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Sir Colin Davis To Conduct NY Philharmonic; Violinist Nikolaj Znaider To Solo 12/9-11
In his second consecutive week with the New York Philharmonic this season, Sir Colin Davis will lead the Orchestra in two works by Elgar - the Introduction and Allegro, and the Violin Concerto, with Nikolaj Znaider as soloist - and Mozart's Symphony No. 36, Linz, Thursday, December 9, 2010, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, December 10, at 8:00 p.m., and Saturday, December 11, at 8:00 p.m.
Mr. Znaider, who has recorded the Elgar Violin Concerto with Sir Colin, is performing the work with the New York Philharmonic for the first time. "The thing I love about the concerto is that it always has an element of contrast and of parallel things running next to each other," he says. "You have grandeur and a sense of intimacy. Whenever you have passion you have a sense of restraint. That's sort of the duality that actually mirrors, one to one, the way society was in England - where it was premiered - at that time." Mr. Znaider is performing the work frequently this season on its 100th anniversary - using the same violin on which it was first performed, in 1910, by Fritz Kreisler, with the composer conducting.
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• Musical Suppers
The concert on December 10 will be followed by the first of this season's Musical Suppers - five post-concert repasts featuring menus created by renowned chefs and hosted by food critic Mimi Sheraton. Kurt Gutenbrunner, chef/co-owner of Wallsé, Blaue Gans, and Café Sabarsky in the Neue Gallerie, will design a festive menu in the spirit of a Viennese Christmas. Upcoming Musical Suppers will take place January 7 (André Soltner), January 28 (Alain Ducasse), May 6 (Marcus Samuelsson), and
June 10 (Michael White). The tickets are $225 per person in addition to a concert ticket. Purchasers of two or more dinner dates will receive personally autographed copies of cookbooks by the chefs, as well as Mimi Sheraton's The German Cookbook. For information, call (212) 875-5656 or visit nyphil.org.
• Pre-Concert Talk
Conductor/composer Victoria Bond will introduce the program one hour before each performance in the Helen Hull Room, unless otherwise noted. Pre-Concert Talks are $7; discounts available for multiple concerts, students, and groups. Attendance is limited to 90 people. Information: nyphil.org or (212) 875-5656
• On the Music: The New York Philharmonic Podcast
Mark Travis, a producer for the WFMT Radio Network since 1999 and the producer of the 52-week-per-year nationally syndicated radio series, The New York Philharmonic This Week is the producer of this podcast. These award-winning previews of upcoming programs - through musical selections as well as interviews with guest artists, conductors, and Orchestra musicians - are available at nyphil.org/podcast or from iTunes.
• National Radio Broadcast
This concert will be broadcast the week of January 3, 2011,* on The New York Philharmonic This Week, a radio concert series syndicated nationally to more than 300 stations by the WFMT Radio Network. The 52-week series, hosted by actor Alec Baldwin, is generously underwritten by The Kaplen Foundation, the Audrey Love Charitable Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Philharmonic's corporate partner, MetLife Foundation. The broadcast will be available on the Philharmonic's Website, nyphil.org. The program is broadcast locally in the New York metropolitan area on Classical 105.9 FM WQXR on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m.
*Check local listings for broadcast and program information.
Sir Colin Davis is president of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and honorary conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle. He began this season in Dresden, conducting the Dresden Staatskapelle, followed by performances in London with the LSO. Other highlights of this season include appearances at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, for Mozart's The Magic Flute; with the Boston Symphony Orchestra; Beethoven's Mass in C major with the Orchestre National de France; a series of concerts with pianist Mitsuko Uchida and the LSO performing all the Beethoven piano concertos; LSO in Aix-en-Provence for Mozart's opera La clemenza di Tito; and two concerts at the BBC Proms - one with the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra and the other with the LSO and Beethoven's Missa solemnis.
During his career Sir Colin has conducted the BBC Scottish Orchestra and Sadler's Wells Opera House, and he was chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra (1967-71). He became music director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 1971, and principal guest conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1972. He spent 1983-92 with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, was principal guest conductor of the New York Philharmonic from 1998 to 2003, and has been honorary conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle since 1990. He was principal conductor of the LSO from 1995 to 2006.
Sir Colin has recorded widely for the Phillips, BMG, and Erato labels. His recording of Verdi's Otello with the LSO has been released, and will be followed by Nielsen's Fourth and Fifth Symphonies. Beethoven's Mass in C major, Haydn's The Creation, and a boxed set of Sibelius Symphonies Nos. 1-7 and Kullervo Symphony - which received a BBC Music Magazine Award in April 2007 - were released last season. Sir Colin was named a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2001, and received the Yehudi Menuhin Prize by the Queen of Spain in 2003 for his work with young people. He received The Queen's Medal for Music in December 2009.
Sir Colin, who is scheduled to appear with the New York Philharmonic on December 2, 4, and 7, 2010, last conducted the New York Philharmonic in April 2008.
Nikolaj Znaider, violinist, conductor, and chamber musician, was appointed principal guest conductor of the Mariinsky Orchestra in St. Petersburg this season by Valery Gergiev. He will also appear as guest conductor with orchestras such as the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne. As a soloist, Mr. Znaider is regularly invited to work with the world's leading orchestras and conductors, including Daniel Barenboim, Sir Colin Davis, Valery Gergiev, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Christian Thielemann, Mariss Jansons, Charles Dutoit, Christoph von Dohnányi, Ivan Fischer, and Gustavo Dudamel. In recital and chamber music he appears at all the major concert halls. In the 2008-09 season the London Symphony Orchestra presented an "Artist Portrait of Znaider," and in the 2012-13 season he will present a "Carte Blanche" at the Musikverein in Vienna.
An exclusive RCA Red Seal recording artist, Mr. Znaider's most recent addition to his discography is the Elgar Violin Concerto with Sir Colin Davis and the Dresden Staatskapelle. His award-winning recordings include the Brahms and Korngold violin concertos with the Vienna Philharmonic and Valery Gergiev; Beethoven and Mendelssohn violin concertos with Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic; and Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto and Glazunov concertos with Mariss Jansons and the Bayerische Rundfunk. He also released Brahms's complete works for violin and piano with Yefim Bronfman. For EMI Classics he has recorded the Mozart piano trios with Daniel Barenboim, and the Nielsen and Bruch concertos with the London Philharmonic.
A native of Copenhagen, Denmark, Nikolaj Znaider is passionate about the education of musical talent, and for 10 years was founder and artistic director of the Nordic Music Academy, an annual summer school created to foster conscious and focused musical development based on quality and commitment.
Nikolaj Znaider plays the Kreisler Guarnerius del Gesu 1741 on extended loan to him by The Royal Danish Theater through the generosity of the Velux Foundations and the Knud Højgaard Foundation.
Edward Elgar's Introduction and Allegro was composed quickly at the start of 1905 for the recently-formed London Symphony Orchestra, which premiered it under the composer's baton that March. During composition, Elgar wrote to a friend that the work was to incorporate "a devil of a fugue," and so it does, alongside a stirring melody inspired by a Welsh folksong. The New York Philharmonic gave the work its U.S. Premiere later that same year, in November 1905, when Walter Damrosch led the New York Symphony (which merged with the New York Philharmonic in 1928 to form today's New York Philharmonic). The Philharmonic's last performance of the work was in January 1959, led by Sir John Barbirolli.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his bride, Constanze, finally visited the
composer's father, Leopold, nearly a year after their marriage. Upon returning home to Vienna, they were invited to spend a few days in Linz as the guest of Count Thun. Expected to perform new music for his host, Mozart wrote to his father, "On Thursday, November 4, I am giving a concert in the theater here, and, as I have not a single symphony with me, I am writing a new one at a head-over-heels pace." The resulting Symphony No. 36, Linz, was completed three days later and premiered by Mozart on November 4, 1783. The Philharmonic gave its first performance of the symphony in 1928, with Sir Thomas Beecham conducting. David Robertson led the Orchestra's most recent performance of the work, in October 2006.<
Edward Elgar began writing his Violin Concerto in 1909, premiering it the following year at Queen's Hall in London with violinist Fritz Kreisler (to whom the work was dedicated). The work remained one of Elgar's most personal pieces, the violin being his own instrument, and the music inspired by a close female friend. The identity of that friend, whose name the composer deliberately left out of the epigraph he affixed to the score beneath its dedication, has been a source of conjecture over the years. As for the music, it is a high-water mark of English Romanticism - a large-scale, expansive score that never lets virtuosity get in the way of introspective lyrical gestures. The concerto was first performed by the New York Symphony (which merged with the New York Philharmonic in 1928 to become today's New York Philharmonic) in January 1922, conducted by Alfred Coates, with Jascha Heifetz as soloist. The most recent Philharmonic performances were in March 2008, with Pinchas Zukerman as soloist and Michael Christie conducting.


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ALONG THE GUNFLINT TRAIL -- Thursday afternoon found Sue Ahrendt surrounded by boxes in the canteen of Tuscarora Lodge and Outfitters. Mail hadn't been delivered to the outfitter on Saganaga Lake in the northern reaches of the Gunflint Trail until Tuesday, and Ahrendt, who owns Tuscarora with her husband, Andy, had T-shirts to fold and stack, Butterfinger candy bars to shelve and souvenirs to put on display. "It's a bit of a scramble," Ahrendt said. Tuscarora was the first area evacuated nearly three weeks ago when the Ham Lake fire began to spread.
WILLMAR -- Go ahead. Buy the ingredients for the s'mores at home and pack them for wherever your family is headed for the holiday weekend. Just don't plan to haul your own wood for the fire to roast the marshmallows. This weekend is the unofficial start to summer; it is also the start to an educational effort at Sibley State Park, and all Minnesota state parks, to help campers understand why they can't bring their own firewood.
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EAGAN, Minn. - Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Wednesday moved Minnesota closer to snuffing out smoking in nearly all workplaces by signing a statewide smoking ban decades in the making. Minnesota has been a national leader in trying to deter smoking, Pawlenty said, and a ban will help make citizens "more aware about the dangers of smoking itself, but also and importantly the dangers of secondhand smoke." "This is something whose time has come," the GOP governor said. The ban goes into effect Oct. 1 and extends an existing indoor smoking prohibition to bars, restaurants and bingo halls.
ST. PAUL - The Democrat-controlled Legislature planned to approve six budget bills Wednesday, including four replacing earlier bills Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed. Here is a look at the half-dozen budget bills: Economic development Business and workforce development programs would be funded at $345 million over the next two years. Lawmakers removed $35 million in overall general fund spending from an earlier budget package.
James Raml and his friend Ted Young had been hosing down Raml's home on the south shore of Seagull Lake for many hours on Sunday when they heard the wind had shifted. The Ham Lake fire was running fast toward a stand of young jack pine, straight toward the line of homes at the end of Seagull Lake Road. Raml was about to tell Young it was time to pack up and go "when the next thing I know, I felt really hot, and I heard that roaring sound," Raml said on Monday. He turned, and saw 50-foot flames rolling over a ridge about 100 feet from his home.
ALONG THE GUNFLINT TRAIL -- The Ham Lake fire blazed an ugly path of destruction Sunday night into Monday morning, burning an estimated 40 homes, cabins and outbuildings and becoming Minnesota's most damaging wildfire in decades. The fire, apparently sparked by an unattended campfire early Saturday, had burned across more than 16,500 acres by Monday evening and was spreading into Canada. The fire turned parts of this dead-end, wilderness-road community into a charred disaster area.
Spring started slowly with an early April cold snap, but conditions are shaping up for decent fishing when Minnesota's walleye season opens Saturday. According to Henry Drewes, regional fisheries supervisor for the Department of Natural Resources in Bemidji, the ice as of May 1 was out on most of Minnesota's lakes except for a few in the far northern part of the state. It might seem late, he says, but things actually are pretty much on schedule. "I would not describe this as a late spring in any sense of the word," Drewes said.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's Citizen's Board directed the agency Tuesday to begin to negotiate cleanup agreements with 3M for the Cottage Grove plant and Woodbury and Oakdale disposal sites. The Board postponed the MPCA Commissioner's recommendation to issue a formal Request for Response Action from 3M for the perfluorochemical (PFC) contamination at the three sites. The formal request would have been the first step toward bringing the investigation and response actions under the state Superfund law, but would have been a unilateral action by the MPCA. The action taken by the Ci

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iCandy Pushchair Bundles from £150 @ iCandy Outlet
When Becky told us about the iCandy Cherry Pushchair Bundle last week we knew it was an amazing offer, and sure enough it sold out very quickly. Well the good news is that there are three other pushchair bundles in the iCandy Outlet, and they are priced from £150 to £200, and they are between 50% and 70% off!
If I was in the market for a new pushchair right now I would be snapping one of these up, as this is amazing value for a top brand. The three on offer are:
- Cherry Berry Blue Bundle* - was £475, now £150
- Cherry Fudge Bundle* - was £355, now £180
- Cherry Liquorice Bundle* - was £560, now £200
All contain the iCandy Cherry Pushchair, a matching changing bag, and various accessories depending on the individual bundle and design. All the specifications for each item can be found on the links above so you can get more information on the pushchairs themselves and everything else that is included in the bundles.
iCandy will also include free delivery on all of these as they are over the £50 free delivery spend. If you already have an iCandy pushchair it's worth looking at the rest of the outlet as there are lots of accessories also with big price reductions.
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A woman who works with her hands is a LABORER; a woman who works with her hands and head, a CRAFTSMAN; but a woman who works with her hands, her head and her heart is an ARTIST. ~ Louis Nizer
Saturday, October 2, 2010
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Oh, I'm so sorry, circumstances today prevented me from finishing up my tip sheet for you, and I don't want to post it prematurely without including everything I can think of for the new set! BUT in the meantime, here is a sample I created before our release which very coincidentally meets Cathy's Recipe challenge from our release, you have until Monday to enter for a chance to win a GKD set! Cat was pretty specific on this one: at least three bits of bling, one layer (but she said you could cut out and add your focal point to that layer), NO DP, and two rounded corners! I laughed out loud when she posted her sample and saw how similar her card and mine were! (I am a big fan, so guess I just want to be more like her!) I've made several cards with the different "Buds and Vases" containers resting on of the new label stamps, either from "Labeled with Love" (shown hre) or "Lovely Labels 2", will be shaking the others soon, and I love how they can look like a little doily, platter or placemat underneath! Flowers are masked and stamped twice, also added a couple additional stamped single flowers to make it even fuller and give more dimension, colored with Copics, centers are adhesive pearls, base is Kraft (edges swiped with Cream White pad to give if a softer look), label is stamped on Lovely Lavender, ribbon is Pure Luxury.
Happy World Card Making Day! I actually had another project that needed my attention, which I will be sharing more about soon! and, it does involve card making!
More later, hope you are enjoying this beautiful weekend! :)
Crafted with YOU in mind by Melanie at 10/02/2010 06:51:00 PM
Labels: Buds and Vases, Challenge, Stamp TV, Tip Sheet
7 comments:
- Joan V said...
Melanie, I love your card. The shading in your vase is perfect. I have to put this set on my wish list. Thanks for sharing.
- October 2, 2010 at 8:05 PM
- Shawna said...
Gorgeous card!!
- October 2, 2010 at 9:46 PM
- Lagene said...
Gorgeous card!!! I'll be waiting for the deets!
- October 2, 2010 at 10:19 PM
- Payne Holler Cards said...
this set is going to fly off the shelves!!! love all the cards you've created!!!
- October 3, 2010 at 7:24 AM
- Kathy Braun and Lucky said...
This is so pretty, love the colors and the vase is great with the shading giving that realistic affect.
- October 3, 2010 at 7:43 AM
- catdidit said...
This is so stunning Mel! And you are so funny, its ME wanting to be like YOU!! :D!!
- October 3, 2010 at 3:41 PM
- Jennie said...
Just beautiful Melanie! Lovely coloring and design...no dp is so hard for me nowadays.
- October 3, 2010 at 4:59 PM
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what type of technology do your kids have?
DD has a little POS nokia that only calls texts. She wants to get something android based, and I'm a little leery.
Does your kid have a cell phone? What kind?
My kids have their own choices --they're old enough. (19 & 22)
I wouldn't buy a full-service phone for a tween... they don't need access to the world of downloads, apps, music piracy and over-billing data, and they have little use for a phone that can do it but they're not allowed to use -even 'for later' it's a waste, because by the time they can be responsible for it, the technology will be worthless.
My daughter is almost 18...Its whatever she picked out. Its not a smart phone and she doesn't have internet but she has unlimited texting so its all good!
Spawn1 has a Pantech Razor. She has a plan where she can only text from 4pm-8pm and her internet is blocked.
We have a twelve year old. The phone is more for me so she can go around the neighborhood and i can get a hold of her whenever.
My kids are too young for that yet (4y, 1y)
My 4y does have a Leapster and a Gameboy.
I'm kicking around getting another computer. This one is mine, I'm not sharing!


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JewelCLI provides an API to parse command line arguments. It uses Java annotations to present a very simple but powerful interface. Options are defined using an annotated Java interface definition. This allow a declarative style which can be much clearer than the procedural style used by some other Java CLI libraries.
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Release Notes: Support for inherited options. Many bugfixes.
Release Notes: Support was added for help/usage messages, unparsed arguments, and regular expression validation. Long arguments now use the "--" prefix, and "-" prefixed arguments are short options. Support was added for --option=value and multiple short option names (one option with many aliases). Primitive type support was fixed, including adding support for Character. Two new aliases were added: the "commandLineInterface" annotation, to hold application name, and the "unparsed" annotation, to mark the method which will return the additional unparsed options.
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A Fluent OpenStack client API for Java.
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A bunch of years ago a friend of mine gave me disc and said, you've gotta check these guys out. The band, The Gourds, was named after the monetary unit of Haiti, and the album was called Cow Fish Fowl or Pig.
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MCSO releases new details about copycat teens arrested for firing rocks at cars, pedestrians
Deputies with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department have arrested three Mesa teenagers for copycat crimes related to the recent string of freeway shootings.
Just before 7:00 p.m. Saturday night, a man called 911 to report that his vehicle had been hit by an unknown object while he was driving in Queen Creek, according to Joe Arpaio with MCSO.
Arpaio says, the vehicle driver and passenger, both from Mesa, told deputies that the incident happened while they were stopped at the intersection of Queen Creek and Ellsworth. When the light turned green, the projectile shattered their rear driver's side window.
The victims were not injured, according to Arpaio.
As the suspect vehicle sped away, the victims took pictures and the vehicle and the license plate.
Deputies contacted the Mesa Police Department and discovered that another similar incident had occurred near Ellsworth Road and State Route 24 approximately 10-20 minutes earlier, said Arpaio.
The victim in that situation provided a vehicle and incident description identical to the Queen Creek events.
Deputies then called the Arizona Department of Public Safety and provided the details of the two incidents.
Due to the circumstances, all three agencies collaborated on the investigation.
Both DPS Director Frank Milstead and Sheriff Joe Arpaio believe that these acts are the work of copy cats.
The suspect vehicle was located in a Chandler neighborhood near Ocotillo and Cooper Road.
The driver of the vehicle was later identified as 18-year-old Aaron Nottingham of Mesa.
Nottingham admitted involvement in the incident and identified two other suspects, including 18-year-old Albert German of Mesa and 18-year-old Christian Cook.
Detectives eventually contacted German and Cook in the Mesa area. Both suspects admitted involvement and explained that they had been driving around the Mesa and Queen Creek area sometime last night randomly firing projectiles at pedestrians and vehicles, said Arpaio.
According to German, Cook, and Nottingham they were using a sling shot device to propel ½ -3/4 inch crushed granite landscaping rock at approximately 10 pedestrians and 4 other vehicles, according to Arpaio.
Evidence of the rock was found in the victim's vehicle.
All three suspects were charged with assault, endangerment and criminal damage.
Another individual, an 18 year old male, is being investigated for charges related to this event, according to Arpaio.


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Download Create your own Robot apk 1.0.0 free for Android smartphone
Posted by Creative Castle in Casual | May 12, 2015 | 14 Comments
Apk file size: 19.0 MB
Technology has advanced quite a bit and in this robot creation game you will get to customize yours to your liking in order to look great but also function as it is supposed to. There are plenty of stuff to go through as you can change the torso on it, the head and limbs so you will pretty much be creating your own robot in this fun dress up game for boys. Who knows, maybe some day you will be making them in real life instead of playing with them in games such as this robot makeover game. Grab all your tools and start assembling the device so it will be fully operational by the time you finish customizing it. Do not forget to put the batteries in because smart people sometimes forget the basic things since they over-think everything. Once you are done you should show it to your friends to make them all jealous of your newest robot creation and also keep on the lookout for some more fun tech games that we will be releasing in the weeks to come. Make more of these robots if you want to have a full army of them to play around with.
Creative Castle part of our Casual and have average installs from 5000 to 10000. Last Update May 12, 2015. Google play rating is 70.9756. Current verison is 1.0.0. Actual size 19.0 MB.
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MD Wood
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Lewis Mcgill
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Angel Torres
Its just robot cleaning! I could not even make a robot
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create a robot i have just downloaded this game and i think its a fine game but some parts of this game are not so great to me so i gave it (3)three stars!which is ok i guess!!!!:)BYE
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Jeremy Hobson: President Obama is in Colorado this morning, where he'll be announcing a plan to make it easier for people to repay their student loans. Recent graduates are having a hard time finding work, and studies show those who can find work are making less than new graduates did just a few years ago.
Marketplace's Nancy Marshall-Genzer has the details of the President's plan.
Nancy Marshall-Genzer: Starting next year, low-income borrowers' student loan payments will be limited to ten percent of their earnings for 20 years. After that, the rest of the loan will be forgiven.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan says the savings will be substantial.
Arne Duncan: We estimate that 1.6 million student loan borrowers will see their monthly payments fall under this plan. And this has the potential to reduce the loan payments of current students as well as new graduates by hundreds of dollars each month.
Borrowers who have loans from two different federal student loan programs will be able to combine them, making one payment a month and shaving a half percent off the interest rate on some of their loans.
Today's announcement comes as the College Board is releasing a new report on higher education costs. It says average in-state tuition and fees at four-year public colleges are up more than eight percent this year.
In Washington, I'm Nancy Marshall-Genzer for Marketplace.


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Last Night's New Girl Was All About First Times, Both Old And New
Last night on New Girl (Season 2, Episode 23, "Virgins"), history was made, and I think all of us shouted a simultaneous "FINALLY!" at the end of the episode. Because Nick and Jess finally did it. They progressed past awkward boob-touching and moved right into the sex. And I think the show did a good job building up to that climax (I'm sorry) by including the other characters in the storyline. Because I want Nick and Jess to be together as much as the next viewer, but their constant on-and-off thing can get kind of annoying when it takes up the entire episode and distracts from Schmidt's lovable douchiness or Winston's meager storylines. (Seriously, give this guy better plots.)
The episode begins with a text message from the man who took Jess's flower. And yes, Nick, she means the flower from her "secret garden." What ensues is a classic sitcom episode format in which the gang (a classic sitcom term) sits around competing over whose virginity loss was most embarrassing. Cece loses that competition immediately and likely makes Ke$ha very very jealous by revealing she hooked up with Mick Jagger.
I'm always a fan of the show's flashbacks, particularly those involving college Nick and Schmidt, who are the most entertaining TV losers since Ross and Chandler in the Friends flashbacks. The Schmidt fat jokes were a little over-the-top for my taste in this episode, especially when he falls out of the bunk bed, but Nick's mushroom hallucinations were endlessly entertaining. Jake Johnson is really great at pretending to freak out over his magnetic arm being stuck to a magnetic wall. It's a gift.
Of course Jess's first time story takes the longest to tell, because who's that girl? It's Jess. It involves a flashback to prom night in which Zooey Deschanel pulls off being a teenager so convincingly I think shows like Glee should just hire her to guest star all the time. And of course Jess's virginity tale would involve a little kids' playhouse. The dead guy on the bench was less quirky and more yuck, but it can't all be sunshine and rainbows. I was personally just as speechless as Nick to find out that Jess had actually lost her flower to a heroic fireman, and not the emo guy playing guitar.
My personal favorite flashback was the one in which Winston loses his virginity to a prostitute named Mysteria who years later he still doesn't realize was a hooker. The Winston storyline was funny and all, but as usual it was overshadowed by Nick. That pin-straight, center-parted hair was magical, as were the braces and the high-pitched voice. I'm starting to think there should just be spin-off about young Nick.
And of course it turns out Nick has only fond memories of his charmingly embarrassing first time story, which he reveals to Jess in a quietly serious moment which pretty much sets the rest of the episode in motion. I mean, it wasn't exactly surprising that Nick then chased Jess into the elevator to stop her from hooking up with her hero fireman and get her to hook up with him instead. The Officer and a Gentleman-style carrying her in his arms thing was a little cheesy, but this show is so goofy most of the time that it can get away with it. And the cheese was undercut by Jess's "Ruh roh" to close the episode.
I'm sure things still won't be all figured out next week, because, in true sitcom fashion, there has to be something keeping this couple from really happening. And it's only the second season, so I doubt Nick and Jess will be a proud couple next week. They definitely won't be Facebook official, unless there's a choice for "Roomfriends with benefits." But it's always satisfying when TV couples finally act on their feelings for each other without fighting it. And those two fought it a lot.
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Kansas University's basketball program has spread its wings to the Bay Area in California.
"It's kind of obvious we're 'Jayhawks West,' if you want to call it that," said former KU guard Michael Lee, who earlier this month accepted a job as assistant coach at the University of San Francisco.
Lee's boss is former KU standout guard/third-year USF head coach Rex Walters, who is also assisted by former KU manager Justin Bauman, as well as one assistant with no KU ties — UC Davis grad Danny Yoshikawa.
"We are the San Francisco Dons, not the Kansas Jayhawks, but it's clear that there are some Jayhawks out here," Lee added.
Lee, a 2005 KU graduate who worked as a graduate assistant on the Jayhawks' 2008 national title team coaching staff, spent the last two seasons as assistant coach at Gardner-Webb.
He recently joined Dana Altman's staff as assistant director of basketball operations at the University of Oregon, but left that post after a couple of weeks when a bench job opened up at USF.
"Without knowing Rex Walters very well, I understand his approach to the game," Lee said. "One of the biggest things is, he played for somebody I played for — coach (Roy) Williams. I'm sure he does a lot of things the same way — stressing hard work with expectations set high. That's fine with me. That's the way that worked for me as a player. I'm sure it'll work on this side of things, too.
"Justin ... he was head manager when I played at Kansas. We did our best to make his life miserable, and he did his best to make our life miserable," Lee added, laughing.
"Justin is a hard worker, passionate and driven. He wants to get it done. Since I graduated from Kansas, we've stayed in touch all along. He'll be great."
Lee, 27, who is a native of Portland, said it was difficult to leave shortly after taking the Oregon post.
"Coach (Dana) Altman and his staff were great with me," Lee said. "I was back home, and the staff was great, but this opportunity presented itself, and I thought it was a great move for me. The idea of me being an assistant again and being able to be on the road and recruiting and interacting with the guys in a coaching capacity on a daily basis was important to me."
Lee said he expects to be back in the Kansas/Missouri area quite often recruiting prospective players.
"Rex likes to recruit anywhere he can," Lee said. "My face will pop up there a lot more. With some of my old contacts I have and hopefully being able to develop new ones ... Kansas has players every year."
He'll be back in July for a big day — his buddy Aaron Miles' wedding.
"I'm best man," Lee said of his role in the wedding of his teammate at Portland's Jefferson High and KU.
Lee's duties will include giving the traditional toast at the wedding reception.
"I hope I don't cry. I probably won't because Aaron will be making faces at me like he did on Senior Night," Lee said. "It'll be short and to the point. I'll say everything I need to say for Aaron.
"He's been loyal to me. With his success ... he never changed. From elementary to middle school to high school to Kansas, he's the same humble, scrawny guy I met 20 years ago."
Miles, who played in Greece last season (he makes his offseason home in Lawrence), sees big things for Michael Lee in coaching.
"This is great. I'm happy for him," Miles said. "He's dedicated to improving every day as a coach. For him, the best is yet to come."
Lee was touched to hear his best friend's comment.
"That's a great answer. That's Aaron for you," Lee said. "Buddies, best of friends, my best friend … Aaron Miles."
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You should be around level 7 for this mission. Obtain a Map of Dangruf Wadi by completing the simple Bastok quest, The Bare Bones. For this quest, trade a bone chip to Degenhard in Bastok Markets (I-10). Bone chips drop off any skeleton mob, or can be bought cheap from the Auction House under "Bonecraft."
After accepting the mission, head to Metalworks and speak to Cid at (H-8), the second floor of Cid's lab. He will give you a key item, Blue Acidity Tester, and will tell you to travel to Dangruf Wadi and test the water with it.
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Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
2013, PG-13, 111 min. Directed by Tyler Perry. Starring Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Lance Gross, Robbie Jones, Vanessa Williams, Kim Kardashian, Brandy Norwood, Renée Taylor.
REVIEWED By Marjorie Baumgarten, Fri., April 5, 2013
Who needs a screenwriter when you can just let Old Testament-style morality settle the dramatic score? Tyler Perry's angry God may not smote sinners dead, but He sure leaves them pretty lifeless. Yet prior to their final comeuppance, Perry does a pretty good job of rendering his characters lifeless all on his own.
Perry's films veer from comedies to melodramas, and he adapted this melodrama for the screen from one of his own plays. Over the years, Perry's output has remained remarkably consistent and self-sustaining, as if he has never heard the old saw about filmmaking being a collaborative art. In Temptation, Friday Night Lights' Smollett-Bell plays Judith, a good Southern Christian who moves to Washington, D.C., with the husband (Gross) she married too young. Her job brings her into close contact with an intriguing young billionaire, who has obvious anger issues, although that doesn't prevent her from straying. The flesh is weak; the heart wants what the heart wants; smart women, dumb choices – who knows? Trust that she'll be punished by the film's final chapter. What's really sinful, however, is the torpor that pervades this morality play.
Apart from its dramatic predictability, Temptation is a snooze because of its languid pacing and rudimentary camerawork. Each actor seems to have been instructed to pause five seconds in between the delivery of each sentence, and the visual framework is serviceable at best. Unnecessary characters – such as Kim Kardashian as Judith's work friend – further slow down the plot. Perry has now built a media empire from spinning his own wheels. It might be nice if he were to use that security as a basis for developing as an artist instead of settling into a career as a hack.
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New Slang (by The Shins) and Yellow (by Coldplay)
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Undermining Deterrence
The defense establishment has missed a chance to abandon a mistaken home front defense policy dating from the eve of the first Gulf War and adopt a different, saner one. In October 1990, on the eve of America's assault on Iraq, a special ministerial committee decided to distribute gas masks to every resident of the country. The decision was the result of a vicious circle that began with a series of frightening scenarios painted by the leaders of the defense establishment, with the energetic encouragement of then foreign minister David Levy. The frightened public responded with pressure of its own, and this led to the decision to distribute gas masks in an effort to calm it.
This was a mistake, because the signal it sent to Saddam Hussein was that Israel had relinquished one of the central elements of its defense doctrine: deterrence.
Even though Syria and Egypt have had chemical weapons since the 1970s, successive governments decided, and rightly, not to distribute gas masks to civilians. Instead, they based their policy against this threat on the credibility of Israeli deterrence. And it worked. Even when the Egyptian and Syrian armies found themselves in very difficult situations during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, their leaders refrained from using chemical weapons, fearing a harsh Israeli response. And it was a mistake to assume two decades ago that Saddam would behave differently.
The gas masks were distributed, and Saddam Hussein, as expected, was afraid to use missiles with chemical warheads. But Israel's deterrence was undermined. Later, when Saddam's son-in-law, General Ali, defected to Jordan, he was asked why the Iraqis did not use chemical weapons against Israel. The officer responsible for Iraq's chemical arsenal said that they were worried about a nuclear response from Israel.
Nevertheless, the lesson was not learned: In 2003, on the eve of the American invasion of Iraq, the Israel Defense Forces ordered civilians to prepare their gas masks for use in case of a chemical weapons attack - an order that cost the taxpayers NIS 1 billion.
Three years ago, a decision was made to collect the gas masks from Israeli homes in order to refurbish them. That was an opportunity to adopt a different policy and revert to basing our defensive doctrine against the threat of chemical attack on deterrence.
Instead, the government again decided to distribute gas masks to every Israeli. Not only was the distribution slated to take over three years and cost more than NIS 1 billion, but it was nonsensical to begin with - because the relevant chemical threat comes from the missiles in Syria's arsenal, and in the future, perhaps also from rockets held by Hezbollah.
Against Syria, experience shows that Israel's deterrence is sufficient: It is doubtful that the Syrians would dare make use of chemical weapons, as they know Israel's response would exact a heavy price.
Deterrence would also presumably work against Hezbollah should that organization acquire chemical weapons. Hezbollah realizes that Israel's response to a chemical attack would be to raze of all of Lebanon's infrastructure and strike strategic targets throughout the country, and not only those linked to Hezbollah. In view of Hezbollah's aims, and its role in Lebanon's political system, its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, cannot allow himself to bring about Lebanon's destruction. While the group may fire rockets with conventional warheads, against these, gas masks are useless anyway.
In any event, the presence of gas masks at home will not help if the home front suffers a surprise attack, since anyone who is caught outside his home will not be able to return to put on the mask. The flight time of rockets from Lebanon to northern Israel is too short. And it cannot be assumed that henceforth, every Israeli will go everywhere, all the time, with a gas mask in hand.
Therefore, it would be more appropriate to store the gas masks in central storage facilities and distribute them to the population only if the regional situation changes drastically and it becomes clear that deterrence does not provide a sufficient response. That is not the case at this time, nor does this seem likely to change in the foreseeable future. This also goes for Iran, where it is doubtful that the leadership would risk a decisive Israeli response.
But when politicians are incapable of demonstrating responsibility and civic courage, preferring instead to make populist decisions, what are a few billion shekels and damage to the credibility of our deterrence? And anyway, what would the Home Front Command do if it did not supervise and manage the distribution of gas masks?
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Krieger Re-Ups with Wiley
Jane Dystel of Dystel & Goderich has closed on an offer from John Wiley & Sons for the newest cookbook by Ellie Krieger. Justin Schwartz took world rights to Comfort Foods Made Light, and Wiley plans to pub in fall 2011. The deal with Krieger, who hosts the Food Network show Healthy Appetite with Ellie Krieger and has published previous cookbooks with Clarkson Potter and Taunton Press, marks a second effort with Wiley, which will release So Easy: Healthy Recipes for Every Meal of the Week in October.
HarperTeen Wins Trilogy
In a high six-figure deal, Erica Sussman at HarperTeen pre-empted world rights to a supernatural trilogy by debut author Kiersten White. Michelle Wolfson of Wolfson Literary closed the deal and Harper plans on publishing Paranormalcy, the first title in the series, in fall 2010. The books follow a 16-year-old girl, with the ability to see ghosts, who works for an organization called the International Paranormal Containment Agency.
SMP Goes 'Grave' Digging
St. Martin's Jennifer Enderlin landed North American rights, with a six-figure pre-empt, to a new series by Darynda Jones. Jones, an RWA Golden Heart winner, has signed to do three books about a female PI who moonlights as the angel of death. Alexandra Machinist at Linda Chester brokered the deal; the first book is called First Grave on the Right.
Another pre-empt this week comes from Pamela Dorman, who, for her eponymous imprint at Penguin, nabbed Erin Kelly's The Poison Tree in a two-book deal. Dorman took North American rights to the psychological thriller—it's being pitched as reminiscent of works by Barbara Vine and Donna Tartt—about a mother trying to protect her family from long-buried secrets. Kelly is a British journalist, and Hodder & Stoughton will release the book in the U.K. next year; Dorman plans to pub in 2011. The deal was closed by Zoe Pagnamenta of the Zoe Pagnamenta Agency, working on behalf of Sarah Ballard at United Agents.
Garbage Patch Kid
Megan Newman at Avery took North American rights to Plastic Ocean, Charles Moore's nonfiction account of discovering the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (aka the Plastic Continent), a massive collection of floating waste in the Pacific Ocean. Moore, a seaman and marine researcher, discovered the Patch in 1997; the Patch had, to that point, been only theorized by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Sandra Dijkstra, of the Dijkstra Agency, did the deal.
Peter Joseph at Thomas Dunne acquired North American rights, at auction, to 50 Questions for Successful Negotiation: How to Succeed in Business and Life by Asking the Right Questions by attorneys Steven Babitsky and James Mangraviti. The coauthors, who run a training/consulting, are known for their classes on negotiation skills; Billy Kingsland of Kuhn Projects brokered the deal.
Hoover Institution economist and bestseller Thomas Sowell has sold his Intellectuals and Society to Basic Books. John Sherer took world rights from Carol Mann, of the Carol Mann Agency, and plans to publish in January. The book, per Basic, is a study of the way the intellectual class affects modern societies.


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I did not listern CD for last 4 months
When was the last time you listened to a vinyl record on your system?
Downloads are taking off and it has been 25 years since CD was launched, yet audiophile demand for turntables and vinyl continues unabated. When did you last spin a record?
Even though it has been over 10 years since I spun a record on my system I still miss that analogue sound. The unavailability of current vinyl had forced me to change over to the "perfect CD sound" & I've never really been happy with it. The fact that this was forced upon us by the manufacturers really gets up me. Theres no way I,m going to be forced into abandoning my collection again.
We listen to records several times a week. My daughter dances to Marlene Dietrich's "La vie en rose", and my wife and I listen to Bob Dylan, Sergio Franchi, Frank Sinatra, ELLA SINGS JOBIM on Pablo Records, and Villa-Lobos on Everest. No remastering necessary.
Listen to them allot since the local thrift store has a wide selection at >$1 each. Probably about 500 LP's in the collection, both new and used. Just wish the new ones were lower in price loke CD's.
I'm probably in the minority of your subscribers, but frankly I think you need way more analog coverage. Do people really BUY all that high zoot digital gear you review? The reason I mention this is I've been wondering whether I should renew, and on the plus side it always comes down to one name: FREMER. I'm wondering if I should just send $11 bucks to Mikey directly. No offense, maybe I _am_ just a Luddite.


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U.S. marshals stopped customers outside the downtown post office this week as federal authorities tightened security in the wake of the May 1 killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
People visiting the U.S. Postal Service office Monday and Tuesday had to show photo ID to get into the East Hancock Avenue building, where U.S. District Court hearings were taking place.
The building at 115 E. Hancock Ave. houses both a post office and the Athens office of U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
The U.S. Office of Homeland Security increased security at federal courtrooms nationwide to protect against terrorist strikes in retaliation for the Navy SEALs operation that killed bin Laden at a hideout in Pakistan.
Federal officers locked the west entrance to the building and used the east door to control public access.
Security officers required people to show a picture ID just to get into the building; anyone going into the courtroom also had to pass through a metal detector.
The extra security is temporary and began Monday when a federal judge arrived, according to a court clerk.
The ID check was an imposition for some people, including one man who had to return to his car to get his wallet, but Lakeisha Brown, who works in the Clarke County Courthouse several blocks away, wasn't disturbed by the policy.
Brown, who comes to the post office to check her mail during lunch break, said the security check was a little inconvenient, but wasn't a big deal.
"It doesn't bother me," Brown said. "I'm glad they're doing it for security's sake. I'm used to it."
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Always use the words 'bomb blast' or 'death toll' or 'terrorism' in your first sentence. Feature the word 'dangerous' prominently in your headline to describe Pakistan. For the cover of your magazine or book, always use an iconic image of angry, bearded men burning flags and effigies of foreign leaders. Never put a picture of a Pakistani woman on the cover unless someone tried to kill her (Malala Yousufzai) or rape her (Mukhtaran Mai).
Write at length about 'death', 'violence' and 'hate' eating the country up from within. Ignore life, love and a culture that enjoys larger than life celebrations on occasions like weddings, engagements and victories on the cricket field. Don't forget to repeatedly remind your reader that truth is often stranger than fiction in this eccentric country. Talk about death and body bags in Karachi, without mentioning a city brimming with life, commerce and dare I say it, confidence. When the country is going through something particularly traumatic, invite a Pakistani novelist — who writes only in English and has spent the majority of his life outside the country — to write an Op-Ed for your paper.
Talk about Pakistan's problems as if they exist in a vacuum. Express shock or worse (pity) at Pakistan's inability to remain at peace with itself. Conveniently forget that Pakistan is sandwiched between an ever-volatile Afghanistan — the largest exporter of headaches in the world — and India, the much-celebrated largest democracy in the world, where elections can be won or lost based on how much anti-Pakistan rhetoric politicians can spew to whip up national and international sentiment against an already isolated and vulnerable country. Instead of contextualising Pakistan's problems, pretend that it is located smack in the hypothetical middle of Europe or North America with peace-loving neighbours and no regional powers wanting to play out their dirty proxy wars in our backyard.
Talk about rising unemployment, economic frustrations of the youth and crippling electricity shortages. Don't talk about the remarkable resilience of the Pakistani economy, the best performing stock market in the world or consistently dropping poverty rates. Don't mention the ingenuity of Pakistani entrepreneurs, who continue to do business with rest of the world, overcoming extraordinary obstacles, profitably.
Highlight Pakistan's perpetual dependence on foreign aid without mentioning the structural clutches imposed on our revenue collection machinery by a network of influential feudal lords that we inherited as part of the colonial hangover. Don't mention the world class philanthropic institutions and individuals that inspire Pakistanis to be one of the most generous and charitable nations in the world. Make a mockery of the country by broadcasting the news of an abandoned baby being given away to a childless couple on a live television show. Ignore the tireless efforts of the one-man institution that is Abdul Sattar Edhi.
Express sorrow over the plight of Pakistani women without actually talking to a single Pakistani woman, because these hapless creatures need obscure, virtually unknown, male women's rights activists/experts based outside Pakistan to speak up for women in the country. Raise the profile of fictional superheroes in burqas because the story of the everyday Pakistani supermom working two jobs as a maid to put her daughters through school is far too common to make front page headlines. Write about the prevalence of honour killings as if they define the family unit in Pakistan. Don't talk about how the overwhelming majority of Pakistanis respect their elders, women and children. Ignore the richness and strong texture of family values that hold Pakistani society together despite ethnic and sectarian divisions.
Make sure you clarify your position on the age-old debate about whether Pakistan is a 'failing' state or a 'failed' state. Don't forget to clearly map the chronology of self-inflicted wounds by our security 'establishment' that led to Pakistan's 'descent into chaos'. Always show your Pakistani characters dying, causing someone's death or mourning the death of someone. Never show Pakistanis doing anything normal like going to the beach with their family for a picnic, falling in love or catching a movie with their friends.
Taboo topics in your articles about Pakistan should include the achievements and excellence of Pakistani doctors, bankers, scientists and other professionals operating at the cutting edge of their respective fields around the world. Always present a black and white picture of Pakistan, because it's easy to report from your hotel room in Islamabad. Ignore the shades of grey because they will confuse your readers. Most of them don't really care about Pakistan anyway.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 29th, 2013.
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I'm in my third year participating in the Philharmonic Association's youth orchestras. I've been playing violin since I was 4 and my private teacher encouraged me to try out for the orchestra because I had never played in that type of environment before. The first year I tried out, I was surprised that I was accepted as a Violin II in the Triangle Youth Orchestra. Then I became nervous that I would mess up in front of the whole orchestra at rehearsals. I wasn't really good at reading music then. During that year, I felt more and more comfortable in reading music and learned many other skills that are needed if you are in an orchestra.
The second year I tried out for the Triangle Youth Orchestra and the Triangle Youth Symphony. I was ecstatic when I received a call from my conductor telling me that I was accepted into both orchestras. I had to choose between being the Concertmaster of the Triangle Youth Orchestra or move up to the Triangle Youth Symphony. I never thought I would choose to take on the responsibility of a leadership position. But surprisingly, I immediately agreed to be Concertmaster. During that year, I learned how important the role is, how many people depend on you to keep the orchestra together. The skills that I learned in the first year of orchestra helped prepare me to carry out my leadership role successfully.
This year I moved up to the Triangle Youth Symphony as a Violin I. The music is more challenging, more exciting and it is definitely making me a better musician. My experience over the past few years has taught me to respect the Conductors and principals as well as the other musicians.
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This Will "Get Your Goat…"
The Bossier Sheriff's Office is looking for the owner, or owners, of three goats that were picked up a week ago, on March 28th. They'll have to be sold at public auction on April 7th, unless claimed by the owner.
The goats were found running loose on Greenpark Road, near Doyline, and although Bossier Sheriff's Deputies have tried to locate an owner, they've been unsuccessful.


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Towner Whitney admits that she's crazy, coming from a long line of eccentrics in her hometown of Salem, Massachusetts. Towner is forced to confront her past and reconstruct her future with the help of a guardian ghost, a modern-day witch, a confused detective, a predator preacher, and fortune-telling lace. Narrator Alyssa Bresnahan uses tone and pacing to make this unusual cast of characters completely believable - even the ghost. In addition, her straightforward voicing of Towner provides this character with the credibility needed to give the surprise ending extra zing. Salem is the perfect setting for this crazy-quilt expedition into the meaning of reality, and Bresnahan is the perfect choice for guiding listeners through this mesmerizing journey of self-discovery.
Every piece of lace has a secret...
"My name is Towner Whitney. No, that's not exactly true. My real first name is Sophya. Never believe me. I lie all the time...."
Towner Whitney, the self-confessed unreliable narrator of The Lace Reader, hails from a family of Salem women who can read the future in the patterns in lace and who have guarded a history of secrets going back generations. But the disappearance of two women brings Towner home to Salem and the truth about the death of her twin sister to light.
The Lace Reader is a mesmerizing tale that spirals into a world of secrets, confused identities, lies, and half-truths, in which the reader quickly finds it's nearly impossible to separate fact from fiction. But as Towner Whitney points out early on in the novel, "There are no accidents."
©2006 Brunonia Barry; (P)2008 HarperCollins Publishers
"Barry excels at capturing the feel of smalltown life, and balances action with close looks at the characters' inner worlds. Her pacing and use of different perspectives show tremendous skill and will keep readers captivated all the way through." (Publishers Weekly)
"A good read"
This was a lovely book, if a bit dark. It certainly kept me entertained and wondering where it would go next.
"Don't bother!"
Badly written, poorly narrated and highly predictable
"Good book needs an Editor"
Barry has created an interesting scenario, interesting characters and a most interesting setting. But the book feels repetitive and too long. A good editor is a great blessing!
"An Unexpected Pleasure"
I really enjoyed this book - I could not figure out what would happen next.
"interesting story, not as good as a performance."
While the story has a lot of captivating qualities and the characters are well defined, I found the narration somewhat stilted and overly dramatic. Too many pauses where there didn't need to be any and a lack of fluctuation in tone to distinguish one mood from another or one character from another. Still the character development of the author came through and I enjoyed the story for the most part.
I just loved this book. It was so different and creative. I like soup, do you like soup?
Terribly boring, I don't understand how people like it. I thought the lace reading idea could be quiet creative but is not exploited at all.Not interesting twists, flat characters; if you need to be capture by a book in order to keep reading it, SKIP THIS ONE
"Just ended up boring me to pieces!"
I had hoped to be entertained by this book, but found it to be tedious, and gave up about half-way through. The plot and the characters were thin and uninteresting. Two thumbs down.
"the lace reader"
good book
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"Nina, Jeff."
The siblings had been playing together in the yard, enjoying the last of the summer sunshine – the weather was supposed to turn rainy again the next week – when their father called to them. He was sitting with their mother together on the deck, and he had his serious-face on.
They both came immediately, knowing from his expression that this was important.
When both of them were seated, Nina on the third chair, Jeff cross-legged on the floor at her feet, their parents turned to them. "Kids," began their mother. "We have something to tell you."
Jeff could swear, even years later, that he somehow knew what they were going to say before they said it. For a seven-year-old, he was very perceptive – or maybe it was just a feeling in the air, or the way Nina had stiffened above him, possibly sensing it as well. Time seemed to slow down.
"We've been having some problems, and we need some space," said their mother; she appeared reluctant, uncertain, but her words were confusing and for a moment, Jeff was stuck trying to decipher them –
And then Nina exploded furiously, "What does that mean? What do you mean, 'need more space?' What kind of explanation is that?"
Their father's next words hung heavy on the still air. "I'm going to move out for a few months."
Jeff couldn't believe what he was hearing – his mind couldn't even begin to process the words. He couldn't reconcile reality with what he had just heard.
"No." Nina's voice was hard, but desperate at the same time. "No, you're not. It isn't true. Right? You're just . . . No." But no one had time to say a word, because she had started to cry – sobbing brokenly, because they all knew it wasn't a joke . . .
And Jeff jumped up, jumped up from the ground, and screamed at the top of his lungs, and then he ran, ran as fast as his legs could carry him, ran away from this situation and this life and everything, ran as though trying to outpace the truth . . .
He heard footsteps behind him. "No!" he screamed. "Go away!" He didn't want them to chase him, didn't want them to comfort him, because it was their fault he was running in the first place. He would run away, he would go live with a friend, he would live on the streets and Nina could come with him, it didn't matter, as long as he didn't have to live with them.
"Jeff." The voice behind him didn't belong to either of their parents – it was Nina's, and he turned around, because he would only turn for her. Her face was red, her eyes wet, but she held out her arms and he ran into them.
"I don't want them – don't want them to—" and then he dissolved into sobs of his own, crying harder than ever before in his life, because their universe was collapsing around them and there was nothing they could do about it.
And Nina wrapped her arms tightly around him, her shoulders shaking and he knew that she was crying, too, and she whispered, "I know. I know. But it'll be okay. It'll all be okay."
They were coming for him – staggering, moaning, with their mouths gaping and misshapen, pupils dilated to the point where he could no longer see their irises, the irises he should have known – they were his family, they wore the faces of his parents and sister, but nothing inside of them was human anymore, they were only empty shells – empty shells that hungered for his flesh –
Jeff jerked upright, sweating and shivering. It was dark and the house was quiet, devoid of any sound. No hungry moans, no gasps, no screams. Just a dream. But he could still hear them, echoing in his ears, those empty eyes branded in his head –
Shuddering, he climbed out of bed and opened the door. He couldn't be alone right now – couldn't – but his father had told him after the third night that they were just dreams, not real, and not to wake him up anymore –
His eyes fell on the room across the hall. Nina's door was shut, no light seeping from under the crack. She was obviously asleep, but . . .
He reached for the handle. It turned – the door was unlocked – and he crept inside.
"Nina?" His voice sounded small and scared, but that was what he was. The lump of his sister under the blankets didn't move, and he felt a sudden jolt of irrational fear. "Nina!" He shook her.
She stirred sleepily and turned over to face him, blinking and rubbing at her eyes. Her face looked just like it had in the dream for a moment, blank, just as it had been when she was chasing him, and he flinched involuntarily. But now there was recognition in her eyes. "Jeff?" His name was twisted, distorted by the retainer she had to wear to bed. "What are you – it's the middle of the night!"
"I had a nightmare," he confessed, moving closer to her bed.
"Oh." Her face relaxed, and she sat up. "Want to talk about it?" She patted the space next to her on the bed and flicked on her reading lamp.
He settled himself into the space next to her, and she put an arm around him. "You all turned into zombies," he muttered. "You and Mom and Dad, and you tried to eat me."
"Oh, Jeff." She hugged him. Normally, he wouldn't have let her, but now it felt good. Comforting. "It wasn't real. Just a dream. We're all still human. We're all safe."
"I know." But it had all seemed so real –
"Besides," added Nina as an afterthought, "check out this retainer." She bared her teeth, and the bands of silver were obvious even in the dim light. "Even if I were a zombie, I literally wouldn't be capable of biting you." It was obviously supposed to be funny, but he could barely manage a weak smile and a shrug.
She seemed to understand. "All right," she said. "Do you want to sleep in here with me tonight? You can have the bed, and if you don't mind that the alarm will go off at six – and I promise I won't turn into a zombie."
He nodded. He didn't feel like being alone.
Standing up, his sister grabbed one of the pillows from her bed and tossed it onto the floor. There were extra blankets in the back of her closet, and she knelt, arranging a sort of nest for herself on the floor. "One second," she said, standing again. "Be right back." Without any further explanation, she left the room.
When she returned, she was carrying Tuft – Jeff's favorite stuffed dog, which he'd had since he was a baby. Wordlessly, she held the stuffed animal out to him, and he took it gratefully.
"Okay." She closed the door, lay down in her makeshift bed. "Good night, Jeff."
"Night, Nina," he mumbled, hugging Tuft closely to his chest. The fear from the dream was beginning to fade from his mind, and he was asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.
He slept soundly and dreamlessly until morning.
Even the sound of his math textbook hitting the wall did not help Jeff's frustration as much as he had hoped when he'd thrown it. Of course, all that could happen now was that he'd damaged it in some way, and would now have to pay for it . . .
Worry suddenly flooding him, he ran to the corner and picked up the book where it lay, inspecting it carefully. Minimal damage, thank goodness – just a bent corner and one folded page, and those could have been done before.
With the worry subsided, his anger had still not faded. He almost threw the book at the wall again, but he realized that he had just been lucky the first time and did not want to risk owing the school seventy dollars for a broken math book (seriously, why did the things cost so much in the first place? It's not like anyone would actually want to buy one). So he settled for letting out a loud noise – part grunt, part groan, part strangled scream.
"Hey!" His door banged open, and Nina stood in the doorway. "Do you mind? Some of us are trying to do homework over here!"
She looked awful – eyes rimmed in red from being rubbed so often, her hair tangled and sticking up, and her shirt wrinkled. He hadn't even seen her in the last hour – she'd come into the house and gone straight to her room, claiming she had a huge assignment due tomorrow.
"Sorry," he mumbled, staring ashamedly at the math textbook, still wanting to give it a good kick. "It's this stupid algebra – it doesn't make sense."
"What are you doing?" Her voice softened, and she crossed his room to sit next to him and peer at his assignment page. She rubbed her eyes again and blinked hard. "Polynomials?"
"Yeah," he growled.
"I hated those at first, too," she said sympathetically, using the hair tie around her wrist to pull her hair into a ponytail. "But they make a lot of sense once you get the trick. What are you doing – FOIL or factoring?"
"Factoring." He jabbed his pencil into the paper. "I understood FOIL, but I'm totally lost as far as factoring is concerned."
"Maybe I can help." She stood up, retrieved his textbook, and sat back down beside him, reading the top of his paper. "Page 384?" She opened the book and started flipping pages. "329 . . . 356 . . . 392 . . . there we are. 384. So, factoring. First, you have to make a list of the common factors . . ." Picking up his pencil, she started to write.
"But don't you have your own homework?" asked Jeff.
She waved a hand dismissively. "I can take a fifteen-minute break. Okay, the factors of six are one, six, two, and three . . ."
Half an hour later, his homework was done and Nina was hurrying back to her room and her own assignment. "Nina," called Jeff as she pulled open the door. "Thanks."
"No problem." She paused to smile at him. "Anything for my little brother."
Jeff knew something was wrong when his sister's car pulled into the driveway, but she didn't get out.
He was alone in the house – their mother had warned them that she wouldn't be back until later that night – and had been listening for the sound of Nina coming home. His ears perked up when he heard her car, but when minutes passed and no one came in, he was starting to get worried.
He peeked out the window. Her car was there in the driveway, and she was sitting in the driver's seat, staring ahead. He couldn't see her that well, but – what was she doing? Something had to be wrong.
He opened the door and walked barefoot across the gravel path – ouch, ouch, ouch – to the driveway. He tried the car door, but it was locked.
When he rapped on the window, she gave a start of surprise and pressed a button. He heard the door unlock, and then pulled it open.
She was still sitting there, staring straight ahead. She hadn't even taken off her seat belt yet. "Hi," she said dully, not even turning to look at him as he got in.
There were dried tear tracks on her face, but she wasn't crying. Her eyes just looked dead.
"Nina, what's wrong?" asked Jeff, leaning over and unbuckling her seat belt for her. She looked surprised when it slithered off of her, as though she hadn't even realized that it was there. "What happened?"
"Nothing," she said. Her voice cracked; she took a shaky breath. "Nothing important, anyway."
"Nina, I know something's wrong. I won't tell anyone."
Her voice wavered when she spoke. "Nothing, really. Just . . . Ron. Broke up with me. Nothing important. You know. The usual. High school relationships don't last, anyway."
Ron. Her boyfriend. Jeff hadn't minded him – liked him, even. And it was true that most high school relationships didn't last, but . . .
No one could hurt his sister like that and get away with it.
"Come on, Nina." He reached over and patted her shoulder awkwardly; he'd never been any good at comforting. "It'll be okay."
She sniffed, and a tear started making its way down her cheek. "Course," she murmured, her voice quiet and raspy. "Right." Her neck muscles clenched, and she opened the door. "I'm just – If you don't mind, I just want to go to my room and talk on the phone for a bit. Is that okay?"
"Of course." Jeff opened his own door and grabbed his sister's backpack from the backseat, carrying it for her into the house. As soon as she was safely in her room, he crossed to the dining room table and grabbed his phone. She'd left the family Ron's number, in case for some reason they would need to reach her when she was with him and her own phone was off, so Jeff had it. And now, it was a good thing he did.
He selected the contact and pressed send.
After two rings, someone picked up. "Hello?" came Ron's voice. Arrogant. Irritating. Cruel.
"You are really lucky I don't know how to shoot a gun."


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TEMECULA -- Picture an ox, its thick muscles straining against a plow's yoke.
The ox walks the length of a field with an occasional snort but nary a complaint. Back and forth, back and forth; until the job is done.
Rev. Aaron Lee, pastor at Murrieta's Chinese Bible Church, said residents of Southwest County and the global work force will need to call on that animal's resilient spirit this year, the Year of the Ox in the Chinese lunar calendar.
"Especially when the economy is down, we have to work hard," he said Monday, the first day of the new year for the world's Chinese.
Despite the laundry list of bad economic news -- layoffs, production cuts and poor earnings reports -- the Chinese celebrated the holiday as they do each January, lighting fireworks to scare off evil spirits and visiting sometimes far-flung family members.
During the visits, elders give children an economic kick-start to the new year in the form of red envelopes filled with money.
The celebration in Temecula was held last weekend, when church members and area sponsors put on a four-hour show at The Promenade mall's plaza.
The celebration included Chinese singing performances, martial arts demonstrations and Chinese food.
Lee said there is a good reason for celebrating in the midst of a national and international period of doom and gloom.
Last year was the Year of the Rat, a lunar year that was bad for the economy, John McCain and everyone not named President Barack Obama (born in a Year of the Ox.)
In a disturbing sidenote, actual rats thrived due to the stacks of paper products that piled up when the recyclables market crashed.
Lee said there is a historical precedent for a bad Year of the Rat.
"It's a rat," he said, hammering home the obvious. "You chase them away."
The ox, on the other hand, symbolizes labor and hard work. Eventually, all of that work produces a harvest, a bounty that enriches the family and provides food for the village.
Lee said the harvest year will be 2010, the Year of the Tiger.
"That will be the victory," he said.
Stella Wong, another church member, said the Year of the Ox will test the mettle of the area's work force.
"We will have to work a little bit harder," she said.
The celebration at the Temecula mall last weekend was the first Chinese New Year bash staged by the church and it might be the first Chinese community celebration in the city's history, Lee said.
The evangelical church, as far as the members know, is the only house of worship providing Chinese language services and it is the only Chinese organization in the area.
"We feel obligated to introduce the Chinese New Year to the society. There is a responsibility in our hearts," Lee said.
Mary Zhao, a church member who played the queen during a skit, said the turnout was great -- more than a hundred people watched a portion of the event -- and it seemed as if everyone had a good time.
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Around the time of the 2011 Round The Island Race and the NatWest Island Games, it was rumoured that American actor and musician, Johnny Depp had been spotted on the Isle of Wight
We'd heard rumblings of him being down in Ventnor in previous years (later confirmed by those who met him) and last weekend, apparently Johnny was spotted in Ryde (via).
VB followers on Facebook say that Johnny was spotted in the Chocolate Apothecary on Ryde Esplanade on Sunday, happy to have his picture taken with a fan.
Taking in the delights of the Isle of Wight
He was clearly trying to take in as much of the Island as possible, with Karysha Clarke-Ferrell, saying he was in Ugly Mug Cafe in Shanklin on Saturday.
We haven't seen him down in the South this time, but Diane Gray said, "He was in Cowes in the Union on Saturday Night".
We may see a lot more of Johnny and his wife, Vanessa Paradis, on the Island if the rumours that Helen Nicholson have heard are true. "He's rumoured to have brought a house here" she told us on Facebook.
An Isle of Wight residence would join his pads in Paris, LA, The Bahamas and the South of France (via).
We can totally understand why Johnny would want to have a bolt hole on the Island, natch.
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Torn between two teams
Grenada invite has Joseph conflicted
FOXBOROUGH — Should Shalrie Joseph play in the remaining 23 games of the Revolution season, he would become the team's all-time appearance leader. This would distinguish him as a face of the franchise, a symbol of dedication and loyalty, a figure who has led the Revolution as team captain in good and bad times.
But Joseph received an offer that was difficult to refuse — to play for Grenada's national team in the Gold Cup. He will play for the Revolution against the Los Angeles Galaxy tomorrow, then is scheduled to join Grenada for matches in Detroit, Miami, and New Jersey, meaning he would miss at least three MLS games.
Though Joseph requested a release from the Revolution, he said he could still decline the invitation before Grenada's first game June 7.
"I'm still a little bit shocked at my decision, to be honest about it,'' Joseph said. "I'll see how it goes Saturday.
"My priority is MLS. This is where my work is, this is my job and nothing above that — other than family and my love of the game — is going to come in front of that. So, I'll give it this week and see how I feel after the LA game.''
Joseph is understandably conflicted.
The usual tension related to club-vs.-country choices is complicated by several factors. For one, there is the guilt trip component. Joseph is considered the country's most accomplished native-born player, accentuating his importance to Grenada (pop. 110,000), by far the smallest entrant and a major underdog in the tournament. And he is in a contract season with the Revolution.
Revolution vice president of player personnel Michael Burns said Joseph informed the club of his decision Monday, the deadline for Gold Cup rosters to be submitted. The Revolution also will lose midfielder Benny Feilhaber to the US national team.
"The Gold Cup is something we don't have the authority to say no to, and we wouldn't say no to,'' Burns said. "It's the player's decision. Shalrie asked for his release and we granted it — it's his decision.''
But considering Joseph's status in Grenada, the choice did not seem to be totally his.
He first represented Grenada in 2001, making a strong impression before a crowd that included prime minister Keith Mitchell. Three years later, Joseph's midfield play helped Grenada make a credible showing in World Cup qualifiers against the US, less than three months before Hurricane Ivan devastated the country.
Grenada's recovery from disaster set back the progress of the national team. But the Spice Boyz put together a surprising performance in qualifying for the Gold Cup for the first time in 2009. Now, they are hoping to avoid another three-and-out showing (Grenada was outscored, 10-0, in '09).
For Grenada, progress is measured by a single tie or victory, or at least a respectable goal differential.
"I feel the obligation I should represent my country when they come calling,'' said Joseph. "I was looking at what's more important to me, Grenada or MLS. I feel I need to represent my country.''
Joseph, who turned 33 Tuesday, was 14 when he moved to Crown Heights in Brooklyn. He quickly found acceptance on the soccer field, going on to Bryant & Stratton College in Syracuse and graduating from St. John's University.
Joseph had hoped to attract US national team interest, or at least gain the attention of his home team, the New York MetroStars. But no call-back came after two workouts with the MetroStars. So he went to the Windward Islands tournament as a Grenadian and, two years later, joined the Revolution.
Joseph became a starter in a Champions Cup game against LD Alajuelense in Costa Rica in March 2003, and has seldom been out of the lineup since.
There have been absences, resulting from a nightclub incident (2006) and a stint in the league's substance abuse and behavioral health program (last year). But Joseph has mostly been front and center when it counted, possibly best all-around player in Revolution history.
Among the team's all-time top scorers, Joseph is the only one to have played his entire professional career with the Revolution. Joseph has a chance to surpass Jay Heaps (243) as the Revolution's games played leader.
But fidelity and longevity might not be strong factors in contract negotiations. Joseph might well lose a step or two in coming years, though his ability to play as a central defender could make him a viable performer for several more seasons.
"I've got to show them that I'm worth something to sign me back, to keep me here,'' Joseph said. "My priority is with them but they understand this is my country and I have to represent when they call on me.
"I mean, I came in to them last year and tried to get a deal worked out and did the same thing early on this season. Heads butted a little bit early on and it didn't work out. But right now I've been playing great, I've been doing what the team needs.
"Even though we haven't been able to pick up points here and there, I think I'm still having a good season and I don't want to sidetrack that by going to play the Gold Cup, to be honest.
"I've still got to weigh my decision. It's definitely going to leave a big hole in the middle, and that's what really worries me — that we've been playing well and just start to hit our stride and getting everybody back. Not having Marko [Perovic], that's a huge loss. Not having Benny.''
Grenada's roster includes mostly home-based players, with defender Leon Johnson (Wycombe Wanderers) the only member of the Spice Boyz competing as high as the League 2 level in England.
"I spoke to a couple of people and they said, 'Let's make a last run at it and see what can happen,' '' Joseph said. "We have a lot of quality players and the level is going to be better, our team is going to be good. It's something I thought about.
"They sold a great deal to me and that influenced my decision. It's really hard to leave the Revolution, to leave my team right now, to leave guys I've been training with every day, and to leave that hole in the middle.
"It's something I've got to look in the mirror and make sure this is the right decision I'm making.''
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In one of those odd pairings that sometimes happen in the world of books and film, there are two books newly out that revisit classic novels by Edith Wharton.
The Innocents, by Francesca Segal, is a smart and slyly funny tale of love, temptation, confusion, and commitment; a beautifully executed recasting of Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence. Set in a small, tight-knit Jewish suburb of London, one young man's pre-wedding panic illuminates the universal conflict between responsibility and passion.
Newly engaged and unthinkingly self-satisfied, twenty-eight-year-old Adam Newman is the prize catch of Temple Fortune, a small, tight-knit Jewish suburb of London. He has been dating Rachel Gilbert since they were both sixteen and now, to the relief and happiness of the entire Gilbert family, they are finally to marry. But as the vast machinery of the wedding gathers momentum, Adam feels the first faint touches of claustrophobia, and when Rachel's younger cousin Ellie Schneider moves home from New York, she unsettles Adam more than he'd care to admit. Adam finds himself questioning everything, suddenly torn between security and exhilaration, tradition and independence. What might he be missing by staying close to home?
Claire McMillan's The Gilded Age transforms Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth into a powerful modern story of one woman's struggle with independence, reputation, and love as she navigates difficult social terrain.
Library Journal says: "McMillan's debut weaves Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth into modern-day Cleveland's preeminent Shaker Heights, where wealthy families have old roots and tightly knit, occasionally toxic, social circles. Ellie Hart comes back to Cleveland fresh from a failed marriage and a stint in rehab. Except for her beauty, she has few resources with which to support herself. Her friend, an unnamed narrator, recommends that she remarry immediately, but as Ellie bounces among wealthy men, she always returns to Selden, the professor she truly loves. But he, ultimately, will not have her, and this leads to Ellie's undoing."
Looking for a good idea to spark conversation at your next book club? Try reading the classic Edith Wharton novel and the modern retelling. A good discussion is sure to ensue!
And in case two Edith Wharton themed novels weren't enough this year, there's also The Age of Desire by Jennie Fields, which provides a sparkling glimpse into the life of Edith Wharton and the scandalous love affair that threatened her closest friendship.
From Booklist: "Edith Wharton lived in the glittering world of the moneyed elite she wrote about, although she never experienced her characters' lustful motivations herself until she met American journalist Morton Fullerton. Fields bases her perceptive novel on Wharton's own diaries and letters. While the novel concentrates more on the emotional than the intellectual sphere, it sheds welcome light on the little-known private life of a famous woman and her closest relationships in early-twentieth-century Europe and America."