitler rose to power, as Jewish persecution rose Anne and her family took shelter in a hidden Annexe, her diary documents her time of the war, her personal feelings and her views.
I find modern warfare very interesting, I am 24 and the thought that these events happened such a relatively short time ago astounds me. I am interested in reading personal accounts as well viewpoints of what happened on certain events, I do not however have any patience for an annoying girl who spent her whole war time stuck in an annexe.
The majority of the content of this book is based on Anne, and obviously from her own view point, Anne thinks very highly of herself (I'm sure with a comment like that I'm going to get messages like 'oh she was just an insecure little girl', but I say poppycock to that), she talks about all her good points, to name a few according to her she is quick witted, able to access herself from outside her own body and fantastic when is comes to writing, she also claims that all the boys pay her attention and she is constantly surrounded by admirers.
It closely deals with the personal relationships between herself and the other people hiding in the annexe, these include her Mother and Father - Edith and Otto, her Sister Margot, as well and Petronells and Hans Van Dam and their son. It deals with her hatred of her mother for not getting enough support, her complete admiration for her father, her complete intolerance of the Van Dams and her love for Peter.
The problem for me with this book, and I would class it as a very serious problem, is NOTHING ACTUALLY HAPPENS. Not one part of the book (apart from perhaps the last ten pages, and for anyone who has read the book will understand where I'm coming from) ever grasped me and made me want to keep reading - I read just before I go to sleep, and I have to tell you I was so thoroughly bored throughout that it took me a good couple of months to read, and left me feeling truly uninspired.
I think for a printed book to work as a diary you have to feel some sort of connection to the lead character, you have to want to get to know them, whether that be because you hate them or because you love them (for instance, I loved Nick Hornby's - High Fidelity as I could relate to the character and the thought processes), I could never develop strong feelings for Anne, I found her self obsessed and arrogant but at the same time nothing made me dislike her enough to hold my interest.
I truly don't understand how this book has become one of the most famous books ever written, and firmly believe that it could possibly be the most boring war story ever written, when you think of all the exciting tales to be told, and the people who suffered and became martyrs for their Countries and their personal rights, does this really deserve be marked out as a great piece of WWII literature?
Don't buy this new off amazon for £4.99
Don't read the 368 pages
And don't use these ISBN's
I'm sure I had, as many people had in school read Anne Franks diary. Now 12 years later my daughter wants to read it and do you think I could find it anywhere? What is considered to be a very important piece of social history wasn't in Waterstones or Blackwells. In the end we had to order it from WH Smiths who didn't stock it either!! Anyway, we finally got it 2 weeks later and found it was the latest definitive version which also has previously unpublished material. Which makes life difficult particularly if you have read the earlier editions. You see Anne originally started a diary in 1942 then in 1944 a radio announcement asked people to keep letters and diaries as eye witness accounts, so she started to rewrite and edit her diary, improved text and out in things from memory as well as keeping the original. Later Otto Frank her father selected material from both her books and edited them as a shorter version which became the original book. So this version is the original book wit more bits from the original diaries plus some previously unknown pages. Right now we've understood that, who is Anne Frank? Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl living in Holland with her parents Otto and Edith and her older sister Margot during the Second World War. The Nazis have occupied an the Jew are being persecuted, they have to wear yellow stars, have to go to Jewish schools and man other demoralising actions. Then the call ups start coming and the family decide to go into hiding with family friends, Petronells and Hans Van Daan and their son Peter. Their hiding place is on two floors above Otto Franks office with the door hidden by a book case. Along with another chap, Mr Dussell they share four room and there they stay fro 2 years. And this is Anne's story. I mean, 2 years stuck in an attic, there cant be much to write about but this doesn't seem to be the case. In my opinion this book is based on the relatio
nships between the people in the book, name Anne and her Mother, and Anne and Peter. The relationship between Anne and her Mother is a fraught one. They come into conflict often, mainly over things Anne may or may not have done. 'I'd like to scream, stamp my feet, give Mother a good shaking, cry and I don't know what else because of the nasty, words, mocking looks and accusations that she hurls after me day after day' This unfortunately seems to be the depth of relationship between them, nowhere in here is there any love or warmth, it reaches a point where they realise they no longer love each other. There seems to be no real animosity, in fact the whole thing is just a bit vague. It would have been nice to what the relationship was like prior to going into hiding. As many of the passages concerning their relationship were removed in the first edition it makes you wonder what Anne actually wrote about!! And Anne and Peter, of course they gradually fall in love and we get reams of writing about how perfect he is, how beautiful he is , but he gradually gets mixed up with Anne's first ever boyfriend also called Peter who's become a very idealistic character. It strikes me that Anne is 'a bit up herself' as I would say, all the boys seems to love her, everybody wants to be her friend, she's just a little darling. Perhaps that's why she can handle the criticism of the adults around her. And I have to say she gets a hell of a lot of that!! So there are elements of self-pity but not for the right reasons, in my own opinion that is. I hate to say it but for the majority of the book I feel very little sympathy, for the situation yes, for Anne as a person, no! Lack of emotion seems to be another aspect of the book, perhaps that's just the way the Dutch are? I know that if I was 13 years old, in hiding for my life, eating the same thing for days on end and knowing that the Nazis were taking awa
y my friends and killing them I'd be distraught! I'd be scared and yes, I'd probably indulge in a few 'why me' But there seems to be very little of this in this book, yes fear when they think they are about to be caught. However the subject of pickling food seems to come up quite often!! Sometimes I dont think we get a view of the real Anne at all, a sanitised version, it encapsulate the fear that she must have gone through at all. And another thing, 8 people in a attic for 2 years and not one gets 'cabin fever'. Surely that's not natural? At least one person would go slightly potty, moan and cry a lot, gnashing of teeth, but no, a lot of stiff upper lips. Arguments between the members of the household doesnt count. Yes they get visited by their protectors on regulars occasion, and even get little goodies but even so..... Wouldnt you get upset not even being able to open a window, draw open the curtains and have to share a slop bucket with 7 other people for 4 days. (Bearing in mind they've been eating sauerkraut for a week) There's just something about this book that doesn't ring true. Just how much has Otto frank left out? OK, so the arguments have been put back in as have the scenes dealing with sexuality (which apparently only came to light in 1998!), including a rather graphic description of a vagina! But he left out any emotional displays at all. Is he just trying to show how brave they were? If so, it doesn't work!! And just how much has Mirjam Pressler rewritten because less like a child's writing have I ever read. OK, she was living in harsh times, had to hide to save her life, but I'm damn sure she didn't suddenly turn 40 when she was in there, which is what this books reads like. Characterisation, tone, structure and even words all sound like they were written by a much older person. I'm also sure that I read one or two words and phrases that didn't quite fit wi
th the times. I'm sure I remembered a certain poignancy when I first read this but now there's none at all. I feel slightly cheated, I expected to read a diary written by a young girl instead I was treated to a grown up version. It would be nice to have read the originals as they were written, perhaps this would have given us more of an insight. Anne Franks diary was studied for years before it was announced that it wasn't a fake. The amount that appears to have been rewritten now puts it into that category. When does re-writing and editing get to the stage where the book is no longer valid, as a believe this version to be. Anne Frank and her family were undoubtedly real. They were taken from the Annexe on 4th August 1944 after being betrayed Otto Frank was the only survivor, Edith Frank dies in Auschwitz-Birkaneau from hunger and exhaustion. Margot and Anne ended up in Bergen-Belsen and died from Typhus around 7 weeks before the camp was liberated. Whats in question is the book itself, real, fake, or so heavily edited it bears no resemblance to the original. You decide.
just a word of advice- to enable you to fully understand the poor conditions lived in by anne and her family, if in amsterdam you must visit annes house- people were visably effected as they walked aroung the museum-a must for all european travelers. the size of the house is not reflected in the book-it is miniscule, at the rear of the factory that annes father used to manage. we were shook by the visual siaplays- including the origional diary, and photos. annes room is as it was left(although now preserved) with her photos, and a height chart on the wall to demonstate the families growth whilst in hiding
My copy of the diary of Anne Frank was presented to me in 1973 by my local church for regular attendence. My religious tendancies have fallen by the wayside over the years, but this book has been more enduring and in a profound way. It is difficult to get children to understand the horror, indignities and injustice of war. Visually it can be too upsetting, causing an overload of information that isn't easily acceptable to youngsters. Equally, the written word can be too adult or simply too boring for them to even want to try and get to grips with it. This is where Anne Frank has become so invaluable, and not just with telling her story to fellow youngsters, she can also impact heavily across the age spectrum. At the start of her teenage years, Anne Frank, her parents, sister and four other people, all Jewish, go into hiding in the sealed off back rooms of an Amsterdam office building. The persecution of Jews had gathered in intensity and ferocity by 1942, and it's this that has prompted the family to take such action. They lived their lives in this cramped and terrified fashion for some 2 years, until they were given up in betrayal. Anne and her family ultimately met their fate in the concetration camp at Belsen, although her father, Otto, was to survive. Amazingly, the diary she had kept since being given the book for her 13th birthday, was found totally by accident, after her death. It is stunning in it's innocent and yet total faith in her religion, which remained unswerving throughout her ordeals. It is touching in her revelations about her showing the first signs of womanhood. It is sweet and gentle with her falling in love. It is inspirational in it's portrayal of her courage, nobility and perseverence with the everyday strains placed on her by the enforced confinement. In places it is the work of genius. She wrote almost daily and addressing the entries after a while as, 'Dear
Kitty'. Her first entry starts: "Sunday 14th June, 1942. On Friday 12th June, I woke up at six o'clock, and no wonder; it was my birthday. But of course I was not allowed to get up at that hour, so I had to control my curiosity until a quarter to seve. Then I could bear it no longer, and went to the dining room, where I received a welcome from Moortie (the cat). Soon after seven, I went to Mummy and Daddy and then to the sitting room to undo my presents. The first to greet me was you, possibly the nicest of all...." Only a few weeks later, and Anne's life takes the dramatic turn. Her father has been called-up by the SS and she is given the order to pack because they are going into hiding. "Wednesday, 8th July, 1942. ....Into hiding - where would we go, in a town or the country, in a house or a cottage, when, how, where...? These were questions I was not allowed to ask, but I couldn't get them out of my mind. Margot and I began to pack some of our most vital belongings into a school-satchel...." And so it is that you get to live these moments with her. Written chamingly, vividly and with a deep impact that children unwittingly give to such situations, Anne's entries can make you smile, laugh, empathise and shed futile tears. The horror of her situation and unknown fate is in stark contrast to the hope she held in everything. For all the youthful optimism she exudes through the pages, it is a sobering read. If I still held faith in a God, I might believe that she was chosen to put forward her view of life during those deeply disturbing and violent times, and that her words would do something positive for the rest of the world to wonder over. The book was first published in 1947 in Holland, and by the time I had won the book in 1973 had been reprinted 28 times with millions being sold - maybe these things happen for a reason, and if by her
unwittingly well chosen words she puts forward her shining beacon of righteousness and hope as counter balance to those horrors, indignities and injusitices that come with war, then maybe, maybe, good will continue to flow from her work. And her life won't have been in vain.
I was quite suprised to see that there was no were for me to actuly write about "The diary of Anne Frank." I saw that someone else had writen about the book here so I thought i'd join them in writing about the most touching and moving book that I have ever read. Anne Frank was born on 12th June 1929 and died while being imprisoned at Bergen-Belsen, 3 months short of her 16th birthday. At the beginning or the book Anne wrote: "I hope i will be able to confide everything to you, as i have never been able to confide in anyone, and i hope you will be a great source of comfort and support." She calles her diary and writes to "Kitty." Anne's diary first follows her experiances at school. She writes from the moment she gets the book, for her birthday present. She kept a diary from the 12th of June 1942 untill 1st August 1944. It follows her many experiances and she deeply describes her emotions and feelings in it. This was around the time of WW2 were it was basicly hell for the Jews. In july, she and her family, fleeing the horrors of the Nazi occupation, hid in the back of a warehouse, in a secret Annexe. Her diary seemed to be only scource of comfort and vividly describes the frustrations of living in such confined quarters, the constant threat of beinbg discovered, hunger and tiredness and above all, boredom. Living In the Annex were her mother and father, Edith and Otto and her sister, Margot. Also, Mr and Mrs van Dann and their son Peter and they were all later joined by Albert Dussel.
In 1942, Anne Frank and her family fleeing the horrors of Nazi occupation, hid in the back of an Amsterdam warehouse. Over the next two years, Anne describes in her diary her frustrations at being confined, hungry, bored and the threat of discovery. Her diary ends when they are discovered in 1944. Her diary is among the most enduring documents of the 20th century.


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Disgraced former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer clearly sees the current AIG bonus controversy as an opportunity to redeem his reputation.
The Associated Press's Michael Hill provided rehabilitation assistance in his Friday report.
Spitzer is best remembered for resigning as the Empire State's chief executive after being caught patronizing high-priced prostitutes over a period of several years, and for having a reputation as an attorney general on a self-aggrandizing crusade against against corporate corruption prior to that.
Spitzer is attempting to capitalize on the public's incomplete knowledge of his sorry saga to get back in its good graces.
The AP's Hill gave Spitzer the print equivalent of a soapbox to do just that:
With AIG, Spitzer is Sheriff of Wall Street redux
Eliot Spitzer has a few words to say about the AIG bonus brouhaha: I told you so.
The former New York governor battered American International Group with charges of corruption long before his own dizzying downfall in a prostitution scandal. He has used this latest financial scandal to strike his old populist, Sheriff of Wall Street themes and, just maybe, mend his reputation — though critics contend that he bears a share of the blame for the insurance giant's historic near-collapse.
..... As for all those politicians piling on AIG this week? Been there. Done that.
"We pursued AIG and Wall Street's structural failures in a way that others shied away from because it was politically unpalatable for them to address those issues," Spitzer told host Brian Lehrer Wednesday on WNYC Radio in New York City. "Now it is the flavor of the month. Everybody is jumping up and down serving subpoenas, beating their chests trying to be tougher than the next person."
On CNN Thursday, Spitzer said his initial probes came from AIG's "effort from the very top to gin up returns whenever, wherever possible and to push the boundaries in a way that would garner returns almost regardless of risk.
"Back then I said to people, AIG is the center of the web," he told CNN's Fareed Zakaria.
Spitzer pursued AIG for years when he was New York's attorney general. The company eventually announced in 2006 that it would pay $1.64 billion to resolve allegations that it used deceptive accounting practices to mislead investors and regulatory agencies. AIG's veteran chief executive officer, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, was forced to resign in 2005 after a long and contentious, sometimes ugly battle with Spitzer.
"He obviously believes history has vindicated him," said John Coffee, a professor of securities law at Columbia University, "and wants to remind America that he was there first."
..... Coffee suspects Spitzer is more concerned about reclaiming a legacy than mounting a comeback. Jeffrey Stonecash of Syracuse University's Maxwell School said the recent comments fit Spitzer, a natural crusader zealous about rooting out financial crimes.
Hill waited until his 19th paragraph to come back to the contrarian take on Spitzer's legal legacy, noting that "Critics, mostly on the political right, claim that by forcing out Greenberg and creating turmoil at AIG, Spitzer laid the groundwork for the debacle roiling the country today."
A year ago, in the wake of Spitzer's resignation, the Wall Street Journal reminded us that the self-styled, media-assisted Spitzer was much more of a legal tyrant than crusader:
Mr. Spitzer's recklessness with the state's highest elected office, though, is of a piece with his consistent excesses as Attorney General from 1999 to 2006.
He routinely used the extraordinary threat of indicting entire firms, a financial death sentence, to force the dismissal of executives, such as AIG's Maurice "Hank" Greenberg. He routinely leaked to the press emails obtained with subpoena power to build public animosity against companies and executives. In the case of Mr. Greenberg, he went on national television to accuse the AIG founder of "illegal" behavior. Within the confines of the law itself, though, he never indicted Mr. Greenberg. Nor did he apologize.
In perhaps the incident most suggestive of Mr. Spitzer's lack of self-restraint, the then-Attorney General personally threatened John Whitehead after the former Goldman Sachs chief published an article on this page defending Mr. Greenberg. "I will be coming after you," Mr. Spitzer said, according to Mr. Whitehead's account. "You will pay the price. This is only the beginning, and you will pay dearly for what you have done."
Jack Welch, the former head of GE, said he was told to tell Ken Langone -- embroiled in Mr. Spitzer's investigation of former NYSE chairman Dick Grasso -- that the AG would "put a spike through Langone's heart." New York Congresswoman Sue Kelly, who clashed with Mr. Spitzer in 2003, had her office put out a statement that "the attorney general acted like a thug."
These are not merely acts of routine political rough-and-tumble. They were threats -- some rhetorical, some acted upon -- by one man with virtually unchecked legal powers.
Eliot Spitzer's self-destructive inability to recognize any limit on his compulsions was never more evident than his staff's enlistment of the New York State Police in a campaign to discredit the state's Senate Majority Leader, Joseph Bruno. On any level, it was nuts. Somehow, Team Spitzer thought they could get by with it. In the wake of that abusive fiasco, his public approval rating plunged.
Spitzer's campaign of public intimidation by press conference was rarely challenged. Firms that believed they were innocent mostly paid up and forced out key executives like AIG's Greenberg to make him go away.
As AIG was publicly crumbling last September, I recalled that WSJ editorial, and added this:
Left unsaid, but obvious, is that Greenberg wasn't indicted because he would have kicked Spitzer's butt in court — which is why Spitzer avoided the inside of courtrooms like a plague. In the one case I'm aware of where someone stood up to Spitzer all the way through a jury verdict, the New York Attorney General was trounced.
..... Greenberg had at least three successors in the past 3-1/2 years (Frank Zarb (a caretaker), Martin Sullivan, and now-deposed Robert Willumstad.
Now there's Edward Liddy. If he could get past the bitterness, and if regulators could admit that Spitzer's publicity-driven ouster of him was wrong, Greenberg, even in his 80s, might have been a better choice.
Who's at the top matters. So does drift at the top, even for a few months, especially at such a large and complex entity.
Note from taxpayers to Spitzer: Thanks for nothing.
It's more like "Thanks for $170 billion or more less than nothing." While AIG's board of course deserves the lion's share of the blame for the firm's debacle, a strong case can be made that the biggest corporate crackup in history might not have occurred, or might have been much less severe, if Spitzer hadn't chosen to make Hank Greenberg his personal piñata.
That Spitzer is getting unchallenged opportunities to appear on CNN and elsewhere to peddle his fantasies, along with barely concealed hosannas from an AP reporter, is disgraceful -- and, sadly, typical.
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.

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I am 9 days post op double eye surgery. One eye is more swollen and much more small. Surgeon says it's all fine and not to worry. She said I became very stressed during the surgery and they had to switch me to a general and cortorise the beeding in one of my eyes. My eye looks so different from the other and I am really panicking!
Eyes are Very Different 1 Week After Double Eyelid Surgery, Should I be Worried?
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It takes time to see the final results of double eyelid surgery
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1 week after this type of surgery is too soon to be worried
1 week after this type of surgery is too soon to be worried. It is common to have swelling that can last several weeks. Also, as healing takes place, you will see changes in the skin, and also with the incision. One eye looking different from the other can also occur at this stage. I would encourage you to continue following up with your surgeon and discuss any concerns you have with him/her.
Asymmetry of the upper eyelids
No two eyes will heal at the same rate after surgery. In your case where there was more bleeding on one side, what you are experiencing is all normal and should get more even as the swelling goes down, but it will take weeks.
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Time is key
Be patient with yourself and your surgeon. It is quite common to have asymmetrical inflammation/swelling postoperatively. Sometimes we can identify the cause [more bleeding, more extensive surgery, etc], but sometimes even the surgeon may not be able to identify the reason for the asymmetrical swelling.
Give yourself at least 3 months and then if still bothered re-post with photos.
Fear after eyelid surgery
Thank you for the question. 9 days after eyelid surgery is a very short amount of time. Although most of the edema usually subsides by this time, you will continue to see improvement over the next 6 weeks.
Difference in post-bleph swelling
It's very common for patients to swell more on one side than on the other so, at this point in the healing, it would not be grounds for concern. If your surgeon needed to cauterize more bleeders on the side that is swollen, that would certainly be a logical explanation for the additional swelling. There is no reason to panic at this stage in the healing. Just be patient and give things a chance to settle down!
Right after surgery, swelling magnifies differences.
Nine days out from surgery is quite early. Swelling in the eyelid platforms can exaggerate small true differences in the eyelids creating a lot of uncertainty. Time is generally on your side. These issues tend to improve with time. To get the most out of this forum, you might consider reposting your questions with photographs.
Asymmetric Double Eyelid surgery.
Stay calm Doris, it is still early. You'd be surprised how much the swelling and unevenness will improve over the next few weeks. The part about the cautery for bleeding may be true. Give it another 2 weeks before you decide if it's uneven and followup with your doctor every week. Asian eyelid surgery is complex and the healing process can be stressful. Just give it a little more time.
Best of luck
Chase Lay, MD
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I have it: 88 I had it: 103 I want it: 87 My signature: 2
Joyful fruity-floral rhythms, created in Escada Magnetic Beat offer optimistic and seductive accords. Creators Pierre Bourdon and Steve Demercado designed this perfume in 2003 and enriched the top notes with aromatic tones of basil, green leaves, freesia, powdery violet, apricot and gently spiced nutmeg. The heart is opulent. Intensive, pure and sweet jasmine seduces together with iris, lily and sweet, gourmet almond blossom. The base carries woody, soft and powdery tones of vanilla, amber, milky intensive sandalwood and sensual musk. The bottle has the same shape as Escada Magnetism, but Magnetic Beat is coloured in romantic pink. It was characterised as a very long-lasting perfume.
Perfume rating: 3.91 out of 5 with 140 votes.
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Mainly for the young crowd. More fruity than floral. Happy cute type of perfume. Casual wear, good for classroom etc. Not offensive but not mild either. Wouldn't call it strong. I bought it blind and being a floral person more than fruity, in the end gave it to my younger cousin who loved it. Wouldn't recommend it to anyone over 25 but great for anyone younger. Can't go wrong as a gift.
One of the great perfume i have when i was young.
Sadly they dont have it anymore.
This fragrance is simply the best!!! IT is so close to the perfume Magnetism.....but only better!!!
Too bad it has been discontinued... I will purchase it for as long as I can find it. It is not a very strong fragrance...it is very sweet.LIKe mangoes and vanilla.
I love it. I go through a bottle every three months!!
I have been wearing it for 7 years now... I love it so much I can't bear to go without it.
i had this magnetic beat, ibought it when i ranout of magnetism,as a substitute,not bad, sweet but not as strong smelling like magnetism, very moderate 4/5 :D
This was the best scent for me. It's sweet, a little bit 'wild and sexy' ..
Kinda sweet but not overly sweet, wears really close to the skin. I. Can't pin point the notes I am smelling but I will say I am pretty disappointed with this one as its nothing special and I will be putting it on ebay.
scent is not that light... not suitable for summer or specialy if youre on tropical country!
Love this fragrance. It has a little spice, but it is sweet and refreshing. One of the few spicy fragrances I would dare wear in the summer. Tracked it down and am receiving more this week! I ran out and couldn't locate anywhere except online.
My favorite Escada scent, hands down. Sentiment(edp) is my second fave, love the iris note in both of these. MB is the only other Escada fragrance that doesn't disappear on my dry skin in an hour's time. I love the almond note & black currant(one of my fave notes of all time)blended with the gently sweet flowers & soft sensual base with just the right amt. of everything- not too much musk, amber or vanilla.
One of my faves for summer because its only lightly sweet, never heavy. It is a light fresh oriental on my skin & it always elicits positive attention from my husband which is fantastic because he's very picky with my perfumes. It puts him in a particularly amorous mood so I'm taking advantage of the allure factor. hehe ;-D
Highly recommend for use on a summer night or first date if you want to leave an indelible memory in the mind of a lucky guy!
I adore both Magnetism and Magnetic Beat.
It seems to me that Magnetic Beat is just the EDT version of Magnetism, and the slight difference is in the opening notes - in M.Beat they are juicier and lighter but the drydown feels the same as in Magnetism. And also M.Beat is not as strong and overwhelming as Magnetism is.
However, Magnetic Beat is sexy, sensual and flirty fragrance that can be worn all year long not only on everyday occasions but even in special and intimate moments, which makes it best friend among the fragrances. :-)))
very pretty and light, can be sprayed throughtout the day. i have both magnetism and magnetic beat. i believe magnetism has patchouli which i find nauseating at times and i can only spray 2x for the day.
like some other reviewers I like original magnetism more than this one.comparing it to magnetism,it's less creamy and sophisticated.instead,it's younger and lighter
at the first sniff I thought I got pure strawberries,mixed with pineapple(or another fresh smelling) with strong sweet notes(like somebody else mentioned cotton candy).vanilla is always there.actually to me it smells like a fruity cake.also almond blossom is touchable.
I should mention that despite the leading text here,I didn't find it extremely long lasting.maybe it's too light and it remains near skin.after 15 minutes of applying it,I get some similarities with the original magnetism,but much lighter.I also think it smells like coconut.
I think it's a good choice for young girls to wear it in the college.it won't ease anybody,because of the low sillage.it's just sweet and nice.
Me too, I prefer it over Magnetism. I liked it a lot but woudn't buy it, it has no staying power on me. As soon as I stepped out of the store, it was gone ... It's sweet and light and very joyfull fragrance.
I think this scent is prettier than Magnetism, it's sweet but rather subtle than annoying, it reminds me of cotton candy a little, people who like vanilla will like it. Maybe it's not the most original scent, but it's optimistic and playful.
To me it smells exactly like Magnetism, like cotton candy and green notes. I love it, one of my faves. Not long lasting though :(
Ik heb deze geur al een tijdje. Lijkt veel op manetism, alleen een beetje minder zwaar en een beetje transparanter dan magnetism.
Een heerlijke geur, de hele dag door.
Its very common to magnetism, except it is some lighter and more transparant. Also sweet, i think also a bit more a refreshing fragrance than magnetism.
Very sweet for me, only for winter or autumn.
Escada Magnetic Beat it a casual but pretty scent. It has a sweet powdery note when first sprayed. I think the Iris and amber stand out in the beginning. But after you wear it a while you can really smell the other florals and the tiny vanilla. A fresh and lighthearted fragrance.
prealy fantasy, livly, playful parfum:)
fragrance for young, joyful persons. sweet and refreshing smell. Lovely:)
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Browns team president on QB Brandon Weeden: "He's gifted, mature"
More bad news for the quarterbacks in Cleveland Browns camp fighting for a starting position. Browns team president Mike Holmgren threw a heap of praise toward rookie quarterback Brandon Weeden on Thursday, which essentially means it is his job to lose.
"He's as prepared to come in and start as any rookie I've seen in a long time," Holmgren said. "He is gifted. There is a maturity level because of his age. He is a different rookie because of that." The Browns went 4-12 last year and did not win a game against their division opponents in the AFC North. They needed a boost with their offense after ranking 30th in the NFL last season in scoring offense, so they drafted Alabama running back Trent Richardson and Weeden in the first round.


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Weekender: Dallas Area Concerts for July 22-24
Drinking and Dancing Competition (Sons Of Hermann Hall): Of all the descriptions I've heard from different folks trying to sell me on this event, only our very own Arts Editor would describe it as thus: "bacchanalian multitasking."
I was shocked to find out how highbrow the impetus was for this madness, and you can read Peter's excellent interview here for more info.
Harvey Milk/Omotai/Most Efficient Women (Rubber Gloves): Who ever thought you'd get the chance to see Harvey Milk more than once in such a brief time period? The group's catalog varies greatly, something that they themselves would admit judging by this genius article for self-titled Daily where they harshly criticize their entire body-of-work. One of their greatest contributions was their ability to push unconventional vocal melodies into the dark crevices not usually yielded by heavy records; usually there is just more chaos. It's the sort of thing that sounds awful in the wrong hands, but they wielded it well. Unfortunately this is the last chance to see the group before one of the main members returns to teaching.
Most Efficient Women includes members of Drug Mountain, which generally means many instruments on stage and usually some high-quality bouts of unconventional intensity.
The Night Game Cult/After Hours With George Quartz/Neeks/Diamond Age (Dan's Silverleaf): In a rather densely packed week, this is still one of the best. When The Night Game Cult's Kyle Cheatham was living in Denton, the town seemed like a different place; more dangerous, more wild, more unpredictable. Then he moved to Portland and Denton seemed a little more tame, a little more family-friendly, for better or worse depending on what you want out of the town.
Night Game Cult shows lived up to the name and the ideal; they were incredibly eerie, dark, and also transfixing. All of the blacked-out rooms and body paint in the world wouldn't have mattered though, had it not been for the incredible music. Cheatham created songs so haunting that they still seem to be playing down some back alley off the square forever; songs like "The Sparkling Sea" and "You Are Not Alone" are still as lovely as they are creepy. Welcome back.
Glamorama (Beauty Bar): Guest DJ tonight is DJ Trademarx.
Zest of Yore/Tang Lung/Vulgar Fashion/Terminator 2/Violent Squid (Bolivar House): This is a benefit show for some individuals that "really just need some money" and I admire their honesty. Help them out. This show is actually worth paying for, so you won't even feel taken advantage of. I heard an insane story about Vulgar Fashion meeting a local music editor that ends with him saying "Talk to me" when the group gets their act together. Isn't that amazing? I thought only Phil Ramone said things like that. Related: My favorite P. Ramone quote is "HE'S STILL FRANK SINATRA, DAMN IT." I love show business.
Robert Ellis/Glass Mountain Orchestra/Glen Farris (Dan's Silver Leaf)
Diskotek Ersatz: After Party for Fassbinder's World On A Wire (Texas Theatre): Once again, Mr. Simek (he hates when I call him boss) has everything you need to know about Fassbinder's World On A Wire, which he said just might be the most important movie of the year.
Just to show you the difference in what we do, I have something almost as good: The Most Important After Party Of The Year. That's right. There will be avant-garde disco and "avant-garde cocktail attire" is "strongly encouraged." Which isn't really fair you see, as this is presented by George Quartz and he pretty much invented that whole getup in Dallas. It would be like Big Tex strongly encouraging you to bring your biggest pair of jeans. Yee-Haw.
Gorilla vs Bear Festival (Granada Theater): Here's the detail everyone seems to be leaving out: Dallas' own Sober will be handling DJ duties for this event, bringing the total to "three" the number of locals on the bill. That's always such a concern around here and though the collective heart is in the right place, it doesn't do anyone any good to have a local blog present a local fest to locals; you have to give people outside of DFW a reason to care if you want to make any noise in this world. That shouldn't be offensive to any reasonable person.
It's a great thing to see a website that's raised the profile of Dallas throw its very own event here, and I'll be glad to do my part to support this event. It's good for the city, good for the venue, the out-of-town-acts, and locals alike. Who else but Chris Cantalini could draw such an eclectic lineup here in the middle of the summer and still have the guts to put a couple of bands on the bill that have yet to perform in front of an audience even once. It's that sense of dare that has kept Gorilla vs Bear interesting for so long and speaks to the pioneer spirit of one of the nation's oldest and most powerful music blogs; even if those from more traditional business, writing, and music backgrounds are left scratching their heads. Well, keep scratching. The lineup and set-times:
Dreamed – 6:30pm
Sunset – 7:10pm
Pure X – 7:50pm
Sleep ∞ Over – 8:40pm
Grimes – 9:25pm
Julianna Barwick – 10:10pm
Shabazz Palaces – 11:00pm
Preteen Zenith – 11:50pm
White Denim – 12:50pm
Adult Books/Unconscious Collective/No Mas Bodas (Pastime Tavern)
1st Annual Stella Fest (Hailey's): I don't know when this show was announced or whether or not it's supposed to be competing with The Granada's lineup, but it sure is packing a lot of locals up north in the middle of the day. It was booked by Ryan McAdams who plays in Sundress. I also couldn't find what the "Stella" in Stella Fest even refers to on the flier. In fact the only info is "..cheap drinks.." The headlining act is Startdeath and The White Dwarfs but there are a handful of local bands here that are a little more worth your time.
Main Stage –
Lucretia Borgia – 3:30
Westboro Butchers – 5:15
Soviet – 6:45
Roy Robertson – 8:30
Record Hop – 9:45
Sundress – 11:00
Stardeath and White Dwarfs – 12:15
Side Stage –
The River Mouth – 4:30
Final Club – 6:00
The Eastern Sea – 7:45
Skeleton Coast – 9:15
Manned Missiles – 10:30
Ethereal and the Queer Show – 11:45
Mission Of Burma/Tre Orsi/Ume (Granada): (Apologies to anyone that has heard this story before and I want to doubly apologize for giving two personal anecdotes in one week, but late 70's/early 80's Boston post-punk act Mission of Burma has always been a crucial part of my life when it's come to writing and occasionally performing music.)
In the summer of 1997, at the painfully tender age of 17, I was living in Richardson and spending the summer at a friend's house when I started to really explore the still rather new world of the internet; staying up until dawn every night doing so. Specifically I was researching music non-stop and devouring fan-sites, compiled zine stories, label propaganda and anything else with which I could begin to ruin my young eyes.
One late night I ran across a very interesting ad for a contest on Rykodisc's website, the label responsible for reissuing Mission Of Burma's Ace Of Hearts' catalog in the 90's. The gist of the contest was this: You had to write an essay on why you "deserved" guitar lessons from Mission Of Burma's Roger Miller. Teenagers in the 90's were culturally conditioned to believe they didn't deserve anything so I had my work cut out for me. Aside from Burma, Miller had played in Sproton Layer, Destroy All Monsters, Moving Parts, and Birdsongs of the Mesozoic. He had also released a handful of experimental solo albums on SST that were also the unhealthy obsession of woefully serious music fans the world over.
Sad to say that I have since lost the essay; it's probably rotting in a folder of Netscape Navigator screenshots on a Mac monitor that's currently seeping chemicals in a Murphy landfill for all I know. But I remember going on about how Miller's technique was aggressive and inventive and aggressively inventive or something to that effect. I was chosen as a finalist and I was the only one outside of the band's Boston-area home. I left Texas for the first time ever and landed in Boston with a school friend, who was also 17. We stayed at a hotel in Quincy and walked to Mr. Miller's house. He graciously let the lesson drag on for hours in his basement which was adorned with fliers and other fascinating underground memorabilia.
I was a little overenthusiastic and I asked many geeky questions which seemed a little bemusing to Miller at times. He had some excellent opinions on music and playing guitar, along with some cutting opinions about other seminal acts. Basically the lesson was all about how important it was to approach things from many angles: Don't ever get bogged down with settling on barre-chords over and over, don't get caught up in straight-ahead rhythms, always change it up, play everything three different ways, de-tune the instrument, when you build-up- blow-up and fall-apart rather than just keep building etc. It was priceless information and held many clues as to why Burma were such a unique band. I've never forgotten it. He gave me some photocopied cheat sheets that had many alternate tunings that both he and Sonic Youth used in their music.
I went back a year later after graduating high school and this time paid for a lesson. He again extended the lesson past the normal hour and was very kind about everything. On that trip I got to meet Mission Of Burma drummer Peter Prescott at the legendary Mystery Train record store on a tip from Miller. They both willingly signed any and all merchandise which I still cherish. This was a young music nerd's dream. At some point I realized that Roger could have been a session guitarist and probably should have been paid as such; he was that academic and skilled. Both men seemed to be at tough points in their careers.
Five years after that first visit, Mission Of Burma reformed and I flew to New York to see them at Irving Plaza. They didn't seem like the nice quiet guys I met in Boston; they seemed like the flickering sepia and black and white legendary images from all of those zine pictures I found online in the middle of the night years before. They were now getting all the attention they deserved and they have been ever since.
Lost Generation (Arcade Bar): Do you all love "non-hits" as much as I do? Well, this event provides plenty of that with guest DJ G on board, who promises some "road not taken" cuts along these lines:
4AD, Creation records, Mute, Factory, Rough Trade, Synth Pop, Punk, PostPunk, No Wave, Post No Wave, Skate rock, SST Records and whatnot. Not your normal 80's night.
Not your normal anything-night, actually.


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A Radio DJ Should Score High With the Game SongPop, Right?
Several Facebook friends started playing the new hot game SongPop which involves you identifying songs from different genres. Sounds easy for someone who plays music all day, right? Apparently not so much.
SongPop, played on the Facebook platform or via smart phone app, pits you against a friend in a "Name That Tune" style competition. You get a few seconds of a song and have to identify either the title or artist based on four choices.
Each game of five songs revolves around a single theme. I've come across Love Songs, 80s, 90s, rap, pop and country so far.
And I've not done so well – I've lost more games than I've won. So if you'd like to challenge me and try to beat a radio DJ – which apparently isn't much of a challenge, search user name "EricMeier." I look forward to playing with you.


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For what it is worth, local store has nickel plated M&P (not Victory) for 1k USD, apparently that one is factory job. You probably know best about the one you are buying, but it could be factory nickel job too.


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Geraldine Campbell
Geraldine Campbell, age 54, of Brewster, NY, died Thursday, January 31, 2013.
Gerri was born August 12, 1958, in Mt. Vernon, NY. Daughter to the late Frank W. Madden, Jr. and Geraldine V. Farrell, she graduated from Lakeland High School in 1976 and Pace University.
Gerri was a registered nurse for Westchester Medical Center. She loved music and to play her violin. But her biggest passion in life was her grandchildren.
Gerri is survived by her husband Ray Campbell and also her four children, Christopher Thorpe of Patterson, Joseph Thorpe of Brewster, John Thorpe, Jr of New Milford, CT, and Courtney Campbell; and six grandchildren, Kyle, Carly, Jimmy, Hayden, Sean and Liam. Siblings Christopher, Daniel, Susanne, Jennifer, and Francis III also survive. She was predeceased by the late James Madden.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held Tuesday February 5, at St. John the Evangelist Church, Mahopac. Visitation was Monday at Beecher Funeral Home, 1 Putnam Ave, Brewster. A private cremation followed.


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The energy sector may account for a quarter of Russia's gross domestic product, says the international body.
The State Statistics Committee puts the figure at 9%.
By increasing its dependency on oil exports, Russia is now more vulnerable to a sudden drop in oil prices, experts warn.
Avoiding tax
Oil exports - shored up by booming energy prices - have driven Russia's economy over the past year.
"The Russian economy is more exposed to world movements in energy prices than official GDP figures imply," the World Bank
The Washington-based institution said many firms are reducing their tax liabilities by using trading companies to market their output - a practice known as transfer pricing.
The trading companies pay less tax than the production companies because there has been a so-called transfer of value added and as they are usually registered in domestic tax havens.
The World Bank says accounts have been distorted by the exaggeration of the value added by service sector companies.
The body said the loss to the budget was difficult to estimate as tax relief obtained by individual trading companies differed from region to region.
"If the result of transfer pricing to avoid taxation would be to reduce the effective tax rate on the transferred profits by 10%... the scale of the revenue losses to the budget would already amount to about 2% of GDP," it said.
New laws
Economists have said they are unsurprised by the reports findings.
In January, Russia's second largest oil firm Lukoil agreed not to use legal loopholes to lower its tax bill.
The parliament has approved new legislation
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This lesson plan teaches how to select the landing site for a planetary surface investigation, using the 5E learning cycle. Students will be able to determine a landing site for their Mars rover; work with their team to summarize information and... (View More) identify important details in non-fiction writing; research Gale Crater through an online interactive module; use Google Earth Mars to learn about Mars surface features; gather and analyze data to conduct a scientific experiment; collect and record data in a science notebook to draw logical and scientific conclusions; define and identify the role of controls and variables in teams' scientific or technical questions; and differentiate between weather and climate. The lesson plan has a number of appendices, including standards alignment. This is Lesson 8 of the elementary school version of the 6 week Mars Rover Celebration curriculum. (View Less)
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This is a lesson about using evidence to construct sequences of geologic events. Learners will interpret real NASA science data to identify features on the surface of Mars, determine the surface history of the area, calculate the size of features,... (View More) and develope investigable questions. Students will study images taken by NASA's Mars Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) camera orbiting Mars. Students will use the THEMIS images to analyze the surface features and geological history of Mars. The lesson models scientific inquiry using the 5E instructional model and includes teacher notes and vocabulary. (View Less)
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This lesson provides an opportunity for students to express their ideas through literature. Teachers will read a story on clouds to students, then take students outside to observe actual clouds. Students will create drawings of what they see,... (View More) identify different cloud types, and then pair their findings with other students to create a cloud presentation for the class. S'COOL engages students in making and reporting ground truth observations of clouds then comparing those observations with data from the CERES satellite instrument. (View Less)
Emphasis is placed on preparing for severe weather events such as thunderstorms, tornadoes and blizzards. Following classroom discussion and internet research, students prepare and present a product (brochure, poster, video, etc.) on the... (View More) characteristics of one type of severe weather event and the appropriate preparation details. The Students' Cloud Observations On-Line (S'COOL) project engages students in making and reporting ground truth observations of clouds then comparing those observations with data from the CERES satellite instrument. (View Less)
Clouds serve as a theme in a series of linked introductory explorations in math, language arts, and science. After participating in a demonstration of cloud formation, students are directed to create an acrostic poem (a poem that uses the letters in... (View More) a word to start each line of the poem) and peer review and edit each other's work. The class collects atmospheric temperature and cloud cover data over a period of days and then construct graphs to assist in analysis. This lesson is supported by observation protocols, teacher resources, and a glossary of scientific terms. This activity is related to the NASA CERES Students Cloud Observations Online (S'COOL) project. (View Less)
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Learners will investigate how much you can learn about something just by looking at it. In Activity 1, students study aerial photographs to identify geologic features, determine how they differ from one another, and examine the processes involved in... (View More) their formation. In Activity 2, students investigate how remote observations of a planetary surface can be used to create geologic maps. By the end of the lesson, students will understand how data gathered by spacecraft can not only be used to investigate the properties of an object, but also how it was formed, how it has evolved over time, and how it is connected to other objects nearby. Note: The MESSENGER mission to Mercury that is mentioned in this lesson ended operations April 30, 2015. For the latest information about MESSENGER and NASA's solar system missions see the links under Related & Supplemental Resources (right side of this page). (View Less)
This lesson includes four activities. Activity 1 introduces concepts related to distance, including length and height and units of measurement. Students are asked to make comparisons of distances. In activity 2, students work with a graph and plot... (View More) the heights of objects and the layers of the atmosphere: troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere. In activity 3, students learn about other forms of visual displays using satellite imagery. They compare images of a hurricane using two different satellite images. One image is looking down on the hurricane from space, the other looks through the hurricane to display a profile of the hurricane. Activity 4 reinforces the concept of the vertical nature of the atmosphere. Students will take a CALIPSO satellite image that shows a profile of the atmosphere and use this information to plot mountains and clouds on their own graph of the atmosphere. The recommended order for the activities is to complete the first two activities on day one, and the second two activities on day two. Each day will require approximately 1 to 1.5 hours. (View Less)
This is a lesson about the formation of glaciers, ice layering and stratigraphy, and the cryosphere and cryobotics. Learners will collect evidence of layering, explore the science story that layering tells, study snow and ice for insights into... (View More) climate change, and learn about the tools used to explore ice layers on Earth and in the solar system. Connections between rings of a tree and rings in an ice core will be made. Activities include small group miming, speaking, drawing, and/or writing. This is lesson 7 of 12 in the unit, Exploring Ice in the Solar System. (View Less)
Working in pairs, students will create experimental conditions in terrariums in order to study what plants need to live. Variables to study include the presence or absence of soil, water, and sunlight. Students will record the growth of radish... (View More) plants as well as observations of "the water cycle" in their terrariums. At the conclusion of their experiments, students will share their results with the class and discuss how water, Earth materials, and air are all necessary to support living things. The activities use commonly-available or inexpensive materials (e.g., chart paper, clear soda bottles, potting soil, radish seeds, paper towels, water, tape, foil, and index cards). This is the first of three sets of learning activities that are companion activities to the Elementary GLOBE children's book, All About Earth: Our World on Stage. Includes a teacher implementation guide. GLOBE (Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment) is a worldwide, hands-on, K-12 school-based science education program. (View Less)
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Learners will investigate how water and ice exist in the atmosphere as they study water vapor condensing, find that clouds are made of tiny droplets of water, and notice that snow forms in clouds. Activities include demonstrations by the teacher,... (View More) small group miming, speaking, drawing, and/or writing. In addition to commonly found classroom materials, dry ice, an aquarium or terrarium container, magnifying glass are needed. This is lesson 6 of 12 in the unit, Exploring Ice in the Solar System. (View Less)


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Sachin Tendulkar Batting Videos
Watch video clips of Indian batsman/bowler Sachin Tendulkar - the greatest batsman of this era along with Brian Lara, and perhaps Ricky Ponting, Tendulkar stands above all, considering the (cliched as it sounds) pressure and expectation he has had to play under for over 18 years while trying to satisfy myriad requirements of over a billion people, many of whom take very personally. In addition, one of the most overlooked aspects while comparing him with Lara or Ponting or even Richards is that almost all his career has been played alongside a mediocre bowling attack. One man can't win a cricket match is an adage in cricket. But here's one who has. Over and over again. Choose from the videos below


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Dryer side vent kit
I noticed most dryers has 4" knockouts on the side for venting. Which would be more convenient for me. The salesman says you have to buy a side vent kit from the manufacturer to modify the dryer's vent to exit that way. I looked up the part number and the installation manual, and all the kit contains are a few shorter length ducts, a 90 degree bend, and a hole cover for unused vent hole. They want $50 for this kit, and 2 week to special order. What's keeping me from just buying regular ducting and 90 degree piece and doing it myself? Anyone ever try this?
Nothing. they just want the retro-fit to be safe. don't use flex or screws in the interior of dryer, foil tape any connections.
that'll work.
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corksport article on DI engines
anyone looking for a good read? I found this article interesting.
Interesting. I'm wondering if an oil catch can is something I should do?
I get my first three oil changes in each car on the dealer, but after that, I'll find an "actual" synthetic (like he mentions).
Hell, I put a catch can on my NAsvtfocus. Definitely need one on a DI engine.
I got one on the st but I'm going to stick one on my na too now
I found this one with a little web pounding. Looks well made.
I had a mazdaspeed 6 and and it did suck a fair amount of oil through the intake
I saw solid shifter bushings for $25 in the recommended row at the bottom of the page. My brothers Ralliart was 10x better shifting after installation of
solid bushings.
Meh. Catch cans and "full synthetic" oil are just a band-aid for the problems of a DI engine. Doesn't matter which catch can you use or how fantastic your oil, your engine is gonna get gunked-up sooner or later. DI is great for combustion efficiency, but port-injection is much better for engine longevity. Valve cleaning should be manufacturer warranty maintenance on all DI engines every 60K miles.
What about sea foam?
The carbon build-up that is caused by DI on your intake valves is hard as a rock. It literally has to be scraped and picked off. You'd have to Seafoam every 1K miles from date of purchase to see any results. It's just a known problem that doesn't have a solution currently.
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All I could think of was SIXTO trying to feed his kitten a pill..........
This is a discussion on I wonder if the cats name is Joe within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; I want one of these for a guard cat. Can name it Joe in honor of sixto's little buddy. Family Cougar Attacks GirlFriend Of IntruderbyMorninpaper ...
I want one of these for a guard cat. Can name it Joe in honor of sixto's little buddy.
Family Cougar Attacks GirlFriend Of IntruderbyMorninpaper
Another big cat attack, but this time no one dies. A boy who broke into a home of his former employer to show off to his girlfriend really showed her something. He showed her how she could get her head in the jaws of the family cougar. The cougar didn't recognize her and attacked, luckily the next door neighbor heard the screaming, ran over and got the cougar to let go.
The boy was arrested and she will most likely follow, after she gets out of the hospital.
Freedom doesn't come free. It is bought and paid for by the lives and blood of our men and women in uniform.
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All I could think of was SIXTO trying to feed his kitten a pill..........
What does a 150-lb "cat" say when the doorbell rings? "Lunch."
Your best weapon is your brain. Don't leave home without it.
Thoughts: Justifiable self defense (A.O.J.).
Explain: How does disarming victims reduce the number of victims?
Reason over Force: Why the Gun is Civilization (Marko Kloos).
I saw that the other day... now thats a cat. I'd hate to clean that litter box.
I kinda feel sorry for the owner and the cat now, he's going to pay dearly for the dumb mistake of that kid. I do have to wonder though what kind of steps the owner took to secure such an animal.
"Just blame Sixto"
I reserve the right to make fun, point and laugh etc.
Hard to say what the final outcome will be. House was broken into. Cat was caged according to the report, the DA who was trying to impress his girlfriend let it out of the cage. Guess he did impress her!
I'm sure the girl will probably sue. If she wins I'd then turn around and sue her for double whatever she is awarded. After all, she broke into the home, just think of the mental anguish the owner must now live with. Might even be forced to sell his home and move, because he no long feels safe living there.
Freedom doesn't come free. It is bought and paid for by the lives and blood of our men and women in uniform.
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I'm pretty sure that the girl will sue the homeowner. And, she'll likely win.
The homeowner doesn't have any real defense. The cougar was an "attractive nuisance" which caused the boyfriend to break in (trespass). The fact that the cat attacked the girl after the BF opened the cage isn't an issue on her culpability for her injuries because SHE didn't open the cage.
Basically, knowing that he owned a very dangerous animal which is likely to attract idiots into doing unlawful things, the homeowner was required to take reasonable steps to ensure that NO ONE could open the cage other than the owner. The fact that the cage could be opened and that the cat attacked a third person shows that the homeowner didn't do enough to reasonably ensure the safety of those in the home (lawfully or unlawfully).
You have to make the shot when fire is smoking, people are screaming, dogs are barking, kids are crying and sirens are coming.
Randy Cain.
Ego will kill you. Leave it at home.
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Teen mauled by cougar in North Miami-Dade
A young man's irresponsible bravado nearly cost a young girl her life Saturday afternoon.
The 16-year-old girl was mauled by a cougar and rushed to the hospital after she and 21-year-old Anthony Zitnick illegally entered a wildlife collector's home about 1:30 p.m. Neighbors believe Zitnick was trying to impress the younger girl.
Alan Rigerman, who legally keeps two cougars and several snakes, tortoises and alligators at his North Miami-Dade home, was out for the weekend at a reptile show in Central Florida.
Wildlife officials said the retired Miami-Dade school science teacher had permits for the animals.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Lt. Eddy Ballester said the girl sustained some significant wounds that warranted taking her to a local hospital.
Miami-Dade police arrested Zitnick for his unauthorized entry into the Rigerman's home. Neighbors said paramedics also treated Zitnick, who was in shock after Chaos, a 150-pound male cougar, attacked the girl he brought inside the home.
Dried blood covered Rigerman's concrete floor at the spot where the 4-year-old cougar pounced on the girl and clenched his jaws around her head.
Richard Miralles, a neighbor familiar with Rigerman's large cats, heard the girl's piercing scream from next door.
'I heard her scream, `I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die,' '' he said, hours after paramedics had left.
Miralles said he immediately dropped what he was doing, jumped his six-foot fence, and barged into Rigerman's back room -- only to find the girl pinned beneath Chaos, her head in his mouth and his large declawed paw on her face. Zitnick was standing nearby in shock, Miralles said.
At first, Miralles said, he tried to push Chaos off, but he wouldn't budge. He then resorted to punching and kicking the cougar, who quickly balled up in a corner, he said.
Miralles then picked up the girl, who was bleeding profusely from her head and thigh, and ran outside to wait for an ambulance.
Rigerman left the area Friday and put his neighbor, Jason Medina, in charge of feeding the animals while he was away at Repticon, a two-day international reptile show in the Tampa Bay area.
The retired Hialeah-Miami Lakes High teacher said he was shocked to hear that ''A.J.'' Zitnick, whom he said was his young friend, had entered his home without permission. Rigerman said Zitnick entered with a key he'd given him soon after Hurricane Wilma in 2005, when the teenager did yard work for the older man.
''And he helped me with my cats under my supervision,'' he said. ``But never, never, never alone.''
Zitnick's family could not be reached for comment.
Rigerman said he's worried for the young girl and is sorry that Zitnick got arrested, adding, ``they had no right to be in my home.''
''I'm worried about my absolutely spotless reputation with what I do with these animals,'' he said.
Neighbors said Zitnick most likely entered the home simply to show the girl the cougars.
''He took it upon himself to bring his girlfriend here,'' Miralles said.
''And show off,'' Medina added.
According to Rigerman, his place was last inspected by wildlife officials on Thursday -- he passed with flying colors, he said. He owns a captive-wildlife permit that allows him to keep the animals at his home.
Hours after the incident, Chaos and his cougar mother, Chantelle, lied quietly on the concrete floor of their large indoor cages. Chaos seemed calm, his breathing steady. His eyes were focused and narrow, and his muscles flexed beneath his skin.
''Honestly, he's like a kid,'' Medina said, sighing. ``He likes to play.''
Chaos is still at the house -- in a cage -- and that's where he'll stay for now, said Jorge Pino, spokesman for Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
You have to make the shot when fire is smoking, people are screaming, dogs are barking, kids are crying and sirens are coming.
Randy Cain.
Ego will kill you. Leave it at home.
Signed: Me!
The question presented will be something like: Is it forseeable that someone who has authorization to be inside the home could open the cage and let the animal escape and subsequently injure someone? The answer to that question is yes because the owner did not secure the cage sufficiently to prevent someone from opening it in his absence.
The CD only allows someone to protect themselves if their home is invaded. It does not authorize the setting of "burglar traps" which have the ability to kill or maim while the homeowner is not present. Nor does the CD protect against "dog/animal bite" type situations. Thus, the CD is of no use here.


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Reese has said in the past that our board is a mixture of best player available + need. Which if you think about it, really isn't the best player available, because your current "needs" might not match up with the best player available.
With the depth we have now, I believe we can actually focus on the best player available to us with in reason. Instead of going into the draft to focus on 1 position, we can now go a few ways. i.e. 1st round could be either WR, TE, OL
This allows us to avoid any David Wilson type mistakes in the draft and not panic when a team takes the 1 player you were focused on drafting. (Which we all know happened when Tampa jumped in front of us to draft Doug Martin).


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Blaylock Verdict: Expert, Community Weigh In
Many Residents Say They're Glad Case is Over
BEND; Ore. - In a unanimous decision, Steven Blaylock was found guilty of murdering his wife Lori Thursday afternoon, and many people, viewers and experts were ready to weigh in on the trial.
Many Central Oregonians who have been watching the story unfold said they were ready for the trial to be over and ready to see Blaylock in prison.
Bend defense attorney Erick Ward said he believes the defendant's claim of self-defense was a hard sell to the jury.
"The jury is really going to be asked to get inside his head, and figure out what his intent was at the time he committed that act," Ward said before the verdict came down -- as it turned out, just six hours into their deliberations.
Ward says the different charges Blaylock was facing describe his intent at the time he killed his wife. Either Blaylock planned it, which is murder, or he acted under an extreme emotional disturbance or recklessly, which could have resulted in a manslaughter conviction.
"The prosecutor has this fact that he hid the body afterwards, lied about it afterwards and apparently changed his story a couple of times, admittedly so," Ward said. "The prosecutor can use that as circumstantial evidence of motive, which goes back to the central issue of intent."
Before the murder verdict was returned many people in Bend who have been closely watching the trial said they knew the 47-year-old would be convicted.
"I think, personally, that Murder 1 is there," Bend resident Bill Midanik said. "But I can see possibly where there's always a chance they could go for manslaughter instead."
Another resident, Jack Tannenbaum, said he was surprised that the jury came to its verdict so quickly.
"Well, that's pretty quick, since they just started deliberation," Tannenbaum said. "So, that quick -- guilty. They're going to come up with a guilty. I hope they come up with a guilty."
The jury did just that. They shot down the claim that Blaylock was fighting for his life when his wife allegedly attacked him.
Under Measure 11, Judge Michael Adler will have to sentence him to a minimum of 25 years in state prison, though prosecutors will seek a life term.
But for some who have been watching the trial, they just wanted to see it end.
"I've just been saturated with it," Bend resident Margaret Holman said. "I will be relieved when I find out there's a verdict, one way or the other. I'll be happy to not see his face on TV any more."


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Venters, Will and Khalid, M. (2000) Working with a strategy: an action research project within the British Council. In: 1st European Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM), 26-27 October 2000, Bled School of Management, Bled, Slovenia.
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