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Taxidermy can be a controversial subject, but many of us enjoy sharing our homes with real, or not-so-real, animal companions. While for some the idea of motionless representations of once-living creatures is horrifying, for others including celebrity taxidermy fans Angelina Jolie, singer Jack White and illusionist Derren Brown, it is a source of pleasure and fascination.
Fierce creatures are inspiring to many artists and designers, and it may be because of this that the taxidermy aesthetic has survived, flourishing even within a more ethically-minded, animal-loving society. And helping it to flourish is faux taxidermy.
Faux taxidermy takes many forms, as you will see – from paper art to textiles and ceramics, all manner of artforms have been utilised to ensure that our fellow animals need not suffer for our visual pleasure.
So, if you aren't so keen on the idea of roadkill (or of course, helpless hunt victims) being mounted on your wall, but enjoy the traditional aesthetic, these vegetarian options might just be the inspiration you are looking for.
01. Paper taxidermy
Australian artist, Anna-Wili Highfield's sculptures aren't strictly paper craft, but they give the same effect (without the wear and tear).
Stitching together archival cotton rags, she achieves stunningly modern 3D animal portraits, and in some cases, fully fledged paper animal sculptures.
The daughter of a pupeteer, it's easy to see where Highfield got her penchant for manipulating 3D forms. The artist's aim is to "engineer a moment of contact with nature in a way that emphasises both the startling differences and similarities of human and animal forms and consciousness."
02. Textile taxidermy
This one kind of rolls off the tongue, doesn't it? Donya Coward's works take a lot more from the aesthetic of traditional taxidermy than Anna's.
Describing herself as a "textile taxidermist", Coward creates intricate and beautiful creatures while preserving the craftsmanship of Antique laces, embroideries and haberdashery.
From birds in belljars, and wall mounted dog heads to fully formed taxidermy foxes, her work is a stunning tribute to the almost forgotten artforms.
03. Air rifle BB taxidermy
This one is a very original concept, and perhaps a commentry on the use of wall mounted animal heads.
Using air rifle pellets, artist Courtney Timmermans has cleverly constructed these majestic wild creatures as hunting trophies, who have this time, gone unharmed in the making.
The result is are a modern, chrome stampede of some of the world's most powerful and stunning wildlife, dubbed 'Urban Herd' – perfect for the most pristine and contemporary wall space.
04. Upholstered taxidermy
Artist Kelly Rene Jelinek's last name means 'little stag' in Czech, so it's only appropriate that her livelihood come from creating beautiful faux taxidermy deer and other animals.
"Even when I was a small child they never scared or disgusted me – if anything, they fascinated me," the artist says.
Using upholstery, Jelinek recreates the taxidermy deer and game mounts she was accustomed to seeing as a child growing up in rural Wisconsin. Her creations are also inspired by traditional folkart and modern notions of home decor.
Using both resin and real, found antiques to create the antlers on her deer, moose and more, custom made to fit in with any household decor.
05. Ceramic taxidermy
Korean artist, Wookjae Maeng, makes his taxidermy sculptures from ceramic. He strives to express the relationship between humanity and nature.
His stunning, thought provoking designs often blend modern graphic design, geometric patterns, and bold, man-made structures, with the images of nature – striving for coexistence and balance between the urban and the natural.
Maeng says that he hopes "to provide an opportunity – however brief – for modern man to consider the realities of the environment in which he exists, even as he continues his daily existence indifferent to it".
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Evaluating a New Sales Role
The CompanyA primary care brand team at a top 15 pharmaceutical manufacturer
The ChallengeTo regain share from physicians who had recently been writing more scripts of competing products, the organization tried investing in Sampling Associates, who would deliver samples to certain physician groups. The organization's analytics team was struggling to measure of the ROI of this investment, as physicians receiving samples had inherently different script growth trends than the rest of the physician network; they were also different than the rest of the physician base with respect to demographic factors in their clinics' local markets.
The SolutionAPT's Test & Learn software identified important differences between test physicians and the rest of the network. Once identified, the software algorithmically matched test physicians to an optimal set of control physicians, mitigating biases. With the right analytic settings in place, the software showed that the investment led to a statistically significant increase in new prescriptions (NRx). However, due to the cost of the calls and samples, in aggregate, the investment in Sampling Associates did not meet the organization's desired cost / benefit threshold.
The software then automatically identified an opportunity to tailor the program to increase ROI. In fact, despite increased costs, more frequent calls were shown to be profitable. APT's software also automatically isolated the factors that drove higher NRx.
Test & Learn then built a model – using the identified drivers of performance – to target future investments to the physicians predicted to have the highest incremental response.
The ResultsThe software revealed that targeting about half of the possible physician network would capture the vast majority of the benefit, leading to millions of dollars in incremental profits, while enabling the organization to retarget a substantial part of their budget to other opportunities.
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We only had a one night stay here but, I would highly recommend it. This hotel has managed to maintain some of the historic charm while updating others for guests comfort. We stayed in room 18 which was one of the smaller rooms but worked well for my husband, son and I. The restaurant, The Fred, offered a wonderful menu while in a fabulous room! It's located right next to the Missouri River and in a cute little town.
I appreciated the turn of the century decor, the comfort and the truly warm and welcoming staff. Food at The Fred was outstanding and the service delightful. I would love to stay here again. One of the best B&B's on my list!
We enjoyed our stay at The Fred! Very unique hotel---loved the decor! We had a great meal in The Lounge. It was in a great location for us to bike on the Katy trail and visit wineries in the area. Staff was great and helpful as well. Would definitely stay again.
Tried the new rooms on the third floor. They are VERY NICE!!! Also, they serve an excellent breakfast including fresh breads and cakes baked during the night shift by either Gene or Ed.
We enjoyed a very pleasant stay at the Fred. Just experiencing the surroundings, the décor and amenities was worth it and the staff was outstanding. Breakfast offered many choices and was delicious. We have stayed at many B&Bs and The Fred was one of the best.
Our class reserved the The Frederick Hotel for our class reunion. I can not say enough about Deana, Holly and staff. They could not have been more accommodating. We had a large group attending this event. These people worked very hard for us while hosting several events through the week prior to our event. The food was outstanding! Everyone was so impressed with the menu selected and how wonderful it tasted! The bar had beer specials and signature drinks available;) This facility is second to none. The renovations are so very awesome. Each room has its own personality and very unique. Several of the rooms in the hotel were reserved by classmates. Next time I am quite sure we could fill the entire hotel as their were many wishing that had made those arrangements. We had access to all their many amenities. The wrap around veranda which looks out over the Missouri River is one of my favorite places. You could be in the large group or sneak away to the garden room, lounge or veranda. We are already talking about our next event here and want to make sure we have The Frederick Hotel available to us!
My wife and I had a pleasant stay. This was our second time staying at the Hotel Frederick and we are looking forward to the 3rd.
My husband and I spent a night here and really enjoyed our stay. The lady at the front desk was so warm and friendly. Comfy beds and quiet room. They have a nice variety to choose from for the continental breakfast. We definitely recommend staying at Hotel Frederick!
Our stay at Hotel Fredrick was top notch in every way. Our room was lovely. The hotel itself is pristine but also is charming and homey. The staff was the right mix of friendly and helpful. We hope to come back another time. Thanks for making our 38th anniversary a wonderful memory. Dan
Luke was so friendly and helpful!!! Loved the hotel...like going back in time, with modern amenities. Enjoyed the fresh baked pastries. All the staff were very accommodating! A wonderful experience!!! Would definitely visit again!!!


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Dianna Agron still wears the same shoes she had when she was 13.
The 25-year-old actress – who plays 'Glee' cheerleader Quinn Fabray – enjoys scouring second hand shops for bargain outfits and can't resist hanging on to her prized old garments.
She said: "My mum made all my clothes when I was young and I loved pinning patterns for her.
"When I first moved to Los Angeles, I couldn't afford to shop anywhere other than thrift stores, and even now I still get some of my stuff from there. I'm a hoarder, I still have shoes I wore in eighth grade."
Diana loves working on 'Glee' because she has become such close friends with her co-stars – though she admits she is relieved the show has not spurned any romances among the cast.
She told Reveal magazine: "We go out dancing together. We're very uninhibited. I grew up dancing, so to meet a group of friends who are just as enthusiastic has been amazing.
"Thank god no one went there [and got romantically involved]. Any romance issues could have become horrendous by now."
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I like mine. You have about 3" of adjustment on the clips. It's a pretty steep cant, but I bumped the back down, and it's perfect.
This is a discussion on Galco king tuk within the Defensive Carry Holsters & Carry Options forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Any one have any experiance with the king tuck holsters. they look like the crossbreed. And a little cheaper. Amazing for a galco to be ...
Any one have any experiance with the king tuck holsters. they look like the crossbreed. And a little cheaper. Amazing for a galco to be cheaper. And my local gun shop has a sale right now for 30 percent off
I like mine. You have about 3" of adjustment on the clips. It's a pretty steep cant, but I bumped the back down, and it's perfect.
have one for an M&P 9C. Great holster, and 30 per cent off is time to pick up a couple if you got some spare change.
Give to them according to their deeds and according to the wickedness of their endeavors; give to them according to the work of their hands; render to them their deserts. Psalm 28:4
I lke mne with my xdm compact! Don't have much to Compare it too I don't have an mtac orcrossbreed
SA XDM Compact 9mm...that's my edc.... now proud owner of a ruger lcp
And a Ruger 10/22......
Jan 2012- got myself a mosin
To be purchased next in unsure orderr: shotgun, ar, .45(1911 and other), revolver
I like mine for my glock 19. Wear it all the time. No complaints so far!
I picked one up at Cabela's. I can't compare it to a Super Tuck or any other double clip IWB holster, but mine fits fine and is comfortable for me once it broke in.
I like the cant it has because of my body type, and I actually tilted it all the way forward that it allows. This makes it sit slightly awkward because the clips don't pivot, but I'm going to experiment with 1 bolt in one of the clips rather than 2 to see if I can get it to sit nice and tight on my waist. Other than that, no complaints.
Just got one that was included in a trade I recently did. Works just as well, if not better than the crossbreed IMO. Ive owned a horsehide combat cut and also the regular plain Jane crossbreed. For a little savings in price and no wait time (buy it at the store), I'll choose the galco from now on.
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Thanks for the replys on this holster. I will consider it. my local gun shop has a great sale this month and im going to buy some extra magazines and ammo as well. thanks again and stay safe.
Hey there. You might be interested to check our MaxTuck as well. Similar design, better style, better fit. Here is a YouTube review comparing them side by side. Merry Christmas sixgun. :)
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Thanks for all the input on the holsters. I got the galco for 41.99 on sale and came home with spare magazines for all my guns and some extra ammo to. All in all a good day at the store. Now just waiting on tax time to hope to come home with a new xdm. Thanks again and stay safe.


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Enzymatic Therapy, ActiFruit Cranberry Supplement, 30 Veggie Caps
Enzymatic Therapy, ActiFruit Cranberry Supplement, 30 Veggie Caps
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Perishable items (such as flax oils or certain probiotics) generally have shorter expiration dates. Although our warehouse is fully air-conditioned, these more fragile items are put in cold storage (freezer or refrigeration unit) for maximum freshness.
Our receiving department does its best to verify and then enter the correct expiration dates for all incoming products. However, discrepancies do occur from time to time. This being said, the exceptionally high turnover at iHerb ensures that our inventory is among the freshest in the industry.
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- Clinically shown to promote urinary tract health.
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Proanthocyanidins (PACs) are a class of flavonoids found in fruits and seeds that provide antioxidant benefits. But not all antioxidant support urinary tract health. A-type PACs from cranberries provide urinary tract health benefits.
Cranberries contains Type-A Proanthocyanidins (PACs), which are the key actives in cranberry that provide anti-adherence activity.
AciFruit is standardized from a unique variety of cranberry, Early Black, with a higher natural potency of PACs then other varieties of cranberries.
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The Cranberry Chews start working right away, in less then eight days You have the problem licked, and it will not appear again too soon....it's all herbal, remember that part, it's the best...
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Big capsules
Good choice also for prostatitis
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Keeps my prostatitis at bay, alternating, every month, with another cranberry extract from a different brand. I would like the bottle have more capsules, it is to big for such a limited number of capsules it has got.


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Medisoft Software Version 15
Medisoft v15 is no longer availble. Check out the current version of Medisoft here.
Below are a couple of videos from our Medisoft version 15 new feature training. All the features released in Medisoft 15 are available in the newest Medisoft 18.
See chart of version 15 features compared to other versions.
Version 15 New Features- Scheduler
Version 15 New Features- Statements
Version 15 New Features- Usability
Key New Medisoft v15 Features designed with your practice in mind:
- 228 NEW Reports! Get an in-depth look at managed care plans, finances, marketing statistics, and more! Negotiate contracts, stay up to date on finances and forecasting, make better business and management decisions by having critical information at your finger tips.
- Improve Co-pay Collections with an all new Patient Remainder Statement that includes Missed Co-Pays.
- Simplify printing by setting a default printer for claims, superbills, walk-out receipts, etc.
- Print blank superbills for walk-in patients.
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- For the first time ever, Medisoft Clinical EMR software is offered as an optional add-on at an amazing price!
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Very driving track full of energy, played mainly by drums, perfect for animal-documentaries, hunting-scenes or chases
A rough and determined, gritty crossover of Rock, Funk, Electro and Hip-Hop. Slamming funk drums, a biting guitar riff and occasional squelchy synth riffs come together in a sort of urban "big beat" funk-rock. Good for chase, metal & glass, destruction and fighting, car race / car chase, tough guys, rough sports and action, action-filled undercover operation, etc.
A percussion-only Battle- or Fight track, Urgent drumming on Taiko and other Eastern / Japanese / Tibetan percussion gives the track a Historical feel; perhaps ancient Japan / Oriental / Far East, or Fantasy worlds, Martial Arts, hand to hand combat, fighting and brawling, chase or wild escape, Available in three different tempo options,
Like the camera flashlights and the chaos on the red carpet before a movie premiere. Or like a wild chase between skateboarders. From 01:30 ist becoming temporary calm, but only for some short moments.
Hit pop dance song soundalike. Contemporary radio hit. Think of a pop star singing and dancing.
Uncompromising percussive barrage for the attack of the Terminators! The dance for survival begins …
Pushing drum rhythms with taikos, orchestra toms and percussion
Electro and orchestra - a perfect combination for action and thriller. Contemporary Hollywood sound!
Rapid break beats, hard basses and cool synths are responsible for a lot of action, speed and adrenalin. Typical drum fills, defined beginning, slow-down ending part, a rather quiet middle section and countless possibilities for cuts! First get it, then break it!
Modern and bombastic trailer music is what you need to give your project this specific touch of Hollywood! A full orchestra, a huge percussion section, many big drums and true emotions give this track enormous energy, drive and tension!
Modern and bombastic trailer music is what you need to give your project this specific touch of Hollywood! A full orchestra, a huge choir, many big drums and true emotions give this track enormous energy, drive and tension!
Very rhythmic techno spy tune, featuring lots of synth bass and percussion. For a big action or chase scene.
A rough, tough, down and dirty track suitable for battle, modern warfare, combat, fighting or brawling. Also, extreme machines, high power sports, motor racing, mean streets, tough guys taking no prisoners. Slow and funky, powerful Big Beat drums, slamming rhythm, hard biting guitars and synths. Dirty and gritty, like barbed wire.
A dirty and funky big-beat / urban track. Rough and tough, with a determined, gritty, slamming beat. Rock style guitar riffs, like mean guys on the street. Also good for sports, motorsports, fighting / brawling, show of force, mean machines, etc.
Hit pop dance song soundalike. Contemporary radio hit. A very aggressive pop star is singing and dancing.
Happy slapstick-chase, with full brass section. For small and large children, water pistols and possibly even a cake - for the birthday, not for the clown.
Hybrid rock track which fits perfectly into action sequences, extreme sports or challenges!
Secret Agent or Spy Thriller material featuring funky riffs, horn sections and the unmistakable melodies of international mystery and intrigue. Inspired by James Bond 007 and other spy thriller films.
Techno with breakbeats, hectic, nervous and stressful, at 01:15 comes a brief rest, then we are back into a violent chase.
After a brief Arabic vocal chant introduction, a low drone segues into a fast-paced, exciting and intense track that fuses middle-eastern indigenous instruments and exotic electronica with a driving pulsating beat. Good for international intrigue.
Breaks and beats with Synthie - Wahs and Wows, marches fast and leaves room for everything essential. Additional instrumental motive gives a good recognize.
Electro-funk track with stabbing synthesizers, undercover detective type horns, retro style funk drums and a funky bass riff. Has a certain debonaire, undercover spy, crime or police chase feel.
Accordion, tuba and harmonica with an ominous end.
Silly Children tune for cartoons, animation or children show, happy and fun.


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Electrical Question From Dee About Oven Wiring
When I use my oven, one burner comes on automatically and stays on until oven is turned off. I bought a new stove because I thought it was just my 20 yr. old stove finally shot.
Electrical Question about: Oven Wiring
Received from Dee a Homeowner in Louisville, KY
What is going on? New one is a GE JBP15DMCC. I just need to know who to call, an electrician?
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Thanks for your electrical question.
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Author has written 1 story for Harry Potter.
Hello! Thank you for visiting me author's page thingy!
A few facts about me:
Name: Geraldine
Location: In a land far far away...
Ships: Draco/Hermione; Mai/Zuko; Sonny/Chad; Justin/Alex and others...
I love to read and too write.
Sorry if I'm lazy!
1. Write the name of a person of the opposite sex.
2. Which is your favorite color out of red, black, blue, and green, yellow?
3. Your first initial?
4. Your month of birth?
5. Which color do you like more, black or white?
6. Name of a person of the same sex as yours.
7. Your favorite number?
8. Do you like California or Florida more?
9. Do you like the lake or the ocean more?
10. Write down a wish (a realistic one).
Are you done?
If so, scroll down
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1. You are completely in love with this person.
2. If you choose:
Red: You are alert and your life is full of love.
Black: You are conservative and aggressive.
Green: Your soul is relaxed and you are laid back.
Blue: You are spontaneous and love kisses and affection from the ones you
Yellow: You are a very happy person and give good advice to those who are
3. If you're initial is:
A-K: You have a lot of love and friendships in your life.
L-R: You try to enjoy life to the maximum and your love life is soon to
S-Z: You like to help others and your future love life looks very good.
4. If you were born in:
Jan.-Mar.: The year will go very well for you and you will discover that you
Fall in love with someone totally unexpected.
Apr.-June: You will have a strong love relationship that will not last long but
The memories will last forever.
July-Sept.: You will have a great year and will experience a major life
Changing experience for the good.
Oct.-Dec.: Your love life will not be too great, but eventually you will find your
Soul mate.
5. If you choose...
Black: Your life will take on a different direction; it will seem hard at the time
But will be the best thing for you, and you will be glad for the change.
White: You will have a friend who completely confides in you and would do
Anything for you, but you may not realize it.
6. This person is your best friend.
7. This is how many close friends you have in a lifetime.
8. If you choose...
9. If you choose...
10. This wish will come true only if you RE-POST THIS BULLETIN in one hour and it will come true before your next birthday!
92 percent of the teenage population would die if Abercrombie and Fitch said that it wasn't cool to breathe anymore. Put this in your profile if you're part of the 8 percent that would be laughing your butt off.
If you think those stupid kids should just give the rabbit the freakin' Trix, copy this into your profile.
If you ever felt like just running somewhere, copy this into your profile.
If you've ever had a mad laughing fit for no reason, copy and paste this into your profile.
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Secretly Famous: Hey guys. I know it's been forever but I like I said before I am lazy and have been working on other things. So sorry. I hope to get the next chapter in some time before the year ends but I'm not too sure. Homework and dancing keeps me busy. Also I've been making vids a lot. (you can check them out on my youtube) so...yeah. please don't give up on me!
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News about the health and beauty of the natural world that sustains us.
Ducklings Survive Busy Super Highway
Watch as a brave mama duck leads her ducklings on a harrowing journey across a busy Toronto highway. These cute creatures may be tiny, but they sure are tough.
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Ceytra "Worldwide"
Hip Hop female recording artist Cetrya has returned with a new larger than life record. "Worldwide" which was produced by Keeb, is yet another reminder on why Ceytra is not an artist to be slept on. Her ability to reach out towards a mass appeal of critics & fans and connect with them through her music is the driving force that keeps Ceytra motivated & passionate to continue creating quality material.


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According to the Gallup daily tracking poll, Obama has received a 52 percent approval rating. The data was taken from interviews conducted on September 4-6. This is the highest approval percentage reported for Obama on the Gallup tracking poll since May 2011, just after the killing of Osama bin Laden.
The latest results represent a seven percent point increase in Obama's approval rating from 45 percent, which was retrieved from Gallup's previous three-day sample conducted on September 1-3. Each sample is based on interviews with roughly 1,500 adults and has a margin of sampling error of +/- 3 percent.
Gallup also shows an uptick for Obama in their tracking of the presidential vote preference question. Results released Friday show Obama with a 3-point lead over Republican nominee Mitt Romney (48 to 45 percent). That result represents an upward movement of just a single percentage point for Obama and a single point down for Romney, but it is the first change in Gallup's numbers in 9 days.
From Aug. 28 to Sept. 5,Gallup has shown Obama ahead of Romney by a single percent point (47 to 46 percent).
The more muted reaction on the vote question is likely due to interviews being conducted over a longer period of time. Gallup reports presidential vote preference for registered voters using a seven-day rolling average rather than the three-day roll up of adults used to report their job approval rating. If Gallup is picking up movement on their vote question to match the shift in the Obama approval rating, and if that change persists, the vote numbers should continue to move in Obama's direction as well.
Most other prominent national pollsters have not been fielding surveys during the course of the two conventions, in part because of the historic tendency of polls to "bounce" up and down as the conventions are underway. Other daily tracking polls — such as the automated telephone surveys conducted by Rasmussen Reports or the new Internet-based survey conducted by Reuters-Ipsos — have not yet picked up a pro-Obama bounce.
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One of risks my commute faces is fire on the hill that I drive over every day. Yesterday I had a front row seat to a small fire on the north side of Topenga Canyon. Fortunately for me I was stopped just before the upper fire brigade. When I found out that it would be a three hour delay, I was able to turn around and take the long way home. The people between the lower and upper brigade were there for the whole duration.
Here are some pictures and videos I took before I left.
Here are some pictures and videos I took before I left.
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I've downloaded spiceworks on my Iphone and when am trying to login it asks me to give the server name which I DO NOT KNOW how to get it ? plz help me
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Not sure if you have seen these but a couple links that might help.
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Are you the individual that installed the SpiceWorks application? If not you will need to contact who did to get the server name. It's the name of the machine that SpiceWorks application is installed on. Either by name or IP address.
Oct 6, 2011 at 8:25 UTC
first of all i would like to thank u for responding me !
second is, am new to this technique and yes i've installed it individually.
actually am trying to get into this but there is no enough tutorials that lead me to the right starting way!
for the server name, i've tried to put the machine name once and the IP but it doesn't work indeed so would u plz put me in the right direction to rock this app?
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Two young men will remain in jail for the rest of their life for the attempt of murder of another two young men.
If you feel that you need to know more about the story read the major newspapers for Great Britain of today,the story is in all of them ,front page.
The ugly truth of what happens when your family fails you,the state puts you in care and trought the cracks in the system a human being is lost and instead a criminal is generated !
So,many to blaim for what has happen so far and for what will come after they get setence,but in all I have read so far it is the brutallity of the attack on this young men that trully makes me sick.
How can a child(for no mather what has happen they are in age at least still children),hate so much ?
How did we fail to notice they need it help ?
I am honeslty in shock of what they where able to do,and the fact that while in presence of the court they smirked while the accusations against them where being heard,no respect for their victims or any remorse for their actions.
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This is a discussion on New carry pistol within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; When I rode accross country this summer my sweat caused a lot of rust on my Para P13. Well yesterday I purchased a Springfied XD ...
When I rode accross country this summer my sweat caused a lot of rust on my Para P13. Well yesterday I purchased a Springfied XD Compact in .45. Have yet been able to fire it. I plan on using it as a summer bike gun. Never had a Springfield pistol. I hope it turns out ok.
Now I need to save up enough money to send my P13 to Cilinder & Slide for a beauty treatment and a tune up.
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Enjoy the new .45acp.
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nor the arrow for its swiftness,
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I love only that which they defend.
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I have a P-13 from Para as well, one of my favorites guns. Also have a XD in .45, full size though, it's been great as well. You should enjoy it.
Enjoy the new gun.
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Congrats on the new pistola!
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The Springer XD compact .45 is on my very short list to buy. Let me know what you thinik of it. I have a XD40 sub compact that I absolutely love. If the compact .45 is at all comparable, it should be awesome.
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Never could get the XD to feel right in my hand, but it is a reliable, good shooting pistol. Congrats and you will enjoy it very much.
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Congratulations on your new gun. Be sure and give us a report when you take it to the range.
Well I put a few rounds through it today. Ate every thing I put through it. It is more accurate then I am. I found out that Hornady's new personal defense ammo is hot! I think I will keep it
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Last fall, I received a copy of Fields Where They Lay (Soho Crime). I'd come across the author, Timothy Hallinan, often--he's been publishing crime novels since 1989, with three protagonists: Poke Rafferty, Simeon Grist and Junior Bender. But I had never read him, and don't know why I decided to read this Junior Bender--in May. Out of season. But I am so glad I did--Junior is quite the find. In this mystery, Junior's hired by a Russian mobster to solve a shoplifting problem in his sad, declining Los Angeles mall. The plot's twists are shadowed by Junior's dislike of the holiday. "My issues with Christmas go way back. In fact, the only seasonal present from my father that I've kept is an aversion to Christmas."
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Rediscover: Band of Brothers
Military historian and biographer Stephen E. Ambrose (1936-2002) was inspired to write his most popular book, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest, while attending a reunion of Easy Company veterans in 1988. During interviews conducted for the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans (now called the National WWII Museum), Ambrose was struck by the lasting bond still shared by these aging soldiers. In 1992, after incorporating more interviews and input from Easy Company survivors, Band of Brothers was released to rave reviews, becoming Ambrose's first bestseller. Its 2001 adaptation into a 10-part HBO miniseries (for which Ambrose was an executive producer) brought the story of Easy Company to an even wider audience.
Band of Brothers tracks the training and combat experiences of a parachute infantry company through the D-Day invasion, across France, Holland and Germany, all the way to Hitler's hideout in Berchtesgaden. Easy Company's parachute drops into Normandy and the Netherlands, their besiegement in Bastogne, among so many other perilous operations, shows what ordinary men were capable of when called upon to serve--an apt lesson for this upcoming Memorial Day. A miniseries tie-in edition, with a new foreword by Ambrose, was released by Simon & Schuster in 2001 ($17, 9780743224543). --Tobias Mutter
The Writer's Life
Paula Hawkins: Drawn to Dark Subject Matter
|photo: Alisa Connan
Paula Hawkins is best known for The Girl on the Train, her psychological thriller (turned major motion picture) about a despondent, down on her luck, voyeuristic commuter who gets swept up in a murder investigation. Hawkins's sophomore psychological suspense novel, Into the Water (just published by Riverhead; read our review below), delivers another dark, spellbinding story that explores the overt and subtle ways trauma, grief and long-buried secrets can affect minds, hearts and motivations.
Why do you think The Girl on the Train resonated so deeply with readers?
I think there are two main points of resonance: the voyeuristic impulse, which I believe is universal, and the character of Rachel (the main protagonist). Rachel is liked and loathed, but she rarely bores.
Has success altered how you write?
Success is both reassuring (people liked the book, so I must have done something right) and unnerving (I now have a huge readership with sky-high expectations). When I was writing Into the Water, I just had to shut out the noise, concentrate on the task at hand and write the best book that I could. That is how I approach every book: I want to improve, to stretch myself.
Is the town of Beckford, the setting of Into the Water, based on an actual place?
Beckford is entirely fictional, although the part of the world in which I have placed it--Northumberland, in the northeast of England--is real.
Why did you choose to structure the book via varying points of view, weaving in a complex and historical backstory and even including fictional book passages?
I had to devise all sorts of strategies in order to tell this twisted tale. There are many mysteries in the book, both current and historic--and the challenge was to allow the characters' secrets to reveal themselves at the right pace and in an interesting way. So I chose to tell my story from many different viewpoints, some first person and some third person; I chose to include flashbacks and a book-within-a-book.... I even chose to leave one or two mysteries unsolved.
A large cast of characters populates Into the Water and those characters are quite diverse in terms of age, life experience, status and background.
The characters developed slowly, over time, the way my characters always do. I have to live with them for a while, to get into their heads and under their skin. That was quite a task for this book, because it has a much wider cast of characters than The Girl on the Train did.
Any favorite characters--who and why?
I love Nickie Sage. Nickie claims to be a psychic--she says she's descended from witches and that she can talk to the dead. Everyone in the village thinks she's a nutter, or a fraud, so they ignore her. But--whether you believe her outlandish claims or not--the fact is, she's an observer. She's canny and astute, and she knows everybody's business.
When you sit down to write a new novel, do you conceptualize the book from start to finish, or does the story arise organically?
I usually know the bones of the story, its basic architecture. But the detail evolves during the writing. I think that many of my better ideas and more ingenious twists have come to me while I was immersed in the writing process.
Do you ever get blocked or stalled in your writing? If so, what do you do?
I don't tend to get blocked, but I do sometimes write myself into a corner from which I find it difficult to escape. When that happens, I usually go for a walk, take a long hot bath or, if neither of those things help, I turn to my agent, my plotting co-conspirator.
You were a journalist before writing novels. What was the impetus for you to branch out?
I was on staff at the Times for several years, but I also freelanced, working for a number of publications. I covered finance and property (real estate), which I really enjoyed, but I was never a great journalist. I'm much better at making up stories than I am at getting the truth out of a reluctant subject.
Using the pseudonym Amy Silver, you wrote "chick lit" novels. Did those influence the writing you're doing today?
Writing those books was wonderful training: I learned a great deal about developing character and about how to pace a novel in order to draw the reader into the story.
Would you ever return to writing romantic comedies?
No. I wouldn't--it really wasn't my forte (I'm not romantic, or particularly funny for that matter...).
How and why did you switch to writing such dark, psychological suspense?
Psychological suspense is much more my cup of tea--I'm drawn to dark subject matter. I'm fascinated by the behavior of people who are frightened, or grieving, or lonely, or damaged in some other way.
Who are your favorite authors?
I have so many favourites. To name just a few: Kate Atkinson, Pat Barker, Margaret Atwood, Sebastian Barry, Armistead Maupin, John Boyne, Cormac McCarthy. In terms of contemporary psych-suspense, I think Megan Abbott is wonderful.
Any plans for Into the Water to hit the big screen? And who do you think should play the key characters?
Dreamworks has optioned it, so hopefully we'll see it up on the big screen before too long. I'm not fantasy-casting just yet. Don't want to jinx anything....
--Kathleen Gerard, blogger at Reading Between the Lines
Book Reviews
by Fredrik Backman , trans. by Neil Smith
In his fourth novel, Fredrik Backman displays once again an almost omnipotent insight into human nature. This time around, the author of Britt-Marie Was Here spreads out his story among the citizens of a small town whose pride is wholly invested in their hockey team. From teenagers to the elderly, Backman chisels each in fantastic detail, illuminating the deepest recesses of their souls while touching the deepest recesses of the readers'.
Beartown has been slowly deteriorating due to unemployment, but the city's promising junior-level hockey team could be everyone's salvation. If the Bears can pull out a championship, there is talk of a hockey academy and a new arena, and that could translate into reasons for people to move to Beartown. The hopes of a whole city are riding on a team of teenage boys, until a fateful night changes everything.
Beartown carries a darker tone than Backman's previous novels, but still possesses his charming wit and delightfully colorful perspective on humanity. His dialogue flows with an authentic and natural rhythm that reflects a keenly perceptive ear--whether from a teenage girl with musical aspirations, a young man coming to terms with his identity or a seasoned coach facing the end of his career. Backman offers his audience a compassionate view of their lives through concise but powerful imagery.
One needn't be a fan of hockey to appreciate Beartown. It's merely Backman's vehicle to themes of loyalty, love and community. He will drive the Beartown Bears into the hearts of all his readers, sports aficionados or not. --Jen Forbus, freelancer
Discover: The definition of loyalty is challenged when a dark event threatens to steal the future of a small town hitching its dreams to a junior hockey team.
The Jane Austen Project
by Kathleen A. Flynn
"What kind of maniac travels in time?" The answer is Dr. Rachel Katzman--a Jane Austen fan with a keen desire to retrieve the manuscript of the author's supposedly unfinished seventh novel, and to identify the mysterious disease that caused her death at age 41. Under the auspices of the Royal Institute for Special Topics in Physics, Rachel and her colleague Liam Finucane travel to 1815, where they pose as a wealthy brother and sister newly arrived in England from Jamaica. From there, Kathleen Flynn spins an entertaining story of time travel, complicated romantic connections and Austenalia in her debut novel, The Jane Austen Project.
Rachel's wry, observant narrative voice teaches readers the delights and hardships of life in 1815 with rich historical detail. Flynn renders the whole Austen clan vividly: charming Henry, self-absorbed James, neurotic Mrs. Austen, disapproving Cassandra. Jane is as witty and wise a friend as Rachel could wish for, but the latter can never forget that she has a set return date and a task to complete. As Jane's health worsens and their time begins to run out, Rachel also must face the fact that her feelings for Liam are decidedly un-sisterly. Flynn's conclusion raises (and leaves lingering) a few unsettling questions: How much change is too much? Can anyone travel back in time without drastically affecting the future? And is a manuscript--even a completed version of The Watsons--worth a life?
Witty, well-researched and thought-provoking, Flynn's debut is a fun and unusual addition to the canon of Austen tributes and pastiche. --Katie Noah Gibson, blogger at Cakes, Tea and Dreams
Discover: In Kathleen Flynn's debut novel, two time travelers befriend Jane Austen and try to retrieve a lost manuscript.
The Distance Home
by Orly Konig
In Orly Konig's debut novel, it's been 16 years since protagonist Emma Metz has set foot in her Maryland hometown. A terrible accident at the local Jumping Frog Farm involving her two best friends--a girl named Jilli and a horse named Jack--drove her away and she's never looked back. Until now.
Her emotionally distant father, who'd never recovered from the death of Emma's mother, has just passed away. As she organizes his affairs and sorts through his belongings, Emma is reminded of her deep and surprisingly abiding love for the farm where she spent the happiest years of her childhood. She also discovers a series of letters and drawings that reveal a closer connection between her damaged family and the farm than she could have guessed. Can Emma let the pain of the last 16 years go in the hopes of a happier future?
Gently paced and introspective, The Distance Home is told in the present, with important points in Emma's past featured through a series of flashbacks. Emma matures from an eight-year-old riding for the first time to a 16-year-old winning competitions left and right, coming full circle through her rise toward horse-riding superiority, fall from grace and journey back to the Jumping Frog Farm. A moving story of homecoming, forgiveness and reconciliation, The Distance Home will appeal to readers of Kristin Harmel or Katherine Reay. --Jessica Howard, blogger at Quirky Bookworm
Discover: In this quiet story, a woman returns to the equestrian world from which she's been estranged for years.
Mystery & Thriller
Into the Water
by Paula Hawkins
Paula Hawkins (The Girl on the Train) delivers another dark, spellbinding suspense novel with Into the Water. This time, the search to unravel a mysterious death focuses on the river that cuts through Beckford, a small, northern British town. Nicknamed the "Drowning Pool," the river is where, over the centuries, local women--outsiders as well as misfits from within the community--have died under tragic, often suspicious, circumstances.
Danielle "Nel" Abbott--a single mother, successful photographer and lifetime Beckford resident who had been writing a book about the Drowning Pool, its history and its secrets--has become a suicide casualty at the very place of horror she had been researching. Her younger sister, Jules Abbott, gladly fled Beckford years before. An unmarried social worker in London whose bitterness and resentment kept her estranged from Nel for years, Jules returns to Beckford to sort out the "bloody mess" and care for Nel's outspoken and rebellious 15-year-old daughter, Lena. Neither believes that Nel killed herself, and Lena also has doubts about the suicide of her best friend, Katie Whittaker, at the Drowning Pool six months earlier. Katie's inconsolable parents are wracked with guilt. Were they so focused on their anxious, sensitive son that they didn't give proper attention to their confident, over-achieving--yet obviously vulnerable--daughter?
Hawkins keeps readers guessing while exploring the overt and subtle ways trauma, grief and long-buried secrets can affect minds, hearts and motivations. A growing undertow of suspense builds as some characters, consciously and subconsciously, cannot face who they are, so they reinvent themselves and their memories. This intricate story is filled with red herrings and surprising reversals that probe the tangled depths of family loyalty. --Kathleen Gerard, blogger at Reading Between the Lines
Discover: A close-knit British community grapples with mysterious deaths--past and present--that occurred at a notorious local riverbank.
Food & Wine
So Good: 100 Recipes from My Kitchen to Yours
by Richard Blais
Richard Blais, winner of Top Chef All-Stars and a regular on Food Network, professes to be "a little cr-a-zy in the kitchen," and So Good: 100 Recipes from My Kitchen to Yours has an eclectic collection of recipes to match his persona. Although he's a successful restaurant chef, in this fun cookbook, Blais focuses on the dishes he loves to make at home for his family.
His curiosity in the kitchen has led Blais to experiment with many styles of cooking, and thus So Good contains a range of recipes. Many have an Asian influence--oysters with a kimchi cocktail sauce, Chinese chicken and rice porridge, a Hong Kong bowl with trotters and wontons. Others have a Southern flair, like fried chicken, cornbread and campfire baked beans. He also reimagines many old favorites, like vegetarian Horse Carrot Pot Roast, Spaghetti and Bone Marrownara Meatballs, and a delectable Brown Sugar Cheesecake in Oreo Crust with Honeyed Blueberries.
With fresh, unusual ingredients, cute pictures of his family and funny introductions to each recipe, Blais's personality and reputation for being a little unorthodox in the kitchen shine on each page. Sure to be popular with fans of Top Chef and home cooks looking for inspiration, So Good is a beautiful cookbook featuring 100 recipes from this delightfully quirky chef. --Jessica Howard, blogger at Quirky Bookworm
Discover: This beautiful, creative cookbook offers a variety of recipes from a popular television chef.
Biography & Memoir
by Patricia Lockwood
Father Greg Lockwood is a Catholic priest with very conservative views. He plays guitar too loudly (and badly), makes thunderous pronouncements, lounges in boxers--and has a wife and five children (he was originally a Lutheran priest and then became a Catholic priest, and kept his wife and family through Vatican dispensation). Father Greg is Patricia Lockwood's Priestdaddy, an often self-centered patriarch whose life, if his wife is away, descends into willful chaos. Lockwood (Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals) exploits this perfect set-up for absurdity with verve, while exploring life's conundrums: "Faith and my father taught me the same lesson: to live in the mystery, even to love it." A medical crisis causes Lockwood and her husband, Jason, to move into her parents' rectory for a while, providing a rich lode for mining the surrealism of her childhood and adulthood.
As a teenager, Lockwood had "grown timid in the face of my father's thunder." But she found herself in writing; she became a poet whose command of both lyricism and zaniness are beguiling: "the citric humor of high school girls--which is eternal, but which tasted new to us at the time. My friends and I were four full oranges of it, with a resilient shine on our leaves." At a Carmelite convent, "the darkness smelled of curled leaf tips and keys." In her mother's closet she can "still find hangers with pro-life messages printed on them. The Midwest, contrary to popular opinion, does not lack a sense of irony."
Priestdaddy is flamboyant, like Father Greg. At the same time, the graces of humor and familial love shine through. Patricia Lockwood writes with radiance and audacity: "On the page I am strong, because that is where I put my strength." --Marilyn Dahl
Discover: An intense and often zany memoir about life with a Catholic priest for a father.
A Stitch of Time: The Year a Brain Injury Changed My Language and Life
by Lauren Marks
From our earliest moments, we accumulate memories through images, scents, sounds, etc., and as we accrue the vocabulary to describe those senses, the words become the links to those past moments. We use words in speaking, writing, reading and in our internal thinking. So what happens when the ability to form words--to access memories, to speak, write and read or to have an inner monologue--disappears?
When an aneurysm ruptured in Lauren Marks's brain at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, she woke in a hospital and discovered she had lost much of her language abilities. In A Stitch of Time, her soul-searching debut, Marks recalls how she struggled to find the words that had seemingly always been there, but were now beyond her grasp. She ponders who she was and the interactions she had with long-time friends, experiences she could not readily remember. Her aphasia gradually improves as she enters speech therapy classes and learns new ways to process information, yet there is always a piece or two missing in her comprehension.
Feeling as though she'd become someone new in the flash of a second, Marks dives into research about aphasia and the way words play a vital role in human connections. She depicts the support she received and challenges she faced with her long-time boyfriend and with immediate family and close friends. Marks's story is humbling and hopeful, a demonstration of the mind's flexibility and resourcefulness to heal, morph and press on, even when met with potentially life-threatening circumstances. --Lee E. Cart, freelance writer and book reviewer
Discover: When a brain aneurysm ruptures, a young woman's life is dramatically changed.
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
by Richard Rothstein
Richard Rothstein (Grading Education) is a research associate with the Economic Policy Institute and the author of numerous books and reports on race, ethnicity and education. In The Color of Law, he brings clarity and firm evidence to a topic that has often been glazed over with omissions and euphemisms.
Rothstein systematically refutes the popular idea that segregated neighborhoods are the de facto result of personal choices. He makes a sound argument that they are a de jure ghetto system built by 20th-century government policies that violated the 13th Amendment. He demonstrates how city ordinances and housing projects, many promoted by the New Deal and the Federal Housing Administration, enforced existing segregation and expanded it to previously integrated areas. These initiatives were often supported by liberal progressives who argued that they would promote racial harmony. He also examines wage suppression for African Americans, industrial rezoning, the segregation efforts of white homeowners, churches and colleges, and the roles of corrupt landlords, realtors, lenders and regulators. All these factors twisted together into a choking net that could trap even the most resourceful and hardworking individuals.
This is everyone's problem, says Rothstein. "As a nation, we have paid an enormous price for avoiding an obligation to remedy the unconstitutional segregation we have allowed to fester." He is not optimistic about the political will for change, but he makes both radical and moderate recommendations, and identifies the many obstacles to reform. The first step is to learn and accept the historical truth. --Sara Catterall
Discover: A U.S. race and education expert examines the government policies that built the segregated cities of today.
Essays & Criticism
Typewriters, Bombs, Jellyfish
by Tom McCarthy
Perhaps only in a Tom McCarthy essay would profound philosophical insight be pulled from both William Faulkner and M.C. Hammer. Such is the brainy, playful and always subversive power of McCarthy's first collection, Typewriters, Bombs, Jellyfish.
McCarthy (Remainder) is a novelist and ardent defender of the avant-garde. This collection includes 15 of his most provocative essays, many of which have appeared in publications like the Believer and London Review of Books. Almost every essay involves the interpretation of art and literature--classics, pop music and movies sucked into the grind of his intellect. Blended with an encyclopedic knowledge of modern science, especially physics, McCarthy's writing branches out and electrifies new conceptions of reality, much like the tentacles of a jellyfish.
A recurrent theme in the collection is that of the "recessional," or what McCarthy describes as a perceptual space between normal measures of time, between life's inevitable pretenses, where the art of fiction finds raw experience. This is the heart of artistic modernity, McCarthy concludes: a private space always incomplete in its becoming, resisting categorization. If McCarthy relies too much on postmodern skepticism at times--that is, a reflexive aversion to logical positivism--he makes up for it with the sheer, careening energy of his prose, at once wordy and incisive. He's an adept stylist, in the vein of Nabokov, and never fails to deliver dazzling twists of language and meaning. Each essay impresses with the author's preternatural intelligence. Typewriters, Bombs, Jellyfish will entice lovers of art and literature. --Scott Neuffer, freelance journalist, poet and fiction author
Discover: This collection of essays by novelist Tom McCarthy offers a brilliant panoply of art and literary criticism.
Children's & Young Adult
My Fairy Godmother Is a Drag Queen
by David Clawson
Who wouldn't be stunned clean out of their cheap Payless shoes if their fairy godmother appeared in drag, bearing a striking resemblance to Diana Ross? Chris Bellows is certainly caught off guard.
Chris, a 17-year-old living with his stepmother, stepsister and stepbrother after his father's death, is quietly and innocuously making his way through high school. His family, however, intends to regain the wealth and social status they lost in the recession. His stepmother's plan involves a very public courtship and marriage between her daughter and New York's most eligible bachelor, J.J. Kennerly. That plan is threatened, however, when J.J. falls for Chris.
David Clawson breaks the glass slipper with his hilarious, heartwarming debut, a modern retelling of Cinderella. The vibrant characters in My Fairy Godmother Is a Drag Queen won't hesitate to steal readers' hearts even as they leave them laughing out loud. Chris's friend Duane, aka Coco Chanel Jones, radiates outrageousness--physically in his drag, but also through his intelligence, intuition, compassion, creativity and humor: "Baby, we've got to get you cleaned up and pretty. I'm going to be your fairy godmother, ya hear?... And when Coco says fairy, honey, she means fairy!" Clawson's dialogue is tack sharp, but be forewarned that it is not always wholesome.
The political element of the novel--the Kennerlys parallel the Kennedy clan--provides a strong conflict for Clawson's star-crossed lovers, putting their love in an all-too-real predicament and creating a perfect scenario to explore the theme of identity.
Ingeniously plotted with a spectacular cast, My Fairy Godmother Is a Drag Queen is magical excellence. --Jen Forbus, freelancer
Discover: A witty and modern retelling of Cinderella in which the prince finds a Ferragamo and the fairy godmother impersonates Diana Ross.
by Gordon Korman
When 13-year-old Chase Ambrose wakes up in a hospital after four days in a coma, there's a woman weeping at his side. "Where am I?" he asks. "Who are these people?" Turns out the woman is his mother, and Chase has developed amnesia after falling off his roof. Once he's recovered from his more acute injuries, he's free to return to most of his normal activities. The trouble is, he has absolutely no idea what those activities were, or with whom he did them. He's told he was a football star. He knows who his best friends are because he finds a picture of them on his phone. But why do so many people cower and cringe when he walks by? Why does a girl dump frozen yogurt on his head? And why do his supposed buddies now seem like "the worst people [he] know[s]?"
As he navigates life post-accident, Chase is horrified to learn that he used to spend his days terrorizing less popular kids. But he also begins finding happiness and satisfaction in things his old self never would have considered: the video club, for instance, and his volunteer work at the assisted living facility. As he learns more about the kinds of things he used to do--blowing up pianos and worse--Chase wonders about the person he was--and the person he is now. Meanwhile, those around him also struggle to understand who the "real" Chase is.
Told in the alternating viewpoints of Chase and his classmates, Restart, by master middle-grade storyteller Gordon Korman (Schooled; Ungifted; The Hypnotist #1), explores what happens when a boy who doesn't even know he needs a second chance gets one. --Emilie Coulter, freelance writer and editor
Discover: As a 13-year-old football star with amnesia restarts his life, he discovers that the bullying and arrogance he used to engage in no longer appeals in the slightest.
Colette's Lost Pet
by Isabelle Arsenault
"For the last time, NO PET!" Colette is told. But for this creative new-kid-in-town, an empty moving box quickly becomes the perfect device for introducing her titular "lost pet" to the neighborhood gang. "It's... a parakeet," Colette initially tells Albert and Tom, who appear outside her backyard. The boys propose seeking out Lily, because she has "huge binoculars" to help locate Colette's avian ally who, Colette next declares, is blue "[w]ith a bit of yellow on its neck." Colette continues to divulge delightful details during each encounter with a new friend, until the missing Marie-Antoinette is revealed to speak mostly French, have flown all over the world and last ate a rattlesnake in the jungle. Suddenly, Colette has an entourage ready to revel in all her "truly amazing" adventures--at least until she gets called home for dinner.
Isabelle Arsenault, who lives in Montreal and is a three-time Governor General's Literary Award winner, makes her charming debut as both writer and illustrator (her previous solo title, Alpha, was an ABC book). Her whimsical artistry sparkles here, as she uses just two colors--Marie-Antoinette's blue and yellow--to emphasize the enchanting power of a child's creativity. Colette's yellow hoodie stands out on every page, as the children fall in line to follow her creative lead. Arsenault emphasizes the growing elaborateness of Colette's fowl descriptions by adding color to what could be Marie-Antoinette's domain--the bird feeder, a tree's leaves, water fountain droplets; the more outrageous Colette's avian adventures become, the more colorfully spectacular Marie-Antoinette grows. For picture book readers of all ages, Arsenault's imagination celebration will prove irresistible. --Terry Hong, Smithsonian BookDragon
Discover: When new-kid-on-the-block Colette invents a lost pet, she quickly learns that all the neighborhood kids are willing to help fuel her indomitable imagination.
Art & Photography
Hokusai X Manga: Japanese Pop Culture Since 1680
by Sabine Schulze , Nora von Achenbach , Simon Klingler, editors
Serving much the same function that manga and comic books do today, ukiyo-e (meaning "the floating, transient world"--the art of Japanese woodblock prints and paintings) arose in 17th-century Japan to satisfy public appetites for escapism from the rigidity of everyday life. Ukiyo-e offered safe ways to explore fears and experience the sensual pleasures of taboo subjects; they also served as advertisements for kabuki productions and as ringing endorsements for travel to the Edo capital. Hokusai X Manga developed from a permanent exhibit of ukiyo-e at Germany's Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg. It captures the many facets of this art form: the haunting religious imagery in yōkai ("hybrid spirits"); the quiet spirituality of geometrically layered, Prussian-blue landscapes; erotica, forbidden love and heroic battles.
The anthology does a wonderful job of exploring the art form's origins and providing cultural context behind its mass appeal. The editors also analyze the visual techniques used in creating woodblock art, particularly in the development of the first comics, kibyōshi, which were cheaply assembled booklets of sequential pictures. Kibyōshi would become the precursors to the modern manga movement and influence anime greats such as Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away) and Shigeru Mizuki (Kitaro). Though Hokusai X Manga fails to address the more widespread influence of these 17th-century Japanese artists on the West, this collection and its colorful commentary should serve as a valuable reference tool for manga enthusiasts and art collectors, with a good sampling of the best ukiyo-e prints. --Nancy Powell, freelance writer and technical consultant
Discover: The visually mesmerizing collection of Japanese woodblock prints and paintings from the Museum für Kunst and Gewerbe in Hamburg provides historical context for popular manga.


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e broke open the mysterious brown frosting-seamed egg last night at Easter dinner, and now we know what they are! There is nothing inside and the egg is made of almond brittle. Actually it said right on the back that it was Mandelkrokant, but I had never bothered figuring out what Krokant actually is. It's something you sometimes find crumbled into tiny little pieces on ice cream or cakes - and I don't really care for it this way. They are hard and stick in your teeth. I never even considered that those little annoying bits were actually just super-crushed up brittle! So, now we know. The egg was pretty tasty; I think everyone liked it.
The other new thing we tried wasn't German, but British, inspired by a fellow blogger - hot cross buns. They turned out pretty good and are already all gone. :)


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