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Tinkersby Paul Harding
Pulitzer Prize Winner and New York Times Bestseller
"There are few perfect debut American novels. . . . To this list ought to be added Paul Harding's devastating first book, Tinkers. . . . Harding has written a masterpiece." —NPR
"In Paul Harding's stunning first novel, we find what readers,/b>/i>/b>/i>
Pulitzer Prize Winner and New York Times Bestseller
"There are few perfect debut American novels. . . . To this list ought to be added Paul Harding's devastating first book, Tinkers. . . . Harding has written a masterpiece." —NPR
"In Paul Harding's stunning first novel, we find what readers, writers and reviewers live for." —San Francisco Chronicle
"Tinkers is truly remarkable." —Marilynne Robinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Home, Gilead, and Housekeeping
An old man lies dying. Propped up in his living room and surrounded by his children and grandchildren, George Washington Crosby drifts in and out of consciousness, back to the wonder and pain of his impoverished childhood in Maine. As the clock repairer's time winds down, his memories intertwine with those of his father, an epileptic, itinerant peddler and his grandfather, a Methodist preacher beset by madness. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, Tinkers is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, illness, faith, and the fierce beauty of nature.
Paul Harding is the author of two novels about multiple generations of a New England family: the Pulitzer Prize-winning Tinkers and Enon. He has taught at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Harvard University, and Grinnell College. He now lives in Massachusetts with his wife and two sons.
Editorial Reviews
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Winner
PEN / Robert W. Bingham Prize Winner
American Library Association Notable Book
New York Times Bestseller
Also . . . an American Booksellers Association Indie Choice Honor Award recipient, International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award longlist selection, Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum First Fiction Award Finalist, and Center For Fiction Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize Finalist
Named one of the best books of the year by the New Yorker, San Francisco Chronicle, Christian Science Monitor, Irish Times, Granta, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, and National Public Radio
Praise for Tinkers
"A powerful celebration of life in which a New England father and son, through suffering and joy, transcend their imprisoning lives and offer new ways of perceiving the world and mortality." Pulitzer Prize citation
"An exquisite novel, at once fresh and hauntingly familiar, simple and profound, told with a voice so keen and beautiful as to leave the reader in a state of excitement produced only by literature, and the best literature at that." PEN/ Robert W. Bingham Prize citation
"In this lyrical novel, the life of a dying man is examined through the smallest moments of time and memory." American Library Association Notable Book citation
"An exquisitely written novel that captures the mysteries of relationships, memories and time passing in language that is both spare and lyrical. It is a true gem that sparkles with thoughtfulness, intelligence and life." International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award longlist nominee citation (from the New Hampshire State Library)
"There are few perfect debut American novels. . . . To this list ought to be added Paul Harding's devastating first book, Tinkers. . . . Harding has written a masterpiece." NPR Best Debut Fiction of the Year
"A complex reflection on memory, consciousness, and the meaning of life." Diane Rehm Show "Readers' Review" Book Club
"A novel that you'll want to savor. . . . I found reading it to be an incredibly moving experience. . . . This book begs to be read aloud." Nancy Pearl, KUOW.org
"This compact, adamantine début dips in and out of the consciousness of a New England patriarch . . . In Harding's skillful evocation, Crosby's life, seen from its final moments, becomes a mosaic of memories." New Yorker
"Alive with gorgeous sentences." Elle
"A perfect read for reflection and short enough to finish in an afternoon." First for Women
"[An] astonishing novel." Los Angeles Times
"In Paul Harding's stunning first novel, we find what readers, writers and reviewers live for." San Francisco Chronicle
"Tinkers is a poignant exploration of where we may journey when the clock has barely a tick or two left and we really can't go anywhere at all." Boston Globe
"The life and death questions Paul Harding raises in Tinkers, as well as the richness of his writing, keep a reader coming back to it. . . . Like Faulkner, he never shies away from describing what seems impossible to put into words." Dallas Morning News
"Vivid and original . . . Tinkers [is] going to be around for a long, long time." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"This beautiful novel is sui generis; the most insignificant events . . . radiate fire and light." Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Few contemporary writers have [Harding's] gift for uniting language and nature through a powerful imagination. Tinkers is a father-son story told with skill, depth and beauty." Concord Monitor
"Stunning . . . Writing in an economical style and transcendental spirit reminiscent of his friend and mentor, the award-winning novelist Marilynne Robinson, Harding, who apprenticed with his horologist grandfather, uses the clock as a metaphor for the cosmos and its deeper intricacies and mysteries." Louisville Courier-Journal
"This Cinderella winner of the Pulitzer Prize is alive with miraculous sentences." Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Tantalizing . . . Tinkers takes an uncompromising look at the complex emotional geometry that exists between parents and children." London Review of Books
"Harding is a first-rate writer, and his fascination with what makes his characters tick recommends him as a philosopher, as well." Time Out Chicago
"This is a book so meticulously assembled that vocabulary choices like 'craquelure' and 'scrieved'far from seeming pretentiousserve as reminders of how precise and powerful a tool good English can be." Christian Science Monitor
"A novel with an old-fashioned meditative quality so perfectly done that it is refreshing to read in a world filled with noises and false excitements. . . . It brings the reader to a closer understanding of his own life than he could have imagined before taking the journey." Yiyun Li, Granta.com Best Books of the Year
"Unique, captivating, and a measure more magical than most other contemporary novels." Guernica: A Magazine of Arts and Politics
"A luminous novel . . . that is not about death but instead an investigation into what life is all about. . . . The precipice is what Harding is so concentrated on, as though he were holding a magnifying glass up under bright sunlight and setting fire to the page." Quarterly Conversation
"Quiet, moving, breathtakingly crafted." Library Journal Best Books of the Year
"Writing with breathtaking lyricism and tenderness, Harding has created a rare and beautiful novel of spiritual inheritance and acute psychological and metaphysical suspense." Booklist (starred review)
"Outstanding . . . The real star is Harding's language, which dazzles whether he's describing the workings of clocks, sensory images of nature, the many engaging side characters who populate the book, or even a short passage on how to build a bird nest. This is an especially gorgeous example of novelistic craftsmanship." Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Filled with lovely Whitmanesque descriptions of the natural world, this slim novel gives shape to the extraordinary variety in the thoughts of otherwise ordinary men." Kirkus Reviews
"This excellent debut proves Harding to be a writer of exceptional poise, possessing clear-eyed skill and, like his characters, a steady hand for the finest of details." Rumpus
"Paul Harding's Tinkers is not just a novelthough it is a brilliant novel. It's an instruction manual on how to look at nearly everything. Harding takes the back off to show you the miraculous ticking of the natural world, the world of clocks, generations of family, an epileptic brain, the human soul. In astounding language sometimes seemingly struck by lightning, sometimes as tight and complicated as clockwork, Harding shows how enormous fiction can be, and how economical. Read this book and marvel." Elizabeth McCracken, author of Niagara Falls All Over Again
"Tinkers is truly remarkable. It achieves and sustains a unique fusion of language and perception. Its fine touch plays over the textured richnesses of very modest lives, evoking again and again a frisson of deep recognition, a sense of primal encounter with the brilliant, elusive world of the senses. It confers on the reader the best privilege fiction can afford, the illusion of ghostly proximity to other human souls." Marilynne Robinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Home, Gilead, and Housekeeping
"A work of great power and originality. There is a striking freedom of style here, which allows the author to move without any sense of strain or loss of balance from the visionary and ecstatic to the exquisitely precise. The novel is compelling to read, sometimes horrific, and deeply moving because it is woven together into the single quilt of our humanity." Barry Unsworth, Booker Prize-winning author of The Ruby in Her Navel
Harding's outstanding debut unfurls the history and final thoughts of a dying grandfather surrounded by his family in his New England home. George Washington Crosby repairs clocks for a living and on his deathbed revisits his turbulent childhood as the oldest son of an epileptic smalltime traveling salesman. The descriptions of the father's epilepsy and the "cold halo of chemical electricity that encircled him immediately before he was struck by a full seizure" are stunning, and the household's sadness permeates the narrative as George returns to more melancholy scenes. The real star is Harding's language, which dazzles whether he's describing the workings of clocks, sensory images of nature, the many engaging side characters who populate the book, or even a short passage on how to build a bird nest. This is an especially gorgeous example of novelistic craftsmanship. (Jan.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
George Washington Crosby has eight days to live. After this first line, the life of George and of his father, Howard, who left when George was 12, is explored through the metaphor of George's hobby of repairing clocks. Howard was a peddler, traveling with a cart and mule through eastern Maine around the turn of the century. This isolated profession allowed him to keep his affliction, epilepsy, successfully hidden from most everyone until, finally, his wife decides he has to be institutionalized for the safety of her children. It is to avoid this that Howard disappears. George, as he lays dying, considers his life and family coming in and out of reality and history. Harding, an MFA from Iowa Writer's Workshop, creates a beautifully written study of father-son relationships and the nature of time. This short work is a solid addition for larger literary collections. Recommended.
Josh Cohen
Product Details
- 9781934137123
- Publisher:
- Bellevue Literary Press
- Publication date:
- 01/01/2009
- Pages:
- 192
- Sales rank:
- 120,764
- Product dimensions:
- 5.04(w) x 7.08(h) x 0.53(d)
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Paul Harding is the author of two novels about multiple generations of a New England family: the Pulitzer Prize-winning Tinkers and Enon. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts, he was a drummer for the band Cold Water Flat before earning his MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Harding has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship and was a fiction fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. He has taught at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Harvard University, and Grinnell College. He now lives in Massachusetts with his wife and two sons.
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As I finished Tinkers (a rare for me one-day read), I looked online to see how to contact Mr. Harding to thank him for this wonderful book. It was then that I saw the news that he/it had won the Pulitzer. As I wrote to him, nothing could be more deserved. Tinkers is beautifully insightful, stunningly poetic, and has me staring off to savor its revelations. ". . . Light changes, our eyes blink and see the world from the slightest difference of perspective and our place in it has changed infinitely... His despair came from the fact that his wife saw him as a fool. . . and could find no reason to turn her head and see him as something better." Dear reader, if that doesn't get you, you simply can't be had. Read it, cherish it. Blink and look again.
Beautiful, beautiful language. Told from the perspective of George, as he lays dying, during the last 8 days of his life, hallucinating, and reflecting on his life. As if through a kaleidoscope, he paints not only his own life growing up in Maine, living most of his life in Massachusetts, and eventually being an horologist, a precision mechanic of timepieces, but also the life of his father, a tinker, who lived with epilepsy. The tinker and the clock mechanic, both fastidious and precise in their own ways, and the experience of George's last week of hours are like the winding down of a clock. In the mix of his disjointed memories are those of his mother, contrary and cantankerous, railing against her now deceased husband, " A poet, ha? He was a birdbrain, a magpie, a loony bird, flapping around with those fits and all." George's own sweet nature reveals itself in the next lines: " Whenever he thought about what her bitter laments sought to stanch, he was overtaken by tears and paused . . . to kiss her camphored brow. To which gesture she would say, Don't you try to make me feel better!'" Can't you just see them? The middle-aged son, and the severe, elderly, grieving woman, angry at being left behind after her husband's death. This book is more painting than plot, beautifully crafted, and well-deserving of the Pulitzer Prize it earned in 2010. Of course, I can't tell you more, but oh! where it goes in the end!
First of all, why do people feel the need when writing reviews, to tell exactly what happens in the book including the ending? Come on! So I bought this book in an airport because I ran off and left the book I was reading, (Song of Solomon). I chose this book because it was short, however I quickly became irritated with the read. It was torture, but for some reason, if I start a book, I have to finish it (as long as it's not for academics) so I suffered through. I'm not a fan of poetry, especially mixed within and jumping around in the middle of the plot. The plot went nowhere, and everybody is raving about the language...no. I am a reader and would not recommend this book to any any any any any any anyone. I need to look around on the net and get some understanding about how the pulitzer was won.
An old man lies on his deathbed, and from it, reminisces about this childhood and his relationship with his father. Simple, yes? Yes, but Tinkers is not an "in your face" type of story. George Washington Crosby lapses in and out of consciousness as his loved ones wait for the inevitable. His childhood memories come and go in fleeting, almost ethereal ways. Some memories are more structured than others, but nearly all center around his father Howard, who spent a good portion of his adult life struggling with Epilepsy, which back then, was not a disease that people were familiar with. After a particularly bad episode, one which leaves George with a bitten hand, George's mother seeks help in treating this disease. Except, the "treatment" for such a thing back in those days involved a trip to a mental institution. Something that Howard wants no part of since his own father was taken to one when he was just a young boy. As a tinker, Howard is used to traveling from farm to farm, selling his wares. He is no stranger to travel. So, he loads up his cart and leaves his family, for good. What George recalls from his deathbed, are the tender moments between a father and his son, but also the darker moments of terror, not knowing or understanding what was happening to his father at the time. This is a sad story. It has a heavy, weighty feel to it even though it's such a short novel. Harding's grasp of the father/son dynamic is gripping and unrelenting at times. The images he paints with words caused me to pause in thought numerous times and it's left me mentally exhausted. That sounds like a negative comment but it's really not. Death is an ordeal and losing a loved one certainly takes its toll and that is what it feels like. It's as if I weathered a storm and now the clouds have passed. There is a moment of quiet wonder. That is what I am embracing right now. As a book club book, I think there would be a lot to discuss as far as how Harding presents his ideas, and his writing style in general, but it's a simple story at heart. Those looking for a book that is heavy on plot, won't find that in Tinkers, but it's a rewarding read nonetheless.
I'm normally not one to write public reviews but felt compelled to do so for this book. Most passages seemed forced and, as stated above, can only be described as pretentions literary crap. Many segments seemed like something a student would write for a 2-3 page descriptive writing assignment except each passage was semi tied together by the overall theme. There were some beautifully written passages which saved it from being a 191 page entire waste of my time. It was one of those books that make it hard to pick the next book due to the disappointment from the last. Final word: Worst Pulitzer winner I have read.
Exellent journey into family convergence at death. Writing style was fresh, direct and simple - great new writer. Harding painted his mental pictures with words - "butterflies, flutter flames". I found nine new words, a big treat. Overall a stoic and trancending story of understanding.
The book seemed interesting, but i could not finish it. I struggled and forced myself to read page after page. I made it through about two thirds of the book, then decided to cut my losses and give up on the book!
I decided to read this since it won awards, and yet I would have to say it almost bored me to tears. If you love poetry and very descriptive writing than this book is for you. Otherwise, this felt like the longest 100 page book I have ever read. Not that it was a bad story, but there was so much focus on the flow of words and not about the plot that I couldn't handle it. I hope this review helps you decide not to buy it if you are not into that style of writing!
While reading I got the feeling that Stienbeck was lurking. I enjoyed the father - son aspect, close to home for me. Good novel for discussions.
Perhaps I would not have been so wrapped up in the mood and the tone and the language of this book had my family not recently been through a similar experience. But the book has stayed in my mind for weeks, popping into my thoughts and capturing me all over again. No treacle. No happy ending. But there is beauty and ultimately peace to be found in the lives of these characters and the resolution of their shared story. I've belonged to two book clubs and I'd definitely make it my choice but I'm not sure everyone would love it as much as I did.
Replete with meaningless (i.e.: having no referential import whatsoever in either the real world or any legitimate imaginary world) imagery and cheap linguistic tricks, this pompous collection of ill-chosen words constitutes a desecration of the holy written page unparalleled in modern times: if you read it, you will want to rip your eyes from their sockets. Exactly how this "book" became acclaimed is a mystery, explicable (if at all possible) only by the flavor-of-the-day identity of the author, his connections at Harvard, or, possibly, bribery of awards-granting committees. The paper would have been better utilized for toilet duty.
It would help if this book was described in blurb in one short paragraph age group and page count and saved from reading reviews and sample mom
After struggling reading through 46 pages of the 116 page book I threw in the towel and moved on to more pleasant reading in another book
This book captured my interest right away. It is a beautifully written book that entangles the reader in the history it's characters all while showing the fragility of life during the end. I am proud to have this book, signed by the author, in my collection.
Beautifully written. The language is so wondrously conveyed. The story unfolds in a dreamy, end-of-life murmur and in a non-linear fashion, and it sometimes works but more often than not it loses its thread and gets a little boring. I loved all the magical and technical aspects of horology. Not sure I agree it deserved a Pulitzer, but nonetheless author Harding is a fantastic writer.
A fine novel. Short and powerful and beautifully crafted. Full of evocative New England imagery and suffused with a palpable sense of time, this is a fantastic and inventive novel.
I just couldn't get into this book. I picked it up several times, thinking I just needed to give it a little more time, but, I'm giving up.
What an amazing story! It reads like a poem. Thank you for sharing this with the world, Harding. I look forward to reading more from you!
I liked the way Harding handled the characters over 3 generations. Great imagery and symbolism with clocks, relationships and life/death.
I do not understand the poor reader reviews of this book. Don't you get it????? It is beautifully written and is a fascinating ten\minder that life is finite,.Harding's writing gently reminds us of this in a subtle way. Pay attention to his work.
I thoroughly enjoyed book was I got into it and realized what Tinkers were. Was difficult reading at times because of the switching back and forth of the main character
Lovingly written. Words used in such descriptive ways as to ne new. It can be difficult to follow as it is written as a stream of consciousness rather than a novel. If it were not for its prose, I would have condemned it for jumping from first person to third. However, it works and is needed here. The book is not long (116 pages) but worth indulging.


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Many parents who can't handle their children often send their kids to reform schools. But do they even know that they are making the right decision?
The first thing you have to realize before you go off and send your child to a reform school is that this institution is considered by your child as some kind of a prison. Sending your child away is a drastic measure on your part. You think that this course of action is needed, so you shouldn't be shocked if your child shows animosity or hatred towards you. Don't expect them to show gratitude for sending them to "prison". Also, expect that the trust your child has in you will be totally shattered. He will feel betrayed.
Choosing a Reform School
The objective of reform schools is to keep your child in line. This means that they have very strict rules and practice severe punishment for those who do not follow those rules. There are many reform schools around the country and it is not easy to choose which one is good enough. There have been allegations that some schools actually use severe physical punishment when a child has misbehaved. You can't even begin to imagine the impact this would have on your child. You might want to think about that for a while before making a decision. If there is even the slightest chance that your child's safety is in danger, choose a different school.
One way of finding out that you are sending your child to a good reform school is to ask for references. Look for parents who have sent their children to that same school and talk to them. Listen carefully to what they have to say, their opinions, and experiences with that particular school. Ask them how their child is doing at the moment and maybe you can talk to their child so you could get more information.
However, it is not uncommon for children to revert to their old unruly ways when they get out of reform schools. The absence of strict rules and severe punishment causes them to go back to their old ways.
Alternative Methods
You have not been taught to deal with this kind of problem but this doesn't mean that you can't learn. You need to learn the parenting skills that could help you establish authority over your child. It doesn't have to be harsh or ruthless like reform schools. Yes, there should be rules and these rules should be followed. There should also be punishment but perhaps not as brutal. The skills you need to learn are not hard. On the contrary, they are quite easy. But, in order for you to achieve positive results, you need to have constant interaction with your child. There are programs out there that actually work like The Total Transformation by James Lehman. He is highly respected Behavioral Therapist who once displayed oppositional defiant behavior when he was young. I highly recommend that you get your own copy now and see your child change his ways.
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Why USB Flash Drives fail
USB flash drives like all other forms of technology can fail from time to time and with the increase in consumer products using flash memory, it is no wonder that more and more people are experiencing devices failing on them.
All devices that are able to store information such as USB flash drives, for example, use NAND flash memory. All NAND memory is manufactured in China and comes in a wide variety of capacities, sizes, and styles. But despite the usefulness of this handy memory, it is not fail proof.
There are literally hundreds of reasons why a USB drive can fail and while some can't be avoided, there are some situations where USB failure can be avoided. Below are some common reasons and explanations why USB drives can fail.
One reason why a USB flash drive can fail is due to manufacture defect. All flash memory is made in China and to keep costs down for themselves as well as the market, the manufactures are constantly trying to find ways to cut costs. These cuts can sometimes mean that the quality of a USB can go down; making it much more likely to fail or break.
Manufactures also have the habit of putting new technology with old technology. This can cause some problems internally and make the memory fail as well. It could be that the new technology is too advanced for the old, or simply may not be fully compatible. The other problem with old technology is that it is, well old. There is no telling how long a component has been sitting in a warehouse or under what conditions.
Another problem as to why USB drives fail, and probably the most common reason why, is improper handling. It is amazing to realize that the most common reason USB drives fail is because of the way you insert or take the drive out of a USB port. Taking a USB drive out of a computer while it is in the process of copying could permanently damage the drive. Not to mention disconnecting a drive while copying could seriously damage your computer system as well.
Of course those aren't the only user related damage that can occur. Simply hitting the USB drive to hard while it is plugged into a computer can damage components and in severe cases, break the entire USB drive and computer USB port. This if are more common than you might think and can result in loss data, unusable information, etc.
If you use a USB drive to back up your information, then you are definitely heading the right direction to keep your information safe from being deleted, but USB drives just like backup hard drives or CDs/DVDs do fail. It would be a wise decision to not only keep your information up to date on your backup device, but to also keep your backup device up to date. Can you really put a price on all the information, pictures, movies, and other personal files you have backed up?
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Taylor Readies Release of Liberty Tree T5
The final design touches are being applied to the Liberty Tree T5, the second offering of Taylor's elite Builder's Reserve Series. This electric guitar represents a continuation of Taylor's heartfelt homage to a historic tree that became an enduring symbol of the quest for American independence.
The limited edition T5 is crowned with a solid top of cream-and-chocolate-hued tulip poplar milled from the wood of the Annapolis, Maryland Liberty Tree, the last survivor of the original Liberty Trees from the Revolutionary period. The majestic Annapolis tree lived on the grounds of what became St. John's College for over 400 years, until severe damage from Hurricane Floyd in 1999 led experts to declare it a safety hazard and order it felled.
Company president Bob Taylor, an avid history buff, subsequently purchased about 80,000 pounds of the iconic tree's wood, and in 2002 released a limited edition run of 400 Liberty Tree Grand Concert acoustic guitars as a musical tribute to the American colonists who struggled for freedom from English rule.
The guitars sold out quickly to professional players, guitar enthusiasts and collectors who wished to own a unique, playable piece of American history. Taylor later used smaller surplus pieces of the tulip poplar to make veneer backs and sides for a batch of roughly 400 Baby Liberty ¾-size guitars. These also sold quickly.
While some additional Liberty Tree wood remnants still were left, none were of adequate length to form acoustic sides. This appeared to close the book on the Liberty Tree guitar saga, much to the disappointment of many would-be buyers, along with Bob Taylor.
"I had no idea what would become of that precious remaining wood, but I couldn't bring myself to throw it away," Bob said of the unusable tulip poplar. "We locked it up and moved on to other projects."
Little did Bob know at the time that several years later, Taylor would enter the electric guitar world with the hybrid electric/acoustic hollowbody T5. Released in 2005 to much industry acclaim, the T5 is a true hybrid; it can function as a "clean-sounding" amplified acoustic guitar, or as a full-on electric guitar, suitable for high-distortion jamming. Prince, Tommy Shaw and Serj Tankian (System of a Down) are among the rockers who have adopted the T5 into their guitar arsenals.
Bob happened to be pondering the suspended fate of the remaining Liberty Tree wood one day when it occurred to him that it could be used for T5 tops. As luck would have it, there were just enough sets to make 50 Liberty Tree T5 tops, so Bob and his development team hatched a fresh design blueprint: Each guitar would be individually identified by the name of a different state and a corresponding serial number designating the order in which the state entered the Union.
"It's an honor to be able to use the last few pieces of this important tree to make something as totally cool as this guitar," Bob reflected during the guitar's development.
The Liberty Tree T5 borrows some key design elements from the original Liberty Tree acoustic guitar. A stylized, hand-inlaid Revolutionary period battle banner adorns the guitar's shoulder, and a post-Revolution American flag is inlaid on the peghead. Eleven mother-of-pearl stars decorate the fretboard, plus two more stars in the banner, for a grand total of thirteen. Maple binding with red, white and blue trim embellishes the body, neck and headstock edges.
Liberty Tree wood is used not only for the top, but also for a decorative satin-finish backstrap and a laser-cut, inlaid Liberty Tree shape on a satin-finish maple back panel, under which the word "Liberty" is laser-burnished in a stylized script. On the back of the headstock, the name of each state and its order of entry into the Union are elegantly hand-inscribed. All hardware, including the vintage-style Gotoh tuners, exhibits an antique gold finish. Each Liberty Tree T5 also will come in a special custom case with a stencil treatment that includes the word "Liberty" and 13 stars. The Liberty Tree T5 is scheduled to arrive in stores in mid-summer.
Please visit www.taylorelectricguitars.com to view a gallery of Liberty Tree T5 images and watch a brief trailer from the award-winning DVD Taylor produced in 2002 about the Liberty Tree's life and transformation into our Liberty Tree acoustic guitar.


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How to Fix the Mortgage Market
What to do about a mortgage market that has become a ward of the federal government is one of the biggest questions left over from the 2008 financial crisis. Two senators -- South Dakota Democrat Tim Johnson and Idaho Republican Mike Crapo -- have come up with an answer that makes sense, at least for now.
The history of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac demonstrates eloquently the dangers of their quasi-government status, and of too-big-to-fail financial institutions in general. The companies' private shareholders benefited vastly during the housing boom of the 2000s, thanks in large part to low borrowing costs predicated on the market's assumption that the government would rescue creditors in an emergency. That assumption proved correct in 2008 when, at great taxpayer expense, the Treasury stepped in and took over.
The nationalization (in all but name) of Fannie and Freddie has taken the government far deeper into the mortgage business than it ever intended to go. The companies have about $5.2 trillion in assets, more than any bank on the planet. Government entities back roughly eight in 10 new mortgages, mainly by buying them from private lenders.
With housing prices and the broader economy gradually recovering, now would be a good time to start weaning the mortgage market from taxpayer support. Problem is, the status quo benefits a lot of powerful interests. The Treasury stands to reap about $180 billion over the next 10 years from Fannie and Freddie, which have become immensely profitable amid the housing rebound. Some hedge funds have made good money betting that shareholders might get a piece of the action. Banks and real estate professionals are loath to lose a steady buyer of mortgages.
Interests aside, reasonable people can disagree about the government's proper role. Some Republicans would like to see it gone from the mortgage business altogether. Some Democrats want the government to do more -- in support of affordable housing for those on low incomes, for instance. There's a risk that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, the standard U.S. product, would disappear in the absence of government involvement. Perhaps it should disappear, but that's a change the country isn't ready for.
The Johnson-Crapo proposalmaps out a course that all should be able to accept -- if not this year, with elections looming, then soon after. It would gradually replace Fannie and Freddie with a system in which the government, instead of buying loans outright, would sell a sort of catastrophe insurance on privately held mortgage securities. Taxpayers would cover only those losses that exceeded 10 percent, ensuring that private investors had skin in the game. To protect smaller banks' access to the market, a cooperative owned by small lenders would provide cash for mortgages. Some of the insurance fees would be spent on subsidies for affordable housing.
It's far from perfect, but paring down government involvement in housing to the level envisioned by Johnson and Crapo would be a huge achievement. If the plan succeeds, it will be easier to have an intelligent debate about the government's proper long-term role, and take further steps later.
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Today outside your prison I stand
and rattle my walking stick: Prisoners, listen;
you have relatives outside. And there are
thousands of ways to escape.
Years ago I bent my skill to keep my
cell locked, had chains smuggled to me in pies,
and shouted my plans to jailers;
but always new plans occured to me,
or the new heavy locks bent hinges off,
or some stupid jailer would forget
and leave the keys.
Inside, I dreamed of constellations—
those feeding creatures outlined by stars,
their skeletons a darkness between jewels,
heroes that exist only where they are not.
Thus freedom always came nibbling my thought,
just as—often, in light, on the open hills—
you can pass an antelope and not know
and look back, and then—even before you see—
there is something wrong about the grass.
And then you see.
That's the way everything in the world is waiting.
Now—these few more words, and then I'm
gone: Tell everyone just to remember
their names, and remind others, later, when we
find each other. Tell the little ones
to cry and then go to sleep, curled up
where they can. And if any of us get lost,
if any of us cannot come all the way—
remember: there will come a time when
all we have said and all we have hoped
will be all right.
There will be that form in the grass.
William Stafford, A Message From the Wanderer
A recent Facebook thread on slavery, both of the "chattel and chains" variety and the more modern "wage slave" or "cultural captive" kind, has me pondering how the word "captivity" so well describes my own experience of life on this planet, and serves as a good metaphor for my view of reality.
What if "the game" for me here, as a deep-sea diver of the physical realm, is one of finding my "captivity" at every level so that I can then find my "freedom"? Whether it's the stories of my family, the confining beliefs of the culture in which I was born and raised, my own ego structures (the family and cultural stories internalized), the seeming "realities" of needing money, jobs, homes, etc, the various dysfunctional, and even insane, systems which purport to "govern our lives" and which comprise this thing we call "civilization," the current and coming unraveling of these various systems as the larger "realities" of physical laws and limits come back to bite us on the ass, or the even larger and more fundamental "realities" of Reality™ itself, it feels possible to get trapped and held captive in any and all of these levels of "the game." And much of what I have been up to these past decades, the game I have been playing, is to learn to see the traps, the chains, the cages, so that I can step out of them into some sort of freedom.
This can feel like hard work. And though it feels off to say that, (as, to my mind, even the story that "it's hard work" can be a prison) it feels important nonetheless to recognize that such psychological forces as "learned helplessness," "cultural indoctrination," "emotional and psychological wounding," "golden handcuffs," and "the Stockholm Syndrome" are in operation here, working inside of us humans to keep us in our cells. Once I learned that the lock on the cell door is largely one I put there myself (or at least accepted as necessary at the time), finding freedom has come more and more easily. In many cases, it involves simply re-writing a story that I've been telling myself.
It feels, to me, like the most essential part of finding freedom is seeing and coming into full acceptance of "what is." When I spend my energy fighting "what is" with such stories as "this should not be" and "this is not fair" and "this is wrong," when I do not allow myself to simply come to full acceptance of "what is," I stay stuck. My energies are distracted. I might find some distance between my "self" and "the problem." I might convert my self-blame to other-blame. But I never quite find the freedom I am looking for. Because, I think, I am unclear of my goal. The notion of "freedom" immediately raises the question "freedom from what?" I have to know what the "what" is first, before I can "get anywhere."
All of which explains my life-long quest to see "what is," whether that be the collapse of civilization, the truth of various "fringe" issues, the effects my family of origin had on my psyche, etc. The more clarity I've gained, the more freedom I've found. As Brother Ryan said in that Facebook thread, "to see the farm is to leave it." That's how it has worked for me.
But the manner of "leaving it" is shaped by the nature of the "farm" itself, I think. Many folks step in, at this point, and argue that, well, that's all fine and good, Mr. Smarty Pants Pure Research Man, but you're a Privileged White American Male™. You've got options for "leaving the farm" that most do not. And, on top of that, we're now all standing on the decks of a sinking ship. We're all riding together on a big ol' jet airliner that's plummeting toward the ground. We're all trapped in a cultural gulag. Climate change is for everybody! The Collapse of the Global Industrial Economy is for everybody! Slavery is for everybody, slaves and slaveholders alike. It's all "the farm" now. There is no leaving it.
There are facets through which I can view reality in which these are true™ statements. There are facets in which these statements, and their opposites, collapse into one. And yet there are places I can stand, I have found, in which these statements simply describe the nature of whatever captivity, whatever game, I find myself in. And since, as an Otter of the Universe, I try to honor the "dive fully into physical experience" aspect of existence, I need such a place to stand. And it's there that the "full acceptance" piece comes in. Okay. I'm on a plane that's going down. The ground is rushing up to greet me with its hard embrace. There is "no way out." And yet, even then, I can panic and scream, I can storm the cockpit and try to "take control," I can lash out in anger at the stewardess, or I can turn to the person next to me and say, simply, "I love you very, very much."
There is always some freedom to be found, I find, even here at "the bottom of the gravity well." Freedom inside of whatever situation I find myself. Freedom from myself. It's up to me, I say, "just to remember my name," as Mr. Stafford says. The key question here, which I posed early on, is "what if…?" For myself, when I step into this metaphor/reality of slaves and prisons and farms and escape, I find far more personal power than when I do not. So I do…
"To see the farm is to leave it."
In my experience, Ryan Johnson is right.


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Before getting started with Photoshop, we all should have first visited the "Edit > Preferences" menu and change the "Performance" settings to fit our personal taste and computer specifications, but this isn't always the case – in many situations designers simply forget these aspects. [Content Care Nov/30/2016]
If you never changed the default performance settings in your Photoshop or you just want to double check them to improve the Photoshop performance, here are 10 important and useful points that you may want to consider.
Maybe you already went through that bad feeling of clicking "undo" dozens of times and realizing that Photoshop wouldn't provide you with more previous steps, but this problem can be easily resolved by changing the History States setting in the "Edit > Preferences > Performance" menu.Read more...
The Photoshop community is choc-full of many free resources, tutorials, tips and techniques, .psd files and even Actions. There is one area that it sadly lacks in, and that is free plugins and filters. Of course, Photoshop has been the pioneer in graphic editor development for a long time now, and with each new version (its current version is CS4) has added an endless supply of features and addons, and as a result, perhaps the need for free plugins or filters is no longer required. Or has it been ignored? [Content Care Jan/03/2017]
Traditionally plugins are an amateur photographer's best friend, take your shots, fire up Photoshop, apply some well preset filters, and hey presto you have a reasonably professional image. Professional photographers have been known to use plugins as a base and then tweak and add effects to achieve there own personal professional touch. Plugins are basically an indispensable tool that do not recieve the attention they deserve. And that brings us back to our original mystery, why are there so few free plugins and filters? Do you know the answer? I don't.
In this A-Z of free Photoshop plugins and filters you will find a few plugins that are (almost) as old as time itself, do not fear, they will work perfectly on all versions of Photoshop and the effect they produce are just as useful now as they were then. If you are looking for a simple and easy method to add effects to an image, this is the post for you.Read more...
Today we are glad to release 30 Swirl Brushes, a set with 30 high-quality swirl Photoshop brushes with an average size 2000px. These brushes were created with Adobe Photoshop CS4 and also work with the version CS, CS2 and CS3. This set was designed by Thomas Béal especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers. [Content Care Dec/06/2016]
You can use the set for all of your projects for free and without any restrictions. You can freely use it for both your private and commercial projects, including software, online services, templates and themes. The set may not be resold, sublicensed, rented, transferred or otherwise made available for use. Please link to this article if you would like to spread the word.Read more...
Everyone in the business world knows the importance of posters and ads in advertising for specific products. Posters are an integral part of advertising. An eye-catching, attractive poster that conveys a professional, compelling message about a product, service or event will invariably hold the user's attention.
In this article, we have collected a mixture of Photoshop and Illustrator tutorials related to posters and advertisements. You will find some are intermediate and some are very advanced, but they'll all give you a lot of direction with photo composition, illustration, coloring processing, typography techniques, pen tool tricks, shapes processing and much more.Read more...
In a day in age where there are just as many freelancers as there are university educated designers, developers, and all around web gurus, it is amazing to me how much many of us don't know or have forgot about our trade. As a self-taught designer, I will admit to you upfront that there is a lot I don't know when it comes to official jargon or certain aspects of things like typography and graphic design. It is these reasons that I call upon glossaries from time to time.
But glossaries aren't just for brushing up on old terms or for calling upon while you learn new things. They can also make a great reference point for your customers. I am sure we have all had clients who thought they knew what they were talking about when it came to SEO or web design. When you try to explain to these clients that they don't know what they are talking about, the end result can sometimes turn ugly or at least bring on an unwanted headache. In these situations it is handy to have a glossary at hand to point your clients to. This way they can see that they were mistaken and you get the satisfaction of your own personal "I told you so."
Last week we presented Web Design Industry Jargon: Glossary and Resources, a general guide to industry terms that should get you well on your way to understanding what web designers are talking about. In this post we go into detail in each single area of web design such as typography, usability, marketing, Photoshop, wordpress, graphic design, CSS, XHTML, DOM, JavaScript, print design, SEO, social media, software development, Twitter and further areas.Read more...
Want to save some time? Of course you do! You are probably always looking for ways to do this faster and make that easier, it's human nature! One of the best ways to save time is experience. The more experience you have, the more comfortable you are working, the more you have developed your own best methods, and with experience you know how to better avoid mistakes and disasters. So always stay hard at what you do and you will definitely save more than "just" time!
However, regardless of your experience level, there are ways to speed up the common design tasks. You should find some of these not-so-well-known tips and strategies listed below very helpful for your workflow. And please feel free to suggest more ideas in the comments to this post!Read more...
Can Photoshop do everything? Of course, it can. But one should have extreme skills, plenty of experience and a great deal of time before retouching images or creating graphics pixel by pixel. Photoshop is an amazing graphics application that has forever changed graphic, Web design and digital photo editing.
One should know how to use Photoshop to its full potential to get the most stunning results. This is where Photoshop plugins come in handy. (Plugins aside, though, if you have time to acquire extreme skills, we encourage you to do so because there is nothing better than learning something new.)
Featured below are Useful Adobe Photoshop Plugins that will make your work easier, faster and better and reduce the number of steps needed to accomplish tasks. They will also allow you to do things you just cannot do with the features built into Photoshop. Some of the plugins are collections of filters, whereas others are programs or utilities that you may find useful.
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There's just no escaping light and shadow -- it's everywhere you look. Everything you see reflects light and casts some sort of shadow. Visually, light and shadow help us make sense of what we see and help us understand texture, dimension and perspective.
So, as we try to make our designs on the Web more natural, moving and intuitive, a good understanding of light and shadow is pretty important. Here are 5 ways to better use light and shadow to polish your page designs and make them stand out on the screen.Read more...
Although often used in the wrong context, the motif of '70s Retro Rainbow designs seems to occur in many modern designs – from products designs to posters and web designs. The rainbow colors are particularly eye-catching and lively; they may provide the design with a dynamics and help to vividly convey the message of the graphic work. In past few months I came across to many artworks and new concepts of retro designs which gave me a thought to gather few for this inspirational post.
Below you'll find a showcase of beautiful Retro Rainbow designs and resources. They range from popular Flickr photos to unconventional sources of inspiration, from helpful tutorials to useful related tools. Share your favorite sources of inspiration in the comments.
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MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. – Moundsville officials are updating the city's comprehensive plan for the first time in more than 40 years.
The plan was last updated in 1972. Since then, the West Virginia Penitentiary and the Fostoria Glass Co. plant have closed and natural gas drillers and processors have moved into the area.
The new plan's priority goals include annexing surrounding areas, developing an urban renewal authority and revitalizing the Commercial Historic District.
City manager Deanna Hess tells The Intelligencer and Wheeling News Register that a public hearing on the plan will be held May 14 in City Council chambers.


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So I haven't been around here in what seems like forever- mostly because I've been working on multiple animatronics projects. I figured you guys might be interested in a tutorial I wrote up here-
Arduino animatronics- make your awesome costumes more awesome!
If anyone has any questions just let me know!


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Yet, another iPhone 5 image leak today. This time, a Chinese WeiPhone user forum has posted a couple of photos of next-generation iPhone motherboard. It seems that, the published images are front shots and rear shots of the board. And, they came from a user who posted legitimate images of iPhone 4S motherboard in 2011.
As told earlier, the new images show front and back side of iPhone 5 motherboard. Unfortunately, the iPhone 5 processor does not appear in the images, though a smaller SIM card slot is seen. The images also show that the iPhone 5 battery connector has four pins instead of five pins. Experts says it to be an indication of a higher-capacity battery; just like a battery image leak claimed, earlier toady.
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Are you testing to see if the photo posting works or to see if you need a beesuit if you need a beesuit with your new hives?
Nice equipment
He looks pretty brave, but those were just deadouts being unloaded for re-stocking.I grabbed a photo at random to see if it would work for me, not being the most computer literate guy on here.
That forklift looks like it had Pat's name on it in a earlyer life.
You nailed it Keith!


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Im sorry but if I was a GM I would not want any part of him either.
Mike Zimmer and Marvin Lewis publicly stated they didn't even want him when Mike Brown signed him and brought him to camp.
He went undrafted so every other team made the same mistake 7 times over. His background issues and poor combine numbers really ruined his stock. He was hyped up coming out of college but everything fell apart from there. Glad to see he's succeeding now though.
Also keep in mind that he departed with a year left of eligibility, but ASU told him he wasn't welcome to come back for his senior year.
When have you ever seen that?
Furthermore, just because he is playing well right now doesn't mean he would be a good pick for us. This kid in Cinci is very different from this kid in NYC with the nightlife and a microphone in your face every 10 seconds.
The Giant are forced by the circumstances of being in NYC to at least try to select prospects who have self control and discipline, otherwise the media here will find a way to set that player off.


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MMA Forum - UFC Forums - UFC Results - MMA Videos (http://www.mmaforum.com/forumindex.php)
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- - Religion.... (http://www.mmaforum.com/lounge/66829-religion.html)
Making people stupider for thousands of years! :D
Phuck religion, how stupid can you be to believe those man made stories? A talking snake? Aburning bush? A man named Noah lives to be over 900 years old so he can build an ark to get 2 of every animal on the face of the earth on it? A giant fish swallows a man named Jonah and takes him to his destination? I could go on forever.
Man I dont know what to believe. Ya it sounds rediculous to think some of them things but I would hate to be the one now to say that theirs nothing after death, then when its my time gods like "aw see i told you you little Mother f**ker to believe in me" Anyways for now I will keep an open mind 50 50.
im happy i live in a country where religion is more or less absence. yes we have our share of religious ppl but general opinion of them is that their "those crazy religious ppl ".
the whole north ( scandinavia in perticular ) is very unreligious. NOBODY goes to church on sundays for example . some ppl may go to church on christmas but thats more of a tradition
Always seems to me that alot religious people have a pretty low opinion of the God they supposedly worship. I mean someone who says "do exactly as I say or I will burn you in hell fire for ever" seems a little bit like a terrorist to me, but then again that exactly what alot of religious people believe God threatens them with. Also what kind of sycophantic narcissistic kind of being needs to be constantly praised all the time for everything. Thanks for the food, the house, the xbox etc.
So for most religious people GOd is an egotistical terrorist who demands props for all the good stuff and throws out the "works in mysterious ways" line for any bad stuff. That is some PR work there.
Belief in a higher power is all well and good, but the stunning inconsistencies in the teachings of most religions are ridiculous.
Also, I would think not believing in God would make you a better candidate for heaven not a worse one(if it all exists etc). If you believe in God (as part of religion) then all the good actions you done in your life are probably motivated by fear of eternal punishment or cos your religious leader says you must. I.e selfish cowardly reasons. (Little extreme but a reasonable concluesion)
However, if you dont believe in God then all the good actions you did in life were out genuine commitment to doing good and were in no way selfishly seeking some eternal reward. Can't believe God would be such an unreasonable asshole as to not appreciate the difference.
Anyway my 2 cents.
Religion is fine if it isn't used as a vehicle for assholery
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This is the face of a cold-blooded murderer of innocent, defenseless children.
DefCon first reported on this horrendous story here. Now, not only do we have a picture of this evil monster who has the blood of the innocent on her hands, but we also have an update on the story.
Belkis Gonzalez was finally arrested in relation to the murder of a child in 2006 after the baby–intended to be murdered in the womb legally–was born alive and was then murdered outside the womb illegally (if that makes any sense).
The mother of the child was 23 weeks pregnant.
Unfortunately, Belkis Gonzalez is not being charged with murder, infanticide, child abuse, child neglect, or even battery. She's only being charged with practicing medicine without a license and tampering with evidence. Why? Because:
Authorities were unable to definitively determine the cause of death — and Gonzalez's role in it — preventing the State Attorney's Office from charging her with murder or manslaughter, Griffith said.
I think there's enough reasonable suspicion to charge her with murder based on this quote:
The teenage mother, Sycloria Williams, has filed a lawsuit alleging that Gonzalez knocked the infant off the chair where she had given birth, and then scooped the baby, placenta and afterbirth into a red plastic biohazard bag, and threw it out.
Read more of the update here.