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What are reading the week of December 17, 2011?
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December 17:
John Greenleaf Whittier
Jules de Goncourt
Ford Maddox Ford
Ezekiel Mphahlele
Jack Chalker
December 18:
Hector Hugh Munro aka Saki
Christopher Fry
Alfred Bester
Ossie Davis
Sterling Lanier
Michael Moorcock
December 19:
Su Tung Po
Italo Svevo
Oliver Lafarge
Jean Genet
Eve Bunting
December 20:
T F Powys
Hortense Calisher
December 21:
Benjamin Disraeli
Gustave Kahn
Albert P Terhune
Rebecca West
Anthony Powell
Heinrich Boll
December 22:
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Charles Stuart Calverley
Kenneth Rexroth
December 23
Martin Opitz
Charles-Augustin de Sainte-Beuve
Samuel Smiles
Harriet Monroe
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Robert Bly
I found that I couldn't actually read it, but I can focus on it -- The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World. The book has long paragraphs with word lists incorporated into sentences bearing lots of parentheses and lots of brackets. I get something out of it, but not a reading.
Finished Galahad at Blandings, am now working on Who made God? by Ravi Zacarias.
Robert, thank you for the great start!
I've just started South Riding by Winifred Holtby. Good stuff, so far!
Sometime last week I finished Lebensbilder. It is a collection of shortstories out of the 50s and it is all about christian values and lifestyle, beliefing and god and the bible. it is really good, also for non-christians (I am not christian, I know what I talk about ;) ) because it deals with a lot of things of daily life that seem to be forgotten but are actually worth remembering.
Otherwise still reading Sofie's World.
I'm reading The Professor by Charlotte Bronte. It is pretty short, so after that I'm going to re-read Vilette.
Thanks for starting the thread, Robert.
I finished my ER book, The Meerkat Wars, and am now contemplating what book to start...shall I pick up Killashandra again, so that I can read the sequel, Crystal Line with a refreshed memory of the story line?
Or should I pick up something I've not read before, like The Spy Who Came In From the Cold?
Decisions, decisions...
My current book - when I find time to read - is Charles Finch's A Burial at Sea, book five in his Victorian Charles Lennox detective series.
>4 bookwoman247: Bookwoman247---you're in for a treat. I read South Riding earlier this year and loved it. You can follow it up with the Masterpiece Theater production which was pretty true to the book, although Sarah Burton was an older woman in the book than the movie actress.
I was surprised and delighted that a spanking new copy of P.D. James' Death Comes to Pemberley awaited me at the library.
Pouring myself some eggnog and settling down for what I expect to be a thumping good read.
I'm reading a LTER Improbable Patriot which is a really enjoyable account of Beaumarchais and France in the latter half of the 1700's. My husband is reading Catherine the Great. They make a good pair, comparing accounts of royal excess and intrigue.
I finished Michael Holroyd's A Book of Secrets -- an interesting book which introduced me to a collection of characters I'd certainly not have known of otherwise: novelist Violet Trefusis (one-time lover of Vita Sackville-West) and illegitimate daughter of Ernest Beckett; Ernest Beckett, British politician, banker, lord, lover of the ladies, and wealthy owner of a famous estate in Italy; Eve Fairfax, one-time fiancee of Becket, muse of Rodin, the model for several sculptures produced by the master; Alice Keppel, mother of Violet, lover of Ernest, lover of Edward VII, great-grandmother of another famous lover of a future king . . . really, it was hard to keep all these relationships straight. But it was fascinating to read about them and so many other people who are connected to them in various ways, including of course some members of the Bloomsbury set. The book's sub-title is Illegitimate Daughters, Absent Fathers and one of the most touching parts of the book involves a woman, Catherine Till, who has been searching for much of her life for confirmation of the identity of her birth father, who may or may not have been another of Ernest Beckett's children by one of his lovers. In any case, the book has me interested in Trefusis and her novels, some of which have never been translated into English (the English not thinking very kindly of a woman who tried to wreck Sackville-West's marriage). Many of these people were quite wealthy and extremely selfish and careless in their personal relationships -- I sometimes grew weary of their inability to see life except as it affected them. But the maze of connections and the trail Holroyd -- and Catherine Till and others -- follow to try to recover information, some of which may no longer exist, made this quite an interesting journey.
Next up: The Girl in the Blue Beret by Bobbie Ann Mason
At my RL book club Friday I was the only member who didn't like The Art of Racing in the Rain. That amazes me. My daughter and I traded in our old
Clunky Nooks today and got brand new Nook tablets. I do believe I'm in love. My initial flight will be with The Crystal Singer in remembrance of Anne McCaffrey.
Oh, enjoy your new Nook tablet, Citizenjoyce.
I am reading Mr Darcy's Daughters by Elizabeth Aston, which I am enjoying more that I thought I would. I have both An Irish Country Christmas by Patrick Taylor and an ER book, The Whisperer by Donato Carrisi waiting in the wings.
I finally finished A Dance with Dragons (it only took me almost four months and probably gave me permanent neck damage; that sucker weighs about five pounds)!
Today I brought home from the library The Devil of Nanking (touchstone not working), Money Shot by Christa Faust, and Fatal Flaw by William Lashner, whose previous two books I really enjoyed. Also The Black Tower by Louis Bayard. Think I'm going to start with Money Shot; a little noir would make for a nice change from A Song of Ice and Fire.
It's taken me 25 years to get around to it, but I've just started Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty and I'm already hooked.
I've finished City of Bones by Martha Wells and am on to the second in this trilogy, City of Ashes. I'm hoping to finish them up before next weekend.
#4/9 So pleasing to hear of more fans of South Riding. I first read it about 40 years ago but was probably too young to appreciate it. This year I picked it up again and fell in love with it. It's kicked off a major interest in the much-neglected female writers of the 1930s for me and I'm currently wallowing in Summer Will Show by Sylvis Townsend Warner.
I'm reading my first Lovecraft, a collection of short stories. Pretty good stuff.
I have just finished reading the novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by author Stephen King .
Still working The Trouble with Islam Today and The Lincoln Lawyer.
Thanks for kicking us off, Robert! Good job!
Finished the wonderful Sea of Poppies and since I've been gushing over it for over 10 days, it should be no big surprise. I cannot wait to read River of Smoke, the next book in the trilogy!
I listened to and finished the audio of A Christmas Carol, which was also fantastic. My version was read by Frank Muller, who did a stellar job.
Next up, is Zone One by Colson Whitehead. Back to zombie land!
Still reading Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.
#7 fuzzi - In my opinion, if you are faced with a choice between The Spy Who Came in From the Cold and anything else (unless "anything else" = one of the Smiley books), I'd say read The Spy Who Came In From the Cold. It's so good.
Thanks, Robert.
I enjoyed The Violets of March by Sarah Jio, although it was a bit romantic for a curmudgeon like me. Next I think will be the new Stephanie Plum.
Finishing up The Testament, then on to ER book A Good American. :) Hope all had a good weekend!
I finished my poring over the vocabulary and implications of it of proto-indo-european and started How to Live by Sarah Bakewell. I know that plenty of people have found Montaigne to be most eminently readable, but not I. So this is a little Montaigne-lite.
Well I'm not a fan of Stephen King, but after being prodded to read his new book, 11/22/63, by a friend, I dove into it. Just finished it and it was quite a ride. I literally loved it, and was heartbroken when it ended. Someone said " if you only read one western in your life, read Lonesome Dove" so that's where I'm headed next.
I'm about 200 pages away from finishing The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I love this book because each time I pick it up I'm immediately engrossed in the story.
I've never talked to anyone who regrets reading Lonsome Dove. It's a great book.
Take it from this usually-don't-care-for-Westerns person, I LOVED Lonesome Dove! I came to it late in the game, never saw the television movies or anything either. Just loved it.
I finished A Small Furry Prayer by Steven Kotler and put up my review. I am thinking of writing to the man about that goof-ball title. I have tried to recommend it to a few people and already, they go, nah, I'm not into the religious thing. I wonder if that was an editor's requirement because while there is some talk of afterlife and beliefs and such, it's a very small part of the book and it's not at all religious in nature (very scientific, in fact). Ah well.
I am now about 40 pages into A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin and wow, what a discovery. I am loving it. I just picked it up at a library used book sale a couple weeks ago for a dollar.
Carolyn, I have heard great things about A Soldier of the Great War. Guess I will have to bump it up the TBR list.
I finished and really liked a Lovecraft story collection, introducing me to Cthulhu and his buddies.
My next read is Great Expectations. I have never read anything by Dickens, and I want to read this before the new mini-series comes on BBC this Christmas.
31 CarolynSchroeder
I agree with what you said about the title of A Small Furry Prayer. I mentioned in my review as well how contradictory it seemed to the story.
Finished Night Circus and thoroughly enjoyed it. Just about to start listening to The Portrait by Iain Pears, and I continue reading the marvelous Sea of Poppies.
#33, divinenanny, I really enjoyed Great Expectations this summer. It's a great story.
Started Divergent by Veronica Roth last night and finished it this morning.
Well, just finished the wonderful Sea of Poppies which has left me very much looking forward to the next installment of the trilogy, River of Smoke. I will start reading Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa next.
(16) browner56, that's a good one. Have you seen the miniseries with Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones?
(24) jfetting, I will start it probably later this week. Thanks for the recommendation. :)
>31 CarolynSchroeder: I read A Soldier of the Great War eons ago and loved it.
I am enjoying River, Cross My Heart by Breena Clarke.
Thanks, Mr Durick. Still Reading Night Circus, what a great read. Will be posting review on My ER book this week.
>39 fuzzi: Fuzzi: I did see the mini-series years ago, but I'm putting it off watching it again until after I've finished the book (which is wonderfully satisfying so far). As it is, I picture Robert Duvall everytime Gus says something.
#33 I think you've picked a goodie to start with - I love (most) Dickens and Great Expectations is far and away my favourite. The secret is to let yourself get lost in the story and the wonderful characters and take your time over it - try not to rush it so that you can watch a dramatisation, you can always record that and watch it later.
#35/38 It really does look as if I need to bump Sea of Poppies up Mount TBR. I've no idea why I've let it sit there so long and now there'll soon be books from Santa to read once I've finished the amazing Summer Will Show but SOP sounds like a must for early next year.
I had to give up on South Riding by Winifred Holtby for now, through no fault of the book.
I've moved on to Peregrinations of a Pariah by Flora Tristan, which seems to be going well at the moment.
I have some plane travelling to-day so I have slipped into my bag The Thurber Carnival I hope that I am able to control my laughter!!
I'm almost finished City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare and it's holding it's own against the first in this young adult series. Very well written! Next up will be the third...City of Glass.
I finished and reviewed Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog by Ted Kerasote. A very good, and very macho, account of dogs in general and this particular man and his dog. Now as a counterpoint, I'm about to begin Caroline Knapp's - Pack of Two: The Intricate Bond Between People and Dogs. I'm sure two things they'll have in common is the need for exercise and disdain for the idea of the dog owner's need to assert her/him self as alpha. I'm also about to start listening to Making Rounds With Oscar about a nursing home cat who seems to be able to ascertain which people are about to die.
I have started The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy; some of its humor seems a little juvenile. I have The Psychology of the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo on order. This may be overkill for an entertainment, but I was so enthralled by The Millennium Trilogy that I'd like to spend more time around it.
I just finished the LTER, Improbable Patriot. This is an astonishing ribald tale of a French character. His genius, cunning, and indefatigable energy and good will repeatedly bumped up against the French king and nobility. He lost everything many times but came back with perseverance. It's an excellent story well told. America owes much to him, at least as much as it owes Lafayette, but has never given him his due. Maybe this biography will help in some small way.
Explosive Eighteen was entertaining and good fun. Many laugh out loud moments. Some grow weary of the schtick, but I'm not one of them. She continues to riff on her core cast and basic story elements in clever and hilarious ways.
I've started Crooked House by Agatha Christie. Her books are always so satisfying!
Earlier this week I finished the latest Three Pines installment, A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny. It's been fun always to have one to look forward to, so I have mixed feelings about catching up with Ms. Penny. This week I am finally making headway through Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff. About time, too, as I've now renewed it twice. It's our book club's January book. No read aloud going at the moment -- no time :(
I finished and reviewed an LTER book, The Puppy Diaries: Raising a Puppy Named Scout by Jill Abramson. It's not an especially compelling story but I found that I appreciated it for what it wasn't. No drama, no trauma, no death, just the story of a couple and their pup. A quick and easy read for dog lovers.
I'm currently reading Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit and am becoming increasingly disturbed.
And for fun, I've started From Doon With Death by Ruth Rendell.
I just started Nancy Bilyeau's new historical thriller The Crown last night when I couldn't sleep. It doesn't have the most historical feel, but it is very engaging and I can't wait to get back to it.
Yesterday finished The Big Four, by Agatha Christie, which was probably the zaniest one I've read. I've started Dead Lagoon, by Michael Dibdin, but much to my dismay I'm not really engaging with it. Perhaps it's because it's only three days until Christmas and I've got too many other things on the brain.
I am halfway through The Portrait by Iain Pears and I have to say it is unusual. Imagine the scene. A painter painting a portrait, and so far the entire book is comprised of the monologue of the painter speaking to the man sitting for the portrait.
I completed my mission and finished the Tales of the City series last night and started Tuesdays with Morrie Albom
I'm almost finished listening to Making Rounds With Oscar. There's nothing like making popcorn balls and listening to a book about death to put one in the holiday spirit. Cdyankeefan, sounds like you're going to join me in the ambiance.
I'm wrapping presents and baking cookies and singing Christmas songs and trying to keep the house clean, and once in awhile I stop to read a chapter of Bobbie Ann Mason's The Girl in the Blue Beret. There are 60 chapters so I may have it finished by Christmas . . . or not.
I finished Austerity Britain, with some relief. It's a good book, but as exhausting as it is exhaustive, and I think I'll read something slimmer from my non-fiction shelf before tackling Family Britain, the follow-up.
Am about halfway through The Time Traveler's Wife which is wonderful, and am up to 1973 in The Kenneth Williams Diaries.
Almost finished with Doc and don't want it to end it is so good.
I finished and reviewed Helen Humphreys' heartbreaking WWII novel Coventry. Now I'm reading All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West.
I finished and reviewed Making Rounds With Oscar and read some of the reviews. A few people complain that it such a "downer". I think the average reader, including myself, thought it would be more of a cat book than the medical book that it is. There's some interesting information about dementia, tests for it, care of the people who have it and their families, end of life care. It's not really a downer, but it's sure not your usual animal lovers book. Now I'll start olistening to World and Town.
I started The Spy Who Came In From The Cold this evening.
Mark ~ Doc's destined to be my last 5-star book this year, I think. I got down to the last 5 pages tonight before I stopped reading it because, as I said, I don't want it to end. (Same thing happened when I read Lonesome Dove, by the way.) So hoping she writes a sequel to it.
Amazing how a sickly little guy like that can seem so heroic, even while exposing the outsized legends as just so much hyperbole.
67 and 69 - msf59 and Storeetllr -- John Henry Holliday is more of a hero to me now, after reading Doc, than he ever was before -- back in his dime novel, TV and film incarnations.
Finished The Lincoln Lawyer on audio. Almost done wit The Trouble with Islam Today. Started The Twelve Caesars on audio.
#45, Booksloth, I didn't rush it, but I finished Great Expectations. When I had reached Volume III, I couldn't put it down, I had to know what was coming next. It was already 00:30, but I kept saying to myself, "just one more chapter". And then it was done. Wonderful book.
This morning I read The Stealers of Dreams in one go, to get a Doctor Who fix.
@68: fuzzi, enjoy! The movie version is pretty good too.
Speaking of John le Carré, if I have time in between Christmas prep chores I plan to start The Honourable Schoolboy.
#73 So pleased you enjoyed it! I know Dickens isn't everyone's cup of tea but if he does grab you then he grabs you hard!
#73,divinenanny, I had the same experience with GE last year.
Am reading Celebrated cases of Judge Dee, translations of the chinese detective stories that Robert van Gulik based his detective series on.
I visited the local used bookstore this week, and came away with a pile of books. So far I've read Empire by Orson Scott Card, Big Trouble by Dave Barry, and I'm now trying to decide between Isabella Moon by Laura Benedict and Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.
I've started The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. It's a hoot!
78 -- Oh, bookwoman247, I loved using The Westing Game with my middle school reading students. I came across a copy of that book recently and it brought back so many memories . . . time to read it again -- also Johnny Tremain, A Wrinkle in Time, A Gathering of Days, and, oh, so many more. Enjoy Raskin's book -- it's a treasure.
Just finished The Trouble with Islam Today. Not sure what I will pick up now. . .
I'm working on the last in "The Immortal Instruments" series, City of Glass by Cassandra Clare. This is a great series for the Young Adults out there. I've already recommended it to a customer and sold the first. They asked for a hold on the other two! ;) Love when I sell books out from under myself! LOL
Finishing up Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson. Interesting, easy to read, not the best writing, but entertaining. Sort of like the movie "Memento" minus the tattoos.
#63, So envious that you are reading The Time Traveler's Wife for the first time. I've read that book about 4 or 5 times, but nothing can replace the first.
Just finished Doc. Wonderful book! Started my November Bonus ER ~ the new V.I. Warshawski by Sara Paretsky ~ Breakdown. Right from the start, it grabbed me and, if I wasn't so exhausted from Christmas shopping after too little sleep last night, I would not be putting it down for another couple of hours. But I think I'm going to head to bed and listen to Clockwork Angel on the iPod for awhile, then get to sleep early. Busy day tomorrow!
You guys really, really have caused my Mount TBR to be teetering. Doc sounds right up my alley! I am still reading A Soldier of the Great War and loving it. It's just sort of Don Quixote-ish, or something, so it's a slow, insightful journey. I'm taking my time and enjoying the ride. Plus, that Christmas gig and gets things a little busy this time o' year.
(74) rabbitprincess, I am enjoying The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. I'm a little more than 1/3 of the way through the book.
Despite the holiday festivities, I hope to have it done by the end of the weekend.
#78 bookwoman... The Westing Game was one of my all-time favorite childhood books!! I was a huge reader as a kid and I don't remember all that many of the books I read, but that one stands out. I gave it to my 10 year old cousin for his birthday, though I have no idea if he read it or not.
Now that you mention it, I should reread it myself!
My daughter, now in her 20s, re-reads The Westing Game on a regular basis. I liked it, too.
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User characteristics of transit oriented developments : the case of Kelvin Grove Urban Village
Muley, Deepti S., Bunker, Jonathan M., & Ferreira, Luis (2010) User characteristics of transit oriented developments : the case of Kelvin Grove Urban Village. In Yigitcanlar, Tan (Ed.) Rethinking Sustainable Development : Urban Management, Engineering, and Design. IGI Global, Engineering Science Reference, United States of America, pp. 119-133.
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Transit oriented developments are high density mixed use developments located within short and easily walkable distance of a major transit centre. These developments are often hypothesised as a means of enticing a mode shift from the private car to sustainable transport modes such as, walking, cycling and public transport. However, it is important to gather evidence to test this hypothesis by determining the travel characteristics of transit oriented developments users. For this purpose, travel surveys were conducted for an urban transit oriented development currently under development. This chapter presents the findings from the preliminary data analysis of the travel surveys. Kelvin Grove Urban Village, a mixed use development located in Brisbane, Australia, has been selected as the case for the transit oriented developments study. Travel data for all groups of transit oriented development users ranging from students to shoppers, and residents to employees were collected. Different survey instruments were used for different transit oriented development users to optimise their response rates, and the performance of these survey instruments are stated herein. The travel characteristics of transit oriented development users are reported in this chapter by explaining mode share, trip length distribution, and time of day of trip. The results of the travel survey reveal that Kelvin Grove Urban Village users use more sustainable modes of transport as compared to other Brisbane residents.
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A Home with History. Tax records indicate it was built in 1784. The nice condition of this home will surprise you. On a very nice size lot of 165 x 140 with a detached garage. Home is in a ''Town Type'' neighborhood not a development.
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As China continues to play a more prominent role in the international community, businesses must adapt to changes in an increasingly connected, globalized world. To do so, a greater understanding of China's history, culture and language are necessary.
President Obama could catapult America forward in his State of the Union address by calling for the teaching of Chinese in all our schools.
Radical? Of course. Yet this initiative would help place States that adopt this call to action on the global map, making them an economic magnet for Chinese foreign direct investment and help to prepare their children for a hyper-competitive economy where ideas and jobs now move effortlessly across the globe.
Most Americans know we elected our president on November 6th. Yet few know the Chinese power elite selected their new leader, Xi Jinping a few days later.
We would be wise to learn more about China or as they have called themselves dating back thousands of years, Zhongguo—the "Middle Kingdom."
While China and America may have two disparate cultures, our relationship with China will grow increasingly complex and critical in the future. How we manage this relationship will not only impact the people of ours respective countries, but all humanity. Moving forward, all major global issues will intersect at the corner of America and China.
Certainly China has a series of serious challenges and pressures internally and externally that it must address as the 21st century matures. Fueled with 1.3 billion people and a keen desire to regain the top perch it held throughout most of history, China is once again a nation on the move.
However, what happens in China will not stay in China and we have work to do as a nation if we wish to maintain the American Dream. As global citizens, we behave more like country bumpkins and need to step up our game if we are going to both compete and collaborate on the world stage. Too few Americans are globally literate – not understanding the history and culture of other countries or any language other than English.
The World Is Rapidly Changing
The meteoric rise of China has seen Mandarin enter the universal league of languages. While a few American schools and universities offer some level of Mandarin Chinese, it is not enough.
Only a few short years ago, English, Spanish and French were the predominate languages. Most American school systems offer these languages with a smattering of German, Latin, and even Ancient Greek. However, few offer introductory Chinese, let alone advanced Chinese.
In 2006 at my suggestion, Oakland County, Michigan's County Executive, Brooks Patterson, called for the teaching of Chinese in all Oakland County Schools in his State of the County address. Now, many Oakland County Schools have adopted the County Executive's call and added some level of Chinese instruction to their curriculum.
The County Executive understands that the Chinese are going to invest trillions of dollars around the global in the coming decade and people and investments go where they are welcome and stay where they are appreciated.
Michigan's new Governor Snyder has traveled to China twice in his first two years in office attempting to build the "guanxi"/relationships that will assure China's rise does not come at Michigan's demise.
These leaders understand that building two-way bridges with China will give our children and state a competitive advantage going forward. They are planting seeds of change that will benefit our communities.
Learn Chinese—A Call To Action
While learning any language is valuable, knowledge of Chinese will be invaluable in the future. Mandarin is becoming synonymous with the language of business and will accelerate in the future.
If you know Mandarin, you are able to communicate with approximately 2 billion people in the world. Today, far too few American students lack the language skills necessary to perform on a global stage.
The reluctance of policymakers to grasp the importance of China and the Chinese language is a metaphor for a much wider problem: our sheer lack of knowledge about all things Asia and in particular – China. This is exacerbated by our failure to come to grips with just how much China will continue to change the world, transforming our lives right here in the United States.
Many argue that China will stumble and fall, proclaiming America an "exceptional" country – as if we can defy the gravitational pull of a rising-China. America is, of course, a great country and will remain so. Yet, we would be foolish to ignore reality, only seeing China through the rearview mirror. The world has changed and we need to step up our game. Any "reinvention" will require a deeper knowledge of China and its language.
If we wish to collaborate and compete on the global stage as the 21st century unfolds, we must adapt to a new reality. Learning about China and learning Mandarin would be a sensible place to start.
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Inside and Out - Richard Bajana
"Organic Landscaping is a Way of Life"
By Kathy Litchfield
BETHESDA, MD - After spending three "very long" years applying over 1,500 gallons of pesticides weekly, to large government properties in Washington, D.C., Richard Bajana sees organic landscaping as much more than a simple business practice.
"It is a way of life, that we choose," said the five-year NOFA AOLCP (CT course '06). "Interacting with the environment (nature and socially) should be a win-win situation and if we really live our work, becoming an organic landscaper is the natural way to be harmonic and respectful with nature."
Bajana, owner of Richard Landscaping LLC based in Bethesda, Md., is a native of Venezuela. He lived in Colombia for several years before moving to the United States in 2000. He was working with Judy Knauer at Garden Gate Landscaping Inc. in Silver Springs when he heard about the NOFA 5-day accreditation course.
"I loved the 5-day course, and I recommend it to anyone interested in exploring a way to offer a service that will harmonize and reconcile your clients and your company with nature," he said. "I believe NOFA is playing a leading role and I (hope) the organization will keep growing and generating research/testing, in our area."
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"This high level of competition has give me the opportunity to differentiate our company using an organic program customized for each client. We see our small size as an advantage at this time, to keep our clients happy and establish a excellent relation base on good service and rapid response," he said. "The installations (plantings and hardscape) we provide for our clients are based on how the water moves on the property and sustainable landscaping that attracts desirable insect and bird populations. Also, our stone work is rustic, which blends well with our style."
His company has grown from a weekends-only yard work business for Chesapeake Bay clients, to the present - he now employs three staffers plus seasonal helpers, providing full service to residential and commercial properties in the greater DC metropolitan area. He subcontracts mowing and tree work, but does all of his own designs, stonework, lighting and irrigation.
He'd like to take on more commercial properties, and is always working to continue his education on native plants and sustainable landsaping.
"We are exploring offering our services for GSA - taking advantage of the LEED certification benefits and my condition of minority," he said. "I think is important to present real alternatives to entities that have incentives and a growing interest in organic and sustainable landscaping. I think organic landscapers could generate more jobs if we (could) get larger contracts over conventional landscapers.
"We need to take more on commercial properties, this will allow the organic industry to be more solid and have more serious recognition," he said.
Bajana has led presentations for LEED certification points on GSA, written several articles for Landscape Contractors Association (LCA) magazine and this year, is in conversations with a Montgomery College professor to present through the landscape technician program. He has also volunteered as a judge for LCA testing, as a way to make a presence for an organization that shapes the industry in the area, he said.
When he's not working, Bajana enjoys spending time with his wife, Elizabeth and 7-year-old son, Juan David, biking, mountain climbing and exploring the woods, creeks and animals near their home.
Elizabeth serves the company as business accountant and office manager, and Bajana's 18-year-old nephew Sean Dignan, works in the business with supervisor Medardo Espino and foremen Juan Carlos and Edy.
Bajana hopes his son, too, will follow in his footsteps.
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[T1S1] Respondent discusses trip to Israel with Vice President George W. Bush, July 1986; provides details: long term relationship with Mr. Bush through involvement as President of Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) during administration of Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, participated in many State functions; gave Respondent opportunity to enhance relationship with Mr. Bush as he prepared to run for Presidency. Respondent notes Mr. Bush's formation of teams of supporters, several Jewish people involved, asked to join campaign. Respondent begins discussion of trip to Middle East, 8 people invited, gives names of participants, held high positions in Government service; Tom Pickering Ambassador to Israel at that time, adds additional names, elaborates on their positions. Respondent describes flight on Air Force II to Frankfurt, Germany, then to Israel; welcomed by speaker of Knesset and Shimon Peres, then to Jerusalem for opening ceremony, given "red carpet" treatment. Respondent elaborates on visit to Yad Vashem (Holocaust memorial): gives vivid description; discusses various State dinners attended; gives names of those present, mentions Ariel Sharon, Shimon Peres, Teddy Kollek; describes visit to Sde Boker, home of David Ben Gurion.
[T1S2] (tape half full) Respondent reflects on visit to air base, met by Yitzchak Rabin, comments on highly secure conversation regarding military in Israel; discusses situation on all borders: Egyptian, Lebanese, Syrian; required to sign confidentiality paper; Respondent never privy to such personal and private discussions; emotional experience; discusses Israel's need to retaliate in order to live; necessary to retaliate on Syrian border where many were killed, notes Syrians had certain weapons unknown to the world, could have devastating effect on Israel. Respondent describes walking tour; visit with young Israeli leaders of industry, media, manufacturing, technology.
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Do you know there is a TinTin shop in Singapore? No? Neither do I until I stumble into one.
Tin Tin was one and only English comic which was allowed in any national library collection in the 1980s. Back then comic were not widely accepted as educational for students (referring to Marvel or DC comic book). However Tintin made it's mark as the education acceptance as it is decent and do not have much visual violence in it. Tintin was many students favorites compare to reading boring wordings.
Anyway back to the shop.
The shop was full of Tintin's merchandise ranging from books,
Plushes... more to Snowy the dog,
statues (this one from the Blue Lotus),
dioramas and other goodies.
The TinTin Shop Singapore was officially opened on 18 December 2010 by Ambassador of Belgium.
I was glad to see a TinTin shop in Singapore and I was overwhelmed by the merchandises of Tintin. Never have I seen so much Tintin in one place. Can you imagine you have so much product range that it filled a shop? That show how popular Tintin was.
I am pretty sure they were many who like Tintin in his unique and clever manners.
The TinTin shop is situated at Chinatown. The full address is at 56 Pagoda Street Singapore 059215 and open daily.
Tintin was one of those book that I read from cover to cover over and over again. Are you a Tintin fan too?
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Kameron Rabenou has an idea for starving artists: Make people the canvas and clay for your art, and earn a paycheck.
His Shore Beauty School, now in Egg Harbor Township after 31 years in Pleasantville, teaches a profession in which some of the key abilities are artistic, he said.
"Many people working as artists have problems making a living, but cosmetology is where someone with artistic abilities can make a good living," said Rabenou, of Linwood. "Despite the bad job market, we still see good opportunities for our students."
With Shore Beauty School's long history, just about every salon in the area has at least one person who trained there for state certification in cosmetology, manicuring or cosmetology instruction, he said.
Steve Fitzgerald, of Absecon, trained at Shore Beauty School and five years ago opened his own business, the Smithville Barber Shoppe on East Moss Mill Road in Galloway Township.
"I went to the old one. The new one is outstanding," Fitzgerald said, adding the school's excellent staff "get you to where you need to be."
Five people work at Smithville Barber Shoppe — two barbers each day — and "all of the people who work for me came from Shore Beauty School," he said.
Fitzgerald said he returns to the school occasionally to give a demonstration or teach a class "and get to see the new talent."
Rabenou said the school regularly brings in salon professionals to supplement the work of the school's 11 instructors and an instructional supervisor with 31 years experience. Representatives from salon vendors, such as Redken and OFRA Cosmetics, also are brought in for sessions on how to use their products.
The school goes beyond the core curriculum of state regulations, hair-cutting and coloring, and health issues related to hair care.
"We train students in the business of beauty with a very specific program we call Sheer Success Business Fundamentals," Rabenou said, which includes how to market services, what the industry calls "building your chair," and how to cross-sell and up-sell products and services.
The new location was designed like a high-end salon with natural light for color correctness, networked classrooms with wide screens for educational video, and high-capacity ventilation for comfortable working conditions, he said.
Rabenou said plans by the city of Pleasantville to redevelop its former neighborhood compelled the school to relocate and "gave us the opportunity to design a new facility from scratch to best accommodate our students' needs."
The facility will also allow Shore Beauty School to add a skincare training program and additional state certification, which he hopes to begin in February.
Tuition, depending on the program, ranges from about $3,000 to $14,000, he said, and federal financial aid is available for qualifying students.
The beauty industry in the region — hair, nail and skin-care services — has been largely immune from the effects of the economic downturn.
In Atlantic County, beauty employment rose from 796 in 2007 to 849 last year, while the number of establishments increased from 147 to 152, federal Bureau of Labor Statistics data show. Similar increases were seen in neighboring counties.
Average annual pay in the industry declined a bit in Atlantic County — from $18,932 in 2007 to $18,422 in 2011 — but total wages increased from $14.9 million to $15.6 million, suggesting more workers are sharing a more slowly growing pie.
Rabenou, who acquired the school five years ago, said opportunities to work in the cosmetology trade are exceptionally varied.
"If someone gets certified and licensed, they can work at a salon, for a few salons, 100 hours a week or five hours a week. They can start a salon, or a chain of salons. People achieve all different levels of success in this industry," he said. "If a stay-at-home mother wants to make extra money for her children's college, that's something she can do."
He said the school works to place students at salons that suit their needs and backgrounds.
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Forget nostalgia. After spending much of the past few decades trying to tap into a wellspring of affection for the cars of Baby Boomers' youths, automakers are about to focus on their kids instead.
That could mean a sharp departure in the looks of cars such as the Ford Mustang, Volkswagen Beetle, Dodge Challenger, Chevrolet Camaro and BMW's Mini Cooper.
Mustang could get one of the first and most dramatic styling changes, reports Mike Ramsey of The Wall Street Journal. Ford is pulling away from successive styling changes that always served as a throwback to the original 1965 model and its late 1960s successors.
The next Mustang is expected for the car's 50th anniversary in 2014 or 2015, depending on how you count it, and the looks could leave diehard Mustang oldsters wondering what happened to their car.
Ramsey says Ford will retain the round headlights and some of the look of the Mustang from the front, but that the overall car could look more like the mid-size Fusion sedan -- which, in turn, is the first new model reflecting the new Ford design language unveiled in the Ford Evos Concept coupe, below. In fact, the Evos even might be the shape of the Mustang to come.
But remember, Ford played with fire before when it came to switching up the look of Mustang. In the 1970s, it created a disaster called the Mustang II after years of heart-pounding pony cars. Fans considered the Mustang II a weakling unworthy of the brand's name.
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Although it's not quite the way he envisioned it, Osama bin Laden has realized one of his major objectives: the virtual elimination of the American military presence in Saudi Arabia.
The draw down of U.S. military personnel, to be completed by the end of the summer, from the nation that is home to Islam's two holiest sites will remove a major irritant to U.S. Mideast policy. It will allay Arab paranoia that the United States never had any intention of leaving as part of some grand design on their territory and oil.
It will also remove a rallying point for opponents, like bin Laden, of the Saudi royal family who, whatever their failings as Western-style democrats, have been loyal U.S. allies since the Roosevelt administration. The princes were as stunned as we were that 15 of the 19 Sept. 11 hijackers were Saudis.
The Saudis were visibly nervous about U.S. troops on their soil, 10,000 plus 200 aircraft at the height of the Iraq war and an average of 5,000 since the end of Gulf War I. The Saudi government even held a national news conference to formally announce the withdrawal of troops it never formally admitted were there in the first place.
The American military was never really safe in Saudi Arabia; 24 servicemen were killed and 500 wounded in terrorist attacks in 1995 and 1996. The U.S. forces lived out of sight in isolated bases that were little replicas of the United States. It was hardly a meaningful cross-cultural experience.
For the United States the move is militarily a wash. With the fall of Saddam, we no longer need the bases to enforce the southern no-fly zone and control of Gulf air operations has already moved to the big, new operations center built for the Iraq war in Qatar. The soon to be empty facilities in Saudi Arabia will be mothballed in case they're needed again.
Both top U.S. and Saudi defense officials were at pains to say that joint military cooperation will continue, and two small training missions, totaling 400 to 500 U.S. personnel, will remain. That's the level of U.S. presence before Saddam invaded Kuwait. It's a good move for both sides. And in his own way, Osama bin Laden made it possible.
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TACOMA, Wash. -- Taijuan Walker turned in five scoreless innings and Abraham Almonte and Joe Dunigan each homered as the Tacoma Rainiers topped the Colorado Springs Sky Sox 3-1 at Cheney Stadium on Tuesday.
Walker limited the Sky Sox to three hits, four walks and struck out six on the way to collecting his fourth win in his 10th start with the Rainiers this season.
The relief corps of Brian Moran (2.1 IP), Josh Kinney (0.2 IP) and Bobby LaFromboise (1.0 IP) combined to hold the Sky Sox to one run on four hits and struck out six over four innings of work out of the bullpen. LaFromboise picked up his fourth save after tallying the game's final three outs.
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hi guys, i have to make up a cable to extend my touchscreen controler. i have the plugs and some 4pair rs232 cable. i have the diagram and it says pin 5 to pin 5 is rs232 ground. i am only using 7 pins so should i use a normal conductor for pin 5 or use the drain wire from the cable shield? if i use a conductor wire should i connect the drain wire to the shells of the plugs and if so how? (cant seem to get the solder to stick) thanks!
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Here's my 2 cents worth.
For the signal ground I think its best not to use the cable shield - just one of the wires in your cable.
I don't think I've had any shielded RS-232 cables and using the shield probably isn't that important unless you're in really electrically noisy environments. RS-232 voltage swings are pretty large by comparison to most electronics these days and the frequencies (baud rates) are pretty low too so I think its pretty robust.
If you do connect the shield, its best to just connect it on one end to avoid ground loop problems. Keep in mind that there are an awful lot of plastic RS-232 connectors out there, and I don't think there is any guarantee a metal connector or the mounting screws are grounded to anything anyway. You might have to connect a jumper wire to a good ground point for your shield to do any good.
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Sympathy for Sam from fellow one-slam wonder
Published: January 5 2013 - 3:00AMPetra Kvitova understands the pressure on Samantha Stosur, writes Linda Pearce.
IF THERE is any solidarity among the six active members of the one-slam women's club, it is of the silent, not-so-strong type. Still, 2011 Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova appreciates the challenges facing 2011 US Open winner Sam Stosur in trying to win her second major and first at home, as both seek to repeat a breakthrough victory that was almost as unexpected as it was thrilling.
''It's an individual sport, so everyone is going for their own way, and we are not speaking about this too much,'' Kvitova, one of the drawcards for the Sydney International which starts on Sunday, said this week during the Brisbane International. ''I know that Sam played so well the final of the US Open. I remember it, it was great for her and I know that you as Australians are waiting for [a] good result in the Australian Open.
''But it's not easy for her. I really know how it is … with the pressure, and she has a grand slam at home, and she really wants to play well and then it's like 'too much', so I think that it's normal, really.''
Just as Stosur's ranking dipped from sixth to ninth in a still very respectable sequel to her career-best season, so has Kvitova endured some struggles in the follow-up to her grand arrival at the All England Club 18 months ago. This time last year, the imposing left-hander was within a breath of the No.1 ranking. After withdrawing through illness one match into her WTA Championships defence at season's end, she returns at a less spectacular No.8. On paper, it would seem a slight disappointment for the player that many confidently anointed as the future of the game. Not so, says Kvitova, 22, who won hardcourt titles in Montreal and New Haven, again anchored the Czech Fed Cup team, and improved her consistency at the majors.
''I ended in the top 10, so that's a great job for me. I won two titles, reached two semi-finals in the grand slams, and of course we won Fed Cup, so it still makes me happy,'' she said. ''I think it was much [more] solid than 2011. Of course I had some great moments in 2011, winning Wimbledon and WTA Championships, so I [missed a] big title, but still it wasn't a bad year for me, and during the season I was injured a lot and sick, so I think it was all right.''
Asthma issues flared again at the Brisbane International this week, where Kvitova was beaten by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the second round, and she was looking forward to the less humid conditions further down the eastern seaboard over the next three weeks. Her fitness, generally, is a subject regularly debated, but if she does not have Stosur's chiselled physique, then regular Kvitova watchers consider her to be in encouraging early-season shape.
The feedback pleases her, even if the physical slog is not always quite so appealing. ''I know that I can improve everything in my fitness, I can be much stronger, faster and fitter of course, but that's everything that we are practising right now, and it's really hard,'' she said.
As a supreme indoor player, two weeks of rain and closed roofs at Melbourne Park would suit her nicely. ''Yeah, I would love it, of course. But I try to play outdoor, too, and it's something that can be a bad thing for me. But I like indoor, no wind there, no sun, good breathe - sometimes my breathe is not so good.''
For an elite athlete who has won the sport's most prestigious title, Kvitova remains charmingly unaffected, despite no longer being able to walk unrecognised on the streets of home. Of last year's dalliance with No.1, she remembers that it was a constant question at press conferences; not that it was a distraction. Now, she said, Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova are clear of the rest.
''I was pretty close to [being] No.1 but still it's a big step … In time I would like to be No.1, but I'm not [the sort of] person who is crying because I wasn't,'' she said. ''I have space to improve, and then if I have some results, then maybe I can [reach] the top, but I don't care about [it] right now. I mean, No.8 is not that far from it.''
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Thank you for your question regarding your 3 year old Male mix breed whom you have been having some nasty aggression and biting problems with very recently. First and foremost I would like to urge you to ensure your dog is not able to have direct contact with strangers for the next few weeks, and that you also be very careful with him around other dogs as well. This may seem a little over the top, but it is definitely better to be safe than sorry in these situations and I'm sure the last thing you want is for him to be taken away by dog control! In order to get control of this situation you need to show your dog that you and your family are alpha dog over him.
If you treat your dog as an equal it may well see it as an opportunity to challenge your position. For example, be aware that allowing your dog onto the couch, bed, etc will give it the leeway that it needs to be able to challenge your position as the alpha dog in the relationship. This behavior change may occur quite gradually, without you even noticing it, until your dog starts showing aggressive tendencies when you try to move it!
You should reprimand your dog for unacceptable behavior, no matter what that behavior is. If you do not reprimand your dogs poor behavior then it will feel that it has the right to behave that way and it will take much longer to correct the behavior. What I recommend you do, is the next time your dog acts poorly and exhibits dominant tendencies (growling), saturate your dog with the garden hose or a bucket of water, or if it is inside, throw a heavy blanket over your dog and be sure to reprimand it. DO NOT yell, as this has no effect on the dominant dog. Growl instead, use a guttural growl like " AAHHH!" instead of "No!", as this makes a sharper sound then "No" (If done correctly it may hurt your throat a little).
The following techniques to reinforce your status as alpha dog
Whenever your dog barks, snarls or acts inappropriately around other people (as you have described in your dog's history) and dogs, you instantly need to reprimand him as above.
You don't really mention how well trained your dog is but I assume from your question that it has had some background in obedience work. Either way I would recommend that you start training your dog on a regular basis and under a variety of conditions.
The progression below is a useful one that many people have used to get better results from their dogs. The first step is to have your training session in an environment where your dog is comfortable and not threatened. You can decide where you start on the progression if you feel that you would get a good response out of the earlier progressions and do not need to do it again.
You will also be the best judge of when you should move on to the next progression, but I would recommend that you move on when your dog completes a 5 to 10 minute sit-stay and a 5-10 minute down-stay. This may require you to go back to the beginning to quite basic commands but you are better to take things slowly and complete this program over a number of weeks.
1. inside, on-leash, with no other dogs or people present,
2. outside, on-leash, with no other dogs or people present,
3. outside, off-leash, with no other dogs or people present,
4. outside, on-leash, gradually introducing dogs and people to the vicinity,
5. outside, off-leash, gradually introducing dogs and people to the vicinity.
In the mean time I would definitely recommend that you keep your dog well away from small children and other dogs other than while you are completing this training, so as to avoid as many potentially bad situations as possible. The more exposure your dog gets to confrontational situations the harder it will be to fix.
Outside of training it may be worth trying to socialize your dog a bit more. Preferably with friends who have dogs of calm temperament, as they will be more forgiving of any incidents! In saying that, if you think that your dog may react badly by biting or fighting then consider using a muzzle. Again, this will have to be a gradual process where the new dog is introduced at a neutral venue and from a distance. By that I mean you should get your dog to sit and have the other dog in your dogs sight but a long way away. You want to keep your dogs focus and attention on you as your friend gradually brings the other dog closer. If your dog makes to move from the sit then have your friend back off to reduce the distraction. Once your dog is comfortable around other dogs, you may be able to convince some brave children of friends to help with the training to get him used to being around young people.
Here is a specific program to deal with your little dog rushing to the door when visitors arrive.
Get an adult friend to come and visit (make sure that you tell them what is happening!).
As your friend knocks on the door or rings the doorbell, make your dog sit and give it a treat. Then put your dogs collar on and take it to either a crate or a secure room. If your dog is too much of a handful at even this stage then you will have to put your dog away before your visitor gets to the door.
Sit your friend down in a room that is not often use by your dog. Give you friend some treats so that they can give them to your dog.
Go to your dog and make it sit. Put a halti or muzzle as well as the choke collar on. Get your dog to heel then take it into the room that your friend is in. Make sure that your friend does not give any eye contact. Act as happy as you can while petting your dog.
If your dog growls or disobeys your commands at ANY TIME then squirt it with water or shake a pebble filled can to startle it. Have the water pistol or can in your dogs view at all times.
Make your dog sit quite a long way from your guest, perhaps in the doorway of the room. When your dog is calm get it to heel and move it closer, then get your dog to sit again. Praise your dog when it sits and heels properly.
When your dog is calm and you have moved it and made it sit within 5 feet of the guest then get the guest to give your dog a treat. Make sure that the guest does not look your dog in the eyes.
Preferably you will repeat this twice a day for several weeks. That may not be entirely practical for you but will give you the best chance of success. This method requires that your dog knows and responds to the sit and heel commands. Make sure that your dog does this before you attempt this method.
If after several weeks he is still absolutely uncontrollable, I would definitely encourage you to visit your Veterinarian to get some behavioral altering medication to help you with his training. Dog that are too fired up are very difficult to get control of without some medical help. Clomicalm is ideal for this sort of situation and you should ask for this by name if you are having a lot of trouble after a couple of weeks. If after 2 - 3 months of the above in depth training and changing of his mindset he is still isn't improving you should give him one last chance by taking him to a behavioral specialist in your area. Then if this extra help does not seem to be doing any good, then the next step would be to get him humanely euthanised. But I do believe that every bad dog deserves a chance and with patience, persistence and praise I am sure you can convince him to change.
Best of luck with your dog and please let me know how you get on.
Kind Regards,
Dr M D Edwards