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Arvada, a two-time winner for trainer Bobby Frankel on turf at Saratoga, is the 117-pound co-highweight for the $150,000 Long Island Handicap (gr. IIT), a race for fillies and mares at a mile and a half on the Aqueduct Park lawn Saturday.After failing to win entry-level allowances in her first three starts for Frankel, Giles Pritchard Gordon's Arvada broke through going 11 furlongs, then returned 25 days later to wire a division of the Glens Falls Handicap (gr. IIIT) at the same distance. The 4-year-old filly's win became more noteworthy because she defeated Film Maker, who was a good second to Ouija Board last week in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT). Arvada has not run since the Sept. 5 Glens Falls."I didn't think she was good enough to run with the best fillies and mares," Frankel said when asked about the time off. "Even though she beat Film Maker, she was getting a lot of weight from her. She got nine pounds from Film Maker that day and only beat her a half-length."John Velazquez, who earned the Bill Shoemaker Award for outstanding performance by a jockey on Breeders' Cup day with two wins for trainer Todd Pletcher, will ride Arvada. Earle Mack's Savedbythelight, the other 117-pound co-highweight, will be looking for her first win of 2004. The last time she visited the winner circle was Dec. 20, when she took the Ladies Handicap on dirt. Savedbythelight finished third in the second division of the Glens Falls that produced winning time that was more than a second slower than Arvada's race.The Long Island features three runners making their first North American starts. Eleusis is the most accomplished 'Euro' in the group having won five of six starts in France, including her last four. The 3-year-old daughter of Diesis won her last start, the Oct. 1 Prix Joubert at Chantilly. Jose Santos has the call on Eleusis, who will be coupled in the wagering with Noble Stella, a German-bred shipper from Italy. Gary Tanaka owns both horses.The other European shipper in the Long Island is Briviesca, an English filly who has been running in France.
Literacy and Primetimevalentine, noses apart in an Oct. 10 allowance at Belmont, will face each other again in the Long Island. $150,000 Long Island Handicap (gr. IIT), fillies & mares 3 & up, 1 1/2 miles (turf)
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we have the Mickey Mouse Club Projector from the 1950's. It lights up after I replaced the bulb and it has a film loop in the projector. It come with two other spliced film strips, I do not know if these film strips work, I did not want to try them. I did try the film loop in the projector which works and does project, this loop looks to be in very good condition. It also will come with a highly scanned copy of the instructions. The box is in fair to good condition (see picture) and side corner is taped. The screen is in the bottom of the box. This will display very well. The projector is and original Walt Disney Productions.


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Bandolero Cited by Health Department
The Department of Health closed yet another Georgetown eatery last week: Bandolero.
The Mexican restaurant, located at 3241M St., NW, had eight critical and two noncritical health code violations. The DOH citations included, among others, "cold food items…held at improper temperatures" and "lots of flies in the kitchen."
Its summary suspension only lasted for one day, and the restaurant reopened on July 17 after passing another inspection.
Russ Ptacek, the WUSA News reporter who covered the closing first, tweeted that an "unidentified worker" attributed the inspection to an enduring "landlord dispute." Jonathan Umbel, part-time owner of Bandolero restaurant and Tacklebox restaurant, has been involved in a civil litigation lawsuit with the building owner since 2011. Tacklebox was also inspected and closed earlier this month by the Department of Health. The landlord is trying to evict both eateries.


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Most years IFA is dominated by home cinema and GPS products, 2007 is no different...
Standing out from the crowd however is the latest portable navigation tech from Mio because the company has come up with the first devices to display directions with accurate landscape mapping and 3D landmarks.
The newly announced 'C620' and 'C620t' (t for traffic management) are the beneficiaries since they come loaded with MioMap 2008 - Mio's latest onboard software - and, vitally, data from Tele Atlas since it is the brains behind the elevated landscapes and 3D modelling. Interestingly, since Tele Atlas also provides its software to other GPS manufacturers such as TomTom, Wayfiner and Navicore we could soon be seeing it in rival products, but as of today Mio is numero uno.
Aside from this ground breaking (sorry, bad pun) feature however little is currently known about the C620 or C620t. They will both sport 4.3in widescreen displays and offer split-screen views as well as the ability to play back MP3 files but that's about it. Dimensions, pricing, availability - all nadda.
In fact, photography hasn't even been released, so the pics above are grabbed from Tele Atlas' site demoing its tech (clever eh?).
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Books that involve attaching items to the pages (photos, drawings, notes, found matter etc) require a certain kind of binding to allow for the build up of material. The concertina album is a great structure for such a situation. It's simple and can be a clean solution to your conundrum. It's also a great way to bind single sheets, when your pages aren't big enough to fold over for sewing. Bring some small items you'd like to include in the books we'll make and you'll get an idea for just how many possibilities this binding can offer.
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I found it mighty suspicious that Sharp didn't have any new TVs to show off at CES, but it appears my misgivings were misplaced because the company has pulled through with its latest range of 1.35in thick AQUOS X LCD HDTVs. Yes, that's 1.35 inches of thinness for your viewing pleasure - slender even by Hitachi 1.5 standards.
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Despite being thinner that the 1.5in thick Hitachi screens, the Sharp AQUOS X also packs in far more connectivity, offering three HDMI 1.3 inputs and one output, a single DVI, and three D5 (read: Japanese Component) ports along side Ethernet, for connecting to NAS devices, PCs and the like and Firewire, presumably for outputting camcorder footage directly on the TV or some such similar function - or in other words I haven't a clue what it's for.
Those living in Japan will be able to get your hands on the new AQUOS X sets as of March, but no pricing is actually given. Whether or not these manage to hold on to the mantle of the world's thinnest TV for long, given the current levels of one-upmanship going on in the industry, remains to be seen. For now, though, it will almost certainly be the first of this new raft of super-thin televisions to actually make it into UK stores.


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|"Daniel in the Lion's Den" - Peter Paul Rubens
Are you going with the mega fortune? Literary greatness? Maybe a little of both?
I'm going with The Great Gatsby.
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"Ender's Game" or "Les Miserables." How's that for spectrum?
My favorite book - Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon. If I'd written that I'd probably just sit back and bask in my awesomeness for...well, ever.
I'm going to go with Richer Than the Queen, Alex, and say "Harry Potter."
My next one.
I've never coveted anyone's else's writing. I just try to learn from it.
HARRY POTTER series!
Besides the money it made, the story is awesome =) Everything is perfect. Characters, plot, setting ... the creativity bar was set pretty high there.
"The Sea, the Sea" by Iris Murdoch. Greatness.
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass"
The Hunger Games.
You stole my thunder with THE GREAT GATSBY. On the kidlit front I'd go with HOLES and THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER.
Can I go with a play and choose "Hamlet?"
I like Stephanie's answer. I've read books that have made me want to write something equally powerful, but I've never explicitly wished I wrote a specific book or story.
I think THE GRAVEYARD BOOK, to be honest.
Paul Auster's "New York Stories" - I hate New York and loved this book.
Whatever's at the top of the bestseller list right now.
But that's not going to happen, so I just keep on trucking.
The Odyssey. My favorite book ever for so many reasons. Maybe not the most ideal plot, but I loved all the small adventures and fantasy creatures.
Without hesitation, I'd say "Watership Down".
I'm like Ranae...
OUTLANDER by Diana Gabaldon. First of all, her characters are vivid. I had their voices in my head for a long while after I put the book down. Then also, Gabaldon really takes her time with the details. The setting, the dialogue, the action - everything is precise. They add to the story in a complex, interwoven way, and I find myself constantly in awe of her ability to tie in mundane or ordinary details of every day life and make them profound.
Also, she puts her characters through hell. I try to be that brave, but it doesn't always work out that way.
I'm with Stephanie.
And I hated "The Great Gatsby". =P
"Anne of Green Gables" and "James and the Giant Peach"!
The Stand
"On Writing Well" by William Zinsser
That book is simply a masterpiece.
Definitly The Perfume!
To Kill a Mockingbird. It was so brave.
"American Gods."
I've already written it. Still editing, but the dream eating at me since I was 10 is down on paper :-)
Starting on the sequel now. A very soul-satisfying experience so far.
The Rubens picture looks like an illustration for Query Letter Hell or something.
Except the lions don't look hungry enough.
Catcher in the rye - without competition
Absolutely anything by Melina Marchetta, but if I have to pick on, I'll go with my favorite - Jellicoe Road!
The Catcher In The Rye. Love everything about it.
Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises"
I would say The Grapes of Wrath, but if I wrote that, I would have to just lay down my pen and retire.
There are more refined answers, I'm sure, but for me it's hands down Harry Potter. If for the crossover (kid-adult) alone. Truly a modern marvel.
Not surprised to see a couple of Neil Gaiman books on this list. For me it would definitely be "Neverwhere. "
What, no one is going to say The Bible? At least the red parts? XD
I'm only teasing Father! Don't smite me! XD
I'll go with Joshua: Ender's Game. (Maybe we can be co-authors?)
The BFG :)
"Goosebumps: The Curse of Camp Cold Lake"
Perfection at its finest.
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan.
Timely question--I've just started blogging and my first post answers why I would pick her book.
Second choice would be anything by Zadie Smith. She is crazy brilliant.
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
As a father of three boys, The Road, by McCarthy. Only one book made me cry in my life - this is it.
Today, I'd choose The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje. On another day, I might choose something by John Irving or Kurt Vonnegut.
The Alchemist or The Reader
Harold and the Purple Crayon
There are books I love but none I wish I wrote. They motivate and inspire me to produce something equally great and maybe even better.
2001: A Space Odyssey. Wish it was written by me, instead Sir Arthur Clarke beat me to it.
The Encyclopedia Brown detective books by Donald J. Sobol. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant books. In fact, the first class stories I'd written were bascially Encyclopedia Brown fanfics.
I feel this way every time I read a book by Murakami, especially "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" and "Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World".
It's a toss-up, actually. "Bag of Bones" by Stephen King or "The Sorceror's Stone" by JK Rowling. Although I'm deeply envious of Rowling, not for the money (okay, for the money, too), but for having written such a deeply rich and satisfying series of 7 books.
Some great titles. I'd have to go with "Pride & Prejudice".
When I read a Louise Erdrich book, I get so jealous, I want to tear it up and stomp on it, except it's too good and I have to keep reading. - Jean
Pale Fire by Nabokov -yum.
Absolutely anything by Margaret Atwood.
A fascinating question...I'd probably have to say _The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe_ because it is timeless, classic, and helped paved the way for all modern fairy stories and children's fantasy. But really...I've never wished I wrote someone else's book--I just find them inspiring
THE ROAD, for the style and the profound emotional impact delivered through the story.
WORD VERIFICATION: ceregism. A cerebral climax, i.e. a purely intellectual orgasm. Sorry, I just call 'em as I see 'em.
It's a toss-up: either the original DUNE series by Frank Herbert, or the FOUNDATION epic by I. Asimov. The scope of those two amazes me. (in the genre category)
As for literary - anything by Hemingway, preferably during the Paris or Key West years.
This is the stuff we dream about, that perhaps our writing might resonate like the books we all remember. Can't wait to see all the comments - our favorite books sometimes indicates our preferences in writing too.
Every time I read "His Dark Materials" by Philip Pullman I get jealous. I wish I'd thought of the daemons.
"Come Away my Beloved" a devotional by Frances Roberts. Whenever I open it it gives me what I need. It helped me through a bout of depression and it is a book I give and recommend to others.
Writing a book that impacts lives for the good, even after death, it doesn't get much better than that.
Either "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn or Tamora Pierce's new series (the first book of which was "Terrier")... although, actually, if I'd written those books then I would miss on the delight of reading them.
"ROOM" by Emma Donoghue
...the voice of Jack is just so amazing... it was like reading my nephew's thoughts it was so realistic/perfect.
Wuthering Heights. That was the book that got me obsessed with writing as a teenager. I wanted to create my own Heathcliff.
Hunger Games
Twilight or Harry Potter. I don't like the Twilight novels but she sure does have a lot of $$$$
The Great Gatsby for me, too.
Also Gatsby. Definitely the best-written book I have read.
Oh, forgot to mention: I also wish I had thought of The Boys from Brazil.
Trickster's Queen because the characters are so believable and the complexity of the social and racial clash between the natives and whites is honest and doesn't have a clear cut resolution.
Every time I read it I find something new. That is the best kind of book.
Aw, you know, anything earth-shatteringly inspiring and classic by one of the great literary geniuses. Nothing spectacular. ;) I don't necessarily want to have WRITTEN their books, but I wish I could inspire people the same way they did with MY writing! :D Someday!
Cloud Atlas. Six for the price of one.
*To Kill A Mockingbird
*Peace Like a River (Enger)
*Boys Life (McCammon)
All the books I imagined I was going to write before I wrote them. The reach of imagination always exceeds the grasp of technique.
Where The Wild Things Are
Not seeing many picture books in this list!
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close-- that book changed the way I look at the creative process. It's amazing.
Matilda by Roald Dahl (any of his books, really) or The Giving Tree(Shel Silverstein). Those books changed me as a kid!
I'm going to have to go with Harry Potter, but not really for the money. (though I'm sure it is nice) I'd go with Harry Potter because of the way the books make me feel. I love The Great Gatsby and I've loved many other books, but few of them make me FEEL the way Harry Potter does. I'd love to have created that. I hope what I do create makes someone else feel the same way Harry Potter has made me feel.
Any of the works of Alexandre Dumas
THe Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. Nearly every topic I get into a discussion about has the potential to make me think of that book series. It just covers so many bloody themes it's a little absurd.
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. The forgotten, the rejected, the human. I love books about the human condition and I think this one is the most beautiful one I have ever read.
The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum. It's why I wrote the book I did.
One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, for a modern work. But for something older and more serious I wish I could express myself the way Souseki does in Kokoro.
A Million Little Pieces. I am a glutton for punishment.
No, seriously. She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb or Sue Miller While I was Gone. But, ask again in five minutes and the answer could be different.
"The Hunger Games" - Instant answer.
Incredible story and message, riveting writing, and an instant YA classic that is going to the silver screen. What's not to (be jealous of) love?
A certain dark Cormac McCarthy book inspired me to write my first published novel, but I love The Road without envy.
I wish I could write a current-day version of McCullers' The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.
Jim Butcher's Codex Alera. One of those instant-connection books, you know? :)
I'm going with the The Great Gatsby, too...
Stainless Steel Rat, Hornblower or the Harry Potter series.
I'm going for big money on this one. Twilight! The author wrote the book in three months and then made 750k in a three book deal.
Three months of hard work and she never had to think about a day job again, she had all the time in the world to wright the other to after that... yea I would wright Twilight.
It's a close race between A Wrinkle In Time and Bridge of Birds.
The first book that popped into my head was "Northern Lights" by Philip Pullman, the second was "Wise Children" by Angela Carter. I echo Joshua and say, how's that for spectrum?
I can read either of these books over and over again and find new things I am in awe of.
Interestingly, my favorite book isn't a book I wish I'd written...
"Lord of the Rings." I'd love to have that much impact, that a book I wrote changed a genre forever.
Southern Vampire Series (aka Sookie Stackhouse-True Blood series).
Not just because of the popularity but the dark southern wit and clearly defined world Harris created. Awesome.
Hands down, A Confederacy of Dunces. Although I wouldn't make the same career choices he made afterward.
Fun question!
As usual, I have multiple answers:
The Harry Potter books. Not the money at all - I wish I could create an incredible world like that, I wish I could plot like that, I wish I could write like that!
Runner up: The Little Prince by Saint-Exupéry. Lovely and wise.
Another runner up: Winnie the Pooh. Delightful and perfect.
Another Runner up: No specific book, but I wish I could write like Terry Pratchett
Non-Fiction: Hard to pick since most of the truly great non-fiction books we've integrated and moved beyond, but I'd love to have the abilities of Darwin, Freud, etc. to conceptualize a new and more accurate way of thinking about things. To add clarity to the human worldview.
The Harry Potter series, for the same reasons Mira said. To be able to create such an intricate, complex, sustainable world with such a huge diversity of characters, settings and challenges, wow.
I can't seem to post as me today, having trouble again, but it's Leila.
Like the Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell comment- great novel.
Also would have enjoyed writing Harry Potter.
But I'm gonna go long on this one say, "The Brothers Karamazov," by Dostoevsky.
And to this day I am stunned by the devotees of Ender's Game. I thought it was awful, awful writing. But to each their own.
There are so many; however, I must go with 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
BTW, this is a wonderful 'to read' list.
I'll share the list of Top 100 novels I keep bookmarked for my ongoing self-improvement program :).
Gatsby makes it, also Catcher in the Rye. And Catch 22, another book I would love to have authored.
It's biased toward British writers and obviously made up of lots of classics and works that make it onto assigned reading lists. How many of us would really like to have authored Pilgrim's Progress, raise your hand?! Or The Scarlet Letter, for that matter.
I'm very curious to read Outlander now, given all the call-outs here. Once was enough for The Road, however.
Les Miserables or To Kill A Mockingbird. So many to choose from!
Pride & Prejudice. Literary greatness, no lifetime fame or money but lots of posthumous glory. OK, I wouldn't mind some lifetime fame and money, but I'd rather see my work become immortal.
OK, I'm cheating. Because the book I really wish I had written isn't a book, it's a movie: Mean Girls
It's fetch. It's fierce. It's awesome. Regina George is a life ruiner. She ruins lives. What's not to love?
Don't even have to think about it. Always: To Kill A Mockingbird. (second: Lord of the Flies)
Ann Best, Memoir Author
Er, then again, maybe I would have had to be a World War II veteran to have penned that.
'Legacy' by Susan Kay, then.
Harry Potter. Not because of the fame and fortune but because I adore that world and I would love to have her imagination. I would also like Tamora Pierce's name creating ability and imagination.
I wish I could write like Fitzgerald, and I'm sure I could contribute many more classics to the list, but really, it's SPIN by Robert Charles Wilson. Coincidentally, I first heard about this book on your blog. I think this book is incredible: the scope is sweeping and epic, the prose is beautiful, and the characters are deep. It's Wilson's masterpiece.
I'd love to have written Pride and Prejudice.
But I'd also gladly settle for one of the Brontë's novels.
Or something more modern perhaps like Breakfast at Tiffany's by Capote or A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin.
Without a doubt, Harry Potter. We all talk about the billion dollar empire that JK Rowling singlehandedly created, and yet all of that doesn't speak to the real magic that is J.K. Rowling. With one boy wizard, Rowling transformed reading for children around the world. Reading became fun again. And not only were children reading, adults were reading too. Harry Potter became an experience the whole family could share together. So forget about the Potter movies, the theme park, and the gluttony of merchandizing. The true magic is that Rowling found the formula to make reading awesome again.
No other writer in modern times has been as transformative as JK Rowling, and for that, I salute her.
I'm torn. It would either be - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. It is one of my all time favorite books and she did such a brilliant job of building the suspense throughout the novel and the ending was sheer genius. Or Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - simply because it is the beginning of something so incredible. A magical world, a fantastic and such well written characters.
"OP CENTER" by Tom Clancy and OLD MAN & THE SEA" by Ernest Hemingway. Two of the most interesting books I wished have written IF ONLY because the two famous authors seemed to be just like me when it comes to story-telling. LOL just kidding.
Aw, man! Nathan took mine.
Madame Bovary or Gone with the Wind. Ooh! Or The Help.
Tough one. Probably Pizzolatto's Galveston, or McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, or maybe Great Expectations.
The Life of Pi by Yann Martel - brilliant writing.
"Ten Little Indians". It is just a great mystery.
"Carrie" by Stephen King. It's the one his wife Tabitha fished out of the garbage.
Rebecca West's "The Return of the Soldier". Small and controlled and perfect.
Gert Hofmann's "The Parable of the Blind." What an amazing way of giving voice to the voiceless by making great painting come alive.
(Speaking of which, I also wish I'd painted the Rubens "Daniel in the Lions' Den" that heads this thread!)
Of recent books in my own genre, YA, I really admire Sonya Hartnett's "Thursday's Child." I wish I could write like that.
Right now in my career, 'Olivia', the picture book by Ian Falconer. It oozes sophistication and draughtsmanship, is great to read aloud to the kids, works on different levels and is downright HILARIOUS not to mention beautiful to look at. I'm writing a comic strip - http://chalkandcheesecomics.blogspot.com/ - check it out!
I would have written Beach Music by Pat Conroy. Sometimes I read just a sentence by Mr. Conroy and I realize I will never be able to write anything quite so beautiful or haunting.
On the other hand, the books I write don't drive me into such a deep depression that I can't write another for 5 years, so maybe he wishes he could write something a little lighter.
I read Pat Conroy when I want to be depressed about my own writing skills, but in a good way. If that makes any sense:)
Uh, my bar isn't that high, actually. Anything by Isabel Allende, especially the first one, The House of The Spirits. I'm a storyteller, no great literary aspirations for me except as far as crafting a unique tale that speaks to people and makes them FEEL (good, bad, happy, sad, whatever).
Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea
The Speed of Light by Elizabeth Rosner.
Are You There God, It's Me Margaret. Judy Blume. Any of those books. She gives lessons without preaching and I clung to every lesson she could teach me since I was lacking so from home.
Perhaps "Nine Stories."
Different topic: I've always loved this painting and have a postcard copy on my fridge. The emotion is so powerful.
Harry Potter, without a doubt.
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Of Mice and Men
Amsterdam. The World According to Garp. A Visit from the Goon Squad. Oh, I could go on all day!
Either "Look Homeward, Angel" or "Crime and Punishment."
Anything by Cormac McCarthy.
Or LOTR.
Hi Nathan, I have been following your blog for a while and love it. Time to stop being a lurker and post something! I could think of many, but am going with The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. It is beautifully written, has four strong, unique voices, and carries a powerful message.
Time & Again by Jack Finney.
I love it because it uses imagination instead of devices to go back in timeand it's a mystery and a love story,too!
Henry Miller's TROPIC OF CANCER. To say (this won't be word for word as I'm going from memory), "I am no longer an artist, I don't think about it. I just am. This is not a novel. This is libel, slander, a kick in the pants to God." Yep. And then in his later years to support a young writer in Erica Jong and then to coorespond with her via snailmail. Priceless.
Like Joshua and Alan:
Ender's Game (Card)
(It's okay, Domino. To each his own.:D)
or Swan Song (McCammon)
Shirley Hazzard's The Transit of Venus. A perfect novel.
Anything by David Sedaris for LOFL.
For kids: Holly Black's Tithe.
I'm amazed at all the comments.
I have truly never even considered this until right now.
I've never wished I'd written anything other than my own books. I've never wanted to be anyone else either. Interesting.
The Hunger Games Trilogy because a book hasn't made me cry like that since I read Bridge to Terebithia in sixth grade. Also Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Trilogy because the worldbuilding is so inventive and amazing.
Westerfeld's LEVIATHAN.
For me, it's not so much about how the book was received as what the book's about. LEVIATHAN is precisely the kind of book I would've written, if only I'd thought of it first. Now I have to figure out how to clone without looking like I'm cloning it ;-)
Anon 6:09
That's cool that you feel confident with your own self-expression.
But from my perspective regarding this topic - we admire other people and their accomplishments, and we learn from them what is possible. We can then use those possiblities as a guide for ourselves, so we aspire to simliar accomplishments. For me, that's what this post is really about - our dreams and aspirations, as well as applauding other people's great works.
The book I most wish I'd written would be the one I have yet to write. I'm going for both mega fortune and literary greatness.
I just need to find That Book in me. :)
I'll go with a short story and say A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor.
Underneath the violence, I can feel the gospel everytime I read it.
I'm seeing a lot of my favorites in these responses, but I share BrianW's awe of Pat Conroy and, yes, Beach Music.
But then there's Mockingbird: Who wouldn't want to be the creator of Atticus Finch!
The Curse of Chalion, by Lois McMaster Bujold, or the Harry Potter series.
Neil Gaiman's "American Gods" or Madeleine L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time"
Anthony J. Langford's 'RIP Rest in Prime'. Oh hang on, I wrote it already.
So many books! I don't know. Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines is a brilliant idea, one I wish I'd had. But there are so many other books. I finish them and just sit there for a while, thinking, "I wish I'd written that. That's such a good idea!"
Given that the subtitle of my current WIP is "A Mr. Darcy Novel," I think my answer is obvious.
However, I agree with Rebecca regarding Tolkien--to know my book reshaped an entire genre would be pretty heady.
Jennifer Cary Diers had a good point as well. If I wrote my favorite book, I wouldn't have the enjoyment of reading and rereading it.
The Giver by Lois Lowry and The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Rebecca, Dracula or any of the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Because I'm the sort of borderline sociopath who love to get into the mind of criminals, I'll have to say Thomas Harris' SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. I wish I'd created a villain that deliciously evil, intelligent, charming and likeable! :)
Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible
and my WIP.
I would have to go with Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness or Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land.
I'm stuck because if I'd written any of the books I adore, I probably wouldn't adore them as much. So I'll just go with something that made a lot of money. Maybe the Bible.
Books that have made the most impact on me would include Mrs. Dalloway, Sharp Teeth, LOTR, Three Bags Full, Mudbound, Coraline. I could go on and on. If I had to pick just one I think my head would explode. For today, I'd probably say Mrs. Dalloway. The language in it is like watching a fast moving train while listening to the most beautiful orchestral music.
I must be one of the few people who escaped both high school and college without reading The Great Gatsby.
I've decided I'm going to take the plunge and read it. Thanks Nathan. (And thanks to John Green too, who also recommended it recently.)
Yes, Nathan, a very tough question to answer.
For me, there are three. Any of these would be great to have written:
Richard Bachman's THE LONG WALK,
Dennis Lehane's MYSTIC RIVER, or
Margaret Atwood's THE HANDMAID'S TALE.
Heck, it was hard to whittle my list down to those three! JAWS was in there, along with THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN. :(
This may sound like a cop-out, but I'm glad I've written (am writing) my own book. All the books I love so much are wonderful because they are the way they are. I've I'd written them they'd be different.
Not necessarily bad, just different.
Okay, it's not a book I wish I'd written. It's a series. Rachel Vincent's young adult Soul Screamers series. I am so in love with that series. ^_^
"For me, that's what this post is really about - our dreams and aspirations, as well as applauding other people's great works."
I "get" it. I just never did it.
Anon 6:09
Three books:
Catcher In The Rye
The Great Gatsby (Old Sport)
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That IS a toughie, I don't think I've ever really said to myself, 'I wish I'd written that.'
But off the top, I'd say, The old Man and The Sea. I get something new from that book every time I read it. So much about human nature, having, losing, winning and having it taken away again to discover it not the destination but the journey, so much is said in such a small space. It's an epic saga in a hundred or so pages. It's what a book should be and does what a book should do, for me anyway.
2nd choice, Probably The Outsiders. The first book I ever identified with in a way that made me want to write.
"To Kill a Mockingbird" or "Huckleberry Finn". Great talent.
Mists of Avalon by Marian Zimmer Bradley for contemporary lit. The Scarlet Letter from the established literary canon.
The Handmaid's Tale
Loved, loved Barbara Kingsolver's The Lacuna. The breadth and history and fitting all the pieces together. It has inspired me to research my own historical novel.
Also wish I had written The Secret Life of Bee's. In fact, I am a little disappointed in myself that I didn't!
Either 'Johnathan Livingstone Seagull' or 'A Christmas Carol'...but on further personal questioning, it would have to beeeeeee............... 'A Christmas Carol'; finest story ever written.
"To Kill a Mockingbird" or Gentleman's Agreement"
I should have asked you this before - but why the Great Gatsby? Based on your enthusiasm, I bought and read this, this year - up to page 55, "There's another man in the car," and maybe I have to hang my head in shame, but I am lost and not hooked in the least. I can't get to grips with the characters and the plot so far isn't grabbing me. I've read lots of historical lit, so it's not the time period, I think it's the pace - or that I can only read it in short snatches. What am I missing? Maybe I should restart it when I can do more than a couple of pages at a time.
Wish I had written? Conversations in Sicily by E. Vittorini.
Lord of the Rings, Wild Magic, Trickster's Choice, The Blue Sword, or The BFG.
But, if I had to choose a favorite, I'd say...Wild Magic. It's just my sort of book! I WOULD have written it, if Tamora Pierce hadn't gotten there first!
Great question! Have a great day.
Gatsby's definitely in there. On different days, Huck Finn, Lolita, Crime and Punishment, All the Pretty Horses, Plainsong, Gilead, Oryx and Crake, Breakfast of Champions.
Cheating, I know, to list different days, but those are some good days (and good books)...
gotta go with the one that started it all for me: "The Catcher in the Rye." I find magic in those pages.
Lord of the Rings. I would die to be able to write like Tolkien.
The Forbidden Game trilogy. Originally by L.J. Smith. Did it earn her oodles of money? No. Did it gain her international acclaim? No. But I think it's a damn fine bit of writing, and highly enjoyable. If I'd written it, I would have advertised the heck out of it - which is exactly what I do for her now as a bookseller. I've lost count of how many books I've handsold.
If I chose anything else, I think I'd go with Harry Potter. Riches and it's a hell of a lot of fun. xD
I listed three books earlier but now that I think about it, there is one book that would probably supercede all of them.
The Giving Tree.
Last three books Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time. It would've been my dream to be able to finish that series. Brandon Sanderson's doing a great job, though.
Great question. Love Great Gatsby but it would be Imajica or Weaveworld by Clive Barker, or The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins.
The Bible.
"Common Sense" by Thomas Paine. Perhaps my American bias is showing, but that's something that almost literally moved the world. I want to write something that has that sort of an impact; to start a revolution, or at least an underground rebellion.
Barring that (which is, admittedly, a pamphlet, not a book), I'd choose "The Outsiders", "Ender's Game", or "Fight Club". These books all formed who I am, and all started a sort of revolt in my soul against the world. I absolutely love that a writer was able to affect people like that, and that's what I strive for. To push at the world, and for the world to push back in some way.
I wish I had written, LAMB, by Christopher Moore. I laugh every time I read it. I also buy a copy every chance I get and give it to someone.
"Good Omens" by Gaiman/Pratchett. And "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield. And the Dresden FIles by Jim Butcher.
Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon. I always hated that all the Camelot tales blamed it all on the women. I can't say that The Mists of Avalon is exactly the book I would have written, but it served the purpose I hoped to serve.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
I really wish I had written A Series of Unfortunate Events. I know that's 13 books (not including the extensions to Snicket's backstory), but you can't have one of the books without all of them, and I would've loved to be their author.
I'm actually going to go with a Romance book. And even though they're packed with 'extra scenes', when I find an author that's AWESOME and can entertain me regardless of 'heat'...I love it! There's a lot of really good romance writers out there. And if they only sold 'adult fiction' or just 'fiction', I'd still buy them. Because it's the teller of the story & their characters that sell me. Not the stuff between the sheets...
"Knight of Desire" by Margaret Mallory [great historical researching, fun-filled bantering & wonderful characters to fall in love with]
"To Kill a Mockingbird"
I still pick it up and read it when I need a bit of inspiration. It's so easy to sink into, and it carries you into another time and place and emotional space.
To just be able to pull all the best of my thoughts together so well is what I strive for everyday I sit down to write.
"House of Leaves" or "The Last Unicorn." Both are perfect.
Book of Revelation.
Because then I would have met Jesus in advance.


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To say that George Harrison''s post-Beatles career peaked early is an understatement. Long frustrated by the dominance of the Lennon-McCartney songwriting juggernaut, Harrison''s pent-up creative juices (and a wealth of unrecorded songs penned during the Fabs'' final years) infused his 1970 epic multidisc All Things Must Pass with a grandeur that rivaled his former band''s best. Three years passed before this distinctly more humble studio follow-up was released (with 1971''s live Concert for Bangladesh sandwiched in between) to tepid reviews and some fan grumbling. But as Harrison hinted in his 2000 notes to the reissued All Things (which curiously complained about Phil Spector''s typically bigger-than-life production), Material World may well represent Harrison''s artistic vision in its purest form: an often perplexingly ironic stew of spiritualism ("Living in the Material World," the more accessible single "Give Me Love," and others) and misanthropy (especially regarding his ex-band and their lawyers on the "Sue Me, Sue You Blues"). Despite the presence of many of All Things'' core session men (Ringo Starr, Jim Keltner, Nicky Hopkins, Kalus Voorman), Harrison''s self-production is low-key funky and more organic than its predecessor, even as he tellingly tends to shortchange his own voice in the bargain. Rife with subtle country and folk touches, there are some warm surprises here (the quietly introspective "Be Here Now," the pop smarts of "Don''t Let Me Wait Too Long" and "The Lord Loves the One," with "Try Some, Buy Some" briefly revisiting Phil Spector and his wall of sound), even if it''s an album that largely suffers from the curse of expectations. --Jerry McCulley


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By Brian Davis, Assistant Media Relations Director
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- On a chilly Saturday night in Tennessee Classic action at the Lee Softball Stadium, senior right fielder Shelby Burchell equaled a UT school single-game record with three doubles and junior right fielder Melissa Brown went 2-for-4 with three RBIs to back a one-hit shutout from junior pitcher Ivy Renfroe as the #8 Tennessee Lady Vol softball team (12-3) rolled past ETSU, 8-0 (6 inn.).
Burchell's (3-for-3, RBI) trio of doubles tied a Big Orange school record most recently equaled back on March 6, 2002, by former Lady Vol Adrianna Wilson during a victory over Tennessee State. The Columbia, Tenn., native hit .800 (4-for-5) with four doubles and a pair of RBIs during Saturday's wins over Memphis and ETSU.
A Valencia, Calif., product, Brown also helped lead a 12-hit offensive assault with the 2-for-4 effort and a team-best three RBIs. Junior third baseman Raven Chavanne was 2-for-4 with a pair of steals, while junior second baseman Lauren Gibson (0-1, RBI), freshman catcher Hannah Akamine (1-for-2, RBI), junior Whitney Hammond (1-for-1, RBI) and senior Holly Baker (1-for-1, triple, RBI) were each credited with an RBI.
In the circle Ivy Renfroe (3-3) was as dominant as her sister Ellen was during the day's opening triumph over Memphis, firing a one-hit shutout with seven strikeouts.
"I'm proud of the team, and I'm proud of the effort today," Lady Vol Co-Head Coach Ralph Weekly said. "Quite frankly I'm concerned with the number of runners we're leaving on base. We must be leading the nation in leaving the bases loaded, and we did it again tonight. When we get into conference play leaving runners stranded will hurt us. I had a long talk with our team about it, and we really worked hard this week on hitting with runners in scoring position. We've just got to get more RBIs, because we're leaving a ton of runners."
Despite hitting ETSU first baseman Casey Horner with a pitch with two down in the top of the first, Renfroe was thoroughly dominant during the opening frame, striking out both left fielder Annie Martin and right fielder Sade Johnson before inducing a routine grounder to second by designated player Alex Everett to conclude the inning.
Tennessee's Chavanne attempted to get something started for the Big Orange offense in the bottom of the first by beating out a bunt single leading off the frame. Following a sacrifice bunt by junior designated player Kat Dotson, both Gibson and sophomore shortstop Madison Shipman blasted HR-worthy shots that drifted just foul. Unfortunately, a long foul down the line from the former and a pop-up to second by the latter left Chavanne stranded in scoring position.
Another UT chance went begging in the bottom of the second, following a one-out double by Burchell, via a foul-out behind the plate by sophomore left fielder Melissa Davin, a hit batter (freshman catcher Hannah Akamine) and a bouncer to third by sophomore center fielder Tory Lewis.
Buc center fielder Nicole Fox managed ETSU's initial base knock of the contest in the third on a one-out single through the left side. Back-to-back choppers were handled routinely by Chavanne at third, however, leaving the runner standing at second.
An ETSU miscue on a bouncer to second allowed Chavanne to reach successfully christening the bottom of the third and opened the door for a big Tennessee scoring outburst. The Thousand Oaks, Calif., immediately swiped her fifth bag of the season and advanced up 60 feet to third on a groundout from Dotson. With one down, Gibson surprised everyone with a bunt as Chavanne easily raced home for a 1-0 lead. A single from Shipman and back-to-back RBI doubles from Brown and Burchell plated two more as the advantage expanded to three tallies.
The Bucs attempted to answer right back in the top of the fourth, getting lead-off batter Casey Horner on base via a strikeout/wild pitch combination. She managed to reach scoring position but advanced no further as a chopper to short and a fly ball to center finished off any potential threat with no damage done.
The Lady Vols added another run on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fifth as Akamine followed Burchell's third double of the contest with a two-out RBI base knock as UT's lead expanded to 4-0.
With Renfroe rolling along having retired nine consecutive batters from the fourth through the sixth frames, Dotson got what turned out to be the final scoring outburst started in the bottom of the sixth via a single. Facing a new pitcher in ETSU reliever Shelby Morris, Gibson walked to set the stage for a two-out, two-RBI double from Brown. Baker followed immediately with an RBI triple to improve the lead to 7-0, before Hammond ripped a walk-off base knock to plate Baker and end the contest via the sixth-inning run-rule.
Postgame Notes
The Lady Vols now own a staggering 99-3 record all-time against in-state schools...Co-Head Coaches Ralph and Karen Weekly have gone 65-0 against in-state programs since arriving at Rocky Top prior to the 2002 season...UT has also won 71 straight contests against in-state opponents...UT has won its last 12 home openers dating back to 6-5 loss against Kansas on March 10, 2000, and is now a perfect 22-0 in its home-hosted, regular-season tournaments since 2008...Ellen Renfroe topped the 10+ strike-out mark for the fifth time with 13 strikeouts against Memphis... Melissa Brown blasted her second bomb of the year against Memphis making it the first multi home run season of her career...Hannah Akamine belted her first career collegiate home run against Memphis...UT has plated at least three runs in an inning 13 times this season and in 10 of its 15 contests.


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They're not cheating, just because they made an HTML template, doesn't mean they can re-make a Landing Page out of it, instead of including it as an extra Bonus with the HTML template, they've decided to sell it separately.
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Yah, I speak Russian as well…born in Azerbaijan, in Canada now.
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Congrats :D…that's awesome.
Honestly I dislike this service, I uploaded one of my tracks there, and they flagged my own channel, even thought I posted my own username on it, anyways, never mind that….I contacted their support and asked for them to remove my song. They said ok, but never removed my track…
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Classic Commercial: Here's An Advertisement We'll Never See Again
The advertisements we grew up with in newspapers, magazines, on television and radio wouldn't cut the mustard these days. And yet, we survived them.
Yes, tobacco companies would use the medical community to promote their products. Or maybe it was the medical community using the tobacco companies! Either way, these ad's were not uncommon 'back in the day'.
I remember as a kid in the 1960's going to the hospital and sitting in the waiting room because I wasn't old enough to go into my Mom's patient room. Sitting there would be several adult's casually smoking cigarette's, chatting, reading a newspaper (yes, young 'uns, in the waiting room in the hospital).
It makes sense now, after reading the above ad and realizing more Doctor's smoked Camels!
Yeah, times are a bit different now. I don't think I'd ask a Doctor what cigarette he recommends.


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Followup question: My lawyer had filed a civil suit initially in California Superior Court. However, he dismissed it without prejudice because the criminal case of resisting arrest was pending. Now that I was convicted in less than 30 days ago, and have served 7 days in jail, I want to know if I can file the civil case again. I know that the statute of limitations in the civil suit has not expired. Can I file it?


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This is a discussion on Poll: If you carry a handgun, what caliber is it? within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I carry a .40 the most, .45 when I feel like a change and a .380 if I anticipate a bunch of hugging. i.e. the ...
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I carry a .40 the most, .45 when I feel like a change and a .380 if I anticipate a bunch of hugging. i.e. the family reunion I went to today.
.45 mostly and compact 9mm sometimes for better concealment
My main carry gun is a Kimber .45, but I also have a Bersa .380 for these hot summer days when trying to hide my Kimber becomes unbearable.
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I carry a .45acp 90 percent of the time. but my kel tec .380 is always close at hand, and with me during business day.
--people ask why I carry, and I show them this picture. I think it says it all.--
NRA Certified Instructor--many disciplines
I carry a P-95 9mm with 124gr +p golden sabres, a 642 .38 with 125gr+p golden sabres, and a .45acp XD tactical loaded with 185 gr golden sabres as my truck gun. As you can tell I'm a fan of the golden sabre.
My normal carry is a Kimber Tactical Ultra 2 or a Taurus PT945 (both .45's) or sometimes my S&W 4006 in .40.
.45 is my main gun, but I have a .32 in my pocket all the time. On weekends, it's a 44 Magnum single action Ruger (well, I like it, shoot great with it... and I sure don't think I'll need quick reloads at home with all the other toys around).
Gus! Go pee on his leg!
About 75% of the time, the PT-111, 9mm.
The other 25% of the time it's the XD .40sc.
My wife carries a Sig P239 in 9mm 100% of the time.
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1988 to 1990, 44 mag(S&W 29.)
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Both of my Glocks are .45ACP. From time to time I also carry a S&W 629 Backpacker with a 3" barrel. I use .44 Special in that one.
usually a 357 snubbie, sometimes a Steyr m40
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Your best weapon is your brain. Don't leave home without it.
Thoughts: Justifiable self defense (A.O.J.).
Explain: How does disarming victims reduce the number of victims?
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From the first publisher granted access to Stalin's personal archive, a provocative and insightful portrait of modern Russia, the most compelling since David Remnick's Lenin's Tomb.
To most Americans, Russia remains as enigmatic today as it was during the Iron Curtain era. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the country had an opportunity to face its tortured past. In Inside the Stalin Archives, Jonathan Brent asks, why didn't this happen? Why are the anti-Semitic Protocols of Zion sold openly in the lobby of the State Duma? Why are archivists under surveillance and phones still tapped? Why does Stalin, a man responsible for the deaths of millions of his own people, remain popular enough to appear on boxes of chocolate sold in Moscow's airport? Brent draws on fifteen years of unprecedented access to high-level Soviet Archives to answer these questions. He shows us a Russia where, in 1992, used toothbrushes were sold on the sidewalks, while now shops are filled with luxury goods and the streets are jammed with Mercedes. Stalin's specter hovers throughout, and in the book's crescendo Brent takes us deep into the dictator's personal papers to glimpse the dark heart of the new Russia. Both cultural history and personal memoir, Inside the Stalin Archives is a deeply felt and vivid portrait of Russia in the 21st century.
©2008 Jonathan Brent (P)2010 Audible, Inc.
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"Misleading title"
If you come to this book expecting a discussion of Stalin, how the information in the archives changed our understanding of him, and how he haunts modern Russian history, you will be very disappointed.
This book is, in essence a travelogue about one man's adventures in Russia in the early 90s and his negotiations with the archive director for publishing rights, sprinkled with a few novel insights discovered in the archives. As travelogue, it is only second-rate (the author doesn't speak Russian that well, apparently, and the anecdotes are somewhat stereotyped - I mean come on, do we really need another description of how flying Aeroflot was an unpleasant experience?). As a description of business negotiations - well, its just not that interesting.
That having been said, the writing is not bad and it is read admirable by the narrator.
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Miles Thompson, MacKay Earn #AEMLAX Weekly Accolades
Release: 03/03/2014
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - A week that saw America East men's lacrosse teams go 7-1 has produced a pair of weekly award winners who combined to score 17 goals and hand out four assists last week. Albany's Miles Thompson is the Player of the Week while Vermont's Ian MacKay is the Rookie of the Week for the third week of the season:
Player of the Week
Miles Thompson, Sr., Attacker, Albany
- Tallied nine points on an America East season-high eight goals and one assist in #17/18 Albany's win over Harvard Saturday.
- Scored the Great Danes' first four scores and factored in on six of their seven first-half tallies.
- The Player of the Week honor is the third of his career.
- Is averaging a league-best 4.33 goals per game through three games.
Ian MacKay, Fr., Attacker, Vermont
- Racked up 12 points in leading Vermont to two wins last week.
- Scored a game-high five times, the first goals of his collegiate career, in a 13-8 win over Dartmouth Tuesday.
- Tallied a game-high seven points on four goals and three assists in a 13-9 win over Boston University Saturday.
- America East teams went 7-1 last week, including a perfect 6-0 on Saturday.
- Vermont (2-1) won twice, beating Dartmouth and Boston U., to improve to 2-1 on the season.
- UMBC (2-1)improved to 2-1 with a 14-5 win over Richmond Saturday.
- Matt Gregoire had a career-high five goals to pace the Retrievers while Connor Gordon made 11 stops in the cage.
- Albany (1-2), which moved up spots in the USILA Coaches Poll to # and spots in the Warrior Media Poll to after beating Harvard, 14-8.
- Miles Thompson equaled the Crimson's goal total with eight scores of his own.
- Stony Brook (2-2) scored six times in the fourth quarter to beat Rutgers, 12-9.
- Paul O'Donnell's overtime goal gave Binghamton (2-2) an 11-10 win over Hobart.
- Hartford (2-2) upended Monmouth, 12-7, behind Adam Yee's facoff performance as he won 20-of-23 draws and picked up 10 ground balls.
2014 Men's Lacrosse Weekly Awards
Feb. 17 - Player of the Week: Kevin O'Shea, Hartford
Rookie of the Week: Kyle Rowe, Stony Brook
Feb. 24 - Player of the Week: Brody Eastwood, Stony Brook
Rookie of the Week: Max Maxwell, UMBC
March 3 - Player of the Week: Miles Thompson, Albany
Rookie of the Week: Ian MacKay, Vermont


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Layar Reality Browser
Company: Layar
Price: Free
Layar is an augmented reality browser that's able to superimpose useful information about nearby services over the top of a live image from your phone's camera. You choose the type of information you want to view by selecting and deselecting layers, which are essentially databases of information.
For example, there's a layer that covers train stations and another that contains a list of Irish bars! The latest version of the application now also has a 'stream' view. Instead of waiting for you to actually search for stuff nearby, it simply creates a stream of relevant information and presents it as a text list with a compass view at the top.
You can also limit the information displayed by adjusting the number of kilometres from your location that searches should cover.
Layar used to be pretty much a novelty app, but it's fast developing into something that's really rather useful.


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Rumors about an Apple 'iTablet' just won't quit, and now Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has chimed in with his prediction. The good news? He says a tablet device is coming from Apple. The bad news? It won't arrive until the first half of calendar year 2010. Yesterday cnet reported on Munster's findings and today Digitimes adds another dab of credibility by claiming that Wintek will be providing the panels for the device.
Munster says the new device will not be a traditional netbook form factor, because, essentially, it'd have to be too cheap and Apple likes to keep prices for its products high. He says a netbook would cheapen Apple's brand. Also a netbook at this point might come across as a 'me-too' kind of product, and Apple likes to innovate and differentiate its product line. Finally, an Apple netbook might cannibalize MacBook sales.
So instead we'll get a large tablet device with a touch screen for $500-$700. What the OS will look like is still up for discussion. Will it use the iPhone OS, OS X, or some blend of the two? Munster pins his 2010 launch date on the fact that we don't know yet, and developers will need time to create compelling apps for the new device before it launches. The implication is that this isn't a device that will be a WWDC surprise; we'll know it's coming (officially or unofficially) because devkits will have to go out well before launch.
One question Munster never answers: who is the market for this kind of device? The Apple faithful already have their MacBooks and their iPhones. Will they buy a 3rd device to carry around? One large enough not to fit in a pocket? Being Apple faithful, they probably will, actually. And then what? Leave the MacBookPro at home? Pricing it above $500 pushes the iTablet out of the 'impulse buy' category for most of us, and I think that will hurt its adoption. Sure, many of us will feel potent geek lust for it, but $700 is a lot of money in this economy (though perhaps things will be turning around by the time this device launches).
On the other hand, the iPod was an out-of-financial-reach product when it launched, too. Perhaps Apple can afford to be patient and build the market as economy of scale and advancing technology bring the price of the device down to where more of us can comfortably afford it. Cnet suggests that the device might compete with the Amazon Kindle, and given the popularity of the Kindle-reader iPhone app, that makes some sense. I suppose it would depend on whether you really want that e-ink display or not.
Given what we know (admittedly a hazy picture) would you buy this device for $500? How about for $700? Please leave a comment and share!


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TAMPA — Durant's administrators had a sign-in sheet Friday at Pepin Stadium to determine just how many of the 700 or so students who checked out early actually matriculated to the Cougars' Class 5A state semifinal.
Final tally: 488. Even athletic director Todd Long betrayed stunned delight at what materialized into a Durant pep rally in downtown Tampa. On a warm afternoon, the vocal throng of Cougars students provided the pep, and Connor Bass and Co. provided the rally.
Unfazed by a Gaither goal in the opening minute, the Cougars (16-7-2) stormed back, owning the middle of the field and capitalizing on key set pieces for a 3-2 triumph.
"After we gave up a goal in the first (minute), our attitude could've been like, 'We made it to the final four, it's a great season, Gaither's going to kick our (butt),' " said Cougars coach Jamin Hollingsworth, whose team faces Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas in today's 4:35 final.
"But to their credit they never believed that and we're not going to believe that."
Bass, a 6-foot-6 converted goalkeeper who hadn't taken a flush shot all game, scored the winner in the 72nd minute on a straight-ahead 25-yarder that rolled past Cowboys keeper John Nardozzi into the left side of the net.
Even that shot was "not perfect at all," said Bass, who has scored the winner in Durant's past three contests. "I messed up enough, I had to get one eventually."
While Bass struggled to find crisp shots, he was flawless as a towering decoy, especially on a critical set piece that gave Durant a 2-1 halftime lead.
With the Cowboys (19-5-2) locked in on Bass, Cougars sophomore Ben Eisenhauer lofted his 32nd-minute free kick from midfield deep to fleet 5-8 junior Jacob Brumbeloe, who tapped it past Nardozzi for his team-best 19th goal.
"That's what he does all the time," said Hollingsworth, a 2000 Durant graduate who will try to become the first Hillsborough County soccer coach — boys or girls — to lead his alma mater to a state crown. "The guy just runs and runs and runs. He scores the effort goals, being where he should be on set pieces. He does that for us."
Gaither, making its second state tourney appearance under coach Eric Sims, tied the score at 2-all in the 60th minute on Charlie Delmar's header off a Jacob Snidle free kick.
Zachary Wheeler had given the Cowboys the early lead with his team-best 24th goal. Durant responded 11 minutes later when senior Andres Plata took a David Eisenhauer pass and lofted a shot from the right corner of the box to the net's upper left corner.
"Maybe it was the kiss of death for us to get a goal that early," Sims said. "We kind of sat back and they took it to us physically, dominated the game, especially in the middle of the field."


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10 From 2010
Posted by Nigel Fenwick on December 30, 2010
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Looking back on 2010, I put together a list of my top 10 favorite things that made a difference in my year and was surprised to see how heavily travel featured in my list:
Pandora One: I love listening to music while working, so my iPod is always close by. But this year I discovered Pandora – a music streaming service that finds and plays songs based around any favorite song you use to seed it. You can create multiple "stations" around different songs, composers, bands and even combine multiple seed songs on one station. I have created music stations for every genre of music to suit my mood. For example, while writing research I listen to one of six classical stations and while chilling with a glass of my favorite wine I listen to a station I called… "glass of wine radio"! Pandora offers a free version supported by ads and a premium version, Pandora One, which offers unlimited high-fidelity ad-free streaming for $36 a year. This year I moved to Pandora One because I wanted the higher-quality music feed and I love finding new music through Pandora. I regularly listen to Pandora on my PC, through the desktop app, and on my BlackBerry, which I connect to my home audio system to play music back through my hi-fi. http://www.pandora.com
Netflix Watch Instantly: I don't watch a lot of TV, but my wife and I are real movie buffs so having easy access to movies through streaming is a big deal for us. We love the variety available through Netflix and their watch instantly service. As well as watching movies, we also find ourselves watching TV series through the service. http://netflix.com
TED videos: I just discovered TED online videos this year (I've known about TED for years but hadn't realized so many great videos were available online). The TED talks are at times amazing and at times inspiring –and sometimes both at the same time. If you haven't watched TED yet, check it out at TED.com. The TED app for the iPad is brilliant -- which brings me to…
iPad: I was a late adopter of the iPad. Frankly, I couldn't see the need for yet another digital device in my life. However, after buying one for my wife Sue's birthday, I was hooked (she let me try it out). Sue bought me one just four weeks later for my birthday -- proving the saying that you need to give to get! The iPad brings a whole new dimension to the internet that makes it a great entertainment device as well as a fast research tool. The apps available for the iPad provide a highly intuitive interface to a wealth of great information (and fun). The battery life is simply amazing and the image quality is stunning. My only peeve with it is the lack of support for Flash -- with so many web pages using Flash, this really prevents the iPad from being a truly great web device. Regardless of Flash, Apple has put together a formidable customer experience where iPad customers derive value from far more than a great tablet device -- it also comes from the service experience of going to the Apple store and connecting through the App Store and iTunes. While devices can be copied, the value experience is much harder to replicate.
Executive Platinum on American Airlines: Analysts travel a great deal. Finding things that make travel bearable is important when you travel as much as we do. Sticking to one airline as much as possible certainly helps -- airlines reward their frequent travelers with many perks. But last year, thanks to a bonus offered by American, I qualified for American Airlines' highest frequent traveler level for the first time, and it transformed my 2010 flying experience. Put simply, at the exec platinum level I rarely traveled in economy because of free upgrades to first class. When you fly 100,000+ miles a year this really makes a huge difference. Unfortunately, you have to travel 100,000+ miles to qualify -- on balance I'd prefer to travel less. But if you have to travel, you may as well travel in comfort. Thanks American!
foxl speaker. Since I travel a great deal, and I like listening to music, the quality of portable speakers is important to me. I admit to being a bit of an audiophile but I happen to believe music shouldn't sound like it's being played through a shoebox. Last December I came across the tiny foxl portable speaker -- the reviews were almost too good to be true. After telling my wife about it she decided to get me one for Christmas (alas sourcing problems delayed it's arrival till Fathers day) -- when I plugged it in, I was blown away! This tiny speaker packs a stereo sound that is simply unbelievable from such a small package. One clue to its amazing bass response is the way the design uses the lithium battery as a low frequency driver. If you have a need for high-quality portable sound, and you're willing to fork over what may seem like an unduly large sum of money, take it from me ... This is an investment you won't regret. http://www.soundmatters.com/foxl/
Xmarks: I use multiple browsers across multiple devices and I make extensive use of bookmarks. My frustration, up until this year, was that there was no easy way to sync all my bookmarks across all my browsers -- if I bookmark a site in one browser, I'd like it to be available as a bookmark in another browser. This year I discovered Xmarks which does the job nicely. Thanks for a solid utility that's a true time saver. http://www.xmarks.com/
Royal Caribbean cruises: I am one of those people who hates to have their vacations planned out in advance. I've been known to head out on vacation knowing only where I'll be on the 1st night. Cruises always seemed to me to be the opposite of my idea of a relaxing vacation. I always had the idea that everything on a cruise was organized for you ... boy was I mistaken. Our first cruise was in 2007 -- Sue and I were actually married on the ship! Well this year we went on our second cruise with Royal Caribbean and we're hooked. I love the fact that our hotel arrives somewhere new each day; I love the fact we can eat whenever we feel like it; I love the fact that we can go on shore excursions if we want or we can simply laze on the ship ... or go rock climbing, play table tennis or take a sauna, etc.
Priceline.com: Amazingly, I only tried Priceline for the first time at the end of 2009 -- I was reluctant to commit to paying for a hotel without first reviewing the hotel. When I did get around to trying Priceline, I discovered that you could indeed stay at a four or five star hotel at a fraction of the room rate quoted on other travel sites. As long as you stick to four or five star hotels you know you are going to stay somewhere clean and comfortable. So if you just need a room in a city, you really can save big. If you don't mind possibly not staying at your preferred hotel chain, Priceline is a great service. http://priceline.com
TripAdvisor.com: As well as traveling for work, I also enjoy traveling for pleasure. When I do, I always go to TripAdvisor.com first. I use it to check out hotels, restaurants and things to do -- looking for places to go and places to avoid. You can't trust every review you read -- companies are actually selling services to hotels to post good reviews for them, and they know to always say something a little negative so people think they are genuine -- so be wary of anything with just two or three reviews. And don't forget negative reviews can just as easily be posted by a competitor next door. But overall there is no better site for getting the feel of travel services. We even used TripAdvisor to help book our cruise excursions this year, getting better trips than were available through the cruise line. http://tripadvisor.com
These are my top 10 for 2010. As you can see, they are heavily influenced by travel, which is not suprising since it's such a big part of my year. What are your top 10 for 2010?
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Cueto Sharp as Reds Beat Bucs
The Pirates fell back to the .500 mark in losing a series to the Reds at home. Johnny Cueto was very solid, tossing eight shutout innings and striking out nine Pirates. The Buccos managed just four singles and a walk.
Jeff Karstens was scuffling from the start. He was pitching from the stretch most of the day and needed 95 pitches to complete five innings. Cueto needed just 14 more tosses than that to pitch eight innings.
The damage was started by a deep homer from Jay Bruce in the second. One inning later, Ramon Hernandez delivered a three run double.
The Good
Brandon Moss had a pair of assists.
Evan Meek tossed three scoreless innings in relief of Karstens.
The Bad
Karstens didn't have it today.
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This was the 7th time in 24 games that the Pirates have allowed five more runs. Thro...
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On Thursday, Feb. 23rd, I have to see an orthopedic surgeon because I tore my ACL. They at first thought it was bone cancer, but luckily found the "drawer". If my appointment goes well, on Friday Feb. 24th, I have sugery. I have to stay there overnight on Thurs., which I don't like one bit. I'm hopeful that things will go well, and I can start jumping and running again real soon. Wish me luck!
On May 21st, Cercei, Mel, and I participated in our 2nd annual Humane Society of Huron Valley's Walk and Wag fundraiser. We raised $225 for the shelter and had a great time at the County Farm Park, in Ann Arbor. I had a great time! Lots of new smiling faces and lots to smell (and pee on)!
This was Mel's first time, and he did great. Cercei and I are pros! We can't wait until next year!!
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