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Agreed, I would love to shoot in some of the scenarios they come up with.
This is a discussion on Top Shot within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; I enjoy the weapons not a fan of all the drama they try to create. For the most part I believe it's a good show. ...
I enjoy the weapons not a fan of all the drama they try to create. For the most part I believe it's a good show. I like seeing the different weapons through out history.
Agreed, I would love to shoot in some of the scenarios they come up with.
I agree about the manufactured drama, but even so, "Top Shot" blows "Sons of Guns" and "American Guns" out of the water.
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Isn't there going to be a new show with the host of Top Shot just examining different weapons and then using them?
^ The host of Top Shot needs to take it down a notch. He drives me crazy.
I enjoy Top Shots but would have them eliminate tomahawks and rock throwing as events in the competition.
Yeah the new show is Top Guns on History 2 or H2 as they are calling it. I watched last nights episode it wasn't bad.
I couldnt think or shoot with that stupid host yelling all the time.
I loved it when the young kid is mouthing off about how he was hoping the older guys could keep up with him with their pacemakers...then he don't even make the cut.After that he goes into the talk about how he let everybody down that had put so much trust in his abilities,and I'm thinking your young you got lots of time left for many more major disappointments
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The one where they put them in that deal where they rotated in a circle and had to shoot the targets as they spin around looked wild.
I haven't seen blow guns yet?
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In the spirit of this Thanksgiving season, I thought I'd reflect on a popular but possibly misunderstood spiritual practice. I know that when I started I was doing it all wrong.
I'm talking about the gratitude list, a daily reminder that we always have something to be grateful for, no matter what our circumstances are. I'd heard about these for so long from self-help gurus, from memoirs of spiritual seekers, and even in the CatholicMatch forums.
Studies have shown that regular expressions of gratitude lead to better physical and mental health, increased job satisfaction, more stable relationships, well-behaved children and an overall better outlook on life. Who couldn't use a bit of that? This particular spiritual practice seems even more well-suited to singles, who are often maligned in our culture, to think more positively about being unmarried.
The general procedure for a gratitude list is just as it sounds: to make a list of things that you are thankful to have in your life. Anyone who wants to try it can write a list as few or as many things as they want, and as often as they are comfortable with. What I'd been instructed to do was write five things I'm grateful for each day either first thing in the morning or right before going to sleep.
I experimented with the number on my list, trying for as many as I could possibly think of. Some people make a point of not repeating list items in order to keep looking for new things to be grateful about. I thought it would be OK to repeat any items I'd already listed earlier, as long as I was still grateful, but I also tried to add something new each day.
I also experimented with the time of day: first I wrote immediately after waking up. I thought it set a nice tone to the rest of the day. Then I tried right before bed, and that was great too; it allowed me to review my day, and if I faced any particular challenges, I tried to practice seeing the value in them and be grateful.
But I also noticed that the first few lists were not exactly in the spirit of giving thanks. It didn't take me long to realize I was doing the wrong thing, and that I really needed to examine what it means to be truly grateful.
Here's where I went wrong: I kept putting in caveats to the things on my list. For instance:
- "I'm grateful I have indoor plumbing (even though my bathroom sink drips and it's making me crazy)."
- "I'm grateful I have a home (even though I can't afford my mortgage)."
- "I'm grateful I even have a job at all (even though I'm underemployed)."
Looking back on it, I have to laugh, because it really is absurd – and ultimately, ungrateful. It revealed my tendency to be critical and look for the negative in all things.
I was also thinking too globally. Of course, I was thankful for all those things, but I was also missing the tiny but significant things I appreciate every day: my dog's ears, a gentle breeze, my thriving houseplants. I thought it best to start small and then work up to the bigger things.
After a while, I found that I was changing; it really was working. I thanked people more often, smiled more and let my loved ones know that I appreciated them for who they are. This approach really is contagious, as people let me know how much they liked being thanked and appreciated.
I also started repeating a funny little phrase I heard from a former co-worker. When she first said it to me, I was complaining about something or another – thankfully, I can't even remember what it was!
While I was mid-rant, she put her hand up, smiled and said, "Honey, count your blessings; 'cause if that's your biggest problem, you got no problems!"
She was right. Whatever the problem, it wasn't worth the rant. I really did need to count my blessings.
And that's just where the gratitude list comes in. Think about it: if each of us could count just five blessings each day, that adds up to a huge amount of blessings in this world. More fully acknowledged blessings in the world can't help but be a better world. And that, without hesitation, is a world I would love to live in.
I urge all of you to try writing a gratitude list. Now is the perfect time of year. Perhaps you could do it verbally after you and yours say grace at Thanksgiving dinner. Or maybe you could try it for just one week, starting on Thanksgiving. Some people make their lists visible; writing them on large paper and hanging them up in the house. The possibilities are endless.
It truly is a wonderful practice that changed my perception about the circumstances in my life. In all fairness, my life could be better – my dog needs surgery that I can't afford, I'm underemployed, I have a cold and I'm nervous about the holidays, gift-wise. But I realize, thanks to my gratitude list, that it could also be much, much worse.
As I type this, I'm thinking of all the things I'm so blessed to have, and I'm grateful for them:
- I just found a payment plan that will allow me to pay for my dog's surgery in installments.
- I was invited out by a friend who wants to introduce me to a potential contact for more work.
- The sore throat and body aches forced me to rest – my first real down time since the summer – and it was a blissful, quiet, relaxing day.
- I emailed my sisters and explained my holiday-gift-trepidation. They proposed we give only handmade gifts this year.
So it's all a matter of perception. The things I thought of as problems were lead-ins to incredible blessings. As my former co-worker said: When I count my blessings, honey, I got no problems!


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By C. B. CabeenMy oldest child turns five this month, and I've been looking back at my journals from the first two weeks after she was born. I haven't seen a lot of postpartum writing I resonate with, so I wanted to share a couple journal excerpts related to Samhain. I've edited them to connect pieces and make the images less fragmentary.It's late October and strangely appropriate that our place is so full of spiders, as if we were living in a haunted house. Trick-or-treating decades a … [Read more...]
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Pregnancy, Childbirth, and your Ancestors
by Molly KhanIt wasn't until I became pregnant with my third child that I began to consider the more spiritual aspects of childbirth. It helped that around that time I was becoming more involved in and more serious about my Paganism, delving beyond High Day and Full Moon observances and creating a personal, daily practice. Pregnancy, and parenting my other two children, was a huge part of my life, and so it naturally figured largely in the deities I connected to and the practice I was d … [Read more...]
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"Blessed be all the mothers of mothers. Blessed be all the daughters of daughters. Blessed be all the daughters of mothers. Blessed be all the mothers of daughters. Now and forever, wherever we are." –Diann L. Neu In Uganda there is a special word that means "mother of a newborn"--nakawere. According to the book Mothering the New Mother, "this word and the special treatment that goes with it apply to a woman following every birth, not only the first one. The massages, the foods, the care, 't … [Read more...]
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A brief biography
Jonathan M. Marks, PhD, is a biological anthropologist at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC). Previously, he has taught at Yale University and the University of California, Berkeley. His interests include human evolution, the anthropology of science, general biological anthropology, general anthropology, and the critical, historical, and social studies of human genetics, genomics, evolution, and variation.
Background: Marks received his Bachelor of Arts in Natural Sciences from The Johns Hopkins University in 1975. He attained his Master's in Genetics in 1977 from the University of Arizona. While at the University of Arizona, he also received his Master's in Anthropology in 1979, and his doctorate in anthropology in 1984.
While at the University of Arizona, Marks became interested in physical anthropology through William Rathje's Tucson Garbage Project. It was here where Marks was also introduced to paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson, who became an influential figure in Marks' career.
Marks did his dissertation on chimpanzee chromosomes, receiving his PhD in anthropology in 1984. His post-doctoral position was in a molecular genetics lab at University of California, Davis at the start of the DNA sequencing era. His work concerned the evolution of primate hemoglobin genes. While at UC-Davis, he co-taught a seminar on the history of physical anthropology along with Henry McHenry. He also attended primatology seminars led by Sarah Hrdy.
Research and methods: Marks has written widely on the relationships between anthropology and genetics and anthropology and race. In Marks' work, genetics is both a biological and cultural phenomenon embedded with various ideologies, values, and meanings. Genetics is often misused to justify racism, race being a biocultural construct imbued with cultural meaning, which makes race 'real' in a cultural sense but not in a genetic one. Nevertheless, as Marks (2009) writes in his book Why I am Not a Scientist, "One of the greatest misunderstandings of contemporary science is the idea that geneticists have anything reasonably authoritative to say about race."
Marks also looks into genetic changes part of human evolution. In What It Means to Be 98% Chimpanzee, Apes, People, and Their Genes (2002), Marks argues that the 2 percent difference in DNA between human and chimps must be interpreted. In a separate piece, Marks (2000) writes, "It has been invoked to argue that we are simply a third kind of chimpanzee, together with the common chimp and the rarer bonobo; to claim human rights for nonhuman apes; and to explain the roots of male aggression…Actually, our amazing genetic similarity to chimpanzees is a scientific fact constructed from two rather more mundane facts: our familiarity with the apes and our unfamiliarity with genetic comparisons."
Marks argues for the critical study of the production of genetic facts, which has historically been limited to methodological questions (Marks, 2013). Marks also calls for critical thought of the nature of science itself, which is often seen to be removed from cultural influence. Marks calls for, in other words, the anthropology of science. Marks (2009) writes:
"The study of nature is powerful, and power is cultural. Engaging cultural issues is essential for understanding science; it is not an antithesis of science, as spirituality is. An anthropology of science is relevant to understanding the history and present status of scientific theories, to evaluating the reliability of scientific claims, to understanding human evolution diversity, to making sense of the process by which scientific knowledge is produced and accepted, and to the effective dissemination and wide-spread application of scientific knowledge. An anthropology of science provides a frame for understanding science in a more comprehensive and accurate manner than is otherwise possible, and connects it to the world of human experience and social life, which ultimately is what makes science possible."
In short, Marks uses interdisciplinary methods to historically, biologically, and socially examine human genetics, genomics, evolution, and variation.
Legacy: Marks has taught courses on creationism, the anthropology of science, human biology and culture, race and anthropology, history of anthropological theory, primatology, molecular anthropology, anthropological genetics, popular anthropological literature, and introductory courses in anthropology and physical anthropology. Marks has been awarded several awards for excellence in teaching, including the 1999 Mayfield Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching of Anthropology given by the American Anthropological Association.
At UNCC, Marks works with graduate and undergraduate anthropology students. Marks' former students include Libby Cowgill (biological anthropologist at the University of Missouri), Deborah Bolnick (biological anthropologist at the University of Texas at Austin), Judy Kidd, and Amos Deinard.
Marks is the author of several books, including What It Means to Be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People, and Their Genes (2002), which was the winner of the 2003 W.W. Howells Prize from the Biological Anthropology Section of the American Anthropological Association, as well as the 2009 J.I. Staley Prize from the School for Advanced Research.
In 2012, Marks gave a TEDxEast talk in New York entitled "You Are Not an Ape!"
Marks, J. (2013). The Nature/Culture of Genetic Facts. In D. Brenneis & K. B. Strier (Eds.), Annual Review of Anthropology, Vol 42 (Vol. 42, pp. 247-267). Palo Alto: Annual Reviews.
Marks, J. (2009). Why I Am Not a Scientist: Anthropology and Modern Knowledge. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Marks, J. (2002). What It Means to Be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People, and Their Genes. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Marks, J. (2000). 98% Alike? (What Our Similarity to Apes Tells Us About Our Understanding of Genetics). The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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As a leader and teacher in the fields of yoga, spirituality, and human development with two of the most influential holistic learning centers in the United States, Omega Institute and Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, Sarley has dedicated her life to intensive yoga practice. Early in her life at Kripalu, she lived as a yoga monastic for 21 years, and returned decades later to become Kripalu's president and coleader of the organization in partnership with her husband and chief executive officer, Dinabandhu.
Ila Sarley has studied with yoga masters, swamis, and teachers from India and the United States, as well as with physical therapists, physicians, physiologists. She has also studied many different styles and traditions of yoga, including Kripalu, Iyengar, Bikram, Ashtanga, and Sahaj yoga. In her leadership roles with Omega and Kripalu, she also studied with world-renowned psychologists, psychotherapists, organizational development experts, and experts in the field of psycho-spiritual development and communications.
As a teacher, Sarley has developed and taught programs for organizations and businesses, using the core principle of yoga as a cornerstone for personal and professional development. She has led workshops throughout the United States and in Costa Rica and Canada on topics that include yoga, meditation, yoga and walking, yoga for health and longevity, yoga for stress management, and the art of communication and leadership. She was a faculty member of the Month-Long Kripalu Yoga Teacher training programs for several years and a senior teacher for the Kripalu resident training programs for 16 years.
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Monday, February 19, 2007
Great Writing: Hiding in Plain Sight?
Also I'm feeling verrrrrry humble today because I "uhhed" my name in the Agent Q&A panel. As in, "Hi my name is, uh, Nathan Bransford," as if I had momentarily forgotten my own name. So before I introduced myself for the pitch session, I was coaching myself: "Don't 'uh' your name. Don't 'uh' your name." So what did I do? I UHHED MY NAME AGAIN.
So to everyone who attended the conference: I swear on my life I know my own name. Usually.
In other news it's a three day weekend, my girlfriend is out of town, and it's 70 degrees outside, so I've been living it up, getting a little crazy. Yes, that's right, I've been reading for pleasure.
One thing you always hear from disgruntled writers is how bad the state of literature is, how publishers only care about money and how there's so much crap out there. Just look at the bestseller lists, they'll tell you, it's full of crap. The other favorite argument of the downtrodden and cynical is that great literature would never be published today because publishers only care about the bottom line. Well, I'm here to tell you: NOT TRUE.
Last night I read Cormac McCarthy's THE ROAD, a post-apocalyptic tale about a man and his son trying to survive in the horrific aftermath of a worldwide disaster that blots out the sky and causes mass starvation and kills off basically everything, leaving the few remaining survivors searching for food. You don't find out exactly what caused the disaster (I'm guessing Britney Spears was somehow involved), but it's a bleak, bleak world and basic humanity is at stake. It's seriously an incredible read -- I read it in one sitting, and I was blown away by its power and immediacy. It made me think, it made me cringe... it's a masterpiece -- Literature with a capital L.
Oh yeah, and it happens to be a New York Times bestseller, written by someone who began his career writing genre fiction.
So now I'm reading the urban fantasy novel A KISS OF SHADOWS by Laurell K. Hamilton, the first in her Meredith Gentry series, and guess what -- another New York Times bestseller with incredible writing!! Not only does Hamilton craft an awesome alternate world, she is a seriously gifted writer. She is one of the best writers I've ever seen at describing people, her pacing is amazing, I can't stop turning the pages. This isn't a "guilty pleasure" read, this is just good writing.
What's going on here? Could it be that the people who are selling the most copies of their books are also some of the best writers alive?
Patrick Anderson seems to think so. Anderson is a Washington Post book critic, and he recently wrote a book called THE TRIUMPH OF THE THRILLER, in which he argues that some of the very best writing is hidden in plain sight, in genre fiction and bestsellers. I haven't yet read the book (sorry Patrick, I'm busy reading about faerie private investigators), but according to this review by Chris Bolton, Anderson singles out George Pelecanos, Dennis Lehane and Michael Connelly, who write genre fiction, as some of the best living writers.
But really, hasn't this always been the case? Many of the great authors over the years have also been bestsellers. MOBY DICK wasn't a commercial success, but Herman Melville had big hit with travel novel TYPEE. F. Scott Fitzgerald broke out in a big way with lad-lit classic THIS SIDE OF PARADISE. Few authors whom we now consider the great writers of an era were entirely overlooked during their own time.
At the same time, there are small, overlooked gems that are published every week. Some of my favorite books were not big sellers, and a great deal of good writing today is published by small presses, some of whom are even nonprofits. The midlist, once the home of talented writers who penned successful but not blockbuster books, is disappearing.
So you tell me -- on the whole is publishing overlooking great writing or is great writing hiding in plain sight?
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- brian_ohio said...
Hi, uh, Nathan. (okay, that was too easy)
Do you realize what you did in that entry? Probably not. You agreed with Stephen King! How, you ask. In his EW column Stephen listed the 10 best books of 2006. And #1 was The Road.
I haven't read this book, but after you both had such wonderful things to say about it, it's now on my list.
And I agree... great writing is 'right' there. Dan Simmons, The Terror, is another great example.
Nice, uh, post.
- February 19, 2007 at 4:04 PM
- Dr. Hack said...
Great writing is lurking in the basement, waiting to push you down the stairs.
Also yeah, I'd have to say for the most part it's hiding in plain sight. Most of the great literature that's written, at the time the author didn't sit down and say, "I'm going to write great literature and market it as great literature."
They just wrote a travel book, or a mystery, or whatever. Chandler's a good example of this. He was just writing good gumshoe yarns, but his personal style is what makes it literature today.
- February 19, 2007 at 4:43 PM
- ORION said...
If a book resonates with readers and provokes them to pass it on to their friends it is great writing.
The elitism and sour grapes of some writers would try to persuade you otherwise.
- February 19, 2007 at 5:04 PM
- L.C.McCabe said...
I am glad to hear that you enjoyed yourself.
It was my eighth (!) writers conference that I've attended, but the first one where I've worked as a volunteer.
What amazed me the most was some attendees came from 31 states as well as Canada. Most everyone said that they felt it was well worth their time, expense and distance traveled.
That made me feel really good.
My favorite line from the conference came from Ted Weinstein. As I was checking him in, I told him that if he grew tired of writers schmoozing with him in the hallway that he could take off his name badge. He replied that he came there to schmooze and that he "trafficked in human souls."
From here on, I shall think of him as Ted "Mephistopheles" Weinstein.
Good luck sifting through all the submissions that will be coming your way!
- February 19, 2007 at 7:21 PM
Here's one that has been just a thread away from the best seller lists and even the book of the month club: A WINDOW ACROSS THE RIVER, by Brian Morton. He's also written another that is supposed to be just as good. This guy is really good and fairly new.
- February 19, 2007 at 7:37 PM
- sex scenes at starbucks said...
I get something out of most everything I read. I might not agree with some treatment or another, or they might hit on a pet peeve (POV characters getting killed off, for instance) but I can still enjoy it.
Great writing is everywhere. I mean, I recently solicited two stories off blogs. There are many GREAT writers hanging out in cyberspace.
I guess I'm a capitalist. The market finds consistent writers and keep them selling.
- February 19, 2007 at 7:39 PM
- KingM said...
Another thoughtful post, Nathan. Yes, there's a lot of crap out there, but there always has been. But if, as a writer, you haven't recently read a book that is so good that it makes you despair of your own writing, then you're not looking very hard. There's some fantastic stuff out there.
- February 19, 2007 at 7:58 PM
All right, this is from someone who actually enjoys reading Proust, but when Donald E. Westlake writes as Richard Stark (I just read his new one, "Ask the Parrot"), no one alive can touch him. I also just read an early Patricia Highsmith, "Deep Water", and she's another one in a category all her own. Raymond Chandler? Another of the Untouchables. He captured place and mood and humanity as well as any "literary" novelist. (Oh, yeah, and "The Road" did rock.)
- February 19, 2007 at 8:28 PM
- Michele Lee said...
I enjoyed the heck out of some A Kiss of Shadows. That said STOP NOW! Seriously, love it, enjoy it for what it is. The latest, a 100 page sex scene in a 200 page book...
Ever Read Cherie Priest? I'm about to start her Four and Twenty Blackbirds. After I finish Brian Keene's The Conquerer Worms.
What genre does Hamilton write in your opinion? Everyone seems to think something different.
- February 19, 2007 at 11:08 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
Thanks so much for the recommendations. I had thought that people call Hamilton's books urban fantasy, but have you heard something different?
- February 19, 2007 at 11:32 PM
- Richelle Mead said...
Oh, you're opening a can of worms there, my friends. The whole urban fantasy/paranormal romance genre debate is still raging like crazy, with people forming armies on each side of the genre divide. Lines drawn. Blades sharpened. Grenades at the ready.
I do believe, however, that LKH is listed as 'urban fantasy' more often than not. Sometimes 'dark fantasy.' Things get tricky in bookstores because they don't have u.f. sections, so she does time in horror, fantasy, and fiction.
- February 20, 2007 at 1:49 AM
- Bernita said...
Great fiction hasn't been hiding from the publishers - just the critics.
- February 20, 2007 at 8:20 AM
- Demon Hunter said...
Uh, Nathan ;*)
Great writing is hiding in plain sight. As for Laurell K. Hamilton, I understand that she writes urban fantasy. I write dark urban fantasy. I write more horror, actually. I don't like to include sex scenes. If I have to include something sexual, I elude to it, and even then, its brief. Just me! I love Laurell K. Hamilton and Cristine Feehan.
- February 20, 2007 at 10:39 AM
The people who despair over the state of literature the most are often the ones who cannot get published because their turgid prose bores the pants off anyone who attempts to get through it.
Writing is art, and if you're being entertained by it, by golly that hack writer isn't fit to lick the boots of a real artiste.
- February 20, 2007 at 11:22 AM
- Christopher M. Park said...
I think that great writing is definitely hiding in plain sight. And not hiding all that well, in my opinion. I don't have enough of a background in classical literature to know exactly when it was that people got this idea that "great literature" and "popular literature" were two different things, but I'd bet it was sometime in the 19th century (just my guess).
This idea has certainly persisted, but it's certainly based on some weak ground. A lot of the real classics--Homer, Shakespeare, etc--were immensely popular even in their own time, and moreover were often what we might now call "genre fiction," or at the very least religious fiction.
I don't know, maybe I'm way off base here, but this seems like a relatively recent pretension. On the other hand, maybe it was simply the case that the mainstream ideas on mythology were simply different in the distant past. But either way, the works that have survived until this day are the ones that were popular, for whatever reasons.
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- February 20, 2007 at 12:10 PM
To be fair, Laurell K Hamilton has been publishing for like 10 years now- her books really took off mid Anita Blake series. They're actually going back and republishing her earliest books in hardback, since they were only available in paper back the first time around. Let's hear it for the slow starter!
- February 20, 2007 at 12:22 PM
- Jennie said...
"Good writing" means different things to different people. When I first read A Kiss of Shadows I thought it was a terrible book - in fact I was shocked by how bad it was, perhaps because I enjoyed LKH's earlier books and had my expectations too high. But I think most of the problems were with the characters and plotting, and not so much the writing. When people say XYZ is written badly, or written well, I take it with a big grain of salt.
You'd think with all the rules of grammar and spelling and punctuation that it would be easy to puzzle out the pattern for "good writing", but I haven't found that to be the case.
- February 20, 2007 at 2:13 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
That's a very good point. I know there are people who find writing very boring unless it has extremely intricate prose, other people need things to happen. It's amazing there is even a consensus at all on past "great" authors, let alone the living.
- February 20, 2007 at 2:36 PM
Good writing = stuff that keep people reading. David and Leigh Eddings, J. K. Rowling, and Robert Jordan "break rules" right, left, and sideways.
The Eddings are as fluffy as it gets and use quite a bit of stereotyping. And then there's the "sin" they share with Rowling: non-said dialogue tags.
Rowling also is in need of a serious copy editor to fix all of her comma splices.
Jordan's prose roams freely over the line dividing great prose from purple prose, and we sooooo won't talk about his pacing problems. *holds head in agony just thinking about it*
Are their books great writing. The numbers say so.
Tolkein's works wouldn't get printed in this day and age. He wanders all over heck and high water with his plots, has total sections that are completely irrelevent, and oh, the poetry that grinds things to a halt. His works take up an entire rack in almost all the B&N's that I go into.
Great writing is what keeps people reading. Can't be made any simpler.
- February 20, 2007 at 7:10 PM
- Michele Lee said...
>>I had thought that people call Hamilton's books urban fantasy, but have you heard something different?
Actually I heard it best from someone who said the Merry Gentry series was urban fantasy and the Anita Blake series was dark romance. They do have somewhat different tones. I always thought of it as cross genre, one of the first big ones. Horror-romance-scifi (alternate world) perhaps. some people are starting to think it's all erotica.
Despite my growing problems with it, she did sort of blur the boundaries of the genre I write. She does have beautiful prose. I also like Anne Bishop for lovely worlds.
- February 21, 2007 at 1:25 AM
- geoffreycrayon said...
Of course, Melville committed career suicide with Moby-Dick. The previously successful writer of travel/adventure novels wound up working as a customs agent in New York. His novel Pierre, published after MD, will give you a good sense of how he felt about it.
No Country for Old Men is better than The Road. McCarthy's best so far, however, is Blood Meridian--and it's an homage to Melville in many ways.
To take a rather different view than Mr. Park or Gerri above, great books are not necessarily popular, nor necessarily unpopular, at the time of their release. They simply hold up to repeated readings. I read Blood Meridian again last year, and I didn't think, "Oh, this is so 1985." Great books endure.
- February 21, 2007 at 1:09 PM
Question go back to Econ 101:
- "are publishers overlooking great writers" implies they may not be, i.e. all great writers are in print. Simply can't be true if for no other reason than economics of industry and nature of the book market. Industry acts as pipeline between writer and reader. It tries to find and publish what their best intelligence and tastes suggests will sell. As such, the industry must sometimes pass over what some reader/book buyer market segment would pay for and read if it came to market. Only in a "perfect" market where books of all kinds are available irrespective of publishing industry actions, and where there is easily available information on each book, would we be comfortable saying there are few if any market segments left out, including one looking for "great" literature. Econ 101.
- "are great works hiding in plain sight" is flip of same issue, implying publishers have done their job. All market segments, including those looking for "great" are served. If not, it is customer/reader problem since information is out there too. In fact, not only may not all market segments be served because publishers not writers determine market content (as above), but information about what is out there may be imperfect, hard to access, hyped and slanted by industry in attempt to reach certain segments.
- In sum: imagine a Farmer's Market not allowing all local farmers in, but only those it deems as suitable for market segments it thinks are in vogue and potentially profitable. Consumers now have choice limited by arbiter. Classic imperfect market. No question some "great" peaches meeting someone's preference and willingness to pay are not getting through. Econ 101.
- February 23, 2007 at 5:47 PM


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Hotels in London are paving the way. Having to enquire about a wi-fi connection is a thing of the past, with hotels such as the Pullman London St Pancras offering a Connectivity Lounge in partnership with Microsoft, docking stations, and of course free Wi-Fi. The Novotel London Blackfriars is equally impressive; it's one of Accor Hotels' most technologically advanced hotels in the world. Self check-in desks, a video wall featuring digital art and the latest Microsoft Surface table and iMac corner in the lobby are just some of the incredible innovations taking place.
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Electronic shower privacy screens. Such a simple creation, yet one with a limitless ability to amaze, The Novotel London Blackfriars has installed technology which switches the shower partition from transparent to opaque at the touch of a button. The rest of the bedroom is separated from the bathroom by this partition and privacy is a fully controlled choice.
An iPad table. Also at the Novotel London Blackfriars, there is an iPad table housing eight iPads for hotel guests to use during their meal if they wish. Primarily designed for guests travelling on their own, families can use them to keep the kids entertained. The iPads feature a range of apps offering news and events from around the globe, as well as child-friendly apps to play throughout dinner. They also feature newspaper and magazine apps, BBC, IT and 4oD, as well as all the usual social media apps and eBooks to peruse.
Technological fitness. Even exercising is getting its fix. Once again at the Novotel London Blackfriars (they truly are amazing), you can plug in a personal work-out program via USB at their state-of-the-art In Balance fitness centre. You can also do some lengths in their awesome swimming pool, which has a projection of underwater sea scenes on the wall, as well as a 'saunarium', which gives guests the benefits of a steam room and a sauna, as well as a jet-pool.
Modern connectivity on a budget. It's easy to assume that technological advances are only for the hotels which cost the most to stay in, but the ibis Shepherds Bush is proving that theory completely wrong. Each bedroom has a USB docking station which is compatible with most iPods and tablets. You can also connect your mobile or laptop direct to the in-room TV to either work or play with ease. Plus there's also free Wi-Fi and Freeview TV, which is all something you'd never expect at such a comparatively minimal charge.
Electronic food. The ibis London Blackfriars and Shepherds Bush boasts something even cooler. A projection runs on the dining area wall, and in the morning this will consist of rolling BBC news tweets so that guests can keep up to date with what's going in the world. In the evening it will project the kitchen's specials onto the wall, as well as a countdown to what meals are coming out of the kitchen and when. You can also download an app called 'TweetArt' on arrival at the hotel, which allows you to post messages about your dinner. Your comments will be turned into art and projected onto the wall to be shared across social networks and other ibis hotels.
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Beef and feta koftas recipe
These lightly spiced beef and feta koftas are quick to prepare and delicious wrapped in warm flatbreads with salad and a yoghurt dressing. They'll be a hit with the kids as well!
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Serves 4
- 500g beef mince
- 120g feta cheese, grated
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp rosemary, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp olive oil
In a large bowl, combine all ingredients except oil. Season well. Form into small balls. Refrigerate until ready to cook.
Heat oil in a non-stick frypan over medium heat. Cook meatballs for 4-6 minutes, turning often, until they are golden on all sides and cooked through.
Serve with warm flatbreads, salad and natural yoghurt.
- You can use tortillas, Lebanese bread or pita bread to wrap the kofta.
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Honorable Mentions
25. Clique (Verse 2)
23. Nickels and Dimes (Verse 1)
22. New Day (Verse 2)
21. Picasso Baby (Verse 3)
Honorable Mentions
25. Clique (Verse 2)
24. Illest Motherfucker Alive (Verse 2)
23. Nickels and Dimes (Verse 1)
22. New Day (Verse 2)
21. Picasso Baby (Verse 3)
20. Heaven (Verse 1)
"He's 6'2", how the fuck he fit in a new Bugatti / Awww, fuck it, you got me"
19. H*A*M* (Verse 2)
"I'm like Really, half a billi nigga, really? You got Baby money / keep it real with niggas, niggas ain't got my lady's money"
17. Light Up by Drake (Verse 2)
"The summer's ours, the winter too / top down in the winter, that's what winners do
And to these niggas I'm like Windows 7 / You let them tell it, they swear that they invented you"
16. Already Home (Verse 3)
"I'm in the Hall already, on the wall already / I'm a work of art, I'm a Warhol already
On another level, on another plane already / H-O-V, I got my own lane already"
15. Jockin' Jay-Z (Verse 2)
"That bloke from Oasis said I couldn't play guitar / somebody shoulda told him I'm a fucking rock star"
14. Oh My God (Verse 2)
"I'm in that Volvo, puffing on that la-la / ducking from the po-po, everytime I drive by"
13. Brooklyn (We Go Hard) (Verse 2)
"I father, I Brooklyn Dodger them / I jack, I rob, I sin / Aww man, I'm Jackie Robinson / Except when I run base, I dodge the pen"
12. We Made It Freestyle (Verse 2)
"Sorry Mrs. Drizzy for so much art talk / silly me rapping about shit that I really bought"
11. Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe Remix (Verse 2)
"It's a million dollars in it baby, Hilary Swank / Sitting next to Hillary, smelling like dank"
10. Show Me What You Got (Verse 1)
A verse that still gets a bad rap because it was the first single from Jay's most highly criticized album, Kingdom Come, SMWYG is actually a really good song, and this verse is the main reason. Hov has always referenced Michael Jordan heavily, but these are some of the best examples, tying in the 2-3 zone defensive scheme to a girl who's had just the perfect amount of tequila. He continues the Jordan reference, using MJ's comeback to warn the competition that they should quiet down now that Hovi's home.
"I am the Mike Jordan of recording / you might want to fall back from recording"
9. Somewhereinamerica (Verse 1)
A verse that spurred public interest because of the pop star it mentions, while containing far more important bars about the state of our society in regard to racism. Even the Miley line is meant to show us that while some people still discriminate against black culture, their kids are probably diving deep into it, making a twerk video of their own behind closed doors. He also goes on to predict the future, telling us how his album would go platinum before it even dropped, and how the subsequent release would crash the internet (or just Samsung's site, but he was pretty close).
"Yellow Lambo in the driveway / a buck thirty-five, I'm on the highway
Frank Sinatra on my Sonos / Loud as fuck, I did it my way"
8. Free Mason by Rick Ross (Verse 2)
Jay has always laughed at the rumors of his affiliation to the Illuminati, but this verse houses his most memorable bark at those claims. After clearing up that confusion, he goes on to attempt convincing those same detractors of his affinity for Jesus, meaning he's the work of God, not Lucifer. He simply asks that you don't use the Illuminati as a cover for your fear of what Jay will do to our culture. He asks that if you fear him, to just say that, instead of questioning where his loyalties lie.
"Bitch, I said I was amazing, not that I'm a Mason"
7. What We Talkin' About (Verse 1)
The intro to Blueprint 3 was a powerful one, as it was the first time we had heard from Jay in a while, and he had a lot to get off his chest. He hushed all the naysayers by lyrically shrugging his shoulders and casually dismissing all their beefs with him. He says he won't even address the topics of Game, Jim Jones, and Dame Dash, while letting you know he's turning his back if there's anything less than facts being told. He uses the rest of the verse to clarify the motives of his music, saying that his crack gun references aren't meant to glorify, rather to warn of their dangers. Message received.
"What we talking 'bout fiction, or we talking 'bout fact / You talking 'bout fiction? Hold up, pardon my back"
6. Who Gon Stop Me (Verse 2)
One of the the most aggressive flows for Hov on the list, he keeps his bars short so he can spit them rapid fire to keep up with Flux Pavilion's insane drums and synths. While most of the song is quick back-and-forth bars between him and Kanye, Jay gets a little breathing room at the end, and delivers this gem. There's lines detailing how he avoided the grasps of the law, only to legally steal at the casino a few years later, and even one about a medical condition where he can't use tv antennas.
"Graduated to the MoMA / and I did all of this without a diploma"
5. Seen It All by Jeezy (Verse 2)
Although Jay frequently rhymes about his former life as a drug dealer, we rarely hear about it in such detail as on Jeezy's new single. There's been a lot of artists coming around in recent years talking about their...skiing adventures, we'll call them. Jay most likely got tired of hearing all the fiction and wanted to let you know just what went down before he was selling strictly legal dope in the form of insane verses like this. Jeezy and Jay have a long history of amazing collaborations, this one taking the cake...cake cake cake cake (sorry, had to give the "Pound Cake" chirpers in the comment section something to reference).
"Flew him back to the States / park 92 bricks in front of 560 State"
4. Lost One (Verse 1)
The entire theme of the song overall is once-important people in Jay's life becoming not-so-distant memories, and his explanations of why the cord had to be cut. The first verse in particular speaks on the recently crumbled partnership of Hov and Dame Dash, Kingdom Come having come out after the two had split and dissolved Roc-A-Fella Records. Jay addresses Dame, and others like Kareem Biggs, taking too much credit for his career with bars like the opening one on the track. Throw in some dope fame as a drug analogies, and you have one of Jigga's most introspective cuts ever.
"I heard motherfuckers saying they made Hov / Made Hov say, Ok so, make another Hov"
3. Niggas In Paris (Verse 1)
If you attended the "Watch the Throne" tour, you may or may not be sick of this one, as they performed it double-digit times in many cities. That sentiment notwithstanding, this was the hottest song on the planet for a long time, and deservedly so. Stylistically, it was far ahead of its time, and Hov came correct with one of the most memorable verses in his storied career. The iconic first few bars reference Hov getting fined by the NBA for visiting the Kentucky Wildcat locker room after their national championship win, which is a strict no-no for sports agents. Tisk, tisk Mr. Carter. Thankfully he made the transgression though, or who knows what this verse would've sounded like. Probably still fire though, if we're being honest with ourselves.
"Psycho. I'm liable to go Michael, take your pick / Jackson, Tyson, Jordan, Game 6"
2. 3 Kings by Rick Ross (Verse 3)
Ricky No Shirts and Jay have a long history of collaborating on bangers, and while this may not be the best overall song they both appear on, this was by far Hov's best effort. He starts off by telling his competition they can't even walk in his daughter's socks (yet alone her shoes!) before starting to literally negotiate his next deal with Live Nation directly on wax. We go on to find out this was actually a freestyle Hov laid down for DJ Khaled, leading right into a slick Max B reference (FREE MAX B!). The instrumental called uncle and gave up before The God MC was finished, so he just went acapella towards the end and bodied the dead air.
"I ran through that buck fifty Live Nation fronted me, they workin' on another deal, they talkin' two hundred fifty / I'm holdin' out for 3, 275 and I just might agree"
1. Success (Verse 1/2)
This wasn't even fair to the rest of the list, as it feels like 2 whole verses, rather than one really long one with a quick break to catch a breath. Regardless, this is one of Jay's hardest verses ever, period. Not to mention the significance anytime him and Nasir hop on a track together, especially at this time when the relationship was still being mended. The message in Hov's verse was basically "Mo Money, Mo Problems", letting the listener know that your troubles don't stop once you become successful, albeit somewhat sarcastically. I'm sure we'd all love to have apartments at the Trump we've only slept in once. Throw in the realest advice ever from American Gangster's Dominic at the beginning, and you have yourself a certified classic.
"Niggas said Hova was over, such dummies / Even if I fell, I'd land on a bunch of money"
Kanye West and North West hit the studio together. Will North show up on her father's new album?
When dissecting a massive catalog such as Hov's to rank his best verses, you really have to break it up. It would be like ranking the Top 10 sports cars ever made, you'd have to go by decade to make it more feasible. So we've decided to tackle everything Tha God MC has done post-retirement, Kingdom Come and forward to the present. Obviously, we're ignoring about a decade's worth of classics, but we'll save that list for another day if (more likely, when) Duke submits something stupid like "Top 10 Schoolboy Q Bucket Hats". But we digress, let's get to the list.
As usual, we'll hit you with the Top 10, plus some honorable mentions that just missed the cut. Anytime we do a list that has as many possible outcomes as this one, we expect some heated debate, as some of it comes down to personal preference. Should you disagree with out list, state your case in the comments and let us know what verses we may have missed. Make sure you to holla at us on Twitter with your ideas for future Top 10 lists, too!
[Editor's note: Fuck it, this was way too hard to narrow down, let's super-size it this week with a Top 20. Deal? Deal.]


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There is growing concern within Canada about the Afghan quagmire which has caused their nation to become stuck in a fight that has no end, and seemingly, no purpose. They are disgusted at the porous Pakistan border which protects Taliban insurgents and allows them refuge from NATO and American attacks. janice Stein, of the University of Toronto says in her new book, "The Unexpected War," that the Canadian government really did not know very much about Afghanistan, but wanted to help a traumatized America reeling from the 9/11 attacks. She argues the Bush administration wanted cover for its real target- Iraq – and asked Canada to supply troops in order that Americans could be diverted for the invasion of Iraq.
The problem of Afghanistan is that once Bush decided on attacking Iraq, his administration lost real interest in Afghanistan which became a secondary operation. Afghanistan was left without sufficient military forces to carry out operations against the Taliban who were allowed to recuperate in the safety of Pakistan until they were ready to return to action. According to James Travers, writing in the Toronto Star, "So even if many Canadians don't yet grasp how we unwittingly drifted into a war or why the government determined to keep fighting it, there should be no surprise that the mission is so problematic. With scattered strategies and varying degrees of enthusiasm, coalition partners are trying to do at minimum cost a job that demands maximum effort." Perhaps, the next president of the United States will have to make a decision for undertaking a major operation or allowing Afghanistan to drift further into chaos.


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The Texas Rangers issued an apology late Monday after a photo circulated on social media showing beer cans and bottles piled onto the Rangers Fans statue dedicated to the Brownwood firefighter killed in a 2011 ballpark fall and his young son.
The club said that a high volume of tailgating fans attempting to bring prohibited items into the park placed them on the statue, as well as at other entrances. Cleaning crews couldn't keep pace, but were able to quickly remove the items from the statue dedicated in 2012 to Shannon Stone and his son, Cooper.
Just not quick enough to prevent a photo being snapped.
"The Rangers certainly regret and apologize for the trash that accumulated on the Rangers Fans statue at the home plate gate this afternoon," the club said. "The Rangers Fans statue is a cherished component of Globe Life Park in Arlington, and the club will make certain this situation does not occur in the future."


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ADA Mini-S Iwagumi, Now with 100% more Origami
is this the one you reacquired back? It looks great! what did you do with that 27w archaea?
Need moar pics of rock work...
This will be fun :)
that is seksy.
ADA Mini S or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Hobby (Maybe).
So I'm gonna be frank with you guys, these past 6 months have sucked. I mean rolling-my-car-off-a-cliff kind of sucked. My passion for planted tanks had been waning prior, I had torn down my UG farm, stopped visiting the forums, but pulling a kickflip with my prius down a 50' embankment was the final straw. I sold all my tanks except for the 45-f, the true love of my aquaria life, and a 40 breeder that only managed to survive because taking it down would be more trouble than it was worth. I avoided the hobby for a few months, partly due to the crushing ennui it now inspired in me, but also because I got wrapped up in a new job. Then, one day a few weeks ago my mother uttered the fateful words that would see me being dragged kicking and screaming (Frank can attest to this) back in.
"I'd really like another small tank in my room." She said, staring at the 40 breeder ponderously.
(The "small tank" she was referring to was the old Mini-M that I had set up for her about 2 years ago as a birthday/mothers day gift, and had torn down in my great tank purge. She had lost interest in having it, I'd lost interest in caring for it, it's time had come)
I'm not going to lie, my initial reaction was something akin to this.
"But I'm out of the hobby!" I agonized to myself. "I don't want to deal with another tank!" "Well, maybe just a small one, if only I hadn't sold the mini-s..."
It's true, I had indeed sold the Mini-S, this exact Mini-S in fact, a few months back. I had waffled on the decision, but it came down to getting rid of either the -S or the -f, and the -f is going to win that battle every time. As fate would have it though, it turns out the guy I sold it to had never set it up, and graciously agreed to sell it back to me.
And with that, I had a tank.
This sort of teasing is unfair. :)
Great to see you jumping back in! (said the guy who's been around a week)
It's like an addiction :hihi:
The tank's looking great atm too~
I have a confession to make.
I hate manzanita. Absolutely abhor it. My back yard is nothing but manzanita for miles, it gets old. I hate scaping with it too, it's just so ... manzanita-y. Don't even get me started on the word "Manzy" either.
My mother, on the other hand, loves it. She specifically requested a tank with manzanita, and the scape that eventually became the mini-M went through about 4 different incarnations, all involving manzanita. I even asked my dad to make a custom ADA style stand with wood veneer stained to match, you guessed it, the color of manzanita.
So the prospect of setting up yet another tank with yet still more manzanita was, well, yeah.
"I hate manzanita" I bemoaned to Frank. (Yes, that Frank, ADG Frank. Why he still puts up with me, I don't know.) "I don't want to do another low tech with java ferns."
"So why don't you do an Iwagumi for yourself?"
Full Tank Shot from the front please :D
All right, show us how it's done! Glad you survived your Toonces episode and glad you're back. I hope you find some peace in the water.
"But the 45-f is my tank."
"So set up that one!"
"Are you going to smuggle me in a WK for it?"
Alas, the answer was no, but you can't blame me for trying. One day, I will have a magical japanese plant ball of my own, but today (or rather, two weeks ago) was not that day. Frank did clue me in about his latest project, though, the tank that would become the subject of his ongoing Mini-M journal. He described some of his experiences with the ADA line and at the ADG gallery, his plans for the tank, the kind of techniques he wanted to share through the journal. He sold me on the system, on setting up my own tank, and I bought it.
Boy did I buy it.
hahahaha! HOW COULD YOU HATE MANZANTIA!? I LOVE IT SOOOOO MUCH!
anywho, glad to see you working on a tank project! looking forward to seeing your progress!
I feel that the picture of you holding a single portion of HC in pincettes deserves some sort of awesome caption. Just sayin'.
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Dr. Heung Bae Kim is currently the Director of the Pediatric Transplant Center at Boston Children's Hospital and is an Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. In 2002 while still a Pediatric Surgery Fellow, he developed a novel intestinal lengthening procedure known as the Serial Transverse Enteroplasty (STEP) to treat patients with short bowel syndrome and over the last decade, the STEP has become the preferred surgical procedure worldwide for this condition. Most recently, he has developed a novel method known as Tissue Expander Stimulated Lengthening of Arteries (TESLA) to lengthen the normal aorta in children with midaortic syndrome, allowing for aortic replacement without prothetic grafts. Dr. Kim has won numerous academic awards and most recently, he was the first recipient of the Sheikh Zayed Prize for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at the Pediatric Surgical Innovation Symposium in Washington DC. He has lectured worldwide on his clinical and research interests and was invited to Japan to perform the first STEP procedure in that country. He has coauthored more than 70 original papers or chapters and has contributed significantly to both the pediatric surgical and the transplantation literature.
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Kim Kardashian Checks In at Crustacean
Treating herself to a gourmet hump day feast, Kim Kardashian showed up at Crustacean restaurant in Beverly Hills on Wednesday night (March 19).
Joined by friends Brittny and Lisa Gastineau, the "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" chick was sizzling in a red crop top sweater/skirt combo teamed with nude strappy heels as she strolled inside.
Earlier in the evening, Kim clued her fans in on her plans via Twitter- "Craving garlic noodles from Crustacean! Can't wait for a yummy girls dinner! @BrittGastinau @the lisagastineau #GoodEnoughToBreakMyDiet."
Meanwhile, it sounds like Kim and her wedding guests will be treated to a special performance by Kanye West, as an insider told press he's writing a new song for the occasion.
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|900 sq. ft.
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Newfound Lake is often called 'New Hampshire's Best Kept Secret' Come experience it in the private access/upstairs unit of the former Rec Hall of Bungalo Village!
• 2 Bedroom with 4 Twins and 1 Full
• Private Roof Deck overlooking the lake
• Full Kitchen with Granite Counters
• Plasma TV/ Living Room
• Campfire Pit
• Full bathroom with Jacuzzi Tub & skylight
• Air Conditioning
• Cable TV
• WiFi
(NH Operator's License #: 061971)
I grew up going to Newfound Lake every year since 1975 and have not missed a summer yet!
Kevin Nolan purchased this cabin in 2013
This property topped my bucket list of one day being lake front on my fountain on youth! I grew up going to Camp Wulamat with my extended family and every year drove around the lake looking at was was for sale.
Private roof deck overlooking the lake
Fire pit
Directly across Cummings Beach
Short drive to Polar Caves on nice days and Fun Spot should you get a rainy day.
Great hiking & biking trails nearby
Fun local dinner options ranging from lakefront and casual to anniversary-celebrating caliber.
We stayed here July 11-16th, it's dog friendly with a fenced in area. It was perfect for my husband and I and our furbaby. The lake is directly across the street, ice cream is walking distance. It was the best week at the lake in a long time. Thank you Kevin
Owners very accommodating. Place is comfortable, clean and well appointed. Great view of Lake from deck. Enjoyed use of kayaks. Would highly recommend :)
We had a lovely two week vacation with our family, renting the downstairs property for the complete two weeks and this lovely upstairs unit for the second week to make room for extended family. The upstairs unit is comfortable with a lovely view of the lake, sunsets and even occasional fireworks! It was a perfect space to relax both in the apartment and on the rooftop deck. It was well appointed and really included everything we needed. Thanks for a great vacation!
We throughly enjoyed our stay we stayed 2 weeks perfect for us nice & clean great views from the porch, walk to the beach right across the street If it got too warm. We like to rent boats while here marina is literally 1/4 mile away. Kevin is a really attentive owner who really wants you to be comfortable . We will be going back.
It was awesome! The jetted tub in the bathroom and the private balcony overlooking the lake were my favorite parts. The place was spacious, tons of natural light, close to everything in town and around the lake. Dog friendly was a big deal because we have two small dogs and the owner even spent time getting to know our pups when they were running around in the yard. The property was very clean, very well maintained and the owner responded back to me within 24 hours of emails and questions. I would 110% recommend this property to anyone who will listen to me. We have an excellent time and the 17-hour drive from North Carolina was well worth the relaxation we got once we were at the lake. If you're new to the area or have never been here, the owner also has a booklet of local places to shop, eat, explore and he is also knowledgeable about the area. We loved it!
This was the best vacation for my family! The cottage, as we called it, was cozy and immaculately clean. My family of four loved the space and the deck overlooking the lake.
The family that owns the property are amazing! They treated us like family. We plan on making this our yearly summer vacation spot!
July 2015 Bristol, NH Newfound Lake was the featured location on WCVB's Chronicle Mystery Main Streets Television Broadcast!
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Bach or holiday home | Rotorua Township | #13292
Eagle Retreat Lodge and Eagle Retreat have hosted numerous weddings with its stunning backdrop of uninterrupted views of Rotorua Township, encompassing the whole of Lake Rotorua and surrounding hills and districts.
Luxury accommodation situated overlooking Rotorua in the peaceful suburb of Tihiotonga.Three bedrooms with 2 bathrooms.Expansive decking, (very well protected from southerly winds) with spa, gazebo, barbeque, outdoor heater, outdoor rocking chairs and a massive table for outdoor entertaining. Main bedroom is extra double sized complete with extra large closet area, and flat screen tv, with beautiful views. Second room also has stunning views with bi fold doors and separate entrance onto main deck.Third bedroom has been freshly renovated and is now extra large size with separate entrance onto deck, and close access to spa and outdoor shower.Large modern kitchen, dining and living area, complete with all modern appliances. Modern bathroom with tiled shower, toilet etc and extra bathroom with toilet facility. Eagle Retreat also now has an outdoor shower. Extra king single bed, double leather fold out couch settee(in games room) and double divan along with 4 brand new fold out mattresses available to groups of over 7 people.
Air conditioning system installed.
Eagle Retreat also faces the north so the Winter sun streams in through the double glazed doors and windows naturally keeping all areas very warm.
Large games room , complete with large flat screen tv, surround sound system, pool table, dvds and cds. Wifi now available.
Located 5km from Rotorua township, within 2km from major tourist attractions, including Te Puia, Whakarewarewa, Redwoods(world reknowned mountainbike tracks) and Whakarewarewa golf course.
Also included in price is availability of a courtesy pickup and dropoff into town or airport in a 2007 ford mustang (the silver and black coupe).
Special conditions: Smoking allowed-but outside only and absolutely no cigarette butts to be left in pot plants only in container provided. Minimum 3 night stay at Easter. A $100 bond/deposit is required to secure the booking. This is returned the day after your departure.
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Newly renovated extra large bedroom out back of games room. Light airy and modern with seperate entrance onto deck.
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Gifts & giveaways: Complimentary bottle of sparkling wine on arrival.Kitchen supplied with a selection of teas, coffees, milk,fresh vogels bread,a dozen free range eggs, and a selection of jams and breakfast spreads.
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What a shame that such a fine young man was cut down in the prime of life! I'm sure he was just turning his life around. From his mug shot he looked like a fine upstanding citizen!
Okay, sarcasm is now off. You shoot at the cops you can expect to get shot. No great loss here. Move along, nothing to see.


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Raiders WR Johnnie Lee Higgins returned a punt 80 yards for one touchdown and caught a 29-yard pass for another score.
Higgins' score was one of two thrown by Raiders QB JaMarcus Russell, who completed 18-of-25 passes for 236 yards.
Said Russell of Higgins, "He's a great spark to the team. When the ball's in his hands, he's capable of doing anything. I think he showed that today."
The Raiders balanced Russell's play by running 34 times for 139 yards.
Texans WR Andre Johnson had just two catches for 19 yards.
Said Texans CB Dunta Robinson, "This was our worst game of the season. We laid down."
G Chester Pitts drew a flag for unsportsmanlike conduct to knock the Texans out of the red zone on a fourth quarter drive.
The Raiders pulled off a successful onside kick in the first quarter to help them build a 13-7 lead.
Texans K Kris Brown set a franchise record by nailing his 28th field goal of the season.
DE Derrick Burgess had two of the Raiders' three sacks.
Raiders WR Johnnie Lee Higgins returned a punt 80 yards for one touchdown and caught a 29-yard pass for another score.
Lawdog says: Dec 22, 2008 6:13 PM
So, no coverage on what may be one of the dumbest, most inane set of calls this year, if not any year, in this game? No media has yet to bring this to the attention of the public as a whole? Really?
Down by 11, at 9:34 in the 4th quarter, here is the NFL play by play:
Houston Texans at 09:34
1-10-OAK 14 (9:34) 20-S.Slaton right end to OAK 6 for 8 yards (31-H.Eugene).
2-2-OAK 6 (8:59) 20-S.Slaton up the middle to OAK 5 for 1 yard (55-J.Alston, 98-J.Richardson).
3-1-OAK 5 (8:17) 8-M.Schaub pass incomplete short middle to 83-K.Walter (37-C.Johnson).
Timeout #1 by HOU at 08:13.
4-1-OAK 5 (8:13) 8-M.Schaub pass incomplete short middle to 83-K.Walter (26-S.Routt).
From listening to the NFL Field Pass, both sets of OAK and HOU announcers indicated the distance needef for the first down was acutally along the lines of six inches. So, with 3d down, you throw? To Walter? Not Daniels or your best receiver Andre Johnson, but to Walter? You have the best RB Slaton in their franchise history who has produced well in the game and you do not run the ball? Against the Raiders? Or sneak it for a new series of downs?
Then, you call a timeout, examine the situation, gain a full significance of all facts and circumstances involved, and do it again? Really? The same shitbag play that got you nowhere before you try again?
And here is the best part… according to the radio folks, the ace Raider corner was off getting a neck rub during both third and fourth down, meaning that you did not have to try and force coverage away from the Raiders best defensive player.
Please, for the love of all that is holy, please look at this series and tell me how Kubi-sucks is not the worst coach in America!
titans_fan says: Dec 22, 2008 6:18 PM
"Texans WR Andre Johnson had just two catches for 19 yards"
Nnamdi must be as good as advertised
mpoles says: Dec 22, 2008 6:19 PM
Where has this Raiders team been all season (with the exception of the Denver game)?
Two more points:
1. OT Mario Henderson had his second straight impressive game after replacing the inept Kwame Harris. Last week he did a good job against Richard Seymour and this week he rendered Mario Williams a non-factor. Russell was rarely pressured all game, and his stats reflect that.
2. CB Chris Johnson has been a huge upgrade over DeAngelo Hall. He was on Andre Johnson more than Asomugha was. He's got good size, blazing speed and he can play man coverage. He's also a UFA after this season. The Raiders will need to find the money to pay both their starting corners.
Ray Guy says: Dec 22, 2008 8:31 PM
We finally win a stinkin' game and it's quiet around here? Gee whiz, that was our Super Bowl for cryin' out loud.
wolfgang says: Dec 22, 2008 9:18 PM
This game just goes to prove that the Raiders are only two players away from winning the Super Bowl. Unfortunately, those two players are Jim Brown and Reggie White.
wingnut says: Dec 22, 2008 10:06 PM
I wasnt able too see this game due too the fact is was blacked out.Even at my local pub.Is the game blacked out in the residental
market also?
wingnut says: Dec 22, 2008 10:19 PM
If I was to purchase NFL Sunday Ticket for my home would I be able too watch the game even though its blacked out?
If so why would I purchase the Sunday Ticket if I cant watch my team play?
joetoronto says: Dec 23, 2008 5:40 AM
You can see any game you want, wingnut, blacked out or not.
I haven't missed one single play from a Raiders game since the inception of the Sunday Ticket.
joetoronto says: Dec 23, 2008 7:50 AM
wingnut: I should have mentioned, if you live in the bay area, you either give Directv an address where the games won't be blacked out (getting the dish installed yourself), or you "move" right after installation.
Lawdog says: Dec 23, 2008 10:22 AM
Simply unbelievable! No one wants to talk about the aforementioned blunder. What the hell are people with decades of experience and millions of dollars in salary doing with their franchises on gameday? Sleeping off a Manhattan buzz?
joetoronto says: Dec 23, 2008 10:52 AM
You keep talking about one play, and your absolutely right about it too, but you guys were dominated the whole game.
You guys got your butts handed to you, Lawdog, let's face it.
JSpicoli says: Dec 23, 2008 6:20 PM
Direct TV blacks out the game on all local accounts. joe has a work around, but there is one other. I won't share it though, cuz I used it to watch every down Sunday from my place in Tahoe (blackout area).
And to the Einstein asking why buy the NFL ticket, most people buy it to watch a team from a distant market, not the local market. Whjy would you buy the ticket to watch the Raiders if you live in the Bay when all teh games except sellouts are shown anyway? Pleeb.
andrejohnson80 says: Dec 23, 2008 7:17 PM
Ok first of all Kevin Walter is a great reciever not many second receivers are close to 1000 yds in the season even though their is a lot of talent around him. Second Nnamdi is a good cornerback he played all out. And finaly this was a game that, well since thursday we had already lost. No one was mentally prepared..and it showed. All we can do now is focus and finish off strong.
mikeboy says: Dec 24, 2008 10:29 AM
I think that the raiders will be headng for a comeback season witin the next few years, they have all the tallent they need and if it were not for Al davis firing all the coaches so fast they would be fine.


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I have 3M brand. My preference, but I am sure others would disagree. My installer removed the Jeep logo and reinstalled it over the clear film. But you can decide to leave it off if you want.
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I got this done last month and wrapped the front bumper, hood, fender, roofline area in front of sunroof, rear bumper and all four door edges. My installer used Suntek material and I'm very pleased with it. Here's the pictures I posted of my installation: http://www.jeepgarage.org/f176/suntek-protective-film-installation-warning-picture-intensive-37185.html.
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Based in Damas, a collective of Syrian artists and filmmakers, Abounaddara, has chosen to protest against repression by making a series of short films available on the website www.abounaddara.com and has chosen to use strong cinematographic and aesthetic codes, with a common identity and a spokesperson.
Could you tell me about the Abounaddara collective and its work on the revolution in Syria ?
Abounaddara was established in 2010 around a homonymous production company. We wanted to use alternative routes for distribution in order to come out of the stalemate in which Syrian documentary cinema found itself (unrelenting censure, near non-existant production, confidential audience, etc.). We used an uninhibited cinematographic style of writing which is not scared of going on the internet or the small computer screen.
How do you film the revolution ? What standpoint, what kind of writing ?
We committed to making a short film every Friday as a contribution to the revolution. But we didn't film our revolution in the way that you might see it on youtube through unbearable chaotic images. Rather we sought to understand it through the stories of individuals who are on the other side of the news. For us it is a question of making an immediate cinema without succumbing to the tyranny of the news, of making a political cinema without succumbing to facile denounciation. To give an example, at the time in which the Syrian regime killed some children in order to push Syrians towards revenge and civil war we made a film that evokes a mother's pain through some shots of a cemetery and a kyte, to the music of a lullaby called Rima which gives name to the film. We wanted to detach the viewer from the barbarity relayed by the images of childrens' dead bodies which were spread out all over social networks.
On what condition can freedom of expression for filmmakers establish itself in Syria today ? Is there contact and a "transmission" between the generation of committed filmmakers such as Omar Amiralay, Hala Abdallah, Oussama Mohamed etc. and young filmmakers?
In order to gain their freedom of expression, Syrian filmmakers need to convince the public that cinema is necessary. It's particularly true of documentary cinema, which, since the abortion of Omar Amiralay's major experience in the Syrian National Film Organisation, has had to turn to international festivals and European television channels. As far as we are concerned at least, support from the public has allowed us to make iconoclastic films which deal as much with politics (The End), as with religion (Allah iselsewhere) or social issues (The Wall). We thereby hope to reconnect with our elders, who, through next to no means, were able to produce popular cinema of high quality before the Baath Flood.
What are you now expecting from European Film institutions and professionals?
European cinema is an important source of inspiration for us. In fact, the films we have been making since the beginning of the revolution borrow heavily from the « political films » which came out of the 'Etats-généraux du cinéma' (the Estates General of French Cinema), after 1968 in France. We now expect Europe to watch our films as we watched its own ones. More generally, we hope that the revolution will lead to the establishment of a mechanism of grants and exchange which will promote a kind of Republic of cinema shared by the two shores of the Mediterranean, independently of political agendas.
(Antonia Naim)
"Islamists, leftist activists, rebellious workers and trade unionists underwent the same torture and abuse"
"I'm convinced that great directors from this region of the world will emerge, and that Arab cinema will be increasingly exported"
In September 2013, we visited the set of El Ott. Watch our making-of here
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'The Darkness Out There' Penelope Lively
Sandra and Kerry are part of their school's 'Good Neighbour's Club'; they are sent to help Mrs Rutter, 'a cottage-loaf of a woman'. However, she isn't what she seems and Sandra and Kerry are horrified by what she tells them. Both of them grow up and learn something of the real 'darkness out there'.
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Characterisation cards
Group these quotations according to which character is being referred to. Includes teaching notes with some suggestions for extension activities. Created for Foundation Tier students.
Teaching ideas
A series of suggestions for exploring 'The Darkness Out There' with your students.
All about Kerry
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Map the ways in which Kerry grows up in the course of the story and explore his role and character. Created with Higher Tier students in mind. The html file is an on-screen version of the task on p.2, exploring Kerry's role in the story.
How does Lively play upon stereotypes and pre-conceived ideas?
Place and character
Students focus on how the setting of 'The Darkness Out There' influences the reader's views on character. Two differentiated versions are included: pages 1-2 are aimed at Higher Tier students and pages 3-4 are aimed at Foundation Tier students.
Whistle-stop language tour
A peer teaching activity in which students get to grips with aspects of the story's language and style.
Mock trial
Investigate and explore the 'rights' and 'wrongs' of the story by putting Mrs Rutter on trial. Includes role-play instructions for all characters and a guide to effective questioning for those putting the 'villain' on the stand.
Drama activities
A series of drama-based approaches to help students explore this short story.
Sequencing activity
Put the events of the story in order in this on-screen activity.
Two-faced masks
Design double-sided masks to explore the contrasts in how Kerry Stevens and Mrs Rutter seem at the beginning of the story and how they appear by the end.
How does it end?
Focus on the ending of the short story with a 'collapsed' version of the extract, a series of questions and an extension task. The first activity is suitable for either Higher or Foundation Tier students but the questions that follow have been differentiated.
Social and historical context
Background information about Penelope Lively and 'The Darkness Out There'. This information is also available as a web page in the 'Social and historical' section.


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Kate Moss' Artsy Vogue April 2012 Feature
Lending her photogenic self to the popular publication, Kate Moss offered up an artsy spread included in the April 2012 issue of Vogue.
The 38-year-old English model teamed up with photographer Tim Walker for the much-awaited multi-page feature titled "Checking Out".
Already receiving high praise from magazine enthusiasts, Miss Moss struck a range of elegant poses while being styled up by Grace Coddington with Julien d'Ys and Stephane Marais making sure that her hair and makeup were just right for each and every shot.
Along with Kate, a page of the "Checking Out" feature titled "Ladies-In-Waiting" included models Sigrid Agren, Patricia van der Vilet, Josephine Skriver, and Mirte Maas in Valentino Haute Couture taffeta dresses with lace headpieces created by Julien d'Ys, using Mokuba ribbon.
The caption accompanying the intricate effort reads: "Sprigged dresses in the Imperial Suite, inspired by Marie Antoinette frolicking at the bucolic Le Petit Trianon, took up to 1,2000 hours to make by hand."
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The LeMans (on the left) has a mild, non-rebuilt 455 with ported & polished 6X heads, c. 9:1 compression, Edelbrock Performer intake, Holley 800 Street Avenger, Comp XE274 cam, making maybe 300-350 horsepower. The Grand Am (right) has a .030 over 455 with Edelbrock heads (87 cc chambers), 10:1 compression, same Comp cam but with 1:65 roller rockers, slightly better Exhaust (H-pipe), Edelbrock Performer RPM intake and Edelbrock 750 carb. About 500 horsepower at the flywheel. The heads make all the difference. The Grand Am has the Flowmaster American Thunder Exhaust system, which has the 50-series mufflers. LeMans has a Summit Exhaust system, which was cheap and went on nice & easy.
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